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HARPER'S
BOOK OF FACTS
A CLASSIFIED
HISTORY OF THE WORLD
EMBRACING
SCIENCE, LITERATUKE, AND ART
COMPILED BY
JOSEPH H. WILLSEY
EDITED
By CHARLTON T. LEWIS
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1895
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Copyright 1895, by Harper & Brothers.
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PREFACE 0^^
Perhaps the most useful of all books of reference for the general read.er and the
family circle is the Dictionary of Dates, first prepared by Joseph Haydn in 1841. His
design was " to attempt the compression of the greatest body of general information that
has ever appeared in a single volume, and to produce a book of reference whose extensive
usefulness may render its possession material to every individual." It has passed through
twenty large editions, each new one carefully corrected as to the past and brought down
by additions to its date, until it is esteemed by those to whom London is the world's
centre as the model repertory of facts in history, science, art, and literature. It has also
had a large sale in the United States.
But the usefulness of the work in America has been limited by its comparative
neglect of the Western Hemisphere. The insular mind of the mother-country has never
yet fully awakened to the change in the centre of civilization which has resulted from
the growth of the New World. ^To residents of this continent it is surprising that
Europe and its dependencies still seem to so many intelligent minds of the older nations
substantially to comprise humanity in its present interests and hopes, as well as in its
memorable past. Multitudes who have long made the Dictionary of Dates a constant
companion, illustrating their reading and satisfying curiosity on the thousand and one
questions which conversation and study hourly suggest, have felt this limitation of its
field of view as a defect. They have wished for the ideal Book of Facts, which should
represent the greater civilization of both hemispheres as fully as the earlier work repre-
sents that of Europe and the East. It has been the ambition of the compiler of the
present work, Mr. J. H. Willsey, of Buffalo, N". Y., to make such a book, y
Taking from the magnificent compilation of Haydn and his successors every fact
which has more than a narrow and local interest, he has added, in a form so minutely
classified as to be accessible in all detail at a glance, the events worth notice in the entire
history of the Western Hemisphere and of each of its political divisions. The United
States, for example, and every State singly, are represented by chronological tables in
which the origin, foundation, political changes, and economic activities of each may be
read. Each of the principal cities is similarly treated. Events of national importance
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are themselves independently recorded. Inasmuch as the curiosity of the American
reader is commonly much more varied than that of his British cousin, it has been found
expedient to extend the field of view, especially in literature, science, and art, by insert-
ing in each of these departments of knowledge whole classes of facts, more recondite or
more detailed than bad seemed necessary in the London work. No attempt, of course,
is made to embody the systematic elements of any branch of study, such as are presented
in educational treatises; but apart from this it has been the aim of the compiler to make
a hand-book of universal knowledge, which will furnish ready and accurate answers to the
questions of fact which are likely to arise in active inquiring minds. If this ideal is too
high to be attainable, it will still be found, as the editors and the publishers confidently
believe, that the Book of Facts contains by far the largest amount of precise and accurate
information on subjects of general interest that has ever been condensed into a single
volume.
N.B. — In a work of this character endless repetition can be avoided only by cross references. These
are made in this book by printing in small capitals the article referred to. Whenever a word appears
in small capitals it is a title to be consulted for further information.
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HARPER'S BOOK OF FACTS
A CLASSIFIED HISTORY OF THE WORLD
A. Etre marque a fA^ to be of first-class quality. A is !
the distinctive mark of money minted in Paris, which is purer i
and freer from alloy than any other in France. j
Aa (from Latin aqua, water), the name of about 40 small |
rivers in Europe.
A 1, Symbol used in the Record of American and Foreign
Shipping and in Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign
Shipping, in rating vessels for insurance. A 1 is the highest.
Hence A 1 is used of the highest mercantile credit, and, col- i
loquially, A 1 or A No. 1 is equivalent to first-class— first-
rate. "An A number one cook, and no mistake." — Mrs. Stowe.
Aaroll'§ Breastplate, described Exod. xxviii.
15-29 (1491 B.C., Usher), contained precious stones emblem-
atic of the several tribes of Israel, thus :
First row..
( Zebtjlon.
•• 1 Carbuncle.
ISSAOHAB.
Topaz.
JrnAH.
Sardius.
Second " . .
( Gad.
•• ( Diamond.
Simeon.
Sapphire.
Reuukn.
Emerald.
Third " . .
t Bknjamin.
•• \ Amethyst.
Manassbui.
Agate.
Epjiraim.
Ligure.
Fourth " ..
i Naphtali.
• • \ Jasper.
ASHEE.
Onyx.
Dan.
Beryl.
*' As the Hebrew is written from right to left, the stones with
their inscribed names would probably appear as above. This
is the order of the tribes as they were arranged in their camp
and on the march." — " The Tabernacle," Henri/ W. Saltan,
p. 206.
A. B. Plot. Ninian Edwards, ex-United States sena-
tor from III, attacks William H. Crawford, sec. of the Treas-
ury, candidate for president, in letters signed A. B., reflecting
■on his integrity. Edwards is sent on a public mission to Mex-
ico, and while on his way, Apr. 1824, avers the authorship
and makes new accusations. Recalled for investigation, he
fails to sustain the charges. United States, Ap?: 1824.
abacus, the uppermost part ot tKe capital of a column,
usually a slab or tile, just under the architrave. That on the
Corinthian column is ascribed to Callimac'nus, about 540 b.c.
{2) A frame traversed by stiff wires, on which beads are strung.
Used by the Greeks, Romans, and Chinese.
Abae, N. Greece, early celebrated for its oracle of Apollo,
•of greater antiquity than that at Delphi.
abattoirs {a-hat-wor''), slaughter-houses for cattle.
First erected near Paris in 1818; at Edinburgh, 1851; Lon-
don, 1855 ; and in the United States, 1866.
Abbassides, descendants of Mahomet's uncle, Abbas-
Ben-Abdul-Motalleb. Merwan H., the last of the Ommiades,
was defeated and slain by Abul Abbas in 750, who became
■caliph. 37 Abbasside caliphs (including Haroun al-Raschid,
786-809) reigned from 750 to 1258. They settled at Bag-
dad, built by Al-Mansour about 762. Their color was
•black ; that of the Fatimites green ; that of the Ommiades
Avhite.
Abbaye {ab-hay'-ie), a military prison in Paris, where
164 prisoners were murdered by republicans led by Maillard.
At this time, 2-5 Sept. 1792, 1200 persons in all were murdered,
^mong them the princess de Lamballe. Fran'Ce, Sept. 1792.
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ABD
Abbe, Cleveland. Weather Bureau.
abbess, the head of a convent or abbey for women. In
England they attended ecclesiastical councils as early as 694,
when they took precedence of presbyters in signing the acts.
Abbeville {dbh-veeV), N. France, an ancient city fa-
mous for the Gothic church of St. Wolfram. Here Henry HL
of England met Louis IX. of France and made peace, re-
nouncing Normandy and other provinces, 20 May, 1259.
abbeys, monasteries for men or wonaen. Monachism
and Convents. The first abbey founded in England was at
Bangor in 560 ; in France, at Poitiers, about 360 ; in Ireland
in the 5th century; in Scotland in the 6th century. 110
alien priories were suppressed in England, 2 Henrj' V. 1414. —
Salmon. The disorders in these establishments led to their
destruction in Britain. After visitations of inquiry, king
Henry VIII. began to suppress small monasteries to raise rev-
enues for Wolsey's colleges at Oxford and Ipswich, 7 June,
1525 ; many were suppressed in 1536 ; and all religious houses
by parliament, 1539-40. Many abbeys were suppressed in
France in 1790, in Spain in 1837 and 1868, and in Italy in
1866-73. After Henry VIII. suppressed the English monas-r^
teries, many of the buildings were made private dwelling
still called abbej's — for example, "Newstead Abbey," tl
home of lord Byron.
abbot (from ah, father), the head of an abbey. In
England, mitred abbots were lords of parliament ; 27 ahbots
and 2 priors thus distinguished, 1329 ; the number reduced to
25 in IS^Q.—Coke. The abbots of Reading, Glastonbury, and
St. John's, Colchester, were executed as traitors ♦ r d<^nying
the king's supremacy, probably for not surrender ig tlieir ab-
beys, 1539. Glastonbury. In the reign of ^' nry V^III. 26
abbots sat in the House of Lords.
Abbot«ford, the residence of sir W .iter Scott, on the
Tweed, begun in 1817 and finished in Wl-i. Sir WnUer de-
vised the name, fancying that the abli^' '•■»'^^- ~- - icient
tiir.'^s. forded the Tweed here. He ' < one
year when his reverse oan.e V's \ . The
projierty was, hcv ever, wholly disencumbered in j647. Here
sir Walter died, 1832 ; and his son-in-law, J. G. Lockhart, 1854.
ABC Club, a name adopted by certain republican en-
thusiasts in Paris, professing to relieve the abaisses, or de-
pressed. Their insurrection, 5 June, 1832, suppressed with
bloodshed, 6 June, is described by Victor Hugo in " Les
Miserables"(1862).
Abd-el-Kader, general of the Algerians against the
French invasion, born near Mascara, 1807 ; emir of Jlac^ara,
1831; defeated and captured by the French, 22 Dec. 1847;
released by Napoleon HI., 1852; d. at Damascus, 1883. Al-
giers.
Abde'ra, a city in Thrace, where was born, about 490
B.C.. Democritus, known as the "laughing philosopher." but
in truth of the materialistic school and a theorizer in the di-
rection of the modern doctrine of Atomism. Ato.ms.
abdication!* of sovereigns, voluntary or compulsory,
have been numerous; the chief are those of
ABE
8ulU, Roman dictator. vohmUry B.c. 79
Diocletiau, Rt)man oniiHTur, volunury a.d. 306
Stepheo II. uf Hungnry. voluutary, fW)m a bed of sickness; as-
sumes the hat)it ot li monk, and dies the same year 1131
Albert the Bear, of UrundonburK, vohmUry 1168
John Balliol of ScotlHud. coiniwllod by Kdward I. of England. . 1296
Eric VII. of IK^umark, and XIII. of Sweden, virtually deposed. 1439
Charles V. as emperor, voluntary 16S5
"as ruler of the Netherlands, in fkvor of bis son
Philip 26 Oct 1666
Charles V., as king of S|>ain, in fkvor of his son Philip.. 16 Jan. 1666
Christina of Swc*len, voluntary 6 June, 1664
John Casimer of Poland, voluntary ; retires to a cloister 1668
James II. of England, fled 11 Dec. 1688
His flight declared an abdication by lords and commons.
Frederick Augustus II. of Poland, compelled by Charles XII.
of Sweden 1706
Philip V. of S()ain, voluutary, in fkvor of his son, who, after a
reign of eight months, dies; Philip resumes 1724
Tictur .'Vintideus II. of Sardinia, voluntary, in fkvor of his son,
Clwrlos Emmanuel 1730
Amadous alnlicates to marry the countess of San Sebastian.
Afterwards repenting, and attempting to regain power, he
dies in prison 1732
Charles of the Two Sicilies, voluntary, on accession to the
throne of Spain as Charles III 1759
Stanislaus II. of Poland, compelled by the partition of the
kingdom 1795
Charles Emmanuel IV. of Sardinia, in favor of his brother,
Victor Emmanuel 4 June, 1802
Francis II., emperor ot Germany, to become emperor of
Austria 11 Aug. 1804
Charles IV. of Spain, compelled by the people, in favor of his
son 19 Mch. 1808
Restored by Napoleon, then abdicates in favor of Napo-
leon 11 May, 1808
Joseph Bonaparte, of Naples (for Spain), at request of Napo-
leon 1 June, 1808
Oustavus IV. of Sweden, compelled 29 Mch. 1809
Louis of Holland, brother of Napoleon, at his order, Holland
annexed to France 1 July, 1810
Napoleon I. of France, compelled 5 Apr. 1814
Napoleon I. of France, compelled 22 June, 1815
Victor Emmanuel, of Sardinia, compelled, in favor of his
brother, Charles Felix 13 Mch. 1821
Pedro IV. of Portugal (Pedro I. of Brazil), in favor of his
daughter 2 May, 1826
Charles X. of France, compelled, in favor of his grandson,
Henry, duke of Bordeaux, later count of Chambord (Henry
v.), who is not accepted by the French 2 Aug. 1830
Pedro I. of Brazil (IV. of Portugal), in favor of his son, Pedro
II ; 7 Apr. 1831
William I. of Holland, in favor of his son. William II. . . .8 Oct. 1840
Louis Philippe of France, compelled by the people, in favor of
his grandson, the count of Paris; not accepted 24 Feb. 1848
Ferdinand of Austria, compelled, in favor of his nephew,
Francis Joseph 1 2 Dec. 1848
\ Charles Albert of Sardinia, in favor of his son. Victor Em-
S manuel II 23 Mch. 1849
Isabella II. of Spain, fled to France 25 June, 1870
Amaileus of Spain (second son of Victor Emmanuel II.), vol-
untary 11 Feb. 1873
Milan I. of Servia, voluntary, in favor of his son 6 Mch. 1889
Pedro IL of Brazil, compelled by the people 15 Nov. 1889
Brazil o'eclares a republic.
Abecedarians, followers of Nicholas Storch, an Ana-
baptist iji the 16th century, named from rejecting worldly
knowledge, even of the alphabet, lest it impede the soul in
apprehe:ision of divine truth.
abecedarium, a logical machine, constructed by Mr.
William Stanley Jevons, and described in his " Principles of
Science," 1874 ; designed, by symbolic terms, to perform all
the processes of aiialytrc-reasoning with infallible awurac^.
A Becket, Thomas. Becket.
Abelard, a teacher of theology and logic, in 1118 fell in
love with Helolse, niece of Fulbert, a canon of Paris, became
her tutor, and seduced her. After compulsory marriage, lie
placed her temporarily in a convent. Having been cruelly
mutilated at the instigation of her relatives, he entereil the
abbey of St. Denis, whence he was driven, accused of heresy,
for censuring the dis.soluteness of monks. He then built and
leetured at the oratory of the Paraclete (or Comforter) which
eventually he made a convent, with Heloise for the abbess. He
died under charge of heresy, 21 Apr., 1142, and was buried in
the Paraclete, where also Heloise was laid, 17 May, 1164.
Their ashes were removed to the garden of the Museum Fran-
^ais in 1800, and to the cemetery of Pere la Chaise in 1817.
Their epistles, etc., were published in 1616. Philosophy.
Abenakis or Abnakis, a tribe of Indians of the
Algonquin class, inhabiting at the time of the first English
settlements lands now in Maine. The river Penobscot bears
the name of one tribe, Androscoggin of another. Indians.
2 ABO
Abeiieerra'fi^eM, a powerful Moorish tribe of Grana-
da, opposed to the Zegris. From 1480 to 1492 their quarrels
deluged Granada with blood and hastened the fall of the
kingdom. They were exterminated by Boabdil (Abu Abdal-
lah), the last king, who was dethroned by Ferdinand and Isa-
bella in 1492; his dominions were annexed to Castile.
Abeniiberg, Bavaria. The Austrians were here de-
feated by Napoleon I., 20 Apr., 1809.
Abcreronibic, James, I7O6-8I. Fort Ticondkr-
OGA.
Aberdeen, N. Scotland, said to have been founded in
the 3d century, and made a city about 893. Old Aberdeen
was made a royal burgh in 1154; it was burned by the Eng-
lish in 1336; and soon after New Aberdeen was built.
The university was founded by bishop William Elphinstone, who
had a buU from pope Ale.xander VI. in 1494. King's college was
erected in 1600-6. Marischal college was founded by George Keith,
earl marischal of Scotland, in 1593; rebuilt in 1837. In 1858 the
university and colleges were united.
Aber EdlV, S. Radnorshire. Near here Llewelyn, the
last independent prince of Wales, was surprised, defeated, and
slain by the lords marchers, 11 Dec. 1282.
aberration of light ; discovered by James Bradley,,
observing an apparent motion of the fixed stars, 1727.
Abhorrer§, a name given in 1679 (reign of Charles
II.) to the court party in England, the opponents of those (af-
terwards Whigs) who addressed the king for the immediate
assembly of parliament, which was delayed because it was
adverse to the court. The court party (afterwards Tories)
expressed abhorrence of men who would encroach on the royal
prerogative, 1680. — Hume. The commons expelled several
Abhorrers, among them sir Francis Withens, whom they sent
to the Tower, and prayed the king to remove others from
places of trust. They resolved, "that it is the undoubted
right of the subject to petition for the calling of a parliament,,
and that to traduce such petitions as tumultuous and sedi-
tious is to contribute to the design of altering the constitu-
tion." Oct. 1680.
Abingfdon Law. In 1644-45, lord Essex and Waller
held Abingdon, an ancient abbey town in Berks, against Charles
I. It was unsuccessfully attacked by sir Stephen Hawkins in
1644, and by prince Rupert in 1645; when the defenders put
every Irish prisoner to death without trial; hence the term
"Abingdon law " — " first hang the offender, then try him."
abiog^eneiis (a, not, l3iog, life, yevemg, origin), the
production of living from non-living matter, proposed by pro-
fessor Huxley in his British Association address, 1870, instead
of the less accurate phrase "spontaneous generation."
abjuration of the pope was enjoined by statutes of
Henry VIII., Elizabeth, and James I., that of certain doctrine*
of the church of Rome by Charles II. 1673. The oath of ab-
juration of the house of Stuart was enjoined by stat. Will.
III. 1702 ; the form was changed in after- reigns. By 21 & 22^
Vict. c. 48 (1858) one oath was substituted for the three oaths-
of abjuration, allegiance, and supremacy. Oaths.
Abner, cousm Vl Saul, first king of Israel ; after Saul
died, 1055 b.c., supports his son Ishbosheth against David;
alienated from Ishbosheth, he a; ranges secretly with Davitt to
bring Israel over to him, but is treacherously slain, 1048 b.c,
by Joab, almost immediately after. The celebrated dirge ever
his grave by David has been thus translated :
"Should Abner die as a villain dies? —
Thy hands— not bound,
Thy feet— not brought into fetters;
As one falls before the sons of wickedness, fellest thou. ' '
Abo (a'boo or o'-boo), a port of Russia, founded before
1157, was till 1809 capital of Swedish Finland, but then ceded
to Russia. The university, erected by Gustavus Adolphua
and Christina, 1640 et seq., was removed to Helsingfors, 1827..
By the peace of Abo Sweden ceded part of Finland to Russia,
18 Aug. 1743.
abolition of slavery in the United States. Slavery..
AbolitioniitS, a term applied to those desiring the
immediate abolition of slavery in the United States. Most
of the northern states passed law? before 1800 for gradual
ABO 3
emancipation, and the disposition of the whole country then,
and some time after, towards slavery was mere toleration
with hope of its ultimate extinction. But the more southern
states, under climatic, productive, and territorial influences,
gradually came to regard slavery as not only right, but a
blessing. The slavery agitation had two periods : during the
first, 1780-1819, it was general and spiritless; during the sec-
ond, 1820-65, it became sectional and aggressive. During the
latter period the term Abolitionists was first applied to the
agitators for emancipation. The Abolitionists, in the pream-
ble to the Constitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society,
organized at Philadelphia, Dec. 1833, advocate "The imme-
diate emancipation of the slaves ; elevation of the race, rec-
ognition of their equality in civil and religious privileges"—
all to be accomplished without physical force. Immediate
abolition being their supreme aim, both Church and State
were subordinate to this idea. Restive under delay, they
often tried the patience of their more conservative but no less
humane coadjutors. Slaveky.
abori^'ine§ (without origin), a name given to the
earliest known inhabitants of Italy (whence the Latini) ; now
applied to the original inhabitants of any country. Indians.
AbOUkir (d-boo-keer'), Egypt, the ancient Canopus.
In the j:)ay Nelson defeated the French fleet, 1 Aug. 1798.
Nile. A Turkish army of 15,000 was defeated here by 5000
French under Honaparte, 25 July, 1799, A British expedition
to Egypt, under general sir Ralph Abercromby, landed, and
Aboukir surrendered after a sanguinary conflict with the
French, 8 Mch. 1801. Alexandria.
Abracaclab'ra, a magical word once used as a charm
against ague and fevers. Its meaning and origin are dis-
puted. As a charm it was written so as to form an inverted
triangle by dropping the last letter at each successive repeti-
tion.
Abrabam or Abram, father of the Israelites, first-
born son of Terah, a Shemite, who left Ur of the Chaldees, in
northeast Mesopotamia, with Abram and Lot, and moved
westward, entering Canaan 1921 b.c. (Usher). Sojourned in
Egypt one year, 1920 b.c. •, died in Canaan, 1821 b.c. The
era of Abraham, used by Eusebius, began 1 Oct. 2016 b.c.
Abraham, Heights or Plains of, near Quebec, named
" from Abraham Martin, a pilot known as Maitre Abraham,
who owned a piece of land here in the early times of the col-
ony."—F. Parkman ("Montcalm and Wolfe," vol. ii., p. 289.)
On this plateau was fought a battle between French and
English, 13 Sept. 1759, gaining Canada for the English. Both
commanders, Montcalm and Wolfe, were killed, the latter at
the moment of victory.
Abrahamites, a sect holding the errors of Pau'.us,
suppressed by Cyriacus, the patriarch of Antioch, early in the
9th century. (2) A sect in Bohemia professing the faith of
Abraham, and accepting from the Scriptures only the Ten
Commandments and the Lord's Prayer. Being required to
unite with some one of the religions tolerated in the empire,
and refusing, thev were banished by emperor Joseph II. in
1783.
Abrailte§, Portugal. By a treaty between France and
Portugal, signed here 29 Sept. 1801, the war was ended, and
the French army withdrew ; money compensation was fixed,
and territories in Guiana ceded to France. At the conven-
tion of Cintra, 22 Aug. 1808, it was surrendered to the English
by the French. Junot, one of Napoleon's marshals, derived
his title of " duke of Abrantes" from this town.
Ab§alOIIl, one of the sons of David, king of Israel, re-
bels, is defeated and slain by Joab (1024-23 b.c.). 2 Sam.
xv.-xix.
abiinthe, a strong liquor made by steeping flowers
and leaves of wormwood in alcohol, chiefly at Neufchatel in
Switzerland, but also in many places in France. It became
popular in France during the war with Algiers (1844-47),
when the French soldiers mixed it with wine to keep off
fever. It is the most dangerous of the favorite liquems, and
the French government has forbidden its use in the army and
navy.
absolution. Till the 3d century the consent of the
ABY
congregation was necessary to absolution ; but soon after the
power was reserved to the bishop ; and in the 13th century
the form " I absolve thee " was general, though it remained
for the Council of Trent, in the 16th century, to decree this
form, instead of " The Lord absolve thee." Holy Cross.
abstinence, it is said that St. Anthony lived to the
age of 105 on 12 ounces of bread and water daily, and James
the hermit to the age of 104; that St. Epiphanius lived to
115; Simeon the Stylite to 112; and Kentigern, commonly
called St. Mungo, to 185 years of age.— Spottiswood.
Cicely de Ridgway, said to have fasted 40 days rather than plead
when charged with the murderof her husbaud, John; discharged
as miraculously saved, 1347.
Ann Moore, the " Fasting Woman of Tutbury," Staffordshire, said
to have lived 20 months without food; her imposture was de-
tected by Dr. A. Henderson, Nov. 1808.
An impostor named Cavanagh, at Newry in Ireland, reported to
have lived 2 years without meat or drink, Aug. 1840; was ex-
posed in England, and imprisoned, Nov. 1841.
Sarah Jacobs, the Welsh fasting girl, aged 13, said by her father
to have lived more than a year without food; after close watch
for a week, died from exhaustion, 17 Dec. 1869. Her parents
were sentenced at Carmarthen to imprisonment for fraud 15
July, 1870.
Dr. Tanner, at New York, fasted 40 days, drinking a little water;
losing 36 lbs. from 157><^ lbs. ; noon 28 June to noon 7 Aug. 1880.
Louise Lateau, Belgian fanatic, at Bois d'Haine, said to have lived
12 years without food ; died, aged 33, Aug. 1883. She had wounds
resembling the stigmata of the crucifix.
The members of the Arctic Expedition of 1881-84, lieut. Greely
commanding (Northeast and Northwest Passage), passed the
winter of 1883-84 at lat. 78° 45' N., Jong. 74° 15' W. From 1
Nov. to 1 Mch. the daily allowance for each man was 14.88
ounces of solid food, the army ration being 46 ounces. From
1 Mch. to 12 May the daily ration was 10 ounces of bread
and meat, with 1 to 3 ounces of shrimps. From 12 May to 22
June, when the survivors were rescued, there was no food to
serve: only a few shrimps, reindeer moss, and black lichen
scraped from the rocks were found. There was water, but brack-
ish. But 7 were alive when found, out of 25, and 1 died soon
after. Average loss in weight, about 48 lbs. each. Average at-
mospheric temperature, 5 to 10° Fahrenheit.
Giovanni Succi, an Italian, ended a fast of 40 days at the Westmin-
ster Aquarium, London. Eng., 26 Apr. 1890. He was permitted
to drink water and to smoke. His loss of weight averaged }4 lb.
a day.
Succi began a 45 days' fast in city of New York, 5 Nov. 1890, ended
successfully 20 Dec. 1890. His weight fell from 147^ lbs. to 104%
lbs. He drank 21 qts. of mineral water and 9X qts. of Croton
water.
At the Westminster Aquarium, London, he engaged to fast 52 days,
but stopped on the 44th day, 29 Jan. 1892.
Other recent cases of still longer abstinence are not sufficiently at-
tested.
Abu, a famous mountain in W. India, with ancient jain
temples, attracting pilgrims for Buddhist worship.
Abu Klea Wells, about 120 miles from Khartoum.
Here gen. sir Herbert Stewart defeated the Mahdi's troops,
17 Jan. 1885. Soudan.
Aby'dos, an ancient city of Upper Egypt, now Arabat-
el-Matfoon. Here are the ruins of the temple of Osiris in
which Mr. Bankes discovered in 1818 the " Tablet of Abydos,"
dedicated to his ancestors by Pharaoh Rameses H. (1311-1245
B.C.), bought for the British Museum, 1837. A second tablet,
the " New Tablet of Abydos," more complete, was discovered
here (1864-65), by M. Auguste Mariette (Mariette Bey), bear-
ing names or partial records of 76 Pharaohs prior to Rameses
II. Egypt; Hellespont.
Abyssinia, a country of Eastern Africa, having Nubia
on the north and northwest, the Danakils on the east-south-
east, the Gallas on the south, and on the west the region of the
Upper Nile. Its one seaport, Massowah, on the Red sea, is
controlled by Italy. It contains about 168,000 square miles
and a population between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000. The name
Abyssinia is derived from the Arabic word Uabesck, signi-
fying mixture or confusion ; changed by the Portuguese into
Abassia, and so into Abyssinia. The chief ruler is styled Ne-
gus, and the governors of the three chief provinces— Tigre,
in the north ; Amhara, central ; and Shoa, in the south— are
termed Ras. Abyssinia was included in the ancient kingdom
of Ethiopia. The Hebrews had intercourse with the Ethio-
pians, and after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans
many Jews settled here, bringing the Jewish religion. The
kingdom of Auxumite (its chief town Auxume) flourished
in the 1st and 2d centuries. The religion of the Abyssinians
is a corrupt Christianity, introduced about 329 by Frumen-
ABY
tiiw, and during the 6th centun' the monastic system
sproail largely. About 627, instigated by the (ireek emperor
Justinian, Abyssinia conquered Yemen, Arabia, and held it 67
years. Judith, a Jewish princess, about 960, murdered part
of the royal family and reigned 40 years. The young king,
however,* escapetl, and the royal house was restored in 1268
in his descendant,- Icon Amlac A belief long prevailed in
Europe of a Christian kingilom in the Far East whose mon-
arch was " Trester John," and the Portuguese who arrived
here in 1490 identitied it with Abyssinia, and presented the
emperor a letter from the king of Portugal. The Portuguese
missions commenced soon afterwards, and after much opposi-
tion were ex|>elled in 1633. The encroachment of the Gallas
and intestine disorders soon broke the empire into petty gov-
ernments, and kept Europeans away, until the visits of James
Bruce, 1768-78; Henrj' Salt, 1809-10; Dr. Edward RUppell,
1831-34; major Harris, 1841 ; Mansfield Parkyns, 1844-47.
Treaty of commerce with king of Sboa concluded by capt.
Harris 16 Nov. 1841
Mr Flowdeo (made British consul at Massowab, 1848) coQ-
cladfls treaty with Ras Ali, ruler of Ambara 2 Nov. 1849
Ras Ali deposed by his son-in-law Theodore, who is crowned
as tMyio, or king of kings 11 Feb. 1856
Protestant missionaries received, replaciug Itomau Catholics, "
Mr. Plowden (who bad Joined the parly of Theodore) killed by
rebels, Fel). ; Theodore overcomes the rebels 1860
Capt C. D. Cameron succeeds consul riowden Nov. 1861
Received by Theodore, 7 Oct. ; is sent with a letter for the
queen, desiring alliance against tbo Turks, which arrived
12 Feb. 1863
This letter is not answered; Cameron, ordered by earl Russell
to remain at Massowab. returns to Al>yssinia June, "
Rev H. Stern, missionary, beaten and imprisoned for alleged
intrusion uiwn Theodore Oct. "
Cameron, and all British subjects and missionaries, impris-
oned for pretended insults, 3 Jan. ; report of imprisonment
reached Ix)ndou, 7 May ; prisoners sent to Magdala. and
chained like criminals Nov. 1864
Mr Hermuzd Ras8;im, a Cbaldee Christian, first assistant
Britisb political resident at Aden, sent to Abyssinia; arrives
at Massowab, 24 July ; lieut. Prideaux and Dr. Blanc ap-
pointed to accomi>any him "
Mr. Rassani having negotiated without effect for a year, Mr.
Giflbnl I'algrave appointed by earl Russell to Abyssinia, July;
but stopped learning that Theodore has invited Rassam,
12 Aug. 1865
Mr. Rassam, lieut. Prideaux, and Dr. Blanc at Matemma from
Massowab, 21 Nov. 1865; well received by Theodore. .28 Jan. 1866
Prisoners released 12 March; seized and imprisoned about
13 Apr. "
Mr. Flad sent to England by Theodore for British workmen,
April; arrives, July; introduced to queen ; receives from
her autograph letter dated 4 Oct. "
Mr. Flad returned with workmen to Massowab, 29 Oct. ; Theo-
dore received the queen's letter about 19 Dec. "
Lord Stanley's ultimatum to Theodore, demanding release of
captives in three months (not received), sent 16 Apr. 1867
Mr. Flad received by king, sent to his family in prison. .May, "
Preparations for war ; sir Robert Napier appointed commander ;
force sails from Bombay 14 Sept. "
Formal letter trom British government to Theodore (never
arrived) 9 Sept. "
Advanced brigade (3500) sail from Bombay, 7, 8 Oct. ; land at
Zulla 21 Oct. "
Napier's proclamation issued in Abyssinia 26 Oct. "
British parliament meets ; queen's speech announces war, 19
Nov. : 2,000,000/. voted 26, 27 Nov. "
Third ultimatum sent by sir R. Napier; intercepted by a rebel
chief and given to Mr. Rassam, who suppressed it as likely
to endanger the lives of the captives 1868
Arrival of sir R Napier at Annesley bay 4 Jan. ' '
Battle of Arogee ; Theodore's troops attack British first bri-
gade; defeated with much slaughter (Good Friday) .. 10 Apr. "
Mutiny of Abyssinian troops ; Magdala bombarded and
stormed ; Theodore kills himself 13 Apr. "
Magdala burned to the ground (Magdala) 17 Apr. "
Returned troops arrive at Plymouth 21 June, "
[Cattle employed in the expedition: 45 elephants, 7417
camels, 12,920 mules and ponies. 7033 bullocks, 827 donkeys.
Many natives in transport service.]
Theodore's son Alamayofi, aged7, arrives at Plymouth.. 14 July, "
Pension of 350Z. to col. Cameron [died 30 May, 1870] ; 5000/.
given to Mr. Rassam ; 2000/. to Dr. Blanc ; 2000/. to lieut.
Prideaux; announced 23 Dec. "
Prince Alamayou sailed to India for education (returned to
England end of 1871) 26 Jan. 1869
'Expenses of the war: 5,000,000/. voted 18 Dec. 1868; 3,300,000/,
more voted 4 Mch. "
[Total : 8,977,500/., Feb. 1880]
Kassa, king of Tigr6, proposes to be crowned emperor and ne-
gus of all Abyssinia, 21 Nov. ; punishes Catholic missionaries
for partisanship; forms alliance with Egypt July, 1871
Kassa crowned at Axum as Johanni II 12 Jan. 1872
War with Egypt; Khedive's troops enter Abyssinia; natives
retire, but surprise and defeat Egvptians at Kherad Iska (a
massacre) and at Gonda Gouddi (desperate fight) 16 Oct 1875
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Abyssinians defeated in three days' conflict 17-19 Feb. 1876
Johanni defeats Menelek, king of Shoa June, 1877
Prince Alamayo6 dies at Leed-s. 14 Nov. ; buried at Windsor . . 1879
Johanni receives admiral Hewitt from Suakim and signs
treaty with English about 26 May, 1884
Abyssinian envoys arrive at Plymouth, Eng Aug. Ib84
Italians occupv Massowab and hoist their Uag, 6 Feb. 1885
The Mahdists "invade Abyssinia 1885-86
Detachment of 540 Italian troops near Dogali destroyed by
20.000 Abyssinians under Ras Aloula Jan. 1887
Italian government determines on war "
British government appealed to by Johanni; ineffectual nego-
tiation "
Italian army at Massowab consists of 238 oflicers, 4772 men, and
160 pieces of artillery 1888
Further re-enforced by 13,000 oflicers and men "
Overtures of peace by Johanni, who rejects conditions offered
by Italian government 31 Mch. "
France, Greece, and Turkey protest against occupation of Mas-
sowab by Italians "
Italian government annexes Zulla Aug. "
Johanni repulsed and mortally wounded in attack on der-
vishes' stronghold at Metumneh on the frontier of Soudan,
10 Mch. 1889
The king's camp taken and his army routed 12 " "
The Italians take formal possession of Keren 2 June, "
King Menelek of Shoa crowned as negus at Adira, the sacred
city of Abyssinia Sept "
The Italians treat with Menelek, who accepts Italian protec-
torate over Ethiopia; ratified by king of Italy 25 Sept "
Italian government assumes protectorate of Abyssinia.. 13 Oct. 1889
Under treaty of 1889 and a convention ratified 25 Feb. 1890
Abyssinia is wholly under Italian influence.
Abys§illiail Era is reckoned from the creation, 5493
B.C., 29 Aug. old style. To reduce Abyssinian time to the
JULIAN YEAR, Subtract 5492 years, 125 days.
Aca'cian§, followers of Acacius, bishop of Caesarea, in
the 4th century, in peculiar doctrines of Christ's person. (2)
Partisans of Acacius, patriarch of Constantinople, promoter
of the Henoticon, 482^84.
academiei. A cademia was a shady grove without the
walls of Athens (bequeathed by Academus for gymnastic ex-
ercises), where Plato first taught philosophy, and his followers
took the title of Academics, 378 b.c. — Stanley. This school
of philosophy lasted till Cicero's time, gradually branching,
however, into several schools. Ptolemy Soter, Greek con-
queror of Egypt, established at Alexandria an academy about
314 B.C. — the origin of the library at Alexandria, the most
famous of the ancient world. The Saracens, after the con-
quest of Spain, established academies at Granada, Cordova,
and as far east as Samarcand. Charlemagne founded an acad-
emy at the instigation of Alcuin, and Alfred one that grew
into the university of Oxford. The modern academy is not
always a school, but often an association of learned men for
the advancement of science, literature, and the arts, sometimes
aided, if not endowed, by the State. There are many such
organizations known as societies, associations, lyceums, insti-
tutes, museums, etc., but this list contains only those known
as academies.
PRINCIPAL ACADEMIES ARRANGED BY DATE.
YsiT'lS, Sorhonne (suppressed 1790; on the reorganization of the
university of France in 1808, it became the seat of the acad-
emy of France) 1255
Florence, Belles-lettres 1272
Toulouse, Floral Games (Jeaux Floraux); still bears the name. 1323
Milan, Architecture 1380
Paris, Painting 1391
Basel 1460
Naples, Rossana 1540
Paris, Music 1543
Verona, Music 1543
Parma, Innominati 1553
Naples, Mathematics 1560
Perosa, Insensati 1561
" Filigirti 1574
Florence, Delia Orusca, now united with the Fiorentina (estab-
lished by Cosmo I. 1549) under that name 1582
Rome, Lined 1600
Faenza, Philoponi 1611
Padua, Poetry 1612
Rome, Umoristi 1613
" Fantascici 1625
Brescia, Erranti 1626
Paris, the French, established by Richelieu 1635
Ancona, Caglinosi 1642
Palermo, Medical 1645
Paris, Fine Arts 1648
Vienna. Academia Naturae Curiosorum 1652
Rome, Infecondi 1653
Florence, Del Cimento (by Cardinal de' Medici) 1657
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Germany, Naturce Curiosi, now Leopoldine 1662
Paris, Inscriptions et Belles-lettres, established by Colbert 1663
Rome, Painting 1665
Paris, Sciences, established by Colbert 1666
Paris, Architecture 1671
" Music 1672
Soissons 1675
Nimes, Royal 1682
Angers, Belles-lettres 1685
Bologna, Ecclesiastical 1687
Rome, Arcadi 1690
Bologna, Mathematics 169(f
Naples, Science 1695
Dresden, Fine Arts 1697
Berlin, Royal, Leibnitz first President 1700
Venice, Medical 1701
Berlin, Princes 1703
Bordeaux, Arts, Science, and Belles-lettres 1703
Mantua, Vigilanti, Science 1704
Vienna, Sculpture and the Arts 1705
Caen, Science and Belles-lettres 1705
Montpellier, Royal Academy of Sciences 1706
Lyons, Science, Belles-lettres, and Art 1710
Bologna, Science and Art 1712
Bordeaux, Ethnology and Science (suppressed 1793, restored
1816) 1712
Madrid, Royal 1V13
Geneva, Medical 1715
Milan, Science 1719
Upsala, Sweden, Science 1720
St. Petersburg, Science, established by Catherine 1 1725
Marseilles, Belles-lettres (suppressed 1793, reorganized 1802).. 1726
Cortona, Italy, Etruscan Antiquities 1726
Madrid, History 1730
London, Music 1734
Gottingen 1734
Rouen, Science and Art 1737
Stockholm, Fine Arts, etc 1739
Dijon, Science, Belles-lettres, and Arts (suppressed 1793, re-
stored 1800) 1740
Stockholm, Science 1741
Dublin, Arts 1742
Copenhagen, Science, established by Count Holstein 1743
Montauban, France, Archaeology 1744
Amiens, France 1750
Genoa, Painting 1751
Rome, English 1752
Madrid, Painting and Arts 1753
Valladolid, Spain, History and Geography 1753
Stockholm, Belles-lettres 1753
Warsaw, Language and History 1753
Erfurt, Germany, Science 1754
Vienna, Oriental Language 1754
Mannheim, Baden, Science, founded by elector Chas. Theodore 1755
Naples, Herculaneum, Archaeology and History 1755
Turin, Italy, Science 1759
Munich, Arts and Science 1759
Haerlem, Science 1760
St. Petersburg, Arts 1764
London, Royal, Fine Arts (reorganized 1865) 1768
Brussels, Belles-lettres, Science, and Fine Arts (reorganized
1845) 1773
Mannheim, Sculpture 1775
Turin, Fine Arts, " The Albertine " (see above, 1759) 1778
Naples, Science and Belles-lettres 1779
Munich, Science 1779
Lisbon, Science 1779
Boston, U. S. , Arts and Science 1780
Verona, Science 1780
Stockholm, Agriculture 1781
Toulouse, Science, Inscriptions, Belles-lettres 1782
Dublin, Royal, Science 1782
Genoa, Science , 1783
Stockholm, Royal, 1753; reorganized, History and Antiquities
added 1786
Padua, Science, Letters, and Arts 1792
I'aris, Natural Philosophy 1796
Berlin, Architecture 1799
Connecticut, New Haven, U. S., Arts and Science 1799
Pennsylvania, Phila., U. S., Fine Arts 1807
Florence, Antiquities, Tuscan 1807
Philadelphia, Pa., U. S., Natural Science 1818
Dublin, Sculpture 1823
New York, National, of Design 1828
Paris, of Morals and Politics. (The "Institute of France,"
established by Louis XVL, at first consisted of 4 Academies.)
This was added 1832
Rome, Nuovi Lincei (see above, 1600) 1847
Washington, D. C, U. S., National, incorporated by Congress 1863
New York, Science (formerly Lyceum of Natural History, 1817) 1876
Philadelphia, American, of Political and Social Science 1889
Societies and Institutions of Art and Science.
academy, an educational institution, in grade between
a school and a college. Educational Institutions.
academy, military. Annapolis and West Point.
Aca'dia, the British provinces now known as Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick, especially the former, so called by
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the French who planted a colony at Port Royal, now Annap-
olis, under Pourtrincourt, 1605;' the English make an easy
conquest of it, 1654; Acadia restored to France by the treaty
of Breda, 1667 ; Massachusetts fits out a small fleet under sir
William Phipps, which retakes Acadia, 1690; retaken by the
French under Villabon, 1692; restored to the English bv the
treaty of Utrecht, 1713. Under these changes the French in-
habitants remained undisturbed (settled along the bay of
Fundy from Annapolis to the basin of Minas) up to 1755.
New England, apprehensive of the French from this quarter
—they having established forts at the isthmus connecting
Nova Scotia with New Brunswick, and also at the mouth of
the St. John's river, N. B.— sent an expedition under John
Winslow, of 3000 troops from Boston, and seized the forts,
with little resistance, 16 June, 1755. The French inhabitants
of Acadia were then between 14,000 and 15,000. By the
terms granted them when the British authorities took pos-
session of the province, 1713, they were excused from any
obligation to bear arms against France, and were thence
known as "French Neutrals." New England insisted that
they were not really neutral, but dangerous neighbors, being
French and Roman Catholics. It was argued that these peo-
ple could not remain, and if ordered to quit the country would
retire to Canada and strengthen the enemy there. A pitiless
scheme was therefore devised, whereby the inhabitants could
be captured, or rather kidnapped, without being able to resist,
and transported to the English colonies along the Atlantic.
Assembled, under various pretences, at their parish church,
they were surrounded by troops, made prisoners, and hurried
on board the ships. In the intentional hurry and confusion,
wives were separated from husbands, children from parents,
and thus carried away, never again to be united. Their lands,
crops, cattle, and money — everything except the scantiest
wardrobe — were declared forfeit to the crown ; and to impov-
erish those who escaped capture, the growing crops, houses,
barns, and cattle, as far as possible, were destroyed. More
than a thousand of these exiles were carried to Massachusetts,
and others scattered from Massachusetts to Georgia. From
these uncongenial localities survivors wandered — some in
search of lost relatives, others of their native tongue — to
France, to St. Domingo, to Canada, to Louisiana. To such
as reached Louisiana, lands were assigned in the district west
of New Orleans, bordering on the " Bayou Teche," still known
as the "Acadian Land," and the inhabitants- as "Cajuns."
These, from a few thousands, now number over 200,000. The
"Evangeline" of Longfellow is founded on this event.
Acale'phae (Gr. aKoXrjcprj, nettle), the scientific name
for jelly-fish, sea-nettles, etc.
AcailtllU§, a genus of plants of the natural order J con-
thacece, whose foliage is supposed to have suggested the dec-
oration of the Corinthian capital ascribed to Callimachus,
about 540 b.c.
Acapul'CO, Mexico, a city on the Pacific coast almost
directly south of the city of Mexico. During the 18th cen-
tury it traded largely with Manilla, capital of the- Philippine
islands. Com. George Anson, in the British ship Centurion,
captured a Spanish galleon, from Acapulco to Manilla, laden
with gold and precious wares, estimated at $5,000,000, June,
1743. He returned to Spithead, Eng., having circumnavi-
gated the globe, 15 June, 1744.
Acarna'llia, N. Greece. The people were prominent
in the Peloponnesian war, and had asked help from Athens
against the Ambracians, 432 B.c. They were subdued by
Sparta in 390 ; took part in 200 with Macedon against the
Romans, by whom they were defeated in 197 and subjugated
in 145.
Acca'dians, the primitive inhabitants of Babylonia.
The city " Accad " was grouped with Babel, Erech, and Calnch
in the land of Shinar (Gen. x. 10). They are believed to
have been of Turanian origin, and to have come from the
north of Europe and Asia, their language antedating the
proper Assyrian cuneiform inscriptions. Such scholars as
Rev. A. H. Sayce, Prof. Paul Haupt, M. Francois Lenormant,
and Geo. Smith, of the department of oriental antiquities of
the British museum, and other distinguished philologists and
antiquarians, have thrown much light on the history of those
primitive times, by deciphering the cuneiform writing of the
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brick-legends of their earliest kinjpi. These people are now
coiwideretl the earliest civilizers of eastern Asia, the source of
the philo*)phv and arts of the Assyrians and the Phanucians,
and hence of lircece. " Whole sciences that have dominated
the thought of men and changed the face of the world are
found to have had their beginnings and an astonishing devel-
opment among this giftetl and retieclive peo|de." — ^ w«r.
Jountal ofnUologjf, voL iiu p. 469, 1882. Assyria and Tu-
R.\MAX.
acCCIllM were first intnxluced in (Ireek by Aristophanes
of Bvzantium. a grammarian and critic who taught at Alex-
antlria about 264 B.C. Accents were first used by the French
in the reign of Ixmis XIII. (about 1610).
AeceSRion, The, i. e. that of the House of Hanover to
the throne of Great Britain, in the person of George I. elector
of Hanover, son of Sophia, daughter of Elizabeth, daughter
of James I. He succeeded, 1 Aug. 1714, by the act of settle-
ment passed under William III. 12 June, 1702, which limited
the succession to his mother (as a Protestant) if queen Anne
should die without issue.
ac'cessory is one who participates in a crime, not as
principal, but by aid, counsel, or concealment. In treason and
in misdemeanors, the law regards all guilty as principals.
Ac'ClU§, a tragic poet of Rome born about 190 b.c. Cic-
ero, when a boy, knew him. Few fragments of his writings
remain.
acclimatization, the adaptation to changed cli-
mate of any organic life. That of men has been most fully
tested by immigration into America. Dr. W. H. Thomson
reported to the surgeon-general in 1862, after examining 9000
men, a far higher average of physical strength and endurance
in native Americans than in any class of immigrants.
accordion, a small free-reed wind-instrument with
keys, invented at Vienna by Damian about 1828, and now
made chiefly in Paris.
accuscri. Occult writers, such as Agrippa, make ac-
cusers the eighth order of devils, whose chief is called Aste-
roth, or Spy. In Rev. xii. 10, the devil is called " the ac-
cuser of the brethren." False accusers were to be hanged by
24 Henry VI. 1446, and burned in the face with an F by 37
Henry VIII. 1645.— ^^ow.
Acel'dania, a field said to have been bought with
thirty pieces of silver given to Judas for betraying Christ, is
shown to travellers. Matt, xxvii. 8; Acts i. 19.— This name
was g^ven to an estate purchased by judge Jeffreys after the
" bloody assizes " in 1685.
ace'tylene, a luminous hydrocarbon gas resembling
coal gas, discovered by Berthelot, and made known in 1862.
Achaia (a-ka'-ya\ N. Peloponnesus, Greece, said to
have been settled by Achaeus, the son of Xuthus, about 1330
B.C. (?). The kingdom was united with Sicyon or subject to
the iEtolians, until about 284 b.c. The Achaei, descendants
of Achaeus, originally inhabited the neighborhood of Argos ;
but when the Heraclidae drove them thence, they retired
among the lonians, expelled the natives, and seized their
thirteen cities, viz. Pellene, iEgira, ^Egium, Bura, Tritaea,
Leontium, Rhypes, Cerynea, Olenos, Helice, Patrae, Dyme,
and Pharae, forming the Achaean League.
B.C.
Achaia invaded by Epaminondas 366
The Achaean League revived by 4 cities about 280, and by
others. 275, 274
Aratus made prsetor 245
The league joined by Corinth (captured 243), Megara, etc. . 242-228
Supported by Athens and Antigonus Doson 229
The Achaeans defeated at Ijidocea, by the Spartans, under Cle-
omenes III., 226; defeat them at Sellasia 221
Social war begun ; battle of Caphyse in Arcadia ; Aratus defeated, 220
The Peloponnesus ravaged by the ./Etolians 219
Peace of Xaupactus 217
jfratus poisoned at iEgium 213
Philopoemen, head of the league, defeats the Spartan tyrant
.Machanidas 208
Alliance of the league with the Romans 198
Philopoemen defeated by Nabis in a naval battle 194
All the Peloponnesus joins the league 191
War with Messenia: Philopoemen made prisoner and slain. . . 183
The Achaeans overrun Messenia with fire and sword 182
The Romans enter Achaia, and carry off numbers, including
Polybius the historian 165
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War with Rome, 160; Metollus enters Greece 147
The Achaeans defeated by Mummius at Leucopetra, 147; the
league dissolved ; Corinth taken; Greece subjected to Rome,
, and named the province of Achaia 146
i A.D.
Achaia made a I^tin principality by William oi Champlitte. . 1205
Obtained bv Geoflrey Villehardouin, 1210; by GeoflVey II 1218
By his broihcr William, 1246; who conquers the Moors, 1248;
makes war with the emperor Michael, 1259; and gains three
fortresses 1262
Succoodod by Isabella, 1277; who marries Florenzof Hainault. 1291
Their daughter Maud, princess, 1311; thrice married; forcibly
married to John do Gravina, and dies in prison 1324
Achaia, a fief of Naples 1246-1430
Conquered by the Turks. about 1540
Acheen', AtChCCn', or Achin', a kingdom in
the north of the island of Sumatra. Visited by the Portu-
guese, 1506. The Dutch established factories, 1599 ; the Eng-
lish, 1602. The French sought a foothold here in 1621, but
failed. By a formal understanding between the English and
the Dutch in 1824, the latter agreed not to begin hostilities
against the Acheenese. This understanding was abandoned,
2 Nov. 1871. The Dutch land a force at Acheen, Apr. 1873.
Capture the capital 24 Jan. 1874
Acheen reported subdued by the Dutch 1881
War breaks out afresh 1882
Ship Nisero stranded on the territory of the chief of Pangah,
a Malay dependant of Tuku Iman Muda, the rajah of Tenom,
subject to the sultan of Acheen 16 Nov. 1883
18 British and 6 other sailors made prisoners, the captain
released to negotiate; efforts to secure release fail; Dutch
storm Tenom ; the prisoners carried away 7 Jan. 1884
Rajah demands free trade and subjection to Great Britain;
British government counsels conciliation May, "
Prisoners released. 11 Sept. ; Dutch pay 100,000 guilders and
raise the blockade as ransom; 20 prisoners released, the
others having died of hardship and ill-treatment; arrived in
Thames 24 Oct. "
The officers of the Nisero, set free, were tried in Holland for
culpable negligence, and were convicted, but sentence was
suspended on account of suffering 1885
Coast blockaded by the Dutch "
Great Britain urged to interfere to protect the pepper trade.. 1886
Tuku Omar, an Acheenese, captures a steamship, killing all
but captain's wife and engineer; the Dutch pay $25,000 for
ransom "
The Dutch government plans a railroad to the coal-fields on
the Umbile river to be completed in six years; coal beds sup-
posed to contain 200,000,000 tons 1887
The strongest foe to the Dutch, the berri-berri disease 1888
Reverses to the Dutch army during 1889
The Dutch government, after great sacrifice of life, and ex-
penditure of 200,000,000 guilders, has not subdued Acheen. . 1890
The Dutch gain some successes, and blockade the entire north
coast "
War continues 1891
Acll'onry, Sligo, N. Ireland, a bishopric founded by
St. Finian, who built the church of Achad, or Achonry, about
520, for his disciple Nathy (Dathy, or David), first bishop.
The see, held with Killala since 1612, was united with Tuara
in 1834.
achroma'tiC tele§COpes, in which different
kinds of glass are so combined as to correct one another's
irregularities of refraction, and transmit pure, uncolored light,
were invented by John DoUond, and described in Phil. Tynans.
of the Royal Society, London, 1753-58.
acid§ (now defined as salts of hydrogen) are generally
soluble in water, redden organic blues, decompose carbonates,
and destroy alkalies, forming alkaline salts. The number of
acids was increased by the Arabs ; Geber (8th century) knew
nitric and sulphuric acid. Theories of acids were put forth
by Becher (1669), Lemery (1675), and Stahl (1723). After
the discovery of oxygen by Priestley, 1 Aug. 1774, Lavoisier
(1778) concluded that oxygen was a constituent of all acids ;
but about 1810, Davy, Gay-Lussac, and others proved acids to
exist without oxygen. In 1816 Dulong proposed the binary
or hydrogen theory of acids, and in 1837 Liebig applied the
theories of Davy and Dulong to explain the constitution of
several organic acids. In 1852 oxygen acids were termed
anhydrides by Gerhardt, Many acids have been discover-
ed in the advance of organic chemistry. — Watts. Scheele
(1742-86) discovered most of the vegetable acids, or suggested
methods for their discrimination.
ac'oiyte§ (Gr. dKuXovBoi^, attendant), an inferior order
of clergy in the Latin church, unknown to the Greek church
for 400 years after Christ.
AGO
aCOll§'tiC§ (from the Greek aKovu), I hear), the science
of sound, was so named by Sauveur in the 17th century. To
Pj'thagoras, about 500 b.c., is ascribed the doctrine of different
sounds produced by vibrating strings of varied length, and
the communication of sound to the ear by the vibrating at-
raospliere. It was mentioned by Aristotle, 300 b.c., explained
by Galileo, 1600 a.d., and investigated by Newton in 1700.
Biot, Savart, Wheatstone, Lissajous, Helmholtz, Henry, Tyn-
<lall, and others in the present century have promoted the
science.
A speaking-trumpet or horn by which Alexander called sol-
diers ten miles away, is alluded to in an old manuscript
■ found in the Vatican Library, quoted by Kircher in 1652
Velocity of sound first measured by P. Mersenne in 1657, and
by the Academicians of Florence 1660
Robert Hooke experiments before the Royal Society, making
musical sounds by the teeth of a rapidly revolving wheel
striking the edge of a card 27 July, 1681
Velocity of sound measured by Walker, in England 1698
Sauveur pronounces the lowest sound to be that produced in
a pipe of 40 ft., corresponding to 25 vibrations per second. . . 1700
Modes of vibration corresponding to higher tones of strings,
discovered by Noble and Pigot in Oxford, 1676, and inde-
pendently by Sauveur '. . . . 1701
Experiment illustrating the absence of sound in a vacuum, by
a bell struck in the receiver of an air pump, shown the
Royal Society by a philosopher named Hawksbee. ... ... 1705
dalileo's theorem of the harmonic curve demonstrated by
Brook Taylor 1714
Resultant tones in music discovered in 1745 by the German
organist Sorge, and independently by the Italian violinist
Tartini • 1754
First exact experiments on the velocity of sound in air by La
Caille, Maraldi, Cassini de Thury, and others, a commission
of the Academy of Science, at the Paris Observatory, the
Pyramid of Montmartre, the Mill of Fontenay-aux-Roses, and
the Chateau de Lay at Montlh^ry: result 1093 ft. per second
at 0° cent 1758
Sounds produced by combustion of hydrogen in tubes, by Dr.
Higgins 1777
Successful experiments on imitating vowel sounds mechani-
cally, by Von Kempelen of Vienna and by Kratzenstein, be-
fore Academy of St. Petersburg 1779
Ernest Florens Frederic Chladni discovers the formation of
nodal lines in symmetrical figures on glass plates vibrated
by a violin-bow across the edge 1785
Sounds of hydrogen gas burning in tubes investigated by
Chladni and G. De la Rive 1802
Velocity of sound made between Montlh^ry and Villejuif, about
• 61,067 ft., measured at request of laplace by the Bureau des
Longitudes; result, 1086 ft. per second at zero 1822
Velocity of sound in water 4708 ft. per second, determined by
Messrs. Colladon and Sturm in lake Geneva between Rolle
and Thonon, about 8 miles. (Previous experiments by Beu-
dant at Marseilles) 1826
Prof Robison, producing musical sounds by quick succession
of puffs of air. invents the first form of the sirkn; improved
by Cagniard de la Tour in 1827
Arthur Trevelyan discovers cause of production of sound by
contact of two metals unequally heated, noted by M. Schwartz
of Saxony in 1805, and constructs his so-called "rocker"
about 1829
Savart estimates the range of perception of the human ear at
from 7 vibrations to 24,000 per second 1830
Experiments on propagation of sound in water, oflf the coast of
the United States, by Mr. Bonnycastle 1838
€hronoscope invented by sir Charles Wheatstone 1840
Demonstration of rising pitch in the sound of an approaching
locomotive-whistle and the corresponding fall after the train
passes, made by M. Buys Ballot on the Dutch railway be-
tween Utrecht and Maarsen 1845
Count Schaffgotsch of Berlin shows that a gas-flame surmount-
ed by a short tube may be extinguished by a voice pitched
to the note of the tube 1856-57
Action of sound upon a naked fish-tail flame first observed by
Dr. Leconte at a musical party in the United States 1858
Leon Scott devises the P/ionautograph, an instrument for reg-
ulating the vibrations of a sounding body — the first form of
the PHONOGRAPH about 1858
Paper by prof Joseph Henry, on causes of aberration of sound,
especially in fog signals, before the Washington Philosoph-
ical Society 11 Dec. 1872
Prof Tyndall begins investigations on transmission of sound,
and aberration, especially in fog signals, under the auspices
of Trinity House, England 19 May, 1873
Experiments on difl'raction of sound and production of sound-
shadows in water, by prof John Leconte and his son, in
San Francisco bay, show that the exposed ends of thick
glass tubes, placed horizontally in the water between two
piles, the nearest one 40 ft. from a dynamite cartridge used
in blasting a reef, were shattered by the explosion, while the
portion in the sound-shadow of the pile remained intact 1874
Experiments on aberrations of sound in fog signals described
to Philosophical Society of Washington by Arnold B. John-
son 22 Oct. 1881
Captain Journe'e of the French army proves by projectiles
that when air is displaced at a greater velocity than that of
ordinary vibration, an explosive report results 23 Jan. 1888
ACT
J. Violle and Theodore Vauticr describe before the Paris Acad-
emy experiments showing that the velocity of sound dimin-
ishes with intensity, and that pitch has no influence on
velocity 3 ^pr. igsg
acre, the principal land-measure in Great Britain and
the United States. The English imperial or standard acre bv
statute (Geo. IV. 1824) contains 4840 square yards, and is u.sed
in the United States. The French hedai'e, the measure in
France, Germany, Italy, and Spain = 2 acres, 1 rood, and 35.38
perches. The old 'Romsin jugerum was about f of an acre.
Acre or Acca, anciently Ptolemais. in Syria, 80 miles
north-northwest from Jerusalem, was taken by Saracens in 638;
by the crusaders under Baldwin I. in 1104 ; by Saladin in 1187 ;
and again by Richard I. and other crusaders, 12 July, 1 191, after
a siege of 2 years, with a loss of 6 archbishops, 12 bishops, 40
earls, 500 barons, and 300,000 soldiers. It was then named St.
Jean (VAcre. It was retaken by Saracens, 1291, when 60,000
Christians perished, and the nuns, who had mangled their faces
to preserve chastity, were put to death. Acre was gallantly
defended by Djezzar Pacha against Bonaparte, till relieved by
sir Sidney Smith, who resisted twelve attempts by the French,
between 16 March and 20 May, 1799, when Bonaparte retreated.
Acre, as a Turkish pachalic, was seized 27 May, 1832, by Ibra-
him Pacha, who had revolted. On 3 Nov. 1840, it was stormed
by the allied fleet under sir Robert Stopford, and taken after a
bombardment of a few hours, the Egyptians losing upwards of
2000 in killed and wounded and 3000 prisoners, while the Brit-
ish had but 12 killed and 42 wounded. -Syria and Turkey.
acrop'Oli§, a citadel usually on the summit of a rock
or hill. The most celebrated was at Athens. Its principal en-
trance, a splendid structure, bore the name of Propylaea. Be-
sides other temples it contained the Parthenon, or temple of
Minerva.
acroitic, a poem in which the first or last letters of
each line, read downwards, form a word, is said to have been
invented by Porphyrins Optalianns in the fourth century.
Double acrostics became very popular in 1867. Edgar Allan
Poe worked the name of Frances Sargent Osgood in the poem
" A Valentine," and that of Sarah Anna Lewis in another, " An
Enigma," so that the name was found by reading the first let-
ter of the first line, the second letter of the second, the third
letter of the third, and so on.
Acs or ACZ (atch), Hungary. The Hungarians under
Gorgey were clefeated here by Austrians and Russians on 2
and 10 July, 1849.
Act of Settlement, etc. Accession, Succession,
Supremacy, and Uniformity Acts.
Acta ]>iurna, a kind of Roman gazette containing
an authorized account of daily transactions. Its origin is at-
tributed to Julius Caesar; by some to Servius TuUius, 550 B.C.
Acta Sanctorum ("acts of the saints"), a publica-
tion of the Jesuits, begun in 1643 ; interrupted in 1794, when
54 volumes, bringing the work down to 15 Oct., had been pub-
lished ; it was resumed in 1837, and 6 more volumes had been
published in 1867. The writers have been named Bollandists,
from John Boiland, who published the first two volumes.
actinometer, an instrument to mea.sure the heating
power of solar rays, invented by sir John F. Herschel, and de-
scribed by him in 1825. Sun.
Actium, a promontory of Acarnania, W. Greece, near
which, 2 Sept. 31 b.c., the fleet of Octavianus Caesar and that
of Marc Antony and Cleopatra fought and decided the fate of
Antony, 300 of his galleys going over to Caesar. This victory
made Octavianus master of the world, and the Roman empire
is commonly dated 1 Jan. 30 b.c. (the Action Era). The con-
queror built Nicopolis (the city of victon,')* and instituted the
Actian games.
actre§se§ appear to have been unknown to the an-
cients, men or eunuchs performing the female parts. Charles
II. is said to have first encouraged the appearance of women on
the stage in England in 1662; but Anne, queen of James I., had
previously performed in a theatre at court.— Theat. Biog. Mrs.
Davenport as Roxalana and Mrs. Saunderson (afterwards Mrs.
Betterton) as Ianthe,m Davenant's "Siege of Rhodes," in 1661,
were the first English public actresses, although Mrs. Coleman
ACT
cnact«d JiMthe in ihe same pUy to a select audience in 1C56.
Trkatrbs.
Acts, in dramatic poetry, first employed by the Romans.
Am aeca are mentioDed by Uoraoe (" Art of Poetry ") as the
rale (aboot 8 b.c).
Acts or the Apostles, Luke's continuation of his
Gaapel« ending 63 a.d.
aets of the British Parliament. Parlia-
MRNT. The foUoiring are celebrated early sututes :
ProrisloiM of Merton, 133ft-3&
StAtttte of Marlborough, IMT.
" of Btgann-, l'i76-7d.
«' of Gloucester, the eartleat sutute of record, 6 Edw. 1. 1278.
" of Mortmain, 1279.
Qoo Warrwito, Oct lasa
Statute of MerohanU or AotonBomel, 1388.
Sututea of Walea, 1384.
" ot Wlncheater, Oct 1384.
•• of Westminster, 1375, 1385, 1390. ^_^
Statute forbidding taxes without consent of parliament, 1297.
'« of Pmroonire, 1306.
. first printed in the reign of Richard III., 1483.
of the Realm, ttom Magna Cbarta to George I., printed from
original records and MSS. in 12 vols, folio, under direction
of commissioDers appointed in 1801, 1811-28.
Publication of the revised edition of the Statutes (1326-1878), 18 vol-
umes, published, 1870-85.
Adamites, a sect said to have existed about 130 a.d.,
and to have been naked in their religious assemblies, asserting
that if Adam had not sinned there would have been no mar-
riages. Their chief was named Frodicus ; they deified the ele-
ments, rejected prayer, and said it was not necessary to confess
Chnat.—Eusfbius. ' A sect of this name arose at Antwerp in
the 12th century, under Tandemus or Tanchelin, whose fol-
lowers, 8000 soldiers and others, committed many crimes. It
became extinct soon after his death ; but a similar sect, named
Turinpins, appeared soon after in Savoy and Dauphiny. Pic-
ard, a Fleming, revived it in Bohemia, about 1415 ; it was
suppressed by Ziska, 1420.
Adams, Fort, one of the three chief fortresses of the
United States, mounting 500 guns ; built 1824-39 at the en-
trance of Newport harbor, R. I. Forts.
Adams, John, administration of. United States,
1797.
Adams, John Quincy, administration of. United
States, 1825.
Adamses, The Three. John Adams (1735-1826), sec-
ond president of the United States; his son, John Quincy Adams
(1767-1848), sixth president of the United States; and his son,
Charles Francis Adams (1807-86), distinguished diplomatist,
minister to England, 1861-68,
Adelaide, capital of South Australia, founded in 1836.
It contained 14,000 inhabitants in 1850, and 18,259 in 1855;
about 30,000 in 1875; 133,220 in 1891. It was made a bish-
opric in 1847. University founded, 1876.
Aden, a free port on the southern coast of Arabia, near
the entrance to the Red sea, where in Dec. 1836 a British ship
was wrecked and plundered. The sultan promised compensa-
tion and agreed to cede the place to the English. His son
repudiating this agreement, a British force, under capt. H.
Smith, of the Volage, seized Aden, 19 Jan. 1839. It is now
a garriison and coal depot for Indian steamers, etc.
Adige (d'-de-je), a river of the Austrian Tyrol and N.
Italy, near which the Austrians defeated the French on 26
30 Moh. and 5 Apr. 1799. '
Adirondack Mountains, in the N. of the state
of New York. Mount Marcy, the highest,is 5344 ft. high. Ex-
tensive deposits of magnetic iron ore were discovered, 1835. A
topographical survey by the state, under Verplanck Colvin,was
begun, 1872. New York, 1885.
Administrations of England and of Great Brit-
ain. Until the Restoration, 1660, there was no cabinet in
the modern sense. The sovereign was aided by privy-council-
lors, varying in number, the men and offices being frequently
changed. The cabinet as distinct from the privy council be-
came prominent under William III., and the control of the
chief, now termed the premier, began in the reign of Anne.
"The era of ministries may most properly be reckoned from
ADM
the day of the meeting of the parliament after the general
election of ]69ii."—Macuiday. Till 1850 the cabinet council
usually consisted of 12 members. In 1850 the number was 15.
In 1868 the Gladstone cabinet consisted of the same number;
that of Disraeli, in Feb. 1874, of 12 ; that of Gladstone, 1892^
17, as follows :
1. First lord of the treasury and lord of privy seal. William K
Oladstone, premier.
2. Lord high chancellor.
3. Lord president of the council and secretary of state for India.
4. UoTne secretary.
6. Foreign "
6. Colonial "
7. War "•
8. First lord of the admiralty.
9. Chancellor of the exchequer.
10. Chi^ secretary for Ireland.
11. Secretary for Scotland.
12. President of the board of trade.
13. President of the local government board.
14. First commissioner of works.
16. Chancellor of duchy of Lancaster.
16. Postmxister-general.
17. Vice-president of the committee of council on education.
The average duration of a ministry has been set down at four,,
five, and six years; but some ministries have lasted much
longer: sir Robert Walpole was minister from 1721 to 1742
(21 years) ; Mr. Pitt, 1783 to 1801 (18 years) ; and lord Liver-
pool, 1812 to 1827 (15 years). Several ministries have not
lasted beyond a few months, as the Coalition Ministry in 1783,
and the " Talents " Ministry in 1806. The " Short-lived " Ad-
ministration lasted 10 to 12 Feb. 1746.
Henry VIII.— Archbishop Warham; bishops Fisher and Fox;
earl of Surrey, etc 1509
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, etc 1514
Earl of Surrey ; Tunstall, bishop of London, etc 1523
Sir Thomas More; bishops Tunstall and Gardiner, and Cranmer
(afterwards archbishop of Canterbury) 1529
Archbishop Cranmer; lord Cromwell, afterwards earl of Essex;
Thomas Boleyn, earl of Wiltshire, etc 1532
Thomas, duke of Norfolk ; Henry, earl of Surrey; Thomas, lord
Audley ; bishop Gardiner; sir Ralph Sadler, etc 1540
Lord Wriothesley; Thomas, duke of Norfolk; lord Lisle; sir
William Petre; sir William Paget, etc 1544
Edward VI.— Lord Wriothesley, earl of Southampton, lord
chancellor (expelled) ; Edward, earl of Hertford, lord protec-
tor, created duke of Somerset; John, lord Russell; Henry,
earl of Arundel; Thomas, lord Seymour; sir William Paget;
sir William Petre, etc 1547
John Dudley, late lord Lisle and earl of Warwick, created duke
of Northumberland; John, earl of Bedford ; bishop Goodrich,
sir William Cecil, etc 1551
Mary. — Stephen Gardiner, bishop of Winchester; Edmund
Bonner, bishop of London; William, marquess of Winches-
ter; sir Edward Hastings, etc 1554
Elizabeth. — Sir Nicholas Bacon; Edward, lord Clinton; sir
Robert Dudley, afterwards earl of Leicester; sir William
Cecil, afterwards lord Burleigh 15.5g
William, lord Burleigh (minister during nearly all the reign);
sir Nicholas Bacon, etc 1572.
Lord Burleigh ; sir Thomas Bromley ; Robert Devereux, earl of
Essex (a favorite); earl of Leicester; earl of Lincoln ; sir Wal-
ter Mildmay ; sir Francis Walsingham, etc 1579
Lord Burleigh; Robert, earl of Essex; sir Christopher Hatton,
etc 158T
Thomas Sackville, lord Buckhurst, afterwards earl of Dorset;
sir Thomas Egerton, afterwards lord EUesmere and viscount
Brackley ; sir Robert Cecil, etc 1599
James I.— Thomas, earl of Dorset; Thomas, lord EUesmere;
Charles, earl of Nottingham; Thomas, earl of Suffolk; Ed-
ward, earl of Worcester; Robert Cecil, afterwards earl of
Salisbury, etc leOS
Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury ; Thomas, lord EUesmere ; Henry,
earl of Northampton; Charles, earl of Nottingham ; Thomas,
earl of Suffolk, etc 1609
Henry, earl of Northampton; Thomas, lord EUesmere; Ed-
ward, earl of Worcester; sir Ralph Winwood; Charles, earl
of Nottingham ; Robert, viscount Rochester, afterwards earl
of Somerset, etc 1612
Thomas, lord EUesmere ; Thomas, earl of Suffolk ; Charles, earl
of Nottingham; sir George Villiers (a favorite), afterwards vis-
count Villiers, and successively earl, marquess, and duke of
Buckingham 1615-
Sir Henry Montagu, afterwards viscount Mandeville and earl of
Manchester 1620
Lionel, lord Cranflield, afterwards earl of Middlesex ; Edward,
earl of Worcester; John, earl of Bristol; John Williams, dean
of Westminster; George Villiers, marquess of Buckingham ;
sir Edward Conway, etc 1621
Charles I. — Richard, lord Weston, afterwards earl of Portland ;
sir Thomas Coventry, afterwards lord Coventry; Henry, earl
of Manchester (succeeded by James, earl of Marlborough, who
gave place to Edward, lord, afterwards viscount, Conway);
William Laud, bishop of London; sir Albert Morton, etc 162S
William Laud, archbishop of Canterbury; Francis, lord Cotting-
ADM
ton; James, marquess of Hamilton; Edward, earl of Dorset-
sir John Coke ; sir Francis Windebank, etc .' 1635
William Juxon, bishop of London; sir John Finch, afterwards
lord Finch; Francis, lord Cottington; AVentworth, earl of
Strafl'ord; Algernon, earl of Northumberland; James, mar-
quess of Hamilton; Laud, archbishop of Canterbury; sir
Francis Windebank ; sir Henry Vane, etc 1640
[The king beheaded, 30 Jan. 1649.]
Commonwealth. — Oliver Cromwell, protector, named a council,
not to exceed 21 members, or be less than 13 1653
Richard Cromwell, his son, succeeded on Oliver's death. A
council of officers ruled at Wallmgford house 1658
Charles II.— Sir Edward Hyde, afterwards earl of Clarendon;
George Monk, created duke of Albemarle ; Edward Montagu,
created earl of Sandwich ; lord Saye and Sele ; earl of Man-
chester; lord Seymour; sir Robert Long, etc 1660
Cteorge Monk, duke of Albemarle, first commissioner of the
treasury, etc 1667
'■'■CabaV^ Ministry: CliiTord, Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington,
Lauderdale (Cabal) 1670
Thomas, lord Cliflbrd; Anthony, earl of Shaftesbury; Henry,
earl of Arlington; Arthur, earl of Anglesey; sir Thomas Os-
borne, created viscount Latimer; Henry Coventry; sir George
Carteret ; Edward Seymour, etc 1672
Thomas, viscount Latimer, afterwards earl of Danby, lord
high treasurer 26 June, 1673
Arthur, earl of Essex (succeeded by Lawrence Hyde, afterwards
earl of Rochester) ; Robert, earl of Sunderland, etc 1679
[The king nominated a new council on 21 Apr. 1679, of 30
members only, chiefly the great officers of state and of the
household.]
Sidney, lord Godolphin; Lawrence, earl of Rochester; Daniel,
earl of Nottingham; Robert, earl of Sunderland; sir Thomas
Chicheley; George, lord Dartmouth; Henry, earl of Claren-
don ; earls of Bath and Radnor 1684
James II. — Lawrence, earl of Rochester; George, marquess of
Halifax ; sir George Jeffreys, afterwards lord Jeffreys ; Henry,
earl of Clarendon; sir John Ernley; viscount Preston, etc.. 1685
The earl of Rochester displaced, John, lord Belasyse, made first
commissioner of the treasury in his room, 4 Jan. ; earl of Sun-
derland president of the council; viscount Preston, secretary
of state, etc 1687-88
[King left Whitehall by night 11 Dec. 1688 ; fled from Roch-
ester 18 Dec, and landed at Ambleteuse, in France, 20 Dec]
William III. and Mary. — Charles, viscount Mordaunt ; Thomas
Osborne, earl of Danby, created marquess of Carmarthen,
afterwards duke of Leeds; George, marquess of Halifax;
Arthur Herbert, afterwards lord Torrington; earls of Shrews-
bury, Nottingham, and Sunderland; earl of Dorset and Mid-
dlesex; William, earl (afterwards duke) of Devonshire; lord
Godolphin ; lord Montagu ; lord De la Mere, etc 1689
Sidney, lord Godolphin; Thomas, earl of Danby; Richard
Hampden; Thomas, earl of Pembroke; Henry, viscount
Sydney ; Daniel, earl of Nottingham, etc 1690
Sir John Somers became lord Somers in 1697, and lord chan-
cellor; Charles Montagu, afterwards lord Halifax, made first
commissioner of the treasury, 1 May, 1698, succeeded by
Ford, earl of Tankerville 1699
PREMIERS OF ENGLAND FROM 1700, AND LENGTH OF
ADMINISTRATIONS.
Anne. — Sidney, earl of Godolphin 8 May, 1702
Robert Harley, earl of Oxford 29 May, 1711
Charles, duke of Shrewsbury (made premier three days before
the queen's death) 29 July, 1714
•George I.— Charles, earl of Halifax (dies 19 May, 1715; suc-
ceeded by the earl of Carlisle) 5 Oct. "
Robert Walpole Oct. 1715
James, earl Stanhope 15 Apr. 1717
Charles, earl of Sunderland Mch. 1718
Robert Walpole, earl of Orford 1721
George II.— Robert Walpole, earl of Orford 1727
Earl of Wilmington (dies 26 July, 1743) Feb. 1742
Henry Pelham 25 Aug. 1743
Henry Pelham, Broad-bottom administration Nov. 1744
Earl of Bath, Short-lived administration 10-12 Feb. 1746
Henry Pelham (again) 12 Feb. "
Thomas H. Pelham, duke of Newcastle Apr. 1754
Duke of Devonshire (William Pitt virtually premier). . .16 Nov. 1756
Duke of Newcastle (and William Pitt) June, 1757
George III.— Duke of Newcastle (and William Pitt) 1760
John, earl of Bute May, 1762
George Grenville 8 Apr. 1763
Charles, marquess of Rockingham 13 July, 1765
William Pitt, earl of Chatham Aug. 1766
Augustus Henry, duke of Grafton Dec. 1767
Frederick, lord North. (Lord North was minister during the
whole of the American war) Jan. 1770
Marquess of Rockingham (dies 1 July, 1782. Charles James
Fox and Edmund Burke were members of this cabinet),
Mch. 1782
William Petty, earl of Shelburne July, "
William Henry Cavendish, duke of Portland (called the "Coa-
lition Ministry ") 5 Apr. 1783
William Pitt (second son of the earl of Chatham) 18 Dec. "
Henry Addington Mch. 1801
William Pitt <dies 23 Jan. 1806) 12 May, 1804
George, lord Grenville Feb. 1806
1*
ADR
Duke of Portland (dies 30 Oct. 1809). 25 Mch 1807
Spencer Perceval .' Nov. 1809
Begency.— Spencer Perceval (Phot by Bellingham in the lobby
ot the House of Commons, 11 May, 1812) 5 Feb. 1811
Robert, earl of Liverpool ' May 1812
George IV — Robert, earl of Liverpool !..!*.'.*.*.!! 29 Jan! 1820
vKn^Serlcr^ '^"«- '''''' ' ^ ^l' '^
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William IT.— Duke of Wellington (resigns 16 Nov. 1830),
Charles, earl Grey ""^ ^Zl' ^^"^
^M """.i/.^"^' \'sco"nt Melbourne (administration di^olved,'
Nov 1834; seals of office in the hands of the duke of Wei-
siSSiv^::::::::::::::::: ^^''^
Viscount Melbourne ..........'...'..... Apr 1835
Victoria.— Viscount Melbourne 20* June 1837
Viscount Melbourne resigns, 8 May, 1839, but returns to power'.
Sir Robert Peel (resigns 29 June, 1846) ^^ Sevtl 1841
Lord John Russell.. !..... JX }^J
Lord John Russell resigns, 21 Feb. 1851, but is 'induced '(after
the failure of lord Stanley '» party to form an administration)
to return to power o vr-i,' -.qk,
Edward earl of Derby •. . .•.•;.V;;;;;;.27 Feb! \^l
Earl of Aberdeen 28 Dec "
Henry, viscount Palmerston *.'.*.'.'.''.*.'.*. *.'.'.'.'.*.'.'.'. .7 Feb 1865
Edward, earl of Derby .....! 25 Feb S
Viscount Palmerston (d. 18 Oct. 1865. Lord Palmerston was
premier during the American civil war) 18 June 1859
John, earl Russell .' oct 1865
Edward, earl of Derby 6 July, 1866
Benjamin Disraeli 29 Feb. 1868
William Ewart Gladstone .9 Dec. "
Benjamin Disraeli (earl of Beaconsfield, 16 Aflg. i876J.'.'21 Feb 1874
William E. Gladstone 28 Apr. 1880
Robert, marquis of Salisbury (resigned in consequence of a
minority on the amendment to the address [329-250], 27 Jan.
,^1,^?*^)- ■•••••, 24 June, 1885
William E. Gladstone (resigned in consequence of a majority
against his Irish Home Rule bill [343-313], 20 July, 1886),
26 Feb. 1886
Robert, marquis of Salisbury (resigned in consequence of want
of confidence voted by the Commons [350-310], 11 Aug. 1892),
26 July. «'
William E. Gladstone (resigns, 3 Mch. 1894) 18 Aug! 1S92
Archibald Philip Primrose, lord Rosebery 3 Mch. 1894
administrations of the U. S. United States.
admiral. The title first appears in England about 1300,
but earlier in France. — Sir Harris Nicolas. The nanoe is
doubtless of Asiatic origin, as it appears to have been unknown
in Europe before the crusades. Before the word admiral the
title of custos maris was in use. — Encycl. Brit. 9th ed. Alfred,
Athelstan, Edgar, Harold, and other kings were commanders
of their own fleets. The first French admiral is said to have
been appointed 1284. The rank oi admiral of the English
seas was first given to William de Leybourne by Edward I.
in 1297.— Spehnan ; Rymer. The first Lord High Admiral
in England was created by Richard II. in 1385 ; there had
been previously high admirals of districts — the north, west,
and south. The duties have generally been executed by lords
commissioners. Admiralty. A similar dignity existed in
Scotland from the reign of Robert III. In 1673, Charles II.
bestowed it on his natural son Charles Lennox, an infant, after-
wards duke of Richmond, who resigned the office to the crown
in 1703 ; after the union it was discontinued. The dignity of
lord high admiral of Ireland (of brief existence) was conferred
upon James Butler by Henry VIII. in May, 1534. Admiral
of the Fleet is the highest rank in the royal navy, correspond-
ing to field-marshal in the army. Navy, English.
admiral, United States. Navy, U. S., 1862-64, etc.
Ad'miralty, Court of (English), a court for the trial of
causes relating to maritime aflFairs, said to have been erected
by Edward III. in 1357. The United States navy is controlled
by the secretary of the navy, and admiralty jurisdiction is ex-
ercised by the circuit and district courts.
adoption controversy in Spain towards the
close of the 8th century. The archbishop of Toledo, Elipan-
dus, and the bishop of Urgel, Felix, maintained that Christ's
human nature was the son of God only by adoption. Felix
recanted before a synod called by Charlemagne at Ratisbon,
792. The archbishop, however, secure in his see at Toledo,
retained his views.
Ad'riano'ple, in Turkey, named for its restorer, em-
peror Hadrian (who died 10 Jtdy, 138). Near here Constantino
ADR
defeated LIcinius and gained the empire, 3 July, 323; and the
emperor Valens was defoated and slain by the (ioths, 9 Aug.
878. Adrianople was taken by the Turks, under Amurath, in
1861, and was their capital till the capture of Constantinople
in 1458. It was taken by the Russians on 20 Aug. 1829, and
restored 14 Si>pt. same year; occupied by the Russians, with-
out leaisunce, 20 Jan. 1878. Pop. 1890, 150,000. Turkey.
Adriatic. The annual ceremony of the doge of Venice
wetttling the Adriatic sea (instituted about 1173 ; first omitted,
1797) took place on Ascension day. The doge dropped a ring
into the sea rn>m his Bucentaur, or state barge, attended by
his nobility and foreign ambassadors.
Adlllllllll, a cave to which David fled from the persecu-
tion of Said about 1062 luc. (I Sam. xxii. 1, 2). As a gather-
ing place for "every one that was in distress," or " in debt,"
or "discontcnteil," it has often been humorously alluded to, as
by the baron of Bradwardine in " Waverley," chap. 57.
adultery was punished with death by the law of Moses
(1490 ac. ; Lev. xx. 10), and by Lycurgus (884 b,c.). The
early Saxons burned the adulteress and erected a gibbet over
her ashes, whereon they hanged the adulterer. The ears and
nose were cut off under Canute, 1031. Adultery was made
capital by parliament, 14 May, 1650, but there is no record of
this law taking effect, and it was repealed at the Restoration.
In New England adultery was made capital to both parties,
and several suflTered for itj 1662.— I/ardie. Till 1857 in Great
Britain the legal redress against the man was by civil action
for money com|)en8ation, the woman was liable to divorce.
By 20 and 21 Vict. c. 85 (1857), the "action for criminal con-
versation " was abolished, and the Court for Divorce and Mat-
rimonial Causes established with power to grant divorce for
adultery and ill-usage. Divokck. An act was passed, 1869,
permitting parties to give evidence. In the United States
adultery is variously punished under state laws, usually by
tine or imprisonment or both. It is also a cause for absolute
divorce in nearly all the states.
Advent (adventus, arrival). The period of the approach
of the Nativity. The season includes four Sundays, previous
to Christmas, the first the nearest Sunday to St. Andrew's day
(Nov. 30), before or after. Homilies respecting Advent are
mentioned prior to 378, and it has been recognized since the
6th century as the commencement of the ecclesiastical year.
Adventi§t§. An American sect who look for the early
second coming of Christ, which is spoken of in the New Testa-
ment, It arose from the preaching of William Miller from 1836
to 1843, when he predicted the coming. Millerites.
ad¥er'tiseinent§ in newspapers were not general in
England till the beginning of the 18th century. A penalty of
50/. was inflicted on persons advertising a reward for stolen
goods with " No questions asked," and on the printer, 1754.
The advertisement duty (first enacted 1712), formerly charged
by lines, was afterwards fixed in England at 3s. 6c?. and in Ire-
land at Is. 6d. each advertisement. The duty (further reduced,
in England to \s. 6d. and in Ireland to Is. each, in 1833) was
abolished in 1853.
Early advertisements are found in Perfect Occurences of every
Date, 26 Mch. to 2 Apr. 1647, and Mercurius Elencticus, 4 Oct. 1648
The American system of advertising agencies was originated
by Orlando Bounie in 1828, and was followed in 1840 by V. B.
Palmer, who established agencies in Philadelphia, New York,
and Boston. The system was vastly extended about 1860.
iCdile§. Roman city officers of three degrees, named
from their charge of the cedes, or temi)le, of Ceres. (1) Two
plebeian lediles were appointed with the tribunes to look after
buildings, weights and measures, the supply of provisions and
water, etc., 494 b.c. (2) The (ediles curules, at first patricians,
were appointed 365 b.c. (3) Julius Caesar appointed cedUes cere-
ales for watching over the supply of corn. The aediles became
a police under the emperors.
JBdui or Hedui, a Celtic people, N.E. France, who
were delivered from subjection to the Sequani by Julius Caesar,
58 B.C.; but afterwards, opposing him, were subjugated by him,
52. Their insurrection, headed by Julius Sacrovir, 21 a.d., was
quelled by C. Silius.
^ga'te§ I§ie§, west of Sicily ; near these, during the
10 ^TO
first Punic war, the Roman consul C. Lutatius Catulus gained a
decisive victory over the Carthaginian fleet under Hanno, 10
Mch. 241 B.C. Peace ensued, the Romans obtaining Sicily
and a tribute of 3200 talents.
iKlJCi'lia, a (ireck island, rival of Athens, was humbled by
Themistocles, 485 n.c, and its works destroyed, 455. Its in-
habitants expelled, 431, were restored by Sparta, 404; they
renewed war witli Athens, 388, and made peace, 387.
iEllC'id, the great Latin epic poem on the adventures
of yEneas, written about 24 b.c. by Virgil {Publius Vergilius
Maro), who died 22 Sept. 19 B.C., aged 51, leaving it unfin-
ished. Was first printed in 1469 at Rome.
cenilipnia. Samson's riddle (about 1141 r.c. ; Judg.
xiv. 12) is the earliest on record. Gale attributes aenigmati-
cal speeches to the Egyptians. The ancient oracles occasion-
ally gave responses admitting of contrary interpretations. In
Nero's time the Romans had recourse to this method of con-
cealing truth. The following epitaph on Fair Rosamond
(mistress of Henry II. of England, about 1173) is a mediaeval
specimen : " Hie jacet in tombsi Rosa mundi, non Rosa mun-
da ; Non redolet, sed olet, quae redolere solet."
iHo'lia, in Asia Minor, was colonized by a principal
branch of the Hellenic race about 1124 B.C. The JEolians
built several large cities, both on the mainland and the neigh-
boring islands; Mitylene, in Lesbos, was considered the cap-
ital.
^^Oiian Harp (from Aeolus, god of the wind), A
stringed instrument, upon which the wind produces musical
sounds, first described by Kircher, about 1650.
seoll'na, a free-reed wind-instrument, invented by
Wheatstone in 1829.
seol'opile, a hollow ball with an orifice in which a
tube might be screwed, used in 17th century as a boiler for
experimental steam-engines ; a similar apparatus is described
by Vitruvius, 1st century a.d.
^QUi, an ancient Italian race, inhabiting the upper
valle\' of the Anio (now Teverone), a branch of the Tiber,
were finally subdued by the Romans and their lands annexed^
302 B.C.
A 'crated VTateri, Apparatus for combining gases
with water were patented by Thomson in 1807, F. C. Bakewell
in 1832 and 1847, Tylor in 1840, and by others. Bread.
Ae'rlans, followers of Aerius, a presbyter in the 4th cen-
tury, who held bishop and presbyter the same; that there was
no Pasch to be observed by Christians, that Lent and other
fasts should not be observed ; and that no prayers be offered
for the dead. — Epiphanius.
a'erolttes. Meteors.
a'eronautici and a'erostatics. Balloons and
Flying.
a'eropliore, an apparatus invented by M. Denaj'rouze
to furnish pure air in the midst of smoke and fire. It comprises
an air-pump, lamp, and flexible tubing. It was tried at Chat-
ham, Eng., 12-14 Jan. 1875, and reported successful. A gold
medal was awarded to the inventor at the Vienna Exhibition^
1873.
^SCUla'pill§, god of medicine ; his worship introduced
at Rome about 291 b.c.
iCI§op'§ Fable§. Fables.
se§tiiet'ic§ (from Gr. aicrOrjcng, perception), the science
of the beautiful and sublime (especially in art); a term in-
vented by Baumgarten, a German philosopher, whose work
"iEsthetica" was published in 1750.
iEtO'lia, in Greece, named for ^tolus of Elis, who is said
to have accidentally killed a son of Phoroueus, king of Argos,
left the Peloponnesus, and settled here. After the ruin of
Athens and Sparta, the ^Etolians became the rivals of the
Achaeans, and were alternately allies and enemies of Rome.
B.C.
^tolians join Sparta against Athens 455
.^tolian league of tribes opposes Macedon 323
Invaded by Antipater during the Latnian war 322
Aid in expulsion of the Gauls 279
Invade the Peloponnesus, ravage Messenia (Social war), and de-
feat the Achaeans at Caphyse 220
AFF 11
Philip V. of Macedon invades ^tolia, and takes Thermum-
peace of Naupactus concluded J 217
Alliance with Rome .........'.'..'.'. 211
Deserted by the Romans, the ^tolians make peace with Philip. 205
War with Philip, 200; he is defeated at Cynoscephalje 1<J7
^tolians invite the kings of Macedon, Syria, and Sparta to
coalesce against the Romans 193-92
Defeat of the allies near Thermopylaj 191
Conquered by the Romans under Fulvius 189
Leading patriots massacred by the Roman party 167
^tolia made a province of Rome 146
Theodorus Angelus, a noble Grecian, seizes ^tolia'and EpVru's!
He leaves ^tolia to his son Michael, who maintains it against
Michael Palaeologus, first emperor of the Greeks after the ex- a.d.
pulsion of the Latins from Constantinople 1260
Seized by the Turks 1432
Turks driven out by George Castriot (Scanderbeg)",'who with
a small army withstands the whole Ottoman power. 1450-67
[The Venetians in possession at his death.]
Turks again in possession 1478
[Now included in the Kingdom of Greece.]
afflnity. Marriage within certain degrees of kindred
has been prohibited almost universality, but has often taken
place. The Jewish law is given in Lev. xviii. (1490 b.c). In
the English prayer-book the table restricting marriage within
certain degrees was set forth by authority, 1563. Prohibited
marriages were made incestuous and unlawful by the 99th
canon in 1603. All marriages within forbidden degrees are
declared void by 5 and 6 Will. IV. c.'54, 1835. Marriage (of
Wife's Sister). These degrees were set forth in 25 Henry VIII.
c. 22, 1533-34.
afflrmatioil. Quakers. The affirmation was al-
tered in 1702, 1721, 1837, and in Apr. 1859.— The indulgence
was granted to persons formerly Quakers, who had seceded
from that sect, 2 Vict. 1838 ; and extended to other dissenters
by 9 Geo. IV. c. 32, 1828, and 18 and 19 Vict. c. 2, 1855. For
Mr. Bradlaugh's case, see Parliament, 1880-81.
Afgfliaili§tail', a mountainous country in Central Asia
reaching from Beloochistan northward to the'Oxus ; and from
the frontier of Persia on the west to the Punjab on the east;
in each direction about 500 miles; with a population of about
5,000,000. The chief cities are Cabool, the capital, to the east,
Herat in the west, Kandahar in the south, and Balkh in the
north. There is no unity or permanence in the government.
The several districts, although nominally under one head, " the
ameer," have their petty rulers, called " sirdars," each govern-
ing in his own fashion.
Early Afghan conquests in India 1200-90
Conquests by Genghis Khan about 1221, and by Tamerlane 1398
Baber conquered Cabool 1525
[On his death Afghanistan divided between Persia and Hin-
dostan.]
Afghans revolt in 1720; invade Persia and take Ispahan; re-
pulsed by Nadir Shah in 1728, who subdues the whole of
the country 1738
On his assassination, one of his officers, Ahmed Shah, an Af-
ghan, made Afghanistan independent 1747
Timur Shah succeeds, 1773; dies 1793
Zeman becomes ameer; dethroned ISOO
Mahmud Shah, son, ameer, 1800; deposed by his brother, 1803;
restored, 1809 ; flees from Cabool and becomes ruler at Herat. 1816
Dost Mahomed Khan becomes ameer 1826
Is dethroned by the British and sent to Calcutta; Suja Shah
restored 1838
British occupation of Cabool ; insurrection ; sir Alexander
Burnes and 23 others killed 2 Nov. 1841
Akbar Khan, son of Dost Mahomed, head of rebels; invites sir
Wm. Macnaghten to meet, and assassinates him and others.
British army leaving Cabool is massacred by Ghilzais in Khy-
ber pass; of 3849 soldiers and about 12,000 camp-followers
only Dr. Brydone and four or five natives escape. . .6-13 Jan. 1842
Sir George Pollock forces Khyber pass; defeats Akbar Khan at
Tezeen; captures Cabool and releases lady Sale and others,
16 Sept. ; retires 12 Oct. "
Dost Mahomed ameer "
He dies, appointing Shere Ali, his third son," to succeed.. 9 June, 1863
Shere Ali honorably received at Umballah by viceroy of India,
earl of Mayo, and receives a subsidy 27 Mch. et seq. 1869
Limits of his territory defined June, 1870
Shere Ali agrees to new boundaries and receives another Brit-
ish subsidy Oct. 1873
Shere Ali rejects a British resident; subsidy withheld; he raises
an army 1877-78
The ameer signs a treaty with Russia, accepting Russian pro-
tectorate Aug. 1878
Intercourse with the British declined Sept. "
Mission with military escort under sir Neville B. Chamberlain,
commander of Madras army, starts from Peshawur. .21 Sept. "
Forced to retire in the Khyber pass 24 Sept. "
British send an ultimatum (answer required before Nov. 20),
28 Oct. "
1878
AFG
British army formed in three divisions: atQuettah, Peshawur
and Kuram (;u,730 natives; 12,740 Europeans).. about 16 Nov
iiritish army advances, 21 Nov. ; gen. Roberts victorious at
1 eiwar pass, 2 Dec. ; and occupies Jellalabad 20 Dec "
Shere All flees from Cabool to Balkh, 13 Dec. ; Yakoob Khan'
sou of the ameer, assumes command; Russian mission with-
tlraws ; pg^ ,.
Gen Roberts proclaims annexation of Kuram V.'.V.26 Dec "
Candahar abandoned 6 Jan, ; entered by gen. Stewart unop-
posed - J .,„_«
Death of Shere Ali ......'.; io Feb ''
Yakoob Khan, son of late ameer, arrives at" Gandainak to ne-
gotiate 8 May; recognized as ameer 9 Mav "
Peace signed at Gandamak (British to wxupy ' khyber pa^
and Kuram and Pisheen valleys; to have resident at Cabool-
ffi''.H^o!^t°"''« ^".^f"'y °^ ^0'<^«'- I" ameer), 26 May; rat-
ifled 30 May ; British troops retire . . 8 June "
Sir Louis Cavagnari and escort honorably received at' Cabool'
Several regiments of Afghan soldiers arrive in Cabwt from
Herat; about 13 Aug., aided by populace, they besiege Brit-
ish residents, who, after brave resistance, are massacred (in-
cluding sir L. Cavagnari 34 sppt "
Gen. Roberts marches towards Cabool .'.'e Sent et sea "
Gen. Baker reaches Kushi, 24 Sept. ; receives ameer Yakoob
with son, gen. Daoud. and suite 27 Sept "
Gen. Roberts arrives at Cabool, 28 Sept. ; occupies Dakka,
Battle of Charasiab with Afghans before Cabool; about 70
killed and wounded 6 Oct "
Enemy decamps; about 98 guns abandoned.'.'.'.'.*.*." .'.*.8,'9 Oct •'
Gen. Roberts visits the abandoned Bala Hissar. 11 Oct. ; enters
Cabool, 12 Oct. ; Jellalabad occupied by Gough 14 Oct. "
Gen. Roberts's proclamation; heavy fine; martial law; gen.
Hills to be military governor, with Glfolam Hussein Khan,
„ , 14 Oct. "
Proclamation of gen. Roberts announcing British occupation
of Cabool, etc 30 Oct. "
Gen. Roberts concentrates forces in Sherpur cantonments,
. ^ ^ 14 Dec. '•
Afghans (25,000) defeated with great loss near Sherpur canton-
ments, by gens. Roberts and Gough 23 Dec. "
Cabool left by the enemy, 24 Dec. ; the city and Bala Hissar re-
occupied by the British 26 Dec. "
Enemy dispersed „ 28 Dec. "
Gen. Roberts proclaims amnesty with few exceptions; hili
tribes generally subdued about 6 Jan. 1880
Sir D. Stewart lakes chief command at Cabool 2 May, "
Gen. Burrows (with about 2400 men) sent from Bombay tow-
ards Candahar 1 July, «'
Abdur-Rahman, cousin of Ayoob Khan, recognized as ameer
at Cabool by the British, and proclaimed 22 July, '«
Ayoob Khan (son of the late ameer, Shere Ali). governor of
Herat, marches upon Candahar with about 12,000 men and
20 guns; repulses gen. Burrows with heavy loss on both
sides ; many officers of 66th regi ment killed 27 July, '«
Candahar citadel held by about 4000 British 28 Julv, "
Ayoob encamped at Kokaran 9 Aug. "
Gen. sir F. Roberts with about 10,000 men, etc., marches from
Cabool to relieve Candahar 9 Aug. "
Sir D. Stewart, after interview with ameer Abdur-Rahman,
withdraws troops from Cabool 11 Aug. "
Ineffectual sortie from Candahar, under gen. Primrose, against
Deh Kwajee village; heavy loss on both sides; several offi-
cers, among them gen. Brooke, and 180 men killed. .16 Aug. '«
Ayoob Khan's army (strengthened by Ghilzais) 20,000 about
25 Aug. ; retires from Candahar about 30 Aug. "
Gen. Roberts arrives at Candahar, 31 Aug. ; declines Ayoob's
terms; disperses his army at Mazra near the Argandab;
captures camp at Baba Wall Kotal 1 Sept. "
Alleged expenses of the war, 1878-80, 16,605,000Z Jan. 1881
Russian correspondence with ameer Shere Ali in 1878 pub-
lished; explained by Russia as relating to probable war in
the East 9, 10 Feb. "
Thanks of parliament to gen. Roberts and army 5 May, •'
Prospect of war between Ayoob Khan of Herat and Abdur-
Rahman of Cabool May, June, "
Ayoob Khan defeats ameer's army under Gholam-Hyder at
Karez-i-atta, 26 July; enters Candahar 30 July, "
Ameer Abdur-Rahman defeats Ayoob Khan and drives him
into Persia. 4 Oct. "
Abdur-Rahman virtual ruler of all Afghanistan Oct. "
Ameer accepts subsidy from British Indian government,
21 July, 1883
Ameer accepts proposal of a frontier commission Aug. 1884
Ameer meets lord Dufferin, viceroy of India, at Rawul Pindi,
2 Apr. ; declares at a grand durbar that England and Af-
ghanistan will stand side by side, 8 Apr. ; leaves 12 Apr. 1885
Ayoob Khan again advances from Persia; is defeated; sur-
renders to the English and is removed to India. 1887
Ameer suppresses a revolt of the Ghilzai "
Another insurrection under Ishak Khan suppressed 1888
Ameer, a vigorous ruler, supported by the government of India "
Joint Anglo - Russian Boundary Commissioners determine
boundary between Russian territory and Afghanistan. 4 Feb. "
Central Asia railroad finished to Samarcand, and opened by
the Russian government July? "
[Total cost of the line, 43,000,000 rubles; distance from
the Caspian sea to Samarcand, 900 miles.]
Great Britain disputes with Russia respecting the Pamir flron-
tier Sept.-Oct. 1891
AFR *2
Aflrtca {Ubifa of the Greeks) ia the vast southwestern
peninsula of the Old World, connected with Asia by the nar-
row isthmus of Suez. It is triangular in form, with its base
to the north. The Mediterranean lies on the north, the Red
aea and hulian ocean on the cast, and the Atlantic on the
west. From Kas-el-Kerun, its most northerly point, to cape
Agulhas, iis most southerly point, is about 5000 miles, and
from cape tiuardafiii on the east to cape Verde on the west it
is 4600. Area about 12,000,000 square miles ; said to have
been first peopled by Ham. For its history, see Abyssinia,
Aloikks, Asiiantek, Cape of Good Hope, Carthagk, Cy-
RKNK, Congo Free State, Egypt, Libkkia, Morocco, Sa-
hara, Sol'dan, South Africa, Zambusia, German East
and West Africa, etc
Cape of Good Hojw discovered by Diaz, 1487.
Vasco de Gama doubles the cape aud explores the coast, 19 Nov.
1497.
Portugiiose settlements begun, 1450.
English nierchantij visit Guinea, 1560; EUzabeth grants a patent to
an African company, 1688.
Dutch colony at the cape founded, 1650.
Capt. Slubbs Siiilod up tbc Gambia, 1723.
Bruce commenced his travels in 1768. Nilk.
Sierra Leone settled by the English, 1787.
MuDgo Park sailed to Aft-ica, 22 May, 1795; again, 30 Jan. 1804, and
never returned. Park.
Africa visited by Salt, 1805 and 1809; Burckhardt, 1812; Campbell,
1813; Homemann, 1816; Denham, Clapperton, and Dr. Oudray,
1822-24, who cross the Great Desert south to lake Tchad.
Liberia founded by American philanthropists, 1822 (Liberia);
Laing explorations, 1826; the brothers Lander, 1830.
Niger expedition to colonize central Africa (for which the English
parliament voted 60,000/.), consisting of the Albert, Wilberforce,
and Soudan steamships, began ascent of the Niger, 20 Aug. 1841.
The expedition was abandoned owing to disease, heat, and hard-
ahii>s, and all the vessels returned and cast anchor at Clarence
Cove. Fernando Po, 17 Oct. 1841.
James Richardson explored the Sahara in 1845-46, and in 1849 (by
direction of Foreign Office) he left England to explore central
Aft-ica with Drs. Barth and Overweg. He died 4 Mch. 1851;
Overweg died 27 Sept. 1852.
Dr. VOgel sent out with reinforcements to Dr. Barth, 20 Feb. 1853;
in Apr. 1857, said to have been assassinated.
Dr. Barth returning to England, received Royal Geographical Socie-
ty's medal, 16 May, 1856. His travels were published in 5 vols,
in 1858.
Dr. David Livingstone, a missionary, returned to England in Dec.
1856, after 16 years of travel, mostly on foot, in the heart of south
Africa. He walked about 11,000 miles, principally over country
hitherto unexplored. His book was published in Nov. 1857. In
Feb. 1858, he was appointed British consul for Portuguese pos-
sessions in Africa, and left England soon after.
Du Chaillu's travels in central Africa, 1856-59, excited much con-
troversy, 1861.
Second expedition of Dr. Livingstone, Mch. 1858.
Capt. John H. Speke discovers lake Victoria Nyanza, 1858.
Capta Speke and Grant announce the discovery of a source of the
Nile in lake Victoria Nyanza, 23 Feb. 1863. They also discover
Albert Nyanza, 140 miles long and 40 broad.
Du Chaillu starts on a fresh expedition, 6 Aug. 1863; returned to
London late in 1865. He described his journey to the Royal Geo-
graphical Society, 8 Jan. 1866.
Livingstone returns 23 July, 1864.
Death of Dr. W. B. Baikie, at Sierra Leone, 30 Nov. 1864. [As spe-
cial envoy to negro tribes near the Niger from the Foreign
Office, about 1854, he opened commercial relations with central
Africa.]
Sir Samuel Baker visits the lake discovered by Speke, and called it
lake Albert Nyanza, 14 Mch. 1864.
Livingstone British consul for inner Africa, 24 Mch. 1865.
Narrative of Livingstone's Zambesi expedition, 1858-64, published
1866.
Livingstone left Zanzibar to continue his search for the sources of
the Nile, Mch. 1866.
Expedition of E. D. Young in search of Livingstone, sailed 9 July,
. 1867; returning, reported to Royal Geographical Society belief
that Livingstone was alive, 27 Jan. 1868.
Letter from Dr. Livingstone dated Bembo, 2 Mch. 1867; heard of
down to Dec. 1867.
His despatch to lord Clarendon dated 7 July, 1868; read to Royal
Geographical Society, 8 Nov. 1869.
Letter dated 30 May, 1869, published Dec. 1869.
Expedition of sir Samuel Baker to suppress slave-trade on the Upper
Nile (Egypt), Jan. 1870.
Expedition to seek Livingstone, under lieut. Dawson, organized by
Royal Geographical Society; started 9 Feb. 1872.
[Returned hearing that Stanley had found Livingstone.]
Dutch Guinea settlements purchased and transferred (Elmina), 6
Apr. 1872.
Expedition to seek Livingstone sent by James Gordon Bennett of
the Xew York Herald, at a cost of 8000/.
Henry M. Stanley, chief of expedition, left Zanzibar, found Living-
stone at Ujiji, near Unyanyembe, 10 Nov. 1871, remained with him
till 14 Mch. 1872, and brought away his diary and other documents.
Stanley reported Livingstone at Ujiji.
Reports that Livingstone is alive. May, June, 1872.
AFR
Controversy between Stanley, members of lieut. Dawson's expedi-
tion. Dr. Livingstonu, Dr. Kirk, the Royal Geographical Society,
aud others, Aug. -Oct. 1872.
Letter ft^m Dr. Livingstone at lijiji, dated Nov. 1871, to Mr. Ben-
nett {New York Herald, 26 July, reprinted in Times, 27 July,
1872), describes his explorations and painful journey to Ujiji;
meeting SUinley ; ho speaks of the Nile springs as about 600 miles
south of south end of lake Victoria Nyanza; and of about 700 miles
of water-shed in central Africa, of which he had explored about
(WO; and of waters gathered into four, aud then into two, mighty
rivers in the great Nile valley (?) between 10° and 12° S. lat. Sec-
ond letter (dated Feb. 1872) describes horrors of slave-trade in east
Africa, printed in Times 29 July, 1872.
Livingstone's despatches of 1 and 16 Nov. 1871, received by Foreign
Office, 1 Aug. 1872; letter of 1 July, 1871, received 2 Oct. 1872.
Stanley described discovery of Livingstone to British Association at
Brighton before ex-emperor and ex-empress of the French, 16
Aug. ; received a gold snuff-box from queen about 30 Aug. 1872.
New expedition, under sir Bartle Frere, to Zanzibar, to suppress
east African slave-trade; lieut. Verney Lovett Cameron's offer to
aid Livingstone's expedition was accepted; sailed 20 Nov. 1872.
Zanzibar.
Expedition to explore upper part of Congo (Mr. Young of Kelly to -
subscribe 2000/., Royal Geographical Society to aid) proposed
Nov. 1872.
Lieut. Verney Cameron, after the finding of Livingstone, continued
his explorations, 1872-73.
Livingstone died of dysentery in Ilala, central Africa (his pupil
Jacob Wainwright, a young negro mi.ssionary. present), 1 May,
1873, aged 60; remains interred in Westminster Abbey, 18 Apr.
1874; last journals published Dec. 1874.
Leaving Ujiji, 14 May, 1874, Cameron followed Livingstone's route;
explored 1200 miles of fertile country; arriving at Portuguese set-
tlements, 4 Nov 1875.
He was received by Royal Geographical Society, and gave account
of his journey, 11 Apr. 1876.
Stanley (supported by Daily Telegraph and New York Herald) sur-
veyed lake Victoria Nyanza (about 300 miles by 180), 1875.
Stanley reports survey of lake Tanganyika; he left Ujiji, crossed
Africa from east to west, identified the Lualaba with Congo river,
which has an uninterrupted course of over 1400 miles, 24 Aug.
1876-6 Aug. 1877.
Arrives at Cape Town, 21 Oct. 1877; in London, 22 Jan. 1878; pub-
lished "Through the Dark Continent," May, 1878.
Italian expedition of marchese Antinori well received by king of
Scida; announced 2 Dec. 1876; his death reported, Nov. 1877.
Portuguese government grants 20,000/. for expedition into the in
terior, announced Dec. 1876.
Dr Gussfeld, a German, entered southwest central Africa, 1873; de-
clared difficulties insuperable, 1875.
Portuguese government send major Serpa Pinto through AlVica;
discovers affluents of the Zambesi, 1877.
Stanley, with an international Belgian expedition, explored the Con-
go, 1879-80.
Royal Geographical Society's expedition into east Africa, under Mr.
A. Keith Johnston, leaves England 14 Nov. 1878; starts from Zan-
zibar about 14 May, 1879. Mr. Johnston dies 28 June; succeeded
by Joseph Thomson, who returns to England, Aug. 1880.
Trade route with 4 stations on the Congo reported established by
Stanley, 14 Aug. 1882.
Royal Geographical Society grants 2600/. for an expedition to Africa:
Joseph Thomson starts 13 Dec. 1882; after successful exploration
arrives at Zanzibar in June, 1884; describes his travels to the Royal
Geographical Society, 3 Nov. 1884.
Death of Dr. Moffat, missionary and traveller, aged 87, 9 Aug. 1883.
H. H. Johnston arrives at Kilimanjaro, June, 1884; builds village at
height of 11,000 feet, Oct. ; ascends to 16,200 feet from summit of
KibO, Nov. 1884.
Stanley's ' ' Explorations of the Congo and Founding of its Free State ' '
published by Harper k Bros., 1885.
Emin Pasha, associate of gen. Gordon, holds Wadelai as governor
of equatorial Africa since 1878 with black troops; news brought
by Dr. Junker, who reports to Royal Geographical Society his
travels in central Africa in 1885-86, 9 May, 1887.
Expedition of Stanley on behalf of the Emin Pasha Committee
starts from London, 21 Jan. 1887.
[They embarked with natives at Zanzibar for the west coast, 25
Feb. , and sailed up the Congo. After danger and suffering through
famine, disease, and native opposition, Stanley met Emin Pasha
on lake Nyanza, 29 Apr. 1888; and with him and remains of his
party arrived at the German station Bogamoya, 5 Dec. 1889. Dur-
ing this expedition Stanley makes important discoveries— locat-
ing the "Mountains of the Moon," the race of pigmies, and dis-
covers lake Albert Edward Nyanza, 16 June, 1889. He and his
officers (except maj. Barttelot, killed by one of his carriers, 19
July, 1888) arrived at Cairo, 14 Jan. 1890; at Rome, 11 Apr. ; at
Brussels, 19 Apr. ; in London, 26 Apr. ; dined with the queen,
6 May; with his companions, lieut. Stairs, surgeon Thomas H.
Parke, capt. Nelson, A. M. Jephson, and Bonny, received gold
medals of the Royal Geographical Society, from the prince of
Wales, 5 May. He received the freedom of the city of London, 13
May; of Edinburgh, 11 June; and of Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Manchester, in June. His book, entitled
"In Darkest Africa; or, the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin,
governor of Equatoria," was published 28 June. He married Miss
Dorothy Tennant at Westminster Abbey, 12 July, 1890.]
Emin Pasha, after a long illness occasioned by a fall from a veran-
da at Bogamoya, 5 Dec. 1889, arrives at Zanzibar, 2 Mch. 1890.
Enters the German service, and proceeds with a military expedi-
tion to Victoria Nyanza, 31 Mch. 1890.
Maj. Gaetani Casati, born in 1838; left Italy for Africa, Dec. 1879; at
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Khartoum, May, 1880; with Emin Pasha, 1883-89; received by
the khedive at Cairo, 4 May, 1890; by the king of Italy, 17 July.
His book, "Ten Years in Equatoria— the return with Emin
Pasha," published Mch. 1891.
The principal nations of Europe claim enormous possessions
in Africa, which may be said to be divided among them.
British Africa comprises Briti.sh Guinea, British South Africa,
British East Africa, with an area of 2,570,926 square miles,
and a population of over 40,000,000. French Africa comprises
most of the Mediterranean coast, Sahara, western Soudan,
French Congo, island of Madagascar, with an area of 2,902,624
square miles, and a population of 24,000,000. Portuguese
Africa, East and West Africa and islands ; area, 850,000 square
miles. Spanish Africa, northwestern coast; area, 204,000
square miles. German Africa, East and Southwest Africa;
area, 822,000 square miles. Italian Africa, Abyssinia, Somal,
Galla, etc. ; area, 602,000 square miles. Turkish Africa, Egypt
and Tripoli; area, 836,000 square miles. Anglo-Frknch
Agreements, etc.
Ag^amen'tiClli, now York county, Maine, settled by
the English, 1636. Maine.
agapse (ag'-q-pe; Gr. ayairr], love, charity), "feasts of
charity," referred to Jude 12, and described by Tertullian, held
by early Christians of all ranks as one family. Disorders
creeping in, these feasts were forbidden in churches by the
councils of Laodicea (366) and Carthage (390). They are
still recognized by the Greek church, and are held weekly by
the Glasites or Sandemanians, and in a modified form by Mo-
ravians, Wesleyans, Methodists, and others.
Ag^apemone {ag-a-pem'-d-ne; Greek, the abode of
love), an establishment at Charlinch, near Bridgewater, Somer-
setshire, founded in 1845, where Henry James Prince and his
deluded followers, formerly persons of property, lived in com-
mon, professing to seek innocent recreation and to maintain
spiritual marriage. It is described by Mr. Hepworth Dixon in
his " Spiritual Wives," published in Jan. 1868. Meetings of
the sect were held at Hamp, near Bridgewater, Dec. 1872.
Ag^'awam, Indian name of Ipswich, Mass., settled by
colonists from Boston, 1633. Incorporated as Ipswich, 1634.
Age. Annalists have divided the time between the crea-
tion and the birth of Christ into ages. Hesiod (about 850 b.c.)
described the Golden, Silver, Brazen, and Iron ages. Dark
Ages. b.c.
First Age (from the Creation to the Deluge) 4004-2349
Second Age (to Abraham's entrance into Canaan) 2348-1922
Third Age ^to the Exodus from Egypt) 1921-1491
Fourth Age (to the founding of Solomon's Temple) 1490-1014
Fifth Age (to the capture of Jerusalem) 1014- 588
Sixth Age (to the birth of Christ) 588- 4
Seventh Age, to the present time.
ag^e. In Greece and Rome 25 was full age for both sexes,
but a greater age was requisite for holding certain offices— e.^.
30 for tribunes, 43 for consuls. In England the minority of
a male terminates at 21, and of a female in some cases, as that
of a queen, at 18. In 1547, the majority of Edward VI. was,
by the will of his father, fixed at 18 years; his father, Henry
VIII., had assumed the reins of government, in 1509, when
still younger. A male at 12 may take the oath of allegiance,
at 14 maj' consent to marriage or choose a guardian, at 17 may
be an executor, and at 21 is of age ; but according to the stat-
ute of wills, 7 Will. IV. and 1 Vict. c. 26, 1837, no will made
under the age of 21 is valid. K female hX 12 may consent to
marriage, at 14 may choose a guardian, and at 21 is of age. In
the United States the legal age of majority is 21 years, but in
some states 18 is the legal age for women. Men of 18 and wom-
en of 16 may devise property by will, and at 14 and 12, respec-
tively, in some states, may contract marriage. The president
and vice-president of the United States must be 35 years of age,
senators 30, and members of the House of Representatives 25.
" Age of Rea§011," by Thomas Paine (b. England,
1737; d. New York, 1809), written while in France, 1792-94, a
work at that time celebrated for freedom of thought. " Crisis "
and " Common Sense."
Aghrim {awg-rim'), a small village in Galway, Ireland,
where the forces of William III., under gen. Ginkell, defeated
those of James II., under St. Ruth, numbering 25,000, 12 July,
1691, and broke the power of James in Ireland. St. Ruth was
killed. Gen. Ginkell was created earl of Athlone.
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Agincourt (ii-zhang-koor') or Azlncour, N.
France, a village where Henry V. of England, with about 9000
men, defeated about 60,000 French on St. Crispin's day, 25 Oct.
1415. Of the French there were, according to some accounts,
10,000 killed, including the dukes of Alen9on,Brabant,and Bar,
the archbishop of Sens, 1 marshal, 13 earls, 92 barons, and 1500
knights; and 14,000 prisoners were taken, among whom were
the dukes of Orleans and Bourbon, and 7000 barons, knights,
and gentlemen. The English lost the duke of York, the earl
of Suffolk, and about 20 others. St. Remy asserts, with more
probability, that the English lost 1600 men. Henry V. soon
after obtained the kingdom of France.
AgnadellO (dn-ija-M'-lo), N.E. Italy. Here Louis
XII. of France routed the Venetians, some of whom were ac-
cused of cowardice and treachery, 14 May, 1509. This is also
termed the battle of the Rivolta.
agnoi'tae (Gr. ayvoia, ignorance), a sect founded by
Theophronius of Cappadocia about 370; said to have doubted
the omniscience of God. (2) Followers of Themistius of Alex-
andria, about 530, who held peculiar views of Christ's body and
doubted his divinity.
agno§tie§, philosophers who deny all knowledge but
that acquired by the senses. Comte ; Philosophy.
agonis'tiei (Gr. ayiov, a conflict) were African ascetics,
a branch of the Donatists in the 4th century. They
preached with boldness and incurred persecution.
A'gra, N.W. India, founded by Akbar in 1566, was the
capital of the great Mogul. Mausoleums. In 1658 Aurung-
zebe removed to Delhi. The fortress of Agra, " the key of Hin-
dostan," in the war with the Mahrattas surrendered to the Brit-
ish, under gen. Lake, 17 Oct. 1803, after one day!s siege ; 162
pieces of ordnance and 240,000/. were captured. In June, 1857,
the city was abandoned to mutineers by the Europeans, who
took refuge in the fort, whence they were rescued by maj.
Montgomery and col. Greathed. Allahabad was made capital
of the northwest provinces of India, instead of Agra, in 1861.
A'gram. Zagrab.
agrarian laiV (Agraria lex) decreed an equal di-
vision among the Roman people of all lands acquired by con-
quest, limiting the possessions of each person. It was first pro-
posed by the consul Spurius Cassius, 486 b.c., and occasioned
his judicial murder when he went out of office in 485. An
agrarian law was passed by the tribune Licinius Stolo. 376;
and for demanding extensions Tiberius Gracchus, in 133, and
his brother Caius, in 121, were murdered. Livius Drusus, a
tribune, was murdered for a like cause, 91. Julius Caesar pro-
pitiated the plebeians by an agrarian law in 59. In modern
times the term has been applied to a division of the lands of the
rich among the poor, frequently proposed by demagogues, such
as Gracchus Babeuf, editor of the Tribim du Peuple, in 1794.
Babeuf Conspiracy.
agrieulture. Cain and Noah were agriculturists,
Gen. iv. 2 ; ix. 21. The Egyptians were from the first an agri-
cultural people. The Babylonians, Romans, and Israelites were
also great agricultural nations of antiquity.
Cato the censor (died 149 b.c.) and Varro (died 28 b.c.) were eminent
Roman writers on agriculture.
Virgil's "Georgics," 30 B.C. Agriculture in England improved by
the Romans after 44 a.d.
Fitzherbert's "Book of Husbandry," printed 1524.
Tusser's "Five Hundred Points of Husbandry," 1562.
Googe's "Whole Art of Husbandry," 1578.
Blythe's "Improver," 1649.
Hartlib's "Legacy," 1650.
Mortimer's "Whole Art of Husbahdry," 1706.
Jethro Tull's "Horse-hoeing Husbandry," 1731.
Arthur Young's " Agricultural Works,'' 1783-86.
Dickson's "Practical Agriculture or Complete bystem of Modern
Husbandry," 1805.
Neither Indian corn, potatoes, squash, carrots, cabbage, nor turnips
wereknown in England until aftertheboginniugof the Kith centiir\\
About the end of the 18th century following was gradually superseded
" SLtorT&gHcSKrnTfrices in England(1259-1400),''b^
aJriotlSa^lSoSSies. -The first mentioned in Great Britain was
^X SoSv onmprovers of Agriculture in ^f.^'l^^- •"^•'":j,<^ '°
1723 A Dublin agricultural society (1749) stimulate^ agruulture
?n Ireland its origin is attributed to Mr. Prior of Rathdowney,
O^ieen's countv in 1731. The Bath and We.^t of England Society
?stSsheS mV; and the Highland Society of Scotland. 179a
County agricultural societies are now numerous.
AGR
London Board of Agriculture psiablishcd by purliainent, 1793.
Royal AgriouUural Soi-lely t)f England csUiblished in 18HH by tho
chief landtHl propriotors ; inror|K»natHl by royal i-lmrler, 26 Mch.
1840; tiolds two meetings annually— one in lA)ndon, the other in
the country; avvanis priios. and publishes a valuable journal.
Royal Agricultural Stxioiy oflrelaud instituted, 1841.
♦'Chambers of Agriculture" were e.^ttablished in France in 1861.
In tSreat Mntain, l^G-s, they had increased from 36 to 70. A
Journal oonimenc.Ht «'arly in 186K.
Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester chartered, 1845.
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES
14 AGR
Suffolk Agricultural College at Bury St. Edmunds opened, 1874.
Other colleges opened.
Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution.— It relieves farmers
and their widows and orphans; founded chiefly by Mr. Mechi,
18(H).
Agricultural returns of Great Britain were issued for the first time
by tho newly constituted AKiicullural Department, 1883. Second
return presented 21 Oct. 1884, and continued annually.
Board of agriculture established at Paris, 1889; at Vienna, 2 Sept
184H); and at The Hague, 7 Sept. 1891.
-CROPS.
I Wbmt (bu.).
Au.stria, 1890.
Belgium -*
Denmark "
Franco "
Germany "
Holland, 1S87
Hungar>-, 1890
Italy, 1890
Sweden, 1890.
Russfa in Europe, 1890
Great Britain and Ireland, 1891.
Barley (bu.).
42,701.286 62,766,396 101,009,177
18,969,600 3,978,018 29,639,210 19,087,760
8,910,302 22,980,283 36,666,185 16,207,205
321.618.670 47,182,492 267,497,070 66,468,372
66,710,252 44,934,680 96,691,527 115,472,499
6,677,421 6,076,833 11,750,183 13,349,911
143,463,476 61,278,649 51,f)35,589 48,632,463
127,380,000 10,623,250 18,425,000 4,290,000
3,834,050 15,599,100 70,840,275 21,579,525
206,329,430 158,077,228 523,996,203 652,389,089
72,127,263 72,129,095 112,386,261
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Honw. Milch Cows. Other Cattle
OhU (bu.).
Rye (bu.).
Maize (bu.).
18,628,940
Potatoes.
23,080,788
87.132,554
72,649,500
23,476,399
162,042,311 cwt.
54,687,470 CWt.
11,956,274 bu.
217,247,479 cwt.
458,923,(530 bu.
74,393,368 bu.
81,826,253 bu.
11,877,943 cwt.
33,914,375 bu.
320,565,621 bu.
6,090,047 tons
LIVE - STOCK.
Sheep. Swine.
Hay (tons).
11,357,953
5,830,223
649,300
20,823,768
24,561,252
6,578,040
17,144,660
1,805,500
12,671,447
Austria, 1890. . . .
Belgium, 1880. . .
Denmark, 1888. .
France, 1890. . . .
Germany, 1883. .
Holland, 1887...
Hungary, 1884..
Italy, 1890
Sweden, 1889. . . ,
1,548,197
271,974
375,533
2,8«;2,273
3,522,545
274,300
1,748,859
720,000
479,992
19,663,336
2,026.170
4,254.303
796,178
954,250
6,509,325
9,087,293
907,200
1,752,406
1,864,827
1,542,281
Russia in Europe, 1888
Great Britain and Ireland, 1891
Aurrieulture in the United States.
Cattle first brought to America by Columbus in his second voyage, 1493.
Swine brought into the territory of southern U. S. by De Soto, 1538.
Firstslave labor in this territory at the founding of St. Augustine, 1565.
Tobacco carried to England from America by Raleigh, 1586. Pota-
toes introduced into England from America, 1586, by Raleigh.
Wheat, barley, rye, and oats introduced into the United States by the
earliest settlers, 1607-20; buckwheat by Swedes and Dutch.
First cattle and swine brought to Massachusetts, 1624.
Hops first introduced about 1628.
First horses in Massachusetts, 1629-30.
First apples picked in the colonies in Boston, 1639.
Jared Eliot, a clerg>'man of Connecticut, published valuable essays
on agriculture, 1747.
New Jersey first in wheat production of the colonies, 1750.
Sugar-cane brought into Louisiana, 1751.
First improved cattle brought to the United States, 1783.
South Carolina and Philadelphia agricultural societies founded, 1784.
New York State Agricultural Society founded, 26 Feb. 1791. Robert
R. Livingston, first president. Incorporated, 1798.
Massachusetts Agricultural Society established, 1792.
[Most states have them now, and i.ssue annual reports.]
First cotton (8 bales) sent from United States to England, and seized
by custom-house on the ground that the United States cannot have
produced so much, 1784.
First recorded United States thresher patent, 1791.
Whitney's cotton-gin invented, 1793.
First caJst-iron plough patent to Newbold of New Jersey, 1797.
Jeflerson investigates scientifically the mould-board question, 1798.
First agricultural exhibition in the United States at Georgetown,
D.C, 10 May, 1810.
Plough patent to Jethro Wood of Scipio, N. Y., issued, 1810-19.
The American Farmer, oldest agricultural paper in the United States,
pub. Baltimore, 1819.
The State Board of Agriculture for New York established at Albany,
1819.
American Institute of Agriculture, New York, incorporated, 1829.
First useful mowing-machine (Manning's) patented in the United
Sutes, 1831.
First useful reaper patents in the United States (Schnebley's and
Hussey's, both of Maryland) granted, 1833.
E. C. Bellinger of South Carolina obtains a patent for a steam plough,
1833.
Guano begins to come into use about 1840.
Cattle.
24,609,264
11,343,686
4,389,633
3,186,787
586,637
365,400
505,277
1,225,196
7,053,360
21,658,416
6,699,471
19,189,715
618,400
804,300
3,126.632
10,594.831
2,918,400
6,900,000
789,152
1,338,193
1
44,465,454
33,533,988
3,549,700
646,375
770,785
6,017,238
9,206,195
490,254
4,803,639
1,800,000
621,635
9,242,997
4,272,764
first
The American Agriculturist, Geo. Peter, publisher, New York,
issue. Apr. 1842.
Pennsylvania the first state in the production of wheat; yield,
15,000,000 bushels, 1850.
Yale College Agricultural Department established. 1852.
World's Fair, New York, promotes use of agricultural machinery, 1853.
Sorghum introduced into France from China, 1851, and from France
into the United States, 1854.
Trial of threshing, reaping, and mowing machines in France— Amer-
ican machines preeminent, 1855.
Ohio first state in the production of wheat, 1855.
First agricultural college established in the United States at Cleve-
land, Ohio, 1855.
One at Lansing, Mich., 1857.
Illinois first state in the production of wheat, 1860.
Agricultural college established at Bellefonte, Centre county, Pa. , 1862.
Agricultural college act passed by congress; granting to the several
states 30,000 acres of land for each senator and representative in
congress under the apportionment of 1860, to endow at least one
college, 1862. Education.
Department of Agriculture established by coneress, 15 May, 1862,
under a commissioner of agriculture.
Organization of the Grangers (an association of farmers to protect
their interests), 1867.
Farmer^s Bulletin, published to notify farmers of weather changes,
1872.
Poultry World, first published, 1873.
Great sale of .short-horned neat cattle at New York Mills, 1873.
[Cow sold for $4600; a five-months calf for $2700; and 109 an-
imals for $382,000, or $3587 each.]
Connecticut establishes the first agricultural experiment station at
Sheffield Scientific School; first report published, 1877.
[Most of the states now have them. J
First great cotton fair at Atlanta, Ga., 1881.
Department of Agriculture created an executive department, 21 May,
1888 ; approved, 11 Feb. 1889.
[The secretary of this department a member of the cabinet.]
North and South Dakota the first states in the production of wheat,
1890.
United States Weather Bureau transferred from the War Depart-
ment to the Department of Agriculture, and Mark W. Harrington
appointed chief, 30 June, 1891.
R.G.Dyrenforthandhisstaffexperiment in artificial rainproduction by
dynamite bombs,etc., near Midland,Tex.,andotherplaces,Aug.l891.
TABLE SHOWING PRODUCTION OF CEREALS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Com (bu.).
Wheat " .
Oats " .
Barley " .
Rye " .
1840.
377,531,875
84,823.272
123,071,341
4,161,504
18,645,567
692,071,104
100,485,944
146,584,179
5,167,015
14,188,813
1860.
1870.
1,717,434,543
498,549,868
417,885,380
4.5,165,346
24,540,829
TABLE SHOWING PRODUCTION OF COTTON, HAY, ETC., IN THE UNITED STATES.
I I«40. I 1850. I860. 1870.
838,792,740
173,104,924
172,643,185
15,825,898
21,101,380
1,094,2.55.000
235,884,700
247,277,400
26,295,400
15,473,600
2,060,154,000
611,780,000
738,394,000
75,000,000
33,000,000
Cotton (bales).
Hay (tons)
Tobacco (lbs.).
Potatoes (bu.).
1,976,198
10,248,108
219,163,319
108,298,060
2,469,093
13,838,642
199,752,655
65,797,896
5,387,052
19,083,896
434,209,461
111.148,867
3,011,996
24,525,000
262,735,341
114,775,000
5,757,397
31,925,233
449,880,014
167,659,570
7,313,726
1893
65,766,158
565,795,000
1888.
201,984,140
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TABLE SHOWING NUMBER OF HORSES, CATTLE, ETC., IN THE UNITED STATKS.
Horses I ..
Mules ) . .
Milch Cows
Cattle
Sheep .
Swine.
U,971,586
19,311,374
26,301,293
4,336,719
559,331
6,385,094
11,993,813
21,723,220
30,354,213
6,249,174
1,151,148
8,581,735
17,034,284
22,471,275
33,512,867
1870.
1880.
1894,
8,248,800
11,201,800
16,081,139
1,179,500
10,095,600
1,729,500
12,027,000
2.352,231
15;4S7,400
15,388,500
40,853,000
26,751,400
21,231,000
40,765,900
34,034,100
36,608,168
45,048,017
45,206,498
See, also, the various staples separately — viz. : Cotton, Sugar,
Tobacco, etc.
AgrigentUin (now Girgenti), a city of Sicily, built about
582 B.C. It was governed by tyrants from 566 to 470 ; anaong
these were Phalaris (Brazen Bull) ; Alcamanes; Theron, who,
with his stepfather Gelon, defeated the Carthaginians at Hi-
niera, 480; and Thrasydaeus, his son, expelled in 470, when a
republic was established. It was taken by the Carthaginians
in 405 B.C., and held, except during short intervals, till gained
by the Romans in 262 b.c. From 825 till 1086 it was held by
the Saracens,
Allith'opliel, counsellor of king David, and afterwards
of Absalom. His wise counsel being slighted in the pursuit
of the king (2 Sam. xvii. 14), he retires to his home and hangs
himself, 1023 b.c. (2 Sam. xvii. 23). The only deliberate suicide
in the Old Testament.
air or atmosphere. Anaximenes of Miletus (530
B.C.) declared air a self-existent deity, the first cause of every-
thing. Philosophy. Posidoiiius (about 79 B.c.)estimated the
height of the atmosphere at 800 stadia. The pressure of air,
about 15 lbs. to the square inch, was discovered by Galileo, 1564;
demonstrated by Torricelli (who invented the barometer) about
1643 A.D. ; and was found bj-^ Pascal, in 1647, to vary with the
height. Halley, Newton, and others have illustrated the agency
and influences of the air by various experiments, and numerous
inventions have followed — among others, the Air-gun of Guter
of Nuremberg about 1656; the Air-jmmp, invented by Otto
von Guericke of Magdeburg about 1650; improved by Robert
Boyle in 1657, by Robert Hooke about 1659 (Sprengel's air-
pump, invented 1863, converts the space to be occupied into
a Torricelian vacuum); and the Air-pipe, invented by Sut-
ton, a brewer of London, about 1756. The density and elas-
ticity of air were determined by Boyle; and its relation to light
and sound by Hooke, Newton, and Derham. The atmosphere
is supposed to extend above the earth about 45 miles. Its
composition, about 77 parts of nitrogen, 21 of oxygen, and 2
of other matters (such as carbonic acid, watery vapor, a trace
of ammonia, etc.), was ascertained by Priestley (who discov-
ered oxygen gas in 1774), Scheele (1775), Lavoisier, and Cav-
endish. ' Under the investigations of Dr. R. Angus Smith,
F.R.S., it is found that the percentage of oxygen in sea-
shore air and in the Scotch moors and highlands is 20.999 ;
while in the free air of towns it may sink to 20.92, sitting-room
which feels close 20.89, lighted by petroleum lamp 20.83, gal-
lery of theatre 20.36, when candles go out 18.5, scarcely main-
taining life 17.2. The laws of refraction were investigated by
Dr. Bradley, 1737. The researches of Dr. Schonbein, a Ger-
man chemist of Basel, between 1840 and 1859, discovered two
states of the oxygen in the air, which he calls ozone and anto-
zone. Dr. Stenhouse's Air-Jilters (in which powdered charcoal
is used) were first set up at the Mansion-house, London, in
1854. In 1858 Dr. R. Angus Smith made known a chemical
method of ascertaining the amount of organic matter in the
air, and published his " Air and Rain" in 1872. Raoul Pictet
of Geneva and Cailletet of Paris, by means of great pressure
and intense cold, compressed air into the liquid state, Dec. 1877;
Jan, 1878. At the Royal Institution, London, prof. James
Dewar exhibited liquid air obtained at the temperature of
— 192° Cent,, 5 June, 1885, Acoustics, Atmospheric Rail-
way, Balloons, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Ozone, and Pneu-
matic Despatch.
The Aero-steam Engine, the invention of George Warsop, a mechanic
of Nottingham, who. by employing compressed air united with
steam, was said to save 47 per cent.- of fuel. The plan was re-
ported to the British Association at Exeter in Aug. 1869, and was
said to act successfully in a tug steamer (for China) in the Thames,
26 Mch. 1870. . ^ ,
Col. Beaumont's air-engine for propelling railway-carnages, tried at
Woolwich, reported successful (a little steam is used), 6 Oct. 1880.
Victor Popp applies compressed air as a motive power to clocks, 1881.
An Air-telegraph, employing waves of air in a tube instead of elec-
tricity, invented by sig. Guattari, was exhibited In London in 1870.
It obtained a gold medal in Naples.
Isaac Wilkinson patented a method of compressing air by a column
of water in 1757, and William Mann patented stage-pumping by
compres.sed air in 1829. The force of compressed air was employed
in boring the Cenis tunnel, and is now in general use in mining,
etc.
Aix-la-€liapelle (aks-la-shd'-peW ; Ger, Aachen,
i, e,, "waters" or "fountains"), a Roman city, now in RJien-
ish Prussia. Several ecclesiastical councils held here (799-
1165). Here Charlemagne was born, 742, and died, 814;
having built the minster (796-804) and conferred many priv-
ileges on the city, in which 55 emperors have since been
crowned. The city was taken by the French in Dec. 1792;
retaken by the Austrians, Mch, 1793 ; by the French, Sept
1794; ceded to Prussia, 1814.
First treaty of peace signed here was between France and Spain,
when France yielded Franche-Comte, but retained her conquests
in the Netherlands, 2 May, 1668.
Second celebrated treaty between Great Britain, France, Holland,
Germany, Spain, and Genoa. (By it the treaties of Westphalia in
1648, of Nimeguen in 1678 and 1679, of Ryswick in 1697, of Utrecht
in 1713, of Baden in 1714, of the Triple Alliance in 1717, of the
Quadruple Alliance in 1718, and of Vienna in 1738, were renewed
and confirmed.) Signed for England by John, earl of Sandwich,
and sir Thomas Robinson, 7 Oct. 1748. Austrian Succession.
Congress of sovereigns of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, with minis-
ters from England and France, here signed a convention, 9 Ocu
1818, for withdrawal of army of occupation from France.
Ajaccio {d-ydt'-cho), chief town in Corsica, noted as
the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte, born (5 Feb. 1768, bap-
tismal register; doubtful), 15 Aug. 1769.
Ajnadin' or Aiznadin', Syria. Here the Ma-
hometans defeated the army of the emperor Heraclius, 13
July, 633. They took Damascus in 634.
Akerman, Bessarabia. After being several times tak-
en, it was ceded to Russia in 1812. Here a treaty between
Russia and Turkey was concluded, 4 Sept. 1826, which secured
the former navigation of the Black Sea, recognized the Dan-
ubian principalities, etc.
Aklialzikll (d-kal-zeeF), Armenia. Near here prince
Paskiewitch and the Russians defeated the Turks, 24 Aug., and
gained the city, 28 Aug. 1828.
Alabama (an Indian word, meaning " Here we rest"),
a southern state of the Union, the 22d in order of admission.
It lies between lat. 30° 15' and
35° N., and between Ion. 84° 56'
and 88^48' W.from Greenwich.
Its length north to south is 336
miles ; its greatest breadth, 200
miles; area, 52,230 square miles.
Pop. 1890, 1,513,017. Number
of counties, 66. Capital, Mont-
gomery. A.D.
De Soto leads about 1000 men
from Florida to the Missis-
sippi 1540
France claims all the Missis-
sippi valley (Louisiana). . . 1697
De Bienville (Louisiana) builds fort St. Louis on the west side
of Mobile Bay }l^
Colony removed to present site of Mobile 1»11
Fort Toulouse built by French at the confluence of the Coosa
and Tallapoosa rivers y-"V:"*:r
All the territory now Alabama north of 31° and west to the
Mississippi ceded to England by France • . • • 1 '63
[West Florida from 1764 to 1781 included much of the pres-
ent territory of Alabama and Mississippi. The British prov-
ince of west Florida was bounded by 3-l° 28' N., while all Ala-
bama north of 32° 28' was in the British province of Illinois.]
Spain declares war against Great Britain. ............ .8 May, mw
Don Bernardo de Galvez Spanish governor of Louisiana. Cap-
tures Mobile ,•,: •••;••• ^* ^!^h ^^^
Great Britain cedes to the United States all territory east of
the Mississippi except Florida, the boundary of west Florida
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again flxod at 31° N. ; and codes Florida back to Spain
by treaties of 1783
A treaty bt>t\vt'ou the Federal Kovornment and the Choctaw
Indians cuutlnninK the cession of the territory obtained by
the British from that tribe 3 Jan. 1786
Georgia cluiins to include by royal charter what is now Ala-
bama and Mississippi, and creates Houstoun county out of
pari of Alubatna north of the Tennessee river 1785
Spain claims west Florida, S'i" '28' N., and occupies the terri-
tory, but relinquishes her claims north of 31° ufler tedious
negotiations Mch. 1798
This region ttom 31" to 3*2° 28' N. lat, between the Mississippi
and Uie Chattahoochee, is formed by congress into the Mis-
sissippi territory "
Winthrop Sargent of Massachusetts appointed by president
Adams first governor '«
[Seat of government, Natchez on the Mississippi.]
^Mtnish garrison at Fort St. Stephen relieved by Federal troops,
May, 1799
Washington county, comprising all eiist of the Pearl river to
the ChiUUihoocboe. formed by gov. Sargent Juno, 1800
First census of Washington county, showing 733 whites, 494
negro slaves, and 23 H-oe negroes "
(Mobile not included, being under Spanish rule.]
Congress provides a legislature for the territory "
President Jeflerson appoinu William C. C. Claiborne of Ten-
nessee governor 1801
Georgia cedes to the U. S. all between the 31st and the 35th
parallels for $1,250.000 24 Apr. 1802
Congress extends the Mississippi territory to 35° N 1804
Robert Williams of North Carolina governor. 1805
Madison county treated 1808
David Holmes of Virginia governor 1809
Baldwin county created "
The three counties in what is now Alabama have 6422 whites
and 2624 negroes 1810
Madimn OazetU started at Huntsville 1812
Spanish garrison at fort Charlotte (Mobile) surrenders to the
U. S. forces under gen. Wilkinson 13 Apr. 1813
U. S. forces occupy Spanish west Florida, and the district E.
of Pearl river and S. of 31" N. is added to the Mississippi
territory 1812-13
First engagement in the war with the Creek (so called by the
whites because of the numerous creeks within their terri-
tory) or Muscogee Indians on Burnt Corn creek 27 July, 1813
[The whites under col. Caller repulsed.]
Fort Mimms. a stockade near the R. bank of the Alabama river
(now Baldwin county), is surprised at midday by 1000 Creek
warriors led by Weatherford and the prophet Francis. There
were in the fort 245 men with arms, and 308 women and
children. After a stubborn resistance till 5 p.m. they are
overpowered— about 50 escape 30 Aug. "
Battle of Tallasahatchie (now in Calhoun county). The Ind-
ians defeated by gen. Coffee 3 Nov. "
Battle of Talladega. Gen. Jackson defeats the Indians,
9 Nov. "
Capt. Sam Dale's " Canoe fight " with Indians 12 Nov. "
Hiilabee Town. Massacre of Indians by gen. White. This
attack was made without the knowledge of Jackson. 18 Nov. "
Aattose towns. Indians defeated by gen. Floyd and towns de-
stroyed 29 Nov. "
Econochoca or "Holy Ground" Indians defeated by gen.
Claiborne 23 Dec. "
Battles of Emuckfau and Enotochopco (now in Tallapoosa
county). The Indians atUck and are repulsed. . .22, 24 Jan. 1814
Calebee river. Indian attack repulsed by gen. Floyd. .27 Jan. "
Gen. Jackson, re-enforced, attacks Indians fortified at Great
Horse-shoe Bend (Tohopeka) of Tallapoosa river 27 Mch. "
[By this, the bloodiest battle of the war, the power of the
Indians was destroyed.]
Indians by treaty cede to the U. S. nearly half the present
state of Alabama. 9 Aug. "
Gen. Jackson captures Pensacola, Fla 7 Nov. "
Chickasaw Indians, by treaty, relinquish all claim to the
country south of the Tennessee for $65,000 14 Sept. 1816
Territory east of what is now Mississippi organized as the ter-
ritory of Alabama 3 Mch. 1817
William Wyatt Bibb appointed governor by Monroe; "
Territorial legislature first meets at St. Stephens 19 Jan. 1818
Congress authorizes Alabama to form a state constitution,
2 Mch. 1819
Convention at Huntsville to frame a constitution, conclude their
labors 2 Aug. "
First general assembly at Huntsville, 45 representatives and
22 senators 25 Oct. "
William W. Bibb chosen governor 9 Nov. "
Joint resolution of congress admitting Alabama into the Union
approved by president Monroe 14 Dec. "
The seat of government removed to Cahaba 1820
Pop. of the state (whites, 85,451 ; negroes, 42,450) . . 127,901 "
Rank as to pop 19 "
Pop. per sq. mile 2.4 "
Act to establish a state university at Tuscaloosa passed. . 18 Dec. "
[It was not opened until 18 Apr. 1831.]
State bank established and located at Cahaba "
The principal towns in Alabama were Huntsville, Claiborne,
Mobile, Cahaba, St. Stephens, Florence, and Montgomery in "
Gen. Lafayette received at the capital 1824
Seat of government removed to Tuscaloosa 1826
William Weatherford, the Indian warrior and chief at the fort
Mimms massacre, dies in Monroe county "
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Spring Hill college (R. C.) at Mobile opened 182^
University of Alabama (non.-sec ) at Tuscaloosa opened 1831
First cotton factory erected in Madison 1832
Creeks cede to the U. S. all their lands east of the Mississippi
for $210,000 by treaty "
First railroad completed from Tuscumbia to Decatur, 44 miles. 1834
Cherokees cede their lands to the state by treaty 29 Dec. 1835
[They receive $5,000,000 and 7,000,000 acres beyond the
Mississippi— to remove within 2 years.]
Great financial convulsion in 1837
Howard College (Baptist) at Birmingham opened 1842
Seat of governuient removed to Montgomery 1847
Medical college of Ala. founded at Mobile 1859
Pop. of the state about the time of its secession (whites, 526,431;
negro slaves, 435,080; free negroes, 2690) 964,201 186(>
Rank as to pop 13 "
Pop. to the sq. mile 18.7.... "
Per cent, of increase 24.9 "
The general assembly by resolution requires the governor, if
a Black Repi'blican be elected president of the U. S., in No-
vember, to order elections of delegates to a constitutional
convention 24 Feb. '*
Alabama passes an ordinance of secession by 61 to 39; the
fourth state to secede 11 Jan. 1861
Alabama seizes U. S. arsenal and arms at Mobile, and occupies
forts Morgan and Gaines at entrance of Mobile bay Jan. "
Provisional congress of delegates from 6 seceded states meet at
Montgomery 4 Feb. "
Adopt a provisional constitution 8 Feb. "
Jeflerson Davis inaugurated president of the Confederacy at
Montgomery 18 Feb. "
Seat of confederate government removed from Montgomery to
Richmond, Va July, "
There were liberated by the Emancipation Proclamation 435,132
slaves in Alabama 1 Jan. 1863
Confederate fleet defeated in Mobile bay by admiral Farragut,
5 Aug. 1864
[State furnishes to the confederate service 65 regiments
of infantry, 12 regiments of cavalry, and 22 batteries of ar-
tillery. Brewer's "History of Alabama."]
Mobile evacuated by confederate forces 12 Apr. 1865
State convention meets and annuls ordinance of secession,
25 Sept. "
New constitution adopted 5 Nov. "
[This constitution was not ratified until Nov. 1875.]
State was admitted to a representation in congress by act
passed over president's veto 25 June, 1868
Under proclamation of gov. -elect W. H. Smith, 26 June, the
legislature a.ssembles and ratifies the 14th Amendment to
the Constitution of the U.S 13 July, "
State turned over to civil authorities by gen. Meade. . .14 July, "
Immigration convention meets at Montgomery 2 June, 1869
Gov. Smith, claiming majority in state election of 8 Nov., files
injunction restraining president of senate from counting
votes for governor 25 Nov. 1870
Votes for lieut. governor being counted, E. H. Moren is declared
elected and is inaugurated; as ex-offlcio president of the sea-
ate he then counts the votes for governor— R. B. Lindsay,
77,721 ; W. H. Smith, 76,292 26 Nov. "
An amicable settlement of dispute after suit to recover books,
papers, etc., of the governor's office begun by gov. Lindsay,
7 Dec. "
Birmingham founded (chief iron centre of Ala.) 1871
University of Alabama reorganized and opened 4 Oct. "
George Goldthwaite, dem., elected U. S. senator, 7 Dec. 1870;
qualifies 15 Jan.- 1872
Legislature passes a new election law, provides for an agricul-
tural college, and adjourns 26 Feb. "
State Agricultural and Mechanical College at Auburn chartered
and opened "
Election returns of 5 Nov. disputed. Republican membersof leg-
islature organize at U. S. court-house in Montgomery; demo-
cratic members at state capitol, each claiming a constitutional
quorum. Gov. Lindsay recognizes the latter 18 Nov. '*
David P. Lewis, rep., declared elected governor, 23 Nov., and
assumes the office, recognizing the court-house legislature,
25 Nov. "
Legislative dispute referred to attorney-general of the U. S.,
who proposes a compromise to take effect 18 Dec. when the
senate organizes at the capitol, the courthouse assembly
continuing its sessions 18 Dec. '*
Pursuant to adjournment, 21 Dec, both houses meet 13 Jan.
1873, to examine contested seats and transact business inde-
pendently until a joint resolution passed by the lower house
is agreed to, informing the governor of the organization of
the general assembly 1 Feb. 1873
State normal college at Florence opened , "
State normal and industrial school opened at Huntsville "
Colored labor state convention meets at Montgomery. .18 Nov. "
Constitutional convention meets at Montgomery 6 Sept. 1875
New state constitution ratified by 95,672 to 30,004 16 Nov. "
Act to fund state debt in new bonds at reduced interest and sur-
render certain securities held by the state, approved.. 23 Feb. 1876
First biennial session of legislature under new constitution,
begins 15 Nov. "
Act to establish a public-school system ; a superintendent of
education to be elected every two years, etc 1876-77
John T. Morgan, dem., senator, presents credentials in the U. S.
senate 27 Feb. 1877
Act granting $75 to any resident of the state who lost an arm
or leg in the confederate army 1879
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George S. Houston qualifies as U. S. senator 18 Mch. 1879
U. S. senator George S. Houston dies 31 Dec. "
Luke Pryor, dem., qualifies as U. S. senator under executive
appointment to fill vacancy 15 Jan. 1880
James L. Pugh, U. S. senator-elect, qualities 6 Dec. "
State normal and industrial school opened at Tuskegee 1881
State treasurer I. H. Vincent absconds, leaving a deficit of about
$212,000 Jan. 1883
State agricultural department goes into operation with E. C.
Betts of Madison county as commissioner 1 Sept. "
Alabama normal college for girls at Livingston opened "
State normal school at Jackson opened "
Congress grants the state 46,080 acres of land for the benefit of
the university 23 Apr. 1884
Foundation of a monument to the confederate soldiers of the
state laid on the grounds of the capitol in Montgomery by
Jefferson Davis 29 Apr. 1886
State agricultural and mechanical college burned; loss $100,000,
24 June, 1887
State normal school at Troy opened "
Lease of convicts in state penitentiary awarded to the East
Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad company, the convicts to
be employed in the Pratt coal mines near Birmingham 1888
Alabama academy for the blind opened at Talladega "
Southern interstate immigration convention, nearly 600 dele-
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gates from all the southern states meet at Montgomery,
12 Dec. 1888
Mardi Gras, Good Friday, and 26 Apr. added to the legal holi-
days, and $.";o,000 appropriated for relief of disabled confed-
erate soldiers or their widows by the legislature of 1888-89
Southern interstate farmers' association meets in Montgomery,
21 Aug. 1889
Rube Burrows, a notorious criminal and murderer, breaks jail
and is shot and killed at Birmingham 8 Oct. 1890
Ex-gov. E. A. O'Neil dies at Florence 7 Nov. "
Eleventh annual convention of American federation of labor at
Birmingham, meets 14 Dec. 1891
4955 disabled confederate soldiers apply for pensions, each re-
ceived $26.50 from a fund of $131,362.02 raised by special
tax 189a
[38 blind applicants received each $38.57.]
Conference of colored people at Tuskegee, in the "black belt,"
to consider the condition of the race; regretting the pov-
erty of the South, and lack of means for education, inability
to build school-houses or furnish teachers, etc., it admitted
the friendliness and fairness of the whites, etc "
Two state tickets in the field— gov. Thomas G. Jones heading
Conservatives, and ex -commissioner of agriculture R. F.
Kolb, the " Jeflersonian Democrats." Two platforms issued;
Kolb defeated, charges frauds at the polls Aug. "
GOVERNORS OF THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY.
Including the present States of Alabama and Mississippi.
Names.
Term of Office.
Remarks.
Winthrop Sargent
1799 to 1801
1801 " 1805
1805 " 1809
1809 " 1817
Appointed by president Adams from Massachusetts.
" " " Jefferson" Tennessee.
Wm C G Claiborne
Robt Williams .
" " North Carolina.
David Holmes
" " Virginia.
Wm. Wyatt Bibb.
GOVERNOR OF THE TERRITORY OF ALABAMA.
,...| Mch. 1817 to Nov. 1819 |
GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA.
Wm. Wyatt Bibb
Thomas Bibb
Isreal Pickens
John Murphy
Gabriel Moore
Saml. B. Moore
John Gayle
Clement C. Clay
Hugh McVay
Arthur P. Bagby
Benj. Fitzpatrick
Joshua L. Martin
Reuben Chapman
Henry Watkins Collier.
John A. Winston
Andrew B. Moore
John Gill Shorter
Thomas H. Watts
Nov. 1819 to July, 1820
July, 1820 " Nov. 1821
Nov. 1821
" 1825
" 1829
Mch. 1831
Nov. 1831
" 1835
July, 1837
Nov. 1837
" 1841
" 1845
" 1847
" 1849
" 1853
" 1857
" 1861
" 1863
Lewis E. Parsons.
Robt. M. Patton . .
Wm. H. Smith...
Robt. B. Lindsay.
David B. I,ewis. . .
Geo. S. Houston . .
Rufus W. Cobb.
Edward N. O'Neal.
Thomas Seay
Thomas G. Jones . .
William C. Gates . .
" 1825
" 1829
Mch. 1831
Nov. 1831
" 1835
July, 1837
Nov. 1837
" 1841
" 1845
" 1847
" 1849
" 1853
" 1857
" 1861
" 1863
Apr. 1865
Interregnum of two months.
June, 1865 to Dec. 1865
Dec. 1865 " July, 1868
Julv, 1868 " Nov. 1870
Died in office.
Elected U. S. senator.
Elected U. S. senator.
Elected U. S. senator, 1841.
Elected U. S. senator, 1853.
Confederate government.
Nov.
1870
1872
1874
1876
1878
1880
1882
1884
1886
1888
1890
1892
1894
1872
1874
1876
1878
1880
1882
1884
1886
1888
1890
1892
1894
1896
Appointed provisional governor by president Johnson,
Appointed by an act of congress.
No republican ticket placed in nomination.
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM ALABAMA.
Names.
William R. King. .
John W. Walker. .
William Kelley...
Wm. R. King
John W. Walker. .
Wm. Kelley
Wm. R. King
Henry Chambers .
Wm. R. King
Israel Pickens. . .
John McKinley..
Wm. R. King....
John McKinley..
Wm. R. King
John McKinley. .
Wm. R. King
Gabriel Moore.. .
Wm. R. King
Gabriel Moore . . .
No. of Congress.
Sixteenth
Seventeenth
Eighteenth
Nineteenth
((
Twentieth
Twenty-first
Twenty-second
Twenty-third
Date.
1819 to 1821
1821 " 1823
1823*" 1825
1825 " 1827
1827 " 1829
(( U (1
1829 " 1831
1831 " 1833
1833 " 1835
Elected in place of Walker. Seated 21 Jan. 1823.
Resigned.
Died 25 Jan. 1826.
Appointed in place of Chambers. Seated 10 Apr. 1826.
Elected in place of Chambers. Seated 21 Dea 182&
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UNITED STATBSg SENATORS FROM ALABAMA A.— (Continued.)
N«»«. 1
No. of CouKTuii.
\ Date. 1
Remarks.
Wm R. King
Twenty-fourth
Twenty-fifth
Twenty-sixth
Twenty-seventh
Twenty-eighth
11
Twenty-ninth
Thirtieth
t(
ti
Thirty-flrst
Thirty-second
Thirty-third
Thirty-fourth
Thirty-fifth
Thirty-sixth
Thirty-seventh
Thirty-eighth
Thirty-ninth
Fortieth
Forty-first
Forty-second
Forty-third
Forty-fourth
Forty-fifth
Forty-sixth
Forty-seventh
II
Forty-eighth
Forty-ninth
Fiftieth
Fifty-first
Fifty-second
Fifty-third
1835 to 1887
1837 " 1839
11 It II
1889 II 1841
1841 " 1843
II II II
1843 " 1845
1845 " 1847
ii II II
1847 " 1849
tt II (1
1849 '« 1851
1851 " 1853
11 (( ti
It K 11
1853 *' 1855
11 It II
1866 " 1867
1857 » 1859
II II II
1859 " 1861
1861 " 1863
1863 " 1865
1865 " 1867
1867 " 1869
It ti II
1869 " 1871
1871 " 1873
II It II
1873 " 1875
II U II
1875 " 1877
11 II u
1877 " 1879
It II u
1879 " 1881
1881 " 1883
II II It
1883 " 1885
II II II
1885 " 1887
1887 " 1889
1889 " 1891
II ti II
1891 '1 1893
1893 " 1895
Elected president pro tern. 1 July, 1836, and 28 Jan. 1837.
Gubriel Mtwre
Wm K. King
Elected president pro tern. 2 July, 1838.
Clemoul C Clav
Wm K King
President pro tem.
Resigned 1841.
Wm. R King
Arthur P. Bagby
Arthur P. Bagbv
Elected in place of Clay. Seated 27 Dec. 1841.
Wm R King
Resigned 15 Apr. 1844.
Dixon H Lewis.
Appointed in place of King. Seated 7 May, 1844
Dixon H. Lewis.
Arthur P Bagby
Resigned, 16 June, 1848.
Died -25 Oct. 1848.
Wm. R King
( Appointed in place of Bagby. Seated 13 July, 1848, afterwards
( elected by legislature.
Appointed in place of Lewis. Seated 11 Dec. 1848.
Bei^. Fitzpatrick
Wm. R King
President pro tem.
Jeremiah Clemens
Resigned. Elected vice-president of the U. S. Died 18 Apr. 1853.
Appointed in place of King. Seated 20 Jan. 1853.
Elected in place of King. Seated 19 Dec. 1853.
Benj. Pitzpatrick
Clement C. Clay, jun
Beiy. Fitzpatrick
Clement C. Clay, jun
Benj. Fitzpatrick
Clement C. Clay, jun
Beiy. Fitzpatrick
Elected president pro tem. 7 Dec. 1857.
Retires from the senate, 21 Jan. 1861. Died 9 Sept. 1866.
President pro tem. 9 Mch. 1859. Retires from the senate, 21 Jan. 186L
State seceded. [Died 25 Nov. 1869.
Clement C. Clay, jun
Benj. Fitzpjitrick
Vacant
ii
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Seated 25 July, 1868.
Williard Warner
u 21 " "
George E. Spencer
Williard Warner
George Goldthwaite
<}eorge E. Spencer
Seated 15 June, 1872.
George Goldthwaite
George Goldthwaite
Oeorge E. Spencer.
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Seated 27 Feb. 1877.
John T. Morgan
See State Record, 1879.
James L. Pugh
Seated 6 Dec. 1880.
John T. Morgan
James L. Pugh
John T. Morgan
James L. Pugh
John-T. Morgan . . .
James L. Pugh
Alabama, a steam-vessel of 1040 tons, with 2 engines
of 300 horse-power, built by the Lairds at Birkenhead, Eng.,
and launched 15 May, 1862, for the confederate service. She
was first known as " 290," her number on the list built by the
Lairds. She carried 8 guns — 1 Blakely 100-pound rifled, 1
^-inch solid shot, and 6 32-pounders — and a crew of 144 men
under capt. Semmes. She did great damage to the Ameri-
can mercantile shipping. On 19 June, 1864, off Cherbourg,
France, she encountered the federal war-ship Kearsarge, capt.
Winslow, carrying 7 guns— 2 11-inch pivot smooth-bores, 1
28-pound rifled, 4 32-pounders — with a crew of 163. After
an engagement of one hour S'^Q Alabama surrendered, and soon
after sank. Her loss was 9 men killed and 21 wounded; the
Kearsarge lost 3 wounded, 1 mortally.
Alabama €laim§ and Award. Claims against
Great Britain for losses sustained by the U. S. through depreda-
tions on her commerce by confederate vessels fitted out or sup-
plied in English ports. As finally presented they were as follows:
Alabamxi
Boston ,
Chickamauga 3
Florida 38
Georgia 5
Nashville 1
Retribution 2
tiallie 1
Shenandoah 40
Sumter 3
Tallahassee 17
No. of Vessels
Destroyed.
.... 58 $6,547,609.86
400.00
95,654.85
,698,609.34
383,976.50
69,536.70
20,334.52
5,540.00
,488,320.31
10,695.83
579,955.55
For losses from increased war premiums 1,120,795.15
$19,021,428.61
Discussion between the two governments respecting claims
for damage by the Alabama and other confederate cruis-
ers 1865
A fruitless convention for their settlement by a commission
signed at London 10 Nov. 1868
Second convention, signed by earl of Clarendon and Mr. Rev-
erdy Johnson, 14 Jan. ; rejected by U. S. senate 13 Apr. 1869
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Joint commission (British, earl de Grej% sir Stafford Northcote,
and others; American, sec. Fish, geu. Schenck, and others)
to settle fishery disputes, Alabama claims, etc. Announced,
9 Feb. ; met at Washington, 27 Feb. ; signed a treaty at
Washington 8 May, 1871
Commission for Anglo-American claims met at Washington,
25 Sept. "
Formal meeting of the arbitration commission at Geneva (ad-
journs to 15 June) 18 Dec. "
The British and American cases presented 20 Dec. Excite-
ment in England at introduction of claims for indirect losses
into the American case; loss by transfer of trade from Amer-
ican to British ships, increased rates of marine insurance,
and losses by prolongation of war Jan. 1872
Correspondence between the governments; British despatch, 3
Feb. ; reply, 1 Mch. ; continued ; counter-cases presented at
Geneva 15 Apr. "
Continued correspondence, supplementary treaty, both nations
agree to abstain from claims for indirect losses, presented to
American senate; approved 25 May, "
British government object to certain modifications; further
correspondence; excitement in parliament; proposed ad-
journment of meeting of arbitration commission ; differ-
ences about mode of procedure; congress adjourns, leaving
affair unsettled 10 June "
Arbitration tribunal, consisting of count Frederic Sclopis for
Italy, president; baron Staempfli for Switzerland; vicomte
d'ltajuba for Brazil; Mr. C. F. Adams for United States; and
sir Alexander E. Cockburn for Great Britain, meet at Geneva.
The British government presents a note of existing differ-
ences; the conference adjourns 15 June, "
Further adjournment, 17 June; the arbitrators declare indirect
claims contrary to international law, 19 June; president
Grant consents to their withdrawal 25 June, "
British government withdraw application for adjournment of
conference 27 June, "
Tribunal records decision against indirect claims and long ad-
journment, and adjourns to 15 July 28 June, "
Final meeting; all the arbitrators agree to award damages for
injuries done by the Alabama; four for those done by the
Florida; and three for those done by the Shenandoah. The
judgment not signed by sir A. Cockburn. whose reasons were
published; the damages awarded (including interest), about
3,229,166i. 13s. 4d. ; those claimed, 9,476,166i. 13s. 4d. (De-
cision based on admission of a new ex-posl-facto international
law, by Great Britain by treaty of Washington) 14 Sept. "
Judgment of sir A. Cockburn admitting award for the Ala-
bama, opposing other awards, yet counselling submission to
the judgment, signed 14 Sept., and published in London Ga-
zette with other documents 20 Sept. "
3,200,()00Z. were voted; the receipt of 3,196,874^. ($15,500,000)
acknowledged by sec. Fish Sept. 1873
All awards made ; about $8,000,000 surplus 1876
Increased by interest to $9,500,000 1885
Alabama Letter, The. Henry Clay, whig can-
didate for president in 1844, had a fair prospect for election
when his letter to a friend in Alabama on the annexation of
Texas appeared in the North Alabamian on 16 Aug. It was^
represented by his adversaries as a complete change of policy
on his part. The whig campaign became " defensive " from
this time and resulted in defeat. United States.
Aladja Dag^ll (a-la'-ja dag), near Kars, Armenia.
Here the Turks, under Ahmed Mukhrar, after severe conflicts,
were defeated by Russians, under grand-duke Michael and
gens. Loris Melikoff, Lazareff, and Heimaun, 14, 15 Oct. 1877.
The Turkish army was divided and broken up, the strong camp
taken, with many prisoners, including 7 pashas, and 88 guns. The
Russian strategy was highly commended. This disaster, which
led to the investment of Kars, was attributed to Mukhtar s main-
taining too extended lines, which were turned (20 miles with only
40,000 men, when 200,000 were required).
A'lamo, a fort, originally a Spanish mission, in Texas,
near San Antonio. Here occurred the massacre of the Alamo,
6 Mch. 1836, when a Mexican force of 1500 or 2000 men,
under Santa Anna, after having besieged and bombarded its
garrison of 140 Texans, under col. Travis, from 23 Feb.,
stormed the place and took it, after being twice repulsed.
Col. David Crockett was killed here. But 6 Texans were
left alive after the assault, and these were murdered in cold
blood in Santa Anna's presence, by his order, after surrender
on promise of protection. Mexican loss, 500. Texas.
Ala'ni, a Tartar race, invaded Parthia, 75 a.d. They
joined the Huns in invading the Roman empire, and were
defeated by Theodosius, 379-382. They were subdued by the
Visigoths, 452, and eventually incorporated with them.
Alarcos, central Spain. Here the Spaniards, under
Alfonso IX., king of Castile, were totally defeated by the
Moors,19 July, 1195.
Ala§'ka, formerly Russian America, is bounded on the
north by the Arctic ocean, on the east by the British posses-
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sions, on the south by the Pacific ocean, and on the west by
the Behring sea and straits. From the main portion of the
territory a narrow strip with a breadth of about 50 miles ex-
tends southeast along the Pacific coast, and terminates at the
confines of British Columbia in 54° 40' N. lat. From north
to south the extreme length is 1100 miles, and greatest breadth,
800 miles. It contains about 577,390 sq. miles. The distance
between Portland channel, 52° n. lat. 130° w. Ion., separating
the lower part of Alaska from British America and Atoo, the
westernmost island of the Aleutian chain, is 2100 miles. If
Atoo be accepted as the western extremity of the United
States, San Francisco is nearly its geographical centre of long-
itude. Capital, Sitka.
This territory was first discovered by a Russian expedition
under command of Behring 1741
Territory granted to a Russian-American fur company by em-
peror Paul 1799
This charter renewed 1839
[New Archangel, now Sitka, on the island of Sitka, was
and is the principal settlement and capital.]
Privileges of the fur company expired 1863
Ceded by Russia to the United States for $7,200,000, by treaty
signed 30 Mch. and ratified 20 June, 1867
Formal possession taken by the United States 9 Oct. "
Alaska made by congress a military and collection district 1870
Congress provided a civil government 17 May,' 1884
Rev. Sheldon Jackson appomted general agent of education
for the territory Apr. 1885
A. P. Swineford arrives at Sitka as governor 15 Sept. "
Gold first discovered at Silver Bay, near Sitka, in 1887
Expedition sent by the U. S. Coast and Geodesic Survey, under
J. E. McGrath, to determine the exact boundary between
Alaska and the British possessions June, 1889
The North American Commercial company secures the Alaskan
fur-seal rights for 20 years 28 Feb. 1890
Population reported by the census Agent, 31,000, consisting of
900 Aleuts, 5000 Indians, 18,000 Esquimaux, 2300 Chinese,
aitd 4800 whites 29 Aug. 1S91
Governors.— John H. Kinkea'd, 1884-85; Alfred P. Swineford,
1885-89; Lyman E. Knapp 1889-93
Alba Long^a, an ancient city of Italy, said to have
been founded by Ascanius, son of ^neas, 1152 b.c. Its history
is mythical.
Ascanius, son of ^neas, 1152 B.C.; Sylvius Posthumus, 1143;
jEneas Sylvius ^ b.c. 1114
Reign of Latinus, 1048;^lba, 1038; Atys, or Capetus, 1002;
Capys, 976; Capetus 916
Reign of Tiberinus, 903; being defeated in battle near the river
Albula<^ie throws himself into the stream, is drowned, and
hence this river is called the Tiber 895
Agrippa, 894; Romulus Silvius, 864; Aventinus, 845; Procas,
808 ; Numitor 795
,• Am uli us. brother of Numitor, seizes the throne, 794; killed by
' Romulus, who restores his grandfather Numitor 754
Romulus builds and fortifies Rome 753
Alba conquered by Tullus Hostilius. and incorporated with
Rome '. 665
Alba'nia, a province of European Turkey, part of an-
cient Epirus. The Albanians became independent during
the decline of the Greek empire. They were successfully at-
tacked by the Turks in 1388. From 1443, under George Cas-
triot (Scanderbeg), they baffled the efforts of Amurath II. to
subdue them till the siege of Scutari in 1478, when they sub-
mitted to his successor, Mahomet II., Ali Pacha of Janina,
in 1812, defeated the Turkish pachas, and governed Albania
ably, but cruelly and despotically, till Feb. 1822, when he and
two sons were slain, after surrendering under promise of safety.
A revolt in Albania was suppressed in 1843. Area, about
18,944 sq. miles; pop. about 1,300,000.
An Albanian league (favored by the Turks) formed to resist ces-
sion of any part of the country to Austria and Montenegro in
April, said to have caused the death of Mehcmet Ali.. 7 Sept. 1878
Country semi-independent Apr. 1879
Army formed rebel against Turkey .Apr. 1880
League forces defeated in attack on Dervish Pacha m Uskub
between Pristma and Prisend, 19 Apr.; he reported the coun-
try settled, but asked reinforcements; more fighting; Alba-
nians said to be defeated, struggle almost over 12 Maj', 1881
Revolt of chiefs, severe fights, 2, 3 June, 1883. Turks defeated
with loss ; reported dispersion of chiefs about 8 June.
Continued fighting 12 June et seq. Turks successful m
fight; Albanians submit, announced 21 June. Unsettled
25 June. Insurrection subsiding about 19 July. Albanians
appeal to the powers for annexation to Greece, about 3 Nov.
General disorder and much brigandage reported, Aug. 1884.
Continued disturbance 18JU-»i
All>an§, St., Hertfordshire, England, near the Roman
Verulam, named for Alban, the British protoraartyr, said to
have been beheaded during the persecution by Diocletian, 23
June, 286. A stately monastery to his memory was erected
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about 795, by Offa, king of Mercia, wbo granted it many priv-
ileges. Its superior sat as premier abbot in parliament till tbe
dissolution in 1539. Francis Bacon made baron Verulam,
July, 1018, and viscount St. Albans, Jan. 1621. A meeting
was held 22 June, 1871, U) raise funds to restore the abbey,
the earl of Verulam chairman. The results were favorable,
and the work was confided to Mr. G. Gilbert Scott, who is-
sued a report in June, 1872. Verulam was built on the site
of the capital of Cassivelaunus taken by Julius Caesar, 54 B.C.
It was reuken, after much slaughter, by Boadicea or Boudicea,
queen of the Iceni, 61 a.d.
First battle of St. Albans, lAncastrians defeated, their loader, Ed-
mund, duke of Somerset, slain, and king Henry VI. taken by duke
of York and partisans, 22 or 2:{ May, 1456.
Second battle, queen Margaret toUUly defeated Yorkists under earl of
Warwick, and rescued llio king, Shrove-Tuesday, 17 Feb. 1461.
St. Albans incoriwratod by Edward VI. 1553.
Disfranchised for bribery, 17 June, 1852.
Alban§, St., raid (Vkkmont), Oct. 1864.
Albany or Albaillll, ancient name of the Scottish
Highlands. Robert Stewart, brother of king Robert III., was
created first duke of Albany in 1398, and the title has since be-
longed to the crown of Scotland.
Albany, capital of the state of New York. Pop. 1890,
94,923. State of New York throughout,
Albemarle, the confederate iron-clad ram, was built
by John L. Porter in the Roanoke river in 1863. She was
152 ft. long, 45 ft. wide, with a draught of 8 ft., 2 engines of
200 horse-power each, and armed with 2 rifled Brooke's guns,
each worked through 3 port-holes as occasion required. In
Apr. 1864, the ram sank the U. S. vessel Norikjield, and on
5 May engaged 7 U. S. war vessels in Albemarie sound, among
them'the /S'«s«acMS, which attempted to sink her by ramming,
but failed; the fight continued until dark, when both retired,
the Albemarle returning to Plymouth badly damaged, where
on the night of 27 Oct. 1864, she was sunk by lieut. W. B.
Gushing of the U. S. navy by a torpedo. Subsequently
raised and towed to the Norfolk navy yard, where, stripped of
her armament, machinery, etc., she was sold 15 Oct. 1867, for
$3200.
Albigren'§e9, a name given to persons who opposed the
church of Rome, living at Albi, in Languedoc, and at Toulouse,
in the 12th century. They were persecuted as Manichaeans,
1163, and a crusade (proclaimed by pope Innocent III.) against
them began in 1207. Simon de Montfort commanded 500,000
men, and at Bezieres, 1209, he and the pope's legate put friends
and foes to the sword, saying, " God will find his own I" At
Minerba he burned 150 of the Albigenses alive; and at La
Vaur he hanged the governor and beheaded the chief people,
drowning the governor's wife and murdering other women.
He defeated Raymond, count of Toulouse, but was himself
killed in 1218. Louis VIII. and IX., kings of France, sup-
ported the crusade; count Raymond was subdued, and abdi-
cated in 1229 ; and the heretics were given up to the Inqui-
sition. They had little in common with the Waldenses.
Albion. Britain is so called by Aristotle. Julius Caesar
and others are said to have. named it (from albus, white) from
its chalky cliffs.
Albion, Xew, name given to California by sir Fran-
cis Drake when he took possession in 1577.
Albue'ra or Albuhe'ra, Estremadura, Spain.
Here the French, under marshal Soult, were defeated by the
British and Anglo-Spanish army, under marshal (afterwards
lord) Beresford, 16 May, 1811.
Albufera, E. Central Spain, a lagoon near which the
French marshal Suchet (afterwards duke of Albufera) defeated
the Spaniards under Blake, 4 Jan. 1812 ; this led to his cap-
ture of Valencia on 9 Jan.
Aleala', Spain, near the Roman Complutum. At the uni-
versity here was printed the Complutensian Polyglot Bible, at
the expense of cardinal Ximenes, 1502-15. Cervantes was born
here, 1547.
Alcan'tara, a town on the Tagus, W. Spain. A fine
bridge was built here by Trajan about 104. The duke of Alva
acquired Portugal for Spain by defeating the Portuguese army
here, 24 June, 1580. The Spanish military order of knight-
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hood of Alcantara was established in 1156. The sovereign of
Spain has been grand master since 1495.
Aleaz'ar-Kebeer' (the great palace) near Fez,
N.W. Africa, where the Moors totally defeated the Portu-
guese, whose gallant king Sebastian was slain, 4 Aug. 1578.
The Portuguese disbelieved his death and long expected his
return — this led to the appearance of five impostors.
al'Ctaemy, the forerunner of chemistry ; its chief ob-
jects being the discovery of the philosopher's stone (which
was to effect the transmutation of metals into gold), an alka-
hest, or universal menstruum, and the elixir of life. M. Martin
Ziegler patented a method of jiroducing a " vital fluid" by com-
bining nitrogen and carbon in a porous cell containingammonia,
immersed in a vessel filled with molasses. The current was to
flow through silk threads attached to the vessel; about 18G8.
The alchemists asserted that their founder was Hermes Tris-
megistus (thrice greatest), an ancient Egyptian king. Pliny
says the emperor Caligula was the first who prepared natural
arsenic, to make gold of it, but desisted, because the charge ex-
ceeded the profit. Modern science dates from three discover-
ies : First, that of Copernicus in astronomy, which served to
destroy astrology; second, the weight of the atmosphere bj'
Torricelli and Pascal ; and third, oxygen.
Zosimua wrote on the subject about 410.
The Arabians cultivated alchemy and were followed (in the 13th cen-
tury) by Roger Bacon, Albert Groot, commonly known as Albertus
Magnus, Aquinas, Raymond Lullius, Basil Valentine (born 1394),
Paracelsus (died 1541), and others.
In 1404 the craft of multiplying gold and silver was made felony by
5 Henry IV. c. 4 ; repealed in 1689.
A license to practise alchemy with all metals and minerals was
granted one Richard Carter, 1476. — Rymer''s Fcedera.
Dr. Price, of Guildford. England, in 1782, published his experiments,
and brought specimens of gold to the king, alflrmkig that they
were made by means of a red and white powder. Being a fellow
of the Royal Society, he was required, under pain of expulsion,
to repeat his experiments before members of the society, but after
much equivocation he took poison and died, Aug., 1783.
alcohol. Pure spirit of wine or hydrated alcohol ia
said to have been obtained by the distillation of fermented
liquors by Abucasis in the 12th century, and made anhydrous
by Raymond Lullius in the 13th century by carbonate of po-
tassium. Alcohol has never been solidified, but becomes viscid
at very low temperatures. In 1820, Faraday ahd Hennell ob-
tained traces of alcohol by passing olefiant gas (bicarburetted
hydrogen) through sulphuric acid, and in 1862 this process
was examined and confirmed by Berthelot. Brandy, Dis-
tillation, Gin, Rum, and Spirits. About 250 medical men,
including the president of the Royal College of Physicians and
many hospital officials, issued a caution concerning the use of
alcohol in medicine, Dec. 1871. Temperanck.
Alden, John, one of the first passengers in the May-
Jlower, 1620. Marries Priscilla Mullens, " The Puritan Maid-
en." Characters in Longfellow's " Miles Standish." Massa-
chusetts.
alderman. The Saxon ealdorman was next to the
king and frequently a viceroy, but after the Danes came the
title was gradually displaced by earl. Aldermen in corpora-
tions are next in dignity to the mayor. The}' were appointed
in London (where there are 26) in 1242, and in Dublin (where
there are 24) in 1323. Aldermen chosen for life instead of an-
nually, 17 Rich. II. 1394. Present mode of election established,
11 Geo. 1. 1725. Aldermen made justices of the peace, 15 Geo.
II. 1741. London aldermen are elected by wards. The cor-
responding term in Scotland is baillie. In most cities of the
U. S. the aldermen are elected by wards and form a legislative
common council.
Al'derney, an island in the English Channel, with
Jersey, etc., was acquired by William the Conqueror, 1066.
The strait called " The Race" is celebrated for two fatal oc-
currences : William of Normandy, son of Henry I. of England,
and many young nobles (140 youths of the principal families
of France and Britain), were overtaken by a storm and lost,
25 Nov. 1120. The British man-of-war Victory, of 100 guns
and 1160 men, was wrecked here, 5 Oct. 1744; the admiral, sir
John Balchen, and all his crew, perished. Through it the
French escaped when defeated at La Hogue by admirals Rus-
sell and Rooke, 19 May, 1692. The construction of a break-
water, to make Alderney a naval station, was begun in 1852,
but was suspended by parliament in 1871. In 1874 the con-
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trol of the harbor and lands was transferred from the board of
trade to the admiralty and the war department. The island
is about 8 miles in circumference, and is noted for its breed
of cows.
Alder§hOt Camp, on a moor near Farnham, about
35 miles from London. In Apr. 1864, the war-office, with a
grant of 1,000,000/., purchased 4000 acres of land for a per-
manent camp for 20,000 men.
Additional land purchased in 1856.
Barracks since erected for 4000 infantry, 1500 cavalry, and several
batteries of artillery.
Aldine I*re§S, that of Aldo Manuzio (Aldus Manu-
tius) at Venice, produced many first editions of (Jreek, Latin,
and Italian classics, beginning in 1494 with Musaeus.
ale, l>eer, and wine, according to fable, invented
by Bacchus. Ale was known in 404 b.c. Herodotus ascribes
the art of brewing barley-wine to Isis, the wife of Osiris, and
such a beverage is mentioned by Xenophon, 401 b.c. The
Romans learned from the Egyptians to prepare fermented
liquor from corn. — Tacitus. Ale-houses are mentioned in the
laws of Ina, king of Wessex. Booths were set up in England,
728, and laws passed for their regulation. None but freemen
were allowed to keep ale-houses in London, 13 Edw. I. 1285.
They were further regulated by 5 and 6 Edw. VI. c. 25, 1551.
By i James I. c. 9, 1603, one full quart of the best, or two
quarts of small ale, were to be sold for one penny. Excise
duty on ale and beer was imposed by parliament in 1643, and
continued by Charles II., 1660 ; repealed, 1 Will. IV. c. 51,
1830. Porter, Victuallers, and Wine.
Alemanni or All Men («. e. men of all nations),
hence Allemand, German. A body of Suevi, who took this
name, were defeated by Caracalla, 214. After several repulses
they invaded the empire, but Aurelian subdued them in three
battles, 271. They were again vanquished by Julian, 356, 357 ;
by Jovinus, 368 ; and were subjugated by Clovis at Tolbiac (or
Zulpich), 496. The Suabians are their descendants.
Aleppo, N. Syria, a large town named Beroea by Seleu-
cus Nicator, about 299 b.c. The pachalic of Aleppo is one of
the five governments of Syria. It was taken by the Saracens,
638 A.D., who restored its ancient name Haleb or Chaleb; b}'
Saladin, 1193 ; and sacked by Timour, Nov. 1400. Its depopu-
lation by plague has been frequent : 60,000 persons were said
to have perished by it in 1797 ; many in 1827. The cholera
raged here in 1832. Aleppo suffered from terrible earthquakes
in 1822 and 1830, and has been the scene of fanatical massacres.
On 16 Oct. 1850, Mahometans attacked the Christians, burn-
ing everything. 3 churches were destroyed, 5 plundered, and
thousands of persons slain. The loss of property amounted to
about a million sterling; no interference was attempted by the
P^^^^* "In Aleppo once,
Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk
Beat a Venetian, and traduc'd the state."
Shakespeare, "Othello," act v. sc. ii.
Ale§ia, a strongly fortified city of the Mandubii, a tribe
of ancient Gaul near the head-waters of the Seine (central
France), where the final struggle between the Romans, under
Caesar, and the united Gauls, under Vercingetorix, took place,
52 B.C., ending in the complete overthrow of the Gauls. Caesar
destroyed the city. It was rebuilt, but again destroyed by the
Normans in the 9th century.
Alessandria, a city of Piedmont, built in 1168 under
the name of Caesar by the Milanese and Cremonese, to defend
the Tanaro against Frederick Barbarossa, emperor of Germany,
and afterwards named after pope Alexander III. It has often
been besieged. The French took it in 1796, were driven out
by Suwarrow, 21 July, 1799, recovered it after Marengo, 14
June, 1800, and held it till 1814, when the fortifications erected
by Napoleon were destroyed. These have been restored since
June, 1856.
Aleutian Isles, in the N. Pacific ocean, discovered
by Behring, 1741 ; visited by Cook, 1778 ; settled bj' Russians,
1785 ; included in cession of Alaska to U. S. 1867.
Alexander, £ra of, dated from the death of Alex-
ander the Great, 12 Nov. 323 B.C. In computing it the Crea-
tion was dated 5502 years before Christ, our year 1 a.d. being
reckoned 5503, and our year 284 a.d. was called 5786. But
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after this 10 years were omitted, and the next was called 5777.
This is still the Abyssinian era. The date is reduced to the
Christian era by subtracting 5502 before 5786, and by sub-
tracting 5492 thereafter.
Alexandria, Egypt, with walls 15 miles in circuit,
founded by Alexander the Great, 332 b.c.; buried here, 322;
later, the residence of Greek sovereigns of Egypt, the Ptole-
mies, 323. 17 councils were held here, 231-633 a.d.
Ptolemy Soter erects the Museum, Serapeum, Pharos, and other b. c.
edifices, and begins the library about 298
These works completed by his son, P. Philadelphus, and grand-
son, P. Euergetes 283-222
Alexandria taken by Julius Caesar; when a iibrary fabled to
contain 700,000 vols., including every known literary work,
whether Egyptian, Jewish, Greek, Latin, Phoenician, Chaldee,
Syriac, or Persian, is burned 43
Which Antony replaces by one brought from Pergamus! ...... 36
City restored by Hadrian 122
Massacre of the youth by Caracalla in revenge for an insult. '. '. 215
Alexandria, supporting the usurper Achilleus, is taken bv Dio-
cletian after a long siege \ 297
Disturbed by feuds between Athanasians and Arians .*.'.*. 321
George of Cappadocia killed, 362, Athanasius finally restored. . 363
50,000 persons perish by an earthquake 365
Paganism suppressed by Theodosius; a second library burned
(the Serapeum) 390
Alexandria captured by Chosroes II. of Persia 616
And by Amrou, general of the caliph Omar, who ordered the
library burned, supplying the baths with fuel for six months
22 Dec. 640
[The saying ascribed to Omar — "That if the books agreed
with the book of God, they were useless; it they disagreed,
they were pernicious" — is denied by Mahometans. It is also
attributed to Theophilus, archbishop of Alexandria (390), and
to cardinal Ximenes (1500).]
Recovered by the Greeks ; retaken by Amrou 644
Cairo founded by Saracens; hastening decay of Alexandria. . . 969
Alexandria plundered by the crusaders 1365
French capture Alexandria July, 1798
Battle of Alexandria, or Canopus: the British under gen. sir
Ralph Abercromby defeat the French under Menou..21 Mch. 1801
Abercromby dies of his wounds, 28 Mch. ; Menou surrenders it
with 10,000 French to the British 2 Sept. "
Alexandria taken by British under Fraser, 20 Mch. ; evacuated
by them 23 Sept. 1807
By the convention of Alexandria, Egypt was guaranteed to Me-
hemet Ali and his successors 1841
Railway to Cairo built 1851
New port, first stone laid by the khedive 15 May, 1871
The fellow of the obelisk of London (reared at Heliopolis about
1500 B.C. by Thothmes III. and removed to Alexandria about
25 B.C.) was ottered to the U. S. in 1877
Offer confirmed May, 1879
Steamer bearing the obelisk sailed from Alexandria. . .12 June, 1880
Arrives at New York 20 Julj^, "
Alexandria, a city of Virginia on the Potomac, 7
miles below Washington. Here on 24 May, 1861, E. E. Ells-
worth, col. of the New York Fire Zouaves, was shot, after tak-
ing down a confederate flag from the roof of the Marshall house,
by Jackson, the proprietor. Jackson was immediately after
shot by a soldier of the regiment. Virginia, 1861.
Alexandrian Codex, a MS. of the Septuagint
said to have been written by a lady named Thecla in the
6th century, and to have belonged to the patriarch of Alex-
andria in 1098 ; was presented to Charles I. of England in
1628 by Cyrillus Lascaris, patriarch of Constantinople ; placed
in the British museum in 1753, and printed in facsimile, 1786-
1821. •
Alexandrian Era. Mundane.
Alexandrian Liibrary. Alexandria and Li-
braries.
Alexandrian Schools of Philosophy.
The first school arose soon after the foundation of Alexandria,
332 B.C.; flourished under the Ptolemies till about 100 B.C.;
including Euclid (300), Archimedes (287-212), Apollonius (250),
Hipparchus (150), and Hero (150). The second school arose
about 140 A.D., and lasted till about 400. Its most eminent
members were Ptolemy, the author of the Ptolemaic system^
(150), Diophantus the arithmetician, and Pappus the geome-
ter (350). Philosophy.
Alexandrines, verses of 12 syllables, forming six
iambic feet, named from Alexander of Paris, who introduced
it into French literature about 1164. It corresponds with the
iambric trimeter, the principal metre of dramatic dialogue in
Greek and Latin, and is the heroic verse of French classic
writers, but is not suited to German or English poetry, ex-
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cept in briugtng to an end a sonorous stanza or system of verses.
The last line of the Spenserian stanza is an Alexandrine. In
Pope's " Essay on Criticism" it is thus exemplified :
" A noodless Alexandrine ends the song,
That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along."
The longest English poem wholly in Alexandrine verse is
Drayton's " Polyolbion," pub. 1612-22.
Alftftlfto, a species of Chilian grass or clover well fitted
from its long "tap root'' to live and grow where other grass-
es would wither through excessive droughts. Grown exten-
sively in the western United States, especially in California,
Colorado, Washington, Arizona, etc. Excellent forage for cat-
tle, of rapid growth, yielding under favorable circumstances 3
crops a year and from 6 to 10 tons per acre;
Alford, N. Scotland, liattle of. Gen. Baillie, with a large
bodv of covenanters, was defeated by the marquess of Montrose,
2 July, 1645.
Al'l^ebar, an Arabic and poetical name of the constella-
tion Orion.
*' Begirt with many a blazing star
Stood tho great giant Algebar,
Orion, hunter of the beast!"
— Longfellow, "Occult of Orion."
al'irebra, the generalized method of computation, called
by Newton "universal arithmetic," in which signs represent
operations and symbols stand for quantities; Diophantus, the
reputed inventor, wrote about 350 a.d. The Arabs, who
brought algebra to Spain, ascribe the invention to Mohammed
of Buziana, about 850 a.u. Leonardo Bonaccio of Pisa intro-
tluced Indian algebra into Italy in 1220. In 1494 Luca Paccioli
published the first printed book on algebra in Europe. — Serret.
Some algebraic signs were introduced either by Christophe
Rudolph (1522-26) or Michael Stifelius of Nuremberg, 1544,
and others by Francis Vieta, in 1590, when algebra came into
general use. — MoreH. Jerome Cardan published his "Ars
Magna," containing his rule, 1545. The first treatise in the
English language on algebra was written by Robert Recorde,
teacher of mathematics, Cambridge, about 1557; here, for the
first time, the modern sign for equality was used. Thos. Har-
riot's important discoveries appeared in his " Artis AnalyticaB
Praxis," 1631. Descartes applied algebra to geometry about
1637. The binomial theorem of Newton, the basis of the doc-
trine of fiuxions, and the new analysis, 1666. " The Greek
algebra was as nothing compared with the Greek geometry;
and the Hindu geometry was as little worthy of comparison
with the Hindu algebra." — Calcutta Review (1846), p. 540.
Important writers on algebra :
Harriot 1631
Descartes 1637
Pascal 1654
Isaac Newton (binomial the-
orem) 1666
Leibnitz 1677
Lagrange 1767
Euler 1770
Budan 1807
Horner 1819
Sturm 1835
Bourdon 1840
Diophantus 350
Bonacci 1220
Paccioli or De Borgo 1494
Rudolph 1522
Stifelius 1544
Cardan 1545
Ferrari (flrst to resolve bi-
quadratic equations) 1545
Tastalea 1546
Recorde 1557
Vieta. 1590
Girard. 1629
[But the most wonderful development of algebraic anal-
ysis has taken place in recent years; the works of Whit-
worth, Salmon, Todhunter, and others in England; of Bar-
nard, Bartlett, and others in America, and of scores of great
investigators in Germany and France, form a library of prob-
lems successfully solved by algebraic methods in all branches
of science.]
Algeilras or Old Gibraltar, S. Spain. Here
the Moors entered Spain in 711, and held it till taken by Al-
fonso XI., Mch. 1344.
Algiers, now Algreria, N.W. Africa, part of the an-
cient Mauritania; conquered by Romans, 46 b.c. ; by Van-
dals, 439 A.D. ; recovered for the empire by Belisarius, 534 ;
and subdued by Arabs about 690. Pop. of Algeria in 1866,
2,921,146; in 1886, 3,817,465. Sq. miles, 122,867.
Town of Algiers founded by Arabs near site of Icosium.. .about 936
Becoming seat of Barbary pirates, cajptured by Ferdinand of
Spain, 1509; retaken by Horuc and Haydreddin Barbaros-sa,
and made capital of a state; governed by a dey, nominally
subject to Turkey 1516-20
Emperor Charles V. loses a fine fleet and an army in an expe-
dition against Algiers 1541
Algiers terrified into pacific measures by Blake, 1655; by Du
Quesne 1633-84
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Treaty with the U. S 1795
War declared against tho U. S 1815
Commodore Decatur enters tho bay of Algiers wiih a r. S. lleet
and dicUites a peace "iH June, "
British fleet, under lord Exmouth, bombards the pirate city,
27 Aug. 1816
A new treaty ; Christian slavery abolished "
Treaty of peace with the U. S. .'. 22 Dec. "
French armament under Bourmont and Duperrd captures Al-
giers; dey deposed.barbarian government overthrown, 5 July, 1830
Arab chief Abd-el-Kuder preaches a holy war, and attacks the
French, at first successfully 1833
He is recognized as emir of Mascara by the French 1834
France announces intention to retain Algiers 20 May, "
War renewed 1835-36
Abdcl-Kadcr submits to French supremacy 30 May, "
War renewed ; French defeated Dec. 1839
Algeria annexed to France, the emir declared a rebel Feb. 1842
He is defeated by Bugeaud at Isly 14 Aug. 1844
500 Arabs in a cave at Karthani refuse tosurrender; sufTocatedby
smoke; said to have been ordered by gen. Pelissier .18 June, 1845
Abd-cl-Kader surrenders to Lamoricidre 23 Dec. 1847
[He, with suite, embarked at Oran, landed at Toulon 28 Dec.
following; was removed to castle of Amboise, near Tours, 2
Nov. 1848, and released by Louis Napoleon, 16 Oct. 1852, after
swearing on the Koran never to disturb Africa again. He
was to reside at Broussa, in Asia Minor; but in consequence
of the earthquake at that place, 28 Feb. 1855, removed to
Constantinople. In July, 1860, Ahd-el-Kader held the citadel
of Damascus, and protected Christians whom he had rescued
fVom massacre by the Turks. He received honors from the
English, French, and Sardinian sovereigns. He visited Paris
and liOndon in Aug. 1865. He offered to serve in the French
army in July, 1870. Died at Damascus, 26 May, 1883, aged
75 years.]
Arab tribes attack French; defeated 31 Oct. and 6 Nov. 1859
Algiers visited by Napoleon III Sept. 1860
Marshal Pelissier, duke of Malakhofl", appointed governor-gen-
eral of Algeria Nov. "
Death of marshal Pelissier, 22 May; MacMahon, duke of Ma-
genta, succeeds him 8 Sept. 1864
Fresh revolts; insurgents defeated by Jolivet 2 Oct. "
10,500 refugees from Alsace-Lorraine emigrate to Algeria 1871
Gen. Chanzy gov. ; replaced by Albert Gr(5vy 1878
Dispute with Tunis; outrages by savage tribes, Kroumirs, etc.
(Tunis) Apr. 1881
Troops sent from France in anticipation of insurrection.. . Aug. "
Resignation of gov. A. Grevy 6 Nov. "
M. Louis Tirman appointed Dec. "
Annexation of the province Mazab to Algeria Dec. 1882
Algonquins. Indians.
Alhambra, a Moorish palace and fortress near Grana-
da, S. Spain, founded by Mohammed I. of Granada about 1253,
surrendered to the Christians about Nov. 1491. The ruins are
described in a magnificent work by Owen Jones and Jules
Goury, pub. 1842-45. Washington Irving wrote of the pal-
ace and its surroundings a pleasing work, entitled "The Al-
hambra," pub. 1832.
All, sect of (Shiites, or Fatimites). All (a son of Abu
Talib, uncle of Mahomet), one of the prophet's earliest sup-
porters, becoming his vizier, 613, when quite young, and mar-
rying his daughter, Fatima, about 632; caliph, 655; assassi-
nated, 23 Jan. 661. He was called by the prophet, As'ad
Allah Al-ghalib, " the lion of God, always victorious." All's
right to succeed to the caliphate divided the Mahometan world
into two great sects, the Sonnites and the Shiites, the for-
mer denying and the latter affirming it. The Turks belong
to the former, the Persians to the latter sect.
The first four successors of Mahomet — Abubeker, Omar, Othman,
and Ali, his chief agents in establishing his religion and extirpat-
ing unbelievers, and whom he styled the "cutting swords of
God"— all died violent deaths; and his family was extirpated
within thirty years after his decease.
Alien and (Sedition L^anrs. In 1798, when war
between France and the United States was threatened, there
were in the United States, by estimate, 30,000 Frenchmen or-
ganized in clubs, and 50,000 sympathizers with France who
had been British subjects. In apprehension of danger, con-
gress, 25 June, authorized the president to banish alien ene-
mies at his discretion during the ensuing two years. Another
I act authorizing the president to apprehend and remove alien
enemies was passed 6 July. These alien laws were never
actively enforced. The sedition act of 14 July, 1798, defined
sedition and affixed severe penalties to it. These laws were
very unpopular, and helped to drive the federal party from
power. Resolutions of 1798.
alien§ or foreigners were banished from England
in 1155, being thought too numerous. In 1343 they were ex-
cluded from ecclesiastical benefices. By 2 Rich. II. st. 1, 1378,
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they were much relieved. In 1353, under Edward III., half
of each jury empanelled to try an alien must consist of for-
eigners.— " The Encyclopaedic Diet.," Jury. They were re-
strained from exercising any trade or handicraft by retail, 1483,
a prohibition relaxed in 1663.
Alien priories (cells and estates belonging to foreign persons) sup-
pressed in England. 1414:.
The alien act passed, Jan. 1793.
Act to register aliens, 1795.
Baron Geramb, a fashionable foreigner, known at court, ordered out
of England. 6 Apr. 1812.
Bill to abolish naturalization by holding stock in the banks of Scot-
land, June, 1820.
3few registration act, 7 Geo. IV. 1826. This last act was repealed
and another statute passed, 6 Will. IV. 1836.
The rigor of alien laws mitigated in 1844 and 1847.
"Foreigners have reclaimed our marshes, drained our fens, fished
our seas, and built our bridges and harbors." — Smiles, 1861.
Their status defined by naturalization act, 12 May, 1870.
An act of congress relieving from alienage children of cit-
izens of the United States, born elsewhere, was passed 1855.
In 1857 the attorney-general held that a citizen of the United
States may renounce his citizenship. Aliens are readily nat-
uralized in the United States. Naturalization. In the
United States aliens may sue and be sued, but cannot serve a
process, vote, or hold office. Some states restrict the power
of aliens to hold real estate, others do not. The inheritance
of property of aliens has been the subject of several treaties
between the United States and foreign nations. United
States, 1855, etc.
Aliiwal, a village of N.W. India, site of an obstinate
battle, 28 Jan. 1846, between the Sikh army under sirdar
Runjoor Singh Majeethea, 19,000 strong, with 68 guns, and
British under sir Harry Smith, 12,000 men with 32 guns.
The Sikhs were defeated, with nearly 6000 killed or drowned.
alizar'ine, a crystalline body, the coloring principle of
madder, discovered by Robiquet and Colin in 1831. Schunck
showed that the finest madder colors contained only alizarine
combined with alkalies and fatty acids. Graebe and Lieber-
mann obtained anthracene from alizarine in 1868, and aliza-
rine from anthracene in 1869. The crystalline body anthra-
cene was discovered in coal oils by Dumas and Laurent in
1832. Madder.
Aljubarrota, Portugal. Here John I. of Portugal
defeated John I. of Castile, and secured his country's inde-
pendence, 14 Aug. 1385.
al'kalles (from kali, Arabic name for the plant from
which an alkaline substance was first procured) are ammonia,
potash, soda, and lithia. Black explained the difference be-
tween caustic and mild alkalies in 1736.
Fixed alkalies, potash and soda, decomposed, and the metals potas-
sium and sodium freed by Humphry Davy at the Royal Institu-
tion, London, 1807.
Dr. Ure invented an alkalimeter, 1816.
Alkalies are extensively manufactured in Lancashire and Cheshire,
by decomposing common salt (chloride of sodium) by a process in-
vented by a Frenchman, Le Blanc, about 1792.
Losh obtained crystals of soda from brine about 1814. Various
modifications of these processes are now in use.
"Alkali works" are works for manufacturing alkali, sulphates of
soda, sulphate of potash, and in which muriatic gas is evolved.
William Gossage's process for condensing muriatic-acid gas pa-
tented in 1836.
"Ammonia process" of making soda invented by Dyer and Hem-
ming in 1838; patents respecting it taken out by Solvay, 1863,
1867, 1872; Gossage, 1854; Schloesing, 1854, 1858; Young, 1871,
1872; Weldon, 1872, 1873; and by others.
Walter Weldon received French Lavoisier medal for important im-
provements in the alkali manufacture, July 1877.
To stop injury to vegetation by alkali works in Lancashire and
Cheshire, the alkali works act " for the more effectual condensa-
tion [of 95 per cent.] of muriatic-acid gas" (or hydrochloric acid)
was passed 28 July, 1863; came into operation 1 Jan. 1864; proved
successful, was re-enacted 1868, and amended 1874.
James Greenwood produced caustic soda and chlorine from common
salt by electrolytic process, Jan. 1892.
Allahabad' (city of God), N.W. Hindostan, the " holy
city " of the Indian Mahometans, at the junction of the rivers
Jumna and Ganges. The province of Allahabad was succes-
sively subject to the sovereigns of Delhi and Oude, but in
1801 was partly and in 1803 wholly incorporated with the
British possessions. By treaty here, Bengal, etc., was ceded
to the English in 1765. During the Indian mutiny several
sepoy regiments rebelled and massacred their officers, 4 June,
1857 ; col. Neil marched promptly from Benares and suppressed
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the insurrection. In Nov. 1861, lord Canning made this city
the capital of the N.W. provinces.
Allatoo'na Pass (Ga.), battle of, fought 6 Oct. 1864.
After his evacuation of Atlanta, Hood covered the road
to Macon. Soon, however, he shifted southward to the
West Point road, and then boldly pushed northward against
Sherman's communications. Sherman followed him with the
bulk of his army, but on 6 Oct. had onlv reached Kenesaw.
Hood, farther north, that day attacked *Allatoona Pass, the
most important station on the road, stored with one and a
half million of rations, defended by 1944 men. Gen. Corse
conducted the defence successfully until Sherman arrived,
when Hood was compelled to withdraw. Corse was severely
wounded. Union loss, 707.
allegiance, in the United States the paramount alle-
gianceofacitizenisdueto thegeneral government and nottothe
particular state in which he was born or is domiciled. Oath.
allegory abounds in the Bible and in Homer: see Ja-
cob's blessing upon his sons, Gen. xlix. (1689 b.c), Ps. Ixxx.,
and all the prophets. Spenser's " Faerie Queene " (1590) and
Bunyan's " Pilgrim's Progress " (1678) are allegories through-
out. The SjJectator (1711), by Addison, Steele, and others,
abounds in allegories. The allegorical interpretation of
Scripture is said to have begun with Origen in the 3d cen-
tury : " But he who was of the bondwoman was born after
the flesh ; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which
things are an allegory.^'' — Gal. iv. 23, 24.
Allen, Ethan. Fort Ticonderoga and Vermont.
Allia, Italy, a small river flowing into the Tiber, where
Brennus and the Gauls defeated the Romans, 16 July, 390 b.c.
The Gauls sacked Rome, and the day was thereafter held to
be unlucky (nefastus), and no public business was permitted
to be done thereon.
alliance, treaties of, between the high European pow-
ers. The following are the principal :
Of Leipsic 9 Apr. 1631
Of Vienna 27 May, 1657
The Triple 28 Jan. 1668
Of Warsaw 31 Mch. 1683
The Grand 12 May, 1689
The Hague 4 Jan. 1717
The Quadruple 2 Aug. 1718
Of Vienna 16 Mch. 1731
Of Versailles. 1 May, 1756
Germanic 23 July, 1785
Of Paris 16 May, 1795
Of St. Petersburg 8 Apr. 1805
Austrian 14 Mch. 1812
Of Sweden 24 Mch. "
Of Toplitz 9 Sept. 1813
Holy Alliance 26 Sept. 1815
Of England, France, and Turkey (at Constantinople).. 12 Mch. 1854
Of England and France ratified 3 Apr. "
Of Sardinia with the western powers (at Turin) 26 Jan. 1855
Of Sweden with the western powers 19 Dec. "
Of Prussia and Italy June, 1866
Of Germany, Austria, and Italy 13 Mch. 1887
Coalitions, Conventions, Treaties, United Kingdom.
Alliance, Farmers'. Political Parties.
Alloto'roges, Gauls, defeated by Q. Fabius Maximus,
near the confluence of the Rhone and the Saone, 121 b.c.
All-saints' Day (l Nov.) or All-Hallon s, a
festival common to the Roman Catholic, English, and Lu-
theran churches, said to have been begun by pope Boniface IV.
about 607, celebrated in the Pantheon at Rome, and established
by pope Gregory IV. (about 830) for commemoration of saints
and martyrs in whose honor no particular day is assigned. The
reformers of the English church, 1549, struck out of their cal-
endar many anniversaries, leaving only those at their time
connected with popular feeling or tradition. Halloween.
All-souls' Day (2 Nov.), a festival of the Roman
Catholic church to commemorate the souls of the faithful, in-
stituted, it is said, at Cluny about 993 or 1000.
Allsman, Andrew, The case of. A confederate, coL
Porter, during a raid upon Palmyra, Mo., in Sept. 1862, cap-
tured, among others, an old and respected citizen of that
place, Andrew Allsman, who was not paroled as- the others
were, but carried off and it was believed would be put to
death by his captors. Gen. John McNeil, then in command
or
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of the district of N.E. Missouri, hearing of this, circulated
widely a notice, 8 Oct. 1862 (even leaving a copy with the
wife of col. Porter), that if AUsman was not returned un-
harmed within ten days, ten prisoners of col. Porter's band
would be shot. As Allsman was not returned, ten men were
selected to pay the penalty, and were shot at Palmyra, 18
Oct. A vindictive reuliatory order was issued by president
Davis, 17 Nov. 1862, but was never carried out.
AlUia, a river in the Crimea, near which was fought a
battle on 20 SepL 1854. The allied armies — English, French,
and Turkish (about 57,000 men)— crossed the Alma and at-
tacked 40,000 Russians, driving them back with a loss of about
5000. Total loss of the allies, 3400.
almanac (borrowed from the Arabic al manaW), a cal-
endar; a word of unknown origin, which appeared in Arabic
in the 16th century. The Egyptian^ computed time by in-
struments. An almanac was published by the Greeks at Alex-
andria about the 2d century. In the British museum and
universities are specimens of early almanacs. Michael Nostra-
damus, the astrologer, wrote an almanac in the style of Merlin,
1556. — Diifresnoy. Prof. Augustus de Morgan's valuable "Book
•of Almanacs, with an index of reference, by which the almanac
may be found for every year," was published in March, 1851.
Among the earlier and more remarkable almanacs were
Solomon Jarchus 1150
John Somer's Calendar, written iu Oxford 1380
Purbach 1450-()1
One in Lambeth palace, written in 1460
First printed one, published at Buda 1472
Shepheard's Kalendar (first printed in England) by Richard
Pynson 1497
Regiomontanus 1475-1506
Tybalt's Prognostications 1533
Almanac Li^geois 1636
Lilly's Ephen^eris 1644
Poor Robin's Almanac t 1652
British Merlin 1658
Counaissance des Temps (by Picard) 1679
Edinburgh Almanac 1683
Almanach de France 1699
Moore's Almanac 1698 or 1713
Lady's Diary 1705
Season on the Seasons 1735
Gentleman's Diary 1741
Almanach de Gotha 1764
Nautical Almanac, begun by Dr. Neville Maskelyne (materially
improved, 1834) 1767
British Imperial Kalendar 1809
Hone's Everyday Book 1826
British Almanac and Companion 1828
Anniversary Calendar, published by W. Kidd 1832
Chambers's Book of Days 1862-63
Whitaker's Almanack 1869
[The Stationers' company claimed the exclusive right of pub-
lishingalmanacs by letters-patent from James L to them and the
two universities ; but the monopoly was broken by the court of
Common Pleas in 1775. A bill to renew the privilege was lost
in 1779. The Stamp Duty on English almanacs, first imposed
in 1710, was abolished in Aug. 1834; since when almanacs are
innumerable, being issued by tradesmen with their goods.]
almanacs, American. No copy is known to exist of
the almanac of 1639, the first published in America, calculated
for New England by William Pierce, mariner; another, the
" Boston Almanac," by John Foster, 1676. William Bradford
at Philadelphia published an almanac of 20 pages, 1685, com-
monly received as the first almanac published in the colonies
(Pennsylvania) ; a copy from the Brinley librarv sold in New
York, Mch. 1882, for $555.00.
First in New York, by J. Clap 1697
" " Boston, " Samuel Clough 1700
New England Almanac, B. Green & J. Allen 1703
Nathaniel Ames's (father of Fisher Ames) Astronomical Diary
and Almanac, for 50 years from 1725
Leeds's American Almanac, Philadelphia 1726
First almanac in Rhode Island, Newport, James Franklin 1728
" " " Virginia, Warne's, Williamsburg 1731
Poor Richard's Almanac, Philadelphia, Benj. Franklin 1732-86
Father Abraham's Almanac, Philadelphia 1759-99
Low's Almanac, Boston 1762-1827
First almanac in Providence, R. I., Benj. West 1763
" " " Md., Annapolis 1763
Webster's Calender or the Albany Almanac (the oldest family
almanac still published in the U. S.).^ .' 1784
Thomas Farmer's Almanac, Boston, still continues 1793
Family Christian Almanac 1821
First church almanac (Prot. Epis. ) 1830
Catholic Almanac and Directory 1833
First comic almanac about 1834
" Methodist almanac 1834
" Baptist almanac 1842
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Nautical almanac 1855
First Presbyterian almanac 1858
American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge, pub.
Cambridge, Mass. 1830-61. Continued as Spoffbrd's Ameri-
can Almanac, pub. Washington, D. C 1878-90
Whig Almanac, 1838, Horace Greeley. Continued as the Trib-
une Almanac from 1866
Evening Journal Almanac, Albany (discontinued 1893) 1860-92
New York World Almanac 1868
Daily News Almanac, Chicago 1885
[Many daily journals in the United States publish almanacs
containing elaborate political and industrial statistics.]
Almanza, S.E. Spain. Here on 25 Apr. 1707, Eng-
lish, Dutch, and Portuguese forces under the earl of Galway
were defeated by French and Spanish commanded by James ■
Fitzjames, duke of Berwick (illegitimate son of James II.).
Most of the English were killed or made prisoners, the Portu-
guese fleeing at the first charge.
Almeida (dl-md'e-da), Portugal, a frontier town, capt-
ured by Massena, 27 Aug. 1810. The French entered Spain,
leaving a garrison at Almeida; blockaded by the English, 6
Apr. 1811; retaken by Wellington, 11 May, and Massena re-
tired from Portugal.
Almena'ra, a village, N.E. Spain, where, on 28 July,
1710, an English and German army defeated the Spanish army
supporting Philip V. Stanhope, the English general, killed
the Spanish general, Amezaga, in single conflict — an event
unparalleled in modern warfare.
AFmoliad[C§, a faction of Mahometans in Africa, fol-
lowers of Mohammed ben Abdalla, surnamed El-Mehedi, about
1120; subdued Morocco, 1145 ; entered Spain and took Seville,
Cordova, and Granada, 1146-56; founded a dynasty and ruled
Spain till 1232, and Africa till 1278.
al'moner, anciently a clergyman who gave the poor the
first dish from the royal table or alms in money. By an ancient
canon all bishopswere required to keep almoners. InFrancethe
grand-almoner was the highest ecclesiastical dignitary before
the revolution, 1789. Queen Victoria's almoner (rev. dr. Wel-
lesley, dean of Windsor, appointed 28 May, 1870), or the sub-
almoner, distributes the queen's gifts on Maundy-Thursday.
Almo'raTldes, Mahometan partisans in Africa, rose
about 1050; entered Spain by invitation, 1086; were over-
come by the Almohades in 1147.
almshoUiCS for aged and infirm persons have been
founded in large numbers in England since the abolition of
religious houses at the reformation in the 16th century. A
list of those in London will be found in Low's " Charities of
London." Poor.
Alnivick (an'nick ; Saxon Ealnwic), on the river Alne
in Northumberland, England, was given at the Conquest to
Ivo de Vesci. It has long belonged to the Percies. Malcolm,
king of Scotland, besieged Alnwick, and he and his sons were
killed 13 Nov. 1093. It was taken by David L in 1136, and
attempted in July, 1174, by William the Lion, who was de-
feated and taken prisoner. It was burned by king John in
1215, and by the Scots in 1448. Since 1854 the castle has
been splendidly repaired and enlarged.
alpa'ca or paco, a species of the llama; its soft hairy
wool is largely used in cloths. It was introduced into Eng-
land, about 1836, by the earl of Derby. An alpaca factory
(covering eleven acres), with a town, park, almshouses, etc.,
for the work-people, was erected at Saltaire, near Shipley,
Yorkshire, by Titus Salt in 1852. A statue of him at Brad-
ford was unveiled 1 Aug. 1874. He died 29 Dec. 1876. Fac-
tories erected in several parts of the United States.
alphabet, from d\^a (alpha) and (SrJTa (beta), the
first two of the Greek letters; Hebrew, aleph and beth. Our
alphabet has a history which may be traced as follows :
Characters. Time. Peoples.
Egyptian (Hieroglyphic).
" Hieratic.
Old Semitic (written from right to
left, without true vowels, and in-
variably 22 letters).
Phoenician (written from right to left,
without true vowels, and invaria-
bly 22 letters).
Old Greek.
Latin.
English.
4000 B.C.
1900 B.C.
Adopted from )
the Egyptian, j
About 1100 B.C.
Close of 9th >
century b.c. j
About 600 A. D.
Hamitic.
Semitic.
Semitic.
Aryan.
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About 1900 B.C. a Semitic people, probably the Israelites in
Egypt, adopted the Egyptian symbols, using them for what
is known as old Semitic, as seen in the Siloam inscription at
Jerusalem and the Moabite stone now in the Louvre at Paris.
Though no writings in the Phcenician language have de-
scended to our time, we have sufficient authority for the num-
ber and form of their letters. The opinion of De Rouge and
others, that the Phoenicians adopted the old Semitic symbols,
is generally accepted. It is instructive to see what truth there
is in the old Greek legend of Cadmus, son of Agenor, of Egyp-
tian descent, introducing into Greece from Phoenicia or Egypt
an alphabet of 16 letters : viz.. A, dX^a ; B, /3j)ra ; F, yafifxa ;
A,^£Xra; E, t^tXov; F, /^au; I,«wra; K,Kcnnra; A,\afi^^a',
M, jxv ; N, ru ; O, 0 fiiKpov ; n, 7rT ; P, pS) ; 2, alyp,a , T, rav.
Additions were made to these later by the Greeks them-
selves, until about 400 b.c. they had 24 letters. " That the
Greek alphabet is derived from the Phoenician, the analogy
of the two proves beyond dispute.'' — Grote, "History of
Greece," vol. iii. p. 340. The Greek alphabet thus acquired
was carried by the Chalcidians of Euboea, at the end of the
9th century b.c., to Cumae in Campania, Italy, where, reach-
ing the earl}'^ Romans, it was transmitted by them to Latin
Christendom, and so became the literary alphabet of Europe
and America. It is now, except the Arabic, the onlj' alpha-
bet with any claim to cosmopolitan extension. Of nearly 200
alphabets known, about 50 are now in use, mostly derived from
those named above. The alphabets of the principal nations
contain the following number of letters :
Hebrew 22
Arabic 28
Persian 32
Turkish 28
Sanscrit 44
Chinese radical characters.. 214
Chinese alphabet said to be
invented by bishop Eligius
Cosi of Canton (1880) 33
Taylor's learned work, " The Alphabet," was published
y, 1883. Egypt; Hieroglyphics.
iLlphonsine Tal>le§, astronomical tables, com-
led by Spanish and Arab astronomers, and collected in
j3 under Alphonso X. of Castile (the Wise), who is said
to have expended 400,000 crowns upon the work, and wrote
the preface. The Spanish government began a republication,
1863.
Alp§, European mountains. Those between France and
Italy were passed by Hannibal, 218 b.c. ; by the Romans, 154
B.C.; and by Napoleon I., May, 1800. Roads over Mont Cenis
and the Simplon, connecting France and Italy, were constructed
by order of Napoleon, between 1801-6. Simplon. The Al-
pine club of British travellers in the Alps was founded in 1858,
and published its first work, " Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers,"
1859 ; and a journal since. Matterhorn ; Mont Blanc.
They are named,
English 26
French 25
Italian 22
Spanish 27
German 26
Slavonic 42
ian 35
1 22
k 24
Maritime,
Cottian (Mt. Cenis Tunnel),
Dauphine,
Graian,
f Great St. Bernard,
Mt. Blanc and Rosa,
Matterhorn,
[ Simplon Pass,
Bernese,
North Swiss,
Pennine
Lepontine (St. Gothard Tunnel),
Rhoetian,
Lombard,
Vindelician,
Northern Noric,
Central Tyrol,
Styrian,
South Tyrol,
Venetian, and
South Eastern.
Al§ace' or El§a§§, formerly part of the kingdom of
Austrasia, afterwards the French departments of the Upper and
Lower Rhine, was incorporated with the German empire in the
10th century. A portion was restored to France, 1648, and th^
whole, including Strasburg, in 1697. Alsace was reconquered
by the Germans, Aug.-Sept. 1870. The Alsatians were per-
mitted to choose their nationality, before 30 Sept. 1872. 45,000
emigrated into France. The German system of compulsory
education was introduced. Alsace-Lorraine was constitut-
ed a province of the German empire by law of 9 June, 1871,
having been ceded by France by the treaty of peace concluded
10 May, 1871. Belfort. The province sends 15 members
to the German parliament.
Al§a'tia, a name given to the precinct of Whitefriars,
London, is described in Scott's " Fortunes of Nigel." Its priv-
ilege of sanctuary was abolished in 1697.
ALU
Al§eil, Denmark, besieged by the Prussians, and heroic-
ally defended, 26 June; taken, 29 June, 1864.
altar. One was built by Noah, 2348 b.c. (Gen. viii. 20) ;
others by Abraham, 1921 (Gen. xii. 8). Directions for mak-
ing an altar are given, Exod. xx. 24 (1491 b.c.). Altars were
raised to Zeus, in Greece, by Cecrops, 1556 b.c. He intro-
duced among the Greeks the worship of the deities of Egypt.
—Herodotus. The Lord's table was called " altar " for 300 years
after Christ (Heb. xiii. 10). Christian altars in churches Were
instituted by pope Sixtus I., 135 A.r>.; and were first conse-
crated by pope Sylvester. The Church of England terms the
table on which the elements are placed an altar. Since the
time of Elizabeth there has been much controversy on the
subject, and the Puritans in the civil war destroyed many an-
cient stone altars, substituting wooden tables. In Jan. 1845,
it was decided, in the Arches court, that stone altars were not
to be erected in English churches.
Altenkirchen, Prussia. Here the French defeated
the Austrians, 4 June, 1796 ; but were defeated, and their gen-
eral, Marceau, killed, 19 Sept. following.
alter ego {another or second /), applied to Spanish
viceroys when exercising regal power; used at Naples when
the crown-prince was appointed vicar-general during an in-
surrection in July, 1820.
Alton riot. Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy established the
St. Louis Observer in the city of St. Louis, Mo., 22 Nov. 1833.
Taking decided grounds against slavery^ Apr. 1835, he is
obliged to remove his paper, going to Alton, 111., 8 Sept. 1836.
Here his press is destroyed on the night of 21 Aug. 1837 ;
another press destroyed by a body of disguised men 21 Sept.,
as soon as landed. A third press arrives 7 Nov., and is stored
for safe keeping in a stone building guarded by citizens, who
are attacked by an armed mob the same night. During the
siege, which lasted several hours, Mr. Lovejoy is shot and in-
stantly killed, and the press destroyed. The leaders of the
mob were tried but acquitted. Illinois and United States,
1837.
AltO'na, Holstein, N. Germany, acquired by the Danes,
1660, and made a city, 1664. It was occupied first by the
German federal rroops, 24 Dec. 1863, and then by the Prus-
sians (the federal diet protesting), 12 Feb.4864.
Alt-Ranitadt, Prussia, where the treaty of peace
dictated by Charles XII. of Sweden to Frederick Augustus
of Poland was signed 24 Sept. 1706, o. s.
alimi, a salt, is said to have been first discovered at
Roccha, in Syria, about 1300 ; found in Tuscany about 1470 ;
its manufacture perfected in England by sir T. Challoner, in
large alum works near Whitby in 1608; discovered in Ire-
land, 1757 ; in Anglesey, 1790. Alum is used as a mordant in
dyeing, to harden tallow, to whiten bread, and in the paper
manufacture.
Alumbag'll, a palace with other buildings near Luck-
now, Oude, India, taken from the rebels, 23 Sept. 1857, and
heroically defended by the British under sir James Outram.
He defeated an attack of 30,000 sepoys on 12 Jan. 1858, and
of 20,000 on 21 Feb. and was relieved by sir Colin Campbell
in March.
alumin'iuni, a metal, the base of the earth alumina,
which is combined with silica in clay, and which was distin-
guished from lime by Marggraff in 1754. Oerstedt in 1826
obtained the chloride of aluminium ; in 1827 the metal was
obtained from it by F. Wohler, but was long a scientific curi-
osity, the process being expensive. It is never found in a
'metallic state, but always with oxygen in the form of AljOg.
The production was afterwards simplified by Buiisen and
others, especially by H. Ste.-Claire Deville, who in 1856 suc-
ceeded in procuring considerable quantities. First bar ex-
hibited at Palais de ITndustrie, 1855. It is very light (sp. g.
2.25), malleable, and sonorous; its atomic weight 27.4 to 27.5;
density 2.5 to 2.67 when hammered; electrical conductivity
4 times that of iron; when pure does not rust, and is iipt
acted on by sulphur or any acid except hydrochloric. The
eagles of the French colors have been made of it, and many
other ornamental and useful articles. Helmet made for the
king of Denmark, 1856. Deville's work, « De I'Aluminium,"
AMA
was published in 1859. An aluminium manufactory was es-
tablished at Newcastle, Eng., in 18G0, by Messrs. Bell. They
obtain the metal from a French mineral, bauxite. Their alu-
minium bronze, an alloy of 10 per cent, of aluminium and 90
per cent, of copper, invented by dr. John Percy, F.IJ.S., was
made into watch-cases, etc., by Messrs. Reid of Newcastle, in
1862. Other important works are established in England.
One at Birmingham produces the metal on a large scale. The
principal works in the United States are the Cowles Electric
Smelting and Aluminium Works at Cleveland, O., and another
at Lockport, N. Y. — the latter running 2 dynamos of 217
horse-power. The alloys of aluminium are numerous and
useful. Aluminium brass has been selected by the United
States government for propeller blades of the war-vessels now
in course of construction. The cost of the production of the
metal is constantly lessening.
Ainadi§ of Gaul, a Spanish or Portuguese romance,
stated to have been written about 1342 by Vasco de Labeira. It
was enlarged by De M<»ntalvo about 1485; and first printed (in
Spanish), 1519; in French, 1540-5(3. Litkkatukk, Spanish.
Am'alckite^ (descendants of Amalek, grnndson of
Esau, the brother of Jacob) attacked the Israelites, 1491 b.c.,
when perpetual war was denounced against them. They were
subdued by Saul about 1079 ; by David, 1058 and 1056; and by
the Simeonites about 715 B.c.
Amaru, a city on the gulf of Salerno, Naples, in the 8th
century became the seat of a republic and of flourishing com-
merce till 1075, when it was taken by Roger Guiscard and
eventually incorporated with Naples. The Pisans, in their
sack of the town in 1135, are said to have found the Pandects
of Justinian, and thus revived the study of Roman law ; the
story is now doubted. Flavio Gioia, a native of Amalfi, is
the reputed discoverer of the mariner's compass, about 1302.
Am'ana In8pirationi8t§. A Pietist community
•which came from Germany in 1842, under Christian Metz,
and settled at Ebenezer, near BufiFalo, N. Y. In 1855, " com-
manded by inspiration," they removed to Iowa and settled at
Amana, on the Iowa river, about 75 miles from Davenport
They are one of the largest and richest communities in the
United States.
Am'azoil, a river in S. America, discovered by Vicente
Yanez Pinzon in ihOO, explored by Francisco Orellana in 1540.
Coming from Peru, he sailed down the Amazon to the Atlan-
tic, and, observing armed women on its banks, he called the
country Amazonia, and the river, previously called Maranon,
the Amazon.
Ainazon§, fabled tribes or warlike communities of
women in Scythia, Asia, and Africa. They were said to be
descendants of Scythians of Cappadocia, where their husbands,
having made incursions, were all slain in ambuscades. The
widows formed a feminine state, declaring matrimony a shame-
ful servitude.— Quin^Ms Curtius. They were said to have been
conquered by Theseus, about 1231 b.c. According to Homer
they were allies of the Trojans in the siege of Troy, where
their queen Penthesilea was slain by Achilles. Theseus and
Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, are characters in Shake-
speare's "Midsummer-Night's Dream," in which Theseus al-
ludes to his defeat of Hippolyta in battle :
"Hippolyta, I woo'd thee with my sword,
And won thy love doing thee injuries;
But I will wed thee in another key.
With pomp, with triumph, and with revelling."
—Act I. so. i.
The Amazons were constantly at war ; and, for ease in hand-
ling weapons, their right breasts were destroyed, whence their
name from the Greek — d, without, fiaZSt;, breast. Others de-
rive the name from maza, the moon, which they are supposed
to have worshipped. About 330 b.c. their queen Thalestris
visited Alexander the Great, in Asia, with 300 women in her
train. — Quintus Curtius.
aillba§§a€lor§. Accredited agents and representatives
between monarchs are referred to in nearly ages. In most
countries they have great privileges, and in England they and
their servants are secured against arrest. England has now
(1893) 8 ambassadors, 27 ministers, and about 36 chief consuls,
resident at foreign courts, besides inferior agents. The dip-
lomatic agents of the different governments rank thus: (1)
26 AMB
ambassadors; (2) envoys and ministers plenipotentiary; (8)
ministers resident; (4) charges d'affaires. The United States
sent none of higher rank than envoys extraordinary and min-
isters plenipotentiary, until 1893, Thomas F. Bayard, of Dela-
ware, to Great Britain being the first ambassador. Unitku
Statks, 1893.
The Russian ambassador's imprisonment for debt to a lace-mer-
chaut, '27 July, IToS, led to the statute of 7 Anne for the protec-
tion of ambassadors, 1708.
Two men, convicted of arresting the servant of an ambassador, were
sentenced to bo conducted to the house of the ambassador, with
a label on their breasts, to a.sk his pardon; one of them was also
imprisoned for three months, and the other fined, 12 May, 1780.
The first ministers of the United States to France were Dr. Frank-
lin, Silas Deano, and Arthur Lee, 1778. Deane and Lee were soon
recalled, and Franklin made sole envoy.
The first minister plenipotentiary from the United States to Eng-
land, John Adams, presented to the king, 1 June, 1785; the first
from Great Britain to America was Mr. Hammond in 1791.
First ministers, under the constitution, to the principal pow-
ers of Europe :
Gouverneur Morris, N. J., commissioner. Great Britain. .13 Oct. 1789
William Short, Va., charge d'affaires, France (first commission
signed by Washington) 6 Apr. 1790
William Carmichael. Md., charge d'affaires, Spain 11 Apr. *'
David Humphrey, Conn., minister resident, Portugal. . .21 Feb. 1791
Thomas Pinckney, S. C. minister plenipotentiary, Great Brit-
ain 12 Jan. 1792
Gouverneur Morris, N. J., minister plenipotentiary, France,
12 Jan. "
William Short. Va., minister resident, Netherlands 16 Jan. "
John Jay, N. Y., envoy extraordinary. Great Britain. . .19 Apr. 1794
John Q. Adams, Mass., minister plenipotentiary, Prussia,
1 June, 1797
John Q. Adams, minister plenipotentiary, Russia 27 June, 1809
Jonathan Russell, R. L, minister plenipotentiary, Norway and
Sweden 18 Jan. 1814
Henry Wheaton, N. Y., charge d'affaires, Denmark 3 Mch. 1827
David Porter (admiral), charge d'affaires. Turkey 1831
John Nelson, Md., charge d'affaires, Roman States and king-
dom Two Sicilies "
Henry A. Muhlenberg, Pa., minister plenipotentiary, Austria. . 1838
George P. Marsh, Vt., minister plenipotentiary, Italy 1861
George Bancroft, N. Y., minister plenipotentiary, German Em-
pire 1871
Thomas F. Bayard, Del., ambassador (the first) to Great Britain 1893
James B. Eustis, La., ambassador (the first) to France 1893
amber, a carbonaceous mineral, of great repute from
the earliest time, principally found in northern Europe, also in
southern Europe, in the United States, and in Asia; anciently
esteemed as medicine. Theophrastus wrote upon it, 300 b.c.
150 tons were found in one year on the sands of the shore near
Pillau. — Phillips. The origin of amber is much disputed. It
is considered by Berzelius to have been a resin dissolved in
volatile oil. It often contains perfect insects. Sir D. Brewster
regards it as indurated vegetable juice. When rubbed it evolves
electricity, and from its Greek name, ijXiKTpop, the word elec-
tricity is derived.
aillbergri§, a solid fatty inflammable substance of a
dull gray or blackish color, variegated like marble, and of a
sweet earthy odor. It is a morbid secretion formed in the in-
testines of the spermaceti whale, as was first satisfactorily
established by Dr. Swediaur in a communication to the Royal
Society (^Philosophical Transactions, vol. Ixxiii.).
Amblef, near Cologne, Germany. Here Charles Martel
defeated Chilperic II. and Ragenfroi, mayor of the Neustri-
ans, 716.
AlIlt)Oi§e (am-bwaz'), C. France. Here a conspiracy of
the Huguenots (here first so called) against Francis II., Cath-
erine de' Medicis,and the Guises, was suppressed in Jan. 1560;
1200 massacred. On 19 March, 1563, the Pacification of Am-
boise was published, granting toleration to the Huguenots.
The civil war was, however, soon renewed.
Amboy'na, chief of the Molucca isles, discovered about
1512 by the Portuguese, but not wholly occupied by them till
1580 ; taken by the Dutch, 1605. The English factors were
cruelly tortured and put to death, 17 Feb, 1624, by the Dutch,
on an accusation of a conspiracy to expel them from the isl-
and, where the two nations shared in the pepper trade of Java.
Cromwell compelled the Dutch to give £300,000 to the de-
scendants of the sufferers. Amboyna was seized by the Eng-
lish, 16 Feb. 1796, but was restored by the treaty of Amiens in
1802. It was again seized by the British, 17ll9 Feb. 1810;
and again restored at the peace of May, 1814.
ai]lbulance§. Wheeled ambulances for the rapid
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transportation of wounded soldiers from the battle-field are
due to the French surgeon, Larrey, who employed them in
the army of the Rhine in 1792. Ambulance wagons did not
exist in the British army even during the Crimean war; they
were introduced into the service, however, by lord Hubert's
commission in 1857-58.
Congress establishes a uniform system of ambulances in the
United States 11 Mch. 1864
Bellevue hospital ambulance service established in New York,
at the suggestion of the commissioners of public charities,
by M. T. S. Brennan 1869
St. John's Ambulance Association established in England by
the duke of Manchester for the purpose of disseminating
general information' as to first aid to the sick and injured . . 1877
Street ambulance branch of the London hospital association
established with 55 stations 1889
amen, an ancient Hebrew word meaning true, faithful,
certain, used in Jewish and Christian assemblies at the end
of prayer : see 1 Cor. xiv. 16 (59 a.d.). It is translated " vei'-
ily" in the Gospels.
amende honorable, in France, in the 9th cen-
tury, a punishment for traitors and sacrilegious persons: the
offender was delivered to the hangman ; stripped of his shirt,
a rope round his neck, and a taper in his hand, he was led into
court to beg pardon of God and the country. Death or ban-
ishment sometimes followed. The term is often applied to a
recantation or an apology to an injured person.
Amendmenti of the Constitution of the United
States. Constitution.
Amer'ica, the western continent comprising North,
Central, and South America. From its northern point, Point
Barrow, 71° 24' n. lat., to its southern. Cape Horn, 55° 58' s.
lat., it extends 127° 22' of latitude; while from Cape Prince of
Wales, 167° 30' w. Ion., its western limit, to Cape St. Roque,
35° 20' w. Ion., its eastern, it extends 132° 10' of longitude, with
an area of 17,598,220 sq. miles. North America being 9,537,154,
Central 305,531, and South, 7,755,535, including the islands.
Pop. 1890: N. America, including Central, about 88,500,000;
S. America, 33,300,000. Its name is derived from Amerigo Ves-
pucci, a Florentine merchant, who, born in 1451, died in 1512.
He accompanied Ojeda in his voyage on the eastern coast
in 1498, and described the country in letters to friends in
Italy. He is charged with presumptuously inserting "Tierra
de Amerigo " in his maps. Irving discusses the question in the
Appendix to the " Life of Columbus," but comes to no conclu-
sion. Humboldt asserts that the name was given to the con-
tinent in the popular works of Waldseemiiller, a German ge-
ographer, without the knowledge of Vespucci. America is the
native place of maize, the turkey, the potato, Peruvian bark,
tobacco, and the tomato. Of its history prior to Columbus little
is known. The Spaniards found in Mexico and Peru a people
far more civilized than elsewhere on the continent, but wheth-
er their civilization was advancing or receding is conjectural.
Ruins of cities in Central America and Mexico seem to be rel-
ics of still higher civilization.
CONJECTURAL HISTORY. B.C.
(1) The Pre-Toltec period, semi-mythic traditions of the earliest
civilization, to about 500 a.d. (2) The Toltec period, to the
11th century a.d. (3) The Chichimie period, to the establish-
ment of the Aztec power. (4) The Aztec period, ending in
1523 by the Spanish conquest.
Civilization of aborigines of Mexico and Central America begun
by the advent of Votan about 955
Zamna introduces the Maya civilization and founds Mayapan,
capital of what is now Yucatan about 800
Pirna dynasty probably begins in Peru 476
[The Toltecs arrive in Mexico and Central America about
the Christian era, and displace the previous government.]
[The lunar calendar introduced.] a.d.
Mexican history begins according to Ixtli'lxochitl 503
Toltecs established throughout Mexico 600
Pirna dynasty declines in Peru 830
End of the Toltec power in Mexico 1050
Incas' rule begins in Peru 1240
Rise of Aztec power and founding of city of Mexico 1325
Overthrow of Aztec power by Spaniards under Cortez 1523
Hieroglyphic documents containing traditions of the Pre-Toltec
or Votan period, said to have been publicly destroyed by
Francisco Nunez de la Vega, bishop of Chiapas 1691
[The best connected account of the histories of the ancient
peoples of Central America and Mexico is by abbe Brasseu
de Bourbourg, 4 tomes, 8vo, 1857-59.]
THE NORSEMEN IN ICELAND, GREENLAND, AND AMERICA.
Iceland discovered by Nadodd, a Norse rover 861
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First settlement by Norsemen 875
Grumbiorn sights a western land 876
Land discovered by Eric the Red, and named Greenland 982
Second voyage from Iceland to Greenland by Eric 985
Bjarni sails from Iceland for (ireenland, but is driven south by
a storm and sights land at Cape Cod or Nantucket, also at
Newfoundland, and returns to Greenland 985
Voyage of Leif, son of Eric the Red. He sails in 1 ship with
35 men in search of the land seen by Bjarni 1000
Touching the Labrador coast, stops" near Boston, Mass., or
farther south, for the winter. He loads his vessel with tim-
ber ; he returns to Greenland in the spring of 1001
[He calls the land Vinland, from its grapes.]
[Thorwald, Lief s brother, visits Vinland in 1002, and win-
ters near Mt. Hope bay, R. I. In the spring of 1003 he sent a
party of his men to explore the coast, perhaps as far south
as Cape May.]
Thorwald explores the coast eastward, and is killed in a skir-
mish with the natives (skraelings) somewhere near Boston.. 1004
His companions return to Greenland 1005
[Thornflnn Karlsefne sails with 3 ships and 160 persons
(5 of them young married women) from Greenland to es-
tablish a colony about 1007-8. Landing in Rhode Island, he
remains in Vinland three years, where he has a son, ancestor
of Albert Thorwaldsen, the Danish sculptor.]
Icelandic manuscripts mention a bishop in Vinland in 1121,
and other voyages there in 1125, 1135, and 1147
[The fullest relation of these discoveries is the " Codex
FlatOiensis," written 1387-95, now preserved in the Royal Li-
brary at Copenhagen, found in a monastery on the island of
Flato, on the western coast of Iceland.]
[Nicolo Zeno, a Venetian, in Greenland about 1390 ; met
fishermen who had visited the coast of America.]
Latest tidings of Vinland 1347
Esquimaux appear in Greenland 1349
Communication with Greenland ceases about . .r 1400
ERA OF PERMANENT DISCOVERY.
Pizigani's map of the Atlantic 1367-73
Berthancourt settles the Canary islands 1402
Madeira islands re-discovered by the Portuguese 1418-20
These islands previously discovered by Machan, an English-
man, 1327-78. Madeira.
The " Claudius Clavus " map, giving the earliest delineation of
any part of America (Greenland) 1427
"Narrative and Critical Hist, of America," vol. i. p. 117.
Columbus born 1435-36 (?) 1445
Visits England and Iceland prior to 1470
Columbus in Portugal 1470-84
Marco Polo's travels first printed 1477
Columbus in Spain. Announces his views to Ferdinand and
Isabella 1485-86
The views of Columbus referred to a junto of ecclesiastics,
which declares them vain and impracticable. Salamanca . 1487-90
Columbus leaves Spain for France Jan. 1492
[But is recalled while on his journey.]
Ferdinand and Isabella arrange with Columbus 17 Apr. "
Columbus sailed on his first expedition from Palos in Anda-
lusia on Friday, with 3 vessels supplied by the sovereigns of
Spain— the Santa Maria, a decked vessel with a crew of 50
men, with Columbus in command, and 2 caravels— the Pm<a
with 30 men, under Martin Alonso Pinzon, and the Siha
with 24 men, under Vicente Yaiiez Pinzon, brother of Mar-
tin 3Aug. "
[The cost of outfit was about $9000.]
Leaves the Canary islands 6 Sept. "
Influenced by Pinzon, he changes his course from due west to
southwest r'L?'''^'
[The original course would have struck the coast ot i lor-
ida.]
Rodrigo de Triana, a sailor on the Nina, discovers land at I
A.M. Friday yr--^\ ^'\^^^- ''
Columbus lands on Guanahani, one of the Bahamas ; takes
possession in the name of Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile,
and names it San Salvador, Friday 12 Oct. "
He discovers Cuba, 28 Oct. ; and Hispaniola (now Hayti), where ^^
he builds a fort. La Navidad ;;••.*' P®^'
Columbus sails for Spain in the Nifia, the Santa Maria hav-
ing been abandoned ;« xr u" It
Reaches Palos ,••••••••.•:• ^^ '^l'^^-
Received with distinguished honors by the Spanish court at ^^
Barcelona • •. ^\^-
Bull of demarcation between Spain and Portugal issued by ^^
pope Alexander VI V • : • •,; * \^* V^^'
The letter of Columbus to Ferdinand and Isabella describing ^^
his voyage first printed in Latin • • • • • ^|
He sails from Cadiz on his second expedition '2o Sept.
His fleet consisted of 3 galleons and 14 caravels, with 1500 men,
besides animals and material for colonization; discovers the
Caribbee isles— Dominica, 3 Nov. ; Guadaloupe, 4 Nov. ; An-
tigua 10 Nov.: finding his previous settlement destroyed
and colony dispersed, he founds Isabella in Hispaniola, the ^^
first Christian city in the New World • U^c.
He discovers Jamaica, 3 May; and Evangelista (now Isle oi
Pines), 13 June; war with the natives of Hispaniola -^r-'l
Visits various isles and explores their coasts r/ Tnne U96
Returns to Spain to meet charges; /caches Cadiz 11 June, 1496
Patent from Henry VII. of Eng. to John Cabot and h'y^^°°/^95_96
John Cabot discovers the North American continent. • 24 June^ 1*97
Columbus sails with 6 ships on his third voyage, 30 May, d.s-
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covers Trinidad, 31 July; lands on f<»rro/fr»»ui without know-
ing it to l>e a new continent, naming it Isla Sant^t. . . 1 Aug. H98
Discovers the mouth of the Orinoco Aug. "
Alonso de Ojeda discovers Surinam, Juno; and the gulfof Veno- ^
suela. Amerigo Vespucci accompanies him on this voyage, 1499
Amerigo Vespucci's tlrst voyage
Vicente Vaflcz I'iuzon discovers Brazil, 20 Jan., and the river
Amazon 26 Jan. 1500
Pedro Alvarez de Cabral, of Portugal, discovers Brazil 22 Apr.,
and takes possession of for the king of Portugal 3 May, '•
Gasper Corteroal, in the service of Portugal, discovers Labrador, "
Franoisio de Bobadilla appointed governor of Hispaniola and
leaves SjNiin July, "
Bobadilla arrests Columbus on his arrival at Hispaniola and
sends him to Spain in irons. He is received with honor at
court and the charges dismissed without inquiry. . . 17 Dec. "
The first map to show " America " is Las Casas's «'
Columbus sails on his fourth and last voyage with 4 caravels
and 150 men from Cadiz '. 9 May, 1602
Discovers the island of Martinique 13 June, "
Discovers various islands on the coast of Honduras and ex-
plores the coast of the Isthmus July, '«
Amerigo Vespucci on the South Ainerican coast 1501-3
Columbus finally leaves the New World for Spain I'i Sept 1504
Queen Isabella of Spain dies 26 Nov. "
Columbus dies at Valladolld 20 May, 1606
[He was buried at Valludol d, but his reuiuius were soon
after transferred to Seville, where his son Diego was buried.
In 1536 the remains of both were carried to San Domingo and
reburied in the cathedral. On the cession of that island to
the French in 1795-96 they were (as was supposed) taken to
the cathedral in Havana. But many believe they still rest
in San Domingo. The "success of Columbus as a discoverer
was "a conquest of reflection " (Humboldt).]
Juan Diaz de Soils and Vicente Yaflez Plnzon are on the
southeast coast of Yucatan "
[De Cordova, 1517; Grljalva, 1518; Cortez, 1519.]
WaldseemQller's or the " Admiral's " map probably 1507
Cuba found to be an Island 1508
First English publication to mention America 1509
Francisco Pizarro reaches Darien "
Alonso de Ojeda founds San Sebastian, the first colony in
South America 1510
Diego Velasquez subjugates Cuba and founds Havana 1511
Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida 27 Mch. 1512
I>auds near St. Augustine 8 Apr. "
Vespucci dies at Seville, Spain, aged 61 years "
Vasco Nufiez Balboa, crossing the isthmus of Darien, discov-
ers the Pacific and takes possession of It for the king of
Spain, calling it the "South Sea " 25 Sept. 1513
Juan Diaz de Solis discovers the La Plata '. Jan. 1516
[He is killed by natives in an attempt to land. This river
named in 1527 from silver plate possessed by natives.]
Spaniards at Darien hear of the empire of the Incas 1512-17
Ferdinand of Spain dies 23 Jan. 1516
Las Casas made " Universal Protector of the Indians " "
Francisco Fernandez de Cordova discovers Mexico 1517
Vasco Nufiez Balboa executed at Darien "
Ancient ruins in Cozumel observed by the Spaniards "
Grijalva at Cozumel and Vera Cruz, penetrates Yucatan and
names it New Spain 1518
Hernando Cortez sails from Cuba to conquer Mexico. . .18 Feb. 1519
First letter of Cortez on the conquest of Mexico to Charles V.
of Spain 10 July, "
Panama founded by Pedrarias "
Montezuma, emperor of the Mexicans, dies 30 June, 1520
Magellan discovers the straits which bear his name, and passes
into the Pacific ocean 21 Oct. 27 Nov. "
Cortez accomplishes the conquest of Mexico 1521
Pizarro sails from Panama for Peru, but returns for supplies
and repairs 14 Nov. 1524
Francis de Hoces, in command of one of the ships of Loyasas,
discovers cape Horn 1525
Narvaez's expedition to the upper gulf of California 1527
Pizarro enters Peru and destroys the government (Peru). . .1531-33
Jacques Cartler enters the gulf of St. Lawrence and sails to
the present site of Montreal. French in America 1534-5
Grijalva's expedition, equipped by Cortez, discovers Cali-
fornia 1535
Antonio de Mendoza appointed viceroy of Mexico, the first in
the New World 1535-50
Francisco Orellana explores eastward from Peru, down the
Amazon, reaching the ocean (voyage of seven months). Aug. 1541
Don Pedro de Valdivia invades and conquers Chill "
Cortez returns to Spain, 1540; and dies there, aged Gi 1547
Las Casas returns to Spain "
Davis discovers the strait that bears his name 1585
Falkland islands discovered by Davis 1592
[For the further settlement and history of America, see
the countries of North and South America, the United States,
and the several states.]
PRINCIPAL PERSONS CONNECTED WITH THE DISCOVERY OF
AMERICA, AND WHY KNOWN.
Almagbo, Diego de, Spanish adventurer, b. Spain, 1463 (?),
with Pizarro in Peru ; put to death by Pizarro July, 1538
Ayllon, Lucas Vasqcez de, Spanish explorer, d. Virginia,
18 Oct. 1526
[Sailing, with 3 vessels and 600 persons, with supplies for
a colony, along the coast, he enters Chesapeake bay and
AME
attempts a settlement near Jamestown, where he died. His
colonists returned to San Domingo in the spring of 1527.]
Balboa. Vasco Ni-rez. Spanish adventurer, b. Spain, 1475; ex-
ecuted at Darien on a charge of treason, 1517 ; the discoverer
of the Pacific otean 25 Sept. 1618
BoHADiLLA, Francisco, b. Spain, sent to San Domingo to re-
lieve Columbus, sent Columbus and his brother Diego back
to Spain in chains. He loses his life by shipwreck on his
return voyage 29 June, 1502
Cabot, John, Venetian, date of birth and death unknown. In
the .service of Henry VII. of Eng., discovers the mainland of
North America (supposed coast of Labrador) 24 June, 1497
Cabot, Sebastian, son of John, b. Venice, 1475 (?), d. London
about 1557; the discoverer of Newfoundland and explorer of
the North American coast 1498-1517
Cabral, Pedro Alvarez de. Portuguese navigator, d. about
1626; the discoverer of Brazil 22 Apr. 1500
Cartier, Jacqi'es. b. St. Malo, France, 1494, d. about 1555;
the discoverer of the river St. Lawrence 1534-35
CoLUMBi's, Christopher, b. Genoa, 1435-45 (?); died at Valla-
dolld, Spain, 20 May, 1506. The discoverer of the New
World (America) 1492-98
Cordova, Francisco Fernandez de, d. Cuba, 1518; discovers
Mexico and explores the coast of Yucatan 1517
CoRONADO, Francesco Vasquez de, d. 1542 ; explorer of the ter-
ritory north of Mexico, now New Mexico, Arizona, and Col-
orado 1540-42
Cortereal, Gasper, Portuguese navigator, b. Lisbon d. 1501
[Sails along the coast of North America and names Labra-
dor; returns to Lisbon and sails on his second voyage, 1501,
but never returns.]
Cortez, Hernando, Spanish adventurer, b. Spain, 1485 ; d.
Spain, 2 Dec. 1547 ; conqueror of Mexico 1519-21
Davis, John, b. Eng. 1550; d. coast of Malacca, 1605; discoverer
of Davis's strait, 1585 ; of the Falkland islands 1592
De Soto, Fernando, b. Spain, 1496 (?); d. on the banks of the
Mississippi, June, 1542; explorer of the southern U. S. ; dis-
coverer of the Mississippi 1540-42
Drake, Sir Francis, b. Eng. 1537 (?) ; d. Puerto Bello, 27 Dec.
1595; explores the coast of California, 1578-79; first English-
man to sail around the globe, reaching England 1580
Frobisher, Sir Martin, b. Eng. 1536; d. Plymouth, Eng. 7 Nov.
1594 ; discovers Frobisher's strait 21 July, 1676
Gomez, Esteban, Spanish navigator, b. Spain, 1478 (?) ; d. at
sea, 1530 (?) ; explores the eastern coast 1525
[Perhaps as far north as Conn.]
Grijalva, Juan de, b. Spain; d. Nicaragua, 21 Jan. 1527. Ex-
plores Yucatan and hears of Mexico and Montezuma 1518
Hudson, Henry, b. Eng. ; discoverer and explorer of the Hud-
son river in the interests of the Dutch, Sept. 1609, and Hud-
son bay, 1611. Sent adrift in an open boat by his crew and
never heard of afterwards 1611
Las Casas, Bartholomew, b. Seville, Spain, 1474 ; d. Spain,
July, 1566. Accompanies Columbus to America, 1493, and
during the next 50 years crosses the Atlantic 14 times in the
interest of the natives. Made " LTniversal Protector of the
Indians " by the Spanish government 1516
[His whole life was spent in trying to assuage the suffering of
the Indians and free them from the cruelty of the Spaniards.]
Magellan, Fernando, Portuguese navigator, b. 1470 . Discov-
ers the strait of Magellan, which he enters 21 Oct. 1520, and
names, passing through into the ocean, 27 Nov. 1520, to
which he gave the name Pacific. He was killed at one of
the Philippine islands, by the natives, 17 Apr. 1521. Only
one of his ships, under Sebastian del Cano, reached Seville
(the first ship to circumnavigate the globe) 8 Sept. 1522
Ojeda, Alonso de, Spanish adventurer, b. Spain, 1465; d. His-
paniola, 1515. Accompanies Columbus on his second voyage.
With Amerigo Vespucci he explores the northern coast of
South America, 1499, and established a settlement at San Se-
bastian 1510
PiNzoN, Martin Alonso, Spanish navigator, b. Spain, 1441 ; d.
Spain 1493
[Commander of the Pinta in the first voyage of Columbus.
Attempts to deprive Columbus of the discovery, is baffled
and disgraced.]
PiNZON, Vicente Yanez; brother of Alonso, b. Spain, 1460; d.
Spain, 1524. Commands the Nina in Columbus's first voy-
age. Discovers cape St. Augustine, Brazil, 20 Jan. 1500, and
the mouth of the Amazon, 26 Jan. Explores the east coast of
Yucatan 1506
Pizarro, Francisco, Spanish adventurer, b. Spain about 1471;
assassinated at Lima, Peru, 26 June, 1541. The destroyer of
the Peruvian government 1531-33
Ponce de Leon, Juan, Spanish soldier, b. 1460 (?) ; d. Cuba,
1521. The discoverer of Florida, 27 Mch. 1512 ; landing at
St. Augustine 2 Apr. 1512
[Sailing south he discovers the Tortugas and explores the
western shores of Florida.]
SoLis, Juan Diaz de, Spanish navigator, b. Spain, 1471 ; d.
South America, 1516. Reputed the most experienced navi-
gator of his time. Discovers the river La Plata, S. A., Jan. 1516
[Killed by Indians on that river.]
Verazzano, Giovanni de, Florentine navigator, b. near Flor-
ence, 1470; d. either at Newfoundland or Puerto del Rico,
1527. Explores for France the North American coast as far
north as New York and Narragansett bays 1524
Vespucci, Amerigo, b. Florence, 1451; d. Spain, 12 Feb. 1512.
Explorer of the South American coast 1499-1504
[The western continent is named for him, as is believed,
unjustly. Amkrica.]
AME
America, Central, that part of America which
lies between the isthmuses of Tehuantepec and Panama, orig-
inally one state under Spain, the kingdom of Guatemala ; now
divided into the republics of Guatemala, San Salvador, Hon-
duras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the territory of Balize or
British Honduras. The total area of these States is 175,865
sq. miles, with a pop. of about 3,000,000. The States declared
their independence 21 Sept. 1821, and seceded from the Mex-
ican confederation, 21 July, 1823. They made a treaty of
union, 21 March, 1847. There has been among them since
much anarchy and bloodshed. In Jan. 1863, a war began be-
tween Guatemala (afterwards joined by Nicaragua) and San
Salvador (afterwards supported by Honduras). The latter
were defeated at Santa Rosa, 16 June, and San Salvador was
taken 26 Oct. ; the president of San Salvador, Barrios, fled ;
and Carrera, the dictator of Guatemala, became master of the
confederacy. In Feb. 1885, gen. Barrios, president of Guate-
mala, attempts the union of the five states with himself as
dictator. He is, however, opposed by all except Honduras.
He is defeated and killed in an engagement at Chalchuapas,
2 Apr. 1885, and a peace is concluded the 16th of same month.
Darien, Panama, and the States separately.
America, Soutfl, the western continent south of the
isthmus of Darien. It lies mostly in the torrid zone, but ex-
tends to 56°^. lat. It contains 6,900,000 sq. miles, with about
26,400,000 people. Its extreme length is 4800 miles, and its
greatest width 3760. It includes the Argentine Republic,
Bolivia, Brazil, Chili, Colombia, Ecuador, Guiana, Paraguay,
Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela. For its history see each state.
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, resembling the British
association, held its first meeting at Philadelphia, 1848, and
annually since, as follows :
1. Philadelphia, Pa., W. C. Redfleld, pres Sept. 1848
2. Cambridge, Mass., prof. Jos. Henry, •• Aug. 1849
3. Charleston, S. C, " A. D. Bache, " Mar. 1860
4. New Haven, Conn., " '• " Aug. "
5. Cincinnati, 0., " " " .May, 1851
6. Albany, N Y., " L. Agassiz, " Aug. "
7. Cleveland, 0., " Benj. Peirce, " July, 1853
8. Washington, D. C, " J.D.Dana, " Apr. 1854
9. Providence, R. I., " John Torrey, " Aug. 1855
10. Albany, N. Y., " Jas. Hall, " " 1856
11. Montreal, Ont., " J.W.Bailey, " " 1857
12. Baltimore, Md., " A.Caswell, " Apr. 1858
13. Springfield, Mass., " S. Alexander, " Aug. 1859
14. Newport, R. I., " Isaac Lea, LL.D., " '^ 1860
15. Buffalo, N. Y., " F. A. P. Barnard, " " 1866
16. Burlington. Vt., " J.S.Newberry, " " 1867
17. Chicago, 111., " B.A^ Gould, " " 1868
18. Salem, Mass., " J.lV. Foser, " " 1869
19. Troy, N. Y, '• William Cbauvenet. " " 1870
20. Indianapolis, Ind., " Asa Gray, '" " 1871
21. Dubuque, Iowa, " J. Lawrence Smith, " " 1872
22. Portland, Me., " Joseph Levering, " " 1873
23. Hartford, Conn., " J. L. Le Conte, " " 1874
24. Detroit, Mich., " J. E. Hilgard, " " 1875
25. Buffalo, N. Y., " W B. Rogers, " " 1876
2(). Nashville, Tenn., " Simon Newcomb, " " 1877
27. St. Louis, Mo., " O. C. Marsh, " " 1878
28. Saratoga, N. Y., " G. F. Barker. " " 1879
29. Boston, Mass., " L.H.Morgan, " " 1880
30. Cincinnati, 0., " G. J. Brush, " " 1881
31. Montreal, Ont, " J. AV. Dawson, " " 1882
32. Minneapolis, Minn., " C.A.Young, " " 1883
33. Philadelphia, Pa, " J.P.Lesley, " Sept. 1884
34. Ann Arbor, Mich., " H.A.Newton, " Aug. 1885
35. Buffalo, N.Y., " E.S.Morse, " " 1886
36. New York, N. Y. " S. P. Langley, " " 1S87
37. Cleveland, 0., " J W. Powell, " " 1888
38. Toronto, Ont.. '^ T. C. Mendenhall, " •' 1889
39. Indianapolis, Ind., " G. L. Goodale, " " 1890
40. Washington, D. C, '• Joseph Le Conte, " " 1891
41. Rochester, N. Y, " William Harkness, " " 1892
42. Madison, Wis., " 1893
American Institute of Instruction, in-
corporated in Massachusetts, 1831. Meets annually in vari-
ous cities for educational discussion. Francis Wayland, first
president.
American org^an, a free-reed keyed wind instru-
ment, somewhat like the harmonium as a principle, discovered
about 1835 by a workman of Alexandre of Paris. The inven-
tion was taken to America, where instruments were made by
Mason & Hamlin of Boston about 1860.
American Party. Political Parties.
American System. Tariff.
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AMN
Americanisms explained in a dictionarv bv John R.
Ba_rtlett, first published in 1848; reprinted, 1859*; revised ed.
18/8.
amethyst, the ninth stone upon the breastplate of the
Jewish high-priest, 1491 b.c. Aaron's Breastplate. It is
of a rich violet color. One worth 200 rix-doUars, rendered
colorless, equalled a diamond in lustre, valued at 18,000 gold
crowns.— Z)e Boot. Amethysts discovered at Kerry, in Ire-
land, in 1775.
Amiens (am'e-enz), a city of Picardy, N. France; the
cathedral was built in 1220. Taken by the Spanish, 1 1 Mch.,
retaken by the French, 25 Sept. 1597. The formal " Peace
of Amiens" between Great Britain, Holland, France, and
Spain was signed here 27 Mch. 1802, by the marquis of Corn-
wallis for England, Joseph Bonaparte for France, Azara for
Spain, and Schiramelpenninck for Holland. After a conflict,
in which the French were defeated, 27 Nov. 1870, the German
general, Von Goeben, entered Amiens, 28 Nov. Here Peter
the Hermit was born about 1050. Pop. 1886, 80,288.
Amistad, Case of the. A Portuguese slaver land-
ed a cargo of kidnapped Africans near Havana; a few days
afterwards they were placed on board the Amistad to be
taken to Principe. On the voyage the negroes, led by Cinque,
captured the vessel, but killed only the captain and the cook.
They then ordered the white crew to take the ship to Africa ;
but the sailors brought her into American waters, where she
was seized by lieut. Geding, of the U. S. brig Washington, and
brought into New London, Conn., 29 Aug. 1839. A commit-
tee, consisting of S. S. Jocelyn, Joshua Leavitt, and Lewis
Tappan, was appointed in New York to solicit funds and em-
ploy counsel to protect the rights of the negroes. After a
great struggle the court, through justice Story, pronounced
them free. Their return to Africa founded the Mendi mis-
sion. United States and Connecticut, 1839.
ammonia, a volatile alkali, mainly produced by or-
ganic decomposition ; named by reputed production from heat-
ed camels' dung near the temple of Jupiter Ammon in Libya.
Shown to be a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen by Joseph
Priestley, 1774. By the recent labors of chemists both the
oxide of the hypothetical metal ammonium, and ammonium
amalgam, have been formed; and specimens of each were
shown at the Royal Institution in 1856 by Dr. A. W. Hofmann.
An apparatus to improve the voice and lungs by inhaling
combinations of ammonia, hydrogen, etc., called the ummo-
niaphone, was invented by Dr. Carter Moffat of Edinburgh,
1883.
Ammonites, descended from Ben-Ammi, the son of
Lot (1897 B.C.), invaded Canaan and made the Israelites trib-
utaries, but were defeated by Jephthah, 1143 b.c. On a sec-
ond invasion, with threats to put out the right eyes of all they
subdued, Saul overthrew them, 1095 b.c. They were after-
wards many times vanquished ; and Antiochus the Great took
Kabbah, their capital, and destroyed the walls, 198 b.c. — Jo-
sephus. In natural history, ammonites are a large genus of
extinct cuttle-fish, so called from fancied resemblance to the
horns of Jupiter Ammon, the Egyptian sun-god.
" Huge ammonites and the first bones of time. " — Tennyson.
amnesty (a general pardon) was granted by Thrasybu-
lus, the Athenian patriot, after expelling the thirty tyrants,
403 B.C. Acts of amnesty were passed after the civil war in
1651. and after the two rebellions in England in 1715 and 1745.
— After his victorious campaign in Italy, Napoleon III. of
France granted an amnesty to all political offenders, 17 Aug.
1859. — President Lincoln issued a proclamation of conditional
amnesty to former rebels. 8 Dec. 1863. President Johnson
issued amnesty proclamations on 29 May, 1865 ; 7 Sept. 1867 ;
4 July, 1868; 'and 25 Dec. 1868. This 'last offered complete
amnesty to all who had been in rebellion ; its validity was
contested. An amnesty was granted by act of congress, 10
Apr. 1871, and another, 22 May, 1872, which restored the po-
litical privileges of all participants in the rebellion, except-
ing only about 600 persons. — An amnesty for political offences
was granted by the emperor of Austria at his coronation as
king of Hungary, 8 June, 1867. — An amnesty association on
behalf of the Fenians was active in Great Britain, Oct. 1873.
— 2245 French communists pardoned by decree, published 17
AMO '
Jan. 1879; manyothere during the year. A general amnesty for
political offences passed by the chain ber(33iJ-140) 2lJune,1880.
amoeba (a-mi'bd). Protoplasm.
Anipllictyon'iC Council, according to tradition
founded 1498 [1113, Clinton] b.c. at Thermopylae, by Amphic-
tyon, for the general interests of Greece, and composed of 12 of
the wisest and most virtuous men of various cities; still ex-
isted 31 B.C. Its special office was to attend to the temples
and oracles of Delphi. It required the Greek states U) punisli
the Phocians for plundering Delphi, and thus caused the sacred
wars, 595-586 and 356-346 ii.c.
Amphip'ollS, Macedon, N. Greece. Founded by the
Athenians, 437 B.C. ; seized by Brasidas the Spartan, 424 ; both
he and the Athenian general, Cleon, were killed in Cleon's
fruitless attempt to capture the city, 422.
ampllitlie'atres, round or oval buildings said to
have been first constructed by Curio, 76 b.c., and by Julius
Caesar, 46 ac, to exhibit combats of gladiators with wild
beasts, etc. They were generally built of wood, but Statilius
Taurus made one of stone, under Augustus Caesar ; the Fla-
vian amphitheatre (capable of holding 87,000 persons) was
built between 70 a.d. and 80. Coliseum. The amphitheatre
at Verona was next in size, and then that of Nismes.
Amphltrite {a)n-Ji-tri'te),di\ Greek mythology the
supreme goddess of the sea, wife of Poseidon (Neptune).
amputation, in surgery, was greatly improved by
the invention of the tourniquet by Morel, a French surgeon, in
1674, and of the flap-method by Lowdham of Exeter, in 1679.
Surgery and Medical Science.
Am'iterdam, Holland. The castle of Amstel was
commenced in 1100; the building of the city in 1203. Its
commerce grew at the expense of Antwerp after 1609. The
exchange was built in 1634; the stadthouse, in 1648, cost
3,000,000 guilders; it stood on 13,659 piles, 282 ft. long, 235
wide, and 116 high. Amsterdam surrendered to the king of
Prussia, who invaded Holland in favor of the stadtholder, in
1787. The French were admitted without resistance, 18 Jan.
1795. The Dutch government was restored in Dec. 1813. A
crystal palace for an industrial exhibition was opened by prince
Frederick of the Netherlands, 16 Aug. 1864. The canal, from
Amsterdam to the North sea, opened by the king, 1 Nov. 1876.
A new university opened, Dec. 1877. Pop. 1890, 417,539.
amyl (am'if), a chemical alcohol radical (first isolated
by professor Edward Frankland in 1849).
amylene {am'-i-ken), a hydrocarbon, a colorless, mobile
liquid, first procured by M. Balard of Paris, in 1844, by distil-
ling fusel oil (potato-spirit) with chloride of zinc. The vapor
was first used as an anaesthetic by Dr. Snow, in 1856, and has
since been tried in many hospitals, but is more unpleasant
than chloroform, and very dangerous to life.
anabaptists, opponents of baptism, usually applied to
those who reject infant baptism. Baptists. The name was
first given to Thomas MUnzer, Storck, and other fanatics who
preached in Saxony in 1521, and excited a rebellion of the
lower classes in Germany. The allied princes of the empire,
led by Philip, landgrave of Hesse, put down the rebellion, and
Miinzer was defeated, captured, put to the torture, and ulti-
mately beheaded in 1525. A similar insurrection took place
in Westphalia, headed by Matthias, 1533 ; and, after his assas-
sination, by John Boccoldt of Leyden, who was crowned " king
of Sion" in MUnster, 24 June, 1534, Munster was taken in
June, 1535 ; and John was put to death in the most cruel man-
ner that could be devised, 13 Feb. 1536. It was in the year
1534, when Boccoldt was in the height of his glory in Miin-
ster, that Ignatius Loyola took the first steps towards founding
the order of the Jesuits, and the extension and rapid success of
that celebrated fraternity are to be attributed in a very large
measure to the reaction against Protestantism produced by the
share which the anabaptists took in^he peasants' war and the
character of the spiritual sovereignty which they set up at
Munster while it was in their hands. Several anabaptists
were executed in England in 1535, 1538, and 1540. On 6 Jan.
1661, about 80 anabaptists in London appeared in arms, head-
ed by their preacher, Thomas Venner, a wine-cooper. They
fought desperately, and killed many soldiers brought against
> ANA
them. Their leader and IG others were executed 19 and 21
Jan.
Anab'asiN ((Jr. avajiamQ, a march into the interior),
the title of Xeiioplion's narrative of the expedition of Cyrus
the Younger ai;;iinst his brother, 401 B.C. Retreat of the
Ten Thousand Gueeks.
Anacreontic ver§e, of the bacchanalian strain,
named after Anacreon of Teos, the (Jreek lyric poet, died
about 559 b.c. His odes have been frequently translated ;
Thomas Moore's version was published in 1800. " We sang
the songs of Anacreon — the songs of the son of Teos." — Poe.
Literature.
anaesthetics. Amylene, Chloroform, Cocaine^
Ether, Kerosolene, Nitrous Acid, Opium. Intense cold
has been employed in deadening pain.
anag^rams, formed by the transposition of the letters
of a word or sentence (as ai-my from Mary), are said to have
been made by ancient Jews, Greeks, etc. On the question
put by Pilate to our Saviour, '■'■Quid est Veritas f" (What is
truth?) we have the anagram, " Est vir qui adest" (The man
who is here) ; from " Horatio Nelson " is " Honor est a Nilo "
(Honor is from the Nile) ; William Noy, attorney-general to
Charles I., / moyl in lav). Such trifles began to be popular in
Europe in the 16th century.
Anam' or Annam', an empire of Asia, to the east of
India, comprising Tonquin, Cochin China, part of Cambodia,.
and various islands in the Chinese sea ; said to have been con-
quered by the Chinese, 234 b.c., and held by them till 263 a.d.
In 1406 they reconquered it, but abandoned it in 1428. After
much anarchy, bishop Adran, a French missionary, obtainetl
the friendship of Louis XVI. for his pupil Gia-long, son of the
nominally reigning monarch, and with a few of his country-
men established Gia-long on the throne, who reigned till his
death, in 1821, when his son became king. In consequence of
the persecution of Christians, war broke out with the French,
who defeated the army of Anam, 10,000 strong, about 22
Apr. 1859, when 500 were killed. On 3 June, 1862, peace
was made; 3 provinces were ceded to the French, and per-
secution ceased. An insurrection in these provinces against
the French, begun about 17 Dec. 1862, was suppressed in Feb.
1863. Ambassadors from Anam to regain the ceded provinces
reached Paris, Sept. 1863 ; had no success. These provinces
were annexed to the French empire by proclamation, 25 June,
1867. Several native Christians were massacred by order of
a bonze, July, 1868.
Hoang-Nam succeeded his father, Thicutri as king 1847
By treaty at Saigon, France recognized the independence of
the king of Anam, his ports were opened to commerce, and
toleration of Christians was secured 15 Mch. 1874
Tu Due, emperor 34 years, resists the French in Tonquin, 1883;
dies, aged 54, 17 July, 1883; Heiphnea succeeds.
French protectorate recognized by treaty at Hu€ 25 Aug. 1833
King assassinated by enemies of the French; succeeded by
Yoe Due about 14 Dec. "
A prince who promoted massacre of Christians in Dec. and
Jan. executed about 2(5 xVIay, 1884
King dies; succeeded by his brother Kienphuoe; announced
2 Aug. "
The French repulse an attack on their camp at Hud, and capt-
ure the regent Thu-Hong 5-6 July, 1885
Chanl Mong proclaimed king 14 Sept. "
The king dies; his son, 10 years old, called Thau Khai, pro-
claimed 31 Jan. 1889
Taken by the French to Algeria as a prisoner June, 1892
anath'ema (Gr. dvaOrj^ia, a votive offering), the sen-
tence of excommunication (1 Cor. xvi. 22) used by the early
churches, 365. Excommunication. Pope Pius IX. propound-
ed a series of anathemas, Feb. 1870.
AnatO'lia, Asia Minor, comprises the ancient Lycia^
Caria, Lydia, Mysia, Bithynia, Paphlagonia, and Phrygia.
anat'omy (Gr. dvuTOixr], a cutting up). The struct-
ure of the human body became a branch of medical education
under the second Hippocrates, who was born 460 B.C. and died
about 377. Aristotle made his chief anatomical investigations
between 334 and 327 b.c. Herophilus' and Erasistratus of
Alexandria first applied dissection to men, previously confined
to animals, 300 and 293 b.c., followed by Celsus early in the
1st, and by Galen in the 2d century a.d. Pope Boniface
VIII. forbade human dissection, 1297. In modern times the
revival of anatomical study began in Italy with Mondini ot
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Bologna, flourished about 1315, and Eustachi, about 1495-
1500, after whom are named a tube in the ear and a valvu-
lar membrane in the heart. Fallopio or Fallopius, 1523-62,
gave name to the Fallopian tubes of the uterus. The first
anatomical plates designed by Titian were employed by Ve-
salius about 1538. Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michael
Angelo studied anatomy. Of the early English anatomists
the most illustrious was Harvey, born 1578. He discovered
the circulation of the blood, 1616, and published his great
work, 1628; died 1657. William and John Hunter, 1718-83
and 1728-93. Quain's and Wilson's large anatomical plates,
pub. 1842, and Bourgery's work by Jacob, 1830-55. Com-
parative anatomy has been treated systematically in the pres-
ent century by Cuvier, Owen, Mliller, Huxley, and others.
In England the schools were long supplied with bodies un-
lawfully exhumed from graves, and, until 1832, the bodies
of executed murderers were surrendered for dissection. In
the reign of Henry VIII. of England surgeons were granted
four bodies of executed malefactors for " anathomyes" and
the privilege was extended in following reigns; but crimes
committed by resurrection-men to supply surgical schools
(robbing churchyards and even murder — Burkikg) led to a
statute in 1832 which abated the ignominy of dissection by
prohibiting that of executed murderers, and provided for the
wants of surgeons by permitting, under certain regulations,
the dissection of persons dying in workhouses, etc. The act
also appointed inspectors of anatomy, regulated the schools,
and required persons practising anatomy to obtain a license.
Medical Sciknce, Surgery.
anchorets and anchorites. Monachism.
anchors were invented by the Tuscans. — Pliny. The
second tooth, or fluke, was added by Anacharsis the Scythian
(592 B.C.). — Straho. Anchors are said to have been forged in
England 578 a.d. The admiralty anchor was introduced about
1841. Anchors improved by Pering and Rodgers about 1828;
by Porter, 1838 ; by Costell", 1848 ; by Trotman, 1853; and by
others. Trotman's is attached to the queen's yacht Fairy.
Acts for the proving and sale of chain cables and anchors were
passed in 1864 and 1871.
ancient buildings of England. A society for
their protection from injudicious restoration, etc., was estab-
lished in 1877 ; lord Houghton, prof. S. Colvin, Thomas Car-
lyle, and many eminent artists, members.
ancient history beginning in the Scriptures 4004
B.C., and with Herodotus about 1687 b.c. ; is considered to end
with the fall of the Eastern empire, 476 a.d.
ancient monuments in Britain. Bills to pre-
serve these (especially the prehistoric ones) have been long de-
layed in parliament. One by sir John Lubbock, read second
time, 7 March, 1877, was withdrawn ; again read second time,
19 Feb 1878; read second time in the lords, 11 Mch. 1880.
Such bills became laws at last, 1882 and 1892.
Ancient Order of United l¥orkmen.
United Workmen, Ancient Order of.
ancients. Councils, French.
Anco'na, an ancient Roman port on the Adriatic. The
mole was built by Trajan, 107. After many changes of rulers
(Lombards, Saracens, Greeks, and Germans), Ancona was an-
nexed to the papal states in 1532 ; taken by the French, 1797 ;
retaken by the Austrians, 1799; reoccupied by the French,
1801 ; restored to the pope, 1802 ; occupied by the French in
1832 ; evacuated in 1838 ; and, after an insurrection, was bom-
barded and captured by the Austrians, 18 June, 1849. The
Marches (comprising this city) rebelled against the papal
government in Sept. 1860. Lamoriciere, the papal general,
fled to Ancona after his defeat at Castelfidardo, but surrendered
with the city and garrison, 29 Sept. The king of Sardinia
entered soon after.
Andalu'sia, a province of S. Spain, once part of ancient
Lusitania and Baetica. The name is corrupted from Vandalitia.
it having been held by the Vandals from 419 to 429, when it was
acquired by the Visigoths, whom the moors expelled in 711,
establishing the kingdom of Cordova, which stood till 1236.
An'daman Islands, bay of Bengal, inhabited by
dwarfs in lowest barbarism. At Port Blair, on South island,
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made a penal settlement for Sepoy rebels in 1858, the eari of
Mayo, viceroy of India, was assassinated by Shere Alee, a con-
vict, 8 Feb. 1872, when going on board the Glasyow.
Andernach, Rhenish Prussia, once an imperial city.
Near here, the emperor Charies I., while attempting to de-
prive his nephews of their inheritance, was defeated by one of
them, Louis of Saxony, 8 Oct. 876.
Anderson, Major Robert. Fort Sumter.
Andersonviile prison. An open pen on a hill-
side field, 1540 by 750 feet, surrounded by a stockade, near An-
dersonviile, Ga., in which prisoners of war were first lodged by
the Confederates, 15 Feb. 1864. In one year 44,882 prisoners
were received, of whom 12,926 died of "starvation and want
of proper care. Henry Wirz, one of the prison officers, was
hanged 10 Nov. 1865, for his cruelty to prisoners under hia
charge. There is a national cemetery here which contains
13,714 graves. Cemeteries.
Andes, Cordillera de los, the great mountain system of
South America, forms a continuous line of mountainous high-
lands along its western coast, and under different names trav-
erses the North American continent, terminating at Point
Barrow. Volcanoes.
Chimborazo, Ecuador, 21,420 ft, perpetually snowclad, was as-
cended by Alexander von Humboldt to the height of 19,286 ft.,
23 June, 1802; by Boussingault and Hall, 19,695 ft., 16 Dec. 1831;
by Edward Whymper, 20.545 ft., 3 Jan., and 20,489 ft., 3 July.
1880.
Colopaxi^ Ecuador, volcanic; ascended by Ed.'Whymper, 19,600 fl..
18 Feb. 1880.
He also first ascended Antisana, Ecuador, 19.260 ft, 10 Mch.; and
Cayambe„ Ecuador, 19.200 ft, 4 Apr. 1880.
In Bolivia the volcano of Sahama is 23,000 ft in elevation, the peak
of Illimani 21,300, and Sorata, 24,800.
The culminating peak of the Andes in Chili is Aconcagua (22,427 ft);
the other principal summits are the Cima del Mercedario (22.302
ft), the volcanoes of Tapungato (20,269 ft), and San Jo8€ (20.0JO
ft); several others range from 16,000 to 19,000 ft
Andorra, a small republic in the Pyrenees, with the
title "the valleys and sovereignties of Andorra," made inde-
pendent by Charlemagne about 778, reserving certain rights
to the bishop of Urgel. The feudal sovereignty, long belong-
ing to the counts of Foix, reverted to the French king, Henry
IV., in 1589 ; but was given up in 1790. On 27 Mar. 1806,
an imperial decree restored old relations between Andorra and
France. The republic is governed by a council elected for
four years; but magistrates are appointed alternately by the
French government and the Spanish bishop of Urgel, to both
of whom tribute is paid. The population is about 10,000.
Andorra, though neutral, was attacked by Carlists in Sept.
1874.
Andre, Major John, born London, 1751. Execution of,
1780. New York.
Andrew, St., said to have been martyred by cruci-
fixion, 30 Nov. 69, at Patrse, in Achaia. His festival was
instituted about 359. The Royal Society's anniversary is
kept on St. Andrew's day. The Russian order of St. Andrew
was instituted in 1698 by Peter I. For the British order, see
Thistle.
Andrew's, St., E. Scotland, made a royal burgh in
1140. Here Robert Bruce held his first parliament in 1309;
and here Wishart was burned by archbishop Beaton, 1546,
who was murdered here, 1546. The university was founded,
1411, by bishop Wardlaw. The cathedral (built 1159-1318)
was destroyed by a mob, excited by a sermon of John Knox,
June, 1559. Sir R. Sibbald's list of bishops commences with
Killach, 872. The see became archiepiscopal in 1470, but
ceased in 1688. Bishops.
Andros, sir Edmund. Connecticut, 1687; Massa-
chusetts, 1686; New York, 1674, etc.
AndrUSSOV, Peace of (30 Jan. 1667), between Russia
and Poland, for 13 years, with mutual concessions, although
the latter had been generally victorious.
anemom'eter (Gr. iivefiog, the wind), to measure
the velocity of wind, was invented by Wolfius in 1709. The
extreme velocity was thought by Dr. Lind to be 93 miles per
hour. Osier's and Whewell's anemometers were highly ap-
proved of in 1844. " Robinson's anemometer is the simplest
and best." — Buchan. 1867.
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aneroid. Baromktkr.
ang'Cl, a gold coin, impressed with an angel, weighing
four pennyweights, valued at 6s.8rf. in the reign of Henry VI.,
and at 10s. in the reign of Elizabeth, 1562. The angelot, a
gold coin, value lialf an angel, was struck at Paris when held
by the English, 1431. — Wood. Coin.
Ang'Crs, W. Central France, the Roman Juliomagus,
possessing an amphitheatre ; afterwards Andegavum, the cap-
ital of Anjou. It was frequently besieged, and many c»)uncils
were held in it between 453 and 1448, for ecclesiastical disci-
plme. « yqj, ,„eQ ^f Angers open wide your gates,
And let young Arthur duke of Bretagne in."
—Shakespeare, " King John," act. ii. sc. ii.
Ang^evin or Allgpevine, pertaining to Anjou, espe-
cially applied to the family of Hlantagenets, descended from
Greoffrey Plantagenet, coiuit of Anjou, and Maud or Matilda,
daughter of Henry I. of England. They reigned in England
from Henry II.'s accession, 1154, to Richard III.'s death, 1486.
Anjou.
Anglesey, a small island containing 193,511 acres,
called by the Romans Mona, separated from N. Wales by the
Menai strait, seat of Druids, who were massacred in great
numbers when Suetonius Paulinus ravaged the isle, 61 A.D.
It was conquered by Agricola in 78 ; occupied by Normans,
1090 ; and, with all Wales, annexed by Edward I. in 1284.
He built the fortress of Beaumaris in 1295. The Menai sus-
pension bridge was erected 1818-25, and the Britannia tubu-
lar bridge 1849-50.
Ang^liean Church. Church of England.
angling'. Allusion is made to it in the Bible; Amos
iv. 2 (787 B.C.).
Oppian wrote his "Halieutics," a Greek epic poem on fishes and
fishing, about 198 a.d.
In the book on " Hawkynge and Huntynge," by Juliana Berners, or
Barnes, prioress of Sopwith, near St. Albans, " emprinted at
Westmestre by Wynkyn de Worde " in 1496, is "The treatise of
fysshyng with an Angle."
Izaak Walton's "Compleat Angler" was first published in 1653.
Anglo-French agreements, etc., with Great
Britain respecting Africa.
Axglo-French Agrkemext signed by marquis of Salisbury and M.
Waddington, French ambassador in Loudon, 5 Aug. 1890; recog
nizing British protectorate over Zanzibar and French over Mad
agascar. The delimitation of territories in Africa subject to the
influence of France to be settled by two commissioners at Paris.
Anglo-German Agreement of 1890 determined the boundaries of
British and German territories in E. Africa ; the protectorate of
Zanzibar, Witii, Somaliland or V^tu, was given to Great Britain;
Heligoland ceded to Germany; signed at Berlin by sir Edward
Malet and sir Henry Percy Anderson for England; by gen. von
Caprivi and Dr. Krauel for Germany, 1 July; ratified by act of
parliament approved, 4 Aug. 1890.
Anglo-Italian Agreement respecting Africa. Sir Evelyn Baring
and gen. sir Francis Grenfell received at Rome by sig. Crispi, 24
Sept. 1890. Conference at Najiles, lord Diifferin and sig. Crispi
present; no result, 4-10 Oct. 1890. . Treaty for the delimitation of
British and Italian spheres of influence in E. Africa; signed at
Rome, 15 Apr. 1891.
Anglo-Portuguese Agreement delimiting territories subject to
the influence of Great Britain and Portugal in E. Africa; text
of agreement settled in London, 20 Aug. and published in The
Times. Free navigation of the Zambesi, and uninterrupted com-
munication between British territories insured, 26 Aug. 1890.
Portugal gives up claim to Zambesi and Nyassaland. Agreement
annulled, and a modus vivendi agreed to, 14 Nov. 1890. New
modified treaty, signed at Lisbon, 11 June, 1891, and afterwards
ratified.
Anglo-I^axons or Angles, named from a village
near Sleswick, called Anylen, whose population (called Angli
by Tacitus) joined the first Saxon freebooters. East Anglia
was a kingdom of the heptarchy founded by the Angles, one of
whose chiefs, Uffa, assumed the title of king, 571; the king-
dom ceased in 792. Britain. Caedmon paraphrased part of
the Bible in Anglo-Saxon about 680 ; a translation of the
gospels was made by abbot Egbert, of lona, 721 ; of Boethius,
Orosius, etc., by Alfred, 888. The Anglo-Saxon laws were
printed by government in 1840. The Anglo-Saxon language
was spoken in England from about 450 to 1066 a.d.
A professorship of Anglo-Saxon was founded at Oxford by Dr. Rich-
ard Rawlinson in 1795; one at Cambridge by Dr. Joseph Bosworth
in 1867.
AngO'la, S. W. Africa, settled by the Portuguese soon
after the discovery by Diego Cam, about 1484. Loanda, their
capital, was built 1578. These possessions of the Portuguese
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in west Africa extend from the mouth of the Congo, 6^ S. lat.,
to the mouth of the Cunene, lat. 18° 30' S., and consist of the
smaller districts of Ambriz, Benguela, and Mossamedes. Area
about 600,000 sq. miles ; pop. 10,000,000.
AngO'ra, a city and province of Turkey in Asia. As
the ancient city Anc3'ra it belonged to Phrygia, and after-
wards became the chief town in Galatia. It was the seat of
one of the earliest Christian churches, and councils were held
here, 314, 358, 376. Near it, on the 28 July, 1402, Tamerlane
defeated and captured the Turkish sultan Bajazet. In 1415
it was recovered by Mahomet I., and since has belonged to
the Turkish empire. The province is famous for its Angora
goats, which produce the mohair of commerce.
AngOUl^nie, the Roman Iculisma, capital of the prov-
ince of Angoumois, Central France, W., was a bishopric in 260.
Angouleme became an independent country about 856; was
united to the French crown in 1308; was held by the Eng-
lish, 1360 to 1372, in the reign of Edward III. The count of
Angouleme became king of France as Francis I. in 1515.
Anguilla, Snake island. West Indies, settled by the
British, 1666. Valuable deposits of phosphate of lime were
found here in 1859.
Anhalt, House of, in Germany, deduces its origin from
Berenthobaldus, who made war upon the Thuringians in the
6th century. In 1606 the principality was divided among the
four sons of Joachim Ernest by the eldest, John-George. Thus
began the four branches — Anhalt- Dessau (descended from
John-George); Zerbst, extinct, 1793; Plotsgau, or Coethen,
extinct, 1847 ; and Bernburg, extinct, 1863 (the last duke died
without issue, 22 Aug. 1863). The princes of Anhalt became
dukes in 1809. Anhalt, though a duchy of the German em-
pire, is internally an hereditary constitutional monarchy (by
law 19 Feb. 1872) ; area, 870 sq. miles; pop. in 1871, 203,437;
in 1875, 213,565; 1886, 230,000. Anhalt joined the North
German Confederation, 18 Aug. 1866.
Anholt, Island of, Denmark, occupied by England, 18
May, 1809, in the French war, because Danish cruisers injured
British commerce. The Danes made a fruitless attempt to re-
gain it, 27 March, 1811.
an'iline, an oily alkaline body, discovered in 1826 by
Unverdorben among the products of distillation of indigo.
From benzole Bechamp, in 1856, obtained it by treatment
with concentrated nitric acid and reducing agents. The Sci-
entific relations of aniline have been carefully examined by
several chemists, especially by Dr. A. W. Hofmann. It was
long known to yield colored compounds, but it was not till
1856 that W. H. Perkin showed how a violet oxidation-
product (mauve) could be applied in dyeing. Aniline is now
manufactured on a large scale for the commercial production
of "mauve"' and "magenta" (rosaniline), and other coloring
matters— aniline blue, 1861 ; violet, 1863 ; " night" green, etc.
animal magnetism (to cure diseases by sympa-
thetic affection) was introduced by father Hehl, a Jesuit, at
Vienna, about 1774, and had its dupes in France and England
about 1788-89. Hehl for a short time associated with Mes-
mer, but they soon quarrelled. Mr. Perkins (died 1799) in-
vented " metallic tractors for collecting, condensing, and ap-
plying animal magnetism," for the cure of rheumatism, etc. ;
but drs. Falconer and Haygarth put an end to his pretensions
by performing the same cures with a pair o^ wooden tractors.
— Brande. Mesmerism. Animal magnetism exposed by corn-^
missions of the French Academy of Sciences, 1837-38 ; inves-
tigation closed as of a "dead letter," 1840.
animarcules. Leeuwenhoek's microscopical discov-
eries were published in the Philosophical Transactions of the
Royal Society for 1677 ; in his " Arcana Naturae," at Leyden,
1696. The works of Ehrenberg, of Berlin, on the " Infusorial
Animalculae," etc., were issued 1838-57. Pritchard's " Infuso-
ria," ed. 1861 ; and W. Savile Kent's "Manual of Infusoria,"
3 vols. 1880-82, are valuable. The Rev. W. H. Dallinger and
Dr. Drysdale have made microscopical observations of bac-
teria and other low forms of life, 1873-89.
animals, cruelty to. Mr. Martin, M.P., zealously la-
bored to repress it; and in 1824 the Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was instituted. Its new
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iTiouse in Jermyn street, London, was founded 4 May, 1869.
It opposed vivisection in 1860 in unison with a French socie-
ty, and in Oct. 1873, offered premiums for improved trucks for
conveying cattle. A jubilee congress of this and similar so-
cieties met in London, 17 June, 1874. Convictions obtained
by the society, 1835 to June, 1876, 28,209. Viviskction.
Martin's act was passed 1822, and similar acts in 1827, 1835,
1837, 1849, and 1854. Dogs were forbidden to be used for
draught in 1839.
Fellowship of Animals^ Friends, organized about 10 July, 1879; earl
of Shaftesbury, president.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(Henry Bergh, president) was organized in New York city, 1865.
It has branches and auxiliary societies in many cities of the
Union, and nearly all the states have passed laws punishing cru-
elty to animals with fine and imprisonment.
Sheltering Home of Animals, established at Brighton, Mass., by
Ellen M. Gilford, where homeless and maimed dogs and cats are
taken to be cured and protected.
aili]Ili§IIl, the doctrine that the soul is the only cause
• of life, and that the functions of animals and plants depend
upon vitality and not on mere chemical and mechanical ac-
.tion, was opposed by Descartes and others. Materialism,
Philosophy.
Alljoil {an-zhoo'), a province, W. France, was taken by
Henry IL of England from his brother Geoffrey, in 1156 •,
■their father Geoffrey Plantagenet, count of Anjou, having mar-
ried the empress Matilda in 1127. Angevin. It was taken
bj'^ king John from Philip of France in 1205 ; reconquered by
Edward III. ; relinquished by him at the peace of Bretigny
in 1360, and given b}'- Charles V. to his brother Louis with
the title of duke. The university was formed in 1349.
1360. Louis I., duke, invested by the pope with the dominions of
Joanna of Naples, 1381; his invading army destroyed by the
plague, 1383; he dies, 1384.
1384. Louis II. , his son, receives the same grant, but is also unsuc-
cessful.
Louis III., adopted by Joanna, dies 1434.
1434. Regnier or Ren6 le bon (a prisoner) declared king of Naples,
1435 ; his daughter, Margaret, married Henry VI. of England, 1445 ;
he was expelled from Anjou by Louis XL, 1474, and his estates
confiscated.
.Francis, duke of Alenp on, brother to Henry III. of France, became
duke of Anjou ; at one time he favored the Protestants, and vain-
ly offered marriage to Elizabeth of England, 1581-82; died 1584.
Anjou or Beauge, Battle of, between the English
and French ; the latter commanded by the dauphin of France,
22 Mch. 1421. The English were defeated ; the duke of Clar-
ence was slain by sir Allan Swinton, a Scotch knight, and
1500 men fell ; the earls of Somerset, Dorset, and Huntington
were taken. This battle turned the tide of success against
'the English.
annal§ (annales, from annus, a year). A record of
historical events arranged year by year. The annual record
of the Roman state for its first 6 centuries said to have been
kept by the Pontifex Maximus. Many modern books bear the
title of annals, as Grotius's "Annales,"in imitation of Tacitus,
1557 ; Baronius, " Annales Ecclesiastici," for the first 12 cen-
turies of the Christian era ; Hailes's " Annals of Scotland from
the Accession of Malcolm HI. to the Accession of the House
of Stuart "; " Annals of the Congress of the United States,"
1789-1824; changed to Congressional Register, 1825-36; to
■Congressional Globe, 1837.
Annap'olii, capital of Maryland. The United States
Naval Academy was founded here in 1845 by George Bancroft,
then sec. of the navy. It was removed to Newport, R. I., in
May, 1861, owing to the civil war, but re-established at An-
napoHs in Sept. 1865. Maryland, 1696, Navy, U. S., etc.
annexation, United States. The area of the United
States at the close of the revolution, 1783, was 827,844 sq.
miles. Since that time have been added :
Sq. miles. Cost.
Louisiana, purchased of France. 1803 1,171,931 $15,000,000
Florida, " "Spain.. 1819 59,268 5,000,000
Texas, by asking for admission . 1845 376, 133
Mexican Cession 1848 545,783 *28,250,000
•Gadsden Purchase, from Mexico. 1853 45,535 10,000,000
Alaska, purchased of Russia.... 1867 577,390 7,200,000
* Paid to Mexico, $18,250,000 ; to Texas, $10,000,000.
Anno Domini, A.D., the year of our Lord, of Grace,
of the Incarnation, of the Circumcision, and of the Crucifixion
^(J'rabeaiionis). The Christian era begins Jan. 1 in the mid-
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die of the 4th year of the 194th Olympiad, the 763d year of
the building of Rome, and in 4714 of the Julian period' This
era was invented by a monk, Dionysius Exiguus, or Denys le
Petit, about 532. It was introduced into Italy in the* 6th
century, and ordered to be u.sed by bishops by the council of
Chelsea, in 816; but was not generally employed for several
centuries. Charles III. of Germany was the first who added
" in the year of our Lord " to his reign, in 879. Some believe
that Christ was born Friday, 5 Apr. 4 b.c.
Annual Reg^i§ter, a summarj' of the history of
England for each year (beginning with 1758, and continued
to the present time), commenced by R. <fe J. Dodsley. (Ed-
mund Burke at first wrote the whole work, but afterwards be-
came only an occasional contributor.— Prior.) A similar work,
" Annuaire des Deux Mondes," begun in Paris, 1850.
annuitie§. The annual payment of a fixed sum, for
a term of years, or for one or more lives. In England in
1512, 20/. a year were given to a lady of the court for ser-
vices ; and 6/. 13s. 4d for the maintenance of a gentleman,
1536. 13/. 6s. 8c?. deemed competent to support a gentleman
in the study of the law, 1554. An act empowered that gov-
ernment to borrow one million sterling upon an annuity of 14
per cent., 4-6 Will, and Mary, 1691-93. This mode of bor-
rowing soon became general among governments. An annuity
of 1/. 2s. lid, accumulating at 10 per cent, compound interest,
amounts in 100 years to 20,000/. The. Government (English)
Annuities and Life Assurances Act, passed in 1864 for the
benefit of the working classes, enables that government to
grant deferred annuities for small instalments. Works on an-
nuities were published by De Witt, 1671 ; De Moivre, 1724 ;
Simpson, 1742; Tables by Price, 1792; Milne, 1815; Jones,
1843 ; Farre, 1864 ; Institute of Actuaries, 1872. Pknsioxs.
annunciation of the Virgin Mary, 25
Mch., Lady -DAY, a festival commemorating the tidings
brought to Mary by the angel Gabriel (Luke i. 26) ; its origin
is referred to the 4th or 5th century. The religious order of
the Annunciation was instituted 1232,.and the military order,
in Savo}% by Amadeus, count of Savoy, about 1362, in mem-
ory of Amadeus I., who bravely defended Rhodes against the
Turks, 1355. New statutes, 1869.
anointing", an ancient ceremony at the inauguration
of priests, kings, and bishops. Aaron was anointed as high-
priest, 1491 B.C. ; and Saul as king, 1095 b.c. Alfred the
Great is said to have been the first king anointed in England,
871 A.D. ; and Edgar in Scotland, 1098. The religious rite is
derived from the epistle of James v. 14, about 60 a.d. It is
said that in 550, persons in expectation of death were anoint-
ed with consecrated oil, and that this was the origin of ex-
treme unction as a sacrament of the church.
anorth'OSCOpe, a new optical apparatus, described
by Dr. Carpenter in 1868. In it distorted figures lose their
distortion in rapid motion.
ant, a small insect of many genera and hundreds of sp9-
cies, found in all parts of the world except the polar regions.
They are the most intelligent of all creatures except men, and
naturalists report proofs of industry, strength, and associated
effort in their communities which seem like fairy tales. Ru-
ber's " Traite des Moeurs des Fourmis " has been translated.
Sir John Lubbock in England ("Ants, Bees, and Wasps"),
and the Rev. H. McCook in this country (" The Ants of Tex-
as ") have described the latest and best observations on them.
antagoni§m as a beneficial universal principle in
nature was discussed by sir W. R. Grove in a discourse at the
Royal Institution, London, 20 Apr. 1888.
Antal'cidas, Peace of. In 387 b.c. Antalcidas
the Lacedaemonian made peace with Artaxerxes of Persia, on
behalf of Greece, especially of Sparta, giving up the cities of
Ionia to the king.
Antarctic Continent. Southern Continent.
antediluvian history. This is entirely Biblical
(Gen. iv. v. vi.), the deluge occurring 2348 b.c., or in the
year of the world 1656 (Usher). According to Whiston, the
population of the world was then 549,755,000,000 1
anthems. Originally hymns sung in alternate parts ;
now applied to sacred music adapted to psalms or other script-
ANT
ural wonls. Hilary, bishop of Poictiers, and St. Ambrose
composed them about the middle of the 4th century.— Lfn^r-
Ut. Intrwluced into the church service in 386.— Baker. Ig-
natius is said to have introduced them into the Greek, and
St. Ambrose into the Western, church. Introduced into the
Reformed churches under Elizabeth about 15G0. Music.
ExoiJSH AsTHKM-wRiTKRS. 1520-1«25, Tyo, Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons,
1650-17'20, Humphrey, Blow, Purcoll, Croft, Clarke; 1720-1845,
Greene, Boyce, Hayes, Kent, Battishill, Attwood, Walmisloy
anthology {Gr. dv9o\oyia = (l) a flower-gathering,
(2) a collection of poems). The Greek anthology was a col-
lection of popular epigrams and small poems written by Archilo-
chus, Sappho, Simonides, Meleager, Plato, and others, between
680 and 95 B.C.J collected by Meleager, Philippus, Agathias,
and others, especially by Maximus Planudes, a monk in the
14th century, A.n. A MS. collection by Constantine Cephalas
was found at Heidelberg by Salmasius in 1606, and pub-
lished by Brunck, 1772-76. Translations have been made by
Bland, Merivale, and others.
anthropology (Gr. dvOpwTrog, man), science of the
natural history of man. " In the general classification of knowl-
edge it is the highest section of zoology, or the science of
animals, itself the highest section of biology, or the science
of life." First anthropological society held its first meeting,
London, 24 Feb. 1863. The Anthropological Review first came
out in May, 1863. The anthropological and ethnological so-
cieties were amalgamated 17 Jan. 1871, and styled " The An-
thropological Institute." An anthropological congress at Paris
was opened 16 Aug. 1878, others since ; at Moscow, 13 Aug.
1892. For the races of mankind, see Ethnology.
anthropomorphism (Gr. dvOpojironop^og, of hu-
man form), the ascription to divine beings of human form or
attributes; the conception by man of divinities in his own
likeness. This tendency of the human mind is regarded by
Feuerbach and other atheistic philosophers as the source of all
religions.
antichrist (opponent of Christ), 1 John ii. 18, termed
the " man of sin," 2 Thess. ii. 3 ; of these passages many in.
terpretations have been given, and many myths were current
in the middle ages respecting the incarnation of the devil,
etc. Roman Catholic and Protestant writers have applied the
term to one another. It has also been ascribed to many false
Messiahs.
Antietam Creek (an-tee'tam), battle of, Mary-
land Campaign. On this battle-field a national cemetery
was dedicated, 17 Sept. 1867
Anti-Federal party. Political parties.
Antilles Greater and Less. West Indies.
Anti-]?Iasonie party. Political parties
an'timony, a white, brittle metal, compounds of which
Avere early known , used to blacken eyes in the East (2 Kings
ix. 30, and Jer iv. 30). Mixed with lead it forms printing-
type metal. Basil Valentine wrote of antimony about 1410. —
PiHestley. Antimony also enters into Britannia metal, and is
an active principle in tartar-emetic and m James's powder,
both extensively used as medicines. Antimonial wine is a
solution of tartar-emetic m sherry.
Anti - IVebraska. Political parties, United
States, 1854, etc
Antinomian (Gr. avri, against, and vouoq, law).
John Agricola so called by Luther (in 1538), as holding " that
it mattered not how wicked a man was if he had but faith."
(Opposed to Rom. iii. 28, and v. 1, 2.) He retracted these
doctrines in 1540. The Antinomians of England, who fol-
lowed Dr. Tobias Crisp (d. 1642) in teaching that the sins
of the elect were assumed by Christ so as not to be charged
to them, were condemned by the British parliament, 1648.
Antioeh, now Antakieh, Syria, built by Seleucus,
300 B.C. (after the battle of Ipsns, 301), called "Queea of the
East." Here the disciples were first called Christians, 42 a.d.
(Acts xi. 26). Antioeh was taken by Persians, 540 , by Sara-
cens about 638, recovered for the Eastern empire, 966; lost
again in 1086, retaken by Crusaders in June, 1098; made
capital of a principality, 1099, and held by them till captured
by the sultan of Egypt, June, 1268. It was taken from the
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Turks in the Syrian war, 1 Aug. 1832, by Ibrahim Pasha, but
restored at the peace. Antioeh suffered by an earthquake,
and about 1600 persons were killed, 3 Apr. 1872. — The Era
of Antioeh, used by early Christian writers of Antioeh and
Alexandria, placed Creation 5492 years b.c. 31 councils were
held at Antioeh, 252-1161. Syria.
Anti-Pedobaptists. Pedobaptists.
antip'odes (Gr. dm', opposite, and irohQ^ feet), in-
habitants of the opposite side of our globe. Plato is said to
be the first who thought antipodes possible (about 388 b.c.).
Boniface, archbishop of Mentz, legate of pope Zachary, is
said to have denounced a bishop as a heretic for believing in
them, 741 a.d. The antipodes of England are southeast of
New Zealand, near Antipodes island.
anti-pope, a claimant of the papal chair, in opposition
to the regularly elected pope. About thirty such were set
up, usually by French and Italian factions, from 1305 to 1439.
(In the list of Popes, anti-popes are in italics.)
antiQUaries. A college of antiquaries is said to
have existed in Ireland, 700 b.c. The annual International
Congress of Prehistoric Archaeology originated at La Spezzia
m 1865, meetings have been held since at Paris, Norwich, etc.
A society was founded by archbishop Parker, Camden, Stow, and
others in 1572. — Spelman.
Application was made to Elizabeth for a charter, her death ensued,
and her successor, James I, was far from favoring the design.
The "Antiquaries' Feast," mentioned by Ashmole, 2 July, 1659.
The Society of Antiquaries revived, 1707 ; received its charter of in-
corporation from George II., 2 Nov. 1751; met in Chancery Lane,
1753; apartments in Somerset House (granted 1776), occupied, 15
Feb. 1781; removed to Burlington House, 1874 , first meeting, 14
Jan. 1875. Memoirs entitled " Archseologia," first published ini
1770; president, earl Stanhope, elected 1846; d. 24 Dec. 1875; suc-
ceeded by Frederic Ouvry; by the earl of Carnarvon, 1878.
British Archaeological Association founded Dec. 1843.
Archaeological Institute of Great Britain formed by a seceding part
of the association, 1845.
Society of Antiquaries of Edinburgh founded in 1780.
Since 1845 many county archaeological societies have been formed
in the United Kingdom
The Society of Antiquaries of France (1814) began in 1805 as the
Celtic Academy.
The Antiquary, a magazine, began 1880.
The American Antiquarian Society, incorporated at Worcester, Mass.,
12 Oct. 1812.
United States National Museum, organized at Washington, D C, 1846.
It possesses among other valuable material a collection of casts
from Palenquk, and other places in Yucatan and Mexico, pro-
cured by Mr Charney and purchased by Pierre Lorillard. The
government grants it $75,000 per annum.
Numismatic and Antiquarian Society, instituted at Philadelphia,
Pa., 1 Jan 1858.
Peabody Museum, founded at Cambridge, Mass., 8 Oct. 1866 Con-
nected with Harvard university This is the leading archaeological
institution in the U. S.
Archaeological Institute of America, organized at Boston, Mass.,
17 May, 1879 Object, the promotion and direction of archaeolog-
ical investigations, both American and foreign. The American
Journal of Archceology and History of the Fine Arts is the official
organ of this institute, established 1885, pub. quarterly.
American School of Classical Study at Athens, Greece; founded by
the Archaeological Institute of America, 2 Oct. 1882. Supported
by a number of the principal colleges in the U. S. It co-operates
with the Archaeological Institute in conducting explorations and
excavations of classic sites, etc. Egypt.
anti-rentism. The first settled territory m the state
of New York along the Hudson was granted by the Dutch
government to settlers termed "patroons" in fee, especially in:
Albany, Rensselaer, Delaware, Greene, and Columbia coun-
ties. The largest manors were that about Albany, granted
in 1630 to the Van Rensselaers, and confirmed by James II.,
and at first covering over 300,000, acres, lying mostly in Al-
bany and Rensselaer counties, and the Livingston manor, in
Columbia county, granted in 1686, covering 160,240 acres.
The original Dutch settlers were satisfied with the condi-
tions offered by the patroons. But difficulties began soon after
the Revolution, and on 7 Jan. 1795, the Livingston manor ten-
antry called on the legislature to examine the patroon's title,
claiming that the grant was fraudulently enlarged. The
trouble subsided until the death of Stephen Van Rensselaer,
in 1839, when the rents had fallen into arrears and the at-
tempt to collect for his successor was resisted. " Anti-renters "
became an organized body in state politics, supported by the
" Seward wing " of the Whigs and the " Barnburners" of the
Democracy, and sees. 12, 13, 14, and 15 of art. 1 of the state
constitution of 1846 were introduced by their efforts. In a
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suit brought by the attorney-gen. against Harmon Livingston
to try his title the state was beaten. Troops were sent to
Rensselaersville from Albany in 1839 to enforce the law, but
there was no foe to subdue. In Aug. 1845, an officer named
Steele was shot while trying to collect rent in Delaware county,
(iov. Wright proclaimed the county in a state of insurrection.
In this act the disturbance culminated. Two persons were con-
victed and sentenced to death for this murder, but gov. Wright,
commuted the sentence to imprisonment for life, and his suc-
cessor, gov. Young, pardoned them in 1847. These vast mano-
rial estates have now been broken up among small proprietors.
anti-slavery party. Free-Soil party. Polit-
ical PARTIES, Slavery in the U. S.
anti - slavery SOeieties. Slavery, United
States.
An tt - Trinitarians. Theodotus of Byzantium,
about 200 A.D., is supposed to have been the first theologian to
assert the simple humanity of Jesus. This doctrine, advocated
by Arius about 318, spread widely after the Keformation, when
it was adopted by Laelius and Faustus Socinus. Arians, So-
ciNiANS, Unitarians.
Antium, maritime city of Latium, now Porto d'Anzio,
near Rome ; struggled long for independence, but became a
Roman colony after the Latin war, 340-338 b.c. It is men-
tioned by Horace, and was a favorite retreat of emperors and
wealthy Romans, who erected villas in its vicinity. The
treasures in the temple of Fortune here were taken by Oc-
tavius Caesar in his war with Antony, 41 B.C.
Antwerp (Fr. Anvers), the principal port of Bel-
gium, mentioned in history, 517- It was a small republic in
the 11th century, and was the first commercial city in Europe
till the wars of 'the 16th century. Pop. 1891, 227,225.
Its fine exchange built 1531
[It was taken by the Spaniards and given up to a three
days' pillage, 4 Nov. 1576, termed the "Spanish Fury."]
Taken after 14 months' siege by the prince of Parma, 17 Aug. 1585
Truce of Antwerp (between Spain and United Provinces) for 12
years concluded 2!) Mch. 1609
Peter Paul Rubens (b. Siegen, Westphalia, 29 June, 1577) dies
30 May, 1640
Much injured by tolls on the Scheldt levied by the treaty of
Munster 1648
After Marlborough's victory at Raraillies, Antwerp surrenders
at once 6 June, 1706
The Barrier treaty concluded here 16 Nov. 1715
Taken bv marshal Saxe 9 May, 1746
Occupied by the French 1792-93, 1794-1814
Great Napoleon wharves built 1803-10
Civil war between the Belgians and the House of Orange. Bel-
gium 1830-31
Belgian troops, entering Antwerp, were opposed by a Dutch
garrison, who, after a hard flght, being driven into the cita-
del, cannonaded the town with red-hot balls 27 Oct. 1830
The citadel bombarded by the French, 4 Dec. ; surrendered bv
gen. ChassfS 23 Dec. 1832
Exchange burned; archives, etc., destroyed 2 Aug. 1858
A fine-art fete held 17-20 " 1861
Great Napoleon wharf destroyed by fire; loss, 25 lives and
about 400,000Z 2 Dec. "
Great fete at the opening of the port by the abolition of the
Scheldt dues 3 Aug. 1863
Fortifications constructed 1860-70
Statue of Leopold I. uncovered 2 Aug. 1868
Plantin-Moretus Museum, containing collections of about 300
years — viz., 12,000 old letters, printing- types, portraits, etc.,
made by the Plantins (descendants of Charles de Tiercelin,
seigneur de la Roche du Maine), who were printers to the
kings of Spain — opened about 20 Aug. 1877
Anvar-i -ISuliaili, or the JAgtit» of Cano-
pus, the ancient Persian version of the ancient fables of
Pilpay, Bidpai, or Vishnu Sarma, made by Husain Vaiz, at
the order of Nushirvan, king of Persia. The English trans-
lation by E. B. Eastwick published 1854. Fables.
Apaelies. Indians.
ap'atite, mineral phosphate of lime, about 1856, began
to be largely employed as a fertilizer. It abounds in Norway,
and in Sombrero, a small West India island.
Apoc'alypseorItevelation,writtenbySt.John
in the isle of Patmos about 95 a.d. ; others ascribe it to Cerin-
thus, the heretic, or John, the presbyter, of Ephesus. In the
first centuries many churches disowned it; and in the fourth
century it was excluded from the sacred canon by the council
of Laodicea, but received by other councils, and confirmed by
APO.
that of Trent, held in 1545 et seq. Although the book had
been rejected by Luther, Michaelis, and others, and its author-
ity questioned in all ages, from the time of Justin Martyr
(who wrote his first " Apology for Christians " in 139 a.d.), its
canonical authority is generally accepted.
Apoc'rypha (Gr. airoKpvcpa, concealed writings), the
name given by the early church to books or treatises claimed
to be inspired, but not admitted to the canon of Scripture,
especially to 14 books added to the Hebrew Bible in the
ancient Greek and Latin versions. The preface to the Apoc-
rypha says, " These books are neyther found in the Hebrue
nor in the Chalde."— .BiWe, 1539. Their history ends 135 b.c.
They are not in the Jewish canon, were rejected at the council
of Laodicea about 366 a.d., but were received as canonical by
the Catholic council of Trent, 8 Apr. 1546. Parts of them
were read as lessons of the church of England, by the 6th
article, 1563, but many of these were omitted bv the act passed
B.C.
1 Esdras from about 623-445
2 Esdras " * *
Tobit " 734-678
Judith " 656
Esther " 510
Wisdom of Solomon * *
Ecclesiasticus 300 or 180
Baruch * *
Song of the Three Children * *
History of Susannah * *
Bel and the Dragon .*. * *
Prayer of Manasses 676
1 Maccabees about 323-135
2 Maccabees from about 187-161
The Apocryphal New Testament consists of forged gospels and epis-
tles, never received by the churches.
ApollinaristS, followers of ApolUnaris, a reader in
the church of Laodicea, who taught (366) that the divinity of
Christ was instead of a soul to him; that his flesh was pre-
existent, was sent down from heaven, and conveyed through
the Virgin , that there were two sons, one born of God, the
other of the Virgin, etc. These opinions were condemned by
the council of Constantinople, 381.
Apollo, son of Zeus and Leto, god of the fine arts, medi-
cine, music, poetry, and eloquence, in many nations of antiquity
identified with the sun, had many temples and statues. His
most splendid temple, at Delphi, was built 1263 b.c. Delphi.
His temple at Daphne, built 434 b,c., during a pestilence, was
burned 362 a.d., and the Christians were accused of the crime.
— Lenglet. The statue of Apollo Belvedere, discovered at An-
tium in 1503, was purchased by pope Julius II. and placed in
the Vatican. Sculpture.
apolog[ies for Cliristianity were addressed by
Justin Martyr to the emperor Antoninus Pius about 139, and
to the Roman senate about 164. Apologies were written by
Quadratus, Aristides, and other early fathers of the church.
Apostles (Gr. airoaToXoQ, one sent forth). 12 were
appointed by Christ, 31 a.d. — viz., Simon Peter and Andrew
(brothers), James and John (sons of Zebedee), Philip, Nathan-
ael (or Bartholomew), Matthew (or Levi), Thomas, James the
Less (son of Alphaeus), Simon the Canaanite and Jude or Thad-
deus (brothers), and Judas Iscariot. Matthias was elected in
the room of Judas Iscariot, 33 a.d. (Acts i.); and Paul and
Barnabas were appointed by the Holy Spirit, 45 a.d. (Acts
xiii. 2). " The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles," a small vel-
lum volume in Greek, dated about 1056, discovered by Philo-
theos Bryennios, metropolitan of Nicomedea, in the library of
the Holy Sepulchre monastery at Constantinople in 1873 ; and
published by him in 1875. The compo.sition is ascribed to the
1st centurj'. The text, with English translation and introduc-
tion, was published by R. D. Hitchcock and Francis Brown in
1884; improved edition, spring, 1885. In law, " the apostles"
are a summary of a case sent by any court to an appellate
court for review.
Apostles' Creed, erroneously so called, is mentioned
as the Roman creed by Rufinus (d. about 410). Iren.-eus, bish-
op of Lyons (d. 202), gives a creed resembling it. Its repetition
in public worship was ordained in the Greek church at Antioch,
and in the Roman church in the 11th century, whence it passed
to the church of England.
Apostolie Succession is claimed to be the trans-
APO
mission through the laying on of hands of the power and au-
thority committed by Christ to his apostles for the guidance
and government of the church. Those who hold the doc-
trine of ajwstolic succession claim that Christ as the head of
the church established through his apostles a hierarchical or-
der whicli has continued unbroken from its establishment to
the present. This excludes all from the ministry who cannot
show proper ordination. This doctrine is held by the Roman
Catholic church and most Episcopalians. The rev. John II.
Blunt, M.A.F.S.A., in his dictionary of " Doctrinal and Histori-
cal Theology," says, "The doctrine of the 'apostolic succes-
sion ' has been held by the most learned writers of the church
of England, as Andrews, Bramhall, Hammond, Hall, Taylor,
Wilson, and many others, and is the only foundation on which
episcopacy can rest as a divine institution." All Episcopalians
do not so believe. Dean Alford declares," It is a fiction of which
I find in the New Testament no trace"; and archbishop Whate-
ly says, " There is not a minister in Christendom who is able
to trace up with any degree of certainty his own spiritual pedi-
gree." Opponents say that Paul never received apostolic or-
dination ; that there is no historical evidence of an unbroken
line of succession ; that ministers are a divine order only in
the sense that it is the divine will that there should be an
office of the ministry in the Christian church for divinely ap-
pointed work.
ApOitoIical. Canons and Fathers.
Apostol'ici, a sect, at the end of the 2d century, which
renounced marriage, wine, flesh, etc. Another sect, founded
by Sagarelli about 1261, wandered about, clothed in white, with
long beards, dishevelled hair, and bare heads, accompanied by
women called spiritual sisters, preaching against the corrup-
tions of the church of Rome, and predicting its downfall. They
renounced baptism, the mass, purgatory, etc., and by their en-
emies were accused of licentiousness. Sagarelli was burned
alive at Parma in 1300, his followers were dispersed in 1307,
and extirpated about 1404.
apoth'ccary (literally, a keeper of a storehouse). On
10 Oct. 1345, Edward III. settled sixpence per diem for life on
Coursus de Gangeland, apothecarius London', for taking care
of him during his severe illness in Scotland.— i?j/?wer's Foe-dera.
In 1518 the physicians of London were incorporated, and the
barber-surgeons in 1540. But independently of the physicians
and the surgeons there were irregular practitioners who were
molested by their rivals, and an act was passed in 1548 for
their protection. As many of these practitioners kept shops
for the sale of medicines, the term "apothecary" was ap-
plied to their calling. Pharmacy and Medical science.
Apothecaries incorporated with grocers 1606
London Apothecaries' company separated from the Grocers'
and incorporated, 1617 , hall built 1670
Their practice regulated and their authority extended through
England by the Apothecaries act, 1815; amended, 1825; they
are authorized to license practitioners of medicine in 1874
[In the U. S. an apothecary is simply a seller of drugs, under
such restrictions as to competency and license as are im-
posed by the law of each state.]
apotheo'iis (Gr. d7ro9ew<Ttc, deification), the eleva-
tion of a king or hero to the rank of a god. Julius Caesar was
deified by order of Augustus, 13 b.c. "• Sixty persons alto-
gether are recorded as having been raised to divine honors
from the time of Caesar to that of Constantine. The estab-
lishment of Christianity put an end to apotheosis as an avowed
belief and a public ceremony, although the principle on which
it rested is still conspicuous in the adoration and invocation
of saints by the Latin, Greek, and African churches." — Encyc.
Brit. 9th ed.
Appala'chian Mountains, the general name
of a vast system of elevation near the eastern or Atlantic coast
of the United States. The name is taken from a tribe of Ind-
ians, the Appalachees, living in middle Florida, or near the
Appalachicola river. The range extend from northern Ala-
bama to northern Maine, 1400 miles; known in New Hamp-
shire as the White Mountains, in Vermont as the Green,
in New York as the Adirondack and Catskill, in Penn-
sylvania as the Alleghany, in Virginia as the Blue Ridge, in
North Carolina as the Smoky, in Tennessee and Alabama as
the Cumberland, and in Georgia as the Sand, Lookout, etc.
Mt. Mitchell, in North Carolina, is the highest peak, 6711 ft. ;
36 APP
Balsam Cone, in the same range (Smoky) and state is second,
6671 ft.
appeal or assize of battle. By the old law
of England a prosecutor, when dissatisfied with the acquittal
or the pardon of the accused, might institute an action, within
a year, for the penalty, when the accused must either accept a
new trial by jury or demand a " wager of battle," that is, a duel
with the prosecutor, to determine his guilt or innocence. In
1817 a young maid, Mary Ashford, was believed to have been
violated and murdered by Abraham Thornton, who, on trial,
was acquitted. On appeal, he claimed his right by wager of
battle, which the court allowed ; but the appellant (the brother
of the maid) refused the challenge, and the accused was dis-
charged, 16 Apr. 1818. This law was repealed by 69 Geo. IIL
c. 46, 1819.
In 1631 lord Rea impeached David Ramsey of treason, and offered
battle in proof; a commission was appointed, but the duel was pro-
hibited by king James I.
appeals. In the time of Alfred (869-901), appeals lay
from courts of justice to the king in council; but being soon
overwhelmed with appeals from all parts of England, he framed
a body of laws which long served as the basis of English juris-
prudence. The house of lords is the highest court of appeal
in civil causes. Courts of appeal at the exchequer chamber, in
error from the judgments of the superior and criminal courts,
were regulated by statutes in 1830 and 1848. Appeals from
English tribunals to the pope were first introduced about 1151,
were long vainly opposed, and were abolished by Henry VIII.
1534; restored by Mary, 1554; again abolished by Elizabeth,
1559. A proposition for establishing an imperial court of ap-
peal submitted to the house of lords by the lord chancellor
Hatherly, 15 Apr. ; was referred to a select committee, 30 Apr.
1872. A similar proposition by lord chancellor Selborne, 13
Feb. 1873. Privy Council, and Justices, Lord.
The jurisdiction of the house of lords as a court of appeal was abol-
ished by the Judicature act, 1873. The abolition was suspended
in 1875 ; and a provisional court established, which first sat 8 Nov.
1875: present the lord chancellor, lord Coleridge, baron Bramwell,
and justice Brett.
The house of lords was reconstructed as a court of final appeal by
the Appellate Jurisdiction act introduced by lord Cairns, 11 Feb.,
and passed 11 Aug. 1876.
Two lords of appeal are appointed; to be peers for life. Appeals
may be heard during prorogation or dissolution of parliament.
The new Supreme Court of Appeal first sat 21 Nov. 1876. Courts
OF THE United States.
Appenzell, a Swiss canton, threw off the supremacy
of the abbots of St. Gall early in the 1 5th centurj', and became
the 13th member of the Swiss confederation, 1513. Furnished
soldiers to the Catholic party of France against Henry IV. in
the battle of Ivry, 1590.
" With all its priest-led citizens and all its rebel peers,
And Appenzell's stout infantry and Egmont's Flemish spears."
— Macaulay.
Appian Way (appia via). Roads.
apples {Pirus Malus). Several kinds are indigenous to
England ; but those in general use have come from the conti-
nent. Richard Harris, fruiterer to Henry VIII., is said to have
planted orchards in Kent; and lord Scudamore, ambassador to
France in the reign of Charles I., planted many in Hereford-
shire. Ray reckons 78 varieties of apples in his day (1688).
The- Romans had 22 varieties {Pliny). No country in the
world excels the northern United States in this fruit, either
in quality, quantity, or variety. Flowers and Plants.
apportionment of members of congress. Reprk-
SENTATIVES.
apprentices. Those of London were obliged to wear
blue cloaks in summer and blue gowns in winter in the reign
of Elizabeth, 1558. 10 pounds was then a great apprentice
fee. From 20 to 100 pounds were given in the reign of
James I. — Stoio's Survey. The apprentice tax enacted 43
Geo. HI. 1802. The term of 7 years, not to expire till the
apprentice was 24 years old, required by the statute of Eliza-
beth (1563), was abolished in 1814. Adam Smith strongly dis-
approved of apprenticeship. An act for the protection of ap-
prentices, etc., was passed in 1851. The apprentices of London
have been, at times, very riotous ; they rose in insurrection
against foreigners on Evil May-day, 1 May, 1517. London.
appropriations of church property began in the
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time of William I. The parochial clergy, commonly Saxons,
Avere impoverished by bishops and higher clergy (generally
Normans), to enrich monasteries possessed by the conqueror's
friends. Where the tithes were so appropriated the vicar had
only such a competency as the bishop or superior thought fit
to allow. Pope Alexander IV. complained of this as the bane
of religion, the destruction of the church, and a poison that
infected the nation. Lay appropriations began after the dis-
solution of the monasteries, 1536.
appropriatioiii by €ongre§§. The Congress
of the United States makes appropriations for the expenses of
the government for each fiscal year ending June 30. The fol-
lowing is a list of the different objects for which the appro-
priations are made :
Deficiencies. Forts and fortifications.
Legislative, executive. Military academy,
and judicial. Post-office department.
Sundry civil. Pensions.
Army. Consular and diplomatic.
Navy. Agricultural department.
Indian. District of Columbia.
River and harbor. Miscellaneous.
While the amounts for the various objects vary from year to
year, the total is increasing, owing largely to the pension ac-
count. The total appropriations for the year 1880 were $162,-
404,248, for pensions $56,233,200 ; 1890, -$218, 115,440, for pen-
sions $81,758,700; 1893, $304,710,198, pensions $146,737,350.
a'pricot, Prunus A rmeniaca, from Asia Minor, said to
have been first planted in England about 1540 by the gar-
dener of Henry VIII.
April, the fourth month of our year, the second of the
ancient Romans. In many countries, as England, France, Ger-
many, and the United States, the custom has long prevailed
of seeking victims on the 1st of April for practical jokes. Its
origin is unknown. In Scotland the subject of the trick is
called a " gowk," in the United States an " April fool," and in
France "poisson (TAvril" " April fish."
ap'teryx (wingless), a bird of New Zealand, first brought
to England in 1813, and in the collection of the earl of
Derby. Fossil specimens of a gigantic species (named Di-
nornis) were discovered in New Zealand by Walter Mantell
in 1843 and since.
Apu'lia, a province in S. E. Italy. The people favored
Hannibal, and were severely punished by the Romans at his
retreat, 207 b.c. Apulia was conquered by the Normans, whose
leader Guiscard received the title of duke of Apulia from pope
Nicholas II. in 1059. After many changes of masters it was
absorbed into the kingdom of Naples in 1265.
Aqua'rians. A branch of the Encratites, followers of
Tatian, about 170 a.d., who denounced marriage, used water
instead of wine in the Lord's supper, and met secretly at night
during persecution ; also certain Christians in Africa, in the 3d
century, who took water instead of wine in the eucharist, and
were censured by Cyprian (martyred 258).
aqua'riuin or aquaviva'rium, a vessel con-
taining water (marine or fresh) in which animals and plants
may coexist, mutually supporting each other; snails being in-
troduced as scavengers. In 1849 N. B. Ward succeeded in
growing seaweeds in artificial sea-water; in 1850 R. War-
ington demonstrated the conditions necessary for the growth
of animals and plants in jars of water; and in 1853 the glass
tanks in the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, London, were
set up by D. Mitchell. In 1854 Mr. Gosse published "The
Aquarium." W. Alford Lloyd, late of Portland Road, London,
by his enterprise in collecting specimens, did much to increase
the value and interest of aquaria and erected several. The
great aquarium (50 yards long and 12 wide) at the Jardin
d'Acclimatation at Paris, was constructed under his direction
in 1860. He also constructed the aquarium at Hamburg and
others. That at Brighton was inaugurated by prince Arthur,
30 Mch., and publicly opened by the mayor, 10 Aug. 1872.
That at the Crystal Palace was opened Jan. 1872.
a'quedllCt§, artificial channels or conduits for convey-
ing water, especially for supplying large cities. The struct-
ures of masonry or iron by which such channels cross rivers or
valleys are properly called aqueduct bridges. An aqueduct
built by Eupalinus, an architect of Megara, to supply the
AQU
city of Samos with water is described by Herodotus (b. 484
B.C.). Its southern entrance was accidentally discovered in
1883. Among the finest and best preserved of the ancient
Grecian aqueducts, still in use at Syracuse, are one 12 miles
long, feedmg the fountain of Arethusa from the Anapus, and
one from the springs of Mt. Crimiti. Of the ancient Roman
aqueducts and more modern structures the following examples
are noteworthy ; o i
Aqua Appia at Rome, about 10 miles iu length, begun by Ap.
312
27
A.D.
plus Claudius
Aqua Marcia,, at Rome, length 6o" miles,' about 7* nii'lesbuiVt on
arches and high enough to supply water to the summit of
the Capitohne mount; built by Q. Marcius Rex 144
Aqua Julia, at Rome; total length about 15 miles. 7 of which
were above ground, partly on arches. Part of the distance
It was carried above and on the same foundation with Aqua
Tepula and Aqua Marcia; built. .... 33
Aqueduct at Nismes, or Pont du Card, to carry 'waterVrom the
Eure and the Airan to Nismes, a distance of about 25 miles
It crosses the river Gardon at a height of over 150 ft. on a
bridge 885 ft. long, with 3 tiers of arches. Supposed to have
been built about
Aqua Claudia, about 46, and Anio Novus, about 59 miles long
over 9 miles built on arches, some 109 ft. in height united
near Rome, and were carried on the same foundation one
above the other. Built 38-52
Aqueduct bridge of Spoleto; length, 8I0' ft.';' height, '426 ft' •
composed of 2 tiers of gothic arches, 10 below and 30 above'
built by Theodoric, king of the Goths, over the river De la
Morgia -^,
Aqueduct to supply water of the Belgrade- valley to 'Constanti-
nople includes the Crooked aqueduct, the aqueduct of Jus-
tinian, 840 ft. long and 112 high, probably erected in the time
of Cdnstantine, and the Long aqueduct, 85 ft. in height, 2229
in length, and composed of 2 tiers of arches, 50 in the up-
per and 48 in the lower. The latter structure was erected
by Suleiman the Magnificent 1550
Acqua Paola, supplying the Vatican at Rome, composed of the
ancient Aqua Trajana, built 110 a.d., and restored by Belisa-
rius, 537 a.d., and the Alsietina, united and restored by
I'aul V : 16H
Aqueduct bridge of Maintenon, to convey the waters of the
Eure to Versailles, 4400 ft. in length. 200 ft. high; work be-
gun 1684, and after costing 22,000,000 francs, abandoned.. . 1688
Aqueduct bridge at Lisbon, crosses a valley 2400 ft. in width
by several arches, the largest 250 ft. in height and 115 ft.
span, completed in 1733
Aqueduct of Arcueil, ten miles long, built to supply Paris,
passes over the valley of Arcueil by a bridge, 1200 ft. long
and 72 ft. high, consisting of 25 arches. It was originallv
built by Julian, 360 a.d.; was repaired in 1613 by order o"f
Mary de Medici to supply the Luxembourg; rebuilt in 1634.
and again in 177T
Aqueduct bridge carrying the EUesmere canal over the river
Ceiriog, in AVales; length, 710 ft. ; height, 70 ft. The first in
which iron plates forming the bottom were used; work be-
gun, 17 June, 1796; completed 1801
Aqueduct bridge on EUesmere canal, over the Dee, 1007 ft. long,
126 ft. high; completed by T. Telford and opened 26 Dec. 1805
Canal de I'Ourcq, 60 miles in length, built to supply Paris. . .1801-22
Roquefavour aqueduct bridge over the Arc, France, 1289 ft.
long; built on 3 stages of arches a total height of 271 ft.;
cost, $750,000; is a part of the Marseilles conduit to supply
waters of the Durance river, built 1841-47
High bridge, carries the old Croton aqueduct, N. Y., over the
Harlem river. Conduit consists of 2 3-foot cast-iron and 1
7-foot wrought-iron pipe on a granite bridge of 15 spans 100
ft. above high-water. Length of aqueduct, 38^ miles; built
18:^7-42
Aqueduct bridge carrying the Ganges canal over the r.ver
Solani, is 920 ft. in length, and consists of 15 arches. The
canal cros.ses the valley, which is 2 to 3 miles wide, on a
raised embankment averaging 17 ft. in height. Canal opened 1854
AVashington aqueduct, supplying AVashington, D. C, with wa-
ter from the Potomac, crosses Cabin John creek on a single
arch of masonry, with a span of 220 ft. On the same line
is the Georgetown creek bridge. 200 ft. span, with 2 cords
of iron pipe 4 ft. in diameter, used as water conduits. Aque-
duct built 1852-69
Loch Katrine aqueduct of the Glasgow water- works, is 35 miles
in length, about 26 of which is aqueduct proper. 3 valleys
are crossed by iron siphon-pipes, and on the line is the
Drymen bridge, and one 70 ft. in height at Ballewan. Aque-
duct built 1856-(lct. 1859
Vaune aqueduct, 83 miles in length, supplies Paris with water
from the Dhuys and Vanne. 37 miles are constructeil of
B^ton Agglom6r6. There are 8 or 10 bridges, 2)4 to 3 miles
of arches, and 11 miles of tunnels. Aqueduct completed 1869
Aqueduct from Kaiserbrunn springs to Rosenhiigcl, 2 miles
from Vienna; total length, 56i^ miles. There are 16 miles
of tunnels and 9><^ miles of masonry bridges, the flnesl of
which is the MOdling, crossing a narrow gorge from tunnel
to tunnel. Aqueduct begun, 1869, and completed, at a cost
of nearly $11.000,000 Sept 1873
Conduit supplying Boston from Sudbury river, crosses the
Charles by a granite aqueduct bridge 475 ft. long and 75 ft.
high ; length of aqueduct, 16 miles. Aqueduct built 1875-78
AQU '
Aqueduct to supply Baltimoro with water from Gunpowder
rivor, a continuous tunnel 7 niilos long, begun 1876; opening
celebrated Oct. 1881
Aqueduct !(» miles long to supply Venice with water, begun in
1880; completed and inaugumted '2;id July, 1885
Aqueduct to supply Liverpool with water from the Vyrnwy
valley. North Wales, (W miles in length; authorized 188();
water let into the distributing reservoir at Proscott, 19 June, 1891
Croto.v Aqi'kdcct, Tunnkls.
Aqtlid'aban, Paraguay. Here the war with Brazil
eniletl with the defeat and death of president Lopez, 1 Mch.
1870.
Aq'llila, S. Italy. Near here the Arragoncse under the
coudottiere Braccio Forte-Braccio were defented by the allied
papal, Neapolitan, and Milanese army under Jacob Caldora,
2 June, 1424. Braccio, a wounded prisoner, refused to take
foot!, and died, 5 June.
AQUilC'ia, Istria, made a Roman colony about 180 b.c.
and fortitied 168 a.i>. Constantino II. was slain in a battle
with Onstans, fought at Aquileia towards the close of Mch.
340. Maxiraus defeated and slain by Theodosius, near Aqui-
leia, 28 July, 388. Theodosius defeated Eugenius and Arbo-
gastes, the Gaul, near Aquileia, and remained sole emperor, 6
Sept. 394. Eugenius was put to death, and Arbogastcs died
by his own hand. St Ambrose held a synod here in 381. In
452 Aquileia was almost totally destroyed by Attila the Hun,
and near it in 489 Theodoric and the Ostrogoths totally de-
feated Odoacer, the king of Italy.
AQUitaine', the Roman province Aquitania (S.W.
France), so called from its inhabitants, the Aquitani, conquered
by the Romans, 28 b.c. ; by the Visigoths, 418 a.d. ; taken
from them by Clovis in 507. Henry II. of England obtained
it with his wife Eleanor, 1152. It was made a principality for
Edward the Black Prince in 1362; but annexed to^^France in
1370. The title, duke of Aquitaine, was assumed by Henry
V. of England, by right of conquest, in 1418. The province
was lost in the reign of Henr}' VI.
Ara'bia, W. Asia. The terms Petrcen (stony), Felix
(happy), and Deserta are said to have been applied to its di-
visions by Ptolemy, about 140 a.d. The Arabs claim descent
from Ishmael, the eldest son of Abraham, born 1910 b.c. (Gen.
xvi.). Arabia was unsuccessfully invaded by Gallus, Roman
governor of Egypt, 24 b.c. In 622 A.D., Arabians under the
name of Saracens, followers of Mahomet (b. at Mecca, 570),
their general and prophet, commenced their conquests. Ma-
hometan ism. Arabia was conquered by Ottomans, 1518-39.
The Arabs fostered literature and science, especially mathe-
matics, astronomy, and chemistry. The Koran was written
in Arabic (622-632). The Bible was printed in Arabic in
1671. Wahabeks. The aggression of the Turks on the
South Arabs excited jealousy in England, and was checked
by the sultan, Nov. 1873. An Egyptian commission for the
preservation of Arab monuments was appointed Jan. 1882.
Area, 173,700 sq. miles; pop. estimated, 6,000,000.
Arabian Blights' Entertainnienti (or looi
Nights) are the "Contes Arabes " collected by Antoine Gal-
land, a French Orientalist who travelled under the patronage
of Colbert. They were published in Paris in 12 vols, in 1704-8,
but their authenticity was doubted for many years. It is now
admitted that they were composed in substantially their pres-
ent form not long after 1500 a.d.; but scholars have found in
various languages much older originals for many of the best
of them. The best English translation is that of E. W. Lane,
published 1839, with notes and illustrations. Sir Richard
Burton in 1887 found two of these tales in Arabic in a Per-
sian library.
Arabic fig^ures (i, 2, 3, etc.). Ahithmetic.
Ar'a^on, part of the Roman Tarraconensis, a kingdom,
N. E. Spain, was conquered by the Carthaginians, who were
expelled by the Romans about 200 b.c. It became an inde-
pendent monarch}' in 1035 a.d. Spain.
Aram, Aramaea, from the Hebrew Aram (" high
land," as distinguished from Canaan, "low land"), a name
given to the country N, E. of Palestine, including Syria, Baby-
lonia, and Mesopotamia. The people used two dialects: in
the west, Syriac; in the east, Aramaic (improperly termed
Chaldee), called Hebrew at the time of Christ.
ARB
AraiVlUCZ (a-ran-hweth'), C. Spain, contains a fine
royal palace, at which several important treaties were con-
cluded. On 17 Mch. 1808, an insurrection against Charles IV.
and his favorite, (iodoy, the prince of peace, compelled Charles
to abdicate in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII., 19 Mcli.
Arap'ahoCN. Indians.
Ar'arat, a mountain in Armenia (about 17,112 feet above
the sea-level), on which Noah's ark is supposed to have rest-
ed, 2349 B.C. The Persians call it Koh-i-Nuh (Noah's moun-
tain) ; the Armenians, Masis ; the Turks, Agri-Dagh.
It was ascended by Dr. Parrot, 27 Sept. 1829; by major Stuart, 1856,
and by others since. Mr. James Bryce, who ascended 11, 12 Sept.
187('). describes the summit as a little plain of snow, silent and
desolate, with a bright, green sky above; the view, stern, green,
and monotonous.
Arauea'nia, a district on the Pacific coast of South
America, extending northward about 190 miles from the par-
allel of 40 S. lat. Its inhabitants waged intermittent war with
the Spaniards from 1537 to 1773, when their independence was
recognized. They are now nominally subject to Chili.
Arau'HiO, now Orailg'e, S. E. France. Through the
jealousy of the Roman proconsul, Q. Servilius Cfepio, who
would not wait for the army of the consul C. Manlius, both
were routed here by the Cimbri, 105 b.c.
Arbe'la. The third and decisive battle between Alex-
ander the Great and Darius Codomanus decided the fate of
Persia, 1 Oct. 331 b.c., on a plain in Assyria, between Arbela
and Gaugamela. The army of Darius consisted of 1,000,000
foot and 40,000 horse; the Macedonian army amounted to
only 40,000 foot and 7000 horse. — A?-rian. The gold and
silver found in Susa, Persepolis, and Babylon, which fell to
Alexander from this victory, amounted to thirty millions ster-
ling; and the jewels and other precious spoil, belonging to
Darius, sufficed to load 20,000 mules and 5000 camels.— P/m-
tarch.
arbitration (in law). Submission to arbitration was
authorized and made equivalent to the decision of a jury by 9
and 10 Will. IIL (1698). Submissions to arbitration may' be
made rules of any court, and arbitrators may compel attend-
ance of witnesses, 3 and 4 Will. IV. c. 42 (1833). The Com-
mon Law Procedure act (1854) authorizes judges of superior
courts to order compulsory arbitration ; and, by an act of 1859,
railway companies may settle disputes with each other by
arbitration. The Arbitration (Masters and Workmen) act was
passed 6 Aug. 1872. In New York and some other state.'j,
arbitrations and references are provided for by law, and the
awards may have the force of judgments of courts of record.
Alabama Claims, Fisiiekies.
Arbor Day, for restorng forest trees ; devised and rec-
ommended by gov. Morton of Nebraska, especially to raise a bar-
rier of trees to protect the land from the fierce winds of the west
and south. Owing to the rapid disappearance of forest trees,
and the desire to extend the forests, the day became exceed-
ingly popular, and most of the states have legalized it. Its
observance may be said to be entirely under tlie control of the
public schools. The date of the observance of Arbor Day in
the states where established is as follows: Hirst observed
California 27 Nov. 1886
Colorado 3d Friday in Apr. 1884
Connecticut, day designated by gov 1886
Florida " " '•
Illinois " " " 1887
Indiana, 2 days Apr. , Nov. 1884
Iowa Apr. or iMay, 1882
Kansas, day fixed by gov.
Kentucky, instituted by joint resolution of Gen. Assembly 1886
Maine 1887
Maryland, legalized 1884 1888
Massachusetts, last Saturday in Apr. by proc 1886
Michigan, by proc. of gov 1885
Minnesota, not established by law "
Mi.ssouri, legalized Apr. 1886
Nebraska, originator, legalized 22 Apr. 1872
[Since starting, up to 1890, 400,000,000 trees planted.]
Nevada, legalized Apr. 1887
N'ew .Jersey. " " 1884
New York, legalized Friday following 1 May 3 May, 1889
Ohio, legalized 26 Apr. 1882
Oregon. " " 1889
Pennsylvania, legalized 2 days Apr., Oct. 1885
Rhode Island, " not observed.
Tennessee, " Nov. 1887
ARB
39
Texas, legalized 22 Feb. 1889
Vermont, not legalized, but observed 1885
Wisconsin, legalized 30 Apr. 1889
Arbutlmot and Aiiil>ri§ter, €a§e of. Alex-
.ander Arbuthnot, a Scotchman, then nearly 70 years of age,
came to Florida from New Providence in his own schooner in
1817, to trade with the Indians. Ambrister, born in London in
1785, was a lieutenant in the English marine service, and was
present at the battle of Waterloo. For fighting a duel with
a brother officer he was suspended for one A'ear. While with
his uncle, the governor of New Providence, he m.et Arbuthnot,
with whom he visited Florida. Here it was alleged they be-
came implicated in Indian difficulties that gen. Jackson was
sent to quell in 1818. By order of gen. Jackson, Arbuthnot
^nd Ambrister were seized and tried by a military court con-
vened 26 Apr. 1818, at Fort St. Marks, Fla., gen. Ed. P. Gaines
president, for inciting the Creek Indians to war against the
United States. Ambrister made no defence, but threw him-
self on the mercy of the court. Arbuthnot was sentenced to
be hanged. Ambrister was first sentenced to be shot, but his
sentence was commuted to fifty stripes on the bare back, and
confinement at hard labor, with ball and chain, for one year.
Gen. Jackson disapproved the commutation, and ordered the
•original sentence in both cases to be carried out, which was
^done, 30 Apr. 1818. This arbitrary act of Jackson created
.great excitement at the time, and the attention of Congress
■was called to it. United States, 1819.
ar'butUi. The Arhutus Andrachne, Oriental straw-
berry-tree, was brought to England from the Levant about
1724. Flowers and Plants.
Arca'dia, a country in the centre of the Peloponnesus,
•Greece. The Arcadians regarded their nation as the most
ancientof Greece, and older than the moon {rrpoasXijvog, ante-
lunar, though Doderlein thinks it may mean pre-Hellenic).
Pelasgus is said, in their mythology, to have taught them to
feed on acorns, as more nutritious than herbs, their former
food ; for which they honored him as a god, 1521 b.c. Areas
afterwards taught them agriculture and the art of weaving.
From this second benefactor the people and their country
were respectively called Arcades and Arcadia. Here Pan, their
tutelary deity, invented the flute.
"And round us all the thicket rang
To many a flute of Arcady "
— Tennyson, " In Memoriam," xxiii.
The early history of Arcadia is that of the separate towns,
^vhich had no common political interests till the time of
Epaminondas. All dates and events earlier than the 7th cen-
tury B.C. are mythical.
Aristocrates I. (of Orchomenus) put to death for ofifering vio-
lence to the priestess of Artemis 715
Aristocrates II. stoned ; a republic founded 681
Arcadians fight under Sparta in the Persian wars 490-475
Supremacy of Sparta (acknowledged 560) abolished by the The-
bans ; Megalopolis founded by Epaminondas 371
Arcadians allied with Athens, defeated by Archidamus 367
Arcadia, having joined the Achaean league, on its suppression
is annexed by Rome 146
arcll. It appears in early Egyptian and Assyrian ar-
chitecture. The oldest arch in Europe is probably in the
Cloaca Maxima, at Rome, constructed under the early kings,
about 588 B.C. The ancient Chinese bridges are of great mag-
nitude, and are built with stone arches much like those of the
Romans. Triumphal arches were a leading feature of Roman
architecture ; especially those of Titus (80 a.d.), of Trajan
(U-i), and of Constantine (312). The arches in London parks
were erected about 1828. The Marble arch, formerly before
Buckingham palace (whence it was removed to Cumberland
^ate, Hyde park, in 1851) was modelled from the arch of Con-
stantine. Bridges.
arell£eolOg°y, thescienceof antiquities. Antiquaries.
arcliaeop'teryx (ancient bird), the earliest known
Dird, found in the lithographic slate of Solenhofen, by Her-
man von Meyer and dr. Haberlein in 1861, closely resembling
•a reptile. It was described by Owen in 1863.
Areliangel, N, Russia, a city, named from a monastery
founded here, and dedicated to St. Michael in 1584. The
passage to Archangel was discovered by the English navi-
gator Richard Chancellor in 1553 ; it was the only seaport of
Jiussia till the formation of the docks at Cronstadt, and foun-
ARC
dation of St. Petersburg in 1703. A fire destroved the cathe-
dral and upwards of 3000 houses in June, 1793. Pop. 1890,
20,000. '
arcllbi§llop (Gr. apxniriaKO'Trdi;), a title given in
the 4th and 6th centuries to bishops of chief cities, such as
Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Constantinople, who presided
over other metropolitans and bishops in surrounding districts.
The word is first found in the Apology against the Arians, by
Athanasius, who died 373. The Eastern archbishops have
since been styled patriarchs.— Riddle.
Before the Saxons came to England, there were 3 archbishops Lon-
don York, and Caerleon-upon-Usk; but soon after St. Augustin
settled the metropolitan see at Canterbury, 602. CAJfTERBURY
York continued archiepiscopal ; but London and Caerleon lost the
dignity. St. David's.
The bishoprics in Scotland were under the jurisdiction of the arch-
bishop of York until the archbishoprics of St. Andrew's and Glas-
gow were created in 1470 and 14.91; these last were discontinued
at the Revolution of 1688. Glasgow, St. Andrew's.
The bishop of Moray, etc., is now styled Primus.
The rank of archbishop was early in Ireland.
4 archbishops were constituted. Armagh, Cashel. Dublin, and Tuam
(until then the archbishop of Canterbury had jurisdiction over
Irish as well as English bishops, as the archbishop of York had
over those of Scotland), 1151.
Of these 4 archbishoprics 2 were reduced to bishoprics (Cashel and
Tuam) under the stat. 3 and 4 Will. IV. (leaving Armagh and Dub-
lin), which also reduced the 22 sees in Ireland to 12, 1833.
arclldeacoil, originally the first or eldest deacon,
who attended the bishop without power;' but since the council
of Nice his function has become a dignity above a priest's.
The appointment in Great Britain is referred to the 8th cen-
tury. There are 75 archdeacons in England (1878), 2 or more
to assist each bishop in the inspection and management of his
diocese. The archdeacon's court is the lowest in ecclesiastical
polit}' ; an appeal lies from it to the consistorial court, by 24
Henry VIII. (1532). A few dioceses of the Protestant Epis-
copal church in the United States have introduced the title
of archdeacon.
archery, the art of using the bow and arrow, especially
the long-bow, as distinguished from the cross-bow or arbalist, is
ascribed to Apollo, who communicated it to the Cretans.
Ishmael "became an archer " (Gen. xxi. 20) 1892
Philistine archers overcame Saul (1 Sam. xxxi. 3) 1056
David commanded the use of the bow to be taught (2 Sam. i. 18). 1055
Aster of Amphipolis, slighted by Philip, king of Macedon, at the
siege of Methone shot an arrow, inscribed, "Aimed at Philip's
right eye," which it put out; Philip drew out the arrow with
these words, " If Philip take the town, Aster shall be hanged,"
and kept his word 353
A.D.
Archery introduced into England previous to 440
Harold and his two brothers were killed by arrows from cross-
bows of Norman soldiers at battle of Hastings 1066
Richard I. revived archery in England in 1190, himself kliled
by an arrow while besieging the castle of a vassal in Nor-
mandy 1199
[The victories of Crecy (1346), Poictiers (1356), and Agin-
court (1415), were won chiefly by archers.]
4000 archers of the king surrounded the houses of parliament
ready to shoot; pacified by the king, 21 Richard II. — Slow. . 1397
Citizens of London formed companies of archers in the reign
of Edward III. ; and a corporate body called "The Fraternity
of St. George," 29 Henry VIII 1538
Roger Ascham's "Toxophilus, the School of Shooting." pub. . 1571
Scorton Annual Arrow Meetings — a silver arrow shot for; ar-
ticles agreed to 14 May, 1673
Royal company of archers, instituted by the marquess of Athol,
as the king's body-guard for Scotland 1676
The longbow was 6 ft. long, the arrow 3 ft. ; usual range from
300 to 500 yards. Robin Hood is said to have shot from 600
to 800 yards. The cross-bow was fixed to a stock, and dis-
charged with a trigger.
The use of the long-bow was taught in Kenyon College, Ohio, as
early as 1833. The archery revival in America dates ft-om the
year 1877, when the first club was organized in Oakland, CaL
Artillery Company, Toxophilites.
architecture (Lat. architectma, from Gr. apxiTtKTuiv,
chief artificer). The five great orders are, the Doric, Ionic,
and Corinthian (Greek); the Tuscan and Composite (RoTnan).
Gothic as well as Saracenic or Arabian arose about the 9th
century. Orders and Gothic. The architecture of a peo-
ple is an index of their mental and moral qualities, and of the
state of civilization which they have reached. It may be
considered more trustworthy than language in settling the
question of race.— Etiq/clopfBdic Dictiotiuiry. The five great
orders of architecture do not include all known styles. The
Chinese have one in eastern Asia, and in India are several,
ARC
and there existed more or less remote a Phoenician, a Jewish,
an Assyrian, a Babylonian, a IVrsepolitan, nnd a Sassanian,
and in America the Mexican ami IVrtivtan, while Europe has
the CyclojHjan, Etruscan, and nniidioal. The following are
the leading styles or phases of English architecture, arranged
in clironological order;
I. Korman 10f>6-1154
II. Trausitioual fVom Norman to Poiiittd 1154-1189
III. Karly Kuglish; First Pointed or l.iiiu.t 1189-1272
IV. Trausiiion from Early Pointed to Comil.U' 1272-1307
V. nwonited i:J07-1377
VI. Transitiomd from Docoratc<l i.) i'tiiHuthnilar 1377-1399
VII. Periwndicular 1399-1547
VIII. Tudor 1550-1600
IX. Jacobean 1603-1641
EoTPn AN.— Pyramids of Cheops or Suphis, Chephercn and
Mycerinus at Gizeh. Egypt, i. to iv. dynasty.
Great Sphinx and Temple. Egyht, iv. dynasty.
Ol)elisk ofOsortasen at Heliopolis, cir. 2400 ac. Eotpt, xii.
dynasty.
Temples of Kamac, Luxor, Isamboul, and the Colossi or
▼ocal Memnon, cir. 2000-1500 b.c. Egypt, xviii. dynasty.
IXDIAN.— Rock- hewn temple or Chaitya cave at Karli 86 b.o.
Dravldian temple at Soringham 17tb century
Temple at Chillambaran 17th-18th "
Peromal pagoda at Madura 18th "
AvctKirr GKmaxs.— Cyclopean or P«/a«^.— Walls of Tiryns
and Mycente, Gate of the Lions, " The Treasury " or tomb
of Atreus. 1200-1000
Doric.— Temple of Pallas (M'nerva) at Corinth 655-681
Temple of Zeus (Jupiter) at ^Egina 508-499
" of Theseus at Athens, built 469
" at Agrigentum. begun 480
" of Poseidon (Neptune) at Prestura cir 450
•' of Apollo Epicurus in Arcadia cir 450
Parthenon of Athens, finished 438
Ionic — Temple of Here (Juno) at Samos cir. 700
Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus 544
" on the river at Ilyssus 484
" of Erectheus at Athens 420
Corinthian. — Temple of Zeus (Jupiter) Olyrapius at Athens,
6tb-2d century b.c.
Tower of the Winds at Athens cir. 350
Monument of Lysicrates at Athens 335
Combination of Orders. — Temple of Athene (Minerva) at Tegea
cir. 300
AxaKXT RojfAX.— Temple of Capitoline Jupiter, dedicated 507
Pantheon at Rome 27
Temple of Vesta at Tivoli cir. 27
" the Sun at Palmyra, rebuilt by Romans. a.d.
Colosseum at Rome, dedicated 80
Roman temple at Nlsmes, France (Maison Carrie), 2d
century a.d.
Temple of Jupiter at Baalbec 150
" the Sun at Baalbec 200
Early Christian.— Basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura at
Rome 388-395
Basilica of St Clement's at Rome, 4th century, rebuilt, 1099-1118
Byzantine.— Church of St. Sophia at Constantinople, com-
menced 532
Church of St. Mark's at Venice 977-1085
" St. Antonio at Padua 1237-1307
Romanesque.— Baptistery and church of San Miniato at Flor-
ence cir. 1013
Church of Holy Apostles at Cologne, apse erected 1035
" St. Saturnin at Toulouse, dedicated 1096
Cathedral of Pisa, Italy 1067-1118
Church of San Zenone at Verona, Lombardy, 12th century.
Cathedral of Parma, Italy, 12th century.
Church of San Michele at Lucca, Italy 1188
" St. Stephen at Caen, France 1066-1077
" St. Trinity at Caen, France, commenced 1083
Anglo-Norman.— Winchester cathedral 1070-1493
Norwich cathedral 1096-1135
Chapter house at Bristol ' ll55_ii7o
Canterbury cathedral, rebuilt .'. 1175
Saracenic. — Mosque at Cordova, Spain .! 786-796
Mosque of Ibn Touloun, Cairo ,,, 876
" the sultan Barkook and tombs of the Mame-
lukes, Cairo II49
Mosque at Old Delhi. India, commenced about 1190
Alhambra at Granada, Spain 1273-1333
Mosque of the sultan Hassan, Egypt 1356
" at Futtepore Sikri, India cir. 1560-1600
Palace at Delhi, India cir. 1628-1658
T^j Mahal at Agra, India "cir. 1628-1658
Gothic— Cathedral of St. Denis, France, consecrated 1144
Convent church at Alcobaja, Portugal 1148-1222
Cathedral of Paris, (Notre Dame), France 1163-1214
" Chartres, France, completed 1260
" Rheims, France, 1211 ; dedicated 1241
«' Amiens, " 1220-1257
Church of San Francisco at Assisi 1228-1253
Cathedral of Strasburg, Germany, nave flnished 1275
" Toledd. Spain, begun 1227
" Siena. Italy, begun 1243
" Cologne, Germany, 124H; choir completed.... 1322
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Cathedral of Hurgos, Spain, western fapado 1442-.
Sta. Maria del Fiore of Florence, Italy 1294-1444
Churdi at Halallia, I'ortuKul 1385
Cathcilral ..r \Iihii, Itiilv 1385-1440'
Convciii uiCihis;. at I'avia, Italy, 1396; facade built 1473
cliurc ii at licltiii, I'ditugal, commenced 1500'
Renaissa.vck. - /yo/cH//;;*.— ciiurcli of San Lorenzo at Flor-
ence, comitleteil, ir.tli ceiil iiry.
Chun-h of San Spirilo, Klnreiice; BruncUcschi, arch. .1377-1444
Church of San Andrea at Mantua; Alberti, arch 1398-1472
Ricairdi palace, Florence, begun 1430-
Pi tti palace. " " 1435
Rucellai palace, " " 146Q'
Strozzi palace, " " 1489
Venetian.— V&liizzo Vendramini Calergi, begun 1481
Library of St. Murk's 1536
Grimani jtalace cir. 1540-1550'
Church of San Giorgio Maggiore; Palladio, arch 1518-1580'
" Santa Maria della Salute 1632
" " " Zobenico 1680-
Dogana at Venice, architect unknown (?) 1682
iZoman. —Vatican, reconstruction begun 1447
St. Peter's church, 1450; dedicated 1626-
Cancellaria palace, begun cir. 1495
Court of the Loggie, Vatican; Bramante, arch 1444-1540-
Belvedere court, V^atican, begun 1506
Farnese palace, begun 1530'
Borghese palace 1590^
Barberini palace 1624-1630'
Terra Cotta. — Fapade of the Certosa at Pavia, Italy, begun. . 1473
French. — Louvre, Paris, begun 1204
Chateau of Chambord, begun 1526
Church of St. Eustache, Paris 1532.
Luxembourg palace, begun cir. 1611
New palace at Versailles, begun 1664
Dome of the Invalides, Paris 1680-1706.
Church of St. Genevieve or Pantheon of Paris 1755-1781
Spanish. — Cathedral of Granada, begun 1529
Escurial, near Madrid 1563-1593'
Cathedral of Valladolid, begun cir. 1560-90'
" Zaragoza (del Pilar), begun 1677
^regr^M.— Banqueting-house, Whitehall 1619-1621
St. Paul's church, Covent Garden 1631
St. Stephen's church, Walbrook, completed 1679
St. Paul's cathedral 1675-1710'
Mexican, American, and Modern.— Cathedral of Mexico, 1573-1657
Cathedral of Arequipa, Peru, 1621-1656; rebuilt 1844
Theatre at Bordeaux, France 1773-1780
Capitol at AVashington, D.C 1793-1867
Glyptothek at Munich, completed 1830^'
Theatre and museum at Berlin 1825-1835
Windsor castle, restoration begun 1826
Walhalla, near Ratisbon. Bavaria, completed 1839
St. Isaac's church, St. Petersburg 1818-1858-
Houses of parliament at London or palace of Westminster,
begun 1840-
New opera-house at Paris, opened 6 Jan. 1875-
Agamedes, Greek,
fl. 1450 B.c
EMINENT ARCHITECTS.
With Trophonius, built the temples of
Apollo at Delphos, Poseidon near Manti-
nea, and Apollo near Lebadea.
^ fl.t2So'B^c.''^'. I ««'lt the Cretan labyrinth.
Theodorus, Greek, (Built labyrinth of Lemnos and the tem-
fl. 700 B.c ( pie of Here at Samos.
Hermogenes, Greek, ( Built temple of Artemis in Magnesia, audi
fl. 650 B.c ( temple of Bacchus at Troas.
rtpcsinhnn ftrppt (Designed and commenced the temple of
fl finn ^'f^ ' 1 Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus, carried on<
"• *'"" ^-^ ( by his son Metagenes.
'^'defSesd1toT''and (Architects of the marble temple to Zeus-
£in?"fl S'b.o. ' ( (J-^l^'t-) 01y™P-« -' Athens.
rallimnchiK! PrppV (Invented the Corinthian capital and es-
fl 540 B r ' tablished the proportions of the Corin-
( thian order.
Daphnis, Greek,
fl. 500 B.c
Mycon. Greek,
fl. 500 B.c
Agaptos, Greek,
fl. 450 B.c
Erected the marble temple of Apollo at
J Miletus in concert with Peonius and
1 Demetrius ; and completed the temple-
ts of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus.
I Built the temple of Theseus.
(Inventor of porticos around the square-
\ attached to the Greek Stadii ; built the-
( portico at Elis.
( Built the Parthenon at Athens in company
( with Ictinus.
j Architect of the Parthenon at Athens;,
I built the temple of Apollo Epicurus.
Callicrates, Greek,
fl. 450 B.c
Ictinus, Greek,
fl. 450 B.c
Libon. Greek, 1 t, •,. . , ^r, ^,
fl 450 B c J ^^''*' temple of Zeus near Olympia.
Andronicus, Greek, (d -iwi, m «•.!, -rn- j * ».i-
fl. 350 EC I ""'•'' *^he Tower of the Winds at Athens.
Dinocrafes, Greek,
fl. 330 B.c
Sostratus, the Cnidian, "(„ •„ ^u i- v,*i, .u • , rr^v.
fl. 300 B c I ^"'l'' t^^ lighthouse on the isle of Pharos.
Cossutius Roman (One of the first Romans to adopt the Gre-
fl, 200 B c ' ) ^"'^'^ orders; flnished the temple of Zeus
( Olympius at Athens.
Builder of Alexandria.
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Vitruvius Pollio, Ro- ( Writer on architecture; built temple of
man, fl. 30 b.c ( Justice at Fano.
Severus and Celer, Ro- (Architects to Nero, who employed them
man, fl. 50 a. d ( in construction of the " Golden House. ' '
^ TnlinsT.appr Roman (Built temple of San Giuliano at Alcan-
fl. 80 ll^ .^ ?!^! ! *^'"''' ^P^'°: ^■^•■^^ ^'■'*^g« o^er tb« Ta-
( Architect to Trajan; built a stone bridge
over the Danube in Lower Hungary,
the Great square of Trajan, Basilica Ne-
pia, baths of Trajan, etc.
(Architect to Adrian; restored the Panthe-
on, the forum of Augustus, etc. ; built
the mausoleum of Adrian, and the bridge
of St. Angelo.
""a'dSruf of ffile'. j^""^ ,^^"-^ of St. Sophia at Constanti-
tus,fl.525 i '^^P'^-
Homualdus, French, (Built cathedral of Rheims; destroyed by
fl. 840 \ Are in 1215.
Buschetto da Dulichio, ( ,_„, .» ^ e^-. ,.. j , ^t^.
Italian fl 1016 ' | Architect of the cathedral of Pisa.
'''Ipanisi! n^^:: {Built cathedral of Chartres.
■Guglielmo, or Wilhelm, /Built the leaning tower of Pisa, begun in
German, fl. 1170 \ 1174.
^ Fr'Jich^^fl. 12??!'?!'."' { f^'^^ig'^^1 ^^t^^^^-^l of Amiens.
Arnolfo, Florentine, (Built abbey and church of Santa Croce,
1250-1310 \ Florence.
Andrpn Ha Pisia Tfal ( Designed the castle of Scarperia, arsenal
i«n i97n iqif ' 1 at Venice, and church of San Giovanni,
^??enct fl"?30b { R^^""* ^^'^'^'^' «f R^«i»«
William de Wvkeham (Bu'lt ^^^w college, Oxford, rebuilt the
KXh 13241405 ' ! g''«^t«'' Pa^^ «f Winchester cathedral,
l!.ngiish, 1324-1405... I and planned part of Windsor castle.
' Completed cathedral of S. Maria del Fiore
at Florence as far as the lantern; built
Pitti palace at Florence to second story;
built church of San Spirito.
Built church of St. Francis at Rimini,
tribune of the church della Nunziata at
Florence, church of S. Andrea at Man-
tua, and was one of the principal re-
storers of ancient architecture.
Michelozzo Michelozzi,
Florentine, 1402- { Built palazzo Riccardi at Florence.
1470 (
^Tamant'e'd'urb'i'i'o'* f The first architect of St. Peter's church at
Italian, 1444-1540. . . . ( ^'""®-
Michael Angelo Buona- I
rotti, Italian, 1474- I Built cupola of St. Peter's.
1563 (
•"'soTno'ualTan' U??" i ^uiit library of St. Mark's at Venice, 1536 ;
1570 ' I and Palazzo Corner, begun in 1532.
f Employed as architect of St. Peter's. De-
Baldassare da Siena Pe- | signed palazzo Massimo at Rome, pal-
ruzzi, Italian, 1481- -J ace of La Farnesina at Longara, and
1536 gate of S. Michele in Bosco. Made plans
[ and model for cathedral of Carpi.
Antonio da San Gallo, (Architect on St. Peter's; commenced the
Italian, 1482-1546 ( Farnese palace.
(Built palazzo Grimani at Venice, cathedral
of Monte Fiascone, and church of S. Do-
menico at Orvieto. Introduced trian-
gular and pentangular bastions on fort-
J'ilippo Brunelleschi,
Italian, 1377-1444. .
Leon Battista Alberti,
Italian, 1398-1472. . . .
"Giovanni Battista di To-
ledo, Spanish, -1567. .
Galeazzo Alessi, Italian,
1500-1572
Bartolomeo Ammanati,
Italian, 1511-1589. . . .
Andrea Palladio,
ian, 1518-1580. .
Ital-
■Giovanni d' Herrera,
Spanish— d. 1597
•Giacomo da Vignola Ba-
rozzi, Italian, 1507-
1573
Domenico Fontana,
Italian, 1543-1607.
Vincenzio Scamozzi,
Italian, 1552-1616.
2*
Assisted in planning the Strada di To-
ledo in Naples. Built the church of
S. lago, near Cuenpa. Commenced the
Escurial.
Built the church of the Madonna at Genoa;
completed the fortress of Perugia.
Built new bridge of the Trinity over the
Arno at Florence; completed Pitti palace
at Florence ; continued palazzo Rucellai
at Florence.
Wrote a treatise on architecture, 1570.
Built villa Capra, or Rotonda, near Vi-
cenza, church of S. Giorgio Maggiore,
Venice; church of II Redentore, Venice,
and palazzo Barbaro at Maser in the
Trevigiano.
'Completed the Escurial begun by Giovanni
j Battista di Toledo ; built palace of Aran-
juez, and bridge of Segovia.
Architect of St. Peter's; built Caparola
I palace, 30 miles from Rome.
Built chapel of the Persepio in S. Maria
Maggiore, and the little palace Della
Villa at Rome. Raised obelisks and
built parts of the Vatican and Quirinal
palaces.
' Built fortress of Palma near Friuli, Pro-
curatie Nuove, and palazzo Cornaro,
Venice.
Alessandro Algardi,
Italian, 1598-1654...
Frangois Mansard,
French, 1598-1666.
Claudius Perrault,
French, 1613-1688....
Sir Christopher Wren,
English, 1632-1723 . .
Man-
1645-
Jules Hardouin
sard, French,
1708
Johann Bernard Fisch-
ers, German, 1650-
1738
Augustin Charles d'Avi-
ler, French, 1653-
1700
Robert de Cotte,
French, 1657-1735. . .
Germain Boflfrand,
French, 1667-1754,
Abate Filippo Ivara,
Italian, 1685-1735.
Luigi Vanvitelli,
Italian, 1700-1773.
James Wyatt, English,
1743-1813
ARC
Po.i »T A T. .. f Completed St. Peter's, and the palace at
i««^,*.l^'"°*''^^^'*°'i ^""^^^ Cavallo; built palazzo Mattel.
1556-1629 1 Partly completed the Barberini palace
- . ^ I of Urban VIII.
il^o^^fo' ^°«1'8*^. ) Bu'lt the Banqucting-house at Whitehall;
1572-1652.. \ Coven t Garden, Ix)ndon, etc.
Giovanni Lorenzo Ber- fBuilt portico of.St. Peter's, chapel in church
nini, Italian 1589--i of Sta. Maria della Vittoria, Rome, part
1680 1 ofBarberini palace, the Chigi palace, and
I Collegio Urbano di Propaganda Fide.
I Built villa Pamflli at Rome.
{Restored the Hotel Toulouse; built for
president de Longueil the chateau de
Maisons near St. Germain en Laie. In-
ventor of the Mansard roof
Francesco Borromini ( Bu'lt the church of S. Carlino, and the fe-
Italian, 1599-1667... ) f?^® ^{}^^ chun-h of St. Agnes in the
( piazza Navona, Rome.
?^m nS^?^' Spanish, | Called the Michael Angelo of Spain, being
1601-1667 I at once painter, sculptor, and architect.
' Designed the east fapade and colonnades
of the Louvre, and a triumphal arch at
entrance of Faubourg St. Autolne.
Built St. Paul's cathedral (first stone laid
21 June, 1675). Built "The Monument,"
London, St. Stephen's church, Walbrook,
and more than 50 others.
Built the dome of the Hotel des Invalides,
la galerie du Palais Royal, Chateau de
Clagny, mansion of St. Cyr, etc.
Built the palace of SchOnbrunn, 1696, and
church of.St. Charles Borromeo, at Vien-
na, 1716.
Built the archiepiscopal palace at Tou-
louse, and the gate at Montpellier called
La Porte Perou, designed by D'Orbay.
Built Ionic colonnade of palace of Trianon
gallery of Toulouse, chapel of Louis XIIL
in cathedral at Paris. First to intro-
duce ornamenting of rooms by means
of mirrors.
Published a book on architecture at Paris,
1745. Built hospital of the Enfants
Trouves at Paris.
iFapades of church of Carmelites at Turin,
and cathedral of Milan. Finished cu-
pola of S. Andrea, Mantua, and of cathe-
dral at Como.
Ferdinando Fuffa (Designed the Triclinio in the piazza of
rtl?an 1699 ^ ' ^^^ J"^" ^ateran and Corsini palace,
iiauan, loyy ^ ^^^^ Erected Reclusorio hospital.
An architect of St. Peter's. Built convent
of S. Agostino at Rome, royal palace of
Charles III. at Caserta, Italy, and church-
es of S. Marcellino, Delia Rotonda, and
La Nunziata at Naples.
M. Louis, French Built theatre at Bordeaux.
Built Oxford street Pantheon, London;
finished in 1772, afterwards destroyed by
fire. Built Fonthill abbey, Huntworth
church, etc.
Sir John Soane, Eng-
lish, 1752-1837
B. H. Latrobe, Ameri-
can, 1764-1820
Karl Friedr ich Sch i nkel,
German, 1781-1841. . .
Leon von Klenze,
German, 1784-1864.
Architect of Bank of England.
Succeeded Dr. William Thornton as archi-
tect of the Capitol at Washington. De-
signed the original columns in the Cap-
itol (purely American) representing corn-
stalks bound together.
I Built theatre, museum, and new guard-
house at Berlin.
Built Walhalla near Ratisbon, and Glypto-
[ thek at Munich.
AlfonzoRicarddeMont- (Built church of SL Isaac at St. Petersburg,
ferrand I Russia.
^'liSf^lgL^SBO^' ^°^" {Architect of houses of Parliament.
Henry H. Richardson, ( Built Trinity Church, Boston ; State Capi-
American, 1838-1886. ( tol, Albany, N. Y.
An architectural club was formed in 1791. An architectural soci-
ety existed in London in 1806. The Royal Institute of British
Architects was founded in 1834— Earl de Grey, president, 1835-61.
The Architectural Society, established in 1831, was united to the
Institute in 1842. The Architectural Association began about 1846.
The Architectural Museum, Westminster, opened 21 July, 1869.
Mr. James Fergusson's " History of Architecture " (the best), 2d ed.
1874-76.
American Institute of Architects, organized and incorporated in
New York in 1857. Holds annual conventions at different places
and publishes proceedings. Various cities have independent or-
ganizations, but are enrolled as chapters of the institute and their
members become associate members of that body.
arclioni. When royalty was abolished at Athens, in
memory of king Codrus, killed in battle, 1044 or 1068 B.C., the
executive government was vested in magistrates called ar-
chons, elected for life. Medon, eldest son of Codrus, was the
first. The office was limited to 10 years, 752 b.c., and was con-
ferred on 9 persons for 1 year, 683 b.c.— In the eastern em-
pire the title was given to certain high officers of the court.
ARC
Arco'le, Lombardy, where battles between the FVench
under Bonaparte and the Austrians under field-marshal Al-
vuizi were fought 14-17 Nov. 1796. The Austrians lost 18,000
men in killed, wounded, and prisoners, 4 flags, and 18 guns.
The French lost about 15,000, and became masters of Italy.
In one contest Bonaparte was rescued from imminent danger
by his troops.
Ar'COt (East Indies). This city (founded 1716) was
taken by col. Clive, 31 Aug. 1751 ; was retaken, 1758, but
again surrendered to col. Coote, 10 Feb. 1760 ; besieged and
taken by Hyder Ali, who defeated the British under col. Baillie,
31 Oct. 1780. Arcot has been subject to Great Britain since
1801. India.
Arctic Cxpcdition§. Northwest Passage and
Franklin's expedition. The German Arctic societj' ap-
ph'ing to the German government, a committee of 13 profess-
ors was appointed, who reported that no more expeditions
should be sent out, but stations established for scientific ob-
servations; 1876.
Arctic Ocean. Ocean.
Arctu'ril§ (Gr. 'Ap»cro{)pofT=: Bear-ward), a fixed star of
the first magnitude in the constellation Bootes. It is one of
the brightest stars in the northern heavens. According to
Humboldt it has moved in latitude W in 752 years, and in
20 centuries has moved 2^ times the apparent diameter of
the moon. As this star stands in solitary grandeur in the
sky, it is probably not the star mentioned in Job ix. 9,
xxxviii. 32. Stars, Fixed.
Ardcn, Forest of. Formerly a densely wooded tract in
England lying between the Avon and the Severn river, and
extending indefinitely northward ; the scene of one of Shake-
speare's loveliest dramas.
" Oliver. Where will the old duke live?
" Charles. They say he is already in the forest of Arden, and a
many merry men with him; aud there they live like the old Robin
Hood of England; they say many young gentlemen flock to him
every day, and fleet the time carelessly as they did in the golden
world." —"As You Like It," act i. sc. i.
Ardennes, an extensive hilly forest in the southeast
corner of Belgium ; also a frontier department of France bor-
dering on Belgium near the field of Waterloo ; the wood of
Soignies being a remnant of this forest.
"And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves."
—Byron, "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage."
Areiop'agU§ or Areop'agU§, the supreme tri-
bunal or council of elders in Athens, which sat upon the hill
called 'Apeiog irdyog, the hill of Mars, from the legend that
Mars was there tried for the murder of Halirrhotius, who had
violated his daughter Alcippe. This court was of immemorial
antiquity, and preserved its dignity and influence, in spite of
political changes, for many centuries. Its powers were en-
larged by Solon about 594 b.c., and diminished by Pericles, 461
B.C. Paul preached on Mars' hill 52 a.d. (Acts xvii.).
areom'eter or araeom'eter (from Gr. dpaiog,
thin), an instrument for measuring the density and specific
gravity of fluids. Baume described his areometer in 1768.
Others have been made by Nicholson and Mohr.
Arequf pa, Peru, founded by Pizarro, 1539 ; was de-
stroyed by an earthquake, 13 Aug. 1868 ; surrendered to the
Chilians, 25 Oct. 1888.
AretilU'sa (Gr. ' ApkSovaa), a famous fountain in the
island of Ortygia in Syracuse ; fabled to have been an Arca-
dian nymph turned into a perennial spring by Artemis, to
save her from the pursuit of the river-god Alpheus, and then
to have flowed under the land and sea, and reappeared in
Syracuse ; hence Shelley's poem of Arethusa.
Arezzo (a-rei'zo), near the ancient Arretium or Are-
tinura, an Etrurian city, which made peace with Rome for
30 years, 308 b.c., was besieged by the Galli Senones about
283 B.C., who defeated the Roman army Metellus sent to its
relief— a disgrace avenged signally by Dolabella. Arezzo was
an ancient bishopric; the cathedral founded in 1277. It is
renowned as the birthplace of Maecenas, Petrarch, Vasari, and
other eminent men. Michael Angelo was born in the vi-
cinity.
42 ARG
Arg;enta'ria, now Colmar, Alsace, N. E. France^
where the Roman emperor Gratian totally defeated the Ale-
manni and secured the peace of Gaul, May, 378.
Arg^entine, or La Plata, Confederation,
S. America, 14 provinces (Buenos Ay res, one). This country
was discovered by the Spaniards in 1515, settled by them in.
1553, and formed part of the viceroyalty of Peru till 1778, when
it became that of Rio de la Plata. It joined the insurrection
in 1811, and became independent in 1816. It was at war with
Brazil from 1826 to 1828 for the possession of Uruguay, which
became independent as Montevideo; and at war with France
1838-40. Pop. in 1869, 1,877,490. Buenos Ayres.
Buenos Ayres seceded in 1853 ; reunited 1859
J. Urquiza elected president, 20 Nov. 1853, was succeeded by
Dr. S. Derqui 8 Feb. ISeO-
An insurrection in San Juan in Nov. 1860; suppressed in Jan. 1862
Gen. Bartholomew Mitre, elected for 6 years, assumed the pres-
ident's office 12 Oct. "
Lopez, president of Paraguay, declared war against Mitre, and
invaded the Argentine territories, May. Mitre declared war
against Paraguay, 16 Apr., and made alliance with Brazil
and Uruguay 4 May, 1865
[See Buenos Ayres for the disputes with that state, and
Brazil for the war with Paraguay.]
Col. Dominique F. Sarmiento elected president for 6 years,
12 Oct. 186S.
He suppresses the insurrection of Corrientes Nov. "
Urquiza murdered 12 Apr. 1870^
Treaty with Brazil Jan. 1873-
Defeat of Lopez Jourdan, rebel, announced Dec. "
Dr. N. Avellaneda inaugurated president for 6 years. . . 12 Oct. 1874
Insurrection of Mitre at Buenos Ayres, Sept.-Nov., suppressed;
he submits 2 Dec. "
National bank stops; suspension of specie payments by gov-
ernment 16 May, 1876'
End of rebellion; capture of Jourdan; announced 12 Dec. "
Disputes with Buenos Ayres; settled June-July, 1880
Gen. Roca (opposed to supremacy of Buenos Ayres) nominated
for president, opposed by Dr. Tejedor June-July, "
Gen. Roca becomes president Oct. "
Tranquillity restored; Buenos Ayres to be definitive capital of
the republic 7 Dec. "
Political disturbances frequent, insurrections, etc 1880-90'
Great financial disturbance 1890-92:
Arglnu'sae, isles between Lesbos and Asia Minor; near
these Conon and the Athenian fleet defeated the Spartan ad-
miral, Callicratidas, 406 b.c.
Ar'gonaut§, in Greek legend, a band 50 in number
including many famous heroes of legendary Greece, under
Jason, sailed in the ship A rgo from lolcos in Thessaly, to ^a
in Colchis, on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, to fetch the
Golden Fleece, then in the possession of ^etes, king of Col-
chis, and guarded by a dragon in a grove sacred to Mars. Only
through the aid of Medea, daughter of king iEetes, was the
expedition successful. " One of the most celebrated and widely
diffused among the ancient tales of Greece. . . . Not only
are we unable to assign the date or identify the crew or de-
cipher the log-book of the A rgo, but we have no means of
settling even the preliminary question whether the voyage
was actual or legendary from the beginning. — Grote, "Hist,
of Greece," vol. i. p. 237. The Argonauts and their voyage
have been a theme for poets ancient and modern.
" I swear to Jove that only in my hand,
The fleece shall be when I again take land
To see my father's hall. "...
— Wm. Morris, "Jason."
Arg'OS, the most ancient city of Greece, said to have
been founded either by Inachus, 1856 b.c, or his son Phoro-
neus, 1807, received its name from Argus, the fourth of the
Inachidae, 1711 b.c. But its history is wholly mythical until
the 8th century b.c. b.c.
Pheidon's prosperous rule 770-736'
Argives fine Sicyon and ^gina for helping Cleomenes of Sparta 514
Sparta becomes superior to Argos 495-49a
Themistocles an exile at Argos 471
Argives destroy Mycenae and regain superiority 468
Peloponnesian war— Argos, long neutral, joins Athens 420-
Aristocratical party makes peace with Sparta, and overthrows
democracy 417
A reaction — alliance with Athens resumed 395
War with Sparta; combat of 300 on each side 347
Pyrrhus of Epirus, besieging Argos, slain 272.
Argos governed by tyrants supported by Macedon; freed; joins
Achaean league 229
Subjugated by Romans I4d^
A.D.
Argos taken from Venetians 1686-
Taken by Turks 1716, who held it until 1826
United to Greece under king Otho 25 Jan. 1833-
ARI 43
Arians, followers of Arius of Alexandria (d. 336), who
preached that the Son of God was a secondary God created
by the Father, who raised him above all men, but not equal
with the Father. A violent controversy arose, which was
taken up by Constantine, who presided at the first great oecu-
menical council of Nice, June to Aug. 325, and the Arians
were condemned ; but their doctrine long prevailed. It was
favored by Constantius II. 341 ; carried into Africa by Vandals
in the 5th century ; into Asia by Goths. Servetus published
his treatise against the Trinity, 1531, and was burned, 1553.
Leggatt, an Arian, was burned at Smithfield in 1614. Atha-
NASIAN CREED, SoCINIANS, UNITARIANS.
Arica, Peru, destroyed by an earthquake, and inundated
by waves of the sea, 13 Aug. 1868.
Ari§toteliaii philosophy. Philosophy and
Libraries.
Aristotle, works of, etc.
Barth^lemy St. Hilaire's complete translation of Aristotle, 35
vols., published early in 1891
A papyrus containing the lost treatise of Aristotle on the
"Constitution of Athens," discovered in Egypt and con-
veyed to the British museum, was published by the trustees,
with a preface and notes by F. G. Kenyon, Jan. ; and photo-
graphs of the MS. were published Mch 1891. The work was
previously known only by extracts in ancient writers. The
MS. was considered genuine by Barthelemy St. HilaircMch. 1891
A family tomb, discovered at F^retria, in the island of Euboea,
by Dr. Charles Waldstein, early in 1891, was considered by
him to be probably that of Aristotle's family.
arithmetic said to have been introduced from Egypt
into Greece by Thales about 600 b.c. The Chinese used the
abacus, or swanpan^ at an early period. The ancient Hindus
are said to have had a decimal system.
The oldest treatise upon arithmetic is by Euclid (7th, 8th, and
9th books of his " Elements ") about." b.c. 300
A.D.
The sexagesimal arithmetic of Ptolemy used 130
Diophantus of Alexandria author of 13 books of arithmetical
questions (6 are extant) about 156
Notation by 9 digits and zero (Arabic figures) known in the
6th century in Hindostan ; introduced thence into Arabia,
about 900; into Spain, about 980; into France, by Gerbert,
991 ; into England, probably in the 14th century.
Maximus Flanudes 1350
Date in Caxton's " Mirrour of the World," Arabic characters, is, 1480
Arithmetic of decimals invented 1482
John Sherwood's (bishop of Durham) " Ludus Arithmo-Ma-
chinse," printed at Rome "
Luca Paccioli's (Di Borgo) "Summa de Arithmetica" was one
of the earliest works on arithmetic 1494
First arithmetic printed in England (" De Arte Supputandi ")
by Tonstall, bishop of Durham '. 1522
Robert Recorde's "Grounde of Artes" and "Whetstone of
Witte " were arithmetical works of great value 1558
Nicol5 Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, died 1559
Michael Stefelius, "Arithmetica Integra," 1544, said to have
been the inventor of the signs of -\- and — 1486-1567
Peter Ramus, "ArithmeticesLibri Duo, et Algebra Totidem," 1515-72
Theory of decimal fractions perfected by Napier in his " Rhab-
dologia " : 1617
James Hodder's "Arithmetic," London 1661
Cocker's " Arithmetic " appeared in 1677
John Marsh, " Decimal Arithmetic Made Perfect " 1742
Nystrom's "Tonal System," with 16 as a basis, pub 1862
Sawyer's " Automatic System," pub 1878
arithmetic in the United States. One of the earliest
American arithmetics was a work called "Arithmetic — ^Vul-
gar and Decimal," published at Boston, 1724 ; author unknown.
Up to the time of the revolution, the English and foreign
works mentioned above were in use in the colonies. Since
1800, arithmetics for school use have been very numerous.
In 1846, at New Haven, Conn., James B. Thompson published
his"Mental Arithmetic," which reached its 125th ed. in 1858.
Other popular writers have been David Adams, Joseph Raj',
Charles Davies, Pliny E. Chase, Benjamin Greenleaf, Dana P,
Colburn, Horatio Robinson. The principal works published
in the U. S. from 1780 to 1800 are as follows :
School -master's Assistant ; Thomas Dilworth, London, 1781, and
Hartford, Conn. (23d ed.) 1786
New and Complete System of Arithmetic, Nicholas Pike, New-
buryport, 1788; Worcester 1797
Treatise on Arithmetic in Theory and Practice, John Gough,
Bpston 1789
Preceptor's Assistant or Student's Guide, John Vinall, Boston, 1792
The Federal Arithmetician, Thomas Sarjeant, Philadelphia 1793
Introduction to Arithmetic, Erastus Root, Norwich, Conn 1795
The American Accountant, William Milns, New York 1797
The American Tutor's Assistant, John Todd and others, Phila-
delphia, Pa. (3d ed.) "
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The American Arithmetic, David Cook, New Haven, Conn 1800
The School-master's Assistant, Nathan Daboll, New London.
Conn \ ' u
[Used almost universally in the U.S. until 1840.']'
Arizona, a territory of the United States between 31°
and 37° n. lat., and between 109° and 114° 40' w. Ion. Utah
and Nevada lie on the north, on the east is New Mexico,
Mexico on the south, California and Nevada on the west. It
contains about 113,916 sq. miles. It has 11 counties— Apache,
Cochiso, Coconimo, (iila, Graham, Maricopa, Mohave, Pima,
Pinal, Yavapai, and Yuma. Pop. 1880, 40,440; 1890, 69,620.
Capital, Phoenix.
First explorations made by Vasquez Coronado sent from Mex-
ico by viceroy Mendozo 1540
Spaniards again enter and establish a military post where Tuc-
son now stands 1500
Jesuit missionaries on Santa Cruz river, about. . . . '. . '. ', . ' '. '. ". *. *. *. I6OO
Spaniards from Mexico form settlements from Tucson to the
Mexican line, and partly occupy the country for nearly 150
years. They are finally driven out by the Indians before 1821
First hunters and trappers from the U. S. probably visited
Arizona in 1324
All Arizona north of the river Gila is included in cession by
Mexico to U. S. by treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 2 Feb. 1848
First American settlers were persons on their way to California,
who stopped on the Gila to engage in stock-raising 1849
Gadsden purchase brought to the U. S. all of Arizona south
of the Gila 30 Dec. 1853
Act of Congress organizing the territory 24 Feb. 1863
Gov. John N. Goodwin, in camp at Navajo springs, formally
organizes the territorial government and fixes its temporary
seat near fort Whipple .* 29 Dec. "
First territorial legislature adopts a mining law and the so-
called Howell code of general laws; sits 26 Sept. -10 Nov. 1864
Tucson made the capital by a majority of 1 vote 1867
Arizona a military district by order of gen. Halleck Oct. '•
Act to establish public schools in the territory and a board of
education and levying a tax of 10 cts. on each $100 1868
Maj. J. W. Powell, for the Smithsonian Institution, with a party
of 10, in 4 boats, descends the canyon of the Colorado from
Green river to rio Virgin May-Aug. 1869
Arizona and southern California made a military department,
headquarters at fort Whipple * "
40 citizens and 100 Papagos from Tucson and vicinity massacre
85 Indian prisoners of war (77 of them women and children)
at camp Grant, and capture 30, who are sold to the Papagos
as slaves. (108 persons were afterwards tried for murder
and acquitted. ) Apr. 1871
"Arizona Diamond Swindle." Excitement over supposed dia-
mond fields in Arizona ; the San Francisco and New York Min-
ingand Commercial Co., with a capital of f 10, 000, 000, formed;
Clarence King, U. S. geologist, finds the field "salted" with
rough diamonds from Africa, Brazil, etc 1872
A long war waged by gen. Crook with hostile Apaches in Ari-
zona ends by surrender of the Tontos, Hualapais, and Yava-
pais in 1873, and other bands in 1874
Mormon colonists from Utah settle in Apache co Mch. 1876
Prescott chosen as permanent capital 1877
New public-school law enacted 1883
Raid of Loco's band of Chiricahua Indians in the valley of the
Gila begins 19 Apr. "
Acts to establish an insane asylum at Phoenix, a normal school
atTempe, and the university of Arizona at Tucson, Jan. -Mch. 1885
Act providing that no polygamist or bigamist shall vote or hold
office Jan.-Mch. "
Congress appropriates $2000 to repair the ruin of Casa Grande,
near Florence, Pinal co., reserving from settlement the en-
tire site of the ancient city 2d Mch. 1889
State capital removed from Prescott to Phoenix 4 Feb. 1890
40 lives lost bv broken mining-dam on the Hassayampa river,
23 Feb. "
Yuma nearly destroyed by flood 27 Feb. 1891
Friday after 1 Feb. each year made a legal holiday as Labor
day 19 Jan. -19 Mch. "
11 bills submitted to gov. Zulick for approval, 21 Mch. 1889; as
60 consecutive days had passed since the organization of the
legislature, he left them unsigned, assuming that the session
had expired by limitation. The territorial supreme court de-
clared the session legal for 60 days of actual legislative work,
and the bills became laws without the governor's approval. . "
Discovery of a lake forming in Salton Sink from the overflow
of the Colorado river 29 June "
Constitutional convention meets at Phoenix, 7 Sept, and adopts
a complete constitution 2 Oct. "
Ex-gov. A. P. K. Saffbrd dies at Tarpon springs, Fla. ..16 Dec. "
Land reclaimed by irrigation, 343,000 acres up to 18'. 2
[Capableofbeingreclaimed under the present waterdevelop-
ment, 1,730,000 acres. Supposed amountthatcanbcreclairaed
with the water available in the territory, 24,000,000 acres.]
GOVERNORS OF THK TERRITORY.
R. C. McCormick 1867-69
A. P. K. Safford 1870-77
JohnP. Hoyt 1878
John C. Fremont 1879-82
Frederick Tuttle 1882-85
C. Meyer Zulick 1885-89
Lewis Wolfley 1889-91
Nathan 0. Murphy 1892-96
Ark. God commanded Noah to preach repentance and to
build an ark ; see Gen. vi., vii. After the deluge the ark rest-
ARK
ed (2848 B.C.) "upon the mountains of Ararat," Gen. viii. 4.
Some assert Apamea, in Phrygia, 300 miles west of Ararat,
to be the spot; and medals have been struck there with a
chest on the waters, and the letters NOE, and 2 doves. The
Ark of the Covenant, made by Moses to contain the 2 tables
of the law, 1491 B.C. (Exod. xxv.), was placed in Solomon's
temple, 1004 b.c. (1 Kings viii.).
Arkan'§a§ (formerly Arkansaw'), a southwestern state
between 33^ and 36^ 30' n. laU, and 89^ 40' and 94° 42' w.
Ion. from Greenwich. The
state of Missouri bounds it
on the north, and the Mis-
sissippi river and a small part
of the southeast corner of the
state of Missouri on the east,
Louisiana on the south, and
the Indian territory mostly on
the west. It contains 75 coun-
ties; area, 63,045 sq. miles.
Pop. 1890, 1,128,179. Capi-
tal, Little Rock.
This state probably visited
by De Soto 1541
La Salle passes down the Mississippi to its mouth 1682
Louis XV. of France grants to John Law, originator of the
"Mississippi scheme," a tract of land on the Arkansas river
(Law however neglects it). (Law's Bcbble) 1720
Transfer by France to Spain of Louisiana includes the present
state of Arkansas 3 Nov 1762
First settlement at Arkansas Post 1785
Spain cedes Louisiana to France by treaty of Ildefonso 1800
Province of Louisiana ceded by France to the U. S., who pay
$11,250,000 and assume the " French spoliation claims " . . . 1803
Missouri territory established, including Arkansas and ail north
of the state of Louisiana and west of the Mississippi. 1812
Arkansas territory, including all north of the state of Louisiana,
and south of 36° 30', and west from the Mississippi river to
the 100° meridian, formed 2 Mch. 1819
Arkansas Gazette, first newspaper in the territory, published at
Little Rock, Wm. E. Woodruff, editor 20 Nov. "
Western boundary fixed, reducing its area to the present limits
of the state 1828
Admitted into the Union, the 25th state. Pop. 52,240.. 15 June, 1836
U. S. arsenal at Little Rock seized by the state authorities, 8 Feb. 1861
Arkansas convention met about 1 Mch. "
Was visited by William S. Oldham of the confederate congress
and a commissioner from Jefferson Davis; but voted against
secession (vote 39 to 35) 16 Mch. "
Arsenals seized at Napoleon and fort Smith 23-24 Apr. "
Act of secession adopted by the legislature— yeas, 69; nay, 1,
6 May, "
[The negative vote was cast by Dr. Isaac Murphy, after-
wards (1864-1868) governor.]
Battle of Pea Ridge between union and confederate forces,
6-7 Mch. 1862
[Union gen. Samuel R.Curtis had about 10,250 men. The
Confederates, under gens. Earl Van Dorn, Sterling Price, and
Ben. McCulloch, numbering 14,000, were forced to retire with
severe loss; gen. McCulloch was killed. Pea Ridge is in the
northwestern corner of the state, in Benton county.]
Union troops under gen. Washburne occupy Helena. . . 11 July, "
Battle of Prairie Grove. U. S. gens. Francis J. Herron and
James G. Blunt; confederate gen. Thomas C. Hindman.
Confederates retire during the night with a loss of 1317.
Federal loss, 1148 7 Dec. "
Arkansas Post captured with 5000 men by the U. S. forces under
McClernand, Sherman, and admiral Porter 11 Jan. 1863
Confederate gens. T. H. Holmes and Sterling Price with about
44
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8000 men attempt to retake Helena. Gen. B. M. Prentiss
with about 4000 men repulses them with heavy loss. .4 July, 1863
Union forces occupy Little Rock 10 Sept. "
Union state convention assembles to form a new constitution,
^ , 8 Jaii. 1864
Dr. Isaac Murphy provisional governor; inaugurated. . .22 Jan. "
Constitution ratified by vote of the people 14 Mch. "
[The legislature under this constitution is not recognized
by congress.]
Arkansas and Mississijipi formed into the 4th military district
under gen. Edward 0. C. Ord 1867
New constitution reported 4 Feb. 1868
" " adopted and ratified 13 Mch. "
State readmitted to the Union over Johnson's veto.. . .22 June, "
Military commander gen. A. C. Gillem turns over the state to
the civil authorities 22 June *'
Gen. Thomas C. Hindman assassinated at Helena by one of his
former soldiers <«
Powell Clayton elected governor ,,*.'.' * «'
Gov. Clayton places 10 counties under martial law 9 Nov. "
Elisha Baxter nominated for governor by the Rep. party, and
Joseph Brooks by the Liberal Rep. party 1872
Disturbance occasioned by frauds charged against both parties
in the election continues throughout 1873-74
Convention called to revise the constitution, meets 14 July, 1874
[The fifth convened in the state, the other years being
1836, 1861, 1864, 1868.]
New constitution ratified by a majority of 53,890 13 Oct. "
" " proclaimed 30 Oct. "
[Governor's term reduced from 4 to 2 years. Office of lieut.-
gov. abolished, president of the senate substituted.]
Election frauds and outrages occur 1888
C. R. Breckenridge, Dem., and John M. Clayton, Rep., vigorous-
ly contest the 2d congressional district "
John M. Clayton assassinated at Plummersville 29 Jan. 1889
[He claimed to have been elected, and was collecting evi-
dence to contest the election at this time.]
State treasurer Woodruff short in his accounts about $138,800,
13 Jan. 1891
[1st trial, Oct. 1891, of ex-slate treasurer Wm. E. Woodruff,
jury disagree; 2d trial, Apr. 1892, verdict, not guilty, released.]
Legislature passes Australian ballot law "
U. S. senate confirms the president's appointment ot congress-
man C. R. Breckenridge to be minister to Russia.. . ,20 July, 1894
TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS OF ARKANSAS.
Names.
Term of office.
Uemarks.
1819 to 1825
1825 " 1829
1829 " 1835
1835 " 1836
George Izard
John Pope
William S. Fulton
STATE G
James S. Conway
Archibald Yell
3VERNORS OF
1836 to 1840
1840 " 1844
1844 " 1844
1844 " 1848
1848 " 1852
1852 " 1860
1860 " 1862
1862 " 1864
1864 " 1868
1868 " 1871
1871 " 1872
1872 " 1874
1874 " 1876
1877 " 1881
1881 "1883
1883 " 1885
1885 " 1889
1889 " 1893
1893 " 1895
1895 " 1897
ARKANSAS.
Acting.
Thomas S. Drew
John S. Roane
Elias N. Conway
Henry M. Rector
Harris Flanagin
Isaac Murphy
Powell Clayton
Elected to the U S Senate
OrzoH. Hadley
Elisha Baxter
Acting.
Augustus H. Garland
Wm. R.Miller
Elected U. S. Senator.
Thos. J. Churchill
Jas. H. Berry
Simon P. Hughes
James P. Eagle
Wm. M. Fishback
James P, Clarke
UNITED
STATES SENATORS
FROM THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.
Names.
No. of Congress.
Date.
Remarks.
William S. Fulton
Twenty-fourth
Twenty- fifth
Twenty-sixth
Twenty-seventh
Twenty-eighth
Twenty-ninth
Thirtieth
Thirty-first
Thirty-second
Thirty-third
1835 to 1837
1837 " 1839
1839 " 1841
1841 " 1843
1843 " 1845
1845 " 1847
1847 " 1849
(( (I u
a u ((
If u u
1849 " 1851
11 It u
1851 " 1853
1853 " 1855
U l< (<
Seated 5 Dec. 1836.
Ambrose H. Sevier
Wm. S. Fulton
Ambrose H. Sevier
Wm S Fulton
Wm. S. Fulton
Elected in place of Fulton. Seated 4 Dec. 1844.
Died 15 Aug. 1844.
Wm. S. Fulton
Died 29 Apr. 1848.
Elected in place of Sevier. Seated 24 Apr. 1848.
Appointed in place of Ashley. Seated 31 May, 1848.
^ Resigned 15 Mch. 1848.
Wm K Sebastian
Ambrose H Sevier
Solon Borland ... . ....
Wm K Sebastian ....
Elected in place of Borland. Seated 4 Mch. 185a
Wm. K. Sebastian
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM
ARM
THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. -(Con«n«cd.)
Names.
No. of Congress.
Date.
Remarki.
Robert W. Johnson
Wm. K. Sebastian
Thirty-fourth
Thirty-fifth
Thirty-sixth
Thirty-seventh
Thirty-eighth
Thirty-ninth
Fortieth
Forty-first
Forty- second
Forty- third
Forty-fourth
Forty- fifth
Forty-sixth
Forty-seventh
Forty-eighth
Forty-ninth
Fiftieth
Fifty-first
Fifty-second
Fifty-third
1855 to 1857
1857 " 1859
11 (C u
1859 " 1861
u u u
1861 " 1863
1863 " 1865
1865 " 1867
1867 " 1869
1869 " 1871
1871 " 1873
1873 " 1875
1875 " 1877
u u u
1877 " 1879
K It U
1879 " 1881
1881 1' 1883
1883 " 1885
1885 " 1887
" to "
1887 " 1889
it a i<
1889 " 1891
1891 " 1893
11 U li
1893 II 1895
Robert W. Johnson
Wm. K. Sebastian
Robert W. Johnson
Wm. K. Sebastian
Vacant
State seceded.
u
" "
Alexander McDonald
"
Benj. F. Rice
Seated 23 June, 1868.
Alexander McDonald
u 24 " "
Beni. F. Rice
Powell Clayton
Benj. F. Rice.
Powell Clayton
Stephen W. Dorsey
Powell Clayton
Stephen W. Dorsey
Stephen W. Dorsey
James D. Walker
Augustus H. Garland
James D. Walker
Augustus H. Garland
James D. Walker
Augustus H Garland
Resigned; appointed attorney-general of TJ. S.
Elected in place of Garland.
•
James K. Jones
James K. Jones
James H. Berry
James K. Jones
Term expires 1897.
" 1901.
James H Herry
Arkansas Po§t. Arkansas, 1786, 1863.
Arle§ {arl; Lat. Arelatum, from the Celtic Ar-lait, near
the waters), S. France (said to have been founded 2000 b.c.), a
powerful Roman city, made capital of Provence by Boson in 879
A.D. ; and of the kingdom of Aries or Transjurane Burgundy by
Rodolph II. in 933. He was succeeded by Conrad I. 937 ; and
by Rodolph III. 993; who at his death, i032, transmitted his
kingdom to the emperor Conrad II. After various changes,
it was annexed to France in 1486. Many councils (314-1275)
were held at Aries; the most celebrated in 314, when British
bishops were present.
Arma'da, the Invincible, collected and equipped by
Philip II., king of Spain, for the subjugation of England.
The following particulars are taken from Morant's account
(accompanying Pine's engravings of the tapestries formerly
in the House of Lords), printed 1739. Described in Kingsley's
" Westward "Ho," and Froude's " History of England " :
It consisted of 132 ships (besides caravels), 3165 cannon, 8706
sailors, 2088 galley-slaves, 21,855 soldiers, 1355 volunteers
(noblemen, gentlemen, and their attendants), and 150 monks,
with Martin Alarco, vicar of the Inquisition — commanded by
the duke of Medina-Sidonia 1587
English fleet under lord Charles Howard, sir Francis Drake, and •
sir John Hawkins, ready for sea, and three armies on land,
Dec. "
Armada sailed from Lisbon ; soon dispersed by a storm.. 19 May, 1588
Re-collected, entered the Channel off Cornwall 19 July, "
Suffered in engagements (sharpest on 25 July) 21-27 July, "
Dispersed by fire-ships sent into the midst 28 July, "
Many vessels sunk or taken by the English 29 July, "
The remainder retreat under adverse winds, around Scotland and
Ireland, to Spain, suff"ering from severe storms. . Aug. and Sept. "
[Computed Spanish loss, 35 ships, 13,000 men.]
Queen attended a thanksgiving at St. PauFs, and a medal was
struck inscribed " Deusflavit et dissipati sunt " 24 Nov. "
Annual thanksgiving sermon endowed by Mr. Chapman, who
died 1616
19 July, 1888
by Froude, pub 1892
National memorial founded.
"Spanish Story of the Arm
Armagll, metropolis of N. Ireland from the 6th to the
9th century, seat of the first ecclesiastical dignity in Ireland,
founded by St. Patrick, first bishop, about 444, said to have
built the first cathedral, 450. 6 saints of the Roman calendar
have been bishops of this see. The see was reconstituted (Pal-
lium) in 1161. — Beatson. Armagh was ravaged by the Danes
on Easter day, 852, and by O'Neil in 1564, Archbishop.
Armagnacs {ar-man'-yac), a faction in France, follow-
ers of the duke of Orleans, murdered by the Burgundians, 23
Nov. 1407, derived their name from his father-in-law, the count
of Armagnac. About 3500 of them were massacred at Paris in
June, 1418, by their opponents, followers of the duke of Bur-
gund}^ The quarrel divided France from 1390 until the treaty
of Arras was made, 1436, between the duke of Burgundy and
Charles VII. During this period Henry V. of England entered
France, assisted largely by the Burgundian faction.
armed neutrality, the confederacy against Eng-
land, formed by Russia, Sweden, and Denmark, 1780 ; ended,
1781; renewed, and a treaty ratified to cause their flags to be
respected by the belligerent powers, 16 Dec. 1800. Great
Britain rejecting principle that neutral flags protect neutral
bottoms, war ensued, and Nelson and Parker destroyed the
fleet of Denmark before Copenhagen, 2 Apr. 1801. This event,
and the murder of the emperor Paul of Russia, led to the dis-
solution of the armed neutrality.
Arme'llia, formerly a vast country in Asia extending
from the Caspian sea to Asia Minor and northward to the Cau-
cassus,and including districts now belonging to Russia and Per-
sia as well as Turkey. Here Noah is said to have resided when
he left the ark, 2348 b.c. Armenia belonged successively to the
Assyrian, Median, and Persian empires, and after the defeat of
Antiochus the Great, 190 b.c, to the Greek kings of Syria. The
Romans formed kingdoms of Armenia Major and Minor, but
their influence was impaired by frequent aggressions of Par-
thians. In all political troubles the Armenians have maintained
Christianity and a church governed by patriarchs not subject
to Rome. Since 1716 an Armenian convent has existed at Ven-
ice, where books are printed in the Armenian language. b.c.
City of Artaxarta built 186
Antiochus Epiphanes invades Armenia 166
Tigranes the Great reigns in Armenia Major. 95
Becomes king of Syria, and assumes the title of "king of kings " 83
Defeated by Lucullus, 69 ; he lays his crown at the feet of Pom-
pey.
66
His son, Artavasdes, reigns, 54; assists Pompey against Julius
Caesar, 48; and the Parthians against Mark Antony 36
Antony subdues and sends him in silver chains to Egypt 34
Artaxias, his son, made king by the Parthians 33
Deposed by the Romans, who enthrone Tigranes II 20
A.D.
Armenia subjected to Parthia. i- 15
Reconquered by Germanicus, grandson of Augustus 18
Tiridates made king by the Romans 68
Parthian conquerors of Armenia are expelled by Trajan 115
Severus makes Volagarses king of part of Armenia 199
Christianity introduced between 100-300
Armenia added to the Persian empire 232
Tiridates obtains the throne through Diocletian, 286; is ex-
pelled by Narses, 294 ; restored by Galerius 298
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On his death, Armenia becomes subject to Persia, 342; is made
neutral by Rome and I'orsia. 384
Rome and Persia divide Armenia by treaty 443
Armenian version of the Bible begun by Miesrob 410
Armenia conquered and reconquered by Greek and Persian sov-
ereigns. 577-687
And by the Greek emperors and Mahometans 093-1065
Armenian church reconciled to Rome about 1830
Leon VI., last king of Armenia, Uken prisoner by the Saracens,
1375 ; released, he dies at Paris. 1393
Overrun by the Mongols, 1235; by Timour, 1383; by the Turks,
1516 ; by the Persians, 1534 ; by the Turks 1583
Shuh Abbas of Persia yielding Armenia to the Turks, transports
2'2,000 Armenian families to Persia 1604
Armenia overrun by the Russians 18*28
Surrender of Erzeroum 9 July, 18'29
By the Berlin treaty, Kars, Ardahan, and Batoum were ceded
to Russia, with other changes July, 1878
Syria and Rrsso Turkish Wars, I. and II.
ar'millary §plicre, an astronomical instrument fit-
ted with brass circles to show the greater and lesser circles of
the sphere in their natural position and motion. It is said to
have been invented by Eratosthenes about 255 B.C., and was
employed by Tycho Brahe and others.
ArniiiiiaiiN or Rcinoiistraiit§, from James
Arminius (or Harmensen). a Protestant divine of Leyden,
Holland (b. 1560; d. 19 Oct. 1609), whose followers pre-
sented a Remonstrance to the states-general in 1610. They
separated from the Calvinists, rejecting predestination, etc.
Their doctrines were condemned in 1619 at the synod of
Dort; they were exiled till 1625. The Calvinists were
sometimes styled Gomarists, from Gomar, opponent of Ar-
minius. James I. and Charles I. favored Arminian doc-
trine.
armor. That of Goliath is described (about 1063 b.c.),
1 Sam. xvii. 5. Skins and padded hides were early used, and
brass and iron armor, in plates or scales, followed. The body
armor of the Britons was skins of wild beasts, exchanged, after
the Roman conquest, for the well-tanned leathern cuirass. —
Tacitus. Hengist is said to have had scale armor, 449 a.d.
The earliest historical collections of arms and armor date back
no further than 1500 a.d. The oldest is that of Louis XII. at
Amboise in 1520. That at Dresden was begun about 1553, and
the Ambras collection at Vienna in 1570. Other collections
are scattered throughout Europe. Among the principal are
those at St. Petersburg and at Madrid. The collection at the
Tower of London contains about 6000 examples from the early
middle ages downwards.
Norman armor formed breeches and jacket 1066
The hauberk had its hood of the same piece 1100
John wore a surtout over a hauberk of rings set edgeways 1199
Heavy cavalry covered with a coat of mail. Some horsemen
had vizors and skull-caps about 1216
Armor exceedingly splendid about 1350
Black armor, used not only for battle, but for mourning, Hen-
ry V 1413
Armor of Henry VII. consisted of a cuirass of steel, in the form
of a pair of staj's about 1.500
Armor ceased to reach below the knees, Charles 1 1625
[In the reign of Charles II. officers wore no other armor
than a large gorget, which is commemorated in the diminu-
tive ornament known at the present day. — Meyrick.]
armorial t>earing§ became hereditary at the
close of the 12th century. They were emploj'^ed by the
crusaders, 1100. The lines to denote colors in arms, by
their direction or intersection, were invented by Colum-
biere in 1639. The armorial bearings of the English sov-
46 ARM
■ ereigns are given under England. Armorial bearings
were taxed in 1798, and again in 1808. The tax produced
64,515/. in the year ending 31 March, 1868; 1878, 83,104/.;
1884, 78,766/. The tax is now 21. 2«. ; if not on carriages,
it is 1/. la. annually (1889). Sir Bernard Burke's "General
Armory," 1883, contains the arms of above 66,000 British fam-
ilies.
Armorica, now Brittany, N. France, was con-
quered by Julius Caesar, 66 b.c. Many Gauls are said to have
retired thither and preserved the Celtic tongue,584 a.d. Brit-
arms. The club was the first offensive weapon ; then
followed the mace, battle-axe, pike, spear, javelin, sword and
dagger, bows and arrows. Pliny ascribes the invention of the
sling to the Phoenicians. See article on each weapon.
army. Egypt was the first country to have a military
organization. Trained by his father, Sesostris or Rameses III.
seems to have been the first military organizer of Egypt, about
1620 B.C. The first guards and regular troops of a standing
army were formed by Saul, 1093. — Eusebim. Cyrus, founder
of the Persian empire, devised the military organization which
established his power, 557 B.C. Xerxes was three years pre-
paring to invade Greece, and. his army is represented to have
numbered 1,700,000 foot and 80,000 horse. The Greeks orig-
inated the " phalanx," which became the basis of all their tac-
tics, and was perfected in the Macedonian phalanx by Philip of
Macedon, about 360 b.c. This phalanx, as finally formed by
Alexander, numbered 16,384 heavy-armed infantry. It was
formed 16 deep. The principal weapon was the pike, 24 ft. long.
The nucleus of the Roman army was the legion, ascribed to
Romulus, but reorganized by Servius Tullius and lasting until
the disruption of the Roman Empire. It consisted of 10 co-
horts, each of 6 centuries. At first the legion contained 3000 in-
fantry and 300 cavalry, but it was gradually increased to 4500
and finally to 6000. The number of the legions varied. Under
Augustus there were 45. They were usually designated by
numerals in the order in which they were levied. — The his-
tory of armies (European) since the overthrow of the Roman
empire may be divided into four periods: (1) The barbarous
stage, when the armies were national and denominated hordes,
being without tactics or organization ; (2) the feudal period,
when the army was made up of well-equipped knights and
men-at-arms, followed by peasants or slaves ; (3) the standing-
army period, the army forming a distinct class, tactics and
organization becoming a science (1400 to 1800); (4) armies
once more national under conscription embracing the whole
male population between certain ages, trained and organized
with science and skill. (See Table.) The first modern stand-
ing army was maintained by Charles Vll.of France, 1445. The
British army mainly arose in the reign of Charles II. in 1661,
in consequence of the extinction of feudal tenures. The first
five regiments of British infantry were established between
1633 and 1680. James II. established several regiments of
dragoon guards (1685-88). In 1685 the army consisted of
7000 foot and 1700 horse. Standing armies were introduced
by Charles I. in 1638; were declared illegal in England, 31
Car. II. 1679; but one was then gradually forming, which was
maintained by William III., 1689, when the mutiny act was
passed. Grose's " History of the British Army " was published
in 1801.
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF
SOLDIERS IN THE CHIEF EUROPEAN ARMIES, 1892.
Nation.
Peace-footing.
All branches.
Active Army
and
Field Reserve.
Possible War-
footinp.
All branches.
Remarks.
Austria
Gt. Britain..
British Col..
France
Germany....
Italy
309,187
140,968 "
570,000
513,983
241,722
1,554,479
204,626
225,000
2,376,588
2,471,925
1,053,934
4,000,000
\ 1,179,626
3,240,000
2,977,629
2,586,437
^Military service is obligatory on all men who have completed their 20th year.
\ Only certain family conditions and physical and mental incapacity cause ex-
( emption. No substitutes are allowed.
The distinction between the British army and that of almost every other state of
Europe is that the service is voluntary. Enlistments are by free choice for a
definite term.
The active army is composed of all the young men not exempt who have reached
the age of 20, and the reserve of those who have passed through the active
army. In 1887 all exemptions were abolished.
No substitution is allowed. Every German capable of bearing arms must serve
in the standing army for 7 years from the 20th of his age, 3 in active service
and 4 in the reserve,
f Universal liability to arms forms the basis of the military organization. The
J time of service in the standing army for the first category of recruits is 5 years
1 in infantry, 4 in cavalry, and 3 in other arms. Period of service in standing
t army and reserve 19 years.
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Nation.
Spain. .
Turkey
Eussia .
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF SOLDIERS IN THE CHIEF EUROPEAN ARMIES, 1892. -{Continued.)
Peace-footing.
All branches.
89,908
185,000
840,500
Active Army
and
Field Reserve.
154,388
479,864
2,606,592
Possible War-
footing.
All branches.
1,135,196
Remarki.
AH Spaniards past 20 are liable to be drawn for the permanent army, in which
they serve 3 years; they then serve 3 years in the first or active reserve, and 6
years in the second reserve. By a payment of 1500 pesetas any one can pur-
chase exemption. mt j ^
By a law of 1869 the military service is compulsory for all Turks, and is carried
out either by recruiting or by ballot The length of service is 20 years 4 in the
active army, 2 in the first reserve, 6 in the second reserve, and 8 in the Land-
sturm.
All men must serve from the 21st year, 4 years in the active army 13 years
in the reserve, and 5 years in the Zapas or second reserve. In the European
armies the troops are divided into field, fortress, local, reserve, second reserve
and auxiliary. '
army, United States, the Continental, or army of the
revolution, was organized by the continental congress, 15 June,
1775. George Washington commander-in-chief with the rank
of maj.-gen.
This congress at the same time chose 4 maj-gens. and 8 brig. -gens.,
and appointed 1 adj. -gen., 1 quartermaster-gen., 1 commissary-
gen., 1 paymaster- gen., and 1 chief-engineer.
Congress established a board of war and ordnance consisting of 6
members, 12 June, 1776. United States.
During the continuation of this board from 1776 to 1781 there were
6 secretaries. In Feb. 1781, congress created the office of sec. of
war, with gen. Benjamin Lincoln as secretary, from 30 Oct. 178L
Continental army was disbanded, 5 Nov. 1783.
1000 men were however retained until the peace establishment cotild
be organized. United States, 1775-89.
TROOPS (CONTINENTAL AND MILITIA) FURNISHED BY THE THIRTEEN STATES DURING THE REVOLUTION, 1775 TO 1783
INCLUSIVE.
1775
1776
1777
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
Toul.
TotaL
State.
Cont'Is.
Cont'Is.
Militia.
Cont'Is.
Militia.
Cont'Is.
Militia.
Cont'Is.
Militia.
Cont'Is.
Militia.
Cont'Is.
Militia.
Cont'Is.
Cont'Is.
Cont'Is.
Militia.
N. H. . . .
2,824
3,019
1,172
1,111
1,283
1,004
222
1,017
760
700
....
744
733
12,496
2,093
Mass. . . .
16,444
13,372
4,000
7,816
2,775
7,010
1,927
6,287
1,451
4,553
3,436
3,732
1,566
4,423
4,370
68,007
15,155
R. I
1,193
798
1,102
548
630
2,426
507
756
915
464
481.
372
5,908
4,284
Conn....
4,507
6,390
5,737
4,563
4,010
3,544
3,133
554
2,420
1,501
1,732
1,740
32,039
7,792
N. Y. . . .
2,075
3,629
1,715
1,903
921
2,194
2,256
2,179
668
1,728
....
1,198
1,169
18,331
3,304
N.J
3,193
5,893
1,408
1,586
1,276
1,105
162
823
660
675
10,726
6,055
Penn....
400
5,519
4,876
4,983
2,481
3,684
3,476
3,337
....
1,346
1,265
1,598
25,608
7,357
Del
609
145
229
349
317
325
231
89
....
162
235
2,317
376
Md
637
2,592
2,030
1,535
3,307
2,849
2,065
770
1.280
974
13,912
4,127
Va
6,181
5,744
1,289
5,236
3,973
2,486
1,215
4,331
1,204
629
26,668
5,620
N. C
....
1,134
1,281
1,287
1,214
2,706
545
1,105
697
7,263
2,706
s. c
2,069
1,650
1,650
....
....
....
....
139
5,508
....
Ga
351
1,423
673
....
87
....
....
....
....
145
2,679
Total....
27,443 1 46,901
26,060
34,750
10,112
32,899
4,353
26,790
5,135
21,115
5,811
13,832
7,398
14,256
13,476
231,462
58,869
Conjectural estimate of militia employed from the different
states in addition to the above.
1775 from 3 to 9 months 10,180
16,700
23,800
13,800
12,350
16,000
1781 8,750
1782 3.750
1776....
" 4 " 8
1777....
" 2 " 8
1778....
" 2 " 6
1779....
" 2 " 9
1780....
" 2 " 12
Additional militia 105,330
Militia proper 58,869
Continentals.... 231,462
Total.... 395,661
Army under the Constitution. The constitution of the
United States, art. 1, sec. 2, empowers congress " to raise and
support armies," and art. 2, sec. 2, designates the president as
commander-in-chief of the army and navy, and of the militia
when called into the service of the United States.
The War dept. was established by act of 7 Aug. 1789
The standing army was first organized under the code of the
continental congress of 1776, the basis of the present articles
of vmr, though greatly modified in 1806. Congress fixes the
rank and file at 1216, comprising 1 regiment of infantry (12
companies) and 1 regiment of artillery (4 companies).. 3 Sept. 1790
An additional regiment of 900 men was authorized 1791
The army consisted of 4 regiments of infantry, of 8 companies
each, 2 companies of light dragoons, and a corps of artiller-
ists and engineers, with 1 maj.-gen. and 1 brig. -gen 1796
The maj.-gen. was discharged as unnecessary 1797
A provisional force of 10,000 men raised owing to the threat-
ening attitude of France 1798
[Washington made commander-in-chief, with rank of lieut.-
gen. As the danger passed, the army was reduced to. its for-
mer size.]
Office and title of lieut. -gen. abolished by congress 3 Mch. 1799
A provisional volunteer force of 25,000 authorized by congress
for the war with England, besides volunteers and militia 1812
[This did not affect the regular army.]
Force disbanded 1815
1 regiment of dragoons, the first, authorized 1833
2 regiments of dragoons authorized 1836
The whole number of troops of the line was 7244 men at the
breaking out of the Mexican war 1846
The regular army was increased to 20,000 by enlistments
aside from volunteers; 9 new regiments of infantry, 1 of dra-
goons, 1 of mounted rifles, were added during the war, but
discharged except the mounted rifles 1849
H regiments of infantry and 2 of cavalry added to the army. . . 1855
Total number of line troops, 12,931 in 1860
The grade of lieut.-gen. was revived in " brevet, ' ' and held by gen.
Winfield Scott from 15 Feb. 1855, until his retirement . .Nov. 1861
[The rank was revived in 1864, and conferred upon gen.
Grant.]
The president by proclamation added to the regular army 11 regi-
ments, viz., 1 of cavalry, 1189 officers and men; 1 of artillery of
12 batteries, 6 pieces each, 1909 men; and 9 of infantry of 3
battalions of 8 companies each, 22,068 officers and men. .4 May, 1861
Flogging abolished in the army 5 Aug. 1861
TROOPS FURNISHED THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE CIVIL
WAR FROM 1861 TO 1865.
Under call of 15 Apr. 1861, for 75,000 men for 3 mos 91,816
Under call of 3 May, 1861, for 500,000 men for 6 mos., 1 yr.,
2 yrs. , 3 yrs 700,680
Under call of 2 July, 1862, for 300,000 men for 3 years 421,465
Under call of 4 Aug. 1862, for 300,000 men for 9 mos 87,588
Under proclamation, 15 June, 1863, men for 6 mos 16,361
Under call of 17 Oct. 1863 (including drafted men of 1863),
and call of 1 Feb. 1864, for 500,000 for 3 yrs 317,092
Under call of 14 Mch. 1864, for 200,000 for 3 yrs 259,515
Militia for 100 days, mustered in between Apr. 23 and July
18,1864 83,612
Under call of 18 July, 1864, for 500,000 (reduced by excess
credits of previous calls) for 1 yr., 2 yrs., 3 yrs., and 4 yrs.. 385,163
Under call of 19 Dec. 1864, for 300,000 men for 1 yr., 2 yrs.,
3 yrs., 4 yrs 211,762
Other troops furnished by states and territories which, after
first call, had not been called upon for quotas when gen-
eral call for troops was made 182,367
By special authority granted May and June, 1862, New York,
Illinois, and Indiana furnished for 3 mos. 15,007
Total 2,772,408
Number of men who paid commutation • 86, t24
Grand total 2,859,132
Aggregate reduced to a 3 yrs. ' standard 2,320,272
ACTUAL STRENGTH OF THE ARMT BETWEEN 1 JAN. 1860,
AND 1 MAY, 1865.
Date Regulars. Volunteers. TotaL
1 Jan.1860 16,435 16,435
1 " 1861 16,367 ,15'^fJ
Jjulv " 16422 170,329 186,751
iiarf'1862 22 425 553,492 575,917
oi Mch " ... .23,308 613,818 b3<,126
' Jan 1863::::.......25 463 892:728 918,191
1 u iQfiA 24 636 aS6,101 860,737
; u r^ ■.■.■.::22,oi9 937441 959,460
3iMch." :::::. .:::.2i:669 958;4i7 ,.98o,o86
IMay, "
,1,000,51S
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There were absent (Vom the army, volunteers and regulars,
338,536, or about one third of the total force 1 Jan. 1866
The regular army reached its maximum strength, 66,815,
Oct. 1867
Hazimam strength fixed by congress at 26,000 enlisted men,
16 Aug. 1876
STRENGTH OF THE REGULAR ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,
1 JAN. 1893.
M^. -generals 3
Brig, -generals 6
Staff- department 2,467
r. 1^ in »»in.<.n*a JCommissioned 432
Cavalry, 10 regiments, ^£^,53^^^, ^^^
A-.jii«-» K «i (Commissioned 280
Artillery, 6 lEnlisted 3,675
ini.nt.7,26 " |gSr"r'.::: "i; i:!:: i! ! ! i! ! i2,?5J
Military academy, {^52^"::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 34?
Various others unattached, etc 2,233
Total 28,602
Retired oflQcers 607
" enlisted men 736
STRENGTH OF THE MILITIA FORCE OF THE UNITED STATES,
48 ARM
SALARIES PAID COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE U. S.
ARMY.
SUte.
Alabama
Arkansas.
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware.
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts..
Michigan
Minnesota.
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada.
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina.
North Dakota...
Ohio
Oregon.
Pennsylvania . .
Rhode Island...
South Carolina..
South Dakota...
Tennessee
Texas .
Vermont
Virginia.
Washington
West Virginia . .
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Territories
Total
Organised Aggregate. Unorf^anited but Available.
2,958
1,094
4,218
825
2,687
601
1,021
4,577
308
4,389
2,459
2,443
1,738
1,319
1,152
1,114
2,094
5,611
2,515
1,838
1,712
2,387
570
1,073
575
1,229
4,233
13,539
1,686
513
5,373
1,506
8,469
1,434
5,616
526
1,357
3,368
786
2,844
1,145
728
2,737
309
2,297
110,673
160,000
116,620
153,389
86,000
91,766
38,000
47,705
264,021
10,000
650,000
468,608
243,299
250,000
395,000
138,439
96,937
125,000
339,691
400,000
154,000
233,480
350,000
34,350
125,000
10,540
34,000
284,887
650,000
235,000
36,178
600,000
40,796
735,622
47,000
116,000
60,000
290,246
300,000
44,164
220,000
59,600
90,000
308,717
13.000
74,203
9,121,258
STAFF-DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
With the exception of the quartermaster - general's department
the highest rank in the staff-department of the Army prior to 1861
was colonel. From that date the rank of the heads of the differ-
ent departments has been gradually changed to that of brig. -gen.,
until now they all bear that rank. The following is a list of the
names of those who first ranked as brig. -gen. in the different depart-
ments.
Thomas S. Jessup, q. m. -gen. , as brig.-gen. fi-om 8 May, 1818
Lorenzo Thomas, adjt.-gen., " " 3 Aug. 1861
Jas. W. Ripley, chief of ord., " " 3 Aug. "
Wm. A. Hammond, surg. -gen., " " 25 Apr. 1862
Joseph P. Taylor, commissary-gen., " " 9 Feb. 1863
Joseph G. Totten, chief of engineers, " " 3 Mch. "
Joseph Holt, judge- advocate gen., " " 22 June, 1864
Benj. W. Brice, paymaster- gen., " " 28 July, 1866
Randolph B.Marcy, inspector-gen., " " 12 Dec. 1878
Albert J. Myer, chief sig. off., " " 16 June, 1880
MlU-gen..
Brig.-gen.
Colonel . .
Lt. Col.
Major
Capt m'fd.,
" not " . ,
Regt adjt. . . ,
" q.m
Ist Lt. m't'd.,
" not "
2d Lt. m't'd. ,
" not "
Chaplain
AmoQDt
per J ear.
$7,600
5,500
3,500
3,000
2,600
2,000
1,800
.1,800
1,800
1,600
1,500
1,500
1,400
1,500
{Increase of 10 per cent, every 5 years
of service up to $4,500, the limit.
( Increase of 10 per cent, every 5 years
( of service up to $4,000, the limit.
J Increase of 10 per cent, every 5 years
\ of service for 20 years.
Retired officers receive 75 per cent, of pay (salary and increase)
of their rank {act July 15, 1870, sec. 24) with the exception of the
chaplain, who receives 90 per cent.
The pay of privates to sergeants inclusive ranges from $13 to $45
per month the first year, and from $16 to $48 per month the next
four years, and after that from $18 to $50 a month.
PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENT ARMIES OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Army of thk Cumberland organized 30 Oct. 1862. First command-
er, maj.-gen. Wm. S. Rosecrans— 3 corps, 14th, 20th, 21st. Battle
of Stone river or Murfreesboro. 31 Dec. 1862-2 Jan. 1863, viclori
ous. Battle of Chickamaiiga, defeated, 19 -20 Sept. 1863. 20th and
21st corps consolidated, forming the 4th corps, Oct. 1863; maj.-
gen. George H. Thomas 2d commander, relieving gen. Rosecrans,
Oct. 1863. 11th and 12th corps of the army of the Potomac united
with the army of the Cumberland,Oct. 1863. Defeats confederates
in a series of battles around Chattanooga, Nov. 1863-llth and 12th
corps consolidated, Jan. 1864, forming the 20th. Participates in
the Atlanta campaign, 1864. The 14th and 20th corps accompany
gen. Sherman on his "march to the sea. " The 4th corps, return-
ing to Nashville, engages in the battle of Franklin, 30 Nov. 1864,
and of Nashville, 15-16 Dec. 1864.
Army of the Gulf organized 1863, including the troops within the
dept, of the Gulf Mostly comprised of the 19th corps, maj.-gen,
N. P. Banks commander. Engaged in the siege of Port Hudsox
and in the Red river campaign, Mch., Apr. 1864.
Army of the James (i. e. the James river) comprised the 10th and
18th corps, and cavalry under command of maj.-gen. Benj. F.
Butler; and acting in conjunction with the army of the Potomac,
operated south of Richmond around Petersburg," 1864.
Army of the Middle Military Div., organized Aug. 1864, com-
prised the 6th, 8th, and 19th corps, with 2 divs. of cavalry under
command of maj.-gen. Philip H. Sheridan. Battle of Winchester,
19 Sept. 1864; battle of Fisher's Hill, '25 Sept. 1864; and battle of
Cedar Creek, 19 Oct. 1864. In all victorious.
Army of the Ohio organized 9 Nov. 1861, mnj.-gen. Don Carlos
Buell 1st commander. Aids in securing victory at the battle
of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing, 6-7 Apr. 1862; Perrysville, 8
Oct. 1862. Gen. Buell relieved, 30 Oct. 1862, Wm. S. Rosecrans
in command. Changed to Army of the Cumberland. Reor-
ganized, maj.-gen. H. G. Wright in command, 1862; maj.-gen. Am-
brose E. Burnside, 1863, operating in east Tenn. ; maj.-gen. John
G. Foster, 1864; maj.-gen. John M. Schofleld, 28 Jan. 1864. Atlanta
campaign. Battles of Franklin and Nashville, 1864; Fort Fisher,
186,5.
Army of the Potomac organized July, 1861, maj.-gen. George B.
McClellan 1st commander. 7 days' battles before Richmond,
June and July, 1862. Battle of Antietam, 17 Sept. 1862; vic-
torious. Maj.-gen. Ambrose E. Burnside 2d comihander, 5 Nov.
1862. Battle of Fredericksburg, 10 Dec. 1862; defeated. Gen.
Burnside relieved, 25 Jan. 1863; maj.-gen. Joseph Hooker 3d com-
mander. Battle of Chancellorsville, 2, 3, and 4 May, 1863; de-
feated. Gen. Hooker relieved, 27 June, 1863; maj.-gen. George
G. Meade 4th .commander. Battle of Gettysburg, 1-3 July,
1863; victorious. Under gen. Grant, general - in - chief, fought
the battles of the Wilderness, 5-6 May, 1864; Spottsylvania,
11 May, 1864; Cold Harbor, 3 June, 1864. Siege of Richmond,
1864-65.
Army op the Tennessee organized Apr. 1862, maj.-gen. H. W. Hal-
leck commander; maj.-gen. U. S. Grant in command,17 July, 1862.
It comprised the 13th, 15th, 16th, and 17th corps, 18 Dec. 1862.
Vicksburg campaign and capture of Vicksburg, 4 July, 1863.
Maj.-gen. William T. Sherman in command, 27 Oct. 1863. Par-
ticipates in the battles around Chattanooga, Nov. 1863. Maj.-
gen. J. B. McPherson in command, 12 Mch. 1864. Atlanta cam-
paign. Maj. -gen. O. 0. Howard appointed to the command on the
death of gen. McPherson, killed 22 July, 1864. With Sherman
on the march through Ga. John A. Logan in command, 19 May,
1865.
Army of Virginia Organized 26 June, 1862, maj.-gen. John Pope
commander. It comprised 3 corps and about 5000 cavalry. With
the army of the Potomac it fought the battles of Groveton and
second Bull Run, 29 and .30 Aug. 1862; defeated. Gen. Pope re-
lieved at his own request, and the army merged in that of the
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NUMBER OF TROOPS EMPLOYED (REGULAR AND MILITIAS TN TPP <iVT>xnnr, «™ m„
^ WARS SERVICE OP THE UNITED STATES IN ITS SEVERAL
Revolution.
Northwestern Indians. .
France
Tripoli ,
Creek Indian
England
Seminole
Black Hawk
Cherokee
Florida Indian
Aroostook disturbance.
Mexican
Civil War
Length of war.
19 Apr. 1775 to 11 Apr.
19 Sept.
9 July,
10 June,
27 July,
18 June,
20 Nov.
21 Apr.
23 Dec.
24 Apr.
12 Apr.
1790 to
1798 "
1801 "
1813 "
1812 "
1817 "
1831 '<
1836 "
1835 "
1838 "
1846 "
1861 "
3 Aug.
30 Sept.
4 June,
9 Aug.
17 Feb.
21 Oct.
31 Sept.
14 Aug.
4 July,
9 Apr.
1795
1800
1805
1814
1815
1818
1832
1837
1843
1839
1848
Regula
231,462
85,000
1,000
1,339
935
11,169
30'954
Number of troops employed.
58,869— proper. ^
105,332— conjecturaL I
164,201 J
13,181
471,622
6,911
5,126
12,483
29,953
1,500
73,776
396,663
13,781
556,622
7,911
6,466
13,418
41,122
1,500
104,730
2,772,408
GENERALS-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED
STATES UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
Names.
Term of Service.
Rank.
Josiah Harmar
Sept. 1789 to Mch. 1791
Lt.-col.
Arthur St. Clair
4 Mch. 1791
' 5 Mch. 1792
Maj.-gen.
Anthony Wayne
5 Mch. 1792
' 15 Dec. 1796
James AVilkinson
15 Dec. 1796 '
' 3 July, 1798
Brig. -gen.
George Washington, . .
3 July, 1798
'14 Dec. 1799
Lt.-gen.
.James Wilkinson
15 June, 1800 '
' 27 Jan. 1812
Brig. -gen.
Henry Dearborn
27 Jan. 1812 '
'15June,1815
Maj.-gen.
Jacob Brown
15June,1815 '
24 May, 1828 '
' 24 Feb 1828
Alexander Macomb. . .
' 25 June,1841
"
Winfield Scott
25 June, 1841 '
' 1 Nov. 1861
( Maj.-gen. &
( brev. It. -gen.
Maj.-gen.
George B. McClellan..
1 Nov. 1861 '
' 11 Mch. 1862
Henry W.Halleck....
11 July, 1862 '
12 Mch. 1864
Ulysses S. Grant
12 Mch. 1864 '
25 July, 1866
Lt-gen.
"
25 July, 1866 '
4 Mch. 1869
General.
William T. Sherman. . .
4 Mch. 1869 '
INov. 1883
"
Philip H.Sheridan....
1 Nov. 1883 '
' 5 Aug. 1888
Ltgen.&gen.
John M. Schofleld
14 Aug. 1888
Maj.-gen.
Arnold, Benedict, treason of. United States and
New York, 1780.
SiroinatiCi. Acron of Agrigentum is said first
to have made great fires and burned aromatics in them,
to purify the air; thus stopping the plague at Athens,
429 B.C.
Aroo'StOOk disturbance. In 1837-39 the un-
settled boundary between Maine and Nevir Brunswick nearly led
to active hostilities on the Aroostook river. Maine sent armed
men to erect fortifications, and congress authorized the presi-
dent to resist the encroachments of the British. Gen. Scott
arranged a truce and joint occupation. The boundaries were
finally adjusted by treaty, Aug. 9, 1842. Ashburton Treaty
and U. S. Record, 1839.
Arpi'num, now Arpi'no, S. Italy. Originally a
Volscian town, it passed into the hands of the Samnites, and
thence under the dominion of Rome. Its inhabitants became
Roman citizens in 302 b.c., and received the right of voting,
188 B.C. Here Caius Marius was born, about 157 b.c., and
Cicero, 3 Jan. 106 b.c.
Arques (Arc), N. France. Near here the league army,
commanded by the due de Mayenne, was defeated by Henry
IV., 21 Sept. 1589.
arraig^nment consists in reading the indictment and
calling upon the prisoner to plead to it. In England, formerly,
persons who refused to plead in cases of felony were pressed to
death by weights on the breast. A person standing mute was
declared convicted by an act passed 1772 ; but in 1827 the court
was directed to enter a plea of " not guilty " in such cases.
Mute.
Arras, N. E. France, the country of the ancient Atre-
bates, the seat of a bishop since 390. Here a treaty was con-
cluded between the king of France and duke of Burgundy,
the latter abandoning his alliance with England, 21 Sept.
1436. By another treaty of Maximilian of Austria with Louis
XI. of France, Burgundy and Artois were given to the dau-
phin as a marriage portion, 23 Dec. 1482. — Fe%. Arras was
held by the Austrians from 1493 till 1640, when it was taken
by Louis XIII.
arrest for debt practically abolished in England, 1869.
For the United States, Debtors.
Arsac idae, a Parthian dynasty, from Arsaces, about
260 B.C. to Artabanus, killed in battle with Artaxerxes, found-
er of the Sassanidae, 226 a.d.
arsenal, a military or naval repository. The principal
one in England is at Woolwich. Nearly every state in the
United States has at least one arsenal or armory for its militia.
New York has 14. The Rock Island arsenal. 111., is the most
completely equipped arsenal of the U. S. Most of the U. S.
arsenals are designed for construction an4 repairs as well as
supply; but not the state or city arsenals. The national ar-
senals are at :
Name. Place. E.Ub
Allegheny Pittsburg, Pa 1814
Augusta Augusta, Ga * i826
Benicia Benicia, Cal '. 186I
Columbia Columbia, Tenn 1889
Frankford Philadelphia, Pa .' ." '1815
Indianapolis Indianapolis, Ind 1863
Kennebec Augusta, Me '. 1827
Monroe Old Point Comfort, Va. 1838
New York Governor's Island * 183^
Rock Island Rock Island, 111 ' 1863
San Antonio San Antonio, Tex 1855
Watervliet West Troy, N. Y 1814
Watertown Watertown, Mass I8I6
Arsenians, partisans of Arsenius, patriarch of Constan-
tinople, who excommunicated the emperor Michael Palseolo-
gus for blinding his colleague, young John Lascaris, 1261, and
was deposed 1264.
arsenic, a steel-gray colored brittle metal, used with
lead in making small shot. The name is popularly applied to
arsenious add, a compound of the metal with oxygen, which
is highly poisonous. It was known in early times, being
mentioned by Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher, b. 382 b.c.
Brandt, in 1733, made the first accurate experiments on its
chemical nature. Arsenic acid, prepared from the white ar-
senic or arsenious acid of commerce, is largely used in making
aniline dyes. Brilliant greens on wall-papers often contain this
acid, but the popular notion that such colors can poison the
air has no foundation.
arson, punished with death by the Saxons, remained a
capital crime on the consolidation of the laws in 1827 and
1837. It is punishable in England by penal servitude for life
and minor degrees of imprisonment. In some states the law
remains as in England; others punish firing an inhabited
house by imprisonment for life. There are various degrees
of arson, with minor punishments for minor degrees.
Arsouf, Syria. At a battle here Richard L of England,
commanding the Christian forces, reduced to 30,000, defeated
Saladin's army of 300,000 Saracens and other infidels, on 6
Sept. 1191. Ascalon surrendered and Richard marched tow-
ards Jerusalem, 1192.
Ar'temis, a Greek goddess; called by the Romans Di-
ana.— An asteroid, the 106th. It was discovered by J. C.
Watson, 16 Sept. 1868.
Arteniis'ilim, a promontory in Eubcea, near which in-
decisive conflicts took place between the Greek and Persian
fleets for three days, 480 B.C. The former retired on hearing
of the battle of Thermopylae.
artesian ^ivells (from Artesia^ now Artois, in France,
where there are many) are formed by boring through upper
ART
aoil to strata containing water which has percolated from a
higher level, and which rises to that level through the boring-
66 ART
tube. The following are some of the deepest wells in the
world :
EUROPE.
Depth.
Passv, France
lA Chapelle, Paris
Grenelle, "
Neusalwerk, near Minden.
KissiDgen, Bavaria
Sperenberg, near Berlin. . .
Pestb, Hungary
2000 ft.
2950 "
1798 "
2288 "
1878 J "
4194 "
3182 "
1855-61
1866-69
1833-41
1858
1850-78
1868-79
6,682,000 gals, daily; rises 64 ft.
Warm, 82° Fahr. ; 743,040 gals, daily; rises 32 ft.
1,077,000 gals, daily. Mineral; rises 58 ft.
Salt. Sait-bod reached at 280 ft. and not passed.
The deepest well in the world.
Hot, 165° Fahr.
LocAUon.
UNITED STATES.
Depth. Bored.
Remark..
St Louis, Mo
2197 ft.
3843 "
2086 "
2775i "
206 '«
1250 "
1849-62
1866-70
1856-67
1848
108,000 gals, daily. Salty.
Does not rise to the surface. Salty.
330,000 gals, daily. Mineral.
Water saline, 91° Fahr. ; no force.
72,000 gals, daily.
28,800 gals, daily. Saline.
Charleston, S. C :
South Dakota, sometinaes called the "Artesian state," has
many powerful artesian wells in the valley of the James river,
from 800 to 1600 ft. deep, affording a bountiful supply of pure
water. The water from great depths is always warmer than
at the surface.
Arthur, king of Britain, said, raythicallv, to have lived
502-632 A.D.
The events of his life and the conflicts of the knights of his
RorND Table, as sung by the Welsh poets Taliesin, Llywarch
Hen, and Aneurin, were incorporated into a Latin history by
Geoffrey of Monmouth, about 1115, who died 1154; put into
French verse by Geoffrey Gaisnar, and by Wace soon after;
and into an English poem called Brut by Layamon about 1205
Walter Map, by incorporating in his version the legend of the
Holy Grail, introduced the religious element about 1171
Sir Thomas Malorys •' Morte d' Arthur," printed 1485
Lord Lyttoa's " King Arthur," pub 1848
Tennyson's " Idyls of the King " 1859-69
Arthur's, Chester A., administration. United States,
1881.
artichokes are said to have been introduced from
the East into western Europe in the 15th century, and to
have reached England in the 16th.
articles of confederation for the American
Colonies. Confederation, Articles of, and United
States, 1778.
articles of religion. On 8 June, 1536, after
long disputes, the English clergy in convocation published
"Articles decreed by the king's highness," Henry VIII., who
in 1539, by the " Statute of Six Articles," proclaimed the ac-
knowledgment of transubstantiation, communion in one kind,
vows of chastity, private masses, celibacy of the clergy, and
auricular confession. Offenders were punishable as heretics.
In 1551 42 were prepared, and published in 1653. These
were modified by the convocation, and reduced to 39 in
Jan. 1563 ; which received the royal authority (queen Eliza-
beth's) and the authority of parliament in 1571. These arti-
cles may be classified thus: (I) articles i.-v., the doctrine of
the Trinitj' ; (2) vi.-viii., the rule of faith ; (3) ix.-xviii.,
doctrines concerning sin, redemption, and their cognate
notions; (4) xix.-xxxix., the general theory of the church
and the doctrine of the sacraments. They also give prom-
inence to the tenets which distinguish the church of England
from that of Rome. The supremacy of the pope is denied in
art. xxxvii. ; the infallibility of the church of Rome and of
the general councils, xix., xxi. ; the enforced celibacy of the
clergy, xxxii. ; the denial of the cup to the laity, xxx. ; tran-
substantiation, xxviii. ; 5 out of 7 of the alleged 7 sacraments,
XXV. ; purgatory, relics, and the worship of images, xxii, ; and
works of supererogation, xiv. The Lambeth Articles, of a
more Calvinistic character, proposed by archbishop Whitgift,
were withdrawn because of the displeasure of queen Eliza-
beth, 1595. 104 articles were drawn up for Ireland by arch-
bishop Usher in 1614; but in 1635 the Irish church adopted
the English articles. Perth Articles. The 39 articles
were excluded from the studies at Oxford in Nov. 1871.
articles of war were decreed bj' Richard I. and
John. Those made by Richard II. in 1385 appear in " Grose's
Military Antiquities." The British articles now in force are
based upon an act, passed b)' William III. in 1689, to regulate
the army about to engage in his continental warfare. In the
United States, congress only can make articles of war. These
have been based on the English articles and mutiny act.
They were first adopted by the continental congress, July 30,
1775, and extended Mch. 20, 1776 ; enacted again, with little
alteration, Apr. 10, 1806. Some additions were made from
1861-65, and in 1874 they were codified as section 1342 of the
Revised Statutes of the U. S.
artificers and manufacturers. Their affairs
were severely regulated by the statutes of laborers in
England, 1349, 1350, 1360, 1549, and especially 1562. They
were prohibited from leaving the country, and those abroad
were outlawed if thej' did not return within 6 months after
notice. A fine of 100/. and imprisonment for 3 months were
penalties for seducing them from the realm, by 9 Geo. II.
1736, and other statutes. The law was modified in 1824.
artillery, a term once including all heavy military en-
gines for projectiles now restricted to cannon. A small piece
was contrived by Schwartz, a German cordelier, soon after the
invention of gunpowder, in 1330. Artillery is said to have
been used by the Moors of Algesiras, in Spain, in 1343 ; and at
the battle of Crecy, in 1346, when Edward III. had 4 pieces
of cannon. The English had artillery at the siege of Calais,
1347, and the Venetians against the Genoese at sea, 1377. —
Voltaire. Said to have been cast, with mortars for bomb-
shells, by Flemish artists, in Sussex, 1543. — Rymer^s " Foe-
dora." Made of brass, 1635; improvements by Browne, 1728.
Bombs, Cannon, Carronades (under Carron), Fire-arms,
Howitzers, Mortars, Petard, Rockets. The royal artil-
lery regiment was established in the reign of Anne.
Honorable Artillery Company of London, instituted in 1585,
having ceased, was revived in 1610. It met for military ex-
ercise at the Artillery ground, Finsbury, where the London
archers had met since 1498 (Archkry). In the civil war,
1642-48, the company sustained parliament with great eflfect.
It numbered 1200 in 1803, and 800 in 1861. Since 1842 officers
are appointed by the queen.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, of Boston,
Mass., the oldest military organization in the U. S., organ-
ized 1638
Its printed series of annual sermons begins with the discourse
of Urian Oakes 1672
Artois (_A r-twa'), N. France, a province once held by the
Atrebates, conquered by the Franks in the 5th century, given
by Charles the Bold, with Flanders, as a dowry to his daugh-
ter Judith, on her marriage with Baldwin Bras-de-fer in 863.
Louis XV. created his grandson, Charles Philippe, count of
Artois, who became king as Charles X., 16 Sept. 1824.
Reunited to the crown by Philip Augustus 1180
Formed into a county for his brother Robert, by Louis IX 1237
Acquired, with Flanders, through marriage, by the duke of
Burgundy 1384
Passed, by marriage of Mary of Bifl-gundy to Maximilian, to
the house of Austria 1477
Restored to France 1482
Reverted to Austria 1493
Conquered for France 1640
Finally confirmed to it by the treaty of Nimeguen. . .10 Aug. 1678
arts. In the 8th century, the circle of sciences was
composed of 7 liberal arts — the trivium (grammar, rhetoric,
logic), the quadi-ivium (arithmetic, music, geometry, and as-
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tronoray). — Harris. Aside from the arts of the races of
Egypt and the East, the history of the manual arts of archii-
tccture, sculpture, and painting falls naturally into 4 peri-
ods : (1) the Greek and Roman period, from about 700 B.C. to
400 A.D. ; (2) the Christian period, from 400 to 1 260 in Italy,
and about 1460 in northern Europe.; (3) the Renaissance pe-
riod, till about 1620 ; (4) the modern period. — " Fine Arts,"
Encyc. Brit, 9th ed.
The Royal Society of England obtained its charter 2 Apr. 1663
First public exhibitiou by the artists of the British metropolis
took place at the rooms of the Society of Arts 1760
Repeated there for several years, till the Royal Academy was
founded 1768
Society of British Artists was instituted 21 May, 1823
Their first exhibition opened 19 April, 1824
Art Union of London, 444 West Strand, was founded 14 Feb.
1837 ; and chartered 1 Dec. 1846. The Art Union Indemnity
act was passed i 3 Aug. 1844
Arundel Society for the promotion of the knowledge of art,
established in England 1848
Pre- Raphael ites became prominent about 1850
Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts, founded in Dec. 1858
Art unions began in France and Germany early in the present
century. (First in Britain was established at Edinburgh.)
Burlington Fine Arts Club, for exhibition of works of art,
etc. , founded 1868
A memorial of a convention for promoting reproductions of
works of art for museums of all countries, signed by prince
of Wales, crown princes of Prussia, Russia, Denmark, Swe-
den, Italy, Saxony, and others, sent to the duke of Marl-
borough 12 Mch. 1868
National Association for the advancement of art, first meeting
in Liverpool (meets annually) 3-7 Dec. 1888
Arts and Crafts Society, begun "
Society of Portrait Painters, founded 1891
In the United States ;
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Phil., organized l)ec. 1805;
incorporated 28 Mch. 1806
[Two or more exhibitions held every year. The oldest in-
stitution of its kind in the U. S.J
National Academy of Design, N. Y. ; instituted 1826; incor-
porated 1828
[Academicians limited to 100, associates to 100.]
Philadelphia School of Design for Women, founded 1847; in-
corporated 1853
[Object, instruction of women in decorative art.]
Cooper Union, N. Y., for the advancement of science and art;
founded by Peter Cooper 1857
[Aim, to afford instruction in the art of design to women.]
America7i Water Color Society, N. Y. ; organized 1868
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ; incorporated 1870
[Object, preservation and exhibition of works of art.]
Metropolitan Museum of Art, N. Y. ; chartered 13 Apr. "
[To encourage the study of the fine arts.]
Corcoran'' s Gallery o/^r«, Washington, D. C. ; chartered 24 May,
1870; opened 1874
[With an endowment of $900,000.]
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Phil. ; in-
corporated 26 Feb. 1876
[Similar in plan to the South Kensington museum and
school in London, Eng.]
Society of American Artists, N. Y. ; organized 1878
[Object, the advancement of the fine arts.]
Art Institute of Chicago; organized 24 May, 1879
Cincinnati Museum Association ; incorporated 15 Feb. 1881
[General plan similar to that of South Kensington, Eng.]
American Art Union, N. Y. ; incorporated 11 May, 1883
[Object, to promote interest in the fine arts by establish-
ing galleries for the exhibition and sale of works of art,
holding art exhibitions in different parts of the country,
publishing engravings and other artistic works, and an art
journal, establishing an artists' benevolent fund, and pro-
moting social intercourse among members.]
National Academy of Art, established in the District of Co-
lumbia by an act of the 52d congress 1892
Academies, Architecture, National Gallery, Painting, Royal
Academy, Sculpture, etc.
Arundel Ca§tle, Sussex, built by the Saxons about
800. The duke of Norfolk enjoys the earldom of Arundel, as
a feudal honor, by inheritance and possession of the castle,
without other creation. Philip Howard, son of the attainted
duke of Norfolk, was made earl of Arundel, by summons, as
possessor of this castle, 1580. It was thoroughly repaired by
a late duke.
Arundelian Marble§, one containing the chro-
nology of ancient history from 1582 to 355 B.C., and said to
have been sculptured 264 b.c. They consist of 37 statues,
128 busts, and 250 inscriptions, found in the isle of Paros about
1610. They were collected by W. Petty, purchased by lord
Arundel, and given by his grandson, Henry Howard, afterwards
duke of Norfolk, to the university of Oxford in 1667; and are
therefore called also Oxford Marbles. The inscriptions are
ASH
Greek. A variorum edition of the inscriptions, by Maittaire,
appeared, 1732, a fine one by Chandler, 1763 ; and translation*
by Selden, 1628 ; by Prideaux, 1676.
Ar'yan, in Sanscrit signifying (1) a tribe or nation ; (2>
noble. A family of nations sometimes inaccurately called
Japhetic, more commonly Indo-European or Indo-Germanic.
" The ancestors of most modern Europeans lived together a»
one people, speaking the primeval Aryan tongue, in central
Asia and apparently near the Pamir steppe. Their separa-
tion took place at so remote a period that while thev seem to
have known gold, silver, and copper, they were unacquainted
with iron."— iJ/ax Midler, « Science of Language," vol. ii. p. 258.
The Aryan race invaded India in remote antiquity, possibly
1700 B.C., and still remain the dominant race there.' The Ar-
yan stock not Asiatic but European. This view is supported
by canon Ii»aac Taylor, A. H. Sayce; by the Germans, O. Schra-
der, Karl Peuka, Posche, Geiger; and in France by M. de La-
ponge. " The conclusion may be accepted that the Aryan peo-
ple originated in western Europe and migrated eastward."—
Brinton's " Races and Peoples," p. 147. Language.
a§, a Roman weight; a pound; also a coin of varying^
weight. Originally, about 400 b.c., it was nominally 12 ounce*
of copper, but gradually fell to 2 ounces, and at last", in 80 ac.^
to ^ ounce, worth about 1^ cents.
Asaph, St., N. Wales, a bishopric said to have been
founded by Kentigern, bishop of Glasgow. , On returning into-
Scotland, about 560, he left St. Asaph his successor, from whom
the see is named. It is valued in the king's books at 187/. 11*.
&d. The present cathedral was erected by bishop Redman^
1472-95. By an order in council, 1838, the sees of St. Asaph
and Bangor were to be united on the next vacancy in either,,
and the bishopric of Manchester created. This order was an-
nulled in 1846. Present income 4200/. Manchkster. The
cathedral, restored by sir Gilbert Scott, reopened 2 Sept. 1875.
a§be§tO§, a native fossil stone regarded as a variety of
hornblende, which may be split into threads and filaments, and
is unconsumed by fire. Cloth was made of it by the Egyptian*
{Herodotus), and napkins in the time of Pliny, 74 a.d.; and also
paper. The spinning of asbestos known at Venice about 1500.
— Porta. The finest asbestos was discovered in Canada in
1874, but it is found in all parts of the globe. It is mined iu
Virginia, North and South Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, and
Staten Island in N. Y. It is steadily increasing in usefulness.
A§'calO]l, Syria, a city of the Philistines, shared the fate
of Phoenicia and Judea. The Egyptian army was defeated
here by the crusaders under Godfrey of Bouillon, 12 Aug. 1099.
Ascalon was besieged by the latter in 1148, taken in 1163, and
again in 1191. Its fortifications were destroyed for fear of the
crusaders by the sultan, 1270.
A§ceil§iOIl, an island in the Atlantic ocean, 800 miles
northwest of St. Helena, discovered by the Portuguese on As-
cension day, 20 May, 1501 , and seized by the English, Oct.
1815.
Ascen§ion Day or Holy Thursday, when
the church celebrates the ascension of Jesus, the fortieth day
after his resurrection, 14 May, 33 ; first commemorated, it is-
said, 68.
Aschaflfenburg, on the Maine, Bavaria, S. W. Ger-
many. Here, on 14 July, 1866, the Prussians defeated the
German Federal arm}', captured the town, and took 2000 pris-
oners.
As'CUlum, now As'COli, Apulia, S. Italy. Near it
Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated the Romans, 279 b.c. Asculum, a
city of the Piceni, with all their country, was conquered by the
consul Sempronius, 268 b.c. Here Andrea, general of the em-
peror Henry VI., endeavoring to wrest Naples from Tancred,.
was defeated and slain, 1190 a.d.
Aslian'tee§, a warlike negro people inhabiting the coun-
try above the Gold Coast, W. Africa. Trouble arising between
the English of the Gold Coast and the Ashantees, sir Garnet
Wolseley, sent by the English government with troops into-
their country, 4' Oct. 1873, took and destroyed their chief
town, Coomassie, 6 Feb. 1874. Treaty of peace— terms : per-
petual peace; indemnity of 50,000 oz. of gold; supremacy over
other tribes renounced; free trade guaranteed; and humaa
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68
ASS
sacrifices prohibited— signed, 13 Feb. 1874. Expedition cost
A»illburtOIl Treaty, so called from lord Ashburton
^Alexander Baring, head of the house of Baring brothers),
commissioner for Great Britain, who with Daniel Webster,
secretary of state under president Tyler, framed the treaty;
signed at Washington, 9 Aug. 1842 ; ratified, 20th same month ;
and proclaimed 10 Nov. Besides providing for the extradition
of criminals, etc., it settled the boundary line between Canada
and Maine. Aroostook.
Ashdod or Azo'tU§, seat of the worship of the Phoe-
nician god Dagon, which fell before the ark of the Lord, capt-
ured by the Philistines from the Israelites, about 1141 n.c. (1
Sam. v.). Ashdod was taken by the Egyptians after 29 years'
siege, the longest recorded.
A§hdOAVIl or A§§endune, now thought to be As-
ton, Berks, where Ethelred and his brother Alfred defeated the
Danes in 871. At Ashdown, near SafFron-Walden, Essex, Ca-
nute defeated Edmund Ironside with great slaughter, 1016.
Tradition says that the day after the battle in 871 Alfred caused his
army to carve the figure of a white horse, the standard of Hengist,
by cutting out the sod from the face of the chalk rocks, at the side
of the valley. Thomas Hughes ('-Tom Brown"), in his book,
"The Scouring of the White Horse" (1859), describes the work
and festival on 17 and 18 Sept. 1857, a ceremony performed at in-
tervals from time immemorial. Records are found of the " scour-
ing," 27 May, 1755; 15 May, 1776; 1780, 1785, 1803, 1812 or 1813,
19, 20 Sept., 1825; Sept. 1843.
Ashmolean Museum (books, manuscripts, coins,
■etc.), presented to the university of Oxford by Elias Ashmole,
heraid and antiquary, was opened 1682. It included the col-
lections of the Tradescants, to whom he was executor. He
died at Lambeth in 1692. The Ashmolean Society, Oxford
(scientific), was established in 1828.
A§h'taroth, a Phoenician goddess, occasionally wor-
shipped by the Israelites (see Judg. ii. 13), about 1406 b.c. ;
by Solomon, about 984 B.C. (1 Kings, xi. 5).
Astl-l¥edne§day, the first day of Lent, which in
•early times began on the Sunday now called the first in Lent.
It is said that pope Felix III., in 487, added the four days pre-
■ceding the old Lent Sunday to make number of fasting days
40 ; that Gregory the Great (pope, 590) introduced the sprink-
ling of ashes on the first additional day, and hence the name
Dies Cinei-um, or Ash- Wednesday. The Reformers rejected
this practice " as being a mere shadow, or vain show."
A§ia, the largest division of the globe, so called bj' the
Greeks from the nymph Asia, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys,
and wife of Japhet. Asia was the first quarter of the world
peopled — here the law of God was first promulgated; here
many of the greatest monarchies had their rise ; and hence
most of the arts and sciences have been derived. Its early
history is found in the Bible and in Herodotus, who relates
the wars of Croesus, Cyrus, and others. Its enormous area
(17,300,000 sq. miles), nearly five times that of Europe, is
.a third of the land of the earth's surface. It is 5300 miles
from the southern point of the Malay peninsula to the most
■northern cape, and from the isthmus of Suez to the East cape
it is 6700 miles. Two great progressive European powers,
Russia and Great Britain, now hold sway over more than two
fifths of Asia, and the principal political changes in Asia for
two centuries have had their origin in the steady growth of
these powers. The British have extended their empire tow-
ards Burmah and inner China, and northwestward to Afghan-
istan. The Russians have passed southward through the
■Caucasus and have occupied the region about Mero and Sa-
marcand. A belt of about 200 miles separates these two Eu-
ropean powers from each other. Afghanistan, China, India,
Jews, Persia, Siberia, Turkey, etc.
Asia Minor, now AnatO'lia, comprised the Ionian
•colonies on the coast, the early seats of Greek civilization, and
the countries of Cappadocia, Caria, Bithynia, Galatia, Lycia,
Lydia, Mysia, and Phrj'gia, with the cities of Ephesus, Smyr-
na, and Troy. From the rise of the Assyrian monarchy, about
2000 B.C., to that of the Turks under Osman, Asia Minor might
■be called the battle-field of the East. ^ ^
First settlement of the Ionian Greeks about 1043
Asia Minor subdued by the Medes " 711
Conquered by Cyrus about 54
Contest between the Greeks and Persians begins 54
Asia Minor conquered by Alexander 33
Contended for by his successors ; separate kingdoms established,
321-27
A.r
Gradually acquired by the Romans 188 b.c. to 1
Possessed by the Persians 60
Partially recovered by the emperor Basil 87
Invaded by Timour 140
Taken from the Greek emperor by the Turks under Mahomet I., 141
Turkey.
Asiatie societies. The Asiatic Society of Benga
at Calcutta, was established by sir William Jones in 1784, th
bounds of its investigation to be the geographical limits o
Asia. The Royal Asiatic Society, which has several branche
in India, was founded in 1823. It established the Orient?
Translation Fund in 1828, which had published 83 volumes o
Eastern literature in 1865; the Literary Society of Madras
1845.
Asmonseans, the proper name of the family terme
Maccabees.
Asperne, Oreat, a town, and Essling, a village nea
the Danube and Vienna, the scene of desperate conflicts be
tween the Austrians under the archduke Charles and th
French under Napoleon, Massena, etc., on 21-22 May, 180!
ending in the retreat of Napoleon. The Austrian loss exceede
20,000 men, and the French 30,000. Marshal Lannes mortall
wounded, 22 May; died, 31 May. The bridge of the Danub
was destroyed, and Napoleon's retreat endangered ; but th
success of the Austrians was fruitless.
asphalt, a solid bituminous substance, probably derive
from decayed vegetable matter; used as building material i
ancient Babylon. Its application for this purpose was revive
by Eyrini d'Eyrinis, a Swiss physician of Greek origin, wh
discovered beds of it near Neufchatel in 1712. Asphalt ston
was found at Seyssel, near Geneva, in 1802 ; and, after seven
failures, count Sassenaj' brought it into use for pavement aboi
1832. The artificial asphalt from gas-works began to be use
as pavement about 1838. Claridge's patent asphalt was lai
down in Trafalgar square, Jan. 1864. Various kinds of aspha
pavement have been since laid in London and New York. Tl
most celebrated deposit of natural bitumen is on the island c
Trinidad, whence the United States obtains its chief suppl;
Extensively used in paving cities throughout the U. S.
Aspromon'te, Naples. Here Garibaldi was defeatei
wounded, and taken prisoner, 29 Aug. 1862, having rise
against the French occupation of Rome.
As'sam', N. E. India, acquired by the British in 1825, ar
surrendered by the king of Ava in 1826. The tea-plant wi
discovered here by Mr. Bruce in 1823. A superintendent c
tea-forests was appointed in 1836, cultivation of tea havin
been recommended by lord William Bentinck in 1834. Tl
Assam tea company, which imported Chinese laborers ar
coolies, was established in 1839. In later years the planti
tions declined through over-speculation and neglect of the L
borers ; as a remedy, a labor act was passed at Calcutta aboi
July, 1867,
assassins or assassinians, fanatical Mahometan
following Hassan-ben-Sabah, settled in Persia about 1090. 1
Syria the}' possessed a large tract of land among the moui
tains of Lebanon. They murdered the marquess of Montfe
rat in 1192, Lewis of Bavaria in 1213, and the khan of Ta
tary in 1254. They were extirpated in Persia about 1258 ar
in Syria about 1272. The chief of the corps was named " Ai
cient of the Mountain " and " Old Man of the Mountain." The
trained up young people to assassinate persons designated I
their chief. — Henault. From them came the word assassin.
REMARKABLE ASSASSINATIONS AND ATTEMPTS, ARRANGE
BY DATES. B
Artaxerxes III. of Persia, by Bagoas about 3:
Philip II. of Macedon, by Pausanias 3;
Darius III. of Persia, by Bessus July, 3:
Julius Caesar, by Brutus and others 15 Mch.
A.
Edmund the Elder of England, ."r 26 Mch. 9
Edward the Martyr of England 18 " 9
Thomas a Becket, archbishop of Canterbury 29 Dec. 11
Albert I., emperor of Germany, by his nephew John. . .1 May, 13(
Edward II. of England 27 Sept. 13;
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Xouis Valois, duKe of Orleans, by Burgundians 23 Nov. 1407
John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy, by Orleanists. . .10 Sept. 1419
James I. of Scotland, by nobles 21 Feb. 1437
Edward V. of England, by oider of Richard, duke of Gloucester,
July, 1483
James lii. cf Scotland, by nobles 11 June, 1488
David Beaton cardinal, by Reformers 29 May, 1546
James Murray, earl, regent of Scotland, by Hamilton of Both-
wellhaugh, at Linlithgow, 21 Jan. 1570
William, prince of Orange, by Balthasar Gerard (Torture),
10 July, 1584
Henry, duke of Guise, by order of Henry III. of France.. 23 Dec. 1588
Louis of Guise, cardinal of Lorraine, by order of Henry IIL of
France 24 Dec. '«
Henry in. of France, by Jacques Clement 2 Aug. 1589
Henry IV. of France, attempt, by Jean Chatel 27 Dec. 1594
" " " " killed by Ravaillac (Torture) 14 May, 1610
'George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, by John Felton..28 Aug. 1628
William III. of England, plot to assassinate 14 Feb. 1696
Louis XV. of France, attempt, by Damiens (Torture) 5 Jan. 1757
■Gustavus III. of Sweden, AnkarstrOm 16 Mch. ; d. 29 Mch. 1792
Marat, by Charlotte Corday 13 July, 1793
€eorge III. of England, mad attempt by Margaret Nicholson, 2
Aug. 1786; again, by James Hatfield 15 May, 1800
Napoleon I., attempt by an infernal machine 24 Dec. "
Paul, czar of Russia, by nobles 24 Mch. 1801
Spencer Percival, premier of England, by Bellingham. .11 May, 1812
George IV. (when regent), attempt 28 Jan. 1817
August Kotzebue, German dramatist, for political motives, by
Karl Sand 23 Mch. 1819
Charles, due de Berri (father of the comte de Chambord),
18 Feb. 1820
€apo d'Istria, count, Greek statesman (Torture) 9 Oct. 1831
Audrew Jackson, president U. S., attempt 30 Jan. 1835
Louis Philippe of France, manv attempts, by Fieschi, 28 July,
1835; by Alibaud, 25 June, 1836; by Meunier, 27 Dec. 1836;
byDarmte, 15 Oct. 1840; by Lecomte, 14Apr. 1846; by Henry,
29 July, 1846
Denis Aflfre, archbishop of Paris 27 June, 1848
Rossi, conte Pellegrino, Roman statesman 15 Nov. "
Frederick William IV. of Prussia, attempt, by Sofelage. . . 22 May, 1850
Francis Joseph of Austria, attempt, by Libenyi 18 Feb. 1853
Ferdinand, Charles III., duke of Parma 27 Mch. 1854
Isabella II. of Spain, attempts, by La Riva, 4 May, 1847; by
Merino, 2 Feb. 1852; by Raymond Fuentes 28 May, 1856
Napoleon III., attempts, by Pianori, 28 Apr. 1855; by Belle-
marre, 8 Sept. 1855; by Orsini and others (France). . .14 Jan. 1858
Daniel, prince of Montenegro 13 Aug. 1860
Abraham Lincoln, president of the U. S., at Ford's theatre,
Washington, by John Wilkes Booth, on the evening of 14
Apr. ; d 15 Apr. 1865
Michael, prince of Servia 10 June, 1868
Prim, marshal of Spain, 28 Dec. ; d 30 Dec. 1870
Georges Darboy, archbishop of Paris, by communists. .24 May, 1871
Richard, earl of Maj'o, gov. -gen. of India, by Shere Ali, a con-
vict, in Andaman islands 8 Feb. 1872
Amadeus, duke of Aosta, when king of Spain, attempt.. 19 July, "
Bismarck, prince, attempt, by Blind, 7 May, 1866 ; by KuUman,
13 July, 1874
Abdul Aziz, sultan of Turkey 4 June, 1876
Hussein Avni and other Turkish ministers, by Hassan, a Cir-
cassian officer 15 June, "
William I. of Prussia and Germany, attempts, by Oscar Becker,
14 July, 1861; by HOdel, 11 May, 1878; by Dr. Nobiling,
2 June, 1878
Mehemet Ali, pacha, by Albanians 7 Sept. "
Humbert I., king of Italy, attempt, by John Passananti..l7 Nov. "
Lytton, lord, viceroy oflndia, attempt, by Busa 12 Dec. "
Alfonso XII. of Spain, attempts, by J. 0. Moncasi, 25 Oct. 1878;
by Francisco Otero Gonzalez 30 Dec. 1879
Loris MelikofT, Russian gen., attempt 4 Mch. 1880
Bratiano, premier of Roumania, attempt, by J. Pietraro..l4 Dec. "
Alexander II. of Russia, attempts, by Karakozow at St. Peters-
burg, 16 Apr. 1866; by Berezowski at Paris, 6 June, 1867; by
Alexander SoloviefT, 14 Apr. 1879; by undermining a railway
train, 1 Dec. 1879; by explosion of Winter palace, St. Peters-
burg, 17 Feb. 1880; killed by explosion of a bomb thrown by
a man who is himself killed, St. Petersburg. .. 2 p.m. 13 Mch. 1881
Garfield, James A., president of the U. S., shot by Charles Jules
Guiteau, Washington, 2 Julj', 1831; d. from his wounds, 19
Sept. 1881; Guiteau convicted of murder in the first degree,
26 Jan. 1882 ; sentenced 2 Feb. ; hanged on 30 June, 1882
Marie Franpois Sadi Carnot, president of France, stabbed mor-
tally at Lyons by Cesare Santo, an anarchist,
Sunday, 24 June, 1894
assay of gold and silver originated with the bishop
of Salisburj'-, a royal treasurer in the reign of Henry I. —
Du Cange. But some kind of assay was practised as early as
the Roman conquest. Assay, early established in England,
was regulated by statutes, 1238, 1700, and 1705. The alloy
of gold is silver and copper, that of silver is copper. Britisli
standard gold is 2 carats of alloy to 22 of fine gold. Standard
silver is 18 dwts. of copper to 11 oz. 2 dwts. of fine silver. Pyx.
The U.S. assay office. New York city, receives from $20,000,000
to $5100,000,000 in crude bullion of gold and silver to be assayed
every year. There are also oflftces at Boise City, Idaho ; Hele-
na, Mont. ; and St. Louis, Mo. Coinage.
ASS
Assaye (as-sa'), E. Indies. The British armv, under gen.
Arthur Wellesley (afterwards duke of Wellington), entered the
Mahratta states on the south ; took the fort of Ahmednuggur, 12
Aug. ; and defeated Scindiah and the rajah of Berar at Assaye,
23 Sept. 1803. This was Welleslev's first great battle with
only 4o00 men against 50,000. The enemy fled, leaving artil-
lery, etc. *'
assessed taxes. By some the date is referred to
Ethelbert, in 991; to Henry VIII. 1522; and to William III.
1689, when a land-tax was imposed in England. Land-tax
Taxks. '
assien'tO, a contract of the king of Spain with other
powers to supply negro slaves to Spanish America, began with
the Flemings. By treaty of Utrecht, 13 July, 1713, Great Brit-
am engaged to furnish 4800 negroes atniuallv for 30 vears. The
contract was renewed in 1748, but given up' in 175o'. Guinea.
assig^natS {as-seen-ijah'), a forced paper currency, first
issued by the revolutionary assembly of France, Apr. 1790.
At one period 8,000,000,000 francs, or nearly $1,600,000,000 of
this paper were in circulation.—^ lison. Assignats were su-
perseded by mandats in 1796.
Assiniboines. Indians.
assize eourtS (from assideo, I sit), ancient in Eng-
land, in old law-books defined as an assembly of knights and
other substantial men, with the justice, to meet at a certain
time and place : regulated by Magna Charta, 1^15. The pres-
ent justices of assize and nisiprius are derived from the stat-
ute of Westminster, 13 Edw. 1. 1284.— CoA:^, Blackstone. "The
king doth will that no lord, or other of the country, shall sit
upon the bench with the justices to take assize in their ses-
sions in the counties of England, upon great forfeiture to the
king." 20 Rich. H. 1^^.— Statutes, Brovyh act. Assizes are
general or special; general when the judges go their circuits,
and special when a commission is issued for one or more
causes. Bloody Assizes.
assize of Jerusalem, a code of laws compiled
under Godfrey of Bouillon, king of Jerusalem, in 1100.
associations. British National Associations,
Christian Societies, etc.
Assumption, Feast of the, 15 Aug., observed
by the church of Rome in honor of the Virgin Mary, said to
have been taken up to heaven, body and spirit, on this day,
45 A.D., in her 75th year. It was instituted in the 7th cen-
tury, and enjoined by the council of Mentz, 813.
Assyria, originally Assur, an Asiatic country be-
tween Mesopotamia and Media, the seat of the earliest record-
ed monarchy. Till recently its history- was mainly derived
from Greek historians, Ctesias, Herodotus, and Diodorus Sicu-
lus, Berosus, a Graeco-Chaldean priest, and the Holj^ Scriptures.
The discovery by sir Austin Layard of the Ninevite antiqui-
ties, now in the British museum, and the deciphering of cu-
neiform inscriptions b\^ Grotefend, sir H. Rawlinson,and other
scholars, have thrown much light upon Assyrian history. The
chronologers, Blair, Usher, Hales, and Clinton, differ much
in the dates. The results of recent investigations are given
in the rev. G. Rawlinson's " Five Great Monarchies of the
Ancient World," prof. A. H. Sayce's " Assyria : its Princes,
Priests, and People," 1885, and W. Boscawen's article " Assy-
ria, " in " Chambers's Encyclopaedia," 1888. g c.
Nimrod or Belus reigns [2554 H. 2235 C] 2245
'■ Asshur builded Nineveh " (Gen. x. 11) about 2218
Ninus, son of Belus, reigns in Assyria, and names his capital
Nineveh [2182 C] 2069
Babylon taken by Ninus, who, having subdued the Armenians,
Persians, Bactrians, and all Asia Minor, establishes the As-
syrian monarchv, with Nineveh as seat of empire. — Blair.
[2233 C] 2059
Ninyas, an infiint, succeeds Ninus 2017
Seniiramis. mother of Ninyas, usurps the government, enlarges
and embellishes Babylon [2130 C] 2007
She invades Libya, Ethiopia, and \xxA\B..—Lenglet 1975
She is put to death by her son Ninyas 1965
Ninyas put to death, and Arius reigns 1927
Reign of Aralius 1897
Belochus, the last king of the race of Ninus 1446
He makes his daughter Atossa, surnamed Semiramis IL, his
associate on the throne 1*33
Atossa procures the death of her father, and marries Belatores
(or Belaperes), who reigns 1*21
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Sardanajwlus. luxurious and effeniinato when attacked by Ar-
baces, sitrap of .Media, suddenly becomes energetic and war-
like, defends Nineveh for '2 years; when overcome, burns
himself in his palace, with his wives and treasures, ending
the first Assvriau empire.— C<«»ta» 876
[All given "above is mythical. The following is based u|H)U
the records in the ancient Assyrian tablets and the Bible.]
Assyria, a province of Babylonia, becomes independent; tlrst
king, Bol-kapkapi; under his successors the kingtloin is
greatly enlarged; Rimmon-nirari I. becomes i)owerrul about 1320
His son. Shalmaneser I., founds Calah, and his grandson. Tig-
lath Adar I., captures Babylon 1280
His descendant, Tiglath-pileser I., a groat conqueror and the
real founder of the Assyrian empire 1140
His son, Assur bel-Kala, a weak prince 1110
Empire falls into decay for nearly 2 centuries.
Empire revives under Assur-dan 11., and is fully restored by
his successors, Himmon-nirari II ....911-889
And Assur-natsir-pal 883-^88
His son, Shalmaneser II., makes large conquests in W. Asia
858 et seq.
At Karkar he defeats Benhadad, king of Damascus, Ahab, king
of Israel, and Irkhuleni, king of Hamath 854
Empire enlarged by his sou, Samas-Rimmon II 823-810
Assyrian eponym canon records a solar eclipse, and is thereby
the basis of Assyrian chronology 763
Assur-uirari king; many revolts 753 et seq.
Pulu, or Pul, usurps the throne and styles himself Tiglath-
Pileser. Ho consolidated the empire, reformed government,
quelled revolts, and enlarged his dominions by conquest of
Babylon, etc 745-727
His weak son, Shalmaneser IV., king, 727; died or was mur-
dered by Sargon the Tartan, who continues the war in As-
syria, captures Samaria, and replaces the inhabitants by col-
onists (2 Kings xvii. ) 720
At the battle of liaphia he checks the advances of Egypt, and
captures the rich Hittite capital, Carchemish 717
Merodach-baladan III. raises a revolt against Sargon, who, after
a severe campaign, captures Babylon and is proclaimed king 710
Sargon is killed in his new palace July, 705
His son Sennacherib, succeeds him.
Babylonia revolts; Merodach-baladan returns, but is defeated
at Kisu ; Sennacherib conquers Phoenicia, and, offended by
Hezckiah, ravages Judaea and besieges Jerusalem, which is
saved by the sudden destruction of his army (Isa. xxxvii. 36-
38); he is killed by his sons Dec. 681
His son Esar-haddon defeats his brothers, reigns at Nineveh,
and reorganizes the empire 680 et seq.
He invades Judaea, makes Manasseh prisoner.
He invades Egypt, captures Memphis, and after a long cam-
paign subdues and becomes ruler of nearly all the ancient
world 675 et seq.
Disturbed by a rising in Egypt and conspiracies at home, he
makes his son Assur-bani-pal king at Nineveh, Apr. 669,
and dies during a campaign, Oct. 667. Assur-bani-pal, weak
but ambitious, continues war in Egypt, captures Thebes, in-
vades Phoenicia, and takes Tyre.
He appoints his brother, Samas-sum-yukin, viceroy of Baby-
lon, who heads a revolt, which lasts five years; Babylon is
taken, and the rebel burns himself in his palace with many
followers 647
Gradual fall of the empire; new revolts; Egypt independent ;
Kandanalu, viceroy of Babylon, and his successor, father of
Nebuchadnezzar, independent; Assur-bani-pal succeeded by
his son Assur-etil-iliyukinni 640
Essar-haddon II. (the Sarakos of Ctesias) the last king; the
N.E. provinces invaded by a vast confederation under the
command of Kazaril (Cyaxares the Mede).
Disruption and anarchy closed by siege and destruction of
Nineveh about 606
Assyria becomes a Median province.
Assyria subdued by Alexander the Great 332
Afterwards part of the kingdoms of Syria, Parthia, and Persia, a.d.
Conquered by the Turks 1637
Explored by col. Chesney and the Euphrates exploring expedi-
tion 1835-37
I^ayard's "Discoveries," publ 1848-53
Mr. George Smith, of British Museum, began to study inscrip-
tions, 1866 (received aid from Daily TeUgraph), and started
to explore Assyrian remains, 20 June, 1873 ; worked in
1873-74; publ. "Assyrian Discoveries" Mch. 1875
Classes for the study of Assyrian language formed; A. H.Sayce
publishes Assyrian grammar "
Smith started to renew explorations, Oct. 1875; died at Aleppo,
19 Aug. 1876
Explorations resumed by Hormusd Rassam. Nineveh.
a§teroid§. Planets.
A§tor Library, New York. John Jacob Astor (b.
at Waldorf, near Heidelberg, 17 July, 1763 ; d. in New York,
29 Mch. 1848) left by will $400,000 to establish " a public
library in the city of New York." It was opened 9 Jan. 1854,
with about 80,000 volumes. In Jan. 1856, William B. Aster,
son of the founder, gave land to double the building. In 1879
John Jacob Astor (the second) gave land and an additional
building ; also built a central vestibule, frescoed, and orna-
mented with 24 classic busts in marble. The co.st of these im-
provements was about $250,000. The number of books in
60 AST
the library is 300,000, very few of them duplicates, while fu
tion, except of the highest order, is excluded. The librar
is rich in books of value to scholars, and it is maintained s
a scholar's, not a popular, library.
Aitor- place riOt§, made by friends of Edwi
Forrest to interrupt Mr. Macready's acting at the Astor-plac
Opera-house in New York, 10 May, 1849. Nkw Yokk.
A§torfi|[a, N.W. Spain, the ancient Asturica August
was taken by the Frencli, 22 Apr. 1810, and treated with grei
severity.
Astoria, Oregon, at the mouth of the Columbia rive
founded in 1810 by John Jacob Astor as a station for his fi
trade. It is the subject of a picturesque descriptive worl
entitled " Astoria," by Washington Irving, 1836. Irving ne^
er visited the station, but wrote from documents furnish(
by Astor, and from recollections of another northwestern fu
trading post. Oregon.
Astracan, S.E. Russia, a province acquired from tl
Mogul's empire in 1554; visited and settled by Peter tl
Great in 1722.
astrolabe, an instrument for observing stars, said i
have been employed by Hipparchus about 130 b.c., and I
Ptolemy about 140 a.d. The modern astrolabe was describe
by Fabricius in 1513.
astrolog'y. Judicial astrology was cultivated by tl
Chald£eans, and transmitted to the Egyptians, Greeks, an
Romans. It was much in vogue in Italy and France in tl
time of Catherine de' Medicis (married to Francis I. of Franc
1533).— HenauU. It is said that Bede, 673-735, was addictf
to it ; and Roger Bacon, 1214-92. Lord Burleigh is said 1
have calculated the nativity of Elizabeth, who, like other cot
temporary princes, was a dupe of Dee the astrologer. At tl
birth of Louis XIV. of France (1638) a certain Morin de VilL
franche was placed behind a curtain to cast the nativity of tl
future king. It is said that Lilly was consulted by Charles
of England respecting his projected escape from Carisbrook ca
tie in 1647. — Ferguson. In England Swift may be said to ha\
given the death-blow to astrology by his famous squib ent
tied " Predictions for the Year 1708," by Isaac Bickerstal
Esq. Astrological almanacs still published in London, 1892
astronomer-royal. Greenwich.
astronomy. The earliest astronomical observatioi
were made at Babylon, it is said, about 2234 b.c. The stud
was much advanced in Chaldaea under Nabonassar; was know
to the Chinese about 1100 t?.c. ; some say many centuries b*
fore. Comets, Eclipses, Moon, Observatories, Planet
Stars, Sun, Telescopes. b_
Lunar eclipses observed at Babylon, and recorded by Ptolemy,
about li
Spherical form of the earth, and the true cause of lunar eclipses,
taught by Thales about 6(
Anaxamander erects the first sun-dial at Sparta 5^
Phamenides of Elea said to have discovered the identity of
morning and evening star 520-4(
Further discoveries by Pythagoras, who taught the doctrine
of celestial motions, and believed in the plurality of habitable
worlds ; died about 41
Diogenes of Apollonia states that the inclination of the earth's
axis causes the seasons 4f
Meton erects the flrst sun-dial at Athens 4£
Meton introduces the luni-solar cycle of 19 years 4S
Eudoxus introduces into Greece the year of 3653^ days 31
Treatises of Aristotle " concerning the heavens." and of Au-
tolycus "on the motions of the sphere " (earliest extant
works on astronomy) „ about 3S
Aratus writes a poem on astronomy 2S
Archimedes observes solstices, etc 21
Hipparchus, the "Newton of Greece," determines mean motion
of sun and moon; discovers precession of equinoxes, etc. . .160-12
The precession of the equinoxes confirmed, and the places and a.i
distances of the planets discovered, by Ptolemy 139-16
Omar Khayyam, a Persian astronomer, proposed to reform the
calendar by interpolating 1 day every 4th year, postponing
to the 33d year the interpolation belonging to the 32d year.
This would have produced an error of only 1 day in 5000
years; the error of the Gregorian calendar is 1 day in 3325
years 105
Astronomy and geography cultivated by the Arabs about 760;
brought into Europe about 120
Am'honsine Tables composed. . > about 125
Clocks first used in astronomy about 150
^\w doctrine of the solar .system revived by Copernicus,
nwhder of modern astronomy; his " Revolution of the Heav-
enly Bodies " publ 154:
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61
Astronomy advanced by Tycho Brahe, who adheres to the Ptol-
emaic system about 1582
Cialileo constructs a telescope, 1609; and discovers Jupiter's
satellites, etc 8 Jan. 1610
True laws of the planetary motions announced by Kepler; 1st
and 2d, 1(509; 8d 1618
Various forms of telescopes and other instruments used in as-
tronomy invented 1608-40
Oassendi observes the first recorded transit of Mercury over
the sun, and measures the diameter of the planet 1631
Cartesian system published by Descartes 1637
Transit of Venus first observed by Horrox 24 Nov. 1639
Huyghens completes the discovery of Saturn's ring 1654
Cassini draws his meridian line, after Dante (Bologna). 1655
Huyghens discovers the first satellite (Titan) of Saturn "
Aberration of light discovered by Horrebow 1659
Gregory invents a reflecting telescope 1663
Discoveries of Picard 1669
Charts of the moon constructed by Scheiner, Langrenus, Heve-
lius, Riccioli, etc. . . .about 1670
Discoveries of ROmer on the velocity of light, and his observa-
tion of Jupiter's satellites 1675
Greenwich observatory founded "
Motion of the sun round its own axis proyed by Halley 1676
Four satellites of Saturn discovered by Cassini 1671-84
Newton's "Principia" puhTTsIied; and the system, as now
taught, demonstrated 1687
Catalogue of the stars made by Flamsteed 1688
Cassini's chart of the full moon executed 1692
Halley predicts the return of the comet (of 1758) 1705
Flamsteeo'S'^Historia Cselestis" publ ,^^_^ 1725
Aberration of the light of the stars discovered anSexplained by
Dr. Bradley rTT; .Trr.T.- 1727
John Harrison produces chronometers for determining the lon-
gitude, 1735 et seq., and obtains the reward (Harrison's Time-
piece) .Trrrr 1764
"Nautical Almanac" first publ 1767
Sir \Vm. Herschel's first observation of the nebula in Orion — 1774
Wilson proves sun-s'potB to be depressed "'
The earCtrsTnean density jiscertained by Maskelyne "
Celestial inequalities founVbyXagrange 1780
URAxrs discovered by^Hcrschel (Georgium Sidus) 13 Mch. 1781
Herschel''s"Tllst CUlillOgue of double stars "
£e i{ivestigates the earth's motion in space 1783
Herschel's iirst catalogue of nebulae 1786
He di.scovers two moons of Uranus 11 Jan. 1787
AccStewttfo'n'of the moon's mean motion explained by Laplace,
-^ 19 Nov. "
Herschel's second catalogue of nebulae 1789
^HiS.40 foot reflector finished.
"Two inner mooirsrof Saturn,
■irn gt^pij i^Y i' "
Atmospheric refraction in \ enus oy SchrOler 1792
Saturn's rotation 10 h. 16 min., shown by Herschel 1794
" Nebular Hypothesis," by LapTacc7publ 1796
Herschel first measures comparative brightness of stars "
0n)ers^sinWh2At3Erf-caruputing comets' orbits 1797
"IBecauTtlTTeC^leste," Laf^ace, 2 vols, publ 1799
Meteoric shower at Cumanea, seeo-by Humboldt '•
Ceres discovered by Piazzi T?". . .TTTr>,.,. 1 Jan. 1801
Pallas ZT^^"-—^' Olbers 28 Mch. 1802
Binary staTSTHsgovered by
Juno^Jiscoveredby "Harding 2 Sept. 1804
Vesta^^::;;;;;;:;::::;;" Olbers 29 Mch. 1807
Perihelion passage of great comet 12 Sept. 1811
.^^raunhofer maps 324 dark lines in the sun's spectrum 1815
T!i5>«rTh pa'^cS'through a comet's tail 26 June, 1819
FirsL-calculated return of a comet (Encke's) 24 May, 1822
Sir Wm. HerscleT djes 25 Aug. "
Correction for '-personal equation " introduced by Bessel 1823
Spectra of fixed stars exj3Jiiia£d by Fraunhofer "
Sux's distance det.ccuiliis(l bylTncke, 95,250,000 miles 1824
Schwabe's observa'tionsoTsun-spots begun 1826
Jfela discovers •' BJela's comet " 27 Feb. "
ObservatoryaTCape of Good Hope finished 1829
First magnetic observatory ai uoitingen 1833
Star-shower in N. America 12, 13 Nov. "
Sir John Herschel lands at Cape of Good Hope 16 June, 1834
Halley's comet passes perihelion 16 Nov. 1835
Annular eclipse of sun, " Baily's beads" seen 15 May, 1836
Eta Argus bursts out into brilliancy, seen by Herschel Dec. 1837
Parallax of 61 Cygni measurei.by Bessel, the first fixed star. . . 1838
" of Alpha CeritaTiTrannounced by HenH^Srson 9 Jan. 1839
J. AV. Draper attempts to phcftOgrapii the moon 1840
LChange in light-^waTeTby motion proved by Doppler 1842
VB^il^ completes experiments on weight of the earth "
Total ecTT^e of sun, corona obServeTt by "Baily, Struve, and
others 8 July, "
Great comet seen at noon by the naked eye 28 Feb. 1843
Spiral nebulae discovered by the earl of Rosse's Parsonstown
reflector Apr. 1845
Sun daguerreotyped by Foucault and Fizeau 2 Apr. "
NEPTrNE's ^ce assigned by calculations by .Ad»***s Dec. "
Duplicate divTsion of »iela's comet seen at Yale college.. 29 Dec. ''
Heat found in moon's rays by Melloni 1846
Neptune discovered by Galle at I.everrier's direction. . 23 Sept. "
Satellite of Neptune discovered by'Lasseli:. ". . . . .'.' 10 Oct. "
Third satellite of Uranus discovered by Lassell 14 Sept. 1847
Fourth discovered by 0. Struve 8 Oct. "
Sir J. Herschel's cyclone theory of sun-spots "
Displacement of Fraunhofer's lines by motion, noted bj' Fizeau, 1848
New star in Ophiuchus seen by Hind 27 Apr. "
ASY
Hyperion (a satellite of Saturn) discovered by Bond and Lassell,
c. . , , 29 Sept. 1848
Speed of light first determined by experiment by Fizeau 1849
\ ega photographed at Harvard college 17 July, 1850
Saturn's dusky ring discovered by Bond 15 Nov. "
Periodicity of sun spots ascertained by Schwabe 1851
Magnetic period of sun-spots proved by Sabine 6 May 1852
Variable nebula in Taurus discoTCTed by Hind 11 Oct. "
Estimated distance of sun reduced by Hansen " 1854
Saturn's rings shown to be meteoric by Clerk Maxwell .',*.* 1867
Double-star photography begun at Harvard college 27 Apr. '•
Photography of the sun begun at Kew ig5g
Spectrum analysis taught by KirchhofT and Bunsen. ...'." .' .' ." .* " 1869
Kirchhotr describes the chemical constitution of the sun.. 15 Dec. "
New star found in Scorpio by Auwers 21 May, 1860
The earth in the tail of a great comet 30 June' 1861
Kirchhoffs map of the sun's spectrum 1861-62
Hydrogen discovered in the sun by AugstrOm i862
Companion of Sirius discovered by Alvan Clark, jr 31 Jan "
Sun's distance determined by velocity of light, Foucault "
Rotation period of Mars ascertained by Kaiser 5 Mch. 1864
Spectra of Betelgeux and Aldebaran examined by Huggins. ... "
" of Tempers comet examined by Donati 5 Aug. "
Gaseous nebulae discovered by Huggins 29 Aug! "
Comet of 1862 proved to have identical orbit with August me!
teors by Schiaperelli igeg
Lunar crater Linnd disappears, announced by Schmidt Oct. "
Meteoric shower in Europe, as predicted by H. A. Newton,
13 Nov. "
Period of November meteors determined by Adams 1867
Velocity of Sirius from the earth determined by Huggins 1868
Death of sir John Herschel ll May, 1871
Line displacements by sun's rotation proved by Vogel .' '<
liOrd Rosse's investigations of the moon's heat published 1872
Cornu's experiments on velocity of light "
Meteoric shower ascribed to Biela's comet '. . .27 Nov. "
Earth's mean density ascertained by Cornu and Bailie 1873
Transit of Venus 8 Dec. 1874
New star in Cygnus discovered by Schmidt 24 Nov. 1876
Spectrum of Vega photographed by Huggins "
Oxygen lines in the sun's spectrum found by H. Draper 1877
Two satellites of Mars discovered by Hall at Washington,
16, 17 Aug. "
Canals of Mars discovered by Schiaparelli "
Changes in Trifld nebula announced by Holden "
Spectra of sun-spots observed at South Kensington 1879
Early history of the moon by G. H. Darwin "
Great southern comet seen at Cordoba 31 Jan. 1880
Draper photographs the nebula in Orion 30 Sept. ' '
Tidal retardation investigated by G. H. Darwin 1881
Spectrum of Tebbutt's comet photographed by Huggins,
24 June, "
Saturn's ring-system measured by Struve 1882
Sodium rays found in spectrum of comet at Dunecht, 27 May, '•
Great comet disappears at perihelion, Cape of Good Hope,
17 Sept "
Iron lines in sun's spectrum seen by Copeland and Lohse,
18 Sept. "
Doubling of canals in Mars discovered by Schiaparelli "
TTdal observations prove the earth rigid, G. H. Darwin "
Great comet of 1882 seen from Cordom, 470,000,000 miles away,
1 June, 1883
Sirius found to be returning towards the earth, Greenwich,
16 Nov. "
Parallaxes of 9 soutl^ern stars found by Gill and Elken ' •
Pickering's photometric catalogue of 4260 stars 1884
Moon's heat spectrum measured by Langley Feb. 1885
Orbit of 61 Cygni computed by Peters "
Paul and Henry discover nebula in the Pleiades by photographv,
16 Nov. "
Meteoric shower from Biela's comet 27 Nov. "
New variable star in Orion found by Gore 13 Dec. "
Rotation period of Mars determined by Bakhuysen «'
Pleiades (40) photographed together at Harvard 26 Jan. 1886
" photographed with large nebula around, three hours'
exposure, by Roberts 24 Oct. "
Great comet found by Struve to have same orbit with those of
1843, 1880, and 1882 18 Jan. 1887
G. F. Chambers's "Handbook of Astronomy," new edition. 1889-90
C H F. Peters, of Hamilton College observatory, N. Y. ; b.
Schleswig, 19 Sept. 1813; d 19 July, 1890
Norman Lockyer announces his theory of the constitution of
the heavenly bodies (Meteors) 17 Nov. 1891
Fifth satellite of Jupiter discovered by E. E. Barnard, of the
Lick observatory 9 Sept. 1892
A8tu'ria§ (Ovie'dO since 1833), N. W. Spain, an an-
cient principality. Here Pelayo collected the Gothic fugitives,
about 713, founded a new kingdom, and checked Moorish con-
quest. For his successors, Spain. The heir -apparent has
borne the title "prince of Asturias" since 1388, Avhen it was
assumed by Henry, son of John I., king of Leon, on his mar-
riage with a descendant of Peter of Castile. In 1808 the junta
of Asturias began organized resistance to French usurpation.
a§ylum§ or privileged plaees, at first, were
places of refuge for those who by accident or necessity had
violated the law. God commanded the Jews to build cities
of refuge, 1451 b.c. (Numb, xxv.) The Heraclidae are said to
ATE
have built one at Athens to protect themselves against their
enemies; and Cadmus one at Thebes, 1490 b.c. ; and Romulus
one at Mount Palatine, 751 Kc. Sanctuaries.
ateliers nationailX {at'le-a nas'yo-nd, national
workshops) were established by the French provisional gov-
ernment in Feb. 1848. They interfered with private trade,
about 100,000 workmen throwing themselves upon the gov-
ernment for labor and payment. The breaking-up of the
system led to fearful conflicts in June following, and it was
abolished in July.
Athanaslan Creed. Athanasius. of Alexandria,
was elected bishop, 326. He opposed the doctrines of Arius
(who denied Christ's divinity), was several times exiled, and
dietl in 373.
Lumby, in "History oftho Creeds" (1874), asserts that this creed,
beginning '' Quicunque vult,'^ was not composed by Athanasius ;
that it is made up of two distinct parts, and was originally written
in Latin and put into its present shape between 813 and 850 ; not
connected with Athanasius's name by any trustworthy authority
before 809; set forth first in Gaul, about 870; gradually extended
into lUily, Britain, etc. ; accepted by the Greek church about 1200.
This creed asserts the procession of the Holy Ghost from the Father
and the Son. Fiuoque.
Dr. Waterland's "Critical History" of this creed, publ. 1723. He
ascribes it to Hilary, bishop of Aries, from 430 to 449 a.d.
Much agitation against the general use of this creed has arisen in
the church of England among both clergy and laity, 1870-73.
Modifications approved by several bishops were negatived by the
lower house in convocation (62-7), early in May, 1S72. The vote
was rejected by the bishops, and the agitation continued.
In a letter to the earl of Shaftesbury, 22 July, 1872, the archbishops
of Canterbury and York expressed their hope of devising a way
for rendering the reading of the creed during public worship not
compulsory.
Great meeting of laity at St. James's Hall in defence of the creed,
31 Jan. 1873.
atheism (from the Greek a, without, Oeog, God. — Psa.
xiv. 1). The writings of Epicurus, Lucretius, and many mod-
ern philosophers deny the existence of a personal deity. Phi-
losophy.
AtlienSB'a were great festivals celebrated at Athens in
honor of Pallas-Athene. One was called Panathenaea, the
other Chalcea; they are said to have been instituted by
Erichthonius about 1495 b.c., and revived by Theseus, who
caused them to be observed by all the Athenians, the first
every fifth year, 1234 b.c. — Plutarch.
Atlienae'lini, a place at Athens, sacred to Pallas-
Athene, where the poets and philosophers recited their com-
positions. That of Rome, of great beauty, was erected by the
emperor Hadrian, 125. — The Athenaeum club of London was
formed in 1823. The club-house was erected in 1829-30 on the
site of the late Carlton palace; it is of Grecian architecture, and
the frieze is an exact copy of the Panathenaic procession which
formed the frieze of the Parthenon. — The Boston Athenaeum,
Boston, Mass., originated in the Anthology club, and dates
from 1804. It was incorporated 1807. It is an association of
private persons, but its art gallery and its librarj^, among the
finest in the United States, are practically open to scholars
and students not members of the society. First public ex-
hibition in 1826. — The A thenceum, an English weekly literary
and scientific journal, first appeared in 1828.
Athens, the capital of ancient Attica and of modern
Greece. The first mythical sovereign is Ogyges, who
reigned in Bceotia, and was master of Attica, then called
Ionia. In his reign (about 1764 b.c.) a deluge laid waste
the country, which so remained till the arrival of the Egyp-
tian Cecrops and a colony, by whom the land was re-peopled
and 12 cities founded, 1556 b.c. The chief city, first called
Cecropia, was afterwards named Athens in honor of Pallas-
Athene, her worship having been introduced by Erichthonius,
1495 B.C. Athens was ruled by 17 successive kings (487 years),
by 13 perpetual archons (316 years), 7 decennial archons (70
years), and lastly, by annual archons (760 years). It attained
great power, and the number of its illustrious citizens has
never been equalled by any other city in the same time. The
ancients called Athens Astu^ the city, by eminence, and one of
the ej'es of Greece. Greece. p p
Arrival of Cecrops [15.58 Hales, 1433 Clinton]. — Usher 1556
Areopagus established 1507
Deucalion arrives in Attica 1502
Reign of Amphictyon [1499 //.] 1497
Panathenaean games ; [1481 H.] 1495
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Erichthonius reigns , . . . 1487
Erechtheus leaches hu.sbaudry 1383
Eleusiiiian mysteries introduced by Eumolpus 1356
Erechtheus killed in battle with the Eleusinians 1347
.*:geus invades Attica, and ascends the throne 1283
Ho throws himself into the sea and is drowned ; hence the
name of the ^Egean sea.—Eusebius 1235
Theseus, his son, succeeds, and reigns 30 years "
He collects his subjects into one city, and names it Alliens 1234
Reign of Mnestheus, 1205 ; of DemophoOn 1182
Court of Epheles established 1179
I'rianopsa) instituted 1178
Melanthus conquers Xuthus in single combat and is chosen king 1128
Reign of Codrus, his son, the last king 1092
In a battle with the Heraclidie, Codrus is killed. He had re-
solved to perish, the oracle having declared that the victory
should be with the side whose leader was killed 1070
Royalty abolished ; Athens governed by archons, Medon the
first [1070 H] 1044
Alcmeon, last perpetual archon, dies 753
Cherops, 1st decennial archon 748
[Perhaps the first trustworthy date in Athenian history.]
Hippomenes deposed for his cruelly 713
Erixias, 7th and last decennial archon, dies 684
Creon, Isl annual archon 683
Draco, 12lh annual archon, publishes his laws, said "to have
been written in blood " 621
Revolution of Cylon 612
Sacked War (the first), Cirrha in Phocis near Delphi destroyed, 595
Solon supersedes Draco's laws by his excellent code 594
Pisistratus, the " tyrant," seizes the supreme power, 560; flight
of Solon, 559. Pisistratus establishes his government, 537;
collects a public library, 531 ; dies 527
First tragedy acted at Athens, on a wagon, by Thespis 535
Hipparchus assassinated by Harmodius and Arislogeiton 514
Law of ostracism adopted; Hippias and the Pisistratidse ban-
ished 510
Lemnos taken by Miltiades 504
Persian invaders defeated at Marathon 490
Death of Miltiades 489
Aristides, surnamed the Just, banished 483
Athens taken by Xerxes 480
Burned to the ground by Mardonius 479
Rebuilt and fortified by Themistocles ; Piraeus built. 478
Themistocles banished 471
Cimon, son of Miltiades, overruns all Thrace 469
Pericles takes part in public affairs, 469; he and Cimon adorn
Athens, 464 ; the latter banished 461
Athens begins to tyrannize over Greece 459
Long wall built 457
Sacred War (the second) 448
Tolmidias conducts an expedition into Bceotia, and is defeated
and killed near Coronea 447
30 years' truce between Athenians and Lacedaemonians 445
Herodotus said to have read his history in the council at Athens, "
Pericles obtains the government 444
" subdues Samos 440
Satirical comedies prohibited at Athens "
Alliance between Athens and Corcyra, then at war with Cor-
inth, 433; leads to the Peloponnesian war (lasted 27 years);
it began 431
A dreadful plague, which had ravaged Ethiopia, Libya, Egypt,
and Persia, extends to Athens, and continues for 5 years 430
Death of Pericles of the plague 429
Disastrous expedition again.st Sicily; death of commanders De-
mosthenes and Nicias; Athenian fleet destroyed by Gylippus,
415-413
Government of the " 400 " 411
Alcibiades defeats the Lacedaemonians at Cyzicus 410
Alcibiades, accused of aspiring to sovereign power, banished. . 407
Athens victorious in a sea-fight at Arginusae 406
Athenian fleet destroyed by Lysander at ^gospotami 405
He besieges Athens by land and sea; its walls are destroyed
I and it capitulates, and the Peloponnesian war terminates. . . 404
Rule of the 30 tyrants, who are overthrown by Thrasybulus. . . 403
Socrates (aged 70) put to death 399
Corinthian war begins 395
Conon rebuilds the long walls and fortifies the Piraeus 393
Plato founds the Academy 388
War against Sparta 378
Lacedaemonian fleet defeated at Naxus by Chabrias 376
General peace 371
Philip, king of Macedon, opposes the Athenians (Macedon). . . 359
Sacred War (the third) 357-55
First Philippic of Demosthenes 352
Peace with Macedon 346
Battle of Cheronaea ; Athenians and Thebans defeated by
Philip 7 Aug. 338
Philip assassinated by Pausanias 336
Athens submits to Alexander, who spares the orators 335
Death of Alexander 323
Lamian war; the Athenians and others rise against Macedon,
323; defeated at Cranon ; Demosthenes poisons himself 322
Athens surrenders to Cassander, who governs well, 318; execu-
tion of Phocion 317
Demetrius Poliorcetes expels Demetrius Phalereus, and restores
the Athenian democracy, 307; the latter takes the chair of
philosophy 296
League between Athens, Sparta, and Egypt 277
Athens taken by Antigonus Gonatas, king of Macedon, 268; re-
stored by Aratus 256.
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Athenians join the Achaean league 229
They join the ^tolians against Macedon, and send for assist-
ance to Rome 215
Roman fleet arrives at Athens 211
Romans proclaim liberty at Athens 196
Subjugation of Greece 144
Athenians implore assistance against the Romans from Mithri-
dates, king of Pontus, whose general, Archelaus, makes him-
self master of Piraeus. about 87
Athens besieged by Sylla, the Roman general; it is reduced to
surrender by famine 86
Cicero studies at Athens, 79 ; and Horace 42
Athenians desert Pompey, to follow the interests of Csesar 47
A.D.
Athens visited by the apostle Paul 52
Many temples, etc., erected by Hadrian 122-3.'i
Athens taken by Alaric, and spared from slaughter 396
Acquired by Otho de la Roche, and afterwards made a duchy.. 1205
Subjected by the Turks 1444
" " Mahomet II 1456
" " the Venetians 1466
Restored to the Turks 1479
Athens suffers much during the war of independence, 1821-27.
Taken by the Turks (Greece) 17 May, 1827
Becomes the capital of the kingdom of modern Greece 1833
Pop. 41,298, 1861 ; 44,510, 1871 ; 68,677, 1879 ; 107,251 1889
AthertOIl SSLg, To prevent discussion of slavery in
the House of Representatives, C. G. Atherton, of New Hamp-
shire, introduced a resolution, passed 11 Dec. 1838, that all
petitions and papers relating to that subject should be " laid on
the table without being debated, printed, or referred." It was
rescinded in 1845. Petitions, United States.
Athlone, Roscommon, Ireland, was burned during the
civil war in 1641. After the battle of the Boyne, col. R.
Grace held Athlone for James II. against a besieging army,
but fell when it was taken by assault by Ginkell, 30 June,
1691. Aghrim.
Atlanta Campaign (6 May-2 Sept. 1864), in
which gens. Sherman and Johnston were antagonists, until
the latter was relieved by Hood, is one of the most interesting
of the American civil war. Gen. Sherman, at the instance of
gen. Grant, succeeded him in command of the military division
of the Mississippi, 14 Mch. 1864. This division embraced 4
departments — the Cumberland, Ohio, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
The objective point of the campaign was Atlanta, Ga. The
forces under gen. Sherman comprised
The army of the Cumber- ) infantry. Cavalry. Artillery. Total.
land, under maj.-gen. [ . . . .54,568 3828 2377. . . .60,773
George H. Thomas. )
OftheTenn.,maj.-gen.Jas.i 00437 624 1404 24 465
B. McPherson. p • • •^^)*^' • • • • t»^* ^*"*- ■ • -^^'^^^
^ M^ S^hoflS"'' "^''°' '^*'^° 1 • • • • l^:^- • • • 1^ • • • •_^ • • • -13,559
Total .,..'. 88,188 6149 4460. . . .98,797
with 254 guns. Estimated strength of the confederate forces,
60,000, under gen. Joseph E. Johnston. The confederate posi-
tion was at Dalton, about 90 miles from Atlanta, its front cov-
ered by a ridge or mountain known as " Rocky Face." The
following are the important events of the campaign, during
which the opposing forces constantly confronted each other,
the one falling back, the other advancing, but with no general
engagement.
Gen. Sherman advances on Dalton, 4 May, with the army of the
Cumberland in the centre; that of the Tennessee on the right;
that of the Ohio on the left. The army of the Cumberland
demonstrates in front of the confederate position at Rocky
Face ridge, while McPherson is sent with the army of the
Tennessee to turn the confederate left and seize Resaca or
some other point in the rear of the confederates. McPherson
thinking his force not strong enough to occupy Resaca, forti-
fies himself at Snake-Creek Gap. Sherman reinforces him
with gen. Schofleld's command and a portion of the army of
the Cumberland. This compels Johnston to evacuate Dalton
and fell back on Resaca 6-14 May, 1864
Battle of Resaca, partial engagement of the troops under How-
ard, Hooker, and Schofield, beginning about 3 p.m. . .15 May, "
This engagement, coupled with the continued flanking move-
ment of McPherson, compels the confederates to fall back
from Resaca to Cassville 16-19 May, "
Jeff. C. Davis with a division of the army of the Cumberland oc-
cupies Rome, destroying the mills and founderies. . . 17 May, "
Johnston retreats across the Etowah on the night of 19 May, "
and occupies a fortified position covering the Allatoona pass.
Sherman crosses the Etowah and moves on Dallas 23 May, "
Gen. Hooker, moving from Burnt Hickory towards Dallas with
the 20th corps, meets the confederates at Pumpkinvine creek
in a severe but indecisive engagement 25 May, "
Confederates occupy a strongly intrenched position from Dal-
las to Marietta, including Kenesaw, Lost, and Pine mountains,
26 May, "
Confederates attack McPherson at Dallas; repulsed.. . .28 May, "
ATM
Gen. Sherman, moving his army to the left, envelopes Allatoona
pass and compels the confederates to evacuate it as well as
their intrenched positions at Ackworth and NewHope church,
,,„ , 1-6 June. 1864
[Allatoona pass made a depot of supplies by gen. Sherman.]
Gen. Frank Blair joins Sherman with 2 divisions of the 17th
corps and a brigade of cavalry, raising his effective force to
quite Its original strength g June "
Gen. Sherman moves his troops to Big Shanty and close up to
Kenesaw... llJune. •'
Durmg an artillery duel the confederate general Leonidas Polk
is killed on Pine mountain 14 June "
Confederates retire from Pine mountain, 15 Jiine, and Lost
mountain 17 j^,^^ u
Confederates attempt to break Sherman's line at the intersec-
tion of Thomas's right and Schofleld's left near what is known
as " the Kulp house. " The attack falls on Williams's division
of the 20th corps and Haskell's of the 23d; repulsed with se-
vere loss to the confederates 22 June **■
Sherman's unsuccessful assault on Kenesaw (battle of Kenesaw
mountain) with loss of 3000, including gens. Harker and Dan
McCook, killed. Confederate loss, 442 27 June "■
Gen. Sherman again orders McPherson forward on the confed-
erates' left flank, threatening to cross the Chattahoochee at
Turner's ferry. The confederates abandon Kenesaw and fall
back to the Chattahoochee 2 July, "■
Gen. Sherman shifts his troops from the right to the left— the
army of the Tennessee being now on the extreme left— and
crossing the Chattahoochee at three points, compels John-
ston to abandon the Chattahoochee and establish a new line
covering Atlanta 4-17 July. "
Confederate gen. Johnston relieved, and gen. J. B. Hood of
Texas appointed in his place 17 July, "■
Battle of Peach-tree Creek. Newton's division of the 4th corps,
the 20th corps, and Johnson's division of the 14th corps, on
crossing Peach-tree creek are attacked in force by confed-
erates about 2 p.M 20 July, "^
[The confederates are repulsed with a loss of not less than
2000, while the union loss is 1500.]
Rousseau starts from Decatur, Ala., with 2000 cavalry upon his
raid against the West Point railroad (10 July); crosses the
Coosa, and defeats Clanton (13 July); strikes the railroad, de-
stroys a portion of it, and joins Sherman 22 July. "
Battle of Decatur or Atlanta. This is the severest battle of
the campaign and results in the loss to the union army of
3722 and the death of gen. McPherson 22 July, "
[Hood surprises the extreme left of the army of the Ten-
nessee about noon on the 22d, and for several hours prospects
vary, but as the union troops consolidate, he is repulsed. Gen.
McPherson falling, gen. John A. Logan assumes temporary
command of the army of the Tennessee.]
Maj.-gen. 0. 0. Howard appointed to the command of the army
of the Tennessee 27 July. "
[Maj.-gen. Joseph Hooker of the 20th corps, feeling slighted
at the appointment of gen. Howard, is relieved at his own re-
quest, maj.-gen. Henry W. Slocum succeeding.]
Army of the Tennessee moves from the extreme left to the
extreme right, with the general aim of driving Hood out of
Atlanta by flanking him 26-27 July, "
Gen. Hood, taking advantage of this movement, attacks the
extreme right of the army of the Tennessee, 15th corps,
Logan's — well supported, however, by Blair's and Dodge's
corps, at Ezra's church 28 July, "^
[This battle commences in earnest about noon and con-
tinues until 4 P.M., when the confederates retire with a loss
of 2000. The un ion loss 600. ]
Gen. Sherman sends gen. Stoneman on a raid towards Macon,
Ga., with about 5000 cavalry 28 July, "
[Stoneman is captured with part of his command.]
Siege of Atlanta 1-26 Aug. "^
Gen. Kilpatrick raids around Atlanta, destroying the West
Point and Macon railroad 18-22 Aug. "
Gen. Sherman discontinues the direct siege of Atlanta, with-
drawing the 20th corps (Slocum's) to an intrenched position
on the Chattahoochee, and moves the rest of the army south
of Atlanta 25-28 Aug. "
Army of the Tennessee, attacked by the confederate gen.
Hardee at Jonesboro, about 20 miles south of Atlanta, re-
pulses him. A counter attack is made by the 14th corps
under gen. Jeff'. C. Davis late in the afternoon, but owing to
the lack of support and the lateness of the hour it fails to
take the confederates' position 31 Aug. "
Confederates retire to Lovejoy during the night of 31 Aug. "
Gen. Hood, blowing up his magazines and destroying his stores,
evacuates Atlanta 1-2 Sept. "
Atlanta occupied by gen. Slocum with 20th corps 3 Sept. "
Gen. Sherman returns to Atlanta from Lovejoy with his army,
5-7 Sept. "
A truce of 10 days between Hood and Sherman to remove the
remaining inhabitants from Atlanta, 446 families, 2035 per-
sons, being sent south, fully accomplished by 21 Sept. "
Allatoona Pass, Shkrman's Great March.
Atlantic Ocean. Deep-sea sounding, Oce.vns.
Atlantic telegraph. Electric telegraph,
under Electricity.
atniory§i§, a method of separating the constituent
gases of a compound (such as atmospheric air) by passing it
through a vessel of porous material (such as graphite); made
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known in Aug. 1863, by tlie discoverer, tlie late prof. T.
Oraham, F.R.S., master of the mint.
atmoipherlc railiray§. The idea of atmos-
pheric pressure as a motor was conceived by Papin, the French
engineer, about 1680. Experiments were made on a line of
rail across Wormwood Scrubs, London, between Shepherd's
Bush and the Great Western railroad, to test atmospheric
tubes, the working of the air-pump, and speed of carriages
upon this principle in June, 1840, and then on a line between
Croydon and London, 1845. Atmospheric pressure was tried
and abandoned in 1848, on the South Devon line. An atmos-
pheric railway was commenced between Dalkey and Killiney,
in the vicinity of Dublin, in Sept. 1843; opened 29 Mch. 1844;
<liscontinued in 1855. A similar railway was proposed in the
streets of London by T. W. Rammell in 1857. Mr. Kam-
mell's pneumatic railway was put in action successfully at the
Crystal Palace on 27 Aug. 1864, and following days. An act
for a pneumatic railway between the Waterloo railway station
and Whitehall was passed in July, 1865. Atmospheric press-
ure was proposed for a submarine railway from Dover to Calais
in 1869. Pneumatic despatch.
atomic theory, in chemistry, deals with the indi-
visible particles of all substances. The results of fragmentary
investigations by his predecessors (such as Wenzel, in 1777)
were collected by John Dalton in four laws of combining pro-
portion, which have received the name of " atomic theory."
His " Chemical Philosophy," containing his views, appeared
in 1808. Dr. C. Daubeny's work on the atomic theory was
published in 1850. In his standard of atomic weights Dalton
takes hydrogen as 1. Berzelius, who began elaborate re-
searches on the subject in 1848, adopts oxygen as 100. The
former standard is used in England, the latter on the con-
tinent. The theory assumes widely varying forms in the
speculations of recent chemists. In 1855 Hinrichs propounded
a new hypothetical science, A tomechanics, lin which pantogen,
composed of panatoms, is regarded as the* primary chemical
principle. ^ I
atoni§. Democritus (Abdera) held that all things con-
sist of innumerable indestructible atoms, varying in form, and
combined in obedience to mechanical laws; that the soul con-
sists of free, smooth, round atoms, like those of fire ; and that
nothing happens by chance. His philosophy was adopted by
Epicurus (about 306 B.C.), whose doctrines are poetically ex-
pounded by Lucretius in his "De Rerum Natura" ("On the
Nature of Things"), 57 B.c. A modified atomic philosophy
-was adopted by Gassendi, who died 1655 a.d.
Atrebates, a Belgic people, subdued by Caesar, 57 b.c.
Artois.
attainder, acts of, punishing a person by declaring
his " blood attainted," and involving forfeiture of property,
have been numerous. Two witnesses in cases of high-treason
are necessary where corruption of blood is incurred, unless the
party accused shall confess or stand mute, 7 and 8 Will. III.
1694-95. — Blachstone. The attainder of lord Russell, who
was beheaded in Lincoln's-inn-fields, 21 July, 1683, was re-
versed under William, in 1689. The rolls and records of the
acts of attainder passed in the reign of James II. were can-
celled and publicly burned, 2 Oct. 1695. Among the last acts
reversed was the attaint of the children of lord Edward Fitz-
gerald (who was implicated in the rebellion in Ireland of 1798),
1 July, 1819. In 1814 and 1883 the severity of attainders was
mitigated. Several attainders reversed about 1827, and one
in 1853 (the earl of Perth). In the United States the consti-
tution says : " No bill of attainder shall be passed, and no at-
tainder of treason, in consequence of a judicial sentence, shall
work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the life
of the person attainted."
Attica. Athens.
At'tlla, surnamed the " Scourge of God," and thus distin-
guished for his conquests and his crimes, having ravaged the
Eastern empire from 445 to 450, when he made peace with
Theodosius. He invaded the Western empire, 450, and was
defeated by Aetius at Chalons, 451 (one of the most desperate
contests recorded in history) ; he then retired into P^nnonia,
where tradition says he died bj- bursting a blood-vessel on his
nuptials with Ildico, a beautiful virgin, 453.
AUG
V
attorney (from tour, turn), a person appointed or de-
puted by another to act in his behalf. An attorney-in-fact,
is one authorized, usually by written document, under seal, to
contract for and bind his principal, to execute transfers of
stock, deeds, etc. An attorney -a t-law is one whose business it
is to represent others before courts of law and throughout the
processes of litigation. The number in England in the reign
of Edward IIL was under 400. In the 32d of Henry VI., 1454,
a law reduced the practitioners in Norfolk, Norwich, and Suf-
folk from 80 to 14, and restricted their increase. The num-
ber of attorneys practising in the United Kingdom in 1872
was said to be 13,824. The qualifications and practice of at-
torneys and solicitors are regulated by acts passed in 1843,
1860, 1870, and 1874. By the Supreme Judicature act attor-
neys are styled solicitors since Nov. 1875. Solicitors. In
the United States the term attorney is commonly applied to
every member of the legal profession, including advocates,
counsel, and solicitors. The conditions of admission to prac-
tice as attorneys in the courts are prescribed in each state by
law and diflFer widely. «
attorney-general. In England a law officer of the
crown, appointed by letters-patent. He exhibits informations
and prosecutes for the sovereign in matters criminal, and files
bills in exchequer for claims concerning the crown in inher-
itance or profit. Others may bring bills against the sov-
ereign's attorney. The first English attorney-general was
William Bonneville, 1277. The attorney -general is not a
member of the cabinet, but he goes out with the ministry from
which he receives his appointment.
attorney-g^eneral. United States. Cabinet.
attraction, described by Copernicus, about 1520, as
an appetence or appetite which the Creator impressed upon
all parts of matter; by Kepler, 1605, as a corporeal affection
tending to union. In 1687, sir Isaac Newton published his
" Principia," expounding as a law of nature the key to all
movements of the solar system, the attraction of every por-
tion of matter for every other, in direct proportion to its mass
and in inverse proportion to the square of the distance. Dr.
C. William Siemens exhibited and described his attraction-
raster at the Royal Society, 1876. Electricity, Gravita-
tion, Magnetism.
Attn, one of the Aleutian islands, the most westerly point
of the United States. It lies 400 miles from Kamchatka.
Calling Attn the western extremity of the U. S., the city of
San Francisco, Cal., is near the middle of its geographical ex-
tent east and west, the territories of the U. S. stretching
through 120° of longitude.
AtWOOd'i maclline, for proving the laws of accel-
erated motion by the falling of weights, invented bv George
Atwood, described 1784. He died 11 July, 1807.
aubalne, a right of the French kings, from the begin-
ning of the monarchy, whereby they claimed the property of
every unnaturalized stranger who died in the country, was
abolished by the National Assembly in 1790-91, re-established
by Napoleon in 1804, and finally annulled, 14 July, 1819.
Auberoclie, Guienne, S. France. The earl of Derby
defeated the French, besieging this place, 19 Aug. 1344.
Aucfeland, capital of New Zealand (north island), was
founded Sept. 1840. The population of the district in 1857
was estimated at 15,000 Europeans and 35,000 natives. The
saat of government was removed to Wellington, on Cook's
strait, Dec. 1864.
auction, a method of sale known to the Romans, men-
tioned by Petronius Arbiter (about 66 a.d.). The first in Eng-
land was about 1700, by Elihu Yale (founder of Yale College)
a governor of fort George, now Madras, in the East Indies, who
thus sold the goods he had brought home. Auction and sales
tax began 1779. Various acts of parliament have regulated
auctions and imposed duties, in some cases as high as 5 per cent.
By 8 Vict. c. 15, 1845, the duties were repealed, and a charge
imposed " on the license to be taken out by all auctioneers in
the United Kingdom of 10/." Ii\.1858 there were 4358 licenses
granted, producing 43,580/. The abuses at auctions, termed
" knock-outs," caused by combinations of brokers and others,
excited attention in Sept. 1866. An act regulating sales of
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land by auction was passed 15 July, 1867. Certain auctions
are now permitted without license to the auctioneer, as of
goods and chattels under distress for rent, and sales under the
small debts acts for Scotland and Ireland. — Abuses at auctions
in the United States have led to various statutory regulations
in the several states. In New York, auctioneers must give
bonds in $100,000 for faithful conduct of business, must make
semi-annual accounts of sales, and pay to the state a percent-
age on sales of goods, with some exemptions.
Alldiani, followers of Audaeus of Mesopotamia, expelled
from the Syrian church about 338 a.d. for reproving the
vices of the clergy. He was banished to Scythia, where he
is said to have made many converts. His followers celebrate
Easter at the time of the Jewish Passover, and attribute a
human figure to the Deity.
audiometer (from audio, l hear), an instrument to
measure the keenness of the sense of hearing, invented by prof.
Hughes. It consists of a battery of two Leclanche's cells, with
■a simple microphone and telephone : described to the Royal
Societ)', 15 May, 1879.
audiplione, an instrument to assist dulness of hear-
ing, invented by R. G. Rhodes of Chicago, and modified by
M. Colladon of Geneva, in 1880. It consists of a thin sheet
of hard ebonite rubber or card-board, to be placed against the
teeth, through which and other bones vibrations are conveyed
to the auditory nerve.
auditor (Lat., a hearer), a person authorized to inves-
tigate and settle accounts. The treasury of the United States
has 6 auditors for different branches of its accounts. Most
of the states and corporations in extended business have audi-
tors for similar work.
Auer§tadt, Prussia. Here, on 14 Oct. 1806, the French,
tinder Davoust, signally defeated the Prussians, under Blucher.
Jkna.
Aughrim. Aghrim.
Aug^iburg, Bavaria, originally a colony settled by Au-
gustus, about 12 B.C. ; became a free city, and flourished during
the middle ages. Here many important diets of the empire
have been held. In 952 a.d. a council confirmed the order for
the celibacy of the priesthood. Augsburg has suffered much
by war, having been taken by siege — in 788, 1703, 1704, and,
last, by the French, 10 Oct. 1805, who restored it to Bavaria in
March, 1806.
Augsburg Diet, summoned by the emperor Charles V. to settle
the religious disputes of Germany, met 20 June, and sepa-
rated Nov. 1530
Confession of Augsburg, compiled by Melanchthon, Luther,
and others, signed by the Protestant princes, presented to
the emperor Charles V., and read to the diet 25 June, "
Interim of Augsburg, a document issued by Charles V. : an at-
tempt to reconcile the Catholics and Protestants (it was fruit-
less, and was withdrawn) , read 15 May, 1548
" Peace of Religion," signed at Augsburg 25 Sept. 1555
League of Augsburg, for maintenance of the treaties of Mun-
ster, Nimeguen: a treaty between Holland and other powers
against France signed 9 July, 1686
aug'Ur, an officer of ancient Rome charged with the
interpretation of auspices or natural signs foreboding future
events. Thunder and lightning, the flight of birds, and many
other sights and sounds in nature, were regarded as divine
warnings or encouragements. Tradition ascribes the founda-
tion of the college of augurs, 3 in number, to Numa, 710 b.c.
The number was gradually increased, and was 15 at the time of
Sulla, 81 B.C. The college of augurs was abolished by Theo-
dosius about 390 a.d. — The superstition which connects the
flight of birds with supernatural guidance in husbandry and
other enterprises is very ancient, being mentioned by Hesiod ;
and it still survives in many countries.
August, the 8th month of the Roman year (previous-
ly called Sextilis, or the 6th from March), by a decree of the
senate received its present name in honor of Augustus Caesar,
in the year 8 b.c., because in this month he was created con-
sul, had thrice triumphed in Rome, added Egypt to the Roman
empire, and made an end of the civil wars. He added one
day to the month, making it 31 days. — Shooting-stars on the
10th of Aug. were observed in the middle ages, and termed
" St. Lawrence's tears." Their periodicity' was noticed by Mr.
Forster early in the present centur3%
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Augu§ta, Siege of. Augusta, Ga., was held by a force
under a loyalist named Brown in the spring of 1781. While
gen. Greene besieged Fokt Ninkty-six, Lee, Pickens, Clarke,
and other Southern partisan leaders laid siege to Augusta,
beginning 23 May, and on 5 June Brown surrendered. The
Americans lost 51 men killed and wounded; the British lost
52 killed, and 334, including the wounded, were taken prisoners
Augustan Age, the years during which Caius Octa-
vius (Caesar Augustus), nephew of Julius Ciesar, was emperor
of Rome, 27 b.c.-14 a.d., distinguished for its splendid attain-
ments in arts, arms, and especially in literature— the days of
Horace, Virgil, Ovid, and Livy. 'The reign of Louis xiv. is
called the Augustan age of France; the reign of Anne, the
Augustan age of England.
Augustan Era began 14 Feb. 27 b.c., or 727 years
after the foundation of Rome.
AugUStin (or Austin) Friars, a religious order,
its origin ascribed to St. Augustin, bishop of Hippo, who died
430. They first appeared about the llth century as the Austin
of Black Canons, and the order was constituted by pope Alex-
ander IV., 1256. The rule requires poverty, humility, and
chastity. Martin Luther was an Augustin monk. The Au-
gustins held the doctrine of free grace, and were rivals of the
Dominicans. The order appeared in England soon after the
conquest, and had 32 houses at the suppression, 1536. One of
their churches, at Austin Friars, London, erected 1354, and
since the Reformation used by Dutch Profestants, was partly
destroyed by fire, 22 Nov. 1862. It was restored, and reopened
1 Oct. 1865. A religious house of the order, dedicated to St.
Monica, mother of Augustin, was founded in Hoxton square,
London, 1864.
Aulie Council, one of the two highest courts of the
German empire, established by Maximilian I. The Imperial
Chamber, civil and criminal, was instituted at Worms, 1495,
and afterwards held at Spires and Wetzler; and the Aulic
Council at Vienna, 1506. These courts, of concurrent jurisdic-
tion, heard appeals in particular cases from the courts of the
Germanic states.
Auray, N.W. France. Here, on 29 Sept. 1364, the Eng-
lish, under John Chandos, defeated the French and captured
thMr leader Du Guesclin. Charles of Blois, made duke of
Brittany b}-^ the king of France, was slain, and a peace was
made in April, 1365.
auricular confession. Confession at the ear
(Lat. auris) of the priest was an early practice, said to have
been forbidden in the 4th century by Nectarius, archbishop of
Constantinople. It was enjoined by the council of Lateran in
1215, and by the council of Trent in 1551. It was one of the
6 articles of faith enacted by Henry VIII. in 1539, but was
abolished in England at the Reformation. Its revival has
been attempted by the party in the church of England called
Puseyites, Tractarians, or Ritualists. Puseyism.
Rev. Alfred Poole, curate of St. Barnabas, Knightsbridge, was sus-
pended by his bishop for practising auricular confession in June,
1858, and the suspension was confirmed in Jan. 1859. A similar
attempt by the rev. Temple West at Boyne Hill, in Sept. 1858, ex-
cited public discussion.
In May, 1873, 483 clergymen of the church of England petitioned
convocation for the education, selection, and licensing of duly
qualified confessors under the canon law. Disapproved by the
bishops.
Letter from the bishop of London directing confession to God; that
to the minister optional, 21 July, 1873.
Archdeacon Denison (in a letter) denounces all opposing auricular
confession, 22 Aug. 1873.
Address of 96 peers against auricular confession to archbishop ot
Canterbury about 9 Aug. 1877. Holy Cross.
au'riflamma or oriflamme, the national ban-
ner in French history, belonging to the abbey of St. Denis,
and suspended over his tomb. Louis le Gros was the first
king who took it from the abbey to battle, ll2L—HeiiauU.
It appeared for the last time at Agincourt, 25 Oct. 1415. —
Tillet. Others say at Montlhery, 16 July, 1465.
auro'ra toorea'lis and auro'ra austra'lis
(northern and southern polar light), rarely seen in central
Europe, frequent in the arctic and antarctic regions. The
first described appearance was seen in London, 1560; the next
in 1564, 7 Oct. In Brabant, Cornelius Gemm describes two seen
in the year 1575 ; compares them to spears, fortified cities, and
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armies fighting in the air. In 1G21, in Sept., one was observed
in France, and described by Gassendi, who gave it the name
of A worn borealis. No English writer mentions its appear-
ance from 1574 until 1707, when a small one was noted in
Nov. From 1621 to 1707 there is no mention made of an
aurora borealis at any place. In Mch. 1716, an aurora ex-
tended from the west of Ireland to the confines of Russia,
mentioned by Dr. Halley, which from its brilliancy attracted
universal attention. The whole horizon lat. 57° N. was over-
spread with continuous haze of a dismal red during a whole
night, Nov. 1765. — Mr. Foster, the companion of capt. Cook,
saw the aurora in lat. 68° S. The aurora is now attributed
to the passage of electric light through rarefied air in the
polar regions. In Aug. and Sept. 1859, brilliant auroras were
very frequent, telegraph-wires were seriously affected,and com-
munications interrupted.
Brilliant display throughout Canada, the northern U.S., and Europe,
15 Apr. 18G9. The Western Union Tel. worked their lines without
the aid of a battt^ry through the Middle and Eastern states. From
Philadelphia to Pittsburg a battery was not needed. This display
extended as far south as Richmond, Va. Another noticeable dis-
play 24 Oct. 1870, visible in northern and western U. S., Canada,
England, France, Germany, and most of Europe; lasted from 11
P.M. until 3 A.M. Telegraph wires were again affected. Another
display 4 Feb. 1872; also 18 Apr. 1873; and during the year 1882
on 16-17 Apr., 14 and 18 May, 4 Aug., 2 Oct., 13 Nov.— all very
marked. During this year, at the Finnish station at Sodankyla,
Herr Sophus Tromholt, experimenting with electricity on a large
scale, placing the batteries along a range of hills, produced an ar-
tificial aurora differing in no respect from the real aurora. Prof
C. Piazzi-Smith sums up the final mean result of a vast number
of observations by the members of the Scottish Meteorological
Society, showing what months the auroral displays are the most
frequent. These observations show that Feb. and Oct. stand first,
while Mch. and Sept. follow. Prof Elias Loomis notes that the
aurora is periodic, the grandest displays being at intervals of about
60 years, and less marked at intervals of 10 to 11 years; and that
the maximum and minimum displays tend to correspond with the
increase and decrease of the solar spots.
auscultation. Stethoscope.
Au§terlitZ, a town in Moravia, where a battle was
fought between the French and the allied Austrian and Rus-
sian armies, 2 Dec. 1805. As Alexander of Russia, Francis of
Austria, and Napoleon of France, commanded, it is sometimes
called the " battle of the 3 emperors." The killed and wounded
exceeded 30,000 of the allies, who lost 40 standards, 150 pieces
of cannon, and thousands of prisoners. The decisive victory
of the French led to the treaty of Presburg, signed 26 Dec.
1805. Pkesburg.
Australa'§ia, the 5th great division of the world.
This name, given by De Brosses, includes Australia, Van Die-
men's Land, New Guinea, New Zealand, New Britain, New
Caledonia, etc., mostly discovered within two centuries. Ac-
cidental discoveries were made by Spaniards as early as 1526;
but the first accurate knowledge of these lands is due to the
Dutch, who in 1606 explored part of the coast of Papua, or
New Guinea. Torres, a Spaniard, passed through the strait
which now bears his name, between that island and Australia,
and gave the first correct report of the latter, 1606. The
Dutch continued their discoveries. Grant in 1800, and Flin-
ders again (1801-5), completed the survey. — M^CuUoch.
Australia (formerly BifeiV Holland), the largest
island or smallest continent ; including five provinces — New
South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
(formerly Port Phillip), and West Australia (or Swan
River). Area, 2,957,000 sq. miles. Pop. 1888, 3,546,725.
R. H. Major, in 1872, alleged that Australia was known to the
French prior to 1531
Alleged discovery by Manoel Godinho de Eredia, a Portuguese. 1601
The Dutch also discover Australia Mch. 1606
Coast surveyed by Dutch navigators; north, by Zeachen, 1618;
west, by Edels, 1619 ; south, by Nuyts, 1627 ; north, by Car-
penter 1627
Tasman coasts S. Australia and Van Diemen's Land 1642-44
Terra Australia (western Australia) named New Holland by
order of the states-general 1665
William Dampier lands in Australia Jan. 1686
William Dampier explores the west and northwest coasts . .1684-90
Explorations of >Willis and Carteret 1763-66
Capt. Cook, sir Joseph Banks, and others land at Botany Bay,
and name the country " New South Wales " 28 Apr. 1770
Exploration of Furneaux 1773
Governor Phillip founds Sydney near Port Jackson, with 1030
persons 26 Jan. 1788
[The 82d anniversary of this event was kept with much
festivity, 26 Jan. 1870.]
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Great distress in consequence of the loss of the store-ship
Guardian, capt. Uiou 1790'
Voyages of Bligh 1789-92
First church erected Aug. 1793
Government gazette first printed 1795-
Bass's strait discovered by Bass and Flinders 1798
First brick church built 1802
Colony of Van Diemen's Laud (now Tasmania) established 1803
Grant, 1800, and Flinders survey the coasts of Australia 1801-5
Insurrection of Irish convicts (luelled — 1804
Gov. Bligh. for his tyranny, deposed and sent home 1808
Superseded by gov. Macquarie 1809
Population, 29,783 (three fourths convicts) 1821
Expeditions into the interior by Wentworth, Lawson, Blox-
land, 1813; Oxley, etc 1817-23
West Australia formed into a province 1829
Legislative council established "
Sturt's expeditions into S. Australia 1828-31
South Australia erected into a province Aug. 1834
First Roman Catholic bishop (Polding) arrives Sept. 1835
Port Phillip (now Victoria) colonized Nov. "
First church of England bishop of Australia (Broughton) ar-
rives June, 1836
Sir T. Mitchell's expeditions into E. Australia 1831-36
Colony of South Australia founded Dec. "
Eyre's expedition overland from Adelaide to King George's
sound 1836-37
Melbourne founded Nov. 1837
Capt. Grey explores N. W. Australia 1837-3&'
Count Strzelecki explores New South Wales and Tasmania,
1838-43; discovers gold-fields iu Bathurst, Wellington, etc.
(kept secret by sir George Gipps). 183^
Suspension of transportation "
Strzelecki explores the Australian Alps ; discovers Gipps's
Land ; Eyre explores W. Australia 1840'
Census— 87,200 males; 43,700 females 1841
Incorporation of city of Sydney 1842
Leichhardt's expedition (never returns) 1844
Sturt proceeds from S. Australia to the middle of the conti-
nent 1845
Great exertions of Mrs. Chisholm ; establishment of "Home
for Female Emigrants " 1841-4ff
Census (including Port Phillip)— 114, 700 males; 74,800 females. 1846
Kennedy's expedition, 1847 ; killed ■. 1848
Agitation against revival of transportation by earl Grey 1849
Port Phillip erected into a separate province as Victoria 1850
Gold discovered by Mr. Hargraves, etc 1851
Census— males, 106,000; females, 81,000 (exclusive of Victoria,
80,000) "
Mints established March, 1863-
Transportation ceases "
Gregory's explorations of interior 1848, 1855-58
Death of archdeacon Cowper (aged 80), after about fifty years'
residence July, 1858
Queensland made a province 4 Dec. 1859
Expedition into the interior under Mr. Landells organized, Aug. I860'
Robert O'Hara Burke, William John Wills, and others start
from Melbourne 20 Aug. "
Burke, Wills, and two others cross Australia to gulf of Carpen-
taria; all perish on their return except John King, who ar- /
rives at Melbourne Nov. 1861
J. McDouall Stuart's expeditions 1858-62
Stuart, McKinlay, and Landsborough cross Australia from sea
to sea 1861-62
Remains of Burke and Wills recovered; public funeral. .21 Jan. 1863
General resistance throughout Australia to the reception of
British convicts in W. Australi;\., about June, 1864
Cessation of transportation to Australia in 3 years announced
amid much rejoicing 26 Jan. 1865
Total population of Australia, exclusive of natives, 1.298.667,
Jan. 1866-
Capt. Cadell discovers mouth of the river Roper on the west
coast of the gulf of Carpentaria, and fine pastoral country,
lat. 14° 45' S Nov. 186T
Great drought, 1,000,000 animals perish 1868
Ernest Morrison walks across the continent from the gulf of
Carpentaria to Melbourne in 120 days, starting about 18 Dec. 1882
Gradual formation of a defensive Australian fleet and army. . . 1883-
Intercolonial conference of delegates on proposed annexation
of New Guinea at Sydney recommended 6 Dec. "
Formation of Australasian federal commission 7-8 Dec. "
Charles Winnicke's exploring party map 40,000 miles of un-
known country; announced Jan: 1884
Victoria, Tasmania, and Queensland accept the scheme of fed-
eration Aug. "
Opposed by New South Wales about 1 Nov. "
Several states protest against the German annexations in New
Guinea, etc Dec. "
British flag hoisted on Woodlark and other islands Jan. 1885-
Australian colonies proffer military contingents for the Sou-
dan ; thanked by the queen Feb. "
Government of Victoria introduces irrigation bill to borrow
4,000,000/. for supplying water to 3,242,000 acres of arid land. 1886-
Rabbit pest continues, although the government has expended
over 100,000/. Government offers a prize of 25,000/. for a sat-
isfactory specific ; without definite results 188T
Exploring expedition sent into Britisk New Guinea from Queens-
land ; discoveries valuable "
M. Pasteur sends three delegates from Paris with a supply of
microbes du choldra des poules, with which he hopes to win
the 25,000/. prize for the extermination of rabbits 188ft
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Workingmcn of Australia remit to England 50,000i. to aid Iho
London dock-strikers jggg
[No deflnite account ever rendered of it.]
Great financial depression; many bank failures throughout the
difl'erent provinces Jan.-May, 1893
Austra'sia, Oesterreich (Eastern Kingdono), also called
Metz, a French kingdom from the 6th to the 8th century. It
began with the division of the realm of Clovis by his sons, 511,
and ended when Carloman became a monk, yielding the throne
to his brother Pepin, as sole king of France, 747.
Austria, Oesterreich (Eastern Kingdom), anciently No-
ricum and part of Pannonia, was annexed to the Roman em-
pire about 33 A.D.; overrun by the Huns, Avars, etc., during the
5th and 6th centuries, and taken from them by Charlemagne,
791-96. He divided the government, establishing margraves
of eastern Bavaria and Austria. Louis the German, son of
Louis le Debonnaire, about 817, subjugated Radbod, margrave
of Austria ; but in 883 the descendants of the latter rose in
Bavaria against the emperor Charles the Fat, and eventually the
margraves of Austria were declaredimmediate princes of the em-
pire. In 1156 the margraviatewasmadean hereditary duchy by
the emperor Frederic I. ; and in 1453 it was raised to an arch-
duchy by the emperor Frederic III. Rudolph, count of Haps-
burg, elected emperor of Germany in 1273, acquired Austria in
1278 ; and from 1493 to 1804 his descendants were emperors of
Germany. On 11 Aug. 1804, the emperor Francis II. renounced
the title of emperor of Germany, and became hereditary em-
peror of Austria as Francis I. The political constitution of
the empire is based upon (1) the pragmatic sanction of Charles
VI., 1734, which declares the indivisibility of the empire and
regulates the succession ; (2) the pragmatic sanction of Francis
I.,l Aug. 1804, when he became emperor of Austria only; (3)
the diploma of Francis Joseph, 20 Oct. 1860, granting legisla-
tive power to the provincial states and the council of the em-
pire (Reichsrath) ; (4) the law of 26 Feb. 1861, on national rep-
resentation. Self-government was granted to Hungary, 17
Feb. 1867. The empire was named the Austro-Hungarian
monarchy, by decree, 14 Nov. 1868. The empire is now di-
vided into two parts, separated by the river Leithe. The Cis-
Leithan section comprises 14 provincial diets : Galicia, Bohe-
mia, Silesia, Moravia, lower and upper Austria, Styria, Tyrol
and Voralburg, Salzburg, Carinthia, Carniola,Trieste, and Istria,
Dalmatia, and the Bukovina. The Trans-Leithan section com-
prises Hungary, Transylvania, Croatia, Slavonia, and the city
of Fiume. Area, 241,000 sq. miles, with a pop. 1886, of 38,-
680,000 ; including Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1890, 41,345,329.
Frederic II., the last male of the house of Bamberg, killed in
battle with the Hungarians 15 June, 1246
Disputed succession; the emperor Frederic II. sequesters the
provinces, appointing Otto, count of Eberstein, governor for
the emperor; they are seized by Ladislaus, margrave of Mo-
ravia, in right of his wife, Frederic's niece, Gertrude; he
dies childless 1247
Herman, margrave of Baden, marries Gertrude, and holds the
provinces till his death 1250
Premislas Ottocar of Bohemia acquires the provinces 1254
Compelled to cede Styria to Hungary, he makes war and recov-
ers it, in consequence of a great victory 1260
He inherits Carinthia, 1263; refuses title of emperor of Ger-
many, 1272 ; and does homage to Rudolph of Hapsburg, elect-
ed emperor 1273
War against Ottocar as a rebel ; he is compelled to cede Austria,
Carinthia, and Styria to Rudolph 1274
War renewed; Ottocar perishes in battle of Marchfeld. . 26 Aug. 1278
Albert I. assassinated by his nephew while attempting to en-
slave the Swiss 1 May, 1308
Successful revolt of the Swiss 1307-9
They totally defeat the Austrians under duke Leopold at Mor-
garten 16 Nov. 1315
Tyrol acquired 1363
Duke Leopold imposes toll on the Swiss; they resist; he makes
war, and is defeated and slain at Sempach July, 1386
Duke Albert V. obtains Bohemia and Hungary, and is elected
emperor of Germany 1437
Emperor Frederick III., head of house of Hapsburg, creates
the archduchy of Austria with sovereign power 6 Jan. 1453
Austria divided between him and his relatives, 1457; war en-
sues between them till 1463
Low Countries accrue to Austria by marriage of Maximilian
with the heiress of Burgundy 1477
Also Spain, by marriage of Philip I. of Austria with the heir-
ess of Aragon and Castile 1496
Bohemia and Hungary united to Austria under Ferdinand I. . . 1526
Austria harassed by Turkish invasions 1529-45
Charles V., reigning over Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Hun-
gary, Spain, the Netherlands, and their dependencies; abdi-
cates (Spain) ." 1556
Thirty Years' War 1618-48
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War of the Spanish Succession 170114
Mantua ceded to the emperor V jkn i708
By treaty of Utrecht he obtains part of duchy of MilaiL.'il Apr' 1713
Rastadt he acquires the Netherlands 17U
Naples, etc added to his dominions 15 Nov 1715
i urther additions on the east (Temeswar, etc.) by peace of Pas-
sa,rowitz i^iu
Naples and Sicily given up to "spain '.'.'.".*.*,■.■. 1735
Death of Charles VI., last sovereign of the male'line'of house of
Hapsburg; his daughter, Maria Theresa, becomes queen of
Hungary ^ ^ -^. ._^
Maria Theresa attacked by Prussia, France,' BaVar'l a, and Sax-
ony; supported by Great Britain (Austrian Succession, war
^T-r'ifJ^' ?"^^*^^ Lorraine,whoha(i mkVried'MaVia ThVrVsk'in "*^
1736, elected emperor of Germany, as Francis I 1745
Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, Parma, Milan, etc., ceded to Spain! ' " 1748
Seven Years' War ; part of Silesia ceded to Prussia. . . . . V15<^
Gahcia, etc., acquired from Poland.. " ' 1770
War with France (Battles) .''.".'.'.'.".'." 1792-97
By treaty of Campo Formio, the emperor gives up Lombard v
and obtains Venice ^ 15 Oot 1707
Treaty of Luneville (more losses) V.'.V.'.".'.'. . " . . I8OI
P^rancis IL, emperor of Germany, becomes Francis L hered-
itary emperor of Austria n Aug I804
His declaration of war against France '.'.'..' 5 Aur 1805
Capitulation of his army at Ulm .'.*.".'. .20 Oct "
Napoleon enters Vienna *.*.."...".'...". 14 Nov "
Austrians and Russians defeated at Austerlitz... V.'.V. .2"Dec. "
Treaty of Presburg, Austria loses Venice and TyroL 1 Jan 1806
Vienna evacuated by the French 12 Jan. "
Dissolution of the German empire, and formal abdication of
the emperor. q ^ug. "
French again take Vienna '.'. .'.'.'.'..13 May. 1809
Restore it at peace y 24 Oct! "
Napoleon marries archduchess Maria Louisa, daughter of the
emperor 1 Apr. 1810
Congress at Vienna. 2 Oct 1814
Treaty of Vienna 25 Feb. 1815
[Italian provinces restored with additions — Lombardo- '
Venetian kingdom established, 7 Apr.]
Francis I. dies; Ferdinand I. succeeds 2 Mch. 1835
Insurrection at Vienna; flight of Metternich 13 Mch. 1848
" in Italy (Milan, Sardinia, Venice) 18 Mch. "
" at Vienna; emperor flies to Innspruck, 15-17 May, '«
Revolution in Hungary ii Sept "
Insurrection at Vienna; murder of count Latour 6 Oct. "
Emperor abdicates in favor of his nephew, Francis Joseph,
2 Dec. "
Attempted assassination of emperor by Libenyi, 18 Feb. ; who
was executed 28 Feb. 1853
Austrians enter Danubian principalities Aug. 1854
Alliance with England and France on Eastern question. .2 Dec. "
Concordat grants the pope great power in the empire. .18 Aug. 1855
Amnesty for political offenders of 1848-49 12 July, 18.56
Austrians quit the Danube principalities Mch. 1857
Diplomatic relations between Austria and Sardinia broken off
in consequence 23-30 Mch. •'
Excitement throughout Europe, caused by the address of the
emperor Napoleon III. to the Austrian ambassador. . . 1 Jan. 1859
Emperor of Austria replies in a similar tone 4 Jan. "
Austria enlarges her armies in Italy, and fortifies the line of the
Ticino between her provinces and Sardinia. . .Feb. and Mch. "
Intervention of Russia; proposal for a congress; disputes on
admission of Sardinia; Sardinia and France prepare for war,
Mch. and Apr. "
Austria demands disarmament of Sardinia and dismissal of
volunteers from other states within three days 23 Apr. "
This demand rejected 26 Apr. "
Austrians cross the Ticino 26 Apr. "
French troops enter Piedmont 27 Apr. "
France declares war (to expel Austrians from Italy) 3 May, "
Austrians defeated at Montebello, 20 May; at Palestro, 30-31
May ; at Magfenta, 4 June ; at Malegnano (Marignano), 8 June, •'
Prince Metternich dies, aged 86 (he had been active in wars
and negotiations of Napoleon I. ) 11 Ju ne, "
Austrians defeated at Solferino (near the Mincio); emperors
of Austria and France and king of Sardinia present. 24 June, "
Armistice agreed upon, 6 July; emperors meet, 11 July; pre-
liminaries of peace signed at Villaft-anca (Lombardy given
to Sardinia; an Italian confederation proposed) 12 July, "
Manifesto justifying the peace issued to the army, 12 July; to
the people 15 July, "
Patent issued, granting greatly increased privileges to the
Protestants; announced Sept "
Treaty of Zurich, confirming the preliminaries of Villafranca,
signed 10 Nov. "
Decrees removing Jewish disabilities 6, 10 Jan., 18 Feb. 1860
Patent issued for summoning imperial council (Reichsrath) of
representatives elected by provincial diets 5 Mch. "
Austria protests against annexation of Tuscany, etc., by Sar-
dinia Mch. "
Proscribed Hungarian count Teleki, at Dresden, given up to
Austria about 20 Deo. ; released on parole 31 Dec. "
Amnesty for political offences in Hungary, Croatia, etc.. 7 Jan. 1861
New constitution for Austrian monarchy publ 26 Feb. '*
Civil and political rights granted to Protestants throughout ^^
empire, except Hungary and Venice H -^pr.
Meeting of Reichsrath — no deputies fW)m Hungary, Croatia, ^^
Transylvania, Venetia, or Istria. 29 Apr.
Amnesty to political offenders in Hungary 18 Nov. 1863
AUS ^
Reduction in tho army assMited to; and a personal-liberty law
passed Pec. 1862
Insurrection in Russian Poland. Jan. ; Austria joins in the in-
tercession of Kngiand and France Apr. 1863
Transylvanian deputies accept constitution, and take scats in
Reiohsrath 20 Oct. "
Austria joins Prussia in war with Denmark Ian. 1864
Galicia and Cracow declared in state of siege J'.i Feb. "
Archduke Maximilian emperor of Mkxico Apr. "
Peace with Denmark, signed at Vienna M Oct. "
Emperor opens Reiohsrath, 14 Nov. ; flree debate; slate of siege
in (Jalicia censured Dec. "
Convention of Gastkix signed 14 Aug. 1865
Emperor's rescript suppressing the constitution, with tho view
of giving autonomy to Hunuary 20 Sept. "
Rejoicings in Hungary; dissatisfaction in Austria. Croatia,
etc Nov., Dec. "
Amnesty for Italy issued 1 Jan. 1866
Disputes with Prussia on Holstein Jan., Mch. "
Preparations for war begin Mch. "
Archduke Albrecht commander of southern army, 6 May ; Ben-
edek of northern 12 May, "
War declared by Prussia, 18 June; by Italy 20 June, "
Austrians enter Silesia, 18 June ; and Prussians Bohemia,
23 June, "
Italians defeated by archduke Albrecht at Custozza. . .24 June, "
Prussian victories at Nachod. etc 27-29 June, "
Benedek defeated at KOniggratz and Sadowa 3 July, "
[For deUiils of the war, Italy, Prussia.]
Emperor cedes Vonetia to Napoleon, and requests interven-
tion 4 July, "
Preliminaries of peace signed at Nikolsburg 26 July, "
Treaty of peace with Prussia at Prague 23 Aug. "
" " " Italy at Vienna, ceding Venetia, 3 Oct. ;
the iron crown given up 11 Oct. "
Quadrilateral and Venice surrendered to the Italians, 11-19 Oct. "
Baron Ferdinand von Beust, late Saxon minister of foreign
affairs, made Austrian foreign minister 30 Oct. "
Extraordinary diet convoked (for 25 Feb.) 3 Jan. 1867
Autonomy for Hungary announced; resignation of Belcredi,
4 Feb. ; Von Beust president of council 7 Feb. "
Rescript restoring a separate ministry for Hungary, count
Andrassy president 17 Feb. "
Reiohsrath opened at Vienna 20 May, "
Czechs (of Bohemia and Moravia), Croats, Slavonians, Serbs,
Roumans (of Transylvania), and Poles (of Galicia), protest
against absorption, and demand national legislative powers,
May and July, "
Emperor and empress crowned king and queen of Hungary
at Buda 8 June, "
Von Beust chancellor of the empire 23 June, "
Arrangements for dividing the financial affairs of Austria and
Hungary, signed 13 Sept. "
Changes (respecting marriage and education) in the concordat
proposed Sept. "
28 bishops demand maintenance of concordat 28 Sept. "
Letter from emperor to cardinal Rauscher, for liberty of con-
science in opposition to the concordat; concordat almost an-
nulled by lower' house Oct. "
Dualism accepted by the Reichsrath at Vienna Nov. "
Civil-marriages bill (annulling clerical jurisdiction over them)
passed by upper bouse, after sharp resistance, 21-23 Mch. ;
received emperor's assent 25 May, 1868
Continued opposition of clergy to government Jan. 1869
Neutrality in the Franco-Prussian war announced 18 July, 1870
Concordat with Rome suspended because of promulgation of
doctrine of papal infallibility 30 July, "
Ministry support Great Britain in opposing the Russian repu-
diation of treaty of Paris (Russia) Nov. "
Austrian army, 864,869 regulars; 187,527 landwehr (militia),
Dec. "
New German empire recognized by the emperor JafK 1871
Resignation of count Beust, arch-chancellor; much excite-
ment 6 Nov. "
Count Andrassy appointed minister of imperial household and
of foreign affairs; Von Beust ambassador at London; Lon-
yay, premier of Hungary 13-14 Nov. "
Reichsrath opened by the emperor with speech announcing
political and educational reforms 28 Dec. "
Kew constitutional law promulgated, giving the emperor power
to order new elections of the chambers 13 Mch. 1872
Reform bill passed changing the Reichsrath into a national
representative assembly 10 Mch. 1873
Elections for Reichsrath: 228 constitutionalists, 125 federals,
30 Oct. ; Reichsrath opened by the emperor, 5 Nov. ; 25th
anniversary of the emperor's accession celebrated; amnesty
for political offenders 2 Dec. "
Encyclical letter from the pope condemning the new ecclesi-
astical laws, dated 7 Mch. 1874
Protest of Austrian bishops; both parties adopt Cavour's cry,
"A free church in a free state " Apr. "
New bed of Danube inaugurated by emperor 30 May, 1875
Death of ex-emperor Ferdinand " 29 June, "
Declaration of neutrality in Russo-Turkish war by Austria and
Hungary; foreign policy to be for "the interest of the mon-
archy, to the exclusion of all antipathies and sympathies,"
M. de Tisza (Hungarian) 26 June, 1877
€ount Andrassy at the Berlin conference 13 June--13 July, 1878
Austria to occupy and administer Bosnia and Herzegovina, by
treaty of Berlin 13 July, "
Austrians enter, and war ensues (Bosma) 29 July, "
AUS
Bosnia occupied (except Novi-Bazar) Oct. 1878
Andrassy resigns; baron Haymerle made foreign minister and
president of council 8 Oct. 1879
Marriage of archduke Rudolph and princess Stephanie of
Belgium 10 May, 1881
Sudden death of baron Haymerle 10 Oct. "
Insurrection in Herzegovina, etc. ; skirmishes with Austrians,
ir>-31 Jan. ; insurgents defeated 1882
Provisional government said to have been formed by insur-
gents about 9 Feb. "
Mahometans sympathize with Christian insurgents Feb. "
Successful advance of the Austrians; capture of Dragali an-
nounced 14 Mch. "
Insurgents adopting guerilla warfare about 12 May, "
"New German People's party " formed; manifesto published,
about 29 May, "
Execution of Overdank, a soldier, for attempted assassination
of emperor 20 Dec. "
600th anniversary of establishment of house of Hapsburg cele-
brated 27 Dec. "
Slavonic agitation against Germans and Magyars and taxation
(Croatia), Aug.-Sept. ; conciliatory policy of government,
Sept. 1883
Birth of princess to archduke Rudolph and the princess Ste-
phanie 2 Sept. "
Much social disaffection at Vienna; 2 detective policemen
assassinated, Hlubek, Bloch Jan. 1884
Corpl. Hermann Stellmacher, assassin of Bloch, captured, 25
Jan.; a great conspiracy suspected; law decreed by count
Taaffe repressing public meetings, the press, trials by jury,
etc., 30 Jan. ; many arrested or expelled Jan. "
Government measures pass the chambers 15 Feb. "
Hugo Schenk and Schlossarck executed for murder of several
servant-girls 22 Apr. "
Stellmacher executed 8 Aug. "
Reichsrath dis.solves Apr. 1885
Czar of Russia meets the emperor at Kremsier in Moldavia,
25 Aug. "
A bill for creating a Landsturm introduced in the Reichsrath
and passed 16 Apr. 1886
[Giving the nation a war-footing of 1,500,000.]
Count Beust dies at Altenberg, near Vienna 24 Oct. "
The crown-prince Franz Karl Joseph Rudolph dies at Meyer-
ling 30 Jan. 1889
[Supposed suicide in consequence of a love-affair with the
young baroness Vetsera— physicians report mental aliena-
tion.]
Resignation of the prime-minister Koloman Tiszo, for 15 years
at the head of the ministry 7 Mch. 1890
[Succeeded by count Julius Sazapary.]
MARGRAVES OF AUSTRIA.
Leopold I., 928; Albert I., 1018; Ernest, 1056; Leopold TL 1075;
Leopold III., 1096; Albert IL, 1136; Leopold IV., 1136; Henry IL,
1142 (made a duke, 1156).
1150. Henry IT. DUKES.
1177. Leopold V. He captured Richard I. of England when return-
ing incognito from the crusade, and was compelled to sur-
render him to the emperor Henry VI.
1194. Frederic I., the Catholic.
1198. Leopold VI., the Glorious. Killed in battle.
1230. Frederic II., the Warlike. Killed in a battle with Hungarians,
15 June, 1246.
Interregnum.
1276. Rudolph I.
1282. Albert I. and his brother, Rudolph II. Albert, emperor of
Germany, 1298.
1308. PYederic I. and Leopold I.
1326. Frederic L
1330. Albert II. and Otho, his brother.
1339. Albert II.
1358. Rudolph IV.
1365. Albert III. and Leopold II. or III. (killed at Sempach).
1395. William I. and brothers, and their cousin Albert IV.
1411. The same. The provinces divided into duchies of Austria
and Carinthia, and county of Tyrol.
1411. Albert V., duke of Austria; obtains Bohemia and Moravia;
elected king of Hungary and emperor, 1437; dies, 1439;
succeeded by his posthumous son.
1439. Ladislaus, who dies childless, 1457.
1457. The emperor Frederic III. and Albert VI.
1493. Maximilian I., son of Frederic III. (archduke), emperor; Ger-
many, 1493-1804.
KMPERORS.
1804. Francis I., b. 1768 (late Francis II. of Germany), styled em-
peror of Austria only, 11 Aug. 1804; resigned empire of
Germany, 6 Aug. 1806 ; d. 2 Mch. 1835.
1835. Ferdinand, his son, 2 Mch. ; abdicated in favor of his nephew
(his brother Francis Charles having renounced his rights),
2 Dec. 1848 ; b. 1793 ; d. 29 June, 1875.
1848. Francis Joseph (son of Francis Charles), b. 18 Aug. 1830;
succeeded, 2 Dec. 1848; married 24 Apr. 1854, to Elizabeth
of Bavaria; crowned king of Hungary, 8 June, 1867.
Heir presumptive: archduke Franz Ferdinand, b. 18 Dec. 1863;
nephew of the emperor and/Son of archduke Karl Ludwig.
Au§trian Succe§§ioii, War of (1740-1748).
Charles IV., emperor of Germany, without male heirs, desirous
of securing the succession to his daughter, Maria Theresa,
AUT 69
queen of Hungary and Bohemia, in 1731 framed the prag-
matic sanction. England and most powers of Europe, ex-
cept France, Spain, and Sardinia, acceded. The emperor died
20 Oct. 1740, when Maria Theresa assumed the title. Imme-
diately counter-claims to the succession were advanced by the
electors of Bavaria and Saxony and the kings of Poland and
Spain, while Sardinia claimed a portion of the empire, and
Frederick II. of Prussia wanted Silesia. France espoused the
cause of Bavaria, while England alone offered assistance to the
queen. The war that ensued is termed that of the Austrian suc-
cession, in which nearly allEurope took part. The succession was
confirmed to the queen by the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748.
autllor§. Literature.
auto-da-fc (" act of faith "), the term given to the
punishment of a heretic (generally burning alive), inflicted by
the Inquisition. The first auto-da-fe was held by Torque-
mada at Seville, in 1481. The last was probably that men-
tioned by Llorente, the historian of the Inquisition, as solem-
nized in Mexico in 1815.
automaton fig^ure§ or androides, made to
imitate the actions of living beings, are of early invention.
Archytas's flying dove was formed about 400 B.C. Friar Bacon
is said to have made a brazen head which spoke, 1264 a.d.
Albertus Magnus spent 30 years in making another. A coach
and 2 horses, with a footman, a page, a lady inside, were made
by Camus for Louis XIV. when a child, 1649 ; the horses and
figures moved naturally, variously, and perfectly. Vaucanson,
in 1738, made an artificial duck, which performed many func-
tions of a real one — eating, drinking, and quacking; and he
also made a flute-player. The writing automaton, exhibited
in 1769, was a pentagraph worked by a hidden confederate.
An automaton chess-player, invented by baron Kempelen, of
Presburg, Hungary, 1769, and known as "Maelzel's chess-
player," excited intense curiosity wherever exhibited for many
years ; this was also worked by a concealed person ; so was the
"invisible girl," 1800. Maelzel made a trumpeter about 1809.
Early in this century an automaton was exhibited in London
which pronounced several sentences with tolerable distinctness.
The"anthropoglossus,"an alleged talking-machine, exhibited
at St. James's hall, London, July, 1864, was proved to be a gross
imposition. The exhibition of the talking-machine of prof.
Faber, of Vienna, in London, began 27 Aug. 1870, at the Palais
Royal, Argyll street, W. The automatic chess-player at the
Crystal Palace, 1873. Psycho, an automaton card-player, in-
vented by J. N. Maskelyne and John Algernon Clarke, ex-
hibited in London, Jan. 1875. An automaton hare was hunted
at Hendon, near London, 9 Sept. 1876.
autOtypog-'raphy, a process of producing a metal
plate from drawings, made known by Mr. Wallis in Apr. 1863 ;
it resembled Nature-printing.
Auttose tOWll§. Indian villages in the Creek
country, Alabama, attacked and destroyed by brig.-gen. John
Floyd, with 950 Georgia militia, 29 Nov. 1813. Georgia.
Av'alon or Avilion, the earthly paradise of Celtic
Mythology, a " green island" in the Atlantic far to the west-
ward. " I am going a long way ... <f
To the island-valley of Avilion;
Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow,
Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies
Deep-meadowed, happy, fair with orchard lawns
And bowery hollows crown'd with summer sea."
—Tennyson, "The Passing of Arthur. "
Avars, barbarians who ravaged Pannonia, and annoyed
the Eastern empire in the 6th and 7th centuries; subdued by
Charlemagne about 799, after an 8 years' war.
Avetoury or Abury, Wiltshire. Here are the re-
mains of the largest so-called Druidical work in England.
They have been surveyed by Aubrey, 1648 ; Dr. Stukeley,
1720 ; and sir R. C. HoaVe in 1812, and by others. Stukelev's
" Abury " (1743), and Hoare's " Ancient Wiltshire " (1812-
21) give full information. Many theories have been put forth,
but the origin of these remains is still unknown. They are
considered to date from the "stone age," i.e. when weapons
and implements were mainly formed of stone. Stonehenge.
Avein or Availie (Luxembourg, Belgium), where
French and Dutch defeated Spaniards, 20 May, 1635.
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Ave Ma-ri'a
Ave mary" the saluta-
tion of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin (Luke i. 28), was made
a formula of devotion by pope John XXL about 1326. About
1500 A.D. Vincentius Ferrerius used it before his discourses
Bingham. ,,^ ^ , ,
But Ave Mary ' made she moan.
And 'Ave Mary ' night and morn. "—Tennyson.
Aventine hill, the largest of the 7 hills of Rome, was
divided from the Palatine by the valley of the Circus Maxi-
mus. Around its northern base flows the Tiber. It was said
to have derived its name from Aventinus, an ancient king of
Alba, buried here. Rome.
Avera§boro, North Carolina. Here on 16 Mch.
1865, gen. Slocum of gen. Sherman's army attacked the confed-
erates under gen. Hardee, who opposed his progress, and com-
pelled them to retreat. Federal loss, 77 killed, 477 wounded.
Avigrnon (A-ven-yon'), a city (S.E. France) ceded by
Phihp IH. to the pope in 1273, and made the papal seat by
Clement V. in 1309. In 1348 Clement VL purchased the sov-
ereignty from Jane, countess of Provence and queen of Naples.
In 1408, the French, wearied of the schism, expelled Benedict
XIIL, and Avignon ceased to be the papal seat. Here were held
9 councils (1080-1457). Avignon was seized and restored sev-
eral times by French kings ; the last time restored, 1773. It
was claimed by the National Assembly, 1791, and confirmed to
France by a congress of sovereigns in 1815. In Oct. 1791,
horrible massacres took place here. Popes, 1309-94.
axe, wedge, lever, and other tools, were ascribed
to the mythical Daedalus, an artificer of Athens; also the in-
vention of masts and sails for ships, 1240 b.c. Many tools are
represented on Egyptian monuments.
I axiom (Gr. a^iw/tn), a self-evident truth, an elementary
j principle of reasoning ; especially applied to the assumptions
I of geometry which cannot be proved, but are regarded as ob-
I vious and indisputable and as the premises of mathematical
1 deduction. The axioms of Euclid (300 b.c.) are still the ac-
cepted basis of Geometry.
Axum or Auxume, a town in Abyssinia said to have
been the capital of a kingdom whose people were converted to
Christianity by Frumentius about 330, and were allies of Jus-
tinian, 533.
AyacU'cllO, Peru. Here the Peruvians finally achieved
their independence bj-^ defeating the Spaniards, 9 Dec. 1824.
ayde or aide, a tax paid by vassals to a lord upon ur-
gent occasions. In France and England an aide was due for
knighting the king's eldest son. One was demanded by
Philip the Fair, 1313. The aide due upon the birth of a
prince, ordained by the statute of Westminster (Edward L),
1285, was not to be levied until he was 15 years of age, for
the ease of the subject. The aide for marriage of the king's
eldest daughter could not be demanded in England until her
7th year. In feudal tenures there was an aide for ran-
soming the chief lord ; so when Richard I. was kept prisoner
hy the emperor of Germany, an aide of 20*. to redeem him
was levied upon every knight's fee. Benevolence.
Ayle§'bliry, Buckinghamshire, was reduced by the
West Saxons in 571. St. O'Syth, beheaded by the pagans in
Essex, was buried there, 600. William the Conqueror invest-
ed favorites with some of its lands, under the tenure of pro-
viding "straw for his bedchambers; 3 eels for his use in
winter; and in summer, straw, rushes, and 2 green geese
thrice every year." Incorporated by charter in 1554.
Ayle§ford, Kent. Here, it is said, the Britons were
victorious over the Saxon invaders, 455, and Horsa was killed.
Ayllon'§ {il-yon'), de, Settlement, in Virginia,
1526. America.
Az'of, Sea of, the Palus Maeotis of the ancients, commu-
nicates by the strait*«of Yenikal6 (the Bosporus Cimraerius)
with the Black sea, and is entirely surrounded by Russian
territory, Taganrog and Kertch being the principal places.
An expedition of British, French, and Turkish troops, under
sir G. Brown, arrived at Kertch, 24 May, 1855, when the Rus-
sians retired, after blowing up the fortifications. On the 25th,
the allies marched upon Yenikal6, which offered no resistance.
The same evening the allied fleet entered the sea of Azof, and
in a few days completed their occupation of it, capturing a
AZO
large number of merchant vessels, etc. Immense stores were
destroyed by the Russians.
azofniidc, a compound of hydrogen and nitrogen
(azote). A very explosive gas, obtained from organic sources,
such as benzoyl -glycoUic acid and hippuric acid, by prof.
Curtius in 1890. It forms salts by combination with metals.
Azores' or IVcstcril Isles, N. Atlantic, belonging
to Portugal, and about 800 miles from its coast, often identi-
fied with the fabled Atlantis of the ancients. Area, 1005 sq.
miles; pop. 1881, 270,000. These islands are first found dis-
tinctly marked in a map of 1351, with names given. It has
been conjectured that the discoverers were Genoese. The
so-called Flemish discovery, 1432, by Vanderberg of Bruges,
was certainly not the first. Gonzalo Velho Cabral, sent by
the Portuguese court, fell in with St. INIary's in 1432, and in
1457 they were all discovered and named Azores from the gos-
' BAB
hawks found on them. They were given by Alfonso V. to
the duchess of Burgundy in 146G, and colonized by Flemings.
They were subject to Spain, 1680-1G40. The isle of Terceira,
during the usurpation of dom Miguel, declared for donna
Maria, 1829, and fixed its government at the capital Angra,
1830-33. A volcano at St. George's destroyed the town of
Ursulina, May, 1808; and in 1811 a volcano appeared near
St. Michael's, in the sea, where it was 80 fathoms deep ; an
island then formed wliich gradually disappeared. A de-
structive earthquake, lasting 12 days, occurred in 1591 in
St. Michael's, the largest island of the group; area, 200 sq.
miles.
UZ'Ote, a name given by Lavoisier and French chemists
to Nitrogen.
Az'tecs, the ruling tribe in Mexico at the time of the
Spanisli invasion under Cortes (1519). America.
B
Ba'al (Lord), male deity of the Phoenicians; often wor-
shipped by Israelites, as by Ahab, 918 b.c. His priests and vo-
taries were massacred by Jehu, and his temple defiled, 884 b.c.
Baalbec (Bdl'bec'), IIeliop'oli§-(both meaning
" City of the Sun "), an ancient city of Syria, of which magnifi-
cent ruins remain, visited by Wood and Dawkins in 1751, and
others. Its origin is lost in antiquity. The citj'- was sacked
by the Moslems, 748, and by Timour Beg, 1400. Here are
found the ruins of several temples. One called the " Great
Temple " was built on a magnificent platform, which extends
east and west 1100 feet. The peristj'le of the temple proper
was of 54 columns, with shafts 62 feet high, 7 feet in diameter
at the base, and 5 feet at the top. Here Septimius Severus
built a temple to the sun, 200 a.d.
Babel, Tower of, built by Noah's posterity, 2247 b.c.
(Gen. xi.). The magnificent temple of Belus, which some
identify with this tower, is said to have had lofty spires, and
many statues of gold, one of them 40 feet high. In the
upper part of this temple was the tomb of the founder, Belus
(Nimrod of scripture), deified after death. — Blair. The Birs
Nimroud, examined by Rich, Layard, and others, is by some
held to be the remains of the tower of Babel.
Babeufs conspiracy. Fran9ois - Noel Babeuf
(Gracchus) and others, in Apr. 1796, constituted themselves
a "secret directory of public safety," at Paris, aiming to re-
establish the revolutionary government; but, arrested, Babeuf
was sentenced to death, and was guillotined after attempting
suicide, 27 May, 1797. Agrarian law.
Babi-ism, a new sect in Persia, founded in 1843 by
Mirza Ali Mahomed, an enthusiast, at Shiraz. He termed
himself the " Bab," or " gate," of knowledge, and, giving a
new exposition of the Koran, claimed to be the incarnate
Holy Spirit. His destruction, with most of his followers, was
due to Hossein, one of his disciples, combining political and
warlike views with their spiritual dogmas. The sect was
tolerated by the shah Mahomet, but nearly exterminated by
his successor in 1848-49. The Bab himself was executed 15
July, 1849. The present head of the sect, still numerous,
Beheyah Allah, imprisoned in a Turkish fortress, is said to be
well conversant with the Bible and to teach a doctrine based
on it, termed " Bab el Huk" (gate of truth). E. G. Brown's
" Narrative " respecting this sect publ. 1892.
Babylonia (Babilu, Assyrian ; Babirush, Persian ; the
Shinar, Babel, and land of the Chaldees of the Old Testa-
ment), a vast plain watered by the Tigris and Euphrates, the
seat of a great Asiatic empire, traditionalh^ stated to have been
founded by Belus, supposed to have been the Nimrod of Gen.
X. 1, 8. Assyria. According to the earliest existing history
the country was divided between two races, the Sumir (Tura-
nian), and the Accad — Accadian — (Semitic), which became
predominant. The city of Babj-^lon was at one time the most
magnificent in the world. The hanging gardens are described
as having been square, rising in terraces as high as the walls
of the city, with steps between the terraces. The whole was
sustained by arches on arches ; and on the top were flat stones
cemented with plaster of bitumen, covered with sheets of lead,
supporting the garden mould, with large trees, shrubs, flowers,
and various vegetables. There were 5 gardens, each of about 4
English acres, in the form of an amphitheatre. — Strabo ; Di-
odorus. Pliny said that in his time it was but a wilderness.
Mr. Rich visited the ruins in 1811, and sir R. Ker Porter in
1818. The laborious researches of Mr. Layard, sir H. Raw-
linson, M. Botta, and others, and the relics excavated and
brought to England between the years 1849 and 1855, have
drawn attention to the history of Babylon. INIany inscriptions
in the cuneiform or wedge-like character have been translated
by sir Henry Rawlinson, George Smith, and others, and pub-
lished in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. In
the spring of 1855 Rawlinson brought to England many valu-
able relics, drawings, etc., now in the British museum. He
lectured on Babylon at the Royal Institution, London, in 1851,
1855, and 1865. The Rev. A. H. Sayce lectured on Babylonian
literature at the same place in 1877. " The fragmentary Canon
of Kings," given by Berosus, the Graeco-Chaldean priest, 268
B.C., has been superseded by the newly-discovered Babj'lo-
nian canon inscriptions on tablets carefully dated from 2200 to
647 B.C., an unequalled chronological series. Summaries are
given by Mr. Boscawen in the articles "Assyria "and "Baby-
lonia," in " Chambers's Encyclopaedia," 1888.
Earliest astronomical observations at Babylon [2230, Hales ; b.c
2233, Clinton] 2234
Nabonassar governor, 747; his son, Nadinu, 734; a revolt,
Ukinziru, king, about 732
Babylonia conquered by Pul (Tiglath-Pileser), king of Assyria,
729; becomes independent; Merodach-baladan II. king, about 722
Sargon, king of Assyria, captures Babylon; Merodach-baladan
returns, but is soon expelled by Sennacherib 705
Babylonia ruled by viceroys. Assyria.
Nabu-ablautzar (Nabopolassar), gen., seizes power about 640;
proclaimed king 625
Succeeded by his son, Nebuchadnezzar, very great and power-
ful, who restores the empire and rebuilds Babylon 604
[His acts are recorded on innumerable tablets and in the
Bible; 2 Kings xxiv., xxv. ; 2 Chron. xxxvi. ; Jer. xxxvii.-
xxxix., lii. ; Dan. i.-iv.]
He captures Jerusalem, 599; destroys the city and carries most
of the inhabitants captives to Babylon, 588 ; d 561
Evil Merodach, 561 ; Neriglissar, king 559
Labynetus, 556; Nabonadius, a great monarch, 551; Belshazzar,
king 539
Babylon taken by the Medes and Persians, under Cyrus, and
Belshazzar slain (Dan . v. ) 538
Babylon revolts, and is taken by Darius 518
Taken by Alexander, 331 ; he dies here 323
Seleucus Nicator, who d. 280 b.c, transfers the seat of govern-
ment to Seleucia, and Babylon is deserted. Babylonia is
conquered by the Parthians about 140 b.c, and becomes part
of the Persian empire. On the overthrow of the Sassanides
by the Mahometans, 650 a.d., Babylonia becomes the seat of
the caliphs till 1258. Since 1638 it has been subject to Turkey.
Babyng^ton'S conspiracy, to assassinate Eliza-
beth and make Mary of Scotland queen, devised by John Sav-
age, soldier of Philip of Spain, approved by William Gilford
and John Ballard, Catholic priests, and embraced hy Anthony
BAG
Babvngton and others ; betrayed by Pooley Aspy. 14 were
executed, 20, 21 Sept. 1586.
BaCCliana'lia (festivals in honor of Bacchus) arose
in Egypt and were introduced into Greece by Melarapos, and
called Dionysia, about 1415 B.C. — Diodorus. In Rome the
Bacchanalia were suppressed, 186 B.C. The priests of Bacchus
were called Bacchanals. Festivals, Okgies.
toaclielors. The Roman censors often fined unmar-
ried men, and men of full age were required to marry. The
Spartan women at certain games seized old bachelors, dragged
■them round their altars, and inflicted on them marks of infamy
and disgrace. — Vossius. A tax laid in England upon bach-
elors 25 years of age (varying from 12/. \0s. for a duke to Is.
for a common person), lasted from 1695 to 1706. Bachelors
(Catholic priests excepted) were subjected to an extra tax
on their male and female servants in 1785.
backgammon. Some call Palamedes of Greece the
inventor of this game, about 1224 b.c. -, others trace it to
Wales about the 10th century. — Strutt.
Baconian pllilO§Opliy, expounded by Francis
Bacon in his "Novum Organum " in 1620. Its principles are
utility and progress, and its objects the alleviation of suffering
and promotion of comfort. — Macaulay. Philosophy.
Bacon's rebellion. Virginia, 1676.
bacte'ria (Gr. (SaKTfjpia, little rods). Animalcules,
'Germ theory.
Bactriana, a province in Asia, was subjugated by
Cyrus and formed part of the Persian empire, when conquered
by Alexander, 330 B.C. About 254 b.c., Theodotus or Diodo-
lus, a Greek, threw off the yoke of the Seleucidaj, and became
•king. Eucratides I. reigned prosperously about 181 b.c., and
Menander about 126 b.c. The Greek kingdom seems to have
been broken up by irruptions of Scythians soon after.
BadajOS (bad-a-hos'), S. W. Spain, an important bar-
rier fortress, surrendered to the French, under Soult, 11 Mch.
1811; invested by the British, luider lord Wellington, on 16
Mch. 1812, and stormed and taken on 6 Apr. following. The
French retreated in haste.
Bad Axe, Battle of, Wisconsin, U. S. troops defeated
Indians, under Black Hawk, 1-2 Aug. 1832.
Baddcsdoirn hill or mount Badon, near
Bath, where Bede says the Britons defeated the Saxons in
493 ; others say in 511 or 520.
Ba'den, S.W. Germany. The house of Baden is de-
«cended from Hermann, first margrave (1052), son of Berthold
I., duke of Zahringen ; but Hermann II. assumed the title,
Feb. 1130. From Christopher, who died 1527, proceeded the
branches Baden-Baden and Baden-Dourlach, united in 1771.
Baden is a hereditary constitutional monarchy by charter, 26
May, 1818 ; it joined the German empire by treaty, 15 Nov.
1870. Area, 596 sq. miles; pop., 1 Dec. 1871, 1,461^562; Dec.
1875, 1,507,179; 1890, 1,656,817.
Louis William, margrave of Baden-Baden, gen., b. 1665; sally-
ing from Vienna, defeated Turks, 1683 ; d 1707
Treat]/ of Baden : Landau ceded to France 7 Sept. 1714
Charles "William, margrave of Baden-Dourlach, b. 1679; d 1746
[Succeeded by his son.]
Charles Frederic, b. 1728; margrave of Baden-Dourlach, 1738;
acquired Baden-Baden, 1771; made grand-duke by Napoleon. 1806
Badon made a grand-duchy with enlarged territories "
A representative constitution granted by cbarter 18 Aug. 1818
Baden joins the Zollverein July, 1867
Chambers meet; liberal measures promised, 24 Sept. ; univer-
sal suffrage adopted by second chamber 29 Oct. 1869
€ivil marriage made obligatory 17 Nov. "
Baden joins Prussia in war with France about 20 July, 1870
badge of military merit, established Aug. 178I,
by Washington; conferred upon non-commissioned officers
and soldiers for 3 years' good conduct, or for specially merito-
rious service, and entitling the bearer " to pass and re-pass
.all guards and military posts as fully and amply as any com-
missioned officer whatever."
Baffin's bay, N. America, discovered by William
Baffin, an Englishman, 1616. Its extent was doubted, until
the expeditions of Ross and Parry proved Baffin substantially
accurate. Parry entered Lancaster sound, and discovered the
islands known bv his name, 1818. Northavest Passagk.
BAI
bag^atelle (hag-a-teV), an indoor game, first described
by Cotton in his "Compleat Gamester," 1674.
Baghdad, in Asiatic Turkey, supposed to have been
built by Al Mansour, and made the seat of the Saracen em-
pire, about 762; but sir H. Rawlinson discovered in 1848 that
the western bank of the Tigris was lined with an embankment
of solid brickwork dating from the time of Nebuchadnezzar,
and it has since been found that one of the cities of the time
of Sardanapalus bore the name of Bagdad. It attained its
greatest splendor during the caliphate of Haroun-al-Kaschid,
763-809. a jn gootij jj ^,jjg jj goojjiy ^j^jg^
For it was in the golden prime
Of good Haroun Alrascbid. "—Tennyion.
Taken by the Tartars, and a period put to the Saracen rule,
1258. Often taken by the Persians, and retaken by the Turks,
with great slaughter; the latter have held it since 1638.
bag^pipe, an ancient Greek and Roman instrument.
On a piece of ancient Grecian sculpture, now in Rome, a bag-
piper is represented dressed like a modern Highlander. Nero
is said to have played upon a bagpipe, a.d. 51. Highland
regiments in the English army retain their pipers. Chaucer
represents the miller as skilled in playing the bagpipe ; and
Shakespeare's allusion to " the drone of a Lincolnshire bag-
pipe " (Henr}' IV., part i. act i. sc. ii.) proves that the in-
strument has not always been peculiar to Scotland.
Bahama isle§, stretching more than 600 miles be-
tween the eastern coast of Florida and San Domingo, were
the first discovery of Columbus, San Salvador (Cat or, as
some suppose, Watling island) being first seen bj^ him on the
night of 11 Oct. 1492. Ovando, governor of Hispaniola, car-
ried off natives in 1509 for laborers in mines, and the islands
were virtually uninhabited until the English, in 1629, settled in
New Providence, whence, in 1641, the Spaniards drove them,
but made no attempt to settle. The English again occupied
the islands in 1667, and in 1680 Charles II. granted them to
settlers. In 1703 the French and Spaniards utterly destroyed
the settlement on New Providence. The islands now became
the resort of pirates, especially of the notorious Blackbeard.
Virginia, 1718. The English renewed their settlements in
1718. The cultivation of the pineapple and of cotton intro-
duced 1770. In 1776, commodore Hopkins, of the American
navy, captured New Providence, but soon abandoned it as un-
tenable. The Spaniards again nominally occupied the Bahamas
till 1783, when they were ceded to the English. In 1787 the
descendants of the original lord proprietors reconveyed their
rights to the English crown, receiving therefor 2000/. each.
The cultivation of cotton was quite abandoned in 1800. The
islands during the American civil war, 1861-65, profited by the
blockade-running trade.
Baliar, N. India, a province (conquered by Baber in
1530), with Bengal and Orissa, a princely dominion, became
subject to the English East India Company in 1765 by the
treaty of Allahabad for a quit-rent of about 300,000/.
Baise (ha'ye), an ancient town of Campania, Itah', on
the Sinus Baianm, famous for warm springs and baths.
Owing to these, the mild climate, and the beauty of the land-
scape, it was the resort of the rich of Rome. C. Marius, Lu-
cullus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar spared no pains to,^dorn it
under the republic; while it was a fayoriie^'esort joF Nero,
Caligula, Hadrian, and Servius. It fl(u|«jiiWed until the days
of Theodoric the Goth, 493-526. 'jnf castello di Baja was
built in the 16th century b^ Bieti* di Toledo.
bail. By ancient OT(omon-law, before and since the
conquest, all felonias were bailable, till murder was excepted
by statute; and by the 3 Edw. I. (1275), bail in treason and
in divers felonies was taken away. Bail was further regu-
lated in later reigns. It is now accepted in all cases except
felony ; and where a magistrate refuses bail it may be grant-
ed by a judge. Acts respecting bail passed 1826 and 1852.
Excessive bail is forbidden by the constitution of the United
States, and by those of most of the states.
baililfor §lieriff, said to be of Saxon origin. Lon-
don had its shire-reve prior to the conquest, and this officer
was generally appointed for counties in England in 1079.
Henry Cornehill and Richard Reynere were appointed bailiflfs
or sheriffs in London in ll89.—Stow. Sheriffs were appoint-
BAI
ed in Dublin under the name of bailiffs in 1308, and the name
waa changed to sheriff in 15-18. There are still places wliere
the chief magistrate is called bailiff, as the high-bailiff of
Westminster. Bum-bailiff is a corruption of bound -bailiff,
every bailiff giving bonds for his good beh&vioT.—Btackstone.
Bairam or Beiram, two Mahometan festivals; the
greater lasts one day, following the Ramadan or month of
fasting; the lesser follows the tirst at an interval of GO
days, and is the feast of sacrifices which are then made at
Mecca, at which all Mahometans offer animals to commemo-
rate Abraham's offering of Isaac ; this lasts 4 days.
baize, a manufacture of coarse woollen, was brought into
England by some Flemish or Dutch emigrants who settled at
Colchester, in Essex, and received privileges from parliament
in 1660. The trade was under the control of a corporation
called governors of the Dutch baize-hall, who examined the
cloth previous to sale. — Anderso7u
Balakla'va, a small town in the Crimea, with a fine
harbor, 10 miles southeast from Sebastopol. After the battle
of the Alma, the allies advanced upon it, 26 Sept. 1854.
Battle of BalaJclava : About 12,000 Russians, commanded by
gen. Liprandi, took some redoubts in the vicinity, which had
been intrusted to about '250 Turks. They next assaulted the
English, but were driven back, mainly by the charge of the
heavy cavalry, led by brigadier Scarlett, under the orders of
lord Lucan. After this, from an unfortunate misconception
of lord Raglan's order, lord Lucan ordered lord Cardigan,
with the light cavalry, to charge the Russian army, which
had reformed on its own ground with artillery in front. The
order was promptly obeyed, but, of 670 British horsemen, only
198 returned.
•' Then they roJe back, but not.
Not the Six Hundred." — Tennyson, " Charjfe of the Light Brigade."
The infantry engaged were termed a "thin red line ". .25 Oct. 1854
A sortie from Sebastopol led to a desperate engagement here;
the Russians were repulsed, with the loss of 2000 killed and
wounded, the allies losing about 600 22 Mch. 1855
A banquet was given to the survivors of the charge at the Al-
exandra palace 25 Oct. 1875
6753;. raised by subscription for 20 destitute survivors of the
Light brigade in the British empire 1891
balance of poiver, to assure the independency
and integrity of states and control the ambition of rulers; a
principle first defined, it is said, by Italian politicians of the
15th century on the invasion of Italy by Charles VIII. of
France, 1494. — Robertson. It was recognized by the treaty
of Munster, 24 Oct. 1648. The arrangements for the balance
of power in Europe, made in 1815 without consent of the peo-
ple of the countries interested, have been nearlv all set aside
since 1830.
baldachin or baldacllino, more properly CiBO-
RIUM, a canopy over the altar in .some ancient churches; first
used about 1130, and introduced into England, 1279. The
proposal to erect one in St. Barnabas's church, Pimlico, was
opposed in the consistory court, Aug. 1873. The trial took
place 23, 24 Oct. Dr. Tristram decided against the erection
of the baldachin, 15 Dec. 1873.
Balearic iilandi, in the Mediterranean, called
by the Greeks Balearides and by the Romans Baleares, from
the dexterity of the inhabitants at slinging: they include
Majorca, Minorca, Ivi<;a, Formentera, Cabrera, Conejera, and
other islets. They were conquered by the Romans, 123 b.c. ;
by Vandals, about 426 a.d. ; and formed part of Charlemagne's
empire in 799. Conquered by the Moors about 1005, and held
by them till about 1286, then annexed by Aragon. Majorca,
Minorca.
Balize. Honduras.
BalRan§, the ancient Haemus, a range of mountains
from the Adriatic to the Euxine ; the Koja Balkan, west of
the Shipka pass, being the highest range, 5900 ft. The pas-
sage, deemed impracticable, was made by the Russians under
Diebitsch, during the Russian and Turkish war, 26 July, 1829.
An armistice followed, and peace was signed at Adrianople,
14 Sept. following. The Balkans were crossed by Russians,
under Gourko, 13 July, 1877. Russo-Turkish vv^ar II. By
the treaty of Berlin, 13 July, 1878, the Balkans became the
frontiers of European Turkey. The Balkan states are Servia,
Bulgaria, and Roumelia.
ballad§ m^y be traced in the British history to the
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BAL
Anglo-Sa.Kons. — Turner. Adhelme, who died 709, it is said,,
first introduced ballads into England. " The harp was sent
round, and those might sing who could." — Jiede. Alfred sang
ballads. — Malmesbunj. Canute composed one. — Turner. IVIiu-
strels were protected by a charter of Edward IV. ; but by a
statute of Elizabeth were punished with rogues and vagabonds
and sturdy beggars. — Viner. "Give me the writing of the
ballads, and you may make the laws." — Fletcher of Saltoun.
Dibdin's sea-ballads were popular in the French war; he died
20 Jan. 1833. Percy's "Reliquks," 1765 et seq., prof.
Child's great work in course of publication, Boston, Mass.
balletH began through the meretricious taste of the
Italian courts. One performed at the interview between
Henry VIII. of England, and Francis I. of France in the Field
of the Cloth of Gold, at Ardres, 1520. — Guicciardini. The
Italian ballet was introduced into France in 1581. Ballets-
became popular in France, and Louis XIV. bore a part in
one, 1664. They came to Britain with operas early in the
18th century.
balloon§. The proper idea of the balloon was formed
by Albert of Saxony, an Augustin monk in the 14th century,,
and adopted by a Portuguese Jesuit, Francesco Mendoza, who
died at Lyons in 1626. It is also attributed to Bartoloraeo de
Guzmao, who died 1724. The principles of aeronautics in-
clude: 1, the power of a balloon to rise in the air; 2, the ve-
locity of its ascent; and, 3, the stability of its suspension at
any height. The application of sails and rudders has been
considered, and found futile ; but in 1872 Helmholtz thought
steering possible, if moving slowly. Fatal accidents have beei>
estimated at 2 or 3 per cent. The Aeronautical Society of
Great Britain, founded to foster and develop aeronautics and
aerology, by the duke of Argyll, James Glaisher, sir Charles-
Bright, and others, 12 Jan. 1866.
Francis Lana, a Jesuit, proposed to navigate air in a boat
raised by four hollow balls of thin copper, exhausted of air. . 1670'
Joseph Galien suggests tilling a bag with fine diffuse air of
the upper atmosphere ' 1755
Henry Cavendish discovered that cotnmon air is 14.5 times
heavier than hydrogen gas !7T>: 1766.
Black of Edinburgh fills a bag with hydrogen which rose to
the ceiling of the room 1767
Cavallo fills soap-bubbles with hydrogen 1782.
Joseph Montgolfler makes a silken bag ascend with heated air
(first fire balloon) Nov. "
Joseph and Stephen Montgolfler ascend safely in a fire balloon
at Annonay 5 Juno, 1783'
First ascent in a hydrogen balloon, Paris, by MM. Robert and
Charles 27 Aug. "
Joseph Montgolfler ascends in a balloon inflated with smoke
of burned straw and wool 19 Sept. ' '
First aerial voyage in a fire balloon — Pilatre de Rozier and the
marquis d'Arlaudes 21 Nov. "
Second ascent of Charles in a hydrogen balloon, 9770 ft. . 1 Dec. "
Mr. Tytler, in a Montgolfler balloon, Edinburgh 27 Aug. 1784
Ascents of Andreani, 25 Feb. ; Blanchard, 2 Mch. ; Guyton de
Morveau, the chemist, 25 Apr. and 12 June; Fleurant and
Madame Thibl^ (first female aeronaut). 28 June; duke of
Chartres (Philippe Egalite) 19 Sept. "
First ascent in England, Lunardi, Moorflelds, London. .15 Sept. "
Blanchard and Jeff'ries ascend at Dover; cross the Channel;
alight near Calais 7 Jan. 1785-
First ascent in Ireland, Ranelagh gardens, Dublin 19 Jan. "
Rozier and Romain killed in their descent near Boulogne; the
balloon takes fire 15 June, «'
Parachutes constructed and used by Blanchard Aug. "
Garnerin's narrow escape descending in one in London, 2 Sept. 1802
Sadler, after many ascents in England, falls into the sea, near
Holyhead, but is rescued 9 Oct. 1812
Madame Blanchard ascends from Tivoli at night; the balloon,
surrounded by fireworks, taking fire, she is thrown down
. and killed 6 July, 1819
Charles Green's first ascent (he introduces coal-gas in balloon-
ing) 19 July, 1821
Lieut. Harris killed in a balloon descent 25 Maj', 1824
Sadler, jun., killed, falling from a balloon 1825
Great Nassau balloon, previously exhibited in ascents from
Vauxhall gardens, carries 3 persons thence, and after 18.
hours in the air descends at Weilburg, duchy of Nassau,
7 Nov. 1836-
Mr. Cocking ascends from Vauxhall to try his parachute; in
its descent it collapses, and he is thrown out and killed,
24 July, 1837
An Italian aeronaut ascends from Copenhagen ; his corpse is
found on the shore of an island, dashed to pieces 14 Sept. 1851
Ascent from Adrian. Mich., Ira Thurston killed Sept. 185S
J. B. Lassie's model of an "aerial ship," with a screw, sub-
mitted to the Academy of Sciences at Paris, 1859; and ex-
hibited at Washington .- 1859
Mr. Wise and 3 others ascend from St. Louis (travel 1150 miles,
and descend in Jeflferson county, N. Y., nearly dead), 23 June, "
BAL
Nadar's balloon (largest ever made), capacity 215,363 cubic feet
of gas; the car, a cottage in wicker work, raises 35 soldiers
at Paris; Nadar Lopes to steer by a screw; first ascent, with
14 persons, successful 4. Oct. 1863
Second ascent; voyagers injured; saved by presence of mind
of Jules Godard; descend at Nienburg, Hanover 12 Oct. "
:Nadar with balloon at Crystal palace, Sydenham •. . Nov. "
Society for Promoting Aerial Navigation formed at M. Nadar's,
at Paris; president, M. Barral 15 Jan.' 1864
■Godard's Montgolfier or Are balloon ascends.. 28 July and 3 Aug. "
Nadar and others ascend in his balloon at Brussels 26 Sept. "
Mr. Coxwell ascends from Belfast in a new balloon; it is lost
and several persons injured 3 July, 1865
.Ascent of Nadar in his Geant balloon, Paris 23 June' 1866
Mr. Coxwell claims 550 successful ascents to Apr! 1867
j^erial screw machine (helicopteric) suggested, Paris, 1863; de-
scribed by Dr. J. Bell Pettigrew, at the Royal Institution, Lon-
don 22 Mch. "
Mr. Hodsman crosses the Channel from Dublin, and descends
in Westmoreland 22 Apr. "
•Great balloon exhibited at Ashburnham park, London ; escapes ;
captured at Bouldon, Bucks 25 May, 1869
•Charles Green, aeronaut, said to have made about 600 ascents',
d. aged 84 27 Mch. 1870
Dupuy de L6me at Vincennes ascends in "navigable" bal-
loon, with 13 persons; reported success 2 Feb. 1871
Mr. Wise proposes to cross the Atlantic from New York to
Liverpool in a balloon, 100 feet in diameter, 110 feet high,
with supplementary balloon 36 feet in diameter; entire lift-
ing power 15,900 lbs., carrying-power 9500 lbs., disposable
ballast 7500 lbs., July; balloon reported imperfect, Sept. ; a
smaller one, under W. J. Donaldson, starts (with a life boat)
9.19 A.M., 6 Oct., and descends in a storm in Connecticut;
narrow escape 7 Oct. 1873
Tincent de Groof, Belgian ("flying man "), makes a parachute
to imitate a bird in flight; ascends from Cremorne gardens,
Xiondon, and descends with it more than 300 feet in Essex,
29 June; at his next attempt the parachute becomes disar-
ranged and he is killed 9 July, 1874
TJnder the Government Balloon Committee, Mr. Coxwell ascends
atWoolwichtotryC.A.Bowdler'sapparatus(basedonthescrew-
propeller) for steering balloons; failure reported 25 July, "
fit has been proved that a vertical screw can raise or de-
press a balloon, saving gas and ballast.]
TH. and Mme. Duruof ascend from Calais to cross the Channel,
31 Aug.; carried out to sea; balloon falls in and drifts
towards Norway ; rescued by a smack (the Grand Charge) ;
aeronauts land at Grimsby 4 Sept. "
Duruof, etc., ascend from Crystal palace 14 Sept. "
Menier's hot-air balloon fails on trial 5 Sept. and 16 Oct. "
Ascent of capt. Burnaby at Crystal palace with machine to trace
course of wind above clouds; reported success 10 Nov. ''
MM. Tissandier, Croce Spinelli, and Sivel ascend in the "Ze-
nith" from La Villette, near Paris; at 26,160 feet Croce
throws out ballast; ascend rapidly; he and Sivel are suffo-
cated; Tissandier recovers 15 Apr. 1875
Washington J. Donaldson, aeronaut, perishes in lake Michigan
during a storm 18 July, "
Failure of Carrol's directing apparatus at Paris July, 1878
Frequent ascents in a "captive balloon" Aug. "
Giflard's captive balloon, "Paris," burst 16 or 17 Aug. 1879
5 balloons from places near London compete for a silver medal
of Balloon Society; the "Owl," Mr. Wright and commander
Cheyne, travels 48 miles in 1 hour 4 Sept. 1880
International balloon contest at Crystal palace; England
("Eclipse"), Mr. Wright; France, M. de Fonvielle; both
alight near Portsmouth 21 Oct. "
■Giffard and De L5me's aerial ship said to be successful for di-
rection, speed, etc Jan. 1881
UIt. Eugene (after about 2000 ascents) narrowly escapes death
in a storm at Vienna 21 Aug. "
"Walter Powell, M.P., crosses Bristol channel, descending at
Dingeston, goes on to Hereford, 3 Nov. ; Powell, Templer, and
Gardner ascend at Bath in war-oflBce balloon "Saladin" ; de-
scend near Bridport; 2 fall out; Powell drifts to sea; not
found 10 Dec. "
Hemains of the balloon said to have been found on Sierra del
Piedroza mountain, Spain about 20 Jan. 1882
•Col. Brine and Mr. Simmons start across Channel; picked up
half way 4 Mch. "
Col. Burnaby crosses and lands at Caen 23 Mch. "
Mr. Simmons goes from Maldon, Essex, to Arras (140 miles), 1
b. 20 m 10 June, "
Mr. Simmons and sir Claude C. de Crespigny cross from
Maldon, Essex, to Oudekgrk, near Flushing (140 miles in
6 hours) 1_2 Aug. 1883
Mr. Simmons and Mr. Smale go from Hastings to cape la
Hague (6h. 40 m.) 13 Sept. "
Electrical balloon constructed by Gaston and Albert Tissandier,
successful trial reported 8 Oct. »
M. L'Hoste, from Boulogne to Folkestone, 9 Sept. ; from Bou-
logne to Romney, 1 h. .30 m 7 Aug. 1884
Gen. Brine crosses from Hythe to Hervelinghen 15 Aug. "
A^erial navigation said to be effected by M. Renard, director of
the French military ballooning establishment at Meudon,
with an air-ship — length of balloon, 50.42 metres; diameter,
8.40 metres; cubic capacity, 1864 metres; filled with hydro-
gen; sustaining 2000 kilogrammes — the motors were Faure
accumulator of 10 horse-power; after going 4 miles and de-
scribing a curve of 300 metres radius it returns to the place
■of starting • ...9 Aug. "
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Second trial ; result uncertain. 12 Sent 18JU
Reported success by M. Tissandier ".■.'.*.■ 26 Sent ''
Third trial by capt. Renard ; successful 8 Nov* "
Aid to build a vacuum air-ship asked by A. de Boisset of U. S
government—to be a steel cylinder 46 yards in diameter 218
^fo^L'Vu'^'^^'^! weight, 260,680 lbs.; displacement of air,
(19,709 lbs. ; ascensional force, 459,029 lbs., with perfect vacu!
um electric motors, and compound exhaust screw to propel
and guide *^ * ,ggg
Reported that prof Samuel P. Langley of the Smithsonian in-
stitution, Washington, D. C, is perfecting a working model
01 an air-snip Mch '"•'"
Descent from balloons by means of a patachiite at first rarely
perlormed; now common with practical aeronauts
[Some descending from a height of 7000 feeL]
MILITARY AND POSTAL APPLICATIONS.
Guyton de Morveau ascends twice at the battle of Fleurus ob-
taining information for Jourdain 17 June 1794
Balloons devised for postal purposes by G. Shepherd C E ' 1851
Balloons used at battle of Solferino, 24 June, 1859- by the Fed-
eral army, near Washington July iggi
Balloon corps of U. S. army employed by gen. McClel'lan at first
siege of Richmond 1862*
M. Duruof conveys mail-bags from Paris to Toiirs during the
siege 23 Sept 1870
Postal balloons from Metz and Paris .Sept. -Dec. "
" balloon from Crystal palace,Sydenham ; successful, 6 Oct. "
Gambetta escapes from Paris in a balloon to Rouen 8 Oct. "
Many balloons from Paris and other places Oct. 187b-Feb 1871
Military experiments; ascent of "Univers"; very cold weather ■
valve bursts; severalhurt; near Vincennes; nodeaths, 8 Dec' 1875
Military ascents and balloon equipment for military purposes
adopted at Woolwich, announced Apr. 1879
Captive balloon at the volunteer review, Brighton 29 Mch 1880
Royal Engineers Balloon Corps arrives at Suak'im 7 Mch! 1885
France and Germany adopt captive balloons for naval pur-
poses 189Q
SCIKNTIFIC ASCENTS.
Gay-Lussac and Biot at Paris, 23 Aug. ; Gay-Lussac (to the
height of 22,977 feet) 15 Sept. 1804
Bixio and Barral at Paris (19,000 feet, traversing a cloud 9000
feet) 1850
Mr. Welsh ascends 17, 26 Aug. 21 Oct. and 10 Nov. 1852
Scientific balloon ascents recommended by the British Associa-
tion, and funds provided; begun by James Glaisher, with
suitable apparatus, in Mr. Coxwell's balloon, at Wolverhamp-
ton; 5 miles 17 July, 1862
He ascends at Crystal palace, 18 Apr. 11, 21 July; at Wolver-
hampton, 26 June; at Newcastle, during meeting of the Brit-
ish Association 31 Aug. 1863
He ascends about 7 miles at Wolverhampton ; at 5% miles be-
comes insensible; Mr. Coxwell loses use of hands, but opens
valve with his teeth ; descent in safety 5 Sept *'
Glaisher's 16th ascent; surveys London 9 Oct. "
" 17th ascent at Woolwich; descends at Mr. Brandon's, Suf-
folk 12 Jan. 1864
He ascends from Woolwich (24th time) 30 Dec. "
His 25th ascent 27 Feb. 1865
Other ascents 2 Oct., 2 Dec. 1865 ; and in May, 1866
Glaisher's "Travels in the Air " publ Jan. 1871
"Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmos-
phere. By Hatton Turner," a copious work, appeared 1865
Mr. Coxwell's scientific ascent in the " Nassau " at Hornsey, 22
Sept. 1873
BALLOON SOCIETIES.
French Acad^mie d' Aerostation de Met^orologique, authorized,
20 Sept 1872
Balloon Society of Great Britain formed 21 July, 1880, by mem-
bers of the aeronautical, geographical, astronomical, chem-
ical, and meteorological societies, and other scientific bodies,
to promote aeronautics and record and utilize observations
made during ascents. Silver medals awarded for ascents,
4 Sept 1880
German Aeronautical Society founded at Berlin Sept 1881
ballot (Fr. ballotte, a little ball). Secret voting was
practised by the ancient Greeks and Ronoaus (Tabellariae
Leges) and modern Venetians; in the United States, in France,
and, since 1872, in Great Britain and colonies. Scrutin.
A ballot-box used in electing aldermen, London 1526
Its use by the Company of Merchant Adventurers in electing
an agent, prohi bited by Charles 1 17 Dec. 1637
Ballot-box used by the "Rota," a political club at Miles's cof-
fee-house, Westminster 1669
A tract called "The Benefit of the Ballot" ascribed to An-
drew Marvell, publ. in the "State Tracts " 1693
Proposed, in a pamphlet, to be used in the election of mem-
bers of Parliament 1705
Bill authorizing vote by ballot passes the commons, rejected
by the lords 1710
George Grote introduced into the commons a ballot bill 6
times 1833^
House of Commons rejects the ballot— 257 being against, and
189 for it 30 June, 1851
Voting secret in the Chamber of Deputies in France from 1840
to 1845, and is so since the coup d'etat in Dec. "
A test-ballot is adopted at Manchester, and Ernest Jones is chosen
as a candidate for Parliament He dies next day, 22, 23 Jan.1869
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For many years annually proposed by Henry Berkeley; re-
jected (bv 1«1 to 112. 12 July, 1867). He die& 10 Mch. 1870
E. Leathaiii introduces a ballot bill in Parliament, Mch. • Mr.
Gladstone speaks for it; bill withdrawn 27 July, "
Ballot employed in electing the London school-board in 9 dis-
tricts 29 Nov. '«
Ballot recommended in queen Victoria's speech, 9 Feb. ; bill
introduced, passed by commons; rejected by lords (97 to 48),
10 Aug. 1871
Ballot an open question in Whig governments 1836-72
Bill to amend the law relating to procedure at parliamentary
and municipal elections, including the ballot, read in the
commons. 2d time, 109-51, 15 Feb. ; passed, 271-21G, 30 May;
read 2d time in the lords (86-5(>); amendments carried in
committee, making secret voting optional (162-91); passed,
25 June; lords' amendments mostly rejected by commons;
optional clause given up by the lords, 8 July; royal assent
(to continue in force till 31 Dec. 1880. It has been regularly
continued, and is now a permanent policy) 13 July, 1872
First election by ballot, at Pontefract, H. E. Childers reelected
very peacefully 15 Aug. "
Awtralian system of bal-loL This system first proposed by
Francis S. Dutton, member of the Legislature of S. Australia,
1861. He is known as the father of the " Australian sys-
tem." Adopted in Victoria, Australia, 1856; Tasmania, New
South Wales, and S. Australia, 1858 ; Now Zealand, 1870; Eng-
land, 1872; British Columbia, 1873; Ontario, 1874; Quebec
and Nova Scotia. 1875
Ballot reform on Australian or English system first advocated
in the U. 8. in a pamphlet entitled "English Elections,"
1882, by Henry George 1883
George W.Walthaw introduces in the lower House of the Mich-
igan Legislature a bill embodying the Australian ballot sys-
tem (the first presented in the U. S.) Jan. 1887
It is again introduced, and passes the House; and the Senate
on the last dav of the session, 1888. Compromise measures
adopted '. 1889
Ballot-reform measures vetoed in New York in 1888 and 1889
by gov. Hill; but a bill is approved to enforce the secrecy of
the ballot, etc 1890
[The several State Records, 1888.]
Ball'§ Bluff, Battle of. Gen. McClellan directed brig.-
gen. Chas. P. Stone to make a slight demonstration towards
Leesburg, Va., 20 Oct. 1861. Gen. Stone thereupon ordered col.
Devens, of the 15th Mass., to cross the Potomac near Ball's
Bluif. He did so early on 21 Oct., pushing to near Lees-
burg with 625 men and 28 officers; meeting some opposition,
he fell back to the place of crossing, where he is attacked
about noon by confederates. Col. Devens retired to the edge
of the bluflfs, where he was reinforced by col. E. D. Baker with
a California regiment and the N. Y. Tammany, increasing his
force to 19(X). Col. Baker assumed command, fighting con-
tinued until about 5 o'clock p.m., when col. Baker was killed,
and the federals gave way ; loss about 1000, being 300 killed
and 700 wounded, drowned, and prisoners — there being no
proper means of transportation in the retreat. Confederate
loss, 155. The disaster was attributed to mismanagement,
and in Feb. 1862, gen. Stone was arrested on charges of trea-
son. Stone, Chas. P., Case of.
Balmo'ral castle, Deeside, Aberdeenshire ; visited
by queen Victoria in 1848, 1849, 1850. The estate was pur-
chased for 32,000/. by prince Albert in 1852. In 1853 the
present building, in the Scotch baronial style, was begun, from
designs by W. Smith of Aberdeen.
Baltic sea, Ost§ee, or Eastern sea, sepa-
rates Sweden and the Danish isles from Russia and Germany.
Declared neutral for commerce by treaty between Russia and
Sweden, 1759, and Denmark, 1760. It is often partly frozen.
Charles X. of Sweden, with an army, crossed the Belts in
1658, and the Russians passed from Finland to Sweden on the
ice in 1809.
BALTIC EXPEDITIONS.
Against Denmark (Armed neitrality). — 1. Under lord Nelson
and admiral Parker, Copenhagen bombarded, and 28 Danish
vessels taken or destroyed 2 Apr. 1801
2. Under admiral Gambier and lord Cathcart, 18 sail of the line,
15 frigates, 31 brigs and gunboats surrender to the British,
26 July, 1807
Against Russia.—!. British fleet, sir Charles Napier, sails from
Spithead in presence of the queen, who leads in her yacht.
the Fairy 11 Mch. 1864
Arrives Wingo sound, 15 Mch. ; in the Baltic 20 Mch. "
Gulf of Finland blockaded 12 Apr. "
10,000 French troops embark at Calais for the Baltic in Eng-
lish ships of war, the emperor present 15 July, "
Capture of Bomarsund, one of the Aland islands, and surren-
der of the garrison (Bomarscnd) 16 Aug. "
English and French fleets start homeward to winter 15 Oct. "
2. Expedition of 85 English ships (2098 guns), under admiral R.
S. Dundas. sails 20 Mch.-4 Apr. 1855; 16 French ships (408
guns), under admiral Pernand, join it June, 1855
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3 vessels silence Russian batteries at Hogland island. .21 July, 1855:'
Fleet proceeded towards Cronsladt. Many infernal machines
discovered. Svoaborg attacked (Sveaborg) 9 Aug. "
Fleet soon returns to England.
Baltimore, the metropolis of Maryland, known as the
" Monumental City," covers an area of 31 J sq. miles. A towiiJ
of 60 acres, created by act of Assembly, 8 Aug. 1729, and
bounded approximately by Liberty, Saratoga, and Frederick
streets and the Basin, was laid out and called Baltimore in
honor of Cecilius Calvert, lord Baltimore, 12 Jan. 1730. In
1752 the place contained 25 houses and 200 inhabitants; pop-
ulation in 1790, 13,503; 1800, 26,114; 1810, 35,583; 1820,,
62,738; 1830, 80,620; 1840, 102,313; 1850, 169,054; I860,.
212,418; 1870,267,354; 1880,332,313; 1890,434,439.
Baltimore laid out 12 Jan. 1730'
Jones's Town, afterwards Old Town, east of the falls, laid out,
22 Nov. 1732.
Parish church built on site afterwards occupied by St. Paul's
church, cor. Saratoga and Charles sts., begun 1730, com-
pleted 1739
Baltimore and Jones's Town consolidated and incorporated as
Baltimore Town 28 Sept. 1745-
Subscription of lOOl. by citizens for building a market-house
and town-hall, erected 10 years later, on northwest cor. Gay
and Baltimore sts 23 Apr. 1751
32 acres of Coles's harbor annexed 1753^
Mount Clare house erected by Charles Carroll; built of im-
ported brick 1754
A number of Acadian exiles settle in Baltimore 175&-
Made the county seat, and court-house erected where Battle
monument now stands 1768
Mechanical Company organized, and a flre-engine purchased 1769^
First umbrella in the U. S. (brought from India) used here.
Umbrella 1772
Baptist church erected cor. Front and Fayette sts. ; after-
wards site of the shot-tower 1773
First newspaper, the Maryland Journal and Baltimore Adver-
tiser, established by William Goddard; first issue 20 Aug. "
Stage route opened to Philadelphia ; "
First Methodist meeting-house in Baltimore built in Straw-
berry alley Nov, "
Capt. William Perkins arrives at Marblehead with 3000 bush,
of Indian corn, 20 bbls. of rye, and 21 bbls. of bread sent by
the people of Baltimore for the poor of Boston 28 Aug. 1774
Baltimore contains 564 houses and 5934 inhabitants 1775
St. Peter's church (Roman Catholic) on Saratoga and Charles
sts. built and occupied 1770-75
Continental Congress holds its session in Congress hall, cor.
Baltimore and Liberty sts 20 Dec. 1776 to 20 Jan. 177T
First notable riot in Baltimore. Mr. Goddard of the Maryland
Journal beset in his office by excited members of the "Whig
Club," who took exception to an article in his paper lauding
king George and Parliament 25 Mch. "
Count Pulaski organizes his corps in Baltimore Mch. 1778
First custom-house erected 1780
Paving of the streets begun 1781
First brick theatre in Baltimore erected in E. Baltimore St.,
nearly opposite the Second Presbyterian church; opened
with the play, "King Richard III." 15 Jan. 1782
Regular line of stage-coaches established to Fredericktown and
Annapolis 178$
Policemen first employed "
3 new market-houses erected 1784
Streets first lighted with oil-lamps "
Methodist church built on northwest cor. Light st. and Wine
alley; begun Aug. 1785, dedicated by bishop Asbury, 21 May, 178&
First destructive flood recorded 5 Oct. "
St. Mary's college (seminary of St. Sulpice) established 1791
Presbyterian church erected on northwest cor. Fayette and
North sts. (afterwards razed to give place to the U. S. court-
house, 1860) "
Bank of Maryland organized "
Yellow-fever epidemic Aug. -Oct. 1794
Bank of Baltimore incorporated 24 Dec. 1795
First directory of Baltimore Town and Fell's Point pub 179*
Act passed to lay out and establish a turnpike from the city
of Washington to Baltimore Town 31 Dec. "
Incorporated as a city; pop. 20,000 31 Dec. "
First mayor, James Calhoun, elected 16 Jan. 179T
Library Company of Baltimore, afterwards merged with the
Maryland Historical Society, incorporated 20 Jan. "
[Library contained 4000 vols, in 1800.]
Maryland Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and
the relief of free negroes and others unlawfully held in
bondage, formed in Baltimore; the 4th in the U. S.. .8 Sept. 1798'.
Baltimore American and Daily Advertiser first issued. 14 May, 1799
Jerome Bonaparte married to Miss Elizabeth Patterson in
Baltimore 24 Dec. 1803
Union bank of Maryland organized and chartered 1804
Mechanics' bank incorporated 1806
Corner-stone of Roman Catholic church laid 7 July, "
Baltimore Water Company formed with capital of $250,000, 30
Apr. 1804, and water first supplied through cast-iron pipes
May, 1807
New court-house building on North Calvert st. cor. Lexington,
begun 1805, occupied 1809
Mob destroys the oflOice of the Federal Republican (United
States) 27 July, 1812-
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•'New Theatre," afterwards called "Holliday Street Theatre,"
opened 10 May, 1813
First steamboat built in Baltimore, the Chesapeake, construct-
ed by William McDonald & Co "
British forces under gen. Ross advance against the city,
12 Sept. 1814
Engagement at North Point; gen. Ross killed 13 Sept. "
Fort McHenry bombarded by British fleet 12-13 Sept. "
The " Star-Si'angled Banner " printed in the Baltimore Amer-
ican and Daily Advertiser 21 Sept. "
Corner-stone of the Washington monument laid (height of
monument 180 ft. ) 4 July, 1815
Corner - .stone of Battle monument laid; erected in honor
of Baltimoreans killed in defending the city in 1814.
12 Sept. "
Population of Baltimore increased 16,000 by annexation of the
precincts 1816
Maryland hospital incorporated 29 Jan. "
St. Andrew's Society incorporated 1 Feb. "
Medical Society of Maryland incorporated 1 Feb. "
New St. Paul's church erected on cor. Saratoga and Charles
sts. ; corner-stone laid, 4 May, 1814, completed at cost of
$126,140 1817
Disastrous freshet in Jones's falls ; part of the city called
the "Meadows" overflowed to depth of 10 to 15 feet.
8 Aug. "
First Odd Fellows' lodge in America, Washington Lodge No. 1,
organized at Fell's Point, 13 Apr. 1819, through the efforts of
Thomas VVildey. It receives a charter from the duke of
York's lodge at Preston, Lancashire, Eng 1 Feb. 1820
First building lighted with gas, Peale's museum, on Holliday
St., afterwards Old City Hall, 1816. First public building
lighted with gas, the •' Belvidere theatre," northwest cor.
North and Saratoga st.s., and flrst private house, that of
Jacob J. Cohen on North Charles st "
Exchange building opened for business June, "
Roman Catholic cathedral, begun 1806, consecrated by arch-
bishop Mareschal 31 May, 1821
Disastrous (ire; 3 lumber-yards and 25 to 30 buildings, mostly
warehouses, burned 23 June, 1822
Statue placed on Battle monument 12 Sept. "
Corner-stone of Baltimore Athenaeum at southwest cor. St. Paul
and Lexington sts. laid 10 Aug. 1824
Gen. Lafayette visits Baltimore 7-11 Oct. "
Mrs. Ellen Moale, first white child born within the city of
Baltimore, dies Mch. 1825
Erection of Barnum's City hotel begun "
Maryland Academy of Science and Literature incorporated
(continued until 1844) 16 Feb. 1826
First exhibition of the Maryland institute 7 Nov. "
Subscription books for stock of Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road opened, $4,178,000 taken by 22,000 subscribers,
20-27 Mch. 1827
First bank opened by Evan Poultney in Baltimore st Tune, 1828
Foundation stone of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad laid by
the Grand Lodge of Maryland, assisted by Charles Carroll of
Carrollton 4 July, "
Shot-tower, Phoenix Company, 234 feet high, circular, and of
brick, built without scaffolding; completed 25 Nov. "
Corner-stone of the Baltimore and Susquehanna railroad laid,
and centennial of Baltimore celebrated 8 Aug, 1829
First public school opened 24 Sept. "
Old Baltimore museum, cor. Baltimore and Calvert sts., opened,
1 Jan. 1830
[Building sold to B. & 0. R.R., Mch. 1874.]
Epidemic of cholera July-Sept. 1832
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, aged 95, dies at Baltimore,
14 Nov. *'
Bank of Maryland fails 24 Mch. 1834
Riot, growing out of failure of bank of Maryland Aug. 1835
First issue of the Sun 17 May, 1837
Sudden freshet in Jones's falls; 19 lives lost; Harrison and
Frederick sts. 10 feet under water 14 July, "
City of Kingston, first steam vessel from Baltimore to Europe
direct, leaves port 20 May, 1838
Baltimore Academy of the Visitation opened, 1837 ; chartered "
Greenmount cemetery dedicated 13 July, 1839
Mercantile Library Association organized 14 Nov. "
St. Vincent de Paul's church, corner-stone laid by archbishop
Eccleston 21 May, 1840 ; dedicated 7 Nov. 1841
Explosion of steamer Medora, just about to start on her trial
excursion; 27 killed. 40 wounded 15 Apr. 1842
Historical Society of Maryland organized, Gen. John Spear
Smith first president 27 Jan. 1844
Omnibus line established May, "
Magnetic telegraph from Washington city to the railroad de-
pot in Pratt st., wires covered with rope-yarn and tar, com-
pleted; first communication, "What hath God wrought!"
(Numbers xxiii. 23), received 27 May, "
Corner-stone of St. Alphonsus's church laid, 1 May, 1842;
church dedicated 14 Mch. 1845
Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanics' Arts
organized 12 .Jan. 1848
Fire destroys 60 dwellings, breaking out in a cotton factory in
Lexington st. above Fremont 28 May, "
Howard Athenaeum and Gallery of Art, northeast cor. Balti-
more and Charles sts., opened as a theatre 12 June, "
Baltimore Athenaeum opened and edifice inaugurated. .23 Oct. "
Baltimore Female college opened, 1848; chartered 1849
Edgar Allan Poe dies in Baltimore, aged 40 years 7 Oct. "
Jenny Lind arrives in Baltimore (J. H. Whitehurst, " daguerreo- |
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typist," bids $100 for flrst choice of seats at her first con-
cert).... 8 Dec. 1850
Reception to Louis Kossuth 27 Dec. 1851
Loyola college, Calvert st. near Madison, opened .15 Sept 1862
Remains of Junius Brutus Booth, tragedian, arrive in Balti-
more, his home, from Louisville, Ky., where he died, 2 Dec,
Loudon Park cemetery dedicated 14 July 1853
Maryland School for the Blind opened >'
Baltimore orphan asylum, Strieker st. near Saratoga,' opened,
... 10 Nov. "
Excursion train returning to Baltimore from Rider's grove
collides with accommodation train from Baltimore, near
the Relay house; over 30 killed and about 100 wounded,
Water works purchased by the city n
Erection of the new First Presbyterian church' cor. Madison
and Park sts. begun jajy^ u
Trial of a steam flre-engine, the "Miles Greenwood," b'liilt at
Cincinnati for the corporation of Boston; the first seen in
Baltimore. 2 Feb. 1866
Melee among the firemen; 2 killed, many injured 18 Aug "
St. Paul's church burned, 29 Apr. 1854; rebuilt and dedicated',
Battle between the Rip Rap club and the New Market fire
company, many wounded ; city election dispute 8 Oct. "
Election riot; Democrats and Know-nothings 4 Nov "
Baltimore Daily News established 1867
Disastrous fire, 37-41 S. Charles st. ; 14 persons killed "by a
falling wall u Apr. "
Strike on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and encounter be-
tween the militia and rioters 29 Apr. -2 May, "
Banks suspend specie payment 28 Sept. "
Maryland club incorporated 24 Feb. 1858
Clearing-house established 8 Mch. "
Steam fire-engine, the "Alpha," the first ownefl by the Balti-
more fire department, arrives in the city 18 May, "
Flood almost as destructive as that of 1837 occurs 12 June, "
Ordinance passed for a paid city fire department Sept. ''
Reform Association organized at a mass-meeting in Monument
square 8 Sept. "
Peabody institute, endowed by George Peabody with $1,300,000,
1857; incorporated, 9 Mch. 1858; corner-stone laid. . .16 Apr. 1869
Police and fire-alarm telegraph, adopted June, 1858; flrst put in
operation 27 June, '•
First car placed on the city passenger railway on Broadway,
and line opened 27 Oct. "
Reception to Japanese ambassadors, guests of the United States
government 8 June, 1860
Druid Hill park opened 19 Oct. "
A secession mob attacks the 6th Massachusetts and 7th Penn-
sylvania regiments while passing through the city on their
way to Washington. 12 citizens and 3 soldiers killed, 23
soldiers and several citizens wounded 19 Apr. 1861
Gen. B. F. Butler takes military possession 13 May, "
Thomas Wildey, the "father of Odd-Fellowship in the U. S.,"
dies in Baltimore, aged 80 yrs 19 Oct "
Corner-stone of St Martin's Roman Catholic church, south-
east cor. Fulton and Fayette sts., laid 9 July, 1865
The Wildey monument, erected by the Odd-Fellows, corner-
stone laid, 26 Apr. 1865; is dedicated 20 Sept "
Southern relief fair, in aid of the suffering poor of the Southern
states, held at the hall of the Marvland institute; receipts,
$164,569.97 '. 2-13 Apr. 1866
Maryland state normal school opened "
Dedication of the Peabody institute 25 Oct "
Corner-stone of the new Masonic temple laid 20 Nov. "
Maryland Academy of Sciences incorporated 15 Mch. 1867
Corner-stone of the new city hall laid 18 Oct "
Excessive heat; thermometer 97 to 101° in the shade; 30
cases of sunstroke, 21 fatal 16 July, 1868
Most disastrous flood on record. A street-car floats down
Harrison street; the water reaches to the second story of
buildings, and most of the bridges over Jones's falls, includ-
ing the heavy iron bridge at Fayette st, are swept away,
24 July, "
Maryland Institution for the Blind, on North av., near Charles
st, dedicated 20 Nov. "
Corner-stone of Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal
church laid 26 Sep*. 1869
Ford's Grand opera-house inaugurated. Shakespeare's "As
You Like It" the opening play 3 Oct. 1871
Third National bank robbed between banking hours, Saturday
and Monday; loss over $220,000 17-19 Aug. 1872
Initial number of the Evening News 4 Nov. "
Thermometer 10° below zero, night of 'id Jan. 1873
Church of the Ascension, Protestant Episcopal, destroyed by
fire 12 May, "
Baltimore and Potomac tunnel, about 1)^ miles in length, begun
June, 1871, and first passenger train passes through to Cal-
vert station 29 June, "
Union Railroad tunnel begun. May, 1871 ; completed Juno, 1873,
and first train through 24 July, "
Most extensive fire ever known in the city breaks out in a
planing mill on Park and Clay sta ; 113 buildings destroyed,
including 2 churches and 3 school-housea Loss, $750,000,
25 July, "
Johns Hopkins dies, aged 79 24 Dec. "
Morning Herald established 187<>
City hail completed • • • • "
Monument to Edgar Allan Poe unveiled. 17 Nov.
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Johns Hopkins university incorporated, 24 Aug. 1867 ; endowed
by its founder with f3,0O0,0OU; is opened 1876
160th anniversary of the foundation of the city celebrated,
10-15 Oct. 1880
Over 65 excursionists, principally from Baltimore, drowned
by the giving way of the pier at North point, Tivoli,
23 July, 1883
Enoch Pratt free library, founded by Enoch Pratt with
$1,250,000 in 1882, formally opened to the public 5 Jan. 1886
Croat lire in Hopkins place, loss $2,000,000, 7 Qremen killed
and 6 injured 2 Sept. 1888
Asylum for Feeble-minded Children opened Jan. 1889
Johns Hopkins hospital, endowed with $3,600,000; opened,
7 May, "
6 days' celebration of 76th anniversary of the defence of the
city begun 9 Sept. "
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MAYORS.
Saml. Rinks
Thomas Swann
Geo. Wm. Brown
(Arrested and impris-
oned by U. S. authori-
ties, Sept. 12, 18(51.)
John Leo Chapman
Robert T. Banks
Joshua Vansant
Ferdinand C. Latrobe. . .
Geo. P. Kane
Ferd. C. Latrobe
Wm. Pinkney Whyte. . .
Ford. C. Latrobe
Jas. Hodges
Ferd. C. lAtrobe
Robt. C. Davidson
Ferd. C. liatrobe
1854-56
1856-60
1860-61
1861-67
1867-71
1871-75
1875-77
1877-78
1878-81
1881-83
1883-85
1885-87
1887-89
1889-91
1891-93
Jas. Calhoun 1797-1804
Thorowgood Smith 1804-08
Edward Johnson 1808-16
Geo. Stiles 1816-19
Edward Johnson 1819-20
John Montgomery 1820-23
Edward Johnson 1823-25
Jacob Small 1826
Wm. Stewart 1826-30
Jesse Hunt 1830-32
Saml. Smith 1832-iJ8
Sheppard C. Leakin 1838-40
Saml. Brady 1840-42
Solomon Hillin,jr 1842-43
Jas. 0. lAW 1843-44
Jacob G. Davies 1844-48
Elijah SUnsbury 1848-50
J. H. T. Jerome 1850-62
J. Smith Hollins 1852-54
Bamberg, Bavaria, said to have been founded by
Saxons in 804, and endowed with a church by Charlemagne.
Made a bishopric in 1007 ; the bishop was a prince of the em-
pire till the treaty of Luneville, 1801, when Bamberg was sec-
ularized. Incorporated with Bavaria in 1803. The cathedral,
rebuilt in 1110, was recently repaired. Bamberg was taken
and pillaged by the Prussians in 1759.
Baniborough or Hamburg, Northumberland,
Engl., according to the " Saxon Chronicle," built by king Ida
about 547, and named Bebbanburgh. The castle suffered great-
ly from the Danes in 933, was taken and retaken in 1463 by the
forces of Edward IV. and Henry VI. It is one of the oldest
in the kingdom, and has within its keep an ancient draw-well
145 feet deep, first known to modern times in 1770, it having
been filled with sand and rubbish. The castle and estate, the
property of the Forsters, and forfeited to the crown for aiding
the rebellion in 1715, were purchased by Nathaniel lord
Crewe, bishop of Durham, and bequeathed by him, 1720,
for various charitable purposes, one of which is aid to ship-
wrecked sailors. The library was founded by the trus-
tees in 1778 ; books are lent to persons residing within 20
miles.
Bampton lectures (theological), at Oxford annu-
ally, began in 1780 with a lecture by James Bandinel, D.D.
The lecturer is paid by bequest of rev. John Bampton (d. 1751) ;
the lectures are published. Able courses bv White (1784),
Heber (1815), Whately (1822), Milman (1827), Hampden (1832),
Mansel (1858), Liddon (1866), etc.
Banbury, Oxfordshire, Engl., a Saxon town. The cas-
tle, built by Alexander de Blois, bishop of Lincoln, 1125, was
•often besieged, as by parliamentary troops in 1644 and in 1646,
■when it was taken, and demolished a few years after. At
Edgecot or Danesmore, near Banbury, during an insurrection,
the army of Edward IV., under the earl of Pembroke, was de-
feated, 26 July, 1469 ; the earl and a brother were soon after
taken and executed. — Banbury cakes were renowned in the
time of Ben Jonson, and Banbury Cross (that of the nursery
rhyme) was destroyed by the Puritans. Cakes presented to
the queen at Banbury, 30 Nov. 1866.
Banda isles (10), Eastern archipelago, visited by
Portuguese in 1511, who settled, 1521, but were expelled by
Dutch about 1600. Rohun island ceded to English in 1616.
The Bandas were taken by them in 1796 ; restored in 1801 ;
retaken in 1811 ; and restored in Aug. 1816. They form one
of the Dutch residencies of the Molucca group.
Banda Oriental (the eastern side), S. America,
part of the vice-royalty of Buenos Ayres, of which, in 1828,
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a division was incorporated with Brazil, while another
became independent, as the republic of Uruguay. Uru-
guay.
Bangalore, S. India, besieged by British under lord
Cornwallis, 6 Mch., and taken by storm, 21 Mch. 1791 ; re-
stored to Tippoo in 1792, when he destroyed the strong fort,
deemed the bulwark of Mysore.
Bangor, Banelior Iskoed, or Monaclio-
rum, Flintshire, N. Wales, the site of an ancient college,
said to have been founded 180, and afterwards converted
into a monastery; very populous, if it be true that 1200
monks were slain by Ethelfrid, king of the Angles, for pray-
ing for the Welsh in their conflict with him in 607.— Tan-
ner.
Bangor, N. Caernarvonshire, N. Wales. The church is
dedicated to St. Daniel, bishop, 516. Owen Glendower defaced
the cathedral ; bishop Bulkeley alienated many lands, and
even sold the bells, 1553. An order in council to unite the
sees of Bangor and St. Asaph on the next vacancy in either
was issued, 1838 ; rescinded, 1847.
Bangorian controversy, result of a sermon of
Dr. Benjamin Hoadley, bishop of Bangor, before George I.,
31 Mch. 1717, on the text, " My kingdom is not of this world "
(John xviii. 36), expounding the spiritual kingdom of Christ,
exciting the indignation of most of the clergy, expressed in
hundreds of pamphlets.
Bank holidays. — ?7m7ecZ States: Christmas and
New Year's day, 22 Feb., 30 May, 4 July, Thanksgiving
day, and in each state all legal holidays. — England and
Ireland: Easter Monday, Monday in Whitsun week, first
Monday in Aug., 26 Dec. (if a week-day). — Scotland: New
Year's day, Christmas day (if either falls on Sunday, the
following Monday), Good Friday, first Mondays in May and
Aug.
Bank of England, projected by William Pater-
son, a Scotch merchant (Darien), to assist William III. in
raising supplies for the French war. Led bj^ Paterson and
Michael Godfrey, 40 merchants subscribed 500,000?. towards
1,200,000?. to be lent to the government at 8 per cent., in re-
turn for a bank charter. Passed against strong opposition,
the bill was signed 25 Apr. 1694, and the charter, granted 27
July, made sir John Houblon first governor, and Michael
Godfrey first deputy-governor. Business opened 1 Jan. 1695,
at Grocers' Hall, Poultry, by issuing notes for 20?. and up-
wards, and discounting bills for 4J to 6 per cent. The Bank
of England does not allow interest on deposits. The average
balance of the assets has been from the beginning between
3,000,000?. and 4,000,000?. The charter was renewed in 1697,
1708, 1713, 1716, 1721, 1724, 1746, 1749, 1764, 1781, 1800,
1808, 1816, 1833, 1844, 1861, \%m.—Lawson.
Run on bank; notes at 20 per cent, discount; capital raised
to 2,201,171i. 10s Nov. 1696
Bank monopoly established by forbidding a company exceeding
6 persons to act as bankers (Scotland excepted) 1708
Capital raised to 5,559,995^. 10s 1710
Bank post bills issued (1st record) 14 Dec. 1738
Run for gold upon rebellion in the North; bills paid in silver;
the city supports the bank Sept. 1745
Richard W. Vaughan, first forger of Bank-of-England notes,
hanged 1 May, 1758
101. notes issued 1759
Gordon riots; bank since protected by military 1780
bl. notes issued 1793
Cash payments suspended, by order in council 26 Feb. 1797
11. and 11. notes issued Mch. "
Bank Resljriction act 3 May, "
Voluntary contribution of 200,000^. to the government 1798
Loss by Aslett's frauds (Exchequer), 342.697i 1803
Abraham Newland, 50 years cashier, resigns 18 Sept. 1807
Bramah's machine for numbering notes adopted 1809
Bank issues silver tokens for 3s. and Is. M 9 July, 1811 .
Peel's act for gradual resumption of cash payments July, 1819
Cash payments for notes to be in bullion at the mint price,
1 May, 1821; in current coin 1 May, 1823
Commercial panic— many 11. notes (accidentally found in a
box) issued with beneficial effects Dec. 1825
Act authorizing joint-stock banks ends the monopoly 1826
By advice of government, branch banks opened at Gloucester,
19 July; Manchester, 21 Sept. ; Swansea, 23 Oct "
And at Birmingham, 1 Jan.; Liverpool, 2 July; Bristol, 12
July; Leeds, 23 Aug. ; Exeter, 17 Dec 1827
Bank loses 360,000Z. by Fauntleroy's forgeries 1830
Statements of bank pub. quarterly 1833
BAN 77
Peel's Bank Charter act (7 and 8 Vict. c. 32) ; renews charter till
1 Aug. 1855, and longer, if public debt to the bank (11,015,-
100^. ), with interest, etc., be not paid after notice; establishes
issue department; weekly returns to be published; limits
issue of notes to 14,000,000^., etc 19 July, 1844
Commercial panic; lord John Russell suspends restriction of
note issue ( not acted on) ; bank discount 8 per cent. .25 Oct. 1847
Clerks found library and fidelity guarantee fund Mch. 1850
Gold bullion in bank (largely from Australia), 21,845,390i.
10 July, 1852
Branch bank, Burlington gardens, London, W., opened, 1 Oct. 1856
Committee on the bank acts appointed 12 May, 1857
Bank discount 9 per cent. ; Palmerston authorizes further
issue of notes (2,000,000/. were issued) 12 Nov. "
Committee on bank acts reappointed, 8 Feb. ; report recom-
mending no change of policy 1 July, 1858
Alarm at bank solicitor's report that bank paper had been
stolen from makers (forged notes soon appeared) 16 Aug. 1862
Bank authorized (in accordance with the act of 1844) to in-
crease issue of notes by 250,000/ • 11 Feb. 1890
Bank, aided by the Bank of France and others, assists Messrs.
Baring and averts a panic 15 Nov. "
AVERAGE AMOUNT
OF BANK -OF -ENGLAND NOTES IN
CIRCULATION.
1718 £1,829,930
1778 7,030,680
1790 10,217,000
1800 15,450,000
1810 23,904,030
1815 26,803,520
1820 27,174,000
1830 20,620,000
1835 £18,215,220
1840 17,231,000
1845 19,262,327
1850 19,776,814
1855 19,616,627
1859 22,705,780
1889 25,263,180
1891 25,851,565
PUBLIC DEBT TO THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
1742 £10,700,000
1746 11,686,000
1816 14,686,000
1844-89 11,015.700
1694 £1,200,000
1708 2,175,027
1716 4,175,027
1721 9,100,000
Bank of Ireland, established at St. Mary's abbey,
Dublin, 1 June, 1783. The business removed to the late par-
liament house, in College green, in May, 1808. Branches
formed in most of the provincial towns in Ireland, all since
1828. Irish Banking act passed, 21 July, 1845.
bank§ and banking^. The name is derived from
banco, a bench in the market-place for the exchange of money.
Banking reached a high development among the ancients.
Bankers in Greece and Rome performed nearly the same ser-
vices as now, but seem not to have issued notes. They
received money on deposit, and repaid on demand, with or
without interest. Banking reappears upon the revival of
civilization ; first, in Italy, 808, among the Lombard Jews, of
whom some settled in Lombard street, London, where many
bankers still reside. The Mint in the Tower of London was
anciently the depository for merchants' cash, until Charles I.
seized the money as a loan, and in 1640 the traders lodged
their money with the goldsmiths in Lombard street. b.c.
Egibe's bank at Babylon, mentioned about 700
Bank of England (1890) possesses a Chinese bank-note, supposed
to be of the 14th century a. d.
Bank of a.d.
Venice formed 1157
Geneva 1345
Barcelona (the earliest existing bank)
Genoa
Amsterdam
Hamburg
Rotterdam
Stockholm
England
Scotland
Copenhagen
Berlin
d' Escompte, France
North America, in Philadelphia
Ireland
Massachusetts
New York
St. Petersburg
In the East Indies
The United States
France : laws passed, 1803, 1806 ; approved
United States national banks
Italy
Imperial Bank of Germany (formerly of Prussia) 1 Jan.
1401
1407
1607
1619
1635
1688
1694
1695
1736
1765
1776
1780
1783
1784
1786
1787
1791
1876
ENGLISH BANKS.
Samuel Lamb, I;ondon banker, advises Cromwell to establish
a public bank 1656-58
Francis Child, goldsmith, opens a bank about 1663; d. 4 Oct. . 1713
Run on London bankers (said to be the first) 1667
Charles II. suspends payments to bankers of their deposits in
the exchequer.; they lose ultimately 3,321,313/ 2 Jan. 1672
Hoare's bank begun about 1680
Bank of England established 1694
1716
1765
1824
1826
1834
1844
1855
1873
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Oldest county bank, Wood's at Gloucester, opened
List of bankers given in the " Royal Kalendar "
Forgeries of Henry Fauntleroy, banker; executed 30 Nov!
Act authorizing joint-stock banks
Rowland Stephenson, M. P., banker and treasurer of St.
Bartholomew's hospital, absconds; defaulter to 200,000/ •
70,000/. in exchequer bills; shock to confldence in bankers, '
27 Dec
Establishment of joint-stock banks
Rogers's bank robbed of nearly 50,000/. (bank-note's afterwards
returned) ; 24 Nov
Failure of Strahan, Paul & Bates (securities unlawful'ly used) •'
private banking much injured. ; n juno
Check bank in aid of persons not having a banker opened in
Pall Mall ° \ 23 July
Number of banks in London alone was 2*25 i'nV.V.'. i892
Bank of England, and Banks.
bank§ in the United States. Before the first U.S.
bank was chartered, in 1791, there were but 3 banks in the
U. S., with an aggregate capital of $2,000,000: the Bank
of North America, chartered by Congress in 1780 at the in-
stance of Robert Morris, and by Pennsylvania in 1781, with a
capital of $400,000 ; the Bank of Massachusetts, chartered
1784, and the Bank of New York, chartered the same year.
The charter of the U. S. bank was limited to 20 years from
1791 ; its capital was $10,000,000, of which the government
could subscribe one fifth, $5,700,000, to be held in Phila-
delphia, and the remainder to be distributed among the 8
branches. Its headquarters were fixed in Philadelphia, with
20 directors. The government sold all its stock at a pre-
mium in 1802. Congress was asked to renew the charter
in 1808, 3 years before its expiration, but did nothing; and
a few weeks before the charter expired the bill for re-
chartering was defeated. United States, 1811. It was op-
posed (1) as unconstitutional, (2) as in the hands of foreign-
ers, (3) as injurious to local banks. Specie payments were
suspended in 1814, owing largely to this failure to re-charter.
An effort was made (1814) to establish a similar bank under
another name. In 1815 president Madison vetoed a bill char-
tering a second U.S. bank, but in 1816 he willingly approved
a charter limited to 20 years, with a capital of $35,000,000,
of which the government subscribed $7,000,000 and citizens
the rest. In this bank the government funds were kept on
deposit. This second U. S. bank transacted business in Phil-
adelphia from 1817 until Mch. 1836. The Suffolk-bank sys-
tem of redemption began in Boston, Mass., 1825; while the
safety-fund system originated in New York in 1828. Presi-
dent Jackson, in his first message, 1829, opposed the bank,
and continued the attack in 1830 and 1831. The bank asked
a renewal of its charter, 1831 ; the act passed, but Jackson ve-
toed it, 1832. He recommended the removal of the U. S. de-
posits from the bank and a sale of the stock (1832), but Con-
gress refused to authorize the measure. President Jackson
dismissed the sec. of treasury, Wm. Duane, for refusing to re-
move the deposits, and appointed Roger B. Taney, who re-
moved them, 1833. United States. The effect of the fail-
ure to renew the charter was disastrous. 13 days before the
original charter expired Pennsylvania re-chartered it, with
the same capital as the U. S. Bank of Pennsylvania. It sus-
pended specie payments in 1837, again in 1839, and in 1840-41
made a final suspension. The shares were quoted at 1.25 in
1837, in 1839 at 1.11, and in 1843, after its failure, at 1| per
cent. It proved a total loss to the shareholders. New York
adopted in 1838 a free-banking system (devised by rev. John
McVickers, D.D., prof, of political economy in Columbia col-
lege in 1827). Ohio, for its state bank, adopted the safety-fund
system, under which 10 banks had failed in New York, with
a loss of $2,500,000, including all their capital. Clearing-
house in New York established Oct. 1853, and in Boston 29
Mch. 1856. Clearing-house. Financial embarrassment and
suspension of specie payment throughout the L^ S. followed
the failure of the Ohio Life and Trust Company, 1857. At the
breaking out of the civil war, in 18(51. there were 1601 state
banks, with aggregate capital of $429,000,000, with 10,000
different kind of notes in circulation, issued in the 34 states
then existing ; their condition was generally sound, but sec-
retary Chase devised a national-bank system similar to the
New York " free-bank system "; and the act of 25 Feb. 1863
(United Statks), made the paper currency and the bank-
ing laws of the country uniform. The state banks were in-
duced by privileges, or forced by taxes, to surrender their
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charters and become national banks. By an act approved
12 June, 1870, the circulation of the national banks was lim-
ited to $354,(X)0,000, secured by the deposit of government
bonds with the treasurer. This limitation was afterwards re-
pealed. Although the national-bank system has overshadowed
the state banks, many of the latter still exist (see table G sub-
joined), mainly under the free-banking laws. The national
banks in 22 principal cities — viz., New York, 47 ; Chicago, 19 ;
St. Louis, 8; Boston, 56; Albany, 6; Brooklyn, 5; Philadel-
phia, 45; Pittsburg, 26 ; Baltimore, 19 ; Washington, 11 ; New
78 BAN
Orleans, 10; Louisville, 10; Cincinnati, 13; Cleveland, 10;
Detroit, 8; Milwaukee, 3; St. Paul, G; Minneapolis, G ; Kansas
City, 10; St. Joseph, 4; Omaha, 9; San Francisco, 2 — are
obliged to keep a reserve of 25;^ on deposits. These are
known as reserve cities. The banks elsewhere hold a reserve
of 15% on deposits.
The following tables, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, are subjoined to show
the condition and growth of the national-bank system up to
and including the year 1891-2; table G, the condition of the
other banks :
TABLE 1.
Number and Amount of National-bank Notes Issued and Redeemed since the Organization of the System, and the Amount
Outstanding, 31 Oct. 1890.
Number of Note*.
Amount of Notes.
iMued.
Redeemed.
Outstanding.
Issued.
Redeemed.
Outstanding.
Ones
23,169,677
7,747,519
108,957,768
46,124.000
14,416,178
1,949,362
1,472,733
23,894
7,379
22,800.061
7,655,573
98,861,238
40,362,126
12,212,595
1,754.196
1,305,372
23,528
7,333
369,616
91,946
10,096,530
5,761,874
2,203,583
195,166
167,361
866
46
$23,169,677
15,495,038
544,788,840
461,240,000
288,323,560
97,468,100
147,273,300
11,947,000
7,379.000
$22,800,061
15,311.146
494,306,190
403,621,260
244,251,900
87,709,800
130,537,200
11.764,000
7.333,000
$3(59.616
183,892
Twos
Fives
50,482,650
57,618,740
44.071,660
9.758,300
16 736 100
Fifties
183,000
46,000
One-thousands
Total
203,868,510 | 184,982,022 | 18,886.488
Jnpresented fractions of notes to be dedacted
deemed and added to amount of notes outstar
11,597,084.515
from notes re-
iding
$1,417,634,557
25,748
1179,449,958
25 748
I
Total
$1,417,608,809
$179,475,706
TABLE 2.
Number and Authorized Capital of Banks Organized, and
the Number and Capital of Banks Closed Each Year end-
ing 31 Oct.
Closed.
Year.
"
In voluntary liquidation.
1 Insolvent.
No.
Capital.
No.
Capital.
j No.
Capital.
1863
134
$16,378,700
79,366,950
242,542,982
1864
453
3
1865
1014
6
$330,000
1
$50,000
1866
62
8,515,150
4
650,000
2
500,000
1867
10
4,260,300
12
2,160,000
6
1,170,000
1868
12
1,210,000
18
2,445.500
4
410,000
1869
9
1,500,000
17
3,372,710
1
50,000
1870
22
2,736,000
14
2,550,000
1
250,000
1871
170
19,519,000
18,988,000
11
1,450.000
2,180,500
1872
175
11
6
1,806,100
1873
68
7,602,700
21
3,524,700
11
3,825,000
1874
71
6,745,500
20
2,795,000
3
250,000
1875
107
12,104,000
38
3,820,200
5
1,000,000
1876
36
3,189,800
32
2,565.000
9
965,000
1877
29
2,589,000
26
2,539,500
10
3,344,000
1878
28
2,775,000
41
4,237,500
14
2,612,500
1879
38
3,595,000
33
3,750,000
8
1,230,000
1880
57
6,374,170
9
570,000
3
700,000
1881
86
9,651,050
30,038,300
26
1,920,000
16,120,000
1882
227
78
3
1,561,300
1883
262
28,654.350
40
7,736,000
2
250,000
1884
191
16,042,230
30
3,647,250
11
1,285,000
1885
145
16,938,000
85
17,856,590
4
600,000
1886
174
21,3.58.000
25
1,651,100
8
650,000
• 1887
225
30,546,000
25
2,537,450
8
1,550,000
1888
132
12,053,000
34
4.171,000
8
1.900.000
1889
211
21,240,000
41
4,316,000
2
250,000
1890
307
36,250,000
50
5,050,000
9
750,000
1891
193
20,700,000
41
4.485,000
25
3,662,000
1892
163
15,285,000
53
6,157.500
17
2,450,000
Total..
4811
$698,748,182
844
$114,588,500
181
$33,070,000
Total in operation, 1892, 3786.
TABLE 3.
Number of National Banks whose Charters will expire dur-
ing Each Year from 1891 to 1902.
Year.
No. of Banks-
Capital.
Circulation,
1891
95
$12,183,900
$3,997,935
1892
100
13,815,100
4,562,760
1893
38
4,701,000
1,982,925
1894
63
7,628,000
2,812.720
1895
76
11,259,000
4,431,610
1896
23
2,173,800
986,650
1897
24
3,419,000
1,171,295
1898
25
2,679,000
1.198,350
1899
39
4,995,000
2,270,700
1900
50
7,807,100
2.153,330
1901
108
14,669,150
3,702,350
1902
132
21,177,300
5,352,350
773
$106,507,350
$34,622,975
TABLE 4.
Table showing the Number of National Banks, with their Earn-
ings and Dividends, from Mch. 1, 1882, to Mch. 1, 1892.
Year.
No. of
Banks.
Capital.
Surplus.
Total
Dividends.
Total Net
Earnings.
1382
2137
$460,354,485
$131,291,889
$19,915,375
$27,083,599
1883
2267
483,091,342
137,570,105
20,285,102
26,432,934
1884
2491
507,969,300
145,600,849
21,082,806
27,994,764
1885
2650
522,899,715
14S, 771,121
20,437,650
21,601,202
1886
2708
530,956,195
153,532,919
21,335,436
27,527,666
1887
2855
548,355,770
163.731,900
22,148,587
31,698,794
1888
3044
577,136,748
179,397,147
23.088,607
32,601.294
1889
3147
593,253,850
192,507,500
23.290.973
35,109,889
1890
3294
615,405,545
204,546,434
■ 26.249,766
35,24«,S39
1891
3542
652,586,585
219,430,741
25,768,775
40,145,974
1892
3671
675,356,310
234,676,901
25,546,853
34,363,090
TABLE 5.
Highest and Lowest Points reached bv the National Banks in the Principal Items of Resources and Liabilities, since the
Establishment of the System (1866-92).
Items.
Capital
Capital, surplus, and undivided profits
Circulation ,
Total investments in U. S. bonds ,
Individual deposits
Loans and discounts
( National-bank notes
Cash J Legal-tender notes
(Specie ,
January 1, 1866.
$403,357,346
475,330.204
213,239.-530
440.380,350
520,212,174
500,650,109
20,406,442
187.846,548
16.909.363
Sept. 30, 1892.
$686,573,015
1,027,097,194
143,423,298
183,439,550
1,765,422,983
2,153,498,829
19.557,474
104,267.945
209.116,379
Highest point reached.
$686,573,015
1,027,097,194
341,320,256
712,437,900
1,765,422,983
2,153,498,829
28,809,699
205.793.579
209,116,379
Date.
Sept. 30, 1892
Dec. 26, 1873
Apr. 4, 1879
Sept. 30, 1892
Dec. 31, 1883
Oct. 1, 1886
Sept. 30, 1892
Lowest point reached.
Amount.
$403,357,346
475,330,204
122,928.084
170,653,050
501,407.586
500,6.50,109
11,841,104
52,156,439
8,050,330
Date.
Jan. 1,1866
Oct. 2, 1890
Oct. 8,1870
Jan. 1, 1866
Oct. 7. 1867
Mch. 11, 1881
Oct. 1, 1875
BAN
TABLE 6.
Number, Capital Stock, Surplus and Undivided Profits, and
Deposits of all State Banks, Savings (Mutual and Stock),
Private Banks, and Loan and Trust Companies (1890-91).
79
Classes.
No.
Banks.
Capital.
Surplus and
Undivided
Profits.
Deposits.
State banks
Loan and trust )
companies )
Savings banks)
(mutual) I
Savings banksi
(Stock) j
Private banks
2572
171
647
364
1235
$208,564,841
79,292,889
32,106,127
36,785,458
$81,116,533
55,503,845
142,456,741
13,400,752
12,146,622
$556,637,012
355,330,080
1,402,332,665
252,493,477
94,959,727
Total
4989
$356,749,315
$304,624,493
$2,661,752,961
bank§, joint -stock. The Bank of England was the
•only joint-stock bank in England until 1826, and in London
until 1834. Since the act of 1826, a large number have been
established. In Ireland, of similar banks, the first was the
Hibernian bank, in 1825. By the new Companies act, passed
15 Aug. 1879, unlimited companies may register as limited.
The total capital paid up and reserves of the various joint-
stock banks amounted to more than 150,000,000?. in 1892.
Chief London Banks. Founded.
- London and Westminster (becomes limited, 1879) 1834
London Joint-Stock 1836
, Union Bank of London 1839
Commercial Bank of London '.*..*.*.*.'.'.*.*. "
London and County (becomes limited, 1879) ......'.'. "
City Bank (becomes limited, 1880) 1855
Bank of Loudon "
bank§ of Scotland. The old Bank of Scotland was set
up in 1695 at Edinburgh, and began 1 Nov., the second insti-
tution of the kind in the empire ; lending money to the crown
was prohibited. Royal Bank of Scotland chartered 8 Julv,
1727.
ban'neret, knight, a dignity between baron and knight,
anciently conferred by the king under the royal stand-
ard on the field of battle. Its origin is uncertain ; Edmond-
son dates it 736, but it was probably created by Edward
I. John Chandos is said to have been made a banneret bj'
the Black Prince and the king of Castile at Najara, 3 Apr.
1367. The dignity was conferred on John Smith, who res-
cued the royal standard at Edgehill, 23 Oct. 1642. After long
disuse, it was revived by George III. for sir William Erskine,
in 1764, and for admiral Pye, and capts. Knight, Bickerton,
and Vernon, in 1773.
baillier§ were common to all nations. The Jewish
tribes had standards or banners (Numb. ii. — 1491 B.C.). The
standard of Constantine bore the inscription In hoc signo
vinces ( " B}' this sign thou shalt conquer " ) under the cross.
Cross. The magical banner of the Danes (a black raven on
red ground) was taken by Alfred when he defeated Hubba,
878. St. Martin's cap, and afterwards the celebrated auri-
flamme, or oriflamme, were the standards of France about
1100. AUHIFLAMME, STANDARDS, etC.
Bannockburn', Stirlingshire, the site of 2 bat-
tles ; (1) between Robert Bruce of Scotland, with 30,000 men,
and Edward IL of England, with 100,000 (of whom 52,000
were archers), 24 June, 1314. The English crossed a rivulet
to attack, fell into covered pits dug by Bruce, and were thrown
into confusion and routed. Edward narrowly escaped, and
-60,000 were killed or taken. (2) At Sauchieburn, near here,
James III. of Scotland was defeated and slain on 11 June,
1488, by rebellious nobles.
bann§, in feudal law, were any solemn proclamation;
hence the custom of asking banns, or giving notice before
marriage; said to have begun in the English church about
1200. The proper time of publishing banns was much dis-
cussed, 1867.
Bantam', Java. Here a British factory was estab-
lished by capt. Lancaster, in 1603. The English and Danes
were driven from their factories by the Dutch in 1683.
Bantam surrendered to the British in 1811, but was restored
to the Dutch at the peace in 1814.
Bantry bay, S. Ireland, where a French fleet in
aid of adherents of James II. attacked the English under
BAR
admiral Herbert, 1 May, 1689; the latter retired to form and
were not pursued. A French squadron of 7 sail of the line,
2 frigates, armed en fiute, and 17 transports, anchored here
for a few days, without effect, Dec. 1796.— Mutiny of the
Bantry bay squadron under admiral Mitchell was in Dec. 1801.
In Jan. 1802, 22 of the mutineers were tried on the Gladiator,
at Portsmouth; 17 were condemned to death, 11 were exe-
cuted; the others sentenced to receive each 200 lashes. The
executions took place on board the Majestic, Centaur, For-
midable, Temeraire, and UAchille, 8-18 Jan. 1802.
bapti§]Il, the ordinance of admission to the church,
practised by all Christians except Quakers. John the Baptist
baptized Christ, 30 (Matt. iii.). Infant baptism is mentioned
by Irenaeus about 97. In the reign of Constantine, 319 bap-
tisteries were built, and baptism was performed by immersion.
In the west sprinkling was adopted. Much controversy has
arisen since 1831 (particularly in 1849 and 1850), in the church
of England respecting baptismal regeneration, which the
arches court of Canterbury decided to be a doctrine of the
church of England. In 1849 the bishop of Exeter refused to
install Mr. Gorham at Brampton-Speke, in Devonshire, because
he denied spiritual regeneration by baptism. The case was
brought before the court of arches. The bishop was justified
in his refusal. Mr. Gorham appealed to the judicial commit-
tee of the privy council, which pronounced its opinion (1850)
that " the doctrine held by Mr. Gorham was not contrary or
repugnant to the declared doctrine of the church of England,
and that Mr. Gorham ought not, for the reason of the doctrine
held by him, to have been refused admission to the vicarage
of Brampton-Speke." In the end Mr. Gorham was instituted
into the vicarage in question, 7 Aug. 1850. — Demanding fees
for baptism was made unlawful in England by an act passed
18 July, 1872.
Bai>ti§t§. A sect distinguished by holding that (1)
the proper subjects of baptism are those who can make pro«
fession of faith ; (2) the proper mode of baptism is total im-
mersion. There are 7 sections of Baptists : Arminian, Cal-
yinistic (or particular), etc. The first Baptist church formed
in London was about 1608. The last execution for heresy in
England by burning alive took place at Lichfield, 11 Apr.
1612, the condemned, Edward Wightman, being a Baptist.
Baptists published their confession of faith in 1643; revised
in 1689. Anabaptists.
Roger Williams baptizes by immersion at Providence, R. I 1639
First Baptist church in the North American colonies erected
at Dover, N. H 1639-40
John Clarke founds a Baptist colony on Rhode Island 1641
First Baptist church in Massachusetts at Swansey 1663
First Baptist church in Connecticut, erected at Groton 1705
First incorporated Baptist institution of learning in the (J. S.
was founded at Warren, R. I., 1764; removed to Providence, 1770
Baptist college at Regent Park, Engl, founded 1810
First theological institution by Baptists, at Hamilton, N. Y 1820
Owing to the slavery agitation the Baptist church separates
into north and south 1845
University of Rochester, at Rochester, N. Y., Baptist, founded, 1850
Rev. C. H. Spurgeon's (b. 19 June, 1834; d. 31 Jan. 1892) great
Baptist tabernacle, Newington-Butts, Engl., opened 1861
GROWTH OF THE CHURCH
IN THE UNITED STATES.
Year.
Churches.
Membetthip.
1784
471
2164
7771
12,279
26,060
33,588
35.101
1812
172i972
1840
571,926
I860
1,016,134
1880
2,296,327
1890
3.368,381
NUMBER OF CHURCHES AND MEMBERSHIP IN THE WORLD
IN 1890.
Location.
Churches.
MemWrship.
34,761
6
3940
743
44
186
3,600,626
' '229
404,782
Agia^
75.844
3.039
Australia
15,196
Total
39,680
3.999,716
These numbers do not include all who are called Baptists, viz., the
Disciples, the Free-will, the Skvkxth-day, Sabbatariaxs, etc.
Barata'ria, an island-city in Cervantes' romance of
BAR
" Don Quixote," of which Saucho Panza was made perpetual
governor.
Barataria bay, about 30 miles west of the
mouth of the Mississippi river, on the coast of the gulf of
Mexico, was the rendezvous of smugglers and pirates for sev-
eral years prior to 1815. Three brothers, Frenchmen, named
Jean, Pierre, and Dominique Laffite, ruled the band, which
plundered Spaniards and Englishmen alike, and defied the
laws. This resort was broken up without resistance by com-
modore Patterson, 16 Oct. 1814. Laffite, Jean.
Barba'doe§, a West India island, one of the Wind-
ward isles, discovered by the Portuguese about 1600, taken
possession of by the English 1605, and settled by sir Wm.
Courteen, who founded Jamestown, 1625. As many royalists
settled here, the island was taken by the parliamentarians in
1652. Area, 166 sq. miles. Pop. 1876, 162,042: white,
16,660 ; colored, 145,482. 1891, 182,322.
A hurricane ; more than 4000 perished 10 Oct. 1780
A large plantation with buildings destroyed by a landslide,
17 Oct. 1784
A flood, Nov. 1795 ; and 2 great fires. May, Dec. 1796
Bishopric established 1824
Thousands of lives and much property destroyed by a hurri-
cane 10 Aug. 1831
Nearly 17,000 persons died of cholera 1854
Property about 300,000^. burned at Bridgetown 14 Feb. 1860
Great increase in growth of cotton 1864-65
Proposed confederation of the Windward isles; supported by
governor's speech, 3 Mch. ; opposed by planters Mch. 1876
Blacks, ignorantly expecting advantage from confederation,
rise, plunder and destroy much property and cattle; negroes
killed and wounded by police 21, 22 Apr. "
Panic among the planters; the governor and clergy said to
have acted judiciously; peace restored 24 Apr. "
Trial of 450 rioters; 82 punished (17 penal servitude; others
light sentences) 12-21 Oct. "
Barbary, N. Africa, includes Algeria, Morocco, Fez,
Tunis, and Tripoli, with dependencies. Piratical states
(nominally subject to Turkey) were founded here by Barba-
rossa, about 1518.
barber§ lived in Greece in the 6th century, and at
Kome iu the 3d century b.c. In England of old the barber
and surgeon were one, a barber-surgeon. A London com-
pany was formed in 1308, and incorporated 1462, partially dis-
solved in 1540, wholly in 1745. " No person using any shav-
ing or barbery in London shall occupy any surgery, letting of
blood, or other matter, except only drawing of teeth." — 32
Hen. VIII. 1540. Surgery.
Barca, N. Africa, the Greek Barce, a colony of Cyrene,
successively subjugated by Persians, Egyptians, and Saracens.
In 1550 sultan Solyman added Barca to the newly conquered
pachalic of Tripoli.
Barcelo'na, N.E. Spain, an ancient maritime city,
said to have been rebuilt by Hamilcar Barca, father of Hanni-
bal, about 233 b.c. Held by Romans, Goths, Moors, and
Franks, and with the province about it made independent
about 864 a.d., and incorporated with Aragon, 1164, the last
count becoming king. The city has suffered much by war.
The siege by the French in 1694 was relieved by an English
fleet under admiral Russell; but the city was taken by the
earl of Peterborough in 1706. It was bombarded and taken
by the duke of Berwick and the French in 1714, taken by Na-
poleon in 1808, and retained till 1814. It revolted against the
queen in 1841, was bombarded and taken in Dec. 1842, by
Espartero. Pop. 1887, 272,481.
bard§. Demodocus is mentioned as a bard by Homer ;
and Strabo mentions them among the Romans before Augustus.
The Welsh bards formed an hereditary order, regulated, it is
said, by laws enacted about 940 and 1078. They lost their
privileges at the conquest by Edward I. in 1284. The institu-
tion was revived by the Tudor sovereigns; and the Eistedd-
fods (or meetings) have been frequently held : at Swansea,
Aug. 1863 ; at Llandudno, Aug. 1864 ; in the vale of Conway,
7 Aug. 1865 ; at Chester, 4 Sept. 1866 ; at Carmarthen, 3
Sept. 1867 ; at Ruthin, 5-7 Aug. 1868 ; at Rhyl, 8-12 Aug.
1870 ; at Portmadoc, Aug. 1872 ; at Mold, Aug. 1873 ; at va-
rious places in 1874-76 : at Carnarvon, 21 Aug. 1877 ; at
Llanrwst, 1-3 Aug. ; at Menai bridge, Aug. 1878 ; at Conway,
6 Aug., and at other places, 1879. The Cyramrodorion Soci-
ety held an Eisteddfod at Carnarvon, 23 Aug. 1880. In 1880
80 BAR
the bards decided that the Annual National Eisteddfod shouldJ
be held alternately in North and South Wales. The Gwyn-
eddigion Society of Bards was founded in 1770. Turlogh-
O'Carolan, the last of the Irish bards, died in 1738. — Chambers.
Barcbone'i parliament. Cromwell, supreme
in the 3 kingdoms, summoned 122 persons, who, with 6 from
Scotland and 6 from Ireland, met as a parliament, 4 July, 1653..
It bears a nickname of one of its members, a leather-seller,,
named "Praise-God Barbon." The majority evinced much
sense and spirit, proposing to reform abuses, improve the-
administration of the law, etc. The parliament was sud-
denly dissolved, 13 Dec. 1653, and Cromwell made lord pro-
tector.
Barflcur, N. France, where William, duke of Norman-
dy, equipped his fleet to conquer England, 1066. Near it,.
William, duke of Normandy, son of Henry I., in his passage
from Normandy, was shipwrecked, 25 Nov. 1120; he, iiis
sister, and many others perished. Barfleur was destroyed by
the English in the campaign of Crecy, 1346. The French
navy was destroyed near the cape by admiral Russell, after-
the victory of La Hogue, 19 May, 1692.
Bari, S. Italy, the Barium of Horace, in the 9th century
a stronghold of the Saracens, was captured by the emperor-
Louis II., a descendant of Charlemagne, in 871. In the 10th
century it became subject to the Eastern empire, till taken by
Robert Guiscard, the Norman, about 1060. An ecclesiastical
council held here on 1 Oct. 1098, discussed the filioque article-
of the creed and the procession of the Holy Spirit.
Barings island, Arctic sea, discovered by capt. Penny-
in 1850-51, and named after sir Francis Baring, first lord of the-
English admiralty in 1849.
barium (Gr. (3apvg, heavy), a metal found abundantly-
as carbonate and sulphate. The oxide baryta was first recog-
nized as an earth distinct from lime by Scheele in 1774; and
the metal was first obtained by Humphry Davy in 1808. —
Watts.
Barmecides, a powerful Persian family, celebrated
for virtue and courage, were massacred through the jealousy
of the caliph Haroun-al-Raschid about 802. His vizier Giafar
was a Barmecide. The phrase Barmecide (or imaginar}') feast
originated in the story of the barber's 6th brother, in tlie-
"Arabian Nights' Entertainments."
Barnburners. A name for the radical wing of the-
Democratic party in the state of New York (1844-48). The-
derivation is doubtful. Thurlow Weed, in a letter to George-
W. Curtis (1873) assumes that it started in "the Dorr's re-^
bellion," when the followers of Dorr were termed " robbers,"
" rioters," " incendiaries," and " barnburners." The radicals^
called the conservative element " Old Hunkers," from their
stubborn resistance to active reforms (probably from the
Dutch word honk, a post or station) ; the latter retorted by
calling the radicals " barnburners," as reckless law-breakers..
The story of the ignorant farmer who burned his barn to de-
stroy the rats is another version of its derivation. During-
the agitation arising out of the slavery question, the " Old
Hunkers" maintained their usual conservative attitude, while
most of the "Barnburners " joined the Free-soil party of 1848.
Barnet, Hertfordshire, Engl. Here,at Gladsmore heath,.
Edward IV. defeated the Lancastrians, Easter day, 14 Apr.
1471, when the earl of Warwick, his brother the marquess of
Montacute, or Montague, and 10,000 men were slain. A col-
umn commemorating this battle stands at the meeting of the
St. Albans and Hatfield roads.
barom'eters. Torricelli, a Florentine, first used mer-
cury in a vacuum tube, resembling a pump, and made the firstj
barometer, about 1643. Pascal (1649) made it useful in
measuring heights. Wheel barometers were contrived ii>
1668 ; pendent barometers in 1696 ; marine in 1700 ; and many
improvements have been made since. The aneroid barometer
(from a, no, and vripug, watery) is without a liquid; the at-
mospheric pressure acts on a metallic spring. Its invention
(attributed to Cont6, in 1798, but due to Vidi, who died in
Apr. 1866) excited much attention in 1848-49. The sj'mie-
someter, a species of barometer, invented by Adie, of Edin-
burgh, 1819. Barometers were placed at northeast coast sta-
BAR 81
tions, England, in 1860 by the duke of Northumberland and
others.
James B. Jordan's very delicate glycerine barometer, in which
1 inch is expanded to nearly 11 inches, was described to the Royal
Society, 22 Jan. 1880, and was set up during the year at Kew and
other places. The publication of two-hourly variations begun in
the London Times, 25 Oct. 1880.
t>arOIl, formerly the only title in the English peerage,
now the lowest. Its original name in England, vavasour, was
changed by the Saxons into thane, and by the Normans into
baron. Many had undoubtedly assisted in or been summoned
to parliament (in 1205); but the first precept found is of 49 Hen.
III. 1265. The first baron by patent was John de Beauchamp,
baron of Kidderminster, by Richard IL, 1387. The barons
took arms against king John, and extorted the charter of lib-
erty and the charter of forests, at Runnymede, near Windsor,
June, 1215. Charles II. granted a coronet to barons on his
restoration, 1660.
ba.ronet§, the first in rank among the gentry, and the
only knighthood that is hereditary, were instituted by James
I. of England, 1611. The rebellion in Ulster seems to have
given rise to this order, it having been required of a baronet,
on his creation, to pay into the exchequer as much as would
maintain " 30 soldiers 3 years at 8d. a day, in the province of
Ulster, in Ireland." It was further required that a baronet
should be a gentleman born, and have a clear estate of 1000^.
per annum. The first baronet was sir Nicholas Bacon (whose
successor is therefore styled Primus Baronettorum Anglice), 22
May, 1611. The baronets of Ireland were created in 1619,
the first being sir Francis Blundell. Baronets of Nova Scotia
were created, 1625, sir Robert Gordon the first baronet. All
baronets created since the Irish Union in 1801 are of the
United Kingdom. Betham's " Baronetage of England," 5
vols. 4to, 1801-5.
barons' war arose from the faithlessness of Henry
III. of England, and the oppression of his favorites in 1258.
The barons, headed by Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester,
and Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester, met at Oxford in
1262, and enacted statutes to which the king objected. In
1263 their disputes were in vain referred to the decision of
Louis IX. of France. War broke out, and on 14 May, 1264,
the king's party was totally defeated at Lewes, and De Mont-
fort became the virtual ruler of the kingdom. The war was
renewed, and at the battle of Evesham, 4 Aug. 1265, De Mont-
fort was slain, and the barons defeated ; but they did not sub-
mit till 1268. A historv of this war was published by Mr. W.
H. Blaauw in 1844 ; 2d'ed. 1871.
Barren hill, near Valley Forge, Pa. Gen. Washing-
ton detached gen. Lafayette, Is'May, 1778, with about 2100
men, to watch the British. He occupied Barren hill, where
he was approached by about 5000 British troops on 20 May,
intending a surprise. Lafayette, assuming to be preparing to
meet the attack, skilfully passed the enemy, retreated across
the Schuylkill, and occupied a strong position, whereupon the
British retired.
barrier treaty, by which the Low Countries were
ceded to the emperor Charles VI. of Germany, was signed by
the British, Austrian, and Dutch ministers, 15 Nov. 1715.
barri§ter§ are said to have been first appointed by
Edward I. of England, about 1291, but there is earlier mention
of professional aclvocates. They are of various ranks, as king's
or queen's counsel, sergeants, etc. Students for the bar must
keep certain terms at the Inns of Court before being called,
and by regulations of 1853 must pass a public examination.
Irish students must keep 8 terms in England.
Barro§a or Baros§a, S. Spain. The British army,
under major-gen. sir Thomas Graham, afterwards lord Lyne-
doch, defeated the French under marshal Victor, 5 Mch. 1811,
who lost nearly 3000 dead, 0 pieces of cannon, and an eagle,
the first taken by British ; the British lost 1169 men killed
and wounded.
Barrow islan<l, Arctic sea, discovered by capt.
Penny in 1850-51, and named by him in honor of John Bar-
row, esq., son of sir John.
Barrow, Point, Alaska, the most northerly point
of the United States, lat. 71° 20' N., Ion. 155^ 50' W. A re-
BAR
lief station was established here in 1889 by the U. S. govern-
ment.
barrow§, circular or oblong mounds, found in Britain,
and other countries, ancient sepulchres. Sir Richard Hoare
opened several barrows near Stonehenge, finding Celtic orna-
ments, as beads, buckles, and brooches, in amber, wood, and
gold, Nov. 1808. 230 barrows were opened and discoveries
made, chiefly in Yorkshire, 1866 et seq., under the superintend-
ence of the rev. canon William Greenwell, who published his-
elaborate work " British Barrows " in Dec. 1878.
Barrows at Aldboume, North Wilts, were opened by canon
Greenwell and rev. Walter Money Sept. -Oct. 187ft"-
Canon Greenwell gave urns and other results of his explora-
tions to the British museum in.... 187^'
Barrow'§ straits, N. Arctic sea, explored by Ed-^
ward Parry as far as Melville island, lat. 74° 26' N. and Ion.
113° 47' W. The strait, named after sir John Barrow, was^
entered on 2 Aug. 1819. The thermometer was 55° below
zero of Fahrenheit.
bars in music appear in Agricola's " Musica Instrument
talis," 1529 , and in Morley's " Practical Music," 1597, for score-
music. Henry Lawes used them In his "Avres and Dia-
logues," 1653.
Bar-SUr-Aube, N.E. France. Here the French^
under Oudinot and Macdonald, were defeated bv the allies^
27 Feb. 1814.
Bartholdi's IStatue of Liberty Enli^rht-
ening the World, unveiled on Bedloe's island, N. Y.
harbor, 28 Oct. 1886. Soon after the establishment of the
French republic, a movement was inaugurated in France to-
evince the fraternal feeling existing on the part of that coun-
try towards the United States. Thereupon some of the fore-
most men of France interested themselves in the formation of
the French-American Union Society, and a subscription fund
was realized of over 1,000,000 francs, for the execution of a
suitable memorial. Frederic August Bartholdi was the artist
selected to do the work. $300,000 was raised in the U. S. to-
prepare the ground, build the pedestal, etc. The statue was
formally delivered to the American minister at Paris, 4 July,
1880. Weight, 440,000 lbs.; from low -water mark to the
top of the torch it is 305 ft. 11 in. The statue is 151.2 ft.,
pedestal 91 ft., and the foundation 52.1 ft. in height.
The statue of Lafayette, in Union square, N. Y., is by the-
same artist.
Bartholomew, St., the apostle, martyred 71..
The festival (3 Sept.) is said to have been instituted 1130.
Monastery of St. Bartholomew, London (of Austin Friars),
founded by Rahere. a minstrel of Henry 1 1102
Hospital founded by him " about 1125
Refounded after dissolution of monasteries (with 100 beds, 1
physician, and 3 surgeons), 1544; incorporated 1546-
William Harvey, physiologist, physician here 1609-43
Earliest record of medical school .* 1662
Hospital rebuilt by subscription 1729
Medical college founded , 184S
5803 in-patients; 160,520 out patients treated, 653 beds 1878
New buildings for medical school, museum, etc., opened by
the prince of Wales 3 Nov. 1879'
Bartholomew Fair. Charter was granted by Henry I., 1133;
long held in Smithfield; shows discontinued, 1850; the fair
proclaimed for the last time, 1855. In 1858 H. Morley pub-
lished an illustrated "History of Bartholomew Fair."
Massacre of St. Bartholomew began at Paris on the night of
the festival 24 Aug. 1572:
According to Sully, 70,000 Huguenots, or French Protestants,
including women and children, were murdered in the king-
dom by secret orders from Charles IX. at the instigation of
his mother, the queen dowager, Catherine de' Medici.
La Pop61ion^re calculates the victims at 20,000; Adrian!, De
Serres, and De Thou say 30,000; Davila states them at
40 000- and P^retixe makes the number 100,000. Above
500 persons of rank, and 10,000 of inferior condition, perished
in Paris alone. Pope Gregory XIII. ordered a Te Deum, with
other rejoicings.
Bartliolome-W, St., a West Indian island held by
Sweden, colonized by French, 1648 ; several times taken and
restored by the British; ceded to Sweden by France in 1785;.
captured by the English and restored, 1801 ; ceded to France,.
1877.
Bartliolomites, a religious order expelled from Ar-
menia, settled at Genoa 1307, where is preserved in the Bar-
BAS *
tholomite church the image which Christ is said to have sent
to king Abgarus, The order suppressed by pope Innocent X.
1650.
base -ball, the American national game, is probably
an evolution from the old-time American games of " One-Old-
Cat" and "Two-Old -Cat." The first permanent base-ball or-
ganization, the Knickerbocker club of New York, which played
regularly at the Elysian Fields, was formed in 1845.
First match gjimo of base-ball recorded, takes place at Ho-
boken, N. J., between the Kuickorbocker and New York
clubs 19 Juno, 1846
The Olympic club of Boston, the first organized In Masssachu-
setts. 1854
Convention of delegates from 16 clubs held in Now York, and
uniform rules esuiblishcd for the game May, 1867
National Association of Base-ball Players organized . . .10 Mch. 1858
Excelsior club of Brooklyn plays at Albany, Troy, Buffalo, Roch-
ester, and Newburgh;'tho first extended trip of a ball club. . 1860
Nationals of Washington make a western trip 1867
Professional ball-players recognized by the National Associa-
tion, and the first "regular professional team, the Red Stock-
ings of Cincinnati, organized 1868
<}reat success of the Red Stockings, champions of the season. . 1869
Arthur Cununings, of the Star club, introduces curved pitching, "
Mutuals defeat the Chicagoes on their home grounds by score
9 to 0, whence arises the expression " Chicagoed " . .23 July, 1870
First game of American baseball is played at the Cricket oval
London. Engl 27 Feb. 1874
First professional match in England ; Athletics beat Bostons at
Liverpool 30 July, "
The Bostons win the championship of the season, being the
fourth season in succession 1875
National League of professional base-ball clubs, organized at
Louisville 2 Feb. 1876
First International Association organized at Pittsburg, Pa.,
20 Feb. 1877
American Association of professional clubs, organized at Cin-
cinnati, 0 2 Nov. 1881
Triparti, or national agreement, made between the National
League, American Association, and Northwestern League,
17 Mch. 1883
National Brotherhood of Ball-players, organized in New York,
1885, and cliapters formed throughout the U. S 1886
Game more popular than ever. 1894
Ba^el (Basle, Fr. Bale), a rich city in Switzerland. The
18th general council sat here from Dec. 1431, to May, 1443.
Many church reforms were proposed, but not effected; among
others the union of the Greek and Roman churches. The
university was founded in 1460. Treaties of peace between
France, Spain, and Prussia concluded here in 1795. Made a
free imperial city 1392, but joined the Swiss confederation
1501.
Ba§ientellO, S. j^aples. Here the army of Otho II.,
in an ambuscade, was nearly cut to pieces by Greeks and Sar-
acens, 13 July, 982; Otho barely escaped.
Ba§iliah§, an order of monks, named from St. Basil (d.
880) ; was re-formed by pope Gregory in 1569. — A sect, found-
ed by Basil, a physician of Bulgaria, which rejected the books
of Mo.ses, the eucharist, and baptism, said to have had every-
thing in common, 1110. Basil was burned alive in 1118.
basil'ica, a body of law, in Greek, including the Insti-
tutes of Justinian, the Pandects, etc., arranged by order of the
emperor Basil the Macedonian, and his son Leo tne I'hiloso-
pher, 875-911. — Places of worship of the early Christian em-
perors were called basilica (palace).
. Ba§iI'ikon Do'ron (Royal Gift), precepts on the
art of government, composed by James I. of England for his
son Henry; first published at Edinburgh in 1599. James's
collected works were published at London, 1616-20, in 1 vol. fol.
Ba§qiie provmce§, N.W. Spain (Biscay, Guipus-
coa, and Alava). The Basques were termed Vascones by the
Romans, whom they successfully resisted. They were sub-
dued with great difiicnlty by the Goths about 580, and were
united to Castile in the 13th and 14th centuries. Much spec-
ulation has been indulged in regarding their origin without
sufficient special knowledge ; that they once occupied a great
part of Spain and southern France is generally believed.
Their language is still spoken by about 600,000 Spaniards and
French; it appears to be of earlier origin than any Indo-
European or Semitic tongue.
Ba§que roacl§, W. France. 14 French ships of
the line, riding at anchor here, were attacked by lords Gam-
bier and Cochrane (the latter commanding the fire-ships), and
' BAT
all destroyed, 11-29 Apr. 1809. Cochrane accused Gambier of
neglect to support him, but a court-martial, 26 July-4 Aug.,
acquitted him.
BaSiailO, N. Italy. Here the Austrians, under Wurm-
ser, were defeated by the French under Massena, 8 Sept. 1796.
baMiet or baN§ette, or Pour et Contre, a game at
cards, said to have been invented by a noble Venetian, in the
15th century; introduced into France, 1674.
Basseterre roads, St. Christopher's, West Indies.
Here the French admiral, the comte de Grasse, was repulsed
with loss in 3 attacks on the British fleet, under sir Thomas
Graves, 25, 26 Jan. 1782.
bassoon, a wooden double-reed wind-instrument, said
to have been invented by Afranio, a canon of Ferrara, early
in the 16th century.
"The Wodding-Guest here beat his breast,
For he heard the loud bassoon."
— Coleridge, "The Ancient Mariner."
Bassorah, Bussorah, or Basrah, Asia Mi-
nor, a Turkish city, founded by caliph Omar, about 635; often
taken and retaken by the Persians and Turks.
Bass roek, an isle in the frith of Forth, S. Scot-
land, was granted to the Landers, 1316 ; purchased for a state-
prison, 1671; taken by the Jacobites, 1690; surrendered, 1694;
granted to the Dalrymples, 1706.
Bass's strait, Australia. Mr. Bass, surgeon of the
Reliance, in an open boat from Port Jackson, in 1796, pene-
trated as far as Western Port, and affirmed that a strait exist-
ed between New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. Lieut.
Flinders circumnavigated Van Diemen's Land and named the
strait after Mr. Bass, 1799.
bastard, a child not born in lawful wedlock. An at-
tempt in England, in 1236, to legitimate bastard children by
the subsequent marriage of the parents failed. The barons
assembled in the parliament of Merton answered, Nolumus
leges A nglioe mutari (•' We will not have the laws of England
changed"). Women concealing their children's birth deemed
guilty of murder, 21 James 1. 1624. In Scotland bastard chil-
dren could not dispose of their movable estates by will until
1836. A new act, facilitating the claims of mothers and mak-
ing several provisions for proceeding in bastardy cases, was
passed 1845. The Bastardy Laws amendment act was passed
10 Aug. 1872. In the United States bastardy is a subject
dealt with by the several states acting independently. In
most of them the bastard inherits only through the mother,
and there are statutes for compelling the father of a bastard
to support it during minority. — Name applied to a section of
the Griquas or half-caste Hottentots who migrated with the
Boers in the early part of this century from Cape Colony.
Bastarnse, a warlike tribe in Podolia and Moldavia,
hired by Perseus, king of Macedon, in his wars with Rome,
168 B.C. , driven across the Danube by M. Crassus for theii
encroachments, 30 b.c. Supposed to have been the ancestors
of the Russians. — A nthon^s CI. Diet,
Bastile' (bas-teel'), Paris, a castle built by Charles V.j
king of France, in 1369, to defend Paris against the English;
completed 1383 ; afterwards a state-prison. Henry IV. and
his veteran army assailed it in vain in the siege of Paris
(1587-94). " The man with the iron mask," the mysterious
prisoner, died here, 19 Nov. 1703. Iron mask. On 14-lS
Jul}', 1789, the Bastile was pulled down by the populace ; the
governor and other officers were conducted to the Place de
Greve ; their hands and heads were cut off, and the heads car-
ried on pikes through the streets.
Basu'tO Land, near Orange river, S. Africa, includ-
ing the Transkei territory, was proclaimed British territory
in 1868, and annexed to Cape Colony in 1871. Its inhabitants
the Basutos, are a branch of the Bechuana group of Kafirs
Hostile to the English, 1879. Peace, 1881. Pop., whites, 400
natives, 175,000. Area, 10,293 sq. miles.
Bata'Tia, the capital of Java and the Dutch settlementi
in the East Indies, built by the Dutch about 1619. Taker
from the French (who had seized it) by sir Samuel Auch'
muty, 26 Aug. 1811 ; restored to the Dutch in 1814.
Batll, Somerset, Engl., named "^1 quce solis " b}' the Rom
BAT ^
ans, remarkable for its hot springs. Coel, a British king, is
said to have given this city a charter, and the Saxon king
Edgar was crowned here, 973.
Bath plundered and burned in the reign of William Rufus, and
again in 1137
Abbey church commenced in 1405 ; finished 1009
Beau (Richard) Nash, "king of Bath,' who promoted fame of
the waters and amusements, d Feb. 1761
Bath philosophical society formed 1817
Bath royal literary and scientific institution established 1825
Victoria park opened by princess Victoria 1830
Restoration of the abbey by Sir G. G. Scott 1863 et seq.
Batll, Order of the (motto, Triajuncta in uno), said to
be of early origin, but formally constituted 11 Oct. 1399, by
Henry IV. of England, 2 days before his coronation in the
Tower, when he conferred the order upon 46 esquires, who
had watched the night before and bathed. After the coro-
nation of Charles II. the order was neglected until 18 May,
1725, when it was revived by George I., who fixed the num-
ber of knights at 37.
Prince regent (afterwards George IV.) created classes of
knights grand crosses (72), knights commanders (180), with
an unlimited number of companions 2 Jan. 1815
Existing statutes of this order were annulled; and by new
statutes the order, hitherto exclusively military, was opened
to civilians 25 May, 1847
Dr. Lyon Flayfair and other promoters of the great exhibition
received this honor 1851
Constitution. Military. Civil.
1st Class. Knights grand cross 50 25
2d Class. Knights commanders 100 50
3d Class. Companions 525 200
toatllOHl'eter (Gr. (SaOvg, deep), an apparatus invent-
ed by Dr. C. William Siemens to measure the depth of water
without a sounding-line, 1861-7G.
It registers the diminution of gravitation on the surface of the
water as compared with that of the earth, since water (of less
density) replaces earth (of greater density).
1)Rtll§ were early used in Asia and Greece, and intro-
duced by'Agrippa into Rome, where many were constructed
by Augustus and his successors. The thermae of the Romans
and gymnasia of the Greeks (of which baths formed merely
an appendage) were sumptuous. The marble group of Laocoon
was found in 1 506 in the baths of Titus, erected about 80, and
the Farnese Hercules in those of Caracalla, erected 211.
St. Chad's well, Gray's Inn road, derives its name from St.
Chad, the 5th bishop of Lichfield 667
In London, St. Agnes le Clere, in Old Street road, was a spring
of great antiquity; baths said to have been formed in 1502
A bath opened in Bagnio court, now Bath street, Newgate
street, London, said to have been the first bath in England
for hot bathing 1679
batliyb'iui Haeckel'ii (Gr. (BaQvs, deep ; f3ioQ,
life), named by Huxley ; a supposed low form of animal life,
a gelatinous substance found on stones at the bottom of the
sea, in Deep-sea soundings. Its existence doubted by many
naturalists, 1879.
baton', a truncheon borne by generals in the French
army, and afterwards by marshals of other nations. Henry
III. of France, before he ascended the throne, was made gen-
eralissimo of the army of his brother Charles IX., and received
the baton as the mark of the high command, XhQ^.—Henault.
— The baton used by conductors of concerts is said to have
been introduced into England by Spohr in 1820.
Baton Rouge (bat'on roozli), La., Battle of, fought
5 Aug. 1862. The town, held by U. S. forces under gen. Thomas
Williams, was attacked by Confederates under gen. Breckin-
ridge, who, in a severe engagement, were repulsed. Union loss
about 200, among them gen. Williams, killed. The confederate
iron-clad gunboat Arkansas, designed to engage the naval
force in the river, proved useless, and the next day was at-
tacked and destroyed. Vicksburg Campaign.
BatOUm' or Batum, a seaport in Lazistan, on the
Black sea. After repulsing Russians, 4 May, 1877, it was
ceded to Russia by the treaty of Berlin, 13 July, 1878, to be-
come a free commercial port.
The inhabitants at first resisted, but were persuaded to submit,
many emigrating, July-Sept. Russians entered, 6 Sept. 1878.
batteries along the coasts were constructed by Henry
VIII. of England. The 10 floating-batteries with which
Gibraltar was attacked, in the siege of that fortress, were in-
vented by D'Arcon, a French engineer. They resisted the
BAT
heavy shells and 32.pound shot, but ultimately yielded to
red-hot shot, 13 Sept. 1782. Gibraltar. Formidable float-
ing-batteries are now erected. Navy. The first 2 American
floating-batteries were made for the siege of Boston, Oct. 1775.
Plan of floating battery submitted to Congress by Robert Fulton,
the building of which was authorized; launched, 29 Oct. 1814. This
battery carried 30 32-pound carronades and 2 columbiads of 100
pounds. Length, 145 ft. ; breadth, 55 ft. Never in commission;
blew up in 1829. In 1842 Congress commissioned Robert Livingston
Stevens to build a floating-battery to protect New York harbor;
being unfinished at his death, 1856, it was sold at auction in 1880.
batterings-ram (testudo ametaHa), with other mil-
itary implements, said to have been invented by Artemon, a
Lacedaemonian, and employed by Pericles, about'441 b.c. Sir
Christopher Wren used a battering-ram in demolishing old St.
Paul's cathedral, 1675.
Battle-abbey, Sussex, Engl., founded by William I.,
1067, on the battle-plain of Hastings, dedicated to St. Martin,
and given to Benedictine monks, who were to pray for the
souls of the slain. The original name of the plain was Hethe-
land. Hastings. After the battle, a list was taken of Will-
iam's chiefs, amounting to 629, and called the Battle-roll, and
among these chiefs the lands and titles of the followers of the
defeated Harold were distributed.
battle-axe, a weapon of the Celts. The Irish were
constantly armed with an axe. — Bums. At Bannockburn, king
Robert Bruce clove an English champion to the chine at one
blow with a battle-axe, 1314. The battte-axe guards, or
beaufetiers, vulgarly called beef-eaters, whose arms are a sword
and lance, were first raised by Henry VII. in 1485. They
were originally attendants upon the king's buffet. Yeoman
OF THE Guard.
Battle monument. Baltimore, 1815.
battles. The Grecian hero, Palamedes (1193 b,c.), is
said to have been the first to form an army in regular line of
battle, place sentinels round a camp, and excite the soldier's
vigilance by giving him a watchword. The following are
the most memorable battles, in chronological order; further
details are given in separate articles ; n. signifies naval. Those
starred in this list are important battles, but those italicised
are such that a different result might have changed the his-
tory of a nation, possibly of the world. b.c.
Abraham defeats kings of Canaan (Gen. xiv.) 1913
Joshua subdues 5 kings of Canaan (Josh. x. ) 1451
Gideon defeats the Midianites (Judg. vii.) 1245
Trojan war commenced 1193
Troy taken and destroyed 1184
Jephthah defeats Ammonites and sacrifices his daughter
( Ju dg. xi . ) 1113
Ethiopians defeated by Asa (2 Chron. xiv.) 9-il
Horatii vanquish Curiatii 669
Halys (Medes and Lydians stopped by eclipse) 584 or 585
Thymbra (Cyrus defeats Croesus) 548
Lake Regillus (Romans defeat Latins) 499
Marathon (Greeks defeat Persians) 28 or 29 Sept. 490
Thermopylae (heroism of Leonidas) 7-9 Aug. 480
Salamis, n. (Greeks defeat Persians) 20 Oct "
Himera (Gelon defeats Carthaginians) "
*Mycale (Greeks defeat Persians) 22 Sept. 479
Platcea " " " " "
Cremera (Veientes destroy the Fabii) 477
Eurymedon, n. (Greeks defeat Cimon) 466
Tanagra (Spartans defeat Athenians) 457
CEnophyta (Athenians defeat Boeotians) 456
Coronea (Boeotians defeat Athenians) 447
Romans totally defeat Veientes 437
Naupaktus, n. (Athenians defeat Spartans) 428
Delium (Boeotians defeat Athenians) ••• 424
Amphipolis (Spartans repulse Athenians: Cleon and Brasidas
killed) *"
Mantinea (Spartans defeat Athenians) 418
Athenians defeated before Syracuse 413
Cyzicus, n. (Alcibiades defeats Spartans) 410
ArginusEe, n. (Conon defeats Spartan fleet) 406
^gospotamos, n. (Athenian fleet destroyed) 405
*Cunaxa (Cyrus defeated and killed by Artaxerxes) 401
Veii taken by the Romans Qo^Lis?
Corinthian war ^or
Haliartus (Lysander killed) ^
Cnidus, n. (Conon defeats Spartans) «>»*
Coronea (Argesilaus defeats Athenians and allies) • • ' V W oon
AUia (Brennus and the Gauls defeat Romans) 16 Julj , wo
Volsci defeated by Camillas ^^
Volsci defeat the Romans • • • " ' ' tin
Naxus (('habrias defeats Lacedc-emonians) ^<«> or an
Tegyra (Thebans defeat Spartans) |^»
Leuctra " " " •••.• r." oon
" Tearless victory " of Archidamus over Argives, etc 367
Camillas defeats the Gauls
84
BAT
Cynosccphaljc {Thebans defeat Thessalians). 364
Manlineli (Thobuns viclors: Kpam.nondas slam) • J6|
Tanivnje (.listhines there) • •. ooq
Criraisi.8 (Timoleon defeats Carthaginians) auV 338
ChiBronea ^Philip defeats Athenians, etc. ) Aug. 33»
Thebes destroyed by Alexander. • • • • • • • go .
Oranicus (Alexander defeats Darius) "^ (S ^
I*ttU I,' u u * * V.V.V. V.V.'.V. 1 Oct. 331
Pa^ml^sia (Alexander of Epirus defteated and killed) 326
Cranon (.Vntiputer defeats Greeks) ^f^
SSe Forks (Roman army captured by Samnites) 321
Gaza (Ptolcin V defeats Demetrius) ■■••••••■••■-• V ;, ' ^{f
Ecnomus or Himera (Carthaginians defeat Agathocles) 311
Fabius defeats the Etruscans. ^^
Perusia (Etruscans defeated) • • •,•••••,;•. qqi
Ipsus (Seleucus defeats Antigonus, who is slain) 3"^
Sentinum (Romans defeat Samnites). . . . •••••••• • • • „:,• ..w:;, ' * " 283
Gauls defeat Romans at Arret ium 284; defeated by Dolabella. . 2M
Vadimonian lake (Etruscans and Gauls defeated)
Corus (Lysimachus defeated and killed) ^°J
Pandosia (Pyrrhus defeats Romans) '.'.'.*",".'.'.* 279
Beneventum (Romans defeat Pyrrhus) 275
First Punic war begins ::•••', oaq
Mylffi, n. (Romans defeat Carthaginians)............--- ••••••• ^
Carthaginians under Xantippus the Spartan defeat Regulus. ... 255
Panormus (Hasdrubal defeated by Metellus). f^
Drepanum, n. (Carthaginians defeat Romans) ^*:|
Lilybaeum taken by Romans. ^^
iEgates, n. (Romans defeat Carthaginians) ^^^
I.Adocea (Achseans defeated) „„.
Clusium or Pisse (Gauls defeated). ^
Sellasia (Macedonians defeat Spartans) ^^
CaphyjB (Achaeans defeat ^tolians) ^^
Srp"rw\?iSr;lnv;b.uVfea«uimai;,v.:;::::2i8
Tribia (Hannibal defeats Romans)^^^^^. '.'.'.'.'.'.'..'.'. 217
BAT
..9 Aug. 378.
.28 July, 388
. .OSept. 394
.29 Mch. 403
Adrianople (Gauls defeat Valcns)
Aquileia (Ma.simus slain)
(Eugenius slain)
PoUentia (Slilicho defeats Alaric) . . ,,,,
Rome taken by Alaric ^* '^"K- 4^^
Ravenna taken by Aspar „
Franks defeated by itltius
Genseric takes Carthage • • • • • •.• • • ..^
• Chalons sur-Marne (Attila deleated by .Etiub) 40a
Aylesford (Britons defeat Saxons; Horsa killed) *oo
Crayford, Kent (Hengist defeats Unions) *^'
Soissons (Clovis defeats Syagrius and Romaas) «»
Verona (Theodoric defeats Odoacer). .- 27 bept. 4»»
Tolbiach, or Zulpich (Clovis defeats Alemanni) *»»
Vougl(S (Clovis defeats Visigoths) • • • • • o"|
Baddesdown hill (Britons defeat Saxons) ^ *^<i, oii
Veseronce (Gondemar defeats Clodomir) Aq<i^I
Victories of Belisarius in Africa, etc tk\
Narses defeats Totila, 552; and Teias o°*
Heraclius defeats the Persians (Chosroes) ^^^
Beder (first victory of Mahomet) ^^^
Muta (Mahometans defeat Christians) ^^^
Hatfield (Heathfleld ; Penda defeats Edwin) • ..... M*
Ajnadin (Saracens defeat Heraclius) o-. a ,^' 634
Yermuk (Saracens victors) ^-^ Aug. oa*
" (Saracens defeat Heraclius) ^•'Qfi-qg
Saracens subdue Syria rIo.
Kadseah (Arabs defeat Persians) ^^*
5 Aug.
Leeds (Oswy defeats Penda, who is slain) •.•.•• "^^
Day of the Camel (Ali victor) * Nov. bse
Saracens defeated by Wamba in Spain »*»
Testri (Pepin defeats Thierry) • • • • • • • • • • °°'
* Xeres (Saracens defeat Rodenc).. . ........... ... .19-26 July, -^l^
Amblef and Vincy (Charles Martel defeats Neustnans). .^.716-17
Tours (Charles Martel defeats the Saracens) 10 Oct T6Z
Thrasymene (Hannibal defeats Romans)
Raphia (Antiochus defeated by Ptol. Ph.lopator) • .^. . .
* Cann» (victory of Hannibal) 2 Aug. 2ib
Munda (Scipio defeats Hasdrubal).. . ...••-.: • • • • • „fy.
SSrcellus surprised and killed by Carth*g'«'an scouts 209
* Metaurus (Nero defeats Hasdrubal, who is killed) 2Uf
* Zama (Scipio defeats Hannibal) ^oo
Abydos (siege of) .- • • • i oq
Paneas (Antiochus defeats Egyptians, etc. ). i»»
Cynoscephalae (Romans defeat Macedonians) ^»!
Boii defeated at the Vadimonian lake ^^
Thermopylae (Greeks defeated). ^oq
Magnesia (Scipio defeats Antiochus) Vo VunV 168
Pydna (Romans defeat Perseus) - 22 June, lb»
Eleasa (Judas Maccabseus killed) ^^^
Third Punic war • - 147
Leucopetra (Mummius defeats Achaeans)
Carthage taken by Publius Scipio ,,
Mummius takes Corinth -„j
Allobroges defeated by Q. Fabiua Maximus ^^^
Metellus defeats Jugurtha ,q5
Arausio (Cimbri defeat Romans). ••••••••••••••; lO'i
Aqu* Sextiae ( Aix ; Marius defeats the Teutones) 102
* Cimbri and Teutones defeated by Marius ^"^
Chaeronea (Sulla defeats Mithridates's army). °o
Sacriportus (Marius the younger defeated by bulla) o^
Cabeira (Lucullus defeats Mithridates) \^
Petelia (Spartacus defeated by Crassus)
Tigranocerta (Lucullus defeats Tigranes) ^^
Pistoria (Catiline defeated) g^
Caesar defeats Cassi velaunus in Britain. . . . •••.•••• • • ' ; ' ' ' 53
Carrhae (Crassus defeated and killed by Parthians) 9 June, M
Alesia (Caesar defeats Vercingetorix) ••.•••
Pharsalia (Caesar defeats Pompey). . . . . . • • . ... • • . • • •••••,•« ^"g- *^
Zela (Cffisar defeats Pharnaces ; writes " Veni, vidi, vici ) 4^
Thapsus (Caesar defeats Pompeians) ^^ •^— ^^
* Munda " " ' Q7 Anr 43
Mutina (Hirtius defeats Antony). ^< ap . o
Philijypi (Brutus and Cassius defeated) • •
Mylae, n. (Agrippa defeats Pompey the younger) ^ J
* Actium, n (Octavius defeats Antony) 2 bept. j^
* Teutoburg (Varus defeated by Herman) ^
Shropshire (Caractacus taken) g^
Sunbury (Romans defeat Boadicea) - ^^
Jerusalem taken by Titus „g
Agricola conquers Mona, or Anglesea.
Ardoch (Agricola defeats Galgacus and Caledonians) "*
Dacians defeated and Decebalus slain ^^^
Issus (Niger slain) ig,^
Lyons (Severus defeats Albinus). .... .... . • „.„
Verona (emperor Philip defeated and killed) ^^
Decius defeated and slain by Goths
Victories of Charlemagne
Roncesvalles (death of Roland) ' '°
Hengestdown (Danes defeated by Egbert) o^»
Charmouth (Ethel wolf defeated by the Danes) . ••.•••••• 1 ^^^
Fontenaille, or FonUneta (Lothaire defeated by Charles and ^^^
Louis) ' a. A
Clavijo (Moors defeated) „k„
Albaida (Musa and Moors defeated) °;f*
Danes defeat king Edmund of East Anglia s'*^
Assendon, or Ashdown (Danes defeated) °'/
Basing and Merton (Danes victorious)
Hafsfiord (Harold Harfager's final victory) s',-*
Wilton (Danes victorious over Alfred) • . • • •
Andernach (Charles the Bald defeated) 8 Oct. 87b
Ethandun (Alfred defeats Danes) "'^
Farnham (Danes defeated) „-
Zamora (Alfonso defeats Moors). ^
Bury (Edward defeats Ethel wald and Danes) ...••. »"»
Tettenhall (Danes defeated) 6Aug. yiu
Soissons (king Robert, victor, killed). ^f
Merseburg (Germans defeat Hungarians) ^^*
Brunanburg (Northmen defeated) ••••••
Simincas (Spaniards defeat Moors) 6 Aug. yd»
Nicephorus Phocas defeats Saracens. • . • . • • • • ^"^
BasientcUo (Otho IL defeated by Greeks) 13 July, 982
Clontarf (Danes defeated in Ireland) 00 Tn?v ''
Zetunium (Bulgarians defeated) ^^ ^^'y.
Brentford (Edmund defeats Danes) May, luib
Assingdon, Ashdon (Canute defeats Edmund) - • . • • • •
Sticklestadt (Olaf defeated by Swedes) 29 July, lOdU
Civitella (Normans defeat Leo IX.) j"^^
Dunsinane (Macbeth defeated). • • • • • • • j"
Fulford (Norwegians defeat English) 20 Sept. lObb
Stanford Bridge (Harold defeats Tostig) 1 . nnt' "
Hastings (William L defeats Harold) i* "ci.
Fladenheim (emperor Henry defeated) J^°^
Crusades commence. V-i'ssn^ io93
Alnwick (Scots defeated, Malcolm slain) " Nov. lUJd
Dorylfeum (Crusaders defeat Turks) .1 J" y> {^^ '
Ascalon (Crusaders victorious). ••••••••••• ^^ ■*"^- \{Z
Tinchebray (Robert of Normandy defeated) • • • • ^f""
Brenneville (Henry L defeats French) \h^^^^^ im
Fraga ( Moors defeat Spaniards) V ' * V. vi t
Northallerton, or battle of the Standard (Scots under David I.
defeated) • ok Tnw' IISO
Ourique (Portuguese defeat Moors) ovlv! 1 Ul
Lincoln (Stephen defeated) 2 1^ eD. ii4i
Jaen (Moors defeated by Spaniards) ••••••
Carcano (Frederic L defeated by Italians) • « Aug.
1157
1160
Alnwick VwiTliam the Lion defeated) 12 July, JJ^^
Legnano (Italians defeat emperor) • -^^ |W, j|^^
Tiberias (Saladin defeats Crusaders) ^-4 J»'y. ff°i
Ascoli (Tancred defeats the army of Henry VI. of Germany
- - " saders ^« ffl
defeats Saracens) -o »epi.
Acre taken by Crusaders
119C
12 July, 119]
Arsouf (Richard I.
Vaferian defeated and captured by Sapor. Arsoui (Kicnaru 1. ucio«i.= .^""^^— "/ ik T„i„ noj
Naissus (Claudius defeats Goths, many slain) 269 j JJ^ou^.^j^ (Richard I. defeats Philip II.) 15 July, 119^
Chalons (Aurelian victor over rivals) 296 i Arcadiapolis (Bulgarians defeat emperor Isaac) • • • • • • •
Allectus defeated in Britain IZ'Ai: 01 n I ,» lo^^^o ixunnra. ripfpat Snaniards) ^^ -{'"y ' . f„!
Constantine defeats Maxec
Adrianople (Constantine defeats ^. , . g^^
Aquileia (Constantine II. slam) 356-357
Julian defeats Alemanni VVTA: 3(>fi
Thyatira and Nacolea (Procopius defeated) • • • • •
Argentaria (Gratian defeats Alemanni) May , o . o
Britain . .••••••-• 27 Oct 312 I Alarcos (Moors defeat Spaniards) ^^ •''">' \Y^
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(Richard 1. ucica.,0 ^ , ic thIv 121'
Tolosa (Moors defeated). 1^ Juiy izi.
Muret ( Albigenses defeated) 07 fniv 121
Houvines (French defeat Germans) 27 . July 12r
Lincoln (French defeated) 20 Maj , i^i
BAT 85
Corte Nuova (Frederic II. defeats Milanese) 27 Nov. 1237
Taillebourg (Freuch defeat Henry III.) 20 July, 1242
Carizmians defeated twice 1247
Fossalla (Ghibelliues defeated) 26 May, 1249
Mansourah (Louis IX. and Crusaders defeated) 1250
Largs (Scots defeat Northmen) 3 Oct. 1263
Lewes (English barons victorious) 14 May, 1264
Evesham (barons defeated; De Montfort killed) 4 Aug. 1265
Benevento (Charles of Anjou defeats Manfred) 26 Feb. 1266
Tagliacozzo (Charles defeats Conradin) 23 Aug. 1268
Marchfeld (Austrians defeat Bohemians) 26 Aug. 1278
Aber Edw (Llewellyn of Wales defeated) 11 Dec. 1282
Zagrab (defeat of Charles Martel) 1292
Dunbar (Scots defeated) 27 Apr. 1296
Cambuskenneth (Wallace defeats English) 10 Sept. 1297
■Gcelheim (Adolphus of Nassau defeated) 2 July, 1298
Falkirk (Wallace defeated) 22 July, "
Courtray (Flemings defeat count of Artois) 11 July, 1302
Roslin, Scotland (Comyn defeats English) 24 Feb. 1303
€ephisus (Brienne, duke of Athens, defeated). Mch. 1311
Bannockburn (Bruce defeats English) 24 June, 1314
Morgarten (Swiss defeat Austrians) 15 Nov. 1315
Athenry (Irish defeated) 10 Aug. 1316
Foughard, or Dundalk (Edward Bruce defeated) 5 Oct. 1318
Boroughbridge (Edward III. defeats barons) 16 Mch. 1322
Miihldorf (Bavarians defeat Austrians) 28 Sept. "
Duplin (Edward Baliol defeats Mar) 11 Aug. 1332
Halidon hill (Edward III. defeats Scots) 19 July, 1333
Tarifa (Moors defeated) 28 or 30 Oct. 1340
Auberoche (earl of Derby defeats French) 19 Aug. 1344
* Crecy (English defeat French) 26 Aug. 1346
Durham, Nevil's Cross (Scots defeated) 17 Oct. "
La Roche Darien (Charles of Blois defeated) 1347
* Poitiers (English defeat French) 19 Sept. 1356
€ocherel (Du Guesclin defeats Navarre) 16 May, 1364
Auray (Du Guesclin defeated) 29 Sept. "
Najara (Navarrete, Logrofio) (Black Prince defeats Henry of
Trastamare) 3 Apr. 1367
Montiel (Peter of Castile defeated) 14 Mch. 1369
Rosbecque (French defeat Flemings) 27 Nov. 1382
Aljubarrota (Portuguese defeat Spaniards) 14 Aug. 1385
Sempach (Swiss defeat Austrians) 9 July, 1386
Otterburn (Chevy Chase ; Scots victors; 10 Aug. 1388
Niifels (Swiss defeat Austrians) "
Cossova (Turks defeat Albanians, and Amurath I. killed). Sept. 1389
Nicopolis (Turks defeat Christians) 28 Sept. 1396
Nesbit (Scots defeated) 7 May, 1402
Ancyra (Timour defeats Bajazet) 28 July, "
Homeldon hill (English defeat Scots.) 14 Sept. "
Shrewsbury (Percies, etc., defeated) 23 July, 1403
Bramham moor (Henry IV. defeats rebels) 19 Feb. 1408
Tannenberg (Poles defeat Teuton knights) 15 July, 1410
Harlaw (lord of the isles defeated) 24 July, 1411
* Agincourt (English defeat French) 25 Oct. 1415
Prague (Hussites under Ziska victors) 14 July, 1420
Anjou, Beauge (English defeated by Scots) 22 Mch. 1421
Crevant (English defeat French and Scots) 11 June, 1423
Aquila (Aragonese defeated by Italians) 2 June, 1424
Verneuil (English defeat French and Scots) 17 Aug. "
Herrings " " " 12 Feb. 1429
Orleans (siege relieved) 29 Apr. "
Patay (English defeated by Joan of Arc) 18 June, "
Lippau, or BOhmischbrod (Hussites defeated) 28 May, 1434
Kunobitza (Hunniades defeats the Turks) 24 Dec. 1443
St. Jacob (French defeat Swiss) 26 Aug. 1444
Varna (Turks defeat Hungarians) . „ 10 Nov. "
Cossova (Turks defeat Hunniades).!' 17 Oct. 1448
Formigni (English defeated by French) 15 Apr. 1450
Sevenoaks (Jack Cade defeats Stafford) 27 June, "
Aibar (Agramonts defeat Beaumonts) 23 Oct. 1452
Brechin, Scotland (Huntley defeats Crawford) 18 May, "
€astillon, Chatillon (French defeat Talbot) 17 or 23 July, 1453
Belgrade (Mahomet II. repulsed) 4 Sept. 1456
Montlh6ry (Louis XI. and nobles; indecisive) 16 July, 1465
WAR OF THE ROSKS — YORKISTS AND LANCASTRIANS.
St. Albans (Yorkists victorious) 22 or 23 May, 1455
Bloreheath (Yorkists victors) 23 Sept. 1459
Northampton ( " " Henry VI. taken) 10 July, 1460
Wakefield (Lancastrians victors) 31 Dec. "
Mortimer's Cross (Yorkists victorious) 2 Feb. 1461
St. Albans (Lancastrians victorious) 17 Feb. "
Towton (Yorkists victorious) 29 Mch. "
Hexham (Yorkists victors) 15 May, 1464
Edgecote, or Banbury (Yorkists defeated) 26 July, 1469
Stamford (Lancastrians defeated) 13 Mch. 1470
Barnet " " 14 Apr. 1471
Tewkesbury " " 4 May, "
iJranson (Swiss defeat Charles the Bold) 3 Mch. 1476
Morat " " " •' " 22 June, "
Nancy (Charles the Bold killed) 5 Jan. 1477
* Bosworth (Richard III. defeated) 22 Aug. 1485
Stoke (Lambert Simnel taken) 16 June, 1487
St. Aubin (Orleans defeated) 28 July, 1488
Sauchieburn, near Bannockburn (James III. defeated by rebels, "
Fornovo (French defeat Italians) 6 July, 1495
Seminara (French defeat Spaniards) "
Blackheatb (Cornish rebels defeated) 22 June, 1497
Seminara (Gonsalvo defeats French) 21 Apr. 1503
BAT
Cerignola (Gonsalvo defeats French) 28 Apr
Garigliano " " «< * '27 Dec*
Agnadello (French defeat Venetians). ..'..". 14 May
Ravenna (Gaston de Foix, victor, killed) '."'." ii April'
Novara (Papal Swiss defeat French) 6 June'
Guinegate (Spurs) (French defeated) , 16 Aug'
Flodden (English defeat Scots) 9 SenL
Marignano (French defeat Swiss) ia^is Sept
Bicocca, near Milan (Lautrec defeated). . . 29 Aor'
Pavia (Francis I. defeated) 24 Feb
J'ran^enhausen (Anabaptists defeated) '. .'.".' ". " " 15 May'
^^ohaO (Turks defeat Hungarians) 29 Aue
Cappel (Zwinglius slain) jj Qct'
Lauffen (Hessians defeat Austrians) 13 May
Assens (Christian III. defeats Danish rebels) . .'.'.","'.'.' "
Abancay (Almagro defeats Alvarado, South America)'.*.'l2 July
Solway Moss (English defeat Scots) 25 Nov'
Ceresuola (French defeat Imperialists) '14 Apr
Muhlberg (Charles V. defeats Protestants) '24 Apr
Pinkey (English defeat Scots) , 10 Sept
Ket's rebellion suppressed by Warwick Aug
Marciano (Florentines defeat French) '. SAug
St. Quentin (Spanish and English defeat French) .10 Aug.
Calais (taken) 7 jjm^
Gravelines, n. (Spanish and English defeat French).*. ..13 July
Dreux, in France (Huguenots defeated) 19 Dec!
Carberry hill (Mary of Scotland defeated) 15 June
St. Denis " " " 10 Nov.
Langside " " " 13 May,
Jarnac (Huguenots defeated) 13 Mch.
Moncontour (Coligny defeated) 3 Oct.
* Lepanto, n. (Don John defeats Turks) 7 Oct.
Dormans (Guise defeats Huguenots) 10 Oct.
Alcazar-quiver (Moors defeat Portuguese) 4 Aug.
Alcantara (Spaniards defeat Portuguese) ^ 24 June,
Zutphen (Dutch and English defeat Spaniards) 22 Sept.
Coutras (Henry IV. defeats League) 20 Oct.
* Spanish Armada defeated, n July, Aug.
Arques (Henry IV. defeats League) 21 Sept.
* Ivry, or Yvres (Henry IV. defeats League) 14 Mch.
Epernay taken by Henry IV. of France 26 July,
Fontaine Franpaise (Henry IV. beats Spaniards) 5 June,
Blackwater (Tyrone and rebels defeat Bagnal) 14 Aug.
Nieuport (Maurice defeats Austrians)
Kinsale (Tyrone reduced by Mountjoy)
Kirchholm (Poles defeat Swedes)
Gibraltar (Dutch defeat Spaniards)
THIRTY YEARS WAR, 1618-48.
Prague (king of Bohemia defeated) 8 Nov.
Dessau (Wallenstein defeats Mansfeld) 25 Apr.
Rochelle (taken) 28 Oct.
Stuhm (Gustavus defeats Poles)
* Leipsic, or Breitenfeld (Gustavus defeats Tilly) 7 Sept
* Lech (Imperialists defeated ; Tilly killed) 5 Apr.
* Lippstadt, Lutzingen, or Lutzen (Swedes victorious; Gustavus
slain) 16 Nov.
Nordlingen (Swedes defeated) 27 Aug.
Arras (taken by the French) 10 Aug.
Leipsic (Swedes defeat Austrians) 23 Oct
Rocroy (French defeat Spaniards) 19 May,
Friedburg (Cond^ victor) 3-5 Aug.
Nordlingen (Turenne defeats Austrians)
CIVIL W^AR IN ENGLAND.
Worcester (prince Rupert victor) 23 Sept
Edgehill fight (issue doubtful) 23 Oct
Bradock-down (Parliamentarians defeated) Jan.
Bramham moor (Fairfax defeated) 29 Mch.
Stratton (Royalists victorious) 16 May,
Chalgrove (Hampden killed) 1« June,
Atherton moor (Royalists victorious) 30 June,
Lansdown " " ^Iv'J'
Devizes, or Roundway-down (Royalists victorious) 13 July,
Gainsborough (Cromwell victor) 27 July,
Newbury (favorable to Royalists) ^ „P^
Cheriton, or Alresford (favorable to Royalists) 29 Mch.
Cropredy bridge (Charles I. victor) 29 June,
* Marston moor (prince Rupert defeated) 2 July,
Tippermuir (Montrose defeats Covenanters) L « r
Newbury (indecisive) .27 Oct
Naseby (Charles I. totally defeated) -^t t ?®'
Alford (Montrose defeats Covenanters) .2 July,
Kilsyth " " " loAug.
Philiphaugh (Covenanters defeat Montrose) 13 Sept
Benburb (O'Neill defeats English) 5 June,
Dungan hill (Irish defeated) •» Aug.
Preston (Cromwell victor) i< ■*"»•
Rathmines (Irish Royalists defeated) i^S
Drogheda (taken by storm) 07 a nr
Corbiesdale (Montrose defeated) q\^Vit
* Dunbar (Cromwell defeats Scots). » »ePJ-
Worcester (Cromwell defeats Charles II. ) » oeP^-
Galway (surrendered) •;•••••••,•, oi" Vn'r
Daventry (Lambert defeated by Monk) 21 Apr.
1503
1509
1512
1513
1615
1522
1625
1626
1531
1534
1535
1537
1542
1544
1547
1549
1554
1557
1558
1562
1667
1568
1569
1571
1576
1578
1580
1586
1587
1588
1589
1590
1592
1595
1598
1600
1601
1605
1607
1631
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1640
1642
1643
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1642
1643
1644
1646
1647
1648
1649
1650
1651
1652
1660
Arras, France (Turenne defeats Cond6) ;;'.'.'.u'J»me* 1658
Semoz (Don John defeated by Schomberg) 8 June, 16g
St Gotthard (Montecuculi defeats Turks) l ^ug. 100*
BAT
villa Viciosa (Portuguese defeat Spaniards) 1666
Pentlond hills (Covenanters defeated) 28 Nov. 1666
Candia (taken by Turks) 6 Sept. 1669
Choczini (Sobieski defeats Turks) 11 Nov. 1673
SenefTe (French and Dutch; indecisive) 11 Aug. 1674
Ensisheim (Turenno defeats Imperialists) 4 Oct. "
Miilhuusen " '• " 31 Doc. "
Turckhetm " " " 5 Jan. 1675
Salzbach (Turenne killed) 27 July, "
Drumdog (Covenanters defeat Claverhouse) 1 June, 1679
Bothwell Brigg (Monmouth defeats Covenanters) 22 June, "
Vienna (Turks defeated by Sobieski) 12 Sept. 1683
Sedgemoor (Monmouth defeated) ;. .6 July, 1685
MohAc^ (Turks defeated) 12 Aug. 1687
Killiecrankio (Highlanders defeat Mackay) 27 July, 1689
Newtown butler (Jacobites defeated) 30 July, "
* Boyne (William III. defeats James II. ) 1 July, 1690
Fleiirus (Charleroi, Luxembourg victor) " "
Athlone taken by Ginckel 30 June, 1691
Aghrim (.fames II. 's cause ruined) 12 July, "
Salenckemen (Louis of Baden defeats Turks) 19 Aug. "
Enghien or Steenkirk (William III. defeated) 24 July, 1692
Landen (William III. defeated) 19 July, 1693
Marsaglia (Pignerol) (French victors) 4 Oct. "
Zenta (prince Eugdne defeats Turks) 11 Sept. 1697
Narva (Charles XII. defeats Russians) 30 Nov. 1700
Carpi, .Modena (allies defeat French) 9 July, 1701
Chiari (Austrians defeat French) 1 Sept. "
Clissau (Charles XII. defeats Poles) 20 July, 1702
Santa Vittoria (Frencli victors) 26 July, "
Friedlingeu (French defeat Germans) 14 Oct. "
Pultusk (Swedes defeat Poles) 1 May, 1703
WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION, 1702-13.
Hochstadt (French defeat Austrians) 20 Sept. "
Donauwerth (Marlborough victor) 2 July, 1704
Gibraltar (taken by Rooke) 24 July, "
* Blenheim or Hochstadt (Marlborough victor) 13 Aug. "
Tirlemont (Marlborough successful) 18 July, 1705
Cassano (prince Eugene; indecisive) 16 Aug. "
Mittau (taken by Russians) 14 Sept. "
* Ramillies (Marlborough defeats French) 23 May, 1706
Turin (French defeated by Eugene) 7 Sept. "
Kalitsch (Russians defeat Swedes) 19 Nov. '*
Almanza (French defeat allies) 25 Apr. 1707
Gudenarde (Marlborough victor) 11 July, 1708
Liesna, Lenzo (Russians defeat Swedes) .autumn, "
Lisle (taken by the allies) Dec. "
* Pultowa (Peter defeats Charles XII.) 8 July, 1709
* Malplaquet (Marlborough victor) 11 Sept. "
Dobro (Russians defeat Swedes) 20 Sept. "
Almenara (Austrians defeat French) 28 July, 1710
Saragossa " " " 20 Aug. "
Villa Viciosa (Austrians defeated) 10 Dec. "
Arleux (Marlborough forces French lines) 5 Aug. 1711
Bouchain (taken by Marlborough) 13 Sept. "
Denain (Villars defeats allies) 24 July, 1712
Friburg (taken by French) 7 Nov. 1713
Preston (Scotch rebels defeated) 12, 13 Nov. 1715
Dumblane or Sheriff-Muir (indecisive) 13 Nov. "
* Peterwardein (Eugfene defeats Turks) 5 Aug. 1716
Belgrade " " " 16 Aug. 1717
Bitonto (Spaniards defeat Germans) 27 May, 1734
Parma (Austrians and French ; indecisive) 29 June, "
Guastalla (Austrians defeated) 19 Sept. "
Erivan (Nadir Shah defeats Turks) June, 1735
Krotzka (Turks defeat Austrians) 22 July, 1739
WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION, 1741-48.
Molwitz (Prussians defeat Austrians) 10 Apr. 1741
Dettingen (George II. defeats French) 16 June, 1743
* Fontenoy (Saxe defeats Cumberland) 30 Apr. 1745
Hohenfreiburg (Prussians defeat Austrians) 4 June, "
St. Lazaro (Sardinians defeat French) 4 June, 1746
Placentia (Austrians defeat French) 16 June, "
Raucoux (Saxe defeats allies) 11 Oct. "
Lafleldt (Saxe defeats Cumberland) 2 July, 1747
Exilles (Sardinians defeat French) 19 July, "
Bergen-op-Zoom (taken) 15 Sept. "
scots' REBELLION.
Preston Pans (rebels defeat Cope) 21 Sept. 1745
Clifton Moor (rebels defeated) 18 Dec. "
Falkirk (rebels defeat Hawley) 17 Jan. 1746
Culloden (Cumberland defeats rebels) 16 Apr. "
INDIA.
Calcutta (taken by Surajah Dowlah) 20 June, 1756
Plassey (dive's victory) 23 June, 1757
Wandewash (Coote defeats Lally) 22 .Jan. 1760
Buxar (Munro defeats army of Oude) 23 Oct. 1764
SEVEN years' WAR, 1756-63.
Prague (Frederick defeats allies) 6 May, 1757
KoUin (Frederick defeated) 18 June, "
Norkitten (Russians defeated) 13 Aug. "
♦Rosbach (Frederick defeats French) 5 Nov. "
Breslau (Austrians victors) 22 Nov. "
Lissa (Frederick defeats Austrians) 5 Dec. "
Creveldt (Ferdinand defeats French) 23 June, 1758
1758
1759
1760
1761
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1764
1745
1754
1755
1757
1758-
1759-
' BAT
Zomdorff (Frodorick defeats Russians) 25, 26 Aug.
Hochkirchen (Austrians defeat Prussians) 14 Oct.
Bergen iFreuch defeat allies) 13 Apr.
Zullichau (Russians defeat Prussians) 23 July,
Minden (Ferdinand defeats French) 1 Aug.
Cunncrsdorf (Russians defeat Prussians) 12 Aug.
I^ndshut, Silesia (Prussians defeated) 23 June,
Warburg (Ferdinand defeats French) 31 July,
Pfadendorf (Frederick defeats Austrians) 15 Aug.
Kloster Campen (English and Germans with French; indeci-
sive) 15, 16 Oct.
*Torgau (Frederick defeats Austrians) 3 Nov.
Kirchdenkern (allies defeat French) 15 July,
Schweidnitz (Frederick II. defeats Austrians) 16 May,
Johannisberg (French defeat Prussians) 30 Aug.
Freiberg (Prussians defeat Austrians) 29 Oct.
RUSSO-TURKISH WAR.
Choczim (Russians defeat Turks) 30 Apr. and 13 July, 17()9
Galatz (Russians defeat Turks) Nov. "
Bender (taken by Russians) 28 Sept. 1770
Brailow (Russians defeat Turks) 19 June, 1773
Silistria (taken by Russians) 1774
FRENCH AND ENGLISH COLONIAL WAR IN AMERICA.
Louisburg (taken from the French by the colonists). . .17 June,
Pittsburg, Pa. (then a fort, surrendered to the French).. 17 Apr.
Great Meadows (Washington defeats French ; Jumonville killed),
28 May,
Fort Necessity (Washington surrenders to the French). .3 July,
Braddock's Defeat (French and Indians defeat English). .9 July,
Lake George, N. Y. (first engagement; French defeat English),
8 Sept.
" " " (second engagement; English defeat French),
8 Sept.
Oswego (English surrender to Montcalm) 11 Aug.
Kittanning, Pa. (English defeat Indians) 8 Sept.
Fort William Henry, N. Y. (English surrender to Montcalm),
6 July,
Fort Ticonderoga (French repulse English) 6 July,
Louisburg (French surrender to English) 26 July,
Fort Frontenac (French surrender to English) 27 Aug.
" Duquesne " evacuate 25 Nov.
" Niagara " surrender to English 24 July,
" Ticonderoga " evacuate 26 July,
Montmorenci (Montcalm defeats English) 31 July,
Quebec (Wolf defeats Montcalm) 13 Sept.
AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1775-82.
Lexington (the first conflict of the war) 19 Apr.
Concord (British retreat to Boston) "
Ticonderoga (captured by Ethan Allen) 10 May,
*Bunker Hill (Americans retire for want of ammunition),
17 June,
Montreal (taken by Montgomery) 13 Nov.
Quebec (Montgomery killed) 31 Dec.
Norfolk, Va. (burned by British) 1 Jan.
Moore's Creek Bridge (Tories beaten) 27 Feb.
Boston (evacuated by British) 17 Mch.
Fort Sullivan, Charleston, S. C. (British repulsed) 28 June,
Brooklyn, Long Island (Americans beaten) 27 Aug.
Harlem Heights (Americans victorious) 16 Sept.
White Plains (Americans retreat) 28 Oct.
Fort Washington (captured by the British) 16 Nov.
*Trenton (Americans victorious) 26 Dec.
Princeton (Americans victorious) 3 Jan.
Hubbard ton, Vt. (Americans beaten) 7 July,
Oriskany, N. Y. (Americans defeat Tories and Indians). .6 Aug.
*Bennington, Vt. (Americans victorious) 16 Aug.
Brandywine, Pa. (Americans retreat) 11 Sept.
First battle of Bemis''s Heights (Americans successful).. 19 Sept.
Paoli (massacre of Americans) 20 Sept.
Philadelphia (occupied by British) 25 Sept.
German town (Americans retreat) 4 Oct.
Forts Clinton and Montgomery (taken by British) 6 Oct.
Second battle of Demises Heights (Americans victorious). .7 Oct.
Saratoga (Burgoyne's surrender) 17 Oct.
Fort Mercer (British repulsed) 22 Oct.
" Mifflin (Americans evacuate; gallant defence) 16 Nov.
Monmouth (British retire at night) 28 June,
Schoharie (Indian massacre) 2 July,
Wyoming " " 3, 4 July,
Quaker Hill, R. I. (gen. Sullivan repulses attack of gen. Pigot),
29 Aug.
Savannah (taken by British) 29 Dec.
Kettle Creek, Ga. (Tories defeated) 14 Feb.
Brier " " (Americans defeated) 3 Mch.
Stono Ferry, S. C. (Americans repulsed) 20 June,
Stony Point (Americans victorious; brilliant exploit). .16 July,
Paulus's Hook (Americans successful) 19 Aug.
Bonhomme Richard and Serapis, n. (Americans victorious),
23 Sept.
Savannah (Americans repulsed) 9 Oct.
Charleston (surrender to British) 12 May,
Washaw (massacre of Buford's men) 29 May,
Springfield, N. J. (British repulsed) 23 June,
Rocky Mount, S. C. (Americans repulsed) 30 June,
Hanging Rock, S. C. (loyalists dispersed) 7 Aug.
Sanders's Creek, near Camden, S. C. (Americans defeated), 16 Aug.
King's Mountain (loyalists defeated) 7 Oct.
Fish Dam Ford, Broad river (Americans victorious) 12 Nov.
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Blackstocks (Americans victorious) 20 Nov.
Cowpens (British defeated) 17 Jan.
Cowan's Ford, S. C. (Americans repulsed) 1 Feb.
Haw (total defeat of the loyalists) 25 Feb.
Guilford Court-house (Americans retreat) 15 Mch.
Hobkirk's Hill, S. C. (Americans retire) 25 Apr.
Ninety-six (besieged by Americans) May and June,
Augusta " " " " " "
Jamestown, Va. (Americans retreat) 9 July,
New London (taken by Benedict Arnold) 5 Sept.
Fort Griswold (captured by the British) "
Eutaw Springs (undecided) 8 Sept.
*Yorktown (Cornwallis surrendered) 19 Oct.
Blue Licks (Indians victorious) 19 Aug.
[Other but inferior actions took place, with varying success
to both parties. ]
MISCELLANEOUS.
Arcot (Hyder defeats British) 31 Oct.
Porto Novo (Coote defeats Hyder) 1 July,
Rodney's victory over De Grasse, n 12 Apr.
Arnee (Coote defeats Hyder) 2 June,
Attack on Gibraltar fails 13 Sept.
Bedmore (taken by Tippoo Sahib) 30 Apr.
Martinesti ( Austrians defeat Turks) 22 Sept.
Ismail (taken by storm by Suwarrow) 22 Dec.
Bangalore (taken by storm) 21 Mch.
Arikera (Tippoo defeated) 15 May,
Seringapatam (Tippoo defeated) 6 Feb.
FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS.
Qui^vrain (French repulsed) 28 Apr.
Valmy (French defeat Prussians) 20 Sept.
Jemappes (French victorious) 6 Nov.
Neerwinden (French beaten by Austrians) 18 Mch.
St. Amand (French defeated by English) 8 May,
Valenciennes " " " " 23 May, 26 July,
Lincelles (Lake defeats French) 18 Aug.
Dunkirk (duke of York defeated) 7, 8 Sept.
Quesnoy (reduced by Austrians) 11 Sept.
Pirmasens (Prussians defeat French) 14 Sept.
Wattignies (French defeat Coburg) 14, 15, 16 Oct.
Toulon (retaken by British) 19 Dec.
Cambray (French defeated) 24 Apr.
Troisville, Landrecy (taken by allies) 30 Apr.
Tourcoing (Moreau defeats allies) 18-22 May,
Espierres (taken by allies) 22 May,
Howe's naval victory 1 June,
Charleroi or Fleurus (French defeat allies) 26 June,
Misdon (Vendeans defeated) 28 July,
Bois-le-Duc (duke of York defeated) 14 Sept.
Boxtel " " " 17 Sept.
Maciejowice (Poles defeated) 10 Oct.
Nimeguen (French victorious), 28 Oct. ; (defeated) 4 May,
Praga (Warsaw taken by Suwarrow) 4 Nov.
Bridport's victory off I'Orient, n .22 June,
Quiberon (emigrants defeated) 21 July,
Mannheim (taken by Pichegru) 20 Sept.
Loano (French defeat Austrians) 23, 24 Nov.
Montenotte (Bonaparte victorious) 12 Apr.
Mondovi " " 22 Apr.
Lodi " " 10 May,
Altenkirchen (Austrians defeated) v4 June,
Radstadt (Moreau defeats Austrians) 5 July,
Altenkirchen (Austrians victors) 16 Sept.
Roveredo (French defeat Austrians) 4 Sept.
Bassano " " " 8 Sept.
Biberach " " " 2 Oct.
Lonato and Castiglione (French defeat Austrians) 3-5 Aug.
Neresheim (Moreau defeats archduke Charles) 10 Aug.
Areola (Bonaparte victorious) 14-17 Nov.
Castelnuovo (Bonaparte victorious) , .21 Nov.
Rivoli " " 14, 15 Jan.
Cape St. Vincent, n. (Spaniards defeated) 14 Feb.
Tagliamento (Bonaparte defeats Austrians) 16 Mch.
Santa-Cruz, Canary islands, n. ; Nelson's unsuccessful attack;
loses his right arm 25-26 July,
Camperdown, n. (Duncan defeats Dutch) 11 Oct.
IRISH REBELLION.
Begins May,
Kilcullen (rebels successful) 23 May,
Naas (rebels defeated) .24 May,
Tara (rebels defeated) 26 May,
Oulart (rebels successful) 27 May,
Gorey or New Ross (rebels defeated) 4 June,
Antrim (rebels defeated) 7 June,
Arklow (rebels beaten) 10 June,
Ballynahinch (Nugent defeats rebels) 13 June,
Vinegar Hill (Lake defeats rebels) 21 June,
Castlebar (French auxiliaries defeated) 27 Aug.
Ballinamuck (French and rebels defeated) 8 Sept.
NAPOLEONIC WARS.
Pyramids (Bonaparte defeats Mamelukes) 13, 21 July,
Nile, n. (Nelson defeats French fleet) 1 Aug.
El Arisch (French defeat Turks) 18 Feb.
Jaffa (stormed by Bonaparte) 7-10 Mch.
Stokach (Austrians defeat French) 25 Mch.
Verona " " " 28-30 Mch.
Magnano (Kray defeats French) 5 Apr.
Mount Thabor (Bonaparte defeats Turks) 16 Apr.
87
1781
1781
1780
1781
1782
1783
1789
1790
1791
1792
1792
1793
1795
1796
1797
1798
1799
BAT
Ca^sano (Suwarrow defeats Moreau) o? Aor I7«l.'
Adda (Suwarrow defeats French) '^ .. P'' ".r
Seringapatam (Tippoo killed) 4 vf„„ u
Zurich (h rench defeated) 5 JunA «»
Trebia (Suwarrow defeats French). '. '. ". '. '. '. ". ', '. ", '. ', *. ', ". ' iylio jlal •«
Alessandria (taken from French). . . . o. j"?f' .,
Aboukir (Turks defeated by Bonaparte). . .' .' .' .' .* .' .* .' .' .' .' .' '5s July "
Novi (Suwarrow defeats French) .V. . fn A«a u
/uyper Sluys (French defeated) 9 ^"t «
Bergen and Alkmaer (allies defeated). .'/.'.'.".'.'.w's^Dr M^ ••
Zurich (Massena defeats Russians). . ..... ^ 258«nL •«
Heliopolis(Kleber defeats Turks). MMch iflM
Engen (Moreau defeats Austrians) .... 1, m,v "
Moeskirch " » '« « S.t' u
Biberach " " » ;; J "'J' ..*
Montebello (Austrians defeated) *9 June •♦
*Marengo (Bonaparte defeats Austrians). .' .' .'.".'.'.'.'.'"" 14 J une' "
Hochstadt (Moreau defeats Austrians). , . 'lo jnn«' •«
Hohenlinden " " " _ » Dec* ••
Mincio (French defeat Austrians) '.'" '^vi iw •«
Aboukir (French defeated) g m-h imi
Alexandria ( Abercrombie's victory). ,.*.', ', '.'.'.'."."*. 21 Mch. •«
Copenhagen (bombarded bv Nelson) 2 Apr ••
Ahmednuggur (Wellesley [Wellington] victoriouBV.!!*.!!i2 Aug. 18(»
Assaye (Wellesley's [Wellington] first great victory). . .23 Sept '•
Argaum (Wellesley [Wellington] victor) . . 29 Nov "
Furruckabad (Lake defeats Holkar) 17 Nov' 1804
Bhurtpore (taken by I^ke) '. .', 2 Apr 180(^
Elchingen (Ney defeats Austrians) 14 Oct «•
Ulm surrenders (Ney defeats Austrians) 17-20 Oct «'
♦Trafalgar, n. (Nelson destroys French fleet; killed) 21 Oct "
*Austerlitz (Napoleon defeats Austrians and Russians). .2 Dec. "
Buenos Ayres (taken by Popham) 27 June, 18M
Maida (Stuart defeats French) 4 July, •«
Saalfeld (French defeat Prussians) .* 10 Oct "
Auerstadt " " '« 14 Oct ••
Jena " «' " .'..| «» ««
Halle stormed by French .'..'.'...'. .....n Oct ♦•
Pultusk (French and allies; indecisive) 26 Dec. "
Mohrungen (French defeat Russians and Pmssians). . . . 25 Jan. 1807
Montevideo (taken) 3 Feb. '*
Eylau (indecisive) 7, 8 Feb. ••
Ostrolenka (French defeat Prussians) 16 Feb. ••
Friedland (French defeat Russians) 14 June, '*
Buenos Ayres ( Whitelock defeated) 6 July, •*
Copenhagen (bombarded by Cathcart) 2-6 Sept '•
Medina de Rio Seco (French defeat Spaniards) 15 July, 1808
Baylen (Spaniards defeat French) 20 July, "
Vimiera (Wellesley [Wellington] defeats Junot) 21 Aug. "
Tudela or Ebro (French defeat Spaniards) 23 Nov. "
Corunna (Moore defeats French) 16 Jan. 190^
Abenberg (Austrians defeated) 20 Apr. "
Landshut " " 21 Apr. ••
Eckmtihl (Davoust defeats Austrians) 22 Apr. "
Ebersberg (French defeat Austrians) ^ May, "
Oporto (taken) 29 Mch., 12 May, «*
Aspern (Napoleon defeated) 21, 22 May, •'
Essling " " " "
*Wagram (Austrians defeated) 5, 6 July, "
Talavera (Wellesley [Wellington] defeats Victor) 27, 28 July. «'
Silistria (Turks defeat Russians) 26 Sept "
Ocana (Mortier defeats Spaniards) 19 Nov. "
Busaco (Wellington repulses Massena) 27 Sept 1810
Barrosa (Graham defeats Victor) 6 Mch. 1811
Badajoz (taken by the French) 11 Mch. "
Fuentes de Onoro (Wellington defeats Massena) 3, 6 May, "
Albuera (Beresford defeats Soult) 16 May, "
Ximena (Spaniards defeat French) 10 Sept "
Merida (Hill defeats French) 28 Oct "
Albufera (Suchet defeats Spaniards) 4 Jao- 1812
Ciudad Rodrigo (stormed by English) 19 Jan. •'
Badajoz (taken by Wellington) 6 Apr. '
Llerena (Cotton defeats Soult) 11 Apr.
Salamanca (Wellington defeats Marmont) 21 July, "
Mohilow (French defeat Russians) 2:? July, '
Polotzk (French and Russians) 30, 31 July, •
Krasnoi, Smolensko (French defeat Russians) 15, 19 Aug.
Moskwa (French defeat Russians) 7 Sept |^
♦Borodino " " " • ' ,^
Moscow (burned by Russians) :«^L^. .»
Polotzk (retaken by Russians) *®' ?S ^V «
Malo-Jaroslawatz (French victors) :,i^ «.
Witepsk (French defeated) i^,flv°3"
Krasnoi " "
Beresina
.16-18 Nov.
.25-29 Nov.
Kalitsch (Saxons defeated) ^l^
MOckern (Eugene defeats Russians) .8 Apr.
Castalla (.1. M urray defeats Suchet) 13 A pj.
Lutzen (Napoleon checks allies . ••••••••. if (i^l'
Bautzen (Napoleon and allies; mdeclsive) ^^ .20 M«.v,
Ho"chki?chen (French defeat Austrians and Ru^i^).'.M M^i
Vittoria (Wellington defeats king Joseph) ^ j -.-f „ aS
Pyrenees (Wellington defeats Soult) 28 Julyj2 Aug.
Katzbach (BlQcher defeats Ney) •• • « *»«•
Dresden (Napoleon checks allies). "^ si am
St. Sebastian (stormed by Graham) « *°8-
Dennewitz (Ney defeated) ^^^
MOckern (French defeated) • :• _ ^.
♦Leipsic (Napoleon defeated) l*"" ^*'
lais
BAT
1814
lAapoMOB TOiiin Bmwmrmat) SO Oct 1813
«.J«n^l*-Lu(W«lllii«lM defeats Soali). lOKor. >•
Fi— ifi nf ifcf Stit% f Dec ; sererml eBgacemeiiU bet wen the
•UiMMMlFrwek 10 to IS Dec
Si. INxier, Frmace (Praadi rictora) 26 Jan
BrieBM (aUiw defSHOedjL 29 Jan.
iM Rotni^r* (KapokKW defMOs alliee) 1 Feb.
Bar mr AQbe (alliM Tkton) 7 Feb.
Miaeio (priaoa Eaftae defeatt Aortrians) 8 Feb.
•Champ Aabert (French deftat allies) 10-12 Feh
M«ntmima 11 Feb.
TasRhamp .. u Febi
17 Feb.
ISFebi
Oithsa (WeUlngton defeaU Soalt) 27 Feb.
1 (FreQch victors) 7 llch.
(Graham defeated; 8 Mch.
ijMm (French defeated) 9-10 Mch.
l-2S«pt. ]
.5 -Sept.
1") S«pt.
ITSept.
I (Napoleon defeats St. Priest) 13 Mch.
(Wcili^ton defeats Soolt). 20 Mch.
Fire Ckaamnoiae (French defeated) .
A Disier (lyenA Tlelon)
25Mch. "
28 Mch. '•
FteiB, Montmartre. RomainriUe ( Fraoch victors) 30 Mch. ''
Bsttle of the Barriers, 90 Mch. (Marmont evacuates Paris, and
thaaUiMi enter it) 31 Mch. "
Tsnlonae (WeQington defeats Soult) 10 Apr. '■
'Tolentino (Marat defeated) 3 May, 1815
Ugnr (Bllcher repulsed). 16 June, '•
■4)aatre Brss (Key repolsed) " "•
•Waterloo (Xiqwleon ftnaUy beaten) 18 June, *'.
WAR or 1812 BETWEKS THK USTTKn STATES ASD GBKAT
BRITAIN.
19 June, 1812
(captured by the British). 17 July, ••
(Americans retreat) 5 Aug. "
Bga (British retreat) 9 Aug. "
: and Alert, n. (U. & Essex captures Alert). 13 Aug. "
•Chicifo (Indian masBacre). 15 Aug^ "
Detroit (surrendered). 16 Aug. "
'Oanatitntion and Goecrlire, n. (Guerri^re destroyed) ... 19 Aug. ''
Fort Harrison (defence of by capt Zachary Taylor) . .4, 5 Sept ''
Fort Madison (defence of) 5, 6, 7, and 8 Sept "
Daris's Creek 11 Sept "
<Oaeenstoini Heights (Americans finaUy defeated) 13 Oct "
Pfmaitain's Town 18 Oct "
Wasp captures Frolic, n »• "
St Regis (captured by Americans) 22 Oct "
United States captures Macedonian, n. 25 Oct "
Fort Niagara (bombarded by British) 21 Nov. "
21, 22 Nov. "
Nov.
captures Java. M. 29 Dec. "
Frem^town (taken by Americans) 18 Jan. 1813
River Raisin (.\mericans defeated) 22 Jan. "
Elizabethtovm (.Americans capture) 7 Feb. "
■Ogdensburg (British capture) 22 Feb. "
Hornet captares Peacock, a. 24 Febt "
Torfc, Toronto (captured; death of gen. Pike). 27 Apr. "
Fort Meigs (besieged by British and Indians). May, «
Tort George (captured bv Americans). 27 May, "
^Sadcett's Harbor (Americans repulse attack). 29 May, "
Chesapeake surrenders to Shannon, a. i June^ *'
:Slon7 Cre^ Burlington Heights (gen. Winder captured),6 June, "
"Ifainpton (defence of) 13 June, "
-i^anqrUand (British repulsed) 22 June, "
*• ** — IS (Americans surrender) 24 June, "
(skirmish near) 8 July "
(defence of) 11 July' "
Fort (Seorge (defence of outworks) 17 Jniy| «
Fort Stephenson (a^ Crogfaan's gallant defence of) 2 Au& "
:Stonington (bombarded ; British repulsed) 9, 10, 11 Aug. "
Fort George (defence of outwoite) 24 Aug. "
Enterprise captares Boxer, n. (both commanders killed), 4 Sept "
Bsttle of lake Erie. n. (Ferry captures British fleet) . .10 Sept "
diathsm (skirmish) 4 Oct "
"nanMS (Harrisim defeats Proctor ; Tecomseh kiUed) .! . ! 5 Oct ' '
Fort George (skirmishes near) 6 Ojt «'
FrendiCreA(Briti^ repulsed) 1, 2 Nov "
■guyriw^s Held (Americans and British both retire) ... 11 Nov. "
1*«*»»« bnmed by Americans 10 Dec. "
^rt Nagsra (surrendered to British) 19 Dea "
»i^ Bo«* (Americans retreat from) 30 Dec «
Boftlo homed u u
-Omp Defiance (Indian attack on repulsed) .V.V.'.V.V.V. 27 Jan. 1814
Saan, •.^nrenders to tiie Phort>e and Cherub). 28 Mch. "
La OoOe Mills (Anericans repulsed) SOMch. "
Fort Oswego (British capture) 4. 5 Mav «
aandy Creek (British snrrender). "... 30MaV' "
]rort&ie(AnMricans capture) 3Julr' "
•Chippewa (Americans victorious) 5 July "
Niagara Fans (Londy's Lane; indecisive) ! 25Julv "
Black Rock (British repulsed) saue.' "
Fort Madtinac (Americans repulsed) *4Au« "
Fort Erie (bombarded by British). '.islisAut «
T«t Erie (Amoicansrepalse assault) 15 Aug. "
Bladensfanis (Americans defeated). 24Aait "
W^ashington (Capitol burned bv British) '- «
Moors Fields, Md. (British repulsed; sir Peter Paiier killed),
30 Aug. "
Plattrfwrg and Lake CniampUin (British defeated) U Se^ "
* BAT
North Point, Bahimon (Americans retire
Fort McHenry (defenoo of; British retire
Fort Bowywr (British repnlBedi
Fort Erie (soccessftd sortie h7 Americaivaj
Lyon's Creek (skirmish at) 19 Oct
Pensaoola (Jackson seises U from the Sponianis) 7 Nov.
TUlerTs Plantation, New Orleans (JackHm eunpB the i^ipnaeh
of the British). 28 Dea
Chalmette's Plantatimi, New Orleans (British repulsed), 28 Dec
Rodrigues*8Cnnal, New Orleans (Britidi artillery bentoi),! Jan. 1
•New Orleans (British defeated) .8 Jan
Fort St PhUip (soccessfU defence oO 9-18 Jan
Point Petre, Ga. (sorrenders to British) 13 Jan
Constitution captures Cyane and Levant, «. 20 Feb.
[For fuller account see separate articles and naval bnttle&]
THE CEEEK. IXDIAST WAS.
Burnt Com Creek, AU. (whites defeated). 27 July, 1
Fort Mimms (captured by Indians; massacre) 30 Aug.
i Tsllasahatchie (Indians defeated by gen. Coffee) 3 Nov.
TS»Uad^;a " " " gen. Jackson) 9 Nov.
HiUabee Town (massacre of Indians by gOL White) 18 Nov.
j Auttose Towns (Indians defeated by gen. Floyd) 29 Nov.
I EcoiK>chaco, or ''Holy Ground" (Indians defeated by gen.
I CUibome) 23 Dec
I Emucfeu (Jackstm repulses Indians) 22 Jan. 1
, Enotochopco Cre^ (Jadcaon again repulses Indians) . .24 Jan.
Calebee Creek (Indian attain repulsed by gen. Floyd). .27 Jan.
Horse-shoe Bend ( Jacksm signally defeats the Indians), 27 Mcb.
BLACK HAWK WAS— MISSISSIPPI WAB.
Stillman^s Volunteers (defeat, Rock river). 14 May, 1
Pickatolica River 15 June,
Kellogg's Grove (2 skirmishes). 16 June,
1 (Talena. 18 June,
KeUc^s Grove. 24 June,
Blue Mounds 21 July,
Warrior, steamer (attack on) i Aug.
Bad Axe (Indians defeated) 2 Aug.
Black Hawk was.
SKMCIOLE WAB.
Fort King (massncre t^goi. Thompson and others) 28 Dec 1
Wahoo Swamp (near, massacre of maj. Dade and 100 menji
28 Dec
Withlacoochee Ford (U. S. troops with Oscetda and Alligatorl
31 Dec
Dnnlawton {maj. Putnam, with Indians under king PhUip),
18 Jan. II
Withlacoochee Ford (gen. Gaines. 4 skirmishes), 27-29 FAl,
5 Mch.
Oloklikaha 31 Mch.
Cooper's Post (defence of by maj. Coc^mr) Apr.
Thlonotosassa 27 Apr.
Micanopy 9 June,
Welika Pond 9 July,
Ridgeley's Mill 27 July,
Fort Drane 21 Aug.
San Velasco Hammock 18 Sept
Wahoo Swamp 17, 18, 21 Not.
Hatcheeloskie .27 Jan. 11
Camp Monroe (Indian attack repulsed). 8 Feb.
FortMellon " " " 9F^.
Mosquito Inlet (2 camps of Indians captured) 10 Sept
Osceola (seized by order of gen. Jesnp) 21 Oct
Okechobee Lake (Indians, rooted by od. Tnylor). 25 Dec
WaccasBusa River 26 Dec
Jnpito- Credt 15 Jan. IJ
Jupiter Inlet (gen. Jesup wounded) 24 Jan.
NewmansviDe 7 June,
Carkmeahatchee (coL Harney wounded) 23 July, If
Fort King 28 Ape If
Levi's Prairie 19 May, '
Wacahoota 6 Sept
Ever^ades (expediticm into ; coL Hamey OHu'd'g) . . . 3-24 Dec '
Micanopy (lieut Sherwood kOIed) 28 Dec
Fort Brooke (Indians driven ott) 2 Mch. If
Hawe Creek 25 Jan. 18
Pilaklikaha (total drfjeat <rflndians) 19 Apr.
XKXICAX WAB.
Fort Brown (attadc on, relieved by gen. Taylor) 3-5 May, M
Palo Alto {gOL Taylor defeats Mexicans) 8 May, '
Resaca de la Fahna (gen. Taylor defeats Mexicans) 9 May, '
Monterey (snrrmdeis to goo. Taylor) 21-24Sept <
Brazito (04. Doniphan dtfbnts Mexicans) 25 Dec '
San Gabriel, OsL (Mexicans defeated) S.9Jan. IS
Encamacion (gen. MUlon civtnres 70 U. & cavalry) 22 Jan. '
Caiiada (ciri. Price defeats Mexicans) 24Jan. ^
BuenaT]sUCBni.Tkylord^!ats Mexicans) SSFMl *
Pass of Sacramento (coL Donii^ian defeats Mexicans). . . 28 F^ '
Vera Cruz (surrendered to the Americans) 29 Mch. '
Alvarado 2 Apr. *
Cerro Gordo (gen. Scott defeats Santa Anna) 18 Apr. *
Toqan " «
Oontareias (Soott d^ats Mexicans) 20 Aug. *
El MoUno del Rey (Mexicans defeated) 8 Sept
Oiapoltepec '• " 12-14 Sept
City of Mexico (surrenders to gen. Scott) 14 Sept
Pu^la (coL Oiikis successfully resists gen. Bea), 18 Sept-12 Oct
BAT
Huamantla (gen. Lane defeats Santa Anna) 9 Oct 1847
Atlixco (gen. Lane defeats gcu. Rea) 18 Oct ♦•
MISCELLANEOUS.
Algiers (bombarded by Exmouth) 27 Aug. 1816
Chacabuco (Chilians defeat Spaniards) 12 Feb. "
Kirkee (Hastings defeats I'indarrees) 5 Nov. 1817
Mehadpore (Hislop defeats Holkar) 21 Dec. "
Valtezza (Turks defeated) 27 May, 1821
Dragaschau (Ipsilanti defeated) 19 June, "
Tripolitza (stormed by Greeks) 5 Oct "
Thermopylie (Greeks defeat Turks) 13 July, 1822
Corinth (taken) 16 Sept "
Accra (.-Vshautees defeat sir C. Macarthy) 21 Jan. 1824
■ Ayacucho (Peruvians defeat Spaniards) 9 Dec. "
Bhurtpore (taken by Combermere) 18 Jan. 1826
Accra (Ashantees defeated) 7 Aug. "
Athens (taken) 17 May, 1827
Navarino (allies destroy Turkish tleet) 20 Oct "
Brahilow (Russians and Turks) 18 June, 1828
Akhalzikh " '• " ; 24 Aug. "
Varna (surrenders to Russians) 11 Oct. "
Silistria " " '* 30 June, 1829
Kainly (Russians defeat Turks) 1 July, "
Balkan (passed by Russians) 26 July, "
Adrianople (Russians enter) 20 Aug. "
Algiers (captured by French) 5 July, 1830
Paris (days of July) 27-29 July, "
Grochow (Poles defeat Russians) 19, 20 Feb. 1831
Praga '' " '• 25 Feb. "
Wawz (Skrzynecki defeats Russians) 31 Mch. "
Seidlice (Poles defeat Russians) 10 Apr. "
Ostrolenka " '■ " 26 May, "
Wilna (Poles and Russians) 18 June, "
Warsaw (taken by Russians) 7 Sept "
Horns (Egyptians defeat Turks) 8 July, 1832
Beylan (Ibrahim defeats Turks) 29 July, "
Konieh (Egyptians defeat Turks) 21 Dec. "
Antwerp (citadel taken by allies) 23 Dec. "
Hernani (Carlists defeated) 5 May, 1836
St Sebastian " " 1 Oct "
Bilbao (siege raised ; British legion) 24 Dec. "
Hernani (Carlists repulsed) 16 Mch. 1837
Irun (British legion defeats Carlists) 17 May, "
Valentia (Carlists attacked) 15 July, "
Herrera (don Carlos defeats Buereno) 24 Aug. "
Constantina, Algiers (taken by French) 13 Oct "
St. Eustace (Canadian rebels defeated) 14 Dec. "
Pefiacerrada (Carlists defeated) .22 June, 1838
Prescott (Canadian rebels defeated) 17 Nov. "
Aden (taken) 19 Jan. 1839
Ghiznee (taken by Keane) 23 July. "
Sidon (taken by Napier) .27 Sept 1840
Beyrout (allies defeat Egyptians) 10 Oct. "
Afghan war. India.
Acre (stormed by allies) 3 Nov. "
Kotriah, Scinde (English victors) 1 Dec. "
Chuen-pe (English victors) 7 Jan. 1841
Canton (English take Bogue forts) 26 Feb. "
Amoy (taken) 27 Aug. "
Chin-hae, etc. (taken) 10, 13 Oct "
Candahar (Afghans defeated) 10 Mch. 1842
Ningpo (Chinese defeated).. " "
Jellalabad (Khyber pass forced) 5, 6 Apr. "
Chin-keang (taken) 21 July, "
Ghiznee (Afghans defeated by Nott) 6 Sept "
Meeanee (Napier defeats Ameers) 17 Feb. 1843
Maharajpoor (Gough defeats Mahrattas) 29 Dec. '>
Isly (French defeat Abd-el-Kader) 14 Aug. 1844
Moodkee (Hardinge defeats Sikhs) 18 Dec. 1845
Ferozeshah '' " " 21, 22 Dec. "
Aliwal (Smith defeats Sikhs) 28 Jan. 1846
Sobraon (Gough defeats Sikhs) 10 Feb. "
St I'bes (Portugal) 9 May, "
Flensborg (Danes defeat rebels) 9 Apr. 1848
Dannewerke (Prussians defeat Danes) 23 Apr. "
Curtatone (Austrians defeat Italians) 29 May, "
Custozza " " " 23 July, "
Velencze (Croats and Hungarians) 29 Sept "
Mooltan (Sikhs repulsed) 7 Nov. "
Chilianwallah (Gough defeats Sikhs) 13 Jan. 1849
Goojerat " " " 21 Feb. "
Gran (Hungarians victors) 27 Feb. "
Novara (Radetzky defeats Sardinians) 23 Mch. "
Velletri (Roman republicans defeat Neapolitans) 19 May, "
Pered (Russians defeat Hungarians) 21 June, "
Acs (Hungarians repulsed) 2 and 10 July, "
Waitzen (taken by Russians) 17 July, "
Schassberg (Russians defeat Bem) 31 July, "
Teraeswar (Haynau defeats Hungarians) 10 Aug. "
Idstedt (Danes defeat Holsteiuers) 25 July, 1850
Nankin (taken by imperialists) 19 July, 1853
RUSSO-TURKISH WAR.
Oltenitza (Turks repulse Russians) 4 Nov. 1853
Sinope, n. (Turkish fleet destroyed) 30 Nov. "
Citate (Turks defeat Russians) 6 Jan. 1854
Silistria " " » 13-15 June-, "
Giurgevo " " " 7 July, "
Bayazid (Russians d.efeat Turks) 29, 30 July, *'
Kuruk-Derek " " " 5 Aug. "
Alma (English and French defeat Russians) 20 Sept "
BAT
Balaklava (English and French defeat Russians) 25 Oct
Inkermann (Knglish and French defeat Russians) 5 ^'ov
Eupatoria (Turks defeat Russians) 17 Feb
Malakhoff Tower (allies and Russians; indecisive night corn-
hats 22-24 Mav
Capture of the Mamelon. etc .'.'.'.'.'.■.■ ' ' " " 7 June
Unsuccessful attempt on Malakhoff tower and Redaii (allies
and Russians) 18 June
Tchernaya or bridge of Traktir (kilies defeat" Ru^ians). 16 Aug!
Malakhoff t^iken bv the French n «?eDt
Ingour (Turks defeat Russians) q Sov
Baldar (French defeat Russians) ....'..'.*.'.'.".'.". 8 Dec.
PERSIAN WAR.
Bushire (English defeat Persians) 10 Dec
Kooshab " " " 8 Feb'
Mohammerah (English defeat Persians). ..."...'.'.'.".*.' .".".'26 Mch.
INDIAN MUTINY. (IndIA.)
Conflicts before Delhi. . . .30, 31 May; 8 June; 4, 9, 18 23 July
Victories of gen. Havelock near Futtehpore, 11 July ■ Cawn-
pore, etc 12 Juiyiic Aug.
Pandoo Nuddee (victory of Neill) , . .15 Aug
Niy uffghur (death of Nicholson, victor) 25 Aug
Assault and capture of Delhi 14_20 Sept
Victories of col. Greathed 27 Sept • 10 Oct
Conflicts before Lucknow 25, 26 Sept ; 18,' 25 Nov."
Cawnpore (victory of Campbell) 6 Dec
Futtehghur '• " 2 Jan."
Calpi (victory of Inglis) 4 peb.
Alumbagh (victories of Outram) 12 Jan! and 21 Feb.
Conflicts at Lucknow (taken) 14-19 Mch.
Jhansi (Rose victorious) 4 Apr
Kooneh " " 11 May
Gwalior " " .'. . . .17 June,
Bajghur (Mitchell defeats Tantia Topee) 15 Sept
Dhoodea Khera (Clyde defeats Beni Mahdo) 24 Nov.
Gen. Horsford defeats the begum of Oude and Nana Sahib,
10 Feb.
ITALIAN WAR. (ItALY.)
Austrians cross the Ticino 27 Apr.
French troops enter Piedmont May,
Montebello (allies victorious) 20 May^
30, 31 May,
4 June,
8 June,
24 June,
1854
1855.
1866.
1867
1861
1858-
1859^
186»
Palestro
♦Magenta
Malegnano
*Solferino
[Armistice agreed to, 6 July, 1869.]
Taku, at the mouth of the Peiho or Tien-tsin-ho (English at-
tack on the Chinese forts defeated) 25 June, 1859^
Taku forts taken (Chi.va) 21 Aug. 1860-
Chang-kia-wan, 18 Sept ; and Pa-li-chiau (Chinese defeated),
21 Sept "
Castillejo (Spaniards defeat Moors) 1 Jan. I860'
Tetuan " " " 4 Feb. "
Guad-el-Ras " " " 23 Mch. ♦'
Calatiflrai (Garibaldi defeats Neapolitans) 15 May, I860-
Melazzo " " " 20, 21 July, "
Castel Fidardo (Sardinians defeat papal troops) 18 Sept "
Volturno (Garibaldi defeats Neapolitans) 1 Oct "
Isernia (Sardinians defeat Neapolitans) .' IT Oct "
Garigliano (Sardinians defeat Neapolitans) 3 Nov. •'
Sardinians defeat Neapolitan reactionists 22 Jan. 1861
Gaeta taken by the Sardinians. 13 Feb. "
Insurrection in New Zealand; English repulsed, 14, 28 Mch. ;
27 June; 10, 19 Sept ; 9, 12 Oct 1860
Maohetia (Maoris defeated) 6 Nov. "
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
Fort Sumter, S. C. (fired upon by confederates) 12 Apr. 1861
Surrendered (by maj. Robert .Anderson) 13 Apr. "
Big Bethel, Va. (federals repulsed) 10 June, "
Booneville, Mo. (confederates defeated) 17 June, " .
Carthage, Mo. (federals finally retire) 6 July, '*
Rich Mountain, W. Va. (gen. Rosecrans defeats confederates),
11 July, "
*Bull Run, Va. (confederates defeat federals) 21 July, "
Wilson's Creek, Mo. (federals retire; gen. Lyon killed), 10 Aug. "
Hatteras expedition (capture efforts Hatteras and Clark, N. C),
26-30 Aug. "
Carnifex Ferry, Va (confederates retreat) 10 Sept. "
Lexington, Mo. (taken by confederates) 20 Sept "
Santa Rosa Island 9 Oct '«
Ball's Bluff, Va. (federals defeated) 21 Oct "
Port Royal expedition (capture of Hilton Head, S. C. ),
29 Oct. -7 Nov. "
Belmont, Mo. (confederates reinforced, federals retire), 7 Nov. "
Middle Creek, Ky. (Garfield defeats Humphrey Marshall),
10 Jan. 1862
Mill Spring, Ky. (gen. Thomas defeats confederates) 19 Jan. "
Fort Henry, Tenn. (captured by com. Foote) 6 Feb. "
Roanoke Island, N. C. (captured by gen. Burnside) 7, 8 Feb. "
Fort Donelson, Tenn. (surrendered to gen. Grant) 16 Feb. "
Pea Ridge, Ark. (gen. Curtis defeats Van Dorn) 7, 8 Mch. "
Hampton Roads, Va. (Monitor and Merrimac; Merrimac re-
tires) 9 Mcb. "
BAT 90
Newberne, N. C. (captured by Burnside) 14 Mch. 1862
Kernslown or Winchester, Va. (geu. Shields defeats "Stone-
wall " Jackson) 23 Mch. "
Pittsburg Landing or Shiloh, Tonn. (federals defeat confeder-
ates) 6, 7 Apr. "
Island No. 10 (surrenders to Pope) 7 Apr. "
New Orleans (com. Farragut passes forts St. Philip and Jack-
son) 24 Apr. "
New Orleans (occupied by federals) 25 Apr. "
Yorktown, Va. (evacuated by confederates) 4 May, "
Williamsburg, Va. (confederates retire) 6 May, '•
Norfolk, Va. (occupied by federals) 10 May, "
Merriinao (destroyed by confederates) 11 May, "
Winchester, Va. (Stonewall Jackson defeats Banks) 25 May, "
Hanover Court-house, Va. (gen. Fitz-John Porter defeats con-
federates) 27 May, "
Corinth, Tenn. (confederates evacuate) 30 May, "
Seven Pines and Fair Oaks, Va. (confederate attack repulsed),
31 May, 1 June, "
Memphis, Tenn. (surrendered to federals) 6 June, "
Cross Keys, Va. (Stonewall Jackson defeats Fremont). .8 June, "
Port Republic, Va. " " " Shields)... 9 June, "
Mechanicsville, 26 June; Gaines's Mill, 27 Juno; Savage's Sta-
tion, 29 June; Glendale, 30 June; Fnizier's Farm or White
Oak Swamp. 30 June; Malvern Hill, 1 July (seven-days' bat-
tles; federals change base) 26 June-1 July, "
Baton Rouge,I.A.(confederate8repulsedbygen. Williams), 5 Aug. "
Cedar Mountain, Va. (Banks opposes Stonewall Jackson, who
retires) 9 Aug. "
Bristow Station, Va. (Hooker defeats Ewell) 27 Aug. "
Groveton, Va. (unfavorable to federals) 29 Aug. "
Manassas or second Bull Run, Va. (federals defeated). .30 Aug. "
Chantilly, Va. (confederate attack repulsed; federal gens. Kear-
ny and Stevens killed) 1 Sept. "
South Mountain, Md. (Crampton and Turner's Gap; confeder-
ates retire) 14 Sept. "
Harper's Ferry, Va. (surrenders to Stonewall Jackson; 10,000
federal prisoners) 15 Sept "
Antietam, Md. (confederates retreat) 16, 17 Sept. "
Munfordville, Ky. (surrenders to confederates) 17 Sept. "
luka, Miss. (Rosecrans defeats Price) 19 Sept. "
Corinth, Miss. (Rosecrans defeats Van Dorn and Price), 3-5 Oct. "
Perry vi He, Ky. (confederates retire) 8 Oct. "
Prairie Grove, Ark. (gens. Blunt and Herron defeat confeder-
ate Hindman) 7 Dec. "
Fredericksburg, Va. (Lee defeats Burnside) 13 Dec. •'
Holly Springs, Miss, (captured and immense stores destroyed
by V'an Dorn) 20 Dec. "
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. (Sherman fails to take Vicksburg),
27-29 Dec. "
Stone River (Rosecrans defeats Bragg) 31 Dec. 1862-2 .fan. 1863
Arkansas Post, Ark. (captured by McClernand) 11 Jan. "
■Grierson's raid (from Lagrange, Tenn. , to Baton Rouge, La.),
17 Apr. -2 May, "
Streight's raid through northern Alabama (Streight with his
command captured) 7 Apr. -3 May, "
Port Gibson, Miss, (confederates defeated by Grant). . . 1, 2 May, "
Chancellorsville, Va. (Lee defeats Hooker; Stonewall Jackson
mortally wounded) 1-4 May, ' '
Raymond, Miss. (McPherson and Logan defeat confederates),
12 May, "
Jackson, Miss. (McPherson drives the confederates from Jack-
son) 14 May, "
Champion Hill, Miss, (confederates defeated) 16 May, "
Big Black, Miss. " " 17 May, "
Vicksburg, Miss, (invested) 19 May, "
Port Hudson, La. (Banks assaults; repulsed) 27 May, "
Milliken's Bend, La. (confederates repulsed) 7 June, "
Winchester, Va. (Milroy driven out) 15 June, "
Gettysburg, Pa. (Meade defeats hee) 1-3 July, "
Vicksburg, Miss, (surrenders to Grant) 4 July, "
Helena, Ark. (confederate assault repulsed) " "
Port Hudson, lia. (surrendered to Banks) 9 July, "
Fort Wagner, S. C. (confederates repulse assault). ..10, 18 July, "
Morgan's raid— Ky., Ind., and Ohio (Morgan captured),
24June-26 July, "
€hickamauga, Ga. (Bragg defeats Rosecrans) 19, 20 Sept. ' '
Wauhatchie, Tenn. (Hooker repels attack) 29 Oct. "
Campbell Station, Tenn. (Burnside retires before Longstreet),
16 Nov. "
Lookout Mountain, Tenn. (Hooker victorious) 24 Nov. "
Missionary Ridge, Tenn. (Bragg defeated) 25 Nov. "
Knoxville, Tenn. (Longstreet's attack repulsed) 29 Nov. "
Olustee, Fla. (gen. Seymour defeated by confederates). .20 Feb. 1864
Sabine Cross Roads, La. (confederates defeat Banks) 8 Apr. "
Pleasant Hill, La. (Banks repels attack) 9 Apr. "
Fort Pillow, Tenn. (capture and massacre of colored troops),
12 Apr. "
Wilderness, Va. (Grant attacks Lee ; indecisive) 5, 6 May, "
Spottsylvania Court-house, Va. (Grant attacks Lee; indecisive),
7-12 May, "
Petersburg, Va. (Butler's attack fails) 10 May, "
Resaca, Ga. (confederates retreat) 15 May, "
Pumpkin vine Creek, Ga. (Hooker attacks) 25 May, "
Cold Harbor, Va. (gen. Grant's attack repulsed) 1-3 June, "
Petersburg, Va. (W. F. Smith's attack on, repulsed), 16-18 June, "
Kearsarge sinks the confederate Alabama off' Cherbourg,
France 19 June, "
Weldon Railroad, Va. (federals repulsed) 21-24 June, "
Kenesaw, Ga. (gen. Sherman's attack repulsed) 27 June, "
Monocacy, Md. (gen. Lew Wallace defeated) 9 July, ' '
BAT
Peach-tree Creek, Ga. (confederate attack repulsed) — 20 July,
Atlanta, Ga. - " " " (McPherson
killed) 22 July,
V/im'B Church, (Ja. " " " 28 July,
Petersburg, Va. (mine explosion, failure) 30 July,
Jonesborough, Ga. (confederates defeated) 31 Aug., 1 Sept.
Atlanta, (Ja. (occupied by Sherman) 2 Sept.
Winchester, Va. (Sheridan defeats Early) 19 Sept.
Fisher's Hill, Va. " " " 22 Sept.
Allatoona, Ga. (gen. Corse repels attack) 6 Oct.
Cedar Creek, Va. (gen. Sheridan routs Early) 19 Oct.
Hatcher's Run, Va. (Hancock retires) 27 Oct.
•Franklin, Tenn. (Hood attacks SchoHeld; repulsed). . .30 Nov.
Fort McAllister, Ga. (gen. Hazen captures) 14 Dec.
Nashville, Tenn. (gen. Thomas defeats Hood) 15, 16 Dec.
Fort Fisher, N. C. (captured by gen. Terry) 15 Jan.
Hatcher's Run, V^a. (federals successful) 5 Feb.
Averasboro, N. C. (confederates retreat) 15 Mch.
Bentonvillc, " " " 18 Mch.
Five Forks, Va. (Sheridan beats confederates) . .31 Mch., 1 Apr.
Sailors' Creek, Va. (gen. Ewell surrenders) 7 Apr.
Appomattox, Va. (gen. Lee surrenders to Grant) 9 Apr.
Mobile, Ala. (taken by federals) 12 Apr.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrenders to gen. Sherman, 26 Apr.
Jefferson Davis captured near Irwinsville, Ga 11 May,
[For details of the important battles, see separate articles;
also Atlanta Campaign, Bull Run Campaign, Chattanooga
Campaign, Grant's Virginia Campaign, Maryland Cam-
paign, Peninsular Campaign, Pope's Virginia Campaign,
Red River Campaign, Sherman's Great March, and Vicks-
burg Campaign.]
DANISH WAR.
Oeversee (Danes and allies) 6 Feb.
Diippel (taken by the Prussians) 18 Apr.
Alsen " " " 29 June,
Rendsburg " " " 21 July,
SOUTH AMERICAN WAR. (BRAZIL.)
Santayuna (allies defeat Paraguayans; Uruguayana taken),
18 Sept.
Paso de la Patria (indecisive) 25 Feb.
Parana (allies victors) 16 Apr.
Estero Velhaco (allies victors) 2 May,
Tuyuty (allies defeated) 16, 18 July,
Curupaiti " " 17, 19, 22 Sept.
Tuyuty (allies victors) 30 Oct.
Corumba (taken by Brazilians) 13 June,
SEVEN weeks' WAR {Austria and Prussia).
Custozza (Austrians defeat Italians) 24 June,
Lissa, n. " " " 20 July,
[Prussian victories (as inscribed on shield exhibited at Ber-
lin, 30 Sept. 1866). Prussia.]
Liebenau, Turnau, Podoll 26 June,
Nachod, Langensalza, Osweicin, Hiihnerwasser 27 June,
Miinchengratz, Soor, Trautcnau, Skalitz 28 June,
Gitschin, KOniginhof, Jaromier, Schweinschadel 29 June,
*KOniggratz and Sadowa 3 July,
Dermbach, 4 July ; Hiinfeld 5 July,
Waldaschach, Hausen, Hammelburg, Friedericshall, Kissingen,
10 July,
Laufach, 13 July ; Aschaffenburg 14 July,
Tobitschau, 15 July; Blumenau, 22 July; Hof 23 July,
Tauber-Bischofsheim, Werbach, Hochhausen 24 July,
Neubrunn, Helmstadt, Gerchsheim 25 July,
Rossbrunn, Wiirzburg, Baireuth 28 July,
Monte Rotondo (Garibaldians victors) 27 Oct.
Montana (Garibaldi defeated) 3 Nov.
Arogee or Fahla (Abyssinians defeated) 10 Apr.
Magdala stormed 13 Apr.
Russians defeat Bokharians and occupy Samarcand. . .25 May,
Alcolea (Spanish royalists defeated) 27, 28 Sept.
Villeta (Lopez defeated by Brazilians), etc 11 Dec.
Lopez defeated 12, 16, 18, 21 Aug.
Aquidaban (Lopez defeated and killed) 1 Mch.
(Franco-Prussian War.)
Saarbruck, taken by the French, and Prussians repulsed, 2 Aug.
Wissembourg (French defeated) 4 Aug.
worth (French defeated) (i Aug.
Saarbruck or Forbach (French defeated) •'
Courcelles or Pange " " 14 Aug.
Strasburg (French defeated) 16 Aug.
Vionville or Mars-la-Tour (French defeated) "
*Gravelotte or Rdzonville " " 18 Aug.
Beaumont (French defeated) 30 Aug.
Carignan " " 31 Aug.
Metz an (1
Sedan " " V. V. '.V. *.'.'.'.'.".'. ".'.".31 Aug., 1 Sept.
Before Paris (French defeated) 30 Sept.
Thoury (Germans surprised and repulsed) 5 Oct.
St. Remy (French defeated) 6 Oct.
Before Metz " " 7 Oct.
Artenay " " 10 Oct.
Cherizy (Germans repulsed) "
Orleans (French defeated) 11 Oct.
Ecouis (indecisive) 14 Oct.
Chateaudun (French defeated) 18 Oct.
Coulmiers, near Orleans (Germans defeated) 9, 10 Nov.
1864
1865
1865
1866
1867
1866
1867
1868
1870
1870
BAT 91
Near Amiens (French defeated) 27 Nov. 1870
Villiers, before Paris (French retreat) 30 Nov., 2 Dec. "
Before Orleans (French defeated) 4 Dec. "
Beaugency " " 7, 8 Dec. "
Nuits (French defeated) 18 Dec. "
Pont k Noyelles (French claim a victory) 23 Dec. "
Bapaume (indecisive) 2,3 Jan. 1871
Le Mans " 6 Jan. "
Le Mans (Chanzy defeated by prince Frederick Charles), 10-12
Jan. "
Belfort (Bourbaki defeated) 15-17 Jan. "
St. Quentin (Faidherbe defeated) 19 Jan. "
Paris (Trochu's grand sortie repulsed) " "
1872
1873
1874
Oroquieta (Carlists defeated) 4 May,
Elmina (Ashantees defeated by British) 13 June,
Elgueta (Carlists said to be victorious) 5, 6 Aug.
Maiieru (Carlists and republicans; indecisive) 6 Oct.
Abrakampra (Ashantees defeated) 5, 6 Nov.
Borborassie " " 29 Jan.
Amoaful " " 31 Jan. "
Bocquah " " 1 Feb. "
Fommannah " " 2 Feb. "
Ordahsa " " 4 Feb. "
Before Bilbao (several days; Carlists retreat; Concha enters
Bilbao) 2 May, "
Estella (sharp conflicts; Carlists retreat; Concha killed), 25, 27
June, "
Irun (Laserna defeats Carlists) 10 Nov. "
Sorota, Peru (Pierota and insurgents defeated) 3 Dec. "
Near Tolosa (Carlists repulse Loma) , 7, 8 Dec. "
Khokand (Russians under Kaufman defeat the Khan's troops,
etc.) 4, 21 Sept. 1875
Abyssinians defeat Egyptians Oct. "
Assake (Khokand chiefs defeated) 30 Jan. 1876
SERVIAN WAR.
Saitschar (severe conflicts; Servians retreat) 2, 3 July, 1876
Urbitza (Montenegrins defeat Turks) 28 July, "
Turkish wars with Servia and Montenegro declared. . .2 July, "
Zaicar, or Saitschar (Turks and Servians; indecisive). . .3 July, "
Novi -Bazar (Turks said to be victors) 6 July, "
Urbitza (Montenegrins victors) 28 July, "
Ourgusovatz (Turks victors) 5-7 Aug. "
Medun (Montenegrins victors) 7 or 14 Aug. "
Morava valley, near Alexinatz (severe conflicts, favorable to
Turks) 19-27 Aug. "
Podgoritza (Montenegrins victors) 26 Aug. "
Alexinatz (Turks victors), 1, 2, 28, 29 Sept. ; captured. . .31 Oct. "
Peace between Turkey and Servia 1 Mch. 1877
RUSSO-TURKISH WAR.
Tahir (Turks defeated) 16 June, 1877
Nicopolis (stormed by Russians; severe fights) 15, 16 July, "
Plevna (Russians defeated) 19, 20, and 30, 31 July, "
Valley of Lom (Russians defeated) 22-24 Aug. "
Kurukdara or Kizil Tepe (Russians defeated) 24, 25 Aug. "
Shipka Pass (dreadful conflicts; Turks under Suleiman re-
pulsed) 20-27 Aug. "
Karahassankoi, etc., on the Lom (severe; Russians retreat),
30 Aug. "
Lovatz or Luftcha (taken by Russians) 3 Sept. "
Plevna (held by Osman Pacha; severe conflicts; Russians de-
feated) 11, 12 Sept. !'
Shipka Pass (Suleiman defeated) 17 Sept. "
Near Kars (Russians defeated) 2-4 Oct. "
Aladja Dagh, near Kars (Turks under Mukhtar totally defeated),
14, 15 Oct. "
Deve-Boyun, Armenia (Turks under Mukhtar defeated after 9
hours' fighting) 4 Nov. "
Azizi, near Erzeroum (Russians defeated) 9 Nov. "
Kars (taken by storm by Russians) 17, 18 Nov. *'
Elena (taken by Turks after sharp conflict) 4 Dec. "
Plevna (Osman Pacha endeavors to break out; totally defeated;
surrenders unconditionally) 9 10 Dec. "
Senova in the Balkans (Turks defeated) 9, 10 Jan. 1878
Near Philippopolis " " 14, 15 Jan. "
AFGHAN WAR. (AFGHANISTAN.)
AH Musjid (captured by British) 22 Nov. 1878
Peiwar Pass (victory of gen. Roberts) 2 Dec. "
Futtehabad (victory of gen. Gough) '.*.'. '.".".".'.2 Apr. 1879
Char-aseab (Afghans defeated) 6 Oct "
Severe fighting near Cabul Dec' 1879-Apr. 1880
Ahmed Khel (Stewart defeats Afghans) 19-23 Apr "
Kuschki-Nakhud or Maiwand (Ayoob Khan defeats Burrows',
Mazra or Baba Wall (Roberts totally defeats Ayoob Khan),'l Sept "
ZULU WAR. (ZULULAND.)
Isandula (British surprised and defeated) 22 Jan 1879
Rorke's Drift (successfully defended by British) " "
Ulundi (Cetewayo totally defeated by lord Chelmsford), 4 July, «
CHILIAN AND PERUVIAN WAR. (ChILI.)
Iquique (Chilians defeat Peruvians) Nov. 1879
Choukos and Miraflores (Chilians defeat Peruvians) 17 Jan. 1881
RUSSIAN WAR.
Geok or Denghli Tepg (Russians and Turkomans; indecisive),
9 Sept. 1879
1882
BAV
Geok Tepe (besieged by Russians; severe conflicts), 24 Dec
1880; 4, 9, 10 Jan. 1881; taken , .24 Jan. 1881
TRANSVAAL WAR.
Laing's Nek (British defeated) 28 Jan "
IngogoRiver " " g Feb! "
MajubaHill " " 27 Feb. "
WAR IN EGYPT.
Bombardment of forts at Alexandria n July
Tel-el-Mahuta and Masameh (natives defeated by' British), '
Kassasin (natives defeated by British) 28 Aug. and 9 Sept."
Tel-el-Kebir " " " decisive). ...... .13 Sept.
Soudan. *
Arabs in the Soudan defeated by Hicks 29 Apr
El Obeid or Kashgal (Hicks and his army destroyed')" 3-5 Nov
Tokar (Egyptians defeated) ' s Nov
Near Teb, Baker with Egyptians defeated by Ara'bs.'. .'.' " 4 Feb"
Teb (Graham totally defeats Arabs) 29 Feb'
Abu Klea (Stewart defeats natives) 17 jan
Gubat (Arabs defeated) 19 Jan
Kerkeben" " gen. Earle killed). ..'.! *.'.'.".'.■.■.!! 10 'Feb
Hasheen (Arabs defeated) 20 Mch'
Arab attack near Suakim repulsed ..."....'!! .22 Mch
1884
1885
Ak Tapa (Russians defeat Afghans) 30 Mar. 1885
Cualchuapa,Central America (Barrios defeated and killed), 2 Apr.' "
Dagoli, near Massowah (Italians annihilated by Abyssinians),
a , ■ ,A ^ . 25, 26 Jan.' 1887
Suakim (Arab dervishes defeated by British) 20 Dec 1888
Wounded Knee, S. Dak. (U. S. troops with Indians). . . .29 Dec. 1890
United States.
Tokar Soudan (Osman Digna defeated) 19 Feb. 1891
Placilla, Chili (Balmaceda defeated by congressists) 28 Aug. "
[For small conflicts and skirmishes, Basuto Land, Chili,
Egypt, Franco- Prussian War, Herzegovina, India, Kafirs,
Lagos, Manipur, Russo - Turkish Wars, Salvador, Sene-
gal, Soudan, Spain, Sumatra, Tonquin, Turkey, United
States, Zululand, etc., and for details of important en-
gagements, see separate articles.]
Bautzen, a town in Saxony, near which desperate
battles were fought 20, 21, and 22 May, 1813, between the
French, commanded by Napoleon, and the allies, under the
emperor of Russia and the king of Prussia. The struggle
commenced on the 19th, with a contest on the outposts,
which cost each army a loss of above 2000 men. On the
20th (at Bautzen) the French were more successful ; and on.
the 21st (at Wurschen) the allies were compelled to retire ;
but Napoleon obtained no permanent advantage. Duroc was
killed at Reichenbach by a cannon-ball, on 22 May.
Bavaria (part of ancient Noricum and Vindelicia), a
kingdom in S. Germany, conquered from the Celtic Gauls
(Boii) by the Franks between 630 and 660. The country was
afterwards governed by dukes subject to the French monarchs.
Tasillon II. was deposed by Charlemagne, who established
margraves in 788. The margrave Leopold, 895, father of Ar-
nulph the Bad, is styled the first duke. Bavaria was made a
constitutional monarchy, 26 May, 1818. It joined the German
empire, 22 Nov. 1870. Pop. 1886, 5,420,199 ; 1890, 6,589,382.
Area, 29,632 sq. miles.
Bavaria supports Austria in the contest with Prussia. . .June, 1866
Takes part in the war, and makes peace with Prussia.. 22 Aug. "
Population (after cessions, 1866), 4,824,421 Dec. 186T
An international exhibition in a crystal palace opened, 20 July, 1869
The Chambers dissolved, as, through a party struggle, no pres-
ident was elected 6 Oct. '*
Resignation of the ministry, 25 Nov. ; only partially accepted
by the king 9 Dec. '*
Vote of want of confidence in prince Hohenlohe the president,
12 Feb. ; he resigns 14 Feb! 1870
The king announces his intention of joining Prussia in the
war with France about 20 July, "
Bavarian contingent highly distinguishes itself in the war;
Otho, duke of Bavaria, killed near Beglie 27 Jan. 1871
Dr. D511inger excommunicated for denying papal infallibility,
18 Apr. ; elected rector of the university of Munich, 29 July, "
President of council, and foreign minister, A. de Pfretzsch-
ner (Franco-Prussian War) 22 Aug. "
Government protests against papal infallibility (Germany),
27 Sept. "
" Old Catholic " church opened at Munich end of Sept. "
The king, in a letter to the king of Saxony, proposes the king
of Prussia for emperor of Germany, about 5 Dec. "
The king charges Von Gasser to form an ultramontane minis-
try, opposed to German unity, 3 Sept. ; he fails Sept. 1872
Queen dowager, Mary of Prussia, received into the Catholic
church 12 Oct. 1874
New ultramontane ("popular Catholic ") party formed, 6 Mch. 1877
International exhibition at Munich opened 19 July, 1879
7th centenary of foundation of the dynasty (Otto of Wittels-
bach made duke by Frederick Barbarossa) 25 Aug. 1880
The king (insane) drowns himself in a small lake, near one of
his castles, after killing Dr. Gudden, his physician. .13 June, 1886
1331.
1294.
1347.
1375.
1397.
BAY
Hl« brother, Odu, heir to the throne, not being of sound mind,
the govoruineui appoint as regent prince Lultpold, his undo,
..UKK8. 14 June, 1886
1071. Uoeiri.,au illustrious warrior.
1101. tiueiril. ; son; marries the countess Matilda, 1089.
irw. Henry the Black ; brother.
iri6. Henry tlio Proud; son. (He competed with Conrad of Ho-
henstaufcn for the empire, foiled, and was deprived or Ba-
varia. )
llSa Leopold, margrave of Austria ; d. 1142.
1142. Henry of Austria; brother; d. 1177.
1154. Henry the Lion (son of Heury the Proud), ancestor of the
Brunswick family, restored by the emperor Frederick Bar-
barussa, but e.xpollod by him 1180 (Bkinhwick); d. 1195.
1180. Otho, count of Wittelsbach, made duke; d. 1183.
1183. Louis; sou.
Otho II.. the Illustrious; son; gained the palatinate; assassi-
nated 1231.
I.oui8 II., the Severe; son; d. 1294.
Im\x\» III. ; son (without the palatinate), emperor; d. 1347.
Stephen I.; son; d. 1375.
John; brother; d. 1397.
Ernest; brother; d. 14.sa
1438. Albert L; son; d. 1460.
1460. John II. and Sigismund; sons; resigned to
1465. Albert II.; brother; d. 1608.
1508. William I.; son; opposes the Reformation, 1522; d. 1550.
155a Albert III ; son; d. 1573.
1579. William II.; son; abdicates 1596 ; d. 1626.
1596. Maximilian the Great; son; the flrst elector of Bavaria, 26
Feb. 1623; the palatinate restored, 1648; d. 27 Sept. 1651.
1651. Ferdinand Mary ; d. 26 May, 1079.
1679. Maximilian Emanuel; sou; allies with France, 1702; defeat-
ed at Blenheim, 1704; restored to his dominions, 1714; d.
26 Feb. 1726.
1726. Charles Albert; son; elected emperor, 1742; defeated, 1744;
d. 20 Jan. 1745.
1745. Maximilian Joseph!.; son; as elector; d. 30 Dec. 1777 (end
of younger line of Wittelsbach).
1778. Charles Theodore (the elector palatinate of the Rhine since
1743). French take Munich; he treats with them, 1796;
d. 1799.
1799. Maximilian Joseph II. ; elector; territories changed by treaty
of Luneville, 1801; enlarged when made king, by treaty of
Presburg, Dec. 1805.
• KINGS OF BAVARIA.
1805. Maximilian Joseph I. He deserts Napoleon, and has bis en-
larged territories confirmed to him, Oct. 1813; grants a con-
stitutional charter, 22 Aug. 1818; d. 13 Oct. 1825.
1825. Louis I.. 13 Oct. ; abdicates 21 Mch. 1848; d. 29 Feb. 1868.
[His abdication w^as mainly caused by his attachment to a
woman, known by the assumed name of Lola Montez; who, in
the end, was banished for interference in state affairs. St^e de-
livered lectures in London in 1859; thence proceeded to the
United SUtes. and died in New York, 17 Jan. 1861.]
1848. Maximilian Joseph II. ; son; b. 28 Nov. 1811; d. 10 Mch. 1864.
1864. Louis II. ; son; b. 25 Aug. 1845; d. 13 June, 1886.
1886. Otto, b. 27 Apr. 1848.
" Prince Luitpold, regent
Bay I§lands (the chief, Rustan), in the bay of Hon-
duras, belonged to Spain till 1821 ; then to Great Britain,
which formed them into a colony in 1852, but ceded them to
Honduras, 28 Nov. 1859. Honduras.
Bay State, popular name for Massachusetts ; so called
from the settlements about Boston designated as '* The Mas-
sachusetts Bay colony," to distinguish it from the " Pl^'mouth
colony." Massachusetts, 1630.
Bayeux (Bd'yu') tapestry, said to have been
wrought by Matilda, queen of William I. (?). It is 19 inches
wide, 214 feet long, and, in compartments, shows events from
the visit of Harold to the Norman court to his death at Hast-
ings ; now preserA'ed in the public library of Bayeux, near
Caen. A copy, drawn by C. Stothard, and colored after the
original, was published by the Society of Antiquaries in 1821-
23. A reproduction, by autotype process, was published by
F. R. Fowke, with notes, 1875.
Baylen, S. Spain, where, on 20 July, 1808, the French,
under Dupont and Wedel, were defeated by the Spaniards,
under Reding, Coupigny, and other generals.
Baylor's eavalry, massacre of. New York, 1778.
bayonet, a sharp-pointed instrument of steel for thrust-
ing, fixed at the end of fire-arms, said to have been invented
at Bayonne (whence the name), in France, about 1647, 1670,
or 1690. It was used at Killiecrankie in 1689, and at Mar-
saglia by the French, in 1693, " with great success against
the enemy, unprepared for the encounter with so formidable a
novelty." It was at first inserted in the bore of the gun; but
is now made with a ring to slip over the muzzle so that the
92 BEA
gun can be fired with the bayonet fixed. The ring-bayonet
was adopted by the British, 24 Sept. 1693.
Bayonne', S. France, an ancient city, held by the Eng-
lish from 1295 till it was taken by Charles VII. The queens
of Spain and France met the cruel duke of Alva here, June,
1556, it is supposed to arrange the massacre of St. Bartholo-
mew. Charles IV. of Spain abdicated here in favor of " his
friend and ally " Napoleon, 4 May; and his sons, Ferdinand,
prince of Asturias, don Carlos, and don Antonio, renounced the
Spanish throne, 6 May, 1808. Near Hayonne was much fight-
ing between the French and British armies, 9-13 Dec. 1813.
Bayonne was invested by the British, 14 Jan. 1814; on 14
Apr. the French rallied and attacked the English vigorously,
but were driven back. The loss of the British was consider-
able, and lieut.-gen. sir John Hope was wounded and taken.
Bayreuth {hVroyt), N. Germany, long a margraviate
of a branch of the Brandenburg family, but with that of
Anspach abdicated by the reigning prince in favor of the king
of Prussia, 1790. The archives were brought (in 1783) from
Plassenburg to Bayreuth, which was given to Bavaria bv Na-
poleon in 1806.
bazaar', or covered market, an Arabic word. The
magnificent bazaar of Ispahan was excelled by that of Tauris,
which has held 30,000 men in order of battle.
Bazeille§ (ba-zaye), a village in the Ardennes, N.E.
France. During the battle of Sedan, 1 Sept. 1870, Bazeilles
was burned by the Bavarians, and atrocious outrages were
said to have been committed. Of nearly 2000 inhabitants, it
was asserted, scarcely 60 remained alive, and these indig-
nantly denied having given provocation. Much controversv
ensued, and in July, 1871, gen. von der Tann showed that the
number of deaths had been grossly exaggerated, that there
had been much provocation, and denied the alleged cruelties.
Beachy Head, S.E. Sussex, Engl., a promontory
near which the British and Dutch fleet, commanded by the earl
of Torrington, was defeated by a superior French force under
admiral Tourville, 30 June, 1690 ; the allies suffered severely.
The Dutch lost 2 admirals, 500 men, and several ships — sunk
to save them from the enemy ; the English lost 2 ships and
400 men. Both admirals were blamed— Torrington for not
fighting, Tourville for not pursuing the victory.
Beaeon hill, Boston. So called from a pole placed
on its summit in 1635, with a torch, said to have been a barrel
of tar, to alarm the country \n case of attack by the Indians.
Boston, 1811.
beads, early used in the East for reckoning prayers. St.
Augustin mentions them in 366. About 1090 Peter the Her-
mit is said to have made a series of 55 beads. To Dominic
de Guzman is ascribed the invention of the rosary (a series
of 16 large and 150 small beads), in honor of the blessed Vir-
gin, about 1202. Beads soon af^ter were in general use. The
bead-roll was a list of deceased persons, for the repose of whose
souls a certain number of prayers was recited. Beads liave
been found in British barrows.
beam and scales. The apparatus for weighing goods
was so called, "as it weighs so much at the king's beam." A
public beam was set up in London, and all commodities or-
dered to be weighed by the city officer, called the weigh-mas-
ter, who was to do justice between buyer and seller (stat. 3,
Edw. II. 1309).— /S'to^i'. Beams and scales, with weights and
measures, were ordered to be examined by the justices at
quarter-sessions, 35 Geo. III. 1794. Weights and Measures.
beans, black and white, were used by the ancients in
gathering the votes of the people for the election of magis-
trates. A white bean signified absolution, and a black one
condemnation. The precept ascribed by later writers to Py-
thagoras, abstain from beans, abstine afabis, has been various-
ly interpreted. " Beans do not favor mental tranquillity." —
Cicero. The finer kinds of beans were brought to England
in Henry VIH.'s reign. We have no certain information
that the species of bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, existed in the
Old World prior to the discovery of America.— /I merican Nat-
uralist, vol. 19, p. 447, 1885. The evidence for the antiquity
of the bean in America is circumstantial and direct.— /fiew^
p. 448. The Lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus, is unquestionably
BEA
of American origin, and De Candolle assigns its original hab-
itat to Brazil. This bean has been found in the mummy
graves of Peru. — Idem, p. 452. The bean is mentioned by
early explorers of America as in use by the aborigines ; and
the young Indian corn and the unripe shelled bean, boiled
together, make the savory dish called succotash, which is
Indian in origin and name.
toear-baiting', an ancient popular English sport, pro-
hibited by Parliament in 1835.
beardi. The Egyptians did not wear beards; the As-
syrians did. They have been worn for centuries by the Jews,
who were forbidden to mar their beards, 1490 B.c. (Lev. xix.
27). The Tartars waged a long war with the Persians, de-
claring them infidels, because they would not cut their beards,
after the custom of Tartary. The Greeks wore their beards
till the time of Alexander, who ordered the Macedonians to be
shaved, lest the beard should give a handle to their enemies,
330 B.C. Beards were worn by the Romans, 390 B.C. The em-
peror Julian wrote a diatribe (entitled "Misopogon") against
wearing beards, 362 A.i>. In England they were not fashion-
able after the Conquest, 1066, until the 13th century, and were
discontinued at the Restoration. Peter the Great enjoined the
Russians, even of rank, to shave, but was obliged to keep offi-
cers on foot to cut off the beard by force. Since 1851 the
custom of wearing the beard gradually increased in Great
Britain. Before 1840 shaving was almost universal in the
United States. — A bearded woman was taken by the Russians
at the battle of Pultowa, and presented to the czar, Peter I.,
1724; her beard measured IJ yds. A woman is said to have
been seen at Paris with a bushy beard, and her whole body
covered with hair. — Diet, de Trevoux. Margaret of Savoy,
daughter of Maximilian I., emperor of Germany, and governess
of the Netherlands, 1507-30, had a very long stiff beard. In
Bavaria, in the time of Wolfius, a virgin had a long black
beard. Mdlle. Bois de Chene, born at Geneva (it was said)
in 1834, was exhibited in London in 1852-53, when, conse-
quently, 18 years of age ; she had a profuse head of hair, a
strong black beard, large whiskers, and thick hair on her arms
and down from her neck on her back, and masculine features.
Beam, S. France, the ancient Benecharnum, was held
successively by the Romans, Franks, Goths, and Gascons, and
became an hereditary viscounty in 819, under Centule I., son
of Loup, duke of Gascony. From his family it passed to the
houses— of Gabaret, 1134; of Moncade, 1170; of Foix, 1290;
and of Bourbon, 1550. Its annexation to France was decreed
by Henry IV., 1594 ; affirmed by Louis XIIL, 1620.
Beaulieu, Abbey of (reformed Benedictines), founded
by king John, in the New Forest, Hampshire, Engl., in 1204,
and dedicated to the blessed Virgin, had the privilege of sanc-
tuary. It was the asylum of Margaret, queen of Henry VI.,
after the defeat of Warwick, at Barnet, 14 Apr. 1471 ; and of
Perkin Warbeck, Sept. 1497.
Beaumont, a village near Sedan, department of Ar-
dennes, N.E. France. Near here a part of the army of mar-
shal MacMahon under De Failly was surprised, defeated, and
driven across the Meuse at Mouzon, 30 Aug. 1870, by the
Germans under the crown-prince of Prussia, while retreating
after vainly endeavoring to succor Metz. The French loss
included about 7000 prisoners, many guns, and much camp
equipage. The victory was chiefly gained by the Bavarians.
Beaune-la-Rollande, a village in the Loiret,
France. Here the French army of the Loire, under gen.
D'Aurelle de Paladines, was defeated by Germans, under prince
Frederick Charles, in an attempt to march by Fontainebleau
to relieve Paris, 28 Nov. 1870. French loss' as reported by
Germans was 1000 dead, 4000 wounded ; above 1700 prison-
ers. German loss heavy.
Beauval§ (bd'va'), N. France, the ancient Bellovaci,
formerly capital of Picardy. When besieged by Charles the
Bold, duke of Burgundy, with 80,000 men, the "women, under
Jeanne Fourquet or Laine, also de la Hachette, from her wea-
pon, distinguished themselves, and the duke raised the siege,
10 July, 1472, Hence the women of Beauvais head the pro-
cession on the anniversary of their deliverance.
Beaver Bams, Ont., now Homer, 3 miles east of
'^ BEE
St. Catharines, was the scene of an engagement, 24 June, 1813,
between a body of United States troops over 500 strong, under
lieut.-col. Charles G. Boestler, sent out from Fort (iEORGK by
gen. Dearborn, and a body of British troops and Indians. The
Americans, although outnumbering the British force, were de-
ceived and surrendered.
Becliuana-land, S. Africa, proclaimed British ter-
ritory 8 Oct. 1885. Area, 170,000 sq. miles; chief industry,
agriculture.
Becket'§ murder. Thomas a Becket was born in
1119. His father, Gilbert, was a London trader, and his
mother, it is said, a convert from Mahometanism. He was
educated at Oxford, and made archdeacon by Theobald, arch-
bishop of Canterbury, who introduced him to king Henry II.
He became chancellor in 1155, but when made archbishop of
Canterbury, in 1162, resigned the chancellorship, offending the
king. He opposed the constitutions of Clarendon in 1164,
fled the country, and in 1166 excommunicated all the clergy
who agreed to them. He and the king met at Fretville, in
Touraine, on 22 July, 1170, and were formally reconciled. On
his return he recommenced his struggle with the king, which
led to his murder at the altar, 29 Dec. 1170. The king was
absolved of guilty knowledge of the crime in 1172, and did
penance at the tomb in 1174. The bones of Becket were en-
shrined in gold and jewels in 1220, but were burned in the
reign of Henry VIII., 1639. The Merchant Adventurers were
at one time termed " the Brotherhood of St. Thomas a Beck-
et." A Roman Catholic church at Canterbury, dedicated to
him, was opened by cardinal Manning, 13 Apr. 1875.
bed. The ancients slept on skins. Beds were after-
wards made of loose rushes, heather, or straw. The Romans
are said to have first used feathers. An air-cushion is said
to have been used by Heliogabalus, 218-222 ; air-beds were in
use in the 16th century. Feather-beds were in use in Eng-
land in the reign of Henry VIII. The bedsteads of the
Egyptians and later Greeks, like modern couches, became
common among the Roman upper classes.
The ancient great bed at Ware, Herts, capable of holding 12 persons,
was sold, it is said, to Charles Dickens, 6 Sept. 1864.
A bedstead of gold was presented to the queen of England on 2 Nov.
1859, by the maharajah of Cashmere.
Air-beds and water-beds have been made since the manufacture of
india-rubber cloth by Clark in 1813; and by Mackintosh in 1823.
Dr. Arnott's hydrostatic bed invented in 1830.
bed of jUitice, a French court presided over by the
king, whose seat was termed a " bed." It controlled the ordi-
nances of the parliament. The last was held by Louis XVI. at
Versailles, 19 Nov. 1787, to raise a loan.
Beder, Arabia. Here Mahomet gained his first vic-
tory (over the Koreish of Mecca), 623. It was reputed mi-
raculous. Battles.
Bedford, a town, N.N.W. London, EngL, renowned for
its many free educational establishments, endowed in 1561 by
sir William Harpur, a London alderman. Here John Bunyan
preached, was imprisoned, and wrote the " Pilgrim's Prog-
ress."
A statue of Bunyan, gift of the duke of Bedford, uncovered here,
10 June, 1874. Bronze gates for the Bunyan church, given by
the duke, were inaugurated by him 5 July, 1876.
Bedford L^evel, a portion of the fen districts in the
eastern counties, Engl., drained earh"^ in the 17th century by
the earl of Bedford, aided by the Dutch engineer, sir Cornelius
Vermuyden, amid great opposition. Levels.
Bedouins, wandering Arabs, living on the plunder of
travellers, etc. They profess Mahometanism, are governed by
sheiks, and are called descendants of Ishmael. See the proph-
ecy (Gen. xvi. 12), 1911 b.c.
" Beeclier'§ bible§." During the " Kansas troub-
le," 1854-60, Henry Ward Beecher declared that for the slave-
holder of Kansas the Sharpe rifle was a greater moral agency
than the Bible; and so those rifles became known as "Beech-
er's bibles."
bees. Mount Hybla, for its odoriferous flowers, thyme,
and abundant honey, is called the "empire of bees." Hy-
mettus, in Attica, was also famous for bees and honey. The
economy of bees was admired in the earliest ages; Eumelus
of Corinth wrote a poem on bees, 741 b.c. Bees were intro-
BEE
duced into Boston in 1670, and have since spread over North
America. Mandeville's satirical "Fable of the Bees" ap-
peared in 1723. Uuber published his observations on bees in
1792. The Apiarian Society had an establishment at Muswell
hill, near London, Engl. (1800-62). The Ligurian honey-bee
was successfully introduced into England in 1860.
beet-root is of recent cultivation in England. Beta
vulgai-is, red beet, is used as a salad. Margraff Hrst produced
sugar from white beet-root in 1747. M. Achard produced good
sugar from it in 1799 ; and the chemists of France, at the in-
stance of Bonaparte, largely extracted sugar from beet-root in
1800. 60,000 tons of sugar, about half the consumption, are
now manufactured in France from beet. It is also largely
manufactureil in other countries. A refinery of sugar from beet-
root has been erected at the Thames bank, Chelsea. The cul-
tivation of beet-root in England and Ireland much advocated,
1871. Sugar.
begr|i[ar§ were tolerated in ancient times, being often
musicians and ballad-singers. In modem times severe laws
have been passed against them. In 1672, by 14 Eliz. c. 5,
sturdy beggars were ordered to be "grievously whipped and
burned through the right ear;" the third offence capital. By
the Vagrant act (1824), 5 Geo. IV. c. 83, all public beggars are
liable to a month's imprisonment. The " Beggar's Opera,"
by John Gay, a satire against sir Robert Walpole's ministry,
produced at Lincoln's-inn-fields theatre, 29 Jan. 1727-28, ran
63 nights. Gueux.
be'i[Uin§ (princesses) of Oude. The spoliation of these
princesses was one of the charges against Warren Hastings
in his impeachment before the English House of Commons,
1788. Chunar and Sheridan's speech. Macaulay's review
of Gleig's "Life of Warren Hastings," 1841, gives a full ac-
count of the cruelties practised towards them.
beheadings, the decollatio of the Romans, introduced
into England from Normandy (as a less ignominious mode of
putting criminals to death) by William the Conqueror, 1076.
Waltheof, earl of Huntington, Northampton, and Northum-
berland, was first so executed. This mode of execution be-
came frequent, particularly in the reigns of Henry VIII.,
Mary, and Elizabeth, when even women of the noblest blood
thus perished : Anne Boleyn, 19 Maj', 1536 ; the aged countess
of Salisbury', 27 May, 1541 ; Catherine Howard, 12 Feb. 1542;
lady Jane Grey, 17 years of age, 12 Feb. 1554 ; Mary, queen
of Scots, 8 Feb. 1587 ; Marie Antoinette, queen of France, guil-
lotined 16 Oct. 1793.
Behi§tllll, in Persia. Here a rock has important in-
scriptions in 3 languages, in cuneiform (or wedge-shaped)
characters, which, deciphered and translated by sir H. Raw-
linson in 1844-46, were published in the Journal of the Royal
Asiatic Society. Each paragraph begins, " I am Darius the
Great King."
Beliring'i sea lies south of Behring's strait and north
of the Aleutian islands. Within and about this sea are the
most important seal-fisheries in the world. Alaska was pur-
chased from Russia by the United States in 1867, and, as this
purchase was considered to include Behring's sea, the United
States claimed jurisdiction over these waters, and seized a
British Columbia sealer, the Black Diamond, as a trespasser,
3 July, 1889.
The British government claimed, as heretofore, the right of
fishing in waters beyond the territorial limits. The govern-
ments agreed to refer the question to arbitration, Feb. 1890.
President Harrison proclaimed the Behring sea closed to un-
licensed seal fishing, 25 Mch. A blue-book was published,
15 Aug., containing the correspondence between the two
governments from 1 Sept. 1886, to 2 Aug. 1890. The mar-
quis of Salisbury demanded that, pending arbitration, Brit-
ish sealing vessels should not be molested, adding that if so,
they should be protected, 2 Aug. 1890. United States, 13
Mch., 17 Dec. 1890; 12 Jan., 15 June, 7 Aug., 2 Oct. 1891;
29 Feb 18 Apr. 1892
The 2 governments agree by treaty to submit the questions
in dispute to a tribunal of arbitration 9 May, "
[The court as finally constituted consisted of 7 members,
viz. : justice John M." Harlan and senator John T. Morgan,
United States; lord Hannen and sir John S. D. Thompson,
Great Britain; baron de Courcel, France; marquis Emilio
Viscounti Venosta, Italy; judge Gram, Sweden and Nor-
way. Besides these seven there were others connected with
the court, viz. : hon. John W. Foster, ex-sec. State, Ameri-
can agent; and E. J. Phelps, James C. Carter, Henry W.
94 BEL
Blodgett, F. R. Coudert, and Robert Lansing, counpol for the
United States; C. H. Tuppcr, Canadian niiiiistcr of Marine,
British agent; and sir Charles Russell, sir Henry \Vob.-ter,
hon.W. H. Cross, and C. Robinson, counsel for Great Britain.]
Commissioners of arbitration meet at Paris and acyourn until
23 Mch 23 Feb. 189J
Court of arbitration held its first session at Paris " "
Arguments commenced in the arbitration court 4 Apr. "
Decision rendered 15 Aug. "
While the legal questions submitted were decided against the
formal claim of the U. S. , the policy prescribed for the future
regulation of the seal-fisheries was satisfactory to the Amer-
ican people. The principal points were: (1) The close sea-
son fixed from 1 May until 31 July. (2) A protective zone estab-
lished extending CO miles around the islands in the Behring's
sea. Pelagic sealing allowed outside of this zone from 1
Aug. (3) The use of fire-arms prohibited in sealing, etc.
Behring^'§ §trait, discovered by capt. Vitus Behring,
a Danish navigator in the service of Russia. He proved that
the continents of Asia and America are about 39 miles apart,
1728. He died at Behring's island in 1741. In 1778, capt,
James Cook surveyed the coasts.
Belfast, capital of Ulster, N. Ireland. Its castle, sup-
posed built by John de Courcy, was destroyed by Scots under
Edward Bruce, 1315. Orange.
Belfast granted by James I. to sir Arthur Chichester, lord dep-
uty, 1612 ; and erected into a corporation 1613
Long bridge (21 arches, 2562 feet long) built 1682-86-
First edition of the Bible in Ireland printed here 1704
Bel fort or Befort, a fortified town in Alsace, E.
France, invested by Germans 3 Nov. 1870; capitulated 16 Feb.
1871 ; reserved to France when Alsace was ceded, 26 Feb. ;
quitted by Germans Aug. 1873.
Belg^ilim, the southern portion of the Netherlands, an-
ciently territory of the Belgae, finally conquered by Julius
Caesar, 51 b.c. Its size is about one eighth of Great Britain,
and it is one of the most densely populated countries in the
world. Its government is a liberal constitutional monarchy,
founded in 1831. For previous history, Flanders, Holland,
Netherlands. Pop., 31 Dec. 1862, 4,836,566; 1870,
5,087,105; 1890, 6,147,041. Area, 11,400 sq. miles.
Revolution begins at Brussels 25 Aug. 1830
Provisional government declares independence (M. Van de
Weyer active) 4 Oct. "
Antwerp taken (except the citadel) 23 Dec. "
Independence acknowledged by allied powers 26 Dec. "
Duke de Nemours elected king (his father, the French king,
refused consent) 3 Feb. 1831
Surlet de Chokier elected regent 24 Feb. "
Leopold, prince of Saxe-Coburg, accepts the crown, 12 July ;
enters Brussels 19 July, "
War with Netherlands begins 3 Aug. "
France sends 50,000 troops to assist Belgium; an armistice
ensues Aug. "
Conference of ministers of 5 powers in London ; 24 articles of
pacification accepted 15 Nov. "
Convention; England and France against Holland 22 Oct. 1832
Antwerp besieged, 30 Nov. ; citadel taken by French. . .23 Dec. "
French army returns to France 27 Dec. "
Preliminary convention with Holland signed 21 May, 1833
Treaty of Holland and Belgium at London 19 Apr. 1839
[Result of a conference in London on Belgium, which de-
cided to maintain the treaty of 15 Nov. 1831, and the com-
pensation of 60,000,000 francs offered by Belgium for terri-
tories adjudged to Holland was rejected.]
Increase of army to 100,000 men voted 10 May, 1853
Opposition to religious charities bill June, 1857
[At the revolution in 1830, the Catholic clergy lost the ad-
ministration of public charities, which they have since
struggled to recover. In April, 1857, M. Decker, head of the
ministry, brought in a bill for this purpose, but had to with-
draw it, and eventually to resign.]
The king proclaims neutrality in Italian war May, 1859
Rumors of annexation to France bring loyal addresses to the
king 13 June, 1860
Octrois abolished 21 July, "
Commercial treaty with France signed 1 Maj% 1861
" " " Great Britain, adopted by chambers,
22 Aug. 1862
Dissensions through Catholics, Jan. ; ministry resigns, but re-
sumes office, 4 Feb.; dissolution of chambers, 17 July;
Protestants succeed in election Aug. 1864
Death of Leopold I lO Dec. 1865
Mr. Phillips, lord mayor of London, and 1100 English volunteers
visit Belgium under col. Lloyd-Lindsay; other foreigners
attend; banquet by the king at Brussels 20 Oct. 1866
About 2400 Belgians (garde civique and volunteers) visit Eng-
land; arrive, 10 July; received by lord mayor, 12 July; by
prince of Wales at Wimbledon, 13 July; dine at Windsor, 16
July; ball at Agricultural hall, 18 July; received by Miss
Burdett-Coutts,. 19 July; attend review at Wimbledon, 20
July; leave London 22 July, 1867
New ministry (under M. Fr^re-Orban) ; liberal 3 Jan. 1868
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Monument to Charlemagne at Liege, inaugurated 26 July, 1868
International congress of workmen at Brussels 6-13 Nov. "
Crown prince Leopold Ferdinand, duke of Brabant, d. . .22 Jan. 1869
Concession for a Luxembourg railway to a French company,
without assent of state, prohibited by Assembly, 13 Feb. ;
dispute with French government arranged May, "
Treaty for neutrality between Great Britain and Prussia, signed
9 Aug. ; and France, signed 11 Aug. 1870
After Sedan, French soldiers enter Belgium ; disarmed and
interned 1, 2 Sept. "
Comte de Chambord arrives at Antwerp, 17 Feb. ; compelled
to quit Belgium by popular demonstrations 27 Feb. 1872
France denounces the treaty of commerce 29 Mch. "
Treaty of commerce with France signed 5 Feb. 1873
Czar at Brussels 22 May, "
M. Van de Weyer, statesman; active in revolution of 1830;
ambassador to England, 1831-67 ; d 23 May, 1874
International conference at Brussels on rights of neutrals — no
results 27 July-28 Aug. "
Notes from German government, complaining of publications
favoring censured German ecclesiastics, Feb. ; respecting
Duchesne's proposal to the archbishop of Paris to assassinate
Bismarck 15 Apr. 1875
Dignified Belgian replies Mch. and May, "
Popular opposition to religious processions; riots. . . May, June, "
Catholic successes in elections; riots at Brussels and Antwerp,
about 16, 17 June, 1876
Statue of Van de Weyer, at Louvain, inaugurated by the king,
1 Oct. "
International congress on hygiene, etc. , at Brussels,
27 Sept. -2 Oct. "
Catholic minority in elections; Malou ministry resign, 13, 14
June; M. FrSre-Orban forms a liberal ministry 20 June, 1878
Gigantic weir for water-distribution at La Gileppe, near Ver-
viers, inaugurated by the king 28 July, "
Eugene T' Kindt de Rooden Veke, a clerk, convicted of em-
bezzling 20,000,000 francs of the Bank of Belgium (149
thefts); the governor Fortamps, of fraudulently repurchasing
shares, etc 3 Dec. "
King sanctions new education law 1 July, 1879
Pastoral of Roman Catholic hierarchy against government plan
of mixed education (sacraments refused to teachers and
parents, etc. ) publ. in Germany Sept. "
Archduke Rodolph of Austria betrothed to princess Stephanie,
Mch. 1880
Permanent international exhibition opened at Brussels. 1 June, "
Elections for Parliament ; struggle between liberals and clericals
on education; liberals retain moderate majority June, "
National exhibition at Brussels opened by the king and queen,
16 June, "
Representative at Vatican recalled through ecclesiastical dis-
putes; diplomatic intercourse suspended 28 June, "
Jubilee to celebrate national independence 18 July, "
Statue of Leopold I. unveiled at Laeken 21 July, "
Parliamentary reform-bill passed 17 Aug. 1883
Henri Conscience, national Flemish poet and novelist, dies,
aged 73 9 Sept. "
Death of cardinal J3eschamps, abp. of Mechlin, the primate,
29 Sept. "
Elections; majority of clericals through dissension of moderate
liberals and reformers, about 10 June; resignation of M.
FrSre-Orban 11 June, 1884
M. Jules Malou forms conservative Catholic ministry,
12, 13 June, "
Senate dissolved, June ; new Senate clerical July, "
Meeting of burgomasters at Brussels to oppose M. Jacobs's reac-
tionary education bill, 9 Aug. ; it is accepted by the deputies
(80-49), 30 Aug. ; by the Senate (40-25) 10 Sept. "
Royal assent to the bill 13 Sept. "
Communal elections; great liberal majority 19 Oct. "
MM. Malou, Jacobs, and Woeste (Catholics) resign ; M. Bernaert
becomes premier 24 Oct. "
Parliament meets 11 Nov. "
Leopold proclaimed sovereign of Congo Free State 2 May, 1885
Universal exhibition at Antwerp, opened " "
Death of Charles Rogier, aged 85, member of provisional gov-
ernment 1830; 6 times minister 27 May, "
Castle of Laeken, built 1728, burned; valuable works of art,
and historical documents, etc., lost 1 Jan. 1890
Death of prince Baldwin, aged 21 years 23 Jan. 1891
Chamber of Representatives adopt universal suffrage, with a
provision for a plural vote by property owners, 18 Apr., and
the Senate approve 21 Apr. 1893
KINGS.
1831. Leopold, first king of Belgians; b. 16 Dec. 1790; crowned 21
July, 1831, at Brussels; married, 9 Aug. 1832, Louise, eld-
est daughter of Louis Philippe of France (she d. 11 Oct.
1850). He d. 10 Dec. 1865.
1865. Leopold II., son; b. 9 Apr. 1835; married archduchess Maria
Henrietta of Austria, 22 Aug. 1853.
Daughter.— Princess Louise, b. 18 Feb. 1858; married duke Philip
of Saxony, 4 Feb. 1875.
Heir brother.— Philip, count of Flanders, b. 24 Mch. 1837; married
Mary, princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, 25 Apr. 1867;
son Baldwin, b. 3 June, 1869; d. 23 Jan. 1891; Albert, b. 8
Apr. 1875.
ttelg^rade, an ancient city in Servia, on the right bank
of the Danube, was taken from the Greek emperor by Solomon,
king of Hungary, in 1072 ; gallantly defended by John Hun-
BEL
niades against Turks, under Mahomet II., July-Sept. 1456^
who was defeated, with the loss of 40,000 men. Belgrade was
taken by sultan Solyman, Aug. 1521, and retaken by Imperi-
alists in 1688, from whom it was again taken bv Turks, 1690.
It was besieged in May, 1716, by prince Eugene ; the Turkish
army, 200,000 strong, approached to relieve it, and on 5 Aug.,
in a battle at Peterwaradein, the Turks lost 20,000 men.
Eugene defeated the Turks here, 16 Aug. 1717, and Belgrade
surrendered 18 Aug. In 1739 it was ceded to the Turks, after
Its fortifications had been demolished ; was retaken in 1789,
and restored at the peace of Reichenbach, in 1790. The Ser-
vian insurgents had possession 1806-13. In 1815 it was placed
under prince Milosch, subject to Turkey. The fortifications were
restored in 1820. On 19 June, 1862, the Turkish pacha was dis-
missed for firing on the town during a riot. The university was
established by private munificence, 1863. The fortress was sur-
rendered by Turks to Servians, 18 Apr. 1867. The independ-
ence of Servia proclaimed here, 22 Aug. 1878. Servia.
bell, book, and candle. In the Roman Catholic
ceremony of Excommunication, the bell is rung, the book is
closed, and candle extinguished, to symbolize exclusion from
the society of the faithful, divine service, and the sacraments.
Its origin is ascribed to the 8th century.
Bell Rock lig^ht-llOU§e, nearly in front of the
Frith of Tay, one of the finest in Great Britain ; it is 115 ft.
high, upon a rock 427 ft. long and 200 ft. broad, and is about
12 ft. under water. It was erected in 1806-10. It has 2 bells
for hazy weather.
Upon this rock, it is said, the abbots of Aberbrothock fixed the
Inchcape bell, to be rung by the impulse of the sea to warn mariners.
It is said that a Dutchman, who took the apparatus away, was here
lost with his ship and crew.
Bellei§le, an isle on the south of Brittany, France, made
a duchy by Louis XV., for marshal Belleisle, in 1742, to reward
military and diplomatic services. Belleisle was taken by the
British, under commodore Keppel and general Hodgson, after a
desperate resistance, 7 June, 176 1 , but restored to France in 176a,
belle§-lettres or polite learning. Acade-
mies, LiTEUATURE.
belligerent act towards France. United
States, 1798 ; Provisional army.
bellmen in London proclaimed the hour at night be-
fore public clocks became general; numerous about 1556.
They were to ring a bell, and cry, " Take care of your fire
and candle, be charitable to the poor, and pray for the dead."
bellOW§. Anacharsis, the Scythian, is said to have
invented them, about 569 b.c. ; also tinder, the potter's wheel,
anchors for ships, etc. Bellows were not used in the furnaces
of the Romans. Great bellows were used in foundries in early
times. Blowing-machines.
bell§ were used among the Jews, Greeks, and Romans.
The responses of the Dodonaean oracle were in part conveyed
by bells. — Sti-abo. The monument of Porsenna was decorated
with pinnacles, each surmounted by bells. — Pliny. Said to have
been introduced by Paulinus, bishop of Nok, in Campagna,
about 400 ; and first known in France in 550. The army of
Clothaire II., king of France, was frightened from the siege of
Sens by the bells of St. Stephen's church. The second excerp-
tion of king Egbert of England commands every priest, at proper
hours, to sound the church-bells. Bells were rung in churches by
order of pope John IX., about 900, as a defence against thunder
and lightning. Bells are mythically said to have been cast
by Turketul, abbot of England, about 941. The celebrated
" Song of the Bell," by SchiUer, has been frequently trans-
lated, while " The Bells," one of Edgar Allan Poe's most
finished poems, is as widely known. The following list is
that given by E. Beckett Denison, with the exception of a few
later ones, in his discourse on bells at the Royal Institution, 6
Mch. 1857 : Weight.
Tons, cwt
Moscow, 1736; broken 1737 250 —
[The metal in this bell has been valued, at the lowest
estimate, at 66,565^. Gold and silver are said to have
been thrown in as votive offerings.]
Another, 1817 110 —
3 others 16 to 31 —
Novgorod 31 —
Cologne, 1875. 26 —
Olmutz 17 18
BEL
Weight.
Ton». cwt.
14
lOX
13
15
13
12
16
12
15
11
3
11
10
17
10
15
10
6
8
7
12
7
11
•7
10
7
3
7
IJ^
6
1
5
8
18
18
10
8
—
Vienna, 1711 17
London, 1883 (St. Paul's), "Great I>aul," note E flat;
C08^300(U. 173tf—
Weetmlnster. 18S6, " Big Ben " 16 S^tf
[This bell, the largest in England (nnmed Big Ben,
after sir Benjamin HhII, tho then chiur commissiuuer
of works), caKt at Hougbtoulc Spring, Durhutn, by
Messrs. Warner, under tho superintendence of K.
Beckett Denisun and the rev. W. Taylor, cost 3343f.
14«. W. Tho comiKjsilion was 22 parts copper and T
tin. The diameter was 9 ft, 5}^ in. ; the height 7 ft.
lO^tfin. Theclapperweighedl2cwt.— /Je». W. Taylor.]
Westminster, 1868, " St. Stephen" 13
[The bell " Big Ben" being cracked, on 24 Oct 1857,
was broken up, and another cast with the same metal,
in May, 1858, by .Messrs. .Mcars, Whitechapcl. It is
diflerent in shape fVom its predecessor, and about 2
tons lighter. Its diameter is 9 ft. G in. ; the height,
7 ft. 10 in. It was struck for the first time 18 Nov.
1868. The clapper weighs 6 cwt. Its note is E nat-
ural; the quarter bells being G, B, E, F. On 1 Oct.
1859, this bell was also found to be cracked.]
Erfurt, 1497
, Sens
Paris. Notre Dame, 1680. IS
Montreal, 1847
<;ologne. 1448
Breslau, 1507
GOrlitz
York, 184.5
Bruges, 1680 10
St. Peter's, Rome
Oxford, " Great Tom," 1680
Lucerne, 1636
Halberstadt, 1457
Antwerp .
Brussels
Dantzic, 1453
Lincoln, 1834
St Paul's, 1716. The clapper of St. Paul's bell weighs
180 lbs. ; the diameter is 10 ft. (Mr. Walesby says
6 ft. 9)4 in.), and its thickness 10 in. The hour strikes
upon this bell, the quarters upon 2 smaller ones. Clocks.
•Ghent
Boulogne, new
Exeter, 1675
Old Lincoln, 1610
Fourth-quarter bell, AVestminster. 1857
Liberty bell, Philadelphia, first cast by Lester & Feck, 207 White-
chapel, London, 1752, hung in the state house, Philadelphia.
Same year— found to bo cracked in the rim — recast 3 times
in Philadelphia before it was a success. 23 years afterwards
it was rung on Independence day in that city. On 8 July,
1835, it was cracked while tolling for the death of chief-
justice Marshall. In 1843 it was removed. It bore this in-
scription, "Proclaim liberty throughout the land to all the
inhabitantsthereof"(Lev. XXV. 10). Weight 2080 lbs. Taken
to Chicago to be exhibited at the World's Fair. 29 Apr. 1893
Baptism of bells.— They were anointed and baptized in churches, it
is said, from the 10th century.— i>M Fresnoy. The bells of the
priory of Little Dunmow, in Essex, Engl., were baptized by the
names of St Michael, St John, Virgin Mary, Holy Trinity, etc.,
in 1501. — Weever. The great bell of Notre Dame of Paris was bap-
tized by the name of Duke of Angoulfime, 1816. On the Continent,
in Catholic states, they baptize bells as the English do ships, but
with religious solemnity. — Ashe.
Ringing of bells, in changes of regular peals, is almost peculiar to
the English. — Stow.
" Companie of the Schollers of Chepeside," 1603 ; " Society of Col-
lege Youths," 1637; "Society of Cumberland," 1683 ; the "So-
ciety of Union Scholars," 1713; the " Society of Eastern Schol-
ars," 1733 ; "London Youths," 1753 ; "Westminster Youths,"
1776.
Fabian Stedman, about 1650, invented "Stedman's principle."
Benjamin Anable soon after invented " Grandsire Triples."
720 changes can be rung in an hour upon 12 bells; 479,001,600
changes rung upon them, require 75 years, 10 months, and 10 days.
Nell Gwynne left the ringers of the bells of St Martin's-inthe-
Fields money for a weekly entertainment, 1687, and many others
have done the same.
Carillons, a collection of bells, in 2 or 3 chromatic scales, played
by pedals or keyboards, or by machinery. First said to have been
made at Alost, in Flanders, in 1487, and that country and Holland
are renowned for carillons. Matthias van den Gheyn was an emi-
nent maker (1721-85). Excellent carillon machines are now made
by Messrs. Gillet Bland & Co. , Croydon, Engl. One at Manchester,
started 1 Jan. 1879, plays 35 tunes on 20 bells.
Belmont, Mo., Battle of, opposite Columbus, Ky., fought
7 N0V.I86L Gen, Grant drove the confederates under gen. Pil-
low from their first position, but they were reinforced from
Columbus, finally compelling Grant to withdraw. Union force
about 2500 men ; loss, killed, wounded, and missing, 485; confed-
erate loss, 642. This was gen. Grant's first battle in the civil war.
BelOO'elliStail' or BelUChiStan, the ancient
Gedrosia, S. Asia, The country of the Baluchis, whose name
is derived from Belus, king of Babylonia, the Nimrod of the
96 BEN
Scriptures. — Keith Johnston. Area, 106,800 sq. miles. Pop.
350,000. Khelat, the capital, was taken by the British in the
Afghan war, 1839; abandoned, Jul}', 1840; taken and held a
short time, Nov. 1840.
The khan was subsidized in 1854, under conditions which were not
observed; the arrangement was broken up in 1873; the negotiations
of major Sandeman, in 1875, were successful, and Quettah was
occupied by the British in 1877, and has since become a pros-
perous station. The khan prolfered assistance after the defeat ot
gen. Burrows in July, 1880.
Bel voir (bee'ver) castlC^ Leicestershire, Engl., built
after the Conquest by Robert de Todeni. Its next owner was
Robert de Ros, who died 1285. The castle fell into ruins
during the wars of the Roses and reign of Richard III. The
Manners' family obtained it in the 16th century, and hold it
still. In the civil war it was defended for the king. In 1649
the Parliament ordered it demolished. The castle was rebuilt
after the Restoration. The last general repairs cost 60,000/. It
was visited by George IV. as regent, 1814, and by queen Vic-
toria and the prince consort in 1843. Of the cost of living at
the castle, the following is a published account of particulars
from Dec. 1839 to Apr. 1840: Wine, 200 doz.; ale, 70 hogs-
heads; wax-lights, 2330; sperm oil, 630 gals. Dined at his
grace's table, 1997 persons : in the steward's room, 2421 ; in the
servants' hall, nursery, and kitchen department, including com-
ers and goers, 11,312 persons. There were consumed 8333 loaves
of bread ; 22,963 lbs. of meats, exclusive of game. The money
value of meat, poultry, eggs, and every kind of provision (ex-
cluding stores on hand) consumed during this period amounted
to 1323/. 7s. lift/., or $6700. There were killed during the
season on the estate, 1733 hares, 987 pheasants, 2101 par-
tridges, 28 wild ducks, 108 woodchucks, 138 snipes, 947 rabbits,
776 grouse, 23 black game, and 6 teal. — Timbs^ " Abbeys and
Castles of England and Wales," etc.
Be]]lis'§ Heig-htS, First Battle at. Gen. Gates, with
the American army, in the autumn of 1777, established a for-
tified camp on Bemis's heights, near Stillwater, N. Y., where he
was attacked by British and Hessians, under gen. Burgoyne, on
19 Sept. Night ended the conflict' and both parties claimed the
victory. Burgoyne, however, fell back a few miles to his camp,
to wait for reinforcements. The British force engaged was about
3000, and the American about 2500. The former lost, killed,
wounded, and missing, a little less than 500 ; the latter, 319.
Bemis's Heig^htS, Second Battle at. Despairing of
reinforcements, his army diminishing by desertions, Burgoyne
decided to attack Gates, which he did on 7 Oct., almost upon
the battle-ground of 19 Sept., but had to fall back to the heights
of Saratoga, now Schuylerville, where he was compelled to
surrender on 17 Oct. The number of troops surrendered was
5791, of whom 2412 were Hessians, under baron Riedesel; the
remainder British regulars and Canadians. Nkw Yokk,
United States, and Convention troops.
Bena'res, in India, a holy city of the Hindoos, with
many temples, was ceded by the nabob of Oude, Asoph-ud-
Dowlah, to the English in 1775. An insurrection here nearly
proved fatal to British interests in Hindostan, 1781. (De-
scriptions of this insurrection introduced in Poe's " Tale of the
Ragged Mountains.") The rajah Cheyt Sing was deposed in
consequence in 1783. Mr. Cherry, capt. Conway, and others
were assassinated at Benares by vizier Aly, 14 Jan. 1799. In
June, 1857, col. Neil suppressed attempts of native infantry
to join the mutiny. India.
Benburb, near Armagh, N. Ireland. Here O'Neill
defeated the English under Monroe, 5 June, 1646. Moore says,
" the only great victory, since the days of Brian Boru, achieved
by an Irish chieftain in the cause of Ireland."
BencOO'leil, Sumatra. The English East India Com-
pany made a settlement here, which preserved the pepper trade
after the Dutch had dispossessed them of Bantam, 1682.— J w-
derson. York fort erected by the East India Company, 1690.
In 1693 dreadful mortality here, the town being built on a
pestilent morass; the governor and council perished. The
French, under count d'Estaing, destroyed the English settle-
ment, 1760. Bencoolen was reduced to a residency under the
government of Bengal, in 1801 ; was ceded to the Dutch in
1824, in exchange for possessions in Malacca. India.
Bender, Bessarabia, European Russia. Near it Charles
BEN
97
.3CII. of Sweden, was pennitted to reside by the Turkish sultan
.after his defeat at Pultowa by Peter the Great, 8 July, 1709.
The peace of Bender was concluded in 1711. Bender was taken
from the Turks by the Russians in 1770, 1789, and 1809 ; re-
stored at the peace of Jassy, but retained at the peace of 1812.
Benedict. Fourteen popes have borne the name of
Benedict, 573-1740. Popes.
Beiieclictine§, an order of monks founded by St.
Benedict (lived 480-543), who introduced monastic life into
western Europe, in 529, founding the monastery on Monte
•Casino, in Campania, and 11 others afterwards. His Regula
Monachorum (rule of the monks) became the common rule
of western monachism. No religious order has been so
remarkable for extent, wealth, and men of note and learning
^s the Benedictine. Among branches, the chief were the
'Cluniacs, founded in 912 ; the Cistercians, founded in 1098,
and reformed by St. Bernard, abbot of Clairvaux, in 1116;
and Carthusians, from the Chartreux (hence charter-house),
founded by Bruno about 1080. The Benedictine order was
introduced' into England by Augustin, in 596 ; and William I.
built an abbey for it on the plain of the battle of Hastings,
1066. Battle-abbey. William de Warrenne, earl of War-
renne, built a convent at Lewes, in Sussex, in 1077 ; this or-
der is said to have had 40 popes, 200 cardinals, 50 patriarchs,
116 archbishops, 4600 bishops, 4 emperors, 12 empresses, 46
Jtings, 41 queens, and 3600 saints. Their founder was canonized.
— Baronius. The Benedictines have taken little part in poli-
tics, but have produced many literary works. The congrega-
tion of St. Maur published " L'Art de Verifier lea Dates," in
1750, and edited many ancient authors.
Benedictines with other orders expelled from France by decree,
19 Mch. 1880
14th centenary of the birth of St. Benedict kept at Monte
Casino and other places Apr. "
benefice (literally, a good deed or favor) or fief, a terra
first applied under the Roman empire to portions of land the usu-
fruct of which was granted by the emperors to soldiers or others
for life, as a reward or beneficium for past services, and as a re-
tainer for future service. The same method was applied under
the feudal system, and in the church, such grants being formally
recognized by the council of Orleans, 511. Vicarages, rectories,
perpetual curacies, and chaplaincies are termed benefices in dis-
tinction from dignities, such as bishoprics, etc. A rector is en-
titled to all tithes; a vicar, to a small part or none. — All benefices
that should become vacant within 6 months were given by pope
dement VH. to his nephew, in 1534. — Notitia Monastica.
Beneventum, now Benevento, an ancient city j
in S. Italy, said to have been founded by Diomedes the Greek, I
after the fall of Troy. Pyrrhus of Macedon, during his invasion
of Italy, was defeated near Beneventum, 275 b.c. Near it was
erected the triumphal arch of Trajan, 114 a.d. Benevento
was formed into a duchy by the Lombards, 571. At a battle
here, 26 Feb. 1266, Manfred, king of Sicily, was defeated and
«lain by Charles of Anjou, who thus became virtually master
of Italy. The castle was built 1323 ; the town was nearly de-
«troyed by an earthquake, 1688, when the archbishop, after-
wards pope Benedict XIII., was dug out of the ruins alive, and
"helped rebuild, 1703. It was seized by the king of Naples, but
restored to the pope on the suppression of the Jesuits, 1773.
Talleyrand de Perigord, Bonaparte's archchancellor, was made
prince of Benevento, 1806. Benevento was taken by French,
1798, and restored to the pope in 1815.
benevolences (aids, free gifts, actually forced loans)
■appear to have been claimed by Anglo-Saxon sovereigns.
Such were levied by Edward IV., 1473, by Richard III., 1485
hy Henry VII., 1492, and by James I., 1613, on the marriage of
princess Elizabeth with Frederick, elector palatine, afterwards
king of Bohemia. In 1615 Oliver St. John, M.P., was fined
6000/., and chief-justice Coke disgraced, for censuring such
exactions. Benevolences were declared illegal by the bill of
rights, Feb. 1689.
BengRl, chief presidency of British India. Capital,
Calcutta. Its governors were appointed by the sovereigns of
Delhi till 1340, when it became independent. It was added
to the Mogul empire by Baber, about 1529 ; it forms a lieu-
tenant-governorship, with an area of 203,473 sq. miles and a
pop. of 66,691,456.
4
BER
English first permitted to trade to Bengal 1534
They establish a settlement at Hooghly about 1652
Factories of the French and Danes set up 1664
Bengal made a distinct agency 1680
English settlement removed to fort William 1698
Imperial grant vesting the revenues of Bengal in the company,
making it really sovereign 12 Aug. 1765
India bill; Bengal made chief presidency; supreme court of
judicature established 16 June, 1773
Bishop of Calcutta appointed 21 July, 1813
Railway opened 15 Aug. 1854
Bennington, Battle of, took place at Hoosick, N. Y.,
5 miles from Bennington, Vermont, on 16 Aug. 1777, be-
tween British and (ierman detachments, under cols. Baume
and Breyman, of Burgoyne's army, and gen. John Stark, with
New Hampshire militia. British were defeated, with a loss,
in killed, wounded, and prisoners, of almost 1000 men. Amer-
icans had 100 killed and as manj' wounded. Burgoyne sent
this expedition to procure cattle and stores. It was a severe
blow to him, and led to his final defeat. It is counted one
of the important battles of the Revolution. New York.
Bentonville, N. C. Here on 18 Mch. 1865, the con-
federates under gen. Joseph E. Johnston fiercely attacked part
of Sherman's army under gen. Slocum, especially the corps of
gen. Jeff. C. Davis, but were finally repelled. The concentra-
tion of gen. Sherman's forces and the fear for his line of retreat
compelled gen. Johnston to fall back on Raleigh. Federal loss,
killed, wounded, and missing, 1643.
benzole or benzine, a compound of hydrogen and
carbon, discovered by Faraday in oils (1825), and by C. B.
Mansfield in coal-tar (1849). Mansfield died from a burn
while experimenting on it (25 Feb. 1855). Benzole has become
useful in the arts. Chemists have produced from it Aniline,
the source of the modern dyes mauve, magenta, and many
others. Alizarine.
Aromatic essences and perfumes have been obtained from benzole
by Perkin, Tiemann, Harrmann, and others. Febrifuge medicines,
by 0. Fischer, Dewar, McKendrick, and others, in 1881. And
saccharine, a principle 220 times sweeter than cane-sugar, by
Fahlberg and Remsen, patented in Great Britain in 1886; not nu-
tritious, and said to cause indigestion.
Beoirulf, an ancient Anglo-Saxon epic poem, describ-
ing the deeds of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero, who probably
flourished in the middle of the 5th century ; supposed to have
been written after 597. The preponderance of opinion now
ascribes to this most important surviving monument of Anglo-
Saxon poetry a west-Saxon origin, and a date between 705 and
750. An edition by Kemble was published in 1833. It has been
translated by Kemble,Thorpe, and Wackerbarth. Manuscript.
Bereng^arians, followers of Berengarius, archdeacon
of Angers, who, about 1049, opposed the doctrine of transub-
stantiation or the real presence. Several councils of the church
condemned his doctrine, 1050-79. After much controversy, he
recanted about 1079, and died, grieved and wearied, 6 Jan. 1088.
Beresl'na, a river in Russia, crossed by the French
main army after defeat by the Russians, 25-29 Nov. 1812. The
French lost upwards of 20,000 men, and the retreat was ruinous.
Berg", W. Germany, on the extinction of its line of counts,
in 1348, was incorporated with Juliers. Napoleon I. made Murat
grand-duke in 1806. The principal part is now held by Prussia.
Berg^amO, N. Italy, a Lombard duchy, annexed to
Venice, 1428 ; which chiefly held it till it revolted and joined
the Cisalpine republic, 1797. It was awarded to Austria in
1814 ; ceded to Sardinia, 1859.
Bergen, Norway, founded 1070; was the royal residence
during the 12th and 13th centuries.
Bergen, Germany, Battle of. French defeated allies,
13 Apr. 1752.— In Holland the allies, under the duke of
York, were defeated by the French, under gen. Brune, with great
loss, 19 Sept. 1799. In another battle, 2 Oct. same year, the
duke gained a victory over Brune ; but on the 6th was defeated
before Alkmaer, and on the 20th, by a convention, exchanged
his army for 6000 French and Dutch prisoners in England.
Bergen-op-Zoom, Holland. This place, deemed
impregnable, was taken by the French, 16 Sept. 1747, and again
in 1795. An attempt by the British, under gen. sir T. Graham
to storm the fortress was defeated ; after forcing an entrance
their retreat was cut oflF, and nearly all were cut to pieces or
taken, 8 Mch. 1814. ^..--•'^7;^
BER '
Berif crac, France. Here John of Gaunt, then earl of
Derby, dfleatetl French in 1344 ; here a temporarj' treaty be-
tween Catholics and Protestants, establishing liberty of con-
science, was signed 17 Sept. 1577.
Berkeley oastle, Ciloucestershire, Engl., begun by
Henry I. in 1108, was Hnished in the next reign. Here Edward
II. was murderetl,21 Sept. 1327, with circumstances of peculiar
atrocity. His queen Isabella (princess of France) and her par-
amour, Mortimer, earl of March, were held as accessories. Mor-
timer was hanged at the Elms, near London, 29 Nov. 1330, by
Edward III., who also confined his mother in her own house
at Castle Rising, near Lynn, in Norfolk, till her death, 1357.
" Mark tlie year, and mark the night.
When Severn shall re-echo with affVlght
The shrieks of death through Berkeley's roof that ring,
Shrieks of an agonizing king." — Oray^s Ode, "The Bard."
Berlin, capital of Prussia, province of Brandenburg,
said to have been founded by margrave Albert the Bear, about
1163. Its 5 districts were united under one magistracy in 1714 ;
it afterwards became the capital of Prussia and was greatly
improved. It was taken and held by Russians andAustrians,
9-13 Oct. 1760. Establishment of Academy of Sciences, 1702;
of the university, 1810. On 27 Oct. 1806, after the battle of
Jena (14 Oct.), the French entered Berlin, whence Napoleon
issued the famous Berlin Decree. Pop. 1890, 1,579,244.
BERLIN CONGRESS ON THE EASTERN QUESTION.
Representatives (with resident ambassadors): Germany, prince
Bismarck, president; Russia, prince Gortschakoff; Turkey,
Alexander Carathdodori ; Great Britain, lord Beaconsfleld and
marquis of Salisbury (lord Odo Russell ambassador) ; Austria,
count Andrassy ; France, M. Waddington; Italy, count Corti.
First meeting, 13 June; 20th and last ; treaty signed. . l3 July, 1878
Articles 1-12. Bulgaria constituted an autonomous principal-
ity, tributary to the sultan; the Balkans southern limit;
the prince to be elected by the people, approved by the
sultan and other powers; public laws, and other details.
Articles 13-22. Eastern Rumelia made a province; partly au-
tonomous; boundaries defined; Christian governor-general
to be appointed by the sultan ; to be organized by an Austrian
commission; Russian army of occupation for 9 months.
Article 23. Bosnia and Herzegovina to be occupied and admin-
istered by Austro- Hungary.
Articles 24-30. Montenegro independent; new frontiers; An-
tivari annexed.
Articles 31-39. Servia independent, with new frontiers.
" 40-49. Roumania independent, losing part of Bessa-
rabia to Russia, with compensation.
Articles 50-64. Regulation of navigation of the Danube, etc.
" 55-57. Legal reforms in Crete, etc.
Article 58. The Porte cedes to Russia Ardahan, Kars, and
Batoum, and settles boundaries.
Article 59. Batoum to be a free commercial port.
" 60. Alasgird and Bayazid restored to Turkey.
Articles 61, 62. The Porte promises legal reforms, religious
liberty, etc.
Article 63. The treaty of Paris (30 Mch. 1856) and of London
(13 Mch. 1871) maintained when not modified by this treaty.
Article 64. To be ratified in 3 weeks. Ratified 3 Aug. "
Circular on delay in executing treaty from earl Granville,
foreign secretary, to foreign powers May, 1880
Berlin conference 16 June-1 July, "
Ambassadors: for Great Britain, lord Odo Russell; France,
comte de St.Vallier, etc., president; prince Hohenlohe, Ger-
man foreign minister.
They agree to a collective note to the sultan of Turkey (urging
surrender of Dulcigno and cession of provinces to Greece) ;
presented 15 July, '•
DcLciGNo; Turkey; Greece, 1880-81; Samoan Islands,
1889, etc.
Berlin Decree. An interdict issued by Napoleon I.
from Berlin against British commerce, 21 Nov. 1806; an attempt
to destroy the foreign trade of England as well as a retalia-
tory measure to offset the British Order in Council issued 16
May, 1806. It declared a blockade of British islands, and or-
dered all Englishmen in countries occupied by French troops
to be treated as prisoners of war. No letters in the English
language were to pass through the French post-offices. All
trade in English merchandise was forbidden. No vessel di-
rectly from England or the English colonies was to be admitted
into any French port, and by a later interpretation, all merchan-
dise derived from England and her colonies, by whomsoever
owned, was liable to seizure, even on board neutral vessels, and
whether even the vessels themselves might not also be liable
to confiscation was reserved for future consideration. British
Orders in Council, Milan Decree, United States, 1806.
Bermuda Hundred, Va., a peninsula between the
Appomattox and James rivers, occupied by gen. B. F. Butler,
BET
6 May, 1864, with between 15,000 and 25,000 men, threatening-
Petersburg and Richmond on the south. Army of the James.
An attack by Beauregard 17 May, 1864, stopped the advance,
and the confederates erected a line of works across the penin-
sula. Soon after gen. Butler's force was depleted by sending
reinforcements to gen. Grant across the Jame.s, so that he could
not assume the offensive, and his condition was aptly expressed
in his own words, " The necessities of the army of the Potomac
have bottled me up at Bermuda Hundred."
Berinu<las or §onier§'i isles, a group consisting
of about 100 coral reefs and rocks with 5 islets, in the N. Atlantic
ocean, 32° 26' n. lat., 64° 37' w. Ion., discovered by Juan Ber-
mudas, a Spaniard, in 1522, but not inhabited until 1609, when^
sir George Somers was cast away upon them. They were settled
by Stat. 9 James 1. 1612. Among the exiles from England dur-
ing the civil war was Waller, the poet, who wrote, while here, a:
poetical description of the islands. There was a hurricane here,.
31 Oct. 1780, and by another a third of the houses was destroj'ed,.
and the shipping driven ashore, 20 July, 1813. A large iron,
dry-dock here, which cost 250,000/., was towed froratheMedway
in June and July, 1869. Pop. 15,534; area about 41 sq. mile.^.
Bernard', Mount ^t., so called from a monastery
founded on it by Bernardine Menthon in 962. Velan, its high-
est peak, about 8000 ft. high, is covered with perpetual snow..
Hannibal, it is said, led his army by this route, over the Little-
st. Bernard pass, into Italy (218 b.c.) ; and in May, 1800, Bona-
parte crossed with his troops by the same road. Near the
summit is the ancient monastery, still held by a community
of monks, who entertain travellers; also noted for its fine breed
of dogs, the St. Bernard. Alps.
Bernardines or IVhite Iflonks, a strict order
of Cistercian monk.s, established by St. Bernard of Clairvaux,.
about 1115. He founded many monasteries.
Berne, the sovereign canton of Switzerland, joined the
Swiss league, 1362 ; the town Berne was made a free city by
the emperor Frederick, May, 1218 ; it repulsed Rudolph of
Hapsburg, 1288. It surrendered to the French under gen.
Brune, 12 Apr. 1798. The town has bears for its arms, and
still maintains a bear-pit on funds specially provided. It was-
made capital of Switzerland, 1848.
Berry (the ancient Bitui-igvm Regis), central France,,
held by Romans since Caesar (58-50 b.c.), till subdued by the-
Visigoths ; from whom it was taken by Clovis in 507 a.d. It
was made a duchy by John II. in 1360, and not incorporated
into the royal domains till 1601.
Beri¥ieli-on-Tiveed, a fortified town on the
northeast extremity of England, the scene of many bloody
contests between England and Scotland ; claimed by the Scots-
because it stood on their side of the river. Upon the treaty
entered into between England and Scotland for the ransom of
William the Lion, who was taken prisoner near Alnwick in
1174, the castle of Berwick was surrendered to the English,
but was restored to Scotland by Richard I. in 1188. Here
John Baliol did homage for Scotland, 30 Nov. 1292. It was
annexed to England in 1333 ; was taken and retaken many
times, and finally ceded to England in 1482. In 1551 it was
made independent. The town surrendered to Cromwell in
1648, and to gen. Monk in 1659. Since the union of the
crowns (James I., 1603) the fortifications have been neglected.
Bessara'bia, frontier province of European Russia,,
part of ancient Dacia; known to the Greeks. After possession
by Goths, in the 2d century, and Huns, at the end of the 5th,.
it came into possession of the Bessi in the 7th century, from
whom the country derived its present name. — Encyc. Brit. 9th
ed. It was conquered by Turks, 1474, seized by Russians, 1770,
and ceded to them in 1812. The part annexed to Roumania in
1856 was restored to Russia at the peace of 1878, in exchange
for Dobrudscha, by the treaty of Berlin, 13 July, and given
up 21 Oct. 1878.
Bessemer. Steam navigation, Steel.
Betllleliem, about 6 miles from Jerusalem, is a place
of great antiquity, and under the name of Ephrath is men-
tioned in Gen. xlviii. 7. Birthplace of David, 1085 b.c., be-
comes one of the world's most memorable spots as the birthplace
of Christ. It now contains a large convent, enclosing, as is said,.
BET 99
the birthplace of Christ ; a church erected by the empress
Helena in the form of a cross, about 325 ; '• the Chapel of the
Nativity," where the manger in which Christ was laid is shown ;
another, called the Chapel of St. Joseph ; and a third, of the
Holy Innocents. Bethlehem is much visited by pilgrims.
Betlinal Oreen, E. London, Engl., a poor but popu-
lous parish ; said to have been the seat of Henry de Montfort,
hero of the " Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green " (Percy ballads).
Many churches have been recently erected under bishop Blom-
field and others, and the district has been favored by the bar-
oness Burdett-Coutts. The East London museum, a branch of
that at South Kensington, was opened by the prince of Wales,
24 June, 1872. Sir Richard Wallace lent to it for a year a col-
lection of fine pictures and valuable curiosities. The gardens
opened 19 May, 1875.
Beverley, E. Yorkshire, Engl., the Saxon Beverlac or
Beverlega. St. John of Beverley, archbishop of York, founded
a monastery here, and died 721 ; and on his account the town
received honors from Athelstane, William I., and other sover-
eigns. It was disfranchised for corruption in 1870, after a long
investigation.
Beverly Ford, Va. United States, 1863.
BeyrOllt' (the ancient Berytus), a seaport of Syria, col-
onized from Sidon. It was destroyed by an earthquake, 566 ;
was rebuilt, and was alternately possessed by the Christians
and Saracens ; and after man}-^ changes fell into the power of
Amurath IV. It was taken during the Egyptian revolt by
Ibrahim Pacha in 1832. The defeat of the Egyptian army by
the allied British, Turkish, and Austrian forces, and evacuation
of Beyrout (the Egyptians losing 7000 in killed, wounded, and
prisoners, and 20 pieces of cannon), took place 10 Oct. 1840.
Sir C. Napier was the English admiral. Beyrout suffered from
the massacres in Syria in May, 1860. In Nov. 1860, above
27,000 were said to be in danger of starving. Syria.
Bianehi (Whites), a political party at Florence in 1300,
in favor of the Ghibellines or imperial party, headed by Vieri
de' Cerchi, opposed the Neri (or Blacks), headed by Corso de'
Donati. The latter banished their opponents, among whom
was Dante, in 1302. " Bianehi " were also male and female
penitents, clothed in white, who travelled through Italy in
Aug. 1399, and were suppressed by pope Boniface IX., 1400.
Biareliy. Aristodemus, king of Sparta, left twin sons,
Eurysthenes and Procles; and the people, not knowing to
whom precedence should be given, placed both upon the
throne, and thus established the first biarchy, 1102 B.c. Their
descendants reigned for about 800 years. — Herodotus.
Biberaeh, WUrtemberg. Here Moreau twice defeated
the Austrians — under Latour, 2 Oct. 1796, and under Kray,
9 May, 1800.
Bible (from the Gr. j8t/3Xoc, a book), the Holy Scriptures.
The Old Testament is said to have been collected and arranged
by Ezra between 458 and 450 b.c. The Apocrypha are con-
sidered as inspired writings by Catholics, but not by Jews and
Protestants. Apocrypha.
The division of the Bible into chapters has been ascribed to arch-
bishop Lanfrauc in the 11th, and to archbishop Langtou in the
13th century; but T. Hartwell Home refers it to cardinal Hugo de
SanctoCaro, aboutl250. Thedivision into sections was commenced
by rabbi Nathan (author of a concordance), about 1445, and com-
pleted by Athras. a Jew, in 16(51. The present division into verses
was introduced by the printer Robert Stephens in his Gr. Testa-
ment (1551) and in his Latin Bible (1556-57).
The original copies of the New Testament writings were probably
written on papyrus rolls, and were so soon worn out by frequent
use that we do not possess any historical notice of their existence.
Manuscripts. They must, however, have been written in uncial
or large capital letters, without division of words or punctuation,
without accents, breathings, etc., and probably without any titles
or subscriptions whatever. The uncial character held its ground
till about the 10th century, when the use of a cursive or running
hand became general. Euthalius of Alexandria, in the second
half of the 5th century, divided the text into lines to suit the
sense — Encyc. Brit. 9th ed.
OLD TESTAMENT. B.C.
Genesis contains the history of the world from 4004-1635
J^^odus 1635-1490
Leviticus 1490
JJumbers '. .'. .'.'.'.'.V.'. 1490-1451
Deuteronomy , 1451
i^\ ...about 1520
J osh ua 1451-1420
BIB
Judges ,
Ruth '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.
1st and 2d Samuel ...'.
1st and 2d Kings .....*.....'
1st and 2d Chronicles *.*."...'.
Book of Psalms (principally by David) .'.*.*.'.'.'.'".*
Proverbs written about
Song of Solomon ■.■.■.■.■.■.■.■.■.'.'.■.■.■.' ''
Ecclesiastes u
Jonah «(
Joel .!!..!.!!!! 1 !!!! ! "
Hosea ..*..'.".*.".*.*" '<
Amos (i
Isaiah
Micah
Nahum
Zephaniah
Jeremiah
Lamentations.
Habakkuk
Daniel
Ezekiel
Obadiah .'.'.'.'.'.■.■.■.'.■.■.■.■.■ .'."about
Ezra n
Esther. . . .
Haggai,...
Zechariah..
Nehemiah .
Malachi . . .
1322-1312
1171-1017
1015-
562
1004-
536
1063-1015
1000-
700
1014
977
862
800
785-
725
787
760- 698
750- 710
713
630
629-
588
588
626
607-
534
595-
574
587
536-
456
521-
495
520
520-
518
446-434
397
NEW TESTAMENT. ^ ^
Gospels by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John 5 b.c -33
Acts of the Apostles 33-65
Epistles— 1st and 2d of Paul to Thessalonians! '..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. ."about 54
" ■ 58
To Galatians..
1st Corinthians 59
2d Corinthians .".*.*.'.'.*.! !.'."!!!.* 60
Romans .,.'*.'.','.'*.".".',".'.".'*.' "
Of James .'...'.*.'..*.*.*..... ...'.' "
1st of Peter '.'.*'.'.".*.*.*.'.*.*...'.*...'.. '*
ToEphesians, Philippians, Colossians, Hebrewsj Philemon.*.'.'. 64
Titus, and 1st to Timothy 55
2d to Timothy 66
2d of Peter u
Of Jude *.*.*.'.'.'.* .* ." '.'.'.'. '. .* .* ! "
1st, 2d, and 3d of John .after 90
Revelation gg
The most ancient copy of the Hebrew Scriptures was at Toledo,
"the Codex of Hillel;" it was probably of the 4th century a.d. ,
some say about 60 years before Christ. The copy of Ben Asher,
of Jerusalem, was made about 1100.
Probably the oldest copy of the Old and New Testaments in Greek is
the Codex Sinaiticus, referred to the 4th century. It was dis-
covered by M. Constantine Tischendorf at St. Katherine's mon-
astery in 1844 and 1859, and presented to the czar of Russia, at
whose cost a splendid edition was publ. in 1862. Manuscripts.
The famous Vatican Codex, written in the 4th or 5th century, is regard-
ed as substantially equal to the former in antiquity and authority
Mai's edition appeared 1857. The next in age is the Alexandrian
Codex (referred to the 5th century) in the British museum, pre-
sented by the Greek patriarch to Charles I. in 1628. It has been
printed in England, edited by Woido and Baber, 1786-1821. Codex
Ephrcemi, or Codex Regius, ascribed to 5th century, in the Royal
library, Paris; publ. by Tischendorf in 1843.
The Hebrew psalter was printed at Bologna in 1477 The complete
Hebrew Bible was first printed by Soncino in Italy in 1488, and
the Greek Testament (edited by Erasmus) at Rotterdam in 1516.
Aldus's edition was printed in 1518, Stephens's in 1546, and the
textus receptus (or received text) by the Elzevirs in 1624.
TRANSLATIONS.
The Old Testament, in Greek, termed the Septuagint, said to have
been made by order of Ptolemy Philadelphos, king of Egypt, about
286 or 285 B.C. ; of this many fabulous accounts are given.
Origen, after 28 years in collating MSS., began his polyglot Bible at
Csesarea in 231 a.d., including the Greek versions of Aquila, Sym-
machus, and Theodotion, all made in or about the 2d century a.d.
The following are ancient versions: Syriac, 1st or 2d century; the
old Latin version, early in the 2d century, revised by Jerome in
384; who, however, completed a new version in 405, now called
the Vulgate; first edition (without date) about 1456; the first
dated 1462; Coptic, 2d or 3d century; Ethiopic; Armenian, 4th or
5th century; Slavonic, 9th century; and the Mceso- Gothic, by
Ulfilas, the ajiostle of the Goths, about 360 (a manuscript copy,
called the Codex Argenteus, is at Upsala). Manuscripts. ThePstlms
were translated into Saxon by bishop Aldhelm about 706; Caed-
mon's metrical paraphrase of a portion of the Bible, about 680;
and the Gospels by bishop Egbert, about 721; parts of the Bilile
by Bede, in the 8th century. A complete and literal translation
of the Vulgate existed in Germany perhaps as early as the begin-
ning of the 14th century. The earliest remains of Romance ver-
sions are thought to be as old as the 11th century; but the work
of translation assumed important dimensions in the 12th and 13th
centuries, though the church of Rome strove to suppress it.
The prohibition of the Bible in the vulgar tongue, put forth by
the council of Toulouse in 1229, was repeated by other councils in
various parts of the church, but failed to quell the rising inter-
est in the Scriptures. In England and in Bohemia the Bible was
translated by the reforming parties of Wycliffe and Huss, and was
printed not only in Latin, but in French, Spanish, Italian, Ger-
man, and Dutch.
Bible.
U71
1476
1477
1478
1487
1488
1530
1636
1541
1550
1561
1569
1588
1689
1666
1686
1743
1748
1767
1814
1821
1822
1822
1823
BIB ^^
MODERK TRANSLATIONS. N. Tett.
Italian —
Dutch —
Flemish —
Spanish (Valencian) —
French —
Bohemian —
German 1522
English 1626
Swedish 1526
Danish 1524
Polish 1561
Spanish 1543
Welsh 1567
Hungarian 1574
Massachusetts Indians (Eliot's) 1661
Irish 1602
Georgian —
Portuguese 1712
Manx. 1748
Turkish 1666
Modern Greek 1638
Russian (parts) 1519
Sanscrit: 1808
Chinese 18U
ENOUSH VERSIONS AND EDITIONS.
MS. paraphrase of the whole Bible at the Bodleian library, Ox-
ford, dated by Usher 1290
Versions (from the Vulgate) by Wycliffe and his followers
(above 170 MS. copies extant) 1356-84
[Part publ. by Lewis, 1731; by Baber, 1810; the whole by
Madden & Forshall. at Oxford, 1850.]
William Tyndale's version of Matthew and Mark from the
Greek, 1524; of the New Testament, 1525; 6 editions 1525-30
Miles Coverdale's version of the Bible ; printing finished, 4 Oct. 1535
[Ordered by Henry VIII. to be laid in the choir of every
church, " for every man that will to look and read therein. "]
T. Matthews's (said to be fictitious name for John Rogers) ver-
sion (partly by Tyndale and Coverdale) 1537
[Tyndale was strangled and his body then burned at Ant-
werp, 6 Oct. 1536, at the instigation of Henry VIII. and his
council.]
Cranmer's Great Bible (Matthews's revised), the first printed
by authority 1539
Bible-reading prohibited 1542-57
Geneva version, "Breeches Bible" (the first with figured
verses), 1540-57; publ 1560
Archbishop Parker's, called the "Bishops' Bible " (8 of the 14
persons employed being bishops) 1568
Catholic authorized version; New Testament at Rheims, 1582;
Old Testament at Douay 1609-10
ENGLISH VERSION OF 1611. (KING JAMES'S BIBLE.)
The English Bible, or "authorized version," is a revision of the
" Bishops' Bible," begun in 1604, and published in 1611. It arose
out of a conference between the High Church and Low Church
parties, held by James I. at Hampton court in 1604. The appoint-
ment of the revisers was a work of much responsibility and labor,
and 5 months elapsed before they were selected and their respec-
tive portions assigned. The 47 who began the work included the
leading scholars of England. These were divided into 6 com-
mittees. The following table gives the name of each committee,
its president, and the work assigned it:
BIB
Committees.
Westminster, Heb.
Cambridge, "
Oxford, "
Cambridge, Greek.
Oxford, "
Westminster, "
Bishop Andrewes of Win-
chester.
Prof Lively, regius prof,
of Hebrew.
Prof Harding, regius prof
of Hebrew, and pres. of
Magdalen college.
Prof Duport, master of Je-
[ sus college, etc.
Bishop Ravis of London.
" Barlow of Lincoln.
Genesis-2 Kings.
1 Chroa-Eccles.
Isaiah-Malachi.
Apocrypha.
Gospels, Acts,
and Revela-
tion.
Epistles.
A set of 15 rules was drawn up to guide the larger body. They
comprised 3 general heads: (1) To follow the "Bishops' Bible,"
and to alter as little as the truth of the original will permit. (2)
To refrain from marginal notes. (3) To use the utmost diligence
in arriving at a true interpretation, sending to any other scholar
not directly engaged for his opinion or judgment. The care be-
stowed upon this translation is shown by the fact that parts of
it passed through the committees' hands 17 times. Although the
work began in 1604, it was 1611 before Robert Barker, ihe king's
patentee, issued the first volume. Since that time millions of this
revised translation have been printed.
[Dr. Benjamin Blayney's revised edition, 1769.]
Authorized Jewish English version 1851-61
A revision of the English version was recommended by bishops
in convocation, 10 Feb. 1870. The committee, eminent scholars
of various denominations, appointed in May, met first at West-
minster abbey, 22 June, 1870, and consisted finally of 52 members
—divided into 2 companies, one for the revision of the Old, and
the other of the New Testament. The American clergy and schol-
ars were invited to co-operate. The American house of bishops
(Episcopalian) declined to commit itself formally to the enter-
j)riso, not restricliug, however, the free action of its members.
The first meeting of the American Board was in Now York, Dec.
1871. The number of American co-operating with English re-
visers was 32, with Philip Schafl", D. D., LL.D., president, including
eminent clergy and scholars of different denominations.
Revision of New Testament completed (103d se§sion, 407 days), 11
Nov. 1880; editions publ. 17 May, 188L Revision of Old Testa-
ment completed, 1884; Issued 19 May, 1885.
NOTED AND PECULIAR BIBLES.
Paragraph Bibles published in England by John Reeve, 1808; by
the Tract Society, 1848; at Cambridge, Mass., by Dr. Coit, 1834.
Smallest Bible known (4^x2x1- inches; weight under 3^ oz.), issued
from Oxford University press, Oct. 1875.
" .Mazarine Bible." Printing, Books.
" Bishops' Bible," see English Versions, 1568.
"Breeches Bible." The Geneva Bible, often so called from the
translation of Gen. iii. 7, where the word "breeches" is used in-
stead of "aprons."
"Bug Bible," an edition of Matthews's Bible, printed in 1551, so
called from the rendering of "terror" in Ps. xci. 5, as "bugges,"
in the sense of a frightful form.
"Wicked Bible." An edition so called from the accident of leav-
ing the word " not " out of the seventh commandment. Similarly
a Bible of 1653 omits the word "not" from St. Paul's utterance
(1 Cor. vi. 9), rendering it, "Know you not that the unrighteous
shall inherit the kingdom of God?"
"Vinegar Bible." So called because in Matt. xx. the "parable ot
the vineyard" was printed "parable of the vinegar," 1617.
" Placemakers' Bible." Matt. v. 9, was printed "Blessed are the
placemakers," instead of "peacemakers."
The first Bible printed in the U. S. (aside from Eliot's Indian trans-
lation, 1661-66) was printed at Germantown, Pa., in German,
by Christopher Sauer in 1743. The first in English was one at
Boston by Kneeland & Green, 1752, with London imprint. First
in Philadelphia, 1782, by Robert Aitken.
Bible dictionaries. The most remarkable are Cal-
met's " Dictionary of the Bible," 1722-28 ; Kitto's "Cyclopgedia
of Biblical Literature," 1843 and 1851; Smith's elaborate '• Dic-
tionary of the Bible," 1860-63 ^ and McClintock and. Strong's
" Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature." Concordances.
Bible societies. The total number of Bibles and
Testaments distributed by 80 Bible societies in the world,
since the foundation of the British and Foreign Society, has
been over 220,000,000 copies. The following is a partial list
of the principal and oldest Bible societies :
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, organized 1698
Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, organized, 1701
Society in Scotland for Promoting Christian Knowledge, or-
ganized 1709
Society for Promoting Religious Knowledge among the Poor,
organized : 1750
Naval and Military Bible Society, organized 1780
Sunday-school Society, organized 1785
French Bible Society, organized 1792
British and Foreign Bible Society, begun 1803; organized 1804
Hibernian Bible Society, organized 1806
First Bible society in the U. S. organized at Philadelphia 1808
Connecticut Bible Society, organized at Hartford May, 1809
Massachusetts Bible Society, organized at Boston July, "
New York Bible Society, organized at New York Nov. "
New Jersey Bible Society, organized at Princeton, N. J.. . .Dec. "
Convention of 35 Bible societies meets at New York, and or-
ganizes the American Bible Society 8-13 May, 1816
[The early presidents were :
Hon. Elias Boudinot, LL.D., elected 1816.
Hon. John Jay, " 182L
Hon. Richard Varick, " 1831.]
A bull from pope Pius VII. against Bible societies appeared in 1817
Bible Association of Friends in America, organized 1828
American and Foreign Bible Society, organized 1837
American Bible Society, incorporated 25 Mch. 1841
American Bible Union, organized 1850
Bible House at Astor place, N. Y. city, completed and occupied
by American Bible Society May, 1853
Foundation stone of new Central hall, of British and Foreign
Bible Society, laid in Queen Victoria St., London. . . .11 June, 1866
Biblia Pauperum (the "Bible for the Poor"),
consisting of 40 leaves printed on one side, making 20 when
pasted together, and illustrated with engravings of Scripture
history, the texts carved in wood — a " block book " — printed
early in the 15th century, compiled by Bonaventura, general
of the Franciscans, about 1260. Fac-simile published by J.
Russell Smith in 1859. Books.
Biblical arciiseology, Society for, established by
Dr. Samuel Birch and others; 1871. Besides a journal, it has
published "Records of the Past," translations from the As-
sjT^an, Egyptian, and other languages, 1873-78. Palestine.
Bibliog^rapliy, the science of books.
CATALOGITES and bibliographical DICTIONARIES.
1 Gesner's " Bibliotheca Universalis " appeared 1545
BIG 101
Ostern's " Bibliothdqiie Universelle " (list of printed books
from 1500 to 1624) 1625
"Biblioth^queRoyale" (French) begun in 1739; 10 vols, finished, 1753
De Bure's " Bibliographie Instructive " 1763
Brunet's " Manuel du Libraire " (several editions), first publ. . 1810
Home's " Introduction to the Study of Bibliography " 1814
Peignot's " Manuel- du Bibliophile " 1823
Watt's "Bibliotheca Britanuica" 1824
Ebert's " Allgemeines Bibliographisches Lexikon " 1830
English translation publ. in Oxford, 4 vols 1834
Lowndes' s ' ' Bibliographer' s Manual, ' ' 1834 ; new ed. by Bohn, 1857-62
Querard's "La France Litt6raire " 1828-64
Sampson Low's " British Catalogue " 1835-80
Allibone's "Dictionary of Authors," 1858; last ed 1891
Leypoldt's " American Catalogue," 1876; 1st supplement, 1876-
84; 2d 1884-90
Sabin's "Bibliotheca Americana," 1868, still unfinished, the
letter "Q" having been reached in the xcii. part, issued in 1886
Poole's " Index of Periodical Literature " 1882-87
Fletcher's "Co-operative Index to Leading Periodicals," issued
quarterly 1884
Books, Printing.
Bicocca, N. Italy. Lautrec and the French were here
defeated by Colonna and the imperialists, 29 Apr. 1522, and
Francis thereby lost his conquests in Milan.
bicycle or velocipede. A machine of this kind
was invented by Blanchard the aeronaut, and described in the
Journal de Paris, 27 July, 1779 ; and one was invented by
Nicephone Niepce in 1818. The dandy-horse or "Draisena,
a machine called a velocipede," was patented for baron von
Drais in Paris and London in 1818, and described in " Acker-
BIO
man's Repository," Feb. 1819. These machines came again
into use in 1861, and since 1867 have been common in various
forms. In 1869 M. Michaux of Paris conceived the idea of
making the front or driving-wheel much larger than the hind
wheel.
Pickwick Bicycle Club, organized in England about 1869
Cunningham, Heath & Co., of Boston, begin the importation
of English bicycles into the United States 1877
Publication of the American Bicycling Journal, now the Bi-
cycling World, the pioneer wheelman's paper, begun "
First bicycle manufactory in the U. S. established by A. A.
Pope of Boston, Mass i878
League of American Wheelmen (L. A. W.) organized at New-
port 31 May, 1880
James Stanley, inventor of the modern bicycle and tricycle,
d. in England, aged 50 June, 1881
Mr. Terry crosses the English channel on a marine bicycle;
leaves Dover at 9 a.m. and arrives at Calais 5 p.m., 28 July, 1883
Safety bicycles begin to come into use 1886-87
Thomas Stevens, American, makes a trip around the world on
a bicycle. Total distance about 30,000 miles, 12,550 on his
wheel. He leaves San Francisco, Cal., 22 Apr. 1884, pro-
ceeds via Boston, Liverpool, Constantinople, Meshed, re-
turning to Constantinople, Lahore, Calcutta, Canton, Shang-
hai, Nagasaki, and arrives at San Francisco 7 Jan. 1887
Providence Ladies' Cycling Club, organized 4 Feb. 1890, and
the first ladies' club to join the L. A. W 4 Mch. 1890
Pneumatic tire safety bicycles introduced into the U. S "
International Cyclists' Association organized, London, Engl. ;
Howard Raymond, American representative, elected pres-
ident, and it was decided to hold the first annual competi-
tive meeting at Chicago, 111., during the World's Fair in 1893,
25 Nov.
1892
BICYCLE RECORDS.
W.J. Morgan.
H. Higbam . . .
G.P.Mills....
20 Dec. 1886
18 Mch. 1880
4-8 Oct. 1891
Minneapolis, Minn
Agricultural hall, London, Engl,
miles. yards.
234 —
230.25 —
d. h. m. sec.
16 59 30
J. S. Johnson.
H. C.Tyler
W. C.Sanger....
M. F. Dirnberger.
J. S.Johnson
W.W. Windle
A. A. Zimmerman.
J. S. Prince
J. S. Johnson
W. W. Windle
A. W. Harris
W. W. Windle
F. Pope
L. S. Meintjes
F. Pope
W. H. Penseyres&i
C. W. Dorntage... (
G. E. Osmond k\
J. W. Stocks J
L. S. Meintjes
J. W. Stocks
L. S. Meintjes , .
J. W. Stocks
L. S. Meintjes
J. W Stocks
H. Fournier
J. W. Stocks
L. S. Meintjes.
Jules Dubois
A. Linton
F. Waller
A. Linton
F. E. Spooner
F. W. Shoreland . . .
F. E. Spooner
F. W. Shoreland...
BEST TUACK RECORDS (Safety).
31 Oct. 1893 Independence, la .25
4 Sept.
"
19 June
"
18 Nov.
"
30 Oct.
"
26 Oct.
"
6 Sept.
1892
6 Oct.
1893
28 Sept.
1894
24 Oct.
((
9 Nov.
1893
11 Oct.
"
2 Oct.
«
17 Oct.
ti
26 Oct.
u
11 Sept.
"
26 Oct.
"
21 July,
1892
1 Sept.
1893
14 Sept.
"
30 Aug.
"
14 Sept.
((
30 Aug.
11
14 Sept.
i(
30 Aug.
"
13 Aug.
1892
30 Aug.
1893
12 Aug.
"
17 Sept.
1892
21 Oct.
1893
11 June,
1892
7 Oct.
1893
8-9 July,
1892
21-22 July,
1893
8-9 July,
1892
.21-22 July,
1893
Hartford, Conn .
London, Engl . ,
Nashville, Tenn.
Independence, la.
Springfield, Mass.
Hartford, Conn...
London, Engl
Waltham, Mass. ..
Buffalo, N.Y
Independence, la.
Springfield, Mass ,
London, Engl
Springfield, Mass ,
London, Engl
Springfield, Mass .
London, Engl
Baltimore, Md
London, Engl
Springfield, Mass .
London, Engl
Springfield, Mass .
London, Engl
Springfield. Mass .
London, Engl
Paris, France
London, Engl
Springfield, Mass .
Paris, France
London, Engl
Alameda, Cal
London, Engl. , . . .
Chicago, 111
London, Engl
Chicago, 111
London, Engl
.25 —
.25 —
.5 —
.5 —
10
10
15
15
25
25
25
50
50
50
100
100
200
200
300
300
400
426
440
-
-
24.4
—
_
25.8
—
—
27.8
-
-
54
—
—
55
—
—
55.8
1
0L8
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1
05.4
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1
50.6
— .
1
35.4
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1
58.2
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1
56.8
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2
04.2
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6
43
_
6
53.4
—
11
09.6
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11
33.2
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12
14.8
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11
17.2
23
04.6
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23
20
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34
37 •
—
35
20.6
57
40.6
—
59
06.8
1
01
21
2
05
45.6
2
11
06.8
2
11
10
4
29
39.2
5
45
—
10
01
—
11
47
15
16
30
21
18
29
28
22
43
04.8
24
—
-
Without dismounting.
(Without sleep in his ride from
\ Land's End to John O'Groat's.
(Amateur, against time (kite
1 track).
(Amateur, in competition (oval
( track).
Amateur, against time.
( " flying start with pace-
( maker.
I Amateur, flying start against
( time (kite track).
( Amateur, against time (oval
( track).
Amateur, in competition.
Professional, against time.
Amateur,flying start with pacer.
( Amateur, standing start against
\ time.
(Amateur, flying start against
( time.
Amateur, against time.
Tandem, against time.
Amateur, against time.
Professional, against time.
Amateur, against time.
Professional, against time.
Amateur, against time.
Professional, against time.
Amateur, against time.
BID 102
BICYCLE RECORDS.
BEST TKACK RECORDS (Safety).— Conhnued-
BIM
N»m«.
Dat«.
Pl.c«.
Distance.
Time.
Remarks.
Wm. Martin
18-24 Oct 1892
it i( ((
li « ((
Madison square, N Y
mllei. lap».
1466 4
1441 1
1342 —
1327 6
d. h. m. MC.
6 days' race.
Ashinger
u o
Lamb •••>..••••
it (i
(1 n u
Shock,
<( it
BEST ROAD RECORDS (Safety)
C.T. Knisely
W. B. Hurlburt....
24 June, 1893
li ((
20 Sept "
24 June, '<
1 Nov. "
23 Oct «'
26 Aug. "
12 Sept 1892
21 Oct 1893
22 Oct "
12 Sept 1892
4-6 Sept 1893
1-19 June, 1885
liOUlsville, Ky
10 miles.
16 "
20 "
26 »
25 "
26 *'
60 "
60 «'
53 "
100 "
100 "
100 "
1000 "
2054 "
26 20
43 18
67 46
— 1 01 —
— 1 11 59
— 1 04 —
— 2 21 46
— 2 32 '20
— 3 19 30
— 5 12 02
— .5 37 15
— 7 12 04
4 23 30 —
19
Detroit, Mich
41
H. B.James
W. B. Hurlburt ....
Melbourne, Sydney R'd, Australia.
Detroit, Mich
"
E. Oxborrow
Great North Road, Engl
A. Pellant
K t> tl u
F. A. Foell
Buffalo, N. Y
Hiss Dudley
Great North Road, Engl
11
E Hale
. .
J. W. Linnemann..
Miss Dudley
Newark, N.J
Great North Road, Engl
H
L. Fletcher
England
H. R. Goodwin
1 Land's End to John O'Groat's and
( back, and then to London i
Biddendeil inaid§. A distribution of bread and
cheese to the poor takes place at Biddenden, Kent, on Easter
Mondays, supported by the rental of 20 acres of land, in 1875
yielding about 20/., the reputed bequest of two Biddenden
maids, sisters nanaed Chulkhurst, joined like the Siamese
twins, who died in the 12th century. In 1656, William Hor-
ner, the rector, was nonsuited in an attempt to add the " Bread
and Cheese lands " to his glebe.
Bigr Bethel, Va., Battle of, fought 10 June, 1861.
Gen. Pierce attacked the confederates in their fortifications,
and was repulsed, after a partial success, losing about 40 men.
Among them maj. Theodore Winthrop, killed, author of " Cecil
Dreeme," " John Brent," etc.
Big Black River, Miss., Battle of. Here the con-
federates, under Peraberton, made their last stand before re-
tiring into Vicksburg, 17 May, 1863. They were driven from
their position and retired into Vicksburg on the 18th. Vicks-
burg Campaign.
bigamy. The Romans branded bigamists with an in-
famous mark ; and in England the punishment, formerly, was
death. An act respecting it was passed 5 Edvv. I. 1276. —
Viner's Statutes. Made felony, without benefit of clergy, 1
James 1. 1603. Punishable by imprisonment or transporta-
tion, 35 Geo. HI. 1794 ; by imprisonment, 24 and 25 Vict. c. 100
(1861). In the United States, by imprisonment.
Bilbao, N.E. Spain, founded about 1300; taken by
the French and held a few days, July, 1795; delivered
from Carlists by Espartero, assisted by British, 24 Dec. 1836 ;
besieged by Carlists from Feb. to May, 1874 ; relieved by mar-
shal Concha, who entered Bilbao 2 May.
bill of excepti011§. The right of excepting by
bill to errors in a judge's charge, or any definition of the law,
at a trial provided by the 2d statute of Westminster, 13 Edw.
I. 1284, was abolished by the Judicature act, 1875. The
practice is maintained in American courts.
bill of right§. The Convention Pariiament that gave
the crown of England to William and Mary adopted a bill of
rights, 13 Feb. 1689, which the new monarchs confirmed by
their signatures. It asserted the right of subjects to petition ;
the right of Parliament to freedom of debate ; the right of
electors to choose representatives freely, and other privileges.
This bill of rights contained the fundamental principles of
political liberty, yet the crown would not apply them to the
American colonists. Had the bill of rights been extended to
the American colonies the principal cause of their final sepa-
ration would have been removed.
billiard§. The origin of the game is uncertain; it
was introduced into Europe by knights templars on their
return from the first crusade (about 1100), and brought into
France in the time of Louis XI. (1461-83).
Billiard-tables with bed of stone covered with cloth, made by
Henrique de Vigne, of Paris about 1571
M. Mingaud, of Paris, invents the leather-tipped cue 1823
Slate billiard-tables introduced into England 1827
Micliael Fhelun (American) invents the improved vulcanized
rubber cushion 1854
First public match of importance in the U. S. at San Francisco,
Michael Phelan defeats M. Damon (French) Feb. 1855
First billiard tournament in New York i860
BEST BILLIARD RECORDS, 5X10 TABLE.
Three-ball, straight rail. Highest average 333>^,.Jacob Schaefer,
Music hall, Chicago, game with George F. Slosson . . .15 May, 1879
Three-ball, straight rail. Highest run 1531, by Maurice Vig-
naux, at Paris, against George F. Slosson 10-14 Apr. 1880
Cushion carroms, highest run 77, made by William Sexton at
Tammany Hall, N.Y., against Jacob Schaefer 19 Dec. 1881
Champion's game (corner-play barred), highest run 398, made
by George F. Slosson at Paris, against Maurice Vignaux,
30 Jan.-3 Feb. 1882
Highest run in America, J. R. Heiser, 351, New York city, in
contest with Ed. McLaughlin 11 Feb. 1884
Balk-line (8 in.), highest run 329, made by Maurice Vignaux
at Paris Jan. "
Balk-line (14 in.), highest run 230, by Jacob Schaefer at Cos-
mopolitan Hall, N. Y., against Maurice Vignaux. .8-13 Mch. 1886
Three-ball, straight rail; table, 4^X9. Harvey McKenna, high-
est run 2572 points; game with F. Eames; average, 416%,
Boston 20, 21 Dec. 1887
[Tables of this size are, however, barred from records.]
Amateur championship of the U. S. and a silver tankard val-
ued at $1000, won by Orville Oddie, Jr., at New York Rac-
quet Club 23-28 May, "
Jacob Schaefer (800) beat George F. Slosson (592), match for
championship at 14-inch balk-line. New York citv. . .22 Jan. 1892
Frank C. Ives (800) beat Jacob Schaefer (499), 14-inch balk-line,
championship. Chicago, 111 19 Mch. "
Frank C. Ives (800} beat Geo. F. Slosson (488),balk-line billiards,
Chicago, 111 21 May, "
Frank C. Ives beat John Roberts at London, Engl., game of 6000
points, in 6 days. 1000 at each meeting; spot and push shots
barred. Ives won by 2100 points; highest run, 1540. Roberts
highest run, 249 29 May-3 June, 1893
Frank C. Ives beat John Roberts at Chicago, 111. Game, 6000
points; table, 6x12, with pockets; spot and push shots
barred. Ives won by 698 points; highest run, 434. Roberts
highest run, 166 Sept. 18-24, "
BiIling[Sgate, the fish-market in London, is said to
be named from Belinus Magnus, a British prince, father of
king Lud,400 b.c., but Stow thinks from a former owner. It
was the old port of London, and customs were paid here under
Ethelred II., 979 a.d. — Stow. Billingsgate was made a free
market, 1699.
bills of exehang'e were invented by the Jews as a
means of removing property from nations where they were
persecuted, 1160. — Anderson. Said to have been used in Eng-
land, 1307. The only legal mode of sending money from
England, 4 Richard II. 1381. Regulated, 1G98 \ first stamped,
1782 ; duty advanced, 1797 ; again, June, 1801 ; and since.
It was made capital to counterfeit them in 1734. In 1825, the
year of" bubble " speculation, it was computed that there were
400,000,000/. represented by bills of exchange and promissory
notes. Days of grace were abolished in Great Britain for
sight bills of exchange in Aug, 1871 ; in New York, Jan. 1895.
For the laws and regulations in force in the U. S., see Harper's
"Cyclopaedia of Commerce, "p. 167 et seq.
bimetallism, the system of 2 standard metallic cur-
rencies in a country — gold and silver — advocated by MM.
H. Cernuschi and E. Lavellye and others since 1867. By
BIN 103
56 Geo. III. c. 68 (1816), "gold coins only should be legal-
tender in all payments of more than 40s." in Great Britain.
A bimetallic currency was established in France in 1803 ; was
recommended for Germany in 1879, and discussed at the mon-
etary conference at Paris, Apr. 1881. A conference of dele-
.gates from the United States and the principal countries of
Europe on bimetallism met at Brussels,Belgium,22 Nov. 1892.
The proposals and views of the various countries were so di-
vergent that no satisfactory method could be decided upon,
and the conference suspended its sittings 17 Dec, and ad-
journed to 13 May, 1893. The tendency of the conference was
unfavorable to bimetallism. Silvek.
binary arithmetic, counting by twos, used in as-
•certaining the property of numbers and constructing tables,
-was invented by Leibnitz of Leipsic, about 1703. For the
binary theory in chemistry, compound radical,
binomial expre§§ion, in algebra, composed of 2
terms connected with the sign -|-(plus) or —(minus); a term
first used by Recorde about 1557, when he published his
*'' Algebra." The binomial theorem of Newton is said to have
been first presented in 1666. Algebra.
biogpraphy (Gr. ^ioq, life, and ypcKpto, I write), de-
fined as " history teaching by example." Genesis contains
the biography of the patriarchs, the Gospels that of Christ.
Plutarch wrote the "Lives of Illustrious Men;" Cornelius
^epos, "Lives of Military Commanders;" and Suetonius,
"Lives of the Twelve Caesars" (all three in the first century
after Christ) ; Diogenes Laertius, " Lives of the Philosophers "
<about 205). — Boswell's " Life of Johnson " (published 1790),
Stanley's " Life of Dr. Arnold" (London, 1845), and Trevelyan's
^' Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay " (London, 1878), are
perhaps the mqst famous of British biographies.
•Chalmers's "Biographical Dictionary," 32 vols 1812-17
" Noiivelle Biographie Gdn6rale," 46 vols 1852-66
Applelon's "Cyclopaedia of American Biography," 6 vols. imp.
octavo 1887
Steplieu's "Dictionary of National Biography " (Rngl.) begun 1885;
vol. xxxiv. L.-M., June, 1893. Now (1893) edited by Sidney Lee.
biolog'y, the science of life and living things, so called by
Treviranus, of Bremen, in his work on physiology, published
. 1802-22, includes Zoology, Anthropology, and Ethnology.
Herbert Spencer's " Principles of Biology," published 1865-67.
T. H. Huxley, " Practical Instruction in Biology," 1875.
In 1831 about 70,000 animals were known and described: in 1881,
about 320,000.
bircl§ were divided by Linnaeus into 6 orders (1735); by
Blumenbach into 8 (1805) ; and by Cuvier into 6 (1817).
Works on birds published by John Gould, F.R.S., consist of
nearly 40 folio volumes of colored plates, etc., and include the
birds of Europe, Asia, Australia, Great Britain, and New
Guinea, besides monographs of humming-birds, etc. John
•Gould died 3 Feb. 1881. Dr. John Latham's "Synopsis of
Birds," 1781-90. John .lames Audubon's " Birds of America,"
1826-40, 4 vols. ; later edition, 1869.
Alexander Wilson's great work partially finished ; 1st vol. appeared
in 1808 ; 2d in 1810. Work continued by Charles Lucien Bona- •
parte, 4 vols. 4:to, Phila. (1825-33).
British Ornithologists' Union, founded 1858 : published the Ibis
1859 et seq.
A morphological classification of birds (based on Huxley's), by
professors Parker and Newton; " Encyclopaedia Britannica,"
9th ed 1878
International Congress of Ornithologists; 1st meeting at Vien-
na, Apr. 7-11, 1884; 2d congress met at Buda-Pesth. .May 17, 1891
Birming^ham, formerly Bromwicham and
Br ummegem, Warwickshire, Engl., existed in the reign
•of Alfred, 872 ; and belonged to the Bermengehams, at Domes-
day Survey, 1086. There were " many smythes " here in the
time of Henry VIII. (Le^awtf), but its importance began in the
reign of William IIL Pop. 1891, 429,171.
■Grammar-school founded by Edward VI 1552
Besieged and taken by prince Rupert 1643
Button manufactures established 1689
:Soho works established by Matthew Boulton about 1764; and
steam-engine works about 1774
Birmingham canal originated 1767
• Dr. Ash's hospital founded, 1766; first Birmingham musical
festival for it 1768
Hiots against Dr. Priestley and others commemorating tlie
French revolution 14 jujy 1791
Birmingham made a borough by reform act (2 members)....' 1832
iBirmingham and Liverpool "Grand Junction " railway opened,
4 July, 1837
BIS
Railway to London opened 17 Sept. 1838
Town incorporated, and police act passed 1839
Corn exchange opened 27 Oct. 1847
Queen's college organized Jan! 1853
Free library opened 4 Apr. 1861
Meeting of National Social Science Association 7 Oct. 1868
Erdmgton orphan-houses endowed by Josiah Mason, steel-pen
manufacturer; begun 1858; finished July, 1869
National Education League meet 12, 13 Oct. "
Sir Josiah Mason (knighted 1872) endows a college for practi-
cal science 1373
Statue of Priestley (in commemoration of his discovery of oxy-
gen) unveiled by prof. Huxley 1 Aug. 1874
Foundation of sir Josiah Mason's college laid by himself and
Mr. Bright 23 Feb. 1875
Wm. Dudley bequeaths 100,000^. for charitable purposes in
Birmingham .Mch. 1876
Birmingham Liberal Federation formed May, June, 1877
Central library, chief free reference library, with the Shake-
speare library, Cervantes collection, etc., priceless treas-
ures, destroyed by fire n Jan. 1879
Death of sir Josiah Mason 16 June, 1881
Statue of queen Victoria, by T. Woolner (to accompany that of
the prince consort, by Foley), in the free library, uncovered,
„. ^ 9 May, 1884
Birmingham created a city 14 Jan. 1889
Death of John Bright, M.P 27 Mch. "
His son, J. Albert Bright, elected his successor as M.P.,
15 Apr. "
birth§ were taxed in England, viz.: of a duke, 30/.; of
a common person, 2s., 7 Will. IIL 1695. Taxed again, 1783.
Instances of 4 children at a birth are numerous ; it is re-
corded that a woman of Konigsberg (3 Sept. 1784), and the
wife of Nelson, a tailor, of Oxford Market, London (Oct. 1800),
had 5 children at a birth. Queen Victoria presents a small
sum to a poor woman bearing 3 or more living children at
once.
bisliop (Gr. kTriaKOTTOQ, overseer), a name given by the
Athenians to inspectors of the city. The Jews and Romans
had like officers. St. Peter, styled first bishop of Rome, was
martyred 65. Presbyter was the same as bishop. — Jerome.
The episcopate became an object of contention about 144.
The title of pope was anciently assumed by all bishops, and
exclusively claimed by Gregory VII. (1073-85).
bi§hop§ in England were coeval with Christianity.
The see of London is mythicallj^ said to have been founded
by Lucius, king of Britain, 179.
Bishops have the title of Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of . The
archbishops of Canterbury and York, taking precedence of dukes,
have the title of The Most Rnv. His Grace the Lord Archbishop
of . The bishops of London, Durham, and Winchester have
precedence of other bishops; the others rank according to seni-
ority of consecration.
Bishops made barons 1072
Intervention of the pope in regard to bishops, 13th century.
The conge d'elire of the king to choose a bishop originated in
an arrangement by king John.
Bishops elected by the king's conge d^elire, 25 Hen. VIII 1534
Bishops to rank as barons by stat. Hen. VIII 1540
Seven deprived for marriage 1554
Several martyred under queen Mary (Protestants) 1555-56
Bishops excluded from voting in the house of peers on tem-
poral concerns, 16 Char. 1 1641
Several protest agajnst legality of acts passed while they are
deprived of votes, 28 Dec. ; committed to Tower 30 Dec. "
Order of archbishops and bishops abolished by the Parlia-
ment 9 Oct. 1646
Bishops regain their seats Nov. 1661
Seven bishops (Canterbury, Bath, Chichester, St. Asaph, Bristol,
Ely, and Peterborough) sent to Tower for not reading the
king's declaration for liberty of conscience (intended to give
Catholics ecclesiastical and civil power), 8 June; tried and
acquitted 29, 30 June, 1688
Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Sancroft) and 5 bishops (Bath
and Wells, Ely, Gloucester, Norwich, and Peteborough) sus-
pended for rejecting oaths to William and Mary, 1689; de-
prived 1690
Retirement of bishops: the bishops of London and Durham
retired on annuities 1856
Bishop of Norwich resigned 1857
The Bishops' Resignation (for infirmity) act (authorizing the
appointment of bishop coadjutors), passed, 11 Aug. 1869;
made perpetual by act 14 June, 1875
Bishopric of St. Albans created, dioceses of London, AVinches-
ter, and Rochester rearranged, 38 and 39 Vict. c. 34, 29 June, "
Bishopric of Truro founded, 39 and 40 Vict. c. 54 11 Aug. 1876
The Bishoprics act, 41 and 42 Vict. c. 68, authorizes 4 new bish-
oprics—.Liverpool, Newcastle, Wakefield (York), and South-
well (Canterbury). Number of bishops in Parliament not to
be increased. . .' 16 Aug. 1878
ENGLISH BISHOPRICS.
R(>«9. Founded. I Sees. Founded.
. .4th cent. Llandafl" 5th cent.
. . " I St. David's '"
York (abpc. ) . .
Sodor and Man.
BIS
104
BIS
Beet. Founded.
Bangor about 616
8t Asaph " 660
CANTKRBrRT (ObpC.) 698
Rochester 604
London 609
East Auglia (afterwards Nor-
wich, 1091) 630
Lindisfarne, or Holy Island
(afterwartls Durham, 995), 634
We8tSaxons(aflerwardsWin-
chester, 705) 636
Mercia (afterwards Lichfield,
669) 666
Hereford. 676
Worcester 680
Lindisse (afterwards Lin-
coln, 1067) "
Sherborne (afterwards Sal-
isbury, 1042) 705
8e«i. Fonnd«d.
Cornwall (afterwards Dev-
onshire, afterwards Exe-
ter. 1050) 909
Wells "
Bath 1088
Ely 1108
Carlisle 1132
Peterborough 1641
Gloucester "
Bristol 1642
Chester. "
Oxford '«
Ripon 1836
Manchester 1847
St. Alban's 1876
Truro 1877
Newcastle, authorized 1878
Southwell " "
Liverpool 1880
blstaop§ in Ireland are said to have been consecrated in
the 2d century. Church of Ireland.
Prelacies constituted, and divisions of bishoprics in Ireland by
cardinal Paparo, legate of pope Eugene III 1151
Several prelates deprived by queen Mary 1554
Bishop Atherton suffered death ignominiously 1640
Two bishops deprived for refusing oaths to William and Mary, 1691
Church Temporalities act, reducing number of bishops in Ire-
land. 3 and 4 Will. IV. c. 37 ; passed 14 Aug. 1833
[Of the 4 archbishoprics of Armagh, Dublin, Tuam, and
Cashel, the last 2 were made to terminate at the deaths of
the incumbents; 8 of the then 18 bishoprics should, as they
became void, be united to other sees, which was completed
in 1850. The Irish church at present has 2 archbishops (Ar-
magh and Dublin) and 10 bishops.]
See*. Founded. Sees. Founded.
598
604
606
612
618
620
631
j Leighlin 632
Mayo about 665
402 I Ferns about
432 j Cloyne before
Ossory
Trim
Killala about 434 I Cork about
Armagh, 445 ; abpc 1152 Glandalough before
JImly about 448 ( Derry before
Elphin 450 Kilmacduach about
Ardagh 454 j Lismore "
Clogher before 493
Down about 499 , ....... „ „^v/u.,
Ardfert and Aghadoe, before 500 I Raphoe before
Connor about " i Cashel, before 901 ; abpc. . . 1152
Tuam, about 501 ; apbc 1152 I Killaloe (abpc.) 1019
Dromore about 510
Kildare before 519
Meath 520
Achonry 530
Louth 534
Clonmacnois 548
Clonfert 558
Ross about 570
Waterford 1096
Limerick before 1106
Kilmore 1136
Dublin {abpc.) 1152
Kilfenora before 1254
[For the new combina-
tions, see the separate ar-
ticles. 1
bi§hop§ in Scotland were probably nonoinated in the
4th century.
The Reformers, self-styled "the Congregation of the Lord,"
having in arms defeated the queen-mother, Mary of Guise,
called a parliament, which set up a new church polity on the
Genevese model, replacing bishops by "superintendents ". . 1561
Episcopacy restored by regent Morion 1572-73
Three Scottish prelates consecrated at Lambeth (.John Spottis-
wood, Gawin Hamilton, and Andrew Lamb) for Glasgow, Gal-
loway, and Brechin 21 Oct. 1610
Episcopacy abolished, the bishops deposed, 4 excommunicated
by parliament elected by the people (Covenanters), at Glas-
gow Dec. 1638
Episcopacy restored; archbishop (James Sharp) and 3 bishops
consecrated by Sheldon, bishop of London 15 Dec. 1661
Scottish convention expels the bishops; abolishes episcopacy;
declares throne vacant; draws up a claim of right; proclaims
William and Mary 11 Apr. 1689
Episcopacy abolished, the bishops' revenues sequestrated,
19 Sept. "
The Episcopal church was thus reduced to a Nonconformist
body, at first barely tolerated. Its first congress met. 19 May, 1874
Bishop Rose connected the old Episcopal church of Scotland with
later tolerated form of it; he was bishop of Edinburgh from 1687
till 1720, when, on his death, Dr. Fullarton became the first post-
revolution bishop of that see. Fife (St. Andrews, so called in
1844) now unites the bishopric of Dunkeld (reinstituted in 1727)
and that of Dunblane (reinstituted in 1731). Ross (of uncertain
date) was united to Moray (reinstituted in 1727) in 1838. Argyll
and the Isles never existed independently until 1847, having been
conjoined to Moray and Ross, or to Ross alone, previously to that
year. Galloway has been added to the see of Glasgow.
Seei. Founded.
Orkney Uncertain.
Isles 360
Galloway before 500
St. Andrews, 800; a^pc 1470
Glasgow, about 560; abpc, 1488
Caithness about 1066
Brechin before 1155
Moray 1115
Ross 1124
Sees. Founded.
Aberdeen 1125
Dunkeld 1130
Dunblane , .before 1153
Argyll 1200
Edinburgh 1633
POST-REVOLUTION BISHOPS.
Edinburgh 1720
Aberdeen and the Isles .... 1721
Seet. Founded. I Sees. Fonnded.,
Moray (and Ross), primus. . 1727 St. Andrews (Dunkeld, Dun-
Brechin 1731 blane, etc.) 1733:
Glasgow (and Galloway), . . " | Argyll and the Isles 1847
Roman Catholic bishoprics revived by pope Leo XIII. . .4 Mch. 1878^
Scotch Protestant bishops protest 13 Apr. "
bi§llop§, British colonial, etc. By 15 and 16 Vict. c.
52 (1852), and 16 and 17 Vict. c. 49 (1853), colonial bishops
may perform all episcopal functions in the United Kingdom,
but have no jurisdiction.
Between 1847-59, Miss (now baroness) Burdett-Coutts gave 60,000^;.
to endow colonial bishoprics. In 186(5 she petitioned Parliament,
because some of the bishops claimed independence of the church
of England. Colonial bishops are since appointed without inter-
vention of the civil power. Much discussion took place in 1867,
through the deposition of Dr. Colenso, bishop of Katal, by his
metropolitan. Dr. Gray, bishop of Cape Town, and the attempts of
the latter to consecrate a new bishop, in opposition to the law.
Africa, Church op England.
Nelson, N. Z 1858
Brisbane, Queensland 1859t
British Columbia "
Goulbourn, N. S. W "
St. Helena "
Waiapu, N. Z "
Ontario, Canada 1861
Nassau, Bahamas "
Grafton, Australia 1863
Dunedin, N. Z. 1866
Maritzburg, S. Africa 1869-
Auckland, N. Z "
Bathurst "
Huron 1871.
Trinidad 1872:
Ballarat "
Nova Scotia 1787
Quebec 1793
Calcutta 1814
Barbadoes 1824
Jamaica "
Madras 1835
Australia (Sydney) 1836
Montreal "
Bombay 1837
Newfoundland 1839
Toronto "
Gibraltar 1841
New Zealand ( Christ-
church) "
Antigua 1842
Guiana, S. America. "
Huron, Canada "
Tasmania **
Colombo, Ceylon 1845
Fredericton, N. B "
Adelaide, S. Australia 1847
Cape Town "
Melbourne "
Newcastle, N. S. W "
Sydney (metrop. of Aus-
tralia) "
Rupert's Land 1849
Victoria, Hong Kong "
Sierra Leone 1852'
Graham's Town 1853
Natal, S. Africa "
Mauritius 1854
Labuan 1855
Christchurch, N. Z 1856
Perth, W. Australia "
Wellington, N. Z 1858
Algoma 1873.
St. John's, Kaffraria "
Athabasca 1874
Saskatchewan "
Niagara 1875-
Rangoon 1877
Transvaal "
Lahore "
North Queensland 1878
Travancore and Cochin 1879^'
New Caledonia (British Co-
lumbia) "
New Westminster "
Mid China 1880-
Riverina 1883
Mackenzie River 1884
Qu'Appelle "
Chota Nagpur 1890^-
Selkirk 1891
MISSIONARY BISHOPS.
Jerusalem 1841 1 Bloemfontein 1870-
Melanesia 1860 Zululand 1871
Honolulu 1861 North China 1872
Zanzibar and Central Africa, 1863 Japan 1883"
Niger Territory 1864 E. Equatorial Africa 1884
Falkland Isles 1869 Corea 1889
Madagascar 1870 Cochin 1890'
bi§hops, Episcopal, in the United States. The first was
Samuel Seabury,consecrated bishopof Connecticut at Aberdeen,
Scotland,by the nonjuring bishops KiIgour,Petrie,and Skinner,.
14 Nov. 1784. William White, of Pennsylvania, and Samuel Pro-
voost, of New York, consecrated bishops in the chapel of Lam-
beth palace, London, Engl., 4 Feb. 1787, by the archbishop of Can-
terbury, assisted by the archbishop of York, the bishop of Bath,
and Wells, and the bishop of Peterborough. James Madison, con-
secrated bishop of Virginia 19 Sept. 1790, in the chapel of Lam-
beth palace, by the archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the
bishop of London and Rochester. Madison was the third and
last bishop consecrated by bishops of the Anglican church.
Thomas John Claggett, consecrated bishopof Maryland, 1792, in
Trinity church, N. Y., by bishop Provoost, assisted by bishops-
Seabury, White, and Madison; first consecration of a bishop ia.
the U. S. Church ; Methodism in the U. S., 1784-87.
bishops, suffragan, to assist metropolitans, existed in-
the early church. 26, appointed by Henry VIIL 1534, were
abolished by Mary, 1553, and restored by Elizabeth, 1558.
The last appointed is said to have been Sterne, bishop of
Colchester, 1606. The appointment of suffragan bishops was-
revived in 1869, and archdeacon Henry Mackenzie, suffragan
bishop of Nottingham (diocese of Lincoln) was consecrated 2:
Feb. 1870, and archdeacon Edward Parry, suffragan bishop of
Dover (diocese of Canterbury), 23 Mch. 1870. Others have
been appointed since : Guildford, 1874; Bedford, 1879.
BIS 105
bi§iniltll, recognized as a distinct metal by Agricola in
1529, is fusible and brittle, and of a yellowish-white color.
I>ii§extile. Calendar, Leap-ykar.
Bitliyilia, a province in Asia Minor, previously called
Bebricia, is said to have been invaded by the Thracians under
Bithynus, son of Zeus, who gave it its name. It was subject
:successively to Assyrians, Lydians, Persians, and Macedonians.
Most of the cities were rebuilt by Grecian colonists. g p.
Dydalsus revolted and reigned about 440-430
Botyras. bis son, succeeds 378
Bas, or Bias, son of Botyras, 376; repulses the Greeks 328
Zipsetes, son of Bias, resists Lysimachus 326
He dies, leaving 4 sons, of whom the eldest, Nicomedes I., suc-
ceeds (he invites the Gauls into Asia) 278
He rebuilds Astacus, and names it Nicomedia 264
rZielas, son of Nicomedes, reigns about 250
Intending to massacre the chiefs of the Gauls at a feast. Zielas
is detected, is himself put to death, and his son Prusias I.
made king about 228
Prusias defeats the Gauls, and takes cities 223
Prusias allies with Philip of Macedon, and marries Apamea, his
daughter 208
He receives and employs Hannibal, then a fugitive, 187; who
poisons himself to escape betrayal to the Romans 183
Prusias II. succeeds 180
Nicomedes II. kills his father Prusias and reigns 149
Nicomedes III., surnamed Philopator 91
Deposed by Mithridates, king of Pontus 88
Restored by the Romans : 84
Bequeaths his kingdom to the Romans 74
A.D.
Pliny the Younger proconsul 103
■Oghusian Tartars settle in Bithynia 1231
•Othman Turks take Prusa, the capital, and fix their court here
till they possess Constantinople 1327
BLA
BitontO, Naples. Here Montemar and the Spaniards,
defeating the Germans, 27 May, 1734, acquired the kingdom
•of the Two Sicilies for don Carlos.
black art. Alchemy, Witchcraft.
Black Book (Liber Niger), a book in the exchequer,
-which held the orders of the court ; publ. by Hearne in 1728.
A book doubtfully said to have been kept in monasteries, wherein
details of enormities practised in religious houses were entered
for inspection of visitors, under Hen. VIII. 1535. The name was
given to the list of pensioners, printed 1831; and to other books,
Italy, 1876. The title "Black Book" was given to a list of ha-
bitual criminals, 1869-76; pub. by lieut.-col. Du Cane of Brixton,
Engl., Mch. 1877.
black death. Plagues, 1347.
Black Flags. Tonquin.
Black Friar§. Dominicans.
Black Friday, ll May, 1866, the height of the com-
mercial panic in London, through the stoppage of Overend,
Gurne}-- & Co. (limited), on 10 May. Messrs. John Henry
and Edmund Gurney and their partners, committed for trial
for conspiracy to defraud, 21 Jan. 1869, were tried and acquit-
ted, 13-23 Dec. 1869. In the United States the term Black
Friday is applied to Friday, 24 Sept. 1869, when a group of
speculators in New York advanced the price of gold suddenly
to 1621^, causing a panic.
Black Hawk war, the, was an outbreak of the
Sacs and Foxes, under the leadership of Black Hawk, one of
their chiefs, in 1832. The encroachment of whites on their
territory was the principal cause. Black Hawk resisted the
survey of the land at Rock Island, 111., although most of the
Sacs and Foxes were west of the Mississippi. The trouble
commenced in 1831, and after several skirmishes culminated
at Ihe battle of Bad Axe river. Wis., 1-2 Aug. 1832. Shortly
after. Black Hawk was captured by a party of friendly Indians,
and taken to the principal cities of the East, to impress him
with the greatness of the country. He died in 1838.
Black Prince, Edward, eldest son of king Edward
in., born 15 June, 1330; victor at Poictiers, 19 Sept. 1356 ; at
Najara, 3 Apr. 1367; died 8 June, 1376.
Black Republican, a term of reproach applied
to members of the Republican party by the Democrats and
Southerners 1856-70, for their advocacy of the abolition of
slavery and rights of the blacks.
Black Rock. Buffalo; New York, 1813.
black rod with a gold lion at top, is carried by the
usher of the Knights of the Garter (instituted 1349), instead
of the mace. He also keeps the door when a chapter of the
order is sitting, and during the sessions of Parliament attends
the lords and acts as messenger to the commons.
Black §ea, the Fuxine {Pontus Euximsofihe an-
cients), a large inland sea between the S.W. provinces of Rus-
sia and Asia Minor, connected with the sea of Azof by the
strait of Yenikale, and with that of Marmora by the Bos-
porus. It is about 720 miles in length, and 380 in breadth.
Its total area, including the Sea of Azof (14,000 sq. miles) is
about 172,500 sq. miles.
It was much frequented by Greeks and Italians, till closed to
all by the Turks after the fall of Constantinople 1453
Russians obtained admission by treaty of Kainardji. . .10 July, 1774
Partly opened to British and 'other traders (since when the
Russians gradually obtained the preponderance) 1779
Entered by British and French fleets, on requisition of the
Porte. after destruction of Turkish fleet at Sinope by Russians,
30 Nov. 1853 3 .Tan. 1854
Black sea opened to commerce by treaty of 1856
A treaty was signed by all parties to the treaty of Paris, 30
Mch. 1856, by which the neutralization of the sea was abro-
<rated; but with a special protocol that no nation shall liber-
ate itself from a treaty without the consent of the other
signers 13 Mch. 1871
Blockade of the Black sea declared by Turkey during the war,
about 3 May, 1877
Black Warrior, a steamship, belonging to citi-
zens of the United States, was seized at Havana, Cuba, by
Spanish authorities, 25 Feb. 1864, and with its cargo was de-
clared confiscated. The proceeding aroused a bitter feeling
against Spain, and a special messenger was despatched in-
structing the American minister at Madrid to demand as im-
mediate redress indemnification to the owners of $300,000.
The reluctance of the Spanish government to accede, with
other causes, led to the Ostend Conference. Ostend Mani-
festo. The vessel was finally released on the payment by
the owners of a fine of $6000, and amicable relations with
Spain were restored.
Black Watch, armed companies of the loyal clans
(Campbells, Monros, etc.) employed to watch the Highlands
from about 1725 to 1739, when they were formed into the cel-
ebrated 42d regiment, enrolled as " The Royal Highland Black
Watch." Their removal for foreign service probably facili-
tated the outbreak in 1745. They wore dark tartans, and hence
were called Black Watch. They distinguished themselves iu
the Ashantee war, Jan., Feb. 1874, and in Egypt, 1882-85.
Blackburn, Lancashire, Engl., so called in Domesday-
book. The manufacture of a cloth called Blackburn check, in
1650, was superseded by Blackburn grays. In 1767, James
Hargreaves, of this town, invented the spinning-jenny, for
which he was eventually expelled from the county. About
1810 or 1812, the townspeople availed themselves of his dis-
coveries, and engaged largely in the cotton manufacture, now
their staple trade.
Blackburn's ford, engagement at. Bull Run.
Blackheatll, Kent, near London, Engl. Here Wat
Tyler and followers assembled, 12 June, 1381 ; and here Jack
Cade and 20,000 Kentishmen encamped, 1 June, 1450. Tyler,
Cade. Here the Cornish rebels were defeated and Flammock's
insurrection quelled, 22 June, 1497. The ancient cavern, on
the ascent to Blackheath, popularly termed " the retreat of
Cade," and of banditti in the time of Cromwell, was rediscov-
ered in 1780. Several highway robberies were committed near
the heath, and youthful culprits punished, in 1877.
Black-hole. When Suraj-ud-Daula, the nawab of
Bengal, besieged fort William at Calcutta, India, the majority
of the English officials fled to the mouth of the Hiigli river.
The Europeans who remained were, after a brief resistance,
compelled to surrender. These prisoners, 146 ih number, were
thrust into the guard-room prison, scarcely 20 ft. square.
Next morning only 23 were taken out alive, among them Mr.
Holwell, the annalist of the " Black-hole." This event took
place on 20 June, 1756.
black-letter, employed in the first printed books in
the middle of the 15th century. The first printing-types were
Gothic ; but were modified into the present Roman type about
1469 ; Pliny's " Natural History" was then printed in the new
characters. Printing.
black-mail, a compulsory payment for protection of
cattle, etc., made in the border counties, prohibited by Eliza-
BLA 106
beth in 1601. It was exacted in Scotland from lowlanders by
highlanders till 1745, and checked agricultural improvement.
BlaekstoekS, Battle at. On 20 Nov. 1780, Ameri-
cans under gen. Sumter met British cavalry under col.
Tarleton, at Blackstock's plantation, on the Tyger river, Union
District, S. C. After a sharp engagement Tarleton fled, leaving
nearly 200 men dead or wounded upon the tield. Sumter lost 8
killeil and 5 wounded.
Blackirater, Battle of, in Ireland, 14 Aug. 1598, when
the Irish chief O'Neil defeated the English under sir Henry
Bagnall. Pope Clement VIII. sent O'Neil a consecrated plume,
and granted his followers the same indulgence as to crusaders.
BladeniburiT, engagement at, 24 Aug. 1814. This
was an attempt to defend Washington from capture by a British
force of about 5000 men, under gen. Ross and admiral Cock-
bum. The Americans, mostly militia, assembled hastily under
gen. Winder, upon the rapid approach of the British, and met
them at Bladensburg, 4 miles from Washington, but were
quickly discomfited, with slight loss to either side. The
British then occupied Washington and burned the Capitol.
Here also many duels have been fought, among the most
noted that between commodores Decatur and Barron, 22 Mch.
1820. The former was mortally, the latter severely wounded.
DiST. OF Columbia.
Bland iilver bill. A bill introduced 25 July, 1876,
by Richard P. Bland, M. C. from Missouri, providing for un-
limited coinage of silver. As finally amended and passed by
the Senate, 15 Feb. 1878, by 48 to 21, it directed the treasury
to purchase and coin not less than $2,000,000 or more than
$4,000,000 of silver every month. The silver dollar to be
412J grs. troy, and, with all silver dollars heretofore coined of
like weight and fineness, to be legal-tender. The House con-
curred, 203 to 72. President Hayes returned the bill with his
veto, 28 Feb. 1878, but on the same day both the House and
Senate passed the bill over the veto.
l>lanket§ are said to have been first made at Bristol by
Thos. Blanket, in the 14th century. This is doubtful.
Blarney §tone, said to confer on the person kissing
it the power to speak agreeably. It is built in the wall on the
summit of Blarney castle (about 4 miles northwest from Cork).
This castle was built by Cormick McCarty, 1449. The true
Blarney stone recognized by the natives is not the one com-
monly saluted, but is in the wall several feet from the top, and
can only be kissed with great difficulty and with assistance by
leaning over the parapet.
bla§plieni^ was punished with death by the law of
Moses (Lev. xxiv.), 1491 b.c. ; and b}-^ the code of Justinian,
529 A.D. It is punishable by the civil and canon law of Eng-
land, regulated by 60 George III. c. 8 (1819). Daniel Isaac
Eaton was tried and convicted in London of blasphems', 6
Mch. 1812. Robert Taylor, a Protestant clergyman, was tried
twice for the same crime. He was sentenced to 2 years' im-
prisonment, and heavily fined, July, 1831. In Dec. 1840, 2
publishers of blasphemous writings were convicted. In the
case of Cowan vs. Milbourn in 1867, the defendant had broken
his lease of a lecture-room to the plaintiflF, on discovering that
the lectures were to maintain that " the character of Christ is
defective, and his teaching misleading, and that the Bible is
no more inspired than any other book." The court held that
the publication of such doctrine was blasphemy, and the
contract illegal, reaffirming the dictum of C. J. Hale that
" Christianity is part of the laws of England." -
bla§tingr g^elatine (a mixture of nitro-glycerine
and gun-cotton), a violent explosive prepared by Alfred Nobel,
and modified by prof. Abel, 1879.
blazonry. Coats-of-arms were introduced and be-
came hereditary in France and England about 1192, the
knights painting their banners with different figures, to dis-
tinguish them in the crusades. — Dugdale.
bleaching was known in Egypt, Syria, India, and
Gaul. — Pliny. The Dutch introduced chemical improvements
into England and Scotland in 1768. There were large bleach-
fields in Lancashire, Fife, Forfar, and Renfrew, and in the vale
of the Leven, in Dumbarton. The application of chlorine gas
to bleaching is due to Berthollet's discovery, about 1785. Its
BLI
combination with lime (chloride of lime) was devised by Mr.
Tennant, of Glasgow, who patented the process in 1798, and by
his firm it is still extensively manufactured. In 1822 Dr. Ure
published elaborate experiments on this substance. In I860'
bleaching and dyeing works in Great Britain were regulated,
by the Factories act.
Blenheim or Plintheim, a village in Bavaria on
the left bank of the Danube, near Hochstett, where, on 13.
Aug. 1704, the English and Austrians, commanded by the-
duke of Marlborough and prince Eugene, defeated the French
and Bavarians, under marshal Tallard and the elector of Ba-
varia, the latter losing about 12,000 killed and wounded, and.
13,000 prisoners (including Tallard). Bavaria fell to the con-
querors. Parliament gave Marlborough the honor of Wood-
stock and the hundred of Wotton, and built for him the^
house of Blenheim.
" 'Great praise the Duke of Marlborough won,
And our good prince Eugene.'
' Whv, 't was a very wicked thing !'
Said little Wilhelmine.
' Nay, nay, my little girl 1' quoth he,
' It was a famous victory.' "
—Southey, "Battle of Blenheim."
Blennerha§sett's i§land, an island in the Ohio^
river, a few miles below Parkersburg, W. Va., purchased in
1798 by Herman Blennerhassett. He was born in Hampshire,.
Engl., 8 Oct. 1764, married a daughter of lieutenant-governor
Agnew of the isle of Man, 1796, disposed of his estate and came
to the United States, 1797. On this island he erected a spacious
mansion, where he was visited in 1805 by Aaron Burr, who en-
listed him in his schemes of western colonization. He was ar-
rested as an accomplice of Burr's, his house and grounds entirely
ruined ; finally, discharged without trial, he purchased a planta-
tion near Port Gibson, Miss. This venture proving unfortunate^
he removed to Montreal in 1819, where he began the practice
of law, hoping to obtain a judgeship; failing in this, he sailed
for Ireland in 1822, to recover, if possible, a part of his estate ;.
unsuccessful, he retired to the island of Guernsey, where he
died 1831. In 1842 his wife returned to the U. S. and petitioned
Congress for compensation for the ruined island home. The
petition was presented by Henry Clay, and in the Senate a fa-
vorable report was made; but she died in New York in destitu-
tion before a vote on the bill, and was buried by Sisters of
Charity. Burr's Conspiracy.
blind. The first public school for the blind was estab-
lished by Valentine Haiiy, at Paris, in 1784. The first in
England was at Liverpool in 1791 ; in Scotland, at Edinburgh,
in 1792 ; and the first in London in 1799. Printing in raised
or embossed characters for the blind was begun at Paris by
Haliy in 1786. The whole Bible was printed at Glasgow in
raised Roman characters about 1848. A sixpenny magazine
for the blind, edited by rev. W. Taylor, F.R.S., so eminent for
his 40 years' exertions on behalf of these sufferers, was pub-
lished in 1855-56. By his aid a college for the wealthy blind
was founded at Worcester, Engl.,in 1866. In many department*
of knowledge blind persons have obtained distinction. Laura
Bridgman, born at Hanover, N. H., 21 Dec. 1829, became
through sickness dumb and blind 2 years after. She was
so well taught by Dr. Howe, of Boston, Mass., as to become an
able instructor of blind and dumb persons. She died at South
Boston, 24 May, 1889.
James Holman, the "blind traveller" (b. 1786, d. 1857), vis ted
all parts of the world. His travels were publ. in 1825. In Apr.
1858, a blind clergyman, rev. J. Sparrow, was elected chaplain to
the Mercers' Company, London, and read the service, etc., from
embossed books.
Viscount Cranborne (blind) wrote interesting historical essays. He
died in June, 1865. On 13 July, 1865, Henry Fawcett, the blind
professor of political economy at Cambridge, was elected M.P. for
Brighton ; for Hackney, 1874 and 1880; appointed postmaster-gen-
eral, Apr. 1880. F. J. Campbell (blind) ascended Mont Blanc in 1880.
blinding^, by consuming the eyeballs with lime or
scalding vinegar, was inflicted anciently on adulterers, per-
jurers, and thieves. In the middle ages the penalty was fre-
quently changed from total blindness to a diminution of sight.
A whole army of Bulgarians were deprived of sight by the
emperor Basil. Bulgaria.
blisters, used by Hippocrates (460-357 B.C.), made, it is
said, of CANTHARIDES.
blizzard. Storms.
BLO
107
BOA
Block i§lancl, Long Island sound. Massachusetts
and Connecticut, 1636; Manisees; New York, 1614.
blockade is the closing an enemy's ports to com-
merce ; a practice introduced by the Dutch about 1584. The
principle recognized by European powers is that a blockade,
to be binding, must be effective. The Elbe was blockaded by
Great Britain, 1803 ; the Baltic, by Denmark, 1848-49 and
1864; the gulf of Finland by the allies, 1854; and the ports
of the confederate States by president Lincoln, 19 Apr. 1861.
The naval force of the United States then consisted of 90 ves-
sels ; only 42 were in commission, mounting between 500 and
600 guns. The home squadron consisted of 12 vessels. The
proclamation of the blockade was a recognition of belligerent
rights in the confederates. Many vessels succeeded in running
the blockade during the war ; 1143 were captured by block-
ading squadrons, valued at $24,500,000 ; and 355 destroyed,
valued at $7,000,000. Alabama Claims, Berlin Decree,
British Orders in Council, Milan Decree, United
States.
Bloi§, France, the Roman Blesum. Stephen of England
was earl of Blois through his father, count of Blois, who mar-
ried Adela, daughter of William the Conqueror. The count
Guy n. sold it witli his domains to Louis, duke of Orleans, in
1391, and eventually it accrued to the crown. The States-
general were held here 1576 and 1588, on account of the re-
ligious wars ; and here Henry, duke of Guise, and his brother,
I the cardinal, were assassinated by order of Henry HL, 23 Dec.
1588. Maria Louisa, wife of Napoleon, retired here in 1814.
blood. The circulation of the blood was a fact ob-
scurely conjectured by Aristotle, Nemesius, Mondino, and
Berenger, and partly taught by Caesalpinus, Fabricius, and
Michael Servetus (b. 1509, burnt at Geneva, 1553). The latter
first maintained the imperviousness of the septum and the
^transition of the blood by what he terms an unknown route,
^namely, from the right ventricle by the pulmonary artery to
the lungs, and thence into the pulmonary vein and left auricle
and ventricle, from which, he adds, afterwards it is conveyed
by the aorta to all parts of the body; but the honor of fully
! explaining the circulation belongs to William Harvey, who first
announced it in 1619, and published his first work in 1628.
A memorial window in the church at Folkestone, Kent, Engl.,
the place of his birth (1578-1657), was uncovered 9 Apr. 1874.
plating blood was prohibited to Noah (Gen. ix.); to the Jews (Tjev.
xvii., etc.); and to the Gentile converts by the apostles at an
assembly at Jerusalem, 52 a.d. (Acts xv.)
Blood-drinking was anciently tried to give vigor to the system.
Louis XI. in his last illness drank the warm blood of infants, iu
the vain hope of restoring his decayed strength, 1483. — Henault.
In the 15th century an opinion prevailed that the declining vigor of
the aged might be repaired by transfusing into their veins the
blood of young persons. It was countenanced in France by
physicians about 1668, and prevailed for many years, till, fatal
effects having ensued, it was suppressed by an edict. "An
English physician (Louver, or Lower) practised in this way; he
died in 1691."— i^remd. It was attempted again in France in
1797, and more recently there, in a few cases, with success; and
in England (but rarely) since 1823. Tried at Philadelphia, Pa.,
Apr. 1877; in London, unsuccessful, 10 May, 1877.
Bl00d'§ COn§piracy. Blood, a discarded officer
of Oliver Cromwell's household, with confederates, seized the
duke of Ormond in his coach, intending to hang him, and took
him to Tyburn, when he was rescued by his friends, 6 Dec.
1670. Blood afterwards, disguised as a clergyman, attempted
to steal the royal crown from the Jewel-office in the Tower, 9
May, 1671 ; yet, was not only pardoned by Charles H., but re-
ceived a pension of 500/. per annum, 1671. He died 24 Aug. 1680.
" bloody assize§," held by Jeffreys in the west of
England, in Aug. 1685, after the defeat of Monmouth at
Sedgmoor. Upwards of 300 persons were executed after short
trials; many were whipped, imprisoned, and lined ; and n^krly
1000 were sent as slaves to American plantations.
Bloody Marsh, Battle of. Georgia, 1742.
bloomer costume, introduced in the United
States in 1849 by Mrs. Ann Bloomer. It consisted of an
open-fronted jacket and loose trousers, the latter wide like those
of the Turks, but gathered at the ankles. It never became
popular and was soon totally disused.
Blorelieath, Staffordshire, Engl., where, 23 Sept.
1459, the earl of Salisbury and the Yorkists defeated the Lan-
castrians, whose leader, lord Audley, was slain with many-
Cheshire gentlemen. A cross commemorates this conflict.
blowing-machines. The large cylinders used
in blowing-machines were erected by Mr. Smeaton at the
Carron Iron-works, 1760. One to supply air for 40 forge-
fires was erected at the king's dockyard, Woolwich. The
hot-air blast, an important improvement, economizing fuel,
was invented by James B. Neilson, of Glasgow, and patented
in 1828. The inventor died 18 Jan. 1865.
blow-pipe. An P^gyptian using one is among the
paintings on the tombs at Thebes. The blow-pipe was em-
ployed in mineralogy by Antony von Swab, a Swede, about
1733, and improved by Wollaston and others. In 1802, prof.
Robert Hare, of Philadelphia, Pa., invented the compound
blow-pipe, in which intense heat is produced by a flame of
mixed oxygen and hydrogen. By Newman's improved blow-
pipes, in 1816, Dr. E. D. Clarke fused the earths, alkalies,
metals, etc. Books on the blow-pipe, by Plattner and Mus-
pratt, pub. 1854 ; by G. Plympton, 1874.
blue was the favorite color of the Scotch covenanters in
the 17th century. Blue and orange or yellow became whig
colors after the revolution of 1688; and were adopted on the
cover of the whig periodical, the Edinhurgh Review, first publ.
in 1802. Prussian-blue dye was discovered by Diesbach, at
Berlin, in 1710. Fine blues are now obtained from coal-tar.
Aniline. Blue-coat schools, so called fr(Jm the costume of
the children. The Blue-coat school in Newgate street, Lon-
don, was instituted by Edward VI. in 1552. Christ's Hos-
PITAU Blue is the prescribed color of the uniform of the
army of the United States. Blue-stocking, a term applied to
a literary lady, was originally conferred on a society compris-
ing both sexes (1760 et seq.). Among its active members
was Benjamin Stillingfleet, the naturalist, who wore blue
worsted stockings ; hence the name. The beautiful Mrs. Jer-
ningham is said to have worn blue stockings at the conversa-
ziones of Mrs. Montagu.
blue-books, reports and other papers printed by order
of the British Parliament ; so named from their wrappers ; 70
vols, were printed for the lords, and 76 vols, for the commons
in 1871. Blue-book, U. S. government, contains lists of all
persons under the government in the civil, military, and naval
departments, including the law office. So called from the
color of the cover.
blue laws of Connecticut, a code adopted by the set-
tlers as early as 1639-42. "True Blue Laws," edited by
J. Hammond Trumbull, 1876, gives the several codes of the
Connecticut colonies, and S. A. Peters's " History of Connecti-
cut," edited by S. J. McCormick, New York, 1877, gives an
exaggerated account of them. Connecticut ; Massachu-
setts, 1631.
Blue liicks, Battle of, in Nicholas county. Ky., be-
tween 182 Kentucky pioneers and a strong body of Indians
imder Simon Girty, 19 Aug. 1782. Through haste and rash-
ness the Kentuckians were drawn into an ambuscade and de-
feated with great slaughter, losing 62, among them a son of
Daniel Boone.
blue lights. During the summer and autumn of 1813,
commodore Decatur, with the frigates United States and Mac-
edonian and the sloop-of-war Hot-net, was closely blockaded in
New London harbor, Conn., by sir Thomas Hardy, with 2
74's, 2 frigates, and several smaller vessels. Decatur prepared
to run this blockade with great secrecy on the night of 12 Dec.
Everything was favorable, and he was about to weigh anchor
when word was brought that blue lights were burning on
both sides of the river. Decatur had no doubt they were sig-
nals to warn the enemy ; so the ships remained imprisoned
during the rest of the war. The Federalists, as the party op-
posed to the war, were reproached for exhibiting the lights.
United States, 1814.
Blue Bidge. Appalachian Mountains.
Blue-Stocking^. Blue.
Board of War. United States, 12 June, 1776.
boat-races. Thomas Doggett, an eminent actor of
Drury lane, at the first anniversary of the accession to the
throne of George I., 1 Aug. 1715, gave a waterman's coat
BOC
and silver badge to be rowed for by 6 young watermen in
honor of the day, and bequeathed, at his death in 1722, a
sum of money to continue the custom. Coat and badge
won by Wm. A. Barry, 1 Aug. 1891. On 10 June, 1829,
8 OARS-HARVARD-YALE
108 BOD
was rowed the first boat-race between the universities of
Oxford and Cambridge, Engl.; and boat-racing between Har-
vard and Yale began in 1852. The following is a list of the
Harvard-Yale, Oxford-Cambridge, and international boat-races:
DftU.
Count.
DliUnca.
winner.
Time. 1 Won by
Min.
Sec.
3 Aug. 185a
Centre harbor, lake Winnepesaukee, N. H.
2 miles straight.
Harvard.
—
2 lengths.
ai July, 1855
Connecticut river. Springfield.
3 miles with turn.
22
—
1 mill. 38 sees.
26 " 1859
Worcester, lake Quiusigaiuoud, Mass.
tl tt
19
18
1 min.
24 " 1860
tl tl
"
18
53
12 sees
29 " 1864
({ ii It (t
tl 11
Yale.
19
1
42>s^ sees.
28 " 1865
(( 11 it tt
tl It
'•
17
i'2y,
261^ "
27 " 1866
(t It tt tt
11 It
Harvard.
18
43
27 "
19 •' 1867
<i It tt tt
It tl
"
18
13
1 min. 12X sees.
24 " 1868
tt it It tt
tl tl
"
17
iii>4
50 sees.
23 " 1869
It It It It
11 If
"
18
2
9 "
30 June, 1876
80 " 1877
Connecticut river, Springfield, Mass.
4 miles straight.
Yale.
Harvard.
2'2
24
3
36
31 "
8 "
28 " 1878
Thames river. New London, Conn.
tl 11
'•
20
44%
44^ sees.
27 " 1879
"
22
15
1 miu. 43 sees.
1 July, 1880
It It K tt
tt tt
Yale
24-
27
42 sees.
1 " 1881
II It tt It
"
22
13
6 "
SO June, 1882
It It II (t
It tl
Harvard.
20
47
3J^ sees.
28 " 18H3
tt It II il
"
24
26
1 min. 33 sees.
26 " 1884
It it II (t
It tl
Yale.
20
31
15 sees.
26 *' 1885
It 11 II tl
It 11
Harvard.
25
1^^
1 min. UX sees.
a July, 1886
It II It II
It
Yale.
20
413^
24X sees.
1 " 1887
"
22
56
14X "
29 June, 18S8
U tl tt II
It
"
20
10
1 min. 14 sees.
28 " 1889
tt t( tt It
"
21
30
25 sees.
27 " 1890
II It tt tt
It u
Yale.
21
29
11 sees.
26 " 1891
11 11 tl It
tt tl
Harvard.
21
23
34 sees.
IJuly, 1892
II tt tt tt
tl It
Yale.
20
48
54X sees.
80 June, 1893
It tl tt tt
tl tt
"
25
ly.
13X sees.
28 Ju^p, 1894
tt tt tt tt
It tl
"
22
47
53 sees.
8 OARS— OXFORD-CAMBRIDGE.
ENGLISH. FIRST RACE, 1829 ; ANNUAL
parties were equal ; up to 1880, Oxford
SINCE 1856.
was 1 ahead.)
(In 1864, after 20 contests, the opposing
D»W.
Course.
Distance.
Winner.
Time.
Won by
22Mch. 1880
Putney to Mortlake, Thames, Engl.
4 mis. and 440 yds.
Oxford.
21m. 23 s.
33^ lengths.
8 Apr. 1881
It It 11 It
"
21 "51 "
3
1 " 1882
It 11 It It
t'
20 " 12 "
7 "
15Mch. 1883
It It It K
"
21 " 18 "
3>^ "
7 Apr. 1884
tl tl 11 (f
Cambridge.
21 "39 "
2^ "
128 Mch. 1885
11 11 tl If
Oxford.
21 " 36 "
2><r "
3 Apr. 1886
tl It 11 11
Cambridge.
22 " 29 "
% "
26 Mch. 1887
11 11 tl It
"
20 " 52 "
2 V " No. 7 Oxf. broke oar.
24 " 1888
tl tt tl It
"
20 " 48 "
7 «
30 " 1889
It tl It It
"
20 "14"
2)4 "
26 " 1890
It 11 tl <l
Oxford.
22 " 3 "
1 "
21 " 1891
It tl It It
tl
21 " 48 "
>^
9 Apr. 1892
tl 11 It l<
II
19 " 21 "
2K "
22 Mch. 1893
II tt It It
18 "47 "
2^ "
17 " 1894
tl 11 tt l(
tt
21 " 39 "
33 "
4 OARS-INTERNATIONAL. HARVARD-OXFORD
Date. 1 Oonrse.
Distance.
Winner.
Time.
Won by
17 Aug. 1869 1 Putney to Mortlake, Thames, Engl.
iX miles.
Oxford.
Min. Sec.
22 17
3 lengths.
LONDON R. C.-ATALANTA B. C, NEW YORK, AMATEURS.
Date.
Course.
Distance. | Winner.
Time.
10 June, 1872
4-5 July, 1878
Putney to Mortlake, Thames, EngL
Henley, Thames, Engl.
41^ miles. London R. C.
2X " Columbia.
Min. Sec.
21 16
8 42
Wins Visitors' Challenge cup.
LONDON R. C. AND THE SHO-WAE-CAE-METTES, OF MONROE, MICH.
Date. 1
Course. 1 Distance.
Winner, Time.
4-5 July, 1878
Henley, Thames, Engl. | 2J^ miles.
Min. Sec.
London R. C. 8 26
Wins Steward's Challenge cup.
VIENNA, AUSTRIA-CORNELL UNIVERSITY, U. S.
11 Aug. 1881
Winner.
Vienna, Danube. | 3 miles. Vienna
THAMES R. C. -HILLSDALE, MICH., R. C, AMATEURS
Min. Sec.
28 30
Won by
Thames, Engl.
i}^ miles.
Thames R. C.
Min. Sec.
20 40
Won by
Alfi-ed Johnson, a young man, started from
America" in the boat Centennial, 20 feet long, 15 June, and
landed at Abercastle, Pembrokeshire, Wales 11 Aug. 1876
Boccaccio's (bok-kat'cko) Dccamcronc, a
collection of 100 stories (many immoral), severely satirizing
the clergy, feigned to have been related in 10 days, during
the plague of Florence in 1348. A copy of the first edition (by
Valdarfer in 1471) was sold at the duke of Roxburghe's sale
to the duke of Marlborough for 2260/., 17 June, 1812, and was
afterwards sold by public auction for 875 guineas, 5 June, 1819.
Lite RAT UBE.
Bodleian ^Library, Oxford, founded in 1598, and
opened in 1602 by sir Thomas Bodley (d. 28 Jan. 1612). Is
open to the public, and receives by the copyright law a copy
BCE 109
of every book published in Great Britain. In 1868 it con-
tained about 250,000 vols. For rare works and MSS. it is said
to be second only to the Vatican. Mr. Macray's " Annals of
the Bodleian Library," publ. 1868.
BCBO'tia, a division of Greece, north of Attica, known
previously as Aonia, Messapia, Hyantis, Ogygia, and Cadmeis.
Thebes, the capital, was celebrated for the exploits and mis-
fortunes of its kings and heroes. The term Boeotian was used
by the Athenians as a synonym for dull ; but unjustly — since
Pindar, Hesiod, Plutarch, Democritus, Epaminondas, and Co-
rinna were Boeotians. The early history and dates are myth-
ical. Thebes.
Arrival of Cadmus, founder of Cadmea (Hales, liM; Clinton, b.c.
1313) 1493
Reign of Polydore 1459
Labdachus ascends the throne 1430
Amphion and Zethus besiege Thebes, and dethrone Laius 1388
Myth of (Edipiis; he kills in an affray his father Laius; con-
firming the oracle foretelling his death by the hands of his
son, 1276; resolves the Sphinx's enigmas 1266
War of the 7 captains 1225
Thebes besieged and taken 1213
Thersander reigns, 1198; slain 1193
Thebans abolish royalty (ages of obscurity follow) about 1120
Thebans fight with Persians at Plataea 479
Spartans aiding Thebans defeat Athenians near Tanagra 456
Battle of Coronea, Thebans defeat Athenians 447
Thebans, under Epaminondas and Pelopidas, enroll their sacred
band, and join Athens against Sparta 377
Epaminondas defeats Lacedsemonians at Leuctra, and restores
Thebes to independence 371
Pelopidas killed at Cynoscephalae — 364
Epaminondas victorious at Mantinea, but slain 362
Philip, king of Macedon, defeats Thebans and Athenians near
Chseronea 338
Alexander destroys Thebes, but spares Pindar's house 335
Boeotian confederacy dissolved by the Romans 170
Bceotia henceforth partakes of the fortunes of Greece; and is a.d.
conquered by the Turks under Mahomet II 1456
Boer§ (peasants), a name given to the Dutch settlers in
South Africa, since the 16th century, who still retain their
national character. Discontented with British rule in the Cape,
since 1814 large numbers of them emigrated northward in
1836-37, and founded the Orange Free State (1836) and the
Transvaal Republic (1848).
bog's, probably the remains of forests, covered with peat
and loose soil. An act for drainage of Irish bogs passed Mch.
1830. The bog-land of Ireland has been estimated at 3,000,000
acres; that of Scotland at upwards of 2,000,000; and that of
England at near 1,000,000 acres. In Jan. 1849, Rees Reece
patented certain products from Irish peat. Candles and other
articles made from peat have been sold in London. Fuel for
railway engines and other purposes was made from peat (Apr.
1873) ; and a peat, coal, and charcoal company established.
Much destruction has been caused by the motion of bogs. Leland
(about 1546) speaks of Chat Moss shifting. Mischief was done at
Enaghmore, Ireland, 3 Jan. 1853; and farm-houses and fields near
Dunmore were covered, Oct. 1873.
Botieinia, formerly the Hercynian forest (Boiemum,
Tacitus), derives its name from the Boii, a Celtic tribe. It was
governed by dukes (Borzivoi I. 891), till Ottocar assumed the
title of king, 1198. The kings at first held their territory
from the empire; and the crown was elective till it became
hereditary in the house of Austria. The original Bohemians
term themselves Czechs, and, imitating Hungary, now call
for autonomy. Prague, the capital, is famous for sieges and
battles. Pop. in 1857, 4,705,525 ; in 1870, 5,140,544 ; in 1890.
5,843,250. Area, 20,060 sq. miles. Prague. ^ ^
Czechs (Slavonians) seize Bohemia about 550
City of Prague founded 795
Introduction of Christianity 894
Bohemia conquered by the emperor Henry III., who devastates
the country 1041
Ottocar (Premislas) I. , first king of Bohemia 1198
Ottocar II. rules over Austria, and obtains Styria, etc., 1253;
refuses the imperial crown 1272
Ottocar vanquished by Kudol|)h, and deprived of Austria,
Styria, and Carniola, 1277; killed at Marchfeld 26 Aug. 1278
King John (blind) slain at Crecy 1346
John Huss and Jerome of Prague, early reformers, burned for
heresy ; an insurrection follows 1415-16
Ziska, Hussite leader, takes Prague, 1419; dies of plague 1424
Albert, duke of Austria, marries the daughter of the late em-
peror, receives the crowns of Bohemia and Hungary 1437
Succession infringed by Ladislas, son of the king of Poland,
and George Podifebrad, a Protestant chief 1440-58
Ladislas, king of Poland, elected king of Bohemia on the death
of Podiebrad 1471
BOI
Emperor Ferdinand I. marries Anne, sister of Louis, late king,
and obtains the crown 1527
Thirty years' war begun !.!.!!!.'!'.!!!*.!!!.'. 1618
Emperor Ferdinand II., oppressing Protestants, is deposed-
Frederic, elector- palatine, elected king 5 Sept. 1619
Frederic, defeated at Prague, flees to Holland 9 Nov 1620
Bohemia secured to Austria by treaty 1648
Silesia and Glatz ceded to Prussia !!!!!.*.'!!!! 1742
Prague taken by the Prussians .'.".*.'.'!!!!! 1744
Prussians defeat Austrians at Prague; 7 years' war begins,' " '
Revolt of the peasantry _ _ 1775
Edict of toleration promulgated... '..'....'. 1781
French occupy Prague 1806
Insurrection at Prague, 12 June ; submission, siege raised,
r. • ^ , 20 July, 1848
Prussians enter Bohemia, which becomes the seat of war
, (Germany, 1866) 24 June, 1866
Agitation of Czechs that the emperor be crowned king of Bo-
hemia with the crown of St. Wenceslas at Prague, .autumn, 1867
Riots at Prague ; habeas-corpus act suspended 10 Oct. 1868
Bohemian agitation for self-government; addresses to the em-
peror... . 14 Sept and 5 Oct. 1870
Manifesto of the emperor 14 Sept. 1871
Bohemian deputies absent from the Reichsrath Dec. '•
" Young Czech " party defeated in elections July, 1874
Czech deputies enter Reichsrath 8 Oct. 1879
Motion of the Young Czechs in the assembly for the coro-
nation of the emperor as king of Bohemia negatived, after
several days' warm debate 9 Nov. 1889'
Diet reopened 14 Oct.; the Young Czechs obstruct legisla-
tion Oct. 1890
Young Czechs ask for autonomy like Hungary Dec. "
Gradual dissolution of the Old Czechs party (moderates). . " "
Austrian government will make no more concessions to the
Czechs; announced in the Diet 5 Jan. 1891
Young Czechs victorious in the elections; the Old Czech party
totally defeated Mch. '•
KINGS.
1198. Premislas Ottocar I.
1230. Wenceslas III.
1253. Premislas Ottocar II.
1278. Wenceslas IV., king of Poland.
1305. Wenceslas V.
1306. Rudolph of Austria.
1307. Henry of Carinthia.
1310. John of Luxemburg (killed at Crecy).
1346. Charles I., emperor (1347).
1378. Wenceslas VI., emperor.
1419. Sigismund I., emperor.
'1438. Albert of Austria, emperor.
1440. Ladislas V.
1458. George von Podiebrad.
'147L Ladislas VL, king of Hungary (in 1490).
1516. Louis, king of Hungary (killed at Mohatz).
1526. Bohemia united to Austria under Ferdinand I., elected king ;
Germany, emperors.
Bohemian Brethren, a body of Christians in
Bohemia, appear to have separated from the Calixtines,
a branch of the Hussites, in 1467. Dupin says, " They re-
jected the sacraments of the church, were governed by simple
laics, and held the Scriptures for their only rule of faith. They
presented a confession of faith to king Ladislas in 1504 to jus-
tify themselves from errors laid to their charge." Though
perhaps in sympathy with the Waldenses, they were distinct
from them. ' Luther, in 1533, testifies to their purity of doc-
trine, and Melanchthon commends their discipline. They were
dispersed during the religious wars of Germany in the 17th
century.
Boii, a Celtic people of N. Italy, who emigrated into
Italy, were defeated at the Vadimonian lake, 283 B.C., and
were subdued by Scipio Nasica, 191 b.c. Recrossing the Alps
they betook themselves to what is now Bohemia, but their
existence as a separate people was soon lost.
boilings of liquids. Dr. Hooke, about 1683, as-
certained that liquids cannot increase in heat after beginning
to boil, hotter fire only making them boil more rapidly. The
following are boiling-points ;
Fahr.
Phosphorus 554« Fahr.
Sulphuric acid 600 "
Mercury 662 "
Sulphur 822 "
Ether 93°
Alcohol 173
Nitric acid 187
Water 212
Oil of turpentine ... 312
boilings to death, a capital punishment in Eng-
land, bv Stat. 22 Hen. Vin. 1531 (repealed 1547), passed when
17 persons had been poisoned by Richard Rosse, otherwise
Coke, the bishop of Rochester's cook, 2 of whom died. Mar-
garet Dav}', a young woman, suffered this penalty for a sim-
ilar crime,* 28 Mch. 1542.— *S7ozy.
Boi§-le-due, Dutch Brabant, where the British were
BOE
110
BON
defeated by a French republican army, and driven from their
position to' Schyndel, 14 Sept. 1794. The place was capturod
by the French, 10 Oct. following ; surrendered to the Prussian
army, under Bulow, in Jan. 1814.
Boklin'rn, central Asia, the ancient Sogdiana, after
successively forming part of the empires of Persia, of Alex-
ander, and Bactriana, was conquered by the Turks in the 6th
century, by the Chinese in the 7th, and by the Arabs about
705. After various changes of masters, it was subdued by the
Uzbek Tartars, its present possessors, in 1505. The British
envoys, col. Stoddart and capt. ConoUy, were murdered at Bok-
hara, the capital, by the khan, about June, 1843. In the war
with Russia, begun 1866, the emir's army was defeated several
times in May et seq. Peace was made 11 July, 1867. The
Russians were again victors, 25 May, 1868, and occupied Sa-
marcand the next day. Further conquests were made by the
Russians, and Samarcand was secured by treaty, Nov. 1868.
A new political and commercial treaty with Russia was pub-
lished Dec. 1873. Pop. 2,030,000 ; area, 83,980 sq. miles.
Bolivia, a republic in South America, formerly part of
Peru, population in 1875 about 2,000,000; in 1880, 2,325,000;
1890, 2,333,350; area, 784,554 sq. miles, between lat. lO'' and
22° S., Ion. 58° and 70° W.
An insurrection of the ill-used Indians, headed by Tupac Amaru
Andres, takes place here 17S0-82
Country declares its independence 6 Aug. 1824
Secured by the victory of Ayacucho 9 Dec. "
Named Bolivia, in honor of gen. Bolivar 11 Aug. 1825
First congress meet 25 May, 1826
General Sucre governs ably 182(5-28
Slavery abolished 1836
Santa Cruz rules 1828-39
Free trade proclaimed 1853
General Cordova, president 1855-57
Succeeded by the dictator Jos6 Maria Linares 31 Mch. 1859
George Cordova, constitutional president 1860
Succeeded by Jos6 M. de Acha May, 1861
Gen. Melgarejo defeats president De Acha 28 Dec, 1864
Becomes dictator Feb. 1865
Puts down an insurrection under Belzu Mch. "
Routs Arguedas at Viacha and proclaims amnesty 24 Jan. 1866
Suppresses a revolt 17 Oct. "
Proclaims amnesty 21 Dec. 1867
Civil war 1867-70
President A. Morales, 1871, said to have been murdered. . .Jan. 1873
President, Dr. Tomas Frias 14 Feb. 1874
Corral's insurrection suppressed Sept. "
Gen. Hilarion Daza, president 4 May, 1876
Bolivia joins Chili in war against Peru (Chili) Apr. 1879
Revolution; Daza deposed; flees; Campero president. .1 June, 1880
Peace with Chili finally arranged; loses all of her coast terri-
tory Dec. 1883
Bollandi§t§. Acta Sanctorum.
BolOg^na, central Italy, the ancient Felsina, after-
wards Bononia; distinguished for its architecture; made a
Roman colony, 189 b.c.
University said to have been founded by Theodosius about
433; really in 1116
Bologna joins the Lombard league 1167
Pope Julius II. takes Bologna; enters in triumph 11 Nov. 1506
Added to the states of the church 1513
In the church of St. Petronius, remarkable for its pavement,
Cassini draws his meridian line (over one drawn by father
Ignatius Dante, 1575) 1653
Taken by French, 1796; by Austrians, 1799; by French, after
battle of Marengo, 1800; restored to the pope 1815
Revolt suppressed by Austrian interference 1831
Rebellion, 1848; taken by Austrians 16 May, 1849
Austrians evacuate; cardinal Ferretti departs; citizens rise and
form a provisional government 12 June, 1859
It decrees that all public acts shall be headed " Under the reign
of king Victor Emmanuel," etc 1 Oct. "
He enters Bologna as sovereign 2 May, 1860
bolometer (Gr. l36\og, a throw or cast), an electrical
instrument invented by prof. S. P. Langley, who also terms it
an " actinic balance." By means of it he made discoveries in
the ultra red rays of the spectrum. It is much more sensitive
to radiant heat than the thermopile.
Bomariuncl, a strong fortress on one of the Aland
isles in the Baltic sea, taken by sir Charles Napier, with his
Baltic expedition, and a French contingent under gen. Bara-
guaj'^ d'Hilliers, 15 Aug. 1854. Gov. Bodisco and the garrison,
about 2000 men, prisoners ; the fortifications destroyed.
Bombay, the most westerly and smallest of the Indian
presidencies, was visited by the Portuguese, 1509, acquired by
them, 1530 ; given (with Tangier in Africa, and 300,000/. in
money) to Charles II. as the marriage portion of the infanta
Catherine of Portugal, 1662. In 1668 it was granted to the
East India Company, " in free and common socage," as of the
manor of East (ireenwich, at an annual rent of 10/. Confirmed
by William III., 1689. The 2 principal castes at Bombay are
Parsees (descendants of ancient Persian fire-worshippers) and
Borahs (sprung from early converts to Islamism) ; both re-
markable for commercial' activity. Pop. 1891, 26,960,421 ;
area, 188,195 sq. miles.
First British factory established at Ahmednuggur 1612
Mr. (Jyfford, deputy-governor, 100 soldiers, and other English
die under the climate Oct. 1675-Feb. 1676
Capt. Keigwin usurps the government 1681-84
Bombay made chief of company's settlements 1687
The island, except the fort, seized and held for a time by the
mogul's admiral 1690
Bombay a distinct presidency 1708
Additions to the Bombay territory: Bancot river, 1756; island
of Salsette ; . . 1775
Bishopric established 1837
Lord Elphinstone governor 1853
Pop. of the presidency, 12,0:U.483 1858
Benevolent s r Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, a Parsee (who erected
hospitals, etc.) dies 15 Apr. 1859
His son sir Cursetjee visits England 1860
Sir G. R. Clerk, governor "
Rioting against the income tax suppressed Nov. and Dec. "
Sir Henry Bartle Frere governor Mch. 1862
Great speculation in the cotton trade Nov. 1864
Failure of Byramjee Cama, a Parsee, for 3,300,000Z. ; and
others; great depression ; project of international exhibition
in 1867 abandoned May, 1865
Recovering from commercial crisis Aug. "
W. R. Seymour Fitzgerald appointed governor, Nov. 1866 ; ar-
rives 28 Feb. 1867
Holds a durbar of native princes at Poena 6 Oct. 1868
Reception of the duke of Edinburgh 11 Mch. 1870
Sir Philip Wodehouse governor Apr. 1872
Riots: Mahometans attack Parsees for publishing part of
Washington Irving's " Life of Mahomet;" several lives lost
and property destroyed 13-15 Feb. 1874
Culprits punished by British "
Prince of Wales welcomed, 8 Nov. 1875; sails homeward,
13 Mch. 1876
Loyal Mahometans petition queen Victoria in favor of the
s'ultan 24 Sept. "
Famine relieved by government and private subscriptions: 1877
Statue of prince of Wales (given by sir Albert Sassoon) uncov-
ered 26 or 27 June, 1879
Sir James Fergusson nominated governor Feb. 1880
A patriotic fund for sufferers by Afghan war subscribed by na-
tives and others Aug. "
Lord Reay appointed governor Dec. 1884
Native troops sail for the Soudan 23 Feb. 1885
New Bombay water- works opened 31 Mch. 1892
bombs (iron shells filled with gunpowder), said to
have been invented at Venlo in 1495. and used by the Turks
at the siege of Rhodes in 1522, came into general use, 1634
(previously used only by the Dutch and Spaniards). Bomb-
vessels were invented in France in 1681. — Voltaire. The
shrapnel shell (invented by col. Henry Shrapnel, d. 1842) a
bomb filled with balls, exploded by a fuse in its flight.
Bonaparte family. The name appears at Flor-
ence and Genoa in the 13th century; in the 15th a branch
settled in Corsica.
Carlo Maria Bonaparte, b. 29 Mch. 1746; d. 24 Feb. 1785; married,
1767, Letitia Ramolina (b. 24 Aug. 1760; d. Feb. 1836); issue,
1. Joseph, b. 7 Jan. 1768; king of Two Sicilies, 1805; of Naples
alone, 1806; of Spain. 1808; in United States, 1815: comes to Eng-
land, 1832; settles in Italy, 1841; dies at Florence, 28 July, 1844.
2. Napoleon I., emperor, b. 15 Aug. 1769; d. 5 May, 1821. France.
3. Lucien, prince of Cauino, born 1775; at first aided his brother's
ambition, but later opposed it. He was taken by the English on
his way to America, aud resided in England till 1814. He died at
Viterbo, 30 June, 1840. His son Charles (b 1803, d. 1857) was
an eminent naturalist, and ranks with Audubon and Wilson in
ornithology. He resided for some years in the United States, re-
turning to France, 1828. Another son of Lucien was prince Pierre,
(b. 1815. In 1870 he shot Victor Noir, and though acquitted, was
obliged for a time to leave France, owing to the strong feeling
against him; d. 1881).
4. Marie Anne Elisa, b. 3 Jan. 1777, married Felix Bacciochi,
1797; after the fall of Napoleon she lived at Santo Andrea, near
Trieste, where she died, 1820.
5. Louis, b. 2 Sept. 1778; king of Holland, 1806; d. 15 July, 1846.
Married in 1802 Hortense Beauharuais (daughter of empress Jo-
sephine) ; had 3 sons : 1 Najwleon Louis (b. 1803, d. 1807) ; 2.
Louis Napoleon (b. 1804, d. 1831) ; and
3. Charles Louis Napoleon, b. 20 Apr. 1808 ; educated under his
mother at Arenberg, Switzerland, and at Thun, under gen.
Dufour.
Shared in Carbonari insurrection in Papal states. ..Mch. 1831
Attempted a revolt at Strasburg 30 Oct. 1836
Sent to America 13 Nov. "
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Jlepairs to London 14 Oct. 1838
Lands at Boulogne with 50 followers 6 Aug. 1840
Condemned to imprisonment for life 6 Oct. "
Escapes from Ham 25 May, 1846
Arrives at Boulogne 2 Mch. 1848
Elected deputy, 8 June, and takes his seat, 27 Aug. "
(France, 1848-71) ; d. at Chislehurst 9 Jan. 1873
Son : Napoleon Eugene Louis Jean Joseph, b. 16 Mch.
1856; educated at Military academy, Woolwich;
killed in Zululand 1 June, 1879
«. Marie Pauline, b. 1780; married gen. Leclerc and went to San Do-
mingo, 1801, but returned to France on his death in 1802. On 28
Aug. 1803, she married Camillo, prince Borghese. As Napoleon's fa-
vorite sister, she wished to share hise.xile at St. Helena. She lived
estranged from her husband nearly until her death, 9 June, 1825.
She was extremely beautiful and her statue as Venus Victrix, by
Canova, is well known.
7. Marie Annonciade Caroline, b. 1782; married to Murat, 1800;
queen of Naples, 1808. She afterwards resided at Trieste with
her sister Elisa. In 1838 pensioned by the French government;
d. 18 May, 1839.
.S. Jerome, b. 15 Nov. 1784; d. 24 June, 1860; king of Westphalia,
1 Dec. 1807-14, married : L Elizabeth Patterson, in America, 24
Dec. 1803 (she died, aged 94, 4 Apr. 1879; sou Jerome, born at
Camberwell, London, 7 July, 1805; married Miss Williams, Rox-
bury, Mass.; d. 1870; his children — .lerome, b. 1832, graduate
of West Point, serves U. S. army, 1854; goes to France, serves
through Crimean war, Algiers, etc. Charles Joseph, b. 9 June,
1851; graduate Harvard University, 1871; lawyer at Baltimore).
IL Princess Catherine of Wurtemberer. 12 Aug. 1807. Governor
-of the invalides, 184S; and marshal, 1850; issue—
Mathilde, b. 27 May, 1820; married to prince A.Demidoffin 1841.
Napoleon, Joseph Chaiies Paul Jerome, b. 9 Sept. 1822; d. 17 Mch.
1891 (nicknamed •' Plon-Plon," from his own habitual exclama
tion in the Crimean war — " Du Plomb ! du Plomb !" — at every
sound like the whizzing of a bullet; others say it was a name
he gave himself when young); married princess Clothilde of
Savoy, daughter of Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia, 30 Jan.
1859; issue: Victor, b. 18 July, 1862; Louis, b. 1^ July, 1864;
Marie, b. 20 Dec. 1866; after the death of the Prince Im-
perial, 1879, prince Victor separates from his father, and is
accepted as chief of the Bonapartists; his father publishes
painful correspondence. June, 1884 ; expelled from France,
June, 1886; disinherited, Mch. 1891; accepted as head of the
family, 31 Mch. 1891.
bondage. Villanage.
l>ones. The art of softening bones was discovered about
1688, and they are made into handles for cutlery, etc. Bone-
dust has been used as a fertilizer since Liebig's researches in
1810.
boneietting' cannot be said to have been practised
scientifically until 1620.— Bell.
Boniface, the nanae of 9 popes ; first, 418^22, ninth,
1390-1404. PoPKS.
Bonn, a town on the Rhine (the Roman Bonna), in the
■electorate of Cologne ; often besieged ; assigned to Prussia,
1814. The academy founded by the elector in 1777 ; made a
university, 1784; abolished by Napoleon; re-established and
enlarged, 1818.
bOOR§ (Anglo-Saxon, boc ; Ger. Buck), were originally
■made of boards, or the inner bark of trees ; afterwards of skins
and parchment. Papyrus, an indigenous plant, was adopted
in Egypt long before Herodotus. Books (i. e., rolls or volumes),
with leaves of vellum were invented by Attains, king of Per-
gamus, about 198 b.c. The MSS. in Herculaneum are papyrus
Tolls, charred and matted together by fire, about 9 in. long, and
1, 2, or 3 in. in diameter, each a separate treatise. The most
Ancient books are the Pentateuch of Moses and the poems of
Homer and Hesiod. Wax tablets continued in use in Europe
during the middle ages ; the oldest specimen, now in the mu-
seum at Florence, is of 1301 a.d. The first printed books were
not from movable types, but from solid carved wooden blocks,
•and consisted of a few leaves only, bearing images of saints or
historical pictures with a few explanatory lines. The block
was wetted with a thin ink, and the paper then laid on and
rubbed with a smooth burnisher till an impression was made.
The sheet could be printed only on one side. These are known
AS "Image" or "Block" books, and form a distinct group in
the history of the invention of printing. The best known of
the earlier block-books are, "Ars Moriendi " Biblia Pau-
PEKUM, "Apocalypse," and the "Canticum Canticorum ;" the
first and third (ierman, the second and fourth Dutch. The lat-
est block-book of any size, the " Figure del Testaraento Vec-
«hio," was printed at Venice, 1510. But the " Speculum Hu-
manae Salvationis " is the most perfect in design and execution.
It was translated into German, Flemish, and other languages,
;and often reprinted, 1440-50, The "Letters of Indulgence" of
pope Nicholas V., printed 1454, fix tlie earliest period of the im-
pression of metal types with a date subjoined. — Dibdin. Prob-
ably the first book printed from movable types was the undated
edilioprinceps of the Bible (called the " Mazarin Bible," from
a copy found in the cardinal's library). It is usually ascribed
to a date between 1450 and 1455. It is in 2 volumes of 324 and
317 pages, each page double columns, 42 lines to column, char-
acters Gothic, large and handsome, resembling manuscript. No
fewer than 20 copies are known. Before the discovery of this
Bible, the Bamberg Bible of Pfister, 36 lines to the page, gen-
erally passed for the first. The first printed book with date is
the " Psalter" of Faust and Schoffer, printed at Mentz, 1457.
Titles of chapters were first used in the " Epistles of Cicero,"
1470. The Gothic characters, which were at first uniformly used,
were supplanted in 1467 by the Roman type, which was first
used in England by Richard Pynson, 1509. Hallam asserts that
the price of books was reduced four-fifths by the invention of
printing. Jerome (who d. 420) says that he ruined himself by
buying the works of Origen. From a letter of Andreas, bishop
of Aleria, to the pope, it would seem that 100 golden crowns
was the maximum demanded for a valuable MS., and the first
printed books were sold for about 4 golden crowns a volume.
Much of the value of editions of the 15th century arises from
the limited number of impressions. They were seldom more
than 300. At the sale ofthe McCarthy library, the "Psalter "of
Faust and Schoffer, on vellum, was bought by Louis XVIII. for
12,000 francs. The Naples edition of "Horace," of 1474, is called
by Dibdin the " rarest classical volume in the world," and it
was chiefly to possess this book that earl Spencer bought the
famous library of the duke of Cassano. At the sale of the duke
of Roxburghe's library, 17 June, 1812, a copy ofthe first edition
of Boccaccio's Decamerone (that of Valdarfer, 1471) fell to the
duke of Marlborough, after a spirited competition with earl
Spencer, for 2260/. (about fl 1,300). At the sale of the Perkins
library, 6 June, 1873, a copy of the Mazarin Hible (see above)
on vellum sold for 3400/. ; one on paper sold for 2690/. A
copy belonging to sir John Thorold, of Syston-park, sold for
3900/., 13 Dec. 1884 ; a copy belonging to the earl of Crawford,
sold for 2650/., 15 June, 1887; lord Hopetoun's copy sold for
2000/., 25 Feb. 1889 ; sir John Thorold's copy of the " Book of
Psalms" (by Faust and Schoffer, 1457), on vellum, sold for
4950/., 19 Dec. 1884 (formerly sold for 136/.). At the duke of
Marlborough's sale, 1881, a Bible of 1462 sold for 1600/.
TITLES OF THE EARLIEST BOOKS OF CAXTON AND WYNKYN
DE Vi'ORDE.
The Game and Plate of the Chesse. Translated out ofthe Frenche
and emprynted by me William Caxton. Fynysshid the last day of
Marche the yer of our Lord God a thousand foure hondred and
Ixxiiij. (Probably printed at Cologne.)
[A fac-simile was printed by Vincent Figgins in 1859.]
The Dictes and Wise Sayings of the Philosophers is said to be
the first book printed by Caxton in England, 1477. (Fac-simile
published by Elliot Stock, 1877.)
The Boke of Tulle of Olde Age Emprynted by me simple per-
sone William Caxton into Englysshe as the playsir solace and
reverence of men grouing in to old age the xij day of August the
yere of our Lord M. cccc. Ixxxj. — Herbert.
The Polycronycon conteyning the Berynges and Dedes of many
Tymes in eyght Bokes. Imprinted by William Caxton after having
someivhat chaunged the rude and olde Englysshe, that is to wete
[to wit] certayn Words which in these Dayes be neither vsyd ne
understanden. Ended the second day of Jvyll at Westmestre the
xxij yere of the Regne of Kynge Edward the fourth, and of the
Incarnacion of owe Lord a Thousand four hondi-ed four Score and
Tweyne [US2].—Dibdin's " Typ. Ant."
The Cronicles of Englond Empnted by me Wyllyam Caxton thabbey
of Westmynstre by london the v day ofJuyn the yere of thincama-
cion of our lord god m. cccc. lxxx.
Polycronycon. Ended the thyrtenth daye of Apryll the tenth yere of
the reyne ofkinge Harry the seuenthAnd ofthe Jncarnacyon of our
lord MCCCCLXxxxv. Emprynted by Wynkyn The worde at
The Hylle of Perfection emprynted at the instance of the reverend
relygyous fader Tho. Prior ofthe hous of St. Ann, the order of the
charterouse Accomplysshe[d] they fynysshe[d] att Westmynster the
uiii day of Janeuer and ere of our lord Thousande cccc. Lxxxxvir.
And in the xii yere of kynge Henry the vii by me wynkyn de
worde. — Ames, Herbert, Dibdin.
The Descripcyon of Englonde Walys Scotland and Irlond speaking
of the Noblesse and Worthynesse of the same Fynysshed and em-
prynted in Flete strete m the syne ofthe Sonne by me Wynkyn de
Worde the yere of our lord a m ccccc and ij. mensis Mayiis [mense
Mali].— Dtftdin's "Typ. Ant."
The Festyvall or Sermons on sondays and holidais taken out ofUie
golden legend enprynted at london in Flete- strete at y sygne of y
Sonne by wynkyn de worde. In the yere of our Lord m. ccccc. viii.
And ended the xidaye of M aye.— Ames.
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Thk u)ri>*8 prayer, f As printed by Caxton in 1483.] Father our
that art in heav^ts, hallowfd be thy name: thy hingdome come to
us ; thy will t>e done in earth as is in heavei\ : our everp day bread
give us to day ; ami forgive us oure trespasses, as we Jorgive them
that trespass against us; and lead us not in to temptation, but
deliver iisfrom all evil sin, amen. — Lewises " Lifo of Caxton."
A Placard. [As printed by William Caxton.] If it plese ony man
spirituel or temperel to bye ony pies of two or three comemoracitis
of Salisburi use enprynted after tt£ forme of this preset lettre
whiche ben wel and truly correct, latt him come to westmonesler in
to the almonestye at the rted pale [red pale] and he shail have them
good there. — Dibilin^s "Typ. Ant."
First book (Almanac) printed in the U. S. at Cambridge, Mass. 1639
Bay State Psalm book, Cambridge, Mass 1G40
First books printed in the U. S. {Stephen Daye, publisher). . 1639-49
'* " " " " " (Samuel Green, publisher).. 1649-92
[Thomas's ''History of Printing in America," pub. 1810.]
Blumenbach's "Physiology by Eliotson," the first book printed by
machinery, 1817. The machine employed was Konig's, one
which printed both sides in one operation at the rate of 900 sheets
an hour.
BiBuooRAPHT, Libraries, LaxKRATfRK, XfA-NrscRiPTS, Printing, etc.
Book-collect or§. Libraries.
" Book of the Dead." A collection of prayers
and exorcisms written in Egj'ptian hieroglyphic or hieratic
characters, composed for the benefit of the pilgrim soul in his
journey through Amenti (the Egyptian Hades). Portions of
these papyri were placed with the mummy in his tomb. They
are said to form fully one half of the thousands which are ex-
tant. The " Book of the Dead " is dated from the 4th dynasty,
8733-3566 b.c. Aft«r much toil a pure text with illustrations
was published by M. Edouard Naville, 1886. Translations in
several European langtiages have appeared. A fac-simile of
the papyrus of Ani in the British museum was printed in 1890.
book-keeping. The system by double-entry, called
originally Italian book-keeping, was first taught in the course of
algebra published by Luca di Borgo, in 1495, at yenice. John
Growgne, a printer, published a treatise " on the kepyng of the
famouse reconynge . . . Debitor and Creditor," I^ndon, 1543.
This is the earliest English work on book-keeping. James
Peele published his "Book-keeping" in 1569. John Mellis
published "A Briefe Instruction and Manner how to Keepe
Bookes of Accompts," in 1588. Improved systems were pub-
lished by Benjamin Booth in 1789 and by Edward Thomas
Jones in 1821 and 1831.
book-plate, an engraving as a mark of ownership,
often elaborate. The earliest book-plates are probably Ger-
man, of the beginning of the 16th century. Many were fine
examples of wood-engraving. Albert Dlirer designed book-
plates, some earlier than 1524. It is said that one of the
earliest English book-plates is that of cardinal Wolsey, about
1525. They have multiplied in later years, and often exhibit
quaint and beautiful designs.
bOOk8eller§. "The trade in bookselling seems,"
says Hallam, "to have been established at Paris and Bologna
in the 12th century ; it is very improbable that it existed in
what is known as the Dark Ages. Peter of Blois mentions a
book which he bought of a public dealer. These dealers were
denominated stadonarii, perhaps from their practice of having
booths or stalls at the corners of streets and in markets." The
modern system of bookselling arose soon after the introduction
of printing. The earliest printers were also editors and book-
sellers. Schoffer, about 1469, printed a catalogue of books for
sale by himself or agents. It was printed on one side of a
sheet, and was meant to be posted as an advertisement in
towns visited ; the name of the place where the books could
be obtained being written at the bottom ; there were 21 books
thus advertised." — DuJ^, "Early Printed Books." Antony
Koburger, who introduced printing into Nuremberg in 1470,
was more a bookseller than a printer, for besides his own 16
shops, we are informed by his biographers, he had agents for
the sale of his books in every city in Christendom. Wynkyn
de Worde, who succeeded the Caxton press in Westminster,
had a shop in Fleet street, London.
Ix>ndon Company of Stationers incorporated 1556
Earliest bookseller's catalogue is said to be that published by
Andrew Maunsell, of Lothbury, dedicated to queen Elizabeth, 1595
"A catalogue of the most vendible books in England" was
publ.
1658
The chief publishers in London formed an association and fixed
the discount, 29 Dec. 1829, and for some years restricted retail
booksellers from selling below the publishing price. A dispute
arose as to the right of the retailers to sell purchased stock at
112 BOO
such less profit as might satisfy them, which was referred to lord
chief justice Campbell, at Stratheden house, 14 Apr. 18>Vi. He dc
cided against the association, which disbanded, 19 May following.
Booiieville, Mo., Battle of, 17 June, 1861. Gov.
Jackson of Missouri, a confederate sympathizer, had abandoned
Jefferson City, which was immediately occupied by gen. Lyon.
Before the confederate forces could concentrate about Booiie-
ville, 50 miles above Jefferson City, Lyon moved upon Booiie-
ville, and with 2000 men defeated Marmaduke, who offered
little resistance, in 20 minutes. This compelled the confeder-
ate detachments to move to the southern border of the state.
Boothia Felix, a large peninsula, northwest point
of America, discovered by sir John Ross in 1830, named after
sir Felix Booth, who had given 20,000/. to fit out his polar
expedition. Sir Felix died at Brighton, Feb. 1850.
Booth's conspiracy. On the morning of 16 Apr.
1865, the whole northern United States was appalled by the
intelligence of the assassination of president Lincoln the pre-
vious evening (14 Apr.) at Ford's theatre, Washington, by-
John Wilkes BootJi ; and at the same time a murderous attack.
was made upon Mr. Seward by another assassin, the secretary
then lying almost helpless from injuries received by the up-
setting of his carriage a few days previous. It soon became-
evident that the head of the conspiracy to assassinate the pres-
ident, vice-president, gen. Grant, and the secretary of state,,
was John Wilkes Booth, aided and abetted by George A. Atze-
rodt, chosen to assassinate vice-pres. Johnson; Lewis Payne-
(Powell), chosen to assassinate Mr. Seward; Michael O'Laugh-
lin, chosen to assassinate gen. Grant; David E. Herold, John
H. Surratt, his mother, Mary E. Surratt, Edward Span^der,,
Samuel Arnold, and Dr. Samuel A. Mudd. The following is a.
summary of the events connected with this tragedy :
President Lincoln's messenger engages a private box for the
evening for the president, his wife, and gen. and Mrs. Grant,
to witness the play of ''Our American Cousin," at Ford's
theatre morning, 14 Apr. 1865.
Atzerodt engages a room at the Kirkwood House, where vice-
president Johnson lodges, paying in advance for one day,
morning, 14 Apr. "
[Gen. Grant being called to Philadelphia on business by
telegram, president Lincoln takes maj. Rathbone and Miss
Harris into the presidential party in place of gen. and Mrs.
Grant, and they arrive at the theatre about 9 p.m.]
Booth enters the president's box unnoticed shortly after 10
o'clock, and immediately shoots the president, the ball pen-
etrating his skull on the back of the left side of his head
and lodging behind the right eye. Maj. Rathbone. who oc-
cupied the box with the president, attempting to seize Booth,
is severely wounded with a dagger. Booth then leajis from
the box to the stage; in so doing his spur catches in the
drapery (folds of the American flag), causing him to miss
his footing and stumble, fracturing his left leg; cro.ssing the
stage brandishing his dagger, and crying "Sic semper tyran-
nis," he escapes on a horse in waiting in an alley in the rear
of the theatre, his exit made easy by Spangler. President
Lincoln, unconscious from the moment of shooting, dies at
about half past 7 a.m 15 Apr. "'
The attempt upon the life of Mr. Seward is made about the
same time by Lewis Payne (Powell), who enters the sec-
retary's house in the guise of a messenger with a parcel
from his physician, Dr. Verdi, and demands a personal inter-
view. Payne succeeds in passing the porter and ascends
the stairs, where he is met by the secretary's son Frederick,
who refuses his demand. The assassin strikes him down
with his pistol, fracturing his skull. He then rushes into
the room where the secretary lies. Serg. George F. Robinson
meets him at the door; Payne attacks him with his knife,
and, rushing to the bed, attempts to stab the secretary, but
only succeeds in inflicting several serious cuts about the
face and neck, when he is seized by serg. Robinson and maj.
Augustus Seward, who enters from an adjoining room. After
a severe struggle Payne escapes to the street, wounding E.
W. Hansel, a nurse, on the stairs, as he passes out. A horse
is in waiting at the door, on which the assassin escapes.
Booth and Herold arrive at Surrattsville, stopping at Lloyd's
tavern, about midnight 14 Apr. '*'
Booth and Herold reach the home of Dr. Samuel Mudd, near
Bryantown, Md., about 30 miles from Washington, about
4 A.M. Here Booth has his broken leg roughly bandaged,
and remains until about 3 p.m 15 Apr. "
Samuel Arnold arrested at fortress Monroe 17 Apr. "■
Michael O'Laughlin arrested in Baltimore " "
Payne, who has been in hiding on the outskirts of the city,
returns to the house of Mrs. Surratt in the guise of a work-
man seeking a job, and is arrested by government military
police then in charge of the house midnight, 17 Ai)r. «»
Funeral services of president Lincoln held at the executive
mansion at noon 19 Apr. "
Atzerodt arrested. in Montgomery county, Md. ..'...".*'. .20 Apr. "-
[Dr. Mudd placed under arrest about the same time.]
Booth and Herold are hidden in the pine woods near Port
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Tobacco by Thomas Jones, a contraband trader, for a week.
They then cross the Potomac, go to Port Conway, cross the
Rappahannock, and take shelter in a barn on the Garret farm,
3 miles from Port Royal, on the road to Bowling Green, 24 Apr. 1865
A cavalry squad detailed from the 16th New York regiment,
commanded by lieut. Dougherty and accompanied by E. J.
Conger and L. B. Baker, detectives, trace Booth to his hiding-
place; Herold surrenders; the barn is fired, and Booth, re-
fusing to surrender, is shot in the head by serg. Boston Cor-
bett, about 2 a.m 26 Apr. "
Booth dies from the effects of his wound about sunrise. .26 Apr. "
Executive order for trial by military commission of the alleged
assassins of president Lincoln, issued 1 May, "
Military commission designated as follows: maj.-gen. David H.
Hunter, president; maj.-gen. Lewis Wallace; brevet maj.-
gen. August V. Kautz; brig. -gen. Albion P. Howe; brig. -gen.
Roberts. Foster; brevet brig. -gen. James A. Elkin (appointed
10 May); brig.-gen. T. M. Harris; brevet col. C. H. Tompkins
(appointed 10 May); lieut. -col. David R. Clendennin, 8th HI.
cavalry ; brig.-gen. Joseph Holt, judge advocate 6 May, "
' Trial of conspirators begins 11 May, "
Trial closes, and sentence pronounced by the commission and
confirmed by president Johnson — Herold, Atzerodt, Payne,
and Mary E. Surratt to be hanged; O'Laughlin, Arnold, and
Mudd imprisoned for life; and Spangler for 6 years in mili-
tary prison at Dry Tortugas 30 June, "
Herold, Atzerodt, Payne, and Mrs. Surratt hung under direction
of gen. Hancock in the yard of the old Capitol 7 July, "
John H. Surratt seen in Washington, 14 Apr. 1865; next heard
of at Burlington, Vt., and Montreal, Can., 18 Apr. ; sails on
the Peruvian for Liverpool, 16 Sept. ; enlists in the army of
the pope in Italy, Apr. 1866; is arrested, but escapes to Alex-
andria, Egypt, where he is apprehended, and brought to the
U. S. on the U. S. man-of-war Swatara. His trial begins,
10 June, 1867
Hearing of evidence in the Surratt case begins, 17 June; con-
cludes, 26 July; argument concluded, 7 Aug., and the jurj',
failing to agree, are discharged 10 Aug. "
Surratt released from custody 22 June, 1868
A second indictment is afterwards found against him, and, the
district-attorney entering a nolle prosequi, the prisoner is set
at large 22 Sept. "
Dr. Mudd pardoned 11 Feb. 1869
Arnold and Spangler pardoned 1 Mch. "
bOOt§, said to have been invented by Carians, were
mentioned by Homer, 907 b.c., and often by Roman histo-
rians. Many forms appear in Fairholt's " Costume in Eng-
land." An instrument of torture formed " the boot " was used
in Scotland upon the Covenanters about 1666.
borax (boron), known to the ancients, used in solder-
ing, brazing, and casting gold and other metals, was called
chrysocolla. Borax is found in the mountains of Thibet, and
was brought to Europe from India about 1713. Homberg, in
1702, discovered in borax boracic acid, which was decomposed,
1808, by Gay-Lussac, Thenard, and H. Davy into oxygen and
the new element, boron. Borax has lately been found in
Saxony. It is largely manufactured from boracic acid, found
by Hoefer in gas from certain lagoons in Tuscany, which
have enriched their owner, M. Lardarel, since 1818. Its pro-
duction on the Pacific coast of the United States is confined
to California and Nevada. The purest crystallized borax is
found in the lakes and springs of Lake county, Cal. 10,000,000
pounds were produced, 1887.
Bordeaux, W. France, the Roman Burdigalla, in
Aquitania, was taken by the Goths, 412; by Clovis, 508. It
was acquired by Henry II. of England on his marriage with
Eleanor of Aquitaine, 1151. Edward the Black Prince brought
John, king of France, captive hither after the battle of Poic-
tiers, 19 Sept. 1356, and here held court 1 1 years ; his son,
Richard II. of England, was born at Bordeaux, 1366. After
several changes Bordeaux surrendered to Charles VII. of
France, 14 Oct. 1453. An equestrian statue of Louis XV. was
erected in 1743. Bordeaux was entered by the victorious
British after the battle of Orthes, 27 Feb. 1814. 13 vessels
were burned and others injured in the port by burning petro-
leum, 28 Sept. 1869. The French delegate government re-
moved here from Tours, 11 Dec. 1870. M. Gambetta remained
for a time with the army of the Loire. The " pacte de Bor-
deaux," among parties of the national assembly, made M.
Thiers chief of the executive, 17 Feb. 1871. The" French As-
sociation for the Advancement of Science held its first meet-
ing here, 5 Sept. 1872 ; M. Quatrefages, president.
Borgne lake, La., naval battle on. Here, 14 Dec.
1814, the British with about 60 barges and 1200 men under
capt. Lockyer, defeated 5 American gunboats with 182 men un-
der lieut. Thomas A. C. Jones. The British, losing about 300
men, gained control of the lake.
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Borneo, in the Indian ocean, disputes with Nkw Guin-
ea the title of the largest island in the world. It was dis-
covered by the Portuguese about 1618. It extends more than
800 miles from north to south, is more than 600 miles wide, and
contains about 289,000 sq. miles.
Dutch trade here in 1604; establish factories, 1609; abandon
them, 1623 ; re-establish them , 1775
Sarawak settled by sir James Brooke; appointed rajah 1841
Pirates of Borneo chastised by British, 1813; by capt. Keppel',
By treaty with the sultan, negotiated by sir James Brooke the
island of Labooan, or Labuan (northwest of Borneo), and its
dependencies, ceded to Great Britain and formally occupied
in presence of Bornean chiefs 2 Dec 184ft
James Brooke, rajah of Sarawak (1846), governor' of Labuan
and consul-general of Borneo, visits England Oct 1847
He destroys many Bornean pirates "' 1849^
Labuan made a bishopric; F. J. MacDougall consecrated' bishop
at Calcutta, the first English bishop consecrated out of Eng-
land. .... 18 Oct. 1855.
Chmese m Sarawak rise and massacre Europeans; sir James
Brooke escapes by swimming; returns with Malays, etc. and
chastises the insurgents; 2000 are killed 17, ISFeb. 1857
He comes to England for help from government, without success 185»
His health being broken, a subscription for him asked "
Deputation of merchants proposes to the earl of Derby the
purchase of Sarawak, which is declined 30 Nov. "
Sir James Brooke returns to Borneo 20 Nov 1860
Returns to England; d ■.■.'.'n June" 1868
Rajah of Sarawak, with Malays and Dyaks, suppresses a ma-
rauding decapitating tribe of Dyaks June, 1870
Freedom of trade in the archipelago agreed on by Great Brit-
ain, Germany, and Spain, 1877, and further with Spain 1884
N. Borneo, with Sarawak and Brunei, constituted a British
protectorate 1885-
Governor appointed !..!!!.!..!.* 1892
Bornou, an extensive kingdom in central Africa, ex-
plored by Denham and Clapperton (sent out by the British
government) in 1822. Population estimated by Denham at
6,000,000, by Barth at 9,000,000 ; area, 62,000 sq. miles.
Borodino, a Russian village on the river Moskwa,.
near which one of the most sanguinary battles of history was
fought, 7 Sept. 1812, between the French under Napoleon,
and the Russians under Kutusoff, 240,000 men being en-
gaged. Loss 80,000. Each party claimed the victory ; but
the Russians retreated, leaving Moscow, which the French
entered, 14 Sept.
1>Oroi1g°ll or burgll, anciently a company of ten
families living together; now a town represented in Parlia-
ment, since the election of burgesses in the reign of Henry
III., 1265. Charters were granted to towns by Henry I., 1132 ;
which were remodelled by Charles II. in 1682-84, but restored
in 1688. 22 new English boroughs were created in 1553.
Burgesses first admitted into Scottish Parliament by Robert
Bruce, 1326 ; into the Irish, 1366. Acts to amend the repre-
sentation of the people in England and Wales passed 7 June,,
1832, and 15 Aug. 1867; and the act for the regulation of mu-
nicipal corporations, 9 Sept. 1835. In the United States
borough is a corporate town, not a city. — Worcester,
Borougll-bridg^e, W. R. of York, Engl. Here Ed-
ward II. defeated the earls of Hereford and Lancaster, 16 Mch,
1322. Lancaster was mounted on a lean horse, led to an em-
inence near Pontefract, and beheaded.
Bo§eobel, near Donington, Shropshire, Engl. Charles
II. (after his defeat at Worcester, 3 Sept. 1651), tlisguised in the
clothes of the Pendrills, remained from 4 to 6 Sept. at White
Ladies ; on 7 and 8 Sept. he lay at Boscobel house, near an oak,
said to be the scion of the royal oak in which the king was
part of the time hidden with col. Careless. — Sharpe. The
"Boscobel Tracts" were published in 1660. In 1861 Mr. F.
Manning published " Views," illustrating them. W. H. Ains-
worth's " Boscobel," an historical novel, publ. 1872.
Bosnia, in European Turkey, formerly part of Panno-
nia, was governed by chiefs till a brother-in-law of Louis,
king of Hungary, was made king, 1376. He was defeated by
the Turks in 1389, and became their vassal. Bosnia was in-
corporated with Turkey in 1463. Many efforts have been
made by the Bosnians to recover their independence. A re-
bellion, begun in 1849, was quelled by Omar Pacha in 1851.
The Bosnians joined the insurgents in Herzegovina, Sept.
1875 ; revolt was subdued, Aug. 1877. Pop., 1889, 1,504,091.
About 100,000 Bosnian fugitives said to be in Austrian territo-
ries..... July- 1878
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Proclamation of the emperor before entering Bosnia (in pur-
suance of the Treaty of Berlin, 13 July) 27 July, 1878
Advance of Austrians", 'Id July, resisted by Bosnian bogs, aided
by Turks. 4-C Aug. "
Bosnians defeated Iwtween Zej)ce and Maglai 7, 8 Aug. "
Austrians occupy Travnik, the old capital, 11 Aug. ; repulsed,
16 Aug. "
Victories of rhilippovich at Han Belalovich, 16 Aug. ; of Teg-
ethoff. 18 Aug. "
Ser^evo, the capital, bombarded and taken by storm, 19 Aug. ;
other successes 30 Aug., 5 Sept. "
Fortress Trebinje voluntarily surrenders 7 Sept. "
Behacs firmly resists, 10 Sept. ; taken 19 Sept. *'
Seukovics, a fortress, with arms and ammunition, taken.
•21 Sept. "
Zwornik, a stronghold, surrenders. about 25 Sept. "
I.ivno bombarded and taken 28 Sept. "
Other places surrender about 12 Oct. "
Resistance ended ; general amnesty issued about 9 Nov. "
Austrian loss estimated 5000 killed, wounded, missing Nov. "
•Country adopted gradual political reforms Jan. 1880
Bo§'porU8 (improperly Bosphorus), Thraciaii, now
strait of Constantinople, connecting the Black sea with the
sea of Marmora, is about 16 miles in length, and varies from 2
miles to 550 yards in width. Darius Hystaspes crossed it on
41 bridge of boats to invade Greece, 493 b.o.
Bo§porus, now Circa§§ia, near the Bosporus Cim-
anerius, now the strait of Kertch or Yenikale, connecting the
Black sea with the sea of Azof or Azov. It was named Cim-
merian, from the Cimmerii who dwelt on its borders about
750 B.C. It is spoken of by Herodotus, is conquered by the
Scythians, 285 b-C, by Mithridates-VI. of Pontus, 80 b.c., and
■comes under Roman influence, 47 b.c.
BOiton, the principal city of New England, and capital
of Massachusetts, lies at the head of Massachusetts bay, on
peninsula called "Shawmut" by the Indians, meaning "liv-
ing fountains." It was first named Trimontaine by the Eng-
lish, but soon afterwards Boston, in compliment to Mr. Isaac
Johnson, from Boston, Engl., one of the principal promoters
of the colonv. Pop. 1790, 18,038 ; 1800, 24,937 ; 1810, 33,250;
1820,43,298'; 1830,61,392; 1840,93,383; 1850,136,881; 1860,
177,840; 1870,250,526; 1880,362,839; 1890,448,477. By this
census it stands the 6th city in the U. S. in point of popula-
tion. Present area, 37 sq. miles. Lat. 42° 21' 28" N., Ion. 71°
04' W.
First settlement at Boston dates from 17 Mch. 1630
First vessel. Blessing Vie Bay, launched 4 July, 1632
Hade the capital of the Massachusetts colony «'
First meeting-house built in Boston on south side of State st.,
Aug. "
Castle island fortified 1633
[These works subsequently rebuilt and named Castle
William, in honor of William III. Site now occupied by
fort Independence.]
Boston Commons, 48 acres set apart for public use 1634
First Latin school established on part of the ground on School
St., afterwards occupied by King's chapel 1635
First military company formed (now known as the "Ancient
and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston ") 1638
Vost-oflice established at the house of Richard Fairbanks for
"all letters which are brought from beyond the seas or are
to be sent thither " 1639
First printing-press at Cambridge, Stephen Daye, printer "
First printing done in the colonies, "Freeman's Oath " and an
almanac for New England (liooKS, Massachusetts, Pkinting), "
Ship Trial built; makes a voyage to Spain 1644
First mint established, "pine-tree shilling " coined (Coinage), 1651
Water company incorporated 1652
First town-house erected; built on pillars, the space under-
neath used as a market 1658
'General court grants Boston 1000 acres for the support of free
schools 1660
First local Baptist church organized 1662
Old South church, foundation laid 12 May, 1669
[This stood until 1729, when the present brick one was
erected on the same site.]
Oldest man in New England, Boniface Burton, dies at Boston,
aged 113 years "
Colonial court establish a post-office in Boston, appointing
John Hey ward postmaster 1676
<Jreat fire, 46 dwellings burned, including North meeting-house
in North square 2 Niav. "
First fire-engine received from England 27 Jan. 1679
Great fire ; 88 dwellings,70 warehouses destroyed ; loss, 200,000Z.
8, 9 Aug. "
Episcopalians become permanently established in Boston;
King's chapel, on spot occupied by the tower and front of
the second chapel, erected at a cost of $1425; first meeting
held, 30 June. 1087; building completed *. . June, 1689
First brick meeting-house, built by the Quakers on Brattle St.,
afterwards the site of the Quincy house 1697
Severe winter; Massachusetts bay frozen over "
Boston News Letter, first American newspaper pub. ; James
Campbell, editor. (Year commenced 25 Mch. up to 1717.)
First regular issue 24 Apr.
Benjamin Frauklln born 17 Jan.
First public sewer act, specifying that they be built of brick
or stone, passed
Extensive fire begins in William's court; nearly 100 buildings
destroyed, including the First church 1 Oct.
Act passed providing for a board of 10 fire-wardens, 1711; ap-
pointed Feb.
Old Brick church, built on site afterwards occupied by the
Joy building, and later by the Rogers building on Washington
St., opposite head of State; first occupied 3 May,
Library ol rev. Ebenezer Perabcrton sold at auction; the first
of such sales
Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies" (Massa-
chusetts, 1715)
Boston Chuette first pub., William Brookes, editor 21 Dec.
Five printing-i)re.sses running in Boston
Small-pox first appears in Boston, very severe ; inoculation
opposed (Massachusetts)
New England Courant first pub., James Franklin, editor,
17 Aug.
Christ church (Episcopal) erected
[In its tower was placed a chime of bells, each bearing a
separate inscription ; that on the 3d bell reads: " We are the
first ring of bells cast for the British empire in North Amer-
ica A. R. 1744." From its tower the lantern was hung out
which sped Paul Revere on his "midnight ride," 18 Apr.
1775.]
First Masonic lodge established in America July,
First market opened 4 June,
Corner stone of Trinity church, erected on site of the "Seven-
Star inn," cor. Sumner and Hawley sts. (see 1877) laid,
15 Apr.
Faneuil hall, called the "Cradle of Liberty, "-erected by Peter
Faneuil and completed, Sept. 1742. First town-meeting held
therein 14 Mch.
[Building destroyed by fire in 1761 and rebuilt.]
Severe riots owing to the acts of the English press-gang
Old State-house erected (still standing)
First recorded dramatic entertainment, Otway's "The Or-
phans ; or, the Unhappy Marriage "
[This was almost immediatel}'^ suppressed; not opened
again until 1794.]
King's chapel rebuilt and opened for service 21 Aug.
Great earthquake 18 Nov.
349 houses burned ; loss, $500,000 20 Mch.
Riots in opposition to the stamp act (Massachusetts) Aug.
Boston M assaork 5 Mch.
Tea thrown overboard in the Boston harbor (Massachusetts),
16 Dec.
Passing of the " Boston Port bill " by the British Parliament,
7 Mch. 1774; goes into effect (Massachusetts) 1 June,
Battle of Bunker Hill 17 June,
Washington takes command of the army at Cambridge. 2 July,
Siege of Boston commences "
British evacuate the city and retire to Halifax 17 Mch.
Boston Light, first established, 1715; destroyed by the British,
1776; light-house erected
Massachusetts bank established
Charles River bridge, 1503 ft. in length, 42 in width, resting on
75 piers and with a 30-foot draw, opened ...17 June,
Massachusetts Historical Society founded
Union bank chartered
Federal Street or " Boston " theatre, on northwest cor. Frank-
lin and Federal sts., built and opened 3 Feb.
[Burned and rebuilt, 1798.]
Haymarket theatre, the second in the city, on Tremont and
Boy Iston sts. , opened 26 Dec.
First Roman Catholic church erected in Boston, afterwards
known as the Franklin St. Cathedral of the Holy Cross, dedi-
cated 29 Sept.
Samuel Adams, b. 27 Sept. 1722 ; d 2 Oct.
South Boston annexed to the city 6 Mch.
State bank, afterwards State National bank, established
Beacon hill levelled
First daily paper, the Advertiser, started
Handel and Haydn Society (musical) organized 30 Mch. 1815,
and constitution adopted 20 Apr.
First lodge of Odd Fellows in Boston organized 26 Mch.
Corner-stone of St. Paul's church, Tremont St., laid 4 Sept. 1819,
and church consecrated 30 June,
Massachusetts General hospital, founded 1799, incorporated
1811, and opened for reception of patients
English High school opened May,
City incorporated, John Phillips first mayor; pop. about 47,000.
23 Feb.
Gas-works erected on Copp's hill
Corner stone of Bunker Hill monument laid (Bunker Hill,
Battle of) 17 June,
Boston Athenaeum founded, 1804; first public exhibition
Corner-stone of Tremont house laid 4 July,
[Hotel opened, Oct. 1829.]
Massachusetts Horticultural Society organized 17 Mch.
200th anniversary of the settlement of Boston celebrated, and
city government removed from Faneuil hall to the Old State-
house 17 Sept.
Noddle's island, now East Boston, annexed (settlement begun
3 years later)
Pasturing of cows on the Commons forbidden by law
1704
1706
1709
1711
1712
1713
1717
1719
1721
1723
1733
1734
1743
1747
1748
1750
1754
1755
1760
1765
1770
1773
1774
1775
1783
1784
1786
1791
1792
1794
1796
1804
1811
1815
1820
1821
1825
1826
1828
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1835
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1844
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
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llount Auburn cemetery, Cambridge, formally dedicated. .Sept. 1831
First number of the Boston Post issued 9 Nov. "
Perkins Institute and Masssachusetts School for the Blind,
South Boston, incorporated, 2 May, 1829; opened, with 6
blind pupils, under Dr. S. G. Howe 1832
[Laura Bridgman was educated here.]
Frederic Tudor ships his first cargo of ice to Martinique, 1805-6;
to Charleston, S.C., 1817; aud begins export trade in ice to
Calcutta, India May, 1833
Morning Journal established "
First locomotive set in motion in Massachusetts on the Bos-
ton and Worcester railroad, 4 Apr. 1834; and first excur-
sion train runs to Davis's tavern, in Newton, 7 Apr. First
regular trains begin running from depot in Indiana place,
between Washington and Tremont sts 16 May,
■City streets first lighted with gas
.^tock- exchange organized 13 Oct.
American house opened (rebuilt 1851)
"William Lloyd Garrison mobbed (Slavery) 21 Oct.
Broad Street not between fire companies and Irish. . .11 June,
Britannia, first Cunarder, enters Boston harbor 20 July,
Boston harbor frozen; the Britannia sent to sea through a
canal 7 miles long, 100 ft. wide, cut through ice 2 ft. thick,
3 Feb.
Boston Daily Herald first issued 31 Aug.
Howard Athenaeum, on Howard St., previously known as Mil-
ler's Tabernacle, and occupied l)y the Millerites, opened as a
theatre, 13 Oct. 1845. Building burned, 25 Feb. 1846; re-
built and reoccupied 25 Oct.
Boston museum, Tremont St., first opened, June, 1841; new
building erected and opened. 2 Nov.
Hevere house built. -.
Forest Hills cemetery opened
Water introduced from lake Cochituate, 20 miles west, contain-
ing 650 acres 25 Oct.
•Cholera visits the city; out of a population of 130,000, 5080 die,
Athenseum building, E. S. Cabot, architect; corner-stone laid,
1847 ; completed at a cost of $200,000
Warren Manufacturing Company (Edward Howard and others)
begin the manufacture of watches at Roxbury ; first made in
America
Woodlawn cemetery opened
Sims, the negro, se'ized and returned to the South as a sla\(3
(Mass.\chusetts, Slavery) "
Boston Young Men's Christian Union instituted "
Completion of railroad lines connecting the city with Canada
and the great lakes celebrated 17-19 Sept. "
Telegraphic fire-alarm introduced "
Boston Young Men's Christian Association organized Dec. "
Mount Hope cemetery consecrated 24 June, 1852
Boston Public library incorporated (540,000 vols. 1891) "
Somerset club organized "
Boston Normal school opened "
Boston Music hall dedicated 20 Nov. "
Daily Globe established 1853
Antislavery riot in Court square (Trials) 26 May, 1854
•Old " watch," which had existed since 1631, abolished, and po-
lice department established; 250 men under chief of police,
2 deputies, and 8 captains 26 May, "
First steam fire engine introduced "
Boston Art club organized "
Boston theatre opened 11 Sept. "
JNew city charter adopted 15 Nov. "
Washington Village anne.\ed 1855
Parker house established "■
First street railroad chartered, 21 May, 1853 (the Metropolitan).
Street railroad lines opened to Cambridge and Roxbury, 1856,
and Dorchester Ave. line opened Oct.
Clearing-house established
Atlantic Monthly established ; Ticknor & Fields, publishers
•Uniforming of city police begun
Jron bo.xes placed in ditferent sections of the city for deposit
of prepaid letters, to be collected by carriers; system goes
into operation 2 Aug.
Public garden, 24)^ acres, formerly a part of the Commons,
and site of Botanic garden, 1837; established
Webster statue in the State-house grounds unveiled.. 17 Sept
Boston college dedicated "
Corner-stone of new city-hall laid 22 Dec.
Union club established . 9 Apr. 1863
Draft riot in the North End, instigated and led at first by
women 14 July, "
City hospital at South End dedicated 24 Maj% 1S64
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, incorporated 1861, and
School of Industrial Science opened 1865
Corner-stone of Horticultural Hall building in Tremont st.laid,
18 Aug. 1864, and building dedicated 16 Sept. "
New city-hall in School st. begun, 1862, and occupied. .18 Sept. "
Young Women's Christian Association established, 1866, incor-
porated 1867
Corner-stone of the Masonic temple, cor. Tremont and Boyl-
ston sts., laid 22 June, "
New England Conservatory of Music, the largest school of mu-
sic and associate art in the world,, established "
Everett statue erected Nov. "
Town and city of Roxbury, 30,000 inhabitants, annexed. . .Jan. 1868
Ether monument, on northwest cor. of Public garden, dedicated,
2TJune, "
New England Woman's club organized "
Grand Musical Peace Jubilee; concert of 10,371 voices and
1094 instruments, with anvils, bells, etc., begun. .. 15 June, 1869
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1862
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Colossal equestrian bronze statue of Washington in the Public
garden, unveiled 3 July, 1869
Horace Mann School for the Deaf opened "
Dorchester annexed Jan. 1870
Museum of Fine Arts founded "
Boston University founded, 1869 (in theology, Methodist; in
medicine, homoeopathic) ; opened 1871
International Peace Jubilee; chorus, 20.000 voices; orchestra
1000, with military bands and other performers from difler-
ent nations; a day allotted to each nation. . .17 June-4 July, 1872
Great fire in Boston, about 80 acres burned over; loss esti-
mated at between 75 and 80 million dollars 9-11 Nov. "
Boylston club (vocal music) organized May, 1873
Massachusetts Normal Art school established "
Apollo club organized, 1871; incorporated "
City of Charlestown and towns of Brighton and West Roxbury
annexed Jan. 1874
Hotel Brunswick built at a cost of nearly $1,000,000 "
New "Old South church," built at cost of $500,000 1874-75
Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the battle of Bunker
Hill 16, 17 June, 1875
Cathedral of the Holy Cross; corner-stone laid, 25 June, 1866;
dedicated 8 Dec. "
Great elm on Boston Commons blown down 15 Feb. 1876
Massachusetts homoeopathic hospital, chartered, 1855 ; new
building opened for patients May, "
Museum of Fine Arts, St. James ave. and Dartmouth St.,
founded, 1870; first portion opened "
System of public parks established, Apr. 1876, and Back bay
park project adopted 1877
Trinity church (Episcopal), at intersection of Huntington ave.
and Boylston and Clarendon sts.. Back-bay district, the
finest Protestant church edifice in America, erected at a cost
of $750,000; consecrated 9 Feb. "
Prof A. Graham Bell telephones from Salem to his laboratory
in Exeter place, off Chauncey street ....13 Feb. "
Army and Navy monument on the Commons, corner-stone laid,
18 Sept. 1871 ; dedicated 17 Sept. "
Marcella Street Home opened "
Cecilia club (vocal music) established "
Produce exchange organized "
Daily Evening Record established 1878
Park theatre opened 14 Apr. 1879
Erection of People's church begun "
Boston Society of Natural History, incorporated 1831; cele-
brates its semi-centennial 28 Apr. 1880
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, founded 1780, cele-
brates its centennial May, "
Scollay square lighted by electricity "
[Boston English High and Latin school building, began,
1877; finished, 1880; cost $750,000 (the largest building in
the world used as a free public school). ]
St. Botolph club organized "
250th anniversaryof the settlement of Boston celebrated,17Sept. "
National Law and Order league organized 22 Feb. 1882
St. James hotel purchased for the use of the New England
Conservatory of Music "
Foreign exhibition opened 3 Sept. 1883
Wendell Phillips, b. 1811 ; d 2 Feb. 1884
Algonquin club organized 1885
Statue of William Lloyd Garrison (by Olin L. Warner) un-
veiled in Commonwealth ave 1886
Charles Francis Adams, b. 1807 ; d 21 Nov. ' '
William Warren, the actor, dies 21 Sept. 1888
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes presents his medical library to the
Boston Medical Library association Jan. 1889
Electric street railway first introduced "
Maritime exhibition opened 4 Nov. "
Great fire, loss estimated at $5,000,000 28 Nov. "
First annual convention of letter-carriers of the U. S. held
(100 delegates) 13 Aug. 1890
Centennial celebration of Methodism in New England begins,
21 Oct. "
Centennial celebration of the Massachusetts Historical Society,
24 Jan. 1891
First world's convention ofthe Woman's Christian Temperance
■ Union opened 10 Nov. "
Corner-stone of State-house on Beacon hill, laid 4 July, 1795;
occupied, 1798 ; extension much larger than the original
building added 1888-92
Phillips Brooks, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of
Massachusetts, dies 23 Jan. 1893
Great fire, loss estimated at $4,500,000 10 Mch. "
Statue of Columbus unveiled "
Public library building, Copley square, facing Public gardens;
frontage on Dartmouth st. 225 ft., on St. James ave. 229 ft.,
69 ft. high. Final plans drawn 1888; completed at a cost of
over $2,000,000 1894
John Phillips 1822
Josiah Quincy 1823
Harrison Gray Otis 1829
Charles Wells 1832
Theodore Lyman, jr 1834
SamuelT. Armstrong 1836
Samuel Atkins Eliot 1837
Jonatlian Chapman 1840
Martin Brimmer 1843
Thomas A. Davis 1845
Josiah Quincy, jr 1846
John P. Bigelow 1849
Benjamin Seaver 1852
Jerome V. C. Smith 1854
Alexander H. Rice 1856
Frederick W. Lincoln, jr. . 1858
Joseph W. Wightman 1861
Frederick W. Lincoln 1863
Otis Norcross 1867
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff 1868
William Gaston 1871
Henry L. Pierce 1873
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Albert Palmer 1883
Augustus P. Mnrtin 1884
HughOBricn 1886
Thomas N. Hart 1889
Nathan Matthews, jr 1891
Massachusetts,
Samuel C. Cobb 1874
Frederick 0. Prince 1877
Henry L. Pierce 1878
Frederick O. Prince 1879
Samuol A. Greene 1882
B<»Htoii, evacuation of.
1775-76.
Boston massacre. Owinc; to the unfriendly at-
titude of the people of Massachusetts, and especiall}' of Bos-
ton, towards the British government, 3 regiments were sent
over from England in 1768, under gen. Gage, to suppress dis-
turbances. This act, together with the presence of the troops
in Boston, was a source of constant irritation to the citizens, so
that frequent encounters took place (Massachusktts, 1770),
culminating in "the Boston Massacre" on the evening of 5
Mch. 1770. Several hundred citizens had engaged in a disturb-
ance, attacking with various missiles a sentinel; capt. Preston,
going to his assistance with several soldiers, was also attacked,
when, without orders, the soldiers fired ; 3 of the populace were
killed and 5 wounded. The crowd retreated, but reassembled
in greater numbers as the bells of the city rang out an alarm.
Further conflict was avoided upon gov. Hutchinson's assurance
that justice would be rendered in the morning. Next day the
people demanded the immediate withdrawal of the troops, and
the trial of capt. Preston and his men for murder. These de-
mands were complied with. The troops removed to Castle
William on 12 Mch., and capt. Preston and his men were tried
before a Boston jury, but, being ably defended by John Adams
and Josiah Quincy, were acquitted, except 2, who were slightly
punished. The anniversary of this day was observed until the
revolutionary war began, and the incidents of the day were the
subject of oratory.
Boston Port bill. Massachusetts, Mch.-June,
1774.
BosiVOrth Field, Leicestershire, Engl., site of the
13th and last battle between the houses of York and Lan-
caster, 22 Aug. 1485, when Richard IIL, through the desertion
of sir William Stanley, was defeated by the earl of Richmond
(afterwards Henry VH.) and slain.
botany. Aristotle is considered the founder of the sci-
ence (about 347 b.c.). " Historia Plantarum," of Theophrastus,
was written about 320 b.c. Authors on botany became numer-
ous at the close of the 15th century. FuchsiuS, Bock, Bauhin,
Caesalpinus, and others wrote between 1535 and 1600. The
system and arrangement of the great Linnaeus was made known
about 1735 ; and Jussieu's system, founded on Tournefort's, and
called " the natural system," in 1758. At Linnaeus's death
(1778) the species of plants actually described amounted to
11,800; it .cannot now fall short of 100,000. J. C. Loudon's
"Encyclopaedia of Plants," a comprehensive work, first ap-
peared in 1829. De CandoUe's " Prodromus Systematis Na-
turalis Regni Vegetabilis" (of which vol. i. appeared in 1818)
was completed, 1876. An international botanical congress was
opened in London 23 May, 1866, A. De CandoUe, president ;
another at Amsterdam, 13 Apr. 1877. Robert Brown, who ac-
companied Flinders in his survey of New Holland in 1803, and
died 10 June, 1858, aged 85, was long acknowledged to be the
chief botanist of his day.
Asa Gray, b. Paris, N. Y., 18 Nov. 1810; d. Cambridge, Mass., 30 Jan.
1888 ; distinguished botanist and profef5sor of natural history in
Harvard, author of many works on botany, among them, " Genera
of the Plants of the U. S.," and "Manual of the Botany of the
Northern U. S.," "Structural and Systematic Botany," the 1st
vol. of "The Botany of the U. S. Exploring Expedition under
Capt. Wilkes." Alphonso Wood's " Class Book of Botany," 1845,
has passed its 50th edition; author also of "American Botanist
and Florist," 1870. Chapman's "Flora of the Southern U. S.,"
1860. Flowers and Plants.
GARDENS.
Established about
Coimbra 1773
St. Petersburg. 1785
Calcutta 1793
Dublin 1800
Horticultural Society's,Chis-
wick 1821
Royal Botanic Society's, Re-
gent's park 1839
Washington, D. C. (10 acres) 1850
Royal Horticultural Soci-
ety's, S. Kensington 1860
Kew, 1760; greatly improved,
1841-65
BOTANIC
Eatablisbed about
Padua 1545
Montpellier 1558
Leyden 1577
Leipsic 1580
Paris (Jardin des Plantes). 1624
Jena 1629
Oxford 1632
Upsal 1657
Chelsea 1673-86
Edinburgh 1680
Vienna 1753
Madrid 1755
Cambridge. 1763
Botany Bay, Australia, discovered by capt. Cook,
28 Apr. 1770, named from the great variety of plants on the
shore. Made a colony of convicts from Great Britain. The
first governor, capt. Arthur Phillip, who sailed from England
in May, 1787, arrived in Jan. 1788. The colony was eventu-
ally established at Port Jackson, about 13 miles north of the
bay. New South Wai.ks, Tkanspoutation.
Botllivell Bridg^C, Lanarkshire, Scotland. The
Scotch Covenanters, who took up arms against the tyranny
of Charles IL, and defeated Claverhouse at Drumclog, 1 June
1679, were totally routed by the earl of Monmouth at Both-
well Bridge, 22 June, 1679; many prisoners were tortured and
executed.
bottles, anciently, were of leather. Glass bottles and
drinking-glasses were known to the Romans at least before
79 A.D. ; such vessels have been found in the ruins of Pompeii.
Bottles were made in England about 1558. A bottle which
contained 2 hogsheads was blown, we are told, at Leith, in
Scotland, in Jan. 1747-48. Largest bottle-glass works in the
United States are the Whitney Glass Works, at Glassboro,
N. J., established in 1775. Glass.
Bouillon (hoo-le-yon'), Belgium, formerly a duchy,
was sold by Godfrey, its ruler, to Albert, bishop of Liege, to
obtain funds for the crusade, 1095 ; was seized by the French
in 1672, and held till 1815, then given to the king of the Neth-
erlands, as duke of Luxemburg; awarded to Belgium after the
revolution of 1830.
BoulangistS. France, 1886-91.
Boulevards (bulwarks), sites of old fortifications in
Paris and other French towns, now planted with rows of trees,
and used as avenues. The name is often given to broad
streets in England and America.
Boulog^ne (boo-lon'), a seaport in Picardy, N. France,
added to Burgundy, 1435 ; to France, 1447. Here Henry VI 1 1,
and Francis I. concluded a treaty to oppose the Turks, 28 Oct.
1532. Boulogne was besieged by Henry VH., 2 Oct. 1492, for
a" few days; taken by Henry VJH. on 14 Sept. 1544, but re-
stored for a sum of money, 1550.
Lord Nelson attacked a flotilla here, disabling 10 vessels and
sinking 5 3 Aug. 1801
In another attempt he was repulsed with great loss, and capt.
Parker of the Medusa and two thirds of his crew were killed,
18 Aug. "
Bonaparte assembled 160,000 men and 10,000 horses, also 1300
vessels and 17,000 sailors, to invade England in 1804; the
coasts of Kent and Sussex were covered with martello towers
and lines of defence; nearly half the adult males of Britain
formed volunteer corps ; sir Sydney Smith unsuccessfully
attempted to burn the flotilla with flre-machines called cata-
marans 2 Oct. 1804
Army withdrawn on war with Austria 1805
Congreve rockets, in another attack, fired the town 8 Oct. 1806
Louis Napoleon (afterwards emperor) made a fruitless descent
here with about 50 followers 6 Aug. 1840
As emperor, reviewed French troops destined for the Baltic. 10
July, 1854; and entertained prince Albert and the king of the
Belgians 5 Sept. 18.54
Statue of Edward Jenner here inaugurated 11 Sept. 1865
Pilgrims adore an image of the Virgin and Child, said to have
been miraculously brought hither in a boat in 633 1857-75
Law authorizing construction of a new deep-sea harbor by
M. Stoecklin (in 15 years), cost about 680,000i. ; passed 19
June; first stone laid by M. Frej'cinet 9 Sept. 1878
boundaries. Ashburton Treaty, Mason and
Dixon's Line, United States, and States.
bounties, in the French and Indian war of 1754 the
French offered bounties for British scalps. The colonists
offered 100/. for Indian scalp, 1754. In 1755 Massachusetts
offered to every soldier enlisting and furnishing his own gun,
Si. ; also, 40/. for the scalp of every male Indian over 12 year5
of age, and 20/. for the scalp of every Indian woman and
child. John Penn, grandson of William Penn, and governor
of Pennsylvania, offered, for every male Indian captured over
10 years of age, $150, and for every one killed and scalped,
$134; for a male under 10, $130, and for a female, $50.— The
approximate amount of bounties paid by the loyal states to
the soldiers during the civil war was $285,941,036.
Bounty mutiny took place on board the Bounty, a
British armed ship which quitted Otaheite, with bread-fruit
trees, 7 Apr. 1789. The mutineers put their captain, Bligh,
I and 19 men into an open boat, with a small stock of provisions.
BOU
near Annamooka, one of the Friendly isles, 28 Apr. 1789;
these reached the island of Timor, south of the Moluccas, in
June, after a voyage of nearly 4000 miles. Some of the mu-
tineers were tried 15 Sept. 1792 ; 6 were condemned and 3 ex-
ecuted. PiTCAIKN ISLAND.
Bourbon, house of, from which came the royal houses
of France, Spain, and Naples, derives its name from the rich
district in the centre of France called the Bourbonnais, which
in the 10th century was one of the 3 great baronies of the
kingdom. The first of the long line of Bourbons sketched in
history was Adhemar, who was invested with the barony
towards the end of the 9th century.
Robert, count of Clermont, son of Louis IX. of France, married
the heiress (Bourbon) Beatrice in 1272; d. 1317; and (as the
elder branches of the family had become extinct) their sou
Louis L was created duke of Bourbon and peer of France by
Charles IV 1327
In 1488 the line of his descendants ended with Jean IL, who
died that year. The whole of the estates passed to Jean's
brother Pierre, lord of Beaujeu, who married Anne, sister of
Louis XI. Pierre d. 1503, leaving only a daughter, Suzanne,
who married Charles, duke of Montpensier, 1505, made con-
stable of France by Francis I., but afterwards, offended by
his sovereign, entered the service of the emperor Charles V.
of Germany, and was killed at the siege of Rome 6 May, 1527
With the constable ended the direct line from Pierre, due de
Bourbon. But Louis, count of V^endOme, and Chartres, the
fourth in descent from Pierre's brother Jacques, became the
Ancestor of the royal bouse of Bourbon, and of the noble
families of Cond6,"Conti, and Montpensier. In direct de-
scent and fourth from Louis of VendOme was Antoine de
Bourbon, who married (1548) Jeanne d'Albret, daughter of
Henry, king of Lower Navarre, and who became king of that
province on the death of Henry, 1554. Their son, Henry, b.
at Pau, 14 Dec. 1553, became king of France as Henry IV.,
31 July, 1589
Henry was succeeded by his son, Louis XIII., who left 2 sons, Louis
XIV. and Philippe, due d'Orleans, head of the Orleans branch.
Louis XIV. 's son, the dauphin, died before his father, leaving 3
sons, one of whom died without issue. Of the others, the elder,
Louis of Burgundy, d. 1712, and his only surviving son became
Louis XV. of France, while the younger Philippe, duke of Anjou,
became king of Spain, and founded the Spanish branch of the
Bourbon family. l,ouis XV. of France was succeeded by his
grandson, Louis XVI.. who perished on the scaffold, and his son,
the dauphin, Louis XVII., in prison. After the Restoration the
throne was occupied by Louis XVIII. , brother of Louis XVI., who
in turn was succeeded by his brother Charles X. , who was ex-
pelled in 1830. The Orleans branch of the Bourbons then suc-
ceeded to the throne of France in the person of Louis Philippe,
1830-48. The second son of Charles X., the due de Berri, left a
son, Henri Charles Ferdinand, due de Bordeaux and count de
€hambord, who was claimant of the throne of France, and was
designated by his adherents Henri V. until his death, 1883. Since
then, comte de Paris, grandson of Louis Philippe, represents the
Orleans branch. Spanish Branch : Philippe, due d' Anjou, grand-
son of Louis XI\'., became king of Spain as Philip V., in 1700.
In 1746 he was succeeded by his son Ferdinand VI., who, dying
without family, was succeeded by his brother Charles III., 1759,
who became king of Naples as well. Charles III. was succeeded
by his eldest son, Charles IV., who in turn was succeeded by his
son Ferdinand VH., and he by his daughter Isabella. Upon the
accession of Isabella, Don Carlos, Ferdinand's brother, claimed
the throne of Spain (1833) on the ground of the Salic law. and his
descendants have claimed it since. Carlists. Isabella abdicated
in favor of her son, Alphonso XIL, 1870, who d. 1885, leaving as
heir to the throne, Alphonso XIII. Neapolitan Branch: The
first Bourbon on the throne of Naples was Charles III. of Spain,
who resigned his kingdom of Naples to his son Ferdinand, on
his succession to the Spanish throue, 1759. In 1825 Ferdinand
was succeeded Ijy his son Francis I., and he by his son Ferdinand
II., 1830, and he by his son Francis IL, who was deprived of the
kingdom in 1860, when it was gradually incorporated into the
kingdom of Italy. France, Naples, Spaix.
Bourbon, Isle of, in the Indian ocean, discovered by
the Portuguese about 1542. The French are said to have first
settled here in 1642. It surrendered to the British, under admi-
ral Rowley, 21 Sept. 1809, and was restored to France in 1815.
— A lison. Hurricane, in Feb. 1829, did much mischief. Bour-
bon was named " I'lle de la Reunion " in 1848. Mauritius.
BourignonistS, a sect founded by Antoinette Bou-
rignon, who, in 1658, took the Augustin habit and travelled
in France, Holland, England, and Scotland; in the last she
made many converts about 1670. She maintained that Chris-
tianity does not consist in faith and practice, but in inward
feeling and supernatural impulse. A disciple named Court
left her a good estate. She died in 1680, and her works, 21
vols. 8vo, were pub. 1686.
bournoui, the Arabic name of a hooded garment worn
in Algeria, which has been introduced in a modified form into
England and France since 1847.
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Bouvines (boo-veen'), N. France, scene of a desperate
battle, 27 July, 1214, in which Philip Augustus of France was
victorious over the emperor Otho and his allies, consisting of
more than 150,000 men. The counts of Flanders and Bou-
logne were taken prisoners, and the earl of Salisbury, brother
of king John.
bougie-knife. The first bowie-knife was made by
R. P. Bowie, and not by col. James Bowie, as is often incor-
rectly stated, somewhere about 1820. The blade was 9J
in. long and 1 J in. wide, single edge, not curved ; to be used as
a hunting- knife.
boirl§ or bowling, an English game as early as the
13th century. Henry VIII. and Charles I. played at it, and
also Charles II. at Tm\hndge.— Gra7n7nont.
Boivyer, Fort, on Mobile bay, ^0 miles from Mobile,
Ala., was attacked 15 Sept. 1814, by a British force from Pensa-
cola — 4 vessels carrying 78 guns and a land force of regulars and
Indians, in all about 1300 men. The garrison, 134 men, under
maj. William Lawrence, repulsed the assailants, who lost 232
men, 162 of them killed. The defence lost 5 killed and 4
wounded. United States, 1815.
boxing^ or prize -figllting[ (the pugilatus of the
Romans), once a favorite sport with the strong-armed British,
and a good school for bayonet fighting.
ENGLISH matches.
Broughton's amphitheatre, behind Oxford road, London, built, 1742
Schools opened in England to teach boxing 1790
Mendoza opened the Lyceum in the Strand, London 1791
Boxing very popular from about 1820 to 1830
Tom Winter (nicknamed "Spring"), besides other victories,
beat Langan (for 1000^) 8 June, 1824
John Gully, butcher, afterwards prize-fighter, grew rich, and
was M. P for Pontefract, 1835 ; d 9 Mch. 1863
Tom King beat Mace, took the champion's belt, etc 26 Nov. 1862
He beat Goss, 1 Sept., and John C. Heenan, whose friends
charged foul play 10 Dec. 1863
A trial ensued— culprits discharged on promising not to offend
again 5 Apr. 1864
Wormald champion after fighting Marsden 4 Jan. 1865
Contest for championship between Mace and O'Baldwin, a giant,
prevented by the arrest of Mace 15 Oct. 1867
Railways prohibited carrying persons to a prize-fight, 30 and 31
Vict. c. 119 1868
INTERNATIONAL MATCHES.
John C. Heenan, the "Benicia Boy" (American), challenged
Thomas Sayers, the champion of England, for the champion-
ship of that country and $1000. Sayers was 5 ft. 8 in. and
Heenan 6 ft. 1 in. in height. After 42 rounds, lasting 2 h. and
20 min. , it was interrupted by friends of Sayers, Farnborough,
Engl 17 Apr. 1860
Each man received a silver belt 31 May, "
Heenan died on his way to California 25 Oct. 1873
John L. Sullivan and Charles Mitchell (London prize-ring rules) ;
declared a draw after a contest of several hours France, 1888
IN THE UNITED STATES.
First distinct match in the U. S. was that of Jacob Hyer (father
of " Tom ") and Thos. Beasley 1816
[They parted friends.]
"Tom " Hyer defeated " Yankee " Sullivan (real name, Frank
Ambrose Murray) for the championship of America and
810,000. 16 rounds in 17 min. 18 sec, at Rock Point, Md.
7 Feb. 1849
[Hyer died in N. Y. city, 26 June, 1864, aged 45 years.]
"Yankee " Sullivan and John Morrissey fought at Boston Cor-
ners, N. Y. ; Sullivan defeated 12 Oct. 1853
[Sullivan went to California; was arrested by the vigilance
committee, 1856, and died in prison.]
Bill Poole, of N. Y. city, defeated Morrissey, at Amos Dock,
N. Y. 27 July, 1854
[Loiiis Baker, a friend of Morrissey, shot Poole mortally, 24
Feb. 1855, at Stanwix Hall, 579 Broadway, N. Y. city, and took
the brig Isabella Jewett for the Canary islands. Geo. Law, sr. ,
furnished the clipper-ship Grapeshot for pursuit, which mter-
cepted the Jewett, 17 Apr. 1855. Baker was brought back and
tried, but the jury failed to convict. Poole, who died 8 Mch.
1855. represented the "American" or "Know-nothing" ele-
ment in N. Y. city, and his funeral, 11 Mch., was largely at-
tended.] ^
John Morrissey met and defeated John C. Heenan at Long
Point, Canada, in 11 rounds; time, 21 min 20 Oct. 1858
[Morrissey afterwards a leader of New York Democracy;
elected to Congress from the 5th district in 1866, and re-elect-
ed, 1868; state senator, 1875, and re-elected, 1877. Died at
Saratoga, N.Y.,1 May, 1878.] .
John L. Sullivan defeated Jack Kilrain, for the championship
of America, at Richburg, Miss. •.• -8 July, 18»9
John L. Sullivan met "Jim" Corbett of San Francisco, Cal.,
for the championship of America, at the "Olympic arena,
New Orleans, on the evening of • • • • • • ' »ep^- ^°^^
[Contest began at 9 p.m. (Queensberry rules); Sullivan was
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beaten in 21 roands; a wagor of $10,000 a side was put up,
while the "Olympic club" offered $26,000 for the "mill,"
the entire nmuuui to go to the winuor. J
James J. Corbett met Charles Mitchell (English) at Jackson-
ville, Fla., under the auspices of the Duval Athletic club,
25 Jan. 1894
[Corbett defeated Mitchell in 3 rounds. Club paid $'20.000
to winner, and $5000 to cover expenses of both for training.]
Boxtel, a village of Dutch Brabant, Holland, where the
British and allied army, under the duke of York, was defeated
by the French republicans, who took 2000 prisoners and 8
pieces of cannon, 17 Sept. 1794.
box-tree, indigenous to England. In the United States
the tree is common from Massachusetts i > Florida. It is called,
indifferently, boxwood or dogwood. The \> ood is largely used
by engravers and by mathematical-instrument makers.
boycotting, Ireland, 1880. A fund to assist capt.
Boycott in his trouble was subscribed in 1880-81.
Trades unions and Knights of I^bor in the U. S. adopted boy-
cotting to enforce demands and punish opponents about 1885
Mrs. Gray and Mrs. I-andgrafl", two bakers in New York, were
boycotted Apr. and May, 1886
[Citizens assisted Mrs. I-andgraff by large orders for bread
for charity hospitals.]
Paul Wilzig convicted in Xew York of conspiracy, for boycot-
ting George Theiss, and extorting $1000 from him . . 26 June, <•*
George Ehret, a brewer of New York, boycotted for testimony
against conspirators June, "
[Boycott ineffective, public sentiment resisting it.]
Boydell'§ lottery for the Shakespeare gallery of
paintings (1786) of alderman Boydell, lord maj'or of London.
Every ticket was sold, when the alderman died, 12 Dec. 1804,
before the drawing.
Boyle lectures, instituted by will (18 July, 1691),
by Robert Boyle (son of Richard Boyle, earl of Cork), a distin-
guished natural philosopher, who died 30 Dec. 1691, leaving
50/. a year for lectures to be delivered in London in vindica-
tion of the Christian religion ; eight lectures to be delivered
by each incumbent. The ofBce of lecturer tenable for 3 y^ars.
Boyne, a river in Ireland, near which William III. de-
feated his father-ill-law, James II., 1 July, 1690. The latter
lost 1500 (out of 30,000) men; the Protestant army lost about
a third of that number (out of 36,000). James fled to Dublin,
thence to Waterford, and escaped to France. The duke of
Schomberg was killed by mistake by hi^ own soldiers in cross-
ing the river ; here also was killed the rev. George Walker,
who defended Londonderry in 1689. Near Drogheda is a
splendid obelisk, 150 feet in height, erected in 1736 by Prot-
estants to commemorate this victory.
Boyton's s\iriinining apparatus. Life-
boat.
Brabant, part of Holland and Belgium, an ancient
duchy in Charlemagne's empire, fell to his son Charles, 806.
It became a separate duchy (called at first Lower Lorraine) in
959. It descended to Philip II. of Burgundy, 1429, and in
regular succession to the emperor Charles V. In the 17th cen-
tury it was held by Holland and Austria, as Dutch Brabant
and the Walloon provinces, and underwent many changes
through the wars of Europe. The Austrian division was taken
by the French in 1746 and 1794. It was united to the Nether-
lands in 1814, but South Brabant was given to Belgium, 1830.
The heir of the throne of Belgium is styled duke of Brabant.
Belgium.
bracelets were worn by the ancients, and armillie
were Roman military rewards. Those of pearls and gold were
worn by the Roman ladies.
Bradlaugph case. Parliament, 1880-81.
Braganza, a city in Portugal, gave title to Alfonso,
natural son of John I. of Portugal (in 1422), founder of the
house of Braganza. When the nation, in a bloodless revolu-
tion in 1640, threw off the Spanish yoke, John, duke of Bra-
ganza, was called to the throne as John IV., and his descend-
ants now reign over Portugal and until 1889 in Braziu
Bragrs's Kentucky campaig^n. Early in
the summer of 1862, the confederatep^ auer their evacuation
of Corinth, Miss., 29 May, concentrated about Chattanooga,
Tenn., where by August they had between 55,000 and 65,000
men under gen. Braxton Bragg with 3 corps commanders —
Hardee, Polk, and Kirby Smith. Deciding to invade Ken-
tucky, Bragg crossed the Tennessee at Harrison, above Chat-
tanooga, 24 Aug., while Kirby Smith advanced from Knox-
ville more directly across the Cumberland mountains, through,
Big Creek gap. The Union forces, about 40,000, under maj.-
gen. Don Carlos Buell, then stretched from Bridgeport, Ala.,
to Nashville, Tenn. Concentrating around Nashville, Buell
prepared to guard that point or advance into Kentucky. Over
difficult mountain-roads Bragg's army entered Kentuck}', 5
Sept. Gen. Buell, leaving Nashville strongly garrisoned, 15
Sept., marched towards Louisville, distant 170 miles. Mean-
while Kirby Smith, with his corps, having defeated the LTnion
troops at Richmond, Ky., 30 Aug., seized Frankfort, the capi-
tal, apparently holding both Cincinnati and Louisville at his-
raercy, while Bragg compelled J. T. Wilder to surrender Mun-
fordville, Ky., a fortified post, with its garrison of 4000 men,
17 Sept. Elated with these successes, on the next day the
confederate commander issued a proclamation, calling the peo-
ple of Kentucky to his assistance, and declining a battle with
Buell, united his forces with Kirby Smith's at Frankfort, 1
Oct. Here on the 4th tliey inaugurated Richard Hawes pro-
visional governor of Kentuck\'. By 29 Sept. the Union army
reached Louisville. Whence, reinforced by 20,000, mainly
new troops, Buell moved his army (now formed into 3 corps
under McCook, Gilbert, and Crittenden), 1 Oct., against Bragg,
who slowly retreated, covering his immense trains. Nearing
Perryville on the afternoon of 7 Oct., Crittenden's corps from
scarcity of water was obliged to move some 5 or 6 miles from
his intended camp. Bragg, made aware of this separation of
the federal troop, now prepared to strike a blow that would, he
hoped, defeat, or at least retard, his adversary's advance suffi-
ciently for him to withdraw his trains in safety. On the morn-
ing of the 8th there were sharp minor engagements near Perry-
ville, and about 2 p.m. the confederates successfully attacked,
the left flank of McCook's corps, and for a while seriously
threatened the whole left wing, but before night were repulsed.
at all points. The engagement, though not general, was se-
vere, the federals losing 4348, 916 being killed (among them
gens. Jackson and Terrell), 2943 wounded, and 489 missing;
and the confederates 510 killed, 2635 wounded, and 251 miss-
ing. Next morning (9 Oct.) Buell, having concentrated his
forces, expected to renew the battle, but the confederates had
retired during the night, leaving 1200 wounded and sick be-
hind. They retreated by Crab Orchard, Mount Vernon, and
London to Cumberland gap, and so into E. Tennessee with
their immense trains of plunder, the pursuit by the federals
stopping at London, 22 Oct. The federal government, dissat-
isfied with the campaign, superseded Buell, 30 Oct., by maj.-
gen. William S. Rosecrans. Murfreesborough, Battle of.
Brabma, the first person of the Hindu triad. Brahma
(neuter) is not a personality, but designates the universal spir-
it, the reality and cause of all existence — the creator — andi
Brahma (masculine) the personality and supreme being of that
creation. Brahma was never worshipped by the people, and.
only one temple sacred to him is known. He is represented
with 4 heads and 4 arms, seated. Brahmins.
Brahmins, Hindu priests, the highest of the 4 castes.
It is said that Pythagoras learned from them his doctrine of
metempsychosis, and that some Greek philosophers went to
India to converse with them. The Brahmins derive their
name from Brahma, one of the 3 beings (the others being
Vishnu and Siva) whom God, according to their theology,,
created, and with whose assistance he formed the world. —
Vedas.
Brahmo iSomaJ. The new theistic church in India
owes its origin to Raja Ram Mohan Rai, born 1772. In 1816
he founded a society, and in 1830 the present Brahmo Somaj.
Their principles resemble those of Christianity. (1) They be-
lieve in one God with attributes of personality, etc. ; (2) in the
immortality of the soul ; (3) in repentance as the only way to
salvation; (4) in prayer; (5) in good works as worship; (6)
in the providential care of God over his creatures; (7) they
reject distinctions of caste. This new society or church grows-
rapidly in India, especial.y in Bengal, aided by English edu-
cation and the labors of Christian missionaries. Deism.
Bramba'nan, a village in Java, notable for exten-
sive and remarkable ruins of Hindu temples, ascribed by tradi-
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tion to 1266 and 1296 a.d. But their chronology and history-
are very obscure, and probably some of them are much older.
Bramliam, W. K., York, Engl. Near here the earl of
Northumberland and lord Bardolf were defeated and slain by
sir Thomas Rokeby, general of Henry IV., 19 Feb. 1408 ; and
Fairfax was defeated by royalists under the earl of Newcastle,
29 Mch. 1643.
Brandenburg^, a city in Prussia, founded by Slavo-
nians, who named it Banher (variously explained as mean-
ing Guard of the Forest ; burg, or city, of the Brenns). Henry
I., the Fowler, after defeating the Slavonians, fortified " Bran-
nibor," 926, as a rampart against the Huns, and bestowed it on
Sigefroi, count of Ringelheim, with the title of margrave, or
protector of the marches or frontiers. The emperor Sig-
ismund gave perpetual investiture to Frederick IV. of Nu-
remberg, of the house of Hohenzollern, ancestor of the royal
family of Prussia, made elector in 1417. For a list of the
margraves since 1134, Prussia.
brandy (Ger. Branntwein, burned wine), spirit distilled
from wine. Alcohol appears to have been known to Raymond
Lully in the 13th century, and to have been manufactured in
France early in the 14th. It was at first used medicinally,
and miraculous cures were ascribed to its influence. The per
cent, of alcohol in brandy is 58.4. Manufacture of genuine
French brandy almost ceased. Announced, 1885. Fruit bran-
dy produced in the United States in 1880, 129,086 gals. ; in
1891, 1,223,725 gals.
Brandy station, Va., affairs at. (l) A spirited
reconnoissance made here, under direction of gen. Hooker, by
gen. Pleasanton with gens. Buford's and Gregg's cavalry di-
visions, 9 June, 1863, which, although forced in the end to re-
treat with a loss of about 500 men, disclosed the fact that gen.
Lee had concentrated his army for an advance north. (2)
Gen. Buford with his division of cavalry met the confed-
erate gen. Stuart, 1 Aug. 1863, compelling him to retreat until
reinforced, when Buford fell back in turn. (3) Desultory
fighting between the Union and confederate forces in this
vicinity with cavalry and infantr}' from 10 to 16 Oct. 1863.
Gen. Meade retired.
Brandywine (corruption of Branntwein, Ger. for
brandy), a small river emptying into the Delaware near Wil-
mington, on the banks of which, near Chadd's ford, was fought
a battle, 11 Sept. 1777, between 18,000 British, under gens.
Howe, Cornwallis, and Knyphausen, and 11,000 Americans,
under gen. Washington. It began about 3 p.m. and the Amer-
icans were defeated, with a loss of about 1200 men, the British
losing about 800. Here gen. Lafayette was wounded. Soon
after the battle the British occupied Philadelphia. Penn-
sylvania.
bra§§, an alloy of copper and zinc. That mentioned in
the Bible was most probably bronze. When Lucius Mummius
burned Corinth, 146 b.c., he found immense riches, and, it is
said, all the metals in the city melted, which, running together,
formed the valuable composition Corinthian brass. But in fact
Corinthian artists had long been known for combining gold
and silver with copper. — Du Fresnoy. Some of the English
sepulchral engraved brasses are said to be as old as 1277. Brass
was manufactured in England during the reign of Henry VIII.,
and Parliament prohibited the export of it under severe pen-
alties, repealed 1799. A white brass produced by P. M. Parsons,
1875.
Brauronia, festivals in Attica, at Brauron, now Vra-
ona, where Artemis had a temple ; they were attended by
young virgins, dedicated to Diana, in yellow gowns, about 10
years of age, and not under 5 ; and therefore their consecration
was called deKareveiv, from Ssku, 10 ; 600 b.c.
Bray, Berks. Fuller says that its vicar, Symon Sy-
monds, was twice a papist and twice a Protestant — in the
reigns of Henry VI IL, Edward VL, Mary, and Elizabeth
(1533-58). When called a turn-coat, he declared his principle,
that " of living and dying the vicar of Bray." The modern
song called " The Vicar of Bray " refers to political changes
of the 17th and 18th centuries.
brazen bull, said to have been contrived by Perillus,
at Athens, for Phalaris, tyrant of Agrigentum, 570 b.c. An
opening in the side admitted victims, and a fire underneath
roasted them to death ; their groans resembled the roaring of
a bull. Phalaris admired the invention, but ordered the artist
to suffer first. The Agrigentes revolted against Phalaris, cut
his tongue out, and roasted him in the brazen bull, 549 b.c.
Brazil, a country in South America, extending between
lat. 4° 30' N. to 33° 45' S., and long. 34== 45' to 72° 30' W.,
being about 2600 miles north and south, and nearly the same
distance east and west, with a coast-line on the Atlantic of
3700 miles, was discovered by Vicente Yanez Pinzon in Feb.
1500. Pedro Alvarez de Cabral, a Portuguese, driven upon its
coasts by a tempest, Apr. following, called it the land of the Holy
Cross ; the name Brazil refers to its red wood. The French seized
Portugal in 1807, the royal family and nobles embarked for
Brazil, and landed 7 Mch. 1808. The dominant religion is
Roman Catholic, but others are tolerated. New constitution
ratified 25 Mch. 1824 ; modified 12 Aug. 1834, and 12 May,
1840 ; new constitution (republican) adopted, 22 June, 1890.
Pop. about 14,000,000 ; area, 3,219,000 sq. miles. Portugau
Brazil explored by Amerigo Vespucci about 1.504
Divided into caplainfiies by the king of Portugal 1530
Marline Aflfonso de cjouza discovers Rio, and founds the first
European colony at San V'incente 1531
Jews banished from Portugal to Brazil I54g
San Salvador (Bahia) founded by Thome' de Souza 1549
French Protestants occupy bay of Rio de Janeiro 1555-60
Sebastian founded 1567
Brazil, with Portugal, becomes subject to Spain 1580
James I^ancaster captures Pernambuco 1593
French establ ish a colony at Maranham .* 1594
Belem founded by Calderia 1615
French expelled "
Dutch seize the coast, and hold Pernambuco 1630
Defeated at Guaranipes, 1646 ; give up Brazil 1661
Gold-mining commences 1693
Destruction of Palmares 1697,
French assault and capture Rio de Janeiro 1710-11
Diamond-mines discovered in Sezzo Frio 1729
Jesuits expelled 1758-60
Capital transferred from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro 1763
Royal family of Portugal arrive at Brazil 7 Mch. 1808
P'irst printing press established "
Brazil becomes a kingdom 1815-
King John VI. returns to Portugal, dom Pedro regent 1821
Brazil declares its independence 7 Sept. 1822
Pedro I. crowned emperor 1 Dec. "
New constitution ratified 25 Mch. 1824
Independence recognized by Portugal 29 Aug. 1825
Revolution at Rio de Janeiro; abdication of dom Pedro I.,
7 Apr. 1831
Reform of the constitution 12 Aug. 1834, and 12 May, 1840-
Pedro II. declared of age 23 July, "
Steamship line to Europe commenced 1850
Suppression of the slave-trade ; railways commenced 1852
Rio de Janeiro lit with gas 1854
The British ship Prince of Wales wrecked at Albardas, on coast ;
plundered by natives; some of the crew killed, about 7 June, 1861
Reparation long refused; reprisals made; 5 Brazilian mer-
chant ships seized by the British 31 Dec. 1862
Brazilian minister at London pays 3200i. as an indemnity,
under protest 26 Feb. 1863-
Brazilian government request the British to express their
regret for reprisals; declined; diplomatic intercourse sus-
pended 5-28 May, "
Dispute v/ith Great Britain respecting arrest of British officers
at Rio de Janeiro (17 June, 1862) referred to arbitration of the
king of the Belgians, who decides in favor of Brazil, 18 June, "
New ministry; F. J. Furtado, president; prospect of recon-
ciliation with Great Britain 30 Aug. 18G4L
U. S. war steamer Wachusett seizes the confederate war-vessel
Florida, in the port of Bahia, under protection of Brazil,
7 Oct. ; after remonstrance, the U. S. government disavowed
the act (United Statks, Oct. 7) 26 Dec. "
War with Uruguay; Brazilians take Paysandu, and march
upon Montevideo 2 Feb. 1865.
Lopez, president of Paraguay, declares war against the Argen-
tine Republic Apr. "
Treaty between Brazil, Uruguay, and the Argentine Republic
against Paraguay, signed 1 Ma.y, "
Scientific expedition underAgassiz favored by the emperor, July, "
Emperor joins the army against Lopez Aug. "
Allies under Flores defeat the Paraguayans at Santayuna on
the Uruguay 18 Sept. "
War continues with varied success, though generally in favor
of the allies, through 1865-66-67-68-69-
liOpez defeated and killed near the Aquidaban 1 Mch. lS7a
Treaty of peace; Paraguay subdued 20 June, "
New ministry under viscount St. Vincent 29 Sept. "
Emperor and empress in Europe; visit public and scientific
institutions, manufactories, etc June-Aug. 1871
Gradual slave-emancipation bill passed by the senate; great
rejoicings 27, 28 Sept. 1872
Treaty with the Argentine Republic Jan. 1873t
Prosecution of the archbishop of Pernambuco and other prelates
for infraction of the constitution Sept. -Dec. "
Emperor and empress at opening of Philadelphia exhibition, 10
May, 1876; in Europe, etc. ; return to Rio de Janeiro. ..Sept. 187Tf
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Ministerial crisis concerning emancipation o( slaves (of whom
there were 1,200,000) Sept.
Daulas, anlisiavery minister, resigns 5 May,
Bill for the toU»l u"boIiiion of slavery passed by the chambers,
10-U May; about 700,000 persons freed May,
Revolution at Uio de Janeiro; republic proclaimed; marshal
Deodoro da Frousera head of provisional government:
emiwror and family forcibly conveyed to the Alagoas; sail
for Kurope 15 Nov.
F.mpert)r refuses the oiler of the provisional government of
500,000/. a year Nov.
Republic recognized informally by France, United States, and
Switzerland 29 Nov.
Peiree for the separation of church and state 7 Jan.
Republic formally recognized by the United States 29 Jan.
New constitution" promulgated 22 June,
Republic formally recogniJ'.ed by (Jreat Britain 20 Oct.
Marshal D. da Fonseca elected president for i years; installed,
26 Feb.
Pres. Fonseca resigns and is succeeded by gen. Floriano Peixoto,
23 Nov.
Death of gen. Deodoro da Fonseca 23 Aug.
Growing discontent towards the administration of pres. Peixoto
on account of his alleged despotic rule throughout
Southern province in open rebellion ,
Rio dk Jankiro bombarded by the opposition fleet, under adm.
Custodio de Mello Sept.
Commanders of the foreign war-ships request that he refrain
from further bombardment; request acceded to 30 Sept.
EMPERORS OF BRAZIL.
1822. Dom Pedro (of Portugal) ; abdicated in favor of his infant son,
7 Apr. 1831 ; d. 24 Sept. 1834.
1831. Dom Pedro II. (b. 2 Dec. 1825); assumed the government, 23
July, 1840; married, 4 Sept. 1843, princess Theresa of Naples
(b. 14 Mch. 1822; d. Oporto, Portugal, 28 Dec. 1890). Brazil
declared a republic and dom Pedro banished; sails for Por-
tugal, 15 Nov. 1889 ; d. in Paris, 4 Dec. 1891.
PRESIDENTS OF THE REPUBLIC.
Deodoro da Fonseca (resigns, 23 Nov. 1891) 26 Feb. 1891
Floriano Peixoto 23 Nov. "
Prudente de Moraes " 1894
BrBZitO, Chihuahua, Mexico. Here col. Doniphan
defeated the Mexicans, 25 Dec. 1846.
bread. Ching-Noung, successor of Fohi, is reputed the
first who taught the Chinese the arts of husbandry, and of mak-
ing bread from wheat and wine from rice, 1998 b.c. — " Univ.
Hist." Baking was known in patriarchal ages (Ex. xii. 15).
A profession at Rome, 170 b.c. After the conquest of Mace-
don, 148 B.C., Greek bakers came to Rome, acquired special
privileges, and soon obtained a monopoly. Public bakeries
were throughout the city, and grain was distributed directly
to the bakers from public granaries ; the grain was pounded
and sifted at the bakeries. During the siege of Paris by Henry
IV., owing to famine, bread, which had been sold while any
remained for a crown a pound, was made from the bones of the
charnel-house of the Holy Innocents, 1694 a.d. — Henault. In
the time of James I., barley-bread was used by the poor; and
now in Iceland, codfish, beaten to powder, is made into bread ;
potato-bread is used in Ireland. The London Bakers' Com-
pany was incorporated in 1307. Bread street was once the
London market for bread. Until 1302 London bakers were
not allowed to sell in their own shops. — Stow. Bread was made
with yeast by the English bakers in 1634. In 1856 and 1857
Dr. Dauglish patented a mode of making " aerated bread," in
which carbonic-acid gas is combined with water and mixed
with flour. Aerated bread in the United States successfully
produced, 1854. Wages.
bread-fruit tree (Artocarpus indsa), a native of
the South Sea islands. The attention of the English govern-
ment was directed to the fruit in 1688 by capt. Darapier and
later by capt. Cook, who recommended its transportation to the
West Indian colonies. A vessel under capt. Bligh was fitted
out to convey some of these trees to various British colonies
in 1787 (Bounty), and again in 1791. The number taken on
board at Otaheite was 1151. Some were left at St. Helena,
352 at Jamaica, and 5 were reserved for Kew gardens, 1793.
The tree was successfully cultivated in French Guiana, 1802.
break'Water§ consist generally of stones or blocks of
concrete, deposited or built in deep water to protect an anchor-
age for vessels during storms. There are 3 types of break-
waters : 1. Sloping. — Deposits of rubble-stone forming a mound
are often made when material is plenty. 2. Composite.— De-
posits of rubble-stone surmounted with a vertical wall of solid
masonry. 3. Vertical— Wa)l of solid masonry from the bot-
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torn of the sea. The Plymouth breakwater, Engl., an exam>
pie of the first class, begun 12 Aug. 1812, extends a mile across
the soinid, in water 68 ft. deep at high tide. It is 360 ft. broad
at the bottom, 30 ft. at.the top, 3 ft. above high water. The
architects were John Rennie and his son. It cost 1,700,000/.
The Portland breakwater, an example of the second class (be-
gan 1849), has a vertical wall rising 25 ft. above high water.
Another at Alderney island, English channel, of the same kind,
cost 1,250,000/. The Dover breakwater, Engl., 1847-71, cost
679,300/., and that at Aberdeen, Scotland, are examples of the
third class. There is also an extensive breakwater at Holy-
head. The Cherbourg breakwater, France, is of the second
class, with a wall rising \2\ ft. above high water (1784-1830).
Cost about $16,000,000. An extensive one at Marseilles, the
" Joliette," was begun 1844, and finished 1852. One at Bou-
logne, 1879, cost $6,400,000. That at Alexandria, Egypt, be-
gan 1870, cost nearly $13,000,000. The English have also
erected breakwaters at Madras, India, at Colomba, on the island
of Ceylon, 1874-86, cost 706,000/., and at Table bay, S. Africa,
began 1860. There is also a fine breakwater at Kingstown,
at the entrance of Dublin bay, Ireland. The principal break-
water in the United States is the Delaware breakwater, first-
class type, at the entrance of .Delaware bay (1829-39). Al-
though incomplete it has a surf-breaker of 2748 ft., and an
ice-breaker of 1710 ft. Cost over $2,000,000. There are
others at Galveston, Texas, and on the great lakes at Buflfalo,
Chicago, and Oswego. There is a natural breakwater at
Pernambuco, Brazil, formed by a reef of coral.
brea§tplate. One was worn by the Jewish high-
priest, 1491 B.C. (Ex. xxxix.). Goliath " was armed with a
coat of mail," 1063 B.C. (Sam. xvii.). Breastplates dwindled
to the diminutive gorgets. Ancient breastplates are mentioned
as made of gold and silver. Aaron's Breastplate.
Brecllin, Scotland, sustained a siege against Edward
III., 1333. The battle of Brechin or Huntly-hill was fought
between earls Huntly and Crawford (the latter defeated), 18
May, 1462. The see of Brechin was founded by David I. in
1150. One of its bishops, Alexander Campbell, was made prel-
ate when a boj', 1566. The bishopric, discontinued soon after
the revolution in 1688, was revived in 1731.
Breda, Holland, was taken from the Spaniards by prince
Maurice of Nassau in 1590 ; retaken by the Spaniards, under
Spinola, June, 1625; and by the Dutch, Oct. 1637. The
" Compromise of Breda " was a proposal to Philip II., depre-
cating his harsh measures in the Netherlands, presented and
refused in 1566. Here Charles II. of England resided at the
time of the restoration, and issued his declaration of am-
nesty, 4 Apr. 1660. Restoration. Breda was taken by the
French in 1793. The French garrison was expelled by the
burgesses in 1813.
breeches, among the Greeks, were a badge of slaverj'.
They were worn by the Dacians, Parthians, and other north-
ern nations ; and in Italy, it is said, in the time of Augustus.
In the reign of Honorius, about 394 a.d., the braccarii, or
breeches-makers, were expelled from Rome. The " Geneva
Bible " termed the " Breeches Bible " (from the rendering in
Gen. iii. 7), pub. 1560. Bible.
brelions, ancient judges in Ireland, said to have ad-
ministered justice with religious impartialitj'-, but later with
a patriotic bias. The statute of Kilkenny forbade English
subjects to submit to the brehon laws, 40 Edw. III. 1365 ;
but they were recognized by the native Irish till 1660. A
translation was proposed in 1852, and a commission appointed.
The publication of the "Ancient Laws of Ireland," by the
government, began 1865.
Bremen, N. Germany, said to have been founded in
788, and long an archbishopric, one of the leading towns of
the Hanseatic league, had a seat and a vote in the college of
imperial cities in 1640. In 1648 it was secularized and made
a duchy, and held by Sweden till 1712, when it was taken
by Denmark, who sold it to Hanover in 1731. It was taken
by the French in 1757, who were expelled by the Hanoverians
in 1768. Bremen was annexed by Napoleon to the French
empire in 1810; but its independence was restored in 1813,
and its old franchises in 1815. It entered the North German
Confederation in 1866. International agricultural exhibition
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opened 13 Jnne, 1874. Population of the province, 1871,
122,402 ; 1890, 180,443 ; of the city, 125,684. Hanse Towns.
Brenneville, N.W. France. Here Henry I. of Eng-
land defeated Louis VI. of France, -v^o supported William
Cliton, son of Robert, duke of Normandy, 20 Aug. 1119.
Brentford, county town of Middlesex, Engl. Here
Edmund Ironside defeated the Danes, May, 1016. It was taken
by Charles I., after a sharp fight, 12 Nov. 1642.
BresciB (bresh'e-a), N. Italy (the ancient Brixia), im-
portant under the Lombards, suffered by the wars of Italian re-
publics, being attached to Venice. It was taken by the French
under Gaston de Foix, Feb. 1512, when it is said 40,000 of
the inhabitants were massacred. It was retaken, 26 May, 1516.
It surrendered to the Austrian gen. Haynau, 30 Mch. 1849, on
severe terms. It was annexed to Sardinia in 1859.
Breilail, Silesia, was burned bj' the Mongols in 1241,
and conquered by Frederick II. of Prussia, Jan. 1741. Here
the Austrians routed the Prussians, under prince Bevern, 22
Nov. 1757. Breslau was taken, but was regained 21 Dec. the
same year. It was besieged by the French, and surrendered
to them, Jan. 1807, and again in 1813.
Bressa prize. Dr. Cesare Antonio Bressa, by will
of 4 Sept. 1835, bequeathed to the Royal Academy of Sciences,
Turin, means for a prize (about $6000) every 2 years for some
important discovery or valuable work in physics, natural his-
tory, geography, history, statistics, etc. ; 1st in 1879 to a for-
eigner, the 2d to an Italian, and so on alternately.
Brest, a seaport, N.W. France, was besieged by Julius
Caesar, 54 b.c. ; possessed by the English, 1378 a.d. ; given
up to the duke of Brittany, 1390. Lord Berkeley and a Brit-
ish fleet and army were repulsed here with dreadful loss in
1694. The magazine burned, to the value of some millions of
pounds sterling, 1744. The marine hospitals, with 50 galley-
slaves, burned, 1766. The magazine again destroyed by fire,
10 July, 1784. From this French naval depot numerous
squadrons were equipped against England during the long
war, among them the fleet which lord Howe defeated on
1 June, 1794. England maintained a large blockading squad-
ron off the harbor from 1793 to 1815, but with little injury to
France. It is now a chief naval station, and is considered
impregnable.
Bretig'ny (pret'i-ny), Peace of, concluded with France,
8 May, 1360; England retained Gascony and Guienne, and
acquired other provinces ; renounced Maine, Anjou, Touraine,
and Normandy ; was to receive 3,000,000 crowns, and to re-
lease king John, taken prisoner at Poictiers, 1356. The treaty
not being carried out, the king remained and died in England.
Bretwalda. A title bestowed upon Egbert in the
old English chronicles (cir. 855), and (retrospectively) upon
seven earlier kings of various old English states, viz. : Ella, king
of Sussex ; Ceawlin of Wessex ; Ethelbert of Kent ; Redwald
of East Anglia ; Edwin, Oswald, and Oswy of Northumber-
land. " Its sense can only be ' lord (or ruler) of the Britons,'
or *of Britain.' " — The New English Dictionary. Britain.
breviary (i. e., an abridgment of the offices used in the
Roman Catholic service) contains the 7 canonical hours, viz.,
matins about midnight ; lauds (when not joined to matins,
about 3 A.M.), primes (about 6), tierce (about 9), sexts (about
12), nones (about 3 p.m.), vespers (4 or 6), complines (about
9). Lord Bute published a translation of the breviary, 1879.
The breviary is ascribed to pope Gelasius I. about 492. It was
first called the custos, and afterwards the breviary; came
into use among ecclesiastical orders about 1080 ; and was re-
formed by the councils of Trent and Cologne, and by Pius V.,
Urban VIII., and other popes. The type in which it was
first printed gave name to hi-evier type.
brewers and brewing". The art of brewing was
practised by the ancient Egyptians, and afterwards by the
Greeks, Romans, and Gauls. All nations, whether civilized
or savage, have in every age prepared intoxicating drink
of some kind, under as many names as there are peoples.
Brewing was known to the Anglo-Saxons, and the English
have long been pre-eminent in this art. It is mentioned in
the old English chronicles (cir. 893). British monasteries
were remarkable for the strength and purity of their ales.
brewed from malt prepared by the monks with care and skill.
As early as the 13th century the waters of Burton-pn-Trent
began to be famous for brewing purposes, and in 1630 " Bur-
ton beer" found its way to London, being sold at "Ye Pea-
cocke " in Gray's Inn lane, and according to the Spectator was
in great demand among the visitors at Vauxhall.
Fool. " When brewers mar tbeir malt with water."
— Shakespeare, "King Lear," act iii. sc. 2.
In 1585 there were 26 brewers in the city of London, the sub-
urbs, and Westminster, who brewed 648,960 barrels of beer, of
which 26,400 barrels were exported to Embden, the Low
Countries, and Dieppe.— AStow. The best English colonial
beer is made in Tasmania, and shipped frozen to Australia and
India. The quantity of beer brewed in Great Britain in 1869
was 25,542,664 barrels, of which 521,272 barrels were export-
ed. In 1892 over 32,000,000 barrels were brewed in Great
Britain and Ireland, and the government collected as taxes on
the manufacture and sale more than 9,000,000/. More beer
is brewed in Germany than in any other country, amounting
in 1892 to over 46,000,000 barrels. Every brewer in the United
States pays a tax of $100 if producing 500 barrels or more,
and $50 if less. Total production in 1863, 1,765,827 barrels
of 31 gallons; 1873, 9,633,323 barrels; 1880, 13,347,110 bar-
rels ; 1892, 39,180,250 barrels.
Briar Creek, Battle of. Georgia, 1779.
bribery forbidden (Dent. xvi. 19). .Samuel's sons were
guilty of it, 1112 b.c. (1 Sam. viii. 3). In England, Thomas
de Weyland banished for bribery in 1288, was chief-justice of
the common pleas. William de Thorpe, chief-justice of the
king's bench, was convicted of bribery in 1351. Another judge
was fined 20,000/. for the like offence, 1616. Mr.Walpole,
secretary-at-war, was sent to the Tower for bribery in 1712.
Lord Strangford was suspended from voting in the Irish
House of Lords for soliciting a bribe, Jan. 1784. In 1854 an
important act was passed consolidating and amending pre-
vious acts relating to bribery at elections. By statute of
the United States, chap. 287, 15 Aug. 1876, 19 stat. at large,
p. 160, § 6, bribery is made punishable. Revised statutes of
the U. S., §§ 5506-8, prohibit and punish bribery.
Mr. Swan, M. P. for Penryn, fined and imprisoned, and sir
Manasseh Lopez fined lO.OOOL with 2 years' imprisonment
for bribery at Grampound Oct. 1819
Sudbury disfranchised, 1848 ; St. Albans also 1852,
Elections at Derby, etc., voided for bribery 1853
In Cooper v. Slade, payment of travelling expenses held brib-
ery 17 Apr. 185&
Commissions of inquiry on bribery sit at Great Yarmouth,
Totnes, Lancaster, and Reigate ; disgraceful disclosures,
Aug. -Nov. 1866.
Reform bill, disfranchising boroughs, passed 15 Aug. 1867
Parliamentary Elections act ; election petitions to be tried by
a special court, passed 31 July, 1868
First trials under this act; Mr. Roger Eykyn (at Windsor) de-
clared elected, 15 Jan., and sir H. Stracey (at Norwich) un-
seated 18 Jan. 1869
Dr. Kinglake, Mr. Fenelly, and others, fined for bribery in
parliamentary elections 10 May, 1870>
Beverly, Bridgewater, Sligo, and Cashel disfranchised for brib-
ery and corruption "
New York aldermen, in the year 1884, granted a street- rail way
franchise for Broadway under suspicious circumstances.
Long discussions in the press led to investigation by the Leg-
islature in 1886, and little by little the facts were brought out
before an investigating committee and in the courts. Some
of the implicated persons fled the country ; some were con-
victed; some turned informers. Following are the dates:
A group of aldermen conspire, calling it a "combine," to vote
together on railroad franchises 13 May, 1884
Broadway railroad company applies for franchise 15 July, "
Application approved by railroad committee of aldermen,
10 Aug. "
Franchise granted at a special meeting at 9 o'clock a.m. by 18
aldermen, named Cleary, De Lacy, Dempsey, Duffy, FuUgraff,
Rothman. Waite, McQuade, O'Neill. Jaehne, Miller, Shiels,
Farley, Sayles, McCabe, Wendel, Reilly, and Pearson, 30 Aug. "^
Validity of the franchise being technically doubtful, the com-
pany applies anew 15 Sept. "
Franchise granted ; 13 Nov. "
Vetoed by the mayor 20 Nov. "
Passed over the veto 6 Pec. "
State Senate directs its railroad committee (senator Low, chair-
man) to investigate 26 Jan. 1886-
Committee begins its sittings 6 Feb. '
Preliminary report recommends that the franchise be an-
nulled for fraud • • . .9 Mch. "
[Franchise annulled and road placed in the hands of a re-
ccivcr. 1
Henry Jaehne, vice-president of the board of aldermen, ar-
rested on charge of bribery 18 Mch. "■
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Committee closes investigation 21 Apr. 1886
Jaehne put uiwn trial 10 May, "
Jaehne convicted, 16 May, sentenced to 9 years and 10 mouths
in state-prison 20 May, "
Jaehne lodged in prison at Sinj; Sing 21 May, "
Alderman McCabc at^udged iiisaiu' 4 Nov. "
Alderman McQuad" put upt>n his trial, Waite, Fullgrall', and
Duffy giving testimony for the people 15 Nov. "
Jury disagree 2-t Nov. "
Second trial begun 26 Nov. "
McQuade convicted. 15 Dec. ; sentenced to 7 years' imprison-
ment and $.")000 flne 20 Dec. "
Alderman O'Neill put upon trial 24 Jan. 1887
O'Neill convicted, 1 Feb. ; sentenced to 4 years' imprisonment
and $2000 flne 11 Feb. "
James W. Foshay, formerly president of the Broadway road,
under indictment for bribing aldermen, d 17 Feb. '«
Jacob Sharp, one of the principals in bribing aldermen, found
guilty of bribery, sentenced to 4 years' imprisonment and
fined $500 14 July, "
Alderman Cleary put uiwn trial 28 Feb. "
Arthur J. McQuade, the convicted ex-alderman, brought from
Sing Sing to New York, and released on $20,000 bail. . .4 Oct. 1888
bric-a-brac (Fr.), old curiosities, such as cabinets,
pieces of ironwork, etc. Collection became a fashion under
queen Anne, 1702-14. The publication of Bric-a-Brac, a
monthly price-list, began in 1869.
brick. Over 2000 years b.c. the men on the plains of
Shinar said, "Go to, let us make brick, and burn them
thoroughly. And ... let us build us a city, and a tower, whose
top may reach unto heaven" (Gen. xi. 3). The bricks of Thoth-
mes III. (believed to be the prince who reigned in Egypt at
the time of the exodus of the Hebrews) are impressed with his
cartouch, cir. 1500 b.c. Nebuchadnezzar had his name stamped
on the bricks used in erecting his colossal palaces; they are
red or pale yellow, and from 12 to 19| in. square, and about 3
in. thick. The palaces of Croesus, king of Lj'dia (548 b.c) ;
of Mausolus of Halicarnassus (352 b.c.) ; the bath of Titus
(70 A.i>.) ; the pillar of Trajan (98 a.d.) ; and the bath of Cara-
oalla (212 a.d.) were of brick. Early English brick buildings
were Hurstmonceaux castle, Sussex (cir. 1425); Tattershall
castle, Lincolnshire (1440); Lollards' tower, Lambeth palace
{1454); and the old part of Hampton court (1514). ^^ p
Bricks introduced into England by the Romans cir. 44
Made under direction of Alfred the Great about • 886
Regular masonry introduced into England shortly before the
Norman conquest 1066
Size of bricks regulated by order of Charles I 1625
Bricks substituted for wood in the erection of buildings in Lon-
don after the great fire 1666
Tax levied on bricks in England 1784
Machine for making bricks patented in the U. S. as early as
1792, and about 122 patents granted previous to June, 1836
Duties and drawbacks of excise on bricks in England repealed, 1850
F. H. Smith pateots in the U. S. a machine capable of making
30,000 bricks in a day of 10 hours 9 July, 1868
Chambers's brick machine, with a capacity of 50.000 bricks per
10 hours, at a cost from the clav bank to the shed of only
IIU cts. per 1000, first patented, 20 Aug. 1878, and perfected, 1887
BridCIWCli. Once a palace of king John, near Fleet-
ditch, London, 1210; was given to the citj' for a work-house
by Edward VL, 1553. The new Bridewell prison, erected in
1829, was pulled down in 1864; that of Tothill-tields was re-
built in 1831.
bridg^CS. The first bridge at Rome, called the Pons
Sublicius, was built across the Tiber on piles by Ancus Mar-
tius about 620 b.c. ; noted for the (mythical) defence by Hora-
tius Codes against Lars Porsenna about 508 b.c. Abj'dos is
famous for the bridge of boats Xerxes built across the Helles-
pont, 480 B.C. Trestle-bridge on piles built by Julius Caesar
across the Rhine, 55 b.c., in 10 days, described in his commen-
taries. The bridge of Trajan, crossing the Danube, was about
4000 ft. in length, and was built of timbers resting on stone
piers by Apollodorus of Damascus, 105 a.d. About the same
time the bridge at Alcantara, Spain, in honor of Trajan, was
built ; this bridge was part destroyed by the English in 1809,
and by the Carlists in 1836. The Devil's bridge in the canton
of Uri, Switzerland, was built on two high rocks ; many
stories have been invented to account for it. At Schaff-
hausen an extraordinary bridge was built over the Rhine, 400
feet wide ; there was a pier in the middle of the river, but it
is doubtful whether the bridge rested upon it ; a man of light
weight felt the bridge totter under him, yet wagons heavily
laden passed over without danger. The bridge was destroyed
by the French in 1799. Trezzo bridge, over the Adda, Italy,
built by order of Bernabo Visconti, duke of Milan, in 1380, was
the largest masonry arch known, having a span of 251 feet.
Destroyed by Carmagnola. The largest existing masonry
arch is in the United States, a span of 220 ft., carrying the
Washington Aqueduct,over Cabin John creek (Aqueducts);
and next in size is the Grosvenor bridge over the Dee at
Chester, England, with a span of 200 feet.
Triangular masonry bridge at Cory land abbey, referred to in a ^^■
charter dated 943
Stone bridge erected at Bow, near Stratford, by queen Matilda,
about 1100-18
Religious brotherhoods for building and repairing bridges ex-
isted in France during the 13th century; one of theui, the
Fratres Ponlis, headed by St. Benezet, built a bridge auOO ft.
long, of 18 stone arches, over the Rhone at Avignon 1180
Cast iron for bridges introduced in England 1777
U. S. patent granted for a wooden bridge, since known as the
Burr bridge, to Theodore Burr 14 Feb. 1806
James Finley of Fayette county, Pa., erected chain cable sus-
pension bridges as early as 1797. He patented his improve-
ments, 1808, and 2 years later there were 8 of these bridges
in existence in the U. S., the longest at the falls of Schuyl-
kill, Philadelphia, Pa., 306 ft. span, with an intermediate pier, 1810
Town, or lattice truss bridge, patented by IthielTown of Conn.,
20 Jan. 1820
Tension iron bridge, believed to be the first of the kind in the
U. S., patented by Augustus Canfield, of Plainfield, N. J.,
29 June, 1833
Howe truss bridge, patented by William Howe, of Warren,
Mass 10 July, 1840
American boilerplate tubular bridge, built at Bolton depot,
and put in place on the Baltimore and Susquehanna railroad
by its inventor, James Millholland Apr. 1847
Niagara gorge, 2 miles below the falls, crossed by an iron basket
or cradle hung on a wire cable suspended over the chasm. It
was constructed by Charles EUet, and soon replaced by a slight
bridge, a second cable being constructed the same year. The
first step in the construction of this bridge was the flying of
kites across the gorge; one being successfully landed, its
string served to carry over a rope and then a cable 1848
Chief Thames bridges freed from toll, 24 May, 1879, and 26 June, 1880
NOTED BRIDGES OF THE WOKLD. — MASONRY ARCH BRIDGES.
London bridge. One is said to have existed, 978. A bridge
built of wood, 1014, was partly burned in 1136. The late old
bridge was commenced about 1176 by Peter of Colechurch,
with houses on each side, connected by large arches of timber
which crossed the street ; completed 1209
Fire at the Southwark end brought crowds on the bridge; the
houses at the north end caught Are, and shut them in ; up-
wards of 3000 persons were killed, burned, or drowned. .July, 1212
Bridge restored in 1300, again destroyed by fire in 1471 ; 13 Feb.
1632, and Sept. 1725
All the houses pulled down 1750
Water- works begun, 1582 ; destroyed by fire 1774
Toll discontinued : 27 Mch. 1782
New London bridge, designed by John Rennie, and built by his
sons, John and George; total cost, 1,458,311/,. ; length of cen-
tral span, 152 ft. The first pile was driven 200 ft. to the
west of the old bridge, 15 Mch. 1824; the first stone was laid
by the lord mayor, alderman Garratt 15 June, 1825
Opened by William IV. and his queen 1 Aug. 1831
Karlsbriccke (Charles's bridge), over the Moldau at Prague.
Built by. emperor Charles IV. of Germany, 1348. 1855 ft.
long. Gate towers at either end, ornamented with groups
of statuary. Greatly damaged by flood, Sept. 1890; since
repaired.
Rialto. Masonry arch bridge at Venice over the Grand canal.
Single span of 98)^ ft. ; rise of span, 20 ft. ; width of foot-
way, 72 ft. Built by Antonio da Ponte (Rialto, Venice) 1588
Westminster bridges. Old bridge was built of Portland stone,
after a design of M. Labelye. Begun 13 Sept. 1738 ; opened
for passengers, 18 Nov. 1750; length, 1223 ft.; cost, 426,650/.
Commissioners of works empowered to rebuild 4 Aug. 1853
Work on the new bridge suspended by failure ot the contractors,
Messrs. Mare. The government eventually undertook the
building, which was intrusted to Thomas Page. One half of
the bridge opened early in 1860, the whole 24 May, 1862
Waterloo bridge over the Thames at London. Length within
abutments, 1242 ft. ; width within balustrades, 42 ft. ; span of
each arch, of which there are 9, 120 ft. ; commenced, 11 Oct. 1811
The present site, plan, and dimensions of the bridge given by
G. Dodd under act of Parliament in 1806 ; he was super-
seded by John Rennie, who completed the structure. It was
opened on the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, the duke
of Wellington and others being present 18 June, 1817
Bought for 475,000/. by metropolitan board of works; opened,
toll free, 5 Oct. 1878; lit by electric light 10 Oct. 1879
Grosvenor bridge, over the Dee, at Chester. A masonry arch
having a span of 200 ft. ; act for its construction obtained. . . 1825
IRON AND STEEL ARCH BRIDGES.
Colebrookdale bridge, over the Severn, between Madeley and
Brosely, the first cast-iron arch bridge erected in England.
It has a span of 100 ft., and was completed after designs of
Abraham Derby 1777
Sunderland bridge. A cast-iron arch 100 ft. high, with a span
of 236 ft., crossing the Wear, built under superintendence
of Thomas Wilson 1796
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JSouthwark bridge, South London, was designed by John Ren-
nie. It consists of 3 cast-iron arches of 210, 240, and 210 ft.
span, resting on massive stone piers and abutments ; cost
about 800,000^. ; begun 23 Sept. 18U; completed Apr. 1819
Victoria bridge over the Thames at Pimlico, London, consists
of 4 very wide wrought -iron arches. Begun, 1859 ; com-
pleted, 1860; and widened 1865-66
St. Louis bridge across the Mississippi at St. Louis, Mo. 3
arches formed of tubes of cast steel, and built out from the
piers without scaffolding; the centre span, 520 ft, the others
502 ft. each. 2200 tons of steel and 3400 tons of iron were
used in its construction. Built by col. James B. Eads at a
cost of .$10,000,000. Begun, 1867; and completed 4 July, 1874
Douro bridge, an arched iron structure near Oporto, Portugal;
total length, 1150 ft., span of arch, 520 ft., height from low-
water to crown of arch, 198 ft. Begun, 1875; opened to
travel by the king of Portugal Nov. 1877
Garabit viaduct, over the Truyere, in the south of France. The
total length is 1849 ft. ; the main portion, 1469 ft. in length,
is of steel, and consists of 5 openings of from 170 to 182 ft.,
spanned by lattice girders and a trellis parabolic arch with
a span of 541 ft., and a clear height above the river ol 356 ft.
The rail level is 401 ft. above the river. (Highest bridge in
the world.) Designed by M. Eiffel, and built without scaflbld.
Begun, 1879; completed 1884
Highway bridge over the Harlem river at New York. A cen-
tral stone pier and 2 steel arches having a span of 510 ft.
each and a clear headway of 150 ft. under the centre of each
arch 1888
TUBULAR GIRDER BRIDGKS.
€onway (Wales) tubular bridge. A miniature of the Britannia;
a single span of 400 ft. ; erected 1846-48
Britannia tubular bridge, carrying the Chester and Holyhead
railway across the Menai straits, consists of 2 parallel rectan-
gular wrought- iron tubes resting on 3 piers. There are 2
central spans of 459 ft. , and 2 shore spans of 230 ft. The cen-
tral pier is built on the Britannia rock, and its erection was
begun May, 1846. The height of the tube within is 30 ft. at
the centre, diminishing to 23 ft. at the shore ends. The
bridge has a clear headway above high-water of 1033i^ ft. The
4 tubes of the central spans were floated into position and
gradually raised to the required height by hydraulic presses.
First locomotive passes through Mch. 1850
Victoria railway bridge, over the St. Lawrence river at Mon-
treal, was erected by James Hodges under the superintend-
ence of Robert Stephenson and A. M. Ross, engineers. It is
about 2 miles in length and rests on 24 piers, the height be-
ing 60 ft. above summer level of the river; cost, 1,700,000Z. ;
work begun, 24 May, 1854; bridge damaged by floating ice
while under construction, 5 Jan. 1855; formally opened by
the prince of Wales -. 25 Aug. 1860
SUSPENSION BRIDGES.
Menai suspension bridge. A chain bridge built by Telford
across the Menai straits, 102 ft. above high-water. The en-
tire length of the chains is 1710 ft. ; length of span, 570 ft. ;
bridge begun, July, 1818; and opened for traffic 30 Jan. 1826
Freiburg suspension bridge, over the Sarine valley, Switzerland.
870 ft. span; 167 ft. above the river; built by M. Chaley. ... 1833-34
Suspension bridge, crossing the Dnieper at Kieflf. Nearly half
a mile in length, having 4 principal spans of 440 ft. each;
erected 1S51
Niagara Falls suspension bridge, across the gorge, 2 miles below
the falls. Built by John A. Roebling. Length of span be-
tween towers, 800 ft. ; supported by 4 wire cables, each con-
taining 3640 No. 9 wires; height of track above the water,
245 ft.; carriage-way beneath the track; cost of bridge,
$400,000; work begun, 1852; first locomotive crosses, 8 Mch. 1855
Clifton suspension bridge. A chain bridge crossing the Avon
below Bristol, Engl. It was partly constructed of the Hun-
gerford foot-bridge, which was taken down in July, 1862. It
is said to have the longest span of any chain bridge in the
world (702 ft.), and is 250 ft. above high-water. Begun in
1862; opened '. 8 Dec. 1864
Cincinnati and Covington suspension bridge, over the Ohio river,
- at an elevation of 91 ft. above low- water and with a span of
1057 ft. Built by Roebling; and completed 1867
Clifton suspension bridge at Niagara Falls, a short distance be-
low the falls; built for carriage and foot-passengers; has a
span of 1260 ft. Begun, 1867 ; completed 1869
Blown down, 10 Jan. 1889, and new structure of iron hung on
steel cables; opened 7 May, 1889
Brooklyn bridge. A wire cable suspension bridge connecting
New York city with Brooklyn; designed by John A. Roebling,
and built by his son W. A. Roebling. It has a total length of
carriageway, 5989 ft., and including extensions, 6537 ft., a cen-
tral span of 1595 ft., and 2 side spans of 930 ft. each, with a
clear headway under the centre of the bridge of 135 ft. above
high- water; total height of towers above high-water, 278 ft. ;
there are 4 suspension cables, composed of 5296 galvanized
steel wires, bound together, but not twisted; width of bridge,
85 ft. ; cost, $15,000,000; bridge begun, 1870; opened. 24 May, 1883
CANTILEVER BRIDGES.
Niagara Falls cantilever, over the gorge, a short distance above
the old suspension bridge ; the first true metal cantilever
bridge erected, comprising 2 cantilevers, 395 ft. each in length,
extending from the shores to piers and reaching out over the
river, supporting a central girder 120 ft. in length; distance
between piers, 495 ft. ; height of bridge, 180 ft. above the wa-
ter ; opened 20 Dec. 1883
Hooghly bridge, India, carrying the East Indian railway across
the Hooghly river at a height of 53 ft. above low-water. It
has 1 central span of 95>^ ft., and 2 end spans of 520 ft. It
was begun in 1883, and completed at a cost of $1,305,000 1886
Kentucky and Indiana bridge, over the Ohio, at Louisville, has 2
cantilever spans of 480 and 483 ft. ; begun, 1883 ; completed. . "
Sukkur cantilever bridge, crossing the Rori branch of the Indus
at Sukkur, with a single span of 790 ft. ; opened June, 1889
Firth cantilever bridge, a steel railway bridge across the Firth
of Forth at Queensferry, Scotl., has a total length of 8098 ft.,
or over a mile and a half. It is composed of 3 double canti-
levers; a central one of 1620 ft. resting on a pier built on the
island of Inchgarvie; 2, 1514 J^ ft. in length, joined to the cen-
tral cantilever by girders of 350 ft. si)an, thus affording 2 open-
ings of 1700 ft. each side of the central pier, and 2 approach
viaducts of 15 girders from 168 to 179 ft. in length, resting on
masonry piers. The highest elevation of the bridge is 361 ft.
(over the piers), and there is a clear headway under the cen-
tral spans of 152 ft. There were 51,000 tons of steel used in
its construction, and 56 lives were lost during its erection,
which occupied 7 years and gave employment to as many as
5000 men at one time. Total cost of the bridge, 3,250,000Z. ;
work begun, Jan. 1883 ; opened , 4 Mch. 1890
Poughkeepsie bridge, crossing the Hudson river at Poughkeep-
sie, is composed of 2 cantilever spans on each shore of 523 ft.
and a central cantilever span of 521 ft. , joined by 2 ordinary
girders of 500 ft. span with projecting cantilever ends. Work
begun, 1886 ; opened 1888
DRAWBRIDGES.
Newcastle swing bridge, over the Tyne, Engl., is 281 ft. long,
weighs 1450 tons, and is lifted by a hydraulic crane. Work
begun, 1868; completed June, 1876
Arthur Kill bridge, between Staten Island and New Jersey, con-
sists of 2 shore spans of 150 ft. each, covered by fixed trusses,
and a draw 500 ft. in length. It can be opened and closed in
2 minutes. Bridge authorized by act of Congress, 16 June,
1886 ; completed at a cost of $450,000 13 June, 1888
Tower bridge, a bascule bridge crossing the Thames below Lon-
don bridge. It has a central opening of 200 ft. between 2
high towers, connected near the top by a fixed foot-bridge
139)^ ft. above the river and reached by elevators or stair-
ways in the towers. There are 2 side spans of 270 ft. covered
by chain suspension bridges, and between the towers, at a
height of 29>^ ft. above high-water, a double bascule, each
leaf 100 ft. in length and forming a flat arch when down, at
a level with the main bridge. Foundation laid, 1886; opened, 1894
GIRDER BRIDGES AND MISCELLANEOUS.
Wittingen timber bridge, a trussed bridge with a span of 390 ft.,
was destroyed by fire in 1799 after standing 41 years. Erected; 1758
Wooden bridge, over the Connecticut at Hanover, with a single
arch of 236 ft. ; erected 1796
Ci'umlin viaduct, a Warren girder iron bridge over the Ebbw
in Monmouthshire, 1800 ft. long, with 10 spans o.f 150 ft.
raised 200 ft. above the river. Begun, 1853; completed 1857
Saliash lenticular girder bridge, built by I. K. Brunei, across
the river Tamar. 2 spans of 455 ft. with a headway of 100 ft.
above high-water. The platform is supported by small
girders carried by suspension chains below and a large arched
tube above, strongly braced together. It is of wrought iron
and has a total length of 2240 ft. ; opened for traffic 1859
Potomac Run bridge, a famous trestle work 400 ft. long and 80
ft. high, built in 9 days by soldiers of the army of the Po-
tomac, under the supervision of gen. Herman Haupt. It con-
tained more than 2,000,000 ft. of lumber, chiefly round sticks,
fresh cut from the neighboring woods; erected May, 1862
Kuilenburg bridge, a wrought-iron girder across the Leek in
Holland, has a span of 492 ft. ; G. Van Diesen, architect 1868
Verrugas viaduct, an iron Fink truss bridge on the Oroyo rail-
road in Peru, crosses the valley of the Agua de Verrugas at
an altitude of 5478 ft. above the sea level. Total length, 575
ft., comprising 3 iron piers connected by Fink trusses at a
height of about 250 ft. from the water. Work begun, 17 Sept.
1872, and completed in 88 working days early in 1873
Portage bridge, over the Genesee river on the line of the Erie
railroad at Portage, N. Y. An iron truss bridge on iron tres-
tles, built in 1875, to replace the original wooden trestle bridge,
completed, 14 Aug. 1852, and burned down, 6 May, 1875. The
total length is 800 ft., comprising 1 span of 180 ft., 2 of 100
ft., and 7 of 50 ft. ; height, 230 ft. above the river. Contract
let, 10 May, 1875 ; opened for traffic. 31 July, 1875
Tay bridge, the longest girder bridge in the world, crosses the
Tay at Dundee, Scotl. The original bridge consisted of 85
spans, some over 90 ft. above water level, and had a total
length of 10,612 ft. Engineer, sir Thomas Bouch. Over 20
lives lost during its construction. Work commenced, June,
1871 ; completed, 30 Aug. 1877 ; and opened 31 May, 1878
Bridge much injured by a gale while building 4 Feb. 1877
Partly destroyed by a gale while a N. British mail-train was
passing over it; the train and 75 to 90 jiassengers disappeared,
none escaping. A gap of about 3000 ft. was made in the
bridge; about 7.15 p.m., Sunday 28 Dec. 1879
46 bodies recovered up to 27 Apr. 1880
After the Board of Trade inquiry Mr. H. C. Rothery reported
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•• that the bridge had been badly deBlgned, badly constructed,
and badly maintained ". 3 July, 1883
Sir Thomas Bouch, engineer, d 30 Oct. "
New Tay bridge; length, 10,700 ft. ; the 11 longest spans being
346 ft. each ; built. 1882 to 1887
Wrought-iron girder bridge, at Cincinnati, over the Ohio river,
with a span of 519 ft. ; 105 ft above low water; built 1877
KeKbutky River bridge, a trussed girder bridge of iron, on the
line of the Cincinnati Southern railroad; 3 spans of 375 ft. ;
built without fulso work ; begun, 1« Oct. 1876, and completed,
at a cost of $404,'230 20 Fob. "
Railvoay bridge over the Severn, connecting the forest of Dean
with Sharpness Point, Engl, over ^ of a mile in length.
Built at a cost of 1,000,000/., and formally opened 17 Oct. 1879
Moerdyk 6rt(^, a wrought-iron girder bridge carrying the Ant-
werp and Rotterdam railway across the HoUands-Diep by 14
spans of 328 ft; completed 1880
Sintua viaduct, iron girder and trestle bridge, Warren county,
Pa., 301 ft. in height (prior to the Garabit viaduct the
highest bridge in the world), and built in less than 4 months.
Work begun, 5 May ; opened 29 Aug. 1882
Hawkesbury bridge, a steel girder bridge over the Hawkesbury
river. New South Wales, 7 miles from the sea. It has 7 open-
ings between piers about 416 ft from centre to centre and 40
ft headway at high-water. Work begun, 1886; girders float-
ed into position on pontoons at high-water and allowed to rest
on the piers as the tide went out. Opened for traflQc. . .May, 1889
Loa vicuiuct, a lattice girder iron bridge by which the Anto-
&gasta railway of Bolivia crosses the cafion of the Loa at an
altitude of 10,000 ft. above the sea level. The bridge was put
together in 9 months under the supervision of Peter and John
Fisher, who went from England for the purpose "
Cfincinnati iron truss railway bridge, across the Ohio river,
planned for a double-track railroad and 2 roadways and 2
sidewalks in addition. Total structure 1 mile in length; the
centre span 550 ft., and 2 spans flanking the main channel
490 ft. each. Caissons sunk in 1887 ; completed 1890
If ridge'Water, Sonaersetshire, Engl., was incorporated
by king John in 1200. In the war between Charles I. and the
Parliament, the king's forces burned part of the town, 1643.
Here stood an ancient castle in which the ill-advised duke of
Monmouth lodged when proclaimed king in 1685. The town
disfranchised for bribery, 1870.
Brid^e^water canal, the first great canal in Eng-
land, 29 noiles long, begun by the duke of Bridgewater, the
father of canal navigation in Great Britain, in 1759 ; opened 17
July, 1761. James Brindley was the engineer. Starting at
Worsley, 7 miles from Manchester, it crosses the Irwell at
Barton bridge by an aqueduct upwards of 200 yards long.
Canals.
Bridgeivater treatises. The rev. Francis, earl
of Bridgewater, died Apr. 1829, bequeathing 8000^. to the au-
thor or authors, appointed by the president of the Royal So-
ciety, who should write an essay " on the power, wisdom, and
goodness of God, as manifested in the creation." The essays
(by sir Charles Bell, Drs. T. Chalmers, John Kidd, William
Buckland, William Prout, Peter M. Roget, and the revs. Will-
iam Whewell and William Kirby) were pub. 1833-35.
briefs are the letters of the pope despatched to princes
and others on public affairs, and usually written short, with-
out preface or preamble, and on paper ; thus distinguished
from BULLS, which are ample, and written on parchment.
Briefs are sealed with red wax and the seal of the fisherman,
or St. Peter in a boat, always in the presence of the pope.
Queen Elizabeth's letters, called "briefs," authorizing collec-
tions in churches for charitable purposes, are now discon-
tinued. A lawyer's brief is an abridgment of his client's case.
Brienne, N.E. France. Here the allied armies of
Russia and Prussia, under Blucher, were defeated by the
French, 29 Jan. 1814.
Bright's disease, a degeneration of the tissues of the
kidneys into fat ; investigated about 1830 by Richard Bright.
Brill or Briel, Holland. A seaport, seized by the ex-
pelled Dutch confederates, became the seat of their indepen-
dence, 1572. Brill, given to the English in 1585 as security
for advances made by queen Elizabeth to Holland, was re-
stored in 1616.
Bristol, W. England, built by Brennus, a British prince,
380 B.C., is mentioned 430 a.d. as a fortified city. It was
called Caer Oder, a city in the valley of Bath ; and sometimes
Caer Brito, the British city, and by the Saxons Brightstowe,
pleasant place. Gildas and Nennius speak of Bristol in the
5th and 7th centuries. From the 12th century to the 18th it
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was, next to London, the most flourishing port in England;
since surpassed by Liverpool.
Taken by earl of Gloucester, in his defence of his sister Maud,
the empress, against king Stephen 1138
Eleanor of Brittany (daughter of Geoffrey, son of Henry II.)
dies in the castle after 39 years' imprisonment 1241
St. Mary's church built 1292
Bristol made a distinct county by Edward III 1373
Bishopric founded by Henry VIII 1542
Taken by prince Rupert, 26 July, 1643; by Cromwell. .10 Sept. 1645
Riot on the entrance of sir Charles Wetherell, the recorder, he
opposing the reform-bill; the mansion house, bishop's pal-
ace, several merchants' stores, some prisons (the inmates
liberated), and nearly 100 houses burned ; above 500 persons
killed 29-31 Oct. 1831
Trial of rioters (4 executed; 22 transported), 2 Jan. ; suicide of
col. Brereton, during trial by court-martial 9 Jan. 1832
Proposed college for science and literature here for the south
and west of England; meeting, 13 June, 1874; opened as
University college 10 Sept. 1876 •
Bristol, See of, one of 6 bishoprics erected by Henry
VIII. out of spoils of dissolved monasteries, 1542. The ca-
thedral was church of the abbey of St. Austin, founded by
Robert Fitz-Harding, son to a king of Denmark, and a citizen
of Bristol, 1148. The see is valued in the king's books at 338/.
8a. 4cZ. Paul Bushe, provincial of the Bons-hommes, was the
first bishop, in 1542 — deprived for being married, 1554. The
see was united by an order in council with Gloucester, in 1836,
The cathedral (under repair since 1844) was reopened in 1861 j
a new nave opened, 23 Oct. 1877.
BristOW station, Va., affairs at. (1) Here gen.
Hooker's division encountered and defeated that of the confed-
erate gen. Ewell, 27 Aug. 1862, with a loss of about 300 on
each side. (2) Here, on 14 Oct. 1863, A. P. Hill's corps (con-
federate) attacked the 2d corps, maj.-gen. Warren's, while re-
treating, but gained no advantage. Brandy Station.
Britain (called by the Romans Britannia, from its Cel-
tic name Prj'dhain, Camden). "The nearest Celtic form is
the Irish plural Bretain." — The Neio English Dictionary. The
earliest records of its history are the manuscripts and poetry
of the Cambrians. The Celts, the ancestors of the Britons and
modern Welsh, were the first inhabitants of Britain. It is
referred to as the Cassiterides or tin-islands by Herodotus,
450 B.C. ; as Albion and lerne (England and Ireland) by Aris-
totle, 350 B.C., and Polybius, 260 b.c. The Romans divided
Britain into Britannia Prima (country south of the Thames
and Severn); Britannia Secunda (Wales) ; Flavia Ccp.sariensis
(between the Thames, Severn, and Humber) ; Maxima Coesa-
riensis (between the Humber and Tyne); and Valentia (be-
tween the Tyne and Firth of Forth). Britain, including Eng-
land, Scotland, and Wales, was anciently called Albion, the
name of Britain being applied to all the islands collectively —
Albion to only one.— Pliny. Albion, England, Scotland,
Wales.
Divitiacus, king of the Suessones, in Gaul, said to have su- b.c.
premacy over part of Britain 57
First invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar 26 Aug. 55
Second invasion ; he defeats Cassi velaunus 54
Cymbeline (Cunobelin), king of Britain 4
A.D.
Aulus Plautus defeats the Britons 43
He and Vespasian reduce S. Britain 47
Caractacus defeated by Ostorius, 50; carried in chains to Rome, 51
Romans defeated by Boadicea, queen of the Iceni ; 70,000 slain,
and London burned; she is defeated by Suetonius; 80,000
slain 61
Agricola, governor, conquers Anglesey, overruns Britain in 7
campaigns, and reforms the government 78-84
He defeats the Caledonians under Galgacus; surrenders the
islands 84
Emperor Hadrian visits Britain, 120; builds a wall from the
Tyne to the Solway (Hadrian's Wall) 121
Lucius, king of the Britons, said to have sent an embassy on
religion to pope Eleutherius about 181
Britons (allies of Albinus) defeated at Lyons by Severus 197
Southern Britain subdued and divided by the Romans into 2
provinces 204
Severus keeps his court at York, then called Eboracum, 208;
finishes his wall, and dies at York 4 Feb. 211
Carausius usurps the throne of Britain 286
He is killed by Allectus, another usurper 294
Constantius recovers Britain and kills Allectus 296
St. Alban and 17,000 Christians martyred (Bede) 304
Constantius, emperor of Rome, dies at York 25 July, 306
British bishops at the council of Aries 314
Scots and Picts invade Britain, 360; routed by Theodosius 368
Romans gradually withdraw from Britain 402-436
Reign of V^ortigern 425
Saxons and Angles aid in expelling Picts and Scots 429
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Bomans quit Britain 436
Anglo-Saxon invaders drive the Britons into Wales 449-455
Many Britons settle in Armorica (Brittany) 388-457
Saxon heptarchy ; Britain divided into 7 or more kingdoms 457
Ella invades S. Britain, 477 ; founds kingdom of Sussex 491
■Great Saxon invasion under Cerdic 495
Supposedreignsof Vortimer, 464; Vortigern again, 471 ; Aurelius
Ambrosius, 481 ; and Arthur Pendragon 500
'King Arthur said to reign 500-532
Arrival of St. Augustin (or Austin), and re-establishment of
Christianitj- 597
•Cadwallader, last king of the Britons, reigns 678
I.indisfarne church destroyed by the Northmen 794
Egbert, king of Wessex, virtually king of England 827
KINGS OF THE HEPTARCHY. (Bretwalda.)
KENT. [The shire of Kent.}
454. Hengist. [473, Saxon Chronicle.]
488. ^sc, Esca, or Escus, son of Hengist; in honor of whom kings
of Kent were often called ^scings.
S12. Octa, son of Msc.
542. Hermenric, or Ermenric, son of Octa.
560. St. Ethelbert; first Christian king (styled ijex JlnpZorwrn).
616. Eadbald, son of Ethelbert.
•640. Ercenbert, or Ercombert, son of Eadbald.
664. Ecbert, or Egbert, son of Ercenbert.
673. Lothar, or Lothair, brother of Ecbert.
■685. Edric; slain in 687. [The kingdom distracted.]
694. Wihtred, or Wihgtred.
725. Eadbert, )
748. Ethelbert II., [ sons of Wihtred, succeeding each other.
760. Alric, )
794. Edbert, or Ethelbert Pryn ; deposed.
796. Cuthred, or Guthred.
805. Baldred; who lost his life and kingdom to
823. Egbert, king of Wessex.
SOUTH SAXONS. [Sussex and Surrey.]
491, Ella, a warlike prince, succeeded by
514. Cissa, his son, peaceful reign exceeding 70 years.
[The South Saxons became dependent on the kingdom of Wes-
sex.]
648. Edilwald, Edilwach, Adelwach, or Ethelwach.
686. Authun and Berthun, brothers ; reigned jointly; vanquished by
Ina, king of Wessex, 689 ; kingdom conquered in 725.
WEST SAXONS. [Berks, Hampshire, Wilts, Somerset, Dorset, Devon,
„„ „ ^. and part of Cornwall.]
519. Cerdic.
534. Cyuric, or Kenric, son of Cerdic.
560. Ceawlin, son of Cynric; banished; dies in 593.
591. Ceolric, nephew to Ceawlin.
597. Ceolwulf
611. ) Cynegils, and in
614. I Cwichelm, his son, reigned jointly.
643. Cenwal, Cenwalh, or Cenwald.
672. Sexburga, his queen, sister to Penda, king of Mercia; of great
qualities; probably deposed.
674. Escwine, with Centwine ; on his death
676. Centwine rules alone.
685. Csedwallo : went to Rome, to expiate murders, and died there.
688. Ina or Inas, brave and wise; visited Rome; left an excellent
code of laws.
728. Ethelheard, or Ethelard, related to Ina.
740. Cuthred, brother to Ethelheard.
764. Sigebright, or Sigebert, murdered his friend Cumbran, govern-
or of Hampshire, and was slain by one of his victim's retain-
ers.
755. Cynewulf, or Kenwulf, or Cenulpe, a noble youth of the line of
Cerdic; murdered.
j^784. Bertric, or Beorhtric ; poisoned by a cup his queen had prepared
for another.
«00. Egbert, afterwards sole monarch of England.
EAST SAXONS. [Essex, Middlesex, and part of Herts.]
626, 527, or 530. Erchenwin, or Erchwine.
587. Sledda, his son.
597. St. Sebert, or Sabert; son; first Christian king.
614. Saxred, or Sexted, or Serred, jointly with Sigebert and Seward;
all slain.
623. Sigebert II. the little; son of Seward.
655. Sigebert III. the good; brother of Sebert ; murdered.
661. Swithelm (or Suidhelm), son of Sexbald.
663. Sigher. or Sigeric, jointly with Sebbi, or Sebba, who became a
monk.
693. Sigenard, or Sigehard, and Suenfrid.
700. Offa ; became a monk at Rome.
709. Suebricht, or Selred.
738. Swithred, or Swithed; a long reign.
792. Sigeric; died in a pilgrimage to Rome.
799. Sigered.
823. Kingdom seized by Egbert of Wessex.
NORTHUMBRIA. [Lancaster, York, Cumberland, Westmoreland,
Durham, and Northumberland.]
*sit* Northumbria was at first in 2 governments, Bernicia, from the
Tweed to the Tyne, and Deira, from the Tyne to the Humber.
547. Ida, a valiant Saxon.
560. Adda, his eldest son; king of Bernicia.
" Ella, king of Deira; afterwards sole king of Northumbria (to
587).
567. Glappa, Clappa, orElapea; Bernicia.
572.
573.
580.
588.
593.
617.
635.
642.
670.
685.
705.
716.
718.
729.
737.
757.
759.
765.
774.
778.
789.
790.
794.
806.
841.
a great prince. Slain
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Heodwulf; Bernicia.
Freodwulf; Bernicia.
Theodoric; Bernicia.
Ethelric; Bernicia.
Ethelfrith, surnamed the Fierce.
Edwin, son of Ella, king of Deira in •
in battle wiih Penda, of Mercia.
Eanfrid rules in Bernicia, and Osric in Deira; both killed.
Oswald, slain in battle.
Osweo, or Oswy ; a reign of great renown.
Ecfrid, or Egfrid, king of Northumbria.
Alcfrid, or Ealdferth.
Osred, or Ealdferth.
Cenric ; sprung from Ida.
Osric, son of Alcfrid.
Ceolwulf; died a monk.
Eadbert, or Egbert ; retired to a monastery,
Oswulf, or Osulf; slain in a sedition.
Edilwald, or Mollo; slain by Aired.
Aired, Ailred, or Alured; deposed.
Ethelred, son of Mollo ; expelled.
Elwald, or Celwold; deposed and slain.
Osred, son of Aired ; fled.
Ethelred restored; afterwards slain.
Erdulf, or Ardulf ; deposed.
Alfwold.
Erdulf, restored.
Eanred.
Kingdom annexed by Egbert.
EAST ANGLES. [Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Ely.]
526. Ufla lands.
571 or 575. Ufifa, a German, said to be first king.
578. Titilus, or Titulus; son of Ufla.
599. Redwald, son of Titilus; greatest priqce of the East Angles.
624. Erpwald, Eorpwald, or Eordwald.
627. Richbert.
629. Sigebert, half-brother to Erpwald.
632. Egfrid, or Egric ; cousin to Sigebert.
635. Anna, or Annas; a just ruler; killed.
654. Ethelric, or Ethelhere; slain in battle.
655. Ethelwald; his brother.
664. Aldulf, or Aldwulf
713. Selred, or Ethelred.
746. Alphwuld.
749. Beorna and Ethelred, jointly,
758. Beorna alone.
761. Ethelred.
790. Ethelbert, or Ethelbryght ; treacherously killed in Mercia, 792,
when Ofl'a, king of Mercia, overran the country, which was
finally subdued by Egbert.
870. St. Edmund (vassal king) slain by the Danes.
MERCIA. [ Gloucester, Hereford, Chester, Stafford, Worcester, Oxford,
Salop, Warwick, Derby, Leicester, Bvxiks, Northampton, Notts, Lin-
coln, Bedford, Rutland, Huntingdon, and part of Herts.]
586. Crida, or Cridda, a noble chieftain,
[Interregnum— Ceolric]
Wibba, a valiant prince, his son.
Ceorl, or Cheorl ; nephew of Wibba.
Penda; fierce and cruel; killed in battle.
Penda, son of Penda; killed to make way for
Wulfhere (brother) ; slew his 2 sons.
Ethelred ; became a monk.
Cenred, or Cendred ; became a monk at Rome,
Ceolred, Celred, or Chelred ; son of Ethelred.
Ethelbald; slain in a mutiny by his successor,
Beornred, or Bernred; himself slain.
Ofl'a; formed the great dike near Wales.
Egfrid, or Egferth, son of Ofl'a; died suddenly.
Cenulph, Cenwulf, or Kenulph; slain.
Kenelm, or Cenelm, a minor; reigned 5 months; killed by his
sister Quendreda.
Ceolwulf, uncle to Kenelm; expelled.
Beornwulf; killed by his own subjects.
Ludecan; a valiant ruler; slain.
Withlafe, or Wiglaf
Berthulf, or Bertulf
Burhred. or Burdred.
874. Ceolwulph ; deposed by the Danes, 877.
[The kingdom merged in England.]
Britannia tubular bridg^e. Bridges.
Briti§ll America comprises the dominion of Canada,
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Prince Ed-
ward Island, Labrador, British Columbia, and Vancouver's
Island. Pop. 1891, 4,823,344.
Delegates from the first 6 provinces met at Quebec, 10 Oct.,
and formed a federal union, with the queen of England as
executive (represented by a governor-general), a legislative
council of 96 members for life, and a house of commons of
194 members 20 Oct. 1864
Secretary for the colonies, Mr. Cardwell, approved the plan,
3 Dec. "
Plan opposed by New Brunswick 7 Mch. 1866
Messrs. Cartier and Gait came to England to advocate it. .Apr. "
Act for union of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, as
"the dominion of Canada," introduced by the earl of Car-
narvon, 19 Feb. : nassed 29 Mch. 1867
593.
597.
615.
626.
655.
656.
675.
704.
709.
716.
755.
794,
819.
821.
825.
852.
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[British government guaranteed a subsidy of 3,000,000i. to
complete the intercolonial railway.]
By the British North America act, the Parliament of Canada
may establish new provinces 29 June, 1871
British Asuoclation fur the Advancenaent of Sci-
ence was established by sir David Brewster, sir R. I. Murchi-
8on,etc., in 1831. Prof. Johii Phillips was secretary till 1863.
It holds annua] meetings; the first at York on 27 Sept. 1831.
A main object is " to promote the intercourse of those who
cultivate science with each other." It appoints commissions,
makes pecuniary grants for scientific research, and publishes
annual reports of proceedings. Kew observatory presented
to the association by queen Victoria in 1842. Amekican
Association.
British Collimbia, N. America. In June, 1858,
news came to California that in April much gold had been
found on the. mainland of North America, just north and east
of Vancouver's Island. A great influx of gold-diggers (in a
few weeks above 50,000) from all parts followed; and Mr.
Douglas, governor of Vancouver's Island, ably preserved order.
The territory' with adjacent islands was made a British colony
with the above title, with Mr. Douglas as governor, under 21
and 22 Vict. c. 99 (Aug. 1858) ; a bishop was nominated in
1869. Vancouver's Island was incorporated with the colony
in 1866, and Victoria made the capital, 24 May, 1868. The
colony was annexed to Canada, 1871. Pop. 1891, 92,767.
British East Aft*ica. Anolo-French-German
AOREEMKNT, ZANZIBAR, etC.
British museuin, originated with the grant by Par-
liament (5 Apr. 1753) of 20,000/. to the daughters of sir Hans
Sloane, in payment for his fine library and collection of the
productions of nature and art, valued by himself at 80,000/.
The library contained 50,000 volumes,4100 valuable MSS., and
69,352 articles of virtu enumerated in the catalogue. Montagu
House was obtained by government as a place for their recep-
tion. The museum (including the Cottonian, Harleian, and
other collections) was opened 15 Jan. 1759, and has since been
enormously increased by gifts, bequests, and purchases. The
total expenditure by the government on the British museum
for the year ending 31 Mch. 1860, was 78,445/. ; 1861, 92,776/. ;
1864, 95,500/.; 1867, 110,756/. ; 1877, 108,947/. ; 1884, 152,133/.
The number of visitors to the general collection in 1851 (ex-
hibition year), 2,524,754; in 1859, 517,895; in 1862 (exhibi-
tion year), 895,007 ; in 1863,440,801; in 1866, 516,550; 1871,
418,094; 1875,663,891; in 1878,448,516; in 1879,606,394;
in 1880, 655,688: readers, 133,842; 1883, 660,557: readers,
152,983. Additions to library in 1880, 27,543 volumes and
pamphlets (including books of music and volumes of newspa-
pers). Expenditure on purchases, 1753-1875, 1,070,934/.
New buildings erected by sir R. Smirke 1823-47
Iron railing completed 1852
Great reading-room erected by Sydney Smirke, on a plan by
Antonio Panizzi, the librarian (cost about 150,000?. ; height
of dome, 106 ft. ; diameter, 140 ft. ; contains about 80,000
volumes, and accommodates 300 readers), opened. . .18 May, 1857
Incorporation of the i library ciitalogues into one alphabet be-
gun ; 3 copies made 1861
Proposed separation of the antiquarian, literary, and scientific
collections was disapproved by a commission in 1860; a bill
to remove natural history collections to South Kensington
rejected by the commons 19 May, 1862
A refreshment- room for readers opened 21 Nov. 1864
Number of books (estimated), 1,600,000 Jan. 1870
6000?. voted for a natural history museum at South Kensing-
ton 2 Aug. "
Photographs of above 5000 objects of antiquity (illustrating
man's progress in civilization) published for about 116/., Aug. 1872
Act of Parliament authorizing removal of natural history col-
lections to South Kensington ; passed 13 Aug. 1878
Museum partly opened daily after 11 Feb. 1879
Electric light tried in reading-room, 25 Feb. et seq. ; adopted
for even ngs in the winter months 20 Oct. "
White bequest (60,000?.) 1880
New British Museum for Natural History, Cromwell road.
South Kensi ngton ; bu i Iding completed Nov. "
Part of the collection removed and opened to the public, Easter
Monday 18 Apr. 1881
John Gould's humming birds, etc., bought about Apr. "
New building in Montague st. founded (by means of Wm.
White's legacy of 63.941?.) 23 Sept. 1882
New Assyrian room (including Mr. Rassam's collection) opened,
Jan. 1884
New catalogue, 74 volumes, ready Dec. "
New galleries, glass and pottery, Greek sculpture, opened 1889
Open evenings from 8 to 10 Feb. 1, 1890
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important ADDITIONS {bought or given).— [Edwards.)
Those marked * were gifts or bequests.
* George II. , old royal library 175T
* Solomon Da Costa. Hebrew library 1759'
* G. Thomason, collection (political) from George III 1762
* Solander, fossils 1766
* Birch, library and MSS "
Hamilton vases, etc 1772.
* Musgrave library 1790-99
* Cracherodo library 1799
Hatchett minerals.'. "
* Alexandrian collection (trom George III.) 1802
Townley marbles 1805-17
Lansdowne MSS. (state papers) 1H04
Greville minerals 1810
Roberts, English coins "
Hargravo library 1813
Phigaleian marbles 1815
Elgin marbles 1816
Burney library 181&
* Banks's archaeological collections "
* George I II. 's library, given by George IV 1823-25
* Payne Knight's collections 1824
* Sir J. Banks's library and collections 1827
* Egerton MSS 1829^
*Arundelian MSS 1831
Mantell, fossils 1839'
SyriacMSS 1841-47
* Lycian marbles (by sir C. Fellows) 1845-
* Grenville library, collected by right hon. Thomas Grenvllle
(20,240 vols.) 184T
Morrison's Chinese library "
Assyrian collections (by A. Layard) 1851-6C
Halicarnassian and Cnidian marbles (by C. T. Newton) 1855-60
Carthaginian antiquities (by N. Davis) 1859^
Cyrene marbles (by Smith and Porcher) 186C
Cureton, Oriental MSS 1864
Duke of Blacas's museum (bought for 48,000?.) 1866
* Abyssinian antiquities 1868
* Slade collection (glass, etc. ) "
* George Smith's (of Daily Telegraph) Assyrian collections. . . . 1873-
* Elamite antiquities, by col. Ross 187&
* Urns, implements, ornaments, etc., from 234 British barrows
(Barrows), by rev. canon Greenwell 1879^
300 Babylonian tablets purchased June, 1882
1000 Stowe MSS.. part of the Ashburnham library 1883
* Slavin and Godman's collection of American birds 1885
* Indian birds and eggs from A. 0. Hume "
* Marquis of Tweeddale's collection of birds Oct. 1887
* Morgan's collection of watches, clocks, key-rings, etc Oct. 188»
PKINCIPAL LIBRARIANS.
Dr. Gowin Knight 1753
Dr. Matthew Maty 1772
Dr. Charles Morton 1776
Joseph Planta 1799
Henry Ellis 1827
Antonio Panizzi 1856
J. Winter Jones 1866
Edward Augustus Bond,
Aug. 1878 ; resigned, June, 1888
Edward Maunde Thompson, 1888
British orders in council. As the sovereign
of the United Kingdom can only act through privy-councillor*
or upon their advice, the more formal acts of administration
must proceed from the authority of the sovereign in council,
and their performance be directed by orders issued by the sov-
ereign at a meeting of the privy council. — Todd's " Parliamen-
tary Law of Engl.," vol. ii. p. 621. Every '* order in council"
shall be published in the London Gazette, and shall be laid
before both Houses of Parliament within 30 days after the
making thereof, if Parliament is sitting, and if not, 30 daya
after the next meeting of Parliament.
"British orders in council " of 8 June, 1793, relative to "neutrals,"
called forth the first embargo act on the part of the United States,
1794.
British orders in council of 11 Nov. 1807, prohibited any direct
trade from the U. S. to any port or country in Europe from
which the British flag was excluded; it allowed direct trade in
American productions only between the U. S. and Sweden ; it or-
dered all articles of domestic or colonial production exported by the
U. S. to Europe to be landed in England, when their re-exportation
on paying duties would be permitted and regulated, and it de-
clared any vessel and cargo good prize if it carried a French con-
sular certificate of the origin of the cargo. Berlin and Milait
Decrees; Embargo; United States, 1807-09-13.
Brittany, Britanny, or Bretag^ne, N.W.
France, the ancient Armorica, formed part of the kingdom of
the Franks.
Nomenoe revolts and becomes the first count 841
Brittany ravaged by Northmen, 907; ceded to them 921
Geoffroy I. the first duke 992
Alan v., 1008; Conan II 104a
Hoel v., 1066; Alan VI 1084
Conan III 1112
Hoel VI. expelled ; Geoffroy of Anjou duke 1155'
Conan IV. duke, 1156; on the death of Geoffroy, cedes Brittany
to Henry II. of England, and betroths his daughter, Con-
stance, to Henry's son, Geoffroy (both infants) 1159-
Geoffroy succeeds, 1171 ; killed at a tournament. . . . , 118&
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His son, Arthur, murdered by his uncle, John of England; his
daughter, Eleanor, imprisoned at Bristol (for 39 years). .Apr. 1203
Alice, daughter of Constance by her second husband, Guy de
Thours, proclaimed duchess, 1203 ; marries Peter of Dreux,
made duke 1213
John I., duke, 1237; John II 1286
John III., 1312; dies without issue 1341
Succession disputed between John of Montfort (John IV.),
supported by Edward of England, and Charles of Blois, made
duke by Philip VI. of France. John is made prisoner; his
wife, Jane, besieged at Hennebonne, is relieved by the English,
1343; John dies 1345
Charles of Blois defeated and slain at Auray, 29 Sept. ; John
v., son of Montfort, duke 1364
John VI., duke, 1399; Francis 1 1442
Peter II., 1450; Arthur III 1457
Francis II., 1458; takes part with the Orleanists in France;
defeated at St. Aubin, 28 July, 1488 ; dies 1488
Anne, his daughter and heiress, marries, 1st, Charles VIII. of
France, 1491 ; 2d, Louis XII., 1499; her eldest daughter,
Claude (b. 1499), marries Francis, count of Angouleme,
1514; king of France 1 Jan. 1515
Brittany formally united to the monarchy 1532
Brittany held by Spaniards, 1591 ; recovered by Henry IV 1594
Bretons take part in the Vendean insurrection (La Vendee). . . 1791
'' Britton," an ancient treatise on English law written in
French by or in the name of king Edward L, about 1291. Coke
attributed the work to John le Breton, bishop of Hereford, who
died in 1275. An edition of "Britton," with translation in
English by Mr. F. Nicholls, was pub. in 1865.
broad arrow. Origin of this mark is unknown.
It is said that timber trees fit for shipping in the forest of Dean
in 1639 were marked with the crown and broad arrow. It is
said to have been the device of viscount Sydney, earl of Rom-
ney, master-general of the ordnance, 1693-1702. — Brewer.
^' Broad-bottom " adiiiini§tration. The
Pelham administration was so called because formed by a co-
alition of parties (Administrations of England), Nov. 1744.
Broad-church §chool in the church of England,
with a tendency to reject traditional creeds, became prominent
about 1836, through the lectures of Dr. Hampden, and still
more through the " Theological Essays " of F. D. Maurice,
in 1853 ; the " Essays and Reviews," in 1860 ; the works of
bishop Colenso on the Pentateuch, etc., 1862 et seq. ; and of
Dr. Arnold, dean Stanley, canon Kingsley, and others.
brocade, a silken stuff, variegated with gold or silver,
and enriched with flowers and figures, originally made by the
Chinese ; the manufacture was established at Lyons in 1757.
broccoli, a variety of the common cabbage resembUng
the cauliflower, said to have been brought to England from
Italy in the 16th century.
brokers, of money and merchandise, known early in
England. Appraisers. They were licensed, and their deal-
ings regulated by law in 1695-96, 1816, and 1826. The deal-
ings of stockbrokers were regulated in 1719, 1733, and 1736,
and subsequently. Brokers in London placed under the super- j
vision of the lord mayor and aldermen, in 1707 ; relieved from
it by act of 9 Aug. 1870. Pawnbroker. In the United States
they are not licensed, nor do they give bonds.
bromine (from the Gr. jSpiofiog, a stink), a poisonous vol-
atile liquid element discovered in salt-water by M. Balardin 1826.
It is found in combination with metals and mineral waters,
bronze was known to the ancients, some of whose
bronze statues, vessels, etc., are in the British museum. The
bronze equestrian statue of Louis XIV., 1699, in the Place
Vendome at Paris (demolished 10 Aug. 1792), the largest ever
made, contained 60,000 pounds. Bronze is composed of copper
and tin, with sometimes a little zinc and lead. Coinage.
Brook farm, the location of a society near West
Eoxbury, Mass., formed in 1841 for a practical test of Chris-
tianity as taught by its founder. Up to 1842 it had nothing in
common with " Fourierism, " after vhich it became a com-
munity and lasted until 1846. It is notable for members
eminent in literature : Dr. Channing, Geo. Ripley, Margaret
Fuller, Theo. Parker, Geo. W. Curtis, Miss E. P. Peabody, Haw-
, thorne, W. Burton, Chas. A. Dana, R. W. Emerson, etc. It
suggested Hawthorne's " Blithedale Romance."
Brooklyn, N. Y., popularly called the "city of
churches," ranks (1890) as the fourth city in the United States
in point of population, manufacture, and commerce. It is situ-
ated on Long Island, opposite New York, and the two cities are
practically one. Area, 26.46 sq. miles. The settlement of the
present city began at 3 points : In 1636 William A. Bennet
and Jacques Bentyn purchased from the Indians 930 acres at
Gowanus (between 27th st. and New Utrecht), and John
(George) Jansen de Rapalie purchased the piece of land now
occupied in part by the U. S. Marine hospital, 16 June,
1637. Jan Evertse Bout in July, 1645, followed in 1646-47 by
others, established themselves on what is now Fulton st., near
the city- hall, calling the settlement Breuckelen. In 1660
Breuckelen contained 134 inhabitants, disposed in 31 families.
In 1738 a census showed a pop. of 721, which increased by an-
nexation, etc. In 1800 it was 2378. Since then bv decades
it has been: 1810, 4402; 1820,7175; 1830, 12,406; 1840,36,233;
1850, 96,838 ; 1860, 266,661 ; 1870, 396,099 ; 1880, 566,663 i
1890, 806,343.
Cornelis Dircksen, first regular ferryman, mentioned as propri-
etor of a ferry between Long Island and New Amsterdam,
from the present Fulton St., Brooklyn, to the foot of Peck
slip. New York, known as the "old ferry " 1642
Breuckelen organized as a town by the colonial council, and
Jan Eversen Bout and Huyck Aertsen elected as "schepens," 1646
[Named Breuckelen after a village in Holland, 18 miles
from Amsterdam.]
First ferry ordinance, requiring license and establishing fees,
enacted, July, 1654, and first ferry-house in Breuckelen built.. 1655
Henricus Selyns, Breuckelen's first minister, formally installed,
7 Sept. 1660
First schoolmaster, Carel de Beauvois, arrives, July, 1661, and
a school- house soon after erected at crossing of nresent
North 2d st. and Bushwick ave '. 1661
First Protestant Reformed Dutch church organized, 12 Mch.
1660, and first church edifice in Breuckelen built in the
middle of what is now Fulton st. , near Lawrence 1666
[Pulled down and rebuilt, 1766.]
Gov. Nicolls grants a patent to the inhabitants of Brooklyn,
18 Oct. 1667
Patent confirming that of 1667, obtained from gov. Dongan,
under seal of the colony 13 May, 1686
Fulton St. and Fulton ave. laid out by commissioners, and
known as the main road of the " King's highway "...28 Mch. 1704
General Assembly of the province sits in Brooklyn, owing to
the prevalence of small pox in New York 20 Mch. -8 Oct. 1746
During session of the colonial legislature held in Brooklyn, on
account of small-pox in New York, the colonial commission-
ers cancel 2541 bills of credit issued by the colony of New
York, amounting to about 3600Z 4 June, 1752
Battle of Long Island. New York 27 Aug. 1776
Fort erected by the British near the junction of Pierrepont
and Henry sts 1780-81
A newspaper called the Brooklyn-Hall Super-Extra Gazette,
the first in the city; only one copy known; pub 8 June, 1782
First fire-company organized, for which was built the first fire-
engine, the •' Washington, No. 1," by Jacob Roome of New
York 30 Apr. 1785
First Methodist church, built on Sands st. and dedicated, 1 June, 1794
New ferry, afterwards Catharine St. ferry, established by
William Furman and Theodosius Hunt 1 Aug. 1795
First fire-alarm bell hung on the storehouse of Jacob Remsen
(pulled down 1816), on the cor. of present Fulton and Front sts. 1796
First printing-press established by Thomas Kirk, printing the
first regular newspaper in Brooklyn, the Courier and New
York and Long Island Advertiser 26 June, 1799
Fortitude Lodge No. 19, first permanent Masonic lodge in
Brooklyn, organized 4 Dec. "
Brooklyn navy- yard purchased for the U. S. ; price paid,
$40.000 5 Feb. 1801
Settlement of Brooklyn incorporated as a fire-district.. . .2 Apr. "
St. Ann's church, Episcopal, built 1805
Interment with military and civic honors in 13 coffins, one to
represent each state, of the bones of the martyrs of the British
prison ships, in a vault erected by the Tammany Society,
in Jackson St., adjoining the navy-yard 26 May, 1808
Loisian Semi nary established, to teach poor children " reading,
writing, arithmetic, knitting, and sewing gratis " 1813
First steam ferry-boat, the Nassau, com mences running between
Brooklyn and New York 10 May, 1814
Brooklyn Sunday-school Union Society organized 8 Apr. 1816
That portion of Brooklyn included in the fire-district of 1801,
incorporated as a village by act 12 Apr. "
First district school. No. 1, opened on lower floor of Thomas
Kirk's printing-office, with 73 scholars (school conducted
on the Lancasterian plan and soon removed to cor. Concord
and Adams sts.) 6 May, "
Corporate seal adopted 27 June, "
Village trustees sue Jacob Patchen, for refusing to relay the
pavement in front of his house in Old Ferry st Dec. "
Old Ferry st. renamed Fulton st June, 1817
First Episcopal Sunday-school opened spring of 1818
Guy's "Snow Scene of Brooklyn " preserved in the Brooklyn
Institute, painted 1^20
Daily mail to New York and Jamaica established May,
First village directory pub. by Alden Spooner May, 1822
[An incomplete list of residents in Brooklyn appeared in a
New York city directory issued in 1796.]
Corner-stone of the first Roman Catholic church (St. James's)
laid in .Jay st 25 July, ''
Fire department of the village of Brooklyn incorporated, 16 Apr. 1823
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First Presbyterian church incorporated, 13 Mch. 1822, and
brick chun-h in Cranberry st. dedicated 20 Apr.
Brooklyn receives (Vuni the stale $413.13 for its share of the
public-school lund
Apprentices' Library Association organized, 7 Aug., and consti-
tution adopte*! U Aug.
Yellow-fever epidemic 22 Aug. -22 Sept.
St James church dedicated 28 Aug.
First liiiptist church incorporated 15 Oct
Corner-stone of new St Ann's church laid 31 Mch.
Long Island bank incorporated with capital stock $300,000. by
act 1 Apr.
Board of Health established 9 'Apr.
Village watch organized and municipal court established
Corner-stone of the Apprentices' Library laid by gen. Lafayette,
4 July,
[It stood on the cor. of Cranberry and Henry sts. , afterwards
occupied by the armory buildings, and conUiined the village
trustees' room and the postofBce, and was used for preach-
ing service by Elias Hicks and others.]
First parade of the lire department 4 July,
Brooklyn Savings-bank chartered 7 Apr
Village of Williamsburg incorporated 14 Apr.
First night-boat on the Fulton ferry commences running,
28 Sept
Brooklyn Amphitheatre erected on Fulton st, below Concord,
and opened by an equestrian company 10 July,
Explosion of the powder-magazine of the steam frigate Fulton
at ilio navy yard; 33 killed, 29 wounded 4 June,
Protostaiit (n-phau Asylum Society instituted (incorporated
18;<.-.)
Roman Catholic Orphan asylum opened in a house on Jay st. .
Brooklyn incorporated as a city 8 Apr.
George Hall elected by the board 'of aldermen, first mayor,
20 May,
First steam railway in Brooklyn, the Brooklyn and Jamaica
railroad, completed and opened 18 Apr.
Comer-stone of the city-hall laid (completed 1849) 28 Apr.
Musical instruction introduced in district school No. 1, by
Theodore Dwight
Brooklyn Orphan asylum, opened 1833, incorporated 13 Feb
1835, and corner-stoneof building in Cumberland st laid, 6 Oct,
Greenwood cemetery incorporated
First lodge of Odd Fellows in Brooklyn organized; Brooklyn
Lodge No. 26 12 Nov.
First election of mayor by the people; Cyrus P. Smith chosen,
14 Apr.
First burial in Greenwood cemetery; John Hanna, near the
base of Ocean hill 5 Sept
Brooklyn Eagle, daily, established 26 Oct
Board of Education ofthecity of Brooklyn created by act, 23 Mch.
Line of omnibuses established between Fulton ferry and E.
Brooklyn Sept
Riot between native Americans and Irish 4 Apr.
Atlantic Dock Company organized, 8 July, 1840; dock construc-
tion begun, 3 June, 1841, and building of first warehouse
begun 25 May,
Long Island railroad tunnel in Atlantic st opened to travel,
3 Dec.
Holy Trinity church, cor. Clinton and Montague sts., erected. .
Improvement of Washington park begun
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher begins his pastorate in Plymouth
church < 10 Oct
Brooklyn Times established as the Williamsburg Daily Times,
28 Feb.
€as first introduced in Brooklyn 27 Mch.
Last of 9000 piles for the Brooklyn dry dock driven 12 May,
Fire breaks out on Fulton st. near Sands, burns over 7 blocks;
loss over $1,500,000; 3 churches and the post office burned.
9 Sept.
Cypress Hills cemetery dedicated 21 Nov.
Cholera epidemic; 642 deaths, or one to every 155 inhabitants,
29 May-22 Sept.
Cemetery of the Evergreens incorporated 3 Oct
Plymouth church burned, 13 Jan. 1849; corner-stone of new
building laid, 29 May, 1849; house first occupied by the con-
gregation 6 Jan.
Brooklyn museum, cor. Fulton and Orange sts., opened, 1 July,
Police department organized; John S. Folk, chief of police
Williamsburg chartered as a city 7 Apr.
Brooklyn Heights Seminary established by prof Alonzo Gray,
LL.D
Brooklyn City hospital incorporated, 8 May, 1845; corner-
stone of building on old fort Greene laid, 11 June, 1851, and
centre building completed and opened 28 Apr.
Packer Collegiate Institute incorporated under name of the
Brooklyn Female Academy, 1845, and first building dedicated,
4 May. 1846. Building destroyed by fire, 1 Jan. 1853, and
interest therein transferred to the Brooklyn Polytechnic In-
stitute
Brooklyn Young Men's Christian As.sociation organized. .Sept
Pierrepont house, cor. Montague and Hicks sts., oi)ened. .May,
Brooklyn City Railroad Company, incorporated 17 Dec. 18.53,
and first street-cars run 3 July,
Packer Collegiate Institute; new buildings erected and opened,
11 Sept
Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute incorporated
and opened
Williamsburg and Bushwick annexed to Brooklyn (act of leg-
islature, 17 Apr. 1854) 1 Jan.
New building of the Brooklyn City hospital opened 31 Jan.
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Truant Home founded, 12 Apr. 1853 ; opened 1856
Plan prepared by William J. McAlpine for supply of water to
the city adopted, 28 Apr. 1853, and inaugural celebration of
building of reservoir in Prospect park occurs 31 July, "
Board of sewer commissioners created 15 Apr. 1857
Philharmonic Society of Brooklyn organized 5 May, '>
Mercantile Library Association organized, 17 Dec. 1857, and
library opened with 7000 volumes 7 May, 1858
Long Island College hospital opened May, "
Apprentices' Library sold to the city for $11,000 (1836), occupied
until the completion of the city-hall (1848) as the city building ;
torn down and replaced by the city armory buildings "
Plans for sewerage and drainage system reported and adopted,
16 Apr. 1859
Water from Ridgewood reservoir first let into the city mains,
4 Dec. 1858; event celebrated by the city 28 Apr. "
Boiler explosion in hat factory on Nostrand ave., between
Myrtle and Park aves. ; out of 35 persons in the building at
the time, 9 killed and 18 wounded 7 a.m., 3 Feb. 1860
Brooklyn Art Association instituted 5 Jan. 1861
Brooklyn Academy of Music erected at a cost of over $206,000;
opened 15 Jan. "
Corner-stone of the new county courthouse (completed Mch.
1865) laid 20 May, 1862
Long Island Historical Society, organized 10 Mch. 1863 ; incor-
porated Apr. 1863
Park theatre, Fulton st, the first regularly established theatre
in Brooklyn, opened with the comedy by Buckstone, " Mar-
ried Life " 14 Sept "
Brooklyn and Long Island fair; net result $402,943.74; held,
22 Feb. -8 Mch. 1864
Construction of the Erie Basin and Brooklyn Basin begun, June, "
Standard- Union established "
Brooklyn Academy of Design instituted • 1866
Distribution of medals prepared by order of the common coun-
cil, to every Brooklyn soldier who had returned from the
war with an honorable record 25 Oct "
Corner-stone of Roman Catholic cathedral on Lafayette ave.,
between Clermont and Vanderbilt aves., laid by bishop
Loughlin 21 June, 1868
Mercantile Library building, corner-stone laid, 27 Oct 1867;
opened 18 Jan. 1869
John A. Roebling, b. Prussia, 12 June, 1806; d 22 July, "
[Designerof the Brooklyn Bridge.]
Metropolitan paid fire department created "
Prospect park provided for by act of legislature, 17 Apr. 1860;
improvements begun, June, 1866; completed about 1871
City ambulance service organized 1873
New city charter , June, "
Tabernacle Presbyterian church destroyed by fire, Dec. 1872,
and new^ tabernacle erected and dedicated 22 Feb. 1874
Brooklyn theatre burned; 295 lives lost 5 Dec. 1876
Ground broken for municipal building, 21 June, 1876; first
occupied May, 1878
Electric light introduced in Brooklyn by F. Loeser in his store
on Fulton st 14 Dec. "
Farewell service in old St Ann's church 1880
[It was demolished to make way for the approach to the
Brooklyn bridge.]
New building of Long Island Historical Society opened, 2 Nov. "
St Mary's General hospital, corner-stone laid, 12 Oct. 1879;
opened for reception of patients 17 Dec. 1882
Work on Brooklyn bridge begun, 3 Jan. 1870, and bridge opened
(Bridges) 24 May, 1883
Panic on Brooklyn bridge; 12 killed, many injured 30 May, "
Brooklyn elevated railway opened 14 May, 1885
Training-school for teachers opened (Brooklyn Institute) "
Brooklyn Citizen, daily, established 1886
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher d 8 Mch. 1887
Street-railway strike and tie-up begins 26 Jan. 1889
Brooklyn Tabernacle destroyed by fire 13 Oct "
Dr. Lyman Abbott installed pastor of Plymouth church, 16 Jan. 1890
New Brooklyn Tabernacle completed 25 Apr. 1891
Statue of Henry Ward Beecher unveiled 24 June, "
New Brooklyn Tabernacle destroyed by fire May, 1894
Street-railway (trolley) strike and tie-up begins 10 Jan., and
terminates 2 Mch 1895
MAYORS.
Samuel S. Powell 1857
Martin Kalbfleisch 1861
Alfred M. Wood 1864
Samuel Booth 1806
Martin Kalbfleisch 1868
Samuel S. Powell 1872
John W. Hunter 1874
Fred. A. Schroeder 1876
James Howell 1878
SethLow 1882
Daniel D. Whitney 1886
Alfred C. Chapin 1888
David A. Boody 1892
Charles A. Schieren 1894
George Hall 1834
Jonathan, Trotter 1835
Jeremiah Johnson 1837
Cyrus P. Smith 1839
Henry C. Murphy 1842
Joseph Sprague 1843
Thomas T. Talmage 1845
Francis B. Stryker 1846
Edward Cojjeland 1849
Samuel Smith. , 18.50
Conklin Brush 1851
Edward A. Lambert 1853
George Hall 1855
Brook§, Preston S. Representative from S. C, 34th
Congress. United States, 1856.
Brother Jonathan, origin of. Connecticut, 1769.
hroug'ham, a popular vehicle said to have been in-
vented in 1839, and adopted by lord Brougham.
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Brown, Fort, a work partly completed by the Americans
on the Rio Grande, opposite Matamoras, in the spring of 1846,
and commanded by major Brown, for whom it was named. It
was cannonaded from Matamoras on 3 May, 1846. Major Brown
was mortally wounded. Gen. Taylor marched from Point
Isabel and relieved it after a cannonade and bombardment of
160 hours. This was the opening of the Mexican VVak.
BrO\rn In§titUte, Battersea, Engl., with a hospital
for quadrupeds and birds useful to man, established by a be-
quest of Thomas Brown, of Dublin ; first professor. Dr. Burdon-
Sanderson; opened 2 Dec. 1871. Dr. Greenfield, professor,
Dec. 1878.
Bro WIl'§ Ferry, Tenn. Chattanooga Campaign,
27 Oct. 1863.
Bro-wn'S (John) iniUrrection. An attempt of
John Brown to incite the slaves of the south to assert their
freedom b}' force. Brown had been zealous in making Kansas
a free state, and was known as a bitter enemy of slavery.
Kansas, 1855-56. He brought a few followers to near Harper's
Ferry, Va., in the summer of 1859, secretly collecting arms and
ammunition to arm the slaves whom he expected to join him.
His party, 23 in number, 17 white and 6 colored men, on Sunday
night, 16 Oct. 1859, entered the village of Harper's Ferry about
half-past 10 p.m., seized without opposition the government
armory and railroad bridge, and had the place in their power
before* daylight. Brown arrested many principal citizens as
hostages; a desultory combat ensued as soon as the citizens
procured arms, and by the afternoon of the 17th Brown was on
the defensive and cut off from escape. Still he successfully re-
sisted every attempt to dislodge him from the armory. In the
afternoon col. Robert E. Lee arrived from Washington with 90
U. S. marines and 2 pieces of artillery, too late for attack. On
the morning of the 18th Brown, still refusing to surrender,
although but 4 of his men remained unhurt, an attack was made
onthearmoryandit was easily forced. In the final attack Brown
was severely wounded. The following shows the fate of each of
the participants in this enterprise. The survivors captured
were tried at Charlestown, Va., and executed as follows :
John Brown, leader, b. 8 May, 1800 hung 2 Dec. 1859
JohnE.Cook " 1« Dec. "
Edwin Coppoc " " " "
John A. Copeland, negro " " " "
Shields Green, negro " ^' " "
Aaron C. Stephens " 16Mch. 1860
Albert Hazlett " " " "
John Henry Kagi killed at Harper's Ferry
Watson Brown, son of John " " " "
Oliver Brown, son of John " " " "
William H. Leeman " " " "
Jeremiah G. Anderson. " " " "
William Thompson " " " "
Dauphin Thompson " " " "
Stewart Taylor " " " "
Dangerfleld Newby, negro " " " "
Lewis Leary, negro " " " "
Charles Plummer Tidd escaped
Owen Brown "
Barclay Coppoc "
Francis Jackson Merriam "
Osborn P. Anderson, negro "
John Anderson, negro "
Browniail motion, so called from Robert Brown,
the celebrated botanist, who in 1827, by the aid of the micro-
scope, observed in drops of dew a motion of minute particles
which at first was attributed to rudimentary life, but was after-
wards decided to be due to currents occasioned by inequalities
of temperature and evaporation.
BrOWniniS; Society, of England, for the study of
the works of Robert Browning, the poet, was organized by F.
J. Furnivall and Miss Hickey. It held its first meeting in
London, 28 Oct. 1881.
BrowniitS or Barroivi§t§, the first Independ-
ents, named after Robert Brown, a schoolmaster in Southwark,
about 1580. Henry Penry, Henry Barrow, and other Brown-
ists were cruelly executed for alleged sedition, 29 May, 1593.
t)f this sect was Mr. Robinson, elder Brewster, and the congre-
gation that settled at Plymouth, Mass., 1620.
BrownitOWn, Mich., 26 miles below Detroit. Here
2(\0 Ohio volunteers, under major Van Home, were defeated
by some British and Indians on 4 Aug. 1812. The Americans
lost 17 killed and 8 wounded.
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Bruee'§ travel§. James Bruce, the " Abyssinian
traveller," set out in June, 1768, to discover the source of the
Nile. Proceeding first to Cairo, he navigated the Nile to
Syene, thence crossed the desert to the Red sea, and, arriving
at Jedda, passed some months in Arabia Felix, and, after va-
rious detentions, reached Gondar, the capital of Abyssinia, in
Feb. 1770. On 14 Nov. 1770, he obtained asight of the sources
of the Blue Nile.
" A wanderer proudly stood
Beside the well-spring, deep and lone,
Of Egypt's awful flood."
— Hemans, " Bruce at the source of the Nile."
He returned to England in 1773, and died 27 Apr. 1794.
Brilge§, Belgium, in the 7th century, was capital of
Flanders, and in the 13th and 14th centuries almost the com-
mercial metropolis of the world. It suftered much through au
insurrection in 1488, and the consequent repression. It was
subjected to France in 1794, to the Netherlands in 1814, and
to Belgium in 1830.
" In the market-place ot Bruges stands the belfrey, old and
brown ;
Thrice consumed and thrice rebuilded. still it watches o'er the
town. —Longfelloiv, "The Belfrey of Bruges."
Brumaire revolution. Directory.
Brunanburg (supposed by some to be near Ford,
Northumberland). Anlaf, with an army pf Northmen from
Ireland, and Constantine HI., king of Scots, landed at the
mouth of the Humber, and were defeated with very great
slaughter at Brunanburg by Athelstan, 937.
Brundisium, now Brin'di§i, a seaport on the
Adriatic sea, S. Italy, a Greek city, taken by the Romans, 267
B.C. ; and made a colony, 244. Here Virgil died, 22 Sept. 19
B,c. Since the establishment of the overland route to India
it has become, as the terminus of the Mount Cenis and other
railroad routes, a great point of departure of passengers for
the East.
Briinn, capital of Moravia since 1641 ; was entered by
the French under Murat, 18 Nov. 1805; and by the Prussians,
13 July, 1866.
BrunS'iW'icii, House of. The duchy of Brunswick, in
Lower Saxony, was conquered by Charlemagne, and governed
afterwards by counts and dukes. Albert-Azzo II., marquess
of Italy and lord of Este, died in 1097, and left by his wife
Cunegonde (heiress of Guelph, duke of Carinthia in Bavaria),
a son, Guelph, who was invited into Germany by Imitza, his
mother-in-law, and invested with all the possessions of his
wife's step-father, Guelph of Bavaria. Bavaria. His de-
scendant, Henry the Lion, married Maud, daughter of Henry
II. of England, and founded the Brunswick family. His do-
minions were very extensive ; but, having refused to assist the
emperor Frederick Barbarossa against pope Alexander III.,
through the emperor's resentment was proscribed at the diet
at Wurtzburg, in 1180. The duchy of I3avaria was given to
Otho of Wittelsbach, ancestor of the family of Bavaria ; the
duchy of Saxony to Bernard Ascanius, founder of the house of
Anhalt; his other territories to different persons. He retired
to England ; but, at the intercession of Henry II., Brunswick
and Luneburg were restored to him. The house of Brunswick
in 1409 divided into several branches. Brunswick was included
by Napoleon in the kingdom of Westphalia in 1806, but was
restored to the duke in 1815. Area, 1441 sq. miles. Pop. in
1871,312,170; in 1876, 327,493 ; in 1890, 372,580. Brunswick
joined the North German Confederation, 18 Aug. 1866.
DUKES OF BRUNSWICK.
1136. Henry, duke of Bavaria.
1139. Henry the Lion (son).
1195. Henry the Long and William (sons).
1213. Otho I. (son of William).
1252. Albert I. (son of preceding).
1278. Albert II. (son).
1318. Otho, Magnus L, and Ernest (sons).
1368. Magnus II. [Torquatus (son of Magnus L)].
dukes of brunswick-wolfenbuttel.
First Branch.
1409. Henry L (son of Magnus II.).
1416. William I. and Henry IL (sons).
1482. Frederic and William II. ) g^^g ^j ^jUiam L
1495. Henry III. and Eric. )
1514. Henry IV. (son of Henry II.).
1568. Julius (son of preceding).
Bril$§el§, once capital of Austrian Brabant, now of
Belgium (since 1831), founded by St. Gery, of Cambray, in
the 7th century, is celebrated for fine lace, carpets, and tapes-
try. The Hotel de Ville has a turret 364 ft. in height; and on
its top is a copper figure of St. Michael, 17 ft. high, which
turns with the wind. Pop. 1890, 448,088. Belgium.
Cathedral of St. Gudule (begun 1010 ? ) completed 1273
Made capital of the Low Countries 1507
Ruled tyrannically by Alva 1567
" Union of Brussels " to expel the Spaniards 1577-T8
Bombarded by marshal Villeroi ; 14 churches and 10,000 houses
destroyed , Aug. 1695
Taken by the French, 1701; by Marlborough, 17(»6; by Saxe, 16
Feb. 174:6 ; and by Dumouriez Nov. 1792
Revolution commences 25 Aug. 1830
Maritime conference to obtain uniform meteorological observa-
tions held here 1853
International philanthropic congress Sept. 1856
" association for social sciences meet... 22-25 Sept. 1862
Brussels Conference. The Society for the Amelioration of the
Condition of Prisoners of War sent circulars (dated 28 Mch.)
to the great powers. On 17 Apr. Russia issued a programme
for the conference, consisting of 71 articles, embracing all the
" usages of war." Lord Derby (for Great Britain), in a de-
spatch, declined the discussion of international law, 4 July.
Gen. sir Alfred Horsford was sent delegate for Great Britain
without active powers, reserving liberty of action. Congress
opened 27 July ; baron Jomini (from Russia) president.
United States not represented. Sittings were secret. Con-
ference closed without important results, 28 Aug. 1874. Brit-
ish report published in London Gazette 24 Oct. 1874
Belgian industrial exhibition opened 5 Sept. "
International exhibition of objects relating to public health
and safety, opened by the king, 26 June; congress met
27 Sept. -2 Oct. 1876
International congress of commerce and industry. . .6-10 Sept. 1880
Antislavery conference meets 18 Nov. 1889
Arrival of Stanley ; entertained by the king 19-25 Apr. 1890
Bruttium, now Calabria Olta, S. Italy. The
Bruttians and Lucanians defeated and slew Alexander of
Epirus at Pandosia, 326 B.C. Thev were conquered by Rome,
277.
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1689. Henry Julius (son).
1613. Frederic Ulric (son), died without issue.
Second Branch.
16S4 Augustus (son of Henry of Luneburg).
1868. Rwiolph Augustus ; associated his brother, Anthony Ulric, in
the govornmeut. from l(i85 ; d. 1704.
1704. Anthony Ulric now ruled alone ; became a Roman Catholic in
1710; d. in 1714.
1714. Augustus William (son).
1731. Lewis Rodolph (brother).
1735. Fertlinand Albert, duke of Brunswick-Bevern. marrH'd Antoi-
nette Amelia, daughter of Lewis Rodolph, and succeeded him.
" Charles (son).
1T80. Charles William Ferdinand (son) ; a great general (served
under his uncle Ferdinand in the 7 years' war, 1756-(W);
married princess Augusta of Kngland; mortally wounded
at Auerstadt, 14 Oct., d. 10 Nov. 1806 ; succeeded by his
fourth sou (his elder sons, being blind, abdicated).
1806. William Frederick, whose authority practically began with
the battle of Leipsic-Oct 1813; foil at Quatre-Bras, com-
manding the avantgardo under the duke of Wellington, 16
June, 1815; succeeded by his eldest son.
1815. Charles Frederick William (eccentric); assumed government,
30 Oct. 1823. [Revolution at Brunswick; the duke (declared
incapable of reigning by the German diet) retired to England,
7 Sept. 1830 ; died at Geneva, bequeathing his immense
property to that city, 18 Aug. 1873.]
1830. William (brother); b. 25 Apr. 1806; succeeded provisionally,
7 Sept. 1830 ; and, on the demand of the German diet,
definitively, 20 Apr. 1831; unmarried. (His palace was de-
stroyed by fire, 24 Feb. 1865.) His jubilee celebrated 25 Apr.
1881; d. 17 Oct. 1884.
1884. Prince Albert of Prussia, nephew of the emperor, elected, 21
Oct. 1885.
DUKES OF BRUNSWICK-LUNEBURG.
1409. Bernard (son of Magnus II., duke of Brunswick; see a^ove).
1434. Otho and Frederic (his sous).
1478. Henry (son of Otho).
1532. Ernest I. (son of Otho). His sons were
1546. Henry (founder of second branch of Brunswick- Wolfenbuttel)
and William, whose seven sons cast lots to determine who
should marry. The lot fell on George, sixth son. Four of
the brothers reigned, viz. :
1592. Ernest II. ]
len. Christian. I .
1633. Augustus. f "" '^^"®-
1636. Frederic II. J
1648. Christian Lewis (son of George above mentioned).
1665. George William (brother of Christian Lewis), d. in 1705,
leaving as heiress Sophia Dorothea, his daughter, who
married in 1682 her cousin, prince George Lewis of Han-
over, afterwards George I. of England (son of Ernest of
Hanover, youngest son of the above mentioned George).
Ha.nover, England.
BUD
bubble conipanie!!*. Co.mi'anies, Law .s . .bble,
South Ska Bubble.
bUC'caneerii, piratical adventurers, French, English,
and Dutch, who began plundering Spaniards of America soon
after the latter had taken possession of this continent and the
West Indies. Their numbers were much increased by a 12
years' truce between the Spaniards and Dutch in 1609, when
many discharged sailors joined the buccaneers. The first levy
of ship-money in England, in 1636, was for chastising these
pirates. The principal commanders of the first buccaneers were
Montbar, I^lonois, Basco, and Morgan. Van Horn, of Ostend,
captured Vera Cruz, 1603 ; Morgan took Panama, 1670; Gra-
mont seized Campeachy, 1685 ; and Pointis took Carthagena,
1697 ; all gained enormous booty. The buccaneer confederacy
was broken up through the peace of Kyswick, 10 Sept. 1697.
Bucen'taiir, the vessel in which the doge of Venice
wedded the Adriatic, from the 12th to the 18th centur\'.
Bll'Chare§t, Wallachia. Preliminaries of peace were
ratified here between Russia and Turkey, agreeing on the
Pruth as their frontier, 28 May, 1812. Subsequent war be-
tween these powers altered many provisions of this treaty.
Bucharest was occupied by Russians, Turks, and Austrians,
successively, in the Crimean war. The last quitted it in 1856.
It is now capital of Roumania, established 26 Mch. 1881.
Buckingham palace, the London residence of the
English sovereign. Old Buckingham house was built on the
" Mulberry gardens," by John Sheffield, duke of Buckingham,
in 1703. In 1761 it was bought by George III., who in 1775
settled it on his queen, Charlotte. She made it her town res-
idence ; and here all her children, except the eldest, were born.
Here were married the duke of York and princess Frederica of
Prussia, in 1791 ; the duke of Gloucester and princess Mary,
1816; the prince of Hesse-Homburg, and princess Elizabeth,
1818; and the duke of Cambridge and princess of Hesse the
same year. The house was pulled down in 1825, and the present
palace begun on its site. After an expenditure of nearly a
million sterling it was completed, and occupied by queen
Victoria, 13 Julv, 1837. Further improvements were made in
1853. The marble arch, from the exterior of this palace, was
re-erected at Cumberland Gate, Hyde park, 29 Mch. 1851.
bUCkleri (shields intended to parry blows but not so
large as to cover the body), used in single combat, are said to
have been invented by Proetus and Acricius of Argos, about
1370 B.C. Lucius Papirius defeated the Samnites, taking from
them bucklers of gold and silver, 309 b.c.
buckles were worn instead of shoe-strings in the reign
of Charles II., and became fashionable and expensive ; about
1791 they fell out of use. Ornamental buckles became fash-
ionable, 1873,
Buckshot 'war. Pennsylvania, 1838.
Buda or Ofen, the ancient Aquincum, on the west
bank of the Danube, opposite Pesth, and with it (termed Buda-
Pesth) the capital of Hungary. It was taken by Charlemagne
in 799; and sacked by Solyman II. after the battle of Mohacz,
when the Hungarian king, Louis, was killed and 200,000 of his
subjects carried away captives, 1526. Buda was sacked a second
time, the inhabitants were put to the sword, and Hungary an-
nexed to the Ottoman empire, 1541. Retaken by imperialists,
under the duke of Lorraine, and Mahometans delivered up to
the fury of the soldiers, 1686. It suffered much in 1848; was
entered without resistance by the Austrians, 5 Jan. 1849;
stormed, 20 May ; given up by Russians to Austrians, July,
1849. Here the emperor Francis Joseph was crowned king
of Hungary, 8 June, 1867. Hungary. Buda-Pesth made
capital of Hungary, Nov. 1873.
Buddhism, the chief religion in Asia beyond the
Ganges, and in China, Japan, and Ceylon, originated with
Gautama Siddartha, the Sakya Muni, generally termed Bud-
dha, or " the enlightened," a prince of Kapalivastu, in central
India, said to have been born 623, and to have died 543 b.c.
In July. 594 b.c, disgusted with the behavior of the Brahmins, he
retired from the world for a time, and, on coming forth, preached
a new religion so successfully that it predominated in India till
the 10th century, a.d.
Buddhism inculcates strict morality; forbids killing, stealing, adul-
tery, lying, and drunkenness, even in purpose and thought, and
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declu^j charity or love to be the source of virtue. Some writers
assert that Buadhisin includes belief in the transmigration of souls,
and the absorption of the good into God, from whom they have
emanated; others reckon annihilation or eternal sleep (the Nir-
vana) among Buddhist tenets.
A form of Buddhism, the religion of F6, exists in China, besides
the systems of Confucius and Laot se. It is said to have been
introduced in the reign of Ming-ti, a.d. 68-Hl.
<'Le Bouddha et Ses Religions," by M. J. B. St. Hilaire, was pub.
in 1860. T. Rhyl Davids's "Buddhism," in 1878.
Buddhists in the world are estimated at 455,000,000.
Sir Edwin Arnold's " Light of Asia," a poem, 1879.
JSllde lig^ht (named from Biide, in Cornwall, Engl.,
the residence of Mr. — afterwards sir Goldsworthy — Gurney,
its inventor) consists of 2 or more concentric argand gas-
burners, one rising above another, like petals in a rose, pro-
ducing a brilliant flame. Its illuminating powers were in-
creased by subjecting manganese, etc., to the flame, producing
oxygen and hydrogen gas. This light was patented 1839 and
1841.
budg^Ct (from the Fr. bougette, Lat. bitlga, a small bag),
a terra applied to the English chancellor of exchequer's
annual statement of the finances of the country, the docu-
ments having been formerly presented in a leather bag. In
the United States the sec. of the treasury has made an annual
report to Congress of receipts and expenditures of the govern-
ment since 1790. In 1789 the House of Representatives ap-
pointed a committee to see that the government is supplied
with sufficient revenues, and to devise waj's and means for
obtaining it, whence the name of •' Ways and Means Commit-
tee." In 1865 the duties of this committee had become ex-
cessive, and a committee of appropriations was appointed to
share the work. Estimates for appropriations are prepared
by the heads of the several departments and bureaus of the
public service for the year ending 30 June, but are often re-
duced by the House. No a[)propriatious can be made for pur-
poses not sanctioned by the Constitution. Appropriations
OF Congress.
Buena Vista, Battle of, 22 and 23 Feb. 1847. Gen.
Taylor, with only about 5000 men (500 regulars), confronted
a Mexican army of 20,000 under gen. Santa Anna, near San
Luis Potosi. There was slight skirmishing on the 22d, but
on the morning of the 23d the battle opened. The Amer-
icans held the field, and that night the Mexicans withdrew,
leaving their dead and wounded. The Americans lost 267
killed, 456 wounded, and 23 missing ; the Mexicans lost near-
ly 2000, leaving 500 dead on the field. Mexican War.
Buenos Ayres {bway'nos Vrez), a province of S.
America, now part of the Argentine Republic, was explored
by Sebastian Cabot in 1526, and the capital, Buenos Ayres,
founded by don Pedro de Mendoza in 1535. In 1585 the city
was rebuilt and recolonized, and made a bishopric, 1620,
and a viceroyalty, 1775. La Plata, the -new capital of the
province, founded 24 Nov. 1882 ; made seat of government,
Apr. 1884. Pop. of the province in 1888, 3,793,800; city,
500,000. Argentine Confederation.
A British fleet and army, under sir Home Popham and gen. Ber-
esford, take the city easily, 27 June ; it is retaken by the
Spaniards, 12 Aug. ; by the British 29 Oct. 1806
Montevideo stormed by sir Samuel Auchmuty, 3 Feb. ; evacu-
ated 7 July, 1807
Gen. Whitelock and 8000 British enter Buenos Ayres; repulsed
with loss 5 July^ "
Independence declared 19 July 1816
Recognized as part of the Argentine confederation Feb.' 1822
[A prey to civil war through the intrigues of Rosas, Oribe,
Urquiza, and others, for many years.]
Urquiza overthrows Rosas; is provisional dictator 1851
Oribe defeated by gen. Urquiza, to whom Buenos Ayres capitu-
„ lates 3 Feb. 1852
Rosas flees, arrives at Plymouth, Engl 25 Apr. "
Urquiza deposed, 10 Sept. ; invests the city; after some suc-
cesses retires Dec. "
Constitution voted '.'.'.* .'.23 May. 1853
Buenos Ayres secedes from the Argentine confederation, and
is independent; 1st governor. Dr. D. Pastor Obligado, elected,
_ ,^ , 12 Oct. "
Dr. Valentin Alsina elected governor May, 1857
Warbreaksout; Urquiza,gen.oftheArgentineconfederatiou,has
an mdecisive conflict with the Buenos Ayres gen. Mitre, 23 Oct. 1859
Buenos Ayres is reunited by treaty with the Argentine con-
federation 11 ^'ov. "
Fresh contests: Mi^re defeats Urquiza in an almost bloodless
contest at Pavon ; Urquiza retires 17 Sept. 1861
National congress at Buenos Ayres 25 May, 1862
Mitre installed president 12 Oct "
BUF
Jesuits' college and archbishop's palace burned, priests killed
by a mob; martial law proclaimed 28 Feb. 1875
International exhibition May 1890
Buffalo. N. Y., situated at the eastern end of lake Erie
and at the western terminus of the Erie canal, lat. 42"^ 53',
long. 78° 55', is the 3d city in the state in wealth and pop-
ulation, and the 11th in the U. S. Pop. 1810, 1,508 ; 1820,
2,095; 1840,18,213; 1860,81,129; 1880,155,134; 1890,255,-
664. Area, 42 sq. miles.
Griffin sails past the future site of Buffalo, 7 Aug 1679
First dwelling built on the site of Buffalo by Corne'lius winne' 1789
Buff'alo laid out as "New Amsterdam," by the Holland Land
Company jgOll
Bufl^alo creek made a port of entry 3 Mch 1806
Subscription for first school-house, $127.87J^, raised." "30 Mch" I8O7I
Town of Buff'alo established
Laud deeded to county for first court-house ! .21 Nov.
Black Rock made a port of entry ..." ." igll '
First newspaper, the Buffalo Gazette, now the Commercial Ad-
vertiser, started 3 o^t. "
First church (Presbyterian) organized by the rev. Mr. Osgood,
2 Feb. 1812
Incorporated a village 2 Apr. 1813
Buffalo and Black Rock burned by British and Indians, 30 Dec. "
[This force, under command of lieut-gen.Drummond, ad-
vanced to nearly opposite Black Rock, 29 Dec. ; during the
night gen. Riall crossed the river with about 1000 British,
Canadians, and Indians, 2 miles below Black Rock; next day-
he was reinforced by about 800 British regulars. Americans
numbered about 2000 men— militia— under gen. Amos HalL
During the night of the 29th nearly half of them decamped
and the remainder made a poor defence, so that Black Rock
and Buff'alo were soon in possession of the British; when
they withdrew, but 4 buildings were left, the rest had been
burned.]
Village reorganized I8I6
First library organized 10 Dec. 1816
St. Pauls parish organized 10 Feb. 1817
First vessel registered 26 May, "
First steamboat, Walk-in-the-Water, on lake Erie, built at Black
Rock, and launched 28 May, 1818
[Although a steam vessel, a yoke of oxen was used in get-
ting the boat into the lake from Black Rock.]
Steamer's first trip to Detroit 23 Aug. "
First church built (Methodist) 24 Jan. 1819
First work on Buff'alo harbor 1820
Steamer Walk-in-the-Water wrecked 1 Nov. 1821
New charter 1822
First Presbyterian church built 1823
Lafayette visits Buff'alo 4 June, 1825
Execution of the "Three Thayers " for the murder of .lohn
Love, near Buff'alo. Dec. 1H24 17 June, "
First billiard table made in the state, by B. I. Staats. .21 June, "
Erie canal opened for navigation 26 Oct. "
Ship Michigan descends Niagara Falls (New York) 8 Sept. 1827
Buffalo Republican (dem. ), a pioneer of the Courier, established, 1828
Universalist and Unitarian churches organized. 1831
Incorporated as a city 20 Apr. 1832
[Kbenezer Johnson, first mayor.]
Daily Star, now the Courier, the oldest daily in the city,
started Apr. 1834
First issue of the Daily Commercial Advertiser 1 Jan. 1835
Eagle Street theatre opened 21 July, "
First railroad, " Buffalo and Niagara Falls;" locomotive put on,
19 Aug. 1836
Young Men's Association incorporated 3 Mch. 1837
Western Literary Messenger started 1841
[Ceased 1857.]
Burning of steamboat Erie, 33 miles out, 249 lives lost, 9 Aug. "
Buff'alo Board of Trade organized 18 Jan. 1844
[Incorporated, 7 Mch. 1857.]
Great flood in lower part of city 18 Oct. "
University of Buff'alo incorporated 11 May, 1846
Bank of Attica established at Attica, 1836; removed to Buffalo, "
Morning Express first issued 14 Jan. "
Diocese of Buff'alo (Catholic) established 1847
St Louis' church (Catholic) dedicated 21 Nov. "
Gas first manufactured 7 Nov. 1848
St John's church (Episcopal) begun, 1846; completed "
First case of cholera 30 May, 1849
[2000 deaths in 3 months.]
Old " Eagle Tavern " burned 14 Nov. "
Corner-stone of St. Paul's church laid 12 June, 1850
[Spire completed, 1870.]
Forest Lawn cemetery dedicated 15 Aug. "
Corner-stone of St. Joseph's cathedral laid 6 Feb. 1851
[Finished, 6 June, 1855.]
Jenny Lind sings at the North church 28 July, "
Buff'alo Female Academy opened 15 Sept. "
Great fire in lower part of city, 200 buildings burned. .26 Sept. "
Y. M. C. A. incorporated 9 Mch. 1852
Metropolitan theatre, now Academy of Music, opened. . . 11 Oct. "
Erie County savings-bank chartered 10 Apr. 1854
Corner-stone of the Westminster church laid 26 Aug. 1858
Grosvenor library chartered 11 Apr. 1859
First horse-car run. Main st H June, 1860
Society of Natural Sciences organized 5 Dec. 1861
Buff'alo Fine Arts Academy incorporated 4 Dec. 1862
Historical Society incorporjited 10 Jan. 1863
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TUl hoase opened. 16 Jan. 1865
American bold burned 26 Jan. "
Decoration day first observed 31 May, 1808
Normal scbool first opened 13 Sept. 1871
Corner-stone of city and county hall laid 24 June, 1872
[Completed, 1876.]
Comer-stone St^ite Insane Asylum laid 18 Sept *'
International bridge across Niagara river completed 31 Oct. 1873
Ex-president Fillmore dies 8 Mch. 1874
[Born, Caynga Co., N. Y., 7 Jan. 1800.]
Delaware Avenue Methodist Kpiscopal church dedicated, 11 Sept. 1876
U. S. life boat station opened 1 July, 1879
MfO-'geo- S. P. Heiutzelman, U. S. A., buried at Forest Lawn,
(Died at Washington, 1 May) 4 May, 1880
Brig, gea A. J. Meyer, chief signal officer, d. at Buffalo, 14 Aug. "
First issue of the Evening Xews 11 Oct. "
M. H. Birge & Co.'s manufactory destroyed by fire 17 Dec. "
[13 lives lost]
Pierce's Invalid.s' hotel burned 16 Feb. 1881
Main st first lighted by olectricity 1 July, 1882
Soldiers' monument completed 4 July, "
[85 ft. high; cost $50,000.]
Music hall (built 1883) and St Louis' church burned. , .25 Mch. 1885
[Fire began at 7.30 p.m.]
First incineration at the crematory 27 Dec. "
Great storm; part of new music, hull (in construction) blown
down ; nearly 200 persons homeless by flood 14 Oct. 1886
Natural gas introduced 1 Dec. "
Buffalo library building dedicated 7 Feb. 1887
Richmond hotel (Young .Men's As.sociation building, remodeled)
opened 21 Feb. 1887, and totally destroyed by fire, with loss
of 15 lives 18 Mch. "
Corner-stone of the Church of the Seven Dolors, cor. Genesee
and Rich sts., laid 19 June, "
Niagara hotel opened 10 Oct. "
New music hall; corner stone laid 31 May, 1886; opened with
a grand music.il festival, Walter J. Damrosch, leader, 18 Oct
1887, and formally dedicated 7 Feb. 1888
Electric motor tried experimentally on the street railroad,
10 Feb. "
St Paul's church. Episcopal, burned ; fire caused by natural
gas 9 May, "
Fort Porter begun, 1841; finished, 1844; demolished and site
graded Oct.-Nov. "
Fire starting (;or. Wells and Carroll sts., destroys 30 building.s,
burning over nearly 6 blocks; loss, $1,453,500 2 Feb. 1889
First annual commencement of the Buffalo law school, 29 May, "
Trial trip on the electric surface railroad from Cold Springs to
the park 20 July, "
Hotel Iroquois opened on site of St James's hall 2 Aug. "
New St Louis's church; corner stone laid, 30 May, 1886; dedi-
cated 25 Aug. "
Old First church and its site sold to the Erie County savings-
bank, 28 Mch. 1889, and ground broken for new bank build-
ing 11 Sept 1890
New temple, Beth Zion, dedicated 12 Sept ••
Fire destroys the clothing exchange— loss, $350,000; 2 firemen
killed by falling walls 23 Jan. 1891
Free kindergarten movement organized 12 Apr. "
New city charter goes into effect 4 Jan. 1892
Masonic temple; corner-stone laid, 26 July, 1890; dedicated,
19 Jan. "
First board of school examiners appointed 1 Feb. "
Bronze statue of Red Jacket (d. 20 Jan. 18.J2, aged 78) unveiled
in Forest Lawn cemetery 22 June, "
Failure of the National savings bank, through the defalcation,
continued for several years, of its president, Edward S. Dann,
(about $.500,000 stolen) 29 June, "
Strike of switchmen on the Erie, Lehigh Valley, and Buffalo
Creek railroads begins 14 Aug. "
7000 of the National Guard of New York state arrive to pro-
tect railroad property against destruction by strikers, 19 Aug. "
Strike declared at an end and troops, except the 4th brigade,
leave for their homes 26 Aug. "
New medical college opened ., Apr. 1893
New Erie County savings bank occupied May, "
James Wadsworth 1851
Hiram Barton 1852
Eli Cook 1853
F. P. Stevens 1856
T. T. Lockwood 1858
Franklin A. Alberger 1860
William G. Fargo 1862
C. J. Wells 1866
William F. Rogers 1868
Alexander Brush 1870
L. P. Dayton 1874
Philip Becker 1876
Solomon Scheu 1878
Alexander Brush 1880
Grover Cleveland 1882
John B. Manning 1883
Jonathan Scoville 1884
Philip Becker 1886
Charles F. Bishop 1890
Edgar B. Jewett 1895
Johnson 1832
Major A. Andrews 1833
Ebenezer Johnson 1834
Hiram Pratt 1835
Samuel Wilkeson 1836
Josiah Trowbridge 1837
Ebenezer Walden 1838
Hiram Pratt 1839
Sheldon Thompson 1840
Isaac R. Harrington 1841
George W. Clinton 1842
Joseph G. Masten 1843
William Ketchum 1844
Joseph G. Masten 1845
Solomon G. Haven 1846
Elbridge B. Spalding 1847
Orlando Allen 1848
Hiram Barton 1849
Henry K. Smith 1850
Buffoons were originally ntiountebanks in Roman thea-
tres. Their shows abolished by Trajan, a.d. 98. Jesteks.
Blllg[nriil, the ancient Mcesia Inferior, a principality
tributary to Turkey. The Bulgarians were a Slavonian tribe,
who harassed the Eastern empire and Italy from 499 to 678,
when they established a kingdom. They defeated Justinian
II., 687 ; but were subdued, after several conflicts, by the em-
peror Basil, in 1018. After defeating thera in 1014, and tak-
ing 15,000 Bulgarian prisoners, he caused their eyes to be put
out, leaving one eye only to every hundredth man, to conduct
his countrymen home. The kingdom was re-established in
1186; but after several changes was conquered by Bajazet
and annexed to the Ottoman empire, 1396. Bulgaria was a
chief site of the Kusso-Turkish War, 1877-78. It con-
tains 6 fatnous Turkish fortresses, Widdin, Rustchuk, Silistria,
Schumla, and Varna. Area, 38,562 sq. miles; pop. 1890,
3,154,000.
Bulgarians said to support the revolt in Hkrzegovi.va 187.5-76
Insurrection in Bulgaria cruelly suppressed (-'Bulgarian Hor-
rors," Engl.\nd, 1876). TURKKY May-Sept 1876
Zancoffand Balabanow, Bulgarian delegates, in London. .9 Oct "
Bulgaria made self-governing as a i)rincipality, tributary to
the sultan, by Bkrlin Theatv 13 July. 1878
First parliament opened at Tirnova by prince Dondoukoft'
Korsakoff"; new constitution 22 Feb. 1879
Prince Alexander of Hesse elected prince as Alexander I. ,
29 Apr. "
visits European courts; received by queen Victoria 5 June, "
Takes oath to the constitution at Tirnova 9 July "
Bulgaria said to be quitted by the Russians 17 July| "
Ministerial difficulties; Parliament dissolved 18 Dec' "
The prince announces a national assembly, and threatens to
resign 9 May, 188X
Zancoff and other liberal ministers arrested for insulting the
prince in election addresses (soon released) 21 June, "
Elections for National As.sembly; rumored coercion of voters,'
27 June et seq. "
Meeting of assembly; prince's propoisals unanimously ac-
cepted; he promises reforms and adherence to the constitu-
tion 13 July, '«
Late liberal ministers, Zankoff and Slaviekoff, arrested,
about 23 Julv, «
Prince virtually dictator; opposes Russia, who promotes a lib-
eral reaction against him; a new constitution is proposed;
National Assembly meets 16 Sept.' 1883
Prince restores Tirnova constitution ; Zunkoff minister, 20 Sept. "
Dismisses col. Redigher, war minister, and other Russian offi-
cers 26 Oct '^
Harmony with Russia restored about 15 Nov. "
Constitutional changes proposed by government adopted,
17 Dec. "
Dispute with Servia. on refugees and boundaries May-June, 1884
Declaration of war by Servia, 13 Nov. ; Bulgaria invaded by
Servia 14 Nov. 1885
Cessation of hostilities, after several engagements, through
Austrian intervention 28 Nov. "
Peace between Bulgaria and Servia signed at Bucharest, 3
Mch. ; ratified by the sultan 13 Mch. 1886
Conspiracy at Sofia; prince Alexander carried off a prisoner,
21-23 Aug. "
Provisional governmeht formed by M. Zankoff and others,
21 Aug. "
Rebel government overthrown 25 Aug. "
Prince Alexander retwrns; triumphant reception at Rustchuk;
issues a proclamation, 29 Aug.; he submits to Russia; an-
nounces his intention to abdicate, 4 Sept ; regency ap
pointed 6 Sept "
Prince Waldemar of Denmark elected prince by the Sobranje;
declined 10 Nov. "
Gen. Kaulbers, the Russian agent, and Russian consuls quit
Bulgaria 26 Nov. "
Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha invited for election as
prince of Bulgaria by delegates, 15 Dec. ; prince Nicholas of
Mingrelia recommended by Russia "
Prince Alexander definitely declines re-election 12 Junej 1887
Sobranje elect prince Ferdinand of Saxe-CoburgGotha as prince,
7 July; accepts 8 July, "
Prince Ferdinand signs constitution 14 Aug. "
Russia declares prince Ferdinand's position illegal; supported
by France and Germany; Austria, England, and Italy main-
tain reserve Feb. -Mch. 1888
Maj. Panitza and 6 others arrested on charge of plotting against
the prince and government (in 1887 et seq.) l Feb. 1890
Tried by court-martial and Panitza sentenced to be shot, and
others imprisoned from 3 to 9 years 30 May, "
Government requests of Turkey the recognition of prince
Ferdinand and the rel^ious autonomy of .Macedonian Bul-
garia 26 June, "
Maj. Panitza shot at Sofia 28 June, "
Prince Ferdinand partially recognized by the Porte 5 Feb.' 1891
PRINCES.
Alexander (.Joseph) I. (son of prince Alexander, uncle of Louis
IV., grand duke of Hesse), b. 5 Apr. 1857; elected 29 Apr. 1879
Deposed 4 Sept 1886
Ferdinand, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, b. 26 Feb. 1861 ; elected,
7 July, 1887
bull, or edict of the pope. The bulla is prop-
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erly the seal, whether of gold, silver, lead, or wax. On one
side are represented the heads of St. Peter and St. Paul, with
the letters S.PE. and S.PA., and on the other the name and
year of the pope. A bull against heresy was issued by Greg-
ory IX., in 1231. Pius V. published a bull against Elizabeth,
25 Apr. 1570 ; in 1571 bulls were forbidden to be promulgated
in England. The bull Unigenitus (beginning with this word)
against the Jansenists was issued by Clement XL, 1713 ; con-
firmed by Benedict XIII., 1725. The Golden Bull, of the
emperor Charles IV., so called from its golden seal, was made
the fundamental law of the German empire, at the diet of
Nuremberg, 1356. Pius IX. published an encyclical letter
censuring modern errors, 8 Dec. 1864. Rome, Stocks.
bull-baitin;; or bull-fig^llting^ was an amuse-
ment at Stamford, Engl., in the reign of John, 1209 ; and at
Tutbury, 1374. In the " Sports of England " we read of the
" Easter fierce hunts, when foaming boars fought for their
heads, and lusty bulls and huge bears were baited with dogs;"
and near the Clink, London, was the Paris, or bear-garden,
celebrated in the time of Elizabeth for bear-baiting, then a
fashionable amusement. A bill to suppress bull-baiting was
thrown out in the commons, chiefly through the influence of
Mr. Windham, who defended the custom, 24 May, 1802. It
was made illegal in 1835. Cruelty to Animals. Bull-
fights were introduced into Spain about 1260; and while abol-
ished " except for pious and patriotic purposes," in 1784, they
are still common there as well as in Mexico. A bull-fight at
Lisbon, attended by 10,000 spectators, on Sunday, 14 June,
1840 ; one took place at Havre, 5 July, 1868. Theatrical fights
with Spanisli bulls, at Agricultural hall, London, were stopped
28 Mch. 1870, for cruelty.
bulleti. In 1418,4000 bullets for cannon were ordered
from the quarries of Maidstone, Engl. Bullets of stone were
in use certainly as late as 1514. Iron ones are mentioned in
the " Foedera," 1550. Leaden bullets were made before 1600 a.d.
The round ball was the only form in use until 1830. The
conoidal cup rifle-ball was invented by capt. Minie in 1847 ;
a modification (conoidal without cup), by Mr. Pritchett (1853),
is used with the Enfield rifle. Many forms of bullet have
since been devised. The tendency is towards smaller diame-
ters. FlR?:-ARMS.
Bull Run campaig^n and First Battle of.
The first important campaign and battle of the civil war. Gen.
G. T. Beauregard, the confederate commander, selected the
plateau at Manassas Junction as the best position to cover
Virginia and menace Washington. .Strong in itself, it was
further strengthened by the stream " Bull Run," which cov-
ered the front. A detachment occupied Centreville, about 3
miles from Bull Run and some 30 from Washington, another
was at Fairfax Court-house, still nearer that city. The federal
army, led by gen. Irvin McDowell, but directed from Wash-
ington by lient.-gen. Winfield Scott, was ordered, 9 July, 1861,
to assume the offensive within 8 days. Gen. Robert Patterson
occupied Martinsburg, in the Shenandoah valley, with 18,000
men, while some 8000 confederates under gen. Joseph E. John-
ston were at Winchester. With the promise from gen. Scott
that Patterson would prevent Johnston from joining Beaure-
gard, McDowell advanced from Washington with 4 divisions,
16 July, 1861. The 1st division, 9936 men, brig.-gen. Daniel
Tyler commanding, had 4 brigades under col. E. D. Keyes, col.
William Tecumseh Sherman, brig.-gen. Robert Schenck, and
col. I. B. Richardson. The 2d division, 2648 men, col. David
Hunter commanding, had 2 brigades under col. Andrew Porter
and col. Ambrose E. Burnside. The 3d division, 9777 men,
col. S. P. Heintzelman commanding, had 3 brigades — those of
<!ol. W. B. Franklin, col. O. B. Wilcox, and col. O. O. Howard.
The 4th division, 5752 men, brig.-gen. Theodore Runyon com-
manding, remained to guard the approaches to Washington.
The 5th division, 6207 men, col. Dixon S. Miles commanding,
had 2 brigades, col. Lewis Blenker and Thomas A. Davies com-
manding. The 1st, 2d, and 3d divisions occupied Fairfax
Court-house on the evening of 17 July, the confederates re-
tiring to the line of Bull Run. Next day gen. Tyler advanced
Richardson's brigade and engaged the confederates at Black-
burn's ford, but retired to Centreville in the evening with a
loss of about 80 men. Gen. McDowell determined to turn the
confederate left, where Bull Run is fordable and was poorly
guarded. On the evening of the 20th he ordered the attack
early the next morning. The 5th division was to remain at
Centreville, while the 1st division was to advance on the road
to the stone bridge and force a passage as soon as the confed-
erate left was turned. The flanking corps was the 2d and 3d
divisions of 12,000 men, and Sudley's ford, about 3 miles above
the stone bridge, was the point to cross. The 2d federal di-
vision reached Sudley's ford about 9.30 a.m., July 21, instead
of early dawn, and supported by the 3d division easily crossed
Bull Run, and slowly pushed the confederates back until the
stone bridge was uncovered, allowing McDowell to bring into
action all his available troops. Beauregard had 8 brigades,
not formed into divisions, in all about 24.000 men, under brig.-
gens. M. L. Bonhain, R. S. Ewell, D. R.' Jones, James Long-
street, and cols. Philip St. George Cocke, J. A. Early, T. H.
Holmes, and N. G. Evans. He was reinforced from time to time
throughouttheday by Johnston, who, concealinghis movements
from Patterson, succeeded in sending his entire force in detach-
ments, by rail, to Beauregard, who, when the battle ended, had
about 32,000 men. These reinforcements were the brigades of
cols. T. J. Jackson (from this battle known as " Stonewall"), F.
S. Barton, brig.-gen. B. E. Bee (both killed in this action), cols.
A. Elzey and C. M. Wilcox. Between 3 and 4 o'clock p.m.,
when everything seemed favorable to the federals, the last 3000
of Johnston's men under Kirby -Smith arrived, and fell on the
unprotected flank of the exhausted federals.* This attack was
followed by another from Early's brigade ; the federals were
thrown into confusion, and their retreat became a rout. The
confederates, barely escaping defeat, were unable to follow up
their success. 5 brigades covered the retreat to Centreville and
Washington, which the fugitives reached on the morning of 23
July, unpursued. The defeat was doubtless due to Patterson's
failure to check Johnston. Federal troops engaged, 28,455;
loss, 481 killed, 1011 wounded, 1216 missing; total, 2708. Con-
federate troops engaged, 32,072 ; loss, killed, 387 ; wounded,
1582 ; total, 1967. Peninsular Campaign.
BulM^er-Clayton Treaty, concluded 19 Apr.,
ratified 4 July, 1850, by which sir Henry Lytton Bulwer for
Great Britain, and John M. Clayton for the U. S. govern-
ment, agreed that neither should alone control the proposed
ship-canal through Central America, or erect fortifications in
that country. United States. Disputes afterwards arose
with respect to this treaty and the connection of Great Britain
with the Mosquito territory, which were settled in 1857.
Its abrogation was proposed by Americans in 1880, in view of De
Lesseps's plan for the Panama canal.
Bun'eombe, mere talk, or speaking for the gratifica-
tion of constituents. It is said the word received this mean-
ing from a remark of Felix Walker, representative to Congress
from North Carolina, 1817-23. While making a speech in
the Missouri Compromise debates with little relevancy, as the
house thought, he asserted it did not matter, as he was " mak-
ing a speech for Buncombe," one of the counties he represented.
Bund§chuh. Jacquerie.
Bunliill- fields, originally Bouhill- field, a
burial-ground near Finsbury square, E. London, termed by
Southey "the Campo Santo of the Dissenters;" first used in 1665.
Here lie Thomas Goodwin (1679), John Owen (1683), Isaac
Watts (1748), John Bunyan (1688), George Fox, the Quaker
(1690), gen. Fleetwood, son-in-law of Cromwell (1692), and
Daniel De Foe (1731). — Cunningham. An act to preserve the
ground as an open space was passed 15 July, 1867, and it was
reopened by the lord mayor 14 Oct. 1869 ; and a mftnument
to De Foe, subscribed for by boys and girls, was inaugurated
16 Sept. 1870.
Bunker Hill, Battle of. Massachusetts, 1&-17
June, 1775.
Bunker Hill monument. On the battle-
ground a granite obelisk 221 feet in height has been erected,
at a cost of $100,000, by subscription. The corner-stone was
laid by gen. Lafayette when guest of the United States, 17
June, 1825 ; Daniel Webster delivered the principal oration.
It was completed and dedicated 17 June, 1843, with imposing
ceremonies, president Tyler being present, while Daniel Web-
ster again delivered an oration. The base of the obelisk is 30
feet square, and at the spring of the apex 15 feet. The top
is reached by 295 stone steps.
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burfreDSCM, from Fr. bourgeois, a title coeval in Eng-
land with ctirporations. They were called to Parliament in
England, I'iUo ; in Scotland, in 1326; and in Ireland, about
1365. Burgesses to be nvsident in the places they represented
in Parlianienc, 1 Hen. V. (1413). During the colonial period
the Virginia House of Representatives was called the House
of Burgesses. Bokohjii.
BlirglierH. Unitkd Pkksbytkrians.
Blir^OH, Spain, the burial-place of the Cid, 1099. Lord
Wellington entered Burgos on 19 Sept. after the battle of Sal-
amanca (22 July, 1812). The castle was besieged by British
and allies, but the siege was abandoned 21 Oct. same year.
The fortifications were blown up by the French, 12 June,
1813.
Bur'KUIldy, a large province in France, named from
Burgundians, a (lothic tribe who overran Gaul in 275, and
were driven out. by the emperor Probus; tliey returned in
287, and were defeated by Maxirain. In 413 they established
a kingdom, comprising the present Burgundy, large parts of
Switzerland, with Alsace, Savoy, Provence, etc.; Gondicar,
their first king. It was conquered by the Franks, 534. The
second kingdom, a part of the first, began with Gontran, son of
Clotaire I. of France, in 561. The kingdoms of Aries, Prov-
ence, and Transjurane Burgundy were formed out of the old
kingdom. In 877 Charles the Bald made his brother-in-law
Richard first duke of Burgundy. In 938, Hugh the Great,
count of Paris, founder of the house of Capet, obtained the
duchj'. His descendant Henry, becoming king of France,
conferred it on his brother Robert, in whose family it remained
till Philippe «le Rouvre died without issue, in 1361. In 1363,
king John of France made his fourth son, Philip, duke.
Austria, Germany.
DUKES.
1383. Philip the Bold; marries Margaret, heiress of Flanders, 1369.
1404. John the Fearless (son); joined English invaders of France;
privy to assassination of dulce of Orleans, 1407; assassinated
at Montereau, in presence of dauphin, Sept. 1419.
1410. Philip the Good (son), the most powerful duke.
1467. Charles the Bold; married Margaret of York, sister to Edward
IV., 9July, 1468; invaded France, 1472; Switzerland, 1476;
killed, fighting Swiss, before Nancy, 4 Jan. 1477.
1477. Mary (daughter) ; married, 19 Aug. 1477, Maximilian of Aus-
tria; d. 27 Mch. 1482.
1479. Louis XI. annexed Burgundy to France. The other dominions
fell to Austria.
burial§. Abraham buried Sarah at Machpelah, 1860
B.C. (Gen. xxiii.). Placesof burial were consecrated under pope
Calixtus I. in 210 \.n.—Eusebius. The Greeks had burial-
places remote from towns, the Romans near highways; hence
the need of inscriptions. The first Cliristian burial-place, it is
said, was instituted in 596 ; burial in cities, 742 ; in consecrated
places, 750; ih church-yards, 758. Many early Christians
buried in catacombs at Rome. Catacombs, Cemeteries,
Cremation, Dissenters.
Vaults erected in chancels first at Canterbury 1075
Shrouds required to be of wool in England 1666
Burials taxed in England : 1695
Linen scarfs introduced at funerals in Ireland, 1729; and wool-
en shrouds used 1733
A tax on burials in Eugland— of a duke 501., of a common per-
son 4«.— under William III. 1(195, and George III 1783
Acts relating to metropolitan burials passed 1850-67
Parochial registers of burials, births, and marriages instituted
in England by Cromwell, lord Essex, about 1538. — Stow.
"Earth to earth " burial advocated by Mr. Seymour Haden;
wicker coffins shown at Stafford house 17 June, 1875
Consecrated burial grounds in England, 13.673; closed, 1411. . . 1877
Burials act (permitting any Christian service in a i)arish
church-yard) passed English Parliament 7 Sept. 1880
burking, a method of murder, from Burke, who killed
his victims by suffocation, and sold the bodies, unmarked by
violence, to surgeons for dissection. He was executed at
Edinburgh, 28 Jan. 1829. One Bishop was apprehended in
Nov. 1831, and executed in London, 5 Dec, with Williams, an
accomplice, for burking Carlo Ferrari, a friendless Italian boy.
They confessed to other similar murders.
Burlin^ame Treaty, formed by Anson Burlin-
game and a Chinese embassy, signed at Washington 4 July,
1868, authorizing mutual immigration. California prospered
with Chinese labor, till the agitation of 1879-80 led to de-
mands for the abrogation of the treaty. Two new treaties
between the United States and China, one relating to immi-
gration and the other to commerce, were signed 17 Nov. 1880.
United States, 6 May, 1892.
Burlington Hcif^llts, Battle of. Stony Creek.
Burmali or BurnicNC empire, founded about
1750 A.i). by Alompra, first sovereign of the present dynasty.
A British dispute with this power in 1795 was adjusted by
gen. Erskine. Hostilities were commenced by the British in
1824, and they took Rangoon on 11 May. The fort and pa-
goda of Syriam were taken in 1825. After a short armistice,
hostilities were renewed, 1 Dec, and pursued until the victo-
ries of the British led to the cession of Arracan, and to peace,
24 Feb. 1826. For this war, and that of 1851, India. Pegu was
annexed to the Indian empire, 20 Dec. 1852. The war ended
20 June, 1853. Pop. 1891, 7,554,410 ; area, 156,142 sq. miles.
Rebellion against the king suppressed by British aid, about Sept. 1866
Treaties with Great Britain 1862 and 25 Oct. 1867
Burmese embassy in England, 6 June; introduced to Victoria,
21 June, 1872
King Mindone suspected of inciting Chinese to attack British
expedition to West China (India) Feb. 1876
Sir Douglas Forsyth's mission to the king; arrives at Manda-
lay, 14 June; king submits about 18 June; refuses passage
for British troops as convoy to China; Forsyth retires June, ■'
Col. Duncan sent to Mandalay about Aug. •'
King accedes to the British demands Oct. "
King dies, about 5 Sept. ; announced 2 Oct. 1878
His successor, Theebau (Wongyee, prince of Theebau) kills
many of the royal family and their friends Feb. 1879
British resident and others quit Mandalay 8 Oct. "
King, attacked by small-pox, commits atrocities 12 Apr. 1880
Prince Nyoung's rebellion, May, June, suppressed; he enters
British territory 27 June, "
Political massacres reported at Mandalay 21 Apr. 1882
Misgovern men t; massacres at Mandalay, 21 Sept. ; prospect of
British intervention Oct. 1884
Bhamo captured by the Chinese 8-10 Dec. "
Captain Terndrup, of the sieaiUQT Kahbyor, rescues missiona-
ries and others 12-13 Dec. "
Commercial treaty with France Fcl). 1885
Bhamo recaptured by Burmese about 16 Mcli. "
Dispute between king and the Bombay and Burmah Trading
Association; king refuses arbitration of viceroy of India;
commissioner of Burmah asks for 8000 men 13 Oct. "
Ultimatum sent by lord Dufferin; rejected by king; proclama-
tion of war. 8 Nov. ; British troops advance under gen. H.
N. D. Prendergast 9 Nov. "
King sends flag of truce; agrees to surrender himself, army,
and Mandalay; Ava forts occupied 27 Nov., and Mandalay
occupied without resistance 28 Nov. "
King Theebau and court sent to Madras 14 Dec. "
Theebau'fe brother issues a proclamation against British rule;
arrival of Mr. Bernard, who establishes a provisional govern-
ment 18 Dec. "
Dacoits pillage outside Mandalay ; sharp conflicts, Dec. 1H85-Jau. 1886
Lord Dufferin, the viceroy, arrives at Mandalay 12 Feb. "
British Burmah, including Aracan, Pegu, and Tenasscrim,
constituted 1862. Upper Burmah annexed l)y proclamation
of the viceroy, lord Dufferin, 1 Jan. 1886. Upper and Lower
Burmah united in one province, Feb. 1886; all Burmali in
British India by decree 15 May, '*
Increase of " dacoity " in Upper and Lower Burmah; 2 adoi-
tional regiments sent to Burmah Inlv. "
Continued disturbance and fighting with the Dacoits i8ft6-89
Burnett prizes, awarded every 40 years for the
2 best essays on " the evidence that there is a Being all-power-
ful, wise, and good, by whom everything exists," etc., were
founded by will of Mr. Burnett, a Scotch gentleman, who died
1784. Various amounts have been paid to Dr. W. L. Brown,
rev. J. B. Sumner, afterwards archbishop of Canterbury, 1815;
rev. R. A. Thompson, and Dr. J. Tulloch, 1855. The estab-
lishment of a Burnett lectureship in Aberdeen by the trustees
(the lecturer to be chosen in 1883) was sanctioned Aug. 1880.
burning alive was inflicted among the Romans,
Jews, and other nations, and was countenanced by bulls of
the pope. Elizabeth Gaunt, an Anabaptist, was burned at Ty-
burn for treason (concealing rebels under Monmouth), 23 Oct.
1685. Auto da Fe, Inquisition, Protestants, Witch-
craft.
burning the dead. Cremation.
burning-glass and eoneave mirrors. The
former a convex lens of large size and short focus, used for
causing intense heat by concentrating the sun's rays on a very
small area, the latter so arranged as to produce the same effect.
Their power was known to Archimedes, who is said with them
to have burned a fleet at Syracuse, 214 b.c. They were im-
proved by Set talla ; Tschirnhausen, 1680; Buffon, 1747; M. de
Trudano, 1774; and Parker and others more recently. The
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following experiments were made in England about 1800 with
Mr. Parker's lens or burning-mirror, which cost $3600, then
the largest ever made. It was sold to capt. Mackenzie, who
took it to China, and lelt it at Pekin.
Substances fused.
I'uregGld
Silver
Copper
Platina
Cast iron (a cube).
Steel
Weittht.
Time. 1
grs.
20
4
20
3
33
20
10
3
10
3
10
12
10
10
A topaz
Au emerald
A crystal pebble.
Flint
Cornelian
Pumice-stone
Lime-stone
Weight,
grs.
Green wood takes fire instantaneously; water boils immediately;
bones aj|^^alcined; and things not capable of melting at once be-
come recrhot.
Blirn§, Negro, Case of. Massachusetts, 1854.
Burnt Corn Creek, Battle of. Alabama, 1813.
Burr, Aaron. Unitkd States, 1801 ; New York, 1804.
Burr's eon§piraey. The end of Aaron Burr's term
as vice-president of the U. S., Mch. 1805, found him ruined
politicall}' and deeply in debt. Immediately he started for the
Mississippi valley with gen. Wilkinson. Leaving him at Pitts-
burg, he proceeded down the Ohio, stopping at Blennerhas-
sett's Island, where he found Blennerhassett and his wife.
Thence proceeding to Louisville, Ky,, he crossed the country
to Nashville, where he had a public reception, in which An-
drew Jackson participated. Returning, he met Wilkinson
again at Fort Massac, near the mouth of the Cumberland;
proceeded to New Orleans; returned to Natchez, crossed the
forest 450 miles to Nashville, where Jackson again entertained
him for a week in Aug. 1805. Thence he went to St. Louis;
again visited Wilkinson; turned eastward to Cincinnati, Chili-
cothe, and Marietta; spent the winter of 1805-6 and the
spring and summer in Philadelphia and Washington, holding
frequent interviews with gen. Eaton, commodore Truxton,
etc. In Aug. 1806, Burr returned to the west; again visited
Blennerhassett, and with his financial aid began building 15
boats on the Muskingum. In Kentucky he was arrested, but
the grand jury, 25'Nov. 1806, failed to find a bill. On 27 Nov.
the president issued a proclamation against a supposed conspir-
acy, warning citizens of the U. S. not to engage in the contem-
plated expedition, and directing all authorities to aid in sup-
pressing it. The Ohio state government seized the boats on
the Muskingum, and a mob destroyed the house of Blennerha.s-
sett and desolated the island. Meanwhile a few boats passed
down the Ohio and were joined by Burr below Louisville. At
Chickasaw Bluffs, fearing arrest if he should venture to New
Orleans, Burr crossed the Mississippi and encamped 30 miles
above Natchez. Here he surrendered to the civil authorities,
but the grand jury of the supreme court of the territory re-
fused to indict him, and presented charges against the governor
for his arrest. Finding his plans thwarted, he disbanded his
followers and attempted to reach the Atlantic coast through the
Gulf states, but was arrested near Fort Stoddert, in Alabama,
19 Feb. 1807. He was taken on horseback to Richmond, and
indicted in the district of Virginia for treason. A trial of sev-
eral months resulted in his acquittal. The principal witnesses :
against Burr were gen. Wilkinson, then commander of the
small U. S. army, who was suspected of plotting with him,
gen. Eaton, and commodore Truxton. Among the lawyers
retained to defend Burr was Washington Irving. Kentucky ;
Mississippi ; Ohio ; United States, 1805-7.
Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk; named from St. Ed-
mund, king of East Anglia, who was murdered by the Danes
on 20 Nov. 870, and buried here, and to whose 'memory its
magnificent abbey was foimded. Magna Charta was prepared
here by the barons on 20 Nov. 1214. Henry VI. summoned a
parliament in Feb. 1447, when Humphry, duke of Gloucester,
was imprisoned, and died here, it is supposed by poison. It
was almost consumed bv fire in 1608, and was desolated bv
plague in 1636.
burying alive. In Boeotia, Creon ordered Antigone,
the sister of Polynices, to be buried alive, 1225 b.c. Unchaste
Roman vestals, as Minutia, 337 b.c. ; Sextilla, 274 b.c. ; Cor-
nelia, 92 A.D., were buried alive. This horrible punishment,
that is, immured in brick walls, was still continued and inflicted
upon unchaste nuns by the Roman Catholic church.
" And now that blind old Abbot rose.
To speak the chapter's doom,
On those the wall was to enclose
Alive, within the tomb."
—ScoU, "Marmion," caiito ii. stanza xxv.
Lord Bacon gives instances of the resurrection of persons
buried alive. Duns Scotus being one. The two assassins of
Capo d'lstria, president of Greece, were built up in brick walls to
their chins, and fed there until they died, Oct. 1831. Torture.
Busaeo (boosa'co) or Buzaeo, Portugal. Here
the British, under Wellington, repulsed the French, under
Massena, 27 Sept. 1810. The latter lost 1000 men killed
and about 3000 wounded, and several hundred prisoners; the
loss of the allies did not exceed 1300. The British afterwards
retreated to the lines of Torres Vedras, which was too strong
for Massena to force.
bushel. A measure fixed at 8 gallons of wheat. 12
Hen.VIIL 1520; the Winchester bushel was regulated 9 Will.
IIL 1697 ; the imperial corn bushel of 2218.192 cubic inches is
to the Winchester of 2150.42 as 32 to 31. Regulated by act
5 Geo. IV., June, 1824, taking effect 1 Jan. 1826. The same
in the United States.
busts. Lysistratus, the sculptor, invented moulds for
wax figures, 328 b.c.— Pliny. Busts from the face, in plaster
of Paris, were first taken by Andrea Verrochi, about 1466 a.d.
Smaller busts and statuettes are accurately produced from
larger ones by machinery. Sculpture.
butchers. Among the Romans there were 3 classes:
the suarii provided hogs, the boaiii or pecuarii oxen and
sheep, which the lanii or carnifices killed. The Butchers'
Company in London is ancient, though incorporated 1604.
butter is said to have been used by the Arabs in earlv
times, but not by the Greeks and Romans, who had excellent
oil, and never by the Chinese. It is not mentioned as food by
(ialen, 130-200 a.d. It has long been used by northern nations.
In Africa, at Kebba, vegetable butter is made from the fruit
of the shea-tree, and is of richer taste than any butter made
from cows' milk.— Mungo Park. The amount' of butter pro-
duced in the United States is given in the following table for
the years named :
Year. I Farms.
Factories.
Total i
:>unds.
313.345.306
459,681,372
514,092,683
806,672,071
1,205,508,384
1850 313,345,306
I860 459,681,372
i 1870 514,092,683
j 1880 777,250,287 29,421,783
1890 1,024,223,468 181,284,916
buttons, an early manufacture in England ; those cov-
ered with cloth were prohibited, to encourage the manufact-
ure of metal buttons, 8 (ieo. I. 1721. Samuel Williston began
the manufacture of covered buttons at Easthampton, Mass.,
about 1825-26, and removed his works to Haydenville in
1834. It is said that Abel Porter began the manufacture of
gilt buttons in one end of a grist-mill, at Waterbury, Conn.,
in 1802. Waterbury has now (1893) the largest button factory
in the U. S.
Buxar, a town in Bengal, near which, 23 Oct. 1764,
major, afterwards sir Hector Monro, with 857 Europeans and
6215 Sepoys, routed 50.000 troops of the nabob of Oude, etc.;
6000 were killed, and 130 pieces of cannon taken. The Eng-
lish loss was trifling.
bye plot, of lord Gray of Wilton and others, to im-
prison James L, and extort libertj' of worship to Romanists,
was suppressed 1603; called also the "surprise plot."
Byng[, Hon. Admiral John, was charged with neglect
of duty in a fight off Minorca, 20 May, 1756 ; condemned for
an error of judgment, and shot on the Monarch at Spithead,
14 Mch. 1757.
Byron national memorial. The erection of
a national memorial to lord Byron was determined on, at a
meeting in London, 16 July, 1875; Mr. Disraeli in the chair.
About $15,000 subscribed. The statue, by Richard Claude
Belt, on a pedestal near Hamilton place, Hyde park, London,
was uncovered privately by lord Houghton, 24 Blay, 1880.
A marble pedestal was promised b}' Greeks.
Byron's voyage. Commodore Byron (grandfather
of the poet) left England on his voyage round the globe, 21
June, 1764, and returned 9 Mav, 1766. He discovered the
BYZ 1
populous island in the Pacific which bears his name, 1(5 Aiijj.
17G5. Though brave and intrepitJ, he was uiihicky, and was
called by »ailt>rs " Koid-woather .lack."
Byziiiitiiiiii, n(»w CoiiNtaiitinople, and
StnillhOlll* in ancient Tliraco. foinnied by a colony of
Megarians, under Byzas,(567 u.o. ; but various dates and persons
are given. It was taken succes-sively by the Medes, Athenians,
and SpartJins. In 340 b.c., in alliance with the Athenians, the
Byzantines defeateti the fleet of Philip of Macedon. During
wiiiv with Macedon, Syria, etc., it became an ally of the Ro-
5 CAD
mans, by whom it was taken, 73 a.d. Rebelling, it was taken
after 2 years' siege, and laid in ruins by Severus in 1%. It
was refounded by Constantine in 324, and deilicated on 22
May, 330, and the heathen temples destroyed; from him it
received its name, Constantinople. Byzantine «rt flourished
from tiie time of Constantine to about 1204. The Byzantine
or Eastern empire really commenced in 395, when Thepdosius
divided the Roman empire. The "Byzantine Historians,"
from 32.5 to 1453, were published at Paris, 1646-1711; and at
Venice, 1722 4J3. EAstiiKN Kmimkk.
Ca'aba, a sacred black stone, kept in a temple at Mecca,
and venerated by the Arabs, long before the Christian era. Its
guanlians, the tribe of Koreish, were defeated by Mahomet
and the worship abolished, 623-30.
Cabal'. In English history a term applied to the cabi-
net of Charles II. 1667-74, formed from the initials of their
names: sir Thomas, afterwards lord Clifford (C) ; lord Ashley
(A), (afterwards earl of Shaftesbury) ; George Villiers, duke
of Buckingham (B); Henry, lord Arlington (A); and John,
duke of Lauderdale (L).
Cab'ala, a Jewish sj'stem of philosophy or theosophy, so
called from a Hebrew word signifying reception or tradition,
said to have been given by God to Adam, transmitted from
father to son by his descendants, lost at the Babylonian cap-
tivity (587 B.C.), but revealed again to Ezra. Its supporters
assert that the cabalistic book "Sohar," or "Splendor," a mystic
commentary on the Pentateuch, was Hrst committed to writing
by Simon Ben-Jochai, 72-110 a.d. But the books containing
the cabala are believed to have originated between the 9th and
the 14th centuries, by mingling Talmudism with the Greek phi-
losophy termed neo-Platonism. Some of their dogmas are akin
to Christian tenets, such as the trinity, the incarnation, etc.
The cabala exercised much influence upon the Jews, and even
captivated great thinkers of the 16th and 17th centuries.
eabba^e§. Some new kinds were brought to England
from Holland about 1510, it is said by sir Arthur Ashley of
Dorset, and introduced into Scotland by Cromwell's soldiers.
■ Truck fakming.
Cabeiba, Asia Minor. Here Mithridates, king of Pon-
tus, was defeated by LucuUus, 71 b.c.
cabinet council. In the United States govern-
ment the heads of the departments are the president's constitu-
tional advisers, and constitute a cabinet. Each with a salary
of $8000 a year. They are appointed by the president with
the consent of the Senate, hold office at the president's will,
and are, under him, the executive officers of the general gov-
ernment. Each department has its official seal for pub-
lic documents. The departments of state, treasury, and war
were created in 1789, and the secretaries were members of the
cabinet. The navy department was added in 1798, with its
secretary a member of the cabinet. The office of attorney- i
general was created in 1789, but the attorney-general was not |
a member of the cabinet until 1814, when " Richard Rush was i
appointed to the attorney-generalship, which now became a I
cabinet office."— Hildreih's " Hist, U. S.," vol. vi. p. 458. The |
post-office department was a branch of the treasury until 1829, i
when W. T. Barry, the first recognized postmaster-general,
was called to the cabinet by president Jackson. Department
of the interior created, 3 Mch. 1849, and its secretary a mem-
ber of the cabinet. Department of agriculture created, 11 Feb.
1889, the secretary a member of the cabinet. United States.
— There were councils in England as early as the reign of Ina,
king of the West Saxons, 690; OfTa, king of the Mercians, 758;
and in other reigns of the Heptarchj'. State councils are
referred to Alfred the Great. — Spelman. Administrations.
Cabinet noir, or "dark closet," the chamber in which letters
intrusted to the French post were opened for state purposes.
The system, which began with Louis XL, was organized under
Louis XV.; and is said to have been discontinued in 1868.
cabinet, kitchen. A term applied to certain politi-
cal advisers in the confidence of president Jackson. Called
" kitchen " because devoid of the public dignity pertaining to
the cabinet, and entirely separate and distinct from the cab-
inet proper. The principal members of this " cabinet" were
Amos Kendall, Wm. B. Lewis, Isaac Hill, Duff Green, and
Francis P. Blair.
Cabin -John Creelt bridge. Aqueducts,
BRIDGES.
cable, Atlantic. Electricity.
cables. A machine was invented in 1792 for making
them, by which human labor was reduced nine tenths. Chain
cables were introduced into the British navy about 1812; di-
rections for testing them enacted, 1864 and 1874.
CabOChicns, an armed Burgundian faction, including
500 butchers, named from their leader Simonet Caboche, a
skinner, 1412. They ruled Paris with violence, and con-
strained the doctors of the Sorbonne to become their allies and
the dauphin to recognize them as the "White Hoods" and
reformers. They were exterminated by the citizens in 1418,
Cabool', on the river Cabul, was made capital of Af-
ghanistan about 1774 by Timsur Shah.
cabriolCt§ (vulgo cabs), one-horse vehicles. 12 were
introduced into the streets of London in 1822. In 1831 they
had increased to 165, and then the licenses were thrown open.
The number in 1862 running in the English metropolis ex-
ceeded 6000 (of which about 1800 only plied on Sunday). Pre-
vious to throwing open the trade, the number of hackney-
carriages was limited to 1200, when there were few omnibuses.
Cabs running in London ; in 1855, 3296; in 1867, 6149; in 1874, 7864;
in 1877, about 8000; in 1891, 11,129.
cache (kash), a concealed place of deposit made for an
article or articles — especially a food deposit — and located so
as to be easily found by the makers or others informed of it.
The word was adopted into English from the Canadian voy-
agers of the Hudson bay country, .
cachet (ka-shd'). Lettres de cachet.
Caddee, or League of God's House, the league of inde-
pendence in Switzerland, formed by the Grisons to resist do-
mestic tyranny, 1400-19. A second league of the Grisons was
called the Grise or Gray League (Graubtindten), 1424. A
third league, the League of Ten Jurisdictions, was formed in
1436. (Grisons.) They united in 1471.
Cade's insurrection. In May, 1450, Jack or John
Cade, an Irishman, assumed the name of Mortimer, and headed
about 20,000 Kentish men, who armed " to punish evil minis-
ters, and procure a redress of grievances." He defeated and slew
sir Humphry Stafford, at Sevenoaks, 27 June , entered London
in triumph, and beheaded the lord treasurer, lord Saye, and sev-
eral'other persons of consequence, 3 July. When the insur-
gents lost ground, a general pardon was proclaimed, and Cade,
deserted by his followers, fled. A reward having been offered
for his apprehension, he was discovered, and, refusing to sur-
render, was slain by Alexander Iden, sheriff of Kent, 11 July.
For recent biographical notice consult"Dictionary of National
(English) Biography."
Cadiz, W. Spain, anciently Gadiz, the Roman Gades
said to have been built by the Phoenicians about 1100 b.c.
CAD
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100 vessels of the Spanish armada destroyed in the port by sir
Francis Drake 1587
Cadiz taken by English under earl of Essex, and plundered,
15 Sept. 1596
Vainly attacked by sir George Rooke 1702
Bombarded by the British July, 1797
Blockaded by lord St. Vincent for 2 years 1797-99
Again bombarded by the British Oct. 1800
French squadron of 5 ships of the line and a frigate surrender
to the Spanish and British U June, 1808
Besieged by the French, but the siege was raised after the bat-
tle of Salamanca July, 1812
Insurrection, 1819; massacre by the soldiery 9, 10 Mch. 1820
Taken by the French in Oct. 1823, and held till 1828
Declared a free port 1829
cadmiUIIl, a metal, discovered by Stroraeyer and Her-
mann in 1818.
Cueu {kon), N. France, a place of importance before 912,
when it became the capital of the possessions of the Normans.
It was taken bj'^ the English in 1346 and 1417 ; but recovered
by the French, 1 July, 1450. Here were buried, in the cathe-
dral of St. Etienne, William the Conqueror (1087), who found-
ed it (J 066), and his queen (1083).
Caerleon {ker-h'on), i. e. "castle of the legion," Mon-
mouthshire, Wales, the Isca Silui'um of the Romans, and one
of their oldest stations in Britain, and made the seat of an
archbishopric by Dubritius. His disciple and successor, St.
David (522), removed it to Menevia, now St. David's, 577.
Celebrated in Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" as the chief
city of king Arthur's kingdom.
Caernarvon {ker-nar'von), N.Wales. In the cas-
tle (founded in 1282) Edward II. was born, 25 Apr. 1284, the
first F'.nglish Prince of Wales, and the town was then char-
tered by Edward I. That Edward II. was born in the castle
is disputed by Timbs in his " Abbeys and Castles of England
and Wales," but he concedes that he was born somewhere in
the town. The town suffered by the civil war of Charles, but
was finally retained for the Parliament.
Cse§area, Roman capital of Judaea, built by Herod the
Great 10 b.c. Eusebius the historian was bishop about 315.
€aB§arean section, which, it is said (with scarcely
sufficient evidence) first gave the name of Caesar to the Ro-
man family, is performed by cutting the child out of the womb.
The case of Alice O'Neal, an Irishwoman, who survived the
operation, which was performed by a woman, is authenticated
by Dr. Gabriel King,.of Armagh, and surgeon Duncan Stewart,
of Dungannon. In Jan. 1847, the operation was performed in
St. Bartholomew's hospital, London, on a young woman of di-
minutive stature, under the infiuence of ether; but she died the
next day. On 9 Dec. 1860, a similar operation was successfully
performed by Dr. James Edmunds at Bethnal Green. On the
continent the operation is said to have been more frequent and
more successful. Cooper's " Surgical Dictionary " (ed. 1861)
has a table of 2009 cases, with a mortality of 55.4 per cent, of
mothers and 29.45 per cent, of children. Mkdical science.
Caesars, Era of. Spanish Era.
Caesars, the Twelve.
1. Caius Julius CcBsar, dictator; b. 100 B.C. ; assassinated, ii B.C.
2. Caius Octavius, Augustus Coesar, b. 63 b.c. ; emperor, 27; d. 14
A.D. ; grandson of Julia, sister of Julius Caesar; adopted by him
and made his principal heir.
3. Tiberius, Claudius Drusus Nero, b. 41 b.c. ; emperor, 14 a.d. ; d.
37; son of Livia, wife of Augustus, by her former husband
Tiberius Claudius Nero; adopted by Augustus.
4. Caligula, Caius Csesar Augustus Germanicus, b. 12 a.d. ; emperor,
37 ; assassinated, 41 ; son of Germanicus and Agrippina and
great-grandson of Augustus.
5. Tiberius Claudius, Drusus Cfesar, b. 10 B.c. ; emperor, 41 a.d. ; d.
54; uncle of Caligula and grand-nephew of Augustus.
6. Nero, Claudius Cicsar Lucius Domitius, b. 38 a.d. ; emperor, 54;
killed, 68; great-grandson of Augustus and of Mark Antony,
[With Nero ended the line of the Julii.]
7. Galba, Servius Sulpitius, b. 4 b.c. ; emperor, 68 a.d. ; killed, 69;
soldier of distinction, commander in Spain; selected by his
army for emperor before the death of Nero, and confirmed by
the senate after.
8. Otho, Marcus Salvius, b. 31 a.d. ; emperor, 69; kills himself, 69.
9. ViteUius Aulus; emperor, 69 a.d. ; reigns about 8 months; over-
thrown by Vespasian, 69; and killed at Rome.
10. Titus Flavins Vespasian, distinguished soldier, b. 10 a.d. ; at the
solicitation of his soldiers and of citizens of Rome he overthrows
Vitellius and becomes emperor, 69; d. 79.
11. Titus, Flavins Vespasian, son of Vespasian, emperor, 79 a.d. ; d.
81. During his reign Pompeii and Herculaneum were destroyed
by an eruption of Vesuvius, and the Coliseum finished.
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12. Titus Flavins Sabinus Domitian, 2d son of Vespasian b 51 a d •
emperor, 81; assa.ssinated, 96. ' •>
[These are termed the "Twelve Caesars;" the last 3 the Flavian
emperors.]
eaesium (Lat. bluish), a rare alkaline metal, found in
mineral waters by Bunsen in 1861, by spectrum analysis.
cafeine, an alkaline bod}-, discovered in coffee by Rinige
in 1820, and in tea (and named th^ine) by Oudry in 1827.
Their identity was proved by Jobst and Mulder in 1828.
Cag'Ots (ca-gds), an outcast race in the Pyrenees, sup-
posed to be descendants of the ancient Goths. Thcv were
subjected to superstitious persecution so lately as 1755.
ca ira ! {sah-ee-rah') the burden of a popular song dur-
ing the French revolution, first heard at Paris 5 Oct. 1789 :
" Ah ! pa ira, pa ira, fa ira ! Malgr6 les mutins, tout reussira. "
( It will proceed! etc. In spite of mutineers, all will succeed ")
An after-addition was " Les aristocrates a la lanterne '"
("Hang the aristocrats!")
Cairo {ki'ro) or €rrand Cairo, 5 miles from the
Nile delta .and on right bank, the modern capital of Egypt,
remarkable for its mosques and the sepulchres of its Fatimite
caliphs. Lat. 30° 2' 4" N., Ion. 31° 15' 36" E. Pop. 1883
368,108. Egypt.
Present city founded by the Saracens .j(;9
Taken by the Turks from the Egyptian sultans ."..'...'. 1517
Ruined by an earthquake and a fire, when 40,000 persons per-
ished * Juj^e jyg^
Taken by the French under Napoleon .23 July' 1798
Taken by the British and Turks; 6000 French capitulated.
., „ , , 27 June, 1801
Massacre of the Mamelukes i Mch 1811
Visit of the prince of Wales ..Mch. 1862
Riots against Nubar Pacha and the British ministers. . .18 Fel)! 1879
Cala'bria, the ancient Messapia of S.E. Italy, was con-
quered by the Romans, 266 b.c. It formed part of the king-
dom of the Ostrogoths under Theodoric, 493 a.d. ; was recon-
quered (for the Eastern empire) by Belisarius, 536 ; subdued
by the Lombards and joined to the duchy of Benevento, 572.
After various changes, it was conquered by Robert Guiscard,
the Norman, 1058, who became duke of Calabria, and even-
tually king of Naples. Earthquakes, Naples.
Calais {ka-W), N.W. France, fortified by Baldwin IV.,
count of Flanders, 997; taken by Edward IIL after a year's
siege, 4 Aug. 1347. It was at this time that queen Philippa,
wife of Edward, prevailed on hei husband to spare Eustache St.
Pierre and 6 of the chief citizens, who had given themselves up
as a sacrifice for the rest of the inhabitants. It was retaken by
the duke of Guise, in the reign of Marv, 7 Jan. 1558, and its
loss, it was said, occasioned her death, 17 Nov. same year.
" When I am dead," said the queen, " Calais will be found
written on my heart." It was taken by the Spaniards, Apr.
1596; restored, 1598. Here Louis XVIIL landed after his
long exile from France, Apr. 1814. Tunnels.
Calatrava. Knighthood.
caieium, the metallic base of lime, discovered at the
Royal Institution, London, by Davy, in 1808.
ealeulating-niachines. To avoid errors in com-
puting and printing logarithms and tables of figures, ma-
chines to calculate and print have been devised. Pascal,
when 19 years of age, invented one (about 1650). C. Bab-
bage's differential machine, begun at the cost of the British
government in 1821, was continued till suspended in 1833, after
an expenditure of above 15,000/. The portion completed was
placed in the library of King's college, London ; it is now at
South Kensington. Prof. Clifford, in a lecture at the Royal In-
stitution, 24 Maj^ 1872, stated that Babbage expended 20,000/.
upon his machines, and that the analytical machine was nearly
finished and would eventually be much used. In 1857 E. and G.
Scheutz, two Swedish engineers, published in London specimen
tables, calculated and printed by machiner}'^ constructed between
1837 and 1843, after a study of the account of Mr. Babbage's
machine. Messrs. Scheutz brought their machine to England
in 1854, It was bought for 1000/. by J. F. Rath bone, an
American, to be presented to Dudley observatory, in Albany.
In 1857 Messrs. Scheutz were engaged to make one for the
British government, which is now completed. Mr. Wiberg's
machine, exhibited at Paris, Feb. 1863, was much commended.
Tables constructed by Scheutz's machine, and edited by Dr.
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W. Farr, were published by the British governraent in 1864.
The arithmometer, patented by M. Thomas (de Colmar) in
1822 (?), was exhibited at the international exhibitions, 1851
and 1862. George B. Grant described a simpler machine in
the American Journal of Science, Oct. 1874.
Calcutta, capital of Bengal and British India; the first
settlement of the English here was made in 1689. Pop. 1876,
77G,.-)79; 1891,840,130.
Purchased as a zemindary, and fort William built 1698
Made the head of a separate prosideiuy 1707
Fort attacivod and taken by au army of 70,000 horse and foot,
and 400 elephants (14U of the British crammed into the
Black-hoi.k) 20 June, 1756
Calcutta retaken by Clive 2 Jan. 1757
Great cyclone, followed by a "bore" or spring -tide in the
Hoojihly; water rises 30 feet ; immense damage to shipping
and houses 5 Oct. 1864
Another cyclone; about 30,000 small houses unroofed; much
small shipping injured; crops in Lower Bengal destroyed
(:ibout 90,000 persons drowued ; 75,000 die of cholera) . . 1 Nov. 1867
Caledonia, now Scotland. As its ancient in-
habitants appear to have been Celts from the opposite coast
of Gaul, the name is perhaps derived from Gael, Gaelmen, or
Gadeldoine, corrupted by the Romans. Tacitus, who died 99
A.D., uses the name Caledonia, and it retained this name un-
til about the beginning of the 4th century, when it was in-
vaded by the Scoti from the north of Ireland, who, having
driven the Picts northward, settled in the Lowlands, giving
their name, Scots, to the whole country.
Caledonian monarchy, siiid to have been founded by Fergus I., '*^-
about 330
Picts from England settle in the south 140
A.D.
Agricola. the Roman, invades Caledonia 79
Defeats (Jalgacus, builds a wall between the Forth and Clyde. . . 84
Wall of Antoninus built 140
Ulpius Marcellus repels their incursions 184
Christianity introduced in the reign of Donald 1 201
Caledonians invade south Britain, 207; repelled by the empe-
ror Severus, who advances to the Moray Firth • 209
Caledonia invaded by the Scoti, from Ireland about 306
Caledonian monarchy revived by Fergus II 404
Kenneth II., king of the Scoti, subdues the Caledonians and
Picts, and founds one monarchy, named Scotland 838-843
Caledonian canal, from the North sea to the
Atlantic ocean. Canals.
calendar. The Roman calendar was introduced by
Romulus, who divided the year into 10 months, comprising
804 (lays, 738 b.c. This year was 50 days shorter than the
lunar year, and 61 than the solar year, and its commencement
did not correspond with any fixed season. Numa Pompilius,
713 B.C., added 2 months; and Julius Caesar, 45 b.c., fixed
the solar year at 365 days, 6 hours, every 4th year being
bissextile, or Leap-year. This calendar was defective, as the
solar year consists of 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and not
of 365 days, 6 hours. This difference, in the 16th century,
amounted to 10 days, the vernal equinox falling on 1 1 in-
stead of 21 Mch. To obviate this error, pope Gregory XIII.
ordained, in 1582, that that year should consist of 355 days
only (5 Oct. became 15 Oct.) ; and that a year ending a cen-
tury should not be bissextile, except that ending each 4th
century; thus 1700, 1800, and 1900 are common years, but
2000 will be a leap-year. Thus 3 days are retrenched in
400 years, or about 11 minutes for each year. The year of
the calendar is thus made as nearly as possible to correspond
with the true solar year. French Revolutionary Calen-
dar, Jewish Era, New Style.
correspondence of calendars with 1891 A.D.
Julian period 6604
Year of the world (Jewish year) 15 Sept. 1890-2 Oct. 1891 5651
Hegira (17 Aug. 1890-6 Aug. 1891) 1308
Foundation of Rome ( Varro) 2644
United States' independence 115-116
Year of queen Victoria 54-55
Comte. in his "Syst^me de Politique Positive" (instituting the
"Religion of Humanity"), published a calendar of 13 months,
dedicated successively to Moses, Homer, Aristotle, Archimedes,
Caesar, Paul, Charlemagne, Dante, Guttenberg, Shakespeare, Des-
cartes, Frederic, and Bichat; an eminent person was commemo-
rated every day. Philosophy.
calender, a machine used in glazing cloth, introduced
into England by the Huguenots, who were driven by persecu-
tion from France, Holland, and the Netherlands, about 1685.
— A nderson.
Calendi were the first davs of the Roman months. The
Nones of Mch., May, July, and Oct. fell on the 7th, and their
Ides on the 15th. The other months had the Aones on the
6th and the Ides on the 13th. As the Greeks had no Calends,
ad Grcecas Caletidas ("on the (ireek Calends"), meant never.
Ides.
Call Yugra, the Hindu era of the Deluge, dates from
3101 B.C. (according to some, 3102), and begins with the en-
trance of the sun into the Hindu sign Asvvin,nowon UApr. n.s.
In 1600 the year of this era began on 7 Apr. n. s., from which
it has now advanced 4 days, and from the precession of the
equinoxes, is still advancing at the rate of a day in 60 years.
The number produced by subtracting 3102 from any given
year of the Call Yuga era will be the Christian year in which
the given year begins.
cal'iCO, cotton cloth, named from Calicut, a city of India,
visited by the Portuguese in 1498. Calico was first brought
to England by the East India Company in 1631. Calico-
printing and the Dutch loom-engine were first used in 1676,
when a Frenchman established a factory at Richmond, near
London. — Anderson. In England, Calicoe^ were prohibited to
be printed or worn in 1700 ; and in 1721 a penalt}' of 5/. was laid
on the wearer, and 20/. on the seller of calico. In 1831, by the
exertions of Poulett Thpmpson, afterwards lord Sydenham, and
others, the dutj' of 3Jd on the square j'ard of printed calico was
taken off. Since 1834 the manufacture has been greatly in-
creased by inventions. Cylinders for printing are now en-
graved by galvanism, and many new dyes have been intro-
duced by the discoveries of Liebig, Hofmann, Perkin, etc.
The consumption of calico in the United States is greater
than in any other country. Cotton, Dyeing.
Calicut, now Korikod, S.W.India, the first Indian
port visited by Vasco da Gama, 20 May, 1498. It was seized
by Hyder Ali, 1766; taken by the English, 1782; destroyed
by Tippoo Saib, 1789; ceded to the English, 1792. Calico.
California (Sp. calida formax, meaning a hot fur-
nace), a Pacific coast state, lies between lat. 32° 28' and 42°
N., and Ion. 114° 30' and 124°
45' W., having a coast line of
over 700 miles. It is bound-
ed on the north b}^ Oregon,
east by Nevada and Arizona,
south by Mexico, and west
by the Pacific ocean. Pop.
1890, 1,208,130; area, 158,-
360 sq. miles, in 54 counties.
Capital, Sacramento.
Hernando d' Alarcou sails
to the head of the gulf
of Califoruiii, and sends
boats up the Colorado
river Msiy, 1540
Juan Cabrillo, sailing north, discovers a harbor, supposed to
be San Diego bay, 28 Sept. 1542, and reaches Monterey,
14 Nov. 1542
After Cabrillo's death at San Miguel, 3 Jan. 1543, Farallo, his
pilot, reaches a point recorded as 44° N., but now believed to
have been cape Mendocino, 40° 30' N 10 Mch. 1543
English explorer sir Francis Drake touches the coast at 43° n.
lat., June, 1579; sailing south, he lands in a bay at "Cape
of the Kings," about 30 miles northwest of San Francisco,
17 June; received kindly by natives, and calls the country
New Albion. Drake leaves July, 1579
Spanish voyageur Sebastian Vizcaino vBiscayer) sails from Aca-
pulco, and is said to bave visited the bays of San Diego and
Monterey during the latter part of. 1602
After 150 years, with little furthet exploration, the Spaniards,
aroused by priests and by reports of Russian advances south-
ward from Alaska, send to the Pacific coast Jos6 de Galvez,
who leaves Mexico 9 Apr. 1768
Galvez, in Lower California, fits out an expedition for Francis-
can fathers, by sea and land; 2 vessels reach San Diego,
11 Apr. and 1 May, 1769
Portola, with land expedition, reaches San Diego, 9 July ; leaves
5 days later, arrives at San Pedro, 30 Oct., and thence pro-
ceeds nearly to San Francisco bay, but, provisions being ex-
hausted, returns to San Diego 11 Nov. "
Portolas second expedition from San Diego reaches Monte-
rey bay 24 May, 1770
Mission and presidio of San Carlos at Monterey founded,
3 June, "
Missions of San Antonio de Padua and San Gabriel founded 1771
Don Pedro Fages, successor to Portola, sent by viceroy of .Mex-
ico, from Monterey, 27 Mch. 1772, with an exploring party,
to secure the harbor of San Francisco from foreign aggres-
sion; they advance along the sliore to San Joaquin river,
and unable to cross, return to Monterey 4 Apr. 1773
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First interior expedition from Sonera, under Juan Bautista de
Anza, readies San Gabriel 22 Mcb. 1774
Fernando Javier de Rivera y Moncada appointed lieut gov. of
California 25 May, "
Juau Perez, in the Santiago, explores coast north to lat. 45'^,
9 July, "
Lieut. Juan Bautista de Ayala anchors oflTSan Francisco, sends
a boat in, 1 Aug. 1775; he explores the bay for 40 days, re-
turning to Monterey, then the capital 22 Sept. 1775
Settlement on the Colorado, opposite mouth of the Gila, 17 Dec. "
Presidio of San Francisco founded 17 Sept. 1776
Mission established at San Francisco 9 Oct. "
I'lieblo of San Josd established 29 Nov. 1777
Pueblo of Concepcion established 1780
Indian massacre at San Pablo and Concepcion; Rivera slain,
17 July, 1781
Pueblo of Los Angeles founded 26 Aug. "
A fleet fitted out by the French government for scientific ex-
ploration, under Jean Francois Galaup de la Perouse, sailing
south from lat. 58° 37' enters Monterey bay, 14 Sept. 1786;
entertained 10 days by gov. Fages and the padres of San
Carlos mission Sept. 1786
Mission of Santa Barbara founded 4 Pec. "
A Spanish scientific expedition from Cadiz, under Alejandro
Malaspina, explores the coast, anchoring at Monterey, 13 Sept. 1791
Capt. George Vancouver with an exploring party, sent by Great
Britain around the world, commissioned also to settle the
boundary question on the north of California, anchors his
vessel, the Discovery, in San Francisco harbor 14 Nov. 1792
With 7 officers, Vancouver, on horseback, visits Santa Clara,
under Spanish escort; the fli-st foreigners to penetrate so far
into the interior 20 Nov. "
Vancouver anchors at Monterey, 27 Nov. 1792; visits San Car-
los, 2 Dec. ; puts to sea 15 Jan. 1793
Returns from the Hawaiian islands in 1793 and again in 1794; is
suspected by the Spanish governor, and coldly received;
anchoring at Monterey, he visits the Salinas valley; sails
away 2 Dec. 1794
First vessel from the U. S. in a Californian port, the Otter,
from Boston, arrives at Monterey, 29 Oct. 1796. The captain,
Ebenezer Dorr, after obtaining supplies, secretly lands 10
Englishmen and 1 woman, stowaways from Port Saxon, and
sails away 6 Nov. 1796
By royal orders, the Californias are divided into 2 provinces,
Antigua (the peninsula, then under the control of the Domin-
ican missions) and Nueva California 26 Mch. 1804
Russian chamberlain, Nikolai Petrovich Rezanof, royal in-
spector for Sitka, finding that colony in great need of food,
sails to San Francisco with a cargo of goods, which he ex-
changes for provisions, despite the Spanish restrictions oh
trade ; he wins also the affections of Dofia Concepcion, daugh-
ter of the commandant, don Jose ArguBllo 21 May, 1806
Indians across the bay from San Francisco troubling Spanish,
AlQrez Moraga marches against them and defeats and scat-
ters the tribe 22 May, 1810
Russians establish a fort at Ross, 18 miles north of Bodega,
having settled the vicinity in 1807-10 30 Sept. 1812
<3ov. Jos6 Joaquin de Arrillaga dies at Soledad mission; capt.
Jose Arquello succeeds 24 July, 1814
Rumors of revolutions in S. Anierica; proclamation from gov.
Pablo Vincente de Sola, and preparations for defence, 23 June, 1816
Mission of San Rafael founded 14 Dec. 1817
French capt. Hippolyte Bouchard ("the pirate Buchar") ap-
pears with 2 vessels of 38 and 26 guns under the flag of
Buenos Ayres; his real purpose is unknown, but, after sum-
moning Monterey and other places on the coast to surrender,
and pillaging the towns, he sails away Dec. 1818
■California becomes a province of Mexico under the regency of
don Augustin Iturbide, 1821, and gov. Sola is elected deputy
to the new Cortes; Iturbide proclaimed emperor 18 May, 1822
Russians warned to abandon California within 6 months, 21 Oct. "
Iturbide surrenders his crown, Mch. 1823, and is banished from
America, May. 1823 ; California is substantially independent
until the new constitution of the Mexican republic is ratified
by the Junta of California 26 May, 1825
Electors, summoned by gov. Jose Maria Escheandia, choose
capt. Jose de la Guerra y Noriega delegate to Mexican Con-
gress 18 Feb. 1826
Jedediah S. Smith, a trapper from the U. S., the first to make
the trip from Salt lake, reaches San Gabriel 26 Dec. "
Territorial Diputacion, 7 members an« 3 substitutes chosen by
the junta of electors at San Diego in Feb. , meets at Monterey,
14 June, 1827
Joaquin Solis, a convict ranchero, instigates the troops to re-
volt against the governor, with a view to give all offices to
Californians; soldiers at Monterey seize the presidio, 12-13
Nov., and later meet no opposition at San Fraecisco 1829
Oov. Escheandia by proclamation calls on the Monterey insur-
gents to surremler, 7 Jan. 1830 ; recaptures Monterey, 20
Jan. ; apprehends Solis and other leaders, and sends 15 of
them on the bark Volunteer, for San Bias 9 May, 1830
Decree for secularization of missions; San Carlos and San
Gabriel to be organized as towns, surplus property, after dis-
tribution to neophytes, passing to secular administrators;
other missions the same as far as possible 6 Jan. 1831
Secularization accomplished 1834
Los Angeles made a city— capital of California 23 May, 1835
After various attempts at negotiation with the authorities, the
warnings of 1822 not being heeded, Russians at Ross, Bode-
ga, and other points on the coast, sell th«ir rights to col.
John A. Sutter for |30,000, and leave the country Jan. 1842
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Placer gold discovered on the San Francisco rancho formerly
belonging to the San Fernando mission Mch.
Commodore Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, with the U. S. Pacific
squadron of 5 vessels, believing war to exist with Mexico,
enters Monterey harbor, seizes the fort, and declares Cali-
fornia a territory of the U. S.. 20 Oct. 1842; learning
next day that there is no war, he restores the territory,
21 Oct.
Col. J. C. Fremont, with exploring expedition, reaches Sutter's
fort
1842
8 Mch. 1844
About 50 Californians, under Manuel Castro, Jesus Pico, and
others, seize arms and munitions stored at San Juan Bautista,
and instigate revolt against gov. Manuel Micheltorena and
his army of convicts from Mexico 14-15 Nov.
Micheltorena is supported by Sutter and other foreigners, but
concludes a treaty, agreeing to send away his battalion and
return to the capital i Dec.
First immigrants to California in wagons, the "Murphy com-
pany," under Elisha Stevens, reach Sutter's fort 13 Dec.
Micheltorena having broken the treaty of 1844, the revolution
is renewed; on the field of Cahuenga he capitulates, and Pio
Poco becomes governor in his stead 21 Feb.
Col. Fremont on a third expedition obtains permission from
Mexico, through U. S. consul Thomas 0. Larkin, at Mon-
terey, to continue his explorations of the coast 27 Jan.
Col. Fremont, in Oregon, receives orders to watch the Mexi-
can and British relations in California, 9 May, 1846. Re-
turning to California, he finds gen. de Castro prepared to
resist American invasion. American settlers begin the so-
called "Bear-flag revolt " by occupying Sonoma, with a flag
bearing a star and bear and the words, "California Repub-
lic" 14 June,
Fremont assumes command of insurgents at Souoma. .5 July,
Stars and Stripes raised at Monterey, 7 July, by order of John
D. Sloat, commanding U. S. Pacific squadron; at Sonoma
they replace the bear flag, 9 July, and over Sutter's fort,
11 July,
Fremont embarks in the schooner Ch/ane, commodore Dupont,
and occupies San Diego 29 July,
200 Mormon emigrants, recruited in the U. S., arrive at Saa
Francisco in the ship Brooklyn, under elder Brannan,
31 July,
Americans, under commodore Robert F. Stockton and major
Fremont, capture Los Angeles 13 Aug.
First number of an American newspaper, the Californian, issued
at Monterey by Robert Semple and Walter Colton 15 Aug.
Commodore Stockton proclaimed governor 17 Aug.
Mexicans recapture Los Angeles 29-30 Sept.
Gen. Stephen W. Kearney, under orders from Washington to
proceed from New Mexico to California and establish a pro-
visional government, arrives at Santa Maria 5 Dec.
Indecisive battle at San Pascual between Mexican general don
Andres Pico and gen. Kearney, who is twice wounded,
6 Dec.
Battle of San Gabriel; decisive defeat of the Mexicans,
8-9 Jan.
Los Angeles regained by the Americans 10 Jan.
Col. Fremont assumes the civil government under commission
from commodore Stockton 19 Jan.
Gen. Kearney, under instructions from the president, issues
a proclamation from Monterey as governor, and directs
col. Fremont to deliver in person, at Monterey, all public
documents in his charge, which he does with hesitation,
IMch.
Col. Richard B. Mason appointed governor 31 May,
First steamboat in California waters leaves San Francisco,
reaching Sacramento in 6 days and 7 hours 28 Nov.
Gold discovered near Coloma on col. John Sutter's land, by
James Wilson Marshall 19 Jan.
California and New Mexico ceded to the U. S. by treaty of Guad-
alupe Hidalgo, 2 Feb. 1848; proclaimed in California Aug.
First emigrants from China, 2 men and 1 woman, arrive in the
bark Eagle
First gold from California, 1804.59 oz., deposited in the U. S.
mint by David Carter 8 Dec.
Brig. -gen. Bennett Riley, instructed by the secretary of war to
assume the civil administration, arrives by sea at Monterey,
12 Apr. 1849. He issues a proclamation for a temporary
government to replace the local provisional governments, /
3 June,
A convention to form a state constitution sits at Monterey-, 1
Sept. 1849, until 13 Oct. The constitution adopted and state
officers chosen by the people 13 Nov.
New Almaden quicksilver mines opened
California admitted to the Union (the 31st state; pop. 92^597)
by act approved 9 Sept.
Assay-office established at San Francisco
Of 5 extensive fires in San Francisco since 24 Dec. 1849, the
greatest destroys a large part of the city (22 blocks). . .4 May,
Act of legislature establishing public schools
Democratic and Whig parties organized in California May,
Prevalence and immunity of crime, and corruption of officials,
prompts the formation of a vigilance committee of leading
citizens in San Francisco. 5 criminals hanged by them, and
nearly 20 banighed from the state. Gov. McDougall issues
a proclamation against the committee, 21 July. A convicted
murderer, reprieved by the governor, is hung by the people
at Sacramento • 21 Aug.
State prison at San Quentin, Marin co., opened
University of the Pacific at St. Jose chartered and opened
California Academy of Sciences founded at San Francisco
1845
1846
1847
1849
1850
1862
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8Ut« lanatic asylum established at Stockton 1853
Fllibustore under col. Walker sail from San Francisco for
Lower California (FiunrsTKKS) 17 Oct. "
Pniled States bnincn mint opened at San Francisco Apr. 1854
Panama niilroad o])ened, facilitating immigration to California,
23 Jan. 1855
College at Santa Clara opened, 1851 ; chartered "
Law excluding from the courts negro and Indian evidence,
amended by adding Chinese "
James King of William, editor of the San Francisco Evening
Bulletin, a chanipion of reform, is shot in the street by James
Casey, editor of the Sunday Times, a noted politician, 14
May, 186(5; d. '20 May. The vigilance committee is revived
15 May, and some 8000 members are enrolled. Casey is
taken from jail, 18 May; tried and hung with another man
named Cora, convicted of murder 22 May, 1856
Discovery of goldmines on the Fmzer river 1 May, 1858
First overland mail west leaves St. I.^ui8, Mo., 16 Sept. 1858;
arrives at San Francisco 10 Oct. "
42 prisoners escape from state prison in open day, and 100
others following are flred upon and driven back 27 June, 1859
David C. Broderick, wounded by David S. Terry in a duel 12
Sept., d 16 Sept. "
St Ignatius college at San Francisco opened, 1855; chartered. . "
Industrial school opened at San Francisco "
First pony express leaves Sacramentojfor St. Joseph, Mo. .4 Apr. 1860
A Japanese embassy of 72 men are the guests of San Francisco,
29 Mch. "
State Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind opened at
Berkeley "
California regiment, col. E. I). Baker, organized 21 Apr. 1861
Citiz«ns' meeting in Sau Francisco declares for Union, 11 May, "
Daily overland mail established from the Missouri river to
San Francisco over the central route, to replace that througli
northern Texas. New Mexico, Arizona, and Southern Califor
nia, established in 1858 1 July, "
Telegraph line from Denver, Col, to Sacramento, Cal. ; com-
pleted Sept. "
Ex-senator Gwin and attorney-general Benham arrested by
gen. Summer, charged with complicity in rebellion, 14 Nov. "
State reform school at Marysville opened Dec. "
150 convicts escape from the state prison. In their recapture
3 are killed and 22 wounded 22 July, 1862
Pacific Methodist college at Santa Rosa opened, 1861 ; chartered, "
Ground broken for the Central Pacific railroad at Sacramento
by gov. Stanford (Pacific railroads) 22 Feb. 1863
At San Francisco, U. S. officers seize the schooner Chapman,
about to sail, as a confederate privateer 15 Mch. "
Congress grants the Yosemite valley and the Mariposa Big-tree
grove to California for public use, resort, and recreation; to
be inalienable 30 June,
California ratifies the constitutional amendment abolishing
slavery 18 Dec.
State Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind established at
Oakland
St Vincent's college at Los Angeles opened, 1867; chartered. .
University opened at Berkeley, near San Francisco. . .23 Sept
Riot in Los Angeles; 15 Chinamen hanged and 6 shot by a
mob 24 Oct.
State normal school opened at San Francisco, 1862 ; is removed
to San Jose "
Mills college at Mills Seminary, Cal., opened "
University of California permanently located at Berkeley,
16 July, 1873
Gen. E. R. S. Canby and commissioner Thomas, while negotiat-
ing under a flag of truce for the removal of the Modoc Indians
to a reservation, are massacred by capt. Jack and his war-
riors in the lava beds near fort Klamath 11 Apr. "
Assassins are captured 1 June, tried, and capt Jack and 2 as-
sociates are hung 3 Oct "
Insane asylum established at Napa "
Central Pacific railroad attempts to obtain from Congress
a grant of Goat island, the property of the U. S., on San
Francisco bay, opposite Oakland; an independent party
in opposition is formed, and Newton Booth, its candi-
date, elected for the long term to Congress, with judge John-
son S. Hayes, anti- railroad Democrat, for the short term,
20 Dec. "
Law empowering juries to determine between death and im-
prisonment for life in convicting of a capital crime 1874
Compulsory education law passed and school laws revised; a
state superintendent of instruction to be elected "
State temperance convention at San Francisco 19 Nov. "
State Capitol at Sacramento completed 1875
"O'Connor bill " becomes a law, authorizing 3 commissioners
of transportation to inspect railroads and require them to be
kept in safe condition. 3 Apr. 1876
Society for the prevention of cruelty to children chartered ... "
Permanent organization of the workingmen's party of Califor-
nia, Dennis Kearney, "the sand-lot orator," president, head-
quarters at San Francisco 5 Oct. 1877
Dennis Kearney arrested and imprisoned 2 weeks for incendi-
ary speeches and threats .3 Nov. "
Act amending the code of civil procedure concerning attorneys,
by striking out the words " white male;" Mrs. Clara S. Foltz
of San Jose is admitted to the bar 1878
Act providing for a state labor bureau "
Convention to revise the constitution meets, 28 Sept 1878; ad-
journs, 3 Mch. 1879; new constitution takes effect 4 July, 1879
Yacht Jeannette sails from San Francisco for the Arctic regions
(Northeast and Northwest Passage) 8 July, "
1864
1865
1866
1869
1871
1879
1880
1886
1887
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Popular vote for governor: for Geo. C. Perkins, Hep., 67,970;
Hugh J. Glenn, Dem. and new constitution, 47,562; William
F. White, workingmen's party, 44,620 3 Sept
Normal school at San Josd destroyed by fire 10 Feb.
Work begun on the Lick Observatory on mount Hamilton,
4250 a. above llio sea, lat 37° 21' 3" n., and Ion 121° 3(;'
40" w., 13 miles east from San Jos6
Dennis Kearney arrested for sedition; sentenced to 6 months'
imprisonment and a fine of .$1000 . .(San Francisco) 15 Mch.
State viticultural commission founded
State i)ri80u at FoLsom opened
University of Southern California chartered and opened at Los
Angeles
"Young ddbris relief bill" passed, imposing, with a general
tix, a special tax on miners, to repair damage done to agri-
culture by ddbris washed into the valleys by hydraulic min-
ing; such debris, it is estimated, has destroyed 43,500 acres
of good farming land
Convention of miners in Nevada City, 22 July, 1882, to con-
sider the debris question; anti-ddbris convention of 110 dele-
gates, residents and property holders in the Sacramento and
San Joaquin valleys, at Sacramento 26 Sept
State normal school at Los Angeles opened
Acts passed creating a horticultural, sericultural, and forestry
commission, and a bureau of labor statistics
California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble-minded
Children opened at Santa Clara
36 in. lenses for the great refractor of the Lick Observatory
safely brought by rail from Cambridgeport, Mass., and de-
posited in the observatory vaults 27 Dec.
Legislature appropriates $5000 for a monument to James W.
Marshall, the discoverer of gold, at his grave in Coloma, El-
dorado county
Tax enacted of 1 cent on each $100 of property for the Univer-
sity of California
Corner-stone of Stanford University laid at Palo Alto,
20 May.
Asylum for Chronic Insane in Santa Clara county completed. .
Lick Observatory transferred by the trustees to the regents of
the University of California 1 June,
Monument erected in Golden Gate park to Francis S. Key,
for which James Lick, who died 1 Oct 1876, bequeathed
$60,000
Acts passed establishing the South California Stale Hospital
for the Insane, the Mendocino Insane Asylum at Ukiah,
and a state reform school for juvenile offenders at Los
Angeles
Act passed recognizing the veterans' home at Yountville as a
state home for disabled veterans and as a beneficiary under
the act of Congress providing aid
David S. Terry, assaulting judge Stephen Field at Lathrop, is
shot dead by U. S. marshal Nagle 14 Aug.
Pioneer woollen mills close; the last of the large woollen man-
ufactories in the state
State normal school at Chico opened
Preston School of Industry for Youthful Criminals founded at
lone City
Gabriel, the famous mission Indian, dies at Salinas, Monterey
county, aged 151 years 16 Mch.
29 persons drowned in a train which falls through a draw-
bridge at Oakland 30 May,
40th anniversary of the admission of California into the Un-on.
celebrated 6, 8, and 9 Sept, the latter day being a legal holi-
day in the state by governor's proclamation 6-9 Sept.
Act of Congress to reserve as a public park the Big-tree groves
in townships 18 and 17 south 25 Sept
King David Kalakaua of the Sandwich islands lands at San
Francisco from the U. S man-of-war Charleston 4 Dec.
Comer-stone of the Mendocino County Insane Asylum laid at
Ukiah 9 Dec.
Corner-stone of the insane asylum at San Bernardino laid,
16 Dec.
King David Kalakaua. b. 1836; d. at San Francisco 20 Jan.
Hon. George Hearst, U. S. senator, d. in Washington, D. C,
28 Feb.
Charles N. Felton, elected U. S. senator 19 Mch.
Dr. David S. Jordan, president of Indiana State University, ac-
cepts the presidency of Leland Stanford, jr. University,
23 Mch.
Chilian insurgent transport, the Itata, seized at San Diego
(United States) 6 May,
First shipment of block-tin (7 tons) from the Temescal mines,
in San Bernardino county, received in gan Francisco,
15 June,
Australian ballot law takes effect 1 July,
Leland Stanford, jr. University at Palo Alto opened 1 Oct
Earthquake; slight elsewhere; damage at Woodland, $50,000,
19-21 Apr.
Train, guarded by U. S. soldiers, with $20,000,000 of govern-
ment gold leaves San Francisco for New York ; has the right
of way 5 Aug.
350th anniversary of the di.scovery of San Diego bay. .28 Sept
Leland Stanford, governor, 1862, U. S. senator, 1893, and found-
er of Leland Stanford, jr. University, d 20 June,
From 1767 up to 1821, California being under Spanish rule
10 governors were appointed by that power. From 1822 unt
1845, being under Mexican domination, her governors (12]
were appointed from Mexico. From 1846 her governors hav<
been as follows :
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CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC GOVERNORS.
Term. I
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John C. Fremont
1846
By the people under the " Bear flag.
PROVISIONAL OR MILITARY GOVERNORS UNDER THE UNITED STATES.
•Com. Robert F. Stockton,.
John C. Fremont
■Gen. Stephen W. Kearney.
Richard B. Mason
Gen. Porsifer F. Smith
Bennett Riley
1847
1847
1847
1847 to 1849
1849
13 .Ian. , date of the surrender to the U. S. government.
By appointment of com. Stockton.
Fremont di.>*placed by Kearney, Mch.
Appointed from Washington.
Temporarily.
In office at the adoption of the state constitution.
STATE GOVERNORS.
Name.
Term.
Remarks.
Name. ( Term.
Remarks.
Peter H Burnett
1849 to 1851
1851 " 1852
18.52 " 1856
1856 " 1858
1858 " 1860
1860 " 1860
1860 " 1862
1862 " 1863
1863 " 1867
1867 " 1871
Resigned.
Lt. gov. acting.
Resigned.
Lt.-gov. acting.
Newton Booth
1871 to 1875
1875 " 1875
1875 " 1880
1880 " 1883
1883 " 1887
1887 " 1887
1887 " 1891
1891 " 1895
1895 " 1899
Resigned.
(Lieut. -gov. act-
William Irwin
( ing.
T/^>1in R Wpllpr
George C Perkins
vrilt(>n c; T ntliam
George Stoneman . .
Washington Bartlett
Died in office.
Robt. W. Waterman
J. H. Budd
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM CALIFORNIA.
Name.
No. of Congress.
Date.
Remarks.
.John C Fremont
Thirty-first
Thirty-second
Thirty-third
Thirty-fourth
Thirty-fifth
Thirty-sixth
u
Thirty-seventh
Thirty-eighth
Thirty-ninth
Fortieth
Forty- first
Forty-second
Forty-third
Forty-fourth
Forty-fifth
Forty sixth
Forty-seventh
Forty-eighth
Forty-ninth
Fiftieth
Fifty-first
Fifty-second
Fifty-third
1849 to 1851
1851 " 1853
1853 " 1855
1855 " 1857
1857 " 1859
1859 " 1861
(( li u
1861 " 1863
1863 " 1865
u a u
1865 " 1867
1867 " 1869
1869 " 1871
1871 " 1873
1873 " 1875
1875 " 1877
1877 " 1879
1879 " 1881
1881 " 1883
1883 " 1885
1885 " 1887
u u . u
1887 " 1889
1839 " 1891
1891 II 1893
1803 II 1895
Seated, 10 Sept. 1850.
" 11 " "
William M Gwin
William M Gwin
John B Weller
Seated 17 Mch. 1852.
William M Gwin
John B. Weller
John B Weller
David C. Broderick
William M Gwin
Seated 4 Mch. 1857.
David C. Broderick
Died of a wound received in a duel with David S. Terry, 16 Sept. 1859.
Pro tem. in place of Broderick.
Elected in place of Broderick. Seated, 5 Mch. 1860.
Jas A. McDougall
John Conners
First Republican senator.
Jas A McDougall
Democrat.
Jas. A. McDougall
Eugene Casserly
Democrat.
■Cornelius Cole
Eugene Casserly
Cornelius Cole
Eugene Casserly
Resigned, 29 Nov. 1873.
Elected in place of Casserly. Seated, 9 Feb. 1874
Republican.
Independent.
John S. Hager
Newton Booth
Newton Booth
Aaron A. Sargent
Newton Booth
Jas T. Farley
Democrat.
John F. Miller
Republican.
Jas. T. Farley
John F. Miller
Jas. T. Farley
John F. Miller
Leland Stanford
Republican.
Democrat.
George Hearst
Leland Stanford
George Hearst
Died 28 Feb 1891
Leland Stanford
Charles N. Felton
Republican.
Leland Stanford
Leland Stanford
Died, 20 June, 1893.
Democrat.
Stephen M. White
•George C. Perkins
Republican. Elected in place of Stanford.
caliper COnipa§§, to measure the bore of cannon, I
small-arms, etc., is said to have been invented by an artificer
of Nuremberg in 1540.
Ca'lipti (Arabic), vicar, or lieutenant, the title assumed
by the soli of Persia, as succes.sor of Ali, and, since 1517,
by the sultan of Turkey, as successor of Mahomet and sov-
ereign of Mecca and Medina. The caliphate began with
Abubeker, the father of the prophet's second wife. The Fati-
mite caliphs ruled in Egypt, 908-1171. Ali, Mahometan-
.IS.M.
CALIPHS OF ARABIA.
632. Abubeker.
634. Omar I.
644. Othman.
655. Ali.
The Ommiades ruled 661-750.
The Abbassides ruled 750-1258.
In 775 they were styled caliphs of Bagdad.
Haroun-al-Raschid ruled 786-809.
CalippiC period, invented by Calippus about 330
B.C., to correct the Metonic cycle, consists of 4 cycles, or of 76
years, at the expiration of which he incorrectly supposed the
iiew and full moons return on the same day of the solar year.
This period began about the end of June, third year or 112th
Olympiad, year of Rome 424, and 330 b.c.
Calixtin§. l. A sect derived from the Hussites, about
1420, demanded the cup (Gr. KaXv^) in the Lord's supper.
They were also called Utraquists, as partaking of both ele-
ments. They were reconciled to the Koman church at the
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council of Basle, 1433.— 2. The folio were of George Calixtus,
a Lutheran, who died in 1656. He wrote against the celibacy
of the priest htKMl, and proposed a reunion of Catholics and
Protestants under the Apostles' Creed.
Cul'lao, Peru. After an earthquake the sea retired
from the shore, and rotnrned in preat waves, destroying the
city, in 1687, and on 28 Oct. 174G. Attempt of the Spanish
admiral Nuftez to bombard Callao, 2 May, 1866, defeated by
the Peruvians; blockaded by Chilians, Apr. 1880. Ciiii>i.
callinr'rttphy ("beautiful writing"). Callicrates is said
to have written an elegant distich on a sesamum seed, 472 b.c.
In the I6th century Peter Bales wrote legibly the Lord's
Prayer, Creed, and Decalogue, 2 short Latin prayers, his own
name, motto, day of the month, year of our Lord, and of the
reign of queen Elizabeth (to whom he presented them at
Hampton court), all within the circle of a silver penny, en-
chased in a ring and border of gold, and covered with crys-
tal— Holinshed.
Culmar, Union of. The treaty whereby Denmark,
Sweden, and Norway were united under one sovereign, Mar-
garet, queen of Sweden and Norway, " the Semiramis of the
North," June, 1397. The union was dissolved by Gustavus
Vasa in 1523. Rulers, table of; Sweden.
Calniucki. Tartary.
cal'Oinel ("beautiful black"), a compound of mercury,
sulphuric acid, and chloride of sodium, first mentioned by
Crollius early in the 17th century. The first directions given
for its preparation were by Beguin in 1608.
calorescence. In Jan. 1865, prof. Tyndall rendered
the ultra-red rays of the spectrum of the electric light visible
by focussing them on a plate of platinum, which they raised
to a white heat. He termed the phenomenon calorescence.
Fluorescence.
caloric. Heat.
calotype procC§§ (from the Gr. KoKoQ, beautiful),
by which negative photographs are produced on paper, is the
invention of Mr. Henry Fox Talbot, about 1840. Also called
Talbotype. Photography.
Caloy'eri (meaning good old men). The monks of the
Greek church, of the order of St. Basil. Their most celebrated
monastery in Asia is at Mount Sinai, endowed by Justinian
(d. 565) ; the European one is at Mount Athos.
Calvary, Mount, the place where the Redeemer suffered
death, 5 Apr. 30 A.jy. (ff ales, 31; Clinton, 29; others, 38); see
Luke xxiii. 33. Hadrian, at the time of his persecution of
the Christians, erected a temple of Jupiter on mount Calvary,
and a temple of Adonis on the manger at Bethlehem, 142.
The empress Helena built a church here about 326. Holy
places.
Calvi, Corsica. The British forces besieged the fortress
of Calvi, 12 June, 1794. After 69 days, it surrendered on 10
Aug. It surrendered to the French in 1796.
Calvinisti, named after John Calvin (or Chauvin),
who was bom at Noyon, in Picardy, 10 July. 1509. Adopting
the reformed doctrines, he fled to Angouleme, where he com-
posed his "Institutio Christianae Religionis" in 1533; pub.
in 1536. He retired to Basle, and settled in Geneva, where
he died, 27 May, 1564. He took part in burning Servetus for
denying the Trinity in 1553. The Calvinists and Lutherans
separated after the conference of Poissy in 1561, where the
former rejected the 10th and other articles of the Confession
of Augsburg, and took the name of Calvinists. In France
(Huguenots) they took up arms against their persecutors.
Henry IV., originally a Calvinist, on becoming king, secured
their liberty by the Edict of Nantes in 1598. Calvinistic
doctrines appear in the articles of the church ol England and
in the confession of the church of Scotland, and are held by
many Protestant sects. The}'^ include predestination, partic-
ular redemption, total depravity, irresistible grace, and the
certain perseverance of saints.
Cambodia, a region lying to the southwest of Anam,
and south of Siam. Its king, Norodom, recognized French
protection by treaty, Oct. 1883. Pop. 1,800,000 ; area, 38,000
sq. miles.
Cambray, N. France, the ancient Camaracum, was ii
the middle ages the capital of a prince bishop subject to th€
emperor. It gives its name to Cambric. Councils held hei
1064, 1303, 1383, 1565.
Held by Louis XI. of France 1477-78
Taken by Charles V.. . : IE
By the Spaniards 159
By the French and annexed 166|
Fdndlon made archbishop 169
French wore defeated at Caesar's camp, in the neighborhood,
by the allied army under the duke of York 24 Apr. 178
Invested by the Austrians, 8 Aug., the republican general, De-
clay, replied to the summons to surrender, "he knew not
how to do that, but his soldiers knew how to fight." It
was taken by Clairfait, the Austrian general 10 Sept. 179f
Seized by British under sir Charles Colville 24 June, 181{
League of Cambray against the republic of Venice, comprising
pope Julius II., the emperor Maximilian, and Louis XII. of
France, and Ferdinand of Spain, formed 10 Dec. 1506
Treaty between Francis I. of France and Charles V. of Germany
(called Paix des Dames, because negotiated by Louisa of
Savoy, mother of the French king, and Margaret of Austria,
aunt of the emperor) 152J
Treaty between Charles VI. and Philip V. of Spain 1724-
Cambria, ancient name of Wales.
cambric, a.fine thin fabric of linen or cotton, first made
at Cambray ; worn in England, and accounted a great lux-
ury, IbS^.—Stow, Its importation restricted in 1745 ; proliil
ited in 1758; readmitted, 1786 ; prohibited, 1795.
Cambridg^C, the Roman Camboricum and the Saxoq
Granta bricsir, capital of Cambridge co., Engl., frequently mea
tioned by the earliest British historians, was burned by th<
Danes in 870 and 1010.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.
The university, said to have been founded by Sigebert, king
of the East Angles, about 630 a.d. ; neglected during the
Danish invasions, from which it suffered much; restored by
Edward the elder in 915 ; began to revive about
Henry I. bestows many privileges
Henry III. grants a charter to the university; about which
time the students begin to live together in hostels, which
afterwards become colleges named after saints 1230 or
Wat Tyler's and Jack Straw's rebels enter, seize university
records, and burn them in the market place
University press set up
Incorporated by Elizabeth
University authorized to send 2 members to Parliament
University refuses the degree of M.A. to father Francis, a
Benedictine monk, recommended by the king; and the pres-
idency of Magdalene college to Farmer, a Roman Catholic,
notwithstanding the king's mandate
Mathematical tripos instituted
University tests act passed 1(5 June,
New code of statutes for the university approved by queen
Victoria in council
St. Paul's hostelry for Indian students chartered 18 July,
New museum of classical art and archaeology opened. . .6 May,
Miss A. F Ramsay, of Girton, senior and alone in first division
of classical tripos. Miss B. M. Hervey, of Newnham, alone
in first division of mediaeval and modern languages tripos,
18 June,
Prof. G. G. Stokes, P.R.S., elected M.P for the university,
17 Nov.
Miss G. P. Fawcett, Newnham (daughter of the late profes-sor),
above the senior wrangler in mathematics 7 June,
Senate supports compulsory study of Greek (525-185). .29 Oct.
Establishment of an engineering school proposed Dec.
SEVENTEEN COLLEGES.
Peterhouse college, by Hugo de Balsham, bishop of Ely,
founded
Clare hall or college, first founded by Dr. Richard Baden in
1326; destroyed by fire and re-established by Elizabeth de
Bourg, sister to Gilbert, earl of Clare about
Pembroke college, founded by the countess of Pembroke
Gonville and Caius, by Edmund Gonville
Trinity hall, by William Bateman, bishop of Norwich
Enlarged by Dr. John Caius
Corpus Chri.sti, or Benet
King's college, by Henry VI
Queea's college, by Margaret of Anjou, 1448; and Elizabeth
Woodville ,..
St. Catherine's college or hall, founded
Jesus college, by John Alcock, bishop of Ely
Christ's coljego, founded 1442; endowed by Margaret, countess
of Richmond, mother of Henry VII
St. John's college, endowed by Margaret, countess of Rich-
mond
Magdalene college, by Thomas, baron Audley
Trinity college, by Henry VIII
Emmanuel college, by sir Walter Mildmay
Sidney-Sussex college, founded by Frances Sidney, countess of
Sussex
Downing college, by sir George Downing by will, in 1717 ; its
charter
luq
1231
1680
1747
187
1885
1884
188T
125T
1345
1347
134
1350
1558
1352.
144»
147»
1496.
1505-
1511
1519
1546
1584
159S
180O
CAM 143
Non-Coil, students, founded 1869
Cavendish college, opened by duke of Devonshire 1876
Selwyn college, founded 1 June, 1881
Ayerst's Hostel, founded 1884
[Cambridge University Calendar, 1891.]
CHANCELLORS.
Charles, duke of Somerset, elected 1688
Thomas, duke of Newcastle 1748
Augustus Henry, duke of Grafton 1768
H. R. H. William Frederick, duke of Gloucester 1811
John, marquis Camden 1834
Hugh, duke of Northumberland 1840
Prince Consort (d. 14 Dec. 1861) 28 Feb. 1847
William, duke of Devonshire 31 Dec. 1861
PRINCIPAL PROFESSORSHIPS.
Divinity (Margaret), 1502; Regius..
Laws, Hebrew, Greek, and Physic.
Founded.
... 1540
Arabic 1632
Mathematics (Lucasian) 1663
Music 1684
Chemistry 1702
Astronomy :.. ..1704, 1749
Anatomy 1707
Modern History, Botany 1724
Natural and Experimental Philosophy 1783
Mineralogy 1808
Political Economy 1863
Slade (fine art) 1869
(Cambridge and Oxford recognize each other's degrees, also those
granted by Dublin university, but no others). U.vivkrsities.
Cambridge, Mass. The town was founded by e;ov.
Winthrop in 1630, and called Newtown. During the British
occupation of Boston the American army occupied Cambridije,
and there Washington assumed command in 1775. The city
of Cambridge, the seat of Harvard University, was incor-
porated in 1846. Pop. in 1880, 52,740; 1890, 70.028.
€aillbu§kenneth, near Stirling (central Scotland).
Here Wallace defeated the English under Warrenne and Cres-
singham, 10 Sept. 1297.
The abbey, one of the richest in Scotland, was founded by king
David I. in 1147 ; was spoiled and nearly destroyed by the re-
formers in 1559.
Camden, S. C. Here, 16 Aug. 1780, about 3600 Amer-
icans, under gen. Gates, were defeated by from 2000 to 2500
British, under lord Cornwallis, losing 700 men, among them
baron de Kalb mortall}' wounded, nearly all their baggage and
artillery.
Camel, Day of the, 4 Nov. 656 (according to some, 658
or 659), when Talha and Zobeir, rebel Arab chiefs, were defeat-
ed and slain by caliph Ali. Aj'esha, Mahomet's widow, friend of
the chiefs, was present in a litter, on a camel \ hence the name.
Cam'elot, a legendary city of Britain, famous in king
Arthur's time.
"And thro''the field the road runs by
To many-tower'd Camelot."
—Tenmjson, '^The Lady of Shalott."
eamera-lucida, invented by Dr. Hooke about 1674;
another by Dr. Wollaston in 1807, to facilitate the delineation
of distant objects.
eamera-ol>§eura or dark chamber, con-
structed, it is said, by Roger Bacon in 1297 ; improved by
Baptista Porta, about 1500 ; and remodelled by sir Isaac New-
ton. By the invention of M. Daguerre, in 1839, the pictures
of the camera are fixed. Photography.
Cameroilian§, a name frequently given to the Re-
formed Presbyterian church of Scotland, the descendants of the
Covenanters of the 17th century, the established church, 1638-
1650. They assumed the name of the ' ' Reformed Presbyterian
church " on 25 May, 1876, and soon after united with the Free
church of Scotland. Charles II. signed the league and cove-
nant in 1650, in hopes of recovering his kingdoms, but re-
nounced it in 1661, and revived episcopacy. A revolt ensued
in 1666, when many Covenanters were slain in battle (in the
Pentland hills, etc.) ; and many, refusing to take the oaths re-
quired, and declining to accept the king's indulgence, died on
the scafibld, after undergoing cruel tortures. The name Cam-
eronian is derived from Richard Cameron, one of their minis-
ters, who was killed in a skirmish in 1680. On 22 June in that
year he and others issued at Sanquathar a declaration for re-
ligious liberty. The bi-centenary was kept in 1880. In 1689
they raised a body of soldiers to support William III., who en-
CAM
rolled them under the command of lord Angus, as the 26th
regiment, since so famous in British annals. In 1712 they re-
newed their public covenants, and are described in one of their
tracts as '• the suffering anti-popish, and anti-prelatical, anti-
erastian, true Presbyterian church of Scotland." They have
now between 30 and 40 congregations in Scotland.— The 79th
regiment (Cameron Highlanders), raised in 1793 by Allan
Cameron, has no connection with the Cameronians.
Cameroon, a region in Africa, made a German pro-
tectorate in 1884. It has a coast line on the Bight of Biafra,
north of the French Congo region, of 120 miles. Its area is
about 130,000 sq. miles. Pop. 2,500,000.
Cami§ard§ (from chemise, Lat. camisa, a shirt, which
they frequently wore over their dress in night attacks), a name
given to the French Protestants in the neighborhood of the
Cevennes (mountain-chains in S. France), who, after enduring
much persecution after the revocation of the Kdict of Nantes,
22 Oct. 1685, took up arms in July, 1702, to rescue some im-
prisoned brethren. They revenged the cruelties of their ene-
mies, and maintained an obstinate resistance against the rov-
alist armies commanded by marshal Montrevel and other
distinguished generals till 1705, when the insurrection was sup-
pressed by marshal Villars. After futile conciliatory efforts,
several of the heroic leaders suffered death rather than sur-
render. Cavalier, an able general, unable to earryout a treaty
made with Villars, seceded in 1704, entered the British service,
and died governor of Jersey, 1740.
camlet, formerly made of silk and camel's hair, but
now of wool, hair, and silk. Oriental camlet first came from
Portuguese India in 1660. — Anderson.
camp. The Hebrew encampment was first laid out by
Divine direction, 1490 B.C. (Numb.ii.). The Romans and Gauls
had intrenched camps in open plains; and vestiges of such
exist to this day in England and Scotland.
Campag^na (Cam-pan'ya) di Roma, near Rome.
A district mostly uncultivated and unhealthy, including the
greater part of ancient Latium. The vapors arising from the
land produce the pestilential atmosphere called Aria CaHiva.
This province was not always so unhealthy, but in the early
days of the republic contained such cities as Veil and Fidenae,
and under the empire many fine villas were built here. Its
drainage and planting were authorized by the Italian senate,
31 May, 1878, but little, however, has been done.
Campania, S. Italy, was occupied by Hannibal, and
various cities declared in his favor, 216 B.c. ; conquered by the
Romans, 213. Its capital was Capua.
Campbellite§ or Ro\¥ite§, the followers of the
rev. John McLeod Campbell, minister of Row, Dumbartonshire,
deposed 24 May, 1881, by the general assembly of the church
of Scotland for teaching universal atonement, and other doc-
trines contrary to the church's standard. Dr. Campbell estab-
lished a congregation in Glasgow in 1833. The Disciplks of
Christ are also sometimes termed Campbellites, after Alexan-
der Campbell, their founder.
Campeachy bay, Yucatan, Central America, dis-
covered about 1517, and settled by Spaniards in 1540: taken
by the English in 1659, by the buccaneers in 1678, and l)y the
freebooters of St. Domingo in 1685, who burned the town and
blew up the citadel. The English logwood-cutters settled
here about 1662.
Camperdown, south of the Texel, Holland, near
which admiral Duncan, of the English fleet, defeated the
Dutch fleet, commanded by admiral De Winter ; the latter
losing 15 ships, either taken or destroyed, 11 Oct. 1797. The
British admiral was made lord Duncan of Camperdown. He
died suddenly on his way to Edinburgh, 4 Aug. 1804. Also
the name of an English armored battle-ship. Wrkcks, 1893.
Campo Formio, N. Italy. Here a treaty was con-
cluded between France and Austria ; the latter yielding the
Low Countries and the Ionian islands to France, and Milan,
Mantua, and Modena to the Cisalpine republic, 17 Oct. 1797.
By a secret article the emperor gained the Venetian dominions.
Campu§ RaudiU§, near Verona, N. Italy. Here
the Cimbri were defeated with great slaughter by Marius and
Catulus, 101 15.C.
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Canaan (k<i'nan) is considered to have been settled by
the Canaanitos, 1965 B.C. {Clmt(m,2088). Abram, by divine
command, \%'cnt into the land of Canaan, 1921 b.c. (Gen. xii.).
The land was divided among the Israelites by Joshua, 1445
B.C. (/y«/es, 1G02). Jkws; Juix«A.
Canada, N. America, was discovered by John and Se-
bastian Cabot, 24 June, 1497. In 1524, a French expedition
under Verazzano formed a settlement named New France, and
in 1535 Jacques Cartier (a Breton mariner) ascended the St.
Lawrence as far as the site of Montreal. Canada has been
termed " the Dominion "since its incorporation with the other
Anglo-American colonies, 1 July (Dominion day, since ob-
served as a holidav), 1867. Capital, Ottawa. Pop. 1871,
8,788,618; 1881,4,359,933; 1891, 4,829,4^1 . Area, 3,393,320
aq. miles. Bki risii America, Fkkncii in Amekica.
First permanent settlement : Quebec founded 1608
Cunadii taken by the Englidi, l()i9 ; restored 1632
War begins in 1756 ; Canada conquered by the English, 1759;
coufirnied to them by the treaty of Paris, signed 10 Feb. 1763
legislative council established ; the French laws confirmed,
and religious liberty given to Human Catholics 1774
Americans under Mouigomery invade Canada, and surprise
Montreal, Nov. 1775 ; e.\i>elled by Carleton Mch. 1776
Canada divided into Upper and Lower 1791
"Clergy reserves" established by Pari lament— one seventh
of the waste lands of the colony appropriated for the main-
tenance of the Protestant clergy (during the debates on this
bill the quarrel between Mr. Burke and Mr. Fox arose) "
United States army, under gen. Hull, invade Canada from De-
troit, 12 July, but retire across the river to Detroit — 8 Aug. 1812
United Statks. 1812-14.
First railway in Canada opened July, 1836
Papineau rebellion commences at Montreal by a body called
Fils de la Libi-rle 1837
Rebels defeated at St. Eustace 14 Dec. "
Repulsed at Toronto by sir F. Head 5 Jan. 1838
Lount and Mathews (rebels) hanged 12 Apr. "
Rebellion in Beauharnais, 3 Nov. ; the .insurgents at Napier-
ville, under Nelson, routed, 6 Nov. ; rebellion suppressed,
17 Nov. "
Acts for government of Lower Canada passed, Feb. 1838, and
Aug. 1839
Upper and Lower Canada reunited 10 Feb. 1840
Riots in Montreal; parliament house burned 26 Apr. 1850
Treaty with the U. S 7 June, 1854
Grand Trunk railroad of Canada (850 miles), from Quebec to
Toronto, opened 12 Nov. 1856
On reference to queen Victoria, Ottawa, formerly Bytown,
made the capital; this decision unpopular Aug. 1858
Canada raises a regiment of soldiers (made one of the line, and
called the 100th) "
Prince of Wales, duke of Newcastle, etc., arrive at St. John's,
Newfoundland, 24 July; visit Halifax, 30 July; Quebec, 18
Aug. ; Montreal, 25 Aug. ; Ottawa, 1 Sept. ; leave Canada,
20 Sept. ; after visiting the U. S. embark at Portland, 20 Oct. ;
and arrive at Plymouth 15 Nov. 1860
In consequence of the Trent affair (United States, 1861), 3000
British troops sent to Canada; warlike preparations made,
Dec. 1861
British Parliament grant 50,000i. for defence of Canada,
2 Mch. "
British N. American Association founded in London Jan. 1862
J. Sandfleld Macdonald premier 20-23 May, "
Assembly vote only 5000 militia and 5000 reserve for the de-
fence of the country ; discontent in England July, "
Macdonald again premier 20 May, 1863
Meeting of delegates from N. American colonies at Quebec, to
deliberate on a confederation, 10 Oct. ; agree on the bases.
Oct 1864
Between 20 and 30 armed confederates quit Canada and enter
St. Albans, Vt. ; rob tlie banks, steal horses and stores, flre,
kill one man, and wound others, return to Canada, 19 Oct. ;
13 are arrested, 21 Oct. ; but are discharged on technical
grounds, by judge Coursol 14 Dec. "
Confederation scheme rejected by New Brunswick 7 Mch. 1865
St. Albans raiders discharged, 30 Mch. ; Mr. Seward gives up
claim for their extradition Apr. "
Threatened invasion of the Fenians, 9 Mch. ; 10,000 volunteers
called out 15 Mch. 1866
Canadian parliament first meets at Ottawa ; the habeas-corpus
act suspended ; many Fenians flee ; 35,000 men under arms
(Fenians) 8 June, "
Discovery of gold in Hastings county, Canada West Nov. "
Act for the union of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick
as " the Dominion of Canada," the executive authority be-
ing vested in the sovereign of Great Britain, represented by
a gov.-gen. (salary 10,000i. per annum) and privy council,
with parliament, to consist of a senate, members chosen for
life, and a house of commons, members chosen for 5 years,
passed 29 Mch. 1867
Canada railway loan act passed 12 Apr. "
Lord Monck sworn as viceroy of Canada, under the Union act,
2 July, "
New parliament meets at Ottawa; senate, 72 members; house
of commons, 181 6 Nov. "
Agitation against the confederation in Nova Scotia .Jan.
M urder of Darcy McGhee 7 Apr.
A Fenian raid into Canada vigorously repelled by the militia,
about 24 May,
Hudson's bay territories purchased, subject to conditions, for
300,000/. (HuD.soN's HAY) Nov.
Some of the settlors resisting (Rupert's Land) an expedition,
under col. Wolseley, arrive at fort Garry, and a conciliatory
proclamation is issued 23 July,
Rupert's Land made the province of Manitoba ; Adams G. A.
Archibald first governor lAug.
Disputes with U. S. respecting fishing Nov.
Opposition to the fishery clauses in the treaty of Wa.shington,
June,
By the British North America act, the Parliament of Canada
"may establish new provinces 29 June,
British Columbia united to the " Dominion "
Departure of last battalion of royal troops Nov.
Mr. Arch, on behalf of British laborers, visits Canada.. autumn,
Canadian and U. S. fishery commission (sir Alexander Gait for
Canada, E. T. Kellogg for U. S., and M. Delfosse, Belgian U.
S. minister) meet at Halifax, 15 June; award $"),.'>00,000 to
Canada, Mr. Kellogg dissenting 23, 24 Nov.
American fishermen in Fortune bay attacked for breaking
laws respecting fishing 6 Jan.
Marquis of Lome appointed governor general 14 Oct.
Resignation of ministry ; sir John Macdonald forms a new one,
about 19 Oct.
Halifax award paid by the U. S. (Fish, Fisheries) 21 Nov.
Marquis of Lome and princess Louise land at Halifax. . .25 Nov.
Fortune bay affair (Jan. 1878), compensation refused by the earl
of Salisbury, granted by lord Granville, but rules affirmed,
2(> Oct.
Contract for new Pacific railway ratified by the assembly,
1 Feb.
P'ortune bay affair ; 15,000/. awarded 28 May,
Northwest territory beyond Manitoba divided into 4 new terri-
tories—Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Athabaska; by
order in council : July,
Marquis of Lansdowne arrives at Quebec as governor- general,
22 Oct.
Canada offers military assistance in the Soudan Feb.
Insurrection in northwest territories, led by Louis David Riel,
supported by French half-breeds and Indians, claiming po-
litical and social rights alleged to have been promised in
1870; government stores seized about 24 Mch.
Col. Irvine evacuates and burns fort Carleton 25-27 Mch.
Battleford besieged by Indians 1 Apr.
Col. Otter, after a fight, relieves Battleford 24 Apr.
Gen. Middleton defeats the Indians at Fish creek after a severe
conflict 24 Apr.
Col. Otter defeats Riel's followers near Battleford 3 May,
Gen. Middleton attacks and captures Batoche, on the Saskatch-
ewan, well defended by Riel with rifle-pits, etc. ; British
success largely due to the skill and courage of capt. Howard,
U. S. A., with a Catling gun 9 May,
Indian chief Poundmaker, having captured a supply train of
31 wagons, is defeated, but supplies are not recovered,
14 May,
Riel surrenders with many of his followers 15 May,
Poundmaker surrenders 26 May,
Gen. Strange attacks Big Bear's" intrenched camp, 20 miles
from fort Pitt, but retreats 28-29 May,
Big Bear retreats 7 June,
Riel tried, convicted, and hanged 30 July-16 Nov.
Fisheries dispute between Canada and U. S. ; Canadians put
the harshest construction upon the treaty of 1818, seeking to
force the U. S. to a more favorable treaty spring,
U. S. Congress passes a bill authorizing retaliation against Ca-
nadian commerce at the president's discretion 2 Mch.
Fisheries Retaliation bill passed by the U. S. Congress. .3 Mch.
Wm. O'Brien, editor of United Ireland, arrives at Montreal on
a mission, 11 May; visits Ottawa, Toronto, etc. ; generally un-
successful, and frequently stoned; leaves 28 May,
Joint commission on fisheries dispute (3 British, including J.
Chamberlain, and 3 U. S.) appointed about 30 Aug.
British vessels seized by U. S. authorities in N. Pacific waters,
2, 9, 12; 17 Aug.
Great railway bridge over the St. Lawrence at Lachine com-
pleted 30 July,
Arrangements made for a fortnightly mail service, etc., from
London to the east by the Canadian Pacific railway by govern-
ment subsidies. Sept.
Bill for trade reciprocity with U. S. negatived after 15 days'
debate 7 Apr.
Commissioners report the capability of the great Mackenzie
basin, etc. (about 1,260,000 sq. miles) for colonization; an-
nounced Sept.
Proposed extension by Manitoba of Red River railway across
Canadian Pacific railway; opposed by that company as inter-
fering with their monopoly, and disallowed by the Dominion
parliament; a compromise agreed to ; Manitoba government
determine to proceed; Canadian company resists, Oct. ; con-
flict, the company successful, 26 Oct. ; decision of the supreme
court in favor of Manitoba announced, 23 Dec. ; leave given
to cross the line 28 Jan.
Proposed petition to queen to make the governor-general inde-
pendent in foreign affairs negatived by Parliament (94-66),
18 Feb.
Dominion commons unanimously resolve on adhesion to the
mother country; a copy to be sent to the queen 29 Jan.
1870
1871
1873
1877
1878
18S0
1881
1890
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Manitoba railway named the Great Northern railway of Canada,
Jan.
John Reginald Birchall, an educated Englishman, tried at Wood-
stock, Ontario, for the murder in Niagara swamp of F. J. Ben-
well (whom he had decoyed from England into a farming part-
nership), 17 Feb. Birchall wrote a forged letter to col. Benwell,
requesting him to send 5001. to his son ; evidence circumstan-
tial; 8 days' trial; convicted 11.45 p.m., 29 Sept. ; executed,
14 Nov,
Indians of Ontario and Quebec, at a meeting on 21 Nov., agree
to petition the government to release them from the political
franchise, and to permit them to elect their own chiefs as
formerly, still remaining subject to the government; petition
presented, and reserved for consideration, Dec. 1890; Parlia-
ment dissolved 4 Feb.
;Sir John Macdonald, premier, and conservatives, propose reci-
procity with the U. S., only of natural products; Mr. Laurier
and liberals propose unrestricted reciprocity
•Canadian Pacific railway completed by agreement with New
York Central for an entrance to New York 28 Mch.
First steamer of the Pacific mail service arrives at Vancouver
from Yokohama 28 Apr.
Death of sir John Macdonald, aged 76, greatly lamented, 6 June;
public funeral at Kingston 10, U June,
Hon. John Joseph C. Abbott becomes premier 14 June,
Motion in favor of unrestricted reciprocity with the U. S., after
15 days' debate, rejected in the commons, by a government
majority of 26 29 July,
Sir Hector Louis Langevin, minister of public works, and his
friend, the hon. Thomas McGreevy, an active ministerialist
M.P.,and other officials, charged by Mr. Tarte, M.P., a jour-
nalist, with corruption in contracts for government works in
1890; referred to standing committee on privileges and elec-
tions, which met 21 July ; sir H. Langevin makes his defence,
11 Aug.; his resignation as minister accepted, 7 Sept.; T.
McGreevy makes damaging admissions, and retires to the
U. S. ; the committee exonerate sir H. I,angevin from all
charges, except that of negligence; they censure T. McGreevy,
and certain officials 14 Sept.
Report adopted by the House 25 Sept.
St. Clair tunnel connecting the Canadian and the U. S. rail-
ways running to Chicago opened by sir Henry Tyler, chair-
man of the Grand Trunk railway 19 Sept.
Lady Macdonald, widow of sir John Macdonald, premier, cre-
ated a peeress as baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe by the
British Parliament Oct.
Meeting at Washington of the representatives of Canada and
the U. S. to consider reciprocity; no result 10-15 Feb.
By order in council, the Dominion discriminates against the
U. S. in the use ot the Welland canal 4 Apr.
United States, 20 Aug. 1892.
Hon. Alexander Mackenzie, originally a Scotch mason, came
to Canada and gradually rose till he became liberal premier,
1873-78; he passed several important acts and promoted
great public works; visited Great Britain and was received
at Windsor, 1875 ; d. aged 70 17 Apr.
Motion for a new reciprocity tariff with Great Britain, adopted
by the commons at Ottawa (98-64) 25 Apr.
Canal tolls arranged with the U. S 14 Jan.
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CANADA PACIFIC RAILKOAD.
British Columbia, on entering the confederation, exacts a pledge
that a railway to the Pacific shall be built 1871
Government, having begun the work, transfers it to Canada
Pacific railroad company, which agrees to complete the work
by the year 1891 ; subsidy 25,000,000 acres of land, exemption
from tax for 20 years; free entry for materials imported and
exemption from rival lines for 20 years 1881
Government further aids the company, guaranteeing sk* interest
for 10 years on $()5,000,000 of stock 1883
Parliament authorizes loan of $22,500,000 to the company tili
1891, on mortgage _ ^ _ jgg^
Company embarrassed ; government gives 5 years'' credit "on
$7,300,000 due <«
Company still unable to fulfil contract; ParYiainent cancels' the
government lien on the property, authorizes a first-mortgage
loan of $35,000,000 at 5%; takes $20,000,000 of the mortgage
bonds, and renders further aid <t
Road opened [[[[[['lis Mky, 1885
Mam Ime from Quebec to Port Moody, 3025 miles; branch lines 422
miles; total cost to the country, $130,000,000.
canals. Sesostris, 1659 b.c., cut canals for transporting
merchandise, running at right angles with the Nile as far as
from Memphis to the sea.— Diodorus Siculus. Julius Csesar,
Caligula, and Nero each attempted a canal across the isthmus
of Corinth, The Grand or Imperial canal of China, nearly 700
miles in length, from Hang-choo-foo to Yan-liang river, dates
back to the 13th century. Henry II,, about 1555 employed
Adam de Crapone to cut the canal of Charolais, Burgundy,
near Saone-et-Loire, which was continued by Jlenry IV. The
beginning of general canal navigation in England dates from
the opening of the Bridgewater canal between Worsley and Sal-
ford, about 29 miles, 17 July, 1761. In 1790 the "canal mania"
in England began. The first canal opened in the United States
for transportation of passengers and merchandise was the Mid-
dlesex canal, connecting Boston with the Concord river, in
1804. But the great era of canal construction in the U. S. was
between 1825 and 1830 ; 13 out of 50 important canals being
then luider construction. Many of the older canals have been
enlarged from time to time, and others have been partly or
wholly abandoned, competing railways rendering them un-
profitable ; hence accurate statistics as to length, size, etc, are
obtained with difficulty. Numerous short canals, many of them
meriting the name of ship canals, have been constructed in the
U. S. and elsewhere, to pass rapids in navigable rivers; such
are the Des Moines, the Cascades, the Louisville and Portland,
the Lachine, etc. A table of the most important ship canals
of the world, not mentioned elsewhere, and of the principal
canals of the U.S. and the United Kingdom is here given, show-
ing when first constructed, and present length and capacity.
IMPORTANT CANALS OTHER THAN SHIP CANALS.— (UNITED STATES.)
Erie canal. New York, 1825
Oswego
Cayuga and Seneca
Black River (main line)
€hamplain (main line)
Delaware and Hudson
Morris
Lehigh
Delaware division
Pennsylvania
West Branch division
Juniata division
Susquehanna and Tidewater
Chesapeake and Ohio
Dismal Swamp
Ohio
Hocking Branch
Walholding Branch
Miami and Erie (main line). Ohio.
Illinois and Michigan
Location,
Albany to Buffalo, N. Y
Oswego to Syracuse, N. Y
Geneva to Montezuma, N. Y
Rome to Carthage, N. Y
Waterford to Whitehall, N. Y
Rondout, N. Y., to Honesdale, Pa,.
Jersey City to Phillipsburg, N. J. ,
Fasten to Coalport, Pa
Easton to Bristol, Pa
Columbia to Wilkesbarre, Pa
Susquehanna, Pa. , to Havre de Grace, Md.
Georgetown to Cumberland, Md
Elizabeth river to Pasquotank
Cleveland to Portsmouth, 0
Cincinnati to Toledo, 0. .
Chicago to Illinois river.
D /->„.„„ J LeiiethJ Depth, Width
Begun, Opened, j^.f ' j./ ' j.
1817
1825
1825
1836
1817
1826
1825
1821
1827
1828
1827
1827
1828
1787
1825
1825
1828
1828
1849
1824
1829
1836
1829
1830
1834
1833
1834
1840
1850
1794
1832
1834
1848
35L8
38
22.8
35
66
108
102
48
60
144
35
14
45
184.5
29.1
308
41
25
264
97.2
50-60
Locks. Locks in
72
18
11
109
23
108
33
55
25
35
12
4
30
73
5
144
19
11
93
15
208x18
208X18
98x18
78.5X15
98x18
92X15
90X11
87.5X22
87.5X22
176X17
81X17
81X17
170.7X17
90X15
98X17.6
78X15
78X15
78X15
78X15
100X18
Aire and Calder navigation
Leeds and Liverpool
Gloucester and Berkeley
Grand Junction
Forth and Clyde
Grand Canal
Royal Canal ,
Shropshire Union canals
Chester
Ellesmere
Birmingham and Iiiverpool.
Montgomeryshire
Shrewsbury
(UNITED KINGDOM.)
Leeds to Goole
Leeds to Liverpool
Sharpness to Gloucester
Brentford to Braunston
Bowling bay to Grangemouth
Dublin to the Shannon
Dublin to Cloondara
Union formed
River Dee to Nantwich
Carreghofa to Hurleston
Autherly to Nantwich
Carreghofa to Newton
Wombridge to Shrewsbury
1699
....
36
10
66
10
1770
1816
127
4
42
91
1793
....
17
18
70
1873
....
92
....
....
1768
1790
35
10
66
39
1765
1788
89
6
40
6
1789
1822
92
6
1846
....
....
1772
1776
20
1793
1806
86
1826
1835
53
1794
1820
25
1793
1797
22
215X22
76X15
100X24
80X14.6
74X20
70X14.5
CAN
146
CAN
SHIP CANALS. (Suez, Panama, Nicaragua.)
United States. —S&»\t Ste. Marie
canal |
Cape Cod canal
Harlem canal
CofKM/o.— Wclland «'anal
A^/«n<^— Manchester ship canal.. .
;S<»</<ind.— Caledonian ship canal. . .
#Vwic#.— Havre to Tancarville !
Germany.— north Sea and Biiltio. . . I
Helginm.— Ghent and Ternenzen
i/oWum/.— Amsterdam ship canal. . .
North Holland I
5w«irn.— Trolhatta canal
GOta canal
J8i««a.— Poutiloff canal
6^c«.— Corinth canal [
Egypt. — Suez canal :
Around St. Mary's falls
Buzzard's bay to Barustnl)le bay
Kast river to the Hudson
Lake Krio to lake Ontario
Manchester to Eastham
Inverness Forth and loch Eil
1 Havre to Harllcur )
( Hartleur to Tancarville )
Mouth of the Elbe to the gulf of Kiel
(Jhent to the river Scheldt
Amsterdam west to the North sea
I^ke Y to Nieuwe-Diep
Lake Wener to GOta river
Lake Wener to the Baltic sea ,
Neva, above St. I'etersburg to Cronstadt. .
Crossing isthmus of Corinth ,
Crossing isthmus of Suez
1855
1888
1824
1887
1804
1887
1824
1865
1819
1811
1878
1858
I8ft3
1823
1878
187(5
1825
1800
1832
1885
27
35.5
15.5
60
21
15.5
52
22
115
18
4
90
20
23
u"
26
17-20
19.5
1L5
28
20
23
18.5
1*2.6
10
22
Width,
Feet.
200
400
172*
120
62
8Li
197
173
197
123. J
85*
-240
.5
No. of Slie of Largest
Lock*. Locks in Feet.
2
tidal
tidal
5
16
58
800X100
270X45
550x60
170X40
590.5X52.5
1180X1%
390x59
237X51
121.36X22.96
Canary iMlailddi, 6'2i geographic miles from the N.
VV. African coast, lying between 27° 40' and 29° 25' N. lat.,
and 13° 25' and 18° IC W. Ion., known to the ancients as the
Fortunate isles. The first meridian was referred to the Canary
isles bj' Hipparchus, about 140 b.c. They were rediscovered
by a Norman named Bethencourt about 1400 ; his descendants
sold them to the Spaniards, who became masters, 1483. The
canary-bird, a native of these isles, brought to England about
1500. Teneriffe, the largest island, has the " peak of TenerifFe,"
12,198 feet high. Ferro, the most .southwest, was made the
French meridian by Louis XIII. in 1632.
Can'dahar, a province of Afghanistan held by Duranis
and Ghilzais. Candahar, the capital, is said to have been
founded by Alexander the Great (334-323 b.c.). Subject to
successive rulers of India, then made capital of Afghanistan
by Ahmed Shah, 1747, the seat of government transferred to
Cabool in 1774. Afghanistan.
Taken and held by the British 7 Aug. 1839 to 22 May, 1842
Gen. Nott (with maj. Rawlinson and maj. Lane) defeated the
Afghans near here Jan. and June, "
Government of Candahar conferred on Shere Ali (a cousin of
the late ameer Shere Ali), with the title of M'a/i, by the vice-
roy of India. Apr. 1880
Shere Ali resigned, and went to Calcutta in Dec. "
After the disaster of Maiwand, 27 July, 1880, Candahar was
held by the British during the winter 1880-81
In the House of Lords, on the earl of Lytton's motion to retain
Candahar, 165 voted for its retention, 76 against 5 Mch. 1881
House of Commons, on Mr. Stanhope's motion for reten-
tion. 336 voted against it, 216 for it 24-26 Mch. "
C:indahar evacuated by the British 16-21 Apr. "
Candia, the ancient Crete, an island in the Mediterra-
nean sea, celebrated for its 100 cities, its centre Mount Ida, the
laws of its king Minos, and its labyrinth to secure the Mino-
taur (about 1300 B.C.). It was conquered by the Romans,
68 ac. Area, 2949 sq. miles ; pop. estimated, 294,192. ^ jj
Seized by the Saracens 823
Retaken by the Greeks 961
Sold to the Venetians Aug. 1204
Rebelled ; reduced 1364
Gained by the Turks, after a 24 years' siege, during which more'
than 200,000 men perished 1669
Ceded to the Egyptian pacha. 1830
Restored to Turkey 1840
Insurrections supi)ressed, 1841 ; by conciliation 18.58
Persecution of the Christians 31 July, 1859
Christians demand redress of grievances June, 1866
They establish a "sacred battalion " 12 Aug. "
Kubiish an address to the powers protecting Greece 21 Aug. "
Cretan general assembly proclaim the abolition of the Turkish
authority, and union with Greece 2 Sept. "
Commencement of hostilities; the Turkish army commanded
by Mustapha Pacha. 11 Sept. "
Proposition of Austria, Prussia, Italy, and Switzerland to the
sultan to give up Candia, 28 Mch. ; declined 31 Mch. 1867
Collective note from Russia and other powers urging the Porte
to suspend hostilities 15 Juue "
Assembly of delegates meet the vizier 22 Sept.' "
In.surrection subsides; the grand vizier arrives, '16 Sept. ; pro-
claims an amnesty, and promises reforms 5 Nov. "
Delegates' demands granted 11 Pec "
War renewed (indecisive) Feb. 1868
Provisional government surrendered 30 Dec. "
New Turkish governor, Omar Fenizi, arrives, and the blockade,
began 1866, ends 8 Mch. 1869
Insurrection announced, with provisional government,
about 20 Dec. 1877
Union with Greece proclaimed, 21 Jan. ; decreed by a general
11 Feb. 1878
Insurrection unsubdued; anarchy; Berlin treaty declares for
enforcing legal and pol tical reforms 13 July, 1878
Pacification by Muklitar Pacha through concession of self gov-
ernment, etc Oct. "
Religious insurrection Feb. 1884
Christian notables appeal to the sultan for a Christian gov-
ernor, and to Greece and other powers for mediation. . . Mch. "
Anarchy through party strife of Christians and Mahometans,
May-June; Turkish troops sent to Crete, 13 June; provis-
ional government formed to restore order 13 June, 1889
An insurgent assembly demands a constituent assembly, ju-
dicial reforms, and dismissal of the governor; the peo])le
neutral about 1 July, "
Insurrection increasing; call for annexation to Greece, or
British protection about 25 July, "
Note from the Greek government to the powers, urging inter-
vention in Crete, 6 Aug. ; they decline, leaving the settle-
ment to the sultan, 9-12 Aug. ; about 17,000 Turkish troops
in Crete reported 7 Aug. "
Martial law proclaimed 14 Aug. "
I'artial submission of insurgents; amnesty promised. . .17 Aug. "
Tranquillity gradually restored by Turkish moderate firmness,
1 Sept. "
I Notables address the sultan, thanking him for his good gov-
I ernment 28 Jan. 1890
I Turkish circular to the great powers, reporting the pacifica-
j tion of Crete, 6 Mch. ; amnesty, except to 18 persons con-
j victed of crimes, announced 11 Mch. "
Great return of refugees from Greece about 10 Alay, "
CandlCinaiS<-day, 2 Feb., is kept in the church in
memory of the purification of the Virgin, who presented the
infant Jesus in the Temple ; so called from the candles lit (it
is said in memory of Simeon's song, Luke ii. 32, '' a light to
lighten the Gentiles," etc.). Its origin is ascribed by Bede to
pope Gelasius in the 5th century. The practice of lighting
the churches was forbidden by order of council, 2 Edw. VI.
1548; but is still continued in the church of Rome. Candle-
mas is a Scotch quarter-day.
candlei. The Roman candles were composed of string
surrounded by wax, or dipped in pitch. Splinters of wood
fatted were used for light among the lower classes in England,
about 1300. Wax candles were little used, and dipped can-
dles were usually burned. The Wax-chandlers' Company was
incorporated 1484. Mould-candles are said to be the inven-
tion of the sieur Le Brez, of Paris. Spermaceti candles are
modern. Candles are also niaiie from wax of the bay or candle-
berry-tree (Mj/7ica cey-iferd). The duty upon candles made
in England, imposed in 1709, amounted to about 500,000/. an-
nually, when repealed in 1831. Great improvements in the
manufacture of candles are due to the researches on oils and
fats carried on by " the father of the fatty acids," Chevreul,
since 181 1, and published in 1823. At Price's manufactory at
Lambeth, the principles involved in many patents are carried
into execution; including those of Gwynne (1840), Jones and
Price (1842), and Wilson in 1844, for candles which require
no snuffing (J termed composite). Palm and cocoa-nut oils are
also used. Paraffine, a substance first discovered in petroleum
bj' Buckner in 1820, and as a product of the distillation of
wood by Reichenbach in 1830, is now through the discoveries
of Dr. James Young, 1847-50, extensively used in the manu-
facture of candles. In 1870 the manufacture of candles from
a mineral substance named ozokerit began. Electric candles
of Jablochkoff and Jamin, Electricity. The Emery Candle
Company of Cincinnati are the largest manufacturers of can-
dles in the United States. Incorporated in 1887. The largest
CAN 147
in the world are the Price Patent Candle company works near
London, Engl.
candle§ticks or lainp-$tand§, with 7 branches,
were regarded as emblematical of the priest's office, and were en-
graven on their seals, cups, and tombs. Bezaleel made "a candle-
stick of pure gold " for the tabernacle, 1491 b.c. (Exod. xxxvii.
17). Candlesticks were used in Britain in the days of king
Edgar, 959 ( " silver candelabra and gilt candelabra well and
honorably made ").
Candy or Kandy. Ceylon.
Canicular Period. Dog-days.
Can'niie, a small village in Apulia, Italy, where, on Aug.
2, 216 B.C. (or in June, corrected date), Hainiibal, with 50,000
Africans, Gauls, and Spaniards, defeated Paulus J^^milius and
Terentius Varro, with 88,000 Romans. The Roman army was
nearly annihilated. Among the slain was the consul ^milius,
his chief officers, and above 80 senators. Hannibal lost about
6000 men. The consul Varro escaped with a few cavalry;
him the Roman senate thanked instead of blaming, because
"he had not despaired of the Roman commonwealth."
can'nibal, an Indian term, thought to be a form of
Carribal ; as Columbus, in 1493, found the Cakibs of the West
Indies cannibals. Anfhropopkayi (man-eaters) are mentioned
by Homer and Herodotus. Cannibalism is still practised in
some South-sea islands and other savage countries.
cannon. Gibbon describes a cannon employed by
Mahomet II. at the siege of Adrianople, 1453. Artillery,
Fire-arms.
First cannon cast in England was by Hugget, at Uckfleld, Sus-
sex, 1543.
Mons Meg, a large cannon (above 13 ft. long, 20 in. calibre) in
Edinburgh castle, said to have been cast at Mons, in Hainault,
in 1486, but more probably forged at castle Douglas, Galloway,
by three brothers named .McKim, and presented by them to
James II. at the siege of Thrieve castle, 1455. It was re-
moved to London, 1754; but, at the request of sir Walter
Scott, restored to Edinburgh, 1829.
A cannon of .Mahomet II., dated 1464, presented to the British
government by the sultan of Turkey, and placed in the
Artillery museum, Woolwich, 1868.
JUoolk-e-Maedan, an Indian bronze gun of Beejapoor, calibre 23
in. ; 17th century.
At Ehrenbreitstein castle, opposite Coblentz, on the Rhine, is a
cannon, 18^ ft. long, 1)4 ft. in diameter in the bore, and 3 ft.
4 in. in the breech; the ball for it weighs 180 lbs., and its
charge of powder 94 lbs. It was made by one Simon 1529
In Dover castle is a brass gun (called queen Elizabeth's pocket-
pistol). 24 ft. long, a present from Charles V^ to Henry VIII.
Fine specimens in the Tower of London.
A leathern cannon fired 3 times in the king's park, Edinburgh
(Phillips) 23 Oct. 1788
Turkish piece now in St. James's park, London, taken by
French at Alexandria; was retaken, and placed in the park,
Mch. 1803
Messrs. Horsfall's monster wrought-iron gun completed, May,
1856, at Liverjiool, is 15 ft. 10 in. long, weighs 21 tons 17
cwt. 1 qr. 14 lbs., and cost 3500^. With a charge of 25 lbs.
the shot struck a target 2000 yards distant. It has been
since presented to government. Wm. G. Armstrong knighted,
18 Feb. 1859
Armstrong had been working for 4 years on gun-making, and had
succeeded in producing "a breech-loading rifled wrought-iron
gun of great durability and of extreme lightness, combining
a great extent of range and extraordinary accuracy." The
range of a 32-lb. gun charged with 5 lbs. of powder was a
little more than 5 miles. The Armstrong gun is said, at
equal distances, to be 57 times more accurate than common
artillery, which it greatly exceeds, also, in destructive ef-
fects. The British government engaged the services of sir W.
Armstrong for 10 years (commencing with 1855) for 20,000^.,
as consulting engineer of rifled ordnance 22 Feb. "
Mr. Whitworth's guns and rifles greatly commended 1860-70
An American cannon, weighing 35 tons, then the largest in the
world, cnst 1860
Targets 1 ke the sides of the English man-of-war Wari-ior, 3
5-in. plates of wrought-iron bolted together, pierced 3 times
by 156-lb. shot from an ArmsfVong gun, smooth bore, muzzle-
loaded with charges of 40 lbs. powder, twice, and once of
50 lbs 8 Apr. 1862
Horsfall gun, with a charge of 75 lbs. powder and a shot of 270
lbs. , smashed a Warrior target Ifi Sept. "
Armstrong's gun, "Big Will," tried and pronounced to be per-
fect; weight, 22 tons; length. 15 ft. ; range with shot weigh-
ing 510 lbs., 748 to 4187 yards 19 Nov. 1863
Capt. Palliser, by experiment, has shown that iron shot cast in
cold iron moulds, instead of hot sand, is much harder and
equals steel; he also suggested lining cast-iron guns with
wrought-iron exits 1864
At Shoeburyness, Palliser's chilled metal shet (250 lbs.), by 43
lbs. of powder, in a 9-in. muzzle-loading wrought-iron Wool-
CAN
wich rifle gun, is sent through a target of 8 in. rolled iron, 18
in. teak, and % in. iron, and about 20 ft. beyond 13 Sept
[His patent is dated 27 May, 18(;3. James Nasmyth had
previously suggested the use of chilled iron.]
American 15-in. naval gun, with a cast-iron spherical shot (453
lbs.), greatly damages an 8- in. target; other experiments at
Shoeburyness 23 July
Contmued experiments at Shoeburyness; Plymouth model fort'
with 15-in. solid shield-plates, tried with 23-ton gun of 12-in'
bore, bearing (500-lb. Palliser shot; exterior of fort destroyed •
interior intact; the 10-in. English gun shown to be superior
to American and Prussian great guns 16-24 June
"Woolwich Infant," 35 tons; largest gun then ever made-
length, 16 ft. 3 in. ; formed of a steel tube with coiled breech-
piece ; designed to fire a 700-lb. projectile, with 120-lb. charge-
made at Woolwich in 1870; when tried in Dec. 1871 the in-
ner tube cracked ; others made '
" Woolwich Infant," experimental gun constructing at Wool-
wich-80 tons, 27 ft. long; for 1650-lb. shot, 300 lbs. of pow-
der .May,
1867
1872
1874
81-ton gun tried at Woolwich; shot, 1250 lbs., 190 lbs. of jww
der; 12 men rammed in the charge; shot penetrated 50 ft or
sand; tried successfully 18 Sept. 1875; 24-26 July, with 370
lbs. of powder 4 ^,jg jj^rjg
Gen. von Uchatius's steel bronze cannon making at Vienna
Sept. 1875; reported successful Sept' "
Sir William Armstrong's 100-ton gun for Italy tried success-
fully at Spezzia; 2000-lb. shot and 330 lb.s. of powder, 21 Oct. "
81-ton (or 80- ton) gun tried at Shoeburyness for sea range with
1760-lb. Palliser shell, 27 Sept. et seq. 1876, and 1 Feb. 1877
4 100-ton guns by Armstrong ordered by British government,
Mch. 1878
A 100 ton gun tried at Woolwich, 13 June; finally proved,
16 July, 1879
Great guns by Krupp successfully tried at .Meppen, Hanover,
5-8 Aug. "
Breech-loading cannon ordered to be made Dec. "
A Krupp gun, 130 tons, cast for Italy Oct 1884
Sir Wm. Armstrong's 111-ton gun tried at Woolwich; length
43 ft. 8 in., charge 960 lbs. of gunpowder, weight of projec-
tile 1800 lbs., range of about 8 miles; said to be the largest
gun in the world •. .j„ne, 1887
Graydon torpedo projector announced Mch. 1889
Zalinski gun for the projection of dynamite adopted by the
U. S. for coast defence, Feb. 1889; by the British government,
Feb. 1890
Messrs. Krupp, of Essen, make a gun weighing 270,000 lbs.,
for Cronstadt; reported 10 Mch. "
Giffard gun, in which the propelling agent is liquefied carbonic
acid gas, the invention of Paul Giflard, a French engineer;
the gas is said to be cheaply manufactured, liquefied, and
stored; many experiments on the continent reported success-
ful, 1889-90; M. Giffard exhibited and discharged rifles, illus-
trating his inventions in London before a number of distin-
guished persons 18 July, "
Hotchkiss Ordnance Company, registered 1887; their weapons
effective in suppressing the Indian revolt in the U. S. . . Dec. "
Lieut. James W. Graydon, late of U. S. navy, invents the
Graydon dynamite gun, in which dynamite shells are dis-
charged by means of condensed air, the force of the dyna-
mite being moderated by means of non-conductors of heat;
one of these guns manuf^^ctured by Taunton & Co.. Bir-
mingham .Jan. 1891
cannon in the United States. Cannon were cast at
Lynn, Mass., by Henry Leonard, in 1647, and at Orr's found-
ery, Bridgewater, 1648. In 1735 the Hope furnace was estab-
lished in Rhode Island, where 6 heavy cannon, ordered by the
state, were cast in 1775. The heaviest guns used at this time
were 18-pounders.
William Denning makes wrought-iron cannon of staves bound
together with wrought-iron bands, and boxed and breeched. 1790
Board of ordnance established 1812
Col. Bomford, of the U. S. ordnance department, invents a
cannon called the Columbiad; a long chambered piece for
projecting solid shot and shell with a heavy charge of pow-
der "
West Point foundery established under special patronage of the
government 1817
First contract of Gouverneur Kemble, president, for the West
Point Foundery Association, for 32 42-pounders, long guns,
11 July, 1820
First gun rifled in America at the South Boston's Iron Com-
pany's foundery 1834
Cyrus Alger patents and makes the first malleable iron guns
cast and converted in an oven 1836
Earliest piece of heavy ordnance cast at the South Boston
foundery, a 10-in. columbiad, under the supervision of col.
Bomford; wei^'ht, 14,500 lbs.; shot, 130 lbs. ; shell, 90 lbs.;
charge of powder, 18 lbs 6 Sept. 1839
Board of ordnance sent to Europe to inspect European ord-
nance and ordnance works ^'
Character of "gun iron" definitely fi.xed by the "metallo-
dynamoter," a testing-machine invented by major Wade.. . . 1840
South Boston Iron Company erect the heaviest shops then in
the U. S. for the manufacture of ordnance 1842
First 12-in. columbiad; weight, 25,510 lbs.; extreme range,
5761 yds. ; weight of shell, 172 lbs. ; charge of i)owder, 20 lbs. ;
cast at the South Boston foundery 8 July, 1846
CAN
148
CAN
DablgreQ guu, of Iron, cast solid and cooled from the exterior,
very thick at breach uud diminishing to muzzle; first cast,
' May, 1850
Rodman gun. a columbiad model, smooth bore, made by the
Kixlmau process of hollow cjisting. cooled from the interior;
adopted by the V. S. for all sea coast oinnou 18(50
First 10 pound Parrott gnu. *'f 'rou cast hollow, cooled from
the inside and strengthened by an exterior tube made of
wrought iron bars spirally coiled and shrunk on; made at
the West Point foundery '. "
15 in. Rodman gun, weighing 49,000 lbs., cast by the South
Boston Iron Coni|wny "
Parrott gun first put to test of active warfare in the battle of
Bull Run 21July, 1861
S. B. Dean, of South Boston Iron Company, patents a process
of rough boring bronze guns and forcibly expanding the
boro to its finished size by means of mandrels 1869
Pneuiiiiitic dynamite torpedo-gun built and mounted at fort
Ijifayette (founded on invention of D. M. Meflbrd of Ohio).. 1885
Congress makes an appropriation for the esUiblishment of a
plant for gun-making at the Watervliet arsenal. West Troy. . 1889
Manufacture of heavy ordnance begun at the Washington navy-
yard 1890
caiioe. In the Rob Roy, a lightly-constructed canoe,
"giving the pleasure of a yacht without the expense," J.
Macgregor, in 1865, travelled about 1000 miles on the rivers
and lakes of Europe. His second cruise was on the Baltic.
He explored the Suez canal, Nov., and the rivers of Syria,
Dec. 1868, and the canals and lakes of Holland in the summer
of 1871. The Octoroon (16 feet long, 23 inches broad) crossed
the Channel from Boulogne to Dover in 11 hours, 19 Aug.
1867. The Royal Canoe Club founded, 1866 ; the prince of
Wales president, 1876. There are several canoe clubs in the
United States, and an annual canoe regatta is held at lake
(Jeorge, N. Y. The most remarkable canoe voyages made in
the U. S. have been those of N. H. Bishop, of lake George,
■who sailed and paddled, upon inland water-ways, from the
Canada line, via New York, Norfolk, and Charleston, to the
Gulf of Mexico on one voyage ; and on another, down the
Oliio and Mississippi rivers.
Kew York Canoe Club, first in U. S., organized autumn, 1870
Mr. Fowler crossed from Boulogne to Sandgate standing in an
india-rubber twin canoe (the Podoscaphe) in 12 hours, 19 Aug. 1878
American Canoe Association, organized at lake George, N. Y.,
3 Aug. 1880
canon, a piece of music in two or more parts, echoing
each other. " Non nobis, Domine," by Birde (d. 1523), is an
early specimen.
Canonicus, chief of the Narragansetts. Massachu-
setts, 1622.
canonization of pious men and martyrs as saints
was instituted by pope Leo HI., 800. — Tallent. Every day
in the calendar is now a saint's day. The first canonization
by the pope was of St. Udalricus, Ulric, in 993. Previously
it was by the bishops and people.— //«««?/ /^ On 8 June, 1862,
the pope canonized 27 Japanese, who had been put to death
on 5 Feb. 1597, near Nagasaki, and 25 others, on 29 June,
1867. Among persons canonized by pope Pius IX. in Oct.
1872, was the late queen of Naples. Sir Thomas More, bishop
John Fisher, and others were canonized, Jan. 1887.
canons, apostolical, ascribed to the apostles by
Bellarmin and Baronius, by others to St. Clement, are certainly
of much later date (since 325). The Greek church allows 85,
the Latin 50 of them. The first ecclesiastical canon was pro-
mulgated 380. — Usher. Canon-law of the church was intro-
duced into Europe by Gratian about 1140, and into England
in 1154.— -S/ow;. Decretals. The present canons and con-
stitutions of the church of England, collected from former
ordinances, were established in 1603 by the clergy in convo-
cation, and ratified by king James I., 1604, A new body of
canon.s, formed by the convocation in 1640, were declared un-
lawful by the commons, 16 Dec. 1641.— An intermediate class
of religious, between priests and monks, in the 8th cfutury,
were termed canons, as living by a rule. Canons in some of
the English cathedrals and collegiate churches resemble the
prebendaries in others. Endowment of canonries was facili-
tated by the Cathedrals act, 1873.
Cano'pus, an ancient city of Lower Egypt, now a heap
of ruins, on the INIediterranean, about 15 miles to the east of the
present city of Alexandria. Said to have been so named by
Canopus, the pilot of Menelaus'in the Trojan expedition, and
who it is said died here. Stars.
Canossa, a castle in Modena. Here the emperor
Henry IV. of (Jermany submitted to penance imposed by his
enemy, pope (iregory VII. (Hildebrand), then living at the
castle, the residence of the countess Matilda. Henry was ex-
posed for several days to the inclemency of winter, Jan. 1077,
till the pope admitted him, and granted absolution. Matilda
greatly increased the temporal power of the papacy by be-
queathing to it her large estates, to the injury of her second
husband, Guelph, duke of Bavaria. A Canossa monument,
near Harzburg, was inaugurated 26 Aug. 1877, commemorating
the arrogance of the popes.
Can'terbury, Kent, Engl., the Durovemum of the
Romans, and capital of Ethelbert, king of Kent, who reigned
560-616. He was converted to Christianity by Augustin, 596,
upon whom he bestowed many favors, giving him land for
an abbey and cathedral, 602. St. Martin's churcVi is the oldest
Saxon church in Britain. The riot at Boughton, near Canter-
bury, produced by a fanatic called Tom or Thon), who assumed
the name of sir William Courtenaj', occurred 28-31 May, 1838.
Thomites. The railway to London was completed in 1846.
I — The archbishop is primate and metropolitan of all England,
I and the first peer in the realm, having precedence of all officers
I of state, and of all dukes not of the blood royal. Bishops in
j England. Canterbury had formerly jurisdiction over Ireland,
I and the archbishop was styled a patriarch. This see has yielded
j to the church of Rome 18 saints and 9 cardinals, and to the civil
j state of England 12 lord chancellors and 4 lord treasurers. This
see was made sii])erior to York, 1073. York. The revenue is
valued in the king's books at 2816^. 7s. 9(i. — Beatson. Present
income, 15,000/. The cathedral was sacked by the Danes,
1011, and burned down, 1067; rebuilt by Lanfranc and Anselm,
and the choir, completed by the prior Conrad in 1130, and in
which Becket was murdered, 1170, was burned, 1174. It was
partly rebuilt by William of Sens (1174-78), and completed
by William Anglus, " English William," 1178-84. A new
nave was built and other parts, 1378-1410. The great central
tower was erected by prior Goldstone about 1495. The gor-
geous shrine of Becket, built 1175, was stripped at the Refor-
mation, and his bones burned. This shrine was thronged for
3 centuries by pilgrims and worshippers of all classes, from
kings and emperors down, a pilgrimage to the shrine becoming
not only a pious exercise, but a fashionable summer excursion.
Chaucer has given us an admirable picture of one in his
"Canterbury Tales." Here were interred Edward the Black
Prince, Henry IV., cardinal Pole, and other distinguished per-
sons. Part of the roof was destroyed by an accidental fire, and
the edifice narrowly escaped, 3 Sept. 1872. The clock-tower
was nearly on fire, 2 June, 1876. Huguenots. There have
been 95 archbishops of Canterbury, including the present arch-
bishop Benson, of whom the following are conspicnous :
St. Augustin or Austin, 1st
St. Dunstan. '23d in order
Stigand, 32d in order (deprived by William the Conqueror), 1052-70
Thomas k Becket, 38th in order 1162-70
[Becket's murder, 29 Dec]
Simon Sudbury, 58th in order 1375-81
[Beheaded by the insurrectionists under Wat Tyler, 14
.Tune, 1381.]
Thomas Cranmer, 70th in order 1533-56
[Burned during the reign of Queen Mary, 21 Mch. 1556.]
AViiliam Laud, 77th in order 1633-45
[Beheaded, 10 Jan. 1645; see vacant 16 years.]
Edward White Benson, present archbishop, 95th in order ;
elected .29 Jan. 1883
" Canterbury Tales," by Geoffrey Chaucer, were
written before 1400, and first printed about 1475 or 1476 (by
Caxton). Chaucer society established, 1867. Literature.
canthar'ides, venomous green beetles (called Spanish
flies), employed to raise blisters. This use is ascribed to Aretseus
of Cappadocia, about 50 b.c.
Can'ticles, a name given to the Benedictus, Magnificat,
Nunc dimittis, etc., in the Book of Common Prayer, and es-
pecially to the Song of Solomon.
can'tilever, defined as " a structure overhung from a
fixed base." Principle used in bridge-building. Bridges,
Canton, founded about 200 B.C., the only city in China
with which Europeans were allowed to trade, till the treaty
of 29 Aug. 1842. Merchants arrived here in 1517. English
factory established, 1680. A fire, destroying 15,000 houses,
602-5
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1822. An inundation swept away 10,000 houses and 1000
persons, Oct. 1833. Canton was taken by the British in 1857 ;
restored, 1861. China, 1835, 1839, 1856, 1861. Pop. 1890 es-
timated at 1,600,000.
Canuleian la\¥, permitting the patricians and ple-
beians to intermarry, was passed at Rome, 445 b.c.
caoutchouc (coo'chook) or India-rubbcr, an
elastic resinous substance that exudes from incisions in certain
trees in South America, Mexico, Africa, and Asia, especially
Castilloa Ilevea or Siphonia elastica, and Ficus elastica.
Observed at Hay ti bj' Columbus (Herrera) 1493
Described by Torquemada 1615
Discovered by La Condamine in Quito (termed by natives cahout-
chou) ; brought to Europe about 1735
Dr. Priestley said that he had seen "a substance excellently
adapted to the purpose of wiping from paper the marks of a
black-lead pencil." It was sold at the rate of 3s. the cubic
half-inch 1770
India-rubber cloth was made by Samuel Peal and patented . . . 1791
Caoutchouc discovered in the Malay archipelago, 1798; in As-
sam 1810
Vulcanized rubber (India-rubber combined with sulphur, so
that it remains firm at all ordinary temperatures) patented
in America by C. Goodyear 1839
Invented also by T. Hancock (of the firm of Mackintosh & Co.),
and patented 1843
Mr. Goodyear invented the hard rubber (termed ebonite) as a
substitute for horn and tortoise-shell 1849
A mode of retaining India-rubber in its natural fluid state (by
liquid ammonia) patented in England for Henry Lee Norris,
of New York 1853
Printing.
African caoutchouc imported into England 1856
In 1823, 500 pairs of shoes were imported into Boston. Gum-elastic
soon became the subject of scientific investigation, and of many
experiments. In 1832, the manufacture was commenced in Mas-
sachusetts by John Haskins and Edwin M. Chaflfee, who, with
others, started the Roxbury India-rubber Company, soon after In-
corporated with a capital of $400,000. For this company Mr.
Chaffee invented the mammoth machine for spreading rubber
without a solvent, costing nearly $30,000. Similar machines are
now required by all manufacturers of rubber goods. The prosperity
of this company gave rise to factories in Boston, Chelsea, Woburn,
and Framingham (Mass.). New York city, Staten Island, and Troy
(N. Y.), with capitals of from $50,000 to $500,000. These com-
panies made their goods by dissolving the rubber in camphene and
other solvents, then mixing lampblack with it, and spreading the
paste on cloth from which coats, etc., are made. The goods were
then dried in the sun or in a warm room until the solvent evapo-
rated, leaving a coating of rubber. In 1856, the U. S. imported
crude India-rubber to the amount of $97,796, and exported to the
amount of $1,093,602 of rubber goods. In 1880, the U. S. imported
crude India-rubber to the amount of 13,981,964 lbs., valued at
$9,606,239.
Cape Breton, a large island at the entrance of the
gulf of St. Lawrence, and separated from Nova Scotia by the
narrow strait or gut of Canso; discovered by Cabot, 1497.
The French fortress, Louisburg, was situated on this island.
Island ceded to England, 10 Feb. 1763. Incorporated with
Nova Scotia, 1819. Pop. 1891, 86,914.
Cape Coast Ca§tle, on the gold coast of upper
Guinea, S.W. Africa. Settled by the Portuguese- in 1610 ;
taken by the Dutch, 1643 ; demolished by admiral Holmes in
1661. All the British factories and shipping along the coast
were destroyed by the Dutch admiral, De Ruyter, in 1665. It
was confirmed to the English by the treaty of Breda in 1667.
ASHANTEES.
Cape Finisterre, N.W. Spain, off this cape ad-
mirals lord Anson and Warren defeated and captured a French
fleet under De la Jonquiere, 3 May, 1747.
Cape of Oood Hope, Cape Colony, a promon-
tory on the S. point of Africa, called " Cabo Tormentoso "
(the stormy cape), the "Lion of the Sea." and the "Head of
Africa," discovered by Bartholomew de Diaz, 1487. Its pres-
ent name was given by John II. of Portugal, who augured
favorably of future discoveries from Diaz having reached the
extremity of Africa. Area of Cape Colony, 221,311 sq. miles.
Pop. in 1856, 267,096; 1891, 1,525,739.
Cape doubled, and the passage to India discovered by Vasco da
„ Gama 19 Nov. 1497
Cape Town, the capital, founded by the Dutch 1650
Colony taken by the English under admiral Elphinstone and
gen. Clarke 16 Sept. 1795
Restored at peace of Amiens 25 Mch. 1802
Taken by sir D. Baird and sir H. Popham 9 Jan. 1806
Ceded to England 13 Aug. 1814
British emigrants arrive Mch. 1820
CAP
Kaffirs make irruptions on British settlements, and ravage
Grahamstown ' q^^ jgg^
People defeat attempt to make the cape a penai coioiiy, 19 Mav 1849
Territories north of Great Orange river placed under British au-
thority, 3 leb. 1848; annexed as the Orange River territory.
Constitution promulgated and joyfully received 1 Ju^y' 1853
British junsdiction over Orange River territory abandoned 30
Jan. ; a free state formed ^i^h 1854
First parliament meets at Cape Town .... i'julv' ''
First railway from Cape Town, about 58 miles 'lung,' opened^
Discovery of diamonds; disputes between free state^s^^and'th^e ^^^
tri DCS , oannn
Colony of Griqualand constituted .'..'.* 27 Oct 1871
British flag raised over diamond flelds 17 Nov '«
Great success in diamond flelds; robbery of diamonds valued
between 35,00W. and 40,000^ ; oppression of natives stopped
by sir H. Barkly '.' ,070
Transvaal republic annexed ■{2 Anr 1877
Troublesome disputes between tribes (Fingoes' and Galekasl
lead to war ° _ g^ ^' ^
Minister Molteno opposes employing imperial troops "in Kaffir
„ ^^"^ • • • Jan., Feb. 1878
Kaffir war ended; amnesty to surrendering rebels announced,
Zulu war begins l^jll] jg^g
Insurrection in the Transvaal Dec "
Telegraphic communication with Great Britain completed' tel-
egram from the queen to sir Bartle Frere and others 25'Dec "
War with Basutos jung' 188O
Transvaal difficulty settled 1883-84
Railway to Kimberley opened ..'..*..*.'.".*.' '.'..is^ov 1885
Conference of delegates from Cape Colony, Natal, and Orange
Free State, at Cape Town ; object, South African federation,
, ,. ., ^ 18 Feb! 1888
Junction railway between Cape Colony and Orange Free State,
Orange Free State, Zululand, etc. 1^ ^^^- 1^92
Cape Horn or Hoorn, on the southernmost island
of the Fuegian archipelago, south of South America, was dis-
covered and named by Schouten, 1616, after his birthplace in
the Netherlands. America.
Cape St. Vincent, S.W. Portugal. Sir George
Rooke, with 23 ships of war, and the Turkish fleet, was at-
tacked by Tourville, with 160 ships, off cape St. Vincent ; 12
English and Dutch men-of-war and 80 merchantmen were
captured or destroyed by the French, 16 June, 1693. Sir John
Jervis, with the Mediterranean fleet of 15 sail, defeated the
Spanish fleet of 27 ships of the line off this cape, taking 4
ships and sinking others, 14 Feb. 1797. For this victory sir
John was made earl St. Vincent. Nelson was engaged in this
battle. Near this cape the fleet of dom Pedro, under admiral
Charles Napier, captured dom Miguel's fleet, 5 July, 1833.
Cape Town, 30 miles north of the Cape of Good
Hope, capital of Cape Colony ; founded, 1650, by the Dutch.
Pop. 1891, 51,083, or with suburbs, 83,718.
Cape Verde i§lancl§, on the west coast of Africa,
off Cape Verde, about 15° n. lat., now belonging to Portugal,
known to the ancients as Gorgades; were rediscovered by An-
tonio de Noli, a Genoese navigator in the service of Portugal,
1446, 1450, or 1460. Area of the group, 1700 sq. miles. San-
tiago,, the largest and most fertile, runs to a height of 7380 ft.,
and has the chief town.
Capetians, the third race of the kings of France,
named from Hugo Capet, count of Paris and Orleans, who
seized the throne on the death of Louis V., called the Indo-
lent, 987. — Henanlt. The first line of the house of Capet
ended with Charles IV., in 1328, when Philip VI. of Valois
ascended the throne. France.
capillarity, the rising of liquids in small tubes, and
the ascent of the sap in plants, is said to have been first ob-
served by Niccolo Aggiunti, of Pisa, 1600-35. The theory has
been examined by Newton, La Place, and others. Dr. T.
Young's theorj'^ was put forth in 1805, and Mr. Wertheim's
researches in 1857.
capital punishment. Death penalty.
Capitol, said to have been so called from a human
head {caput) found when digging the foundations of the fort-
ress of Rome, on Mons Tarpeius. Here a temple was built to
Jupiter Capitolinus. The foundation was laid by Tarquinius '
Prisons, 616 b.c. The building was continued by Servius Tul-
lius; completed by Tarquinius Superbus,- but not dedicated
till 507 B.C., by the consul Hot-ati us. It covered 8 acres. The
ascent to it from the forum was by 100 steps. It was de-
CAP
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•tn\vtHj by lightning, 6 July, 188 B.C. ; burned during the
civil wars, US luc. ; rebuilt by Sulla, and dedicated by Q. Catu-
lu8, G9 RC. ; it was again burned in the trouble under Vitel-
lius, 69 A.i>.", part rebuilt and burned again under Titus,
80 A.u. ; rebuilt for the last time by Doraitian, 82 A.i)., more
grandly than over; sacked by Genseric, June, 465. Tlie Ro-
man consuls made large donations to this temple, and the
emperor Augustus bestowed on it at one time 2000 pounds'
weight of gold, of which metal the roof was composed. The
gilding of the arch of the temple, which was undertaken
after the destruction of Carthage, cost 21,000 talents. The
gates were of brass covered with plates of gold ; its thresholds
were of brass, and ita interior was all of marble, decorated with
vessels and shields of solid silver. The Capitoline games, insti-
tuted 387 B.C., to commemorate the deliverance from the
Gauls, were revived by Domitian, 86 A.n. The Campidoglio
contains palaces of the senators, erected on the site of the
Capitol by Michael Angelo soon after 1646.
CapitlllariC!*, the laws of the Prankish kings, com-
mencing witli Charlemagne (801). Collections have been
published by Haluze (1677) and others.
Cappad<»eia, Asia Minor. Its early history is in-
volved in obscurity. b.o.
Phamaces said to hiive founded tho kingdom 744
Cappadocia conquered by PerdiccJis. regent of Mucedon ; the
king, Ariaralhes I. , agod 82, crucified 322
Recovers its independence 315
Conquered by Mithridates of Ponlus 291
Held by Seleucus, 288; independent 288
Aritintthes V., Phiiopator, reigns, 162; dethroned by Holopher-
nes, 158 B.C., but assisted by Attalus, king of Pergamus, he
regains his throne, 155 B.C. ; killed with Crassus in the war
against Aristonicus 130
His queen, Laodice, poisons 5 of her sons; the 6th (Ariarathes
VI.) is saved; she is put to death "
Ariaralhes VI. murdered by Mitliridates Eupator, who sets up
various pretenders; the Roman senate declares the country
free, and appoints Ariobarzanes I. king 93
He is several times expelled by Mithridates, etc., but restored
by the Romans ; d 64
Ariobarzanes II. supports Pompey. and is slain by Crassus ... 42
Ariarathes VI I. deposed by Antony 36
Archelaus is favored by Augustus 20 e.g. ; but, accused by Ti- a.d.
berius, he comes to Rome and dies there 15
Cappadocia becomes a Roman province 17
Invaded by Huns 515
And by Saracens 717
Recovered by emperor Basil 1 876
Conquered by Soliman and the Turks 1074
Annexed to Turkish empire 1360
Cappel, Switzerland. Here the reformer Ulric Zwin-
gliiis was slain in a conflict between Catholics and the men of
Zurich, 11 Oct. 1531.
Capri (Capreae), an island near Naples, the sumptuous
residence of Augustus, and particularly of Tiberius, memorable
for the debaucheries he committed during his last years, 27-37.
The whole island is full of Roman remains, and has yielded to
the archaeologist a rich harvest of coins, inscriptions, etc.
capitan, used to work a ship's anchor, perhaps invented,
certainly improved, by sir Samuel Morland, who died 30 Dec.
1695.
Capua, Naples, capital of Campania, took the part of
Hannibal when his army wintered here after the battle of
Cannae, 216 b,c. In 211, when the Romans retook the city,
they scourged and beheaded the surviving senators — many
had poisoned themselves after a banquet previous to the sur-
render of the city. Only 2 persons escaped ; one woman who
had prayed for the success of the Romans, and another who
succored some prisoners. During the middle ages Capua was
successively subjugated by the Greeks, Saracens, Normans,
and Germans. Restored to Naples in 1424, captured by Caesar
Borgia, 24 July, 1501 ; taken by Garibaldi, 2 Nov. 1860.
Capuchin friar§, Franciscans, so named from wear-
ing a capuchon, or cowl, hanging down the back. The order
was founded by Matthew Baschi about 1525, and established
by pope Clement VII., 1629.
Cara'ca§, S. America, part of Venezuela, discovered
by Columbus, 1498. It was reduced by arms, and assigned as
property to the Welsers, German merchants, by Charles V. ;
but for their tyranny they were dispossessed in 1550, and a
crown governor appointed. The province declared its inde-
pendence, 9 May, 1810. In the city Leon de Caracas, on 26
Mch. 1812, nearly 12,000 persons perished by an earthquake.
Venkzukla.
caravel, a small sea-going vessel of about 100 tons' bur-
den, built somewhat like a galley, formerly used by the Spanish
and Portuguese ; two of the vessels of Columbus on his first
voyage to America were caravels. Ameuica.
Carberry llili, S. Scotland. Here lord Hume and
the confederate barons dispersed the royal army under Both-
well, and took Mary queen of Scots prisoner, 15 June, 1567.
Bothwell fled.
carbo-dynamitC, a powerful explosive of the nitro-
glycerine class, invented by Reid and Borland ; tried in 1888
and 1889 ; said to be perfect.
carbolic acid or plienic acid, obtained by dis-
tilling pit-coal by Laurent, 1846-47, is a powerful antiseptic.
It is largely manufactured for medical purposes, and has been
used in England at Carlisle and Exeter to deodorize sewage
(1860-61); and as a disinfectant during the prevalence of
cholera in London in 1866, and of yellow fever in the Southern
States in recent years. IJsed for embalming by prof. Seely
in 1868.
carbon (symbol, C; atomic weight, 12) was shown to
be a distinct element by Lavoisier in 1788. He proved the
diamond to be its purest form, and produced carbonic-acid gas
by burning it. It is a constituent of all animal and vegetable
tissues and coal.
Carbona'ri (charcoal-burners), a powerful secret so-
ciety in Italy, which became prominent, 1808-14. It sought
to drive foreigners, especially the French, from Italy, and
establish civil and religious liberty. In Mch. 1820, it is
said that 650,000 joined the society, and an insurrection soon
after broke out in Naples, gen. Pepe taking the command.
The king, Ferdinand, made political concessions, but the allied
sovereigns at Laybach induced him to annul them and sup-
press the liberal party, Jan. 1821, when the Carbonari were
denoimced as traitors. The society spread in France, and
doubtless hastened the revolutions in 1830 and 1848.
carbonic-acid gai^i, a gaseous compound of carbon
and oxygen, found in the air; a product of combustion, respi-
ration, and fermentation. The (irotto del Cane yields 200,000
lbs. per annum. No animal can breathe this gas. The brisk-
ness of champagne, beer, etc., is due to its presence. It was
liquefied by atmospheric pressure by Faraday in 1823. On
exposing the liquid to the air part of it evaporates so rapidly
that the remainder is frozen to a solid much like snow.
Carca§§onnC (A;ar-A;<7s.sonw'), the chief town of the de-
partment of Aude, France, the site of Carcaso, an ancient city
of Gaul. From the 9th century till 1300 A.n. it formed a sep-
arate countship, and was captured by Simon de Montfort in his
crusade against the Albigenses, 1209. Since the 12th century
it has been noted for its manufacture of woollen cloth. The
old town has been restored as a fortress of the middle ages,
by the French government, and is the best preserved exam-
ple of a stronghold of the days before artillery was invented.
cardamom, the fruit of an Indian plant, largely used
in flavoring cakes and liqueurs. The seeds are chewed with
betel in the East.
Cardiff castle, S. Wales, built in the 11th centur}\
Here Robert, duke of Normandy, eldest son of William L, is
said to have been imprisoned from 1106 till his death, 10 Feb.
1135. Cromwell (1648) got possession of the castle through
treachery, after bombarding it for 3 days ; he afterwards
hanged the traitor as a warning to his own soldiery. — Cham-
bers' Encyc.
cardinals, princes in the church of Rome, the council
of the pope, and the conclave or " sacred college," at first were
the principal priests or incumbents of the parishes in Rome,
and said to have been called cardinales in 853. They claimed
the exclusive power of electing the pope about 1179. They
first wore the red hat to remind them that they ought to
shed their blood for religion, if required, and were declared
princes of the church by Innocent IV., 1243 or 1245. Paiil II.
gave the scarlet habit, 1464; and Urban VIII. the title of
Eminence in 1623 or 1 630. In 1586 Sixtus V. fixed their num-
ber at 70, viz., 6 cardinal bishops, 60 cardinal priests, and 14
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cardinal deacons, but there are generally vacancies. In 1860
there were 69 cardinals; in 1864, 59 ; in Nov. 1867, 52; in 1873,
5 of the order of bishops, 3-4 priests, 6 deacons ; 45 in all. 9 car-
dinals (one a Bonaparte) were made 13 Mch. 1868. 11 new
cardinals appointed 12 Mch. 1877. In 1880, 6 cardinal-bish-
ops, 47 priests, 11 deacons; in all 64 (including archbishops
Manning, McCloskey, Ledochowski, Edward Howard, and John
Henry Newman. English cardinals: Henry Stuart, created
1747;' Charles Erskine, 1801; Thomas Weld, 1830; Charles
Acton, 1839 ; Nicholas Wiseman, 30 Sept. 1850-65 ; Henry Ed-
ward Manning, 1875 (d. 14 Jan. 1892) ; Edward Howard, 12
Mch. 1877; John Henry Newman, 12 May, 1879 (d. 21 Aug.
1890); Edward McCabe, 27 Mch. 1882 (d.\l Feb. 1885). In
the United States: first cardinal, John McCloskey, 15 ]\Ich.
1875 (d, 10 Oct. 1885) ; second cardinal, James Gibbon of Bal-
timore, 7 June, 1886.
car<l§, playing. The origin of these is uncertain.
Thev are said to have been brought to Viterbo, Italy, in 1379.
Cards were illuminated for Charles VI. of France, 1392, then
depressed in mind. W. A. Chatto's work on the " History of
Playing-cards," pub. 1848. Piquet and all the early names
arc French.
Caria, Asia Minor, was conquered by Cyrus, 546 b.c. ; by
Dercyllidas, a Lacedajmonian, 397 ; his successor Hecatomnus
became king, 385 b.c. ; for his son Mausolus the Mausoleum
was erected. Halicarnassus, the reputed birthplace of Herodo-
tus, was situated in this country. Caria was annexed by the
I{l»mans, 129 b.c. It is now part of the Turkish empire.
Caribbee islands. West Indies.
CaribS, the most important and warlike of the Indian
tribes inhabiting the islands of the Caribbean sea, to which
they gave the name. They were a terror to the other inhab-
itants of that region at the time of its discovery by Columbus.
They are found now mostly in the republic of Honduras, to
which place they were transported in a body by the English
from the islands of Dominica and St. Vincent in 1796, owing
to the continued disturbance they occasioned. They appear
to have been addicted to cannibalism, and the word cannibal
is not improbably derived from a corruption of the name.
caricatures. Bufalmaco, an It^ilfan painter, about
1330, drew caricatures and put labels with sentences to the
mouths of his figures. The modern caricatures of Gillray,Cruik-
shank, Rowlandson, H. B. (John Doyle |g = HB), Richard
Doyle, John Leech, John Tenniel, Thomas Nast, and Du Mau-
rier are justly celebrated. The well-known Punch was first
published in 1841. The most eminent writers of fiction of
the day and others (Douglas Jerrold, Thackeray, A'Becket,
prof. E. Forbes, etc.) contributed to it. Charivari, Punch.
T. Wright published a " History of Caricature," 1865 ; and
^' The Life and Works of James Gillray," 1873. J. Grego pub-
lished "T. Rowlandson's Works and Life," 1880. James Par-
ton's " Caricature and other Comic Art in All Times and Many
Lands " was published by Harper & Brothers in 1877.
Car'isbrooke castle, isle of Wight, said to have
been a British and Roman fortress, was taken, 530, by Cer-
<iic, founder of the kingdom of the West Saxons. Its Nor-
man character has been ascribed to William Fitz-Osborne,
€arl of Hereford, in William I.'s time. Here Charles I. was
imprisoned Nov. 1647, to Nov. 1648; and here his daughter
Elizabeth, aged 15, died, probably of a broken heart, 8 Sept.
1650.
Cariz'mians, fierce shepherds living near the Cas-
pian, having been expelled by the Tartars, invaded Syria in
1243. The union of the sultans of Aleppo, Hems, and. Da-
mascus was insufficient to resist them, and the Christian mili-
tary orders were nearly exterminated in a single battle in
1244. In Oct. they took Jerusalem. They were totally de-
feated in 2 battles in 1247.
Carlaverock castle, S. Scotland, taken by Ed-
ward I., July, 1300, the subject of a contemporary poem pub-
lished, with illustrations, by sir Harris Nicolas in 1828.
Carlisle (L), a border town between England and Scot-
land, wherein for years a strong garrison was kept. Just below
this town the famous Picts' wall began, which crossed the island
to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; here also ended the great Roman
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highway. Roads. Of the great church, called St. Mary's, a
large part was built by David, king of Scotland, who held Cum-
berland, Westmoreland, and Northumberland, from the crown
of England. The castle, destroyed by the Danes, 875, restored
in 1092 by William II., was the prison of Mary queen of Scots
in 1568. Taken by the parliamentary forces in 1645, and by
the young Pretender, 15 Nov. 1745; retaken by the duke of
Cumberland, 30 Dec. same year. The cathedral was founded
by Walter, deputy for William Rufus. It was almost ruined
by Cromwell, 1648, and partly repaired after the Restoration.
It was reopened in 1856 after renovation costing 15,000/.— (II.)
The county seat of Cumberland county, Penn. Seat of Dick-
inson college (Methodist). From this point col. Bouquet
marched to the relief of fort Pitt in the Pontiac war, 1763.
Occupied for a short time by the confederates under Lee, 1
July, 1863.
CarlistS. Supporters of the Spanish pretender Don
Maria Isidor Carlos de Bourbon (b. 1788, d. 1855), and of his
son Don Carlos (b. 1818, d. 1861), and of his nephew Don Car-
los (b. 1848), who is now put forward by the ultra legitimists
as the true heir to the throne of France as well as Spain.
Spain, 1830-40, 1872-76. The legitimists of Europe subscribed
to their cause, 1873-76. A committee in London supplied
arms and money. Bourbons.
Carloving^ians or Carolingians, the second
dynasty of French kings, 752-987. Charles Martel (715-41)
and Pepin his son (741-52) were mayors of the palace. The
latter became king, 752. France.
CarlowitZ, Austria. Here was concluded a treaty of
peace between Turkey and the allies — Germany, Russia, Po-
land, and Venice — 26 Jan. 1699, after the defeat of the Turks
by prince Eugene at Zenta, 11 Sept. 1697, and Hungary was
secured to Austria.
Carlsbad ("Charles's bath"), in Bohemia, the celebrated
springs, said to have been discovered by the emperor Charles
IV. in 1370. The most aristocratic watering-place in Europe.
On 1 Aug. 1819, a congress was held here, when the great
powers decreed measures to repress the liberal press, etc. Lat.
60° 13' N., Ion. 12° 53' E.
Carmagnola {kar-man-yo'la), a town in Italy in
the province of Turin. In the 16th century it was occupied
by French, but fell to the Savoyards in 1588. On its capture
in 1792 by French revolutionists, its name became famous as
the title of a republican dancing-song, written about Aug. 1792;
popular in France during the reign of terror, 1793-94. Every
verse had the refrain, Damons la Carmagnole vive le son du
canon. Condottieri.
Carinathians, a Mahometan sect. Carmath, a Shiite,
about 890, assumed the title of" the guide, the director," etc.,
including that of tiie representative of Mahomet, St. John the
Baptist, and the angel Gabriel. His followers subdued Bah-
rein in 900, and devastated the East. Dissensions arose, and
their power soon passed away.
Carmel, a rocky promontory of Palestine to the south
of the bay of Acre, frequently alluded to in the Scriptures (1
Kings, xviii. 19, scene of Elijah's sacrifice; 2 Kings, ii. 25, iv.
25 ; Isa. xxxiii. 9, etc.). Here, in the 12th century, originated
the order of the Carmelites.
Carmelites or White Friars, of Mount Carmel,
one of the 4 orders of mendicants with austere rules, found-
ed by Berthold about 1156, and settled in France in 1252, —
Henault. Their rules were modified about 1540. They
claimed succession from Elijah. They had numerous monas-
teries in England, and a precinct in London without the Tem-
ple, west of Blackfriars, is called Whitefriars, after a commu-
nity of their order founded in 1245. A Carmelite church at
Kensington was founded by archbishop Manning, July, 1865.
The Carmelites, as well as other orders, were expelled from
their houses in France in Oct. 1880.
Carnac, a village of France in the department of Mor-
bihan. It owes its celebrity to the rude stone monuments in
its vicinity, which are the most extensive and interesting of
their kind. They consist of long avenues of standing stones,
many of them of great size, some 18 ft. in height. The rock
of which these various monuments are composed is the ordi-
CAR 1S2
nary granite of the district For these and other prehistoric
monuments consult sir John Lubbock's '• Prehistoric Times."
AVEBURY, StONKIIKNGK.
CarilB'li€% a district of southern Hindostan, along the
whole coast of Coromandel. First invaded and conquered by
the Mohammedans, 1370. Hyder Ali entered the Carnatic
with 80,000 troops in 1780, and was defeated by the British,
untler sir Eyre Co«»te, 1 July and 27 Aug. 1781; and over-
thrown 2 June, 1782. It was overrun by Tippoo in 1790.
The British acquiretl it by treaty, 31 July, 1801. On the death
of the nabob in 1853, the nominal sovereignty of the native
princes ended, the British government providing a liberal al-
lowance for the family, India.
carnation, so called from the flesh color of the typical
species (caniis, of flesh). Several varieties were first planted
in England by the Flemings about lb67.—Stow.
Carneian |;anie§, observed in many Grecian cit-
ies, particularly at Sparta (instituted about 675 b.c., in honor
of Apollo, surnamed Carneus) ; lasted 9 days.
Carnifex Ferry, West Va., Battle of, fought Sept.
10, 1861. McClellan, when assigned to the army of the Poto-
mac, left the command in West Virginia to Rosecrans. Floyd
commanded the confederate forces on the Gaiile)' river, and
was attacked by Rosecrans at Carnifex Ferry. It was rather
a manoeuvre than a battle, and during the night Floyd re-
treated.
carnival (cami vale, i. &., flesh, farewell!). " But there
are sufficiently strong reasons for doubting whether such be
really the etymology of tlie word ; in fact, whatever may
have been the origin of the word, there can be but little
doubt that the thing dates from ante-Christian times." — Encyc.
Brit. 9th ed. A festival time in Italy and other Catholic
countries at Shrovetide or just before I^nt.
Carolina§. North and South Carolina.
Caroline, Amelia Augusta, queen. Queen Caroline.
Caroline i§lancl§, S. Pacific, said to have been dis-
covered by the Portuguese, 1525 ; also by the Spaniard Lopez
de Villalobos, 1545; and named after Charles II. of Spain,
1686. These islands were virtually given up to Spain in
1876. The Germans occupying some of the islands, Spain
protested in Aug. 1885. Spanish vessels arrived at the island
of Yop, 21 Aug. ; the Germans landed and set up their flag, 24
Aug. Dispute referred to the pope ; the sovereignty awarded
to Spain, with commercial concessions to Germany and Great
Britain. Agreement signed, 25 Nov. ; confirmed at Rome, 17
Dec. 1885. Natives subdued, Spaniards in full possession,
Feb. 1891.
carpet-ba|a^g'er§, a name of reproach given by the
South to citizens of the North who went South after the war,
1861-65. Many of them went there with the best intentions;
some in hope of political advancement by the aid of negro
votes. The movement served to' retard rather than hasten
reconciliation between the sections.
carpet§ are of ancient use in the East. In Egypt they
were first applied to religious purposes by the priests of He-
liopolis, and were used to garnish the palaces of the Pharaohs.
The carpets of the Homeric age were generally white or plain
cloths. The manufacture of woollen carpets was introduced
into France from Persia, in the reign of Henry IV., between
1589 and 1610. Some artisans who had quitted France in dis-
gust established the English carpet manufacture, about 1750.
A cork-carpet company was formed in 1862. The manufact-
ure of carpets in the United States is very extensive and rap-
idlj' growing. Gobelin, Tapestry.
Carpi, N. Italy. Here prince Eugene and the imperial-
ists defeated the French 9 July, 1701.
carrack or karraek (Ital. caraccd), a large ship
in the middle ages. The Santa Anna, the property of the
knights of St. John, of about 1700 tons, sheathed with lead,
was built at Nice about 1530. She was literally a floating fort-
ress, and aided Charles V. in taking Tunis in 1535. She car-
ried a crew of 300 men and 50 pieces of artillery.
^ Carriag^es. Erichthonius of Athens is said to have
pt produced the first chariot about 1486 b.c. Rude carriages
OAR
were known in France in the reign of Henry II.. 1547 a,d.;
in England in 1555. Henry IV. of France had one without
straps or springs. They were made in England in the reigiv
of Elizabeth, and then called whirlicotes. The duke of Buck-
ingham, in 1019, drove 6 horses; and the earl of Northum-
berland, in rivalry, drove 8. Carriages were let for hire in
Paris in 1650, at the hotel Fiacre : hence the name fiacre.
Carl(> Bianconi successfully introduced cars into Ireland about
1815. G. A. Thrupp's " History of Coaches," pub. 1877. Cab-
riolets, Coaches, etc.
CarriekfergUS, Antrim, Ireland. Its castle is sup-
posed to have been built by Hugh de Lacy in 1178. The
town surrendered to the duke of Schomberg, 28 Aug. 1689 ;
the castle to the French admiral Thurot, Feb. 1760.
Carrick'§ ford, W. Va. Here, 14 July, 1861, the
confederate gen. Robt. S. Garnett, having been defeated at
Rich Mountain by gen. McClellan, attempted on the retreat
to check the Union advance, lost his life, and his command
was routed. Gen. Garnett was a graduate of West Point, and
the first general killed in t;he war.
carrocium, a vehicle containing a crucifix and a
banner, usually accompanied Italian armies in the middle
ages. The Milanese lost theirs at Cortenuova, 27 Nov. 1237.
Carron ironworks, on the banks of the Carron, in
Stirlingshire, established in 1760. The works in 1852 em-
ployed about 1600 men. Here, since 1776, have been made
the pieces of ordnance called carronades or smasheis.
carrot§ and other edible roots were imported into Great
Britain from Holland and Flanders, about 1510.
cartes de Visite {kdrf-di-vl-zU'). The small photo-
graphic portraits thus termed are said to have been first taken
at Nice, by M. Ferrier, in 1857. The duke of Parma had his
portrait placed upon his visiting-cards, and his example was
soon followed in Paris and London.
Cartesian doctrines. Philosophy.
Cartliag^e, north coast of Africa, near Tunis, founded by
Dido or Elissa, 878 b.c. (869, Blair ; 826, Niebuhr) . She fled
from her brother Pygmalion, king of Tyre, who had killed her
husband, and took refuge in Africa. Carthage disputed the
empire of the world with Rome, hence the Punic wars. The
Carthaginians were reputed faithless, hence the term Punic
faith. Cato the censor (about 146 b.c.) always ended his
speeches in the senate with " Carthago delenda est! " (Carthage
must be destroyed !) Many councils held here, 200-535 a.d.
B.C.
First alliance of Carthaginians and Romans 503
Carthaginians in Sicily defeated at Himera bj' Gelo; the elder
Hamilcar perishes 480
They send 300.000 men into Sicily 407
Take Agrigentum 40&
Siege of Syracuse ' ;i96
Carthaginians land in Italy 379
Their defeat by Timoleon at the Crimesus 339
Defeated by Agathocles, they immolate their children on the
altar to Saturn 310
First Punic war begins (lasts 23 years) 2fi4
Carthaginians defeated by the Roman consul Duilius in a naval
engagement , 260
Xanthippus defeats Regulus 25.5
Hasdrubal defeated by Metellus at Panormus 251
Regulus put to death ", 250
Romans defeated before Lilybaeum
The great Hannibal born 247
Hasdrubal founds New Carthage (Carthagena) 242
End of first Punic war; Sicily lost by Carthage 241
War between the Carthaginians and African mercenaries
Hamilcar Barcas sent into Spain ; takes his son, Hannibal, at
the age of 9 years, having first made him swear an eternal
enmity to the Romans 238
Hamilcar killed 229
Hasdrubal assassinated 220
Hannibal conquers Spain, as far as the Iberus 219
Second Punic war begins (lasts 17 years) 218
Hannibal crosses the Alps, and enters Italy "
He defeats the Roman consuls at the Ticinus and Trebia, 218 ;
at the lake Thrasymenus, 217 ; and at Cann^ 2 Aug. 216
Publius Scipio carries war into Spain and takes New Carthage. 210
Hasdrubal, Hannibal's brother, arrives in Italy with his army;
defeated and slain at the Mktaurus 207
Carthaginians expelled from Spain by Scipio 206
Scipio arrives in Africa, and lays siege to Utica 204
Hannibal recalled to Carthage 203
Totally defeatedat Zama 202
End of the second Punic war 201
Third Punic war; Scipio invades Africa 149
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Carthage taken and burned, by order of the senate July, 14(5
Colony settled at Carthage by C. Gracchus 122
Its rebuilding planned by Julius CsBsar 46
And executed by his successors 19 et seq.
A.D.
A Christian bishopric 200
Cyprian holds a council here 252
Taken by Genseric the Vandal 9 Oct. 439
Retaken by Belisarius 533
Ravaged by the Arabs 647
Taken and destroyed by Hassan, the Saracenic governor of
Egypt 698
Carthaginian antiquities (excavated by Nathan Davis) brought
to the British museum 1861
His excavations about to be renewed Aug. 1876
Bosworth Smith's "Carthage " pub 1878
Carthage, Mo., Battle of, fought 6 July, 1861. Sigel
attacked the confederates under Price, Hains, and Jackson.
Until 2 P.M. it was an artillery duel, and confederates were
worsted. Sigel was then obliged to retreat, which he did skil-
fully, saving his baggage.
Carthagena or New Carthag^e, S.E. Spain,
built by Hasdrubal, the Carthaginian general, 242 b.c. ; taken
by Scipio, 210 b.c. The modern Carthagena was taken by a
British force under sir John Leake, June, 1706 ; retaken by
the duke of Berwick, Nov. It was the last place held by the
Intransigentes and Internationalists of Spain ; was besieged
by gen. Martin Campos, about 22 Aug. 1873. Bombardment
begun 26 Nov., taken by gen. Lopez Dominguez, 12 Jan. 1874.
Spain.
Carttiag^eiia, Colombia, South America, was founded
in 1533 by Pedro de Heredia ; in 1544 it was taken by the
French : it was taken by sir Francis Drake in 1585 ; pillaged
by the French buccaneers in 1697, who obtained from it over
$5,000,000. The English admiral Vernon unsuccessfully be-
sieged the town in 1741.
€arthu§ian§, a religious order (springing from the
Benedictines) founded by Bruno of Cologne, who retired with
6 companions about 1084 to Chartreuse, in the moifntains of
Daujjhine. Their austere rules were formed by Basil VII.,
their general. They appeared in England about 1180, and a
monastery was founded by sir William Manny, 1371, on the
site of the present Charter-house, London. Charter-housk.
The Carthusian powder of father Simon, at Chartreuse, was
first compounded about 1715.
cartOOn§, large chalk drawings preparatory to oil
painting. Those of Raphael (25 in number) were designed
(for tapestries) in the chambers of the Vatican, under Julius
IL and Leo X. about 1510 to 1516. The 7 preserved (what
became of the other 18 has never been ascertained) were pur-
chased in Flanders by Rubens for Charles I. of England, for
Hampton-court palace in 1629. They were removed to South
Kensington, 28 Apr. 1865. The tapestries executed at Arras
from these designs are at Rome. They were twice carried
away by invaders, in 1526 and 1798, and were restored in
1815. Besides the cartoons of Raphael, were those executed
in competition by Leonardo da Vinci and Michael Angelo, two
of which, the " Battle of the Standard," by the former, and
the " Cartoon of Pisa "—soldiers bathing, surprised by the ap-
proach of the enemy— by the latter, were justly celebrated in
art history. Both have perished, but the general design of
them has been preserved. Cartoons for the British Houses of
Parliament were exhibited in July, 1843.
Raphael's cartoons.
1. The Miraculous Draught of Fishes.
2. The Charge to Peter.
3. Peter and John Healing the Lame at the Gate of the Temple.
4. The Death of Ananias.
5. Elymas the Sorcerer Struck with Blindness.
6. The Sacrifice to Paul and Barnabas, at Lystra.
7. Paul Preaching at Athens.
Cashmere. Kashmir.
€a§§ano, N. Italy. Site of an indecisive conflict be-
tween prince Eugene of Savoy and the French, 16 Aug.
1705.
Cassation, Court of, a supreme court of appeal in France,
established 10 Nov. 1790, by the National Assembly.
Cassel, formerly the capital of Hesse-Cassel, central
Germany, acquired importance by becoming the refuge of
French Protestants after the revocation of the edict of Nantes,
1685. It was the capital of Jerome Bonaparte, king of West-
phalia, 1807-13, and Wilhelmshohe, a neighboring castle, be-
came the residence of Napoleon IIL after his surrender to the
king of Prussia, 2 Sept. 1870, arriving at 9.35 p.m. 5 Sept. He
went to England in 1871.
Castel Fidardo, near Ancona, central Italy. Near
here gen. Lamoriciere and the papal array of 11,000 men were
totally defeated by the Sardinian general, Cialdini, 18 Sept.
1860. Lamoriciere with a few horsemen fled to Ancona then
besieged. On 29 Sept. he and the garrison surrendered, but
were soon set at liberty.
castes, distinct classes of societv in India. By the
laws of Menu, the Hindus are divided 'into the Brahmins, or
sacerdotal class; the Kshatrya or Chuttree, military class;
the Vaisya, or commercial class; and the Sudras, or Sooders'
servile class. '
Castiglione (kas-teel-yo'-na), N. Italy. Here the
French, under Augereau, defeated the Austrians, commanded
by Wurmser, with great loss, 5 Aug. 1796.
Castile, central Spain. A Gothic government was es-
tablished here about 800. Roderick, count of Castile, 860 ;
Ferdinand, a count, became king, 1035. Ferdinand, king of
Aragon, married Isabella, queen of Castile, in 1474, and formed
one monarchy, 1479. Spain.
Castillejos (cas-Hl-k'-kos), N. Africa. Here, on 1 Jan.
1860, was fought the first decisive battle in the war between
Spain and Morocco. Gen. Prim, after a vigorous resistance,
repulsed the Moors under Muley Abbas, and advanced tow-
ards Tetuan.
Castill€»n, Guienne, S. France. Here the army of
Henry VI. of England was defeated by that of Charles VII-
of France, and an end put to the English dominion in France*
Calais alone remaining, 17 or 23 July, 1453. Talbot, earl of
Shrewsbury, was killed.
Castine, Me. Maine, 1814.
Castiebar, Ireland. About 1100 French troops, under
Humbert, landed at Killala and, assisted by Irish insurgents
here, compelled the king's troops, under Lake, to retreat, 27
Aug. 1798 ; but surrendered at Ballinamuck, 8 Sept.
castles. The castle of the Anglo-Saxon was a tower
keep, either round or square, with an entrance so elevated that
a long flight of steps was necessary to reach it. William I.
erected 48 strong castles. Several hundreds, built by permis-
sion of Stephen, between 1135 and 1154, were demolished by
Henry II. 1154. Many were dismantled in the civil wars.
Richborough, Studfall, and Burgh are existing specimens of
Roman castles. For the history of the different castles of
England, consult Timbs, "Abbeys and Castles of England," 3
vols., London, 1872.
catacombs (Gr. Kara, down, and KiififBr], hollow), early
depositories of the dead. The first Christians at Rome met
for worship in the catacombs; and here are said to have been
the tombs of the apostles Peter and Paul. Belzoni in 1815-
18 explored many Egyptian catacombs, built 3000 years ago.
He brought to England the sarcophagus of Psammetichus,
of oriental alabaster, exquisitely sculptured. In the Parisian
catacombs (formerly stone quarries) bones from the cemetery
of the Innocents were deposited in 1785 ; and many victims
of the revolution in 1792-94 are interred in them. On 31 May,
1578, some laborers digging on the Via Salaria, 2 miles from
Rome, discovered the celebrated catacombs described, with en-
gravings, by Antonio Bosio, in his " Roma Sotteranea" (1632),
and by Aringhi (1659), and others. Elaborate accounts have
been published recently by De' Rossi, an abstract of whose re-
searches will be found in the " Roma Sotteranea " of the rev.
J. S. Northcote and W. R. Brownlow, 1869 and 1879.
catalog[Ues. Books, Libraries.
Catalonia, N.E. Spain, was settled by the Goths and
Alani about 409 ; conquered by the Saracens, 712 ; recovered
by Pepin, and by Charlemagne, 788. It formed part of the
Spanish marches and the territory of the count of Barcelona.
The natives were able seamen ; being frequently unruly, their
peculiar privileges were abolished in 1714.
CAT
catalytic (Gr. KaToKvuKog, able to dissolve) Torco.
The discovery in 1819, by Thenard, of the decomposition of
peroxide of hydrogen by platinum, and by Diibereiner in 1825
of its property to ignite a mixture of hydrogen and oxygon,
formed the groundwork of the doctrine of catalytic force, also
termed "action of contact or presence," put forth by Berzelius
and Mitscherlich. Their view has not been adopted by Liebig
and other chemists.
cat'aniarailS or carcasses, fire-machines for de-
stroying ships; tried in vain by sir Sydney Smith, 2 Oct.
1804, on the Boulogne flotilla destined by Bonaparte to invade
England. Also a vessel with 2 keels used on the coast of
Ceylon, of India, the eastern coast of South America, etc., and
of late years common in the lumber districts of northwestern
America.
Cata'nia (the ancient Catana), a town near Etna, Sicily,
was founded by a colony from Chalcis, about 753 b.c. Ceres
had a temple here, open to none but women. Catania was
almost totally overthrown by an eruption of Etna in 1669, and
in 1693 was nearly swallowed up by an earthquake ; in a mo-
ment more than 18,000 of its inhabitants were buried in the
ruins. An earthquake did great damage, 22 Feb. 1817. In
Aug. 1862, the town was held by Garibaldi and his volunteers,
against Italian troops. He was captured on 29 Aug.
catapliryi^iailS, heretics in the 2d century, who fol-
lowed the errors of Montanus. They are said to have bap-
tized their dead, forbidden marriage, and mingled the bread
and wine in the Lord's supper with the blood of children.
Catapultse, military engines of the crossbow kind, for
throwing arrows, javelins, and sometimes stones. Said to have
been invented by Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse, 399 b.c.
These engines are often confounded with the ballista, which
was more used to hurl huge stones either into a city or against
its walls. These engines were in use until the invention of
gunpowder, the catapults being mentioned by Irving as oper-
ative in the siege of Granada, 1492.
CataM^bas. Indians.
Cateau Cambrcsis, N. France, where, on 2, 3 Apr.
1559, peace was concluded between Henry II. of France, Philip
II. of Spain, and Elizabeth of England. France ceded Savoy,
Corsica, and nearlv 200 forts in Italy and the Low Countries to
Philip.
catechisms are said to have been compiled in the 8th
or 9th centurj'. Luther's were published 1520 and 1529. The
catechism of the church of England in the first book of Ed-
ward VI., 7 Mch. 1549, contained merely the baptismal vow,
the creed, the ten commandments, and the Lord's prayer, with
explanations ; but James I. ordered the bishops to add an ex-
plication of the sacraments, 1612. The catechism of the coun-
cil of Trent was published in 1566 ; those of the assembly of
divines at Westminster, 1647 and 1648.
Cathari (from the Gr. KuOapot;, pure), a name given
to the Novatians (about 251), Montanists, and other early
Christian sects. Puritans.
Cathay', an old name for China.
"Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay."
—Tennyson, " Locksley Hall."
cathedral, the chief church of a diocese, as containing
the cathedra, or seat of the bishop; obtained the name in the
10th century. Canterbury, Cologne, Durham, Lincoln,
Notre Dame, Rouen, Salisbury, Strasburg, St. Stephens,
Vienna, Ulm, York, and others throughout.
Catherine. The order of knights of St. Catherine
was instituted in Palestine, 1063. An order of ladies of the
highest rank in Russia was founded by Peter the Great, 1714,
in honor of the bravery of his empress Catherine. They were
to be distinguished, as the name implied (from Ka9ap6gf pure),
^ fjjr purity of life and manners.
Catholic majesty. This title was given by pope
Gregory III. to Alphonso I. of Spain, 739, and to Ferdinand V.
and his queen in 1474 by Innocent VIII. in recognition of their
zeal for religion and the establishment of the inquisition.
Catholic Union of Oreat Britain ; pres-
ident, the duke of Norfolk ; constituted in 1871. A Catholic
union in Dublin was formed Dec. 1873. Roman Catholics.
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Catiline's conspiracy. Lucius Sergius Catiline,
a Roman citizen of patrician rank, having been refused tlie
consulship (65 b.c.), conspired to overthrow the government.
This conspiracy was discovered and frustrated. A second plot
for the same purpose, and in which he was again the principal,
was detected by Cicero, then consul, in 63. Catiline's daring
appearance in the senate-house, after his guilt was known,
drew forth Cicero's celebrated invective, " Quousque tandem
abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra ?" 8 Nov. On the arrest of
5 of his accomplices, Catiline left Rome and joined his forces
already collected. The 5 conspirators arrested were put to
death, and Catiline defeated by Fetreius, and himself slain, at
Pistoria in Etruria, Jan. 62 b.c.
CatO-Street Cl^nspiracy. A gang of desperate
men, headed by Arthur Thistlewood, assembled in Cato street,
Edgware Road, and proposed to assassinate the ministers at
a cabinet dinner. They were betrayed and arrested, 23 Feb.
1820; and Thistlewood, Brunt, Davidson, Ings, and Tidd were
executed as traitors on 1 May.
Catskill mountains, N. Y. A group of the Ap-
palachian range on the west bank of the Hudson river.
Highest point. Round Top, 3804 ft. On a terrace of Pine Or-
chard mount is the Mountain house, 2400 ft. higher than the
Hudson.
Catti, a German tribe, attacked but not subdued by the
Romans 15 and 84 a.d. ; absorbed by the Franks, 3d century.
cattle. Of horned cattle only the buffalo or bison is
native of America, and this has never been domesticated.
Columbus, in 1493, brought the first tame cattle to America, a
bull and several cows. As the various parts of North and
South America were settled by Europeans, cattle were intro-
duced, and from these have descended all the vast herds which
now roam over the plains of Texas and South America. Of
improved neat-cattle there are 2 distinct classes, (1) beef stock,
(2) dairy. Of the first, the short-horns or Durham, Herefords,
Aberdeen-angus, Galloways, Sussex, West Highland, and De-
vons are the principal, although the short-horns and Devons
are also included in the second or dairy stock, with the Jerseys,
I Guernseys, Ayrshires, Holstein-Frisian, Brown-Swiss, and the
different kinds of polled (without horns) cattle. In 1611 Sir
Thomas Yates brought into Virginia fr<»m England 100 cows
and other cattle, and in 1624 1 bull and 3 heifers were brought
into Massachusetts, the first neat-cattle in New England. Im-
ported short-horns from England introduced into South Caro-
lina by Wade Hampton, 1782, and into Virginia by Mr. Miller,
1797, and from Virginia into Kentucky the same year. Stock
greatly improved in New England by importations, 1818-20.
In 1816 Henry Clay imported 2 Hereford cattle into the U. S.
for his farm at Ashland, Ky., but this stock was largely in-
creased by the importations of Erastus Corning, of Albany,
N. Y., in 1 841. First record of the importation of Devons into
the U. S. was for Caton and Patterson, of Baltimore, Md., 1817.
Herd-book opened 1851. Jerseys were imported early in this
century into the U. S., but notably in numbers by John A.
Taintor, of Hartford, Conn., in 1850. They are sometimes in-
correctly called Alderneys (the cattle of that island are rarely
exported). The Jersey stock require the utmost care, and do
not mature under 4 or 5 years. The stock is maintained pure
in the island of Jersey by the strictest exclusion of foreign im-
portation. Guernseys imported into the U.S. about the same
time as the Jerseys, Ayrshires first brought to the U. S. in
1831. J. P. Gushing, of Watertown, Mass., imported largely
of this stock in 1837. Brown-Swiss brought to the U. S. by
Henry M. Clark, Belmont, Mass., 1869. Holstein-Frisian,
Holland cattle, long known in the U. S., as they were brought
over by the Dutch settlers of New York, about the beginning
of the 18th century. Lewis F. Allen, of Buffalo, N. Y., began
the publication of the American Association's Herd-book in
1846 i since 1883, published in Chicago. Through the ex-
traordinary attention given to the selection and crossing of
the best breeds in Great Britain and in the U. S., great im-
provement has been made both in weight of carcass, quality
of meat, and in abundance and richness of milk, since the
beginning of this century. The importation of horned cattle
from Ireland and Scotland into England was prohibited by a
law, 1663 ; but the export of cattle from Ireland became very
extensive. In 1842 the importation of cattle into England
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from foreign countries was subjected to a moderate duty; in
1846 they were made duty free, and since then the numbers im-
ported have enormously increased. The export trade of U. S.
in neat-cattle for the year 1880 amounted to $13,344,195; in
1890 it was $31,261,131 ; in 1892, $35,099,095. Agricult-
ure. For sums paid for improved stock at some of the great
cattle sales in the U. S., see Nkw York, 1873. During the
years 1865-70 there raged an epidemic among cattle, especially
in England, so deadly there as to be termed the plague. Its
seriousness is shown by the following English statistics:
Cattle plague appears at Laycock's dairy, Barnsbury, London,
N. ; rapidly spreads about 24 June, 1865
27,432 beasts had been attacked; 12,680 died; 8998 slaughtered
up to 21 Oct. "
A royal commission to inquire into the causes of cattle plague
and suggest remedies met first. 10 Oct. ; majority consider
the disease to have been imported, and recommend slaughter
of animals and stringent prohibition of passage of cattle on
public roads, etc., 31 Oct. 1865: second report, 6 Feb. ; third
report '. 1 May, 1866
Orders in council for regulating the cattle plague (in conform-
ity with the act of 1850), 23 Nov. and 16 Dec. 1865 ; and
20 Jan. "
Disease raging; official report : cattle attacked, 120,740; killed,
16,742; died, 73,750; recovered. 14,162; unaccounted for,
16,086 1 Feb. "
Cattle Disease acts passed 20 Feb. and 10 Aug. "
Orders in council making uniform repressive measures through-
out the country 27 Mch. "
Disease materially abates Apr. "
Privy council return: Cattle attacked, 248,965; killed, 80,597;
died, 124,187; recovered, 32,989; unaccounted for, 11,192,
22 June, "
Disease nearly "stamped out " 27 Oct. "
Cailca:§llS, a lofty mountain, a continuation of the ridge
of Mount Taurus, between the Euxine and Caspian seas. In
mythology, Prometheus was said to have been tied on the top
of Caucasus by Jupiter, where his vitals were continually de-
voured by vultures (1548 b.c.). The passes near the mountain
were called Caucasim Portce^ and it is su{)posed that through
them the Sarmatians or Huns invaded the provinces of Rome,
447 A.D. ClUCASSIA.
CailCll§, an American term. A private meeting of poli-
ticians to make plans for an election or session of a legislative
body. The word is now applied to private meetings of the
members of Congress, or of a legislature, belonging to one
political party, to determine its policy or select its candidates.
The word is said to be derived from " ship "- caulkers' meet-
ings. A " caucus club " is mentioned by John Adams, in 1763.
— Barilett. Similar meetings are occasionally held in London
by conservatives and liberals; one was held by Mr. Gladstone
respecting the ballot bill, 6 July, 1871. Jealou.s}' respecting
the system was aroused in 1878,
Caudine fork§, according to Livy, the Furculce
Caudince (in Samnium, S. Italy), were 2 narrow defiles or
gorges, united by a range of mountains on each side. The
Romans went through the first pass, but found the second
blocked up; on returning they found the first similarly ob-
structed. Being thus hemmed in by the Samnites, under the
command of C. Pontus, they surrendered at discretion, 321 b.c.
(after a fruitless contest, according to Cicero). The Roman
senate broke the treaty.
cauliflower (Lat. cauUs, cabbage, and flower), a plant
of the cabbage family, whose young flowers are eaten as a
vegetable ; said to have been brought from Cyprus to England
about 1603.
cau§tiC, in painting, a method of burning colors into
wood or ivory, invented by Gausias of Sicyon. He painted
his mistress Glycere sitting on the ground making garlands
with flowers; the picture was hence named Stephanoplocon.
It was bought by LucuUus for 2 talents, 335 b.c— Pliny.
cautionary towns, Holland (the Briel, Flush-
ing, Rammekins, and Walcheren), were given to queen Eliza-
beth in 1585 as security for their repaying her for assistance
in their struggle with Spain. They' were restored to the
Dutch republic by James I. in 1616.
Cavalier. The appellation given to the supporters of
Charles I. of England during the civil war, from a number of
gentlemen forming, themselves into a body-guard for his pro-
tection in 1641. They were opposed to tiie Roundheads, or
parliamentarians.
cavalry. Used by the Canaanites in war, 1460 B.a
(Josh. xi. 4). Attached to each Roman legion was a body of
300 horse, in 10 turmae; the commander always a veteran.
The Persians had 10,000 horse at Marathon, 490 b.c.; and 10,000
Persian horse were slain at the battle of Issus, 333 b.c.— Plu-
tarch. In the wars with Napoleon I. the British cavalry
reached 31,000 men. Army of the Unitkd States.
Cavendish experiment. In 1798 the hon.
Henry Cavendish described his experiment for determining
the mean density of the earth, by comparing the force of ter-
restrial attraction with that of the attraction of leaden spheres
of known magnitude and density, by the torsion balance.—
Brande. The Cavendish Society, for the publication of chem-
ical works, which ceased with Gmelin's "Chemistry" (1848-67)
was established 1846.
Cave-of-tlie-winds, Niagara falls, a cave so called
formed by the solid wall of rock on one side and a wall of
rushing water as it pours over and down the fall on the other
side. With proper water-proof clothing it can be visited with
safety.
caves are frequently mentioned in the Bible as dwell-
ings, refuges, and burying-places. W. B. Dawkins's " Cave-
hunting: Researches on the Evidence of Caves respecting the
Early Inhabitants of Europe," was published 1874. The Mam-
moth Cave, Kentucky, the largest in the world ; Weyer's
cave, Virginia, discovered 1804; Wyandotte' cave, Indiana;
Oreston cave, Devon, Engl., 1816; Kirkdale, Yorkshire, 1821;
Kent's hole, Torquay, 1825; Brixham cave, 1858; Wookey
hole, Somerset, 1859; and many others, have been well ex-
plored.
Cawnpore, a town in India, on the Doab, a penin-
sula'between the Ganges and Jumna. During the mutiny in
June, 1857, it was garrisoned by native troops under sir Hugh
Wheeler. These revolted. An adopted son of the old Peishwa
Bajee Rao, Nana Sahib, who had long lived on friendly terms
with the British, came apparently to their assistance, but
joined the rebels. The English residents, about 1000 in num-
ber, of whom 465 were men of all ages and professions, the
rest women and children, attempted to defend themselves in
an entrenched camp. After sustaining a siege for 3 weeks,
they were compelled to surrender, 26 June, and, in spite of a
treaty, were all massacred except 2 officers and 2 privates,
who escaped. Gen. Havelock defeated Nana Sahib, 16 July,
at Futtehpore, and retook Cawnpore, 17 July, but too late to
rescue any prisoners. Sir Colin Campbell defeated the rebels
here on 6 Dec. following. A column was erected here, in
memory of the killed, by their relatives of the 32d regiment.
India, 1857.
Caxton Society, for the publication of chronicles
and literature of the middle ages, published 16 volumes,
1844-54.
Cayenne, capital of French Guiana, South America,
settled by the French, 1604-35. It afterwards came successive-
ly into the hands of the English (1654), French, and Dutch.
The last were expelled by the French in 1677. Cayenne was
taken b\- the British, 12 Jan. 1809, but was restored to the
French in 1814. Here is produced the Capsicum baccatum,
or cavenne pepper. Many French political prisoners were
sent here in 1848. Pop. in 1880, 10,000.
Cayugas. Indians.
Cedar Creek, Va., Battle of. Here, 19 Oct. 1864,
the confederates, under gen. Early, were signally defeated by
the federals, under gen. Sheridan. The confederate forces, pre-
viously defeated at Winchester and Fisher Hill, being
strongly reinforced. Early, smarting under his recent defeats,
and hearing that Sheridan was away in Washington, resolved
to surprise the federal force. This he succeeded in doing on
the morning of the 19th. The result was the discomfiture and
retreat first of the 19th and then of the 6th corps, by 10 a.m.,
with a loss of 24 guns and 1500 prisoners. At this juncture
Sheridan, who had stopped at Winchester over-night on his
return from Washington, met the first of the retreating troops.
With words of cheer he halted the fugitives, and, slowly re-
forming the line, was ready to advance at 3 p^m. ; the final re-
sult being a complete overthrow of the confederates, so that
there was no more fighting in the Shenandoah valley. Fed-
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eral loss 3000 in both engagements. This battle furnishes the
subject of " Sheridan's Ride," a poem by Thomas Buchanan
Read.
Cedar IVIountain, Va., Battle of. Popb's Yiroinia
Campaign.
cedar-tree. The red cedar {Juniperus Virginiana)
introduced into England from North America before 1664 ;
the liermudas cedar from Bermudas before 1683 ; the cedar
of Lebanon {IHnns Cedrus) from the Levant before 1683. In
1850 a grove of venerable cedars, about 40 ft. high, remained
on Lebanon. The cedar of Goa (^Ciipi-essus lusitanica) was
brought to Europe by the Portuguese about 1683. Cypkess.
celery is said to have been introduced into England
by the French marshal, Tallard, during his captivity in Eng-
land, after his defeat at Blenheim by Marlborough, 2 Aug.
1704.
celibacy (from coelebs, unmarried) was preached by
St, Anthony in Egypt about 305. His early converts lived in
caves, etc., till monasteries were founded. The doctrine was
rejected in the council of Nice, 325. Celibacy was enjoined
on bishops only in 692. The decree was opposed in England,
958-78. The Romish clergy generally were enjoined to vow
celibacy by pope Gregory VII. in 1073-85; sustained by the
council of Placentia, held in 1095. Marriage was restored to
the English clergy in 1547. The marriage of the clergy was
proposed, but negatived, at the council of Trent (1563); also
at a conference of the Old Catholics at Bonn, June, 1876. Sir
Bartle Frere termed the Zulu army " a celibate man-slaying
machine," 1878.
cell theory (propounded by Schwann in 1839) sup-
poses that the ultimate constituents of all animal and vegetable
tissues are small cells. The lowest forms of animal and vege-
table life are said to consist of merely a single cell, as the ger-
minal vesicle in the egg and the red-snow plant.
Celt§ or Kelt§, a group of the Aryan family. Gauls.
Above 8000/. subscribed to found a Celtic professorship at the
university of Edinburgh, Oct. 1876 ; 11,937/. subscribed Apr.
1879. One was established at Oxford in 1876.
ceilieterie§. The burying-places of the Jews, Greeks,
Romans, were outside their towns (Matt, xxvii. 60). Many
public cemeteries, resembling " Pere- la -Chaise," at Paris,
have been opened in all parts of Great Britain since 1856.
Catacombs.
cemeteries in the United States. By an act of the
legislature of New York state, 27 Apr. 1847, land devoted to
cemetery purposes in that state is exempt from taxation.
Statistics of 6 of the largest cemeteries in the neighborhood
of New York city show a total area of 2288 acres, and a total
of 1,336,546 burials up to 1891, distributed as follows; Calvary,
585,000; Greenwood, 259,893; Lutheran, 208,000; Cypress
Hills, 130,000; Evergreens, 115.701; and VVoodlawn, 37,952.
The principal cemeteries of the larger cities in the U. S. are
here mentioned, with name, date of opening, and estimated
area as near as can be ascertained. As a rule these cemeteries
are so beautified and kept in such perfect order under per-
petual contracts with the lot owners as to be an ornament to
the cities to which they belong,
CEMETERIES.
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C R M ETER I ES— Continued.
City.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
New York, N. Y.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Chicago, IlL.
Baltimore, Md .
Buffalo, N. Y.. .
Name.
Area
in acres.
Established.
Greenwood
Cypress Hills
Calvary
474
400
214
400
400
400
125
22.5
100
106
80
SO
200
500
100
125
.300
350
200
280
1840
1848
1848
Evergreens
1851
1852
1865
Mount Auburn
Forest Hills
Woodland
1831
1848
1851
Mount Hope
Laurel Hill
Woodlands
West Laurel Hill...
Rose Hill
18.52
1836
1851
1869
1859
Calvary
1859
1861
1864
Green Mount Park..
Loudon Park
Forest Lawn
1839
1853
1850
City.
Name.
Area
in acre*.
tCstablisbed.
Cincinnati, 0
Spring Grove
Lake View
600
300
200
35
254
360
200
80
200
60
108
360
250
95
217
332
300
40
1845
1870
Detroit, Mich
Woodmere
Oak Hill
1869
Georgetown, D. C
Hartford, Conn
1849
Cedar Hills
Crown Hill
Cave Hill
1868
Indianapolis, Ind ..
Louisville Ky ....
1863
1846
1852
Milwaukee, Wise
Newark, N.J
New Orleans, La
Pittsburg, Pa
Providence, R. I
Forest Home
Fairmount
Metairie Ridge
Allegheny
1860
1855
1836
1846
Swan Point
Hollywood
Mount Hope
Belle Fontaine
Lone .Mountain
Congressional
1858
1847
Hocliester, N. Y
Si Louis, Mo
1854
1849
San Francisco, Cal
Washington, D. C
1865
1812
cemeteries, national. The United States gov-
ernment has established national cemeteries in various parts
of the country for the burial of men who died in the naval or
military service. There are 82 national cemeteries scattered
throughout 21 states and territories, mostly in the southern
states ; 21 of these have over 2000, not exceeding 5000, graves;-
9 have over 5000, not exceeding. 10,000; 11 have over 10,000.
Total number of graves in all the cemeteries, 322,851 ; of these
9438 are confederates. A marble headstone marks each grave,
with name and rank of occupant when known. The following
is a list of the 11 largest, each containing over 10,000 graves -•
Andersonville, Ga
Arlington, Va
Chalmette, La
Chattiinooga, Tenn
Fredericksburg, Va
Jefferson's Barracks, Mo.
Marietta, Ga
Memphis, Tenn
Xashville, Tenn
Salisbury, N. C
Vicksburg, Miss
Known.
Unknown.
Total.
12,781
9-21
13,702
11,8.53
4,349
16,202
6,851
5,674
12,525
8,012
4,963
12,975
2,487
12,771
15,2.58
8,647
2,906
11,553
7,192
2,963
10,155
5,163
8,818
13,981
11,825
4,701
16, .526
97
10.032
11,129
3,899
12,701
16.600
The national cemetery at Gettysburg, Pa., while not contain-
ing as many graves as those mentioned, there being only 3575,
is noted as having been dedicated by President Lincoln, 1863.
It is adorned with numerous memorials of the dead, among
them a national monument. The government took charge of
the ceraeterj' in 1872.
Cenis, Hount. Tunnels.
censors, Roman magistrates, to survey and rate the
property, and correct the manners of the people. The first two
censors were appointed, 443 b.c. Plebeian censors were first
appointed, 131 b.c. The office, abolished by the emperors,
was revived by Decius, 251 a.d. Press.
censuring the President of the United
States. Congress has twice censured the president : Jack-
son in 1834, and Tyler in 1843. United States.
census. The Israelites were numbered by Moses, 1490
B.C. , and by David, 1017 b.c. ; Demetrius Phalereus is said to
have taken a census of Attica, 317 b.c, Servius Tullius enact-
ed that a general estimate of every Roman's estate and personal
effects should be delivered to the government upon oath every
5 years, 566 b.c. A census of the people is said to have been
taken at Florence, 1527; at Venice, 1584; in France, 1700; in
Sweden, 1794. The proposal in England for a census in 1375
was opposed as profane. In the United Kingdom the census
is now taken at decennial periods since 1801 ; 1811, 1821, 1831,
1841, 1851, 1861 (7 Apr.), 1871 (3 Apr.), 1881 (3 Apr.), 1891
(5 Apr.). The first United States census was made in 1790.
The constitution requires that a new census shall be made every
10 years. The latest census year was 1890. Population.
centennial exhibition, an international exhi-
bition, in celebration of the hundredth year of American inde-
pendence, was held at Philadelphia, 1876. 33 foreign countries
were represented by their products. 5 principal buildings,
with "annexes," or supplementary buildings, were erected;
and, including foreign and state buildings, the total number
of structures was 199. The main building covered 21 acres,
and the 5 principal buildings, with their annexes, covered
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75 acres. Number of persons admitted to the exhibition,
9 910,966; largest number admitted on one day, 274,919.
First bill providing for the exhibition signed by the president,
3 Mch. 1871
Centennial commission formed 24 Mch. 1872
Centennial board of finance created by act of congress, 1 June, •'
Exhibition opened by president Grant 19 May, 1876
Exhibition closed 10 Nov "
Central America. America , Wrecks, 1857.
centre of population. Population, U. S.
centurion, the captain, head, or commander of a sub-
division of a Koman legion, which consisted of 100 men, and
was called a centuria. By the Roman census, 556 b.c., each
hundred of the people was called a centuria.
century. The Greeks computed time by the Olympiads,
beginning 776 B.C., and the Roman church by Indictions, the
first of which began 24 Sept. 312 a.d. The reckoning of time
by centuries from the incarnation of Christ was adopted in
chronological history first in France. — Dupin.
Cephalo'nia, one of the Ionian islands, was taken
from the J^tolians by the Romans, 189 b.c., and given to the
Athenians by Hadrian, 135 a.d. Ionian isles.
Ceplli'§U§, a river in Attica, near which Walter de
Brienne, duke of Athens, was defeated and slain bv the Cata-
lans, 1311.
Cerenionie§, ]W[a§ter of, an office instituted for
the more honorable reception of ambassadors and persons of
quality at court, 1 James I. 1603. The order maintained by
the master of ceremonies at Bath, " Beau Nash," the " king of
Bath," led to the adoption of the office in ordinary assemblies.
" Beau Nash " died, 1761, in his 88th year. — Ashe.
Ceres, an asteroid, 160 miles in diameter, was discovered
by M. Piazzi, at Palermo, Italy, 1 Jan. 1801 ; he named it after
a goddess highly esteemed by the ancient Sicilians.
Cere§UO]a {ce-re-swo'-la), N. Italy. Here Francis de
Bourbon, count d'Enghien, defeated the imperialists under the
marquis de Guasto, 14 Apr. 1544.
Cerig'UOla {ce-Hn' -go-la), S. Italy. Here capt. Gonsalvo
de Cordova and the Spaniards defeated the due de Nemours
and the French, 28 Apr. 1503.
Cerinthiail§, followers of Cerinthus, a Jew, who lived
about 80 AM., are said to have combined Judaism with pagan
philosophy.
cerium, a very rare metal, discovered by Klaproth and
others in 1803.
Cerro Oordo, Battle of. With about 8500 men, gen.
Scott, after capturing Vera Cruz, marched towards the Mexi-
can capital. At Cerro Gordo, a difficult mountain pass at the foot
of the eastern chain of the Cordilleras, he found Santa Anna
strongly posted and fortified, with 12,000 men. Scott attacked
him 18 Apr. 1847, drove him from his position, and dispersed his
army. Santa Anna escaped on the back of a mule. More than
1000 Mexicans were killed, or wounded, and 3000 were made
prisoners. The Americans lost in killed and wounded 431. Scott
pushed on towards the Mexican capital. Mexican War,
Ceuta (the ancient Septa), a town on north coast of
Africa, stands on the site of the ancient Abyla, the southern
pillar of Hercules. It was taken from the Vandals by Belisa-
rius for Justinian, 534 ; by the Goths, 618 ; by the Moors, about
709, from whom it was taken by the Portuguese, 1415. With
Portugal, it was annexed in 1580 to Spain, which retains it.
Ceylon (the ancient Taprobane),an island in the Indian
^ocean, called by the natives the Seat of Paradise. It became
a seat of Buddhism, 307 b.c., and was known to the Romans
about 41 A.D. Area, 25,364 sq. miles; pop. 1873, 2,323,760;
1891, 3,008,239.
Invaded by the Portuguese Almeyda 1505
Dutch land in Ceylon, 1602; capture the capital, Colombo 1603
Frequent conflicts; peaceful commercial relations established. 1664
Intercourse with the British begun 1713
A large portion of the country taken by them in 1782 ; restored, 1783
Dutch settlements seized by the British; Trincomalee, 26 Aug. ;
Jalfnapatam Sept. 1795
Ceylon ceded to Gref^t Britain by the peace of Amiens 1802
British troops treacherously massacred or imprisoned by the
adigar of Candy, at Colombo 26 June, 1803
Complete sovereignty of the island assumed by England 1815
Chaerone'a, Boeotia. Here Greece was ruinea bv
Philip ; 32,000 Macedonians defeating 30,000 Thebans, Athe"-
nians, etc., 6 or 7 Aug. 338 b.c. Here Archelaus, lieutenant
of Mithridates, was defeated by Sylla, and 110,000 Cappado-
cians were slain, 86 b.c. Coronea.
chain, the great. This chain was stretched across the
Hudson river at West Point just below fort Clinton, 1 May,
1778, to prevent the British war-ships from ascending the
river. Its links were 2J in. square, and over 2 ft. long, each
weighing 140 pounds. Total weight, 180 tons; length, 450
yds. Portions of this chain are still at West Point.
chain-bridges. The largest and oldest chain-bridge
in the world is said to be that at Kingtung, in China, where it
forms a perfect road from the top of one mountain to the top
of another. Mr. Telford constructed the first chain-bridge on
a grand scale in England over the strait between Anglesey and
the coast of Wales, 1818-25. Menai strait.
chain-cables, pumps, and shot. Iron chain-
cables were in use by the Veneti, a people intimately connected
with the Belgae of Britain in the time of Caesar, 57 b.c. These
cables came into use generally, in the navy of England, in 1812.
Acts for the proving and sale of chain-cables and anchors in
England were passed in 1864, 1871, and 1874:.— Chain-shot, to
destroy the rigging of an enemy's ship, were invented by the
Dutch admiral De Witt in 1666.— Chain-pumps were first used
on board the British frigate Flora, in 1787.
chains, hanging; in. By 25 Geo. II. 1752, it was en-
acted that judges should direct the bodies of pirates and mur-
derers to be dissected and anatomized, or hung in chains. The
custom of hanging in chains was abolished in England in 1834.
Chalce'don, Asia Minor, opposite Byzantium, colo-
nized by Megarians, about 684 b.c. It was taken by Darius,
505 B.C. , by the Romans, 74 , plundered by the Goths, 269
A.D. ; taken by Chosroes, the Persian, 609; by Orchan, the
Turk, 1338. Here was held the " Synod of the Oak," 403 ; and
the fourth general council, which annulled the act of the " Rob-
ber Synod," 8 Oct. 451.
Chalcis-Euboea. Alphabet.
Chaldse'a, the ancient name of Babylonia, but after-
wards restricted to the southwest portion. The Chaldaeans
were devoted to astronomy and astrology (Dan. ii. etc.). —
The Chaldcean Registers of celestial observations, said to have
commenced 2234 b.c,, were brought down to the taking of
Babylon by Alexander, 331 b.c. (1903 years). These registers
were sent to Aristotle by Calisthenes.— CAoWceaw characters:
the Bible was transcribed from the original Hebrew into these
characters, now called Hebrew, by Ezra, about 445 b.c.
Clialgrove, Oxfordshire. At a skirmish here with
prince Rupert, 18 June, 1643, John Hampden, of the parlia-
ment party, was wounded, and died 24 June. A column was
erected to his memory, 18 June, 1843.
" Challenger." Deep-sea soundings.
Clialmette plantation. La., a few miles below
New Orleans on the Mississippi river, where gen. Jackson re-
pulsed an advance of the British, 28 Dec. 1814.
Chalons -SUr-Harne (sha-lon'-sur-mam'), N.E.
Franee. Here the emperor Aurelian defeated Tetricus, the
last of the pretenders to the throne, termed the Thirty Tyrants,
274 ; and here in 451 Aetius, the Roman general, assisted by
the Visigoths, under their king Theodoric, checked the ad-
vance of Attila the Hun, causing him to retire into Pannonia,
after one of the most desperate and gigantic contests recorded
in history.
chamberlain, early a high court officer in France,
Germany, and England. The office of chamberlain of the ex-
chequer was discontinued in 1834.
Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain oj England.— The sxnih great
officer of state, whose duties, among others, relate to coronations
and public solemnities.
Lord Chamberlain of the Household.— An ancient office. The title is
from the Fr. chambellan, in Lat. camerarim.
Chambersburg, Pa. Pennsylvania, 1862-64.
" Chambers's Journal " was first pubfished at
Edinburgh in Feb. 1832.
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Ctaainbre Ardeilte ("fiery chamber"), an extraor-
dinary French tribunal, so named from the punishment fre-
quently awarded by it. Francis I. in 1535, and Henry II. in
1549, employed it for the extirpation of heresy, which led to
the civil war with the Huguenots in 1560 ; and in 1679 Louis
XIV. appointed one to investigate the poisoning cases which
tHJCurred after the execution of the marchioness Brinvilliers.
Cliailip <le iVIuriii (^shOti de mars), an open square in
front of the military school at Taris, witli artificial embank-
ments on each side, extending nearly to the river Seine.
The ancient assemblies of the Frankish people, the germ of
parliaments, held annually in March, received this name. In
747 Pepin changed the month to May. Here was held, 14
July. 1790 (the anniversary of the capture of the Bastile), the
" federation," or solemnity of swearing fidelity to the " patriot
king " and new constitution ; great rejoicings followed. On 14
July, 1791, a second great meeting was held here, directed by
the Jacobin clubs, to sign petitions on the "altar of the coun-
try," praying for the abdication of Louis XVI. A commem-
oration meeting took place, 14 July, 1792. Another constitu-
tion was sworn to here, under the eye of Napoleon 1,1 May,
1815, at a ceremony called the Champ de Mai. The prince
president (afterwards Napoleon III.) held a review in the
Champ de Mars, and distributed eagles to the army, 10 May,
1852. Here also were held the international exhibitions,
opened 1 Apr. 1867, and 1 May, 1878. 1'akis.
Clianipajg^llC, an ancient province, N.E. France, once
part of the kingdom of Burgundy, was governed by counts
from the 10th century till it was united to Navarre, count Thi-
baut becoming king in 1234. The countess Joanna married
Philip IV. of France in 1284; and in 1361 Champagne was
annexed by their descendant king John. The effervescing
wine, termed champagne, made in this province, became pop-
ular in the latter part of the 18th century.
Champion IIill§, Miss., Battle of. Vicksburg
Campaign.
champion of the kin^ of England (most
honorable), an ancient office, since 1377 has been attached to
the manor of Scrivelsby, held by the Marmion family. Their
descendant, sir Henry Dymoke, the 17th of his family who held
the office, died 28 Apr. 1865 ; succeeded by his brother John ;
he died, and his son Henry Lionel succeeded, who died Dec.
1875. At the coronation of an p]nglish king, the champion
used to challenge any one that should deny his title.
Champiain, Lake. Lake Champlain and New
York, 1609, 1776, 1814.
chancellor of England, lord high, the first lay
subject after the princes of the blood royal. Anciently the office
was conferred upon some dignified ecclesiastic termed cancella-
rius, or doorkeeper, who admitted suitors to the sovereign's
presence. Arfastus or Herefast, chaplain to the king (William
the Conqueror) and bishop of Elmham, was lord chancellor in
1067. — Hoj'dij. Thomas a Becket was made chancellor in
1154. The first person qualified by education to decide causes
upon his own judgment was sir Thomas More, appointed in
1529, before which the officer was rather a state functionary
than a judge. Sir Christopher Hatton, appointed lord chan-
cellor in 1587, was verj' ignorant, and the first reference was
made to a master in 1588. Salary, 1875, 6000/, ; as speaker of
the House of Lords, 4000/. The great seal has been frequent-
ly put in commission. In 1813 the office of vice-chancellor
was established. Keeper, Vice-chancellor.
chancellor of Ireland, lord high. The earliest
nomination was by Richard I., 1189, that of Stephen Ridel.
The office of vice-chancellor was known in Ireland in 1232,
Geofifrey Turvillo, archdeacon of Dublin, being so named. The
Chancery and Common Law Offices (Ireland) act was passed
20 Aug. 1867.
chancellor of Scotland, lord. The laws of
Malcolm II. (1004) say: "The chancellar sail at al tymes as-
sist the king in giving him counsall mair secretly nor the rest
of the nobility. . . . The chancellar sail be ludgit neir unto the
kingis grace, for keiping of his bodie, and the seill, and that
he may be readie, baith day and nicht, at the kingis command."
— Sir James Balfour. Evan was lord chancellor to Malcolm
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III., Canmore, 1057; and James, earl of Seaficld, afterwards
Findlater, was the last lord chancellor of Scotland, the office
having been abolished in 1708. Keeper.
ChanceliorNville, Va., Battle of. On 26 Jan.
1863, maj.-gen. Joseph Hooker assumed command of the army
of the Potomac, and by 1 Apr. that army was in excellent con-
dition for a forward movement, numbering 100,000 infantry,
10,000 artillery, and 13,000 cavalry. On 27 Apr. gen. Hooker
despatched gen. Stoneman with most of the cavalry on a raid
to the rear of the confederate army. From Falmouth, opposite
Fredericksburg, gen. Hooker, 28 Apr., moved about 70,000 of his
forces towards the U. S. ford on the Rappahannock, leaving
gen. Sedgwick with some 30,000 opposite Fredericksburg,
where the confederate army was encamped. Gen. Hooker
succeeded in crossing the Rappahainiock in the vicinity of
Chancellorsville (that place being a single hotel, at some time
kept by a Mr. ChanceHor), almost without molestation, by the
evening of 30 Apr. The movement thus far was a success,
and a surprise to the confederate commander. On 1 May,
Hooker advanced a division of the 5th corps on the road tow-
ards Fredericksburg, which soon became engaged with the con-
federate advance from that place. Gen. Hooker now recalled
this advance, and the day closed with the confederates occupy-
ing the better position. Early in the morning of 2 May, gen.
Lee detached "Stonewall" Jackson with about 25,000 men
for an attack on the federal extreme right, occupied by the
11th corps, under command of gen. O. O. Howard. This move-
ment of Jackson's culminated a little before 6 p.m. by a swift
and overwhelming attack on the right wing, breaking it in
panic. This attack was finally repelled. During this fighting
in the darkness " Stonewall " Jackson was mortally wounded
by his own men, dying on the 10th. The conflict was
again renewed on 3 May (Sundaj'), around the Chancellor
house, with a general confederate success. In the meanwhile
gen. Sedgwick at Fredericksburg was ordered, late on the even-
ing of the 2d, to cross the Rappahannock at that point, move
towards Chancellorsville, and thus strike the rear of the con-
federate army. Sedgwick moved as ordered, early on the
morning of the 3d, but was not able to carry the heights beyond
Fredericksburg until noon, then, advancing towards Chancel-
lorsville about 4 miles, he was stopped by a strong force of the
confederates about 5 p.m. During the 4th, gen, Lee was able
to still further reinforce the troops in front of Sedgwick, and
at the same time keep Hooker engaged at Chancellorsville.
Sedgwick was pushed back during the day, and rectossed
the river during the night with a loss of 5000 men. The
federals also at Chancellorsville recrossed the Rappahannock
during the night of the 4th unmolested. Hooker's loss was
17,197, including Sedgwick's, of whom 5000 were prisoners,
while the confederate loss was some 13,000, of whom 3000 were
prisoners. This battle places Lee in the front rank of military
leaders. Hooker's army was composed of the best material,
was well equipped and full of spirit, and numbered 120,000,
while Lee's force was 62,000. Hooker succeeded in turning
Lee's position, and in forcing him out of his fortified camp
into the open field, where a complete victory for the national
forces seemed easy and well-nigh certain. That it was not
won was due to the activity and masterly combinations of the
confederate commander. For a careful criticism of the battle
see "The Campaign of Chancellorsville" by lieut.-col. Theo-
dore Dodge, U. S. A., pub. 1881.
chancery, English court of, is (Said to have been in-
stituted either in 605, or by Alfred, 887 ; refounded by William
I., 1067 {Slow) or 1070. This court had its origin in the desire
to render justice complete, and to moderate the rigor of other
courts that are bound to the strict letter of the law. It gives
relief to or against infants, notwithstanding their minority;
and to or against married women, notwithstanding their cov-
erture ; and all frauds, deceits, breaches of trust and confidence,
for which there is no redress at common-law, are relievable
here. — Blacksione. Chancellor of England. The delays
in chancery proceedings having long given dissatisfaction, the
subject was brought before Parliament in 1825, and frequently
since : which led to important acts in 1852, 1853, 1855, 1858,
and 1867, to amend the practice in the court of chancery.
The chancery division of the high court of justice now consists
of the lord chancellor and 5 judges. The first court of this
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character in the colonies was established in New York in 1698,
by gov. Belloniont, under authority of the Board of Trade and
Plantations. In the United States the terms Equity and Courts
of Equity are more frequently used than the corresponding
terms Chancery and Courts of Chancery. Courts of the
United States.
Chailtilly, Va., Battle of. Pope's Virginia Cam-
paign.
eliailting' the psalms was adopted by Ambrose from
the pagan ceremonies of the Romans, about 350. — Lenglet.
About 60-2, Gregory the Great added tones to the Ambrosian
chant, and established singing-schools. John Marbeck's " Book
of Common Praier noted " (1559) is the first adaptation of the
ancient Latin music to the Reformed church ; Clifford's "Com-
mon Tunes" for chanting, 1664. Music.
chapel. There are free chapels, ^hapels of ease, the
chaf)t'l royal, etc.— Cowell. The gentlemen pensioners (for-
merly poor knights of Windsor, who were instituted by the di-
rection of Henry VIII. in his testament, 1546-47) were called
knights of the chapel. Poor Knights of Windsor. The
Private Chapels act passed in England 14 Aug. 1871. — The
place of conference among printers, and the conference itself,
are by them called a chapel, it is said, because the first work
printed in England by Caxton was executed in a ruined chapel
in Westminster abbey.
eliaplain, a clergyman who performs divine service
in a chapel, for a prince or nobleman. In the U. S. one who
holds divine service in the army or navy or any public body,
or in a family. About 70 chaplains are attached to the chapel
royal of England. The chief personages in Great Britain in-
vested with the privilege of retaining chaplains are the fol-
lowing, with the number that was originally allotted to each
rank, by 21 Hen. VIII. c. 13 (1529) :
Knight of the Garter 3
Duchess 2
Marchioness 2
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Archbishop 8
Duke 6
Bishop 6
Marquis 5
Earl 5
Viscount i
Baron , 3
Chancellor 3
Countess 2
Baroness 2
Master of the Rolls 2
Royal almoner 2
Chief-justice 1
chapter. Anciently in Great Britain the bishop and
clergy lived in the cathedral, the latter to assist the former in
performing holy offices and governing the church, until the
reign of Henry VIII. The chapter is now an assembly of
the clergy of a collegiate church or cathedral. — Cotoell. The
chapter-house of Westminster abbey was built in 1250. By
consent of the abbot, the commoners of England held parlia-
ments there from 1377 until 1547, when Edward VI. granted
them the chapel of St. Stephen.
Chapultepee, Battle of. Chapultepec castle stands
on a lofty hill, strongly fortified, and is the seat of the military
school of Mexico. It was the last place defended outside the
capital towards the middle of Sept. 1847, the invading Amer-
icans, under Scott, having taken every other stronghold from
Vera Cruz to Chapultepec. Scott brought 4 heavy batteries
to bear upon it on the night of 11 Sept., and on the 12th com-
menced a heavy cannonade. On the 13th the Americans made
a furious assault, routed the Mexicans, and unfurled the Stars
and Stripes over the shattered castle. On the following day
Scott and his array entered the city of Mexico in triumph.
charcoal air-Alters were devised by Dr. John
Stenhouse, F.R.S., in 1853. About the end of the last cen-
tury Lowitz, a German chemist, discovered that charcoal (car-
bon) possessed the property of deodorizing putrid substances,
by absorbing and decomposing oflFensive gases. Air-filters,
based on this property, have been successfully applied to pub-
Kc buildings, sewers, etc. Dr. Stenhouse also invented char-
coal respirators. Fireman's respirator.
Charing Cross. At the village of Charing, London,
Engl., stood the last of the memorial crosses erected in mem-
ory of Eleanor, queen of Edward I. of England, in conformity
with her will. Eleanor's crosses. She died 28 Nov. 1290.
The cross remained till 1647, when it was destroyed as a mon-
ument of popish superstition. The present cross was erected
for the Southeastern Railway company in 1865 by E. M. Barry.
The houses at Charing Cross were built about 1678; altera-
tions began in 1829. The first stone of Charing-cross hospital
was laid by the duke of Sussex, 15 Sept. 1831. Hungerford-
bridge (or Charing-cross bridge) was opened 1 May, 1845;
taken down July, 1862, and the materials employed in erect-
ing Clifton suspension bridge, beginning Mch. 1863.
chariots. Chariot racing was a Greek and Roman
exercise. The price of an Egy|)tian war-chariot in the time
of Solomon, 1015 B.C., was 600'sheUels of silver (about $300).
The chariot of an Ethiopian officer is mentioned. Acts, viii. 28.
Caesar relates that Cassivelaunus, after dismissing his other
forces, retained no fewer than 4000 war-chariots about his per-
son. Carriages, etc.
Charitable Brethren, an order founded by St.
John of God, and approved by pope Pius V. 1572 ; introduced
into France, 1601 ; settled at Paris, 1602.— IJenautt.
charities and charity schools. Education.
The British charity commission reported to Parliament that
the endowed charities alone of Great Britain amounted in
1840 to 1,500,000/. annually. Charity schools were instituted
in London to licep the infant poor from Roman Catholic semi-
naries 3 James II., 1687-88, Mr. Low's " Charities of London "
was pub. 1862. Newest ed., 1880.
First charity commission, originated by Mr. (afterwards lord)
Brougham, in 1816, appointed in 1818; issued reports in 38
vols, (income of charities. l,209,395i.) 1819-40
New commissioners appointed, 1853 ; office, Gwytiyr house,
Whitehall ; powers increased I860
A meeting was held at the Mansion house, London, to consider
objections to charity electioneering 30 Oct. 1873
Additional commissioners appointed upon the abolition of the
Endowed School Commission 1874
Charity Voting Association held its first annual meeting,
18 Feb. 1875
Metropolitan charities received about 3,195,181?., 1874;
4,114,489? "
Charity commissioners' scheme for the Campden estates,
Kensington, much opposed; confirmed by chancery, 27 May, 1881
Henry Quinn bequeaths 50,000Z. to London charities 1888
charity organization in the United States.
The banding together of municipal, institutional, and private
charities for better administration, and for a study of the causes ,
and cure of pauperism, was introduced into London, England,
in 1869, and into the U. S. in 1877. Poor. As reported at the
17th national conference of charities and corrections at Balti-
more (14-21 May, 1890), there were 78 societies in the U. S.
operated under charity organization either wholly or in part.
The principal charity organization societies with date of
organization are as follows :
Name.
Place.
Organized.
Charity Organization Society.
Society for Organizing Charity
Buffalo, N. Y
Philadelphia, Pa
Brooklyn, L. I
Boston, Mass
Cincinnati, 0
Indianapolis, Ind
Detroit, Mich
Cleveland 0
11 Dec.
13 June
26 Nov.
26 Feb.
18 Nov.
12 Dec.
11 Feb.
14 Jan.
30 Apr.
7 June,
22 Dec.
26 Jan.
1877
1878
Associated Charities
1879
Charity Organization Society.
Association of Charities
Society for Organizing!
1880
1881
Baltimore, Md
Washington, D. C...
Newark, N. J
Milwaukee, Wis
New York city, N. Y.
Charity Organization Society.
"
Charity Organization Society.
(( (( u
1882
a
Louisville, Ky
New Orleans, La
Minneapolis, Minn...
1883
1884
Saving societies for the poor throuL'h regularly appointed col-
lectors, instituted by Charity Organization Society of New-
port, R. 1 1879
First law procured by charity organization was that regulating
the sale and use of intoxicating liquors in New Haven, Conn. 1880
Massachusetts passes a law for bringing children of worthless
parents before the court and giving them into proper guard-
ianship 1883
System of central registration of all travelling mendicants and
impostors at Buffalo, N. Y, instituted 1886
Charity organizations in various cities memorialize Congress
in favor of postal savings-banks "
Boston secures a law prohibiting begging and peddling by
children 1887
" Charivari " (Fr. for " clattering of pots and pans,"
etc., noise made to annoy obnoxious persons), the name as-
sumed by the French illustrated satirical journal, first published
1 Dec. 1832, edited by Louis Desnoyers, Altaroche, and Albert
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C]cTC. Among the artists were " Cham," a^name taken by the
conite de No€, who contributed from 1842 till his death, ti Sept.
i879. TuNCH, " the London Charicari"
Churleroi, in Relgium ; fortified and named by the
Spanish governor R«)drigo, 16GG. Several great battles have
been fought near it, especially in 1090 and 1794. Fleukis.
Charleroi was besieged in vain by the prince of Orange, 1G72
and lo77. Near here, at Ligny, Napoleon attacked the Prus-
sian line, and drove it back upon Wavres, 16 June, 1815.
" Cliarle§-et-Ocor8:Cii," a French vessel, profess-
edly conveying free African emigrants (really slaves), seized by
the Portuguese, in Conducia bay, 29 Nov. 1857, sent to Lisbon,
and condemned as a slaver. The French government sent 2
«hips-of-war to the Tagus, and the vessel was surrendered un-
der protest; but the emperor of France gave up the free-emi-
gration scheme.
CliarlestOll, S. C. South Cauolina.
CliarlcstOW^n, Mass. Massachusetts, 1629, 1630,
1775.
CharlestOWn, West Va. Here on 2 Dec. 1859, John
Brown was hung, and on the 16th, Green, Copeland, Cook,
and Coppoc, and on 16 Mch. 1860, Stephens and Hazlett.
Brown's Insurkection.
" Charte Constitutionnelle," the French po-
litical constitution acknowledged by Louis XVIIL, 4-10 June,
1814. The infraction of this constitution led to the revolu-
tion of 1830. The amended "Charte" was promulgated b}'
Louis Philippe, 14 Aug. 1830, and set aside by the revolution
of 1848.
Charter-IlOUSe (a corruption of Chartreuse), Lon-
don, formerly a Carthusian monastery, founded in 1371 by
sir William Manny, one of the knights of Edward IIL; now
a charitable establishment. The last prior, John Houghton,
was executed as a traitor, for denying the king's supremacy, in
May, 1535. After the dissolution of monasteries in 1539, the
Charter-house passed through various hands till 1 Nov. 1611,
when it was sold by the earl of Suffolk to Thomas Sutton for
13,000/., who obtained letters-patent directing that it should
be called " the hospital of king James, founded in the Charter-
house," and that "there should be forever 16 governors," etc.
On the foundation are 80 poor brothers and 44 poor scholars.
Sutton died 12 Dec. 1611. In Sept. 1872, the school was
opened in new buildings, at Godalming, Surrey. The old
buildings, adapted for the Merchant Taylors' (day) school,
were opened by the prince of Wales, 6 Apr. 1875. The build-
ings for the poor "brethren" were also modified, and in Nov.
entirely new arrangements for them were proposed. The
"Charter- House, Past and Present," by Dr. Wm. Haig Brown,
head-master, pub. 1879.
Charter Oak. Connecticut, 1687, 1856.
charters, granted to corporate towns to protect their
manufactures by Henry L in 1132; modified by Charles IL
in 1683; the ancient charters restored in 1698. Alterations
were made by the Municipal Reform act in 1835. Ancient
Anglo-Saxon charters are printed in Kemble's " Codex Diplo-
maticus," 1829. Boroughs, Magna Charta. For colonial
charters in the U. S., see the different State Records.
chart! KtS, the name assumed in England by large bodies
of workingmensoon after the passing of the Reform bill in 1832.
They demanded the people's charter, with 6 points: Univer-
sal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, Annual Parliaments, Payment
of the Members, the A bolition of the Property Qualification !
(this was enacted June, 1858), and Equal Electoral Districts.
In 1838 the chartists assembled in many places, armed with
guns, pikes, and other weapons, and carrying torches and flags.
A proclamation was issued against them, 12 Dec. Their pe-
tition (agreed to at Birmingham, 6 Aug. 1838), was presented
to Parliament by T. Attwood, 14 June, 1839. They commit- |
ted outrages at Birmingham, 15 July, 1839, and at Newport, |
4 Nov. 1839. They held for some time a sort of parliament,
called the "National Convention," the leading men being
Feargus O'Connor, Henry Vincent, Mr. Stephens, etc. On 10
Apr. 1848, they proposed to hold a meeting of 200,000 men on
Kennington Common, London, to march in procession to West-
minster, and present a petition to Parliament, but only about
20,000 came. The bank and other establishments were forti-
fied, preventive measures adopted, and not less than 150,000
volunteers of all ranks (including Louis Napoleon, afterwards
emperor) were sworn to act as special constables. The char-
tists dispersed after slight encounters with the police, and the
monster petition, in detached rolls, was sent in cabs to the
House of Commons. From this time the proceedings ot the
chartists became insignificant.
Chartreuse {shar-truz')^ L<a Grande, chief of
the monasteries of the Carthusian order, among the rugged
mountains near Grenoble, in France, was founded by Bruno of
Cologne about 1084. At the revolution in 1792 the monks were
expelled and their valuable library destroyed. They returned
to the monastery after the restoration of 1815. In Nov. 1880,
they declined to accept exemption from the decrees expelling
the religious orders from France.— An aromatic cordial is so
called from being made at this monastery.
chart. A representation of a portion of the earth's
surface, projected on a plane. Specifically it is a map for
navigators' use, on which merely the outlines of coasts, islands,
rocks, etc., are shown. Marine charts were introduced by
Henry, son of John I. of Portugal, about 1400, and brought to
England about 1489 by Bartholomew Columbus, to illustrate
his brother's theory respecting a western route to India. First
magnetic chart constructed by Dr. Halley, 1701. It noted the
Atlantic and Indian oceans. Maps.
Chassepot (shas-po') rifle, a modified needle-gun,
breech-loading (named after its inventor, Alphonse Chassepot),
adopted by France in 1866. In Apr. 1867, 10,000 had been
issued to the troops. In his report on the battle of Mentana,
3 Nov. 1867, gen. de Failly said, " the chassepot has done won-
ders." It was considered successful in the war, 1870-71. " The
range of the chassepot being 1800 paces, and that of the nee-
dle-gun only between 600 and 700, the Germans in all their
charges had to traverse 1200 paces before their arms could be
used to purpose." Many Germans carried the chassepot after
the surrender of Sedan, 2 Sept. 1870. Fire-arms.
chastity. The Roman laws justified homicide in de-
fence of one's self or relatives ; and by the laws of all civilized
nations a woman may kill a man in defenceof her chastit}' ; or
a husband or a father him who attempts to violate his wife or
daughter. In 1100 years (from Noma, 710 b.c., to Theodosius,
394 A.D.), only 18 Roman vestals had been condemned for in-
continence. Acre, Coldingham, Vestals.
Chat moss, Lancashire, Engl., a' peat bog, 12 miles
square, in most places too soft to support a man or horse, over
which George Stephenson, engineer, carried the Liverpool and
Manchester railway, overcoming difficulties considered invin-
cible. The road (literally a floating one) was completed by
1 Jan. 1830, when the first experimental train was drawn by
the Rocket locomotive. Bogs.
Chateaiiclllll, an old citj', N.C. France, the residence
of the heroic Dunois, who died 1468. Here were massacred,
20 Jul}', 1183, about 7000 Braban^ons, fanatic mercenaries
hired to exterminate the Albigenses by cardinal Henry, abbot
of Clairvaux, in 1181. They had become the scourge of the
country, and the "Capuchons" were organized for their de-
struction.— Chateaudun was captured by the Germans after
a severe conflict of about 9 hours, 18 Oct. 1870. Barricades
had been erected in the town, and the Garde Mobile- fought
bravely. The town was reoccupied by the French, 6 Nov.
Chatham, Kent, Engl., a principal station of the Brit-
ish navy; the dockyard, commenced by queen Elizabeth, was
much extended in 1872. The Chatham Chest, for wounded
and decayed seamen, established here by queen Elizabeth
and admirals Drake and Hawkins in 1588, was removed to
Greenwich in 1803. On 10 June, 1667, the Dutch fleet, under
admiral de Ruyter, sailed up to this town, and burned several
men-of-war; but the entrance into the Medway is now de-
fended by Sheerness and other forts, and additional fortifica-
tions were made at Chatham. New docks and a basin, said
to be the largest and finest in the world, opened by Mr. Gosch-
en, 21 June, 1871.
Chatillon (sha-til-yon'), on the Seine, France. Here
at a congress of the 4 great powers allied against France,
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Caulaincourt attended for Napoleon, 4 Feb. 1814 ; the negotia-
tions for peace were broken off on 19 Mch. following.
Chattanooga canipaig^ii. The campaign of
Chattanooga, following closely that of Chickamauga, may
properly be termed a continuation of it, with a change of com-
manders, a new formation of the army corps, and an increase
of the army by reinforcements.
Immediately after the battle of Chickamauga the army of the
Cumberland falls back to Chattanooga 21-22 Sept. 1863
[The confederate army follows at once, and occupies the
strong positions of Missionary Ridge and Lookout mountain.
Chattanooga is thus practically invested, the federal army
having but one route whereby it can obtain its supplies, and
that over the Cumberland mountains by an obscure wagon
road maintained with difficulty.]
The 11th and 12th corps, under command of maj.-gen. Hooker,
ordered from the army of the Potomac to aid the army of
the Cumberland 23 Sept. "
Maj.-gen. Grant is placed in command of the military division
of the Mississippi, including the armies and departments of
the Tennessee, Cumberland, and the Ohio. Maj.-gen. Rose-
crans is relieved of command of the army of the Cumber-
land, and maj.-gen. George H. Thomas placed in command by
general order No. 337, War Dept 16 Oct. "
This order relieving gen. Ro.secrans left optional with gen.
Grant. Gen. Rosecrans is relieved 19 Oct. "
Gen. Grant reaching Chattanooga takes command 23 Oct. "
He orders gen. Sherman at once from Corinth, Miss., to Chat-
tanooga 24 Oct. "
Gen. Hooker, now at Bridgeport, Ala., with the 11th and 12th
corps, is ordered to cross the Tennessee at that place and
reach the Wauhatchie valley by 27 Oct. "
To support this movement and open another route for sup-
plies, gen. Grant decides on a pontoon bridge across the
Tennessee at Brown's ferry, a few miles below Chattanooga.
It is placed by brig. -gen. W. F. Smith on the night of 27 Oct. "
On the morning of the 28th a sufficient force has passed over
and intrenched to hold the i)Osition. During the day gen.
Hooker moves down the Wauhatchie valley to within a mile
of the U. S. force at Brown's ferry. The confederates, watch-
ing Hooker's advance from Lookout mountain, plan a night
attack on him. It begins about 1 a.m., and at 4 they retire,
repulsed. This battle is known as that of Wauhatchie. Gen.
Hooker loses nearly 500 killed and wounded. This occupa-
tion of the Wauhatchie valley opens an excellent route for
supplies, removing all danger of famine, and prepares the
way for gen. Sherman's advance from Bridgeport. Grant,
before further attack on the besieging forces, awaits Sher-
man, who is hastening from Corinth, while Bragg detaches
from his army some 16,000 men under Longstreet to move
against Burnside, at Knoxville, 4 Nov. Sherman's advance
arrives at Bridgeport, 13 Nov., but as the position assigned
his command on the extreme left necessitates moving his
forces above Chattanooga, they are not in position with facil-
ities for crossing the Tennessee until the afternoon of 23 Nov. "
Gen. Thomas advances his centre and occupies "Orchard
Knob," a slight eminence midway between the defences of
Chattanooga and the foot of Missionary Ridge 23 Nov. "
To cover Sherman's crossing. Grant orders gen. Hooker, 24
Nov., to make a diversion by attacking the confederates on
the slope of Lookout mountain towards the Wauhatchie
valley. Gen. Hooker, with about 10,000 men, by 4 o'clock
P.M. has driven the confederates from the Wauhatchie valley
around the slope of Lookout mountain into the Chattanooga
valley, and connected with gen. Thomas in Chattanooga on
his left. This is called the battle of Lookout mountain. Gen.
Sherman crosses the Tennessee and intrenches on the morn-
ing of 24 Nov. "
Battle of Chattanooga or Missionary Ridge the decisive battle
of the campaign 25 Nov. "
Gen. Sherman is ordered to turn the confederate right at the
extreme north end of Missionary Ridge. At early dawn,
Nov. 25, he attacks the strong position of the confederates,
but up to 3 P.M. has made no decided advance. Gen. Hooker
meanwhile advances from the foot of Lookout mountain
towards Rossville against the confederate left. Up to 3 p.m.
the confederate line on the ridge remains intact, when gen.
Thomas advances the division of Baird, of the 14th corps,
and Wood's, Sheridan's, and Johnson's, of the 4th corps, on
the confederate centre occupying the heights of the ridge,
well defended by rifle-pits at the foot and on the slope. The
intrenchments 'at the foot of the ridge are carried, and
the troops continue, without orders, to ascend and carry
the heights, breaking the confederate centre. The pursuit
ceases because of darkness. The confederate loss is over
9000 (of which 6000 are prisoners), 40 pieces of artillery, and
7000 stands of small-arms. The federal loss is between 5000
and 6000. Gen. Grant detaches gen. Sherman's command
with the 4th corps of the army of the Cumberland to relieve
Knoxville (Knoxvillk, Siege of) 28 Nov. "
[Gen. Bragg was beaten by his inaction, and by detaching
Longstreet's command in the midst of an aggressive move-
ment of the federals. The federal forces in the final battle
were about 65,000; the confederates about 45,000 (in a posi-
tion almost impregnable).
Chaumont (on the Mame,- France), Treaty of, be-
tween Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, 1 Mch. 1814 ;
succeeded by that of Paris, 11 Apr., by which Napoleon re.
nounced his sovereignty. Paris.
Cliauvini§lll, said to be derived from Chauvin, the
principal character in Scribe's " Soldat Laboureur," a veteran
soldier of the fir.';t empire, worshipper of Napoleon. Scribe
was born 24 Dec. 1794 ; died 20 Feb. 1861.
Checker§, Draughts.
cheese is mentioned by Aristotle about 350 b.c. It is
supposed by Camden and others that the English learned
cheese-making from the Romans about the Christian era.
Wilts, Gloucester, and Cheshire make vast quantities. The
total production of cheese in the United States for the several
years mentioned, beginning with 1850, have been :
Year.
On farms.
In factories.
Total pounds.
1850
53,492,"l53
27,272,489
18,726,818
109,435,229
215,885,361
238,035,065
105,535,893
103,663,927
162,927,382
243,157,8.50
256,761,883
I860
1870
1880
1890
The first cheese factory in the U. S. was established at Rome,
N. Y., by Jesse Williams in 1851. 9 years later there were
37 factories in operation. The number increased to 946 in
1870, and to 2532 in 1880. Previous to 1851 American cheese
was made by the wives and daughters of farmers in their
home dairies. A mammoth cheese weighiuj^ 1400 pounds, 13
ft. in circumference, 18 in. thick, and made from the milk of
700 cows collected at a single milking, was sent to president
Jefferson by the ladies of Cheshire, Mass., through the rev.
John Leland, in 1801 ; it bore the motto, " Rebellion to Ty-
rants is obedience to God." The exportation of cheese from
the U. S. began about 1826, Harry Burrell of Herkimer coun-
ty, N. Y., being one of the first to open a regular cheese trade
with England in that year. The number of pounds of cheese
exported from the U. S. has been as follows :
1820-21 766,431
1830-31 1,131,817
1840-41 1,748,471
1850-51 10,361,189
1860-61 about 25,000,000
1870-71 63,698,867
1880-81 147,995,614
1890 95,376,053
New York State Cheese Manufacturers' Association organized
at Rome 4 Jan. 1864
Mr.Willard, as agent for the American Dairymen's Association,
visits England, Scotland, France, and Switzerland, and re-
ports that the Cheddar system of cheese making, atCheddar,
Somersetshire, Engl, is the best for American export manu-
facture 1866
[This system has been largely adopted in the U. S.]
Chelsea, Middlesex, Engl. A council held here 27 July,
816.— Nicolas. A theological college here founded by James
I. in 1609, by Charles H. in 1682 made an asylum for wounded
and superannuated soldiers. The erection was carried on by
James II., and completed by William III. in 1690. The pro-
jector was sir Stephen Fox, grandfather of the orator C. J.
Fox; the architect sir Christopher Wren; cost 150,000^. In
1850 there were 70,000 out- and 539 in-pensioners. The body
of the duke of Wellington lay here in state, 10-17 Nov. 1852.
The physic garden of sir Hans Sloane, at Chelsea, was given
to the Apothecaries' Company, 1721. The first stone of the
Militarv Asylum, Chelsea, was laid by Frederick, duke of
York, 19 June, 1801.
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Engl. Its mineral
spring was discovered in 1718. The king's well was sunk in
1778; and other wells by P. Thompson in 1806. Magnesian
salt was first found in the waters in 1811.
chemical societies. One formed in London in
1780 did not long continue. The Chemical Society of London
was established in 1841 ; that of Paris in 1857; that of Ger-
many at Berlin, 1867. The Institute of Chemistry of Great
Britain formed, prof. Edward Frankland first president, 1877 ;
first meeting, 1 Feb. 1878. American Chemical Society incor-
porated, 10 Nov. 1877. Chemical Industry Society founded,
4 Apr. 1881.
chemistry was introduced into Spain by the Moors,
about 1150. The Egyptians and Chinese claim an early ac-
quaintance with chemistry. The first chemists were the al-
chemists (Alchemy); but chemistry was not a science till
the 17th century; its study was promoted by Bacon, Hooke,
Mayow, and Bovle. Early in the 18th century Dr. Stephen
Hales laid the foundation of pneumatic chemistry, and Boer-
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haave combined the study of chemistry with medicine. These
were succeeded by Bergman, Stahl, Black, etc. In 1772, Priest-
ley published his researches on air, having discovered oxygen,
ammonia, etc. ; a new chemical era. He was ably seconded
by Cavendish, Scheele, Lavoisier, Chaptal, and others. The
19th century opened with the discoveries of Davy, continued
by Dalton, Faraday, Thomson, etc. Organic chemistry has
been advanced by Berzelius, Liebig, Dumas, Laurent, Hofmann,
Cahours, Frankland, and others, since 1830. In 1828 Wohler
produced artificially urea, hitherto known only as an animal
product. Since then acetic acid, alcohol, grape-sugar, various
essential oils, similar to those of the pineapple, pear, garlic, etc.,
have been formed by combining oxygen, hydrogen, and car-
bonic acid. The barrier between organic and inorganic bodies
is thus broken down. Indigo artificially formed by Bayer, 1878.
At.molvsis, Dialysis, Elkctuicity, Galvanism, Phakma-
CY, and Spectuum Analysis. The Royal College of Chemistry,
Oxford street, London, was established in 1845 (now at South
Kensington). Henry Watts's "Dictionary of Chemistry,"
begun 1863, has supplements (new ed. 1888 et seq.), M. Ad.
Wurtz's « Dictionnaire de Chimie," 1868. Prof. T. E. Thorpe's
** Dictionary of Applied Chemistry," 1890.
Cherbourg^, the naval fortress and arsenal of France on
the coast of Brittany, equidistant from Portsmouth and Plym-
outh, Engl. It was captured by Henry V. of England in 1418,
and lost in 1450. Under Louis XIV., some works were erected
here by Vauban, which, with some shipping, etc., were de-
stroyed by the British, 6, 7 Aug. 1758. The works, resumed
by Louis XVI., were interrupted by the French revolution.
The breakwater, commenced in 1783, resumed by Napoleon I.
about 1803, completed in 1813, forms a secure harbor, affording
anchorage for nearly the whole navy of France, and protected
by strong fortifications. On 4, 5 Aug. 1858, the railway and
the Grand Napoleon docks were opened. Just outside of the
harbor of Cherbourg the U. S. ship Kearsarge sunk the Ala-
bama, 15 June, 1864. Naval battles.
Clieriton Down, Hants, Engi. Here sir William
Waller defeated the royalists under lord Hopton, 29 Mch. 1644.
cherry, the Prunus Cerasus (from Cerasus, a city of
Pontus, whence the tree was brought by LucuUus to Rome
about 70 B.C.), first planted in Britain, it is said, about 100 a.d.
Fine kinds were brought from Flanders, in 1540, and planted
in Kent.
Cherry Valley, N. Y., so named from the wild cher-
ries found growing there by earh"- settlers. Made historical
by a massacre there by a body of about 700 Indians and
tories, under Joseph Brant and Walter Butler, who burned the
settlement and killed between 40 and 50 of the inhabitants,
mostly women and children, 11 Nov. 1778.
CheriltoUSCO, Battle of. Cherubusco was a strongly
fortified place near the city of Mexico. Towards this the
Americans advanced after the battle at Contreras. Santa Anna,
who commanded 12,000 men near the walls of Mexico, ad-
vanced, and the whole region became a battle-field, 21 Aug.*
1847. Cherubusco was taken, and Santa Anna fled towards
the city, sending a flag asking an armistice of 3 days, pre-
paratory for negotiations for peace. It was granted, but he
violated the agreement, and hostilities were reopened. Mex-
ican WAR.
Che§a.peaRe. At the mouth of this bay a contest
took place between the British admiral Graves and the French
admiral de Grasse aiding the American colonies against Great
Britain; the former was obliged to retire, 5 Sept. 1781. The
Chesapeake and Delaware were blockaded by the British fleet
in the war of 1812, and the bay was, at that period, the scene
of hostilities with various results. Maryland, United
States, Virginia.
€he§apeake and Shannon. Naval bat-
tles.
Chesapeake and Leopard. United States,
1807.
chess, a game attributed to Palamedes, 680 b.c. ; by
Hyde and sir William Jones to the Hindus.
Caxton printed "the Game and Playe of the Chesse " 1474
Chess club formed at Slaughter's coffee-house, St. Martin's lane,
London 1747
Automaton chess-player (machine) exhibited in England 1769
M. F. A. Panic.ui. known as Philidor, played 3 matches blind-
folded ut the S,il()|.iMii; (1 1795
London Choss clul) Ibuiidcd, 1807; St. (leorge's 1833
Des Chappelles, noted choss player, d., Paris '27 Oct 1847
Chess congress, New York 1857
[Paul Morphy, the greatest genius of chess, becomes known.]
Morphy won a match with LOwenthal in London 1858
Played 8 games simultaneously, without seeing the boards,
winning (J, at Birmingham, Engl '2(J Aug. '•
Defeated Harrwitz in Paris Sept "
And Anderssen 20 Dec. "
Staunton cannot be induced to meet Morphy "
Morphy crowned chess king at a banquet in his honor, Paris,
4 May, 1859
Paulsen played 10 games at once ; won 5 ; lost 1 ; 3 were drawn ;
and 1 not ended Dec. 1861
International chess congresses : 1, 2, London {winner, M. An-
derssen, of Breslau), 1851, 1862; 3, Paris (M. Kolisch), 1867;
4, Paris (M. Anderssen), 1870; 5, Vienna (M. Steinmetz), Aug. 1873
Automaton choss player at the Crystal palace (a youth con-
cealed in perforated box) exhibited "
Howard Staunton, English player, d .June, 1874
Third American chess congress, Chicago; G. H. Mackenzie best
player 7-14 July, "
J. J. LOwenthal, Hungarian player, d 20 July, 1876
Centennial chess tournament, Philadelphia ; J. Mason best
player 16 Aug. "
J. H. Zukertort of Riga gains first prize at the International
Chess Congress, Paris lime, July, 1878
" Mephisto," a mechanical chess-player, exhibited at the West-
minster aquarium, London 2 Oct. "
Adolph Anderssen d 14 Mch. 1879
Fifth American Chess Congress at New York; Mackenzie best
player. Jan. 1880
Chess tournament at Wiesbaden 9 July, "
Herr Steinitz, opposing 30 competitors simultaneously, won 27
games; 2 draw; 1 lost; Baltimore, Md 22 Dec. 1882
Chess match, New York city; 6 games — Steinitz, 3 games;
Mackenzie, 1, draw 2 7 Feb. 1883
Tournament at Berlin, 30 Aug. 1881; at Vienna, 24 June, 1882;
in London 26 Apr. -23 June, "
Morphy d. at New Orleans (aged 47 years) 10 July, 1884
Match between Steinitz and Zukertort in New York, St. Louis,
and New Orleans ; begun 11 Jan. 1886
[Stakes, $2000 a side; Steinitz wins.]
Geo. H. Mackenzie, chess-champion of America, awarded first
prize, 1000 marks, at International Chess Congress at Frank-
fort on- the-Main Aug. 1887
Chess match, Havana, Cuba; Tschigorin, Russian, first; Giins-
berg, second 11 Feb. 1890
Mackenzie d. in New York city 14 Mch. 1891
Louis Paulsen d 19 Aug. "
International Chess Match Championship of the World, Hava-
na., Cuba; W. Steinitz of New York city beats M. Tschigorin,
10 to 8 28 Feb. 1892
Chester, England, N. W., the British Caerleon and the
Eoman Deva, station of the 20th legion, Valeria Victrix, quit-
ted about 406. The city wall was first built by Edelfleda,
about 908 ; Hugh Lupus, the earl, nephew of William I., re-
built the Saxon castle in 1084, and the abbey of St. Werburgh.
Chester was incorporated by Henry III. and made a county.
The palatine jurisdiction was abolished by Parliament,23 July,
1830. The see anciently part of Lichfield, whose bishop,
Peter, removed hither in 1075, so that his successors were
stj'led bishops of Chester ; it was made a distinct bishopric by
Henry VIH. in 1541, and the church of the abbey of St. Wer-
burgh became the cathedral.
Chester ravaged by Danes 980
Taken, after 3 months' siege, for the parliament 1645
Fatal gunpowder explosion 1772
Exchange and town-hall burned . ., 30 Dec. 1862
Projected attack of Fenians on Chester castle defeated by the
police and the arrival of the military. 11, 12 Feb. 1867
Cathedral reopened ; restored by sir Gilbert G. Scott 7 Aug. 1876
Ancient tower of St. John's church fell 15 Apr. 1881
Chester, Pa., first town settled in Pennsylvania. Penn-
sylvania, 1643-82. The Delaware River Iron Ship-building
and Engine Works established here in 1872 by John Roach.
Here the City of Pekin and City of Tokio were built for the
Pacific mail service.
Chevy Chase. Otterburne.
Chieag'O, 111., the 2d city in the United States in
population, is first mentioned in Hennepin's account of the
building of a new fort on the river Illinois in 1680, as Che-
caw-gon. The town of Chicago was surveyed, and a plat, cov-
ering the portion of the present citj' bounded by Madison,
Desplaines, Kinzie, and State streets, filed by James Thomp-
son, 4 Aug. 1830. Population at that time was about 50 ;
population since by decades: 1840, 4470; 1850, 29,963; 1860,
109,260 ; 1870, 298,977 ; 1880, 503,185 ; 1890, 1,099,850. Area,
1893, 185i sq. miles ; lat. 41° 56' N., Ion. 87° 40' W.
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Baptiste Point de Saible, a well-educated negro, settles on the
north bank of the Chicago river 1779
De Saible sells his cabin to Le Mai, a French trader, and returns
to Peoria 1796
A company of U. S. soldiers, under command of capt. John
Whistler, arrive at. Chicago river, July, 1803, and erect fort
Dearborn on the south side of the river 1803
John Kinzie, "father of Chicago," emigrates from near Niles,
Mich. , and purchases the property of Le Mai 1804
U. S. Indian agency established at Chicago "
First white child of Chicago, Ellen Marion Kinzie, born in the
Le Mai cabin Dec. "
Fort Dearbokn evacuated and garrison massacred by Indians,
15 Aug. 1812, and the fort burned 16 Aug. 1812
Fort Dearborn rebuilt; site, near the present junction of River
St. and Michigan ave '. 1816
First regular school opened by William L. Cox, in a small log-
hotise near present crossing of Pine and Michigan sts "
Archibald Clybourne appointed first constable 6 Sept. 1825
Rev. Isaac McCoy, a Baptist minister from near Niles, Mich.,
preaches the first sermon in English in Chicago 9 Oct. "
Town surveyed and platted by James Thompson 4 Aug. 1830
First frame hotel, kept by Mark Beaubien and called the "Sau-
ganash," erected at the southeast cor. of the present Lake
and Market sts "
Chicago made county seat of Cook county by act of. 15 Jan. 1831
First post-offlce established, in a log-store near present cor. of
Lake and South Water sts., Jonathan N. Bailey postmaster,
31 Mch. "
First frame business structures erected : one by George W. Dole
on southeast cor. of Water and Dearborn sts., and one by
Mr. Peck on southeast cor. Water and La Salle sts 1832
Improvement of the harbor, and building of the south pier
commenced 1 July, 1833
Chicago incorporated as a town, 10 Aug., and first election of
town officers held, Thomas J. V. Owen chosen president;
pop. about 150 12 Aug. "
First Catholic church, erected near southwest cor. of Lake and
State sts., by J. I. St. Cyr, and dedicated Aug. "
First newspaper, the Chicago Democrat, issued by John Cal-
houn 26 Nov. "
First Protestant church, on southwest cor. of Lake and Clark
sts., dedicated 4 Jan. 1834
First steamboat to enter the river below Dearborn St., the
Michigan June, "
First lake schooner, the Illinois, of nearly 100 tons, from Sack-
ett's Harbor, N. Y., sails up the river to Wolf Point, 12 July, "
First drawbridge across the river built by Nelson R. Porter; a
double bascule of primitive form, completed Aug. "
Fire wardens first appointed and fire limits defined by board
of town trustees 25 Sept. "
First building erected especially for school purposes, built by
John S. Wright on Clark st. , south of Lake 1835
First cemeteries established : one of 10 acres on the north side,
near Chicago ave., east of Clark St., and one on south side,
16 acres, near the lake shore and 23d st 26 Aug. "
One-story and basement brick court-house erected on northeast
cor. of square in Clark and Randolph sts "
Hook and Ladder company formed, Oct. 1835; fire department
reorganized, 4 Nov., and fire engine purchased 1 Dec. "
"Engine Company No. 1" (disbanded in Feb. 1860) organized,
12 Dec. "
First bank, a branch of the Illinois State bank, opened at the
cor. of La Salle and South Water sts Dec. "
Saloon building on southeast cor. Lake and Clark sts., used as
a city hall from 1837-42, erected by J. B. F. Russell and G.
"W. Doan 1836
City of Chicago incorporated by legislature 4 Mch. 1837
First city election ; "William B. Ogden elected mayor 2 May, "
First brick church edifice, St. James's Episcopal, erected at cor.
of Clark and Illinois sts., and dedicated 25 June, "
First theatre opened in the Sauganash hotel Nov. "
" Metamora Engine Company No. 2 " (disbanded 1859) organ-
ized 4 Dec. "
First permanent theatre, the "Rialto," established in building
on west side of Dearborn, between Lake and South Water sts;
license given 20 May, 1838
First daily paper issued, the Daily American, now the Even-
ing Journal 9 Apr. 1839
Regular line of steamboats between Chicago and Buffiilo es-
tablished July, "
Tremont house built on present site, and completed. . .20 May, 1840
First public execution, that of John Stone, for murder of Mrs.
Lucretia Thompson 10 July, "
School system reorganized and public free schools established, "
Water-works of the Chicago Hydraulic company (incorporated
18 Jan. 1836) in successful operation (wooden pipes). . .May, 1842
First propeller built on lake Michigan, launched at Averell's
ship yard July, "
Hogs prohibited from running at large in the streets of the
city by ordinance 21 Apr. 1843
First Chicago Masonic lodge, Lafayette Lodge No. 18, char-
tered 2 Oct. "
First session of Rush Medical College held, 22 Nov. 1843, and
first lecture in the college building 11 Dec. "
First beef packed in Chicago for the English market 1844-45
First perjnanent public school building erected on Madison St.,
opposite site of McVicker's theatre, at a cost of $7500 1845
Chicago Volksfreund,ihe first newspaper in a foreign language
in Chicago, begins publication 26 Nov. "
Rice's first theatre on Dearborn cor. Randolph st. , opened, 28 June, 1847
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Great River and Harbor convention opens in Chicago. .5 July, 1847
Chicago Tribune started as a Whig paper 10 July, "
Board of Trade organized at the office of W. L. Whiting, 13 Mch. 1848
Illinois Staats-Zeitung founded Apr. "
First telegram received in Chicago, a message from Milwau-
kee, 15 Jan. 1848, and first through telegram from the east,
6 Apr. "
First boat locked through the Illinois and Michigan canal, the
General Frye, arrives at lake Michigan, 10 Apr. 1848; canal
formally opened \q ^^^ <<
First cattle-yards, located in the vicinity of Madison st and
A.shland ave., and known as the " Bull's Head " opened '•
Market building on State st. erected, and rooms'first occupied
by the common council 13 ^.^oy u
Galena and Chicago Union railroad, begun June,""l848- coml
pleted 10 miles to the Desplaines river, and opened 20 Nov "
Planking of principal streets and general numbering of houses
begun 1849
Great flood in Chicago river 12 Mch "
Epidemic of cholera; 30 deaths in one day (i Aug.*),"
25 July-28 Aug. '•
Opening of Chicago and Galena railroad to Elgin celebrated by
a grand excursion j j-gjj jggQ
First season of opera opens at Rice's theatre on Randolph st. •
theatre burned 30 July' "
City first lighted with gas A Sept.' "
Corner-stone of new court-house and city-hall laid. ".*.'. 12 Sept. 1851
Marine bank, the first under state general banking laws, organ-
ized '13 Jan. 1852
First through train from the east, via Michigan Southern rail-
road, enters Chicago 20 Feb. "
New court-house occupied ' . 7 Feb. 1853
First season of opera at Rice's new theatre opens with " Lucia
di Lammermoor " , 27 Oct. "
Chicago Orphan Asylum, organized 5 Nov. 1849; present loca"
tion occupied u
Chicago City Hydraulic company incorporated, 15 Feb. I'ssij
and water supply for the city begun Feb. 1854
Corner-stone of first Masonic temple, on Dearborn St., between
Washington and Randolph, laid 18 May, "
Chicago and Rock Island railroad completed to Chicago, 5 June', "
New seal adopted for the city June, "
Office of superintendent of schools created by ordinance,
23 June, "
Chicago Times started as a Democratic paper .• "
Cholera epidemic July, "
Police department organized, Cyrus P. Bradley, chief June, 1855
Government post-office building, on Monroe St., begun .... "
State agricultural fair held for first time in Chicago 9 Oct. "
Chicago Historical Society organized 24 Apr. 1856
Steam tugs first used in the river and harbor May, "
First suburban trains run from Chicago to Hyde Park. .1 June, "
Chicago High School organized; C. A. Dupee, principal. .8 Oct. "
First wooden pavement laid on Wells St., between Lake and
South Water sts Nov. "
Free evening schools first held "
Board of Sewerage Commissioners incorporated, 14 Feb. 1855,
and first city sewers, a total of 6.2 miles, constructed "
McVicker's " New Chicago Theatre " opened 5 Nov. 1857
Grade of city streets changed 1856-58
First steam fire-engine tried in 1855; proves unsatisfactory.
First steam fire-engine bought by the city, the "LongJohn,"
tested at foot of South La Salle st 5 Feb. 1858
Paid fire department organized 2 Aug. "
First street railway, on Stale St., opened 25 Apr. 1859
Chicago Academy of Science, founded 1857 ; incorporated "
Board of Trade incorporated *'
City charter amended, Feb. 1861, and Board of Public Works
established 6 May, 1861
Graceland cemetery founded "
Camp Douglas, on Cottage Grove St., between 31st and 33d sts.,
located Sept. "
Cook County Hospital founded 1865
German Mannerchor organized "
Christ church erected "
Union stock-yards opened ; 25 Dec. "
Water- works tunnel begun, 17 Mch. 1864; last brick laid, 6
Dec. 1866, and water first let info the tunnel 25 Mclj. 1867
Washington- street tunnel under Chicago river formally opened,
1 Jan. 1869
West Side Park Commission incorporated 27 Feb. "
South Park Commission act ratified at election 23 Mch. "
Chicago club founded "
Chicago Base-ball club organized 1870
Foundlings' Home opened 31 Jan. 1871
La Salle St. tunnel under Chicago river opened to the public,
1 July, "
Great fire breaks out in a barn in the rear of lot No. 137 De
Koven St., owned by Patrick O'Leary, about 8.45 p.m. Sun-
day (Fires) 8 Oct. "
Union Park Congregational church building completed "
Inter-Ocean first issued 25 Mch. 1872
Apollo Musical club organized. "
Grand Pacific hotel opened 3 June, 1873
Palmer house opened 1 Nov. "
New Tremont house opened "
St. James's church (Episcopal) erected "
Unity church organized, 23 Dec. 1857; present building dedi-
cated 7 Dec. "
Chicago Public library established, 1873 ; circulating depart-
ment opened to the public 1 May, 1874
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Second Presbyterian church, new edifice, dedicated 7 June, 1871
Trinity church (Methodist Episcopal), conipletod and opened
for service 12 Mch. 1876
Cathedral of the Holy Name, foundation stone laid, 19 July,
1874; opened 1 Nov. "
Chicago Avenue church, " Moody's church," cor. Chicago and
La Salle avcs., completed "
Chicago Daili) A>ics first published 20 Dec. "
Exposition building opened 1877
Union club organized Feb. 1878
Calumet club organized 4 Apr. "
Illinois club organized Apr. "
Art Institute incorporated as the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts,
•29 May, 1879
Central Music hall opened 5 Dec. "
U. S. government building, post-office and customhouse, com-
pleted at a cost of St>.(XH),t)00 3 May, 1880
St James's church (Roman Catholic) dedicated 24 May, "
St Jolin's church (Roman Catholic) established, 29 June, 1859;
present edifice dedicated 1881
Immanuol Baptist church dedicated 25 Pec. "
First puMic trial of now cable street railway on State St. 28 Jan. 1882
Washington I'ark club organized 1883
McCoy's European hotel opened 1 June, 1884
Third" Presbyterian church destroyed by fire 9 Oct "
County court-house and city-hall, begun, 1877; completed and
occupie<l 3 Jan. 1885
Chicago opera house opened to the public 18 Aug. "
New Board of Trade building completed "
A force of 180 policemen, endeavoring to disperse a mob of
anarchists at the Haymarket, are attacked with dynamite
and revolvers; 7 are killed and GO wounded 4 May, 1886
[Of the anarchists, 8— Engle, Fielden, Fischer, Lingg, Neebe,
Parsons, Schwab, Spies— are tried and convicted; 4— Engle,
Fischer, Parsons, and Spies — are hung; 3 imprisoned, Schwab
and Spies for life, Neebe for 15 years; and Lingg commits
suicide.]
Auditori urn building completed 1889,and opera-house dedicated ;
Adelina Patti sings; president Harrison present 9 Dec. 1889
Area of city increased to 172.18 sq. miles 29 July, "
Chicago secures the World's Fair, the vote in the House of
Representatives being: Chicago, 157; New York, 107; St
Louis, 26; Washington, 18 24 Feb. 1890
Panic in the Chicago Board of Trade 12 Apr. "
Illinois World's Fair constitutional amendment to permit the
city to issue 5-per-cent bonds to an amount not to exceed
$5,000,000 in aid of the World's Columbian Exposition, passes
the legislature 31 July, "
City area increased to 180.2 sq. miles 4 Nov. "
Equestrian statue of gen. Grant unveiled 7 Oct 1891
Wergeland, a steel propeller, 400 tons, from Bergen, Norway, 12
Apr., arrives at Chicago, via St Lawrence and Welland canal,
26 May, 1892
[The second vessel from a foreign port, the Rosedale, from
England, in 1886, being the first]
First elevated railway opened 27 May, "
University of Chicago opens without formal ceremony, with 500
students 1 Oct "
World's Columbian Exposition, opening exercises held on the
Exposition grounds; orations by Chauncey M. Depew and
Henry Watterson 21 Oct "
In the "Chicago Lake Front Case" the U. S. Supreme Court
affirms the judgment of the U. S. Circuit Court adverse to the
claims of the Illinois Central railroad company to title in the
submerged lands 5 Dec. "
World's Columbian Exposition formally opened by president
Cleveland 1 May, 1893
A granite monument to the memory of Spies, Parsons, Fischer,
Lingg, and Engle, anarchists in the Haymarket massacre,
1886. unveiled in Waldheim cemetery 25 June, "
Gov. Altgeld pardons the anarchists Fielden, Neebe, Schwab, in
prison as principals in the Haymarket massacre 26 June, "
Mayor Harrison assiissiuated at his residence by Patrick E.
Prendergast on the evening of 28 Oct "
Prendergast executed 13 July, 1894
MAYORS.
William B. Ogden 1837 '
Buckner S. Morris 1838
Benjamin W. Raymond 1839
Alexander Loyd. 1840
Francis C. Sherman 1841
Benjamin W. Raymond 1842
Augustus Garrett 1843
A. S. Sherman 1844
Augustus Garrett 1845
John P. Chapin 1846
James Curtiss 1847
James H. Woodworth 1848
James Curtiss 1850
Walter S. Gurnee 1851
Charles M. Gray 1853
Ira L. Milliken 1854
Levi D. Boone 1855
Thomas Dyer. 1856
John Wentworth 1857
John C. Haines 1858
John Wentworth 1860
Julian S. Rumsey 1861
F. C. Sherman 1862
John B. Rice 1865
R. B. Mason 1869
Joseph Medill 1871
Harvey D. Colvin 1873
Monroe Heath 1876
Carter H. Harrison 1879
John A. Roche 1888
Dewitt C. Cregier 1890
Hemp. Washburne 1891
Carter H. Harrison 1893
John P. Hopkins 1894
Chiche§ter, Sussex, Engl., built by Cissa, about 540.
The first cathedral was completed about 1108, burned with the
city in 1114, and rebuilt by bishop SeflFrid about 1187. The
second was erected during the 13th century. The spire fell
20 Feb. 1861; a new one was begun 2 May, 1865; completed
June, 1866. The cathedral reopened after repairs, 14 Nov,
1867. The bishopric originated thus : Wilfrid, archbishop of
York, compelled to flee by Egfrid, king of Northumberland,
preached the gospel in this country, and built a church in the
isle of Selscy, about 673. In 681 Selsey became a bishopric,
and so continued until it was removed to Chichester; then
called Cissan-Caester, from its builder, Cissa, by Stigand, about
1082. This see has yielded to the church 2 saints, and to the
nation 3 lord chancellors.
Chickahoininy battles. Peninsular Cam-
PAKiN and United States, 1862.
Chickamauga, Ga., campaign and battle
Ol*. Having procured the necessarj' supplies for his army
after the Tullahoma campaign, gen. Rosecrans again as-
sumed the offensive, advancing against the confederate forces-
still under gen. Bragg, and now mostly concentrated in and.
around Chattanooga, Tenn.
Campaign begins with the advance of the army of the Cumber-
land, numbering about 55,000 men, infantry, cavalry, and ar-
tillery, in 3 corps— 14th, maj.-gen. George H.Thomas; 20th,
maj.-gen. Alexander McD. McCook ; 21st. maj.-gen. Thomas
L. Crittenden. It moves from middle Tennessee over the
Cumberland mountains towards Chattanooga 16-19 Aug. 1863-
Crosses the Tennessee river at different points without serious
opposition 29 Aug. -7 Sept "
Confederates, under gen. Bragg, retire from Chattanooga,
7-8 Sept, towards Lafayette, Ga., about 25 miles southeast
The 21st corps occupies Chattanooga 9 Sept "
Leaving 1 brigade as garrison it advances towards Ringgold,
9-12 Sept "
20th corps crosses Lookout mountain, south of Chattanooga,
and moves towards Alpine 10-14 Sept '*
14th corps cros.ses Lookout mountain and threatens Lafayette
by Cattlet's and Dug's gaps in the Pigeon mountain,
10-17 Sept. "
Gen. Rosecrans, learning that the confederates are in force
near Lafayette, concentrates his army near Lee and Gordon's
mill, 10 miles southeast from Chattanooga 17-18 Sept "
Meanwhile Longstreet with re nforcements from Virginia, has
joined Bragg, who strikes the 21st corps near Lee and Gor-
don's mill P.M., 18 Sept "
Confederates on the morning of the 19th seek to turn the federal left,
strongly reinforced by gen. Thomas during the night Bragg aims
to crowd the federals away from Chattanooga by occupying Ross-
ville. There is continuous and desperate fighting all day without
definite results. The confederates attack, while the federals main-
tain their ground, and at night still hold the road contended for all
day. The federals have used almost every available man; while
the confederates begin the 20th with fresh troops and elated by
reinforcements. The confederates continue the same tactics on
the 20th, and gen. Rosecrans is obliged to shift his troops to the
left, where the confederate attack is persistent and desperate.
Intending to obey the following order from gen. Rosecrans, "The
general commanding directs that you close upon Reynolds as fast
as possible and support him," gen. Wood moves his division of
the 21st corps out of the line of battle before its place is filled.
The defeat of the federals is at least greatly accelerated by this
order and movement, for Longstreet, already prepared, now ad-
vances 8 brigades, attacking successfully, and enters with little or
no resistance at the gap thus made, enabling him to crush the
federal right, so that it takes no part in the battle thereafter. It
causes the separation of gens. Rosecrans, McCook, and Crittenden
for the rest of the day from the fighting portion of the army. But
gen. Thomas still holds the left, and here earns the well-won title
of ' ' Rock of Chickamauga. " Reinforced during the afternoon by
gen. Gordon Granger from Rossville with 3700 men, he holds his
position until dark, when he retires to Rossville. The federals,
prepared to renew the contest, await the confederates along Mis-
sionary Ridge, at Rossville, throughout the 21st, but there is no
pursuit and no fighting, and at night they retire to Chattanooga
and fortify it Federal loss: killed, 1647; wounded, 9262 ; miss-
ing, 4945, cavalry, 500; total, 16,351. Chattanooga campaign.
Chickasaw bayou, Miss., Battle of. Here on
29 Dec. 1862, gen. Sherman assaulted the confederate works
in order to gain the rear of Vicksburg, but was repulsed. Fed-
eral loss about 2000; confederate, 207. Vicksburg cam-
paign.
Cllickasaws. Indians.
children. Many ancient nations exposed their in-
faiits— the Egyptians on the banks of rivers, and the Greeks
on highways— when they could not support or educate them;
in such cases they were protected by the state. The old cus-
tom of English parents selling their children to the Irish for
slaves was prohibited by Canute, about 1017. Foundling,
Infanticide. Orphan-houses and foundling hospitals
are ancient, but the methods of dealing with dependent and
delinquent children as well as children in general have vastly
improved within a half-century, as witness the reformatories,
homes for feeble-minded children, newsboys' and bootblacks'
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homes, boys' clubs, free kindergartens, fresh-air missions,
creches, etc. A complete Factory and Workshop act, regu-
lating the hours of labor for women and children, and the age
under which the latter may not be employed in factories, etc.,
was passed in England in 1878. In the United States, com-
pulsory education laws and the legal regulation of factories
and labor fall to each state separately ; hence the provisions
regulating child labor, etc., are various. In general, by the
existing laws, the ages under which children cannot be em-
ployed vary from 10 to 14 years, and attendance at school
for from 12 to 16 weeks during the previous year is required
in all cases where minors are employed. The legal hours of
labor vary from 8 to 18.
-Cotton Mills act, passed in England fixing the working age of
children at 9 years, and limiting the hours of labor for chil-
dren under 16 to 12 hours daily 1819
Night-work forbidden to minors in England 1831
First law dealing with child labor enacted by Connecticut 1842
American Female Guardian Society incorporated in New York, 1849
Children's Aid Society of New York founded 1853
First effective law limiting child labor in Massachusetts 1866
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children organized in
New York under statute enacted 1875
Fresh-air movement begun by rev. Willard Parsons of Sher-
man, Pa 1877
First boys' club in New York, started in the Wilson mission,
St. Mark's place about 1878
Children's Dangerous Performance act passed in England,
24 July, 1879
Tribune fresh-air fund, the continuation of the Evening Post
fund, begun 1882
[Up to 1892, more than 94,000 children of New Y'ork were
given a 2 weeks' vacation each year in the country as the
guests of philanthropic farmers and village residents.]
Act passed in the English Parliament for the prevention of
cruelty to and protection of children 26 Aug. 1889
Cllili or Chile, South America, discovered by Diego
<Je Almagro, one of the conquerors of Peru, 1535. Chili was
partially subdued in 1546. It extends from about 21° to 56°
S. lat., or along the whole of the west coast of South America
from Peru south about 2500 miles between the Andes and the
Pacific ocean, and is from 40 to 200 miles in breadth. Area,
124.000 sq. miles. Pop. in 1865, 1,068,447 ; in 1875, 2,068,447 ;
1878,2,136,724; 1889,2,766,747.
Chili declares its independence of S|)ain 18 Sept. 1810
War with varying success; decisive victory by San Martin
over the royal forces at Chacabuco, 12 Feb. 1817 ; the prov-
ince declared independent 12 Feb. 1818
Present constitution formed after the constitution of the U. S.,
22 May, 1833
Eupture with Bolivia over the "Guano " isles 1 Mch. 1864
Disputes with Spain respecting Peru settled by the Spanish
minister, 20 May; disavowed by his government 25 .luly, "
Religious toleration enacted July, 1865
J. J. Perez again president; vigorous prosecution of the war, Oct. "
Spanish admiral Pareja at V^alparalso claims satisfaction for
intervention in the war with Peru, 17 Sept. ; refused, 21
Sept. ; he declares a blockade, 24 Sept. ; Chili declares war
against Spain, 29 Sept. ; joins Peru 5 Dec. "
Spaniards bombard Valparaiso 31 Mch. 1866
End of the blockade 14 Apr. "
Gold mines discovered near Iquique Oct. 1871
Chili refuses to recognize a boundary treaty between Peru and
Bolivia (6 Feb. 1873); they declare war against Chili Ai)r. 1879
Chilian wooden vessels Esmeralda and Covadonga blockade
Iquique ; the Peruvian iron-clad turret-ships (with rams)
Huascar and Independencia attempt relief; Esmeralda sunk
by Huascar (about 110 perish); Independencia runs ashore
chasing Covadonga ; capt. Platts and 6 men climb up Huascar
and are killed fighting on deck 21, 23 May, "
Huascar enters port of Iquique, and captures 2 vessels, 29 July, "
Blockade of Iquique raised ; announced 4 Aug. "
Huascar captured by Chilian fleet off Mejillones, after 6 hours'
fight; the admiral and many officers killed 8 Oct. "
Pisagua bombarded and captured by Chilians 2 Nov. "
Combined Peruvian and Bolivian army defeated near Iquique
(which surrenders), Nov. ; again near Tarapaca, which is
taken about 27 Nov. "
Naval engagement; gallant conduct of Peruvians 27 Feb. 1880
Callao blockaded by Chilians; alarm at Lima. . ..about 18 Apr. "
Battle of Tacna; captured by Chilians 26 Apr. "
Arica taken by the Chilians 8 June, "
Pierola dictator of Peru; declares for perseverance in the war;
excitement at Lima; levy en masse 28 June, "
Chilian transport Loa sunk by torpedo of a Peruvian launch
apparently laden with fruit; Callao greatly shaken. . .3 July, "
Chilian vessel Covadonga, bombarding town, sunk by Peruvian
torpedoes off'Chancay; about 115 perish; reprisals. .14 Sept. "
Chilians storm Lurin, 4 Jan. ; defeat Peruvians at Chorillos, 13
Jan.; at Miraflores, 15 Jan.; occupy Lima without resist-
ance; Pierola flees; about 17 Jan. ; Callao taken Jan. 1881
Conditions of peace reported: cession of territory; $7riO,000,000
indemnity; occupation of Callao; working of mines till in-
demnity paid; announced 30 Jan. "
England and France requested to mediate by Peru Feb. 1881
U. S. seeks to adjust relations between Chili and Peru "
Treaty of peace with Spain confirmed Sept. "
Domingo Santa Maria becomes president 18 Sept "
Treaty of peace with Bolivia 25 Jan. 1882
Peace protocol between Chili and Peru agreed to Mch. "
War resumed ; skirmishes ; Chilians generally successful July "
Peruvians defeated by Chilians, 13, 15, and 16 July, also 8 Aug.' "
Peruvians defeated with great loss at Huamachuca. ... 10 July 1883
Peruvians defeated at Huanchuco by col. Grostiago 19 July' '<
Peace with Peru signed at Ancon.. 20 Oct.' "
Lima evacuated .23 Oct "
Sefior don Jo.se Manuel Balmaceda president. ..".'.*.'.. .18 Sept. 1886
Congress issues a declaration deposing the president for treason
against the constitution, tyranny, and misuse of the public
money, and designates sen. Jorge Montt as its a.ssistant in
restormg the due observance of the constitution 1 Jan 1891
The navy (under capL J. Montt) revolts against the president-
the army remains faithful to him about 7 .Jan' «'
Valparaiso, held for the president, blockaded by the navy; fre-
quent skirmishes; contradictory reports 16* Jan. "
President's troops defeated at Pozo Almonte, 4 Mch. ; the
province of Tarapaca held by the congress party, about s'Mch. "
Part of the army joins the congress party, which holds all
southern Chili reported 12 Mch. "
A provisional government or junta established by the congress
party at Iquique lo Apr. "
Part of the regular army (2450,) crosses the Argentine territory
to reach Santiago reported 14 Apr. "
Newly elected congress (his nominees) opened by the presi-
dent 21 Apr. «'
Itata surrenders to the American cruisers at Iquique. .4 June, "
United States, 7-9 May, and 4 June, 1891.
Provisional junta at Iquique in a circular note to the powers
denounce Balmaceda as a dictator, and ask recognition as a
belligerent, 7 May .published 11 June, «
Congress party occupy the Atacama province 25 July, "
Cougressist army, about 10,000, with artillery, etc., command-
ed by col. Canto, land at Quinteros bay 20 Aug., and after
a night's march, they completely defeat Balmaceda's army
at Colmo; the congressists have about 300 killed; Balmaceda
has about 1000 killed, 21 Aug. ; they advance and take Salto,
24 Aug. ; and Quilpue, 25 .\ug. ; march towards Valparaiso,
receiving large numbers of deserters from the enemy, and
encamp in a farm-house 27 Aug. "
Battle of Placilla; Balmaceda's army totally defeated; about
1000 killed and 3000 prisoners; congressists, 400 killed; the
battle lasted from 7.30 to 10.30, and the congressists took
possession of Valparaiso at 1 p.m 28 Aug. "
The great powers recognize the congressist provisional gov-
ernment about 16 Sept. "
Balmaceda, concealed at the Argentine legation in Santiago,
commits suicide, leaving a justificatory letter, and is secret-
ly buried 19 Sept. "
National holiday with great rejoicings 16-20 Sept. "
Patrick Egan, the U. S. minister, charged with breach of neu-
trality by favoring Balmaceda's party during the war. . .Oct. "
At Valparaiso some of the populace assault the boats' crews of
the U. S. ship Baltimore; 2 of the crew killed, 16 Oct. ; the
U. S. government demands reparation; the Chilian govern-
ment promises investigation 29 Oct. "
United Statks, Oct. 1891; Jan. and July, 1892.
Sen. Jorge Montt elected president 4 Nov. "
Patrick Egan concludes a convention between Chili and the
U. S Aug. 1892
Cllillianwallall, India, Battle of, between strong
Sikh forces and the British undet lord (afterwards viscount)
Gough, 13 Jan. 1849. The Sikhs routed, but with great loss
to the British : 26 officers killed, 66 wounded, 731 rank and
file killed, and 1446 wounded. The Sikhs lost 3000 killed
and 4000 wounded. On 21 Feb. lord Gough routed the Sikh
army, under Shere Singh, at Goojerat, capturing its camp.
Chiltern Hundreds (viz. Bu-mham, Desboroughj
and Stoke), an estate of the British crown on the chain of chalk
hills that pass from east to west through Buckinghamshire. The
stewardship, a nominal office with salary of 255., is given to a
member of Parliament who wishes to vacate his seat. The
strict legality of the practice is questioned.
diimborazo. Andes.
ellimneys. Chafing-dishes were in use in Great Britain
till 1200, when chimnej-s were introduced, only in the kitchen
and large hall. The family sat round a stove, with a funnel
through the ceiling, in 1300. Chimneys were general in do-
mestic architecture in 1310.
Act to regulate chimney-sweeping, 28 Geo. Ill 1789
Chimney-sweeping machine invented by Smart 1805
A statute regulating the trade, the apprenticeship of children,
construction of flues, forbidding calling "sweep" in the
streets, etc. , passed , 1834
By 3 and 4 Vict. c. 85 (1840), no master-sweep may take ap-
prentices under 16; no person under 21 to ascend a chimney
kfter 1 July- 1842
Enforcement of this law made more stringent 1864
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Joseph Glass, iuventor of sweeping-machine now in general
use, not pateuteU, d 29 Jan. 1868
New Chimneysweepers' act passed 11 Aug. 1875
CIlillH (Tsiwf), the "Celestial Empire," in eastern Asia,
for which the Chinese annals claim an antiquity of from 80,000
to 100,000 years B.C., is said to have commenced about 2500
B.C.; by some to have been founded by Fohi, supposed to be
the Noah of the Bible, 2240 b.c. The 3 religions of China
are Conkucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. It is said that
the Chinese were astronomers in the reign of Yao, 2357 B.c.
The historical period of China begins about 650 rc. 22 dy-
nasties have reigned, including the present. Area of China
proper, l,65-4,000 sq. miles; other territory, 2,985,750 sq.
t miles ; total, 4,539,750 sq. miles. Pop. of the empire esti-
mated at 190,348,228 in 1757, at 414,607,000 in 1860, and at
434,600,000 in 1877. The " Statesman's Year-book " puts the
population at 402,680,000, but the truth is, but little is known
as to it. Gen. James H. Wilson in his book on China, 1887,
puts it as low as 300,000,000.
^ ' ' B.C.
Chinese state their first cycle begun 2700
First dates Q.Ked to his history, by Se-ma-tsien, begin 651
Supposed age of Confucius (Kungfutze), the philosopher 550
Wall of ("hina completed (Chisesk Wall) 211
Dynasty of Han 206
Literature and art of printing encouraged (?) 202
Battle between Phraates and Scythians ; Chinese aid the
latter, and ravage the coasts of the Caspian; their first ap-
pearance in history — Lenglet 129
Religion of Laot-se begun 15
A.D.
Buddhism, or religion of Fo, introduced about 6S-81
Nankin becomes the capital 420
Atheistical philosopher, San-Shin, flourishes 449
Nestorian Christians permitted to preach 635
They are proscribed and extirpated 845
China ravaged by Tartars 9th and 11th centuries
Seat of government transferred to Pekin 1260
Marco Polo introduces missionaries 1275
Kublai Khan establishes the Yuen or Mongol dynasty. . .about "
Ming dynasty 1368
Canal, called the Yu Ho, completed about 1400
Europeans first arrive at Canton 1517
Macao is granted to the Portuguese 1536
Jesuit missionaries are sent from Rome 1575
Country is conquered by the eastern or Mantchou Tartars, who
establish the present Tsin dynasty 1616-44
Tea brought to England 1660
General earthquake; 300,000 persons buried at Pekin alone — 1662
Galdan, a prince of Jangaria, conquers Kashgaria and becomes
supreme in central Asia, 1678; checked by Kang-hi, 1689;
totally defeated : 1695
Commerce with East India Company begins 1680
Jesuit missionaries preach 1692
Commercial relations with Russia 1719-27
Jesuits expelled 1724-32
Another general earthquake destroys 100,000 persons at Pekin,
and 80,000 in a suburb 1731
Successful war in central Asia; Davatsi and his opponent
Amursana, subdued by Keen-lung, 1755 et seq. ; Kashgar,
Khokand, the Khirgez, etc., annexed 1760
In a salute by a British ship in a Chinese harbor, a shot inadver-
tently kills a native; the government demands the gunner;
he is soon strangled 1785
Earl Macartney's embassy arrives at Pekin; his reception by
the emperor 14 Sept. 1793
[This embassy threw light on the empire; it appeared to be
divided into 15 provinces, with 4402 walled cities; a popula-
tion of 333,000,000; annual revenues. 66,000, OOOi. ; and army,
including Tartars, 1,000,000 infantry and 800,000 cavalry; re-
ligion pagan, and government absolute. Arts and sciences
were encouraged, and ethics studied.]
He is ordered to depart 7 Oct. "
And arrives in England 6 Sept. 1794
Affair of the company's ship Neptune, a Chinaman killed 1807
Edict against Christianity 1812
Chinese rule in central Asia weakened "
Lord Amherst's embassy; he leaves England 8 Feb. 1816
[He failed in his mi.ssion, having refused to make the pros-
tration of the kotou, lest he compromise the majesty of
England.]
Opium dispute begins; the trade prohibited by the emperor,
Nov. 1834
Chinese seize the Argyle and crew 31 Jan. 1835
A British commissioner settled at Canton Mch. 1837
Commissioner Lin orders seizure of opium, 18 Mch. ; foreign
residents forbidden to leave Canton, 19 Mch. ; factories sur-
rounded, and outrages committed 24 Mch. 1839
Capt. Elliot, British commissioner, requires British subjects to
surrender all opium, promising full value, 27 Mch. ; half is
given up as contraband to the Chinese, 20 Apr.; the re-
mainder (20,283 chests) surrendered, 21 May ; capt. Elliot
and the Briti.sh merchants leave Canton, 24 May; the opium
destroyed by the Chinese. 3 June, "
Aflfair between British and U. S. seamen and the Chinese ; a
native killed 7 July, "
Hong-Kong taken 23 Aug.
British boat lUack Joke attacked, the crew murdered, 24 Aug. ;
British merchants retire from Macao 26 Aug.
Affairs at Kow-lung between British boats and Chinese junks,
4 Sept.
Attack by 28 armed junks on the British frigates Volage and
Hyacinth ; several junks blown up 3 Nov.
British trade with China ceases, by edict of the emperor; the
last servant of the company leaves 6 Dec.
Emperor's interdict against intercourse with England for-
ever 5 Jan.
Ship Hellas atUicked by armed junks, 22 May; blockade of
Canton by a British fleet, by order of sir Gordon Bremer, 28
June; blockade of the Chinese coast 10 July,
Capt. Elliot, on a British steamship, enters the Pei-ho river,
near Pekin 11 Aug.
Ship Kite lost on a sand-bank; the captain's wife and part of
the crew captured by natives and confined in cages. .15 Sept.
Lin degraded ; Keshin appointed imperial commissioner, 16
Sept. ; capt. Elliot's truce with him 6 Nov.
Admiral Elliot's resignation announced 29 Nov.
Negotiations ended by emperor's breach of faith 6 Jan.
Cliucn pe and Taecoc-tow, and 173 guns (some sent to England)
captured 7 Jan.
Hong-Kong ceded by Keshin to Great Britain, $6,000,000 to be
paid within 10 days to the British 20 Jan.
Hong-Kong taken possession of 26 Jan.
The emperor rejects Keshin's treaty, 11 Feb. ; hostilities re-
sumed, 23 Feb. ; Chusan evacuated, 24 Feb. ; rewards pro-
claimed at Canton for the bodies of Englishmen, dead or
alive ; $50,000 to be given for chiefs 25 Feb.
Bogue forts taken by sir G. Bremer; admiral Kwan killed; 459
guns captured 26 Feb.
British squadron proceeds to Canton, 1 Mch. ; sir H. Gough
takes command of the army, 2 Mch. ; hostilities suspended,
3 Mch. ; and again resumed, 6 Mch. ; Keshin degraded by the
emperor 12 Mch.
Flotilla of boats destroyed; Canton threatened, foreign factories
seized, and 461 guns taken by the British 18 Mch.
Hong-Kong Gazette first published 1 May,
Capt. Elliot prepares to attack Canton 17 May,
City ransomed for $6,000,000; $5,000,000 paid down; hostili-
ties cease 31 May,
British trade reopened 16 July,
Sir Henry Pottiuger reaches Macao, as plenipotentiary; pro-
claims the objects of his mission ; capt. Elliot superseded,
10 Aug.
Amoy taken, and 296 guns destroyed 27 Aug.
Boguo forts destroyed 14 Sept.
Ting-hae taken, 136 guns captured, and Chusan reoccupied by
the British, 1 Oct. ; they take Chin hae, 10 Oct. ; Ning-po,
13 Oct. ; Yu-yaou, Tsze-kee, and Foong hua 28 Dec.
Chinese attack Ning-po and Chin-hae, are repulsed with great
loss, 10 Mch. ; 8000 Chinese routed near Tsze-kee 15 .Mch.
Chapou attacked; defences destroyed 18 May,
British squadron enters ri verKiang, 13 J un^; captures Woosung
and 230 guns and stores, 16 June; Shang-Hai taken, 19 June,
British armament anchors near the "Golden Isle," 20 July;
Chin-Keang taken; the Tartar general and many of the gar-
rison commit suicide, 21 July; advanced ships reach Nankin,
4 Aug. ; fleet arrives, and disembarkation commences, 9 Aug. ;
Keying arrives, with full powers to treat 12 Aug.
Treaty of peace signed before Nankin, on the Cornwallis, by sir
Henry Pottinger for England, and Keying Elepoo and Neu-
Kien on the part of the Chinese emperor — [Conditions: Last-
ing peace and friendship between the 2 empires; China to
pay $21,000,000; Canton, Amoy, Foochoofoo, Ning-po, and
Shang-Hai to be thrown open to the British, and consuls to
reside at these cities ; Hong-Kong ceded in perpetuity to
England, etc. ; Chusan and Ku-lang-su to be held by the
Brilisli until the provisions are fulfilled] 29 Aug.
[The non-fulfllment of this treaty led gradually to the war
of 1856-57.]
Ratifications formally exchanged 22 July,
Canton opened to the British 27 July,
Bogue forts captured by the British 5 Apr.
Hong-Kong and neighborhood visited by a typhoon; immense
damage to shipping; upwards of 1000 boat-dwellers on the
Canton river drowned Oct.
British steamship Medea destroys 13 pirate-junks in the Chi-
nese seas 4 Mch.
Rebellion breaks out in Quang-si Aug.
Appearance of the pretender Tien-teh Mch.
Emperor Taou-Kwang d. 25 Feb. 1850. He had of late grown
liberal, and favored the introduction of European arts;
but his son, a rash and narrow-minded prince, abandoned
this policy, and particularly opposed English influence. An
insurrection broke out in consequence, Aug. 1850, and quickly
became alarming. The insurgents at first proposed only to ex-
pel the Tartars; but in Mch. 1851, a pretender was announced,
first called Tien-teh (Celestial Virtue), but afterwards a.ssum-
ing other names. He was said to be a native of Quang-si, of
obscure origin, but to have obtained some literary knowledge
at Canton about 1835, and to have learned the principles of
Christianity from a Chinese Christian named Leang-afa, and
also from the mi-ssionary Roberts in 1844. He announced
himself as the restorer of the worship of the true God,
Shang-ti, and derived many of his dogmas from the Bible.
He declared himself to be the monarch of all beneath the
sky, the lord of China (and thus of all the world), the brother
of Jesus, the second son of God, and demanded universal
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submission. He sought alliance with lord Elgin in Nov. 1860.
His followers are termed Tae-Pings, "princes of peace," a
title belied by their atrocious deeds. The rebellion was virt-
ually terminated, 18 July, 1864, by the capture of Nankin,
suicide of Tien- Wang, and execution of the leaders.
Defeat of Leu, the imperial commissioner, and destruction of
half the army 19 June,
Progress of the rebels; the emperor vainly asks the Euro-
peans for help Mch. and Apr.
Rebels take Nankin, 19, 20 Mch. ; Amoy, 19 May; Shang-Hai,
7 Sept.
Outrage on the British lorcha Arrow in Canton river 8 Oct.
[It was boarded by the (Chinese officers, V2 men out of the
crew of 14 carried off, and the national ensign taken down.
Sir J. Bowring, governor of Hong-Kong, applied to India and
Ceylon for troops. On 3 Mch. 1857, the House of Commons,
by a majority of 19, censured sir John for "violent meas-
ures." The ministry (who took his part) dissolved Parlia-
ment, but obtained a large majority in the new one.]
After vain negotiations with commissioner Yeh, Canton forts
attacked and taken '23 Oct.
A Chinese fleet destroyed and Canton bombarded by sir M.
Seymour 3, 4 Nov.
Imperialists defeated, quit Shang-Hai 6 Nov.
And murder the crew of the Thistle 30 Dec.
Mahometans of Panthay, in Yunan, become independent during
Tae-Ping rebellion
Troops arrive from Madras and England; and lord Elgin ap-
pointed envoy Mch.
Chinese fleet destroyed by commodore Ell.ot, 25. 27 May; and
sir M. Seymour and commodore Keppel 1 June,
Blockade of Canton Aug.
Canton bombarded and taken by English and French, 28, 29
Dec. 1857 ; who enter it 5 Jan.
"Allies proceed towards Pekiu, and take the Pei ho forts,
20 May,
Negotiations commence, 5 June; treaty of peace signed at
Tientsin by lord Elgin, baron Gros, and Keying (who signed
the treaty of 1842); ambassadors to be at both courtn; free-
dom of trade; toleration of Christianity ; expenses of war to
be paid by China; a revised tariff; term / (barbarian) to be
no longer applied to Europeans 26, 28, 29 June,
Lord Elgin visits Japan, and concludes an important treaty
with the emperor 28 Aug.
Mr. Bruce, British envoy, on his way to Pekin, is stopped in
the river Pei-ho (or Tientsin); admiral Hope, attempting to
force a passage, is repulsed, with the loss of 81 killed and
about 390 wounded 25 June,
U. S. envoy Ward arrives at Pekin, and, refusing to submit
to degrading ceremonies, does not see the emperor. .29 July,
[Frederick Townshend Ward was born at Salem, Mass.,
Nov. 1831. He was educated at the Salem high-school, saw
service in the Mexican war and as a lieutenant in the French
army in the Crimea. Going to China in 1859, he became
admiral-general in the service of the emperor, trained the
Chinese into good soldiers, and at their head won many vic-
tories over the rebels, but was killed at Kah-siug, 7 Oct. 1862.]
Commercial treaty with the U. S 24 Nov.
English and French prepare an expedition against China, Oct.
War begins; British under sir Hope Grant, French, gen. Mon-
tauban. Chinese defeated in a skirmish near the Pei-ho,
12 Aug.
Allies repulse Tae-Ping rebels at Shang-Hai, 18-20 Aug. ; take
Taku forts, losing 500 killed and wounded ; Tartar gen San-
ko-lin-sin retreats 21 Aug.
After vain negotiations, allies advance towards Pekin; defeat
Chinese at Chang-kia-wan and Pa-li-chiau. . .18 and 21 Sept.
Consul Parkes, capts. Anderson and Brabazon, Mr. De Nor-
man, Mr. Bowlby (London Times correspondent), and 14
others (Europeans and Sikhs), advancing to Tung-chow to
arrange a meeting of the ministers, are captured by San-ko-
lin-sin; Brabazon and abb6 de Luc beheaded, and said to be
thrown into the canal; others carried to Pekin 21 Sept.
Allies march towards Pekin; French ravage emperor's sum-
mer palace, 6 Oct. ; Parkes, Loch, and others restored, 8 Oct. ;
Anderson, De Norman, and others die of ill-usage. . .8-11 Oct.
Pekin invested; surrenders, 12 Oct.; severe proclamation of
sir Hope Grant 15 Oct.
Summer palace (Yuen-ming-yuen) burned by British. . .18 Oct.
Convention signed in Pekin by lord Elgin and the prince of
Kung; treaty of Tien-tsin ratified: apology for attack at
Pei-ho (25 June, 1859), indemnity to be paid immediately,
compensation to the families of the murdered prisoners, etc.,
Kowloon ceded in exchange for Chusan ; treaty and conven-
tion to be proclaimed throughout the empire 24 Oct.
Allies quit Pekin 5 Nov.
Treaty, Russia and China— the former obtaining free trade,
territories, etc 14 Nov.
English and French embassies fixed at Pekin Mch.
Emperor Hienfung d 21 Aug.
Canton restored to Chinese 21 Oct.
Advance of rebels; they seize and desolate Ning-po and Hang-
chow Dec.
They reach Shang-Hai; it is placed under protection of the
English and French, and fortified Jan.
English and French assist against rebels; Ning-po retaken,
10 May,
Imperialists gain ground, take Kah-sing, etc. ; gen. Ward
killed (see 1859) • 7 Oct.
Tungani (Mahometan) revolt in central Asia; massacre of
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1858
Commercial treaty with Prussia ratified 14 Jan. 1863
Imperialists under col. Charles Gordon defeat the Tae-Pings
under Burgeviue, etc Oct. "
Gordon captures Sow-chow (after a severe attack, 27, 28 Nov.);
rebel chiefs butchered by Chinese 4, 5 Dec. "
Capt. Osborne comes to China ; retires, the Chinese government
breaking its engagements 31 Dec. "
Gordon's successes continue Jan. to Apr. 1864
Takes Nankin (in ruins); Hunseu-tseun, the Tien -wang (rebel
emperor) commits suicide by eating gold-leaf, 30 June; Chang-
wangand Kan-wang, rebel generals, are "cut into a thou-
sand pieces" 18 July, "
Tae-Pings hold Ming-chow; Mahometan rebellion (Dounganes)
progressing in Honan Jan.-Mch. 1865
Rebellion in the north advancing June, "
Pekin in danger. July, "
Chinese newspaper, Messenger of the Flying Dragon, appears'
in London 14 Jan. 1866
Chinese commissioners visit London June, "
Mahomed Yakoob Beg defeats the Tungani ; supreme in Kash-
gar, 1866; recognized by Europe "
Chinese embassy (Anson Burlingame, Chin Kang, and Sun
Chia Su) received by president at Washington, 5 June; sign
a treaty (Birlingame Treaty and United States), 4 July;
arrive in London, Sept. ; received by queen 20 Nov. 1868
People at Yang-chow, incited by "literati" (learned classes), -
destroy Protestant mission-houses, 22 Aug. ; redress not ob-
tained; British squadron proceeds to Nankin, 8 Nov. ; vice-
roy superseded ; British demands acceded to 14 Nov. "
Chinese embassy received by emperor at Paris 24 Jan. 1869
Supplementary convention to treaty of Tien-tsin (June, 1858)
for commercial freedom, signed 24 Oct. "
Burlingame dies at St. Petersburg 22 Feb. 1870
Massacre at Tien-tsin of French consul, Roman Catholic priests,
sisters of mercy (22 persons), many native converts, and
above 30 children in the orphanage, by a mob said to be fa-
vored by authorities; missionaries accused of kidnapping
children 21 June, "
Increased hatred of people to foreigners at Tientsin; govern-
ment lukewarm against the murderers July, "
Chapels destroyed at Fatshan 21 Sept. "
French ultimatum refused; murderers of nuns unpunished;
Chinese warlike prepanitions reported 26 Sept. "
Mandate from the mandarin Tseng-kwo-fan, exculpates mis-
sionaries, and condemns their massacre Oct. "
Sixteen coolies beheaded, 15 Sept., and 23 exiled; indemnity
to the sufferers ordered ; reported 26 Oct. "
End of the difficulty announced 3 Nov. "
Chung-How, an envoy, arrives in London Aug. 1871
Received at Paris; apologizes for Tien-tsin massacres, and as-
sures redress 23 Nov. "
Memorial to the Chinese government by Mr. Hart, British in-
spector of customs, recommending changes in civil and mil-
itary administration autumn, "
Young emperor married 16 Oct. "
Russia annexes Kuldja "
William Armstrong Russell consecrated Anglican bishop of
North China Dec. 1872
Emperor of age ; assumes the government 23 Feb. 1873
Talifoo, capital of the insurgent Panthay Mahometans, capt-
ured; thousands massacred Feb. "
Foreign ministers first received by emperor 29 June, "
Dispute with Japan (Formosa), July-Aug. ; settled by treaty,
31 Oct. 1874
Death of the emperor 12 Jan. 1875
Proclamation of Tsai-tien, son of Chun, seventh son of Taou-
Twang (nephew of Kung) 4 Feb. "
British exploring expedition under coL Horace Browne to open
passage from Burmah into S. W. China, Dec. 1874 ; Mr. Margary
and 5 Chinese in advance killed at Manwyne, 21 Feb. ; col.
Browne repulses an attack by Chinese; retreats to Rangoon,
22 Feb 12 Mch. "
First railway in China, Shang-Hai to Oussoon (AVoo-sung), 11
miles; trial trip, 16 Mch. (at first opposed); opened, 30 June, 1876
Chee-foo convention; difficulties in negotiations removed (the
government to compensate Mr. Margary's family, remove
commercial grievances, open 4 ports, proper official inter-
course); signed, 13 Sept. ; ratified 17 Sept. "
Chinese envoy (Quo-ta-Zhan) lands at Southampton — 21 Jan. 1877
Decree of equal rights to Chinese Christians 1 Feb. "
Four more ports opened 1 Apr. "
Opium smoking interdicted after 3 years Aug. "
Quo-ta-Zhan (or Kuo-ta-Jen) first accredited minister at Lon-
don; Liu-ta-Jen at Berlin about Nov. "
Yakoob Beg of Kashgaria defeated by the Chinese general,
Tso-tsung-tang; is assassinated, May; Kashgar and other
towns captured ; end of war '. Dec. "
Chinese immigrants excluded from Australia by a poll-tax 1878
Treaty with Russia, who agrees to evacuate the Kuldja terri-
tory, China to pay an indemnity about June, 1879
Chinese from Kashgar invade Russian territory May, 1880
Prospect of war; col. Gordon goes to China from Bombay,
June, "
New treaties with U. S. signed 17 Nov. "
Peace with Russia, who makes concessions negotiated by mar-
quis Tseng 1881
Complication with France respecting Tonquin Sept. 1883
Chinese claim Anam as dependency ,. Nov. "
Coup-d'^tat at Pekin by prince Chun, father of emperor; he
becomes dictator; prince Kung and the viceroy, Li-Hung-
Chang, deposed H Apr. et seq. 1884
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Treaty with France, signed by capt. Fournier and Li-Hung-
Cbuug, at Tientsin; French protoclorato of Auam and Ton-
quin recognized; a southern provinces opened to commerce,
11 May, 1884
Chinese break the treaty by attacking French marching to
occupy I^angson «'
French demand evacuation of Touquin frontier forts, and
10,'J00,l)00/. indemnity July, "
War party at Pekiu oppose the empress and Li-HungChang,
the viceroy July, "
Keluug in Formosa bombarded, and forts destroyed by alleged
treachery of admiral Lesp6s 5, 6 Aug. "
France declines mediation; issues circular to the powers, 17 Aug. "
Indemnity claimed by France reduced to 3,200,000i., 19 Aug. ;
refused by China '•
French ambass;idor, Semalld, leaves Pekin ; war ensues. 21 Aug. '•
Admiral Courbet with fleet sails up the Min river unattackcd;
destroys Chinese lleet, 23 Aug. ; bombards arsenal at Foo-
chow, dismantles and destroys forts and batteries at Mingan
and Kinpai; French killed, about 7; Chinese said to be about
1000 2G-28 Aug. "
lii-Himg Chang deprived of his highest offices. . .about 28 Aug. "
Chinese declaration of war announced 6 Sept. *'
Preliminaries of peace signed at Pekin Apr. 1885
Treaty signed 9 June, "
Introduction of railways authorized ; new policy Aug. "
Emperor agrees to receive a papal agent to protect Roman
Catholic missionaries July, "
Chinese annul French protectorate overall Christians Nov. 1886
Decanville railway opened 21 Nov. "
General proclamation for protection of Christian missionaries
and converts Jan. 1887
Emperor, aged 16, assumes the government 7 Feb. "
Convention between Great Britain and China respecting Bur-
mah and Thibet ratified 25 Aug. "
Commercial treaty with France signed and ratified Aug. "
Chinese Exclusion act vigorously carried out at San Francisco,
and at other places (U.mtkd States, 13 Sept. 1888) middle
of Oct. 1888
Railway from Tientsin to Taku opened Nov. "
Conventions with Italy and Germany for them to protect their
missionaries; announced Dec. "
New Roman Catholic cathedral at I'ekin consecrated 8 Dec. "
Marriage of the emperor 25 Feb. 1889
An imperial decree, granting audience of the emperor to repre-
sentatives of foreign powers issued .- 12 Dec. 1890
China formally objects to Henry W. Blair as minister to that
country from the U. S 28 Apr. 1891
Anti-European riots at Wuhu; much destruction; British con-
sulate wrecked; the consul and his wife escape; quiet re-
stored by force 12, 13 May, "
Increased anti-foreign agitation throughout China, June; diplo-
matic body appeal to the government; emperor decrees pro-
tection of foreigners about 15 June, "
Continued persecution of foreigners; the imperial decree inef-
fectual ; the diplomatic body press the government,
about 18 Aug. "
Kolao Hui, a secret society, strongly opposed to foreigners and
Christianity, active summer, "
American mission at Ishang destroyed.. 11 Sept. "
Outrages against foreigners increase; the diplomatic body re-
port to their respective governments about 15 Sept. "
Great Britain, France, Germany, and U. S. unite to protect their
people against Chinese violence ; reported 21 Sept. "
Sufferers in Wuhu compensated by viceroy about 23 Oct. "
British squadron and other vessels at Nagasaki and other ports,
about 23 Oct. "
A modus Vivendi with the Chinese authorities arranged by the
European ministers; reported 11 Nov. "
Insurrection in .Mongolia and N. China against foreigners and
native Christians; reported massacres, Nov.; suppressed by
government troops after battles, with much slaughter,
28, 29 Nov. "
Agreement of the Hunan societies against Europeans, etc.,
published at Shang-Hai about 7 Dec. "
Memorials of the viceroys of Nankin and Hukuang (attributing
the anti foreign outrages to baseless rumors circulated by
conspirators) issued Dec. "
(Jovernment pays indemnities amounting to 100,000i. to Chris-
tian missions and others, and punishes the Chinese officials
and offenders; reported 27 Dec. "
Christopher Gardner, British consul, and Dr. Griffith John,
missionary, assert that the anti-foreign outbreaks originated
with the local mandarins, aided by Chanhan, an eminent
Hunan scholar and writer of offensive placards, etc. ; reported,
Dec. "
Chanhan, the agitator, ordered to be arrested, 25 Mch. ; not ar-
rested; the right of audience by the emperor requested by
the foreign ministers; rejected early .Apr. 1892
Stringent exclusion measures adopted by the U. S. government
against the Chinese (Uxitkd States) May, "
CHINESE EMPEUOUS.
1627. Chwang-lei.
1644. Shun-che (first of the Tsin dynasty).
1662. Kang hi, an able sovereign; consolidated the empire; com-
piled a Chinese dictionary.
1723. Yungching.
1736. Keen-lung, warlike; fond of art; embellished Pekin.
1795. Kea-king.
1820. Taou-Kwang.
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1850. Hien-fung, 26 Feb.
1861. Ki-tsiang (altered to Toung-chi), 21 Aug.; b. 27 Apr. 1856;
married 16 Oct. 1872; d. 12 Jan. 1875.
1876. Tsai T'ien (altered to Kwang Su), aged 4. Jan.
[China was ruled by 2 empresses (Tsze An and Tsze Chi),
1861-81; and by one (Tsze Chi), an able woman, 1881-87.]
1887. Emperor assumed the government, 7 Feb.
China graAH or rlica. A prize of 5000/. was offered
by the Iiuiiaii government for machinery to prepare and cleanse
the fibre, 11 Jan. 1870. John Greig's machine was exhibited
in Edinburgh, Dec. 1871. Ramie.
Cllilia porcelain, introduced into England about
1531. POTTEKV.
China rose, etc. The Rosa Indica was brought from
China, and successfully planted in England, 1786 ; the Chi-
nese apple-tree, or Pyrus sjjectabilis, about 1780.
ellinellO'na or eineho'na, discovered, it is said,
by a Jesuit about 1535 (and used by the order). It was called
by the Spaniards " fever-wood," and also " Jesuit's bark." Its
virtues were not generally known till 1633 or 1638. It was sold
at one period fur its weight in silver. Was introduced into
France in 1649, and is said to have cured the dauphin, after-
wards Louis XIV., of a fever. It came into general use in 1680,
and sir Hans Sloane introduced it into England about 1700.
The chinchona has been largely planted in the Neilgherry hills,
India, and alreadv its culture has spread over a wide area in
southern India, in Ceylon, and in British Burmah. The prep-
aration of its bark, most extensively emploj'ed in medicine, is
the alkaloid quinine in the form of a sulphate. Quinine.
Chinese wall, said to have been erected about 211
B.C. Reported in 1879 to be 1728 miles long, extending from
the sea-shore on the gulf of Pe-che-lee westward beyond Soo-
Choo, on the borders of Turkestan, by a zigzag through a belt
over 300 miles in width, its northern limit being north of Pekin-
in the province of Pe-che-lee, where it reaches the 41° N. lat.,
and its southern limit in the province of Kan-Soo, near the city
of Lan-Choo, lat. 36° 5' N. No pains were taken to select the
most practicable route, for it passes up steep mountains, down
into gorges and ravines, crosses rivers, valley's, and plains, seem-
ingly regardless of obstacles. Some idea of the labor expended
on this work can be formed when it is known that this wall is
20 feet thick at the bottom and 15 feet at the top, and from 25
to 30 feet high, with flanking turrets 35 to 40 feet high every
200 or 300 yards. The exterior faces are of blocks of well-cut
granite, laid in excellent mortar; within it is filled with close-
packed earth and stones; its upper surface is paved with bricks
a foot square, laid several layers thick, forming an excellent
passage-way. That it was well and strongh'^ built is proved
by its present condition, after more than 2000 years.
Chios, now 8ciO, an isle in the Greek archipelago,
revolted against Athens, 412 and 357 b,c. It partook of the
fortunes of Greece, being conquered by the Venetians, 1124
A.D. ; by the crusaders, 1204 ; by the Greek emperor, 1329 ;
by the Genoese, 1346 ; and finally by the Turks in 1594. About
40,000 inhabitants were massacred by the Turks 11 Apr. 1822,
during the Greek insurrection. Earthquakes.
Chip'pewa, Canada, a short distance above Niagara
falls. Here the British, under Kiall, were defeated by the
Americans, under Brown, 5 July, 1814. American loss, 61
killed, 255 wounded, and 19 missing. British loss, 236 killed,
322 wounded, and 46 missing. Gen. Wintield Scott com-
manded a brigade here.
Chip'pewas or OJih'irays. Indians.
chivalry arose out of the feudal system in the latter
part of the 8th century {chevalier or knight, from caballajius,
the equipped feudal tenant on horseback). From the 12th to
the 15th century it refined manners. The knight swore to the
duties of his profession, as champion of God and ladies, to speak
truth, maintain right, protect the distressed, practise courtesy,
fulfil obligations, and vindicate at every peril his honor and
character. Chivalry proper expired with the feudal system.
Knighthood, Tournaments. By letters-patent of James I.,
1623, the earl-marshal of England had " the like jurisdiction
in the courts of chivalry, when the office of lord high constable
was vacant, as this latter and the marshal did jointly exercise."
chloral hydrate, a combination of chlorine and
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alcohol, discovered by Liebig, produces deep sleep, but not in-
sensibility to pain. Its property was discovered by Oscar
Liebreich, and reported to the French Academy of Sciences, 16
Aug. 1869. It is often deleterious.
cllloral'lim, or chloride of alumina, a compound of
chlorine and alumina, an antiseptic disinfectant, made by Dr.
Gamgee about 1870 ; said to be safe and efficacious, useful in
medicine for gargles, washing wounds, etc.
chlorine (Gr. x^i^pog, pale green), a gas firsfe obtained
by Scheele in 1774, by treating manganese with muriatic
(hydrochloric) acid. Sir H. Davj', in 1810, discovered the
gaseous element, and named it chlorine. Combined with so-
dium it forms common salt (chloride of sodium), and with
lime, the bleaching powder and disinfectant, chloride of lime.
Bleaching. In 1823 Faraday condensed chlorine into a liquid.
The supposed dissociation of oxygen from chlorine by heat, by V.
and H. Meyer of Zurich, was announced Aug. 1879. Afterwards
chlorine was proved to exist in 2 states at high temperatures.
chloroform (ter-chloride of the hypothetical radical
formyl), a compound of carbon, hydrogen, and chlorine, and
made from alcohol, water, and bleaching powder, was discov-
ered by Samuel Guthrie of Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., in 1831,
and independently by Liebig in 1832. It was analyzed by
Dumas in 1834. Chloroform was first applied as an anaesthetic
experimentally, by Jacob Bell in London in February, and
Simpson in Edinburgh in Nov. 1847. A committee of the
Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society reported, July, 1864,
that mortality was not increased by anaesthetics.
Chlo'rozone, a disinfectant, introduced 1873.
ChOC'Olate, made of the cocoa berry, introduced into
Europe (from Mexico and the Brazils) about 1520, was sold in
the London coffee-houses soon after their establishment, 1650.
First factory for the preparation of chocolate in the United
States established at Dorchester, Mass., 1765 ; still continues.
€hocta\rs. Indians.
Choczim, Bessarabia, S. Russia. Here Turks were
defeated by John Sobieski, king of Poland, 11 Nov. 1673 ; and
by Russians, 30 Apr. and 13 July, 1769.
choir was separated from the nave of the church in
Constantine's time. The choral service was first used in
England at Canterbury, 677, Chanting.
cholera (Asiatic), described by Garcia del Huerto, a
physician of Goa, about 1560, appeared in India in 1774, and
often, and became endemic in Lower Bengal, 1817; gradually
spread till it reached Russia, 1830, Germany, 1831, carrying
off more than 900,000 persons on the Continent in 1829-30; in
England and Wales in 1848-49, 53,293 persons ; in 1854, 20,097.
IN EUROPE.
Cholera appears at Sunderland 26 Oct. 1831
And at Edinburgh 6 Feb. 1832
First observed at Rotherhithe and Limehouse, London, 13 Feb. ;
and in Dublin 3 Mch. "
Mortality very great, but more so on the Continent; 18,000
deaths at Paris between Mch. and Aug. "
Rages in Rome, the Two Sicilies, Genoa, Berlin, etc.,
July and Aug. 1837
Again in England 1849
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Hexham, Tynemouth, and other north-
ern towns, suffer much from cholera Sept. 1853
Rages in Italy and Sicily 1854
Severe for a short time in south London, Soho, and St. James's,
Westminster Aug. and Sept. "
Cases at Marseilles, Toulon, Southampton end of Sept. 1865
Prevalent at Marseilles, Paris, Madrid, Naples July-Oct. "
International meeting at Constantinople, for preventive meas-
ures, proposed, Oct. 1865, meet 18 Feb. 1866, conclude that
cholera may be propagated from great distances, and pre-
ventive measures recommended 26 Sept. 1866
Cholera appears at Bristol, 24 Apr. ; at Liverpool, 13 May ; at
Southampton and London July, "
Cholera severe in Vienna, Aug. ; Paris Sept. 1873
Cliolera appears in France, a few cases in Paris 1884
Very severe in Naples and Turin "
In 1892 it made its appearance in European Russia, Vienna,
Buda-Pesth, Berlin, Paris, but in Hamburg states it was espe-
cially fatal, where, out of a population of 640,000, there were
18,757 cases, of which some 7,839 were fatal up to Oct.
in the united states.
First death by cholera in North America, 8 June, 1832, in
Quebec. In New York, 22 June, 1832. Cincinnati to New
Orleans, Oct. 1832" (very severe throughout the U. S.). Again
in the U. S. in 1834, slightly in 1849, severely in 1855, and
again slightly 1866-67
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By the prompt and energetic enforcement ot quarantine it was
prevented from entering the U. S., 1892. The (ierinan steam-
ship Moravia reached New York harbor, 31 Aug., having had
22 deaths from cholera during the voyage. The president
ordered 20 days' quarantine for all innnigrant vessels from
cholera infected districts, 1 Sept. On 3 Sept. the Normannia
and Rugia, from Hamburg, were put in quarantine. On 10
Sept. the Scandia arrived with more cholera cases. Surf
hotel property on Fire island bought for quarantine purposes,
10 Sept. 1892
CholU'Ia, Mexico, first visited by Cortez in 1519, and
given up to pillage and massacre. Here was one of the largest
Mexican temples to the god Quetzalcoatl, on a truncated pyr-
amid 160 ft. high. The pyramid remains.
ehora'gUi, the regulator of the chorus in Greek feasts,
etc. Stesichorus (or Tysias), so called, first taught the chorus
to dance to the lyre, 556 B.C.— Quintil.
chorus - §in§^illg was early practised at Athens,
forming an important part of the Greek dramas, beginning in
the 6th century b.c., and has been continued in modern orato-
rios and operas. Hypodicus, of Chalcides, carried off the prize
for the best voice, 508 b.c. Music.
Chouail§, a name given to the Bretons during the war
of La Vendee in 1792, from their chief, Jean Cottereau, using
the cry of the chat-huant, or screech-owl, as a signal. He was
killed in 1794. Georges Cadoudal, their last chief, implicated
in Pichegru's conspiracy against Napoledta, first consul, was
executed 1804.
chrism, consecrated oil, used early in Greek and Ro-
man churches. Musk, saffron, cinnamon, roses, and frankin-
cense were used with the oil in 1541. It was ordained, 1596,
that chrism should consist of oil and balsam only; the one
representing the human nature of Christ, and the other his
divine nature.
Christian Connection. This sect was the re-
sult of 3 secessions : one from the Methodist Episcopal church
in North Carolina in 1793, another from the Baptist church
in Vermont in 1800, and a third from Presbyterian churches in
Kentucky and Tennessee in 1801. They are anti-trinitariaus
and immersionists, and Congregational in church polity.
Christian Endeavor Society, Young Peo-
ple's. Formed 2 Feb. 1881, by rey. F. E. Clark, pastor in the
VVilliston church, Portland, Me., for the purpose of training
converts for the duties of church membership. It includes
all denominations of Christians, under the motto " For Christ
and the church." 1 July, 1892, there were 21,110 societies,
with a membership of 1,400,000, chiefly in the United States,
Canada, Great Britain, and Australia. Among denominations
the Presbyterians head the list with 4806 societies, while
among the states New York stands first with 2532 and Penn-
sylvania second with 1829.
Christian era. Anno Domini.
Christian Evidence Society, established by
earl Russell, the bishop of London, etc., to counteract " the
current forms of unbelief among the educated classes," 1870.
Lectures were given in St. George's hall, London, in 1871, the
first by the archbishop of York, 25 Apr. A public meeting was
held 6 June following. Six volumes of lectures and tracts
have been published.
Christian Unity, Association for the Promotion
of, on the basis of the 3 creeds, formed by 30 members of the
Greek, Roman, and English churches, 8 Sept. 1857 ; 20th an-
niversary kept in London, 8 Sept. 1877. A meeting to promote
the reunion of Christendom was held in London, 19 July, 1878,
the bishop of Fredericton in the chair.
Christia'nia, the capital of Norway, built in 1624,
by Christian IV. of Denmark, to replace Opslo (the ancient
capital founded by Harold Haardrade, 1058), which had been
destroyed by fire. Pop. 1891, 150,444.
Christianis'simus Rex, Most Christian King, a
title conferred by pope Paul II. in 1469 on the crafty Louis
XL of France.
Christianity. The name Christian was first given
to the disciples of Christ at Anrioch, in Syria, 43 (Acts xi. 26 ;
1 Pet. iv. 16). The first Christians were divided into episcopoi
(bishops or overseers) or presh/teroi (elders), diaconoi (minis-
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ters or deacons), and pistoi (believers); afterwards also rnte-
chumetis, or learners, and energumem^ to be exorcised. Pkr-
SECi'TioNS, Religion.
Christianity preached In Jerusalem, 33 a.d. ; Samaria, 34; Da-
mascus. 36; Asia Minor, 41; Cyprus, 45; Macedonia, 53;
Athens, Corinth, etc., 54; Ephesus, 56; Troas, etc., 60; Rome, 63
Said to be taught in Britain, about 64; and propagated with
somo success (Bede) 156
Said to bo introduced in Scotland under Donald I about 212
Constantino the Great converted 312
Frumentius preaches in Abyssinia about 346
Introduced among the Goths by Ulfllas 876
Into Ireland in the 2d century, but with more success after
the arrival of St. Patrick 432
Established in Franco by Clovis 496
Tradition says that Gregory the Great, before he became pope,
passing through the slave-market at Rome, saw beautiful
children for sale, inquired about their country, and finding
they were English pagans, cried out, '■'■ Non Angli sed Angeli
forent, si essent Cht-i.^tiani" ("They would not bo English,
but angels, if they were Christians "). From that time he
ardently desired to convert the nation, and sent a monk
named Austin, or Auguslin, and others, on a mission to
Britain 596
Conversion of the Saxons by Augustin 597
Introduced into Helvetia by Irish missionaries 643
Into Flanders, in the 7th century.
Into Saxony by Charlemagne 785
Into Denmark, under Harold 827
Into Bohemia, under Borsivoi 894
Into Russia, by Swiatoslaf about 940
Into Poland, under Meicislaiis I 992
Into Hungary, under Geisa 994
Into Norway and Iceland, under Olaf 1 998
Into Sweden, between 10th and 11th centuries.
Into Prussia, by Teutonic knights returning from holy wars. . 1227
Into Lithuania; paganism abolished . . .about 1386
Into Guinea, Angola, and Congo, loth century.
Into China (where it was afterwards extirpated, and thousands
of Chinese Christians put to death) 1575
Into India and America, in the 16th century.
Christianity re-established in Greece 1628
Into Japan, by Xavior and the Jesuits, 1549; but the Christians
were exterminated 1638
Chri§tina§ day, 25 Dec. (from Christ, and the Saxon
incesse, signifying the mass and a feast), a festival in honor
of Christ's birth, said to have been tirst kept 98 ; and ordered
to be held as a solemn feast, by pope Telesphorus, about 137.
By the 6th century, whether from the influence of some tra-
dition or from a desire to supplant heathen festivals of that
period of the year, as the Saturnalia, the 25 Dec. was gen-
erally observed. Augustin expressly mentions this date, and
Chrysostom seems to speak of it as a custom imported from
the west within 10 years. It seems earlier to have been kept
with the feast of the Epiphany, on 6 Jan., as now in the east-
ern church. The holly and mistletoe used at Christmas are
said to be relics of religious observances of Druids. Anno
Domini. Diocletian, Roman emperor, keeping court at Ni-
comedia, hearing that the Christians assembled on this day in
multitudes to celebrate Christ's birth, ordered the doors shut,
and the church set on fire, and 600 perished. This began the
10th persecution, which lasted 10 years, 303.
Christopher's, St., or St. Kitt's, a West India
island, discovered in 1493 by Columbus, who gave it his own
name. Settled by the English and French, 1623 or 1626.
Ceded to England by the peace of Utrecht, 1713. Taken by
the French in 1782, but restored the next year. Area, 65 sq.
miles; pop. 24,137.
Christ's Hospital (the Blue-coat school) was es-
tablished by Edward VI. 1553, on the site of the Gray Friars'
monastery, England. A mathematical ward was founded b}'^
Charles II. 1672. The Times ward was founded in 1841. The
edifice decaying, was rebuilt ; in 1822 a new infirmary was
completed, and in 1825 (25 Apr.) the duke of York laid the
first stone of the new hall. The subordinate school at Hert-
ford, for 416 younger boys and 80 girls, was founded in 1863.
Annual income (1870) about 70,000Z. The charity commis-
sioners' scheme to reform the administration was issued Aug.
1880.
Christ's thorn, conjectured to be the plant of which
our Saviour's crown of thorns was composed, came to England
from the south of Europe before 1596.
chro'iniimi (Gr. xpw/i«, color), a rare metal, discov-
ered by Vauquelin in 1797. It is found combined with iron
and lead, and gives color to the emerald.
Chromo-lithOgraphy. Printing in colors.
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chronicles. The earliest are of Jews, Chinese, and
Hindus. In Scripture there are 2 " Books of Chronicles."
BiBLK. Collections of British chronicles have been published
by Camden, Gale, etc., since 1602 ; in this century by the Eng-
lish Historical Society, etc. In England, in 1858, the master
of the rolls began to publish " Chronicles and Memorials of
Great Britain and Ireland during tlie Middle Ages" (still pro-
gressing, 1893) ; in 1845 Macray's " Manual of the British
Historians " was published.
ChronoiOg^y (the science of time) means the arrange-
ment of the events of history in order of succession, showing
the intervals between them. Among the numerous works on
chronology, the following are some of the most valuable : " De
Emendatione Temporum," by Joseph Scaliger, 1583, in which
were laid the foundations of modern chronological science.
" De Doctrina Temporum," by Petavius, 1627, with supple-
ment 1630, and " Rationarium Temporum," an abridgment,
1633. " Annales Veteris et Novi Testament!," by archbishop
Usher, 1650, the most widely received chronology of the Bible.
" The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms, amended," by sir
Isaac Newton, 1728. " L'Art de Verifier les Dates," compiled
by the Benedictines (Isted. 1750 ; 3d ed. in 38 vols. 8 vo., 1818-
1831). Playfair's " Chronology," 1784. Blair's " Chronology,"
1754 (new editions by sir H. Ellis in 1844, and by Mr. Rosse
in 1856). C. G. Zumpt's " Annales Veterum Regnorum," 1819.
The Oxford " Chronological Tables," 1838. Sir Harris Nich-
olas's " Chronology of History," 1833 ; new edition, 1852.
Hales's "Chronology," 1809-1814 ; 2d edition, 1830 ; Woodward
and Cates's " Encyclopaedia of Chronology," 1872. H. Fynes-
Clinton's " Fasti Hellenici " and " Fasti Romani " (1824-50).
" The Assyrian Eponyme Canon," by Geo. Smith, 1875.
Epocha, Eras.
chronoscope, an apparatus invented by prof. Wheat-
stone in 1840, to measure small intervals of time. It has
been applied to the velocity of projectiles and of the electric
current. One was invented by Pouillet, in 1844 ; others since.
Capt. Andrew Noble (engaged by sir William Armstrong) in-
vented an apparatus to determine the velocity of a projectile
within a gun ; a second is divided into millionths, and the
electric spark records the rate of the passage. It was exhib-
ited at Newcastle-on-Tyne in Aug. 1869, and in London in
Apr. 1870.
chrysanthemums were introduced into England
from China, about 1790; and many varieties since.
Chrysler's Field, Canada, Battle of. This battle
was fought near Cornwall, some 90 miles above Montreal, 11
Nov. 1813, when the Americans attempted to capture Montreal.
Gen. Wilkinson commanded the expedition, which utterly
failed, the defeat here being its culmination. The American
force engaged was probably not far from 5000 ; loss, 339 ; Brit-
ish loss, 187. Immediately after, Wilkinson recrossed the St.
Lawrence into winter quarters.
Chunar or Chunarghur, N.W. India, taken by
the British, 1763 ; ceded to them, 1768. Here was concluded
a treaty, 19 Sept. 1781, between the nabob of Oude and gov-
ernor Hastings, relieving the nabob of his debts to the East
India Company, on condition of his seizing and delivering to
the English the property of his mother and grandmother
(begums). It enabled the nabob to take the lands of Fyzoola
Khan, a Rohilla chief, settled at Rampoor, under guarantee of
the English. The nabob gave Mr. Hastings 100,000/. Be-
gums, Hastings's trial, Sheridan.
church (probablj'^ derived from the Gr. KvpiaKoq, per-
taining to the Lord, Kwpioc) signifies both a collected body
of Christians and the place where they meet. In the New
Testament, it signifies " congregation," in the original skkXt]-
aia. Christian architecture commenced with Constantine, who
erected at Rome churches called basilicas (from the Gr. /3a-
(TiXevg, a king) ; old St. Peter's about 330. His successors
erected others, and adopted heathen temples as places of wor-
ship. Architecture; Church of England, etc. ; Popes.
church congresses, English, meet annually since
1861.
Church of England has 3 orders of clergy-
bishops, priests, and deacons; 1892, 2 archbishops, 32 bish-
ops, with 13 suffragans and 5 a.ssistants, and 81 colonial
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;and missionary bishops. The other dignitaries are chan-
<;ellors, deans (of cathedrals and collegiate churches), arch-
deacons, prebendaries, canons, rainor canons, and priest-vicars :
these and the incumbents of rectories, vicarages, and chapelries,
make the number of preferments of the established church,
according to official returns, 1892, 14,260. Estimated aver-
age income from all sources— endowments, tithe, glebe, rent
value of residences, pew-rents, etc.— may be stated, 1892, at
7,250,000^. In Sept. 1880, the archbishop of Canterbury said
that he was in communion with 162 bishops. The following
are leading facts in her history : for details, refer to separate
articles.
Britain converted to Christianity ('•'Christo subdita," Tertul-
Han) 2d century
Invasion of the Saxons, 477; converted by Augustin and his
companions 596
Dunstan establishes the supremacy of the monastic orders,
about 960
Aggrandizement of the church, fostered by Edward the Con-
fessor, checked by William I. aad his successors 1066 et seq.
Contest between Henry II. and Becket respecting "Constitu-
tions of Clarendon " 1164:-70
Contest between national or English party and Roman party
(chiefly Norman) 11th and 12th centuries
John surrenders his crown to the papal legate 1213
Rise of the Lollards; Wickliffe publishes tracts against errors
of the church of Rome, 1356; and a version of the Bible about 1383
-Clergy regulated by Parliament, 1529; they lose the first-fruits, 1534
Royal supremacy imposed on the clergy by Henry VIII., 1531;
many suffer death for refusal 1535
Coverdale's Bible commanded to be read in churches "
" Six Articles of Religion " promulgated 1589
First Book of Common Prayer issued 1549
Clergy permitted to marry "
" Forty-two Articles of Religion " issued 1552
Roman forms restored ; Protestants persecuted by Mary 1553-58
Protestant forms restored by Elizabeth; Puritan dissensions
begin 1558-1603
"Thirty-nine Articles " pub 1563
Hampton Court conference with the Puritans 1604
New translation of the Bible pub 1611
Book of Common Prayer suppressed and Directory established
by Parliament 1644
Presbyterians established by the Commonwealth 1649
Act of uniformity (14 Chas. II. c. 4) passed; 2000 non-conform-
ing ministers resign their livings 1662
Attempts of James II. to revive Romanism; "Declaration of
Indulgence " pub 1687
Acquittal of the 7 bishops on a charge of "seditious libel" 1688
Non-juring bishops and others deprived (they formed a sepa-
rate communion) 1 Feb. 1691
" Queen Anne's Bounty " augmenting poor livings 1704
Fierce disputes, low church and high church; Henry Sacheve-
rell tried for seditious sermons; riots 1710
Bangorian controversy begins 1717
John Wesley and George Whitefield begin preaching 1738
Rise of the Evangelical party under Newton, Roraaine, and
others, latter part of 18th century.
Churches of England and Ireland united at the union 1800
Clergy Incapacitation act passed 1801
"Tracts for the Times," mostly by John Henry Newman (Nos.
1-90) pub. (much controversy ensues) 1833-41
Newman joins the Roman Catholic church 9 Oct. 1845
English Church Union, established 1859
" Essays and Reviews " pub. 1860 ; numerous replies issued. . 1861-62
[The church of England is now said to be divided into
High, Moderate, Low (or Evangelical), and Broad church:
the last including persons who hold the opinions of the late
Dr. Arnold, the late rev. F. D. Maurice, dean Stanley, the late
oanon Kingsley, and others.] F^stablishkd Church.
First church congresses l)egan at Cambridge, 1861; and at Ox-
ford July, 1862
Dr. Colenso, bishop of Natal, publishes his work on "The Pen-
tateuch," about Oct. 1862; the bishops, in convocation, de-
clare that it contains "errors of the gravest and most dan-
gerous character" 20 May, 1863
Bishop Colenso deposed by his metropolitan, Dr. Gray, bishop
of Cape Town 16 Apr. 1864
"Oxford Declaration" (authorship ascribed to archdeacon
Denison and Dr. Pusey) respecting eternal punishment, signed
on 25 Feb., and sent by post to the clergy at large for signa-
ture: about 3000 are said to have signed; presented to the
archbishop of Canterbury 12 May, "
Bishop of London's Fund, to relieve spiritual destitution in
London, established; queen Victoria promises (in 3 years)
3000^,, and prince of Wales lOOOZ 7 Mch. "
100,456/. received ; 70,003/.. promised 31 Dec. "
Bishop Colenso's appeal before the privy council, which de-
clared bishop Gray's proceedings void (a colonial bishop has
no authority not granted by Parliament or by the colonial
legislature) 21 Mch. 1865
■Queen Victoria engages to give 15,000/. in 10 years Apr. "
Meeting in London of 3 bi.shops, Dr. Pusey, and nearly 80 of
the clergy and laity, with counts Orloff and Tolstse, and the
Russian chaplain,' to consider union of English and Russian
churches 15 Nov. "
Church Association (against popery and ritualism) established, "
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^'hi.''L^'f4'^''nL^'"^'J°?|P^°^«°<=«' esubiiVheV Vyn^'s. calls
his see " The Church of South Africa » .'. . . eaVlv in
^"nT.i^r'^'f '^ ^^''I'y "^^f^^^s ^« support colonial bishops
England^^ '^ ^^^ formularies of the church of
Excitement' o^er "the 'pVogr'ess' of rituilVsm; ". '. '. ". ! ". '. :8;pT!nov°
Bishop Colenso i;. Gladstone and others (trustees of the cZ'-
th«^^.'l'^"P'■'^ '^"°^' '■«'■ ^'« ^^^^y' Verdict of m^t«? of
the rolls for .plaintiff, with costs « Vo°
tw?n v/1*'h "''f™''''^"" "^ ritualism by bishops in'convocal
tion, 13 I" eb. ; lower house concur. ^^^v^
Bishop of Salisbury (Dr. Hamilton), in'a'chur'ch.'k^^^rte the
supernatural gifts of priests, and divine presere in tSS
sacrament ; public protest tg w^i
Trial in Court of Arches: Martin v. MackoAochi;,' VespectinR
extreme ritualistic practices at St. Alban's, HolborT^ casi
QGIGrrGQ ()i vr„„
Royal Ritualistic commission to consider rubrics in the prayer-
book, table of lessons, etc., 3 June; first report, censurinjr
innovation, signed _ ' 19 auk
Pan- Anglican Synod at Lambeth 24^27 Sent
Ritualists meet in St. James's hall, claim' ii'bert'y." ' ' 19 Nov
Case of Martin v. Mackonochie, begun 4 Dec, lasted *14 davs'-
resumed 16-18 Jan'
Proposal of bishop Gray of Cape "Town 'to ' c'o'n's'ecrate Mr
Macrorie bishop of Natal instead of bishop Colenso, disap-
proved by English and Scotch bishops ! . . Jan
Bishop of London's Fund, received 312,309/ 31 Jan
Martin v. Mackonochie decided for plaintiff ; use of incense
mixing water with the wine, and elevation of the elements!
in the sacrament, forbidden 28 Mch.
Great meeting at St. James's hall in defence of Irish church
establishment; 23 bishops present 6 May,
Martin v. Mackonochie: appeal ca.se; verdict for plaintiff, de-
claring certain ritualistic practices illegal 23 Dec.
Warm meeting of ritualists at St. James's hall 12 Jan.
Martin v. Mackonochie : defendant censured by privy council
for evading sentence 4 Dec.
Bishop of London's Fund— 411,839/. received ; July,
Rev. Mr. Mackonochie suspended for 3 months by privy council
for evading former sentence 25 Nov.
Rev. C. Voysey sentenced to be deprived for heresy; ap-
peal to judicial committee of privy council disallowed,
10 Feb. ;
Hebbert v. Piirchas, of Brighton; verdict against defendant for
breach of ecclesiastical law; a great defeat of the ritualists;
causes excitement '. 23 Feb.
Mr. Miall's resolution for disestablishing the church of Eng-
land defeated in the commons (374-89) 9 May,
Sheppard v. Bennett (for teaching the divine presence in the
sacrament); appeal to privy council, 28 Nov. ; judgment ad-
journed 2 Dec.
Bishop of London's Fund — received 441,199/ 31 Dec.
Convocation authorized to consider alterations in Prayer-book,
Feb.
Rev. John Purchas, of Brighton, suspended for one year, from
[He died 18 Oct.] 18 Feb.
Sheppard r. Bennett; judgment for defendant, who is censured,
8 June,
Memorial (signed by 60,200 persons) against Romanist teach-
ing, etc., in the church, presented at Lambeth to the arch-
bishop by the Church Association 5 May,
Archbishops in reply admit the danger, and recognize their
duty, as well as the difiiculties of action, saying, "We live
in an age when all opinions and beliefs are keenly criticised,
and when there is less inclination than ever was before to
respect authority in matters of opinion. In every state, in
every religious community, almost in every family, the effect
of this unsettled condition may be traced " 1 June,
Mr. Miall's motion for disestablishing the church lost (356-61),
16 May,
Archdeacon Denison, Dr. Pusey, canons Liddon and Liddell,
and others, publish a declaration in favor of confession and
absolution in Times 6 Dec.
Archdeacon Denison attacks the bishops in a Latin pamphlet,
" Episcopatus Bilinguis " Dec.
Public Worship Regulation act brought in by the archbishops,
20 Apr. ; royal assent 7 Aug.
Addresses to archbishops largely signed for and against a dis-
tinctive dress for minister during holy communion Sept.
New society formed by bishops of Manchester, Carlisle, and
Edinburgh, and others, to promote union with orthodox dis-
Bishop of London's Fu'ridllsOO, 187/. received or promised. . Nov.
Martin v. Mackonochie : new suit in Court of Arches (see 1867,
etc.) 26 Nov. ; Mackonochie to be suspended for 6 weeks and
pay costs "^ ^^•
Pastoral of archbishops and bishops (bishops of Salisbury and
Durham excepted) to clergy and laity (counselling modera-
tion and forbearance) dated 1 Mch.
Mackonochie declines to appeal; excitement at his church;
rev. A. Stanton and congregation celebrate communion at
St. Vedasfs, Foster lane 27 June et &Bq.
Several clergymen secede to Rome v •••,•• j* „
Public Worship Regulation act: new court, under lord Pen-
zance, meet at Lambeth palace ; first case the parish of Folke-
stone V. rev. Charles Joseph Ridsdale, 4 Jan. ; verdict for
plaintiffs teo.
Reported negotiation' of ritualistic ministers with Rome dis-
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claimed by Mr. Mackonochlo nnd alwut 100 others in Timf*,
i Feb. 187G
'English Church Union" deny authority of secular court in
matters spirituiil. at II moeiinK 16 Jan. 1877
Address to archl)i8ho|>8 nntt bisltop? (signed by Dr. Church,
dean of St Taul's, and other deans and canons) against Pub-
lic Worship Hegulalion act, etc., requiring legislation in oc-
clesiastiail affairs to \hs made by church synods and adopted
bv Parliament 3 Apr. *'
Both arvhbishoivs vote for permitting dissenters' fUneral ser-
vice in churth yards 17 May, '«
Bishop of lA)ndon"8 Fund ret-eivod 571,697/ lune, "
Declaration of above 41,000 (clergy and laity) and pro|)08od pe-
tition to queen Victoria against judgment in the Kid.sdHlo case,
July, «'
Ninety-six i^eers (duke of Westminster and others) address arch-
bishop of Canterbury against auricular confession, " Priest
In Absolution," etc about 9 Aug. "
Pan-Auglitan Congress at Lambeth, etc 2-27 July, 1878
New rubrics in pniyorlwok agreed to by the convocation, 4
July ; act passed bv oonvtH-ation Aug. 1879
Dr. Julius V. bishop" of Oxford (for not prosecuting rev. Mr.
Carter, of Clewer), Queen's Bench; verdict against bishop,
1879; reversed by House of Ix)rd8; bishop may, but is not
compelled to, prosecute 22 Mch. 1880
John Baghot de la Bere, jun., vicar of Prestbury, Gloucester-
shire, deprived for disobedience in ritualism, etc., by Court
of Arches 21 Dec. 1880, and 8 Jan. 1881
Memorial to archbishop of Canterbury from 5 deans (Dr. Church,
dean of SL Paul's, and other clergymen) for toleration of di-
vergence in ritualistic practice 10 Jan. "
Counter-memorial firom bishops Parry and Ryan, dean Close,
and other deans and clergymen, opposing toleration of un-
sortptural practices 31 Jan. "
Mr. Mai-konochie's appeal to the lords dismissed; sentence of
3 years' suspension aflSrmcd 7 Apr. "
Catholic league formed June, 1882
Death of Dr. K. B. Pysey 16 Sept. "
Rev. A. Mackonochie resigns living of St. Alban's, Holbom, at
request of archbishop of Canterbury 1 Dec. "
"Official Year book of the Church of England " first pub 1883
Church of England Purity Society (White Cross Army) 1884
Proposed disestablishment of the church of Wales negatived in
the commons (241-220) 9 Mch. 1886
Twenly-eighth Church Congress at Manchester; disputed ques-
tions boldly discussed 1 Oct. 1888
Thirty-first Church Congress at Rhyl 6 Oct. 1891
A declaration of faith in the inspiration of the Bible on the
testimony of the universal church, independently of human
criticism. Signed by dean Goulburn and 37 other eminent
clergymen "
Ctaurcll of France. St. Pothinus preached Chris-
tianity to the Gauls about 160; became bishop of Lyons, and
suffered martyrdom with others, 177. For the reformed church,
HUGUKNOTS, PbOTESTANTS.
Mission of 7 bishops arrived in 245; followed by severe perse-
cution. 286-288
Christianity tolerated by Constantius Chlorus 292
Council of Aries convoked by Constantine, about 600 bishops
present; the Donatists condemned 314
Christianity established by Clovis 496
Pragmatic sanction of St. Louis restraining the pope's imposi-
tions, and restoring the election of bishops, etc 1269
Pragmatic sanction of Bourges, setting general councils above
pope, and prohibiting appeals to him 1438
Concordat of Leo X. and Francis L annulling the pragmatic
sanction 18 Aug. 1516
Disputes between Jesuits and Jansenists 1640
Declaration of clergy (drawn by Bossuet) in accordance with
pragmatic sanctions, confirmed by king 23 Mch. 1682
Jansenists excommunicated by bull Unigenitus 1713
Concordat with Pius VII. and Napoleon 1801 and 1813
Principles of concordat of Leo X. restored by Pius VII. and
Louis XVIII 1817
Archbishop of Paris and other prelates resist dogma of papal-
infallibility at council at Rome 1870
Clergy at first support Napoleon III. ; but oppose his Italian
policy, 1852-70; support MacMahon's ministry, in elections,
Sept., Oct. 1877
Eighteen archbishops, 77 bishop& ««
Abb6 Bongaud reckons 2658 parishes without priests, and 3000
parishes without churches 1878
Church of Ireland, founded by St. Patrick in 5th
century; accepted Reformation about 1650; United Church of
England and Ireland formed in 1800. Bishops; Irkland,
1868.
'* An act to put an end to the establishment of the church ol
Ireland," introduced by Mr. Gladstone, 1 Mch. ; vote for sec-
ond reading, 368; against, 250; 2 a.m., 24 Mch.; for third
reading, 361 ; against, 247 31 May, 1869
Introduced in lords by earl Granville, 1 June; read third time,
12 July; some amendments by the lords accepted, others
rejected by the commons; royal assent (to come into eff"ect,
1 Jan. 1871) 26 July, "
Address of bishops to clergy and laity dated 18 Aug. "
Meeting of general synod of Irish church in St. Patrick's cathe-
dral, Dublin, for reorganization of general council. . .14 Sept. "
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Conference of laitv ; duke of Aborcorn chairman 13 Oct. 1869'
Church of Ireland'disestablished 1 Jan. 1871
A sustonlation fund established (well supported) •'
First elected bishop (Dr. Maurice Day, bishop of Cashel) con-
secrated at St. Patrick's, Dublin 14 Apr. 1872'
New ecclesiastical court meets; tries a case of ritual practices,
26 June. "
Irish Church act amended Juno, "
Received for the sustonUition ftind, 33,573?. up to 31 Doc. "
First bishop oloctod l)y clergy and laity of Kilmore, etc., arch-
deacon Darloy (12 <-andidales) 23 Sei)t. 1874
Alleged migration of clergy to England autumn, "
Warm discussion upon revision of the liturgy May, 1878-
Church of iScotland. Bishops in Scotland.
On the abolition of Episcopacy, in 16S8, Presbyterian ism be-
came the established religion. Its formulary of faith, said to
have been compiled by John Knox in 1660, was approved by
Parliament and ratified in 1567, settled by act of the Scottish
senate in 1696, and secured by treaty of union with England
in 1707. The church is regulated by 4 courts — the general
assembly, the synod, the presbytery, and kirk sessions. Pres-
BYTKKiANS. For important secessions, Buugher.s,1732; Free
Church, 1843.
First general assembly of the church 20 Dec. 1560-
[General assembly is the highest ecclesiastical court; it
meets annually in I<idinburgh in May, and sits about 10 days.
It consists of a grand commissioner, appointed by the sover-
eign, and delegates from presbyteries, royal boroughs, and
univensities, some being laymen. To it all appeals from in-
ferior ecclesiastical courts lie, and its decision is final.]
Patronage abolished after 1 Jan. 1875; act passed 7 Aug. 1874
Church, ProtCitant Episcopal, in the
United States. Immediately after the Revolution action was
taken by the members of the Anglican church in the U. S. to
establish a church conforming to the English church as near as
was practicable under another government. Connecticut inde-
pendently called a convention at Woodbury in 1783, and chose
Samuel Seabury bishop, provided he should be consecrated by
Anglican bishops. Seabury proceeded to England and remained
there a year, but failed to secure consecration. He went to Scot-
land, where he was consecrated by nonjuring bishops. Bish-
ops, Nonjurors. An informal meeting, held at New Bruns-
wick, N. J., May, 1784, called a conference of churchmen at
New York, Oct. 1784. This conference was attended by mem-
bers from Pennsj'lvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia; also by Connecticut, which, however, took
no part. The general principles adopted for the regulation
of the church were: (1) it should be a federal constitutional
church; (2) the several states to be its units; (3) its govern-
ing body to include both clergy and laymen ; (4) the forms of
worship of the church of England to be followed, making only
such changes in worship and discipline as the changed polit-
ical situation rendered necessary ; (5) to confer no powers on
the general governing body but such as could not be exercised
by the local church. This convention assumed the power to
summon the members of the churches in the different states
to send delegates to a constitutional convention to be held at
Philadelphia, Sept. 1785. This convention — the first regular
convention of the Protestant Episcopal church in the U. S. —
met at Philadelphia, 27 Sept.-7 Oct. 1785. New York, New-
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and South
Carolina were represented; the rev. William White, D.D., of
Pennsylvania (afterwards bishop), chosen president. The
second convention was held at Philadelphia, 20-26 June, 1786 ;
rev. David Griflith, president. At the third, held at Wilming-
ton, Del., 10-11 Oct. 1786, rev. William White, of Pennsyl-
vania, and rev. Samuel Provoost, of New York, were sent to
England for consecration. Bishops, Episcopal. The fourth
convention, held at Philadelphia, 28 Jiily-8 Aug. 1789 ; bishop
White, president. First house of bishops organized, 6 Oct.
1789. The general convention is held triennially, and is
composed of the house of bishops and house of deputies; the
deputies consist of 4 clergymen and 4 laymen from each dio-
cese.
list of the dioceses of the church, when ORGANIZED,
AND THEIR FIRST BISHOPS.
Name of diocese. Organized. First bishop.
Connecticut 1783. . . .Samuel Seabury 1784
Penn.sylvania 1784. . . .William White 1787
New York 1785 Samuel Provoost "
Virginia " ... ..Tames Madison 1790
Maryland 1783. . . .Thomas John Claggett 1792
South Carolina 1785 Robert Smith 1795
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First bishop.
.Edward Bass. ..
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Name of diocese. Organized.
Massachusetts 1784. . . .Edward Bass 1797
Eastern (including)
all the New Eng- I Alexander Viets Griswold (the
land states except f only bishop) 1811
Connecticut) J
New Jersey 1782 John Croes 1815
Ohio 1818 Philander Chase 1819
North Carolina 1816 lohn Stark Ravenscroft 1823
Vermont 1790 John Henry Hopkins 1832
Kentucky 1829 Benjamin Bosworth Smith "
Tennessee 1828 James Hervey Otey 1834
Chicago, 111 1835. . . .Philander Chase 1835
Michigan 1832 Samuel Allen McCoskry 1836
Western New York. . .1838 William Heathcote De Lancey. . 1839
Georgia 1823 Stephen Elliott 1841
, . Leonidas Polk "
..Alfred Lee "
, .John Prentiss Kewly Henshaw. 1843
. .Carlton Chase 1844
. .Nicholas Hamner Cobbs "
..Cicero Stephens Hawks "
, .George Burgess 1847
. .George Upfold 1849
..William Mercer Green 1850
, .Francis Huger Rutledge 1851
. .Jackson Kemper 1854
. .Henry Washington Lee "
. .William Ingraham 1857
. . Alexander Gregg 1859
. . Henry Benjamin Whipple.' "
. .Thomas Hubbard Vail 1864
Louisiana 1838.,
Delaware 1786.,
Rhode Island 1790.,
New Hampshire 1802. ,
Alabama 1830..
Missouri 1839.,
Maine 1820.,
Indiana 1838..
Mississippi 1825 . ,
Florida 1838..
Milwaukee (formerly) -.q.„
Wisconsin) |i»4'-
Iowa 1853..
California 1850..
Texas 1849.
Minnesota 1857.,
Kansas 1859.,
Pittsburg, Pa 1865 John Barrett Kerfoot 1866
Nebraska 1868
Oregon " .
Long Island " .
Albany " .
Central New York. ... " .
Easton, Md " .
Central Pennsylvania . 1871 .
Western Michigan 1874.
Southern Ohio 1875.
Fond du Lac " .
Quincy, 111 1877.
West Virginia " .
Springfield, 111 " .
Newark, N.J 1874.
East Carolina 1883.
. . Robert Harper Clarkson.
...Benjamin Weston Morris
...Abraham Newkirk Littlejohn.
. . . William Croswell Doane
...Frederic Dan Huntington
. . .Henry Champlin Lay
. . .Mark Antony De Wolf Howe.
. . .George De Normandie Gillespi
. . .Thomas Augustus Jagger "
. . .John Henry Hobart Brown "
. . . Alexander Burgess 1878
. . .George William Peterkin "
. . .George Franklin Seymour "
. . .Thomas Alford Stark ey 1880
Alfred Augustine Watson 1884
1869
1871
1875
Colorado 1887 John Franklin Spalding 1887
The Platte 1890 Anson Roger Graves 1890
West Missouri " Edwin Robert Atwill "
The church has also (1893) 12 domestic missions, extending
from Alaska to New Mexico, each with a missionary bishop,
besides 7 foreign missions, 5019 churches, 632,054 communi-
cants-, value of church property, $82,000,000.
Chiircli, Roman Cattiolie. This church
claims to be the only true beatific church, and finds its adherents
chiefly among the Latin nations. It further claims an unbroken
line of pontiffs from St. Peter (the present pope Leo XIIL being
the 263d successor). The metropolitan position of the city of
Rome at the time of the introduction of Christianity fostered
the idea of supremacy. The chief ecclesiastic, the bishop of
liome, assumed the control of the church in Italy, and to some
extent in Gaul and Africa, during the 2d and 3d centuries.
The emperors leaving Rome, its prestige exalted the popes.
Its growth was helped by the wide diffusion of the Latin
tongue and the eminence of the fathers of the first 5 centuries ;
the cross taking the place of the crown, the pope of the em-
peror. For many centuries this was the church of all western
Europe. Its history quite naturally falls into 3 divisions :
{!) Graeco-Latin Catholicism, from the 2d to the 7th century,
the inheritance of all churches, and some of the theology of
the later Greek, Protestant, and Roman Catholic churches.
<2) The Roman Catholic church proper, from the 7th to the 15th
century, still the church of all western Europe, with the con-
■ version of barbarians and the growth of the papal hierarchy,
of secular in connection with spiritual power. (3) Modern
Romanism from 1563; divided into Tridentine Romanism
(the church as against the Reformation) and Vatican Ro-
manism (as against Rationalism and Gallicanism). The
title of the pope is " supreme pontiff of the universal
church, bishop of Rome, vicar of Jesus Christ, successor of
St. Peter, prince of apostles, patriarch of the west, primate
•of Italy, archbishop and metropolitan of the Roman prov-
ince, sovereign of the temporal dominions of the Holy Ro-
man church." Councils, Early Fathkrs, Edicts, Jesu-
its, Popes, Reformation, Roman Catholics in England,
Churcli, Roman Catholic, in the United
States. This church began in early colonial days, and formal-
ly occupied the south and west as early as 1520. Its recent
rapid growth is largely due to immigration from Catholic
countries of Europe. The Spanish Catholics, as early as 1520,
established, in what is now Arizona and New Mexico, the dio-
cese of Mexico, called Guadalajara (1548-1620) and Durango
(1620-1850). The diocese of Guadalajara (1548-1777) is now
Texas ; the diocese of Quebec (French Catholics) extended
east and west of the Mississippi from its mouth (1670-1776).
The part west of the Mississippi was annexed to the diocese of
Santiago de Cuba (Spanish, 1777-87), which included Spanish
Florida (1522-1787). Along the line of the great lakes, in-
cluding northern New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, and
Maine, was the diocese of Rouen (French, 1609-57) ; changed
to the vicariate-apostolic of New France, 1657-70; and to the
vicariate-apostolic of Quebec, 1670-1789. In Maryland was
established the vicariate-apostolic of England, 1632-88; after-
wards the vicariate-apostolic of London, 1688-1785. In 1790
John Carroll of Baltimore, the first Roman Catholic bishop in
the U. S., assumed supervision of i^he whole country as the dio-
cese of Baltimore, by bull issued by pope Pius VI. under the
seal of the Fisherman's ring, 6 Nov. 1789. In 1808 it was
divided, by bull issued by pope Pius VII., 8 Apr., and the sees
of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown, Ky., erect-
ed, with Richard Luke Concanen as bishop of New York (he,
however, never reached New York; dying at Naples, 1810);
Michael Egan, bishop of Philadelphia, 1810; John Cheverus,
bishop of Boston, 1810; Benedict Joseph Flaget, bishop of Bards-
town, 1810; and John Connolly, bishop of New York, 1814.
John McCloskey, archbishop of New York, was made a cardinal,
15 Mch. 1875, the first in the U. S. The present cardinal is
James Gibbon, Baltimore, from 7 June, 1886. The following is
a list of the several provinces, archdioceses, and dioceses in the
U. S., 1893, with the year of their establishment, and their first
archbishop or bishop.
HIERARCHY.
Province of Baltimore. — See erected, 1789. 1st bi.shop, John Carroll.
Archdiocese of Baltimore. — Established, 1808. 1st archbishop, John
Carroll.
Diocese. Established. Ist bishop.
Charleston 1820 John England.
Richmond 1821 Patrick Kelly.
Savannah 1850 Francis X. Gartland.
St. Augustine 1870 Augustin Verot.
Wheeling 1850 Richard Vincent
Wilmington 1868 Thos. A. Becker.
Province of Boston. — See erected, 1808. 1st bishop, John Cheverus.
Archdiocese of Boston. — Established, 1875. 1st archbishop, John
Joseph Williams.
Diocese. Established. 1st bishop.
Burlington 1853 Louis De Goesbriaud.
Hartford 1844. . . .William Tyler.
Manchester 1884 Denis M. Bradley.
Portland 1855 David W. Bacon.
Providence 1872 Thos. F. Hendricken.
Springfield 1870 Patrick Thos. O'Reilly.
Province of Chicago. — See erected, 1844. 1st bishop, William Quar-
ters.
Archdiocese of Chicago. — Established, 1880. 1st archbishop, Patrick
A. Feehan.
Diocese. Established. 1st bishop.
Alton 1857 Henry D. Juncker.
Belleville 1887 John Janssen.
Peoria 1877 John L. Spalding.
Province of Cincinnati.— See erected, 1821. 1st bishop, Edward
Dominic Fenwick.
A rchdiocese of Cmcmwait.— Established, 1833. 1st archbishop, John
Baptist Purcell.
Diocese. Established. 1st bishop.
Cleveland 1847..
Columbus 1868. .
Covington 1H53. .
Detroit 1832..
Fort Wayne 1857. .
Grand Rapids 1882. .
Louisville (Bardstown) 1808. .
Nashville 1837. .
, .Amadeus Rappe.
.S. H. Rosecrans.
.George Aloysius Carrell.
, . Frederick Rese.
, .J. H. Luers.
.Henry J. Richter.
. .Benedict Jos. Flaget.
, .Richard Pius Miles.
Vincennes 1834 Simon Gabriel Burte.
Province of Milwaukee.— ?>ee erected, 1844. 1st bishop, John Mar-
tin Henni.
Archdiocese, of Milwaukee.— EsXabWsheA, 1875. 1st archbishop, John
Martin Henni.
Diocese. Established. 1st bishop.
Green Bay 1868 Joseph Melcher.
La Crosse " Michael Heiss.
Marquette 1857 Frederic
iBt bishop, Luis
1st archbishop
Ut bithop.
.John Mary Oden.
.Andrew Byrne.
.Michael Porticr.
.John M. J. Chanche.
.Augustus M. Martin.
.Anthony 1). Pellicer.
, 1808. Isl bishop, R. Luke
8. 1st bishop, Patrick
1875. 1st archbishop,
Ist bishop.
.Jas. McGolrick.
.John Shanley.
.OttoZardetti.
.M. Martin Marly.
.J. B. Cotter.
1st bishop, Francis 6.
Established, 1853. 1st archbishop,
Province of California.— See erected, 1840.
D. y Moreno.
Archdiocese of San Francisco.
Joseph Sadoc Alemany.
Diocese. Established. Ist bishop.
Monterey and Los Angeles . . . .1850. . . .Jos. Sadoc Alemany
Sacramento 1886. . . .P. Manogue.
Province of Santa Fe.—See erected, 1850. 1st bishop, J. B I^my
Archdiocese of Santa fe.— Established, 187.5. 1st archbishop, J. B.
Diocese. Established. 1st bishop.
Oenver. 1887. . . .Nicholas Chrysostome Matz.
There are also the vicariate apostolics of North Carolina, of Browns-
viUe Tex. of Idaho, of Uttih, and of Arizona, and the prefecture-
?£S? .u^ ^^ *^® '°*^'*° Territory. According to the census of
™iof'L®,.'^®''® ^^-^21 churches. Value of church property
1118,381,516; number of communicants, 6,250,045.
church SCrviCCi were ordered bv pope Vitellianus
to be read in Latin, 663; by queen Elizabeth, in 1558, to be
read in English.
.Church-ratC§. Church repairs, in the church of
England, belong to the parishioners, who alone, in vestry, tax
thenoselves for the cost. Payment, which is continually dis-
puted by dissenters and others, was enforced by ecclesiastical
courts. Many attempts were made to abolish church-rates
before Mr. Gladstone's "Compulsorv Church-rate Abolition"
bUl passed, 31 July, 1868.
Compulsory church-rates for Scotland repealed in the com-
mons (204-143) llJuly, 1877
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JFVoetiiee of New Orleotu.— See erected, 1793.
Penalver y Cardenaa.
ArdUKocete of New Orleatu. — Established, 1835.
Anthony Blanc.
DIoMM. Established.
Galveston 1847...
LitUe Rock 1843. . .
Mobile 1824...
Natchez 1837. . .
Natchitoches 1853. . .
San Antonio 1874. . .
Province of New York. — See erected.
Concunen (Dominican).
Artkdiocese of New ForJIc— Established, 1850. 1st archbishop (1850),
John Hughes.
Diocese. EsUblished. let bishop.
Albany 1847 John McCloskey.
Brooklyn 1853 John Loughlin.
Buffalo 1847 John Timon.
Newark 1863 Ja.s. R, Bavlev.
Ogdensburg 1872 Edgar P. Wadhams.
Rochester 1868 Bernard J. McQuaid.
Syracuse 1886 P. A. Ludden.
Trenton 1881. . . .M. J. O'Farrell.
Province of Ort-fjon. See erected (archbishopric), 1846, including
portions of British America. 1st archbishop, Francis N. Blanche!.
Archdiocesf of Oregon City. Ist archbishop under the United
States, 1853. Francis N. Blanchet.
Diocese. EsUblished. Ist bishop.
Helena, Mont 1884 John B. Broudel.
Nesqually, Wash 1850. , . . A. M. A. Blanchet
Vancouver's Island, B. C 1847 Modesto Demers.
Province of Philadelphia. — See erected, 1»
Michael Egan.
Archdiocese of PAt7adcZpftta. — Established
James Frederic Wood.
Diocese. Established. 1st bishop.
Erie 1854 Michael O'Connor.
Harrisburg 1868 J. F. Shanahan.
Pittsburg. 1843. . . .Michael O'Connor.
Scranton 1868. . . .Wm. O'Hara.
Province of Si. Louis.— See erected, 1826. 1st bishop, Joseph Rosati.
Archdiocese of St. Z-oui«.— Established, 1847. 1st archbishop, Peter
Richard Kenrick.
Diocese. Established. Ist bishop.
Cheyenne 1887.... M. F. Burke.
Concordia, Kans " Richard .Scannell.
Davenport 1881 . . . .John McMullen.
Dubuque 1837. . . .Mathias Loras
Kansas City and St. Joseph's, 1}^} ..John J. Hogan.
I^avenworth 1877. . . .Louis M. Fink.
I'incoln 1887. . . .Thos. Bonacum.
Omaha. 1885. . . .Jas. O'Connor.
Wichita 1887. . . .John Joseph Hennessy.
Province of St. Paul. —See erected, 1850. 1st bishop. Joseph Cretin.
Archdiocese of St. Paui.— Established, 1888. 1st archbishop, John
Ireland.
Diocese. Established.
Duluth 1889. . .
Jamestown, N. Dak "
St. Cloud " '/,',
Sioux Falls " *."
Winona "
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Church-wardeil»i, officers of the church of Enj!
land, appointed by the first canon of the synod of Loudon ii>
1127. Parish overseers were appointed by the same body, and
they continue nearly as then constituted. — Johnson's Canons.
Church-wardens, by canons of 1603, are chosen annually. In
the U. S. annually at Easter.
Ciborilini, in early Christian times, a protection to
the altar-table, first a tabernacle, afterwards a baldachin over
the altar, and a canopy in solemn processions; also a vessel,
for the eucharist.
cider (Ger. Zider), first made in England and called wine,
about 1284. The earl of Manchester, ambassador in France,
is said to have passed off cider for wine. It was subjected to
excise duty in 1763; taken off in 1830. Many orchards were
planted in Herefordshire by lord Scudamore, ambassador from
Charles I. to France. John Philips published his poem " Cy-
der" in 1706. The cider of Newark, N. J., is superior, and
much of it is sold as champagne.
Cilicia, in Asia Minor, became a Roman province about
64 B.C., and was conquered by the Turks, 1 387 a.d.
Cimbri, a Teutonic race from Jutland, invaded the Ho-
man empire about 120 b.c. They defeated the Romans, under
Cneius Papirius Carbo, 113 b.c. ; under the consul Marcus Si-
lanus, 109 b.c., and under Caspio Manlius, at Arausio, on the
banks of the Rhine, where 80,000 Romans were slain, 105 b.o.
Their allies, the Teutones, were defeated by Marius in 2 bat-
tles at Aquae Sextiae (Aix) in Gaul; 200,000 were killed, and
70,000 made prisoners, 102 b.c. The Cimbri were defeated by
Marius and Catulus, at Campus Raudius, when about to enter
Italy; 120,000 were killed, and 60,000 taken prisoners, 101
B.C. Afterwards merged in the Teutones or Saxons.
CimentO (It. experiment). The " Accademia del Ci-
mento," at Florence, held its first meeting for scientific experi-
ments, 18 June, 1657. It was patronized by Ferdinand, grand
duke of Tuscany. The Nuovo Ciinento, a scientific periodical,,
first issued at Pisa, 1855.
cinchona. Chinchona.
Cincinnati, the ist city in Ohio and the 9th in the
United States (1890) in point of population, is situated on the
north bank of the Ohio river; first known as Losanteville (I'os-
ante-ville), " the town opposite the mouth," being established
opposite the mouth of the Licking river, in the winter of 1788-
1789. It received its present name in 1790. In 1795, it con-
tained 94 cabins, 10 frame houses, and about 500 inhabitants,,
and in 1800 its population was 750; 1810, 2540; 1820, 9602;
1830,24,831; 1840,46,338; 1850,115,436; 1860,161,044; 1870,
216,239; 1880, 255,139; 1890, 296,908. Area, 24^ sq. miles;
lat. 39° 9' N., Ion. 84° 25' W. .
Israel Ludlow and about 20 others cross the Ohio from the
mouth of the Licking and commence the settlement of Lo-
santeville 28 Dec. 1788
First log-cabin erected; on present Front, east of Main St., Jan. 1789
Major Doughty arrives with about 140 men from fort Harmar,
on the Muskingum, June, 1789, and erects fort Washington
on line of Third si., between Broadway and Lawrence sts. ;
fort completed Nov. "
A Presbyterian house of worship erected on lot bounded by
Main, Walnut, Fourth, and Fifth sts 1792
First post-offlce established ; Abner Dunn, postmaster 1793
William Maxwell establishes the Centinel of the North-Western
Territory, first newspaper 9 Nov. "
Nova Cesarea Harmony Lodge of Free Masons organized, 27 Dec. 1794
Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette first pub 28 May, 1799
First recorded celebration of Independence day 4 July, "
Contract made for a new court-house, to replace the old one of
logs, on west side of Main, near Fifth st 1801
First sea-going vessel to descend the Ohio; built at Marietta,
and of 100 tons, passes Cincinnati bound for the West Indies,
(Ohio) 27 Apr. "
Cincinnati theatre established 30 Sept. "
Bill passes legislature to remove seat of government from Chil-
licothe to Cincinnati, by vote of 12 to 8 19 Dec. "
Town of Cincinnati incorporated. Jan. 1802
Town library company formed 6 Mch. "
Plat of town of Cincinnati recorded 29 Apr. '*
U. S. reservation around fort Washington sold by direction of
the secretary of the treasury 180ft
First steamboat built in Cincinnati 181ft
Branch of U. S. bank opened 28 Jan. 1817
Christ church, the oldest Episcopal society in Cincinnati, of
which William Henry Harrison, afterwards president of the ^,
U. S., was a vestryman, organized 18 May. "
Cincinnati college incorporated by legislature at session 1818-11>
Cincinnati incorporated as a city 181*
CIN 175
Col. Samuel W. Davis obtains a charter, May, 1817, granting
the exclusive privilege of laying water-pipes, etc., in the
streets of the city for 99 years, and erects a pumping-station
on the river above Deer creek, supplying wrater to the city
through wooden pipes 1819
Western Methodist Book Concern established 1824
Residence of Jacob Burnet, distinguished citizen, on northwest
cor. of Seventh and Elin sts., built "
Medical college of Ohio chartered Dec. 1825
Cincinnati Gazette issued as a daily 1826
Cincinnati Water Company incorporated "
Ohio Mechanical Institute chartered and established in north
wing of Cincinnati college 1828
First lodge of Odd Fellows in Ohio instituted in Cincinnati,
23 Dec. 1830
Common-school system founded 1831
St. Xavier college established "
Flood which submerged the whole lower level of the city so
that steamboats passed through Second St., winter of 1831-32
Pearl st. first opened 1832
Cincinnati Orphan asylum at Mount Auburn, the oldest charity
of the kind in the west, chartered 1833
Lane theological seminary incorporated, 1829; opened *'
First city bonds issued 1834
Locks on the Miami and Erie canal at Cincinnati completed. . . "
Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company bank incorporated;
banking-house cor. Main and Third sts ''
Young Men's Mercantile Library Association chartered, 5 Jan. 1836
Daily paper, the Cincinnati Times-Star, established. "
Daily Volksbtatt established 1838
Superior court established "
Cim'innati Academy of Fine Arts organized 18 Oct. "
Chamber of Commerce instituted 22 Oct. 1839
Little Miami railroad built 1840
Cincinnati Gaslight and Coke Company, with exclusive right to
lay gas-mains in the city for 25 years, incorporated 1841
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, daily, established "
Cincinnati Enquirer first issued 1842
Cincinnati Wesleyan college founded "
Cincinnati Astronomical society organized. May, 1842, and cor-
ner-stone of observatory laid by John Quincy Adams, on sum-
rait of Mount Adams 9 Nov. 1843
[Building sold in 1872 to the Passionist Fathers.]
St. Peter's cathedral begun, 1839; consecrated 1844
[The altar, of Carrara marble, is the work of Hiram Powers.]
Spring Grove cemetery consecrated 1845
Cincinnati Law library chartered, 1834; established 1846
Pleasant Hill academy founded, 1833; incorporated as Farmer's
college. "
Law enacted to prevent hogs running at large in the streets. . . 1848
Burnet house, on northwest corner Third and Vine sts., built, 1849
German Protestant Orphan asylum established "
Literary club organized "
Cincinnati Relief Union founded 1850
Cincinnati House of Refuge opened "
Cincinnati Volkafreund established "
Chime of 13 bells presented to St. Peter's cathedral by Reuben
R. Springer "
Miami Medical college established 1852
Jacob Burnet dies 27 Apr. 1853
City building erected "
Court-house of Hamilton county erected " .
Hughes's High-school built at a cost of $25,000 "
Erection of Woodward high-school begun ''
Paid steam fire department organized "
Cincinnati public library and reading-room established 1S56
Mount Auburn Young Ladles' Institute chartered and opened. . "
Erection of Masonic temple begun 1859
Gen. Kirby Smith advances on Cincinnati, and martial law is
proclaimed and citizens prepare for defence 2 Sept. 1862
Soldiers' monument in Spring Grove cemetery erected 1864
Old Pike's opera-house destroyed by fire 1866
Cincinnati Clearing-house Association organized "
Cincinnati and Covington suspension bridge, 1057 ft. span, com-
pleted and opened 1 Jan. 1867
Cincinnati normal school established 1868
New building of Cincinnati Wesleyan college, on site of the old
Catherine St. burying-ground, completed "
Cincinnati hospital first occupied Jan. .1869
Harmonic society organized "
College building burned, 1845; rebuilt, and damaged by fire,
and remodelled "
Cincinnati College of Pharmacy organized 1870
Total area of city, 19.75 sq. miles, 12.75 being annexed "
First Cincinnati industrial exposition held Sept. "
University of Cincinnati organized under Act 16, Apr. 1870, and
University board appointed Jan. 1871
Unveiling of the Tyler- Davidson fountain on Fountain square;
designed toy August von Kreling of Nuremberg, and cast by
Ferdinand von Muller, director of the Royal bronze foundery
of Bavaria; cost $105,000 6 Oct. "
Reading-rooms of the public library first opened on Sunday,
12 Mch. "
Union Railroad Stockyards Company incorporated "
Cincinnati cotton exchange established "
Eden park, 206 acres, first improved 1872
Pork Packers' Association of Cincinnati organized 30 Oct. "
St. Mary's hospital established, 1869; building completed 1873
Total area of city increased to 24 sq. miles by annexation of
4.25 sq. miles "
Queen City club organized ...............* 1874
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Grand hotel opened 1874
Woman's Christian Temperance Union organized 1875
Buruet-woods park purchased, 1873; improvements begun '•
Miami stock-yards opened 1876
Hotel Emery opened Nov. 1877
Wrought-iron girder bridge across the Ohio built '>
St. Francis de Sales church, corner-stone laid 30 June, 1878
Eden Park middle-service reservoir begun, 1866; completed,
upper basin, 1875 ; lower "
College of Music of Cincinnati incorporated "
Corner-stone of Widows' and Old Men's Home on Walnut Hills
laid 2 July, 1879
Cincinnati Daily Post established 1880
A 6 days' riot begins, after a verdict of manslaughter in the
Berner and Palmer murder trial, both having confessed the
murder, there being about 20 untried murderers in jail in the
city ; the court-house is set on fire, etc. ; 45 killed, 138 wound-
ed 28 Mch. 1884
MAYORS.
J. G. Burnet 1827-31
Elisha Hotchkiss 1831-33
Samuel W. Davies 1833-43
Henry E. Spencer 1843-51
Mark P. Taylor 1851-53
D. T. Snellbaker 1853-55
James J. Farran 1855-57
N. W. Thomas 1857-59
p. M. Bishop 1859-61
George B. Hatch 1861-63
L. A. Harris 1863-67
Charles F. Wilstach 1867-69
John F. Torrence 1869-71
S.S.Davis 1871-73
George W. Johnston 1873-77
R. M. Moore 1877-79
Charles Jacob, jr 1879-81
William Means 1881-83
Thomas J. Stephens 1883-85
Amos Smith, jr 1885-89
John B. Mosby 1889-91
1891-94
All the above for 2 years' term ; except the last, as under the new
charter (1891) the term is for 3 years.
Cincinna'ti, Order of, formed in 1783 by officers Of
the American army. New York, 1783. The first general
meeting, held at Philadelphia, May, 1784, made amendments
to the constitution, which were ratified by the state societies.
At the second general meeting, 1787, Washington was chosen
president-general, and was re-elected every 3 years while he
lived; he was followed by Alex. Hamilton. The society was
accused of tending to establish an hereditary military aristoc-
racy, and the state societies of Connecticut, Delaware, New
Hampshire, Virginia, and Georgia were dissolved about 1804.
The general society and 7 state organizations still exist — viz. :
those of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, and South Carolina. The general
society meets triennially. Next meeting, Boston, Mass., 1893.
Number of living members reported 1890, 439.
Cill'liaillOIl, a species of laurel, mentioned among per-
fumes of the sanctuary (Exod. xxx. 23), 1491 b.c. ; found in
American forests by don Ulloa, 1736 ; cultivated in Jamaica
and Dominica, 1788 ; and now in Ceylon.
Cinque Ports, on the south coast of England, were
originally 5 (hence the name)— Dover, Hastings, Hythe, Rom-
ney, and Sandwich; Winchelsea and Rye were afterwards
added. — Jeake. Their jurisdiction was vested in barons, called
wardens, to protect the coast, these ports being nearest France,
and considered the keys of the kingdom; said to have been
instituted by William I. in 1078. — Rapin. Their peculiar juris-
diction was abolished in 1855, the lord-wardenship being now
a merely honorary dignity.
Cilltra, a town of Portugal. Here was signed an agree-
ment on 22 Aug. 1808, between the French and English the
day after the battle of Viraeira. As the basis of a convention
of 30 Aug. following, it is called the convention of Cintra. It
permitted Junot to evacuate Portugal free, in British ships.
The convention was denounced, but a court of inquiry at Chel-
sea exonerated the British commanders. Both Wellington
and Napoleon justified sir Hew Dalrymple.
cipher, secret writing. Julius Caesar and Augustus in
secret despatches are said to have used for each letter the sec-
ond or third after it. , This cipher was in use till Sixtus IV.
(1471-84), when it was divulged by Leon Battista Alberti, and
a new cipher devised. The father of Venetian cipher was
Zuan Soro, who flourished about 1516.— Rawd<m Brou-n. Ed-
gar Allan Poe introduces an ingenious cipher in his tale of
the " Gold Bug." Cryptograph and Cryptogram.
cipher despatches. The result of the presiden-
tial election of 1876 in the United States depended upon the
electoral votes of Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida, long
in dispute. Mr. Hayes needed all 3 states, while any one of
them would have elected Mr. Tilden. Pendins: the result,
many despatches in cipher passed between Mr. Tilden's friends
and persons in the south, which, when translated and published
OIR
in the New York Ti-ibum (Kep.), 1877, suggested attempted
bribery. A great scandal arose, and Mr. Tilden publicly dis-
claimed all knowledge of the despatches.
CircaNMill, Asia, on uortli side of the Caucasus. The
Circassians, said to be descended from the Albanians, were un-
subiiued, even by Timour. In the 16th century they sub-
mitted to czar Ivan II. of Russia, and about 1745 the princes
of Kabarda took o.ulis of foalty. Many Circassians became
Malutmetans in tlic isih iiiitury.
Ciri-a.>*sia ceiled to Kii8»ia by lurkoy by the treaty of Adrianoplo
(but Circassians, under Schuniyl, long resist) 14 Sept. 1829
Victories of OrbeUiani over them June, Nov., Dec. 1867
Hp subilues nmch country, and expels the inhabitants. . .April, 1858
Sfhamyl, Circassian leader, captured, and treated with respect,
7 Sept. 1859
About 20,000 Circassians reach Constantinople in distress, and
arc relieved 28 Apr. 1860
Vaidar, last Circassian stronghold, captured; grand - duke
Michael declares the war at an end 8 June, 1864
Many thousjiud Circassians enter Turkey, partly relieved by
the governiiieut June et scq. "
Schamyl and his son at marriage of czarowitch, 9 Nov. 1866;
Schamyl d March, 1871
Revolt against Russia; suppressed; many Circassians flee to
Turkey and join the army July, Aug. 1877
Circeiisian IpailieN were combats in the Roman
circus (at rirst in honor of Consus, god of coiuicils, afterwards
of Jupiter, Neptune, Juno, and Minerva), said to have been
instituted by Evander, and established at Rome, 732 B.C., by
Romulus, i'arquin named them Circensian; they lasted from
4 to 12 Sept.
circle. Its quadrature, or ratio of the diameter to the
circumference, has exercised mathematical ingenuity in all
ages. Archimedes, about 221 b.c, gave it as 7 to 22; Abra-
ham Sharp (1717) as 1 to 3 and 72 decimals ; and Lagny (1719)
as 1 to 3 and 122 decimals.
circles of Oermany (formed by Maximilian I.
about 1500, to distinguish the members of the diet of the em-
pire) were, in 1512, Franconia, Bavaria, Upper Rhine, Suabia,
Westphalia, and Lower Saxony ; in 1789, Austria, Burgundy,
Lower Rhine, the Palatinate, Upper Saxony, and Brandenburg
were added. AH were merged in the Confedkration of the
Rhine, in 1806.
circuits in England were divided into 3, with 3
justices in each, 1 176. They were afterwards 4, with 5 justices
in each, 1180. — Ropin. They have been frequently altered.
England and Wales long had 8 judges travelling in spring
ami summer to try civil and criminal cases; the larger towns
are visited in winter for trials of criminals only; this is called
"going the circuit." The circuits were settled by order in
council, 5 Feb. 1876. The courts sit monthly for the city of
London and county of Middlesex. Courts in the United
SxArES.
circular letter. Massachusetts, 1768.
circulating library. Stationers lent books on
hire in the middle ages. A public circulating library in Eng-
land, opened by Samuel Fancourt, a dissenting minister of
Salisbury, about 1740, failed; but similar institutions at Bath
and in London succeeded, and others were established through-
out the kingdom. There was a circulating library at Crane
court, London, in 1748, and a catalogue in 2 vols, was pub-
lished.— No books can be taken from the British museum ex-
cept for judicial purposes, but the libraries of the Royal Society
and the principal scientific societies, except that of the Royal
Institution, London, are circulating. The London library
(circulating), which was founded 24 June, 1840, is useful to
literary men. Of private subscription libraries, that founded by
C. E. Mudie, in New Oxford street, London, is remarkable for
quantity and quality — sometimes thousands of copies of a new
work being in circulation. It began 1842, and gained celeb-
rity, Dec. 1848, by supplying the unprecedented demand for
the first 2 vols, of Macaulay's " History of England." The
hall, its walls covered with shelves of new books, was opened
Dec. 1860. The " Circulating Library Company," London, was
founded Jan. 1862, and other companies since. The Boston
Public library, the largest collection of books in the United
States, except the Congressional library, was organized 1852,
and its building delivered to the trustees 1 Jan. 1858. It is
a free circulating library. Boston, 1894. Libraries.
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CIT
CircuniClMion (instituted 1897 B.C.) was the seal of
the covenant made by God with Abraham. It was practised
by the ancient Egyptians, and is still by Jews, the Copts, and ^
some Oriental nations. The custom is also found among some '
of the savage tribes of Africa, South America, ami islands
the Pacific. The Festival of the Circumcision (of Christ)|
originally the octave of Christmas, is mentioned about 487, an<j
has been introduced into the liturgy of the Roman Catholic
Greek, and Anglican churches.
circumnavigators. It became evident after thfl
discovery of America by Columbus that the earth was a glol
and could be circumnavigated. At first considered one of the
most daring enterprises, it soon ceased to be so, as first one and
then another of the navigators of the 16th century accomplished
it. The following is a list of the early circumnavigators :
Magellan, or Magalhacns, a native of Portugal, in the service of
Spain sailed from San Lucar 20 Sept. 1519, with 5 ships,
only 1 of which succeeded in circumnavigating the globe
(America) 1519-
Grijalva, Spaniard 15
Alvaradi, Spaniard
Mendana, Spaniard 1561
Sir Francis Drake, flrst English 1577-
Cavendish, first voyage 1586
Le Maire, Dutch 1615-lt
Cuiros, Spaniard 162
Tasnian, Dutch (Van Diemen's Land) 16
Cowley, British 168
Dampier, British If
Cooke, British 170
Clipperton, British 171
Roggewein, Dutch 1721-
Anson, British ( Acapulco) 174C
Byron, British 176
Wallis, British 176
Carteret, British 1766-
Bougainville, French
James Cook, British (Hawaii)
On his death, the voyage was continued by King Ill
Portlocke, British 178
Robert Gray, in the ship Columbia, from Boston ; the flrst Amer-
ican ship. 17S
King and Fitzroy, British 182 " '
Belcher, British 1836
Wilkes, American ISa
Deep-sea soundings, Expeditions, Northeast and Northwe
Passage.
circui (Gr. KipKOQ). There were 8 (some say 10) cir
cuses at Rome; the largest, the Circus Maximus, built by th«
younger Tarquin, 605 b.c. It was an oval ; length, 3| stadi«
or more than 3 English furlongs; breadth, 960 Roman ft. Ij
was enlarged by Julius Caesar, restored after a fire by Augustus
and rebuilt by Domitian and Trajan. It is supposed to havd
seated 250,000 people. It was surrounded by a canal 10 ft|
wide and 10 ft. deep, which supplied the water for naval ex|
hibitions. Amphitheatres, Factions.
Cirrha, a town of Phocis, N. Greece, for sacrilee
razed to the ground in the Sacred War, 586 b.c.
€i§alpine republic, N. Italy, formed by tt
French in May, 1797, from the Cispadane and Ti^anspadar
republics; acknowledged by the emperor of Germany by treat
of Campo Formio, 17 Oct. 1797. It received a new constiti
tion in Sept. 1798 ; was remodelled, and named the Italian re
public, with Napoleon Bonaparte president, 1802 ; merged int
the kingdom of Italy, Mch. 1805. Ital^^.
Ciipadane republic, with the Transpadane
public, merged into the Cisalpine republic, Oct. 1797.
Ci§tercians (the order of Citeaux), a powerful orde
of monks founded about 1098 by Robert, a Benedictine, abbe
of Molesrae ; named from Citeaux, in France, site of the fir
convent, near the end of the 11th century. The monks culti
vated their lands, observed silence, abstained from flesh, laj
on straw, and wore neither shoes nor shirts. Its power wa
such as to crush Abelard, Arnold of Brescia, and the CathariJ
it originated the 2d crusade and inaugurated many of th^
military orders of the church. Benedictines, Bernardini
Feuillants, Trappists.
Citate. The Russian general Gortschakoflf, intending t|
storm Kalafat, threw up redoubts at Citate, close to the Dai
ube, which were stormed by the Turks under Omar Pacha,
Jan. 1854. The fighting continued the 7th, 8th, and 9tl
when the Russians were compelled to retire to their forme
position at Krajowa, having lost 1500 killed and 2000 wounde
CIT
The loss of the Turks was estimated at 338 killed and 700
■wounded.
Citie§ of Refugee. 6 Levitical cities appointed by
Mosaic law (Num. xxxv. 13) as asj-luras for involuntary man-
slayers. Within the walls of either of these cities, or 1000
yards around them, the homicide was safe from the " avenger
of blood," but if slain without these limits the slayer was held
guiltless. The roads leading to these cities were well defined
and in good order. These cities under Joshua (xx. 3) were
Kedesh, Shechem, and Hebron on the west of the river Jordan,
and Bezer, Ramoth-Gilead, and Golan on the east side.
citizen. It was not lawful to scourge a citizen of
Rome, much less to crucify him. In England a citizen is a
person who is free of a city, or who doth carry on a trade
therein.— Camden. Various privileges have been conferred
on citizens as freemen in several reigns. The wives of citizens
of London (not aldermen's wives, nor gentlewomen by descent)
were obliged to wear minever caps, being white woollen knit,
three-cornered, with peaks projecting 3 or 4 in. beyond the
foreheads ; aldermen's wives wore caps of velvet, 1 Eliz. 1558.
—Stoio. On 10 Oct. 1792, the convention decreed " citoyen "
and " citoyenne " as the only titles in France. In the United
States all male persons over 21, except Indians and foreigners
not naturalized, are citizens. Before the 14th and 15th amend-
ments to the Constitution, proclaimed 20 July, 1868, and 30
JVIch. 1869, citizenship was restricted to white men. Dred
Scott. Every citizen of the United States is a voter, unless
disfranchised.
city (Lat. civitas ; Fr. cite; It. citta). The word has
been used in England only since the Conquest, when London
was called Londonhurgh. Cities were first incorporated, 1079.
In England, a town corporate is called a city when the seat
of a bishop with a cathedral church. — Camden.
Ciudad Rodrig^O, a fortified town in Spain in-
vested by French, 11 June, 1810; surrendered, 10 July, and
held bv them until stormed by the British, under Wellington,
19 Jan. 1812.
civil law. Codes. The civil law was restored in
Italy, Germany, etc., 1127. — Blair. It was introduced into
England by Theobald, a Norman abbot, afterwards archbishop
of Canterbury, in 1138. It is now used there in the spiritual
courts only, and in maritime affairs. Doctors' Commons,
Laws.
civil list. This is the revenue given to the crown of
England in lieu of its ancient hereditary income. The entire
revenue of Elizabeth was not more than 600,000/., and that of
Charles I. was about 800,000/. After the English revolution
of 1688, a civil-list revenue was settled on William and Marj'
of 700,000/., parliament having assumed the support of the
army and navy in 1690. The civil list of George II. was in-
creased to 800,000/., and that of (Jeorge IIL, in 1815, was
1,030,000/.
In 1831, the civil list was fixed at 510. 000^.. and in Dec. 18v<7,
at 385,000i. (This does not include the various amounts paid
the royal family, apart from the sovereign, which in 1892 were
more than 250,000/.)
Sir H. Parnell's motion for inquiry into the civil list led to res-
ignation of Wellington cabinet 15 Nov. 1830
Prince Albert obtained an annuity from Parliament of 30,000;.,
7 Feb. 1840
A select committee of inquiry appointed by the commons,
2 Feb. 1860
civil service in Great Britain. While this service
dates back over 2 centuries, it is only' within the last hundred
years that it has assumed a national importance. The civil
service now comprises all who serve the government in a civil
capacity as opposed to those in the military or naval service.
In all, including the treasury, home, foreign, colonial, post,
despatch, and revenue officers, etc., at least 500,000 persons
(1892). Within the last 50 years several commissions have
been appointed to examine into the methods of appointments,
etc. In 1855 a commission reported against the existing sys-
tem of appointments, and on 21 May of that year commissioners
Nvere appointed to examine the qualifications of candidates and
report annually. In Apr. 1859, the Civil-service Superannuation
act was passed. On 4 June, 1870, by order in council, com-
petitive examinations were made general after 1 Oct. 1870.
Through a report made by a select committee, June, 1874, im-
177 CLA
portant changes were made by order in council, Feb. 1875.
There are 2 grades of examinations ; in the first the examina-
tions are severe, with positions and salaries to correspond, at-
tracting many university men as candidates ; in the second or
lower grade the examinations are comparatively easy and sal-
aries limited : from 4 Feb. 1890, to be from 70/. to 250/. per
annum. The civil service for the year ending 31 Mch. 1855,
cost 7,735,515/. ; 1865,10,205,413/.; 1871, 13,176,659/.; 1880,
15,155,522/. ; 1892-1893, 17,310,920/.
civil-service reform in the United States. During
the years 1866-71, the climax of the patronage system, there
were 1678 removals in the New York custom-house, more
than one for feach secular day. President Grant asked Con-
gress, in 1870, to aid him in reforming the civil service;
and by the law of 3 Mch. 1871, the president appointed a
civil-service commission, which instituted competitive ex-
aminations for appointments and promotions in certain
branches of the service, 1 Jan. 1872. In Mch. 1871, how-
ever, col. Silas W. Burt, deputy naval officer, had, on his own
responsibility, made the first trial of these examinations in
the civil service of the United States, in reorganizing the
naval office. It was eminently successfid. Politicians opposed
the system, and in 1873 Congress refused to appropriate the
$25,000 needed for them. President Grant repeatedly urged
these appropriations, once, in April, 1874, by special message,
but in vain. 31 Aug. 1874, president Grant issued executive
order No, 4, as follows : " It appearing to me, from their trial
at Washington and at the city of New York, that the further
extension of the civil-service rules will promote the efficiency
of the public service, it is ordered that such rules be and they
are hereby extended to the several federal offices at the city
and in the custom-house district of Boston, and that the proper
measures be taken for carrying this order into effect." The
rules were not fidly carried out, patronage still prevailing. In
1877 president Hayes appointed the Jay commission, consist-
ing of .John Jay (chairman), Lawrence Turnure, of New York,
and J. H. Robinson, of the Department of Justice, Washington,
whose elaborate report led to the removal of collector Arthur
and naval officer Cornell. On 6 Mch. 1879, an executive order
established competitive examinations for the clerical offices of
the New York custom-house, and it is still enforced.
On 16 Jan. 1883, Congress authorized the president to appoint
a civil-service commission of 5 members, "to regulate and
improve the civil service of the U. S." At this time there
were subject to examination in the executive department at
Washington, 5652; in custom districts, 2573; and in post-office
department, 5699.
Convention of civil-service reformers at Baltimore 22 Feb. 1889
List of "eligibles" for appointment to government service
made public after 25 May, "
Portions of the Indian service classified under the civil-service
rules, school superintendents, teachers, physicians, etc., by
order of president Harrison 14 Apr. 1891
[On 4 Jan. 1889, the civil service regulations were extended
to the railway mail-service by order of president Cleveland.]
civil wars. Confederate States; England;
France; United States, 1861-65, etc.
Clan-na'Oael ("brotherhood of Gaels"), an Irish
secret society formed in 1881 to succeed the Fenians. It be-
longed to the Irish National League in the United States, of
which it was the extreme violent part. The ultimate object
of the Clan-na-Gael was said to be Ireland's independence of
England. For murder of Dr. Cronin, Trials, 1889.
clans are said to have arisen in Scotland, in the reign
of king Malcolm II., about 1008. The legal power of chiefs
and all heritable jurisdiction were abolished in Scotland, and
liberty granted to clansmen in 1747, after the rebellion of 1745.
The chief of each clan wears 2 eagle feathers in his bonnet,
in addition to the badge. — Chambers. A history of the clans
by Wm. Buchanan was pub. in 1775. The following is a list
of the known clans of Scotland, with their ancient badges.
Name. Badge.
Buchanan Birch.
Cameron Oak.
Cam pbell Myrtle.
Chisholm Aider.
Colquhoun Hazel.
Cumniing Common sallow.
Drummond Holly.
Farquharson. . .Purple fox-glove.
Ferguson Poplar.
Forbes Broom.
Name. Badge.
Frazer Yew.
Gordon . ..'. Ivy.
Graham Laurel.
Grant Cranberry heath.
Gun Rosewort.
Lamont Crab-apple tree.
M'Alister 5-leaved heath.
M' Donald Bell-heath.
M'Donnell Mountain- heath.
M'Dougall Cypress.
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NuiM. BmIr*.
M'Farlane. . . Cloudberry bush.
M'Gn>gor...Pint>.
M 'Inlosb Boxwood.
M*K«y Bulrush.
M'Keniie . . . neer-grass.
M'Kinnon. . .St-John's-wort.
MMAChlan . .Mountain ash.
M'l^an Blackberry heath.
U'l^eod Red whortleborriea.
If 'Nab Rose blackberriea
M'Nell Sea-ware.
M'Pberson . .Variegated box-
wood.
Nun*. Badge.
M'Quarrie . . . Blackthorn.
M'Rae Fir-club moss.
Menzies Ash.
Munro Ragle's feathers.
.Murray (tiiiipor.
Ogilvic Hawtliorno.
Oliphant . . . .(ireat maple.
Robertson. . . Fern, or brecbans.
Rose Brier-rose.
Ross Bear- berries.
Sinclair Clover.
Stewart Thistle.
Sutherland. .Cat's-Uil grass.
Clare was Uie first place in Ireland since 1689 to elect
a Roman Catholic M.P. (Roman Catholics), when, at Ennis,
the county town, Daniel O'Connell was returned, 5 July, 1828.
He did not sit till after the Catholic Emancipation act in 1829,
being re-elected 30 July, 1829.
Clare and Clarence, Suffolk, Engl. Richard de Clare,
earl of Gloucester, is said to have seated here a monastery of
the order of Friars Eremites, the first of these mendicants who
came to England. 1248. — Tanner. Lionel, 3d son of Edward
III., obtaining the honor of Clare by marriage, was created
duke of Clarence, a title since in a branch of the royal family.
Clarendon, Constitutions of, enacted at a council held
25 Jan. 1164, at Clarendon, in Wiltshire, Engl., to retrench the
power of the clergy. They led to Becket's quarrel with Henry
H., were annulled bv the pope, and abandoned bv the king,
Apr. 1174.
I. All suits concerning advowsons to lie in civil courts.
II. Clergy accused of crime to be tried by civil judges.
III. No person of nink to leave the realm without royal license.
IV. Laics not to be accused in spiritual courts, except by legal and
reputable promoters and witnesses.
V. No chief tenant of the crown to be excommunicated, nor his
lands put under interdict.
VI. Revenues of vacant sees to belong to the king.
VII. Goods forfeited to the crown not to be protected in churches.
VIII. Sons of villeins not to be ordained clerks without the consent
of their lord.
IX. Bishops to be barons, with the burdens of that rank.
X. Churches belonging to the king's see not to be granted in per-
petuity against bis will.
XI. Excommunicated persons not to be bound to give security for
continuing in their abode.
XII. No inhabitant in demesne to be excommunicated for non-ap-
pearance in a spiritual court.
XIII. If any tenant in capite refuse submission to spiritual courts,
the case to be referred to the king.
XIV. The clergy to abandon all right of enforcing debts contracted
by oath or promi.se.
XV. Causes between laymen and ecclesiastics to be determined by
a jury.
XVI. Appeals to be ultimately carried to the king, and no further
without his consent.
Clarendon Pre§§, Oxford, Engl. The building was
erected by sir John Vanbrugh, in 1711-13, out of the copy-
right of lord Clarendon's " History of the Rebellion," given to
the university by his son. The original building was con-
verted into a museum, lecture-rooms, etc., and a new printing-
office erected by Blore & Robertson, 1825-30.
clarion, said by Spanish writers to have been invented
by the Moors in Spain, about 800 ; at first a trumpet, serving
as a treble to trumpets sounding tenor and bass. — A she.
clarionet or clarinet, a wind-instrument of the
reed kind, said to have been invented by Johann Christoph
Denner, in Nuremberg, about 1690.
Cla8§i§, a name first used by Tullius Servius (6th
king) for a division of the Roman people, 573 B.C. The first
of the 6 classes were called dassici, by way of eminence, and
hence authors of the first rank (especially Greek and Latin)
came to be called classics.
Clav'icliord, a keyed stringed musical instrument of
various forms, in use in France, Spain, and Germany, in the
16th and 17th centuries. Piano, Spinet, Virginals.
Clavicyttie'rium, an upright musical instrument,
probably like the harpsichord of the 16th century.
Clearin^-llOU§e. The Chambre de Compensation
de Lyon as reorganized in 1667, it is claimed, was similar to the
modern clearing-house. The London Bankers' clearing-house
was instituted previous to 1773; the building in Lombard street,
since known as the clearing-house, was opened in 1810. Joint
stock-brokers were admitted in 1854, and country check clear-
ing was begun in 1858. The Bank of England entered in 1864,
but only clears against the other banks. The association
consists of 27 banks. The records show as the amount of
clearings for various vears as follows : 1839, 954,000,000^. ; 1868,
3,425,000,000/.; 1874, 5,937,000,000/.; 1881,6,357,000,000/.;
1888,6,942,000,000/.; 1890, 7,801,000,000/. There are now
clearing-houses in most of the large towns of England. The
London railway clearing-house was organized in 1842, and the
Stock Exchange clearing-house in 1874. La Chambre de
Compensation des Banquiers de Paris was formed Mch. 1872;
the clearing-house in Vienna in 1864, and in Berlin in 1883.
The first clearing-house in the United States was started in
New York city, 11 Oct. 1853. The membership of the New
York Clearing-house Association, in 1892, comprised 46 national
banks, 18 state banks, and the sub-treasury of the U. S. at
New York. The total clearing-house transactions in the 57
associations existing in the U. S. for the year ending 30 Sept.
1892, was $61,017,839,067, an increase over the corresponding
year ending 30 Sept. 1891, of $3,836,491,783, and this volume
of bu.siness was accomplished with the use of only about 8 per
cent, in currency or money. Of the 57 associations in the U. S.,
those showing transactions amounting to over $1,000,000,000
in 1892 are as follows : New York, $36,279,905,236 ; Bo.s-
ton, $4,901,096,976 ; Chicago, $4,959,861,142 ; Philadelphia,
$3,671,149,047; St. Louis, $1,211,370,719.
A Stock clearing-house association was organized in the city of
New York 17 May, 1892
ClementinCi, apocryphal pieces, attributed to Cle-
mens Romanus, a contemporary of St. Paul, and said to have
succeeded St. Peter as bishop of Rome. He died 102. — Niceron.
Also the decretals of pope Clement V., who died 1314, published
by his successor. — Bowyer. AlsoAugustin monks, each of whom,
having been a superior 9 years, became a common monk. —
Clementines were the adherents of Robert, son of the count of
Geneva, who, as Clement VH. succeeded Gregory XL, 1378;
and Urbaiiists, those of pope Urban VL Christendom was
divided, France, Castile, Scotland, etc., adhering to Clement;
Rome, Italy, and England to Urban. The schism ended in
1409, when Alexander V. was elected pope, and his rivals re-
signed. Anti-pope.
Cleopatra's BiTeedle. Obklisks.
clergy (from the Gr. KXrjpog, a lot or inheritance), in tl
first century termed presbyters, elders, or bishops and deacons."
The bishops (sTriaKOTroi or overseers), elected from the pres-
byters, assumed higher functions about 330, and, under Con-
stantine, obtained the recognition and protection of tlie secular
power. Under the Lombard and Norman-French kings in the
7th and 8th centuries, the clergy acquired temporal power as
owners of lands ; and after monachism arose, regular clergy,
who lived apart from the world, by a regula, or rule, were dis-
tinguished from secular (worldly) or beneficed clergy. The
English clergy write clerk after their names in legal docu-
ments. Bishops, Church of England.
Clergy were first styled clerks, judges being chosen from them after
the Norman custom, and the officers being clergy ; they keep the
name to this day. — Blackstone.
As the Druids kept the keys of religion and of letters, so did tlie
priests keep both to themselves ; they alone profess letters, and a
man of letters was called a clerk; hence learning was called
clerkship. — Pasquier.
Benefit of clergy, privilegium clericale, arose in regard of princes
to the church, aud consisted of: 1st, an exemption of places con-
secrated from criminal arrests, as sanctuaries ; 2d, exemption
of persons of clergymen from criminal process before the secular
judge, in particular cases — the original meaning of the priiu-
legium clericale. The benefit of clergy was afterwards extended to
every one who could read ; and it was enacted that if any man
who could read were condemned to death, the bishop of the diocese
might claim him as a clerk, and dispose of him in certain places
as he might deem meet. The ordinary gave the prisoner a I^atin
book, in a black Gothic character, to read a verse or two; and if
the ordinary said, '^ Legit ut clericus " (" He reads like a clerk "),
the offender was burned in the hand; otherwise he suffered
death (3 Edw. I. 1274).
Privilege was restricted by Henry VII. in 1489, and abolished, for
murderers and great criminals, by Henry VIII., 1512.— Stow.
Reading was discontinued, 5 Anne, c. 6 (1706).
Benefit of clergy was repealed, 7 and 8 Geo. IV. c. 28 (1827).
CLERGY CHARITIES IN ENGLAND.
William Assheton, theological writer, first proposed a plan to pro-
vide for families of deceased clergy. He died Sept. lin.—WcUts^s
" Life of Assheton."
Festival of " Sons of the Clergy," held annually at St. Paul's, insti-
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tuted about 1655; from it sprang the charity called " Sons of the
Clergy " (Clergy Orphan and Widow Corporation), incorporated
1 July, 1678.
Clergy Orphan Corporation, 1749.
Friend of the Clergy Corporation, 1849.
St. John's Foundation School for Sons of Poor Clergy, 1852.
Poor Clergy Relief Corporation, established 1856; incorporated 1867.
There are other charities for relatives of t^e clergy.
Clergy excluded from Parliament, 1801.
A bill to repeal this lost in the commons (110-101), 11 May, 1881.
Clerkenwell, a parish, N.E. London, from a well
(^fons clericoruni) in Kay street, where parish clerks occasion-
ally acted mystery-plays; once before Richard II. in 1390.
Hunt's political meetings in 1817 were held in Spa-fields in
this parish. In St. John's parish are remains of the priory of
the knights of St. John of Jerusalem. Clerkenwell prison was
built in 1615, in lieu of that called " the Cage," taken down in
1614, the then Bridewell being insufficient. The House of
Detention, erected in 1775, was rebuilt in 1818 ; again, 1844.
For an explosion here, Fenians, Dec. 1867. At Clerkenwell-
close stood the house of Oliver Cromwell, where some suppose
the death-warrant of Charles I. was signed, Jan. 1649.
Clermont, a town of France. Here was held the council
under pope Urban II. in 1095, which approved the first crusade
against the infidels, and named Godfrey of Bouillon to com-
mand it. In this council the name pope, previously assumed
by other bishops, is said to have been limited to the bishop of
Home; and Philip I. of France was (a second time) excom-
municated.—^«rtttM^<.
Cleveland, the most important port of Ohio, on lake
Erie, was named after gen. Moses Cleaveland, director of the
Connecticut Land Company, who arrived at the present site
of Cleveland, 22 July, 1796, and began the settlement at the
mouth of Cuyahoga river. In 1800 the population was only
7; in 1810 it was 57; 1820, 150; 1830, 1075; 1840, 6071 ; 1850,
17,034. In 1854, Ohio City, on the opposite bank of the river,
was united with Cleveland, and in 1860 the population of the
united cities was 4.8,838 ; in 1870,92,829; 1880, 159,404; and
1890, 261,353. By this census the 2d city in the State and
the 10th of the U. S. in point of population. In 1890 the city
covered an area of 26^ sq. miles. Lat. 41° 36' N., Ion. 81° 38' W,
Meeting of fontiac with maj. Rogers and his rangers occurs at
the mouth of Cuyahoga river, the present site of Cleveland
(Parkman) 7 Nov. 1760
Gen. Moses Cleaveland and party arrive 22 July, 1796
Sirrveys begun, 1(5 Sept., and first plat of the city of Cleveland
made by Amos Spaflbrd 1 Oct. "
Storehouse for the Connecticut Land Company erected a short
distance south of St. Clair St., and a cabin built on the east
side of Bank St., for Job P. Stiles, who was left in charge of
the company's stores fall of "
First white child in Cuyahoga county born to Mr. and Mrs.
Stiles
Second surveying party arrives, 1797 ; one of the party, David
Eldridge, drowned the day previous to their arrival, and
buried in the cemetery lot cor. Ontario and Prospect sts.,
4 June,
Edward Paine opens a general store
W. W. Williams and maj. Wyatt build a grist-mill at Newburg..
Miss Sarah Doan opens a township school
Celebration ball held at maj. Carter's double log-house.. 4 July, 1801
City re-surveyed by maj. Amos Spafford, and corners of the
streets marked by oak posts "
Elisha Norton opens a store in Carter's house under the hill,
near the west end of Superior st "
First town meeting held at the house of James Kingsbury ; Ro-
dolphus Edwards chairman of the board of trustees. . .5 Apr. 1802
First permanent frame house built by Amos Spallord, near west
end of Superior St., on south side, 1802. A house erected by
maj. Carter previously was burned before completion "
Mouth of the Cuyahoga made a port of entry 1805
First postmaster, Elisha Norton, appointed 2 Oct. "
A 30 ton schooner, the Zephyr, built by maj. Carter and
launched at the foot of Superior st 1808
Cleveland chosen as the seat of justice for Cuyahoga county. . . 1809
Alfred Kelly, the first lawyer, and David Long, the first doctor
in Cleveland, arrive 1810
Maj. Carter erects the first warehouse, a log structure, on the
lake shore, near the junction ot Meadow and Spring sts "
Elias and Harvey Murray, first regular merchants, open a store
on Water st ; "
Court of common pleas holds its first session in the store of E.
and H. Murray 5 June, "
The Ohio, a vessel of 60 tons, built and launched "
A court-house which served also as country jail and residence
erected on the public square (it stood till 1828) 1812
Omic, an Indian, fot murder of 2 trappers, Buel and Gibbs,
near Sandusky, is hung on the public square 24 June, "
Village of Cleveland incorporated by charter dated 23 Dec. 1814
First village election; Alfred Kelly chosen president June, 1815
1797
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Total assessed value of real estate in Cleveland, $21,065
Commercial Bank of Lake Erie opened ; Leonard Case, president,
First frame warehouse built by Leonard Case and capt. William
. Gaylord a little north of St. Clair st. on the river about
Euclid St. laid out
First school-house, a 1-story frame, owned by the corporation,
erected cor. Bank and St. Clair sts
First religious organization, holding services in private resi-
dences, organized, with rev. Roger Searls (Episcopal) as pastor,
I First number of the first newspaper, the Cleveland Gazette and
I Commercial Record, issued by Andrew Logan. 31 July,
First steamboat on lake Erie, the Walk-in-the-Water, enters
the harbor, from Bulfalo, N. Y i Sept.
Cleveland Herald first issued by Ziba Wiles
, Joseph Barber erects a cabin in Brooklyn
First stage coach line between Cleveland and Columbus estab-
j lished, 1820. and between Cleveland and Bufialo, N. Y
Ohio canal opened to Akron
Coal first used for fuel
j New court-house erected on southwest quarter of the square,
a 2-story brick ^
Improvement of harbor begun
Old Trinity church, cor, St. Clair and Seneca sts., built
Market house established
First fire-engine purchased
Prospect St. laid out
First iron- works, a foundery, erected by John Ballard & Co. . .
Brooklyn '"boom" begins; Massasoit house erected, ship-canal
built, etc
New jail built on Champlain St. , in rear of court house
Presbyterian society organized, 1820, and build their first church,
the "'Stone church," cor. Ontario St. and the square
First Catholic church built, a frame structure, ouColumbus St.,
Village of Brooklyn incorporated as Ohio City 3 Mch.
Cleveland incorporated as a city 5 Mch.
John W. Willey elected first mayor, and first meeting of city
council 15 Apr.
Public-school system adopted
Fire department organized ; Henry Cook, chief
"City Watch " established
Baptist society (organized 1832) erect a church cor. Champlain
and Seneca sts
Columbus St. bridge war, 1837; James S. Clark builds a bridge
over the river, and gives it to the city; Ohio City people
object and attempt to destroy the bridge ; they are met by
residents of Cleveland with fire-arms and force; the matter
is finally settled in court
St. Clair St. academy purchased for $(5000
[Site afterwards occupied as fire department headquarters.]
Ohio and Pennsylvania canal opened to Pittsburg
Cleveland Plain Dealer established
Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company organized, 1835; builds the
first locomotive west of the Alleghany mountains
State bank of Ohio created by act of legislature, and Commer-
cial, Merchants', and City banks organized
Lake Erie Telegraph Company file the first request to erect
poles and wires in the streets
Cleveland Leader established
Wedell house erected
Case library founded
Cleveland Gas-light and Coke Company, incorporated, 6 Feb.
1846; lays its first pipes in Superior and other streets
Young Men's Christian Association organized
Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati railroad opened to Colum-
1816
1817
1818
1819
1821
1827
1829
1831
1834
1835
1836
bus.
Cleveland, Painesville, and Ashtabula railroad chartered, 1849;
opened 20 Nov.
Cleveland, Norwalk, and Toledo railroad chartered, 1850;
opened 24 Jan.
[Completing line between New York and Chicago.]
Cleveland and Ohio City united 6 June,
Government buildings, post-office, etc., erected
Kennard house erected
Waterworks begun, 1849, and water first supplied 10 Sept.
Cleveland Rolling Mills Company founded by Henry Chisholra,
Third court-house erected
Central high-school building erected on Euclid ave., near
Erie st
Board of Education created
First line of street-cars on Woodland ave. starts 10 Sept.
Statue of commodore Perry unveiled. Public sq., Superior st.,
on the 47th anniversary of the battle of lake Erie 10 Sept.
Western Reserve Historical Society organized
Bessemer steel first made at the Cleveland rolling mills
Standard Oil Company founded
Cleveland public library founded
First iron vessel on the lakes launched from Blaisdell's shipyard,
Cleveland Evening News and Herald established
Lake View cemetery established
Village of East Cleveland annexed 14 Oct.
Lake View park purchased and improved
Newburg annexed as the 18th ward 16 Sept.
Waterworks tunnel, under lake Erie, begun, 1869; completed, Oct.
Cleveland training school opened
Harbor improvement begun
Iron and stone viaduct, connecting east and west sides, com-
pleted
Cleveland Press established
High-school on AVilson ave. first occupied, and old high school
on Euclid ave. given to Board of Education and public library.
South Side park purchased
1837
1839
1841
1842
1845
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1856
1807
1868
1870
1872
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OMe School of Applied Science, chartered, 1800; opened 1881
Western ReBerve college removes from Hudson to Cleveland,
and re-named Adelberl college (Ohio) 1882
Electric car begins regular lrii)8 over the East Cleveland at.
railway ; the first in regular oiwrution in the U. S. . .27 July, 1884
Case School of Applied Science and Adelbort College building
erected 1885-86
City treasurer Thomas Axworthy embezzles half a million
dollars of city funds 1888
Contract for new waterworks tunnel let 24 Mch. "
Clevolaud Daily World established 1889
(iarUeld Memorial dedicated at Lake View cemetery. . .30 May, 1800
MAYORS.
John W. WiUey 1836-38
Joshua Mills 1838-40
Nicholas Dockstader. , . . 1840-41
John W.Allen 1841-42
Joshua Mills 1842-43
Nolson Hay ward 1843-44
Samuel Starkweather... 1844-46
George Hoadlv 1846-47
Josiiih A Harris 1847-48
lA)reiizo A. Kelsey 1848-49
Flavel W. Bingham 1849-60
William Case 1860-62
Abner C. Brownell 1862-66
William B. Castle 1856-67
Samuel Starkweather... 1857-69
Edward S. Flint 1861-(
Irvine W. Master)
George B. Seuter J ' *
Herman M. Chapin 1866-67
Stephen Buhror 1867-71
Frederick W. Pelton... 1871-73
Charles A. Otis 1873-75
Nathan P. Payne 1875-77
William G. Rose 1877-79
R. R. Herrick 1879-83
John H. Farley 1883-85
George W. Gardner 1885-87
B. D. Babcock 1887-89
George W. Gardner.... 1889-91
William G. Rose 1891-93
Robert Blee 1893-95
Qeorge B. Seuter 1859-61
Cleveland's administration. United
States, 1885-89, 1893-97.
Cleves, a town of Germany about 40 miles north of
Dlisseldorf and the birth-place of Anne of Cleves, one of the
wives of Henry the VIII. of England. Rutger, count of
Cleves, lived at the beginning of the 11th century. Adolphus,
count of Mark, was made duke of Cleves by emperor Sigis-
mund, 1417. John William, duke of Cleves, Berg, Juliers, etc.,
died without i.ssue, 25 Mch. 1609, which led to a war of succes-
sion. Cleves was assigned to the elector of Brandenburg in
1666 ; seized by the French in 1757 ; restored at peace in 1763,
and now belongs to Prussia.
Clifton suspension bridge, over the Avon.
BRinuES.
ellmaeteric, the term applied to any j'car of life (a
multiple of 7 or 9), when great changes in the health and con-
stitution are supposed to occur. Cotgrave says, ^' Every 7th
or 9th or 63d year of a man's life all very dangerous, but the
last most." The grand climacteric is 63. Hippocrates is said
to have referred to these periods, 383 b.c.
elimate. Meteorology, Temperature.
Clinton and montg^oinery, forts (about 6 miles
below West Point, on the Hudson), Surrender of. Sir Henry
Clinton, wishing to make a diversion in favor of gen. Burgoyne,
who was hard pressed by gen. Gates, advanced up the Hudson
on 4 Oct. 1777, with about 3000 men, and deceiving gen. Put-
nam as to his purpose, took these forts, feebly garrisoned, before
they could be reinforced. They were commanded by gens.
James and George Clinton, who escaped in the darkness with
about 200 men. American loss, 300 ; British, 140.
Clio, the muse of history. The letters C. L. I. O., in
consecutive order, were signed to the best papers of Addison,
in the London Spectator, in 1713. — Cibber.
Cloaea Maxima, one of the ancient sewers of Rome,
still in existence, said by Livy to have been constructed by
Tarquinius Priscus (assassinated, 578 b.c.) and Tarquinius Su-
perbus. It was originally 12 ft. 4 in. high, and 10 ft. 8 in.
wide, but one third is now choked with mud. It was intended
as a sewer and drain for the marsh of the Velabrum, and the
land springs of the Forum. It extends from near the church
of S. Giorgio, where it is fed by 7 cloacae, to the Tiber, near
the Ponte Rot to.
Cloclc. The clepsydra, or water-clock, was introduced
at Rome about 158 b.c. by Scipio Nasica. Toothed wheels
were placed in it by Ctesibius, about 140 b.c. The only
clock then known was sent by pope Paul I. to Pepin, king of
France, 760 a.d. Pacificus, archdeacon of Genoa, invented
one in the 9th century. Originally the wheels were 3 ft. in
diameter. The earliest complete clock of which there is certain
record was made by a Saracen mechanic in the 13th century.
Escapement ascribed to Gerbert 1000
A clock placed in the old palace yard, London, that remained
until the 16th century 1288
A great clock put up at Canterbury cathedral, cost 30i r292
One made by Richard, abbot of St. Alban's about 1326
John Viscouti sets up a clock at Genoa 1353
One put up at Bologna 1356
A striking clock in Westminster 1368
A iwrfoct one made at Paris by Vick 1370
A clock placed on the Strasburg cathedral, 1370; greatly im-
proved by Conradus Dasypodus (Strasburg) ' 1571
First portable one made 1530
First accurate clock in England at Hampton Court (maker's
initials, N. O.) 1540
" like a German clock,
Still a- repairing; ever out of frame;
And never going aright."
— Shakespeare^ " Love's Labor's Lost," 1698
Pendulum in clocks ascribed to the younger Galileo, 1639; and
Ricliard Harris (who erected a clock at St. Paul's, Covent
Garden, Loudon) i64l
Christian Huyghens said he made his pendulum clock previ-
ous to 1658
Fromantil, a Dutchman, improved the pendulum about 1659
Repeating clocks and watches invented by Barlow about 167()
Spiral pendulum spring invented by Robert Hooke, about 1658;
cylinder and e.sciipement, by Thomas Tompion 169,')
Dead-beat and horizontal escapements, by Graham, about 1700;
compensating pendulum . 1715
A spiral balance spring suggested, and the duplex escapement
invented, by Dr. Hooke; pivot-holes jewelled by P'acio; de-
tached escapement invented by Mudge and improved by
Berthould, Arnold, Earnshaw, and others in the 18th century.
Harrison's time-piece constructed 1735
First illuminated church clock, St. Bride's, London 2 Dec. 1826
Horological institute established 1858
Great Westminster clock set up 30 May, 1859
Barraudand Lund's electric synchronizing clocks; city of Lon-
don circuit of 108 clocks Nov. 1878
Victor Popp of Vienna applies compressed air as a motive
power to clocks; announced Mch. 1881
One of the earliest clock-makers in the U. S. was William Tenny,
who made brass clocks at " Nine Partners," Dutchess county,
N. Y., about 1790; Eli Terry began to make wooden clocks
about the same time, and in 1802 to make them by machinery
with water-power, at Plymouth, Conn., and in 1816, shelf and
mantel clocks, selling for $2 and upwards. Electricity,
Time, Watches.
ClOgher, Ireland. St. Macartin, a disciple of St. Pat-
rick, fixed a bishopric at Clogher, where he built an abbey
" in the street before the royal seat of the kings of Ergal."
He died in 506. Clogher is named from a golden stone, from
which, in times of paganism, the devil gave juggling answers,
like the oracles o{ Apollo Pythius.—Sh- James Ware. In 1041,
the cathedral was rebuilt, and dedicated to its founder. Clog-
her merged, on the death of its last prelate. Dr. Tottenham,
into the archiepiscopal see of Armagh, by the act of 1833.
Clonfert, Ireland. St. Brendan founded an abbey at
Clonfert in 558; his life is extant in jingling monkish metre
in the Cottonian librarj' at Westminster. In his time the
cathedral, famous in ancient days for its seven altars, was
erected, and Colgan makes St. Brendan its founder and first
bishop ; but it is said in the " Ulster Annals," under the year
571, "Maena, bishop of Clonfert-Brenain, went to rest." Clon-
fert is Irish for a " wonderful den," or retirement. In 1839
the see merged in that of Killaloe.
Clontarf, near Dublin, site of a battle, Good Friday,
23 Apr. 1014, between Danes and Irish, headed by Bryan
Boroimhe, monarch of Ireland, who, though victorious, was
mortally wounded ; his son Murchard also fell, with many
nobles ; 13,000 Danes are said to have perished.
Closterseven, Hanover, Convention of, 8 Sept. 1757,
between the duke of Cumberland, 3d son of George II., hardly
pressed, and the duke of Richelieu, commanding the French ;
by it 38,000 Hanoverians surrendered, and were dispersed.
The treaty was disavowed bj'^ the king ; the duke resigned his
commands, and the convention was soon broken.
cloture, in 6th of new rules of British Parliament put
forth, 9 Feb. 1881, power given the speaker of the House of
Commons to close debate, under rules adopted, Nov. 1882.
First used in Parliament, 24 Feb. 1884. Parliament.
Cloud, St., a palace near Paris, named from prince
Clodoald, or Cloud, who became a monk there in 533, after the
murder of his brothers, and died in 560. In the present pal-
ace, built in the 16th century, Henry II. was assassinated by
Clement, 2 Aug. 1589. Long the property of the dukes of
Orleans, it was bought by Marie Antoinette, 1785. It was a
favorite residence of the empress Josephine, of Charles X.
and his family, and of Napoleon HI. It was burned, 13 Oct.
1870, having been fired upon by the French.
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cloud-burst§. Storms.
ClOUd§ consist of minute particles of water, often frozen,
floating in the air. In 1803, Mr. Luke Howard published a
classification of clouds, generally adopted, in 3 primary forms —
cirrus, cumulus, and stratus; 3 compounds of these forms ; and
the nimbus, or black rain-clouds (cumulo-cirro-stratus). A
new edition of his " Essay on the Clouds " appeared 1865.
ClOVesllOO, now Cliff, Kent, Engl. Here was held
a council of nobility and clergy on government and discipline
of the church, Sept. 747; and others, 800, 803, 822, 824.
Cloy ne, S. Ireland, a bishopric, founded in the 6th century
by St. Coleman, in 1431 united to Cork, and so continued for
200 years. It was united with Cork and Ross, 1834. Bishops.
club-foot, a deformity due to the shortened muscles.
Lorenz, in 1784, cut the tendo A chillis, to relieve it, but the
cure was not effectual till 1831, when Strohraeyer, of Erlangen,
cured Dr. Little by dividing the tendons of the contracted
muscles with a very thin knife.
cllll>§, originally a few persons of kindred tastes and pur-
suits, meeting at stated times for social intercourse. The club at
the Mermaid tavern, London, late in the 16th century, consisted
of Raleigh, Shakespeare, and others. Ben Jonson set up a club
at the Devil tavern. Addison, Steele, and others, frequently
met at Button's coffee-house, as described in the Spectator.
London clubs, often of from 300 to 1500 members, have many
luxuriously furnished edifices in or near Pall Mall. The
members obtain choice yiands and wines at moderate charges,
and many clubs possess excellent libraries, particularly the
Athkn^um. They may be political, literary, scientific, fine-
arts, business or commercial, athletic, etc.; and clubs of these
classes are established in all of the principal citiee of the United
States and Europe. Political clubs often exert great influence
in public affairs. Cobden, Jacobins, etc. The oldest club
in the U. S. is the Wistar club, Philadelphia, 1833, and the
next, the Union club of New York city, 1836. See the Record
of the different cities of the U. S.
elut>§, French. The first arose about 1782. They
were mainly political, and concerned in the revolution. The
Club Breton became the celebrated Club des Jacobins, and the
Club des Cordeliers comprised Danton and- Camille Desmou-
lins. From these two came the Mountain party, which over-
threw the Girondists in 1793, and fell in 1794. The clubs dis-
appeared with the Directory in 1799. Many were revived in
1848, but with less importance, and were suppressed by de-
crees, 22 June, 1849, and 6 June, 1850. — Bouillet.
ClUgny or Cluny, abbey of, in France, formerly mag-
nificent, founded by Benedictines, under abbot Bern, about 910 ;
sustained afterwards by William, duke of Berry and Aquitaine.
Its library, one of the richest in France, was greatly injured
when the abbey was sacked by the Huguenots, 1562, and almost
destroyed by the revolutionists in 1793. English foundations
for Cluniac monks were instituted soon after.
Clyde and Forth \rall was built by Agricola, 84.
Hadrian's Wall. The Forth and Clyde canal was commenced
by Mr. Smeaton, 10 July, 1768, and was opened 28 July, 1790.
It connects the seas on the east and west of Scotland.
CntdllM (ni'dus), in Caria, Asia Minor. Near here Conon
the Athenian defeated the Lacedaemonian fleet under Peisander,
394 B.C.
coach (from Sp. coche). Beckmann states that Charles
of Anjou's queen entered Naples in a caretta (about 1282).
Under Francis I. there were but 2 in Paris: one the queen's,
the other that of Diana, natural daughter of Henry II. There
were but 3 in Paris in 1550 ; and Henry lY. had one without
straps or springs. John de Laval de Bois-Dauphin set up a
coach to carry his enormous bulk. The first coach in England
was about 1553. Others were introduced by Fitz-Alan, earl
of Arundel, in IbSQ.—Stow. A law in England forbade riding
in coaches as effeminate, 43 Eliz. 1601.— Ca?-/e. Repealed
1625. The coach of the duke of Buckingham had 6 horses,
that of the earl of Northumberland 8, 1619. The English coach-
tax commenced in 1747. Of recent years there has been a re-
vival especially in England of the fashion of journeying by
coach ; as it is not a necessity, and more expensive than by
rail, it is not indulged in except for pleasure. G. Thrupp's
"History of Coaches," pub. 1877. Carriages, Chariots^
Stage-coach KS, etc.
coal. There are 4 kinds of the fossil fuel called ** cole "
in old English, now known as coal : anthracite, bituminous,
cannel or gas-coal, and lignite or brown coal. The composition
of wood is about 49.1 carbon, 6.3 hydrogen, 44.6 oxygen ; while
the best anthracite coal contains more than .90 of carbon, with
about .03 of hydrogen and .025 of oxygen. " Ic is plausibly
contended that coal, although not mentioned by the Romans in
notices of Britain, was used by the ancient Britons." — Brandt.
Henry III. is said to have granted a license to dig coals near
Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1234 ; some say earlier, others in 1239.
Burning sea-coal was prohibited in and near London, as " prej-
udicial to human health;" and even smiths were obliged
to burn wood, 1273. — Stow. In 1306 the gentrj' petitioned
against coal. Coal was first made an article of trade from
Newcastle to London, 4 Rich. II. 1381. — Rymer's Foedera.
Notwithstanding many previous complaints against coal as a
public nuisance, it was generally' burned in London in 1400;
but was not in common use in England until Charles I., 1625.
Coal was brought to Dublin from Newry in 1742. Anzin coal-
mines, near Valenciennes, N. France, first worked 24 June,
1734 ; output in 1872, 2,200,000 tons. Anthracite coal, mined
chiefly in Pennsylvania, was first used as fuel by two Connecticut
blacksmiths, named Gore, in 1768-69 ; firsj used as domestic
fuel by judge Jesse Fell, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., in 1808. Penn-
sylvania, 1791, 1812, '20, '21, '22, '39. Except the diamond,
anthracite coal is the purest natural carbon. The coal-fields
of Great Britain are estimated at 5400 sq. miles ; of Durham
and Northumberland, 723 sq. miles. — Bakewell.
MINED IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
1861. 83,635,214 tons.
1870. 110,431,192 " Value, 27, 607, 798i.
1879. 133,808,000 " " 46,832,000?.
1890. 181,614,288 " " 74,953,997?.
Women were prohibited from working in English colleries 1842
A commission (duke of Argyll, sir R. 1. Murchison, Dr. John
Percy, prof. Ramsay, and others) appointed to investigate
the probable quantity of coal in the United Kingdom, etc.,
28 June, 1866, reported, 27 July, 1871:
Attainable quantity in known coal-fields. . .90,207,000,000 tons.
Probable available coal in other places 56,273,000,000 "
Total 146,480,000,000 "
A commission to inquire into causes and remedies for coal-
mine explosions appointed (Messrs. W. Warington Smyth,
Tyndall, F. A. Abel, and others) Feb. 1879
Accidents. — About 1000 lives are lost annually by accidents in mines
(1856-76). 1877, 1208; 1878, 1413; 1879, 973; 1880, 1318; 1885. 1150;
1890,1206; 1891, 1030.
IN THE UNITED STATES.
Anthracite is found m\)stly in Pennsylvania, while the bituminous
is widely distributed. Cannel is found in Pennsylvania, Virginia,
Kentucicy, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. Lignite in Ver-
mont and west. No workable coal is found in Maine, New Hamp-
shire, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, South' Carolina, Florida,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Minnesota. The anthracite coal-fields of
Pennsylvania are estimated at 382 sq. miles, and this is practically
all there is in the U. S. The bituminous coal-fields are estimated
at 203,336 sq. miles. The anthracite output in Pennsylvania from
1820 to 1880 was 409,597,748 tons. The amount of coal mined was :
1869. Anthracite, Pa 13,866,180 tons
Bituminous, Pa. and other states 17,211,814 "
Total 31,077,994 "
1876. Anthracite, Pa 21,436,667 "
27,569,081 "
Bituminous, Pa. and other states.
Total 49,005,748 "
188L Anthracite, Pa. 31,500,000 "
Bituminous, Pa 20,000,000 "
" other states 28,405,000 "
Total 79,905,000 "
1889. Anthracite, Pa 45,544,970 '•
Bituminous, Pa 36,174,089 "
" other states 59,011,229 "
Total 140,730,288 "
1890. Anthracite, Pa 46,468,641 "
Bituminous, Pa 42,302,173 "
" other states 69,017,842 "
Total 157,788,656 "
coalUion§ against France mostly promoted
by British subsidies of other powers. Treaties.
Austria, Prussia, and Great Britain 1793
Great Britain, Germany, Russia, Naples, Portugal, and Turkey.
signed 22 June, 1799
Great Britain, Russia, Austria, and Naples 5 Aug. 1805
Great Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Saxony 6 Oct. 1806
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Qnul BrtUin and Austria 6 Apr. 1809
Russia and Prussia ; treaty nitilled at Kalisch 17 Mch. 1813
cotiMt Hiirvcy of the United States. A
complete survey upon a unifi)rm system, of the whole coast
was first proposed by the late prof. Patterson in 1806. Its
objects were the astronomical determination of prominent
points, triangulation to connect those points, and a hydro-
graphic survey based upon this triangulation. Mr. (ialhitin,
secretary of the treasury, encouraged the project, and con-
sultfd learned men as to the best methods. He adopted the
plaa* of Mr. F. R. Ilassler, first superintendent of the coast
survey. The work Avas begun in 1817, on a small scale;
only since 1832 has it been actively pressed. While the gov-
ernment neglected it, commerce was chiefly indebted to the
hytlrographers Messrs. Blunt of New York (father and son),
for charts, etc In 1844, the first year of prof. A. D. Bache's
superintendence, 9 states on the Atlantic seaboard were
reached by the coast survey; in 1845, 13 states; in 1846, 15;
and in 1847, 18 states. It has since been extended to the
Pacific coast, to Alaska, and through the great lakes, under
prof. Benjamin Peirce, He was succeeded by capt. Carlile P.
Patterson, who carried the work into the interior, and it is now
extending across the continent. The present superintendent,
T. C. Mendenhall, succeeded prof. J. E. Hilgard, long the
general manager, 1889. Capt. Patterson died in 1882, and
Hilgard in 1891. The whole work is under the control of
the treasury department, while a superintendent directs all
the details, governs the movement-s of parties, and controls
the expenditures.
cobalt, a rare mineral, early found among veins of ores,
or in fissures of stone, in Cornwall mines, where workmen call
it mnndic— Hill. It was classed as a metal by Brandt in
1733.
Cobden club, instituted to spread and apply Cob-
den's principles ; held first dinner, London, W. E. Gladstone
in the chair, 21 July, 1866. The statue of Richard Cobden,
at Camden Town, was inaugurated, 27 June, 1868. 12 out of
14 cabinet ministers were members, July, 1880. It has for
honorary members several American economists and statesmen.
coca, a powerful medicinal agent found in the Erythoxy-
Inn coca, a South American plant, the leaves of which are
chewed by the people of South America. A little of the coca
taken internally is said to enable one to endure hard labor
without food for 6 or 7 days and nights. The poet Cowley
wrote in 1700 :
" Our Varicocha first this coca sent,
Endowed with leaves of wondrous jjourishment,
Whose juice succ'd in, and to the stomach tak'n,
Long hunger and long labor can sustain."
Dr. Mantegazza's prize essay in German on coca was published
at Vienna in 1849.
cocaine (ko-ka-in), a powerful anaesthetic obtained
from the coca plant, first used in ophthalmic and other surgical
operations, 1884.
Cocceian§ (cox-e'-ans), a small sect founded by John
Cocceius (d. 1665), of Bremen, in the 17th century. They look
for a visible reign of Christ on earth, after conversion of the
Jews and all other people to Christian faith.
Cocherel, near Evreux, N. W. France. Here Bertrand
du Guesclin defeated the king of Navarre, and took prisoner
the captal de Buch, 16 May, 1364.
Cochin, India, held bv the Portuguese, 1503 ; bv the
Dutch, 1663 ; by Hyder Ali, 1776 ; taken by the British, 1796 ;
ceded to them, 1814. For Cochin China, Annam.
cochineal insect (Coccus cacti), deriving its scar-
let color from feeding on a certain kind of cactus, became
known to the Spaniards soon after the conquest of Mexico,
in 1518. Cochineal was brought to Europe about 1523, but
was not known in Italy in 1548, althou|;h the art of dyeing
1 hen flourished there. In 1858, it was cultivated successfully
in Teneriffe, the vines in Europe having failed through dis-
ease.
Cock-lane ghost. In 1760-62, great excitement
was produced in London by unaccountable noises in a house
occupied by William Parsons, No. 33 Cock lane. A luminous
figure, resembling a deceased lady who formerly resided in
the house, was said to have been seen. The duke of York,
Mr. Walpole, Dr. Samuel Johnson, and many others visited
the house and investigated. Imposition was detected, and the
parents of the medium (a girl of about 12) were condemned to
the pillory and imprisonment, 10 July, 1762.
cocoa (ko-ko) or cacao {ka-ka-o), the kernel or seed
of Theobrormi cacao (Linn.), was brought to England soon after
the discovery of Mexico, where it is an article of diet. From
cocoa is produced chocolate.
cocoa-nut palm (Cocoa HMC?/era, Linn.) supplies the
natives of Central America with almost all they need, as bread,
water, liquor, vinegar, milk, oil, honey, sugar, needles, clothes,
thread, cups, spoons, basins, baskets, paper, masts for ships,
sails, cordage, covering for houses, etc. — Ray. In Sept. 1829,
Mr. Soaraes patented a mode of extracting stearine and elaine
from cocoa-nut oil.
cod (Mon-hua vulgaris), the most common species of
anaranthine fishes, is caught in immense numbers in many
parts of the northern temperate zone, most largely on the banks
of Newfoundland, and about the outer Hebrides. The Dutch,
English, and French engaged in this fishery before 1350,
codes. Laws. Alfrenus Varus, the civilian, first col-
lected the Roman laws about 66 b.c. ; and Servius Sulpicius,
the civilian, codified them about 53 b.c. The Gregorian and
Hermoginian codes were published 290 A.r>. ; the Theodosian
code commenced by order of Theodosius II. in 429, and pub-
lished for the eastern empire in 438. In 447 he transmitted
to Valentinian his new constitutions, promulgated as the law
of the west in 448. The code of the emperor Justinian in 529
— a digest from it made in 533 ; Basilica. Alfred's code, a
selection from existing laws, is the foundation of the comraon-
law of England, 887. The Code Napoleon, the civil code of
France, was promulgated from 1803 to 1810. The emperor
considered it his most enduring monument. It was prepared
under his supervision by eminent jurists, from 400 earlier sys-
tems, and has been adopted by other countries.
A conference of jurists and publicists to consider an interna-
tional code at Brussels July, Aug. 1874
codex. Bible, Manuscript.
cod-liver oil, an oil obtained mostly from the liver
of the cod, and recommended as a remedy for chronic
rheumatism by Dr. Percival in 1782, and for diseases of the
lungs about 1833. De Jongh's treatise on cod-liver oil was
published in Latin, 1844 ; in English, 1849. Great improve-
ment made in its preparation since 1853, and very important
discoveries as to its constituents, 1891.
Coeur de Lion, or the Lion-hearted, a surname of
Richard I. of England, on account of his courage, about 1192 ;
and of Louis VIII. of France, distinguished in crusades, and in
wars against England, about 1223.
coffee, seeds of the tree Coffea araUca. The tree
was conveyed from Mocha, in Arabia, to Holland about 1616,
and to the West Indies in 1726. First cultivated at Surinam
by the Dutch, 1718. The culture was encouraged in the
plantations about 1732, and British and French colonies now
grow coffee abundantly. Its use as a beverage is traced to
the Persians. Not known to the Greeks or Romans. It came
into great repute in Arabia Felix, about 1454 ; and passed into
Egypt and Syria, and thence (in 1511) to Constantinople,
where a coffee-house was opened, 1551. M. Thevenot, the
traveller,first brought it to France, 1662.— CAam&ers. Cafeink.
Coffee brought to England by Nathaniel Canopus, a Cretan, who
made it his common beverage at Baliol college, Oxford
(Anderson) 1641
First coffee-house in England kept by a Jew, named Jacobs, in v
Oxford 1680
Mr. Edwards, a Turkey merchant, brought home with him
Pasquet, a Greek servant, who opened the first coffee-house
in London, George yard, Lombard st 1652
[Pasquet afterwards went to Holland, and opened the first
house in that country. — Anderson.]
Rainbow coffee house, Temple Bar, represented as a nuisance. . 1657
Coffee-houses suppressed by proclamation, 1675; the order re-
voked on petition of traders 1676
Licenses to sell coffee abolished 1869
Duty on coffee reduced in England to \}4d. the pound from 2 May, 1872
U. S. duty removed from coffee 6 June, "
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Importations of coft'ee into U. S. for 1880 valued at $60,360,769; for
1891, 519,528,432 lbs., value, $96,123,777; 1892, 640,210,788 lbs.,
value, $128,041,930. Total production in the world, 1889, 1,249,000,-
• 000 lbs., of which Brazil produced, 812,000,000 lbs. ; other parts of
America, 253,000,000 lbs. ; East Indies and Africa, 184,000,000 lbs.
COffln§. Athenian heroes were buried in coffins of
cedar, owing to its aromatic and incorruptible qualities.— T^m-
cydides. Coffins of nnarble and stone were used by the Romans.
Alexander is said to have been buried in one of gold ; and
glass coffins have been found in England. — Govyh. The ear-
liest record of wooden coffins in England is that of king Arthur,
an entire trunk of oak hollowed, 542. — Asser. Patent coffins
were invented in 1796; air-tight metallic coffins advertised at
Birmingham in 1861.
cohort, a division of the Roman army consisting of
about 420 men, with 300 cavalry, divided into centuries. It
was the 6th part of a legion. Legion.
coif. The coif was introduced before 1259, and used to
hide the tonsure of renegade clergymen, who acted as advo-
cates in the secular courts, notwithstanding their prohibition
by canon. — Blackstone. The coif was at first a thin linen cover
gathered in the form of a skull or helmet, the material after-
wards changed for white silk, and the form eventually becom-
ing a black patch at the top of the forensic wig, now the dis-
tinguishing mark in England of the sergeant-at-law. — Foss's
" Lives of the Judges."
Coimbra was made capital of Portugal by Alfonso,
the first king, 1139. The only Portuguese university was
transferred from Lisbon to Coimbra in 1308 ; finally settled in
1527. In a convent here, Alfonso IV. had Inez de Castro,
once mistress and afterwards wife of his son Pedro, murdered
in 1355.
coin and COinag^C. Homer speaks of brass money,
1184 B.C., but says nothing of coined money. Herodotus
tells us that the Lydians first coined gold, and the " Parian
Chronicle " (Arundelian Marbles) records that Pheidon of
Argos first coined silver in ^gina about 862 b.c. The most
ancient known coins bearing the name of a prince are those
of Alexander I. of Macedon, 500 to about 460 b.c. Very little
if any gold is supposed to have been coined in Athens or
Greece proper until after Alexander the Great, 356-23 b.c.
The Romans coined copper or bronze under Servius TuUius,
578-34 B.C. Silver first coined by them, 269 b.c., and gold
about 206 b.c. — Dye^s " Coin Encyclopaedia." The earliest Ro-
man coinage was that of the republic. The imperial coinage
of Rome began with Augustus, 16 b.c, and lasted to the fall
of the western empire, 476 a.d. The material of the earliest
coins of Lydia was a compound of gold and silver. When
Caesar landed in Britain, 55 b.c., coins of brass and iron were
found in use among the natives. There is no absolute proof
that the Jews coined money before the Maccabees, 139 b.c.
The earliest coins known among the Anglo-Saxons were the
sceattcB of silver, and the sfycas of brass or copper — the latter
equal to about one half-farthing. The coins of Norway begin
with the pennies of Harold Haardrada,slain at Stamford Bridge,
1066, and those of Denmark with Canute. Russian coinage be-
gan in the 15th century. Copper, Gold, Silver, and coins
under their names. An international conference upon a uni-
versal system of coinage met in Paris, 1867, and a royal com-
mission was appointed in London, Feb. 1868. At present the
great monetary systems of (1) France and her allies, (2) Eng-
land and the larger part of her colonies, and (3) the United
States are firmly established in their several countries ; no one
of them is likely to become universal. The arguments in favor
of the franc are its perfect decimal divisions, and the wide area
of the Latin union ; those in favor of the British unit of value,
the pound, are its greater value, and the immense extent of
the English colonies and trade ; and the arguments in favor
of the dollar are its convenient size, and the prospective growth
of the U. S. The gold and silver coinage of France, Germany,
Spain, Italy, Belgium, and the U. S., contains nine tenths of
pure metal, that of Great Britain and Russia containing eleven
twelfths. A mint was established at Camulodunum (Colchester)
by Cunobelinus(the Cymbeline of Shakespeare), about the time
of Augustus Caesar. The coins of this king far surpass those of
other early British kings, both in workmanship and artistic
design.—" Diet, of National Biog." (English).
coinage in ENGLAND.
English coins made sterling (Penny, Sterling) 1216
First English gold coin on certain record struck, reign of
Henry III 1275
Edward III. introduced a regular gold currency, first, of florins
(name of the gold coin of Florence), 1337; second, of gold six-
shilling pieces, and nobles of six shillings eightpence; also
half and quarter nobles (Nobles) 1344
Edward IV. coined angels with the figure of St. Michael and
the dragon, the original of St. George and the dragon 1465
Pound sovereign first minted by Henry VII., 1489; shillings. .1503-4
Crowns and half-crowns coined, Edward VI 1553
Queen Elizabeth causes the base coin to be recalled and gen-
uine issued 1560
[In the reign of Elizabeth the coins of England attained
their highest number, Including 20 distinct denominations.]
Modern milling introduced 1631
Guineas (value 20s.), 2-guinea, and 5-guinea pieces coined. . .1663-64
[The sovereign, first called the broad under James I., was
valued at 21 silver shillings under Charles II., and as the gold
then came mostly from Guinea, this coin was called Guinea.]
Half-pence and farthings first coined 1665
Pennies, half-pennies, and farthings {copper) coined 1672
Quarter-guinea coined, George 1 1716
Twopenny copper pieces coined 1797
Gold 7-shilling pieces authorized "
George III. reintroduces the sovereign, new coinage, St. George
and dragon 1817
[The guinea was abandoned save as money of account.]
Fourpenny pieces (Groat) coined 1836-56
Half-farthings first coined, 1843; silver florin (j,wo shillings). . 1849
Bronze coinage first issued, 1860 ; threepenny pieces first
coined 1861
St. George and the dragon sovereigns reissued 14 Jan. 1871
Sale of Whittall's great collection of Greek and other coins,
1668 lots, realized about $20,000 July, 1884
COINAGE IN ENGLAND FROM 1196 TO 1890 INCLUSIVE.
Reii
Henry 111
Edward I
Edward II
Edward III
Richard II
Henry IV
Henry V
Henry VI
Edward IV
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Elizabeth
James I
Charles I
Cromwell
Charles II
James II
William and Mary. .
Anne
George I
(ieorge II
George III
George IV
William IV
Victoria up to 1890.
£3,898
38,603
46,756
85,701
2,228
314
6,924
404,677
89,704
138,280
355,403
6,359,583
1,641,005
8,776,544
1,000,000
3,722,180
518,316
7,093,074
207,095
233,045
304,360
6,827,818
2,216,163
1,111,298
32,791,443
£11,340
3,988
396
19,746
38,317
230,760
189,232
292,916
795,138
3,666,390
3,319,677
154,512
4,177,254
2.113,639
3,418,889
2,484,531
8,492,876
11,662,216
75,447,489
36,147,701
11,435,334
323,807,622
Total £561,884,375
£3,898
38,603
46,756
97,041
6,216
710
26,670
442,994
320,464
327,512
648.319
7, 154; 721
5,307,395
12,096,221
1,154,512
7,899,434
2,631,955
10,511,963
2,691,626
8,725,921
11,966,576
82,275,307
38,363,864
12,546,632
J56,599,065
Equal to $2,729,758,062.
COIN AND COINAGE IN THE UNITED STATES.
Earliest coinage for America (for the Virginia company),
about 1612-15
[The coin was used in the Bermudas, and is known as the
"Hogge money," a hog being shown on it. It was issued in
shillings and sixpences. But 2 of the shillings are known
to exist, and but 1 sixpence.]
General court of Massachusetts passes an act establishing at
Boston the first mint in the U. S, 27 May, 1652, John Hull,
mint-master. Denominations, shilling, sixpence, and three-
pence. This is known as the "Pine-tree money." Coining
discontinued on the death of the mint-master 1 Oct. 1683
Maryland has shillings, sixpences, and pennies coined in Eng-
land for her use, by lord Baltimore May, 1661
William Wood, of Wolverhampton, Kngl, obtains a monopoly
for coining "tokens" for currency in America 1722
[These tokens were made of a mixed metal resembling brass.
(It was also coined for Ireland.) This is known as the " Rosa
Americana" coinage or "Wood's money," and obtained
quite a circulation (Wood's Half-pence).]
Connecticut had in circulation a private or unauthorized coin-
age, issued by John Higley of Granby, known as the "Gran-
by " or Higley token ^"^^"^
Copper coin, one cent, issued by Vermont 1785
Copper coined in New Jersey by act of legislature 1 June, 1786
A law of Massachusetts establishes a mint to coin gold, silver, ^^
and copper 16 Oct.
[No gold or silver ever coined in this mint.]
Coinage discontinued 21 Jan. 1789
Following coins were decided upon by Congress: Gold: eagle,
half-eagle, and quarter-eagle. Silver: dollar, half-dollar,
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qiuurter dullar, dime, and half dime. Copper: cent and half-
cent {Tahlk or V. S. CoiSAOK) ... 1786
Firel I'. S. iniul eetablished '2 Apr. 1792
FJret U. S. coluago 1793
No gold coincHl iu the years 1816 and 1817
No minor coinage in the years 1816 and 18*23
First steam-power press in the V. S. mint 1836
[Previous to this the mill and screw were used.]
Rare coins of the U. S. are the double eagles of the issue of . . . . 1849
[But one is known: iu the cabinet of the U. S. mint; this
is the rarest U. S. coin]
Half eagles of the issue of 1816
[But 7 of this date are known.]
Silver dolliirs of 1794
Silver dollars of 1804
[There were issued from the mint in 1804, 19,570 silver
dollars, and it has been a "sUnding mystery " why the dol-
lar of this issue is so scarce (it being styled the l<iug of rare
American coin). It has been said that the mintage of 1805
includotl this mintage, or a part of it, although the mintiige
of 180;> shows an issue of but $321. Others assert that a
vessel bound for China with almost the entire mintage was
lost at sea]
Half dollars of 179«-97
Quarter-dollars of 1827
184
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Dimes of. 1804
Halfdimos of 1802
The following; statistics of coinage are estimates from the
report of the director of the mint to the secretary of the troas
ury from 1793-1890:
Greatest amount of gold coined in one year, $90,850,890.00
" " silver " " " 39,202,908.20
" " minor coin coined in
one year 1,819,910.00.
Greatest amount of gold, silver, and minor
coin coined in one year.. 125,219,205.60.
Least amount of gold coined in one year
" " silver " " ' "
" " minor coin (cents and half-
cents only) coined in one year
Least amount of gold, silver, and minor
coin coined in one year
1881
1890-
1867
1881
3,175.00.... 1815-
14,550.45.... 1797
2.495?95.... IMll
20,483.00.... 1815
Total coinage of the U. S. from 1793 to 1890 inclusive :
Gold $1,531,999,915
Silver 623,746,536
Minor coin 22,634.500
Total $2,178,380,951
COINS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE YEARS OF ISSUE.
Ve«r« of Issue.
Kind of Metal.
Present Weigiit.
Double eagle.
F4»gle
Half-eagle
Three dollars. .
Quarter-eagle .
Dollar
Trade dollar.
Dollar.
Half dollar.
'Quarter-dollar.
Twenty cents .
Dimes.
Half-dimes. .
Three cents.
Five cents. .
Three cents.
Two cent& . .
One cent. .
One cent .
Half-cent ,
-99 1
-^8
1850 et seq.
(1795-1804 >
\ 1838 et seq. f
( 179.5-1815 I
\ 1818 et seq. )
1854-90
r 1796-99
1802-08
■i 1821
I 1824-27
(^ 1829 et seq.
1849-90
1874-78
fl79:i^l805
I 1836 —
i 1839-57
I 1859-73
( 1878 et seq.
( 1793-96
] 1801-14
( 1816 et seq.
f 1796, 1797
1804-07
I 1815, 1816
i 1818-23
I 1825 —
I 1827, 1828
( 1831 et seq.
1875-78
f 1796-98
1800-1805
I 1807 —
I 1809-11
1 1814 —
1820-23
I 1825 —
U827 et seq.
( 1793-97
J 1800-1803
1 1805 —
[ 1829-73
1851-56
( 1858-73
1806 et seq.
( 1865-76
1 1878-90
1864-72
(1793-1814
-l 1816-22
(1824-63
1864 et seq.
1793-97
1799, 1800
1802-11
1825, 1826
1828, 1829
1831 —
1833-36
1849-51
\ 18.5.3-57 j
gold
silver
516 grs.
258
129
77.4 "
64.5 "
25.8
420
Act of Congress, 28 June, 1834.
412.5
77.16
21 Feb. 1853. Coinage discontinued, li
28 June, 1834.
" " 3 Mch. 1849. Coinage discontinued, 189
Coinage discontinued, 1878.
Act of Congress, Jan. 1837.
Act of Congress, 1873.
Act ot Congress, 1873.
Coinage discontinued, 1878.
copper and nickel
bronze
copper
bronze
copper
11.52
77.16
30
96
Coinage discontinued, 1873.
Coinage discontinued, 1873.
Act of Congress, 16 Mch. 1866.
" " 3 Mch. 1865. Coinage discontinued, 1890.
Coinage discontinued, 1872.
As nickel from 1857 to 1864, 72 grs. ; both discontinued, 1864.
Act of Congress, 22 Apr. 1864.
Coinage discontinued, 1857.
COINAGE OF CONFEDERATE STATES.
When Louisiana seceded and seized the U. S. mint at New Orleans,
there were thousands of dollars' worth of gold and silver bullion
in store. The state issued jointly with the confederate govern-
ment a gold coinage of .f;254,820 in double eagles, and a silver
coinage of $1,101,316.50 in half-dollars, using the U. S. dies of 1861,
the dies of 1860 having been destroyed. The bullion, when nearly
exhausted, was transferred to the confederate government. May,
1861, and all the U. S. dies were destroyed, the confederate gov-
ernment ordering a new die for its use. When completed it was
of such high relief as to be useless in the press. As there was but
little if any bullion to coin, no attempt was made to engrave
another. Four pieces, however, half-dollars, were struck, which
formed the entire coinage of the Confederate States. The coip
shows— obvei-se : A goddess of liberty within an arc of 13 stare.
Exergue, 1861. Reverse: An American shield beneath a liberty-
cap, the upper part of the shield containing 7 stars, the whole
surrounded by a wreath: to the left, cotton in bloom; to the
right, sugar-cane. Ze/yend : Confederate States of America. Ex-
ergue, Half Dol. Borders, milled; edge, serrated.
001
185
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VALUE OF FOREIGN COINS IN UNITED STATES MONEY.
Country.
Argentine Republic
Austria
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chili
China
Cuba
Denmark
Egypt
France
German Empire.. ..
Great Britain
Greece
Guatemala
Hayti
Honduras
India
Italy
Japan
Liberia
Mexico
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Norway
Peru
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
U. S. of Colombia....
Turkey
Value in
Monetary Unit. U. S.
Money.
100 centesimos=:
100 kreutzers =
100 centimes =
100 centavos =
1000 reis =
100 cents =
100 centavos =
1000 cash =
100 ore =
100 piastres =
100 centimes =
100 pfennig =
20 shillings =
100 leptas =
16 annas
100 centesirai
100 sen
100 cents
100 "
100 "
100 ore =
100 centesimos =
1000 reis
100 copecks =
100 centesimos:
100 ore
100 centimes x:
100 centavos =
100 piastres =
1 peso
1 florin
1 franc
1 peso
1 milrei
1 dollar
1 crown
1 pound
1 franc
1 mark
1 pound
1 drachma
peso
gourde
peso
1 rupee
1 lira
1 yen
1 dollar
1 dollar
1 florin
peso
1 crown
Isol
1 milrei
1 ruble
1 peseta
1 crown
1 franc
1 peso
llira
$0,965
0.48
0.193
0.96
0.55
1.00
0.91
1.61
0.93
0.27
4.94
0.193
0.24
4.86
0.193
0.70
0.965
0.70
0.40
0.193
IJOO
1.00
0.98
0.40
0.70
0.27
0.96
1.08
0.77
0.193
0.27
0.193
0.96
4.40
Present system introduced in 1870.
System the same as France.
[Most of the South American states issue standard coin corre-
sponding to the peso of Chili, which is identical with the 5-franc
[ piece of France.
Has no national coin.
(The substitution ot the mark for the older thaler came into force
I 1 Jan. 1875.
Monetary system same as France.
Monetary system same as France.
Monetary system recast in 1871.
Monetary system same as Denmark.
Monetary system same as France.
" " •' Denmark.
" " " France.
In the table above, the value assigned to the monetary unit of each
nation is that which its gold coinage has in the gold coin of the
United States, by comparison of the amounts of pure gold con-
tained in each. The actual value of the silver coins of all nations,
such as Italy, Mexico, and Russia, which do not redeem these
coins at their nominal equivalent in gold, depends on the current
value of silver bullion, and fluctuates widely. In July, 1893, it
fell to less than half the values assigned above.
The present coinage system of France came into force 6 May, 1790,
and was extended to Belgium, Italy, and Switzerland in the con-
vention of 1865. It has since been adopted by Greece, Roumania,
Servia, and Spain. The units in the different states have different
names: in France, Belgium, and Switzerland, franc and centime;
in Italy, lira and centesimo; in Greece, drachma and lepta ; in
Roumania, lei and bani; in Servia, dinar and para; in Spain,
peseta and centesimos; butthe value is the same. — •' Encyclopaedia
Britannica."
coining^. Originally the metal was placed between 2
steel dies, and struck by a hammer. In 1553, a mill was in-
vented by Antoine Brucher, introduced into England, 1562.
An engine invented by Balancier, 1617. Great improve-
ments effected by Boulton and Watt, at Soho, London, 1788.
The erection of the mint machinery, London, began 1811.
The machinery was reorganized in 1869. Coin and Coinage.
coke, the residue obtained from bituminous coal by
distillation, or by heating with the air almost entirely ex-
cluded— used largely in melting pig-iron; first successfully
used for this purpose by Darby at Coalbrookdale, Engl., 1735,
its use soon became general there. First successfully used for
the same purpose in the United States, 1835, but not exten-
sively until about 1860. The principal producing state is
Pennsylvania, which, in 1889, produced nearly 7,000,000 tons.
Colchester, Essex, Engl. The Camulodunvm of the
Koraans obtained its lirst charter from Richard L, 1189. It was
captured by the parliamentary forces under Fairfax, after a 10
weeks' siege, June-Aug. 1648. Two of its defenders, sir George
Lisle and sir Charles Lucas, were tried and shot after surren-
dering. The baize manufacture was established here, 1660. —
A nderson.
cold. The extremes of heat and cold are found to
produce similar perceptions on the skin; and the touch of
mercury frozen at —40° is like that of red-hot iron. Tem-
perature.
Cold Harbor, Va. Here gen. Grant, after much
fighting on 1-2 June, 1864, for position, assaulted the confed-
erates, under gen. Lee, behind defences, at sunrise, 3 June,
along the whole line. It resulted in a bloody repulse, although
Grant advanced his line somewhat and held it. The federal
loss, while occupying this position, 1-12 June, was 14,931, of
whom 1905 were killed, 10,570 wounded, and 2456 missing.
Confederate loss, 1700. On the night of 12 June the army of
the Potomac was withdrawn towards the James. Of this as-
sault gen. Grant says, " I have always regretted that the last
assault at Cold Harbor Avas ever made." — " Autobiography."
Grant's Virginia Campaign.
Coldillg^liam, near Berwick, Engl., celebrated for the
heroism of its nuns, who, on the attack of the Danes, to pre-
serve their chastit}', cut off their noses and lips. The Danes
burned them all, with the abbess Ebba, in their monastery, 870.
Coldstream g^uards. Gen. Monk, before marching
from Scotland into England to restore Charles II., raised this
regiment at Coldstream, at the confluence of the Leet and
Tweed, 1660. For its services in suppressing Venner's insur-
rection in 1661 it was not disbanded, but constituted the 2d
regiment of foot-guards.
Colise'um, more properly ColOiSeum, an elliptical
amphitheatre at Rome, commenced by the emperor Vespasian
and finished by his son Titus, 75-80 a.d. Its height is 160
ft., its major diameter 615 ft. and its minor diameter 510 ft.
The length and breadth of its arena are 281 and 176 ft. re-
spectively. 87,000 spectators were accommodated by it. The
name Colosseum first occurs in the writings of Bede in the
7th century. It is probably derived from the Colossus of Nero,
which stood in the square before its entrance. The name of
its architect is not known. It is said to have cost 10,000,000
crowns, and 12,000 Jews, who were made slaves at the con-
quest of Jerusalem, were employed upon it. — Anthon, "Classi-
cal Diet."
collar, a very ancient ornament. The Roman hero
Titus Manlius slew a gigantic Gaul in single combat, and put
his torques (twisted chain or collar) on his own neck, and was
surnamed Torquatus, 361 b.c. — A collar is part of the ensigns
of the order of knighthood.
collects, short prayers, very ancient, introduced into
the Roman service by pope Gelasius, about 493, and into the
English liturgy in 1548. The king of England, coming into
Normandy, appointed a collect for the relief of the Holy Land,
nm.—Rapin.
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eollei[e§ (from the LaU collegium, assemblages of per-
sons for 8acre<i, civil, literary, or scientific purposes). The word
is now commonly used to mean an institution for the higher
education. They were first founded within universities to re-
lieve students from the expense of living at loilging-houses and
at inns. Collegiate or academic degrees are said to have been
first conferred at the University of Paris, 1140 ; but some say
not before 1215. In England, it is contended that the date is
much higher, and some hold that Bede obtained a degree for-
mally at Cambridge, and John de Beverley at Oxford, and that
they were the first doctors of these universities. Abekdkkn,
CAMBKiDuii:, H KRALD8, Oxford, Queen's colleges, Work-
UIO-MBN*S COLLEGES, etC.
COLLEGES IN GREAT BRITAIN. Founded
Winchester. 1387
St Andrews, Scotland 1410
Eton college 1441
Glasgow college, now university 1451
Founded
Physicians", London 1523
Highgato 1564
Gresham 1581
Trinity college, Dublin 1591
Diilwich 1619 "
Sion, incorporated 1630
Physicians', Dublin 1667
Doctors' Commons, civil law 1670
Physicians', Edinburgh 1681
Naval college, Portsmouth 1722
Surgeons', London 1745
Surgeons', Dublin 1786.
Cheshunt college 1792
Maynooth college 1795
Military college, Sandhurst 1799
Surgeons', Edinburgh (new) 1803
.University, London 1826
Highbury college u
King's college, London i829
New college, St. John's Wood I850
Birmingham, Queen's college I863
Owen's college, Manchester 1370
PRINCIPAL COLLEGES IN THE UNITED STATES.
Harvard
William and Mary's.
Yale
College of New Jersey
Washington and Lee university
University of i'ennsylvania
Columbia" formerly Kings. .'.
Browirs university
Dartmouth
Rutgers, formerly Queena
Dickinson
Franklin and Marshall's
St Johns
Georgetown college
Williams
Union
University of North Carolina
University of Georgia
Bowdoin
Ohio university
Hamilton "
Madison university
Amherst
Holjart
Kenyon
Trinity
Adelbert
Wesleyan
University of the City of New York.
Oberlin
Tulane university
Marietta
University of Michigan
Ohio Wesleyan university
University of Rochester
Antioch
Tufts •
Hillsdale
Northwestern university
University of California
Vassar. exclusively for Women
Fisk university
Cornell university
Wellesley, exclusively for Women.. .
Johns Hopkins university
Stanford university
Location.
Cambridge, Mass
Williamsburg, Va
New Haven, Conn
Princeton, N. J
Lexington, Va
Philadelphia, Pa
New York
Providence, R. I
Hanover, N. H
New Brunswick, N. J.
Carlisle, Pa
Lancaster, Pa
Annapolis, Md
Washington, D. C
Williamstown, Mass. .
Schenectady, N. Y....
Chapel Hill, N. C
Athens, Ga
Brunswick, Me
Athens, O
Clinton, N. Y
Hamilton, N. Y
Amherst. Mass
Geneva, N. Y
Gambler, 0
Hartford, Conn ,
Cleveland, 0 ,
Middletown, Conn
New York
Oberlin, 0
New Orleans, La ,
Marietta, 0 ,
Ann Arbor, Mich
Delaware, 0
Rochester, N. Y
Yellow Springs, 0
College Hill, Mass
Hillsdale, Mich
Evanston, III
Berkeley, Cal
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. . ,
Nashville, Tenn. .,
Ithaca, N. Y
Wellesley, Mass v .
Baltimore, Md
Palo Alio. Cal
Opened.
1701
1746
1749
1751
1754
1765
1770
1783
1787
1789
1793
1795
1801
1802
1809
1812
1820
1821
1825
1826
1834
1835
1841
1844
1850
1853
1855
1865
1867
1868
1875
1876
1891
Denomination.
Non-sectarian.
Congregational.
Reformed.
Now Methodist Episcopal.
Reformed.
Non-sectarian.
Roman Catholic.
Non-sectarian.
Congregational.
Non-sectarian.
Presbyterian.
Baptist
Congregational.
Protestant Episcopal.
Presbyterian and CongregationaL
Methodist Episcopal.
Non-sectarian.
Congregational.
Non sectarian.
Methodist Episcopal
Baptist
Non sectarian.
Universalist
Free Baptist
Methodist Episcopal
Non-sectarian.
Evangelical.
Congregational
Non-sectarian.
There are more than 430 collegiate institutions for males
or for both sexes, many of which are under the patronage of
some religious denomination, and 200 for females alone in the
U. S, Many are richly endowed, such as Hari-ard, Columbia,
Northwestern university, 111., University of California, Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, Tulane University of Louisiana, Yale, Cor-
nell, and Michigan university. Many possess fine Libraries.
As to students. Harvard stands first with 2970; Columbia, over
1564; University of Michigan, over 2800; Oberlin, 1462;
Northwestern university, 1618; Yale, 1930; University of
Pennsylvania, 1990; Cornell, 1592; University of the City of
New York, 1288 ; Tulane university, La., 1284; Ohio Wesley-
an, Delaware, O., 1217; Princeton, N. J., 1160; Washington
university, St. Louis, Mo., 1714. For these and other colleges
and educational institutions consult separate states and sep-
arate articles.
college fraternities. The principal Greek-
letter societies in the United States are as follows :
Name.
Kappa Alpha
Delta Phi
Sigma Phi
Alpha Delta, Phi
Psi Upsilon
Delta Upsilon
Beta Theta Pi
Chi Psi
Delta Kappa Epsilon .
Zeta Psi
Delta Psi
Theta Delta Chi
Phi Delta Theta. ......
Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Kappa Sigma
Phi Kappa Psi ,
Chi Phi ,
Sigma Chi
Sigma Alpha Epsilon.,
Delta Tau Delta
Alpha Tau Omega.
Kappa Alpha (south)..
Kappa Sigma
Sigma Nu
Greek
letters.
Where founded.
KA
A*
2*
A A*
^r
AY
Ben
X4'
AKE
Z -ir
A>P
GAX
<1> AG
* r A 1
*K 2 j
<1'K4'
X * i
2X
2AE
A T A 1
A Tii
K A
K2
2N
Union ' 1825
1827
1832
Hamilton
Union
Williams
Miami
Union I 1841
Yale j 1844
New York University i 1846
Columbia 1847
Union
Miami
Jefferson
University of Pennsylvania.
Jefferson
Princeton
Miami
Alabama
Bethany
Virginia Military Institute..! 1865
Washington and Lee ' 1867
Virginia "
Virginia Military Institute. 1869
1834
1848
1852
1854
1855
1856
i
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COlIo'dion, a film obtained from the solution of gim-
cotton in ether. Iodized collodion, for photography, invented
by F. Scott Archer, was announced in the London Chemist,
in Mch. 1851. On the premature death of himself and wife,
a pension of 50/. was granted to his 3 orphan children.
Colinar, W.Germany; an imperial city, 13th century;
taken by the Swedes, 1632; by Louis XIV. of France, who
destroyed the fortifications, 1673; ceded to France, 1697; with
Alsace, restored to Germany, 1871.
ColOg^ne (Ger. Koln; Lat. Colonia AgHppind), on the
Rhine, a colony founded by the empress Agrippina, about 50
A.D. ; an imperial town, 957; a member of the Hanseatic
League, 1260. Many ecclesiastical councils held here, 782-1 536.
The Jews were expelled from it in 1485, and the Protestants in
1618, and it fell into decay. It was taken by French under
Jourdan, Oct. 1794. The archbishopric secularized, 1801, as-
signed to Prussia, 1814. Pop. 1890, 281,273.
Cathedral or Dom (containing many supposed relics, such as
the heads of the magi, or 3 kings), founded by archbishop
Conrad von Hochstade or Hochstettin ; architect, Gerhard
von Riehl or Rile 15 Aug. 1248
Building intermittent; suspended 1509
Collections made for resuming it by Prussia 1814 et seq.
Repairs completed ; new buildings founded 4 Sept. 1842
Body of the cathedral opened in the presence of the king, 600th
anniversary of the foundation 15 Aug. 1848
International industrial exhibition opened by the crown-prince,
2 June, 1865
Dispute between the king and chapter on election of an arch-
bishop, settled; the pope appoints Melchers Jan. 1866
Congress of Old Catholics meet 20, 22 Sept. 1872
Archbishop Melchers arrested by government 30 Mch. 1874
A colossal statue of Frederick William III., 22 ft. high, with
pedestrian figures at the base (Rlucher, Humboldt, and oth-
ers), the work of Blaser and Calendrelli, subscribed for by
Rhinelanders ; unveiled by the emperor William I. . .26 Sept. 1878
Cathedral reported finished, 14 Aug. ; height, 510 ft. ; solemnly
opened by the emperor and other German sovereigns, 15 Oct. 1880
Colombia, a republic of South America, formed of
states which declared their independence, Dec. 1819; civil
war ensued and the union was dissolved.
Union of New Granada and Venezuela ; . .17 Dec. 1819
Rovalists defeated at Carabobo 24 June, 1821
Bolivar named dictator 10 Feb. 1824
Alliance between Colombia and Mexico 30 June, "
Independence of Colombia recognized 1825
Alliance with Guatemala Mch. "
Congress at liima names Bolivar president, Aug. ; dictator,
23 Nov. 1826
Padilla's insurrection 9 Apr. 1828
Consspiracy of Santander against the life of Bolivar. . 25 Sept. "
Venezuela separates from New Granada Nov. 1829
Bolivar resigns, 4 Apr. ; d 17 Dec. 1830
Santander d 26 May, 1840
Republic named Colombia instead of New Granada 1871
New constitution, term of president 6 years 1885
Area, 504,773 sq. miles. Pop. 1864, 2,794,473; 1870, 2,910,329; 1880,
3,878,000; 1892,4,200,000. New Graxada, Venezuela.
Colombo, Ceylon, fortified in 1638 by the Portuguese,
who were expelled by the Dutch in 1666 ; the latter surren-
dered it to the British, 15 Feb. 1796. Ceylon, 1803, 1845.
colon (:). The colon and period were adopted by Thra-
symachus about 373 b.c. {Suidas\ and were known to Aristotle.
The colon and semicolon (;) first used in English in 16th century.
colonel (kur'nel, from It. colonna, a column), the title
of the highest rank in a regiment. It was common in Eng-
land in the 16th century.
COlonie§. The Phoenician and Greek colonies, often
founded by political exiles, soon became independent. The
Roman colonies continued in close connection with Rome,
governed almost entirely by militarj' law. Spain for over 200
years heUl possession of a large part of South America, the
whole of Central America, Mexico, the territory of Louisiana
(now the western United States), and most of the Wast Indies,
but ultimately ]£A them all except Cuba. Great Britain ranks
first among mooern nations in the number and importance of
her colonies and her successful maintainance of their loj'alty,
though she lost the 13 original colonies of the United States.
Her colonial population was estimated, in 1861, at 142,952,-
243 ; 1888, 275,520,216. The act to abolish slavery in her col-
onies, and compensate the owners (20,000,000^. sterling), was
passed in 1833 : all slaves becoming free 1 Aug. 1834. E. J.
Payne's"History of European Colonies " was pub. 1877. Bish-
ops (Colokial), and separate articles.
BRITISH
Colony or possession.
Aden
COLONIES.
Date of settlement, etc.
.... 1ft3«
African forts
.. about 1618
Anguilla
Antigua
Ascension
Australia, S
Australia, W. (Swan river)
Bahama islands
.Settlement
.Occupied...
.Settlement
about 1666
1632
1815
1834
1829
1629 et seq
Barbadoes
Basutoland
"
1605
1871
Bechuanaland
1885
Bengal
Berbice
Bermudas
.Settlement
.Capitulation
.Settlements
about 1652
Sept. 1803
....1609 et seq.
. . 1662
British Burmah
.(Pegu)
.Settlement
1862
1858
1888
British Columbia
Brunei
Canada
Cape Breton
Cape Coast Castle
•Capitulation
.Ceded
. By cession
..Sept. 1759-60
1763
1667
Cape of Good Hope
Ceylon
.Capitulation
.AH acquired
.Ceded (under cond
.Capitulation
.Ceded by France.
.By cession
Jan. 1806
Demerara and Essequibo
Dominica
Sept. 1803
1763
Elmina and Dutch Guinea
Feb. 1872
1833
Fiji
Gambia
.Ceded
.Settlement...!...
.Capitulation
.Settlement
.Capitulation
.Ceded by France.
Settlement
1874
1631
Gibraltar
Gold Coast
Gozo
Grenada
Griqua-land S Africa
Aug. 1704
about 1618
Sept. 1800
1763
27 Oct 1871
Guiana, British
Heligoland
.Capitulation
.By treaty
.Ceded
.Capitulation
1803
1807
Honduras . . .
1670
Hong-Kong (Victoria)
Jamaica
1841
1655
1857
1886
Labuan
I-agos
Leeward isles
. (Borneo)
.Ceded
1846
1861
1626
Madras
1639
Malacca
Malta
Mauritius
Montserrat
Natal
Nevis
.Ceded
.Capitulation
.Settlement...
1825
Sept. 1800
Dec. 1810
1632
1823
1628
New Brunswick
1622-1713
about 1500
1884
New South Wales
New Zealand
Niger districts
.Settlement
1787
1840
. . . 1885
Norfolk islands
1787
North Borneo . .
1840
Nova Scotia
.Settlement
.Conquered..
.Capitulation
.Settlement
1622
Pegu
Port Philip (Victoria).
1852
1745
Prince of Wales island (Penang)
1786
I860
1888
Sierra Leone Settlement
[United with other settlements as West Africa,
Singapore Purchased
Socotra . .
1787
Feb. 1866.]
1819
. ... 1886
St. Christopher's
St. Helena
St. Lucia
.Settlement
.Capitulation
.Capitulation
.Ceded by France.
.Ceded by France.
. .Settlemeiit
..Annexed
.Capitulation
.Settlement
1623
1600
June, 1803
1763
Swan River (West Australia).
Tobago
Tortola
Transvaal
Trinidad
Van Diemen's Land
1666
1877
Feb. 1797
1803
Vancouver's island
1781
Victoria (Port Philip)
<4
1850
Victoria (Hong-Kong).
Virgin isles
Settlement . . . .
1666
1605-1803
Zululand
1886
color is to light what pitch is to sound, according to
the undulatory theory of Huyghens (about 1678), established
by Dr. T. Young, and others. The shade varies with the num-
ber of vibrations. 458 trillions of vibrations in a second at-
tributed to the red end of the spectrum ; to the violet, 727
trillions. Spectrum. Some persons (about 65 out of 1154)
cannot distinguish colors, and are termed color-blind ; a defect
first described by Priestley. — Phil. Trans., 1777. In 1859, prof.
J. Clerk Maxwell invented spectacles for what is called " Dal-
COL
after John Dalton, the chemist, to whom scarlet ap-
peared drab-color. Dr. George Wilson, '' Kesearclies on Color-
blindness," 1847 ; Dr. Joy Jeffries, " Color-blindness," 1879.
Colora'dO, one of the United States, lying between
87° and 41^ of N. lat. and between 102^ and 109<^ W. Ion.
The name is derived from the
Spanish verb colorar, and was
tirst given to the river and later
to tl>e state. Wyoming and Ne-
braska lie on the north, Nebras-
ka and Kansas on the east. New
Mexicoand the IndianTerritory
on the south, and Utah on the
west. It extends east and west
about 380 miles; north and
south, 280 miles. Area, 10.3,925
sq. miles, in 55 counties. Pop.
1890,412,198. Capital, Denver.
ExjKHliilonof VasiiuezCorouadofrom Mexico, supposed to have
entered this rejjion 1541
Padn» Krauciscu Escalaulo of New Mexico makes an expedition
into this territory 1776
Lieut. Zebulon Mouigoinery Pike with 23 soldiers explores it
and discovers Pikes i»eak 15 Nov. 1806
He was b<>ru in New Jersey, 5 Jan. 1779; killed at the taking of
York, now Toronto, Canada 1812
MiOer ."Stephen H. Long visits this region, and reports to Con-
gress that all the country drained by the Missouri, Arkansas,
and Platte rivers is unfit for cultivation and uninhabitable 1819
[This impression aided to delay seltleuient of Colorado
until Oregon and California had both been settled. Ban-
croft's ''Colorado," p. 3-lit.l
Beut brothers erect a stockade called fort William on the north
branch of the Arkansjis river 1832
John C. Fremont's ex|)edition touches Colorado 1842-44
Fort Massiichusetis erected on Ute creek 1850
Discovery of gold in what is now Colorado, reported 1852-57
W. Creen Riis.sell, a miner of Dah Iomega, Ga., organizes an ex-
pedition to search for gold in Colorado 1858
De|>\-er founded "
[Named after the governor of Kansas.]
Oold d iscovered at Boulder creek 15 Jan. 1859
First saw mill erected on Plum creek by D. C. Oakes, and lum-
ber furni.shed for building the town 21 Apr. "
Great inllii.\ of gold seekers "
John H. (Jregory discovers gold on the north fork of Clear creek,
the lichesl mine in Colorado, and one of the richest in the
world 10 May, "
[{Jregory, a lazy fellow from Gordon county. Ga., drove a
government team from Leavenworth to Fort Laramie in 1858.
He sells his claim for$22,000, expecting easily to find another;
disappears in 1862, and is never seen again. — Bancroft.]
Discovery of silver in Colorado "
Pueblo laid oil" on the site of the old town of Pueblo 1859-60
Increased immigration into Colorado 1860
Act erecting a new territory to be called Colorado 28 Feb. 18G1
[Name suggested by William Gilpin, first governor.]
William Gilpin commissioned governor "
Hiram P. Bennett first delegate to Congress "
First legislature meets at Denver "
Great suffering from cold during the winter and drought during
the summer of 1863
Great flood at Denver Apr. 1864
Col. Chivington with 900 men attacks an Indian camp at Sand
creek, I^rimer county, and kills 131 persons, men, women,
and children 27 Nov. "
First national bank at Denver established 1865
Alexander Cummings, governor Oct. "
Nathaniel P. Hill organizes the " Boston and Colorado Smelting
Company, "' and erects a furnace at Black Hawk, near Central
City 1866
[This furnace (removed to Denver, 1879), reduces refractory
ores and makes abandoned mines of value.]
The sUte adopts for the courts the "Illinois practice code."
The capital was Colorado City, but changed to Golden City
in 1862, and back to Denver 1P68
Greeley, Weld county, located and settled
First street railroad at Denver completed
Act admitting Colorado as a state 3 Mch.
Admission of Colorado proclaimed by president Grant. .1 Aug.
[38th in order. ]
Leadville settled Aug.
University of Colorado incorporated 1860, and opened at Boulder
Massacre at White River agency of N. C. Meeker and 12 others
by Indians 29 Sept.
On the same day the Ute Indians ambush and attack 160 troops
at Milk creek, in Rio Blanca county. Capt. Thornbury, the
commander, killed ; capt. Payne of the 5th cavalry takes
command. After being invested 5 days, they are relieved
by col. Merritt 5 Oct.
[The troops lost 14 killed and 43 wounded.]
First important discovery of silver in Giinnison county, the
Forest Queen, lode, made near Crested Butte
State Industrial school at Golden City provided for by act of
legislature
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1870
1872
1875
1876
1877
1879
Denver selected as permanent capital of the state 4 Nov.
Henry M. Teller appointed secretary of the interior in presi-
dent Arthur's cabinet 6 Apr.
Act passed providing for the establishment of a State Home
and Industrial School for Girls at Denver, and the first Mon-
day in September of each year designated as '• labor day," a
public holiday, by legislature in session 5 .Ian. -4 Apr.
A Soldiers and Sailors' home at Monte Vista, a State Normal
school at (Jreeley, and a State reformatory in Chalfee county
provided for l)y legislature in session 2 Jan.-l Apr.
Last spike of the Pike's Peak mountain railroad driven,
20 Oct.
Troops called out to suppress disorder in the leg slature owing
to collision of rival factions in the lower house 14 Jan.
Australian ballot law passed in session 7 Jan.-7 Apr.
Verdict of "Not guilty" in the Millington murder trial at
Denver 29 Apr.
Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress, 1200 delegates, oi)ens
at Denver 19 May,
First i)asi5enger train ascends Pike's Peak 30 June,
National Mining congress, 10,000 delegates, opens at Denver,
18 Nov.
Forest preserve. Pike's peak, set apart by proclamations of
president Harrison, 11 Feb., and supplementary 18 Mch.
Conclave of the grand encampment of the Knights Templar of
the U. S. formally opens at Denver 9 Aug.
Death at Wilmington, O., of gen. James W. Denver, in whose
honor Denver was named 9 Aug.
TKRRITORIAI. GOVERNORS OF COLORADO.
Niiuies.
Date.
Remarks.
William Gilpin
1861-62
Appointed by president Lincoln.
John Evans
1862-65
" " "
"
Alexander Cummings.
1865-67
" " "
Johnson.
A. C. Hunt
1867-69
1869-73
a u u
Edward M. McCook. . .
Grant.
Samuel H. Elbert
1873-74
1( u ((
Edward M. McCook. . .
1874-75
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John L. Routt
1875-76
U l( ((
u
Names. GOVERNORS OF THE STATE. Date.
John L. Routt. 1876-78
Fred. W. Pitkin 1879-82
James B. Grant 1883-85
Benj. H. Eaton 1885-86
Alva Adams 1887-88
Job A. Cooper 1889-90
John L. Routt 1891-93
Davis H. Waite 1893-95
A. W. Mclntyre 189.5-97
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF
Names. No. of Congress. Date
Jerome B. Chaffee. .
Henry M. Teller. . . .
Nathaniel P. Hill. . .
Thomas M. Bowen..
Henry M. Teller...
Edward 0. Wolcott.
44th to 45th
44th " 47th
46th " 48tl)
48th " 50th
49th
51st
COLORADO.
Remarks.
Republican.
Colo§§U§ of RtlOCie§, a brass statue of Apollo, 70
cubits high, one of the " wonders of the world," erected at the
port of Rhodes in honor of the sun, by Chares of Lindus, dis-
ciple of Lysippus, 290 or 288 b.c. ; throw^i down by an earth-
quake about 224 B.C. The figure is said to have stood upon
2 moles, a leg on each side of the harbor, so that a vessel
in full sail could enter between. The statue was in ruins for
nearlv 9 centuries, when the Saracens, taking Rhodes, pulled
it to "pieces, and sold the metal, 720,900 lbs., to a Jew, who is
said to have taken it, on 900 camels, to Alexandria about 653.
— Dufresnoy.
Columbia. District of Coi>iimi?ia.
Colunibiad. Cannon in the U. S.
Columbian Exposition. World's Columbian
Exposition.
COlum'bium, a metal discovered by C. Ilatchett, in
the mineral columbite, in 1801. It is identical with niobium,
not with tantalum, as some suppose. — Watts,
Comanclie§. Indians.
combat, single, trial by, began among the Lombards,
6o9.—Baromiis. It was introduced into England for treason
cases, if neither accuser nor accused had good evidence. Ap-
peal OF BATTLE, CONSTABLE OF ENGLAND.
A single combat was fought before the king. William II., and the
peers, between Geoffrey Baynard and William, earl of Eu, accusea
by Baynard of high-treason ; Baynard conquering, P^u was deemea
convicted, bliftded and mutilated, 1096.
One proposed between Henry of Bolingbroke (afterwards Henry iv.)
and Thomas, duke of Norfolk, was forbidden by Richard II., Sept.
1398. Shakespeare introduces this incident in "King Richara
11." act i. sc. iii.
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A trial was appointed between the prior of Kilmainham and the
earl of Ormond, whom the urior impeached of high-treason; but
the quarrel was settled by the king without fighting, 1446.
A combat was proposed between lord Reay and David Ramsey in
1631, but the king prevented it.
In a combat in Dublin castle, before the lords justices and council,
between Connor MacCormack O'Connor and Teig Mac-Gilpatrick
O'Connor, the former's head was cut ofif, and presented to the'
lords, 1553.
COlllbinatiOll, Laws were enacted in England from
the time of Edward I. regulating prices of labor and relations
between masters and workmen, and prohibiting workmen's
combinations, but all were repealed, 6 Geo. IV. c. 129, 1825,
protection being given to both parties. The act was amended
in 1859 by 22 Vict. c. 34, when attention was drawn to the
subject by strikes in building trades. Sheffield, Strikes.
C011lb§, found in Pompeii. Comb-makers' company in-
corporated in England, 1636 or 1G50.
comedy. Thalia is the muse of comedy and lyric
poetry. Susarion and Dolon, supposed inventors of theatrical
exhibitions, 562 b.c., performed the tirst comedy at Athens, on
a wagon or movable stage, on 4 wheels, and were rewarded
with a basket of figs and a cask of wine. Drama, Litera-
ture, Shakespearean Plays.
Comedy prohibited at Athens as libellous, 440 b.c.
Aristophanes, prince of old comedy, 434 b.c, Menander of new, 320
B.C.
Of Plaijtus, 20 comedies are extant; he flourished 220 b.c.
Statius Csecilius wrote more than 30 comedies; at Rome 180 B.C.
Comedies of Laelius and Terence first acted 154 b.c.
First regular comedy in England about 1551 a.d.
Sheridan said to have written the best comedy ("The School for
Scandal "), best opera (" The Duenna "), and best afterpiece (" The
Critic") in the language, 1775-79.
eometi (Or. ko/i?/, a hair).
"... A blazing star
Threatens the world with famine, plague, and war;
To princes death; to kingdoms many crosses;
To all estates inevitable losses;
To herdmen rot; to ploughmen hapless seasons;
To sailors storms; to cities civil treasons. ''
—Sylveste r, " D u Bartas. ' '
"... Satan stood
Unterrified, and like a comet burned.
That fires the length of Ophiucus huge
In the arctic sky, and from his horrid hair
I Shakes pestilence and war." —Jtfi7<on, "Paradise Lost."
i A comet consists of 3 parts : head or nucleus, coma, and tail.
According to Chambers no effect produced on the earth by
cometary influence. The first described accurately was by Ni-
\ cephorus, 1337. The identity and periodicitj^ of comets are
i considered in Chambers's " Hand-book of Astronomy," 1889-
; 1890, and in W. T. Lynn's " Celestial Motions," 1891. Amedee
i Guillemin's " World of Comets," by J. Glaisher, pub. 1877.
i 1140 B.C. " At the time that Nebuchadnezzar overran Elar a comet
; arose whose body was bright like day, while from its luminous
body a tail extended like the sting of a scorpion."— .4. H. Sayce,
I "Babylonian Inscriptions."
I Aristotle described the probable course of a comet which appeared
370 B.C.
At the birth of Mithridates 2 comets were seen for 72 days together,
whose splendor eclipsed the mid-day sun, covering one fourth of
the heavens, about 135 b.c. — Justin.
A grand comet seen, 1264. Its tail said to have extended 100°. Per-
haps the same one in 1556, with diminished splendor; expected
again about Aug. 1858 or Aug. I860.— Hind.
A remarkable one seen in England, June, 1337.— S'tow.
Tycho Brahe proved comets extraneous to our atmosphere, about
1577
A comet which caused terror seen from 3 Nov. 1679, to 9 Mch. 1680;
enabled Newton to prove comets subject to the law of gravitation,
and probably in elliptic orbits, 1704.
A brilliant comet in 1769 passed very swiftly within 2,000,000 miles
of the earth. It was seen in London; its tail, 36,000,000 miles
long, stretched across the sky like a luminous arch.
Comet of 1811, on 15 Oct. was supposed by Herschel to stretch
100,000,000 miles, and its greatest breadth 15,000,000 miles. It
was visible all the autumn to the naked eye.—Philos. Trans. Royal
Soc. for 1812. Another comet, discovered by M. Pons, 29 Dec.
1823, had, besides the tail turned from the sun, another turned
towards it.
Halley's Comet, 1682. Named after the great English astronomer,
who first proved the periodical returns of comets, identifying the
comet of 1682 with that of 1456, 1531, and 1607 by careful obser-
vations in 1682, and comparisons with records of earlier appear-
ances. Halley's comet traverses its orbit in about 75 years; it
appeared (as he had predicted) in 1759, reaching its perihelion on
13 Mch. ; its last appearance was 1835; its next will be 1910.
Encke's Comet. First discovered by M. Pons, 26 Nov. 1818, but
named for prof Encke, who determined its orbit, motions, and
perturbations; like Halley's, it has reappeared according to pre-
diction, its period being 3 years and 15 weeks. 13th return ob-
served at Copenhagen by M. d' Arrest, 20 July, 1863;
14 Oct. 1871; seen 13 Apr. 1875; in New South Wales, 3 Aug. 1878!
Biela's Comet is remarkable for its close approach to the earth's
orbit. It was discovered by M. Biela, an Austrian officer, 28 Feb.
1826. It has also reappeared as predicted, its period being 6 years
and 38 weeks. Its second appearance was in 1832; its perihelion
passage 27 Nov.; its third was in 1839; its fourth in 1845; and
its fifth in 1852; it has since vanished.
Great Comet of 1843, the brightest of this century, was distinctly
visible to the naked eye beside the sun. After sunset, its tall
stretched in a double broad band of intense white light from the
horizon more than halfway to the zenith, as seen in the U. S.
Donates Cornet, one of the finest comets of the present century,
first observed by Dr. Donati, of Florence, 2 June, 1858, 228,000,000
miles from our earth. It was very brilliant in the U. S. in the
end of Sept. and Oct. following, when the tail was said to be
40,000,000 miles long. On 10 Oct. it was nearest the earth; on
the 18th it was near Venus. Opinions varied as to this comet's
brilliancy compared with that of 1811. Its period of return is
about 2000 years.
Great Comet of 1861 was first seen by Mr. Tebbutt at Sydney, in
Australia, 13 May; by M. Goldschmidt and others in France and
England on 29, 30 June. The nucleus was about 400 miles in
diameter, with a long bush-like tail; it moved about 10,000,000
miles in 24 hours. On 30 June it was suggested that we were in
the tail — there being "a phosphorescent auroral glare."
A tailless comet was discovered in Cassiopeia, by M. Seeling, at
Athens, 2 July, and by M. Tempel, at Marseilles, 2 and 3 July, 1862.
M. Babinet regards cometary matter as so rare that a comet's tail,
traversed by the earth, might be unnoticed, 4 May, 1857.
Schiaparelli, of Milan, identifies the path of August meteors round
the sun with orbit of second comet of 1862-66.. ,
Coggia^s Comet, seen by him at Marseilles, 18 Apr. ; (near Polar star)
in London about 4 July; gradually grew brighter, but, lost to sight
in Europe, appeared at Melbourne, 1 Aug. 1874.
Most important work on these comets was the successful photo-
graphing by prof. Henry Draper, of New York, 1880-81.
Spectra show carbon; in one case the greater part of the comet's
light was proved to be reflected.
Of about 270 comets whose orbits have been computed with ap-
proximate accuracy, nearly 200 appear to move in parabolas, and
therefore, after their one visit to the solar system, have passed
away into the depths of space. About 50 are known to have oval
or elliptic orbits, and are erratic members of our own system.
But the attraction of a planet, especially of Jupiter, may some-
times change a comet's orbit from a parabola to an ellipse, or
conversely. The close connection of comets with the periodical
showers of meteors (usually observed 12 Aug., 13, 27, and 28 Nov.,
etc.), first demonstrated in 1864 by prof H. A. Newton, of Yale
college, is now universally admitted. Several streams of meteors
are known to move in long elliptic orbits about the sun, each the
orbit of a known comet, and most astronomers suppose the me-
teors to be the result of the gradual disintegration of the comets.
comets revolving about the sun in less than 20
years.
^''^"''Yearr'"^"'' Appearance.
3.29. . . : Oct. 1891
2. Tempers, 2d 5.15 Feb. 1894
3. Winnecke's 5.54 Dec. 1891
. 4. Brorsen's 5.58 Apr. 1890
5. Tempel's, 1st 5.98 Apr. 1891
6. Swift's 6 Oct. 1892
7. Barnard's 6 1890
8. D'Arrest's 6.64 Sept. "
9. Finlay's 6.67 1893
10. Wolfe's 6.76 Aug. 1891
IL Faye's 7.44 Dec. 1895
12. Dennings 8.86 July, 1890
13. Tuttle's 13. 66 Mch. 1899
COMETS revolving ABOUT THE SUN IN LESS THAN 100
YEARS.
Name. Years. Next appearance.
1. Westphal's 67.7 1920
2. Pons's 70.68 1954
3. De Vico's .73.25 1919
4. Olbers's 74.05 1961
5. Brorsen's 74.97 1922
6. Halley's 76.78 1910
(Halley's comet has been traced as far back as 11 b.c. by Hind).
Name.
1. Encke's.
1066
1106
1145
1265
1378
1402
1456
1531
1556
1577
1607
1618
1661
YEARS OF REMARKABLE COMETS.
1744
1759— Halley's.
Period,
It ap-
.,„,, (The most remarkable of modern times.
^^^^ \ 3065 years. Discovered 26 Mch. 1811.
1823
1835— Halley's.
(One of the most brilliant ever observed.
1843 I proached the sun to within 450,000 miles of its
( centre and less than 30,000 from its surface.
1858 — Donati's. See notice in this article.
1861 — See notice in this article.
1882
1680— Period estimated at 8814 years.— Guillemin.
1682— Halley's.
1729
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TABUS OF RBOORDED COMKTS.
N». obMrrad. Orbiu calculated.
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392 109
Army of the United
Before a.d.
0-lOa y-i
101-20a , 22.
901-300 3»
801-400. 22.
401-500. 19
UOl-600. 26
601-70a 29
701-80a 17
801-900. 41
901-1000 30.
1001-1100 37
1101-1200. 28
1201-1300. 29
1301-1400 34
1401-1600 43
1601-1600 39
1601-1700 32.
1701-1800 72
1801-1888 VJO
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comniander-ln-chief.
Statks.
commerce early flourished in Arabia, Egypt, and
among the Phoenicians ; see the description of Tyre, 588 B.C.,
Ezek. xxvii. Later it was spread over Europe by a confed-
eracy of maritime cities, 1241 (Hanse Towns), by the dis-
coveries of Columbus, and by the enterprises of the Dutch
and Portuguese. Exports, Imports, and articles connected
with this subject.
England's first treaty of commerce with a foreign nation was
with the Flemings. 1 Edw. I. 1272. The second with Portu-
gal and Spain. 2 Edw. II. 1308.— Jnrfej-son. Treaties. Herts-
let's "Collection," in 12 vols. 8vo, pub. 1827-59, has a copi-
ous index.
Chambers of commerce originated at Marseilles in the 14th
^ntury and in the chief cities in France about 1700
Suppressed in 1791 ; restored by decrees 3 Sept. 1851
Chamber of commerce at Glasgow established 1783; at Edin-
burgh, 1785 ; Manchester, 1820; Hull 1837
Interuationatl congress of commerce at Brussels 6-10 Sept. 1880
A minister of commerce in England proposed, 1880, dropped. . 1881
common council of London, organized about 1208.
The charter of Henry L mentions the folk-mote, Saxon for a
court or assembly of the people. Its general place of meet-
ing was in the open air at St. Paul's cross, St. Paul's church-
yard. In Henry III.'s reign representatives were chosen
out of each ward, who, with the lord mayor and aldermen,
constituted the court of common council. At first 2 were
returned for each ward;' the number was enlarged in 1347,
and since. This council, consisting of 206 members, meets
every Thursday, and is elected annually 21 Dec, St. Thomas's
day. It supported the prince of Orange in 1688, and queen
Caroline in 1820. — Most of the cities of the United States are
governed by a "common council," consisting of aldermen
elected from the different wards.
Common Pleas, Court of, in England, in ancient
times followed the king's person, and is distinct from the
King's Bench ; but on the grant of Magna Charta by king
John, in 1215, it was fixed at Westminster, where it remains.
In 1833 procedure in all superior courts was made uniform.
In England, no barrister under the degree of sergeant, could
plead in Common Pleas, but in 1846 the privilege was ex-
tended to barristers practising in the superior courts at West-
minster. Sat last, July, 1875. The common-pleas division
of the high court of justice now consists of the chief-justice
and 4 judges. Supreme court, Courts in the U. S.
" Common Prayer, Book of," first ordered
by Parliament printed in English, 1 Apr. 1548; was published
7 Mch. 1549; reformed by act of uniformity, 6 Apr. 1552;
abolished under queen Mary, Oct. 1553 ; restored, with changes,
24 June, 1559 ; revised, 1604; abolished, 1644, and it.s use pro-
hibited under heavy penalties, till the new act of uniformity,
19 May, 1662, since when it has been continuously in use.
With a few changes, this prayer-book is used by Episcopal
churches in Scotland, Ireland, and North America.
" King's Primer " pub 1545
First book of Edward VI. printed 7 Mch. 1549
Second book of Edward VI 1552
First book of Elizabeth (revised) 1559
King James's book " 1604
Scotch book of Charles 1 1637
Charles II. 's book (Savoy conference) now in use 1662
StcUe tervices (never part of the prayer-book, but annexed to
It at the beginning of every reign) for 5 Nov. (guiijwwder
treason), 30 Jan. (Charles I. 's execution), and 29 May (('harles
II. '8 restoration), were ordered discontinued 17 Jan. 1859
Public Worship Regulation act (to check ritualism) passed, Aug. 1874
Wesleyan Methodists who had used the prayer-book appoint
acou)miltee to revise it Aug. "
COmmon-la^V of England, including unwritten max-
ims and customs {leges non scripice), of British, Saxon, and
Danish origin, immemorial in that kingdom, though some-
what impaired by the Norman conquest, is still recognized by
the courts. At the parliament of Merton, 1236, " all the earls
and barons," says the parliament roll, " with one voice an-
swered that they would not change the laws of England
which have hitherto been used and approved." Bastaud.
The process, practice, and mode of pleading in the superior
courts of common-law were amended, 1852 and 1854. In the
United States the term common-law means that of England,
and statutes passed by the English Parliament, before the
first settlements in the colonial states were made, and with
the exception of Louisiana, is the basis of the jurisprudence of
all the states, in so far as it conforms to the circumstances and
institutions of the country, and has not been otherwise modi-
fied by statutory provisions.
Commoni, House of, originated when Simon de Mont-
fort, earl of Leicester, by the provisions of Oxford, ordered re-
turns of 2 knights from every shire, and deputies from certain
boroughs, to meet his friends of the barons and clergy, to
strengthen his power against Henry III., 1258. — Stow. Par-
liament. In 1832 the house had 658 members. In 1844
Sudbury, and in 1852 St. Albans, were disfranchised for bribery
and corruption, each having returned 2 members; the number
then became 654. In 1861 the forfeited seats were given —
2 additional to the West Riding of York, 1 to South Lanca-
shire, and 1 to a new borough, Birkenhead. In 1859 Mr.
Newmarch estimated the voters of England and Wales at
934,000. The number was largely increased by the Reform
act of 1867. Registered parliamentary electors, 1872: Eng-
land and Wales, boroughs, 1,250,019 ; counties, 801,109. Scot-
land, burghs, 49,025; counties, 79,919. Ireland, boroughs,
171,912; counties, 175,439. Total, 2,526,423. Parliamentary
electors : England and Wales, 1875, 2,301,266 ; 1878, 2,416,222 ;
1879 (May), 2,459,999. Scotland, 1875, 289,789 ; 1878, 304,-
268; 1879, 307,941. Ireland, .1875, 230,436; 1878, 231,515;
1879, 231,289. Total, 1875, 2,821,491 ; 1878, 2,952,005 ; 1879,
2,999,229. Disfranchised and replaced, 1867 : Lancaster, Yar-
mouth, Totnes, and Reigate. Disfranchised, 1870: Beverley
and Bridgewater, each 2 members ; Cashel and Sligo, each 1
member : 652 members, 1878 ; 12 members short, through void
elections, Aug. 1880. The Reform bill of 1885 makes man-
hood suffrage almost universal. The registered electors in
England, 1891, number 4,469,630; Wales, 261,117; Scotland,
576,213; Ireland, 760,173. Total, 6,067,133, an average of
9055 electors to every member. Salary of the speaker of the
house, 5000/. Number of members at different times :
Old House. Members. By the Reform act of 1832. Members.
England 489 England 472
■ Wales 28
Scotland 53
Ireland 105
Total 658
By the Reform act of 1885. Members.
England 465
Wales 30
Scotland 72
Ireland 103
Total 670
Wales 24
Scotland 45
Ireland ■ 100
Total 658
By the acts of 1867-68. Members.
England 463
Wales 30
Scotland 60
Ireland 105
Total 658
common §chool§ in the United States. Education.
Common -sense pamphlet, Paine's. Penn-
sylvania, 1776.
Commonwealtli of Eng^land, the term ap-
plied to the interregnum between the death of Charles I. and
the restoration of Charles 11. A republic was established at
the execution of Charles I., 30 Jan. 1649 — a new oath, called
the " Engagement," framed, which all officials must take. —
Salmon. They swore to be true and faithful to the Common-
wealth, without king or house of lords. The statues of Charles
were next day demolished, particularly that at the royal ex-
change, and one at the west end of St. Paul's ; and in their
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room the following inscription was conspicuously set up:
*^Exit Tyrannus Regum ultimus, Anno Libertatis AnglicB Re-
stitutcB Primo. Anno Dom. 1649, Jan. 30." Oliver Cromwell
was made protector 16 Dec. 1653 ; succeeded bj' his son Rich-
ard, 3 Sept. 1658. Monarchy was restored 8 May, and Charles
II. entered London, 29 May, 1660.
COmmuil'aliitS or COrn'muilisti, propose to di-
vide France into about 1000 independent states, with coun-
cils elected by all ; Paris to be the ruling head ; capital and
its holders to be adapted to nobler uses, or cease to exist.
They are said to be atheists and materialists. They are in-
timately connected with the international society of workmen,
and the communists or socialists (1871-73). Socialism.
eoiIlinilIie§, in France, are territorial divisions under
a mayor. In the 11th century the name was given to combi-
nations of citizens, favored by the crown, against the exac-
tions of the nobles. In 1356 Stephen Marcel, during English
invasion, endeavored to form a confederation of sovereign
cities, having Paris as governing head ; and for 6 months it
was governed by a commune in 1588. After the insurrection
of July, 1789, the revolutionary committee replaced the city
council, taking the name of " Commune of Paris," Pethion
being mayor. It met at the Hotel de Ville, and organized 21
May, 1791. It had great power under Robespierre, and fell
with him, 17 July, 1794, being replaced by 12 municipalities.
The commune was proclaimed in Paris, 28 Mch. 1871, during
the insurrection which began 18 Mch. and ended with the
capture of the city by the government, 28 May. 2245 com-
munists were pardoned by decree issued 17 Jan. 1879; and
many others afterwards. A number re-entered Paris 4 Sept.
following. For the communal rule in Paris, Fkance, 1871;
Socialism.
COmmilllioil, the ordinance of the Lord's supper
(1 Cor. X. 16). Communicating under the form of bread alone
is said to have begun under pope Urban II. 1096. The cup
was first denied to the laity by the council of Constance, 1414-
1418. The fourth Lateran council (1215) decreed that every
believer should receive the communion at least at Easter.
The communion service of the church of England was set
forth in 1549.
COmpatliei. The London trade companies were grad-
ually formed out of the trade or craft guilds, mainly by the
exertions of Walter Harvey, mayor in 1272. The original re-
ligious element in the companies gradually disappeared. The
first commercial company in England was probably the Steel-
yard society, established 1232. The second was the Merchants
of St. Thomas ti Becket, in 1248.— xS7oz(7. The third was the
Merchant Adventurers, incorporated by Elizabeth, 1564. Of
bubble companies, Law's bubble, in 1720-21, was perhaps the
most famous, and the South Sea bubble, in the same year, was
scarcely less memorable for the ruin of thousands of families.
Law's and South Sea bubble, London and Plymouth
COMPANIES.
COmpa§§, mariner's, said to have been known to
the Chinese, 1115 B.C., and brought to Europe by Marco Polo,
a Venetian, 1260 a.d. Flavio Gioja, of Amalfi, a navigator
of Naples, is said to have introduced the suspension of the
needle, 1302. The statement that the fleur-de-lis was placed
at the northern point of the compass in compliment to Charley,
king of Naples at the time of the discovery, has been contra-
dicted. " The compass is said to have been known to the
Swedes under king Jarl Birger, 1250. Its variation was dis-
covered first by Columbus, 1492; a'I'terwards by Sebastian
Cabot, 1540. The compass-box and hanging-compass used by
navigators were invented by William Barlowe, an English
divine and natural philosopher, in 1608. Magnetism.— The
measuring compass (dividers) was invented bv Jost Bing, of
Hesse, in 1602.
Compiegne (Jcom-pe-ain'), a French city north of
Paris, residence of the Carlovingian kings. During its siege,
Joan of Arc was captured here by Burgundians, 25 May,
1430, and given up to the English. Napoleon III. and the
king of Prussia met here 6 Oct. 1861.
Composite order, a mixture of Corinthian and
Ionic, also called the Roman order; of uncertain date.
composite portraits. By photography, in 1877-
1878, Francis Galton combined from 2 to 9 portraits; often
improving the features of the components.
compound radical, in organic chemistry, is a
substance containing 2 or more elements, but often acting
as one element. The radical or binary theory was propounded
by Berzelius, 1833, and bj^ Liebig, 1838 ; and modified in the
nucleus theory of Aug. Laurent, 1836. The first compound
radical isolated was cyanogen, by Gay-Lussac, 1815. Amyl,
Ethyl, Methyl.
Comte's {konfs) philosophy. Philosophy.
Conception, Immaculate. A festival (8 Dec.)
appointed 1389, observed in the Roman Catholic church in
honor of the Virgin Mary's conception and birth without
original sin. Opposition to this doctrine was forbidden by
decree of pope Paul V. in 1617, which was confirmed by Greg-
orj' XV. and Alexander VII. — Henault. On 8 Dec. 1854, pope
Pius IX. promulgated a bull, declaring this dogma an article
of faith, and making it heresy to doubt or speak against it. —
The Conceptionists were an order of nuns in Italy, established
in 1488. Santiago.
COncept'ualism. Philosophic thought intermediate
between realism and nominalism. Philosophy, Abelard.
concertina {con-ser-tee'na), a musical instrument in-
vented by prof., afterwards sir, Charles Wheatstone, about 1825,
and improved by G. Case. The sounds are produced by free
vibrating metal springs.
concerts. The Filarmonia gave concerts at Vicenza
in the 16th centur3^ The first public subscription concert was
at Oxford in 1665; the first in London is said to have been in
1672, by John Banister, afterwards by Thomas Brit ton till his
death, 1714. The academy of ancient music began concerts
in London, 1710; the concerts of ancient music in 1776; and
the Philharmonic society of London in 1818. Crystal pal-
ace, Handel, Music. Colossal peace concerts were held at
Boston, Mass., 15 June, etc., 1869; 17 June to 4 July, 1872.
Boston.
concliorog^y, the science of shells, mentioned by
Aristotle and Pliny, was reduced to a system by John Daniel
Major, of Kiel, Holstein, Germany, who published his classi-
fication of the Testacea in 1675. Lister's system was published
1685 ; that of Largius 1722. Johnson's " Introduction" (1850)
and Sowerby's "Manual of Conchology" (1842) are useful.
Forbes andHanley's "British MoUusca and their Shells"
(1848-53) is a magnificent work. " British Conchology," by
J. G. Jeffreys, pub. 1862-69.
conclave. A range of small cells in the hall of the
Vatican, where the cardinals usually meet to elect a pope;
also the assembly of cardinals shut up for the purpose. Clem-
ent IV. died at Viterbo in 1268 ; the cardinals were nearly 3
years unable to agree, and were about to disperse, when the
magistrates, by advice of St.Bonaventura, shut the city gates,
and locked up the cardinals till they agreed, 1271.
Concord. Massachusetts, 1775.
COncor'dance. An index or alphabetical catalogue
of the words, or a chronological account of the facts in a book.
The first was made of the Bible under Hugo de St. Caro, who
employed 500 monks upon it, 1247. — AbbS Lenglet. It was
based on one compiled by Anthony of Padua. Thomas Gib-
son's " Concordance of the New Testament," pub. 1535. John
Marbeck's " Concordance " (for the whole Bible), 1550. Two
concordances, by Robert F. Herrey, appeared in 1578. Cruden's
" Concordance " was published in London in 1737. Dr. Robert
Young's " Analytical Concordance to the Bible," 1879. The
"Index to the Bible," published by queen Victoria's printers,
prepared by B. Vincent, was completed May, 1848.
Verbal indexes accompany good editions of ancient classics. An
" Index to Shakespeare, " by Ayscough, appeared in 1790; another
by Twiss in 1805; and Mrs. Cowden-Clarke's "Concordance to
Shakespeare's Plays " (after 16 years' labor) in 1847. Mrs. Horace
Furuess's " Concordance to Shakespeare's Poems," 1874 Todd's
"Verbal Index to Milton," 1809. Cleveland's "Concordance to
Milton," 1867. Brightwell's "Concordance to Tennyson," 1869.
Abbott's " Concordance to Pope," 1875. Dun bars to Homer, 1880.
Ellis to Shelley, 1892.
COncor'dat. An agreement between a prince and the
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pope, usually concerning benefices. That between the enaperor
Henry V. of Germany and pope Calixtus II., in 1122, has been
reganleti as fundamental law of the church in Germany. The
concordat between IJonaparte and Pius VII., at Paris, 15 July,
1801, re-established the papal authority in France. Napoleon
was made in effect the head of the (ialHcan church, bishops
to l)e appointed by him, and invested by the pope. Another
concordat between the same persons was signed at Fontaine-
bleau, 25 Jan. 1818. These were almost nullified by another,
22 Nov. 1817. A concordat, 18 Aug. 1855, between Austria
and Rome, by which the liberty of the Austrian church was
largely given up to the papacy, caused dissatisfaction. In
18G8 it was virtually abolished by the legislatures of Hungary
and Austria.
concubines were tolerated among the Jews, Greeks,
and Romans, but strictly forbidden to Christians (Mark x. ; 1
Cor. vii. 2). They are mentioned as having been allowed to
priests, 1132. Morganatic marriages.
COndottlcrl {con-dot-te-a' ree), conductors or leaders of
mercenaries, termed free companies or lances.' The first to
give a definite form to these lawless bands was Montreal d'Al-
barno of Provence. This body, named the " Grand Compa-
ny," numbered 7000 cavalrj' and 1500 select infantry, mostly
Germans, and was for some years the terror of Italy. After
the peace of Bretignj', in 1360, sir John Hawkwood, an able
general, after ravaging France, led his army of English mer-
cenaries, called the " White Company," into Italy, which first
in the service of Pisa, and afterwards of Florence, took a prom-
inent part in the confused Italian wars of that period. The
first who formed an exclusively Italian company was Alberico
da Barbiano. In his school the great condottieri Braccio da
Montone and Attendolo Sforza were formed. The greatest
condottieri during the first half of the 15th century were
Francesco Bussone, count of Carraagnola, who was beheaded
between the columns at "Venice, 1432, Niccolo Piccinino, who
died at Milan, 1444, and Francesco Sforza, son of Attendolo
Sforza, who, marrying the daughter of the duke of Milan,
seized that duchy on the death of his father-in-law, 1450, the
only condottiere who obtained territory of importance. He
exhibited rare qualities as a ruler. Towards the end of the
15th century, when the large cities had gradually absorbed the
smaller states, and Italy itself, drawn into European politics,
became the battle-field of powerful armies, French, Spanish,
and German, the condottieri disappeared.
conduits. Two remarkable conduits, among others
in London, existed early in Cheapside. The " great conduit,"
the first cistern of lead in London, was built 1285. At the
procession of Anne Boleyn, on her marriage, it ran with white
and claret wine all afternoon, 1 June, 1533. — Stow,
Confederate IStates of America. An or-
ganization of slave -holding states in an attempt to secede
from the Union and establish an independent government.
During the 4 years of its existence its history is confined
almost wholly to the battle-field. The following table gives
the dates of legislative action for secession in the several
state.
South Carolina. .
Mississippi
Florida
Alabama ,
Georgia.
Louisiana
Texas
Virginia
Arkansas
North Carolina. ,
Tennessee
Act of Secession.
20 Dec. 1860
9 Jan. 1861
10 " "
11 " "
19 " "
26 " "
1 Feb. "
17 Apr. "
6 May, "
21 " "
8 June, "
Unanimous.
84 yeas, 15 naya
62 " 7 "
61 " 39 "
208 " 89 "
113 " 17 "
166 " 7 "
88 " 55 "
69 " 1 "
Unanimous.
Legislatures of Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware re-
fused to pass an ordinance of secession, and declared themselves
neutral.
Convention of South Carolina, after passing the ordinance ot
secession, issues a call, 27 Dec. 1860, for a convention at Mont-
gomery. Ala. , of such slave-holding states as should secede, Feb. 4,
1861. At that date the following delegates met :
South Carolina: R. B. Rhett, Jas. Chesnut, jr., W. P. Miles, T. J.
Withers, R. W. Barnwell, C. G. Memminger, L. M. Keitt, W. W.
Boyce.
Georgia : Robert Toombs, Howell Cobb, Benj. H. Hill, Alex. H. Ste-
phens, Francis Barbour, Martin J. Crawford. E, A. Nisbett, Augus-
tus B. Wright, Thos. R. R. Cobb, Augustus Keenan.
Alabama : Richard W. Walker, Robert H. Smltli, Colin J. McRae,
John (Jill Shorter. S. F. Halo, David P. Lewis, Thomas Fearn, J.
L. M. Curry, W. P. Chilton.
Mistissippi : Wiley P. Harris, Walker Brooke, A. M. Clayton, W. S.
Barry, J. T. Harrison, J. A. P. Campbell, W. S. Wilson.
Louisiana: John Perkins, jr., Duncan F. Kenna, C. M. Conrad, E.
Sparrow, Henry Marshall.
Florida : Jackson Morton, J. Patlon Anderson, Jas. B. Owens.
This convention, with Howell Cobb as permanent president, adopt-
ed, on 9 Feb. 1861, a provisional constitution for the Confederate
States of America. On the same day, Jefferson Davis of Missis-
sippi was elected presidont,Alexander H.Stephens of Georgia vice-
president, by a unanimous vote of the delegates (42 in number).
Davis was inaugurated 18 Feb. 1861; oath of office being ad-
ministered by Howell Cobb. The delegates from the other slates
of the confederacy took seats in the provisional congress as fol-
lows:
Texas, 1st session, 2 Mch. 1861: Louis T. Wigfall, John H. Reagan,
John Hemphill, T. H. Waul, William B. Ochiltree, W. S. Oldhiun,
John Gregg.
Arkansas, 'id session, May, 1861: Robert W. Johnson, Albert Rust,
Augustus H. Garland, Wm. W. Watkins, Hugh F. Thomasson.
Virginia, 2d session, May, 1861: Jas. A. Soddon, Wm. Ballard Pres-
ton, Robt. M. T. Hunter, John Tyler, sen., Wra. H. McFarland,
Roger A. Pryor, Thos. S. Bocock, Wm. C. Rives.
Tennessee, 2d session. May, 1861: Jos. B. Heiskill, Thomas Menees,
Wm. G. Swan, Meeker, House, Geo. W. Jones, John D.
C. Atkins, De Witt, Mcllhery.
North Carolina, 3d session, July. 1861 : Geo. Davis, Wm. W. Avery,
Wm. N. H. Smith, Thos. Ruffln, Thos. D. McDowell, Abram W.
Venable, John M. Morehead, Robt. C. Puryear, Burton Craige, An-
drew J. Davidson.
Kentucky, 4th session, Dec. 1861 : Henry C. Burnett, Thomas,
Willis B. Machen, Thomas B. Munroe.
Missouri, 4th session, Dec. 1861 : Wm. H. Cook, Thos. A. Harris, Casper
W. Bell, A. H. Conrow, Geo. C. Vest, Thos. W. Freeman, Samuel
Hyer.
The permanent constitution of the Confederate States (that of the
United States with slight alterations) was submitted to the pro-
visional congress 11 Mch. and unanimously adopted, and was rat-
ified by the following states: Alabama, 13 Mch. 1861; Georgia, 16
Mch. ; Louisiana,21 Mch. ; Texas, 23 Mch. ; South Carolina, 3 Apr. ;
Virginia, 25 Apr. ; North Carolina, 21 May.
The confederate (provisional) congress held four sessions: (1) 4 Feb.
1861, to 16 Mch. 1861 ; (2) 29 Apr. 1861, to 22 May, 1861 ; (3) 20 July,
1861, to 22 Aug. 1861; (4) 18 Nov. 1861, to 17 Feb. 1862.
The government was removed from Montgomery, Ala., to Rich-
mond, Va., 24 May, 1861, where the 3d session of its congress
opened 20 July, 1861, and remained until driven out by Grant in
Apr. 1865.
The government, under its permanent constitution, was organized
at Richmond, Va., 22 Feb. 1862.
Jefferson Davis of Miss., president 1862-66
Alexander H. Stephens of Ga., vice-president "
CABINET.
Judah P. Benjamin, La., secretary of state.
Charles G. Memminger, S. C, secretary of treasury.
Geo. W. Randolph, Va. , secretary of war.
Stephen R. Mallory, Fla., secretary of navy.
Thos. H. Watts, Ala., attorney-general.
John H. Reagan, Tex. , postmaster-general.
First Congress, session (1) 18 Feb. 1862, to 22 Apr. 1862.
" (2) 12 Aug. " "13 Oct. "
" (3) 12 Jan. 1863, " 8 May, 1863.
" (4) 7 Dec. " "18 Feb. 1864.
Senate: Alexander H. Stephens, Ga., vice-president.
R. M. T. Hunter, Va., president ^Jro temn.
Members from Ala. : Clement C. Clay, William L. Yancey.
" " Ark. : Robt. W. .Johnson, Chas. B. Mitchell.
" " Fla. : Jas. M. Baker, Augustus E. Maxwell,
" " Ga. : Benj. H. Hill, John W. Lewis.
" " Ky. : Henry C. Burnett, Wm. E. Simms.
" " La. : Thos. J. Semmes, Edward Sparrow.
** " Miss. : Albert G. Brown, Jas. Phelan.
» " Mo. : John B. Clark, R. L. Y. Peyton.
*' " N. C. : Wm. T. Dortch, Geo. Davis.
" " S. C. : Robt. W. Barnwell. Jas. L. Orr.
" " Tenn. : Gustavus A. Henry, Landon C. Haynes.
" " Va. : Robt. M. T. Hunter, Wm. Ballard Preston.
" " Tex. : Louis T. Wigfall, Williamson S. Oldham.
House: Thos. S. Bocock, Va., speaker.
Members : Alabama 9, Arkansas 4, Florida 2, Georgia 10, Kentucky
12, Louisiana 6, Mississippi 7, Missouri 6, North Carolina 10, South
Carolina 6, Tennessee 11, Texas 7, Virginia 16; total, 106.
Second Congress, session (1) 2 May, 1864, to 15 June, 1864.
" (2) 7 Nov. " "18 Mch. 1865.
Senate: Alex. H. Stephens, Ga., vice-president.
R. M. T. Hunter, Va. , president pro tern.
Members from Ala. : Robt. Jennson, jr., Richard W. Walker.
" " Ark. : Robt. W. Johnson, Augustus H. Garland.
" " Fla. : Jas. M. Baker, Augustus E. Maxwell.
" " Ga. : Benj. H. Hill, Herschel V. Johnson.
-' " Ky. : Henry C. Burnett, Wm. E. Simms.
*< " La. : Edward Sparrow, Thos. J. Semmes.
" " Miss.: J. W. C. Watson, Albert G. Brown.
" " Mo. : Waldo P. Johnson, L. M. Louis.
" " N. C. : Wm. T. Dortch, Wm. A. Graham,
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Members from S. C. : Robt. W. Barnwell, Jas. L. Orr.
" " Tenn. : Gustavus A. Henry, Landon C. Haynes.
'< " Tex. : Louis T. Wigfall, Williamson S. Oldham.
" " Va. : Robert M. T. Hunter, Allen T. Caperton.
Hoiise : Thos. S. Bocock, speaker.
Members : Alabama 9, Arkansas 3, Florida 2, Georgia 10, Kentucky
12 Louisiana 5, Mississippi 7, Missouri 7, North Carolina 10, South
Carolina 6, Tennessee 11, Texas 6, Virginia 16; total, 104.
Kentucky and Missouri were represented, though as states they
never seceded. This government lasted i years, 1 month, and 14
days, after which the seceding states gradually returned to their
allegiance, and by 23 May, 1872, all were again represented in
Congress. United States, 1861-65.
Before the first year ended, in Dec. 1861, gold was worth 120 in con-
federate notes; in Dec. 1862, 300; in Dec. 1863, 1900; in Dec. 1864,
5000; in Mch. 1865, 6000.
confederation at Paris, 14 July, 1790. Bastile,
Champ de Mars.
Confederation and Perpetual Union,
Articles of. At the second Continental Congress at
Philadelphia a committee was appointed, 1 1 June, 1776, to draft
a form of confederation for the states. It consisted of one mem-
ber from each state, viz. : John Dickinson, Pa., chairman ;
Joseph Bartlett, N. H. ; Samuel Adams, Mass.; Roger Sher-
man, Conn. ; Stephen Hopkins, R. I. ; R. R. Livingston, N. Y. ;
Francis Hopkinson, N. J.; Thomas McKean, Del.; Thomas
Stone, Md.; Thomas Nelson, Va.; Joseph Hewes, N. C; Ed-
ward Rutledge, S. C. ; Button Gwinnett, Ga.
This committee presents a draft to Congress 12 July, 1776
Debated until laid aside 20 Aug. "
Taken up for reconsideration ' . . 8 Apr. 1777
Adopted with amendments as "Articles of Confederation and
Perpetual Union between the States " 15 Nov. "
Tlie confederacy to be styled "The United States of
America." These articles, 13 in number, were ratified by the
states as follows :
South Carolina 5 Feb.
New York 6 Feb.
Rhode Island 9 Feb.
Connecticut 12 Feb.
Georgia 26 Feb.
New Hampshire 4 Mch.
Pennsylvania 5 Mch.
1778
Massachusetts 10 Mch. 1778
North Carolina 5 Apr. "
New Jersey 19 Nov. "
Virginia 15 Dec. "
Delaware 1 Feb. 1779
Maryland 30 Jan. 1781
Maryland, 1781.
Formally announced by all the states 1 Mch. 1781
Congress assembles 2 Mch. "
United States.
Confederation of the Rhine. By the Act
of Federation, subscribed to 12 July, 1806, the king of Bavaria
and Wiirtemberg, the elector of Baden, and 13 minor princes
united themselves in the league known as the " Confederation
of the Rhine," under the protection of the French emperor, and
undertook to furnish contingents amounting to 63,000 men
in all wars in which the French emperor should engage. It
was joined by others, until, in 1808, it consisted of 4 king-
doms, 7 grand-duchies, 6 duchies, and 20 principalities. This
league ended with the fall of the French emperor, 1814, and
in 1815 was replaced by the Germanic Confederation.
The Confederation of the Rhine put an end to the ancient,
German empire, after an existence of 1006 years, from Charle-
magne (800) to Francis II., who soon after abdicated a sover-
eignty and title ended de facto in a great part of Germany, and
assumed the title of emperor of Austria.
COnference§, ecclesiastical. One was held at Hamp-
ton court by prelates of the church of England and Puritan
ministers, to effect a general union, at the instance of James I.,
14, 16, 18 Jan. 1604. It led to the authorized version of the
Bible, made 1607-11. Some alterations in the church liturgy
were agreed upon ; but, these not satisfying the dissenters, no
more was done. — A conference of bishops and Presbyterian
ministers, with the same view, was held in the Savoy, London,
15 Apr. to 25 July, 1661. The dissenters' objections were gen-
erally disallowed, but some alterations were recommended in
the prayer-book. — In the United States the Methodist Epis-
copal church calls its ecclesiastical bodies conferences. The
general conference, once in 4 years, is the supreme legislative
body. Annual conferences in fixed territorial divisions, and
quarterly conferences in presiding elders' districts, are subsid-
iary bodies.
First American conference 1773
First general conference 24 Dec. 1784
confessional. Auricular confession.
confessions of faith, or creeds. Apostles',
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Athanasian, Nicene creeds. J. R. Lumby's " History of
the Creeds," pub. 1874.
Confession of the Greek church was presented to Mahomet II.
in 1453. Superseded 1643 to one composed by Mogila, met-
ropolitan of Kiev, the present standard.
Creed of Pius VI., i. e., the Nicene creed, with addition of the
peculiar dogmas of the Roman Catholic church, published
by council of Trent 1564
Church of England retains the Apostles', Nicene, and Athana-
sian creeds, with articles— 42 in 1552; reduced to 39 1563
Confession of Augsburg (Lutheran) drawn up principally by
Melanchthon, 1530, since modified, last by the "Form of
Concord " 1579
Westminster Confession framed 1643; adopted by the Pres-
byterian church of Scotland 1647
Congregational dissenters publish declaration of faith 1833
confirmation, or laying on hands, was
practised by the apostles in 34 and 66 (Acts viii. 17 ; xix. 6),
and general, some assert, in 190. In the Episcopal church
it is the public profession of religion by an adult previously
baptized. It is a sacrament of the church of Rome.
Conflans (kon-Jlon'), near Paris, Treaty of, between
Louis XI. of France and the dukes of Bourbon, Brittany, and
Burgundy, 5 Oct. 14Q5. Normandy was ceded to the duke of
Berry, and an end put to the " War of the Public Good." It
was confirmed by the treaty of Peronne, 1468.
Confkl'cianisni,.the doctrines or system of morality
taught by Confucius (K'ung FA-tze or " the master K'ung"),
551-479 B.C., which has long been adopted in China as the
basis of jurisprudence and education. It inculcates no worship
of a God, and doubts a future state.
conge d'elire ("permission to elect"), the license of a
sovereign, as head of the church, to chapters and other bodies,
to elect dignitaries, particularly bishops ; the right asserted
by Henry VIII., 1535. After the interdict of the pope upon
England was removed in 1214, king John arranged with the
clergy for electing bishops.
COngela'tion, the act of freezing. Ice was produced
in summer by chemical process, by Mr. Walker in 1783.
Quicksilver was frozen without snow or ice in 1787. In 1810
Leslie froze water in an air-pump by evaporating sulphuric
acid under it. Numerous freezing mixtures have been dis-
covered since. Intense cold is produced by evaporating
liquefied carbonic-acid gas. In 1857 Mr. Harrison patented a
machine for manufacturing ice by ether and Salt-water, and
made large blocks. In 1860 M. Carre devised a method of
freezing to —60^ by making water in a close vessel absorb and
give off the gas ammonia. Siebe's ice-making machine was
exhibited at the International Exhibition of 1862.
In R. Recce's ice-making machine (made known Dec. 1868), liquefied
ammonia is vaporized in a close vessel surrounded by water.
Congo Free State, the result of discoveries by
Henry M. Stanley, was constituted and defined by the general
act of the International Congo conference, signed at Berlin,
26 Feb. 1885, and declared neutral and free to the trade of all
nations. The boundaries were defined bj' convention between
the International Association of the Congo and Germany, 8
Nov. 1884 ; Great Britain, 16 Dec. 1884 ; Netherland, 27 Dec.
1884; France, 5 Feb. 1885, and Portugal, 14 Feb. 1885. It in-
cludes a small section on the north bank of the Congo, from its
mouth to Manyanga ; from Manyanga to the mouth of the Mo-
bangi the French occupy ; from this point the state extends
north to 4° N. lat., thence eastward to 30° E. Ion., thence south-
ward to lake Bangweolo 12° S. lat., thence west to 24° E.lon.,
then northward to 6° S. lat., then westward to the south bank
of the Congo at Nokki. This area is estimated at 1 ,056,200 sq.
miles, with a population of from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000. The
Congo and its navigable tributaries are its leading geograph-
ical feature. The state was formed under the sovereignty of
the king of the Belgians individually, 1885; but in Aug. 1889,
he bequeathed to Belgium his sovereign rights in it. He has
endowed it from his private fortune to the extent of $200,000
annually. On 31 July, 1890, its territories were declared in-
alienable, and a convention of 3 July, 1890, between Belgium
and the state, reserved to Belgium the right to annex it after
10 years. In 1890 the expenditures of the state above the
Belgian subsidies exceeded its income by $125,000. The same
year the " Congo Commercial Company " sent out an expedi-
tion to explore the Congo.
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Conirreiralloil of the Lord, a name token by
Scotch reformers, headed by .lohn Knox, about 1546. Their
leaders (earls of Cileiicairn, Ar^yle, Morion, etc.), called " lords
of the conjjregation," signed the tirst bond or covenant which
united tl>e Protestants in one association, 3 Dec. \bbl .—Tytler.
CoilJjreifatlOliallstS. English Congregationalism
is not merely a development of English Puritanism ; it is an
independent system of church government, as distinct from
Episcopacy and I*resbyterianism as they are from each other.
—Svhttff-Herzog's " Encyc of Religious Knowledge," p. 534.
Robert Brownodefendsseparalionffomtho English church.. 1576-82
(Termed Browuists or Separatists— uulike Puritans, who
Ritned to reform the church of England, they denounced it as
iUolHtrous, false to Christianity and to truth.]
Henrv Bnrrowe, Greenwood, and Penry, leaders in the move-
ment, executed 6 Apr. 1593
Church retires to Amsterdam 1593-1600
Here under John Robinson (1575-1625), they plan a settlement
in America, and a part of his congregation under elder
Brewster sUrt 22 July, 1620
Arrival of the Man/lower at Plymouth 16 Dec. ' '
1. Church in America at Plymouth 1620
2. •• " •' "Salem 6 Aug. 1629
3. " " " "Dorchester June, 1630
4. ♦« " " "Boston 30 July, "
6. •' " *' " Watertown " "
6. •• " " " Roxbury 1632
7. '• " " "Lynn July, "
8. '• " " " Duxbury, 9. Marshfleld, 10. Charles-
11. Church in America at Cambridge 1633
12. " " " "Ipswich 1634
First churches in New Hampshire at Dover and Exeter. 1638
In Connecticut at New Haven and Milford 1639
Ten years after the arrival of the3/ai(^M>ej- there were but 5 Con-
gregational churches on the continent, and 20 years after, 35.
Creative era of American Congregationalism 1620-48
Leading writers and ministers of this time were John Cotton,
1586-1652 ; Thomas Hooker, 1586-1647 ; John Norton, 1606-
1663 ; John Davenport, 1597-1670; Richard Mather. .. .1596-1669
General synods have been held : in 1637, at Newtown, now
Cambridge, Mass., on the antinomian teachings of the rev.
John Wheelwright and Mrs. Ann Hutchinson. Massachc-
SKTTS. At Cambridge, 1646-48, when the Westminster Con-
fession was adopted, and a platform of church discipline
framed ; at Albany in 1852, abrogating a plan of union with
tlie Presbyterians; at Boston, 1865, dealing particularly with
the growth of the church.
Important local synod at Boston, 1662, and another on reform
at Boston , 1679
Saybrook. platform adopted by a synod called at Saybrook,
Conn., by the, legislature of Connecticut 1708
National council meets triennially since 1871
The following are the principal theological seminaries : Andover,
Mass., opened 1808; Bangor, Me., 1817 ; Yale, 1822 ; Hartford,
1834; Oberlin, 0., 1835; Chicago, 1858 ; Pacific, Oakland, Cal.,1869.
In 1880 the Congregational churches in the U. S. were 3743; mem-
bers, 384,332; in Sabbath-schools, 444,628 ; ministers, 3577.
In 1890, churches, 4868 ; members, 512,771 ; value of church prop-
erty, $43,335,427. Independents.
COng^re§8. An assembly of representative men, to con-
fer on the affairs of one or more nations. Among the chief
congresses of Europe were those of
Munster 1643-48
Nimeguen 1676-78
Ryswick 1697
Utrecht 1713
Soissons 1728
Antwerp 8 Apr. 1793
Rastadt 9 Dec. 1797-99
Chatillon 5 Feb. 1814
Vienna , ; 3 Nov. "
Aix-la-Chapelle 9 Oct. 1818
Carlsbad 1 Aug. 1819
Troppau 20 Oct. 1820
l^ybach 6 May, 1821
Verona 25 Aug. 1822
Paris 16 Jan. -22 Apr. 1856
Frankfort (Germany) 16-31 Aug. 1863
Constantinople 23 Dec. 1876-20 Jan. 1878
Berlin 13 June-13 July, "
Alliances, Church, Conventions, eta
Congress, Confederate. Confederate States.
Congress, United states. United States
throughout. Representatives and Senate.
Congress, United §tate8, eharaeter-
ized. United States. 1st congress, 1791 ; Slst, 1849 ;
34th, 1855 ; 37th, 1868.
Congreve rockets. Rockets.
conic sections. Certain properties were probably
known to the Greeks 4 or 5 centuries before the Christian era.
and their study was cultivated in the time of Plato, 390 b.c.
The earliest treatise on them was written by Aristaeus, about
330 B.C. ApoUonius's 8 books were written about 240 b.c. The
investigation of the parabola of projectiles was begun by
Galileo, that of the ellipse in the orbit of planets by Kepler,
and of comets by Newton.
'* Connaissance des Temps " (ko-ne'-sm-s
de tan), the French nautical almanac, continuing Hecker's
" Ephemerides," first published by Picard, 1679.
Connaught, W. Ireland ; long a nominal kingdom,
divided into counties, 1590.
Connecticut, U. S. (Ind. Quonecktacut, i.e. Long River
or River of Pines), one of the 6 New England and of the 13
original states, lies between
41° and 42° 3' N. lat. and 71°
55' and 73° 50' W. Ion. Mas-
sachusetts lies on the north,
Rhode Island on the east,
Long Island sound on the
south, and New York on the
west. The southwest corner
projects along the sound, south
of the state of New York, for
about 13 miles. Area, 4990 sq.
miles, in 8 counties; pop. 1890,
746,258. Capital, Hartford.
Adrian Block, a Dutch navigator, first explores the Connecticut
river as far as Hartford 1614
Robert, earl of Warwick, president of the council of Plymouth,
grants to lord Say and Seal, and 11 others, among them John
Hampden and John Pym, all that part of New England
which lies west from the Narragansett river, 120 miles on
the coast, and thence in latitude and breadth aforesaid to the
Pacific ocean 19 Mch. 1631
[The council of Plymouth the previous year had granted
the whole tract to the earl of Warwick, and the grant had
been confirmed to him by a patent fcom king Charles I.]
Wahquimacut, a sachem from the Connecticut river, visits
Plymouth and Boston, asking colonial governors to send set-
tlers to that river "
[Governor Winthrop of Massachusetts does not favor the
movement.]
John Oldham, from Dorchester, Mass., and 3 others visit the
Connecticut Sept. 1633
William Holmes of Plymouth prepares the frame of a house
with a board covering, places it on a vessel, and sails for the
Connecticut river; passes a small Dutch fort, "The House of
Good Hope," at Hartford, and landing on the west bank.erects
the first English house in Connecticut (now Windsor), Oct. "
Dutch at New Netherlands,with 70 men, make a feeble attempt
to drive the settlers away 1634
Rev. Thomas Hooker, of Newtown (now Cambridge), Mass., ad-
vocates new settlements on the Connecticut river "
About 60 men, women, and children, with horses, cattle, and
swine, start through the wilderness from near Boston to the
Connecticut river 15 Oct. 1635
They reach the river about the middle of Nov. "
Colonists from Massachusetts, led by John Winthrop, son of
gov. Winthrop, fortify the mouth of the Connecticut, and call
the fort Saybrook, in honor of lords Say and Brooks. .9 Nov. "
A Dutch vessel appears off" the mouth, but is not suffered to
land Nov. "
Great sufl"ering at Windsor, on the Connecticut, during the win-
ter of 1635-36
[Some return through the wilderness to Massachusetts set-
tlements, others by water. A few remain. The settlers lose
in cattle alone about $1000.]
First court in Connecticut held at Newtown (Hartford), 26 Apr. 1636
Rev. Thomas Hooker, "the light of the western churches,"
and rev. Mr. Stone, with 100 men, women, and children, and
160 head of cattle, leave Cambridge, Mass., for the Connecti-
cut river through the wilderness June, "
They reach the river early in July "
John Oldham murdered by the Indians near Block island (Mas"-
SACHUSETTS) July, "
War with the Pequots "
[The Pequots, with at least 700 warriors, then occupied
eastern Connecticut, and ruled part of Long island.]
An expedition against the Pequots and Indians on Block island
is sent from Massachusetts under John Endicott,
25 Aug. -14 Sept. "
[It exasperated but did not subdue the Indians.]
Roger Williams of Rhode Island prevents a league between
the Pequots and Narragansetts "
Fort at Saybrook, at the mouth of the Connecticut, beleagured
by the Pequots all the winter of 1636-37
About 30 colonists of Connecticut killed by the Pequots during
the winter of (HiLDRETH, U. S.) " "
Court at Newtown (Hartford) applies to Massachusetts for aid
against the Pequots 21 Feb. 1637
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[The name Newtown is changed to Hartford, Watertown to
Wethersfield, and Dorchester to Windsor by this court. Hart-
ford was so named in honor to the rev. Mr. Stone, who was
born at Hartford, Engl.]
Wethersfleld attacked by the Pequots, several killed Apr.
The court at Hartford, bent on offensive war against the Pe-
quots, call for 88 men— 42 from Hartford, 30 from Windsor,
16 from Wethersfleld 1 May,
These are joined by Uncas, sachem of the Mohegans, with 70
warriors, at Say brook fort 15 May,
[The plan was to attack the Pequots in their 2 strongholds;
one on Fort hill, in Groton, about 4 miles east of New Lon-
don; the other on the west side of Mystic hill, near Mystic
village. ]
Captain John Mason of Windsor commanding, the expedition
sails from fort Saybrook for Narragausett bay, to surprise
the Pequot fort 19 May,
At Narragausett bay about 200 Narragansett warriors join him.
He approaches the Pequot fort on the evening of 25 May, and
next morning, at early light, he attacks and completely de-
stroys it, together with about 600 Indians, men, women, and
children; losing 2 killed and about 20 wounded, 26 May
Court of Connecticut calls for 40 more men for the war against
the Pequots 26 June,
Pequots attempt to escape into the wilderness westward. Capt.
Stoughton, with a Massachusetts company, pursues along
Long Island sound. With Sassacus, their sachem, the Pequots
take shelter in a swamp near Fairfield, and after another se-
vere fight surrender, but their sachem and a few followers
escape 13 July,
[These fled to the Mohawks, who treacherously murdered
them. The prisoners were sold into slavery or incorporated
with other tribes. "There remained not a sannup nor a
squaw, not a warrior nor a child."]
The Heclor lands at Boston rev. John Davenport, Theophilus
Eaton, and Edward Hopkins 26 July,
Mr. Eaton and others explore the lands and harbors of Connec-
ticut on the sea-coast, and select Quinipiack (now New Haven)
for a settlement in the autumn of
Rev. John Davenport, Mr. Eaton, and others sail from Boston
and arrive at Quinipiack about the middle of Apr.
Gloomy prospects of the colonists. Great earthquake. .1 June,
Colonists purchase land in and about New Haven of the Ind-
ians 24 Nov.
[The New Haven colonists were the most Opulent company
that came into New England.— rrwrnfewW's " History of Con-
necticut."]
All free planters convene at Hartford and frame a constitution
for civil government 14 Jan.
First constitution of Connecticut adopted at Hartford Apr.
General election held at Hartford "
[John Haynes chosen governor.]
General election held at Quinipiack (New Haven) 25 Oct.
[Theojihilus Eaton chosen governor.]
Milford and Guilford purchased of the Indians and settled
[Laws founded upon and administered according to the
Scriptures.]
Settlement made at Saybrook by George Fenwick
Fourteen capital laws of Connecticut enacted, founded on pas-
sages of Scripture 2 Apr.
Boundary-line between Connecticut and Massachusetts first
run by Woodward and Saflfery
Colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and
New Haven confederate under the name of the United Colo-
nies of New England 19 May,
Connecticut purchases of col. George Fenwick the old Connec-
ticut patent for 1600i., and assumes jurisdiction over the
whole territory
New London settled
Governors and magistrates receive no salaries in Connecticut
up to
[Then the governor's salary was fixed at 30/.]
Governor Stuyvesant, of the New Netherlands, visits Hartford
to settle certain boundary questions with the New England
United Colonies 11 Sept.
Norwalk settled
Middletown settled
French agents from Quebec visit the Connecticut colonists,
asking aid against the 5 nations of New York (the Iroquois)
Alarm and distress of the colonists owing to trouble with the
Dutch
Commissioners are for war, but Massachusetts refuses assist-
ance
They address Parliament and Cromwell for aid
Colony, ordered by Parliament to treat the Dutch as enemies,
seize the Dutch house and lands at Hartford
Death of gov. Haynes
Law against Quakers: to be fined and sent out of jurisdiction,
Oct.
Gov. John Winthrop obtains for Connecticut a charter, with
ample privileges, from Charles II 20 Apr.
[This charter united New Haven with Hartford in one col-
ony, extending from Narragansett river to the Pacific, and
gave the colonists entire self-government.]
Charles II. grants a patent to his brother, the duke of York, of
extensive tracts, including the west side of Connecticut river,
12 Mch.
Col. Richard Nichols, governor of New York, and commission-
ers from Connecticut, fix the western boundary of Connec-
ticut, beginning on the east side of Mamaroneck creek and
thence north - northwest to the Massachusetts line. The
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1648
1650
1651
1656
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southern line was determined to be the sound, Connecticut
losing her possessions on Long island 30 Nov.
United colony elects John Winthrop governor
[This union was at first opposed by New Haven, under the
rev. Mr. Davenport.]
Lyme made a town May,
Haddam made a town Oct.
Maj. Andros, the new governor of New York, claims under the
duke of York all land west of the Connecticut river
Maj. Andros appears before the fort at Saybrook with an
armed force, and demands its surrender 11 July,
[It is refused by capt. Bull, and the patent and commission
forbidden to be read.]
War with Philip, sachem of the Wampanoags -
Connecticut furnishes 315 men in the fight at Narragansett fort
(Massachusetts) 19 Dec.
Death of gov. John Winthrop 5 Apr.
Boundary between Connecticut and New York of 1664 super-
seded by that of
[At this time the quadrilateral at the southwest corner of
the state first appears.]
Sir Edmund Andros, the royal governor, comes to Hartford and
demands the charter in the name of king James II. . .31 OcL
[After a long discussion in the assembly, early in the even-
ing the lights are extinguished, and the charter is taken from
the table and secreted by capt. William Wadsworth of Hart-
ford in a hollow oak-tree, known since as the "charter oak,"
on the estate of the Wyllyses, across the river.]
Sir Edmund Andros assumes the government, selects councillors,
seizes the records of the colony, and rules arbitrarily. 31 Oct.
Quo Warkanto act.
Overthrow of sir Edmund Andres's government at Boston on
hearing of the revolution in England and flight of James II.,
18 Apr.
Charter recovered and free government restored in Connecticut,
9 May,
William and Mary proclaimed at Hartford with great ceremony
and joy 13 June,
Col. Benjamin Fletcher, governor of New York, comes to Hart-
ford while the assembly is in session and demands command
of the militia under commission from the king 26 Oct.
[The assembly refusing, he orders the militia under arms,
and attempts to read his commission to them and assume com-
mand. Capt. Wadsworth prevents this by ordering the drums
to beat, threatening death to the governor if he persists,]
Charter ratified by William III Apr.
Boundary of 1683 between New York and Connecticut con-
firmed by William III
Charter for a college at New Haven granted by the general
court (Yalk college) 9 Oct.
First Baptist church formed in Connecticut at Groton
First issue of bills of credit by Connecticut, 8000^. for an antic-
ipated expedition against Canada
First printer in the colony, Thomas Short, from Boston, at
New London
He publishes the " Saybrook Platform of Church Discipline "..
[He was followed by Timothy Green, 1714, a descendant of
Samuel Green, of Cambridge, Mass., the first jiriuter in
North America. — TiumbuWs " History of Connecticut."]
Settlement of the boundary with Massachusetts
[Massachusetts grants to Connecticut 107,793 acres, the
amount that Massachusetts had encroached upon Connecticut.
The tract was sold by Connecticut in 1716 for about $2274;
given to Yale college. Boundary run as it now is, 1826, leav-
ing indentation to Massachusetts about 2 miles square, as
compensation for towns previously lost.]
First state house built at Hartford
["A condition of societj'- so happy as that enjoyed by Con-
necticut at this period has been rare in the experience of
mankind."— JW/rei/'s " History of New England," vol. iv.]
Gurdon Saltonstall, governor for 16 years, d 20 Sept.
First church steeple raised in Connecticut at Guilford
Final boundary established with Rhode Island
Joint survey made between New York and Connecticut
Connecticut furnishes 1000 men for land and marine service
against Louisburg
First silk coat and stockings of New England production were
worn by governor Law of Connecticut
Phineas Lyman maj. -gen. of the Connecticut forces; second
in command at the battle of lake George 6 Sept.
[Sir William Johnson being disabled, gen. Lyman conduct-
ed the engagement successfully to Dieskau's defeat.]
Citizens of Connecticut, known as the Susquehanna company,
purchase from the 6 nations land, 70 miles in length, on the
Susquehanna river, and extending from 10 miles east of that
river west 140 miles, for about $10,000, 11 July, 1754. It in-
cludes the Wyoming valley, where they make a settlement.
[This leads to a long controversy between Connecticut and
Pennsylvania. " But for the Revolution and the check occa-
sioned by the Wyoming massacre, and the appearance of
popular government in place of Penn's, nothing could have
prevented the establishment of Connecticut's authority over
all the region embraced in her western claim.''' —Alexander
Johnston's " Connecticut." Susquehanna settlers.]
Connecticut Courant, published by Thomas Green, at Hartford,
first issued 26 Oct.
[Continued till now without interruption or change of name.]
Jared Ingersoll sent by Connecticut to England to oppose the
stamp-act • •
He accepts the position of stamp-master, and is compelled by
the citizens to resign 19 Sept.
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Gov. Thomaa Filch consents to Uke the oath for the support
of the stamp act • ;•••.•••: • ' "^**
ilie 18 dismissotl at tho next election.]
'oumal tlrst pnblishfil at Now Haven 1767
Jonathan Trmnbull electeU governor 1769
[The only coiuuial governor who favored independence in
1776. He waa elected governor annually until 1784. The
name " Brother Jonalhiin," humorously bestowed upon him
by gen. Waishington, has been applied to the U. S.]
First manufiuiur© of .tin ware by Kdward Patterson, com-
mence«l at Berlin, Conn 1770
Eliphalct Dyer, Koger Sherman, and Silas Deane, elected at
Norwich to the first Continental Congress 6 June, 1774
Israel Putnam, of Pomfirel, Conn., hastens to Boston on hearing
of the battle of Lexington; arrives "21 Apr. 1776
f Riding on one horse 100 miles in 18 hours.]
CoL Samuel H. Parsons and Benedict Arnold, at Hartford, plan
the capture of Ticonderogii 27 Apr. "
Benedict Arnold marches from New Haven with his company
and reaches Boston 29 Apr. "
Surrender of Ticondkrooa to col. Ethan Allen and Benedict
Arnold 10 May, "
General assembly authorize bills of credit to $500,000 to equip
8 regiments 1^,'^*^' .nL
£x gov. Tryon with 2000 men destroys Danbury 26 Apr. 1777
l«en. David Wooster of Connecticut is mortally wounded.]
Gen. Tryon lands at New Haven with about 3000 men and
plunders it 5 July, 1778
Fairfield. (Jreen's Farm, and Norwalk burned "
Gen. Trvon. from Kiugsbridge, N. Y., with 1500 troops destroys
the salt works lit Horseneck, Conn. Here gen. Putnam is said
to have ridden down a declivity in escaping 26 Mch. 1779
Benedict Arnold plunders and burns New London 6 Sept. 1781
[Fort Griswold across the river is captured the same day,
and out of a garrison of 150 men, 73 are killed, including
their commander, col. I^dyard, and 30 wounded, mostly after
the surrender. Connecticut Airnished during the Revolution
31,959 troops, only Massachusetts furnishing more] Army.
Samuel Seabury, D.D., seeks in England consecration as bishop
of Connecticut; being refused, he is consecrated by 3 bishops
of the Episcopal church in Scotland 14 Nov. 1784
Connecticut frees her slaves "
Connecticut makes a qualified cession to the U. S. of all ter-
ritory south of 41° N. lat. and west of a line 120 miles west
of Pennsylvania 14 Sept. 1786
[The space left to Connecticut in Ohio is known as the West-
ern Reserve, and is claimed as a compensation for the terri-
tory relinquished in Pennsylvania.]
Constitution of the U. S. ratified by Connecticut; vote 128 to 40,
9 Jan. 1788
First Methodist church established in Connecticut at Stratford,
26 Sept. 1789
Wooden clocks first made at Waterbury 1790
Gen. Israel Putnam dies at Brookline, Conn 19 May, "
Connecticut bestows upon citizens, especially those of Danbury,
Fairfield, Groton, New London, and Norwalk, who had suf-
fered during the Revolution, half a million acres at the west
end of the Western Reserve in Ohio, hence known as
" Fire lands " 1792
Connecticut sells to the Connecticut Land Company, of 320
citizens, 3,200,000 acres, the remainder of the tract between
lake Erie and 41° N. lat 1795
[The price, $1,200,000, was made a state school fund.]
Connecticut through gov. Trumbull, executes surrender to the
U. S. of jurisdiction over the Western Reserve, Ohio. 30 May, 1800
Connecticut opposed to war of. 1812
New London blockaded by sir Thomas Hardy with British
ships for 20 months June, 1813
Stonington bombarded by sir Thomas Hardy's fleet. .9-12 Aug. 1814
Delegates from the several New England legislatures meet in
convention at Hartford to consider the grievances caused by
the war, and to devise measures for its termination. .15 Dec. "
[This convention remained in secret session 3 weeks. The
war ended before the convention published its resolutions.
"The convention was legitimate in its origin, in no respect
violating any provisions ofthe Constitution of the U. S., either
in its letter or its spirit. "—Theo. Dwight's "Hist. Hartford
Convention."]
Connecticut adopts a state constitution in place of the royal
charter, by a vote of 13,918 to 12,361 5 Oct. 1818
Washington college (Episcopal) chartered at Hartford 1823
[Name changed to Trinity. 1845.]
Wesleyan university at Middletown (Methodist) chartered 1831
Prudence Crandall opens a school for colored children at Can-
terbury, Windham county T 1833
[She is arrested and sent to jail. On failure to convict her,
the school-house issacked by a mob, and the inmates expelled.]
Henry Barnard first state superintendent of public instruction, 1838
Ship Amistad, Spanish, brought into New London by lieut.
Ceding, of the U. S. brig Washington (Amistad) 29 Aug. 1839
John W. Niles appointed postmaster-general in Van Buren's
cabinet \ 25 May, 1840
Amendment to art. viii. ofthe state constitution abolishing free-
hold qualification for electors, etc., ratified Oct. 1845
State Teachers' association organized 7 Apr. 1846
Sheffield Scientific school of Yale university opened 1847
Act passed for registering births, marriages, and deaths 1848
Isaac Toucey appointed attorney-general 21 June, "
Connecticut normal and training school opens at New Britain,
15 May, 1850
Samuel Colt begins the manufacture of revolvers at Hartford. 1852
Samuel D. Hubbard appointed postmaster-general 31 Aug. 1852
Slate reform school at Meriden opened 1 Mch. Ib54
Legislature establishes the Supreme Court of Errors and the
Superior court, and abol shes llic county courts May, 185&
Amendment to state constitution ratified, making ability to
read the <onsiitiition a qualification for electors Oct. "
Act abolishing school societies and putting the support of
schools upon towns, who are to elect a board of school
visitors of 3, 6, or 9 members 1 July, 186ft
Charter oak at Hartford blown down 21 Aug. "
State constitution amended by vote of 7290 to 6062, so that
judges of the Supreme Court of Errors and Superior court
shall sit 8 yeans, but may be removed by impeachment.. Oct. ''
Isaac Toucey appointed secretary of the navy 6 Mch. 1857
Connecticut School for Imbeciles opened at Lakeville 185&
Gov. Buckingham issues a proclamation ordering the purchase
of equipments for uu army of 5000 men, and urging militia
companies to fill their ranks 17 Jan. 1861
Gideon Welles appointed secretary of the navy 5 Mch. "
First infantry, 780 3-months' men, leaves New Haven for
Washington, under col. Daniel Tyler 9 May, "
First regiment enlisted for 3 years, the 4th Connecticut infan-
try, leaves Hartford under col. Levi Woodhouse 10 June, "
Brig.-gen. Nathaniel Lyon, b. Ashford, 14 July, 1819; killed in
battle of Wilson's Creek, Mo 10 Aug. "
Gen. Joseph K. F. Mansfield, b. New Haven, 22 Dec. 1803; killed
in battle of Antietam 17 Sept. 1862'
Rear-admiral Andrew Hull Foote, b. New Haven, 12 Sept. 1806;
d. in New York city 26 June, 1863
Maj.-geu. John Sedgwick, b. Cornwall, 13 Sept. 1813; killed in
battle of Spottsylvania 9 May, 1864
50,623 3-years' troops furnished during the war. 1861-65
State Board of Fish Commissioners created 1865
State Board of Education organized, with Daniel C. Gilman as
secretary "
Lydia Sigourney, poet, d. in Hartford 10 June, "
Legislature, which convened at Hartford, 3 May, adjourns after
the longest session on record up to date 21 July, "
An exciting election for governor; pres. Johnson's influence
favoring James E. English; Joseph R. Hawley, Republican,
elected by only 541 majority Apr. 186&
Legislature ratifies the 14th amendment to the Constitution,
30 June, »
Legislature ratifies the 15th amendment to the Constitution,
16 Mch. 1869^
Normal school at New Britain, closed for 2 years for lack of
appropriation, is reopened Sept. "
State Industrial School for Girls, at Middletown, opened, June, 1870
Election for governor being close, a joint committee of the
General Assembly appointed to examine returns, 3 May; re-
port total vote 94.8(>0; for Marshall Jewell, Republican,
47,473; for James E. English, 47,373; scattering, 14; and de-
clare Jewell elected 10 May, 1871
Gov. Jewell assumes office 16 May, "
Morgan school at Clinton opened "
Noah Porter elected president of Yale university in place of
Theodore D. Woolsey, resigned "
Temperance party, represented by about 100 delegates, meets
at New Haven, and nominates a full state ticket 13 Dec. "
Labor -reform party holds a state convention at Bridgeport,
and nominates a state ticket 3 Jan. 1872
Jesse Olney, geographer, b. 1798 ; d. at Stratford 30 July, "
State constitution amended; all sessions of the General As-
sembly, from May, 1875, to be held at Hartford 7 Oct. 1873
Ex-gov. andU. S. senator W.A. Buckingham,d.atNorwich,4Feb. 1876
State constitution amended: Tuesday after 1st Monday in Nov.
made general election day; Wednesday after 1st Monday in
Jan. the day of meeting of General Assembly 2 Oct. "
Orris S. Ferry, U. S. senator from Connecticut, d. in Norwalk,
21 Nov. "
"Greenback men" meet in convention at New Haven, 22 Feb. 1876
William H. Barnum, Democrat, elected to fill the unexpired
term of U. S. senator Ferry, deceased 17 May, "
Agricultural experiment station established by law 1877
Gideon Welles, ex-secretary of navy, d. at Hartford 11 Feb. 1878
Act passed for state board of health, of 6 members 13 Mch. "
Legislature occupies the new capitol for the first tirhe, 26 Mch. "
There being no choice for state officers, Nov. 1878, the legis-
lature elects Charles B. Andrews governor 9 Jan. 1879
Boundary dispute between New York and Connecticut, begun
in 1856, is settled, the southern boundary being fixed through
the middle of Long Island sound; the "oblong tract," 4.68
sq. miles in area, lying 20 miles east ofthe North river, goes
to New York 1880
Board of Pardons, consisting of the governor, a judge of the Su-
preme Court of Errors, and 4 persons appointed by the Gen-
eral Assembly, who must all concur in a pardon, is created
by legislature 3 Jan. -3 May, 1883
Bronze memorial statue of William A.Buckingham, Connecti-
cut's war governor, is unveiled in Hartford 18 June, 1884
State constitution amended : biennial legislative sessions to be-
gin in 1887 ; ratified by 30,520 to 16,380 6 Oct. "
Benjamin Silliman, chemist, b. 1816; d. at New Haven, 14 June, 1885
President Noah Porter of Yale university resigns 1886
Republican candidates for state offices elected by the legisla-
ture, there being no choice in state election of 2 Nov. 1886, Jan. 1887
First text-book ever published by the state, a small treatise on
the effect of alcohol- on the human system, is issued and dis-
tributed to the schools Sept. "
Equestrian statue of gen. Israel Putnam erected at Brooklyn,
Windham county, and unveiled 14 June, 1888
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First Monday in Sept. designated a public holiday (Labor-day),
a state normal school established at Willimantio, and an
"anti-screen" saloon law, and modified Australian ballot
law passed by legislature in session 9. Jan. -22 June, 1889
Alfred H. Terry, maj.-gen. U. S. A., b. 1827; d. at New Haven,
16 Dec. 1890
Deadlock between the two houses of the legislature on the
governorship 7 Jan. 1891
Democratic candidates for state offices sworn in by the Senate,
refused possession by Republican incumhents 13 Jan. "
■Gov. Bulkeley by proclamation warns the citizens against rec-
ognizing the Democratic state officers 19 Jan. "
P. T. Barnum, b. 1810 ; d. at Bridgeport 7 Apr. "
Superior court decides in favor of gov. Bulkeley 24 June, "
Both claimants to governorship agree to take the matter into
the State Supreme court 1 Oct. "
Ex-gov. Hobart B. Bigelow d. at New Haven 12 Oct. " *
In the suit of Morris, Democrat, versus Bulkeley, Republican,
the Supreme court holds Bulkeley to be governor 5 Jan. 1892
Daniel Grant, one of the famous triplets of Torrington, dies,
aged 71 years, his 2 brothers surviving 5 Oct. "
Celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Stam-
ford 16 Oct. "
GOVKRNORS OF THE CONNECTICUT COLONY.
Name. Date.
John Haynes .• 1639 to 1640
Edward Hopkins 1640 " 1641
John Haynes 1641 " 1642
George Wyllys 1642 " 1643
John Haynes and Edward Hopkins, alternately from.. 1643 " 1655
Thomas Welles 1655 " 1656
John Webster 1656 " 1657
John Winthrop 1657 " 16.58
Thomas Welles 1658 " 1659
John Winthrop 1659 " 1665
Until this time no person could be elected to a second term im-
mediately following the first.
GOVERNORS OF THE NEW HAVEN COLONY.
Name. Date.
Theophilus Eaton 1639 to 1657
Francis Newman 1658 " 1660
William Leete 1661 " 1665
GOVERNORS OF CONNECTICUT.
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Name.
John Winthrop
William Leete
Robert Treat
Edmund Andros
Robert Treat
Fitz John Winthrop.
Date.
1665 to 1676
1676 " 1683
1683 " 1687
1687 " 1689
1689 " 1698
1698 " 1707
Royal governor.
GOVERNORS OP
CONNECTICUT.— ( Con^mwed )
Name.
Date.
Remarks.
Gurdon Saltonstall
1707 to 1724
Joseph Talcott
1724 '
1741
1741 '
17.50 '
1750
Roger Wolcott
Thomas Fitch
1754 '
1766
William Pitkin
1766 '
1769
C The only one of the co-
lonial governors that
Jonathan Trumbull
1769 '
1784
■I remained true to the
people against Great
Britain.
Mathew Griswold
1784 '
1786
Samuel Huntington
1786 '
1796
Federal.
Oliver Wolcott
1796 '
' 1798
"
Jonathan Trumbull
1798 '
' 1809
u
1809 '
1811 '
' 1811
' 1813
n
Roger Griswold
u
John Cotton Smith
1813 '
' 1817
u
Oliver Wolcott
1817 '
' 1827
Democrat- Republican.
Gideon Tomlinson
1827 '
' 1831
John S. Peters
1831 '
' 1833
H. W. Edwards
1833 '
' 1834
Samuel A. Foote
1834 '
' 1835
H.W. Edwards
1835 '
' 1838
u
W. W. Ellsworth
1838 '
' 1842
Whig.
C. F. Cleveland
1842 '
' 1844
Democrat.
Roger S Baldwin
1844 '
' 1846
Whig.
Clark Bissell
1846 '
' 1849
Joseph Trumbull
1849 '
' 1850
If
Thomas H. Seymour
1850 '
' 1853
Democrat.
Charles H. Pond
1853 '
' 1854
u
1854 '
' 1855
Whig.
Republican.
W. T. Minor
' 18.57
A. H. Hollev
1857 '
William A. Buckingham..
1858 '
' 1866
" war governor.
Joseph R. Hawley
1866 '
' 1867
'<
James E. English
1867 '
' 1869
Democrat.
Manshall Jewell
1869 '
' 187^
Republican.
Democrat
James E English
1870 '
' 1871
Marshall Jewell
1871 '
' 1873
Republican.
Charles R. Ingersoll
1873 '
' 1876
Democrat.
( " Governors chosen
R. D. Hubbard
1876 '
' 1879
] annually until 1876,
( and bi-annually since.
Charles B. Andrews
1879 '
' 1881
Republican.
H. B. Bigelow
1881 '
' 1883
>i
Thomas M. Waller
1883 '
' 1885
Democrat.
Henry B. Harrison
1885 " 1887
Republican.
Phineas C. Lounsbury. . . .
1887 '
' 1889
"
Morgan G. Bulkeley
1889 '
' 1891
"
*'
1891 '
' 1893
"
Luzon B. Morris
1893 '
1895 '
' 1895
' 1897
Democrat
0 Vincent Coffin
Republican.
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT
No. of Confi^ess.
Date.
Oliver Ellsworth
William S. Johnson . . .
Roger Sherman
Stephen Nix Mitchell.
James Hillhouse
Jonathan Trumbull...
Uriah Tracy
Chauncey Goodrich . . .
Samuel W. Dana
David Daggett
James Lanman
Elijah Boardman
Henry W. Edwards —
Calvin Willey ,
Samuel A. Foote.
Gideon Tomlinson
Nathan Smith
John M. Niles
Perry Smith ,
Thaddeus Betts
Jabez W. Huntington
John M. Niles
Roger S. Baldwin...
Truman Smith
Isaac Toucey
Francis Gillett
Lafayette Foster
James Dixon
Orris S. Ferry
William A. Bucki
William W. Eaton
James E. English...
William H. Barnum
OrvilleH. Piatt....
Joseph R. Hawley. .
1st to 4th
1st
2d
3d
4th to 11th
4th
4th to 9th
10th " 12th
11th " 16th
13th " 15th
16th " 18th
17th
18th to 19th
19th " 21st
20th " 22d
22d '' 24th
23d
24th to 25th
25th " 27th
26th
26th to 29th
28th " 30th
30th " 31st
.Slst " 33d
32d " 34th
33d
34th to 39th
35th " 40th
40th " 44th
41st " 43d
43d " 46th
44th
44th to 45th
46th
47th
1789 to 1797
1789 " 1791
1791 " 1793
1793 " 1795
1796 " 1811
1795 " 1796
1796 " 1807
1807 " 1813
1810 " 1821
1813 " 1819
1819 " 1825
1821 " 1823
1823 " 1827
1825 " 1831
1827 " 1833
1831 " 1837
1833 " 1835
1835 " 1839
1837 " 1843
1839 " 1840
1840 " 1847
1843 " 1849
1847 " 1851
1849 " 1854
1852 " 1857
1854 " 1855
1855 " 1867
1857 " 1869
1867 " 1875
1869 " 1875
1875 " 1881
1875 " 1877
1875 " 1879
1879
Term expired 3 Mch. 1791. Reappointed. Resigned 1796.
Resigned 1791.
Elected in place of W. S. Johnson. Died 1793.
Elected in place of Sherman. Seated Dec. 1793.
I Elected in place of Ellsworth. Seated 6 Dec. 1796. Elected president
( pro tern. 28 Feb. 1801. Resigned 1810. ,
Resigned 1796.
( Elected in place of Trumbull. Seated 6 Dec. 1796. Elected president
\ pro tern. 14 May, 1800. Died, 1807.
Elected in place of Tracy. Seated 27 Nov. 1807. Resigned 1813.
Elected in place of Hillhouse. Seated 3 Dec. 1810.
Elected in place of Goodrich. Seated 24 May, 1813.
Died 1823.
Appointed in place of Boardman. Seated 1 Dec. 1823.
Elected in place of Lanman.
( Democrat. Senator Foote offered the resolutions " on the publiclands,"
\ in the 21st Congress, 29 Dec. 1829, the principal subject of the great
( debate between Hayne of South Carolina and Webster, 1830.
Whig.
Democrat. Elected in place of Smith, 1835. "
Democrat.
Died 1840.
Whig. Elected in place of Betts. Seated 2 June, 1840. Died 1847.
Democrat.
Whig. Appointed in place of Huntington, 1847.
Whig. Resigned 1854.
Democrat. Seated 14 May, 1852.
Elected in place of Truman Smith, 1854.
Whig. Elected president 2)ro <em. 1865.
Republican. Sealed 1857.
Died 23 Nov. 1875.
" Died 5 Feb. 1875.
Democrat. Appointed in place of Buckingham, 1875
" Appointed in place of Ferry, 1875.
" Elected in place of Ferry, 1875.
Republican.
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Connor, Ireland. The bishopric was united to Down,
1442. The first prelate, i'Engus M«onisins, died 507. IJoth
sees were added tu Dromorc on the death of its last bishop,
1842, under the Irish Church Temporalities act, 1833.
COIIQUCMt, in British history, when William, duke of
Nomiandy, overcame Harold II. at Ilastings, 14 Oct. 1066, and
obtaine<l the crown which he claimed under the will of Kd-
wartl the Confessor (Edgar being the riglitful heir). William,
though styled the Conqueror, succeeded to the crown by com-
pact. He defeated Harold, himself a usurper, but much of the
kingdom held out against him ; and he swore to observe the
laws and customs of the realm, in order to win the people.
Formerly, English judges ilsed to reprehend a barrister who said
casually William the Conqueror, instead of William I.— *Se/-
</<•». Maclise exhibited 42 drawings on the events of the Nor-
man conquest, in May, 1857. E. A. Freeman's " History of
the Norman Conquest," 6 vols., 1870-79.
conscience, liberty of, a principle of Christianity (1
Cor. X. 29) ; repudiated by Komanism ; proclaimed by James
II. for political purposes, 1687. Massachusetts, 1635, regard-
ing Roger Williams.
COnitCript falhCPS (pat?-es conscripti). Roman
senators were so called because their names were in registers
of the senate.
conscription, a mode, derived from the Romans, of
recruiting armies. On 5 Sept. 1798, a military conscription
was ordained in France, of all men from 20 to 25 years of age,
from whom selections were made. A conscription for 350,000
men took place in Jan. 1813, after the Russian disasters, and
in Dec. same year another for 300,000 after the battle of Leip-
sic. Estimated conscriptions, 1793-1813, 4,103,000. The law
of 1818 (modified in 1824, 1832, and 1868) assigned an annual
contingent to each department. The conscription was en-
larged and modified by the army bill of Feb. 1868. A reor-
ganization of the army began in 1871, after the war with
Germany ; substitutes were allowed under certain conditions.
Conscription for Great Britain was discussed in 1875. Militia.
In the American civil war (1861-65) conscription was resorted
to by both governments. The national armies, however, were
less dependent on the measure, as large bounties brought them
enough volunteers. The first confederate conscription law,
16 Apr. 1862. annulled all contracts with volunteers for short
terms, holding them for 2 additional years, and made every
white male between 18 and 35 liable to service at a moment's
notice. On 27 Sept. the law was extended to men between
35 and 45 years of age. In July, 1863, all between 18 and 45
were called into active service. In Feb. 1864, the law was
extended to all between 17 and 50. Draft uiots.
consecration. Aaron and his sons were consecrated
priests, 1490 b.c. (Lev. viii.). The Jewish tabernacle was ded-
icated 1490 B.C., and Solomon's temple, 1004 b.c. (1 Kings viii.).
Consecration of churches began in the 2d century. Anciently
the consecration of popes was deferred until the emperor as-
sented to the election. Gregory IV. desired to have his elec-
tion confirmed by the emperor Louis in 828. — lUiiault. The
consecration of churches, places of burial, etc., is permitted by
Protestants. An act relating to the consecration of church-
yards of the church of England, passed 20 Aug. 1867, was
amended in 1868. A form of consecration was adopted by
convocation, but not sanctioned by the crown, Apr. 1712. It
is generally used, but is not compulsory.— J^wrw. The form
of consecrating bishops in the church of England is in the
prayer-book of 1549.— 5tow;. Bishops, Episcopal.
conservation of force. The doctrine that no
physical force can be created or destroyed, though it may be
transformed, is maintained by Faraday, Grove, Helmholtz,
Tyndall, and other philosophers. Correlation.
conservatives, a name of modern date, given in
Great Britain to a political party whose leading principle is
the preservation of national institutions, said to have been in-
vented by John Wilson Croker in 1830. Conservative (a Tory),
in popular language, is now opposed to Liberal. It was termed
a new cant word by Macaulay in Edinburgh Review, July, 1832.
Sir Robert Peel acknowledged himself a conservative when re-
proached by the Irish party in Parliament as an Orangeman ; but
a party that afterwards separated from him called their princi-
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pies conservative, as opposed to those he had now adopted. A
meeting of the National Union of Conservative Associationswas
held at the Crystal palace, London, 24 June, 1872. Tlie party in
the minorityatelectionsinl868,inEngland,obtained a majority
in Feb. 1874, and came intooflice. They were again in a minor-
ity, and resigned, 22 Apr. 1880. The marquis of Salisbury be-
came leader of the party, 9 May, 1881, succeeding the eari of
Beaconsfield, who died*19 Apr. previous. Administrations.
C*onservatoires, institutions for cultivating music
and the arts on the European continent. One was established
at Naples in 1537. The singing-school at Paris, founded in
1784, closed in 1789, was reopened in 1793 as the " Institut. Na-
tional de Musique;" and, as reorganized, was renamed *' Con-
servatoire de Musique '' in 1795, and flourished under Cherubini
(1822-42). The " Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers," estab-
lished in 1784, has a museum and librar}', and provides lectures
to workmen.
consistories, for regulating discipline and worship in
the Lutheran church in Germany, were established at the
Reformation— first at Wittenberg, in 1542 ; others after the
peace of Augsburg, in 1555.
consols (clip form of consolidated (annuities), same as
cab for cabriolet, pants for pantaloons, etc.), the interest of 3
per cent, which the British government pays on its debt. The
loans were negotiated at various times and at different rates
of interest, and finally consolidated into one fund. The con-
solidated annuities act passed 1857.
conspiracies. Among recorded conspiracies, real or
supposed, the following are remarkable : ^ (.
Of Catiline, suppressed by Cicero 03
Of Brutus, Cassius, and others ; death of Cajsar 44
[Most famous of all.]
England.
Of Anthony Baby ngton and others against Elizabeth (Babvng- a.d.
TON) 1586
Gunpowder plot igo5
Of Blood, who seized the duke of Ormond, wounded him, and
would have hanged him, Dec. 1670, and who afterwards at-
tempted to steal the regalia (Blood's conspiracy) 9 May, 1671
Pretended conspiracy of French, Spanish, and English .Jesuits
to assassinate Charles II. revealed by the infamous Titus
Oates (Oates), Dr. Tongue, and others Aug. 1678
Meal-tub plot 1679
Rtb-housb plot to assassinate the king on his way to New-
market 1683
Of Col. Despard (Desparo). 1802
Of Thistlewood and others to assassinate the king's ministers
(Cato-strkbt conspiracy) 1820
Scotland.
Of Robert Graham and the earl of Athol ; murder of James I.
(Perth) 20 Feb. 1437
Of Cowrie's attempt to seize James IV. of Scotland (Cowrie's
Conspiracy) 5 Aug. 1000
France.
Of St. Bartholomew and massacre 24 Aug.
Of Georges, ngainst the life of Bonaparte 15 Feb.
To assassinate the prince president Napoleon 1 July,
To assassinate Napoleon III. (France) 14 Jan.
Germany.
For the assassination of emperor William I. by the socialists. . .
Russia.
Of the Strki.itz 1698
Against Petor HI., murdered 1762
Against Paul I., murdered 24 Mch. 1801
Of Pestal against Nicholas 1 26-29 Dec. 1825
Of socialists among the students .Jan. 1870
Of nihilists for the death of the czar by blowing up the Winter
lialace 17 Feb. 1880
Of nihilists, death of the czar by the explosion of a bomb (Ni-
hilists) 13 Mch. 1881
Bulgaria.
Major Panitza against prince Ferdinand Feb. et seq. 1890
United States.
Of Aaron Burr (Burr's conspiracy) 180.5-6
Of John Wilkes Booth, for the assassination of pres. Lincoln,
vice-prcs. Johnson, sec. Seward, and gen. Grant (Booth's con-
spiracy) 14 Apr. 1866
Assassinations, Rebellions, etc.
constable of England, lord-high, the 7th great
officer of the crown, and, with the earl marslial. formerly
a judge of the court of chivalry, called, in the time of Henry
IV., curia milita7-i<i, and subsequently the court of honor. His
power was so great that in 1389 a statute was passed to lessen
it and that of the Eart. marsifal. The office existed before
the conquest, after which it went by inheritance to the earls
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1878
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of Hereford and Essex, and next in line of Stafford. In 1521
it was forfeited by Edward Stafford, duke of Buckingham, at-
tainted for high-treason, and has since been granted only pro
hdc vice (for this occasion) to attend at a coronation or trial by
combat. The only trial' by combat ordered since this office
fell to the crown was between lord Reay and David Ramsey,
in Nov. 1631, but the king prevented it,
constable of France, first officer of the kings of
France and afterwards commander-in-chief of the army and
highest authority in all questions of chivalry and honor. Office
suppressed, 1627.
constable of Scotland, lord-high. The office
was instituted by David I. about 1 147. The holder was keeper
of the king's sword, which the king, at his promotion, deliv-
ered to him naked (hence the badge of the lord-high constable
is a naked sword), and had the command of the king's armies
in the field, in the king's absence. The office was made heredi-
tary, 1321, in sir Gilbert Hay, created earl of Erroll by Robert
Bruce ; and with his descendants it remains, being preserved
by the treaty of union in 1707. The present earl of Erroll is
the 22d lord-high constable (1881).
constables of Hundreds and Franchises, instituted in
the reign of Edward I., 1285, are now called high-constables
in England. There are 3 kinds of constables, high, petty, and
special: the high-constable's jurisdiction extends to the whole
hundred; the petty constable's, to his parish or liberty; and
the special constable is appointed for particular emergencies
(as in Apr. 1848, on account of the Chartists). The general
appointment of parish constables was made unnecessary by an
act, Aug. 1872. In the United States a local official of a town
or village.
Constance, a city in Baden, S. Germany. Here sat
the 17th general council, 1414-18, which condemned John
Huss; and here he was burned, 6 July, 1415. Hussites.
Constanti'na, the ancient capital of Numidia, was
taken by the French, 13 Oct. 1837. During the assault on
12 Oct. the French general Damremont was killed. Achmet
Bey retired with 12,000 men as the victors entered Constan-
tina.
Constantinople (formerly Byzantium), founded
667 B.C., named for Constantine the Great, who fixed the seat
of the Eastern empire here, dedicating it 11 May, 330 a.u.
Its Turkish name Stamboul is said to be a corruption of the
Or. tig rifv iroXiv. Estimated pop. 1893, 925,000. Eastern
EMPIRE.
General ecclesiastical councils against heresy were held here
in 381, 553, 680. and 869
Seized by Procopius 365
City suffered from religious dissensions, and was burned during
the •' Nika " conflicts 532
Rebuilt by Justinian with great splendor "
St. Sophia dedicated 537
Resisted the Saracens successfully 675, 718
And the Russians 865, 904, 941, 1043
Taken by the crusaders 1203, 1204
Recovered by the Greeks 1261
Vainly besieged by Amurath the Ottoman. .- June-Aug. 1422
Taken by Mahomet II. after 53 days' siege 29 May, 1453
Conference on Turkish affairs: representatives: Great Britain,
marquis of Salisbury; Russia, gen. Ignatieff; France, Chau-
dordy; Austria, Z\chy; Ge?-many, Von Werther ; Italy, Corli;
ordinary meetings began 23 Dec. 1876
Turkey rejecting the propositions, conference closed. . .20 Jan. 1877
Treaty of peace with Russia: 12 articles; Turkey accepted
modifications of treaty of San Stefano; an indemnity of
about 802,500,000 francs to be paid by Turkey (settlement
deferred) ; Russian troops to quit within 40 days, etc. ; signed
(Turkey) 8 Feb. 1879
Era of Constantinople, dating the creation 5508 years b.c., was used
by the Russians until Peter the Great, and is still in the Greek
church. The civil year begins 1 Sept., the ecclesiastical year in
March ; the day not exactly determined. To reduce it to our era,
subtract 5508 years from January- to August, and 5509 from Sep-
tember to December. — Nicolas.
constellations. Groups of fixed stars, supposed to
resemble the forms of living beings or other objects. A returns,
Orion, the Pleiades, and Mazzaroth are mentioned (Job ix. 9,
and xxxviii. 31) about 1520 b.c. Homer and Hesiod notice
constellations; but fhe first definite record is that of Claudius
Ptolemaeus, about 140 a.d. Hipparchus (about 147 B.C.) made
a list of 48 constellations; others were added by Tycho Brahe,
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Hevelius, Halley, etc. There are now recognized 29 northern,
45 southern, and 12 zodiacal. The zodiacal constellations are
Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio,
Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces. Stars.
Constitution of Eng^land. It comprehends the
whole body of laws by which the British people are governed,
and to which it is presumptively held that every individual
has assented. — Lord Somers. It is thus distinguished from the
term government — the constitution is the rule by which the
sovereign ought to govern at all times ; and government is
that by which he does govern at any particular time. — Lord
Boliwjhroke. The king of England is not supreme ; he sees his
equals, in the coexisting branches of the legislature, and his
superior in the law, — Sheridan. Hallam's " Constitutional
History of England" was first pub. in 1827; May's in 1861-63;
Stubbs's in 1875.
Constitution of the United (States. The
"Articles of Confederation" (Confederation, Articles of)
which had carried the country through the Revolution
were felt to be inadequate when peace was proclaimed.
The government was without defined limits in its execu-
tive, legislative, or judiciary. There was no treasury,
but a heavy debt. During the winter of 1784-85 Noah
Webster began a scries of political essays, "Sketches of
American Policy," showing the necessity of a new government,
vesting in Congress legislative powders, etc. On 5 Mch. 1785,
commissioners from Virginia and Maryland, appointed through
■ the influence of Washington, assembled at Mount Vernon to
I consider a scheme for a canal connecting the Potomac and the
j Ohio, and a national tariff and other topics were discussed.
' A convention of all the states was called at Annapolis in Sept.
j 1786, but only 5 were represented, viz. : New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, too few for national action.
'■ It adjourned after recommending to the legislatures represented
I the calling of another convention at Philadelphia, on the 2d
Monday in May, 1787, the delegates to it to be empowered "to
devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary
to render the constitution of the federal government adequate
to the exigencies of the Union." This report was referred by
Congress to a committee, w^hich reported a resolution, 21 Feb.
1787, that Congress, believing the " Articles of Confederation"
inadequate for the purposes of the Union, strongly recom-
mended the legislatures to send delegates to the proposed con-
vention on the 2d Monday in May, 1787. Delegates were
accordingly chosen in the several states " for the purpose of
revising the articles of confederation and reporting to Congress
and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions
therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed
by the states, render the federal Constitution adequate to the
exigencies of the government." Although called for the 2d
Monday, 14 May, 1787, the delegates came late and only organ-
ized 25 May, with Washington as president. On the 29th, the
main business was opened by Edmund Randolph of Virginia,
who set forth the defects of the "Articles of Confederation " in
order, and offered 15 resolutions, drawn by Madison, embodying
the " Virginia " or " national plan." These Mere discussed
until 15 June, when Patterson of New Jersey brought forward
the " New Jersey' plan " of the State-rights party, which pre-
served the Continental Congress as the federal legislature with
certain additional powers. Its advocates insisted that the con-
vention must make no fundamental changes, and that the
states would not ratify a closer union. Alexander Hamilton
of New York dissented from both plans. He doubted the sta-
bility of a republic, but public sentiment demanded republican
forms, and he sketched a system devised by himself He pro-
posed a national legislature in 2 branches, the assembly to be
elected for 3 years, the senate to serve during good behavior,
as could the governor or president; state laws contrary to the
Constitution to be void ; a governor of each state, appointed
by the general government, to have a veto upon laws in the
I state ; no state to have a land or naval force ; the militia of all
! the states to be under the exclusive control of the U. S., who
; .should appoint and commission the officers. The resolutions
I first submitted by Randolph were substantially adopted, and
j formed the skeleton of our present Constitution. The conven-
j tion appointed a committee of detail, 26 July, to report a con-
I stitution embodj'ing the proposals it had approved, and ad-
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joumed for 10 days. This committee, Nathaniel Gtorham,
Oliver Ellsworth, Jas. Wilson, Edmund Randolph, and John
Rulledge, reported on 6 Aug. a rough sketch of the Consti-
tution. The convention made many amendments and submit-
tetl the report to Congress, 12 Sept. 1787. Ct)ngre8s resolved,
28 Sept. 1787, unanimously " that the said report, with the res-
olution and letter accompanying the same, be transmitted to
the several legislatures, in order to be submitted to a conven-
tion of delegates chosen in each state by the people thereof, in
conformity to the resolves of the convention made and pro-
vided in that case." This convention adjourned 17 Sept. 1787.
It sat with closed doors, and the injunction of secrecy was
never removed. At the adjournment the journal, under a
previous vote, was intrusted to Washington, who deposited
it in the department of state. It was tirst printed in 1818
by order of Congress. The notes of Madison, with less full
ones by Yates of New York and Luther Martin of Maryland,
with the official journal, furnish the only information of the
different views and contests in the convention during the long
struggle which resulted in the Constitution of the U. S. The
Constitution was submitted to the state conventions, and the
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debates in several were protracted and exciting. The follow-
ing list shows the dates of ratification in the several states :
Delaware, unanimously 7 Dec. 1787
Pennsylvania, vole 40 to 23 12 Dec. "
New Jersey, unanimously 18 Dec. "
Georgia, " 2 Jan. 1788
Connecticut, vote 128 to 40 9 Jan. "
Massachusetts, vote 187 to 1G8 6 Feb. '«
Maryland, vote 63 to 12 28 Apr. "
South Carolina, vote 149 to 73 23 May, "
New Hampshire, vote 57 to 40 21 June, "
Virginia, vote 89 to 79 25 June, "
New York, vote 30 to 28 26 June, "
North Carolina, vole 193 to 75 21 Nov. 1789
Rhode Island, vote 34 to 32 29 May, 1790
After ratification b}' the 9th state, Congress passed, 13 Sept.
1788, the following resolution :
^'■Resolved, That the 1st Wednesday in Jan. next be the day for ap-
pointing electors in the several states which, before the said day,
shall have ratified the said Constitution ; that the 1st Wednesday in
Feb. next be the day for the electors to assemble in their respec-
tive states, and vote for a President; and that the 1st Wednesday in
Mch. next be the time, and the present seat of Congress (New York)
the place for commencing the proceedings under the Constitution. "
United States under the Constitution.
MEMBERS OF THE CONVENTION FRAMING THE CONSTITUTION, 25 May-17 Sept. 1787.
Elected.
Serving.
Signing.
Representing.
Remarks.
Baldwin, Abraham
Bassett Richard
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Georgia
Delaware
Virginia
North Carolina
New Jersey
Delaware
South Carolina
Maryland
North Carol na
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
North Carolina
New Jersey
Delaware
Connecticut
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
New York
Virginia
New Jersey
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Connecticut
North Carolina
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
New Jersey
Virginia
North Carolina
Maryland
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Georgia
New Hampshire
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Delaware
South Carolina
Connecticui
North Carolina
Massachusetts
Georgia
Virginia
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Virginia
. New York
Seated, 11 June
25 May.
28 May.
" 25 May.
" 20 June,
25 May.
9 July.
Resigned. Blo
Seated, 28 May.
Could not attend
Seated, 25 May.
" 21 June.
28 May.
" 29 May.
" 25 May.
28 May.
29 May.
23 July.
" 28 May.
" 25 May.
Declined for priv
Seated, 25 May.
" 1 June.
28 May.
" 2 June.
WiLLIAM.SON.
Seated, 25 May.
23 July.
" 2 June.
Seated, 5 June.
25 May.
15 May.
" 9 June.
Seated, 25 May.
1 signing.
Seated, 29 Mav.
6 Aug.
28 May.
25 May.
" 31 May.
'1 25 May.
1 ident and Sent
Seated, 25 May.
30 May.
25 May.
28 May.
Declined.
Seated, 25 May.
(( ((
Bedford Gunning jr
iuplaceof CaswelL
Butler Pierce
Carroll Daniel
Caswell Richard
JNT
Davie, Wm. Richardson
Dayton, Jonathan
Dickinson John
Called away by sickness.
Ellsworth Oliver
Called away by sickness.
Few William
Franklin Benjamin
The oldest signer, 81 years old.
Refused to sign. Feared a civil war.
The youngest signer, 25 years old.
Gerry Elbrid<'e
Gilman Nicholas
Gorham Nathaniel
Hamilton Alexander ....
Henry, Patrick
Houston W Churchill
ate reasons.
Houstoun William
IngersoU Jared . . .
Jenifer, Daniel, of St. Thomas. .
Langdon John
I.iansing John jr .... ....
Opposed the constitution and withdrew.
Livingston, William
Withdrew. Opposed to the constitution.
Refused to sign. Too monarchical.
Substitute for Patrick Henry, absent on day of
Mason George
McClurg .James
Withdrew without signing.
Mifflin, Thomas
Morris Robert
Neilson John
Patterson William
Pendleton, Nathaniel
Pierce, William
Absent on day of signing.
Pinckney, C. Cote.sworth
Randolph, Edmund, jr
Refused. Objected to powers conferred on pres-
Read, George
Rulledge, John
ite.
Spa'ght, Richard Dobbs
Strong, Caleb
Absent on day of signing.
Washington George
President "of the convention and first signer.
West Benjamin
Williamson Hugh
Substitute for Willie Jones.
Wilson James . . ....
Absent on day of signing.
yates, Robert
Withdrew. Opposed to the constitution.
i
Rhode Island not represented.
II
CON 201
Conititution of the United states, Amend-
ments to. During the debates on the ratification of the Con-
stitution, many amendments were offered. Massachusetts pro-
posed 9, South Carolina 4, New Hampshire 12, Virginia 20,
New York 32, North Carolina 26, the Pennsylvania minor-
ity 14, the Maryland minority 28; in place of which the As-
sembly agreed upon 17, which the Senate reduced to 12. These
were passed by two thirds of both branches of Congress, 25
Sept. 1789. The first 2 were not ratified, and the remaining 10,
though rejected by Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Georgia,
were ratified by the other states.
I. to X. inclusive declared in force, 15 Dec. 1791.
XI. This amendment passed by two thirds of both branches oi
Congress, 5 Mch. 1794; declared in force 8 Jan. 1798
[It covered such cases as Chisholm vs. Georgia (2 Dall.
470). It was construed in the case of Cohens vs. Virginia (6
Wheat. 264).]
XII. This amendment relates to elections, and was adopted by
the House, 1 May. 1802, by 47 to 17, but rejected by the
Senate. 15 to 8. At the next session of Congress it was again
lost. On the third trial, Oct. 1803, after a long debate, it
passed the Senate, 22 to 10, and the House, 84 to 42. The
speaker, Mr. Macon, voting aye, made the necessary two
thirds. Of the 42 votes in the minority, 24 came from New
England. It was declared in force 25 Sept. 1804
[Ratified by Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey,
New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia; rejected by
Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.]
XIII. This amendment, carrying out the emancipation proc-
lamation, passed the Senate 8 Apr. 1864, by a vote of 38 to
6, but failed in the House, 15 June, vote 95 to 66; but on re-
consideration, 31 Jan. 1865, it passed, 119 to 56. It was rati-
fied by 31 out of the 36 states; rejected by Delaware and
Kentucky; not acted on by Texas; and conditionally ratified
by Alabama and Mississippi. It was proclaimed 18 Dec. 1865
XIV. This amendment, an essential part of the reconstruction
plan, passed the Senate, 8 June, 1866, by 33 to 11, and the
House, 13 June, 138 to 36; rejected by Delaware, Kentucky,
Maryland; not acted on by California; and ratified by the
other states — 33 out of 37. 10 of the Southern states at
first rejected it, but the reconstruction act of 2 Mch. 1867,
declared these state governments provisional only until its
ratification. They then ratified it, and it was declared in
force 28 July, 1868
XV. This amendment bestows citizenship on the negro. It
was proposed in Congress, 26 Feb. 1869; passed the Senate,
39 to 13, and the House, 144 to 44. It was not acted on by
Tennessee ; rejected by California, Delaware, Kentucky,
Maryland, New Jersey, and Oregon; and ratified by the re-
maining 30 states. New York rescinded its ratification. 5
Jan. 1870. This amendment was declared in force. . .30 Mch. 1870
Conititutioil, the frigate. Navy.
€on§titiition§ of Clarendon. Clarendon.
€on§titutions of France, enacted 1789-91,
1795, 1799 (charter), 1814, 1848, 1852, 1875.
eon§ub§tantiation. Transubstantiation.
COn§ul§ (meaning colleagues), Roman. At the expul-
sion of the Tarquins, a republic was established, to be ruled by
2 consuls elected annuall\% the first being Lucius Junius Bru-
tus and Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, husband of the injured
Lucretia, 509 b.c. The consular power was in emergencies
superseded by dictators and tribunes. In modern times, con-
suls are public officers commissioned by a government to man-
age and protect the commercial interests of its citizens in other
countries, and formally recognized by the government within
whose jurisdiction they act. In some countries, particularly
in the Levant, it is customarj^ for consuls to exercise certain
judicial powers in cases affecting their countrymen. g (,
Government of the Decemviri 451-49
Three military tribunes with consular power 444
A plebeian elected consul 366
[Under Tiberius consuls were nominated by the senate, the
office being henceforth honorary.]
French consulate established when the directory was abolished ;
Bonaparte, Siey^s, and Roger Ducos made "provisional con-
sular commissioners, 10 Nov. ; Bonaparte, Cambace'res, and
Lebrun made consuls 13 Dec. 1799
Bonaparte first consul for 10 years, 6 May ; for life, 2 Aug. 1802 ;
emperor • 18 May, 1804
Commercial agents were first called consuls in Italy. Lorenzo
Strozzi appointed by Richard III 1485
A British consul first appointed in Portugal 1633
Continental army. Army.
Continental Congrre§§. United States.
Continental money. The bills of credit issued
by Congress during the war for independence. When that
war broke out, Spanish coin was the principal metallic cur-
CON
rency in the colonies, but the quantity was inadequate ; and,
after the battle of Bunker Hill, Congress, imitating some of
the colonial governments, issued bills of credit. During 1775,
bills for 13,000,000 were issued. Paper money. Other issues
were made, until, at the beginning of 1780, these bills of credit
amounted to $200,000,000, promising payment " in Spanish
milled dollars." After 1777 they depreciated rapidly, the pros-
pect of redemption appearing remote. Efforts to sustain their
credit were in vain. In 1780, 40 paper dollars were worth only
1 in specie, and in 1781 they were valueless. They afforded
temporary relief, but finally occasioned much public evil and
individual suffering. These bills are now curiosities in col-
lections.
eontinental system, Napoleon's plan to exclude
British merchandise from the li^uropean Continent. It began
with his Berlin Decree in 1806, and occasioned the Orders
IN Council.
continuity. W. R. Grove (afterwards sir), in an ad-
dress as president of the British Association, on 22 Aug. 1866,
at Nottingham, Engl., expressed the opinion of many phi-
losophers that all past changes in the world have been pro-
duced by the continuous action of causes now in operation —
that "continuity is a law of nature, the true expression of
the action of Almighty power."
contraband of war, a term 'said to have been
first employed in the treaty of Southampton between England
and Spain in 1625. During the war between Spain and Hol-
land, both powers acted with rigor towards ships of neutrals
conveying goods to belligerents. This provoked England. A
milder policy was adopted by the treaty of Pyrenees, 1650,
and by the declaration of Paris, 26 Apr. 1856. The subject
was discussed during the American civil war, 1861-64, wheth-
er slaves could be regarded as contraband. Virginia, 27 May,
1861.
eontre-danse (Engl, country dance), a dance with
the dancers in opposite files, introduced into France (probably
from England) about 1715.
Contreras (Mexico), Battle of, between U. S. troops
and Mexicans, 20 Aug. 1847. Americans stormed and took
a fortified camp defended by 6000 Mexicans, capturing 80 offi-
cers, 3000 soldiers, and 35 guns. Mexican War.
convent, a building for the use of an association or a
community of persons generally limited to women (nuns) de-
voted to a religious life. They were first founded, some say,
270. The first in England was erected at Folkestone, by Ead-
bald,in 630. — Camden. The first in Scotland was at Colding-
ham, where Ethelreda took the veil in 670. They were found-
ed earlier in Ireland. They were repeatedl3'^ suppressed in
England, most severely by Henry VIII. ; many have been sup-
pressed in P^urope in this century. The king of Prussia secu-
larized the convents in the duchy of Posen. Dom Pedro put
down 300 convents in Portugal in 1834, and Spain abolished
1800 convents. Many were abolished in Italy and Sicilv in
1860, 1861, and 1866, and manv in Kussia, 31 July, 1832, and
Nov. 1864.
In 1597, lady Mary Percy founded a convent at Brussels, which
flourished till 1794, when the nuns were driven to England.
They were received by bishop Milner, and placed at Win-
chester, where they remained till their removal to East Berg-
holt, in Suffolk, June, 1857; this was the first English con-
vent on the European Continent after the Reformation.
The Emancipation act of 1829, 10 Geo. IV., prohibits convents
and religious communities in the United Kingdom, but it has
been a dead letter 1829
[There were, in 1832, 16 convents in England; in 1870, 233;
and 70 monasteries in Great Britain.]
A select committee of the commons upon the revenues of Brit-
ish convents, 10 May, 1870; reappointed Feb. 1871
Committee reported the evidence June, "
Mr. Newdegate's motion for an inquiry into convents negatived,
12 June, 1874
Large convent at Bournemouth, under church of England,
opened 3 Oct. 1875
A Carmelite convent, patronized by the duke of Norfolk and
family, at St. Charles's square. Netting Hill, London, W.,
opened by cardinal Manning 29 Sept. 1878
Many convents in France abolished by decree. 29 Mch. 1880
conventicles, private assemblies for religious wor-
ship, held by dissenters, a term first applied to the schools of
Wycliffe. They were strictly forbidden by Elizabeth in 1593,
CON 2*»-^
and by Cliarlfs II., 1064 ; and persons attending were liable to
severe punislmu'iu. Tlie statutes were repealed by tlie Tol-
eration act, 24 May, KWJt.
€*OllveilliOII, Hartford. Connkcticut, 1814.
convention purliamentS assembled without
the king's writ u|K)n extraordinary occasions. One on 2o Apr.
1G60, voted the restoration of Charles II. A second, met 22
Jaiu IfiftO. offered the crown to William and Mar}', 13 Feb.,
and dissolved in Feb. IGJM). Nationau Convention.
eonvcnti€>n troopM. When Uurpoync's army sur-
rendered to gen. dates, these generals agreed that the prison-
ers (over 5000) (Nkw Yokk) siionld be marched to Cambridge,
near lioston, to embark for England, on their parole not to
serve again against the Americans. Suspecting that the pa-
role would be violated, Congress, after ratifying, revoked it.
As the British government (lid not recognize the authority of
Congress, these troops remained near Itoston until Congress,
owing to the scarcity of supplies in New England, ordered
them to Virginia, whither they went, Oct. and Nov. 1778,
4000 remaining at Charlottesville until Oct. 1780, when the
British were removed to fort Frederick, in Maryland, and the
(iermans to Winchester, their numbers reduced to 2100. Soon
after they were removed to Lancaster, and some to East Wind-
sor, Conn. In the course of 1782 they were dispersed by ex-
change or desertion.
eon¥ention§. Treaties.
convocation, a general assembly of clergy in Engl.,
called by the sovereign's writ, on the affairs of the church ;
the writ, directed to the archbishops, requires them to sum-
mon all the bishops, archdeacons, etc. The convocation is in
2 houses — the upper, of bishops ; the lower, of deans, preben-
daries, archdeacons, and delegates from the inferior clergy.
The clergy were summoned to meet the king by writ, 23 Edw.
I. 129it. The power of convocation was limited at its reorgan-
ization by a statute of Henry VIII. It was deprived of various
privileges in 1716, and ceased to meet. The clergy have held
formal meetings annually during the sessions of Parliament
since 1854, and have in vain sought power to deal summarily
with ecclesiastical affairs ; but in Feb. 1872, convocation was
authorized to consider changes in the Liturgy; upon which it
acted, 5 Mch. ; and again in 1889.
CO]IVOl'vulU§ (Lat. convohere, to twine together).
The Canary convolvulus {Convolvulus canariensis) came to
England from the Canary isles, 1690; the many-flowered, 1779.
The Convolvulus japonicus, another elegant variety, is a native
of China. Flowers and Plants.
Conway cabal, the. Thomas, count de Conway,
was born in Ireland, but taken to France while young. In 1777,
through the influence of Silas Deane, he came to the United
States, was commissioned brig.-gen., 13 May, 1777, and fought
at Brandywine and Germantown, 1777. Washington's defeats
caused widespread discontent in 1777, especially when the
British occupied Philadelphia. Burgoyne's surrender gave
Gates the prestige of a great success. Such men as John Ad-
ams, Samuel Adams, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Mifflin, etc.,
began to doubt Washington's fitness for the chief command.
Conway did not originate the cabal for Washington's removal,
but was so active in it that it bears his name. Gates willingly
lent his influence, in the hope of obtaining the command him-
self. There was correspondence derogatory to Washington
between Gates, Mifflin, and Conway during the summer and
autumn of 1777. In the new board of war, organized Nov.
1777, the faction was represented by Gates as president, and
Mifflin and others as members. Conway, against Washing-
ton's remonstrance, was promoted maj.-gen., and made in-
spector-general of the army. A vain attempt was made to
win Lafayette by offering him an array to invade Canada; but
these intrigues, when known to the army, were heartily repro-
bated, nor did the state legislatures approve them. In spite
of disasters to the army, Washington retained the confidence
and affection of soldiers and people ; and most of the conspira-
tors shrank from avowing their share in the plot. Conway,
ordered to the northern department, complained to Congress,
and offered his resignation. It was accepted, and he tried in
vain to obtain a reinstatement. He was wounded soon after
in a duel with gen. Cadwallader, and, believing his end near.
COP
wrote an apology to Washington for his course. He recovered,
however, and returned to France.
COOiiCry, as an art, belongs to civilized life. Anitnals
were granted as food to Noah, 2348 b.c., but eating blood
was forbidden (Gen. ix. 3, 4). In 1898 b.c. a calf was cooked
by Abraham to entertain his guests (Gen. xviii. 7, 8). " Tl)e
Forme of Cury" (i.e. cookery) is dated 1390. An English
cookery-book was printed 1498. Cottager's stove.
Three medals were uwarded to tho Norwegian self acting cooking ap-
|)aratus (Soren-son's patent) at the Paris Exhibition, 1867. Cook-
ing is effected by boiling water, tho heat of which is maintained
by enclosing it in a non conducting substance.
In the U. S., schools of cookery have become common in large cities
since 1874.
Cook's excursions. Thomas Cook in 1841 be-
gan his tourist system by arranging with the INIidland HaH-
way Company (England) for the conveyance of a party of 570
persons from Leicester to Loughborough and back for is. each.
He gradually extended the system to the Continent, to Amer-
ica, India, Egypt, Holy Land, etc. He died 18 Julv, 1892,
aged 83.
Cook's VOyag^es. James Cook, accompanied by
Joseph Banks (afterwards sir), sailed from England in the
Endedvor on his first voyage, 30 July, 1768; and after cir-
cumnavigating the globe, arrived at Deal 12 June, 1771. This
expedition was proposed by the Royal Society to observe the
transit of Venus, 3 June, 17G9. Capt. Cook sailed to explore
the southern hemisphere 13 July, 1772. In his last expedi-
tion (begun 12 July, 1776) he was killed by the savages of
Owhyhee, "14 Feb. 1779. His ships, the Resolution and JHs-
covery, arrived at Sheerness 4 Oct. 1780.
coolies (Hiodu, kuli, laboror), the hill-tribes of India,
are much employed as laborers in Ai^istralia and California,
especially since 1861 ; about 30,000 of them were brought,
conveyed by M. Koopmanschap to work on the great Pacific
railway. He proposed in 1869 to replace the negroes of the
cotton states with coolies, but the proposition was not accepted.
" The Coolie, his Rights and Wrongs," by E. Jenkins, was pub.
1871. Coolie emigration has been the subject of negotiation
between the British and Chinese governments since 1855.
" In spite of his utility, the coolie has become an offence to
the working classes of the United States and Australia. He
is accused of various bad habits; but his principal offence is
in working for low wages, and thus lowering the market value
of labor." — Chambers's Kncy.
cooperage, the art of making casks and barrels out of
staves bound by hoops, to hold liquids, etc. It was practised
in ancient times, being mentioned by Pliny. It is only in
very recent times that machinery' has largely superseded hand
labor in cooperage. The coopers of London were incorpo-
rated in 1501.
co-operative societies (England) of working-
men sell articles of daily consumption to members at low prices.
The Rochdale Equitable Pioneers' Society began in 1844, with
a capital of 28/. In 1860 the business done amounted to
152,063/., the profits being 15,906/. These societies (332 in
1862) are registered pursuant to 13 and 14 Vict. c. 115 (1849).
On 31 Dec. 1866, 749 industrial, provident, and co-operative
societies were registered. By an act of 1867 they must make
a return. A congress of delegates is held annually. Inter-
national congress held at Bologna, 1 Oct. 1888.
Co operative cotton-mills in south Lancashire were reported suc-
cessful in 1875.
Ouseburn Co-operative Engineering Works, established 1871, failed
through want of capital; wound up, 1875.
Much discontent among London tradesmen on account of the numer-
ous CO operative stores, 1878-80.
Co operative Union included 1500 societies with a share capital ot
11,000,000^., Nov. 1890.
Copan', Ruins of, situated in the extreme western part
of Honduras, supposed to be those of a city of unknown
antiquity, first discovered in 1576. America. Baldwin's
"Ancient America," Charnay's "Ancient Cities of the New
World," and Stephens's " Travels in Central America," are
the best works published on these and other ruins of America.
Copenhagen, Denmark, built by Waldemar I., 1157;
made the capital, 1443; the university founded, 1479. In
1728 more than 70 streets and 3785 houses were burned. Its
COP
203
COP
I
palace, valued at 4,000,000^., was burned, Feb. 1794; 100 per-
ions lost their lives. In a fire which lasted 48 hours, the ar-
senal, adrairaltv, and 50 streets were destroyed, June, 1795.
A new national* theatre was founded by the king, 18 Oct. 1872.
Copenhagen was bombarded by English under lord Nelson
and admiral Parker; and of 23 Danish ships of the line, 18
were taken or destroyed by the British, 2 Apr. 1801. Again,
after a bombardment of 3 days, the city surrendered to admiral
Gambler and lord Cathcart,''7 Sept. 1807, with the fleet of 18
sail of the line. 15 frigates, 6 brigs, 25 gunboats, and immense
naval stores. Pop. with suburbs, 1880, 273,727 ; 1890, 375,251.
Copernican §y§teill, from its ^author, Nicolag Co-
pernicus, born at Thorn, west Prussia, 19 Feb. 1473; died, 24
May, 1543, a few days after the printing of his book on the
■«< Revolution of the Celestial Bodies," which marks one of the
greatest steps ever taken in science. The system, which re-
sembles " the Pvthagorean," was condemned by pope Paul V.
in 1616; decree* revoked 1818 by Pius VII.. It has been ad-
vanced from time to time by Kepler, Galileo, Newton, and the
-whole body of modern astronomers.
COpophoiie, a musical instrument formed of glass
tumblers on a sounding-board. The sounds are produced by
wet fingers on the edge of the glasses. It was played at par-
ties in London in June, 1875, by chevalier Furtado Coelho, the
inventor.
copper. One of the 6 primitive metals, said to have
been first discovered in Cyprus.— P^%. We read in the
Scriptures of 2 vessels of fine copper (or brass), •' precious as
gold," 457 B.C. (Ezra viii. 27). The mines of Fahlun, in Swe-
den, are surprising excavations. In England, copper-mines
were discovered in 1561 ; there are more than 50 mines in
Cornwall, where mining has grown from the reign of William
III. In 1857, 75,832 tons of copper ore were taken to England,
and 25,241 tons mined. In 1865, 198,298 tons of copper ore
were extracted from British mines, and 11,888 tons smelted;
-S2,562 tons were imported. In 1856, 24,257 tons of pure cop-
per (worth 2,983,61 U.) ; in 1870, 8291 tons (worth 644,065^.);
ill 1875, 4332 tons (worth 388,934/.); in 1876, 4694 tons (worth
391,130;.) ; in 1879, 3462 tons (worth 222,507/.) ; in 1890, 936
tons were produced in the United Kingdom. The Burra-
Burra copper-mines in S. Australia, discovered 1842, are valu-
able. The copper production of the United States for 10 years
(1880-89) was over 733,061 tons, valued at $192,237,714; for
1891, 147,905 tons, valued at $38,455,300. The richest mine
in the world is the Calumet and Hecla on lake Superior,
Michigan, having paid in dividends $32,000,000 in 20 years.
Copper money. The Romans, before Servius TuUius, used
rude pieces of copper for money. Coin.
Id England copper money was made at the instance of sir
Robert Cotton, in 1609; but was first coined (when Miss
Stewart sat for the figure of Britannia) 1665
Its regular coinage began 1672 ; largely issued 1689
In Ireland, copper was coined, 1339;- in Scotland, 1406; in
France 1580
Wood's coinage in Ireland commenced 1723
Copper coinage largely manufactured at Birmingham, by Boul-
ton and Watt l'^92
Penny and twopenny pieces extensively issued 1797
Half-farthing was coined, but disused (Farthing) 1843
10,000i. voted for replacing the copper coinage July, 1855
Cooper coinage discontinued in U. S., a mixed metal substituted,
*^^ 21 Feb. 1857
Bronze coinage issued Pec. 1860
French syndicate formed to raise the price of copper by a mo-
nopoly, Feb. 1888; fails Mch. 1889
■Copper-plate printing invented in Germany, about 1450; roll-
ing-presses for working the plates about 1545
Messrs. Perkins, of Philadelphia, invented engraving on soft
steel, from which, when hardened, copper plates and impres-
sions are made indefinitely (Engraving) 1819
Copper sheathing first applied to the British ship Alarvi, at
Woolwich, 1761; all the navy copper-bottomed by 1780
Electrotyping with copper printing types and casts from wood-
cuts, began about 1850
•Copper-zinc couple, a voltaic arrangement of Dr. J. H. Gladstone
and A. Tribe in 1872; a mixture of the 2 meUls is finely sub-
divided, with points of junction exposed; any binary liquid con-
taining this is rapidlv decomposed, its resistance being greatly
reduced. The couple is formed by immersing zinc-foil in a solu-
tion of sulphate of copper; the copper being deposited on the zinc
in minute particles. By this couple impurities in water are read-
ily detected, many peculiar analyses have been made, and new
organic bodies formed.
eopperRS, a mineral composed of copper or iron with
■sulphuric acid (vitriol), found in copper-mines, commonly of
a green or blue color ; said to have been first produced in Eng-
land by Cornelius de Vos, a merchant, in 1587.
Copperheads. In and after 1863 members of the
Democratic party in the U. S. who favored peace on any
terms. — Copperhead, a poisonous serpent, the Trigonocephalus
contortrix, also named dumb-rattlesnake, red viper, etc.
Copt§, in Egypt, the supposed descendants of the ancient
Egyptians, mingled with Greeks and Persians. .Their relig-
ion is a form of Christianity derived from the Eutychians.
eopying-maetlines (for letters, etc.) were invent-
ed in Engl, by James Watt in 1778; patented in May, 1780;
and 150 machines were sold before the end of the year.
Wedgwood's '■ manifold writer " was patented in 1806 ; and
in 1855 Terry patented a copying-machine to be combined
with the cover of a book. Other inventions patented since.
Zuccato's papyrograph is much esteemed.
copyright in England. Decree of the star-chamber
regarding it, 1556. Every book and publication ordered to be
licensed, 1.585.
Ordinance forbids printing of any work without the consent
of the owner 1649
First copyright act (for 14 years, and for the author's life if
then living), 8 Anne 1709
This act sustained by the lords, and the claim of perpetual copy-
right overruled ^ 22 Feb. 1774
Copyright in prints and engravings, 17 Geo. Ill 1777
Copyright Protection act (for 28 years, and for the author's life),
54 Geo. Ill 1814
Dramatic Authors' Protection act, 3 Will. IV. c. 15 1833
Act protecting lecturers, 6 Will. IV. c. 65 ; 1835
International Copyright bill, 1 Vict. c. 59 1838
5 and 6 Vict. c. 45 (Talfourd's or lord Mahon's act), to amend
the Copyright act, passed 1842
[Copyright is for the life of the author, and 7 years after;
but for 42 years in any case; posthumous works protected
for 42 years. ]
Colonies' Copyright act, 10 and 11 Vict. c. 95, passed 1847
Canada Copyright act, passed 2 Aug. 1875
Copyright of 14 years conferred on sculpture 1798, 1814
Photographs protected as works of art July, 1862
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT.
First movement in the U. S. for international copyright in 1837,
when Henry Clay presented a petition. Referred to Senate
committee, including Clay, V/ebster, and Buchanan who re-
ported for full protection.
Lord Palmerston invites the U. S. to co-operate 1838
British acts secure to authors, in certain cases, international
copyright (1 and 2 Vict. c. 59, 7 and 8 Vict. c. 12, and 15 Vict,
c. 12) ; conventions entered into with France, Prussia, etc. ,1838, 1852
Proposal again before the U. S. Congress, supported by Edward
Everett, secretary of state 1853
Claim of a foreigner to British copyright negatived by the
House of Lords, reversing the court of exchequer, on appeal
by defendant in Boosey v. Jeffrey. (In 1831 Mr. Boosey pur-
chased the copyright of Bellini's opera, "La Sonnambula,"
from which Mr. Jeffrey published a cavatina. 6 judges for
the copyright; 7 against) Aug. 1854
Baldwin's bill introduced in British Parliament 1868
International copyright bill introduced in the U. S. Congress,
21 Feb. "
In Routledge v. Low, the House of Lords on appeal uphold copy-
right of a foreign author 29 May, "
Discussion at the Literary Congress, Paris 18 June, **
Sir Edward Thornton submits a proposed treaty to publishers
in the U. S 1870
Copyright Association of England, founded by eminent London
booksellers 19 Mch. 1872
Senator Morrill, chairman of joint library committee, report
against international copyright 1873
Messrs. Harper & Brothers, N. Y., submit a suggestion to the
department of state of a treaty on the subject 25 Nov. 1878
Harper treaty approved by prominent American authors. Aug. 1880
Congress passes an international copyright law 3 Mch. 1891
President Harrison proclaims that Switzerland, France, Bel-
gium, Great Britain, Germany, and Italy, having complied
with the conditions, the benefits of copyright in the U. S.
are extended to their citizens 1 July, "
[There is no treaty of international copyright between the U. S.
and other countries. A citizen of the U. S., to secure copyright in
Great Britain, must (1) enter the title at Stationer's Hall, London,
fee. 5«. ; (2) the work must be first published in Great Britain.
A foreigner may copyright a publication in France by depositing
2 copies at the Ministry of the Interior at Paris. In Germany, by
entering the work in the general copyright registry at Leipzig and
publishing it within the German empire. In Canada, by registry
with the minister of agriculture, fee |1, and publication in Canada.]
COPYRIGHT IN THE UNITED STATPZS.
First copyright law passed • ^"^^
Copyrights granted for 28 years, with a renewal for 14 years. . . 1831
Copyrights granted in plays for exclusive representation 1856
Law granting any author, inventor, designer, or proprietor a
copyright for his work for 28 years, with renewal for himself,
his widow, or children for 14 years 1870
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An an of Congross amending sections 4952, 4964, 4958, 4968,
4969, 4963, 4904, 4966, and 4967, Revised Statutes passed.
A Mclj. 1891
To take effect 1 July, "
[As an lutenmtioiml copyright law it '-only applies to « citizen
or subject of ii foreign state or nation, when such foreign slate
or nation jwrmiis to citizens of the U. 8. of America the benellt
of copyright on sul)8t4Uitially the sitnio basis as its own citizens;
or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international
agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copy-
right, l)y the terms of which agi-eemont Iho U. S. of America may
at its pleasure beconie a pj>rty to such agreement. The existence
of either of these conditions aforesjiid shall be deternjinod by the
president of the V. S. by prmMiimation made from time to time as
the purp^)ses of this act may require.")
Ofiral, a prtiduction of the AcHhozou coralligena^ ami
conHnc«l to the warmer latitude of the globe. The most val-
uable kind is the Corallium rubrum of the Mediterranean sea,
having been from remote times greatly prized for personal or-
namentation and decorative purposes generally. The most
iin()ortant tisheries extend along the coast of northern Africa;
but it is also obtained near Naples, Leghorn, and (ienoa, and
off the coasts of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. The price of the finest
tints varies from $400 to $t500 per oz.
Ccirbiesclale, Caithness, N. Scotland. Here, on 27
Apr. 1650, the marquis of Montrose was defeated by Covenant-
era. He was taken soon after, treated with contumely, and
hangeil at Edinburgh, 21 May.
Corey 'ra, now Corfti, chief of the Ionian isles, a col-
ony founded by Corinthians about 73-i ii.c. It had frequent wars
with the mother-country; one for Kpidamnus (431 ii.c.) led to
the rcloptMuiesian war. It was subdued by the Spartans in 373,
and by the Romans, 230. At the decline of the eastern empire
it fell to the Venetians, about 1149 A.i>. The Turks vainly
attacked Corfu in 1716. It was taken from the French by the
allied Russian and Turkish tleets,3 iNIch. 1799, and formed (with
the other isles) into the Ionian republic. Ionian isi.,ks.
Cor€lelier§ (kor'-de4yar')y friars of the order of St.
Francis d'Assisi (the Minorites) instituted about 1223; wearing
coarse gray cloth and a girdle of cord, hence the name, first
given by St. Louis of France, about 1227.
Cordeliers, a political club formed in Paris, 1790, so
called for its meeting in the chapel of that name. It included
among its leaders some of the most violent of the revolutionists,
viz.: Danton, Marat, Ilebert, Camille Desmoulins, and others.
It was first allied with, but afterwards opposed, the Jacobins ;
was overthrown in ^Mch. 1794, and several members guillo-
tined ; formally closed 23 Aug. 1795.
eorclillerns (Sp. kor'-dH-yd'-m), a continuous range
of mountains. Andes.
Cor'dova, the Roman Corduba, S. Spain, founded about
152 B.C., taken by the (ioths, 572 A.n., and made capital of an
Arab kingdom by Abderahman in 756, who founded the great
mosque (now the cathedral), 786. Here Seneca, Lucan, and
the Arabian physician Averrhoes were born. In the 10th cen-
tury it contained nearly 1,000,000 inhabitants and 3l)0 mosques.
It was rescued from the Arabs by Ferdinand IIL of Cas-
tile, in 1236, taken by French luuler Dupont and ravaged,
7-9 June, 1808; surrendered to Joseph Bonaparte, Jan. 1810,
abandoned by the French in 1813; plundered by Carlists, Oct.
1836. Pop. 1890 about 66,000.
Corc'a or K€>re'a, a peninsula, E. Asia, tributary to
China, which excludetl all foreigners until 1882, when 4 ports
were opened to commerce through the agency of the United
States and China by treaty. Area, 82,000 sq. miles; pop. es-
timated about 10,000,000.
President Arthur receives ofncially at the Fifth Avenue hotel.
Now York, the Corean ambassiulors 18 Sent 1883
Treaty with Great Britain ^ isS
With Germany u
With Italy and Russia .'.".".'.".".".'!'.." «»
With F'nince .'.'.*..'..*.*.*.'.".'.*.'.' 1886
Invaded by Japanese troops, and Chinese "drVven out, Julyl^pt 1894
Corees. Indians.
Corfu. COROYRA.
Cor'illth, Greece, a city said to have been built 1520
B.G, anil named Ephyra. It was defended by a lofty and
strongly walled fortress called Acrocorinth. Cicero natiied it
the Eye ofGrefCf. Its history is fabulous or legendary, and
all dates in it are conjectural, until the 7th century iu\
Isthmian games, mythically ascribed to Sisyphus, who founded Be
a kingdom la'jt;
Return of the Heraclidi© or Dorians 1107
Their dynasty established by Aletes 1074
Corinthians in vent 0-i»riMe.t (.ships with 3 benches of oars), 786 or 758
Reign of Bacchis. 925 ; oligarchy of Macchidai 747-657
Thelestes deposed; government of Prytanes instituted; Auto-
menes, first alwut 74r>
Corinthian colonies, Syracuse and Corcyra, founded about 1M
Corcyreans revolting, defeat Corinthians at sea WA
Cypselus, a despot, sots aside the Prytanes f).">.">
His son Periander rules, and favors learning (V2T .">s.">
Psammotichns deposed, and a republic formed .">S0
Corinth engaged in the Persian war 48o
Defeated by Corcyreans 4:15
Corinthian war 395
Timoloon kills his usurping brother Timophanes 344
Acrocorinth lakou by Aratus. given to (ho Achsean league 243
Roman ambassiuUu-s lirst mipear at Corinth 228
(Jreeks defoatcd at Cynoscephala) 197
Corinth sacked by Lucius Mummius, who sends to Italy the
first lino paintings there seen (Lix>y) 146
Rebuilt by Julius Ca)sar 46
A.D.
Visited by St. Paul (Actsxviii.) 54
His two Epistles to Uie Corinthians about 59-60
Ravaged by Alaric. 396
Plundered by Normans from Sicily 1146
Taken by Turks, 1446; by Venetians, 1687; by Turks, June, 1714;
ft-om them l)y Greeks 1823
Nearly destroyed by an earthquake 21 Feb. 1858-
A concession for 99 years to a French company for canal
through the isthmus, to be completed in 6 years, by .MM. K.
G. Pial and ChoUet, Anr. 1870; transferred to baron de I.es-
sops and gen. Turr (to bo begun in spring, 1882) 28 May, 1881
Work begun 5 May, 1882
Completed 1893
Canals.
Corilltll, Miss. After the battle of Shilol), or Pitts-
burg Lani)IN(}, 6, 7 Apr. 1862, gen. Halleck took command
of the forces, about 120,000 men, ami 3 weeks later moved tow-
ards Corinth, then held by the confederate gen. Beauregard,
taking from 30 Apr. to 30 May for the advance of 20 miles,
lie was unopposed until within 4 or 5 miles of Corinth, and
while be prepared for a siege IJeauregard quietly evacuated
the place on the 29th May, taking his stores, and Halleck oc-
cupied it on the 30th. Corinth was also the scene of a severe
battle, when 35,000 or more confederates, under Price and Van
Dorn, attacked Ro.secrans's army of 20,000, in a strong and for-
tified position, 3 Oct. 1862, in the afternoon. The main fight-
ing was next forenoon, when the attack was repulsed. Fed-
eral loss, 315 killed, 1812 wounded, 232 missing. Confederate
loss, supposed about 1423 killed, 5692 woiuuled, and 2225 pris-
oners.
Corilltlliail order, the richest order of ancient
architecture, called by Scamoz.-ji the virginal order, attributed
to Calliniacluis, 540 n.o. Abacus.
Corilltlliail ivav began 395 B.C.; so called because
mostly fought near Corinth, by a confederacy of Athenian.-*,
Thebans, Corinthians, and Argives, against the Lacediemoni-
ans. It was closed by the peace of Antalcidas, 387 b.c. Tlio
chief battles were at Coijonka and LKUCTitA.
Cori'oli, a Latin city, capital of the Volscian.s, taken hy
Romans, 493 B.C. The exploits of Caius Marcius or Coriolanus
are mythical.
Cork, S. Ireland, built in the 6th century. The princi-
pality of the M'Cartys was converted into a shire by king
John, as lord of Ireland. The foundation of the see is ascribed
to St. Barr, or Finbarr, early in the 7th cetitury. About 1431
it was united to Ch)yne, but in 1678 separated, Ross having
been added to Cork, 1582. Cork and Clovne were reunited
(by the act of 1833), 1836.
Garrisoned by Henry II 1172
First charter, from Henry II 1185
Supiwrted Perkin Warbeck, who landed here 1492
A largo part of tho town burned 1621
Taken by Cromwell 164'.)
Marlborough took Cork bv siege; tho duke of Grafton, a son of
Charles II.. was slain 1690
Cathedral rebuilt from a coal duty between 1725 and 1735
Ono of 3 colleges, endowed under act 8 and 9 Vict. c. 66, passe<l,
31 July, 1845, inaugurated (Qi'KKN's Collkgks) 7 Nov. 1849
e€>ri4-trec (^Qnercus suber), a species of oak ; cork is part
of its bark. The Egyptians made coffins of cork. The tree
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^rows in abmidaiice on the Tyrences and in other parts of
Spain and in France. It was bronght to England about 1690.
A coik-<!ari)et company was formed, 18G2.
CM»ril. A general term for the seed of cereal plants, in-
cliKling all grains used as food. But it has also a specific
sense, as in England it generally means wheat, in Scotland
oats, jind in the United States Maize. The origin of its cul-
tivation is attributed to Ceres, who. having taught the art to
the Egyptians, was deified by them, 2409 u.c—Arundelian
Marbles, Husbandry, and making bread from wheat, and wine
from rice, are attributed by Chinese to Ching Noung, successor
of Kohi, and second monarch of China, 1998 ii.c.— Univ. Hist.
Corn was a common article of food from the earliest ages, and
bread was baked in patriarchal times (Ex. xii. 15). The first
known imi)ortation of corn into England was in 1347. Laws
restricting it were made in 13(51, and often afterwards. IJoun-
tios were granted on its importation into England in 1689.
WllKAT.
CORN LAWS OF KNGLANI).
Restrictions on importing corn bocan\o oppressive as manu-
factures increased, about 1770 ; relaxed 1773
Mr. Robinson's act passed, permitting importatidu when wheat
is WKs. a quarter •. 1815
Wliilo this bill was pending, mobs assembled in London, and
maiiy houses of its supporters were damaged, 28 Jan. ; a
riot in Westminster C-9 Mch. "
A corn bill, i)assed by commons, rejected by lords, amended
bv the duke of Wellington, and carried by a majority of 4,
1 Juno, 1827
An act (the sliding scale) permits wheat to bo imported at a
duty of 1/. fis. 8(/. per quarter, when the average price is un-
der iVls. ; from ()2.<. to fiUs., II. 4s. 8(/. ; and so gradually re-
du(!ed to Is., when the average jirice is 7;Js. and upwards,
pa.ssod Ifi July, 1828
Acts Vict. c. 14, the second "sliding scale act," regulates tho
duty on wheat; passed 29 Apr. 1842
Corn Importation bill (introduced by sir Robert Peel), 9 and
10 Vict. c. 22 (tlio duty reduced to 4s. when imported at or
above 53.^., until 1 Feb. 1849; after that tho duty to bo Is.
per quarter on all grain imported, at anv prices), api)roved,
2fi June, 1846
The Is. duty repealed by act passed 24 June, 1669
OCiril, Indian. Maizk.
Cornell IJlllverslly, Ithaca, N. Y. In 1862 the
national government gave to each of the slates certain public
lands, the proceeds to establish schools of agriculture and the
mechanic arts; 990,000 acres was New York's share. Ezra
Cornell generously offered to add $500,000 to the fund if it
.sliould all be used to found one institution. Largely through
the efforts of state senator Andrew D. White of Syracuse, the
offer was accepted, and Ithaca was selected as the site, Mr.
<'ornell further giving 200 acres of land for an experimental
farm. The institution, taking his name, was opened for stu-
dents in 1868, with. Andrew D. White as president. The first
year it had 388 students. Women have been admitted since
1873. COLI.KGKS IN THK UnITKI) StATKS.
Coril^vall, southwest extremity of England, originally
Kernott, a term connected with Latin cornn, a horn, from its
numerous promontories. After the retreat of the Britons,
Cornwall is said to have formed a kingdom, for many years,
under diff^erent princes, among them Ambrosius Aurelius and
"king Arthur." Cornwall is said to have been made an earl-
dom by Alfred. The eldest son born to the reigning sovereign
is duke of Cornwall.
Bishopric of ('ornwall, founded 909; united to Devonshire, 1040;
removed to Kxcter 1046
Cornwall given bv the conqueror to Robert do Morteln, his
halfbrollior, 10118; killed 1087
Cornwall made a diicliv, by Kdvvard III., for Edward, his eldest
son, the Black I'riiicV 17 Mch. 1337
Insurrection of Cornishnien under lord Audlcy, Thomas Flam-
mock, etc., against taxes; they march to London; defeated
at RIackbeath 22 Juno, 1497
Insurrection in Devon and Cornwall against the Protestant
lilurgv, defeated by lord Rus.soll Aug. 1549
Rev. R.'Polwhele's "History of Cornwall " pub 1803-8
Coroiintloil. Leo I., emperor of the east, crowned
by Anatolius, patriarch of Constantinople, the first Christian
sovereign crowned by a priest, 457. Majorian, emperor of the
west, said to have been crowned in the same vear in a similar
Charlemagne crowned emperor of the west by pope Leo III,
(with tho words '-coronatus a Deo^^ — "crowned by God"),
25 Dec. 800
Edward I. , son of Alft-ed, crowned 16 May, 902
William 1. crowned at Westminster 25 Dec. 10G6
Anointing at coronations introduced into England 872, and
Scotland , 1097
Coronation of Henry III., at Gloucester. A i)lain circle was
used, tho crown having been lost with the baggage of king
John, in passing tho marshes of Lynn, or tho Wash, near
\Visl)each 28 Oct. 1216
William and Mary crowned by Comptou, bishop of London
(Sancrofl, archbishop of Canterbury, refused the oaths),
11 Apr. 1689
Goorgo IV. crowned 19 .July, 1821
William IV. crowned, wiili his (luccu 8 Sept. 1831
Victoria crowned 28 June, 1838
Coronation chair. In tho catluidral of Cashel, formerly the me-
tropolis of the kings of Munsler, was deposited the Lia Fail, or
Fatal Stone, on wh'ch they were crowned. Tradition says that
in 513 Fergus, of the royal line, obtaining the Scottish throne,
procured this stone for his coronation at Dunstaflhage, where it
remained until Kenneth II. removed it to Scone; and in 1296 it
was removed by Edward I. from Scone to Westminster; the
))r('sent chair l)L'ing made to receive it.
A coronation oath was administered, by Dunstan, archbishop of Can-
terbury, to Elhelred II. in 978. An oath, much like that now in
use, was administered in 1377.
Oath prescribed by 1 Will and Mary, c. 6 (1089), was modified in
1706. ami again in 1821, on ^iccount of the union of the churches
of England and Ireland.
Coroneu, Battles of. I. (or Chaironea). The Athe-
nians defeated and their general, Tolmides, .slain by the Boeo-
tians at Coronea near Ciueronoa, 447 n.o. IL The Athenians,
Thebans, Argivcs, and Corintliians forming a league against
Sparta, Agesilaus, after many victories, even in Upper Asia,
engaged j^nd defeated the allies at Coronea, 394 u.c.
coroiicri (anciently crowner), officers of the English
realm, mentioned in a charter, 925. Coroners for everj'^ county
in England were first appointed by statute of VV^estminster, 3
Edw. I. 1275. — SfovK They are chosen for life by the free-
holders, to inquire into the cause of unnatural death, upon
view of the body. The same applies to the office in the
United States, except as to length of term.
COroIiet§, caps or inferior crownsof the English nobility.
The coronets for earls were first allowed by Henry III.; for vis-
counts by Henry VHI. ; and for barons by Charles H. — Baker.
But authorities conflict. Sir Kobert Cecil, earl of Salisbury,
was the first earl who wore a coronet, 1604. It is uncertain
when the coronets of dukes and marquises were settled. —
Beat son.
COrporiltioili. Numa, to break the force of the ri-
val factions, Sabines and Komans, is said to have instituted
separate societies of manual trades. — Plutarch. In England,
bodies politic, authorized by the king's charter to have a
common seal, one head officer, or more, and members, who, by
common consent, may grant or receive in law any matter
within the compass of their charter. — Cotcell. Charters of
rights were granted by the kings of England to various
towns, first bj' Edward the Confessor. Henry I. granted
charters, 1100; and succeeding monarchs gave corporate
powers to numerous communities throughout the realm, sub-
ject to tests, oaths, and conditions. — Blackstone.
corpulence. In Germany some fat monks have
weighed 18 stone. — Render.
Mr. Rriglit, a tallow-chandler and grocer, of Maldon, in Essex,
who died in his 29th year. His waistcoat easily held 7 per-
sons of common size; buried at AH Saints, Maldon. . .12 Nov. 1750
Daniel Lambert, supposed the heaviest man that ever lived,
died in his 40th year, at Stamford, in Lincolnshire, weighing
5*2 stone (a stone 14 lbs.) 11 pounds; (10 stone 4 pounds
more than Mr. Rright) 21 June, 1809
James Mansfield, died at Dobdeu, aged 82, weighing 34 stone,
9 Nov. 1856
W^illiam Ranting published a letter on corpulence, recom-
mending, from experience, as a remedy, great moderation in
sugar and starch as food. 50,000 copies wore speedily cir-
culated 1863
Corpus C1irl§li {Fete Dieu in France), a splendid
festival in the Koman Catholic church, in honor of transub-
stantiation, kept on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. It
was instituted by pope Urban IV. between 1262 and 1264, and
confirmed by the council of Vienne in 1311.
"Correlation of the Physical Forces,"
a book by Mr. (afterwards sir) W. K. Grove, F.K.S., who in
1842 explained the correlation or mutual dependence and con-
vertibility of the forces of nature (viz., heat, light, electricity,
magnetism, chemical affinity, and motion).
COR -^0^
Cor'§ica, an island in the Mediterranean (called by the
Greeks Kw/ovof), held by the French. It is 1 14 miles long and
62 broa<l. Arfea, 3378' scj. miles; pop. 1890, about 280,000.
The ancient inhabitants were robbers, liars, and atheists, ac-
cording to Seneca. Corsica was colonized by Phocseans 564
B.C., and afterwartls held by the Carthaginians till taken by
the Romans, 231 b.c. It has been held by Vandals, 45G a.d. ;
by Saracens, 852; by Fisans, 1077. It belonged to Genoa
from 1559 till ceded to France in 1768.
During a revolt made a kingdom under Theodore Neuhoft, Its
tirsl and only king 1736
He came to Kngland. lay in the King's Bench prison for debt,
supported by private friends, but was released; gave in his
schedule the kingdom of Corsica to his creditors, and died
in Soho 1756
[The Earl of Orford wrote the following epitaph for a tablet
near his grave in St. Anne's church, Dean street:
"The grave, great teacher! to a level brings
Heroes and beggars, galley slaves and kings.
But Theodore this moral learn'd ere dead;
Fate pour'd its lesson on his living head,
Bestowed a kingdom and denied him bread."]
Pascal Paoli chosen general by Corsicans 17o3
Defeated by the count de Vaux. he fled to Kngland 1769
Napoleon Bonaparte born at Ajaccio (5 Feb. 1768, baptismal
register; doubtful) 15 Aug. "
People acknowltulge (Jeorge 1 1 1. king 17 June, 1794
Sir Gilbert Eliott, viceroy, opened parliament 1795
Revolt suppressed, June; the island reliniiuished by the Brit-
ish, 22 Oct. ; the people declare for the French 1796
Corte Xuova {kor'-ta noo'-va\ near Milan, N. Italy.
Here the emperor Frederic II. defeated the Milanese after a
severe conflict, 27 Nov. 1237.
Corte§, the Spanish parliament, grew out of the old
Gothic councils. The Cortes were assembled after a long in-
terval of years, 24 Sept. 1810, and settled the new constitu-
tion, 16 Mch. 1812, which was set aside by Ferdinand VII.,
who banished many members in May, 1814. The Cortes were
reopened by him, Mch. 1820; dissolved Oct. 1823; again as-
sembled Apr. 1834, and have since met regularly. The Cortes
of Portugal assembled under dom Pedro's charter, 30 Oct.
1826; they were suppressed by dom Miguel in 1828; and re-
stored in 1833.
Corunna, N.VV. Spain. The British army, about
15,000 men, under sir John Moore, were attacked in retreat at
Corunna, by more than 20,000 French, who were repulsed, but
the loss of the British was immense, 16 Jan. 1809. Sir John
being struck by a cannon-ball, which carried away his left
shoulder and part of the collar-bone, died universally la-
mented, and was buried at Corunna by his soldiers. The re-
mains of the army embarked under sir David Baird, 17 Jan.
" The Burial of Sir John Moore," called by Charles Knight
" the noblest dirge ever written," is by Charles Wolfe, born
in Ireland, 1791, died 1823.
Co'rus, Corupe'dion, or Cyrope'dium, a
plain in Phrygia, Asia Minor, where the aged Lysimachus was
defeated by Seleucus, and slain, 281 b.c. These 2 were the
only survivors of Alexander the Great's generals.
corvee, forced labor and service under the feudal sys-
tem in France, was alleviated by Louis XVI., at the sugges-
tion of Turgot, 27 June, 1787 ; by the constituent assembly,
18 Mch. 1790; and abolished by the convention, 17 July, 1792.
eoryphseilS (kdr'-y-phe'-iis), the principal person of the
chorus in ancient tragedy. Tysias or Stesichorus, who first in-
structed the chorus to dance to the lyre, 556 b.c., was so called.
COiinog'ony, a theory of the origin of the world.
Philosophy.
Co§§ackS (armed horsemen), a people of Russia, ex-
tending from the confines of Poland through Siberia. They
are termed Cossacks of the Don, Azof, Danube, Dnieper, Cau-
casus, Ural, Orenboorg etc. They have finally submitted to
the state control of Russia. Mazeppa, a hetman (ruler) of
the Dnieper Cossacks, joined Charles XII. of Sweden against
Russia 1708, which led to their subjugation. The Cossack
serves in the Russian army as light cavalry, forming one of
the most valuable elements in it, as a protection of the fron-
tier from the Caucasus to the Pacific.
Co§HO'va, a plain in Servia. Here Amurath I. defeated
the Christian army (Servians, Hungarians, etc.), Sept. 1389;
COT
but was killed by an expiring soldier. Here John Hunniades-
was defeated by a Turkish army 4 times his strength, 17 Oct^
1448.
COMta Rica, a republic in Central America, part of
Guatemala, independent Nov. 1848. Constitution, 27 Dec.
1859. Area, 21,000 sq. miles. Pop. 1891, estimated, 238,782.
Amkhica, Ckntkau
Cotopaxi (ko to paks' -e). Andk.s.
COttag^e. Originally a small house without land, 4
Edw. 1. 1275. " No man may build a cottage, except in towns,
unless he lay 4 acres of land thereto," etc., 31 Eliz. 1589. This
was repealed, 15 Geo. HI. 1775.
cotton, a vegetable wool, produce of the Gossypiiim, a
shrub indigenous to tropical India and America. Indian cot-
ton cloth is mentioned by Herodotus, was known in Arabia in
time of Mahomet, 627, and brought to Europe by his follow-
ers. It was perhaps first used by the Chinese in the IHth
century; to them we owe the cotton fabric nankeen. Cotton
was the chief material of clothing among the American Ind-
ians visited by Columbus. It was grown and manufactured
in Spain in the 10th century; and in the 14th was introduced
into Italy. Indian muslins, chintzes, and cottons were largely
imported into England in the 17th century, but a law of 1700'
prohibited their introduction. Cotton became the staple com-
modity of England in the present century. About 1841 the
"cotton" or "Manchester" interest grew to political impor-
tance, which led to the repeal of the corn laws in 1846..
Calico, Muslin, etc.
COTTON in great BRITAIN.
Futitian and velveteen made of cotton, about 1641.
Calico sheeting, etc. The fly-shuttle was invented by John Kay, of
Bury. 1738; the drop- box by Robert Kay, 1760; spinning by roll-
ers (also attributed to John Wyatt) patented by Louis Paul, 1738;
the si)inning jenny, by Hargreaves, 1767; the water-frame, by
Arkwright, 1769; the power -loom, by rev. Dr. Edmund Cart-
wright, 1785; the dressing-machine, by .Johnson and Kadclifle,
1802-4; another power-loom, by Horrocks, 1803-13. A combing-
machine was patented by Joshua Heilmann, in 1845.
British muslin (superseding that of India) is due mainly to the
Mule, invented by Samuel Crompton, 1774-79; and to the self-
acting mule of Mr. Roberts, 1825.
Calico printing commenced, 1764.
Steam-engine first applied to cotton manufacture (by Boulton and
Watt), 1785.
Bleaching by chloride of lime introduced by Mr. Tennant, of Glas-
gow, 1798.
Stockings. The stocking- frame invented by William Lee, 1589.
Cotton stockings first made by hand about 1730; Jedediah Strutt
patented Derby-ribbed stockings in 1759; Horton, his knotter-
frame in 1776; Cromi)ton's mule was employed in making tliroad
for the stocking manufacture about 1770.
Cotton lace—Bobbin-nH. The stocking frame of Lee was applied
to lace-making by Hammond, about 1768; the process perfected
by John Heathcoat, 1809.
COTTON-FIBRE IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Pounds.
1710 715,008
1730 1,545,472
1790 31,500,000
1810 132,500,000
1860 390,938,752
1862 523,973,296
Pounds.
1865 978,502.000
1866 1,377,514,096
1872 1,408,837,472
1879 1,469,358,464
1885 1,425,816,336
1890 1,793,495,200'
ATE8.
Pounds.
1871 1,038,677,920
1872 625,600,080-
1873 832,573,616
1874 874,926,864
1875 841,333,472
1876 9.32 800,176
1877 912,244,592
1879 1,082.462,080'
18K5 1,050,546,000
1890 1,316,756,896
IMPORTED FROM THE UNITED
Pounds.
179.5 .5,250,000
1820 89,999,174
1830 210,885,358
1840 487,856,504
1847 364,599,291
18.59 961,707,264
1860 1,115,890,608
1861 819,500,.528
1866 520,057,440
1870 716,248,848
In 1862-65 it nearly ceased.
Australian cotton said by Manchester manufacturers to be superior
to the best American, .Jan. 1861.
Company formed at Manchester to obtain cotton from India, Africa,
and otjier places (arose out of the Cotton Sujiply association, formed
in 1857), Sept. 1860.
Since 1861, the cultivation of cotton in India, Egypt, Italy, etc , has
greatly increased.
Cotton factories regulated by law, 1825, 1831, 1833, and 1844. The
hours of labor limited; the employment of children under 9 pro-
hibited. The number of spindles in operation in 1892. 4.5,350,000,
and the cotton manufactured estimated at 4,977,000 bales of 40O
lbs. each. /
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COTTON IN TJIE UNITED STATES.
Before 1795, England obtained her cotton fibre from the East and
West Indies, the l^evant, and a little from the U. S. About 1786
the cultivation of cotton began in Georgia. In 1784, 8 bags, en-
tered as American cotton, were seized at Liverpool on the ground
that so much could not have been produced in the U. S. Sea
island cotton^-as first grown in 1786.
First cotton factory in America at East Bridgewater, Mass., 1787.
First Arkwright machinery used in America, in Providence, R. I.,
Dec. 1790.
By the end of 1809, (52 mills were in operation, 48 by water and 14
by horse power, with 31,000 spindles; many others in process of
erection. Their products were bed-tickings, at from 55 to 90 cents
per yard; stripes and checks, at from 30 to 40 cents; ginghams,
from 40 to 50 cents; shirtings and sheetings, 35 to 75 cents; and
counterpanes, $8 each. Some attempts had been made at print-
ing calicoes, but with little success. — Hildreth, " Hist. U. S.," vol.
vi. p. 210. At the end of 181(5 it was claimed that the cotton in-
dustry invested $40,000,000, and gave employment to 100,000 per-
sons, mostly boys and females, consuming annually 27,000,000 lbs. ,
and producing 81,000,000 yds. of cloth at an average price of 30
cents per yard. — HUdreth. In 1892 there were 15,277,000 spindles
in operation in the U. S., consuming 1,31(5,000,000 lbs. of cotton.
The cotton crop of the U. S. for the year ending 30 Sept. 1880, was
5,757,397 bales of 481.55 lbs. each. Of this there wei'e exported
3,865,621 bales, while 1,760,000 bales were manufactured in the
U. S. For 1889-90 it was 7,434,487 bales, and for the year ending
Sept. 1, 1891, it amounted to 8,652,579 bales. The total exports,
excluding Canada, were 5,778,822 bales, of which Great Britain re-
ceived 3,329,432 and France 559,099. In the U. S. the Northern
spinners consumed 2,632,023 bales, and the Southern spinners
604,661. For 1892 the crop was 9,038,707 bales ; average net weight
440 lbs. The estimated production of the world being 12,353,000
bales of 400 Ib.s. each.
COttOtl-g'ill, a machine by which the cotton is sepa-
rated from the seed and cleaned with great expedition. In-
vented and constructed by Eli Whitney (b. VVestborough,
Mass , 8 Dec. 1765; d. New Haven, Conn., 8 Jan. 1825) while
engaged as a teacher in Georgia, 1792, and patented 1793.
Although one of the most important of inventions, Whitney
never realized much pecuniary benefit from it. This inven-
tion is said greatly to have promoted the growth of slavery
in the United States.
cotton-seed oil, largely manufactured from seeds
of the cotton plant in the southern states; year 1876-77,
3,316,000 gallons; 1878-79, 8,175,000 gallons; 1889-90, 41,-
250,000 gallons (crude) ; exported, 13,385,000 gallons.
Cottoniail library, formed by sir Robert Bruce
Cotton, 1600 et seq. He died 6 May, 1631. It was rescued
from the republicans during the protectorate, 1649-60, and
secured to the public by law in 1700. It was removed to
Essex-house in 1712; in 1730 to Dean's yard, Westminster
(where on 23 Oct. 1731, it was damaged by fire); to the
British museum in 1757.
Courmiers, a village 10 miles west of Orleans, central
France. Here the Bavarians, under gen. von der Tann, were
defeated by the French army of the Loire, under gen. D'Aurelle
de Paladines, who took about 2000 prisoners, 9 Nov. 1870, and
regained Orleans.
councils. King Alfred, in about 886, is said to have
arranged legislative business so that all resolutions passed 3
councils. The first was a select council to prepare matters for
the second council, which consisted of bishops and nobles ap-
pointed by the king, like the present privy council. The
third was a general assembly of the nation, called, in Saxon,
Wittenagemot, in which quality and ofBce gave a right to sit.
In these 3 councils we behold the origin of the cabinet, privy
councils, and parliaments.
<;ouncilS of the Churell. The following are
among the principal. Those numbered are the a.cumemcal
or r/eneral councils. Sir Harris Nicolas, in his " Chronology
of History," enumerates 1604 councils, and gives an alphabeti-
cal list.
Of the church at Jerusalem (Acts xv.) 50
Of western bishops at Aries, France, to suppress Donatists; 3
fathers of the English church attended 314
I. First oecumenical or general, at Nice (Constantine the
Great presided), decreed the consubstantialityof theSon, con-
demned Arianism, composed the Nicene creed 325
At Tyre, against Athanasius 335
First at Constantinople, when the Arian heresy gained ground, 337
At Rome, in favor of Athanasius 342
At Sardis: 370 bishops attended ; Arians condemned 347
At Rimini: 400 bishops attended; Constantine forced on them
a new confession 359
II Constantinople: Oriental council; 150 orthodox bishops
met; presided over, first, by Meletius, second, by Gregory
Nazianzen, third, by Nectarius; added to the Nioene creed;
declared the bishop of Constantinople next in rank to Rome;
Constantinople being New Rome 381
III. Ephesus: Cyril of Alexandria presided; anathematized and
deposed Nestorius; denounced additions to the Nicene creed, 431
IV. Chalcedon: 520 bit^hops present; declared the 2 natures of
Christ, divine and human, as defined by Leo of Rome; ac-
cepted and decreed the Constantinopolitan addition to the
Nicene creed 451
V. Constantinople: Eutyches, patriarch of Constantinople, pre-
sided ; condemned the 3 chapters (of Theodore of Mojisuestia.
Theodoret, and others); Vigilius, bishop of Rome, first pro-
tested, later assented 553
VI. Constantinople: pope Agatho presided; against Monothe-
lites 7 Nov. 680-16 Sept, 681
Authority of 6 general councils re-established by Theodosius. , 715
VII. Second Nicene: 350 bishops against Iconoclasts,
24 Se|it.-23 Oct. 787
VIII. Constantinople: emperor Basil attended; against Icono-
clasts and heresies 5 Oct. 869-28 Feb. 870
At Clermont, convened by Urban II. to authorize crusades;
310 bishops 1695
IX. First Lateran: right of investiture settled by treaty of
pope Calixtus II. and emperor Henry V 18 Mch.-5 Apr. 1123
X. Second Lateran: Innocent II. presided; chief topic, pres-
ervation of temporalities of ecclesiastics; 1000 church fa-
thers 20 Apr. 1139
XI. Third Lateran, against schismatics 5-19 Mch. 1179
XII. Fourth Lateran: 400 bishops and 1000 abbots; Innocent
III. presided; against Albigenses, etc 11-30 Nov. 1215
XIII. Lyons: under Innocent IV. ; emperor Frederick II. de-
posed 28 June-17 July, 1245
XIV^. Lyons: under Gregory X. ; temporary union of Greek and
Latin churches 7 May-17 June, 1274
XV. Vienne in Dauphine: Clement V. presided* kings of France
and Aragon attended; Knights Templars suppressed,
16 Oct. 1311; 3 Apr. and 6 May, 1312
XVL Pisa: Gregory XII. and Benedict XIII. deposed; Alex-
ander elected 5 M(h.-7 Aug. 1409
XVII. Constance: Martin V. elected pope; John Huss and Je-
rome of Prague condemned to be burned 1414-18
XVIII. Basel 1431-43
XIX. Fifth Lateran: begun by Julius II 1512
Continued under Leo X. to suppress pragmatic sanction of
France, against council of Pisa, etc., till 1517
XX. Trent: to condemn doctrines of Luther, Zwinglius, and
Calvin (Trent) 13 Dec. 1545-3 Dec. 1563
XXL Rome: called by encyclical letter, 8 Sept. 1868; met,
8 Dec. 1869
Six archbishop-princes, 49 cardinals, 11 patriarchs, 680 arch-
bishops and bishops, 28 abbots, 29 generals of orders — 803 in
all; held 4 public sessions, and between 90 and 100 congre-
gations. New canons were issued 24 Apr. 1870, and, after
much opposition, the pope's infallibility, as head of the church,
was affirmed by 547 placets against 2 non-placets, and pro-
mulgated 18 July, 1870
[Many bishops withdrew from the discussion. The council ad-
journed to 11 Nov. Rome.]
councils, French. The Council of Anciknts, the
upper chamber of the legislature, of 250 members, each at least
40 years of age, with the Council of Five Hundred, instituted
at Paris, 1 Nov. 1795: the executive was a directory of Fivk.
Bonaparte dispersed the Five Hundred at St. Cloud, 9 Nov.
1799, declaring himself, Roger Duces, and Sieyes, consuls /)ro-
visoires. Fkance.
counsel are supposed to be coeval with the curia regis.
Advocates are referred to the time of Edw^ard I., but mentioned
earlier. Counsel guilty of deceit or collusion were punishable
by the statute of Westminster, 13 Edw. 1. 1285. Counsel were
allowed to persons charged with treason, by 8 Will. III. 1696.
An act allowing counsel to persons indicted for felony, passed
in England Aug. 1836. Bakkisteks.
count (Lat. comes, a companion; Fr. comte), a title equiv-
alent to English earl (whose wife is still termed a countess),
and to the German Gi-af.
counterpoint (in music), the chords to a melody..
The earliest known contrapuntal writing is by Adam de la
Halle in the 12th century.
counties or shires. The division of England into
counties began, it is said, with king Alfred ; but some coun-
ties bore their present names a century earlier. Ireland was
formed into counties, 1562. Lord-lieutenants were appointed
in 1549 in England, and in 1831 in Ireland. Counties first
sent members to Parliament (knights met previously in their
own counties), 1285. By Chandos Clause, sec. 20 of the Re-
form act, 2 Will. IV. c. 45 (1832), inserted on motion of the
marquis of Chandos, occupiers as tenants of land not in a
borough, paying an annual rent of 50/., had a vote for knight
of the shire. It increased Tory voters, and attempts were
made to repeal it. It was superseded by the Reform act of 15
Aug. 1867.
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By Winter Assixos act, 187«. ceruin coiintics were united (by order
in council, llrsl, 23 Oct. 1870) to fuciliuilo speotly trials.
Id the U S. the division of stales into counties diites from the colo-
nial |»eriod. In l^uisiana counlies are lailod '• parishes," and
until 1868 those in South Carolina weft called "districts."
count)' COUrtii or HPhyrclllOtes, in Saxon
times, were important tribunals. Alfred is said to have divided
En^'land into counties and hundreds; but county courts seem
to have existed much earlier.
County courts, for recovery of debts under 20/., superseding
courts of requests, instituted by i) and 10 Vict. c. 96.. 26 Aug. 1846
i'ounlios of Kngluud and Wales divided into (50 districts, each
with a county court, a barrister as judge, aud juries when
n«'cessary. Jurisdiction extended by 13 aud 14 Vict. c. (51,
to.V)/.... : 1850
Their proceedings facilitated in 1852 aud 1854; 60 couuly courts
in Kngland aud Wales 1868-72
County courts in the U. S. exist in each county, llrst established in
Virginia, 16J2, to relieve the governor and council of business.
First in Connecticut. May, 16(5(5, when the General Assembly di-
vided the colony into 4 counties— Hartford, New Haven, New
lA»ndon, aud FaiVflcld— a county court in each.
COIip-d^etat (coo'-da-tah'), in France; promncia-
mienlo in Spain. A sudilen change in government effected by
a ruler or high officer. Many in French history, the most
celebrated that of Louis Najxdeon, 2 Dec. 1851, by which he
assumed the title and power of emperor of France.
courier!*. Xenophon attributes the first to Cyrus;
and Herodotus says that they were common among the Per-
sians (Estiier iii. 15) about 510 b.c. The Greeks and Romans
iiad no regular couriers till the time of Augustus, when
they travelled in cars, about 24 b.c. Couriers or posts are
said to have been instituted in France by Charlemagne about
800 A.D. Couriers for letters were employed by Louis XL of
France, 1463. — llenault. rosr-oFFiOK.
Courland, a duchy of Livonia, conquered by Danes,
1218; by Teutonic knights, 1239; subjected to Poland in 1561;
coiKjuered by Charles XIL of Sweden in 1701 ; Ernest Biren,
duke, 1737; his son, Peter, 1769; annexed to Russia, Mch.
1795.
Court of Chancery. Chanckry.
Court of Honor. In England the court of chiv-
alry, of which the lord high constable was a judge, was called
Curia Militdris in the time of Henry IV., and later the Court
of Honor. In Bavaria, to prevent duelling, a court of honor
was instituted in Apr, 1819. Joseph Hamilton long advo-
cated a similar institution in Britain.
Court of Se§§ion, the highest civil tribunal in
Scotland, instituted by statute of James V., 17 May, 1532,
con.sisted of 14 judges and a president, and replaced a com-
mittee of Parliament. In 1830 the number was reduced; and
it now consists of the h)rd president, lord justice-clerk, and 11
ordinary judges.
Court Party— Country Party, politicians in
British Parliament, beginning about 1620. At the end of the
17th century the latter was a Tory and high-church party,
maintaining " the land," as opposed to Whig and trading inter-
ests. Its most distinguished statesman was sir Thomas Hanraer
(the Montalto of Pope's " Satires"), who died in 1746.— ^sAe.
Courtrai {koor-trd'), a fortified town of Belgium.
Here Robert, count of Artois, who defeated the Flemings in
1297, was defeated and slain by them, 11 July, 1302, in the
*' Battle of Spurs," so called from the gilt spurs collected.
Courti of Justice were instituted at Athens 1507
RC. (Arkopagus) ; by Moses, 1491 b.c. (Exod. xviii. 25),
and in Rome. For England, Chanckry, Common Pleas,
ExcHEQtjER, King's Bkxch, etc. Citizens of London were
privileged to plead their own cause in the courts of judicature,
without employing lawyers, except in pleas of the crown, 41
Hen. III. 1257. — Stouj. The rights of the Irish courts were
established by the British Parliament in Apr. 1783.
Courts of the United States. Supreme Court.
Under the confederation there was no national judicial depart-
ment. The Supreme Court was organized in 1789, with 1
chief-justice and 5 associate judges. Justices. It holds
one term annually at the seat of government, commencing
on the 2d Monday in Oct. The U. S. are divided for ju-
dicial purpo.ses into 9 circuits, and these circuits are sub-
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divided into 2 or more districts. The Ist circuit consists of
the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode
Island ; 2d, Coiniecticut, New Vork, and Vermont ; 3d, Dela-
ware, New Jersey, an<l Pennsylvania ; 4th, Maryland, North
(Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and VV^est Virginia; 5th,
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas;
6th, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee; 7th, Illinois,
Indiana, and Wisconsin ; 8th, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa,
Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South
Dakota, and Wyoming ; 9th, California, Idaho, Nevada,
Oregon, Montana, and Washington. Each judge of the Su-
preme Court is allotted a circuit, and is required to attend that
circuit at least one term every 2 years. Salary of chief-jus-
tice, $10,500; each justice, $10,0*00 a year,— Circuit Courts,
established and organized by Congress. Each of the circuits
has allotted to it one of the judges of the Supreme Court, and
has a local judge appointed, termed circuit judge. Tiiere
are 10 circuit judges, the 2d circuit having 2. Salarv, $6000
a year, — Circuit Court of Appeals, established and organized
by<^ongress 1891, for the relief of the Suprenae Court. The
justice of the Supreme Court presiding over the circuit, the
circuit judge, and a judge appointed for this special court con-
stitute it. Salary, $6000 a year. — District Courts, established
and organized by Congress. Of these districts there are now
(1893) 65, each presided over Uy a judge, termed district
judge. Salary, $5000 a year.— Court of Claims, established
and organized by Congress 1855, to hear and determine claims
against the U. S. It consists of 1 chief-justice and 4 as.soci-
ate judges. The solicitor-general appears before this court.
Salary of judges, $4500 per annum. — Court of Private Land
Claims, established and organized by Congress, consists of I
chief-justice and 4 associate judges. Salary, $5000 per annum.
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, established and
organized by Congress, consists of 1 chief-justice and 4 asso-
ciate judges. Salary of chief-justice, $4500 ; associate judges,
$4000. — Territorial Courts, established and organized bv Con-
gress. Alaska, 1 judge; Arizona, 1 chief-justice and 3 asso-
ciate judges; Indian Territory, 1 judge; New Mexico, 1
judge and 4 associate judges; Utah, 1 cliief-justice and 3 as-
sociate judges; Oklahoma, 1 chief-justice and 2 associate
judges. Salary, $3000 per aimum. When any judge of any
court of the U. S. resigns his office, after having held his
commission as such at least 10 years and having reached 70
years of age during his service, he shall receive during life
the same salary as at the time of his resignation. This right
is given to no other class of civil officers under the govern-
ment of the U. S. The attorney-general appears in the Su-
preme Court of the U. S. in behalf of the government. There
is also a U. S. district-attorney appointed for each district in
which circuit and district courts are held, to look after the
interest of the government in all cases that concern it. Women
were admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the U. S.
by act of Congress approved 15 Feb. 1879.
Coutras (koo-tra'), S.W. France. Here Henry of Navarre
defeated the due de Joyeuse and royalists, 20 Oct. 1587.
Cov'enanters, in the reign of Charles I., signers of
the solemn league and covenant, engaged to stand together
against the king in 1638. The covenant, or league between
England and Scotland (^he preceding one modified), adopted
by Parliament, 25 Sept. 1643; was accepted by Charles II. 16
Aug. 1650, but repudiated on his restoration in 1661, and
declared to be illegal by Parliament, and ordered to be
burned.
Covenant consisted of 6 articles :
1. Preservation of the reformed church in Scotland, and the refor-
mation of religion in England and Ireland.
2. Extirpation of popery, prelacy, schism, etc.
3. Preservation of the liberties of Parliament and the king's person
and authority.
4. Discovery and punishment of all malignants, etc.
5. Preservation of " a blessed peace between these kingdoms."
6. Assisting all who enter into the covenant : " This will we do as
in tlie sight of God.^' Bothwell bridge, Cameronians.
Cov'ent Oarden, London, corrupted from "Convent
Garden," once the garden of St. Peter's convent. The square
was built about 1633; the piazza on the north and the church
designed by Inigo Jones. The fruit and vegetable markets
were rebuilt in 1829-30, from designs by Mr. Fowler (on ground
of tiie duke of Bedford).
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Coveiit Garden theatre sprang out of one in
Lincoln's-itni Fields, through a patent granted 14 Chas. II.
1662, to sir William Davenant, whose compau}' was denomi-
jiated the " duke's servants," as a compliment to the duke of
Vork, afterwards James II. Tiieatkes.
Coventry, Warwickshire, E:ngl. Leofric, earl of Mer-
cia, lord of Coventry, is said to have relieved it from heavy
taxes at the intercession of his wife Godiva, on condition of
her riding naked through the town, about 1057.
" ' Alas!' she said,
' But prove me what it is I would not do.'
And from a heart as rough as Esau's hand,
He answered, ' Ride you naked through the town,
And I repeal it.'" — Tennyson, "Godiva."
Processions in her memory took place in 1851 ; 23 June, 1862 ;
4 June, 1866 ; 20 June, 1870; and 4 June, 1877. A parliament
was held here in the reign of Henry IV., called pariiamentum
indoctum, the unlearned parliament, because lawyers were ex-
cluded, 1404 ; and in the reign of Henry VI. another met,
called pariiamentum diaboUcum, fronr acts of attainder passed
against the duke of York and others, 20 Nov. 1459. The town
. had strong walls, 3 miles in circumference, and 26 towers,
which were demolished by Charles II. in 1662. The ribbon-
makers here suffered from want of work in the winter of 1860-
1861. The bishopric was founded bj' Oswy, king of Mercia,
€56, under the double name of Coventry and Lichfield, later
Liciitield and Coventry. It was so wealth}' that king Ofifa, by
the favor of pope Adrian, made it archiepiscopal ; but this title
was laid aside on the death of that king. In 1075 the see was
removed to Chester; in 1102 to Coventry; and afterwards
back to Liclifield, under opposition from the monks of Coven-
try. Coventry merged into the bishopric of Lichfield.
Cowan'i Ford, on the Catawba river, N. C. Lord
Cornwallis, in rapid pursuit of the Americans under gen. Mor-
gan, was prevented from crossing by a sudden rise after the
Americans had crossed. Cornwallis moved down a few miles
towards Cowan's Ford, where Morgan had stationed 300 militia
under gen. Davidson to oppose his crossing. The British forced
a crossing I Feb. 1781, and the militia were dispersed, gen.
Davidson being killed.
cowboys, British marauders and Tories who plun-
dered the people east of the Hudson river, in New York, dur-
ing the occupancy of New York city by the British, 1776-82,
were so called. The word is now applied to herdsmen on
the ranches of the western states and territories. Nkutkal
OHOUND.
Cowpens, Battle at the. Here, in Spartanburg district.
South Carolina, among the Thickety mountains, on 17 Jan.
1781, a severe battle was fought between the Americans under
gen. Daniel Morgan, and the British under col. Tarleton.
After a hard fight of more than 2 hours, the British were de-
feated, with a loss of about 300 killed and wounded, 500 pris-
oners, and much ammunition, store.s, and baggage. The
Americans lost 70 men, only 12 killed. Congress voted Mor-
gan a gold medal for his brilliant victory. The name Cowpens
is thus explained : Before the Revolution this region, abound-
ing in grass and fine springs, was devoted to pasture, and as
the cows were shut in small yards at night, this place became
known as " The Cowpens."
cow-pock inoculation. Small-pox, Vacci-
NATIOX.
CracO^V {krcl'-Jco), a city in Austrian Poland. The Poles
elected Cracus duke, who built Cracow with spoils of the Franks,
about 700. It was their capital, 1320-1609. Cracow was taken
by Charles XII. in 1702, and later several times by the Rus-
sians and other confederates. The sovereign was crowned at
Cracow until 1764. The Russians, who had taken it, 1768,
were expelled by Kosciusko, 24 Mch. 1794 ; but it surrendered
to the Prussians, 15 June, and in 1795 was awarded to Austria.
Cracow became a republic, June, 1815. Occupied by 10,000
Russians, who followed here the defeated Poles, Sept. 1831.
Its independence was extinguished, and it was seized and in-
corporated by Austria, 16 Nov. 1846, against the protest of
England, France, Sweden, and Turkey. Fire destroyed most
of the city, 18 July, 1850. The discovery on 22 Ju'ly, 1869,
of Barbare Abryk, a nun, secluded for 21 years in a convent
cell, led to riots'. Pop. 1890, 75,593.
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Cradle of Liberty. Faneuil Hall.
Cranipton'§ Oap, Battle of. Maryland cam-
paign.
Cranberry, Flowkrs and Pi-ants.
crane§, machines for moving weights, with a hor-
izontal and a vertical movement, are of early date, for the en-
gines of Archimedes may be so called. A crane at Woolwich,
England (4 years in building), exceeds 1800 tons in weight,
and lifts 1200 tons. Derricks,
Craney island, Defence of. This island, about 5
miles below Norfolk, Va., was attacked by British, 22 June,
1813; and defended by col. Beatty and maj. Faulkner. The
British were repulsed, losing about 200 men, the Americans
losing none. Occupied by the confederates for a short time,
but evacuated 11 May, 1861.
craniolog^y. Phrenology.
Cranmer, Latimer, and Ridley, martyrdom
of. Protestants.
crannog^es. Lakk-dwellings.
Crannon or Cranon, a city of Thessaly, N. Greece.
Near here the Macedonians, under Antipater and Craterus, de-
feated the confederated Greeks, twice by sea and once by land,
322 B.C. The Athenians demanded peace,.and Antipater put
their orators to death, among them Hyperides, who, not to be-
tray secrets of his country under torture, cut out his tongue,
and Demosthenes is said to have taken poison shortly after.
Craonne (kra-onn'), a town of N. France. Here Victor
and Ney defeated the Prussians, under BlUcher, after a severe
contest, 7 Mch. 1814.
crape. A thin, semi-transparent stuff made of silk fine-
ly crinkled, especially appropriate for mourning purposes. It
is said some crape was made by Ste. Badour, when queen of
France, about 680. It is said to have been first made at Bo-
logna.
Crayford, Kent, Engl. Hengist the Saxon is said to
have defeated the Britons here, 457.
crayons, pencils made of colored paste, were known in
France about 1422, and improved by L'Oriot, 3748.
cre'asote or kreasote (discovered by Reichenbach
about 1833), an antiseptic and coagulator of albuminous tissue,
is obtained by destructive distillation of wood and other or-
ganic matters. It has been used to preserve meat, timber, etc.
cre'atine (from the Gr. Kpkac, flesh), the chemical prin-
ciple of flesh, discovered in 1835 by E. Chevreul; investigated
by Liebig, Gregory, and others.
Creation of the world. The date given by the Eng-
lish Bible, and by Usher, Blair, and some others, is 4004 b.c.
Countless dates have been assigned to the creation, varying
from 3616 to 6984 b.c. Dr. Hales gives 5411. Eras, Music.
Crfeches, establishments for temporarily protecting the
children of working mothers; begim at Paris about 1844; in
London (in Rathbone place, etc.) about 1863 ; in the United
States about 1870.
Crecy {h-d-se'), or Cressy, a town of N. France, where
Edward III. and his son, Edward the Black Prince, with about
36,800 men, routed Philip, king of France, with about 130,000,
26 Aug. 1346. John, king of Bohemia (nearly blind) ; James,
king of Majorca ; Ralph, duke of Lorraine (sovereign princes) ;
and many" French nobles, with 30,000 privates, were slain,
while the loss of the English was small. The crest of the
king of Bohemia (3 ostrich -feathers, with the motto Ich dien —
in English, " I serve ") has been adopted by princes of Wales.
credit foncier (kra-dee'fon-see-a'), etc. Aplanof pro-
viding loans to land-owners was introduced bj' Frederick the
Great of Prussia in 1763, in some Prussian provinces, to allevi-
ate the distresses of the landed interest. Loans are made on the
security of estates, from capital provided by selling debentures
charged upon the aggregate mortgaged estates. This may be
done (1) by means of an association of land-owners; (2) by
means of a proprietary public company. The former plan ob-
tains in eastern Prussia ; only the latter in western Europe.
Credit foncier companies have been founded in Hamburg (1782),
western Prussia (1787), Belgium (1841), France (1852), England
ORE -'10
(1863). Similar comixiuies were funned in all tho states uf Eu-
rope, in India, and lu our colonies and dopendoncie& — Henriqutn.
Crtfdit moblller (kra-dee' mo-bee-lee-a') (i.e., credit
on personal property). A joint-stock company with this name
was established at Paris by Isaac and Einile Pereire and'others,
18 Nov. 1852.
It promoted trading enterprises of all kinds, on the principle of
commandite, or limited liabilities; and was authorized to su-
persede or buy in any other companies (replacing their shares
or bonds with its own scrip), and also to cjirry on the ordi-
nary business of banking. Funds wore to be obtained by a
}mld up capital of 2% millions sterling, tho issue of obliga-
tions at not less than 45 days' date or sight, and the receipt
of money on deposit. The society apparently prospered;
but was considered by many to resemble Uiw's bank of 1716.
Several directors failed, Sept. 1857 ; no dividend May, 1858
Many companies on like principles established in London 1863
Emile and Isaac P«Sreire withdrew from the management; the
company failed, the capital disappeared Oct. 1867
High court of appeal held MM. Pdreire and other directors re-
sjwnsible, and atljudged damages to the shareholders, 1 Aug. 1868
Kmile I'dreire d. 6 Jan. 1875 ; Isaac d 12 July, 1880
Credit IWobilier of America. A joint-stock com-
pany under this name was organized May, 1863, with a capi-
tal of #2,500,000. The charter was purchased, Jan. 1867, by
a company constructing the Union Pacific railroad, and the
stock, which was increased to $3,750,000, rose to a high price,
paying enormous dividends, earned in connection with Pacific
railroad construction. In 1872, in certain legal proceeding.'*,
it appeared that several members of Congress and vice-presi-
dent Schuyler Colfax were holders of this stock, a fact which
caused great scandal, as the profits of the company largely de-
pended upon the action of Congress. The suspicion was gen-
eral that some members had received stock as an indirect bribe,
and a prolonged investigation followed during the session of
1872-73. The Senate committee, 27 Feb. 1873, recommended
the expulsion of one senator; but no action was taken, and
his term expired five days later. The House of Representa-
tives pa8.sed resolutions censuring 2 of its members. United
States, Dec. 1872 ; Jan., Feb. 1873.
Creedmoor, a post-hamlet on Long Island, 12 miles
east of New York city. Here an extended rifle range has
been established (1871), the most perfectlv appointed in the
U.S.
creedi. Confessions of faith. J. R. Lumby's
" History of the Creeds" appeared 1874.
Creek M^ar. in 1813, while the United States were
at war with Great Britain, the Creek Indians of Alabama were
incited to hostility by Tecumseh, who visited them for that
purpose, and by British agents in Florida. A war followed, in
which the Creeks, led by William Weatherford (Red Eagle),
were overcome by gen. Jackson. The war endangered the
integrity of the nation ; and, the Creeks being intelligent and
partly civilized, many well- planned and stoutly contested bat-
tles were fought. Alabama, 1813-14; United States,
1813-14.
Creeki. Indians.
cremation. Before and at the beginning of the
Christian era, cremation prevailed in the civilized world, ex-
cept among the Egyptians, Chinese, and Jewa, but gradually
gave place to earth burial. Descriptions given by Homer.
Modem sanitation is largely responsible for the revival of
cremation within the last two decades. The crematories in
the world have increased from 1 in 1874 to 4 in 1880 and over
50 in 1890. 17 of these are in the United States, and in
them, up to May, 1891, about 2200 bodies have been incin-
erated. There are 6 public crematories in Tokio, Japan, and
about 10,000 bodies a year are burned in that city. It is es-
timated that 47 per cent, of the dead in Japan are inciner-
ated. The first crematory in the U, S. was built at Washing-
ton, Pa., by Dr. F. Julius le Moyne, and the first incineration
there, that of the body of baron de Palm, took place in Dec.
1876. This crematory was built for private use, but being
the only one in the U. S. up to 1884, it was used for 38 or 40
incineration.s, and was closed to the public, 1 Aug. 1884.
Dr. Coletti, rector of the University of Padua, prepares a me-
moir for the Academy of Science and Literature in that city,
strongly commending the practice of cremation 1856
Profs. Coletti andCastiglioni introduce the subject of cremation
in the Medical International Congress at Florence 1869
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Uoyal Institute of Science and Letters of Lombardy offers a
prize for tho best practical method of cremation 187.i
Cremation society of England founded; sir Henry Thompson,
president Jan. 187*
"Cremation of the Dead: its History," etc., pub. by William
Kassic ' ■
Crematory at Milan, Italy, erected "
Crematory at Lodi, Italy, built 187(1
Crematory at Gotha, Germany, built by the municipal council
and opened to the public Nov. 1878
First cremation in England, that of Mrs. Hanham, at Mansion
House, county Dorset 8 Oct. 1882
Second crematory in the U.S. opened at Lancaster, Pa. , 25 Nov. 1884
Crematory built at Woking, Engl., in 1879. First incineration
takes place 0 years later, the interval being devoted to prov-
ing that no law, ancient or modern, in England forbade the
practice. First incineration 26 Mch. 1885
First incineration in crematory at Fresh Pond, L. I., Dec. 4,
and at Buffalo, N. Y 27 Dec. ."
University of Pennsylvania erects a crematory for inciner-
ating the remains ofthose dissected in the medicaldepartment, 1886
Crematory with 2 furnaces built at a cost of $50,0U0 in the
cemetery of Pdre la Chaise at the suggestion of the munici-
pal council of Paris. First incineration takes place. .22 Oct. 1887
Legislature of New York state appropriates $20,000 for build-
ing and equipping a crematory on Swinburne island for the
use of the commissioners of quarantine (188H). This was
the first state action on record ; crematory built 18HH
Crematory in Oakwood cemetery, Troy, N. Y., one of ttie finest
buildings of its kind in the world, erected as a memorial to
Gardiner Earl; built of granite in Romanesque style, VM\ ft.
in length, 70 in width, and with a tower 90 ft. high Nov. 18H!>
New England Cremation Society organized 1892
Cremera, Battle of. Fabh.
Creino'na, N. Itah^, a city founded by the Romans, 221
B.C. It became an independent republic in 1107, but was fre-
quently subjugated by its neighbors, Milan and Venice, and
partook of their fortunes. In Nov. 1859, it became part of
the kingdom of Italy. Cremona was eminent for violin-makers
from about 1550 to 1750.
cre'Ole. In the United States (Louisiana), any native
of French or Spanish descent by either parent, especially French.
Creole (the ship), Case of. United States, 1841.
ere§ceilt, a symbol of sovereignty among the Greeks
and Romans, and the device of Byzantium, now Constantino-
ple. While besieged, 340 b.c., by Philip, father of Alexander
the Great, in a night attack their danger was revealed to
the Greeks by the light of the moon, then in crescent; in
gratitude they assumed the crescent as a symbol of their city.
It is also a symbol of certain tribes of Central Asia, among
them the Turks. The crescent has given name to 3 orders
of knighthood: founded by Charles I. of Naples, 1268; by
Rene of Anjou, in 1448; by the sultan Selim, in 1801. The
last is still in existence.
Cre§py, a town of N. France. Here was signed a treaty
between Charles V. of Germany and Francis I. of France, 18
Sept. 1544. The former renoiniced Burgundy and the latter
Italy.
crests are ascribed to the Carians. Richard I. (1189)
had a crest on the helmet like a plume of feathers. The Eng-
lish kings generally had crowns above their helmets; that of
Richard II., 1377, was surmounted by a lion on a cap of dig-
nity. Crecy. Alexander III. of Scotland, 1249, had a plume
of feathers; the helmet of Robert I. was surmounted by a
crown, 1306 ; and that of James I. by a lion, 1424. In the 15th
and 16th centuries, the crest was described as a figure placed
upon a wreath, coronet, or cap of maintenance. — Gtcillim.
Crete, now Candia.
Cribba^e, a game at cards, usually played by 2 per-
sons in 61 points. Probably of English origin, formerly called
noddy, mentioned 1616. The earliest description of the game|
is in " The Compleat Gamester," 1674.
cricket, the national game of England. The earliest
allusion to the game is found in the wardrobe account of king
Edward Lin 1300. The word "cricket" occurs first about
1550. It was played at Winchester college as early as 1650.
First recorded match between Kent and All England, held at
the Artillery ground, Finsbury 4 Aug. 1746
Hambledon club, which existed 21 years, founded 1750
First collection of rules for playing framed 1774
Marylebone Cricket-club organized 1787
Round or straight arm bowling accepted and comes into use. . 1825
Union Cricket club of Philadelphia, Pa., organized 1832
All England Eleven commence playing 184d
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International matches, generally won by English team, held in
America, in 1859, 1868, 1872, 1881, and 1882
Australian club victors in a match with the " Players of Eng-
land " at the Crystal palace 27, 28, 29 Sept. 1880
Australians defeated at Manchester, Engl., by the North of
England team 16 Sept. 1882
crime, England and Wales. From the "Judicial Sta-
tistics" of England and Wales it is shown that during the 20
years previous to 1890 there was a notable increase in tlie fol-
lowing crimes: murder, assault with intent to ravish and
abuse, burglary and house-breaking, breaking into shops and
warehouses, etc., and attempts to commit suicide, the latter
crime having more than quadrupled. On the contrary, a
marked decrease took place in attempts to murder, shooting,
stabbing, etc., with intent to maim, assault on officers, receiv-
ing stolen goods, and larceny. In 1887 it was announced that
the number of female convicts had fallen nearly 50 per cent, in
10 years. The number of criminals in England and Wales at
various periods, and the number and classification of sentences
passed, is shown in the following tables :
NIIMBKR OF CRIMINALS IN ENGLAND AND WALKS AT VARI-
OUS PKKIODS, AND PROPORTION OF POPULATION TO CRIM-
INALS.
211 CRI
NUMBKR AND NATIVITY OF PRISONERS IN THE UNITED STATES
FROM CENSUS STATISTICS, 1850-90.
CrimiiiiiJ class. | 1868-69
1872-73
1877-78
1882-83 j 1887-88
At large, suspected, etc
In local prisons, except debt- [
or and military prisons. .. )
54,249
19,927
8,864
4,318
45,201
17,511
9,582
4,515
40,626
17,625
10,358
4,883
38,420
16,751
9,640
4,517
32,910
13,973
5,583
In reform schools
4,203
Totals
87,358
76,809
73,492
69,328
56,669
Proportion of total popula- )
tion to each criminal — )
254.3
304.3
340.6
386.1
506.3
Showing a large decrease in crimes in relation to the increase of
population.
NUMBER AND CLASSIFICATION OF SENTENCKS PASSED ON
OFFENDERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN YEARS NAMED,
AND MEAN OF 20 YEARS.
Criminals sentenced.
To death
Life imprisonment. .
Over 15 years
Under 15 years
Sent to Reforma- |
tory j
Fined, etc
Totals.
15
13,728
257
314
1873
18
10,608
201
11,089
1878
20
14
25
11,813
210
391
1883
23
10
28
10,795
331
12,473 I 11,347
1888
i Mean for
36
4
4
9,930
103
484
10,561
10.25
19.5
10,975
339.45
Sentenced.
1 June, 1880.
1 June, 1890.
80
1,615
1,112
29,258
11,100
2,031
"5; .564'
7,849
162
2,766
1,697
43,442
18,539
3,691
"10,83.5'
1,197
" 20 years and over
Held for trial, witnesses, etc
Totals
58,609
82,329
Date.
Native.
Foreign.
Totals.
1 June, 1850
4,326
10,143
24,173
45,802
65,070
2,411
8,943
8,728
12,807
17,259
6,737
" 1860
19,086
" 1870
32,901
" 1880
58,609
82,329
" 1890
The number of executions and lynchings reported by the
sheriffs as taking place in the U. S. during the calendar year
1890 was as follows :
crime, United States. The total number of prisoners on
1 June, 1890, was 82,329. As to parentage, there were 57,310
of purely white blood, 24,277 negroes, 407 Chinese, 13 Japanese,
and 322 Indians ; and from carefully prepared statistics of the
nativity of both parents of the 57,310 white prisoners, it is
found that 43.19 per cent, of crime committed in the U. S. bj'^
white men and women is chargeable to the native white
element of the population, and 56.81 per cent, to the foreign
element. The distribution of the 82,329 prisoners in the
U. S. 1 June, 1890, was as follows : In penitentiaries, 45,233 ;
county jails, 19,861; city prisons, 3264; workhouses, 9968;
leased out, 2308; in military prisons, 794; in insane hospitals,
901. The statistical table given below shows in the aggregate
the number convicted and under various sentences, according
to the U. S. census of 1880 and 1890.
PRISONERS OF ALL KINDS IN THfi: UNITED STATES, 1880-90.
Of the above number for 1890, 7351 were in prison for the
crime of homicide (6958 males and 393 females), and not in-
cluded in the above table (1890) were 14,846 juveniles in re-
formatories (11,535 boys and 3311 girls).
Locality.
Executions.
Lynchings.
17
43
28
51
17
40
12
54
Western Division
11
Totals
156
117
Crimea (hrim-ee'-a) or Crim Tartary, a peninsula
in the P^uxine or Black sea, area about 10,000 sq. miles, pop.
1890,- about 250,000. The ancient Taurica Cheisonesus, colo-
nized by Greeks about 550 B.C. The Milesians founded
the kingdom of Bosporus, now Kertch, which, about 108 b.c.,
was subject to Mithridates, king of Pontus, whose descendants
ruled it, under Roman protection, till th^ irruption of the
Goths, Huns, etc., about 258 a.d. About 1237 it fell to the
Mongols under Genghis Khan ; soon after the Venetians es-
tablished commercial stations, with lucrative trade, but were
supplanted by the Genoese, who were permitted to rebuild
and fortify Kaffa about 1261. In 1475 Mahomet II. expelled
the Genoese, and the Ottomans, leaving the government to
the native khans, closed the Black sea to western Europe.
In 1774, by the intervention of the empress Catherine II., the
Crimea recovered its independence; but on the abdication of
the khan in 1783 the Russians took possession, after a war
with Turkey, and retained it by the treaty of Jassy, 9 Jan.
1792. The Crimea (now a part of the province of Taurida)
was divided into 8 governments in 1802. War having been
declared against Russia by England and France, 28 Mch.
1854, large masses of troops sent to the East, after remaining
some time at Gallipoli and other places, sailed for Varna,
where they disembarked 29 May. The allies deciding to at-
tack the Crimea, British, French, and Turkish forces of 58,000
men (25,000 British), under lord Raglan and marshal St. Ar-
naud, sailed from Varna 3 Sept., and landed on the 14th, 15th,
and 16th, without opposition, at Old Fort, near Eupatoria,
about 30 miles from Sebastopol. On the 20th they attacked
the Russians, between 40,000 and 50,000 strong (under prince
Menschikoff), intrenched on the heights of Alma, supposed
impregnable, and after a sharp contest routed them. Alma
and Russo-TuRKisii Wars. Peace was proclaimed Apr. 1856,
and the allies quitted the Crimea 12 July following.
Crimi'§US, a river in Sicily, near which Timoleou de-
feated the Carthaginians, 339 b.c.
Crin'oline (a French word, meaning stuff made of crin,
hair), is the modern name of the "farthingale" of the time of
queen Elizabeth, hoop- like petticoats made of whalebone, steel,
etc. ; fashion revived, 1855-70, since disappeared entirely.
Hoops frequently extended to 12 and 15 feet in circumference.
In No. 116 of the Tatler, pub. 5 Jan. 1710 in London, is an
amusing trial of the hoop-petticoat then in fashion.
Cripplegate, London, was so called from the lame
beggars who sat there, so early as the year 1010. The gate
was newly built by the brewers of London in 1244; and was
pulled down and sold for 91/. in July, 1760. The poet Milton
was buried in the church near it, 12 Nov. 1674. London.
" Crisi§, The," a series of 14 patriotic papers by
Thomas Paine during the Revolution, extending from 1775 to
1783. The first, in reply to gen. Gage's proclamation, is dated
9 Aug. 1775; the second, written just after Congress leaves
Philadelphia, fearing its capture by the British, to meet at
Baltimore, is dated 19 Dec. 1776. It begins with the well-
known words, "These are the times that try men's souls."
The third is dated Jan. 1777; most, if not all, were published
in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, 1776.
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crisis, commercial ami monetary. TItose that have
most affeoteii England were in the following years, to wit :
176.% 1783, 1793, 1797, 1810, 1816, 1825, 1837-38, 1847, 1857,
1864-66. 1875. In the United States, 1816, 1825, 1837, 1847,
1857, 1873, 1893. A crisis in Holland was caused by the Tulip
ft|)eculation, which lasted from 1634-39, and during which a
certain kind of tulip was quoted at 55(M) florins. The state
put a stop to the craze. A crisis in trance, 1(!20,. caused by
the Mississippi scheme of John Law. Law's Bubble. The
crisis of 1837, the most disastrous in the U. S., followed general
and excessive land speculation.
Crispin and Crlsplail are said to have been 2
saints, born at Home, who travelled to Soissons, in France, to
propagate the Christian religion. They worked as shoemak-
ers (hence the patron saint of that trade) ; but the governor
of the town, discovering them to be Christians, ordered them
to be Ueheaded, about 288. Tiieir day is 25 Oct., the date
of the battle of Agincourt.
"This day is culled— the feast of Crispian."
—ShaJcespeare, "Henry V.,"act. iv. so. iii.
crith (from the Gr. KpiOli, a barleycorn, or small weight),
a term suggested by dr. A. W. Hofmann (about 1864) to ex-
press the volume-weight of gases; a cube containing 1 litre
of hydrogen (0.0896 gramme) to be the unit. Hydrogen be-
ing 1 crith, oxygen will be 16, nitrogen 14 criths.
crillcs. The first society of them was formed 276 B.c.
— Blair. Varro, Cicero, Apollonius, and Aristarchus were an-
cient critics. In modern times the Journal des Sgavcws, the
earliest critical periodical, founded by Denis de Sallo, ecclesi-
astical councillor in the parliament of France, was first pub-
lished at Paris, 30 May, 1655, and is still continued. Jean le
Clerc's " Ars Critica," pub. 1696, is said to be the earliest sys-
tematic treatise. The first work of this kind in England was
the " Review" of Daniel Defoe (the term being invented by him-
self), pub. in Feb. 1703. The Works of the Learned began
1710, and the Waies of Literature in 1714; discontinued in
1722. Kk VIEWS.
The legality of fViir criticism was established in the English courts
in Feb. 1794, in an action that excited great attention, brought by
an author against a reviewer for a severe critique. Judgment
was given for the defendant, on the principle that criticism is
allowable, however sharp, if just, and not malicious.
Croa'tia, conquered by Coloman, king of Hungary,
in 1102, was with that country united to Austria in 1526.
The Croatian Diet was abolished Nov. 1861. The Croats
protested against incorporation with Hungary, 25 May, 1867,
and their diet (including Croatia and Slavonia) at Agram was
dissolved 27 May. The union of Croatia with Hungary was
recognized by a Croatian deputation 27 May, 1868, and Croatian
delegates entered the Hungarian Diet 24 Nov. Area of Croatia
and Slavonia about 16,785 sq. miles ; pop. 1890, about 2,184,419.
crofteri and cottars, the holders of small portions
of land, and the laborers in the highlands and islands of
Scotland.
A royal commission appointed 22 Mch. 1883 (Francis, baron
Napier and others), to inquire into their condition, report
their state as not worse than formerly, but disclose maiiv
grievances relating to the tenure of land, liigh rents, defi-
ciency of education, of postal communication, of roads, etc.
They recommend, among other remedies, the revival of an-
cient highland townshii)s with common privileges, limiting
the power of superior lords, etc 28 Apr. 1884
Meeting at Inverness of chief landlords; conciliatory favorable
changes proposed 14 Jan. 1885
Crotters colonization commission appointed by British and
Canadian governments Dec. 1888
Canadian settlements reported prosperous 1891
Croix, St. (sent kroi'), St West India island, purchased from
the French by Christian VI., king of Denmark, in 1733 ; taken
by sir Alexander Cochrane, 22 Dec. 1807 ; restored in 1814.
CromicctlS, ancient monuments, formerly considered
to be Druidical altars, but now believed to be connected with
burials. One is in Anglesey; similar structures have been
found in Ireland, India, Arabia, and other countries. Ave-
BURY, CaRNAC, StONEHENGE.
€ron§tadt, Russia, founded by Peter the Great, 1710,
and received its name (Crown-town) in 1721. It was not at-
tacked by the fleets in the war with Russia, 1854-55.
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Croprcdy Brldg^C, near Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Here the royalists defeated sir William Waller and the army
of the parliament, 29 June, 1644.
croquet (ho-kay'). This game, which became com-
mon in Britain about 1850, is said to be a revival of the old
" pall-mall." It has been largely superseded by lawn-tenni.s,
1887-93.
crosier, a staff supporting a cross, borne before an arch-
bishop, was in use in the 4th century. The bearing of a cro-
sier before ecclesiastics is mentioned in the life of St. Cie;iarea
of Aries about 600.
cross (Lat. crux), an instrument for inflicting the punish-
ment of death ; originally a tree, on which the culprit was
tied or impaled, and left to perish ; later, an upright stake with
a horizontal bar, to which the victim was bound and nailed
with spikes through the outstretched extremities. Cuuct-
KixiON. The cross on which the Redeemer suffered on Cal-
vary was said to have been found buried at Jerusalem, with
2 others, by St. Helena, 3 May, 328 (termed the Invention of
the Cross); Christ's, it is alleged, being distinguished by the
cure of a sick woman from its touch. It was carried away
by Chosroes, king of Persia, on plundering Jerusalem ; but
recovered by the emperor Heraclius (who defeated him in bat-
tle), 14 Sept. 615, a da\' since commemorated in some churches
as " the festival of the Exaltation of the Cross," established in
642.
Church writers say that a great shining cross, seen in the
heavens by Constantino, led him to adopt it on his standard,
with the inscription "/n hoc signo vinces^^ — "Under this
sign thou shall conquer." With this (labarum) he advanced
to Rome, where he vanquished Maxentius, 27 Oct. 312. —
Lenglet.
Signing with the Cross first practised by Christians to distin-
guish themselves from pagans about 110
In the time of Tertulliau, it was deemed efficacious against
poison, witchcraft, etc ' 260
Crosses in churches and chambers were introduced about 431;
and set up on steeples about 568
Crosses in honor of queen Eleanor were set up in places where
her hearse rested, between 1296 (when she died) and 1807
Crosses and idolatrous pictures removed from churches, and
crosses in streets demolished, by order of Parliament 1641
Maids of the C7-oss, a community of young women who made
vows of poverty, chastity, and oliedience, instituted 1625
Order of Ladies of the Star of the Cross, instituted by the era-
press Eleonora di Gonzaga, wife of Leopold I '. . . . 1668
Cross-Keys, Va. Here on 8 June, 1862, gen. Fremont
engaged part of "Stonewall" Jackson's command under gen.
Ewell, with indecisive results. Ewell retired during the night.
Peninsular campaign.
Croton aqueduct, which supplies New York city
with water from the Croton river, was begun in 1837, and fin-
ished in 1842 at a cost of $12,500,000. It is of brick, and ex-
tends from Croton river dam about 30 miles from Harlem
river along the Hudson, crossing the Harlem by the High
bridge. Its capacity is about 98,000,000 gallons in 24 hours.
The population of the city when it was finished was quite
350,000. By 1880 the rapid increase of population made an
increased water supply necessary. A plan was submitted to
the mayor b\' the commissioners of public works, 22 Feb. 1882,
for a new aqueduct. A resolution of the state senate, 9 Jan.
1883, requested the mayor of New York to appoint 5 commis-
sioners to examine plans, etc. The commissioners reported 7
Mch. 1883, recommending a new aqueduct. The Aqueduct
act passed by the legislature authorizing the work, 1883. The
aqueduct commission permanently organized, 8 Aug. 1883.
Benj. S. Church appointed chief engineer, 15 Aug. 1883. Ex-
pense of the commissions, 1883, $22,747.90 ; 1884, $185,730.63 ;
1885, $2,265,147.58; 1886, $5,029,684.21. Total from 8 Aug.
1883, $7,503,310.32 ; 1887, $7,242,293.75. Total from the first
to Jan. 1888, $14,745,604.27. The work of sinking the first
shaft began about 15 Jan. 1884, and the new aqueduct was
opened for use 15 July, 1890. Total cost, $24,767,477.25. The
cross-section of the aqueduct is equal to a circle 14 feet in
diameter; in its length of 33J miles its fall is 33.8 feet. Its
discharging capacity is 318,000,000 gallons in 24 hours; or
with the old aqueduct, 415,000,000 gallons in 24 hours. In
connection with the aqueduct the dam at Quaker Bridge was
built, 1887-91, at a cost of $3,000,000. It is 1350 feet long,
277 feet high, and 216 feet wide at the bottom. The capacity
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of this dam is nearly 70,000,000,000 gallons, and it impounds
the water of 800 sq. miles.
Croto'na, S. Italy, a city founded by the Achaean Greeks
about 710 B.C. Here Pythagoras taught about 520. The
Crotons destroyed Sybaris, 510. Its medical school was, in
the days of Herodotus and long after, the most renowned in
Greece.
crown. An Amalekite brought Saul's crown to David,
1056 B.C. (2 Sara. i.). The (irst Roman who wore a crown was
Tarquin the Elder, 616 b.c. The crown was first a fillet tied
round the head ; afterwards it was formed of leaves and flow-
ers, and also of stuffs adorned with jewels. Tiaua.
Crown of Alfred bore 2 little bells (872) ; it is said to have been long
preserved iit Westminster, and perhaps was that described in the
parliamentary inventory oflGli).
Athelstan's crown resembled an earl's coronet, 929.
William I. wore his crown on a cap, adorned with points, 1066.
Richard III. introduced the crosses, 1483.
Henry VII. introduced the arches, 1485.
Crown and regalia of England were pledged to the city of London
by Richard II. for 20001. in 1386; see the king's receipt on re-
deeming them. — Rymer.
Crown of Charles II., made in 1660, is the oldest existing in Eng-
land. Blood's Conspiracy.
Imperial state crown of England was made by Rundell & Bridges
in 1838, principally of Jewels from old crowns. It contains 1 large
ruby, 1 large sapphire, 16 sapphires, II emeralds, 4 rubies, 1363
brilliant diamonds, 1273 rose diamonds, 147 table diamonds, 4 drop-
shaped pearls, and 273 pearls. —Pro/ Tennant.
crown landi. The revenue from those in England
is now nearly all subject to Parliament, which appropriates to
the sovereign and government about 375,000/. a year. The
revenue of the duchy of Cornwall belongs to the prince of
Wales even during minority. Henry VII. (1485) resumed the
lauds given to followers by sovereigns of the house of York.
The hereditary crown estates were largely bestowed on court-
iers by sovereigns — especially by the Stuarts.
CrOW^n of India, Imperial Order of, instituted by
queen Victoria (on assuming the title of empress, 1 Jan. 1877),
for princesses of the royal family, distinguished Indian and
Briti.'ih ladies, and wives of viceroys and governors and sec-
retaries of state for India, 31 Dec. 1877. Twelve ladies (the
marchioness of Salisbury and others) invested, 29 Apr. 1878.
Crown Point, on lake Champlain, Essex county,
N. Y. First fortified by the French in 1731 as fort Frederick ;
evacuated by them and occupied by the English under gen.
Amherst, 1759; fortified at a cost of f 10,000,000, but fortifica-
tions never completed, and after the peace of 1763 not kept
in repair. It was occupied by 1 sergeant and 11 men, with
114 cannon (61 serviceable), when captured by "Green Moun-
tain Boys" under col. Seth Warner, from the British, 12 May,
1775. Abandoned by the Americans on the approach of Bur-
goyne, 1777. Reoccupied same year.
crowns and half-crowns of silver were coined in
England by Edward VI., 1553; none in 1861, and they were
gradually withdrawn from circulation. The coinage of half-
crowns was resumed, 1874, after an inquiry as to their utility.
CroiVS, Indians.
crucifix, an imitation of the cross bearing the figure
of Christ, first known in the 4th, came into general use in
the 8th century.
crucifixion, A cruel mode of execution among the
Assyrians, Egyptians, Persians, Carthaginians, Greeks, Jews,
and Romans. Ariarathes, of Cappadocia, aged 80, vanquished
by Perdiccas, when identified among the prisoners, was flayed
alive and nailed to a cross, with his principal officers, 322 b.c.
Jesus Christ was crucified 3 Apr. 33 a.d. by the Romans, in-
stigated by the Jews, in its most cruel form, namely, by
piercing the hands and feet with nails. — Ushe?- (15 Apr. 29
A.D., Clinton; 28 Mch. 31 a.d., Hales). Crucifixion discon-
tinued by Constantine, SSO.—Lenglef.
cruelty to animals. Animals, Vivisection.
crusades (Fr. croisades), wars to drive infidels from
Jerusalem and the " Holy Land." Peter Gautier, the Hermit,
an officer of Amiei\s, returning from pilgrimage, incited pope
Urban II. to expel infidels from the holy city. Urban con-
vened a council of 310 bishops at Clermont in France, ambas-
sadors of the chief Christian potentates assisting, and gave
Peter commission to summon Europe to a general war, 1094.
The first crusade was proclaimed ; an army of 300,000 men
raised, with Godfrej' de Bouillon as commander under Peter's
guidance, 1095. The warriors wore a red cross on the right
shoulder, and their motto was Volente de Dieu—^'- God's will."
The French government has published chronicles of the cru-
sades in a magnificent form (1844-77).
I. Crusade (1095) ended, Jerusalem taken by assault, 15 July, 1099;
Godfrey de Bouillon made king.
II. Preached by 8t. Bernard in 1146, headed by emperor Conrad II.
and Louis V^II. of France. Crusaders defeated; Jerusalem lost in
1187.
III. Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. etc., in 1188, joined by Philip
II. of France and Richard I. of England in 1190. Glorious, but
fruitless.
IV. 1195, by emperor Henry VI. ; successful till his death in 1197.
V. Proclaimed by Innocent III., 1198. Baldwin, count of Flanders,
attacked the (i reeks, and took Constantinople in 1203. His com-
panions returned.
VI. In 1216. In 1229, emperor Frederick II. obtained possession of
Jerusalem by truce for 10 years.
VII. In 1240 Richard, earl of Cornwall, arrived at Palestine, but
soon departed.
VIII. By Louis IX. (St. Louis), 1248; defeated and taken prisoner at
Mansourah, 5 Apr. 12.50; released by ran.som ; truce of 10 years.
IX., and last, 1270, by St. Louis, who died of a contagions disease,
at Carthage, in Africa, 25 Aug. Prince Edward, afterwards Edward
I. of England, was at Acre, 1271. In 1291, the sultan took Acre;
Christians driven out of Syria.
In 1212 occurred the " children's crusades." In France, under the
boy Stephen, 30,000 encamped around Vendome. and in moving
to Marseilles 10,000 were lost. Thence about 5000 sailed for Pales-
tine, only in the end to be sold into slavery. In the same year
20,000 (icrman boys and girls set out from Cologne for Palestine,
under the peasant lad Nicholas; 5000 reached Genoa; the rest
mostly dispersed ; some sailed for Palestine from Brindisi, only to
be soon forgotten. The (icnoese persuaded their visitors to re-
main, and some rose to distinction in the stale. Albigenses.
cry'olite, a Greenland mineral, a fluoride of aluminium
and sodium, used in extracting aluminium in 1855.
Cryopll'orus, an instrument (invented by dr.Wollas-
ton about 1812) to demonstrate the effects of evaporation in
producing cold.
Cryp'togram, The Great. Shakp:speake's plays.
cryp'tograpll, an apparatus for writing in cipher, in-
vented by sir Charles Wheatstone, and made known in 1868,
designed, by using different key-words, to insure absolute se-
crecy. A cryptographic machine was patented 1860. Cipiib:h.
a system of secret writing described in "Archiv der .Mathe-
matik " 1795
Prof. J. F. Lorenz published a system at Magdeburg 806
Joseph Ludwig Kluber published " Kryptographik " 1809
Messrs. Thos. De la Rue published Wm. Henry Rochfort's sys-
tem of secret writing termed " Arcanography," resembling
Lorenz's 1836
A. L. Flamm patented an improvement on this system,
about Oct. 1875
Crystal palace, New York. This building, in Res-
ervoir square, was opened 14 July, 1853, hy president Pierce,
for a universal industrial exhibition. Its main buildings and
galleries covered 173,000 sq. feet. After the exhibition the
American Institute fairs and other meetings were held there.
On 5 Oct. 1858, it was destroyed by fire, with many articles for
exhibition at the Institute. The palace, built by a stock
company, was designed by Messrs. Carstensen & Gildemeister,
of New York, and was considered a beautiful piece of architect-
ure.
Crystal palace, Sydenham, Engl. The exhibition
building of 1851 was surrendered to Messrs. Fox & Henderson,
1 Dec. 1851, and the materials sold for 70,000/. to a companj',
who soon rebuilt the Crystal palace on its present site, near
Sydenham in Kent, under the direction of sir Joseph Paxton,
Owen Jones, Digby Wyatt, and others. The proposed capital
of 500,000/. (in 100,000 shares of 5/. each) was increased Jan.
1853, to 1,000,000/.
crystallog'raphyisthe science of symmetrical forms
assumed by substances passing from the liquid to the solid
state. Rome de Lisle published his "Essai de Cristallogra-
phie " in 1772 ; but Rene-Just Haiiy is regarded as the found-
er of the modern school of crystallography (1801). — Whewell.
Dana, Dufresnoy, and Miller are eminent modern writers on
this subject.
Ctes'iphon (afterwards Al Madayn), on the Tigris, the
capital of Parthia, was taken by Trajan in 116, and by Alex-
CUB 214
andor Severus (who made 100,000 captives), 198. Its defences
deterred Julian from siege, 303. It was taken by Omar and
Saracens, 637, and destroyed, and Cufa, near it, built of the
remains.
Cuba (the original name), an island in the Caribbean
sea. the largest of the Antilles, discovered by Columbus on his
first voyage, 28 Oct. 1492 ; settled by Velasquez, 1 511-12. Area,
43,220 sq. miles. Population, 1870,'7G5,000 whites, 250,000 col-
ore<l, 368,000 slaves; in 1877, about 1,400,000; 1889, 1,518,050,
of which 480,000 are negroes, and 50,000 Chinese.
Buccauoor ^^o^gllU took Havana (IUtcankkrs) 1669
A British cxpcditiou lands and remains 20 July-20 Nov. 1741
Havana taken by admiral rococko and lord Albemarle, 176'2;
restored at the Peace of Paris 10 Feb. 1763
♦• liOSK Star " society for the acquisition of Cuba, etc., formed, 1848
Pres. Taylor of the U. S. publishes a strong proclamation, de-
nouncing the object of the invaders 11 Aug. 1849
Ex|K?ditiou of gen. Lopez and a large body of Americans, with
tbe view of wresting this island from the dominion of Spain,
l.inded at Cuba (defeated) 17 May, 1850
Cub t again invaded by Lopez and others 13 Aug. 1851
Tli«\v are defeated and taken ; 50 shot, and Lopez garroted at
Havana (Filibistkr.s) 1 Sept. "
U. S. steamer Black Warrior seized by the Cuban authorities
at Havana (Black Warrior) 28 Feb. 1854
Pres. Pierce of the U. S. issues a proclamation against an in-
tended exi)edilion against Cuba 31 May, "
Messrs. Buchanan, Mason, and Sould, U. S. envoys, meet at
Ostend and Ai.x la-Chapelle, and report, recommending the
purchase of Cuba (Ostend Maxifksto) 18 Oct. "
Spanish minister in Cortes declares that the sale would be
" the sale of Spanish honor itself" 19 Dec. "
Insurrection of Creoles, under Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, to
expel Spaniards after revolution in Spain; volunteers raised
for gov. Lersundi Sept. -Nov. 1868
A til busters' attack on Cuba repelled 17 May, 1869
U. S. refuse to recognize insurgents as belligerents June, 1870
About 2000 lives lost by a hurricane about 14 Oct. "
Capt.-gen. De Rodas resigned, left Cuba 15 Dec. "
Insurrection mostly subdued; volunteers insubordinate; mili-
tary despotism; local reign of terror; massacres, Jan.-Nov. 1871
Don Gonzalo Castiifion murdered by Cubans; his tomb dese-
crated by medical students, 25 Nov. ; 8 tried and shot at Ha-
vana 27 Nov. "
F. Delano sent by the U. S. government to report on the state
of Cuba 9 Dec. 1872
War still continues; no quarter given Dec. "
Suspended hostilities by establishment of Spanish republic, Feb. 1873
Much flghtiug reported June, "
Virffinius, American steamer, conveying men and arms from
New York to the insurgents, is captured by the Spanish gun-
boat Tornado, 31 Oct.; conveyed to Cuba; above 90 insur-
gents and sailors (some British and Americans) tried; many
insurgents and about 6 British and 30 Americans (captain and
crew) shot 4-7 Nov. "
After correspondence the Virginius surrendered to Americans,
19 Dec. ; foundered on her way to New York, .about 26 Dec. "
Bascones defeats marquis Santa Lucia and 5000 insurgents at
Naranjo Feb. 1874
Cen. Martinez Campos governor, with plenary powers Oct. 1876
Struggle going on less actively summer, 1877
A "Cuban league " in U. S. said to seek recognition of the in-
surgents as belligerents, etc Sept. "
Estrada, the Cuban president, said to be captured Oct. "
Reported surrender of many insurgents 23, 24 Dec. "
Surrender of insurgent government; end of insurrection an-
nounced 21 Feb. 1878
Amnesty, with freedom to slaves presenting themselves before
31 Mch. (gradual abolition) Mch. "
Campos and Jovellar enter Havana triumphantly 14 June, "
Insurrection; state of siege ; amnesty promised 19 Sept. 1879,
Insurgents defeated at Placeta; announced 3 Dec. "
Bill for gradual emancipation passes Spanish senate, 21 Dec.
1879; Chambers of Deputies (230-10, 21 Jan.); promulgated,
18 Feb. 1880
Cuba reported tranquil Sept. "
Slavery abolished absolutely 1886
Capital debt, $186,000,000 1889
cubit, by which Noah's ark was measured (2448 b.c.),
was the distance from a man's elbow to the extremity of the
middle finger. According to Arbuthnot, the Hebrew cubit was
a little under 22 inches, the Roman cubit 17J inches, and the
English cubit 18 inches.
CUCking^-StOOl or flUCking[-§tOOl, for shrews,
one at Kingston-on-Thames was used in Apr. 1745; and
another at Cambridge in 1780. — Chambers.
cucumbers, noticed by Vergil and other ancient poets,
brought to England from the Netherlands about 1538.
Cud'dalore, India, on the coast of the Carnatic, ac-
quired by the English in 1681, reduced by the French in 1758,
recaptured in 1760 by sir Eyre Coote. Again lost in 1781, it
CUN
underwent a destructive siege by the British under gen. Stuart,
in 1783, wliich lasted until peace was signed, when it reverted
to them, 1784.
Cuen'ca, New Ca.stlle, Spain, 80 miles from Madrid,
attacked by the Carlists 13 July, and captured 14 July, 1874,
and garrison and* inhabitants barbarously used. Gen. Lopez
rinto rescued the prisoners, 19 July.
cuirass (kwee'-ras), a part of Greek and Roman armor.
Skins, and afterwards tanned leather, formed the cuirass of
Britons until the Anglo-Saxon era. It was afterwards made of
iron and brass. The cuirass was worn by cavalry of Henry III.,
1216 et seq. Napoleon had regiments of cavalry wearing cui-
rasses, and most European armies have picked corps of such.
CuldCCS, said to derive their name from cultores Dei,
worshippers of God, monks in Scotland and Ireland, with their
principal seat at St. Andrew's. It is said that in 1 185, at
Tipperary, a Culdean abbey had monks " attached to simple
truth and pure Christian worship, and had not yet conformed
to the reigning superstition." They were eventually subjected
to the pope.
Culien'8-"WOOdl, Ireland. An English colony from
Bristol, at Dublin, going for diversion to CuUen's-wood, the
O'Byrnes and O'Tooles fell upon them, and destroyed 500
men, with women and children, 30 Mch. 1209 (on Easter,
afterwards called Black Monday).
Cullo'den, near Inverness, where the English, under
William, duke of Cumberland, defeated the Scotch, headed
by the young Pretender, last of the Stuarts, 16 Apr. 1746. The
Scots lost 2500 killed upon the field or in the pursuit, while
the loss of the English did not far exceed 200. Prince Charles,
who wandered among the wilds of Scotland for 6 months,
while 30,000/. were offered for taking him, at length escaped
from Uist to Morlaix, and died at Rome, 3 Mch. 1788.
culture, according to Matthew Arnold (" the Apostle
of Culture "), is the knowledge of " the best that has been
thought and said in the world " (1880).
CUlverin (from the Fr. couleuvrine) , a kind of cannon,
said to have been introduced into England from a French
model in 1534 ; originally b\ inches diameter in the bore, with
a ball of 18 pounds. — Bailey.
Cumse, S. Italy, a Greek colony, 1050 b.c., reputed res-
idence of the ancient Sibyl, was taken by Samnites 420 b.c,,
and annexed by Rome 338 b.c.
Cumberland, a northwest county of England, was
granted to Malcolm I. of Scotland in 945, by king Edmund, " on
condition that he should be his fellow-worker." It was seized
by William I., but restored to Malcolm III., " who became his
man," 1072. William the Lion, after defeat at Alnwick, re-
signed Cumberland to Henry II., and it was annexed to Eng-
land in 1237.
Cumberland and Merrimac. Naval battles,
1862.
Cumberland Presbyterians. Presbyte-
rians.
Cumberland road. An act of U. S. Congress, 29
Mch. 1806, authorized the president to appoint 3 commissioners
to lay out a public road from Cumberland, Md., on the Potomac
to the Ohio river, and appropriated $30,000 for that purpose.
The road was continued from time to time, reaching Illinois in
1838, when railroads superseded it. The total cost of building
and repairs up to that time was $6,821,246. 60 acts passed
Congress relating to this road.
Cunaxa, in Mesopotamia, near the Euphrates, where
Cyrus the younger was defeated and slain by his brother Ar-
taxerxes II., against whom he conspired (401 b.c.) ; told in
Xenophon's "Anabasis." His Greek auxiliaries retreated
safely. Retreat of the Greeks.
cune'iform or cu'niform inscriptions
(from cuneus, I^t. for a wedge), in characters resembling
arrow-heads, inscribed on bricks or clay tablets, found at
Babylon, Behistun, etc., some dating as far back as 2000 b.c.
AccADiANS, Assyria, Babylon, Behistun.
Cunnersdorf, Prussia, where, on 12 Aug. 1759, Fred-
erick II. of Prussia, with 50,000 men, attacked the Austrian
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and Russian army of 90,000 in camp, at first with success, but,
wneii rashJy pursued, the Austrians and Russians rallied and
gainea a comjilete victory. The Prussians lost 200 pieces of
cannon and 30,000 killed and wounded.
cuppings, a mode of blood-letting. The skin is scarified
by lancets, and a glass cup with its air rarefied by heat is ap-
plied, when blood flows into the cup. This operation was
known to the ancients, and is described by Hippocrates (413
B.C.) and Celsus (20 b.c.). It was common in England about
1820.
Cliracoa (ku-ra-sd'-(t), an island in the Caribbean
sea, settled' by the Spaniards about 1527, was seized by the
Dutch in 1634. In 1800 the French, settled on this island,
quarrelled with the Dutch, who surrendered it to a British
frigate. It was restored to the Dutch in 1802, taken by the
British in 1807, and again restored in 1814.
Clirate§ were early appointed as coadjutors in the Cath-
^ilic church, and are mentioned in England in the 7th century.
Among the acts passed for the relief of these laborious clergy
are the 12th Anne, 1713, and 36th, 53d, and 58th Geo. IIL,
and especially the beneficent act, 2 Will. IV., Oct. 1831. It
appeared by parliamentary reports that there were, in 1831,
5230 curates in England and Wales, with stipends of 424,695/.
The greatest number in one diocese was in Lincoln, 629 ; and
the smallest in St. Asaph, 43. The Pastoral Aid Society was
•established in 1836 ; the Societ}' for Promoting the Employ-
ment of Additional Curates, in 1837; the Curates' Augmenta-
tion Fund, 1866.
curfew bell (from the Fr. couvrefeu) was revived or
introduced in England by Will. 1. 1068. When it rang at 8 p.m.
all fires and candles were to be extinguished, under a severe
penalty. — Rapin. The curfew was abolished 1 Hen. 1. 1100. A
so-called curfew bell was rung at West Ham so lately as Nov.
1859.
Curiatil. Rom?:, 669 b.c.
curling', a Scotch national game with stones on the ice,
said to have been introduced from the Low Countries in the
16th century. The Duddingstone curling club was instituted
1795. The royal Caledonian curling club, founded in 1838,
owns a large artificial pond at Strathallau, Perthshire.
Montreal curling club organized 1807
■Quebec curling club organized 1821
Ourling introduced into Ontario about 1830, and Toronto curling
club organized 1837
First "bonspiel " or tournament of Canadian and U. S. clubs
held at Buffalo, N. Y 1865
Crand National curling club of America organized 1867
currants, from Corinth, whence, probably, the bush w^s
first brought to England about 1533. The name is also given
to a small dried grape, from the Levant and Zante. The haw-
thorn currant {Ribes oxyacanthoides) was brought to England
from Canada in 1705. Flowers and Plants.
Curtatone, near Mantua, N. Italy. Here the Austrians,
under Radetzky, crossed the Mincio, and defeated the Italians
after a severe conflict, 29 May, 1848.
CUSiiee piece§, invented by Richard Leake, master-
gunner of the British man-of-war Royal Prince, renowned for
bravery in fighting the Dutch admiral Van Tromp in 1673.
custom is law not written (lex non scriptd), established
by long usage and consent ; distinguished from lex scripta, or
written law. It is law when derived from 1189 downwards.
In England 60 years' custom is binding in civil law, and 40
years' in ecclesiastical cases.
customs were collected upon merchandise in England,
under Ethelred II. in 979. The king's claim to them by grant
•of Parliament was established 3 Edw. I. 1274. The customs
•were farmed to sir Thomas Smith for annual sums varying
from 14,000/. to 50,000/. in the reign of Elizabeth.— itow?.
They were farmed by Charles II. for 390,000/. in 1666.— Z>av-
■enant. In 1671 commissioners were appointed. The customs
were consolidated by Mr. Pitt in 1787. Many changes have
been made since. Revknue.
Customs in Ireland: a sack of wool, 3d ; a last of hides, M. ; a
barrel of wine, Id 1224
Customs business of Ireland was transferred to the London
board ; 6 Jan. 1830
^ CUT
Customs receipts in Great Britain from 1872 to 1890 vary be-
tween 19,000,000^. and 21,000,000^. yearly.
CUSTOMS AND CUSTOM-HOUSES IN THE UNITED STATES.
Act of Parliament establishing custom-bouses in the American
colonies under English commissioners of customs 1672
Further enforced 1676-77
Customs collected in New York prior to 1677
First custom-house in Boston, Edward Randolph, couimissioner 1680
First custom-bouse in Charleston, S. C 1685
" Plantation duties " collected in the colonies paid the custom'-
house expenses, leaving a surplus of from $5000 to $6000.
(Hildreth) 1690-1700
Court of vice-admiralty established 1696-97
Enumerated articles greatly increased 1767
LOCATION OF CUSTOM-HOUSES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1890.
Alabama— Mobile.
Alaska— Sitka.
California— Eureka, San Diego, San Francisco, Wilmington.
Colorado— Denver.
Connecticut— Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven, New London, Ston-
ington.
Delaware— Wilmington.
District of Columbia— Georgetown.
Florida — Appalachicola, Cedar Keys, Fernandina, Jacksonville, Key
West, Pensacola, St. Augustine, Tampa.
Georgia— Atlanta, Brunswick, St. Marys, Savannah.
Illinois— Chicago, Galena.
Indiana — Evansville, Indianapolis, Michigan City.
Iowa — Burlington, Dubuque.
Kentucky — Louisville, Paducah.
Louisiana— Brashear, New Orleans.
Maine— Bangor, Bath, Belfast, Castine, Eastp'ort, Ellsworth, Houl-
ton, Kennebunk, Machias, Portland, Saco, Waldoborough, Wis-
casset, York.
Maryland— Annapolis, Baltimore, Crisfield.
Massachusetts — Barnstable, Boston, Edgarton, Fall River, Glouces-
ter, Marblehead, Nantucket, New Bedford, Newburyport, Plym-
outh, Salem.
Michigan— Detroit, Grand Haven, Grand Rapids, Marquette, Port
Huron.
Minnesota— Duluth, St. Paul.
Mississippi— Natchez, Shieldsborough, Vicksburg.
Missouri — Kansas City, St. Joseph, St. Louis.
Montana— Fort Benton.
Nebraska— Omaha.
New Hampshire — Portsmouth.
New Jersey— Bridgeton, Newark, Perth Amboy, Soraers Point,
Trenton, Tuckerton.
New York— Albany, Buffalo, Cape Vincent, Dunkirk, New^ York,
Ogdensburg, Oswego, Patchogue, Plattsburg, Port Jefferson,
Rochester, Sag Harbor, Suspension Bridge.
North Carolina — Beaufort, Edenton, Newberne, Wilmington.
Ohio— Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Sandusky, Toledo.
Oregon— Astoria, Empire City, Portland, Yaquina.
Pennsylvania— Erie, Philadelphia, Pittsburg.
Rhode Island — Bristol, Newport, Providence.
South Carolina — Beaufort, Charleston, Georgetown.
Tennessee— Chattanooga, Memphis.
Texas— Brownsville, Corpus Christ!, Eagle Pass, El Paso, Galveston.
Vermont — Burlington.
Virginia — Alexandria, Cherrystone, Newport News, Norfolk, Peters-
burg, Richmond, Tappahannock.
Washington— Port Townsend.
West Virginia— AVheeling.
Wisconsin — La Crosse, Milwaukee.
For custom receipts in the U. S., Revexue.
CUStOS rotulorum, keeper of the rolls or records of
the sessions of the peace, England, previously nominated by
the lord chancellor, was in 1545 directed to be appointed by a
bill signed by the king. The act was confirmed in 1689.
CustOZZa {hoos-tot'-za), near Verona, N. Italy. Here
' the Italians were defeated by marshal Radetzky, 23 July, 1848;
and here they were again defeated, 24 June, 1866, after a series
of desperate attacks on the Austrian army. The Italians were
commanded by their king, Victor Emmanuel, and the Austrians
by the archduke Albrecht. The Italian loss was computed to
be 720 killed, 3112 wounded, and 4815 missing; the Austrian
loss, 960 killed, 3690 wounded, and nearly a thousand prisoners.
The Italians soon recrossed the Mincio.
CutCh (hutch), W. India, a principality under the gov-
ernment of Bombay. In consequence of the depredations of
the natives, the East India government resorted to hostile
measures, which resulted in a stringent treaty with the rao in
Jan. 1816. In 1819 he was deposed for misgovernment, and
replaced by his infant son, supported by a British contingent.
The traffic in children, detected in Dec. 1835, was suppressed
by the British. Many persons perished by an earthquake in
July, ISi'd.— Thornton.
Cuttack (ka-tah'), E. India, a British province ceded to
the East India company in 1803. Cuttack, the capital, was
CUT
taken by col. Harcourt, 14 Oct. same year. The Mahrattas
conquered it in llbO.—Thot^itott.
CllttlllK-OUt niaclllliet*. Wearing apparel was
first cut «)iit by machinery in Kngland by ^lessrs. llyams in
1853. The machine, invented by Frederick Osbourn, consists
of a reciprocating vertical knife working through a 8U)t in the
table that supports the pile of cloth to be cut. The cloth is
pressed by the attendant up to the edge of the knife, which
divides it along lines marked on the upper layer.
CUZCO {ki>os'-ko), capital of Peru, was entered by Pi-
zarro in Nov. 1533, and taken by him in Aug. 1536, after 5
months' siege.
eyail'Og^en, a colorless gas (composed of nitrogen and
carbon), irritating to the nose and eyes, derived from Prussian
blue, was tirst obtained in the free state by Gay-Lussac in 1815,
being the first instance of the isolati()n of a compound radical.
cycle of the sun, the 28 years before the days of the
week return to the same days of the month ; that of the moon
is 19 lunar years and 7 intercalary months, or 19 solar years.
The cycle oV Jupiter is GO years. ' The Paschal cycle, or the
time of keeping Easter, was first calculated for the period of
532 years by Victorius, ^63.— Blair. Calippic Pkriou,
Mktonic Cycle.
cyclone§. Storms.
Cyclope'an, from Cyclopes, a fabled race of gigantic
size, a term given to certain ancient works of masonry from
the great size of the stones, found in Greece, Italy, and Asia
Minor, erected probably before 1000 b.c.
cymbal, the oldest known musical instrument, made of
brass. Xenojihon says the cymbal was invented by Cybele,
and used in her feasts about 1580 b.c.
Cyinri or Kymri (hence Cambria), the great Celtic
family to which the Britons belonged, came from Asia and
occupied much of Europe perhaps before 1500 b.c. About 640
A.D. Dyvnwal Moelmud reigned " King of the Cymry."
Wales.
cynics, a sect of philosophers founded by Antisthenes
(about 396 b.c, IHofj. Laert., Clinton), who professed to con-
temn all worldly things, even sciences, except morality ; and
lived in public. Diogenes, the eminent cynic, died 323 b.c.
Philosophy.
Cynoscepii'aliie (dogs' heads, so named from the
shape of the heights), in Thessaly, where Pelopidas and the
Thebans defeated Alexander, tyrant of Pherae and the Thes-
salians, 364 b.c. Pelopidas was slain. Here also the consul
Flaminius defeated Philip V. of Macedon, 197 b.c, and ended
the war. Phalanx.
CypreSi, Cupressns sempervirens, a tree of Cyprus. The
Athenians buried heroes in coffins of cypress, of which Egyp-
tian mummy-chests were also made. The ancients planted it
in cemeteries. The cypress was taken to England about 1441.
The deciduous cypress, C.disticha, exported from North Amer-
ica before 1640.
Cyprui, an island 148 miles long and about 40 wide, in
the Mediterranean, near the coasts of Asia Minor and Syria ;
present capital Levkosia or Nikosia ; seaports, Larnaka and
Famagosta. Here the ancients found copper (ces Cyprium),
silver, and precious stones. The country was fertile and well-
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wooded in ancient times, and under Venice its commerce wan
important. Area,3584 8q. miles. Population, two thirds (J reek,
1891, 209,300 ; under Venice, said to have been 1,000,000.
Phttjuician colonists introduced the worship of Ashtaroth (Gr. ^•^'•
Aphrodite, Rom. Venus) about 56S>
Conquered by Amasis, king of Kgypt; revolted at the invasion
of Cumbyses, and submitted to Persia 525
Kovolled and subjected 500-4fl9
Partly independent under Evagoras and Nicocles, kings of
Saiamis .387 et scq.
Supported Alexander tlie Great 33S
Taken from Demetrius by Ptolemy of Kgypt 296
Became a Roman province 58
A.D.
Visited by Paul and Barnabas (Acts xiii.) 45
Great revolt of the Jews 117
Seized by A rabs, 646 ; recovered by Greeks 648
Isaac Comnenus, king 1184
Seized by Richard I. of England, 1191; and given to Guy de
Lusignan, as king 1192
" Order of the Sword " established (ceased with 8th king) 1195
Guy's descendant, Catherine de Cornaro, sold it to Venice 1487
Cruelly subdued by the Turks 1570-71
Insurrections suppressed, 1764; with massacre 182»
Gen. di Cesnola, a Genoese, American consul, by excavations
discovers Babylonian, Egyptian, Phoenician, and Greek gold
and silver ornaments and relics (sold to Metropolitan Museum,
New York) 1866 et seq.
His work, "Cyi)rus: its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples,"
pub. iu London and New York Dec. 187T
Given to Great Britain for administration by the Anglo-Turkish
convention 4 June, 1878
Possession taken by admiral lord John Hay, 12 July; by sir
Garnet J. Wolseley, as lord high commissioner 22 July, "
British buy the government lands excei)t the sultan's estate. . 187&
Excavations on ihe site of the temple of Aphrodite, discoveries
of inscriptions, etc 1888
Cyr, St., near Versailles, France. Here a college for la-
dies was founded by Madame de Maintenon, in 1686, and here
she died, 15 Apr. 1719. It was made a military college in 1803.
Cyrena'iC Sect, founded by Aristippus the Elder, 365
B.C., taught that the supreme good is pleasure, particularly of
the senses; and virtue is commended only as causing pleasure.
Cyreiie (si-ree'-nee), N.W. Africa, a Greek colony,
founded by Battus about 630 b.c Aristaeus, chief of the col-
onists, gave the city his mother's name. It was also called
Pentapolis, from its 5 towns — Cyrene, Ptolemais, Berenice,
Apollonia, and Arsinoe. It was conquered by Ptolemy Soter
I., who placed many Jews here (286 B.c). It was a Jew of
Cyrene whom Roman soldiers compelled to bear the cross of
Jesus. Cyrene was left by Ptolemy Apion to the Komans, 97
B.C It is now a desert. Some Cyrenaic sculptures were
placed in the British museum in July, 1861.
Cyz'icil§, Asia Minor. In the Peloponnesian war, the
Lacedaemonian fleet under Mindarus, assisted by Pharnabazus,
the Persian, was defeated by Athenians under Alcibiades, with
great slaughter, near Cyzicus, Mindarus being slain, 410 b.c
— Plutarch.
czar (the title of the emperor of Russia), probably from
Caesar, said to have been assumed by Ivan Basilowitz after
defeating the Tartars, about 1482. The empress is termed
czarina, and the eldest son czarowitch.
Czecll§ {tcheks), a branch of the Slavonic race, native in
Bohemia and Moravia. The antagonism between Germans
and Czechs is milder in Moravia than in Bohemia. Czech
representatives entered the Reichsrath at A^ienna, 8 Oct. 1879.
Austria.
D
D in the English alphabet is the fourth letter, as it also is
in the Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriac, Greek, and Latin alphabets.
Its form is the same as that of the Latin, and the Latin is no
other than the Greek A. This symbol is again from the an-
cient Phoenician, and so from the Egyptian. Alphabet,
Grimm's law.
Dacca, N.E. India, a province of Bengal, acquired by
the East India company in 1765, and ruled under them by a.
nawab till its annexation in 1845.— Thornton.
Da'cia, a Roman province including parts of Hungary,
Transylvania, Wallachia, Moldavia, and Galicia, after many
contests, was subdued by Trajan, 106, when Decebalus, the
Dacian leader, was killed. Dacia was abandoned to the
Goths by Aurelian, in 270; subdued by Huns, 376; by Scyth-
ians, 566 ; by Charlemagne, and by Magyars, in the 9th cen-
tury.
dacoitK', hereditary robbers of N. India, formerly em-
ployed in war by native sovereigns.
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FoRMio in 1797 it was given to Austria, but in 1805 it was in-
corporated with Italy, and gave the title of duke to marshal
Soult. In 1814 it reverted to Austria. Area, 4937 sq. miles.
Pop. 1890, 527,426.
DaltOll, northern Ga. Here the confederates, under
gen. Jose{)h E. Johnston, strongly fortified, checked the ad-
vance of gen. Sherman, until forced to evacuate by a flank
movement by gen. McPherson, 10-12 May, 1864. Atlanta
CAMPAIGN.
Daltonism. Color.
Dam'araland. German East and West Africa.
Damascus, Syria, a city in the time of Abraham, 1913
B.C. (Gen. xiv.) ; now the capital of a Turkish pachalic.
Taken by David (1040 B.C.), but soon retaken; capital of Syria ^^•
under Benhadad and bis successors 951
Recovered by Jeroboam II about 822
Taken by Tiglath-Piloser, king of Assyria 740
From tbe Assyrians it passed to the Persians, and from them
to the Greeks, under Alexander 333
To the Romans about 64
A.D.
Paul, converted, preaches here (Acts ix.) 52
Taken by the Saracens, 633; by the Turks in 1075; destroyed
by Tamerlane Jan. 1401
Taken by Ibrahim Pacha 1832
Disappearance of a Greek priest, named father Tpmmaso, here,
1 Feb. 1840, led to torture and persecution of the Jews, who
were accused of his murder, which caused remonstrances
from many states of Europe 1840
Damascus restored to Turkey 1841
In a dispute between Druses and Maronites, the Mahometans
massacred above 3000 Christians and destroyed houses, ren-
dering vast numbers of persons destitute; many rescued by
Abd el Kader, who held the citadel 9, 10, 11 July, I860
These crimes punished by Fuad Pacha; 160 persons executed,
including the Turkish governor; and 11,000 made soldiers,
Aug. -Sept. "
damask linens and silks, first manufactured at
Damascus, have been beautifully imitated by the Dutch and
Flemish. The manufacture was brought to England by arti-
sans who fled from the persecutions of Alva, 1571-73. The
damask rose was brought to England from the south of
Europe bv dr. Linacre, phvsician to Henry VIII., about
1540.
Damicns's attempt. Louis XV. of France was
stabbed with a knife in the right side by Robert Fran9ois
Damiens, a native of Arras, 6 Jan. 1757. The culprit endured
frightful tortures, and was then broken on the wheel, 28 Mch.
Torture.
Damiet'ta, a town of Lower Egypt, was taken by the
crusaders, 5 Nov. 1219 ; lost, 1221 ; retaken by Louis IX., 5
June, 1249; surrendered as his ransom when a prisoner, 6 May,
1250. The present town was built soon after. Here, it is
said, dimity was first manufactured. Pop. 1888, 34,044.
Da'mon and Pyth'ias (or Phintias), Pytha-
gorean philosophers. Damon was condemned to death by
Dionysius of Syracuse, about 387 b.c. He obtained leave to
settle some domestic affairs, promising to return at the time
of execution, and Pythias became his surety. When Damon
did not appear, Pythias surrendered and was led to execution ;
but at this moment Damon returned. Dionysius remitted the
sentence, and desired to share their friendship.
Dan'ai, a name originally given to the Argives, as hav-
ing been subjects of Danatis, king of Argos, 1474 b.c. In con-
sequence, however, of the warlike character of the race and
their high renown, Homer uses the name Danai (Aavaoi) as
a general appellation for the Greeks.
Danee of Death. The triumph of death over all
men was a favorite subject with artists of the middle ages,
in rude carvings and pictures in various countries.
Chorea MachabcBorum or Danse Macabre, the first printed rep-
resentation, published by Guyot Marchand, a bookseller of
Paris 1485
Holbein's " Dance of Death " (53 distinct sketches for engrav-
ing, called " Imagines Mortis." They are now at St. Peters-
burg; the authorship has been much controverted), printed
at Lyons in 1538, and at Basel 1594
Many editions have since appeared; one with introduction and
notes by Russell Smith 1849
in turn bv the Goths Hune-arians and The term Z>anceo/7?ea</i was also applied to the frenzied movements
T„.i fii ^ A . AT • • /ndn if u' """g^"^»"f' «"^ of flngellants, who had sometimes skeletons depicted on their
lurks till ceded to Venice in 1699. By the treaty of Campo | clothing, about the end of the 14th century.
Tt is said that between 1818 and 1834, one tribe alone, in 118 " dacoi-
tees," or exi)editious, killed 172 persons, and obtained plunder
valued at 115,000^. In 1838 lord Auckland did much to suppress
the dacoits, and many settlements were broken up, but they are
not quite extinct in Bengal and Burmah. Several dacoitees were
suppressed in 1879. Burmah.
Dagllistan' (mountain-land), in Asiatic Russia on the
west coast of the Caspian sea, was conquered by czar Peter,
1723; restored to Persia, 1735; reannexed to Russia by Alex-
ander I., 1813. Area, 11,425 sq. miles. Pop. 1890, 540,000.
DagObert, name of several of the Merovingian kings
of France ; the first, 628-38. France.
Da'g'On, a national god of the Philistines, spoken of in
Judg. xvi. 23; 1 Sam. v. 2. His principal temples were at
Ashdod (1 Sam. v. 1) and Gaza (Jiulg. xvi. 1, 23). His image
had the head and hands of a man and the tail of a fish.
Daguerrotype (da-gSr'-o-tip) process, invented
by Daguerre ; pub. 1838. Photography.
Dahlgren gun. Cannon.
dall Jia, a flower, native in Mexico, brought to Europe
about 1787, and cultivated by the Swedish botanist, Dahl.
About 1814 it was introduced into France and England ; Andre
Thouine suggested improvements in its culture, and it soon
became a favorite. Georgi introduced it at St. Petersburg ;
hence it is known in Germany as the Georgina.
DallO'mey, a negro kingdom, W. Africa, became known
to Europeans early in the last century, when Trudo Andati
or Guadjor Trudo, a man of energy and talent, was king.
He died in 1732, and was succeeded by a series of cruel
tyrants, whose revenue was largely derived from the slave-
trade. Abbeokuta, a robbers' haunt in 1825, has, since 1829,
bect)me a strong-walled town, inhabited by free blacks. The
king of Dahomey has repeatedly attacked it and been repulsed,
and once, 16 Mch. 1864, a great number of his Amazons were
slain. During the last few years Dahomey has been visited
by capt. Burton and other travellers, who have described the
royal sanguinary customs.
King ordered to pav a fine (for an outrage on Mr. Turnbull at
Whydah, 23 Jan.)'. Mch. 1876
He refuses in insulting terms, Apr. ; the coast about to be
blockaded July, "
King threatens massacre of Europeans if attacked Aug. "
He makes concessions; blockade removed 12 May, 1877
Renewed massacres of natives ("customs") and outrages on
foreigners at Whydah; reported 26 Sept. 1878
French in Dahomey 1890
Dahomey coast blockaded by the French Apr. "
Whydah bombarded by the French, 29-30 Apr. ; surrender of
French prisoners .5 May, "
New king Behanzin installed; continued difficulty with France, 1892
Datl'ra, Algeria. On 18 June, 1845, above 500 Kabyles
at war with the French were suffocated in a cave in a fire kin-
dled by order of gen. Pelissier, afterwards duke of Malakoff.
They had fired on a messenger bearing an offer of a truce.
The massacre was condemned by marshal Soult, minister of
war, but justified by marshal Bugeaud.
DaimiOS (dV-myo), nobles of Japan who enjoyed almost
absolute power before the revolution of 1871, when they were
deprived of their privileges. Japan, 1868.
dairy. Butter, Cattle, Cheese.
Dakota. North Dakota and South Dakota.
Dakotas. Indians.
Daleear'lians, Sweden, revolted against Christian of
Denmark, 1521, and placed Gustavus Vasa on the throne of
Sweden.
Dallas, Ga. In this vicinity, in Sherman's advance on
Atlanta, the confederates held him in check, gen. Hooker's
command having a severe engagement with them on the after-
noon of 25 May, 1864; while on the 28th Hardee attacked
McPherson on the right, with loss. The confederates retired
6 June. Atlanta campaign.
Dalmatia, an Austrian province, N.E. of the Adriatic,
conquered and made a province by the Romans, 34 b.c. The
emperor Diocletian, who was born in this province, erected
his palace at Spalato or Spalatro, and retired there, 305 A.n.
Dalmatia was held
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daiiclniir ^''*s invented by the Curetes, 1534B.C. — Kme-
WiM. As a mark of rejoicing, Kx. xv. 20, xxxii. 19 ; Judg. xi.
84; 2 Sam. vi. 14, etc. For favors granted, Matt. xiv. 6; Mark
vi. 22. The Greeks combined the dance with tlieir dramas,
and pantomimic dances were introduced on Hie Koinan stage
22 B.C.— Usher. Dancing by cinque paces was introduced
into England from Italy, 1541 a.d. Dancing was one of the
amusements of the North American Indians. They have
religious, martial, and social dances. For dancing in modern
times, Ballet, Contrk - dansb, Mokice dance, Tolka,
QuAUKiLLE, Waltz.
dancing: mania. A kind of dervish frenzy that
raged among the people of middle Europe, 1021, 1278-1374,
and less severe in the 15th and 16th centuries. In Germany
this malady first bore the name of St. John's dance, but later
was known as St, Vitus's dance. St. Vitus, a Sicilian youth,
was invoked for relief. He is said to have suffered martyrdom
303, during the persecution of Diocletian, and his remains
were brought to France in 836 and buried in the church of
St. Deny. This half-religious frenzy spread rapidly from city
to city, through Germany, Flanders, and France ; hundreds
and even thousands were seized with it, and engaged in the
wild movements until many died from exhaustion and expos-
ure. In Italy it was termed tarantism, because erroneously
supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula spider.
It was found that music had a tendency to subdue the frenzy.
The mania first made the subject of medical research by Para-
celsus. This dancing mania should not be confounded with
the disease of the muscles, known in medical science as chorea
(St. Vitus's dance).
Dane-g^eld or Daneg^elt, a tribute paid the Danes
to stop their ravages in England; first raised by Ethelred II.
in 991, and again in 1003; and levied after the expulsion of
the Danes to pay fleets for clearing the seas of them. The
Ux was suppressed by Edward the Confessor in 1051 ; revived
by William I. 1068; and formed part of the revenue of the
crown till abolished by Stephen, 1136. Every hide of land,
i. e., as much as one plough could plough, or, as Bede says, as
much as could maintain a family, was taxed at first Is., after-
wards as much as 7s. Camden says that once 24,360/. was
raised.
I>ane§ or Northmen. Denmark. During their
attacks upon Britain and Ireland they made a descent on
France, where in 895, under Rollo, they received presents un-
der the walls of Paris. They returned and ravaged the French
territories as far as Ostend in 896. They attacked Italy in
903. Neustria was granted by the king of France to Rollo
and his Normans (Northmen); hence Normandy, in 911. The
invasions of England and Ireland were as follows :
First hostile appearance of the Danes 783
They land near Purbeck, Dorset 787
Descend in Northuraberland; destroy the church at Lindis-
farne; are repelled, and perish by shipwreck 8 Jan. 794
Invade Scotland and Ireland 795, 796
Enter Dublin with 60 sail, and seize also Fingal, etc 798
Take the isle of Sheppey 832
Defeated at Hengeston, in Cornwall, by Egbert 835
Land in Kent from 350 vessels, and take Canterbury and Lon-
don 851
Descend on the north, and take York 867
Defeat the Saxons at Merton 871
Take Warehara and F>xeter 876
Take Chippenham ; but 120 ships are wrecked 877
Defeated: Guthrum, their leader, becomes Christian, and many
settle in England 878
Alfred enters into a treaty with them 882
Their fleet destroyed by Alfred at Appledore 894
Defeated near isle of Wight 897
Invade and waste Wales 900
Defeated by Edward the Elder 922
Defeat the people of Leinster , 956
Ravage Cornwall, Devon, and Dorset .* 982
Ravage Essex and Suffolk 990
Said to assume the title lord dane about 991
Their fleet defeated after a breach of treaty, purchased by
money 992
Anlaf and Sweyn ravage Kent and the south (erroneously said
to have been paid 16,000^. for peace) 994
A general massacre of the Danes, by Ethelred II 13 Nov. 1002
Sweyn revenges it, and receives 36,000i. (as annual tribute) to
depart 1003
Their fleet anchors at isle of Wight 1006
They make fresh inroads, and defeat the Saxons in Suffolk,
1010; sack Canterbury and kill the inhabitants, 1011; re-
ceive 48,000i. as tribute, and murder Alphege, archbishop, 1012
Vanquished at Clontarf, Ireland (Glo.ntarf) — 1014
Conquest of England completed ; Canute king 1017
Settle in Scotland 1020
lAinl again at Sandwich, carrying plunder to Flanders 1047
Defeated by Harold II. at Stamford bridge 25 Sept. 106G
Burn York and kill 3000 Normans 1069
Once more invade England to aid a conspiracy; but compelled
to depart 1074
Dan'ite (" Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder
in the path," Gen. xlix. 17), a member of an alleged secret
society or order of the Mormons connected with the early
history of that people; accused of various crimes in the interest
of Mormonisra. Denied by the Mormons.
Danne'ivcrlic or Danna'ivirlic, a series of
earthworks, considered almost impregnable, stretching across
the long, narrow peninsula of Schleswig, Holstein, and Jutland
— said to have been constructed during the " stone age," long
before the art of metal-working. They were rebuilt in 937 by
Thyra, queen of Gormo the Old, for which she was named
" Dannabod," the pride of the Danes. Repaired by Olaf
Tryggveson between 995 and 1000. Near here the Prussians,
helping the duchies, defeated the Danes, 23 Apr. 1848. The
retreat of the Danes from it, 5 Feb. 1864, occasioned much
dissatisfaction at Copenhagen.
I>ante'§ "Divlna Commeclia"Avas first print-
ed in 1472. Dante was born 14 May, 1265 ; died at Ravenna, 14
Sept. 1321. A festival in his honor, at Florence, was opened
by the king, 14 May, 1865, when a large statue of Dante by
Pazzi of Ravenna was uncovered. Litekaturk.
Dantzic, N. Germany, a commercial city in 997; built,
others say, by Waldemar I. in 1165. Poland obtained the
sovereignty in 1454. It was seized b}' the king of Prussia,
and annexed in 1793. It surrendered to the French, May,
1807 ; and by the treaty of Tilsit was restored to indepen-
dence, under the protection of Prussia and Saxony, July, 1807.
Dantzic was besieged by the allies in 1812 ; and surrendered
1 Jan. 1814. By the treaty of Paris it reverted to Prussia.
The Vistula breaking through its dikes, destroyed many
lives, 10,000 heads of cattle, and 4000 houses, 9 Apr. 1829.
Danube (Ger. Donau ; anciently Ister, in its lower
part), the largest river in Europe except the Volga, rises in
the Black forest and falls into the Black sea. Trajan's bridge
at Gladova was destroyed by Hadrian, to prevent the barbari-
ans crossing south. Bridges. Steam navigation was pro-
jected on this river, by count Szechenyi, in 1830; the first
steamboat was then launched at Vienna, and the Austrian
company was formed soon after. The Bavarian company was
formed 1836. A canal between the Danube and the Maine
was completed by Louis I. of Bavaria. Charlemagne, in the J
8th century, contemplated uniting the Danube and Rhine by l
a canal. At the peace of 30 Mch. 1856, the free navigation *
of the Danube was secured, and an independent European
commission, appointed to make it navigable from Isaktchi to
the sea, has worked with good effect. The British govern-
ment, in 1868, lent 135,000/. to complete the works. The
treaty respecting the navigation of the Danube renewed for
12 years, 13 Mch. 1871. The river suddenly took possession
of a new bed, near Vienna, 17 Apr., which was formally opened
30 May, 1875.
Navigation of the Danube was regulated by articles 50-54 of
Berlin treaty 13 July, 1878 f
" Iron Gates," huge rocks in the lower Danube, blown up, *
15 Sept. 1890 f
Great bridge commenced at Tchernavoda 21 Oct. "
Danubian principalities. Wallachia and
Moldavia (capitals, Bucharest and Jassy) were united and
named Roumania, 1859. Population of the two, 1860, 3,864,848 ;
1866, 4,424,961 ; 1887, 5,500,000. These provinces formed part
of the ancient Dacia.
Part of Moldavia ceded to Russia 1812
Provinces having joined in the Greek insurrection in 1821,
were oppressed by the Turks; but by the treaty of Adriano-
ple were placed under the protection of Russia 1829
Porte appointed as hospodars prince Stirbey for Wallachia, and
prince Ghika for Moldavia June, 1849
They retire from their governments when the Russians enter
Moldavia (Rl'SSO-Turkish waks) 2 July, 1853
Russians quit the provinces and Austrians enter, Sept. 1854;
retire Mch. 1857
Government of the principalities finally settled at the Paris
conference (there were to be 2 hospodars, chosen by elective
assemblages, but under the suzerainty of Turkey) 19 Aug. 1868
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Alexander Couza elected hospodar of Moldavia, 17 Jan. ; of
Wallachia 5 Feb. 1859
Election acknowledged by the allies 0 Sept. "
Union of the provinces (as Roumania) proclaimed and acknowl-
edged by the Porte Dec. 1861
[For continuation, Roumania.]
Dardanelles', a narrow strait, about 47 miles in
length and from 3 to 4 in width, between Europe and Asiatic
Turkey, connecting the sea of Marmora with the Ji^gean sea,
named Dardanelles from the contiguous town Dardanus. The
passage of the strait is easily defended by the fortifications
built on its banks ; especially by the two castles, Sestos on the
European and Abydos on the Asiatic shore, built by Mahomet
IV". in 1659, and commanding the entrance to the sea of Mar-
mora at Gallipoli. The strait was passed by the British squad-
ron under sir John Duckworth, 19 Feb. 1807; but he repassed
with great loss, 3 Mch,, the castles of Sestos and Abydos hurl-
ing stone shot upon the ships. The allied English and French
fleets passed the Dardanelles, at the sultan's request, Oct.
1853. The British squadron passed the Dardanelles against
the protest of the Porte, 13 Feb. 1878. Hellespont, Xekxes.
Dar'dani, inhabitants of the territory about the ancient
city of Troy. Their first king was Dardanus, whence the name,
from whom was descended Priam, king of Troy at the time
of its siege and capture by the Greeks. Troy.
darie, a Persian gold coin, issued by Darius, about 538
B.G, About $bM.—Knowles. It weighed 2 grains more than
the English guinea. — Dr. Bernard.
Da'rien, Isthmus of, Central America, discovered by
Columbus, 1494. Crossed by Balboa, 1513. In 1694 William
Paterson, founder of the Bank of England, published his plan
for colonizing Darien. A company was formed in 1695, and
in 1698-99 3 expeditions sailed thither from Scotland, where
400,000/. had been raised. The first consisted of 1"200 young
men of all classes, besides women and children. The enter-
prise not being recognized by the English government, the
settlements were threatened by the Spaniards, tp whom they
were surrendered, 30 Mch. 1700.- Paterson and a few survivors
from famine and disease left just before the arrival of the sec-
ond expedition. Several years after, 398,085/. were voted by
Parliament to the survivors as " equivalent money." 18,000/.
were also voted to Paterson ; but the bill was rejected in the
House of Lords. Tiie average breadth 40 miles ; least breadth
30 miles. America, Panama.
darR ages, a term applied to the middle ages ; ac-
cording to Hallam, about 1000 years — from the invasion of
France by Clovis, 486, to that of Naples by Charles VIII., 1495.
Learning was at a low ebb. Hallam's " View of the Middle
Ages," pub. 1818, supplement 1848.
dark day. Massachusetts, 19 May, 1780.
Dartford, Kent, Engl. Here commenced the insurrec-
tion of Wat Tyler, 1381. A convent of nuns, of the order of
St. Augustin, endowed here by Edward III., 1355, was convert-
ed by Henry VIII. into a royal palace. The first paper-mill in
England was erected at Dartford by sir John Spielman, a Ger-
man, in 1590 {JSfow), and about the same period the first mill
for splitting iron bars.
Dartmoor prison^ Devonshire, Engl., founded
Mch. 1806. At the close of the war 1812-14, this prison con-
tained several thousand U. S. prisoners, as well as impressed
U. S. sailors, who would not serve against their country. On
Apr. 6, 1815, several months after peace was declared, a dis-
turbance took place among the prisoners-, the prison authori-
ties fired on them, killing 7 and wounding 33. This act, re-
garded by the citizens of the U. S. as a wanton outrage, was
justified by the British authorities.
Dartmouth, Devon, Engl. Burned by the French in
the reigns of Richard I. and Henry IV. In a third attempt
(1404), the invaders were defeated. The French commander,
Du Chastel, 3 lords, and 32 knights, were made prisoners. In
the war of the parliament Dartmouth was taken after a siege
of 4 weeks, by prince Majrice, who garrisoned the place for
the king (1643) •, but gen. Fairfax retook it by storm in 1646.
Dartmouth eollei^e, N. H., grew out of an earlier
school established by rev. Eleazar Wheelock, D.D., a Congre-
gationalist, at Lebanon, Conn., 1754-55, designed for Indian
children. To carry the design out more fully, it was trans-
ferred to Hanover, N. H., in 1770, having been chartered by
gov. Wentworth in 1769. It was named Dartmouth in honor
of lord Dartmouth, one of its first patrons. In 1816 it suc-
cessfully resisted, under the leadership of Daniel Webster, the
creation of a new corporation called Dartmouth university.
Colleges, Trials.
Darwinism. This term is commonlj' used to mean
the doctrine of the origin of species by " natural selection," or
the "survival of the fittest;" first taught by the British natural-
ist Charles R. Darwin and A. R. Wallace in 1858, and elaborate-
ly expounded by Darwin in his book on "The Origin of Spe-
cies," 1859. Development, Evolution theory. Species.
dates were affixed to grants and assignments, 18 Edw. I.
1290. Before this time it was usual, at least, to pass lands
without dating the deed. — Lewis. Many assignments enrolled
among earh" records in England establish this. The date is
then determined by the names of the parties, particularly that
of the grantor: the possession of land was proof of title. —
Hto'die. A useful glossary of dates given in old charters and
chronicles will be found in Nicolas's " Chronology of History. "^
J. J. Bond's "Handy-book for Verifying Dates," pub. 1866.
Dauphin^ (do-fee-na'), a province of S.E. France— so
called from the fact that one of the counts otVienne placed
a dolphin (dauphin) in his coat-of-arms and assumed the title
of dauphin — was successively held by the Allobroges, Bur-
gundians, and Lombards. In 732-34 it was delivered from
the invading Saracens by Charles Martel. After forming
part of the kingdom of Aries, it was much subdivided among
counts. One of these, Humbert II., ceded Dauphine and the
Viennois to Philip VI. in 1343, for his eldest son, on condition
that the prince should be styled dauphine, which took effect
in 1349, when Humbert became a monk. Louis Antoine, duke
of Angoulerae, son of Charles X., the last dauphin who as-
sumed the title at his father's accession, 16 Sept. 1824, died
3 June, 1844.
Dav'cntry, a town of Northamptonshire, Engl. Near
here Lambert, having escaped from the Tower, was defeated
and retaken in his attempt to enkindle war, bv Monk, 21 Apr.
1660. The dissenting academy removed here from Northamp-
ton in 1752, was transferred to Wymondley in 1789, thence to
London as Coward college, and finally united with Homerton
and Highbury colleges as New college, in 1850.
David's, St., S.W. Wales, the ancient Menapia, now a
poor, decayed place, but once the metropolitan see of Wales,
and archiepiscopal. When Christianity was planted in Brit-
ain, 3 archbishops' seats were appointed — viz., London, York,
and Caerleon upon Usk, in Monmouthshire. That at Caerleon,
being too near the dominions of the Saxons, was removed to
Mynyw, and called St. David's, in honor of the archbishop
who removed it, 522. St. Sampson was the last archbishop of
the Welsh ; for he, withdrawing himself on account of a pes-
tilence to Dole, in Brittany, carried the pall with him. In
the reign of Henry I. the archbishops submitted to the see of
Canterbury. — Beat son. Present income, 4500/.
David's day, St., l Mch., is annually commemorated
b}' the Welsh, in honor of St. David. Tradition states that
on St. David's birthday, 540, a great victory was obtained by
the Welsh over their Saxon invaders ; and that the Welsh
soldiers were distinguished, by order of St. David, by a leek
in their caps.
Davis, Jefferson, Capture of. United States,
1865.
Davis's, Jefferson, order regarding gen. Benj.
F. Butler and the officers of his command. United States,
23 Dec. 1862.
Davis's strait, North America, connects Baffin's bay
with Atlantic ocean; discovered by John Davis, 11 Aug. 1585,
on his voyage to find a northwest passage, 1585-87. He made
2 more voyages for this purpose, and 5 to the East Indies; but
was killed bv Japanese pirates, on the coast of Malacca, 27 or
29 Dec. 1605'.
Davy lamp, etc. Safety lamp.
Davy medal, furnished by the sale of sir Humphry Davy's plate,
was first awarded (Nov. 1877) by the Royal society to profs. Bun-
sen and Kirchhoff for their discovery of Spectrum analysis.
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dB'Tyum, a new metal, announced as discovered by
Sergius Keni, 28 June, 1877, in the residuum of platinum ore;
said Ui be hard, infusible, and rather ductile. It has been
suspected to be ruthenium.
day. Day began at sunrise among most of the northern
nations, at sunset among the Athenians and Jews ; and among
the Romans at midnight as with us. The Italians in some
places reckon the day from sunset to sunset, making their
clocks strike 24 hours. The Chinese divide the day into 12
parts of 2 hours each. The astronomical day begins at noon,
is divided into 24 hours (instead of 2 parts of 12 hours), and
is used in the nautical almanac. Thus the astronomical day
8 Dec. begins at noon of 8 Dec. and ends at noon 9 Dec. At
Greenwich, from 1 Jan. 1885, the day of 24 hours began at
midnight ; the reckoning was recommended for railways, etc.
The Washington Prime Meridian Conference adopted a reso-
lution declaring the universal day to be the mean solar day,
beginning, for all the world, at the moment of mean midnight
of the initial meridian, coinciding with the beginning of the
civil ilay, and that meridian to be counted from zero up to 24
hours, 21 Oct. 1884. The scheme for universal time was ad-
vocated by W. H. M. Christie, the astronomer royal at the
Royal British institution, 19 Mch. 1886. Standard Timk.
cleacone§ses, or ministering widows, have their qual-
ifications given in 1 'rim. v. 9, 10 (65). Their duties were to
visit the poor and sick, assist at the agapre or love-feasts, ad-
monish the j'oung women, etc. The office was discontinued
in the Western church in the 5th and 6th centuries, and in the
Greek church about the 121 h, but again revived by pastor
Fliedner, of the United Evangelical church of Prussia, at
Kaiserswerth, in 1836. The appointment of deaconesses in th«
Anglican church, subject to the parochial clergy, was advocated
by the bishop of Ely, Englan'd, about 1853, and some were ap-
pointed. The Diocesan Deaconess institution, London, was
established in 1861. The largest institution in the United
States is in the Episcopal diocese of Long Island, established
in 1872.
deacon§ (literally, servants), an order of Christian min-
isters, began with the Apostles, about 53 (Acts vi.). Their
qualifications are given by St. Paul (65),.l Tim. iii. 8-14. This
order or office is established in the church of Rome, Anglican,
Presbyterian, Congregational, Baptist, Methodist, and others.
dead. Prayers for their benefit were probably offered
in the 2d century, being referred to by Tertullian, who died
220. The practice was protested against by Aerius, and de-
fended by Epiphanius, who died 403. It is generally objected
to by the church of England, but is not expressly forbidden;
80 decided in the court of arches, 1873-76.
dead "iweight loan acquired its name from its
locking up the capital of the Bank of England, which in 1823
advanced 11,000,000/. to the government (to construct new
ordnance, etc.), in exchange for an annuity of 585,740/. for
44 years, which ceased in June, 1867.
deaf and dumb. Comparing the figures of 1885,
there were in the United States, Great Britain, and France,
179 schools for the deaf and dumb, employing about 1200 teach-
ers and having over 12,500 pupils. Of these schools, 61 were
in the U. S., 48 in Great Britain and Ireland, and 70 in France.
There were in the U. S. in 1891, 73 schools with an aggregate
attendance of 8000 scholars, and employing over 600 teachers;
the value of the buildings and groinids belonging to these 73
institutions is about $10,000,000. The estimated deaf popula-
tion of the U. S. is 40,000, about 2000 of whom live in New
York and Brooklyn. The first systematic attempt to instruct
the deaf and dumb was made by Pedro de Ponce, a Benedic-
tine monk of Spain, on Jerome Cardan's system, about 1570.
Bonet, a monk, publishes a system of deaf-mute instruction at
Madrid 1620
Dr. John Wallis, Savilian professor of mathematics in the uni-
versity of Oxford, taught the deaf and dumb, and published
a work on the subject 1650
"Didascalocophus, or Deaf and Dumb Man's Tutor," by George
Dalgrano (the first English writer who gives a manual alpha-
bet) pub 1680
Abb6 de I'Ep^e establishes his school in Paris 1765
First school for deaf-mutes in Great Britain started in Edin-
burgh by Thomas Braidwood 1773
Dr. W. Thornton, of Philadelphia, Pa., published an essay on
"Teaching the Deaf to Speak" 1793
Unsuccessful attempts made by Braidwood to establish schools
for the deaf in Now York and Virginia
Asylum for deaf-and-dumb children opened in Loudon through
the exertions of Mr. Townsond in 17y'2; one in Edinburgh by J.
Braidwood in 1810; and one in Birmingham by T. Braidwood,
Asylum at Claromont, Dublin, opened
First institution for the instruction of deaf-mutes in America,
opened under dr. T. H. Gallaudet, at Hartford, Conn.. 1.5 Apr.
New York institution chartered, 15 Apr. 1817 ; Pennsylvania
institution, 1820 ; Kentucky institution
[Provision for the education of deaf-mutes is now made In
every stale.]
Rev. dr. T. H. Gallaudet, vicar of St. Ann's church, New York,
begins holding services in the sign language in his church. .
Statue to the memory of rev. T. H. Gallaudet. erected at a cost
of $2500 by the deaf of the U. S., is unveiled at Hartford,
6 ~
Conn.
Sei)t.
1811
1815
1816
1817
1852
1854
1864
1866
1869
1870
1871
1872
1874
1876
ItSO
1885
National college for deaf mutes, dr. E. M. Gallaudet, president,
established at Washington, D. C
Alex. Melville Bell expounds his system of Visible speech to
the Society of Arts, London 14 Mch.
An English deaf-and-dumb debating club (Wallis club) closed
its :Jd session Apr.
Foundation stone of St. Saviour's church, near Oxford St., Lon-
don, for the deaf and dumb, laidby the prince of Wales, 5 July,
A.ssociation for the oral instruction of deaf and dumb, founded
in England on the German system introduced by William
van Praagh
[Taught by speech and lip movement only, the finger al-
phabet and artificial signs excluded]
Oral Association school and Training college on Fitzroy sqnnre,
London, Engl., established 16 July,
Church mission to deaf mutes incorporated in the U. S
Monument to Laurent Clerc erected in Hartford, Conn., and
unveiled 16 Sept.
Ordination of the first deaf person to the ministry of the Epis-
copal church, rev. Henry Winter Syle, occurs in Philadelphia,
International congress at Milan ; great majority in favor of oral
teaching of deaf-mutes Sept.
A deaf mutes' home, begun as a branch of the church mission,
removed to Wappinger's Falls, N. Y., and established as the
Gallaudet home for aged and infirm deaf-mutes
Bronze statue, emblematic of the meeting between Gallaudet
and Alice Cogswell, and called the "Gallaudet Centennial
Memorial," is unveiled at Washington, D. C 26 June, 1889
Convention of deaf-mutes from all parts of the world at Paris, "
dean (decanvs), a name commonly given to the arch-
presbyter, or eldest [jresbyter, in the 12th century ; originally
a military title, an officer over 10 soldiers. In the church of
England the dean and chapter of a cathedral nominally elect
the bishop and form his council. By 13 and 14 Car. IL (1662),
a dean must be in priest's orders. The office had sometimes
been held by a layman, under special dispensation. The an-
cient office of " rural dean," often revived in England since
1850. The Deans and Canons' Resignation act passed 13 May,
1872. The Five Deans' memorial, and counter- memorial.
Church of England, 1881.
Dean, Forest of, Gloucestershire, Engl., anciently all
wooded, in the last centurj^, though much curtailed, was 20
miles long and 10 wide. It was famous for its oaks, the ma-
terial of ships of war. Riots in this district, when more than
3000 persons assembled in the forest, and demolished upwards
of 50 miles of wall and fence, throwing open 10,000 acres of
plantation, took place on 8 June, 1831. The Dean Forest
(mines) act passed 16 Aug. 1871.
death penalty, ordained for murder, 2348 B.C. (Gen.
ix. 6). B.C.
Jews generally stoned their criminals (Lev. xx. 2) 1490
Dracos code punished every offence with death 621
It was limited to murder by Solon 594
Maurice, son of a nobleman, hanged, drawn, and quartered, for a.d.
piracy, the first such execution in England, 25 Hen. Ill 1241
Capital punishment abolished in Russia by Catherine II., ex-
cept for treason 1767
Abolished for most offences in England by sir Robert Peel's
acts, 4 to 10 Geo. IV ; 1824-29
By the Criminal Law Consolidation acts, death was confined to
treason and wilful murder 1861
British commission on capital punishment (appointed 1864)
recommend penal servitude instead of death for unpremedi-
tated killing, and that executions be private Dec. 1865
Capital punishment practically abolished in Italy Apr. "
Its proposed abolition in Belgium negatived 18 Jan. 1867
["Capital Punishment within Prisons bill" passed May,
1868; 1st case, 13 Aug. 1868. Exkcutions.]
Capital punishment abolished in Saxony 1 Apr. 1868
Vote for its abolition in Switzerland, 1874; for its restoration
(191,197-177,263) May, 1879
Abolition of it in Great Britain proposed by Mr. Gilpin in the
commons; negatived (127-23), 21 Apr. 1868; negatived (118-
58), 29 July, 1869; negatived (167-54), 24 July, 1872; (155-
50), 12 June, 1877; (263-64), 13 Mch. 1878; proposed by Mr.
Pease, negatived (175-79) 22 June, 1881
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Capital punishment by electricity ordered to be adopted by the
state of New York from • • -1 Jan. 1889
Execution of William Kemmler by electricity was ordered, but
deferred, on appeal H Oct.
Execution by electricity declared constitutional by the court of
appeals 22 Mch. 1890
Execution of Kemmler stopped by habeas corpus 29 Apr. '
Effected with some difficulty 6 Aug. "
Four men executed by electricity at Sing Sing, N. Y. . . .7 July, 1891
There were 123 legal executions in the U. S "
[Of these 52 were white, 65 negroes, 1 Mexican, 4 Indians, 1 Jap-
anese. The most in any state— Georgia, 16 ; Texas, 12 ; Louisiana,
9; .Mississippi, 8. Ckimk.]
Practically ceased in Belgium, Prussia, Bavaria, Denmark, and Swe-
den, though not abolished.
In France, 126 convictions for murder— 4 executed in one year; simi-
lar proportion in Italy.
Abolished in some of the U. S. Maine, 1876; Rhode Island, Michigan,
and WLsconsin, since.
Modes of execution (1889) :— Austria, gallows, public; Bavaria, guil-
lotine, private ; Belgium, guillotine, public; Brunswick, axe, pri-
vate ; China, sword or cord, public ; Denmark, guillotine, pub-
lic ; Ecuador, musket, public ; France, guillotine, public ; Great
Britain, gallows, private; Hanover, guillotine, private; Italy, cap-
ital punishment aboli.shed; Netherlands, gallows, public; Olden-
burg, musket, public ; Portugal, gallows, public ; Prussia, sword,
private; Russia, musket, gallows, or sword, public; Saxony, when
executed, guillotine, private; Spain, garrote, public ; Switzerland,
15 cantons, sword, public ; 2 cantons, guillotine, public ; 2 canton.s,
guillotine, private; United States (other than New York), gallows,
mostly private.
debtor§ have been subjected to imprisonment in almost
all countries and times. In 18 months after the panic of Dec.
1825, 101,000 writs for debt were issued in England. In the
year ending 5 Jan. 1830, there were 7114 persons sent to the
prisons of London ; on that day 1547 of the number were yet
confined. On 1 Jan. 1840, there were 1732 prisoners for debt
in England and Wales, less than 1000 in Ireland, and in Scot-
land under 100. Statutes of relief and other causes reduced
the number of imprisoned debtors. When the new Bankruptcy
act (abolishing imprisonment for debt, except when fraudu-
lent) came into operation, Nov. 1861, many debtors were re-
leased. "Arrest of Absconding Debtors bill," 14 and 15 Vict,
c. 52, 1852. In 1863 nearly 18,000 persons were imprisoned
by the county courts : average time, 15 days ; amount of debt,
3^. 10s. By act passed 9 Aug. 1869, the imprisonment of fraud-
ulent debtors was abolished, with certain exceptions, and
nearly a hundred debtors were released by a judge's order in
Jan. 1870. An act to facilitate the arrest of absconding debt-
ors, passed 9 Aug. 1870. Imprisonment for debt in Ireland
was abolished by an act passed 6 Aug. 1872, and in Scotland
(after 31 Dec.) by Dr. Cameron's act, passed 7 Sept. 1880. In
the United States, even as late as 1829, it is estimated that
there were 3000 debtors in prison in Massachusetts, 10,000 in
New York, 7000 in Pennsylvania, 3000 in Maryland, and a like
proportion in the other states, many of them imprisoned for the
sum of $1. In 1828 there were 1085 debtors imprisoned in
Philadelphia, their debts amounting to $25,409 ; the expense
of keeping them was $362,076, paid by the city ; amount of
debts recovered by this process, $295. Imprisonment for debt
abolished in the U. S. by an act of the 22d Congress, 2d session,
1833, though not fully enforced until 1839. Kentucky had
previously abolished the law, 1821 ; Ohio, 1828 ; Maryland,
1830 ; New York, 1831 ; Connecticut, 1837 ; Alabama, 1848,
etc. The imprisonment of col. William Barton (who captured
the British gen. Prescott, 10 July, 1777) for debt, drew from
Whittier his fine poem, " The Prisoner for Debt."
de'busscope (from Debus, the inventor, and scope,
Gr. fjKOTrdv, view), an instrument of French origin, some-
what similar to the kaleidoscope, said to be useful for devising
patterns for calico-printers, etc., appeared in 1860.
Decam'erone' (10 days). Boccaccio, Literature.
Decean, Dekhan, or Dakhan, S. India, was
invaded by the Mahometans in 1294. The first independent
sultan was Alaudin. The natives revolted, and the dynasty
of Bahmani was founded by Hasan Ganga in 1347. About
1686-90, Aurungzebe I. recovered the Decean, but soon lost
great part of it to the Mahrattas. The Nizam al Mulk, his
viceroy, became independent in 1717. A large part of the
Decean was ceded to the English in 1818.
December (from decern, ten), the tenth month of the
year of Romulus, commencing in March. In 713 b.c., Numa
introduced January and February before March, and Decem-
ber became the 12th of the year. In the reign of Com-
modus, 181-92 a.d., December was called Amazonius, in honor
of a courtesan whom that prince had loved, and had had
painted like an amazon. The English year began 25 Dec,
until the reign of William I. Year.
Decem'viri, or " Ten Men," appointed to draw up a
code of laws, to whom for a time the whole government of Rome
was committed, 451 b.c. The laws they drew up were ap-
proved by the senate and general assembly of the people, writ-
ten on 10 metallic tables, and set up in the place where the
people met (comi(ium). 2 more tables were added, 450 b.c.
The Decemviri at first ruled well, but the conduct of Appius
Claudius towards Virginia, daughter of L. Virginius, precipi-
tated an insurrection. They were forced to resign ; and con-
suls were again appointed, 449 b.c.
deeemia'lia, festivals instituted by Augustus, 17 b.c.,
celebrated by the Roman emperors every 10th year of their
reign, with sacrifices, games, and largesses. — Livt/. Celebrated
by Antoninus Pius, 148 a.d.
decimal §y§tem of coinag^e,\reight§, etc.
In 1782, Gouverneur Morris, assistant fiscal agent of the Con-
tinental Congress (U. S.), reported a decimal currency system,
designed to harmonize the moneys of the states. He ascer-
tained that the 1440th part of a Spanish d^jUar was a com-
mon divisor for the various currencies. With this as a unit
he proposed the following table of moneys: 10 units to be
equal to 1 penny, 10 pence to 1 bill, 10 bills 1 dollar (about 75
cents of the present currency), 10 dollars 1 crown. In 1784,
Mr. Jefferson, as chairman of a committee of Congress, proposed
to strike 4 coins upon the basis of the Spanish dollar, as fol-
lows : A gold piece worth 10 dollars, a dollar in silver, a 10th
of a dollar in silver, a 100th of a dollar in copper. Congress
adopted his proposition, hence the cent, dime, dollar, and eagle
of the U. S. currency. Coin, Metric system.
decip'ium, a new metal found by M. Delafontaine in
the same earth with Piiilippium, announced Nov. 1878.
Declaration of Independence. The idea
of independence, or a total separation from Great Britain, was
not fully entertained by the American colonists until the spring
of 1776. In Nov. 1775, Pennsylvania had enjoined her dele-
gates to reject any proposition tending to separation ; and in
Jan. 1776, New Jersey and Maryland so instructed their dele-
gates. In Jan. 1776, " Common Sense," a pamphlet by Thomas
Paine, appeared in Philadelphia, advocating a final and formal
separation. This was widely circulated, and convinced multi-
tudes of the necessity of a separate government. Lord Dun-
more's ravages in Virginia, and the action of the Tories in
North Carolina, strengthened the cause of independence in the
South, and the evacuation of Boston, in the North. The growth
of this sentiment finally culminated in Virginia's instructing
her delegates, 15 May, 1776, to propose in Congress a declara-
tion of independence. On 7 June, Richard Henry Lee moved
in that body, " that the United Colonies are, and ought to be,
free and independent states, and that their political connection
Avith Great Britain is, and ought to be, dissolved." The debate
on this resolution took place with closed doors, 8 June, and it
passed b}' a bare majority of 7 states to 6. The delegates
from Pennsylvania, New Jersej', and Maryland were expressly
instructed against it ; tho.se from New York, Delaware, and
South Carolina, being without instructions, were unwilling to
assume the responsibility. In view of this slight majority the
subject was postponed until July 1 ; but Congress appointed,
meanwhile, a committee of 5, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams,
Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston,
to prepare a formal declaration of independence. The draft of
the declaration was prepared by Jefferson, and reported by the
committee to Congress on 28 June, 1776. When the sul)ject
was brought before Congress, 1 July, 9 colonies instea<l of 7
supported it ; New York declined ; Delaware was divided ;
Pennsylvania, 3 for, 4 against ; South Carolina, 1 for, 3 against;
but when the question came up for final action, 4 July, 1776,
Delaware declared for it, as did South Carolina and Penn.syl-
vania, Robert Morris and Dickinson of that state absenting
them.selves ; New York still declined to vote. However, the
new provisional assembly of that state, which met at White
Plains, 9 July, at once gave its sanction to the declaration,
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which thus became the unanimoua act of the 13 united states.
The declaration was ordered by Congress to be engrossed on
parchment, and was signed, 2 Aug. 1776, by all the delegates
then present (54) ; later, in Oct., by Thomas McKean, Del. ; in
Nov. by Matthew Tlu>rnton, N. H. United States.
SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
8Ut«.
Nmiie.
Born.
Diea.
Samuel Huntington..
3 July, 1732
5 Jan. 1796
Roger Sherman
19 Apr. 1721
23 July. 1793
Connecticut...
William Whipple
1730
28 Nov. 1786
William Williams....
8 Apr. 1731
2 Aug. 1811
Oliver Wolcott
26 Nov. 1726
IDec. 1797
(Thomas McKoan
\ George Road
19Mch. 1734
24 June, 1817
Delaware
1734
1798
(Caesar Rodney
1730
1783
( Button Gwinnett
England, 1732
27 May, 1777
Georgia.
J George Walton
( Lyman Hall . . .
1740
2 Feb. 1804
1731
20 Sept. 1737
1784
fCliarles Carroll ..' '.i .
14 Nov. 1832
Maryland
! Samuel Chase
William I'aca
Thomas Stone
17 Apr. 1741
19 June, 1811
31 Oct. 1740
1799
1742
5 Oct. 1787
John Adams
19 Oct. 1735
4 July, 1826
Samuel Adams
22 Sept. 1722
3 Oct. 1803
Massachusetts
Elbridge Gerry
17 July, 1744
23 Nov. 1814
John Hancock
12 Jan. 1737
8 Oct. 1793
Robert Treat Paine. . .
1731
11 May, 1814
New Hamp-
Josiah Bartlett
{ Matthew Tliornton . . .
Nov. 1729
19 May, 1795
shire
Ireland, 1714
24 June, 1803
Abraham Clark
15 Feb. 1726
Sept. 1794
John Hart
1715
1780
New Jersey. . .
Francis Hopkinson. . .
1737
9 May, 1791
Richard Stockton
1 Oct. 1730
28 Feb. 1781
John Witherspoon.. . .
5 Feb. 1722
15 Nov. 1794
^Villiam Floyd
17 Dec. 1734
1 Aug. 1821
New York....
Francis Lewis
( Wales, )
iMch. 1713 1
30 Dec. 1803
Philip Livingston....
15 Jan. 1716
12 June, 1778
Lewis Morris
1726
22 Jan. 1798
North Caro-
lina.
Joseph Hewes
1730
10 Nov. 1779
William Hooper
John Penn
17 June, 1742
Oct. 1790
17 May, 1741
Sept. 1788
f George Clymer.
24 Jan. 1739
23 Jan. 1813
Beiyamiu Franklin...
17 Jan. 1706
17 Apr. 1790
Robert Morris
( England, |
(20 Jan. 1734 f
8 May, 1806
Pennsylvania.
John Morton
1724
1730
Apr. 1777
July, 1779
George Ross
Benjamin Rush
24 Dec. 1745
19 Apr. 1813
James Smith
Ireland, 1710
11 July, 1806
George Taylor
Ireland, 1716
23 Feb. 1781
James Wilson
Scotland, 1742
28 Aug. 1798
TthndA TelAnrl
William Ellery
Stephen Hopkins
22 Dec. 1727
15 Feb. 1820
M.*ixv\tv iDiauu.
7Mch. 1707
13 July, 1785
Thomas Haywardjr.
1746
Mch. 1809
South Carolina
Thomas Lynch, jr
5 Aug. 1749
1779
Arthur Middleton. .. .
1743
1 Jan. 1788
Edward Rutledge....
Nov. 1749
23 Jan. 1800
f Carter Braxton
10 Sept. 1736
10 Oct. 1797
Benjamin Harrison...
1740
Apr. 1791
Thomas Jefferson
13 Apr. 1743
4 July, 1826
Virginia
Richard Henry Lee...
20 Jan. 1732
19 June, 1794
Francis Lightfoot Lee
14 Oct. 1734
Apr. 1797
Thomas Nelson, jr.. . .
26 Dec. 1738
4 Jan. 1789
George Wythe
1726
8 June, 1806
Declaration of Rights. Rights; Virginia,
1776.
Decoration day. The custom of strewing flowers
on the graves of soldiers originated among Southern women
during the civil war. The beautiful custom gradually spread
throughout the country, and in 1868 and 1869 gen. John A.
Logan, as commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, appointed 30 May for that purpose. Since that time
30 May in each year has been observed as Decoration day
throughout the United States.
decorative art. Its principles, enunciated by A.
W. Pugin in his " Designs," in 1835, have been advanced by
Owen .Jones, Redgrave, and others. Owen Jones's elaborate
"Grammar of Ornament" was pub. in 1856. A decorative
art society, founded in 1844, existed for a short time only.
De Courcy'S privilege, of standing covered be-
fore the king, granted by king John to John de Courcy, baron
of Kingsale, and his successors, in 1203. He was the first Irish
nobleman created by an English sovereign, 27 Hen. II. 1181,
and was intrusted with the government of Ireland, 1185. The
privilege was allowed to the baron of Kingsale by William
III., George III., and by George IV. at his court held in Dub-
lin in Aug. 1821. The present baron is the 30th in succession.
I
decretals formed the second part of the canon law, or
collection of the pope's edicts and decrees and the decrees of
councils. The first acknowledged to be genuine is a letter of
Siricius to Himerus, a bishop of Spain, written in the first
year of his pontiticate, 38b.— ffowel. Certain false decretals
were used by Gregory IV. in 837. The decretals of Gratian,
a Benedictine (a collection of canon.s), were compiled in 1150.
— Henault. 5 books were collected by Gregory IX. 1227; a
6th by Boniface VHI. 1297; the Clementines by Clement V.
in 1313; employed by John XXII. in 1317; the Extrava-
gantes range from 1422-83. Literaturk, Forgeries of.
dedication of the Jewish tabernacle, 1490 B.c. ; of the
temple, 1004 b.c ; of the second temple, 515 b.c. The Chris-
tians under Constantine built new churches and dedicated them
with solemnity, in 331 et seq. a.d.— Books were dedicated (by
authors to solicit patronage^r testify respect) in the time of
Maecenas, 17 B.C., friend of Augustus and patron of Horace
(Ode i. 1).
deed, a written contract or agreement. The formula,
'' I deliver this as my act and deed," occurs in a charter of 933.
— Foshrooke. Deeds in J^iigland were anciently written in
Latin or French ; the earliest known in English is the indent-
ure between the abbot of Whitby and Robert Bustard, dated
York, 1343. In the United States the formalities required for
the transfer of real estate are governed by local laws.
deep-sea soundings. Much information respect-
ing animal life and temperature in the deep sea has been ac-
quired by the dredgings on the coast of Norway by M. Sars,
and by those of dr. W. B. Carpenter and prof. Wyville Thom-
son on the British coasts, near the Faroe isles, in 1868
and 1869, and in the Mediterranean by dr. Carpenter in 1870.
Living animals have been found at a depth of 3 miles. On
21 Dec. 1872, dr. Wyville Thomson and a party of scientific
men sailed in the British ship Challenger (capt. G. S. Nares)
to examine the physical and biological condition of the
great ocean basins and the direction of their currents. Deep-
est sounding then known was in the Atlantic, north of St.
Thomas's, 3875 fathoms (4 miles, 710 yards), 24 Mch. 1873. On
10 Dec. 1874, capt. Thompson succeeded capt. Nares, who took
command of the new Arctic expedition. The Challenger re-
turned with valuable collections, 25 May, 1876, after a voyage
of above 80,000 miles. The " Voyage " was published by sir
C. Wyville Thomson in Dec. 1877. A Norwegian expedition
explored the northern seas 16 July-18 Aug. 1877. J^xtensive
deep-sea soundings, especially in the Gulf stream, have been
made by the United States coast survey, with apparatus es-
pecially devised ; and, under the supervision of prof. Agassiz
and the count de Pourtales, much scientific knowledge has
been collected concerning ocean deposits and the deep-sea
faunae. The voyage of the U. S. coast-survey vessel Hassler,
in 1871, with Agassiz and other scientists, was very rich in
results. In Sept. 1889, the South Atlantic ocean, midway be-
tween the island of Tristan d'Acunha and the mouth of the
Rio de la Plata, was stated to be 40,236 ft. or 8f miles in
depth. Greatest depth reported in the Mediterranean 2J miles,
between Molla and Cerigo, 1891. Ocean Areas, Depths,
AND Soundings.
deer are mentioned in a will of one Athelstan, dated
1045. Prof. Owen thinks that fallow-deer are not native,-
but ^yere introduced into England at an early period. There
are now in England 334 deer-parks, the oldest being probably
lord Abergavenny's at Eridge, Sussex. See Evelyn Shirley's
" Account of Deer-parks," July, 1867. 1658 deer in the royal
parks, 1873.
Deerfield, Mass. Massachusetts, 167* -1704, for
Indian massacre.
DeerllOUnd, an English yacht, while conveying arms
to the Carlists, seized by the Spanish government vessel Bue-
naventura, off Biarritz, and captain and crew imprisoned, 13
Aug.; released about 18 Sept. 1873. Rescued capt. Semmes
and part of his crew from the Alabama after her destruction
by the Kearsarge, 19 June, 1864.
Defender of the Faith (Fidei Defensor), a title
of the British sovereign, conferred by Leo X. on Henry VIIL
of England, 11 Oct. 1521, for the tract against Luther on be-
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half of the Church of Rome (then accounted Domidlium jidei
CathoUccB).
degrees. Eratosthenes attempted to determine the
length of a geographical degree about 250 B.c. Geodesy,
Latitude, Longitude. — Collegiate degrees are coeval with
universities. Masters and doctors existed 826. Those in law-
are traced up to 1149; in medicine, to 1384; in music, to
1463. Middle-class examinations for degrees were instituted
at Oxford, 18 June, 1857 ; at Cambridge, 24 Nov. 1857 ; and
girls were allowed to compete for degrees, Oct. 1863. Bill to
enable Scotch universities to grant degrees to women rejected
by the commons, 3 Mch. 1875. Women.
I>eira {dl'rd), a part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of
Northumbria. Britain.
deism, theism, or monotheism (Lat. Deus;
Gr. Gfof, God), the belief in one God, opposed to polytheism
or to the doctrine of the Trinity. About the middle of the
16th century the term deist began to be applied in France and
Italy to men who disputed the doctrine of the Trinity. The
most distinguished deists were Herbert, baron of Cherburj', in
1624; Hobbes, Tindal, Morgan, lord Bolingbroke, Gibbon,
Hume, Holcroft, Paine, and Godwin.
High-caste Brahmin, Rammohun Roy, founded a Brahmin mon-
otheistic church about 1830
"Progressive Brahmins," termed the Brahmo Somaj, or the-
istic church of India, opened a place of worship at Calcutta,
24 Aug. 1869
Their leader, Baboo Keshub Chunder Sen, was received at a
public meeting in London as a reformer, 12 Apr., and subse-
quently preached in a Unitarian chapel, Finsbury, London. . 1870
Schism in his church ; new church formed 1880
Philosophy, Unitarians.
DelBg'O'a hay, S.E.Africa, claimed by Great Britain
and Portugal. Having been referred to arbitration, it was
awarded to Portugal by marshal MacMahon, Aug. 1875.
Delaware, one of the middle Atlantic states, is, next
to Rhode Island, the smallest state in the Union. Its south-
ern boundary is a line drawn
due west from the Atlantic on
lat. 38° 28' N., half way to the
Chesapeake bay. Its western
boundary is a line drawn north
from this point, tangent to a
circle having a radius of 12
miles and with New Castle as
its centre. An arc of this cir-
cle forms the northern bound-
ary of the state, and separates
it from Pennsylvania in about
lat. 39° 50'. Delaware river
and bay separate it from New
Jersey on the east, and Maryland lies to the south and west.
Area, 2050 sq. miles, in 3 counties ; pop. 1890, 168,493. Capi-
tal, Dover.
■Henry Hudson discovers the Delaware river 28 Aug 1609
Lord De la Warr, governor of Virginia, enters the bay called
by his name 1610
Samuel Godyn, a director in the Dutch West India company,
purchases 16 Dutch sq. miles from the natives, at the mouth
of the Delaware 25 July, 1630
David Petersen de Vries makes a small settlement at the
Hoorn-kill, now Lewes, just within the entrance to Delaware
bay, and calls it Swanendael Mch. 1631
De Vries having left the colony soon after, returns to find it
destroyed by the Indians; all the settlers killed 5 Dec. 1632
Owners of Swanendael transfer all their interest in the property
to the directors of the Dutch West India company 7 Feb. 1635
First permanent settlement of Europeans in Delaware by
Swedes under Peter Minuit, a former director of the Dutch
West India company at Manhattan. They locate at Christi-
ana, within the present limits of Wilmington, build a fort and
erect a church within its walls, and name the territory ' ' New
Sweden " Mch. 1638
Minuit buys from 5 chiefs of the Minquas territory on west
side of the Delaware, from Bombay Hook to the river Schuyl-
kill, with no western boundary specified 29 Mch. "
Protest against Swedish settlement by William Kieft, director-
general of the New Netherlands, on claim of prior possession
by the Dutch 6 May, "
Peter Minuit having been drowned in a storm at sea off the
West Indies, lieut. Peter HoUender, commissioned governor
of New Sweden, arrives with new immigrants at Christiana,
just as the colony had resolved to break up 11 Apr. 1640
Dutch settlement made a few miles from Christiana under a
hereditary fief grant from the crown of Sweden 2 Nov. "
Johan Printz, a Swede, appointed governor of New Sweden,
arrives at Christiana with 2 vessels of war 15 Feb. 1643
Fifth Swedish expedition arrives at Christiana 11 Mch. 1644
Dutch States-general and West India company secure from the
Indians a deed to all lands between Christiana creek and Cana-
rosse, the same which had been sold to the Swedes by the
Indians, and erect fort Casimir, now New Castle 19 July, 1651
Gov. Printz, returning home, appoints his son-in law, Johan
Pappegoia, governor of the colony Oct. 1652
Johan Claudii Rising, arriving at fort Casimir in the ship
Eagle, direct from Sweden, with reinforcements for the col-
ony in New Sweden, demands its surrender, takes the fort
without bloodshed, and renames it fort Trinity May, 1654
Vice-gov. Pappegoia returning to Sweden soon. Rising assumes
supreme authority as director-general of New Sweden "
Gov. Peter Stuyvesant of Manhattan captures forts Trinity and
Christiana, sends to Europe all Swedes refusing allegiance to
Holland, and brings the colony under Dutch rule, 16-25 Sept. 1655
Gov. Rising and companions embark for Sweden on the De
Waag, and bid farewell to Delaware 1 Oct. "
Stuyvesant commissions Johan Paul Jaquet governor of the
Dutch colony on the Delaware, who selects fort Casimir as
his residence 29 Nov. "
Swedes arriving on the ship Mercurius, not knowing of the
change in government, attempt to ascend the river and land,
but are dismissed by the Dutch without bloodshed. . .24 Mch. 1656
Gov. -general and council give 75 deeds for land, chiefly for lots
in New Amstel, now New Castle. The first made 12 Apr. "
Dutch West India company transfers to the city of Amsterdam
fort Casimir and the adjacent territory of New Amstel, which
becomes known as the Colony of the City 16 Aug. "
Jaquet is removed for mismanagement, and Jacob Alrich ap-
pointed in Holland as governor of New Amstel. r Apr. 1657
William Beekman appointed vice-governor of the Colony of
the Company, with headquarters at Altena, now Wilmington,
28 Oct. 1658
Beekman secures a deed of land from the Indians, and erects
a fort at the Hoorn-kill 23 May, 1659
Gov. Alrich dies; Alexander Hinoyosa succeeds 30 Dec. "
Colony of the Company surrenders its rights to the Colony of
the City 7 Feb. 1663
Colony passes into British control under the duke of York, 1 Oct. 1664
New Amstel surrendered to sir Robert Carr, sent to subject
the country by Charles II., and called New Castle 3 Nov. "
Swedish church erected at Crane-hook, 1>^ miles from fort
Christiana 1667
Temporary council of deputy-gov. Carr and 6 others, swear-
ing allegiance to the duke of York, established at New
Castle 1668
Konigsmarke, better known as the "Long Finn," instigating
rebellion against the duke of York in Delaware, is arrested
and imprisoned in New York; afterwards transported to
the Barbadoes 20 Dec. 1669
George Fox, the Friend, holds a large meeting in New Castle. . 1672
New Castle incorporated and a constable's court erected. .May, "
Anthony Clove appointed governor of Delaware under the
Dutch, who retake New York 12 Aug. 1673
By treaty of Westminster, Delaware reverts to the English,
and sir Edmund Andros reappoints, magistrates who had
been removed by the Dutch 1674
William Penn arrives at New Castle with deed from duke of
York for a circle of 12 miles around New Castle, and lands
between this tract and the sea 28 Oct. 1682
Act of union and naturalization passed at the first assembly in
Upland (now Chester, Pa.), annexing to Pennsylvania the 3
lower counties on the Delaware : New Castle, Kent, and Sus-
sex 7 Dec. "
Lords of Trade and Plantations decide in favor of Penn against
lord Baltimore's claim to Delaware 1685
Delaware, under its charter from Penn, forms a legislative as-
sembly, first meeting at New Castle 1703
Willingtown, now Wilmington, laid out by Thomas Willing, Oct. 1731
After 20 years of litigation, the boundaries of Delaware are de-
fined 1733
James Adams introduces printing into Delaware, publishing at
Wilmington, for 6 months, the Wilmington Courant 1761
Thomas McKean and Caesar Rodney sent as delegates to the
first Colonial Congress at New York 7 Oct. 1765
Caesar Rodney chosen commissioner to erect state- house and
public buildings in Dover 1772
Thomas McKean, George Read, and Caesar Rodney elected
delegates to the first Continental Congress 1774
Assembly unanimously approves resolution of Continental
Congress of 15 May, and overturns the proprietary govern-
ment, substituting the name of the province on all occasions
for that of the king, and directs the delegates to vote on in-
dependence according to their own judgment 15 June, 1776
Convention at New Castle frames a new constitution, assumes
the name "The Delaware State," and designates Dover as
capital 27 Aug. "
Evening after battle of Brandywine, pres. McKinley captured
by a {larty of British ; George Read, speaker of assembly, suc-
ceeds him 12 Sept. 1777
Thomas McKean of Delaware elected president of Continental
Congress 10 July, 1781
Richard Basset, Gunning Bedford, jr., Jacob Broom, John
Dickinson, and George Read, sign the Constitution of the
U. S. as representatives from Delaware 17 Sept. 1787
Delaware first state to adopt the federal Constitution, and
without amendments 7 Dec. "
New constitution, framed by a convention at Newcastle, changes
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the name to ''The State of Dolnware," and goes into operation
without siibiuission to tlio people Juno, 1792
Act appn)priatinf( receipts from marriage and Uivern licenses
for a Hchuol-fuud 1796
James A. Bayard of Delaware apjwinted minister plenipoten-
tiary to France 19 Feb. 1801
Du Pont powder mills near Wilmington, established by Eleu-
thdre Ir€n«Se Du Pont de Nemours 1802
Ciesar Rodney of Delaware appointed attorney-general of
I'- S 20 Jan. 1807
"The Wilmington Turnpike company " incorporated. ...1 Feb. 1808
James A. Bayard of Wilmington, one of the negotiators of the
treaty of (ihent. signed 24 Dec. 1814
Caesar Rodney of Delaware appointed minister plenipoten-
tiary to Buenos Ayres 27 Jan. 1823
Act passed establishing free schools 1829
Chesapeake and Delaware canal completed at cost of $2,250,000 "
Locomotive introduced on New Castle railroad 1831
Louis McLane of Delaware appointed U. S. secretary of the
treasury 8 Aug. "
State constitution revised by a convention of 30 delegates at
Dover. 8 Nov. "
Wilmington made a city 1832
New Castle- and Frenchtown railroad, 16>^ miles long, com-
pleted "
Louis McLane appointed U. S. secretary of state 29 May, 1833
Explosion of 5000 pounds of powder at Du Font's powder mills,
Wilmington 18 Apr. 1847
Title to Pea Patch island, derived from Delaware by U. S. and
f^om New Jersey by James Humphrey, many years in litiga-
tion, awarded to U. S. by hon. John Sergeant, referee, 15 Jan. 1848
John .Middleton Clayton of Delaware negotiates the Clayton-
Bulwer treaty with the British government Apr. 1850
A new constitution framed and submitted to the people, but re-
jected 11 Oct. 1853
Amendment to constitution changing day of state elections,
30 Jan. 1855
Henry Dickinson, commissioner from Mississippi, invites the
state to join the confederacy; proposition rejected unani-
mously by the House and by a majority of the Senate. 3 Jan. 1861
Delaware declares for the Union 15 Apr. "
Delaware added to the military department of Washington,
19 Apr. "
Gov. Burton calls for volunteers for U. S. army, and obtains a
regiment of about 775 3-months' men. (Subsequently 2 regi-
ments of about 1000 each were enlisted for the war) . . 23 Apr. ' '
A peace convention at Dover resolves against the war, and for
a peaceable recognition of the confederacy 27 June, "
Delaware raises its quota for volunteer army, under calls of July
and .August, without drafting; in all about 5000 men furnished
by the state 1862
Gov. Cannon undertakes military supervision for the U. S. of
election for congressman; opposition in public meeting at
New Castle decide not to vote, as a protest against the inter-
ference 17 Nov. 1863
Delaware creates her flrst state debt, by issuing bonds for
$1,000,000 for obtaining substitutes for the draft 1864
Equal-rights convention held at Wilmington 4 Sept. 1867
General ta.x act passed, including corporation tax on railroad
capital stock, net earnings, and rolling stock Apr. 1869
Woman's Suffrage convention at Wilmington Nov. "
Delaware State college at Newark organized 1870
Ratification of 15lh amendment celebrated by colored people of
Delaware with much enthusiasm 14 Apr. "
New Castle, with a population of 2300, incorporated as a city. . 1875
School bill passed; board of education to consist of the presi-
dent of Delaware college, secretary of state, and state auditor, "
State Temperance convention at Smyrna 26 Dec. 1878
Act passed imposing a fine on any person taking part in any
political torch-light parade ". 1881
High-license bill passed by legislature 1889
Pillory and whipping for female convicts abolished "
Provision made for a state hospital for the insane at Wilming-
ton Aug. "
Monument over grave of Caesar Rodney, 1728-84, member of
Continental Congress, signer of Declaration of Independence,
and president (gov.) of the state, unveiled 30 Oct. 1889
I
A secret-ballot law passed, and the governor made president
of the state board of education Instead of the president of
Delaware college at session of the legislature, 6 Jan. -16 May, 1891
Ex-gov. John W. Hall dies at Frederica. 23 Jan. 1892
GOVERNORS OF DELAWARE.
UNDER THE SWEDES.
Name.
Dat«.
Remarks.
Peter Minuit
1638 to 1640
1640 " 1642
1643 " 1652
1653 " 1654
1654 " 1655
( Formerly governor of
{ New York
Peter Hollender
Johan Printz
Johan Pappegoia
Johan C. Rising
(Swedish colony surren-
{ ders to the Dutch from
( Manhattan.
the
UNDER THE DUTCH.
Peter Stuy vesant | 1655 to 1664 I I Surrendered to
I I I English.
ENGLISH COLONIAL.
From 1664 up to 1682, under the government of New York; and
ft-om 1683 up to 1773, under the proprietary governraeut of
Pennsylvania.
John McKinley
Caesar Rodney . .
John Dickinson
John Cook
Nicholas Van Dyke.
Thomas Collins
Joshua Clayton
Joshua Clayton
Gunning Bedford
Daniel Rogers
Richard Bassett
Jas. Sykes
David Hall
Nathaniel Mitchell
Geo. Truitt
Joseph Hazlett
Daniel Rodney
John Clark
Jacob Stout
John Collins
Caleb Rodney
Joseph Hazlett
Sam'l Paynter
Chas. Polk
David Hazzard
Caleb P. Bennett
Chas. Polk
Cornelius P. Comegys.
Wm. B. Cooper
Thomas Stockton
Joseph Maul
Wm. Temple
Wm. Thorp
Wm. H. Ross
Peter F. Cansey
Wm. Burton
Wm. Cannon
Grove Saulsbury
Jas. Ponder
John P. Cochran
John W. Hall
Chas.C. Stockley
Benj. T. Biggs
Robt. J. Reynolds
Joshua H. Marvil
1776 to 1777
1778 " 1781
1782 " 1783
1783
1784
1786
1789
1783
1786
1789
1792
1792 " 1796
1796
' 1797
1797
' 1798
1798
' 1801
1801
' 1802
1802
' 1805
1805
' 1808
1808
' 1811
1811
' 1814
1814
' 1817
1817
' 1820
1820 '
' 1821
1821 '
' 1822
1822
' 1823
1823 '
' 1824
1824 '
' 1827
1827 '
' 1830
1830 '
' 1833
1833 '
' 1836
1836 '
' 1837
1837 '
' 1840
1840 '
' 1844
1844 '
' 1846
1846 '
' 1846
1846 '
' 1846
1847 '
' 1851
1851 '
' 1855
1855 '
' 1859
1859 " 1863
1863 " 1867
1871
1875
1879
1883
1887
1891
1895
1899.
1867
18T1
1875
1879
1883
1887
1891
1895
Termed president.
( Chosen president
( Pennsylvania.
of
First governor elected
under new constitu-
tion.
Died in office.
Acting.
Appointed circuit judge.
Acting.
Acting.
Died in office.
Acting.
Died in office.
Acting.
^
Died in office.
Acting.
Died in office.
Acting. Died in office.
Acting.
Republican.
Democrat.
No Rep. nom.
Republican.
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
Name.
No. of Congress.
Date.
Remarks.
Richard Bassett
1st and 2d
1st " 2d
3d to 6th
8d " 5th
5th
5th to 8th
7th " 11th
8th " 12th
11th " 16th
13th " 14th
15th " 19th
17th
18th to 19th
19th
19th to 20th
20th " 21st
21st " 23d
21st " 23d
24th " 2«th
1789 to 1793
1789 " 1793
1793 " 1801
1793 " 1798
1798
1799 to 1805
1801 " 1809
1805 " 1813
1810 " 1821
1813 " 1817
1817 " 1827
1821 " 1823
1824 " 1827
1826
1827 to 1829
1827 " 1829
1829 " 1835
1830 " 1836
1836 " 1845
Resigned.
Elected in place of Read.
Resigned 1798.
Elected in place of Vining; died 1798.
Elected in place of Clayton. Seated 4 Feb. 1799. Resigned 1805.
Died 1809.
Elected in place of Wells. Resigned 1813.
Elected in place of White. Seated 29 Jan. 1810.
Elected in place of Bayard.
Died 1828.
Resigned 1823.
Appointed pro tern, in place of Van Dyke, 1826.
Elected in place of Van Dyke, 1827.
Resigned 1829.
Resigned.
Elected in place of McLane. Seated 1830. Resigned.
Elected in place of Naudain, 1836.
George Read
Henry Latimer
John Vining
Joshua Clayton
Wm. Hill Wells
Samuel White
James A. Bayard
Outerbridge Horsey
Wm. Hill Wells
Nicholas Van Dyke
Thomas Clayton
Daniel Rodney
Henry M. Ridgely
Louis McLane
John M. Clayton.
Arnold Naudain . . .
Richard H. Bayard
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UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM
THE STATE OF DELAWARE.— (Conttnwed.)
Name.
No. of Congress.
Date.
Remarks.
24th to 29th
29th " 30th
30th '* 31st
30th " 32d
32d " 38th
33d " 34th
34th
35th
36th to 41st
38th " 40th
40th
41st to 48th
42d "50th
49th "
51st "
1837 to 1847
1845 " 1849
1849 " 1851
1847 " 1853
1851 " 1864
1853 " 1856
1856
1858
1859 to 1871
1864 " 1867
1867 " 1869
1869 " 1885
1871 " 1889
1885 "
1889 "
Elected in place of J. M. Clayton. Seated 19 Jan. 1837.
Resigned 1849.
Elected in place of J. M. Clayton, 1849.
Died 9 Nov. 1856.
Appointed pro tern, in place of Clayton, 1856.
Elected in place of Clayton, 1858.
Elected in place of Bayard. Seated 2 Feb. 1864; died 29 Mch.
Appointed pro tem. in place of Riddle, 1867.
(Elected in place of Riddle. Seated 4 Mch. 1869. Resigned
\ Appointed sec. of state by pres. Cleveland.
Elected in place of Bayard, 1885.
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Martin Rat.PS
Willard Saulsbury
Geo Read Riddle
1867
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Thomas Francis Bayard. . . .
Eli Saulsbury
1885.
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Delawares. Indians,
Delflt, S. Holland, a town founded by Godfrey le Bossu
about 1074; famous for "Delft, earthenware;" first manufact-
ured here about 1310. The sale of delft greatly declined after
the introduction of potteries into Germany and England.
Grotius was born here, 10 Apr. 1583; here William, prince of
Orange, was assassinated by Gerard, 10 July, 1584.
Oclhi (dSl'-lee), the once great capital of the Mogul em-
pire, and chief seat of the Mahometan power in India ; it was
taken by Timour in 1398. It is now in decay, but contained
a million inhabitants in 1700. In 1739, when Nadir Shah
invaded Hindostan, he entered Delhi ; 100,000 of the inhabi-
tants perished, and plunder worth 62,000,000/. sterling is said
to have been collected. Similar calamities were endured in
1761, on the invasion of Abdalla, king of Candahar. In 1803,
the Mahrattas, aided by the French, took Delhi; but were de-
feated by gen. Lake, 11 Sept., and the aged Shah Aulum, em-
peror of Hindostan, was restored to his throne with a pension.
India, 1803. On 10 May, 1857, a mutiny arose in the sepoy
regiments at Meerut. It was soon checked ; bat the fugitives
fled to Delhi on 11 May, and, with other troops, seized the
city, proclaimed a descendant of the Mogul king, and com-
mitted frightful atrocities. The rebels were anxious to possess
the chief magazine ; but, after a gallant defence by the British,
it was exploded by order of lieut. VVilloughby, who died of his
wounds shortly after. Other heroes of this exploit were lieuten-
ants Forrest and Rayner, and the gunners Buckley and Scully.
Delhi was soon after besieged by the British, but was not tak-
en till 20 Sept. following. The final struggle began on the
14th, brigadier (since sir) R. Archdale Wilson being the com-
mander. Much heroism was shown : the gallant death of Sal-
keld at the explosion of the Cashmere gate created much en-
thusiasm. The old king and his sons were captured soon
after. The latter were shot, and the former, after a trial, was
sent for life to Rangoon, where he died 11 Nov. 1862. India,
1857. A camp formed at Delhi by the earl of Mayo, the vice-
roy, Dec. 1871, was visited by the king of Siam, Jan. 1872.
The prince of Wales visited Delhi, 11 Jan. 1876. Queen Vic-
toria was proclaimed empress of India here, 1 Jan. 1877. Pop.
1891, 193,580.
"delicate investigpation " into the conduct of
the princess of Wales (afterwards queen of England, as consort
of George IV.) was commenced by a committee of the privy
council, under a warrant of inquiry, dated 29 May, 1806. The
members were lord Grenville, lord Erskine, earf Spencer, and
lord EUenborough. The inquiry, asked for by the countess of
Jersey, sir J. and lady Douglas, and others, led to the publica-
tion called " The Book ;" afterwards suppressed. The charges
against the princess were disproved in 1807 and in 1813; but,
not being permitted to appear at court, she went on the Con-
tinent in 1814. Queen Caroline,
De'lium, Boeotia, N. Greece, the site of a celebrated tem-
ple of Apollo. Here, in a fight in which the Athenians were
defeated by the Boeotians, Socrates is said to have saved the
life of his pupil Xenophon, 424 b.c.
Delia €ru§ea academy of Florence merged into
the Florentine in 1582.— The Delia Crusca school, certain Eng-
lish residents at Florence, who printed sentimental poetry and
prose in 1785. They came to England, where their works,
popular for a short time, were so severely satirized by GiflFord
in his "Baviad" and "Maeviad" (1792-95), as to fall into
general disrepute.
De'lOS, a Greek isle in the ^gean sea. Here the Greeks,
during the Persian war, 477 b.c., established their common
treasury, which was removed to Athens, 461 b.c.
Delphi, now Ka§tri, N. Greece, celebrated not only
in Greece but among neighboring nations for enigmatical ora-
cles delivered by the Pythia, or priestess in the temple of Apol-
lo, which was built, some say, by the council of the Amphicty-
ons, 1263 B.C. The Pythian games were first celebrated here
586 B.C. The temple was burned by the Pisistratidae, 548 B.C.
A new temple was raised by the Alcmaeonidae. The Persians
(480 B.C.) and the Gauls (279 b.c,) were deterred from plun-
dering the temple by awful portents. It was robbed and
seized by the Phocians in whose state it stood, 357 b.c., which
led to the Sacred war, and Nero carried from it 300 costly
statues, 67 a.d. The oracle was consulted by Julian, but si-
lenced by TheodosiuS.
Delphin Clasiics, a collection of 89 Latin authors
in 60 volumes, made for the use of the dauphin (in usum
Delphini), so»of Louis XIV., and pub. in 1674-91. Ausonius
was added in 1730. The due de Montausier, the young prince's
governor, proposed the plan to Huet, bishop of Avranches,
the dauphin's preceptor, and he edited all the Latin classics
except Lucan, assisted, however, by other learned persons,
including the beautiful and gifted Madame Dacier, who,
at the age of 23, had translated Callimachus, as well as
Anacreon, Sappho, Plautus, Terence, and Homer. She died
in 1720. Each author is illustrated by notes and an index
of words. An edition of the Delphin classics, with &AW^
tional notes, etc., was pub. by Mr. Valpy of London, 1818 et
seq.
Delta metal, a modem bronze resembling gold, con-
taining a small proportion of iron, invented by A. Dick. Watch-
cases were made of it at Geneva in 1885.
Deluge. The Deluge, it is supposed, was threatened
in the year of the world 1536 ; and began 7 Dec. 1656, and
continued 377 days (Gen. vi., vii., and viii.). The ark rested
on Mount Ararat 6 May, 1657; and Noah left the ark 18
Dec, following. The year corresponds with that of 2348 b.c.
— Blair. The following is the date of the Deluge according
to different chronologies {Hales) :
Septuagint 3246
.laclcson 3170
Hales 3155
Josephus 3146
Persian .... 3103
Hindoo 3102
Samaritan 2998
Howard 2698
Clinton 2482
Playfair 2352
Usher and English Bible., 2348
Marsham 2344
Petavius 2329
Strauchius 2293
Hebrew 2288
Vulgar Jewish 2104
In the reign of Ogyges, king of Attica, 1764 b.c, a deluge so inun-
dated Attica that it lay waste for nearly 200 years. — Blair. Buf-
fon imagined that the Hebrew and Grecian deluges were the same,
and arose from the Atlantic and Bosporus bursting into the val-
ley of the Mediterranean.
The deluge of Deucalion, in Thessaly, is dated 1503 B.C. according
to Eusebius. It was often confounded by the ancients with the
general flood; but some regard it as merely a local inundation,
occasioned by the overflowing of the river Peneius, whose course
was stopped by an earthquake between the mounts Olympus and
Ossa. Deucalion, who then reigned in Thessaly, with his wife
Pyrrha, and some of their subjects, are said to have saved them-
selves by climbing up Mount Parnassus.
A general deluge was predicted for 1524, and arks were built; but ^
the season proved to be fine and dry in England.
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Denicra'ra and EsHCqui'bo, colonies in Britisli
Guiana. South America, foumlod by the Dutcl), 1580, were
taken by the British, under inaj.-gen. Whyte, 22 Apr. 1796,
but were restored at the peace of Amiens, Mch. 1802. They
again surrendered to the British under gen. (irinfield and com-
liKHJore liood, Sept. 1803, and became English colonies in 1814.
I>eilieter {d^-me'-ter). Mythology.
Denioeratie -Republican party. Polit-
ical PAKTIES.
democrats, advocates for government by the people
(^^^of, people, and Kpartiv, to govern), a term adopted by
the French republicans in 1790 (who termed their opponents
aristoci-afs, from dpiarog, bravest or best). For Democrats
in the United States, Political pakties.
deillOg'rapliy. A modern term, signifying " the
natural history of society."
deuionorogy. Devil-worship.
Deiiaill {de-udu'), N. France. Here marshal Villars
defeated the imperialists, 24 July, 1712.
deiia'rius, the chief silver coin among the Romans,
weighing the seventh of a Roman ounce, worth 7|</. sterling,
about 16 cents U. S. currency, first coined about 269 b.c.,
when it exchanged for 10 ases. As. In 216 b.c. it ex-
changed for 16 ases. A pound weight of silver was coined into
100 denarii. — Digby. A pound weight of gold was coined into
20 denarii aurei in 206 b.c. ; and in Nero's time into 46 denarii
aurei. — Lempriere,
Denis, St. (sdJi-dm'), an ancient town of France, north
of Paris, famous for its abbey and church ; the former abol-
ished at the revolution, 1789, the latter the burial-place of
French kings, from its foundation by Dagobert, about 630;
the remains of St. Denis were placed there in 636. On 6, 7, 8
Aug. 1793, the republicans demolished most of the royal tombs,
and in Oct. following the bodies were taken from coffins and
cast into a pit ; the lead was melted, and the gq^d and jewels
taken to Paris. By a decree of Bonaparte, dated 20 Feb. 1806,
the church (then a cattle-market) was cleansed out and re-
decorated as " the future burial-place of the emperors of
France." On the return of the Bourbons other restorations
were effected, and the due de Berri and Louis XVIII. were
buried here. The damage sustained in the war of 1870-71
has been repaired.
Denmark, N. Europe. The most ancient inhabitants
i^e Cimbri and Teutones, who were driven out by the Jutes
or Goths. The Teutones settled in Germany and Gaul ; the
Cimbrians invaded Italy, where the}' were defeated by Marius.
The peninsula of Jutland obtained its name from the Jutes;
and the name of Denmark is supposed to be derived from
Dan, the founder of the Danish monarchy, and mark, a Ger-
man word signifying country. For their numerous invasions
of Britain, etc., Danes. Population of the kingdom of Den-
mark in 1860, 1,600,551; of the duchies of Schleswig, Hol-
atein, and Lauenburg, 1,004,473 ; of the colonies, 120,283. By
the treaty of peace, signed 30 Oct. 1864, the duchies were
taken from Denmark; Schleswig and Holstein were to be
made independent, and Lauenburg was to be incorporated, by
its desire, with Prussia. For the result, Gastein ; Prussia,
1866. Area, 14,760 sq. miles. Population of the monarchy,
1870,1,784,741; 1876,1,903,000; 1880,1,969,454; 1890,2.172,-
205 ; of the colonies, 1860, 127,401 ; 1876, 129,000 ; 1880, 130,-
350; 1890, 115,988. b c.
Reign of Skiold, alleged first king 60
Danish chronicles mention 18 kings to the time of Ragnor a.d.
Lodbrog, killed in an attempt on Kngland 794
Canute the Great conquers Norway 1016-28
By the union of Calmar, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden made
1 kingdom under Margaret 12 July, 1397
Copenhagen made the capital 1440
Accession of Christian I. (of Oldenburg), from whom the late
royal family sprang 1448
Christian II. deposed; independence of Sweden under Gustavus
V^asa acknowledged 1523
Lutheranism introduced in 1527; established by Christian III. 1530
Danish East India Company established 1612
Christian IV. chosen head of the Protestant league against the
emperor 1629
Charles Gustavus of Sweden invades Denmark, besieges Co-
penhagen, and makes conquests 1658
'Crown made hereditary and absolute 1665
Frederick IV. takes Holstein, Schleswig, Tonuingen, and Stral-
sund ; reduces Weismar, and drives the Swedes from Norway,
1716 et seq.
Copenhagen nearly destroyed by Are 1728
Peaceful reign of Christian VI 1730-4()
Plot of the queen dowager against the ministers and Matilda
(sister of (Joorge III. and queen of Christian VII.). Matilda,
entrapped into a confession of criminality to save the life of
her suppoi5ed lover, Struonzee, condemned to imprisonment
for life in the ca.stle of Zell 18 Jan. 1772
Count Struenzee and Brandt beheaded 28 Apr. "
Queen Matilda dies, aged 24 1775
Christian VII. becomes deranged, and prince Frederick is ap-
pointed regent 1784
One fourth of Copenhagen burned 'J June, 1795
Admirals Kelson and Parker bombard Copenhagen. (Confeder-
acy of the north [Armkd Nki'tralitv] dissolved) 2 Apr. 1801
Admiral Gambier and lord Cathcart bombard Copenhagen ; the
Danish fleet surrenders 7 Sept. 1807
Peace of Kiel; Pomerania and Rugcn annexed to Denmark for
Norway 14 Jan. 1814
Pomerania and Rugcn ceded to Prussia for Lauenburg 1815
Commercial treaty with England 1824
Frederick VI. grants a new constitution 1831
Christian VIII. declares the right of the crown to Schleswig,
Holstein, etc 11 July, 1846
Accession of Frederick VII. 20 Jan. ; he proclaims a new con-
stitution, uniting the duchies (Schleswig and Holstein) more
closely with Denmark 28 Jan. 1848
Insurrection in the duchies: a provisional government founded,
23 Mch. "
Rebels seize fortress of Rendsburg 24 Mch. "
They are defeated near Flensburg 9 Apr. "
Danes defeated by the Prussians (helping the duchies) near
Dannawerke, Schleswig 23 Apr. "
North sea blockaded by Denmark 1 Aug. "
Hostilities suspended : the European powers recommend peace,
26 Aug. "
Hostilities recommence 25 Mch. 1849
Victory of the Danes over the Holsteiners and Germans, 10 Apr. "
Several conflicts with varying success June, "
King sanctions a new liberal constitution 5 June, "
Armistice renewed at Malmo 10 July, "
Separate peace with Prussia 2 July, 1850
Integrity of Denmark guaranteed by England, France, Prussia,
and Sweden 4 July, "
Battle of Idstedt, and defeat of the Schleswig-Holsteiners by
the Danes 25 July, "
Procotol signed in London by the ministers of all the great
powers 23 Aug. "
Bombardment of Friedrichstadt by the Holsteiners; the town
almost destroyed, but not taken 29 Sept. -6 Oct. "
Proclamation of the stadtholders of Schleswig- Holstein, placing
the rights of the country under the protection of the Ger-
manic confederation 10 .Jan. 1851
Integrity of the Danish monarchy and the independence of
Schleswig and its old union with Holstein guaranteed by
treaty 18 Feb. 1852
Austrians evacuate Holstein, etc 2 Mch. "
Treaty of European powers 8 May, "
[Succession in the line of Sonderburg-Gliicksburg settled,
and the integrity of the Danish kingdom guaranteed. Chris-
tian, duke of Augustenburg-Holstein, renounces his rights
for a compensation in money.]
King promulgates a new constitution, 29 July, 1854; adopted,
1 Oct. 1855
Sound dues abolished for compensation (Sound) 14 Mch. 1857
Dissension between government and the duchies Oct. 1857-62
Fortification of Copenhagen decreed 27 Mch. 1858
New ministry appointed 3 Dec. 1859; resigns 9 Feb. ; bishop
Monrad forms a ministry 24 Feb. 1860
Assembly of Schleswig complain that the promise of equality
of national rights in 1852 has not been kept, 11 Feb. ; protest
against the annexation to Denmark 1 Mch. "
Prussian Chamber of Deputies receive a petition from Schles-
wig, and declare that they will aid the duchies, 4 May;
Danish government protests 16 May, "
Correspondence between the Prussian, Danish, and British gov-
ernments; the Danish government declares for war, if Ger-
man forces enter the duchies Jan. 1861
Warlike preparations in Denmark Feb. "
Decimal coinage adopted June, "
Agitation for union with Sweden, June; the king of Sweden
visits Denmark, and is warmly received 17 July, 1862
Earl Russell advises the government to give to Holstein and
Lauenburg all that the German confederation desire for
them, and to give self-government to Schleswig 24 Sept. "
M. Hall, the Danish minister, declines to accede, because it
would imperil the existence of the monarchy 20 Nov. "
Princess Alexandra of Denmark married to the prince of
Wales at Windsor 10 Mch. 1863
King grants, by patent, independent rights to Holstein, but an-
nexes Schleswig 30 Mch. "
Austria and Prussia protest against it 17 Apr. "
Further diplomatic correspondence May, "
King accepts the crown of Greece for liis relative, prince Will-
iam George 6 June, "
Crown-prince Frederick Ferdinand,lhe king's uncle, d.29 June, "
German Diet demands annulment of patent of 30 Mch. (Hol-
stein and Schleswig to be united with the same right) ; threat-
ens an army of occupation 9 July, "
DEN 227
King replies that he will consider occupation an act of war,
^ 27 Aug.
Vain efforts for alliance with Sweden Aug.
Extra levy for the army decreed 1 Aug.
New constitution {uniting Schleswig with Denmark) proposed
in the rigsraad 29 Sept.
Death of Frederick VII. and accession of Christian IX.,
15 Nov.
Prince Frederick of Augustenburg claims the duchies of Schles-
wig and Holstein 16 Nov.
Oreat excitement in Holstein; many officials refuse to take
oath to Christian 21 Nov. et seq.
Saxony, Bavaria, Hesse, and other German powers resolve to
support the prince of Augustenburg 26 Nov. et seq.
New constitution affirmed by the rigsraad, 13 Nov. ; signed by
king, 18 Nov. ; pub 1, 2 Dec.
Austrian and Prussian ministers say that they will quit Co-
penhagen if the constitution of 18 Nov. is not annulled, Dec.
Great excitement in Norway; proposals to support Denmark,
Dec.
Prince Frederick's letter to the emperor Napoleon, 2 Dec. ; an
ambiguous reply 10 Dec.
Denmark protests against federal occupation 19 Dec.
Nine hundred representatives of German states meet at Frank-
fort-on-the-Main, resolve to support prince Frederick as duke
of Schleswig and Holstein, and the inseparable union of those
duchies 21 Dec
Federal occupation takes place: a German regiment enters Al
tona, 24 Dec. ; and the federal commissioners assume admin
istrative powers 25 Dec.
Danes retire from Holstein to avoid collision with federal
troops 26 Dec. et seq
Prince Frederick enters Kiel as duke of Schleswig and Hoi
stein 30 Dec.
Danes evacuate Rendsburg 31 Dec
Ministerial crisis: Hall retires, and bishop Monrad forms a cab-
inet 31 Dec,
Dissension among Germans; the Austro-Prussian proposition
rejected by the diet 14 Jan. 1864
Austria and Prussia demand abrogation of the constitution (of
18 Nov.) in 2 days, 16 Jan. ; the Danes require 6 weeks' time,
18 Jan. "
German troops under marshal Wrangel enter Holstein. T^l Jan. M
Prussians enter Schleswig, and take Eckernf5rde 1 Feb. "
They bombard Missunde, 2 Feb. ; which is burned 3 Feb. "
Danes abandon the Dannewerke to save their army, 5 Feb. ;
great discontent in Copenhagen 6 Feb. "
Danes defeated by marshal Gablenz at Oversee; Schleswig tak-
en; prince Frederick proclaimed 6 Feb. "
Allies occupy Flensburg, 7 Feb. ; commence their attack on
Duppel 13 Feb. "
Federal (-ommissioners protest against the Prussian occupation
of Altona 13 Feb. "
Prussians enter Jutland ; take Kolding, 18 Feb. ; Danes fortify
Alsen 18 Feb. et seq. "
Conference on Danish affairs proposed by England ; agreed to
by allies 23 Feb. "
Subscription for the wounded Danes begun in London, 24 Feb. "
De Gertach, general of the Danes 1, Mch. "
Defeated at Sonderbygaard and Veill 8 Mch. "
Rigsraad vote a firm address to the king, 26 Feb. ; adjourned,
22 Mch. ".
Prussians bombard and take Duppel, or DybbOi, 16, 17 Mch. ;
bombard Fredericia, 20 Mch. ; repulsed in an attack on the
fortress 28 Mch. "
Opening of the conference adjourned from 12 to 20 Apr. "
Prussians take the fortress of Duppel by assault, with much
slaughter 18 Apr. "
Meetings of the conference at London; result unfavorable to
Denmark 25 Apr. et seq. "
Danes retreat to Alsen ; evacuate Fredericia and fortresses of
Jutland 29 Apr. "
Agreement for an armistice for 1 month from 12 May. .9 May, "
Jutland subjected to pillage for not paying a war contribution
to Prussians 6 May et seq. "
Danes defeat the allies in a naval battle off Heligoland. .9 May, "
Armistice prolonged a fortnight 9 June, "
Conference ends 22 June, "
Hostilities resumed, 26 June; the Prussians bombard Alsen;
take the batteries and 2400 prisoners 29 June, "
Monrad ministry resigns; count Moltke charged to form an ad-
ministration 8-10 July, "
Alsen taken; Jutland under Prussian administration; prince
John of Denmark sent to negotiate at Berlin 9 July, "
Formation of the Bluhme ministry 11 July, "
Armistice agreed to 18 July, "
Conference for peace at Vienna 26 July, "
Treaty of peace at Vienna; king of Denmark resigns the duchies
to the allies, and agrees to a rectification of his frontier, and
to pay a large war indemnity 80 Oct. "
Proclamation of the king to the inhabitants of the duchies, re-
leasing their allegiance 16 Nov. ' '
Project of a new constitution presented to the chambers, 21
Dec. ; rejected 25 Feb. 1865
New ministry formed under count Frijsenborg, 6 Nov. ; a new
constitution proposed, 7 Nov. ; approved by the 2 chambers,
19 and 27 July; sanctioned by the king 28 July, 1866
Princess Dagmar married to prince Alexander of Russia,
9 Nov. "
New rigsraad opened 12 Nov. <'
King visits England , . . . , Mch. 1867
DEN
Danish West Indies, St. Thomas and St. John, proposed to be
sold to the United States for $7,500,000; proclamation in the
islands dated 25 Oct. 1867
Proposed sale of St. Thomas to the U. S. approved by the as-
sembly (not carried out) 30 Jan. 1868
Marriage of the crown-prince Frederick to the princess Louisa
of Sweden 28 July, 1869
New ministry formed by M. Holsteinborg 20 May, 1870
Denmark remains neutral in the Franco-Prus-sian war; fruit-
less visit of the due de Cadore to Copenhagen 4-11 Aug. "
Birth of a son to the crown-prince 27 Sept. "
Negro outbreak at Santa Cruz (Virgin isles) 1-5 Oct. 1878
Marriage of princess Thyra with the duke of Cumberland,
11 Dec. "
Lower house dismissed by the king as incapable and idle,
about 10 May, 1881
Amnesty granted to political prisoners on the king's 70th birth-
day 15 Nov. 1888
National celebration of the king's golden wedding 26 May, 1892
■*• D- SOVEREIGNS.
794. Sigurd Snogoje.
803. Hardicanute.
850. Eric I.
854. Eric II.
883. Gormo, the Old ; reigned 53 years.
941. Harold, surnamed Blue Tooth.
991. Suenon, or Sweyn, the Forked-beard.
1014. Canute II. the Great, king of Denmark and England.
1035. Canute IIL, son (Hardicanute of England).
1042. Magnus, surnamed the Good, of Norway.
1047. Suenon, or Sweyn II. (Denmark only).
1073. [Interregnum.]
1076. Harold, called the Simple.
1080. Canute IV.
1086. Olaus IV. the Hungry.
1095. Eric I., styled the Good.
1103. [Interregnum.]
1105. Nicholas I., killed at Sleswick.
1135. Eric IL, surnamed Harefoot.
1137. Eric III. the Lamb.
.,- .„ (Suenon, or Sweyn III. ; beheaded.
^^*'' \Canute V. until 1157 (civil war).
1157. Waldemar, styled the Great.
1182. Canute VL, surnamed the Pious.
1202. Waldemar II. the Victorious.
1241. Eric IV.
1250. Abel: assassinated his elder brother Eric; killed in an expe-
dition against the Prisons.
1252. Christopher I. ; poisoned.
1259. EricV.
1286. Eric VL
1320. Christopher XL
1334. [Interregnum of 7 years.]
1340. Waldemar III.
1375. [Interregnum.]
1376. Olaus V.
1387. Margaret, styled the "Semiramis of the North," queen of
Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
1397. Margaret and Eric VII. (Eric XIII. of Sweden).
1412. Eric VII. reigns alone; obliged to resign both crowns.
1438. [Interregnum.]
1440. Christopher IIL king of Sweden.
1448. Christian I. count of Oldenburg; elected king of Denmark,
1448; of Sweden, 1457; succeeded by his son,
1481. John ; succeeded by his son,
1513. Christian II., called the Cruel, and the "Nero of the North;"
he caused all the Swedish nobility to be massacred; de-
throned for tyranny in 1523; died in a dungeon in 1559.
[Sweden separated from Denmark.]
DENMARK AND NORWAY.
1523. Frederick I. duke of Holstein, son of Christian L ; a liberal
ruler.
1533. Christian IIL, son of Frederick; established the Lutheran
religion; esteemed the " Father of his People."
1559. Frederick IL, son of Christian IIL
1588. Christian IV., son.
1648. Frederick III. ; changed constitution from an elective to an
hereditary monarchy, in his own family, 1665.
1670. Christian V., son of Frederick III. ; succeeded by his son.
1699. Frederick IV. ; leagued with czar Peter and king of Poland
against Charles XII. of Sweden.
1730. Christian VI., his son.
1746. Frederick V., his son; married princess Louisa of England,
daughter of George II.
1766. Christian VII., his son.
1784. Prince Frederick regent, his father being deranged.
1808. Frederick VI. , previously regent.
1814. Norway annexed to Sweden, 14 Jan.
DENMARK.
1839. Christian VIII. (son of Frederick, brother of Christian VIL).
1848. Frederick VIL, son of Christian VIII. ; 20 Jan. ; b. 6 Oct. 1808;
separated from his first wife, Sept. 1837; from his second
wife, Sept. 1846 ; m^ried morganatically Louisa, countess
of Danner, 7 Aug. 1850; d. 15 Nov. 1863.
1863. Christian IX., son of William, duke of Schleswig-Holstein-
Sonderburg-Glucksburg ; 15 Nov. (succeeded by virtue of
the protocol of London, 8 May, 1852, and of the law of the
Danish succession, 31 July, 1853). He was born 8 Apr. 1818;
married princess Louisa of Hesse-Cassel, 26 May, 1842. [He
DEN
228
DET
is descended fW)m Christian III., and she from Frederick V. ;
both from George II. of England.]
Heir: Frederick (his sou), born 3 June, 1843; married princess
liouisa of Sweden, 28 July, 1869. Son: Christian, born 26
SepL 1870.
Dennciritz, a village of Prussia. Here a victory was
obtained by the allies under marshal Bernadotte (afterwards
Charles XIV., king of Sweden) over marshal Ney, 6 Sept. 1813.
The loss of the French exceeded 13,000 men out of 70,000,
several eagles, and 43 cannon ; of the allies, 6000 out of 60,000.
The defeat of Napoleon at Leipsic, on 18 Oct. following, closed
this disastrous campaign.
dentistry is the art of treating teeth and of supplying
substitutes for them when lost Treatment of the teeth by
the Egyptians mentioned by Herodotus; and some evidence
that the Egyptians and also the Etruscans at least attempted
to supply teeth by artificial means is found in mummies and
in skulls exhumed, etc Galen is the first physician who
speaks of treating the teeth. Ambrose Pari notices the treat-
ment of teeth in his work on surgery, 1550. It is only within
the last 60 years that dentistry has become a recognized
branch of surgical science. The teeth were only cared for so
far as to have them extracted when troublesome — mere tooth-
drawing constituting dentistry early in this century. The
science of tlie teeth may be said to date from the researches
. of prof. Richard Owen who, in 1839, first clearly demonstrated
the organic connection between the vascular and the vital
soft parts of the frame and the hard substance of the teeth.
His work was pub. 1840-45. The English Odontological
society was established 1856. The first dental school char-
tered in the United States was at Baltimore, 1839 ; one at
Cincinnati, 1845 ; another at Philadelphia, 1856, etc. In 1892
there were 38 dental schools in the U. S.
de'odaild (Lat. to be given to God). By the old common-
law of England anything which had caused the death of a
human being became forfeit to the sovereign or lord of the
manor, and was to be sold for the benefit of the poor. The
forfeiture was abolished by 9 and 10 Vict. c. 62 (1846).
D'Eon (da-on'), Chevalier, who had acted in a diplomatic
capacity in several countries, and been minister plenipotentiary
from France in London, was affirmed to be a woman, at a trial
at the King's Bench in 1771, in an action to recover wagers as
to his sex. He subsequently wore female attire, but at his
death he was proved to be a man.
deontorog^y, the knowledge of what is right, or the
science of duty (from the Gr. ro deov, that which is proper),
the Utilitarian philosophy propounded by Jeremy Bentham
in his " Deontology," pub. by dr. Bowring in 1834.
De Pauw university. Indiana, 1837.
Deptford, a town, suburb of London. The hospital
here incorporated by Henry VIIL about 1512, was called the
Trinity-house of Deptford Strond ; the brethren of Trinity-
house hold their corporate rights by this hospital. The dock-
yard, founded about 1513, was closed 31 Mch. 1869, having
been purchased by T. P. Austin for 70,000^. He sold part of
it to the corporation of London for 94,640/., for a market for
foreign cattle, which was opened for use 28 Dec. 1871. On 4 Apr.
1581, queen Elizabeth dined at Deptford on board the Golden
Hind, the ship in which Drake had made his voyage round
the globe. Peter the Great of Russia lived at Evelyn's house.
Say's court, while learning ship-building here, etc., in 1698.
Deputies, Cliamber of, the title borne by the
French legislative assembly, from the restoration of the Bour-
bons in 1814 till Jan. 1852, when it was named Co7-ps Legis-
latif.
Derby, Engl, (name given it by the Danes), was made
a royal burgh by Egbert (about 828). Alfred expelled the
Danes and planted a colony in 880. His daughter, Ethel-
fleda, again expelled the Danes in 918. William L gave
Derby to his illegitimate son, William Peveril. Here is a
free grammar-school, founded 1162. Lombe's silk-throwing
machine was set up in 1718 ; and '^ 1756 Jedediah Strutt in-
vented the Derby ribbed stocking-frame. The young Pre-
tender reached Derbv 3 Dec. 1745, and retreated thence soon
after. Pop. 1891, 94,146.
Derby- day (Races), generally (not always), the
^■^^
Wednesday in the week preceding Whitsunday, the second
day of the grand spring meeting at Epsom, Engl.
rHE DERBY " AT El'SOM.
1875. Calopin (26 May).
1876. Kisbdr, or Mineral Colt
(Hungarian owner, Alex,
tazzi), 31 May.
1877. Silvio (30 May).
1878. Sefton (5 June).
1879. Sir Bevys (baron Roth-
schild's), 28 May.
1880. Bend Or (duke of West-|
minster's), 26 May.
1881. Iroquois (Mr. Lorillard'B,^
an American), 1 June.
1882. Shotover (duke of West-i
minster's).
1883. St. Blaise (sir F. John-
stone's).
fSt. Gatien (Mr, J. Ham-
iQOi J mond's).
^°'^*- 1 Harvester (sir J. Willough-
l by's).
1885. Melton (lord Hastings's).
1886. Ormonde (duke of West-
minster's).
1887. Merry Hampton (Mr.Abing-
don's).
1888. Ayrshire (duke of Port-
land's).
1889. Donovan (duke of Port-
land's).
1890. Sainfoin (sir J. Miller's).
1891. Common (sir V. John-
stone's).
1892. Sir Hugo (lord Bradford's).
RECENP WINNKRS OF "
1846. Pyrrhus.
1847. Cossack.
ia48. Surplice.
1849. Flying Dutchman.
1850. Voltigeur.
1851. Teddington.
1852. Daniel O'Kourke.
1853. West Australian.
1854. Andover.
1855. Wild Dayrell.
1856. Ellington.
1857. Blink Bonny.
1858. Beadsman.
18.59. Musjid.
1860. Thormanby.
1861. Kettledrum.
1862. Caractacus.
1863. Macaroni.
1864. Blair Alhol.
1865. Gladiateur (31 May), ahorse
reared in France, the property
of the comte de la Grange. He
also won the St. Leger at Don-
caster, 13 Sept
1866. Lord Lyon (16 May).
1867. Hermit (22 May).
1868. Blue Gown (27 May).
1869. Pretender (26 May).
1870. Kingcraft (1 June).
1871. Favonius (24 May).
1872. Cremorne (29 May).
1873. Doncaster (28 May).
1874. George Frederick (3 June).
derricli§ (said to have been named from Derrick, hang-
man at Tyburn about 1606), are loft\', portable, crane -Hke
structures, used on land and water for lifting heavy loads.
They are extensively used in the United States, and floating-
derricks for raising sunken vessels were introduced into Eng-
land by their inventor, A. D. Bishop, in 1857.
Desaix'i {deh-sa') arrival. Mauengo.
Descartes's {da-kart') Cartesian philoso-
phy. Philosophy.
descent of man. Development.
" Deserted Village," a poem by dr. Oliver Gold-
smith, first pub. May, 1770. Literature.
des'erts. Sahara.
Des'pard's conspiracy. Col. Edward Marcus
Despard (a native of Ireland), Broughton, Francis, Graham,
Macnamara, Wood, and Wratten conspired to kill George IIL
of England, and establish a republic on the day of opening
Parliament, 16 Nov. 1802. Above 30 persons, including soldiers,
were taken in custody ; of those tried, 20 Jan. 1803, Despard
and 6 others were executed, 21 Feb. He had been a distin-
guished officer under Nelson.
Detroit, the capital of Michigan from 1836 to 1847
and the present commercial metropolis of that state, was visited
by French traders early in the 17th century. On 24 July,
1701, Antoine Laumet de la Mothe Cadillac arrived with
50 soldiers and 50 Canadian traders and artisans, and estab-
lished fort Pontchartrain on the bank of the river, south of
what is now Jefferson ave., and between Griswold and Shelby
streets. On 26 July, he laid the foundations of St. Anne's
church, which was burned in 1703, and rebuilt)- in 1709. On
2 Feb. 1704, the first white child, a daughter of Cadillac, was
baptized in the place, which was called by the French " La
Ville d'Etroit." The settlement was increased in 1749 by 46
immigrants, who came in response to a proclamation of the
governor-general of Canada offering a subsidy to new settlers,
and in 1755 many fugitives from Acadia found a refuge in
Detroit. The population reached 500 in 1796, and 770 in 1810.
Since that date the decennial censuses have shown as follows:
1820,1442; 1830,2222; 1840,9192; 1850,21,019; 1860,45,619;
1870,79,577; 1880,116,342; 1890,205,876. Area, 23 sq. miles.
Lat. 42° 20' N., Ion. 83° W.
French surrender fort Pontchartrain to the English (MicmoAN),
29 Nov. 1760
Fort at Detroit besieged by the Indians under Pontiac (Mich-
igan) 9 May, 1763
News of treaty of peace and cession of Detroit by France to
England received 3 June, "
Warrant issued for Lodge of Masons No. 1 at Detroit. ...27 Apr. 1764
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First civil government provided by the British for Detroit
and surrounding territory 22 June,
John Coutincinau and Ann Wyley convicted of stealing $50,
and hanged on the public square 26 Mch.
Fort Lernoult or Shelby, between the present fort Lafayette,
Griswold. and Wayne sts.. erected.
■Campus Martius (from which the principal avenues radiate) so
named 2 July,
Last session of the English court of general quarter-sessions
held in Detroit 29 Jan.
American troops occupy Detroit 11 July,
U. S. schooner Wilkinson (80 tons) built at Detroit
Detroit constituted a port of entry 2 Mch.
Town of Detroit incorporated 18 Jan.
First town-tax voted. 17 Apr.
First town election; James Henry appointed chairman of
board of trustees 3 May,
Elias Wallen appointed the first city marshal Oct.
Post-oflace- established 1 Jan.
First fire company organized 19 Sept.
Detroit declared the seal of territorial government of Mich-
igan 11 Jan.
Detroit almost entirely destroyed by fire 11 June,
First session of district court held on the open square, 19 Aug.
Governor and judges authorized to lay out a new town and to
dispose of town lands 21 Apr.
Detroit bank, in a brick building on northwest cor. Jefferson
ave. and Randolph st. , incorporated 19 Sept.
First brick dwelling erected
Park lots ordered surveyed 14 Dec.
Incorporated as a city, 13 Sept. 1806; act repealed 24 Feb.
Park lots, lying on both sides of Woodward ave. north from
Adams ave., laid out and 41 of them sold at auction. .6 Mch.
First paper printed in Detroit, the Michigan Essay or Impar-
tial Observer, issued 31 Aug.
First Protestant church society organized
Gen. Hull arrives at Detroit, 7 Aug., and surrenders to the
British (Michigan) 16 Aug.
Fort Detroit evacuated by British, 28 Sept., and gen. Duncan
McArthur takes possession of the town 29 Sept.
First seal adopted 3 Jan.
Village charter vesting local government in the people, 24 Oct.,
and 5 trustees elected; Solomon Sibley chairman 30 Oct.
Theatre opened in brick storehouse at foot of Wayne st
Detroit Gazette, weekly, first issued 25 July,
Town library incorporated 26 Aug.
Cornerstone of university building laid on west side of Bates,
near Congress st 24 Sept.
First school in the university building opened 10 Aug.
Steamboat Walk-in-the- If o^er arrives froin Buffalo, N. Y., 27 Aug.
Board of trustees organize a fire company 23 Sept.
First i'rotestant Sunday-school held 4 Oct.
Bank of Michigan opens 2 Jan.
Woodworth's Steamboat hotel, conducted by "Uncle Ben"
Woodvvorth since 1812, rebuilt and opened (burned 9 May,
1848) Mch.
First Protestant church building within the city limits, on
Woodward ave., near Larned St., dedicated 27 Feb.
First brick store erected by Thomas Palmer, on southwest cor.
Jefferson ave. and Griswold st
Detroit Lodge of Freemasons organized 21 Dec.
Public stages first run to and from Detroit June,
Corner stone of the capitol laid 22 Sept.
City chartered; boundary extended and common council cre-
ated ; John R. Williams first mayor 5 Aug.
First street-paving contracted for 24 May,
Fire-engine " Protection No. 1 " purchased 21 Sept.
Fire company organized 28 Sept.
Congress donates the military reserve to the city 20 May,
City cemetery, on Beaubien farm, bounded by what is now
I'atou, Gratiot, and Clinton sts. (closed 1855), is purchased,
22 Mch.
Permanent seal for the city adopted 26 Mch.
Corporate name of Detroit changed to "The Mayor, Recorder,
and Aldermen of the City of Detroit " 4 Apr.
Mansion house, near northwest cor. Jefferson ave. and Cass st.,
erected by James May, 1805, opened as a hotel 3 May,
First steam ferryboat in operation May,
Fort Shelby deriiol ished "
First city water supply, by hydraulic company, furnished from
pump house on Berthelet wharf and reservoir 16 ft. square
on Randolph St., by wooden pipes supplying portions of Jef-
ferson ave. , Larned and Congress sts
Capitol building first occupied 5 May,
Historical society organized at the Mansion house 3 July,
Nortlavestern Journal first issued.. 20 Nov.
Daily mails from the east begin 9 Jan.
Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer first issued,
5 May,
First county poor-house completed 31 Dec.
Detroit Young Men's Society organized 18 Jan.
Steamboat Michigan launched at Detroit 27 Apr.
City cemetery, on Guoin farm, Russel St., near Gratiot road
(vacated 14 May, 1879), is purchased 31 May,
First hose company organized 8 Oct.
Michigan Exchange hotel opened 27 June,
Daily Free Press fir,st issued 28 Sept.
■Old city-hall east of Woodward ave., in middle of Grand ave.,
erected at a cost of $14,747, and first occupied 18 Nov.
Michigan admitted into the Union, Detroit the capital of the
state 26 Jan.
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Works of hydraulic company purchased by city 18 May,
Detroit Daily Advertiser first issued 11 June,
First underground sewer, "the grand," built
Michigan Central railroad opened to Ypsilanti with a large
excursion from Detroit 3 Feb.
Detroit boat club, the first in the city, organized 18 Feb.
City divided into wards 27 Mch.
Board of education created 17 Feb.
M ichigan Lodge No. 1 of Odd Fellows, instituted 4 Dec.
Office of city auditor created 11 Mch.
Free school for boys and girls opened by 4 Sisters of Charity
who arrive in May 10 June,
St. Vincent's (now St. Mary's) hospital, the first in the city,
opened on Larned st 9 June,
Firstpower-pressinMichigausetupintheofHceofthei^reefVess,
Elmwood cemetery opened 8 Oct.
Last session of the legislature held in Detroit closes. (Capital
removed to Lansing) 17 Mch.
Board of Trade organized 20 Oct.
First telegraphic despatch sent to Ypsilanti 29 Nov.
First telegraphic despatch from New York received 1 Mch.
Detroit Savings-bank incori)orated 5 Mch.
Harmon ie Society, the oldest musical association in the city,
organized 1 June,
Cholera epidemic; nearly 300 deaths July-Sept.
First annual fair of the Michigan State Agricultural Society
held on Woodward ave., near Duffleld st 25-27 Sept.
Daily THbune first issued 19 Nov.
Police court created 2 Apr.
Young Men's hall, Jefferson ave., between Bates and Randolph
sts. , dedicated 27 Nov.
First grain elevator erected
Steam power first applied to printing !
Streets first lighted with gas 24 Sept.
Board of Water Commissioners established. 14 Feb.
Daily Free Democrat first issued 3 Apr.
First railroad ferry boat; the TransiVs trial trip 27 Feb.
New Odd Fellows' hall on Campus Martius dedicated. .13 Sept.
Present Board of Trade organized 15 July,
New charter, as "City of Detroit," and city enlarged. . .5 Feb.
Masonic hall dedicated 24 June,
First telegraphic cable laid across Detroit river 16 July,
Russel house, on site of National hotel (opened 1 Dec. 1836),
enlarged and opened 28 Sept.
Water-works reservoir on the Dequindre farm completed, Nov.
Marine hospital opened 30 Nov.
Corner-stone of new post-office and custom-house laid. 18 May,
First session of the high school held in upper story of Miami
Ave. school building 30 Aug.
First trial of steam fire engine 2 Sept.
Daily meetings of the Board of Trade begun 3 May,
Detroit female seminary opened Sept.
Grand Trunk railroad opened to Port Huron... 21 Nov.
U. S. custom-house and post-ofllce, cor. Griswold and Larned
sts. , opened 30 Jan.
First steam fire-engine purchased by city 26 June,
Detroit House of Correction established 15 Mch.
Detroit Light Guards organized 17 Apr.
First regiment leaves for Washington 13 May,
Second regiment leaves the city 2 June,
Paid fire department established 25 June,
Young Men's hall in Biddle House block first opened. .21 Nov.
Streetcars start on Jefferson and Woodward aves 3 Aug.
Second National bank oiiened 11 Oct.
First National bank 16 Nov.
Detroit Young Men's Christian Association organized. . .1 Aug.
Mail delivery by carriers begun Oct.
Harper hospital opened 12 Oct.
Board of Trade building dedicated 22 Feb.
Metropolitan police commission established by law 28 Feb.
Public library opened in the old capitol 25 Mch.
Police force organized 15 May,
Round-house reservoir, built 1838, with a capacity of 422,979
gallons, in use until 1860, is torn down ; work begun, 27 Mch.
Detroit Daily Post, the first 8-page paper, issued 27 Mch.
Fire-alarm telegraph inaugurated 4 Jan.
Hoard of Fire Commissioners established 26 Mch.
Corner stone of soldiers' monument in East Grand Circus park
laid 4 July,
Corner-stone of new city-hall laid 6 Aug.
Detroit medical college opened 2 Feb.
Detroit Opera-house opened 29 Mch.
Memorial day observed for the first time 29 May,
Woodmere cemetery association organized, 8 July, 1867, and
cemetery dedicated 14 July,
People's Savings bank organized 1 Jan.
Act providing for and appointing park commissioners passed
by the legislature 15 Apr.
New city-hall formally opened; cost $600,000 4 July,
Soldiers' monument unveiled; 55 feet high; cost $75,000, 9 Apr.
Board of public works created 29 Apr.
Superior court established, 28 Mch., and first. formal session
held in the Seitz block H June,
Erening News established 23 Aug.
St. Joseph's church consecrated 16 Nov.
Corner-stone of new Odd Fellows hall laid 20 Aug.
Corner-stone of public library building laid 29 May,
Whitney's Grand Opera-house opened 13 Sept.
Building of the Harmonic Society dedicated 11 Nov.
New high-school building erected
Public Library building dedicated 22 Jan.
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Office of fir© marshal created 23 May,
Water first supplied (Vom new water-works in Haintramck.
15 Dec.
Telephones come into Ronoral use 15 Aug.
Recreation park first ojH'iiod 10 May,
Brush electric light first exhibited in Detroit 4 June,
Bello Isle purchased for park purjioses 25 Sept.
Michigan (\)lloge of Medicine opened 17 Nov.
Detroit Association of Charities organized 22 Apr.
While's Grand theatre, formerly Music hall, opened 'M Aug.
Board of councilmen, originally the city council, created by
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New ward boundaries erected by act of legislature 5 May,
Soldiers' monument completed 19 July,
Boiinl of park commissioners for Belle Isle park created, 29 Aug.
Elei'tric lighting becomes general Sept.
Clearing house established 1 Feb.
New city charter enacted 5 June,
Detroit Keening JtmnicU first issued 1 Sept.
Contract made to light the entire city by electricity June,
Twenty fifth annual reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic
opens at Detroit 4 Aug.
John R. Williams. 1824-26
Henry J. Hunt 1826-27
John Biddle 1827-29
Jonathan Kearsley 1829-30
John R. Williams 1830-31
Marshall Chapin 1831-32
Levi Cook 1832-34
Marshall Chapin 1834
C. C. Trowbridge 1834
Andrew Mack 1834-35
Levi Cook 1835-37
Henry Howard 183T-38
Augustus S. Porter 1838
Asher P. Bates 1838-39
De Garmo Jones 1839-40
Zina Pitcher 1840-42
Douglas Houghton 1842-43
Zina Pitcher 1843-44
John R. Williams 1844-47
James A. Van Dyke 1847-48
Frederick Buhl 1848-49
OKS.
Charles Howard 1849-50
John I,adue 1850-51
Zachariah Chandler 1851-52
John H. Harmon 1852-54
Oliver M. Hyde 1854-55
Henry Ledyard 1855-56
0. M. Hyde 1856-58
John Pntton 1858-60
Christian H. Buhl 1860-62
William C. Duncan 1862-64
K. C. Barker 1864-66
Merrill I. Mills 1866-68
William W. Wheaton. . . , 1868-72
Hugh Moffat 1872-76
Alexander Lewis 1876-78
George C. Langdon 1878-80
William G. Thompson. . . 1880-84
Stephen B. Grummond,. 1884-86
M. H. Chamberlain 1886-88
John Pridgeon, jr 1888-90
H. S. Pingree 1890-93
Det'tingrcn, Bavaria, Battle of, 27 June, 1743, between
the British, Hanoverian, and Hessian array (52,000), under
king George II. of England and the earl of Stair, and the
French army (60,000), under marshal Noailles and the due de
Grammont, in the war of the Austrian succession. The
French passed a defile, which they should have merely guard-
ed. The due de Grammont, with his cavalry, charged the
British foot with great fury, but was obliged to give way and
to repass the Maine, losing 3000 men. This was the last time
an English king took personal command of an army in battle.
Handel's " Dettingen Te Deum " first performed 27 Nov. 1743.
development or evolution. Wolff put forth a
theory of epigenesis in 1759; Lamarck, the naturalist, in 1809,
propounded a theory that all animals had been developed from
"monads," living minute particles. Spkcies, Ve.stiges.
BufFon held a similar doctrine. In 1827 Ernst von Baer of
Konigsberg demonstrated that every mammal is developed
from a minute egg not a hundredth of an inch in diameter.
C. Darwin's views are given in his "Origin of Species," 1859;
and "Descent of Man," 1871. He supposes that man was
gradually evolved from the lowest created form of animal life.
Haeckel, his most advanced follower, published in German a
" History of Creation," 1873 ; a translation in English, 1875.
Alfred Wallace published his work on Natural Selection in
1870. Evolution.
A thpory of the development of living beings out of the earth was
(lut forth by Lucretius in his "De Rerum Natura," about 57 b.c.
*' We cannot teach, we cannot pronounce it to be a conquest of sci-
ence, that man descends from the ape or from any other animal.
We can only indicate it as a hypothesis." — Prof. Virchow, 1877.
" The primitive monads were born by spontaneous generation in the
sea"— Pro/ Haeckel, 1878.
devil, according to Swedenborg, a more debased and
lower form of evil than Satan; pertaining more to the will
than the understanding, to action than to thought, and with-
out distinctive form aside from the personality of man. Super-
stitious thought has given it a locality and a form which it by
no means possesses, and thus suggested many mediaeval myths
and traditions. Devil worship.
devil-fi§ll (Octopus vulgariSfthe eight-armed cuttle-fish).
Many old writers have given exaggerated accounts of the size
of these sea animals. They are now known to attain a length
of 15 ft. and upward, head and body, and, measuring the
long tentacles, from 30 to 40 ft. Graphic description given
of its form and habits in Victor Hugo's "Toilers of the Sea."
devil-vrorKllip. (Devil— Gr. SidjSoXoQ, false accuser;
Heb. satan, an adversary; abaddon, destroyer, etc.) The wor-
ship of devils is frequently mentioned in the Bible (Lev. xvii.
7; 2 Chron. xi. 15; 1 Cor! x. 20; Rev. ix. 20, etc.). Mr. Lay-
ard describes the Yezidees as recognizing one supreme being,
yet reverencing the devil as a king or mighty angel, to be con-
ciliated (1841).
Moncure Conway's ' ' Pemonology and Devil-lore, " first pub Dec. 1878.
Devi'ZCi, a borough of Wilts, Engl. At Roundway
Down, near here, sir William Waller and the parliamentar-
ians were defeated, 13 July, 1643.
Devonshire, Engl., the country of the Damnonii, or
Dumnonii. Odun, earl of Devon, in 878 defeated the Danes,
slew UbbOjOr Hubba, their chief, and captured his magic stand-
ard. A bishopric of Devonshire was founded in 909. Exeter.
Richard de Redver.", first earl of Devon, son of Baldwin, sheriff of
Devonshire, d. 1137.
William Courtenay, the present earl, is descended from Robert de
Courtenay and Mary de Redvers, daughter of William de Redvers,
earl of Devon, in 1184.
William Cavendish, created first earl of Devonshire, 1618.
William Cavendish (his great grandson), created first duke of Devon.
shire, 1()84.
"The brave Geraint, a knight of Arthur's court,
A tributary prince of Devon, one
Of that great Order of the Table Round."
— Tennyson, "Geraint and Enid."
*' DeVOWt L<ife." "Introduction a la Vie Devote,**
written by St. Francois de Sales, and published 1608. He was
born 21 Aug. 1567; bishop of Geneva, 1602; died 28 Dec. 1622.
dew, the modern theory that dew is atmospheric vai)or
deposited on the surface of bodies, generally during the night,
was put forth by dr. Wells in his book, 1814. The point of
temperature at which the vapor in the air begins to condense
is called the dew-point
diadem, the band or fillet worn b}' the ancients instead
of the crown, and consecrated to the gods. At first it was
made of silk or wool, set with precious stones, and was tied
round the temples and forehead; the 2 ends knotted behind
fell on the neck. Aurelian was the first Roman emperor who
wore a diadem, 272. — Tillemont.
dial§. " The sun-dial of Ahaz," 713 B.C. (Isa. xxxviii. 8).
A dial invented by Anaximander, 550 b.c. — Pliny. The first
dial of the sun seen at Rome was placed on the temple of Qui-
rinus by L. Papirius Cursor, when time was divided into hours,
293 B.C.— Blair. Dials set up in churches about 613 a.d. —
Lenglet. Mrs. Alfred Gatty's " Book of Sun-dials " pub. 1872.
dial'ysis (Gr. SiaXvaig, dissolution), a branch of chemical
analysis, depending on the different degrees of diflfusibility of
substances in liquids, made known in 1861 by its discoverer,
prof. Thomas Graham, then master of the mint.
dianiag''neti§ni, the property possessed by nearly all
bodies of behaving differently to iron when placed between 2
magnets. The phenomena, previously little known, were re-
duced to a law by Faraday in 1845, and confirmed by Tyndall
and others.
dianiond§ were first brought to Europe from the east,
where the mine of Sumbulpoor was the first known, and where
the mines of Golconda, the realm of diamonds, were discovered
in 1534. The mines of Brazil were discovered in 1728. From
these last a diamond weighing 1680 carats, or 14 ounces, was
sent in 1741 to the court of Portugal, known as the Braganza
diamond (never cut), and was valued by Romeo de I'lsle at
224,000,000/. ; by others at 56,000,000/. and at 3,600,000/. ; its
true value (not being brilliant) was 400,000/.
Great liussian or 0»7q^ diamond weighs 193 carats, or 1 oz. 12dwts.
4 gr. troy. The empress Catherine II. offered for it 104, 166^. 13s.
4d. and an annuity for life of lOill. 13s. 4d, which was refused;
but sold to Catherine's favorite, count Orloff, for the first mentioned
sum, without the annuity, and presented to the empress on her
birthday, 1772; it is now in the sceptre of Russia.
Pitt diamond, 136 carats, or, after cutting, 106 carats; was sold to
the king of France for 125,000^. in 1720.
Pigott diamond (bought by Mr. Pitt, grandfather of William Pitt)
was sold for 9500 guineas, 10 May, 1802.
Diamond called the Kohinoor or Mountain of Light, was found in
the mines of Golconda, in 1550, and is said to have belonged in
turn to Shah Jehan, Aurungzebe, Nadir Shah, the Afghan rulers,
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and tlie Sikh chief Riinjeet Singh. Upon the abdication of Dhuleep
Singh, the last ruler of the Tuiijab, and the annexation of his do-
minions to the British empire, in 1849, the Kohinoor was surren-
dered to the queen, and was presented to her, 3 July, 1850. It was
shown in the great exhibition, 1851. Its original weight was
nearly 800 carats, but it was reduced by the unskilfulness of the
artist, Hortensio Borghese, a Venetian, to 279 carats. Its shape
and size resembled the pointed half (rose cut) of a small hen egg.
The value is scarcely computable, though 2,000,000^. have been men-
tioned as a justifiable price, on the scale employed in the trade.
This diamond was recut in 1852, and now weighs 1023ij'' carats.
Sancy diamond, which belonged to Charles the Bold, duke of Bur-
gundy, was bought bv sir C. Jejeebhoy from the DemidoR' family
for 20,000^. in Feb. 1865.
A diamond, the Star of tJie South, was brought from Brazil in 1855,
weighing 254>^ carats, half of which was lost by cutting.
Other diamonds of note are the Rajah of Mattan, Borneo, 367 9/, o
carats; Florentine, emperor of Austria, 139i^ carats; 138i^ carats,
king of Portugal; 86 carats, czar of Russia; 78% carats, marquis
of Westminster; 288% carats, uncut, the Stewart diamond.
Diamonds were discovered in Cape Colony, S. Africa, in Mch. 1867.
A fine one, the Star of South Africa, brought to England in 1869,
was purchased by Messrs. Hunt & Roskell. After cutting, it
weighed 46)^ carats, and was valued at 25,000/. in June, 1870.
Rich diamond fields discovered near the Vaal and Orange rivers,
Sept. 1870.
Great influx of diggers, and many fine diamonds found, Nov. Value of
141 diamonds found in 1869, 7405/. ; of 5661 found in 1870, 124.910/. ;
about 2,000,000/. worth said to hdve been exported in 1877.
Largest African diamond found, weighing 302 carats, at Kimberley,
n;imed Victoria, 27 Mch. 1884.
Several other magnificent S. African diamonds since found, one 400
carats, cut to 180. Estimated value of S. African diamonds up to
1886, $200,000,000.
Diamond-necklace Affair. — In 1785, Boehmer. the court jeweller of
France, offered the queen, Marie Antoinette, a diamond necklace
for 56,000/. The queen desired the necklace, but feared the ex-
])ense. The countess de la Motte (of the ancient house of Valois)
forged the queen's signature, and, pretending that the queen liad
an attachment for him, persuaded the cardinal de Rohan, the
queen's almoner, to buy the necklace for 56,000/. She then made
away with the necklace. For this she was tried in 1786, and sen-
tenced to be branded on the shoulders and imprisoned for life.
She accused in vain the Italian adventurer Cagliostro of complicity,
he being intimate with the cardinal. She made her escape and
went to London, where she was killed by falling from a window
in attempting to escape an arrest for debt. De Rohan was tried
and acquitted, 14 Apr. 1786. The public in France suspected the
queen of being a party to the fraud. Talleyrand wrote that he
should not be surprised if this miserable affair overturned the
throne. Best account, Carlyle's " French Revolution."
Artificial diamonds : Prepared by Mr. MacTear of Glasgow; examined
by Story Maskelyne, and declared not to be diamonds, 30 Dec.
1879; acknowledged by Mr. MacTear, Jan. 1880.
Diamonds said to have been made by J. Ballantine Hannay at Glas-
gow; announced in Times, 20 Feb. 1880.
Diamonds said to have been made at Paris, 1880.
INFLAMMABILITY OF DIAMONDS
Boetius de Boot conjectured that the diamond was inflammable,
1609. When exposed to a high temperature it gave an acrid vapor,
and part of it was dissipated, 1673. —Boyle.
Sir Isaac Newton concluded, from its great refracting power, that it
must be combustible, 1675.
Averani concentrated the rays of the sun upon the diamond, which
was exhaled in vapor and entirely disappeared, while other pre-
cious stones merely grew softer, 1695.
It has been ascertained by Guyton, Davy, and others, that diamonds,
like charcoal, are pure carbon. Diamonds were charred by the
heat of the voltaic battery— by M. Dumas, in Paris, and by prof.
Faraday, in London, in 1848.
Dia'na, Temple of, at Ephesus, Asia Minor, accounted
one of the 7 wonders of the world, was built at the common
charge of all the Asiatic states, 552 b.c. ; the chief architect be-
ing Ctesiphon. Pliny says that 220 years were occupied in com-
pleting it. It was 425 ft. long, 225 broad, and was supported by
127 columns (60 ft. higli, each weighing 150 tons) of Parian
marble, furnished by many kings. It was set on fire the night
Alexander the Great was born, by Herostratus or Eratostratus,
■who confessed that his motive was the desire of transmitting
his name to future ages, 356 b.c. The temple was rebuilt, but
again burned by the Goths in their naval invasion, 256 or
262 A.D. In Apr. 1869, J. T. Wood discovered the site of the
second temple ; and since then sculptured marble columns have
been removed to the British museum. Diana was the Roman
name of the Greek A rtemis. The three-formed goddess ruling
as Selene in the sky, as Artemis or Diana on earth, as Hecate
or Proserpina in Erebus.
" Goddess whom all gods love with threefold heart,
Being treble in thy divided deity,
A light for dead men and dark hours, a foot
Swift on the. hills as morning, and a hand
To all things fierce and fleet that roar and range
Mortal " — Swinburne, " Atalanta in Calydon."
Archttectuke, Mythology.
dice. The invention of dice is ascribed to Palamedes of
Greece, about 1244 b.c. The game of tali and tessera among
the Romans was played with dice. Stow mentions 2 enter-
tainments given by the city of London, at which dice were
played. Act to regulate the licenses of makers, and the sale
of dice in England, 9 Geo. IV. 1828.
In 1357, the kings of Scotland and France being prisoners, and the
king of Cyprus on a visit to Edward III., a great tournament was
held in Smithfield, and afterwards Henry Picard. mayor of London,
" kept his hall against all comers tliat were willing to play at dice
and hazard. The lady Margaret, his wife, did keepe her chamber
to the same intent." The mayor restored to the king of Cyprus
50 marks which he had won from him, saying, " My lord and king,
be not aggrieved; for I covet not your gold, but your play," etc.
— Slow.
<]i'ehro§COpe (Gr. dlxpooc, two-colored, and (tkotthv,
view), an optical apparatus, invented by prof. Dove of Berlin,
in 1860, to represent interferences, spectra in colored lights,
polarization of light, etc.
dictators were supreme magistrates of Rome, appointed
to act in critical times. Titus Lartius Flavins, the first dicta-
tor, was appointed 501 b.c. Gains Marcius Rutilus was the
first plebeian dictator, 356 b.c. This office became odious by the
usurpations of Sylla and Julius Ciesar ; and after the death of
the latter the Roman senate, on motion of the consul Anton}',
passed a law forbidding a dictatorship, 44 b.c.
dictionary. A standard dictionary of the Chinese
language, containing about 40,000 characters, most of them
hieroglyphic, was perfected by Pa-out-she, who lived about
1100 B.C. — Morrison. Encyclopedias, Music, etc. p ^
A Latin dictionary was compiled by Varro, b 116
V^arro's work " De Lingua Latina;" he d 28
" Onomasticon," a collection of vocabularies in Greek, by Julius a.d.
Pollux, was pub about 177
"Catholicon," an attempt at a Latin lexicon, by friar Jo-
hannes Balbus Januensis, printed at Mentz 1460
A noted polyglot dictionary, perhaps the first, is by Ambrose
Calepini, a Venetian friar, in Latin; he wrote one in 8 lan-
guages (Niceron) about 1500
John E. Avenar's " Dictionarium Hebraicum " was published at
Wittenberg in 1589. Buxtprf s great work, " Lexicon He-
braicum," etc.. appeared.. 1621
"Lexicon Heptaglotton " was published by Edmund Castell. . . 1669
English dictionary by Samuel Johnson appeared 1755
Francis Grose's " Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue " was com-
piled 1768
Following academies have published large dictionaries of
their respective languages: the French academy (the first,
edited by Vaugelas), 1694; new editions, 1718, 1740. 1762,
1835, and 1878 ; the Spanish, 1726 ; the Italian academy
(della Crusca), 1729; and the Russian 1789-94
Schwan's great German-French dictionary appeared 1782
Walker's (English), popular for half a century 1791
Webster's American dictionary first pub. (often revised) 1828
Smart's dictionary pub 1836
Richardson's English dictionary appeared 1836
Lempridre's classical dictionary, 1788, now superseded by Dr.
W. Smith's classical series 1842-57
Worcester's dictionary 1860
Great German dictionary, by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm . 1854 et seq.
Hen-sleigh Wedgwood's " Dictionary of English Etymology ".1859-67
Smith's "Dictionary of the Bible" i)ub 1860-63
Earliest known English-Latin dictionary is the "Promptorium
Parvulorum," compiled by Galfridus Grammaticus, a preach-
ing friar of Norfolk, in 1440; and printed by Pynson, as
" Promptorius Puerorum," in 1499. A new edition, by Albert
Way. from MSS. , published by Camden Society 1843-65
Great French dictionary, by E. Littre, 1863-72; "supplement. . . 1877
" Bona-flde French and English Dictionary " (iJ4 inches by 2%,
weight 4 oz. ), printed by Bellows 1873
"Harper's Latin Dictionary " (founded upon Andrews's trans-
lation of Freund's " Latin-German Lexicon " ), standard au-
thority in English and American universities, pub 1879
"Encyclopaedic Dictionary" (English), by Robert Hunter,
M. A., F.G.S 1870-88
" Imperial Dictionary " (English), 4 vols. 8vo 1882
" Century Dictionary " (named after the company publishing
it). 6 vols, imperial octavo, edited by Wm. Dwight Whitney.
Ph.D., LL. D., of Yale 1891
Philological Society of London issued "proposals for a new
English dictionary," on the historical method, 1859; after
longdelaywork began systematically; editor, dr. J. H. Murraj^, 1879
[About 5000 authors, dating from 1150 to 1883, have been
read by about 13,000 persons (British and American), who
made about 3,000,000 extracts. I'art I., pub. Feb. 1884. was
considered to promise the grandest lexicographical work ever
produced. Vol. III. part I. 1892.]
A, B, and parts of C and D, completed Jan. 1893
didyin'iuni, a rare metal, discovered by Mosander in
1841, appears to be always associated with lanthanum and
cerium.
Dieppe (dSe-ep'), N. France. This town was bombarded
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by an English fleet, under admiral Russell, and laid in ashes, |
July, 11)94. It was again bombarded in 1794; and again, to- j
gethcr with Granville, by the British, 14 Sept. 1803.
** Di'es I'raP" (" l>ay of Wrath"), a Latin mediajval
hvmn on the day of judgment, is ascribed to various authors,
among others to pope Gregory the Great (d. about 604); St.
Bernard (d. 1153) ; but was doubtless composed by Thomas of
Celano (d. 1255), and used in the Roman service of the mass
before 1385. " Dies ir*. dies ilia,
Solvet sieclum in favllla,
Teste David cum Sibylla," etc.
Many translations of this hymn have been made, but none ex-
press the force of the original.
Diet of the German empire (the body which
exercised supreme authority in the empire) was composed of
3 colleges : one of electors, one of princes, and one of imperial
towns, and originated with the edict or Golden Bull of Charles
IV. 1356. Augsburg, 1530 ; Frankfokt-on-thk-Main, 1806
etseq.; Germany; Goldex Bull; Nurembkrg, 1467; Rat-
iSBON, 1541 ; Spires, 1529 ; Worms, 1521 ; Wurzburg, 1180.
dlether'OiCOpe, an apparatus for geodesy and teach-
ing optics, constructed by G. Luvini of Tunis, and announced
Apr. 1876.
DIeu et mon droit ("God and my right"), the
royal motto of England, was the pass-word of the day, given
by Richard I. of England to his army at the battle of Gisors,
in France, 20 Sept. 1198, in which the French army was sig-
nally defeated. It seems to have been first assumed as a
motto by Henry VI. (1422-61). Semper eauem.
" Dleu-donn^ " ("God-given"), the name given in
his infancy to Louis le Grand, king of France, the queen, his
mother, having been barren for 23 years previous to 1638. Also
to the late.corate de Chambord, son of the duchess of Berri, born
29 Sept. 1820. His father was assassinated 14 Feb.1820, One
of the popes (672) was named A deodatus, or God's gift.
diffUiion of g[ase§. In 1825, Dobereiner observed
the transmission of hydrogen gas through a crack in a glass
vessel, and prof. Thomas Graham discovered the passage of
gases through porous porcelain, graphite, and other substances,
and established laws in 1832. He also discovered Atmoly-
8IS and Dialysis. He died 16 Sept. 1869.
Digest. The first collection of Roman laws under this
title was prepared by the civilian Alfrenus Varus, of Cremona,
66 B.C. — Quintil. The " Digest," so called by way of eminence,
was the collection made by order of the emperor Justinian,
629 ; it made the first part of the Roman law and the first
volume of the civil law. Quotations from it are marked with
a ff. — Pardon. The " Digest of Law " commissioners signed
their first report 13 May, 1867, recommending the immediate
preparation of a digest of the English common-law, statute
law, and judicial decisions.
digits are properly the fingers (Lat. dif/ifus, a finger).
The figures representing any whole number under 10 (1, 2,
etc.) are called the 9 digits. Arithmetical figures were known
to the Arabian Moors about 900, and were introduced by them
into Spain in 1050, and thence into England about 1253. — In
astronomy, the digit as a measure of eclipses, is the twelfth
part of the luminary eclipsed. Arithmetic, Numerals.
Dijon (de'-zhon'), E. France, the ancient capital of Bur-
gundy, said to have been founded by Julius Caesar, fortified by
the emperor Marcus Aurelius, and named Divio, about 274.
It has been several times captured ; and a castle was erected
here by Louis XI. Dijon became the capital of the dukes of
Burgundy about 1180. It was attacked by the Germans, under
gen. Beyer, 30 Oct. 1870. The high suburbs were taken by
prince William of Baden, and the town surrendered on 31 Oct.
Dilettan'ti, Society of, established in 1734 by the
viscount Ilarcourt, lord Middlesex, duke of Dorset, and others
who had travelled and were desirous of encouraging the fine
arts in Great Britain. The society aided in publishing Stuart's
"Athens" (1762-1816), Chandler's "Travels" (1775-76), and
other illustrated works. The members dine together from time
to time at the Thatch ed-house tavern, St. James's. R. P.
Pullan, on behalf of this society, excavated the temple of
Minerva Poliasat Priene, between 1861-70. Pub. " Antiquitiea
of Ionia," 4 parts, 1769-1881.
dlm'lty, a cotton fabric, generally figured or striped. The
term is derived from the Gr. Siq, twice, and /iiVot;, thread.
Damietta.
Dinornis {tavog, terrible, and opvig, bird), an extinct
gigantic bird, the remains of which are found in certain parts
of New Zealand. From the size of its bones the bird must have
measured at least 10 feet in height. It was called the Moa by
the natives of New Zealand, and the Maoris have traditions of
hunting it, so that its extinction has been of comparatively
recent date.
di'OCese. The first division of the Roman empire into
dioceses, then civil governments, is ascribed to Constantine,
323 ; but Strabo remarks that the Romans had the departments
called dioceses long before. In England the principal dioceses
are coeval with the establishment of Christianity; of 28 dio-
ceses, 20 are suffragan to the diocese of Canterbury, and 6 to
that of York. Bishops, and the sees severally. Diocesan
conferences of the clergy and laity now frequent. Church,
English, Protestant-Episcopal, and Roman Catholic.
Dioele'tian £ra (called also the Era of Martyrs, from
the persecution in his reign) was used by Christian writers
until the introduction of the Christian era in the 6th century,
and is still by the Abyssinians and Copts. It dates from the
day on which Diocletian was proclaimed emperor at Chalcedon,
29 Aug. 284.
dioptric system (from the Gr. ^loirrpa, an optical
instrument for measuring), an arrangement of lenses for re-
fracting light in light-houses, devised by Fresnel about 1819,
based on discoveries of Buffon, Condorcet, Brewster, and oth-
ers. Light-houses.
diorama (Gr. ha, through, and opcifia, vision), paint-
ings viewed through a large aperture or proscenium, invented
by Daguerre and Bouton, and first exhibited in Paris, 1822.
dipllthe'ria (from the Gr. dipOepa, leather), a disease
resembling croup which develops a false membrane on the
mucous lining of the throat. It was named diphtheritis by
Bretonneau of Tours in 1820. From its prevalence in Bou-
logne it has been termed the Boulogne sore-throat; many
persons were affected with it in England at the beginning of
1858. It has been often epidemic in Russia.
Directory, the French, established by the constitution
of the 5th of Fructidor, an III. (22 Aug. 1795), and nominated
1 Nov., was composed of 5 members (MM. Lepeaux, Letour- *
neur, Rewbel, Barras, and Carnot). It ruled in conjunction
with 2 chambers, the Council of Ancients and Council of Five
Hundred (Councils, French), at the revolution of the 18th
of Brumaire (9 Nov. 1799). It was deposed by Bonaparte, who,
with Cambaceres and Lebrun, assumed the government as 3
consuls, himself the first, 13 Dec. 1799. Consuls.
" Directory," the first London, is said to have been
printed in 1677. The " Post-office Directory " first appeared
in 1800. For cities of the United States see under their re-
spective heads.
Disciples of Christ, formerly known in the United
States as Campbellites, from their founders Thomas and Alex-
ander Campbell, father and son, who came from Ireland to the
U. S. in 1809. Originally Presbyterians, they preached at Bush
Run, Pa., but united with the Baptists in 1812, who, protesting
against their creed, excluded them from their fellowship in
1827. The early success of the sect is almost entirely due to
the efforts of Alexander, who, educated at the university of
Glasgow, was able to formulate a theology. They profess ad-
herence to pure scriptural doctrine and practice, reject human
creeds and formularies, and admit to their communion all who
recognize Christ's obedience and death as " the only meritori-
ous cause of the sinner's acceptance with God," and are baptized
(by immersion) in his name. They number, according to the
statistics of 1892, 8416 churches, with 789,497 members, and
possess church property valued at $12,206,038. James A. Gar-
field was a member of this church, and, prior to his entry into
military and political life, was active in promoting its tenets.
discipline, ecclesiastical, originally conducted spiritu-
Bacchus at Teos, of Apollo Sraintheus in the Troad, and of [ ally according to the divine commands in Matt, xviii. 15,
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1 Cor. v., 2 Thess. iii. 6, and other texts, gradually became
temporal, as it now is in the Roman, Greek, and other churches.
The *' First Book of Discipline" of the Presbyterian church of
Scotland was drawn up by John Knox and 4 ministers in Jan.
1560-61. The more important "Second Book" was prepared
with great care in 1578 by Andrew Melville and a committee
of the leading members of the general assembly. It lays
down a Presbyterian form of government, defines the position
of the ecclesiastical and civil powers, etc.
Cli§e§tabli§linieilt. Church of Ireland.
Dismal §wailip, a morass in southern Virginia, ex-
tending into North Carolina. It was formerly 40 miles long
and 25 miles wide, but has become somewhat reduced in area
by drainage of its border. It is densely timbered with cy-
press, juniper, cedar, pine, etc. Lake Drummond, near its
centre, covers about 6 square miles. This swamp rises tow-
ards its centre, which is considerably higher than its margin.
It is now traversed by a canal and two narrow-gauge rail-
roads from Suffolk. Thomas Moore the poet, while at Nor-
folk, Virginia, put into verse an Indian legend, under the title
of " The Lake of the Dismal Swamp."
di!4pensatioilS, ecclesiastical, were first granted by
pope Innocent III. in 1200. These exemptions from the dis-
cipline of the church, with indulgences, absolutions, etc., led
eventually to the Reformation in Germany in 1517.
dispensing power of the crown (for setting
aside laws or their power) asserted by some British sovereigns,
especially by Charles II. (in 1672 for the relief of non-conform-
ists), and by James II. in 1786, was abolished by the bill of
rights, 1689. It has been exercised in the case of embargoes
upon ships, the Bank Charter act, etc. Indemnity.
Disraeli (diz-ra'l-e) administrations. Ad.
MINISTRATIONS, ENGLISH. Benjamin Disraeli (son of Isaac
Disraeli, author of " Curiosities of Literature," etc.), born 21
Dec. 1805 ; published " Vivian Grey," 1825 ; M.P. for Maid-
stone, 1837-41 ; Shrewsburv, 1841-47; Bucks, 1847-76. Chan-
cellor of exchequer, Feb. 'l852; Feb. 1858; July, 1866; in-
stalled lord rector of Glasgow university, 19 Nov. 1873; cre-
ated earl of Beaconsfield, Aug. 1876; plenipotentiary at the
Berlin congress, 13 June-13 July, 1878 ; K. G., invested by the
queen, 22 July, 1878 ; received freedom of London, 3 Aug. 1878
("at the pinnacle of ministerial renown; the favorite of his
sovereign, and the idol of society." — London 7'mes,8 Aug.1878).
Resigned (after Liberal victory in elections), 22 Apr. 1880;
published "Endymion," Dec. 1880; died 19 Apr. 1881 ; buried
at Hughenden, prince of Wales and many present, 26 Apr. ;
monument in Westminster abbey voted, 9 May, 188 1. His wife
created viscountess Beaconsfield, 28 Nov. 1868 ; died Dec. 1872.
Dissenters, the modem name of Puritans, Non-con-
formists, and English Protestants generally who dissent from
the church of England. In 1851, in London, the number of
chapels, meeting - houses, etc., for all classes of dissenters,
amounted to more than 554. (The church of England had
458 ; Roman Catholics, 35.) The great act (9 Geo. IV. c. 17)
for the relief of dissenters from disabilities, passed 9 May, 1828,
and called the Corporation and Test Repeal act, repealed all
laws requiring the sacrament of the Lord's Supper as a quali-
fication for certain offices, etc. By 6 and 7 Will. IV. c. 85
(1836), dissenters acquired the right of solemnizing marriages
at their own chapels, or at a registry office. Worship.
A burials bill to permit dissenting ministers to ofBciate at funerals
in church-yards several times rejected; in the commons, 248-234,
21 Apr. 1875; 279-248, 3 Mch. 1876; earl Granville's resolution in
the lords rejected, 148-92, 15 May. 1876.
Lord Harrowby's additional clause to the government burials bill
(permitting dissenters to have religious services in church-yards),
. was supported by the archbishops, and carried against government
(127-111), 18 June; the bill withdrawn, 25 June, 1877.
Osborne Morgan's resolution for reforming burial laws (i. e., permit-
ting other services), rejected (242-227), 15 Feb. 1878.
Act to amend the burial laws, permitting dissenters to have their
own service or no service in church-yards; passed commons (258-
79), 13 Aug. ; royal assent, 7 Sept. 1880.
Rev. W. H. Fremantle having proposed to preach at Dr. Parker's
city temple, and the bishop of London having disapproved, the
opinion of 2 counsel (Fitzjames Stephen and Benjamin Shaw)
was taken. They declared it to be illegal for the clergy of the Eng-
lish church to take part in worship of dissenters, June. 1875.
Several Episcopal clergymen take part in the dedication services of
Christ church (formerly Surrey chapel), Blackfriars, middle of July,
8*
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dissolving^ vieW^S, a name given to pictures thrown
on a background or scene in such manner as to appear to dis-
selve or vanish into the one following without any break or
interval between them. Henry Langdon Childe, the alleged
inventor, died 15 Oct. 1874, aged 92.
dis'taff or roek, the staff to which flax or any sub-
stance to be spun is fastened. The art of spinning with it
at the small wheel first taught to Englishwomen by Anthony
Bonavisa, an Italian. — Slow. St. Distaff's or Rock day was
formerly in England the first free day after the Epiphany (6
Jan.), when the Christmas holidays were over and women's
work was resumed.
distillation, and the various processes dependent on
it, are believed to have been introduced into Europe by the
Moors about 1150. Alcohol, Brandy. The distillation of
spirituous liquors was in practice in Great Britain in the 16th
century. — Burns. The processes were improved by Adam of
Montpellier in 1801. M. Payen's work (1861) contains the
most recent improvements. An act to prevent the use of stills
by unlicensed persons was passed in 1846. 118 licenses to dis-
tillers were granted in the year ending 31 Mch. 1858, for the
United Kingdom.
M. Raoul Pictet announces a method of distillation by use of ice
made by the air-pump, Apr. 1881.
District of Columbia. The District of Columbia,
containing the capital of the United States, is on the east side of
the Potomac river, and was
formerly part of Maryland. It
containsabout64sq. miles, and
being under the " exclusive
legislation of Congress," ac-
cording to art. i. sec. 8 of the
U. S. Constitution, its citizens
do not vote for president or
^^S?& ^ M^^^^^MR vice-president of the U. S., nor
ilM^^^^/^ in the affairs of the District.
The centre of the dome of the
Capitol is in lat. 38° 53' 20"
N., and Ion. 77° 00' 29" W.
Pop. 1890, 230,392.
Georgetown laid out under act of assembly in 80 lots, comprising
60 acres 15 May, 1751
Constitution of the U. S. gives Congress power to "exercise
exclusive legislation in all cases whatever over such district
(not exceeding 10 miles sq.) as may, by cession of particular
states and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of
government of the U. S." 17 Sept. 1787
Act of Maryland to cede to Congress 10 miles sq. in the state
for the seat of government of the U. S 23 Dec. 1788
Act of Virginia ceding 10 miles sq. or less upon the Potomac
for the seat of government of the U. S 3 Dec. 1789
Georgetown incorporated 25 Dec. "
Act of Congress locating the district for a seat of government,
16 July. 1790
Pres. Washington appoints Thomas Johnson, Daniel Carroll of
Maryland, and David Stuart of Virginia, commissioners to
survey the federal district 22 Jan. 1791
Nineteen proprietors agree upon terms for sale of lands to the
government. Lots, for public buildings, to be paid for at $125
per acre, streets free ; other lots to be the joint property of
the owners and the public trustees 30 Mch. "
Pres. Washington proclaims the lines and boundaries of the
district. A square comprising 64 sq. miles in Maryland and
36 in Virginia 30 Mch. "
First stone marking boundary of the district set in Jones's
Point, Hunting Creek, Va 15 Apr. "
Commissioners agree to call the federal district the "Territory
ofColnmbia," and the federal city the "City of Washington,"
and to name the streets of the latter alphabetically one way
and numerically the other 9 Sept. "
Cornerstone of president's house in Washington laid. . . 13 Oct. 1792
Corner-stone of north wing of the Capitol laid 18 Sept. 1793
First newspaper, the National Intelligencer, published in Wash-
ington 1800
Congress first meets in Washington 17 Nov. "
Superintendence of Washington placed in the hands of 3 com-
missioners "
Congress assumes jurisdiction of the district, and continues in
force the existing laws of Maryland and Virginia 27 Feb. 1801
Thomas Jefferson inaugurated president at Washington.. 4 Mch. "
Washington inrorporated by Congress; with a mayor appoint-
ed by the president and a council elected by the people, 3 May, 1802
Navy-yard at Washington established 27 Mch. 1804
Public buildings in Washington burned and destroyed by the
British after the battle of Bladensburg 24 Aug. 1814
Georgetown college, founded in 1789, chartered as a univer-
sity 1 May, 1815
American Colonization society for colonizing free people of
color in Liberia, founded at Washington - . . 1817
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New charter granted Washington, and mayor elected by the
people :..-. l»May, 1820
Columbian college, Washington, incoriwratod 1821
Corner-stone of llrst lock in CliesjiiH>ake and Ohio canal laid near
(Seorgetown in presence of president Jackson 29 May, 1829
Building of the government post office, designed by Robert
Milla, commenced 1839
U. S. Tren.sury building, designed by Robert Mills, completed.. 1841
U. S. naval observatorv founded 1842
Congress rclrocedesiheafisq. milesrecelvedfromVlrglnia,9 July, 1846
Corner stone of the Smithsonian Institution laid 1 May, 1847
Corner stone of the Washington monument laid 4 July, 1848
National soldiers' home, 2 miles north of Washington, estab-
lished by act of Congress 3 Mch. 1851
Corner-stone of south extension of the Capitol laid 4 July, "
Frinci|uil nwm of the library of Congress burned, 35,000 vol-
umes destroyed 24 Dec. "
Loais Kossuth visits Washington 31 Dec. "
First national agricultural convention, 151 members from 22
states, Marshall P. Wilder of Mass., president, meets at Wash-
ington 24 June, 1852
Congress appropriates $50,000 for an equestrian statue of Wash-
ington on public grounds near the Capitol 25 Jan. 1853
Government hospital for the insane of the army and navy es-
tablished near Uu iontown, 1853 ; opened 1855
Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, founded by Amos
Kendall, chartered by Congress. ^•■•' 1857
Peace conference of 5 commissioners from each state assembles
at Washington 4 Feb. 1861
Balloon ascension for military purposes made at Washington,
and first telegraph message from a balloon sent by Mr. Lovfe
to pres. Lincoln 18 June, "
Congress emancipates all slaves, to be valued by commission-
ers and paid for at a maximum of $300 16 Apr. 1862
Collegiate department of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf
and Dumb, known as the National Deaf- Mute college, the
onlv one in the world, publicly opened 28 June, 1864
General Jubal Karly, confederate, attacks fort Stevens, 6 miles
north of Washington, and is repulsed 12 July, "
Pres. Lincoln assassinated in Ford's theatre, Washington, 14 Apr. 1865
Suffrage granted to colored citizens in the District 8 Jan. 1867
The extensions of the capitol finished Nov. "
Howard university chartered "
Corcoran Art Gallery deeded to trustees by W. W. Corcoran,
the founder 10 May, 1869
Congress repeals the charters of Washington and Georgetown,
and forms a territorial government for the district, with a
governor and council of 11 members appointed by the presi-
dent of U. S. for 4 years, and a House of Delegates elected by
the people. Henry D. Cooke first governor 21 Feb. 1871
Alexander R Shepherd appointed governor 1873
Congress abolishes the territorial government, substituting a
board of 3 regents appointed by the president 20 June, 1874
Permanent government of district constituted by Congress, in
a board of 3 commissioners with no local legislative body.
Josiah Dent, president of board 11 June, 1878
Pres. Garfield assassinuted in the Baltimore and Potomac rail-
road station at Washington 2 July, 1881
Joseph K. West, president of board of commissioners 1882
James B. Edmonds, president of board of commissioners 1883
Remains of John Howard Payne, who died in Tunis, Africa, in
1852, interred in Oak Hill cemetery, Washington 9 June, "
Capstone of the Washington monument placed (monument
555 ft high) 6 Dec. 1884
William B. Webb, president of board of commissioners 1886
American college of the Roman Catholic chusch opened at
Washington 13 Nov. 1889
divination was forbidden to the Jews, 1451 b.c. (Deut.
xviii. 10). It was common among their neighbors, and is de-
scribed by Ezekiel (xxi. 21) 493 B.C.
divine right of kings, to the absolute and un-
qualified obedience of subjects, a doctrine foreign to the genius
of the English constitution, was defended by many writers of
various schools of thought, e. g., by Hobbes the free-thinker
(1642), by Salmasius (1640), by sir Robert Filmer (about 1653),
in his " Patriarcha," pub. in 1680, and by the High Church
party generally about 1714; but opposed by Milton (1651),
Algernon Sydney, and others.
diving-bell (first mentioned, though obscurely, by
Aristotle, about 325 b.c.) was used in Europe about 1509 a.d.
It is said to have been used on the coast of Mull, Scotland, in
searching for the wreck of part of the Spanish Armada, before
1662. Halley (about 1716) greatly improved this machine,
and was, it is said, the first who, by means of a diving-bell, set
his foot on the ground at the bottom of the sea. Smeaton
made use of the diving-bell in improving Ramsgate harbor,
1779-88. Mr. Spalding and his assistants going down in a
diving-bell on the Irish coast were drowned, 1 June, 1783. The
British man-of-war Royal George, sunk off Portsmouth in 1782,
was first surveyed by means of a diving-bell, in May, 1817.
Latterly it has been employed in submarine surveys and har-
bor works. The " talpa marina,'' or sea-mole, a diving ma-
chine for laying down torpedoes, etc., being a cylinder provided
with compressed air sufficient for 2 persons for 50 hours, was
invented by Toselli, a Venetian, and was successfully tried in
the bay of Naples, 26 Aug. 1871. — Diciny-dress, a close dress
made by Mr. Siebe about 1836; used by sir C. W. Pasley in
1838. M. Cabirol, maker of one, died Dec. 1874.
Mr. Fleuss invented a helmet with a mouthpiece, into which he In-
troduced enough oxygen to last 5 hours, and thus was enabled to
remain under water several hours. He exhibited his method at
the Polytechnic Institution, London, Nov. 1879, and at the Society
of Arts, 6 May, 1880.
divining rod {virgula divina, baculatorius), formed of
wood or metal, was formerly believed, even by educated per-
sons, to have the property of indicating the position of min-
erals and springs of water. Instances were alleged in 1851 by
Dr. H. Mayo, in his work on " Popular Superstitions."
divoree was permitted by the law of Moses (Deut. xxiv.
1), 1451 B.C., but forbidden by Christ, except for unchastity
(Matt. V. 31, 32). It was put in practice by Spurius Carvi-
lius Ruga at Rome, 234 b.c. At this time morals were so de-
based that 3000 prosecutions for adultery were enrolled. Di-
vorces are of two kinds : one, a vinculo matrimonii (total
divorce) ; the other, a mensd et thoro (from board and bed).
It was sought to make divorces easier in England in 1539.
The Judicature act, 1873, constituted the probate, divorce, and
admiralty division of the High Court of Justice, with two
judges. Supreme Court, Probate.
Bill to prevent women marrying their seducers brought into
Parliament 1801
Commissioners on law of divorce issue their first report. . .Apr. 1857
In 1857 there had been in England, since the Reformation, 317
divorces by act of Parliament; in Scotland, by the law, 174
divorces since 1846 ; 1858-67, 1279 dissolutions of marriage,
213 judicial separations.
From the establishment of the divorce court, to Mch. 1859, 37
divorces had been granted out of 288 petitions; from Nov.
1860, to July, 1861, 164.
By 20 and 21 Vict. c. 85, the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical
courts over divorce, etc., was abolished, and the Divorce and
Matrimonial Causes court instituted, to consist of 3 judges,
the judge of the Probate court to be one (if possible) "
A full court sat— lord Campbell, chief-baron Pollock, sir Cress-
well Cresswell (judge of the Probate court)— when 5 marriages
were dissolved 10 May, 1858
Act amended by acts passed in consequence of the increase of
the business of the court 1858-60
An act respecting divorces in Scotland passed 1861
Divorce Amendment act passed 21 July, 1868
On appeal, the lords decide that action will lie for divorce
from a wife insane (Trials, 1870, Mordauntcase) 22 June, 1874
Legalized by the French republic; about 7000 divorces in Paris
alone, 1793-94 ; prohibited by the civil code, but Napoleon
divorced Josephine, 16 Dec. 1809 ; again prohibited, 1816 ;
again legalized, with conditions, July; many suits Aug. 1884
In the United States divorce is regulated by the states. As
a consequence the laws vary greatly, and confusion arises
from their conflict. A man maj' be the lawful husband of one
woman in one state, while the law of another state may hold
him to be the husband of another. The necessitj' of providing
some uniform system was discussed, 1881. The violation of
the marriage vow is, however, a cause for absolute divorce in
all the states and territories having divorce laws. South Car-
olina has no divorce laws. According to the divorce statistics
of the U. S. for 20 years ending 1886, there were 328,716 di-
vorces granted, of which 129,382 were of couples with chil-
dren, and 57,524 without. The causes were: desertion, 126,676;
adultery, 67,686 ; cruelty, 51,595; drunkenness, 13,866 ; neglect
to provide, 7955. — A divorce bill for Victoria, Australia, having
received the assent of the home government, the bishop of Vic-
toria forbade the clergy marrying divorced persons, May, 1890.
Dix's order. This celebrated order was issued by
John A. Dix, sec. of the treasury, 1861, to Hemphill Jones,
who was in New Orleans trying to prevent the seizure of the
U. S. revenue cutter, the Robert McClelland, by the Louisiana
state government. Capt. Breshwood was in command of the
McClelland, and refused to take the vessel north as ordered,
in anticipation of delivering it to the Louisiana government.
The order reads as follows :
"treasury DEPARTMENT. ,, , „„ ^oci
' ' Jan. 29, 1861.
"Tell lieut. Caldwell to arrest capt. Breshwood, assume command
of the cutter, and obey the order I gave through you. If capt.
Breshwood, after arrest, undertakes to interfere with the command
of the cutter, tell lieut. Caldwell to consider him as a mutineer, and
treat him accordingly. If any one attempts to haul down the
American flag, shoot him on the spot. "John A. Dix
"Secretary of the. Treasury."
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Dixie'§ Land. Songs of the Civil War.
]>izier, St., N.E. France. Here a siege was sustained
for 6 weeks against the army of the emperor Charles V., 1544.
The allies here defeated Napoleon, 27 Jan. and 26 Mch. 1814.
Doce'tSB, a sect of the 1st century, said to have held
that Jesus Christ was God, but that his body was an appear-
ance, not a reality.
docki, artificial basins for the reception of ships for
safety or repairing. Those for the safety of the ship are termed
wet, and those for repairing dry, and these may be floating as
well as stationary. The Athenian docks in the Piraeus cost
1000 talents. The docks of ancient Rome (navalia) were at-
tached to the emporium outside of the Porta Trigemina and
were connected with the Tiber. The following are the prin-
cipal commercial docks :
ENGLISH DOCKS.
Commercial docks, Rotherhlthe, originated about 1660, covers in all
70 acres.
West India docks, commenced 3 Feb. 1800; opened 27 Aug. 1802,
when the Henry Addington, West Indiaman, first entered them,
decorated with the colors of the different nations of Europe.
London docks were commenced 26 June, 1802, and opened 20 Jan.
1805, Mr. Rennie superintending engineer; cost $7,500,000.
East India docks commenced 1803; opened 4 Aug. 1806; covers 32
acres.
St. Katharine's docks began 3 May, 1827 ; 2500 men were daily em-
ployed on them until they were opened, 25 Oct. 1828; covers 24
acres; cost over $10,000,000.
Royal Victoria docks (in Plaistow marshes) completed and opened
Nov. 1855 ; great enlargement proposed July, 1876 ; completed and
named Royal Albert docks by the duke and duchess of Connaught,
24 June, 1880.
Magnificent docks at Liverpool and Birkenhead erected 1810-57, at
acost of $20,500,000.
Milwall docks, near London, formerly opened, 14 Mch. 1868.
A great floating iron dry-dock, which cost $1,250,000, was launched
at North Woolwich, 3 Sept. 1868, and towed from the Medway by
2 ships of war, 23 June, 1860, and arrived at the Bermudas (in 36
days), 30 July.
Construction of floating docks for repairing ships advocated by lord
Brassey, Jan. 1887.
Erection of docks at Tilbury determined on 30 Sept. 1881 ; begun 8
July, 1882; opened 17 Apr. 1886.
New Barry docks, 7 miles west of Cardiff, Bristol channel (which
with breakwater, etc.), cost $4,250,000; opened 18 July, 1889.
PRINCIPAL UNITED STATES DOCKS.
Boston, Mass., dry-dock, built 1833; cost $1,000,000.
Atlantic dock, Brooklyn, N. Y., completed 1851; covering 42 acres;
cost nearly $2,000,000. Brooklyn, 1844.
Portland, Me., dry-dock.
Red Hook, Brooklyn, N. Y., dry-dock.
Norfolk, Va., dry-dock.
Savannah, Ga., dry-dock.
Mare island, Cal., dry-dock, has cost $3,000,000; not completed 1893.
Detroit, Mich., dry-dock, completed 1891; cost $200,000.
One building at Puget sound, Washington, larger than any yet built
in the U. S.
doctor. Doctor of the church was a title given to
Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and Chrysostom in the
Greek church; and to Jerome, Augustin, Ambrose, and Greg-
ory the Great in the Latin church. Fathers. Afterwards
the title was conferred on certain persons with distinguishing
epithets — viz.: Thomas Aquinas (Angelicus), Bonaventura
(Seraphicus), Alexander de Hales (Irrefragabilis), Duns Sco-
tus (Subtilis), Roger Bacon (Mirabilis), William Occam (Sin-
gularis), Joseph Gerson (Christianissimus), Thomas Bradwar-
dine (Profundus), and so on. — Doctor of the Law was a title
of honor among the Jews. The degree of doctor was con-
ferred in England, 8 John, 1207. — Spelman. Some give it an
earlier date, referring it to the time of the venerable Bede
and John de Beverley, the former of whom, it is said, first ob-
tained the degree at Cambridge, in the 8th century.
Doctor§' commons, the college for the professors
of civil and canon law in the 8th century. In Feb. 1568, Dr.
Henry Hervie, dean of the arches and master of Trinity hall
(a seminary founded at Cambridge, Engl., chiefly for the study
•of the civil and canon laws), procured from the dean and chap-
ter of the diocese of London a lease of Montjoy house and
buildings in the parish of St. Benet, Paul's wharf, for the ac-
commodation of the society. Other courts being held here,
the whole place was called " Doctors' Commons." The origi-
nal college was destroyed in the great fire of 1666 ; in 1672
it was rebuilt. After the great fire, until 1672, the society
held its courts at Exeter house, in the Strand. It was
incorporated by charter in June, l768.~Coote. The buildings
of the College of Advocates, which included all the courts of
Doctors' Commons (arches, admiralty, consistory, etc.), were
purchased by the Metropolitan Board of Works, and pulled
down in Apr. 1867, for the new Queen Victoria street ; some
new buildings were erected. Till 1857 the causes taken cog-
nizance of here were blasphemy, divorces, bastardy, adultery,
penance, tithes, mortuaries, probate of wills, etc. The building
in Knightrider street being dilapidated and too small, the wills
were removed to Somerset house, where the office was opened
24 Oct. 1874. Civil law. Ecclesiastical Courts, etc.
doctor's mob. New York, 1788.
doctrinaires (dok-tri-narz'), a name given since 1814
to a class of politicians in France (Guizot, Mole, the due de
Broglie, and others), who upheld constitutional principles, in
opposition to arbitrary monarchical power. The party came
into office in 1830 under Louis Philippe, and fell with him in
1848. The term has been applied in England to the writers
in the Westminster Review (1824 et seq.), Bentham, Molesworth,
and others.
do'do (^Didus ineptus), an extinct member of the order
Columbae. The remains of this bird are found only on the island
of Mauritius. It was incapable of flying, and stupid, and some-
what larger than the swan. It was exterminated about 1693.
Our principal knowledge of it is based upon a few bones found,
and drawings made in Holland, where it was brought alive
before extermination.
Dodo'na, Epirus. The temple of Jupiter here, re-
nowned for its ancient oracle, delivered by the sound of wind
in a grove of oak trees, was destroyed by the ^tolians, 219 B.c.
Foundation of the temple, etc., excavated by M. Carapanos,
1883.
dog. Buffon considers the shepherd's dog as " the root
of the tree," as having naturally the greatest share of instinct.
Dr. Gall asserts that a dog, taken from Vienna to England,
escaped to Dover, got on a vessel, landed at Calais, accompa-
nied a man to Mentz, and returned to Vienna.
Statute against dog-stealing, 10 Geo. Ill 1770
Use of dogs to draw carts, etc., abolished in London, 1839; in
the United Kingdom 1854
Dox-tax imposed, 1796; again in 1808; 12s. a year realized
219,313Z 1866
Dog-tax repealed, 29 Mch. 1867; annual excise duty of 5s. im-
posed on all dogs more than 6 months old, to begin. . .5 Apr. 1867
Dog show in London, 1861; since 1862 at the Agricultural hall,
Islington, the Crystal palace, and other places.
"Dogs' temporary home" opened, Hollingsworth street, Lon-
don, N., 1861; removed to Battersea in 1871; about 2200
animals have been sheltered in a year.
As a nuisance, dogs at large unmuzzled in London ordered to
be seized by the police July-27 Nov. 1868
New act, more stringent, passed 24 July, 1871
Dog licenses (annual 5s.) issued in financial year, 1871-72, produced
279,425Z. ; in 1875-76, 343,257^. ; in 1876-77, 349,613^. ; 1877-78,
372,699Z.
Dogs licensed in United Kingdom: in 1866, 445,656; in 1876, 1,362,-
176.
There are in England 12 packs of stag-hounds, containing 295 couples ;
4 packs in Ireland, containing 100 couples. The largest pack is
the queen's, 40 couples; master, the earl of Coventry; kennels at
Ascot Heath. Of fox-hound packs there are 155 in England and
Wales, containing 6239 couples; in Scotland, 9 packs with 326
couples; and in Ireland, 17 packs with 635 couples. There are
also 124 packs of harries and beagles in England and Wales, with
1997 couples; 40 packs in Ireland with 512 couples, and 6 packs
in Scotland with 116 couples. Thus more than 20.000 hounds
are maintained exclusively for hunting in the United Kingdom.
dOg'-days (the Canicular period). The rising and
setting of Sirius, or the dog-star, with the sun has been erro-
neously regarded as the cause of excessive heat and of conse-
quent calamities. These days have been spoken of by the
earliest observers. Hippocrates (450 b.c.) speaks of them as
the hottest and most unhealthy part of summer, and Pliny
says they began with the heliacal rising of Procyon on what
is now 19 July, and this date has been widely accepted. But
he also says the sun was then entering Leo, which would make
the days begin 23 July. This has also been used as the start-
ing-point. If the time is given from 3 July to 11 Aug. it is
probably of Babylonian origin. Various durations from 30 to
54 days have been assigned to them.
doge or duke. Venice was first governed by a doge
named Anafesto Paululio, or Paoluccio, 697. Venice. The
Genoese chose their first doge, Simone Boccanegra, in 1339.
Genoa.
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DOffKCr-bank, a sand bank in the North sea, 170 miles
in length, and average width 40 miles. Here an indecisive
battle was fought between the British, under admiral sir
Hyde Parker, and the Dutch, 5 Aug. 1781.
Dogi^ett'M coat and badge. Boat-racks.
doit. A silver Scottish penny: 12 made a penny ster-
ling. Some struck by Charles I. and II. are in cabinets. The
circulation of" doydeky ns " (small Dutch coins) was prohibited
in England by statute in 1415.
dollar (Ger. Thaler). Stamped Spanish dollars (value As.
9(/,) were issued from the British mint in Mch. 1797, but called
in in Oct. following. The dollar is the unit of United States
money. It is coined in silver, formerly also in gold, and is
worth 45. IJd English money. Coin and Coinage in the U. S.
dolphin, a cetaceous mammal of the genus Delphinus
ddphh. Also the name of the caravel of Verrazzani, in which
he entered the bay of New York in 1524, and of the U. S.
despatch boat carrying president Cleveland while reviewing
the navies of the world in New York harbor, 27 Apr. 1893.
Doni-bOC or Doom-book {Liher Judicialis), the
code of law compiled by king Alfred (871-901 a.d.) from the
West-Saxon collection of Ina and other sources.
Domesday, or Doom§day, book (Domus Dd
book — Stoic) {Liber Censual'is A nglice), a book of the general
survey of England, commenced under William I., 1080 (or
1085), completed in 1086, designed as a register to determine
the right in tenure of estates: sir Martin Wright says, "to
discover the quantity of every man's fee, and to fix his hom-
age," i. e. the question of military aid he was bound to furnish ;
and from it the question whether lands be ancient demesne
or not is sometimes still decided. The book, formerly kept
in the chapter-house of Westminster, is now in the public
record office. It consists of two volumes, a greater and a less,
applying to all counties of England except Northumberland,
Durham, Westmoreland, and Cumberland. "This Dome's-
day Book was the tax-book of kinge William."— CamJew.
The taxes were levied by it till 13 Hen. VIII., 1522, when a
more accurate survey was taken, called b\' the people the
" New Doomsday Book." It was printed in 4 vols, fol., with
introductions, etc., 1783-1816. Photo-zincographic copies of
various counties have been published since 1861. In Sept. 1872,
the British government ordered a return of all owners of land
in England and Wales— a new domesday-book, to be made by
the local government board.
The return for Scotland, 1872-73, was published by government,
Apr. 1874; for England and Wales (exclusive of the metropolis)
in 1875 ; for Ireland, 1876.
domestie economy, or the study of food and
clothing, was introduced into the government educational de-
partment of England in 1874; the congresses began at Bir-
mingham, 16 July, 1877 ; Manchester, 26 June, 1878 ; London
(Society of Arts)*26 June, 1879; 21 June, 1881.
Domtn'go, St. Hayti.
Domln'iea, one of the Leeward islands, West Indies,
discovered by Columbus in his second voyage, and so called
because first sighted on Sunday, 3 Nov. 1493 ; was taken by the
British in 1761, and confirmed to them by the peace of Paris,
Feb. 1763. The French took Dominica in 1778, but restored
it at the peace of 1783. Their admiral Villeneuve ineflfectu-
ally attacked it in 1805, It suffered damage bv a hurricane in
1806. Pop. 1892, 29,500 ; area 291 sq. miles. Capital Roseau.
domln'ieal letter, noting the Lord's day, or Sunday.
The 7 days of the week, reckoned as beginning on 1 Jan., are
designated by the first 7 letters of the alphabet, A (1 Jan.),
B, C, D, E, F, G ; and the one of these which denotes Sunday
is the dominical letter. If the year begin on Sunday, A- is
the dominical letter; if on Monday, G; if on Tuesday, F;
and so on. To find the dominical letter call Ne<v-year's day A,
the next B, and so on to the first Sunday, and the letter that an-
swers to it is the dominical letter ; in leap-vears count 2 letters.
The letter for 1893, A; 1894, G; 1895, F; 1896, E, D (leap-year).
Domln'iean§, formerly a powerful religious order
(called in France Jacobins, from Rue St. Jacques (Jacobus),
where they first established themselves, and in England Black
friars), founded to put down the Albigenses and other heretics
by St. Dominic (b. Old Castle 1170, d. Bologne 1221; canon-
ized by pope Gregory IX. 1254), approved by Iiuiocent III: in
1216, and confirmed by Honorius III. in 1216, under St. Au-
gustin's rules and the founder's particular constitution. In
1220 thej' declared for complete poverty, renouncing the pos-
session of property in every form, and begging for daily bread.
In 1276 the corporation of London gave the Dominicans two
streets near the Thames, where they erected a large convent ;
in the neighborhood still called Blackfriars. A Dominican
establishment at Haverstock hill, near London, was consecrated
10 Oct. 1867.
Dominion of Canada. Canada.
dom'inos. This game has been variously traced tO'
Greek, Hebrew, and Chinese origin. Early in the 18th cen-
tury it was introduced into France from Italy, and the Cafe de
rOpera in Paris was long the headquarters for ^pert players.
From France it spread to Germany, England, and America.
" Don Quixote " (don kee-ho'-ta), by Saavedra Mi-
guel de Cervantes (b. 1547 ; d. 1616). The first part appeared in
1605, the second in 1608 ; first complete edition, 1637. It is
said that upwards of 12,000 copies of the first part were circu-
lated before the second was printed. — Watts. Best English
edition, Ormsby's, 4 vols., London, 1885.
Do'nati§tl§, an ancient strict sect, formed about 313-18,
by an African bishop, Donatus, jealous of Caecilian, bishop of
Carthage, which became extinct in the 7th century. They held
that the Father was above the Son, the Son above the Holy
Ghost. Their discipline was severe, and those who joined
them were rebaptized.
Donauvrerth, a town of Bavaria, where French and
Bavarians were defeated bj' Marlborough, 2 July, 1704.
Don 'caster, Yorkshire, Engl., the Roman Danum, the
Saxon Donne ceastre. The races here (held annually in Sep-
tember) began about 1703. Races.
Donel§on, Fort. Fokt Donrlson.
Doom§day-book. Domesday-book.
Dorchester, Dorsetshire, Engl, the Roman Durno-
varia, the Saxon Dornceasier ; with remains of a Roman the-
atre and a British camp. Here Jeffrey held his "bloody as-
size" (after Monmouth's rebellion), 3 Sept. 1685.
Dorchester Heights. Massachusetts, 1776.
Dorians, Greeks, who claimed descent from Dorus, son
of Hellen. Greece. The return of the Dorians, named
Heraclidae, to the Peloponnesus, is dated 1104 b.c. They sent
out many colonies. From this race is named the Doric archi-
tecture, the second of the 5 orders, and the Doric dialect.
Dorking, Surrey, Engl., an ancient town ; the manor
given by the Conqueror to earl Fitzwarren. Imaginary " Bat-
tie of Dorking," in which the German invaders totally defeat
the British army, is a clever article attributed to col. George
Chesney, in Blackwood's Magazine for May, 1871. It occa-
sioned much controversy and several pamphlets.
Dormans, a town of N.E. France. The Huguenots
and allies, under Montmorency, were here defeated by the
duke of Guise, 10 Oct. 1575.
Dorr's rebellion. From 1663, the people of Rhode
Island had lived under a charter from Charles II., according
to which only those owning a certain amount of property
- could vote. In 1841 the desire to change this provision gave
rise to 2 parties, the " Suffrage " and the " Law and Order."
Each party determined to secure the administration of affairs,
and each elected its own state oflicers. Thomas W. Dorr was
chosen governor by the " Suffrage " party, and took possession
of the state arsenal ; the militia were called out, and he was
compelled to flee. In a second attempt the party was over-
powered by U. S. troops, and Dorr was arrested, brought to
trial, convicted of treason, and sentenced to imprisonment for
life ; but some time after he was pardoned. A free consti-
tution was adopted in the meantime by the people, and is now
in force. Rhode Island.
Dort or Dordrecht, an ancient town in Holland.
By an inundation of the Meuse in 1421, on the breaking-down
of the dikes, in the territory of Dordrecht 10,000 persons per-
ished ; and more than 100,000 round Dollart, in Friesland, and
in Zealand.— The independence of the 13 provinces was de-
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clared here in 1572, when William, prince of Orange, was
made stadth older. — A Protestant synod sat at Dort, 13 Nov.
1618, to 25 May, 1619 ; deputies were sent from England, and
from reformed churches in Europe, to settle the differences
between the doctrines of Luther, Calvin, and Arminius, princi-
pally upon points of justification and grace. This synod con-
demned the tenets of Arminius.
DorylaK'Hin, a city of Phrygia. Solyman, the Turkish
sultan of Iconium, having retired from the defence of Nicaea,
his capital, was here defeated with great loss by the crusaders,
1 July, 1097. — Michaud.
I>01ia.y (doo'-d), N. France, the Roman Duacum, was
taken from the Flemings by Philip the Fair in 1297; restored
by Charles V. in 1368. It reverted to Spain, but was taken by
Louis XIV. in 1667. It was captured by the duke of Marl-
borough in June, 1710; retaken by the French, 8 Sept. 1712.
This town gives its name to the English Roman Catholic ver-
sion of the Bible authorized by the pope, the text explained by
notes of Roman divines. The Old Testament was published
by the English college at Douay in 1609; the New at Rheims
in 1582. The English college for Roman Catholics was founded,
1568, by William Allen, afterwards cardinal. — Dodd.
I>OUg[llface§, first used and applied by John Randolph
of Virginia to northern representatives in U. S. Congress who
supported the Missouri compromise of 1820 ; Randolph strenu-
ously opposing it.
]>OUgla§, Stephen Arnold. United States, 1854-1857,
1858-1860; Political Partii.:s. ~ "^
Douro {doo'-ro), a river separating Spain and Portugal,
wliicli, after a desperate struggle between Wellington's advance
guard under Hill, and the French under Soult, was crossed
by the former on 12 May, 1809, so suddenly that Wellington
at 4 o'clock sat down to the dinner prepared for the French
general. — Alison.
Dover, Kent, Engl., the Roman Dubris. Near here Julius
Caesar is said to have first landed in England, 26 Aug. 55 b.c.,
and its castle to have been built by him soon after ; but this
is disputed. The works were strengthened by Alfred and suc-
ceeding kings, and rebuilt by Henry II. The earliest-named
constable is Leopoldus de Bertie, under Ethelred H,, followed
by earl Godwin, Odo, the brother of William I., etc. In mod-
ern times this office, and that of warden of the Cinque Ports,
have been frequently conferred on the prime-minister for the
time being — e. g., lord North, Mr. Pitt, lord Liverpool, and the
duke of Wellington.
Priory was commenced by archbishop Corboyl or Corbois, about 1130
John here resigned his kingdom to Pandolf, the pope's legate,
13 May, 1213
Pier projected by Henry VIII 1533
Charles II. landed here from his exile 26 May. 1660
Submarine telegraph laid to Calais by Brett 28 Aug! 1850
Telegraph between Dover and Calais opened 13 Nov. 1851
Dover, N. H. New Hampshire, 1690.
dower, the gifts of a husband to a wife before marriage
(Gen. xxxiv. 12). The portion of a man's lands or tenements
which his widow enjoys for life. By the law of king Edmund
of England a widow took a moiety of her husband's lands or
tenements for her life, 941. The widows of traitors, not those
of felons, are debarred dower by statute 5 Edw. VI. 1551.
Down, N. E. Ireland, an ancient see , first bishop St.
Cailan in 499. At the instance of John de Courcy, the con-
queror of Ulster, the cathedral, consecrated to the Trinity, was
rededicated to St. Patrick about 1183. The sepulchre of St.
Patrick (buried here in 493, in the abbey of Saul, founded by
himself) brought this place into great repute. The cathedral
of Downpatrick was destroyed by lord Grey, lord-deputy of
Ireland; for this and other crimes he was impeached and be-
headed in Ib'^i.—Beatson.
Draco'§ law§, enacted by him when archon of Ath-
ens, 621 B.C., on account of their severity were said to be
written in blood. Idleness was punished as severely as mur-
der. This code was superseded by Solon's, 594 b.c.
draft rioti, New York. In Apr. 1862, U. S. Congress
authorized a draft to fill the ranks of the Union army; but
president Lincoln refrained from resorting to it until 1863,
vhen, by proclamation, 8 May, he ordered the draft to begin
in July. Great opposition was made by the " Peace party."
While there was some disturbance in other northern states, in
no place was resistance so serious as in New York city. Here
the draft ordered on 13 July was resisted, and for 4 days (13-16
July) the city was in almost complete possession of the rioters.
Nearly every able-bodied soldier had been sent against Lee's
invasion of Pennsylvania, so that the rioters met only the po-
lice and a few invalid soldiers, whom they soon overpowered.
Violent and reckless men appealed to the worst passions of ig-
norant followers, and negroes who appeared in the streets were
pursued with fury, and often stoned or hanged. Under pre-
text of hunting these men, several private houses were entered
and plundered or burned. Many newspaper offices and bank-
ing houses were garrisoned and armed in anticipation of attack.
But when the organized militia, with one or two veteran regi-
ments, arrived, they soon overcame the mob. In this riot
there were probably about 1000 persons (many negroes) killed,
and property destroyed to the amount of $2,000,000.
dragr'oniiades. The fierce persecution of the Protes-
tants in the reign of Louis XIV. by dragoons (whence called
dragonnades), directed by the minister Louvois, 1684, was con-
summated by the revocation of Henry IV.'s edict of Nantes, 22
Oct. 1685, which drove 50,000 families from 'Fr&ncQ.—Duruy.
dragCOOns'. A name supposed to be derived from drag-
on, "because mounted on horseback with Jighted match he
seemeth like a fiery dragon." — Meyrich. The draconarii were
horse-soldiers who bore dragons for ensigns. The first regi-
ment of dragoons was raised in England, it is believed, in 1681.
" King Charles II., at the Restoration, established a regiment
of Life Guards, to which he added a regiment of Horse Guards
and 2 regiments of Foot Guards; and a third regiment of Foot
Guards was raised at Coldstream, on the borders of Scotland."
— Capt. Curling. Army, United States.
drailiag^e. The first attempts at reclamation of sub-
merged lands by drainage in Holland are said to have been
made in or about the 2d century, a.d. Friesland, which is
lower than the surface of the ocean, was preserved b}' a wall,
raised by a Portuguese in the employ of Philip II. of Spain, in
1567. The drainage of Haarlem meer, in Holland, an inland sea
formed by an irruption of the North sea in 1539, and covering
70 sq. miles, was begun in 1839. Pumping commenced 7 June,
1848 ; 832,000,000 tons of water were pumped out, and the work
was finished, 1 July, 1852, at an expenditure of $3,600,000,
which was more than paid by sale of the reclaimed lands. In
1875 the Dutch chamber voted 9,500,000/. to reclaim the sub-
merged lands of the Zuyder zee, covering an area of 759 sq.
miles — The drainage of the Pontine marshes, lying between
Rome and Naples, was confided to the patrician Decius, by
Theodoric, at the end of the 6th century. Leo X. gave Julius
de Medici authority and money to pursue the work, and he
cut the canal Porta torre di Badino. Sixtus V. had the Fiume
Sisto canal cut under the direction of the civil engineer As-
canio Fenizi, about 1588, and Pius VIII. continued the drain-
age works about 1775. The Ferrara marshes in northern Italy,
covering 200 sq. miles, are drained by 8 centrifugal pumps,
discharging nearly half a million gallons per minute into the
river Volano, at Codigoro. — The first mention of drainage of
land in Great Britain is of Romney marsh, in Kent co., com-
prising over 24,000 acres, which was defended against the sea
by an artificial wall upwards of 6000 yards in length, probably
erected when the Romans occupied England. A general drain-
age act was passed in England in 1600. Portions of the Bedford
level, also called the Fens, on the east coast of England, were
reclaimed by drainage by the earl of Bedford in 1634, Cornelius
Vermuyden, the Dutch engineer, being invited to England for
this purpose. He expended over 100,000/. on the work, which
was completed by his son 15 or 20 years later at an additional
cost of 300,000/. Canals, Sewers. — There are in. the United
States, besides the inland swamp land, 6 or 7 million acres of
tide-water marshes capable of being diked and cultivated. In
Delaware, marshes were diked by the Swedes nearly 200 years
ago. In Maine the most important reclamations are in Wash-
ington, Cumberland, and York counties: in Massachusetts, at
Marshfield ; and in New Jersey, the Newark meadows, which
were reclaimed by the Iron Dike and Land Reclamation
Company of New York, using an upright iron plate in the em-
bankment to prevent burrowing by muskrats, etc., 1868-70.
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Tide-laod Rodamaliou Company organized for draining land in
the Sacramento and Sau Joaquin river deltas, CaliCornia, about 1869
Louisiana l^md ReclumalionConuKinyorgauized in New Orleans 1«78
Draining of lake Okeechobee, Kla. , for reclamation of lands, be-
gun by the Atlantic and Gulf Coast Canal and Okeechobee
Land i'ompauy 1881-82
Drainage of farm lands by deep trenches lllled in with stones
or fagots, covered with turf, was recoininended by capt. Walter
Bligh of Kngland in 1(J62. , About 1764, Mr. Elkington of
Warwickshire, Kngl, established a system of draining springy
land by boring for the source of the water and drawing it olf
in a single deep channel. The system of James Smith of
Dcnuston, practically a revival of Bligh's plan of farm drain-
age, was introduced into England 1823
Jesse Buel was one of the first to employ tile for draining in
the U. S., on his farm near Albany, N. Y. In 1837 he laid
4000 ft. of tile drain, the tile being manufactured by Jackson
of Albany. John Johnston of Seneca co., N. Y., imported
flrom Scotland patterns of drain tile in 1835, from which he
made tile for his own use. John Doialleld. of Seneca co.,
N. Y., imported fi-om England a patent tile machine 1848
Drake's eireiimnavlg^ation. Sir Francis
Drake sailed from Falmouth, P^ngL, 13 Dec. 1577, circumnav-
igated the globe, and returned to England after many perils,
3 Nov. 1580. He was vice-admiral under lord Howard; high
admiral of England against the Spanish Armada, 19 July, 1588.
He died at Panama, 28 Jan. 1596, on an expedition against the
Spaniards. California; Virginia, 1586.
drama (Gr. dpdfia, action), ancient. Both tragedy
and comedy began with the Greeks.
First comedy performed at Athens, by Susarion and Dolon, on ^•'^•
a movable scaffold 562
Chorus introduced 556
Tragedy first represented at Athens by Thespis, on a wagon
{Arund. Marb.) 536
Thespis of Icaria, the inventor of tragedy, performed at Athens
" Alcestis," and was rewarded with a goat (tragos). — Pliny... "
.fischylus introduced dresses and a stage 486
Drama was first introduced into Rome when a plague raged in
the consulate of C. Sulpicius Peticus and C. Licinius Stolo;
the magistrates, to appease the gods, instituted games called
the "Scenici;" actors from Etruria danced, after the Tuscan
manner, to the flute 364
Anaxandrides, first dramatic poet who introduced intrigues
upon the stage; composed about 100 plays, of which 10 ob-
tained prizes; d 340
Plays were represented by Livius Andronicus, who, abandoning
satires, wrote plays with a regular plot; he gave singing and
dancing to different performers 240
Greatest ancient dramatic writers were: Greek, -(Eschylus, Sopho-
cles, Euripides (tragedy), and Aristophanes (comedy), 525-427.
Latin, Phiutus and Terence (comedy), 184-100; Seneca (tragedy),
7B.C.-65A.D. Literature.
drama, modern, arose early in rude attempts of
minstrels and buffoons at fairs in France, Italy, and England,
and in classical plays at the universities, still represented by
the Westminster plaj'. Bible stories (^Mysiery Plays), repre-
sented by priests, gave rise to sacred comedy. — Warton.
Gregory Nazianzen, father of the church, is said to have con-
structed a drama on the Passion of Christ to counteract
heathen profanities about 364
Ancient Mahometan miracle-play of "Hasan and Husan,"sons
of Ali ; pub. by sir L. Pelly 1879
Fitzstephen, in his "Life of Thomas a Becket," as.serts that
" London had for its theatrical exhibitions holy plays, and
the representation of miracles, wrought by holy confessors;"
d about 1190
Chester Mysteries performed about 1270
[Coventry, Chester, Townley, and other mysteries have been
printed during the present century.]
Plays performed at Clerkenwell by the parish clerks, and
" miracles " represented in the fields 1397
"Passion of Christ." a miracle-play, still frequently performed
at Ober-Ammergau, in Bavaria, is said to have had its origin
after a pestilence 1633
[Performance, 17-2fi May, 1880, 1890, and since.]
Proposed performance at the Westminster aquarium, 4 Nov.,
stopped by public disapproval Oct. 1878
["Passion-play" performed in Spain, with painful real-
ism, 1873.]
Allegorical characters introduced in the 15th century.
Skelton and others wrote " Moralities" about 1500
First regular drama acted in Europe was the " Sophonisba " of
Trissino, at Rome, before Leo X.— Voltaire 1515
First royal license for the drama in England (to master Bur-
bage, and 4 others, servants to the earl of Leicester) to act
plays at the Globe, Bankside 1574
Shakespeare began to write about 1590
License granted to Shakespeare and others 1603
Plays opposed by the Puritans in 1633; suspended during the
commonwealth, 1649 ; restored 1660
Two companies of regular performers, Killigrew's and sir Will-
iam Davenant's, were licensed by Charles II 1662
[Boys performed women's parts until 1661, when Davenant
employed actresses, the first being Mrs. Davenport and Mrs.
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Saunderson. Soon after appeared Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Davies,
Mrs. Long, Nell Gwyn, and others. Actkksses.]
Sir William Davenant introduced operas, and both companies
were united 1684-94, when a schism under Betterton started
a theatre in Lincolu'.s-inn fields, the parent of Covent Garden, 1695
Act for revision of plays and for licensing them 1737
Authors' Dramatic Copyright Protection act, 10 June, 1833;
extended to operas 1 July, 1842
LiTBR.VTURK, SuAKESPKARE'S PlAYS, ThEATRKS.
" Drapier's Lietters," by dean Swift, pub.
1723-24 against Wood's Halfpence.
draug^liti, commonly called elieekers in t
United States. A game played by 2 persons, with 12 mi
each, on a chess-board. Origin uncertain, but supposed
have preceded chess ; was common in Egypt, 1300 B.c. One
variety of the game is known as Polish draughts.
M. Mallet publishes a treatise on draughts at Paris 1668
William Paine puldishes at London an "Introduction to the
Game of Draughts " 1756
"Guide to the Game of Draughts," by Joshua Sturges, Loudon,
issued 180a
dream§ are mentioned in Scripture — e. g., Joseph's
and Pharaoh's, 1715 b.c. (Gen. xxxvii. and xli.), and Nebu-
chadnezzar's, 603 and 570 b.c. (Dan. ii. and iv.). An attempt
to interpret dreams and omens is ascribed to Amphictyon of
Athens, 1497 b.c.
Thomas, lord Lyttelton, dreamed that a young woman, dressed ia
white, solemnly warned him of his dissolution in 3 days from that
time. On the third day he had a party to spend the evening with
him, and about the time predicted he observed to the company
present that "he believed he should jockey the ghost;" but in a
few minutes afterwards he was seized with a sudden faintness,
carried to bed, and rose no more. He died 27 Nov. 1779, aged :35.
A full account of this remarkable occurrence is given in Timbs's
"Abbeys and Castles of England and Wales," Midland.
Dred Scott ca§e, Dred Scott was a negro slave of
dr. Emerson, a surgeon in the U. S. army, then stationed in
Missouri. Dr. Emerson, taking Dred with him, moved to Illi-
nois, a free state, in 1834, and in 1836 to fort Snelling, Wis.
This territory being north of 36° 30', the line of the Missouri
Compromise of 1820, was free soil also. Some time after the
doctor returned to Missouri, taking Dred, his wife and 1 child.
About this time Dred was sold to John F. A. Sanborn of
New York city. Dred now brought suit for damages against
Sanborn for whipping him, on the plea that his residence in
Illinois and Wisconsin had made him free. The defence was
that a descendant of slave ancestors could never be free, was
not a citizen, had no status in court, etc. The plaintiff Scott
won in the district court; but this decision was reversed by
the supreme court of Missouri, from which an appeal was
taken to the U. S. courts. The case came to trial in 1855-56.
The opinion of the court, delivered by chief-justice Taney, 6
Mch. 1857, was not unanimous, and dissenting opinions were
filed. It denied the legal existence of the African race as
persons in American society and constitutional law; denied
the supremacy of Congress over the territories, and the con-
stitutionality of the " Missouri Compromise." The chief-justice
was supported by justices John Catron, Va., Jas. A.Campbell,
Ga., Peter V. Daniel, Va., Robt. C. Grier, Pa., Samuel Nelson,
N. Y., and Jas. M. Wayne, Ga. — John McLean, Ohio, and Benj.
R. Curtis, Mass., dissenting. This case was the last in which
the extension or restriction of slavery came before the courts.
The question was soon referred to the arbitrament of war.
Drepa'num, now Trapani, a seaport town of
Sicily. Near this place the Carthaginian admiral Adherbal
defeated the Roman fleet under Puhlius Claudius, 249 b.c.
Dresden, "the German Florence," became the capital
of Saxony, 1548. Pop. 1890, 276,085.
Alliance of Dresden, Saxony, Denmark, and Russia. . .28 June, 1709
Peace of Dresden: Hungary, Prussia, and Saxony 25 Dec. 1745
Taken by Frederick of Prussia in 1756; by the Austrians 1759
Bombarded in vain by Frederick July, 1760
Held by Austrians Tune-July, 1809
Contests between the allies under the prince of Schwarzenberg
and the French under Napoleon 26, 27 Aug. 181S
Allies, 200,000 strong, attacked Napoleon at Dresden, and were
saved from ruin by an error of gen. Vandamme. They were
defeated with dreadful loss, and forced into Bohemia; but Van-
damme pursuing them too far, his division was cut to pieces,
and he and all his sUff taken. Gen. Moreau received a mor-
tal wound while talking with the emperor of Russia. 27 Aug. '*
Marshal St. Cyr and 25,000 French troops surrendered Dre.sden
to the allies 11 Nov. "
During a political commotion the king abdicates; prince Fred-
erick, his nephew, declared regent 9 Sept. et seq. 1830^
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Dresden china was invented by John Frederick BSttger (or BOttcher),
an apothecary's boy, about 1709. He died 13 Mch. 1719.
dres§. The attire of the Hebrew wonrien is censured in
Isaiah iii., about 760 b.c. Excess in dress among the earh'
Romans was restrained by laws; and in P^ngland bj^ numer-
ous statutes, in 1363, 1465, 1570, etc. — Stow. F. W. Fairholt's
"Costume in England" (1846) contains a history of dress,
with illustrations from MSS., the works of Strutt, etc. J. K.
Planche's elaborate " Cyclopaedia of Costume " first appeared
in 1876. A "dress-making company" was established in Lon-
don, 6 Feb. 1865, to improve the condition of workwomen.
Sir Walter Raleigh wore a white satin pinked vest, close-sleeved to
the wrist, and over the body a doublet finely flowered, embroidered
with pearls; in the feather of his hat a large ruby and pearl-drop
at the bottom of the sprig in place of a button. His breeches,
with his stockings and ribbon garters, fringed at the end, all
• white; and buff shoes, which, on great court-days, were gorgeous-
ly covered with precious stones, worth overfiGOO/. ; he had armor
of solid silver, with sword and belt blazing with diamonds, rubies,
and pearls.
King James's favorite, the duke of Buckingham, had diamonds
tacked so loosely on that he could shake a few ofl" on the ground,
and obtained all the fame he desired from the pickers-up, who
were generally les dames de la cour.
Court-dress of civilians, previously that of the time of the Georges,
was modified by the lord chamberlain, lord Sydney, in 1869.
Bloomer costume. Bloomer.
Dreux (druk), a town of N.W. France. Here Mont-
morenci defeated the Huguenots under Conde, 19 Dec. 1562.
Here is the burying-place of the Orleans family since 1816.
The duke of Guise, aged 18, the last surviving child of the due
d'Aumale, was buried here 27 July, 1872. The bodies of king
Louis Philippe and his family were brought here from Eng-
land and buried, 9 June, 1876.
I>rog°lieda {droh' -he-da), E. Ireland, formerly Tredagh,
a borough of great importance, having the privilege of coining
money. Here was passed Poynings' law in 1494. An act of
Edward VI. was passed for the foundation of a university here.
The town was besieged several times between 1641 and 1691,
and Cromwell took it by storm, and put the governor, sir A.
Aston, and the whole of the garrison to the sword, 12 Sept.
1649. More than 3000 men, mostly English, perished. It sur-
rendered to William HI. in 1690.
Drontlieim, capital of Norway, founded by Olaf I.
about 998.
drownings, an ancient punishment. The Britons in-
flicted death by drowning in a quagmire, before 450 b.c. —
Stow. It is said to have been inflicted on 80 intractable
bishops near Nicomedia, 370 a.d., and to have been adopted
as a punishment in France by Louis XL The wholesale drown-
ings of royalists in the Loire at Nantes, by command of
the brutal Carrier, Nov. 1793, were termed Noijades. 94 priests
were drowned at one time. Carrier was condemned to death
in Dec. 1794. Societies for the recovery of drowning persons
were first instituted in Holland in 1767. The second society
is said to have been formed at Milan in 1768, the third at
Hamburg in 1771, the fourth at Paris in 1772, and the fifth
in London in 1774. The motto of the Royal Humane Society
in England is Laleat scintillula forsan ("A small spark may
perhaps lie hid "). Francois Texier of Dunkerque, after saving
50 lives at different times, was drowned in a storm, Oct. 1871.
Life-saving skrvick.
I>ruidj!>i, priests among the ancient Germans, Gauls,
and Britons, so named from their veneration for the oak (Brit.
deno). They administered sacred things, were the interpret-
ers of the gods, and supreme judges. They headed the Brit-
ons who opposed CiBsar's first landing, 55 b.c., and were ex-
terminated by the Roman governor. Suetonius Paulinus, 61 a.d.
drum. Its invention is a.scribed to Bacchus, who, accord-
ing to Polysenus, "gave his signals of battle with cymbals and
drums." It was used by the Egyptians; and brought by the
Moors into Spain, 1713.— The drum, or drum capstan, for weigh-
ing anchors, was invented by sir S.Morland in 1685. — A nderson.
T^ruvudOfi^ a hiW in W. Scotland. Here the Covenant-
ers defeated Graham of Claverhouse on 1 June, 1679. The
conflict is described by sir Walter Scott in " Old Mortality."
Druiumond light. Lime-light.
drunkard§ were excommunicated in the early church,
69 (1 Cor. v. 11). In England, a canon law forbade drunken-
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ness in the clergy, 747. Constantine, king of Scots, punished
it with death, 870. By 21 James I. c. 7, 1623, a drunkard was
fined 5 shillings, or set 6 hours in the stocks. Teetotaler,
Temperance.
A society lor promoting legislation for the control and cure of
habitual drunkards formed in England 22 Sept. 1876
Dr. Leslie E.,Keeley's hypodermic injections of bichloride of
gold as a cure for habitual drunkenness, first used in the
United States 1891
Drury-laiie theatre derives its origin from a cock-
pit, made a theatre under James I. It was rebuilt and called
the Phoenix ; and Charles II. granted an exclusive patent to
Thomas Killigrew, 25 Apr. 1662. The actors were called "the
king's servants," and 10 of them, called "gentlemen of the
great chamber," had an annual allowance of 10 yards of scar-
let cloth, with lace. Theatres.
I>ri]§e§, a warlike people in the moimtains of Lebanon,
originally a fanatical jNIahometan sect which arose in Egypt
about 996, and fled to Palestine to avoid persecution. They
now retain hardly any of the religion of their ancestors: they
eat pork and drink wine, and do not practise circumcision, pray,
or fast. In the middle of 1860, the Druses attacked their neigh-
bors the Maronites, whom they massacred, it was said, with-
out regard to age or sex. Peace was made in July ; meantime
a religious fury seized the Mahometans of neighboring cities,
and a general massacre of Christians ensued. Fuad Pacha
with Turkish troops, and gen. Hautpoul with French auxil-
iaries, invaded Lebanon in Aug. and Sept. The Druses surren-
dered, giving up their chiefs, Jan. 1861. Damascus, Syria.
Dry TortU'g-a§ (Sp. tortuga, a tortoise), a group of
several small barren islands, about 40 miles west of the most
westerly of the Florida Keys. They belong to Monroe county,
Fla., and served for a place of imprisonment for certain offenders
during the United States civil war. Lat. 24° 38' N., Ion. 82°
53' W. Booth's conspiracy.
du'alin, a new explosive substance (said to be from 4 to
10 times more powerful than gunpowder), composed of varying
proportions of cellulose (woody fibre), nitro-starch, nitro-man-
nite, and nitro-cellulose ; invented by Carl Ditmar, a Prussian,
and made known in 1870. This name is also given to another
explosive compound, invented by Mr. Nobel, composed of am-
monia and sawdust, acted on by nitro-snlphuric acid.
Dublin, capital of Ireland, anciently called Ashcled, said
to have been built 140. Auliana, daughter of Alpinus, a lord
or chief among the Irish, having been drowned at the ford
where now Whitworth bridge is built, he changed the name
to Auliana, by Ptolemy called Eblana (afterwards corrupted
into Dublana). Alpinus is said to have brought " tlie then
rude hill into the form of a town," about 155. Pop, 1891,
254,709 city proper ; 361,891 metropolitan police district. Ike-
land, Trinity colleges.
Christianity established by St. Patrick, and St. Patrick's cathe-
dral founded about
Dublin environed with walls by the Danes
Named Uy king Edgar in the preface to his charter "Nobilis-
sima Civitas"
Battle of Clontarf '23 Apr.
Dublin taken by Ramond le Gros, 1170, for Henry II., who soon
after arrives 1171
Charter granted by this king 1173
Christ church built by Danes, 1038; rebuilt about 1180-1225
Slaughter of 500 British by Irish citizens near Dublin (Cullen's-
wooD) ." 1209
Assembled Irish princes swear allegiance to king John 1210
DuDlin castle founded by Henry de Loundres, 1205; finished.. 1213
John de Decer first provost; Richard de St. Olave and John
Stakebold first bailiffs (Mayor) 1308
Thomas Cusack first mayor 1409
Besieged by the son of the earl of Kildare, lord deputy 1500
Christ church made a deanery and chapter by Henry VIII 1541
Bailiff changed to sheriffs; John Ryan and Thomas Comyn first, 1548
Trinity college founded 1591
Charter granted by James 1 1609
Convocation frames 39 articles of religion 1614
Besieged by the marquess of Ormond, defeated at battle of
Rathmines 2 Aug. 1649
Cromwell arrives in Dublin with 9000 foot and 400 horse, Aug. "
Chief magistrate styled lord-mayor 1665
Royal hospital, Kilmainham, founded 1683
James II. arrives in Dublin, 24 Mch. ; proclaimed 4 May, 1689
Lamps first erected in the ci'.y 1698
St. Patrick's spire erected (St. Patrick) 1749
Act for a general pavement of the city 1773
Royal Exchange begun 1769; opened 1779
Order of St. Patrick instituted 1783
448
964
1014
DUB
240
DUN
Bauk of Irolaud inslitutoU (Bank) 1783
Police established by sUitnte 1786
Custom house bojjuu, 1781; opened 1791
Dublin Library instituted "
Dublin lighled with gus 5 Oct. 1826
I'htt-nix I'ark murders (Irkland) 6 May, 1882
Statue of D. O'Connell unveiled, and the exhibition of Irish
arts and manufactures (not iwtronized by queen Victpria and
loyalists) o|)ened by the lord-mayor Dawson, 15 Aug. 1882;
closed 6 Jan. 1883
Burial of Charles S. Parnell in Glasuevin cemetery 11 Oct. 1891
Dublin, Archbishopric of. It is supposed that the bish-
opric of Dublin was founded by St. Patrick in 448. Gregory,
bishop in 1121, became archbishop in 1162, It was united to
Glatuialagh in Vll-f. (Jeorge Browne, an Augustin friar of
London (deprived by queen Mary in 1554), was the first Prot-
estant archbishop. Dublin has 2 cathedrals, Christ church
and St. Patrick's.
dllC'Btj a coin so called because struck by dukes. — John-
son. First coined by Longinus, governor of Italy. — Procopius.
First struck in the duchy of Apulia, 1140. — Du Cange. Coined
by Robert, king of Sicily, in 1240.
duekillg^-stool. Cucking-stool.
duelling took its rise from the judicial combats of the
Celtic nations. The first formal duel in England, between
William count d'Eu and Godfrey Baynard, took place 1096.
Duelling in civil matters was forbidden in France, 1305. Francis
I. challenged the emperor Charles V. in vain, 1528. The fight
with small-swords was introduced into England, 1587. Proc-
lamation that no person should be pardoned who killed another
in a duel, 1679. Duelling was checked in the British army,
1792 ; and has been abolished in England by the influence of
public opinion, aided by the late prince-consort. A society
" for the discouraging of duelling" was established in 1845.
"The British Code of Duel," pub. in 1824, was approved by
the duke of Wellington and others. Combat, Jaknac.
MEMOHABLE DUELS IN EUROPE.
Between the duke of Hamilton and lord Mohun, fought. 15 Nov. 1712
[Fought with small-swords in Hyde park. Lord Mohun
was killed on the spot, and the duke died of his wounds while
carried to his coach.] Attempt made at this time to sup-
press duelling; bill passed in the House of Commons to its
3d reading— defeated.
Lord Byron killed Mr. Chaworth 26 Jan. 1765
Lord Townsend wounded lord Bellamont 1 Feb. 1773
Comle d'Artois wounded by due de Bourbon, at Paris, 21 Mch. 1778
Charles James Fox wounded by Mr. Adam 30 Nov. 1779
Rev. Mr. Allen killed Moyd Dulany .18 June, 1782
Mr. M'Keon killed George N. Reynolds, 1787; executed, 16 Feb. 1788
Duke of York and col. Lennox, afterwards duke of Richmond
(for an insignificant cau.se) 26 May, 1789
Mr. Curran and major Hobart 1 Apr. 1790
Wm. Pitt and George Tierney 27 May, 1796
Henry Grattan woinided Isaac Corry 15 Jan. 1800
M. de Granpre and M. Le Pique, in balloons, near Paris, and
the latter killed 3 May, 1808
Major Campbell and capt. Boyd; latter killed (former hanged,
2 Oct. 1808) 23 June, "
Lord Castlereagh wounded Geo. Canning 21 Sept. 1809
Capt. SUckpole (of Engl, frigate Statira) and lieut. Cecil (be-
cause of words spoken 4 years previously) ; the captain killed,
Apr. 1814
D. OConnell killed Mr. D'Esterre 31 Jan. 1815
Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Peel; an affair, no meeting 31 Aug. "
Mr. Grattan and the earl of Clare 7 *me, 1820
Rev. Mr. Hodsou wounded Mr. Grady Aug. 1827
Duke of Wellington and the earl of Winchelsea; no injury,
21 Mch. 1^29
Sir Colquhoun Grant and lord Seymour; no fatality. . .29 May, 1835
Earl of Cardigan and capt. Tuckett; 2 shots each; the latter
wounded (the earl acquitted in House of Lords, 16 Feb. 1841),
12 Sept. 1840
Due de Grammont Caderousse kills Mr. Dillon at Paris, for a
newspaper attack Oct. 1862
Paul de Cassagnac and M. Lissagaray, journalists (latter run
through) 4 Sept. 1868
Don Enrique de Bourbon killed by the due de Montpensier,
near Madrid, after much provocation 12 Mch. 1870
Paul de Cassagnac (wounded) and M. Ranc, Paris 7 July, 1873
Prince Soutza kills N. Ghika at Fontainebleau 27 Nov. "
MM. Gambetta and De Fortou ; neither hit 21 Nov. 1878
Gen. Boulanger (seriously wounded) and M. Floquet. . .13 July, 1888
IN THE UNITED STATES.
First duel in America, between 2 serving men, Plymouth, Mass.
(Massachusetts) 1621
Button Gwinnett and gen. Mcintosh 1777
Gen. Conway and gen. Cadwallader (Conway cabal) 1778
De Witt Clinton and John Swartwout 1802
De Witt Clinton and gen. Dayton 1803
Alexander Hamilton (killed) and Aaron Burr (New York) 1804
Gen. Jackson and col. Dickenson ; Dickenson killed il
Henry Clay and Humi)hroy Marshall. . , 18
Col. Benton and gen. Jackson Sept. 1813
Commodore Decatur and commodore Barron (Decatur killed)
(Unitko Statks) 22 Mch. 1820
Henry Clay and John Randolph (United Statics) 1826
GravesandCilloy (killed), congressmen (United States), 24 Feb. 1838
Preston S. Brooks, S. C, challenges Anson Burlingame, member
of Congress from Massachusetts (United States) 1856
David C. Brodorick, U. S. senator from California, mortally
wounded by Judge Terry (United States) 16 Sept. 1859
Col. Calhoun and major Rhett (confederate officers) ; Calhoun
killed, at Charleston, S. C 1862
(Gen. Beauregard refused to enforce military law against
Rhett, who was promoted to Calhoun's place.]'
duke (from Lat.tfMa:, a leader). In Saxon times, the com-
manders of English armies were called dukes, duces. — Camden.
In Gen. xxxvi. some of Esau's descendants are termed dukes.
Duke-duke was a title of the house of Sylvia, in Spain, from
its many duchies.
Edward the Black Prince made duke of Cornwall 17 Mch. 1337
Robert de V^ere created marquess of Dublin and duke of Ireland,
9 Rich. II 1385
Robert III. created David, prince of Scotland, duke of Rothsay,
afterwards a title of the king's eldest son, 1398; now borne
by the prince of Wales.
Cosmo de' Medici created grand duke of Tuscany, the first ot
the rank, by pope Pius V 1569
Dulcigno (dool-cheen'-yd), a port in Albania, on the
Adriatic.
Taken by Turks 1571
In the 17th century a den of pirates, and residence of Sabbatai
Zewi, a Smyrnese Jew, who declared himself the Messiah, but
became Mahometan ; d 1676
Taken by Venetians, and held for a short time 1722
Montenegrins take it by storm, but give it up 1878
Assigned to them by the Berlin conference June, July, 1880
Turks expelled by 8000 Albanians about 18 Sept. "
Sultan cedes it to Montenegro 12 Oct. "
Dervish Pacha repulses Albanians 22 Nov. ; occupies it 24 Nov. ;
surrenders it to the Montenegrins 26, 27 Nov. "
dumb. Deaf and dumb.
Dumblane or Dunblane, Perth, Scotland, an an-
cient city, near which was the battle of Sheriflfmuir, between
royalists under duke of Argyll, and Scots rebels under earl of
Mar, 13 Nov. 1715. Both claimed victory.
Dunbar% Haddington, Scotland. Here Warrenne, earl
of Surrey, 27 Apr. 1296, defeated John Baliol with his Scots.
Near here, also, Cromwell crushedtheScotsof Charles II.,3 Sept.
1650.
" Dun'ciad," satirical poem by Alexander Pope, was
pub. in 1728.
Dundalk, Louth, Ireland. On 5 Oct. 1318, at Foug-
hard, near this place, was defeated and slain Edward Bruce,
who had invaded Ireland in 1315. Its fortifications were de-
stroj-ed in 1641. It was taken by Cromwell in 1649. Here
cambric manufacture was first established in Ireland by arti-
sans from France in 1727.
Dundee, E. Scotland, on the Tay. On a site given by
William the Lion (reigned 1165-1214) his brother David, earl
of Huntingdon, built or strengthened the castle, and built a
church, whose tower, 156 feet high, still remains. The town
was taken by the English in 1385; pillaged by Montrose,
1645 ; stormed by Monk in 1651. Claverhouse, viscount Dun-
dee (killed 1689), had a house here. Population in 1861, 90,-
425; in 1871, 118,974.
Tay bridge completed Aug. 1877; opened 31 May, 1878; de-
stroyed by a gale (between 80 and 90 lives lost), 7.15 p.m.
(Bridges) 28 Dec. 1879
New university founded by sir D. Baxter; professor appointed
Nov. 1882. Endowed by Miss Mary Ann Baxter, sister of sir
David, 1882 (she d. 19 Dec. 1884) ; college opened by earl
of Dalhousie 5 Oct. 1883
Dung'an-hill, Ireland. Here the English army, un-
der col. Jones, defeated the Irish; 6000 said to have been slain;
the English loss inconsiderable, 8 Aug. 1647.
Dunkers or Dunkard§. Tunkers.
Dunkirk, a town on strait of Dover, extreme north of
France, founded 7th century ; taken by the Spaniards, Sept^
1652, and retaken by the English and French after Turenne
defeated them under Conde on the dunes. 14 June, 1658, and
given to the English, 25 June following. It was sold by.
Charles II. for 500^,000/. to Louis XIV., 17 Oct.; restored 1662;'
was one of the best-fortified ports of France, but the works
were demolished under the treaty of Utrecht in 1713; in 1783
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they were rebuilt. The duke of York attacked Dunkirk, but
■was driven away by Hoche, with loss, 7 Sept. 1793. It was
made a free port in 1826.
DunillOlV, a town of Essex, Engl., famous for the ten-
ure of the manor (made by Robert Fitz- Walter, 1244), " that
whatever married couple will go to the priory, and, kneeling
on 2 sharp - pointed stones, will swear that they have not
quarrelled nor repented of their marriage within a year and
a day after its celebration, shall receive a flitch of bacon."
Earliest recorded claim for the bacon was 1445, and up to 1855 it is
said to have been claimed only 5 times.
Last claimants, before 1855, John Shakeshanks and wife, 20 June,
1751, sold slices to witnesses of the ceremony (5000 persons).
Flitches awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Barlow of Chipping-Ongar, and
chevalier Chatelaine and wife, 19 July, 1855.
Lord of the manor opposed the revival ; but W. Harrison Ainsworth,
- the novelist, and some friends, defrayed the expense and super-
intended the ceremonies.
Award in 1860 ; 9 July, 1873 ; 17 July, 1876, to James Henry and Mary
Hoosey ; to others, 23 July, 1877.
Dun§e, a town of S. Scotland. Here, 18 June, 1639,
Charles I., by treaty, acceded to the demands of the Scots
commission to disband their army. Disputes arose, and the
treaty was not carried into effect.
DuilSinane, Perthshire, Scotland. On this hill was
the battle between king Macbeth, formerly thane of Glamis,
and Siward, earl of Northumberland, 27 July, 1054. Edward
the Confessor had sent Siward on behalf of Malcolm III.,
whose father, Duncan, the usurper had murdered. Macbeth
was defeated, and it was said was pursued to Luraphanan, in
Aberdeenshire, and there slain, 1056 or 1057.
" Macbeth shall never vanquished be, until
Great Birnam wood to high Duusinane hill
Shall come against him."
— Shakespeare, "Macbeth," act iv. sc. i.
Duomo. MiLAS.
Dupes, Day of, 11 Nov. 1630, when Richelieu energet-
ically and adroitly frustrated the plan for his ruin formed by
queen Marie de Medicis, Gaston, duke of Orleans, and others,
during the king's illness.
Dupplin, a town of Perthshire, Scotland. Here Ed-
ward Baliol and English allies defeated Scots under earl of
Mar, 11 Aug. 1332, obtaining the crown for 3 months.
Dlique§ne (c?M-A;am'), Fort. Fort DuQUESNE ; Penn-
sylvania, 1753, '54, '55, '56, '58 ; Vikginia, 1753, '54, '55.
durbar, an East Indian term for an audience-chamber
or reception. On 18 Oct. 1864, at a durbar at Lahore, the vice-
roy of India, sir John Lawrence, received 604 illustrious princes
and chieftains of the northwest province, magnificently clothed.
Others since.
Ourtiam, Engl., an ancient city, the Dunholme of the
Saxons, and Durerne of the Normans. The bishopric was
brought, 995, from Chester-le-street, whither it had been trans-
ferred from Lindisfarne, or Holy Island, on the coast of North-
umberland in 875, on an invasion of the Danes. The bones of
St. Cuthbert, the 6th bishop, were brought from Lindisfarne
and interred in Durham cathedral. This see, deemed the
richest in England, was valued in the king's books at 2821/.
Present income 8000/.
College founded (abolished at the Reformation) 1290
Near Durham was fought the decisive battle of Neville's Cross
(Strikks) 17 Oct. 1346
Durham ravaged by Malcolm of Scotland, 1070; occupied by
northern rebels 1569
B.y Scots 1640
Cromwell quartered Scotch prisoners in the cathedral 1650
Cromwell established a college, 1657; which was suppressed at
the Restoration 1660
Palatine privileges, granted the bishop by the Danish Northum-
brian prince Guthrum, taken by the crown June, 1836
Present university established in 1831 ; opened Oct. 1833 ; char-
tered June, 1837
Cathedral renovated ; reopened 18 Oct. 1876
Durtiam letter. Papal aggression.
du§t and di§ea§e. in a lecture, prof. Tyndall, at the
Royal Institution, London, 21 Jan. 1870, demonstrated the pres-
ence of organic matters in the dust of the atmosphere in con-
formity with the experiments of Pasteur and other eminent
philosophers. The agency of dust in promoting fires and ex-
plosions was asserted by Faraday in relation to coal-mines in
1845, and by Rankine and MacAdam in relation to fiour-mills
DZO
in 1872. Atkins's dust-converting apparatus set up on Ben-
Nevis, Scotland, Feb. 1890. Germ theory.
I>U§tin, Hannah, capture of. Massachusetts, 1697.
Dutch republic. Holland.
duties. Customs, Revenue, Tariff-.
duuin'viri, 2 Roman patricians appointed by Tarquin
the Proud, 520 b,c., to take care of the books of the Sibyls,
supposed to contain the fate of the Roman empire. The books
were buried in a chest under the capitol. The number of
keepers was increased to 10 (decemviri), 365 b.c., afterwards
to 15 ; the added 5 called quinque viri.
dwarfs, ancient. Philetas of Cos, about 330 b.c., a
poet and grammarian, said to have carried weights in his
dress to prevent his being blown away. He was preceptor
to Ptolemy Philadelphus. — .Elian. Julia, niece of Augustus,
had a dwarf named Coropas, 2 feet and a hand's-breadth high;
and Andromeda, a freed -maid of Julia's, was of the same
height. — Pliny. Aug. Caisar exhibited in plays a man not 2
feet in stature. — Sue(07h Alypius of Alexandria, a logician
and philosopher, was but 1 foot 5J inches high. — Vos. iMtit.
MODERN DWARFS.
John d'Estrix of Mechlin was brought to the duke of Parma in 1592,
when he was 35 years of age, having a long beard. He was skilled
in languages, and not more than 3 feet high.
Geoffrey Hudson, an English dwarf, when a youth, 18 inches high,
was served in a cold pie to the king and queen by the duchess of
Buckingham in 1626. He challenged Mr. Crofts, but the latter
came armed with a squirt. At another time the dwarf shot an
antagonist dead, 1653.
Count l^orowlaski, a Polish gejitleman of great accomplishments,
well known in England, where he resided for many years, was
born Nov. 1739. His height was, at 1 year of age, 14 inches; at 6,
17 inches; at 20, 33 inches; and at 30, 39 inches. He had a sister
named Anastasia, 7 years younger, and so much shorter that she
could stand under his arm. He visited many courts of Europe,
and died in England in 1837.
Charles Stratton (gen. Tom Thumb), an American, exhibited in Eng-
land, 1846. In Feb. 1863, in New York, when 25 years old and 31
inches high, he married Lavinia Warren, aged 21, 32 inches high.
He, his wife and child, and commodore Nutt, another dwarf, went
to England in Dec. 1864.
Mr. Collard, aged 22, smaller than Stratton, sang at concerts in Lon-
don, and was termed the " Pocket Sims Reeves," May, June, 1873.
Several dwarfs (said to be smaller than the preceding) exhibited at
the Westminster aquarium, July, 1878.
Che-mah, a Chinese, 42 years old, 25 inches high, exhibited at the
Westminster aquarium, 11 June, 1880.
Lucia Zarate, born 2 Jan. 1863, in Mexico; height 20 inches, weight
4X lbs.
Gen. Mite (Francis Joseph Flynn), born 2 Oct. 1864, in New York
state; heght 21 inches, weight 9 lbs.; exhibited in Piccadilly,
London, 22 Nov. 1880 et seq. Exhibited in New York in com-
pany with the preceding, under the collective term of ''The
Midgets," 1879 et seq.
Gen. Mite married Milly Edwards, weight 7 lbs., at Manchester,
Engl., 28 May, 1884.
dyeing is attributed to the Tyrians, about 1 500 b.c. The
English are said to have sent fine goods to be dyed in Holland
till the art was brought to them, probably in 1608. " 2 dyers of
Exeter were flogged for teaching their art in the north " (of En-
gland ), 1 628. A statute against abuses in dyeing passed in 1783.
The art has been greatly improved by chemical research. A
discovery of dr. Stenhouse in 1848 led to M. Mamas procuring
mauve from lichens ; and dr. Hofmann's production of aniline
from coal-tar has led to the invention of a number of beauti-
ful dyes (mauve, magenta, red, green, black, etc.). Aniline,
Dyer, Mary, Case of. Massachusetts, 1656-60.
dy'namite, a portable explosive invented by Alfred
Nobel about 1866, consisting of 25 parts of silicious earth sat-
urated with 75 parts of Nitro-glycerine. It is useful in
mining, and was tried and approved at Merstham, 14 July,
1868. Its manufacture is very dangerous. Dynamite which
cannot be frozen invented by Edward Liebert of Berlin, re-
ported Aug. 1890. Cannon.
dynamo-electric machines. Electricity.
Dzoung^aria or ^oongaria, a region of Central
Asia, north of China, with about 2,000,000 inhabitants— fierce,
warlike Mahometans. After being long tributary to China,
they rebelled in 1864, massacred the Chinese residents, and
set up Abel Oghlan as sultan. As he was unable to restrain
predatory attacks upon the Russians, the czar declared war in
Apr. 1871. After a brief campaign in May and June, and sev-
eral defeats, the sultan surrendered to gen. Kolpakoviskie, 4
July, and the country was annexed to Russia.
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242
EAR
E
eagle. The Bt^ndaiti of the eagle was borne by the Per-
sians at Cunaxa, 401 u,c. The Romans carried gold and silver
eagles as ensigns, sometimes represented with a thunderbolt
in the talons, on the point of a spear, 102 B.C. Charlemagne
adtled the second head to the eagle for his arms, to denote
that the empires of Rome and Germany were united in him,
802 A.D. The eagle was the standard of Napoleon I. and Na-
poleon III., as it is now of Austria, Russia, and Prussia. The
great seal of the Unitkd Statks, adopted 20 June, 1782, shows
a shield of 13 perpendicular red and white stripes, upholding
a blue field. This shield is borne on the breast of the Ameri-
can eagle (bald), displayed proper, holding in his dexter talon
an olive branch, and in his sinister a bundle of 13 arrows, and
in his beak a scroll inscribed with the motto, E Pluribi'S
Unij>i. — An ancient coin of Ireland, of a base metal, current
in tne first years of Edward I., about 1272, was so named
from the figure impressed upon it. — The United States gold
coinage of eagles, half-eagles, and quarter-eagles, began 6 Dec.
1792 ; an eagle is of the value of $10. Coin and Coinage.
* earl. Old Norse, earl^jarl, chief, nobleman; Fr. compte,
from Lat, comes; P^ngl. count; the latter title introduced into
England at the Norman conquest, and so long as the Norman-
French continued to be spoken, earls were styled counts;
hence the term countess as the feminine of earl. Earls were
the highest rank in England until Edward III. created dukes
in 1337 and 1351, and Richard II. created marquesses (1385),
both ranking above earls. Alfred bore the title of earl as
synonymous with king. William Fitz-Osborn was made earl
of Hereford by William the Conqueror, 1066. Gilchrist was
created earl of Angus, in Scotland, by king Malcolm III., in
1037, and sir John de Courcy was created baron of Kinsale and
earl of Ulster in Ireland, by Henry II., 1181.
Earl marshal of England, the 8th great olBcer of state. This office,
until it was made hereditary, passed by grant from the king.
Gilbert de Clare was created lord marshal by king Stephen, 1185.
The last lord marshal was John Fitz-Alan, lord Maltravers. — Cam-
den, Richard II., in 1397. granted letters-patent to the earl of
Nottingham as earl marshal. In 1672, Charles 11. granted to
Henry, lord Howard, the dignity of hereditary earl marshal. The
earl marshal's court was abolished in 1641. Howard.
Earl marischal of Scotland was an offlcer who commanded the
cavalry, whereas the constable commanded the whole army; but
they seem to have had a joint command, as all orders were ad-
dressed to "our constable and marischal." The office was never
out of the Keith family. It was reversed at the Union, and when the
heritable jurisdictions were bought, it reverted to the crown, being
forfeited by the rebellion of George Keith, earl marischal. in 1715.
There are 118 English earls, 42 Scotch, and 63 Irish. — If7(tta&e?-, 1892.
ear-ring[§ we:e worn by Jacob's family, 1732 b.c. (Gen.
XXXV. 4).
earth. Globk.
eartllQUake, a trembling or shaking of the ground,
produced by subterranean forces. Anaxagoras supposetl that
earthquakes were produced by subterraneous clouds bursting
into lightning, which shook the vaults that confined them,
435 B.C. — Diog. Laert. Kircher, Des Cartes, and others sup-
posed that there were many vast cavities underground which
have a communication with each other, some of which abound
with water, others with exhalations arising from inflammable
substances, as nitre, bitumen, sulphur, etc. Drs. Stukeley and
Priestley attributed earthquakes to electricity. Some are
probably due to steam generated by subterraneous heat; others
to a contraction of the earth's crust. An elaborate catalogue of
earthquakes (from 1606 B.c.to 1842 a.t>.), with commentaries on
the phenomena, by R. and J. W. Mallet, was published by the
British Association in 1858. In 1860 the velocity of th^iir propa-
gation was estimated by J. Brown at between 470 and 530 feet per
second. Reports of earthquakes commonly exaggerate the loss
of life. Until of late years such reports were usually accepted
without criticism, and the numbers given of lives lost in manyof
the disasters in this list are without doubt greatly exaggerated.
B.C.
One which made Euboea an island 425
Helice and Bura in Peloponnesus swallowed up 373
Duras, in Greece, buried with all its inhabitants; and 12 cities
in Campania also buried 345
Lysimachia and its inhabitants buried about 283
A.
Ephflsus and other cities overturned
One accompanied the eruption of Vesuvius when Pompeii and
Herculanoum were buried 79^
Four cities in Asia, 2 in Greece, and 2 in Galatia overturned, 105 or 106
Antioch destroyed 116
Nicomedia, Caesarea, and Nicea overturned 12ft
In Asia, Pontus, and Macedonia, 150 cities and towns damaged, 157
Nicomedia again demolished, with its inhabitants 358
At Constantinople; edifices destroyed; thousands perished .. . 557
In Africa ; many cities destroyed 560
Awful one in Syria, Palestine, and Asia; more than 500 towns
destroyed, with immense loss of life 742
In France, Germany, and Italy • 801
Constantinople overturned ; all Greece shaken 936
One felt throughout England 108^
One at Antioch ; many towns destroyed 1114
Catania, in Sicily, overturned ; 15,000 persons buried 1137
One severely felt at Lincoln, Engl 1142
In Syria, etc. ; 20.000 perished 115&
At Calabria; a city with its inhabitants overwhelmed in the
Adriatic sea Sept. 1186.
In Cilicia; 60,000 perished 1268
One again felt throughout England; Glastonbury destroyed. . . 1274
In England; the greatest known there 14 Nov. 1318
At Naples; 40,000 persons perished 5 Dec. 1456
Constantinople; thousands perished 14 Sept. 150&
At liisbon ; 1500 houses and 30,000 persons buried in the
ruins; several neighboring towns engulfed 26 Feb. 1531
In London; part of St. Paul's and Temple churches fell. .6 Apr. 1580
In Japan ; several cities ruined, thousands perish 2 July, 1596
In Naples; 30 villages ruined, 70,000 lives lost 30 July, 1626
Awful one at Calabria 27 Mch. 1638
Ragusa ruined, 5000 perished 6 Apr. 1667
At Schamaki ; lasted 3 months, 80,000 perished "
At Rimini ; above 1500 perished 14 Apr. 1672
One severely felt at Dublin, etc 17 Oct. 1G90
At Jamaica, houses of Port Royal engulfed, 3000 perished,
June 7, 1692
One in Sicily destroyed 54 cities and towns and 300 villages;
of Catania, with 18,000 inhabitants, not a trace remained;
more than 100,000 lives lost Sept. 1693
Aquila, in Ital}^, ruined; 5000 perished 2 Feb. 1703
Jeddo, Japan, ruined; 200,000 perished "
In the Abruzzi ; 15,000 perished 3 Nov. 1706
At Algiers; 20,000 perished May and June, 1716
Palermo almost destroyed; nearly 6000 lives lost 1 Sept. 1726
In China; 100,000 persons swallowed up at Pekin 30 Nov. 1731
In Naples, etc. ; 1940 perished 29 Nov. 1732
Lima and Callao demolished ; 18,000 persons buried 28 Oct. 1746
In London, etc. , a slight shock 19 Feb. 1750
Port-au-Prince, St. Domingo, ruined 21 Nov. 1751
Adrianople nearly overwhelmed 29 July, 1752
At Grand Cairo; half the houses and 40,000 persons lost. .Sept. 1754
Quito destroyed Apr. 1755
Kaschan, N. Persia, destroyed; 40,000 perished 7 June, "
Great earthquake at Lisbon. In about 8 minutes most of the
houses and 50,000 inhabitants were destroyed, and whole
streets buried. The cities of Coimbra, Oporto, and Braga suf-
fered much, and St. Ubes was destroyed. In Spain a large part
of Malaga became ruins. One half of Fez, in Morocco, was
destroyed, and more than 12,000 Arabs perished. Above halt
of the island of Madeira became waste; and 2000 houses in
Mitylene, in the Archipelago, were overthrown ; was felt over
5000 miles, even in Scotland 1 Nov. "
In Syria, over 10,000 sq. miles; Baalbec destroyed; here 20,000
perished 30 Oct. 1759
Comorn, Pesth, etc., much damaged 28 June, 1763
At Martinique; 1600 persons perished Aug. 1767
At Guatemala; Santiago with its inhabitants swallowed, 7 June, 1773
A destructive one at Smyrna 3 July, 1778
At Tauris; 15,000 houses thrown down, and multitudes buried, 1780
Messina and other towns in Italy and Sicily overthrown ; thou-
sands perished 4 Feb. 1783
Ezinghian, near Erzeroum, destroyed, and 5000 persons buried
in its ruins 23 July, 1784
St. Lucia, West Indies; 900 perished 12 Oct. 1788
At Borgo di San Sepolcro; manv houses and 1000 persons lost,
30 Sept. 1789
In Naples ; Vesuvius overwhelmed city of Torre del Greco, June, 1794
Country between Santa F6 and Panama destroyed, including
Cuzco and Quito; 40,000 people buried suddenly 4 Feb. 1797
Cumana, South America, ruined 14 Dec. "
At Constantinople; destroyed the royal palace and many build-
ings 26 Sept. 1800
From Cronstadt to Constantinople 26 Oct. 1802
A violent one felt in Holland end of Jan. 1804
At Frosolone, Naples; 6000 lives lost 26 July, 1805
At the Azores; a village of St. Michael's sunk, and a lake of
boiling water appeared in its place 11 Aug. 1810
Many earthquakes in the lower Mississippi valley, especially
at New Madrid, opening great chasms 1811
Awful one at Caracas 26 Mch. 1812
Several throughout India; district of Kutch sunk; 2000 persons
buried 16 June, 1819
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Genoa, Palermo, Rome, and many other towns damaged; thou-
sands perish 1819
Aleppo destroyed; above 20,000 perish; shocks on 10 and 13
Aug. and 5 Sept. 1822
Coast of Chili permanently raised , 19 Nov. "
In Spain; Murcia and numerous villages devastated, 6000 per-
ish 21 Mch. 1829
Canton and neighborhood; above 6000 perished, 26 and 27 May, 1830
In duchy of Parma; 40 shocks at Borgotaro; and at Pontremoli
many houses thrown down 14 Feb. 1834
Concepcion, etc., in Chili, destroyed 20 Feb. 1835
In Calabria ; Cosenza and villages destroyed ; 1000 persons
buried 29 Apr. "
In Calabria; 100 perish at Castiglione 12 Oct. "
At Martinique; nearly half of Port Roj'al destroyed; nearly 700
persons killed, and the whole island damaged 11 Jan. 1839
At Ternate; the island laid waste; thousands lost 14 Feb. 1840
Destructive earthquake at Mount Ararat, in Armenia ; 3137
houses overthrown; hundreds perished 27 July, "
Great earthquake at Zante; many perished 30 Oct. "
At Cape Haytien, St: Domingo; "nearly two thirds of the town
destroyed, between 4000 and 5000 lives lost 7 May, 1842
Point a Pitre, Guadeloupe, entirely destroyed 8 Feb. 1843
At Rhodes and Maori; a mountain fell in at Maori, crushing a
village and destroying 600 persons 28 Feb. -7 Mch. 1851
At Valparaiso; more than 400 houses destroyed 2 Apr. "
In S. Italy; Melfl almost laid in ruins, 14,000 lives lost, 14 Aug. "
Philippine isles; Manilla much injured 16-30 Sept. 1852
In northwest of England, slight. ..' 9 Nov. "
Thebes, in Greece, nearly destroyed 18 Aug. 1853
St. Salvador, S. America, destroyed 16 Apr. 1854
Anasaca, in Japan, and Simoda, in Niphon, destroyed ; Jeddo
much injured 23 Dec. "
Broussa, in Turkey, nearly destroyed 28 Feb. 1855
Several villages in central Europe destroyed 25, 26 July, "
Jeddo, Japan, nearly destroyed 11 Nov. "
At the island of Great Sanger, one of the Moluccas, volcanic
eruption and earthquake; nearly 3000 lives lost 2 Mch. 1856
In the Mediterranean; at Candia, 500 lives lost; Rhodes, 100;
and other islands, 150 12 Oct. "
In Calabria; Montemurro and other towns in the kingdom of
Naples destroyed, and about 10,000 lives lost 16 Dec. 1857
[In 75 years, from 1783 to 1857, the kingdom of Naples lost
at least 111,000 inhabitants by earthquakes, or more than 1500
per year, of an average population of 6,000,000 ! — Lacaita.]
Corinth nearly destroyed 21 Feb. 1858
At Quito; about 5000 persons killed, and much property de-
stroyed 22 Mch. 1859
Erzeroum, Asia Minor; thousands perished 2 June-17.July, "
At San Salvador; many buildings destroyed, no lives lost, 8 Dec. "
In Cornwall, slight 21 Oct. 1859; 13 Jan. 1860
At Mendoza, S. America; about two thirds of the city and 7000
lives lost 20 Mch. "
In Perugia, Italy; several lives lost 8 May, 1861
In Greece; N. Morea, Corinth, and other places injured, 26 Dec. "
Guatemala; 150 buildings and 14 churches destroyed ... 19 Dec. 1862
Rhodes ; 13 villages destroyed, about 300 persons and much
cattle and property lost 22 Apr. 1 863
Manilla, Philippine isles; great destruction of property, about
1000 persons perished 2, 3 July, "
Central, west, and northwest of England, at 3.22 a. m 6 Oct. "
At Macchia, Bendinella, etc., Sicily; 200 houses destroyed, 64
persons killed 18 July, 1865
Slight earthquake near Tours and Blois, in France 14 Sept. 1866
Argostoli, Cephalonia; above 50 perished. 4 Feb. 1867
At Mitylene; about 1000 killed 8, 9 Mch. "
Djocja, Java; above 400 perished; town destroyed 10 June, "
Cities of Arequipa, Iquique, Tacna, and Chincha, and many
small towns in Peru and Ecuador destroyed ; about 25,000
lives lost, and 30,000 rendered homeless; damage estimated
at $300,000,000 13-15 Aug. 18G8
[About 11,000?. collected in London to relieve sufferers.]
Slight earthquake in W. England and S. Wales; felt at Bath,
Swansea, etc 30 Oct. "
In Santa Maura, an Ionian isle, the town Santa Maura de-
stroyed; about 17 persons perished 28 Dec. 1869
At Quebec, not much damage 20 Oct 1870
In Calabria; several villages destroyed, early Oct. "
Northwest of England ; houses shaken, crockery broken, even-
ing, 17 Mch. ; slight in Yorkshire. 22 Mch. 1871
California, Inyo valley, several small towns destroyed ; about
30 killed 26, 27 Mch. 1872
Lehree, Eastern Catchi, Sinde frontier, India, destroyed; about
500 killed 14, 15 Dec. "
San Salvador nearly destroyed ; about 50 killed, the rest es-
caped through timely warning 19 Mch. 1873
North of Italy; at Feletto, near Conegliano, Venetia; church
destroyed, about 50 killed; lives lost at Belluno, etc. ; shock
at Venice, Verona, etc 29 June, "
Azagra, Spain ; 200 killed by a landslip 22 July, 1874
Antigua and other places in Guatemala destroyed; great loss of
life 3 Sept. "
KaraHissa and other places in Asia Minor; great destruction
of life 3-5 May, 1875
Smyrna and neighborhood; many perish 12 May, "
San Jose de Cucuta and other towns near Santander, on the
boundary of Colombia, destroyed ; about 14,000 lives said to
be lost : 16-18 May, "
Lahore and vicinity, India; several killed 12 Dec. "
At Scheibs, on the Danube; felt throughout Austrian empire,
17 July, 1876
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Earthquake and tidal wave near Callao ; went southward ; much
shipping and several towns destroyed, not much mortality,
9, 10 May, 1877
Cua, Venezuela, nearly destroyed; about 300 killed; loss about
$150,000 14 Apr. 1878
Shocks at Cologne and other parts of Germany and Holland ;
houses shaken, bells rung, etc., 9-11 a.m 26 Aug. "
Aci Reale, Catania, Sicily, 5 villages destroyed, 10 persons killed,
17 June, 1879
Severe shock at Brieg, in Switzerland; felt at Berne, Zurich,
Geneva, etc. ; several killed 4 July, 1880
Manilla, etc., Philippines ; cathedral destroyed, several killed,
many hurt 18-24 July, "
Smyrna and neighborhood; many houses destroyed, 2 persons
killed 29, 30 July, "
V'alparaiso; at Illapel, Chili, about 200 perish 13 Sept. "
S. Austria ; much damage with loss of life, at Agram, etc.,
9-16 Nov. -8 Dec. "
Slight shocks at Inverary and other places "W. Scotland, 28 Nov. "
Berne and other places, Switzerland ; houses split up, etc.,
27 Jan. and 3 Mch. 1881
Severe shocks in S. Italy; at Casamicciola, in the isle of Ischia,
289 houses destroyed, 114 lives lost, about $180,000 loss, 4
Mch. ; another destructive shock 15 Mch. '«
Scio — the town and several villages destroyed ; about 4000 per-
ish; much destitution ensues; successive shocks, beginning
1.30 p.M 3 Apr. "
Panama; railway partially destroyed 7, 9, 10 Sept. 1882
Slight shock in Cornwall and Devon 25 June, 1883
Casamicciola, and several villages in the island of Ischia, al-
most entirely destroyed, 1990 lives lost, 28 July ; slight shocks
since ; one severe 3 Aug. •'
Java and neighboring isles desolated by a series ofc violent erup-
tions from the volcanoes (Java, Sumatra) 25-28 Aug. "
Anatolia, coast of Asia Minor; Ischesne, and about 30 small
towns and villages destroyed, about 100 lives lost, and 30,000
destitute; Smyrna much shaken about 16 Oct. "
Shocks felt at Gibraltar 20 Oct. et seq. "
Severe shocks in eastern counties of England, proceeding from
N.E. to S.W., centre Colchester, where the Congregational
church steeple fell, as well as many chimneys; damage esti-
mated at $50,000; much destruction in neighboring villages;
many inhabitants homeless; Langenhoe church wrecked;
much damage at Abberton; a child killed at Rowhedge; an
invalid died; the shock felt at Coggeshall, Sudbury, Ipswich,
Cambridge, Bishop's Stortford, Northampton, Leicester, Wool-
wich, Sheerness, different parts of London, Hampstead, etc.,
(Mansion-house funds) 22 Apr. 1884
Severe shocks for several days on Asiatic shore of sea of Mar-
mora; about 20 deaths reported 19 May, ''
Violent shock on the island of Kishm, near the mouth of the
Persian gulf; 12 villages destroyed, about 200 people killed,
19, 20 May, '
Slight shocks in the Alban hills, near Rome 7 Aug. ''
SlightshocksinU.S.,from Wa.shingtontoNew York, 10, 11 Aug. "
At Genoa, 27 Nov. ; at Marseilles. Lyons, etc 29 Nov. "
Severe shocks in Andalusia, Malaga; many houses destroyed,
about 266 persons killed; felt at Madrid 25 Dec. ''
Several towns destroyed; Albania, Granada, many killed; Pe-
riana, about 900 killed 26, 27 Dec. "
Shocks, intermitting 26-31 Dec. "
Slight shocks in Carinthia and Styria 28 Dec. et seq. "
Shocks, 1-27 Jan., much camping out 1885
Slight shocks in Styria 27, 28 Jan. "
Slight shocks at Alhama 12 Feb. "
Alarming shocks at Malaga and other towns 27 Feb. "
In province of Granada 690 killed (Spain, 1884) 28 Feb. "
Shocks throughout eastern U. S. ; at Charleston, S. C, 41 lives
and $5,000,000 worth of property lost 31 Aug. 188&
Slight shocks at and around Charleston, causing panic,
Scpt.-Dec. "
Terrible earthquake in southern Europe, especially in the Ri-
viera; estimated loss of 2000 lives 23 Feb. 1887
Severe shock at San Salvador ; 9 Sept. 1891
Shock felt at San Francisco 14 Oct. "
Severe earthquake in Japan 28 Oct. "
[The official estimate places the killed at 4000, injured at
5000, and 50.000 houses destroyed.]
Slight shocks in New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania,
27 Jan. 1892
Islands of Zante andStromboli (the former west of Greece; the
latter one of the Lipari group west of Calabria, Italy) severe-
ly shaken, 31 Jan., and again 12 Feb. and 17 Apr. 189S
[Zante suffered a great loss in lives and property, especially
on the latter date.] Volcanoes.
Meshed and Kuchan, Persia, destroyed; many lives lost, 20 Nov. "
Slight shock felt in New Hampshire and Vermont 27 Nov. "
Ea§t Angeles, the 6th kingdom of the Heptarchy, com-
menced by UfFa, 526 ; ended with Ethelbert in 792. Britain.
The bishop's see founded by St. Felix, who converted the East
Angles in 630, was eventually settled at Norwich, about 1094.
East India Company, India; India Company,
East.
JBast Indies. India.
East Saxons. Britain.
Easter, instituted about 68, the festival of the church
in commemoration of our Saviour's resurrection, so called ia
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England from the Saxon goddess Eostre, whose festival was
ill April. After much contention between the eastern and
western churches, it was ordained by the council of Nice, 325,
to be observed on the same day through the Christian world.
" Kaster-day is the Sunday following that 14th day of the
calendar moon which happens upon or next after 21 Mch., so
that, if the said 14th day be a Sunday, Easter-day is not that
Sunday, but the next." Easter-day may be any Sunday of
the 6 weeks which commence witl> 22 Mch. and end with 25
Apr. During the 19th century, Easter occurred but once on 22
Mch. (1818), and but once on 25 Apr. (1886). The dispute be-
tween the old British church and the new Anglo-Saxon church
respecting Easter was settled about 664. — Easter Sundav,1892,
17 Apr.; 1893, 2 Apr.; 1894, 25 Mch.; 1895, 14 Apr., 1896, 5
Apr. ; 1897, 18 Apr. ; 1898, 10 Apr. ; 1899, 2 Apr. ; 1900, 15 Apr.
Ea§ter Inland, in the Pacific ocean, was discovered
by Davis in 1686; it was visited by Roggewein, Apr. 1722,
and from him obtained its narae^ visited by captain Cook,
Mch. 1774. At the southeast extremity is the crater of an old
volcano, about 2 miles in circuit ant\ 800 ft. deep.
Eastern, or Greek, ehureli. Ckkek church.
Eastern empire. After the death of the emperor Jo-
vian, Feb. 364, the generals at Nice elected Valentinian as his
successor, who, in June, made his brother Valens emperor of the
West; the final division was in 395, between the sons of Theodo-
sius. The Eastern empire ended with the capture of Constanti-
nople, and death of Constantine XIII., 29 May, 1453. Turkey.
Nestorius, the bishop, nominated the first patriarch of Constan-
tinople 9 July, 381
Theodosius the Great succors Valentinian II., the Western em-
peror, and defeats the tyrant Maximus, at Aquileia 388
Valentinian II. slain by Arbogastes the Frank, who makes
Eugeuius emperor 392
Eugenius defeated and slain by Theodosius, who reunites the
2 empires 6 Sept. 394
Death of Theodosius; the empire finally divided between his
sons— Arcadius receives the East, Honorius the West. 17 Jan. 395
Constantinople walled by Theodosius II 413
Alaric the Goth begins to ravage the empire "-
Violent religious dissensions; Theodosius II. establishes schools
and revives learning 425
Theodosian Code promulgated 438
Councilsof Ephesus, 431, 449; ofChalcedon 451
Frequent sanguinary confiicts between Blues and Greens, cir-
cus factions at Constantinople 498-520
Justinian Code published 529
War with Persia; victorious career of Belisarius, imperial gen-
eral, begins . . . , 529-531
He suppresses the "Nika" ("conquer") insurrection of the
circus factions; 30,000 Greeks slain, Constantinople burned, 532
Dedication of St. Sophia 537
Victories of Belisarius in Africa, Italy, and the east 533-541
Recalled through Justinian's jealousy, 542; again, 548; again,
541> ; disgraced 562
Beginning of the Turkish power in Asia 545
Slavonians ravage lUyria 551
Narses defeats Totila and the Goths near Rome 552
Disaffection of Narses 561
Death of Belisarius (aged 84), of Justinian (aged 83) 565
Victories of Maurice and Narses in the east 579 et seq.
Severe contests with the Avars 594-620
Narses burned at Constantinople 606
Flight (Hegira) of Mahomet from Mecca to Medina, where he
establishes himself as a prophet and prince 16 July, 622
Victorious career of Heraclius II 622 et seq.
He recovers his lost territories 627
Saracens invade the empire, 632; defeat Heraclius at Aiznadin,
633; at Yermuk. 636; take Alexandria, 640; and the Greek
provinces in Africa 648
CJonstans purchases peace with them 660
They besiege Constantinople 7 times 672-77
Bulgiirians establish a kingdom in Moesia (now Bulgaria), 678;
they ravage the country up to Constantinople 711
Saracens vainly invest Constantinople, 716, 718; defeated 720
Leo III. the Isaurian forbids the worship of images (hence the
Iconoclast controversy, and eventually the separation of the
Eastern and Western churches) 726
Arab invaders (90,000) defeated by Acronius 739
Monasteries dissolved 770
Destruction of images throughout the empire decreed, 754;
image worship restored by the empress Irene (for which she
was canonized) 78T
Empire loses the exarchate of Italy, 752; Dalmatia, 825; Sicily
and Crete 827
Image-worship persecuted, 830; restored, 842; forbidden at
Constantinople by one council, 869; restored by another 879
S. Italy annexed to the empire 890
Five emperors reigning at one time 928
Naples added to the empire "
Basil subdues the Bulgarians 987, 1014
Bulgaria annexed to the empire 1018
Turks invade Asia Minor
Normans conquer S. Italy
First crusade ; Alexis I. recovers Asia
Venetians victorious over Greeks
Hungarians repelled, 1152; peace made with Normans in Sicily,
Wars with Turks and Venetians
Cyprus lost to the empire
Fourth crusade begins
Revolt of Alexis against his brother Isaac; crusaders take Con-
stantinople, and restore Isaac and his son Alexis IV. 19 July,
Ale.xis Ducas murders Alexis IV. and usurps the throne; cru-
saders take Constantinople, kill Alexis, and establish the
Latin empire, under Baldwin, count of Flanders 9 May,
Empire of Nice founded by Theodore Lascaris
Kingdom of Epirus and ^Elolia established
Constantinople recovered, and the empire re-established by
M ichael Palteologus 25 July ,
Estfxblishmeut of the Turkish empire in Asia, under Othman I.
Genoese trade in the Black sea
Turks ravage Mysia, etc., 1340 and 1345; and settle on the
coast of Thrace
Sultan Amurath takes Adrianople, and makes it his capital,
1362; and, by treaty, greatly reduces the empire
All the (ireek possessions in Asia lost
Sultan Bajazet defeats the Christians under Sigismund of Hun-
gary, at Nicopolis 28 Sept.
Emperor Manuel vainly solicits help from the western sover-
1068
1080
1097
1125
1156
1172
1190
1202
eigns.
1204
1208
1261
1299
1303
1353
1373
1390
1396
1400
A Turkish pacha established at Athens 1401
Greek empire made tributary to Timour, 1402, who subjugates
the Turkish sultan, and dismembers his empire, 1403; death
of Timour, on his way to China 1405
Dissension among the Turks defers the fall of Constantinople,
1403-12; Mahomet I., aided by the emperor Manuel, becomes
sultan. 1413
Amurath II. in vain besieges Constantinople, 1422; peace made, 1425
John Piilseologus visits Rome, etc., soliciting help in vain. . .1437-40
Accession of Constantine XIII. , last emperor 1448
Accession of Mahomet II., 1451; begins the siege of Constanti-
nople, 6 Apr. ; takes it 29 May, 1453
[He granted the Christians personal security and free
exercise of their religion.]
364. Valens. emperors of the east.
379. Theodosius I. the Great.
395. ArcadiUs, the son of Theodosius.
408. Theodosius II. succeeded his father.
450. Marcian, a Thracian of obscure family.
457. Leo I. the Thracian.
474. Leo II. the Younger (died the same year).
" Zeno, called the l.saurian.
491. Anastasius I., an lllyrian, of mean birth.
518. Justin I., originally a private soldier.
527. Justinian I., compiler of the Digest.
565. Justin II., nephew of Justinian.
578. Tiberius IL, renowned for his virtues.
582. Maurice, the Cappadocian, murdered, with all his children, by
602. Phocas the Usurper, a centurion, whose crimes and cruelties
led to his own assassination in 610.
610. Heraclius, by whom Phocas was dethroned.
641. (Heracleonas) Constantine III. reigned a few months; poisoned
by his stepmother, Martina.
" Constans II. ; assassinated in a bath.
668. Constantine III. (or IV.) Pogonatus.
685. Justinian IL, son of the preceding; abhorred for exactions,
debaucheries, and cruellies; dethroned and mutilated by
695. Leontius; dethroned and mutilated by Tiberius Aspimar.
698. Tiberius III. Aspimar.
705. Justinian II. restored. Leontius and Tiberius degraded in the
Hippodrome, and put to death. Justinian slain in 711.
711. Philippicus Bardanes; assassinated.
713. Anastasius II.; fled on the election of Theodosius in 716; af-
terwards delivered up to Leo III. and put to death.
716. Theodosius II L
718. Leo III., the Isaurian.
[In 726 began the Iconoclastic controversy; alternate pro-
hibition and restoration of images embroil several reigns.]
741. Constantine IV. (or V.) Copronymus, son of the preceding;
succeeded by his son,
775. Leo IV.
780. Constantine V. (or VI.) and his mother, Irene.
790. Constantine alone, by desire of people, Irene unpopular.
792. Irene again, jointly with her son, and afterwards alone, 797;
deposed for cruelties and murders, and exiled.
802. Nicephorus I. Logothetes; slain.
811. Stauracius; reigns a few days only.
" Michael I. ; defeated, abdicates, and enters a monastery.
813. Leo V. the Armenian; killed in the temple at Constantinople
on Christmas day, 820, by conspirators in the interest of
820. Michael II. the Stammerer.
829. Theophilus, son of Michael.
842. Michael III. Porphyrogenitus, and the Sot, son of the preceding,
murdered by his successor.
867. Basil I. the Macedonian.
886. Leo VL the Philosopher.
911. Alexander and Constantine VL (or VII.) Porphyrogenitus,
Leo's brother and sSn, the latter only 6 years of age; the
former dying in 912, Zoe, mother of Constantine, assumes
the regency.
919. Romanus Lecapenus, usurper, associates with him his sons,
920. Christopher, and
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928. Stephen and Constantine VII. (or VIII.).
[Five emperors now reign ; Christopher d. 931 ; Romanus
exiled by Constantine and Stephen, who are banished.]
945. Constantine VII. (or VIII.) reigns alone; poisoned by his
daughter-in-law, Theophania, 9.59.
959. Romanus II., son of preceding; contrives his father's death;
banishes his mother, Helena.
963. Nicephorus II. Phocas; marries Theophania, his predecessor's
consort, who has him assassinated.
969. John I. Zimisces, celebrated general; takes Basil II. and Con-
stantine VIII. (or IX.), sons of Romanus II., as colleagues;
John dies, supposed by poison, and
976. Basil II. and Constantine VIII. reign; the former dies in 1025,
the latter in 1028.
1028. Romanus III. Argyropulus; poisoned by his profligate consort
Zoe, who raises
1034. Michael IV. the Paphlagonian to the throne; on his death,
Zoe places
1041. Michael V. Calaphates as his successor; Zoe dethrones him,
has his eyes put out, and marries
1042. Constantine IX. (or X.) Monomachus; they reign jointly; Zoe
d. 1050.
1054. Theodora, widow of Constantine.
1056. Michael VI. Stratiotes, or Strato; deposed.
1057. Isaac I. Comnenus; abdicates.
1059. Constantine X. (or XI.) Ducas.
1067. Eudocia, consort of the preceding, and Romanus IV. Diogenes,
whom she marries, reign to the prejudice of Michael, Con-
stantine's son.
1071. Michael VII. Parapinaces recovers his throne, and reigns
jointly with Constantine XI. (or XII.).
1078. Nicephorus III. ; dethroned by
1081. Alexis or Alexius I. Comnenus; succeeded by
1118. John Comnenus, his son Kalos; dies of a wound from a
poisoned arrow.
1143. Manuel I. Comnenus, son of John.
1180. Alexis II. Comnenus, son of the preceding, under the regency"
of the empress Maria, his mother.
1183. Andronicus I. Comnenus; causes Alexis to be strangled, and
seizes the throne; put to death by
1185. Isaac II. Angelus Comnenus, who is deposed, imprisoned, and
deprived of his eyes by his brother,
1195. Alexis III. Angelus, the Tyrant; deposed, and his eyes put
out; dies in a monastery.
1203. Isaac II. again, with his son, Alexis IV. ; deposed.
1204. Alexis V. Ducas; murders Alexis IV. ; killed by crusaders.
LATIN EMPERORS.
1204. Baldwin I., earl of Flanders, on the capture of Constantinople
by the Latins, elected emperor; made prisoner by king of
Bulgaria, and not heard of after.
1206. Henry I., his brother (d. in 1217).
1216. Peter de Courtenay, his brother-in-law.
1221. Robert de Courtenay, his son.
1228. Baldwin II., his brother (a minor), and John de Brienne, of
Jerusalem, regent and associate emperor.
1261. [Constantinople recovered, and the empire of the Franks or
Latins terminates.]
GREEK EMPERORS AT NICE.
1204. Theodore Lascaris I.
1222. John Ducas Vataces.
1255. Theodore Lascaris II., his son.
1259. John Lascaris, and (1260) Michael VIII. Palaeologus.
GREEK EMPERORS AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
1261. Michael VIII., now at Constantinople; puts out the eyes of
John, and reigns alone.
1282. Andronicus II. Palajologus, the Elder, son of preceding; de-
posed by
1328. Andronicus III., the Younger, his grandson.
1341. John Pal£eologus I., under the guardianship of John Canta-
cuzenus; the latter proclaimed emperor at Adrianople.
1347. John Cantacuzenus abdicates.
1355. John I. Palaeologus restored.
1391. Manuel II. Palajologus, his son; succeeded by his son and col-
league.
1425. John II. Palaeologus. The throne claimed by his 3 brothers.
1448. Constantine Palaeologus XII. (XIII. or XIV. ; other emperors
called Constantine by some writers) ; killed and Constanti-
nople taken, 29 May, 1453.
£bel'iai1S, a German revivalist sect, founded at Konigs-
berg, in Prussia, about 1836, its leaders archdeacon Ebel and
dr. Diestel, who were condemned for unsound doctrine and
impure lives in 1839. The sentence was annulled in 1842, it
is said by roj'al influence. The sect is popularly termed
"Mucker," German for hypocrites. Their theory and prac-
tice of spiritual marriage are described by Hepworth Dixon,
in his " Spiritual Wives," 1868.
E'l>ioilite§ (etym. doubtful), heretics,in the 1st century,
a branch of the Nazarenes,of 2 kinds: one believed our Saviour
born of a virgin, observed precepts of the Christian religion, but
added ceremonies of Jews; the other believed Christ born after
the manner of man, and denied his divinity. Photinus revived
the sect in 342.
eb'onite, vulcanized India-rubber. Caoutchouc.
Ebro, a river in Spain, scene of a signal defeat of Span-
iards by French, under Lannes, near Tudela, 23 Nov. 1808 ;
and of important movements of the allied British and Spanish
armies in the Peninsular war (1809-13).
ecarte {a'har'ta/'), a game at cards, of modern origin,
probably first played in the Paris salons in the first quarter of
the 19th century \ a development of a very old card game called
la triomphe or French ruff.
Eccle§ia§'te§, the Book of. In Hebrew tradition one
of the 3 canonical books of Solomon, the others being Proverbs
and the Song of Songs or Canticles. Its later origin has many
advocates, while able scholars defend it as the production of
Solomon, son of David.
ecclesia§tical courts. There was no distinction
between lay and ecclesiastical courts in England until 1085, after
the Norman conquest. The most important and most ancient of
the English ecclesiastical courts is the Court of Arches, chiefly
a court of appeal from inferior jurisdictions within the province
of Canterbury, name derived from the church of St. Mary-le-
Bow {Sancta Maria de A rcubus), London, where it was former-
ly held. Appeals from this court lie to the judicial committee
of the privy council, by statute, 1832. Till the establishment
of the divorce and probate courts in 1857, the following were
causes cognizable in ecclesiastical courts : blasphemy, apostasy
from Christianity, heresy, schism, ordinations, institutions to
benefices, matrimony, divorces, bastard}% tiChes, incest, fornica-
tion, adultery, probate of wills, administrations, etc. Church
of England, Martin v. Mackonochie, 1867, etc.
EcllO (Gr. 'H;^a>). In Greek mythologj'^ one of the ore-
ades or mountain nymphs. The word denotes mere sound.
The time which elapses between the utterance of a sound and
its return must be more than one twelfth of a second to form
an echo. The whispering-gallery of St. Paul's, London, is a
well-known example. Acoustics.
Eckmiihl, a village of Bavaria, site of a battle between
the main armies of France (75,000) and Austria (40,000) ; Na-
poleon and marshal Davoust (hence prince d'EckmUhl)defeated
archduke Charles, 22 Apr. 1809.
Eclectics (from Gr. tKXeyii), I choose), ancient philoso-
phers (called Analoffetici, and also Pkilalethes, the lovers of
truth), who, not joining any sect,chose what they judged good
from each ; of them was Potamon of Alexandria, about 1 a.d.
Also a Christian sect, who considered the doctrine of Plato con-
formable to the spirit of Christianity. Medical Science;
Philosophy, Victor Cousin.
eclipse, in astronomy, the obscuration of any heav-
enly body by entering the shadow of another body. An-
axagoras, the Stoic, of Klazomenae, was the first to ex-
plain the physical cause of eclipses, about 450 B.C.; but
Nicias sacrificed the Athenian army at Syracuse to his super-
stitious dread of the lunar eclipse of 27 Aug. 413 b.c. Colum-
bus is said to have awed the Indians of Jamaica by predicting
the time of an eclipse of the moon, 1504. The Egyptians
said they had accurately observed 373 eclipses of the sun, and
832 of the moon, in the period from Vulcan to Alexander, who
died 323 b.c. The theory of eclipses is said to have been known
to the Chinese before 120 b.c. The first eclipse recorded hap-
pened 19 Mch. 721 B.C., at 8.40 p.m., according to Ptolemy ; it
was lunar, and was observed with accuracy at Babylon. There
may be as many as 7 eclipses in a year, and 4 will then be solar.
There cannot be less than 2 ; if but 2 then they will be solar.
A list of eclipses to the year 2000 is given in "L'Art de Verifier les
Dates. ' '
Royal Astronomical Society published a volume of
made during Total Solar Eclipses," 1880.
eclipses of the sun.
Nineveh eclipse (recorded, according to sir Henry Rawlinson,
on a Nineveh tablet in the British museum) 15 June,
That predicted by Thales (Pliny, lib. ii. 9) believed to have oc-
curred (Halts) 28 May,
[Sir 6. B. Airy, astronomer royal, thinks the date should
be 610; others say 603 or 584 B.C. It is recorded by Herod-
otus as interrupting a battle between Medes and Lydians.]
Eclipse of Xerxes, when setting out against Greece 17 Feb.
One at Athens (T/iucydides, lib. iv.)
Eclipse of Agathocles (Airy) 15 Aug.
Total : 3 days' supplication decreed at Rome (Livy) 188
A.D.
One at the death of Jesus Christ (Josephus) 3 Apr. 33
One observed at Constantinople 968
At the battle of Sticklestadt 29 July, 1030
Observations
B.C.
763
585
478
424
310
1140
1191
1662
1715
1724
1802
1851
1858
1870
1878
1882
1883
1889
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In Fimnoe, when It was dark ut noon (Du Fretnoy) 29 June,
In England : a total darkness ( W. Malmsb.) 20 Mch.
Again; stars visible ut lU iu the morning {Camden) 23 June,
True sun and the uppourauce of another, so that astronomers
alone could distinguish the dilleronce by colored glasses
One observed in Scotland ; termed the " black hour ". ,7 June,
Another in Scotland; termed " Mirk Monday ' 8 Apr.
Toul iu Kngland ; stars shone and birds roosted at noon, 3 May,
Last totiil eclipse in Kngland; seen near Salisbury 22 May,
One central and annular in middle Europe 7 Sept.
Total eclipses 17 July, 1833; 8 July, 1842; 28 July,
Annular, photographed at Oundle; not seen well at other places,
15 Mch.
Total eclipse of the sun ; well seen by sir G. B. Airy and others
in Siviin; Warren de la Rue took photographs 18 July,
Tot^il, of longest possible duration (observed for British Royal
Society in India, by coL Walker, Mr. Hcrschel, and others),
18 Aug.
[During this eclipse in India, M. Janssen invented a method
of studying the sun at any time by several spectroscopes,
multiplying the length of the spectrum and diffusing its brill-
lamv. Joseph Norman Locky'er had suggested a similar
method in 1866, but did not use it till 20 Oct. 1868, being
then not aware of M. Janssen's discovery.]
One well observed in Xorth America 7 Aug.
Two e.xpeditions sent out by the British government, not suc-
cessful, to observe eclipse of 22 Dec.
One well observed at Ceylon and in southern India, 12 Dec.
1871 ; and in North America 29, 30 July,
[Similar eclipses (about 70) recur after 18 years, 10^ days.]
Solar eclipse well observed in Egypt 17 May,
Eclipse well observed at Caroline islands, Pacific 6 May,
[Except ou 12 Aug. 1999, no total eclipse of the sun will be
visible in England for 250 years.— Hind, July, 1871.]
One observed in the Pacific states of the U. S 1 Jan.
ECLIPSES OF THE MCK)N. B p
First, observed by the Chaldaeans at Babylon {Ptolemy, iv.) 721
Total one observed at Sardis ( Thucydides, vii. ) , 413
Again, in Asia Minor (Polybim) 219
One at Rome, predicted by Q. Sulpitius Gallus (Livy, xliv.). ... 168
One terrified the Roman troops and quelled their revolt a.d.
(Tacitus) 14
Economiitei (a-ko' -no-mists), a philosophical sect,
founded by Francois Quesnay (1694-1774), who exalted agri-
culture above other arts ; he asserted that it gave 2 things, the
support of the laborer, and an excess of value which belonged
to the proprietor of the land (" product net "), and which alone
should be taxed. He favored freedom for industry and trade.
His " Phj'siocratie " (1768) and other works were very popular,
even at court, and influenced Adana Smith, author of '• The
Wealth of Nations."
£corcheurs {d-kbr-sheur') ("flayers"), bands of armed
adventurers who desolated France and Belgium during the
15th century, beginning about 1435. Among their leaders
were Chabannes, comte de Damraartin, the bastard of Armag-
nac, and Villandras; and they at one time numbered 100,000.
They are said to have stripped their victims to their shirts,
and flayed the cattle. They were favored by the English in-
vasion and the civil wars.
ec'ra§ite, an explosive invented by Siersch and Kubin,
Austrian engineers, impervious to damp, shock, or fire, Oct. 1889.
Ec'uador, a South American republic, formerly Quito
and other provinces, part of Colombia, 1821; independent in
1831, when the Colombian republic was divided into 3 ; the
other 2 being Venezuela and New Granada. Area, 144,000
sq. miles. The population of Ecuador is about 1,146,000 (1890),
of Quito, the capital, 76,000. Earthquakes, 1868.
Eddai (thought formerly to mean Oldemoder, or " mother
of mothers;" by others, "art"), 2 books of songs and sagas
(prose and verse), the former, the prose Edda, also called the
Younger Edda, or Snorri's Edda; the latter, the poetic or Elder
Edda, a collection of old Norse poems, contain the Scandinavian
mythology (or history of Odin, Thor, Frea, etc.), written by
skalds, or bards, about the Uth or 12th century Translations
have been made into French, English, etc. MSS. of the Eddas
exist at Copenhagen and Upsal. Literature.
Eddyitone, or Edystone, lig^lit-taouse, off
the port of Plymouth, English channel, erected by the Trinity
house to enable ships to avoid the Eddystone rock. The first
light-house was commenced under Mr. Winstanley, in 1696 ;
finished in 1699 ; and destroyed iu the tempest of 27 Nov. 1703,
when Winstanley and others perished. A wooden one, by
Rudyerd, was built by order of Parliament, and ships were
ordered to pay one penny per ton inwards and outwards tow-
ards supporting it, 1708. This was burned 4 Dec. 1755 ;. and '
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a better, erected by Mr. Smeaton, finished 9 Oct. 1759.
woodwork of this, burned in 1770, was replaced by stone.
Foundation having given way, a new one was designed by James
N. Douglass, engineer of the Trinity house. The foundation-stone
was laid by the duke of Edinburgh in the presence of the prince
of Wales, 19 Aug. 1879. The corner-stone was placed by the duke
on 1 June, 1881; successfully lighted, 3 Feb. 1882; opened, 18
May, 1882. Light-hoosks.
Edes'ia, now Orfall, a town in Mesopotamia, said to
have been built by Nimrod ; by Appian, to have been built by
Seleucus ; famous for its schools of theology in the 5th century.
It was made a principality by the crusaders, and was taken by the
Saracens, 1145; byNur-ed-deen,in 1144; and the Turks, in 1184.
Its ancient kings or rulers were named Abgarus and Mannus.
Edirellill tkght (23 Oct. 1642), Warwickshire, Engl.,
between royalists under Charles I. and the parliament army
under the earl of Essex, was the first of importance in the civil
war. Prince Rupert, who led the right wing of the royalists
and headed the cavalry, broke the left wing of the parliament
forces, but, pursuing too far, lost his advantage. Earl Lind-
say, who headed the royal foot, was mortally wounded. Royal-
ists forces, 12,000; parliament army, 10,000. The action waa
indecisive, though parliament claimed the victory.
Edict of 9fante§, by which Henry IV. of France
granted toleration to his Protestant subjects, 13 Apr. 1598, was
confirmed by Louis XIII. in 1610, and by Louis XIV. in 1652.
It was revoked by Louis XIV. 22 Oct. 1685. This act cost
France 50,000 Protestant families, and gave England and Ger-
many thousands of industrious artisans. It also caused a fierce
insurrection in Languedoc. Camisards. Some of the refu-
gees settled in Spitalfields, where descendants yet remain;
others in Soho and St. Giles's, pursuing the art of making
crystal glasses, and the silk manufacture and jewelry, then
new in England.
edict§, public ordinances and dedrees, usually by sov-
ereigns; originated with the Romans. The Perpetual
Edict : Salvius Julianus, of Milan, a civilian at Rome (au-
thor of several treatises on public right), was employed by the
emperor Adrian to draw up this body of laws for the praetors,
promulgated 132.
Edinburgh, the metropolis of Scotland, derives its
name — in ancient records Edinhure and Dun Edin, " the hill
of Edin " — from its castle, founded or rebuilt by Edwin, king
of Northumbria, after greatly extending bis dominions, to pro-
tect them from incursions of Scots and Picts, 626. But it is
said the castle was first built by Camelon, king of the Picts,
330 B.C. ^ It is conspicuous, standing on a rock 300 ft. high at
the west end of the old town, and, before the invention of
great guns, had considerable strength. Pop. 1891, 261,970.
Christianity introduced (reign of Donald I. ) 201
City fortified, and castle rebuilt by Malcolm Canmore 1074
Improved by David I , 1124 to 1153
Holyrood abbey founded by David 1 1128
Edinburgh constituted a burgh about "
Castle held by England 1174-86
Parliament held here under Alexander II 1215
City taken by the English 1296
Grant of the town of Leith to Edinburgh 1329
Surrenders to Edward III 1355
St. Giles's cathedral built 1359
City burned by Richard II., 1385 ; and by Henry IV 1401
James II. first king crowned here 1437
Execution of the earl of Athol "
Annual fair granted by James II 1447
City strengthened by a wall 1450
Charter of James III 1477
Edinburgh made the metropolis by James III 1482
Royal College of Surgeons incorporated 1505
Charter of James IV 1508
[The palace of Holyrood was built in this reign.]
High-school founded about 1518
British, from 200 ships, burn Edinburgh and Leith May, 1544
Leith is again burned, but Edinburgh is spared 1547
Tolbooth built 1561
Edinburgh university chartered 14 Apr. 1582
James VI. leaves Edinburgh as king of England 5 Apr. 1603
He revisits it 16 May, 1617
George Heriot's hospital founded by his will 1624
Charles I. visits Edinburgh June, 1633
Riots in Greyfriars church against English liturgy 23 July, 1637
Charles again visits the city 1641
Castle is surrendered to Cromwell Dec. 1650
Mercurius Caledonius, first Edinburgh newspaper, appeared. . . 1661
Coffee-houses first opened 1677
College of Physicians incorporated !.*!!!.'.'.".'.. 1681
African and East India company incorporated 1695
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Bank of Scotland founded 1695
Koyal bank founded 1727
Koyal Infirmary incorporated 1736
Medical Society instituted 1737
Modern improvements, "New town " commenced 1753
Royal exchange completed 1761
Calton-hill observatory founded 25 July, 1776
Society of Antiquaries 1780
Royal Society of Edinburgh incorporated 1783
Robertson, the historian, dies here 11 June, 1793
Holyrood. an asylum of Louis XVIII. and his brother, after-
wards Charles X ,. .1795 to 1799
Edinburgh Review first published 10 Oct. 1802
Nelson's monument completed 1815
Gas company incorporated 1818
Water company incorporated 1819
Society of Arts instituted 1821
Union canal completed , 1822
Royal Institution erected 1823
Royal Scottish academy of painting, sculpture, and architect-
ure founded ; 1826
Edinburgh and Dalkeith railway opened July, 1831
Death of sir Walter Scott 21 Sept. 1832
..Chambers'' s Edinburgh Journal pub "
Association of the Fine Arts 1833
Edinburgh and Granton railway begun 1836
Art Union of Scotland 1837
Society of Arts, founded 1821 ; incorporated 1842
Edinburgh and Glasgow railway opened Feb. "
Secession, and formation of the Free church •. .18 May, 1843
New college instituted "
North British railway commenced 1844
Monument to political martyrs of 1793-94 by Mr. Hume, 21 Aug. "
Sir Walter Scott's monument completed (begun 1840) 1845
Edinburgh Philosophical Association (established 1832) reorgan-
ized as the Edinburgh Philosophical Society 1846
North British railway opened 18 June, "
Prince Albert lays the foundation-stone of the Scotch National
Gallery 30 Aug. 1850
National Gallery opened 21 Mch. 1859
Lord Brougham elected chancellor of the university, Edinburgh,
1 Nov. "
Prince consort lays foundation of new post-oflQce and Industrial
museum 23 Oct. 1861
Statues of Allan Ramsay and John Wilson inaugurated, 25 Mch. 1865
National Museum of Science and Art opened by prince Alfred
(created duke of Edinburgh, etc., the first royal prince whose
leading title was Scotch, 24 May) 19 May, 1866
Prince of Wales installed patron of Freemasons of Scotland, 12
Oct. ; laid foundation of new Royal Infirmary 13 Oct. 1870
Scott centenary celebrated 9 (for 15) Aug. 1871
Lady Burdett-Coutts made a burgess 15 Jan. 1873
Earl of Derby elected lord rector of the university 14 Nov. 1874
Statue of Dr. Livingstone unveiled 15 Aug. 1876
New water-works (I'ortmore reservoir at the Moorfoot hills)
opened by the lord provost 13 June, 1879
Academy of Music for Scotland (at Edinburgh) founded. . .Sept. 1882
Death of William Chambers, bookseller, restorer of St. Giles's
(which is reopened 23 May) 20 May, 1883
Tercentenary of the university celebrated 16-18 Apr. 1884
Ancient cross restored by Gladstone Nov. 1885
Freedom of the city presented to Parnell (18,000 vote against it),
20 July, 1889
[His name erased from the roll, 1891.]
Free public library opened 9 June, 1890
[Andrew Carnegie, of Pittsburg, Pa., U. S., gave it $250,000.]
Henry M. Stanley receives the freedom of the city 11 June, "
Scotland.
" £<lilll)Ur||[ll Review" (a Whig quarterly start-
ed by Francis Jeffrey, rev. Sydney Smith, Henry Broughano,
and others), published first on 10 Oct. 1802.
Edmonton, a large suburban village of London, Engl.
Charles Lamb spent his last years here, and is buried in its
churchyard. Here also is the " Bell inn," made famous by
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i.^owper. "To-morrow is our wedding-day,
And we will then repair
Unto the Bell at Edmonton
All in a chaise and pair."
— Cowper, "History of John Gilpin."
Eldom. Idum^a.
education, the art of developing the physical, intel-
lectual, and moral faculties of man, has occupied the greatest
minds in all ages — Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Quintil-
ian. Bacon, Milton, Locke, Rousseau, etc. In England the
earliest schools for the poor were attached to monasteries;
for the well-to-do halls and colleges were gradually founded.
Cambridgk, Colleges, Oxford, Universities, etc.
IN ENGLAND.
William of Wykeham planted the school at Winchester, whence
arose his colleges at that place and Oxford 1370
Eton college foundfed by Henry VI 1443
After the Reformation education improved; many grammar-
schools erected and endowed by Edward VI. and Elizabeth, 1535-65
Christ's Hospital, the Blue-coat school, established 1553
Westminster school founded by Elizabeth 1560
Foundation of Rugby school by Lawrence Sheriff, 1567 ; of Har-
row school by John Lyon 1571
Charterhouse founded by Thomas Sutton 1611
Protestant charity-schools founded about 1687
Queen Anne, zealous for education, founded the Grey-coat
school, Westminster, and supported parochial charity-schools
(one established at St. Margaret's, Westminster, 1088) 1698
Nearly 2000 of these schools established in Great Britain and
Ireland, principally through the Society for the Promotion of
Christian Knowledge 1698-1741
Robert Raikes began Sunday-schools about 1781
[In 1833 there were 16,828 of these with 1,548,890 scholars.]
Joseph Lancaster, a young Quaker, began to instruct the chil-
dren of the poor 1796
To provide teachers, he invented the monitorial system. His
exertions gave rise to the British and Foreign School Society
as the " Royal Lancasterian Institution," etc 1805
This was followed by the church of England "National Soci-
ety for Educating the Poor," on dr. Bell's system 1811
Infant schools began about 1815
Charity commission, appointed at the instance of Brougham,
published their "Reports on Education," in 37 vols, folio, 1819-40
Irish national school system (for Catholics and Protestants)
organized mainly by archbishop Whately and the Catholic
archbishop Murray 1831
City of Loudon school, Honey lane, opened 1834
In 1834 the government began annual grants (the first 20,000^.);
continued till the Committee of the Privy Council on Educa-
tion was formed to distribute the money 1839
Ragged School Union established 1844
Middle-class examinations from the university of Oxford began,
June, 1858. The examiners granted the degree of A. A. to
many persons at Liverpool, Leeds, etc. ; similar examina-
tions from Cambridge in the autumn 1858
Report of Commissioners on Popular Education (appointed
1858), pub. 18 Mch. 1861, led to the minute of the Com-
mittee of the Privy Council on Education establishing a re-
vised code of regulations; adopted 21 July, 1861, to come
into operation after 31 Mch. 1862. It decreed regular ex-
aminations, payment by results, evening schools for adults,
and other changes, under opposition from the clergy and
schoolmasters. After agitation in Parliament (25, 28 Mch.
1862), a compromise was effected 5 May, 1862
Suggestion of 4 establishments in England. France, Germany,
and Italy ascribed to Mr. Cobden and Michel Chevalier "
"Conscience clause," founded on Endowed Schools act, Mch.
1860, introduced by Committee of Council on Education for
parishes with only one school; children of dissenters to be
admitted without religious teaching or attendance at public
worship Nov. 1863
[Report, 10 June, 1865. Opposed by the clergy; it created
much controversy in 1866-67.]
Parliamentary committee to consider the best mode of benefit-
ing schools unassisted by the state 28 Feb. 1865
Committee appointed at a meeting for establishing higher
schools for middle classes in London by funds of lapsed char-
ities, etc., 7 Nov. ; nearly 28,000i. subscribed by end of Dec.
1865 ; 51,349i. received Oct. 1866
Subscribers chartered, first school opened by lord mayor and
others in Bath st. , St. Luke's 1 Oct. "
Resolutions moved in the lords by earl Russell (that every
child has a right to education, and recommending appoint-
ment of a cabinet minister of education), withdrawn. .2 Dec. 1867
Conference at Manchester recommend compulsory education,
to be paid for by rates 15 Jan. 1868
Technical Education. — Committee of Education recommend
scholarships for scientific instruction to artisans 21 Dec. "
Joseph Whltworth's (now sir) offer to found 30 scholarships,
each of 1001. a year, in mechanics, etc. , 18 Mch. , accepted by
the lords of the council 27 Mch. "
Foundation of the first new building for a middle-class school
in London laid by the lord mayor, Lawrence 15 Dec. "
National Education League for compulsory secular education
by the state, first met at Birmingham 12, 13 Oct. 1869
National Education Union to supplement the denominational
system first met at Manchester 3 Nov. "
Elementary Education bill introduced by W. E. Forster, 17 Feb. ;
opposed by dissenters; signed 9 Aug. 1870
[Amended in 1872, 1873, and 1876.]
Education (Scotland) act passed 10 Aug. 1872
Dublin University bill introduced by Mr. Gladstone 13 Feb. 1873
College for northern counties at Knutsford; foundation laid,
24 Sept. "
College for higher education of women, opened at Girton. . Oct. "
Domestic Economy. — Study of food and clothing introduced into
government educational department 1874
Mr. Dixon's compulsory attendance bill lost (320-156)..! July, "
Nuneham college at Cambridge for women opened 18 Oct. 1875
First annual conference of teachers 14 Jan. 1876
Mr. Dixon's bill for universal school-boards and compulsory ed-
ucation rejected by the commons (281-260) Apr. "
Intermediate Education act for Ireland passed 16 Aug. 1878
Technical college for north of England opened at Newcastle,
24 Sept. 1880
Ascham Society formed "
Technical Education.— City and Guilds of London Institute for
the advancement of technical education; plan recommended
by a committee, lord Selborne, chairman, pub. June; the in-
stitute formally constituted, 11 Nov. 1878 ; foundation of the
building laid by prince Leopold 10 May. 1881
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Lord Aberdarp, W. E. Forster, sir John T.ubJK)ck, and others
form a conunitloo to instruct electors of sihool- board. .'2,i Oct 1882
Fifth Metro|K)litan sohcM)! bmird elected (old policy attlrmed;
E. M. Buxton, chairman) 24 Nov. "
Boys' public day-school company founded. 6 Dec 1882; first
school ojKMHHl 12 Sept. 1883
Techuicjil collogo. Finsbury, opened 19 Feb. "
An for .-ichcH)! socioiios formed in London and the provinces. . "
New education ctnle (much attacked) takes effect 3 Apr. 1884
Royal comniis.sion on technical instruction appointed, 5 Aug.
IfcWl (Bornhard Samuolsou, prof H. E. lioscoo, and i others),
to imiuirc abroad and at hom%; Ist report, preliminary, 17
Fob. 1882; 2d report is.suod, reassuring as to English work,
recommends advance in education, etc about 16 May, "
Committee on relieving children coming to school unfed, Nov.
2; London School Dinner Association formed Dec. 1889
Grant for free or assisted education, $10,000,000 annually, pro-
posed by .Mr. CJoschen 23 Apr. 1891
Irish Free' Education act passed 27 June, 1892
Metropolitan school-board children on the rolls : 1871, 1117; 1890,
443,14;).
Primary schools in Great Britain: in 1854, 3825; in 1860, 7272; in
1870, 10,949; in 1880, 20,670; in 1890, 22,495; average attendance,
4,927.987.
Annual grant for primary schools in Great Britain: in 1861, $4,067,-
210; in 1870, $4,201,680; in 1880, $14,274,690; in 1890, $21,295,-
400; in 1891, $21,964,685.
Grant for public education in Great Britain, in 1852, was $750,000;
1867, $3,529,325; 1884-85, $15,080,835 (for 18,540 schools, 4,670,000
pupils); 1891-92. $19,595,660.
Grant for education, .science, and art, in 1861, was $6,794,980; 1872,
$7,757,800; 1879-80, $14,274,690; 1891-92, $31,244,960.
education in the United States. Here popular edu-
cation is provided for by the several states; their systems
dififer only in details. Early in the historj'- of the northern
colonies, free district schools were common, and out of these
has grown a system of free, popular education in all the states ;
every child may have elementary secular education, without
cost. The common-school system is supplemented by state
normal schools, and the higher education is provided for by
colleges. As early as 1647 Massachusetts passed laws author-
izing public and grammar schools. Connecticut followed in
1650, and New Haven in 1655 enforced such laws by penalties.
Rhode Island acted in 1690. Maine was a part of Massachu-
setts until 1820 ; New Hampshire until 1693. New Jersej', by
law, 1693, left the establishment of schools to the majority of
the inhabitants of each township ; but, if decided upon, made
the school-tax binding upon all. The Penn Charter school
was established in 1698. New York, while slower in this
movement than her neighbors until after the Revolution, or-
ganized a general school system by commissioners in 1812.
District-school libraries were instituted in 1838, and a state
normal school in 1844. The more southern .states did little
for education, except to aid a few colleges, until after the
civil war. But in all the colonies the methods and instru-
ments of instruction were of the simplest character ; a brief
inventory of the text -books in use in early colonial days
will show this. The " New England Primer," used from the
first in New England colonies, reached its 15th edition in 1720,
and held its place as late as 1777. The " New England Psalm
Book," in use until after the Revolution. " Dilworth's Spell-
ing-book," succeeded by that of Noah Webster, pub. 1783, and
still in print. John Woolman's " First Book for Children."
The readers for the more advanced were Bingham's " Amer-
ican Preceptor," the " Columbian Orator," and later, Murray's
"English Reader" (1800-45). Mathematics were not neglect-
ed, and " Hodder's Arithmetic," 1719, followed by Pike's, 1785,
and later by DaboU's, 1790, and " Dell worth's Assistant," were
found in all common schools of those times. Of grammars,
Lindley Murray's was the first, followed later by Goold Brown's.
These, with "Morse's Geography," 1784, and, later, Olney's,
were the chief text-books in public or district schools through-
out the U. S. up to 1840.
National Aid.— As early as 1785 the Continental Congress,
foreshadowing the permanent policy of the hation in encour-
aging education, enacted that lot No. 16 of every township of
public lands, consisting of 640 acres, or 1 mile square, be re-
served for the maintenance of public schools. No method of
managing this endowment was prescribed. It, however, es-
tablished a principle, and dedicated J^ part of all the pub-
lic lands of the U. S. (with certain exceptions as to minerals,
etc,)j to the cause of education. This act was strengthened
by the act of 23 July, 1787, making the reservation perpetual.
\V'hetber the public schools thus endowed were to remain un-
der the control of the nation or the state remained a question
until after the admission of Ohio in 1802. This income is sup-
plemented by state and local taxation, so that it constitute*
on an average about 6J per cent, of the total school revenue
of all the states. The total amount expended on eleraeiuarv
public schools in the U. S., for 1870, was $03,396,666; 1880
$78,094,687 ; 1890-91 it was $148,724,647 for the average at-
tendance of 8,373,264 pupils for 134.7 days, out of 13,010,136
pupils enrolled' from a school population of 18,812,766. The
amount expended per pupil in the U. S. ranges from $3.38 in
South Carolina to $43.43 in Colorado (Rept. of Com. of Ed.
1889-90). The number of pupils enrolled in private and paro-
chial elementary schools, not included in these numbers, was
estimated at 1,516,300. The private middle-class schools num.
bered 99,849 pupils. The following tables show the number
of acres granted to the different states and territories by the
U. S., for school purposes, arranged, as near as possible, ac-
cording to the date of grant :
UNITED STATES LAND GRANTS FOB PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
State.
Date of Grant.
3 Mch.
(21 Apr.
1 15 Feb
3 Mch.
19 May,
3 Mch.
19 Apr.
18 Apr.
2 Mch.
6 Mch.
23 Jan.
23 Jan. 1836
3 Mch. 1845
3 Mch. 1845
6 Aug. 1846
2 Mch. 1853
3 Mch. 1853
26 Feb. 1857
14 Feb. 1859
29 Jan.
28 Feb.
1803
1806)
18431
1803
1852
1857
1816
1818
1819
1820
1836
1861
1861
2 Mch. 1861
3 Mch.
21 Mch.
25 July,
19 Apr.
3 Mch.
1863
1864
1868
1869
1875
Utah
Arizona
9 Sept. 1850)
22 July, 1854)
9 Sept. 1850
26 May, 1864
No. of Ac
704,-4
786,04
837,58
650,311
985,061
902,771
1,199,13
1,067,8 -
886,460
908,503
905,144
958,649
2,488,675
6,719,344
2,969,990
3,329,706
2,801,306
5,112,035
8,554,560
3,068,231
3,985,428
3,480,281
2,702,044
3,715,555
4', 309, 368
3,003,613
4,050,347
Total 71,082,04»
UNIVERSITY GRANTS AND RESERVATIONS.
Ohio
Mississippi,
Illinois
Indiana. . . .
Louisiana. .
Missouri. . .
Alabama. . .
Michigan . .
Arkansas. .
Florida
Iowa
Wisconsin...
California. . .
Washington.
Minnesota .
Oregon . . .
Kansas . . .
Nebraska.
Nevada. . .
Colorado. .
New Mexico.,
Utah
( 21 Apr.
\ 3 Mch.
1792)
1803 (
69,120
I 3 Mch.
1 20 Feb.
1803)
1819)
46,080
( 26 Mch.
Us Apr.
1804)
1818)
46,080
(26 Mch.
\ 19 Apr.
1804)
1816
46,080
(26 Apr.
1806
\ 3 Mch.
1811
46,080
( 3 Mch.
1827
/ 17 Feb.
\ 6 Mch.
1818)
1820 1
46,080
(20 Apr.
\ 2 Mch.
1818)
1819 1
46,080
23 June
1836
46,080
23 June
1836
46,080
3 Mch.
1845
92,160
3 Mch.
1845
46,080
( 6 Aug.
115 Dec.
1846)
1854)
92,160
3 Mch.
1853
46,080
(17 July,
\ 14 Mch.
1854)
1864)
46,080
( 2 Mch.
1861
h6Feb.
1867
82,640
( 8 July,
1870
( 14 Feb.
\ 2 Mch.
1859)
1861)
46,080
29 Jan.
1861
46,080
19 Apr.
1864
46,080
4 July,
1866
46,080
3 Mch.
1875
46,080
22 July,
1854
46,080
21 Feb.
1855
46,080
Total 1,165,520
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By act of Congress, 2 July, 1862, there was awarded 30,000
acres of public land to each state (no mineral lands to be
selected) for each senator and representative in Congress,
under the apportionment of 1860, to establish agricultural
colleges and schools of the mechanic arts. The following
table shows the location of colleges, with the Burnber of acres
granted and sum which the state received, with other infor-
mation. United States, 1890.
UNITED STATES LAND GRANTS FOR AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS OF THE MECHANIC ARTS.
Location and name of College.
Auburn, Ala. —Alabama Polytechnic College
Fayetteville, Ark. — Arkansas Industrial University
Berkeley, Cal. — University of California with branches ^
Fort Collins, Col.— State Agricultural College
New Haven— Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University
Newark, Del.— Delaware College
Lake City, Fla.— Florida Agricultural College
Athens, Ga. — State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts has branches at Cuthbert, ]
Dahlonega, Milledgeville, and Thomasville J
Urbana, 111. — University of Illinois, Agricultural department
Lafayette, Ind. — Pardee University, Agricultural department
Ames, la.— Iowa Agricultural College and Farm
Manhattan, Kan. — Kansas State Apricultural College
Lexington, Ky. — Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky
Baton Rouge, La. — State Agricultural College
Orono, Me. — Maine State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts
■College Hill, Md.— Maryland Agricultural College
Amherst, Mass. — Massachusetts Agricultural College ;
Boston, Mass.— Massachusetts Institute of Technology \
Lansing, Mich. — State Agricultural College
Minneapolis, Minn. — University of the State of Minnesota, Agricultural department
Rodney, Miss. — Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College for colored pupils i
.Starkville, Miss.— Mississippi Agricultural College i
Columbia, Mo.— University of the State of Missouri i
Rolla, Mo.— Missouri State School of Mines and Metallurgy ;
Lincoln, Neb. — University of Nebraska, Agricultural department
Reno, Nev. — Nevada State University
Hanover, N. H. — N'ew Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
New Briniswick, N. J. — Rutgers Scientific School
Ithaca, N. Y.— Cornell University, Agricultural department The national land grant of 18(52'
amounted to over $6,000,000 lor this college. Valuable timber lands were located and held
until 1881, through the advice and aid of Ezra Cornell, when 990,000 acres realized over
$6 an acre
Chapel Hill, N. C. — North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Columbus, 0. — Ohio State University, Agricultural department
Corvallis, Ore. — Oregon State Agricultural College
State College, Bellefonte, Pa. — Pennsylvania State College; farm, 400 acres
Providence, R. I
Orangeburg, S. C. — Claflin University, College of Agriculture and Mechanic Institute
Knoxville, Tenn. — State Agricultural and Mechanic College
Bryan, Tex.— State Agricultural and Mechanic College
Burlington, Vt. — State Agricultural College, with the University of Vermont
Blacksburg, Va. — Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College
Hampton, Va. — Hampton Agricultural Institute
Morgantown, W. Va. — West Virginia University, Agricultural department
Madison, Wis. — University of Wisconsin, Agricultural department
240,000
150,000
ISO.Qi
a^
■^TTooi
180,000
90,000
90,000
270,000
480,000
390,000
240,000
90,000
330,000
210,000
210,000
210,000
360,000
240,000
120,000
210,000
330,000
90,000
90,000
150,000
210,000
990,000
270,000
630,000
90,000
780,000
120.000
180,000
300,000
180,000
150,000
300,000
1.50,000
240.000
$216,000
135,000
112,500
135,000
83,000
110,806
243,000
319,494
212,238
500,000
290,000
165,000
210,000
116,359
112,500
\ 157,538
( 78,769
275,104
178,000
f 113,000
[ 115,000
170,000
39,504
95,000
80,000
116,000
125,000
507,913
93,985
439,186
50,000
191,800
271,875
209,000
122,626
; 190,000
95,000
90,000
363,738
of pnpiU;
247
592
284
82
162
429
226
504
532
"m.
45
135
873
378
150
608
177
196
167
'272
127
692
Total
Total for universities
" " public schools..
9,600,000
1,165,520
71,082,048
Grand total 81,847,568
LIST OF THE LARGER INDIVIDUAL BENEFACTIONS, WITH NAME OF COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY ENDOWED OR BENEFITED.
Benefactor.
College or University.
Amount.
$8,000,000
6,000,000
5 000 000
George Peabody
For educating in the U. S . .
Leland Stanford
Leland Stanford jr. University Cal...
Asa Packer
Lehigh University Pa
3,500,000
*3,500,000
2,500,000
2,000,000
2 000 000
Johns Hopkins
.Johns Hopkins University Md
Isaac Rich
Boston University Mass
Jonas G. Clark
Clark University Mass
The Vanderbilts
Vanderbilt University Tenn
1 775 000
James Lick
University of California
1,650,000
1,600,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
1,000,000
1,100,000
908 000
John I). Rockefeller
John C. Green
Wm. C. De Pauw
A. J. Drexel
Leonard Case
Peter Cooper.
Ezra Cornell
Cornell University Ithaca N Y
Henry W. Sage
Matthew Vassar
Vassar College Poughkeepsie N Y
George T. Seney
Wesleyan L^niversity Conn
700 000
S. W. Phenix
Columbia College N Y
650 000
E. P. Greenleaf.
Harvard University Mass
630 000
Amasa Stone
Adelbert College 0
600 000
Ario Pardee
I,afayette College Pa
500,000
Benj. Bussey
Bussey Institute Harvard University Mass
500,000
Joseph Sheffield
Yale College Conn
500,000
J. P. .Tones
Haverford Pa
500,000
Joseph W. Taylor
Bryn Mawr College, Pa
450,000
* A like bequest to the Johns Hopkins hospital.
educational . institUtion§. Colleges, Uni-
versities, etc. ; for academies and state normal schools, see
each state separately.
EdM^ard, Fort. Fort Edward.
Egrypt, N.E. Africa ; area, 400,000 sq. miles ; pop. 1890,
6,817,265. The earliest-known seat of civilization, the hiero-
EGY
glyphic and Coptic Kemi ; Hebrew, Mazor (I^wer Egypt),
Mizraim (Upper and I^>wer Egypt) ; Greek, AiyvTrrof ; Ara-
bic f»)r all Egypt, Misr or Masr. Three niagniricent works
on Egypt have been published: in France (commenced by
Napoleon and the savans who accompanied him to Egypt),
" Description de I'tigypte," 1809-22 ; in Italy, Kosellini's
'•Monuraenti dell' Egitto," 1832-44; and in Prussia, Lepsius's
•• Denkmiiler aus Aegypten," 1848-6«). For our present knowl-
edge of the early history of Egypt we are almost wholly in-
debted to discoveries in the present century, and to the inter-
pretation of monumental inscriptions, and the papyri found in
tlie tombs. Among the most recent investigators are Brugsch,
Maspero, Lepsius, De Rouge, Mariette, Chabas, Lieblein, Birch,
Naville, Le Page, Kenouf, and Petrie. Abydos, Egyptian
Exploration Fund, Rosetta stone, etc.
Manetho, a high-priest of On or Heliopolis, in the 2d century b.c.,
at the request of king Ptolemy Philadelphus, wrote a history of
Egypt, under 30 dynasties from Menes to tlie Persian conquests;
of his work only lists of kings were preserved, by Julius AfVi-
canus. a writer wlio lived about 300 a.d. Eusebius died about 340,
Georgius Syncollus. 800.
Fabulous god kings, including the sun-god Osiris, god of Hades, and
Isis his wife, Typhou; Horus (the last) was said to have reigned
13,900 years, the demigods and manes, 4000 years.
Following table of dynasties, including the more important kings,
is derived from various sources; the names and dates vary. B.
stands for Brugsch, and M. for Mariette.
I. Thinite (from This, near Abydos), M. 5004; B. 4400 B.C.
Mcna or .Menes; first known king and law-giver, founder of Mem-
phis. M. 5004; B. 4455. Tola or Athothis— Onenephes I., con-
jectured to have built the Stepped pyramid of Sakkarah.
II. Memphte. M. 4751; B. 4133.
Kakaoo or Kaiechos. The worship of Apis the bull established at
.Memphis. B. 4100.
III. Memphite (monumental history properly begins). M. 4449;
B. 3966.
Seneferoo— soldier, architect, and patron of literature and art.
IV. .Memphite. M. 4235; B. 3733.
Shoofoo or Khufa, the Cheops of Herodotus, built the great pyramid
250
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f
XXI. Tanite. M. 1110; B. 1100.
Historyobscure—Hirhor, high-priest of Amen, probably first of priest
kings — Assyrian governors.
XXII. Bubasite. iM. 980; B. 966. ShashankorSheshonkl., Shishak,
1 Kings xiv. 25-28.
XXIII. Tanite, probably only 3 i)etty kings. M. 810; B. 766.
XXIV. Saite. M. 721; B. 733.
i Bocchoris (Bokenranef ), taken prisoner by Sabaco, king of Ethiopia,
j and burned alive. During the last 3 dynasties, the Ethiopians
appear to have ruled in the south.
I XXV. Karnak. Ethiopian. M. 715; B. 700.
Shabat or Sabaco. M. 715; B. 700. Takaraka or Tirhakah (2 Kings
xix. 9). B. 693. Egypt frequently invaded by tlie Assyrians;
subdued and divided into 12 governments.
XXVI. Saite. M. 665; B. 666.
Psammetichus I. (Greek), governor under the Assyrians, restored
the monarchy and revived art. M. 665; B. 666. Necho II. son,
attempted a canal across isthmus of Suez; defeated Josiah, king
of Judali, at Megiddo (2 Kings xxiii. 29); defeated by Nebuchad-
nezzar at Carchemish, 612. Psammetichus II. ; inglorious. B.
596. Uahbra or Hophra (Jer. xliv. 30), sou ; went to help Zede-
kiah, but deserted him. B. 591. Apries loses the conquestp and
is strangled by Aniasis, who has a long, prosperous reign and in-
creased intercourse with the Greeks. B. 572. Psammetichus III.
son (defeated by Cambyses, son of Cyrus, king of Persia). B. 528.
XXVII. Persian. M. 527; B. 527.
Cambyses conquers Egypt ; his army lost invading Ethiopia. M.
527; B. 527. Darius I. Hystaspes, greatly favored Egypt, 521.
Xerxes 1., severe (Egyptian revolt subdued), 486. Artaxerxes I.
Longimanus (another revolt), 465. Darius II. Nothos, 424. Egypt
regained its independence by Armyrtaeus, 424.
XXVIII. Saite. M. 406.
Armyrtajus, 406.
XXIX. Mendesiau. M. 399; B. 399.
Nepherches and Achoris maintain Greek alliance.
XXX. Sebennyte. M. 378; B. 378.
Necfanebes I. Nectanebes II. conquered by Artaxerxes Ochus,
king of Persia.
XXXI. Persia, 340.
Darius III. Codomanus — defeated by Alexander the Great and
killed.
Alexander conquered Egypt and founded Alexandria 332
Empire divided, 323. One of Alexander's generals, Ptolemy I.
(the son of Lagus) Soter became king of Egypt 32J
of (Jizeh. M. 4235; B. 3733. The great limestone rock at the foot [ Ptolemy II. Philadelphus (with his father), 285; alone (museum
of the Libyan mountains was converted into the form of a man
headed lion, termed by the Greeks Sphinx. Khafra built the sec
ond Gizeb pyramid. B. 3666. Menkaura (Mycerinus III.). B.
3633. High state of civilization and art, and the vast cemetery of
Memphis erected. The book or ritual of the dead (papyri) found
in tombs. Book op the Dead.
V. Memphite. M. 3951; B. 3566.
Raenooser. B. 3433. Katkara B. 3366. Unas truncated pyramid
near Sakk4rah built. B. 3333.
VI. Memphite (history nearly a blank to the 11th dynasty). M. 3703 ;
B. 3300.
Pepi I.— powerful— long reign. B. 3233. Romantic story of queen
Nitocris in Herodotus.
VII Memphite. B. 3100.
Petty kings.
VIII. Memphite.
IX. Heracleopolite. M. 3358.
X. Heracleopolite. M. 3249.
XI. Theban. M. 3064.
Sankhkara, expedition to Ophir and Punt (S. Arabia?). B. 2500.
XII. Theban (Egypt very prosperous). B. 2466.
Amenemhat I. M. 3014; B. 2466.
Osirtasen I. (obelisk of On or Heliopolis erected).
Osirtasen II. (memorial temple discovered in 1889).
Osirtasen III., important national works, excavated the lake Moeris
and made the labyrinth and the Nilometer. B. 2300.
Xill. Theban. M. 2851; B. 2233.
Sebekhotep, name of several kings.
XIV. Xoite. M. 2398.
XV. Hyksos or Shepherd kings. M. 2214.
Invaders from Asia lake .Memphis and settle in Lower Egypt.
XVI. Hyksos or Shepherd kings.
XVII. Hyksos or Shepherd kings.
Nub— arrival of Jo.seph. B. 1750.
Dynasties XIII.-XVII. history very obscure; probably Theban kings
reigned in southern, while the Hyksos reigned in Lower Egypt.
XVIH. Theban. M. 1703; B. 1700.
Achmes I. conquers the Hyksoa M. 1703; B. 1700. Amenhotep I.
B. 1666. Tholhmes I. B. 1633. ThothmesII. and Hatasoo, sister.
B. 1600. ThothmesIII.,greatking, victor in western Asia, etc. ; his
exploits recorded in his temple at Karnak. B. 1600. Amenhotep
II. B. 1566. Thothmes IV. B. 1533. Amenhotep III. victorious
in Ethiopia; the Colossi or vocal Memnon bear his name. B. 1500.
Amenhotep IV. introduced Semitic worship. 2 or 3 heretical suc-
cessors. Haremhebi or Horus restores the old worship.
XIX. Theban. M. 1462; B. 1400.
Rameses I. M. 1462; B. 1400. Seti or Sethos (Menetah I.) victo-
rious in Asia; made first canal from the Red sea to the Nile
many monuments of him at Karnak, etc. B. 1333. Rameses II.
of Alexandria founded ; Septuagint version of Hebrew Script-
I ures made ; Pharos completed) 283-247
j Ambassadors first sent to Rome 269
Ptolemy III. Euergetes reigns 247
I Overruns Syria; returns laden with rich spoils and 2500 statues
I and vessels of gold and silver, which Cambyses had taken
j from Egyptian temples (Blair) 24ft
I Ptolemy IV. Philopator '. Nov. 222
I Battle of Raphia; Ptolemy defeats Antiochus, king of Syria 217
Ptolemy V. Epiphanes Nov. 20Si*
Embassy to Rome 20^
Egypt under the protective influence of Rome '*
Ptolemy VI. Philometor Oct. 181
At the death of Philometor, his brother Physcon (Ptolemy VII.
Euergetes) marries his queen, and on the same day murders
Philometor's infant son in the mother's arms Nov. 14ft
His subjects, wearied by cruelties and crimes, expel him 130
He defeats the Egyptians and recovers his throne, 128; d 117
Ptolemy VIII. Soter II. and Cleopatra his mother "
Alexander I. and Cleopatra 107
Ptolemy VIII. restored 89
Revolt in Upper Egypt; Thebes destroyed after a siege of 3 a;
years (Diod. Siculus) Sja
Alexander II. and Cleopatra 1 8M
Ptolemy IX. Auletes 8O5
Berenice and Tryphaena 6$^
Auletes restored, 55; leaves his kingdom to Ptolemy and Cleo- i
patra ; 51
Pompeius (Pompey) slain by the order of Ptolemy Sept. 48'
During a civil war between Ptolemy and Cleopatra II., Alex-
andria is besieged by Julius Caesar, and the library nearly de-
stroyed by fire (Blair) 47
Caesar defeats the king, who, in crossing the Nile, is drowned;
the younger Ptolemy and Cleopatra reign 46
Cleopatra poisons her brother, and reigns alone 43'
She appears before Mark Antony to answer the crime; fasci-
nated by her beauty, he follows her into Egypt ^
Cleopatra in Syria 8Mc
Antony defeated by Octavianus Caesar at Actium (Blair). .1 Sept. 8W
Octavianus enters Egypt; Antony and Cleopatra kill them- x
selves; Egypt a Roman province Sept, Wf,
Octavianus (Augustus) Caesar introduces the Julian year 24 i;
A.D.
Egypt visited by Hadrian, 122; by Severus 200
By Caracalla (Af assacres) 215
Egypt conquered by Zenobia, queen of Palmyra 270
Reconquered by emperor Aurelian 272
Severe Christian persecution by Diocletian 308
Monachism begun in Egypt by Antony.
son, the legendary Sesostris, took Salem, conquered Ethiopia, and 1 Destruction of the temple and worship of Serapis.
built a fleet about 1322. Maneptah, son, jirobably the Pharaoh of
the Exodus, i;iOO; Sell II. and 2 or 3 unimportant kings.
XX. Theban. M. 1288 ; B. 1200.
Rameses III. (Rhampsinitus of Herodotus) victorious, cultivated
navigation and commerce. M. 1288; B. 1200. Inglorious line of
kings named Rameses.
Egypt conquered by Chosroes II. of Persia 61<
Invasion of the Saracens under Amrou June, 638''
Conquest of Alexandria -. 22 Dec. 640
Cairo founded by the Saracens 969
Conquest by the Turks 1163-96
Government of the Mamelukes established 1260
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251
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Selim I., emperor of tlie Turks, conquers Egypt 1517
It is governed by beys till a great part is conquered by the
French under Bonaparte (Alexandria) 1798-99
French expelled by British ; Turks restored 1801
Mehemet Ali massacres the Mamkj.ukes, and reigns 1 Mch. 1811
Arrival of Belzoni, 1815; he removes statue of Memxox, 1816;
explores temples, etc 1817
Mahmoud canal, from Alexandria to the Nile, built 1820
Mehemet Pdcha revolts and invades Syria 1831
His son Ibrahim takes Acre, 27 May; overruns Syria; defeats
the Turks at Konieh 21 Dec. 1832
He advances on Constantinople, which Russian auxiliaries
enter, 3 Apr. ; peace by convention of Kutayah 4 May, 1833
Mehemet again revolts, claiming hereditary power; Ibrahim
defeats the Turks at Nezib 24 June, 1839
England, Austria, Russia, and Prussia undertake to expel
Ibrahim from Syria; Napier bombards Beyrout, 10 Oct.;
Acre taken by the British and Austrian fleets^ under sir R.
Stopford, 3 Nov. ; the Egyptians quit Syria. . .21 Nov. et seq. 1840
Peace restored by treaty; Mehemet made hereditary viceroy
of Egypt, but deprived of Syria 15 July, 1841
Ibrahim Pacha d 10 Nov. 1848
Suez canal begun 1858
Hereditary succession and right of coining money granted, but
tribute raised from 400,000/. to 750,000/ 27 May, 1861
Malta and Alexandria telegraph opened 1 Nov. ' '
Viceroy Said visits Italy, France, and England, May to Sept. ;
returns to Alexandria 1 Oct. 1862
Sultan of Turkey visits Egypt : 7 Apr. 1863
Increased cultivation of cotton in Egypt 1863-67
At the demand of the sultan, the viceroy sends troops to re-
press the insurgents in Arabia May, 1864
Opening of part of Suez canal 15 Aug. 1865
Direct succession to the viceroyalty granted by the Porte,
21 May, 1866
Opening of the Suez canal 17 Nov. 1869
Differences with the sultan respecting prerogatives arranged,
the viceroy giving up power over taxes and loans Dec. "
Sir Samuel Baker commissioned to suppress the slave-trade up
the Nile, with absolute authority south of Gondokoro (for 4
years from 1 Apr. 18()9) 10 May, 1869
Departure from Khartoum 8 Feb. 1870
After long delay, starts to explore White Nile 11 Aug. "
Arrives at Gondokoro 15 Apr. ; names it Ismailia, and oCacially
annexes it to Egypt 26 May, 1871
Advances south lan.-Feb. 1872
Arrives at the African paradise, Faliko, 6 Mch. ; at Masindi, in
Unyoro 25 Apr. "
Received by Kabba Rega, the young king, who attempts to
poison Baker's party, and attacks them in the night; he is
defeated and Masindi burned , 8 June, "
Baker marches to Foweera, 18 July; returns to Faliko. .2 Aug. "
Slave-trade apparently subdued 31 Dec. "
Baker returns to Gondokoro, 1 Apr. ; honors from the khedive
at Cairo, 25 Aug. ; reaches London 9 Oct 1873
Col. Gordon appointed successor; Abou Saoud subordinate "
Baker's work, " Ismailia,'' pub Nov. 1874
First stone of new port laid by khedive 15 May, 1871
Khedive's son, prince Hassan, made D.C.L. at Oxford. 13 June, 1872
Sultan, by firman, renders khedive practically independent (he
must not co'n money, make treaties, or build iron-clads),
8 June, 1873
First Egyptian budget produced; asserted revenue, $50,830,000;
expenditure, $4.5,200,000 Oct. "
International court of justice opened by the khedive. .28 June, 1875
Khedive's shares of Suez canal purchased by the British gov-
ernment; announced " Nov. "
British-Egyptian expedition into Abyssinia surprised and de-
feated with much slaughter 16 Oct. "
New (Gregorian) style adopted; mixed courts opened 1 Jan. 1876
War with Abyssinia 1875-77
Col. Gordon, after great success, reaches England Feb. 1877
Peace with Abyssinia negotiating by col. Gordon, June; terms
said to be accepted Oct. "
Definitive peace between the khedive and Abyssinia announced,
Feb. 1879
Col. Gordon's lieutenant, Gessi (Nov. 1878), defeats rebel slave-
dealers in Soudan, central Africa 5 May, "
England and France, by note, require the appointment of
European ministers about 5 May, "
England, France, Germany, Austria, and Italy recommend tlie
khedive to abdicate about 20 June, "
He refers to the sultan, who declines to interfere; the khedive
offers to pay his debts in full 22 June, "
Khedive deposed by the sultan; prince Tewfik, his son, pro-
claimed successor 26 June, "
Khedive leaves for Naples 30 June, "
Tewflk succeeds as khedive 8 Aug. "
Col. Gordon, negotiating with Abyssinia to prevent war, re-
ported successful Oct. "
He resigns governorship of the Soudan, Oct. 1879; accepted,
„ Jan. 1880
1 eace with Abyssinia announced end of June, "
Decree for abolition of slavery end of July, 1881
Insurrection in the Soudan July.' "
Ministerial crisis; khedive calls for Riaz Pacha Aug" "
Ahmed Arabi Bey and about 4000 soldiers surround the khedive 's
palace, demanding increased pay— agreed to; Cherif Pacha
made minister 9 Sept.
Arabi Bey appointed under secretary of war Jan.
Crisis continues, 9-13 May; khedive firm; ministry submits,
about 16 May; English and French squadron arrive at Alex-
andria, 20 May; Arabi Pacha refuses to resign, 23 May; ulti
matum of English and French consuls; Arabi Pacha to re
tire; khedive's authority to be restored, etc 25 May,
Ministry resigns; Cherif Pacha appointed. May; officers re-
sist; Arabi Pacha reinstated, 27-28 May; anarchy; Euro-
peans quitting the country, 29 May; 6000 Egyptian soldiers
said to be massacred June,
Commencement of rebellion; riots at Alexandria; Arabs attack
Europeans; quelled by Egyptian troops, great loss of life
(about 60 Europeans killed), town ravaged and deserted,
11 June,
Powers agree to a conference at Constantinople; Turkey objects,
19 June^
Conference opened 24 June,
English and French admirals protest against the fortifying of
Alexandria about 4 July,
British subjects warned to quit Egypt about 6 July,
Bombardment of forts at Alexandria threatened by admiral
Seymour, if works threatening the British fleet are not
stopped 9 July,
Bombardment begun; its object fully obtained ; bombardment
ceases, 5.30 p.m.; Egyptian loss heavy in forts and part of
the town. British loss, 6 killed, 28 wounded 11 July,
Arabi Pacha and part of his army abandon Alexandria and re-
treat into the interior; he releases convicts, who with the
Arab mob plunder and set fire to the city, and massacre, it
is said, many Christians 12 July,
European portion entirely destroyed 13 July,
Khedive at palace Ras el-Tin guarded by British marines; de-
grades Arabi Pacha from his office; sends for Cherif Pacha,
Riaz Pacha, etc about 16 July,
Arabi Pacha attempts to cut off water-supply; denounces the
khedive, and calls on the people about 20, 21 July,
Proclamation of khedive declaring Arabi a rebel, etc.,
about 23 July,
Arabi proclaims a Jihid or holy war; said to have 30,000 men,
about 24 July,
British troops landed at Alexandria 24 July,
Troops sent to Egypt from England and India. . .about 25 July,
Duke of Connaught sails in the Orient for Egypt 31 July,
Sir Evelyn Wood sails for Egypt 3 Aug.
Reconnoissance by gen. sir A. Alison, British success, near Mah-
moudieh canal ; lieut. Howard Vyse and 3 others killed ;
about 30 wounded; Egyptian loss about J*00 5 Aug.
Conference agrees to the international protection of the Suez
canal, and adjourns sine die 14 Aug.
Sir Garnet Wolseley assumes command at Alexandria; khedive
empowers British commanders to establish order
Troops, etc., under gen. Willis embark as if for Aboukir, but
proceed eastward, and occupy Port Said, Ismailia, and Kan-
tara; thus command the canal, 19, 20 Aug. ; skirmishes near
Mahmoudieh canal, sir Evelyn Wood succes.sful; the enemy
shelled out of Neftche 20 Aug.
Total British force in Egypt, 31,468 men "
Twenty-six British ironclads at Alexandria "
Gen. Macpherson with Indian troops arrives at Suez. . .21 Aug.
From Ismailia 2 squadrons of household cavalry, with 2 guns,
and detachment of 19th hussars, mounted infantry, etc.,
move on Neflche; met by 10,000 Egyptians with artillery,
24 Aug.
Cavalry and artillery engagement; enemy routed; capture of
5 Krupp guns and train of ammunition and provisions,
Egyptian camps at Tel-el-Mahuta and Mahsameh occupied;
British loss, 6 killed, 30 wounded 25 Aug.
Suez canal held by the British 26 Aug.
Gen. Graham at Kassassin vigorously attacked by 13,000
Egyptians; signals for assistance, rendered by gen. Drury
Lowe with household cavalry; brilliant charge and capture
of 11 guns (afterwards lost), rout of the enemy, disorderly
flight; British loss, 7 killed, 70 wounded 28 Aug.
Capture of Tel-kl-Kebir; Egyptians routed under Arabi Pacha;
surrender of Zagazig with railway trains, etc 13 Sept.
British enter Cairo; Arabi Pacha and his officers surrender un-
conditionally with about 10,000 Egyptian soldiers. . ..14 Sept.
Khedive dissolves the Egyptian army 17 Sept.
Surrender of Aboukir, 17 Sept. ; re-establishment of khedive's
authority 19 Sept.
Abd-el-Al holding Damietta with about 7000 men, 21 Sept. ;
sir Evelyn Wood sent against him. 22 Sept. ; he surrenders,
23 Sept.
Valentine Baker Pacha nominated commander of a new Egyp-
tian army (10,000) end of Sept.
Twelve thousand British to remain in Egypt, sir A. Alison com-
mander 30 Sept.
Prophet El-Mahdi said to hold all the country south of Khar-
toum 25 Oct.
Anglo-French control abolished 9 Nov.
Arabi Pacha tried; secret examination of witnesses (defence
1881
1882
supported by AVilfred Blunt).
.Nov.
Pleads guilty of rebellion; sentence of death commuted to
banishment for life ^ Dec.
Letters from Arabi Pacha to Wilfred Blunt, expressing gratitude
to, and confidence in, England 4 Dec. ; Times, 5 Dec.
Mahoud and other rebel leaders sentenced to banishment,
7 Dec.
Riaz Pacha resigns; succeeded by Nubar Pacha 7, 8 Dec.
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Sir Evelyn Wood, appointed commander of the new Egyptian
army, arrives at Cairo 'i'i Dec. 1882
Arabi iiud others sail for Ceylon, 27 Dec. ; arrive 10 Jan. 1883
End of dual control 11 Jan. "
British circular to the powers laid bafore the Forte, etc. (the
Suei oiinal to bo f^ee, with restrictions in time of war; for-
mation of Knyptian army, etc. ) 11 Jan. et seq. "
Powers, oxcopl Fninco and Turkey, consent, about 27 Jan. "
Consiiiution signed by khedive, 30 Apr. ; promulgated, 1 May, "
SuU'iman Sami convicted of firing, massacring, and plundering
at .Alexandria (11 June, 1882); hanged 9 June, "
Ex kluMlivo Ismail in I^ndon 28 June, "
Parli imentary grants to lord Alcester (Seymour), 25,000i. ; lord
Wolsoloy, 30.000/ 29 June, "
Departure of some British troops countermanded on account
of the destruction of gen. Hicks's army (Soudan) Nov. "
British government require a limitation of the line of defence
in n'gurd to the Sou(jlan 6 Jan. 1884
British army : total killed, 255 July, 1882-Mch. "
Conference on Kgyptian finance invited l)y England; Germany,
Austria, Russia, Italy, France, and Turkey accept May, "
Conference meets 28 June, "
Conference adjourns, without result, .live die 2 Aug. "
British force in Kgypt and Soudan, about 16,000 men Nov. "
Ancient necropolis discovered at Assouan Feb. 1886
Sudden death of gen. Valentine Baker Pacha, aged 62.. 17 Nov. 1887
Ismail Pacha permitted to reside at Constantinople Dec. "
Equatorial province lost by the retirement of Emin Pacha.. .1888-89
Forced labor {cori>ie) of peasantry {fellaheen) alx)lished; tax
proi>osed to general assembly, 15 Dec. ; enacted 17 Dec. 1889
Discovery of a vast tomb of a high-priest of Ammon, west of
Thebes (Mummies) Feb. 1891
Sudden death of khedive Tewflk 7 Jan. 1892
Abba^. his eldest son, recognized by the Porte 8 Jan. "
New railway bridge over the Nile opened by the khedive, 5 May, "
KHKDIVES, OR HEREDITARY VICEROYS
(nearly independent).
1806. Mehemet All Pacha; abdicated Sept. 1848; d. 2 Aug. 1849.
1848. Ibrahim (adopted son), Sept. ; d. 9 or 10 Nov. 1848.
" Abbas (his son), 10 Nov. ; d. 14 July, 1854.
1854. Said (brother), 14 July; d. 18 Jan. 1863.
1862. Ismail (nephew). 18 Jan. (b. 31 Dec. 1830) ; deposed by the
sultan at the request of England, France, and other powers,
26 June. 1879.
1879. Mechinet TewQk, b. 10 Nov. 1852, Invested with the Star of
India by the prince of Wales, 25 Oct. 1875; proclaimed 26
June, acceded 14 Aug. ; d. 7 Jan. 1892.
1892. Abbas Pacha (son of Tewflk), b. 14 July, 1874; acceded 8 Jan.
Egyptian Era, etc. The old Egyptian year was
the era of Nabonassar of 365 days, dating from 26 Feb. 747
B.C. It was reformed 30 B.C., when the new year had receded
to 29 Aug., thenceforth made the first day of the year. To re-
duce to the Christian era, subtract 746 years, 125 days. The
canicular or heliacal period of the Egyptians and Ethiopians
(1460 years) began when Sirius, or the dog-star, emerged from
the rays of the sun, on 20 Julj% 2785 b.c , apd extended to 1326
B.C. This year comprised 12 months of 30 days, with 5 sup-
plementary days.
Egyptian Exploration Fund, originated by
Miss Amelia B. Edwards, a learned Egyptologist, an(l promoted
by sir Erasmus Wilson, 1st president (d. 8 Aug. J 884), and R.
S. Poole, secretary, 1881, to elucidate by excavations the his-
tory and arts of ancient Egypt and biblical history. Miss Ed-
wards died 15 Apr. 1892. She bequeathed property to endow
a professorship of Egyptology in Universitj' college, London.
M. Edonard Naville's explorations began 19 .Jan. 1883. The excava-
tions conducted by M. Navllle, 1883-84, led to many important dis-
coveries. Including the site of Goshen. W. M. F. Petrle examined
more than 20 sites in 1884-85, and made remarkable discoveries.
Some of the results were given to British and foreign museums.
He disclosed Naucratls, which was a flourishing Greek commer-
cial and manufacturing city, on the Canopic arm of the Nile, about
650 B.C., and declined after the Persian invasion and the founding
of Alexandria 332 B.C. Explorations carried on by F. Llewellyn
Griffith at Tanis, 1886; Mr. Petrie, in the mounds of Tel-Defenneh,
discovered the remains of " Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes*' (588
B.C. ; Jer. xlili. 8-11), May, 1886.
Ernest A. Gardner reported excavations in the spring at Naucratis,
and exhibited statuettes, pottery, etc., from temples, cemeteries,
etc., 6 July, 1886. M. Naville's explorations at the city of Onia
and the "Mound of the Jews" continued spring 1887 He dis-
covers the great temple of Bubastis (about 1300 B.C.), granite mon-
olithic colums, sculpture, etc., Apr.-June, 1887; resumes his ex-
cavations, Mch. 1888.
Exhibition of Egyptian antiquities at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly,
London, by Flinders Petrie, of his excavations at Fayoum, July,
1888.
Mr. Petrie forces an extrance into the sepulchral chamber of the
pyramid of Anenemhat III. at Hawara, Jan. ; exhibits the results
of his explorations, at the Oxford Mansions, London, mummies,
ornaments, Implements, etc., Sept. 1889 et seq.
A monograph on the results of M. Naville's excavations at Bu-
ba.stls in 1887-89, pub. in the "Memoirs" Feb. 1891
Mr. Petrie discovers fragments of a lost play of Euripides, of
ELE
the "Phaedo" of Plato and other writers, which have been
published by prof Mahafly after study l)y himself and prof.
Sayce, reported July, 1891. Mr. Petrlo's "Ten Years' Dig-
ging In Kgy|tt, 1«81 to 1891," pub .May,
Egyptology. Much attention has been given of late
years to this science, and great interest excited through the
interpretation of monumental inscriptions, discoveries, etc.
Consult " Book OF THE Dead," Egypt, Egyptian Explora-
tion Fund, Mummies, etc.
Elirenbreit'itein ("honor's broad stone"), a Prus-
sian fortress on the Rhine, formerly belonged to the electors of
Treves. It was often besieged. It surrendered to the French
general Jourdain, 24 Jan. 1799. The fortifications were de-
stroyed on its evacuation, 9 Feb. 1801, at the peace of Lune-
ville. The works have been restored since 1814.
Eiffel tower, so called from its builder, a colossal
iron structure, erected on the Champ-de-Mars, Paris, 1887-^9.
One of the principal curiosities of the great exposition at Paris,
1889. It is 985 ft. high, contains 7000 tons of iron, and cost
$1,000,000.
" Eikon Basirike " (" The Portraiture of His Sa-
cred Majesty in his Solitudes and Sufferings"), a book of de-
votion formerly attributed to king Charles I., but now generally
believed to have been written mainly by bishop (Jauden, and
approved by the king ; it was pub. in 1648, and sold quickly.
Ei§te€ldfod, from the Welsh verb eistedd, to sit;
meaning a session or muster. First appointed by Gryffith ap
Conati to reform the Welsh bard system, 1078. Bakds.
El-Ariseh, a village of Egypt, captured by French under
Reynier, 18 Feb. 1799. A convention was signed here between
the grand-vizier and Kleber for the evacuation of Egypt by
the French, 28 Jan. 1800. Kleber beat the Turks at Heliopolis
on 20 Mch., and was assassinated 14 June following.
Elba, Isle of, on the coast of Tuscany, Itah", about 6 miles
from the mainland ; area 90 sq. miles; taken by admiral Nel-
son in 1796, but abandoned 1797. Elba was conferred upon
Napoleon (with the title of emperor) on his abdication in
France, 5 Apr. 1814. He secretly embarked hence, with about
1200 men in hired feluccas, on the night of 25 Feb. 1815, land-
ed in Provence, 1 McJh., and soon after recovered the crown.
France, 1815. Elba was resumed by the grand-duke of Tus-
cany, July, 1815. Annexed to Italy in 1860, and now forms
part of the Italian province of Livorn(>.
Elelling^en, a village of Bavaria. Here Ney beat the
Austrians, 14 Oct. 1805, and was made duke of Elchingen.
elders (Gr. irpiafivTipoi), in the early church one with
swiaKOTTOi, or bishops (see 1 Tim. iii. and Titus i.), who after-
wards became a distinct and superior order. Elders in the
Presbyterian churches are laymen.
El Dora'dO ("the Gilded Man"). When the Spaniards
had conquered Mexico and Peru, they began to look for new
sources of wealth ; and having heard, through Orellana, a com-
panion of Pizarro and the explorer of the Amazon, of a city
ruled by a king whose garments, changed daily, were woven
gold, they organized expeditions into the interior of South
America about 1560, in search of this fabulous region, which
they and other nations continued to believe in and search for
quite to the 18th century. Raleigh's expeditions were in
search of this region, in 1596 and 1617.
" But he grew old— this knight so bold—
And o'er his heart a shadow
Fell, as he found no spot of ground
That looked like El Dorado."— Rje.
Eleanor's erosses. 12 memorial crosses erected,
in conformity with the will of J^leanor of Castile, wife of
Edward I. of England, in the places where her bier rested on
its way from Hornby in Lincolnshire, Engl., where she died
(1290) to Westminster Abbey, where she was buried. The
12 places are here given in their order, from Hornby to West-
minister: Lincoln, Grantham, Stamford, Geddington, North-
ampton, Stony Stratford, Woburn, Dunstable, St. Albans,
Waltham, West Cheap, Charing. But 3 now remain, Gedding-
ton, Northampton, and Waltham. Charing Cross.
Elea§a, Palestine. Here Judas Maccabaeus was defeat-
ed and slain by Bacchides and Alcimus and the Syrians, about
161 B.C. (1 Mace. ix.).
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253
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EleatiC sect, founded at Elea, in Sicily, by Xenoph-
anes of Colophon, about 535 b.c., whither he had been ban-
ished on account of his wild theory of God and nature. He
supposed that the stars were extinguished every morning and
rekindled at night; that eclipses were occasioned by partial
extinction of the sun ; that there were several suns and moons
for the convenience of the different climates of the earth, etc.
—Strabo. Zeno (about 463 b.c.) was an Eleatic. Philos-
ophy.
elections, United States. The presidential election
takes place on the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday of Nov.
in every 4th year preceding the year in which the presiden-
tial term expires. United States. The state elections are
held on the same day of the month, with the following ex-
ceptions: Alabama, 1st Monday in Aug.; Arkansas, 1st Mon-
day in Sept. ; Georgia, 1st Wednesday in Oct. ; Louisiana,
3d Monday in Apr.; Maine, 2d Monday in Sept.; Oregon,
1st Monday in June ; Rhode Island, 1st Wednesday in Apr. ;
Vermont, 1st Tuesday in Sept.
Electoral Commission. United States,
1876.
electoral vote. United States through-
out.
electors in England for members of Parliament for
counties were obliged to have 40s. a year in land, 8 Hen. VI.
1429. Among the acts relating to electors are the following :
Act depriving excise and custom-house officers and contractors
with government of their votes, 1782. Customs. Act to reg-
ulate polling, 1828. Great changes were made by the Reform
acts of 1832, 1867, and 1868. County Elections act, 1836.
Bribery. The 40s. freeholders in Ireland lost their privilege
in 1829. By Dodson's act, passed in 1861, university electors
are permitted to vote by sending balloting papers. Hours of
polling in metropolitan boroughs extended (from 8 a.m. to 8
P.M.) by act passed 25 Feb. 1878.
electors of Germany. In the reign of Conrad I., king
of Germany (912-18), the dukes and counts, from being merely
officers, became gradually independent of the sovereign, and
subsequently elected him. In 919 they confirmed the nomi-
nation of Henry I., duke of Saxony, by Conrad as his successor.
In the 13th century 7 princes (the archbishops of Mentz, Treves,
and Cologne, the king of Bohemia, the electors of Branden-
burg and Saxony, and the elector palatine) assumed the ex-
clusive privilege of nominating the emperor. — Robertson. An
8th elector (Bavaria) was made in 1648, and a 9th (Hanover)
in 1692. The number was reduced to 8 in 1777 (by the elec-
! tor palatine acquiring Bavaria), and increased to 10 at the
i peace of Luneville in 1801. On the dissolution of the German
I empire, the crown of Austria was made hereditary, 1804-6.
1 Germany.
i electors, United States. By the constitution (art. ii.
sec. 1), the president and vice-president are chosen every 4
years by electors. As many are appointed hy each state, " in
such manner as the legislature thereof may direct," as the state
has representatives and senators in Congress. By the Twelfth
Article of Amendments, the electors meet in their respect-
ive states and vote by ballot for 2 persons, of whom one at
least shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with them-
selves. The result, duly certified, is then transmitted to the
president of the Senate, who shall, in the presence of both
houses, open the certificates and the votes shall then be count-
ed. The person having the greatest number of votes is declared
president, "if such number be a majority of the whole number
of electors appointed ; and if there be more than one who
have such majority, and have an equal number of votes," then
the House of Representatives chooses one of them for presi-
dent, the votes being taken by states. After this vote, the
person having the greatest number of electoral votes is de-
clared vice-president. If the House in such a case should not
before 4 Mch. following choose a president, then the former
vice-president becomes acting president. In case there is
no majority of electoral votes for vice-president, he is, in
like manner, chosen "by the Senate. The 49th Congress en-
acted that the presidential electors meet and vote on the
2d Monday in Jan. next following the election, and that Con-
gress count the ballots on the 2d Wednesday in Feb. succeed-
ing.
electricity (from the Gr. rjXeKTpov, electrum, amber).
The electrical properties of amber while being rubbed are said
to have been known to Thales, 600 b.c. ; and Pliny, 70 a.d.
Magnetism.
frictional or static electricity.
Gilbert records that other bodies besides amber generate elec-
tricity when rubbed, and that all substances may be attract-
ed. He was the first to use the term electric, as electric force,
electric attraction, etc - iqqq
Otto von Guericke constructed the first electric machine (a •
globe of sulphur) about 1647
Robert Boyle published his electrical experiments 1676
Stephen Gray, aided by Wheeler, discovered that the human
body conducts eleetricity, that electricity acts at a distance
(motion in light bodies being produced by frictional electric-
ity at a distance of 666 feet), the fact of electric induction,
and other phenomena 1720-36
Du Fay stated his theory of 2 electric fluids: vitreous, from
rubbed glass, etc., and resinous, from rubbed amber, re-
sin, etc. ; and showed that bodies similarly electrified re-
pel while those oppositely electrified attract each other,
about 1733
Ddsaguliers classified bodies as electrics and non-electrics 1742
Leyden jar (vial or bottle) discovered by Kleist, 1745, and by
Cuuaeus and Muschenbroek, of Leyden; Winckler construct-
ed the Leyden battery 1746
Researches of Watson, Canton, Beccaria, and Nollet 1740-47
At a picnic, Franklin " killed a turkey by the electric spark, and
roasted it by an electric jack before a fire kindled by the
electric bottle " 1748
He announced his theory of a single fluid, terming vitreous
electricity positive, and resinous negative, 1747 ; and demon-
strated the identity of the electric spark and lightning, draw-
ing electricity from a cloud by a kite June, 1752
Prof Richman killed at St. Petersburg while repeating Frank-
lin's experiments Aug. 1753
Beccaria published his researches on atmospheric electricity,
1758; and .(Epinus his mathematical theory 1759
Electricity developed by fishes investigated by Ingenhousz,
Cavendish, and others about 1773
Lichtenberg produced his electrical figures 1777
Electro-statics: Coulomb applied the torsion balance to the
measurement of electric force 1785
Electro-chemistry : water decomposed by Cavendish, Fourcroy,
and others 1787-90
Discoveries of Galvani and Volta (Voltaic electricity, next
page) 1791-93
Oersted, of Copenhagen, discovered electro-magnetic action
(Electro-magnetism, next page) 1819
Thermo-electricity (currents produced by heat) discovered by
Seebeck: produced by heating pieces of copper and bismuth
soldered together, 1821. The thermo-electrometer invented
by William Snow Harris, 1827; the thermo-multiplier con-
structed by Melloni and Nobili 1831
[Marcus constructed a powerful thermo-electric battery in
1865.]
Faraday produced a spark by the sudden separation of a coiled
keeper from a permanent magnet (Magneto-electricity,
next page) "
Wheatstone calculated the velocity of electricity, on the double-
fluid theory, to be 288,000 miles a second; on the single-fluid
theory, 576,000 miles a second 1834
Armstrong discovered, and Faraday explained, electricity in
high-pressure steam, used in the hydro- electric machine 1840
Electric Machines. — Otto von Guericke obtained sparks by rub-
bing a globe of sulphur, about 1647; New^ton, Boyle, and oth-
ers used glass, about 1675 ; Hawksbee improved the ma-
chine, about 1709; Bose introduced a metallic conductor,
1733; Winckler contrived the cushion for the rubber, 1741;
Gordon employed a glass cylinder, 1742; for which a plate
was substituted about 1770; Canton introduced amalgam
for the rubber, 1751; Van Marum constructed an electric
machine at Haarlem, said to have been the most powerful
ever made, 1785; Dr. H. M. Nqad set up at the Panopticon,
Leicester square, London, a very powerful electric ma-
chine and liCyden battery (in possession of Edwin Clark,
1862) 1855
Hydro-electric machine, by Armstrong, was constructed 1840
Electrophorus, a useful apparatus for obtaining frictional elec-
tricity, was invented by Volta in 1775, and improved by
him 1782
C. F. Varley's " reciprocal electrophorus " invented 1862
Holtz's induction machine 1865
Sir William Thomson's "electric replenisher" described. . .Jan. 1868
Mr. App's great inductorium, or induction coil, giving the larg-
est sparks ever seen, exhibited at the Royal Polytechnic In-
stitution 29 Mch. 1869
Electroscope and electrometer, apparatus for ascertaining the
presence and quantity of electrical excitation. Pith-balls
were employed in various ways as electroscopes by Gilbert,
Canton, and others. Dr. Milner invented an electrometer
similar to Peltier's, 1783. The gold-leaf electrometer was in-
vented by rev. A. Bennet, 1789, and improved by Singer,
about 1810; Lane's discharging electrometer is dated 1767;
Henley's, 1772; Bohnenberger's electroscope, 1820; Peltier's
induction electrometer about 1848
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GALVANISM, OR VOLTAIC KI.KCTRICITY, KLKCTROLY81S, AND
ELKOTRO-MAtJNETISM.
Sulser noticed a iwculiur sensation in the tongue when sil-
ver and lead wore brought into contact with it and each
other ; 1762
Mad (Jaivani observed the convulsion in the muscles of frogs
wlien brought into contact with 2 metals, in 1789; and M.
Galvani, aflor studying the phenomenon, laid the foundation
ol the galvanic battery 1791
Volu announced his discovery of the "voltaic pile," disks of
zinc an«l silver, and moistened card 1800
By ihe voluiic pile, Nicholson and Carlisle decomposed water,
and Dr. Henry decomposed nitric acid, auimonia, etc "
Transfer of acids and alkalies by Hisinger and Berzelius 1803
Belireus formed a dry pile of «0 pairs of zinc, copper, and gilt
paper 1805
By a large voltaic battery in the Royal Institution, London,
Davy decomimsed potash, and isolated the metal potassium
(soda and other substances soon after) 6 Oct. 1807
Zamboni's dry pile of paywr disks, coated with tin on one side
and peroxide of mangtiuesc on the other 1809
Children's battery fused platinum, etc "
J. W. Ritter constructed his " secondary pile " about 1812
Davy exhibited the voltaic arc 1813
WoUastons thimble battery ignited platinum wire 1815
[Multipliers or rheomelers, popularly termed "galvanom-
eters," invented by Ampere and by Schweigger, 1820; by
Cumming, 1821; De la Rive, 1824; Ritchie (torsion), 18a0;
Joule (magnetic), 1843.]
Faraday explains electro-magnetic rotation Jan. 1822
Ohm enunciated his formulse for galvanic currents 1827
[Improvements in the voltaic battery by Wollaston, 1815;
Becquerel, 1829; Sturgeon. 1H30; J. F. Daniell, 1836; Grove
(nitric acid, etc.), 1S;W; Jacobi, 1840; tfmee, 1840; Bunsen
(carbon, etc.), 1842; Grove (gas battery), 1842.]
Faraday read the llrst series of his " Experimental Researches
on Klectricity " at the Royal society, London 21 Nov. 1831
Faraday demonstrated the nature of electro-chemical decom-
position, and the principle that the quantity and intensity
of electric action of a galvanic battery depend on the size
and number of plates employed 1834
Wheatstone invented his electro-magnetic chronoscope 1840
Copper-zinc couple (Copper) constructed by Dr. J. H. Gladstone
and A. Tribe 1872
Batteries: Bichromate of potash battery — a modification of
Dr. Leeson's ; very powerful ; now much used. (Gaston
Plante's lead battery, powerful, 1860. ) Chloride of silver bat-
tery (14,400 cells)— results of its discharge published by drs.
Warren de la Rue and Hugo MQller. Powerful results ex-
hibited at Royal Institution, London 21 Jan. 1881
Dr. Byrne's pneumatic battery (air blown in), very effective, an-
nounced 1878
E. .1. Atkins's method of separating metals from their alloys by
electrolysis, announced Nov. 1883
Electric accumulator^ a modification by M. Faure of Gaston
Plante's lead battery of 1860, was exhil)ited at Paris, May,
1881. In June, a box 1 cubic foot in size, containing 4 cells,
enclosing thin sheets of lead surrounded with felt saturated
with dilute acid, etc., was conveyed from Paris to London.
Sir William Thomson found it to possess electric energy of
1,000,000 foot pounds, and said, in the London Times of 9
June, 1881, "This solves the problem of storing electricity in
a manner and in a state useful for many important applica-
tions " ■ 6 June, 1881
James Wimshurst invents a "continuous electrophorus " and
an " influence machine " 1882
Faure's accumulator patented in the U. S., Jan. 1882; Jullen's
improvements attract attention 1885-86
Electrical Accumulator company establish a large factory at
Newark, N. J 1889
Electro-magnetism began with Oersted's discovery of the ac-
tion of the electric current on the magnetic needle, 1819;
proved by Ampere, who exhibited the action of the voltaic
pile on the magnetic needle, and of terrestrial magnetism
on the voltaic current; he also arranged the conducting
wire in the form of a helix or spiral, invented a galvan-
ometer, and imitated the magnet by a spiral galvanic
wire , 1820
Arago magnetized a needle by the electric current, and at-
tracted iron filings by the connecting wire of a galvanic bat-
tery "
First electro-magnet 1825
Electric induction discovered by Faraday announced 1831
Becquerel invented an electro- magnetic balance "
Faraday discovered the electro magnetic rotative force devel-
oped in a magnet by voltaic electricity, 1831; experiments
on the induction of a voltaic current, etc 1834-35
Sturgeon made a bar of soft iron magnetic by sending an elec-
tric current through coils of wire surrounding it 1837
Induction coil made by prof. G. C. Page, of Salem, Mass "
Joseph Henry announced his discovery of secondary currents,
2 Nov. 1838
Breguet used electro-magnetic force to manufacture mathe-
matical instruments about 1854
Magneto - electncity (the converse of Oersted's discovery of
electro-magnetism) discovered by Faraday, who produced
an electric spark by suddenly separating a coiled keep-
er from a permanent magnet; and found an electric cur-
rent in a copper disk rotated between the poles of a mag-
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Magneto-eUctric machine first made at Paris by Pixil, 1832 ;
and in London by Saxton
Magneto-electricity applied to electro- plating by Woolwich
RubmkortT's magneto - electric induction coil constructed,
about
Siemens's armature produced
H. Wilde's description of his machine (a powerful generator of
dynamic electricity, by permanent magnets) and the mag-
neto electric machine (constructed in 1865) sent to the Royal
society by prof Faraday 26 Apr.
Principle of accumulation by successive action discovered by
Wilde, 1S65, by mutual action (by which permanent steel
magnets are dispensed with); independently by Wheatstone
and Siemens
Light (resembling bright moonlight) exhibited on top of Bur-
lington house 2 Mch.
" Faraday as a Discoverer," by prof Tyndall, pub Mch.
\V. Groves's electro-induction balance
Proposed International Electrical Congress at Paris with exhi-
bition 1 Aug. -15 Nov.
Dynamo magneto-electric machines, by Wheatstone and Sie-
mens, described at the Royal society, London, 14 Feb. ; by
Ladd 14 Mch.
Trial of Siemens's dynamo-magneto-electric light in the tor-
pedo service at Sheerness reported successful 18 Dec-
Two of Siemens's machines ordered for the Lizards, announced.
Gramme's magneto-electric machine described
APPLICATIONS.— £fec<rtc Telegraph.
Transmission of electricity by an insulated wire was shown by
Watson and others
Telegraphic arrangements were devised by Lesage, 1744; Be-
tancourt, 1787; Cavallo. 1795; Salva, 1796; Soemmering, ex-
hibited 29 Aug. 1809; Ronalds
Ampere invents his telegraphic arrangement, employing the
magnetic needle and coil, and the galvanic battery
F. Ronalds publishes an account of his electric telegraph (d.
aged 85, 8 Aug. 1873)
Prof Wheatstone, by electro-magnetic apparatus, conveys 30
signals through nearly 4 miles of wire June,
Telegraphs invented by Schilling, Gauss, Weber, and prof. Henry
(magneto electric), 1833; by Steinheil and by Masson, 1837;
by Morse
[Morse system of telegraphy is now established in France,
Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Austria, and Austra-
lia.]
Magnetic needle telegraph patented by William F. Cooke (aft.
sir) and Charles Wheatstone (aft. sir) 12 June,
[Society of Arts Albert gold medal was awarded to them,
.Tune, 1867.]
Mr. Cooke set up the telegraph line on the Great Western rail-
way, from Paddington to West Drayton, Engl, 1838-39 ; on
the Blackwall line, 1840; and in Glasgow
Wheatstone's alphabetical printing telegraph patented
First telegraph line in U. S. set up from Washington to Balti-
more (United States)
Electric telegraph company established (having purchased
Cooke's and Wheatstone's telegraphic inventions)
Gutta-percha suggested as an insulator by Faraday.
Duplex telegraphy., 2 messages transmitted along a single wire
at the same time in opposite directions, first accomplished
by dr. Gintl, Austrian, 1853 ; Carl Frischen of Hanover,
1854 ; by Messrs. Siemens, 1857 ; in the same direction,
by Stark of Vienna, 1855 ; apparatus perfected by Joseph
B. Stearns of Boston, Mass., 1872; applied to British tele-
graphs
Quadruplex tdegraphy, 4 messages along 1 wire ; successful
experiments between London and Liverpool 25 Sept.
House's printing telegraph, 1846 ; Bain's electro-chemical tel-
egraph, 1846; Hughes's system
Wheatstone's automatic printing telegraph patented
Bonelli's typo-electric telegraph made known and company es-
tablished, 1860; and trial between Liverpool and Manchester,
1863 ; promised revival .•. .June,
[Electro- chemical automatic of Bain (1846-50) was brought
to public notice in the U. S. as a system of great speed, in
1869. The Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph company adopted
it in 1874, in competing with the Western Union, claiming to
transmit 500 to 800 words per minute against 25 per minute
in the Morse system. It proved a failure and an expensive
experiment. An improved form was taken up in 1879 by
the American Rapid Telegraph company; after a trial of 5
years it was again abandoned. An effort was made by the
Postal Telegraph company to introduce the automatic sys-
tem of Leggo between New York and Chicago in 1883, but
it was abandoned* after a trial of 3 years. It is asserted
that 4000 words a minute can be sent over a single wire
by this system. The Western Union Telegraph company
now control the electro-chemical system, but do not util-
ize it.]
Economical systems of electrical distribution : inventors, Gau-
lard and Gibbs, 1882; Zipernowski and Deri
Telegraphing by induction, from moving railway trains to sta-
tions, by ordinary wire. The idea of telegraphing to moving
trains was contemplated as early as 1853 (William Wiley
Smith of Indianapolis proposed to communicate between
moving cars)
This was effected by the inventions of Thomas A. Edison, L. J.
Phelps, and Gillilaud; first published exhibition 15 Feb.
Used on the Lehigh Valley railroad with success
T. A. Edison's quadruplex instrument, by which 4 messages. 2
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from each end, may be transmitted upon 1 wire simultane-
ously, and prof. Delaney's synchronous multiplex instru-
ment' by which 6 messages may be so transmitted on 1
wire were exhibited at the Post-offlce Jubilee Fete, London,
2 July, 1890
SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHY. — Atlantic Telegraph, and others.
Prof. Charles Wheatstone drew plans of a projected submarine
telegraph between Dover and Calais 1840
John VVatkius Brett (on behalf of his brother, Jacob Brett, the
inventor and patentee), submitted a similar plan to Louis
I'liilippe without success 1847
He obtained permission from Louis Napoleon to make a trial,
1847 ; took place 28 Aug. 1850
[Connecting wires ('27 miles long) were placed on the govern-
ment pier in Dover harbor, and in the steamer Goliath were
coiled about 30 miles of telegraph wire, in a covering of gutta-
percha, half an inch in diameter. The Goliath started from
Dover, unrolling the wire, and dropping it to the bottom of
the sea. In the evening it arrived at cape Grisnez, and
messages were sent to and fro between England and the
French coast; but the wire, in settling into the sea-bot-
tom, crossed a rocky ridge, and parted, and the enterprise
failed.]
New arrangements were made on a larger scale, and the tele-
graph was opened ; the opening and closing prices of the
funds in Paris were known on the London stock exchange
within business hours, and guns were fired at Dover by wire
from Calais ! 13 Nov. 1851
Project of the Atlantic cable was conceived in 1853, when the
magnetic telegraph had been in operation 10 years. The
original projectors were Americans, including, besides prof
Morse, Peter Cooper, Cyrus W. Field, Moses Taylor. Marshal
0. Roberts, etc. The company ^icceeded in building the
line from St. John's across Newfoundland, and under the
gulf of St. Lawrence to the mainland. They obtained sub-
sidies from the British and U. S. governments, which have
since expired. 2500 miles of wire were manufactured and
tested Mch. 1857
Laying commenced at Valentia, Ireland 5 Aug. "
Vessels employed were the Niagara and Susquehanna (U. S.
vessels), and the Leopard and Agamemnon {British ves-
sels). After sailing a few miles the cable snapped; this was
soon repaired, but on 11 Aug., after 300 miles of wire had
been paid out, it snapped again, and the vessels returned to
Plymouth 11 Aug. "
A second attempt failed through a violent storm. . .20-21 June, 1858
Third voyage was successful. Junction of the continents was
completed by 2050 miles of wire from Valentia, in Ireland,
to Newfoundland, 5 Aug. First 2 messages were from queen
Victoria to pres. Pierce, and his reply 1(5 Aug. "
This event caused great rejoicing, but the insulation of the wire
gradually became more faulty, and the power of transmitting
intelligence utterly ceased 4 Sept. "
[Name of operator at western terminus of cnble was De
Sauty, who, with a hope born of extreme desire for the success
of the cable, maintained to the last that it was All right ! —
"Till the land was filled with loud reverberations
Of 'All right:'
" De Sautt/."
But with the disappearance of the power to transmit, De
Sauty disappeared also ; this disappearance furnished dr.
Holmes material for his humorous poem " De Sauty " (1858),
quoted from above.
A new company formed 1860
Steamer Great Eastern (capt. Anderson) engaged to lay 2300
miles of wire, sailed for Valentia, Ireland, from the Thames;
work supervised by prof Wm. Thomson and Cromwell F. Var-
ley >. 15 July, 1865
After connecting the wire, sailed from Valentia 23 July, "
Telegraphic communication with the vessel (interrupted by 2
faults, quickly repaired, due to defective insulation, from
pieces of metal pressed into the guttapercha coating)
ceased, 2 Aug. Apparatus for raising the wire proving
insufficient, the vessel returned, reaching the Medway,
19 Aug. "
Atlantic Telegraph company reconstituted as the Anglo-Ameri-
can Telegraph company, limited Mch. 1866
Great Eastern, with a new cable, sailed from the Medway, 30
June; the end at Valentia was spliced and the laying began,
13 July; 1200 miles of cable had been laid, 22 July; landed
at Heart's Content, Newfoundland, and a message sent
to lord Stanley, 27 July ; from queen Victoria to pres.
Johnson, 28 July, "From the queen, Osborne, to the presi-
dent of the U. S., Washington. The queen congratulates
the president on the successful completion of an undertak-
ing which she hopes may serve as an additional bond of
union between the U. S. and England." To which he re-
plied 30 July, "
Lost cable of 1865 recovered, 2 Sept. ; and its laying completed
at Newfoundland 8 Sept. "
Great Eastern arrived at Liverpool 19 Sept. "
Samuel Canning, Daniel Gooch, and capt. Anderson knighted,
Oct. "
[It was stated (Sept. 1866) that the engineer of the cable
passed signals through 3700 miles of wire from a battery
in a lady's thimble.]
U. S. Congress voted a-gold medal to Cyrus W. Field for exer-
tions connected with Atlantic telegraphs 7 Mch. 1867
At a dinner given to Cyrus W. Field at Willis's rooms, London,
. telegraphic messages were exchanged between the company
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and lord Monck, viceroy of Canada, and pres. .Johnson,
1 July, 1868
French Atlantic Telegraph company formed; French govern-
ment grant concession for 20 years, from 1 Sept. 1869. to
Julius Reuter and baron E'mile d'Erlangen H July, "
Anglo-Danish telegraph (Newbiggin to Copenhagen) completed,
31 Aug. "
European end of French Atlantic cable laid at Brest, 17 June;
American end at Duxbury, Mass 23 July, 1869
Reported union between Anglo-American and French Atlantic
telegraph companies : Jan. 1870
Telegraph between Bombay and Suez completed "
Telegraph between Adelaide and Port Darwin, Australia, com-
pleted '22 Aug. 1872
Message from the mayor of Adelaide received by the lord
mayor of London, and replied to 21 Oct. "
Fourth Atlantic cable laid by Great Eastern, Valentia, Ireland,
to Heart's Content, Newfoundland 8 June-3 July, 1873
Brazil telegraph cable completely laid 22 Sept! "
Faraday, a great electric-cable ship, built for Siemens Bros.,
launched at Newcastle, Engl. (Steam), 17 Feb. ; sails to lay
the "Direct U. S. company's" cable, 16 May; laid shore end
in Nova Scotia, 31 May; in New Hampshire, 8 June ; con-
nected with Newfoundland July. 1874
Sixth Anglo-American telegraph laid by the Great Eastern,
Aug. -Sept. "
E. A. Coivper^s writing telegraph: quick plain writing (36 miles),
exhibited at Royal Institution, London, etc May, 1879
Sixth international telegraph conference opened in London,
^^^^^^^_^ 18 June, "
South AfncafTTme laid between Mozambique and Natal, 23
Aug. ; connected with Cape Town ; telegrams sent by queen
Victoria to sir Bartle Frere and others, 25 Dec. ; opened to
the public 29 Dec. "
New French transatlantic cable to be laid from Brest to St.
Pierre by the Faraday, sailed June; connected with Halifax,
Oct. 1879; line from Paris to New York opened 1 June, 1880
International congress of electricians to be opened at Paris, 15
Sept. ; exhibition on 11 Aug. 1881
New Atlantic cable laid by the Faraday 22 Aug. et seq. "
Telegraph from England to Panama completed Sept. 1882
International submarine telegraph conference, Paris. . .16 Oct. "
International conference for protection of submarine cables,
Paris, closed: convention agreed to, '26 Oct. 1883; signed at
London, 14 Mch. 1884 ; signed for U. S 26 Mch. 1884
Commercial Cable company's cables opened 24 Dec. "
Another international conference for the protection of subma-
rine cables 1 Dec. 1886
For statistics, Tklkgkaph.
ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Humphry Davy produced electric light with carbon points 1802
[Apparatus for regulating the electric light was devised in
1845 by J. \V. Star, and by W. Staite's patents, 1846, 1849;
Staite (at Sunderland, Engl., 25 Oct. 1847), and Petrie in 1848;
by Foucault soon after.]
Jules Duboscq's electric lamp (the most perfect of the kind)
appeared at the Paris exhibition in 1855; and was employed
by prof Tyndall, at the Royal Institution, London, to illus-
trate lectures on light and colors 1856
Works of new Westminster bridge, London, illuminated by Wat-
son's electric light 1858
Magneto-electric light (the most brilliant artificial light yet pro-
duced), devised by prof Holmes, successfully tried at the
South Foreland light-house, Dover 1858 and 1859
French government ordered 8 light-houses illuminated by elec-
tric light Apr. 1861
M. Serrin, of Paris, exhibited his improved electric lamp 1862
Electric candle, invented by Paul Jablochkoff (an electric cur-
rent passed through 2 carbons side by side with a slip of
kaolin between them, produces a steady, soft, noiseless light;
the carbons burn like wax) ; reported to the Academy of Sci-
ences, Paris, by M. D6nayrouze Oct. 1876
Electric light successfully employed for photography by H. Van
der Weyde "
Head, Wrightson k Co., of Stockton-on-Tees, use Siemens's
electric light for bridge-building "
At the Magasin du Louvre, 8 electric lights replaced 100 Carcel
gas-burners; as manageable as coal gas supply; tried at West
India docks, London 15 June, 1877
Tyndall's experiments at South Foreland, Engl, demonstrate
superiority of Siemens's dynamo electric machine, Aug. 1876-
July, '«
Gramme's machine (light equal to 758 candles) "
Serrin's and .Jablochkoff 's lights improved by RapiefT, a Rus-
sian ; taken up by E. J. Reed, M. P. ; a small magneto-electric
machine, worked by steam ; conducting wires replace the
gasworks and pipes' July, 1878
Mr. Stay ton reports that the light is much dearer than gas, and
not suitable for street lighting in London Sept. "
Electric light tried at Westminster i)alace 28 Mch. "
Two of Siemens's dynamo-magneto-electric machines ordered
for the Lizards light-houses "
Gaiety theatre, London, lighted by Lontin's machine and mod-
ification of JablochkofTs Aug. "
Hippolyte Fontaine's treatise on Electric Lighting, 1877; trans-
lated by Paget Biggs, pub "
T. A. Edison announces his method of producing lights and
power from a Ritchie inductive coil, a dynamo-electric ma-
chine, which he terms "telemachon," worked by water-
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power or steam ; panic among gas companies in London in
value of shares Sept, Oct. 1878
Wm. E. Sawyer and A. Man produce their first successful in-
candescent lump "
Edison's plan of subdividing lights filed at patent oflQce,
23 Oct. "
National Electric Light company forming Nov. "
Richard Wertiermanns electric light subdivided; a number of
Jets lit simultaneously ; shown by British Telegraph company,
2 Nov. "
Electric light used for large workshops at Woolwich, etc., Engl,
and throughout the country Nov. "
London rime* machine-room lit by 6 lights ft-om 1 current;
Rapieff system Oct., Nov. "
Three systems trying at New York by Edison, Sawyer, and
Brush Nov. "
Wallace lamp (American) introduced in Loudon by Mr. liadd,
autumn, "
Jablochkoff candle tried at Westgate on Sea, Engl, by E. F.
Davis, 2-26 Dec; light successful; difficulty in practice;
given up Dec. "
Formation of nitric acid in the air by electric light ; announced
by T. Wills, 13 Dec. 1»78; of hydrocyanic or prussic acid by
prof J. Dewar autumn, 1879
Machines of Farmer & Wallace, Lontin, De Meritens, Brown-
ing, Carr6, and others, in use in London "
Edison obtains beautiful light from platinum; used 600 horse-
power to obUin 20,000 lights at 1 station; his patent regis-
tered 23 Apr. "
M. Jamin's electric candle exhibited at Academy of Sciences,
Paris about 17 Mch. "
Dynamo magneto -electric machine patented by lord Elphin-
stone and C. W. Vincent "
[Committee of the House of Commons, appointed "to con-
sider whether it is desirable to authorize municipal corpora-
tions or other local authorities to adopt any schemes for light-
ing by electricity" (dr. Lyon Playfair, chairman), reports:
"The" energy of 1 horsepower coaverted into gaslight, yields
aluminosity equal to 12 candle-power. But the same amount
of energy transformed into electric light produces 1600 candle-
power. . . . Scientific witnesses thought that electricity might
be used to transmit power as well as light to a distance, fur-
nishing mechanical power by day and light by night. . . . The
electric light has established itself for light-bouse illumina-
tion, that of large places, such as squares, public halls, rail-
way stations, and workshops. . . . Compared with gas, the
economy for equal illumination is not conclusively estab-
lished."— London Times.]
St. George Lane Fox's invention to light lamps by electricity
tried at Fulliam, Engl, and reported successful "
Dr. C. William Siemens reports to Royal Society that electric
light acts like solar light on vegetation 2 Mch. 1880
Electric light applied by him to grow vegetables and fruit in
greenhouses "
J. W. Swan exhibits his system of dividing light, etc., at New-
castle-on-Tyne (afterwards in London) 20 Oct. "
Trial of 3 systems in London: Lontin's, Southwark bridge, etc. ;
Brush, Blackfriars bridge, etc. ; Siemens's, Guildhall, etc.,
31 Mch. 1881
New lamp (the "Sun") by Louis Clerc, a combination of the arc
and incandescent systems ^ June, 1882
Electric " sun " lamp and power company was formed.. . .July, "
Q. C. V. Holmes, F. E. Burke, and F. Cheesewright's invention
for electric light in railways tried on Great Northern line,
reported successful .25 Oct. "
Ferranti system of electric lighting (invented by sir William
Thomson, S. Ziani de Ferranti, and Alfred Thomson) success-
fully tried , Dec. "
Domestic electric lighting by the Beeman, Taylor, and King
system tried at Colchester, Engl 11 June, 1884
Electric light in Liverpool and Manchester trains Aug. "
Electric light adopted at Milan, Rome, Paris, Tours, Marseilles,
and other large European cities 1890
Most large cities in the U. S. partly lighted by electricity 1882-85
"Liberty Enlightening the World," New York harbor, lighted
by electricity 1886
Most of the large hotels and public halls of the larger cities of
the D. S. lighted by electricity 1885-90
First permanent electric lights in the city of London set up in
Queen Victoria st 1891
ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.
Stratingh and Becker of Groeningen, in 1835, and Botto of
Turin, in 1836, construct rude electric carriages. Davidson,
aScotchman, in 1838-39, builds an electric car, of several tons'
weight, which runs 4 miles an hour. Thomas Davenport
of Brandon, Vt., exhibits a model of a circular railway at
Springfield, Mass., traversed by an electro-magnetic locomo-
tive 1835
Alfred Vail, aided by an appropriation from Congress, constructs
an electric locomotive, which runs from Washington, D, C, to
Bladensburg, Md., on the Washington branch of the B. and
0. R. R, 29 Apr. 1851; attains a speed of 19 miles an hour.
Jean Henry Cazal, a French engineer, proposes to utilize the
natural powers, as water, etc., for operating railways by elec-
trical transmission of power 1864
Dr. Werner Siemens exhibits an electric railway at the Indus-
trial Exhibition at Berlin 1879
Meanwhile Stephen D. Field of San Francisco, dr. Jos. R. Fin-
ney of Pittsburg, and Thos. A. Edison of N. Y., were in-
dependently at work. Edison was the first to construct
a dynamo-electric railway in America, at the expense of
Henry Villard, at Menlo Park, N. J., on a tract 80 rods in
length
First electric street-railway in Europe was the " Lichterfclde
line," constructed by dr. Siemens, at Berlin
First electric tram-way cars in England run at Leytonstone,
Essex 4 Mch. :
New electric railway opened at Berlin 1 May,
Prof. Fleeming Jenkin invents the telpherage system
Finney exhibits and successfully operates experimental electric
motor on ordinary street car at Alleghany, Pa
Field's electric locomotive first exhibited at the Exposition of
Railway Appliances at Chicago June,
Siemens's electrical tram-way between Portrush and Giant's
Causeway, Ireland, completed, Dec. 1882; opened by earl
Spencer 28 Sept.
Electric tram-cars first run from Kew to Hammersmith, Engl.,
10 Mch.
First electric street railway in America from Baltimore to
Hampden, Md., 2 miles. The current ran in an insulated
rail midway between the other two. The electrical machin-
ery was designed and constructed by Leo Daft of Jersey City,
N. J. The line opened l Sept.
A successful electric street railroad at Scranton, Pa., was de-
signed by Charles J. Van Depoele of Chicago, and went into
operation Dec.
There are 3 systems whereby the electric current is supplied
to the motor upon the car, the overhead(i system, the under-
ground system, and the storage-battery system. The first is in
general use; while the last, if it could be made economical,
would soon supersede the others.
Growth of electric railway and of electrical transmission of
power very rapid from 1881 to 1886. Chief inventors in
electric railways : Siemens, Jyrton and Perry, Daft, Field,
Sprague, Bentley and Knight, and Van Depoele; chief in-
ventors of telpherage system, Jenkin, Ayrton, and Perry.
ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS.
The following terms (after great electricians) were adopted by
the electrical congress at Paris, 22 Sept. 1881 : ohm, volt, am-
pere, coulomb, and farad. (Electricians, under this article.)
Important resolutions were passed by the international con-
ference on electrical units at Paris (the "congress ohm"
agreed to) Apr. -May,
Electrical standard committee (consisting of lord Raleigh, sir
Wm. Thomson, and others) appointed, Dec. 1890; it was rec-
ommended that new denominations of standards be made,
and determined with reference to the centimetre, gramme,
and second, of the Board of Trade; the ohm to be the stand-
ard of resistance; the ampere, the standard of electrical cur-
rent; the volt, the standard of electrical pressure; all being
scientifically defined 20 Feb. 18
Committee's report printed Aug. '
The electrical congress adopted the henry as the unit of elec-
trical induction in honor of prof Henry at the World's Fair,
Chicago 1893
ELECTRO -PHYSIOLOGY.
Aristotle and Pliny refer to the powers of the torpedo ; Walsh
and Ingenhousz, the discoveries of Galvani in 1790, and the
researches of Matteucci, about 1830, advanced the sciepce.
Fowler experimented on animals with galvanism, 1793; Aldini,
1796, produced muscular contractions in a crWnyinal recently
executed, 1803 ; Ure did the same 1818
Du Bois-Reymond lectured on animal electricity at the Royal
Institution, and showed an electric current, developed by ac-
tion of human muscles May, 1855
Dr. Burdon Sanderson announced discovery of electricity in
plants to British Association at Bradford Sept. 1873
ELECTRIC USE IN GENERAL.
William Kemmler executed by electricity at Auburn, N. Y.,
the first in the world, 6 Aug. 1890; several since at Sing Sing,
N. Y. , among them Carlyle W. Harris 8 May, 1893
ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION OF FORCE.
M. Marcel Deprez' experiments at Creil (1876-86), supported by
M. Rothschild, reported successful : mechanical power trans-
mitted 35 miles for industrial purposes 23 July, 1886
Elieson company's electric engines reported successful at
Stratford; tram-cars driven 5 miles Oct. et seq. "
Electrical traction on tram-ways at Northfleet; successful dem-
onstration 14 Mch. "
Successful trial of electric tram-car at Birmingham 23 Oct. 1889
M. Immisch's electric motors successful in pumping and haul-
ing at St. John's colliery, Norman ton Nov. "
City and South London Electric railway opened by the prince
of Wales, 4 Nov. , to the public ' 18 Dec. 1890
Nickola Tesla, at the Royal Institution, exhibited his alternate-
current motor, by which currents are transformed by con-
stantly reversing the direction into mechanical power. It
was stated that, with the increase of physical power, the ef-
fect upon the human frame is diminished 3, 4 Feb. 1892
[By means of Mr. Tesla's apparatus, the force of about 77.7
horse-power was transmitted from the rapids of the Neckar
to Frankforton-Maine, 110 miles, Sept. 1891.]
Work began on the Niagara Falls tunnel (American side), 4 Oct.
1890. Object, to develop electric power for transmission.
Source of power practically unlimited. Tunnel finished and
most machinery in place May, 1893
Phonograph, Photophone, Telegraph, Telephonb, etc.
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LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS AND
INVENTORS IN ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM.
Names.
Born.
Died.
Remarlts.
Germany 1724
Italy 1762
France 1775
England
France 1786
Greece 384 B.C.
England 1810
England.'.*.'.'.'. .1847
Scotland 1810
England 1812
Italy 1716
Germany
France 1788
Scotland. '.".'. '.'..1847
England
Sweden. '.'.'.'. v.. 1779
Hungary '.".'.*.".. 1860
Italy
Italy
Ireland 1626
England
Switzerland.... 1747
Ohio .'.'.".'.".'.'."..1849
Germany 1811
England 1718
England 1768
Italy .'.'.'.".'.'.".'..1749
England 1731
France
1802
1834
1836
1853
322B.C.
1877
i78i
1878
1848
1823
1782
1840
1809
1810
1806
1845
1851
1829
1873
i744
1739
1867
1893
1892
1868
1809
1790
1798
i855
[Investigator. Established the afflnity between electricity and mag-
t netism ; discovered the polarity of the tourmaline, etc.
Experimenter with galvanism.
Amniro Anrlrp Mario
(Electro-dynamics. Unit of electrical current named in his honor
( ampere.
Investigator. Induction coil giving the largest spark ever seen, 1869.
Rotary magnetism, etc.
Acquainted with phenomena of electro-physiology.
Hydro-electric machine, etc.
Separates metals from their alloys by electrolysis, 1883.
Inventor of electric railway, telpherage system, etc.
Automatic chemical telegraph, 1846. Electric telegraph.
Electric motor
■Rain AIpYander
■Rarlnw Wm H
Beccaria Giovanni B
Published researches on atmospheric electricity, 1758.
( Improves the voltaic battery, 1829 ; invents electro- magnetic balflnre
\ 1831. " '
Electric lighting.
Forms a dry pile of 80 pairs of zinc, copper, and gilt paper, 1805.
In the United States, 1872, telephone and photophone.
(Invents the "doubler of electricity," 1786, and the gold-leaf elec-
[ trometer, etc.
Electric railways, etc.
Investigator.
Investigator in electric telegraphy, 1787.
Bennet, Rev. A
Bentley, Edward M
Berzelius Johan Jakob
Invents an electroscope, 1820.
I Typo-electric telegraph made known, 1860. Inventor of an electric
( loom, railway, etc.
Constructs a rude electric carriage, 1836.
Published his electrical experiments, 1676.
Thermopile-quartz fibre.
Uses electro-magnetism in making mathematical instruments.
Submarine telegraphy, 1847.
Electric lighting.
Bonelli
Botta
Boyle Robert
Boys C Vernon
Dynamos, electric lights, etc.
Improves the voltaic battery (carbon, etc.), 1842.
Electric lights, etc.
Burlje F E
Byrne .
Pneumatic battery (air blown in), 1878.
Decomposed water by the voltaic pile, 1800.
Carr6
Investigator. Electric telegraphy, 1795.
Eminent investigator.
Cavendish Henry
Cazal .Jean Henry
Electric railway.
Cheesewright F
France
Electric lighting in railways.
Electric lamp "Sun "
Clerc M Louis .. . .
England
France
England
United States
England ....
..1736
.1832
Magnetic needle telegraph, patented 1837.
( Electro - statics. Unit of electrical quantity named in his honor
\ coulomb.
Writing telegraph, 1879.
Investigator.
Crookes Wm
Crosby 0 T
Investigator and writer on electricity.
Voltaic battery, 1801.
Cruickshank. . . . «
Cummings
New Jersey
Italy
England 1790
Vermont 1802
Scotland 1804
England 1778
Ireland 1845
Switzerland.... 1801
Franc"e'.*.'.'.'.'.*..1843
Hungary 1854
France 1683
Connecticut.... 1837
France
Germany 1818
France 1698
United States
Milan, 0 1847
England 1791
Massachusetts. . 1820
France
England 1864
Massachusetts.. 1819
California . . - -
Galvanometer or rheometer, 1821.
Leyden jar, alleged discoverer.
Electric motor for railroads.
Cunseus
Daft Leo
Dal Negro Salvatore Abb6
Electric motor, 1830, experiment.
Daniell J F
Improver of the voltaic battery, 1836.
Davenport Thomas .
Electric motor for railroad, 1835.
Electric motor for railroad, 1838-39; experiment.
( Experiments with electricity in chemistry, and the discoverer of
( electric light.
(Telegraphy. Invents a synchronous multiplex instrument. Came
\ to the U. S. 1855.
Galvanometer, 1824.
De la Rive, Augusta
De Meritens
Electric light, etc.
Deprez M Marcel ....
Investigator of the electrical transmission of force.
Deri Max
Inventor of economic distribution of electricity.
Desaguliers, J. Theophile
Investigator. Classifies bodies as electric and non-electric.
Inventor, investigator, etc.
Electric light (in Paris exhibition, 1855).
Du Bois-Reymond, Emil H.
Du Fay, Chas. Franpois
Animal electricity.
Discovered two-fold nature of electricity.
Dyar, Harrison G
Electric telegraph. Long Island, N. Y., 1828.
Edison Thomas Alva
Inventor of telephone, phonograph, electric light, electric railroad, etc.
(Eminent investigator. Unit of electrical capacity named in his
( honor farad.
Electric light, etc.
Electric accumulator, 1881; patented in the U. S. 1882.
Dynamos, electric lighting, etc.
Zealous in placing the Atlantic telegraph.
Electric railroad
Farmer, Moses G
Faure, Camille A
Ferranti, S. Zianide
Field, Stephen D
Finney, Joseph R
Pittsburg, Pa.
England
France
France
France
Boston, Mass.
Germany
Italy
Germany
!'.i849
;!i8i9
..1755
..1706
..1737
..1777
Electric railroad
Fleming, J. A
Eminent investigator, etc.
Electric lighting.
Electric light, regulating it.
Electro-chemistry, decomposed water, 1787-90.
Experiments on animals with galvanism, 1793.
Inventor of lighting lamps by electricity, 1879. Eminent investigator.
(Eminent and original investigator. Identifies lightning with elec-
( tricity.
Duplex telegraphy.
Animal electricity, galvanic arc, etc.
Inventor of a system of economical electrical distribution, 1882.
Electro-magnetism. Applied electro-magnetism to telegraphy.
Fontaine, H
Foucault, Leon
Fourcroy, Antoine F
Fowler
Fox, St. Geo. L.
Franklin, Beiyamin.
Frischen, Carl ".
Galvani, Aloisio
Gaulard
Gauss, Karl Friedrich
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LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS AND INVENTORS IN ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM.-(Cbn<tnt*ed)
Born. I Died. | Remarks. ~"
Gay-Lussao, Jos. Louis.
Gibbs
Gilbert, Dr. Wm
Gilliland. .Arthur.
Gintl. Dr
Gladstone, J. H
Gordon
Gore, George
Gramme
Gray, Klisha
Gray, Stephen
Grove, Wm. R
Guericke, Otto von
Hall, Thomaa
France 1778
England 1540
Austria
England 1827
England
France
Illinois
England
England 1811
Germany 1602
England
Hiirris. Sir Wm. Snow.:...
Hawksbee
Helmhollz, Hermann L F.
Henley
Henry, Prof. Joseph
England 1791
Germany 1821
Albany, N. Y...1797
Hisinger ."
Hjorth
Holmes, F. H
Holmes. G. C. V
Holtz, W
Hooke, Robert
House, Royal K
Houston, Ed. Jas
Hughes. D. E
Humboldt, Friedrich H. Alexander
Immiscb, M
Ingenhousz, Jan
Jablochkoff, Paul
Jacobi. Moritz Herman
Jamins, M
Jenkin, Fleeming
Joul^, Dr. James Prescott.
Julien, Edmond
Kapp. Gisbert
Kerr, Dr. John
King
Kirchhoff, Gustav R
Kleist (a German monk).
Knight, Walter H
Kohlrausch
Sweden
England
England
Germany
England 1635
Virginia 1844
England 1831
Germany 1769
Holland 1730
Russia
Germany 1801
France
England
England 1818
Belgium
Austria 1852
England
Germany 1824
Germany
I>add
Lane
I'Sgg
Lemonnier, Pierre C
Lesage, Geo. Louis
Lichtenberg, Geo. Christopb.
Lontin
England.
Prance 1715
Switzerland 1724
Germany 1742
Marcus
Masson, Antoine Philbert. .
Matteneci, Carlo
Maxim, Hiram S
Maxwell, J. C
Melloni, M
Milner, Isaac
Mordey, W. M
Morse, Samuel P. B
Muschenbroek, Peter van. .
Neumann, F. E
Newton, Sir Isaac
Nicholson, Wm
Noad, H. M
Nobili, Leopoldo
Nollet, Jean Antoine....
Oersted, Hans Christian.
Ohm, Georg Simon
Pacinotti, Antonio.
Page, Dr. C. G
Peltier
Perry, John
Petrie ,
Phelps, L. J
Pixii
Plante, Gaston
Pliny (the Elder)
Pope, F. L
Priestley, Joseph
Rapieflf
Rich man, G. Wilhelm.
Ritchie
Ritter, J. Wilhelm
Ronalds, F
Ruhmkorff, N
France 1806
Italy 1811
Maine 1840
England 1831
Italy 1801
England 1751
England 1856
Massachusetts. . 1791
Holland 1692
Germany
England 1642
England 1755
England
Italy 1784
France 1700
Denmark 1777
Germany 1789
Italy
Massachusetts. . 1812
Ireland 1849
France 1834
Italy 23
United States
England 1733
Russia
Germany 1711
Germany 1776
France 1800
1860
1603
1736
i686
1867
1878
1894
1874
1799
1803
1799
1879
1854
1820
1872
1761
1727
1815
1835
1770
1851
1854
79
1804
1753
1810
1873
1
'A
I
See CuN^us, above, Musohknbroek,
Electro magnetism.
System of economical electrical distribution, etc., 1882.
(The "Galileo of magnetism;" uses the terms "electric force,
\ "electric attraction," etc.
Inductive telegraphy, telephone, etc.
Duplex telegraphy, lirst accomplished, 1853.
Constructs copper-zinc couple, 1872.
Electrical machine with glass cylinder, 1742.
Eminent investigator in voltaic electricity and electro-chemistry.
Magneto-electric machine, 1870.
Inventor of telephones, etc., and of the graphophone.
Investigator; discovers the fact of electric induction.
Improves voltaic battery, etc., 1839.
First electrical machine, 1647.
Electric locomotive.
(Investigator. Invents lightning conductors for ships, thermo-
[ electrometer.
Electrical machine, 1709.
Electrodynamics, etc. ; invents the tangent compass, 1849.
Invents an electrometer, 1772.
( Eminent investigator; electro-magnetism. Unit of electrical induc-
( tion named in his honor henry.
Transfer of acids and alkalies by,the voltaic pile, 1803.
Discovers the reaction principle of magnetization, 1854.
Electric light.
Electric light, London, 1882.
Induction machine, 1865.
Investigator.
Electric telegraph, printing, 1846-48.
Investigator; electric light, railway, etc.
Electric telegraph, 1855.
Eminent investigator of electricity and magnetism.
Electric motor. 1889.
Electro-physiologist, etc.
Electric candle, etc.
Electric motor, experimental, 1838. Improves the voltaic pile.
Electric candle, etc.
Telpherage system.
Investigator. Invents magnetic galvanometer, 1843.
Electric motor. Improved electric accumulator, 1885.
Electric light, dynamos, etc.
Domestic electric lighting.
( Leyden jar, discovered 1745.
( below.
Electric railways, etc., Bentley-Knight electric railroad.
Eminent investigator of electro-dynamics, etc.
Magneto-electric machine, 1867.
Invents a discharging electrometer, 1767.
Automatic system of telegraphy.
Devises telegraphic arrangements, 1774. • ■
Investigator. Electrical dust figures, etc.
Electric lighting.
Thermo-electric battery, 1865.
Investigator and inventor of electric telegraphy, 1837.
Electro-physiology, electrolysis, etc.
Electric lighting. Also fire-arms, "Maxim Gun," etc.
Work on electricity and magnetism, London, 1873, etc.
Investigator. Thermo-multiplier constructed, 1831.
Invents an electrometer, 1783.
Victoria dynamo.
Electric telegraph, 1837.
Leyden jar.
( Discovers a function called the "potential," fVom which he deduces
( a theory of induction, 1845.
Eminent investigator. Electrical machine, 1675.
Decomposes water by the voltaic pile, 1800. ,
Investigator. Powerful electrical machine, 1855. |
Investigator. Constructs a thermo-multiplier, 1831. |
Investigator. Contemporary with Beccaria, Canton, and Watson. 1
Eminent investigator. Discovers electro-magnetic action.
(Investigator. States his formulae relating to galvanic currents, 1827.
\ Unit of electrical resistance named in his honor ohm.
Electro-magnetic machine, 1864.
Investigator. Electric locomotive, etc., 1851-52.
(Inventor; discovers what is termed the "Peltier effect," 183^
' electrometer, etc., 1848.
Electric railways, etc.
Electric light, apparatus for regulating, 1848.
Inventor inductive telegraphy, 1885.
First maker of the magneto-electric machine, Paris, 1832.
Investigator. Lead battery, 1860. ;
Electro-physiology. *
Investigator. t
History of electricity.
Improves the JaWochkoff light.
Killed at St. Petersburg while attempting Franklin's experiment.
Eminent investigator in electrJciiy of high potential, etc. , 186L
Galvanometer (torsion), 1830.
Constructs a "secondary pile."
Electric telegraph, pub. 1823.
Magneto-electric induction coil, constructed 1850.
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LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATORS AND INVENTORS IN ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM.— (ConcZwded.)
Names.
B.„.
Died.
Remarks.
Spain
England
Pennsylvania .
Germany
Germany
Germany
France
Germany
Germany
England
.1747
.1799
.1805
.1779
.1770
.1823
.1816
.1818
1808
1873
1857
1831
1892
1877
1830
1850
1779
546 b!c.
i893
1857
1857
1883
1826
1787
1891
i875
1772
1828
1846
Devises telegraphic communications 1796
CinHnrsnn Riirdon
Electricity in plants, 1873 '
Incandescent lamp, termed the Sawyer-Man.
Magneto-electric machine, London, 1833.
<!/>Viillin<T f;n«;t;ivil.s!
Investigator and inventor in electric telegraphy, 1833.
Invents a galvanometer, 1820. The parent of the needle system.
Thermo-electricity discovered, 1821.
Electric lighting.
(Eminent investigator and inventor electric railway, lights, etc., in
Eminent investigator, etc.
Singer
Electrometer improved, 1810.
Investigator. Improves the voltaic battery, 1840.
Communication by induction between moving trains by telegraph.
Exhibits telegraphic arrangements of communication 1809
Soemmering S T
Germany
United States.
Austria
.1755
Sprague, Lt. F. J
St;iite WE
Klectric railroad, etc.
Electric light, experimental, 1846, patent.
gtark
Duplex telegraphy, etc.
United States
Massachusetts
Germany
Germany
England 1783
Switzerland. ...1720
England 1828
England
Austria 1857
Greece 636 b.c.
England
England 1824
( Manchester, > -„-„
1. Engl.....'.| 1853
England .'.'.*.'.'.
England 1820
Scotland 1778
United States
Belgium 1846
Holland 1750
England
Electric light, regulating it, 1845.
Duplex telegraphy, etc.
1 Investigator and inventor in electric telegraphy, 1837. Discovers
Stratiugh
Electric railway. Experiment, 1836.
Sturgeon William
Eminent investigator. Improves the voltaic pile, 1830.
Sulzer John Geo
Investigator in electro-physiology.
Swan J W
Inventor electric lighting, etc.
Symmer Robert
Investigator, 1T59. Maintained the theory of 2 distinct fluids, etc.
Pbotophone.
Tesla Nickola
Investigator of high potentials and of currents of great frequency.
Thales
Acquainted with electricity.
Thomson Alfred
Inventor. Electric lighting.
Thomson Sir Wm ....
Investigator and inventor. Electric replenisher, 1868.
(In U. S., electric railways, electric welding, Thomson-Houston
Inventor inductive machine, etc.
Constructs a copper-zinc couple, 1872. Copper.
Investigator.
Tyndall, John
Experimenter with galvanism, 1818.
Vail, Alfred
Electric railway. Constructs a locomotive, 1851.
Electric street railroad Scranton Pa,. , 1886.
Van Depoele, C. J
Van Marum Martin
( Electric mechanician. Said to have constructed the most powerful
Varley C F
1 electric machine ever made, 1785.
Investigator and inventor. Reciprocal eloctrophorus.
Dynamo-magneto-electric machine, 1878.
Vincent, C. W
Italy
England . .
.1745
(Eminent investigator. Inventor ot the voltaic battery, electro-
\ phorus, etc. Unit of electrical pressure called in his honor volt.
Electric lighting.
Electro-physiology, etc.
( Investigator during the years 1740-50; Copley medal. Transmission
Wallace
Walsh
Watson Sir William
England
Germany ....
England.'.*.".'.'
England
England .
England
England
Germany ....
England
Italy
Austria
.1715
.1804
.1802
.1832
.1703
.1766
.1777
.1853
Weber, Wilhelm E
( of electricity by an insulated wire, 1747.
( Investigator. Inventions in electric telegraphy, electro-dynamom-
Weems, David G
( eter, etc.
Electric light.
Dynamo electrical machine.
Eminent investigator and inventor. Electric telegraph, etc.
Associated with Gray in the discovery of electric induction.
Discovers the principle of accumulation by successive action, 1865.
Announces the formation of nitric acid in the air by electric light, 1878.
Weston, Edward
Wheatstone, Sir Chas
Wheeler
Wilde Henry
Wills, T
Inventor. Continuous electrophones and an influence machine, 1882.
Constructed the Leyden battery, 1746.
(Eminent investigator and inventor. Demonstrates the identity of
[ galvanism with electricity.
Winckler, John Heinrich
WoUaston, Wm. H
Wright
Investigator of galvanism and voltaic electricity.
Dynamos. Alternate current transformation.
elegy. Elegiac verse (hexanoeters and pentameters
alternately) was the first variation from the hexameter or
epic measure, u.sed by Tyrtaeus and other early poets. El-
egies by Ovid and Catullus are celebrated. Gray's " Elegy,
written in a Country Churchyard," pub. 1749. Literature.
elements were anciently reckoned as 4: earth, air, fire,
and water. Lavoisier enunciated the principle that all bod-
ies which cannot be proved to be compounded are to be re-
garded as elements (see table opposite, and separate articles).
The chemical elements now known are about 80; with the
€xception of bromine and fluorine all the elements enter
into combination directly or indirectly with oxygen to form
•oxides. Joseph Norman Lockyer, in a paper read at the
Royal society, 12 Dec. 1878, expressed doubts of the element-
ary character of some of the following substances, based on
his spectroscopic experiments. His views were not support-
ed by the researches of profs. Dewar and Liveing, 1880-81.
Chlorine.
LIST OF THE ELEMENTS,
Their atomic weight, specific gravity, chemical symbols, year of their
discovery as element or isolation, and name of the discoverer.
[Hydrogen is taken as the unit of atomic weight, and also the unit of specifie
gravity for gases, the unit of specific gravity for other elements is water. Thow
elements noted (!) are still doubtful.]
Name.
Atomic
weight.
Specific
gravity.
Chem.
symbol.
Discoverers.
Year.
Aluminum
Antimony
Arsenic
Barium
Bismuth
Boron
Bromine
Cadmium
Caesium
27.4
120
75
136.9
207.5
11
79.76
in.7
132.7
2.6
6.7
5.7
4
9.8
2.6
3
8.65
Al.
Sb.
As.
Ba.
Bi.
B.
Br.
Cd.
Cs.
WOhler
B. Valentine
6. Brandt
(Davy )
I Berzelius >-
(Ponton j
(Davy' .*.'.■ )
{ Gay Lussac. . . J
(The'nard )
Balard
f Hermann ....
\ Stomeyer ....
fKirchhofiT....
\Bunsen
1827
1490
1733
1808
1530
1808
1826
1818
1860
ELE
U8T OF THE KLKMKNTS. — (Continued.)
260
ELY
Calcium.
Carbon ...
Cerium.
Chlorine
Chromium. . .
Cobjilt
Copper
Davyum (?)..
Decipium (?).
nidyiuium. ..
Erbium
Fluorine
Gallium
Germanium .
Glucinum. . . .
Gold
Holmium (?).
Hydrogen ...
Ilfnenium (f).
Indium
Iodine
Iridium
Iron
Lanthanum....
Lead
Lithium
Magnesium....
Manganese
Mercury
Molybdenum . .
Mosandrum (?).
Neplunium (?)..
Nickel
Niobium
Nitrogen
Norwegium (?).
Osmium
Oxygen
Palladium
Philippium (?). .
Phosphorus
Platinum
Potassium
Rhodium
Rubidium
Ruthenium...
Scandium (?). .
Selenium
Silicon
Silver
Sodium
Strontium
Sulphur
Tantalum
Tellurium
Thallium
Thorium
Thulium (?)...
Tin
Titanium
Tungsten
Uralium (?)...
Uranium
7anadium.. ..
Vesbium (?)...
Ytterbium (?).
Yttrium
Zinc
Zirconium....
Atomic
wetKht.
S9.9
11.97
Ul
36.37
62.4
68.74
63.8
U2.1
166
19.1
70
73.32
9.1
196.2
113.4
126.54
192.5
55.88
138.5
206.4
7.01
23.94
54.8
199.8
95.9
58.6
94
14.01
191"
15.96
106.2
so.'ge
194.3
39.04
104.1
85.2
103.5
79*
28
107.66
23
87.2
3L98
182
128
203.64
232
117.8
239.8
51.2
172.6
65.1
90.4
Specific
gravity.
1.67
m\
6.7
36.5
6.8
8.9
8.9
2.1
19.3
7.4
5
22.4
7.8
6.1
11.4
.59
1.74
8
13.56
8.2
6.3
14
22V4
16
12
1.82
21.5
.86
12.1
1.52
1L4
4.5
16.5
.97
2.5
2.05
10.8
6.2
11.8
7.7
7.3
18.2
18.4
5.5
7.16
4.1
Chem.
symbol.
Ca.
C.
Ce.
CI.
Cr.
Co.
Cu.
Di.
Er.
F.
Ga.
Ge.
Gl.
Au.
Ho.
H.
I.
Ir.
Fe.
La.
Pb.
L.
Mg.
Mn.
Hg.
Mo.
Ni.
Nb.
N.
Ng.
OS.
0.
Pd.
P.
Pt.
K.
Ro.
Rb.
Si.
Ag.
Na.
Sr.
S.
Ta.
Te.
Tl.
Th.
Sii.
T,
W.
U.
V.
Yb.
Y.
Zn.
Zr.
DiicoTerara.
SDavy
Berzelius
Pontin
{Berzelius..
' Hisinger. . .
( Klaproth . .
Davy
Vauquelin.
G. Brandt.
Kern
Delafontaine.
Mosauder ....
Ampfere
Boisbeadran.
WOhler
Soret
Cavendish.
Hermann..
[Reich
[ Richter . . .
Courtois. . .
Tennant. . .
Mosander ,
Arfwedson.
Davy
Gahn
Scheele (?). . .
L. Smith
Hermann . . .
Cronstedt —
H. Rose
Rutherford..
Dahll
Tennant
Priestley ....
Wolluston. . .
Delafontaine
Brandt
Woods
Davy
Wollaston . . .
[Kirchhoff...
Glaus.
Berzelius.
Berzelius.
Davy
Davy
Hatchett .
Klaproth.
Crookes..
Berzelius.
Soret . . . .
Klaproth . . ,
Scheele
A. Guyard. ,
Klaproth . . ,
Sefstrom . .
Scacchi
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Paracelsus.
Berzelius..
1810
1797
1733
1877
1878
1841
1843
1810
1875
1886
1828
1879
1766
1877
1811
1804
1839
1817
1808
1774
1778
1879
1877
1751
1846
1772
1879
1804
1774
1803
1878
1669
1741
1807
1803
1844
1817
1823
1801
1798
1861
1828
1879
1795
1781
1879
1789
1830
1879
1879
1828
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Of these, 17 are non-nietals, viz. : hydrogen, chlorine, bromine,
iodine,fluorine,oxygen,8ulphur,seleniunQ,boron,nitrogen,phos-
phorus, carbon, silicon, tellurium, arsenic, antimony, bismuth.
elephant, a pachydermatous animal, the largest of
living quadrupeds, was in the earliest times trained to war.
The history of the Maccabees informs us that "to every elephant
they appointed 1000 men "armed with coats of mail, and 600
horse ; and upon the elephants were strong towers of wood,"
etc. The elephants in the army of Antiochus were pro-
voked to fight by showing them the " blood of grapes and
mulberries." The first elephant said to have been seen in
England was one of enormous size, presented by Louis IX. to
Henry III. in 1238. — Baker's Chi'on. Polyaenus states that
Julius Caesar brought one to Britain 64 b.c., which terrified
the inhabitants greatly.
Mr. Barnum, the American .showman, bought, for $10,000, the
largo male African elephant Jumbo, 6 tons' weight, of the
Zoological Society, Regent's park, London. .Jumbo refused
to go, 18 Feb. After much trouble he was removed in the
night, 22-23 Mch., and placed on board the Assyrian Monarch,
24 Mch. ; arrived at New York, 9 Apr. 1882; killed by a loco-
motive in Canada 16 Sept. 18
•Eleuitn'ian iny§terie§. The institution of these
annual secret religious ceremonies (in honor of Demetcr) at
Athens is attributed to Cadmus, 1560; to Erechtheus, 1399; or
to Eumolpus, 1356 b.c. If any one revealed them, he was to
be put to death. They were introduced from Eleusis into
Rome, in honor of Ceres, lasted about 1800 years, and were
abolished by Theodosius, 389 a.d. The laws were — 1. To
honor parents; 2. To honor the gods with the fruits of the
earth ; 3. Not to treat brutes with cruelty Cicero regard*
civilization as promoted by the Eleusinian mysteries.
Elgin marblei, brought chiefly from the Parthenon,
a temple of Pallas Athene (Minerva), on the Acropolis at
Athens, of which they formed part of the frieze and pediment,
the work of Phidias, under the government of Pericles, about
440 B.C. Thomas lord Elgin began the collection of these mar-
bles during his mission to the Ottoman porte, in 1802; and
from him they were purchased by the British government for
36,000/., and placed in the British museum in 1816. The ship
conveying them was wrecked near Cerigo, and W. R. Hamil-
ton, who was on board, remained several months at Cerigo, and
recovered them from the sea.
Elis, a Greek state termed the " Holy Land," in the Pel-
oponnesus, founded by the Heraclidse, 1103 b.c. Here Iphitus
revived the Olympic games, 884, which were regularly cele-
brated after Coroebus gained the prize in 776. Elis surren-
dered many towns to the Spartans in war, 400. After various
changes, Elis joined the Achaean league, 274 ; and with the
rest of Greece was subjugated by the Romans in 146.
ell (so named from ulna, the arm) was fixed at 46 inches
by king Henry I. of Engl., in 1101. The old French ell, or
aune, was 46.79 inches.
Ello'ra or Elo'ra, central India; remarkable for a
very ancient rock-cut temple, excavated according to Hindu
legends nearly 7000 years ago; more probably about 800 a.d.
The town was ceded to the British by Holkar in 1818, and
transferred by them to the nizam of the Deccan in 1822.
Elmi'na and Duteh Ouinea, W. Africa, were
ceded by the Dutch government by treaty, signed Feb. 1872,
and consolidated with the West African settlements; first
governor. Pope Hennessy, Apr. 1872. Ashantees.
£1 JfEoli'no del Rey, Battle at. On the morning of
8 Sept. 1847, less than 4000 U. S. troops attacked over 14,000
Mexicans under Santa Anna, at El Molino del Rey (the King's
Mills), near the fortress of Chapultepec, close by the city of
Mexico. They were at first repulsed with slaughter; but,
returning to the attack, fought desperatel}' for an hour, and
conquered. The Americans lost about 800 ; the Mexicans
left more than 1000 dead on the field. Chapultepec.
£lpllin, Ireland. St. Patrick founded a cathedral near
Elphin, " by a river issuing from 2 fountains," in the 5th cen-
tury, and placed over it St. Asicus, whom he created bishop,
who soon after filled it with monks. After many centuries,
Roscommon, Ardcarn, Drumclive, ^nd others were annexed to
Elphin, making one of the richest sees in Ireland. It is val-
ued in the king's books, by an extent returned 28 Eliz., at
103/. 18s. sterling. The see was united to Kilmore in 1841,
under the Church Temporalities act, passed Aug. 1833.
£l'sinore (Zealand, Denmark), formerly the station for
collecting sound dues. The scene of Shakespeare's " Hamlet."
^^ Hamlet. Gentlemen, you are welcome to Elsinore."
— Act ii. sc. ii.
E'ly, anislandin Cambridgeshire,Engl.,on which a church
was built about 673, by Etheldreda, queen of Egfrid, king of
Northumberland; she also founded a religious house, filled it
with virgins, and became first abbess. The 1200th anniversary
was celebrated 17-21 Oct. 1873 ; about 60,000/. had then been
spent in restoring the cathedral. The Danes ruined the con-
vent about 870 ; but a monastery was built in 879, on which
king Edgar and succeeding monarchs bestowed privileges and
grants of land, whereby it became the richest in England.
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Richard, the 11th abbot, wishing to free himself from the
bishop of Lincoln, made great interest with Henry I. to get
Ely erected into a bishopric, 1108, and his successor Hervaeus
was the first prelate, 1109. Hereward le Wake defended the
island against William the Conqueror until 1074. Its defence
is described in canon Kingsley's novel, " Hereward the Wake;
or, the Last of the Saxons."
Erzevir or El§evier, a family of printers, in Hol-
land, famous for fine pocket editions of the classics.
Louis, the founder, was b. in 1540; began business at Leyden in
1580; he printed about 150 works, and d. 4 Feb. 1617. His sons
(especially Bonaventure) and grandsons were celebrated for their
work. No fewer than 15 members of this family carried on the
business in succession until 1712. Their Pliny (1635), Vergil (1636),
and Cicero (1642), are the masterpieces of their press. Their texts,
however, were without authority, not resting like those of Aldus
and the Stephenses on ancient MSS.
Emancipation in the United States, and Proc-
lamation of. While every one knew in 1861, north
as well as south, that the onl}' basis of lasting {)eace was
the abolition of slavery, it was after a year of war that Con-
gress took notice of slavery, first by act 13 Mch 1862, forbid-
ding the use of troops to return fugitive slaves. This was
followed by an act, 16 July, 1862, that slaves escaping to the
federal line should be free. In a preliminary proclamation, j
22 Sept. 1862, pres. Lincoln announced that on 1 Jan. 1863, all
persons held in slavery by men in arms against the United
States would be declared free. Final proclamation issued 1 ,
Jan. 1863. The number of slaves set free by the president's
proclamation, being those in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana (part), Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Texas, Virginia (part), was 3,063,392. Slavery was
not disturbed by the proclamation in Delaware, Kentucky, Lou-
isiana (part), Maryland, Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia (part),
West Virginia; slave pop. 831,780. These were emancipated
by the Xlllth Amendment to the Constitution, making the
total number set free 3,895,172. Slavery, United States.
embalming. The ancient Egyptians, believing that
their souls, after many thousand years, would reinhabit their
bodies if preserved entire, embalmed the dead. Some of the
bodies, called mummies, buried 3000 years ago, are still perfect.
"The physicians embalmed Israel," 1689 B.C. (Gen. 1. 2). Mum-
mies. Carbolic acid was successfully employed by prof. Seely
in the United States in 1868.
The most perfect specimens of modern embalming are in the museum
of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, one, the wife of Van
Butchell, preserved by John Hunter by injecting camphorated
spirits of wine, etc., into the arteries and veins; and the other the
body of a young woman, who died about 1780 of consumption, in
the Lock hospital. The method of embalming royal personages in
modern times is fully described in Hunter's "Posthumous Works."
He died in 1793.— During the U. S. civil war many soldiers' bodies
were embalmed and sent home.
embankmcnt§ of earth were erected by the ancients
for protection from their enemies and from inundations.
Thoee of the Egyptians and Babylonians are described by
Herodotus and Strabo. To the Romans are attributed the
first dikes of Holland, and the embankments of Romney marsh,
<;onsidered to be the oldest in Britain. In 1250, Henry III.
issued a writ enforcing the support of these works, and his suc-
cessors followed his example. James I. greatly encouraged
the embankment of the Thames. Sir W. Dugdale's " History
of Embanking" first appeared in 1662. Drainage, Levees,
Levels, Mound Builders, Thames.
embargo (from the Sp. emhargar, to detain), an or-
der restraining ships from sailing. In Great Britain this power
is vested in the crown, but is exercised only in extreme cases,
sometimes as a prelude to war. The most memorable instances
of embargo in Great Britain were those to prevent exports of
«orn in 1766; and for the detention of all Russian, Danish, and
Swedish ships in the several ports, owing to the armed neu-
trality, 14 Jan. 1801. On account of insults to the United States
flag by British cruisers, U. S. Congress, in Dec. 1807, decreed an
embargo, detaining with few exceptions all vessels, U. S. and
foreign, then in U. S. ports, and ordering all U. S. vessels home.
The decree was repealed in Mch. 1809, and the Non-intercourse
act passed. Another embargo, for 90 days, was laid in Apr.
1812. United States, 1807.
Ember-week§, instituted, it is said, by pope Calix-
tus I. (219-223) to implore the blessing of God on the produce
of the earth by prayer and fasting, penitents sprinkling ashes
(embers) of humiliation on their heads. In the Episcopal
church Ember days are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
after the following days: the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsun-
day, 14 Sept. (Holy Cross), and 13 Dec. (St. Lucia).
embroidery is usually ascribed to the Phrygians;
but the Sidonians excelled in it, and it is mentioned in 1491
B.C. (Exod. XXXV. 35, and xxxviii. 23). Bayeux tapestry.
Embroidery is now largely done by machinery. The first era-
broidery machine is said to have been invented by John Dun-
can, of Glasgow, in 1804. Heilman's was patented by Kochlin.
Berlin loool-work has been improved by elegant patterns, first
pub. by Mr. Wittich in Berlin, about 1810.
emerald, a green, precious stone, found in the East and
in Peru. It has been erroneously alleged that there were no
true emeralds in Europe before the conquest of Peru, 1545 ;
there is one in the Paris museum, taken from the mitre of pope
Julius II., who died in 1513.
£m'e§a, now IIem§, a town of Syria, renowned for a
temple of the sun, whose priest, Bassianus, was proclaimed
emperor as Heliogabalus or Elagabalus, 218. His atrocities
led to his assassination, 11 Mch. 222.
emig^rant§ (Lat. emigrare : e, out ; and migrare, to re-
move one's abode). The French aristocracy and clergy (emi-
gres') began to leave their country in July, 17'89, at the break-
ing-out of the revolution : their estates were confiscated in
Dec. A large number returned in 1802 b}' an amnesty grant-
ed after the peace of Amiens. Many were indemnified after
the restoration in 1815.
emlg^ration. Phoenician and Greek emigrants col-
onized the coasts of the Mediterranean and the Black sea.
Magna Gr^cia, Marseilles, etc. The discovery of Amer-
ica opened a vast field for emigration. Immigration.
eminence, a title conferred upon cardinals by pope
Urban VIII., 10 Jan. 1631, more honorable than ."excellency."
Previous cardinals had the title oi illustrissimi. — Ashe. The
grand-master of Malta obtained this title. — Pardon.
emir (e-mer'), a title of the caliphs among the Turks and
Persians, first awarded to the descendants of Mahomet's daugh-
ter Fatima, about 650. To such only was originally given the
privilege of wearing the green turban.
emission theory of light (advocated by Newton,
about 1672) supposes that particles pass from the luminous body
to the eye, and that each ray of light from the sun consists of
matter in transit. It is opposed to the undulatort/ theory, now
generall}"^ received.
empalement, or transfixing by a pale or stake, a mode
of executing criminals, mentioned by Juvenal, and often inflict-
ed in Rome ; still used in Turkey and Arabia. In England,
the dead bodies of murderers were sometimes staked ; abolished
1823. Suicide.
emperor, from imperator (ruler), a title first conferred
on victorious Roman generals, and afterwards upon the sover-
eign of that people. g (,
Augustus Caesar first Roman emperor 27
Valentinian I. first emperor of the west, and Valens first em- a.d.
peror of the east 364
Charlemagne first emperor of Germany, crowned by Leo III. . . 800
Othman I. founder of Turkish empire, first emperor of Turkey, 1299
Peter I. first emperor of Russia 22 Oct. 1721
Francis II. of Germany first emperor of Austria 11 Aug. 1804
Napoleon Bonaparte first emperor of the French "
Napoleon III., his nephew, founded the second French empire,
Dec. 1852; deposed 4 Sept. 1870
Iturbide emperor of Mexico, Feb. 1822; shot 19 July, 1824
Dom Pedro IV. of Portugal first emperor of Brazil 1825
Faustin I. first emperor of Hayti, in 1849 ; deposed 1859
Maximilian I. emperor of Mexico, 10 Apr. 1864; shot. .19 June, 1867
King of Prussia proclaimed emperor of Germany at Versailles,
France 18 Jan. 1871
Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India 1 May, 1876
Empirics, a sect of physicians, dating from the 3d cen-
tury before Christ, who rejected all theories of the animal
economy, accepting experience as the onlj' foundation of med-
icine. The sect adopted the principles of Acron of Agrigentum,
who flourished about 430 b.c.
£mucTaU and En'otOChop'CO, Alabama, Bat-
tles of, on 22 and 24 Jan. 1814. These were fought by 930
ENA 2(
Tennessee volunteers and 200 or 300 friendly Indians, under
gen. Jackson, against 900 Creeks. The U. S. troops lost 20 killed
and 76 wounded. The Creeks left 190 warriors dead on the
field.
enamelling was practised by the Egyptians, Chinese,
and other nations, and was known in England in the time of
the Saxons. At Oxford is an enamelled jewel which be-
longed to Alfred, made, as the inscription shows, by his order,
about 887. Limoges enamelled ware was popular in the IGth
century. Magnificent specimens by Lepec, Elkington, Eman-
uel, etc., at the exhibition at Paris, 1867. Mosaic.
Encsenia, Greek festivals kept on days on which cities
were built and temples consecrated ; and in later times, as at
Oxford, at the celebration or commemoration of founders and
benefactors. — Oldisworth. The public commemoration at Ox-
ford suspended in 1875 ; restored, 21 June, 1876. They were
the origin of church-wakes in England, about 600. They
were also feasts celebrated by the Jews on the 25th of the
ninth month, in commemoration of the Maccabees cleansing
the temple, which had been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes,
131 iCc.
encau§tie painting, enamelling by fire. Painting
with burned wax is said to have been known to Praxiteles
about 360 b.c. This art was revived by M. Bachelier, 1749;
by count Cavlus, 1765; and by Miss Greenland, 1785 and
1792.
Eneke's (enk-eh') eomet. Comets.
Eneratites, followers of Titian, about 170, denounced
marriage, and abstained from flesh, and from wine even at the
Lord's supper.
Encyclical letter. Rome, 1864.
encyclopaedia or cyclopaedia, a general dic-
tionary of art, science, and literature. This name has been
given to a work by Abulpharagius in the 13th century.
Alsted's Encyclopsedia 1620
Louis Moreri's Dictiounaire Historique 1673
Hofmann's Lexicon Universale 1677
Corneille's Dictionnaire des Arts 1694
Bayle's Dictionnaire 1696
Lexicon Technicum of John Harris (earliest English encyclo-
paedia), 1704; supplements. 1710, 1741
Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopaedia 1728
Zedler's Universal Lexicon 1732-50
Encyclopedic (by Diderot and D'Alembert) 1751-80
[The contributors were termed encydopedistes, and their
daring writings are believed to have hastened the French rev-
olution in 1789.]
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1st edition by William Smellie) 1771
[The 8th completed, 1861; 9th begun, 1875; finished, 1887.
25 vols., 4 vols. American supplement.]
Encyclop€die M^thodique (by Pancoucke) 1782-1832
Chambers's Cyclopaedia (edited by Rees) 1785
Rees's Cyclopaedia 1802-19
Brockhauss Conversations Lexikon, 1st edition 1818
[Later editions frequent]
Encyclopaedia Metropolitana 1817-45
Encyclopaedia Americana (by F. Lieber, etc. ) 1829-1^2
Cabinet Cyclopaedia (a collection of treatises) 1829-46
Penny Cyclopaedia .'. . .1833-46
Knight's English Cyclopaedia (4 divisions) 1853-61-70
Duyckinck's Cyclopaedia of American Literature 1855-66
AUibone's Dictionary of Authors 1858-80
NewSmerican Cyclopaedia, begun 1858
Homans's Cyclopaedia of Commerce 1859
Zell's Popular Cyclopaedia 1872 et seq.
McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological,
and Ecclesiastical Literature 1867 et seq.
Chambers's Cyclopaedia 1859-68; 1874-75; 1889
Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia 1861 et seq.
Ersch and Gruber's AUgemeine Encyclopadie, begun 1818; 153
vols, pub 1881
Chinese Cyclopaedia, 6109 vols, (all the valuable books then ex-
isting), printed by order of the emperor between 1661-1721
Copy bought for British museum 1877
American Cyclopaedia, by George Ripley and Charles A. Dana,
16 vols 1873-78
Larousse's Grand Dictionnaire Universel du XIX. Sifecle, 15
vols., imp. octavo, 1865; 1st and 2d supplement 1878 et seq.
[One of the best of the encyclopaedic works of the 19th
century.]
Johnsons Universal Cyclopaedia, 1873 ; revised 1893-94
Globe Encyclopaedia, completed 1879
Lossing's Cyclopaedia of American History 1S81
Encyclopaedic Dictionary, completed 1889
Enderby Eand. Southern Continent.
endOSniO'§i§. M. Dutrochet, about 1826, found that
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if 2 fluids, gases, or vapors, of unequal density, are separated
by an animal or vegetable membrane, the less dense will pass
through. This property he called endosmose, when the move-
ment is from the outside to the inside, and exosmose when
from the inside to the outside. Many natural phenomena are
thus explained. — Brande.
energ^y. In an address to the British association at
York, Engl., 1 Sept. 1881, sir William Thomson declared all
energy in nature available for mechanical effects, as tides,
food, falls, wind, and rain, to be derived from the sun.
Engen, a town of Baden. Here Moreau defeated the
Austrians, 3 May, 1800.
Eng^hien {ong-ghe-dn') or StCCnliirk, a town of
S.W. Belgium. Here the British, under William HI., were
defeated by the French under marshal Luxembourg, 24 July,
1692. — The due d'Enghien, a descendant of the great Conde,
was seized in Baden by order of Bonaparte, conveyed to Vin-
cennes, and, after a hasty trial, shot by torchlight, immediately
after condemnation, 21 Mch. 1804. The body was exhumed
20 Mch. 1816.
eng^ineering and engineers. "Engineering is
the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the
use and convenience of man." — Thomas Tredgold. It embraces
a very wide range of subjects, and the different departments
into which the profession is now divided do not admit of very
strict definition. But it may be classified as civil, including
the design and construction of canals, river navigation, har-
bors, docks, roads, bridges, railways, lighthouses, water supphv
irrigation, sewerage, etc. ; as mechanical, including machinery
of all kinds, steam-engines, iron shipbuilding, agricultural
implements, etc. ; as mining, including all the detail of open-
ing and working mines ; and as military, including the build-
ing of fortifications, use of artillery, etc. The military en-
gineers were formerly called trench-masters in England, sir
William Pelham being so called in 1622, and the chief-engi-
neer was called camp-master-general in 1634. Capt. Thomas
Rudd had the rank of chief-engineer to the king of England
about 1650. The British corps of engineers was formerly a
civil corps, but was made a military corps and directed to
rank with the artillery, 25 Apr. 1787. It has a colonel-in-
chief, 16 colonels-commandant, and 16 colonels. In the army
of the United States the highest rank in the corps of engi-
neers is colonel, of which there are 6, and 12 lieut.-colonels.
Civil engineering improved rapidly after the middle of the
18th century, when Smeaton began the Eddystone lighthouse^
and Brindley the Bridgewater canal. Since then the Rennies,^
Stephensons, Brunels, and Telford, Locke, Hawkshaw, Lyster,
Fowler, Baker, and Coode in England, and the Roeblings (fa-
ther and son), gen. Newton, Eads, C. Shaler Smith, C. C.
Schnieder, and many others in the U. S., have improved navi-
gation and constructed breakwaters, docks, bridges, railways^
tunnels, etc., which are the marvel of the age.
engineers, societies, etc., in ENGLAND.
First society of civil engineers formed by Smeaton and others,
afterwards termed the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers, 1795
Institution of Civil Engineers, established in England, 2 Jan.
1818; obtained a charter 3 June, 182&'
[1472 members, Jan. 1868.] J
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, which had its headquar- I
ters in Birmingham, moved to London, 1877; established. . . 1847 I
Isambard Kingdom Brunei, projector of the Great Eastern, %
aged 53, d 15 Sept. 1859
Robert Stephenson, railway engineer, aged 59, d 12 Oct. "
Engineers' Amalgamated Society, Engl., in 1867, consisted of
above 30,000 members; annual income, 86,000^.; disbursed
to disabled workmen, etc., about 50,000Z. ; amassed capital,
about 125,000^.
Engineer (London), weekly journal, established 4 Jan. 185ft
Engineering (London), weekly journal, established Jan. 1866
College of Practical Engineers, Muswell -hill, near London,
opened by sir Henry Bessemer, sir Joseph Whitworth, dr.
C. Wm. Siemens, and others Sept. 1881
Sir John Hawkshaw, engineer of the Severn tunnel, d. aged 80,
2 June, 1891
Sir John Coode, eminent for breakwaters and other works, b.
1816, d 2 Mch. 1892
IN the united STATES.
American Society of Civil Engineers organized 1852
American Institute of Mining Engineers organized 1871
[Home members 2200, foreign 38, 1893.]
American Society of Mechanical Engineers organized 1880
[Total membership 1569, 1893.] <,
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American Institute of Electrical Engineers organized 1884
[Membership 642, 1893.]
Principal periodicals published in the interest of engineering
are The Engineering Magazine, The Engineering and Mining
Journal, The Engineering News, and The Engineering Record,
all pub. in New York.
Breakwaters, Bridgks, Docks, Railroads, Tunnels, etc.
Enslancl (from Am/les and lond, land), so named, it is
said, by Egbert, first king of the English, in a general council
held at Winchester, 829 ; or by Athelstan, 925. Anglo-Sax-
ons. England was united to Wales, 1283; to Scotland in
1603; they have had the same legislature since 1707, when
the 3 were styled Great Britain. Ireland was incorporated
with them, by the act of legislative union, 1 Jan. 1801, and
the whole was called the United Kingdom of Great Britain
a»d Ireland. England contains 40 counties. The British
empire is computed to contain about 7,000,000 sq. miles of
territory, with 340,220,000 inhabitants. Statistical details are
given under the respective headings, Army, Navy, Revknuk,
etc. Pop. of England, 1891, 27,482,104. For previous history,
Britain, histories of England, by Rapin (in English), 1725-31 ;
Thomas Carte, 1747-55 ; David Hume, 1755-62; Tobias Sjnol-
lett. 1757-1765; John Lingard, 1819-30; Charles Knight,
1856-62 ; J. R. Green, 1874-80. Parts by T. B. Macaulay,
earl Stanhope, J. A. Froude, Miss H. Martineau, and others.
Chronicles, Ireland, Scotland, Wales.
Egbert, '-king of the English," 828; defeats the Welsh, Danes,
etc., at Hengestdown 835
Alfred, king, 871; after many vicissitudes, vanquishes the
Danes 871-896
He frames a code of laws, 890; forms a militia and navy, sur-
veys and subdivides the country, and promotes education. . . 896
Athelstan crushes Danes. Scots, etc., at Brunanburg 937
Predominance of Dunstan; he promotes monachism and the
celibacy of the clergy about 952
Ethelred compounds with the Danes for peace 991
Causes their massacre 13 Nov. 1002
Avenged by Sweyn, king of Denmark; Ethelred flees to Nor-
mandy 1003
Sweyn dies, and Ethelred returns, 1014; d 1016
Canute, the Dane, sole monarch 1017
Edward the Confessor, king; Saxon dynasty restored; Norman
language, customs, and laws introduced 1042
Harold II. crowned, 6 Jan.; defeats the Norwegians at Stam-
ford Bridge, 25 Sept. ; defeated and slain at Hastings by
William of Normandy 14 Oct. 1066
NORMAN CONQUEST.
William I. crowned at Westminster abbey 25 Dec. 1066
Northern counties rebel; ravaged from the Humber to the
Tyne 1069-70
Introduction of the feudal system about 1070
Justices of peace appointed 1076
Domesday-book compiled 1085-86
William II. crowned 26 Sept. 1087
Crusades begin 1096
William II. killed by an arrow (New Forest) 2 Aug. 1100
Henry I. crowned, restores Saxon laws, etc 5 Aug. "
Defeats his brother Robert and gains Normandy 1106
Prince William and nobles drowned (Barflkur) 25 Nov. 1120
Stephen crowned 26 Dec. 1135
Civil war between the empress Maud, Henry's daughter, and
Stephen; her Scots defeated at the battle of Standard, 22 Aug. 1138
She lands in England and is successful 1139
Crowned at Winchester 3 Mch. 1141
Defeated ; retires to France 1147
Concludes a peace with Stephen 1153
Henry II. crowned 19 Dec. 1154
Constitutions op Clarendon enacted Jan. 1164
Arrogance of Becket; murdered (Becket) 29 Dec. 1170
Conquest of Ireland 1171, 1172
England divided into 6 judicial circuits. 1176
English laws digested by Glanville about 1181
Richard I. crowned 3 Sept. 1189
He joins the crusades 1191
Defeats Saladin 1192
Made prisoner by duke of Austria, and sold to Henry VI. of
Germany Dec. "
Ransomed for about 300,000i 1194
John crowned May, 1199
Normandy lost to England 1204
England put under an interdict 1208
Magna Charta granted 15 Juno, 1215
Henry III. crowned 28 Oct. 1216
Barons' war 1262-68
First regular parliament 1265
Edward I. crowned 20 Nov. 1272
Wales subdued, united to England 1283
Death of Roger Bacon 1292
Scotland subdued, 1296; revolts 1297
Edward II. crowned 8 July, 1307
Defeated by Bruce at^ Bannockburn 24 June, 1314
Insurrection of the barons against his favorites 1308, 1315, 1325
Edward III. crowned 25 Jan. 1327
Edward II. murdered (Berkeley castle) 21 Sept. 1327
Defeat of the Scots at Halidon hill 1333
Invades France; victorious at Crecy 26 Aug. 1346
Takes Calais 1347
Order of the Garter instituted 1349
Victory at Poitiers 19 Sept. 1356
Peace of Bretigny 8 May, 1360
Law pleadings in English 1362
Richard II. crowned 22 June, 1377
Insurrection of Wat Tyler suppressed 15 June, 1381
Death of Wickliffe 1385
Henry IV. crowned 30 Sept. 1399
Order of the Bath instituted by Henry IV "
Insurrection of the Percies and the Welsh 1402-5
Henry V. crowned 21 Mch. 1413
France invaded by Henry V., victor at Agincourt 25 Oct. 1415
Treaty of Troyes ; the French crown gained 1420
Henry VI. crowned at Paris Dec. 1430
English conquests lost in France except Calais (Joan of Arc),
1429-31
Cade's insurrection , June, 1450
War of the Roses (Battles, Roses) 1451-57
Edward IV. deposes Henry VI 4 Mch. 1461
Printing introduced by Caxton 1471
Edward V. , accession 9 Apr. 1483
Murdered in the Tower soon after •'
Richard III. deposes Edward V 25 June, "
Valuable statutes enacted 1484
Henry VII. , accession ; Richard defeated and slain at Bos-
worth field 22 Aug. 1485
Yeomen of the guard, the first standing army in England in-
stituted "
Henry marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV 1486
Insurrection of Lambert Simnel quelled « 1486-87
Court of Star chamber instituted 1487
Insurrection of Perkin Warbeck quelled 1492-98
Gardening introduced, principally from the Netherlands, .about 1502
Death of prince Arthur 2 Apr. "
Henry VIII., accession 22 Apr. 1509
Rise of Wolsey 1514
Henry VIII. 's interview with Francis I. at Ardres (Field of
the Cloth of Gold) 4-25 June, 1520
First map of England drawn by G. Lilly about "
Henry VIIL becomes " Defender of the Faith " 1521
Fall of Wolsey; d 29 Nov. 1530
Henry VIIL marries Anne Boleyn privately, Nov. 1532, or
Jan. 1533; divorced from Catherine 23 May, 1533
Henry VIIL styled "head of the church " 1534
Pope's authority in England abolished "
Sir Thomas More beheaded 6 July, 1535
Queen Anne Boleyn beheaded 19 May, 1536
Queen Jane Seymour d 24 Oct. 1537
Monasteries suppressed 1538
Statute of Six Articles passed 1539
Abbots of Glastonbury, Reading, etc., executed "
First authorized edition of the Bible (Cranraer's) printed "
Cromwell, lord Essex, beheaded 1540
Anne of Cleves divorced 9 July, "
Queen Catherine Howard beheaded 1542
Ireland declared a kingdom, and the title of "king of Ireland"
confirmed to the English sovereigns 1543
Henry marries Catherine Parr 12 July, "
Edward VI., accession, 28 Jan. ; promotes the Reformation
(Somerset, protector) 1547
"Book of Common Prayer" authorized 1548
Somerset deprived of power, 1549 ; beheaded 1552
Mary, accession, 6 July ; restores popery 1553
E.xecution of lady Jane Grey and her husband. Lord Guilford
Dudley 1554
Mary marries Philip of Spain ; persecutes the Protestants "
Ridley, Latimer, and Cranmer burned (Protestants). 1555 and 1556
Calais retaken by the French 7 Jan. 1558
Elizabeth, accession; church of England re-established,
17 Nov. "
Mary, queen of Scots, seeks refuge in England, 1568; executed,
8 Feb. 1587
Spanish armada repulsed (Armada) Julj^ 1588
Devereux, earl of Essex, beheaded 25 Feb. 1601
James I. , accession ; union of the 2 crowns 24 Mch. 1603
Styled "king of Great Britain " 24 Oct. 1604
Gunpowder plot Nov. 1605
Authorized version of the Bible completed 1611
Baronets first created May, "
Overbury murder 15 Sept. 1613
Shakespeare d 23 Apr. 1616
Raleigh beheaded 29 Oct. 1618
Book of Sports published 24 May, "
Charles I., accession 27 Mch. 1625
Death of lord Bacon 9 Apr. 1626
Duke of Buckingham assassinated 23 Aug. 1628
Hampden's trial respecting "ship money" 1637
Contest between the king and parliament; impeachment and
execution of lord Strafford 1641
Attempted "arrest of the 5 members " 4 Jan. 1642
Civil war begins. Charles I, sets up his standard at Notting-
ham (Battles) 22 Aug. "
Battle of Edgehill 23 Oct. "
Archbishop Laud beheaded 10 Jan. 1645
Charles defeated at Xasebv 14 June, "
He flees to the Scotch, 5 May; is given up 21 Sept. 1646
Execution of Charles 1 30 Jan. 1649
Cromwell's victory at Worcester 3 Sept. 1651
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Naval victories of Blake 1652-67
Jiichartl Cromivell, protector 3 Sept. 1()58
Richard resigns 25 May, 1659
Charles II.; monarchy re- established 29 May, 1660
Act of uniformity passed ; church of England restored 1662
Groat plague 1666
Grmit ttre of London 2, 3 Sept. 1666
Disgrace of lord Clarendon Nov. 1667
Death of John Milton 8 Nov. 1674
Oates's '• popish plot " creates a panic 13 Aug. 1678
Sir Kdmoud Berry Godfrey found murdered 17 Oct. "
Many Roman Catholics executed 1678-79
Habeas corpus act for protecting English subjects against false
arrest and impri.<5onnient, passed 27 May, 1679
"Rye house plot;" William, lord Russell, e.xecuted, 21 July,
and .Algernon Sydney executed 7 Dec. 1683
Janifs II. , accession 6 Feb. 1686
Duke of Monmouth's rebellion defeated at Sedgemoor, 6 July;
he is beheaded 15 July, "
Acquittal of tho 7 bishops 30 June, 1688
Abdication of James 11 11 Dec. "
William III. and Mary proclaimed by the convention par-
liament 13 Feb. 1689
National debt begins 1692
Bank of England incorporated 27 July, 1694
Death of the queen regnant, Mary 28 Dec. "
re;ice of Ryswick 1697
Death of James II. in exile 16 Sept. 1701 •
Anne, accession 8 Mch. 1702
Victory of Marlborough at Blenheim 13 Aug. 1704
Union of the 2 kingdoms as Great Britain 1 May. 1707
Sacheverell riots 1710
Treaty of Utrecht, advantageous to Great Britain 11 Apr. 1713
George I. of Hanover, accession 1 Aug. 1714
Scots' rebellion quelled 1715
South-sea bubble 1720
Death of the duke of Marlborough 16 June, 1722
Order of tho Buth revived 172§
George II. , accession 11 June, 1727
Death of Newton 20 Mch. "
George II. at the victory of Dettingen 16 June, 1743
Second Scots' rebellion; prince Charles- Edward gains Edin-
burgh, 17 Sept. ; victor at Preston Pans 21 Sept. 1745
Victory at Falkirk. 17 Jan. ; defeated totally at Culloden, 16 Apr. 1746
Death of prince Frederick Louis, son of George II. and father
of George III 20 Mch. 1751
New style introduced into England, 3 Sept. (made 14) 1752
Seven years' war begins (Battles) May, 175ff
Conquest of India begins, under col. (afterwards lord) Clive
(I.vDiA) 1757
Victory and death of gen. Wolfe (Quebec) 1759
George III, accession 25 Oct. 176«r
Marries Charlotte Sophia, of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 8 Sept. ; is
crowned 22 Sept. 1761
Peace of Paris ; Canada gained 10 Feb. 1763
Isle of Man annexed to Great Britain 1765
Death of the Old Pretender, "chevalier de St. George" (Pre-
tenders) 30 Dec. "
Royal Marriage act passed 1772
American war for independence begins (United States) 1775
Death of earl of Chatham 11 May, 1778
" No Popery " riots 2-7 June, 1780
Preliminary treaty recognizing the independence of the U. S.
signed 30 Nov. 1782
DeQnitive treaty signed 3 Sept. 1783
Margaret Nicholson attempts life of George III 2 Aug. 1786
Trial of Warren Hastings begins 13 Feb. 1786
Death of the Young Pretender at Rome 3 Mch. "
King's malady made known 12 Oct. "
He recovers, and offers thanks at St. Paul's 23 Apr. 1789« '
First coalition against France 26 June, 1792
Habeas Corpus act suspended 23 May, 1794
Howe's victory 1 June, "
Prince of Wales marries princess Caroline of Brunswick. 8 Apr. 1795
Warr*n Hastings acquitted 23 Apr. "
Princess Charlotte of Wales b 7 Jan. 1796
Cash payments suspended 25 Feb. 1797
Death of Edmund Burke 9 July, "
Irish rebellion May, 1798
Habeas Corpus act again suspended "
Battle of the Nile; Nelson victor 1 Aug. "
Hatfield's attempt on the king's life 11 May, 1800
Union of Great Britain with Ireland. 1 Jan. 1801
Nelson's victory at Copenhagen 2 Apr. "
Habeas Corpus act again suspended 19 Apr. "
Peace of Amiens concluded 1 Oct. "
War against France under Bonaparte , 18 May, 1803
Nelson's victory and death at Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805
Death of Mr. Pitt 23 Jan. 1806
" Delicate investigation " May, "
Lord Melville impeached, 29 Apr. ; acquitted 12 June, "
Death of Charles James Fox 13 Sept. "
Orders in council against Berlin decree 7 Jan. 1807
Abolition of the slave-trade by Parliament 25 Mch. "
Victory and death of sir J. Moore (Corunna) 16 Jan. 1809
Duke of York impeached by col. Wardle Jan. "
Jubilee celebrating king's accession 25 Oct. "
Unfortunate Walcheren expedition Aug.-Nov. "
Sir Francis Burdett's arrest, and riots 6 Apr. 1810
King's malady returns 2 Nov. "
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General commercial embarrassment Dec. 1810
Regent.— The prince of Wales 5 Feb. 1811
Luddite riots Nov. "
Assassination of Mr. Perceval, i)remier 11 May, 1812
Earl of Liverpool premier 9 June, "
War with tho U. S. commenced IH June, "
Peace with France, etc 14 Apr. 1814
Emperor of Russia and king of Prussia visit England. . .7 June, "
Centenary of tho house of Hanover 1 Aug. "
Peace with the U S. (treaty of Ghent) , 24 Dec. "
Battle of Waterloo (close of French war) 18 June, 1815
Princess Charlotte marries prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg,
2 May,
Death of R. B. Sheridan 9 July,
Spa-Uelds meeting 2 Dec.
Green-bag inquiry 2 Feb.
Habeas Corpus act suspended 24 Feb. "
Cash payments resumed (suspended 1797) 22 Sept. "
Queen Charlotte dies at Kew 17 Nov. 1818
Queen Victoria b 24 May, 1819
Manchester reform meeting (Peterloo) (Manchester).. .16 Aug. "
Duke of Kent d 23 Jan. 1820
George IV., accession 29 Jan. "
Cato St. conspirators arrested, 23 Feb. ; executed 1 May, "
Trial of Qcekn Caroline 19 Aug. -10 Nov. "
Coronation of George IV 19 July, 1821
Queen Caroline dies at Hammersmith 7 Aug. "
Lord Byron d 19 Apr. 1824
Commercial panic 1825-26
Duke of York d 5 Jan. 1827
Mr. Canning, premier, 30 Apr. ; d 8 Aug. "
Battle of Navarino 20 Oct. "
Roman Catholic Relief bill passed.. 13 Apr.
Political panic in London ; riots \ Nov.
William IV. accession 26 June,
Mr. Huskisson killed at the opening of the Liverpool and Man-
chester railway 15 Sept.
Grey administration formed Nov.
King opens new London bridge Aug. 1831
Reform bill rejected by lords, 7 Oct. ; Bristol riots 29 Oct.
English Reform act passed 7 June, 1832
Assault on William IV. by a discharged pensioner at Ascot,
19 June,
Sir Walter Scott d 21 Sept.
Samuel T. Coleridge d 25 July, 1834
Slavery ceases in the colonies 1 Aug. "
Corporation Reform act passed 9 Sept. 1835
Victoria, accession; Hanover separated from Great Brit-
ain 20 June, 1837
Coronation of queen Victoria 28 June, 1838
Beginning of war with China Mch. 1839
Penny postage begins 10 Jan. 1840
Queen marries prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg 10 Feb. "
Oxford's assault on the queen 10 June, "
Prince of Wales b 9 Nov. 1841
King of Prussia visits England 24 Jan. 1842
John Francis fires at the queen 30 May, "
Bean presents a pistol at her. 3 July, "
Income tax act passed Aug. "
Peace of Nankin (with China) Dec. "
Death of duke of Sussex.. .' • 21 Apr. 1843
Tractariao or Pusey ite controversy 1844-45
Anti-corn law agitation 1845
Peel's new tariff', 1845; railway mania Nov. "
Commercial panic Mch. 1846
Corn laws repealed 26 June, "
Chartist demonstration in London 10 Apr. 1848
Cholera reappears in England 1848 and 1849
Adelaide, queen dowager, d 2 Dec. "
" Exhibition of 1851 " announced 3 Jan. 1850
Death of Wordsworth (aged 80) 23 Apr. "
Pate's assault on the queen : 27 June, "
Death of sir Robert Peel (aged 62) 2 July, "
Duke of Cambridge d 8 July, '»
Great excitement occasioned by the pope's establishment of a
Roman Catholic hierarchy in England Nov. "
Sixth census of the United Kingdom (Population), 27,637,761,
30 Mch. 1851
First "Great Exhibition " opened 1 May, "
Australian gold arrives Dec. "
Death of the poet Thomas Moore 26 Feb. 1852
John Camden Neild, an eccentric miser, bequeathed about
250,000/. to the queen ; d 30 Aug. "
Death of Wellington (aged 83), Sept. 14; public funeral, 18 Nov. "
Death of sir Charles Napier, conqueror of Scinde 29 Aug. 1853
English and French fleets enter Bosporus 22 Oct. "
Protocol between England, France, Austria, and Prussia for
peace between Russia and Turkey 5 Dec. "
Conferences on Eastern question favor Turkey Sept. -Dec. "
Alliance between England, France, and Turkey signed. . 12 Mch.
War declared against Russia (Russo-Turkish wars). . .28 Mch.
Resignation of Aberdeen ministry 29 Jan.
Formation of Palmerston ministry Feb. "
Death of Joseph Hume (aged 78) 20 Feb. "
Peace with Russia proclaimed, 19 Apr.; thanksgiving day, 4
May; illuminations, etc 29 May, 1856
War with China Oct. "
War with Persia Nov. "
Mutiny of Indian army begins (India) Mch. 1857
Death of duchess of Gloucester (aged 81), the last of George
IIL's children 30 Apr. "
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Princess royal marries prince Frederick William of Prussia,
25 Jan.
Jewish Disabilities bill passed 23 July,
India bill passed 2 Aug.
Association for the Promotion of Social Science meet at Liver-
pool 12 Oct.
Derby ministry defeated on the Reform bill; dissolve Parlia-
ment 23 Apr.; again defeated, they resign, 11 June; the
Palmerston- Russell administration formed 18 June,
Lord Macaulay d. (aged 59) 28 Dec.
Sir Charles Barry d. (aged 65) 12 May,
Peace with China signed 24 Oct.
Thomas Cochrane, earl of Dundonald, d. (aged 82) 31 Oct.
Prince of Wales visits Canada and United States, 24 July-20
Oct. ; returns 15 Nov.
Seventh census taken (29,192,419) 8 Apr.
Excitement, capt. Wilkes (of U. S. navy) having seized Messrs.
Slidell and Mason from British mail steamer Trent (Tkent
AFFAIR) 8 Nov.
Death of the prince consort of "typhoid fever, duration 21
days," 14 Dec. ; buried 23 Dec.
U. S. government release Messrs. Slidell and Mason 28 Dec.
Prince Alfred declared king of Greece at Athens (throne de-
clined) 23 Oct.
Great distress in the cotton-manufacturing districts begins,
Apr. ; contributions received. Central Relief fund, 407,830^. ;
Mansion-house fund, 236,926i .• 20 Dec.
Rupture with Brazil Jan.
Prince Alfred elected king of Greece 3 Feb.
Princess Alexandra of Denmark enters London, 7 Mch. ; mar-
ried to the prince of Wales 10 Mch.
British, French, and Austrian governments remonstrate with
Russia on cruelties in Poland 7 Apr.
Capts. Grant and Speke return from exploring the sources of
the Nile June,
Government declines the French emperor's proposal for a con-
gress of sovereigns Nov.
Death of William M. Thackeray (aged 52) 24 Dec.
Judicial committee of privy council decide that government had
no authority to seize the Alexandra (confederate steamer),
8 Feb.
Garibaldi's visit to England 3-27 Apr.
Ionian isles made over to Greece 1 June,
European conference at London on the Schleswig-Holstein
question; no result 24 Apr.-25 June,
Death of John Leech (aged 47) 29 Oct.
Death of Richard Cobden (aged 61) 2 Apr.
Death of lord Palmerston, 18 Oct. ; public funeral 27 Oct.
Earl Russell premier 3 Nov.
New Reform bill introduced by Mr. Gladstone 12 Mch.
Commercial panic in London 11 May et seq.
Ministry defeated on Reform bill, 18 June; resign 26 June,
Atlantic telegraph (Electricity) completed; messages sent to
lord Stanley 27 July,
Cable of 1865 recovered, and communication established with
Valentia, 2 Sept. ; and with Newfoundland 8 Sept.
Visit of the sultan (Tdrkey). 12-23 July,
New Reform act passed (Reform) 15 Aug.
Michael Faraday, natural philosopher (nearly 76), d 25 Aug.
Preparations for the expedition to Abyssinia (Abyssinia). .Aug.
Fenian outrages ; rescue of prisoners at Manchester (Fenians),
18 Sept.
Synod of bishops at Lambeth (Pan- Anglican) 24-27 Sept.
Earl of Derby resigns, 25 Feb. ; Disraeli ministry formed,
29 Feb.
Mr. Gladstone's resolution for disestablishing the Irish church
adopted by the Commons 30 Apr.
Death of lord Brougham (aged 89) 7 May,
Irish and Scotch Reform acts passed 13 July,
Disraeli ministry resigns, 2 Dec. ; Gladstone ministry take oflQce,
9 Dec.
Convention with the U. S. respecting the Alabama claim sfgned
(afterwards rejected by the U. S. ) 14 Jan.
Irish church bill introduced into the Commons, 1 Mch. ; royal
assent 26 July,
Earl of Derby d. (aged 70) 23 Oct.
Charles Dickens d. (aged 58) 9 June,
Earl of Clarendon d. (aged 70) 27 June,
Irish land bill brought in, 15 Feb. ; signed 8 July,
Neutrality in Franco- Prussian war proclaimed 19 July,
Treaty with Prussia and France for neutrality of Belgium
signed 9, 11 Aug.
Election of elementary school-boards Nov.
Excitement over Russian note announcing Russian war vessels
in Black sea (Russia) Nov.
Princess Louise marries marquess of Lome 21 Mch.
Death of sir John F. Herschel, astronomer and philosopher
(aged 79) 11 May,
Death of George Grote, historian of Greece (aged 77). .18 June,
Black sea conference met 17 Jan. ; closed (neutralization of
Black sea abrogated, etc. ) 13 Mch.
Disestablishment of the church of England bill rejected in the
Commons (374-89), 1 May; Parliament prorogued 21 Aug.
Prince of Wales ill with typhoid fever ; began to recover, 14 Dec.
Excitement over U. S. claims under treaty of Washington, Feb.
Queen, entering Buckingham palace, threatened by Arthur
O'Connor, aged about 18, with an unloaded pistol, and a paper
to be signed ; immediately apprehended 29 Feb.
Arthur O'Connor pleads guilty (sentenced to imprisonment and
flogging) 9 Apr.
British and U. S. governments correspond on claims for indirect
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losses from confederate cruisers, which the former rejects,
3 Feb. -May,
Supplemental treaty proposed; accepted by U. S. senate, 25
May; further d'scussion in Parliament; unsatisfactory corre-
spondence; the U. S. Congress adjourns 10 June,
Strikes among builders and other trades June,
Final meeting of arbitrators; damages awarded (Alabama),
14 Sept.
Death of Edward Bulwer, lord Lytton, orator, poet, and novel-
ist (aged 66) 18 Jan.
Mr. Gladstone defeated on the Dublin university bill (287-284);
resigns, 13 Mch. ; resumes oflBce 17 Mch.
Visit of the shah of Persia 13 June-5 July,
Duke of Edinburgh marries grand-duchess Marie of Russia,
23 Jan.
Parliament dissolved 26 .Jan.
General election; conservative majority about 50, Feb. ; Glad-
stone ministry resigns, 17 Feb. ; Disraeli ministry formed,
21 Feb.
Close of Tichborne trial (Trials) 28 Feb.
Sir Garnet Wolseley returns from his successful expedition
against the Ashantees 21 Mch.
Queen receives a testimonial of gratitude from the French na-
tion for British assistance during the war (France). . .3 Dec.
Moody and Sankey, U. S. revivalists, arrive in London, 9 Mch. ;
sail from Liverpool (Revivals) 4 Aug.
Khedive's shares in the Suez canal bought by the British
government (Suez), 1 Nov. ; announced 25 Nov.
Queen proclaimed "empress of India " 1 May,
Mr. Gladstone's " Horrors in Bulgaria " pub 6 Sept.
Meeting against war to defend Turkey, St. James's hall. .8 Dec.
Proclamation of neutrality in Russo-Turkish war 30 Apr.
Debate on Mr. Gladstone's resolutions, expressing dissatisfac-
tion and complaint at the conduct of the Ottoman porte with
regard to the despatch written by the earl of Derby, 21 Sept.
1876, relating to the massacres in Bulgaria (for the resolution,
225 ; against, 354) 7-14 May,
Fleet sent to Besika bay 3 July,
Statue of king Alfred by count Gleichen, at Wantage, unveiled
by the prince of Wales, his descendant 14 July,
Early meeting of Parliament on account of Russo Turkish war,
17 Jan.
Vote of 6,000,000^. asked for before entering into conference
respecting Eastern affairs, 24 Jan. ; debate 31 Jan.
Liberal amendment withdrawn on report of Russian advance
on Constantinople, 7 Feb. ; vote passed (204-124) 8 Feb.
Warlike policy of the ministry; resignation of lord Carnarvon,
24 Jan. ; and earl of Derby 28 Mch.
Earl of Salisbury's circular indicting the treaty of San Stefano,
2 Apr. ; moderate reply of GortschakolT printed 10 Apr.
Indian troops ordered to Malta about 17 Apr.
Censured by the opposition; debate in Commons: for govern-
ment, 347 ; against, 226 20-23 May,
Earl Russell d. (aged 85) 28 May,
Ministry announce a European congress on the Eastern ques-
tion, to meet on 13 June; the earl of Beaconsfleld and the
marquess of Salisbury to attend for England (Berlin), 3 June,
Anglo-Turkish convention (Turkey) signed 4 June,
Conference meets at Berlin 13 June; treaty signed. . .13 July,
10,000?. a year voted the duke of Connaught on his marriage
with princess Louise Margaret of Prussia 25 July,
Debate on the Berlin treaty in the Commons; speech of Mr.
Gladstone, 30 July; majority for government (338-195),
29 July-3 Aug.
Parliament prorogued 16 Aug.
Meeting of Parliament on account of Afghan war 5 Dec.
Majority for ministers on vote of censure, Lords (201-65), 10
Dec. ; Commons (328-227) 13-14 Dec.
Princess Alice dies of diphtheria at Darmstadt, after attending
her husband and children, 7.30 a.m 14 Dec.
Edward Byrne Madden (? lunatic) arrested for threatening the
queen in letters to the Home office, 12 Dec. 1878 ; judged in
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l,500,000i. voted for Zulu war 27 Feb.
Expedition sent (between 8000 and 9000 men, 1800 horses, etc.),
Feb. -Mch.
Marriage of duke and duchess of Connaught at Windsor,
13 Mch.
Proposed censure of government respecting Zulu war, etc.,
negatived. Lords (156-61), 25 Mch. ; Commons (306-246),
31 Mch.-l Apr.
Commons debate on the budget; for government, 303; against,
230 28-29 Apr.
Parliament opened by the queen, 5 Feb. ; dissolved 23 Feb.
General election, great liberal majority, 30 Mch. -16 Apr. ; res-
ignation of ministry 22 Apr.
Gladstone ministry formed 29 Apr.
New Parliament meets 29 Apr. ; Bradlaugh difficulty (Parlia-
ments) 3 May et seq.
Court and general mourning for death of gen. Garfield, presi-
dent of U. S 21-27 Sept. :
Great hurricane throughout England, causing destruction of
life, property, and shipping 13-15 Oct.
Queen shot at, at Great Western railway station, Windsor, by
Roderick Maclean, aged 27, 2 Mch. ; he is committed for high
treason 10 Mch. :
Queen dedicates Epping forest to the people for all time, 6 May,
Detection of secret manufacture of explosives at Birmingham,
4 Apr. ; arrest of Alfred Whitehead, Thos. Gallagher, physi-
cian, Wm. Norman, H. H. Wilson, H. D. E. and Henry Dalton,
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MffXP* and the Sotuian : censure of government for its " vacil-
laiing and inconsistent policy," voted by the lords (181-81)
12 Feb. ; rojecleU by the Commons (311-2t>2) 12-20 Fob.
Prince Leoinild, duke" of Albany, dies, age nearly 31, 28 Mch. ;
buried at Windsor 6 Apr.
Vote of censure of government for not supporting Gordon neg-
atived in the Commons (303-275) 12-14 May,
Vote of censure on the government respecting Egypt, passed
by the Lords (189-68): negatived by the Commons (302-288),
27, 28 Feb.
Day of mourning for gen. Gordon and the killed in tbd Soudan,
13 Mch.
Reserves to be called out in prospect of war with Russia. .27 Mch.
Mr. Gladstone declines an earldom on retiring 15 June,
Princess Beatrice marries prince Henry of Battcnberg. . 3 July,
Sir Moses Moulelloro dies at Loudon, age 101 28 July,
Funeral services in Westminster abbey for gen. U. S. Grant,
attended by represenUitives of the royal family 4 Aug.
Great Eastern steamship sold at auction at Lloyds' for 26,000/.
to a private merchant 29 Oct.
Mersey tunnel formally opened, connecting Birkenhead and
Liverpool 20 Jan.
Edinburgh Courant. the oldest newspaper in Scotland, to which
Scott, Wilson, Lockhart, Ayloun, De Quincey, and Hogg had
been contributors, appears for the last time 6 P'eb.
BelVs Life (Ix)ndon), the oldest sporting paper in the world,
after having existed 64 years, ceased to appear 28 May,
In digging for the foundation of a building in upper Kirkgate,
Aberdeen, a bronze pot found containing 15,000 pieces of sil-
ver coin of the reign of Kdward 1 31 May,
First stone of the Tower bridge laid, designed to cost 750,000f.
Crossing the Thames near Wapping, without impeding the
navigation of the river by the largest ships 21 June,
Oliver Wendell Holmes receives the degree of honorary D.C.L.
from Oxford 30 June,
In an excavation at Cannon Street road and Cable street, Lon-
don, a skeleton found impaled on a stake. It was believed
to be that of Williams, who hanged himself in Coldbath Fields
prison in 1811, when accused of 7 murders, referred to in De
Quincey's essay on " Murder as a Fine Art " (Ratclipfe high-
way) 28 July,
Henry M. Stanley left England for Alexandria and Zanzibar,
to head expedition to relieve Emin Pacha, governor of the
equatorial province of Egypt 21 Jan.
Times asserted that Charles S. Parnell, M.P., had long resided
in Loudon suburbs, under the name Preston 26 Nov.
M^or Barttelot, who left Stanley falls, on the Congo, to relieve
Stanley, shot by one of his carriers 19 July,
Great Eastern, after a career of 30 years, beached at New Ferry,
on the Mersey, to be broken up (Great Eastern). . .25 Aug.
First sitting of Parnell commission in the probate court, Palace
of Justice. The attorney-general opened for the Times, 22 Oct.
British protectorate proclaimed over British north Borneo,
Brunei, and Sarawak, about 70,000 sq. miles 24 Oct.
Before the Parnell commission, Richard Pigott's confession of
forgery is read, the attorney-general, for the Times, with-
draws the case founded on the forged letters 27 Feb.
Pigott commits suicide in Madrid 1 Mch.
John Bright d 27 Mch.
House of Lords rejects the Deceased Wife's Sister bill — the
prince of Wales voting with the minority 9 May,
Snowdon. the highest of the Welsh mountains, containing about
1500 acres, with fishing, mineral, and other rights, sold at
public auction for 51501. , to sir E. W. Watkin, M. P., 10 July,
Marriage of the earl of Fife with the princess Louise, daughter
of the prince of Wales 27 July,
First Mahometan mosque in England, completed at Woking,
18 Aug.
Parnell commission meets for the 128th and last time. .22 Nov.
Martin Farquhar Tupper, the poet, d. (aged 80) 29 Nov.
Robert Browning, the poet, dies in Venice (aged 77) 12 Dec.
Long-pending trial of Parnell v. Walter, editor of the Times,
settled; 5000i. paid by the Times (Parnell) 3 Feb.
Firth bridge formally opened. Bridges (John Fowler, the en-
gineer, created baronet) 4 Mch.
Heiiry M. Stanley reaches England (Africa) 26 Apr.
Marries Miss Dorothy Tennant in Westminster abbey, 12 July,
England transfers Heligoland to Germany 9 Aug.
Cardinal John Henry Newman d. (aged 90) 11 Aug.
O'Shea divorce-case begins in London; no defence. . . .15 Nov.
Mr. Gladstone denies an assertion in Parnell's manifesto (Par-
nell) 29 Nov.
Justin McCarthy and 44 others withdraw from the Nationalist
parliamentary meeting, and form a separate body 6 Dec.
Archbishop's and bishop's letter denouncing Parnell read in
all the Catholic churches of Ireland 7 Dec.
Parnell seizes the office of United Ireland in Dublin 10 Dec.
Parnell, while stumping Ireland, temporarily blinded by lime
thrown at Castle-Comer 16 Dec.
Kilkenny election held ; sir John Pope Hennessy, the McCarthy-
ite candidate, elected 22 Dec.
Alexander Wm. Kinglake (historian) d 2 Jan.
Charles Bradlaugh d 30 Jan.
Sir William Gordon Gumming, the plaintiff in the baccarat
trial, married to Miss Florence Garner of New York, 10 June,
Parnell and Mrs. O'Shea secretly married 25 June,
Charles Stewart Parnell dies at Brighton, Engl 6 Oct.
Widow of sir John A. Macdonald, premier of Canada, created
a peeress 22 Oct.
Cardinal Manning d. 14 Jan.
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Eldest son of the prince of Wales, Albert Victor, duke of Clar-
ence and Avondale, d 14 Jan. 18
Cardinal Howard dies at Brighton 16 Sept.
Alfred (lord) Tennyson d. (aged 82) 6 Oct.
Marriage of princess Mario of Edinburgh and prince Ferdinand
of Koumaiiia, at Sigmaringen 10 Jan. 189S1
Mr. Gladstone takes the oath as premier 31 .Ian.
Algernon Sartorfs, Nellie Grant's husband, d. in Italy. . .7 Feb.
Mr. (Jladstono introduces Home Rule bill in Commons.. 13 Feb.
Homo Rule bill passes first reading 17 Feb.
Passes second reading by 347 to 304 21 Apr.
British battle-ship Victoria collides with the Camperdoum off
Tripoli, Syria, while manoeuvring; loss, including vice-ad-
miral sir George Tryon, 22 officers and 336 crew 23 June,
Duke of York, son of the prince of Wales, and princess May of
Teck, married, St. James palace, London 6 July,
Court-martial on surviving officers of the Victoria opened at
Valetta, upon the Hibemia 17 July,
(Found, 27 July, vice-admiral Tryon responsible for the
calamity, exonerating surviving officers.]
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha dies; duke of Edinburgh suc-
ceeds 23 Aug.
Home Rule bill passes the Commons by 301 to 267; first read
in the House of Lords 1 Sept
House of Lords rejects the bill by 419 to 41 8 Sept.
Manchester ship canal finished 6 Nov.
Memorial to James Russell Lowell; 2 stained-glass windows in
Westminster abbey unveiled with ceremonies 28 Nov.
Prof. John Tyndall, scientist, d. (aged 73) 4 Dec.
Mr. Gladstone defeated on Home Rule bill .(is succeeded by
lord Roseberry) 4 Mch. 18
KINGS AND QUEENS OP ENGLAND.
BEFORE THE CONQUEST.
827. Egbert, styled " king of England " in 828.
837. Ethelwolf, his son.
857. Ethelbald, his son.
860. Ethelbert, brother.
866. Ethelred, brother.
871. Alfred the Great, brother; d. 21 or 28 Oct. 901.
901. Edward the Elder, son; d. 925.
925. Athelstan, eldest son ; d. 17 Oct. 940.
940. Edmund I., 5th son of Edward the Elder; died from a wound
received in an afl'ray, 26 May, 946.
946. Edred, brother; d. 955.
955. Edwy, eldest son of Edmund; died of grief in 958.
958. Edgar the Peaceable, brother ; d. 1 July, 975.
975. Edward the Martyr, his son, stabbed at Corfe castle, at
instance of his stepmother, Elfrida, 18 Mch. 979.
979. Ethelred II.; half-brother; retired.
1013. Sweyn, proclaimed king; d. 3 Feb. 1014.
1014. Canute the Great, his son.
" Ethelred restored in Canute's absence; d. 24 Apr. 1016.
1016. Edmund Ironside, his son, divided the kingdom with Canute;
murdered at Oxford, 30 Nov. 1016; reigned 7 months.
1017. Canute sole king; married Emma, widow of Ethelred; d. 12
Nov. 1035; age 40.
1035. Harold I., son; d. 17 Mch. 1040.
1040. Hardicanute, son of Canute and Emma; died of repletion at
a marriage feast, 8 June, 1042.
1042. Edward the Confessor, son of Ethelred and Emma; d. 5 Jan.
1066; age 62.
1066. Harold II., son of earl Godwin; reigned 9 months; killed near
Hastings, 14 Oct. 1066.
THE NORMANS.
The dates are those of sir H. Nicolas. The early Norman and
Plantagenet kings reckoned reigns from their coronation;
the later Plantagenets from the day after death of the pred-
ecessor. From Edward VI. the reign has dated from the
death of the preceding sovereign.
1066. William the Conqueror; crowned 25 Dec. ; d. at Rouen, 9 Sept.
1087; age 60.
Queen: Matilda, daughter of Baldwin, earl of Flanders; mar-
ried in 1054; d.l083.
1087. William II. Rufus; reign began 26 Sept. ; killed by an arrow,
2 Aug. 1100; age 40.
1100. Henry I. Beauclerc, his brother; reign began 5 Aug.| died of
a surfeit, 1 Dec. 1135; age 67.
Queens: Matilda, daughter of Malcolm III. king of Scotland;
married 11 Nov. 1100; d. 1 May, 1119. 2. Adelais, daughter
of Godfrey, earl of Louvaine; married 29 Jan. 1129; d. 1151.
1135. Stephen, earl of Blois, nephew of Henry; reign 26 Dec. ; d. 25
Oct. 1154; age 60.
Queen : Matilda,daughter of Eustace, count of Boulogne ; mar-
ried 1128; d. 3May, 115L
[Maud, daughter of Henry I. and rightful heir to the throne;
b. 1101; betrothed, 1109, at 8 years of age, to Henry V., em-
peror of Germany, who d. 1125. She married, secondly, Geof-
frey Plantagenet, earl of Anjou, 1130. Was set aside from
the English succession by Stephen, 1135; landed in England
and claimed the crown, 1139. Crowned, but soon after de-
feated at Winchester, 1141 ; concluded a peace with Stephen,
making her son Henry successor, 1153; d. 1165.]
THE PLANTAGENETS.
1154. Henry II. Plantagenet, grandson of Henry I. and son of Maud;
reign began 19 Dec. ; d. 6 July, 1189; age 56.
Queen: Eleanor, the repudiated queen of Louis VIL, king oi
France, and heiress of Guienne and Poitou; married to
Henry, 1151 ; d. 26 June, 1202. Rosamond.
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HOUSE OF TUDOR.
M85. Henry VII. son of Edmund Tudor, earl ot Richmond (son of
Owen Tudor and queen Catherine, widow of Henry V.), and
Margaret, daughter of John Beaufort, duke of Somerset, le-
gitimated descendant of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster;
began to reign 22 Aug. ; d. 21 Apr. 1509; age 53.
Queen: Elizabeth of York, princess of England, daughter of
Edward IV. ; married 18 Jan. 1486; d. 11 Feb. 1503.
I 1509. Henry VIII., son; from 22 Apr. ; d. 28 Jan. 1547; age 56.
Queens : Catherine of Aragon, widow of Henry's elder brother,
Arthur, prince of Wales; married 11 June, 1509; mother of
queen Mary; repudiated, and afterwards formally divorced,
23 May, 1533 ; d. 7 Jan. 1536.
2. Anne Boleyn, daughter of sir Thomas Boleyn, and maid of
honor to Catherine; privately married, before Catherine was
divorced, 14 Nov. 1532; mother of queen Elizabeth; be-
headed at the Tower, 19 May, 1536.
3. Jane Seymour, daughter of sir John Seymour, and maid of
honor to Anne Boleyn; married 20 May, 1536; died in child-
birth, of Edward VI. 24 Oct. 1537.
4. Anne of Cleves, sister of William, duke of Cleves; married
6 Jan. 1540; divorced 10 July, 1540; d. 1557.
5. Catherine Howard, niece of the duke of Norfolk ; married
28 July, 1540; beheaded 12 Feb. 1542.
6. Catherine Parr, daughter of sir Thomas Parr, and widow of
Nevill, lord Latimer; married 12 July, 1543; survived the
king, and married sir Thomas Seymour, created lord Sud-
ley; d. 5 Sept. 1548.
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1189. Richard I. Coeur de Lion, son; reign began 3 Sept. ; died of a
wound, 6 Apr. 1199; age 42. Akchery.
Queen: Berengaria, daughter of the king of Navarre; married
12 May, 1191; survived the king.
1199. John, tlie brother of Richard; reign began 27 May; d. 19 Oct.
1216; age 49.
Queens: Avisa, daughter of the earl of Gloucester; married
1189; divorced. 2. Isabella, daughter of the count of An-
gouieme, virgin wife of count de la Marche ; married to
John 1200. Survived the kiug, and remarried count de la
Marche.
1216. Henry III., son of John; reign began 28 Oct. ; d. 16 Nov. 1272;
age 65.
Queen: Eleanor, daughter of the count de Provence; married
14 Jan. 1236; survived the king; and d.l291, in a monastery.
1272 Edward I., son of Henry, surnamed Longshanks ; reign began
20 Nov. ; d. 7 July, 1307; age 68.
Queens: Eleanor of Castile; married 1253; died of a fever,
on her journey to Scotland, at Hornby, in Lincolnshire,
1290 (Eleanor's Crosses). 2. Margaret, sister of the king
of J'rance ; married 12 Sept. 1299 ; survived the king ; d.
1317.
1307. Edward II., son of Edward I. ; reign began 8 July; dethroned
20 Jan. 1327 ; murdered at Berkeley castle, 21 Sept. fol-
lowing; age 43.
Queen: Isabella, daughter of the king of France; married 1308.
After the execution of her favorite Mortimer, she was con-
fined at Castle Rising, near Lynn, and d. 1357.
1327. Edward III., son; reign began 25 Jan. ; d. 21 June, 1377; age
65.
Queen: Philippa, daughter of the count of Hainault; married
1326; d. 15 Aug. 1369.
1377. Richard II., son of Edward the Black Prince, and grandson of
Edward III. ; reign began 22 June; dethroned 29 Sept. 1399;
said to have been murdered at Pomfret castle, 10 Feb. 1400;
age 34.
Queens: Anne of Bohemia, sister of the emperor Wenceslaus
of Germany ; married Jan. 1382 ; d. 7 June, 1394. 2. Isabella,
daughter of Charles V.of France; married when only 7 years
old, 1 Nov. 1396. On the deposition of her husband she re-
turned to her father.
HOUSE OF LANCASTER.
1399. Henry IV., cousin of Richard II. ; reign began 30 Sept. ; d.
20 Mch. 1413 ; age 47.
Wives: Mary, daughter of the earl of Hereford; d. 1394. 2.
Queen Joan of Navarre, widow of the duke of Bretagne;
married 1403; survived the king; d. 1437.
1413. Henry V.,son; reign began 21 Mch. ; d. 31 Aug. 1422; age 34.
Queen: Catherine, daughter of the king of France; married 30
May, 1420. She outlived Henry, and was married to Owen
Tudor, grandfather of Henry VIL, in 1423; d. 1437.
1422. Henry VI., son; reign began 1 Sept.; deposed 4 Mch. 1461;
said to have been murdered by Richard, duke of Gloucester,
in the Tower, 20 June, 1471 ; age 49.
Queen: Margaret, daughter of the duke of Anjou; married 22
Apr. 1445; survived the king; d. 25 Aug. 1481.
HOUSE OF YORK,
1461. Edward IV. ; d. 9 Apr. 1483; age 41.
Queen: Lady Elizabeth Grey, daughter of sir Richard Wood-
ville, and widow of sir John Grey, of Groby; married 1463
or 1464. Suspected of favoring the insurrection of Lambert
Simnel; and closed her life in confinement, 8 June, 1492.
1483. Edward V., son; deposed 25 June, 1483; said to have been
murdered in the Tower; reigned 2 months 13 days; age 13.
" Richard III., brother of Edward IV. ; began to reign 26 June,
slain at Bosworth, 22 Aug. 1485; age 35.
Queen: Anne, daughter of earl of Warwick, widow of Edward,
prince of Wales, murdered 1471. Said to have been poisoned
by Richard (died suddenly, 16 Mch. 1485), to make way for
him to marry princess Elizabeth of York.
ENG
1547. Edward VI., son (by Jane Seymour); d. 6 July, 1553; age 16.
1553. Jane, daughter of the duke of Suffolk, and wife of lord Guild-
ford Dudley; proclaimed queen on the death of Edward; 10
days afterwards returned to private life ; was tried 13 Nov.
1553 ; beheaded 12 Feb. 1554, 17 years of age.
" Mary, daughter of Henry (by Catherine of Aragon); married
Philip of Spain, 25 July, 1554; d. 17 Nov. 1558; age 43.
1558. Elizabeth, daughter of Henry (by Anne Boleyn), d. 24 Mch.
1603; age 70.
HOUSE OF STUART,
1603. James I. of England and VI. of Scotland, son of Mary queen of
Scots; d. 27 Mch. 1625; age 59.
Queen : Anne, princess of Denmark, daughter of Frederick II. ;
married 20 Aug. 1590; d. Mch. 1619.
1625. Charles I., son ; beheaded at Whitehall, 30 Jan. 1649; age 48.
Queen : Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henry IV. , king of France ;
married 13 June, 1625; survived the king; died in France.
10 Aug. 1669.
1649. Commonwealth. Oliver Cromwell made protector, 16 Dec.
1653 ; d. 3 Sept. 1658 ; age 59.
1658. Richard Cromwell, his son, made protector, 4 Sept. ; resigned
22 Apr. 1659.
1660. Charles II., son of Charles I. ; d. 6 Feb. 1685; age 55.
Queen: Catherine of Hraganza, infanta of Portugal, daughter
of John IV. and sister of Alfonso VL ; married 21 May, 1662;
survived the king; returned to Portugal; d. 21 Dec. 1705.
1685. James II., brother of Charles II., abdicated by flight, 11 Dec.
1688; died in exile, 6 Aug. 1701; age 68.
[1st wife, Ann Hyde, daughter of Edward Hyde, earl of
Clarendon; married Sept. 1660; d. 1671; mother of queens
Mary II. and Anne.]
Queen: Mary Beatrice, prirfcess of Modena, daughter of Al-
fonso d'Este, duke; married 21 Nov. 1673; in 1688 retired
with James to France; died at St. Germain, 1718.
1689. William III., prince of Oninge, king, and Mary, queen, daugt-
ter of James; married 4 Nov. 1677; began their reign 13 Feb.
1689 ; Mary d. 28 Dec. 1694 ; age 33.
1694. William III. ; died of a fall from his horse, 8 Mch. 1702; age 51,
1702. Anne, daughter of James II. ; married George, prince of Den-
mark, 28 July, 1683; succeeded, 8 Mch. 1702; her 13 chil-
dren all died young; lost her husband 28 Oct. 1708; d. 1
Aug. 1714 ; age 49.
HOUSE OF HANOVER ; family name GuELPH or Guelp.
(Brunswick, Este.)
1714. George L, elector of Hanover and duke of Brunswick-Lune-
burg; son of Sophia, daughter of Elizabeth, daughter of
James I. ; d. 11 June, 1727 ; age 67.
Queen: Sophia Dorothea, daughter of the duke of Zell; died
in prison, 2 Nov. 1726.
1727. George II., son; d. 25 Oct. 1760; age 77.
Queen: Wilhelmina Carolina Dorothea of Brandenburg- Ans-
pach; married 1705; d. 20 Nov. 1737.
1760. George III., grandson of George II. ; d. 29 Jan. 1820; age 82.
Queen : Charlotte Sophia, daughter of the duke of Mecklea-
burg-Strelitz; married 8 Sept. 1761; d. 17 Nov. 1818.
1820. George IV., son; d. 26 June, 1830; age 68.
Queen: Caroline Amelia Augusta, daughter of the duke ot
Brunswick; married 8 Apr. 1795; d. 7 Aug. 1821 (Queen
Caroline).
1830. William IV., brother of George IV. ; d. 20 June, 1837; age 72.
Queen : Adelaide Amelia Louisa Theresa Caroline, sister of the
duke of Saxe-Meiningen; married 11 July, 1818; d. 2 Dec.
1849.
1837. Victoria, the reigning queen.
THE PRESENT ROYAL FAMILY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
The queen, and empress of India by proclamation 28 Apr. 1876,
Alexandrina Victoria, only daughter of Edward, duke of Kent
(4th son of king George IIL), b. 24 May, 1819; succeeded on the
decease ofher uncle, William IV., 20 June, 1837; crowned at West-
minster, 28 June, 1838; married (10 Feb. 1840) to her cousin,
Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel, duke of Saxe, prince
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; b. 26 Aug. 1819; naturalized, 24 Jan.
1840 (ordered to be styled Prince Consort 25 June, 1857); elected
chancellor of the university of Cambridge, 28 Feb. 1847; d. 14
Dec. 1861.
Issue.
1. Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, princess royal, b. 21 Nov. 1840;
married to the crown-prince Frederick William of Prussia, 25
Jan. 1858 (dowry 40,000?. and annuity of 8000?.); dowager em-
press of Germany. Issue: William, present emperor of Ger-
many (succeeded his father Frederick William, June, 1888); b.
27 Jan. 1859; and 5 other children living.
2. Albert Edward, prince of Wales, duke of Saxony, duke of Corn-
wall and Rothsay, earl of Chester, Carrick, and Dublin, baron
of Renfrew, and lord of the Isles; b. 9 Nov. 1841; married prin-
cess Alexandra of Denmark (b. 1 Dec. 1844) 10 Mch. 1863. Issue:
Albert Victor, b. 8 Jan. 1864, d. 14 Jan. 1892; George, b. 3 June,
1865, married princess Mary of Teck 6 July, 1893; Louise, b. 20
Feb. 1867, married duke of Fife 27 July, 1889; Victoria, b. 6.
July, 1868, married prince Ferdinand, crown - prince of Rou-
mania, 10 Jan. 1893; Maud, b. 26 Nov. 1869; Alexander John,
b. 6 Apr., d. 7 Apr. 1871. Wales.
3. Alice Maud Mary, b. 25 Apr. 1843; married prince Louis (since
grand-duke) of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1 July, 1862 (dowry 30,000?.,
annuity 6000?.). Issue: Victoria, 5 Apr. 1863; and 5 other chil-
dren; died of diphtheria, 14 Dec. 1878.
4. Alfred Ernest, b. 6 Aug. 1844; entered the Euryalus as midship-
man, 31 Aug. 1858; created duke of Edinburgh, etc., 24 May,
ENQ
1866; vJ8tt«d Cape of Good Hope, Aug.; Australia, Nov. 1867;
flsoaped assaBSiutttioQ by a Feniun at Port Jackson, 12 Mch.
1868; visited Jaitan, China, and India, 1809; married arch-
duchess Miirie of Russia (b. 17 Oct. 1853), 23 Jan. 1874. Issue :
Alfred, b. 15 Oct. 1874; Mary, 29 Oct. 1875; Victoria, 25 Nov.
1876; Alexandrina, 1 Sept. 1878; Beatrice, 20 Apr. 1884.
6. Helena Augusta Victoria, b. 26 May, 1846; married to prince
Christian of Schleswig Holstcin, 5 July, 1866. Issue: Christian
Victor, b. 14 Apr. 18(57; and other children.
6. Louise Carolina Alberta, b. 18 Mch. 1848; married to John, mar-
quess of Lome (b. 6 Aug. 1845), 21 Mch. 1871.
7. Arthur William Patrick Albert, b. 1 May, 1850; created duke of
Counaught, earl of Sussex aud Strathearn, 23 May, 1874; 10,000^.
a year on his proposed marriage to princess Louise Margaret of
Prussia; agreed to, '26 July, 1878; married 13 Mch. 1879, to prin-
cess Ixjuise Margaret of Prussia (b. 25 July, 1860) ; has issue.
a Leopold George Duncan Albert, b. 7 Apr. 1853; voted 15,000^. a
year by Parliament, 23 Julv, 1874; created baron Arklow, earl
of Clarence, aud duke of Albany, 24 May, 1881; married 27 Apr.
1882, to princess Helen, daughter of prince of Waldeck ; d. 28
Mch. 1884. Issue: Alice Mary, b. 25 Feb. 1883; Leopold Charles
Edward, b. 19 July, 1884.
9. Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore. b. 14 Apr. 1857; married 23 July,
1885, prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg; has issue.
First great grandchild, Feodore, b. 12 May, 1879; daughter of Char-
lotte, daughter of princess-royal Victoria, and prince Bernard
of Saxe-Meiningen.
nOYAL ARMS OP ENGLAND.
William I, William II., and Henry I.— 2 lions or leopards passant.
Stephen — Sagittarius, the archer, a sign of the zodiac (traditional).
Henry II. to Edward II.— 3 lions passant.
Edward III. and his successors quartered the preceding with fleurs-
de-lis, the arms of France.
Henry V. used only 3 fleurs-de lis.
Mary* I. quartered the preceding with the arms of her husband,
Philip II. of Spain.
UNITED KINGDOM.
James I. and his successors combined the arms of England and
France (1st and 4th quarters); 2d, the lion rampant of Scotland;
3d, the harp of Ireland. He introduced the unicorn as a sup-
porter of the arms.
George L, George II., and George III. introduced the arms of Bruns-
wick.
In 1801 the arms of France were omitted. In 1816 the arms were
modified, Hanover being made a kingdom.
Victoria. — In 1837 the arms of Hanover were omitted. The arms
are now: 1st and 4th quarters, 3 lions passant for England; 2d,
lion rampant for Scotland; 3d, harp for Ireland.
I}ngli§h language is traced from the Frisian
variety (Low German) of the Teutonic or Germanic branch of
the great Indo-European family, and is closely related to those
dialects spoken on the north shores and lowlands of Germany.
Its origin due' to the immigration of the Angles, Jutes, and
Saxons. Britain, 449. A number of words, however, still
remain of the Celts, the original inhabitants, as basket, bran,
breeches, crock, etc. " The English tongue possesses a verita-
ble power of expression such as, perhaps, never stood at the
command of any other language of man." — Grimm. ^ p
Celtic prevailed in England 1
Latin introduced about 1
First period.— Saxon prevails (Beowulf; Caedmon; Alfred). 450- 1066
Latin reintroduced by missionaries 596
Second period. —Norman-French combining with English. 1066-1250
William I. and his successors used English in their laws, etc. ;
it was superseded by Latin in the reign of Henry II. Nor-
man-French was first used in law-deeds under Henry III.
Third Period.- Early English 1250-1500
Fourth period.- Present English settled in the 16th century.
Law pleadings were made in English by order of Edward IIL
instead of in French 1362
English tongue and English apparel were ordered to be used
in Ireland, 28 Hen. VIII 1536
English ordered used in lawsuits; Latin disused May, 1731
Percentage of Anglo-Saxon words in the English Bible, 97;
Swift. 89; Shakespeare and Thomson, 85; Addison, 83; Spen-
ser and Milton, 81; Locke, 80; Young, 79; Pope, 76; John-
son, 75; Robertson, 68; Hume, 65; Gibbon, 58.— Marsh.
Of 100,000 English words, 60,000 are of Teutonic origin; 30,000
Greek and Latin; and 10.000 from other sources.
Early English Text Society began publishing 1864
English Dialect Society, formed to print old glossaries May, 1873
English literature and authors, Literature.
engraving on signets is mentioned Exod. xxviii. 11
(1491 B.C ). Engraving on plates and wood began about the
middle of the 15th century. Engraving on glass was perfected
by Bourdier, of Paris, 1799. The British copyright to en-
gravings has been protected by several statutes ; among the
principal are the acts 16 and 18 Geo. IIL 1775 and 1777 ; and
the acts 7 and 8 Vict., 6 Aug. 1844, and 15 Vict., 28 May, 1852.
A process of enlarging and reducing engravings by means of
sheets of vulcanized india-rubber was shown by the Electro-
printing Block Company, in England, in 1860. Lithography,
268
EPA
Photo-galvanography. In "Lyra Germanica," [)ub. 186
are illustrations engraved upon blocks i)hotographed fr
negatives taken 1)3' John Leighton, F.S.A.
Engraving oh Copper.— Prints from engraved copper plates first
appeared about 14.50, in (Jcrmany. Masso, surnamod Finiguerra
is called the first Italian engraver, about 1440. Niello. '
Earliest date known of a copper-plate engraving is 1401.
Rolling-presses for working the plates were invented in 1545.
Of etching on copper by aquafortis, Francis Mazzuoli, or Parraegi-
ano, is the ro|)uted inventor, about 1532.— D« Piles.
Etching was practised by Albert Durer; especially by Rembrandt;,
revived about 1860. Eminent modern etchers: Lalanne, P. G.
Hamerton, F. Seymour Haden, Bracquemond, Jacquemart, .Mar-
tial, etc. Etching club established in London in 1838.
Society of Painter-etchers formed ; opened an exhibition, Apr. 1881.
Engraving on wood, long known in China, began in Europe with the
Briefmahlers, or manufacturers of playing cards," about 1400.
Printi.vg. The art is referred by some to a Florentine, and by
others to Reuss, a German; it was greatly improved by Diirer
(1471-1528) and Lucas van Leyden (1497), and in England by
Bewick and his brother, and pupils Nesbitt, Anderson, etc., 1789'
et seq. The earliest wood engraving preserved represents St.
Christopher carrying the infant Jesus over the sea; date 1423.
W. J. Linton's " Masters of Wood Engraving," with 250 fine ex-
amples, pub. July, 1890.
Engraving on soft steel, to be hardened afterwards, was introduced-
into England by Messrs. Perkins and Heath, of Philadelphia, 1819.
John Pye, "father of English landscape engraving," d. 6 Feb. 1874.
Mezzotinto is said to have been discovered by col. von Siegen, who
engraved a portrait of princess Amelia of Hesse in mezzotinto in
1643 ; it was improved by prince Rupert in 1648 ; and by sir
Christopher Wren, about 1(562.
Aquatinta, with a soft and beautiful effect, was invented by the
French artist St. Non, about 1662; he communicated it to Le
Prince. Barabbe of Paris was distinguished for his improvements
in it, 1763. Chiaroscuro engraving originated with the Germans,
and was first practised by Mair, one of whose prints bears date-
149L Zinc, etc.
Enni§killen, N.W. Ireland. This town made an
obstinate defence against the army of Elizabeth, 1595, and
resisted James II., 1689. 1500 Enniskilleners met his gen.
M'Carthy at Newtown-butler with 6000 men (of whom 3000
were slain, and nearly all the rest made prisoners), losing but
20 men, 30 July, 1689. The dragoon regiment " Inniskilliiigr
ers " was originally recruited here.
Enoell, Book of, an apocryphal work, quoted in Jude,
14th and 15th verses, and bj' the earl}-^ fathers, disai)peare(i
about the 8th century. A MS. Ethiopic version was found in
Abyssinia by Bruce, and brought to England in 1773. Of
this, archbishop Lawrence published an English translation in
1821, and the Ethiopic text in 1838.
En'sisheim, a town of Alsace. Here Turenne defeated
the Imperial armj', and expelled it from Alsace, 4 Oct. 1674.
entail ore§tate§ began in England with the statute
of Westminster, 1286. Subsequent legislation broke the entail
in cases of treason (1534), when the estate is to revert to the
crown, and of bankruptcy (1833 and 1849), when it is to be
sold. The law of entail in Scotland was amended in 1875.
Entail abolished in Virginia, 1776.
Enterprise and Boxer. Naval battles.
entomology, the science of insects, now mainly based
upon the arrangement of Linnaeus, 1789. Ray's " Methodus
Insectorum," 1705; " Insectorum Historia," 1710. The Ento-
mological Society of London was instituted in 1833. A na-
tional entomological exhibition at the Westminster aquarium
was opened 9 Mch. 1878.
envelopes for letters are mentioned by Swift, 1726.
Stamped adhesive envelopes came into general use in Great
Britain soon after the penny postal system, 10 Jan. 1840. Ma-
chinery for their manufacture was patented by George Wilson
in 1844; and by Messrs. E. Hill and Warren De La Rue, 17
Mch. 1845.
envoys at courts, in dignity below ambassadors,
enjoy the protection, but not the ceremonies, of ambassadors.
Envoys-extraordinary are of modern date. — Wicquefort. The
court of France denied envoys the ceremony of conduct to
court in royal carriages, 1639.
eozoon (e-o-zo'-on) Canadense, asserted to be the
earliest known form of life, is a species of foraminifera, found
by prof. J. W. Dawson, of Montreal, in Laurentian limestone,
in 1858.
epact (Gr. tTraKToC, added) is the excess of the solar
month above the lunar synodical month, 1 day, 11 hours, 15
EPH
minutes, 57 seconds, the lunar month being only 29 days, 12
hours. 44 minutes, 3 seconds ; and the excess of the solar year
above the lunar synodical year (nearly 11 days), the lunar
year being 354 days. The number of the Gregorian epact for
1877, 15 ; 1878, 26 ; 1879, 7 ; 1880, 18.
Epll'e§U§, Asia Minor, a city founded by the lonians
about 1043 b.c. It was subdued by Cyrus in 544 b.c. ; revolted
from the Persians, 501 b.c. ; and was nearly destroyed by an
earthquake in 17 a.d. Diana, Temple of; Seven Churches.
Paul preached here 55, 56 a.d. (Acts xviii., xix.). His epistle
to the Ephesians is dated 64 a.d. The 3d general council was
held here in 431. After investigation, begun in 1863, J. T.
Wood discovered the site of the temple of Diana (Artemis) in
Apr. 1870; and about 60 tons of marble were shipped at Smyrna
for the British museum, Jan. 1872. Mr. Wood published an
illustrated account of his discoveries in 1876. The site of the
temple was purchased for the British museum.
epll'ori, powerful magistrates of Sparta, 5 in number,
said to have been first created by Theopompus to control the
royal power, about 757 b.c.
epic poeill§ (from Gi*. 'irrog, a song), narratives in
verse. Eminent examples :
Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey" {Greek), between 8th and
10th century b.c. Homek.
Mahu-bhurata {Sanscrit), very ancient; by several authors; the
longest epic known (220,000 lines). B.C.
Virgil's " ^neid " {Latin) about 19
A.D.
Ovid's " Metamorphoses " {Latin) about 1
Dante (d. 1321), " Divina Commedia " {Italian) pub 1472
Ariosto, " Orlando Furioso " {Italian) 1516
Camoens, " Lusiad " {Portuguese) 1569
Tasso, " Jerusalem Delivered " (Italian) 1581
Spenser's "Faerie Queene " 1590-96
Milton's " Paradise I.ost " 1667
Voltaire, " Henriade " {French) 1728
Waller Scott, " Lay of the Last Minstrel," etc 1805
Literature.
Epicure'an pllilO§ophy. Epicurus of Garget-
tus, near Athens, about 300 b.c., taught that the greatest good
consists in peace of mind springing from virtue ; but the name
•epicurean is frequently given to those who derive happiness
from sensual pleasure. Atoms, Philosophy.
Epiclau'rus, a seaport village of Greece, celebrated as
the site of the temple of Asclepius, or ^sculapius, god of
medicine, and enriched by gifts from persons healed. The
Romans sent an embassy to seek the help of the god during
-a pestilence, and his worship was introduced at Rome, 293 B.C.
The temple was visited by ^Emilius Paulus, after his conquest
of Macedonia, 167 b.c.
epigeil'C§i§. Spontaneous generation.
epigrams, originally inscriptions, especially on tombs.
Marcus Valerius Martialis, the Latin epigrammatist, who flour-
ished about 83 A.D., is allowed to have excelled all others,
ancient or modern. The following epigram on Christ's turning
water into wine (John ii.) is an example: "Vidit et erubuit
lyrapha pudica Deum " (" the modest water saw its God, and
blushed ").—CrasAaw (d. 1650).
"The Epigrammatists," a collection by rev. H. P. Dodd, pub. 1870
and 1875.
Eipipll'aiiy (Gr. errKpavrjc, manifest), a feast (Jan. 6),
termed Twelfth-day, celebrates the manifestation of the Sav-
iour by the appearance of the star which conducted the magi
to him ; instituted 813. — Whately.
Epi'ms, a country of N. Greece. Its early history is
obscure.
First Pyrrhus (Neoptolemus) settled in Epirus, after the Trojan ^■*^-
war, 1170 B.C. ; killed in the temple of Delphi about 1165
Pyrrhus the Great reigns, 295; he takes Macedon from Deme-
trius, 290 ; compelled to yield to Lysimachus 287
He invades Italy; defeats the Romans, 280; again, 279; sub-
dues Sicily 278
He invades Italy again, and is totally defeated by Curius Den-
tatus at Beneventum 275
He takes Macedon from Antigonus 273
He unsuccessfully invades Sparta; enters Argos, and is killed
by a tile, thrown by a woman 272
Philip unites Epirus to Macedon 220
Its conquest by the Itomans 167
A.D.
Epirus annexed to the Ottoman empire 1466
An insurrection against the Turks put down 1854
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Epis'COpaey. Bishops, Church of England.
epi§tle§ or letters. An Egyptian letter, about 1300
B.C., is translated in " Records of the Past," vol. vi. A let-
ter was sent to Joab by David by the hands of Uriah, about
1035 B.C. (2 Sam. xi. 14). Horace Walpole, renowned for
letters, was born 5 Oct. 1717; died 2 Mch. 1797. The collec-
tion entitled "Elegant Epistles," commencing with Cicero,
pub. 1790, ends with an essay on letter-writing by dr. John-
son.
epitapllS were inscribed on tombs by the Egyptians,
Jews, Greeks, and Romans. T. J. Pettigrew published a col-
lection entitled " Chronicles of the Tombs," in 1857.
epitliala'llliuill, a nuptial song at marriage. Tisias
the lyric poet, is said to have written the first. He received
the name of Stesichorus, from the alterations made by him in
music and dancing, about 536 b.c. — Bossuet.
epoelia, a point of time made remarkable by some
event, from which subsequent years are reckoned by historians
and cbronologers. Eras. g g.
Creation 4004
Deluge 2348
First Olympiad 776
Building of Rome 753
A.D.
Birth of Christ ^ 1
Hegira (or flight of Mahomet) 622
Epsom, Surrej', Engl. The mineral springs were dis-
covered in 1618. The races began about 1711, and have been
held annually since 1730.
equestrian order in Rome began with Romulus,
about 750 b.c. Knighthood.
equinox. When the sun crosses the equator, day and
night are equal all over the globe. This occurs twice in the
year : about 21 Mch. the vernal equinox, and 22 Sept. the
autumnal equinox. The crossings, called equinoctial points,
move backwards about 50 seconds yearlj', in about 26,00.0 years
making a complete revolution. This is called the precession
of the equinoxes. The axis of the earth does not remain
rigorously parallel to itself, but varies in direction, describing
an entire cone in about 26,000 years. The northern extremity
of the earth's axis is now quite near the polestar, Polaris, and
is still approaching that star. It will continue to do so until
the year 2120, when it will point to within half a degree of it.
The axis will then recede from it and pass from the Little
Bear to Cepheus, then across the border of the Swan, and in
about 13,000 years Vega in Lyra will be the polestar. After
another 13,000 years Polaris will again be the polestar. Hip-
parchus of Alexandria about 2000 years ago is said to have
been the first to note the precession of the equinoxes. It was
fully explained by D'Alembert and Laplace as a result of
gravitation.
eras. The principal are more fully noticed in their
alphabetical order. g <,
Era of Constantinople 1 Sept. 5508
Mundane Era of Antioch (Alexandria, etc., Julian period)... 5493
Julian Era (Calendar, Year).
Alexandrian Era, same as Abyssinian Era "
Common Era of the creation (English Bible, CTsAer, etc.) 4004
Jkwish Era 3761
Romans reckoned from the founding of their city, a.c.c. (anno
urbis conditcB) 753
Era oi Nabonassar, after which the astronomical observations
made at Babylon were reckoned began 26 Feb. 747
A lexander, Era of 325
Era of the SeleucidcB or Macedonian (used by the Maccabees),
commenced 312
Era of Tyre (Indiction) 125
Augustan Era 2T
Olympiads belong to the Grecians, and date from 1 .fuly, 776
B.C. ; they subsequently reckoned by indictions, the first
beginning 313 a.d. ; these, among cbronologers, are still
used (Indictions).
Spanish Era (of the conquest of Spain), Varro, 752, Cato the
Elder, the 16th year of the emperor Augustus (C^sars), long ^■"•
u.sed by the Spaniards 1 Jan.
Diocletian Era, or Era of Martyrs began 29 Aug.
Mahometans began their era from the Hegira, or flight of their
prophet from Mecca 16 July,
Persian or Yezdegird Era
Anno Domini, Calendar, Creation, and the names of eras
throughout.
£rastianisni, the belief of Thomas Lieber (Latinized
Erastus), a German physician (1524-83), that the church had
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no right to exclude any person from church ordinances, to in-
flict excommunication, etc. Persons who acknowledge the
jurisdiction of the civil power in spiritual matters and the law
of patronage are now termed Erastians.
Er'Airt, a city of central Germany, was founded in 476,
and its university established about 1390. Erfurt was ceded
to Prussia in 1802. It capitulated to Murat, when 14,000
Prussian troops surrendered, 16 Oct. 1806. Here Napoleon
and Alexander met, and offered peace to England, 27 Sept.
1808. The French retreated to Erfurt from Leipsic, 18 Oct.
1813. A German parliament met here in Mch. and Apr. 1850.
Er'ic8§on'§ caloric engine. Hkat.
Erie canal. New Yohk, 1817-25.
Erie, Fort. Fort Erik.
Erle§. Ohio, 1656.
Erlvan% Armenia, in the 16th century the residence of
the shahs of Persia, was taken by the Turks in 1553 and 1582,
but was recovered by Abbas the Great, 1604. After being
several times captured, it was ceded to Persia, 1769. It was
taken by Paskiewitch in 1827, and annexed to Russia by treaty
in Feb. 1828.
Erzeroum {erz-room'\ principal city in Armenia, in
Asiatic Turkey, a city built by Theodosius II., 415; taken by
the Seljuk Turks in the 13th century, and by the Ottoman Turks
in 1517. It was captured by the Russian general Paskiewitch,
June, 1829, but restored in 1830. It was almost totally destroyed
by earthquakes, 2 June to 17 July, 1859. Pop. 188*5, 60,000.
EiCU'rial, properly EiCO'rlal, 25 miles N. W. of
Madrid, the palace of the sovereigns of Spain, termed the 8th
wonder of the world, was begun by Philip II. in 1563, and com-
pleted in 1586 at a cost of about $50,000,000. It is in the form
of a gridiron, in honor of St. Lawrence, on whose day (10 Aug.
1567) the Spaniards gained the victory of St. Quentin. Ac-
cording to Francisco de los Santos, the total length of its
rooms is above 120 English miles. The Escurial comprises a
church, mausoleum, monastery, palace, librarj'^, and museum.
It was struck by lightning and caught fire 11.30 p.m., 1 Oct.
1872, and was much damaged; but the grand library and
other treasures were preserved.
Eiplerre (es-pe-air'), Belgium. At Pont-a-Chin, near
this village, the French, under Pichegru, attacked the allied
English and Austrian array (100,000 men), commanded by the
duke of York, and were repulsed after a long and desperate
engagement, losing the advantages gained by the victory at
Tourcoing, 22 May, 1794.
esquires, among the Greeks and Romans, were armor-
bearers to, or attendants on, a knight. — Blount. In England,
the king created esquires by putting about their necks the
collars of SS, and bestowing upon them a pair of silver spurs.
John de Kingston was created a squire by patent, 13 Richard
II., 1389-90.
E§§enes, an ascetic Jewish sect at the time of Christ,
representing the highest culture of the Jewish nation.
Essex, U. S. ship. For engagement with the British
ships Phoebe and Cherub, Naval battles.
established church, the state religion of a coun-
try ; a church exclusively recognized by the state. During
the first 3 centuries of the Christian era there was no estab-
lished or state church. During the reign of Constantine (323-
337) the state and church were first united. During mediaeval
times up to the Reformation the Roman Catholic faith was the
state religion of all western Europe ; in fact, every government
was in vassalage to papacj'. The Reformation introduced
more freedom, so that now each state or government decides
upon its own establishment. In England, while the Episcopal
service is the established form, there is a Broad Church party,
which advocates freedom of belief enough to take in all
churches, and even other religions. In the United States, as
in all true republics, there is not and cannot be an established
church. Church.
Esle, House of. Boniface, count of Lucca and duke of
Tuscany, about 811, is said to have descended from Odoacer,
king of Italy. From Boniface sprang Albert-Azzo II., mar-
quess of Italy and lord of Este, born about 996, who mar-
ried— first, Cunegonde of the house of Guelf, mother of
Guelf, duke of Bavaria, ancestor of thie house of Brunswick
(Bavaria, Brunswick); and, secondly, Gersonda, mother of
Fulk, ancestor of the Estes, dukes of Ferrara and Modena.
Estlionia or Revel, a Russian province, said to have
been conquered by Teutonic knights in the 12th century;
after various changes it was ceded to Sweden by the treaty of
Oliva, 3 May, 1660, and finally to Russia by the peace of Ny-
stadt, 30 Aug. 1721, having been conquered by Peter the Great
in 1710.
etching. Engraving.
ether was known to the earliest chemists. Nitric ether
was discovered by Kunkel, in 1681; and muriatic ether, from
the chloride of tin, by Courtanvaux, in 1759. Acetic ether
was discovered by count Lauraguais, same year ; and hj-driotic
ether was first prepared by Gay-Lussac. Phosphoric ether
was obtained by M. Boullay, The discovery that by inhaling
ether the patient is rendered unconscious of pain is due to Dr.
Charles T. Jackson, of Boston, Mass. Thomas Morton, of the
same place, first introduced it into surgical practice, under
dr. Jackson's directions (1846). Amylene, Chloroform.
The term '* ether " was applied to a transparent and extremely
sparse fluid, supposed to fill celestial space b}- the German as-
tronomer Encke, about 1829, when studying the elements of
Pons's comet, discovered in 1818.
ethics (Gr. T^OtKa, term for morals). Pythagoras, 500
B.C., was the first of the Greeks who recognized it as a social
force. He was followed by Socrates, 450 b.c. ; Plato, 374 b.c. ;
Aristotle, 334 B.c. ; Epicurus, 306 b.c. ; Zeno the Stoic, 290
B.C., and others, each with a different system. Jewish ethics,
represented by Moses and the Old Testament; Christian ethics,
by the New Testament ; mediaeval, by St. Augustin and
Thomas Aquinas; modern, by Grotius, 1583-1645; Hobbes,
1588-1679 ; Descartes, 1595-1650 ; Spinoza, 1632-77 ; Locke,
1632-1704; Leibnitz, 1646-1716; Reid,1710-96: Hume, 1711-
1776 ; Kant, 1724-1804 ; Paley, 1743-1805 ; Bentham, 1747-
1832; Fichte, 1762-1814; Hegel, 1770-1831 ; Schelling, 1775-
1854; Cousin, 1792-1867; Whewell, 1795-1866; Comte, 1798-
1857 •, John Stuart Mill, 1806-73, and others. Philosophy.
Ethiopia. The name was applied anciently rather
vaguely to countries the inhabitants of which had sunburned
complexions, in Asia and Africa ; but applied properly to the
modern Nubia, Sennaar, and northern Abyssinia. Many pyr-
amids are at Napata,the capital of Meroe, the civilized part of
ancient Ethiopia. Egypt. b.c.
Ethiopians settle near Egypt 1615
Zerah, the Ethiopian, defe;ited by Asa 941
A dynasty of Ethiopian kings reigned over Egypt 765 to 715
Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, marches against Sennacherib 710
Unsuccessful invasion of Cambyses 52.')-22
Ptolemy III. Euergetes extended conquests in Ethiopia 225
Candace, queen of MeroB, advancing against the Roman settle- a.d.
ment of Elephantine, defeated by Petronius 22-23
ethnolog^y, a branch of anthropology, is defined as the
science " which determines the distinctive characters of the
persistent modifications of mankind, their distribution, and
the causes of the modifications and distribution," The study
of the relations of the different divisions of mankind to each
other is of recent origin. Balbi's "Ethnographic Atlas" was
published in 1826, and dr. Prichard's great work, " Researches
on the Physical History of Mankind," 1841-47. Dr. R. G. La-
tham's works appeared in 1851-52. Charles Pickering's " The
Races of Men, and Their Geographical Distribution," Phila-
delphia, 1848 ; Antoine Desmoulin's " Histoire Naturelle des
Races Humaines," Paris, 1826; J. J. Virey's " Histoire Natu-
relle du Genre Humain," Paris, 1824; A. de Quatrefages's
"Histoire Generale des Races Humaines," Paris, 1887; Nott
and Gliddon's " Types of Mankind," 1854, and " Indigenous
Races of the Earth," Philadelphia, 1867; Paul Broca's "Me-
moires d'Anthropologie," Paris, 1883; Paul Topinard's "£l6-
ments d'Anthropologie Generale," Paris, 1885 ; Huxley's " Geo-
graphical Distribution of Mankind," London, 1870. The
Ethnological Society, England, established in 1843, published
transactions. On 17 Jan. 1871, it was amalgamated with the
Anthropological Society, and named the Anthropological Insti-
tute. Bureau of Ethnology, Washington, D. C, began to pub-
lish annual reports, 1879. This bureau is the highest authority
on the language, sociology, and customs of the American
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aborigines. The International Congress of the Ethnographic
Sciences met at Paris, 30 Sept. 1889. Many naturalists have
attempted to describe the races or varieties into which man
is divided ; some resting with the simplest and most palpable
differences, others extending the comparisons to the most
complex : (1) color; (2) hair; (3) shape of skull and facial
angle; (4) features; (6) constitution and character; (6) lan-
guage, etc. The following shows the classification of some of
the most eminent naturalists. Cuvier: Caucasian, Mongolian,
Ethiopian or Negro. Buflfon and Blumenbach : Caucasian,
Mongolian, Ethiopian, American, Malayan (this division was
long generally accepted). Linnaeus : European or whitish,
American or coppery, Asiatic or tawny, Negro or Mack.
Dr. Prichard divided them into 7 races; Pickering into 11;
Desmoulins, at first into 11, and afterwards 16; dr. La-
tham, 3 primary divisions and 16 subdivisions; De Quatre-
fages, a single stem with 3 trunks. White, Yellow, and Black;
White subdivided into 3 parts. Yellow into 2, and Black
into 4, and these again subdivided; Bory de St. Vincent,
into 15 ; Nott, 8 families, as also Agassiz ; Huxle}', 2 : 1,
Ulotrichi, woolly hair (Negroid); 2, Leiostrichi, smooth hair;
subdivided — Australoid, Mongoloid, Hanthrochroic, Melano-
chroic. Keith Johnson classifies after Buffon as follows (3
types) :
1. CAUCASIAN.
Shemitic, Georgian, Circassian, Armenian, Iranian, Hindu, Gypsies,
Celtic, Grecian, Italic, Teutonic, Goths or Germans, Sclavonic.
2. MONGOLIAN (central Asian).
Tibetans, Chinese, Burmese, Anamese, Siamese, Cambodians (north-
ern Asian), Samoeids, Ostiaks, Yeniseians, Tungus (Turanians),
Finns, Lapps, Magyars, Koreans, Japanese, Kamtchatdales, Kor-
jaks, Esquimaux, Mongolians, and Turks.
Malay (subdivision), Malayan, Polynesian, Papuan, Australian.
American (subdivision), includes all Indians in North and South
America.
3. ETHIOPIAN.
All the inhabitants ot Africa. Subdivisions : Kaffirs, Hottentots,
tribes of northern Africa (partially Caucasian), Berbers, Copts,'
Nubians, Gallas, Abyssinians, etc.
Language.
TABLE
OF RACES (after Brinton's classification).
Race.
Traits.
Branch.
stock.
Groups or Peopleg.
Color, white. Hair, wavy.
Nose, narrow.
1.
South Mediterranean
II.
North Mediterranean....
Hamitic
(1. Libyan.
^2. Egyptian.
(3. East African.
(1. Arabian.
{2. Abyssinian.
(3. Chaldean.
Euskarian
Eurafrican.
Semitic.
( Enskaric
} Aryac
Indo-Germanic or Cellindic
Peoples of the Caucasus.
Color, black or dark.
Hair, frizzly. Nose, broad.
Negrillo....
( Central African
\ South African
f Nilotic
Dwarfs of the Congo.
Bushmen, Hottentots.
II.
Negro
1
Austafrican.
Senegambian
I Nubian.
III.
Negroid
J
Bantu
Kaffirs, Congo tribes, etc.
Color, yellow or olive.
Hair, straight.
Nose, medium.
I.
Sinitic
(Chinese . . .
Chinese
\ Tibetan
(Indo-Chinese
II.
Sibiric
Burmese, Siamese, Anamese, etc.
Manchus, Tungus.
Mongols, Kalmucks.
Turks, Cossacks.
Finns, Magyars.
Chukchis Ainos
Tartaric
1 Finnic
Arctic
Japanic
Japanese, Koreans.
Color, coppery.
Hair, straight or wavy.
Nose, medium.
\ Atlantic
Tinneh, Algonkin, Iroquois.
( Pacific
II.
Central
Chi nooks, Koloshes, etc.
Naliuas Tarascos
American.
i Mexican
1 Isthmian
Mayas, Chapanecs.
Caribs, Arawaks, Tupis.
Chibehas, Quichuas.
III.
Southern
( Atlantic
{pacific
Color, dark.
Hair, wavy or frizzly.
Nose, medium or narrow.
I.
Negritic ... .
(Negrito
Mincopies, Aetas.
New (juineans
J Papuan
(Melanesian
( Malayan
Insular and littoral
11.
Feegeeans, etc.
Malayan, Tagalas.
peoples.
( Polynesian
III.
ethyl, a compound radical, a colorless gas, with a slightly
ethereal odor, a compound of carbon and hydrogen, first ob-
tained in the free state by prof. Edward Frankland in 1849.
Several of its compounds with metals take fire on exposure to
the air.
Etna, Mount, Sicily. Here were the fabled forges of
the Cyclopes, and it is called by Pindar the pillar of heaven.
Eruptions are mentioned by Diodorus Siculus as happening
1693 B.C., and Thucydides speaks of 3 eruptions as occurring
734, 477, and 425 B.C. There were eruptions, 125, 121, and 43
B.c.—Livy. Volcanoes.
Eruptions, 40, 254, and 420 a. d. — Carrera.
One in 1012.— Geoffrey de Viterbo.
One overwhelmed Catania, when 15,000 inhabitants perished. . 1169
Eruptions, 1329, 1408, 1445, 153(5, 1537, 1564, et seq.
In 1669, tens of thousands of persons perished in streams of lava
which rolled along for 40 days.
Eruptions in 1766, 1787, 1809, 1811, and in May, 1830, when sev-
eral villages were destroyed, and showers of ashes reached
near to Rome.
Town of Bronte was destroyed 18 Nov. 1832
Violent eruption occurred Aug. and Sept. 1852
An eruption began 1 Feb., and ceased July, 1865
Violent eruption began 28 Nov. 1868
Another eruption began 29 Aug. 1874
Violent eruption 26 May-7 June, 1879
Eruption, severe 31 May, 1886
Another July, 1892
Eton college, Buckinghamshire, Engl., founded by
Henry VI. in 1440, and designed as a nursery to King's col-
lege, Cambridge.
" Ye distant spires, ye antique towers
That crown the watery glade.
Where grateful Science still adores
Her Henry's holy shade."
— Gray, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."
John Stanbery, confessor to Henry VI. (bishop of Bangor,
in 1448), was nominated the first provost. One of the pro-
vosts, William Waynflete (bishop of Winchester, 1447),
greatly promoted the erection of the buildings. Besides
about 300 noblemen's and gentlemen's sons, there were 70
king's scholars on the foundation, who, when properly quali-
fied, were formally elected, on the first Tuesday in August, to
King's college, Cambridge, and removed there when there were
vacancies,, according to seniority. The establishment of the
montem is nearly coeval with the college. It consisted in the
procession of the scholars, arrayed in fancy dresses, to Salt-hill
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once in 3 years; the donatiuiis cullccted on the road (some-
times as much as 800/.) were given to the senior or best scholar,
their captain, for his 8up|H)rt at Cambridge. The montem
was disconlinuetl in 1847. The college system was modified
by the Public Schools act, 1868. In 1873 the practice of elect-
ing students to King's college, Cambridge, ceased, the scholars
to be students at Cambridge being chosen there. In 1880
there were 853 students.
Etril'ria or TllMCia (hence the modern name Tus-
cany), a province of Italy, whence the Romans derived many
laws, customs, and superstitions. Herodotus asserts that the
country was conquered by a colony of Lydians. Its subjuga-
tion forms an important part of early Roman history. It was
most powerful under Porsena of Clusium, who attempted to
reinstate the Tarquins, 506 b.c. Veii was taken by Camillus,
396 B.C. A truce between the Romans and Etrurians for 40
years was concluded, 351 b.c. The latter were defeated at
the Vadimonian lake, 310, with the Boii, their allies, 283 B.C.,
ami lost tiieir independence about 265 n.c. Vases and other
works of the Etruscans still remaining show their civilization.
Napoleon I. established a kingdom of Etruria, 1801, and sup-
pressed it 1807. Tuscany. " The Cities and Cemeteries of
Etruria," by (ieorge Dennis, pub. 1848 and 1878. — Etruria,
Staffordshire, Engl., the site of Josiah Wedgwood's porcelain
works, etc., was founded in 1771.
EubOB'a, the largest Lsland in the iEgean sea. Two of its
cities, Chalcis and Eretria, were very important, till the former
was subdued by Athens, 506 b.c, and the latter by the Persians,
490. After the Persian war Euboea became wholly subject to
Athens, and was its most valuable possession. It revolted in 445,
but was soon subdued by Pericles, After the battle of Chaeronea,
338, it became subject to Macedon. It was made independent by
the Romans in 194; but was afterwards incorporated in the prov-
ince of Achaia. It now forms part of the kingdom of Greece.
Eucalyp'tUS glob'ulu§, or blue-gum-tree, a very
fast-growing Tasmanian evergreen, of the order Myrtacece.
From the extraordinary power of its roots to absorb moisture,
and the salutary aromatic odor of its leaves, it has been found
highly beneficial in counteracting the malaria of marshy dis-
tricts of hot climates, and hence has been named the fever-
destroying tree. M. Ramel (d. 1881) first sent seeds from
Melbourne to Paris in 1854, and subsequently seeds were dis-
tributed over the south of Europe, the north and south of
Africa, and elsewhere.
So rapid is the growth of this tree that a forest may be formed in
20 years. It sometimes reaches the height of 350 feet, with a
circumference of 100 feet, rivalling Wellingtonia gigantea.
Timber, bark, and oils of the eucalyptus are highly valuable, and
prof. Bentley says that the genus is one of the most important to
man in the vegetable kingdom. In 1874 its medicinal value was
said to have been exaggerated.
Enchari§t, thanksgiving, an early name for the Lord's
supper. Sacrament.
Euclid's " Elements." Euclid, a native of Alex-
andria, Egypt, flourished about 300 b.c. The " Elements " are
not wholly original; many of the demonstrations were derived
from Thales, Pythagoras, Eudoxus, and others. Euclid reduced
them to order, and probably inserted many theorems of his
own. The " Elements" were first printed at Basle by Simon
Grynaeus, in 1533.
eildiom'eter, an apparatus to ascertain the purity of
air, or the quantity of oxygen gas in it ; one was invented by
dr. Priestley in 1772.
Eug^ubine tables, 7 tablets of brass, probable date
about 400 B.C. (with inscriptions relating to sacrifices, etc. — 4
in Umbrian, 2 in Latin, and one partly in both dialects), were
discovered in 1444 at Gubbio, the ancient Eugubium, or Iguvi-
um. The inscriptions are accurately given by Lepsius, in his
*' Inscriptiones Umbricae et Oscae," 1841.
eunucllS, first mentioned among the Egyptians and
Assyrians, are said to have been first employed bj- Semiramis,
queen of Assyria, about 2007 b.c. Eunuchs frequently at-
tained to political power in the later Eastern empire.
eu'pllllisill, an affected style of language, prevalent in
the time of Elizabeth, arose from " Euphues ; the Anatomy of
Wit," by John Lyly, pub. 1581.
Eurasian plain, the great central plain of Europe
and Asia, so named by ethnologists (1865). Ethnology.
Europe, the smallest of 3 continents of the old world,
really an appendage of Asia ; area, nearly 3,800,000 sq. miles;
pop. 1872, 301,700,000; 1891, 380,000,000. For the history,
Gkkeck, Romk, and the modern kingdoms.
Euryni'edon, a river in Pamphylia, near which
Cimon, son of Miltiades, destroyed the fleet of the Persians at
Cyprus, and defeated their land forces, 466 b.c.
Eusta'tiUS, St., a West India island, settled by the
Dutch, 1632; taken by the French in 1689; by the British in
1690; again by the British forces under Rodney and Vaughan,
3 Feb. 1781. It was recovered by the French under the mar-
quess de Bouille, 26 Nov. same year ; recaptured by the Brit-
ish, 1801, 1810 ; restored to the Dutch, 1814.
Euta^lV Springes, Battle of. One of the most san-
guinary battles of the American Revolution was fought at Eu-
taw Springs, near the Santee river, in South Carolina, on 8
Sept. 1781. The Americans were commanded by gen. Greene,
and the British by col. Stewart. The conflict was indecisive.
Stewart kept the field, but at night retreated towards Charles-
ton. Next morning Greene took possession of the battle-
ground, and sent detachments in pursuit. Congress presented
a gold medal and a British flag then captured to Greene, in
appreciation of his valor. American ,loss in killed, wounded,
and missing, 555. British loss, 693. United States.
Euty'cllians, from Eutyches, an abbot of Constanti-
nople, who asserted in 446 that there was but one nature in
Christ, the human having been absorbed in the divine. This
doctrine was condemned by a council at Constantinople in
448, and at Chalcedon in 451. It has been also called Mono-
physite (of one nature), and Jacobite, from Jacobus Baradaeus,
its zealous defender in the 6th century. It is the form of
Christianity among the Copts and Armenians.
Eux'ine. Black sea.
Evang^elical (Gr. EvayysXiov, good news), of or per-
taining to the gospel of Jesus Christ, and specifically applied
in England to a portion of the clergy of the Anglican church
(also called the low church), who profess to preach the gospel
more purely than their brethren termed the high-church
party. Church of England.
Evangelical Alliance was founded by sir Culling Eardle^ Smith
and others at Liverpool in 1845, to promote unity among Protes-
tants against Romanism and infidelity. It holds annual meetings.
It met in Sept. 1857, at Berlin, where it was well received by the
king. The 19th meeting was held at Hull, 3 Oct. 1865; the 20th
at Bath, 16 Oct. 1866; the 21st at Amsterdam, Aug. 1867; at Derby,
23-28 Nov. 1869. Lord Ebury presided at a day of united prayer
for the issue of the general election about to take place. 1 Oct.
1868. The proposed conference at New York in Sept. 1870, de-
ferred on account of the Franco-Prussian war, took place Oct. 1873.
The Alliance met at Geneva, 23-28 Sept. 1872; at Brighton, 22-24
Apr. 1873; at Oxford, 29 Aug. 1874; at Constantinople, Mch. 1875;
at Southport, 3 Oct. 1876; at Oxford, 25 Oct. 1877; at Basle, 2 Sept. ;
and at Edinburgh, 28 Oct. 1879.
"Evangelical church" in Germany began with a fusion of the
Lutherans and Calvinists in Nassau in 1817; followed by similar
movements in different parts of Germany, 1818-22.
Evangelical Association or Albreclit
Brethren. A sect founded by rev. Jacob Albrecht or
Albright, a German Lutheran of Pennsylvania, in 1803. They
held their first conference in 1807, and soon after adopted the
name of Die evangelische Gemeinschaft von Nord Amerika.
Their first general conference was held in 1816. In doctrine
they are Arminian. They have a college at Plainfield, III., and
a publishing house at Cleveland, 0.,with a branch at Stuttgart,
Germany. Their strength in 1890 was: 26 conferences and mis-
sions, 1845 preachers, 145,703 members, and 1958 churches.
Evangelists, preachers of the "gospel," or good news.
Gospels.
Eves'ham, a town of Worcestershire, Engl., where
prince P^dward, afterwards Edward I., defeated the barons
headed by Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, 4 Aug. 1265,
when the earl, his son Henry, and most of his adherents were
slain. Henry III., when about to be cut down by a soldier
who did not know him, was saved by exclaiming, " Do not kill
me, soldier; I am Henry of Winchester, thy king !" This vic-
tory broke up the combination of the barons.
EVO
evolution theory includes the nebular theory and
Darwin's doctrine of natural selection. Development, Pro-
<}RESSIONISTS.
In 1«V7, 3 forms of evolution were discussed:—!. That of all animals
gradually from the lowest form, the amoeba, up to man, in con-
trast with the Biblical account of the creation; 2. that of every
animal from protoplasm in a cell, or egg; 3. that of all the parts
of an animal from its blood.
exarcllS, appointed by the Byzantine emperors of the
east, to govern central Italy after its conquest by Belisarius
and Narses, 548. They ruled Ravenna from 668 to 752, when
Eutychus, the last, was overcome by Astolphus the Lom-
bard.
exchangee, formerly bourse, the Royal Exchange being
"Britain's Burse;" that at Paris is still named La Bourse,
from bursa, a purse. One called Collegium Mercatorvni existed
at Rome, 493 b,c. The Exchange at Amsterdam was reckoned
the finest structure of the kind in the world. The Stock ex-
change of New York occupies a marble building on Wall street
and numbers 1100 members, with a membership fee or seat at
a cost of -$24,000. The Produce exchange has a membership
of 3000, and the Consolidated Stock and Petroleum exchange
a membership of 2362. There are also a Cotton exchange, a
Coffee exchange, etc.
exclieq'lier, an ancient institution of England, consist-
ing of officers with financial and judicial functions; the chan-
cellor of the exchequer, the financial officer, formerly sat in
the court of exchequer above the barons. The first chancellor
was Eustace de Fauconbridge, bishop of London, in the reign
of Henry IIL, about 1221. Sir Robert Walpole was the last
chancellor of the exchequer who acted judicially (1735). The
legal function of the chancellor was abolished by the Judica-
ture act, Aug. 1873.
CHANCELLORS OF THE EXCHEQUER.
Henry Addington (afterwards lord Sidmouth) 21 Mch. 1801
William Pitt (premier) 16 May, 1804
Lord Henry Petty (afterwards marquis of Lansdowne). . 10 Feb. 1806
Spencer Perceval . . .31 Mch. 1807
Prem'er 6 Dec. 1809; assassinated 11 May, 1812
Nicholas Vansittart (afterwards lord Bexley) 9 June, "
Fred. J. Robinson (afterwards lord Goderich and earl of Ripon),
31Jan. 1823
■George Canning (premier) Apr. 1827
John C. Herries 17 Aug. "
Henry Goulburn 26 Jan. 1828
Viscount Al thorp (afterwards earl Spencer) 22 Nov. 1830
Sir Robert Peel (premier). 10 Dec. 1834
Thomas Spring Rice (afterwards lord Monteagle) 18 Apr. 1835
Francis T. Baring (afterwards baronet) 26 Aug. 1839
Henrv Goulburn 3 Sept. 1841
Charles Wood (afterwards baronet, lord Halifax, 1866). .6 July, 1846
Benjamin Disraeli (afterwards lord Beaconsfield) 21 Feb. 1852
William Ewart Gladstone 28 Dec. "
Sir George Cornewall Lewis 5 Mch. 1855
Benjamin Disraeli, again 27 Feb. 1858
William Ewart Gladstone, again June, 1859
Benjamin Disraeli, again 6 July, 1866
George Ward Hunt 29 Feb. 1868
Robert Lowe 9 Dec. "
William Ewart Gladstone (and premier) Aug. 1873
Sir Stafford Northcote 21 Feb. 1874
William Ewart Gladstone (and premier) 28 Apr. 1880
Hugh Culling E. Childers Dec. 1882
Sir Michael Hicks- Beach 24 June, 1885
Sir William V. Harcourt 6 Feb. 1886
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (resigned). . .26 July, "
George J. Goschen 3 Jan. 1887
Sir William V. Harcourt 18 Aug. 1892
Exchequer, Court of {CuHa Regis), instituted by
William L on the model of the transmarine exchequer of
Normandy, in 1079 ; according to some authorities by Henry
L It included the common pleas until they were separated
(16 John, 1215). — Cohe's Reports. The exchequer was St) named
from a checkered cloth which anciently covered the table
where the judges and chief officers sat. Here are tried causes
relating to the king's revenue; to accounts, disbursements,
customs, and fines imposed, as well as all matters at common-
law between subject and subject. The j udges are stj'led barons,
first appointed in 1234. There are a chief and 4 puisne barons,
the fifth judge having been added 23 July, 1830.
excise. The system was established in England by the
Long Parliament in 1643, duties being levied on wines, beer,
etc., and tobacco, to support the army against Charles I. It
was continued under Charles 11. The present system was
EXE
eriScted about 1733. The old excise office was built on the
! site of Gresham college in 1744; the present is at Somerset
i house. The officers of excise and customs were deprived of
I votes, for members to Parliament in 1782, but received them
again in 1868. In 1849 the boards of excise, stamps, and
taxes, were united as "the board of commissioners of inland
revenue." Notwithstanding the abolition of the excise duty
upon numerous articles, and the reduction of duty upon various
others of late years, the total excise revenue has progressively'
advanced. Additional excise duties were charged by 17 and
18 Vict. c. 27, 3 July, 1854. The excise duties were further
modified in 1860. Revenue. For the United States, Cus-
toms, Revenue.
REVENUE from EXCISE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
1786 £5,540,114
1308 19,867,914
1820 26,364,702
1830 18,644,385
1840 12,607,766
1850 £15,278,203
I860 20,240,467
1870 21,879,238
1880 25,218,303
1890 24,723,917
exeoininilllication, or separation from Christian
communion (Matt, xviii. 17; 1 Cor. v., etc.), was instituted to
preserve the purity of the church. The Roman church ex-
communicated by Bell, Book, and Candle. Interdict.
Gregory VIL excommunicated the emperor Henry IV., and
absolved his subjects from their allegiance 1077
Innocent III. excommunicated John of England, placing the
country under an interdict 1208-14
Gregory IX. excommunicated the emperor Frederick II. 4
times, between 1228-45
Louis XII. of France was excommunicated by Julius II. 1510;
Luther by Loo X. 1521; Henry VIIL of England by Paul IIL
in 1535; and Elizabeth by Pius V 25 Apr. 1570
Emperor of France, king of Sardinia, and others were virtually
excommunicated (but not by name) on account of the annex-
ation of the Romagna by Sardinia 29 Mch. 1860
executioni. In the reign of Henry VIIL (38 years),
it is said that no less a number than 72,000 criminals were ex-
ecuted.—5/ow;. In the 10 years between 1820 and 1830, there
were executed in England alone 797 criminals; but as laws
were mitigated the number of executions decreased. In the
3 years ending 1820, the executions in England and Wales
amounted to 312; in the 3 years ending 1830, they were 178 ;
in the 3 years ending 1840, they were 62. In England from
1850-60, 93 executions; from 1860-70, 136; from 1870-80,
163. The place of execution in London (formerly generally
at Tyburn) was in front of Newgate from 1783 to 1868,
when an act directed executions to take place within the
walls of prisons. The dissection of bodies of executed crim-
inals was abolished in 1832. John Calcraft, born 1800, exe-
cutioner for London, 1828-74, died 13 Dec. 1879. — For re-
markable executions, Trials. — In the United States the
legal executions reported for 1891 were 123 — 52 white, 65
negroes, 1 Mexican, 4 Indians, and 1 Japanese. The lynch-
ings reported were 195, all in the western and southern states
(Alabama reporting 26 and Mississippi 23). Of these 121 were
negroes and 69 were white, with a few Indians, Chinese, and
Mexicans. Of the 195, 6 were women. Crime, Death.
Exeter, a town of Devonshire, Engl., said to have been
named A ugusta from having been occupied by the second Augus-
tan legion com manded by Vespasian ; its present name is derived
from Excestre. It was for a considerable time the capital of
the West Saxon kingdom. The bishopric anciently comprised
2 sees — Devonshire (founded about 909) and Cornwall. The
church of the former was at Crediton, of the latter at Bodmin,
and afterwards at St. German's. About 1040 the sees were
united. St. Petroc was the first bishop of Cornwall, before
900; Eadulphus, the first bishop of Devonshire, 905 ; and
Leofric, the first bishop of Exeter, in 1049. The cathedral
originally belonged to a monastery founded by Athelstan;
Edward the Confessor removed the monks to his new abbey
of Westminster, and gave their church for a cathedral to the
united see, 1049.
Alfred invested the city, held by the Danes, and compelled
them to capitulate 877, 894
Exeter sacked by Sweyn , 1003
Besieged by William the Conqueror 1067
Castle surrendered to king Stephen 1136
City first governed by a mayor 1200
Celebrated nunnery founded 1236
Ancient bridge built 1250
Edward I. holds a parliament here 1286
Besieged by sir William Courtenay 1469
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city assaulted by Perkin Warbeck 1497
Exeter constiluled a county of itself. 1536
Welsh, viair of St. Thomas's, hanged on the tower of his church
as a Cornish rebel 2 July, 1549
Prince Maurice takes Kxeter for king Charles I Sept. 1(>43
It surrenders to the parliamentarians Apr. 1(>46
Exeter college, Oxford, Engl., was founded by
Walter Stapleton, bishop of Exeter, in 1314. The buildings
are mainly a quadrangle in the later Gothic style.
Exeter liall, Strand, London, erected in 1830-31 for
the meetings of religious and philanthropic institutions, con-
certs, oratorios, and musical societies, a large apartment with
orchestra and organ, and rooms attached for committees, etc.,
opened 29 Mch. 1881. Music. Religious services were held
here in 1856 by rev. C. Spurgeon, and in 1857 by ministers of
the church of England, on Sundays.
Hall was purchased for the Young Men's Christian Association
for 25,000/., July, 1880; reopened (jubilee) *29 Mch. 1881
exillbitioilii, industrial, began with the French.
Expositions having been organized and opened at Paris in
1798, 1801, '02, '06, '19, '23, '27, '34, '39, '44, and '49. The first
exhibition of the kind in England was the National Repository,
opened under royal patronage in 1828, near Charing Cross.
In the Uniteti States at New York in 1853. Crystal Palace.
The following is a list of the principal World's Industrial
Exhibitions :
Place.
London
New York. . . .
Paris.
London
Pari&
Vienna
Philadelphia. .
Paris:
Paria
Chicago ,
Year.
1851
1853
1855
1862
1867
1873
1876
1878
1889
1893
Acres,
UuilJiiig.
21
23^5^
37
40
70.08
60
75>^
142.12
13,937
4,000
20,839
28,653
50,226
50,000
30,864
40,366
55,000
Visitors.
6,039,195
Open
days.
200
171
217
186
159
194
185
158
World's Columbian Exhibition.
Exodll§ (Gr.t^o^oc,way out), the departure of the Israel-
ites from Egypt,1491 B.C.; and described in the book of Exodus.
Chronologers vary in the date of this event: the Septuagint gives
1614; Hales, 1648 ; Wilkinson, 1495; Bunsen, 1320 or 1314.
expeditioili. Lat. ex, out, and pes, pedis, foot ; a
sending or setting forth of a body of persons on any important
enterprise.
MILITARY AND NAVAL EXPEDITIONS. ^.C.
Jason and the Argonauts in the ship Argo to Colchis 1263
[William Morris' poem " Jason " pub. 1867. Argonauts.]
Greek expedition against Troy, and siege 1193-84
[Described in the " Iliad " of Homer. Troy.]
Darius Into Greece ; battle of Marathon 29 Sept 490
Xerxes into Greece; battle of Thermopylse. Salamis (naval),
I'lataja 480-79
Cyrus against Artaxerxes ; retreat of 10,000 Greeks 401
Alexander the Great into Asia; overthrow of the Persian mon-
archy ; battles of Granicus, 3;J4 ; Issus, 333 ; Arbela 331
Hannibal into Italy; battles of Thrasymene, 217 ; Cannas 216-
Julius Caesar into Britain ; first, 55; second 64
A.D.
Saracens into France ; battle of Tours 10 Oct. 732
Crusades 1096-1291
Kdward III. of England into France; battle of Crecy 1346.
Henry V. of England into France; battle of Agincourt 1416
Philip II. of Spain into England ; the Armada 1588
Napoleon into Russia and retreat (Moscow) 1812
British into Abyssinia 1867-68
EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY AND COLONIZATION.
Egyptian, of Pharaoh-Necho, Phoenician, down the Arabian
gulf around the southern extremity of Africa into the Med-
iterranean by the strait of Gibraltar, arriving in Egypt after B.C.
an interval of about 3 years (Herodotus) 604
Hanno the Carthaginian along the western coast of Africa 570
A.D.
Northmen discover Iceland 861
Christopher Columbus discovers America 1492
Vasco de Gama , western coast of Africa, cape of Good Hope,
passage to the East Indies 149T
Fernando de Magellan's voyage around the world 1520-21
Lewis and Clark, to the mouth of the Columbia river (United
States) 1805-6
John C. Fremont, throughout the west to the PaciQc (United
States) 1842-46
Lieut. Wilkes, with 6 small vessels of the U. S. navy ( Vincennes,
Peacock, Porpoise, Relief , Flying-fish, &nA Sea-gull), sails from
Hampton Roads, Va., to explore the southern seas, 19 Aug. 1838
They discover an antarctic continent 19 July, 1839
Peacock lost on the bar at the mouth of the Columbia river,
July, 1841
Vincennes, Wilkes's flag-ship, returns to New York after an ab-
sence of almost 4 years June, 1842
[Wilkes's "Narrative" was pub. in 6 vols, illustrated. The
scientific reports form 20 quarto and folio vols.]
Voyage of the British steamer Challenger to examine into the
physical and biological condition of the great ocean basins
and oceanic currents (Deep-sea soundings) 1872
EXPEDITIONS OF SEARCH AND RELIEF.
In search of sir John Franklin 1848-60
Henry M. Stanley in search of David Livingstone (Africa) 1872
Engineer Melville in search of the survivors of the U. S. yacht
Jeannette 24 Mch. 1882
Commander W. S. Schley in search of lieut. A. Greely (North-
east and Northwest passage) 1884
Henry M. Stanley to relieve Emin Pacha 1887-90
For minor expeditions, America, Northeast and Northwest
passage, and separate governments throughout the work.
expenditures of the United States. The principal
objects of expenditure in the U. S. are civil, army, navy, Ind-
ians, pensions, interest. Premiums on bonds purchased were
also quite an important source of expenditure during the years
1867-74, and 1889-91.
EXPENDITURE FOR EACH OF THE YEARS NAMED, AND THEREFROM ITS GENERAL INCREASE.
Ye.,.
Civil and
Miscellaneoas.
War.
Navy.
Indians.
Pensions.
Premiums.
Interest.
Total.
1789-91
$1,083,972
$632,804
$27,000
$175,814
$1,177,863
$3,097,453
1800
1,337,613
2,560,879
$3,448,716
31
64, 131
....
3,402,601
10,813,971
1810
1,101,145
2,294,324
1,654,244
177,625
83,744
....
3,163,671
8,474,753
1820
2,592,022
2,630,392
4,387,990
315,750
3,208,376
....
5,151,004
18,285,534
1830
3,237,416
4,767.129
3,239,429
622,262
1,363,297
1,912,575
15,142,108
1840
5.995,399
7,096,267
6,113,897
2,331,795
2,603,562
174,598
24,314,518
1850
16,043,763
9,687,025
7,904,725
1,663,591
1,866,886
....
3,782,393
40,948,383
1860
27,977,978
16,472,203
11,514,650
2,991,122
1,100,802
3,144,121
63,200,876
1866
42,989,383
1,030,690,400
122,617,434
5,059,360
16,347,621
1,717,900
77,395,090
1,296,817,188
1870
53,237,462
57,656,675
21,780,230
3,407,938
28,340,202
15,996,556
129,235,498
309,653,561
1880
54,713,530
38,116,916
13,536,985
5,945,457
56,777,174
2,795,320
95,757,575
267,642,958
1890
81,403,256
44,582,838
22,006,206
6,708,047
106,936,855
20,304,244
36,099,284
318,040,711
TOTAL EXPENDITURES FROM 1789 TO 1891 INCLUSIVE.
I 2,368,670,150 ] 4,777,863,340 | 1,207,598,473 | 264,471,240 | 1,373,889,939 | 122,902,713 | 2,682,025,768 \ 12,797,421,623
As there was no national debt in 1836-37 there was no interest — the only years without interest.
The expenditures for the United Kingdom of Great Britain
show as follows for the years given — gross amount.
1860 £69,502,289
1865 66,462,207
1870 68,864,752
1875 74,328,040
1880 : 84,105,754
1887 90,869,282
1891 87,377,000
Revenue.
explosives. Blasting, Dualine, Dynamite, Gel-
atine, Glyoxiline, Gun-cotton, Gunpowder, Lithofrac-
TEUR, NiTRO-GLYCERINE, CtC.
exports, United States. Specie vahie, from 1790.
Domestic
* Domestic Merchandise. Gold and Silver,
1790 $19,666,000
1800 31,840,906
1810 42,366,675
1820 51,683,640
1830 58,524,878 $937,151
1840 111,660,561 2,235,073
1850 134,900,233 2,046,679
1860 356,242,423 56,946,851
1870 455,208.341 43,883.803
1880 823,946,353 9,347,893
1890 '. 845,293,828 35,782,181
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The greatest amount of domestic merchandise exported in any one
year was in 1881, amounting to $883,925,94:7. The greatest amount
of gold and silver, in 1875, $83,857,129, and in 1889, $80,214,994.
The percentage of exported agricultural products was, in 1860,
81.13- 1870, 79.35; 1880, 83.25; 1890, 74.51 of the whole amount.
The exports of the U. S. to the principal foreign countries were, to
(1880 $453,796,497
\ 1890 447,895,662
( 1880 57,062,263
1 1890 85,563.312
(1880 100,063,044
1 1890 49,977,024
(1880 30,775,871
U890 41,503,812
(1880 34,154,180
11890 26,630,444
(1880 17,207,098
11890 22,657,795
(1880 14,657,884
\ 1890 12,758,463
( 1880 12,352,642
|l890 13,068,096
(1880 11,225.699
U890 13,084,415
(1880 7,866,493
\1890 13,285,287
ia, Brazil, and Japan.
AMOUNT OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Great Britain
Germany
France
Canada
Belgium
Netherlands
Spain
Italy
Cuba ..
Mexico
The next in order are Austral
Exports to
Foreign Countries.
Exports to
British Colonies.
Exports.
Totals.
1856-60)
average )
£84,000,000
£40,000,000
£124,000,000
1861-65)
average )
97,000,000
47,000,000
144,000,000
1866-70 1
average j
137,000,000
51,000,000
188,000,000
1871-75 )
average J
175,000,000
64,000,000
239,000,000
1876-80)
average f
134,000,000
67,000,000
201,000,000
1881-85 )
average j
151,000,000
81,000,000
282,000,000
1886-90)
average }
155,000,000
81,000,000
236,000,000
Imports.
Elxtradition, Treaty of. Treaties on the subject of
criminals arise from the universal practice of nations to sur-
render criminals only under special treaty with the country
which claims them. Treaties of this character have been made
between the United States and Great Britain, 9 Aug. 1842 ;
with France, 9 Nov. 1843; and later supplemented Switzer-
land, 25 Nov. 1850 ; Austria, 3 July, 1856 ; Sweden and Nor-
way, 21 Mch. 1860; Mexico, 11 Dec. 1861; Italy, 23 Mch.
1868, and later; Ottoman empire, 5 Jan. 1877. In the treaty
with Belgium, 1882, attempted assassination of a ruler made
an extraditable offence; treaty with Spain, 1887; with Uru-
guay, 1887, with Prussia, 1892, and others. The crimes for
which extradition is usually granted are forgery, burglary,
embezzlement, counterfeiting, grand larceny, manslaughter,
murder, perjury, rape, and other felonies. In modern states,
particularly in England and the U. S., political offences have
always been excepted from extradition. Great Britain refused
to surrender Ezra D. Winslow, of Boston, who, charged with
forgery, escaped to London, 1872, unless it was agreed that the
prisoner should be tried only for that offence, according to the
treaty. Mr. Fish, the secretary of state, stood on the Ashbur-
ton treaty of 1842. The British government yielded, 27 Oct.
1876. William M. Tweed escaped from New York to Spain,
was arrested there, and returned to the U. S., although there
was no extradition treaty between the couittries, Sept. 1876.
Difficulty arose with Mexico, 1877, regarding the pursuit of
criminals across the border. The Sicilian bandit Randazzo
was captured in New Orleans, 1881, and taken to New York,
whence he was extradited on the requisition of the Italian
government.
extreme unetion. Anointing.
Eyiau, a town of E. Prussia, where, on 7-8 Feb. 1807, the
French defeated the Russians in a bloody contest. Napoleon
commanded in person. Both armies, by this and other battles,
were so much reduced that the French retired to the Vistula
and the Russians on the Pregel.
Fa'bii. A noble family of Rome, the name said to come
from faba, a bean, because their ancestors cultivated beans; or
from Fabuis, a son of Hercules. They made war against the
people of Veil, and near the Cremera all the grown-up males
of the family (306 men) were slain in a sudden attack, 477 b.c.
From one, Q. Fabius Vibulanus, whose tender age had detained
him at Rome, arose the noble Fabii of the following ages. Q.
Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, a celebrated general of Rome,
successfully opposed Hannibal, 216 B.C. He devised a system
of defensive warfare since known as " Fabian," and was him-
self called Cunctator, the delayer.
f*able§. " Jotham's fable of the trees (Judg. ix., about
1209 B.C.) is the oldest extant, and as beautiful as any made
since." — A ddison. Nathan's fable of the poor man (2 Sam. xii.,
about 1034 B.C.) is next in antiquity. The oldest collection
of fables is of Eastern origin, and in Sanscrit. The fables of
Vishnoo Sarma, or Pilpay, are the most beautiful, if not the
most ancient, in the world. — Sir- William Jones. Prof. Max
Miiller traced La Fontaine's fable of the " Milkmaid" to the
early Sanscrit, ^sop's fables, dated about 565 or 620
B.C., were versified by Babrius, a Greek poet, about 130 b.c.
(Coray), and rewritten in prose by Maximus Planudes, a
Greek monk, about 1320, who added other fables and a worth-
less life of JEiSop. The fables of Phsedrus, in Latin iambics
(about 8 A.D,), of La Fontaine (1700), and of Gay (1727), are
esteemed.
facial ang^le (contained by a line from the middle of
the ear to the edge of the nostrils, and another thence to the
ridge of the frontal bone) was devised by Peter Camper to
measure the elevation of the forehead. In negroes this angle
is about 70°; in Europeans varies from 75° to 85°. Camper
died 7 Apr. 1789. His book on " Characteristic Marks of Coun-
tenance" was pub. 1791.
factions of the circus, among the Romans, were parties
of racers with chariots in the circus, distinguished by colors,
as green, blue, red, and white ; Domitian added gold and scar-
let, about 90 A.D. In Jan. 532, an insurrection occurred at Con-
stantinople, called the Nika sedition, which lasted 5 daj''s, about
30,000 lives were lost, and Justinian was indebted for his life
and throne to the heroism of his empress Theodora. The
blues and greens (political parties named for the colors worn
in the races of the circus) united for a day or two against the
emperor, taking Nika! (conquer) for a watchword. 'J'he
blues soon turned, and massacred the greens. The conflict
was suppressed by Belisarius with difficulty, and the games
were abolished for a time. Described fully by the contem-
porary historian Procopius ; briefly in Gibbon's " Decline and
Fall of the Roman Empire."
Faen'za, a city of central Italy, the ancient Faventia,
submitted to the emperor Frederick I., 1162; was taken by
Frederick II.,.12 Apr. 1241; held by the pope, 1275; by the
Bolognese, 1282 ; by Caesar Borgia, 1501 ; by Venice, 1504 ; by
the papacy, 1509 ; by the French, 1512. After various changes
early in the 16th century it was held by the papacy till the
annexation by Sardinia, 1859. Hence Faience pottery is
named, first made here.
"Faerie Qlieene," by Edmund Spenser; a part
was pub. in England in 1590; the whole, 1611.
Fahrenheit. Thermometer.
Faineants (fa-na-on'). Mayors of the palace.
Fairlop oak, with a trunk 48 feet in circumference,
the growth of 5 centuries, in Hainault forest, Essex, Engl., was
blown down in Feb. 1820. Beneath its branches an annual
fair was long held on the 1st Friday in July, founded by the
eccentric Mr. Day, a pump and block maker of Wapping, who,
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having a small estate in the vicinity, annually came here with
friends to dine on beans and bacon.
Fair Oaks, near Richmond, Va., the site of an inde-
cisive battle between confederates, under gen. Joseph E. Johns-
ton, and a part of the army of the Potomac,31 May and I June,
18G2. Peninsular campaign, Vikgini a.
fHirs and wakCH were instituted in Italy about 600 ;
in England by Alfred, 886. — Spelman. At wakes, established
by (Jregory VII. in 1078, and termed /ena, monks celebrated
the fostival of their patron saint : the concourse of people oc-
casioned a great demand for goods. Fairs were established
in France about 800 by Charlemagne, and encouraged in
England about 1071 by William the Conqueror. Many stat-
utes were made for the regulation of fairs (1328-1868). The
"Fairs act," passed 25 May, 1871, abolishes fairs; in 1872,
Charlton and Blackheath fairs, and in 1873 Clapham fair, were
abolished as nuisances.— In the United States the terra fair
has mostly lost its Old World meaning, and is applied to in-
dustrial exhibitions, including township, county, and state
fairs. Certain state fairs have assumed an importance almost
national. W^orld's Columbian Exhibition.
falconry, or liawking, the use of trained birds
of prey in the pursuit of smaller game, in England cannot be
traced with certainty before the reign of king Ethelbert, the
Saxon monarch, 858,— Pennant. The grand seignior at one
time kept 6000 falconers in his service. Juliana Berners's
book on "Hawkynge and Huntynge" was printed in 1496.
Angling. Recent attempts have been made in England to
revive falconry. Hawking was practised in Thrace.—^ ristotle.
FalCZi {fal'-skee), a town on the Pruth, Turkey. Here
was concluded a peace between Russia and Turkey, 21 July,
1711, the Russians giving up Azof, and all possessions on the
Black sea, to the Turks. The Russians were saved from de-
struction by the address of Catherine, the empress. In 1712
the war was renewed, until the peace of Constantinople, 16
Apr. 1712.
Faler'ii, a city of the Falisci, Etruscans who joined the
Veil against Rome, and were beaten by Cornelius Cossus, 437
B.C. When the city was besieged by Camillus in 394, a school-
master offered to betray the children of the principal citizens
into his hands. On his refusal, the citizens from gratitude
surrendered. They opposed Rome in the first Punic war ; and
in 241 the city was taken and destroyed.
Falernian YFine, celebrated by Virgil and Horace,
was the produce of Falernus, or, as called by Martial, Mons
Massicus, in Campania. Horace, in his ode " Ad Amphoram "
— "To a jar of wine" — probably 31 b.c., speaks of the wine
as born with him in the consulate of Manlius Torquatus, " 0
nata mecum Consule Afanlio," which makes its age 34 years,
as Horace was born 65 b.c.
Falkirk, a town of Stirlingshire, Scotland, the site of a
victory by the English under Edward I. over the Scots, under
Wallace, part of whose forces deserted. It is said from 20,000
to 40,000 Scots were slain, 22 July, 1298. In a battle at Fal-
kirk muir royal forces under Hawley were defeated by prince
Charles Edward Stuart, 17 Jan. 1746.
Falkland islands, a group in the South Atlantic,
about 100 in number (the 2 principal being East and West
Falkland), between lat. 51° and 52° S., and Ion. 57° and 62° W.,
belonging to Great Britain, seen by Americus Vespucius, 1502,
and visited by Davis, 1592 ; explored by Hawkins, 1594 ; seized
by France, 1764. The French were expelled by the Spaniards ;
and in 1771 Spain yielded to England. The republic of Buenos
Ayres afterwards claimed the islands, and a colony from that
country settled at Port Louis; but in a dispute with the U. S.
the settlement was destroyed in 1831. In 1833 the British
flag was hoisted at Port Louis, and a British officer has since
resided there. Area of East Falkland 3000 sq. miles, and of
West Falkland 2300 sq. miles; of the whole group 6500 sq.
miles. Pop. 1893 about 2000.
famines. The famine of the 7 years in Egypt began
1708 B.C. — Usher, Blair. b c
At Rome, thousands threw themselves into the Tiber 436
A.D.
Awful in Egypt 42
At Rome, attended by plague 262
FAS
In Britain ; people ate the bark of trees 272
lu Scotlaud ; thousands died 306
lu Kugland ; 40,000 perished 310
Awful iu I'hrygiii. 370
In Italy, parents ate their children {Dufresnoy) 450
In England, Wales, and Scotland 739
Again, when thousands starve 823
Again, which lasts 4 years 954
Awful throughout Europe 1016
In England, 21 William 1 1087
In England and France, followed by pestilential fever 1193-95
Again in England 1251
Again, people devoured horses, dogs, cats, and vermin 1315
Occasioned by long rains 1336
In -England and France (Rapin) 1353
Again, bread made from fern-roots {Slow) 1438
Throughout Britain 1565
Awful in France ( Voltaire) 1693
General in Britain 1748
Devastates Bengal 1771
At Cape Verd; 16,000 persons perish 1775
Grievous in France; hastened the French revolution 1789
Severe in England 1795
Throughout Britain 1801
At Drontheim, Sweden intercepting the supplies 1813
Scarcity of food for Irish poor, 1814,'16, '22, '31, '46, by failure
of the potato crop. Grants by Parliament, to relieve suffer-
ing, made in 1847, in all $50,000,000.
In N. W. India; above 800,000 perish 1837-38
In N. W. India; thousands perish 1860-61
In Bengal and Orissa; about 1,000,000 perish 1865-66
In Rajpootana, etc. ; about 1,500,000 perish 1868-69
In Persia very severe 1871-72
In Bengal, through drought (India) 1874
In Asia Minor 1774-76
In Bombay, Madras, Mysore, etc. ; about 500,000 perish (India,
Mansion-hocse) 187.7
In N. China; very severe; 9,500,000 said to have perished
($225,000 collected in England for relief) 1877-78
In Cashmere 1879
Very severe in Tauris, etc., in Asia Minor July, 1880
Very severe in Russia 1891-92
fan. Used by the ancients ; Cape hoc flabellum, et ventu-
lum huic sicfacito — " Take this fan, and give her thus a little
air," — Terence's " Eunuch us," 166 B.C. Fans, together with
muffs, masks, and false hair, were first devised by demi-monde
in Italy, and were brought to England from France. — Stow.
In the British museum are Egyptian fan-handles.
Fancuil {fan'-el) liall, the "Cradle of Liberty;"
built by Peter Faneuil, a Huguenot merchant of Boston, in
1742, and presented to the cit}'. It was rebuilt in 1768. The
lower' story was used as a market. It was a meeting-place of
the people during the disputes with Great Britain which led
to the War of Independence; hence the name "Cradle of
Liberty."
faradiza'tion, the medical application of magneto-
electric currents which Faraday discovered in 1837. The ap-
paratus was first made by M. Pixii, and employed by dr. Neef
of Frankfort-on-the-Main. Farad, name taken for a unit of
electric capacity, 1875. Electricity.
farce, a short comic drama, usually of one or two acts.
One by Otway is dated 1677. The best English farces (by
Foote, Garrick, Bickerstafif, etc.) appeared from 1740 to 1780.
They originated in droll shows exhibited by charlatans and
buffoons in the streets. Drama.
Farmers' Alliance, Political parties.
farmers-general. Fermiers.
Farnese family became important through the ele-
vation of Alexander Farnese to the papacy as Paul III. He
gave his natural son Peter the duchy of Parma, Italy, and his
descendants ruled till Antony died, without issue, 1731. Alex-
ander, prince of Parma, was governor of the Netherlands in
1579.
farttling", an early English coin. Farthings in silver
were coined by king John; the Irish farthing of his reign
(1210) is rare. Farthings were coined in England in silver by
Henry VIII. First coined in copper by Charles IL, 1665;
again in 1672, in a large coinage of copper money. Half-
farthings were first coined in 1843. Queen Anne's farthings.
Fasti Capitolini, marble tablets found in the forum
at Pome, 1547, contain a list of consuls and other officers from
the year of Rome 250 to 765. Other fragments were found in
1817 and 1818. The " Fasti Consulares," from 509 b.c. to 235
A.D., are given in Smith's " Dictionary of Greek and Roman
Antiquities."
I
Madison.
Lincoln.
Johnson.
Artliur.
The following are the
Uh and 5th centuries.— Greek.
Eusebius d. about 340
Athauasius d. 373
Ephrem Syrus d. about 378
Basil d. 379
Cyril of Jerusalem d. 386
Gregory Nazianzen d. 389
Macarius d. about 391
Gregory Nyssen d. about 394
Epiphanius d. 403
John Chrysostom d. 407
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444
Theodoret d. 457
Latin.
Arnobius fl. 303
Lactantius d. about 330
Ambrose .d. 397
Jerome d. 420
Augustine d. 430
FAS
fasts, observed by many nations from renaote antiquity :
by the Jews (2 Chron. xx. 3); by the Ninevites (Jonah iii.);
see Isa. Iviii. A fast of the Jews was the great day of atone-
ment, Lev. xxiii., 1490 b.c. Moses fasted 40 days and nights
on Sinai (Exod. xxiv.), 1491 b.c. The first Christian noinis-
ters were ordained with fasting (45 a.d.), Acts xiii. 2. Annual
fasts, as that of Lent, and at other stated times, and fasts on
particular occasions to appease the anger of God, began in the
church in the 2d century (138). The Mahometan fast is
termed Ramadan. — Dayg of humiliation, fasting, and prayer
appointed by the presidents of the United States :
Wednesday 9 May, 1798, by president John Adams.
Thursday 12 Jan. 1815, "
Last Thursday of Sept. 1861,
Thursday 30 Apr. 1863,
First Thursday in Aug. 1864,
Thursday 1 June, 1865,
Monday 26 Sept. 1881,
fathers of the ehureh.
principal :
1st century. — Greek.
Apostolical.
Hermas.
Barnabas.
Clemens Romanus d. 100
Ignatius d. 115
Polycarp d. about 169
2d century. — Greek.
Justin Martyr d. about 166
Irenseus d. about 200
Alhenagoras.
3d century.— Greek.
Clemens Alexandrinus,d.abt. 217
Hippolytus d. 230
Origen d. about 253
Latin.
Tertullian d. about 220
Minutius Felix fl. about 230
Cyprian d. about 258
Fat'imites. Ali, Mahometanism.
fats are oils solid at ordinary temperatures. The re-
searches of Chevreul since 1811 on their chemical nature are
very important. Candles.
FaustUS, a professor of magic, renowned in chap-books,
flourished about 1500 a.d. Goethe's dramatic poem "Faust"
appeared in 1790.
feasts and festivals. The " Feasts of the Lord "—
viz., those of the Passover, Pentecost, Trumpets, and Taber-
nacles— were instituted 1490 b.c. (Lev, xxiii,).
Feast of Tabernacles, at dedication of Solomon's temple, 1004 b.c.
Hezekiah (726 b.c.) and Josiah (623) kept the feast of Passover.
In the Christian church, the feasts of Christmas, Easter, Ascension,
and the Pentecost or Whitsuntide, are said to date from the 1st
century.
Rogation days appointed 469.
Jubilees in the Romish church were instituted by Boniface VIII. in
1300. Jubilees.
The Christian festivals of the church are:
Fixed : All Saints or All Hallows 1 Nov.
" All Souls 2 Nov.
" Christmas or the Nativity 25 Dec.
" Innocents 28 Dec.
" Circumcision 1 Jan.
" Ephiphany or Twelfth day 6 Jan.
" Candlemas-day 2 Feb.
" Lady-day 25 Mch.
Movable : Ascension day or Holy Thursday.
Ash Wednesday, Easter Sunday, Good Friday, Palm Sunday, Sexa-
gesima Sunday, Trinity Sunday, see under separate articles. The
date of these days depends on the date of Easter. Besides these
there are the Saints or Red Letter days, fixed.
Of the festivals of the Greeks the principal were: The Agraulia, in
honor of the daughter of Cecrops. Artemisia, in honor of Artemis
(Diana). Dionysia, in honor of Dionysus (Bacchus)— the Baccha-
nalia of the Romans ; Eleusinia, the most celebrated of any in
Greece, latter part of Sept. and first part of Oct. ; Panethenaia, in
honor of Athene (Minerva).
Of the Romans : Agonalia, in honor of Janus. Bacchanalia, in honor
of Bacchus ; suppressed in 186 b. c. Faunalia, in honor of Faunus ;
celebrated 13 Feb., or the ides of the month (on this date occurred
the slaughter of the Fabii). Lupercalia, in honor of the god
Pan, 15 Feb. Liberalia, in honor of Liber, the Roman Bacchus.
Cerealia, in honor of Ceres. Persons in mourning could not at-
tend this celebration, and therefore it was not observed in the
year after the battle of Can nse. Bona Dea (" the Good Goddess");
she was worshipjied by the Roman matrons in the house of the
chief pontiff, and the male sex was carefully excluded ; no man
ever entered her temple. Saturnalia, in honor of Saturn; the
most remarkable one in the Roman year; at first lasting but 1
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day (19 Dec), but afterwards extended to 7. During its con-
tinuance the senate did not sit; the schools were closed; no war
was proclaimed, no criminal executed; while the utmost liberty
and good-will prevailed.
February (Lat. Fehruum, originally from the Sabine
language, signifying a purgative), the 2d month, in which the
Romans celebrated Februa, festivals of purification and expia-
tion on the 15th of the month, for the manes of the dead.
This month, with January', was added to the year by Numa,
about 713 B,c,
fecia'les or fetia'les, 20 in number, heralds of
Rome to announce war or proclaim peace, appointed by Numa,
about 712 B.C.
federal, federalists. Political parties.
felony, in English law (Blackstone, 1723-80), com-
prises every species of crime which occasions the forfeiture of
land and goods,
feneillg^, recently revived in England and the United
States as a sport, was introduced into England from France ;
but to prevent duelling, fencing-schools were prohibited by
law in 1285. Scott's " Fencing Master " was pub. in Edinburgh
by sir W. Hope in 1687, and a society to encourage the art
was formed in Scotland in 1692.
Fe'nians (the name of ancient Irish militia, Fianna
Eirin), a "brotherhood" in the United States and Ireland
united to liberate Ireland and establish a republic. The agi-
tation was begun, it is said, b}' Stephens, in Mch, 1858, and in
1864 enlistments and secret drillings took place. The leaders
were called " head-centres." A convention was formed in 1863
in the U. S. The movement was opposed by the Roman Cath-
olic clergy. Ireland.
Fenian riot at the Rotondo, Dublin 22 Feb. 1864
Twenty-five persons arrested in Dublin, and the newspaper
Irish People (established Sept. 1863) seized, 15 Sept. ; others
arrested at Cork, etc 16-30 Sept. 1865
Fenians in the U. S. assert in an address, that officers are
going to Ireland to organize an army of 200,000 Sept. "
Allocution of the pope, condemning secret societies 30 Sept. "
O'Donovan and 5 others committed for high treason 2 Oct. "
A Fenian provisional government at New York, and a congress
of 600 members held at Philadelphia Oct. "
Capture of James Stephens, Irish head-centre, 11 Nov. ; he es-
capes from jail 24 Nov. "
Habeas corpus act suspended in Ireland ; about 250 suspected
persons arrested immediately 17 Feb. 1866
Mass-meeting in New York, threats to invade Canada. . .4 Mch. '*
Fenian schooner Friend captures British schooner Wentworth,
and scuttles her near Eastport, Me 1 May, "
James Stephens arrives in New York 10 May, ' '
Col. O'Niel and Fenians cross the Niagara and enter Canada,
31 May ; met by volunteers, with bloodshed 2 June, "
Sweeny and others arrested 6, 7 June, "
Pres. Johnson's proclamation against the Fenians 7 June, "
Spear and others cross boundary near Vermont, 7 June ; corps
demoralized ; many return 9 June, "
Trials in Canada — col. Lynch and rev. John MacMahon (sen-
tenced to be hanged on 13 Dec.) reprieved 24-26 Oct. "
James Stephens, "central organizer of the Irish republic,"
said to sail from U. S 24 Nov. "
Britain offers 2000L for his apprehension Nov. "
Sweeny (released) rejoins the U. S. army Jan. 1867
Fenians enter Chester; repulsed 11, 12 Feb. "
Outbreak in Kerry; Killarney threatened; capt. Moriarty and
others captured 12 Feb. "
Gen. Massey captured n 4 or 6 Mch. "
Proclamation of the Irish republic sent to the London Times
and other papers 6 Mch. "
Fenian rising near Dublin ; telegraph destroyed ; attack on
police-station at Tallaght repelled; several shot; 208 prison-
ers taken into Dublin 7 Mch. "
One thousand Fenians hold market-place at Drogheda, but re-
treat at approach of police 7 Mch. "
Capt. Maclure captured 31 Mch. '*
Special commission to try 230 Fenians— Whiteside, chief-jus-
tice; Deasy and Fitzgerald, begin (Massey, Keogh, Corydon,
and McGough, approvers) 9 Apr. et seq. "
Burke and Doran sentenced to death, 1 May ; reprieved, 26 May, "
Many convictions of treason (M'Afferty, M'Clure, and others)
and treason- felony, and many discharged May, "
Pres. Roberts retires; party in U.S. said to be demoralized, July, "
Many arrests; 23 on charge of murder; tried, 5 condemned to
death (2 reprieved); 7 sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment,
^ 29 Oct.-12 Nov. "
Allen, Gould, and Larkin executed at Salford 23 Nov. "
Address of Fenian brotherhood of U. S. to " liberty-lovmg
people of England," dated New York 12 Dec. "
Explosion at Clerkenwell House of Detention, London, to re-
lease Burke and Casey, leading Fenians, at 3 :45. (A cask ot
gunpowder was fired close to the prison wall; Timothy Des-
mond, Jeremiah Allen, and Ann Justice arrested on sus- ^^
picion) 13 Dec.
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Reunion of Roberts and Stephens parties under a new presi-
dent about 20 Doc. 1867
Mullany, a prisoner, turns queen's evidence, and accuses Barrett
or Jackson (captured at Glasgow, 14 Jan.) of firing the barrel
at Clerkenwell 28 Jan. 1868
O'Farrell, a Fenian, wounds the duke of Edinburgh at Fort
Jackson, 12 Mch. ; sentenced to death 31 Mch. "
Darcv M'Gee, M.P., shot dead by a Fenian at Ottawa.. . .7 Apr. "
Triiilof Wm. and Timothy Desmond, Nicholas English, John
O'Keefe, Michael Barrett, and Ann Justice, for murder
(Clerkenwell outrage) begun, 20; acquittal of Justice, 23; of
O'Keefe, 24; and of the 2 Desmonds and English, 27. Con-
viction of Barrett 27 Apr. "
Michael Barrett executed 26 May, "
O'Donovan Rossji and others released Mch. 1869
Fenian raid into Canada repelled by militia; gen. Neill capt-
ured by U. S. marshal 26 May, 1870
Michael Davitt and John Wilson convicted of treason- felony,
18 July, "
Pres. Grant's proclamation against Fenian raids into Canada,
13 Oct. "
Mr. Gladstone promises release of Fenian convicts 15 Dec. "
Convicts released Jan. 1871
Fenians favor the French in the war Aug. 1870-Feb. "
Fenian raid into Manitoba suppressed by U. S. troops, and gen.
Neill arrested (Ireland) about 12 Oct. "
Gen. Cluseret (a short time in the service of the Fenians) de-
scrilies them in Fraser's Magazine; he says, "Their insur-
rection was foolishly planned and still more foolishly exe-
cuted," and advises reconciliation with England July, 1872
Escape of Fenian prisoners from W. Australia in the Catalpa,
American ship, 17 Apr. ; arrive at New York 19 Aug. 1876
O'Mahony, head-centre, d. at New York; grand funeral service,
6 Feb. 1877
Michael Davitt and other Fenian convicts released. . Jan.-Sept. 1878
Again arrested and committed to prison 3, 4 Feb, 1881
Michael Davitt elected M. P. for county Meath 22 Feb. 1882
Convention at Philadelphia opened, 25 Apr. ; denounced by
O'Donovan Rossa, who revives the Irish Revolutionary
Brotherhood 6 May, 1883
Capt. Thos. Phelan stabbed (not killed) as a suspected traitor
by Richard Short, in Rossa's office. New York, 9 Jan. ; 0' Dono-
van Rossa shot in the street by Lucilla Yseult Dudley, an
English widow (declared insane), aged 25, 2 Feb. ; Phelan
and he recover, in the same hospital Feb. 1885
Great Fenian congress at Paris 23 Feb. 1888
Michael Davitt elected M.P. for N. Meath July, 1892
Ffere-Champenoiie (fare-shamp-nwas'), a village
of France. Here the French army under Marraont, Mortier,
and Arrighi were surprised and defeated bj' the allies under
the prince of Schwarzenberg, 25 Mch. 1814, after an heroic
resistance. Paris surrendered 6 days after.
Fergll§ Haclvor of Scott's " Waverley." The origi-
nal was maj. Donald MacDonald, executed 18 Oct. 1746, with
8 others.
FerinaB Latinae, Roman festivals ascribed to Tarquin
the Proud, about 534 B.C. The principal magistrates of 47
Latin towns met on a mount near Rome, and with the Roman
authorities offered a bull to Jupiter Latialis.
fermentatioil, termed by Gay-Lussac one of the
most mysterious processes in nature ; he showed in a memoir,
1810, that in the process 45 lbs. of sugar are resolved into 23
of alcohol and 22 of carbonic acid. In 1861 Pasteur showed
that fermentation depends on minute organisms in the ferment-
ing fluid, derived from the atmosphere. For his researches he
was awarded an annual pension of 120,000 francs in 1874.
fermiers generailX {fair.me-ai/'ja-na-rau'),of&ceTS
who farmed the French revenues before 1789, often oppressive-
ly. There were 60 of them at the beginning of the French rev-
olution. Lavoisier and 27 of these were executed 8 May, 1794.
Ferozesliah', a town of the Punjab, India. The
British, under sir Hugh Gough, attacked the entrenched Sikhs,
and carried their first line, 21 Dec. 1845; but night coming on,
the operations were suspended till daybreak, when the second
line was stormed by gen. Gilbert, and 74 guns captured. The
Sikhs advanced to retake their guns, were repulsed with great
loss, and retreating to the Sutlej, 22 Dec, recrossed the river
unmolested, 27 Dec. British loss reckoned at 2415.
Ferra'ra, part of the exarchate of Ravenna, under the
emperors of the East, subdued by the Lombards in the 8th
century, and taken about 752 by Pepin, who gave it to pope
Stephen II. About 1208 it fell to the house of Este, and
became the principal seat of literature and fine arts in Italy.
Pope Clement VIII. obtained the sovereignty in 1598, on the
death of duke Aplhonso II., last legitimate male of the Este
family. His illegitimate nephew, Caesar, became duke of
Modena. The French under Massena took Ferrara in 1796 ;
but it was restored to the pope in 1814. An Austrian garri-
son held it from 1849 ; it retired in June, 1859, and the people
demanded annexation to Sardinia, which was accomplished in
Mch. 1860.
Ferrars'§ arre§t. In Mch. 1642, George Ferrars, a
member of Parliament, while at the house, was seized by a
sheriffs officer for debt, and committed to the Compter prison.
The house despatched a sergeant to require his release, which
was resisted, and, in the affray, his mace was broken. The
house in a body repaired to the Lords to complain, when the
contempt was adjudged to be great, and the punishment was
referred to the lower house. On another message to the
sheriffs by the Commons they delivered up the member, and
the civil magistrates and creditor were committed to the
Tower, the inferior officers to Newgate, and an act passed re-
leased Ferrars from liability for the debt. Henry VIII. ap-
proved all these proceedings, from which dates the rule of
Parliament exempting members from arrest. — Holinshed.
Ferro, the most western Canary isle, from whose west
point some geographers take their first meridian, was known
to the ancients, and was rediscovered in 1402.
Ferrol, a seaport town of N.W. Spain. Upwards of
10,000 British landed near Ferrol under sir James Pulteney, in
Aug. 1800, and occupied the heights; but, despairing of suc-
cess, from the strength of the works, sir James re-embarked.
His conduct was condemned. Soult captured Ferrol, 27 Jan.
1809. An insurrection of about 1500 men in the arsenal,
headed by brigadier Pozas and capt. Montojo, raised the red
flag, 11 Oct. 1872. They dispersed or surrendered, fearing
attack, 17 Oct.
Fescen'nine verse§ were rude extemporary dia-
logues, frequently licentious, in favor among the ancient
Etruscans at weddings, and still popular in Italy.
festivals. Feasts, Music.
Fete I>ieu, a feast of the Roman church in honor of
the real presence in the Lord's supper, on the Thursday af-
ter Trinity Sunday. Corpus Christi. Berengarius, arch-
bishop of Angers, opposed transubstantiation, and to atone for
his crime a yearly procession was made at Angers, called la
fete de Dieu, 1019.
feudal laws. The tenure of land by suit and ser-
vice to lord or owner, in use in England by the Saxons, about
600, was extended by William I. in 1066. The kingdom was
divided into baronies, given on condition of furnishing the
king men and money. The vassalage, limited by Henry VII.,
1496, was abolished by statute, 1660. The feudal system was
introduced in Scotland by Malcolm II. in 1008, and the hered-
itary jurisdictions were abolished in that kingdom, 1746-47.
Feudal laws, established in France by Clovis I. about 486,
were discountenanced by Louis XI. in 1470.
FeilillantS (feu-yms'), a religious order of reformed
Cistercians, founded by Jean de la Barrifere in 1577 at the ab-
bey of Feuillant (whence the name), near Toulouse, and set-
tled in Paris in 1587. The Feuillant club, formed in Paris
by Lafayette and others in 1789, to counteract the intrigues
of Jacobins, was named from the convent where they met.
A body of Jacobins burst into their hall and dispersed them,
25 Dec. 1791, and the club broke up in 1792.
Fez (in the ancient Mauritania, Africa), a city of Mo-
rocco, founded by Edris, a descendant of Mahomet, about 787,
was long capital of the kingdom of Fez. After long struggles,
it was annexed to Morocco about 1550. Leo Africanus de-
scribes it as containing more than 700 temples, mosques, and
other public edifices, in the 12th century.
fietions. Romances. Fictions in law are the formal
or pretended observance of a rule of law which is really obso-
lete ; such as the plea of citizenship in Roman courts, which
was necessary to the jurisdiction, but could not be disputed,
even if known to be false. See Maine, " Ancient Law," p. 26.
Lord Mansfield, in the court of King's Bench, declared that
" no fiction of law shall ever so far prevail against the real
truth as to prevent the execution of justice," 31 May, 1784.
They have been mostly abolished.
"Fidelio," Beethoven's only opera; composed in
1804, produced first at Vienna, 20 Nov. 1805,
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Fide'nae, a Sabine city, often at war with Rome. It
-was captured and the inhabitants enslaved, 426 b.c., by the
Romans, whose ambassadors they had slain.
Field of the Clotll of Oold, a plain near
Ardres and Calais, in France, on which Henry VIII. met
Francis I. of France, 7-25 June, 1520. The nobility of both
kingdoms displayed their magnificence, and many involved
themselves in debt. Paintings of the embarkation and inter-
view are at Windsor castle. Champ dk Maks.
FieiClli'§ {fe-es'-kee) attempt on the life of Louis
Philippe. France, 1835.
Fifth-monaretiy men, about 1645, supposed the
Millennium to be at hand, when Jesus Christ from heaven
should erect the 5th universal monarchy. They elected him
king at London. Cromwell dispersed them, 1653. — Kearsley.
Another rising, with loss of life, was suppressed 6 Jan. 1661.
Thos. Venner, a cooper, their leader, and 16 others, were soon
after executed.
Fiji, Feejee, or Viti i§le§, in the South Pacific
ocean, between lat. 15° 30' and 19° 30' S. and Ion. 177° E. and
178° W. ; discovered by Tasman, Dutch navigator, 1643.
There are above 200 isles, 80 inhabited ; the largest about 360
miles in circumference, with a population of 124,658, 2100 Eu-
ropean, 1890. Capital Suva.
Islands ofTered by the king, Thakombau, and chiefs to the
British government, but not accepted July, 1859
House of Commons granted 1680Z. for expenditure in them, and
European settlements made 1860
Annexation to Great Britain proposed in Parliament; declined
25 June, 1872; but unconditional cession to the British gov-
ernment accepted by sir Hercules Robinson, July; and an-
nounced by him 25 Oct. 1874
His club presented to the queen by king Thakombau "
Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon first governor. 1875
Many deaths by epidemic measles early in "
Outbreak of cannibal devil-worshippers suppressed by military;
about 20 ringleaders executed about June, 1876
flle§ are mentioned (1 Sam. xiii. 21) 1093 b.c. They are
manufactured in great perfection by file-cutting machinery.
That set up by T. Greenwood of Leeds, in 1859, was invented
by M. Bernot of Paris. It is said that the price of files by it
is reduced from 32(?. to ^d. per dozen.
fil'ibuiters (properly Jlibustiers), originally freeboot-
ers who plundered coasts of America in the 16th and 17th
centuries ; also applied to Narcisco Lopez and his followers.
Lopez, born in Venezuela, 1799, went to Cuba and entered the
army. Distinguished himself in Spain; joined the revolu-
tionists in Cuba in 1848; organized an expedition to invade
Cuba at New York, but stopped by a proclamation of president
Taylor, 1849. Organized another expedition and landed at
the town of Cardenas, 19 May, 1850, with 600 men ; took the
town, but soon after evacuated it and returned to New Orleans.
Prepared another expedition, and, sailing from New Orleans,
3 Aug. 1851, he landed at Bahia Hondo, to the west of Ha-
vana, 11 Aug.; he was accompanied on this expedition by
col. William L. Crittenden of Kentucky, whom he left at the
landing-place with 130 men, while he moved on Las Pozas
with 323 men. He here appealed to the people in vain for a
general rising ; he was obliged to surrender shortly after (28
Aug.), having accomplished nothing. He was tried for high
treason at Havana and garroted 1 Sept. 1851. Col. Critten-
den was captured while attempting to escape to New Orleans,
and with 50 others shot at Havana, 16 Aug.— William Walker,
another filibuster, was born at Nashville, Tenn., in *1824.
Going to California in 1850, he led an expedition into lower
CaUfornia, landing at La Paz, 4 Nov. 1853 ; his plans failing,
he retreated northward, and in May, 1854, surrendered to the
United States authorities at San Diego ; taken to San Francisco
he was tried under the neutrality laws and acquitted, 15 May,
1854. Early in 1855 Walker was invited to Nicaragua by one
of the factions, " The Liberals," with a promise of 52,000 acres
of land. On 4 May, 1855, with 60 men, he arrived at San
Juan del Sur on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua from San Fran-
cisco. Gained the battle of Virgin bay or La Virgin, 1 Sept.
1855, with 170 men against 540 Nicaraguans. On 13 Oct. he
occupied Grenada, a town on lake Nicaragua ; here he ordered
gen. Corral shot, 8 Nov. 1855. War began with Costa Rica.
Walker was defeated at Guana Castro, 20 Mch. 1856, but de-
feated the Costa Ricans at Rivas 11 Apr. He forced his elec-
tion as president of Nicaragua, Sept. 1856, and his minister,
Padre Vijil, was recognized at Washington by president Pierce.
His government, however, soon ended, and on 1 May, 1857, he
surrendered with 1& officers to com. Charles H. Davis of the
U. S. sloop-of-war Maj-y, which conveyed him to Panama,
whence he returned to New Orleans, where he was received
with great enthusiasm. There were engaged in this under-
taking 2288 men, of whom 61 were officers. On 25 Nov. 1857,
he again invaded Nicaragua with about 200 men, landing near
Greytown, but was soon compelled to surrender to com. Hiram
Paulding of the U. S. frigate WabasJi, and was conveyed to
New York, but escaped punishment by nolle prosequi, 2 June,
1858, while com. Paulding was censured. Again Walker, in-
tending to create a revolution, on 5 Aug. 1860, landed at
Truxillo, Honduras, and took the fort on the 6th. On the
j next daj-^ he issued a proclamation stating he made war on
the government, and not on the people. He was summoned
to surrender by the captain of the British man-of-war Icarus,
but refused and fled ; he was caught 30 Sept. 1860 ; delivered
up to the Honduras government ; tried, and shot 12 Oct. 1860.
His followers were liberated. — The term "filibustering" has
of late been applied to all forms of irregular and predatory
warfare, and to methods of delaying the decision of debated
questions in deliberative assemblies, by raising false or trivial
issues, or wasting time in useless motions and roll-calls.
Filio'que, " and from the Son," inserted in the Nicene
CREED, in respect to the procession of the Holy Ghost from the
Father and the Son, in a council at Toledo, 589 ; adopted by
the western, but rejected by the eastern church since 662. The
omission of the phrase was considered at the Old Catholic
conference at Bonn, Aug. 1875. Athanasian creed.
fine arts. Arts, Engraving, Painting, Sculpture.
Finland, a Russian grand-duchy, in the middle of the
12th century was conquered by Eric IX. of Sweden, who in-
troduced Christianity. Often taken by the Russians (1714-
1742, and 1808), and restored (1721 and 1743); but after 1809
retained by treaty. Abo. Its political constitution was con-
firmed by the czar in 1800, 1825, and 1856. Area 144,255 sq.
miles. Pop. 1862, 1,746,229; 1875, 1,912,647 ; 1889, 2,388,404.
During a famine whole villages were starved, Mch. 1868.
lire. The ancient poets supposed that fire was stolen from
heaven by Prometheus. Heraclitus, about 596 B.C., maintained
that the world was created from fire, and deemed it to be a
god omnipotent. Parsees, Philosophy.
fire-annihilator, an apparatus invented by T.
Phillips, in 1849. When put in action, steam and carbonic
acid are formed, which extinguish flame. It was not success-
ful commercially. UExtincteur was invented by dr. F. Car-
lier, and patented by A. Vignon in July, 1862. It is an iron
cylinder filled with water and carbonic-acid gas, generated by
bicarbonate of soda and tartaric acid. The apparatus was de-
veloped and improved by W. B. Dick in his manual and
chemical fire-engines, which give a continuous flow of water
and gas ; patented Apr. 1869.
"Mata-fuego," or "fire-killer," of M. Banolas of Paris, was suc-
cessfully exhibited at the Alexandra palace, 16 Oct. 1880. Great
bodies of flame were almost instantaneously extinguished.
flre-arms. The first fire-arms were cannon, and the first
small fire-arms were a species of cannon borne by 2 men. Ar-
tillery, Cannon, Chassepot rifle. Pistols, Revolvers.
Fire-arms made at Perugia in Italy 1364
Employed by the Burgundians at Arras 1414
Arquebus in use about 1465
Edward IV. of England landed at Ravenspur, it is said, with 300
Flemings armed with hand-guns 1471
At Moral the Swiss are said to have had 10,000 arquebusiers. . "
A fire-arm known as the petronel (from poitrine, the chest),
a kind of large "pistol," came into use 1480
Fire-arms said to have been used at the siege of Berwick 1521
Musket used in the armies of Charles V about 1521
Earliest breech-loaders about 1537
(During the 17th and 18th centuries numerous.)
[These were of rude construction; the first discharged by
a lighted match, later forms (about 1517) by a wheel-lock.
Loading and firing took much time. At Kuisyingen, in 1636,
only 7 shots were fired by soldiers in 8 hours, and at Witten-
mergen, 1638, the musketeers of the duke of Weimar fired 7
times from noon until 8 p.m.]
Match-lock and wheel-lock superseded by the flint-lock, which
is of Spanish origin, prior to 1630
[Introduced into England during the reign of William III. ;
FIR ^
remained in use in the British army until 1840, and manu-
ftctured as late as 1842. The best were manufactured in
1815 by Joseph Manton, the " king of gun-makers."]
Rifles not in repute or much used until the 17th century.
William, landgrave of Hesso, armed his companies with the
rifle carbine 1631
(The most famous rifle-barrel maker was Nicholas Bis,
goldsmith to Philip V. of Spain; the lowest price for his sin-
gle rifle barrel was ,1!200.]
Fergusson rifle, breech-loader, in use in the American revolu-
tion 1775-82
Percussion principle patented by rev. Mr. Forsythe 1807
First patent in the U. S. for a breech-loading fire-arm was to
Thornton & Hall, of North Yarmouth, Mass. (10,000 of
which were made for the U. S.) 21 May, 1811
Copper percussion caps made in England 1818
Rkvolvbks invented by Samuel Colt, 1829; patented 1835
Percussion musket in use in the British army 1842
Old musket, " Brown Bess, " superseded in England by the En-
field rifle (so called from the place of manufacture) 1857
Before the civil war in the U. S., 1861-65, the principal breech-
loading rifles were Maynard's, patented 1851; Merrill's. 1856;
Burnside's, 1856; Sharp's, 1859; Spencer, 1860. While the
Springfield rifle-musket, muzzle-loader, was the principal
fire-arm in use among the northern troops during the civil
war, the following breech loaders were purchased by the
U. S. government from 1 Jan. 1861 to 30 Jan. 1866. The
"Spencer," 8-shooter, being most in demand.
Ballard 1,500
Ball. . . 1,002
Burnside 55,567
Cosmopolitan 9,342
Gallagher. 22,728
Glbbs. 1,052
Hall 3,520
Joslyn 11,261
Lindner 892
Merrill 14,495
The weight and calibre of the modem army rifle has been much
reduced, as shown below.
Maynard 20,002
Palmer 1,001
Remington 20,000
Sharp 80,512
Smith 30,062
Spencer 94,156
Starr 25,603
Warner 4,001
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RIFLES USED BY THE PRINCIPAL NATIONS.
Nation.
Gnn.
Weight.
Calibre.
No. of
IbB.
~9"
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
9
9
8
9
8
8
oz.
inch.
Austria
Mannlicher
Mauser
2
0
0
9
4
0
0
10
10
4
0
12
8
4
12
0.315
0.31
0.433
0.315
0.303
0.315
0.315
0.315
0.3
0.3
0.304
0.315
0.3
0.295
0.31
0.3
5
Belgium . .
5
China
Lee
5
Mannlicher
Lee-Speed
Lebel
5
8
8
Germany
Mannlicher
Mannlicher
Murata
5
Italv
5
Japan
5
Portugal
Kropatchek
Lebel
5
8
Mannlicher
Krag-Jorgensen..
Schmidt
Manser
Krag-Jorgensen..
5
Sweden and Norway. ,
Switzerland
6
12
Turkey
5
United States
5
Gatling, Maxim, Mitrailleuse.
fire-eng^ines are said to have been invented by Ctesi-
bius, 260 B.C. They are mentioned by Pliny, 70 a.d. A
"water-bow" was patented by Thonoas Grent in 1632; one
was constructed by John Van der Heyden about 1663. Bra-
mah's engine was patented in 1793. John Braithwaite con-
structed a steam fire-engine in 1830.
W. Dennis's portable self-acting pneumatic fire-engine tried
successfully at gas-works near the Thames, Engl 30 Nov. 1876
Number of fire-engines in the principal cities of the U. S. : New York,
57, including 3 fire-boats; Chicago,63; Philadelphia, 40; Boston,34;
St. Louis, 31; Cincinnati, 26; Brooklyn, 34, including 3 fire-boats;
San Franci8co,23 ; Buffalo,21; NewOrleans,20; Pittsburg, 19; Cleve-
land, 18; Detroit,17; Milwaukee, 16; Baltimore, 14; Louisville, 14.
fire-escapes were patented by David Marie (1766)
and Joachim Smith (1773) and many since. Versmann's
composition for rendering wash dresses fire-proof was made
public about 1860. Many devices patented in the U. S. since
1870.
fire insurance. Insurance.
fireman's respirator, the invention of dr. Tyndall
(1870-71), is a combination of his respirator of cotton -wool
moistened with glycerine, and dr. Stenhouse's charcoal respira-
tor. Armed with it a man may remain long in dense smoke.
fires. The conflagration of a city, with all its tumult of
concomitant distress, is one of the most dreadful spectacles
which this world can offer to human eyes. — D?: Johnson.
Liverpool, 1862, etc. ; Santiago.
IN LONDON.
Much of the city, with St. Paul's cathedral, destroyed. .962 and 1087
" FIR
One at London bridge began on the Southwark side, extended
to the other side and hemmed in a crowd; about ;J000 were
drowned, and much of the city, north apd south, burned 1212
Great Fire, whoso ruins covered 436 acres, extended from the
Tower to the Temple church, and from the northeast gate to
Holborn bridge. It began in a baker's house in Pudding
lane, behind Monument yard, and destroyed, in 4 days, 89
churches (including St. Paul's), the city gates, the Royal
exchange, the Custom-house, Guildhall, Sion college, and
many other public building.s, besides 13,200 houses, laying
waste 400 streets. About 200,000 persons encamped in
Islington and Highgate fields (Monumknt) 2-6 Sept.
In Cornhill ward, 200 houses burned; began in Change alley;
most terrible since 1666 '. 25 Mch.
There were 953 fires in 1854; 1113 in 1857; 1114 in 1858 (38
lives lost); 1183 in 1861. 1303 fires in 1862; 1404 in 1863;
and 1715 in 1864. In 1866, 1338 fires (326 serious) ; in 1867, ^
1397 fires (245 serious); in 1868, 1668 fires (235 serious); in
1869, 1572 fires (199 serious) ; in 1870, 1946 fires (276 serious) ; -t
in 1871, 1842 (207 serious); in 1872, 1494 (120 serious); in i
1873, 1548 (166 serious; 35 lives lost); in 1874, 1573 (154 seri-
ous; 23 lives lost); in 1875, 1668 (163 serious; 29 lives lost); j
in 1876, 1787 (166 serious; 35 lives lost); in 1877, 1708 (159
serious; 29 lives lost); in 1878, 1659 (170 serious); in 1879,
1718 ; 1880, 1871 (162 serious ; 33 lives lost). In but few cases
were the premises totally destroyed.
In 1890 there were 2555 fires (153 serious; 61 lives lost). The
fires in London are far more numerous in December than
in any other month.
IN the united states, ;
Theatre at Richmond, Va. ; the governor and many leading
citizens perished (Virginia) 26 Dec. 1811
New York city, 600 warehouses, etc; loss, $20,000,000, 16 Dec. 1835
Washington city, destroying general post-offlce and patent
office, with 10,000 valuable models, drawings, etc 15 Dec. 1836
Charleston, S. C, 1158 buildings, covering 145 acres 27 Apr. 1838
New York city, 46 buildings; loss, $10,000,000 .6 Sept. 183*
Pittsburg, Pa., 1000 buildings; loss about $6,000,000 10 Apr. 1845
New York city, 1300 dwellings destroyed 28 June,
New York city, 302 stores and dwellings, 4 lives, and $6,000,000
of property 19 July,
Albany, N. Y., 600 buildings, besides steamboats, piers, etc. ; 24
acres burned over; loss, $3,000,000 9 Sept. 1848
St. Louis, Mo., 15 blocks of houses and 23 steamboats; loss es
timated at $3,000,000 17 May, 1849'
San Francisco, Cal., nearly 2500 buildings burned; estimated
loss about $3,500,000; many lives lost 3-5 May, 1851
San Francisco, Cal., 500 buildings; estimated loss, $3,000,000^
22 June, "
Congressional library, Washington city, 35,000 volumes, with
works of art 24 Dec.
Syracuse, N. Y., 12 acres of ground burned over, about 100
buildings; loss, $1,000,000 8 Nov. 1856
New York Crystal palace destroyed, with an immense amount
of property on exhibition 5 Oct. 1858
Portland, Me., nearly destroyed; 10,000 people rendered home-
less; loss, $15,000,000 4 July, 1866
Great Chicago fire, burning over about 3)^ square miles, de-
stroying 17,450 buildings, killing 200 persons, and rendering
98,500 homeless; loss over $200,000,000. The most destruc-
tive fire ever known 8, 9 Oct. 1871
Great fire in Boston; over 800 buildings burned; loss, $80,000,-
000 9 Nov. 1872
Brooklyn theatre (Brooklyn, N. Y.) burned ; 295 lives lost
(Theatres) 5 Dec. 1876
For smaller fires, see articles on diff'erent cities.
fire-sllips. Among the most formidable of such con-
trivances was an explosion vessel to destroy a bridge of boats
at the siege of Antwerp in 1585. The first use of them in
the British navy was by Charles, lord Howard, of Efiingham^
against the Spanish Armada, July, 1588. — Ropin.
fireworlts are said to have been made by the Chinese
in remote ages. They were invented in Europe, at Florence,^
about 1360, and were exhibited as a spectacle in 1588. In the
United States most used in celebrating the anniversary of the
Declaration of Independence, 4 July.
fire-worshippers. Parsees.
first-fruits as offerings were a large part of the reve-
nues of the Hebrew priesthood. First-fruits (called Annates,
from annus, a year), in the Roman church, originally the prof-
its of one year of every vacant bishopric, afterwards of every
benefice, were first claimed by pope Clement V. in 1306, and
were collected in England in 1316; but chronologers diflFer.
In 26 Henry VIII., 1534, the first-fruits were assigned by
Parliament to the king and his successors. Mary gave the
annates to the popes (1555); but Elizabeth resumed them
(1559). They were granted, together with the tenths, to the
poor clergy, by queen Anne, in 1703. The offices of first-fruits,
tenths, and queen Anne's bounty were consolidated by 1 Vict,
c. 20 (1838). Annates were long resisted in France, and to-
tally suppressed in 1789.
FIS
Fiill I>aill ford, S. C, Battle at, between Americans
under Sumter and British under Wemyss, 12 Nov. 1780.
American victory.
fl§h, flilieriCJi, etc. Laws for the protection of fish-
eries were enacted by Edward I. in 1284, and by his successors.
The rights of the English and French fishermen were defined
by treaty in 1839. The known species of fish are about 7000.
—Guntker, 187 1.
First experiments in artificial propagation of fish in the U. S.
were made in South Carolina in 1804. In 1853 successful
efforts to hatch trout were made at Cleveland, Ohio. Many
large establishments for hatching are now in operation; and
there are fish commissioners in about half the states. Much
Las been done to stock or restock rivers, creeks, lakes, and
ponds; and laws for the protection offish are general. By-
act of Congress of 9 Feb. 1871, a U. S. commissioner of fish
and fisheries was provided for; and great progress has been
made in the propagation and conservation of food fishes.
Fishmongers' company of London (salt), 1433; (stock), 1509;
united 1536
Fishing towns in England regulated by an act passed 1542
Fishing on the English coast forbidden to strangers 1609
Dutch paid 30,000/. for right to fish on British coasts 1636
■Corporation of free British fisheries instituted 1750
Fish-machines, for conveying fish by land to London, set up
in 1761 ; and supported by Parliament 1764
British society of fisheries established in London 1786
Irish Fishery company formed Dec. 1818
In 1849, '2 peasants, Remy and Gehin, obtained medals for cul-
tivating fish in France, and the government set up an estab-
lishment for this purpose at Huningue, under M. Coumes.
In 1860 great progress had been made by M. Coste and others.
■Commission to examine British fisheries appointed 1860
Acts to amend British fishery laws 1861, 1862, 1863, 1868, 1869
In Apr., Mr. Ponders placed in the Thames 76,000 young fish
; (salmon, trout, char, and grayling); and on 17 Apr., Frank
Buckland demonstrated the importance of fish culture before
I members of the Royal Institution, London 1863
I In 1853 .Mr. Buist began the culture of fish at Stormontfleld,
j Perthshire; reported highly successful Sept. 1866
t 'Convention with France on sea fisheries signed at Paris, 11
1 Nov. 1867 ; ratified by Sea-Fisheries act, passed 13 July, 1868
Act for the. protection of fresh-water fish passed 8 Aug. 1878
! International fish and fishing exhibition at Berlin opened by
[ the crown prince 1 .20 Apr. 1880
National fisheries exhibition at Norwich opened by the prince
of Wales 18-30 Apr. 1881
1 American Sea-Fisheries. — Sebastian Cabot first directed attention
j to American fisheries in 1498. The earliest fishing voyages to
I American coasts were made in 1517. Bartholomew Gosnold ex-
plored the New England coast in 1602; and, catching cod near
the southern cape of Massachusetts, named it Cape Cod. A ship-
load offish was sent from Massachusetts to England in 1624.
' Fish were exported from Boston in 1633. An act to encourage
\ fishing was passed by Massachusetts in 1639, and the industry
[ grew rapidly until the Revolution. By the treaty of peace in
1783, the right of U. S. citizens to fish on the banks of Newfound-
laud, in the gulf of St. Lawrence, etc., was conceded. But, to in-
jure the U. S. fishing industry, the British government, in July,
1783, prohibited the importation of its fish into the British We'st
Indies. The U. S. government passed a bounty act to encourage
fishing in 1789, and another in 1790, imposing duties on imported
tish. Other acts to encourage this industry were passed 16 Feb.
1792, 2 May, 1792, 1797, and 1799. The bounties were abolished
in 1807, but restored in 1813. There has been much legislation
since, with the general policy of encouraging the industry. After
the war of 1812-15, the British maintained that hostihties had
abrogated the fishing rights of 1783; and in 1818, by a convention,
the fishing privileges of U. S. citizens were defined. Disputes
concerning bay and inlet fishing arose in 1852, which were settled
by the reciprocity treaty of 1854. The U. S. gave notice, 17 Mch.
1865, of the abrogation of this treaty, taking eff"ect 17 Mch. 1866.
In consequence of disputes which arose in 1870, the subject was
included in the treaty of Washington, 1871, the fisheries provisions
of which took effect 1 July, 1873. By it the fisheries of both
•countries were opened equally to the citizens of both; but the
difference of value, in the respective concessions, was referred to
arbitration. This commission met at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in
1877, and awarded to Great Britain $5,500,000. The justice of
this decision was disputed in the U. S. ; but Congress promptly
niade the appropriation, and the money was paid in London by
the American minister, 23 Nov. 1878, who protested against the
j award as excessive.
i-Seal Fisheries Dispute.— The coast of Alaska has valuable seal
' fisheries. The Russian American Fur company, under grant from
Russia, annually exported about 25,000 skins of the seal, sea-
otter, beaver, etc. In 1867 the U. S. purchased Alaska. To pre-
vent the extinction of seals threatened by the rapid increase of
fishers, Congress, in 1868, placed Alaska under the treasury de-
partment, and forbade the killing of any mink, marten, sable, or
I fur-seal in Alaska or its waters. The breeding grounds of seal
were leased to the Alaska Commercial company of San Francisco
for $60,000 a year, and $2 for every seal-skin shipped, the number
limited each year to 100,000. But the company could not protect
• Its territory; vessels from British Columbia and the U. S. took
seals with impunity, and the extinction of the seal in a few years
was threatened. The government sent cruisers into the Behring
sea in 1876, checking the slaughter. But poaching continued;
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the natives especially capture seals, and take them in boats to
vessels awaiting them at sea. The U. S. claimed the Behring sea
as mare clausum, with jurisdiction over half of it, asserting that
Russia had maintained this doctrine, and that Great Britain had
once admitted it. But in 1822, in answer to the Russian claim,
both Great Britain and the U. S. insisted that a sea whose entrance
is 1000 miles wide or more cannot be other than open to all, and
the claim of the U. S. has been met by Great Britain and Russia
with the same rule. However, the U. S. revenue cutter Corwin
was sent to the Behring sea with instructions to seize all sealers
found east of a line drawn from between the Diomede islands in
Behring sea, straight southwesterly to a point equidistant from
Copper and Otter islands in the Aleutian group. In 1886 the
British schooners Caroline, Onward, and Thornton were captured
and taken to Sitka. The vessels were condemned, their masters
fined, the cargoes of seal skins confiscated and sent to San Fran-
cisco. The British government demanded the release of the pris-
oners and an indemnity of $160,000. In Jan. 1887 the president
directed the authorities of Alaska to release the imprisoned men
and surrender the vessels and property; but it was not until Sept.
that the order was complied with. U. S. vessels still guarded the
waters, and in 1887 the Rush seized the British vessels Dolphin,
Annie Beck, W. P. Saywond, Grace, and Alfred, besides 7 American
vessels at various distances from the shore, varying from 30 to
70 miles. The British vessels w-ere again released. In 1889 Con-
gress provided for the better protection of the Alaskan fisheries,
tacitly receding from the claim that the Behring sea is mare
clausum. Arbitration between the U. S. and Great Britain was
proposed and practically accepted, and, as this would take much
time, a modus vivendi for the protection of the seals meanwhile
was proposed in a correspondence begun 4 May, 1891, and closed
15 June, 1891, when the president proclaimed the terms. For
final settlement consult Behring sea. •
Fi§lier'S Hill, Va. Here, on 21 Sept. 1864, gen.
Sheridan again defeated the confederates under gen. Early
(whom he had defeated 2 days before at WiNCHESTEn),
capturing 1100 prisoners and 16 guns. Grant's Virginia
CAMPAIGN.
Filinie {fe-oo'-mci) (meaning river), the port of the
kingdom of Hungary, on the Adriatic; built on the supposed
site of Tersatica, destroyed by Charlemagne about 799, after-
wards known as Vitopolis, Civita Sancti Viti ad Flumen, and
finally Fiume. It was successively subject to the Greeks, Ro-
mans, the eastern emperors, the pope, and the house of Haps-
burg. It was captured by the French early in the century,
taken by the English in 1813, and given to Austria in 1814.
It was transferred to Hungary in 1822; to Croatia in 1848;
restored to Hungary in 1868. A new port and railways were
constructed in 1877. Pop. 1880, 13,314.
Five Fork§, Battle of, near Richmond, Va. Here
gen. Slieridan turned the front of the confederates and defeated
them after a fierce struggle, 1 Apr. 1865. Grant's Virginia
CAMPAIGN.
Five Hundred, Council of, under new French con-
stitution, 22 Aug. 1795 ; rudely dissolved by Napoleon, 10 Nov.
1799. Council, French.
Five-mile act, 17 Chas. II. c. 2 (Oct. 1665), forbade
nonconformist teachers who refused the non-resistance oath to
come within five miles of any corporation where they had
preached since the act of Oblivion (unless travelling), under
penalty of 40^. They were relieved by Will. HI. in 1689.
Fladenheim or Flatheim, Saxony. Here Ro-
dolph of Swabia defeated the emperor Henry IV., 27 Jan.
1080.
flag^. The flag acquired its present form in the 6th cen-
tury, in Spain ; it was previously small and square. — Ashe,
Introduced, it is said, by the Saracens, before whom the en-
signs of war were extended on cross-pieces of wood. Car-
ROCiuM. The honor - of- the -flag salute at sea, exacted by
England from early times, was formally conceded by the
Dutch in 1673 after many defeats. Louis XIV. obliged the
Spaniards to lower their flag to the French, 1680.— Henav If.
After an engagement of 3 hours between Tourville and the
Spanish admiral Papachin, the latter yielded, firing a salute
of nine guns to the French flag, 2 June, 1688. — Ide7n.
flag', United States. The earliest legislation on a nation-
al flag was a resolution of Congress, 14 June, 1777, " that the
flag of the 13 United States be 13 stripes alternate red and
white ; that the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, rep-
resenting the new constellation." In 1794 Congress ordered
that after 1 May, 1795, " the flag of the United States be 15
stripes, alternate red and white, and that the union be 15
stars, white in a blue field." This was to note the ad-
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mission of Vermont and Kentucky. In 1816 a committee
was appointed to inquire into the expediency of changing the
flag, and 4 Apr. 1818, an act was approved reducing the num-
ber of stripes to 13, and increasing the number of stars to
represent at all times the number of states in the Union. 44
surs in the U. S. flag in 1893.
First U. S. flag raised was that over Fort Schuyler, N. Y.,
then a military post on the site of the village of Rome (Fort
SCIU'YLKR) 3 Aug. 1777
It was flrsl seeu in a foreign country aboard the Ranger, capt.
Paul Jones, at Quiberon bay, France, where it received the
salute of that government 14 Feb. 1778
First displayed m a British port on board the Bedford, of Mas-
sachusetts, which arrived in the Downs 3 Feb. 1783
First trip around the world in the ship Columbia (Unitkd
States) 1787-90
Carried farthest south in the schooner Flying Fish, liout. W.
M. Walker, U. S. N. (Wilkes U. S. exploring expedition), laL
70° 14' S., Ion. 100° W 24 Mch. 1839
Carried, by lieut. J. B. Lockwood, U. S. N. (Greely expedition),
lat 83° 24' N., Ion. 40° 46' W 13-15 May 1882
Carried flirthest north by lieut. R. E. Peary, U. S. N., lat. 83°
30' N., Ion. 39° W 1891
Before 1866 all American flags were of English bunting. Sa-
LUTK AT Ska and Unio.n Jack.
Flagel'lant§, at Perouse, Italy, about 1268, during a
plague, maintained there was no remission of sins without
flagellation, and publicly lashed themselves. Clement VI. de-
clared them heretics in 1349 ; and 90 of them, and their leader,
Conrad Schmidt, were burned, 1414. In 1574 Henry III. of
France became a Flagellant for a short time.
flaf^e'olet, a musical instrument ascribed to Juvigny,
about 1581 ; double flageolet patented by William Bainbridge,
1803; improved 1809 and 1819.
Flanders, part of ancient Belgium, which was con-
quered by Julius Caesar, 51 b.c. It became part of France,
843 A.D., and was governed by counts subject to the king,
from 862 till 1369, the first being Baldwin, Bras de Fer, who
is said to have introduced the cloth manufacture. In 1204
Baldwin IX. became emperor at Constantinople. In 1369
Philip, duke of Burgundy, married Margaret, the heiress of
count Louis II. After this Flanders was subjected successive-
ly to Burgundy (1384), Austria (1477), and Spain (1555). In
1580 it declared independence, but afterwards returned to its
allegiance to the house of Hapsburg. In 1713 it was in the
German empire. France obtained part of Flanders by treaty
in 1659 and 1679. Natives of Flanders were called Flemings.
Belgium, Burgundy, and Nktherlands.
riattery, Cape, at the entrance of the strait Juan de
Fuca, west coast of the state of Washington, U.S., so named
by capt. Cook because it looked like a distant harbor, 1778.
Flavian Caesars, the Roman emperors Vespasian,
Titus, and Domitian, 66-96 a.d. C^sars, The Twelve.
flax. The manufacture in Egvpt in very early times
was carried thence to Tyre about 588 b.c., and to Gaul about
1 B,c.; and thus reached Britain. It was encouraged in
England, by statue 24 Hen. VIII. 1533. For many ages the
core was separated from the flax, the bark of the plant, by
hand. A mallet was next used ; but the old methods of
breaking and scutching the flax yielded to a water-mill which
was invented in Scotland about 1750. Flowers and
Plants, Hemp.
Fleet prison, London, was built over the small river
Fleta (whence the name fleet), now a sewer. In the reign
of Henry VII. this river is said to have been navigable to
Holborn bridge.
It was founded in the 1st year of Richard I., was allotted
for debtors, 1640; and persons were committed here by the
star-chamber, and for contempt of court of chancery. It
was burned during the Gordon riots, 7 June. 1780, rebuilt
1781-82, pulled down 1845 (debtors removed to Queen's Bench
prison). The site was sold to the London. Dover, and Chat-
ham railway company for 60,000Z. on 2 June, 1864. Last
vestige removed Feb. 1868
Fleet marriages. Between 19 Oct. 1704 and 12
Fob. 1705 there were celebrated 295 marriages in the Fleet
without license or certificate of banns. 20 or 30 couples were
sometimes joined in one day, and their names concealed by
private marks if they chose to pay an extra fee. Pennant
says that in his youth he was often accosted with, " Sir, will
you please to walk in and be married ?" Painted signs of joined
th^^'
hands, with the inscription, " Marriages performed with
were common on the building.
This abuse abolished by the Marriage act 1769
Flemish school. Painting.
Flensburg, a city of Schleswig. Here the Danes de-
feated the allied Schleswig and German troops, 9 Apr. 1848.
It was entered by the allies, 7 Feb. 1864. Denmark.
fleur-de-lis {Jler-de-le'), the emblem of France, said
to have been brought from heaven by an angel to Clovis on
his vow that, if victorious in a pending battle with the Ale-
nianni near Cologne, he would embrace Christianity, 496. It
was the national emblem till the revolution in 1789, when the
tricolor (blue, white, and red) was adopted.
Fleurus, a village of Belgium, the site of several battles.
Between the Catholic league under Gonzales de Cordova and
the Protestant union (indecisive) 30 Aug. 162J
Prince of Waldeck defeated by marshal Luxemburg 1 July, 1690
Allies under the prince of Coburg defeated by the French
revolutionary army under Jourdan, who joined the armies
of the Moselle, the Ardennes, and the North. (The French
said to have profited by a balloon reconnoissance. ) . .26 June, 1794,
Here Napoleon defeated Bliicher (Ligny) 16 June, 1818
floating^ batteries. Batteries; Gibraltar, 1781,
Flodden field, Northumberland, Engl. Site of sm
battle on 9 Sept. 1513, between English and Scots ; James IV. of
Scotland having joined Louis XII. of France against Henry
VIII. of England. James, many nobles, and 10,000 men wer»*
slain — scarce a Scotch family of eminence but had a member
of it killed in this battle— while the English, under the earl
of Surrey, lost only persons of small note.
"Tradition, legend, time, and song,
Shall many an age the wail prolong :
Still from the sire the son shall hear i
Of the stern strife and carnage drear |
Of Flodden's fatal field, S
Where shivered was fair Scotland's spear,
And broken was her shield." ]
— Scott, " Marmion," canto vi. stanza 34. '
flog'g^ing^, by the Jewish law, was limited to forty-
stripes, "lest thy brother should seem vile unto thee," 1451
B.C. (Deut. XXV. 3). William Cobbett in 1810, and John
Drakard in 1811, were punished for publishing severe cen-
sures on flogging in the British army.
Flogging abolished in the U. S. navy and on vessels of com-
merce 28 Sept, 1850
Abolished in the U. S. army 5 Aug. 1861
Abolished in British army by Army Discipline act Apr.
floods. Inundations.
Flora'lia, annual games at Rome in honor of Floi
lasting fronti 28 Apr. to 2 May, instituted about 752, but n(
celebrated with regularity till about 174 b.c.
Florence {Flormtia), capital of Tuscany, and from
1864 to 1871 of Italy, is said to have been founded by the sol-
diers of Sulla (80 B.C.), and enlarged by the Roman triumviru
In its palaces, universities, academies, churches, and librariea
are many of the rarest works of sculpture and painting. The
Florentine academy and Academia della Crusca (established
1582) were instituted to enrich literature and improve the lan-
guage of Tuscany j the latter was so named because it reject*
like bran all words not pure Tuscan : both are now united uM-
L850
L88l|
der the former name.
Destroyed by Totila
Pop. 1890, 191,453.
about 541
Rebuilt by Charlemagne about 800
Becomes an independent republic about 1198
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines 1215 et seq.
Dante born here 14 May, 1266
Arti or guilds established 1266
Factions of the Bianchi and Neri 1300
Great plague, the Black Death 1348
Influence of the Medici begins with Cosmo de' Medici, "the
father of his country " about 1420
Death of Lorenzo de' Medici 8 Apr. 1492
Savonarola strangled and burned 23 May, 1498
Alexander de' Medici perpetual governor 1580
Cosmo de' Medici created grand-duke of Tuscany ; makes Flor-
ence his capital (Tuscany) ISW
Revolution at Florence 27 Apr. 1889
Annexation to Sardinia voted by people, 11, 12 Mch. ; the king
enters Florence 7 Apr. 1860
King opens the exhibition of the industrial products of Italy.
15 Sept. 1861
Florence decreed the capital of Italy till the acquisition ot
Rome 11 Dec, 1864
King and court remove there 13 May, 1865
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Dante festival (the 600th anniversary of his birth) opened by
the king 14 May, 1865
First assembly of Italian parliament here 18 Nov. "
Capital removed to Rome July, 1871
Fourth centenary of Michel Angelo 12 Sept. 1875
Brick duomo, begun by Arnulfo, 1294; dedicated by pope Eu-
genius IV., 1436; completed by Brunelleschi, 1447; the fa-
cade cased with marble by government, uncovered in pres-
ence of the king 12 May, 1887
Equestrian statue of king Victor Emmanuel unveiled, 20 Sept. 1890
Flore§, or Isle of Flowers, one of the Azores, discovered
by Vanderberg in 1439, and settled by the Portuguese in 1448.
Florida, one of the United States, lies between 31° and
24° 30' N. lat., and 79° 48' and 87° 38' W. Ion. The Perdido
river separates it from Alaba-
ma on the west. It is mostly a
peninsula, 275 miles long and
averaging 90 miles in width,
extending south to the strait
of Bimini, and separating the
gulf of Mexico from the Atlan-
tic ocean. Georgia and Ala-
bama bound it on the north.
Area, 54,240 sq. miles in 45
counties. Pop. 1890, 391,422.
Capital, Tallahassee.
Juan Ponce de Leon, sailing
from Porto Rico in search
of new lands, discovers Florida 27 Mch., lands near St. Au-
gustine, plants the cross, and takes possession in the name
of the Spanish monarch 2 Apr. 1512
Diego Miruelo, a pilot, sails from Cuba with one vessel, touches
at Florida, and obtains pieces of gold from the natives 1516
Spaniards, under Francis Hernandez de Cordova, land in Flori-
da, but are driven offby the natives, and return to Cuba 1517
Ponce de Leon having returned to Porto Rico and obtained
title and privileges of Adelantado of Florida, fits out 2 ves-
sels and revisits Florida. Driven off by the natives, he
soon after dies in Cuba 1521
Panfllo de Narvaez, commissioned to conquer and govern the
mainland from the river of Palms near Tampico to cape Flor-
ida, lands at Tampa bay with 400 men and 80 horses, 15 Apr. 1528
Fernando de Soto, leaving Cuba, lands at Tampa bay, which
he calls Espiritu Santo, with about 1000 men and 350 horses,
and passing north through Florida erects a cross of wood
near the northern boundary. He lands 25 May, 1539
Don Tristan de Luna, with about 1500 soldiers and many zeal-
ous friars, anchors in Santa Maria bay (probably Pensacola),
establishes a camp, from which he makes excursions, 14 Aug. 1559
Expedition fitted out by admiral Coligni, under capt. Jean
Ribault, on the way north along the coast, place at the en-
trance of St. John's river a monument of stones, bearing the
arms of France, and build fort Charles 1562
Ren6 de Laudonni5re, with 3 vessels sent from France by Coli-
gni. settles at point now known as St. John's bluff. .22 June, 1564
Sir John Hawkins, with 4 vessels, anchors at Laudonnidre's
settlement, and seeing the settlers in great need, offers to
take them back to France. Laudonniere refuses, but buys
a vessel of Hawkins, who sets sail 15 Aug. 1565
Seven vessels, under Ribault, from Dieppe, 23 May, with 500
men and families of artisans, land at river St. John. .29 Aug. "
Don Pedro Menendez de Avilla arrives from Spain with an
expedition at St. Augustine, 28 Aug. 1565. Re-embarking,
they discover 4 large vessels of the French anchored at
the mouth of the St. John. Being fired upon by the Span-
ish the French put to sea, and Menendez returns to St. Au-
gustine, lands, and takes possession of the country in the
name of the king of Spain 8 Sept. "
Menendez, with 500 men, attacks and massacres the settlers
of Laudonniere at fort Caroline, few of the French escaping.
He calls the fort San Mateo 19 Sept. "
Ribault sails to surprise the Spanish, 10 Sept., but by a tempest is
driven ashore near Mosquito inlet and followed up by Menen-
dez, and all who reject the Catholic foith are massacred. . Sept. "
Laudonniere, with 18 or 20 fugitives, the survivors of the
massacre at fort Caroline, sails for France 25 Sept. "
Menendez sails for Spain, having in 18 months established forts
and block-houses at St. Augustine, San Mateo, Avista, Guale,
St. Helena, Tequcsta, Carlos, Tocobayo, and Coava spring, 1567
Father Sedefio and brother Baez begin a mission among Ind-
ians on Guale (Amelia island); the latter compiles a cate-
chism in Indian language 1568
Dominic de Gourgues lands near the mouth of St. Mary's
river, at Fernandina, with 184 men. Befriended by Indians
hostile to the Spanish, and seeking revenge for the French,
he surpri.'^es the Spanish, destroys fort San Mateo, and sets
sail for France 3 May, "
Menendez, having returned, spends a few years in Florida,
then leaves the government to his relative, marquis de Me-
nendez, and again goes to Spain 1572
Sir Francis Drake lands at St. Augustine and destroys the fort
which the Spaniards abandoned, but rebuilt immediately
after his departure 8 May, 1586
Twelve brothers of the order of St. Francis sent to Florida to
continue the mission on the island of Guale 1593
Son of the chief of Guale incites a general conspiracy, and the
missionaries are massacred ." 1598
War between the Spanish and Apalachee Indians, who are
conquered, and a large number set to work on the fortifica-
tions of St. Augustine 1638
Diego de Rebellado succeeds to the house of Menendez as cap-
tain-general of Florida 1655
St. Augustine pillaged by buccaneers under capt. John Davis,
an Englishman 1665
Don Juan Hita de Salacar, captain-general of Florida 1675
Don Juan Marquez de Cabrera, captain-general of Florid?. 1680
Marquez Cabrera attempts to remove tribes of Florida Indians
from the interior to the islands on the coast; an insurrection
follows, and some tribes removing to Carolina make incur-
sions into Florida about 1681
Three galleys of Spaniards from St. Augustine break up the
colony of Scots on Port Royal island, S. C 1686
Don Laureano de Torres, governor of E. Florida 1693
Andres de Arriola appointed first governor of a Spanish colony at
Pensacola, with a fort, " Charles," and other public buildings, 1696
Don Joseph Cuniga governor of St. Augustine 1701
St. Augustine besieged by a land expedition from Carolina under
col. Daniel, and a naval force under gov. Moore ; 2 Spanish
vessels appearing off the harbor, gov. Moore raises the siege, 1702
Carolina troops under col. Moore move against the Indians in
N. Florida and fight the Spaniards under Don Juan Mexia,
at fort San Luis near Tallahassee 15 Jan. 1703
Combined attack of French and Spaniards unsuccessfully
made upon Charleston, S. C Aug. 1706
Don Gregorio de Salinas, governor of Pensacola, succeeded by
Don Juan Pedro Metamoras 1717
Don Antonio de Benavuedi y Malina appointed governor of E.
Florida to succeed Don Juan de Ayala « 1718
Expedition against Pensacola fitted out by M. de Bienville, the
French commander at Mobile, captures the fort, and takes the
garrison to Havana in 2 French vessels; gov. Metamoras im-
mediately equips an expedition and recaptures the fort 1719
French under Desnade de Champmeslin besiege Pensacola, de-
stroying the fortifications and public buildings and capturing
the fort and Santa Rosa island 18 Sept. "
Pensacola restored to Spain by peace with Franco; Spaniards
rebuild the town on Santa Rosa island near where fort Pick-
ens now stands 1722
Col. Palmer of Carolina, with 300 men and a band of friendly
Indians, makes a rapid, unexpected, and effectual descent
upon Indian and Spanish settlements in Florida 1727
Don Francisco Moral Sanchez, governor of St. Augustine, for
an unsatisfactory treaty with the English under gen. Ogle-
thorpe, is recalled to Spain and executed 1736
Don Manuel Joseph de Justis, sent in place of gov. Moral, is
succeeded by Don Manuel de Monteano 1737
Gen. Oglethorpe, governor of Georgia, arrives at the mouth of
St. John's river and captures fort San Diego. 24 May, 1740
Gen. Oglethorpe destroys fort Moosa which he finds deserted,
but afterwards places there a garrison of Highlanders under
col. Palmer June, "
English reinforced by a Carolina regiment, open the siege of
St. Augustine 24 June, "
Three hundred Spaniards capture fort Moosa; col. Palmer killed
in action 25 June, "
Gen. Oglethorpe hearing of the arrival of Spanish vessels with
supplies for besieged, and many of his men being sick and
discouraged, raises the siege 20 July, "
Spanish fleet of 36 sail under gov. Monteano enters harbor of
St. Simons, Ga., and after 4 hours' engagement, Oglethorpe
abandons the works and retires to Frederica 5 July,
After an unsuccessful attack on Frederica, gov. Monteano,
scared by a decoy letter sent by Oglethorpe, and by 3 vessels
from Charleston, sails away for Florida 14 July,
Oglethorpe makes a sudden descent upon St. Augustine, but
captures only a few Spaniards 9 Mch.
Noted Indian chief Secoffee, with his tribe, settles in Alachua,
about the centre of Florida; founder of the Seminole nation.
Don Alonzo Fernandez de Herrera appointedgovernorof Florida,
Treaty ceding E. and W. Florida to Great Britain in exchange
for Havana and the west part of Cuba ratified 10 Feb. 1763
Temporary command of province given to maj. Ogilvie "
By proclamation, king of Great Britain divides Florida into 2
provinces, east and west, by the Apalachicola river; W. Florida
extending to the Mississippi and N'. from gulf to lat. 31°. .7 Oct. •'
Gen. James Grant appointed first English governor of E. Florida, •
Pensacola laid outasa city, with streets at right angles, making
squares 400x200 feet ' ••
Dennis Rolle, obtaining from British government a grant of
40,000 acres, embarks from England with 100 families and
settles on east side of the St. John's river at Rollstowu 1765
King's road, from fort Barrington to St. Augustine constructed
by subscription from public-spirited men in Florida "
Forty families from Bermuda emigrate to Mosquito to engage
in ship-building 1766
Fifteen hundred Greeks, Italians, and Minorcans, indentured to
work for a company organized in England by sir William
Duncan and dr. Andrew Turnbull, form a settlement at Mos-
quito called New Smyrna 1767
Gen. Grant, returning to England, is succeeded by lieut. - gov.
John Moultrie 1771
Col. Patrick Tonyn, sent from England to assume the governor-
ship of E. Florida, arrives Mch. 1774
British vessel, The Betsy, from I>ondon, with 111 barrels of
powder, captured off St. Augustine by a privateer from Car-
olina Aug. 1775
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Colonists at New Smyrna institute proceedings to annul their
Indentures, and, being successful, remove to St. Augustine.. .
Governor of R. Florida calls out the uiilitia to join the royal
troops in resisting "the perfidious insinuations " of the
neighboring colonies
Sixty of the most distinguished citizens of Carolina are seized
by the Hrilish and transported as prisoners to St. Augustine,
Gov. Tonyn, owing to the state of public affairs, is forced to call
a general assembly which meets 17 Mch.
Don Bernardo de (Jalvez, assisted by a naval force under ad-
miral Sdana, invests Pensacola; forts St. Michel and St.
Bernard garrisoned by 1000 English under gen. Campbell;
the magazine of fort exploding, gen. Campbell capitulates,
Mch.
Country westof Pensacola as faras the Mississippi river receded
to (Jreat Britain by Spain
Expedition under col. Devcreux sails from St. Augustine, and
/Kvith .">0 men captures the Bahama islands from Spanish
. JBy treaty. Great Britain cedes to Spain E. and W. Florida, evac-
^^ uatiou to take place within 3 months 3 Sept. "
Gov. Zespedez, the new Spanish governor, arrives at St. Au-
gustine and takes possession of Florida in the name of the
, king of Spain June, 1784
/loxauderMcCJillivray, chief of the Creeks, forms a treaty with
the Spanish governor in behalf of the Creek and Seminole
Indians, engaging to prevent white men from entering the
country without a Spanish permit "
William Augustus Bowles, in British employ, who had won the
favor of the Creeks at Pensacola, captures fort St. Marks and
holds it for several weeks until gov. O'Neil of Pensacola drives
him out, arrests and sends him prisoner to Cuba 1789
Gen. Mcintosh, after imprisonment for a year in Cuba because
of the jealousy of the Spanish governor, Quesada, returns to
Florida, gathers followers, destroys a Spanish fort at Jack-
sonville and several Spanish galleys; returns to Georgia 1794
Spain recedes to France all of W. Florida lying west of the
Perdido river 1795
Band of Seminole Indians, or "runaways," from the Creek
nation, settle near the present site of Tallahstssee 1808
Congress authorizes the president to seize W. Florida if a for- "
eigu power attempts to capture it 15 Jan. 1811
Settlers on the northern boYd^of Floridaorganize a provisional
government, with gen. Jolm"SrMTrfTltt5sIi governor of the re-
public and col. Ashley military chief. -. 1812
Fernandina, at this time a depot of neutral trade, garrisoned
by Spanish troops under Don Jose Lopez, is besieged by gen.
Mcintosh and capitulates 17 Mch. "
Gov. Kindelan, sent from Spain to succeed col. Estrada, acting-
governor of Florida, demands withdrawal of U. S. troops "
Company of U. S. troops, mostly invalids, under command
of lieut. Williams, is attacked by negroes under Prince, sent
by the governor of St. Augustine; negroes are dispersed after
mortally wounding lieut. Williams 12 May, "
Monument erected in the public square at St. Augustine by
order of the Spanish Cortes, to commemorate the liberal
constitution granted to Spain and her colonies 17 Oct. "
British fleet enters Pensacola harbor and garrisons forts
Michel and Barrancas with British troops, by consent of the
Spanish governor Aug. 1814
Gen. Jackson, with 5000 Tennessee volunteers, captures Pen-
sacola and fort Michel; fort Barrancas is blown up by the
British 7 Nov. "
U. S. troops, under cobsDuncan li. Clinch, unexpectedly rein-
forced by Creek Indians on the same errand, and aided by
2 gunboats, attack a fort on the Apalachicola river estab-
lished by the British as a refuge for runaway negroes, and
commanded by a negro named Garcia; a hot shot from gun-
boat "154" entering the magazine blows it up; out of 350 men,
women, and children in the fort not over 50 escape.. 24 Aug. 1816
By order of the president of the U. S. capt. Henly invests and
breaks up a depot for smugglers and buccaneering privateers
on Amelia island, under the Spanish flag, and led by Gregor
McGregor and Louis Aury 23 Dec. 1817
Gen. Jackson, aided by Creeks under a treaty, attacks the
Seminoles in Florida, destroying the Miccosukee and Fowl
towns and fort Marks 1818
Gen. Jackson, the Spanish governor at Pensacola furnishing
arms to the hostile Indians, and blockading his supplies up
the Escambia, marches to Pensacola and captures it "
Gen. Jackson hangs Arbuthnot and Ambrister (Arbuthnot and
Ambkistkr, case of) -. 30 Apr. "
E. and W. Florida ceded to U. S. by treaty and purchase, Spain
receiving $5,000,000 22 Feb. 1819
Change of flags at St. Augustine under gov. Coppinger, on the
p.irt of Spain, and col. Robert Butler, of the U.S 10 July, 1821
Change of flags at Pensacola, gov. Callava representing Spain,
and gen. Jackson the U.S " 21 July, "
Gen. Jackson appointed governor of Florida on change of flags, "
Juan P. Salas sells to John W. Simonton his title to Key West
obtained from the Spanish government in 1815 20 Dec. "
Gen. Jackson in W.,and capt. Hanham in E. Florida, wrest
papers and archives from the Spanish governors "
Act for a territorial government in Florida of all territory
ceded by Spain to U. S., known as E. and W. Florida, 30 Mch. 1822
William P. Duval appointed territorial governor "
First legislative council meets at Pensacola June, "
Key West made a naval depot and station of the U. S., under
command of com. Porter "
By Congress E. and W. Florida are united, and legislative
council meets at St. Augustine 30 Mch. 1823
Treaty of fort Moultrie; the Indians of Florida agree to re-
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move within certain limits, the northern line being about
20 miles south of Micanopy 18 Sept. 1823
Dr. William H. Simmons and John L. Williams, commissioners
of legislative council, select Tallahassee as capital Oct. "
First house in new capital erected 1824
Name of the castle of St. Marks at St. Augustine changed to
fort Marion 7 Jan. 1826
Florida Institute of Agriculture, Antiquities, and Sciences organ-
ized at Tallahassee, and holds its first public meeting, 4 Jan. 1827
Treaty of Payne's landing between col. JamesGadsden, U. S. com-
missioner, and the Seminole Indians; who surrender their
lands in Florida for an equal area in Indian territory, agree-
ing to remove within 3 years 9 May, 1833
Additional treaty made at fort Gibson, Indian territory, with
representative chiefs of Seminoles, assigning them a tract in
the Indian territory 28 Mch. 1834
Proclamation of pres. Jackson announcing the ratification of
the treaty of Payne's landing and fort Gibson 12 Apr. "
State-house in Tallahassee begun, 1826; finished •'
John H. Eaton appointed territorial governor ••
U. S. officer at fort King notifies gen. Thompson, Indian agent
for Florida, of the determination of influential chiefs of
Florida Indians not to emigrate Oct. "
Severest cold ever known in Florida; the St. John's river
frozen several rods from the shore, and thermometer marks
7° above zero, a northwest wind for 3 days about 8 Feb. 1836
A council at the Indian agency extends time for removal to
1 Jan. 1836; 8 chiefs agree to emigrate, 5 refuse 24 Apr. "
Battle near Wahoo swamp; U. S. troops attacked by Indians
under Micanoi)y, Jumper, and Alligator, and maj. Dade's
command massacred 28 Dec. "
Seminole chief Osceola, seeking revenge for recent imprison-
ment by the whites, with about 20 Indians, surprises gen.
Thompson and a friend while walking near the Indian
agency, and kills and scalps them 28 Dec. "
Battle of gen. Clinch with Indians under Osceola and Alligator,
near the With lacooche river 31 Dec. '•
Battle at Dunlawtown of maj. Putnam with Indians under
king Philip 18 Jan. 1836
Gen. Gaines, with troops from New Orleans, attacked by Ind-
ians while seeking to ford the Withlacoochee 29 Feb. "
Richard Keith Call appointed territorial governor Mch. "
Defence of Cooper's post west of the Withlacoochee by Georgia
volunteers under maj. Cooper against 250 Seminole warriors,
5-7 Apr. "
Railroad from St. Joseph to bayou Columbus opened "
Battles between the U. S. troops and Indians in Florida, at Mi-
canopy, 9 June ; Welika pond, 9 July ; Ridgely's mills, 27
July ; fort Drane, 21 Aug. ; San Velasco 18 Sept. "
Battle of, Wahoo swamp ends the campaign of 1836; results
of the year encourage the Seminoles 17-21 Nov. "
Gen. Call relieved; gen. Thomas S. Jesup takes command, Nov. "
Attack on camp Monroe by 400 Seminoles under king Philip
repulsed 8 Feb. 1837
Four hundred Seminoles attack fort Mellon, on lake Monroe,
and retire 9 Feb. "
Indians assembled in large numbers at fort Dade, by articles
of capitulation agree to withdraw south of the Hillsborough
river, and prepare at once to emigrate to the west 6 Mch. "
Gen. Hernandez captures 2 camps of Indians and negroes,
10 Sept. "
Gen. Hernandez, by order of gen. Jesup, captures Osceola and
sends him to fort Moultrie, S C, as a prisoner 21 Oct. "
Gen. Taylor routs a large Indianforce at Okeechobee lake, 25 Dec. "
Battle at Wacassassa river 26 Dec. "
Action with Seminoles at Jupiter inlet ; gen. Jesup wounded,
24 Jan. 1838
Gen. Jesup offering peace, many Indians come into camp,
agreeing to let the president decide whether they remain in
the country or not Feb. "
President determining to enforce the treaties, gen. Jesup capt-
ures about 700 Indians and negroes 22 Mch. "
Over 1000 Indians removed to the western reservation "
Gen. Zachary Taylor takes command in Florida, gen. Jesup re-
tiring 15 May, "
Territory of Florida, in convention at St. Joseph, forms a state
constitution 3 Dec. "
Robert H. Reid appointed territorial governor 1839
Indians attack col. Harney's post on theCarloosahatchee,23 July, "
During this and 4 years previous Florida furnished 5342 volun-
teers for the Indian war "
Gen. Taylor asking to be relieved, brevet brig. -gen. W. R. Ar-
mistead is assigned to command in Florida 6 May, 1840
Battles with Indians at fort King, Marion co., 28 Apr.; Wac-
cahoota. 6 Sept. ; Everglades, 3-24 Dec. ; Micanopy. . .28 Dec. "
Battle at fort Brooke 2 Mch. 1841
Gen. Armistead relieved at his request, and gen. William J.
Worth takes command 31 May, "
Richard K. Call reappointed territorial governor "
Battle at Hawe creek, 25 Jan. ; at Pilakikaha.. . .-. 19 Apr. 1842
Gen. Worth, by general order, announces the cessation of hos-
tilities with Indians in Florida 14 Aug. "
Officers and soldiers who died in the Florida war buried at St.
Augustine with military honors, and a monument erected by
their comrades 15 Aug. "
John Branch, territorial governor 1844
Congress grants 8 sections of public lands in Florida for seat of
government, 1 section in each township for public schools, 2
townships for 2 seminaries of learning, and 5 percent, from
sales of public lands for educational purposes; state admit-
ted to the Union 3 Mch. 1846
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William D. Moseley, governor of the new state
Destructive hurricane passes over Key West 11 Oct.
Thomas Brown, governor
Public meeting in St. Augustine petitions the federal govern-
ment for removal of all Indians from the state 25 Aug.
Chief and 6 sub -chiefs of the Seminoles and Micasukies,
and a delegate from the Tallahassees, meet gen. Twiggs in
council and agree to remove west of the Mississippi and try
to persuade their people to do so 21 Jan.
James E. Broome, governor
Madison S. Perry, governor
Two state seminaries of learning organized, one at Palatka,
known as the seminary oast of the Suwanee, and the other at
Tallahassee, known as the seminary west of the Suwanee
Most of the Florida Indians emigrate to the Indian territory;
U. S. troops mustered out
Fort Marion seized by confederates of St. Augustine by order
of the governor 7 Jan.
Fort Clinch, in construction on Amelia island, seized by
confederates Jan.
Apalachicola arsenal, established in 1833, captured by confed-
erates Jan.
State convention at Tallahassee passes an ordinance of secession
— yeas 62, nays 7 — amending the Constitution by inserting the
words "Confederate States" in place of-'United States," 10 Jan.
Forts Barrancas and McRae and the navy-yards at Pensacola
seized by confederates 12 Jan.
John Milton, governor
Forts McRae and Barrancas dismantled Apr,
Federals in fort Pickens, near Pensacola, are reinforced by troops
from New York and Illinois, on steamer Atlantic. IQ-2'S Apr.
Confederate " Coast Guard " seize the light-house and all U. S.
government property at Key Biscayne, Fla 23 Aug.
Confederates attack the Wilson Guards on Santa Rosa island,
9 Oct.
Frigates Niagara and Richmond bombard forts McRae, Barran-
cas, and Pickens 23 Nov.
Electoral vote cast for Jefferson Davis 12 Feb.
Federal fleet under admiral Dupont, with slight resistance, takes
St. Mary's, Fernandina, and fort Clinch
St. Augustine taken by federals without resistance 11 Mch.
Jacksonville, Fla. , surrendered to Dupont 12 Mch.
Jacksonville evacuated by federals 9 Apr.
Confederate fort on St. John's blufl", St. John's river, captured
by federals 3 Oct.
Federals again take Jacksonville 5 Oct.
St.Mary's shelled and burned by federal gunboatifo/iaM>fc,9 Nov.
Jacksonville taken by federals under col. Higginson. . .10 Mch.
Federals badly defeated at Olustee 20 Feb.
Regarding Florida as still a state of the Union, a convention at
Jacksonville appoints delegates to the presidential conven-
tion at Baltimore 24 May,
By proclamation, pres. Johnson appoints William Marvin pro-
visional governor 13 July,
Delegates elected to state convention at Tallahassee 10 Oct.
Convention at Tallahassee adopts a new constitution without
submission to the people and repeals the ordinance of seces-
sion 28 Oct.
David S. Walker elected governor 29 Nov.
Pres. Johnson proclaims that " the insurrection which hereto-
fore existed in the state of Florida is at an end and is hence-
forth to be so regarded " 2 Apr.
Meeting at Tallahassee forms a state educational association,
20 May,
Col. Sprague, military commander of district of Florida; head-
quarters at Tallahassee (later at Jacksonville) 31 May, "
Republican convention at Tallahassee; 129 delegates. .11 July, "
Convention organizing a Conservative party (Constitutional
Union) at Tallahassee appoints a state committee. . .25 Sept. "
Forty-one out of 46 delegates elected to constitutional conven-
tion at Tallahassee; organize, but disagree as to the eligibil-
ity of 4 of their number 20 Jan. 1868
Fifteen members of the constitutional convention decide not
to attend the meetings 1 Feb. "
D. Richards, president of convention, announces for 20 or 22
delegates that they, a legal quorum, have framed and adopt-
ed a constitution ignoring the constitution of 1865 6 Feb. "
Fifteen members meet at Tallahassee and elect Horatio Jenkins
president 8 Feb. "
Gen. Meade calls the delegates together, and col. Sprague, act-
ing as chairman, Richards and Jenkins resign, and Jenkins
is appointed president of the convention 18 Feb. "
State constitution adopted; 8 delegates sign under protest, 9
refuse 25 Feb. "
New constitution ratified by the people May, "
Harrison Reed elected governor " "
Legislature meets and adopts the XIV. Amendment June, "
Military and civil government surrendered to Harrison Reed,
who is inaugurated as governor 4 July, "
Unsuccessful attempt to impeach gov. Reed of high crimes and
misdemeanors in ofHce "
Legislature provides for a state board of education 1869
XV. Amendment ratified by House and Senate, 11 and 16 June, "
Harvey S. Harmon admitted to the bar at Alucha circuit court,
by judge J. H. Gross; first negro admitted in Florida "
People of Florida we.st of the Choctawhatchee river vote by a
majority for annexation to Alabama, the conditions fixed
by commissioners being "the consent of Congress and con-
sideration of $1,000,000 paid to Florida by Alabama," 2 Nov. "
Equalization act passed by legislature 27 Jan. 1871
Taxation felt to be unnecessarily heavy ; delegates from nearly
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all the counties meet at Lake City and appoint a finance
committee to "examine into the financial condition of the
state" and to call on the governor to interfere 6 Sept. 1871
Proclamation of governor calling on the people not to bring the
law into contempt by refusal to pay taxes, and promising en-
forcement of the Equalization act till declared unconstitu-
tional or repealed 6 Nov. "
Attempt to remove gov. Reed by impeachment unsuccessfully
renewed peb. 1872
Act reorganizing the state agricultural college, proposed by a
former legislature, and making the superintendent of public
instruction its president "
Brown's Theological Institute incorporated "
Ossian B. Hart elected governor 5 Nov. "
Act at special session of the legislature refunding the state in-
debtedness (total bonded debt, $1,430,223.48) Feb. 1873
Marcellus L. Stearns succeeds gov. Hartr, who d 18 Mch. 1874
Florida Fruit Growers' association opens a few days' session
at Jacksonville 20 Jan. 1875
At a special election, amendments to the constitution are rati-
fied by the people 4 May, "
George F. Drew, Democrat, elected governor 7 Nov. 1876
After the November" presidential election 3 sets of certificates
of electoral votes were sent to Washington: (1) that of Re-
publican electors, signed by gov. Stearns ; (2) that of Demo-
cratic electors, signed by attorney-gen. Cocke; (3) that of
Democratic electors made under act of the legislature and
signed by gov. Drew Dec. 1876-Jan. 1877
Act authorizing state adjutant-general to lease convicts, 3 Mch. ••'
Florida state-prison made an asylum for lunatics 1 Apr. "
Convention of colored men at Tallahassee addresses the col-
ored people of the state on education and acquiring home-
steads and fostering habits of industry and sobflety, 4 July, "
Gov. Drew procures conveyance to the state of nearly 1,800,000
acres of government land under act of Congress relating to
swamp and overflowed lands 1880
William D. Bloxham, Democrat, elected governor Nov. "
State sells 4,000,000 acres of state land south of Ocala and
east of the Kissimmee river to Hamilton Disston and asso-
ciates of Philadelphia for $1,000,000 1881
Active work begun on a contract with Philadelphia capitalists
for draining lake Okeechobee and reclaiming land; half of
reclaimed land to go to the contractors 1882
Trustees remove the state university from Eau Gallic to Lake
City and incorporate the " Florida University " 1883
State institution for blind and deaf and dumb located at St. Au-
gustine 1884
Edward A. Perry, Democrat, elected governor 4 Nov. "
At the November election a new constitution, formed by the
convention of 1885, ratified by the people 2 Nov. 1886
Francis P. Fleming, Democrat, elected governor Nov. 1888
Discovery of phosphate rock in abundance near Dunnellen,
Marion co June, 1889
Sub-tropical exposition opens at Jacksonville 9 Jan. 1890
Constitutional amendment adopted providing that the election
of state offlcers shall be held on the Tuesday after the first
Monday in October every 2d year Nov. "
Supreme council of the National Farmer's Alliance begins its
session at Ocala 2 Dec. "
Gen. Francis E. iSpinner, ex-secretary of the treasury of the
U. S. , born 1802, dies at Jacksonville 31 Dec. "
Monument to the confederate dead unveiled at Pensacola,
17 June, 1891
U. S. senator Wilkinson Call secures renomination on the 86th
ballot in caucus, by vote of 52 to 42 for D. H. Mayo and 2 for
ex gov. Bloxham 25 May, "
Senator Call declared re-elected by 51 votes in joint session,
a majority of both houses; but as only 15 senators and 39
members of the House attended, his election is disputed,
there being no quorum of the Senate 26 May, "
Governor appoints R. H. M. Davidson U. S. senator to fill the
supposed vacancy 15 Sept. "
Ex gov. Marcellus L. Stearns dies at Palatine Bridge, N. Y.,
aged 53 8 Dec. "
Senator Wilkinson Call seated in U. S. Senate " "
TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS.
Names. Term.
Andrew Jackson 1821 to 1822
William P. Duval. . ..1822 " 1834
John H. Eaton 1834 " 1836
Richard K. Call 1836 " 1839
Names. Term.
Robert R. Reid 1839 to 1841
Richard K. Call 1841 " 1844
John Branch 1844 " 1845
STATE GOVERNORS.
Names.
Term.
Remarkt.
William D Moseley
1845 to 1849
1849 " 1853
1853 " 1857
1857 " 1861
1861 " 1865
1865 " 1866
1866 " 1868
1868 " 1872
1872 " 1874
1874 " 1877
1877 " 1881
1881 " 1885
1885 " 1889
1889 " 1893
1893 " 1897
Thomas Brown
James E Broome .... ....
Madison S Perry . .
William Marvin . .
Provisional.
David S Walker
Harrison Reed
Ossian B Hart
Died in office
Marcellus L Stearns
George F Drew
Edward A. Perry
Francis P Fleming
Henry L.Mitchell
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UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
No. of Congreu.
Date.
James D. We8tcott,Jr,
David L. Yulee
Jackson Morton
Stephen B. Mallory...
David L. Yulee
Thomas W. Osborn.
AdonUiih S. Welch.
Abijah (Gilbert
Simon B. Conover.
Charles W. Jones..
Wilkinson Call
Samuel Pasco
29lh to 30th
29th " 3l8t
3l8t " 33d
32d " 3(5th
34th " 36th
1845 to 1849
1845 " 1851
1849 " 1855
1851 " 1861
1855 " 1861
[37th, 38th, and 39th Congress, seats vacant.]
40th to 42d
40th
41st " 43d
43d " 45th
44th " 49th
4t5th "
50th "
1868 to 1873
1868 "
1869 " 1875
1873 " 1879
1875 " 1887
1879 "
Seated 1 Dec. 1845.
Yulee contests this seat unsuccessfully.
Seated 30 June, 1868.
" 2 July, "
Term expires 1897.
" 1899.
florin, a coin first made by the Florentines. A florin
issued by Edward III. was current in England for 6s. in 1337.
— Camden, This English coin was called floren, after the
Florentine coin, because the latter was of the best gold. Coin
and Coinage.
floi¥er§ and planti. Many flowers now common
in England were introduced between Henry VII. and Eliza-
beth (1485-1603). The art of preserving flowers in sand
was discovered in 1633. A mode of preserving them from
frost in winter, and hastening vegetation in summer, was
invented in U. S. by George Morris, in 1792. — The flora-
ciilture of the United States has rapidly increased since
1870. Besides the Society of American Florists, there are
over 1000 state and local ones, and above 400 horticultural
societies. This pleasant industry has become remunera-
tive.
NAMES OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES. SHOWING THEIR NATIVITY.
I
Popalur.
Almond j Amygdalus pumilia.
Apple j Pyrus malus.
Apricot
Arbor-vitae
Arbutus, trailing
Artichoke
Artichoke, Jerusalem.
Ash
Asparagus
Aster, China
Azalea.
Bachelor's button.
Balm ofGilead.
Balsam
Banana
Barley .
Basswood (Linden).
Bayberry
Bean.
Bean (Kidney).
Bean (Lima)...
Beech
Beet
Birch. ,
Blackberry..
Bluebell....
Blue-grass . .
Boxwood
Broom-corn.
Buckwheat.
Bulrush . . . .
Buttercup . .
Butternut . .
Cabbage . . . .
Cactus, night-blooming.
Cale
Candytuft
Caraway
Cardinal-flower.
Carnation
Carrot
Castor-oil plant
Prunus armeniaca. . . .
TJnnn f occidentalis . . .
^''^J<^\orientalis
Epigcea repens
Cynara scolymus
Helianthus tuberosus . .
Fraxinus americana. .
Asparagus officinalis. .
Callistrephus chinensis.
Azalea
icalendulacea..
\pontica. . .
Centaur ea cyanus.
Populus candicans . .
fmpatiens balsamine
Musa sapientum ....
Hordeum vulgare ,
(americana.
\europcea...
Myrica cerifera. . .
Faba vulgaris ....
Phaseolvs vulgaris.
Phaseolus lunatus.
Fagus silvatica
Beta vulgaris
f lenta
excelsa
Betula -I populifolia . .
papyracea . . .
[ laciniate
Rubus villosus
Hyadnthus nutans
Poa compressa
Buxus sempervirens . , .
Sorghum saccharatum.
Fagopyrum esculentum.
Juncus effusus
Ranunculus acris
Julians cinerea
Brassica oleracea
Cereus grandijlorus .
Brassica campestris. . .
Iheris umbellata
Carum carvi
Tnhplin jcardinalis...
Lobelia y^^^^^
Dianthus caryophyllus.
Daucus carota
Ridnus communis
Nativity.
China.
Europe and Asia .
Asia.
United States.
China.
United States
Europe, S.
Brazil.
United States,
Europe, W
China.
United States.
Asia Minor.
Europe, central . .
United States.
India.
India
Egypt.
United States.
Europe
United States, E.
Egypt.
America
South America.
Un.ted States. . .
Europe, S.
United States, N.
United States ,
Europe and Asia.
United States, Middle.,
Europe.
Abyssinia. ,
Asia
United States.
Europe.
United States.
Europe, N
Mexico.
Europe, N.
Europe, S.
Caria.
United States.
Europe, S.
Europe and Asia.
India
{Over 1000 varieties now in the U. S.
The Romans had 22 varieties (Pliny).
( One of the most beautiful and fragrant
] of early spring wood flowers of the
( northern U. S.
(Praised by Pliny and Cato. One of
( the oldest culinary vegetables.
f Botanical name from Centaur. Chiron,
I one of the Centaurs, being wounded
-{ in his foot by Hercules, cured it with
I this plant. A hardy and popular
[ annual.
r Cultivated in all tropical and sub-trop-
^ ical climates. No specific difference
( between it and the plantain.
C Native country conjectural.
"Their steeds beside the cars —
I Champing their oats and their white
barley— stood.
And waited for the golden morn to
rise."
—Homer, "Iliad," viii. 686-88,
I Bryant's trans.
I "The topmost linden gathered green
^ From draughts of balmy air."
( —Tennyson.
(Furnishes the bayberry tallow of com-
( merce.
Beans.
The beech of Virgil's "Pastorals":
"Patulse recumbans sub tegmine
fagi," was not a beech, but the Quer-
cus esculus.
(The species Papyracea furnishes the
1 bark for the Indian canoe.
Much cultivated of late years in U. S.
Celebrated in Kentucky.
f " It is said that Benj. Franklin intro-
[ duced it into U. S."— 6?eo. TImrber.
fits flour an important article of food
I in the U. S. Agriculturk.
In its wild state without head.
( Its magnificent flower expands by
J night and blooms but a few hours.
( The order is exclusively American.
In India it becomes a tree. In the
southern U. S. a stout shrub, where
it is extensively cultivated for the
oil extracted from its seed.
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NAMES OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES, SHOWING THEIR ^ATIYITY.— (Continued.)
Popular.
Nativity.
Remarks.
Catnip..
CaUtaiL
Cauliflower
Cedar, red
Celery
Century-plant
Cherry
Chestnut
Chiccory (succory)
Choke-cherry
Chrysanthemum...
Citron
Clematis
/white)
\red.../ •••
Clover, sweet
Cockscomb
Columbine...
Corn, Indian.
Corn-cockle,.
Clover
Cotton-plant . . .
Crab- apple
Cranberry
Cress, water . . .
Crocus
Cucumber
Cucumber-tree.
Currants
Cypress. .
Daffodil. .
Dahlia.. .
Daisy. ....
Dandelion
Dewberry.
Dogwood. .
Egg-plant.
Elder
Fennel
Filbert, hazelnut.
Fir
Flax
Four-o'clock.
Foxglove
Fuchsia
Garlic
Geranium.
Ginseng
Gladiolus
Goldenrod
Gooseberry, garden.
Gourd
Grape ,
Hawthorn .
Heliotrope.
Hemlock. . .
Hemp
Hickory
Holly
Hollyhock.
Nepeta cataria
Typha latifoLia
. I Brassica botrytis — cauliflora
, ! Juniperus virginiana
Apium graveolis
. I Agave americana
Cerasus vulgarum ,
Castanea vesca ,
. j Cichorum intybus ,
. ! Cerasus virginiana
. I Chrysanthemum sinense ,
Citrus medica
Clematis virginiana
^"/""-{i'S.ie:.::::::;:::}
Mililotus alba ,
Celosia cristata
'^'i-'^-i^S^ii: -::::.:.
Zea mays
Agrostemma githago
®-»""'»pSS:::::::::::
Pyrus coronaria
Oxycoccus macrocarpus
Nasturtium officinale
Crocus vermis
Cucumis sativus
Magnolia acuminata
«*M?Sr™-„-;:::::::::;:::;::}
{Cupr casus thyoides
Taxodium distychum
Narcissus, Pseudo-narcissus. ......
Dahlia vanabilis
Europe, S.E...
United States.
Europe, N
United States.
Egypt.
Central and S. America.
Europe, E.
United States.
Central Asia.
United States, E.
China
Asia.
United States.
Europe and Asia
Europe and Asia.
India.
Europe and Asia.
United States.
America
Europe.
India
West Indies.
United States.
United States, N
Europe.
Europe, S.
Asia.
United States.
Europe.
United States
United States, S.
Bellis perennis
Taraxacum dena-leonis.
p„/,„o (canadensis
^""^"^ {trivialis
Europe.
Mexico.
England
Europe, N., and Asia.
United States, N.
United States, S.
Cornus florida
Solanum esculentum
«,.»..„». f;x2!^'!;:::::::::}
'«»-&r".r;::.::::::::::}
Anethum fceniculum
Abies [Y'"'^''^
Xfrasert
Linum usitatissimum
Mirabilis jalapa
Digitalis purpurea
Fuchsia coccinea
Allium sativum (common)
Pelargo- igraveolens { gcenfedl .
mum Xzonale (horse-shoe). . j
Panax quinquefolium
Gladiolus communis ,
cf„7vj^ „ (canadensis >
^"^"^S" [altissima |
Ribes uva — crispa
Lagenaria vulgaris
United States, N.
Central Africa,
United States.
United States
England.
United States.
Asia.
United States, N.
United States.
Asia
Peru.
Central Europe.
Chili.
Asia.
Cape of Good Hope.
United States .
Europe, S.
United States. ,
Europe.
India.
( Isabella, Cataw- ) i
Vitis Idbrusca < ba. Concord, and [ i United States .
(others. ) |
Vitis vulpina (Scuppernong) ■ United States.
F^Y^•.mWera{g^^;™P«^°^'"«■} i Asia.
f Viti
\ Vitii
Heliotropium peruvianum .
Abies canadensis
England
United States.
Peru.
United States, N.
Cannabis sativa ' India
Carya alba i United States.
J, (opaca (American holly) i United States.
■'^^^ \aquifolium (English holly) . . . ' England
AUhcea rosea Asia Minor, China.
fSaid to be eaten by cats. The dried
-{ herb in infusion is slightly sudor-
( iflc.
f In the cauliflower we eat the
I fleshy flower -stalks and undevel-
■{ oped buds, which are crowded to-
I gether in a compact mass forming
i the head.
rrhe largest of all herbaceous plants.
■< That it flowers but once in a hun-
( dred years is a popular fallacy.
I Of late years, through cultivation, has
< become one of the most showy and
( popular of the autumn flowers.
Introduced into the U. S. before 1774.
With other grass it makes the best of
hay. Its cultivation, when " turned
in," improves the soil.
Maize.
Cotton.
' Its fine acid fruit has become a staple
article of commerce, and on the bog-
lands of Massachusetts, New .Jersey,
and Wisconsin, its cultivation has
proved a success.
White cedar.
" Daffodils,
That come before the swallow dares,
and take
The winds of March with beauty."
— Shakespeare, "Winter's Tale,"
act iv. sc. iii.
"When daisies pied and violets
blue.
And lady-smocks all silver-white,
And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with de-
light."
—Shakespeare, "Love's Labor's
Lost," act V. sc. ii.
An excellent tree for cultivation.
Wood close-grained and Arm. Bark
sometimes used as a tonic. Very or-
namental when in flower.
; The white elm is one of the most mag-
[ niflcent of trees.
(From the fibres of its bark linen is
made, and its seeds yield "linseed
oil." Mentioned by Virgil, "Urit
enim lini campum seges, urit ave-
n ». — ' ' Georg. " i. 76. Flax.
A thrifty plant, many varieties largely
cultivated.
Its root used medicinally.
■♦'But on the hill the goldenrod, and
the aster in the wood,
And the yellow sunflower by the
brook in autumn beauty stood."
— Bryant.
' "This song of mine is a song of the
vine,
To be sung by the glowing em-
bers
Of wayside inns, when the rain be-
gins
To darken the drear November."
—Longfellow, " Catawba Wine. "
I" " And every shepherd tells his tale
Under the hawthorn in the dale. "
[ —Milton.
r " This is the forest primeval, the mur-
muring pines and the hemlocks."
I —Longfellow, "Evangeline."
Hemp.
'Heigh, ho! sing heigh, ho! unto the
green holly."
—Shakespeare, "As You Like It,"
song, act ii. sc. vii.
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NAUES OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES, SHOWING THEIR NATIVITY.— (Contmued)
Populkr.
Honeysuckle.
Hop
Horse-cbestnut. .
Horse-radish....
House-leek
Huckleberry. ...
Hyacinth
Hydrangea
Ironwood
Ivy
Jack-in-the-pulpit.
Jasmine
Jingko-tree .
Juniper.
Larch
Larkspur.
Laurel, American.
Lavender
Leek
Lemon
Lentils..
Iiettuce.
Lilac...
Lily.
Lily.calla
Lily, white day
Lily-of-tbe-valley
Lime
Linden. (Basswood.)
Live-for-ever, common orpine.
Locust
Locust, honey
Love-lies-bleeding.
Magnolia .
Mallow.. . ,
Maple
Marigold
Maijoram
May-flower. (Trailing ar-1
BUT08 J
Mignonette
Milkweed
Mint. (Peppermint and Spbae-
MINT
Mistletoe
Morning-glory ,
Mountain ash.
Mulberry..
Mullein
Muskmelon.
Mustard
Myrtle
Narcissus. .
Nasturtion.
Oak.
Oat..
Oleander.
Onion . . .
Orange.. .
Lonicera ■
japontca
caprifolium (common). . .
Humulus lupulus
jEscuIus hippocastanum
Amoracia i^usticana
Sempervivum tectorum
"^ * \restnosa (black) )
Hyacinthus orientalis
Hydrangea hortensis
Ostrya virginica
I Hedera helix
■s »;.,<. i toxicodendron (poison ivy) >
j^«/jus \^radicans (climbing ivy). . . f
Aris(zma triphylum
r«.«.v.„.,». ifniticans (yellow)
Jasmmum \i^cinale (white)
Salisburia adiantifolia
Juniperus communis
Larix americana
iconsolida
Delphinium < filatum
igrandiflorum
KctZmia latifoiia (calico-bush)
Lavandula spica
Allium porrum
Citrus limonum ,
Ervum lens ,
LactUfCa scariola
Syringa vulgaris
{candidum.,.
Lilium < bulbiferum.
[iigrinum
Richardia cethiopica
Funkia eubcordata. .
Convallaria majalis.
Citrus limenta
Sedum telephium
„ , . ._ fpaeudacacia (common).
Moomia ^fiigpi^ (rose acacia).. .
Gleditschia tracanthvs
Amarantvs melancholicus
Magnolia
(grandijlora .
\consipicuM .
Malva rotundifolio
( rubrum
Aeer-l dasvpC'^P'"'''""
saccharinum..
[ nigrum
Calendula officinalis.
Origanum majorana
Receda odorata . . .
Asclepias cornuti. .
Phorodendron flavescens
PAa.6ttt.{sT!';'^:;:::::::::::}
Convolvulus japonicus
Pyrus
Moras
iamencana.
\ancuparia .
alba,
nigra
Verbascum thapus.
Cucumia melo.
^"«p-{:fc :;:::::::::::::::}
Myrtus communis.
Narcissus poeticus
TropcBolum majus.
nigra
Quercus -{ rubra —
tinctoria.
alba
Avena tativa
Nerium oleander. .
Allium cepa
Citrus aurantium .
Nativity.
China.
Europe.
Europe.
Europe
Asia, N.
Europe.
Europe.
United States
Levant.
China.
United States.
England
United States.
United States.
Europe, S.\
Asia. /
Japan
United States.
United States.
Europe.
Siberia.
Siberia.
United States, E.
Europe, S
Switzerland.
Asia.
Asia
Europe and Asia.
Hungary.
Levant.
Italy.
China.
Cape of Good Hope.
Japan.
United States & Europe.
Asia, E.
Europe
United States.
United States,
United States.'
Asia, £
■A
United States, S.
China.
Europe.
United States .
Asia, E.
Portugal
Africa, N.
United Statea
United States, Middle.
Central America.
China.
United States)
Europe j
United States .
China.
Persia.
United States.
Asia, into Eng. 1570.
Europe.
Europe, S.
Europe, S.
Peru.
United States, S
United States.
United States.
Island of Juan Fernandez.
Palestine
Syria and Persia.
India and West Indies.
Hops.
fBotauically it is named in honor of
\ Gay-Lussac.
" A rare old plant is the ivy green."
—Dickem
(''The jessamine clambers in flowert
■i o'er the thatch."
( — Dimond, "The Mariner's Dream.'
Introduced into the U. S. ; very rare.
(The plant is fragrant, and by distilla-|
( tion yields oil of lavender.
( This legume, as an article of food, is of '
{ the greatest antiquity (Gen. xxv.
( 34).
Formerly much prized as a shade
tree.
" I can see his sickle gleaming,
Cheery-voiced can hear him team-
ing
Down the locust-shaded way."
— Whiitier.
A stately and beautiful tree, in height
70-90 ft., flowers pure white, very
fragrant.
Eminently American, the sugar ma-
ple especially, one of the most valu-
able and interesting of our trees.
The sugar and syrup made from its
sap is highly prized. Each variety
esteemed as shade trees.
A parasitic plant. Many varieties for-
eign.
"The mistletoe hung in the castle
hall,
The holly branch shone on the old
oak wall."
— Bayly, "The Mistletoe Bough."
'Much admired, especially the Euro-
pean variety, for its clusters of
beautiful scarlet berries in the au-
^ tumn.
[A tree 40 ft. in height, fruit resembles
'[ the blackberry.
I Cultivated for the sake of its leaves as
food of the silkworm.
Varieties numerous.
/Timber formerly in great demand for
\ ship-building.
A tree pre-eminent for grandeur,
strength, and usefulness.
The island of Juan Fernandez is given
as its native place, but that of none
of our cultivated grains is clearly
known.
A splendid shrub, almost a tree in the
East. Green-bay-tree supposed to be
the plant referred to in Ps. xxxvii.
35.
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NAMES OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES, SHOWING THEIR NATIVITY.— (Continued.)
Popular.
Orchis, showy.
Osage-orange. .
Pseony
Parsley..
Parsnip.
Pea
Peach . .
Peanut. .
Pear.
Pecan nut
Pennyroyal...
Pepper, red...,
Pepper, black.
Peppermint. .
Pepper-root. . ,
Persimmon...
Petunia
Phlox
Pine.
Pineapple
Pink. (Carnation and Sweet- )
WILLIAM.) /
Plum
Poison ivy. (Ivy.)
Pokeweed
Pomegranate
Pond-lily. (Water-lily.)..
Poplar. (BalmofGilead.).
Poppy.
Potato. (Sweet-potato.).
Prince's feather.
Pumpkin.,
"Quince. . . ,
Radish...,
Raspberry
Bhubarb, garden.
Bice
Rose.
Rue-
Rye. . . .
■Saffron.,
Sago-plant. .
Sarsaparilla.
Scuppernong. (Grape.)
Snow-ball
Sorghum. (Broom-corn.
Sorrel
Orchis spedabilis . . .
Madura aurantiaca.
Pceonia officinalis. . .
Viola tricolor
Apium petroslienum.
Pastinaca sativa
Pisum sativum
Persica vulgaris ....
Arachis hypogcea
Pyrus communis.
Carya olivce formis
(•Hedema pulegioides
\Mentha pulegium
Capsicum annum
Piper nigrum
Mentha piperita
Dentaria diphylla
Diospysos virginiana
Petunia violacea
Paniculata maculata {^a^iSs} ' •
C strobus (white)
P,«w<t J Palustris (turpentine)
-^'""^ 1 mitis (yellow)
[ resinosa (Norway)
Bromelia ananas
rw • ,!.,„ ( chinensis
D^anthus Ipl^^^^f^
o , ^ ( domestica (many varieties)
rrunus < americana
Phytolacca decandra
Punica granatum
Nuphar advena
( tremuloides
Populus f dilatata (Lombardy).
( aWa
^«i'---!Xafr".":
Solanum tuberosum . .
Polygonum orientate ,
Cucurbita pepo . .
Cydonia vulgaris.
Raphanus sativa.
(idcBU^ (garden)
Rubus < strigosus (wild red)
(occidentalis (black)
Rheum rhaponticum
Oryza sativa
setigera (prairie)
multifiora (.Japan)
rubiginosa (Eglantine)
cinnamonea (cinnamon) . . ,
canina (dog)
centifolia (Provens)
damascena (damask)
alba (white)
judica (Chinese monthly).
eglantaria (yellow)
[ gallica (French)
Ruta groveoleus
Rosa-
Secale cereale
Crocus sativa
Salvia officinalis
Cycas circinalis
Smilax sarsaparilla .
Sassafras officinale. .
Viumum opulus roseum.
Rumex -acetosella
Nativity.
United States
United States, S.W.
Italy.
England
Europe, S.
Europe, W.
Europe and Asia.
United States, S. .
Europe.
10
United States, S.W
United States.
Europe.
India.
India.
Europe
United States.
United States, S. and W.
Brazil.
United States.
United States, N.
U. S.,S. Atlantic
United States
United States, N.
U. S., S., and West Indies,
China.
Europe.
Europe, S.
United States.
United States.
Europe, S.
United States.
United States "I
Italy y ,
Europe )
Remarks.
Asia, S.
Europe
South America. .
India.
Levant..
Levant.
China.
China )
United States [
United States)
Siberia
India.
United States.
Japan.
Europe.
Europe.
Europe.
Europe, S.
Levant.
Germany.
India.
Germany.
France.
Europe, S
Europe, N. and E.
Asia.
Europe, S.
Asia, S.
United States
United States.
Central Europe.
United States.
The order Orchidaceae, with its 400
genera and several thousand species,
is among the most interesting and
curious of plants, being remarkable
for the grotesque form of stem, root,
and flower ; they are natives of near-
ly every part of the world. Great
attention of late years given to their
cultivation.
'^'■Ophelia.—. . . And there is pansies,
that's for thought."
— (SAaA;espeare, "Hamlet," activ.sc.v.
'The pods,as they first form , force them-
selves into the soil, where they rip-
en. Its cultivation furnishes profit-
able employment where it can be
grown. Tennessee, North Carolina,
N. Georgia, etc., produce hundreds
of thousands of bushels annually.
■ A fruit next in popularity and value
' to the apple. The Romans had many
( varieties.
Its nuts much esteemed.
This plant is largely cultivated in the
U. S., especially, in Wayne Co.,
central N. Y., for the manufacture
of the oil of peppermint.
Of the highest importance. Lumber,
turpentine, tar, pitch, and resin are
products of the pine.
" Hard by a poplar shook alway.
All silver-green with gnarled bark."
— Tennyson, "Mariana."
'■'■lago. — Not poppy, nor mandragora.
Nor all the drowsy syrups of. the
world,
Shall ever med'cine thee to that
sweet sleep
Which thou ow'dst yesterday. "
— Shakespeare, ' ' Othello, ' '
act iii. sc. iii.
Potatoes, Sweet-potato.
"Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when
from east and from west.
From north and from south, come
the pilgrim and guest,
What moistens the lip and bright-
ens the eye —
What calls back the past like the
rich pumpkin-pie?"
— TT/nWter, "The Pumpkin."
~ Now extensively cultivated in the U. S.
{Cultivated for its fleshy acid petioles
as a substitute for fruit in the spring.
f "■' OpAch'a.— There's rue for you ; and
J here is some for me ;
] We may call it herb-grace o'Sundays."
[ —Shakespeare, ' ' Hamlet, ' ' act. iv.sc.v.
VThis is the principal cereal for bread
\ in the northern parts of Europe.
(■This is regarded as the true medicinal
\ sarsaparilla.
Sorghum, Sugar.
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NAMES OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES, SHOWING THEIR NATIVITY.— (Concluded.)
Popular.
Spearmint.
Spikenard .
Spinach . . .
Spring-beauty.
Spruce. .
Squash
Star-of- Bethlehem.
Strawberry
Sugar-cane
Sumach. (Ivy. ) . .
Sunflower
Sweet-cicely . .
Sweet-flag
Sweet-pea
Sweet- potato. .
Sweet-william
Sycamore. . . . .
Syringa.
Tamarack. ( Larch. )
Tansy
Tea-rose
Teasel
ThisUe. . .
Thyme . .
Timothy,
Tobacco .
Tomato..
herdsgrass. ,
Tree-of- heaven
Trillium. (Wakerobin.)
Trumpet-flower.
Tuberose
Tulip
Tulip-tree. (White-wood.)
Turnip, common rutabaga. . .
Vegetable oyster
Verbena.
Violet. (PAjfST.
Virginia creeper.
Wakerobin.
Walnut, black.
Water-lily
Watermelon . .
Wheat
White-wood
Wild cherry, black.
Willow, weeping
Wintergreen
Wistaria.
Witch-hazel
Woodbine. (Honeysuckle. )
Mentha viridis....
Aralia racemosa. .
Spinacia oleracea.
(alba
Abies -inigra
(excelsa
Cucurbita \'^''^''P''P^
^ {verrucosa
Orinthogalum umbellatum .
Fragaria vesca
Saccharum officinarum
(glabra
Rhus ■< typhina
(venenata (poison) . .
Helianthus annuus
Osmorhiza longistylis.
A corns calamus
Lathyrus odoratus
Batatas edulis
Dianthus barbatus
(Platanus occidentalis.
\Acer pseudo-platanu^.
Syringa persica
Tanacetum vulgare ,
Camellia japonica
^^^'^''^ifullonum
/%v«-„^ (lanceolatum
Virsium ^fj^rvense (Canada).
Thymus serpyllus
Phelum pratense
Nicotiana tabacum
Lycopersicum esculentum. . .
Ailanthus glandulosa. ,
(radicans. . . .
Tecoma ■< capensis ....
(grandijlora.
Polyanthes tuberosa , .
Tulipa gesneriana. . . .
Jirassira i '*"^" depressa )
jirassica -^^campestris rutabaga . . j
Tragopogon porrifolius
{Aubletia
Chamxedrifolia
f grandijlora
Viola J English
^^^'^■S cucullata (wild) and many)
[ other varieties.
Ampelopsis quinquefolia
Trillium erythrocarpum.
Juglans nigra
^^^»-{?Sr«;:;::::::::::}
Citrullus vulgaris
Triiicum vulgare.
Liriodendron tulipifera
Cerasus serotina
Salix babylonica
Gaultheria procumbeus.
(Frutescens. ..
\ Consequana. .
Hamamelis virginiana .
Taxus
(canadensis.
1 baccata . . .
Nativity.
United States.
United States, N.
Europe
United States
United States, N.
United States, N.
Europe, N.
(?)
United Statea
Europe.
U. S. and Europe.,
Asia, S
United State&
South America
United States, N.
United States.
Sicily.
Both Indies
Europe, E.
United States.
Europe, N.
Persia.
Europe and Asia.
China and Japan.
Europe.
United States.
Europe, N.
Europe
Central America
Central and S. America .
China
United States.
Cape of Good Hope.
China and Japan.
Ceylon.
Persia,
Europe and Asia.
Europe.
United States.
South America.
Switzerland >
p]ngland j
U. S. throughout.
United States .
United States.
U. S., Middle and W.
United States.
India
Europe and Asia....
U. S., Middle and W.
United States.
Central Asia
United^States, N.
U. S., S. andW. 1
China. j
United States.
U.S., N. and Middle.
England
This now well-known pot-herb Issnid'
to have been brought into Spain by
the Arabs.
One of the flrst,as well as the most deli-
cate, of our early spring wood flowers.
Extensively cultivated for its fruit.
Sugar.
First brought to Spain ft-om the West
Indies by Columbus. It is the po-
tato of Shakespeare and contempo-
rary writers, the Solanum tuberosum,.
being then almost unknown in Eu-
rope.
(Extensively cultivated for fodder in
\ the eastern and middle U. S.
Tobacco.
Tomato.
( Rapid growth and rather gracefbl ap-
pearance favored its cultivation at
J first, but its disagreeable odor when
] in flower stopped it. Congress for-
bade further planting of it in public.
[ grounds of the U. S. , 3 Mch. 1853.
'•Violets, dim.
But sweeter than the lids of Juno's-
eyes,
Or Cytherea's breath."
— Shakespeare, " Winter's Tale,"
act iv. sc. ill.
A vigorous climber, occupying nearly
the same position in the U. S. that
the ivy does in England, being cul-
tivated as a covering for walls, etc.
The dense dark-brown wood of this
species is among the most valuable
in the northern U. S. Its nuts are
also esteemed. It isbecomingscarce.
fExtensively cultivated in the U. S.
for its delicious, cooling fruit.
"Wheat.
(A magnificent forest tree ; wood ex-
l tensively used as a substitute for
( pine ; becoming scarce.
Weeping Willow.
{A little plant of the woods, with spicy
leaves and scarlet berries.
A splendid flowering vine of rapid
growth ; flowers in long pendulous
clusters.
{' Medicinal extract from its leaves and
bark esteemed.
fluorescence. When the invisible chemical rays
beyond the blue end of the spectrum pass through uranium
glass or solutions of quinine, horse-chestnut bark, or stramo-
nium datura, they become luminous by what was termed
" fluorescence " by its discoverer, prof. Stokes, in 1852. By
fluorescence, drs. Bence Jones and Dupre detected the presence
of quinoidine in animal tissues. Calorescence.
fluorine, a gaseous element obtained from fluor-spar ;
first collected over mercury by Priestley ; named by Ampere,
1810. It is so corrosive that it is separated with great diffi-
culty. Its chemical history was elucidated by Davy (1809),
Berzelius (1824), and succeeding chemists. The corrosive
properties of fluoric acid were applied in the arts in 1760 by
Schwankhard of Nuremberg. — Gmelin.
Flushing', a seaport of the Netherlands, on the isle of
Walcheren. For the siege, Walcheren expedition. It
was fortified by Napoleon I., but the works were finally dis-
mantled in 1867. The port improved, and new dock opened
by the king of Holland, 8 Sept. 1873.
flute. The transverse flute (called the " German," but
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properly the Swiss flute) was described by Michael Prctorius
of Wolfenbiittel in 1620, and by Mersenne of Paris in 1636.
It was much improved by French in the 17th century; by
Quantz, Tacet, Florio, Potter, Miller, Nicholson, and others in
the 18th. In the present century, also, the Nicholsons, Boehm
of Munich, Godfrey of Paris, Carter, Rockstro, and Rudall
& Rose of London, have greatly improved it. Flageolet.
fluxion§, a branch of higher mathematics, discovered
by Newton, 1665, upon principles identical with those of the
differential calculus described by Leibnitz, 1684. A contro-
versy ensued as to prior discovery. There is now no doubt of
the independence of each philosopher ; but the methods of
Leibnitz have proved more practical and fruitful. The finest
applications of the calculus are by Newton, Euler, Lagrange,
and Laplace. The first elementary work on fluxions in Eng-
land is a tract of 22 pages in " A New Short Treatise of Alge-
bra, together with a Specimen of the Nature and Algorithm
of Fluxions," by John Harris, M.A. (London, 1702).
flyings, artificial. Greek mythology asserts that Daeda-
lus made wings of wax for his son Icarus, who, disobeying his
father, flew so high that the sun melted his wings, and he fell
into the sea which took his name. Archytas is said to have
made a flying dove, about 400 b.c. Friar Bacon maintained
the possibility of flying, and predicted the general practice of
it, 1273, Bishop Wilkins says (1651), " It will yet be as usual,
to hear a man call for his wings when he is going on a journey
as it is now to hear him call for his boots ! " Borelli (about
1670) showed the futility of these speculations. About 1800,
sir George Cayley experimented on the subject, and in 1843
Mr. Henson invented a flying-machine ; but nothing has been
devised of practical use. The motion of birds in relation to
aeronautics was much discussed by scientific men in 1867-68.
At a meeting of the Aeronautical society, London, 26 Mch.
1868, it was stated that a member had, by his muscular force,
aided by apparatus, risen from the ground and flown hori-
zontally. Dr. James Pettigrew published elaborate researches
on flying, 1867-71. The idea that machines can be made to
fly or sail through the air, the problem depending merely on
the mechanism of the flying-machine, is now entertained by
many men of science. Costly experiments are made almost
constantly at different places — in France, Germany, Great
Britain, United States, and Australia, the latter country espe-
cially noted for the recent successful experiments of Lawrence
Hargrave of Sidney, New South Wales. " Experiments in
^rodynamics," by S. P. Langley, of the Smithsonian Institu-
ion, Washington, pub. 1891. Balloons.
Fo, Religion of, the form of Buddhism existing in China.
fOg-$igIial§, in use on vessels and along coasts, are
bells, steam-trumpets, batteries of whistles blown by steam,
transmission of sound through water, the sirene, fog-horn,
etc. Acoustics.
Foix (foo-a'), S. France, a county established 1050, and
united with Beam, 1290. About 1494 Catherine de Foix, the
heiress, married Jean d'Albret, whose descendant, Henry IV.,
as king of France, united Foix to the monarchy, 1589.
folk-lore, a general name given by W. J. Thorns, in
1846, to popular legends, fairy tales, local traditions, old out-
dying customs, superstitions, etc. He proposed a Folk-lore so-
ciety in Notes and Quei-ies, 1 Dec. 1877 ;' formed 1878.
font. The early baptisterj' was part of the church, with
a large font for immersion, partitioned from the rest. Previ-
ously, lakes and rivers were resorted to for immersion. Fonts
are said to have been set up in churches in the 6th century.
Foiltainebleau {fon-tain-blo'), a town near the
Seine, France. The royal palace, founded by Robert le Pieux
about 999, enlarged and adorned by successive kings, was
completed by Louis Philippe, 1837-40. Fontainebleau was
entered by the Austrians, 17 Feb. 1814. Here Napoleon ab-
dicated, 4 Apr., and took leave of the army, 20 Apr. 1814.
Peace between France, Denmark, etc 2 Sept. 1679
Treaty between Germany and Holland 8 Nov. 1785
Treaty between Napoleon and Spain 27 Oct. 1807
Decree of Fontainebleau. for destruction of British merchan-
^ <lise 19 Oct. 1810
Concordat between Napoleon and pope Pius VII 25 Jan. 1813
Fontenaille (/ont'e-na) or Fonteiiay (Fonta-
netum), a village in Burgundy. Near here Charles the Bald
and Louis the German totally defeated their brother, emperor
Lothaire I., 25 June, 841. This victory, termed " the judg-
ment of God," helped to form the French monarchy.
Fontenoy {font-mi'), a village near Tournay, Bel-
gium, site of a sanguinary battle, 30 Apr. (11 May, n.s.), 1745,
between French, under marshal Saxe, and English, Hanoveri-
ans, Dutch, and Austrians, under duke of Cumberland. The
king, Louis XV., and the dauphin were present. The opening
success of the British illustrates the power of a column ; and
the advance of the Austrians at Marengo (14 June, 1800) was
compared to it by Bonaparte. The allies lost 12,000, the
French nearly as many; but the allies retreated. Marshal
Saxe (ill of the disorder of which he died) was carried about
the posts in a litter, assuring his troops of success.
foot-ball. The first distinct mention of foot-ball in
England is by William Fitzstephen, in his " History of Lon-
don," 1175. To prevent the decadence of archery in England,
foot-ball and other games were prohibited (1365). In 1458,
James III. of Scotland decreed that foot-ball and Golf be
utterly put down. Shrove Tuesday was known in England
as " Foot-ball day " as late as 1830.
Foot-ball revived among university men about 1860
Foot-ball association (no handling or touching the ball except
by kicking) formed in England r 1863
Rugby Foot ball union founded 1871
Harvard and Yale adopt 11 as the number of a foot-ball team, 1880
R. Young, by place kick with run, sends the ball 187 ft. 10 in.,
2 July, 1881
Best distance by drop kick, 172 ft. 8 in., made by F. Hardgrave,
at Queen's park, Brisbane, Australia Oct. 1882
American Foot-ball association organized 1884
J. E. Duffy, Ann Arbor, Mich., by drop kick, sends the ball 168
ft. 7 1<^ in 22 May, 1886
Greatest score made on the American point system, Harvard
158 to Exeter 0 "
William P. Chadwick. at Exeter, N. H., by place kick with run,
sends the ball 200 ft. 8 in 29 Nov. "
Harvard defeats Yale for the first time since 1875, at Hamp-
den park, Springfield, Mass. Score, 12-6 22 Nov. 1889
Intercollegiate association ; Princeton beats Yale, 10-0, N. Y.
city 28 Nov. "
Intercollegiate association; Yale beats Princeton, 32-0, Eastern
park, Brooklyn, N. Y 27 Nov. 1890
Yale beats Harvard, 6-0, Springfield, Mass .19 Nov. 1892
Intercollegiate association; Yale beats Princeton, 12-0, N. Y.
city 24 Nov. "
Yale beats Harvard, 6-0, Springfield, Mass 25 Nov. 1893
Princeton beats Yale, 6-0, N. Y. city 30 Nov. "
Yale beats Harvard, 12-4, Springfield, Mass 24 Nov. 1894
Pennsylvania beats Harvard, 18-4, Philadelphia, Pa 29 Nov. "
Yale beats Princeton, 24-0, N. Y. city • 1 Dec. "
foreig°ll orderi. No British subject may accept an
order from a foreign sovereign, or wear his insignia, without the
sovereign's consent, by orders issued in 1812 and 1834 ; regula-
tions published in London Gazette, 10 Maj'^, 1855. In the United
States: "No title of nobility shall be granted by the U.S.;
and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them
shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept any present,
emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any
king, prince, or foreign state." — Constitution U. S., art. i. sec ix.
Foreiters, Ancient Order of, a species of benefit soci-
ety, founded on the principle that many can help one ; religious
and political discussions tire excluded. The American
branch, founded 1864, has grand-courts 16, sub-courts 900, and
90,000 members. The membership of the order in the whole
world was (31 Dec. 1890) 816,176. It has lodges in the United
States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Holland, India, and the
West Indies, Spain, Malta, E., W., and S. Africa, St. Helena,
New South Wales, Australia, New Zealand, British Columbia,
Peru, Nicaragua, and Colombia, etc. The funds of the order
are $25,288,825 ; assets, $70,000,000.
forest§. There were in England, in the last century,
as many as 68 forests, 18 chases, and upwards of 780 parks.
New Forest. In the United Kingdom there are 3,116,819
acres of forest. Of the European countries the forest area of
Russia is the greatest, being 503,880,000 acres; the next is
Sweden and Norway, with 62,315,939; the least is Denmark,
with 464,360. The total for all Europe is 726,685,617 acres.
The total forest area in the United States was estimated, in
1891, at 481,764,599 acres, included in farms 185,794,219 acres,
besides Alaska and Indian reservations. Forest fires in 1880
burned over 432,464 acres ; this is probably the annual av-
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erage since. These fires, with the present rate of cutting for
the lumber market, threaten to destroy the forests in the U. S.
For the preservation of its forests, the state of New York in-
stituted a Forest commission in 1885 (Nkw York) ; while Cal-
ifornia, Colorado, North Dakota, New Hampshire, and Ohio
have taken similar action. To encourage forest-planting on
the treeless prairies,the act of Congress, approved 14 June,1878,
made tree-planting a consideration for grants of public lands.
Act repealed 3 Mch. 1891. Many states have appointed a holi-
day, known as Arbok day, for the voluntary planting of trees.
forgery of deeds, or giving forged deeds in evidence,
was made punishable in England by fine, by standing in the
pillory, having both ears cut oflF, the nostrils slit up and seared,
the forfeiture of land, and perpetual imprisonment, 5 Eliz. 1562.
Since paper credit became general, many statutes have been
enacted ; the latest Forgery act in England passed 9 Aug. 1870.
IN ENGLAND.
Forgery flrst made punishable by death 1634
Forging letters of attorney made capital 1722
Mr. Ward, M.P., expelled the House of Commons for forgery,
16 May, 1726; and consigned to the pillory 17 Mch. 1727
First forger on the Bank of England was Richard William
Vaughan, once a linen-draper of Stafford. He employed a
number of artists on different parts of notes ; filled up twenty
and gave them to a young lady whom he was to marry, as a
proof of wealth ; no suspicion entertained. One of the artists
informed, and Vaughan executed at Tyburn 1 May, 1758
Forged notes presented to the bank, 1801-10, for 101,661^.
Bank prosecutes 142 persons for forgery or uttering forged
notes 1817
Thos. Maynard, the last person executed for forgery 31 Dec. 1829
One act all forgeries henceforth punished with death 1830
Punishment of forgery with death ceases, except of wills or
powers of attorney to transfer stock 1832
These cases also reduced to transportable offences 1837
fork§ were in use on the Continent in the 13th and 14th
centuries. — Voltaire. This is reasonably disputed. In Fjmes
Moryson's " Itinerarj'," reign of Elizabeth, he says, "At Venice
each person was served (besides his knife and spoon) with a
fork to hold the meat while he cuts it, for there they deem it
ill manners that one should touch it with his hand." Thomas
Coryate solemnly describes the manner of using forks in Italy,
and adds, "I myself have thought it good to imitate the Ital-
ian fashion since I came home to England," 1608. 2-pronged
forks were made at Sheffield soon after. 3-pronged forks
are more recent. Silver forks, previously only used by the
rich, came into general use in England about 1814.
G. Smith found a bronze fork with 2 prongs at Kouyunjik, Assyria,
1873.
A "flesh-hook of 3 teeth " mentioned 1 Sam. ii. 13, about 1165 B.C.
forma pauperis. A person having a just cause
of suit, yet too poor to maintain it, has attorney and counsel
assigned him in England on swearing that he is not worth 5/.,
by statute 11 Henry VII., 1495. This act has bee« remodelled,
and now any person may plead in forma pauperis in the courts.
formie aeid, the acid of ants {formicce). Its artifi-
cial production by Pelouze in 1831 was an epoch in organic
chemistry.
Formo'sa, an island in the Pacific, 90 miles from the
Chinese coast. In May, 1874, the Japanese, with the consent
of a Chinese mandarin, chastised the savage tribes here for
massacring Japanese sailors who had settled on the isle. The
Chinese threatened war if they did not quit within 90 days,
18 Aug. 1874. By British interposition the Japanese withdrew,
an indemnity having been agreed on ; treaty between Japan
and China signed 31 Oct. 1874. Formosa flourished under the
rule of Ting, who was removed in 1878. The plant of the
Woosung railway brought here in 1878. George Psalmanazar
published his fabricated description of Formosa in 1704. It
uow forms the 19th province of China. Pop. in 1880, 3,000,000.
For'novo, a town of Parma, Italy. Near here Charles
VIII. of France defeated the Italians, 6 July, 1495.
fort Adams. Adams, fort.
fort Anne, N. Y., built by the British, 1757, stood
about 14 miles south of the present village of Whitehall.
fort Barrancas, on the south side of Pensacola
bay, Fla., built by the Spaniards in 1669. Ceded to the United
States 24 Oct. 1820. Seized by confederates 13 Jan. 1861 ;
reoccupied by federals, 9-10 May, 1862.
fort Boone, built by Daniel Boone on the present
site of Boonesborough, Ky., as a defence against Indians, 1775,
withstood several attacks from them during 1777-78.
fort Boivyer. Bowvkr, fort.
fort Broivn, Texas, on the Rio Grande, opposite Mata-
moras, built by gen. Taylor, 1846, defended by major Brown
against a fierce assault of Mexicans, 6 May, 1846, until relieved
by gen. Taylor on the 10th. Major Brown was killed.
fort Clinton. Clinton and Montgomery, forts.
fort Crown Point. Crown Point.
fort Cumberland, Md., on the Potomac, built 1754,
a rendezvous for troops under gen. Braddock in his expedi-
tion against fort Duquesne in 1755.
fort Dearborn, Chicago, built 1805-6, under the
superintendence of maj. John Whistler (who also built fort
Wayne) ; occupied in 1812 by capt. Nathan Heald, with a
garrison of 54 men ; evacuated by orders from gen. Hull, 15
Aug. 1812. The Indians slew many of the garrison and resi-
dents immediately after. Fort burned same day. Illinois.
fort Be Russy, La., on the Red river, a short dis-
tance below Alexandria, built hj the confederates. Captured
by adm. Porter and gen. A. J. Smith, 11 Mch. 1864.
fort Bonelson, Tenn., built when the rebellion be-
gan by the confederates on the Cumberland river, east of
fort Henry, to protect Nashville and the heart of the confed-
eracy. But its importance was not appreciated by the con-
federates, who expected a federal advance in 1862 into east
Tennessee. Fort Henry was captured 6 Feb. Com. Foote
attacked Donelson with flotilla on the 14th, but was repulsed.
A battle was fought on the 15th, the garrison trying to cut its
way through Grant's line. It was successful at first against
the federal right, but failed to press its advantage, and on the
16th the fort surrendered, with 10,000 prisoners and 40 guns.
Of the original garrison of about 18,000 men, 2000 were killed
or wounded, and many escaped by the river, among them
gens. Floyd, Pillow, and Forrest. The defence was misman-
aged. The federal loss was about 2000; the confederate
somewhat larger. The immediate result was the confederate
evacuation of Nashville and Columbus.
fort Buquesne. Pennsylvania, 1754, '55, '57.
fort Edward, N. Y. This fort, built on east bank of
the Hudson river, about 45 miles north of Albany, by the
British in 1755, under gen. Lyman, and was first called fort
Lyman, but name changed soon after to fort Edward by sir
William Johnson. The village of fort Edward now covers its
site, and takes its name from it. Near it Jane McCrea was
killed while being taken to the camp of Burgoyne, 1777. New
York.
fort Erie, in Ontario, Canada, on the Niagara river
opposite Buffalo, was taken, with its garrison of 200 men, on
July 3, 1814, by the Americans under gens. Brown, Scott, and
Ripley. Early in Aug, the fort, garrisoned by 2500 men
under gen. Gaines, was besieged by 5000 British under gen.
Drummond. On 15 Aug. Drummond made a desperate as-
sault, but was repulsed, losing 600 men killed, wounded, and
prisoners. American loss, 84 killed, wounded, and missing.
The siege continued until Sept. 17, when gen. Brown, then in
command, made a sortie to destroy the enemy's outer defences,
and drive Drummond to relinquish the siege. It was made
by 3000 men, and with complete success, inflicting a loss of
1000 men. American loss, 79 killed, 216 wounded. On the
night of Sept. 21, Drummond precipitately retired ; and on
5 Nov. 1814, the Americans abandoned and destroyed this
fort. Its ruins, which now mark its site, are scarcely discern-
ible. New York, United States.
fort Fisher, N. C, built by the confederates at one of
the entrances to Cape Fear river, was the main defence of the
seaward approach to Williamston, N. C. Attempt to blow up
the fort by exploding 250 tons of gunpowder, near its seaward
wall (plan conceived by gen. Benj. F. Butler) failed, 23 Nov.
1864. Captured by gen. Alfred H. Terry, supported by the
fleet, 15 Jan. 1865; 2083 prisoners, 169 heavy guns.
fort Forty or Forty fort, Pa., erected by Connec-
ticut settlers in Wyoming valley in 1769, was the rendezvous
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of the Americans when the valley was invaded by Tories and
Indians, 3 July, 1778. Fort surrendered, 4 July. Wyoming.
fort Frederick, Md., built 1755-56, on the north
bank of the Potomac, 50 miles below fort Cumberland.
fort FrOlltenac, near the present site of Kingston,
Ont., built by Frontenac, governor of Canada, 1673, was for
80 years the strongest fort in America. The French held it
until 1758, when it was taken by the British under col. Brad-
street without resistance. It had been the main rendezvous
of French expeditions against the English.
fort Oeorge, N. Y., near the site of fort William
Henry, built 1758-60, has no historic reputation.
fort Oeorge, at the mouth of the Niagara river on
the Canada side, and opposite fort Niagara, occupied by the
British, was captured by the U. S. troops under gen. Dearborn,
27 May, 1813. British garrison numbered about 3000. U. S.
troops lost 33 killed and 88 wounded ; the British lost 108 killed,
163 wounded, and 622 made prisoners. On 8 July following
a U. S. foraging party near fort George was attacked by a
superior force of British and Indians. Only a corporal and
9 men escaped to the fort ; the remainder (29) were killed or
wounded. On the 17th the outworks of fort George were at-
tacked by 200 British and Indians ; they were gallantly de-
fended by a detachment from the garrison under col. (after-
wards lieut.-gen.) Winfield Scott. The U. S. troops lost 4 killed
and 4 wounded. Again, on 24 Aug., these outworks were at-
tacked by a British party. They were repulsed by a detach-
ment under capt. Davenport. The loss on both sides was
inconsiderable. Evacuated by the U. S. force 10 Dec. 1813.
New York, United States.
fort Ori§WOld, on the east bank of the Thames
river, Conn., defended by some 150 men under col. William
Ledyard, was captured by the British, 6 Sept. 1781, who,
under Benedict Arnold, acted cruelly after the surrender, col.
Ledyard being killed when delivering his sword.
fort Harri§Oll,on the Wabash, about 2 miles above
Terre Haute, Ind., built by gen. Harrison, 1811. Gallantly
defended by capt. Zachary Taylor, with a garrison of 50 men,
from an attack by the Indians, 4 Sept. 1812.
fort Henry, W. Va., built on the south bank of the
Ohio, just above Wheeling, as a place of refuge from the Ind-
ians, 1774. Attacked by Simon Girty with 400 Indians in sum-
mer of 1777. It was garrisoned by 40 men, 23 of whom were
killed in an attempted reconnoissance ; the remainder stood
a siege until reinforced by 54 men, when their assailants re-
tired. Here Elizabeth Zane, in the midst of the attack, un-
dertook the dangerous task of procuring a keg of powder con-
cealed in a distant outhouse for the garrison.
fort Henry, Tenn., on the Tennessee river, was capt-
ured by gen. U. S. Grant and com. A. H. Foote, 6 Feb. 1862,
with 7 gun-boats, 4 of them iron-clad. Gen. Grant, with 11
regiments, moved to the rear of the fort, when gen. Tilghman,
commanding, sent most of his men, about 3000, to fort Donel-
son, retaining 83 in the fort. 21 of these were killed or
wounded, and the remainder, including Tilghman, with 17
guns, were captured.
fort Hindman, Arkansas post, on the Arkansas
river, captured by the federals under gen. John A. McCler-
nand, 11 Jan. 1863. Arkansas.
fort Independence, on Castle island, in Boston
harbor, was first built in 1634, and called Castle William. It
was ceded to the United States by Massachusetts in 1798, and
received its name from pres. John Adams while visiting it in
1799. It is one of the finest forts in the U. S.
fort Independence, N. Y., a small fort built 1776
on the east bank of the Hudson, a little below and on the
opposite side of the river from forts Clinton and Montgomery.
fort Jackson, La., about 65 miles below New Orleans,
on the Mississippi, was begun in 1814. It was seized by the
confederates 10-13 Jan. 1861. Com. Farragut passed' this
fort and St. Philip 24 Apr. 1862 ; it surrendered to gen. B. F.
Butler 28 Apr.
fort Lafayette (formerly fort Diamond, name
changed 1823), on the left of the Narrows in New York har-
bor, used during the civil war as a military prison.
fort L<e Bceuf, Pa., built by the French on French
creek, about 30 miles southeastof the present city of Erie, Pa.,
1753. Here Washington met the French commander when
sent by gov. Dinwiddle of "Virginia to learn regarding the oc-
cupancy of the Ohio valley by the French. Pennsy«.vania.
fort liCe, N. J., on the Hudson, opposite fort Wash-
ington. Occupied by gen. Greene when it was captured by
Cornwallis, 19 Nov. 1776 ; gen. Greene, however, escaped with
his force, but lost all the stores, cannon, etc.
fort Hackiliac, Mich., on an island in the strait
between lakes Huron and Michigan, built by the French, 1670-
1680; occupied by the English, 1760. • Capture and mas-
sacre of the English garrison by Indians during the Pon-
tiac war, 4 June, 1763 ; turned over to the United States
by the British, 1795. Captured by the British without re-
sistance, 17 July, 1812. U. S. troops, 500 regulars and 400
militia, under col. Croghan, unsuccessfuUj' attempted to re-
capture it, 4 Aug. 1814.
fort Macon, N. C, on Rogue's island, commands the
entrance to Newport river; begun in 1826 and finished in
1834. Seized by gov. Ellis of N. C. early in 1861 for the
confederates. Surrendered to the federals under gen. Parke
and adm. Dupont, 25 Apr. 1862.
fort McAllister, Ga., on the Ogeechee river, built
by the confederates ; captured by assault by gen. Hazen, 13
Dec. 1864.
fort McHenry, Md., 3 miles southeast from the
city of Baltimore. First work built 1775, present work 1794.
Sustained, with a garrison of 1000 men under gen. Arraistead,
a severe bombardment from the British fleet of 16 vessels,.
13 Sept. 1814. It was during this bombardment that Francis
S. Key composed the song, "Star Spangled Banner."
British retired ; loss slight on both sides.
fort McRee, Fla., opposite fort Pickens, Pensacola
bay, begun in 1833; seized by the confederates, 12-13 Jan.
1861 ; re-occupied by the federals, 9-10 May, 1862.
fort ]VIeig^§, at the foot of the Maumee rapids, Ohio,
built early in 181.3 by gen. Harrison, and named after gov.
Meigs of Ohio. Here gen. Harrison was besieged by a strong
force of British and Indians under gen. Proctor, 28 Apr.-8
May, 1813. Gen. Green Clay, attempting to reinforce Harrison,
lost most of his command, but part of it entered the fort, and
Proctor retired. Again assaulted by the same leader with
about 4000 British and Indians, 21 July, 1813 ; repulsed ; gen.
Clay in command of the fort.
fort Mercer, N. J., built on the east bank of the
Delaware, not far below Philadelphia, under command of
col. Christopher Green. Assaulted by British under count
Donop, 22 Oct. 1777 ; repulsed ; Donop mortally wounded and
captured; dying on the 25th. Evacuated 20 Nov. 1777.
Cornwallis dismantled the fort and demolished the works.
fort Mifflin, Pa., on Mud island, 7 miles below Phil-
adelphia, under lieut.-col. Smith of Marj-land, bombarded by a
British fleet, 23 Oct. 1777, which retired baffled ; but renewed
the attack on 10 Nov., and on the 16th the garrison evacuated
it. American loss 250 killed and wounded.
fort Mimms, Ala., near Montgomery, celebrated for
the Indian massacre of 30 Aug. 1813. Alabama.
fort Montg^omery, N. Y., on the west bank of the
Hudson, a little below West Point, built at the same time as
fort Clinton, completed 1776. It held a garrison of 800 men.
Captured with fort Clinton by a British force under sir Henry
Clinton, 6 Oct. 1777. Clinton and Montgomery, forts.
fort Morg^an, Ala., entrance to Mobile bay, begun
1819 ; seized by the Alabama troops, 5 Jan. 1861; surrendered
to the federals— fleet under adm. Farragut, and land forces
under gen. Gordon Granger— 23 Aug. 1864.
fort Motte, S. C, near the Congaree river, the resi-
dence of Mrs. Rebecca Motte ; fortified by the British ; capt-
ured by the Americans under gen. Marion, 12 May, 1781.
fort Moultrie, S. C, on Sullivan's island, in Charles-
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ton harbor, built in 1776 ; first called fort Sullivan, but name
changed to Moultrie in honor of its commander ; bombarded
by a British fleet under sir Peter Parker, 28 June, 1776, of 10
vessels, 2 of 60 g»n>s each. 7 of 28, and 1 of 22. After 10 hours
ot firing it withdrew. During this bombardment, serg. William
Jasper distinguished himself by replacing the flag, the staff of
which had been shot away, the flag falling outside of the
fort. Fort rebuilt in 1812. Evacuated by maj. Robert An-
derson by night, 26 Dec. 1860, and Fort Sumtkr occupied.
Fort Moultrie occupied by confederates on the 27th, until
abandoned 18 Feb. 1865, upon the evacuation of Charleston.
fort IVecesslty. Vikginia, 1754.
fort IViai^ara, N. Y., at the mouth of the Niagara
river, on its east bank. A fortification was erected here by
La Salle in 1679; improved by the French, 1725; captured by
the British, 1759. Further enlarged, it was the rendezvous
of Tories and Indians during the Revolution, and held by the
British until turned over, 1795, to the United States. Bom-
barded by the British across the river, 21 Nov. 1812 ; captured
by themj 19 Dec. 1813. New York.
fort ]Vlnety-§lx, on the site of the village of Cam-
bridge, S. C, bnilt by the British ; named because 96 miles
from the frontier fort Prince George. Occupied by a garri-
son of American loyalists under lieut.-col. Cruger; besieged
by gen. Greene from 22 May to 19 June, 1781, when, on ap-
proach of Rawdon, he raised the siege. Soon after abandoned
by the British.
fort Ontario, N. Y., at the mouth of the Oswego
river. East bank built by the English, 1727 ; strengthened in
1755. Surrendered to the French under Montcalm, 14 Aug.
1756, 1400 men, 120 cannon, 14 mortars, with ammunition
and stores. Fort dismantled bj'- the French and partly de-
stroyed. The British rebuilt it in 1759 and held it through
the Revolution, but was delivered up to the United States,
1796. The fort, with a garrison of about 300 men under lieut.-
col. Mitchell, attacked by the British fleet with 3000 men un-
der sir James L. Yeo, 6 May, 1814. The garrison withdrew
from the fort, which the British immediately occupied, but
abandoned the next day after dismantling it.
fort Orang^e, built by the Dutch at Albany, N. Y.,
1623. New York.
fort Pic ken §, Fla.,on Santa Rosa island, commanding
the entrance to the harbor of Pensacola bay. While most of
the forts in the south were seized by the confederates during
the spring of 1861, this fort was held by lieut. Adam J. Slem-
mer, with a garrison of but 81 officers and men, and retained
by the federals throughout the civil war. It was besieged
from 18 Jan. 1861, until the middle of April, when it was re-
inforced with several hundred troops under col. Henry Brown.
fort Pillow, Tenn., on the east bank of the Missis-
sippi, 40 miles above Memphis, built by the confederates;
evacuated by them 4 Jan. 1862; occupied by the federals, 5
Jan., and garrisoned by 577 men, 262 of whom were negroes;
captured by the confederates under Forrest, 12 Apr. 1864. From
number killed both of black and white troops, after surrender,
this event is known as the Fort Pillow massacre.
fort Pitt. Fort Duquesne.
fort Pula§ki, Ga., on Cockspur island, built to guard
the entrance to the Savannah river, was seized by confeder-
ates early in 1861. With difficulty gen. Quincy A. Gillmore
established batteries on Tybee island, which commanded it.
On 9 Apr. 1862, these opened on the fort at a distance of about
1650 yards, and compelled its surrender on the 11th.
fort Putnam, N. Y., built 1778, on an eminence back
of the present site of West Point.
fort Sander§, an unfinished but important work in
the fortifications erected for the defence of Knoxville, E. Tenn. ;
assaulted by the confederates under gen. Longstreet on the
night of 28-29 Nov. 1863 ; repulsed with a loss of 800.
fort ScllUjier, N. Y., built in 1758 as fort Stanwix,
under the direction of gen. Stanwix, where the city of Rome
now stands. In 1776 it was extensively repaired, and called
Schuyler in honor of gen. Philip Schuyler. The fort invest-
ed by a force of British and Indians, 1700 strong, under St.
Leger, 2 Aug. 1777. The garrison of 750 men, under command
of col. Gansevoort, having no flag, made one after the pattern
adopted by the Continental Congress. Flag. Gen. Herkimer
advanced with 800 men and fought the battle of Oriskany;
but while not defeated, he was unable to relieve the forti
Schuyler now sent Benedict Arnold forward with a relieving
force. The latter, by stratagem, excited a panic in the force .
of St. Leger, who hastily retired. Fort abandoned 1 2 May, 1781, )
fort Stephenson, at lower Sandusky, now Fre-j
mont, Ohio, was built in 1812, and garrisoned by 150 men un-
der command of maj. George Croghan, then 21 years of age. '
It was invested by a large force of British and Indians under
command of Proctor, 31 July, 1813 ; but in an assault, 2 Aug.,
they lost 120 men, and retired early on the morning of the 3d.
On 13 Feb. 1835, 22 years after, Congress awarded a gold medal
to col. Croghan for his gallant defence. United vStates, 1836.
fort Stony Point, N. Y., a partly finished fort on the
Hudson river, captured by the British with its small garrison,
1 June, 1779. They further strengthened the fort and gar-
risoned it with about 600 men under lieut.-col. Johnson. Gen.
Washington assigned the task of recapturing it to gen. An-
thony Wayne, who, on the night of 16 July, stormed the
works with Massachusetts light infantry, capturing the entire
garrison, with a loss of 15 killed and 83 wounded. The Ameri-
cans, however, evacuated it on the 18th, after destroying the
works. Wayne's assault was one of the most brilliant exploits
of the Revolution.
fort St. Philip, La., about 65 miles below New Or-'
leans, on the opposite (east) bank, and a little above fort Jack-
son, on the Mississippi; built by the Spaniards about 1750.
Seized with fort Jackson by the confederates, 10-13 Jan. 1861,
and bombarded by Farragut on his way up the river to New
Orleans, 24 Apr. 1862. It surrendered to gen. Benj. F. Butler,
28 Apr.
fort Sumter, in Charleston harbor, nearly midway
between Sullivan and Morris islands, and 3|- miles from
Charleston city. Begun in 1828, and originally a casemated
brickwork of 5 faces, designed for 2 tiers of guns in em-
brasure and en harhette. In the spring of 1861 maj. Robert
Anderson, commanding in Charleston harbor, in view of the
secession of South Carolina (20 Dec. 1860), and of her prep-
arations to seize the forts in the harbor, evacuated Fort Moul-
trie on the night of 26 Dec, and occupied fort Sumter. The
Star of the West, sent to reinforce Sumter, was fired upoa
off Morris island (9 Jan. 1861), and returned to New York.-
For 4 months preparations were made by the confederates at
Charleston — 7000 men under gen. G. T. Beauregard — for an at-
tack on fort Sumter. On 11 Apr. Beauregard demanded its
surrender, which was refused by maj. Anderson. That night
the relieving flotilla reached the offing, and at 3.20 a.m. on the
12th Anderson was notified that fire would be opened upon
him in one hour. At that time the bombardment began from
fort Moultrie, 2 batteries at fort Johnson, an iron-clad battery
on Cumming's Point, another near Charleston, and others
formed for this purpose. The first gun was fired by Edmund
Kuffin, an aged Virginian. United States, 1861. After
about 3 hours the garrison answered the fire. 3 times dur-
ing the day the quarters were set on fire by the shells. At
noon the relieving fleet was discernied from the fort and sa-
luted. The bombardment was continued till dark, and re-
newed on the 13th. No reinforcements could reach the fort.
The fires again broke" out, and the fort becoming untenable,
maj. Anderson surrendered it, and the next day (14 Apr.) evac-
uated the work, lowering his flag with a salute, and with the
garrison sailed northward. In this first conflict of the civU
war there were no casualties on either side. On 7 Apr. 1863,
an attempt by adm, Dupont, with a fleet of monitors, to re-
duce fort Sumter, failed on account of obstructions in the har-
bor, which prevented the vessels from reaching the weakest
side of the fort. The monitor Keokuk was sunk, and other
vessels sustained serious injuries. The bombardment was re-
newed by adm. Dahlgren after the occupation of Morris island
in the summer of 1863, but the fort, though reduced to an
earthwork, and rendered temporarily harmless as an offensive
work, was not captured. It was held by the confederates
until they evacuated Charleston, 17 Feb. 1865. On 18 Feb;-
1865, the U. S. flag was again raised over fort Sumter by
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«naj.-gen. Hennessy; while on 14 Apr. 1865, the same flag
-which had been lowered by maj. Anderson just 4 years before
(14 Apr. 1861) was again raised by him above the fort with
appropriate ceremonies.
fort Ticonderoga, N. Y., on the west side of lake
■Charaplain and at the outlet of lake George into that lake ; built
by the French in 1756, and named by them fort Carillon, but
the Indian name was generally applied to it — Ticonderoga, a
corruption of Cheonderoga,an Iroquois word signifying soMwc^m^-
or brawling water. It was from the first a strong work, but after-
wards much strengthened, and served as the starting-place and
general rendezvous for the French expeditions under Montcalm
and others. An attack was made on the fort 8 July, 1758, by
gen. James Abercrombie, who had moved against it from the
lower end of lake George with 7000 regulars, 9000 provincials,
and a large train of artillery, and although the French com-
mander had but 4000 men, the British were signally defeated
with a loss of 2000, including gen. Geo. A. Howe. Abercrombie
retreated. In 1759 it was again invested by gen. Amherst with
11,000 men ; the French, without resistance, retired to Crown
j Point, 27 July, 1759. Atthecommencement of the Revolution,
Ticonderoga was garrisoned by. 48 men under capt. Delaplace.
I It was surprised on the morning of 10 May, 1775, by Ethail Allen
I with 83 men, and taken with 120 iron cannon, 50 swivels, 2 10-
inch mortars, 1 howitzer, 1 cohorn, 10 tons of musket-balls, 3
cartloads of flints, 100 stands of small-arms, etc. Benedict Ar-
nold accompanied this expedition. Maj.'gen. Arthur St. Clair
was in command at Ticonderoga when it was approached by
Burgoyne in 1777. His force consisted of 2546 continentals
and 900 militia. Owing to the superior position of the British,
St. Clair abandoned the fort on the night of 6 July, 1777.
fort Wagner, S. C, built by confederates at the north
end of Morris island about 2600 yards from fort Sumter. As-
•^aulted by the federals, 11 July, 1863; grand assault made
after a bombardment by batteries and fleet from noon until
<iark, 18 July, 1863, which failed, with a loss to the federals
of 1500 men. From this time it was under an almost con-
tinuous flre until 7 Sept. 1863, when it was evacuated, the fed-
erals having advanced their parallels nearly to the fort. Al-
though 122,300 pounds of metal had been hurled at the fort
during the last 2 days of the siege at short range from breach-
ing guns, none of them less than 100-pounders, the bomb-proofs
were found intact, showing the power of resistance in sand.
fort Warren, Boston harbor, Mass., on George's isl-
and, begun in 1833 ; famous as a prison for confederate officers
during the civil war.
fort "Wasllington, site between 181st and 186th sts.,
iNew York, was built 1776 on the highest elevation on Man-
hattan island. On 16 Nov. 1776, it was captured by the British
•under Howe, with its garrison of more than 2000 men under
■command of col. Robert Magaw.
fort Wayne, Ind., where the town of Fort Wayne
"HOW stands, was built in 1794 by gen. Wayne, soon after his
defeat of the Indians at " Fallen Timbers," It was success-
fully defended against 600 Indians, 28 Aug.-12 Sept. 1812, by
a garrison of 70 men under capt. James Rhea ; on 12 Sept. the
Indians fled on the approach of a relieving party under gen.
Harrison.
fort William Heiiry, erected at the head of lake
•George, N. Y., by gen. Johnson, late in 1755, after a battle
there with the French under Dieskau, was attacked by the
French and Indians, under Montcalm, 16 Mch. 1757, but the
'defence was so vigorous that Montcalm retired to Ticonderoga,
where, being reinforced, he again marched to the fort, with a
•force of over 9000 men and a train of artillery, while the gar-
rison under col. Monroe numbered some 3000. To a summons
from Montcalm to surrender, 3 Aug., Monroe refused. After a
-siege of 6 days, col. Monroe, his ammunition and stores quite
exhausted, agreed to surrender under a promise of protection
•from the Indians. No sooner, however, had the garrison
•oiarched out (9 Aug.), than the Indians commenced an in-
■discriminate slaughter, \^ich was continued half-way to fort
Edward ; 1500 of the garrison perished or were carried into
•captivity. Montcalm burned or otherwise destroyed every-
rthing connected with the fort. It was never again rebuilt.
J'oR'r George.
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fortification§ and fortresses. The Phoenicians
were the first people to fortify cities. ApoUodorus says that
Perseus fortified M3'cenae, where statues were afterwards erected
to him. Chinese wall, Hadrian's wall. The modern
system was introduced about 1500. Albert Diirer wrote on
fortification in 1527 ; and improvements were made by Vauban,
who fortified many places in France ; he died 1707. ' The fol-
lowing is a list of principal fortresses of Europe :
Austria-Hungary.— Y'\xs,iG\aiB?i fortresses at Cracow, Przemysl, Karls-
burg, .Irad, Temesvar, Komorn, Peterwardein. Buda-Pesth, Pola,
and Trieste, the 2 last naval harbors as well There are lesser
fortresses at Josephstadt, Theresienstadt, Brod-Karlstadt, Zara,
Ragusa, Cattaro, besides numerous defences on the Alpine fron-
tier in Tyrol, etc.
Belgium. — First-class, Antwerp, and the fortified towns of Dender-
monde and Diest; on the Meuse, Li^ge, Huy, and Namur, and
on French frontier, Mous, Tournay, and Ypres.
Denmark. — Copenhagen is the only fortress of importance.
France.— On the German frontier 3 first-class fortresses, Belfort,
Verdun, and Brianpon, besides less important ones at Saugres,
Toul, Auxonne, and 9 fourth-class places. On the Belgian frontier
4 first-class, Lille, Dunkirk, Arras, and Douay; 8 second-class,
6 third-class, and others of less note. On the Italian frontier 3
first-class, Lyon, Grenoble, and Besanpon, and 11 detached forts.
Mediterranean coast, Toulon (naval), first-class; Antibes second-
class, and 21 forts. Spanish frontier, first-class, Perpignan and
Bayonne and 12 lesser fortifications. On the Atlantic coast 3 first-
class, Rochefort, Lorient, and Brest; 5 second-class and 17 forts.
Channel coast, first-class, Cherbourg; 2 second-class and 16 forts.
Germany. — On the Baltic, 2 first-class, KOnigsberg and Danzig; 3 sec-
ond-class, Boyen, Memel, and Pillau. On the Polish frontier, Posen
and Neisse, first-class; Glogau and Klatz, second-class. Central
Germany 3 first-class, Spandau, Magdeburg, and Kustrin; second-
class, Torgau. Southern Germany, 4 first-class, Mainz, Ingolstadt,
Rastatt, and Ulm. French frontier, first-class, Metz and Strasburg;
second-class, Dienhofen, Bitsch, and New Breisach. Belgian fron-
tier, first- class, Cologne and Koblenz; second-class, Wesel and Saar-
Louis. Lower Baltic and North sea, first-class, Kiel; second-class,
Friedrichsort,Ciixhaven,Geestemunde,Wilhelmshaven,andSwine-
munde. Vistula district, second-class. Thorn, Graudenz, audDir-
schau. The German fortresses are all connected by underground
telegraphs.
/toZy.— First-class fortresses at Casale,Placentia, Cremona, Peschiera,
Verona, Mantua, Legnago (the last 4 forming the old Austrian
Quadrilateral), all in the valley of the Po, besides I'avia, Venice,
Alessandria, and Bologna. On the coasts are Ventimiglia, Vado,
Genoa, Spezzia, Gaeta, Civita Vecchia, Tarentum, Brindisi, Ancoua,
Brindolo, etc.
Russia. — Has an extensive frontier of land and sea protected by
numerous fortresses. The principal on the west (Polish) frontier
are Novo-Georgievsk, Warsaw, Kief, Ivangorod. Brest-Litovsk,
and Vilna. Baltic coast, Riga, Diinamiinde, Revel, Narva, Kron-
stadt, Viborg, Fredericksham, Helsingfors, Abo, and others.
Black sea coast, Odessa and Nikolaiev. In the Crimea, Sebasto-
pol and isthmus of Perekop, while others less important extend
eastward to the Pacific ocean, where is found Nikolaifsk and
Vladivostok, at the mouth of the Amour.
Turkey.— In Bulgaria are the 5 famous fortresses, viz. : Rustchuk,
Silistria, and Widden on the Danube, Varna on the Black sea, and
Shumla in the interior.
Principal fortresses in the Mediterranean are Malta and Gibraltar,
both belonging to Great Britain.
United States.— The only fortress is fortress Monroe at Old Point Com-
fort, Va., built to defend the navy-yard at Norfolk. It was com-
menced in 1817 after designs by gen. Simon Bernard (b. France 1779,
d. Paris 1839, eminent military engineer under Napoleon, etc.,
served in U. S. army, 1816-31). Its area is about 80 acres, sur-
rounded by a moat, with tide-water from 8 to 15 feet deep and from
75 to 150 feet wide. A full armament would consist of 371 guns.
Its plan is an irregular heptagon ; it has cost about $3,000,000.
Fortunate isles. Canary islands.
fortune-telling is traced to early astrologers, by
whom the planets Jupiter and Venus were supposed to beto-
ken happiness. The Sibyllas were women said to be inspired
by Heaven. Gypsies, Sibyls. In England the laws against
fortune-telling were long severe. A severe decree was pub-
lished in France, 11 Jan. 1680, against fortune-tellers and
poisoners, under which several suffered death. — Henault.
Fortune-tellers in England are liable by acts of 1743 and 1824
to be imprisoned as rogues and vagabonds.
forum, at Rome, originally a market-place, became
about 472 b.c. the place of assembly of the people in their
tribes (the Comitia), and was gradually adorned with temples
and public buildings. — Near Forum Trebronii, in Moesia, the
Romans were defeated by the Goths, Nov. 251 a.d. After a
struggle in the morass, the emperor Decius and his son were
slain and their bodies not recovered.
Fossalta, near Bologna, central Italy. Here Enzo or
Enrico, titular king of Sardinia, natural son of the emperor
Frederick II., was defeated and made prisoner, 26 May, 1249.
He was kept in honorable captivity till his death, 14 Mch. 1272,
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Fotbering;liay caitle, Northamptonshire, Engl.,
built about 1400. Here Richard III. of England was born in
1450; and here Mary queen of Scots was tried, 11-14 Oct.
1586, and beheaded, 8 Feb. 1587. It was demolished by her
son, James I. of England, in 1604.
Foilg^hard, near Dundalk, N. Ireland. Here Edward,
brother of Robert Bruce, after invading Ireland in 1315, was
defeated by sir John Berminghara, 5 Oct. 1318. Bruce was
killed by Roger de Maupis, a burgess of Dundalk.
fouildling[-llO§pitals are ancient. Public buildings
for receiving foundlings existed in Rome in the 6th century.
One was set up at Milan in 787, and in the middle ages others
in the principal cities of Europe. One founded in Florence
in 1317 still tlourishes. The French government in 1790 de-
clared foundlings " children of the state."
No foundling-hospital in England when Addison wrote 1713
London foundling-hospital, projected by Thomas Coram, a sea-
captain, incorporated Oct. 1739 ; opened 2 June, 1756
Handel gave an organ ; opened it 1 May, 1750
It succors about 500 infants; Coram's statue put up 1856
Foundling-hospital in Dublin instituted in 1704; internal de-
partment closed by order of government 31 Mch. 1835
Foundling-hospital at Moscow, founded by Catherine II. in 1772;
about 12,000 children are received annually.
fouiltain§. The fountain of Hero of Alexandria was
invented about 150 b.c. Among remarkable fountains at
Rome are the Fontana di Trevi, constructed for pope Clement
XII. in 1735.; the Fontana Paolina, for pope Paul V. in 1612;
and Fontana dell' Acqua Felice, called also the Fountain of
Moses. Those in the palace gardens at Versailles, made for
Louis XIV., and the Grand Jet d'Eau at St. Cloud, are beau-
tiful There are above 100 public fountains in Paris, the most
striking being the Chateau d'Eau on the Boulevard St. Martin
(by Girard, 1811), and that at the Palais Royal.
Fonrierism, a social system devised by M. Charles
Fourier (d. 1837). The phalanstery (from phalanx), an asso-
ciation of 400 families living in one edifice, designed to secure
the highest amount of happiness at lowest cost. The sj'stem
failed ; its advocates say, because tried on a small scale.
" Four masters," a name given to Michael, Conary,
and Cucogry O'Clery and Ferfeasa O'Mulconry, who, in the
first half of the 17th century, compiled from original docu-
ments the annals of Ireland from 2242 b.c. to 1616 a.d. An
edition of these, from autograph MSS., with a translation ed-
ited by dr. John" O'Dono van, was published at Dublin, 1851.
foxglove (folks' or fairies' glove), a handsome indige-
nous flower. The canary foxglove {Digitalis canariensis)
came from the Canary islands, 1698. The Madeira foxglove
introduced into England in 1777. The fox-grape, the scup-
pernong (FiVis vulpina'), from Virginia to England before 1656.
Frag^a, a town of N.E. Spain. Near here the Christians,
under Alfonso I. of Aragon, were defeated by the Moors, 17
July, 1134.
franc, the current silver French coin (19.4 cents), super-
seded the livre toumois by law in 1795.
France, the Roman Gaul. In the 5th century it was
conquered by the Franks, a German people of Franconia in
Germany, where they became known about 240. The country
was gradually named Franheni-ic, Franks' kingdom. For
dynastic changes, see tables. Before the revolution France
was divided into 40 governments. In 1790 it was divided
into 83 departments, and later into 130, including Corsica,
Geneva, Savoy, and other conquests. In 1815 the departments
were reduced to 86 ; in 1860 they were raised to 89 by the ac-
quisition of Savoy and Nice; in 1871 reduced to 86 by the
loss of Alsace and Lorraine. France, since the overthrow of
Napoleon III., 4 Sept. 1870, has been a republic, confirmed
25 Feb. and 16 June, 1875, by an organic law {Comtitution
Wallon); modified June, 1879, Aug. 1884, June, 1885, and
July, 1889. The legislative power is vested in a Chamber
of Deputies and a Senate, and the executive in a president
and a ministry. President elected for 7 years by the Senate
and the Chamber of Deputies united in a congress. The
president promulgates the laws and enforces them. He
selects a ministry from the chamber, appoints all civil and
military officers, has the right of individual pardon, and is re-
sponsible only in case of high-treason. He concludes treaties
with foreign powers, but cannot declare war without previous
assent of both chambers. In case of vacancy the 2 chambers
meet immediately and unitedlv elect a new president. Area^
204,092 sq. miles.' Pop. in 1700, 19,669,320 ; 1762, 21,769,163 ;
1801,27,349,003; 1820,30,451,187; 1836,33,540,910; 1846,
35,401,761 ; 1856, 36,039,364; 1861, including the new depart-
ments, 37,382,225; 1872 (after the war), 36,102,921 (Alsace
and Lorraine lost with a pop. of 1,597,219 in 1871); 1876^
36,905,788; 1886, 88,218,903; 1891, 38,343,192. French
colonies.
Franks settle in that part of Gaul afterwards called Flanders,
about 418
Clovis, 481; defeats Syagrius and the Gauls at Sois-sons, 486;
the AlemanniatTolbiac, nearCologne; embraces Christianity, 496
He kills Alaric the Goth at the battle of Vougl^, near Poitiers,
unites his conquests from the Loire to the Pyrenees, and
makes Paris his capital 507
He proclaims the Salic law; and dies, leaving 4 sons 511
Frequent invasions of the Avars and Lombards 562-84
Mayors of the palace assume sovereign authority 584
Charles Martel, mayor of the palace 714
Invasion of Saracens, 720; defeated by Charles Martel near
Tours 10 Oct. 732
Reign of Pepin the Short 752
Charlemagne king, 768; conquers Saxony and Lombardy, 773-
774; crowned emperor of the West 25 Dec, 80O
Normans invade Neustria, 876; part of which is granted Rollo,
as Normandy, by Charles the Simple 911
Rejgn of Hugh Capet 987
Paris made capital of all France 996
Letters of franchise granted to cities and towns by Louis VI. . . 1135
Louis VII. joins in the crusades 114^
Philip Augustus defeats the Germans at Bouvines 1214
Louis VIII., Coeur de Lion, frees his serfs 1224
Charles of Anjou conquers Naples and Sicily. 1266-
Louis IX. conducts an army into Palestine; takes Damietta,
1249 (Crusades) ; d. before Tunis 25 Aug. 1270
Tyranny of Charles of Anjou causes massacre called Sicilian
Vespers 1282
Philip the Fair's quarrels with the pope 1301-2
Knights templars suppressed 1307-8
Union of France and Navarre 1.314
English invasion— Philip VI. defeated at Crecy. 26 Aug. 1346
Calais taken by Edward III 3 Aug. 1347
Dauphiny annexed to France 1349
Battle of Poitiers, king John taken (brought prisoner to Eng-
land) 19 Sept. 1356
France laid under an interdict by the pope 1407
Battle of Agi.vcourt 25 Oct. 1415
Massacre of the Armagnacs by the Burgundians June, 1418
Henry V. of England acknowledged heir to the throne 142a
Henry VI. crowned at Paris; duke of Bedford regent 1422-
Siege of Orleans, 8 May; battle of Patay; English defeated by
Joan of Arc 18 June, 1429
Joan of Arc burned at Rouen 30 .May, 1431
England lost all France (but Calais) 1434 and 1450
" League of the Public Good " against Louis XI. by the nobles,
Dec. 1464-Oct. 1465
Edward IV. of England invades France 147^
Charles VIII. conquers Naples, 1494 ; loses it 1496
League of Cambray against Venice 1508
Pope Julius II. forms the Holy League against France 1511
English invasion— battle of Spurs 16 Aug. 1513
Interview on the Field of the Cloth of Gold between Fran-
cis L and Henry VIII. of England 1520
Francis I. defeated and taken at Pavia 24 Feb. 1525
Peace of Cambray 5 Aug. 1529
Persecution of Protestants begins 1530
Royal printing-press established, 1531; Robert Stephens prints
Latin Bible 1532
Brittany annexed to France "
League of England with emperor Charles V. ; Henry VIII. in-
vades France 1544
Peace with England 7 June, 1546
Successful defence of Metz by the duke of Guise 1552
He takes Calais 1558
Religious wars; massacre of Protestants at Vassy 1 Mch. 1562
Guise defeats Huguenots at Dreux 19 Dec. "
Guise killed at siege of Orleans, 18 Feb. ; temporary peace of
Amboise 19 Mch. 1563
Huguenots defeated at St. Denis 10 Nov. 1567
At Jarnac, 13 Mch. ; at Moncontour 3 Oct. 1569
Massacre of St. Bartholomew 24 Aug. 1572
" Holy Catholic League " established 1576
Due de Guise assassinated by king's order, 23 Dec. ; and his
brother, the cardinal 24 Dec. l.'>88
Henry in. stabbed by Jacques Clement, a friar, 1 Aug. ; d.2 Aug. 1589
Henry IV. defeats the league at Ivry 14 Mch. 1590
He becomes a Roman Catholic 25 July, 1593
League leaders submit to him Jan. 1596
He promulgates the edict of Nantes 13 Apr. 1598
Silk and other manufactures introduced by him and Sully. .1606-10
Quebec, in North America, settled m 1608
Murder of Henry IV. by Ravaillac 14 May, 1610
Regency of Mary de' Medici 1610-14
States-general complain of the management of finances. 27 Oct. 1614
Rise of the Concinis, 1610; their fall and death 1617
Navarre annexed to France 1620
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Vigorous administration of Richelieu, begins with finance 1624
Rochelle taken after a long siege 1628
<'Dav of Dupes;" Richelieu defeats machinations of enemies,
^ ^ ' 11 Nov. 1630
[Bulwer's drama "Richelieu " founded on the events of
this time.]
Richelieu organizes the Academie de France (Academies). . .1634-35
His death (aged 58) * Dec. 1642
Louis XIV., king, aged 4 (Anne of Austria regent) 14 May, 1643
Administration ofMazarin; victories of Turenne 1643-46
Civil wars of the Fronde 1648 efseq.
Death ofMazarin, 9 Mch. ; Colbert financial minister 1661
War with Holland, etc 1672
Canal of Languedoc constructed 1664-81
Peace of Nimeguen 10 Aug. 1678
Edict of Nantes revoked 22 Oct. 1685
Louis marries madame de Maintenon "
War with William IIL of England 1689 et seq.
Peace of Ryswick 20 Sept. 1697
War of the Spanish succession Sept. 1701
JTrench defeated at Blenheim 2 Aug. 1704
At Ramillies 23 May, 1706
aPeace of Utrecht 11 Apr. 1713
Dissensions of Jesuits and Jansenists; the bull Unigenitus,
Sept. "
Accession of Louis XV. ; stormy regency of the duke of Orleans,
1 Sept. 1715 et seq.
Law's bubble in France (Law) 1716
French defeated at Dettingen. 16 June, 1743
•Successful campaign of marshal Saxe 1746
Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle 18 Oct. 1748
Seven Years' war begins May, 1756
Damiens's attempt on life of Louis XV 5 Jan. 1757
■Canada lost— battle of Quebec 13 Sept. 1759
-Jesuits banished from France, their effects confiscated 1762
Peace of Paris ; Canada ceded to England 10 Feb. 1763
Louis XV. under the influence of madame du Barry 1769
Death of Louis XV 10 May,
Tamine riots at Versailles May.
Hinister Turgot dismissed May
Ministry of Necker Nov. "
Louis XVL assists American colonies against England, at first
secretly 1778
Torture abolished in French judicature 1780
Peace of Versailles with England 3 Sept. 1783
Diamond-necklace affair (Diamonds) 1785
Meeting of the assembly of notables, 22 Feb. 1787 ; again, 6 Nov. 1788
Opening of States-general (308 ecclesiastics, 285 nobles; 621
deputies, Tiers Etat) 5 May^n89
Tiers Etat constitute National Assembly 17 June, "
French Revolution begins; destruction of Bastile. .14 July, "
National Assembly changes title " king of France " to " king of
the French " 16 Oct. "
Property of the clergy confiscated 2 Nov. "
Emigration of nobles Oct. -Dec. "
■Confederation of Champ de Mars; France declared a limited
monarchy; Louis XVL swears to maintain the constitution,
14 July, 1790
Silver plate taken from churches and coined 3 Mch. 1791
Death of Mirabeau, aged 42 years 2 Apr. "
King, queen, and royal family arrested at Varennes, in flight,
21 June, "
Louis (a prisoner) sanctions national constitution 15 Sept.
War declared against the emperor 20 Apr.
Jacobin club declare their sittings permanent 18 June,
Multitude, with red bonnet of liberty, march to Tuileries to
make demands on king 20 June, "
First coalition against France; great French war begins (Bat-
tles, 1792-1815) June, "
Royal Swiss guards cut to pieces; massacre of 5000 10 Aug. "
-Revolutionary tribunal set up 19 Aug. "
Decree of National Assembly against priests ; 40,000 exiled,
26 Aug. "
Massacre in Paris; prisons broken open and 1200 persons (100
priests) slain 2-5 Sept. "
Murder of the princess deLamballe (French Revolution), 3 Sept "
National convention opened 17 Sept. "
Duke of Brunswick defeated at Valmy 20 Sept. "
Convention decrees a republic, 20 Sept. ; proclaimed. . .22 Sept. "
Prench people declare fraternity with all nations who desire
to be free, and offer help 19 Nov. "
Tlanders conquered Dec. "
Decree of perpetual banishment of Bourbons, those confined in
Temple excepted 20 Dec. "
Iiouis imprisoned in the Temple apart from the queen, brought
to trial, 19 Jan. ; condemned to death, 20 Jan. ; beheaded in
the Place de Louis Quinze 21 Jan. 1793
•Committee of public safety established " "
"War with England and Holland declared 1 Feb. "
War in La Vendee Mch. "
Reign of Terror— proscription of Girondists, 31 May ; establish-
ment of convention 23 June, "
Marat stabbed by Charlotte Corday 13 July, ' '
•Charlotte Corday guillotined 17 July, "
■^ueen Marie Antoinette beheaded 16 Oct. "
Execution of the Girondists 31 Oct. "
IPhilip Egalit6, duke of Orleans, who voted for the king's death,
guillotined at Paris ^Orleans), 6 Nov. ; madame Roland,
^ 8 Nov. "
Worship of Goddess of Reason 10 Nov. "
-Adoption of new republican calendar 24 Nov. "
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Execution of Danton and others, 5 Apr. ; of madame Elizabeth,
12 May,
Robespierre president, 4 June; he and 71 others guillotined,
28 July,
Abolition of the revolutionary tribunal 15 Dec.
Peace with Prussia 5 Apr.
Insurrection of the Faubourgs 20, 21 May,
Louis XVII. dies in prison (Williams, Eleazar) 8 June,
French directory chosen 1 Nov.
Bonaparte marries Josephine, widow of vicomte de Beauhar-
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Bonaparte's successful campaigns in Italy 1796 et
BabeuPs conspiracy suppressed 12 May,
Pichegru's conspiracy fails May,
Expedition to Syria and Egypt July,
European coalition against France Apr.
Council of Five Hundred deposed by Bonaparte, who is de-
clared first consul 10 Nov.
He defeats the Austrians at Marengo 14 June,
His life attempted by an infernal machine 24 Dec'
Peace of Amiens (with England, Spain, and Holland) signed,
25-27 Mch.
Amnesty to the emigrants Apr.
Legion of Honor instituted 19 May,
Bonaparte made consul for life 2 Aug.
Bank of France established 14 Apr.
Declaration of war against England 22 May,
Conspiracy of Moreau and Pichegru against Bonaparte, 15 Feb. ;
Pichegru strangled in prison (Georges) 6 Apr.
Due d'Enghien executed 21 Mch.
France an empire ; Napoleon emperor, 18 May; crowned by
the pope 2 Dec.
He is crowned king of Italy ' 26 May,
Another coalition against France Aug.
Napoleon defeats the allies at Austerlitz 2 Dec.
Prussians at Jena 14 Oct.
Russians at Eylau .8 Feb.
Meets the czar at Tilsit, 26 June; peace signed 7 July,
His Milan decree against British commerce 17 Dec.
New nobility of France created 1 Mch.
Abdication of Charles IV. of Spain and his son in favor of Na-
poleon, 5 May; insurrection in Spain .' 27 May,
Commencement of the Peninsular war (Spain) July,
Alliance of England and Austria against France Apr.
Victories in Austria; Napoleon enters Vienna May,
Peace of Vienna 14 Oct.
Divorce of Josephine decreed by the Senate 16 Dec.
Napoleon marries Maria Louisa of Austria 1 Apr.
Holland united to France 9 July,
"Birth of the king of Rome (since styled Napoleon IL). .20 Mch.
War with Russia declared 22 June,
Victory at Borodino 7 Sept.
Disastrous retreat from Moscow; French army destroyed.. Oct.
Austria, Russia, and Prussia allied against France Mch.
British enter France 7 Oct.
Surrender of Paris to the allies 31 Mch.
Abdication of Napoleon negotiated - 5 Apr.
Bourbons restored; Louis XVIII. arrives in Paris 3 May,
Napoleon arrives at Elba 4 May,
Constitutional charter decreed 4-10 June,
Quits Elba, and lands at Cannes 1 Mch.
Arrives at Fontainebleau (Hundred Days) 20 Mch.
Joined by all the army 22 Mch.
Allies sign a treaty against him Mch.
He abolishes the slave-trade 29 Mch.
Leaves Paris for the army 12 June,
Defeated at Waterloo 18 June,
Returns to Paris, 20 June; abdicates in favor of his infant
son 22 June,
Intending to embark for America, arrives at Rochefort, 3 July,
Louis XVIII. enters Paris "
Napoleon surrenders to capt. Maitland of the Bellerophon at
Rochefort 15 July,
Transferred at Torbay to the Northumberland, and with adm.
sir George Cockburn sails for St. Helena 8 Aug.
Arrives at St. Helena to remain for life 15 Oct.
Execution of marshal Ney 7 Dec.
Family of Bonaparte excluded forever from France by the law
of amnesty 12 Jan.
Due de Berri murdered 13 Feb.
Death of Napoleon I. (Wills) 5 May,
Louis XVIII. dies; Charles X. king 16 Sept.
National guard disbanded 30 Apr.
War with Algiers ; dey's fleet defeated. 4 Nov.
Seventy-six new peers created 5 Nov.
Election riots at Paris; barricades; several killed. . .9, 20 Nov.
Villdle ministry replaced by the Martignac 4 Jan.
B6ranger imprisoned for political songs 10 Dec.
Polignac administration formed 8 Aug.
Chamber of Deputies dissolved , 16 May,
Algiers taken 5 July,
Obnoxious ordinances regarding press, and reconstruction of
Chamber of Deputies 26 July,
Revolution commences with barricades 27 July,
Conflicts in Paris between the populace (ultimately aided by
the national guard) and the army 28-30 July,
Charles X. retires to Rambouillet; flight of his ministry, 31
July ; he abdicates 2 Aug.
Due de Orleans accepts the crown as Louis Philippe I. . .7 Aug.
Constitutional charter of July pub 14 Aug.
Charles X. retires to England 17 Aug.
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Polignac and other ministers tried and sentenced to perpetual
imprisonment 21 Dec.
Abolition of hereditary peerage decreed; the peers (36 new
peers created) concurring by 103 to 70 27 Dec.
ABC (abaissis) insurrection in Paris suppressed 6, 6 June,
Charles X. leaves Holyrood house, London, for Continent, 18 Sept
Ministry of Soult, duke of Dalmatia 11 Oct.
Bergoro'n and Benoit tried for an attempt on the life of Louis
Philippe; acquitted 18 Mch.
Duchess de Berri, who has been delivered of a female child,
and asserts her secret marriage with an Italian nobleman,
sent to Palermo 9 Juno,
Death of Lafayette 20 May,
Marshal Gerard takes oflBce 15 July,
M. Dupuytren d 8 Feb.
Due de Broglie, minister. ., Feb.
Fieschi attempts the king's life 28 July,
[He fired an infernal machine as the king and his sous
rode along the lines of the national guard, on the Boulevard
du Temple. It had 25 barrels, charged with missiles, lighted
simultaneously by a train of gunpowder. The king and his
sons escaped; but marshal Mortier, duke of Treviso, was
shot dead, many officers dangerously wounded, more than
40 persons killed or injured.]
Fieschi executed 19 Feb.
Louis Alibaud fires at the king on his way from the Tuileries,
25 June; guillotined 11 July,
Ministry of count Mole, vice M. Thiers 6 Sept.
Death of Charles X 6 Nov.
Attempted insurrection at Strasburg by Louis Napoleon
(planned, it is said, by Filain de Persigny), 29,30 Oct. ; he is
sent to America 13 Nov.
Prhice Polignac and others set at liberty from Ham and sent
out of France 23 Nov.
Meunier fires at the king on his way to open the French cham-
bers 27 Dec.
Amnesty for political oflences 8 May,
" Id^es Napol^oniennes," by prince Louis Napoleon, pub
TfeUeyrand d 20 May,
Marshal Soult at the coronation of the queen of England, 28 June,
Birth of the comte de Paris 24 Aug.
Death of duchess of Wurtemberg (daughter of Louis Philippe),
a good sculptor 2 Jan.
Insurrection of Barbfes and Blanqui at Paris 12 May,
M. Thiers minister of foreign affairs 1 Mch.
Chambers decree the removal of Napoleon's remains from St.
Helena to France 12 May,
[By permission of the British government these were
taken from tomb at St. Helena 15 Oct. 1840, and embarked
next day on board the French frigate Belle Poule, under
prince de Joinville; reached Cherbourg 30 Nov., and 15 Dec.
were deposited in the H5tel des Invalides. The ceremony
was witnessed by 1,000,000 persons; 150,000 soldiers assisted
in the obsequies; and the royal family and all notables were
present; the relatives of the emperor were in exile or in pris-
on. The body was placed in its crypt on 31 Mch. 1861.]
Descent of prince Louis Napoleon, gen. Montholon, and 50 fol-
lowers, at Vimereux, near Boulogne, 6 Aug. ; the prince sen-
tenced to imprisonment for life 6 Oct.
Darmes fires at the king '. 15 Oct.
M. Guizot minister of foreign affairs 29 Oct.
Project of law for an extraordinary credit of 140,000,000 francs
for fortifications of Paris 15 Dec.
Copyright fixed at 30 years after author's death 30 Mch.
Bronze statue of Napoleon placed on the column of the Grande
Arm6e, Boulogne 15 Aug.
Attempt to assassinate the due d'Aumale (king's son) on re-
turn from Africa 13 Sept.
Due de Orleans, heir to the throne, killed by a fall from his
carriage 13 July,
Queen of England visits royal family at Chateau d'Eu, 2-7 Sept!
Extradition treaty with England signed
"War with Morocco, May; peace 10 Sept.
Lecompte attempts to assassinate king at Fontainebleau, 16 Apr.
Louis Napoleon escapes from Ham 25 May,
Seventh attempt on life of the king; by Joseph Henri, 29 July,
Spanish marriages: queen of Spain with her cousin, and in-
fanta with due de Montpensier 10 Oct.
Disastrous inundations in the south 18 Oct.
Praslin murder (Praslin) 18 Aug.
Death of Marshal Oudinot (due de Reggio) at Paris, in his 91st
year, 13 Sept. ; Soult succeeds as general of France. . 26 Sept.
Jerome Bonaparte returns to France after an exile of 32 years,
10 Oct.
Surrender of Abd-el-Kader 23 Dec.
Death of the ex-empress, Maria Louisa, 18 Dec, ; and of ma-
dame Adelaide 30 Dec.
Grand reform banquet at Paris prohibited 21 Feb.
Revolutionary tumult; impeachment and resignation of Gui-
zot, 22 Feb. ; barricades thrown up, Tuileries ransacked, pris-
ons opened, and frightful disorders 23, 24 Feb.
Louis Philippe abdicates in favor of his infant grandson, the
comte de Paris; royal family and ministers escape. . .24 Feb.
Republic proclaimed from steps of Hotel de Ville 26 Feb.
Ex-king and queen arrive at Newhaven, Engl 3 Mch.
Funeral procession for the victims of the revolution 4 Mch.
Provisional government resigns to an executive commission,
elected by the National Assembly 7 May,
[The members were: MM. Dupont de I'Eure, Arago, Gar-
nier- Pages, Marie, Lamartine, Ledru-RoUin, and Crimieux.
The secretaries: Louis Blanc, Albert, Flocon, and Marrast.]
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People's attack on the assembly suppressed 15 May, 184ft:
Perpetual banishment of Louis Philippe and family decreed,
26 May, "
Louis Napoleon elected to the National Assembly for the Seine
and 3 other departments 13 Juno, "
Rise of the Red Republicans; war against troops and national
guard; more than 300 barricades thrown up; firing in all
parts of Paris during the night 23 June,
Troops under Cavaignac and Lamorici^re, with immense loss,
drive insurgents from left bank of Seine 24 June,
Paris declared in a state of siege 25 June,
Faubourg du Temple carried with cannon, and the insurgents
surrender 26 June,
[The outbreak said to cost the nation 30,000,000 francs;
16,000 persons killed and wounded, 8000 prisoners taken.
Archbishop of Paris killed while tending the dying, 26 June.]
Cavaignac, president of the council 28 June, "
Louis Napoleon takes seat in National Assembly 26 Sept. '*
Paris relieved after a state of siege of 4 months 20 Oct. '•
Constitution of 4 Nov. promulgated from Tuileries 12 Nov. '•
Louis Napoleon elected president, 11 Dec. ; proclaimed. 20 Dec. '•
[He had 5,587,759 votes; Cavaignac, 1,474,687; Ledru-Rol-
lin, 381,026; Raspail, 37,121; Lamartine, 21,032; Changar-
nier, 4975.]
Military demonstration deters Reds from insurrection. .29 Jan. 1843^
Louis Philippe dies at Claremont, Engl 26 Aug. 1850
Liberty of the press restricted 26 Sept. "
Gen. Changarnier, commander of national guard, removed,
10 Jan. 1851
Death of the duchess d'Angouieme, daughter of Louis XVI.,
at Frohsdorf 19 Oct. "
Death of marshal Soult 26 Oct. "
Telegraph between England and France opened 13 Nov. "
Coupd^etat; legislative assembly dissolved; universal suff"rage
proclaimed; Paris declared in a state of siege; president for
10 years proposed, and a second chamber or senate. .. 2 Dec. '•
MM. Thiers, Changarnier, Cavaignac, Bedeau, LamoriciSre,
and Charres arrested, and sent to castle of Vincennes, 2 Dec. •'
About 180 members of the assembly, with M. Berryer, attempt-
ing to meet, arrested ; Paris occupied by troops 2 Dec. "
Fighting in Paris ; troops victorious '. 3, 4 Dec. •«
Consultative commission founded 12 Dec. "
Vote for president for 10 years, 7,473,431; against, 641,351,
21, 22 Dec. "
Prince-president installed at Notre Dame; a national holiday;
Louis Napoleon occupies Tuileries 1 Jan. 1852"
Gens. Changarnier, Lamoricifere, and others conducted to the
Belgian frontier 9 Jan. "
Eighty- three members of legislative assembly banished; 575
persons arrested for resisting coup d^etat of 2 Dec, and sent
to Havre for transport to Cayenne 10 Jan. "
[The inscription "Liberty, Fraternity, Equality," ordered
erased throughout France, and old names of streets, public
buildings, etc., restored. Trees of liberty hewn down and
burned.]
National guard disbanded, reorganized, and placed under exec-
utive ; the president appointing officers 10 Jan. "
New constitution pub 14 Jan. "
Orleans family required to sell all their property in France
within a year 22 Jan. "
Second decree, annulling family settlement by Louis Philippe
at his accession, confiscating the property 22 Jan. "
Birthday of Napoleon I. (15 Aug.) made the only national holi-
day. : 17 Feb. "
Crystal palace authorized in Champs Elys6es, Paris 30 Mch. "
M. Thiers and others permitted to return to France 8 Aug. "
Senate prays "the re - establishment of hereditary sovereign
power in the Bonaparte family " 13 Sept. "
Prince-president at Toulon, 27 Sept. ; at Bordeaux, says "2/'ew-
pire c'est lapaix " ( " the empire is peace ") 7 Oct. "
Releases Abd-el-Kader (Algiers) 16 Oct. "
Convokes senate for November to consider changes of govern-
ment and prepare a decree for ratification by the people,
19 Oct. "
By message to the senate he promises restoration of the em-
pire, and orders the people to be consulted 4 Nov. "
Votes for the empire, 7,824,189; nays, 253,145; null, 63,326,
21 Nov. "
Prince president declared emperor, as Napoleon III 2 Dec. "
Marries Eugenie de Montijo, countess of T6ba. at Notre Dame,
29 Jan. 1855
Statue of Marshal Ney unveiled on the spot where he died, ex-
actly 38 years before 7 Dec. "
War declared against Russia (Russo-Turkish wars) 27 Mch. 1854
Industrial exhibition at Paris opened 15 May, 1855
Attempted assassination of emperor by Pianort 28 Apr. "
By Bellemarre 8 Sept. "
Peace with Russia signed 30 Mch. 1856
Death of Beranger, popular poet 16 July, 1857
Longwood, the residence of Napoleon I. at St. Helena, bought
for 180,000 francs "
Death of Eugene Cavaignac (aged 55) 28 Oct. "
Death of mdlle. Rachel (aged 38) 4 Jan. 1858.
Attempted assassination of emperor by Orsini, Pieri, Rudio,
Gomez, etc., by explosion of 3 shells (2 persons killed, many
wounded) 14 Jan. "
[Felix Orsini, a man of talent and energy, earnest for Ital-
ian independence, b. Dec. 1819; studied at Bologna in 1837;
joined a secret society in 1843; condemned to the galleys
for life in 1844; released in 1846; took part in the Roman
revolution in 1848; elected to the assembly; on the fall of the
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republic, fled to Genoa 1849 ; to England 1853. For fresh
conspiracies, arrested in Hungary, Jan. 1855, and sent to
Mantua; escaped to England in 1856, where he associated
with Kossuth, Mazzini, etc. ; delivered lectures, and devised
the plot for which he suffered. By will he acknowledged the
justice of his sentence.]
«' Napoleon III. et I'Angleterre " pub 11 Mch. 1858
Orsini and Fieri executed 13 Mch. "
Dispute with Portugal on Charles-et-Georges settled .23 Oct. "
Trial of comte de Montalembert 25 Nov. "
[In Oct. 1858, the comte in a pamphlet, "Un Debat sur
I'Inde," eulogized English institutions, depreciating those of
France. He was sentenced to 6 months' imprisonment and
fined 3000 francs, but pardoned by the emperor 2 Dec. He
appealed, was acquitted of a part of the charge, and his sen-
tence again remitted (21 Dec). In Oct. 1859, the comte pub-
lished a pamphlet, entitled "Pie IX. et la France en 1849 et
1850," censuring England for opposition to Romanism.]
Publication of " Napoleon III. et I'ltalie " Feb.
Austria invading Sardinia, France declares war, and the French
enter; the empress appointed regent; the emperor arrives at
Genoa 12 May,
Victories of French and Sardinians at Montebello, 20 May;
Palestro, 30, 31 May ; Magenta, 4 June; Melegnano (Marig-
nano), 8 June; Napoleon enters Milan", 8 June; at Solferino,
24 June,
Armistice 6 July,
Emperors of France and Austria meet at Villa Franca, 11 July,
Peace agreed on 12 July,
Austrian and French envoys confer at Zurich 8 Aug. -Nov.
Emperor announces a free-trade policy; Mr. Cobden at Paris,
5 Jan.
Treaty for annexation of Savoy and Nice signed 24 Mch.
Jerome Bonaparte, the emperor's uncle, d. (aged 76). . .24 June,
New tariff comes into operation 1 Oct.
Public levy of Peter's-pence forbidden, and issue of pastoral
letters checked Nov.
Jerome (son of Jerome Bonaparte and Elizabeth Patterson, of
Baltimore) sues for legitimate rights; nonsuited,
25 Jan.-15 Feb.
[The marriage in the U. S. 24 Dec. 1803, was annulled, and
Jerome married princess Catherine of Wurtemberg, 12 Aug.
1807; their children were prince Napoleon and princess Ma-
thilde (Bonaparte).]
Principality of Monaco bought for 4,000,000 francs, 2 Feb. ; an-
nounced 5 Feb.
" La France, Rome, et I'ltalie " pub 15 Feb.
Prince Napoleon speaks for Italian unity, English alliance, and
against the pope's temporal power 1 Mch.
Pope's temporal government advocated in the chambers;
French army has 687,000 men Mch.
Circular forbidding priests to meddle with politics 11 Apr. ,
Declaration of neutrality in U. S. conflict 11 June,
Recognition of kingdom of Italy 24 June,
Convention of France, Great Britain, and Spain, on interven-
tion in Mexico, signed (Mexico) 31 Oct.
Embarrassment in finances; Achille Fould finance minister,
14 Nov. ; with enlarged powers 12 Dec.
Emperor reminds clergy of their duty " to Caesar " 1 Jan.
French army lands at Vera Cruz 7 Jan.
French masters of the province of Bienhoa, in Anam. .20 Jan.
Victories in Cochin-China (6 provinces ceded to France),
28 Mch.
Spanish and British plenipotentiaries decide to quit Mexico;
French declare war against Mexico 16 Apr.
Treaty of peace between France and Anam signed 3 June,
Camp at Chalons formed because of Garibaldi's movements in
Sicily; broken, when he is taken prisoner 29 Aug.
Sympathy for him in France Sept.
Emperor proposes a European congress, and invites sover-
eigns or their deputies by letter 4 Nov.
Invitation declined by England 25 Nov.
Convention of France, Brazil, Italy, Portugal, and Hayti for a
telegraph between Europe and America 16 May,
Death of marshal Pelissier, duke of Malakoff, governor of Al-
geria (b. 1794) 22 May,
Convention with France signed by Japanese ambassadors at
Paris 20 June,
Convention (France and Italy) to evacuate Rome, etc., 15 Sept.
Clergy forbidden to read pope's encyclical letter of 8 Dec. in
churches; archbishop of Besanpon and other prelates dis-
obey 5 Jan.
Death of Proudhon (b. 1809), who said "La propri^te c'est le
vol " 19 Jan,
Prince Jerome Napoleon vice president of privy council. ..Jan.
Decree for an international exhibition of agriculture, industrv,
and the fine arts, at Paris, on 1 May, 1867 1 Feb.
Duo de Morny (reported half-brother of emperor), d... .10 Mch.
Inauguration of statue of Napoleon I. at Ajaccio, with impru-
dent speech by prince Napoleon, 15 May ; censured by em-
peror, 23 May ; prince resigns offices 9 June,
U. S. protest against intervention in Mexico— prolonged corre-
spondence (Mexico) Aug. 1865-Feb.
At Auxerre, Napoleon denounces the treaties of 1815 . . .6 May,
By letter says that in the German war "France will observe
an attentive neutrality" 11 June,
Emperor of Austria cedes Venetia to France, and invites em-
peror's interventiofi with Prussia 4 July,
Empress Charlotte of Mexico arrives at Paris 8 Aug.
Note to Prussia desiring restoration of frontier of 1814; declared
by Prussia to be inadmissible Aug.
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the pope's temporal power, dated .-. . .9 Dec.
Richelieu's head, after many removals, deposited in the Sor-
bonne 17 Dec.
International exhibition opened (Paris) 1 Apr.
Three provinces in Anam annexed to the empire 25 June,
International conference at Paris on money. . .17 June-9 July,
Protectorate over Cambodia assured by treaty 15 July,
Abolition of imprisonment for debt adopted by senate, 18 July,
Emperors of France and Austria meet at Salzburg, 18-21 Aug.
Emperor by letter recommends expenditure in railways, ca-
nals, and roads 15 Aug.
French troops enter Rome 30 Oct.
Garibaldians defeated at Montana 3 Nov.
"Napoleon III. et I'Europe en 1867 " pub Nov.
In the legislative assembly, Rouher, the minister, says, " We
declare that Italy shall never seize upon Rome" (govern-
ment supported by 238 votes to 17) 5 Dec.
New army bill (allowing 100,000 recruits annually; a new na-
tional guard, etc. ; providing for an army of 1,200,000 men),
passed in the corps legislatif (206 to 60) 1 Jan.
M. Magne announces deficiency in the budget; and a loan for
90,000,000 francs 29 Jan.
Army bill passes senate— 125 to 1 (Michel Chevalier, who spoke
warmly against it), 30 Jan. ; becomes law 4 Feb.
" Les Titres de la Dynastie Imperiale " appeared, about 20 Mch.
Rochefort's weekly La Lanterne suppressed; he and his
printer condemned to fine and imprisonment; escapes to
Belgium Aug.
Death of Lamartine (b. Oct. 1792), 28 Feb.; of Troplong, presi-
dent of the senate 1 Mch.
Dissolution of legislative assembly of 1863 26 Apr.
Laying of French Atlantic telegraph completed 23 July,
P5re Hyacinthe (Loyson), Carmelite preacher at Paris, pro-
tests against papal infallibility, etc. and resigns 20 Sept.
Agitation against free trade Oct., Nov., Dec.
Victor Noir, a journalist, killed by Pierre Bonaparte, at Auteuil,
in meeting for a challenge to M. Rochefort 10 Jan.
Charles, comte de Montalembert, author, d. (see 1858)... 13 Mch.
Trial of Pierre Bonaparte at Tours; acquitted (but ordered to
pay 25,000 francs to Noir's family) 21-27 Mch.
Emperor proclaims proposed changes in constitution. . .24 Apr.
Plebiscite, Do the people approve the changes? (yes, 7,527,379;
no, 1,530,909) 8 May,
Orleans princes address legislative assembly, demanding re-
turn to France, 19 June ; refused, 173 to 31 2 July,
Prince Leopold of HohenzollernSigmaringen nominated for
Spanish throne; warlike speeches of ministers. .5, 6, 7 July,
Prince Leopold withdraws; guarantees required by France
from Prussia refused; France decides on war, 15 July; dec-
laration signed (Franco-Prussian war) 17 July,
Empress appointed regent 23 July,
Emperor joins army 28 July,
Government declares that France is only "at war with the pol-
icy of Bismarck" 2 Aug.
State of siege proclaimed in Paris after defeat of MacMahon
at Woerth 7 Aug.
Government appeals to France and Europe against Prussia,
8 Aug.
Stormy debate in the corps legislatif (M. de K^ratry called on
emperor to abdicate; Guyot Montpeyroux said the army
were "lions led by asses"); resignation of Ollivier and
ministry 9 Aug.
New ministry: gen. Cousin-Montauban, comte de Palikao (dis-
tinguished in China), minister of war, chief; M. Chevreau,
interior; M. Magne, finance ; Clement Duvernois, commerce
and agriculture; adm. Rigault de Genouilly, marine; baron
Jerome David, public works; prince de La Tour d'Auvergne,
foreign affairs, etc 10 Aug.
Decree enlarging army for the war, and appointing a " defence
committee " for Paris 10 Aug.
Orleans princes (due d'Aumale, prince de Joinville, due de
Chartres) offer services in the army ; declined Aug.
Government declares against any negotiations for peace, 14 Aug.
Murder of Allain de Moneys, suspected of republicanism and
Germanism (badly beaten and burned to death by peas-
ants at Hautefaye, Dordogne, near Bordeaux) 16 Aug.
Gen. Trochu (Orleanist), author of " L'Arm^e Franpaise en
1867," governor of Paris, 17 Aug. ; issues proclamation,
18 Aug.
Decrees expulsion of all foreigners not naturalized 28 Aug.
Deputation from 10,000 persons call on Trochu to assume the
government ; he declines 8 p.m. 3 Sept.
Palikao announces to assembly defeat at Sedan, surrender of
emperor and MacMahon's army (90,000). Jules Favre de-
clares for defence to the last gasp, attacks the empire, and
proposes dictatorship of gen. Trochu 3.35 a.m. 4 Sept.
On motion of Thiers, a commission of government and na-
tional defence named, and a constituent assembly called,
3.10 p.m. 4 Sept.
Assembly invaded by the crowd, demanding a republic; most
deputies retire. Gambetta and other liberals assume to de-
pose the emperor and establish a republic. . .4.15 p.m. 4 Sept.
Last meeting of senate ; it adheres to the emperor "
"Government of defence" proclaimed, gen, Trochu president;
L6on Gambetta, interior; Jules Simon, public instruction;
Jules Favre, foreign; Cr6mieux, justice; Jules Picard, finance;
gen. Leflo, war; Fourichon, marine; Magne, agriculture; Do-
rian, public works; fitienne Arago, mayor of Paris; K6ratry,
police 4 Sept.
Informal meeting of assembly, M. Thiers, president. Jules
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Favre reportfl formation of provisional government ; some
protest; Thiers recommeuds moderation evening, i Sept.
Empress, the comlo de Palikuo, and ministers secretly leave
Paris and enter Belgium evening, 4 Sept.
Legislative chamber dissolved; senate abolished; regular troops
and national guard fraternize; " perfect order reigns," 6 Sept.
Napoleon III. reaches WilhelmshOhe, near Cassel,
9.35 P.M. 5 Sept.
Republican deputies In Spanish Cortes greet republic. . . "
Red Republican flag raised at Lyons "
Victor Hugo and Ijouis Blanc arrive in Paris 6 Sept.
Jules Favre, in a circular to French diplomatic representatives,
says, " We will not cede cither an inch of our territories or
a stone of our fortresses " 6 Sept.
Proflered services of Orleans princes again declined "
Republic recognized by the U. S 8 Sept.
Defence committee summon king of Prussia to quit France at
once 8 Sept.
Decree convoking constituent assembly of 750 members (to be
elected on 16 Oct.) 8 Sept.
Prince imperial at Hastings, 7 Sept. ; Joined by empress, "
Republic recognized by Spain, 8 Sept ; by Switzerland, 9 Sept.
Elections for constituent assembly ordered 2 Oct 16 Sept.
Diplomatic circular from Jules Favre; France makes no claim
on Prussia for disinterestedness; statesmen should hesitate
to continue a war in which more than 200,000 men have
fallen; a freely elected assembly is summoned, and the gov-
ernment will abide by its judgment; France, left to free
action, asks the cessation of the war, but prefers disaster to
dishonor; France has been wrong, and acknowledges its ob-
ligation to repair the wrong 17 Sept.
Government delegation under M. Cr^mieux, minister of jus-
tice, and foreign ambassadors, at Tours 18 Sept.
Manifesto of Red Republicans by gen. Cluseret placarded in
Paris about 18 Sept.
Bronze statues of Napoleon ordered to be made into cannon,
about 19 Sept.
M. Duruof in a post-balloon quits Paris with mail-bags, arrives
at Evreux, and reaches Tours 23 Sept.
Failure of negotiations for peace between Bismarck and Jules
Favre; manifesto of government at Tours; people must
either disavow ministry or "fight to the bitter end;" elec-
tions for assembly suspended 24 Sept.
All Frenchmen between 20 and 25 years of age prohibited leav-
ing France about 26 Sept.
Enthusiasm in provinces on failure of negotiations; "war to
the knife," and levee en masse proclaimed by prefects; war-
like ardor in Brittany stirred by M. Cathelineau, 26, 27 Sept.
Disorder by Red Republicans at Lyons quieted by national
guards; gen. Cluseret disappears 28 Sept.
All between 21 and 40 to form a national garde mobile; all
men in arms at disposal of minister of war 30 Sept.
All Frenchmen under 60 forbidden to quit France 8 Oct.
M. Gambetta escapes from Paris in a balloon, 7 Oct. ; arrives
at Rouen and declares for "a pact with victory or death,"
8 Oct. ; arrives at Tours and becomes minister of war as well
as of the interior 9 Oct.
Address from comte de Chambord; his whole ambition to
found with the people a really national government. . .9 Oct.
Blanqui, Gustave Flourens, Ledru-RoUin, F^lix Pyat, etc., Red
Republicans, defeated in attempts to establish commune at
Paris, 10, 11 Oct. ; reconciliation by Rochefort. .about 14 Oct.
Circular of Gambetta stigmatizing surrender of Metz (on 27
Oct) as a crime 28 Oct
M. Thiers brings Paris news of surrender of Metz and proposals
for an armistice 30 Oct,
Riots in Paris; gen. Trochu threatened; principal members of
the defence government imprisoned in Hotel de Ville; Ledru-
RoUin, Victor Hugo, and Gustave Flourens, etc., made a
committee of public safety and of the commune under M.
Picard; national guard releases the government 31 Oct
Empress arrives at WilhelmshOhe; interview of Bazaine with
emperor 31 Oct
Marshals Canrobert and Leboeuf and many generals at Wil-
helmshOhe ■ 1 Nov.
Government proclaims a plebiscite in Paris on 3 Nov. Do the
people uphold the government of national defence?. ..1 Nov.
Plebiscite: for government, 557,976; against, 62,638 3 Nov.
Mobilization of all able-bodied men between 20 and 40. .4 Nov.
Failure of negotiations for an armistice 6 Nov.
*' France can but carry on with such courage and strength as
remain to her a war d outrance. " — Guizot 8 Nov.
Alexandre Dumas, novelist and dramatist, d 10 Dec.
Delegate government removed from Tours to Bordeaux, 11 Dec.
Gambetta at Bordeaux declares that the government only
holds oflBce for the defence of the country ; demonstration
in honor of republic 1 Jan.
Foreigners not permitted to leave Paris by Germans 19 Jan.
Fierce speech of Gambetta at Lille, demanding continuance of
war 22 Jan.
Disturbances at Paris suppressed by army 23 Jan.
Resignation of Trochu ; Vinoy governor of Paris 24 Jan.
Capitulation of Paris; armistice signed by Favre and Bis-
marck 28 Jan.
Disavowed by Gambetta at Bordeaux 31 Jan.
Due d'Aumale declares for constitutional monarchy 1 Feb.
Food from London reaches Paris (Mansion-house) 3 Feb.
Government publish reasons for capitulation (2,000,000 people
in Paris with only 10 days' provisions), 4 Feb. ; annul Gam-
betta's decree, 4 Feb. ; he and his ministry resign. .5, 6 Feb.
Proclamation of Napoleon IIL "Betrayed by fortune," he
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condemns the government of 4 .Sept. ; says that his govern-
ment was 4 times conlirmed in 20 years; submits to the
judgment of time; saying "that a nation cannot long obey
those who have no right to command " 8 Feb.
General election of a National Assembly "
F. P. J. Grdvy elected president Feb.
First meeting of new Natioual Assembly 12 Feb.
Supplementary armistice signed 15 Feb.
Garibaldi resigns his election, 13 Feb. ; Grdvy elected president
by 5-19 out of 538 16 Feb.
Termination of war; Belfort garrison (12,000) marches out
with military honors 16 Feb.
Pact of Bordeaux: Thiers made chief of executive, by agree-
ment of parties in assembly, 17 Yob. ; voted 18 Feb.
Thiers ministry: Dufaure, justice; Jules Favre, foreign ; Picard,
interior; Jules Simon, public instruction; Lambrecht com-
merce; gen. Leflo, war; adm. Pothuan, marine; De Larcy,
public works 17 Feb.
Government recognized by the great powers 18 Feb.
Due de Broglie appointed minister at London 21 Feb.
Thiers and Bismarck negotiate 22, 23, 24 Feb.
Preliminaries of peace accepted by MM. Thiers and Favre, and
15 delegates to National Assembly (cession of parts of Alsace
and Lorraine, including Strasburg and Metz, and payment
of 5 milliards of francs— $1,000,000,000), 25 Feb. ; signed,
26 Feb.
Preliminaries accepted by assembly (546 to 107) ; deposition of
Napoleon III. unanimously confirmed 1 Mch.
National guards seize cannon and plant them at Moutmartre
and Belleville, against Germans entering Paris 1 Mch.
Emperor of Germany reviews about 100,000 troops at Long-
champs near Paris 1 Mch.
Germans, 30,000, enter Paris, 1 Mch. ; depart 3 Mch.
National Assembly remove to Versailles (461-104) 10 Mch.
Blauqul, Flourens, etc., condemned for insurrection of 31 Oct
1870 12 Mch.
Central committee of republican confederation of national
guards ("government of the Buttes") meet; depose Vinoy;
appoint Garibaldi general-in-chief 15 Mch.
Insurrection at Paris; regular troops occupying Buttes Mout-
martre and Belleville, attacked by national guards, soon fra-
ternize with Insurgents, who capture and shoot gens. Le-
comte and Clement Thomas, and seize the Hotel de Ville;
barricades erected in Belleville and other places; gen. Vinoy,
with gendarmerie, retires across the Seine 18 Mch.
Insurgents nominate a central committee of national guard,
headed by Assy, a workman, who seize public ofilces; Thiers
by circular enjoins obedience to the assembly 19 Mch.
Central committee orders communal election in Paris, 19 Mch. ;
liberates 11,000 political prisoners in Paris 20 Mch.
National Assembly at Versailles ; propose conciliation ; ap-
point committee to support the government 20 Mch.
Napoleon III. arrives at Dover, Engl "
Bank of France saved by courage of marquis de Plceuc, the
governor, and the forbearance of citizen Beslay 20 Mch.
Assembly appeal to nation and army 21 Mch.
Unarmed demonstration of Friends of Order; fired on by in-
surgents; 10 killed, 20 wounded 22 Mch.
Municipal elections at Paris; 200,000 out of 500,000 vote; two
thirds in favor of insurgents 26 Mch.
Commune proclaimed at Hotel de Ville 28 Mch.
Conference for peace meets at Brussels "
Gustave Flourens, Blanqui, and Fdlix Pyat head the commune;
wish to imitate Italian republics of middle ages 29 Mch.
Part remission of overdue rents ordered ; standing army named
national guard 29 Mch.
Reign of terror: " Paris has no longer liberty of the press, of
public meeting, of conscience, or of person."— Ze Soir, 1 Apr.
Fighting begins 9 a.m. at Courbevole; Flourens marches to
Versailles via Rueil .- 2 Apr.
Corps of gen. Bergeret at Rond Point, near Neuilly, stopped by
artillery of Mont Val^rien; insurgents in forts Issy and
Vanves exchange shots with Meudon 3 Apr.
Gen. Duval taken in fight at Chatillou, and shot; death of
Flourens at Chatou ; Delescluze, Cournet, and Vermorel suc-
ceed Bergeret, Eudes, and Duval on executive commission;
Cluseret delegate of war, Bergeret commandant of Paris
forces 4 Apr.
Gen. Cluseret takes offensive; military service compulsory for
citizens under 40; the archbishop of Paris arrested — 5 Apr.
Extension of lines to Neuilly and Courbevole; "complicity
with Versailles" made penal; hostages arrested; Dombrow-
ski succeeds Bergeret in command of Paris ; guillotine burned
on Place Voltaire 6 Apr.
Federals abandon Neuilly; commission of barricades created
and presided over by Gaillard senior; railway termini seized
by insurgents 8 Apr.
Marshal MacMahon, commander-in-chief for assembly, dis-
poses his forces and invests fort Issy 11 Apr.
Versailles batteries established on Chatillon; Orleans railway
and telegraph cut; southern communications of insurgents
intercepted; decree to destroy column VendOme 12 Apr.
Redoubt of Gennevilliers taken; troops of Versailles advance
to Chateau de Becon; Assy at bar of commune 14 Apr.
Communists appeal to the nation 19 Apr.
Bagneux occupied by Versaillais; reorganization of commis-
sions; Eudes appointed inspector-general of southern forts;
moves from Montrouge to palace of Legion of Honor, 20 Apr.
Versailles batteries at Breteuil, Brimborion, Meudon, and
Moulin de Pierre trouble the federal fort Issy; battery be-
tween Bagneux and Chatillon shells fort Vanves; truce at
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Neuilly 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ; inhabitants of Neuilly enter Paris
by Porte des Ternes 25 Apr.
Les Moulineaux, outpost of insurgents, taken by troops; forti-
fied on the 27th and 28th 26 Apr.
" Cemetery and parlc of Issy taken by Versaillais at night; free-
masons attempt reconciliation again; commune levies 2,000,-
000 francs from railway companies 29 Apr.
Flag of truce to fort Issy from the Versaillais, calling federals
to surrender; gen. Eudes, with fresh troops, takes com-
mand; Cluseret imprisoned at Mazas by commune; Rossel
made provisional delegate of war 30 Apr.
Versaillais take station of Clamart and Chateau of Issy; com-
mittee of public safety formed: Antoine Arnauld, Leo Meil-
let, Ranvier, Felix Pyat, Charles G^rardin; alleged massacre
of communist prisoners 1 May,
Central committee of national guard charged with administra-
tion of war; Chapelle Expiatore ordered destroyed, materials
to be sold by auction 5 May,
Battery of Montretout (70 marine guns) opens fire; Thiers
calls Parisians to rise against commune 8 May,
Morning: insurgents evacuate fort Issy; committee of public
safety renewed — Ranvier, Antoine Arnauld, Gambon, Eudes,
Delescluze ; Rossel resigns 8 May,
Peace with Germany signed at Frankfort-on-the-Main.lO May,
Cannon from fort Issy taken to Versailles; decree to destroy
Thiers's house; Delescluze made delegate of war 10 May,
Thiers opposed ; offers to resign; assembly vote confidence in
him (495-10) 11 May,
Troops occupy Couvent des Oiseaux at Issy, and lyceum at
Vanves; Auber, the composer, d. (aged 89) 12 May,
Triumphal entry of troops into Versailles with flags and can-
non from convent ; evacuation of Issy completed; fort Vanves
taken by troops 13 May,
Cannonade from batteries of Courbevoie, Becon, Asniferes, on
Levallois and Clichy ; both villages evacuated; demolition of
house of M. Thiers begun 14 May,
Column VendOme overthrown 16 May,
Secession from communist government; central club formed;
a battalion of women formed 17 May,
Silver ornaments in churches seized; cartridge factory near
Champ de Mars explodes; 100 killed 17 May,
Assembly adopts treaty of peace 18 May,
Rochefort brought prisoner to Versailles; last session of the
commune 21 May,
Noon: explosion of powder-magazine of Mandge d'Etat-major
(staff riding-school) ; hostages transferred from Mazas to La
Roquette; Assy arrested in Paris by Versaillais; assembly
votes to restore column VendOme; M. Ducatel, at risk of
life, signalling that the way is clear, the Versaillais enter Paris
by gates of St. Cloud and Montrouge, 2 p.m. 21 May; take
possession of south and west, and about 10,000 prisoners
after some fighting 22 May,
Montmartre taken by Douai and Ladmirault; death of Dom-
browski. Morning: Assy arrives at Versailles; gendarmes
and Gustave Chaudey executed at prison of Sainte-P61agie.
Night: Tuileries fired; Delescluze and committee of public
safety sit at Hotel de Ville 23 May,
Morning: Palais Royal, Ministry of Finance, Hotel de Ville,
etc., fired. 1 p.m., powder-magazine at Palais du Luxem-
bourg blown up; committee of public safety organize de-
tachments of fusee-bearers; petroleum pumped into burn-
ing buildings; Raoul Rigault shot by soldiers. Evening:
At prison of La Roquette archbishop, abbd Deguerry, presi-
dent Bonjean, and 64 others, hostages, shot 24 May,
Forts Montrouge, Hautes-Bruyeres, Bicfitre, evacuated by in-
surgents; death of Delescluze reported; at Avenue d'ltalie
the Peres Dominicains of Arcueil shot 25 May,
Sixteen priests and 38 gendarmes shot at Belleville by insur-
gents; many women fighting, and casting petroleum into
fires, shot 26, 27 May,
Buttes Chaumont, heights of Belleville, and cemetery of P§re
la Chaise carried by troops; prison of La Roquette by ma-
rines; deliverance of 169 hostages ; investment of Belleville
complete; last position captured by MacMahon; fighting
ends 5 p.m. 28 .May,
Federal garrison of Vincennes surrendered 29 May,
Reported results of 7 days' fighting: regular troops— 877 killed,
645 wounded, 183 missing; insurgents— about 50,000 dead,
25,000 prisoners; nearly all leaders killed or prisoners; about
a fourth of Paris destroyed 22-27 May,
Estimated loss of property, 800,000,000 francs Apr.-May,
Thiers's decree disarming Paris and abolishing national guard
of Seine 29 May,
Victor Hugo expelled from Belgium 30 May,
Reported wholesale execution of prisoners by marquis de
Gallifet; Paris put under martial law; about 50,000 insur-
gents still at large 30 May,
•Solemn funeral of Darboy, archbishop of Paris 7 June,
Abrogation of proscription by assembly (484-103); elections of
due d'Aumale and prince de Joinville legalized 8 June,
Thiers advocates maintaining republic "
New taxes (463,000,000 francs) and loan proposed by M. Pouyer-
Quertier 12 June,
Trochu's speech defending "government of national defence,"
13, 14 June,
Theatres, etc., reopened in Paris about 20 June,
Letter of M. Guizot to M. Gr6vy, recommending political mod-
eration and maintenance of present government 22 June,
Loan of 2,000,000,000 francs decreed, 26 June; subscription
opened, 27 June; about 4,000,000,000 subscribed in France,
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One hundred and thirty-two members elected to assembly; in-
cludes Gambetta, a few legitimists and Bonapartists ; the
rest support government 2 July, 1871
Letter from comte de Chambord at Chambord, professing de-
votion to France; modern policy and liberality; but de-
clining to give up the white flag of Henry IV. ; he retires to
Germany to avoid agitation; dated 5 July, "
Government said to have 500 votes in the assembly; bill for
new taxes passed (483-5) 8 July, "
Five hundred million francs, part of indemnity to Germany,
paid about 14 July, "
Prince Jerome Napoleon expelled from France (at Havre),
15 July, "
Full compensation for losses of invaded provinces refused by
Thiers, who acknowledges no debt, but proposes to act gen-
erously Aug. '«
Trial of communist prisoners at Paris begun about 8 Aug. "
Dissensions in assembly between monarchists and republicans;
resignation of Thiers not accepted, 24 Aug. ; his power con-
tinued, and the sovereign and constituent authority of the
assembly voted (443-227) about 25 Aug. "
Thiers named president of the republic while the assembly shall
continue (the Rivet- Vitet proposition), 491-93 31 Aug. "
Ferrd and Lullier sentenced to death, others to transportation
or imprisonment, 2 Sept. ; 3 women (p6troleuses) to death
for throwing petroleum on fires 5 Sept. "
Assembly assumes for the nation the losses of invaded prov-
inces 6 Sept. "
Rossel, communist general, sentenced to death 8 Sept. "
Law carrying out treaty with Germany on imports from Alsace
and Lorraine, and reducing German troops in France to
50,000 men, 14 Sept. ; passed (533-33); session closed,
*2 A.M. 17 Sept. "
Germans evacuate Paris forts about 20 Sept. "
Rochefort (ot La Lanterne and Le Mot d'Ordre) sentenced to
life imprisonment 21 Sept. "^
Difficulty in Alsace and Lorraine treaty " "
Eight murderers of gens. Lecomte and Thomas condemned,
18 Nov. "
Rossel, Ferr6, and Bourgeois, communists, shot at Satory be-
fore 3000 soldiers 28 Nov. '^
Gaston Cremieux executed at Marseilles 30 Nov. "
Territory held by Germans declared under siege 4 Dec. "
Thiers's message to assembly; deprecates free -trade; pro-
poses moderate protection 7 Dec. "
Long debate ; proposed taxes on raw materials opposed ; gov-
ernment defeated (377-307) 19 Jan. 1872
Resignation of Thiers and ministry; MacMahon writes, "Army
will obey orders of a majority of assembly, but not dictator-
ship;" Thiers resumes office 20 Jan. "
Assassins of archbishop Darboy and others (on 24 May, 1871)
convicted 23 Jan. "
Manifesto of comte de Chambord; he will not become a legiti-
mate king by revolution 29 Jan. '•
General subscription to indemnity to Germans begins Feb. "
Manifesto for constitutional monarchy signed by about 280 of
the Right about 21 Feb. "
Ex-emperor assumes by letter responsibility of surrender at
Sedan 12 May, "
Majority of assembly propose MacMahon as president in room
of Thiers July, "
Pilgrimage of about 20.000 to grotto of Virgin at Lourdes (where
miraculous appearance of Virgin to 2 girls was reported, 14
Feb. 1858) 6 Oct. "
Comte de Chambord writes De la Rochette, protesting against
a republic; that France can be saved by a monarchy alone;
he is Catholic and monarchical, etc 15 Oct. '*
National Assembly meets again, 11 Nov. ; Thiers, in his mes-
sage, declares republic legal ; urges conservatism ; proposes
changes 12 Nov. "
Attack of gen. Changarnier on Thiers's policy and Gambetta's
speech at Grenoble; majority for government, 150 (300 did
not vote) 18 Nov. "
Government project becomes law , 19 Nov. "
Report of commission read by M. Batbie, claiming right of
assembly to frame constitution with responsible ministry;
president not to speak in the assembly, etc 26 Nov. "
M. Thiers addresses assembly ; prefers English to American sys-
tem; monarchy now impossible; adheres to republic ; wishes
it conservative. Dufaure's amendment carried by 370 to 334
(royalists with Bonapartists against radicals) 29 Nov. **
Manifesto of Left, proposing a legal dissolution of assembly,
10 Dec. "
Negatived (490-201) 14 Dec. "
Powerful speech of Thiers to the commission of 30 16 Dec. "
Debt (before the war, about 11,512,500,000 francs), 18,717,500,-
000 francs Dec. "
Meeting of National Assembly 6 Jan. 187S
Death of Napoleon III. at Chiselhurst 9 Jan. "
Bonapartist manifesto: "The emperor is dead, but the empire
is living and indestructible" 15 Jan. "
Thiers addresses commission of 30 against proposed changes,
2 Feb. ««
Letter of comte de Chambord published; destroys prospects of
fusion of Bourbons Feb. '
Debate begins on report of commission, which preserves leg-
islative rights of present assembly, and the provisional state
of the "pacte de Bordeaux," 27 Feb. Thiers supports this
" truce of parties," adopted (475-199) 4 .Mch. '*
Convention at Berlin for final evacuation of departments in
Sept. on payment of indemnity 15 Mch. "
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Declaration Jn the assembly, " that M. Thiers has deserved
well of his country" 17 Mch. 1873
Besgnation of Thiers and his ministry accepted (368-339), 24
May; marshal MacMahon, d>ic de MagenUi (b. 1808), elected
president by 3i)0 votes (the Left did not vote); he accepts,
declaring independence of party, 24 May; in his message he
says, "The post in which you have placed rao is that of a
sentinel, who has to watch over the integrity of your sover-
eign power " 26 May, "
France, except Verdun, evacuated by Germans 2 Aug. "
Fusion of legitimists and Orleanists ; comte de Paris meets
comte do Chambord, who is accepted as chief 6 Aug. "
Prince imperial Napoleon declares policy of his family, " Ev-
ervthing bv the people for the people" 15 Aug. *'
lAst instalment, 250,000,000 francs, of indemnity of 5,000,000,-
000 francs paid 5 Sept. "
Verdun quitted by Germans 13 Sept. "
Last quitted French territory 16 Sept. "
Letter from comte de Chambord to the vlcomte de Rodez-
Benavent; tendency to concession; says, "I want the co-
operation of all, and all have need of me," dated. . .19 Sept. "
Prince Jerome Napoleon joins republicans — 26 Sept. "
Trial of marshal Bazaine, commander on the Rhine in 1870,
for treachery and misconduct at Metz begins; due d'Au-
male president of court 6 Oct. *'
Manifesto of monarchists proposing restoration, guaranteeing
liberties, etc 1« Oct. "
L€on Say and l^ed Centre decline negotiation with monarch-
ists; who threaten abstention in ne.xt elections 23 Oct. "
Letter of comte de Chambord to M. Chesnelong: "I retract
nothing, and curtail nothing of my previous declarations. I
do not wish to begin a reign of reparation by an act of weak-
ness; if enfeebled to-day, I should be powerless to-morrow;
1 am a necessary pilot; the only one capable of guiding the
Shinto port, because I have for it a mission of authority,"
27 Oct. "
L6on Say and Left Centre say the time has come to organize
a conservative republic 30 Oct. "
Meeting of National Assembly ; president's message asks in-
creased and prolonged power (10 years) ; referred to a com-
mittee of 15; voted urgent (by 360-350) 5 Nov. "
Eight of committee favor extending presidency 5 years after
meeting of next legislature, under existing conditions till
the passing of constitutional laws; the others favor 10 years
without conditions 13 ^'ov. "
M. Laboulaye presents report of committee ; MacMahon, by
message, suggests 7 years 17 Nov. "
Warm debate; majority of 68 for ministers, 18 Nov. ; 7 years'
power voted to president MacMahon (383-31T), 19 Nov. ; de-
cree 20 Nov. "
Bazaine foundguilty of capitulating (with 170,000 men) in open
field ; of negotiating dishonorably with enemy, and surren-
dering a fortified place; sentence, death and degradation, 10
Dec. ; commuted to 20 years' imprisonment 12 Dec. "
*• Comte Albert de Bourbon, " claiming to be son of Louis XVIL ;
discredited (Impostors) 27 Feb. 1874
Prince Louis Napoleon's majority (at 18) celebrated at Chisel-
hurst by 6000 Frenchmen; he awaits the 8th plebiscite,
16 Mch. "
Dahirel, legitimist, moves that on 1 June the assembly vote be-
tween monarchy and republic; negatived (330-256). .27 Mch. "
Disputes of republicans and Bonapartists; Left Centre demand
the republic, or dissolution of assembly 8, 9 June, "
Bonnard, communist, condemned for murder, 25 Feb. ; shot,
6 June, "
Electoral bill; age of electors fixed at 21, not 25 (defeat of min-
istry) 10 June, "
Casimir P^rier (leader of Left Centre) moves recognition of re-
public; MacMahon president till 20 Nov. 1880, and revision
of constitution; voted " urgent " (345-341) 14,15 June, "
Due de Rochefoucauld-Bisaccia moves restoration of legitimate
monarchy; negatived; he resigns British embassy, 15 June. "
By order of the day, president MacMahon declares that with
army he will maintain authority for the 7 years 29 June, "
Manifesto of comte de Chambord, ' ' France has need of mon-
archy. My birth has made me your king. . . . The Christian
and French monarchy is in its very essence limited (temperee).
It admits of the existence of 2 chambers; one nominated by
the sovereign, the other by the nation. ... I do not wish
for those barren parliamentary struggles, whence the sover-
eign too frequently issues powerless and enfeebled. ... I
reject the formula of foreign importation, which all our na-
tional traditions repudiate, with its king who reigns and
does not govern. "—Signed Henry V 2 July, "
Debate on manifesto; legitimists defeated; ministers, defeated
on motion for septennate, resign (368-331) ; resignation not
accepted by president 8 July, "
President by message declares determination to maintain law
of 20 Nov., calls for constitutional laws 9 July, "
Reports of committee, by Ventavon (bill proposes maintenance
of authority of president; ministerial responsibility; 2 legis-
lative assemblies; dissolution of Chamber of Deputies by
president; etc.), suspended 16 July, "
Casimir P6rier's motion for republic rejected (375-333), 23 July, "
Malleville's motion for dissolution rejected (374-332) "
Assembly adjourns (to 30 Nov.) 5 Aug. "
Bazaine escapes from isle of Ste. Marguerite 10 p.m. 9 Aug. "
[His wife asserted that he descended by an old gutter on a
knotted rope ; was taken in a boat by her and her nephew,
Alvarez de Rul, to steamer Baron Ricasola, which landed
him at Genoa (see Dec. 1873).]
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VendOme column restored 31 Aug. 1874"
Death of M. Guizot 12 Sept.
Bazaino's defence, sent by him to the Now York Herald, dated
6 Sept. , pub. in London 14 Sept.
Trials for complicity in Bazaine's escape; col.Villette and oth-
ers sentenced to imprisonment 17 Sept.
Thiers, at Vizille, near Grenoble, upon an address, says, "Since
{rou cannot establish monarchy, establish the republic, frank-
y and sincerely" 27 Sept.
Political parties were— Extreme Right: legitimists, adherents
of Henry V. Moderate Right: monarchists. Right Centra:
8ei)tennates, imperialists or Bonapartists. Left Centre: mod-
erate republicans (chief, Thiers). Left: more pronounced.
Extreme Left: radicals (chief, Gambetta) Nov. "
St. Genest's pamphlet, " L'Assembldo et la France," inciting
to a coup d'etat end of Nov. "
Comte de Chambord requests friends not to vote so as to pre-
vent or delay restoration of monarchy Nov. "
Addresses ft-om towns, etc., in France, with thanks for reliet
during war 1870-71 (inscribed '■' Britannice grata Gallia "),
with about 12,000,000 signatures, presented to queen Victo-
ria by M. d'Agiout and comte de Serrurier (placed in British
museum for inspection) 3 Dec. •'
Assembly meets; president's firm, moderate message. .. " "
Sudden death of M. Ledru-Rollin 31 Dec. "
President recommends a senate, motion against it passed (420-
250), 6 Jan. ; ministers' resignation not accepted 7 Jan. 1875
Cost of war (9,885,000,000 francs or $1,977,000,000) announced,
Jan. "
Laboulaye's amendment rejected (359-335) 29 Jan. "
Wallon's amendment (president to be elected by majority of
2 chambers for 7 years, eligible for re-election; republic
virtually established), passed 1 a.m. 31 Jan. *'
Rejoicing through the country Feb. "
Duprat's amendment carried (senate chosen by universal suf-
frage), 11 Feb. ; 3d reading of constitutional bill rejected
(357-345); dissolution of assembly negatived (407-266), 12 Feb. ;
president's message disapproving of last votes 13 Feb. "
Senate bill (senate of 300; 225 elected by departments, 75 by
National Assembly) "122 Feb. "
Union of moderate monarchists and republicans; legitimists
and Bonapartists defeated; senate bill passed (448-244), 24
Feb. ; final vote for republic; constitutional laws passed (436-
262), 5 P.M. 25 Feb. ; pub 1 Mch. "
New ministry: Buffet, interior; Dufaure, justice ; L€on Say,
finance; Wallon, instruction; De Meaux, agriculture and
commerce; Cissey, war; Decazes, foreign ; Montaignac, ma-
rine; Caillaux, public works 10 Mch. "
Due d'Audiffret-Pasquier elected president of assembly almost
unanimously 15 Mch. "
Assembly adjourns to 11 May 20 Mch. "
Meeting of assembly, 11 May; ministry propose to refer a bill
to committee of 30; defeated; part of committee resign, 18
May ; new committee elected (republican majority) . . 26 May, "
Assembly adjourns 4 Aug. "
Plon having lost by publishing "Julius Caesar," by Napoleon
III., sues emperor's executors; fails; and is adjudged to pay
costs Aug. "
Assembly ballots for senators for life; due d'Audiffret-Pasquier
elected; breach between legitimists and Orleanists disclosed;
government defeated 9 Dee. "
Seventy-five senators for life (52 republicans) elected, 9-21 Dec. "
Communist trials report; 9596 convicted; 110 sentenced to
death Dec. *'
Estimated result of elections: moderate republicans, 270 ; rad-
icals, 60; Bonapartists, 92; Orleanists, 58; legitimists, 36,
7 Mch. 1876
Amnesty for communists introduced in senate by Victor Hugo;
in assembly by Raspail 21 Mch. "
Debate on amnesty, 14 May; rejected (394-52), 17 May; Victor
Hugo's speech for amnesty; proposal rejected almost unani-
mously 22 May, "
Gambetta's resolution for parliamentary government carried
(355-154), 17 May; 363 liberal deputies protest 18 May, 1877
President prorogues chambers for a month; firm manifesto by
the Left 18 May, "
Thiers accepted as leader by republicans; Broglie's circular
for repressing the press issued about 29 May, "
President, in an order of the day, after a review at Longehamps,
says, "I appeal to the army to defend the dearest interests
of the country " 2 July, "
Prosecution of Gambetta (and Murat, editor of Republique
Francaise) for saying at Lille (29 July), the president must,
if the elections be against him, "se soumettre ou se d^met-
tre" ("submit or resign") about 25 Aug. "
Thiers d., aged SO, 3 Sept. ; public funeral, no disorder, 8 Sept. "
Gambetta and Murat sentenced to 3 months in prison and
fine of 2000 francs, 11 Sept. ; on appeal, sentence affirmed, •
22 Sept. "
Pres. MacMahon, in manifesto on elections, claims success for
government, and says, " I cannot obey the injunctions of the
demagogy; I can neither become the instrument of radical-
ism nor abandon the post in which the constitution has
placed me" 19 Sept. "
Thiers's manifesto to electors (an historical defence of the re-
public and late chamber) pub 24 Sept. "
Gambetta convicted for placarding his address ; fine, 3750 francs
and 3 months' imprisonment 12 Oct. "
General election quiet; defeat of Bonapartist and clerical par-
ties (of 506 oflQcial candidates about 199 elected; republicans,
320).H 14 Oct. "
If
FRA 303
■I'inal result: 325 republicans; 112 Bonapartists ; 96 monarch-
ists 28 Oct. 1877
<;ensus for 1876 announced ; 36,905,788 (increase of 802,867
over 1872) 8 Nov. "
MacMahon will not resign ; ministry remains temporarily; an-
nounced 8 Nov. "
F. P. Jules Gr^vy re-elected president of chamber 10 Nov. "
Albert Gre'vy's resolution for commission of 33 upon govern-
ment interference in elections, 13 Nov.; carried after warm
debate (312-205) 15 Nov. "
•Commercial men meet in Paris; petition president 2 Dec. "
President submits unconditionally, 13 Dec. A republican min-
istry formed; Dufaure, president of council and minister of
justice; De Marcere, interior; Waddiugion (Protestant), for-
eign aflairs; Bardoux, public instruction; gen. Borel, war;
vice-adm. Pothuau, marine; L€on Saj'-, finance; Teisserenc
de Bort, commerce; De Freycinet, public works; the presi-
dent in message accepts the will of the country 14 Dec. "
Ximoges affair; gen. Rochebouet said to have issued orders to
gen. de Bressoles for a military movement, 12 Dec. ; major
LabordSre denounces orders as illegal, 13 Dec. ; orders nulli-
fied by change of ministry, 14 Dec. ; De Bressoles suspended
for mistake; Labord^re cashiered; excitement in Paris over
suspected preparations for a coup d'etat Jan. 1878
45en. Ducrot dismissed, suspected of conspiring for coup d'etat,
10, 11 Jan. "
International exhibition at Paris opened by president (Paris),
1 May, "
-Joan of Arc and Voltaire centenaries celebrated 30 May, "
Death of Thiers commemorated at Notre Dame, etc. . . .3 Sept. "
•Twelve thousand national lottery tickets of 1 franc sold
(Lotteries) up to Nov. "
Xctter from comte de Chambord to M. de Mun, maintaining
his rights; pub 25 Nov. "
Elections for senate : 64 republican, 16 opposition 5 Jan. 1879
•Chamber votes confidence in the ministry (223-121) 30 Jan. "
Ministerial programme: pardons to communists; clerical influ-
ence upon education checked; officials opposed to republic
dismissed, etc 16 Jan. *'
Drawing of the national lottery begun 26 Jan. "
Pres. MacMahon refuses to supersede military officers ; resigns,
28 Jan. ; F. P. Jules Gr6vy elected president by senate and
deputies united as "The National Assembly "(536 for
Gr6vy ; 99 for gen. Chanzy) 30 Jan. "
•Gambetta president of chamber 31 Jan. '<
Communist amnesty passed by Chamber of Deputies. .21 Feb. "
Proposed return of assemblies to Paris ; congress to be appoint-
ed (315-128) 22 Mch. "
M. Ferry's education bills to check clerical influences, abolish-
ing Jesuit colleges, etc Mch. "
Blanqui (a convict) elected for Bordeaux 20 Apr. "
Prince imperial Louis Napoleon killed while reconnoitring in
Zululand 1 June, '*
Blanqui's election annulled by chamber (372-33), 4 June; par-
doned and released 11 June, "
Senate and deputies vote return to Paris (526-249) 20 June, "
M. Ferry's law of superior public instruction passed by the
deputies 9 July, "
.President Gravy's first military review at Longchamps,
13 July, "
Fete of the republic 14 July, "
Prince Jerome Napoleon coldly accepted as chief by Bonapart-
ists 20 July, "
>Comte de Chambord's letter: "With the co-operation of all
honest men, and with the grace of God, I may save France,
and will" 26 July, "
Senate and assembly meet again at Paris 27 Nov. "
Death (ex-foreign ministers) : due de Grammont, 16 Jan. ; Jules
Favre 20 Jan. 1880
•Debate in senate: 7th clause of Ferry's education bill (abol-
ishing Jesuit schools, etc. ) ; Jules Simon speaks against it;
rejected (148-129) 9 Mch. "
Decree dissolving Jesuits and other orders in France. .29 Mch. "
Letter from prince Jerome Napoleon in favor of the decree;
offends Bonapartists about 5 Apr. "
■Bishops and others protest against the decree Apr. "
-Amnesty bill for political offences; presented by M. de Freyci-
net, 19 June ; passed by chambers (333-140) 21 June, "
•Otaheite formally annexed to France 29 June, "
•Expulsion of religious orders (officially opposed) carried into
eflect with Jesuits 30 June, "
-Amnesty bill passed for all, except incendiaries and assassins,
by senate (143-138) 3 July, "
>President Grevy grants general amnesty, 10 July; Rochefort
warmly received in Paris 12 July, "
First grand republican national fete 14 July, "
"Carmelites and other religious orders expelled 16 Oct. -Nov. "
JLoan of 1,000,000,000 fr. offered (public debt about 3,000,000,000
ft'.); 30 times the amount subscribed Mch. 1881
^ScRDTiN DE LiSTE advocated by Gambetta; opposed by presi-
dent, who yields 21, 22 Mch. "
Expedition to N. Africa to chastise the Kroumirs; invasion of
„ Tunis Mch. , Apr. "
'Treaty with the bey signed (Tcnis) 12 May, ' '
Excitement at Marseilles and in Italy 13 May et seq. "
M. Bardoux's bill for the scrutin de liste passed by deputies
^ (243-235) 18 May, ' '
Tunis treaty ratified by chamber (453-1) 23 May, "
Scrutin de liste rejected by senate (148-114) 9 June, "
.Election addresses. M. Rouher retires from politics (virtual
end or Bonapartism), about 31 July ; prince Napoleon Jerome
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advocates progress— "everything for and by the people "—
about 31 July; Gambetta speaks at Tours, Belleville, 12 Aug.,
for revision of constitution, Aug. ; Jules Ferry at Nancy
deprecates division .about 11 Aug. 1881
General elections; republican triumph; many extremists re-
jected 21 Aug. et seq. "
Capuchins and other orders relieved from monastic vows by
the pope Oct "
New ministry: Gambetta, minister of foreign afi'airs and pre-
mier; Cazot, justice; Waldeck - Rousseau, interior; Allain-
Targ6, finance; gen. Campenon, war; Gougeard, marine;
Paul Bert, education and worship; Raynal, public works;
Rouvier, commerce and colonies; Cochery, post and tele-
graph ; Deves, agriculture ; and Proust, arts 12 Nov. "
Defeat of government; scrutin de liste rejected (305-119); Gam-
betta resigns 26 Jan. 1882
New ministry: De Freycinet, president of council and minister
for foreign affairs; L6on Say, finance; Jules Ferry, public
instruction; Goblet, interior and public worship; Humbert,
justice; gen. Billot, war; adm. Jaureguiberry, marine; Var-
roy, public works; Tirard, commerce; De Mahy, agriculture;
Cochery, post and telegraph 30, 31 Jan. "
Credit to protect Suez canal refused on motion of C16menceau
(416-75) ; ministry resigns 29 July, "
New ministry: Duclerc, president of the council and minister
for foreign affairs; Tirard, finance; Devfes, justice; De Fal-
lidres, interior; Pierre Legrand, commerce and ad interim
public works; gen. Billot, war; adm. Jaureguiberry, marine;
Cochery, post and telegraph ; De Mahy, agriculture ; Duvaux,
public instruction 1 Aug. "
Bonapartists select prince Victor chief about 31 Aug. *'
Compulsory Education act takes effect 2 Oct. "
Death of Gambetta, aged 44, after weeks of suffering from ac-
cidental wound, midnight 31 Dec. "
Prince Napoleon arrested for manifesto against government,
16 Jan. 1883
Floquet's bill to exile Bourbons and Bonapartists " "
Government bill of De Fallieres for power to expel same, 20 Jan. "
Expulsion bill adopted by committee 25 Jan. "
Fabre's bill permitting princes to remain without civil
rights discussed, 29 Jan. ; passed by chamber (343-163),
1 Feb. «
Prince Napoleon's indictment quashed; released 9 Feb. "
Senate rejects expulsion bill; adopts amendment of Say and
Waddington (165-127); expelling princes only after trial,
12 Feb. «
Decree to retire Orleanist princes from army under law of
1834 (due d'Aumale, due de Chartres, and due d'Alenp on),
api)roved by deputies (295-103) 24 Feb. *'
Marshal Bazaine publishes his defence at Madrid "
Museum of revolution established at Versailles 20 June, "
National fete; colossal statue of Republic uncovered. ,14 July, "
Death of comte de Chambord, aged nearly 63. 24 Aug. *'
Statue of Lafayette unveiled at Lepuy 6 Sept. "
Government awards 25,000 francs to Mr. Shaw (Madagascar,
1883) about 15 Oct. "
Franpois Mignet, historian, d. (aged 87) 24 Mch. 1884
Prince Victor acknowledged chief of Bonapartists; his father
publishes painful correspondence June, "
Colossal statue of Liberty by Bartholdi given to United States,
unveiled by Jules Ferry at Paris 4 July, "
Death of Victor Hugo, poet, dramatist,- and novelist (aged 83),
22 May; buried in Pantheon; all Paris spectators 1 June, 1885
Scrutin de liste bill with senate amendments 8 June, "
Madagascar under French protection by treaty of. 12 Dec. "
Senate votes expulsion of Bonaparte family (141-107). 22 June, 1886
Mobilization of army on the Spanish frontier .30 Aug. 1887
[The troops were from 2 to 6 days in concentrating.]
Marie-Franpois Sadi Carnot elected president 3 Dec. "
Gen. Boulanger minister of war "
Daniel Wilson, son-in-law of ex-president Gr6vy, sentenced to
2 years' imprisonment and a fine of 3000 francs for complicity
in sale of army decorations 1 Mch. 1888
Duel between M. Floquet, premier, and gen. Boulanger; the
latter severely wounded "
French seize the Marquesa group in the Pacific ocean.. 20 Sept. "
Marshal Bazaine dies at Madrid 23 Sept. "
Senate passes bankruptcy bill as desired by Panama Canal com-
pany 17 Jan. 1889
Gen. Boulanger proclaims devotion to the republic on the eve
of the election 26 Jan. '♦
Boulanger elected deputy in the department of the Seine by
plurality of 81,550 over M. Jacques, republican 27 Jan. "
Old Panama company dissolved 4 Feb. "
Cabinet decides to prosecute gen. Boulanger 29 Mch. '*
Boulanger flees from Paris to Brussels 1 Apr. "
In public statement says he left France rather than be tried by
the senate 3 Apr. "
He issues manifesto 5 Apr. "
His trial begun before the senate 12 Apr. "
Boulanger leaves Brussels for England 24 Apr. "
Formal opening of French exposition 6 May, "
Carlotta Patti, singer, sister of Adelina, d. at Paris 28 June, "
Boulanger defeated in election; out of 1344 cantons he carries
but 12 29 July, «
Boulanger's trial before high court of senate begun 7 Aug.
Boulanger, Henri Rochefort, and count Dillon sentenced to be
deported to some fortified place 14 Aug. "
Boulanger issues manifesto from London 16 Aug. "
Names of Boulanger and count Dillon erased from the Legion
of Honor. 26 Aug. «
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Beturn of 158 republican deputies and 89 opposition; Boulan-
ger election cliiinicd from Montmartre 23 Sept. 1889
Paris municipal commission declare votes for Boulanger in
Montmartre and Henri Rochefort in Belleville void.. 26 Sept "
Electoral bureau decide Boulanger not elected deputy.. 27 Nov. "
Duke of Orleans sentenced to 2 years' imprisonment... 12 Feb. 1890
Pardoned by pres. Carnot 3 June, "
Panama Canal commission report: 20 years and 1,737,000,000
fhmcs needed to complete canal 27 June, "
International congress opens at Paris 16 Sept. "
Meissonier, celebrated painter, d 31 Jan. 1891
Prince Jerome Napoleon (son of Jerome, brother of Napoleon
I.) dies at Rome (Bonapartk family) 17 Mch. "
[Bonapartist leaders recognize Victor, his eldest son, as
heir to the empire; Jerome by will names Louis, his second
son, head of the house of Bonaparte.]
Franfois Jules P. Gre'vy, ex-president, d. (aged 84) 9 Sept. "
Gen. Boulanger (b. 1837) shoots himself at the grave of his mis-
tress, Mme. de Bonne Main, near Brussels 30 Sept. '•
Senate adopts a duty on American pork in place of prohibition,
30 Oct "
Decree admitting American pork at 4 ports 5 Dec. "
Encyclical of pope to French bishops enjoining submission to
republic 16 Feb. 1892
Chamber votes 300,000,000 francs for an expedition against
Dahomey 11 Apr. "
Order to prosecute archbishop of Avignon and bishops of
Nimes, Montpellier, Valence, and Viviers, for concerted ad-
dresses to Catholic electors against the state. . .about 22 Apr. "
Investigation of the Panama canal scandal begun 25 Nov. "
Loubet ministry resigns on the Panama scandal issue. .28 Nov. "
Ribot ministry succeeds 5 Dec. "
Charles de Lesseps arrested for complicitv in canal frauds,
16 Dec. "
Ferdinand and Charles de Lesseps, Fontane, Cottu, and Eiffel,
sentenced to prison and fine by court of appeals for fraud in
the Panama canal 9 Feb. 1893
M. Taine, historian, d 5 Mch. "
Trial of those accused of corruption in the Panama Lottery Bond
bill begun in the assize court, Paris 8 Mch. "
Jules Ferry, president of the senate, d 17 Mch. "
Ferdinand and Charles de Lesseps re-elected members of the
board of directors of the Suez canal 6 June, "
French court of cassation quashes the sentence of Charles de
Lesseps and others convicted of fraud in the Panama affair,
and all released from prison 15 June, "
Guy de Maupassant, French writer of fiction, d 6 July, "
Active hostilities with the Siamese government begin July, "
France, by ultimatum to Siam, demands reparation for out-
rages; answer required within 48 hours 19 July, "
Siam accepts French ultimatum in full 29 July, "
Siam gives the guarantees demanded by France 1 Aug. "
Blockade of Siamese coast begun July, withdrawn 4 Aug. "
Marshal MacMahon, duke of Magenta, ex-presideut, d. .17 Oct "
M. Gounod, great French composer, dies at Paris 18 Oct "
Auguste Vaillant, a violent anarchist, throws a dynamite bomb
from the gallery of the French Chamber of Deputies among
the members below while they were in session, by which
many were seriously injured, but none mortally 9 Dec. "
Vaillant the anarchist tried during Jan., condemned to death,
and guillotined 5 Feb. 1894
SOVEREIGNS OF FRANCE.
428.
447.
458.
481.
611.
634.
648.
658.
675.
684.
613.
628.
656.
670.
674.
711.
715.
MEROVINGIAN RACE.
Pharamond (existence doubtful).
Clodion the Hairy, his supposed son; king of the Salic Franks.
Merovaeus, orMerov6e; son-in law of Clodion.
Childeric, son of M^rovge.
Clovis, his son, real founder of the monarchy.
His 4 sons divided the empire:
Childebert; Paris.
Clodomir; Orleans.
Thierry; Metz.
Clotaire; Soissons.
Theodebert; Metz.
Theodebald; succeeded in Metz.
Clotaire L ; sole ruler. Upon his death, the kingdom divided
between 4 sons, viz. :
Charibert, ruled at Paris.
Gontram, in Orleans and Burgundy.
Sigebert, at Metz ; and) t^ .i ■ ^ „ , ^ j,
Chilperic, at Soissons. I ^"^^ assassmated by Fredegond.
Childebert II.
Clotaire II. ; Soissons.
Thierry IL, son of Childebert ; in Orleans.
Theodebert n. ; Metz.
Clotaire II. ; became sole king.
Dagobert I., the Great, son of Clotaire IL ; divided the king-
dom between his 2 sons:
Clovis IL ; Burgundy and Neustria.
Sigebert II. ; Austrasia.
Clotaire III., son of Clovis IL
Childeric II. ; sole king; assassinated, with his queen and his
son Dagobert, in the forest of Livri.
Thierry IIL ; Burgundy and Neustria.
Dagobert IL, son of Sigebert in Austrasia; assassinated 679.
Clovis III. (Pepin, mayor of the palace, rules in his name).
Childebert IIL, the Just, brother of Clovis; Pepin supreme.
Dagobert IIL, son of Childebert
Chilperic II. , deposed by Charles Martel, mayor of the palace.
717.
720.
737.
742.
762.
768.
814.
840.
877.
922.
923.
954.
987.
996.
1031.
1060.
1108.
1137.
1180.
1223.
1226.
1270.
1285.
1314.
1316.
1322.
1328.
1350.
1364.
1380.
1422.
-J46L
M483.
1498.
1515.
1547.
1559.
1560.
1574.
1589.
1610.
1643.
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Clotaire IV., of obscure origin, raised by Charles Martel to tha^
throne ; dies soon after ; Chilperic is recalled from Aquitaiue.
Chilperic IL restored; soon dies at Noyon.
Thierry IV., son of Dagobert IIL, surnamed de Chelles; d. 737.
Charles Martel reigns under the new title of "duke of th**
French. ' ^—Henault.
Interregnum, till the death of Charles Martel, in 741. •
Childeric III., son of Chilperic IL, surnamed the Stupid. Car^
loman and Pepin, sons of Charles Martel, share the crown.
THE CARLOVINGIANS.
Pepin the Short, son of Charles Martel; succeeded by his 2;
sons:
Charles the Great (Charlemagne) and Carloman; Chariest-
crowned emperor of the West, by Leo IIL, 800. Carlomaik
reigned but 3 years. Charlemagne d. 28 Jan. 814; age 72.
Louis I., le Debonnaire, emperor; dethroned, but restored.
Charles, surnamed the Bald, king; emperor in 875; poisonecb
by Zedechias, a Jewish physician.
Lo'uis II. , the Stammerer, son of Charles the Bald, king.
Louis III. and Carloman II. ; the former d. 882, and Carlomani
reigned alone.
Charles III., le Gros ; usurps right of Charles the Simple.
Eudes, or Hugh, count of Paris.
Charles III. (or IV.), the Simple; deposed, and died in prison*
in 929; he married Edgiva, daughter of Edward the Elcler^
of England, by whom he had a son, king Louis IV.
Robert brother of Eudes; crowned at Rheims; Charles killed^
him in battle. — Henault.
Rudolph, or Raoul, duke of Burgundy; elected king, but never-
acknowledged by the southern provinces.— f/ewau«.
Louis IV., d'Outremer, or Transmarine, son of Charles III. (or-
IV.), taken by his mother into England, died by fall from^
his horse.
Lothaire, his son; with his father from 952, succeeds him at.
15 years of age, protected by Hugh the Great; poisoned.
Louis v., the Indolent, son of Lothaire; poisoned (supposed!
by his queen, Blanche) ; last of race of Charlemagne.
THE CAPETS.
Hugh Capet, the Great, count of Paris, etc. , eldest son of Hugh-
the Abbot, 3 July ; usurps the rights of Charles of Lorraine,
uncle of Louis Transmarine. From him this race of king*
is called Capevingians and Capetians. He d. 24 Oct
Robert IL, surnamed the Sage; son; died lamented, 20 July:
age 61. **
Henry I., son; d. 29 Aug.
Philip I., the Fair, V Amoureux ; son; succeeded at 8 years ot
age ; ruled at 14 ; d. 3 Aug. ; age 55.
Louis VI., surnamed the Lusty, or le Gros; son; d. 1 Aug..
1137; age 59.
Louis VII. ; son; surnamed the Young; reigned with his fa-
ther for some years; d. l8 Sept 1180; age 60.
Philip II. (Augustus); son; succeeds at 15 ; crowned at Rheimr
in his father's lifetime; d. 14 July, 1223; age 58.
Louis VIII. CoRur de Lion ; son ; d. 8 Nov. 1226 ; age 39.
Louis IX.; son; called St Louis; succeeded at 15, under his-
mother as guardian and regent; died in camp before Tunis-
25 Aug. 1270; age 55.
Philip IIL, the Hardy; son; died at Perpignan, 6 Oct 1285^.
age 40.
Philip IV., the Fair; son; king in his 17th year; d. 29 Nov.
1314; age 47.
Louis X. ; son ; surnamed Hutin, an old word for headstrong,
or mutinous; d. 5 June, 1316; age 27.
John I., posthumous son of Louis X. ; b. 15 Nov. ; d. 19 Nov.
Philip v., the Long (on account of his stature); brother of
Louis; d. 3 Jan. 1322; age 28.
Charles IV., the Handsome; brother; d. 31 Jan. 1328; age 34.
HOUSE OF VALOIS.
Philip VL de Valois, the Fortunate; grandson ot Philip IIL;.
d. 23 Aug. 1350; age 57.
John II. , the Good; son; died suddenly in the Savoy in Lon-
don, 8 Apr.
Charles V., the AVise; son; d. 16 Sept 1380; age 43.
Charles VL, the Beloved; son; d. 21 Oct 1422; age 54.
Charles VIL, the Victorious; son; d. 22 July, 1461; age 58.
Louis XL ; son; able but cruel; d. 30 Aug. 1483; age 60.
Charles VIII. , the Affable; son; d. 7 Apr. 1498; age 28.
Louis XII., duke of Orleans; the Father of his People; great-
grandson of Charles V. ; d. 1 Jan. 1515 ; age 53.
Francis I. of Angoulfime; called the Father of Letters; great-
great-grandson of Charles V. ; d. 31 Mch. 1547 ; age 52.
Henry II. ; son ; died of accidental wound by comte de Mont-
morency at a tournament for nuptials of his sister with the-
duke of Savoy, 10 July, 1.559; age 40.
Francis II. ; son; married Mary Stuart, queen of Scots; d. 5
Dec. 1560; age 17.
Charles IX.; brother; Catherine de' Medici, his mother, re-
gent; d. 30 May, 1574; age 24.
Henry III. ; brother; elected king of Poland; last of the house-
of Valois; stabbed by Jacques Clement, a Dominican friar,.
1 Aug. ; d. 2 Aug. 1589; age 38.
HOUSE OF BOURBON.
Henry IV., the Great, of Bourbon, king of Navarre; son-in-law
of Henry II. ; assassinated by Francis Ravaillac, 14 May,
1610; age 57.
Louis XIII. , the Just; son; d. 14 May, 1643; age 42.
Louis XIV., the Great, Dievdonne ; son; d. 1 Sept 1715; age 77.
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1715. Louis XV., the Well-beloved; great-grandson; d. 20 May, 1774;
age 64.
1774. Louis XVL, his grandson; ascended the throne in his 20th
year; married the archduchess Marie Antoinette, of Austria,
May, 1770; dethroned, 14 July, 1789; guillotined, 21 Jan.
1793; age 39; and his queen, 16 Oct. following.
[Louis was executed Monday, 21 Jan. 1793, at 8 o'clock
A.M. On the scaffold he said, "Frenchmen, I die innocent of
the offences imputed to me. I pardon all my enemies,
and I implore of Heaven that my beloved France—" At
this instant Santerre ordered the drums to beat, and the
executioners to perform their office. When the guillotine
descended, the priest exclaimed, "Sonof St. Louis! ascend
to heaven." The head was held up, and a few shouted,
^'VivelaRepubliquef^ The body was interred, the grave
immediately filled with quicklime, and a guard set until
it should be consumed.]
1793. Louis XVII., son of Louis XVL, never reigned, but died in
prison, supposed by poison, 8 June, 1795, aged 10 years 2
months. Owing to the uncertainty of his death quite a
number of Impostors have laid claim to being Louis XVII. ,
or his son. It has been asserted that he escaped to Eng-
land, and lived there as Augustus Meves. Even as late as
1874 one Naundorf claimed to be Albert de Bourbon, son of
Louis XVII., and with Jules Favre as counsel, he brought
his claim to trial. Verdict strongly against his claim, 27
Feb. 1874. Williams, Eleazer.
FIRST REPUBLIC.
1792. National Convention (750 members), first sitting, 21 Sept.
1795. Directory (Lareveill^re-L^paux, Letourneur, Rewbell, Barras,
and Carnot) nominated 1 Nov. ; abolished, and Bonaparte,
Duces, and SieySs appointed an executive commission, Nov.
1799.
1799. Consulate; Napoleon Bonaparte, Cambaceres, and Lebrun ap-
pointed consuls, 24 Dec. Napoleon appointed consul for 10
years, 6 May, 1802; for life, 2 Aug. 1802.
FIRST EMPIRK. (BONAPARTE FAMILY.)
[Established by the senate 18 May, 1804.]
1804. Napoleon (Bonaparte) I. ; b. 15 Aug. 1769. He married,
1st, Josephine, widow of Alexis, vicomte de Beauharnais, 8
Mch. 1796 (who was divorced IG Dec. 1809; d. 29 May, 1814).
2d, Maria Louisa of Austria, 2 Apr. 1810 (d. 17 Dec. 1847). Son,
Napoleon Joseph, duke of Reichstadt; b. 20 Mch. 1811; d.
22 July, 1832.
He renounced the thrones of France and Italy, and accepted
the isle of Elba for his retreat, 5 Apr. 1814.
Again appeared in France, 1 Mch. 1815.
Was defeated at Waterloo, 18 June, 1815.
Abdicated in favor of his infant son, 22 June, 1815. Banished
to St. Helena, where he d. 5 May, 1821; age 52. France,
1840.
BOURBONS RESTORED.
1814. Louis XVIII. (comte de Provence), brother of Louis XVI. ; b.
17 Nov. 1755; married Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy;
entered Paris, and took possession of the throne, 3 May,
1814; obliged to flee, 20 Mch. 1815; returned 8 July, same
year; died without issue, 6 Sept. 1824; age 69.
1824. Charles X. (comte d'Artois), his brother; b. 9 Oct. 1757; mar-
' ried Marie TherSse of Savoy; deposed 30 July, 1830. He
resided in Britain till 1832, and died at Gratz, in Hungary,
6 Nov. 1836; age 79.
Heir : Henry, due de Bordeaux, called comte de Charabord,
son of duo de Berry; b. 29 Sept. 1820; married princess
Theresa of Modena, Nov. 1846; no issue; styled himself
Henri V. ; d. 24 Aug. 1883; age 63. Fra.\ce, 1870 et seq.
HOUSE OF ORLEANS. (ORLEANS.)
1830. Louis Philippe, son of Louis Philippe, duke of Orleans, called
Egalite, descended from Philippe, duke of Orleans, son of
Louis XIII.; b. 6 Oct. 1773; married 25 Nov. 1809, Maria
Amelia, daughter of Ferdinand I. (IV.), king of the 2 Sicilies
(d. 24 Mch. 1866). Raised to the throne as the king of the
French, 9 Aug. 1830; abdicated 24 Feb. 1848. Died in exile,
in England, 26 Aug. 1850; age 77.
Heir: Louis Philippe, count of Paris; b. 24 Aug. 1838 ; d. 8
Sept. 1894.
SECOND REPUBLIC, 1848.
Revolution began in a popular insurrection at Paris, 22 Feb. 1848.
The royal family escaped to England, a provisional government
was established, monarchy abolished, and a republic declared.
Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, declared by the National Assem-
bly (19 Dec.) president of the republic of France; and proclaimed
next day, 20 Dec. ; elected for 10 years, 22 Dec. 1851.
FRENCH EMPIRE REVIVED. (BONAPARTE FAMILY.)
[1821. Napoleon II. (so termed by decree of Napoleon III. on acces-
sion). Napoleon Joseph, son of Napoleon I. and Maria Lou-
isa, archduchess of Austria; b. 20 Mch. 1811; created king
of Rome. At his father's abdication he was made duke of
Reichstadt, in Austria; died at SchOnbrunn, 22 July, 1832;
age 21.]
1852. Napoleon III., president of French republic, elected emperor,
21, 22 Nov. 18.52; proclaimed 2 Dec. 1852; surrendered to
king of Prussia at Sedan, 2 .Sept. 1870; deposed at Paris, 4
Sept. ; arrives at WilhelmshOhe, near Cassel, 5 Sept. ; depo-
sition confirmed by National Assembly, 1 Mch. ; he protested
against it, 6 Mch. 1871; died at Chiselhurst, England, 9 Jan.
1873 ; buried there 15 Jan. ; age 65.
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Empress: Eugenie Marie (a Spaniard, countess of T^ba); b. 5
May, 1826; married 29 Jan. 1853.
Heir : Napoleon Eugfene Louis Jean Joseph, son ; styled Na-
poleon IV.; b. 16 Mch. 1856; killed in Zululand, 1 June,
1879; buried beside his father at Chiselhurst (prince of
Wales and other princes present), 12 July, 1879. Wills.
At the celebration of the fete Napoleon, 15 Aug. 1873, the
prince declared the policy of his family to be "Everything
by the people, for the people. ' '
[On 18 Dec. 1852, the succession, in default of issue frora
the emperor, was determined in favor of prince Jerome Na-
poleon and his heirs male.] France, 1883-91.
THIRD REPUBLIC.
I. Louis Adolphe Thiers (b. 16 Apr. 1797) appointed chief of the ex-
ecutive, 17 Feb., and president of the republic, 31 Aug. 1871; re-
signed, 24 May, 1873; d. 3 Sept. 1877; age 80.
II. Marshal M. E. Patrice Maurice MacMahon, due de Magenta (b 1.^
July, 1808), elected president, 24 May; nominated for 7 years, 20-
Nov. 1873 ; d. 17 Oct. 1893.
IIL Franpois Paul Jules Grgvy (b. 15 Aug. 1813); elected 30 Jan.
1879; d. 9 Sept. 189L
IV. Marie Francois Sadi Carnot (b. 11 Aug. 1837), elected 3 Dec. 1887.
France, Isle of. Mauritius.
Frandie-Comte (fransh-con-fa't/), a province in up-
per Burgundy, E. France, was conquered by Julius Caesar, about
45 B.C. ; by Burgundians, early in the 5th century a,d. ; and by
Franks about 534. It was made a county for Hugh the Black
in 915, and named, because taken from Renaud III. (1127-48)
and restored to him. By marrying the count's daughter Be-
atrice, the emperor Frederick I. acquired it, 1156. Their de-
scendant, Mary of Burgundy, marrying the archduke Maxi-
milian, conveyed it to the house of Austria, 1477. It was
conquered by the French, 1668 ; restored by treaty of Aix-la-
Chapelle, 2 May, 1668; again conquered; and annexed to
France by treaty, 1678.
francllise. A privilege or exemption from ordinary
jurisdiction ; anciently an asylum or sanctuary for the person.
In Spain, churches and monasteries were, until lately, fran-
chises for criminals, as formerlj' in England. Sanctuaries,
In 1429, the elective franchise, or right to vote for rulers and
magistrates, for counties in England, was restricted to resi-
dents having at least 40s. a year in land. The elective fran-
chise is conferred upon male citizens in each of the United
States, with certain conditions of previous residence, at the
age of 21 3'ear8. Women possess it only in Wyoming, and in
some states at school elections. Woman's suffrage. The
conditions of the franchise vary slightly in the different states.
For instance, in Vermont deserters from the U. S. army or
navy during the civil war and ex-confederates are excluded
from voting. In New York and Wyoming no man can vote
at any election on the result of which he has a bet. Residents^
of the District of Columbia cannot vote for president of the
U. S. District of Columbia.
Franciscans. Gray or Minor Friars, an order founded
by St. Francis d'Assisi about 1209. Their rules were chastity^
poverty, obedience, and an austere regimen. About 1220 they
appeared in England, where, at the dissolution of monasteries
by Henry VIII., they had 65 abbej'S or other houses, 1536-88.
Francis's assault on the queen. John Francis, a
youth, fired a pistol at queen Victoria as she passed down
Constitution hill, London, in an open barouche, accompanied
by prince Albert, 30 May, 1842. The queen was uninjured.
Warned of an attack, the queen had forbidden the ladies of
her court to attend her. Francis was condemned to death, 17
June, following, but was transported for life, and liberated oa
ticket-of-leave in 1867.
Franco'nia or Frank'enland (on the Maine),
formerlj- a circle of the German empire, part of Thuringia, was
conquered by Thierry, king of the Franks, 530, and colonized.
Its count or duke, Conrad, was elected king of Germany, 912 ;.
and was ancestor of emperor Conrad III., elected 1138, and
another duke. Franconia was made a distinct circle from
Thuringia in 1512. At its subdivision in 1806 various Ger-
man princes obtained parts ; but in 1814 the largest share fell
to Bavaria.
Franco-Prussian war originated in the French
emperor's jealousy of the growing power of Prussia, by the
defeat of Denmark in 1864, and of Austria in 1866. These
successes destroyed the German confederation, and led to the:
North German confederation under the control of the king of
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Prussia, who acquired besides Hanover, llesse-Cassel, Nassau,
Frankfort, and other provinces. This aggrandizement of
Prussia was largely due to the policy of count Bismarck-
^houhausen, prinae-miuister from Sept. 1862.
In a draught treaty, secretly proposed to Prussia by Napoleon III.
in 1866: " 1. The emperor recognizes the acquisitioua which
Prussia has made in the last war; 2. The king of Prussia
promises to facilitate the acquisition of Luxembourg by
France; 3. The emperor will not oppose a federal uuiou oi
the northern and southern states of Germany, excluding
Austria; 4. The king of Prussia, in case the emperor should
■enter or conquer Belgium, will support him in arms against
any opposing power; 6. They enter into an alliance offensive
and defensive. ' '
[This draught appeared in the London Times, 25 July, 1870.
After discussion, its authenticity was admitted ; Bismarck as-
serting that it emanated from the French emperor, and had
never been seriously entertained by himself]
In Mch. 1867, a dispute arose, the French emperor, seeking to
purchase Luxembourg from the king of Holland, was opposed
by Prussia; the province had formed part of the German
confederation. At a conference of representatives of the great
powers in London, the neutrality of Luxembourg was de-
termined, with the withdrawal of the Prussian garrison and
the destruction of the fortifications 7-11 May, 1867
Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (connected with
the Prussian dynasty, and brother of Charles, prince of Rou-
mania), a candidate for the throne of Spain 4 July, 1870
Remonstrances by France; threatening speeches in the cham-
ber by due de Grammont, foreign minister; after negotiation
and intervention of Great Britain, prince Leopold, with the
consent of his sovereign, declined the crown 12 July, "
France, not satisfied, demanded a pledge that the candidacy
should not be renewed. This irritated Prussia and ended the
negotiations, the king refusing to receive the count Benedetti,
the French minister 13 July, "
Fruitless efforts to avert war by earl Granville, British foreign
minister about 15 July, "
War announced by the emperor, the great majority of cham-
bers approving; Lefts, or Republicans, opposing. M. Thiers
and a few others protested against it as premature. . . 15 July, "
[After Sedan the emperor told Bismarck that he was forced
into war by public opinion. He was deceived as to the
strength of his army and its preparation.]
[" The greatest national crime that w^e have had the pain
of recording since the days of the first French revolution
has been consummated. War is declared — an uiyust but
premeditated war."— London Times, 16 July, 1871.]
[For details of battles, see separate articles.]
French army, about 300,000:
Ist corps, under marshal MacMahon.
2d corps, under gen. Frossard.
3d corps, under marshal Bazaine.
4th corps, under gen. Ladmirault.
6th corps, under gen. de Failly.
6th corps, under marshal Canrobert.
Imperial guard, under gen. Bourbaki.
Commander-in-chief, the emperor; gen. le Boeuf, second;
succeeded by marshal Bazaine.
J*russian army, about 640,000:
1. Northern, under gen. Vogel von Falckenstein, about 220,-
000, defending the Elbe, Hanover, etc.
2. Right, under prince Frederick Charles, about 180,000.
8. Centre, under gens, von Bittenfeld and von Steinmetz,
about 80.000.
4. Left, under crown-prince of Prussia, about 166,000.
Commander-in-chief, king William; second, gen. von Moltke.
north German army, Aug., contained: 1st, 550,000 line, with
1200 guns and 53,000 cavalry; 2d, 187,000 reserve, with 234
guns and 18,000 cavalry ; and 3d, 205,000 landwehr, or militia,
with 10,000 cavalry ; in all 944,000 men, with 1680 mobilized
guns and 193.000 horses.
JLdd to these the Bavarians, 69,000 line, with 192 guns and
14,800 horses— 25,000 reserve with 2400 horses, and 22,000
landwehr; Wurtembergers— 22,000 line, with 54 guns and
6200 horses, 6500 reserve, and 6000 landwehr ; and Badenese
—16,000 line, with 54 guns, 4000 reserve, and 9600 landwehr.
Total of German troops, 1,124,000. Aug. "
Four weeks sooner, on peace footmg, there were only 360,000.
Both French and German soldiers were brave and efficient; but
the French generals acted largely upon impulse. The Ger-
mans had usually a well-matured plan, massing forces at crit-
cal points. From Saarbriitk to Sedan, Moltke's plans were
ably carried out.
"Causes of the ruin of the French army were: " (1) superiority
of the Germans in numbers; (2) unity of their command and
concert of operation; (3) their superior mechanism in equip-
ment and supplies; (4) superior intelligence, steadiness, and
discipline of the soldiers; (5) superior education of the officers,
and the dash and intelligence of the ca.va.lry.^^— Quarterly
Review.
Estimated cost of the war to France, 9,885,000,000 francs. .Jan. 1875
War resolved on by France, 15 July ; declaration delivered at
Berlin 19 July, 1870
North German parliament meet at Berlin, and engage to sup-
port Prussia in the war 19 July, "
WQrtemberg, Bavaria, Baden, and Hesse-Darmstadt declare
war against France, and send forces 20 July, "
War proclamation of emperor Napoleon 23 July, 1870
Part of bridge at Kehl blown up by Prussians " "
Prodiimation of king promising, as results of the war, a durable
peace and the liberty and unity of Germany 25 July, "
Napoleon joins the army; at Metz assumes command and
proclaims that the war will bo long and severe. .28, 29 July, "
King of Prussia proclaims amnesty for political offences, 31 July, "
French government announce that "they make war, not
against Germany, but against Prussia, or rather against the
policy of count Bismarck " 2 Aug. "
French under Frossard bombard SaarbrQck ; emperor aud his
sou present; Prussians dislodged, with little loss 2 Aug. "
King leaves Berlin for the army, 1 Aug., and announces that
"all Germany stands united in arms " 3 Aug. "
Crown prince crosses the Lauter into France, and defeats
Frossard, storming the lines of Wissembourg and Geisburg;
gen. Douay killed 4 Aug. "
Battle of Woerth; crown-prince defeats MacMahon's army of
Rhino; they retire to Saverne to cover Nancy 6 Aug. "
Battle of Forbach; SaarbrQck recaptured, and Forbach (in
France) taken by gens, von GOben and von Steinmetz; the
French retreat 6 Aug. "
Germans occupy Forbach, Haguenau, and Saarguemines, 7 Aug. "
Bazaine appointed to command at Metz (about 130,000 men);
MacMahon has about 50,000 near Saverne; Canrobert about
50,000 near Nancy '. 8 Aug. "
Bombardment of Strasburg begun 14 Aug. "
Emperor retires to Verdun " "
Bazaine defeated in several sanguinary battles before Metz:
1. Battle of Courcelles (Pange, or Longeville) by Von Stein-
metz and the 1st army 14 Aug. "
2. Battle of Vionville, or Mars-la Tour, by prince Frederick
Charles and the 2d army 16 Aug. "
3. Battle of Gravelotte by king's combined armies. . .18 Aug. "
MacMahon reaches Chalons, 16 Aug.; joined by emperor; his
army between 130,000 and 150,000 20 Aug. "
MacMahon's army of the Rhine retreats; Prussians under king
and crown-prince advance; prince Frederick Charles op-
posed to Bazaine at Metz (German armies in France about
500,000; French armies about 300,000; communications be-
tween Bazaine and MacMahon difficult).. . . about 20 Aug. "
MacMahon at Rheims with shattered corps of Failly and Can-
robert ; starts to join Bazaine, 23 Aug. ; crown - prince and
prince of Saxony pursue, 23 Aug. ; march upon Chalons,
24 Aug. "
Three armies of reserve formed in Germany, and a 4th army,
under crown-prince of Saxony, to co-operate with crown-
prince of Prussia against Paris 26 Aug. **
Two German armies (220,000) marching on Paris 28 Aug. "
Continued retreat of MacMahon's army; severe fighting at
Dun, Stenay, and Mouzon 28 Aug. "
MacMahon, with about 150,000, and the emperor retreat
northwards; part of army under De Failly, surprised and de-
feated near Beaumont, between Mouzon and Moulins ; French
beaten in several engagements during the day 30 Aug. "
Germans enter Carignan; attack French in plain of Douzy;
after a repulse, drive them to Sedan 31 Aug. "
Bazaine striving to escape,driven back into Metz. 31 Aug.,1 Sept. "
Battle round Sedan; began at 4 a.m. between Sedan and Douzy;
French at first successful ; after a severe struggle Germans
victorious; MacMahon wounded, 5.30 p.m. ; gen. de Wimpften
refuses terms offered by king of Prussia 1 Sept. "
Sedan and MacMahon's army capitulate; emperor surrenders
to the king (Sedan) 2 Sept. "
Revolution at Paris; republic proclaimed (France). .. .4 Sept. "
Gen. Vinoy and a corps sent too late to aid MacMahon; retreat
and arrive in Paris 6, 7 Sept. "
Siege of Paris begun ; ingress and egress prohibited without a
permit 15 Sept. "
Three French divisions under gen. Vinoy attack Germans on
heights of Sceaux; repulsed with loss of 7 guns and 2500
prisoners; defeat attributed to disorder of Zouaves; national
guard behave well 19 Sept. "
Bismarck consents to receive Jules Favre (about 16 Sept.);
they meet at Chateau de la Haute Maison. 19 Sept. ; and at
king's headquarters, Ferri^res, near Lagny 20 Sept. '*
Versailles surrenders, 19 Sept. ; entered by crown-prince of
Prussia 20 Sept. ««
Jules Favre reports his interviews with Bismarck: Prussia de-
mands cession of departments of upper and lower Rhine and
part of Moselle, with Metz, Chateau Salins, and Soissons;
would grant an armistice w^hile a French constituent assem-
bly might meet; French to surrender Strasburg, Toul, and
Verdun (or Phalsburg, according to Favre). and Mont Va-
Idrien if assembly meet at Paris; terms rejected 21 Sept. "
Gen. von Steinmetz sent to Posen as governor-general; prince
Frederick Charles commands before Metz 21 Sept. "
Levee en masse of men under 25 in France 23 Sept. '*
Desperate ineffective sallies from Metz 23, 24, 27 Sept. "
All departments of the Seine and Marne occupied by Germans,
26 Sept. «*
Iron cross given by crown-prince of Prussia to more than 30
soldiers under statue of Louis XIV. at Versailles 26 Sept. "
Capitulation of Strasburg, 27 Sept. ; formal surrender,
28 Sept. "
Sortie of gen. Vinoy's army (at Paris) ; repulsed, after 2 hours'
fighting — crown-prince present; above 200 prisoners taken;
gen. Giulham killed 30 Sept. "
Circular from Bismarck, disclaiming any intention of reducing
France to a second-rate power 1 Oct. **
Gen. Burnside, U. S. A., visits M. Favre " *'
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M Thiers's fruitless visit to Vienna, 23 Sept. ; to St. Petersburg,
27 Sept. ; dined with the czar 2 Oct. :
II Fuvre, in the name of the diplomatic body, requests Bis-
marck to give notice before bombarding Paris, and to allow
a weekly courier; count declines both requests, but permits
passage of open letters; reported 3 Oct.
Battle of Thoury; van of gen. Reyan's army of Loire under
gen. la Motte Rouge, defeats Germans between Chaussy
and Thoury, and captures prisoners and cattle 5 Oct.
M. Thiers's mission to foreign courts reported abortive. .6 Oct.
Part of army of Lyons, under gen. Dupr^, defeated by Badenese
under gen. von Gegenfeld near St. Remy; French loss about
1500, and 660 prisoners; German loss about 430 6 Oct.
Gen. Buruside leaves Paris to meet Bismarck. 7 Oct.
<Jreat sortie from Metz; Germans surprised; 40,000 French en-
gaged; repulsed after severe conflicts; French loss about
2000; German about 600 7 Oct.
M. Thiers again at Vienna 8 Oct.
■Garibaldi arrives at Tours; enthusiastically received; reviews
national guard at Tours 9 Oct.
Russia, Great Britain, and Spain refuse mediation 10 Oct.
Prussian circular to European powers regretting obstinate re-
sistance of French government to peace, and foretelling so-
cial disorganization and starvation 10 Oct.
AhWs, near Paris, burned for alleged treachery (killing sleeping
soldiers) 10 Oct.
•Gambetta escapes from Paris by a balloon, 7 Oct. ; proclaims at
Tours that Paris has 560,000 troops ; that cannon are cast
daily, and that women are making cartridges; demands co-
operation in war 10 OcL
Part of army of Loire defeated at Arthenay, near Orleans, by
Bavarians under Von der Tann; 2000 prisoners taken. 10 Oct.
First three shots fired at Paris 11 Oct.
Orleans captured by gen. von der Tann, after 9 hours' fighting;
army of Loire, defeated, retires behind the Loire 11 Oct.
■Gen. Bourbaki accepts command at Tours; gen. la Motte Rouge
superseded in command of army of the Loire by gen. d'Au-
relle de Paladines 12 Oct.
•Garibaldi appointed commander of French irregulars. . . "
St. Cloud fired on by French and burned 13, 14 Oct.
Emperor Napoleon declares that "there can be no prospect of
peace, on the basis of ceding to Prussia a single foot of French
territory ; and no government in France can attach its sig-
■ nature to such a treaty and remain in power a day " . 17 Oct.
Circular of Jules Favre asserting that Prussia " coldly and
systematically pursues her task -of annihilating us. France
has now no illusions left. For her it is now a question of
existence. . . . We prefer our present sufferings, our perils,
and our sacrifices to the consequences of the inflexible and
cruel ambition of our enemy. France needed, perhaps, to
pass through a supreme trial— she will issue from it trans-
figured." 18 Oct.
British government (supported by neutral powers) asks an ar-
mistice to elect a national assembly 21 Oct.
Reported failure of suggestions for an armistice, Prussia de-
manding consent of France to cession of territory 24 Oct.
Gambetta informs mayors of towns that " resistance is more
than ever the order of the day " 24 Oct.
Reported negotiations for surrender of Metz "
Thiers undertakes mission for an armistice about "
Bazaine surrenders Metz and his army, "conquered by fam-
ine " (Franck. Oct. -Dec. 1873; Metz) 27 Oct.
Safe-conduct to Thiers to enter Paris for negotiation. . .28 Oct.
Bismarck to earl Granville, expresses desire for a French na-
tional assembly to consider terms of peace; but overtures
must come from the French 28 Oct.
Gen. von Moltke created a count on his 70th birthday. . "
Thiers enters Paris 30 Oct.
Thiers receives powers from French defence government to
treat for armistice, and meets Bismarck 31 Oct., 1 Nov.
Bismarck ofl"ers armistice of 25 days for election of a French
national assembly 3 Nov.
Favre declares to the national guard that the government has
sworn not to yield an inch of territory, and will remain faith-
ful to this engagement 3 Nov.
Failure of negotiation, as Bismarck will not permit food to ea-
ter Paris during the armistice without any military equiva-
lent; Thiers ordered to break off" negotiation 6 Nov.
Permission for election of a French national assembly declined
by French government 7 Nov.
Orders that no one shall enter or quit Paris "
Oapitulation of Verdun 8 Nov.
Germans, under gen. von der Tann, defeated between Coul-
miers and Baccon, near Orleans, retire to Thoury 9 Nov.
Goutinued fighting; Orleans retaken by gen. d'Aurelle de Pala-
dines; French losses, 2000; German, about 700 and 2000
prisoners 10 Nov.
Armies in central France now under prince Frederick Charles
and the grand-duke of Mecklenburg 14 Nov.
<rrand-duke of Mecklenburg repulses army of Loire, near Dreux,
which is captured by Von Treskow 17 Nov.
iParis engirdled with a second line of investment 20 Nov.
Manteufl'el defeats French army of north, between Villers-
Bretonneux and Soleur, near Amiens 27 Nov.
.Amiens occupied by Von GOben after a battle 28 Nov.
■Severe engagement near Beaune la Rolande (Loiret) between
part of army of Loire, under D'Aurelle de Paladines, and the
Germans under Voigts-Rhetz ; prince Frederick Charles ar-
rives and turns the day ; French retire 28 Nov.
De K^ratry resigns, accusing Gambetta of misconduct, 28
Nov. ; Bourbaki appointed to an army corps 29 Nov.
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Fruitless endeavors of army in Paris and army of the Loire to
unite 29 Nov.-4 Dec. 1870
Great sortie of 120,000, under gens. Trochu and Ducrot, who
cross the Marne ; severest conflict between Champigny-sur-
Marne, Brie-sur-Marne, and Villiers-sur-Marne; French re-
tain ground gained, but advance is checked; (chiefly Saxons
and Wurtembergers engaged) 30 Nov. "
Contest resumed at Avron; Germans retake Champigny and
Brie; French retreat 2 Dec. "
Army of the Loire; Chanzy defeated by grand-duke of Meck-
lenburg at Bazoche-des-Hautes, 2 Dec. ; near Chevilly (French
call the affair indecisive) 3 Dec. "
Gen. d'Aurelle de Paladines intrenched before Orleans ; pro-
poses to retreat; government opposes him, but yields; he
determines to await attack ; part of his army defeated by
prince Frederick Charles and grand-duke of Mecklenburg;
he retreats with 100,000 men; Orleans threatened with bom-
bardment; surrenders at midnight 4 Dec. "
Ten thousand prisoners, 77 guns, and 4 gunboats captured at
Orleans , 5 Dec. "
Rouen occupied by Manteuflel 6 Dec. "
General order of king of Prussia, "We enter on a new phase
of the war. . . . Every attempt to break through the invest-
ment or relieve Paris has failed " 6 Dec. **
Grand-duke of Mecklenburg attacks gen. Chanzy and army of
Loire near Beaugeucy; indecisive, 7 Dec. ; the Germans vic-
torious, taking 1100 prisoners and 6 guns, and occupying
Beaugency, but with severe loss 8 Dec. "
Gen. Manteuffel's army : part occupies Evreux, and marches to
Cherbourg; part to Havre 8 Dec. *'
Whole army of the Loire engaged, under gen. Chanzy and
others ; it retreats, but obstinately resists 5-10 Dec. "
Brilliant action by Chanzy • 11 Dec. "
Delegate government transferred from Tours to Bordeaux;
Gambetta remains with army of Loire 11 Dec. "
Vigorous sortie from Paris repulsed— artillery action. .21 Dec. "
Tours partly shelled ; submits, but not occupied by Germans,
21 Dec. "
Seven hours' battle at Pont h Noyelles between ManteufTel and
army of north under Faidherbe; both claim victory; Faid-
herbe retreats 23 Dec. "
Mont Avron, fort near Paris, after a day's bombardment, aban-
doned and occupied by Germans 29 Dec. "
Severe battles near Bapaume, between army of the north un-
der Faidherbe and Germans under Manteuflfel and Von GO-
ben; victory claimed by both; French retreat 2, 3 Jan. 1871
Bombardment of eastern front of Paris and of southern forts,
4 Jan. ; forts Issy and Vanves silenced 6 Jan. "
Bombardment of Paris, buildings injured, and people killed;
France appeals to foreign powers 9, 10 Jan. "
Chanzy retreating; defeated near Le Mans by prince Frederick
Charles and grand-duke of Mecklenburg 11 Jan. *'
Prince Frederick Charles enters Le Mans after 6 days' fighting
(about 20,000 French prisoners ; German loss about 3400),
12 Jan. "
Vigorous sorties from Paris repulsed 13 Jan. "
Chanzy retreating, 14 Jan. ; defeated near Vosges. . .15, 16 Jan. "
St. Quentin recaptured by Isnard, under Faidherbe " "
Bourbaki defeated near Belfort after 3 days' fighting, 15-17
Jan. ; retreats south 18 Jan. "
Grand-duke of Mecklenburg enters Alenfon 17 Jan. "
Bombardment of Longwy begun " "
Faidherbe defeated near St. Quentin, after 7 hours' fighting, by
Von GOben; 4000 prisoners taken 19 Jan. "
Great sortie from Paris of Trochu and 100,000 men, repulsed
with loss of about 1000 dead and 5000 wounded 19 Jan. •'
Armistice for 2 days at Paris refused 22 Jan. '*
Bombardment of St. Denis and Cambrai " "
Resignation of Trochu ; Vinoy, governor of Paris 23, 24 Jan. "
Favre opens negotiations with Bismarck " •'
Longwy capitulates; 4000 prisoners, 200 guns 25 JarL •'
Letter from M. Guizot to Mr. Gladstone proposing demolition
of fortresses on both sides of Rhine; and maintenance of
balance of power by congresses ; pub 26 Jan. '*
Capitulation of Paris; armistice for 21 days signed by count
Bismarck and Jules Favre 28 Jan. "
Forts round Paris occupied by the Germans 29 Jan. "
Advance of German troops into France suspended 30 Jan. "
Bourbaki with about 80,000 men driven by Manteuffel into
Switzerland, near Pontarlier, about 6000 captured, 30 Jan.,
1 Feb. "
French loss about 350,000 men, 800 guns up to Jan. "
Dijon occupied by Germans 1 Feb. "
Belfort capitulates with military honors 13 Feb. "
Negotiations for peace, Thiers and Bismarck 22-24 Feb. *«
Preliminaries of a treaty accepted by Thiers, Favre, and 15
delegates from National Assembly: France to cede parts of
Lorraine, including Metz and Thionville, and Alsace less
Belfort ; and pay 5,000,000,000 francs, 25 Feb. ; signed 26 Feb. ;
accepted by National Assembly 1 Mch. "
[German loss in battles throughout the war: killed or died
soon after, 17,570; died of wounds eventually, 10,707; total
killed and wounded, 127,867.]
Gorman troops enter Paris and remain 48 hours 1-3 Mch. "
They quit Versailles 12 Mch. **
Conference for peace open at Brussels 28 Mch. ♦*
Treaty of peace signed at Frankfort-on-the-Main, 10 May; rati-
fied by French National Assembly 18 May, "
frailC§-tireur8 (fj-ang-tee-rurr', free-shooters), armed
men unattached to any body of regular troops, guerillas, ac-
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tive in the Franco- Prussian war from about 14 Aug. 1870 ; espe-
cially after the surrender of MacMahon's arnoy at Sedan, 2 Sept.
Frankenliausen, N. Germany. Near this place
Philip, landgrave of Hesse, and allies defeated insurgent
peasant, headed by Munzer the anabaptist, 15 May, 1525.
Frankfort -on -the -Haiti, a city of central
Germany, founded in the 5th century ; was the residence of
Charlemagne in 794; walled by Louis I., 838; a capital city,
843; an imperial city, 1245.
Union of Frankfort: treaty between France. Sweden, Prussia,
and other German stJites led to war with Austria 22 May, 1744
Frankfort captured by French by surprise 2 Jan. 1759
Captured by Custine, 28 Oct. ; retaken by Prussians 2 Doc. 1792
Bombarded by French ; surrendered to Kleber 16 July, 1796
Made part of confederation of the Rhine 1806
A grand-duchy under Carl von Dalberg 1810
Republic restored ; made capital of German confederation 1815
Vain attempts at insurrection by students Apr. 1833, May, 1834
Frankfort diet publish a federative constitution 30 Mch. 1848
Plenipotentiaries of Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, Wiir-
temberg, Mecklenburg, etc., here constitute council of the
German diet 1 Sept. 1860
German sovereigns (except king of Prussia) meet at Frankfort
/at Invitation of emperor of Austria), to consider federal re-
form, 17 Aug. ; plan not accepted by Prussia 22 Sept. 1863
Meeting of diet of German confederation ; condemn treaty of
Gastein 1 Oct. 1865
Diet adopts the Austrian motion, that Prussia has broken the
treaty; Prussian representative declares the confederation
at an end, and proposes a new confederation 14 June, 1866
Entered by the Prussians, who exact heavy supplies. . . 16 July, "
Annexed to Prussia by law of 20 Sept. ; promulgated at Frank-
fort (the legislative corps and 15,000 citizens protest). 8 Oct. "
Visited by king of Prussia; cathedral of St. Bartholomew
(founded 1315, completed 1512). burned 14, 15 Aug. 1867
Frankfort supported Prussia in the war July. 1870
Peace between France and Germany signed here .10 May, 1871
Pop. in Dec. 1867, 78,277; in 1890, 179,985. Germaxy.
Frankfort-on-the-Oder, a city of N. Germany,
a member of the Hanseatic league; suffered much from ma-
rauders in the middle ages and in the Thirty Years' war. The
university was founded in 1506, and incorporated with that of
Breslau in 1811. Near Frankfort, 12 Aug. 1759, Frederick of
Prussia was defeated by the Russians and Austrians. Pop.
in 1890, 55,738. Cunnersdorf.
fi*ankm^ letters, sending letters free of postage,
right claimed by members of Parliament about 1660. In
England the privilege was restricted in 1839, and abolished
under uniform penny postage, 10 Jan. 1840. Queen Victoria
was among the first to relinquish the privilege. The franking
privilege in the United States formerly belonged to the presi-
dent during life, and to senators and members of Congress
during their terms of office. It was abolished July 1, 1873 ;
but certain mail matter on public business may be sent free in
" penalty envelopes."
Frankland, State of. After North Carolina ceded to
the United States her western territory, the people of east
Tennessee, thus disposed of without their consent, met in
convention at Jonesborough in 1784, to form an indepen-
dent state. And although North Carolina repealed the act
of cession, and erected the Tennessee counties into a separate
judicial and military district with a supreme court and briga-
dier-general of their own, a second convention assembled at
Jonesborough and organized an independent government un-
der the name of Frankland. The provisional organization was
based on that of North Carolina — a permanent constitution to
be framed the next year. Under the provisional arrangement
an assembly met ; John Sevier was chosen governor, laws were
passed, courts were constituted, new counties were erected,
and the government of North Carolina was notified that the
people of the state of Frankland had declared themselves in-
dependent of North Carolina, and were no longer under her
jurisdiction. To this North Carolina objected. In the mean-
while disputes upon the constitution divided the convention,
while a third party, in favor of adhering to North Carolina,
appeared. The convention of the new state delegated William
Cocke to Congress, with a memorial asking admission into
the Union. But he met with no encouragement. The party
adhering to North Carolina rallied, and in the spring of 1786
elections were held in all counties for members of its assem-
bly. The state of Frankland also held elections, and thus 2
sets of officers claimed authority, threatening civil war. Vir-
ginia became interested, as one of her counties, Washington,
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adjoining the state of Frankland, looked to a union with it^
this alarmed the Virginia assembly, which passed a resolution
making it treason to attempt to erect a new state in her ter-
ritory without permission of the assemblj'. The state gov-
ernment of Frankland continued to maintain a quasi exist-
ence throughout the year 1787, under frequent collisions with
the North Carolina government, which constantly grew strong-
er, until, in May, 1788, Sevier, the leader of the new state
party (afterwards first governor of the state of Tennessee),
fled, and with his flight the state of Frankland expired. A
few weeks after, a supreme court of North Carolina, was lield
at Greeneville without interruption. Among attorneys then
admitted to practice was Andrew Jackson.
ft*anklin, the English freeholder in the middle ages.
See "The Franklin's Tale" in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales'^
(written about 1364).
Franklin, Battle of. Gen. Sherman confided to gen,
Geo. H. Thomas, 28 Sept. 1864, the defence of Tennessee with
unlimited discretion. He also detached gen. Stanley with
the 4th corps, and gen. Schofield with the 23d and most of
the cavalry under gen. Wilson, from his command, to report
to Thomas at Nashville. Gen. A. J. Smith, from west of the
Mississippi, was also ordered to report to him. All this wa»
done to meet the threatened advance of the confederate gen.
Hood upon Nashville. Hood crossed the Tennessee river afr
Florence with about 35,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalrj', on
29 Oct. 1864. On 17 Nov., having learned that Sherman had
gone south from Atlanta, he left the Tennessee and started
northward towards Nashville. His army was formed in 3
corps, under maj.-gen. B. F. Cheatham, lieut.-gens. A. P. Stew-
art and, S. D. Lee, and his cavalry under Forrest, each corpa
having three divisions. Gen. Thomas was at Nashville, while
gen. Schofield commanded at the front. Schofield fell bade
from Pulaski to Columbia, Tenn., as Hood advanced, and con-
centrated his forces, Nov. 24. As Hood declined to bring on
an engagement, Schofield directed Stanley to retire to Spring
Hill, where Hood attacked him late on 29 Nov., without deci-
sive results, although the confederates were enabled to bivouac
within a few rods of Schofield's line of retreat and controlled
it. The latter, however, pushed forward his train during the
night of the 29th, so that on the morning of 30 Nov. the whole
army was well on its way towards Franklin. Franklin lies in
a bend of the Harpeth river, some 20 miles south from Nash-
ville. Here Schofield, with his force of about 17,000 men, was
compelled to halt till his trains could cross the river. Defence*
were hastily erected, and as the federal troops moved into
Franklin they were posted behind them, except the 3d divi-
sion of the 4th corps, which was placed on the extreme left
across the Harpeth, and the 2d and 3d brigades of the 2d
division, 4th corps, which were halted about 400 yards in
advance of the line of defence, the 2d brigade on the right
of the Columbia pike, and the 3d brigade on the left of that
pike and deployed in a weak line of battle, and left without
orders. The federals were in position at 3 p.m. or earlier, but
the confederates had not formed for assault before half-past 3
or 4 P.M., when they advanced directly in front on the Co-
lumbia pike. The blunder of placing troops in front of the
works helped the confederates, so that they gained them quite
as soon as the fleeing brigades. They entered on the Co-
lumbia pike directly in the centre, and would soon have
occupied the whole line but for the brilliant charge of
the 1st brigade of the 2d division, 4th corps, under gen.
Emerson Opd3'cke, " who, acting entirely upon his own
judgment," succeeded in repelling the dangerous assault.*"
Others followed, equally determined but even less successful^
until 10 P.M., when the battle ceased. Schofield hastily with-
* When, in reviewing this battle, one considers the disaster that
might have followed this unmilitary formation but for the fore-
sight and bravery of gen. Opdycke, he is apt to inquire why these
2 brigades were thus left, not only exposed themselves, but jeopard-
izing the whole command. If the army had been defeated, this ob-
jectless arrangement must have been investigated, and it would be
known who was the delinquent. Maj.-gen. John M. Schofield com-
manded the field, maj.-gen. David S. Stanley the corps to which these
troops belonged, and gen. Wagner the division, Conrad the 3d brigade,
and Lane the 2d brigade of the troops in front, while other officers of
distinction were looking on. It would seem among so many military
men with an experience of nearly 4 years of active service, many of
them with a West Point education, that some one would have de-
tected and at least attempted to correct this blunder.
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<irew the troops across the river, and by daylight they were
•well on their way towards Nashville. The loss to the federals
in this battle was 189 killed, 1033 wounded, and 1104 missing
{captured from the 2 brigades halted in front of the works) ;
total, 2326. The confederate loss was 1750 killed, 8800 wound-
ed, and 702 prisoners ; total, 6252, and was especially heavy
in general officers. The killed were, maj.-gen. P. R. Cleburne,
brig. -gens. Gist, Adams, Strahl, and Granbury; wounded,
maj.-gen. Brown, brig.-gens. Carter, Manigault, Quarles,
€ockrell, and Scott; captured, brig. -gen. Gordon. The battle
of Franklin shows the greatest loss in killed for the number
engaged on the part of the assailing force of any battle in his-
tory, and adds additional testimony to the superb fighting
^jualities of the confederate soldier.
Franklin, Search for. Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)
served under Nelson at Copenhagen, 1801. First arctic expe-
dition of exploration, 1819, overland from York factory, Hud-
son's bay, down the Coppermine river to the Arctic ocean and
return, traversing 5550 miles. Second arctic expedition de-
scends the Mackenzie river and traverses and surveys 37° of
Ion. of the arctic coast ; for this he was knighted by the British
government, 1829, and the university of Oxford conferred on
him the degree of D.C.L. With capts. Crozier and Fitzjames,
in the British ships Erebus and Terror (carrying a crew of
138), he sailed from Greenhithe, Engl., on his 3d arctic ex-
pedition of discovery, 24 May, 1845. Northwest passage.
Their last despatches were from the Whalefish islands, dated
12 July, 1845. Their prolonged absence caused intense anx-
iety, and several expeditions were sent from England and
€l8ewhere in search of them ; and coals, provisions, clothing,
and other necessaries were deposited in various places in the
arctic seas by the English and by the United States gov-
ernment, by lady Franklin, and private persons. The True-
love, capt. Parker, which arrived at Hull 4 Oct. 1849, from
Davis's strait, brought intelligence (not afterwards confirmed)
that the natives had seen sir John Franklin's ships the pre-
vious Mch., frozen up by ice in Prince Regent's inlet. Other
Accounts were equally illusory. The British government, on
7 Mch. 1850, offered a reward of 20,000^. to any party of any
country that should render efficient assistance to the missing
crews. Sir John's first winter-quarters were found at Beechy
island by capts, Ommanney and Penny.
1. British ship Plover, capt. Moore (afterwards under capt. Ma-
guire), sailed from Sheerness to Behring's strait, in search,
IJan. 1848
2. Land expedition under sir John Richardson and dr. Rae,
of Hudson's Bay company, left England 26 Mch. "
[Sir John R'ichardson returned to England in 1849, and
dr. Rae continued his search till 1851.]
3. Sir James Ross, with the Enterprise and Investigator (12
June, 1848), having also sailed in search to Barrow's strait,
returned to England (Scarborough) 3 Nov. 1849
4. Enterprise, capt. CoUinson, and Investigator, commander
M'Clure, sailed from Plymouth for Behring's strait.. 20 Jan. 1850
[Both ships went through to the eastward.]
&. Capt. Austin's expedition, viz., Resolute, capt.Austin, C. B. ;
Assistance, capt. Ommanney; Intrepid, lieut. Bertie Cator;
and Pioneer, lieut. Sherard Osborn, sailed from England for
Barrow's strait 25 Apr. "
[Returned Sept. 1851.]
6. Lady Franklin, capt. Penny ; and Sophia, capt. Stewart,
sailed from Aberdeen for Barrow's strait 13 Apr. "
[Returned home Sept. 1851.]
7. U. S. -expedition in the Advance and Rescue, under lieut.
De Haven and dr. Kane (son of the judge), towards which Mr.
Grinnell subscribed $30,000, sailed for Lancaster sound and
Barrow's strait; after drifting in the pack down Baffin's
bay, the ships were released in 1851 uninjured 25 May, "
"8. Felix, sir John Ross, fitted out chiefly by the Hudson's
Bay company, sailed to the same locality. 22 May, "
[Returned in 1851.]
9. British ship North Star, commander Saunders, which had
sailed from England in 1849, wintered in Wolstenholme
sound, and returned to Spithead 28 Sept. "
10. British ship Herald, capt.Kellett, C.B.. which had sailed in
1848, made 3 voyages to Behring's strait, and returned 1851
Lieut. Pirn went to St. Petersburg, meaning to travel through
Siberia to the mouth of the river Kolyma ; but was dis-
suaded from proceeding by the Russian government,
18 Nov. "
[Enterprise and Investigator (see No. 4 above) had not
been beard of for 2 years.]
11. Sir Edward Belcher's expedition — consisting of Assistance,
sir Edward Belcher,.C.B. ; Resolute, capt. Kellett, C. B. ; North
Star, capt. PuUen; Intrepid, capt. M'Clintock; and Pioneer,
capt. Sherard Osborn— sailed from Woolwich 15 Apr. 1852
[This expedition arrived at Beechy island 14 Aug. 1852.
The .Assistance and Pioneer proceeded through Wellington
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channel, and the Resolute and Intrepid to Melville island;
the North Star remaining at Beechy island.]
LADY franklin's EQUIPMENTS.
Lady Franklin, with a few friends (and the "Tasmanian trib-
ute," 1500Z.), equipped 4 expeditions (Nos. 12, 13, 14, 16).
12. Prince Albert, capt. Forsyth, sailed from Aberdeen to Bar-
row's strait 5 June, 1850
[Returned 1 Oct. 1850.]
13. Prince Albert, Mr. Kennedy, accompanied by lieut. Bellot,
of the French navy, and John Hepburn, sailed from Strom-
ness to Prince Regent's inlet 4 June, 1851
[Returned, Oct. 1852.]
14. Isabel, commander Inglefleld, sailed for the head of BafiQn's
bay, Jones's sound, and the Wellington channel, 6 July; and
returned Nov. 1852
15. Mr. Kennedy sailed again in the Isabel, on a renewed search
to Behring's strait 1853
16. British ship Rattlesnake, commander Trollope, sent to as-
sist the Plover, capt. Maguire (who succeeded capt Moore),
at Point Barrow in Apr. ; met with her Aug. "
17. Second U. S. expedition, the Advance, under dr. Kane,
early in June, "
18. Phoenix (with the Bredalbane transport), commander In-
glefleld, accompanied by lieut. Bellot, sailed in May; returned,
bringing despatches from sir E. Belcher, etc Oct. "
[Investigator and sir E. Belcher's squadron were safe; but
notracesof Franklin's party had been met with. Lieut. Bellot
was drowned in August while conveying despatches for sir
E. Belcher. Capt. M'Clure had left the Herald (10) at Cape
Lisburne, 31 July, 1850. On 8 Oct. the ship was frozen in,
and so continued for 9 months. On 26 Oct. 1850, on an ex-
cursion, the captain discovered an entrance ioto Barrow's
strait, and thus established a N.E.-N.W. passage. In Sept.
1851 the ship was again fixed in ice, and so remained till
lieut. Pim and a party from capt. Kellett's ship, the Resolute
(11), fell in with them in Apr. 1853. The position of the En-
terprise (4) was still unknown.]
A monument to Bellot's memory was erected at Greenwich.
His "Journal " was pub 1854
Dr. Rae, spring of 1853, again approached the magnetic pole;
July, 1854, he reported to the admiralty purchase from Es-
quimaux of articles which had belonged to sir J. Franklin
and his party — sir John's star or order, part of a watch,
silver spoons, and forks with crests, etc. Natives told him
that they had met white men about 4 winters previous, and
had sold them a seal; and that 4 mouths later, they had
found the bodies of 30 men (some buried), who had evidently
perished from starvation; the place appears to have been
near the Great Fish river of Back. Dr. Rae arrived in Eng-
land on 22 Oct. 1854, with the relics, which were deposited in
Greenwich hospital. He and his companions were awarded
10,000i. for their discovery.
19. Phoenix, North Star, and Talbot, under capt. Inglefleld,
sailed in May, and returned Oct. '*
Sir E. Belcher (No. 11), after deliberation, in Apr. 1854, ordered
all his captains to abandon the ships; and capt. Kellett gave
similar orders to capt. M'Clure, of the Investigator. The ves-
sels had been abandoned 15 May when the crews of the Phoe-
nix and Talbot (under capt. Inglefleld) arrived (19). On their
return to England all the captains were tried by court-mar-
tial and honorably acquitted 17-19 Oct. 1855
[Capt. Kellett's ship, the Resolute, adrift 1000 miles from
where she was left, was found by George Henry, commanding
an American whaler, who brought her to New York. The
British government having abandoned their claim on the
vessel, she was bought by order of Congress, repaired and
equipped, and intrusted to com. H. J. Hartstene, to be pre-
sented to queen Victoria. She arrived at Southampton, 12
Dec. 1856 ; was visited by the queen on the 16th, and formal-
ly surrendered on the 30th. When the ship was broken up
a desk was made of the wood, and presented by the queen
to pres. Hayes, 29 Nov. 1880.]
Capt. Collinson's fate was long uncertain, and another expedi-
tion was planned, when intelligence came, Feb. 1855, that he
had met the Rattlesnake (16) at fort Clarence on 21 Aug.
1854, and had sailed immediately, in hopes of getting up with
capt. Maguire in the Plover (1), which had sailed 2 days pre-
viously. Capt. Collinson, having failed in getting through
the ice in 1850 with capt. M'Clure, returned to Hong-Kong
to winter. In 1851 he passed through Prince of Wales's
strait, and remained in the arctic regions without hearing
of Franklin till July, 1854, when, again released from the
ice, he went to fort Clarence, as above mentioned. Capts.
Collinson and Maguire arrived in England May, "
20. Third U. S. expedition in search of dr. Kane, in the Ad-
vance, consisted of the Release and the steamer Arctic, the
bark Eringo, and another vessel under com. H. J. Hart-
stene, accompanied by a brother of dr. Kane as surgeon,
31 May, «♦
[On 17 May, 1855, dr. Kane and his party quitted the Ad-
vance, and journeyed over the ice, 1300 miles, to the Danish
settlement; on their way home in a Danish vessel they fell
in with com. Hartstene, 18 Sept. ; and arrived with him at
New York, 11 Oct. 1855. Dr. Kane visited England in 1856;
he died in 1857.]
Hudson's Bay company, under advice of dr. Rae and sir G.
Back, sent an overland expedition, June, 1855, which re-
turned Sept. following. More remains of Franklin's party
were discovered "
21. Eighteenth British expedition (equipped by lady Franklin
and her friends, the government having declined to fit out
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another)— the Fox, screw steamer, under capt. (since sir) F.
L. M'Clintock, British navy (see No. 11)— sailed from Aber-
deen, 1 July, 1857 ; returned 22 Sept. 1859
[On 6 May, 1859, lieut. Hobson found at point Victory, near
cape Victoria, beside a cairn, a tin case containing a paper
signed 25 Apr. 1848, by capt. Fit^ames, which certified tliat
Bhips Erebus and Terror, on 12 Sept. 1846, were beset in lat.
70° 50' N. and Ion. 98° 23' W. ; that sir John Franklin died
11 June, 1847; that the ships were deserted 22 Apr. 1848.
Capt. M'Clintock continued the search, and discovered skel-
etons and other relics. His "Journal" was pub. in Dec.
1859; and on 28 May, 1860, gold medals were given to him
and to lady Franklin by Royal Geographical Society.
Mr. Hall, arctic explorer, reported, in Aug. 1865, a hope that
capt. Crozier and others were surviving.
A national monument by Noble, set up in Waterloo place, Lon-
don, was inaugurated 15 Nov. 1866. It is inscribed to " Frank-
lin, the great navigator, and his brave companions who sac-
rificed their lives incompleting the discovery of the North-
west Passage, 1847-48 a.d."
Sir John Franklin discovered the northwest passage by sail-
ing down Peel and Victoria (now Franklin) straits.
"Franklin search o.xpedition," under lieut. Schwatka, of the
U. S. array, overland in summer and autumn of 1879, discov-
ers remains of the crews, etc. ; he set up memorials, brought
the remains of lieut. John Irving, of the Terror; and returned
to Boston. Mass about 23 Sept. 1880
Remains of lieut. John Irving buried at Edinburgh 7 Jan. 1881
Franks (or freemen), a name of a combination of north-
western Grerman tribes about 240 a.d., which invaded Gaul
and other parts of the Roman empire with various success in
the 5th century. France, Gaul.
Frauiihofer's lines. Spectrum.
Fredericksburg^, Campaign and Battle of. After
the battle of Antietara (Maryland campaign), McClellan,
still in command of the army of the Potomac, occupied Har-
per's Ferrj', 22 Sept. 1862. After a delay of over a month, he
crossed the Potomac— 26 Oct.-2 Nov. — in pursuit of Lee, who
rapidly retired to the Rappahannock. Warrenton was the
place selected by McClellan for the concentration of the army.
" Never had the army of the Potomac manoeuvred better or
been better prepared for a great struggle, and never had the
mutual confidence between general and soldiers been greater
than at this moment." — Count de Paris, " History of the Civil
War in America," vol. ii. p. 656. On the evening of 7 Nov. a
despatch was handed McClellan, relieving him of the com-
mand, and appointing gen. Ambrose E. Burnside in his stead.
It was with great reluctance that Burnside assumed control.
McClellan's plan of campaign was changed. Burnside's plan
was to leave the enemy at Culpeper, descend the left bank
of the Rappahannock as far as Falmouth, in front of Fred-
ericksburg, and crossing the river, to occupy Fredericksburg.
On 14 Nov. Burnside issued his orders for an advance from
Warrenton to Falmouth. He had already divided the army
of 127,574 men into 3 grand divisions, each of 2 corps. The
left grand division, under gen. Franklin, consisted of the 1st
and 6th corps, Reynolds and Smith ; the centre, under Hooker,
3d and 5th corps, Butterfield and Stoneman ; and the right
grand division, under Sumner, 2d and 9th corps. Couch and
"Wilcox. Sumner left Warrenton 15 Nov. and arrived at Fal-
mouth the 17th. Burnside was at Falmouth with Franklin's
grand division on the 19th. Here until 26 Nov. the army
lay awaiting the pontoon-train from Washington by water to
Aquia creek, which should have been at Falmouth as soon as
the army. This delay allowed the confederates to seize and
fortify the heights behind Fredericksburg. It was not until
Dec. 11, owing to the incessant rain, that Burnside gave or-
ders to cross the river at Fredericksburg, and attack the con-
federates. The pontoons were laid with great difficulty
and considerable loss, nearly the whole of the 11th being
consumed in the effort, thwarted by the fire of confederates
concealed in houses of Fredericksburg. Gen. Franklin crossed
below Fredericksburg, without loss, on the morning of the
12th. The confederate forces, 80,000 strong, lay intrenched
along the hills behind Fredericksburg, with an open plain in
front, Longstreet's corps occupying the height known as Mary's
hill, directly behind the town, while Stonewall Jackson lay
farther to the right in front of Franklin's grand division. The
federals were formed with Sumner on the right. Hooker in the
centre, and Franklin on the left. The battle was opened by
Franklin about 9 a.m. 13 Dec, and continued, in a series of
disconnected and unsuccessful attacks on the enemy's works,
until night. On the morning of the 14th Burnside was only
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prevented from renewing the attack by the united disapprovaJ
of his corps commanders. On the 14th and 15th the arraiea-
were quiet, a truce of a few hours being obtained by the
federals for burying the dead. On the night of 15 Dec. the
federals retired across the river, and on the 16th the confeder-
ates again occupied Fredericksburg. The federal losses were-
1180 killed, 9028 wounded, 2145 missing ; total, 12,353. Con-
federates lost 593 killed, 3961 wounded, 653 missing ; total,.
5207. Soon after the discomfiture of the Potomac army at
Fredericksburg, Burnside proposed another campaign, cross-
ing the Rappahannock above Fredericksburg. Every arrange-
ment was made for crossing at Banks ford, about 15 miles-
above Fredericksburg, on 20 Jan. 1863. The weather was fine
and the confederates were evidently deceived, but a storm
broke out on the night of the 20th, such as to render move-
ment impossible. Burnside relinquished the campaign and
went into winter-quarters at Falmouth. This movement is
known as the Mud campaign. Burnside was relieved at his
own request, 25 Jan. 1863.
Fred'erickshald, a maritime town of Norway,
Charles XII. of Sweden was killed by a cannon-shot before-
its walls, while examining the works, 11 Dec. 1718. His hand
was on his sword and a prayer-book in his pocket. 5
free companies and lances. Condottieri.
Freedmen's Bureau. At the close of the civil
war in the United States a bureau was created in the war de-
partment to care for the freedmen, who had been the wards-
first of the war and then of the treasury department. It had
four divisions : I. Lands ; II. Records { III. Financial affairs ;.
IV. Medical. It was under the management of a commis-
sioner, appointed by the president, and an assistant commis-
sioner from each of the states declared to be in insurrection.
The bureau received in 1866 768,590 acres of land acquired
by the U. S. by confiscation of sale, not more than 40 acres of
which was to be assigned to each of the freedmen or refugees
for use for three years at a maximum annual rental of six per
cent, of its appraised value. About $400,000 were collected
for rents. Under the workings of the bureau, during 4
years, 20,897,431 rations were issued, 1,000,000 freedmen
received hospital treatment, and schools were established
throughout the south. Its work latterly was largely educa-
tional, and entirely so after 1 Jan. 1869, except that the col-
lection of pay and bounties for colored soldiers and sailors was
continued until 1872. The total expenditures of the bureau
from Mch. 1865 to 30 Aug. 1870 were $15,359,092.27.
A " Bureau of Refugees, Freedman, and Abandoned Lands "
created by Congress 3 Mch. 1865
Major- gen. Oliver 0. Howard appointed commissioner May, "
School superintendent for each state appointed 12 July, "
"Inspector of Schools " or general superintendent appointed,
Sept. "
Supplementary Freedmen's Bureau bill, passed 6 Feb. 1866,
vetoed 19 Feb. 1866
Act enlarging powers of the bureau passed over the president's
veto. . . , 16 July, "
Act passed to continue the bureau for one year from 16 July,
1868, passed .July, 1868:
Bureau ordered withdrawn 1 Jan. 1869, with exceptions above
noted, by act of 3 Aug. "
Educational supervision ceases 1 July, IBTO
Freemasonry. Writers on Masonry, themselves
Masons, affirm that it has had a being "ever since symmetry
began and harmony displayed her charms." It is traced by
some to the patriarchs, to the pagan mysteries, to Solomon's
temple, to the crusades, to Knights Templars, to the Roman col-
lege of artificers, to masonry as a craft in the middle ages, to-
the Rosicrucians, to Cromwell, to prince Charles for political
purposes, to sir Christopher Wren, to dr. Desaguliers and his-
friends, 1717. Its introduction into Britain has been fixed by
some as early as 674; and into Scotland 1140.
First grand-lodge was founded at York, Engl 92ft
[The York rite is the basis of all rites of a Masonic char-
acter.]
Grand-lodge of England established, London (George Payne,
grandmaster) 1717
Masonry introduced in France 1722-25
First lodge in Paris founded by the earl of Derwentwater 172&
Grand-lodge of Ireland established 1729"
Grand-lodge at York partially accepts the constitution of the
grand-lodge of England 1732:
First provincial grand-lodge in America established at Boston.. 173*
Freemasons persecuted in Holland by the States-general 1735
Scottish grand-lodge reformed at Edinburgh 173&
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Pope Clement XII. by bull excommunicates Freemasons, and
an edict of Charles VI. of Germany forbids Masonic meetings
in the Netherlands or in Austria 1738
Frederick the Great of Prussia initiated "
Explanation of the pope's bull given by cardinal Ferraro : "Any
one joining the Freemasons subject to death and confiscation
of property without hope of remission or pardon " 1739
Grand Royal Mother lodge of the Three Globes erected at Berlin
1740; made grand-lodge 1744
Severe edicts against Masonry in Russia, Holland, France, Port-
ugal, Naples, etc 1731-51
Chapter of Clermont formed at Paris 1754
English grand-lodge of France founded, 1736; assumes the title
of grand-lodge of France 1756
Foundation of the national grand-lodge of Italy (dissolved 1790), "
Grand-lodge of Holland established "
Rite of "Strict Observance " introduced in Germany 1762
Royal York grand-lodge founded at Berlin 1765
Swedish rite promulgated 1767
" Grand Orient " of France founded 1772
Masonic charity instituted in England 1788
Ancient and accepted Scottish rite, 33°, flrst introduced in Eu-
rope (Paris) from Charleston, S. C, by De Grasse Tilly, son
*f adm. De Grasse about 1802-4
Union of the 2 grand-lodges of England, York and London,
making the ancient and true Freemasonry consist of but 3
degrees : apprentice, fellow-craft, and master 1813
Edict of pope Pius VII. against Freemasonry 1814
Rite of Mizraim introduced in Paris 1815
Edict of the king of Portugal against Freemasonry 1824
Dispute in Germany as to receiving Jews as members 1836
, [Still unsettled.]
I Gould's " History of Freemasonry " pub. London 1887
FREEMASONRY IN THE UNITED STATES.
•'Documentary evidence and tradition are alike silent as to the time
of the introduction of Freemasonry into theU. S."— GouM, "His-
tory of Freemasonry," 1887, vol. vi. p. 424.
Pennsylvania Gazette, 8 Dec. 1730, contains the earliest printed
notice of the craft in America. It says: "As there are several
lodges of Freemasons erected in the province, and people have
lately become much amused with conjectures concerning them,
we think the following account of Freemasonry from London will
not be unacceptable to our readers. "
According to many Masonic writers a provincial grand-lodge (St.
John's) and also a private lodge were established at Boston,
Mass., by Henry Price 30 July, 1733
This obtained a place on the roll of the grand-lodge of England, 1734
Benj. Franklin, probably initiated in England, writes to grand-
lodge of Massachusetts as grandmaster of Pennsylvania "
Franklin publishes the Masonic constitution "
Henry Price constituted grandmaster over all North America. . "
George Washington initiated at Fredericksburg, Va 4 Nov. 1752
St. Andrew's lodge constituted at Boston 30 Nov. "
Washington made master Mason 4 Aug. 1753
First Masonic hall built in the U. S. (Philadelphia) 1754
Second lodge in Philadelphia constituted 1758
Joseph Warren initiated at St. Andrew's lodge, Boston, 10 Sept. 1761
" provincial grandmaster 1769
" provincial grandmaster of America 1772
Order of the " Eastern Star " established in the U. S 1778
[It belongs to "Adoptive Masonry, " introduced into France
about 1775 to convert women with Masonry. It can be con-
ferred only on master Masons in good standing, their wives,
widows, sisters, daughters, and mothers. Its degrees are
Jephthah's Daughter, for daughter; Ruth, widow; Esther,
wife; Martha, sister; Electa, mother.]
During the revolution there were as many as 10 field or travel-
ling lodges with the army.
In New York the first provincial grandmaster was Daniel Coxie,
1730 ; and the earliest lodge on record was in working order
certainly before 24 Jan. 1738.
A grand-lodge established in New York during its occupancy
by the British, 1781; and by the citizens about 1783.
Grand-lodge established in Pennsylvania 1786
De Witt Clinton initiated in the Holland lodge. New York 1793
[Made grandmaster of the grand-lodge of New York, 1806.]
First grand-chapter in the U. S. at Philadelphia 24 Oct. 1797
Imposing ceremonies at Boston, Mass., by the Freemasons in
honor of brother Lafayette 1825
Abduction and supposed murder of William Morgan by Free-
masons for revealing secrets of the order Sept. 1826
New York ; Morgan, William.
LIST SHOWING THE DATE OF THE INTRODUCTION OF FREE-
MASONRY INTO THE OLDER STATES.
Georgia 1735 1st grand-lodge 1786
[2d American lodge on the English rolls.]
South Carolina ' 1736 1st grand-lodge 1787
New Hampshire 1736 " 1789
Maryland 1737 " 1781
Rhode Island 1749 " 1791
Connecticut 1750 " 1789
Virginia 1750 (?) " 1778
North Carolina 1756 " 1787
New Jersey 1761 " 1786
Delaware 1765 ;... " 1806
Vermont ..1781 " 1794
Kentucky 1788 " 1800
Ohio 1790-95 (?) " 1808
Mississippi 1801 *' 1818
Louisiana 1807 " 1812
[There were probably lodges in Louisiana prior to 1807. but
the above lodge, established by the grand-lodge of New York,
was the first lodge working in the English language.]
Michigan 1794 (British ?), 1st grand-lodge 1826'-
District of Columbia. . . — " 1810
[There are now (1893) 49 grand-lodges in the U. S. and about 10,000'
lodges with a membership of 667,000.]
MASONS, BLACK OR COLORED.
The blacks, or negro population, of Boston, Mass., applied to Eng-
land for a charter— their lodge having existed in Boston for 8 years-
—in 1784. The request was granted 29 Sept. 1784, but the warrant
did not arrive in Boston until 1787. Its number was "459," and
the title "African lodge." Prince Hall was the first master. He
established a lodge by his own authority at Philadelphia, 1797. and
a second at Providence, R. L, soon after. The "African lodge"wa8-
shown on the English list until 1813. Formally declared its inde-
pendence of foreign control, 1827. Organized a national grand-
lodge in 1847. They have grand-lodges in several states, which'
are more or less recognized as legal in France, Italy, Germany,
Hungary, Peru, Liberia, etc., but not in the U. S.
The degrees of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine-
conferred on colored Masons for the first time in the U.S., Wash-
ington, 25 June, 1893, John G. Jones receiving the 33°. The colored
Masons now have all the degrees the whites have in this country.
Free-soil party. Political parties.
fVee-trade principles, advocated by Adam Smith ini
his "Wealth of Nations " (1776), triumphed in England whea
the corn-laws were abolished in 1846, and the commercial treaty
with France was adopted in 1860. Richard Cobden, termed!
"Apostle of Free Trade," who advocated these measures, died,.
2 Apr. 1865. Since 1830 British exports have been tripled.
In the United States the Democratic party has of late years
advocated a reform of the tariff, in the direction of free-trade;,
while the Republicans defend extreme protection. Tariff.
Free-'Will Bapti§t§. A denomination of Baptists-
in the United States, Arminian in doctrine. The first church
was organized by elder Benjamin Randall, a convert of White-
field, in New Durham, N. H., 30 June, 1780. The first general
congress was held in 1827. The society sustains colleges at
Lewiston, Me., Hillsdale, Mich., and elsewhere. Its strength,
in the U. S. and Canada in 1890 was: Churches, 1613; min-
isters, 1600; members, 86,300.
Frencll in America.
Island of cape Breton discovered by fishermen from Brittany. . 1504
Rude chart of gulf of St. Lawrence by Dennys of Harfleur 1506
Verazzano in the interest of France skirts eastern coast of
North America and enters New York and Newport harbors. 1524
Jacques Cartier, a mariner of St. Malo, crosses gulf of St. Law-
rence and enters the bay which he names Des Chaleurs, from
the heat of mid-summer 1534
[He enters the gulf again in 1535, naming it St. Lawrence.
He ascends to the island of Orleans, and sends a boat as far
as Montreal]
Francis de la Roque, lord of Roberval, obtains from Francis L
viceroyalty of Canada, Saguenay, Newfoundland, Belle Isle,
cape Breton, and Labrador, with authority to plant a col-
ony.
1540
Cartier makes his 3d voyage and passes the winter in the
St Lawrence, but returns to France 1541
[Roberval proceeds to the St. Lawrence 1542, but returns
the next year. The discoveries of the French fishermen,
of Verazzano and Cartier, give France her claim to the north-
em portion of America.]
Jean Ribault, under the patronage of adm. de Coligny, explores
the coast of Florida and discovers the river St. John and the
inlet Port Royal May, 1562.
On an island in this harbor he erects a fort (soon abandoned),
which he names Carolina, after Charles IX. of France "
French, under Ribault and Rene de Laudonniere, establish a
settlement on the river St. John, and build a fort which is
also named fort Carolina 1564
Fort Carolina attacked by the Spaniards under Menendez and
the entire garrison and inhabitants of the settlement put to
death as Protestants 1565
In turn Dominic de Gourges, a French soldier of fortune, at-
tacks the Spaniards at fort Carolina, which he captures, and
hangs the entire garrison "as robbers and murderers. 3 May, 1568
[Ending the attempt of the French to colonize Florida.]
Marquis de la Roche commissioned by France to conquer Canada
and adjacent countries not possessed by any Christian prince, 1598
Chauvin,a naval officer, obtains a similar commission on the
death of Roche 1600'
M. de Chatte commissioned as governor 1602.
[The name Canada, first confined to a small district oppo-
site the mouth of the Saguenay, was extended to all terri-
tory watered by the St. Lawrence and its tributaries.]
Pontgrave', accompanied by Samuel Champlain, ascends the
St. Lawrence 1603:
Patent to Pierre de Gast Sieur de Monts for "Acadia," being
North America between 40° and 46° N. lat "
De Monts, attended by Champlain and Poutrincourt, discovers
the harbor of Port Royal, now Annapolis, Nova Scotia 1604
Champlain explores the bay of Fundy, discovers and names
the river St. John, and enters Passamaquoddy bay "
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De Monts enters the Penobscot, the Kennebec, Casco bay, and
the Saco, and oxamiues the coast as far south as cape Cod. . 1605
Pouirincourt establishes the tlrst i)eraiaueut French settlement
in America at Tort Koyal 1607
ChampUiiu establishes the post of Quebec 3 July, 1608
He joins a war party of Hurous against the Iroquois, enters
and coasts the lake that now bears his name 1609
[A series of explorations now secures to the French the
later "New France," including Canada and Acadia.]
French Jesuits, under father Biart, reach Port Royal, Mount
Desert, and the Kennebec, and ascend that river 1611-12
ArgiiU from Virginia destroys the fortitlcations of De Monts
on the isle of St Croix, and burns the settlement at Port
Royal 1613
Champlain visits lake Huron 1615
He enters New York with a war party of Hurons and attacks
a village of the Seneca Indians near the foot of Seneca lake
and is repulsed "
Etienne Brule of Champigny penetrates the region beyond
lake Huron 1616-18
Champlain governor of Canada 1620
Organization of the company of "the Hundred Associates" or
of the " New France " ratified by France 6 May, 1628
Port Royal occupied by the English "
■Quebec surrenders to sir David Kirke 1629
[" Not a port in North America remained to the French;
ft-om Long Island to the Pole, England was without a rival."
—Bancroft. " Hist, of U. S.," vol. i. p. 335.]
By treaty with England Richelieu obtains restitution of all ter-
ritory as prior to the war 29 Mch. 1632
Champlain publishes his consolidated narrative, and on his
map the falls of Niagara are first noted "
"Jesuit Relations of Canada" begun "
Jesuits active among the Indians; the Micmac mission start-
ed; Br^beuf, Daniel, and Lallemand establish missions on
lake Huron and other places 1634-35
Ohamplain, governor of Canada, d 1635
French occupy the islands of Martinique and Dominique 1636
Madame de la Peltier, with the aid of 3 nuns, establishes the
Ursuline convent at Quebec 1639
Jean Nicolet at Green Bay, Wis 1640
Montreal founded 1641
Charles Raymbault and Isaac Jogues reach the strait that
forms the outlet of lake Superior 4 Oct. "
Francois de Montmorency Laval, first bishop of Quebec, ar-
rives 16 June, 1659
[He was vicar-apostolic of New France, and made bishop
of Quebec 1674.]
<Jroseillers and Radison, fur-traders, explore lake Superior — "
Augustin de Safifray de M6sy, 7th governor of Canada 1663-65
Jacques Marquette places a mission at Sault Ste. Marie. . . Apr. 1668
La Salle, perhaps, tracks the Ohio river to the Mississippi
(Ohio) 1669-71
Maine, east of the Penobscot, surrendered to the French 1670
French occupy about lakes Huron and Superior. . 1671
Daniel de Remi, seigneur de Courcelles, governor of Canada.. 1666-72
Louis de Buade, count de Frontenac, arrives at Quebec as gov-
ernor of Canada 1672
Fort Frontenac built on the present site of Kingston, Out 1673
Marquette and Joliet in Iowa "
Marquette and Joliet sail down the Mississippi below the Ar-
kansas river and return .•. "
Joliet's map of the Mississippi "
Marquette d. (aged 38) 18 May, 1675
La Salle at fort Frontenac 1676
La Salle, Tonty, and Hennepin at Niagara falls 8 Jan. 1679
Oriffin launched on lake Erie (New York) "
Hennepin at the falls of St. Anthony May, 1680
La Salle descends the Mississippi, erects a cabin on the Chick-
asaw blufl; raises the cross at the mouth of the Arkansas, and
at the mouth of the Mississippi plants the arms of France
and calls the whole valley Louisiana 1682
Frontenac recalled to France (succeeded by De la Barre) 1682
Hennepin publishes his explorations 1683
French in Texas under La Salle 1685
French on the Hudson bay "
La Salle shot by Duhaut and L'Archeveque while on his way
from Texas to the Illinois country 20 Mch. 1687
Frontenac reappointed governor of Canada. 1689
France declares war against England ("King William's war "),
25 June, 1689
French occupy the Hudson bay territory "
Indians fall on Cocheco (Dover), N. H. , murder maj. Richard
"Waldron and 23 others, carrying captive 29 27 June, "
Iroquois capture Montreal and Lachine 25 Aug. "
French and Indians destroy Schenectady, N. Y. (New York),
8 Feb. ; settlement at Salmon Falls, N. H., 27 Mch. ; and Fal-
mouth^ on Casco bay (Maine) May, 1690
Sir William Phipps conquers Acadia "
His expedition by water against Quebec utterly fails as well as
the invasion by land Oct. "
Schuyler's raid into Canada against the French settlement on
the Sorrel ^ 1691
Acadia retaken by the French 26 Nov. "
York, Me. , attacked by the French and Indians (Maine). . .Jan. 1692
Frontenac's last invasion of western New York July, 1696
Peace of Ryswick ; France retains the coast and adjacent islands
from Maine beyond Labrador and Hudson's bay, also Canada
and Mississippi valley without boundary lines 20 Sept. 1697
Hennepin publishes a further account of his exploration "
Death of Frontenac, aged 78 years 28 Nov. 1698
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1701
1702
D'Iberville enters the Mississippi from the gulf (Louisiana),
2 Mch.
["The Mississippi, as yet, had never been entered from the
sea."— .Bancni/7, "Hist, of U. S.," vol. iii. p. 200.]
Treaty of Canada with the Iroquois 8 Sept.
\j&. Motte Cadillac establishes a post at Detroit July,
Bienville in command of the settlements in Louisiana
Chief fortress removed from Biloxi to the western bank of the
Mobile river, the first settlement of Europeans in Alabama.
"War of the Spanish Succession," or Queen Anne's war,
4 May "
Philippe de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil, governor of Canada, 1703
French and Indians surprise unprotected villages, Wells, Scar-
borough, Casco, Spurwink, and others, in Maine, killing or
carrying off inhabitants to Quebec 10 Aug. "
Deerfield, Mass., attacked and destroyed 28 Feb. 1704
Death of Henri de Tonty, companion of La Salle Sept. "
Attack on Haverhill, Mass. ; partially destroyed 29 Aug. 1708
French surrender Port Royal, Acadia, to an English fieet.2 Oct. 1710
[The English change the name to Annapolis.]
Sir Hoveden Walker's expedition against Quebec fails. 1711
Truce established between England and France 1712
Treaty of Utrecht (Spanish Succession war ends) gives Acadia
to the English; boundary lines still undefined 1713
French establish a trading-post at Natchez *»
Fort Toulouse built in Alabama 1714
Death of Louis XIV. of France 1715
P^ench in the Ohio valley 17I6
Illinois joined to Louisiana 1717
New Orleans founded 1718
Five hundred negroes brought from Guinea to Louisiana 1719
French begin to fortify Louisburg 1720
Joncaire establishes a post at Niagara among the Senecas 1721
[Trade with the valley of the Mississippi established (1) by
way of lake Erie, the Maumee, and the Wabash, and so down
the Ohio; (2) by lake Michigan, the Chicago river to the
Illinois, to the Mississippi; (3) by the way of Green bay,
Fox river, and the Wisconsin.]
Postal arrangements between Montreal and Quebec "
New Orleans made the capital of the Louisiana colony 1722
Vaudreuil, gov. of Canada, d ". 1725
Massacre of the French at Natchez by the Indians 29 Nov. 1729
M. Varennes de Verendrye reaches lake Winnipeg 1731
French establish themselves on lake Champlain "
Verendrye builds fort Rouge near the present site of the city
of Winnipeg and discovers the Rocky mountains 1736
Explorations between lake Superior and Hudson bay 1738-42
Austrian Succession war begins between England and France
(known in the colonies as King George's war) 15 Mch. 1744
Capture of Louisburg by the English (Massachusetts) 1745
Montreal island raided by the English 1747
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (Austrian Succession war ends) 1748
Roland, M. B., marquis Gallissoni^re, governor of Canada. . .1745-49
Expedition of C^loron de Bienville down the Ohio; burial of
plates (Ohio) 1749
Fort Rouille (Toronto) built by the French "
Sugar-cane introduced into Louisiana 1751
Virginia treats with the Indians at Logstown June, 1752
English trading post at Pickawillany, or Piqua, 0., broken up
by the French June, "
French occupying the Ohio country build a fort at Presque isle,
now Erie, Pa., and fort Le Boeuf on French creek about 25
miles southeast from Erie 1753
Washington at fort Le Boeuf (Pennsylvania, Virginia) "
Ohio Company begin a fort at the forks of the Ohio, but are
driven away by the French, who complete the work and call
it fort Duquesne
Washington attacks the French under Juraondville, builds fort
Necessity, and surrenders to the French (Virginia)
English fleet going to Acadia transports the French inhabitants
to the Atlantic colonies (Acadia)
Dieskau defeated at lake George (New York) "
Gov. Shirley's failure in the Niagara expedition "
[French forts and posts north of the Ohio at this time were
Le Boeuf and Venango on French creek, Pa. ; Presque Isle and
Duquesne, Pa.; Sandusky and Miami, Ohio; St. Joseph's,
near lake Michigan; Pontchartrain (Detroit); Michillimack-
inac, Fox river; Cr^ve Coeur and fort St. Louis on the Illi-
nois; Vincennes, Cahokia, and Kaskaskia.]
Braddock defeated (Pennsylvania) 9 July, "
De Menneville, marquis Duquesne, governor of Canada. 1752-55
Montcalm in Quebec 1756
Montcalm captures Oswego 14 Aug. "
Montcalm takes fort William Henry (Forts, New York). 9 Aug. 1757
French defeat Rogers on lake Champlain Mch. 1758
Abercrombie defeated in his assault on Ticonderoga. . . ,8 July, "
Amherst captures I^ouisburg July, "
Col. Bradstreet attacks fort Frontenac ; the garrison surrenders,
27 Aug. "
Gen. Forbes advances on fort Duquesne; the French blow up
the works and retire (Pennsylvania) Nov. "
Gen. Johnson captures fort Niagara (New York) 1759
Amherst captures Ticonderoga 26 July, "
Gen. Wolfe's victory at Quebec ; his death and that of Montcalm,
13 Sept. ; Quebec surrenders 18 Sept. "
Pierre Franpois, marquis de Vaudreuil, governor (and last
French) of Canada, 1755-60, surrenders Montreal to gen.
Amherst ; Canada passes to the English 8 Sept. 1760
BeMtre surrenders Detroit 29 Nov. "
By secret treaty Louis XV. cedes to Spain Louisiana west of the
Mississippi with island of Orleans east of it 3 Nov. 1762
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Acadia confirmed to the English by treaty of Paris 10 Feb. 1763
Spain cedes Louisiana to France by treaty of St. Ildefonso.Oct. 1800
U. S. purchases Louisiana of the French government for
$15,000,000, 30 Apr. ; ratified by Napoleon in May and by the
U. S. (LonsiANA, United Statks) Oct. 1803
French A§§ociatioii for the Advance-
ment of Science was established by the General As-
sembly 22 Apr. 1872, its chief founders being MM. Balard,
Claude, Bernard, Delaunay, Dumas, Pasteur, Berthelet, Wilrtz,
and others. M. de Quatrefages was elected first president,
and the first annual meeting was held at Bordeaux, 5 Sept.
1872, when many foreign scientific men were present.
French language is mainly based on rude Latin
of western nations subjugated by Rome. German was in-
troduced by Franks in the 8th century. In the 9th the Gallo-
Romanic dialect became divided into the langue cCoc of the
south and the langue d'o'il of the north. The dialect of the
Isle of France became predominant in the 12th century. The
French language as written by Froissart assimilates more to
modern French, and its development was almost completed
when the Academic Fran9aise (established by Richelieu in
1634) published a dictionary of it in 1674. The French lan-
guage, laws, and customs were introduced into England by
William I., 1066. Law pleadings were changed from French
to English in the reign of Edward III., 1362. — Stow.
French literature and author§. Litera-
ture.
French revolution of 1789-95. The condition
of the laboring poor in France had grown rapidly worse during
the reigns of Louis XIV. and XV., and at the accession of Louis
XVI. was desperate. Starvation threatened whole provinces,
and disaffection towards the crown was increased by the un-
popularity of the king's marriage with Marie Antoinette,
daughter of Maria Theresa of Austria, an alliance which indi-
cated the persistent adherence of the monarchy to its arbitrary
and oppressive traditions. After the dismissal of Calonne, 1787,
a feeling prevailed that the country was on the eve of a rev-
olution ; that the financial confusion, the spread of poverty,
the helplessness of the government, the feebleness of the
king, and the extravagance and luxury of his court could not
continue without a catastrophe. The first assembly of " the
notables " was called 22 Feb. 1787, the second, 1788. The
States-general met May, 1789. The National Assembly was
formed 30 June, 1789. The revolution began with the de-
struction of the Bastile, 14 July, 1789. France, 1789-95. The
names given below are the best known of the revolution, either
for their tragic fate or for their prominence. France, 1785, etc.
Bailly, Jean Sylvain, b. Paris, 15 Sept. 1736. Eminent scientist, as-
tronomer, etc. ; favored the revolution; mayor of Paris, 1789; re-
sist."^ the sanguinary revolutionists; guillotined 12 Nov. 1793.
Barbaroux (bar-fta-roo'), Charles Jean Marie, b. at xMarseilles, France,
6 Mch. 1767. Joined the Girondists; escaped until 25 June, 1794,
when he was captured and guillotined at Bordeaux. One of the
few lovable characters of the revolution.
Bar^re de Vieusac [ba'rer deh ve-uh-zak'), Bertrand, b. Tarbes,
France, 10 Sept. 1755. Notorious for meanness, cowardice, and
atrocious cruelty; supporting always the strongest party, he es-
caped the vengeance of all, and d. 15 Jan. 1841, the last of the Com-
mittee of Public Safety. See Macaulay's famous essay " BarSre. "
Ba,rna,ve {bdrndv'), Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie, b. Grenoble, France,
1761; member of Tiers Etat of States-general, 1789; member of as-
sembly, and, except Mirabeau, its most powerful orator; president
of assembly, Oct. 1790; maintained the inviolability of the king's
person ; favored a constitutional monarchy. At the end of the Con-
stituent Assembly he returned to Grenoble, 1792. His sympathy
for the royal family brought him under suspicion, and he was ar-
rested Aug. 1792. After a years' confinement he was brought be-
fore the revolutionary tribunal, condemned, and guillotined, 30
Nov. 1793. One of the noblest actors and victims of the revolution.
Barras {bd-rd'), Paul Francois Jean Nicolas, comte de, b. France,
June, 1755. In the national convention voted for the king's death.
Successfully opposed Robespierre, 27 July, 1794. Gave Napoleon
Bonaparte command against the insurrection of 5 Oct. 1795.
Prominent in national affairs until 1799; d. 1829.
Beauharnais (bfy-ar-na'), Alexandre de, b. Martinique, 1760; mar-
ried at Paris mdlle. Josephine Tacher de la Pagerie (afterwards
wife of Napoleon Bonaparte); member of the States-general and
national convention. Joined the army of the north; retired be-
cause of noble birth; condemned by the revolutionary tribunal,
and guillotined 23 June, 1794.
Billaud-Yarennes {be-yo'-vd-ren'), Jacques Nicolas, b. Rochelle,
France, 1762; active in the massacre of Sept. 1792. In the na-
tional convention voted for the death of the king, and against
allowing him counsel; deserted Robespierre, but was banished to
Cayenne, whence he escaped, and d. at Port-au-Prince, Hayti, 1819.
Brissot (bre-so'), Jean F'ierre. b. Chartres, France, Jan. 1754. A lead-
ing Girondist; guillotined 31 Oct. 1793.
Calonne {ka-lon'), Charles Alexandre de, b. Douai, France, 1734.
State minister before the revolution (1783-87); recommending a
redistribution of taxes, abolition ef corvees and the gabelle, etc.,
he was dismissed and exiled. He returned to France, 1802, and
d. 30 Oct. of that year.
Cambac6r6s {kon-bah-sa-res'), Jean Jacques Regis de, b. Montpel-
lier, France, 18 Oct. 1753; member of National Assembly, 1792.
In the trial of the king, advocated all latitude of defence for the
king's advocate; and while voting the king guilty, moved for de-
lay in the execution of the sentence. Enjoyed the confidence of
Napoleon throughout his reign^ retired to Belgium, 1815; re-
called and restored to his rights, 1818; d. 1824.
Cambon (kon-bon'), Joseph, b. 1754. Member of the assembly, 1791 •,
voted for the king's death; accused Robespierre in the assembly,
1794, etc. ; d. 1820.
Carnot (kar-no'), Lazare Nicolas Marguerite, b. Nolay, France, 13
May, 1753. Member of the National Assembly, 1791, and of the
Committee of Public Safety under Robespierre ; voted for the
overthrow of the nobility and the death of the king. Defended
Collot d'Herbois and Barfere after the fall of Robespierre. In 1795
he became one of the 5 directors of the republic; minister of war
for a short time, before Napoleon became consul for life; 1806
retired to private life. During the "hundred days " again minis-
ter of war; retired to AVarsaw; d. at Magdeburg, 1823.
Carrier {kd-re-a'), Jean Baptiste, b.Yolai, France, 1756; a cruel lead-
er in the "reign of terror"; active Jacobin; member of the Na-
tional Assembly ; voted for the king's death. Prominent in the
arrest of the due d'Orleans and in the overthrow of the Giron-
dists. Best known for his wholesale butchery of men, women,
and children at Nantes, 1793-94. After the fall of Robespierre he
was condemned by the revolutionary tribunal and guillotined 16
Dec. 1794.
Chaumette (sho-mei'), Pierre Gaspard, b. Nevers.'France, 1763, a vio-
lent and brutal revolutionist; insulted the imprisoned king, and,
with Ht^bert, accused the queen of infamous crimes; devised the
"Fetes de la Raison"; was guillotined through the jealousy of
Robespierre, 1794.
Clootz, Jean Baptiste, better known as AnacharsisClootz; b. Prussia,
1755, of a wealthy and aristocratic family ; sent to Paris to be edu-
cated, 1766; embraced republican principles, and, upon the open-
ing of the revolution, became a violent fanatic. In the national
convention he voted the death of the king, but, exciting the jeal-
ousy of Robespierre, was guillotined, with Hebert, Chaumette,
and others, 1794.
Collot d'Herbois {ko-lo' der-bwd'), Jean Marie, b. Paris, 1750; a san-
guinary leader, active in the conflicts of 10 Aug. and in the mas-
sacre of Sept. 1792; noted for ordering 600 inhabitants of Lyons
shot in one day. Supported Robespierre; voted for the death of
the king; abandoned Robespierre, but was tried with Billaud and
transported to.Cayenne, where he d. 8 June, 1796. Called the Tiger
of the Revolution.
Condorcet (kondor-sa'), Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, mar-
quis de, b. Picardy, 17 Sept. 1743. Eminent in literature and sci-
ence. He greeted with enthusiasm the revolution in the inter-
ests of liberty; member of the legislative assembly and of the
national convention, 1792; voted the king guilty; opposed his
death; voted for an appeal to the people; denounced the arrest
and execution of the Girondists, and incurred the hatred of the
" Mountain." Fleeing from proscription, he was captured 7 Apr.
1794, and died the next day in prison from exhaustion.
Corday d'Armans, Marie Anne Charlotte, b. Normandy. France, 1-768;
assassinated Marat in a warm bath in his house; guillotined July,
1793.
Cottereau, Jean (called Chounan, screech-owl) ; grateful to Louis XVI.
for a pardon for some slight offence, he led a loyalist band of
peasantry in his district against the revolutionists, 1792-94; mor-
tally wounded, 28 July, 1794.
Couthon (koo'ton'), George, b. Auvergne, France, 1756. In the Na-
tional Assembly voted for the death of the king; opposed the
Girondists; engaged in the massacre at Lyons; on the fall of
Robespierre was guillotined, July, 1794. Called the Panther of
the Triumvirate.
Danton (don'ton'), George Jacques, b. Arcis-sur-Aube, France, 1759.
His public career began as president of the club Cordeliers, in
which he showed himself one of the most extreme of the early
revolutionists, and fully equalled either Marat or Robespierre ia
his bloody work. In 1792 he led the struggle against the Giron-
dists. In the national convention he voted for the death of the
king. His ability was the greatest force in accomplishing the
destruction of the Girondists; but Robespierre and the Jacobins
were too strong for him, and he was arrested, with his followers,
30 Mch. 1794, and guillotined 5 Apr. 1794. He was an orator, and
has been termed the Mirabeau of the Sans-Culottes.
Desmoulins {da-moo-lan'),Luc]e Simplice Camille Benoist,b. Picardy,
France, 2 Mch. 1760. Active revolutionist and journalist. In the
national convention voted for the abolition of royalty and death
of the king; at first intimate with Robespierre, but afterwards
joined Danton, and with him was arrested and guillotined, 5 Apr.
1794. His wife was guillotined a few days after.
Dumouriez (du-moo-re-d'), Charles Frauf ois, b. at Cambray. France,
1739; advocated reform in the government with the Girondists.
Commanding the army of the north, he gained the battle of Je-
mappes, 1792 ; and was successful in the Netherlands until defeat-
ed at Neerwinden, 1793, when, being recalled by the convention
under a charge of treason, he took refuge in the Austrian camp.
In 1804 he settled in England, and was pensioned by George IIL
with $6000 a year; d. 1823.
Fauchet (fo-shd'), (Abbe) Claude, b. Domes, department Ni^vre,
France, 1744; devoted to the service of the church; rapidly pro-
moted; preached before the king; for too liberal a tone in his
sermons he was deposed, 1788; earnest and active in the rev-
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olution; a leader of the attack on the Bastile; member of the
<5ommune; floured in the extreme clubs; blessed the tricolor;
Appointed coustimtional bishop, 1791; organized the "Cercle So-
cial," 1791; member of the assembly and convention; disgusted
with the excesses of the Jacobins, ho sided with the Girondists;
opposed the death of the king, and voted for an appeal to the peo-
ple for imprisonment and banishment; suspected by the more
violent of the Revolutionists, he was accused of complicity with
Charlotte Corday in the murder of Marat, and guillotined with
the Girondists, 31 Oct. 1793. Called the Priest of the Revolution.
Touchy ifoosha'), Joseph, b. Nantes, France, 29 May, 1763. At-
tached to the most violent party in the national convention, he
voted for the king's death; took part in the massacre at Lyons.
Best known up minister of police before and under Napoleon;
treacherous and unscrupulous; d. in exile at Trieste. 25 Dec. 1820.
Foulon', Joseph Franpois, b. France. 1715. Held office under the
monarchy; counselled reform in some departments of the gov-
ernment. Haled by the populace for sayings ascribed to him,
such as, " If the people have no bread let them eat hay," he was
seized by the mob on the day of'the destruction of the Bastile,
1789, killed, and his head,with the mouth filled with hay, paraded
on a pole through the. streets.
Fouquier-Tinville (fooke-a' tanvel'), Antoine Quentin, b. Heronel,
France, 1747; an infamous public accuser. From the flrst an ex-
treuie revolutionist, friend of Danton and Robespierre. Persons
of both sexes and of all ages, innocent and guilty, royalists,Giron-
dists, Jacobins, friend or foe, his own associates, Hubert, Clootz,
Danton, and Desmoulius, were indifferently accused by him. On
the fall of Robespierre he was condemned and guillotined, 1794.
Freteau (fre-to'), St. Just Emmanuel Marie Michel Philippe de, b.
France, 1745; moderate revolutionist; favored a constitutional
monarchy ; retired to his estate, but fell a victim to the revolu-
tionary frenzy, 1794.
Gensonnd (zhan-so-na'), Armaud, b. Bordeaux, France, 10 Aug. 1758.
Helped organize the Gironde; member of convention, voted for
the king's death, but afterwards, with his party, became more
moderate. He was guillotined, 31 Oct. 1793.
Guadet (gd-da'). Marguerite Elie, h. Bordeaux, France, 1758; mem-
ber of the national convention; spoke against the death of the
king, but voted for it. A leader of Girondists, on the fall of that
party he took refuge with friends at Bordeaux, but was discov-
ered and executed there, July, 1794.
Cuillotin igeyotan'), Joseph Ignace, b. Sautes, France, 1738; mod-
erate revolutionist; known as the person who flrst proposed in
the legislative assembly, 1789, some machine to be used for capi-
tal punishment other than the sword or axe. Although not its
inventor, he gives name to the machine (guillotine); d. 1814.
B6bert {a-Mr'), Jacques Ren6, b. Alenjon, France, 1755; poor and
vile, the scum of the revolution, and, with Chaumette, the most
unprincipled of accusers. Witness against the queen ; charges too
revolting for even the revolutionary tribtmal. Denounced by Saint-
Just, 13 Mch. 1794, he was guillotined on the 22d; died like a cow-
ard. His widow was guillotined a few days after, on the same day
as the widow of Desmoulins.
Herault de Sechelles {a-ro' deh sa-shel'), Marie Jean, b. Paris, 1760;
extreme revolutionist, friend of Danton, member of" Cordeliers";
guillotined, with Hebert, Clootz, Danton, and others, Apr. 1794.
Hoche {osh), Lazare, b. Montreuil, France, 1768. As a soldier, with
the revolutionists, he successfully opposed the Austrians, 1793 ; but
having incurred the displeasure of Saint- Just, he was arrested,
and only escaped death by the fall of Robespierre. Again, as a
commander, he distinguished himself, but d. 1797. One of the
most skilful of the generals of the revolution.
Isnard [is-nar'), Maximin, b. Grasse, France,1751; member of assem-
bly, 1791. United with the Girondists; member of the Committee
of Public Safety. On the fall of the Girondists he escaped death
by concealment; afterwards a member of the Five Hundred; re-
turned to private life, 1800; d. 1830.
Jourdan {zhoor-don'), Jean Baptiste, b. France, 1762. One of the gen-
erals of the revolutionary period; successful in 1794. Not "being
properly supported by the government, he resigned. With the
army under Napoleon; made peer of France, 1819; d. 1833.
Kellermann, Francois Christophe, b. Strasburg, 30 May, 1735; ar-
dent revolutionist; gains the battle of Valmy, 20 Sept. 1792. Em-
ployed by Napoleon ; d. 12 Sept. 1820.
Xafayette, Jean Marie Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier, marquis de;
b. at the chateau of Chavagniac, Auvergne, France, 6 Sept. 1757.
An ardent republican, he heartily embraced the American cause,
and served through the War of Independence. In France he was
a member of the Assembly of Notables, 1787 ; of the National
Assembly, 1789. His name is prominent in revolutionary annals
until 1792, when he took refuge in the neutral territory of Liege
to escape the revolutionists, but was seized by Austrians and held
prisoner for 5 years under great hardship. Napoleon stipulated
for his release at the treaty with Austria of Campo Formio, 1797.
His was the purest character of the revolutionary period; but
failed to influence the revolutionary party, and by his advocacy
of a constitutional monarchy he forfeited the confidence of the
royalists. His life of patriotic service ended 20 May, 1834.
Lambalie (lon'bai') Marie Therfese Louise de Savoie-Carignan de,
princess of; b. Turin, 1749. Distinguished for beauty and virtue;
married prince of Lambalie, 1767 ; a widow, 1768. Favorite at-
tendant of the queen Marie Antoinette, whose dangers and adver-
sities she shared. Imprisoned in La Force, and murdered, Sept.
1792, with great brutality; her remains mutilated beyond recog-
nition, and her head carried on a pike through the streets.
l&voisler {Id-vwd-se-a'), Antoine Laurent, b. Paris, 1743. Eminent
scientist, one of the founders of modern chemistry; a prominent
member of the Farmers-general; on 2 May, 1794. one Dupin in
the convention presented a frivolous charge against the whole body
■of ex- Farmers-general; on 6 May, 1794, Lavoisier with 27 others
of them was condemned, and 2 days afterwards they were guillo-
tined. A petition in his favor evoked the reply " the republic has
no need of savants."
Lebas (lihba'), Philippe Franpois, b. Arras, 1765; violent revolu-
tionist; devoted personal friend and partisan of Robespierre, on
whose fall he committed suicide, 1794.
Louis XVI. Franck, 1775-93. House of Bourbon.
Louis XVII. Fkanck, House of Bourbon.
Louvet de Couvray {l-oo-veh' deh koo-vra'), b. Paris, 1760. Prominent
member of the Gironde; elected to national convention, 1792. Pro-
scribed with his parly, but escaped the guillotine; member of the
Council of Five Hundred; d. 1797.
Marat (ma-rd'), Jean Paul,b. Baudry, Switzerland,24 May,1743. Ed-
ucated, he obtained some notice in several departments of science.
In 1788 he entered the political arena, and engaged in issuing
pamphlets. Edited a paper, L^Ami du Peuple, 12 Sept. 1789.
Offending parlies in power, he sought safety for a while in Eng-
land, and on his return in the cellars and sewers of Paris. After
10 Aug. 1792, he took his seat in the commune, and demanded a
tribunal to try the royalists in prison. As no tribunal was formed,
the massacre of the prisoners followed in Sept. As member of
the national convention, he maintained that the king should be
tried for no act prior to his acceptance of the constitution, but
that he must die. In his struggle with the Girondists Marat,
aided by Danton, was successful in the end. Assassinated by
Charlotte Corday, 13 July. 1793. That Marat was ins me through
most of his public career there is no question. Under the insanity
of -'suspicion" he became a monster of cruelty, albeit naturally-
humane.
Marie Antoinette, Josephe Jeanne, queen of France, b. Austria, 2 Nov.
1755; married Louis, afterwards Louis XV L of France, 1770; be-
came queen, 1775. The hatred of the people for her frivolity, sel-
flshness, extravagance, and obstinacy hastened the revolution.
Many false accusations brought against her found support in her
conduct. The diamond-necklace scandal, in which she was not to
blame, brought her name into disrepute. Her self-will hampered
the good intentions of the king. She would not consent to any
limit of the royal power. Her sufferings during the last year of
her life excited universal sympathy. She was tried Oct. 1793, and
on the 16th was sentenced and guillotined.
Mirabeau {mer-d-bo'), Honors Gabriel Riquetti. comte de; b. Bi-
gnon, France, 9 Mch. 1749. The small pox when he was but 3 years
old disfigured his face for life. In 1789 he was returned a member
of the States-general from Aix— in the Tiers Etat. Here his polit-
ical life commenced, and for the next 2 years he was the principal
leader of the revolution. He d. 2 Apr. 1791, too soon to shape the
government or the future of France. He was an orator of the
highest order, but his statesmanship was never fully tested
Some imagine that, had he lived, France would have escaped the
horrors of the revolution, through a constitutional monarchy.
Necker (neA;-A;e?-'), Jacques, b. Geneva, Switzerland, 1732; celebrated
as the father of madame de Staei, and as minister of finance under
Louis XVI., at the opening of the revolution. He was twice dis-
missed 'by the king, but recalled at the demand of the people.
His second dismissal excited the populaee to destroy the Bastile,
and the king recalled him. He soon showed himself unable to
cope with political or financial questions, and in Sept. 1790, re-
signed office, unregretted; d. at Coppet, Switzerland, 1804.
D'Orl^ans {dor-la-on'), Louis Philippe Joseph, due, called Egalite;
b. Saint-Cloud, 1747; by marriage became one of the richest men
in France. He was a pronounced liberal, and his dissensions with
the court of Louis XV^I., where he was cordially disliked, probably
led him to make his Palais Royal in Paris a focus of liberal ideas.
His popularity in Paris was greatly increased by his liberality
during the famine. Was elected to the States general, 1780, and
joined the Tiers Etat with others of the nobility. Allied himself
with the Dantonists and assumed the title Egalite. Member of the
national convention, he voted for the death of the king— a standing
disgrace to his name. He was arrested and guillotined during the
" reign of terror," Nov. 1793, merely on account of his rank.
Petion de Villeneuve (pa-te-on' deh vel-nuv'), Jerome, b. Chartres,
France, 1753. Radical member of the National Assembly, 1790;
elected mayor of Paris, 1791. Having acted in the convention
with the Girondists, he escaped their destruction; but was found
dead in a field in the department of the Gironde. June, 1794.
Pichegru [pesh-gru'), Charles, b. Arbois, France. 1761. Joined the
revolutionists; general-in-chief of the army of the north, 17i)4.
Aided materially in suppressing the insurrection of the Faubourgs,
Apr. 1795. Suspected of sympathy with royalists, he retired from
the army. President of the Council of Five Hundred; again sus-
pected of complicity with the royalists, he was condemned and
transported to Cayenne. Escaped to England, and returned .se-
cretly to Paris, 1804, where he was arrested, and a few days after
(6 Apr.) was found dead in his prison.
Robespierre (rob-es-pe-er'), Franpois Joseph Maximilien Isidore, b.
Arras, France, 1759. From the first a prominent figure of the
revolution; connected with many sanguinary and brutal acts.
From the Sept. massacre of 1792 he was virtually dictator, until
his overthrow, July, 1794. He was arraigned by the Girondists,
and his fate was in their hands; but by their vacillation he ob-
tained the ascendency, and 31 Oct. 1793, saw the leaders of that
party executed. In the deaths of the king and queen, in the
overthrow of the Gironde and of Danton, his was the ruling hand.
He was most abhorred among the many monsters of this period.
He was at last assailed in the tribune by members made desper-
ate through fear of their own lives, 27 July, 1794; condemned and
guillotined the next day {•28th), already half dead with a brokea
jaw received in the melee the day previous.
Roland de la t'lati^re (ro-lon' deh la pla-te-air'), Jean Marie, b. Ville-
franche, France, 1734; moderate revolutionist. Girondist, minister
of state, minister of the interior under the republic, Aug. 1792-
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Jan. 1793; resigned and returned to Rouen; on nearing of the
death of his wife (guillotined), he committed suicide, Nov. 1793.
Roland, Marie Jeanne, madame, b. Paris, 17 Mch. 1754. Although her
beauty and grace attracted many suitors, she married M. Roland,
20 years her senior, in 1780. She was zealous in the cause of
liberty, and enlisted in the early movement of the revolution with
enthusiasm. By her manners, genius, and conversational powers
she acquired great influence among the Girondists. She was guil-
lotined 9 Nov. 1793.
Saint-Just (san-zhusC), Antoine Louis Leon de, b. Decize, France, 1767.
Violent revolutionist, intimate friend of Robespierre, whose meas-
ures he always supported ; member of the national convention, voted
for the death of the king without delay or appeal to the people.
Prominent in overthrowing the Girondists and Danton's party;
and with Robespierre and Couthon formed the triumvirate of
the "reign of terror. " Guillotined, with Robespierre, July, 1794.
Santerre (son-ter'). Antoine Joseph, b. Paris, 1762; a revolutionary
leader; commanded national guards, 1792, and guards at execution
of the king, etc. ; d. 1809. France, House of Bourbon.
"Siey^s (se-yds'), Emmanuel Joseph, known as abbeSieyes; b. Fr^jus,
France, 3 May, 1748. Zealous revolutionist, member of the conven-
tion of 1792, voted for the king's death; but, shocked by the " reign
of terror," temporarily retired from public life. Later, member of
the Committee of Public Safety, and of the Directory; and one of
the first consuls, 1799. Unable to cope with Napoleon, he again re-
tired; d. Paris, 20 June, 1836. Famous as a constitution maker.
Tallien (td-le-an'), Jean Lambert, b. Paris, 1769; conspicuous at the
outbreak of the revolution as a "patriot." Intimate with Dan ton
and Marat. Participated in the massacres of Sept. and other atroc-
ities. Being suspected by Robespierre, he opposed his domina-
tion for a time, and on 9 Thermidor (27 July, 1794) Robespierre
was overthrown. Tallien then sunk into obscurity, and died in
Paris in great poverty, Nov. 1820.
Vergniaud (vern-j/e-o'), Pierre Victurnien, b. Limoges, France, 31 May,
1759. Elected to the Legislative Assembly, Sept. 1791 ; attacked
the king In a brilliant speech, July, 1792. Member of the na-
tional convention ; in the trial of the king voted for an appeal to
the people, but,defeated in this, voted for the king's death; and as
president of the convention passed the sentence on him, Jan.
1793. As a Girondist he defended his party ably but unsuccess-
fully against Robespierre and the " Mountain," Apr. 1793; arrest-
ed June, 1793; guillotined, 31 Oct. 1793. One of the most brilliant
leaders of the revolution.
Frencli revolutionary calendar. In
1792, the French nation adopted a calendar professedly found-
ed on philosophical principles. The first year of the era of the
republic began at midnight, between 21 and 22 Sept. 1792;
but its establishment was not decreed until the 4th Friraaire
of the year II., 24 Nov. 1793. The calendar existed until the
10th Nivose, year of the republic XIV., 31 Dec. 1805, when
the Gregorian mode of calculation was restored by Napoleon I.
AUTUMN.
Vendemiaire Vintage month 22 Sept. to 21 Oct.
Brumaire Fog month 22 Oct. to 20 Nov.
Frimaire Sleet month 21 Nov. to 20 Dec.
WINTER.
Nivose Snow month 21 Dec. to 19 Jan.
Pluviose Rain month 20 Jan. to 18 Feb.
Ventose Wind month 19 Feb. to 20 Mch.
SPRING.
Oerminal Sprouts' month
Flor^al Flowers' month
Prairial Pasture month .
.21 Mch. to 19 Apr.
.20 Apr. to 19 May.
.20 May to 18 June.
SUMMER.
Messidor .Harvest month 19 June to 18 July.
Fervidor, or Thermidor . . . Hot month 19 July to 17 Aug.
Fructidor Fruit month 18 Aug. to 16 Sept.
SANSCULOTIDES, OR FEASTS DEDICATED TO
Les Vertus The Virtues 17 Sept.
Le G6nie Genius 18 "
Le Travail I,abor 19 "
L'Opinion Opinion 20 "
Les Recompenses Rewards 21 "
Frencli revolutions. France, 1830, 1848, 1870.
FrenclltOWn,now]fIonroe,Mich.,was taken from
the British by gen. Winchester, 18 Jan. 1813. It was retaken
by the British under gen. Proctor, 22 Jan., and Winchester
and his force captured. Known as the River Rasin massacre.
flPCSCO painting^S are executed on fresh plaster.
Ancient ones exist in Egypt, Italy, and England, and modern
ones in the British houses of parliament, at Berlin, and other
places. The fresco paintings by Giotto and others at the
Campo Santo, a cemetery at Pisa, executed in the 13th cen-
tury, are justly celebrated. Stereochromy.
Fretaval, a town of central France. Here Richard I.
of England defeated Philip II. of France, and captured his
royal seal, archives, etc., 15 July, 1194. Fretaval was taken
by the Germans, 14 Dec. 1870, and soon abandoned.
friars (from Fr. frere, a brother). Benedictines, Car-
melites, Cistercians, Dominicans, Franciscans, Minok-
ri'ES, and other orders.
Friday, the 6th day of the week ; so called from Friga,
or Frea, the Scandinavian Venus, wife of Thor, and goddess of
peace, fertility, and riches, who with Thor and Odin formed
the supreme council of the gods. Good Friday.
Friedland, a town of N. Prussia. Here the allied
Russians and Prussians were beaten by French, commanded
by Napoleon, on 14 June, 1807. The allies lost 80 pieces of
cannon and about 18,000 men ; the French about 10,000. The
peace of Tilsit followed, Prussia surrendering nearly half her
dominions. This battle furnished a subject for one of Meisso-
nier's greatest war-pictures.
Friendly isles, in the southern Pacific, between lat.
13° and 25° S. and Ion. 172° W. and 177° E., more than 150
in number, form a large archipelago. They were discovered
by Tasman, in 1643; visited by Wallis, who called them
Keppel isles, 1767 ; and by capt. Cook, who named them from
the friendh' disposition of the natives, 1773, though later voy- '
agers found them very ferocious.
Friesland, East, N. Germany, ancient Frisia, for-
merly governed bj' its own counts. On the death of its prince,
Charles Edward, in 1744, it became subject to the king of
Prussia; Hanover disputed its possession' but Prussia pre-
vailed. It was annexed to Holland by Bonaparte in 1806 ; to
the French empire, 1810; and awarded to Hanover in 1815.
The English language is said to be mainly derived from the
old Frisian dialect. — Friesland, West, in Holland, was part of
Charlemagne's empire in 800. It passed under the counts of
Holland about 936, and was one of 7 provinces which renounced
the Spanish yoke in 1580. The term chevaux-de-frise (or
cheval-de-frise, a Friesland horse) is derived from Friesland,
where it was invented.
Friuli (/ree-00 '-?ee),Venetia, made a duchy by Alboin
the Lombard when he established his kingdom, about 570. It
was conquered by Charlemagne. Duke Henri, a Frenchman,
was assassinated in 799, as was duke Berengarius, king of Italy
and emperor, in 924. The emperor Conrad gave the duchy to
his chancellor, Poppo, patriarch of Aquileia, in the 11th cen-
tury ; it was conquered by Venice in 1420, annexed to Austria,
1797 i to France, 1805 ; to Austria, 1814 ; to Italy, 1866.
FrO'bisher's strait, discovered by sir Martin Fro-
bisher, who sought a northwest passage to China, and after
exploring the coast of New Greenland, entered this strait, 11
Aug. 1576. He returned to England, bringing with him black
ore, supposed to contain gold, which induced queen Elizabeth
to patronize a second voyage. This led to a third fruitless ex-
pedition. He was mortally wounded at Brest, Nov. 1694.
Froebel {fro'-bel) Society, established to promote
the Kindergarten system, 1874.
Fronde, Civil wars of the, in France, in the
minority of Louis XIV. (1648-52), durintr the government of
queen Anne of Austria and cardinal Mazarin, between the fol-
lowers of the court and nobility, and the parliament and citi-
zens. The latter were called Frondeurs (slingers), it is said,
from an incident in a street quarrel. In a riot on 27 Aug. 1648,
barricades were erected in Paris.
fruits* Flowers and plants.
fuchsia {few'-zhe-a), an American plant named after the
German botanist Leonard Fuchs, about 1542. The Fuchsia
fulffens, the most beautiful variety, was introduced from Mex-
ico, about 1830.
Fuen'tes-de-Ono're, a town of central Spain. On
2 May, 1811, Massena crossed the Agueda with 40,000 infantry,
5000 cavalry, and about 30 pieces of artillery, to relieve Almeida.
He expected every day to be superseded in command, and
wished to make a last effort for his own military character.
Wellington had but 32,000 men, of which 1200 were cavalry.
He, however, determined to fight rather than raise the block-
ade of Almeida. After much fighting, on 3 May, night stopped
the conflict. Next day Massena was joined by Bessieres with
a body of the Imperial Guard, and on 5 May made his grand
attack. In all the war there was no more dangerous hour for
England. The fight lasted until evening, when the lower
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part of the town was abandoned by both parliea— the British
maintaining the chapel and crags, and the French retiring a
cannon-shot from the stre&m.— Napier:
fhlHritivC-Slave lair. Slavery in the United
States.
f\lg[Ue (Jeicff), in music (in which one part seems to chase
another), is described in Morley's " Introduction to Practicall
Musicke," 1597. Sebastian Bach and Handel were eminent
fugue-writers.
Fulford, a town of Yorkshire, England. Here Harold
Hardrada of Norway, and Tostig, brother of Harold of Eng-
land, defeated the earls Edwin and Morcar,20 Sept. 1066; and
the people near York submitted to them. Stamforu bridge.
fkinerals. David lamented over Saul and Jonathan,
1056 B.C., and over Abner, 1048 b.c. (2 Sam. i. and iii.). In
Greece, Solon first pronounced a funeral oration, according to
Herodotus, 580 b.c. The Romans made harangues over their
illustrious dead. Theopompus obtained a prize for the best
funeral oration in praise of Mausolus, 353 b.c. Popilia was
the first Roman lady at whose funeral an oration was delivered.
It was done by her son Crassus. Cicero says that Julius Caesar
did the like for his aunt Julia and his wife Cornelia. — Funeral
games, among the Greeks and Romans, included horse-races,
dramatic representations, processions, and mortal combats of
gladiators. These games were abolished by the emperor Clau-
dius, 47 A.D. A tax was laid on funerals in England, 1793.
fkirniture. Specimens of Egyptian furniture, repre
sented on the interior walls of the pyramids, appear in Rosel-
lini's " Monumenti dell' Egitto,"jvol. ii. 1832-44. J. G. Pollen's^
" Ancient and Modern Furniture and Woodwork," in the South
Kensington museum, London, 1874, illustrated by photographa
and engravings, was pub. July, 1874. Many interesting ex-
amples will be found in Fosbroke's " Encyclopaedia of Antiq-
uities," vol. i. 1825.
Fur'ruckabad', N. India, a province acquired by the
East India company in June, 1802. Near the capital of the
same name, 16 Nov. 1804, lord Lake defeated the Mahratta
chief Holkar, and about 60,000 cavalry, himself losing 2 killed
and about 20 wounded.
furs were worn in England by Henry I. about 1125. Ed-
ward III. enacted that persons who could not spend 100/. a
year should not indulge in them, 28 Mch. 1336-37.
fusiliers, British foot-soldiers, formerly armed with
fusees with slings to sling them. The 7th regiment (or Royal
English Fusiliers) was raised, 11 June, 1685 ; the 21st (or Royal
North British), 23 Sept. 1679; the 23d (or Roval Welsh), 17
Mch. 16S8.— Grose.
Fut'tehghur', a town of British India. Here
Nana Sahib massacred both the English defenders of the
fort and their Sepoy assailants, July, 1857; and here the
Sepoy rebels were defeated bv sir Colin Campbell, 2 Jan»
1858.
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g'abelle (ga-heV), (from Gahe^ a gift), a term applied to
various taxes, but afterwards restricted to the duty upon salt,
first imposed by Philip the Fair on the French in 1286. — Duruy.
Edward III. of England, termed Philip of Valois, who exacted
the tax rigorously, the author of the salic law (from sal, salt),
1340. The heavy assessments, though in some provinces
lightened by exemptions purchased from the sovereigns, pro-
duced 38,000,000 francs under Louis XVI. This grievous bur-
den hastened the revolution. It was abolished 1790.
Gadsden purchase. United States, 1853.
Oaelic (f/d'Hc), the northern branch of the Celtic lan-
guages, Irish, Erse or Highland Scottish, and Manx. The
"Dean of Lisraore's Book" (written 1511-51) contains Gaelic
poetry ; specimens were published, with translations, in 1862,
by rev. T. M'Lachlan. Celts. Gaelic society of London
founded 1777. Gaelic society, to extend acquaintance with the
Gaelic languages and history, established in New York 1879.
Oaeta (gd-a'-ta), the ancient Cajeta, a fortified Neapoli-
tan seaport, has undergone several remarkable sieges. It was
taken by the French, 4 Jan. 1799; by the English, 31 Oct. 1799 ;
by the French, 18 Juh% 1806; and by the Austrians in 1815
and 1821. Here pope Pius IX. took refuge, 24 Nov. 1848, and
resided more than a year. Here also Francis II. of Naples,
with his queen and court, fled when Garibaldi entered Naples,
7 Sept. 1860 ; and remained till the city was taken by the Sar-
dinian gen. Cialdini, 13 Feb. 1861, after a siege, uselessly pro-
longed by a French fleet in the harbor. Cialdini was created
duke of Gaeta.
Gaines's Mill, Va., Battle of. Peninsular cam-
paign.
Oalapa'gos or Tortoise islands, ceded to the
United States by Ecuador, 3 Nov. 1854, under protest of Brit-
ain, France, and other powers. Area, 2400 sq. miles ; pop. 200.
Oala'tia, a province of Asia Minor. In the 3d century
B.C., Gauls under Brennus invaded Greece, crossed the Helles-
pont, and conquered the Troas, 278; were checked by Attalus
I. in battle about 241 ; and settled in what was afterwards
Gallograecia and Galatia. The country was ravaged by Cneius
Manlius, 189 b.c., and was annexed to the Roman empire, 25
B.C., on the death of king Amyntas. Paul's epistle to the
Galatians was probably written 58 a.d.
OalatZ, a town of Roumania. Preliminaries of peace
between Russia and Turkey signed here, 11 Aug. 1791, led to
treaty of Jassy, 9 Jan. 1792. The site of several conflicts,
Russians defeating Turks, Nov. 1769 : 10 May, 1828. Pop.
1876, 80,763.
Oalieia (gal-ish'-e-a), a province of N.W. Spain, con-
quered by D. Junius Brutus, 136 B.C., and by Vandals, 419 a.d. ;
and by successive invaders. In 1065, Ferdinand I., king of
Castile and Leon, died ; his dominions were divided, and his
son Garcia became king of Galicia. Ruling tyrannicalh', he
was expelled by his brother Sancho ; returned at latter's death,
1072 ; was again expelled by his brother Alfonso, 1073 ; and died
in prison, 1091. The dissolute Urraca, queen of Castile, gave
Galicia to her son Alfonso in 1109. He defended her against
her husband, Alfonso VII., and at her death, in 1126, acquired
Castile, reuniting the kingdoms.
Oalieia, a province of Austro-Hungary. East Galicia
was acquired by Germany at the partition in 1772, and West
Galicia at that of 1795. The latter was ceded to the grand-
duchy of Warsaw in 1809, but recovered by Austria in 1815,
The appointment of count Goluchowski, a Pole, as governor, in
Oct. 1866, pleased the Poles. About 2,000,000 in this province.
Poland.
galleries. Louvre, Luxembourg, National, Paint-
ing, Versailles.
galleys with 2 rows of rowers, biremes, with 3 rows of
rowers, triremes, and with 4 rows of rowers, quadriremes, were
in use among the Greeks, Romans, Carthaginians and more
modern nations. Generally the rowers were slaves or crimi-
nals. The phrases "galley-slave" and "condemned to the
galleys" refer to these sea- vessels with 25 to 30 oars on each
side, manned by 4 or 5 slaves to each oar. In France they
had a general of galleys, of whom the baron de la Garde was
the first, 1544. The punishment of the galleys {galh-es) in
France has been superseded by the travaux forces, forced
labor, regulated by a law of 1854, the men being called formats,
Oalliean, (l) of or pertaining to France. (2) Specif-
ically pertaining to the Roman Catholic church in France.
Oallieanism, the spirit of nationalism within the
church of France as opposed to the power of the papal see —
the spirit of the Gallican church as distinguished from the
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Homish. It has existed in France from the introduction of
•Christianity. This spirit culminated during the reign of
Louis XIV., when in Mch. 1682, the French clergy demanded
that the papal authority in France be limited to spiritual mat-
ters and be subject to the decision of a general council. This
was condemned by successive popes in 1682-90, 1706-94. The
•Gallicanists have been overpowered by the Ultramontanists
<luring the 19th century.
galliuni, new element, a metal, discovered by Lecoq de
Boisbaudran, by the spectroscope ; reported to French Acad-
emy of Sciences 20 Sept. and 6 Dec. 1875.
g[aloclie§ (ga-loshes'), French for overshoes, formerly of
leather; since 1843 of vulcanized India-rubber. The impor-
tation into England was prohibited by 3 Edw. IV. c. 4 (1463).
galvaniini. Electricity.
Oalway, W. Ireland. The ancient settlers here formed
13 tribes, a distinction not yet forgotten. It was conquered
by Richard de Burgo in 1232. In 1690 Galway city declared
for king James, but was taken by gen. Ginckel soon after the
■decisive battle of Aughrim, 12 July, 1691.
Oainbia, a British colony of West Africa. The pro-
posed cession of Gambia to France, in exchange for other ter-
ritories, was opposed in Jan. 1876, and eventually given up.
Erected into an independent colony, Dec. 1888, with an ad-
ministrator and legislative council. Area, 2700 sq. miles;
pop. 50,000. Area of settlement, 69 sq. miles ; pop. 14,266.
g^ambOg^e', a medicine and pigment, brought from In-
dia by the Dutch about 1600. Hermann, in 1677, announced
that it was derived from trees of Ceylon, since ascertained to
belong to the order Guttifera. The gamboge of commerce is
mainly derived from Siam, Cambodia, and Cochin China.
g'ame laiV§ are a remnant of the forest laws of Will-
iam the Conqueror, who, to preserve game, made it forfeiture
of property to disable a wild beast, and loss of eyes for a stag,
buck, or boar. The clergy protested against ameliorations of
tliese laws under Henry III. The first game act passed in
1496, Game certificates were first granted with a dutv in
1784. The Game act (1 and 2 Will. IV. c. 32), modifying all
previous laws, passed in 1831, permits the sale of game at cer-
tain seasons. The game laws throughout the United States
differ widely, but all inflict a penalty of from $5 to $50 for
killing song-birds. In New York the killing of moose is ille-
gal. Some game are protected for a limited time, as quail
in Niagara county, N. Y., which could not be lawfully killed for
3 years from 17 May, 1886. Duck, geese, and brant cannot be
killed in the state of New York between sunset and daylight,
nor with any net, device, or other instrument than guns fired
from the shoulder, and lanterns or other light must not be used.
gamei. Candidates for athletic games in Greece were
dieted on new cheese, dried figs, and boiled grain, with warm
water, and no meat. The sports were leaping, foot-races,
quoits, wrestling, and boxing. Capitoline, Isthmian, Olym-
pic, Pythian, Secular games. Sports, etc.
Ifaming^ was introduced into England by the Saxons ;
the loser was often made a slave to the winner, and sold in
traffic, like other merchandise. — Camden.
Act prohibiting gaming to all gentlemen (and tennis, cards,
dice, bowls, etc., to inferiors, except at Christmas time) .... 1541
Oaming-houses licensed in London 1620
Losses by betting or play of more than lOOZ. at any one time,
not collectible by law, 16 Chas. II 1663
Bonds or other securities given for money won at play not
enforcible; and any person losing more than \0l. may sue
the winner to recover it back, 9 Anne, c. 14 1710
Act to prevent excessive and fraudulent gaming, suppressing
private lotteries and faro, basset, and hazard 1739
Betting-houses suppressed 1853
Public gamingtables suppressed at Wiesbaden, Homburg, etc.,
31 Dec. 1872
Bevenue of Monaco is mainly derived from its gaming-tables
(Monaco).
gam'ut. The scale of musical intervals (commonly
termed do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, to which si was added after-
wards), for which the first 7 letters of the alphabet are now
employed, is mentioned by Guido Aretino, a Tuscan monk,
about 1025. MusiC.
Oaiige§ canal,
Ganges and the Jumna.
rrigating the country between the
The main line (525 miles long) was
opened 8 Apr. 1854. Great diflUculties were overcome by its
engineer, sir Proby Cautley. In Oct. 1864, sir Arthur Cotton
asserted that the work was badly done, and the investment
only paid 3 per cent.
gardenings. The first garden, Eden, planted by God
(Gen. ii.). The Scriptures abound with allusions to gardens,
particularly the Song of Solomon and the prophets; and
Christ's agony took place in a garden. Xenophon describes
the gardens at Sardis, and Epicurus and Plato taught in gar-
dens. Theophrastus's " History of Plants " was written about
322 B.c. Horace, Virgil, and Ovid derive many images from
the garden (60 b.c. to 50 a.d.) ; and Pliny's Tusculan villa is
circumstantially described (about 100 a.d.). The Romans
introduced gardening into Britain, religious orders maintained
it, and its practice increased in the 16th century, when many
Flemings came to England to escape persecutions of Philip II.
Miller's dictionary was pub. 1724 ; the British Horticultural
Society was established in 1804; Loudon's " Encyclopsedia of
Gardening " was first pub. 1822, and his " Encyclopaedia of
Plants" in 1829. Flowers and Plants; Truck-farming.
Oarfield monument. The memorial stands on
a wide stone terrace in Lake View cemetery, Cleveland, O.
It is a circular tower 148 feet high, with a diameter of 50 feet.
It is highly decorated with allegorical and other designs. In
the centre of the tower is a heroic marble statue of Garfield,
modelled by George Doyle of New York. The memorial was
designed by George Keller of Hartford, Conn. ; dedicated 30
May, 1890 ; and cost $134,755, of which 38 states contrib-
uted $130,380 ; 10 territories, $3166 ; France, $1149; Belgium,
$40; Australia, $12; England, $5; Canada, $3.
Oargsaril§, a mountain in Asia Minor, 10 miles north-
west of Adramyti, the highest of the range of Ida, near the
supposed site of ancient Troy.
" There lies a vale in Ida, lovelier
Than all the valleys of the Ionian hills.
Behind the valley topmost Gargarus
Stands up and takes the morning; but in front
The gorges, opening wide apart, reveal
Troas and Ilion's column'd citadel,
The crown of Troas. ' ' —Tennyson, ' ' CEnone. "
Oarig^liano {gd-reel-yah'-no), a river, S.W. Italy.
After long waiting and refusing to recede, Gonsalvo de Cor-
dova bridged this river, 27 Dec. 1503, and surprised and de-
feated the French army. Gaeta surrendered a few days after.
Oarter, Order of the. Edward IIL, when at war with
France and eager to obtain the best soldiers of Europe, pro-
jected a revival of king Arthur's round-table. On New-Year's
day, 1343-44, he published letters of protection for the safe
coming and return of foreign knights who would venture their
reputation at his jousts and tournaments. These took place
23 Apr. 1344. A table was erected in Windsor castle of 200
feet diameter, and the knights were entertained at the king's
expense. In 1346 Edward gave his garter for the signal of a
successful battle (probably Crecy) ; and being victorious, and
having David, king of Scotland, a prisoner, he, in memory of
these exploits, is said to have instituted this order, 23 Apr. 1349.
Edward III. made the chief badge of the order a garter of blue vel-
vet bordered with gold, inscribed in old French, "■ Honi soil qui
malypense''^ (Evil be to him who evil thinks). Knights are in-
stalled at Windsor, and styled Equites aurece periscelidis (knights
of the golden garter). — Beatson.
The order, until Edward VI. 's time, was called the order of St.
George, patron saint of England. His figure on horseback, hold-
ing a spear, and killing the dragon, was first worn by the knights
suspended by a blue ribbon across the body from the shoulder.
Instituted, according to Selden, 23 Apr. 1344; according to Nico-
las, 1347 ; to Ashmole 1340
Office of "Garter king of arms of Englishmen " instituted,
between May and July, 1417
Additions to the statutes decreed 1421, 1423
Order of the Garter in Ireland instituted by Edward IV., 1466;
abolished .• 1494
Collar and George of the order instituted by Henry VII., about 1497
Statutes reformed by order, 28 May, 1519; issued 23 Apr. 1522
Ceremonies changed, because of the Reformation 20 Apr. 1548
Revision of the statutes 1560
Annual feast of St. George discontinued , 1567
Escutcheon converted into a star 1629
Number of knights increased by 7 1786
Order reconstituted; to consist of the sovereign, prince of
Wales, 25 knights companions, and lineal descendants of
George III. , when elected 17 Jan. 1806
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Several European sovereigns elected 1813-14
Abdul-Aziz, sultan of Turkoj', receives the Garter from queen
Victoria on her yacht at a naval review 17 July, 1867
Shah of Persia invested at Windsor 20 June, 1873
ORIGINAL, KNIGHTS.
Thomas, earl of Kent.
John, lord Grey, of Rotherfleld.
Sir Kichard Filz Simon.
Sir Miles Stapleton.
Sir Thomas Wale.
Sir Hugh Wrotlesley.
Sir Nele Loryng.
Sir John Chandos.
Sir James Audeley.
Sir Otho Holand.
Sir Henry Earn.
Sir Sanchet d'Abrichecourt.
Sir Walter Paveley.
King Edward III., sovereign.
Edward, prince of Wales (called
the Black Prince).
Henry, duke of Lancaster.
Thomas, earl of Warwick.
John, captal de Buch.
Ralph, earl of Stafford.
William, earl of Salisbury.
Roger, earl of Mortimer.
Sir John Lisle.
Bartholomew, lord Burghersbe.
Jobn, lord Beauchamp.
John, lord Mohun, of Dunster.
Sir Hugh Courtenay.
ga§, in chemistry, a permanently elastic aeriform fluid.
Chlorine, Elements, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, etc.
Monge and Clouet, it is said, condensed sulphurous acid before
1800; Northmore liquefied chlorine 1805
Faraday determined a gas to be the vapor of a volatile liquid
at a temperature above the boiling point of the liquid; and
that the condonsing-point of the gas is the boiling-point of
the liquid ; he, by pressure, liquefied chlorine 1823
Furnaces with gases as fuel invented by C. W. Siemens, and
employed in glass-works, etc 1861
Lenoir's gas-engine, motive power obtained by combined gases
ignited by electricity, patented "
One hundred and forty three of these engines working in Paris;
introduced into England Dec. 1864
Prof. Thomas Grahaui's paper on diffusion of gases, 1834; he
showed that platinum and other metals absorb gases 1866
Pierre Hugon's gas-engine (said to be superior to Lenoir's,
1861) exhibited 1867
Oxygen liquefied by cold and pressure (predicted by Faraday) ;
by Cailletet, at Paris, 2 Dec. ; by Raoul Pictet at Geneva,
22 Dec. 1877
Nitrogen, hydrogen, and air liquefied by Cailletet 1877-78
Process exhibited at Royal Institution, London, by prof. James
Dewar 14 June, 1878
Ozone liquefied by Hautefeuille and Chappuis, Paris Oct. 1880
Gas from gas- wells used as fuel in western Pennsylvania 1884
Extensively used throughout western Pennsylvania, New York,
Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois 1890
In province of Ontario 1891
gai-ligllt, the inflammable aeriform fluid, carburetted
hydrogen, evolved by combustion of coal ; described by dr.
Clayton in 1739.
Coal-gas for illumination tried by Mr. Murdoch, in Cornwall. . . 1792
Gas-light introduced at Boulton & Watt's foundery in Bir-
mingham 1798
Lyceum theatre, London, experimentally lit with gas by Mr.
Winsor 1803
Adopted at cotton-mills of Phillips & Lee, Manchester (1000
burners lighted) 1805
Introduced in London, at Golden lane, 16 Aug. 1807; Pall Mall,
1809 ; generally through London 1814-20
David Pollock, father of the late chief baron, was governor of
the first "chartered " gas company 1812
Attempt fails to introduce gas into Baltimore 1816-20
Gas-lighting introduced in Paris 1819
Successfully introduced into Boston 1822
Gas-lighting introduced into New York 1823-24
Gas first used in Dublin, 1818; the streets generally lighted, Oct. 1825
First used in PhiladelpTiia 1835
Sidney, Australia, first lighted with gas 1841
Moscow first lighted 1866
Gas successful as fuel for the generation of steam by Jackson's
patent Apr. 1868
Processes to obtain illuminating gas from water patented by
Cruickshanks (1839); White (1849), and others. Water-gas,
by Ruck's process, mixed with ordinary gas, reported suc-
cessful at Chichester Aug. 1873
[Gas-meters patented by John Malam (1820), sir W. Con-
greve (1824), Samuel Clegg (1830), Nathan Defries (1838), and
others.]
By the London Gas act. passed 13 July, 1868, ordinary gas
charged 3^. 9d. the lOOOi cubic feet after 1 Jan. 1870. Charges
raised because of dear coal and labor Jan. 1874
Street ga-s lit by electricity, by St. G. Lane Fox's method; a
trial, partly successful, Pall Mall, etc 13 Apr. 1878
Electric liglit replacing gas for street illumination in the U. S., 1891-94
Oa§pce, Affair of the. The British revenue schooner Gas-
pee annoyed American seamen in Narragansett bay by demand-
ing the lowering of their flags in passing. While trying to en-
force the demand the Gaspee went ashore at what is known as
*> Gaspee's Point." On the same night, 9 June, 1772, 64 armed
men boarded the boat, captured the crew, and burned the vessel.
Although a large reward ($5000) was offered for the apprehen-
sion of the leader, Abraham "Whipple, he was never betrayed.
He was afterwards a commodore in the Continental navy.
Oa§tein, a city of Salzburg, Austria. The long discus-
sion between Austria and Prussia respecting the disposal of the
duchies conquered from Denmark was closed by a provisional
agreement signed here by their ministers (Blum for Austria
and Bismarck for Prussia) 14 Aug. 1865. This agreement
was censured by other powers and abrogated by war in 1866.
Austria was to have the temporary government of Holstein, and
Prussia that of Schleswig; the establishment of a Prussian fleet
was proposed, with Kiel as a federal harbor, held by Prussia; Lau-
enburg was absolutely ceded to Prussia, and the king was to pay
Austria as a compensation 2,500,000 Danish dollars.
Emperors of Austria and Germany met at Gastein, Aug. 1886.
Oatlillg" gun, named after its inventor, a citizen of
the United States, exhibited at Paris in 1867 ; designed to
discharge at once a number of projectiles smaller than the
shells of field guns ; it has as many locks as barrels. It was
tried at Shoeburyness, Engl., and rejected as inferior to a field
gun firing shrapnel. The gun has since been greatly improved,
and is believed to be one of thebest arms of its class iij use.
A powder for the Gatling, invented by M. Pertuiset, was tried
in London, Aug. 1870.
g[ailge§ (ga'-ges) (in railways). A discussion (termed
" the battle of the gauges ") began in England among engineers
about 1833. I. M. Brunei approved the broad gauge adopted
on the Great Western railway ; R. Stephenson, Joseph Locke,
and others, chose the narrow, now almost universal. A 2-foot
gauge was recommended in Feb. 1870, as successful on the
Festiniog railway, Wales, with B'airlie's engine. About 200
miles of the southwestern lines of the Great Western were al-
tered from the broad to the narrow gauge in a few days, June,
1874. In the United States the broad (6 feet) gauge formerly
used by the Erie, Grand Trunk, and other roads, has been
abandoned. The southern railroads, originally 5 feet, and the
Ohio railroads, originally 4 feet 10 inches, have conformed to
the standard gauge of 4 feet 8J inches ; now in use throughout
the country, except upon a few unimportant lines, where, for
the sake of economj'-, very narrow gauges (3 feet, or 2 feet 6
inches) have been adopted.
gauging, measuring the liquid contents of a barrel or
other vessel, regulated in England by law, 27 Edw. III. 1352.
Oaul and Oaul§. Gallia was the ancient name of
France and Belgium. The Gauls (whom Greeks called TaXa-
Tai ; Romans, Galli or Celtae) came from Asia, invading east-
ern Europe; were driven westward, and settled in Spain (in
Galicia), north Italy (Gallia Cisalpina), France, Belgium (Gallia
Transalpina), and the British isles (lands of the Cymry or
Gaels). B.C.
Phocseans found Massilia, now Marseilles 60O
Galli Senones under Brennus defeat Romans at the river Allia;
sack Rome; defeated and expelled by Camillus 13 July, 390
Again defeated 367
Gauls defeated by the Romans at Sentinum 295
Senones defeat Romans at Arretium ; nearly exterminated by
Dolabella 283
Gauls overrun northern Greece, 280 b.c. ; beaten at Delphi, 279;
and by Antigonus, king of Macedon 273
Gauls defeated with great slaughter near Pisa 225
Insubres overthrown by Marcellus; king Viridomarus slain.. 222
They assist Hannibal 218 et seq.
Romans conquer Gallia Cisalpina, 220; invade Gallia Transal-
pina, with varied success 121-58
They colonize Aix, 123 b.c. ; and Narbonne 118
Julius Caesar subdues Gaul in 8 campaigns 58-50
Lyons (Lugdunum) founded 41
A.D.
Druids' religion proscribed by Claudius. 43
Adrian visits and favors Gaul ; called Restorer of the Gauls. . . 120
Introduction of Christianity 160-
Christians persecuted 177, 202, 257, 286, 288
Franks and others defeated by Aurelian 241
By Probus, 275, 277 ; who introduces vine culture 280
Maximian defeats the Franks 281
Constantine proclaimed emperor of Gaul 306
Julian relieves Gaul, desolated by barbarians; defeats Alemanni
at Strasburg 357
Julian proclaimed emperor at Paris, 360 ; d 363
Gaul harassed by Alemanni 365-77
Invasion and settlement of Burgundians, Franks, Visigoths,
etc 378-450
Clodion, chief of the Salian Franks, invades Gaul; defeated by
Agtius 447
Huns under Attila defeated by ABtius near Chalons 451
.(Egidius, Roman commander, murdered 464
Childeric the Frank takes Paris "
All Gaul west of the Rhone ceded to Visigoths 475
End of Roman empire of the West; kingdom of the Franks
begins (France) 476
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g'auntlet, an iron glove, introduced in the 13th cen-
tury, perhaps about 1225; it was thrown down as a challenge
to an adversary.
g^auze (from Gaza, a city of Palestine, where first made),
a fabric much prized among the Romans. "Brocades and
damasks and tabbies and gauzes have been lately brought
over" (to Ireland).— Z>ea« Swift, in 1698. The manufacture
of gauze and articles of a light fabric at Paisley, in Scotland,
began about 1759.
g^aVCl-kind (derived from the Saxon gifeal cyn, " give
all suitably;" or from gafolcynd, land yielding rent), a custom
in Kent of dividing estates in land, the wife to have half, the
rest equally among male children, 550. By Irish gavel-kind,
even bastards inherited. — Davies. Not only a father's lands
were equally divided among sons, but a brother's among breth-
ren, if he had no issue. — Law Diet.
Oaza, a city of Philistines, whose gates Samson car-
ried off about 1 120 B.C. (Judg. xvi.). It was taken by Alex-
ander after a long siege, 332 ; and near it Ptolemy defeated
Demetrius Poliorcetes, 312 b.c. It was taken by Saladin, 1170
A.D. ; by Bonaparte, Mch. 1799 ; and by Egyptians under Ibra-
him Pacha, 1831.
g^ems. The Greeks excelled in cutting precious stones,
and many ancient specimens remain. The art was revived
in Italy in the 15th century. In Feb. 1860, Herz's collection
of gems was sold for $50,000. Rev. C. King's " Antique Gems "
appeared in 1860, and his " Natural History of Precious Stones
and Gems" in 1865. Dr. A. Billing's " Science of Gems," 1868.
Artificial gems have been produced by chemists (Ebelmen,
Deville, Wohler, and others), 1858-65.
Duke of Marlborough's collection, valued at 60,000^., sold by
auction to Mr. Bromilow for 36,1501 28 June, 1875
Aaron's Brkastplate, Diamond, etc.
g^enealog^y (Gr. yeveaXoyia — from yived, birth, de-
' scent, and \6yog, discourse). The earliest pedigrees are con-
I tained in the 5th, 10th, and Uth chapters of Genesis. The
1 first book of Chronicles contains many genealogies. The pedi-
! gree of Christ is given in Matt. i. and Luke iii. There are
I many books on the subject ; one was issued at Magdeburg,
j "Theatrum Genealogicum," by Henninges, in 1598. Ander-
I son, " Royal Genealogies," London, 1732. Sims's " Manual for
i the Genealogist," etc., 1586, will be found a useful guide. The
■ works of Collins (1756 et seq.), Edmondson (1764-84), and Nico-
'• las (1825 and 1857), on the British peerage, are highly esteemed.
j The Genealogical Society, London, established in 1853.
' general§. Matthew de Montmorency was the first
! general of French armies, 1203.— fl'eMaw/^ Balzac says car-
t dinal Richelieu coined the word generalissimo, on taking com-
mand of the French armies in Italy, in 1629. Ulysses S. Grant
became the first general of the array of the United States in
1866. Army, United States.
g'eneration, in chronology, the interval between the
birthofafatherand the birth of his child: 33 years on the aver-
age. Harvey's thesis " Omne vivum ex ovo " (every living being
1 springs from an egg) has been disproved by the researches of
Von Siebold and others. Spontaneous generation.
Oene'va (Ger. Genf), a town of Allobroges, a Gallic tribe,
58 B.C. ; capital of the kingdom of Burgundy, 426 a.d. ; part
i of the empire of Charlemagne, about 800. Pop. 1888, 71,807.
■ Republic founded 1512
Emancipated from Savoy 1526
Calvin settling here, Geneva was termed the " Rome of Cal-
vinism " about 1536
Servetus was burned for heresy 27 Oct. 1553
Geneva allied to Swiss cantons 1584
Incorporated with France 26 Apr. 1798
Admitted to Swiss Confederation 30 Dec. 1813
Constitution made more democratic 1846
Revolution, Catholic cantons seeking to introduce Jesuit teach-
ers; provisional government 7 Oct. 1848
[The scheme was withdrawn.]
Alabama arbitration commission met; received cases and ad-
journed to 15 June, 1872 18 Dec. 1871
Formal meeting of commission 15 June, 1872
Monsignor Mermillod nominated bishop of Geneva (in the dio-
cese of bishop of Lausanne) and vicar apostolic; his arrest
• proposed, 2 Feb. ; ordered to quit, or submit to civil govern-
ment by 15 Feb. ; expelled 17 Feb. "
Jix-duke of Brunswick dies here and bequeaths his vast prop-
erty, above $3,820,000, to the city 18 Aug. 1873
Geneva convention. Red Cross.
Oen'oa (It. Genova), the ancient Genua, N. Italy. Its
inhabitants were Ligures, who submitted to Romans,'115 B.c.
It partook of the revolutions of the Roman empire. Pop»
1881, 138,081.
Genoa becomes a free commercial state about lOOO
Frequent wars with Pisa 1070-1284
Frederick II. captures 22 galleys, and vainly besieges Genoa. . 1241
University founded 1243
Doria and Spinola families rule about 1270'
Genoese destroy naval power of Pisa at Melora 6 Aug. 1284
Frequent wars with Venice 1218-32; 129:^99
Rafaele Doria and Galeotto Spinola appointed captains 1335
Simon Boccanegra made first doge, 1339 ; set aside by the no-
bles, 1344; reappointed 1356-
Discord; many doges appointed 1394
Genoa under protection of France, 1396; of Naples, 1410; of
Milan, 1419; losing and regaining freedom 1421-1512;
Sacked by Spaniards and Italians under Prosper Colonna 1522
Andrew Doria deserts French service, and restores indepen-
dence of his country 1528^
Genoa bombarded by French May, 1684
By British Sept. 1745
Taken by imperialists; soon expelled " 1746
Another siege raised 10 June, 1747
Celebrated bank failed 1750
Genoa made the Ligurian republic May, 1797
Blockaded by British fleet and Austrian army until starved;
evacuated by capitulation, 5 June; but surrendered to French
after victory at Marengo 14 June, 180O "
Genoa annexed to French empire .<! . . .4 June, 1805-
Surrenders to English and Sicilians 18 Apr. 1814
United to kingdom of Sardinia Dec. "
Insurgents, after a murderous struggle, drove out garrison and
proclaimed the Ligurian republic, 3 Apr. ; surrendered to
gen. La Marmora 11 Apr. 1849
Columbus's first voyage, 1492 ; celebrated Sept. 1892
gens-cl'arnie§ (zhdn-ddrms'), anciently in France the
king's horse-guards only, afterwards the king's gardes-du-
curps ; musketeers and light horse were reckoned among them.
There was also a company of gentlemen (about 250) bearing
this name. Scots guards were about the persons of kings of
France from St. Louis, 1226. They were organized as a royal
corps by Charles VII. about 1441, younger sons of Scottish
nobles being usually captains. In England the name gens-
d'armes was at one time given to the police, but was changed
to " municipal guard " in 1830.
g'Cntleman (from gentHis, of a gens, a race or clan).
The Gauls, observing that of the Roman soldiers scutarii and
gentiles had the best appointments, called them ecvyers and
gentilshommes. The " grand old name " of gentleman in Eng-
land was given to the well-descended about 1430. — Sidney.
Gentlemen by blood were those who could show 4 descents,
from a gentleman created by the king by letters-patent.
g^entlenien-at-arni§, formerly the Band of Gentle-
men Pensioners, the oldest corps in England, except Yeomen
of the Guard. It was instituted by Henrv VIII. in 1609, en-
tirely of gentlemen of noble blood, whom he named his pen-
sioners or spears. William IV. commanded that it be called
his majesty's honorable corps of gentlemen-at-arms, 7 Mch,
18Bi.— Curling.
g"eo<l'e§y (from Gk. y^, the earth, and Saiio, I divide)^
the art of measuring the surface and determining the figure
of the earth, etc. Col. A. Clarke's " Geodesy" pub. 1880.
Seventh international geodetic congress met at Rome, 15-24
Oct. 1883; recommended the adoption of Greenwich as zero
of longitude, and of uniform time. International congress
at Washington, 1 Oct. 1884; recommends Greenwich as the
prime meridian (France and Brazil dissent) 13 Oct. 1884
Terms of a universal day agreed upon (Day, Latitudk) 1 Nov. "
g^eog'rapliy. The first geographical records are in
the Pentateuch and the book of Joshua. Homer describes the
shield of Achilles as representing the earth surrounded by
the sea, and also the countries of Greece, islands of the archi-
pelago, and site of Troy. — Iliad. The priests taught that the
temple of Apollo at Delphos was the centre of the world.
Anaximander of Miletus devised geographical maps, about
568 B.C. Hipparchus attempted to reduce geography to a
mathematical basis, about 135 B.C. Strabo, the great Greek
geographer, lived 71-14 b.c. Ptolemy flourished about 139
A.D. The science was brought to Europe by Moors of Bar-
bary and Spain, about 12^0.— Lenglet. Maps and charts were
introduced into England by Bartholomew Columbus to illus-
trate his brother's theory of a western continent, 1489. Geog-
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raphy is now divided into mathematical, physical, political,
and commercial ; and its study has been promoted during this
century by expeditions at the expense of governments and
societies. The Royal Geographical Society of London w«s
established in 1830; that of Paris in 1821. The American
Geographical Society, New York, was organized 1862. Af-
KICA, NoitTIIWKST PASSAOK, MAPS.
Internutiouul congress of geographers at Antwerp in 1871; at
Paris, 1 Aug. 1875; at Brussels 12 Sept. 1876
Dr. August Heinrich Potermann, founder and editor of '• Mit-
theilungeu uber wichtige ueue Erforschungen auf dem Ge-
samnUgebiete der Geographie" in 1865, and an eminent car-
tographer, d 26 Sept. 1878
Congress on commercial geography at Brussels Oct. 1879
E. H. Buubury's "History of Ancient Geography among the
Greeks and Romans, " pub. 1879. Ho refers especially to
Hecjit«us, Herodotus, Hanno, Pythoas (discoverer of Britain),
Emtosthenes (b. 276 B.C. ; made a map), and to Ptolemy,
about 139 A.D.
E. A. Freeman's " Historical Geography of Europe " pub 1881
International congress of geographers at Venice, 15 Sept. 1881;
at Bordeaux 4 Sept. 1882
British Commercial Geographical Society; founded at the Man-
sion House. London, 15 July; met 27 Oct. 1884
Scottish Geographical Society, Edinburgh, inaugurated. .3 Dec. "
Manchester Geographical Society established Jan. 1885
g^eol'Ogy, the science of the earth, said to have been
cultivated in China before Christ, as well as by Aristotle,
Theophrastus, Plinj', Avicenna, and the Arabian writers.
In 1574 Mercati wrote of fossils in the pope's museum: Cesalpino
Majoli and others, 1597; Steno, 1669; Soilla, 1670; Quirini, 1676;
Plot and Lister, 1678; Leibnitz, 1680, wrote observations and the-
ories on changes in the earth's crust.
Hooke (1668), in a work on earthquakes, declared fossils "as mon-
uments of nature, more certain tokens of antiquity than coins or
medals; and though difficult, it would not be impossible to raise a
chronology out of them. "
Burnet's "Theory of the Earth," 1690; Whiston's in 1696.
Buffon's geological views (1749), censured by the Sorbonne in 1751,
were recanted. He said that the present condition of the earth
is due to secondary causes, which will produce further changes.
His eminent fellow - laborers and successors were Gesner, 1758;
Michell. 1760; Raspe, 1762-73; Pallas and Saussure, 1793-1800.
Werner (1775) ascribed rocks to an aqueous origin, denied the exist-
ence of volcanoes in primitive geological times, and had many
followers — Kirwan, De Luc, etc. Hutton (1788), supported by
Playfair (1801), opposed Werner's views, referring the principal
changes in the earth's crust to the energy oi fire. The parties
were termed Neptunists and Vulcanists.
William Smith, father of British geology (who had walked over a
large part of England), published a "Tabular View of British
Strata " in 1799, and his " Geological Map of England and Wales,"
1812-15; d. 28 Aug. 1839. Rev. Adam Sedgwick d. 27 Jan. 1873,
aged 87. Sir Charles Lyell d. 22 Feb. 1875.
In 1803 the Royal Institution had the best geological collection in
London, collected by H. Davy, C. Hatchett, and others; proposal
of sir John St. Aubyn, sir Abraham Hume, and the right hon. C.
F. Greville to aid government in establishing a school of mines
there in 1804-7; declined 13 Nov. 1807.
Geological Society of London established 1807. By collecting new
facts it checked the disposition to theorize, and led to views mid-
way between those of Werner and Hutton.
Geological Society of Dublin, 1832; of Edinburgh, 1834; of France,
1830; of Germany, 1848.
In 1835 Mr. (afterwards sir Henry) De la Beche suggested the pres-
ent Museum of Geology, which began at Craig's court, and was re-
moved to Jermyn street, London. To him are due valuable geolog-
ical maps formed on the ordnance survey. The building was
erected by Mr. Pennethorne, and formally opened by the late
prince consort, 14 May, 1851. Attached to the museum are the
Mining Records office, a lecture theatre, laboratories, etc. Sir H.
De la Beche, the first director, d. 13 Apr. 1855; succeeded by sir
Roderick Murchison, who d. 22 Oct. 1871 ; by prof. A. C. Ramsay,
Mch. 1872.
A similar institution established at Calcutta by the East India com-
pany in 1840.
International Geological congress at Paris, 1878; at Bologna, 29 Sept
1881.
English standard works on geology are those of Lyell, Murchison,
Phillips, De la Beche. Mantell, and Ansted.
Cuvier and Brongniart's work on " Geology of Paris," 1808 et seq.
L. Agassiz, "Poissons Fossiles," 1833-45. '
IL
Dana's "Manual of Geology," 1874.
Strata composing the earth's crust form 2 great classes:
J j Those generally attributed to the action of fire;
(Igneous formations unstratified, crystalline,
1. Volcanic, as basalt, etc.
2. Plutonic, as granite, etc.
Those generally attributed to the agency of water;
Aqueous formations stratified, rarely crystalline,
1. Metamorphic or unfoseiliferous rocks.
2. Sedimentary or fossiliferous rocks, divided into 4 gi
series :
I. Neozoic, latest forms of life Post-tertiary, Man.
II. Cainozoic, recent forms of life Tertiary, Mammals. "
III. Mesozoic, middle-life period Secondary, Reptiles.
IV. Palaeozoic, most ancient forms of life. . Primary, Fish, Inver* I
tebratea :
TABLE OF STRATA (chiejly from Lyell).
NKOZOIC — I. POST-TERTIARY.
A. Post-Pliocene :
1. i?ecew^; marine strata, with ^Mwian remains; Danish peat;
kitchen middens ; bronze and stone implements ; Swiss
lake dwellings; temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli.
2. Post- Pliocene : Brixham cave, with flint knives, and bones
of living and extinct quadrupeds; ancient valley gravels;
glacial drift; ancient Nile mud; post-glacial North Ameri-
can deposits; remains of mastodon; Australian breccias.
II. TERTIARY, OR CAINOZOIC, SERIES.
B. Pliocene :
3. Newer Pliocene (or Pleistocene), mammalian beds, Norwich
crag {marine shells).
4. Older Pliocene: red and coralline crag (Suffolk, Antwerp).
C. 6,6. Miocene, upper and lower: Bordeaux; Virginia sands
and Touraine beds; Pikerm6 deposits near Athens; vol-
canic tuff and limestone of the Azores, etc. ; brown coal of
Germany, etc. {mastodon, gigantic elk, salamander, etc.).
D. 7, 8, 9. Eocene, upper, middle, and lower : fresh-water and
marine beds; Barton clays; Hracklesham sands ; Paris gyp-
sum; London plastic, and Thanet clays {palms, birds, etc.).
III. SECONDARY, OR MESOZOIC, SERIES.
E. '10. CrefaceoMS, upper: British chalk; Maestricht beds.— Chalk
with and without flints, chalk marl, upper green sand,
gault, lower green sand {mesosaurus ; fish, mollusks, etc.).
11. Lower (or Neocomian or Wealden): Kentish rag; Weald
clay; Hastings sand {iguanodon, fiylceosaurtis, etc.).
F. 12. Oolite, upper : Purbeck beds, Portland stone and sand,
Kimmeridge clay; lithographic stone of Solenhofen with
archceopteryx {fish).
13. Middle: Calcareous grit, coral rag, Oxford clay, Kelloway
rock {belemnites and ammonites).
14. Lower : Cornbrash, forest marble, Bradford clay, great
o51ite, Stonesfleld slate, fuller's earth, inferior oOlite (ich-
thyosaurus, plesiosaurus, pterodactyl).
G. 15. Lias: Lias clay and marl stone {ammonites, equisetum, am-
phibia, labyrinthodon).
H. 16. Trias, upper: White lias, red clay, with salt in Cheshire,
coal-fields in Pennsylvania {fish, dromatherium).
17. Middle, or Muschelkalk (wanting in England) {Encrinus;
Placodus gigas).
18. Lower: New red sandstone of Lancashire and Cheshire
{labyrinthodon, footprints of birds and reptiles).
IV. PRIMARY, OR PALEOZOIC, SERIES.
I. 19. Permian: magnesian limestone, marl slates, red sandstone
and shale, dolomite; Kupferschiefer (firs, fishes, amphibia).
K. 20, 21. Carboniferous, upper and lower: Coal measures, mill-
stone grit, mountain limestone (ferns, catamites, coal).
L. 22, 23, 24. Devonian, upper, middle, and lower : tilestones,
corastones, and marls, quartzose, conglomerates (shells, fish,
trilobites).
M. 25,26,27. <S'i7M?-tan, upper, middle, and lower: Ludlow shales,
Aymestry limestone, Wenlock limestone, Wenlock shale,
Caradoc sandstone, Llandeilo flags ; Niagara limestone
(sponges, corals, trilobites, shells).
N. 28, 29. Cambrian, upper and lower: Bala limestone, Festiniog
slates, Bangor slates and grits, Wicklow rock, Hasleets grits,
Huron ian series of Canada (zoophytes, lingula, ferns, sigil-
laria, stigmaria, catamites, and cryptogamia).
0. 30. Laurentian, upper gneiss of the Hebrides (?) : Labradorite
series, north of the St. Lawrence; Adirondack mountains,
New York.
31. Lower : Gneiss and quartzites, with interstratified lime-
stones, in one of which, 1000 feet thick, occurs a foramini-
fer, eozoon Canadense, the oldest known fossil.
" The history of the
NORTH AMERICA'S GEOLOGIC AGES, PERIODS, AND EPOCHS (according to Dana),
ages of each continent has its periods and epochs, which may or may not correspond in their limits with those of the other continents.'
'-Dana.
Time.
Age.
Period.
Epoch.
fQuaternary, or of man.,
i Tertiary, or of mammals
1 Recent
1 Modern.
1 Second Glacial.
( Aluvian.
\ Deluvian.
Glacial.
Pliocene.
Miocene.
(Upper Eocene.
tMiddle "
Lower "
J
[Glacial
J
r Sumter
Lignitic
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NORTH AMERICA'S GEOLOGIC AGES, PERIODS, AND EFOCRS.— {Continued.)
Age
Epoch.
Mesozoic.
Of reptiles. .
Cretaceous.
Jurassic,
f Carboniferous.
I
Devonian or of fishes.
, Triassic
f Permian
Carboniferous.
Palaeozoic.
Sub-carboniferous.
Catskill
Chemung
Hamilton .
[Corniferous.
Silurian or of
t invertebrates '
Upper
Silurian
Lower
Silurian
f Oriskany
Lower Helderberg.
i Salina
[Niagara..
f Trenton. . .
Canadian.
Cambrian.
Achaean.
Eozoic.
Azoic.
Including the earliest forms of life.
Previous to the appearance of life.
Upper.
Middle.
Lower.
Wealden.
( Upper,
oolitic ] Middle.
( Lower.
I Upper lias.
Liassic < Marlstone.
( Lower lias.
Keuper (mottled clays).
Muschelkalk (shell limestone).
Bunter Sandstein (variegated sandstone).
Permian— from ancient kingdom of Permia, Russia.
Upper coal measure.
Lower coal measure.
Millstone grit.
Upper.
Lower.
Catskill.
Chemung.
Portage.
Genesee.
Hamilton.
Marcellus.
Corniferous.
Schoharie.
Cauda-Galli.
Oriskany. •
Lower Helderberg.
Salina.
Xiagara.
Clinton.
Medina.
Cincinnati.
Utica.
Trenton.
Chazy.
Quebec.
Calciferous.
Potsdam.
Acadian.
See Nos. 30 and 31, Table of Strata, p. 320.
geom'Ctry (Gr. ye<t)fisTpia, earth measurenoent) is
.ascribed to Egyptians; annual inundations of the Nile made it
necessary by carrying away landmarks and boundaries, g.c.
Thales introduced geometry into Greece about 600
Pythagoras cultivated it about 580
Doctrine of curves arose from conic sections; considered by
Plato about 390
Euclid's " Elements " compiled about 300
Archimedes, a discoverer in geometry 287-212
'Conchoid curve discovered by Nicomedes 220
Ptolemy, the astronomer, 2d century, a.d.
•Geometry taught in Europe in the 13th century.
Books on geometry and astronomy were destroyed in England
as infected with magic, 7 Edw. VI. —Stow 1552
Descartes published his " Analytical Geometry " 1627
Sir Isaac Newton (" Arithmetica Universalis," etc.) 1642-1727
:Simsou's edition of Euclid first appeared 1756
La Place's " M6canique Celeste " 1799-1805
George, St., tutelary saint of England, adopted as
patron of the order of the Garter by Edward III. His day is
23 Apr. Garter, Knighthood.
St. George, a tribune in the reign of Diocletian, being a man of
courage, was a favorite; but, complaining to the emperor of his
severities towards the Christians, and arguing in their defence,
he was beheaded 23 Apr. 290.— On that day, in 1192, Richard I.
defeated Salad in.
Oeorg-es' eon§piracy, in France. Gen. Moreau,
gen. Pichegru, Georges Cadoudal, who was commonly known
by the name of Georges, and others, were arrested at Paris,
charged with conspiracy to kill Bonaparte and restore Louis
XVIII., Feb. 1804. Pichegru was strangled in prison, 6 Apr.
12 conspirators, including Georges, were executed, 25 June,
and others imprisoned. Moreau was exiled, and went to
America. In 1813 he was killed before Dresden.
Oeor'gia, ancient Iberia, now a province of S. Russia,
near the Caucasus, submitted to Alexander about 331 B.C., but
threw off the yoke of his successors. It was subjugated to
Rome by Pompey, 65 b.c., but retained its sovereigns. Chris-
tianity was introduced in the 3d century. In the 8th century,
after a severe struggle, it was subdued' by the Arab caliphs ;
,by the Turkish sultan Alp-Arslan, 1068; and by Tartar
hordes, 1235. From the 14th to the 18th century, Georgia
was successively held by Persian and Turkish monarchs. In
1740 Nadir Shah made part of it a principality, whose last
ruler, Heraclius, surrendered it to the czar in 1799, and in 1802
Georgia became a Russian province.
Oeorgia, the southernmost and youngest of the 13 orig-
inal states of the United States, is bounded north by Tennessee
and North Carolina, east by the
Savannah river (which sepa-
rates it from South Carolina),
and by the Atlantic ocean, which
forms a coast line of about 128
miles; Florida bounds it on
the south, and Alabama and
a small part of Florida on the
west. It lies between lat, 30<^
20' and 35° N., and Ion. 80° 40'
and 85° 38' W. Area, 69,475
sq. miles, i n 137 counties. Pop.
1890, 1,837,353; capital, At-
lanta.
De Soto enters the state from Florida; travels northeast
through the pine barrens, erects a cross of wood near the
Ocmulgee; hears from Indians on the Etowah of gold to the
north, and proceeds westward to the Mississippi, entering
Alabama by the Coosa 1540
Tristan de Luna, with 300 Spaniards, spends the summer in
what is now Habersham county, searching for gold 1560
Jean Ribault of Dieppe, with 2 ships fitted out by Gaspard de
Coligni, high admiral of France and leader of Huguenots,
anchors off mouth of Satilla, discovers Altamaha river, Ossa-
baw sound, and the Savannah river May, 1562
Second expedition sent out by Coligni, 3 ships under Ren6 de
Laudonnier anchor in St. Andrew's sound June, 1564
Land between lat. 31° and 36° N., and westward to the ocean,
granted by first charter of Charles II. to the lords proprietors
of Carolina 24 Mch. 1663
A 3 years' grant of lands between Savannah and Altamaha
rivers obtained from lords proprietors of Carolina by sir
Robert Montgomery, bart., who issues proposals for settle-
ment of his province, the " Margravate of Azilia " 1717
Montgomery fails to colonize and forfeits grant 1720
Lords proprietors of Carolina sell seven eighths of their grant
to Parliament, and all south of Savannah river is reserved
by British crown 1729
Lord Carteret, owner of one eighth, sells it to trustees for es-
tablishing the colony of Georgia in America 28 Feb. 1732
Trustees receive their charter granting " all those lands between
Savannah and Altamaha, and westerly from heads of said
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rivers in a direct line to the South seas, including islands with-
in 20 leagues of the coast." Thetrustees,Bervingwithout pay,
offer to all " indigent persons who would be willing to seek a
livelihood in the colony if provided with a passage thither
and means of getting settled," free citizenship and free exer-
cise of religion (Papists excluded). Charter granted.. 9 June,
Ship Ann, cupt. John Thomas, with gen. Oglethorpe (Oglb-
THOKFE, gen. James), rev. Henry Herbert, D.D., and 35 fami-
lies, anchors in Rebellion roads, S. C 13 Jan.
Obtaining consent of Creek Indians through Mary Musgrove,
interpreter, rev. Thomas Bosomworth, Oglethorpe and col-
onists land at Yamacraw bluff, on south side of Savannah
river, the present site of Savannah 12 Feb.
First clapboard house in Georgia begun in Savannah. . .19 Feb.
Two thousand religious books received by trustees ft"om un-
known person in England for use in colony 18 Apr.
Ship James, capt. Yoakly, llrst ship to sail up the Savannah
and unload at the town May,
Treaty of Oglethorpe with lower Creek, Uchee, and Yamacraw
Indians, who agree ever to protect the English and restore
runaway negroes, receiving for each 4 blankets and 2 guns,
or an equivalent e 21 May,
Ten families sent IVom Savannah to fort Argyle on Ogeechee
river, previously garrisoned by rangers June,
Public designation of town and wards with religious exercises;
town court of record established, first session of magistrates
held, and first jury in Georgia impanelled 7 July,
Forty Jews arrive at Savannah, sent by the committee ap-
pointed by the trustees July,
Trustees prohibit rum in Georgia 11 Aug.
Forty-two families ofSalzburgers, sent from Augsburg, Bavaria,
by the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge,
settle at Ebenezer 17 Mch.
Oglethorpe sails for England, leaving Thomas Causton in au-^
thority 7 Apr.
Ten persons, under rev. Gottlieb Spanzenberg, sent over from
Saxony to begin a Moravian settlement in America, locate
on north side of the Ogeechee river, near fort Argyle. . .Jan.
Fifty-nine Salzburgers under Mr. Vat, 22 British emigrants,
and some Indian chiefs whom Oglethorpe had taken to Eng-
land, arrive at Savannah early in "
Small quantity of Georgia silk taken to England and court dress
made, worn by queen Caroline at levee on king's birthday,
2 Apr. "
Augusta laid out and garrisoned at trustees' expense; Roger
de Lacy, an Indian agent, one of its first settlers "
First issue of 4000i. of Sola bills, or bills of exchange of various
denominations, made by trustees' agents in Georgia, 24 July, "
About 100 Highlanders, sent from Scotland by trustees, settle on
north side of the Altamaha river, calling it New Inverness, Jan. 1736
Two ships, convoyed by British sloop Hawk, bringing Ogle-
thorpe, John and Charles Wesley, 25 Moravians, and a num-
ber ofSalzburgers, anchor near Tybee island 5 Feb. "
Fort on St. Simons island at Frederica, as marked out by
Oglethorpe, begun 19 Feb. ''
John Wesley first preaches at Savannah 7 Mch. ' '
First Sunday-school in Georgia held by Mr. Delamotte and John
Wesley at Savannah "
Fort St. Andrews erected on Cumberland island by Highland-
ers, and fort William planned "
Treaty ending hostilities between Spanish and English colonies,
and referring all disputes as to boundaries between Georgia
and Florida to the home governments 27 Oct. "
Oglethorpe appointed general of forces in South Carolina and
Georgia June, 1737
John Wesley sails for England 24 Dec. "
Uprising of negroes, incited by the Spanish at Stono, quelled.. 1738
Arrival of ship bringing rev. George Whitefield and a regiment
recruited by Oglethorpe in England; the regiment, under col.
Cochran, locating at Frederica 3 May, "
Many Moravian emigrants remove to Pennsylvania (the rest
follow 2 years later) "
Attempted assassination of gen. Oglethorpe while inspecting
fort St. Andrews on Cumberland island Nov. "
Articles of convention between the British and Spanish govern-
ments; disputed territories to be retained by present posses-
sors 14 Jan. 1739
Treaty of peace at Coweta Town between chiefs of Creek In-
dians and Oglethorpe 21 Aug. "
George Whitefield lays first brick of central building of orphan
house " Bethesda," 9 miles from Savannah 25 Mch. 1740
Spanish fort St. Diego, near St. Augustine, defended by 57 men,
taken by Oglethorpe 10 May, "
Being joined at St. John's by Carolina troops, Oglethorpe
marches upon fort Moosa, which Spaniards evacuate and re-
treat to St. Augustine 15 May, "
Foundation for Christ church. Savannah, commenced.. 11 June, "
Fort Moosa recaptured by 300 Spaniards under don Antonio
Salgrado after a bloody conflict 26 June, "
After an ineffectual siege of 3 weeks Oglethorpe retires from
before St. Augustine and reaches Frederica about. . .20 July, "
Georgia divided into 2 counties: Savannah, comprising all ter-
ritory north of Darien; and Frederica, covering the settle-
ments on St. Simon's island and the Altamaha; and col.
William Stephens chosen president of Savannah 15 Apr. 1741
Nine Spanish vessels, attempting to enter Amelia sound, are
repulsed by cannon of fort William, on Cumberland island,
aided by armed schooner of 14 guns and 80 men 21 June, 1742
Spanish squadron of 36 vessels enters St. Simon's harbor in spite
of battery of fort and a few English ships, lands about 500 men
within 4 miles of Frederica 5 July, "
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English having abandoned fort St. Simon, the Spanish occupy
it; march against Frederica, and are driven back to an open
marsh bordering on a forest, where they stack arms and are
surprised and completely routed by a platoon and company
of rangers under lieuts. Sutherland and Mackay in a battle
known as " Bloody marsh " 7 July, 1742
Rum act repealed in Georgia by order of House of Commons,
14 July, "
Gen. don Manuel de Montiano, alarmed by a decoy letter sent
by Oglethorpe, with his fleet, fearful of being hemmed in by
sea and land, hastens to sea about 20 July, "
Oglethorpe returns with detachment of Highlanders from a
fruitless incursion into Florida 9 Mch. 174*
Magazine at Frederica blown up 22 Mch. "
Trustees abrogate part of constitution appointing board for
Frederica, and counties are consolidated; col. AVm. Stephens
elected first president of colony of Georgia, under govern-
ment established at solicitation of people, by the king, 18 Apr. "
Chas. Harris and James Habersham in partnership establish
first commercial house in Georgia 1744-
Thomas Bosomworth obtains deed from Indian chief and em- ,
peror, Malatchee, to islands of Ossabaw, Sapelo, and St. Cath-
arine 14 Dec. 174T
Small ship (the first) chartered in England by Harris and Ha-
bersham to bring Georgia products May, 174^
In response to petitions the act of 1735, prohibiting importa-
tion and use of negro slaves, was repealed by trustees, 26 Oct. "
Trustees abolish tail-male tenure of grants and make them ab-
solute 25 May, 1750r
Henry Parker commissioned vice-president of Georgia, 26 June, "
Christ church (Anglican), Savannah, dedicated 7 July, "
Provincial assembly of delegates to propose, debate, and refer
matters to the trustees, first meets at Savannah 15 Jan. 1751
Henry Parker chosen president of colony 8 Apr. "
First general muster of militia in lower districts at Savannah,
13 June, "
Trustees hold last meeting, surrender charters, and the govern-
ment passes to the Board of Trade and Plantations, 23 June, 1752:
Community of Anglican church people, after preliminary ex-
amination of lands in 1752-53 and procuring grant of about
32,000 acres of land between Ogeechee and Altamaha, settle
at Midway, Ga Mch. 1754
Patrick Graham elected president of colony "
Silver seal made for colony under king's direction 21 June, "
Capt John Reynolds,of the British navy, appointed governor of
Georgia in Aug., arrives at Savannah 29 Oct. "
Reynolds dissolves board and forms a royal council under let-
ters patent from the crown 30 Oct. "
First General Assembly, of freeholders of estates of not less
than 500 acres, meets at Savannah 7 Jan. 175&
Governor assents to 12 acts of assembly ; the second was for
issuing dOOOl. in paper bills of credit 7 Mch. "
Two transports arrive at Savannah with about 400 Acadians,
banished from Nova Scotia (Acadia). As Papists could not
remain in Georgia under charter, they were sent to South
Carolina the next spring Dec. "
By machinations of his secretary, William Little, gov. Rey-
nolds is charged with maladministration and resigns oflice
to Henry Ellis, elected lieutenant-governor 16 Feb. 175T
Treaty of peace with council of upper and lower Creeks by
lieut. -gov. Ellis 3 Nov. «'
Georgia divided into 8 parishes, and church of England wor-
ship established 17 Mch. 1758-
Islands of Ossabaw, St. Catharine, and Sapelo formally ceded
to England by Creek nation 22 Apr. "
Ellis appointed governor-in-chief by lords of trade 17 May, "
Grant of 300 acres for site of Sunbury by Mark Carr, part of
his 500 acre grant, from the king in 1757 20 June, "
Claims of Thomas and Mary Bosomworth settled by order of
the king 9 Feb. 1759'
First wharf built in Savannah "
Act for issuing lilOl. in paper bills of credit 1 May, 1760-
Lieut. -gov. James Wright succeeds gov. Ellis 2 Nov. "
George III. proclaimed king with civil and military pomp;
the only event of the kind ever witnessed in Georgia, 10 Feb. 1761
Commission creating James Wright captain-general and gov-
ernor-in-chief of Georgia reaches Savannah 28 Jan. 1762
William Grover, first chief-justice of Georgia, removed from
oflSce for maladministration Mch. 1763.
Protest and caveat issued by gov. AVright against grants of
land south of the Altamaha by South Carolina 30 Mch. "
First newspaper in Georgia, the Georgia Gazette, issued at
Savannah by James Johnson 17 Apr. "
By royal proclamation, southern boundary of Georgia is made
the St. Mary's river, including lands between this and the
Altamaha claimed by South Carolina 7 Oct. "
Congress of Creeks, Cherokees, Catawbas, Chickasaws, and
Choctaws, meet governors of Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Georgia at Augusta, and conclude treaty and
cede additional land to Georgia 5 Nov "
New commission granted gov. Wright for the new Mississippi
territory of Georgia 20 Jan. 1764
Four additional parishes laid off between Altamaha and St.
Mary's rivers 1765
Sixteen members of assembly at Savannah consider a circular
from Massachusetts assembly, proposing a general congress
at New York on the stamp-act 2 Sept. "
Letter sent general congress in New York announces hearty
CO - operation of Georgia assembly, but opposition of gov.
Wright prevents attendance of delegates Oct. "
British ship Speedwell arrives in Savannah river with stamps,
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which are secretly transferred to fort Halifax to avoid de-
struction threatened by "Liberty Boys " 5 Dec.
South Carolina aroused because Georgia accepts stamps to
clear 60 or 70 vessels waiting at Savannah Dec.
Two hundred Liberty Boys threatening to break open fort and
destroy stamps, the governor removes them under military
escort to the guard-bouse 2 Jan.
Mr. Agnus, stamp distributer, arrives at Tybee, is secretly con-
veyed to the governor's house, takes the oath, but in a few
days leaves town convinced of his insecurity 3 Jan.
A body of 600 men threatening fort George and the governor's
house, the stamps are placed on the Speedwell 3 Feb.
Efflgy of gov. Wright, with offensive circular of sec. Conway
in his hand, burned on the commons in Savannah 4 Feb.
Official announcement of repeal of stamp-act received by gov-
ernor 6 July,
Assembly refuses governor's call for supplies for British
troops in Georgia, and gen. Gage withdraws all troops from
province soon after 20 Jan.
One hundred and seven Irish Protestants settle at forks of
Lambert creek and Great Ogeechee Mch.
Benjamin Franklin appointed agent for Georgia in Great Britain,
11 Apr.
King rejects, as irregular and, disrespectful, a petition of the
assembly presented by Franklin, protesting against acts of
Parliament taxing America, under date of 24 Dec.
Merchants and traders of Savannah meet and resolve that im-
porters of articles subject to parliamentary duties are ene-
mies to the country •. 16 Sept.
Unanimous election of dr. Wimberly Jones as speaker of as-
sembly; vetoed by governor, who dissolves assembly, 22 Feb.
James Habersham, president of the council, assumes executive
duties on Wright's departure for England, and twice vetoes
election of dr. Jones as speaker of assembly July,
Works for filature in Savannah, erected 1751, discontinued;
end of silk industry in Georgia
Gov. Wright returns from England with title of baronet. . .Feb.
Creeks and Cherokees convene at Augusta and cede to king
over 2,100,000 acres in Georgia, to liquidate indebtedness to
traders of over $200,000 1 June,
Meeting in Savannah; resolves to concur with sister colonies
in every constitutional measure to obtain redress of Amer-
ican grievances. This meeting was afterwards pronounced
illegal and punishable by gov. Wright 10 Aug.
Resolutions of fealty to Continental Congress drawn up by
representatives of Darien in district congress 12 Jan.
Provincial congress in Savannah elects dr. Jones, Archibald
Bullock, and John Houstoun, delegates to the Continental
Congress in Philadelphia 18 Jan. "
Delegates send patriotic letter, but cannot attend during strug-
gle in Georgia with royal power 8 Apr. "
General Assembly convenes; no quorum; royal government
in Georgia suspended 9 May, "
Noble Wimberly Jones, Joseph Habersham, Edward Telfair,
and a few others appropriate to colonial use 500 pounds of
powder from king's magazine 11 May, "
Lyman Hall, delegate from parish of St. John, to Continental
Congress, arrives at Philadelphia with present for patriots in
Massachusetts of 160 barrels of rice and 50/ 13 May, "
Other delegates from the state not taking their seats in Con-
gress, Georgia, except parish of St. John, is placed under ban
of colonial intercourse by Continental Congress 17 May, "
Ship Juliana leaves Savannah with gift of 63 barrels of rice
and 1201. in specie for Massachusetts 1 June, "
Gov. Wright having issued orders for celebration of king's
birthday. Liberty people spike the cannon on the bay, dis-
mount them, and roll them to the bottom of blufif 2 June "
First liberty-pole in Georgia erected at Savannah, on king's
birthday 5 June, "
Claim of George Galphin, a prominent and liberal trader, au-
dited before governor and approved, for 9791Z 6 June, "
Provincial congress at Tondee's Long Room, Savannah, elect
Archibald Bullock president, adopt the "American Declara-
tion or Bill of Rights" of Continental Congress, and resolve
in non- importation of British merchandise 4 July, "
First provincial vessel commissioned for naval warfare in the
Revolution, is sent out by Georgia under command of capt.
Bowen and Joseph Habersham. Discovering an English
vessel bringing powder for Indians and royalists, they board
her and secure the powder 10 July, "
Continental Congress officially notified that Georgia acceded
to general association; it is thenceforth one of the United
Colonies 20 July, "
Messrs. Zubley, Bullock, and Houstoun, take seats as delegates
from Georgia to Continental Congress 13 Sept. "
English ship with 250 barrels of gunpowder seized off Tybee
island by the Liberty people 17 Sept. "
Provincial congress takes under supervision all courts of law,
1 Dec. "
Council of safety fully organized ; George Walton, pres., 11 Dec. "
Battalion of troops ordered raised at continental expense for
protection of Georgia, organized 7 Jan. 1776
Gov. Wright arrested by maj. Joseph Habersham and put un-
der parole 18 Jan. "
Provincial congress organize; elect hon. Archibald Bullock
president, issue bills of credit for military stores, and draw
up temporary constitution for Georgia 22 Jan. "
Gov. AVright escapes to English ship Scarborough, and writes
a letter to people, offering peace, but is not heeded. .11 Feb. "
Capt. Rice, charged by the council of safety to dismantle shipping
at Savannah to prevent capture by the British, is surprised
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and imprisoned on a vessel which the British had boarded.
To accomplish his release the council of safety fired several
vessels, arrested all members of royal council in Savannah,
and menaced officers of ships at Tybee 2 Mch. 1776
Lord North's bill prohibiting trade with the colonies in rebel-
lion is announced in Georgia Mch. **
Temporary constitution ratified by provincial congress, 15 Apr. "
Declaration of Independence signed by Lyman Hall, Button
Gwinnett, and George Walton, members from Georgia, 3 July, "^
Declaration of Independence received in Savannah ; read by
Archibald Bullock at liberty-pole, and acknowledged by
national salute a Aug. "
First constitution of Georgia ratified in convention; parishes
abolished and counties erected instead 5 Feb. 1777
Fort Mcintosh on St. Ilia river surrendered to British . .17 Feb. "
Pres. Bullock invested with the executive power, with assist-
ance of 5 persons of his own choosing 22 Feb. "
Mr. Bullock dying within a month, is succeeded by Button
Gwinnett, who was soon after killed in a duel with gen.
Mcintosh 4 Mch. "
Act of attainder of enemies of American liberty as traitors, and
confiscating their estates, passes the assembly 1 Mch. 1778
Executive council invests the governor with sole executive
power independent of council 16 Apr. "
British under col. Prevost advance north into Georgia to join
lieut.-col. Campbell, who sailed from New York 27 Nov. '•
Campbell anchors off Tybee " 27 Dec. "
Campbell lands, attacks rear of Americans under gen. Howe,
who retreats across the Savannah, abandoning the city.
American loss, nearly 100 killed and wounded, 30 drowned
in swamps, 7 officers, 416 non-commissioned officers and
privates taken prisoners. British loss, 2 captains and 5
privates killed, 8 privates wounded » 29 Dec. '*
CoL Campbell takes possession of Cherokee hill and Ebenezer,
1, 2 Jan. 1779
Maj. Lane surrenders garrison at Sunbury to Prevost 9 Jan. "
Augusta surrendered to British under Campbell Jan. "
Americans under Pickens, Dooly, and Clarke repulse British at
battle of Kettle creek, Wilkes county 14 Feb. "
Prevost surprises and defeats Americans under gen. Ashe at
Briar creek. Loss, American, 340 killed, wounded, and pris-
oners; British, 16 killed and wounded 3 Mch. "
Civil government renewed by British under col. Prevost, 4 Mch. "
Gov. Wright returns to Georgia 13 July, "
As British invasion prevented carrying the constitution into
effect, the supreme executive council is clothed with plenary
power and elects John Wereat president 6 Aug. "
Count d'Estaing, with fleet of 33 war-vessels, surprises and
captures i)art of British fleet under sir James Wallace com-
manding Tybee station 3 Sept. '*
Armies of Lincoln and D'Estaing besiege Savannah. . .23 Sept. '•
Capt. French with 111 British, and 5 vessels with crews and
ammunition, frightened by bonfires and voices, surrender to
col. John White of Georgia line and 6 Americans 1 Oct. *'
Americans and French attack Savannah; lose 1100 killed and
wounded out of 4000 and abandon siege, bearing away count
Pulaski, mortally wounded 9 Oct. '•
A dissatisfied faction elects George Walton governor, appoints
executive councillors, and elects delegates to Congress, pro-
ducing great confusion 4 Nov. "
Assembly at Augusta elects Richard Howley governor and
George Wells president of executive council 4 Jan. 1780
Gov. Howley by proclamation calls on people to sujjport and
defend the government 2 Feb. '*
Assembly adjourns to Heard's Fort, Wilkes county, which be-
comes temporary capital of the state 5 Feb. "
Gov. Howley leaves for Continental Congress; pres. Wells
dying soon after, Stephen Heard becomes executive, 18 Feb. '*
House of Assembly of only 15 members (18 being a quorum)
passes acts attainting rebels of high-treason 9 May, "
Augusta taken by col. Clarke, 14 Sept.; retaken by British, 17 Sept. "
Fort Grierson, one of the defences of Augusta, taken by Clarke,
Pickens, and Lee 24 May, 1781
Col. Brown, who with British forces stands a protracted siege
of Augusta by Americans, capitulates (Augusta) 5June, "
Assembly convenes at Augusta and elects Nathan Brownson
governor 16 Aug. "
John Martin elected governor at Augusta 1 Jan. 1782
Legislature consults with gen. Wayne at Sister's Ferry on the
Savannah, and by proclamation invites desertion from
British army and return of citizens to Georgia 12 Jan. "
Gov. Martin, in destitution, is supplied by legislature by sale
of forfeited negroes and supplies 4 May, "
British forces, advancing 7 miles from Savannah to escort
Creek Indian allies into camp, are routed by Wayne. 21 May, "
Orders received by sir James Wright at Savannah for evacua-
tion of the province 14 June, "
Seat of provincial government removed to Ebenezer, head-
quarters of gen. Wayne, where assembly meets 1 July, "
Savannah evacuated by British; col. James Jackson selected
to receive the keys H July, "
Executive council establish themselves in Savannah, and leg-
islature convenes 14 July, "
Last blood of Revolution shed in Georgia, col. John Laurens,
killed in a skirmish at Combahee Ferry 27 Aug. "
Gen. Pickens and col. Clarke drive a party of marauding Tories
from settlement on Etowah into Florida 17 Oct. "
Gen. Mcintosh, John Houstoun, and Edward Telfair appointed
agents to adjust the northern boundaries 15 Feb. 1783;
Treaty ratified at Augusta; Creeks cede country west of Tuga-
loo, including head- waters of Oconee river 31 May, "■
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Legislature convenes at Augusta 8 July,
Franklin ami Washington counties laid out on land ceded by
the Creek Indians Feb.
Executive council notified of ratification by Congress of treaty
of peace with Great Britain 1 Mch.
Land court opened at Augusta to issue warrants, " Citizens'
Rights," " Refugee certificates," "Continental certificates,"
" Minute-men certificates," and " Marine certificates," Apr.
University of Georgia receives charter and 40,000 acres of
wild land
Legislature grants count d'F.staing 20,000 acres of land and
free citizenship of (ioorgia
Hostile Creeks subjected by col. Clarke, and treaty concluded
at Giilphingtou 12 Nov.
Chatham artillery of Savannah organized 1 May,
Col. Gunn breaks up camp of runaway negroes, trained to
arms by the British and ravaging country 6 May,
Gen. Nathaniel Greene dies at " Mulberry Grove," 14 miles from
Savannah, the home presented him by the legislature,
19 June,
Assembly directs paper bills of credit not to exceed 30,000/.
struck off under direction of governor. 14 Aug.
Abram Baldwin and hon. William Frew, delegates from Georgia,
sign draught of constitution proposed for ratification, 17 Sept.
Legislature at Augusta ratifies the federal Constitution, the 4th
state 2 Jan.
George Handly elected governor to succeed gen. James Jackson
(age 30) elected 9 Jan., who resigned on account of his youth,
25 Jan.
Differences between South Carolina and Georgia settled; north-
ern boundary of Georgia fixed in line west from head of most
northern branch of Tugaloo river to the Miss-ssippi river, Feb.
First bag of cotton exported from Georgia, raised by Alexander
Bissel of St. Simon's island
New constitution, to take effect in following Oct., formally ac-
cepted by governor 6 May,
First general assembly under new constitution meets. . .3 Nov.
General assembly meets for public worship in St. Paul's church,
Augusta, on the first national thanksgiving under the con-
stitution 26 Nov.
Col. Willet gains the confidence of Creek Indians and Alexander
McGillivray, son of a Scotchman by a half-breed Creek, an
enemy to the Americans and acknowledged head of the
Creeks; McGillivray with 8 warriors accompanies Willet to
Philadelphia and New York, when a treaty is concluded,
ceding land south of Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers 13 Aug.
Two brass cannon, taken at Yorktown, are presented to the
Chatham artillery of Savannah, by gen. Washington, in ap-
preciation of their part in his reception in Savannah; one
bears tlie inscription, " Surrendered by the capitulation of
York Town, 19 Oct. 1781. Honi soit qui mal y pense—G. R. "
with the imperial crown m 1791
Gen. Washington, on a presidential tour, arrives at Savannah
and is received with enthusiasm 13 May, "
Eli Whitney of Connecticut, while residing in Georgia, invents
the cotton-gin 27 May, 1793
Gen. Clarke, claiming that by the treaty of 1790 certain lands
on the south side of the Oconee river had been improperly
ceded to the Creeks by the U. S., takes possession, defying
Georgia and U. S., but is driven out 12 Oct. 1794
Seat of government removed from Augusta to Louisville, now
county seat of Jefferson county 16 May, 1795
Rescinding act signed by gov. Irwin, who was elected the pre-
vious month (Yazoo speculations) 13 Feb. 1796
U. S. grants to Georgia pre-emption rights to lands obtained by
joint treaty made with the Creek .Indians by U. S. and Geor-
gia in previous year ...v Mch. 1797
Mississippi territory set off from Georg.a by act of Congress,
' », 7 Apr. 1798
Revised constitution signed by' delegatea at Louisville, pro-
claimed by 16 rounds of artillery 30 May, "
"Senatus Academicus" of university of Georgia first meets at
Louisville Nov. 1799
Moravian mission among the Cherokees begun at Spring Place,
Murray county 1801
First building erected for university of Georgia "
James Jackson resigns to take seat in U. S. Senate; David
Emanuel acting governor 7 Dec. "
Georgia cedes her western territory to the U. S. for $1,250,000
and stipulation that the Indian title to lands in Georgia
should be extinguished by U. S., but no time for completion
of contract is specified 24 Apr. 1802
First commencement at university of Georgia May, 1804
Treaty at Washington ; Creek Indians cede land between Oconee
and Ocmulgee to the U. S 14 Nov. 1805
First session of legislature at Milledgeville, the new capital 1807
Battle between Georgia volunteers under col. Daniel Newman
and Lotchaway and Alligator Indians in E. Florida 5 Oct. 1812
Attack and destruction of Auttose towns by 950 Georgia militia
under gen. Floyd, and battle with Creeks on Tallapoosa river;
Indian loss, 200 killed; Americans, 11 killed, 54 wounded,
29 Nov. 1813
Gen. Floyd repulses a large body of Creek Indians at camp De-
fiance, 48 miles west of the Chattahoochee, after a loss of 17
killed and 132 wounded 27 Jan. 1814
Treaty ceding territory to U. S. between Creek Indians and
gen. Jackson, at fort Jackson 9 Aug. "
Point Petrie, near St. Mary's, defended by about 90 men under
capt. Massias, is surrendered to 1000 British 13 Jan. 1815
William H. Crawford appointed secretary of war 3 Mch. "
Frederic Tudor of Boston ships first load of ice to Savannah. . . 1817
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First mission of American Board of Commissioners among the
Cherokees commenced at Spring Place, Murray county 1817
William H. Crawford appointed secretary of treasury 22 Oct. "
David B. Mitchell resigns governorship and is succeeded by
William Rabun, president of the senate 4 Nov. '•
Three hundred Georgia infantry under lieut.-col. Arbuckle re-
pulse Fowltowu Indians 12 miles from fort Scott on Flint
river 23 Nov. "
Ex-gov. Mitchell, U. S. agent to the Creek Indians, concludes
treaty, ceding lands in N. W. Georgia to the U. S. to be an-
nexed to Georgia 22 Jan. 1818
First transatlantic steamship Savannah sails from Savannah
for Liverpool (passage took 26 days) 26 May, 1819
Gov. Rabun dying, is succeeded by Matthew Talbot, president
of the senate 24 Oct. "
Macon laid out, and first court held 20 Mch. 1823
Wilson Lumpkin appointed by president commissioner of
boundary between (ieorgia and Florida "
By amendment to the constitution, the election of governor is
transferred from the legislature to the people 17 Nov. 1824
Treaty at Indian Springs with Creeks— represented by gen.
William Mcintosh and 50 others. They cede to U. S. all the
Creek country in Georgia and several millions of acres in
Alabama 12 Feb. 1825
Savannah and Ogeechee canal begun, the state subscribing for
$40,000 of stock "
Governor orders a survey of Indian lands in Georgia "
U. S. government sends gen. Gaines to Georgia to protect the
Indians "
Treaty with Creek Indians at Washington annuls treaty of
1825 and cedes only lands in Georgia, the Creeks agreeing to
emigrate 24 Jan. 1826
Threatening correspondence between gov. Troup and the U. S.
on jurisdiction in Indian matters within the state 1826-27
State extends criminal jurisdiction over part of Georgia
17894 claimed by the Cherokees 20 Dec. 1828
John M. Berrien appointed attorney-general 9 Mch. 1829
Legislation annuls all laws and ordinances made by Cherokees,
19 Dec. "
First gold from Georgia mines received at the U. S. mint 1830
Law forbidding any white person to enter the Cherokee coun-
try without license and oath of allegiance to Georgia,
22 Dec. "
Cherokee Georgia surveyed by order of governor, laid out in
small sections, and distributed by lottery to the people of
Georgia Apr. 1831
Rev. Samuel A. Worcester and Elizur Butler, M.D., mission-
aries to Cherokees, refusing oath of allegiance to Georgia,
are imprisoned in state penitentiary 16 Sept. '*
Supreme court of the U. S. pronounces authority assumed by
Georgia unconstitutional, declares void laws depriving Ind-
ians of their rights, and orders release of missionaries. . Mch. 1832
Gospel of Matthew printed at New Echota in Cherokee lan-
guage <«
Altamaha and Brunswick railroad, 12 miles long, commenced. "
Anti-tariff convention meets at Milledgeville 12 Nov. "
Imprisoned missionaries pardoned by gov. Lumpkin. . .14 Jan. 1833
John Forsyth appointed secretary of state 27 June, 1834
William Schley elected governor, recommends a state lunatic
asylum at Milledgeville and geological survey Nov. 1835
Treaty at New Echota between U. S. and Cherokee nation fixes
24 May, 1838, for Georgia to take possession of territory ceded
by Cherokees 29 Dec. "
Battle of Chickasawhachee in Baker county between Creek
Indians on their way to join the Seminoles, and Georgia
militia 3 July, 1836
Wesleyan female college, the oldest for women in the U. S.,
chartered , 1837
U. S. branch mint opened at Dahlonega, Lumpkin county "
Southern convention, 180 delegates from 5 states, at Augusta
for establishing direct trade with Europe 2 Apr. 1838
Cherokee Indians, 1560 in number, escorted out of Georgia to
Ross Landing, Tenn., by Georgia militia 3 June, "
Bonds for $1,579,875 issued by state for the Western and At-
lantic railroad 1839
Georgia Historical Society incorporated "
First settlement on site of Atlanta "
Gov. McDonald advocates the Missouri compromise "
Great flood in Georgia, the Savannah river the highest in a
century; boats pass through streets of Augusta 28 May, 1840
Law reducing state tax 20 per cent 1841
After much opposition bill passes, adding 25 per cent, to state
tax of previous year 1842
Suspension from office of bishop Andrews of Methodist Episco-
pal church, for marrying a slave-holder, results in the forma-
tion of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, organized at
Louisville, Ky 1 May, 1845
Opening of Georgia Institution for Education of Deaf and
Dumb in a log-cabin at Cave Springs 1846
Settlement previously known as Marthasville and Terminus is
named Atlanta 1847
Macon and Atlanta telegraph line in operation 1849
George W. Crawford appointed secretary of war 6 Mch. " :
Wallace, Iverson, and Lumpkin of Georgia issue a manifesto to .f
people of the U. S., declaring emancipation certain unless pre- f
vented by the slave states, and calling upon the latter for 1
union and concert in self-defence " '
Gen. Narciso Lopez, having fled from Cuba to New York under
charges of conspiracy, organizes an expedition against Cuba,
lands at Savannah, is arrested, but discharged amid the cheers
of the people and allowed to proceed 27 May, 1850
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State convention of delegates called by the executive at Mil-
ledgeville adopts the " platform of 1850. " " Resolved, That
the state of Georgia, even to the disruption of every tie that
binds her to the Union, will resist any act of Congress abol-
ishing slavery " 10 Dec. 1850
Extension of slavery into California and New Mexico being ad-
vocated by the Southern Extremists, the Union party nomi-
nate and elect Howell Cobb governor Oct. 1851
By joint resolution the governor is requested to withdraw the^
"block of marble bearing the inscription, "The Constitution as
it is, the Union as it was," contributed to the Washington
monument, and substitute one bearing the state arms. 31 Dec. "
Formation of the " Know- Nothing " or American party in
Georgia 1852
Southern convention meets in Savannah 12 Dec. 1856
Appropriation of $200,000 made by Congress for purchase of
site for a naval depot at Brunswick on Blythe island, 28 Jan. 1857
Howell Cobb appointed secretary of the treasury 6 Mch. "
Gov. Brown vetoes bill suspending forfeiture proceedings
against banks for one year; the banks in Augusta and else-
where resume specie payment 1 May, 1858
Georgia schooner- yacht Wanderer seized in New York on sus-
picion of being a slave-trader, but released 16 June, "
Gov. Brown seizes forts Pulaski and Jackson 16 days before
Georgia secedes 3 Jan. 1861
Ordinance of secession passed (yeas, 208; nays, 89) 19 Jan. "
[Alex. H. Stephens and Herschel V, Johnson vote nay.]
Members of Congress from Georgia withdraw 23 Jan. "
Iverson withdraws from the Senate (United States). . .28 Jan. "
Mint at Dahlonega seized by confederate authorities of Geor-
gia 28 Feb. "
Georgia adopts confederate constitution 16 Mch. "
Georgia adopts a state constitution 23 Mch. "
Gov. Brown by proclamation forbids the people of Georgia to
pay northern creditors 26 Apr. "
Admiral Dupont, U. S. navy, takes Tybee island Nov. "
Draft of troops made in Savannah, at call of pres. Davis for
1200 volunteers from Georgia 4 Mch. 1862
Fort Pulaski bombarded by federals and taken 10 Apr. "
Conscript act, annulling previous contracts by volunteers and
making all men over 18 years and under 35 soldiers for the
war, sustained by supreme court of Georgia 11 Nov. "
First general council of the Protestant Episcopal church of the
confederate states assembles at Augusta 19 Nov. "
Federals under col. Montgomery capture and burn Darien,
11 June, 1863
Confederate war- vessel Atlanta leaves Savannah to attack the
blockading fleet; meets federal monitor Weehawken, and in 15
minutes is disabled and captured 17 June, "
Battle of Chickamauga 19-20 Sept. "
Battle of Ringgold 27 Nov. "
First detachment of federal prisoners received at Anderson-
viLLE PRISON 15 Feb. 1864
Battle of Tunnel hill 22-25 Feb. "
Resolutions passed by legislature recommending the tender of
peace to the U. S. after every victory Mch. "
Confederates under gen. Johnston evacuate Resaca (Atlanta
CAMPAIGN) and cross the Oostenaula, speedily followed by
federals under gen. Sherman 15 May, "
Sherman attacks Johnston at bluffs of Kenesaw mountain and
is repulsed (Atlanta campaign) 27 June, "
Johnston evacuates Marietta 1 July, "
Johnston succeeded by Hood in defence of Atlanta 17 July, "
First battle (Peach-tree creek) near Atlanta 20 July, "
Second battle (Decatur) near Atlanta 22 July, "
Third battle near Atlanta 28 July, "
Battle of Jonesboro 31 Aug. "
Hood evacuates Atlanta after burning all machinery, supplies,
and munitions of war not portable 1 Sept. "
Pres. Jefferson Davis, on a tour of inspection, delivers an ad-
dress on the crisis, at Macon 23 Sept. "
Battle of Allatoona Pass 6 Oct. "
Sherman begins his march to the sea with 2 corps of the army
of the Tennessee under Howard and 2 corps of the army of
the Cumberland under Slocum 14 Nov. "
[City of Atlanta burned at the same time (Sherman's great
march).]
Gov. Brown and Georgia legislature, in session at Milledgeville,
leave hurriedly for Augusta 18 Nov. "
Fort McAllister captured by the federals under Hazen.
13 Dec. "
Confederates evacuate Savannah 20 Dec. "
Legislature assembles at Macon 11 Feb. 1865
James Johnson appointed provisional governor by president
Johnson 17 June, "
Convention of state delegates at Milledgeville repeal ordinance
of secession 30 Oct. "
War debt declared void by convention, and revised constitu-
tion adopted 7 Nov. "
Legislature assembled at Milledgeville adopts amendment to
federal Constitution abolishing slavery 5 Dec. "
Charles J. Jenkins inaugurated governor of Georgia 14 Dec. "
Legislature appropriates $200,000 to buy corn for indigent
poor of the state, and distributes it to 45,000 people,
12 Mch. 1866
Legislature passes over the governor's veto a stay-law for-
bidding levy or sale under execution upon any contract or
liability made or incurred prior to 1 Jan. 1865, or any sub-
• sequent renewal, except for one third of the principal and
interest after 1 Jan. 1868, and one third after each subsequent
year "
New constitution set aside by Congress Mch. 1867
Maj.-gen. John Pope assumes command of third military dis-
trict 1 Apr. "
Use of "chain gang" as a legal mode of punisliment except
in penitentiary discontinued 1 May, "
Republican state mass convention held at Atlanta adopts the
name "Union Republican Party of Georgia," and pledges
hearty support of reconstruction measures 4 July, "^
Convention of native white citizens of Georgia, at Macon,
under name of " Conservative Party of Georgia " 5 Dec. "
Constitutional convention, called by order of gen. Pope, meets
at Atlanta ;9 Dec. "
Convention makes Atlanta the capital 8 Jan. 1868
Gov. Jenkins, refusing warrant for expenses of constitutional
convention, is removed by gen. Meade, military governor;
maj.-gen. Thomas H. Ruger made provisional governor,
13 Jan. "
State central committee of conservative party meets at Macon
and adopts the title, "The Central Executive Committee of
the National Democratic Party of Georgia" 13 Feb. '*
New constitution ratified n Mch. "
Rufus B. Bullock, republican, elected governor 20 Apr. "
"Farming out" of penitentiary convicts begun by gen. Ruger,
11 May, "
Gov. Bullock inaugurated to serve 4 years 22 July, "
Convention of negroes held at Macon 6 Oct. "
Right of negroes to hold office settled by the Supreme court,
22 June, 186»
Act of Congress completes reconstruction of Georgia. . .22 Dec. "
Georgia senate refuses to ratify the XV. th Amendment "
Gen. A. H. Terry assigned to military command of district of
Georgia 24 Dec. "
Legislature elected 1868 assemble in Atlanta by go'v. Bullock's
proclamation, to perfect organization of state 10 Jan. 1870
XIV. th and XV. th Amendments ratified in legislature Feb. "
Georgia readmitted to the Union 15 July, "
System of public instruction established by law 13 Oct. "
Gov. Bullock, accused of fraudulent negotiation of bonds in-
dorsed by the state, resigns and leaves the state; Benjamin
Conley, pres. of the senate, succeeds 30 Oct. 1871
James M. Smith elected governor by special election. . .19 Dec. "
Macon and Brunswick railroad seized by the state for non-
payment of interest 2 July, 1873
Amendment to bonding law prohibits payment of $8,000,000
bonds indorsed by gov. Bullock, and pronounced fraudulent.
(Being ambiguously worded, it failed of its purpose.) Passed,
Feb. 1874
Commissioner of agriculture authorized by law Feb: "
State board of health organized 9 June, 1875
Alfred H. Colquitt, Democrat, elected governor 4 Oct. 1876
New constitution adopted 25 July, 1877
Confederate monument unveiled at Augusta .' 31 Oct. 1878
Legislature votes bounties to soldiers who had lost limbs in the
confederate service; appoints a commission to regulate
railroad charges, and adopts a state flag July-Oct. 1879
Macon and Brunswick railroad sold at auction by the state for
$1,125,000 13 Jan. 1880
Nugget of gold weighing over a pound found in Nacoochee
valley spring of "
Revision of state code regulating time for voting by the elec-
toral college "
State temperance convention meets at Atlanta 4 July, 1881
International cotton exposition held at Atlanta,
5 Oct. -31 Dec. "
One hundred and fiftieth anniversary of settlement of Savannah
celebrated 13 Feb. 1883
Gov. Stephens dying, is succ .-.ed by James S. Boynton, pres-
ident of the senate 5 Mch. "
Henry D. McDaniel, Dem rat, elected governor at special elec-
tion 24 Apr. ' '
Legislature prohibits Sunday excursion trains "
General local option law passed by legislature 1885
First election under local option law in Fulton county; major-
ity of 225 for prohibition in vote of about 7000 25 Nov. "
Interstate farmers' convention held at Atlanta Aug. 188T
At local option election in Fulton county. Prohibitionists are
defeated by 1122 votes out of a total of 9244 "
Legislature increases Supreme court from 3 judges to 5 "
Opening of the Technological school at Atlanta, a branch of the
state university Oct. 1888
New capitol at Atlanta finished and accepted by state; cost,
$1,000,000 20 Mcb. 1890
National military park established at Chickamauga battle-
field by Congress 19 Aug. "
Direct trade convention held at Atlanta 10 Sept. "
Direct trade convention, delegates from 6 cotton -producing
states, organizes at Atlanta 10 Sept. "
William J. Northen, president of State Agricultural Society,
nominated by Farmers' State Alliance in June, and by
Democratic State Convention in Aug., is elected governor,
1 Oct. "
Corner-stone of Normal and Technological school for girls at
Milledgeville laid Nov. '*
Ex-gov. Gordon elected U. S. senator 19 Nov. "
Ex-gov. James Milton Smith dies at Columbus 26 Nov. "
Monument to Henry W. Grady unveiled at Atlanta 21 Oct. 1891
Southern states exposition opens at Augusta 2 Nov. "
Charles F. Crisp elected speaker U. S. Congress 8 Dec. "
First state convention of People's partv at Atlanta, nominates
W. L. Peck for governor and a full state ticket 20 July, 1892
L. Q. C. Lamar, of U. S. Supreme court, dies at Macon. .23 Jan. 1893
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GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA— COLONIAL.
John Reynolds
Henry KUis
James Wright
Archibald Bullock, acting. ,
Button Gwinnett, acting.. . .
John A. Trueitlen
John Houstoun
Georgia in the hands of the ^
British, with Sir James S
Wright as royal governor)
John Martin
Lyman Hall
John Houstoun
Samuel Elbert
Edward Telfair
George Matthews
George Handley
Date.
1764
1767
1760
1776
1777
1777
1778
1779-81
1782
1783
1784
1785
1786
1787
1788
( Appointed by the Georgia
\ assembly.
(Under the new state
\ constitution.
Chosen by assembly.
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UNDER .THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.
Georgo Walton 1789-90
Edward Telfair 1790-93
George Matthews 1793-96
Jared Irwin 179C-98
James Jackson 1798-1801
David Emanuel 1801
Josiah Tattnall 1801-2
John Milledge 1802-6
Jared Irwin 1806-9
David B. Mitchell 1809-13
Peter Early 1813-15
David B. Mitchell 1815-17
William Rabun 1817-19
Matthew Talbot, act. . . . 1819
John Clark 1819-23
Geo. M. Troup 1823-27
John Forsyth 1827-29
Geo. R. Gilmer 1829-31
Wilson Lumpkin 1831-35
William Schley 1835-37
Geo. R. Gilmer 1837-39
Chas. J. McDonald 1839-43
Goo. W. Crawford 1843-47
Goo. W. B. Towns 1847-51
Howell Cobb 1851-53
Herschel V. Johnson... . 1853-57
Joseph E. Brown 1857-65
James Johnson 1865
Chas. J. Jenkins 1865-67
Gen. T. H. Ruger 1867-68
Rufus B. Bullock 1868-72
James Milton Smith. . . . 1872-77
Alfred H. Colquitt 1877-82
Alex. H. Stephens 1882-83
Henry D. McDaniel 1883-86
John B. Gordon 1886-90
William J. Northen 1890-94
William Y. Atkinson. . . 1895-99
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UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
Name.
No. of Congress.
Date.
William Few
James Gunn
James Jackson
George Watson
Josiah Tattnall
Abraham Baldwin
James Jackson
John Milledge
George Jones
William H. Crawford
Charles Tait
William B. Bullock
William Wyatt Bibb
George M. Troup
John Forsyth
John Elliott
Freeman Walker.
Nicholas Ware
Thomas W. Cobb
John McPherson Berrien.
Oliver H. Prince
John Forsyth
George M. Troup
Alfred Cuthbert.
John P. King.
Wilson Lumpkin
John McPherson Berrien.
Walter T. Colquitt
Herschel V. Johnson
William C. Dawson
Robert M. Charlton
Robert Toombs
Alfred Iverson
Joshua Hill
H. V. M. Miller
Thomas M. Norwood.
John B. Gordon
Beijamin H. Hill
Joseph E. Brown
Pope Barrow
Alfred H. Colquit. . . .
John B. Gordon
1st and 2d
1st to 7th
3d
4th
4th to 5th
6th " 9th
7th «' 8th
9th " 12th
10th
10th to 12th
11th
13th
13th to 14th
14th " 15th
15th
16th to 18th
16th
17th to 18th
18th " 20th
19th " 20th
20th
21st to 23d
21st " 22d
" 27th
" 24th
26th
32d
30th
30lh
31st to 33d
32d
33d to 36th
34th " 36th
36th " 41st
41st " 42d
41st
42d to 43d
43d " 46th
45th "47 th
47 th " 51st
47th
48th to 53d
52d
23d
23d
25th
27th
28tb
1789 to 1793
1789 " 1801
1794 " 1795
1795
1796 to 1799
1799 " 1807
1801 " 1806
1806 " 1809
1807
1807 to 1813
1809
1813
1813 to 1816
1816 " 1819
1819
1819 to 1824
1819 " 1821
1821 " 1824
1824 " 1828
1825 " 1829
1828
1829 to 1834
1829 " 1833
1834 " 1843
1833 " 1837
1837 " 1841
1841 " 1852
1843 " 1848
1848
1849 to 1855
1852
1853 to 1861
1855 " 1861
1861 ■" 1871
1871 " 1873
1871
1871 to 1875
1873 " 1881
1877 " 1882
1883 to 1894
1891
Resigned 1795. Opposed bill to suppress slave-trade.
Appointed in place of Jackson, 1795.
Elected in place of Jackson, 1796.
Died 1807. Elected president pro tem. 1801-2 and 1807.
Died 18 Mch. 1806.
Elected president pro tem. 1809. Resigned 1809.
Appointed in place of Baldwin, 1807.
[ Elected in place of Baldwin, 1807. Elected president pro tem.
[ 1812. Resigned 1813, being appointed minister to France.
Elected in place of Milledge.
Appointed in place of Crawford.
Elected in place of Crawford. Resigned 1816.
Elected in place of Bibb. Resigned 1819.
Resigned 1819.
Resigned 1821.
Resigned 1828.
Elected in place of Forsyth.
Died 1824.
Elected in place of Ware, 1824
Resigned 1829.
Elected in place of Cobb.
Elected in place of Berrien. Resigned 1834.
Elected in place of Forsyth.
Resigned 1837.
Elected in place of King.
Resigned 1852.
Resigned 1848.
Appointed in place of Colquitt.
Appointed in place of Berrien.
Expelled 14 Mch. 1861.
Withdrew from the Senate 28 Jan. 1861. United States.
No representation in the United States Senate.
Died 16 Aug. 1882.
Elected in place of Hill.
Died 26 Mch. 1894.
Term expires 1897.
Oeorg^ium Sidus, the first name of the planet
Uranus, discovered 13 Mch. 1781.
Oerberoi, an ancient town of Normandy, N. France.
Here William the Conqueror was wounded in battle by his
son Robert, who had joined the French king, Philip I., 1078.
germ theory of disease supposes " many dis-
eases due to the presence and propagation in the animal sys-
tem of minute organisms having no part in its normal econo-
my."— Maclagan, 1876.
Doctrine of corUagium animatum was held in the middle ages
and put forth in the 16th century, but the organisms were
first discovered in the 19th by profs. Lister, Tyndall. and
others, 1875-78. At the British association, 14 Sept. 1870,
prof Huxley expressed his concurrence with the "germ
theory." Dust and DisfeASB.
Dr. Koch identified the microscopical germs of cattle disease,
of consumption, of cholera, and other diseases 1879 et seq.
Dr. E. Klein reported his investigations on the relation of bac-
teria to cholera Feb. 1885
Numerous specimens of these germs were exhibited at the
British Royal Institution in illustration of prof Tyndall's
discourse on " Living Contagia" 16 Jan. "
By excluding these germs from wounds, etc., sir Joseph Lister
•introduced antiseptic surgery about 1870
•♦Louis Pasteur," by M. Radot, his son-in-law, gives an ac-
count of Pasteur's success in mitigating some diseases by
inoculation. A translation by lady Claud Hamilton pub.,
Feb. 1885
M. Engelmann demonstrates the action of microbes in the de-
- velopment of vegetable cells from carbonic acid and moisture
in the atmosphere 1889
Profs. Behring and Kisasato of Berlin announce their method
of treating tetanus and diphtheria Jan. 1891
Discovery of influenza bacillus by dr. Richard Pfeiffer an-
nounced (Medical science) Jan. 1892
Oerman confederation, l^ortli, established
in room of the Germanic confederation. Pop. 1867, esti-
mated 29,906,092; merged in the German empire, 1 Jan. 1871.
King of Prussia invites the states of North Germany to form a
new confederation 16 July, 1866
Treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive, between Prussia
and Saxe-Weimar, Oldenburg, Brunswick, Saxe-Altenburg,
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Anhalt, 2 Schwarzburgs, Waldeck, the
younger Reuss, 2 Lippes, Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg;
signed 18 Aug. "
Two Mecklenburgs 21 Aug. "
Hesse (for country north of the Main) 3 Sept. '
Elder Reuss 26 Sept. '
Saxe-Meiningen.' 8 Oct. ■
Saxony 21 Oct. ' ' <
Meeting of North German parliament (295 deputies from the
22 states) at Berlin 24 Feb. 1807
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Oerman £ast Africa. The German sphere of
influence in E. Africa, with an estimated area of 345,000 sq.
miles, and an estimated pop. of 1,760,000, extends southward
from the equator to about the 12° of latitude, and between the
S0° and 40° of E. longitude, having a coast line east on the
Indian ocean of about 400 miles. On its north-northeast lies
British E. Africa, W. Congo State, S.W. British Central Africa,
and S. Portuguese E. Africa. The following is a summary
of the events of settlement, etc. :
Dr. Carl Peters goes to Africa as chief agent for the committee
for German colonization and concludes treaties with 10 sul-
tans; German flag hoisted Nov. -Dec. 1884
•German E. African company, mainly founded by dr. Peters at
Berlin, chartered 12 Feb. 1886
;Settlements founded in the valley of Kingani Mch.-Apr. "
Treaty with the sultan of Zanzibar comes into force. . .19 Aug. "
Dr. Peters, with a party of 23 engineers, medical men, etc.,
leaves Germany as the agent of the German Emin Pasha
Relief Society Apr. 1887
•Germans attack Bogamoya and kill natives 23 Sept. 1888
Collapse of the German settlement, attributed to the Arab
slave-dealers; reported Oct. "
E. African bill passed by the parliament, granting money
for the defence of German interests and suppression of
slave-trade 30 Jan. 1889
•Germans defeat Arabs at Bogamoya 6 Mch.
Capt. (afterwards maj.) Wissmann appointed imperial commis-
sioner in E. Africa, 21 Feb. (dissension with dr. Peters), 31 Mch.
German flag hoisted at the consulate; capt. Wissman assumes
command 5 Apr.
Dr. Peters organizing his Emin Relief expedition; men and
camels engaged Mch.-Apr.
Capt. Wissmann captures Pangani 8 July,
Adm. Freemantle, of the British navy, seizes the steamship
Neera, belonging to the Emin Relief expedition at Lamu,
and takes it to Zanzibar, June; dr. Peters remonstrates,
29 June; after a trial the ship is released, the owners paying
costs, 6 Aug. ; dr. Peters directed by his committee to proceed
no farther 31 Oct. "
Diflerences between the sultan of Zanzibar and the Germans
respecting territory about 8 Nov. "
Maj. Wissmann receives H. M. Stanley, Emin Pasha, and party
at Bogamoya 5 Dec. "
After fights, Bushiri captured and hanged 16 Dec. "
Maj. Wissmann, after severe fighting, captures Bwana Heri's
fortified position near Saadani 5 Jan. 1890
Arab tribes come to Bogamoya and submit about 18 Jan. "
Bwana Heri holds a considerable force against maj. Wissmann;
reported 16 Feb. '•
Emin Pasha enters the German service and proceeds with a
military expedition to Victoria Nyanza 31 Mch. "
German parliament votes 4,850,000 marks to E. African ser-
vice 24 June, "
Mahomed Bin Cassim and 3 companions were hanged at Boga-
moya, after trial for murder of a German merchant about 8
years previously 27 June, "
Anglo-German convention signed at Berlin by the emperor,
1 July, "
Maj. Wissmann ennobled and warmly received in Berlin and
other places, June ; unwell, enjoined absolute rest. . . 14 July, "
Dr. Peters and party arrive at Zanzibar about 10 July ; tele-
graphs to his company 18 July, •'
[His treaty with the king of Uganda invalid; he is accused
of living by raids on the natives.]
Advance of Emin Pasha; severe fighting with the Masai in
Ugogo ; reported 31 July, <'
Dr. Carl Peters arrives in Berlin 25 Aug. "
German E. African company cedes all its territorial rights to
the imperial government ; reported 28 Oct. "
Jimperor contributes 3000 marks towards the building of the
steamer Wissmann, to be placed on lake Victoria Nyanza,
about 5 Dec. "
Emin Pasha Relief committee dissolves itself 15 Dec. •'
Emin Pasha (refractory) recalled to the coast by maj. von
Wissmann, imperial commissary; reported 19 Dec. "
German imperial fiag hoisted at Bogamoya, 1 Jan. ; maj. von
Wissmann established there 26 Jan. 1891
Baron von Soden appointed governor of German E. Africa,
dr. Carl Peters his commissary, Feb., with a peaceful, pro-
gressive programme Mch. "
Maj. von Wissmann severely punishes the Kishobo tribe for
robbery; reported 6 Mch. "
Heturns to Bogamoya, 15 Mch. ; recalled for rest ; reported,
14 Apr. "
Dr. Peters's " New Light on Dark Africa," pub spring, "
German expeditionary colonial troops under lieut. von Zelewski
Jittacked by the natives (about 3000) south of the Ruaha river;
lieutenant and other officers killed; 10 Europeans and about
300 native members of the expedition massacred near the
station Mpwapwa, Kondora; large capture of arms and am-
munition 17 Aug. "
Capt. Ruediger appointed acting-governor of German E. Africa
about 1 Oct. "
Movements of Emin Pasha about Albert Nyanza, repudiated by
German government, July; resignation of maj. von Wiss-
^ mann Oct. "
Eevolt of the Wadigoes against taxation; Germans under capt.
Krenzler defeated 12 Dec. ; defeated again 19 Dec. "
Baron von Soden pursues a peaceful policy in opposition to
maj. von Wissmann jan. 1892
He meets lieut. C. S. Smith and dr. Peters, joint commission-
ers for the delimitation of the territories at Wanga Feb. "
German parliament votes 2,500,000 marks for German in-
terests in E. Africa and suppression of the slave-trade,
r. T. 5 Mch. "
Dr. Kayser sent to E. Africa to examine the state of the
colony , May, "
Oerman language has 2 great branches : Hoch-
deutsch and Plattdeutsch, High and Low German. The former
became the literary language, largely by its use in Luther's
translation of the Bible and other works, 1522-34. There are
many dialects; the satirical epic in Low-German, "Reineke
Fuchs," appeared in 1498. Reynard the Fox.
Oerman literature and authors. Liter-
ature.
Oerman IVest Africa. The German sphere of
influence in W. Africa (aside from Cameroons) extends
along the Atlantic coast about 950 miles from the Orange
river on the south, to the Cunene river on the north, including
the native province of Damaraland and Nemaqualand. The
Portuguese territory of Angola bounds it on the north, while
to the east lies British S. Africa, and on the south the
British territory of Cape Colony. Total estimated area,
842,000 sq. miles, with a pop. of 250,000. An imperial com-
missioner exercises a nominal authority in the protectorate.
German government sends an exploring expedition into south-
west African coast, Damaraland (visited by German mission-
aries since 1840) ; Mr. Luderitz acquires some lands at Angra
Pequeiia from the chiefs; dr. Nachtigall's oflBcial visit to this
place in a German man-of-war failed; after this dr. Goering
obtained a treaty ceding land from the chief Kamaherero,
afterwards denied, having previously in 1885 transferred all
his rights to Robert Lewis, a British subject, long known to
the Damaras. Mr. Lewis's rights were set aside by the Ger-
man Colonial company of S.W. Africa, and he and other
English were expelled; claims of Messrs. Lewis, Ford, and
Bam, set forth at Berlin by the British government ....'. .1885-91
Germans disallow Mr. Lewis's claims; reported 3 Apr. 1891
Germanic confederation, superseding the
Confederation of the Rhine, was constituted 8 June, 1815 ;
held its first diet at Frankfort-on-the-Main, 16 Nov. 1816, and
its last, 24 Aug. 1866. Germany. It comprised :
1. Austria; 2. Prussia; 3. Bavaria; 4. Saxony; 5. Hanover;
6. WQrtemberg.
7. Baden ; 8, 9. Hesse (electorate and grand-duchy).
ID. Denmark (for Holstein and Lauenburg).
11. Netherlands (for Luxemburg).
12. Saxe-Weimar, Saxe-Coburg, Saxe-Meiningen, and Saxe-
Altenburg.
13. Brunswick and Nassau.
14. Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
15. Oldenburg, 3 Anhalts, and 2 Schwarzburgs.
16. Two Hohenzollerns, Liechtenstein, 2 Reuss, Schaumburg-
Lippe, Lippe, and Waldeck.
17. Free cities: Lubeck, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Bremen, and
Hamburg.
Diet calls a constituent assembly, 30 Mch., which met. 18 May, 1848
Diet remits its functions to the archduke John, vicar of the
empire (Germany) 12 July, "
Diet reestablished, meets 30 May, 1851
Emperor of Austria proposes reform of confederation, 17 Aug. ;
accepted by diet, 1 Sept. ; rejected by Prussia 22 Sept. 1863
Diet celebrates its 50th anniversary 8 June, 1865
Majority of diet supports Austrian claims on Schleswig and
Holstein; Prussia withdraws and dissolves the confedera-
tion; diet declares itself indissoluble, and protests.. 14 June, 1866
Diet removes to Augsburg during the war. 14 July, "
Confederation renounced by Austria at Nikolsburg 26 July, "
Diet holds its last sitting 24 Aug. "
OermantOlkVn, Pa., Battle of. After occupation of
Philadelphia by British, Sept. 1777, Howe stationed his main
forces at Germantown, while the continental army was at
Skippock creek, about 20 miles from Philadelphia. Learning
that Howe's force was weakened, Washington decided to at-
tack, and moved on the night of 3 Oct. 1777, with Sullivan
and Wayne and about 10,000 men. The battle was opened
about 7 A.M., 4 Oct., by Sullivan near Germantown, and the
British advance column was obliged to retire after a sharp
engagement, but on the retreat 5 companies occupied Judge
Chew's stone house and held the Americans in check. The
attempt to dislodge the enemy caused delay and embarrass-
ment. After 3 hours of severe fighting the Americans were
obliged to retreat, with a loss of about 600. The British loss
was supposed to be 800. Washington retired to his former
camp without pursui^;.
QER
328
GER
Oermany (Germania, A lemannia), an empire of Europe,
anciently divided into independent states. The Germans long
resisted the Romans, and although that people conquered parts
of the country, they were expelled before 300 A.i>. In the 5th
century the Huns and other eastern tribes overran most of
Germany. In the latter part of the 8th century, Charlemagne
subdued the Saxons and other tribes, and was crowned em-
peror at Rome, 25 Dec. 800. At the extinction of his family,
911, the empire became elective, and was held mostly by the
Hapsburgs from 1437 till 1804. Germany was divided into
circles. 1501-12. The Confederation of the Rhine was
formed 12 July, 1806 ; Germanic Confederation, 8 June,
1815; North German Confederation, 18 Aug. 1866;
the treaty ratified 8 Sept. 1866. Franco-Prussian war,
1870-71. The re-established empire of Germany (1 Jan. 1871)
founded upon treaties concluded between the North German
confederation and (1) the grand-duchies of Baden and Hesse,
16 Nov. 1870; (2) the kingdom of Havana, 23 Nov. 1870; (3)
the kingdom of Wiirtemberg, 25 Nov. 1870 ; ratified, 29 Jan.
1871. William I., king of Prussia, was proclaimed emperor
at Versailles, 18 Jan. 1871. Area 208,738 sq. miles; pop. in
1871 (including Alsace-Lorraine, acquired 1870), 41,069,846;
1881 , 45,194,172 ; 1890, 49,416,476. The parliament is elected
by manhood suffrage and ballot. Army.
Teutones, with Cymry, defeat Romans in Illyria 113
After varying success are defeated by Marius 102
Drusus invaded Germany 12-9
Battle of Teutoburg; Hermann, or Arminius, destroys Romans a.d.
under Varus 9
Hermann assassinated 19
Franks invade Gaul 238
Great irruption of Germanic tribes into Gaul 450 et seq.
Charlemagne subdues and Christianizes the Saxons 772-85
Crowned emperor of the West at Rome by the pope 25 Dec. 800
He adds a second head to the eagle, standard of the double
empire of Rome and Germany 802
Louis (te Debonnaire) separates Germany from France 839-40
Germans under Arnulf take Rome 896
German princes assert independence, and Conrad I. of Fran-
conia reigns 8 Nov. 911
[The electorate began about this time. Electors.]
Reign of Henry I. (king), the Fowler; he vanquishes the Huns,
Danes, Vandals, and Bohemians 918-34
Otho I. crowned emperor by the pope 962
Otho II. conquers Lorraine 978
Henry III. conquers Bohemia 1042
Contest between Henry IV. and pope Gregory VII. (Hilde-
brand) 1075
Henry's humiliation at Canossa 1077
He takes Rome, 1084; Gregory dies in exile at Salerno 1085
Disputes with pope on ecclesiastical investitures 1073-1123
GuELPH and Ghibelline feuds begin 1140
Conrad III. leads a crusade; baffled by Greek treachery 1147
Frederick Barbarossa emperor, 1152; wars in Italy 1154-77
He destroys Milan 1162
Ruins Henry the Lion ( Bavaria) 1180
Is drowned during the crusade in Syria 10 June, 1190
Teutonic order of knighthood *'
Hanseatic league established about 124&
Rudolph, count of Hapsburg, chosen by electors 1273
Edict called the Golden Bull, by Charles IV 1356
Tyrol acquired 1363
Sigismund, king of Bohemia, elected. He betrays John Huss
and Jerome of Prague, who are burned alive (Bohemia). . .1414-16
Sigismund deposed; Albert II., duke of Austria, succeeds 1437
Pragmatic sanction settles the empire in house of Hapsburg. .. 1439
Peasants' wars 1502, 1514, 1524
Era of Reformation (Lutheranism) 1517
Luther excommunicated by diet at Worms 17 Apr. 1521
German Bible and liturgy published by Luther 1522-46
War with pope— the Germans storm Rome 1527
Diet at Spires; Protestants condemned 13 Mch. 1529
Confession of Augsburg pub 25 Jan. 1530
Protestant league of Smalcald 31 Dec. 1531
Anabaptists seize MQnster, 24 June, 1535; defeated, and John
of Leyden slain 1536
Death o'f Luther 18 Feb. 1546
War with Protestants 26 June, "
Who are helped by Henry II. of France— Peace of Religion at
Passau 31 July, 1552
Abdication of Charles V. announced 25 Oct. 1555
Hungary joined to empire .' . 1570
Thirty Years' war begins between Evangelic union under
elector-palatine, and Catholic league under duke of Bavaria. . 1618
Battle of Prague, which ruined the elector palatine 8 Nov. 1620
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden invades Germany June, 1630
Gustavus Adolphus, victor, killed at Lutzen 16 Nov. 1632
Treason of Wallenstein ; he is assassinated 25 Feb. 1634
End of Thirty Years' war; treaty of Westphalia, establishing
religious toleration 24 Oct. 1648
War with France 1674
John Sobieski, king of Poland, after defeating the Turks,
obliges them to raise the siege of Vienna 12 Sept. 1683
Peace of Ryswick (with France) 20 Sept. 1697
Peace of Carlowitz (with the Turks) 26 Jan. 169^
War with France, etc., 6 Oct. 1702; Marlborough's victory at
Blenheim 13 Aug. 1704
Peace of Utrecht 11 Apr. 1713
Pragmatic Sanction 1722
Francis I., duke of Lorraine, marries the heiress of Austria,
Maria Theresa (1736); she succeeds her father, and becomes
queen of Hungary 20 Oct. 1740-
Elector of Bavaria elected as Charles VII 22 Jan. 1742
Dies 20 Jan. ; Francis I., duke of Lorraine, elected 15 Sept. 1745-
Seven Years' war between Austria and Prussia and their allies
begins Aug. 1756; ends with peace of Hubertsburg. . . 15 Feb. 1765-
Lorraine ceded to France 1766-
Joseph II. extends his realm by partition of Poland, 1772; civil
reforms and liberal changes 1782.
War with Turkey 1788
Victory of Austrians and Russians at Rimnik 22 Sept. 1789^
J. G. Basedow, educational reformer, d ; 25 July, 1790
Rhenish provinces revolt 1793
Francis I. joins in 2d partition of Poland 1795^
In wars with France loses Netherlands, all territories west of
the Rhine, and states in Italy 1793-1S03
Territory ceded to France by treaty of Luneville 9 Feb. 1 -i(>l
Francis II. resigns the imperial crown of Germany (Austria),
11 Aug. 1804
Napoleon establishes kingdoms of Bavaria and Wurtemberg,
1805; of Westphalia, 1807; German empire dissolved, con-
federation of Rhine formed 12 July, 1S06
North Germany annexed to France 13 Dec. 181U-11
Commencement of war of independence; order of the Iron
Cross instituted Mch. 1813
Defeat of French at Leipsic 16-19 Oct. •'
Congress of Vienna 1 Nov. 1814 and 25 May, 1H15
N Germanic Confederation formed.. 8 June, '
KoLLVEREiN formcd 1H18
" Society for Promoting Kmmledge of Ancient German His- ~
tory "'founded by Stein 1819
A German scientific association formed, " Naturforscher-Ver-
ein " Sept. 1822
General depression in trade 1824
Death of J. H. Voss, poet, etc 29 Mch. 1826
Revolution at Brunswick (flight of the duke) 7 Sept. 1830'
In Saxony (abdication of the king) 13 Sept. "
Death of Goethe, poet, novelist, pbilosopher 22 Mch. 1832.
Becker's song, the free German Rhine; and Alfred de Mussel's
song, " Le Rhin Allemand," appear 1841
Excitement about Ronge, Catholic reformer, and the holy coat
of Treves 1844
Insurrection at Vienna and throughout Germanv (Austria,
Hungary, etc.) 1848
Revolt in Schleswig and Holstein (Denmark) Mch. "
King of Prussia makes proclamation as an agitator for recon-
solidation of the German empire 27 Mch. "
National Assembly meets at Frankfort-on-the-Main 18 May, "
Archduke John of Austria elected vicar of the empire.. 12 July, "
National Assembly elects the king of Prussia emperor, 28 Mch. ;
he declines 3 Apr. 1849^
Recalls the Prussian members of assembly 14 May, "
Frankfort assembly adjourns to Stuttgart 30 May, "
Treaty of Vienna; Austria and Prussia agree to form a new
central power for a limited time; appeal to be made to gov-
ernments of Germany 30 Sept. '*
Austria protests against alliance of Prussia with smaller Ger-
man states 12 Nov. . "
Treaty of Munich; Bavaria, Saxony, and WQrtemberg to revise
German Confederation *. 27 Feb. 1850
Parliament at Erfurt Mch. "
King of Wiirtemberg denounces insidious ambition of king of
Prussia 15 Mch. "
German diet at Frankfort 10 May, "
Hesse-Cassel not represented at Erfurt, 7 June; Hesse- Darm-
stadt withdraws from Prussian league 20 June, "
Austria calls an assembly of German Confederation, 19 July;
it meets at Frankfort 2 Sept. "
Austrian, Bavarian, and Prussian forces enter Hessk-Cassel,
12 Nov. "
Conferences at Dresden 23 Dec. 1850, to 15 May, 1851
Max Schneckenburger, author of " Die Wacht am Rhein," d.. "
Diet of Germanic Confederation renewed at Frankfort, 30 May, "
New liberal party meet in Eisenach, Saxe- Weimar, 17 July; in
7 resolutions recommend reform of federal constitution; diet
replaced by a strong central government; a national assembly
summoned; Prussia invited to take the initiative — 14 Aug. 1859'
Proposal not accepted by Prussia, opposed by Hanover. ...Sept. "
Dispute with Denmark on Holstein and Schleswig Nov. I860'
National association at Berlin recommends a federal govern-
ment with central executive, under leadership of Prussia,
13 Mch. 1862
Meetings of plenipotentiaries from German states on federal
reform 8 July-10 Aug. "
Deputies from German states at Weimar declare that Germany
should form one federal state 28, 29 Sept. "
Deputies declare in favor of unity 21 Aug. 1863-
Emperor of Austria invites German sovereigns to congress at
Frankfort, 31 July; king of Prussia declines, 4 Aug. ; nearly
all the sovereigns meet, 16, 17 Aug. ; approve Austrian plan
of federal reform, 1 Sept. ; rejected by Prussia 22 Sept. "
Diet determines on federal execution in Holstein if Denmark
does not fulfil her obligations 1 Oct. "
Fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Leipsic celebrated.. 18 Oct. "^
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1867
1870
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•German troops enter Holstein for "federal execution" (Den-
mark) 23 Dec.
Death of Maximilian II. of Bavaria 10 Mch.
Prussia retains duchies; discussion between Austria and Prus-
sia; diet adopts resolution of Bavaria and Saxony, requesting
Austria and Prussia to give Holstein to duke of Augusten-
burg; rejected 6 Apr.
Austria declares that Prussia has broken treaty by invading
Holstein, llJune; diet approves by 9 votes; Prussian repre-
sentative declares Germanic Confederation at an end and pro-
poses a new one, excluding Austria 14 June,
IPrussians enter Saxony; war begins 15 June,
Diet determines for war, 16 June; proclaims prince Charles of
Bavaria general of confederation 27 June,
[For the war, etc., Prussia; German confederation,
North.]
Alliance of Prussia and northern states; ratified 8 Sept.
•Disputes betweei* diet and Austria and Prussia on Schleswig-
Holstein Oct. and Nov.
Xuxemburg evacuated by Prussian garrison 9 Sept.
Inauguration of Luther monument at Worms by king of Prus-
sia 'io June,
'Count Arnim, German representative at Rome, protests against
papal infallibility May,
Oount Bismarck, announcing declaration of war by France,
terms it groundless and presumptuous 19 July,
Bavaria, Wiirtemberg, Hesse-Darmstadt, and Baden support
Prussia in war 20 July,
Jlunich, Stuttgart, and other cities declare for union with
North Germany about 6 Sept.
Baden and Hesse-Darmstadt join North German confederation
by treaty, about 15 Nov. ; Bavaria, 23 Nov. ; and Wurtem-
berg, 25 Nov. ; retaining certain military and diplomatic
powers Nov.
King of Bavaria, in a letter to king of Saxony, nominates king
\ of Prussia for emperor of Germany about 4 Dec.
Parliament in an address requests king to become emperor
(votes for, 188 ; against, 6) 10 Dec.
.Address solemnly presented to king in an assembly of princes
by dr. Simson 18 Dec.
•German empire restored, 1 Jan. ; William I. of Prussia pro-
claimed emperor at Versailles 18 Jan. 1871_ ,
Preliminaries of peace signed at Versailles 26 Feb.
First Reichstag, or imperial council, opened at Berlin by the
emperor 21 Mch.
New constitution of empire comes into force 4 May,
Chancery of empire; prince Bismarck chancellor 12 May,
Treaty of peace ratified 16 May,
Dr. DOIlinger of Munich excommunicated for opposing dogma
of papal infallibility, 18 Apr. ; made D.C.L. of Oxford. .June,
Ultramontane agitation against government ; excitement among
Polish Romanists; Bismarck carries school-inspection bill
agaiust Roman clergy Mch.
Bill for expulsion of Jesuits passed in Parliament (131-93)
session ends 19 June; the law pub 5 July,
Last payment of French war indemnity 5 Sept.
Count Harry Arnim, formerly ambassador at Rome and Paris,
arrested and imprisoned in Berlin, ostensibly for detaining
official papers, 4 Oct. ; released on bail 28 Oct.
Bismarck resigns after an adverse vote in the Parliament, 16
Dec. ; on a vote of confidence (199-71) remains 18 Dec.
Civil-marriage bill passed 25 Jan.
Bismarck resigns again, 3 Apr. ; withdrawn 8 Apr.
Attempted assassination of emperor by HOdel, 11 May; strin-
gent bill to repress socialism introduced and rejected (251-57),
24, 25 May,
Emperor fired at and wounded by prof. Karl Eduard Nobiling,
a socialist, at Berlin 2 June,
•Crown-prince charged with public affairs 4, 5 June,
Emil Heinrich Max HOdel condemned 10 July,
JHOdel executed at Berlin 16 Aug.
Dr. Nobiling dies of self-inflicted wounds 10 Sept.
Bismarck's resignation tendered, not accepted by the emperor;
the states yield Apr.
Ifew army bill passed (186-96) 9 Apr.
Imperial rescript against parliamentary government pub. ,
7 Jan.
Death of prince Charles, emperor's brother 21 Jan.
<Germania, a colossal statue, etc., by prof. Schilling, a national
memorial of German unity and victories of 1870-71, set up
In Niederwald at Rudesheim on the Rhine,, uncovered by
emperor William in presence of German sovereigns and
5000 spectators ; Von Moltke there, but not Bismarck. 28 Sept
Bismarck refuses to present to the chamber a letter of con-
dolence from the U. S. Congress on the death of dr. Lasker,
formerly his supporter, afterwards his opponent Feb.
Crerman Parliament opened; disputes on Lasker affair,
6, 7 Mch. "
Mr. Sargent, obnoxious U. S. minister, appointed to St. Peters-
burg, 26 Mch. ; declined 27 Mch. "
Clerman colony founded at Cameroons, and Bimbia, west coast
of Africa, by Herr Nachtigall Aug. "
German flag said to be hoisted on north coast of New Guinea,
New Britain, and other islands Dec. "
Clerraan colonization society constituted at Frankfort, 6 Dec.
1882. By charter of the emperor, dr. Carl Peters and others
authorized to acquire Usagara, N'Gury, and other territories
west of Zanzibar 27 Feb. 1885
Prince Frederick Charles d 15 June, "
t.eopold von Ranke, historian, d. (aged 90) 23 May, 1886
Poundation stone of the opening lock of a canal from the Bal-
11*
1872
1873
1874
1875
1877
1878
1882
1884
GER
tic to the North sea, 61 miles long, laid at Holtenau, near Kiel,
by the emperor; estimated cost, 168,000,000 marks. .3 June, 1887
Indisposition of the crown-prince. Winters in Italy and S.
France, under the care of sir Morell Mackenzie, 1887; said
to have malignant growth of the larynx; tracheotomy per-
formed (the German doctors and Mackenzie differ) Feb. 1888
Serious illness of the emperor; prince William (grandson) in-
trusted with official powers 8 Mch. "
Emperor d. (nearly 91 years old). : 9 Mch. "
Emperor Frederick IIL arrives at Berlin 11 Mch. "
Solemn national funeral of the deceased emperor 16 Mch. ' '
Rescript empowering the crown-prince William to act for the
emperor in state aff'airs when required 21 Mch. "
Emperor Frederick III. d. (cancer of the larynx) 15 June, "
Emperor William II. opens Parliament 25 June "
Sir Morell Mackenzie publishes "The Fatal Illness of Fred-
erick the Noble." The German surgeons' report of the
case differs about 15 Nov. "
E. African bill, granting money to defend German interests
and suppress slave-trade, adopted by federal council (Africa,
Anglo-French agreements) 1 Feb. 1889
Three German war- vessels lost, 9 officers and 87 men drowned
at Samoa I6 Mch. "
Bismarck's bill to comjiel the working class, with the assist-
ance of the state and their employers, to provide for sick-
ness (passed 1883). for accidents (passed 1884), for old age
and infirmity, passed 24 May, "
Emperor and empress present at the marriage of his sister to
the duke of Sparta ,27 Oct. "
Dr. Dollinger d. at Munich 10 Jan. 1890
Two rescripts of emperor for improving condition of the work-
ing classes, and suggesting co-operation of France, England,
Belgium, and Switzerland t 4 Feb. "
Delegates with ambassadors and ministers meet 15 Mch. "
[Delegates: Great Britain, sir John Gorst; France, Jules
Simon; Italy, senator Boccardo, and others. The confer-
ence opened by the baron von Berlepsch, Prussian minister
of commerce, elected president 15 Mch. ; closed 29 Mch. 1890.
Subjects discussed: regulation of labor in mines, of Sunday
labor, and of the labor of children and youths. Recommen-
dations adopted referred to the respective legislatures.]
Resignation of prince Bismarck, chancellor 18 Mch. "
He declines title of duke of Lauenburg about 23 Mch. "
He is succeeded by gen. George von Caprivi de Caprera de
Montecucculi about 20 Mch. "
Count Herbert Bismarck, secretary for foreign affairs, resigns,
succeeded by baron Marschall von Biederstein. .about 1 Apr. "
New Parliament opened by the emperor; while desiring peace
he asks 18,000,000 marks for army supplies 6 May, "
Vote of 4,500,000 marks, and an annual subsidy of 350,000 marks,
for the suppression of slavery, and protection of German in-
terests in E. Africa proposed by gen. von Caprivi 12 May, "
First German national horse-show (at Berlin). .12 June, et seq. "
New army bill passed by the Parliament 28 June, "
Anglo -German convention respecting E. Africa signed at
Berlin i July, "
Heligoland formally transferred to Germany by England,9 Aug. "
Sudden death of field-marshal von Moltke, aged 90, 24 Apr. ;
military funeral, attended by emperor, German sovereigns,
state officers, ambassadors, etc., Berlin, 28 Apr. ; quiet inter-
ment at Kreisau, in Silesia v 29 Apr. 1891
Prince Bismarck elected deputy to Reichstag for Geestemiinde,
1 May, "
Emperor's speech at Brandenburg censures political opponents
as " grumblers " 24 Feb. et seq. 1892
Several newspapers at Berlin confiscated for reprinting the
Times leader on the emperor's speech 3 Mch. "
Rioting at Berlin, Hanover, Dantzig, and other places, through
distress 25 Feb. et seq. "
Ministerial crisis in Prussia 22 Mch. *'
Government defeated in the Parliament; the vote for an im-
perial corvette negatived 29 Mch. "
Parliament prorogued 31 Mch. "
Cholera severe at Hamburg through Aug., Sept., and Oct. "
Army bill rejected by a vote of 210-162. Reichstag immedi-
ately dissolved by the emperor 6 May, 1893
New German Reichstag opened by the emperor; his speech
asks passage of army bill without delay 4 July, "
Army bill passed the Reichstag by 201-185; peace effective
fixed at 479,220 men for 2 years 15 July, "
Reichstag, by a majority of 37, voted to revoke the decree ex-
pelling the Jesuits from Germany 1 Dec. •'
KINGS AND EMPERORS OF GERMANY.
CARLOVINGIAN RACE.
800. Charles L, the Great, or Charlemagne.
814. Louis I., le Debonnaire, king of France.
840. Lothaire I., or Lother, son of Louis; died in a monastery at
Treves, Sept. 855.
855. Louis II., son of Lothaire.
875. Charles II., the Bald, king of France; d. 877.
881. Charles III., the Fat, crowned king of Italy; deposed; suc-
ceeded by
887. Arnulf, or Arnoul; crowned emperor of Rome, 896.
899. LouisIII.. the Blind.
" Louis IV., the Child, son of Arnulf; last of Carlovingian race
in Germany.
SAXON DYNASTY.
911. Otho, duke of Saxony ; refuses because of age.
" Conrad I., duke of Franconia, king.
GER 330
918. Henry I., the Fowler, son of Otho, duke of Saxony, king.
936. Otho I., the Great, son of Henry, crowned by pope John XII.,
2 Feb. 962; beginning of holy Roman empire.
973. Otho II., the Bloody; massacred his chief nobility at an en-
tertainment, 981 ; wounded by a poisoned arrow.
983. Otho III., the Red, his son, a minor, poisoned.
1002. Henry II., duke of Bavaria, surnamed the Holy and the Lame.
HOUSE OF FRANCX)NIA.
1024 Conrad II., surnamed the Salique.
1039. Henry III., the Black, son.
1056. Henry IV., son; a minor; Agnes, regent; deposed by his son
and successor; Rudolph (1077); Herman (1082) nominated
by the pope; Conrad (1087).
1106. Henry V., married Maud, or Matilda, daughter of Henry I. of
England.
1126. Lothaire II., surnamed the Saxon.
HOUSE OF HOHENSTAUFEN, OR OF SDABIA.
1138. Conrad III., duke of Franconia.
1152. Frederick I., Barbarossa; drowned, his horse throwing him
into river Saleph, 10 June, 1190.
1190. Henry VI., son, surnamed Asper, or Sharp; detained Richard
I. of England a prisoner; d. 1197.
[Interregnum, throne contested by Philip of Suabia and
Otho of Brunswick.]
1198. Philip, brother to Henry; assassinated at Bamberg by Otto
of Wittelsbach.
1208. Otho IV., surnamed the Superb; excommunicated and de-
posed; d. 1218.
1216. Frederick II., king of Sicily, son of Henry VI. ; deposed by
subjects, who elected Henry, landgrave of Thuringia, 1246;
Frederick died 1250, naming his son Conrad his successor;
but the pope appointed
1247. William, earl of Holland (nominal).
1260. Conrad IV., son of Frederick.
[His son Conradin was proclaimed king of Sicily, which
was, however, surrendered to his uncle Manfred, 1254, and
at his death given by the pope to Charles of Anjou, in 1263.
Conradin, on invitation of the Ghibellines, entered Italy
with a large army; was defeated at Tagliacozzo, 23 Aug.
1268; and beheaded at Naples, 29 Oct., ending the Hohen-
staufen family.]
1256. [Interregnum.]
1257. Richard, earl of Cornwall, and Alphonso of Castile merely
nominated.
GET
HOUSES OF HAPSBURG, LUXEMBURG, BAVARIA, ETC.
1273. Rudolph, count of Hapsburg.
1291. [Interregnum.]
1292. Adolphus, count of Nassau, to exclusion of Albert, son of
Rudolph; deposed; slain at Gelheim, 2 July, 1298, by
1298. Albert I., duke of Austria, Rudolph's son; killed by his neph-
ew at Rheinfels, 1 May, 1308.
1308. Henry VII. of Luxemburg.
1313. [Interregnum.]
1314. Louis IV. of Bavaria, and Frederick III of Austria, son of
Albert, rival emperors; Frederick d. 1330.
1330. Louis reigns alone.
1347. Charles IV. of Luxemburg. (At Nuremberg, in 1356, the Gold-
en Bull became the fundamental law of the empire.)
1378. Wenceslas, king of Bohemia, son; twice imprisoned; forced
to resign ; but continued to reign in Bohemia.
1400. Frederick III., duke of Brunswick, assassinated as soon as
elected; seldom in list of emperors.
'• Rupert, count palatine of the Rhine; crowned at Cologne;
d. 1410.
1410. Jossus, marquess of Moravia; chosen by a party of electors;
died next year.
•' Sigismund, king of Hungary; elected by a party; on the
death of Jossus recognized by all; king of Bohemia, 1419.
IMPERIAL HOUSE OF AUSTRIA.
1438. Albert II., the Great, duke of Austria, and king of Hungary
and Bohemia; d. 27 Oct. 1439.
1439. [Interregnum.]
1440. Frederick IV., surnamed the Pacific; elected emperor 2 Feb. ;
not crowned until June, 1442.
1493. Maximilian I., son; d. 1519. In 1477 ho married Mary of
Burgundy.
Francis I. of France and Charles I. of Spain compete for the
empire.
Charles V. (L of Spain), son of Joan of Castile and Philip of
Austria, elected; resigned both crowns, 1556; retired to a
monastery, where he d. 21 Sept. 1558.
Ferdinand I., brother; succeeded by his son.
Maximilian II. , king of Hungary and Bohemia.
Rudolph IL, son.
1612. Matthias, brother.
1619. Ferdinand II., cousin, king of Hungary.
1637. Ferdinand III., son.
- 1658. Leopold I. , son.
1705. Joseph I., son.
17n. Charles VL, brother.
1740. Maria Theresa, daughter, queen of Hungary and Bohemia;
sustained by England.
1742. Charles VII., elector of Bavaria, rival emperor, supported by
France; d. Jan. 1745.
[Hence a general war. Austrian succession.]
1745. Francis I. of Lorraine, grand - duke of Tuscany, consort of
Maria Theresa.
1766. Joseph IL, son.
1619.
1556.
1564.
1576.
1790. Leopold IL, brother.
1792. Francis II., son, emperor of Austria only, as Francis I., 1804.
Austria.
house of hohenzollern. (prussia.)
1871. William I., king of Prussia, 18 Jan. (b. 22 Mch. 1797, d. 9 Mch.
1888) ; empress, Augusta, b. 30 Sept. 1811 ; d. 7 Jan. 1890.
1888. Frederick William, b. 18 Oct. 1831. Married Victoria Adelaide
Mary Louise, princess royal of England, 25 Jan. 1858; d. 15>
June, 1888.
" William II., eldest son of Frederick William; b. 27 Jan. 1859;,
married princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-
Augustenburg (b. 22 Oct. 1858) 27 Feb. 1881.
Heir: Frederick William Victor August Ernest; b. 6 May,
1882. Prussia.
gerrymander, an unfair division of a community
into representative districts in the interest of a political party.
The term originated in Massachusetts in 1812, when the Dem-
ocratic-Republicans, to secure the United States senator, framed
the senatorial districts so as to control most of them. The ap-
portionment was approved by Rlbridge Gerry, then governor.
A district was formed which was thought to resemble on the
map a salamander, but the Federalists called it "gerrymander,"'
from the governor's name. The word is now in common use.
" Oesta Romanorum," a collection of popular
tales from Oriental and classical sources, written in Latin by
an unknown author, about 1350 a.d. One of the first books
printed in the 15th century. These tales were largely used
by early English poets and dramatists, including Shakespeare.
An English translation, by the rev. C. Swan (from an edition
printed at Hagenau, 1508), appeared 1824.
Oettysburg, Pa., Battle of, fought 1-3 July, 18G3.
After the confederate victory at Chancellorsville the South
called on Lee to invade the northern states. As early as May
Lee's movements foreshadowed such an invasion. Early in
June his army concentrated at Culpeper, except A. P. Hill's
division, which was at Fredericksburg. At the middle of
June the movement fairly commenced, with full 100,000 men.
On 12 June, Hooker began to fall back from the Rappahan-
nock to cover Washington. Lee advanced, and on 15 June
dispersed Milroy's force at Winchester (7000 strong), captur-
ing 2300 prisoners. He then crossed the Potomac (24,25
June), and advanced to Chambersburg. Hooker also crossed
on 26 June, and the next day was relieved by gen. Meade.
Lee, in the meantime, was pushing on into Pennsylvania.
The federal array moved in a parallel direction east of the
Blue Ridge. Lee was in advance, and threatened Harrisburg.
As in the former invasion (1862), the passes of South mountain
afforded access to the confederate rear. Meade took advantage
of them, and (28 June) Lee saw that he must halt and stake
the campaign upon a battle. The time and place of battle
were not selected by either side, but determined by accident
and the physical character of the country. Lee concentrated
his army at Gettysburg, whither Ewell marched southwardly
from Carlisle, and Longstreet and Hill eastwardly from Cham-
bersburg. Meade's right (30 June) was near Gettysburg, and
gen. Pleasanton, perceiving the importance of that place, ad-
vanced and occupied it— anticipating the confederates. On 1
July there was a collision, in which gen. Reynolds was killed ;
but, after losing 10,000 men, the federal forces still held a
position which was the key of the field of operations. On 2
July (both armies being well up and in position) there was a
second battle, with heavy loss on both sides. Sickles was
driven from a position of no great importance. At night the
Union forces still held Cemetery hill from Gulp's hill to
Round Top. On 3 July, after a bombardment of Cemetery hill
from Seminary ridge, Lee again assaulted. The assaulting
column, under Pickett and Heth, numbered 18,000- It was.
almost annihilated. After this decisive repulse Lee retreated
(Sunday, 5 July). His army might have been utterly de-
moralized and dispersed by prompt and relentless pursuit. The
forces were about equal at Gettysburg, each numbering from
70,000 to 80,000 infantry and artillerj'. The federal loss wa»
23,190, of whom nearly 7000 were missing. The confederate
loss was about 36,000, of whom 13,733, wounded or unwounded,
remained as prisoners. Lee's entire loss, from commencement
to close of the invasion, was nearly 60,000 men.— On 19 Nov.
1863, the battlcrground was consecrated as a national ceme-
tery for soldiers who fell in the July battles. It was on this
occasion that president Lincoln made the most famous of his
speeches. Cemeteries, United States.
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Ohent igant), Belgium, an ancient city, built about the
7th century, during the middle ages became very rich. John,
3d son of Edward III. of England, is said to have been born
here in 1340 (hence named John of Gaunt) during the revolt
under Jacob van Artevelde, a brewer, whose son Philip re-
vived the insurrection against Louis, count of Flanders, 1379-
1382. Pop. 1891, 153,740.
Ghent rebelled against Philip of Burgundy, 1451; against the em-
peror Charles V., 1539; severely punished, 1510.
"Pacification of Ghent" (when the north and south provinces of
the Netherlands united against Spain) proclaimed 8 Nov. 1576;
broken up, 1579. The 300th anniversary celebrated 3-10 Sept.
1876.
Ghent taken by Louis XIV. of France, 9 Mch. 1678 ; and by the duke
of Marlborough, 1706.
Ghent seized by French, 1793; annexed to Netherlands, 1814; made
part of Belgium, 1830.
Peace of Ghent, between Great Britain and U. S., signed 24 Dec.
1814.
Ohibellines. Guelphs.
g^llO§tS, produced by optical science. Mr. Dircks de-
scribed his method at the British Association meeting in 1858.
Dr. John Taylor produced ghosts scientifically in Mch. ; and
Mr. Pepper exhibited the ghost illusion at the Royal Polytech-
nic Institution, London, July, 1863. Cock-lane ghost.
giants are mentioned in Gen. vi. 4. Bones of reputed
giants, 17, 18, 20, and 30 ft. high, have been proved to be re-
mains of animals. — The battle of Marignano (1515) has been
termed " battle of the giants." Dwarfs.
Og, king of Bashan, of the remnant of the giants: his bedstead was
9 cubits long (about 16><^ ft. ). 1451 B.C. (Deut. iii. 11).
Goliath of Gath's "height was 6 cubits and a span." Killed by
David about 1063 b.c. (1 Sam. xvii. 4).
Four giants, sons of Goliath, killed (2 Sam. xxi. 15-22) about 1018.
Emperor Maximin (235 a.d.) was 8>^ ft. in height, and of great bulk.
Some say between 7 and 8 ft. ; others above 8.
"The tallest man that hath been seen in our age was one named
Gabara, who in the days of Claudius, the late emperor, was brought
out of Arabia. He was 9 ft. 9 in. high. "— P/iny.
John Middleton (b. 1578), commonly called the Child of Hale (Lan-
cashire), whose hand, from the carpus to the end of his middle
finger, was 17 in. long; his palm %% in. broad; his whole height
9 ft. 3 m.—Plot, "Nat. Hist, of Staffordshire," p. 295.
Patrick Cotter, Irish giant, b. in 1761, was 8 ft. 7 in. in height; his
hand, to the extremity of the middle finger, measured 12 in., and
his shoe was 17 in. long; d. Sept. 1806.
Charles Byrne, called O'Brien, 8 ft. 4 in. high; d. 1783; his skeleton
is in the museum, Royal College of Surgeons, England.
Big Sam, porter of prince of Wales at Carlton palace, near 8 ft. high,
performed as a giant in "Cymon," at the Opera house, London,
1809.
M. Brice, a native of the Vosges, 7 ft. 6 in. high, exhibited himself
in London, Sept. 1862, and Nov, 1863.
Robert Hales, the Norfolk giant, d. at Great Yarmouth, 22 Nov. 1863
(aged 43). He was 7 ft. 6 in. high, and weighed 452 lbs.
Chang- Woo-Gow, a Chinese, aged 19, 7 ft. 8 in. high, exhibited him-
self in London in Sept. et seq., 1865. Grown to 8 ft., exhibited at
Westminster aquarium; with him Brustav, a Norwegian, 7 ft. 9
in., aged 35, llJune, 1880.
Capt. Martin Van Buren Bates, of Kentucky, and miss Ann Hanen
Swann, of Nova Scotia, each about 7 ft. high; exhibited in Lon-
don, in May; married at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 17 June, 1871.
Marian, "the Amazon queen," 8 ft. 2 in. high, born in Thuringia,
21 Jan. 1866; exhibited in London, July, 1882.
giaour (jowr), Turkish for infidel, an unbeliever in
Mahometanism.— Byron's poem, "The Giaour," was pub. in
1813.
Oibral'tar. The ancient Calpe (with Abyla, on the
opposite shore of Africa, called the Pillars of Hercules), a town
and strongly fortified rock in S. Spain, at the entrance of the
Mediterranean, belonging to Great Britain and considered im-
pregnable. The height of the rock, according to Cuvier, is
1437 English ft. It was taken by the Saracens under Tarik,
whence its present name (derived from Gibel el-Tarik), in 711.
Area of town, 1^ sq. miles; pop. 1891, 25,755, including a
garrison of 6737.
Taken from the Moors, 1309; surrendered to them, 1333; taken
from them by Henry IV. of Castile, 1462; strengthened by
Charles V 1552
Attacked by British under sir George Rooke, the prince of
Hesse-Darmstadt, sir John Leake, and admiral Byng, 21
July ; taken 24 July, 1704
Besieged by Spanish and French; they lose 10,000 men; the
victorious British but 400 11 Oct. "
Sir John Leake captured several ships, and raised the siege,
10 Mch. 1705
Ceded to England by treaty of Utrecht 11 Apr. 1713
Spaniards repulsed in an attack with great loss 1720
They again attack with 20,000 men, and lose 5000; British
loss, 300 22 Feb. 1727
Siege by Spaniards and French, whose armaments (the great-
est brought against a fortress) were overthrown 16 July, 1779
In one night their floating batteries were destroyed with red-
hot balls, and their line of works by a sortie of gen. Eliott;
the enemy's loss in munitions of war was estimated at
2,000,OOOZ. ; the army was 40,000 men 27 Nov. 1781
Grand defeat by a garrison of only 7000 British 13 Sept. 1782
[Duke of Crillon commanded 12,000 of the best troops of
France. 1000 pieces of artillery were brought against the
fortress; besides 47 sail of the line, all 3-deckers; 10 great
floating batteries, esteemed invincible, carrying 212 guns; in-
numerable frigates, xebecs, bomb-ketches, cutters, and gun
and mortar boats; small craft for disembarking forces cov-
ered the bay. For weeks 6000 shells were daily thrown into
the town.]
Blockade ceased 5 Feb. 1783
Royal battery destroyed by fire Nov. 1800
Engagement between French and English fleets in the bay;
British ship Hannibal, 74 guns, lost 6 July, 1801
Royal Carlos and St. Hermenigildo, Spanish ships, each of 112
guns, blew up, with crews, at night-time, in the strait; all
on board perished 12 July, "
Oll'bertines, an order of canons and nuns established
at Sempringham, Lincolnshire, Engl., by-Gilbert of that place,
1131-48. At the dissolution by Henry VIII. there were 25
houses of the order in England and Wales.
gildings on wood formed part of decorations of the Jew-
ish tabernacle, 1490 b.c. (Exod. xxv. 11); was practised at
Rome about 145 b.c. The capitol was the first building thus
adorned. — Pliny. Of gold-leaf for gilding, the Romans made
but 750 leaves, 4 fingers square, out of an ounce. — Pliny, Gild-
ing with leaf gold on bole ammoniac was first introduced by
Margaritone in 1273.
gill, ardent spirit, made from bigg, a kind of barley, and
from rye, flavored with the essential oil of the juniper berry.
gin (contracted from engine), a machine for separating
cotton-wool from the seed. Cotton-gin.
^ginger, the root of the Amomum zinziber, a native of
India and China, now cultivated in the West Indies.
gillgliam (Jav. ginggang), a woven cotton fabric, the
yarn colored before weaving. Its manufacture introduced into
England from the East about the middle of the 18th century.
Largely used in the United States and the West Indies. First
manufactured in the U. S. at Clinton, Mass., by Erastus Bige-
low, 1846.
giraffe' or camd'opard, a quadruped of interior
Africa ; known to the ancients. In 1827 one was brought to
England first, as a present to George IV. It died in 1829.
On 25 May, 1835, 4 giraffes, obtained by M. Thibaut, were in-
troduced into the Zoological gardens, Regent's park, London,
where a young one was born in 1839. The bones of the leg
differ from those of other ruminants in being solid.
Oirard college. Colleges, Education.
Oirgen'ti. Agrigentum.
Oiron'diitS, a party during the French revolution, led
by deputies from the Gironde. They were ardent republicans,
but after the cruelties of Aug. and Sept. 1792, failed to restrain
the cruelties of Robespierre and the Mountain party ; and the
leaders, Brissot, Vergniaud, and others, were guillotined 31
Oct. 1793. Lamartine's " Histoire des Girondins," pub. 1847,
hastened the revolution of 1848. French revolution.
(jrirtOIl college, Cambridge, Engl., for the higher
education of women. It began at Hitchin, 1869; removed
here, and was opened Oct. 1873. Newnham college, Cam-
bridge, in connection with it, was opened 18 Oct. 1876.
Miss Charlotte Angas Scott, aged about 22, attained the posi-
tion of "wrangler" (for mathematics) Jan. 1880
Miss A. F. Ramsay of this college, senior, and alone in first
division of classical tripos at Cambridge 18 June, 1887
Oi§ors (zhee-zor'), France, Battle of, on 20 Sept. or 10
Oct. 1198, when Richard I. of England defeated the French.
His parole for the day, "Dieu et mon droit" ("God and my
right "), afterwards became the motto of the arms of England.
gladiators were originally malefactors who fought for
their lives, or captives who fought for freedom. They were
first exhibited at the funeral ceremonies of the Romans, 263
B.C., and afterwards at festivals, about 215 b.c. Their revolt
under Spartacus, 73 b.c., was quelled by Crassus, 71. When
Dacia was reduced by Trajan, 10,000 gladiators fought at
Rome in celebration of his triumph, for 123 days, 103 a.d.—
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Anthon, These combats were suppressed in the East by Con-
stantine the Great, 325, and in the West by Theodoric in 500.
In these gladiatorial combats, the spectators decided the fate
of the vanquished, and indicated their will by pointing the
thumb at the desired victim (pollice verso), or by shutting it
down upon the hand (^pollice presso) as as sign of mercy.
Oladitone'§ adininl§tration§. (1st) 9 Dec.
1868-20 Feb. 1874; (2d) 28 Apr. 1880-9 June, 1885; (3d) 26
Feb. 1886-20 July, 1886 ; (4th) 18 Aug. 1892-4 March, 1894.
Administrations. William Ewart Gladstone, born 29 Dec.
1809 ; master of the mint, Sept. 1841 ; president of the board of
trade. May, 1843-Feb. 1845 ; secretarj' for colonies, Dec. 1845-
July, 1846 ; chancellor of the exchequer, Jan. 1853-Feb. 1855,
June, 1859-June, 1866; lord high commissioner extraordinary
to the Ionian isles, Nov. 1858 ; M.P. for Newark, 18 Dec. 1832-
46; for Oxford, 1847-65 ; for South Lancashire, 1865-68; for
Greenwich, Nov. 1868 ; announced the dissolution of Parlia-
ment, 23 Jan. 1874 ; resigned, 17 Feb. 1874 ; temporarily re-
signed leadership of liberal party, 13 Jan. 1875 ; elected M.P.
for Mid-Lothian (1579-1368), 5 Apr. 1880; his ministry re-
signed on account of minoritj' on the budget bill (264-252), 9
June, 1885; he declined an earldom, 16 June, 1885. Among
measures carried by Gladstone ministries are : The Irish Church
Disestablishment act, the Irish Land act of 1870 ; the Education
act, the Ballot act, the Irish Land Law act of 1881 ; the Em-
ployers' Liability act, the Agricultural Holdings act, the Buri-
als act, the Ground Game act, the Franchise act. He intro-
duced his Irish bill, 8 Apr. 1886, rejected (343-313), 7-8 June;
minority in general election ; resigned, 20 July, 1886 ; opposed
the government crimes bill unsuccessfully, Feb.-July, 1887;
received silver trophy presented to him by Joseph Pulitzer of
the New York World, the result of subscriptions, etc., 9 July,
1887. The term " grand old man " is said to have been first
applied to Mr. Gladstone by Henry Labouchere, M.P., about
Apr. 1881, and soon generally adopted, England, 1893.
01a§'|rOW', Lanarkshire, the largest city in Scotland,
grew rapidly after the union in 1707, obtaining some of the
American trade. Pop. 1707 about 12,000 ; in 1861, 394,857 ;
in 1871,477,144; in 1891, with suburbs, 792,728.
Cathedral or high church, dedicated to St. Kentigern, or Mungo,
began about 1181
Erected into a burgh..-. 1190
Charter was obtained from James II 1451
University founded by bishop Turn bull about ' '
Made a royal burgh by James VI 1611
Olasites in Scotland and jSandemaniailS in Eng-
land. In 1727, John Glas, a minister of the church of Scot-
land, published " The Testimony of the King of Martyrs con-
cerning his Kingdom (John xviii. 36)," opposing national
churches, and describing the original constitution of the
church, its doctrines, ordinances, officers, and discipline, as in
the New Testament. Having been deposed in 1728, he and
others formed several churches upon the primitive models. A
series of letters on Hervey's " Theron and Aspasio," published
by Robert Sandeman, in 1755, gave rise to churches in Lon-
don and other places in England, and also in North America.
The meeting-house at Barnsburv, London, N., was erected in
1862.
g[la§8. The Egyptians are said to have been taught
glass-making by Hermes. The discovery of glass took place
in Syria. — Pliny. Glass-houses were erected in Tyre. Glass
was used by Romans in the time of Tiberius ; and the ruins of
Pompeii show windows of glass used before 79.
Glass is said to have been brought to England by Benedict Bis-
cop, abbot of Wearmouth 676
Glass-manufacture established in England at Crutched-friars
and in the Savoy.— 5tow 1557
Chemical discoveries have greatly improved the manufacture
in this century. Faraday published researches on the man-
ufacture of glass for optical purposes 1830
Glass-painting w^s known to the ancient Egyptians. It was
revived about the 10th century, and is described in the trea-
tise by the monk Theophilus; was practised at Marseilles in
a beautiful style, about 1500; most perfect about 1530.
Specimens of the 13th century exist in England; C. Winston's
work is the best on the subject, 1846 ; new edition 1867
"Marvels of Glass-making in AH Ages," A. de Sanzay; Engl.
transl 1870
Glass-plate, for coach-windows, mirrors, etc., made at I.ambeth
by Venetian artists, under patronage of Villiers, duke of Buck-
ingham 1673
Manufacture was improved by French, who made large plates ;
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and in Lancashire, when the British Plate-glass company was
established 1773
Manufacture of British sheet -glass introduced by Messrs.
Chance of Birmingham about 1832
Tempered or toughened glass : M. De la Bastie's process (plung-
ing heated glass into a hot bath of oleaginous or alkaline
compounds) announced Apr. 1875; largely manufactured in
France, and sold cheap in London 1876
Oldest bottle-glass manufactory in the U. S. established at
Glassboro, N. J : 1775
Cut-glass manufactory established at White's Mill, Wayne
county, Pa 1852
Largest plate-glass manufactory at New Albany. Ind.
Frederick Siemens described his process for producing strong
homogeneous tempered glass at the British Society of Arts,
26 Feb. 1885
Application of glass for rails proposed by H. Lindsay- Bucknall,
and for railway sleepers proposed by F. Siemens 1885-86
[This glass asserted to be much stronger than iron.]
01a§tOIll>liry, a market-town of Somerset, Engl., said
to have been the residence of Joseph of Ariraathea, and the
site of the first Christian church in Britain, about 60.
"... From our old books I know
That Joseph came of old to Glastonbury. -
And there he built with wattles from the marsh i
A little lonely church in days of yore."
—Tenni/sow, "The Holy Grail." i
Traditional burial-place of king Arthur, about 544. A church
was built here by Ina about 708. The town and abbey were
burned, 1184, and an earthquake did great damage in 1275.
Richard Whiting, the last abbot, who had 100 monks and 400
domestics, was hanged on Tor hill in his pontificals for refus-
ing the oath of supremacy to Henry VIII., 14 Nov. 1539. The
monastery was suppressed 1540.
g^lee, a piece of unaccompanied vocal music, in at least 3
parts, first composed early in the 18th century. Eminent com-
posers, Samuel Webbe (1740-1816), Stevens, Callcott, Horsley,
Danby, Paxton, lord Mornington, Spofforth, etc. Music.
Olencoe massacre of the Macdonalds, a Jacobite
clan, of Scotland, for not surrendering before 1 Jan. 1692, the
time stated in king William's proclamation. Sir John Dal-
rymple, master (afterwards earl) of Stair, their enemy, obtained
a decree " to extirpate that set of thieves," which the king is
said to have signed without perusing. Every man under 70
was to be slain. This mandate was treacherously executed
by 120 soldiers of a Campbell regiment, hospitably received by
the Highlanders, 13 Feb. 1692. About 60 men were slain,
and many women and children, turned out naked in a freezing
night, perished. This excited great indignation, and an in-
quiry was set on foot. May, 1695, but no capital punishment
followed. The account of this massacre, as given by Macaulay
in his history, is highly colored.
Olenclale, Battle of. Peninsular campaign.
globe or earth. The globular form of the earth, the
5 zones, some of the principal circles of the sphere, the opacity
of the moon, and the true causes of lunar eclipses were taught,
and an eclipse predicted, by Thales of Miletus, about 640 b.c.
Pythagoras argued, from the varying altitudes of the stars by
change of place, that the earth must be round; that there might
be antipodes on the opposite part of the globe ; that Venus was
the morning and evening star ; that the universe consisted of
12 spheres^ — those of the earth, water, air, fire, the moon, the
sun, Venus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the stars —
about 506 b.c. — Aristarchus of Samos's theory that the earth
turned on its own axis and revolved about the sun seemed to
his contemporaries so absurd that the philosopher nearly lost
his life, 280 B.C. It revolves around the sun at a speed of
over 68,000 miles an hour, in 365 d. 6 h. 9 m. 9.6 s. ; this is
termed the sidereal year. The mean solar year is somewhat
less, being 365 d. 5 h. 48 ra. 46.7 s. It revolves on its axis once
in 23 h, 56 m. 4.1 s. mean solar time; equivalent to 24 h. Si-
dereal TIME.. Its axis, which is inclined 23° 27' from a
perpendicular to the ecliptic (so called because solar and lunar
eclipses can only take place when the moon is' very near this
plane), continually points in the same direction, thus causing
the change of seasons and difference in length of day and
night. Eccentricity of its orbit around the sun, 0.01679.
Greatest distance from the sun (aphelion, about 8 July), 94,-
450,000 miles; nearest (perhelion, about 81 Dec), 91,330,000
miles ; mean distance, 92,890,000 miles. Eclipse, Equinox,
Latitude, Longitude, Planets, Stars, Sun, Year, etc.
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Copernicus, explaining the movement of the earth and planets
around the sun, laid the foundation of modern astronomy. . . 1543
To determine the figure of the earth, degrees of latitude have
frequently been measured: by Bouguer and La Condamine,
in Peru, and by Maupertuis and others in Lapland 1735
In France and Spain by Mechain, Delambre, Biot, and Arago
between 1792 and 1821
In India by col. (afterwards sir George) Everest, pub 1830
Measurements made on a meridian by astronomical observa-
tions, at points connected by telegraph; at Calais, Me., and
Nantucket, Mass., by the U. S. Coast Survey 1866-67
The following table, from " Guillemin's Astronomy," edited
by J. Norman Lockyer, and revised by Richard A. Proctor,
shows the length of arcs, measured in the northern hemisphere,
at gradually increasing latitudes :
.T , . r Length of
Place. Mean lat. of arc. deg. in ft.
India 12° 32' 20" 362,956
" 16° 8' 21" 363,044
America 39° 12' 0" 363,786
Italy 42° 59' 0" 364,262
France 44° 51' 2" 364,572
England 52° 2' 19" 364,951
Denmark 54° 8' 14" 365,087
Russia 56° 3' 55" 366,291
Sweden 66° 20' 10" 365,744
Equatorial diameter 41,848,380 feet=7925.83-|- miles.
Polar " 41,708,710 " =z:78&9.40+ "
Difference 139,670 " =26.43+ "
Recent geodesists show that the equatorial diameter from Ion.
14° 23' east to 194° 23' east of Greenwich is 2 miles longer than
that at right angles to it.— Mem. Roy. Ast. Soc, vol. xxix. 1860.
Surface of the earth contains about 196,626,000 sq. miles, of which
over three quarters is water.
Experiments by pendulums to demonstrate the earth's rotation by
Foucault in 1851, and to determine its density by Maskelyne,
Bailly, and others; and in 1826, 1828, and 1854 by Mr. (afterwards
sir) G. B. Airy, the astronomer- royal.
Estimated density, 5.6 times that of water; weight, 6,000,000,000,-
000,000,000.000 tons.— Procter, 1875.
[This does not include the air, which weighs 5,178,000,000,000,000
tons.]
Artificial globes. It is said that a celestial globe was brought to
Greece from Egypt, 368 b.c., and that Archimedes constructed a
planetarium about 212 b.c.
Earliest preserved globe, in the Biblioth§que Nationale de Paris, is
of copper, engraved in Arabic-Cuflc characters of the 11th century.
Earliest post-Columbian globe extant is in the Lenox library
of New York city ; supposed 1506-7
[Copper, 4>^ inches in diameter and engraved.]
That of Johann SchOner of Bamberg, showing North and South
America as large islands (now at Nuremberg) 1520
Illustrious Gerard Mercator constructed and published a ter-
restrial globe at Louvain in 1541, and a celestial globe 1551
[These were the most celebrated globes of the 16th century.
Of many published, only 2 sets are now known, one in the
royal library at Brussels, one at Vienna.]
Globe of Euphrosynus Ulpius 1542
[Made in Rome and preserved in the museum of the New
York Historical Society.]
Mollineux, globes of 1592
[Only 1 extant.in the library of the Middle Temple, London.]
Globe of Gottorp, a concave sphere, 11 feet in diameter, containing
a table and seats for 12 persons, the inner surface representing
the visible heavens, the stars and constellations, all distinguished
according to magnitude, and, turned by curious mechanism, their
true position, rising and setting, are shown. The outside is a ter-
restrial globe. The original globe of Gottorp, at the expense of
Frederick II., duke of Holstein, was erected at Gottorp, under the
direction of Adam Olearius, after a design found among the papers
of Tycho Brahe. Frederick IV. of Denmark presented it to Peter
the Great in 1713. It was nearly destroyed by fire in 1757, but
was reconstructed. — Coxe.
Globe at Pembroke hall, Cambridge, Engl., erected by dr. Long
(master, 1733). 18 feet in diameter.
In 1851, Mr. Abrahams erected in Leicester square. I-ondon, for
Mr. Wyld, a globe 60 feet 4 inches in diameter, lighted from the
centre" by day, and by gas at night. It was closed in July, 1861;
the models were sold, and the building taken down.
Olobe theatre, Bankside, London. Theatres.
j^lory, the nimbus drawn by painters round the heads
of saints, angels, and holy men, and the circle of rays on im-
ages, adopted from the Caesars and their flatterers, were used
in the first century. — The doxology, " Gloria Patri," is very
ancient, and originally without the clause " as it was in the
beginning," etc. In the Greek it began with Ao^a, glorj'.
Gloucester {ghs'ter), (Rom. Glevum), a seaport town
of England, submitted to the Romans about 45, and to the
Saxons 577. The statutes of Gloucester, passed at a parlia-
ment held by Edward I., 1278, relate to actions at law. This
city was incorporated by Henry III., and was fortified by a
-strong wall, demolished after the Restoration, in 1660, by or-
der of Charles II., as punishment for the successful resistance
* GOD
of the city to Charles I., under col. Massey, Aug., Sept. 1643.
The abbey, founded by king Wulphere about 700, burned in
1102, and again in 1122, contains tombs of Robert, duke of
Normandy,.and Edward II.
gluernum (from yXvKvg, sweet). In 1798 Vauquelin
discovered the earth glucina (so termed from the sweet taste
of its salts). It is found in the beryl and other crystals/
From glucina Wohler and Bussy obtained the rare metal
glucinura in 1828. — Gmelin.
g[lucose. Sugar.
g^luten, an ingredient of grain, particularly wheat, termed
the vegeto-animal principle (containing nitrogen). Its dis-
covery is attributed to Beccaria in the 18th century.
glyc'erine, discovered by Scheele about 1779, and
termed by him the " sweet principle of fats," and further stud-
ied by Chevreul, termed the " father of the fatty acids." It is
obtained pure by saponifying olive-oil or animal fat with ox-
ide of lead or litharge. Glycerine is now much employed in
medicine and the arts.
glyox'yline (invented by F. A. Abel, the chemist of the
British war department, in 1867), an explosive mixture of
gun-cotton, pulp, and saltpetre saturated with nitro-glycerine.
It was abandoned for compressed gun-cotton.
Ono§tiCS {nos-tiks) (from the Gr. yvS>'<yiQ, knowledge),
a sect who, soon after the preaching of Christianity, endeav-
ored to combine its principles with the Greek philosophy.
Among their teachers were Saturnius, 111 ; Basilides, 134 ; and
Valentine, 140. Priscillian, a Spaniard, was burned at Treves
as a heretic, in 384, for endeavoring to revive Gnosticism.
Ooa, a maritime city of S.W. Hindostan, was taken by
the Portuguese under Albuquerque in 1510, and made their
Indian capital. Area of the colonial possessions, 1447 sq. miles.
Pop. 1881, 445,450.
Oobelin {gohe-lanf) tapestry, so called from a
house in Paris, formerly possessed by wool-dyers, whereof the
chief (Jehan Gobelin), in the reign of Francis I., is said to
have found the secret of dyeing scarlet. This house was pur-
chased by Louis XIV. about 1662 for a manufactory of works
for adorning palaces (under the direction of Colbert), especially
tapestry, designs for which were drawn by Le Brun, about 1666.
" Ood save tlie king." This melody is said to
have been composed by John I5ull, mus. doc, in 1606, for a
dinner given to James I. at Merchant Taylors' hall ; others
ascribe it to Henry Carey, author of "Sally in our alley,"
who died 4 Oct. 1743. It was much sung 1745-46, It has
been claimed by the French. The controversy is summed up
in Chappell's " Popular Music of the Olden Times " (1859).
The melody has been adopted for the German national anthem
(" Heil dir im Siegerkranz "), and also adapted to the Danish.
godfathers and godmothers, or sponsors.
The Jews are said to have had them at circumcision, but they
are not mentioned in Scripture. Tradition says sponsors were
first appointed by Hyginus, a Roman bishop, about 154, during
a persecution. In Roman Catholic countries bells have god-
fathers and godmothers at their baptism.
gods, Greek and Roman. Mythology.
Ood win sands, sand-banks off the east coast of
Kent, on land which belonged to Godwin, earl of Kent, the
father of Harold II. This ground was afterwards given to
the monastery of St. Augustin at Canterbury; but the abbot
neglecting to repair the wall that defended it from the sea,
the tract was submerged about 1100, leaving the sands, upon
which many ships have been wrecked. — Salmon.
" If a skipper stands out by sen' George's channel, making for the
Downs, what's right ahead of him? The Goodwins. He isn't
forced to run upon the Goodwins, but he may. "—X>icA;ens, " Dom-
bey and Son."
Oodwin'S oath. "Take care you are not swearing
Godwin's oath." This caution, to a person taking a voluntary
and intemperate oath, or making violent protestations, refers
to a monkish tradition that Godwin, earl of Kent, tried for
the murder of prince Alfred, brother of Edward the Confessor,
and pardoned, died at the king's table while protesting with
oaths his innocence 1053 ; supposed to have been choked with
a piece of bread, as a judgment from heaven, having prayed
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it might stick in his throat if he were guilty of the mur-
der.
g^old (mentioned Gen. ii. 11), the most ductile of metals,
considered by all nations the most valuable. It is too soft to
be used pure, and to harden it it is alloyed with copper or
silver. English coin consists of 22 carats of pure gold and 2
of copper.
Value of gold compared with silver is said to have been in the time
of Herodotus, 450 b.c., about 10 to 1; of Plato, 38 b.c., 12 to 1;
1876 A.D., more than 15 to 1.
The ratio in the U. S. in 1862 was 15.36; in 1872, 16.63; in 1882,
18.19; in 1889, 22.03; in 1891, 20.92.
Amalgamation of gold is described by Vitruvius (about 27 b.c.) and
Pliny (about 77 a.d.). The alchemist Basil Valentine (in the ISth*
century) knew the solution of chloride of gold and fulminating
gold. Andreas Cassius, in 1686, described the preparation of gold-
purple, then adapted by Kunkel to make red glass, and to other
purposes.— (?mc/tn. The chemical properties of gold have been in-
vestigated by eminent chemists, such as Berzelius and P'araday.
Oold-mines.— Gold was found most abundantly in Africa, Japan,
and in South America, where it was discovered by the Spaniards
in 1492. From that time to 1731 they imported into Europe
6,000,000,000 pieces of eight, in registered gold and silver, exclu-
sive of what were unregistered.
Peter the Great reopened ancient gold-mines in Russia, 1699.
Ural or Oural mountains of Russia long produced much gold.
A piece of gold weighing 90 marks, equal to 60 lbs. troy (the mark
being 8 ounces), was found near La Paz, a town of Peru, 1730.
Gold discovered in Malacca in 1731; in New Andalusia in 1785; in
Ceylon, 1800; 2887 ounces of gold, value 9991^., obtained from
mines in Britain and Ireland in 1864; it has been found in Corn-
wall, Engl., and in the county of Wicklow, in Ireland.
Gold discovered in California, 19 Jan. 1848, on col. Sutter's place, by
James Wilson Marshal.
First deposit of gold from California, weighing 1804.59 ounces, val-
ued at $18,055 per ounce, made at U. S. mint 8 Dec. 1848.
Gold discovery in Aicstralia.—Kdwa,ril Hargraves went to California
in search of gold, and observed there rocks and strata resembling
those of his own district of Conobolas, 30 miles west of Bathurst,
New South Wales. On his return home, he examined the soil, and
after 1 or 2 months' digging, found gold, 12 Feb. 1851. He obtained
a reward from the colonial government, and was made commis-
sioner of crown - lands. The excitement spread througli New
South Wales, Victoria, and other places; and in the first week of
July, 1851, a native, formerly attached to tlie Wellington mis-
sion, then in the service of dr. Kerr, of Wallawa, discovered,
while tending sheep, a mass of gold in a heap of quartz. 3 blocks
of quartz (from 2 to 3 cwt.), found in the Murroo creek, 50 miles
to the north of Bathurst, contained 112 lbs. of pure gold, valued
at4000i!. The "Victoria nugget," a magnificent mass of virgin
gold, weighing 340 oz., was taken to England from the Bendigo
diggings; and a piece of pure gold of 106 lbs. weight was also
found. From the gold-fields of mount Alexander and Ballarat,
in the district of Victoria, up to Oct. 1852, there were taken
2,532,422 oz., or 105 tons 10 cwt. of gold; and gold was ex-
ported worth 8,863,477^. In Nov. 1856, the James Baines and
Lightning brought gold from Melbourne valued at 1,200,000Z. The
"Welcome nugget" weighed 2019^^ oz. ; value, 8376^. 10s. 3d.;
found at Baker's hill, Ballarat, 11 June, 1858. Between May, 1851,
and May, 1861, 96,000,000^. of gold were taken to England from
New South Wales and Victoria.
Amount of gold produced in the U. S. since its discovery in Califor-
nia in 1848, to 1890, $1,837,170,000. The greatest amount in any
one year, 1853, $65,000,000; the least amount, 1883, $30,000,000.
Gold production of the world in 500 years, $7,240,000,000. Gold
production of the world for 1890, $116,008,900. Com andcoinagk.
Silver.
Gold vxire was first made in Italy about 1350. An ounce of gold is
sufficient to gild a silver wire above 1300 miles in length; and
such is its tenacity that a wire the one eighteenth part of an inch
will bear the weight of 500 pounds without breaking. — Fourcroy.
Gold leaf.— A single grain of gold may be extended into a leaf of 56
sq. inches, and gold leaf can be reduced to the 300,000th part of
an inch, and gilding to the 10,000,000th part. — .K'e%'s Cambist.
Gilding.
Oold Coait, a British colony in W. Africa ; settle-
ments made by the Dutch ; transferred to Great Britain by
treaty, signed 2 Feb. 1872 ; joined with Lagos to form the
" Gold Coast Colony." Area, 46,600 sq. miles ; pop. estimated,
1,905,000, of whom about 150 are Europeans.
Oolden Bull, or Bulla Aurea,of emperor Charles
IV. of Germany ; one of the most peculiar public documents
of the middle ages. After a prayer for divine assistance, etc.,
and the questioning of Satan, the emperor proceeds as follows:
" Inasmuch as we, through the office by which we possess the
imperial dignity, are doublj' — both as emperor and b}' the elec-
torial right which we enjoy — bound to put an end to future
danger of discords among the electors themselves, to which
number we, as king of Bohemia, are known to belong: we
have promulgated, decreed, and recommended for ratification
the subjoined laws for the purpose of cherishing unity among
the electors and of bringing about a unanimous election, and
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1
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of closing all approach to the aforesaid detestable discord
to various dangers which arise from it. This we have done
in our solemn court at Nuremberg, in session with all the elec-
toral princes, ecclesiastical and secular, and amid a numerous
multitude of other princes, counts, barons, magnates, nobles,
and citizens ; after mature deliberation and fulness of our im-
perial power, sitting on the throne of our imperial majesty,
adorned with the imperial bands, insignia, and diadem, in the
year of our Lord 1356, in the 9th Indiction, on the 4th day
before the ides of January, in the 10th year of our reign as
king — the 1st as emperor."
The following is a list of the subjects for which specific
directions or laws are given :
1. The proper escort of electors and by whom furnished.
2. Of electing the king of the Romans.
3. Of seating the bishops of Treves, Cologne, and Mainz.
4. Of the princes' elections in common.
5. Of the rights of the count palatine and the duke of Saxony
6. Of comparison of prince electors with ordinary princes.
7. Of the successors of the princes.
8. Of the immunity of the king of Bohemia and his subjects.
9. Of mines of gold, silver, and other specie.
10. Of money.
11. Of the immunity of prince electors.
12. Of the coming together of the princes.
13. Of revoking privileges.
14. Of those from whom, as unworthy, their feudal possessions are
taken.
15. Of conspiracies.
16. Of " Pfalzburgers " (citizens of one place who reside in another).
17. Of challenges of defiance.
18. Of letters of intimidation.
19. Formula of representation sent by a prince elector with an
envoy or proxy.
20. Of the unity of the electorial principalities and of the rights
connected with them.
21. Of the order of marching as regards the archbishops.
22. Of the order of proceeding of the prince electors and by whom
the insignia shall be carried.
23. Of the benediction of the archbishop in the presence of the em-
peror.
24. Of conspiracies.
25. Of the succession of the difi"erent kingdoms and provinces.
26. Of the order of procession.
27. Of the ofiices of the prince electors in the solemn courts of the
emperor or king of the Romans.
28. Of the arrangement of the imperial table.
29. Of election, coronation, and first imperial court when held.
30. Of the rights of the officials when princes receive their fiefs
from the emperor or king of the Romans.
31. Of the necessity of teaching the Italian and Slavic tongues.
g'Olden fleece. According to the Greek legend,
Phrixus and Helle were children of Athamas, king of Orcho-
MENUS. Through the designs of their step-mother, Ino, Phrixus
was about to be sacrificed to Zeus, when Hermes sent a gold-
en-fleeced ram which carried the children in safety over land
and water as far as the sea between Sigaeum and the Cherso-
nese, when Helle fell and was drowned in its waters, whence
named Hellespontus {Helle's sea). Phrixus went on to Colchis,
to king ^etes, who received him kindly. Phrixus here sac-
rificed the ram to Zeus, and its golden fleece was hung in a
grove sacred to Ares. To bring back the golden fleece to
Greece was the object of the Argonauts. — Philip the Good,
duke of Burgundj', at his marriage in 1429, instituted the mil-
itary order of Toison d^or, or " golden fleece," on account, it is
said, of his profit from wool. The number of knights was 31.
The king of Spain, as duke of Burgundy, became grandmaster
of the order. The knights wore a scarlet cloak lined with
ermine, a collar opened, and the duke's cipher, a B, to signify
Burgundy, together with flints striking fire, and the motto,
"Anteferit,quamflamm.a micat." On the collar hung a golden
fleece, with this device, '^ Pretium non vile laborum." The
order afterwards became common to all princes of the house
of Austria, as descendants of Marj', daughter of Charles the
Bold, last duke of Burgundy, who married Maximilian of Aus-
tria in 1477. It now belongs to both Austria and Spain, by
treaty made 30 Apr. 1725.
Oolden Horde, a name of Mongolian Tartars, who
established an empire in Kaptchak (or Kibzak), now S.E.
Russia, about 1224, under Batou, grandson of Genghis Khan.
Invading Russia, they made Alexander Newski grand-duke,
1252. At the battle of Bielawisch, in 1481, they were crushed
by Ivan III. and the Nogai Tartars.
" Oolden Leg^end " (" Legenda Aurea"). The Uvea
of our Lord and the saints, written by Giacomo Varaggio, or
M
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Jacobus de Voragiiie, a Dominican monk, about 1260; first
printed 1470 ; a translation printed by Caxton, 1483. Long-
fellow's " Golden Legend," a lyric drama based upon a story
of self-sacrifice, appeared in 1851.
golden number, the number that shows the year
of the moon's cycle of 19 years ; its discovery is ascribed to
Meton of Athens, about 432 B.C.— Pliny. To find the golden
number or year of the lunar cycle, add one to the date, and
divide by 19 ; the quotient is the number of cycles since Christ,
and the remainder the golden number. This is now the 99th
cycle, and the golden number for 1892 is 12; 1893, 13; 1894,
14; 1895, 15.
gold-fish (the golden carp, Cyprinus auratus), taken to
England from China in 1691, but not common till about 1723.
golf, the national game of Scotland, has spread to Eng-
land, Europe, India, America, and Cape of Good Hope. It is
played with rubber balls and a golf club, along a series of
links or downs, in which are small round holes at intervals of
100 to 400 yards. With other games it was prohibited by
the king in 1457. The royal golf club of St. Andrews is now
the national club of Scotland.
Gutta-percha balls substituted for those made of leather and
stuffed with feathers 1848
Allan Robertson, the greatest golfer that ever lived, d 1859
gonfalonier {gon'-fal-o-neer') or standard-
bearer of justice, originally a subordinate officer in
Florence; instituted 1292; became paramount in the 15th
century, and was suppressed 27 Apr. 1532, when the constitu-
tion was changed and Alexander de' Medici made duke.
Good Friday (probably God's Friday), the Friday
(before Easter day, a solemn fast of the church in remembrance
of the crucifixion of Christ on Friday, 3 Apr. 33, or 15 Apr. 29.
Its appellation of good appears to be peculiar to the church of
England ; the Saxons denominated it Long Friday, from the
long offices and fastings enjoined on this day. For its date,
Easter.
Oood Templars (order originated in the United
States in 1851) pledge themselves not to make, buy, sell, fur-
nish, or cause to be furnished, intoxicating liquors to others
AS a beverage. The first English lodge was formed at Bir-
mingham in May, 1868. In 1891 there were 100 grand
lodges in the world, and the membership was 410,996, with a
juvenile branch of 159,106 members.
Goorkhas (goor'kas), a warlike tribe of Nepaul, India,
became prominent in the 17th century. Their invasions were
•defeated about 1791 by Chinese, whose vassals they became.
In a war with British in 1814 they were at first successful,
4)ut were subdued, and a treaty of peace was signed in Feb.
1816. Since 1841 the native regiments have been largely
recruited by Goorkhas, who have rendered valuable service
in nearly all British-Indian wars, and in Afghanistan, 1878-79.
Oordian knot, said to have been made of thongs
used as harness to the wagon of Gordius, a husbandman, after-
wards king of Phrygia. Whosoever loosed this knot, the ends
of which were not discoverable, the oracle declared should be
ruler of Persia. Alexander the Great cut away the knot with
his sword until he found the ends of it, and thus, in a military
sense at least, interpreted the oracle, 330 b.c.
Gordon's *' RfO Popery " riots, London, occa-
sioned by the zeal of lord George Gordon, 2-9 June, 1780.
On 4 Jan. 1780, he tendered the petition of the Protestant associa-
tion to lord North.
On Friday, 2 June, be headed the mob of 40,000 persons who assem-
bled in St. George's fields, under the name of the Protestant as-
sociation, to carry a petition to Parliament for repeal of an act
which granted indulgences to the Roman Catholics. The mob
proceeded to pillage, burn, and pull down the chapels and houses
of the Roman Catholics first, but afterwards of others, for nearly
6 days. The bank was attempted, jails opened (the King's Bench,
Newgate, Fleet, and Bridewell prisons). On the 7th, 36 fires were
blazing at once. By the aid of armed associations of citizens,
the horse and foot guards, and militia of several counties, em-
bodied and marched to London, the riot was quelled on the 8th.
"Two hundred and ten rioters were killed and 248 wounded, of whom
75 died in hospitals, and many were convicted and executed.
I-oss of property was estimated at 180,000?.
Lord George was tried for high-treason and acquitted, 5 Feb. 1781.
He died a prisoner for libel, 1 Nov. 1793.
Dickens gives a vivid description of these riots in " Barnaby Rudge. ' '
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gorget (jgor'-jet), the ancient breastplate, was very large,
varying in size and weight. The present diminutive breast-
plate came into use about 1660. Armor.
gorilla, a powerful ape of W. Africa, about 5 ft. 7 in.
high. It is a match for the lion, and attacks the elephant
with a club. Perhaps identical with the hairy people Gorul-
lai, mentioned by the Carthaginian navigator Hanno, in his
" Periplus," about 570 b.c. Expeditions. In 1847 a sketch
of a gorilla's cranium was sent to prof. Owen by dr. Savage,
then at the Gaboon river, and preserved specimens have been
brought to Europe ; a living one died on its voyage to France.
In 1851 prof. Owen described specimens to the Zoological So-
ciety ; in 1859 he gave an account of the species at the Royal
Institution, London; and in 1861 several skins and skulls were
there exhibited by M. du Chaillu, who killed 21 of them while
in central Africa. A young one brought to New York in
1890. The gorilla was not known to Cuvier.
Oospellers, a name given to the followers of Wick-
lifife, who attacked popery, about 1377. WicklifFe opposed the
pope's supremacy, temporal jurisdiction of bishops, etc., and is
called father of the Reformation.
OospelS (Sax. god-spell, good story). Matthew's and
Mark's are conjectured to have been written between 38 and
65 A.D. ; Luke's, 55 or 65 ; John's, about 97. Irenseus in the
2d century refers to each gospel by name. ' Dr. Robert Bray
was one of the authors of the Society for the Propagation of
the Gospel in Foreign Countries, incorporated in 1701. A
body termed "Bray's Associates" still exists; meant to aid in
forming and supporting clerical parochial libraries.
Ootlia {go'-ta), capital of the duchy of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha. Here is published the celebrated A Imanack de Gotha,
which first appeared in 1764, in German, and which is the
best and most complete account of the descent and kindred of
all the royal families of the world.
Gothenburg system, in Sweden. A plan first de-
vised and executed by the municipal government of this city
for the regulation of the liquor traffic. It begins by limiting
licenses closely, with the view of ultimately vesting a monop-
oly of the sale in the municipality itself, and excluding from
the trade all who derive a profit from it. It was advocated
in England by Mr. Chamberlain, M.P., and much discussed,
1876-77.
' Ootllie architecture arose about the 9th century
A.D., and spread over Europe. Its characteristic is the pointed
arch ; hence it has been called the pointed style. " Gothic "
was originally a term of reproach given it by Renaissance
architects of the 16th centurj'. Its invention has been claimed
for several nations, particularly for the Saracens. The follow-
ing list is from Godwin's "Chronological Table of English
Architecture " :
Anglo-Roman— 55 B.C. to about 250 a.d.— St. Martin's church, Can-
terbury.
Anglo-Saxon— ^QQ to 1066.— Earl's Barton church, St. Peter's,
Lincolnshire.
Gothic Anglo- Roman— 10&6 to 1135 Rochester cathedral nave;
St. Bartholomew's, Smithfield; St. Cross, Hants, etc.
Early English, or Pointed — 1135 to 1272. — Temple church, Lon-
don; parts of Winchester, Wells, Salisbury, and Durham cathe-
drals, and Westminster abbey.
Pointed, called pure Gothic_1272 to 1377.— Exeter cathedral,
Waltham Cross, etc. ; St. Stephen's, Westminster.
Florid Pointed— lan to 1509.— Westminster hall ; King's college,
Cambridge ; St. George's chapel, Windsor ; Henry VII. 's chapel,
Westminster.
Elizabethan— 1509 to 1625.— Northumberland house. Strand; part
of Windsor castle; Hatfield house; schools at O.xford.
Revival of Grecian architecture about 1625. Banqueting - house,
Whitehall, etc.
Revival of Gothic architecture began about 1825, mainly through
the exertions of A. W. Pugin. Controversy on its value was rife
in 1860-61.
Gothland, an isle in the Baltic sea, was conquered by
the Teutonic knights, 1397-98; given up to the Danes, 1524;
to Sweden, 1645 ; conquered by the Danes, 1677 ; and restored
to Sweden, 1679. *
Oothard, St. (Fr. san go-tar'). Tunnels.
Ooths, a warlike nation between the Caspian, Pontus,
Euxine, and Baltic seas. They entered Moesia, took Philip-
popolis, massacring thousands ; defeated and killed the empe-
ror Decius, 251 ; but were defeated at Naissus by Claudius,
GOT ^
hence surnamed Gothicus, 320,000 being slain, 269. Aurelian
ceded Dacia to them in 272 ; but they long troubled the em-
pire. After the destruction of the Roman western empire by
the Heruli, the Ostrogoths, or Eastern Goths, under Theodoric,
subdued most of Italy, and retained it till 553, when they were
conquered by Narses, Justinian's general. The Visigoths, or
Western Goths, founded a kingdom in Spain, which continued
until the Saracen conquest.
Oottliard, St. (san got'-harf), a Cistercian convent
near the river Raab, Hungary. Here the Turks, under
grand-vizier Kupriuli, were routed by imperialists and their
allies, commanded by Montecuculi, 1 Aug. 1664. Peace fol-
lowed.
Oottlngen, a town of Hanover, a member of the Han-
seatic League about 1360. The university " Georgia Augus-
ta," founded by George H. of England in 1734, was opened
1737. It was seized by the French, 1760, and held till 1762.
In 1837 several able professors were dismissed for expressing
political opinions.
'*GoUVernOur, The," a moral and educational work,
full of anecdotes, by sir Thomas Elyot, first pub. 1531; an
annotated edition with glossary by H. H. S. Croft pub.
1880.
ffOVernor, an instrument attached to steam-engines,
etc., for the purpose of preserving regularity of motion by ad-
justing the amount of power. The centrifugal governor or
the fly-ball governor, as it is called, was invented by Huy-
ghens about 1650. Watts applied it to the regulating of steam-
engines, 1784 ; many improvements since.
OoWrie conspiracy. John Ruthven, earl of
Gowrie, in 1600, reckoning on the support of the burghs and
the kirk, conspired to dethrone James VI. of Scotland, and
seize the government ; and the king was decoyed into Gowrie's
house in Perth, on 5 Aug. 1600. The plot was frustrated, and
the earl and his brother Alexander were slain on the spot.
At the time, many believed that the young men were rather
victims than authors of a plot. Their father, William, was
treacherously executed in 1584 for his share in the raid of
Ruthven, in 1582 ; and he and his father, Patrick, were among
the assassins of Rizzio, 9 Mch. 1566.
grace, a title assumed by Henry IV. of England, on his
accession in 1399. Excellent grace was assumed by Henry VI.
about 1425. Till James L, 1603, the king was addressed by
that title, but afterwards by the title of majesty only. " Your
grace " is the form of address to an archbishop or a duke.
The term " Grace of God " is said to have been taken by bish-
ops at Ephesus, 431 (probably from 1 Cor. xv. 10), by the Car-
lovingian princes in the 9th century, by popes in the 13th
century ; and about 1440 it was assumed by kings as signify-
ing their supposed divine right. ''Dei gratia" was put on
his great seal by William II. of England, and on his gold
coin by Edward HI. The king of Prussia's saying that he
would reign " by the grace of God " gave much offence, 18
Oct. 1861.
gprace at meat. The ancient Greeks would not par-
take of meat until they had offered part of it, as first-fruits,
to the gods. The short prayer said before, and by some per-
sons after meat, in Christian countries, is in conformity with
Christ's example, John vi. 11, etc. '• The custom of saying
grace at meals had probably its origin in the early times of
the world." — Lamb, " Grace before Meat, Essays of Elia."
Orsecia Magna, colonies planted by the Greeks, 974-
748 B.C. Italy.
graffiti {graf-fee'-tee), the scribblings found on the walls
of Pompeii and other Roman ruins ; selections were published
by Wordsworth in 1837, and by Garrucci in 1856.
Oraham'S dike, Scotland, a wall built in 209 a.d.
by Severus Septimus, the Roman emperor, or by Antoninus
Pius. It reached from the Firth of Forth to the Clyde. Bu-
chanan mentions considerable remains of this wall in his time,
and vestiges are still to be seen.
"Orail, Holy " (Sangreal). Tennyson's poem with
this title, Dec. 1869, led to much discussion. Tennyson treats
it as the cup in which Christ drank at the Last Supper.
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" The Holy Grail I . . . What is it?
The phantom of a cup that comes and goes? .
The cup, the cup itself, from which our Lord
Drank at the last sad supper with his own."
—Tenjiyson, "The Holy Grail."
Mediaeval romances treat it as the dish which held the paschal!
lamb. The word is probably old French, grial, from the old
Latin gradalis, a dish.
grain. Henry HI. of England is said to have chosen
a grain of wheat from the middle of the ear as the standard
of weight : 12 grains to be a pennyweight, 12 pennyweights
one ounce, and 12 ounces a pound troy. — Lawson.
grammarians, those versed in grammar or the
structure of language. A society of grammarians was formed
at Rome as early as 276 b.c. — Blair. ApoUodorus of Athens,
Varro, Cicero, Messala, Julius Caesar, Nicias, -^lius Donatus,
Remmius, Palemon,Tyrannion of Pontus, Athenaeus, and other
distinguished men were of this class. A Greek grammar was-
printed at Milan in 1476 ; Lily's Latin grammar (" Brevis In-
stitutio"), 1513; Lindley Murray's English grammar, 1795;,
Cobbett's English grammar, 1818. Harris's " Hermes" was-
pub. 1750, Home Tooke'^s "Epea Pteroenta; or. The Diver-
sions of Purley," in 1786, treatises on the philosophy of lan-
guage and grammar. Cobbett declared Mr. Canning to have-
been the only purely grammatical orator of his time ; and dr.
Parr, speaking of a speech of Mr. Pitt's, said, " We threw our
whole grammatical mind upon it, and could not discover one
error." Among the English grammars first published in the-
United States were Ross's, Hartford, 1782 ; " British Grammar,'"
London and Boston, 1784; Buchanan's English, pub. Phila-
delphia, 1792; Ticknor's, Boston, 1794; Dearborn's, Boston,.
1795; Bingham's, Boston, 1801; Cochran's, Boston, 1802; Noab
Webster's, 1807; Gurney's, 1808 ; Judson's, Boston, 1808; Al-
den's, Boston, 1811 ; Smith's, Philadelphia, 1812 ; Lindley Mur-
ra3''s, American edition. New York, 1814 ; Goold Brown's,,
1823; Peter Bullions's, 1834.
gramme. Metrical system.
Gramme's magneto-electric machine,
invented 1870. Electricity.
Grampian hills, central Scotland. At Ardoch,
near Mons Grampius of Tacitus, Scots and Picts under
Galgacus were defeated by Romans under Agricola, 84 or
85 A.D.
Oranada, a citj', S. Spain, was founded by Moors in
the 8th century, and was then in the kingdom of Cordova..
In 1236, Mohammed-al-Hamar made it capital of his new
kingdom of Granada, which prospered till its subjugation by
the "great captain," Gonsalvo de Cordova, 2 Jan. 1492. In
1609 and 1610 the industrious Moors were expelled from Spain
by the bigoted Philip HI., to the lasting injury of his country.
Granada was taken by marshal Soult in 1810, and held till
1812. Pop. 1888, 73,006. In the province of Granada, 5 towns
were destroyed, 914 persons killed, with a great loss of prop-
erty through the earthquake of 25 Dec. et seq. 1884.
granaries were formed by Joseph in Egypt, 1715 b.c.
(Gen. xli. 48). There were 327 granaries in Rome. — Univ.
Hist.
grand alliance between the emperor Leopold I. and
the Dutch States-general (principally to prevent the union of
the French and Spanish monarchies in one person), signed at
Vienna, 12 May, 1689, to which England, Spain, and the duke
of Savoy afterwards acceded.
Grand Army of the Republic. This society
of Union veteran soldiers of the civil war was first organized
at Springfield, 111., during the winter of 1865-66, under the
leadership of dr. B. F. Stephenson, surgeon of the 14th Illi-
nois infantry. A national encampment is held by the society
annually. Total membership, 1893, 403,024 in 45 depart-
ments.
First post formed at Decatur, III 6 Apr. 1866-
A national convention was called and met at Indianapolis, Ind.,
20 Nov. "
[The following states represented : New York, Pennsylvania,.
Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, In-
diana, and the District of Columbia. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut of
Illinois was elected commander-in-chief, with dr. Stephenson a»
adjutant general.]
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NATIONAL ENCAMPMENTS AND COMMANDERS OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
Stephen A. Hurlbut, 111
John A. Logan, 111
John A. Logan, 111
John A. Logan, 111
Ambrose E. Burnside, R. I
Ambrose E. Burnside, R. I
Charles Devens, jr., Mass
Charles Devens, jr.. Mass
John F. Hartranft, Pa
John F. Hartranft, Pa
John C. Robinson, N. Y
John C. Robinson, N. Y
William Earnshaw, Ohio
Louis Wagner, Pa
George S. Merrill, Mass
Paul Van Der Voort, Neb
Robert B. Beath, Pa
John S. Kuntz, Ohio
S. S. Burdette, Washington, D.C.
Lucius Fairchild, Wis
John P. Rae, Minn
AVilliam Warner, Mo
Russell A. Alger, Mich
Wheelock G. Veazey, Vt
John Palmer, N. Y
A. G. Weissert, Wis
J. G. B. Adams, Mass
Thomas 6. Lawler
Encampment.
Indianapolis, Ind..
Philadelphia, Pa...,
Cincinnati, O
Washington, D. C. . .
Boston, Mass ,
Cleveland, 0
New Haven, Conn. ,
Harrisburg, Pa
Chicago, 111
Philadelphia, Pa...
Providence, R. I...
Springfield, Mass..
Albany, N. Y
Dayton, 0
Indianapolis, Ind. .
Baltimore, Md
Denver, Col
Minneapolis, Minn.
Portland, Me
San Francisco, Cal.
St. Louis, Mo
Columbus, 0 ,
Milwaukee, Wis. . .
Boston, Mass
Detroit, Mich
Washington, D. C.
Indianapolis, Ind. .
Pittsburg, Pa
20
Nov.
1866
15 June,
1868
12
May,
1869
12
1870
10
1871
8
1872
14
1873
13
1874
12
1875
30 June,
1876
26
11
1877
4
u
1878
17
('
1879-
8
«'
1880
15
u
1881
21
u
1882
25
July,
1883
23
"
1884
24 June
188&
26
Aug
1886-.
27
Sept
1887
10
1888<
27
Aug
1889
12
"
1890'
4
"
1891
20
Sept
1892
5
1893
10
"
1894
g^rand pen§ionary, a chief state functionary in
Holland in the 16th century. In the constitution given by
France to the Batavian republic, before the kingdom of Hol-
land was formed, the title was revived and given to the head
of the government, 29 Apr. 1805, Rutger Jan Schiramelpen-
ninck being made grand pensionary. Holland.
Orang^e, National, organized at Washington, D. C, Dec.
1867, to protect the interests of farmers and improve their
condition. Reorganized at St. Louis in 1874. It is strictly
non-political and numbered 250,000 members in 1891, among
them not a few women. The chief oflScer is termed master,
2d officer, overseer, etc.
Oraili'CUS, a river in N.W. Asia Minor, near which, on
22 May, 334 b.c., Alexander the Great defeated the Persians.
The Macedonian troops (30,000 foot and 5000 horse) crossed
the Granicus in the face of the Persian army (600,000 foot
and 20,000 horse). — Justin, The victors lost 55 foot and 60
horse. Sardis capitulated, Miletus and Halicarnassus were
taken by storm, and other great towns submitted. Battles.
Oranson, near the lake of Neufchatel, Switzerland,
where Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, was defeated by
the Swiss, 3 Mch. 1476.
Orant, Ulysses S., administration of. United States,
1869-77.
Orant'§ campaign in Virginia (4 May,
1864 to 9 Apr. 1865). The grade of lieutenant-general was
revived 2 Mch. 1864, and on the 9th Grant was appointed
with this rank commander, under the president, of the armies
of the United States. Under him Sherman acted, and a plan
was agreed upon for a simultaneous advance in May against
the armies of Johnston in Georgia and Lee in Virginia. In
April, Grant transferred Sheridan from the army of the Cum-
berland to command the cavalry in Virginia, while gen. Meade
still led the army of the Potomac. The confederate army
under Lee, at the opening of this campaign, was on the south
bank of the Rapidan, 60,000 to 70,000 strong, never under bet-
ter discipline, or more alert and active. As this was the cul-
minating campaign of the war, a list is given of the principal
officers of the 2 federal armies which co-operated in it, with
their aggregate strength for duty, and a table of their losses.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Maj.-gen. George G. Meade.
Id Army Corps, maj.-gen. Wiufleld S. Hancock.
1st div., brig. -gen. Francis C. Barlow; 2d div., brig. -gen. John
Gibbon; 3d div., brig. -gen. David B. Birney; 4th div., brig. -gen.
Gershom Mott.
5th Army Corps, maj.-gen. Gouverneur K. Warren.
1st div., brig. -gen. Charles Griffln; 2d div., brig. -gen. John C.
Robinson; 3d div., brig. -gen. Samuel W. Crawford; 4th div.,
brig. -gen. James S. Wadsworth.
Uh Army Corps, maj.-gen. John Sedgwick.
1st div., brig. -gen. Horatio G. Wright; 2d div., brig. -gen. George
W. Getty; 3d div., brig. -gen. James B. Ricketts.
^th Army Corps, maj.-gen. Ambrose E. Burnside.
1st div. , brig. -gen. Thomas G. Stevenson ; 2d div. , brig. -gen. Rob-
ert B. Potter: 3d div., brig. -gen. Orlando B. Wilcox; 4th div.,
brig. -gen. Edward Ferrera.
Cavalry, maj.-gen. Philip H. Sheridan.
1st div., brig. -gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert; 2d div., brig. -gen. David
McM. Gregg; 3d div., brig. gen. James H. Wilson.
Artillery, brig. -gen. Henry J. Hunt.
Aggregate Strength for Duty.
Officers. Enlisted men. Guns.
Infantry 4459. 91,420
Artillery 226
7,554.
(192
\ 92 Reserve,
Cavalry 607 12,257 32
Total.
.5292.
,111,231 316
ARMY OF THE JAMES.
Maj. -gen. Benjamin F. Butler.
\Oth Army Corps, maj.-gen. Quincy A. Gillmore.
1st div., brig. -gen. Alfred H. Terry; 2d div., brig. -gen. John W.
Turner; 3d div., brig. -gen. Adelbert Ames.
\Sth Army Corps, maj.-gen. W. F. Smith.
1st div., brig. -gen. William T. H. Brooks; 2d div., brig. -gen.
Godfrey Weitzel; 3d div., brig. -gen. Edward W. Hinks.
Cavalry, brig. -gen. August V. Kautz.
Aggregate Strength for Duty.
Officers. Enlisted men. Guns..
Infantry 1337 30,453
Artillery 61 2,065 82
Cavalry 128 4,604 8
Total...
.1526.
.37,122.
.90
Grant moves against Lee, the army of the Potomac crossing
the Rapidan 4 May,
Warren with the 5th corps leading at Germania ford, followed
by Sedgwick with the 6th, pushes directly into the Wilder-
ness. Hancock crosses at Ely's ford and moves on Chancel-
lorsville.
Battle of the Wilderness 5-6 May,
It was not the intention of Grant to fight Lee here, but the at-
tack of the confederates compelled it. The severe fighting of
the 5th and the battle of the 6th were indecisive. On the
morning of the 7th Lee was intrenched, awaiting attack.
Grant withdrew, directing the column towards Spottsylvania
Court-house; Warren leading at 7 a.m.
Battle of Spottsylvania 10-12 May,
Warren, nearing Spottsylvania Court-house, finds that confeder-
ates have anticipated him; he intrenches, and awaits other
troops. On the 9th Grant has cleared the Wilderness and
concentrated near Spottsylvania; Hancock on the right, War-
ren in the centre, and Sedgwick on the left. On this day,
while placing his artillery, Sedgwick is killed, and Wright
takes the 6th corps. On the 10th and 11th there is severe
but desultory fighting. On the 12th occurs the gallant as-
sault of Hancock's corps on the confederate works, cap-
turing 20 guns and some 3000 prisoners. The desperate-
attempt of the confederates to retake these works, known
as the '-Fight at the Salient" or "Bloody Angle," was
unsuccessful. After several days of manoeuvring, on the
night of 20-21 May, the army marches on towards Rich-
mond.
North Anna crossing.— Warren'' s corps crosses the North
Anna at Jericho ford on the 23d. Hancock crosses at Ches-
terfield bridge on the morning of the 24th. Here again Grant
is confronted by Lee; after a spirited reconnoissance it is
found that the confederate position is too strong to be forced.
Grant withdraws from its front and moves towards the Pa-
munkey river on the night of 26-27 May,
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Sheridan meets Fitzhugh Lee aud Hampton at Hawes's shops
in a severe cavalry engagement 28 May, 1864
BcUtle of Cold Harbor. 3 June, "
Orant again moves south to Cold Harbor, 31 May-2 June,
where he finds Lee strongly intrenched; a partial engage-
ment takes place on the afternoon of the 2ci. On 3 June,
the army of the Potomac being reinforced by the 18th
corps (army of the James), Grant assaults tlie confederate
works at early sunrise for 30 minutes, resulting in a dis-
astrous repulse and a loss of over 10,000 men. The armies
face each other until 12 June, when Grant decides to ap-
S roach Richmond from the south. Accordingly from 12-16
une the army passes from the Cbickahominy to the James;
Petersburg, 22 miles south of Richmond, is now its objective
point.
jSheridan^s Jlrst raid 8-24 May, "
Grant despatches Sheridan to harass the confederate rear. He
passes to the left of the confederate army, with an engage-
ment at Todd's tavern on the 8th. Crosses the North Anna
and captures Beaver-dam station, destroying the railroad
for 10 miles, and 1,500,000 rations, on the 9th; Allen sta-
tion, Ashland, ^nd Yellow tavern, 11th. At Yellow tavern
the confederate cavalry commander, gen. Stuart, is killed.
Engagements follow at Meadow bridge, Mechanicsville, Straw-
berry hill, Richmond fortifications, 12th. Resting 3 days at
Haxhall's landing, on the James, Sheridan returns to the
army of the Potomac on 24 May, having passed completely
around the confederate army.
Sheridan's second raid 4-24 June, "
Sheridan's object was to join Hunter at Gordonsville, and with
him to destroy the confederate communications and threat-
en Richmond. But Hunter failed to reach Gordonsville, and
Sheridan was not strong enough to meet the enemy. His
cavalry engagements were those at Trevillian station and
Newton's cross-roads, 11-12 June; King and Queen's Court-
house, 18th to 20th; White House and Tunstall's station, 21st;
Jones's bridge, 23d; St. Mary's church, 24th.
Movement against Petersburg^ army of the James. — Gen. But-
ler, commanding the army of the James, moves from for-
tress Monroe towards Petersburg, 5 May, to support the
army of the Potomac. Butler occupies Bermuda Hundreds,
6 May. Petersburg is immediately occupied by Beaure-
gard ; and Butler is checked at Bermuda Hundreds by
Beauregard's works across the neck of the peninsula.
12-31 May,
Eighteenth corps of the army of the James transferred to
Grant at Cold Harbor 2 June,
Butler attempts Petersburg, but fails 10 June,
Army of the Potomac advances, joining Butler 15-16 Juno,
Hancock advances on Petersburg, failing to take it through
imperfect co-operation and misunderstanding 15 June,
Assaults on defences of Petersburg repulsed 16-17-18 June,
Failure of 2d and 6th corps to sever the Weldon railroad,
21-22 June,
Affair at Deep Bottom, 2d corps engaged 26 July,
Explosion of mine and assault on confederate works; total
failure (Mine explosion) 30 July,
Warren with 5th corps seizes and holds the Weldon railroad,
18-21 Aug.
Hancock with 2d corps driven from Reams's station, on the
Weldon railroad, with severe loss 25 Aug.
Gen. Butler, with 10th corps under Birney and 18th corps un-
der Ord, assaults and takes fort Harrison 29 Sept.
Warren with 5th and Parke with 9th corps capture confeder-
ate works at Peebles's farm 30 Sept.-l Oct.
Failure of Hancock to seize south-side railroad at Boydton
Plank-road or Hatcher's Run 27 Oct.
Second attempt to turn confederate right at Hatcher's Run
fails 5-6 Feb.
Lee attacks and captures fort Stedman, which is immediately
retaken ; confederate loss 4000 25 Mch.-
Sheridan joins the army of the Potomac from his raid in the
Shenandoah valley with some 10,000 cavalry 27 Mch.
Battle of Five Forks; Sheridan with 5th corps and cavalry
defeats the confederates 31 Mch.-l Apr.
Sheridan removes Warren from command of the 5th corps
late on the afternoon of 1 Apr., and substitutes Griffin.
Grant assaults and carries the works about Petersburg.
Gen. A. P. Hill, confederate, killed 2 Apr.
Richmond evacuated "
" occupied by gen. Weitzel 3 Apr.
Pursuit of Lee; affair at Sailor's creek 6 Apr.
" " " " Farmville 7 Apr.
Army of northern Virginia surrenders at Appomattox. .9 Apr.
1864
FEDERAL LOSSES (POTOMAC ARMY) FROM THE WILDERNESS TO THE JAMES, 4 May-16 June.
Men.
Men.
Captured or mi-ssing.
Wilderness
Spottsylvania
North Anna
Cold Harbor
Sheridan's 1st raid.
" 2d " .
143
174
41
143
7
14
2103
2551
550
1702
57
136
672
159
433
16
43
11,468
12,744
2,575
8,644
321
698
138
62
17
35
10
25
3,245
2,196
644
1,780
214
17,666
18,399
3,986
12,737
625
1,516
Totals
Army of the James, May-15 June Totals
About Petersburg (army of the Potomac and army of the James) )
15-30 June j
July
Aug. and Sept
Oct., Nov., and Dec
Totals
Jan., Feb., Mch., and Apr. 1865 Totals
Grand totals
522
111
76
137
372
81
1013
7099
1902
849
1384
603
4738
1085
13,518
1892
181
221
544
194
1484
384
3941
36,450
3,722
9,410
3,587
7,112
3,288
23,397
7,298
70,867
287
45
91
301
62
622
70
1024
8,679 I
1,633 I
4,453
1,553
8,539
2,409
16,954
1,941
29,207" I
54,929
6,215
16,569
6,377
18,017
f\
47,567
10,859
119,570
OPERATIONS IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
Campaign of Grant against Lee embraced movements up the
Shenandoah valley. Sigel, commanding department of West
Virginia, is sent up the valley with 10,000 men, supported
by gen. Crook, who leaves Charlestown, W. Va., at the same
time 1 May, 1864
Breckinridge easily defeats Sigel at Newmarket 15 May, "
Grant relieves Sigel and appoints Hunter, who defeats the con-
federates under gen. W. E. Jones at Piedmont 5 June, "
Hunter, joined by Crook and Averill, advances to Staunton, and
instead of proceeding to Gordonsville to join Sheridan, goes
to Lexington, and on 18 June threatens Lynchburg with
20,000 men ; but opposed by a much stronger force, escapes
into West Virginia, where his force for the time is useless.
Confederate forces, now under gen. Early, move rapidly down
the Shenandoah to the Potomac, and spread consternation
from Baltimore to Washington 2, 3 July, "
Gen. Lew. Wallace attempts to check the confederates at
Monocacy, but is defeated with a loss of 98 killed, 579 wound-
ed, and 1280 missing 9 July, "
Confederate cavalry approach Baltimore 10 July, "
On the 11th Early is within 6 or 7 miles of Washington, and
menaces the capital on the 12th, but retires on the 13th.
The 19th corps (Emory's), arriving at fortress Monroe from
Louisiana, and the 6th corps from before Petersburg, sent
by Grant under Wright to attack Early, pursue him some
distance up the valley, and return to Leesburg, and are or-
dered back to Petersburg. Early returns as soon as the
pursuit ceases; strikes Crook at Martinsburg. defeats him,
and holds the Potomac from Shepardstown to Williamsport.
Early now sends B. R. Johnston and McCausland with some
3000 cavalry on a raid into Pennsylvania 30 July, "
Approaching Chambersburg, Pa., they demand $100,000, which
is not paid, and burn the town.
Sixth and 19th corps, on their way to Petersburg, return. Grant
relieves gen. Hunter, organizes the army of the middle divi-
sion, and gives the command to Sheridan (Army) 7 Aug. 1864
Sheridan attacks and defeats Early, strongly fortified at Ope-
quan creek, near Winchester 19 Sept. "
Early falls back to Fisher's hill, south of Winchester, where
Sheridan routs him, taking 1100 prisoners and 16 guns,
23 Sept. "
Sheridan pushes Early to the mountains; returns to Cedar
creek, and leaving his command, visits Washington. .15 Oct. "
Early, reinforced, returns to Fisher's hill, and learning Sher-
idan's absence, sets out to attack on the evening of. . . 18 Oct. "
Surprises the federals under Wright, driving them back with
a loss of 24 guns and 1200 prisoners, morning of 19 Oct. "
Sheridan at Winchester on the night of the 18th. On his
way to the front news of the rout of his army reaches him.
His arrival on the field stops the retreat. The line of bat-
tle re-formed at 3 p.m., he attacks, and by dark recovers the
ground lost in the morning. Early is crushed, and the cam-
paign in the valley ended. Cedar creek.
Sheridan, with 10,000 cavalry, drives the confederates from
Waynesboro, 27 Feb., and advancing, joins Grant before
Petersburg (see supra) 27 Mch. 1866
^rape§. Before Edward VI.'s time grapes were brought
to England in quantities from Flanders, where they were first
cultivated about 1276. The vine was introduced into Eng-
land 1552, being first planted at Bloxhall, in Suffolk. In the
gardens of Hampton court palace is a vine planted 1769, said
GRA 3
to surpass any in Europe ; it is 72 feet by 20, and has in one
season produced 2272 bunches of grapes, weighing 18 cwt. ; the
stem is 13 inches in girth. — Leigh. Flowers and Plants.
"Graphic, liOndon," an illustrated weekly jour-
nal, established 4 Dec. 1869.
graphite (from the Gr. ypd^Eiv, to write), a form of
mineral carbon, with a trace of iron, improperly termed black-
lead and plumbago. In 1809 sir Humphry Davy investigated
the relations of 3 forms of carbon— the diamond, graphite,
and charcoal. A rude kind of black-lead pencil is mentioned
by Gesner, 1565. Interesting results of sir B. C. Brodie's re-
searches on graphite appeared in the international exhibition
of 1862. Fresh discoveries were made in the nearly exhaust-
ed Borrowdale mines, Cumberland, in 1875.
graph'0§COpe, an optical apparatus for magnifying
engravings, photographs, etc., with fine effect, invented by C.
J. Rowsell; exhibited in 1871.
graph'otypc, a process for making blocks for surface-
printing, invented by De Witt Clinton Hitchcock in 1860, and
described by Mr. Fitz-Cook at the Society of Arts, England, 6
Dec. 1865. Drawings were m^de on blocks of chalk with si-
licious ink; when dried the soft parts were brushed away, and
the drawings remained in relief; stereotypes were then taken
from the block.
grate§. The Anglo-Saxons had arched hearths, and
chafing-dishes were in use until the introduction of chimneys
about 1200. Chimneys, Stoves.
Oravelines {grav-leen'), a fortified seaport town of N.
France. Here the Spaniards, aided by an English fleet, de-
feated the French on 13 July, 1558.
Oravelotte {grav-lot'), Battle of, 18 Aug. 1870, Metz.
gravitation, as a supposed innate power, was noticed
by the Greeks, and also by Seneca, who speaks of the moon
attracting the waters, about 38 a.d. Kepler investigated the
subject about 1615 ; and Hooke devised a theory of gravitation
about 1674. The principles of gravity were demonstrated by
Galileo at Florence, about 1633 -, but the law laid down by
Newton in his " Principia," in 1687, is said to have been
proved by him in 1670. The fall of an apple from a tree in
1666 is said to have directed his attention to the subject.
Newton says, "I do not anywhere take on me to define the kind
or manner of any action, the causes or physical reasons thereof,
or attribute forces in a true and physical" sense to certain cen-
tres, when I speak of them as attracting, or endued with attractive
powers. ' '
On 15 July, 1867, M. Chasles laid before the Paris Academy of Sci-
ences some letters alleged to be from Newton to Pascal and oth-
ers to show that to Pascal was due the theory of gravitation. The
authenticity of these letters was denied,and their forgery and his
own delusion were acknowledged by M. Chasles before the acad-
emy, 13 Sept. 1869.
gravity, specific. Elements.
Great Bridge, Battle of. Virginia, 1775.
Oreat Britain, the name given in 1604 to Eng-
lAND, Scotland, and Wales.
Great Eastern. This colossal paddle and screw
steamship, justly called " Leviathan," was built by Messrs.
Scott Russell & Co., from designs of I. K. Brunei, and after
3 months' effort was launched at Millwall, Engl., 31 Jan. 1858.
Her dimensions were: length, 691 ft., breadth, 83 ft., and
depth, 48 ft. ; tonnage, 18,915. Steam was generated iu 10
boilers, with 100 furnaces. When launched she had cost
about 720,000/.
She leaves her moorings at Deptford for Portland Roads (10
firemen were killed by an explosion during the trip),
^ ■ 7 Sept. 1859
Wintering at Southampton, she sails for New York under capt.
Vine Hall with 38 passengers and 8 guests 17 June, 1860
Remaining at New York on exhibition 28 June to 16 Aug., she
returns to England, arriving 26 Aug. "
Ou one of several trips between Liverpool and New York in
1862, she runs on a rock near Long Island Aug. 1862
Bought by Glass, Elliot & Co. in spring of 186i, and chartered
to lay the second Atlantic telegraph cable 1864
Sails for Valentia, Ireland, with over 2000 miles of cable, with
prof. William Thomson and Cromwell F. Yarley to superin-
tend the paying out (Electricity) 15 July, 1865
Cable breaks 2 Aug., and the Great Eastei-n returns to Med-
way, arriving 19 Aug. "
n ith a new cable she sails from Medway 30 June, 1866
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New cable completed at Heart's Content, Newfoundland, and
messages exchanged between theU. S. and England. 30 July, 1866
Recovers the lost cable of 1865, 2 Sept. 1866, and completes the
laying at Newfoundland 8 Sept. "
Great Eastern returns to Liverpool, arriving 19 Sept. "
Sails for New York prepared for 2000 passengers for the Paris
exposition, and returns with 191. She is seized on her
arrival by the seamen, claiming their wages May, 1867
Successfully lays the French Atlantic cable, leaving Brest with
2725 miles of cable, 22 June, reaching the island of St. Pierre,
near gulf of St. Lawrence 13 July, 1869
Arrives at Bombay with the Bombay and Suez cable. . .27 Feb. 1870
Completes the laying of the 5th Atlantic cable 3 July, 1873
Lays the 6th Atlantic cable Aug. -Sept. 1874
Sold at auction at Lloyds' to Frederick de Mattos for 26,200^.,
29 Oct. 1885
Beached at New Ferry on the Mersey to be broken up, 25 Aug. 1888
Oreat IWEeaclows. Virginia, 1754.
■ great seal of England. The first seal used by
Edward the Confessor was called the broad seal, and affixed
to the grants of the crown, 1048. — Baker's Chron. The most
ancient seal with arms is that of Richard I. James II., when
fleeing from London in 1688, dropped the great seal in the
Thames. The great seal of England was stolen from the house
of lord chancellor Thurlow in Great Ormond street, London, and
carried away, with other property, 24 Mch. 1784, a day before
the dissolution of Parliament ; it was never recovered, and was
replaced the next day. A new seal was brought into use on
the union with Ireland, 1 Jan. 1801. A new seal for Ireland
was brought into use and the old one defaced, 21 Jan. 1832.
The Great Seal Offices act, passed 7 Aug. 1874, abolished cer-
tain offices, transferred duties, etc. The Great Seal act, passed
2 Aug. 1880, relates to appointment of judges, patents, etc.
great seal of the Confederacy. Joint reso-
lution to establish a seal for the Confederate States passed by
the Confederate congress, and approved 30 Apr. 1863. Made
in England, and completed July, 1864, at a cost of $600.
It reached Richmond in Apr. 1865, about the time of its evac-
uation, and was never used. It is now in the office of the
state secretary of South Carolina.
great seal of the United States. Immedi-
ately after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence,
4 July, 1776, a committee was appointed to prepare a device
for a seal, but the matter was not consummated until 20 June,
1782, when the present seal was adopted. The device is, on
one side a spread eagle with a shield with 13 stripes pale-
ways, and a chief azure ; in one talon a bundle of arrows, in
the other an olive branch ; in its beak a scroll with the motto
E pluribus unum ; and over its head a glory breaking from
the clouds, surrounding 13 stars. On the reverse is an unfin-
ished pyramid, symboUing the growth and strength of the
states ; over it the all-seeing eye in a triangle, surrounded
by a glory, and around the rim the words Annuit coeptis
(God has favored the undertaking), and Novus ordo seclorum
(a new order of things). This seal has never been changed,
and is in charge of the secretary of state.
Oreece, anciently termed Hellas, a kingdom in the
southeastern part of Europe. The Greeks are fabled to have
been the progeny of Javan, 4th son of Japheth. Mythol-
ogy derived the name Greece from an ancient king, Graecus,
and Hellas from another king, Hellen, son of Deucalion.
From Hellen's sons, Dorus and ^Eolus, came the Dorians and
iEolians; another son, Xuthus, was father of Achaeus and Ion,
progenitors of the Achaeans and lonians. Homer calls the
inhabitants indifferently Myrmidons, Hellenes, and Achaians.
They were also termed Danai, from Danaus, king of Argos,
1474 B.C. Greece anciently consisted of the peninsula of PpL-
OPONNESus, containing the states of Achaia, Arcadia, Ar-
golis, chief city Argos, Elis, Laconia, chief city Sparta;
Messenia, The other states of Greece separated from the
Peloponnesus by the isthmus of Corinth (which isthmus con-
stituted the state of Corinthia, chief city Corinth), were
AcARNANiA, ^TOLiA, Attica, chief city Athens ; Bceotia,
chief city Thebes; Dolopia, Doris (inhabitants Dorians),
Epirus, Eub(ea, an island, Locris (inhabitants Locrians),
Mackdon, Megaris, chief city Megara ; Phocis, chief
city Delphi, Thessaly, and the islands. The limits of
modern Greece are much more confined. Greece* became
subject to the Turkish empire in the 15th century. The pop-
ulation of the kingdom, established in 1829, 96,810; in 1861,
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1,096,810, with the Ionian isles (added in 1864), about 1,348,522;
in 1870, 1,457,894. Area, including Thessaly, 25,041 sq. miles ;
pop. 1889, 2,187,208. The early history is mythic. b.c.
Sicyon founded (Eusebius) 2089
Uninus arrives in (Jreece (Lenglet) 2042
Revolt of the TiUins; war of the Giants * *
Inachus, king of the Argi ves 1910
Kingdom of Argos begun by Inachus (Etisebius) 1866
Reign of Ogyges in Boeotia {Eusebius) 1796
&icriflce8 to the gods introduced by Phoroneus 1773
Sicyon now begun (Lenglet) "
Deluge of Ogyoks 1764
A colony of Arcadians emigrate to Italy under (Enotrus: the
country first called (Enotria, afterwards Magna Grsecia (Eu-
sebiui) 1710
Pelasgi hold the Peloponnesus, 1700-1550; succeeded by the
Hellenes 1550-1300
Chronology of the Arundelian marbles commences {Etuebitis). 1582
Cecrops arrives from Kgypt about 15§0
Akeopaous csUiblished 1504
Deluge of Deucalion (Eusebius) 1503
Panatbenaean games instituted 1495
Cadmus with the Phoenician letters settles in Boeotia, and
founds Thebes about 1493
Lelex, first king of Laconia, afterwards called Sparta. 1490
Danaus, king of Argos (Danai), said to have brought the first
ship ^nto Greece, and to have introduced pumps 1485
Reign of Hellen (Eusebius) 1459
First Olympic games at Elis, by the Fdai Dactyli 1453
Who are said to have discovered iron 1406
Corinth rebuilt and so named 1384
Eleusinian mysteries instituted by Eumolpus ^1356) and Isth-
mian games 1326
Kingdom of Mycenae created out of Argos 1313
Pelops, from Lydia, settles in south Greece (Peloponnesus),
about 1283
Argonautic expedition (Argonauts) 1263
Pythian games begun by Adrastus "
War of the 7 Greek captains against Thebes 1225
Amazonian war 1213
Rape of Helen by Theseus (Sparta) v "
Rape of Helen by Paris 1204
Commencement of the Trojan war 1193
Troy taken and destroyed on the night of the 7th of the month
Thargelion (27 May or 11 June) 1184
iEneas said to have arrived in Italy about 1182
Migration of iEoIians, who build Smyrna, etc 1123
Return of the Heraclidse about 1103
Settlement of the lonians in Asia Minor 1044
Rhodians begin navigation laws 916
Lycurgus flourishes 846
Olympic games revived at Elis, 884; the first Olympiad; the
beginning of authentic chronology in Greece 776
Messenian wars 743-669
Sea-fight, first on record, between Corinthians and the inhab-
itants of the island of Corcyra 664
Byzantium built 657
Seven sages of Grggfig^Solon, Periander, Pittacus, Chilo, Thales,
"ClSCtfOttrsrand Bias) flourish • about • 590
Persian conquests in Ionia 544
Sybaris in Magna Grsecia destroyed; 100,000 Crotonians un-
der Milo defeat 300,000 Sybarites 508
Sardis burned by Greeks, provoking Persian invasion 504
Thrace and Macedonia conquered 496
Athens and Sparta resist demands of king of Persia 490
Persians defeated at Marathon 28 Sept. 491
Xerxes invades Greece, but is checked at Thermopyl^ by Le-
onidas Aug. 480
Battle of Salamis 20 Oct. "
Mardonius defeated and slain at Plat^a; Persian fleet de-
stroyed at Mycale 22 Sept. 479
Battle of Eurymedon (end of Persian war) 466
Athens begins to tyrannize over Greece 459
Sacred war begun 448
War between Corinth and its colony Corcyra 435
Leads to the Peloponnesian war 431-404
Disastrous Athenian expedition to Syracuse 415-413
Athenian fleet defeated by Lysander the Spartan at ^Egospo-
tami Sept. 405
Retreat of the 10,000 under Xenophon 400
Death of Socrates 399
Sea-fight at C.nidus 394
Peace of Antalcidas 387
Rise and fall of the Theban power in Greece 370-360
Battle of Mantinea ; death of Epaminondas 362
Ambitious designs of Philip of Macedon 353
Sacred wars ended by Philip, who subdues the Phocians; 348
Battle of Ch^ronea 338
Philip assassinated by Pausanias 335
Alexander, his son, subdues Athenians, and destroys Thebes. . "
Alexander conquers the Persian empire 334-331
Rise of Pyrrhus the Great (Epircs, Rome) 295
Greece harassed by Alexander's successors; revive the^tolian
and Achaian leagues (Achaia) 284-280
Greece invaded by Gauls, 280; they are defeated at Delphi, 279;
and expelled 277
Dissensions lead to Roman intervention 200
Greece conquered by Mummius and made a Roman province, 147-146
Greece visited and favored by Augustus, 21 b.c. ; and by Ha- a.d.
drian 122-133
Invaded by Alaric
Plundered by the Normans of Sicily lUft
Conquered by Latins, and divided into small governments 1204
Turks under Mahomet II. conquer Athens and part of Greece. , 1456
Venetians hold Athens and the Morea 1466
Greece mainly subject to the Turks 1540
Morea held by Venice 1687-1715
Struggle for independence with Russian help, 1770 et seq. ;
fVuitless insurrection of the Suliotes 180S
Secret society, the Hetairia, established 1815
Insurrection in Moldavia and Wallachia, in which Greeks join,
suppressed 1821
Proclamation of prince Alexander to shake off" Turkish yoke,
Mch. ; he raises the standard of the cross against the cres-
cent, and war of independence begins " 6 Apr. "
Greek patriarch put to death at Constantinople 23 Apr. "
Morea gained by the Greeks June, "
Missolonghi taken by Greeks Nov. "
Independence of Greece proclaimed 27 Jan. 1822
Siege of Corinth by the Turks Jan.
Bombardment of Scio; its capture; most horrible massacre
recorded in modern history (Chios) 11 Apr.
Greeks victors at Thermopylae, etc 13 July,
Massacre at Cyprus July,
Corinth taken 16 Sept.
National congress at Argos 10 Apr. 1823
Victories of Marco Bozzaris. June; killed 10 Aug.
Lord Byron in Greece, embraces its cause Aug.
First Greek loan Feb. 1824
Death of lord Byron at Missolonghi 19 Apr.
Defeat of the capitan pacha at Samos 16 Aug.
Provisional government of Greece set up 12 Oct.
Ibrahim Pacha lands, 25 Feb.; takes Navarino, 23 May; Tri-
politza 30 June,1825
Greek fleet defeats the capitan pacha June, "
Provisional government asks protection of England July, "
Ibrahim Pacha takes Missolonghi by assault, after a long and
heroic defence 23 Apr. 1826
Seventy thousand pounds raised in Europe for the Greeks "
Reschid Pacha takes Athens 2 June, 1827
Egypto-Turkish fleet destroyed at Navarixo 20 Oct. "•
Treaty of London, between Great Britain, Russia, and France,
on behalf of Greece, signed 6 July, "
Count Capo d'Istria president of Greece 18 Jan. 1828
Panhellenion, Grand Council of State, established 2 Feb. "
National bank founded 14 Feb. "
Convention of viceroy of Egypt with sir Edward Codrington
for evacuation of Morea and delivery of captives 6 Aug. "
Patras, Navarino, and Modon surrender to French 6 Oct. "
Turks evacuate the Morea , Oct. "
Missolonghi surrendered to Greece 16 May, 1829
Greek National Assembly meets at Argos 23 July, "
Porte acknowledges independence of Greece by treaty of
Adrianople 14 Sept. "
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg declines the sovereignty,
21 May, 1830
Count Capo d'Istria, president of Greece, assassinated by the
brother and son of Mavromichaelis, a Mainote chief whom
he had imprisoned 9 Oct. 1831
Assassins built into close brick walls to their chins, and sup-
plied with food until they die 29 Oct. "
Crown offered to and accepted by Otho of Bavaria, previously
under a regency 7 May, 1832
Otho I. assumes the government 1 June, 1835
University at Athens established, 1837; building commenced.. 1839
Leopold of Bavaria proposed as heir to the throne Jan. 1862
Insurrection at Patras and Missolonghi, 17 Oct. ; provisional
government at Athens deposes the king, 23 Oct. ; he and the
queen flee; arrive at Corfu, 27 Oct. ; European powers neu-
tral; general submission to provisional government. .31 Oct. "
Demonstrations in favor of prince Alfred of Great Britain, who
is proclaimed king at Lamia in Phthiotis, 22 Nov. ; excite-
ment in his favor at Athens 23 Nov. "
Provisional government grants universal suffrage 4 Dec. "
National Assembly meets at Athens 22 Dec. "
National Assembly elects M. Ralbis president, 29 Jan. ; prince
Alfred chosen king by 230,016 out of 241,202 votes 3 Feb. 1863
Assembly offers crown to prince William of Schleswig-Holstein,
18 Mch. ; proclaims him as king George 1 30 Mch. "
Protocol between the 3 protecting powers— F'rance, England,
and Russia — signed at London, consenting to offer on condi-
tion of annexation of the Ionian isles to Greece 5 June, "
King of Denmark accepts from the aged adm. Canaris the
Greek crown for prince William, whom he advises to adhere
to the constitution and gain the love of his people. . .(> June, "
King arrives at Athens, 30 Oct. ; takes oath to the constitution,
31 Oct. "
Balbis ministry formed 28 Apr. 1864
Protocol annexing Ionian isles to Greece, signed by M. Zaimis
and sir H. Storks, 28 May; Greek troops occupy Corfu, 2
June; king arrives there 6 June, "
New ministry under Canaris formed 7 Aug. "■
Assembly recognizes the debt of 1824 5 Sept. "^
After delay and remonstrance from the king, 19 Oct., a new
constitution (no upper house) passed by assembly, 1 Nov. ;
accepted by king 28 Nov. "
Agitation in favor of Cretan insurrection (Candia). . Aug.-Dec. 1866
Great sympathy With insurrection in Candia; blockade run by
Greek vessels with volunteers, arms, and provisions,
Apr. et seq. 1861
King marries grand-duchess Olga of Russia 27 Oct. "
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Rupture between Turkey and Greece in consequence of Greek
armed intervention in Candia Dec. 1868
After conference of western powers at Paris, Jan., their requi-
sitions accepted, and diplomatic relations between Turkey
and Greece resumed 26 Feb. 1869
Law for cutting isthmus of Corinth passed 7 Nov. "
Concession to cut a canal through isthmus of Corinth granted
to a French company Apr. 1870
Lord and lady Muncaster and a party of English travellers
seized by brigands at Oropos, near Marathon ; lord Muncas-
ter and the ladies sent to treat; 25,000;. demanded as ran-
som, with pardon 11 Apr. "
Brigands retreating, surrounded by troops, kill Mr. Vyner, Mr.
Lloyd, Mr. Herbert, and count de Boyl 21 Apr. "
Great excitement; influential persons charged with connivance
at brigandage May, June, "
Several brigands killed; 7 captured; tried and condemned, 23
May; 5 executed 20 June, "
Decree for suppression of brigandage issued Oct. "
Discovery of relics at Spata, near Athens; tombs containing
bones, precious metal ornaments, etc. (removed to Athens by
M. Stamataki) about 1 July, 1877
Revival of Theban "sacred band," instituted by Epaminondas
(to be 1000 instead of 300) about July, "
Insurrection in Thessaly against Turks, 28 Jan. ; 10,000 Greeks
enter the country, retire at the armistice early in Feb. 1878
Insurrection struggling ; battles at Macrinitza, 28, 29 Mch. ;
C. Ogle, Times correspondent, killed by Turks (investigation
led to no result) 29 Mch. "
Insurrection closed through British intervention; announced,
6 May, "
Greece disappointed by Berlin treaty, 13 July; rectification of
frontiers by sultan, proposed ; . . .about 24 July, "
Convention of Turkey and Greece at Constantinople; Thessaly
ceded to Greece, 24 May ; signed 2 July, 1881
Carried into effect; Greek flag raised in Arta 6 July, "
Railway from Athens to Corinth opened 15 Apr. 1885
Great discovery of statuary near the Acropolis, Athens 1886
Crown-prince Constantino, duke of Sparta, marries princess
Sophie of Prussia, sister of emperor of Germany 27 Oct. 1889
Statues, etc. , supposed to be the work of Phidias at Rhamnus
in Attica, discovered Oct. 1890
Seventieth anniversary of Greek independence 6 Apr. 1891
Canal across the isthmus of Corinth begun 5 May, 1882; com-
pleted 1893
This canal is about 4 miles long, 27 ft. deep, 71 ft. wide at the top,
and 69 ft. at the bottom. The lease to the company extends for
99 years, when the canal falls to the government on payment
of $1,000,000 to the company. This canal shortens the route
from the Adriatic to Constantinople by 185 nautical miles, and
effects a great saving in distance to other ports of the Mediter-
ranean.
KINGS OF GREECE.
1832. Otho L, prince of Bavaria; b. 1 June, 1815; elected king, 7
May, 1832; under regency till 1 June, 1835; married, 22 Nov.
1836, to Maria Frederica, daughter of grand-duke of Olden-
burg; deposed 23 Oct. 1862; d. in Bavaria, 26 July, 1867.
1863. George I. (son of Christian IX. of Denmark), king of the Hel-
lenes; b. 24 Dec. 1845; accepted the crown, 6 June, 1863;
declared of age, 27 June, 1863; married grand-duchess Olga
of Russia, 27 Oct. 1867.
Heir: Constantino, duke of Sparta, b. 2 Aug. 1868; married to
princess Sophie of Prussia, 27 Oct. 1889.
Heir: George, b. 19 July, 1890.
Greek architecture. Architecture.
Greek church, or Eastern church. While
disowning the supremacy of the pope and rejecting many doc-
trines and practices of the Roman church, the Greek church
is both the source and background of it. The council of
Nicsea (325) recognized 3 patriarchs — the bishop of Rome, of
Alexandria, and of Antioch ; to these were afterwards added
the bishops of Constantinople and Jerusalem. The relation of
the Greek church to the Roman is one of growing estrange-
ment from the 5th century to its final separation in 1054 with
several abortive attempts to unite since. The estrangement
and final rupture may be traced to the overweening preten-
sions of the Roman bishops and to Western innovations in the
doctrine of the Holy Spirit, accompanied by an alteration of
the creed, etc., strengthened by a difference in the religious
spirit and ideas of each. "Greek theology had its root in
Greek philosophy, while a great deal of Western theology
was based on Roman law. The Greek fathers succeeded the
Greek sophists, while the Latin theologian succeeded the Ro-
man advocate."— ;S'/an%, "Eastern Church," ch. i. The prime
difference in the doctrine of the two churches lies in the pro-
cession of the Holy Ghost from the Father only, or from the
Father and the Son ; the Greek church teaching the former
doctrine, and the Roman the latter. In the Greek church,
too, patriarchs of equal dignity have higher rank among the
bishops, instead of pope ; and priests are allowed to marry
once. The number of sacraments is also different. The or-
GRE
thodox Greek church includes various churches produced by
jealousy of race or by territorial division which are indepen-
dent or autocephalous, and yet one in doctrine with their head.
The most important of these are, the churches of Russia,
Georgia, Servia, Roumania, Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, etc.
The orthodox Greek church (1893) is estimated to contain
98,000,000 people. Fathers of the Church.
Catechetical school at Alexandria (Origen, Clemens, etc. ) 180-254
Rise of monachism about 300
Foundation of churches of Armenia, about 300; of Georgia or
Iberia ° 3^3
First council of Nice (Cooncils of the Chcrch) . . ! .' .* . '. . .' . " ." . 325
Rivalry between Rome and Constantinople begins about 340
Ulphilas preaches to the Goths about 376
Nestorius the bishop nominated the first patriarch of Constan-
tinople 9 juiv, 381
On the death of Theodosius the Roman empire finally divided
between his sons Arcadius and Honorius, the former receiv-
ing the East and the latter the West 17 Jan. 395
[When the empire was divided there was one patriarch in
the West (bishop of Rome), while in the East there were at
first 2, then 4, and later 5.]
Nestorius condemned at the council of Ephesus 431
Jerusalem made a patriarchate with jurisdiction over Pales-
tine ^ 451
Monophysite controversy; churches of Egypt, Syria, and Ar-
menia part from church of Constantinople 461
Close of school of Athens ; extinction of Platonic theology 529
.racobite sect founded in Syria by Jacobus Baradseus 541
Struggle with Mahometans begins » 634
FiLiOQUE in the Nicene creed rejected by the Eastern church. . 662
Maronite sect begins to prevail about 676
I'aulicians severely persecuted 690
Iconoclastic controversy begins about 726
Pope Gregory II. excommunicates emperor Leo ; hence the sep-
aration of the Eastern (Greek) and Western (Roman) churches, 729
Image-worship condemned 734
Foundation of church in Russia; conversion of princess Olga,
955; of Vladimir 988
Pope Leo IX. excommunicates the Eastern church 1054
Maronites join the Roman church 1182
Reunion of Eastern and Western churches at council of Lyons,
1274 (more political than ecclesiastical); again separated 1277
Orthodox confession of faith put forth in 1643
Proposed union with church of England 1723
Patriarchate of Moscow established, 1582 ; suppressed 1762
Archimandrite Nilos, representing Constantinople and 4 patri-
archates, visits London on behalf of Greek clergy in Danu-
bian principalities 1863
Pope's invitation to an oecumenical council, 8 Dec. 1869; de-
clined by patriarch of Constantinople about 3 Oct. 1868
Letter from patriarch Gregory to archbishop of Canterbury ac-
knowledging receipt of English prayer-book, and objecting
to some of "Thirty-nine Articles" dated 8 Oct. 1869
Greek church at Liverpool consecrated by an archbishop,
16 Jan. 1870
Greek empire. Eastern empire.
Oreek lire, a combustible composition (unknown,
thought to have been principally naphtha) thrown from en-
gines, said to have been invented by Callinicus, an engineer
of Heliopolis, in Syria, in the 7th century, to destroy the Sar-
acens' ships, which was effected by the general of the fleet of
Constantine Pogonatus, and 30,000 men were killed. A so-
called " Greek fire," probably a solution of phosphorus in bi-
sulphide of carbon, was employed at siege of Charleston, S. C,
Sept. 1863.
Oreek lang^uag'e. The study was revived in
W. Europe about 1450 ; in France, 1473. William Grocyn,
or Grokeyn, an English professor of this language, intro-
duced it at Oxford, about 1491, where he taught Erasmus,
who taught it at Cambridge in 1510. — Wood's A then. Oxon.
England has produced many eminent Greek scholars, such as
Richard Bentley, died 1742 ; prof. Richard Porson, died 1808 ;
dr. Samuel Parr, died 1825 ; and dr. Charles Burney, died 1817.
" Society for Promoting Hellenic Studies" formed 16 June,1879.
A " Greek Club," for the study of the language and literature
of ancient Greece, was founded in New York by prof. Henry
Drisler, rev. dr. Howard Crosby, and others, in 1857, and
is still maintained. Modern Greek literature is now culti-
vated.
Oreek literature and authors. Literature.
Oreeley'S peace mi§§ion. United States,
1864.
Oreely's arctic expedition. Abstinence,
Northeast and Northwest passages.
g'reenl>ackS, a name given, from the predominating
color of the ink, to notes for a dollar and upwards, first issued
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by the United States government in 1862. Notes for lower
sums (even 3 cents) were termed " fractional currency."
Oreeiie's femou§ retreat. United States,
1781.
Oreeillaild is the name applied to a large continental
island separated from North America by Davis strait, lying
mostly within the arctic circle, belonging to Denmark, and
supposed to extend from lat. 59° 49' N. to lat. 84° N. It was
discovered by Icelanders, under Eric Raude, about 980, and
name<l from its verdure. It was visited by Frobisher in 1676.
The first ship from England to Greenland was sent for the
whale-fishery by the Muscovy company, 2 James 1. 1604. In
a voyage in 1630 8 men were left behind by accident, who
suffered incredible hardships till the following year, when the
company's ships brought them home. — Tindal. The Green-
land Fishing company was incorporated 1693. Hans Egede,
a Danish missionary, founded a new colony, called Godhaab,
or Good Hope, in 1720-23 ; and other missionary stations have
been since established. Partially surveyed by Scoresby in
1821; and by capt. Graah, for Denmark, in 1829-30. Pop. in
1878, about 9408 ; 1888, 10,221 ; area estimated at between
400,000 and 600,000 sq. miles. Northeast passages, 1892-94.
Oreenwieh, Kent, Engl., anciently Grenawic, an an-
cient manor, near which Danes murdered archbishop Elphege,
1012. The hospital stands on the site of a royal residence
erected in the reign of Edward I., and enlarged by his suc-
cessors. Here were born Henry VIII., his daughters Mary
and Elizabeth, and here his son Edward VI. died. Charles II.
planned a new palace here, but erected one wing only.
William III. and Mary converted the palace into a royal hos-
pital for seamen, 1694, and added new buildings, erected
by Wren 1696
By act of Parliament, about 900 indoor pensioners received
additions to their pensions, quitted the hospital,! Oct.1865;
henceforth to be an infirmary. The remaining inmates, ex-
cept 31 bedridden persons, had left previously 1 Oct. 1869
Greenwich observatory, built at the solicita-
tion of sir Jonas Moore and sir Christopher Wren, by Charles
II., on the summit of Flamsteed hill, so called from the first
astronomer-royal. The building was founded 10 Aug. 1675,
and Flamsteed commenced his residence 10 July, 1676. In
1852, an electric telegraph signal-ball in the Strand, London,
was completed, and connected with Greenwich observatory.
astronomers-royal.
GUA
John Flamsteed 1675
Edmund Halley 1719
James Bradley 1742
Nathaniel Bliss 1762
Nevil Maskelyne 1765
John Pond 1811
George Biddell Airy 1835
Wm. H. M. Christie 1881
Oregorian ealeil<lar. Calendar, New style.
Oreg^orian chant and modes received their
name from pope Gregory I., who improved the Ambrosian
chant, and increased the number of modes (musical scales)
to 8 about 590. On these the ritual music of the Western
churches is founded. Music.
grenade (Sp. granadd), an Explosive missile, invented
1594, is a hollow globe or ball of iron, filled with fine pow-
der, and fired by a fusee.
Hand-grenades are about 2}4 inches in diameter. Rampant gre-
nades, of various sizes, are rolled over the parapet in a trough.
grenadiers. The grenadier corps was a company,
consisting of the tallest and strongest men in an infantry
regiment, armed with a pouch of hand-grenades. Established
in France in 1667, and in England in 1685. — Brown. Guards.
Oretna Oreen, a village of Dumfries, S. Scotland,
near the border. Here runaway marriages were contracted for
many years, as Scotch law ruled that an acknowledgment be-
fore witnesses made a legal marriage. John Paisley, a tobac-
conist, and termed a blacksmith, who officiated from 1760, died
in 1814. His first residence was at Megg's hill, on the com-
mon or green between Gretna and Springfield, to the last of
which villages he removed in 1782. A man named Elliot was
lately the principal officiating person. The General Assem-
bly, in 1826, in vain attempted to suppress this system ; but
Parliament, in 1856, made these marriages illegal after that
year, unless one of the parties had lived in Scotland 21 days.
OreytOW^n, Attack upon. United States, 1854.
Oriffln or Oriffon, The. New York, 1679.
1
:> in. '
Orimm'S lai¥ of the* transmutation of consonants in
the Aryan family of languages; propounded by Jacob L.Grimm
in his " History of the German Languages," in 1848.
Labials. Dentals. Gutturali.
Greek, Latin, Sanskrit p b f
Gothic ./ p b
Old High German 6 (u) fp
t d th \ k g ch
th t d\ k
d z t\g ch k
Examples: Sanskrit, pi7ri; Greek and Latin, pato*; Italian, padre;
Spanish, padre; French, pcre ; Gothic, /adrctn (pL); Old High
German, mtor; English, /a</(er.
Ort'qualand, W. and E., 2 districts in British S.
Africa, containing diamond fields. The first diamond was dis-
covered in W. Griqualand in Mch. 1867, and caused a great
influx of immigrants from all nations, and the formation of
many settlements. Diamonds to the value of 12,000,000^,
were found there between 1871 and 1880, and about 15,000,000/.
between 1883 and 1887. The district was annexed to Cape
Colony 27 Oct. 1871, and incorporated with it in 1880. Kim-
berley, the capital, was founded in 1871 ; population in 1890,
about 6000 Europeans and 10,000 natives. Griqualand E., be-
tween the Kaffir border and southern Natal, was annexed to
Cape Colony in 1875; pop. 1890, 152,618.
Orisons {gre-zon'), a Swiss canton. Caddee. It was
overrun by the French in 1798 and 1799. The ancient
league was abolished, and Grisons became a member of the
Helvetic confederation, 19 Feb. 1803.
groat, from the Dutch groat, value fourpence, was the
largest silver coin in England until after 1351. Fourpenny
pieces were coined in 1836 to the value of 70,884/. ; in 1837,
16,038/. ; discontinued since 1856.
grocers anciently meant " ingrossers or monopolizers,'*
as appears by a statute 37 Edw. III. 1363 : " Les marchauntz
nomez engrossent totes maners de merchandises vendables."
The Grocers' company, one of the 12 chief companies of Lon-
don, was established in 1345, and incorporated in 1429.
Gro'chow, near Praga, a suburb of Warsaw, Russian
Poland. Here took place a desperate conflict between the Poles
and Russians, 19, 20 Feb. 1831, the Poles remaining masters of
the field of battle. The Russians shortly after retreated, having
been foiled in their attempt to take Warsaw. They are said to
have lost 7000 men, and the Poles 2000. Poland, 1861.
grog, sea term for rum and water, derived its name from
adm. Edw.Vernon, who wore grogram breeches, and was hence
called " Old Grog." About 1745, he ordered his sailors to di-
lute their rum with water.
Oroveton, Battle of. Pope's Virginia campaign.
Ouadalupe Hidalgo {gwa-da-ho'-pa he-dal'-go),
a city of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, where, on 2 Feb. 1848, the
Mexican and United States commissioners concluded peace.
By that treaty. New Mexico and Upper California were ceded
to the United States for $15,000,000 and the assumption of
debts of $3,500,000 due from Mexico to U. S. citizens for prop-
erty destroyed. Annexations; Mexican avar; United
States, Feb. 1848.
Ouadeloupe {gwa-da-loop^), a West India island,
discovered by Columbus in 1493. The French took possession
in 1635, and colonized it in 1664. Taken by the English in
1759, and restored in 1763. Again taken by the English in
1779, 1794, and 1810. The allies, to allure the Swedes into
the late coalition against France, gave them this island. It
was, however, by the consent of Sweden restored to France at
the peace in 1814. It was again taken by the British, 10 Aug.
1815, and restored to the French, July, 1816.
€ruad-el-ras, N.W. Africa. Here the Spaniards sig-
nally defeated the Moors, 23 Mch. 1860, after a severe conflict;
gen. Prim manifested great bravery, for which he was enno-
bled. The preliminaries of peace were signed on the 25th.
guano igwa'no) or huano (the Peruvian term for
manure), the excrement of sea-birds that swarm on the coasts
of Peru and Bolivia, and of Africa and Australia. It is men-
tioned by Herrera in 1601, and Garcilasso stated that the.
birds were protected by the Incas. Humboldt was one of
the first by whom it was brought to Europe, to ascertain its
value in agriculture. The importation of guano into Great
Britain appears to have commenced in 1839. Agriculture ;
United States, 1840.
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g^liard§. The custom of having guards is said to have
been introduced by Saul, 1093 B.C.
Body-guards were appointed for kings of England, 1 Hen. VII. 1485.
Horse-guards were raised i Edw. VI. 1550.
Royal regiment of guards was first raised by Charles II. in Flanders
in 1656, col. lord Wentworth ; another regiment was raised by col.
John Russell, 1660, under whom they were combined in 1665.
The Coldstream Guards, raised by gen. Monk, were constituted
the 2d regiment in 1661. Coldstream guards. These guards
were the beginning of the British standing array.
Gen. sir F. Wm. Hamilton's "History of the Grenadier Guards,"
an elaborate work, appeared 1874.
Imperial guard ; Life-guard, Washington's ; Militia ; National
GUARDS.
Ouatema'la. A republic in Central America, revolted
from Spain 1821, and declared independent 21 Mch. 1847, after
having formed for 26 years part of the confederation of Cen-
tral America. Constitution settled, 2 Oct. 1859. President
(1862), gen. Raphael Carrera, elected 1851 ; appointed for life,
1854 ; died 14 Apr. 1865 ; succeeded by Vincent Cerna, 3 May,
1865-69 ; Manuel Garcia Granedos, Dec. 1872 ; R. Barrios, 7
May, 1873. A war between Guatemala and San Salvador broke
out in Jan. 1863 ; and on 16 June the troops of the latter were
totally defeated. An insurrection became formidable, July,
1871. Alliance with Honduras against San Salvador, Mch.
1872. It is now governed under a constitution proclaimed
Dec. 1879 ; modified Oct. 1885, Nov. 1887, and Oct. 1889. The
National Assembly consists of members chosen for 4 years.
The president is elected for 6. Area, 46,800 sq. miles ; pop.
1890, estimated 1,452,000.
Ouelphs {gwelfs) and Ohibcllines {gih-e-kens'),
the papal and imperial factions who destroyed the peace of
Italy from the 12th to the end of the 15th century (the in-
vasion of Charles VIII. of France in 1495). The origin of
the names is ascribed to the contest for the imperial crown
between Conrad of Hohenstaufen, duke of Swabia, lord of
Wiblingen (hence Ghibeliti), and Henry, nephew of Welf, or
Guelf, duke of Bavaria, in 1138. The former was successful;
[ but the popes and several Italian cities took the side of his
I rival. Hie Guelf and Hie Ghibelin are said to have been used
: as war-cries in 1140, at a battle before Weinsberg, in WUr-
I temberg, when Guelf of Bavaria was defeated by the em-
, peror Conrad IV., who came to help the rival duke, Leopold.
j It is a tradition that upon the surrender of Weinsberg the
I emperor condemned all the men of that city to death, but
j permitted the women to bring out whatever they most val-
I ued; on which they carried out their husbands on their shoul-
j ders. The Ghibellines were mostly expelled from Italy in
i 1267, when Conradin, last of the Hohenstaufens, was beheaded
\ by Charles of Anjou. Guelph is the name of the present
I royal family of England. Bavaria, duke of; Brunswick,
I England, Hanover.
i guerilla {Sp. guerrilla/^ little war"), a terra first ap-
I plied to armed peasants who worried the French armies dur-
i ing the Peninsular war, 1808-14.
j OlieilX (geh, "beggars"), a name given by the comte de
I Barlaimont to the 300 Protestant deputies from the Low Coun-
, tries, headed by Henri of Brederode and Louis of Nassau, who
i petitioned Margaret, governess of the Low Countries, to abolish
the Inquisition, 5 Apr. 1566. The deputies at once assumed the
iname as honorable, and organized armed resistance to the
government. Holland.
i Ouiana {ge-d'-na), northeast coast of South America,
i discovered by Columbus in 1498, visited by the Spaniards in
the 16th century; and explored by sir Walter Raleigh in 1596
and 1617. The French settlements here were formed in 1626-
1643 ; and the Dutch, 1627-67. At the peace of Breda, 1667,
Dutch Guiana was assured to the Netherlands in exchange for
; the colony New Netherland (New York), and this was confirmed
iby the treaty of Westminster, Feb. 1674. Since then Surinam
has been twice in the power of England— 1799 till 1802, and
again in 1804 to 1814, when it was returned, with other Dutch
,colonies, except Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo, which re-
jmain to the British. Area, British Guiana, 109,000 sq. miles ;
iPop. 1891, 284,887. Cayenne, Demerara, Surinam.
■ guide-books for travellers are an English invention.
Paterson's "British Itinerary" appeared in 1776; the last edi-
tion in 1840; when it was superseded by railways. Gali-
'^ GUI
gnani's " Picture of Paris," 1814. Murray's « Handbook for
Travellers on the Continent," the parent of the series, appeared
in 1836. Appleton's "General Guide to the United States
and Canada," 1879, and since.
Ouienne (ge-en'), a French province, was part of the do-
minions of Henry II. in right of his wife Eleanor, 1152. Philip
of France seized it in 1293, which led to war. It was alternate-
ly held by England and France till 1453, when John Talbot,
earl of Shrewsbury, in vain attempted to retake it from the
latter.
Ouildtiall, London, was built in 1411. When it was
rebuilt (in 1669), after the great fire of 1666, no part of the
ancient building remained, except the interior of the porch
and walls of the hall. The front was erected in 1789 ; a new
roof built, 1864-65. Beneath the west window are colossal
figures of Gog and Magog, said to represent a Saxon and an
ancient Briton ; replaced older ones, 1708 ; renewed, 1837.
The hall holds 7000 persons. Here were entertained the allied
sovereigns in 1814, and Napoleon III. 19 Apr. 1855. A library
existed in the Guildhall in 1426, from which books were taken
by protector Somerset in the reign of Edward VI. The library
was again set up, and reopened, Jan. 1828.
guilds (of Saxon origin, about the 8th century), associa-
tions in towns for mutual benefit, resembling British religious
and friendly societies, chartered in Great Britain by the sov-
ereign since the time of Henry II.
Guild of Corpus Christi, York, had 14,800 members when a return
of these guilds was ordered, 1388.
Revival of religious guilds began in 1851, with that of St. Alban.
Guilford €ourt-llOU§e, Battle at. Gen. Greene
retreated from the Catawba river, in South Carolina, into Vir-
ginia, before pursuing Cornwallis, in the winter of 1781. He
soon returned, and at Guilford Court-house, in North Carolina,
he fought Cornwallis and the British for more than 2 hours
desperately. The Americans were repulsed, and the British
took possession of the field, but at a cost that made the victory
a sad disaster. " Another such victory," said Fox, in the Brit-
ish Parliament, "will ruin the British army." The British
lost over 600; the Americans about 400 killed and wounded,
and 1000 who deserted to their homes.
guillotine (yil-lo-teen'), an instrument for immediate
and painless death, named after its supposed inventor, a physi-
cian named Joseph Ignatius Guillotin. French revolution.
In 1866 M. Dubois, of Amiens, stated that the idea only was
due to Guillotin, who at a meeting of the legislative assembly
in 1789 expressed an opinion that capital punishment should
be the same for all classes. Accordingly, at the request of the
assembly, M. Louis, secretary of the "Academie de Chirurgie,"
submitted to that body, on 20 Mch. 1792, his invention of a
mode of capital punishment, " sure, quick, and uniform." The
first person executed by it was a highway robber named Pel-
letier, on 25 Apr. ; and Dangremont was its first political vic-
tim, 21 Aug. following. Guillotin died in 1814. The guillo-
tine at Paris was burned by the communists, 7 Apr. 1871. A
similar instrument (called the Mannaid) is said to have been
used in Italy, at Halifax in England (Halifax), and in Scot-
land, there called the Maiden and the Widow.
Oulnea (gin'-ee), a geographical division of W. Africa,
was discovered by the Portuguese about 1446. From their
trade with the Moors originated the slave-trade, sir John
Hawkins being the first Englishman who engaged in this
traflSc. Assisted by other Englishmen with money, he sailed
from England in Oct. 1562, with 3 ships, to the coast of
Guinea, purchased or forcibly seized 300 negroes, sold them
profitably at Hispaniola, and returned home richly laden with
hides, sugar, ginger, and other merchandise, in Sept. 1563.
This voyage led to similar enterprises.— ^«Hm^^ Slave-
trade. An African company to trade with Guinea was char-
tered 1588. The Dutch settlements here were transferred to
Great Britain, 6 Apr. 1872. Ashantees, Elmina.
guinea, English gold coin, so named from having been
first coined of gold brought by the African company from the
coast of Guinea in 1663, valued then at 205. ; but worth 305. in
1695. Reduced at various times ; in 1717 to 21*. In 1810
guineas were sold for 22*. 6d. ; in 1816, for 275. In 1811 an
act was passed forbidding their exportation, and their sale at
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« price above the current value, 21s. The first guineas bore
the impression of an elephant, having been coined of African
^old. Since the issue of sovereigns, 1 July, 1817, guineas have
not been coined. Coin and coinage.
" Gulliver'§ Travels," by dean Swift, first pub.
1726-27.
gun. Artillery, Fire-arms.
gun-boats. United States, 1807.
gun-cotton, a highly explosive substance, invented
by prof. Schonbein, of Basel, and made known in 1846. It is
purified cotton, steeped in a mixture of equal parts of nitric
acid and sulphuric acid, and dried, retaining the appearance
■of cotton-wool. Collodion. Its nature was known to Brac-
•conot and Pelouze.
gunpowder. The invention of gunpowder is as-
cribed to Bertholdus or Michael Schwartz, a Cordelier monk
■of Goslar, south of Brunswick, in Germany, about 1320. But
some maintain that it was known much earlier. Some say
that the Chinese and Hindus possessed it centuries before.
Its composition is mentioned by Roger Bacon, in his treatise
« De NuUitate Magi»." He died in 1292 or 1294. Various
substitutes for gunpowder have been recently invented, such
4is the white gunpowder of Mr. Horsley and dr. Ehrhardt,
and gun-paper by Mr. Hochstodten. A new gunpowder by
M. Newmayer of Toya, near Leipsic, was discussed in Nov.
1866. " Pellet gunpowder " was ordered to be used in gun-
charges in the British army, Mch. 1868. An act to amend
the law concerning the making, keeping, and carriage of gun-
powder, etc., was passed in England, 28 Aug. 1860, and other
acts since. Birmingham, 1870. In May, 1872, a company
was formed to manufacture R. Punshon's patent cotton gun-
powder, asserted to be very safe and controllable. Common
gunpowder when burned produces much smoke. The inven-
tion of a smokeless powder has long been sought. " The great
•majority of smokeless powders (over 20 in all) may be classed
under 2 heads, (1) those consisting of nitro-cellulose, and (2)
those in which nitro-glycerine forms a part." — Engineering
Journal, London, 20 May, 1892, p. 629. Of the different kinds
the principal ones are apyrite, chosen by Sweden after ex-
haustive and protracted experiments, 1891 ; Nobel's (German),
1889-91; French, "BN," nitro-glycerine; English, cordite.
ClIRONOSCOPE.
The use of gunpowder was denounced by Ariosto, 1516; by Jean
Marot, 1532; by Cervantes, 1604; termed "villanous saltpetre,"
by Shakespeare, about 1598.
English war gunpowder: 75 parts nitrate of potash (saltpetre), 10
sulphur, 15 carbon. These proportions may be slightly varied.
W. Hunter, after a careful examination of the question, in 1847,
says: "July and ^ugnst, 1346, may be safely assumed to be the
time when the explosive force of gunpowder was first brought to
bear on the military operations of the English nation."
gunpO'Wder plot, a conspiracy to spring a mine
under the British houses of Parliament, and destroy the king,
lords, and commons, was discovered 4 Nov. 1605. It was pro-^
jected by Robert Catesby early in 1604, and several Roman
Catholics of rank were.in tie plot. Guy Faux was found in the
vaults under the House' >of Lords, hired for the purpose, pre-
paring a train to be fired the next day. Catesby and Percy
(of the family of Northumberland) were killed at Hoi
house, whither they had fled, 8 Nov. ; and Guy Faux, sir]
Everard Digby, Rookwood, Winter, and others were executed,;
80, 31 Jan. 1 606. Henry Garnet, a Jesuit, suffered as an accom
plice, 3 May following. The discovery was occasioned by an
anonymous letter sent to lord Monteagle, which said : " Though
there be no appearance of any stir, yet I say they shall re-
ceive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall notj
see who hurts them." In 1825, the vault called Guy Faux eel
lar, in which barrels of gunpowder were lodged, was converted
into offices.
Ounter's chain, 66 ft. long, divided into 100 linka,
is used in measuring land. It was invented by Edmund Gua'
ter in 1606.
gutta-perclia, a gum from the sap of the Isonandra
gutta, a large forest-tree of the Malay peninsula and neighbor-
ing islands. It was made known in England by drs. De Al
meida and Montgomery, at the Society of Arts, in 1843. Being
a non-conductor of electricity, it is invaluable as an insulator]
and its use in submarine telegraphs was suggested by Faraday
and Werner Siemens independently, 1847.
gymna'sium, a place where the Greeks performed
public exercises, and where philosophers, poets, and rhetorl
cians repeated their compositions. In wrestling and boxing
the athletes were often naked (gymnos), whence the name
— The gymnasia in Germany are the classical schools prepar-
ing pupils in a nine years' course for the universities and the
learned professions.
gypsies, gipsies, or Egyptians (Fr. Bohemiens
It. Zingari; Sp. Gitanos ; Ger. Zigeuner), vagrants, supposecB
to be descendants of low-caste Hindus expelled by TimourJ
about 1399. They appeared in Germany and Italy early
the 15th century, and at Paris in 1427. In England an acfl
was passed to suppress them as vagabonds in 1530 ; and undei
Charles 1. 13 persons were executed at one assizes for havingf
associated with gypsies for a month. The gypsy settlement
at Norwood, England, was broken up, and they were treated as
vagrants, Maj'-, 1797. There were in Spain alone, before 1800,
more than 120,000 gypsies, and there are communities of them
in England. Notwithstanding their intercourse with other
nations, their manners, customs, visage, and appearance are
almost wholly unchanged, and their pretended knowledge of
futurity gives them power over the superstitious. Esther Faa
was crowned queen of the gypsies at Blyth, England, on 18
Nov. 1860. The Bible has been translated into gypsy dialects.
Gypsy parliaments are occasionally held.
George Borrow fraternized with the gypsies and wrote several
works describing his adventures, especially "The Zincali " (1841),
"The Bible in Spain " (1842), " Lavengro " (1850), and a " Diction-
ary of the Gypsy Language " (1874). He was b. in 1803, and d. in
Aug. 1881.
gy'rOSCOpe (from Gr. yvpoQ, ring, and aKoirkix), to
observe), a rotatory apparatus invented by Fessel of Cologne
(1852), improved by prof. Wheatstone and M. Foucault of
Paris. It is similar in principle to the rotatory apparatus
of Bohnenberger of Tubingen (b. 1765, d. 1831). The gyro-
scope, by exhibiting the combination and counteraction of
centrifugal and centripetal forces, illustrates the laws of motion.
H
H. This letter of the alphabet has varied in form from
the Phoenician and old Hebrew symbol B, called Cheth,only
by the removal of the upper and lower horizontal lines.
Haarlem (hdr^lem), an ancient town in Holland, men-
tioned in the register of the 10th century. Through count
William II. it obtained a charter in 1245. For a short time
in 1492 it was occupied by the insurgents called the " bread-
and-cheese folk." Its inhabitants took a prominent part in
the revolt of the Netherlands. It was invested by the duke
of Alva with a force of 30,000, Dec. 1572, and surrendered af-
ter a heroic defence, July, 1573. Alva violated his capitula-
tion promises and destroyed nearly half the inhabitants. It
was recovered from the Spaniards by the prince of Orange in
1577. The lake was drained 1848-52, liberating 42,000 acres
of land; estimated cost of drainage, $3,600,000. Pop. 1890,
51,626.
Habak'kuk, one of the minor prophets of the Old
Testament, 606 b.c. — Usher.
habeas eorpus (in England). The subjects' Writ
of Right, passed " for the better securing the liberty of the
subject," 31 Charles II. c. 2, 27 May, 1679, If any person be
imprisoned by the order of any court, or of the queen, he may
have a writ of habeas corpus to bring him before the queen s
bench or common pleas, which shall determine whether bis
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committal be just. This act (founded on the old common-law)
is next in importance to Magna Charta. Parliament may
suspend the Habeas Corpus act for a specified time in a
great emergency. Then the nation parts with a portion of
liberty to secure its permanent welfare, and suspected per-
sons may then be arrested without cause assigned. — Black-
stone.
Act suspended for a short time 1689, 1696, 1708
Suspended for Scots' rebellion 1715-16 J
Suspended for 12 months 1722 ;
Suspended for Scots' rebellion 1744-45
Suspended for American war 1777-79 j
Again by Mr. Pitt, owing to French revolution 1794
Suspended in Ireland in the great rebellion 1798 !
Suspended in England 28 Aug. 1799, and 14 Apr. 1801 j
Again, on account of Irish insurrection 1803 [
Again, on alleged secret meetings 21 Feb. 1817 ;
Bill to restore habeas corpus introduced 28 Jan. 1818
Suspended in Ireland (insurrection) 24 July, 1848 J
Kestored there 1 Mch. 1849
Suspended again (Fenians). 17 Feb. 1866; 26 Feb. and 31 May, 1
1867; and 28 Feb. 1808, till 25 Mch. 1869 ;
Because of the affair of John Anderson (Slavery in England), an .
act of 1862 enacted that no writ of habeas corpus should issue
out of England to any colony, etc., having a court with authority
to grant such writ.
liabea§ corpus (in the United States). The Con-
stitution of the U. S. provides that " the privilege of !
habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of
rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it ;" but
does not specify what department of the government may j
suspend it. A series of contests on this subject began with
the civil war and continued throughout, both as to the legality
of suspension and the jurisdiction. The writ of habeas corpus
was first suspended by pres. Lincoln between Washington
and Philadelphia, 27 Apr. 1861, in instructions to gen. Scott -
(it had been suspended by state authority in Rhode Island for '
a brief time during Dorr's rebellion). :
President suspends the writ in Key West, Tortugas, and Santa i
Rosa 10 May, 1861 !
Further extension 2 July, " |
Chief-justice Taney issues a writ of habeas corpus 27 May. to j
gen. Geo. Cadwallader on appeal by John Merryman of Bal- j
timore. then confined in fort McHenry 25 May, "
[On the general's refusal to obey the writ Taney attempts i
to arrest him, but fails.] j
Theophilus Parsons supports president's power to suspend, !
5 June, " I
Attorney general Bates asserts the president's power to declare
martial law and suspend the writ of Aafteas co?7JMS.... 5 July, " j
One hundred and seventy-four persons committed to fort |
Lafayette July to Oct. " j
Suspension of the writ made general 24 Sept. 1862 i
Congress by act upholds this power 3 Mch. 1863 :
Vallandigham arrested (United States) 4 May, " j
President suspends by proclamation 15 Sept. "
All persons held under suspension of the writ discharged. May, 1804
Suspends in Kentucky 5 July, "
Pres. Johnson restores the writ of habeas corpus except in the
late insurrectionary states. District of Columbia, New Mexico,
and Arizona, by proclamation 11 Dec. 1865
In all states and territories except Texas 2 Apr. 1866
Throughout the U. S 20 Aug. "
Thirty-eight thousand arrests were made according to the pro-
vost-marshal's record, Washington, during the rebellion.
MiLLIGAN CASE ; StONE, BRIG. -GEN. CHARLES P., CaSe Of.
Hades (Gr. "AV^ijg) (a, not, and dSu), to see), originally
the god of the lower world, and only in this sense in Homer.
Hence the place of departed spirits. The word Sheol of the
Hebrews expresses the same idea. The later Greek as well
as Hebrew thought divided the place into 2 parts. Later still
the idea developed into the contrasted spheres of Heaven and
Hell, including the Purgatory of the church.
Hadrian's wall, built to prevent irruptions of
Scots and Picts into the northern counties of England, then
under Roman government, extended from the Tyne to Solway
frith. It was 80 miles long, 12 feet high, and 8 feet thick,
^\ith mile castles and smaller sentry boxes between. Along
its whole northern side was a ditch or fosse about 36 feet wide
I' and 15 feet deep, while on the southern side was a Roman
road connecting the garrisons of the different stations. It was
probably from 10 to 15 years in building, and required 10,000
men to garrison its stations. Probably built under Hadrian
1 121 A.D., and extended by Servius 207-^10.
Hafsfiord (kofs-fe-ord'), Norway. Here Harold Har-
fager, in a sea-fight, defeated his enemies, and consolidated his
kingdom, 872. A millenary festival was held throughout Nor-
way, and a monument to his memory set up at Hangesund^
by prince Oscar of Sweden, 18 July, 1872.
Ha^ue, the, capital of Holland, once called the
finest village in Europe ; the place of meeting of the States-
general, and residence of the former earls of Holland since
1260, when William XL built the palace here. Pop. 1890^
160,531.
Here the states abjured the authority of Philip II. of Spain 1580^
A conference upon the 5 articles of remonstrants, which occa-
sioned the synod of Dort 1610'
Treaty at the Hague (to preserve equilibrium of the North) of
England, France, and Holland 21 May, 1659^
De Witts torn in pieces here 4 Aug. 1672;
French, favored by a hard frost, took possession of the Hague;
inhabitants and troops declared in their favor; revolution
ensued; stadtholder and family fled to England 19 Jan. 1795-
The Hague evacuated by the French Nov. 1813
Stadtholder returned Dec. "
" Hail, Columbia !" This patriotic song was.
written by Joseph Hopkinson, 29 Apr. 1798, when the United
States were threatened with a war with France. It was com-
posed to the air of the " President's March," for a young actor
and singer in the Philadelphia theatre, and became at once
highly popular. Literature; New York city, 1789.
liail-§toriIlS. Storms.
Hainault forest, Essex, Engl., disafferested in 185U
Here stood the Fairlop oak.
Hainailt (ha'-no'), a frontier province of Belgium^
anciently governed by counts hereditary after Regnier I., who
died in 916. The count John d'Arsenes became count of Hol-
land in 1299. Hainaut henceforth partook of the fortunes of
Flanders.
Haine§'§ HlufT, Operations at. Vicksburg cam-
paign.
liair. In Gaul, hair was much esteemed ; hence the ap-
pellation Gallia comata; cutting off the hair was a punishments
The royal family of France held it a privilege to wear long
hair artfully dressed and curled. " The clerical tonsure is of
apostolic institution ! " — Isidorus Hispalensis. Pope Anicetus
forbade the clergy to wear long hair, 155. Long hair was
a distinctive mark of the cavaliers or followers of Charles I. of
England, as short hair was of the Roundheads, during the
civil war and protectorate of Cromwell, 1642-60. Of late
years the hair is worn much shorter than formerly.
Hakluyt (hak'-loot) Society, England, for the pub-
lication of rare voyages and travels, 15 Dec. 1846, was named
after Richard Hakluyt, who published his " Principal Nav-
igations, Voyages, and Discoveries made by the English
Nation," in 1589 ; and died 23 Nov. 1616, aged 63. Virginia,
1606.
iialcyon (Gr. aXKvdjv, king-fisher), a poetic name for
the king-fisher ; and since that bird was fabled to lay its eggs-
on the waves, and to keep the sea calm during incubation,.
" halcyon days" are days of calm and peace.
Hale, capt. Nathan, the Ameri'^an spy, belonged to^
Knowlton's regiment and accepted ihe perilous service of ex-
ploring the British camp on Long Island under instructions-
from gen. Washington, then retreating to Harlem Heights.
With the desired information, he was discovered before reach-
ing the American lines, through a Tory kinsman, and hanged
next morning. 22 Sept. 1777, without tritVi and with insult
and cruelty. He was a graduate of YaW, 1773, and died at
the age of 22. His statue erected in City Hall park, N. Y.,.
Dec. i893. New York, 1777.
Half-breeds. Political parties.
Hariearnas'siis, now Boodroom, an ancient
town of Caria, Asia Minor, reputed birthplace of Herodotus,.
484 B.C. ; site of the tomb of Mausolus, erected 352 ; taken
by Alexander, 334. Mausoleum.
Halidon hill, near Berwick, where, on 19 July, 1.S33,.
the English defeated the Scots, killing more than 14,000, with
the regent Douglas and many nobles ; the English loss was-
small. Edward Balliol thus became king of Scotland for a
short time.
Halifax, capital of Nova Scotia, lat. 44° 37' N., Ion. 63°^
HAL 846
38' W., was founded by the hon. Edward Cornwallis in 1749,
and named after the earl of Halifax. Pop. 1891, 38,556.
Halle, Prussian Saxony, N. Germany, first mentioned
801, made a city by the emperor Otho II., in 981. University
founded bj' Frederick I., 1694, recognized as one of the princi-
pal schools of Protestant theology. The orphan-house was
established by August Francke, 1698-99. Halle suflFered much
by the Thirty Years' and Seven Yedrs' wars. It was stormed
by the French, 17 Oct. 1806, and added to Westphalia ; but
given to Prussia in 1814. Pop. 1890, 101,401.
hallcliyall and amen {Praise the Lord, and So be
it), expressions in Hebrew hymns, ascribed to Haggai about
520 B.C. Their introduction into Christian worship is ascribed
to St. Jerome, about 390 a.d.
Hallo-ween or HallOir-eve, the evening before
All-Saints' day, the night of Oct. 31, in many countries a time
for superstitious ceremonies, and in Scotland especially devoted
by young people to playful divination for predicting future
husbands or wives.
" Amang the bonny, winding banks.
Where Doon rins, wimplin', clear,
Where Bruce ance ruled the martial ranks,
And shook his Carrick spear,
Some merry, friendly, country folks
Together did convene.
To burn their nits, and pou their stocks,
And baud their Halloween
Fu' blythe that night."
— Burns, "Halloween."
halo, a circle of light around the sun or moon, produced
by refraction through minute ice crystals suspended in the at-
mosphere.
Ha'lys, a river in Asia Minor, near which a battle be-
tween Lydians and Medes was interrupted by an almost total
■eclipse of the sun, which led to peace, 28 May, 585 B.C. (the
4th year of the 48th Olympiad).— P/^■w2^, <'Nat. Hist." ii.
Others date it 584, 603, or 610 b.c. This eclipse is said to
have been predicted many years before by Thales of Miletus.
— Herodotus, i. 75.
Ham, a town on the Somme, N. France. The castle
was built in 1470 by the constable Louis of Luxembourg,
<;omte de St. Pol, beheaded by Louis XL, 19 Dec. 1475. Here
were imprisoned the ex-ministers of Charles X., 1830, and
Louis Napoleon after his attempt at Boulogne, from Oct.
1840, till 25 May, 1846, when he escaped by the aid of Maz-
zini.
Hamburg^, a free city of N.W. Germany, on the right
bank of the Elbe, founded by Charlemagne about 809. It
joined the Hanseatic league (Hanse towns) in the 13th
centurv, and became a flourishing commercial cit}\ Pop. in
1860,229,941; 1871,338,974; 1875,338,618; 1890,323,923.
Its territory includes 158 sq. miles, with a pop., 1890, of
«22,530.
A free imperial city by permission of dukes of Holstein, 1296;
subject to them till 1618 ; purchased total exemption from
their claims. 1768
French declared war upon Hamburg for treachery in giving up
Napper Tandy (Tandy) , Oct. 1799
British property sequestrated Mch. 1801
Hamburg taken by French after battle of Jena 1806
Incorporated with France 1810
Evacuated by French on Russian advance into Germany 1813
Restored to independence by the allies May, 1814
Hamburg joined North German confederation 21 Aug. 1866
Joined German empire, Jan. ; privileges as free portconflrmed,
16 Apr. 1871
Yisitation of Cholera 1892
South Carolina,
HAN
Hamburg, s. C, massacre.
1876.
Hamilton and Burr. New York, 1804.
Hampton Court palace, Middlesex, Engl.,
feuilt by cardinal Wolsey on the site of the manor-house of
the knights hospitallers, and in 1525 presented to Henry VIII.
Here Edward VI. was born, 12 Oct. 1537 ; here his mother,
Jane Seymour, died, 24 Oct. following ; and here Mary, Eliza-
•beth, Charles, and other sovereigns resided. Much was pulled
<lown, and the grand inner court built by William III. in 1694,
when the gardens, occupying 40 acres, were laid out. The
vine was planted 1769. A conference here, 14-16-18 Jan.
1604, between Puritans and established church clergy, led to
new translation of the Bible. Conferencp:.
Hampton Roads, Va., Conflict between the
Monitor and the Merrimac. The United States war ship
Merrimac, sunk when Norfolk navy-yard was abandoned by
the federals, 20 Apr. 1861, was raised by confederates, con-
verted into an iron-clad ram, and named Virginia. John
Ericsson contracted to build the Monitor 5 Oct. 1861 ; com-
pleted it early in the following January. On 5 Mch. 1862,
she was despatched to fortress Monroe. Just before she
arrived the Virginia, commanded by Franklin Buchanan,
came out (8 Mch.) and attacked the federal vessels in Hamp-
ton Roads. She sunk the Cumberland, captured the Congress,
and pushed the Minnesota aground, and at night returned to
Norfolk. Next morning she reappeared, but was met by the
Monitor, commanded by lieut. John L. Worden. After a short
conflict the Virginia, finding the odds against her, again re-
tired. After evacuation of Norfolk by the confederates, she
was blown up by her commander, Josiah Tatnall, 11 May,
1862. The Monitor sank on her passage to Charleston, 31
Dec. 1862. Monitor, Navy.
Hampton Roads conference. In Jan.
1865, Francis P. Blair twice visited Richmond, Va., to confer
with Jefferson Davis. He believed that a suspension of hos-
tilities, and an ultimate settlement by restoration of the Union,
might be brought about, by the common desire, north and
south, to enforce the Monroe doctrine against the French in
Mexico. Out of Mr. Blair's visits grew a conference, held on
a vessel in Hampton Roads, 3 Feb. 1865, between Mr. Lincoln
and Mr. Seward upon one side, and Messrs. A. H. Stephens,
R. M. T. Hunter, and John A. Campbell on the other. It
was informal, and no basis for negotiation was reached.
Hanau (ha -now), a town of Hesse-Cassel, incorporated
1303. Here a division of the armies of Austria and I3avaria
of 30,000 men, under gen. Wrede, encountered the French,
70,000 strong, under Napoleon I., on their retreat from Leipsic,
30 Oct. 1813. The French suffered severely, though the allies
were compelled to retire. Hanau was made a principality in
1803; seized bythe French in 1806; incorporated with the
duchy of Frankfort in 1809 ; restored in 1813 to Hesse ; which
was annexed to Pru.ssia in 1866.
Handel's commemorations. The first was
held in Westminster abbey, London, 26 May, 1784 ; above
3000 persons present. The band contained 268 vocal and
245 instrumental performers, and the receipts of 3 days were
12,746/. These concerts were repeated in 1785, 1786, 1787, and
1791.
Second great commemoration, with 644 performers, 24, 26, 28 June,
and 1 July, 1834.
Great Handel festival (at the Crystal palace) on the centenary of
his death, projected by Sacred Harmonic Society. Grand rehearsal
at Crystal palace, 15, 17, 19 June, 1857, and 2 July, 1858.
Performances: "Messiah," 20 June; selections, 22 June; "Israel in
Egypt," 24 June, 1859, 26,827 persons present, with 2765 vocal and
393 instrumental performers. The receipts were about 33,000^.,
expenses 18,000^. ; of the residue (15,000^.), 2 parts accrued to the
Crystal Palace company, and 1 part to the Sacred Harmonic
Society. Handel's harpsichord, original scores of his oratorios,
and other relics were exhibited.
Handel festivals (at the Crystal palace): 4000 performers, highly
successful, 23, 25, 27 June, 1862; again, 26, 28, 30 June. 1865;
again, 15, 17, 19 June, 1868 (about 25,000 present) ; also, 19, 21,
23 June, 1871 (about 84,000 persons subscribed); also, 22, 24, 26
June, 1874 (total present, 78,839); also, 25, 27, 29 June, 1877
(present, 74,124); 18, 21, 23, 25 June, 1880 (present, 70,643).
Handel and Haydn Society, Boston, Mass., for performances only;
founded 1816. Music.
handkerclliefs, wrought and edged with gold, used
to be worn in England by gentlemen in their hats, as favors
from young ladies ; worth from bd. to 12d each, in the reign
of Elizabeth, 1658. — Stow^s Chron. Paisley handkerchiefs
were first made in 1743.
hands, Imposition of, first performed by Moses in setting.';
apart his successor Joshua (Numb, xxvii. 23) ; in reception
into the church, and in ordination, by the Apostles (Acts viii.
17 ; 1 Tim. iv. 14).
hanging^, draining, and quartering, said to
have been first inflicted upon William Marise, a pirate, a no-
bleman's son, 25 Hen. III. 1241. 5 gentlemen of the duke of
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■Gloucester were arraigned and condemned for treason, and at
the place of execution were hanged, cut down alive instantly,
stripped naked, their bodies marked for quartering, and then
pardoned, 25 Hen. IV. 1447.— aS^ow. The Cato-street con-
spirators (Cato-street conspiracy) were beheaded after
•death by hanging, 1 May, 1820. Hanging in chains was abol-
ished in 1834. Death penalty.
Hangings Rock, S. C, Battle of. A few miles
•eastward of Rocky mount, on the Catawba river, a large
bowlder on a high bank, called Hanging rock, gives name to
the place. There a large body of British and Tories were at-
tacked and dispersed by gen. Sumter on 6 Aug. 1780, after a
■desperate engagement of about 4 hours. Sumter lost 12 killed
and 41 wounded.
Hanover, N. W. Germany, successively an electorate
and a kingdom, chiefly territories which once belonged to the
■dukes of Brunswick. It was annexed to Prussia, 20 Sept.
1866. Pop. 1859, 1,850,000 ; 1861, 1,888,070 ; 1875, 2,017,393 ;
1890, 2,278,361.
Hanover became the 9th electorate 19 Dec. 1692
Suft'ered much during the Seven Years' war. 1756-63
Seized by Prussia 3 Apr. 1801
■Occupied and hardly used by the French 5 June, 1803
Delivered to Prussia 1805
Retaken by the French 1807
Part of it annexed to Westphalia 1810
Regained for England by Bernadotte 6 Nov. 1813
Made a kingdom, George III. of England king 12 Oct. 1814
Duke of Cambridge viceroy ; representative government estab-
lished Nov. 1816
Visited by George IV. Oct. 1821
Ernest, duke of Cumberland, king 20 June, 1837
He granted a constitution with electoral rights, 1848; annulled
by decree of the federal diet 12 Apr. 1855
King claims from Eno:land crown-jewels of George III. (value
about 120,000^.), 1857; arbitration, the jewels given up, Jan. 1858
Stade — dues given up for compensation 12 June, 1861
King takes side with Austria; the Prussians enter and occupy
Hanover 13 June et seq. 1866
Hanoverians defeat Prussians at Langensalza, 27 June; but sur-
render 29 June, "
Hanover annexed to Prussia by law, 20 Sept. ; promulgated,
6 Oct. "
Protest of king of Hanover to Europe 23 Sept. "
Arrangement with Prussia by a treaty ratified 18 Oct. 1867
ELECTORS.
1692. Ernest Augustus, youngest son of George, that son of William,
duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, who obtained by lot the right
to marry (Brunswick). He became bishop of Osnaburg in
1662, and in 1G79 inherited the possessions of his uncle John,
duke of Calenberg; created elector of Hanover in 1692.
[He married, in 1659, princess Sophia, daughter of Fred-
erick, elector-palatine, and of Elizabeth, daughter of James
I. of England. In 1701 Parliament settled the British crown
in her descendants, "being Protestants," after failure of
descendants from William III. and Anne.]
1698. George Lewis, son of the preceding ; married his cousin Sophia,
heiress of duke of Brunswick-Zell; became king of Great
Britain, 1 Aug. 1714, as George I.
1727. George Augustus, his son (George II. of England), 11 June.
1760. George William Frederick, his grandson (George III. of Eng-
land), 25 Oct.
KINGS.
1S14. George III. of England became first king of Hanover, 12 Oct.
1820. George Augustus Frederick, his son (George IV. of England),
29 Jan.
1830. William Henry, his brother (William IV. of England), 26 June;
d. 20 June, 1837.
[Hanover separated from crown of Great Britain.]
1837. Ernest Augustus, duke of Cumberland, brother to William IV.
of England, succeeded (as a distinct inheritance) to the
throne of Hanover, 20 June.
1851. George V. (b. 27 May, 1819), son of Ernest; ascended the
throne on the death of his father, 18 Nov. His states an-
nexed to Prussia, 20 Sept. 1866; visited England, May, June,
1876; d. 12 June, 1878.
1878. Ernest Augustus II., son, b. 21 Sept. 1845; maintained his
claims in a circular to the sovereigns of Europe, dated 11
July, 1878; married princess Thyra of Denmark, 20 Dec.
1878.
Hanse towns. The Hanseatic league (from hansa,
association), formed by port towns in Germany against the
piracies of Swedes and Danes, began about 1140; thp league
signed 1241. At first onl}-^ of towns on the coasts oithe Bal-
tic, in 1370 it included 66 cities and 44 confederates. The
league proclaimed war against Waldemar, king of Denmark,
about 1348, and against Eric, in 1428, with 40 ships and 15,000
legular troops, besides seamen. On this several princes or-
dered the merchants of their kingdoms to withdraw (fheir ef-
fects. The Thirty Years' war in Germany (1618-48) broke
the strength of the league, and in 1630 only Bremen, Ham-
burg, and LiJBECK retained the name. The league suffered
also by the rise of the commerce of the Low Countries in the
15th century. Their privileges by treaty in England were
abolished by Elizabeth in 1578.
Hapsburg^, Habsbur^, or Habichtsburgp
(Hawk's castle), House of, the family from which the imperial
house of Austria sprang in the 11th century, "Werner being the
first-named count of Hapsburg, 1099. Hapsburg was an an-
cient castle of Switzerland, on a lofty eminence near Schintz-
nach. Rudolph, count of Hapsburg, became archduke of Aus-
tria and emperor of Germany, 1273, through the support of
archbishop Werner, elector of Mentz, and the duke of Bavaria.
Austria, Germany.
bard -cider and logr- cabin campaig^n.
United States, 1840.
Harfleur {har-flur'), seaport, N. W. France, taken by
Henry V., 22 Sept. 1415.
Harlaw, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, site of a desperate,
indecisive battle between the earl of Mar, with the royal army,
and Donald, the lord of the Isles, who aimed at independence,
24 July, 1411. It was disastrous to the nobility, some houses
losing all their males.
Harleian {har-W-ian) library, with 7000 MSS.,
besides rare books, bought by Edward Harley, afterwards earl
of Oxford and Mortimer, 1705 et seq., is now in the British
museum. Much of his life and wealth was spent on the col-
lection. He died 21 May, 1724. The " Harleian Miscellany,"
a selection from MSS. and tracts of his library, was pub. 1744
and 1808.
Harlem Heights, Battle of. A severe skirmish,
on 16 Sept. 1776, between American troops under col. Knowl-
ton and major Leitch, and detachments of the British army,
then in po.ssession of New York city. Knowlton and Leitch
were killed, but the Americans were victorious. Of Knowl-
ton, Washington said, " He was an honor to any country."
Harlem River Aqueduct bridge. Aque-
ducts.
Harmar's Indian expedition. Ohio, 1790.
harmonic strings, said to have been invented by
Pythagoras about 540 b.c., through hearing 4 blacksmiths
working with hammers, in harmony, whose weights he found
to be 6, 8, 9, and 12.
harmon'ica, or musical glasses (tuned by regulating
the amount of water, and played by a moistened finger on the
rim), were played on by Gluck in London, 23 Apr. 1746 ; " ar-
ranged " by Puckeridge and Delaval, and improved by dr.
Franklin in 1760. Mozart, Beethoven, and others composed
for this instrument. Copophone.
harmon'ichord, a keyed instrument, in which
sounds are produced by friction, invented by Th. KaufFmann
in 1810.
Harmonists, a sect founded in WUrtemberg by
George and Frederick Rapp, about 1780. Not much is known
of their tenets, but they held their property in common, and
considered marriage a civil contract. They emigrated to
America, and settled first in Butler county, Pa., 1805, but re-
moved to Indiana, and purchased 27,000 acres of land, and
called it New Harmony, 1814. In 1824 they sold their land
to Robert Owen, and, returning to Pennsylvania, settled at
Economy, a few miles north of Pittsburg. Nevv^ Harmony.
Robert Owen failed in his scheme for a "social" community,
and returned to England. Socialism.
harmo'nium, a keyed instrument, resembling the ac-
cordion, its tones produced by wind upon metallic reeds. The
Chinese were well acquainted with the effects of vibrating
tongues of metal. M. Biot stated, in 1810, that they were
used musically by M. Grenie ; and in 1827-29 free reed-stops
were employed in organs at Beauvais and Paris. The best-
known harmoniums in England are those of Alexandre and
Debain, the latter claiming to be the original maker of the
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French ijistrument. In 1841, W. E. Evans, of Cheltenham,
produced his English harmonium, then termed the " organ-
harmonica," which, by successive improvements, became a (ine
instrument, with diapason quality, and great rapidity of speech,
without loss of power.
harmony, the combination of musical notes of different
pitch ; not understood by the ancient Greeks. Music.
harne8§, originally defensive armor; now applied to
working-tackle of animals. Chariots, and leathern dressings
for horses to draw them, are ascribed by mythology to Erich-
thonius of Athens, who was made the constellation Bootes
(ploughman) after his death, about 1487 b.c.
harp. Invented by Jubal, 3875 b.c. (Gen. iv. 21). David
played it before Saul, 1063 b.c. (I Sam. xvi. 23). The Cim-
bri, or English Saxons, had this instrument. The celebrated
Welsh harp was strung with gut; and the Irish harp, like
more ancient harps, with wire. Erard's improved harps were
patented in 1795.
One of the most ancient harps is that of Brian Boroimhe, monarch
of Ireland, given by his son Ponagh to pope John XVI 1 1, with the
crown and other regalia of his father, to obtain absolution for the
murder of his brother Teig. Adrian IV. alleged this as one of his
titles to the kingdom of Ireland in a bull transferring it to Henry
II. This harp was given by Leo X. to Henry VIII. , by him to the
first earl of Clanricarde; it then came to the family of De Burgh;
next to that of MacMahon of Clenagh. county Clare; afterwards to
that of MacNamara of Limerick; and was deposited by the right
hon. William Conynghara in the College museum, Dublin, in 1782.
IIarper'§ Ferry, W. Va., at the outlet of the Shen-
andoah valley, where the Shenandoah joins the Potomac.
The town in 'i860 had a population of 10,000. John Brown
seized the place 16 Oct. 1859. Brown's insukrkction. On
18 Apr. 1861, the day after the secession of Virginia, a con-
federate force marched upon the town. Lieut. Roger Jones,
unable to hold the post, abandoned it, after destroying the ar-
senal and workshops. The place was held by gen. Patterson
just before and during the first battle of Bidl Run. On 15
Sept. 1862, it was surrounded and captured by " Stonewall "
Jackson. Col. Dixon S. Miles, commanding the post, was
killed; 12,520 men fell into the hands of the confederates.
M.^UYLAND CAMPAIGN and UNITED STATES and VIRGINIA,
1859-62.
harp§ichorcl. Piano-forte.
IIarri§oii, Fort. Fort Harrison.
Harrison, William Henry, Administration of. Unit-
ed St.ates, 1840-41.
IIarri§011, Benjamin, Administration of. United
States, 1889-93.
Harrison's timepiece, made by John Harrison,
of Foulby, near Pontefract, Engl. In 1714, the British gov-
ernment offered rewards for methods of determining longitude
at sea. Harrison came to London, and produced his first time-
piece in 1735; his second in 1739; his third in 1749, and his
fourth, which procured him the reward of 20,000^. offered by
the Board of Longitude, a few years after. He obtained
10,000/. of his reward in 1764; and other sums, more than
24,000/. in all, for later improvements.
Patent museum at South Kensington has an 8- day clock made by
Harrison in 1715. It strikes the hour, indicates the day of the
month, and, except the escapement, its wheels are entirely made
of wood. It was going in 1871.
HarroMT-on-the-Hill school, Middlesex,
Engl., founded and endowed by John Lyon in 1571. To en-
courage archery, the founder instituted a prize of a silver
arrow, to be shot for annually on 4 Aug. ; but the custom has
been abolished. Lord Palmerston, sir R. Peel, and lord Byron
were educated here. The school arrangements were modified
by the Public-schools act, 1868. Charles II. called Harrow
church " the visible church."
Hartford convention. Delegates from the New
England states politically opposed to pres. Madison, and to
the war with Great Britain, met at Hartford in Dec. 1814,
to consider public affairs. Peace soon made further action
unnecessary. The convention excited acrimonious discus-
sion. It was alleged that secession or obstruction to the gov-
ernment in prosecuting the war was contemplated; but this
was stoutlv denied. Connecticut, 1814.
'^Hartford (or Connecticut) Courant'
first pub. 26 Oct. 1764. Connecticut,
harus'piccs, priests or soothsayers, of Etruscan origin^
who foretold events by observing entrails of animals, were in-
troduced in Rome by Romulus (about 750 b.c.), and abolished;
by Constantine 337 a.d,, then 70 in number. j
Harvard colleg^e, now Harvard univerJ,
sity, the oldest institution of learning in the United States^ '
was founded by act of the general court of Massachusetts-
granting 400/. towards a school or college, 28 Oct. 1636.
Number of graduates from all departments to 1893, 18,300.
John Harvard, a graduate of Emmanuel college, Cambridge,
Engl., dying at CharJestown, Mass., bequeaths his library and
half of his estate, about 700^., for a college 14 Sept.
Cambridge (then Newtown) the place selected as the site of the
college, to be known as Harvard 13 Mch.
Its first head was Nathaniel Eaten, soon deposed for ill-
treating and starving the students and beating his assistant,
a Mr. Briscoe. Succeeded by Henry Dunster, its first pres-
ident 27 Aug. 1640
[The school soon acquires a high reputation under him. J
First commencement Aug. 1642
[Graduates, Benj. Woodbridge, George Dowing, John Bulk-
ley, William Hubbard, Samuel Bellingham, John Wilson,
Henry Saltonstal, Tobias Barnard, Nathaniel Brewster.]
Overseers of the college established
Thirty graduates in all to 164^
First charter 1650|
Pres. Dunster is indicted for disobeying the ordinance of infant
baptism in the Cambridge church, and among other inflic-
tions is compelled to resign his office Oct. 16649
Charles Chauncy accepts the presiden(-y 27 Nov.
New building of brick erected, cost 3000/., from contributions
throughout New England, mostly in Massachusetts 1669'
[The bequests to the college up to 1700 amounted to over
6000/. besides 2000 acres of land, and 320 books.]
Medical school in connection with the college established 178J
Divinity " " " " " 181&
Law " " " " " 181T
Observatory built 1846-
Abbott Lawrence founds the Lawrence Scientific school 184T
Election of overseers transferred to B.A.'s, M.A.'s, and hon-
orary graduates instead of state officials, etc 186&
Museum built, and chair of American archaeology and ethnolo-
gy endowed by a gift of $150,000 from George Peabody 186ft
Dental school established 1868
School of agriculture established through aid from Benj. Bussey, 1871
School of forestry established 1872
Memorial hall, with a classic theatre, erected in commemora-
tion of the 136 Harvard men who died in the war for the
Union, 1861-65 1874
Harvard Annex, now Radcliffe college, founded for the colle-
giate education of women 1879
Veterinary school established 1882
PRESIDEN
TS OF
HAKV
ARD.
Name.
Term of oflSce.
Remarks.
Rev Henry Dunster ....
1640 to 1654
1654 " 1672
1672 " 1675
1675 " 1681
1682 " 1684
1685 " 1701
1701 " 1707
1707 " 1724
1725 " 1737
1737 " 1769
1770 " 1773
1774 " 1780
1781 " 1804
1806 " 1810
1810 " 1828
1829 " 1845
1846 " 1849
1849 " 1853
1853 " 1860
1860 " 1862
1862 " 1868
1869
Forced to resign.
Died in office.
Obliged to resign
/Notformallyinstalled
" Charles Chauncy
' ' John Rogers
( until 1680.
Died in office
" Increase Mather
" Samuel Willard
(Vice-president until
\ his death.
Died in office.
" Benjamin Wads worth...
* ' Edward Holyoke
" Samuel Locke
Resigned.
(Died in office. Salary,
\ $1400 a year.
Died in office.
' ' Samuel Langdon
" Joseph Willard
' ' Samuel Webber
" John Thornton Kirkland,
" Josiah Quincy
Resigned.
1 Wrote a h i story of the
\ college up to 1840.
Died in office.
Edward Everett
Jared Sparks
James Walker ,
Cornelius C. Felton
Thomas Hill
Charles W. Eliot ■
Colleges.
Hasting^§, one of the Cinque-ports, Sussex, Engl. ; said
to owe its name to a Danish pirate Hastinge, who built forts
here about 893 ; but Mr. Kemble thinks it was the seat of a
Saxon tribe named Hastingas. William, duke of Normandy,
occupied Hastings, 29 Sept. 1066, in his invasion of England,
and at Senlac, now Battle, near Hastings, defeated Harold If.
of England, taking his life and kingdom, 14 Oct. 1066. His 2
brothers were slain with him, and were interred at VValthara
HAS
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Abbey, Essex. The severity of this battle attests the courage
and determination of the combatants, and it is regarded as
one of the decisive battles of the world. It is described in
Bulwer's novel " Harold, the Last of the Saxons ;" also in
Kingsley's " Hereward the Wake." Stamford bridge.
IIastillgS'§ trial. Warren Hastings, governor-gen-
eral of India, was tried by the peers of Great Britain for high
crimes and misdemeanors. Among other charges was his ac-
ceptance of a present of 100,000^. from the nabob of Oude;
Chunar, Treaty of. The trial occupied 145 days, during
7 years and 3 months ; commencing 13 Feb. 1788, terminating
in his acquittal, 23 Apr. 1795, Sheridan's speech on the
impeachment excited great admiration.
Hastings was born in 1732; went to India as a writer in 1750; be-
came governor-general of Bengal in 1772; of India, 1773; governed
ably but tyrannically, till he resigned in 1785. The expenses of
his trial (70,000Z.) were paid by the East India company, and a
pension was granted to him. He died a privy -councillor in
1818.
Hatcher's Run, Battle of. Grant's campaign
IN Virginia, 1864-65.
Hatfield's attempt. On ll May, 1800, during a
review in Hyde park, an undiscovered hand fired, wounding
a young man who stood near king George III. In the even-
ing, at Drury-lane theatre, Hatfield fired a pistol at the king.
Hatfield was confined as a lunatic till his death, 23 Jan. 1841,
aged 69.
liatS, first made by a Swiss at Paris, 1404. When Charles
, VII. of France entered Rouen in triumph, in 1449, he wore
j a hat lined with red velvet, bearing a rich plume of feathers.
i Henceforward, hats and caps, at least in France, began to take
the place of chaperons and hoods. — Henault. Hats were first
I manufactured in England by Spaniards, in 1510. — Stow, Very
j high-crowned hats were worrr by Queen Elizabeth's courtiers,
; and were again introduced in 1783. Silk hats began to super-
1 sede beaver about 1820.
I None allowed to sell any hat for above 20d. nor cap for above 2s.
i 8d, 5 Hen. VII. 1489. Every person above 7 years to wear on
I Sundays and holidays a cap of wool, knit, made, thickened, and
dressed in England by some of the trade of cappers, under forfeit-
1 ure of 3 farthings for every day's neglect, 1571. Excepted; maids,
j ladies, and gentlewomen, and every lord, knight, and gentleman,
of 20 marks of land, and their heirs, and such as had borne office
j of worship in any city, town, or place, and the wardens of London
* companies, 1571.
i Hatteras expedition. United States, Aug.
1861, Jan. 1862, etc.
i Hauser, Casper, Case of. There appeared in the
(Streets of Nuremberg, 20 May, 1828, a boy in the garb of a
ipeasant, helpless and bewildered. He carried 2 letters. One
ipurporting to be by a laborer said that the boy was given into
|his custody on 7 Oct. 1812, and by agreement he had instructed
;him in reading, writing, and the Christian religion, and kept
Ihira in close confinement from that time. The other letter
[purported to be from his mother, saying he was born on 30
Apr. 1812, that his name was Casper, and that his father, an
Officer in the 6th Nuremberg regiment, was now dead. The
jippearance of the youth corresponded with these credentials.
iHe was detained in prison as a vagrant until July, 1828, when
.le was given into the care of prof. Daumer, who, as guardian,
;ook charge of his education. On 17 Oct. 1829, he was found
vounded on his forehead, as he said, by a man with a black-
med face. He was placed under surv^eillance. The earl of
Stanhope became interested, and sent him to Anspach to
chool. After this he became clerk to the president of the
■ourt of appeals. The case again attracted notice by his re-
eiving a death wound at the hands of some person unknown
0 him while walking in the outskirts of the town on the
fternoon of 14 Dec. 1833. Prof. Daumer, and Feuerbach,
resident of the court of appeals, believed that he was son
f the grand-duke Charles of Baden, kidnapped by the count-
ss of Hochberg to secure succession to the children of the
rand-duke Charles Frederick ; but this was contradicted in
"^75, and an official record of the baptism, post-mortem ex-
mination, and burial of the heir were published. It is still
.iicertain who the boy \vas, but the prevailing belief connects
ira closely with the grand-duke of Baden. Much interest
as been excited among students of psychology by prof.
►aumer's record of Casper's intellectual growth after his
release from solitude. A monument was erected to him
Anspach.
Havana, capital of Cuba, West Indies, founded by Ve-
lasquez, 1511 ; taken by a British force under lord Albemarle,
14 Aug. 1762; restored, 1763. The remains of Columbus,
brought from St. Domingo, were deposited in the cathedral
here, 1795. Pop. 1893, 200,000.
Haverhill, Mass. (celebrated its 250th anniversary
2 July, 1890), Indian massacre at. Massachusetts, 1697-
1708; DusTiN.
Havre -de - Grace ( ii'vr - deh - grds ), or L<e
Havre, a seaport town of N.W. France, was defended for
the Huguenots by the English in 1562, who were expelled in
1563. It was bombarded by Rodney, 6 to 9 July, 1759; by sir
Richard Strachan, 25 May, 1798; and blockaded, 6 Sept. 1803.
Attempts of the British to burn the shipping here failed, 7 Aug.
1804. Pop. 1891, 116,369.
Havre-de-Orace {hav'-er-de-grds), a post-village
of Marvland, ravaged by the British under adm. Cockburn, 3
May, 1813.
Hawaii (lid-wl'-e), an island in the N. Pacific ocean,
discovered Dec. 1778, by capt. Cook, who, on 14 Feb. 1779, was
killed here by the natives. This and the other islands of the*
group called Hawaiian or Sandwich islands were united into a
kingdom under Kamehameha I. Kamehameha II. and his
queen died in England in 1823. Under Kamehameha III. the
kingdom was recognized by England, France, the United States,
and other governments. A constitution was granted in 1840 ;
revised in 1852. On the death of the king in 1854, he was
succeeded by Kamehameha IV., his nephew; died 1863 ; suc-
ceeded by Kamehameha V. ; died 11 Dec. 1872 ; succeeded by
prince Lunalilo, crowned 8 Jan. 1873 ; died 1874 ; succeeded
by king Kalakaua; he by queen Liliuokalani, his eldest sister,
20 Jan. 1891, who was dethroned Jan. 1893, when a provisional
government was formed, in the interest of those advocating
annexation to the U. S. There are 56 miles of railway in the
islands, and 250 miles of telegraph, and Honolulu is lighted by
electricity. Area of the islands, 6640 sq. miles : viz., Hawaii,
4210; Maui, 760; Oahu,600; Kauai, 590; Molokai,270; Lauai,
150 ; Niihau, 97 ; Kahoolawe, 63. Pop. 1 884, 80,578 ; 1890, 89,-
990. Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, the capital ; pop. 20,487.
At the discovery by capt. Cook, 1778, the population was
probably 200,000.
John L. Stevens, U. S. minister at Hawaii, writes to his govern-
ment in favor of annexation 19 Nov. 1892
Detachment of marines (160 men), with 2 pieces of artillery,
from the U. S. ship Boston, lands at Honolulu 16 Jan. 1893
Queen Liliuokalani dethroned " "
[A provisional government established and commissioners
sent to the U. S. to ask for annexation.]
Hawaiian commissioners arrive at Washington 3 Feb. "
John L. Stevens, U. S. minister at Hawaii, assumes a protec-
torate pending instructions from Washington 9 Feb, "
Pres. Harrison, by message to the Senate, recommends annex-
ation of the islands under a treaty concluded between sec.
Foster and the Hawaiian commissioners 15 Feb. "
An envoy of queen Liliuokalani arrives at Washington,
17 Feb. "
Princess Kaiulani reaches New York from England 1 Mch. "
Pres. Cleveland withdraws the Hawaiian treaty 9 Mch. "
Ex-queen Liliuokalani sends circulars to the different powers
explaining her course, and protesting against the attempt to
deprive her of her throne, etc 9 Mch. "
Ex-representative James H. Blount of Georgia, sent on a spe-
cial mission to Hawaii from the U. S. government. . .20 Mch. "
Commissioner Blount orders the U. S. flag lowered at Hawaii,
13 Apr. "
Commissioner Blount appointed envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary to the Hawaiian islands 9 May, "
Lorin A. Thurston, Hawaiian minister to the U. S., presented
to pres. Cleveland 9 June, "
Commissioner Blount arrives at Washington 22 Aug. "
Albert S. Willis of Kentucky appointed minister 8 Sept. "
Minister Willis presents his credentials to pres. Dole of the
provisional government '^ Nov. "
Sen. Hoar of Massachusetts offers a resolution requestmg the
president to transmit to Congress all correspondence and
other papers relating to Hawaii : adopted 6 Dec. "
President's message regarding the Hawaiian affairs sent to the
Senate (United States, 1894) 18 Dec.
haw^king. Falconry.
hay. Agriculture.
Hayes's administration. United States,
1877.
HAY
850
HEL
naytl (hd'-ti), or Haiti, Indian name of a West Indian
island discovered by Columbus in Dec. 1492, and named His-
paniola, and afterwards St. Domingo. Before the Spaniards
fully conquered it, they are said to have destroyed, in battle
or cold blood, 3,000,000 of its inhabitants, 1496. It now
comprises the republics of St. Domingo in the east, and
Hayti in the west. Area of Hayti, 10,204 sq. miles; pop.
about 572,000; area of St. Domingo, 18,045 sq. miles; pop.
about 610,000.
Hayti seized by the filibusters and French buccaneers 1630
French government took possession of colony 1677
Negroes revolt against France 23 Aug. 1791
And massacre nearly all the whites 21-23 June, 1793
French directory recognize Toussaint I'Ouverture as general-
in-chief. 1794
Eastern part of the island ceded to France by Spain 1795
Toussaint founds an independent republic in St. Domingo,
9 May, 1801
Surrenders to the French 7 May, 1802
Is conducted to France, where he dies 1803
New insurrection under Dessalines; French quit the island,
Nov. "
Dessalines proclaims massacre of all whites, 29 Mch. ; crowned
emperor of Hayti, as Jacques I Oct. 1804
He is assassinated; the isle divided 17 Oct. 1806
Henry Christophe, colored, president, Feb. 1807; crowned em-
peror as Henry I., while Pethion rules as president at Port-
au-Prince Mch. 1811
Numerous black nobility and prelates created "
Pethion dies; Boyer elected president May, 1818
Christophe commits suicide, Oct. 1820; the 2 states united
under Boyer as regent for life, Nov. 1820; who is recognized
by France 1825
Revolution ; Boyer deposed 1843
SL Domingo and eastern Hayti proclaim the "Dominican re-
public," Feb. 1844; recognized by France, 1848; Buenaven-
tura Baez, president 1849-53
Hayti proclaimed an empire under its late president, Solouque,
as Faustin I., i6 Aug. 1849; crowned 18 Apr. 1852
Santana, president of the Dominican republic, 1853-56; suc-
ceeded by B. Baez '. 1856-58
Faustin attacks republic of St. Domingo, repulsed 1 Feb. 1856
Jose Valverde elected president of Dominican republic 1858
Revolution in Hayti ; gen. Fabre Geffrard proclaims republic,
22 Dec. "
Faustin abdicates 15 Jan. 1859
Gefirard takes oath as president of Hayti 23 Jan. "
Sixteen executions for conspiracy against Geffrard Oct. "
Spanish emigrants land; a declaration for reunion with Spain
signed 18 Mch., decreed by the queen 20 May, 1861
Insurrection against Spain in St. Domingo 18 Aug. 1863
Spanish force sent; insurgents generally defeated 1864
St. Domingo renounced by Spain 5 May, 1865
New constitution proclaimed in Hayti June, 1867
President of the republic of St. Domingo, gen. Ulisses Heureaux,
elected '. 1886
President of the republic of Hayti, gen. Hyppolite Oct. 1889
Health, Irrational Board of, established by
act of Congress approved 3 Mch. 1879. National quarantine
law passed, 3 June, 1879.
hearth, or ehimney, tax, on every fireplace or
hearth in England, was imposed by Charles II. in 1662,
when it produced about 200,000?. a year. It was abolished
by William and Mary in 1689 ; imposed again, and again abol-
heat (called by French chemists caloric). Little prog-
ress was made in the science of heat till about 1757, when
Joseph Black put forward his theory of latent heat (heat, he
said, being absorbed by melting ice), and of specific heat.
Cavendish, Lavoisier, and others continued Black's researches.
Sir John Leslie published his views on radiant heat in 1804.
Count Rumford proposed the theory that heat consists in mo-
tion among particles of matter ; and supported it by experi-
ments on friction (recorded in 1802). This theory (called the
dynamical or mechanical theory of heat, and used to explain
numberless phenomena of physics and chemistry) has been
established by independent researches of dr. J. Meyer of
Heilbronri, Germany, and of Mr. Joule of Manchester, Engl,
(about 1840), showing that heat is the equivalent of work
done. In 1854, prof. William Thomson of Glasgow published
researches on the dynamical power of the sun's rays. Ther-
mo-electricity, produced by heating pieces of copper and bis-
muth soldered together, was discovered by Seebeck in 1823.
A powerful thermo-electric battery was constructed by Marcus
of Vienna in 1865. Prof. Tyndall's " Heat, a Mode of Mo-
tion," first pub. Feb. 1863 ; 3d edition, 1868.
Sir George Cayley invented a heated-air engine in 1807, and Mr. Stir-
ling applied it to raising water in Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1818.
One invented by Mr. Wenham was described in 1873. Improve
ments have been made by C. William Siemens.
Capt. Ericsson constructed a ship, in which caloric or heat was the
motive power. On 4 Jan. 1853, it sailed down the bay of Nc
York at 14 miles an hour, it is said at a cost of 80 per cent, lesa
than steam. Although caloric engines were not commorciallyi
successful, capt. Ericsson continued his experiments, and patentedl
an improved engine in 1856.
Heb'rlde§ (the Ebudm of Ptolemy and the Hebudes of
Pliny), western isles of Scotland, long subject to Norway;
ceded to Scotland in 1264 ; and annexed to the Scottish crown
in 1540 by James v. The heritable jurisdictions were abol
ished in 1747. Johnson's "Journey to the Hebrides" pub.
in 1775.
He'brOTl, a town of Palestine. Here Abraham resided,
I860 B.C. ; and here David was made king of Judah, 1048 b.c.
Near Hebron is the cave of Machpelah, where were buried
Abraham and his descendants.
hee'atoinh, an ancient sacrifice of 100 oxen, particu-
larly observed by the Lacedaemonians when they possessed
100 cities. The sacrifice was subsequently reduced to 23
animals, and goats and lambs were substituted.
Heck'eivelcler, Mary, the first white child born in,
Ohio, 1781. Ohio.
Heela, mount, Iceland. Its first recorded eruption
is 1004. About 22 eruptions have taken place, according t»
Olasson and Paulson. Great convulsions of this mountain
occurred in 1766, since when a visit to the top in summer is
not attended with great difficulty. Perhaps the most awful
volcanic eruption on record took place in 1784-85, when rivers
were dried up and villages destroyed. The mount was in
violent eruption from 2 Sept. 1845, to Apr. 1846. 3 new
craters were formed, from which pillars of fire rose to the
height of 14,000 English feet. The lava formed several hills^
and pieces of pumice-stone and scoriae of 2 cwt. were thrown a
league and a half; the ice and snow which had covered the
mountain for centuries melted in great floods.
Heg^lra Qiej'-i-ra ; Arab, hejra), era Of the, date»
from the flight of Mahomet from Mecca to Medina on the
night of Thursday, 15 July, 622. The era commences on the
16th. Some begin from the 15th, but Cantemir proves that
the 16th was the first day. 33 of its lunar years are equal to
32 of our reckoning.
Heidelberg (hV-dl-burg), Germany, capital of the Pa-
latinate, 1362-1719. The Protestant electoral house becoming
extinct in 1693, war ensued, in which the castle was ruined, and
the elector removed to Mannheim. It was annexed to Baden
in 1802. Here was the celebrated tun, constructed 1343, con-
taining 21 pipes of wine. Another was made in 1664, which
held 600 hogsheads. It was destroyed by the French in
1688 ; but a larger one, fabricated in 1751, which held 800
hogsheads, and was formerly kept full of Rhenish wine, is said
to be mouldering in a damp vault, empty since 1769. The
university here is the oldest in the empire, founded in 1356
by the elector Rupert. In 1891, it had 123 professors and
teachers, and 970 students.
Hel'ena, Ark., Affair at. Arkansas, 1863.
Hele'na, St., an island in the S. Atlantic Ocean, dis-
covered by the Portuguese under Juan de Nova Castilla, on
St. Helena's day, 21 May, 1502. The Dutch afterwards held
it until 1600, when they were expelled by the English. The
British East India company settled here in 1651; and the
island was alternately possessed by the English and Dutch
until 1673, when Charles II., on 12 Dec, assigned it to the
company once more. St. Helena was the place of Napoleon's
captivity, 16 Oct. 1815; and here he died, 5 May, 1821. His
remains were removed in 1840, and interred at the Hotel des
Invalides, Paris. Fkance, 1840. The house and tomb have
been purchased by the French government. Area, 47 sq.
miles ; pop. 1891, 4116.
Heligoland (hel'-ig-o-land), an island in the North
sea, taken from the Danes by the British, 5 Sept. 1807 ; made
a depot for British merchandise; confirmed to England by the
treaty of Kiel, 14 Jan. 1814. In a naval engagement off Hel-
igoland, between the Danes and the Austrians and Prussians,
the allies were compelled to retire, 9 May, 1864. Transferred
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to the German government, 9 Aug. 1890, and united with the
province of Schleswig-Holstein. Area, % sq. mile ; its average
height, 198 ft. ; pop. 1890, 2086.
UeliOg'rapliy (from Gr. rfKioq, the sun, and ypd^io,
to describe).
A system of telegraphing by mirrors flashing solar rays said to have
been employed in the time of Alexander, about 333 B.C.
A portable heliograph, invented by H. Mance, of the Persian tele-
graph department, was described 1875. It was employed in India,
1877-78 ; and in the Afghan and Zulu campaigns, 1879-80. Pho-
tography.
heliom'eter, an instrument for measuring the diam-
eters of the sun, moon, planets, and stars, invented by Savary
in 1743 ; applied by M. Bouguer in 1744. A fine heliometer,
by Repsold of Hamburg, was set up at the Radcliffe, Engl.,
observatory, Oct. 1849.
lie'lio§COpe, a peculiar telescope for protecting the
eye while observing the sun, invented by Christopher Scheiner
in 1625.
he'liOStat, an instrument to make a sunbeam appar-
ently stationary; invented by Gravesande about 1719, and
greatly improved by Mains and others. One constructed by
MM. Foucault and Duboscq was exhibited at Paris in Oct.
1862.
Hell. Hades.
Hell Oate. New York, 1876, etc.
Hellas, Thessaly, the home of the Hellenes and the
i Greek race, which supplanted the Pelasgians from the 15th to
j the 11th century B.C., named for Hellen, king of Phthiotis,
: about 1600 b.c. The Hellenes separated into the Dorians,
'[ .^olians, lonians, and Achaians. The present king of Greece
i is called " king of the Hellenes." Greece.
Hel'lespont (now strait of the Dardanelles), named
I after Helle, daughter of Athamas, king of Thebes, who was
j drowned here. It is celebrated for the story of the loves of
:Hero, priestess of Aphrodite at Sestos, and Leander of Abydos.
;Leander was drowned on a tempestuous night swimming
■across the Hellespont (about 1 mile), and Hero, in despair,
ithrew herself into the sea, about 627 B.C. Lord Byron and
flieut. Ekenhead also swam across, 3 May, 1810. Golden
IFleece, Xerxes.
' helmets. Romans had a vizor of grated bars to raise
iabove the eyes, and a beaver to lower for eating ; the Greek
helmet was round, the Roman square. Richard I. of England
wore a plain round helmet; but most of the English kings
thad crowns above their helmets. Alexander HI. of Scotland,
• |1249, had a flat helmet, with a square grated vizor ; and the
belmet of Robert I. was surmounted by a crown, 1306. — Gwil-
j'ra. In the 16th century the beaver was confounded with the
pzor.
I " Hamlet. Then saw you not his face?
'^Horatio. 0, yes, my lord; he wore his beaver up."
— Shakespeare, "Hamlet," act. iv. sc. ii.
lierots, captives (so called from the Gr. iXelv, to take ;
l»r from Helos, a city which refused tribute to Sparta, 883 b.c.).
i^he Spartans, it is said, ruined the city, reduced the Helots to
ilavery, and called all slaves and prisoners of war helotoe. The
Lumber of helots was much enlarged by the conquest of Mes-
lenia, 668 b.c. ; they are said to have formed four fifths of the
iihabitants of Sparta. In the Peloponnesian war the helots
ehaved bravely, and were rewarded with liberty, 431 b.c. ;
ut the sudden disappearance of 2000 manumitted slaves was
ttributed to Lacedaemonian treachery. — Herodotus.
Helvetian republic. Switzerland having been
onquered by the French in 1797, a republic was established
pr. 1798, with this title. Switzerland.
Helvetii, a Celto- Germanic people who inhabited
hat is now Switzerland. Invading Gaul, 61 B.C., they were
■jfeated and massacred by Julius Caesar, 58 B.C., near Ge-
.ava.
i hemp {Cannabis saliva"), an annual plant, with an angular
>ugh stem and alternate lobed leaves ; probably a native of
Antral Asia. Its fibre was made into cloth in early times —
entioned by Herodotus, The Anglo-Saxons had hempen
oth, and it was in common use in central and southern Eu-
rope in the 13th century. Hemp-seed was ordered for the
Plymouth colony, Massachusetts, 1629, and has been cultivated
in the United States ever since ; most largely in Kentucky,^
Tennessee, Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. It is exten-
sively used in cables, ropes, cordage, twine, sacking, tarpau-
lins, canvas, sail-cloth, etc. The process of preparation of the
fibre is similar to that of flax. The finest hemp grows in Italy
and Russia. The Cannabis indica, or Indian hemp, from which
the intoxicating drug hashish is obtained, is but a variety of
the common hemp.
Hennepin, Louis. French in America, 1680.
'83, '97.
henotleon (from Gr. evdrrfc, unity), an edict of union
to reconcile the Eutychians with the church, issued by emperor
Zeno at the instance of Acacius, patriarch of Constantinople,.
482. It was zealously opposed by the popes, and was annulled
by Justin I. in 51 8. The orthodox party triumphed, and many
heretic bishops were expelled from their sees.
Henry, John, Case of. United States, Mch. 1812.
liep'tarcliy (government of 7 rulers) in England was
gradually formed from 455, when Hengist became king of
Kent, and ended 828, when Egbert became sole monarch of
England. There were at first 9 or 10 Saxon kingdoms, but
Middlesex soon ceased to exist, and Bernicia and Deira were
generally governed by one ruler, as Northumbria. Britain,
Octarchy.
Heraeli'dee, descendants of Hercules, expelled from
the Peloponnesus about 1200 b.c.; they reconquered it in 1048,
1103-4, or 1109 b.c., a noted epoch in chronology, preceding
history being accounted fabulous.
heraldry. Marks of honor were used in the first
ages. — Nisbet. The Phrygians had a sow; the Thracians,,
Mars; the Romans, an eagle ; the Goths, a bear; the Flemings,
a bull ; the Saxons, a hor.se ; and the ancient French, a lion,^
and afterwards the Fleur-de-lis. Heraldry, as an art, is as-
cribed first to Charlemagne, about 800, and next to Frederick
Barbarossa, about 1152; it began and grew with the feudal
law. — Mackenzie. The great English works on heraldry are
those of Barcham or Barkham, pub. by Gwillim, 1610; p]d-
monson, 1780; and Burke's "Armory," 1842; new ed. 1878,.
contains history and the arms of above 60,000 British fam-
ilies.
Edward III. appointed 2 heraldic kings-at-arms for the south
and north (Surrey, Norroy ) 1340
Richard III. incorporated and endowed the Heralds' college,
14S3-84
Philip and Mary enlarged its privileges, and confirmed them
by letters-patent 15 July. 15.54
Formerly, in many ceremonies, the herald represented the king's
person, and therefore wore a crown, and was always a knight.
College has an earl-marshal, 3 kings-of-arms (Garter, Clarencieux,
and Norroy), 6 heralds (Richmond, Lancaster, Chester, Windsor,
Somerset, and York), 4 pursuivants, and 2 extra heralds. Earl,
KiNGS-OF-ARMS.
He'rat, on the confines of Khorasau, a strong city, called
the key of Afghanistan, conquered by Persia early in the
16th century; by the Afghans, 1715; by Nadir Shah, 1731 ;,
recovered by the Afghans, 1749. The Persians, bafiied in an
attempt in 1838, took it 25 Oct. 1856, in violation of the treaty
of 1853 ; and war ensued between Great Britain and Persia.
Peace was made in Apr. 1857 ; and Herat was restored 27 July
following. It was seized again by Dost Mahomed, 26 May,
1863 ; taken by Yakoob Khan, rebelling against his father, 6
May, 1871. Yakoob, reconciled to his father, was made gov-
ernor, 16 Sept. 1871. Afghanistan.
Herculaneum, an ancient city of Campania, over-
whelmed, with Pompeii, by an eruption of lava and also from
Vesuvius, 23 or 24 Aug. 79. Successive eruptions covered the
site ; it was lost until excavations began in 1711 ; in 1713 many
antiquities were found. In 1738 excavations were resumed and
continued until 1780, and works of art, monuments, and memo-
rials of the ancient city discovered ; resumed again in 1828,
but without encouraging results. 150 rolls of MS. papyri
were found in 1754; many antiquities were purchased by sir
William Hamilton, and sold to the British museum ; but the
principal relics are preserved in the museum of Portici. The
"Antichita di Ercolano," 8 vols, folio, were published by the-
Neapolitan government, 1757-92.
HER
heredity. The transmission of qualities from parents
has been specially studied by Francis Galton, F.R.S., who pub-
lished "Hereditary Genius," 1869, and "Records of Family
Faculties," containing tabular forms to be filled with authentic
data for his new science of " Eugenics." Money prizes, 5^. and
upwards, were offered for the best records. His " Inquiries
into Human Faculty " was pub. in 1883, and " Natural Inher-
itance " in 1889.
heretics (from Gr. aipemg, choice). Paul says, " After
the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my
fathers" (Acts xxiv.14,60). Heresy was unknown to the Greek
and Roman religions. Simon Magus is said to have broached
the Gnostic heresy about 41. This was followed by the Mani-
chees, Nestorians, Arians, etc. Inquisition. It is said that
laws for prosecuting heretics began with emperor Frederick
II. in 1220, and were immediately adopted by pope Hono-
rius III.
Epiphanius chosen bishop of Constautius in Cyprus, 367;
wrote •' Piinariura," a discourse against heresies; d 402
Thirty heretics came from Germany to England to propagate
their opinions, and were branded in the forehead, whipped,
and thrust naked into the streets in the depth of winter,
where, none daring to relieve them, they died of hunger and
cold (Si)eed) 1160
[Highest point reached by ecclesiastical power in England
was in the act De hceretico coniburendo (2 Hen. IV. c. 15). This
enabled the diocesan to pronounce sentence of heresy, and
the sheriff to execute it by burning the offender without
waiting for consent of the crown]
Ijxws against heretics repealed, 25 Hen. VIII 1534-35
Lust person executed for heresy in Great Britain was Thomas
Aikenhead, at Edinburgh 1696
[Orthodox Mahometans are Sonnites; the heretics, Shiites,
Druses, etc.]
IIernia§, author of "The Shepherd," a Christian apoc-
ryphal book, probably written about 131. Some believe Her-,
mas to be mentioned in Rom. xvi. 14.
Memiitag^e, the, about 12 miles from Nashville,
Tenn., on the Cumberland river, the residence of Andrew
Jackson. The vault in which lie his remains and those of his
wile is marked by a simple, elegant monument.
heriiiit§. Monachism.
Herne'§ oall, Windsor park, Engl. So called from
an old tradition that one Heme, a keeper in the park, hung
himself upon it, and it was ever after haunted by his ghost.
Said to have been cut down inadvertently in 1796. Others
aay that it stood until blown down in 1863. Celebrated by
mention in Shakespeare's " Merry Wives of Whidsor," act iv.
fic. iv. :
^^Mrs. Page. There is an old tale goes, that Heme the hunter.
Sometime a keeper here in Windsor forest.
Doth all the winter time, at still midnight.
Walk round about an oak, with great ragg'd horns.
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treaty of Berlin, 18 July, 1878. Pop. about 250,000. Bog
NIA.
Hesse, W. Germany, seat of the Catti, part of the empii
of Charlemagne ; its present rulers are descended from tho!
of that day. It was joined to Thuringia till about 1263, whei
Henry I. (son of a duke of Brabant and Sophia, daughter
the landgrave of Thuringia) became landgrave of Hesse. Thi
most remarkable of his successors was Philip the Magnani
mous (1509), an eminent warrior and supporter of the Refor
mation, who signed the Augsburg Confession in 1530, and thi
league of Smalcald in 1531. At his death, in 1567, Hess
was divided into Hesse -Cassel and Hesse- Darmstadt, unde
his sons William and George, and their descendants were emi
nent in the convulsions of Germany during the 17th and 18t'
centuries. Hessians. In 1803 Hesse-Cassel became an ele
torate, and in 1806 Hesse-Darmstadt a grand-duchy; titles r<
tained in 1814. In 1807 Hesse-Cassel was incorporated wit
Westphalia, but in 1813 the electorate was re - establishei
Area, 2965 sq. miles. Pop. 1875 (grand-duchy), 884,218 ; 188
936,340; 1890,993,659.
ELECTOKS.
1803. William I. ; b. 3 June, 1743 ; succeeded as landgrave, 17a
made elector, 1803; deprived of his states, 1806; restore
1813; d. 27 Feb 1821.
1821. William II. ; b. 28 July, 1777; d. 20 Nov. 1847.
1847. Frederick William ; b. 20 Aug. 1802.
The elector, in 1850, remodelled constitution of 1831, givii
the chamber exclusive right of voting taxes, and conven
the chamber only at the usual time for closing the sessio
making demand for money for 1851. The chamber asked
regular budget for discussion. Elector dissolved the chaa
ber, and declared dominions in a state of siege, 7 Sept. 185i
He fled to Hanover, later to Frankfort; on 14 Oct. he called 6
'■'■Page. Why, yet there want not many, that do fear
In deep of night to walk by this Heme's oak."
herrings, Battle of the, fought 12 Feb. 1429, when the
due de Bourbon was defeated while attempting to intercept a
convoy of salt fish, on the road to the English besieging Or-
leans. Sir John Fastolff commanded the English.
Herrn'hUters. Moravians.
Her'uli, a German tribe which ravaged Greece and
Asia Minor in the 3d century. Odoacer, their leader, over-
whelmed the Western empire and became king of Italj', 476.
He was defeated and put to death by Theodoric the Ostro-
goth, 491-93. Rome.
Herzegovina {hert'-se-gb-ve'-nd) or Hertseli, a
province of Austria, originally part of Croatia, was united with
Bosnia in 1326, and made the duchy of St. Saba by the em-
peror Frederick III. in the following century. It was ceded to
Turkey in 1699 at the peace of Carlowitz. In Dec. 1861, an
insurrection against the Turks broke out, fostered by the prince
of Montenegro. It was subdued ; and on 23 Sept. 1862, Vu-
catovitch, chief of the insurgents, surrendered, on behalf of his
countrymen, to Kurschid Pacha, and an amnesty was granted.
Another insurrection against the Turks broke out, 1875, and
continued until the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina
were, by the treaty of Berlin, 13 July, 1878, handed over to
the Austro - Hungarian government. Herzegovina was oc-
cupied by the Austrians, Aug. 1878, in conformity with the
1
1806.
1830,
1848.
the Frankfort diet to help re-establish his authority. Oi
6 Nov. 10,000 Austro- Bavarians entered Hesse-Cassel, under
prince Thurn und Taxis, with headquarters in Hanau ; next
day a Prussian force entered Cassel. Elector returned to
his capital, taxes having been collected under threats of im-
prisonment, 27 Dec. 1850.
Constitution of 1831 abolished, and a new one established, 1852.
Conflict resumed, till, by law of 20 Sept. 1866, Hesse-Cassel was
annexed to Prussia, 8 Oct. 1866.
Ex-elector's property sequestrated for intrigues against Pri
sia, 2 Nov. 1868, and Feb. 1869. He d. 6 Jan. 1875
Pop. of Hesse- Darmstadt, Dec. 1875, 884,218.
GRAND-DUKES.
Louis I. ; b. 14 June, 1753; d. 6 Apr. 1830.
Louis II. ; b. 26 Dec. 1777; d. 16 June, 1848.
Louis III. ; b. 9 June, 1806. By treaty, 15 Sept. 1866, he ceded
northern Hesse- Darmstadt to Prussia, and paid a war con-
tribution; supported Prussia against France, Aug. 1870; d.
13 June, 1877.
1877. Louis IV., nephew, b. 12 Sept. 1837; married princess Alice
of Great Britain (b. 25 Apr. 1843), 1 July, 1862; d. of diph-
theria after nursing her husband and children, 14 Dec. 1878.
Heir: Ernest Louis, b. 25 Nov. 1868.
Frederick William, 2d son, killed by a fall, 29 May, 1873; and
other children.
Hesse- Homburg, a landgraviate, established by Frederick, son
of George of Hesse - Darmstadt, in 1596. His descendant,
Augustus Frederick, married (7 May, 1818) Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of George III. of England, who had no issue.
Landgraviate was absorbed into the grand-duchy of Hesse in
1806, but re-established in 1815 with additional territories.
Landgrave Ferdinand succeeded his brother, 8 Sept. 1848,
and d. 24 Mch. 1866.
Hesse-Homburg annexed to Prussia, 8 Oct. 1866.
Hessian fly {Ceddomyia destructor), the American
wheat midge, very destructive to wheat in the United States
in 1786, whither it is said to have been brought by the
Hessian soldiers in British pay — hence its name.
Wheat crop suffered severely in the U. S. in 1846 and 1886. Fly ap-
peared in England in 1788, and was described by sir Joseph Banks.
Its appearance in England in 1887 occasioned much alarm through
out the country.
Its action said to be checked by a parasite— saw-fly {Ceraphron de-
structor). — W. Fream, Aug. 1887. Very prevalent in eastern coast
of Britain, not much inland. — Ormerod, Aug. 1887.
In 20 English and 10 Scotch counties ; the alarm considered to be er*
agge rated.— Pari. Rep. Sept. 1887.
Presence of the insect reported in Lincoln, Suffolk, Herts, Perth-
shire, 28 July, 1890.
Hessians. During the War of Independence, Great
Britain hired a large number of auxiliaries from the land-
grave of Hesse, to serve against the colonies. In Nov. 1786.
Great Britain paid him 471,000/. in 3 per cent, consols, as com-
pensation for the loss of 15,700 of his subjects in this war; or
about -f 150 for each life. It was with the proceeds of this traf-
fic in the lives of his people that the famous water-works
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and pleasure-grounds at Cassel were constructed. Bemis's
Heights.
liexameter, the measure of Greek heroic verse, of 6
feet, each containing 2 long syllables (a spondee), or a long one
^nd 2 short (a dactyl), the verse of the " Iliad " and " Odys-
sey," and of Virgil's " ^neid."
Hexham or Hag^ulStad, Northumberland. The
see of Hexham, founded about 678, had 10 bishops succes-
sively, but the rapine of the Danes destroy^ it; the last prel-
ate appointed 810. At the battle of Hexham the Yorkist
army of Edward IV. defeated the Lancastrian army of Henry
VI., 15 May, 1464.
Hi-a-wa'-tha, reputed founder of the Iroquois confed-
eracy. Longfellow's " Song of Hiawatha " was pub. in 1855.
Literature.
Hibbert fund. Robert Hibbert on 19 July, 1847,
established a trust fund "for the promotion of comprehen-
sive learning and thorough research in relation to religion as
it appears to the eye of the scholar and philosopher, and
wholly apart from the interest of any particular church or sys-
tem."
Hibbert lectures; first course of, 7 by prof. Max Muller (given
at Westminster) "On the Origin and Growth of Religion, as
illustrated by the Religions of India " 25 Apr. -30 May, 1878
Since given by M. Renouf, in 1879; by Ernest Renan, 6-14 Apr.
1880; by T. W. Rhys Davids, 26 Apr. -24 May, 1881; by prof
Kuenen, 25 Apr.-May, 1882; by C. Beard, 1883; by prof Al-
bert Reville, 21 Apr. et seq. 1884; by prof 0. Pfleiderer, 1885;
by J. Rhys, 1886; by prof A. H. Sayce Apr. 1887
Hibernia, Ibernia, Ivernia, and lerne, a
name of Ireland in ancient writers (Aristotle, Ptolemy, etc.).
Ireland.
Hicksites. Quakers.
hierog[lypll'ic§, literally sacred sculptures or en-
gravings, the representation of objects to express language,
used by the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, and other nations.
The Egyptians used about 1700 hieroglyphs, engraved on
stone, painted on wood, and written on papyri. They were
-either phonetic or ideographic. Their invention is myth-
ically ascribed to Thoth (Logos). That they were entirely
ideographic was the opinion held until 1787, when Zoega
stated that the ovals or cartouches contained royal names.
In 1818 Dr. Young deciphered the named Ptolemy in the Ro-
setta Stone. Young, ChampoUion, Rosellini, Lepsius, Brugsch,
Mariette, Chabas, Birch, and others (in the present century)
have elucidated Egyptian hieroglyphics. Abydos, "Book
OF THE Dead," Egypt, Rosetta STONf;, Tell-el-Amarna
tablets.
High and IjOW Cliurcll, sections in the church of
England, became prominent in the reign of Anne. Dr. Sa-
cheverell, preacher at St. Saviour's, Southwark, was prosecut-
■ed for 2 seditious sermons preached (14 Aug. and 9 Nov. 1709)
exciting apprehension for the safety of the church, and hos-
tility against dissenters. His friends were called High-church
and his opponents Low-church, or moderate, men, 1720. The
queen favored Sacheverell, and made him rector of St. An-
drew's, Holborn. He died 1724.
IIi|a[h €oininis§ion, Court of, an ecclesiastical
court, established by 1 Eliz. c. 1, 1559, by which all spiritual
jurisdiction was vested in the crown. It originally had no
power to fine or imprison ; but under Charles I. and archbishop
Laud it assumed illegal powers, was complained of by the Par-
liament, and abolished in 1641.
Highlands of Scotland, long held by semi-bar-
barous clans, were greatly improved by gen. Wade's military
roads, about 1725-26; by the abolition of heritable jurisdiction
of feudal rights in 1747, and by the establishment of the High-
land and Agricultural Society in 1784. Regiments.
highness. The title of "highness" was given to
Henry VII. ; and this, and sometimes " your grace," was the
manner of addressing Henry VIII. ; but about the end of his
reign, the titles of " highness " and " your grace " were ab-
^^bed in that of " majesty." Louis XIII. of France gave the
le of "highhess," in 1664, to the prince of Orange, who
as previously called "excellency." Louis XIV. gave the
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princes of Orange the title of "high and mighty lords," 1644.
— IfenuuU,
high-priest. Priest.
high-treason. To regulate trials for this crime and
protect liberty in England, the 25th of Edward III. 1352, was
enacted, requiring 2 living witnesses ; Parliament having re-
fused to sanction the sentence of death against the duke of
Somerset. By 40 Geo. III. 1800, where the overt act is a direct
attempt upon the life of the sovereign, the trial is conducted
in the same manner as for murder. Treason.
Last 2 executions in England for high treason:
I. William Cundell, alias Connell, and John Smith; 2 of 14 British
subjects taken in the enemy's service in the isles of France and
Bourbon, tried by special commission, 6 Feb. 1812. Mr. Abbot,
afterwards lord Tenterden and chief-justice, and sir Vicary Gibbs,
attorney-general, conducted the prosecution, and Mr. (afterwards
lord) Brougham defended the prisoners. The defence was that
they had assumed the French uniform to aid their escape to Eng-
land. They were hanged and beheaded on the lodge of Horse-
monger- lane jail on 16 Mch. 1812.
All the other convicts were pardoned, on condition of serving in
colonies beyond seas.
II. Cato-street conspirators (Cato-street conspiracy) executed 1
May, 1820.
Hillabee tOVrns, Attack on, by gen. White, with
360 mounted Tennessee militia and some friendly Cherokees.
This place is on the Tallapoosa, in Alabama. ^The attack was
made on 18 Nov. 1813. 61 warriors were killed and 256 made
prisoners without loss of a man.
Himalaya {hivi-U'-la-yd) mountains. Moun-
tains.
Hiin'era, a town of Sicily. Here Theron and Gelon of
Agrigentum defeated the Carthaginians, 480 b.c. ; and at Ec-
nomus, near here, the latter defeated Agathocles of Syracuse,
311 B.C.
Hindostan'. India.
Hindu era began 3101 b.c., or 756 before the Deluge
of 2348. The Hindus count months by the progress of the
sun through the zodiac. The Samoat era begins 56 b.c. ; the
Saca era 79 a.d.
hippopot'amus (Gr. t7r7ro7rdra/ioc, river-horse), a
native of Africa, known to, but incorrectly described by, an-
cient writers. Hippopotami were exhibited at Rome by An-
toninus, Commodus, and others, about 138, 180, and 218. The
first brought to England arrived 25 May, 1850, and was placed,
in the Zoological gardens. Regent's park, London (d. 11 Mc
1878) ; another, a female, 4 months old, was placed there :
1854. One born there, 21 Feb. 1871, and another born 1 J«-..
1872, lived a few days only ; another born 5 Nov. 1872. Two
young ones, born at Paris in May, 1858, and June, 1860, were
killed by their mother. One born at Amsterdam, 29 July,
1865. One born in Central Park, New York, 1893.
Hispaniola. Hayti.
histology (from Gr. laroq, a web), the science which
treats of the tissues in animals and vegetables; mainly depend-
ent on the microscope. Schwann, Valentin, KoUiker, Que-
kett, and Robin are celebrated for their researches. Prof. Que-
kett's " Lectures on Histology " were pub. in 1852 and 1854.
Medical science.
history. The Bible, the Parian Chronicle, the histories
of Herodotus (" the father of history ") and Ctesias, and the
poems of Homer are the foundations of early ancient hi-t ory.
Later ancient history is considered as ending with the (' .r ruc-
tion of the Roman empire in Italy, 476. Modern hisi \ dates
from the age of Charlemagne, about 800. There was not a
professorship of modern history in either English university
until the years 1724 and 1736, when " regius " professorships
were established by George I, and George II.-— Royal Histori-
cal Society^ London, established 1868, earl Russell, president,
1872. A commission was appointed in England 31 Aug. 1869,
to examine historical MSS. held by institutions and private
families, and to publish any considered desirable. It has is-
sued several reports, 1870 et seq.
Hittites, descendants of Heth, second son of Canaan ; a
commercial tribe, from whom Abraham bought a grave for his
wife, 1860 B.C. (Gen. xxiii.). They opposed Joshua, 1451 b.c.;
and the Egyptians, about 1340 b.c.
HOB
854
HOL
Castle of Jerablus, a mound and ruins, 20 miles below Beredjik, on
the Euphrates; was visited by Henry Maundrell, 1699; by dr.
Pococke, 1745; and by J. H. Skene and George Smith (d. 187()),
who agreed in considering the remains to be those of Carchemisli,
the ancient capital of the Hittites, captured and annexed by Sar-
gon, king of Assyria (about 721 b.c.). The site had been held suc-
cessively by Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians, (ireeks, Romans,
and Arabs. A rich harvest may be expected from its explora-
tion.
Capt. C. R Conder's discovery of a key to the language of Hittite
inscriptions on b<is-reliefs, gems, etc., some of which were discov-
ered by Burckhardt, 1808, and rediscovered by Mr. I'almer in 1870,
announced 26 Feb. 1887; they consist of invocations, hymns, etc.,
to the sun, etc. His "Altaic Hieroglyphs and Hittite Inscrip-
tions" pub. 1887.
Prof. A. H. Sayce, in 1879, considered the Hittites to have been in
very early times the predominant power in Asia Minor and N.
Syria. The investigations of Ramsay. Hogarth, and Headlam, in
1890, supported by the English Asia Minor Exploration Fund, led
to many discoveries which are described in the London Times of
25 July, 1891.
Hobkirk'§ Hill, S. C, Battle of, fought 25 Apr.
1781, between the British under lord Rawdon, and the Amer-
icans under Greene. The Americans were worsted and re-
tired. British loss, 258 ; American, 266.
Hochelag^a (hok-a-ld'-gd), the chief town of the Hu-
rons, on the site of Montreal, Canada, when the French first
entered the St.. Lawrence in 1535.
Hochkirclien, Saxonj'. Here the Prussian army
of Frederick II. was surprised and defeated by the Austrians
under count Daun, 14 Oct. 1758. The French here defeated
the Russians and Prussians, 21 May, 1813.
Hochstadt, a city on the Danube, in Bavaria, near
which several important battles have been fought : ( 1) 20 Sept.
1703, when the imperialists were defeated by the French and
Bavarians, under marshal Villars and the elector of Bavaria.
(2) 2 [n. s. 13J Aug. 1704, called the battle of Blenheim.
(3) 19 June, 1800, when Moreau defeated the Austrians, and
avenged the defeat of the French at Blenheim.
Hohenlind'eil, a village of Bavaria. Here the Aus-
trians, commanded by archduke John, were beaten by the
French and Bavarians, commanded by Moreau, 3 Dec. 1800.
The peace of Luneville followed. Campbell commemorated
this battle in his lyric of " Hohenlinden," published soon
after.
Hohenstaufen. Germany, Guelphs.
JHotienzollern {hd-en-tsoV-lei-n), the reigning family
in Prussia. Its origin is referred to Thassilo, about 800, who
built the castle of HohenzoUern. In 1417, Frederick of Nu'
rt.i.berg, his descendant, was made' elector of Brandenburg.
The princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and HohenzoUern-
Sigmaringen abdicated in favor of the king of Prussia, 7 Dec.
1849. Charles, son of the prince of HohenzoUern-Sigmaringen,
was elected prince of Rouraania, 20 Apr. 1866. Danubian
PRINCIPALITIES. His brother Leopold, nominated candidate
for the throne of Spain, withdrew July, 1870. Brandenburg,
Prussia.
Holbein Society, England, for obtaining photo-
lithographic representations of ancient wood engravings ; es-
tablished in 1868, sir William Stirling Maxwell president.
Dance of death. Painting (German school).
holidays. Legal holidays.
Holland {hollow land, or some say, vjooded land), a
kingdom in N.W. Europe (now known as Netherlands), com-
posed of land rescued from the sea, and defended by immense
dikes. It was inhabited by the Batavi in the time of Caesar,
who made a league with them. It became part of Gallia
Belgica, and afterwards of the kingdom of Austrasia. From
the 10th century to the 15th it was governed by counts under
the German emperors. In 1861 the population of the kingdom
in Europe was 3,521,416; of the colonies, 18,175,910 ; of both
in 1863,21,805,607; of the kingdom, Jan. 1873, 3,767,263;
1876, 3,865,456; colonies, about 25,110,000; 1879, kingdom,
4,037,010; colonies, 1889, 29,765,031 ; kingdom, 1890, 4,564,-
565. Belgium, Flanders.
Parties termed Hooks (followers of Margaret, countess of Hol-
land) and Codfish (supporters of her son William, who en-
deavored to supplant her) begin civil war, which lasted many
years 1347
Holland united to Hainaut, 1299 ; and Brabant. 1416
Annexed to Burgundy by duke Philip, who wrests it from his
niece Jaqueline of Holland, daughter of the last count 4135.
Annexed to Austria through marriage of Mary of Burgundy
with archduke Ma.\imilian 1477
Government of Philip of Austria 1495
Of Margaret of Austria and Charles V 150&
Of Philip II 1555.
Philip II. establishes the Inquisition; Hollanders having em-
braced Reformed doctrines, confederacy of Guei'x (Beggars)
formed by nobles against it 1566
Compromise of Breda presented Jan. "
Revolt under William, prince of Orange, begins 1672.
Elizabeth of Englffid declines offered sovereignty, but prom-
ises help 1575
Pacification of Ghent— union of north and south provinces — 1676.
League of Utrecht between 7 northern provinces 1579
Their independence declared 29 Sept. 158fr
Assassination of William of Orange 10 July, 1584-
Ten southern provinces conquered by prince of Parma 1585
Provinces solicit help from England and France; expedition
of earl of Leicester; English and Dutch disagree 1585-87
Battle of Zutphen— sir Philip Sidney mortally wounded,
22 Sept. 1586.
Prince Maurice appointed stadtholder 1587
Death of Philip II. His son Philip III. cedes the Netherlands
to Albert of Austria and the infanta Isabella 1598-
Campaigns of Maurice and Spinola 1599-1604
Maurice defeats the archduke at Nieuwport 2 July, 1600-
Independence of the United Provinces recognized; truce of
Antwerp for 12 years 9 Apr. 1609
Batavia in Java built 1610-
Religious dissensions between Arminians and Gomarists... 1610-19
Maurice favors the latter and intrigues for royal power.' 1616
Synod of Dort; persecution of the Arminians 1618-19
Execution of Barneveldt 13 May, 1619-
Renewal of war; Maurice saves Bergen-op-Zoom 1622.
His tyranny ; plot against him, 16 persons executed 1623
His death; his brother Frederick succeeds, and annuls the
persecution 1625.
Manhattan (now New York), North America, founded; massa-
cre of English at Amboyna, India 1624
Victories of Van Tromp, who takes 2 Spanish fleets off the
Downs 16 Sept. and 21 Oct. 1639-
Peace of Westphalia; republic recognized by Europe 1648-
War with England— naval actions. Blake defeats De Ruyter,
22 Oct. ; is surprised by Van Tromp, who takes some English
ships and sails the Channel with a broom at his mast-head,
29 Nov. 1652;
Indecisive sea-fights, 12-14 June; death of Van Tromp, 21
July; peace follows 1653
Victorious war with Sweden 1659
Another war with England 1665
Indecisive sea-fights, 1-4 June; victory ofMonk over De Ruyter,
25 July, 1666
Triple alliance— England, Holland, and Sweden against France, 1668
Charles II. deserts Holland ; joins France 1670'
French overrun Holland 1671
Desperate condition of the states— populace massacre the De
Witts— William III. made stadtholder 1672
French repelled by the sluices being opened "
Indecisive campaigns 1673-77
William marries princess Mary of England 1677
Peace with France (Nimeguen) 167&
William becomes king of England 1689
Sanguinary war with France 1689-96
Peace of Ryswick signed 20 Sept. 1697
Death of William 8 Mch. 1702
No stadtholder appointed — administration of Heinsius "
War against France and Spain ; campaigns of Marlborough, 1702-1*
Peace of Utrecht 30 Mch. 1714
Holland supports the empress Maria Theresa 1743-48
William Henry hereditary stadtholder 1747
Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle 18 Oct. 1748
War with England— Holland loses colonies 1781-83
Civil wars in the Low Countries 1787-89
French republicans enter Holland ; people support them 1793
Unsuccessful campaign of the duke of York 1794
Batavian republic established in alliance with France 1795
Battle of Camperdown ; Duncan defeats Dutch 11 Oct. 179T
Texel fleet — 12 ships of the line, with 13 Indiamen — surrenders
to the British admiral, without firing a gun 30 Aug. 1799"
New constitution in Batavian republic ; chief ofilcer (R. J.
Schimmelpenninck) called grand pensionary 26 Apr. 1805
Holland erected into a kingdom, and Louis Bonaparte, father
of Napoleon III. , declared king 5 June, 1806-
Ill-fated Walcheren expeditio.v July, Sept. 1809
Louis abdicates 1 July, ISW
Holland united to France 9 July, "
Restored to the house of Orange; Belgium annexed... 17 Nov. 1813
Prince of Orange proclaimed sovereign prihce of the united
Netherlands 6 Dec, "
New constitution 1815
Revolution in Belgium 25 Aug. 1830
Belgium separated from Holland 12 July, 1831
Holland makes war against Belgium 3 Aug. "
Treaty between Holland and Belgium signed in London . 19 Apr. 1839
Abdication of William 1 7-10 Oct. 1840
King agrees to political reform, Mch. ; a new constitution
granted 17 Apr. 1848
Death of William II 17 Mch. 1849
Roman Catholic hierarchy restored, announced 12 Mch. 1853
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States-general pass a law for the abolition of slavery in the
Dutch West Indies (after 1 July, 1863) 6 Aug. 1862
Slavery ceases in the Dutch West Indies 1 July, 1863
Canal from Amsterdam to North sea began 8 Mch. 1865
Government undertakes a canal to connect Rotterdam with
the sea Mch. ''
New ministry (protectionist) 1 June, 1866
Correspondence with Prussia respecting the Prussian garrison
in Luxemburg July-Aug. "
Alleged treaty with France to cede Luxemburg 22 Mch. 1867
Fortifications of Luxemburg razed May, 1868
International exhibition opened at Amsterdam by prince Henry,
15 July, 1869
Meeting of the chambers; strict neutrality in the Franco-
Prussian war to be maintained 19 Sept. 1870
Cession of Dutch possessions in Guinea to Great Britain, voted,
7 July, 1871
Expedition against the Achinese (Sumatra) embarks Dec. 1873
Canal between the North sea and Amsterdam passed by a
monitor (see 1865), 4 Oct. ; inaugurated by the king. .1 Nov. 1876
International exhibition at Amsterdam opened 1 May, 1883
Committee for revising the constitution appointed 12 May, "
Death of the prince of Orange 24 June, 1884
Queen appointed by a congress to be regent if necessary . 1 Aug. "
Death of William III 23 Nov. 1890
Queen Emma takes oath as regent during minority of her
daughter, queen Wilhelmine, b. 31 Aug. 1880 9 Dec. "
PRINCES OF ORANGE (OraNGe), STADTHOLDERS.
1502. Philibert de Chalons.
1530. Rend de Nassau, his nephew.
1544. William of Nassau, styled the Great, cousin to Rend, recovers
the principality of Orange in 1559. Nominated stadtholder,
1579; killed by an assassin hired by Philip II. of Spain, 10
July, 1584.
1584. Philip William, his son ; stolen from the university of Louvain ;
Dutch excluded him from their provinces; d. 1618.
1618. Maurice, renowned general; stadtholder in 1587; a younger
1 son of William by second marriage.
1625. Frederick Henry (brother), stadtholder.
\ 1647. William XL, stadtholder; married Mary, daughter of Charles
! I. of England; his son succeeded in 1672.
I 1650-72. John De Witt, grand pensioner; no stadtholder.
{ 1660. William Henry; stadtholder 1672; married Mary, eldest
daughter of James II. of England, 1677.
1702-47. No stadtholder.
1702. John William, nephew of William III., loses the principality
of Orange, which is annexed to France.
1747. William Henry, hereditary stadtholder; married princess Anne
of England; succeeded by his son.
1751. William IV. ; retired on French invasion 1795; d. 1806.
1795. Holland and Belgium united to French republic.
KINGS.
1806. Louis Bonaparte made king of Holland by his brother Napo-
leon, 5 June, 1806; abdicated, 31 July, 1810.
1810. Holland again united to France.
1813. House of Orange restored. William Frederick, prince of
Orange (b. 1772), proclaimed 6 Dec. 1813; took oath of fidel-
ity as sovereign prince, 30 Mch. 1814; assumed style of
king of the Netherlands, 16 Mch. 1815; abdicated in favor
of his son, 7 Oct. 1840 ; d. 12 Dec. 1843.
1840. William II.; b. 6 Dec. 1792; succeeded on his father's abdi-
cation; d. 17 Mch. 1849; succeeded by
1849. William III., son; b. 19 Feb. 1817; married Sophia of
! Wurtemberg, 18 June, 1839. (She d. 3 June, 1877. ) Mar-
i ried Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont, 7 Jan. 1879; issue : Wil-
1 helmine, b. 31 Aug. 1880.
I 1890. Wilhelmine, queen, b. 31 Aug. 1880.
\ Holland Land company and purchase.
New York, 1786, etc.
Holland, l^eil'', Australia, Australasia.
HollOAiray hospitals and college. Thomas
HoUoway, proprietor of the popular ointment, etc., offered the
British government 250,000/. to erect, for the use of the middle
classes, a sanatorium or asylum for the insane, and hospitals
!for incurables and convalescents. The asylum was erected at
St, Anne's Hill, Eghara, near Virginia Water, 1873 et seq.
Opened by the prince of Wales, 16 June, 1886.
Royal HoUoway College for the Higher Education of Women,
Egham, Engl. First brick laid, 12 Sept. 1879. Opened by queen
Victoria, 30 June, 1886. It includes library, reading-room, muse-
um, and picture gallery. Estimated cost 600,O0OZ. ; endowment
200,000?. The princely buildings are in the French renaissance
style, temp. Francis I. (1515-47) ; architect, W. Crosslmd. There
is good accommodation for 250 students. The session opened
4 Oct. 1887. Mr. HoUoway gave 250,000/., and prom-;sed 100,000/.
, additional for endowment. He d. 26 Dec. 1883, aged 83, leaving
^J? *™™f.5l^ fortune, although he was exceeding'/ generous dur-
" '"■-"' ' is said to have expended 45,000/. a year in
«l
his lifetime;
advertisements.
hol'ophote, a form of lamp in which the light is con-
verged and directed to a particular spot to prevent collisions
It sea, etc. Different kinds have been inveited by Stevenson,
^lacdonald, Preece and others (1889).
Holstein {hol'-stln) and ^chles'wf|?, N.W. Ger-
many, duchies once belonging to Denmark. The country, in-
habited by Saxons, was subdued by Charlemagne early in the
9th century, and afterwards was part of the duchy of Saxony.
In 1106 or 1110 Adolphus of Schauenberg became count of
Holstein ; his descendants ruled till 1459, when Adolphus VIL
died without issue, and Holstein and Schleswig, fearing hi»
nephew Christian, king of Denmark, elected him duke. In
1544 his grandson, Christian II., divided his states among his
brothers, the duchies to remain subject to Denmark; The eld-
est branch of the family reigned in Denmark till the decease of
Frederick VIL, 15 Nov. 1863. From a younger branch (dukes
of Holstein-Gottorp) descended the kings of Sweden from 1751
to 1818, and the reigning family in Russia since 1762, whea
duke, as husband of Anne, became czar. In 1773 Catherine
II. of Russia ceded Holstein-Gottorp to Denmark in exchange
for Oldenburg, etc. The duchies were occupied by the Swedes
in 1813, but restored to Denmark in 1814, and on 28 May,
1831, constituent assemblies were granted to them. Since
1844 disputes have been rife between the duchies and Denmark,
and in 1848 the States-general of the duchies voted annexation
to the German confederacy, supported by Prussia; war ensued
till 1850, when they submitted to Denmark. The agitation
in the duchies, encouraged by Prussia, revived in 1857. The
Germans in Schleswig wished to join the German confedera-
tion, like Holstein ; but both duchies demanded greater inde-
pendence of Denmark, that power opposing the change.
Denmark. By the convention of Gastein, 14 Aug. 1865,
the government of Holstein was left with Austria, and that of
Schleswig with Prussia. The whole of Holstein and part of
Schleswig were ceded to Prussia by the treaty of Prague, 23
Aug. 1866. The 5th clause, directing N. Schleswig to be
given to Denmark if the people voted for it, was not acted
on, and was abrogated, Feb. 1879. Area, 7273 sq. miles. Pop.
in 1860, 1,004,473 ; 1890, 1,217,437. Heligoland. Den-
mark.
Holy Alliance, ratified at Paris, 26 Sept. 1815, be-
tween emperor of Russia (its originator), emperor of Austria,
and king of Prussia, bound them, among other things, to be
governed by Christian principles in all political transactions,
with a view to perpetuating peace. The compact was se-
verely censured in England as opposed to liberty.
Holy Orall. " Grail, Holy."
Holy maid of Kent. Elizabeth Barton was in-
cited by Catholics to oppose the Reformation by pretending
inspiration from heaven. She foretold the speedy and violent
death of Henry VIII. if he divorced Catherine of Spain and
married Anne Boleyn, and direful calamities to the nation.
Executed, with confederates, at Tyburn, 5 Maj', 1534.
holy places in Palestine have stirred conten-
tion between the Greek and Latin churches for several cen-
turies. In the reign of Francis I. they were placed under
Latin monks, protected by the French government; but the
Greeks from time to time obtained firmans from the Porte in-
validating the rights of the Latins, who were at last (in 1757)
expelled from the sacred buildings, which were committed to
the care of the Greeks by a hatti-scherif, or imperial ordinance.
Holy sepulchre partly destroyed by fire and rebuilt by Greeks,
who claim additional privileges 1808
Russian and French governments sent envoys (M. Dashkoff
and M. Marcellus) to adjust the dispute; arrangement pre-
vented by the Greek revolution s 1821
Subject again agitated, and the Porte proposed mixed commis-
sion to adjudicate all claims. M. Titoff, the Russian envoy,
for the Greeks, and M. Lavalette, the French envoy, for the
liatins, took up the question 1850
A firman of the Porte confirms the rights previously granted
to Greek Christians, and denies to the Latins exclusive pos-
session of certain holy places, but leaves them a key of the
church at Bethlehem, etc., as in former times 9 Mch. 1862
French government acquiesced with dissatisfaction; but the
Russian envoy still desired the key withheld from the Latin
monks. M. d'Ozeroff declared the right of Russia to protect
the orthodox under the treaty of Kainardji in 1774, and de-
manded that the firman of 9 Mch. 1852, be read at Jerusalem,
though it militated against his pretensions, which was ac-
cordingly done. The dispute continued; the Porte exposed
to attacks of the Russian and French governments Mch. 1853
Prince Menschikoff arrives at Constantinople as envoy extraor-
dinary, and besides claims respecting the holy places, de-
mands a protectorate of Greek Christians in Turkey, leading
to the war of 1854-66 (Russo-Tubkish wars) 28 Feb. "
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Holy Roman Empire. The German empire re-
ceived this title under the emperor Otho I. the Great, crowned
at Rome by pope John XII., 2 Feb. 962. Germany, Rome.
Holy Rood or Cross. A festival for the recovery,
by the emperor Heraclius, of a large piece of the cross, taken
away, on the plundering of Jerusalem, about 615. The feast
of the Invention (or Finding) of the Cross is on 3 May ; that
of the Exaltation of the Cross, 14 Sept. At Boxley abbey, in
Kent, Engl., was a crucifix, called the Rood of Grace ; at the
dissolution it was broken in pieces as an imposture by Hilsey,
bishop of Rochester, at St. Paul's cross, London, 1636.
Holy Sepulclire, a Byzantine church in modern
Jerusalem. Fergusson, Robinson, and others consider the
true site of the Holy Sepulchre to be the mosque of Omar, the
" dome of the Rock!" The question is undecided. The Order
of the Holy Sepulchre was founded by Godfrey of Bouillon,
1099 ; revived by pope Alexander VI. 1496 ; reorganized 1847
and 1868.
lioly ^vater is said to have been used in churches as
early as 120 A.D.—Aske.
Holy Week, or the " Week of Indulgences," is the
week before Easter.
HolyrOOd palace, Edinburgh, formerly an abbey,
for several centuries the residence of the monarchs of Scotland.
The abbey, of which vestiges remain, was founded by David
I. in 1128, and contains the burial-place of several of his suc-
cessors. The palace is a large quadrangular edifice of hewn
stone, Ground a court surrounded by piazzas. In the north-
west tower is the bedchamber of queen Mary ; and from an
adjoining cabinet David Rizzio, her favorite, was dragged and
murdered, 9 Mch. 1566. The northwest towers were built by
James "V., and the rest of the palace was added during the
reign of Charles II.
home -rule. The Home Government Association
(for home-rule), established in Dublin in 1870, held its first
anniversary meeting, 26 June, 1871. It includes both Catho-
lics and Protestants among its members.
Isaac Butt, home-ruler, elected M.P. for Limerick 20 Sept. 1871
Home-rule advocated by archbishop McHale and others of the
Romanist clergy in Ireland 1873
Programme of the party requiringan Irish parliament of queen,
lords, and commons, and other powers, pub 25 Oct. "
A conference at the Rotondo, Dublin, reported a failure,
18-21 Nov. "
A motion in the commons in favor of home-rule defeated (314
to 52) 20 Mch. 1874
Isaac Butt's motion for a committee on the subject, 30 June;
was negatived (458 to 61), 2, 3 July, 1875; again (291 to 61),
30 June, IJuly, 1876; again (417 to 67) 24 Apr. 1877
Stormy convention at Dublin, Mr. Butt chairman. .21, 22 Aug. "
Home-rulers obstruct business in commons (Parliament) "
Home-rule M.P. 's meet at Dublin; Mr. Butt still leader. .9 Oct. "
He yields to the obstructionists, Jan. ; resigns Apr. 1878
Meeting at Dublin, 14 Oct. ; dissensions between moderate
party (Mr. Butt and others) and obstructives (Charles Stewart
Parnell and others) Oct. -Nov. "
Death of Mr. Butt, 5 May; succeeded as leader by William Shaw, 1879
Mr. Parnell proposes a convention to meet at Dublin, 11 Sept. ;
opposed by William Shaw, Mitchell Henry, and others,
Sept. "
Meeting at Dublin; pronounced opposition to British govern-
ment 20, 21 Jan. 1880
About 65 home-rulers in the new Parliament, led by Mr. Shaw
and Mr. Parnell Apr. "
Mr. Parnell chosen by 45 as parliamentary chairman. .17 May, "
Thirty-one home-rulers voted with the government; 16 with
Mr. Parnell 13 July, "
Home-rule convention at Newcastle on -Tyne 9 Aug. "
Meeting at Dublin; Justin McCarthy appointed vice-president;
resolution to resist coercion in Ireland adopted 27 Dec. "
Trial of Mr. Parnell and others at Dublin (Trials),
28 Dec. 1880-25 Jan. 1881
Strong manifesto of Parnell ; a counter one by Shaw Feb. "
Lord Salisbury in a speech ridicules the agitation in favor
of home-rule in Ireland 23 Apr. 1889
England, Ireland, Parnell.
" Home, SlFeet home." Literature, Amer-
ican, 1792 ; Music.
Homer's " Iliad " and " Odyssey," the oldest
Greek epic poems. The first begins with the wrath of Achilles,
and ends with the funeral of Hector ; the second recounts the
voyages and adventures of Ulysses, after the destruction of
Troy. Various dates are assigned to these works, from 962 to
500 B.C. Among the thousands of volumes burned at Con-
stantinople, 477 A.D., are said to have been a Homer, writi
in gold on the great gut of a dragon, 120 feet long.
F. A. Wolf, in his "Prolegomena," in 1795, regarded the poems as
a composite of epic songs, formed by Pisistratus about 550 b.c.
This was the beginning of •' the Homeric controversy," in which
the leading scholars of Europe have been engaged ever since. The
Germans have generally accepted the theory of Wolf, with some
modifications, while the British have until very recently defended
the unity of each epic, and the individuality of Homer, under the
lead of col. Mure, the historian of Grecian literature, Mr. Gladstone
(" Homer and the Homeric Age "), and others. Grote. the histo-
rian of Greece, believed that the Iliad was originally a poem of
moderate length on "the wrath of Achilles," and had been pieced
out, after the art of writing became general, with several shorter
poems. More recently Paley and others in England have adopted
extreme views as to the late date of the poems in their present
form, and the multiplicity of authors of their constituent parts.
First English version of the "Iliad," by Arthur Hall, appeared in
1581. The most celebrated versions of Homer's works are Chap-
man's, 1616; Hobbes's, 1675; Pope's, 1715-25; Cowper's. 1791;
and Bryant's, 1870-71. The translation of the "Iliad " by the earl
of Derby (1864) is much commended.
liom'ieide was tried at Athens by the Areopagites,
1607 B.C. Killing in any public exercise of skill, or killing one
who lay in wait to do injury, or one taken with another's wife,
sister, daughter, or concubine, or one who, without just grounds,
assaulted another violently, was not murder. Among the
Jews wilful murder was capital ; but he who killed in chance-
medley might flee to one of the Cities of refuge, and there
continue till the death of the high-priest (Numb, xxxv.),
1451 B.C. 9 Geo. IV. c. 31 (1828) defines justifiable homicide
and homicide in its various degrees of guilt, and circum-
stances of provocation and wilfulness. Murder.
Homildon Hill, Northumberland, Engl., where the
Scots, under earl Douglas, were defeated by the Percies
(among them Hotspur), 14 Sept. 1402. Douglas and the earls
of Angus, Murray, Orkney, and the earl of Fife, son of the
duke of Albany, and nephew of the Scottish king, with many
nobility and gentry, were taken.
homilies, in early Christian times, were discourses de-
livered by the bishop or presbyter, in a homely manner, for
the common people. Charlemagne's " Homilarium " was issued
809. In England the " Book of Homilies," drawn up by abp.
Cranmer, and pub. 1547, and another prepared by order of
convocation, 1563, were directed to be read in churches that
had no minister able to compose proper discourses.
llomOBOp'atliy, a system of therapeutics taught in
his "Organon of Medicine," 1810, and other works, by dr.
Samuel Hahnemann of Leipsic (d. 2 July, 1843). He held
that every medicine has a specific power of inducing a dis-
eased state of the system (similia similibus curantur, like cures
like); and that if such medicine be given to a person suffer-
ing under the disease which it has a tendenc}' to induce, the
disease disappears, because 2 similar diseased actions cannot
simultaneously subsist in the same organ. — Brande. He used
infinitesimal doses of medicine, such as the millionth of a
grain of aloes; and required the patient to regulate his diet
and habits carefully. Introduced into England, 1827, and into
United States about the same time by dr. Hans B. Gram.
The Hahnemann hospital was opened in Bloomsbury square,
London, 16 Sept. 1850. The World's Convention of Homoe-
opathic Physicians opened at Philadelphia, Pa., 26 June, 1876.
London School of Homoeopathy founded 15 Dec. 1876. Ho-
moeopathic congress met at Liverpool, 14 Sept. 1877. There
were said to be 12,500 practitioners in the U. S., 15 colleges
with 1200 students, in 1890. American Institute of Homoeop-
athy met in "Washington, D. C, June, 1892. Meuical science,
llOmOOUSion Qio'-mo-d'-si-on) and liomoloil-
Sioil (ho'-vioi-o'-si-on) (Gr. dfioovawvy same essence;
ofioioixTLOv, similar essence or being), terms employed with
respect to the nature of the Father and the Son in the Trinity.
The orthc lox party adopted the former term as a party cry
at the coun< il of Nice, 325 ; the Arians adopted the latter at
Seleucia, 359.
Hondu'ras, discovered by Columbus in 1502, and con-
quered by the Spaniards 1623, is one of the republics of Cen-
tral America; es-^ablished 5 Nov. 1838, and is governed under
a charter proclaimed in Nov. 1865. A new constitution 1
Nov. 1880. The executive authority rests in a president
elected for 4 yeart. Gen. Pariano Leista elected president,
tei^^l
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10 Nov. 1891. Area, 46,400 sq. miles ; pop. 1889, 431,917:—
British Honduras, Central America, was settled by English
from Jamaica soon after a treaty with Spain in 1667. They
were often disturbed by the Spaniards, and sometimes ex-
pelled, till 1783. Balize, or Belize, the capital, has a large
mahogany trade. Area, 7560 sq. miles; pop. 1891, 31,471.
The English governor's salary is 2400/. a year.
lioneymooil. It was a custom to drink of diluted
honey for 30 days, or a moon's age, after a wedding, and hence
the term honeymoon, of Teutonic origin. Attila the Hun
drank, it is said, so freely of hydromel on his marriage-day
that he died of suffocation, 453.
Hong'-Kong', an island off the coast of China, was
taken by capt. Elliott, 23 Aug. 1839, and ceded to Great Brit-
ain 20 Jan. 1841. Its chief town is Victoria, built in 1842.
Hong-Kong is separated from the mainland by a strait half a
mile wide, and contains about 29 sq. miles. The opposite
peninsula of Kowloon, part of the mainland of China, was
ceded to Great Britain by treaty, 1861, and is now part of
Hong-Kong. The governor's salary is 6000/. Pop. 1891,
221,441.
"Honi soit qwi mal y peii§e " (" Evil to him
who evil thinks"). Tradition says that the countess of Salis-
bury, at a ball at court, dropping her garter, the king, Edward
III., took it up and presented it to her with these words, after-
wards the motto of the order of the Garter.
Honor. Temples were erected to Honor by Scipio
Africanus, about 197 b.c. ; and by C. Marius, about 102
B.C. — The Legion of Honor was created by Bonaparte in
1802.
Hood's invasion of Tennessee, 1864.
Franklin and Nashville, Battles of.
Hoosae tunnel. Tunnels.
hops, in use in England in 1425. — Harleian MS. In-
troduced from the Netherlands into England about 1524, and
used in brewing ; but the physicians having represented that
they were unwholesome, their use was prohibited in 1528. —
Anderson. The duty on hops was repealed in 1862, after
many applications. Hops are largely cultivated in the tlnited
States. They were introduced about 1640, but were not an
article of commerce until about 1810-20. In 1840 there was pro-
duced some 1,240,000 lbs. ; 1850, 3,497,029 lbs. ; 1860, 10.991,996
lbs.; 1870, 25,456,669 lbs. ; 1880, 26,546,378 lbs. ; 1890,39,171,-
270 lbs. 17 of the states produce hops ; especially California,
New York, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin, which in
1890 raised 99.48 per cent, of the whole. The U. S. in 1879,
had 46,800 acres of hops; in 1889, 50,212 acres. California, in
1879, had 1119 acres, and in 1889,3974; Oregon, in 1879, had
304 acres ; in 1889, 3130 ; and Washington, in 1879, had 534
acres ; in 1889, 5113.
Horatii and Curiatii. Rome, 669 B.C.
horn, hornpipe. The horn is thought to be, next
to the reed, the earliest wind-instrument, and is known to.
most savage nations. It was first made of horn, hence the
name ; afterwards of brass, with keys for the semitones, in the
last century. — The dance called the hornpipe is supposed to
be so named from its having been performed to the Welsh
ptb-com, that is, hornpipe, about 1300.— /Spencer. Many horn-
pipes were composed in the 18th century. The "College
Hornpipe " was very popular.
Hornet, Battles of the. Naval battles.
horse. The remains of the earliest known animal,
eohippus (not larger than a fox), to which it is possible to
trace back the modern horse, are found in the lowest Eocene
strata (Geology) in New Mexico, Wyoming, and Utah. In
Europe wild horses were abundant in the Neolithic or pol-
ished-stone age. The people of Thessaly were excellent eques-
trians, and probably first among the Greeks who broke horses
ill for service in war; whence the fable that Thessaly was
originally inhabited by centaurs. " Solomon had 40,000 stalls
of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen" (1 Kings
iv.26), 1014 B.C. Th6 Greeks and Romans had some covering
to secure their horses' hoofs from injury. First mention of the
British horse— Ccesar, " De Bello Gallico," iv. 24-33 ; v. 15-16.
In the 9th century horses were shod only in time of frost.
Shoeing was introduced into England by William I., 1066.
Horses were not used for agricultural labor until a compara-
tively recent time. A law in Wales forbade ploughing with
the horse. The crusades introduced the eastern horse into
Europe. The use of post-horses introduced into England dur-
ing the reign of Richard III. Queen Elizabeth reputed an
accomplished horse-woman. Introduction of famous eastern
horses into England during the reign of William III. The
Darley Arabian brought over during the reign of queen
Anne.
First horses in Massachusetts 1629-30
J. S. Rarey, an American, in London publicly tamed vicious
horses, and even a zebra from the Zoological gardens. His
system is founded on study of the disposition of the animal,
and on kindness. He taught many his method (20 Mch.,
lord Palmerston and 20 others), under pledge of secrecy; re-
leased in June, when his book was reprinted in England with-
out his consent 1858
He was engaged to instruct cavalry oflJcers and riding-masters
of the army July, 1859
He gave a lecture to the London cabmen, 12 Jan. 1860; and re-
ceived 20 guineas from the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals May, I860
Horse-tax in England was imposed in 1784. It was extended
and increased in 1796; and again in 1808. The duty "upon
"horses for riding" only, in England, amounts to about
350,000^. per year 1862
An establishment for the sale of horse-flesh as food was opened
at Paris 9 July, 1866, with success. About 150 persons (in-
cluding sir Henry Thompson and sir John Lubbock) dined
on horse-flesh at the Langham hotel, London 6 Feb. 1868
Annual license duty in England on horses and mules, 10s. M.
each; horse-dealers' license. 111. 10s. (act passed 1869). . .^ . 1870
Horse epidemic ("epizooty "), from Canada, at New York,
Boston, etc Oct. 1872
Banquet on flesh of horse, mule, and donkey at Paris. . .3 Apr. 1875
Racing.
Hortensian law, passed by Q. Hortensius, dictator,
286 B.C., after the secession of the plebeians to the Janiculum,
affirmed the legislative power granted them by previous laws
in 446 and 336 B.c.
horticulture (from hortus and cultura), the art of
cultivating gardens. Gardening.
Royal Horticultural Society of London founded by sir Joseph
Banks and others in 1804; incorporated 17 Apr. 1809; trans-
actions first pub 1812
Massachusetts State Horticultural Society, the oldest in Amer-
ica, established (Flowers and Plants) 1829
Hospitallers. Knights, Malta.
hospitals, originally hospitia for the reception of trav-
ellers. Among the earliest hospitals were the one founded
by Valens in Caesarea, 370-80 a.d., and that built at Rome in
the time of St. Jerome. The earliest date of a hospital in
England is 1080, when Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury,
founded 2, 1 for leprosy and 1 for ordinary diseases. One at
Jerusalem, built by the Knights of St. John, 1112, had room
for 2000 inmates, with an infirmary. Of the first of English
hospitals was St. Bartholomew's. It was built as a priory, 1102 ;
handed over to citizens of London, 1547; rebuilt in 1729. St.
Thomas's, founded as a priory, 1213 ; purchased by the city of
London, 1551, and opened for the sick. After various changes
it was transferred to Lambeth, its present site, 1871. Bethle-
hem (or Bedlam), a priory built 1247, was given to king Henry
VIII. for the reception of lunatics, 1547 (the oldest lunatic
asylum in Europe except that at Granada). The present
building was constructed in 1810. Christ's Hospital early
ceased to serve as a hospital. A great movement for found-
ing hospitals in England commenced in the 18th century.
The oldest hospital in the United States is the Pennsylvania
hospital, Philadelphia, 1750, followed by the New York hos-
pital, 1770; Charity hospital. New Orleans, 1784; Boston dis-
pensary, 1796. Of recent hospitals the Johns Hopkins hos-
pital of Baltimore, opened 1889, is noted for the care bestowed
upon its plans. It is a result of years of study of European
hospitals, with the advice of distinguished American doctors.
It is the largest hospital in America and as perfect as any in
the world. Capacitj', 400 patients. Endowed by Johns Hop-
kins, a merchant of Baltimore, with $3,500,000.
HounslOW, Engl., formerly a market-town, is on a
branch of the London and Southwestern railway, 9 miles from
Hyde Park Corner. Before the railway was opened 500
coaches passed through the town daily. West of the town
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there was " Hounslow heath," containing some 4293 acres, for
many years a favorite resort of highwaymen, who when ex-
ecuted were exposed in gibbets along the way.
hour. The early Egyptians divided day and night each
into 12 hours, a custom adopted by Jews or Greeks probably
from the Babylonians. The day is said to have been first
divided into hours from 293 B.C., when L. Papirius Cursor
erected a sun-dial in the temple of Quirinus at Rome. Before
Water-clocks were invented, 158 b.c., time was called at
Rome by public criers. In England, the measurement of time
was, i\\ early days, uncertain : one expedient was by wax-
candles, 3 inches burning an hour, and 6 wax-candles burning
24 hours — ascribed to Alfred, 886 a.d. Day.
House of €oniinon§, Lordi, etc. Commons,
Lords, Parliament.
Hoivarcl Association, United States. This vol-
untary organization distinguished itself for courage in caring
for sick of Southern cities during yellow -fever epidemics,
1878-79. The members nursed 24,000 patients in New Or-
leans alone between 17 Aug. and 26 Oct. 1868, and expended
in charity $380,185.83. The association makes no distinc-
tion among suflPerers of race or religion, and judiciously dis-
penses funds contributed by the charitable throughout the
country.
taoiwitzer, a German piece of ordnance, ranking be-
tween a cannon and a mortar, came into use early in the 18th
century.
Hubbardton, Vt., Battle at. St. Clair, after evacu-
ating Fort Ticonderoga, retired towards Hubbardton; leav-
ing a rear-guard there of 1200 men under col. Seth Warner, he
marched towards Castleton. At Hubbardton the rear-guard
was overtaken by the British, 7 July, 1777, when a sharp en-
gagement took place, in which the Americans were beaten and
dispersed with a loss of 120 killed and wounded, and 200 pris-
oners. St. Clair, with about 2000 men, made his way through
the forest to fort Edward.
"Hudibras." The first 3 cantos of this political
satire, by Samuel Butler, appeared in 1663 ; the other parts in
1664 and 1678. Literature.
Hudson, Henrj'^, Fate of. It was the intention of Hud-
son to winter in Hudson's bay, 1610, but his crew were muti-
nous and obliged him to sail for England. While still near
Hudson's bay he was seized by mutineers, and with 8 others,
including his son, sent adrift in an open boat and never heard
from afterwards. His fate was revealed by one of the muti-
neers. New York, 1609.
Hudson's sea, misnamed bay, North America, dis-
covered by Sebastian Cabot, 1517, and rediscovered by capt.
Henry Hudson when in search of a northwest passage to the
Pacific ocean, 1610. Connected with the Atlantic ocean by
Hudson strait, and with the Arctic ocean by Hecla and Fury
straits. With Fox channel, its length on Ion. 80°, from the
lower end of James's bay, is about 1350 miles ; and in breadth
it extends through 17° on lat. 60°. Its distance inland from
the Atlantic ocean is about 13° on lat. 62°. The '' governor
and company of adventurers of England trading to Hudson's
bay" obtained a charter from Charles II. in 1670. The " fer-
tile belt" was settled by lord Selkirk in 1812. For these
territories the bishopric of Rupert's Land was founded, 1849.
The charter having expired, the chief part of the company's
territories, on the proposition of earl Granville, the colonial
secretary (9 Mch. 1869), were transferred to the Dominion of
Canada for 300,000/., and a right to a portion of land within
50 years, and other privileges ; the company having consented
to this 9 Apr. 1869. Some of the people resisted annexation,
and gen. Louis Kiel proclaimed independence and seized the
company's treasury, Jan. 1870. On 3 or 4 Mch. he tried and
shot Thomas Scott, a Canadian, who had escaped from his
custody. Col. (afterwards sir) Garnet J. Wolseley conducted
a Canadian expedition to the territories (now named Mani-
toba), and issued a proclamation to the loyal inhabitants, 23
Jul}--, saying " our mission is one of peace." Riel was un-
supported and offered no resistance. Manitoba.
hue and cry, the old common-law process in England
of pursuing " with horn and voice," from hundred to hundred.
I
y thel
artd county to county, all robbers and felons. Formerly
hundred was bound to make good losses by robberies therein,
unless the felon were taken ; but by subsequent laws it is an-
swerable only for damage by riotous assemblies. The pursuit
of a felon was aided by a description of him in the Hue and
Cry, a gazette for the purpose, founded 1710. — Ashe.
Hug'ueilOtS {hu'-ge-not), a term (derived by some from
the Ger. Eidgenossen, oath-companions ; by others from Hugues,
a Genevese Calvinist) applied to the Reformed party in France,
followers of Calvin. They took up arms against their perse-
cutors in 1561. After a delusive edict of toleration, many
were massacred at Vassy, 1 Mch. 1562, when civil wars began,
which lasted, with some intermission, till the edict of Nantes
in 1598 (revoked in 1685). On the revocation of the edict
many Huguenots fled to the United States, settling in South
Carolina, Virginia, and New York. The massacre of St. Bar-
tholomew's day, 24 Aug. 1572, occurred during a truce. Bar-
tholomew, Calvinists, Camisard, Edict of Nantes, Prot-
ESTANTS. Smiles's " History of the Huguenots " appeared in
1867. Baird's " Rise of the Huguenots " was pub. 1879. The
crypt in Canterjiury cathedral assigned to French Protestants
in 1550 is still used by them for divine worship.
Hull, Gen. William, Trial of. United States, 1812; ■
Jan. and Mch. 1814.
Huinaita, a strong post on the river Paraguay, forti-
fied with a battery of 300 cannon by Lopez, the president of
Paraguay, and believed to be impregnable, was passed by the
Brazilian iron-clads 17 Feb. 1868. On the 19th Caxias, the
Brazilian general, stormed a work north of Humaita, and capt-
ured many stores. Humaita itself, after a siege, was aban-
doned, 24 July, 1868.
Humane Society, Royal, London, for recovery
of persons apparently drowned, was founded in 1774 by drs.
Goldsmith, Heberden, Towers, Lettsom, Hawes, and Cogan,
principally by the last 3. The society has above 280 depots,
with apparatus. The principal one was erected in 1794 on
ground given by George III., north of the Serpentine river,
Hyde park. Drowning.
humanism, the phwDSophical study of man's person-
ality as the most important subject of culture ; the pursuit
of an ideal in mind and character as the end of all education
and progress; advocated by Petrarch and other disciples of
ancient classic literature, termed the " new learning " (" literoR
humaniores"), and the renaissance, in the 14th, 15th, and 16th
centuries.
Humanitarians, a small sect in London, founded
by Mr. Kaspary, a German Jew. Their principles, set forth
in " The Fifteen Doctrines of the Religion of God," written
1866, include pantheism and transmigration of souls.
Humanity, Religion of. Positive philosophy,
Secularism.
hundred, a Danish institution, was a part of a shire,
composed, it is said, of a hundred families when the coun-
ties were first divided, about 897. The hundred -court is a
court-baron for all the inhabitants of a hundred instead of a
manor.
Hundred Days, the term of Napoleon's restoration,
from his arrival in Paris, 20 Mch., to his departure. 29 June,
1815.
Hundred Years' war, in French history, began
with the English invasion in 1337.
Hung^ary, a kingdom of central Europe, forming with
Austria the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, formerly part of
ancient Pannonia and Dacia, subjected to the Romans about
106, retained till the 3d century, then seized by the Goths,
who were expelled about 376 by the Huns. Attila, Huns.
After Attila's death in 453, the Gepidae, and in 500 the Lom-
bards, held the country. It was acquired by the Avars about
668, and retained till their destruction by Charlemagne in 799.
About 890 it was settled by a Scythian tribe named Vingours,
or Ungri (whence the Ger. name Ungarn), and Magyars, of
Finnish origin. The chief of the latter, Arpad (889), was an-
cestor of a line of kings ending in 1301. The progress of Mag-
yars westward ended with their defeat by the emperor Henry
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the Fowler, 934. Area, 125,039 sq. miles. Population of the
kingdom, including Transylvania, Fiume, Croatia, and Sla-
vonia, 31 Dec. 1869, 15,509^455 ; 1890, 17,335,929. Austria.
.Steplieu, founder of the monarchy, establishes Christianity,
subdues Slavs, etc., entitled Apostolic king by the pope 997
Poles overrun Hungary 1061
Bela III. introduces Greek civilization 1174 et seq.
Kavages of Tartars under sons of Genghis Khan, throughout
Hungary, Bohemia, and Russia I'ill et seq.
■Ooldeu bull of Andrew II., granting personal rights 1222
Death of Andrew III., end of the Arpad dynasty 1301
Victories of Louis the Great in Bulgaria, Servia, and Dalmatia,
1344-82
Invading Italy, he avenges the murder of his brother Andrew,
king of Naples ' 1348
Sanguinary anarchy ; Elizabeth, queen of Louis, is drowned ;
king Mary, the daughter, marries Sigismond of Branden-
burg ; they govern with severity 1382
[The Hungarians disliked the name queen; and when a fe-
male came to the throne, called her king.]
.Sigismond's cruelties ; his subjects appeal to the Turks 1393
Battle of Nicopolis ; Bajazet vanquishes Sigismond and a large
army 28 Sept. 1396
■Sigismond obtains crown of Bohemia, and Is elected emperor
of Germany 1410
Albert of Austria succeeds to throne of Hungary 1437
Victories of John Hunniades (reputed illegitimate son of Sigis-
mond) over the Turks 1442-44
Who obtain a truce of 10 years 1444
Broken by Ladislas, king of Hungary (at the pope's instiga-
tion) ; he is defeated and slain, with the papal legate, at
Varna 10 Nov. •'
.John Hunniades escapes ; becomes regent 1444-53
Raises siege of Belgrade, 14 July ; d 10 Sept. 1456
Hungarians insult Turkish ambassadors ; war ensues ; Soly-
man II. takes Buda 1526
Disastrous battle of Mohatz 29 Aug. "
Hungary subject to Austria r. . "
Peace of Vienna ; Protestants tolerated 23 June, 1606
John Sobieski defeats Turks in several battles, and raises
sieg* of Vienna 12 Nov. 1683
Duke of Lorraine retakes Buda 1686
Prince Louis of Baden defeats Turks at Salenckemen. .19 Aug. 1691
Prince Eugene defeats them at Zenta 11 Sept. 1697
Peace of Carlowitz 26 Jan. 1699
Pragmatic sanction, authorizing female succession 1722-23
Servia and Wallachia ceded to Turkey at peace of Belgrade. . . 1739
Hungarians enthusiastically support Maria Theresa against
France and Bavaria 1740
Protestants permitted to have churches 1784
Independence of Hungary guaranteed 1790
Diet meets ; Hungarian academy established 1825
People, discontented with Austrian rule, rebel 11 Sept. 1848
Murder of military governor, count Lamberg, by a mob at
Pesth ; Hungarian Diet appoints provisional government
under Kossuth and Louis Batthyany, 28 Sept. ; Hungarians
defeat the ban of Croatia 29 Sept. "
Diet denounces as traitors all who acknowledge the emperor
of Austria as king of Hungary 8 Dec. "
Insurgents defeated by Austrians at Szaikszo, 21 Dec; at
Mohr by the ban Jellachich 29 Dec. "
Buda-Pesth taken by Windischgratz 5 Jan. 1849
Bern defeats Austrians at Hermannstadt 21 Jan. "
Hungary declares itself free ; Kossuth governor 14 April, "
Hungarians defeat imperialists before Gran 18 April, "
Hussian army crosses Galicia to join Austrians 1 May, •'
Austro-Russian troops defeat Hungarians at Pered.. . .20 June, "
Battles of Acs ; Austrians defeat Hungarians 2, 10 July, "
Hungarians defeat Jellachich 14 July, "
Hungarians defeated by Russians ; GOrgey retreats after 3
days' battle 15 July, "
Battle before Komorn with Austro-Russian army 16 July, "
Insurgents under Bem enter Moldavia, 23 July ; defeated by
the Russians at Schassburg 31 July, "
Haynau defeats Hungarians before Temesvar 10 Aug. "
"GOrgey and army surrender to Russians 13 Aug. "
Kossuth, Andrassy, Bem, etc., escape to Turkish frontiers,
placed under protection at New Orsova (Turkey).. . .21 Aug. "
Komorn surrenders to Austrians ; war ends 27 Sept. "
Louis Batthyany tried at Pesth, and shot ; many Insurgent
chiefs put to death 6 Oct. "
Amnesty to Hungarian insurgents, who return home. ..16 Oct. "
Bem dies at Aleppo 10 Dec. 1850
Crown of St. Stephen and royal insignia discovered and sent
to Vienna 8 Sept. 1853
Amnesty for political offenders of 1848-49 12 July, 1856
During the Italian war in 1859, an insurrection was planned in
Hungary ; communications between Louis Napoleon and
Kossuth, it is said, led the emperor of Austria to the sudden
peace of Villafranca, and afterwards to promise reforms and
j" to grant liberty to Protestants in Hungary Aug. -Oct. 1859
.■Recall of archduke Albert ; gen. Benedek governor April, 1860
SDemand for restoration of old constitution ; reunion of the
( Banat and Voivodina with Hungary, etc Oct. "
( Heeting of Reichsrath at Vienna ; no deputies from Hungary
■ or Croatia 29 April, 1861
Imperial rescript refusing entire independence of Hungary,
21 July ; Diet protesting, 20 Aug. ; is dissolved 21 Aug. "
-Archbishop of Gran, primate, protests against the act of im-
perial government Sept. -Oct. "
1870
1871
1873
Summoned to Vienna ; be stands firm 25 Oct. 1861
Magistrates in comitat of Pesth resign ; military government
established ; passive resistance of nobility Dec. "
Emperor visits Buda-Pesth ; well received ; a new policy an-
uounced ; rights of Hungary to be restored 6-9 June, 1865
Imperial rescript, abolishing representative constitution of the
empire, restoring independence of Hungary, etc 21 Sept. "
Hungarian legions join Prussian army, June (after peace al-
lowed to return to their allegiance) Oct. 1866
Constitution of 1848 restored ; independent ministry appointed
under count Julius Andrassy 17 Feb. 1867
Croats protest against incorporation with Hungary.. . .25 May, "
Emperor and empress crowned at Buda with ancient ceremo-
nies 8 June, "
Bills for financial arrangement with Austria and for Jewish
emancipation receive royal assent 29 Dec. "
First trial by jury of press offences (fine and imprisonment for
publishing a letter of Kossuth) 27 Feb. 1868
Kossuth (elected to the legislature) resigns by letter. .14 April, "
Croatian deputation accepts union with Hungary 27 May,' "
Congress of Hungarian Jews opened ; Joseph EOtvos minister,
14 Dec. "
Louis Batthyany (executed and privately buried, Oct. 1849), re-
interred in public cemetery, Pesth 9 June,
Count Andrassy succeeds count von Beust, foreign minister at
Vienna ; count Louyay, Hungarian premier 14 Nov.
Buda-Pesth formally constituted the capital Nov.
Joseph Scharf and 9 other Jews tried at Nyireghyhaza for
murder of a Christian maid, Esther Solymosi (on 1 April,
1882) June, 1883
Acquitted 3 Aug. "
Violent anti- Jewish riots Pesth, Zala, Egersseg^ etc., July,
Aug. ; martial law proclaimed 29, 30 Aug. "
Count Julius Andrassy dies in Istria 18 Feb. 1890
Unveiling at Arad of the national monument of the 13 generals
executed 6 Oct. 1848 ; currency reform bill (gold to be the
basis) introduced into the Diet 14 May, 1892
SOVEREIGNS.
997. St. Stephen, duke of Hungary (son of Geisa); established Cath-
olic religion (1000), with title from the pope of apostolic
king, still borne by emperor of Austria, as king of Hungary.
1038. Peter, the German; deposed.
1041. Aba, or Owen.
1044. Peter, again; deposed; and his eyes put out.
1047. Andrew I. ; deposed.
1061. Bela I. ; killed by the Call of a tower. ^
1074. Salamon, son of Andrew.
1075. Geisa I., son of Bela.
1077. Ladislas I., the Pious.
Coloman, son of Geisa.
Stephen II., named Thunder.
Bela II. ; had his eyes put out.
Geisa II. ; succeeded by his son,
1161. Stephen III. ; and Stephen IV. (anarchy).
1173. Bela IIL ; succeeded by his son,
1196. Emeric; succeeded by his son,
1204. Ladislas II. ; reigned 6 months only.
1205. Andrew n., son of Bela in.
1235. Bela IV.
1270. Stephen IV. (or V.), his son.
1272. Ladislas III. ; killed.
Andrew III., surnamed the Venetian, son in-law of Rudolph
of Hapsburg, emperor of Germany (last of the house of Ar-
pad); d. 1301.
Wenceslas of Bohemia, and (1305) Otho of Bavaria.
Charobert, or Charles Robert, of Anjou.
Louis I., the Great; elected king of Poland, 1370.
1382. Mary, called king Mary, daughter of Louis.
1385-86. Charles Durazzo.
1387. Mary and her consort Sigismond: the latter became king of
Bohemia, and was elected emperor in 1410.
1392. Sigismond alone (on the death of Mary).
1437. Albert, duke of Austria, marries Elizabeth, daughter of Sigis-
mond, and obtains the thrones of Hungary, Bohemia, and
Germany ; dies suddenly.
1439. Elizabeth alone ; she marries
1440. Ladislas IV., king of Poland, of which kingdom he was Ladis-
las VI. ; slain at Varna.
1444. [Interregnum.]
1445. John Hunniades, regent.
1458. Ladislas v., posthumous son of Albert; poisoned.
" Matthias Corvinus, son of Hunniades.
1490. Ladislas VI., king of Bohemia: the emperor Maximilian laid
claim to both kingdoms.
1516. Louis II. of Hungarjr (I. of Bohemia); loses his life at the
battle of Mohatz.
John Zapolski, voivode of Transylvania, elected by Hun-
garians, and supported by sultan Solyman ; by treaty with
Ferdinand, he founds principality of Transylvania, 1536.
1526. i Ferdinand I., king of Bohemia, brother to the emperor
Charles V. ; rival kings (with Ferdinand the Hapsburg
period began, the sovereign rulers of Austria after him
succeeding to the title of the Hungarian crown).
1540. Ferdinand alone; elected emperor, 1558.
1563. Maximilian, son; emperor in 1564.
1572. Rudolph, son; emperor in 1576.
1608. Matthias II.. brother; emperor in 1612.
1618. Ferdinand XL, cousin, emperor.
1625. Ferdinand III., son; emperor, 1637.
I 1647. Ferdinand IV., son; d. in 1654, 3 years before his father.
1095.
1114.
113L
114L
1290.
1301.
1309.
1342.
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1656.
1687.
1712.
1741.
1780.
1790.
1792.
1836.
1848.
Leopold I., brother; emperor, 1667.
Joseph I., son; emperor in 1705.
Charles VI. (of Germany), brother, and nominal king of Spain.
Maria Theresa, daughter, empress; survived her consort, em-
peror Francis I., ft"om 1765 until 1780. Germany.
Joseph II., son; emperor in 1765; succeeded to Hungary on
the death of his mother.
Leopold II., brother; emperor; succeeded by his son.
Francis I., son (Francis IL as emperor of Germany); in 1804
he became emperor of Austria only.
Ferdinand V'., son; Ferdinand I. as emperor of Austria.
Francis Joseph, emperor of Austria; nephew; succeeded on
the abdication of his uncle, 2 Dec. 1848; crowned king of
Hungary, 8 June, 1867.
Hunker, Illinkeri§lll, a term applied to the
conservative element in the Democratic party of New York,
1835-60, which accepted the pro-slavery doctrine of the south
without question. Barnburners.
Huns, a race of warlike Asiatics, said to have conquered
China about 210 B.C., and- to have been expelled therefrom
about 90 A.D. They invaded Hungary about 376, and drove
out the Goths. Marching westward, under Attila, they were
thoroughly beaten at Chalons by the consul Aetius, 451 ; on
the death of Attila they ceased to be formidable and gradu-
ally disappeared.
hunting^. The Assyrian kings maintained game pre-
serves, and with the Egyptians were partial to the chase.
Herod, says Josephus, was a successful sportsman. The an-
cient Greeks loved the chase, and Xenophon wrote a work on
hunting, especially the hare, with dogs.
Alfred the Great is said by Asserius, his biographer, to have
been an expert hunter at 12 years of age 860
♦' Bokysof Hawking and Huntyng," by dame Julyana Earners,
was printed at St. Albans 1486
Famous among modern hunters are Rowaleyn Gordon Gum-
ming, Scottish sportsman of Altyre, who spent 5 years hunt-
ing in S. Africa, between 1843 and 1849 ; and Jules Gerard,
surnamed the " Lion-killer," a French officer in Africa, who
killed his 25th Hon 1855
Stag hunting. — A pack of stag-hounds is recorded as kept by
Hugh RoUand, queen Elizabeth's ranger, at Simonsbath 1598
This pack was sold in London 1825
Sir Arthur Chichester establishes a pack of stag-hounds in Ex-
moor district 1827
Fox hunting. — Lord Wilton says : " About the year 1750 hounds
began to be entered solely to fox." Previous to this time
the fox was not considered an animal of the higher chase.
Lord Arundel (English) kept a pack of fox-hounds 1690-1700
Fox-hunting has come into some prominence in the U. S. since
1876, when the "Livingston County (N. Y.) Hunt " was organized
by W. A. Wadsworth and C. C. Fitzhugh, and the " Queens County
Drag Hounds " was established. Other hunt-clubs in the U. S.
and Canada are : Rockaway, at Cedarhurst, L. I. ; Essex County, at
Orange, N. J. ; Meadowbrook, at Hempstead. L. I. ; Myopia, Wen-
ham, Mass. ; Radnor, Bryn Mawr, Pa. ; Rose Tree, Media, Pa. ; Elk
Ridge, near Baltimore; Dutchess County Hunt-Club, N. Y. ; Dun-
blane Hounds, Washington, D. C. ; Montreal Hunt-Club, Quebec;
and Toronto Hunt-Club, Ont. Dogs.
liurricanes. Storms.
hussars', Hungarian mounted militia, provided by
land-holders; instituted by Matthias Corvinus, about 1359.
(Hussar is derived from huss, 20, and ar, price). The British
hu-ssars were enrolled in 1759.
Huss'ites. The clergy having instigated the pope
to issue a bull against heretics, John Huss (b. in Bohemia,
1373), a zealous reformer, was cited before the council of
Constance, the emperor Sigismond sending him a .safe - con-
duct. He appeared, but was thrown into prison, and after
some months' confinement was condemned and burned alive,
with heroic endurance, 6 or 7 July, 1415. Jerome of Prague,
his intimate friend, who came to support and second him, was
also burned, 30 May, 1416, although under a safe - conduct.
Many followers of Huss took up arms in 1419, formed a po-
litical party under John Ziska, and built the city of Tabor.
Ziska defeated emperor Sigismond, 11 July, 1420, and a
short truce followed. Ziska, blinded at the siege of Rabi,
beat all the armies sent against him. He died of the plague,
18 Oct. 1424, and is said to have ordered a drum made of his
skin to terrify his enemies. 2 Hussite generals, named Proco-
pius, defeated the imperialists in 1431, and a temporary peace
ensued. Divisions took place among the Hussites, and on 30
May, 1434, they were defeated, and Procopius the elder slain
at Bomischbrod or Lippau. Toleration was granted by the
treaty of Iglau, and Sigismond entered Prague 23 Aug. 1436.
The Hussites opposed his successor, Albert of Austria, and
called Casimir of Poland to the throne ; but were defeated im
1438. Hussites still existed in the time of Luther, and were
called *' Bohemian Brethren."
llUSting^S (said to be from house-court, an assembly of
the Anglo-Saxons), an ancient court of London, its supreme-
court of judicature, as the court of common council is of legis-
lature. The court of hustyngs was granted to the city of Lon-
don, to be holden and kept weekly, by Edward the Confessor
1052. One was held to outlaw defaulters, 6 Dec. 1870. Win-
chester, Lincoln, York, etc., were also granted hustings courts
Hutchings, William. Revolution, Survivors op-
THE.
Hutchinson, Anne. Massachusetts, 1636; New
York, 1643.
Hutchinsonians included many eminent clergy of
England, who did not form a sect, but held the opinions of
John Hutchinson of Yorkshire (1674-1737); they rejected the
Newtonian system, and sought in the Scriptures a complete-
natural philosophy. Hutchinson's work, " Moses' Principia,""
was pub. 1724. He derived all things from air, whence, he
said, proceeded fire, light, and spirit, types of the Trinity.
In 1712 he invented a timepiece for finding longitudes, and
died in 1737.
Hydas^'pes, a river in India, where Alexander the
Great defeated Porus, after a severe engagement, 327 b.c.
Hyde park, London, W., the ancient manor of Hyde,,
belonging to Westminster abbey, became crown property at
the dissolution, 1535. It was sold by Parliament in 1652 ; but
resumed by the king at the restoration in 1660. The Serpen-
tine was formed 1730-33.
Colossal statue of Achilles, cast from cannon taken at Sala-
manca, Vittoria, Toulouse, and Waterloo, inscribed to "Ar-
thur, duke of Wellington, and his brave companions in arms,
by their countrywomen," erected 18 June, 1822;
hydraulic press. Hydrostatics.
hydrochlo'ric acid or chlorhy'dric acid,
the only known compound of chlorine and hydrogen, discov-
ered by dr. Priestley, 1772; its constitution determined by
Davy, 1810. It is also called muriatic acid and spirits of salt.
Alkalies.
hydrodynamics, that branch of hydromechanics
that treats of the motion of fluids. Hydrostatics.
hy'drogen (from Gr. v^wp, water, and y(.vvdh), I gen-
erate). Paracelsus observed a gas rise from a solution of
iron in oil of vitriol, about 1500; Turquet de Mayerne discov-
ered its inflammability, 1656 ; as did Boyle, 1672 ; Lemery
noticed its detonating power, 1700. In 1766 Cavendish proved
it to be an element, and in 1781 he and Watt first showed that
when combined with oxygen, by burning, water is produced.
Subsequently Lavoisier decomposed water, and'^gave hydrogen
its present name instead of " inflammable air." One volume
of oxygen combines with 2 volumes of hydrogen to form water.
Hydrogen is never found in the free state. It was liquefied
by Raoul Pictet and Cailletet, end of 1877. Elements.
hydroge'nium, a hypothetical metal. In a paper
before the Royal Society, London, 7 Jan. 1869, Thomas Gra-
ham, master of the mint, suggested that a piece of the metal
palladium, into which hydrogen had been pressed, became an
" alloy of the volatile metal hydrogenium."
hydrog'raphy is the description of the surface waters
of the earth. The first sea-chart is attributed to Henry the
Navigator, in the 16th century. Charts, Coast survey,,
Maps.
hydrom'eter, an instrument to measure gravity,
density, and other properties of liquids. The oldest mention
of it occurs in the 5th century in the letters of Synesius to
Hypatia; but it is not improbable that Archimedes was the
inventor of it. — Bechmann. Archimedes was killed in 212b.c.,
and Hypatia was torn to pieces at Alexandria 415 a.d. Robert
Boyle described a hydrometer in 1675. Baume's (1762) and
Sykes's (about 1818) have been much employed.
hydrop'athy, a term applied to the treatment of
disease by cold water, practised by Hippocrates in the 4th.
century b.c., by the Arabs in the 10th century a.d., and re-
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vived by dr. Currie in 1797. A system was taught in 1825
iby Vincenz Priessiiitz, of Grafenberg, in Austrian Silesia.
Similar doctrines were outlined by dr. Sydenham before 1689.
Priessnitz died 26 Nov. 185\.— Br ande. Medical science
(Theories, Systems, and Schools).
hydropllO'toia (Gr. v8po, water, 0o/3og, fear), proper-
ly, a horror of water, a disease originating in dogs, but com-
rnunicable to men by the saliva of the dog entering the blood,
And characterized by great nervous disturbance, muscular rig-
ors. It was regarded as inevitably fatal, until the first inoc-
ulation of the human subject for hydrophobia was performed
by Louis Pasteur upon Joseph Meister at Paris, 7-16 July,
1885. First on natives of the United States, 4 children from
Newark, N. J., sent to him for treatment 21 Dec. 1885; suc-
Kjessful. First performed in the U. S. by dr. Valentine Mott
of New York, Oct. 1886, virus procured at Pasteur's laboratory.
hydrostafics. Theory and practice of the pressure
•and equalization of fluids, etc., were probably first studied in
fthe Alexandrian school about 300 u.c. b c.
Pressure of fluids discovered by Archimedes about 250
Forcing-pump and air-fountam invented by Hero about 120
A.D.
"Water-mills were known about 1
Science revived by Galileo, Castellio,Torricelli, and Pascal (who
suggested the principle of the hydraulic press) 17th century.
Theory of rivers scientifically understood 1697
Oscillation of waves correctly explained by Newton 1714
:Scientiflc form given to hydro-dynamics by Bernouilli 1738
Joseph Bramah's hydrostatic or hydraulic press patented 1785
Sir William Armstrong's hydraulic crane patented 1846
John Crowther's 1825
hygiene (hy'-gem), from Hygieia, goddess of health.
The science of the preservation of health. Life, Sanitary.
liyg^rom'eter, an instrument to measure moisture in
the atmosphere. That by Saussure (d. 1799) is most em-
ployed. It consists of a human hair boiled in caustic lye, and
acts by absorption.— ^mwtZe. Daniell's hygrometer (1820) is
much esteemed.
tiyinilS. The song of Moses is the most ancient, 1491
B.C. (Exod. XV.). The Psalms date from about 1060 b.c, to
about 444 b.c. (from David to Ezra). The Jews often accom-
panied hymns with instrumental music. Paul (64 a.d.) speaks
of Christians admonishing one another " in psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs " (Col. iii. 16). Hilary, the bishop of Aries,
in France, is said first to have composed hymns to be sung in
Christian churches, about 431. The hymns of dr. Watts
(d. 1784), of John Wesley (d. 1791), and of his brother Charles
(d. 1788), are used by English churchmen and dissenters.
" Hymns, Ancient and Modern," edited by rev. sir Henry
Baker, first appeared in 1860. "Dictionary of Hymnology,"
by rev. John Julian, pub. 1892.
hyp'notij^ni (Gr. virvog, sleep), or nervous sleep, terms
given by Mr. Braid (in 1843) to a sleep-like condition produced
by steadily fixing the mind on one object. Minor surgical
operations have, it is said, been performed without pain on
persons in this state. " It may be regarded as an artificial
catalepsy." — EncycL Brit., 9th ed., vol. xv., p. 282.
liypsoin'eter, a thermometrical barometer for meas-
uring altitudes, invented by F. J. Wollaston in 1817 ; much
improved by Regnault about 1847.
Hyrea'llitl, Asia, near the Caspian, a province subject
to Persia, 334 b.c. ; held by Parthians, 244. It is now Ma-
zenderan, a Persian province.
i, the 9th letter of the English alphabet, corresponding to
■the Greek iota, v/hich was derived from Semitic source, and
possibly ultimately from Egypt. Alphabet.
iambic ver§e, a verse consisting wholly or mainly of
iambic feet, each of which consists of one short followed by a
long syllable, on which the stress falls. It is the common verse
■of dramatic dialogue, both in Greek and in Latin ; and the iam-
bus is the fundamental foot in all epic and heroic poetry, in the
Italian,French, German, and other languages, as well as in Eng-
.-glish. The word iambus was mythically derived from lambe,
in Greek mythology an attendant of Metanira, wife of Celeus,
iingofEleusis, who entertained Demeter, while seeking through
Attica her daughter Perserphone, with jokes, stories, and poeti-
cal effusions ; and hence free and satirical verses were called
iambics. — Apollodorus. Iambic verses were first written about
700 B.C. by Archilochus, who courted Neobule, the daughter of
Lycambes; but,after a promise of marriage, the father ])referred
a richer suitor; whereupon Archilochus wrote so bitter a satire
•on the old man's avarice that he hanged himself. — Herodotus.
Iberia. Georgia, Spain.
Icarians. A communistic society, founded in France
•by Etienne Cabet in 1840. 3 Feb. 1848, the van-guard sailed
for Texas and settled in Fanin county. Decimated b}"^ fever,
the remnant joined a second colony from France, and settled
at Nauvoo, 111., in Mch. 1849. In 'l853 they purchased 3000
acres in Adams county, Iowa, to which they removed in 1859.
ice. Water in the solid state, which it assumes under
ordinary conditions of atmospheric pressure at a temperature
of 32- Fahrenheit. Galileo observed ice to be lighter than
water, about 1597 ; specific gravity being .92. The ice trade
lirst started in Boston, Mass., in 1805, when a man named Tu-
dor shipped ice to Martinique. Ice is now made artificially,
especially in the southern states and in Australia.
Iceland, an island situated between the N. Atlantic
and the Arctic oceans, subject to Denmark, discovered by Nor-
wegian chiefs about 861; according to some accounts, it had
beon previously visited by a Scandinavian pirate. Area,
u9.756 sq. miles ; pop. 69,224.
12*
Colonized by Norwegians — 874
Christianity introduced about 100(1
[Annual general assembly was termed Althing: 4 great
schools, like universities, were founded in the 11th century;
and education was general.]
Warrior, statesman, and poet Snorri Sturluson was murdered,
22 Sept. 1241
Had a republican government and a flourishing literature till
subjected to Hakon, king of Norway 1264
Protestantism introduced * about 1551
New constitution signed by the king, 5 Jan., took effect 1 Aug.,
on a visit of king Christian of Denmark, when the 1000th
anniversary of the colonization was celebrated at the capital,
Reykjavik 1874
Cloasby's Icelandic-English Dictionary pub. in England 1869-73
Iceland has suffered by volcanic eruptions, especially in 1783; and
on 29 Mch. 1875, whole districts of pasture-land were devastated.
America, Eddas, Hecla.
Ice'ni, a British tribe, chiefly in SuflFolk and Norfolk.
In 61 A.D., while Suetonius Paulinus was reducing Mona (An-
glesey), incited by their queen Boadicea they marched south-
wards and destroyed Verulam, London, and other places, with
the Roman inhabitants ; but were defeated by Suetonius, with
great slaughter, near London.
" While about the shores of Mona those Neronian legionaries
Burnt and broke the grove and altar of the Druid and Druidess,
Far in the East Boadicea, standing loftily charioted,
Mad and maddening all that heard her in her fierce volubility.
Girt by half the tribes of Britain, near the colony Camulodi'ine,
Yell'd and shriek'd between her daughters o'er a wild confedera-
cy." — Tennyson, " Boadicea. "
ice-yacliting. Sailing.
" IcU dicn " ("I serve"), the motto under the plume of
ostrich feathers found in the helmet of the king of Boliemia,
slain at the battle of Cressy while a volunteer in the French
army, 26 Aug. 1346. Edward the Black Prince, who won the
battle, in respect to his father, Edward III., who commanded
in chief, adopted the motto, since borne with the feathers by
heirs to the crown of England.
ichnol'Ogry, the science of footprints, or impressions
in mud or sand of animals of former ages. Dr. Duncan
discovered the footprints of a tortoise in the sandstone of An-
nandale, in 1828; many discoveries have since been made by
Owen, Lyell, Huxley, and others.
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tchthyoroj;^)', the science of fishes. Eminent writers
are Willoughbv, Kay, Valenciennes, Cuvier, Owen, Agas8iz,etc.
Yarrell's "British Fishes" (1836-59) is a classical work. Fish.
ICO'nillin, now Ko'ltiyell, a town of Syria. Here
Paul and Barnabas preached, 38. Soliman the Seljuk founded
a kingdom here in 1074, which lasted till conquered by Turks,
1307, but subdued by crusaders in 1097 and 1190.
ICOn'OClB§t8 (" image-breakers "). The controversy re-
specting images (introduced into churches for popular instruc-
tion about 300) began about 726, and caused disturbance and
loss of life in the Eastern empire. Leo Isauricus issued 2
edicts for demolishing images in churches in that year, and
enforced them with rigor in 736. Defenders of images were
again persecuted in 752 and 761, when Constantine forbade his
subjects becoming monks. The worship of images was restored
by Irene in 780. This schism occasioned the second council of
Nice, 787. Theophilus banished painters and statuaries from
the Eastern empire, 832. The iconoclasts were excommunicated
at the 8th general council at Constantinople, 869-70. This con-
troversy led to the separation of the Greek and Latin churches.
Many images in churches were destroyed in England and Scot-
land during the Reformation and the English civil war, 1641-48.
Idaho (Ind. Edah hoe), one of the states of the north-
western division of the Union. Its name signifies " light on
the mountains." It lies be-
tween 42° and 49° N. lat, and
111° and 117° W. Ion. The
Dominion of Canada bounds
it on the north, Montana and
Wyoming on the east, Utah
and Nevada on the south, and
Oregon and Washington on the
west. Area, 84,800 sq. miles,
in 18 counties; pop. 1890,
84,385 ; capital, Boise City.
First white men in Idaho,
Lewis and Clark's explor-
ing expedition (United States) 1805-6
First settlement at fort Hall by N. J. Wyeth 1834
Cceur rt'Alene mission established 1842
Gold discovered on the Oro Fino creek, followed by a large
immigration 1858-60
Idaho created a territory 3 Mch. 1863
General school law passed 12 Jan. 1877
Test-oaths abjuring polygamy, plural and celestial marriages
required of all county and precinct officers 1884-85
New capitol completed at Boise City 1887
Insane asylum erected at Blackfeet "
Legislature unseats 3 members as ineligible under the anti-
Mormon test-oaths 1888
University at Moscow, authorized by the legislature Jan. 1889
Convention frames a state constitution 4 July-6 Aug. "
Constitution ratified and state officers elected 5 Nov. "
Supreme court sustains the Idaho anti-Mormon test-oath law
for voters 3 Feb. 1890
Admitted as the 43d state by proclamation of president. 3 July, "
Gov. Shoup takes the oath of oflQce, 3 Nov., and convenes the
legislature at Bois^ City 8 Dec. "
Legislature elects U. S. senators; gov. Shoup for term ending
i Mch. 1891 (also F. T. Dubois to succeed him), and "W. J. Mc
Connell 18 Dec, "
Lt.-gov. Willey succeeds gov. Shoup resigned 20 Dec. "
Election of Dubois being deemed illegal, William H. Claggett is
chosen Shoup's successor 11 Feb. 1891
Law allowing verdict by three-fourths of a jury in a civil action,
and an Australian ballot law enacted at session ending 14 Mch. "
U. S. senate seats Dubois (vote 55-5) 3 Mch. 1892
Lockout involving 3000 striking miners begins in the Cceur
d'Alene mining district in Shoshone county, 1 Apr. An attack
on men employed in the Gem mines, made by union men,
results in the killing of several miners 11 July, "
Martial law put in force in Shoshone county 14 July, "
Proclamation of pres. Harrison commanding all persons in
insurrection in Idaho to disperse 16 July, "
Two thousand U. S. troops, by order of pres. Harrison, occupy
Wardner, 14 July; suppress disturbance; withdraw. 23 July, "
Trial of insurrectionary miners at Cceur d'Alene city for con-
spiracy; 4 convicted, 10 acquitted 29 Sept "
TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS.
Name. Date.
Wm. H. Wallace 1863 to 1864
Caleb Lyon 1864
David W. Ballard.. . .1866
Samuel Bard 1870
Gilman Marston 1870
Alexander Connor. . .1871
Thomas M. Bowen. . .1871
1866
1867
Name. Date.
Thomas W. Bennett., 1871 to 1876.
Mason Brayman 1876 " 1880
John B. Neil 1880 " 1883
John N. Irwin 1883
Wm. N. Burn 1884 " 1885
Edwin A, Stevens. . .1885 " 1889
ILL
STATE GOVERNORS.
Name.
Date
Remarki. fl
1890
1890 to 1893
1893 " 1895
1895 " 1897
Elected U. S. senatfl
Lt.-gov. acting. ■
Republican. M
N. B. Willey
Wm. J. McConnell
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM IDAHO. ^
Name.
No. of CouRreM.
Date. 1 Remarks.
George L. Shoup
Fred. T. Dubois
Fiay-flrst
1890
Term expires, 189T
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lcleali§in. Philosophy.
Ide§ (Lat. idus), in the Roman and church calendar
the 15th day of Mch., May, July, and Oct. ; the 13th day in
every other month. Dates were reckoned backward from
the ides, as from the calends and the nones. On the idus
of Mch., 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was assassinated,
idols. Images or similitudes of a divinity, as objects
of worship. The public worship of idols was introduced by
Ninus, king of Assyria, 2059 b,c. — Vossius. Images are men-
tioned in Gen. xxxi. 19, 30, 1739 b.c. The Jews frequently
deserted the worship of God for idols till their captivity, 588
B.C. Constantine, emperor of Rome, ordered heathen temples
destroyed, and all sacrifices to cease, 330 \.v>.—Dvfresnoy.
Idolatry was revived in Britain by Saxons about 473, but
died out after the coming of Augustin, about 597. Icono-
clasts, Wkek.
Idumse'a, the country of the Edoraites, descendants of
Esau, brother of Jacob (Gen. xxxvi., Josh. xxiv. 4). ^ ^
Edomites refuse the Israelites a way through their country . . 1453
They are subjugated by David ._ 1040'
Revolt against Ahaziah, 892; are defeated by Amaziah 827
They join the Chaldaeans against Judah, and are anathema-
tized in Ps. cxxxvii about 570-
John Hyrcanus, the Maccabee, subjugates and endeavors to
incorporate them with the Jews 125
Herod the Great, son of Antipater, an Idumajan, king of Judsea, 40
Ildefon'SO, San, a town of Spain. Here was signed
a treaty between France and Spain, 19 Aug. 1796 ; and another,,
by which France regained Louisiana, 1 Oct. 1800. United
States.
Ilerda, a town of N.E. Spain, founded by the Cartha-
ginians, now Lerida on the Segre. Here Caesar defeated Afra-
nius and Petreius, lieutenant of Pompey, after a brave re-
sistance, 49 B.C.
irium, Asia Minor. A city was built here by Dardanus
and called Dardania, 1480 b,c. Troy, another city,* was found-
ed by Troas, about 1341 b.c. ; and llus, his successor, called
the country Ilium. Homer.
Illinois, one of the northern central states of the United
States, its western boundary the Mississippi river, which sep-
arates it from Iowa and Mis-
souri; Wisconsin bounds it
on the north, lake Michigan
touching the northeastern cor-
ner ; Indiana on the east, and
Kentucky on the south. It is
limited in lat. by 36° 59' to 42°
30' N., and in Ion. by 87° 35'
to 91° 40' W. Area, 56,650
sq. miles, in 102 counties.
Pop. 1890, 3,826,351. Cap-
ital, Springfield.
Louis Joliet and Jacques
Marquette descend the
Mississippi river from the mouth of the Wisconsin to the
Arkansas. Returning, they ascend the Illinois, making their
way to lake Michigan via the Desplaines and Chicago rivers, 167$
Marquette, purposing to establish a mission among the Illi-
nois Indians, makes a portage from the Chicago to the Des-
plaines, descends the Illinois river nearly to Utica, where he
meets a large concourse of chiefs and warriors 8 Apr. 1C75-
Father Claude Allouez, successor to Marquette, who d. 18 May,
1675, enters the Chicago river on his way to the Indian mis-
sion Apr. 167ft
Robert Cavalier Sieur de la Salle, with Henry Tonti, father
Hennepin, and a party of 33, descending the Kankakee and
Illinois rivers, pass through Peoria lake 3 Jan. 1680, and
erect fort Crevecoeur on the east shore of the outlet 1680
Father Hennepin descends the Illinois from the fort to explore
the upper Mississippi 28 Feb, "
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La Salle, returning from Montreal with supplies for fort Creve-
coeur, finds the town of the Illinois Indians burned by the
Iroquois, the fort destroyed, and the garrison dispersed 1680
La Salle and Tonti, seeking the mouth of the Mississippi, de-
scend the Illinois, arriving at its mouth 6 Feb. 1682
They build fort St. Louis on Starved Rock on the Illinois, near
the site of Utica Nov. "
La Salle returns to France, 1683; sails for the mouth of the
Mississippi in Aug. 168i. Tonti, with 25 Frenchmen and 5
Indians, intending to meet him at the mouth of the Missis-
sippi, leaves fort St. Louis 13 Feb. 1686
I Fort Chicago, probably built by M. de la Durantaye in 1685, ap-
I pears on a map of lake Michigan dated 1688
Mission established at the great town of the Illinois is re-
( moved down the river to the present site of Kaskaskia before 1690
[ Philip Renault, with 200 mechanics and laborers and 500 negro
[ slaves for working supposed mines in Illinois, founds St.
1 Philipps, a village a few miles above Kaskaskia 1719
i Pierre Duque Boisbriant, sent by the Western company, builds
j fort Chartres on the east side of the Mississippi, 22 miles from
Kaskaskia 1720
Jesuits establish a monastery and college at Kaskaskia 1721
. Kaskaskia becomes an incorporated town 1725
Renault sells his slaves to the French colonists in Illinois 1744
Fort Massac, or Massacre, on the Ohio, about 40 miles from its
mouth, established by the French about 1711, is enlarged
and garrisoned 1756
British flag raised over fort Chartres 10 Oct. 1765
Col. Wilkins, sent to fort Chartres to govern the Illinois coun-
try, assumes by proclamation the civil administration, ap-
pointing 7 magistrates or judges 21 Nov. 1768
First court held in Illinois opens at fort Chartres 6 Dec. "
Land grant of 30,000 acres in the present county of Randolph
made by col. Wilkins, to John Baynton, Samuel Wharton,
and George Morgan, merchants of Philadelphia 12 Apr. 1769
A freshet destroying a part of fort Chartres, it is abandoned by
the British garrison, who occupy fort Gage, opposite Kas-
kaskia, and fix the government there 1772
Deed to the Illinois Land company from the chiefs of Indian
tribes in Illinois for 2 immense tracts of land in southern
Illinois, bought 5 July, recorded at Kaskaskia 2 Sept. 1773
American expedition under George Rogers Clark conquers
Illinois without bloodshed, occupying Kaskaskia 4 July, 1778
Territory conquered by col. Clark is made by the legislature of
Virginia into Illinois county Oct. "
Col. John Todd proclaims from Kaskaskia a temporary govern-
ment for Illinois 15 June, 1779
Illinois included in the Virginia act of cession to the U. S.
20 Dec. 1783, the deed of which is executed 1 Mch. 1784
Illinois included in Northwest territory, organized by act of
Congress 13 July, 1787
Maj.-gen, Arthur St. Clair, elected by Congress governor of the
Northwest territory, arrives at Kaskaskia Feb. 1790
By act of Congress 400 acres are granted to every head of fam-
ily who had improved farms in Illinois prior to 1788 1791
By the treaty of Greenville, 16 tracts 6 miles square in Illi-
nois are ceded by the Indians ; one at the mouth of the
Chicago river, "where a fort formerly stood " 3 Aug. 1795
Site of Peoria fixed by the abandonment of a settlement called
La Ville de Maillet, located farther up the lake in 1788 1796
Jean Baptiste Point de Saible, a negro who settled at Chicago
about 1779, sells his cabin to a French trader named Le Mai
and moves to Peoria "
Illinois part of Indiana territory, created by act of 7 May, 1800
Memorial to Congress by a committee called to Vinceunes by
gov. Harrison, requesting repeal of the 6th article of the
organic act prohibiting slavery 20 Dec. 1802
By treaty of fort Wayne, 7 June, ratified at Vincennes 7 Aug.
1803, the Indians cede to the U. S. 1,634,000 acres of land,
336,128 in Illinois; and by treaty of Vincennes, 13 Aug., the
Kaskaskias cede most of southern Illinois 1803
Fort Dearborn built on the south side of Chicago river by the
federal government and garrisoned. The corner of Michi-
gan ave. and River st. , Chicago, marks the site "
Congress establishes land offices at Kaskaskia, Vincennes, and
Detroit 15 Mch. 1804
John Kinzie of the American Fur company buys Le Mai's trad-
ing house ; is the first permanent settler at Chicago "
By the treaty of St. Louis, 3 Nov. 1804, the united Sac and Fox
Indians cede to the U. S. land on both sides of the Missis-
sippi river, extending on the east from the mouth of the
Illinois to its head and thence to the Wisconsin 3 Nov. "
Western Star Lodge of Freemasons established at Kaskaskia,
24 Sept. 1805
Piankeshaw Indians cede to the U. S. 2,616,921 acres west of
the Wabash, opposite Vincennes 30 Dec. "
Territory of Illinois created with Kaskaskia as the seat of gov-
ernment 3 Feb. 1809
Ninian Edwards commissioned governor by Madison . . .24 Apr. "
; Mail route established by law from Vincennes to St. Louis via
Kaskaskia, Prairie du Rocher, and Cahokia 1810
I Illinois raised to second grade of territorial government, 21 May, 1812
Owing to Indian murders and outrages a cordon of forts and
t blockhouses is erected in Illinois ; the most noted is fort
i Russel, near Edwardsville "
i Garrison of Fort Dearborn by order of gen. Hull, 7 Aug. 1812,
I though reinforced by capt. Wells and 15 friendly Miamis,
1 evacuate the fort 15 Aug. They are attacked and massacred
by Indians ; 39 killed, 27 taken prisoners, and the fort
burned 15-16 Aug. "
i Capt. Craig of Shawneetown, under instructions from gen.
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I Samuel Hopkins, burns Peoria and removes the captured
French inhabitants suspected of complicity with the Ind-
ians, to Alton Oct. 1812
Legislature convenes at Kaskaskia 25 Nov. "
Illinois Herald established at I{;askaskia by Matthew Duncan. 1814
Laws of the territory revised by Nathaniel Pope, and printed
by Matthew Duncan under date 2 June, ISIS'
Bank of Illinois incorporated at Shawneetown 1816
Fort Dearborn rebuilt "
Charter for Cairo city granted by the legislature 1817-18
Enabling act for thp state of Illinois approved. 18 Apr. 1818
Northern boundary of Illinois extended 50 miles to lat. 42° 30', '*
Convention at Kaskaskia to frame a constitution adopts an
ordinance accepting the Enabling act 26 Aug. "
Illinois Emigrant^ afterwards the Illinois Gazette, established
at Shawneetown by Henry Eddy and Singleton H. Kimmel.. "
First general assembly under the constitution meets at Kas-
kaskia 5 Oct. "
Illinois admitted into the Union, approved 3 Dec. "
State bank of Illinois incorporated with 4 branches . . .22 Mch. 1819
Legislature re-enacts the "black laws" respecting free ne-
groes, mulattoes, servants, and slaves 30 Mch. "
Spectator founded by Hooper Warren at Edwardsville "
Ferdinand Ernst, from Hanover, locates a colony of 25 or 30
families at Vandalia "
John Kelly and family the first white settlers at Springfield . . "
A Frenchman named Boutilier settles on the Fever river "
Seat of government removed to Vandalia 1820
State-house at Vandalia destroyed by fire 9 Dec. 1823
General election, proposed convention to amend constitution,
permitting slavery, defeated by 4972 to 6640 Aug. 1824
Illinois and Michigan Canal Association incorporated . .19 Jan. 1825
Reception given gen. Lafayette at Kaskaskia , 30 Apr. "
Congress grants 224,322 acres to the state of Illinois to aiding
the Illinois and Michigan canal 2 Mch. 1827
Father of Abraham Lincoln removes from Indiana with his
family to Macon county. 111 1830
Towns of Chicago and Ottawa surveyed and laid out by a board
of canal commissioners, and maps prepared by James Thomp-
son bearing date 4 Aug. "
State penitentiary at Alton constructed 1831
"Reports of the Supreme Court of Illinois," the first book pub-
lished in the state, by Sidney Breese "
U. S. troops under gen. Gaines, having burned the old Sac vil-
lage on the Mississippi, deserted by Black Hawk and his
warriors, encamp at Rock island, where Black Hawk, sum-
moned to a council, signs an agreement not to recross the
Mississippi to the Illinois side without permission from the
governor, or the president of the U. S 30 June, "
Rock Springs Theological seminary and high-school, founded
by rev. John M. Peck, D. D., is transferred to Alton and be-
comes the nucleus of Shurtleflf college "
Black Hawk, with 150 warriors, unsuccessfully attacks Apple
River fort, 12 miles from Galena 6 June, 1832
Battle of Kellog's grove, 60 miles from Dixon ; col. Demont
attacked by Indians under Black Hawk 26 June, "
Chicago incorporated as a town Aug. 1833
New state bank with 6 branches, incorporated 1834
Abraham Lincoln elected to the state legislature "
[Also 1836, '38, '40.]
First number of the Alton Observer, an antislavery newspa-
per, published by rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy 8 Sept. 1835
Abraham Lincoln admitted to practise law "
Act to establish and maintain a general system of internal im-
provement appropriates $10,230,000 27 Feb. 183T
Chicago chartered as a city 4 Mch. "
Corner stone of state capitol at Springfield laid 4 July, "
Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy, publisher of the Alton Observer, shot
dead by a mob at his office (Alton riot) 7 Nov. '<
First rail on NorthernCross railroad laid at Meredosia,9 May, and
first locomotive in Mississippi valley put on the track, 8 Nov. "
Legislature first meets at Springfield, the new capital: Assem-
bly in second Presbyterian church. Senate in first Methodist,
and the superior court in the Episcopal 9 Dec. 1839
Mormons locate on the east bank of the Mississippi, in Hancock
county, and found Nauvoo 1840
Knox college, at Galesburgh, chartered 1837, opened 1841
Laws passed, "to diminish the state debt and put the state bank
into liquidation," 24 Jan. 1843, and " to reduce the public debt
$1,000,000 and put the bank of Illinois into liquidation " 1843
Mormon leaders Joe and Hyrum Smith, the former mayor of
Nauvoo, imprisoned for treason in levying war against the
state by declaring martial law in Nauvoo, and by ordering
out the Nauvoo Legion to resist a posse comitattis, assassinated
in jail at Carthage by conspirators 27 June, 1844
Jacksonville Female academy, at Jacksonville, opened 1830,
chartered 1845
Two thousand Mormons, the van of the general exodus, cross
the Mississippi on the ice 15 Feb. 1S46
Illinois Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, at Jacksonville,
opened "
Abraham Lincoln elected to Congress "
Illinois Female college at Jacksonville opened and chartered. . 1847
Illinois Institution for the Blind at Jacksonville opened "
Convention met at Springfield 7 June, 1847, and completed a
constitution 31 Aug., which is adopted by the people, 59,887
to 15,859 and takes effect 1 Apr. 1848
Illinois StaatsZeitung founded by Robert Hoeffger, at Chicago,
Apr. "
Illinois and Michigan canal, begun in 1836, opened ... .16 Apr. "
Bloody Island dike built at E. St. Louis "
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Rockford seminary at Rockford, chartered in 1847, is opened, 1849
Jefferson Davis challonges col. W. H. Bissell, afterwards gov-
ernor, to a duel ; he accepts the challenge, but the matter is
amicably settled Feb. 1850
Geological survey authorized by act of 17 Feb. 1861
Central Hospital for the Insane at Jacksonville opened. . . Nov. "
liiiw providing that any negro or mulatto, bond or free, who
comes into the stale and rouiains 10 days, may be lined $50
or sold into slavery until the Hue is worked out 12 Feb. 1853
Act passed incorporating the State Agricultural Society "
Mount Carrol seminary, at Mount Carrol, chartered 1852,
opened "
Illinois Wesleyan university, at Bloomington, chartered and
opened "
State common-school convention meets at Bloomington. . . Dec. "
Hon. N. W. Edwards appointed state superintendent of com-
mon schools 15 Mch. 1854
Attempt of senator Stet)hen A. Douglas to address the people
of Chicago from an open balcony in defence of the Kansas-
Nebraska bill is met with hisses, groans, and continued noise
for 4 hours, when Douglas retires 1 Sept. "
1 jiw for a system of free schools in the state 15 Feb. 1855
Trial of some 30 German saloon keepers in Chicago for violat-
ing the prohibitory liquor law just passed leads to a riot 21
Apr. ; city placed under martial law 22 Apr. "
Eureka college, opened at Eureka in 1849, receives its charter, "
Northwestern university at Evanston, chartered in 1851, is
opened "
Illinois state university at Normal opened 1857
Monmouth college at Monmouth, opened in 1856, chartered... "
Many prisoners ftom the old penitentiary at Alton removed to
the new penitentiary at Joliet 22 May, 1858
Debate between Lincoln and Douglas throughout the state on
slavery summer and autumn, "
Gov. Bissell dies; lieut.-gov. John Wood succeeds 18 Mch. 1860
Abraham Lincoln nominated for president by the Republican
national convention at Chicago 16 May, "
Abraham Lincoln inaugurated president 4 Mch. 1861
<ien. Swift, with 6 companies and 4 cannon, leaves Chicago to
occupy Cairo, under telegraphic order from the secretary of
war to gov. Yates, of 19 Apr 21 Apr. "
Twenty-one thousand stands of arms seized at the St. Louis
arsenal by forces under capt. Stokes, and removed to Alton
by boat, thence to Springfield by rail 26 Apr. "
U. S. Grant tenders his services to gov. Yates, and is assigned
to command of camps Yates, Grant, and Douglas Apr. "
Stephen A. Douglas dies at Chicago, aged 48 3 June, "
Dr. Newberry organizes the northwestern branch of the U. S.
Sanitary Commission at Chicago "
A convention chosen to form a new constitution meets 7 Jan.
1862; assumes legislative powers, ratiflestheXIII.lh Amend-
>ment to the Constitution, votes $500,000 of state money for
the relief of sick and wounded Illinois soldiers, and frames a
constitution which was rejected by the people June, 1862
Arsenal established by act of Congress on Rock island, where
fort Armstrong was erected in 1816 1863
Chicago Times suppressed for one day by order from gen.
Burnside, No. 84, dated 1 June, and revoked 4 June, "
Democratic mass convention, 40,000 delegates, held at Spring-
field 17 June, "
Political disturbance at Charleston, Coles county, between citi-
zens attendant upon the circuit court and veterans of the
54th Illinois regiment; 7 lives are lost 22 Mch. 1864
Discovery of fraudulent reissue of $224,182.66 of 90 days re-
deemed canal scrip dating back some 30 years, by the use of
checks signed in blank at that time. Suspicion points to
ex-gov. Mattesou, who offers to indemnify the state against
' loss, 9 Feb. 1859. Other evidences of fraud in office coming
to light, under a decree rendered in the Sangamon circuit
court against Malteson for $255,500, the state secures $238,-
000 at a master's sale of the ex-governor's property... 27 Apr. "
Democratic national convention meets at Chicago 29 Aug. "
Plot to liberate confederate prisoners at camp Douglas, Chi-
cago, is exposed, and leaders, arrested Nov. 1864, are tried
by court-martial and convicted at Cincinnati Jan, 1865
Legislature ratifies the XIII. th Amendment to the Constitution
and repeals the '• black laws " "
Burial of pres. Lincoln at Springfield 4 May, "
Sanitary Commission fair at Chicago, $250,000 raised May, "
Illinois Asylum for Feeble-minded Children, at Lincoln, opened, *'
First post of the Grand Army of the Republic mustered in at
Decatur (Grand Army) 6 Apr. 1866
Orville H. Browningappointedsecretary of the interior..! Sept. "
Tunnel under lake Michigan to supply Chicago with water
completed; length 2 miles Dec. "
Law passed abolishing capital punishment 1867
Horace Capron, U. S. commissioner of agriculture 4 Dec. "
University of Illinois at Urbana. chartered 1867, opened .Mch. 1868
U. S. Grant nominated for president by the Republican na-
tional convention at Chicago 20 May, "
Cook county normal school at Englewood opened " .
Corner-stone of the new capitol at Springfield laid 5 Oct. "
First river-tunnel in this country completed under the Chi-
cago river; 810 ft. long Dec. "
U. S. Grant inaugurated president 4 Mch. 1869
Legislature ratifies the XV. th Amendment to the Constitution;
vote, in Senate 17 to 7 ; in House, 52 to 27 5 Mch. "
Elihu B.Washburne appointed secretary of treasury '• "
John A. Rawlins appointed secretary of war 11 .Mch. "
Appropriation made by legislature for the Northern Illinois
Hospital for the Insane at Elgin "
ILL
Constitution framed by a convention at Springfield, May, 1870;
ratified by the people; 134.227 to 35,443 2 July,
Evangelical proseminary at Klmhurst, chartered 1868, opened.
Seminary of the Sacred Heart at Chicago, opened in 1858,
chartered
Remains of pres. Lincoln transferred from the temporary
tomb to the crypt of the monument at Oak Ridge cemetery.
May,
Deepening of the Illinois and Michigan canal to create a cur-
rent from lake Michigan to the Illinois river, begun in 1865,
is completed 18 July,
Illinois and Michigan canal turned over to the state Aug.
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows meets at Chicago,
18 Sept.
Chicago fire, which burns over 2124 acres and destroys 17,500
buildings, begins (Fikes) 8-9 Oct.
New building for the U. S. Marine hospital established at Chi-
cago, May, 1852 ; completed
Gov. Oglesby, elected U. S. senator ; lieut.-gov. John L. Bev-
eridge succeeds him 4 Mch.
St. Francis Solanus college at Quincy, opened in 1860, is char-
1
1870
1871
tered.
Northwestern Farmers' convention of 150 delegates from Indi-
ana, Iowa, Michigan, New York, and Illinois, meets at Chi-
cago 22 Oct.
North wing of the Southern Hospital for the Insane at Anna
opened 15 Dec.
Southern Illinois normal university at Carbondale opened
Monument to Abraham Lincoln at Oak ridge, Springfield, dedi-
cated (Lincoln's monument) 15 Oct.
National convention of the Grand Army of the Republic held
at Chicago 12 May,
National temperance association meets at Chicago ... .3 June,
Chicago day schools for the deaf opened
Lake Forest university, at lake Forest, opened
Parade of 1500 armed Communists carrying the red flag in
Chicago, winter of
Appropriation by the legislature for the Eastern Hospital for
the Insane, at Kankakee
State Board of Health organized
Illinois Industrial School for Girls, at South Evanston, opened. .
Militia law; entire male population to be enrolled, and hOOO
organized and armed ; no other military organizations to
parade or drill unless licensed 28 May,
Board of Fish Commissioners created by legislature
Bureau of labor statistics established
Republican national convention meets at Chicago 2 June,
Greenback national convention meets at Chicago '•
Robert T. Lincoln secretary of war 5 Mch.
St. Joseph's Diocesan college, at Teutopolis, opened 1862,
chartered
Aurora the first city in the world to light its streets with elec-
tricity
State penitentiary at Chester ready for occupation
St. Mary's school, Knoxville. opened 1868, chartered
Gov. Cullom, elected U. S. senator, is succeeded by John M.
Hamilton 7 Feb.
Chicago Voice and Hearing School for the Deaf opened at En-
glewood
Ephphatha School for the Deaf opened at Chicago
Haymarket massacre by anarchists (Chicago) 4 May,
Illinois Soldiers and Sailors' Home at Quincy, organized 18b5,
and dedicated 20 Oct.
Gen. John A. Logan, U. S. senator, dies at Washington. .26 Dec.
Appropriation by the legislature for the Industrial Home for
the Blind in Cook county
Illinois asylum for insane criminals established at Chester
Chicago university endowed with $1,600,000 by J. D. Rocke-
feller, and a gift of land by Marshall Field, .v.
Convention of Afro- American leagues opens in Chicago.. 15 Jan.
Chicago secures the World's Fair, the vote on the site in the
House of Representatives being: Chicago, 157 ; New York,
107 ; St. Louis, 26 ; Washington, 18 24 Feb.
Panic in the Chicago Board of Trade 12 Apr.
Constitutional amendment, to permit the city of Chicago to
issue 5% bonds to $5,000,000 to aid the World's Columbian
Exposition, adopted by legislature 31 July,
Governor signs the World's Fair bill 5 A ug.
George R. Davis selected as director general of the World's
Columbian Exposition 19 Sept.
Gen. John M. Palmer, democrat, elected U. S. senator on the
154th ballot 11 Mch.
Laws reducing the legal rate of interest from 6 to 5%, and
making the first Monday in Sept. (Labor Day) and 12 Feb.
(Abraham Lincoln's Birthday) legal holidays, passed at ses-
sion ending 12 June,
Gov. Fifer signs the Ballot Reform bill 23 June,
First reunion of survivors of the Black Hawk war of 1832 held
at Lena ; 17 veterans present '. .28 Aug.
Equestrian statue of gen. Grant unveiled at Chicago 7 Oct.
World's Fair amendment to state constitution adopted by vote
of 500,299 to 15,095 Nov.
Alien land law pronounced unconstitutional 23 Dec.
Train of 28 cars containing 12,000 bushels of shelled com, the
contribution of residents of McLean county to the Russian
famine sufferers, is made up at Bloomington 10 Mch.
Eighty sq. miles of territory inundated by the breaking of a
levee on the Mississippi
Democratic national convention meets at Chicago 21 June,
University of Chicago opens, without formal ceremony, with
500 students 1 Oct.
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1887
1891
1392'
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365
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World's Columbian Exposition, preliminary exercises at Chi-
cago • orations by Chauncey M. Depew and Henry Watterson,
'21 Oct. 1892
U. S. supreme court affirms the judgment of the U. S. circuit
court adverse to the claims of the Illinois Central Railroad
company to the submerged lands 5 Dec. "
World's Columbian Exposition opened at Chicago 1 May, 1893
Gov. Altgeld pardons the anarchists Fielden. Neebe, and
Schwab, serving sentence in the penitentiary for complicity
in the Haymarket riot (Chicago) 26 June, "
Garter H. Harrison, mayor of Chicago, assassinated (Chicago),
28 Oct. "
World's Columbian Exposition closed .30 Oct. "
Prendergast, the murderer of the mayor of Chicago, hanged,
- 13 July, 1894
TERRITORIAL. GOVERNOR.
Ninian Edwards commissioned 24 Apr. 1809
STATE.
Shadrach Bond.
1818
Edward Cowles
Ninian Edwards " "
John Reynolds " "
William L. D. Ewing acting
Joseph Duncan assumes office
Thomas Carlin " "
Thomas Ford " "
Augustus C. French " "
Joel A. Matteson " "
William H. Bissell " •' '.
John Wood acting 18 Mch.
Richard Yates assumes office Jan.
Richard J. Oglesby "
John M. Palmer "
Richard J. Oglesby "
John L. Beveridge acting 4 Mch.
Shelby M. Cullom assumes office Jan.
John M. Hamilton acting 7 Feb.
Richard J. Oglesby Jan.
Joseph W. Fifer "
John B. Altgeld "
1822
1826
1830
1834
1842
1846
1853
1857
1860
1861
1865
1869
1873
1877
1883
1885
1889
1893
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Name.
No. of Congress.
Date.
Remarks.
Ninian Edwards
Jesse B. Thomas
John McLean
Elias Kent Kane
David J. Baker
John M. Robinson
William L. D. Ewing...
Richard M. Young
Samuel McRoberts
Sidney Breese
James Semple
Stephen A. Douglas
James Shields
Lyman Trumbull
Orville H. Browning. . .
William A. Richardson.
Richard Yates
John A. Logan
Richard J. Oglesby
David Davis
John A. Logan
Shelby McCullom
Charles B. Farwell
John M. Palmer
15th to 18th
15th " 19th
18th " 20th
19th " 23d
21st
21st to 27th
24th
25th to 27th
27th
28th to 31st
28th
29th to 37th
31st " 33d
34th " 42d
37th
37th to 39th
39th " 42d
42d " 45th
43d " 46th
45th " 47th
46th " 49th
48th
50th " 51st
52d
1818 to 1824
1818 " 1826
1824 " 1830
1826 " 1835
1830
1831 to 1841
1836
1837 to 1843
1841 " 1843
1843 " 1849
1843 " 1846
1847 " 1861
1849 '> 1855
1855 " 1871
1861
1863 to 1865
1865 " 1871
1871 " 1877
1873 " 1878
1877 " 1883
1879 " 1886
1883
1887 " 1891
1891
Seated 4 Dec. 1818. Resigned 1824.
Seated 4 Dec. 1818.
Elected in place of Edwards. Died 14 Oct. 1830.
Died 11 Dec. 1835.
Appointed in place of McLean, 1830.
Elected in place of McLean.
Elected in place of Kane, 1836.
Died 27 Mch. 1843.
Appointed in place of McRoberts, 1843.
Nominated for the presidency 1860 by the Democratic party.
Died 3 June, 1861.
Appointed in place of Douglas.
Elected in place of Douglas.
Nominated for vice-president 1884. Died 26 Dec. 1886.
Term expires 1895.
Term expires 1897.
illuminatecl books. The practice of decorating
MSS. with drawings, emblematical figures, and portraits, is of
great antiquity. Varro wrote the lives of 700 illustrious Ro-
mans, embellished with their portraits, about 70 b.c. — Plin.
" Nat. Hist." Beautiful missals and other works were printed
in the 15th and 16th centuries, and fine imitations have ap-
peared. Manuscripts.
Illuniina'ti, heretics in Spain, where they were called
Alombrados, about 1575. Suppressed there, they appeared
in France. One of their leaders was friar Anthony Buchet.
They professed to obtain grace and perfection by prayer. A
secret society bearing this name, opposed to tyranny and
priestcraft, founded in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, by dr. Adam Weis-
haupt, in May, 1776, was suppressed in 1784-85.
illu§trated papers. Newspapers.
lUyr'ia, now including Dalmatia, Croatia, and Bosnia,
Austrian provinces, after several wars (from 230 b.c.) was
made a Roman province, 167 b.c. In 1809 Napoleon I. gave
the name of lUyrian provinces to Carniola. Dalmatia, and other
provinces, then part of the French empire, now Carinthia,
Carniola, etc.
ilme'llilllll, a metal of the tantalum group, announced
by R. Herrmann, about 1847, but rejected by chemists ; its
claims were reasserted by him in 1867.
image-worship. Iconoclasts.
" Imitation of Jesus Christ" ("X>e Imitaiione
Chrisii"), a devotional work of unknown authorship. It has
been attributed to an abbot Gersen (whose existence is doubt-
ful) ; to Jean Gerson, chancellor of Paris ; and to Thomas k
Kempis, said to have been merely a compiler and editor; hQ
died 25 July, 1471.
immaeulate eoneeption. Conception.
immig^ratioil into the United States. Owing to the
increased immigration into the U. S. of paupers and criminals,
Congress in 1885 and 1891 enacted laws regulating immigra-
tion, and in the latter j'ear created the office of Superintendent
of Immigration. United States, 1885-91, etc.
NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR NATIONALITY BY DECADES FROM 1821 TO 1890, INCLUSIVE.
Immigrants from
Great Britain (not specified).
Scotland
Ireland
Total.
Germany
Norway and Sweden.
Austro-Hungary
Italy :...
France
Russian Poland
Switzerland
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
Spain and Portugal..
All others
Total
1821-30
22,167
2,912
50,724
75,803
6,761
91
'408
8,497
91
3,226
169
1,078
27
2,622
43
23,013
1831-40
73,143
2,667
207,381
283,191
152,454
1,201
' 2,253
45,575
646
4,821
1,063
1,412
22
2,954
1841-50
263,332
3,712
780,719
1,047,763
434,626
13,903
1,870
77,262
656
4,644
539
8,251
5,074
2,759
155
1851-60
385,643
38.331
914;il9
1,338,093
951,667
9,231
76,358
1,621
25,011
3,749
10,789
4,738
10,353
116
1861-70
568,128
38,768
435,778
1.042,674
787,468
109,298
7,800
11,728
35,984
4,536
23,286
17,094
9,102
6,734
8,493
210
1871-80
460,479
87.564
436; 871
984,914
718,182
211,245
72,969
55,759
72,206
52,254
28,293
31,771
16,541
7,221
9,893
1881-90
657,488
149,869
655,482
1,462.839
1,4.52,970
568,362
353,719
307,309
50.464
265,088
81,988
88,132
53,701
20,177
6,535
10,318
1,021,733 1,276,990 | 3,258,763
Total. _ :,„,,,
1821-90 Grand Total.
2,430,380
323,823
3,481,074
4,504.128
925,031
434,488
388,558
366,346
324,892
171,269
142,517
100,874
43,993
43,609
11.594
5,235,277
7,4.57,299
IMM 866 IMP
NUMBER OP fMMIGRANTS AND THEIR NATIONALITY BY DECAPES FROM 1821 TO 1890 INCLrPTVE.-(Con^nMef?.)
I
/mmlgranU from
1821-80
1881-40
1841-60
1851-60
1861-70
1871-80
1881-90
Total.
1S21-90
Grand total
Asia:
China
2
8
8
40
36
47
41,397
• 61
64.301
308
123,201
622
61.711
6,669
290,655
7,755
All others
Total
10
16
2.277
3,834
4,817
531
105
48
62
13,624
12,301
6,599
856
44
82
55
41,723
13,528
3,271
3,579
368
41,458
210
69,309
10,660
3,078
1,224
449
64,609
312
153,871
9,043
2,191
1396
96
123,823
229
383,269
13,957
5,362
928
210
68,380
437
392,802
29,042
1,913
2,304
462
1,046,875
92,365
27,231
10,818
1,734
•298.410
Africa
1,311
America :
British America
West Indies
Mexico ...
Central America
Total
11,564
325
2
32,679
33,424
103
9
69,802
62,469
337
29
52,777
74,720
3,090
158
25,921
166,597
3,446
221
15,232
403,726
10,056
10,913
1,540
426,523
15,798
12,574
1,299
33,155
23.906
199,250
1,179,02a
Islands :
Atlantic
i
Pacific
'^
All others
Total
33,006
69,914
53,143
29,169
18,899
22,509
29,671
256.311
Totals
143,412
599,126
1,713,251
2,598,214
2,314,824
From m
Cr
2,812,191
59 to 1820, e
5,246,613
stimated. .
15,427,631
250,000
15,677,631
Of the inomigrants during the last decade (1881-90) 61.1 per
cent, were males and 38.9 per cent, females; 21.4 per cent,
were under 15 years, 68.1 per cent, were between 15 and 40,
and 10.5 per cent, were over 40. The number of immigrants,
irrespective of nationality, for the year 1891, was 560,319 ; 1892,
623,084 ; 1893, 502,917. The greatest number of immigrants in
any one year was in 1882, when the number 788,992 was reached.
Immortals (Gr. aOdvaToi), the flower of the Persian
army, limited to 10,000, and recruited from the nobility alone,
about 500 B.C. The name was also given to the body-guard of
the emperors at Constantinople in the 4th and 5th centuries.
Immortals, The forty. The Institute of France is com-
posed of 5 Academies. The highest is the French academy of
40 members, a chair in which is the highest honor in the French
literary world. The others are the Academy of Inscriptions and
Belles-Lettres, 40 members ; Academy of Science, 66 members ;
of Fine Arts, 40 members (14 painters,8 sculptors,8 architects.4
engravers, 6 musicians); and the Academy of Moral and Politi-
cal Science, 40 members. Members of each are elected for life.
impeaclimeilt in England. The first impeachment
by the commons and the first of a lord chancellor, Michael de
la Pole, earl of Suffolk, was in 1386. By statute 12 and 13
Will, and Mary, 1700, no pardon under the great seal shall
be pleaded to an impeachment by the commons.
Impeachmentof Warren Hastings, 13 Feb. 1788-25 Apr. 1795; acquittal.
Impeachment of lord Melville, 9 Apr. ; acquittal, 12 June, 1806.
Inquiry into the charges preferred by col. Wardle against the duke
of York, 27 Jan. to 20 Mch. 1809; acquittal.
Trial of Caroline, queen of George IV., by bill of pains and penalties,
before the House of Lords, commenced 16 Aug. ; Mr. Brougham
began her defence, 3 Oct. ; the last debate on the bill took place
10 Nov. 1820. Queen Caroline.
impeactiment in the United States. The Constitu-
tion of the U. S. gives the House of Representatives sole power
to impeach the president, vice-president, and all civil officers of
the U. S. by a numerical majority only. It also gives the Senate
sole power to try all impeachments. The Senate then sits as a
court, organizing anew, senators taking a special oath or affirma-
tion applicable to the proceeding. From their decision there is
no appeal. A vote of two thirds of the Senate is necessary to con-
vict. When the president is tried the chief-justice shall preside.
The punishment is limited by the Constitution, (1) to removal
from office; (2) to disqualification for holding and enjoying any
office of honor, trust, or profit under the U.S. government. Im-
portant cases: (1) William Blount, U.S. senator from Tennessee,
for conspiring to transfer New Orleans from Spain to Great Brit-
ain,1797-98; acquitted for want of evidence. United States.
(2) John Pickering, judge of the district court of New Hamp-
shire, charged with drunkenness, profanity, etc.; convicted 12
Mch. 1803. (3) Judge Samuel Chase, impeached 30 Mch. 1804;
acquitted 1 Mch. 1805. United States. (4) James H. Peck,
district judge of Missouri, impeached 13 Dec. 1830, for arbitrary
conduct, etc.; acquitted. (5) West H. Humphreys, district
judge of Tennessee, impeached and convicted for rebellion, 26
Jan.1862. (6) Andrew Johnson, pres. of the U.S., 1868. Unit-
ed States. (7) W. W. Belknap, sec. of war, impeached for re-
ceiving money of post-traders among the Indians, 2 Mch. 1876;
resigns at the same time; acquitted for want of jurisdiction.
'* Impending^ Crisis," a book written by Hinton
R. Helper, a North Carolinian, pointing out the evil effects
of slavery upon the whites, first pub. 1857. It had a large sale
(140,000 copies) and great influence. United States, 1859.
Imperial g^uard of France was created by Napoleon
from the guard of the Convention, the Directory, and the Con-
sulate, when he became emperor in 1804. It consisted at first
of 9775 men, but was afterwards enlarged. Subdivided in 1809
into the old and young guard. In Jan. 1814 it numbered 102,-
706. It was dissolved by Louis XVIII. in 1815; revived by
Napoleon III. in 1854. It surrendered with Metz to the Ger-
mans, 27 Oct. 1870; and was abolished by the defence govern-
ment soon after. It took part in the Crimean war in 1855.
imports of merchandise into the United States from
30 Sept. 1789, for the years shown, are given in following table.
As the treasury accounts did not separate merchandise from
specie until 1821, they are shown together up to that year.
Year.
1790
1800
1810
1820
1821
1831
1841
1851
1861
1871
1881
1891
Imports.
Merchandise.
$54,520,835
95,885,179
122,957,544
210,771,429
289,310,542
520,223,684
642,664,628
844,916,196
Coin and bullion.
$8,064,890
7,305,945
4,988,633
5,453,503
46,339,611
21.270,024
110,575,497
36,259.447
Totals.
$23,000,000
91,2.'52,768
85,400,000
74,450,000
62,585,724
103,191,124
127,946,177
216,224,932
335,650,153
541,493,708
753,240,125
881,175,643
LIST AND VALUE OF THE PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF IMPORT
Articles. FOR 1891. Value.
Sugar $105, 728,
96,123,
Coffee.
Wool, and manufactures of. 59,
Iron and steel, and manufactures of. 55,
Chemicals, drugs, dyes, and medicines 47,
Silk manufactures 37,
Flax, hemp, jute, etc., and manufactures of 30,
Cotton manufactures 29,
Hides and skins 27,
Fruits and nuts 25,
Wood, and manufactures of. 19,
Sillc, raw 19,
India-rubber, and manufactures of. 18,
Tobacco, and manufactures of. 16,
Tea 13,
Precious stones 13
Leather, and manufactures of. 12,
Wines 10
Furs, and manufactures of.
Earthen-ware and china
Glass and glass-ware
Tin.
All other articles ■••178, _^
Total $844,916,196
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TOTAL VALUE OF IMPORTS INTO GREAT BRITAIN.
36:
Year.
Imports.
Year.
Import..
1800
£30,570,605
1879
£362,991,875
1810
36,514,564
1881
397,022,489
1830
46,245,241
1883
426,891,579
1840
62,004,000
1885
370,967,955
1850
95,252,084
1887
362,227,564
1861
217,485,024
1889
427,637,595
1870
303,296,082
1891
435,441,264
illipO§tor§. The following are among the most ex-
traordinary :
Mahomet promulgated his creed, 604. Mahomktanism.
Aldebert, a Gaul, in 743, pretending to have a letter from the Re-
deemer, which fell from heaven at Jerusalem, seduced multitudes
into woods and forests to live in imitation of John the Baptist.
He was condemned by a council at Rome in 745.
•Gonzalvo Martin, a Spaniard, claimed to be the angel Michael in
1359; burned by the Inquisition in Spain in 1360.
■George David, son of a waterman at Ghent, styled himself son of
God, sent into the world to adopt children worthy of heaven; he
denied the resurrection, preached a community of women, and
taught that the body only could be defiled by sin; he had many
followers; d. at Basle, 1556, promising to rise again in 3 years.
Otreflef, a monk, pretended to be Demetrius, the son of Ivan, czar
of Muscovy, killed by the usurper Boris. He maintained that an-
other child had been substituted. He was supported by Poland;
his success led the Russians to invite him to the throne, and de-
liver into his hands Feodor, the reigning czar, and all his family ;
his imposition was discovered, and he was assassinated in his pal-
ace, 1606.
Sabbata Levi, a Jew of Smyrna, long amused Jews and Turks at
Constantinople, etc., by personating Christ, 166G.
Joseph Smith. Mormons.
Apparition of Our Lady of Salette; imposture exposed and several
persons prosecuted, Apr. 1846. The superstition revived and flour-
ishing, Aug. 1872.
Pilgrimage of about 20,000 persons to Lourdes, in the Pyrenees, on
account of alleged miracles (the Virgin said to have appeared to 2
girls, 11 Feb. 1858), 6 Oct. 1872. France, Loretto.
Louis XVII. Fbanck, list of sovereigns.
IN BRITISH HISTORY.
Man pretending to be the .Messiah, and woman assuming to be the
Virgin Mary, were burned, 1222.
Jack Cade assumed the name of Mortimer. Cade's insurrection,
1450.
In 14S7, Lambert Simnel, tutored by Richard Simon, a priest, sup-
ported by the duke of Burgundy, personated the earl of Warwick.
Simnel's army was defeated by Henry VII., and he was made a
scullion in the king's kitchen.
For Warbeck's imposture in 1492, Warbkck.
Elizabeth Barton, styled the Holy Maid of Kent, claimed inspiration,
foreteUing that the king would have an early and violent death if
he divorced Catherine of Spain and married Anne Boleyn. She
and confederates were executed at Tyburn, 21 Apr. 1534.
In 1553 (first year of Mary's reign, after her marriage with Philip),
Elizabeth Croft, a girl 18 years of age, was secreted in a wall, and
with a whistle uttered seditious speeches against the queen and
the prince, and also against the mass and confession, for which
she did penance.
■William Hacket, a fanatic, personated our Saviour, and was ex-
ecuted for blasphemy, 1591.
Valentine Greatrix, an Irish impostor, pretended to cure diseases by
stroking the patient; he deceived many, and occasioned warm
disputes in Ireland and England about 1666. Boyle and Flam-
steed believed in him.
Dr. Titus Oates.
Robert Young, a prisoner in Newgate, forged the writing of the earls
of Marlborough, Salisbury, and other noblemen to a pretended
association for restoring king James; the lords were imprisoned,
but the imposture being detected, Young was fined WOOL and put
in the pillory, 1692, and afterwards hanged for coining.
Mary Tofts of Godalming, pretending to breed rabbits within her,
imposed upon many persons (among others, Mr. St. Andre, surgeon
to the king), who espoused her cause, 1726.
€ock-lane ghost impostures by William Parsons, his wife, and
daughter, 1762. Cock-lane ghost.
Johanna Southcote, claiming conception of the Messiah, had many
followers; d. 27 Dec. 1814.
W. Thom. Thomites.
Tichborne case. Trials.
Abstinence.
il1ipre§§ioiliste§, artists who aim at producing rapid
unstudied effects independent of the canons of art, as Manet,
Duez, and others in France. In England Mr. Whistler ex-
hibited such pictures in 1877, including moonlight scenes,
■etc., painted in two days, showing great sense of color. For
Mr. Ruskin's criticisms, Trials, 1878.
impressment of seamen, affirmed by sir M.
Tester to be an ancient practice. The stat. 2 Rich. II. speaks
©f impressment as well known, 1378. The first commission for
it was issued 29 Edw. III. 1355. Pressing for sea or land ser-
vice declared illegal by Parliament, Dec. 1641, but practised
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till recently. Impressment was not resorted to in the Anglo-
Russian war, 1854-55. Impressment by the British govern-
ment of seamen, citizens of the colonies, was a cause of irri-
tation in America before the Revolution. In 1707 Parliament
prohibited impressment in colonial ports. — Hildreth, \o\. n.
p. 58. But notwithstanding this a riot in Boston, 1747, grew
out of the impressment of citizens. Massachusetts. In
1775 Great Britain authorized impressment for the navy of
all crews of captured colonial vessels. As Great Britain claimed
the right of pressing into her service any British-born seaman
not within the immediate jurisdiction of some foreign state,
after the Revolution native-born seamen of the United States
were often taken by force from their own ships to serve in
the British navy. The procedure was arbitrar}', and careful
discrimination was not made between British subjects and
citizens of the U. S. This was the main cause of the war of
1812. The Jay treaty of 1794 was unpopular, because the
wrongs of our seamen were not noticed, A vigorous attempt
was made by the U. S. in 1796 to stop the impressment of
U. S. seamen by diplomacy. — Hildreth, vol. iv. p. 629. After
certain U. S. seamen were taken from the U. S. sloop-of-war
Baltimore, 18 Nov. 1798, by a British war vessel, the U. S.
government directed its commanders to resist such impress-
ments if possible, and otherwise to surrender their ships.
Renewed outrages 1804. Renewed attempt.to treat on this
subject 1806. Affair of the Chesapeake and Leopard, 1807 ;
12 June, 1812. United States. Impressment was earnestly
debated in Congress 1811, when 3500 impressed U. S. seamen
were asserted to be in the British navy. The British gov-
ernment admitted the number to be 1600. 2500 impressed
seamen were committed to Dartmoor and other prisons in
England during the war of 1812 for refusing to serve against
the U. S., of which they claimed to be citizens. Yet the
general desire for peace was so strong in the U. S. that the
subject was ignored in the treatv of peace with Great Britain,
1814.
imprisonment for debt. Arrests, Debtors,
Fekrars's arrest.
Ineas. Peru.
ineendiaries. The punishment for arson was death
by Saxon laws and Gothic constitutions. Under Edward I.
of England, incendiaries were burned. This crime was made
high-treason by statute 8 Hen. VI. 1429 ; and was denied ben-
efit of clergy, 2*1 Hen. VIII. 1528. In Great Britain the pun-
ishment of death was remitted, except in special cases, in
1827. Arson.
ineest. Marriage with a very near relation, almost uni-
versally forbidden elsewhere, was permitted in most Oriental
countries and Greece. For recent cases, Portugal, 1760, 1777,
1826, and Italy, 1888. The table of kindred in the " Book
of Common Prayer" was set forth in 1563. For the Hebrew
law, see Leviticus, chap, xviii. (1490 B.C.).
inell. It was defined in 1824, by act of Parliament,
39.13929 inches being the length of a seconds pendulum in
the latitude of London, vibrating in vacuo at the sea-level, at
the temperature of 62° Fahrenheit. Candles, Standard and
Metric system.
Inehcape bell. Bell Rock light-house.
ineome-tax in the United Kingdom. In 1512 Parlia-
ment granted a subsidy of two fifteenths from the commons
and two tenths from the clergy, to begin war with France. In
Dec. 1798, Mr. Pitt carried, amid great opposition, resolutions
for increased taxes " as an aid for the prosecution of the war"
with France.
Graduated duties on income imposed, beginning with &01. per an-
num, by the act passed 9 Jan. 1799.
^' Property tax" passed, levying 5 per cent, on incomes above 150i.
and lower rates on smaller incomes, 11 Aug. 1803.
Gross annual value of property and profits assessed to the income-
tax in the United Kingdom in 1871 was 465,478,688?. ; in 1890 it
was 669,358,613?., of which England returned 572,128,525?. ; Scot-
land, 60,030,510?. ; Ireland, 37,199,578?.
revenue from incomes since 1882.
Year. Tax per £.. Amount in £.
1882 5c? 9,945.000
1883 &kd 11,900,000
1884 5d 10,718,000
1885 6d 12,000,000
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Ymt. Tax p«r £. Amount In £.
1886 Sd 15,160,000
1887 8<t 16,900,000
1888 7d 14,440,000
1889 &d 12,700,000
1890 6d 12,770.000
1891 6d 13,250,000
Since 1877 only incomes of and above 1501. are charged, with an
abatement of 1202. on those under 4002.
Income-tax in the United States. The first income-
tax was enacted by Congress 1 July, 1862, to take effect 1863.
It taxed all incomes over $600 and under $10,000 3 per cent.,
and over $10,000 5 per cent. By the act of 3 Mch. 1865, the
rate was increased to 5 and to 10 per cent, on the excess over
$5000, the exemption of $600 remaining the same. On 2
Mch. 1867, the exemption was increased to $1000, and the rate
fixed at 5 per cent, on all excess above $1000 ; the tax to be
levied only until 1870. After a contest in Congress the tax
was renewed for one year only by act of 14 July, 1870, at the
reduced rate of 2J per cent, on the excess of income above
$2000. A bill to repeal it passed the Senate 26 Jan. 1871, by
26 to 25. The House refused to take up the Senate bill 9 Feb.
1871, by a vote of 104 to 105, but on 3 Mch. 1871, concurred in
the report of a committee which endorsed the Senate bill and
repealed the tax. The last tax levied under the law was in
1871. Tariff ; United States, 1894. Income-taxes as-
sessed and due in 1871 and for preceding years, however, con-
tinued to be collected 1872-74 as seen by the subjoined table;
AMOUNT OF REVENUE FROM INCOME-TAX EACH YEAR.
1863 $2,741,857
1864 : 20,294,733
1865 32,050,017
1866 72,982,160
1867 66,014,429
1868 41,455,599
1869 34,791.857
1870 37,775,872
1871 19,162,652
1872 14,436,861
1873 5,062,312
1874 140,391
Total $346,908,740
indemnity bill relieves a minister of the crown or a
government from responsibility for measures adopted in urgent
cases, without the sanction of Parliament. One was passed in
England 19 Apr. 1801 ; another, to indemnify ministers for acts
during the suspension of the Habeas-Corpus act, was carried in
the commons (principal divisions, 190 to 64); and in the lords
(93 to 27), 10 Mch. 1818. In 1848 and 1857 bills of indemnity
were passed for the suspension of the Bank Charter act by the
ministry. Oblivion. An indemnity bill is passed at the
end of every session of Parliament for persons who transgress
through ignorance of the law. The practice began in 1715. .
Independence, Declaration of. Decla-
ration OF.
Indep6ndent§ or Congreg^ationalisti hold
each church or congregation an independent community.
They ascribe no supreme authority to synods or councils, but
respect them as advisory bodies. A church may reprove an-
other, but cannot excommunicate. Robert Browne preached
these doctrines about 1585, but, after 32 imprisonments, he
eventually conformed to the Established church. A church
was formed in London in 1593, when there were 20,000 In-
dependents. They were driven by persecution to Holland,
where they formed several churches; that at Leyden was
under Mr. Robinson, by some called the founder of Inde-
pendency. In 1616 Henry Jacobs returned to England and
founded a meeting-house. Cromwell, himself an Indepen-
dent, obtained them toleration, in opposition to the Presbyte-
rians. The Independents published an epitome of their faith,
drawn up at the Savoy in 1658 ; and the Congregational Union
of England and Wales, formed in 1831, published their " decla-
ration of faith, order, and discipline " in 1833. In 1851 they
had 3244 chapels for 1,067,760 persons in England and Wales.
Worship. The first Independents in Scotland were the
Glasites. The first Independent church in America was
founded by followers of John Robinson, at Plymouth, New
England, in 1620. Congregationalists.
Index lIxpurgrato'riu§, a catalogue of books pro-
scribed by the church of Rome, first made by inquisitors, and
approved by the Council of Trent, 1559. The index by which-
reading the Scriptures was forbidden (with certain exceptions),
to the laity was confirmed by a bull of pope Clement VIII. in
1595. Many works of great authors of Fran'ce, Spain, Germany,
and England were thus prohibited. On 25 June, 1864, Hugo's.
" Les Miserables " and other books were added, and many since.
Index Society, established by the librarians of va-
rious London scientific and literary institutions and societies,
and literary men, to form a library of indexes, and to make in-
dexes to rare serial works, important books, etc., 17 Dec. 1877..
Poole's " Index to Periodical Literature," first pub. 1848.
India or IIindo§tan, the most southern portion
of Asia. Its histories claim an antiquity far greater than the
reach of common chronologies. A race of kings is mentioned
as reigning 2300 b,c., and Buddhism is said to have been in-
troduced 956 B.C. Several ancient nations, particularly the
Tyrians and Egyptians, carried on commerce with India. It
was partly conquered by Darius Hystaspis, who formed aa
Indian satrapy, in 612 b.c., and by Alexander, 327 B.C., and
afterwards intercourse with the Roman empire extended.
The authentic history of Hindostan commences with the con-
quest of Mahmud Ghuzni, 1004 a.d. — Rennell. British India
comprises all the territory ruled by the governor - general,,
whether in the Indian peninsula or beyond it. The present,
form of government Was established 2 Aug. 1858, all the for-
mer authority of the East India company being vested in the
queen. The executive authority is a governor-general appoint-
ed by the British crown. India extends from 8° to 34° N. lat.
and from 70° to 90° E. Ion., and contains about 1,587,104 .sq.
miles, with a population of 286,696,960 in 1891. Of this pop-
ulation 220,529,100 belong to the British territory, while the
native or feudatory states number 66,167,860. There are 27
cities in India, each with 100,000 inhabitants or more, and 76
with over 50,000. Calcutta is the largest with 840,000;
Bombay second with 805,000. The revenue in 1890 was
85,085,203^.; expenditures, 82,473,170/. The army consists
of European and native soldiers; the Europeans number
73,405 ; the natives, 144,839 ; total, 218,244. Miles of railway
1890-91, 16,996. Bengal, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, and
OuDE for further details. Ganges canal. g ^
Religion of Brahma introduced .about 2000'
Buddhisna introduced about 956
Invasion of Alexander 327
Irruptions of Mahometans, under Mahmud Ghuzni, 1001-24. a.d.
He captured Somnath 1024
House of Ghuzni extinct, 1186 ; slave-kings of Delhi rule,
1206-88 ; Kilghis and house of Toghlak, 1288-1412 ; Syuds,
1412-50 ; house of Lodi 1450-1526
Patan, or Afghan empire, founded 1205
Invasion of Moguls under Genghis Khan, 1219 ; he d 1227
Mogul Tartars, under Timour (Tamerlane), invade Hindostan,
take Delhi ; defeat Indian army, 1397 ; conquer Hindostan,
and butcher 100,000 people 1398-99^
Passage to India discovered by Vasco de Gama 149T
First European settlement (Portuguese) by him at Cochin (south
coast) 1502.
Albuquerque governor-general, 1508 ; d. at Goa 1514
Conquest of India completed by sultan Baber, founder of the
Mogul empire 1519-26
Reign of his son Humayun 1531-56
Reign of Akbar, greatest sovereign of Hindostan .1556-1605-
Portuguese introduce tobacco 1600.
Dutch first visit India, 1601 ; establish a United East company, 1602.
Tranquebar granted to the Danes 161^
Reign of Jehanghir 1605-27
Reign of Shah Jehad ; golden age of the Moguls 1627-5*
Auruugzebe dethrones his father and murders his brothers,
1658 ; reigns 1658-1707
French East India company established 1664
Rise of Mahratta power under Sevajee, 1659 ; he assumes roy-
alty, 1674 ; d 1680'
Aurungzebe conquers Golconda. etc 1687
His prosperity wanes, 1702 ; d. 22 Feb. 1707
Bahadoor Shah succeeds, 1707 ; d 1712
Jehander Shah, 1713 ; dethroned and killed 171»
Accession of Mahomed Shah 1719'
Independence of the Nizam of the Deccan 1723-
Rise of Mahratta families, Holkar and Sindiah 1730
Invasion of Persian Nadir Shah or Kouli Khan ; at Delhi he
orders a massacre, and 150,000 persons perish ; carries away
treasure amoiyiting to 125,000,000^ 1739-
Mahomed Shah d 1748.
[The Mogul empire was now nominal, petty princes being
independent. In 1761, Shah Alum II., attacking the Eng-
lish, was defeated at Patna, 15 Jan. In 1764, after the battle
of Buxar, he was protected by the English at Allahabad. Af-
ter the victory at Delhi, in 1803. gen. Lake restored the aged
monarch to a nominal sovereignty, which his son, Akbar
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Shah, inherited. Hed. 1837. His son, the last king of Delhi,
who received a pension of about 125,000/. per annum, joined
the mutiny in 1857 ; was tried in 1858, and transported to
Rangoon ; d. there, 11 Nov. 1862.]
BRITISH POWER IN INDIA.
Attempts to reach India by northeast and northwest 1528
Sir Francis Drake's expedition 1579
Levant company's land expedition 1580
First commercial adventure from England 1591
London Company of Merchants chartered (India company) 1600
Factories established at Surat, etc 1612
Sir Thos. Roe, first English ambassador 1615
Madras founded, 1640 ; made a presidency 1652
Bombay ceded to England as part of dowry of Catherine, queen
of Charles II 1662
French company established 1664
They settle at Pondicherry 1668
Calcutta purchased '. 1698
War between the English and French in India 1746-49
English besiege Pondicherry, seat of the French government,
without success 1748
Clive takes Arcot '. 1751
Peace made 1754
Severndroog and other strongholds of the pirate Angria taken,
11 Feb. 1756
Capture of Calcutta by Surajah Dowla ; suffocation of English
in the Black hole 20 June, "
Clive retakes Calcutta, 2 Jan. ; defeats the Soubah at Plassey,
23 June, 1757
Fort William, the strongest fort in India, built "
French successful under Lally 1758
But lose nearly all their power. 1759
French under Lally defeated by sir Eyre Coote near Wande-
wash 2 July, 1760
Hyder Ali usurps the sovereignty of Mysore 1763-64
Conquest of Patna 6 Nov. 1763
Battle of BuxAR 23 Oct. 1764
Nabob becomes subject to the English 1765
Lord Clive obtains the Dewanny by imperial grant, making
the company receivers of revenue in Bengal, Bahar, and
Orissa, with virtual sovereignty 12 Aug. "
Treaty with Nizam Ali ; the English obtain the northern Cir-
cars 12 Nov. 1766
Hyder Ali ravages the Carnatic Jan. 1769
Frightful famine in Bengal 1770
Warren Hastings governor of Bengal 13 Apr. 1772
India bill : supreme court established 1773
Treaty with Bhootan , 1774
Death of Clive "
Warren Hastings accused of taking a bribe from a concubine
of Meer Jaffler (Hastings) 30 May, 1775
Nuncomar, a Brahmin, accuses Hastings of receiving bribes,
11 Mch. 1776
Is hanged for forgery 5 Aug. "
Pondicherry taken 11 Oct. 1778
Fortress of Gwalior taken by Popham 4 Aug. "
Hyder Ali overruns the Carnatic, and defeats the British, 10
Sept. ; takes Arcot 31 Oct. 1780
Hyder Ali defeated by sir Eyre Coote 1 July, 1781
Further charges against Warren Hastings (Chunar). . .19 Sept. "
Bussy lands with a French detachment Mch. 1782
War with Hyder Ali aided by the French "
Hyder Ali overthrown by Coote 2 June, "
Death of Hyder ; his son, Tippoo Sahib, succeeds Dec. "
Tippoo, after seizing Cuddalore, takes Bednore Apr. 1783
Pondicherry restored to French, Trincomalee to Dutch "
Fox's India bill thrown out "
Pitt's India bill 1784
Ignoble peace with Tippoo 11 Mch. "
Charges against Warren Hastings 1786
His trial begun 13 Feb. 1788
War with Tippoo renewed 1790
Bangalore taken (Bangalore) 21 Mch. 1791
Cornwallis defeats Tippoo at Arikera 15 May, "
Fortress of Severndroog taken 21 Dec. "
Definitive treaty with Tippoo ; his 2 sons hostages 19 Mch. 1792
Civil and criminal courts erected 1793
Pondicherry again taken ^ "
Tippoo's sons restored 29 Mch. 1794
First dispute with Burmese ; adjusted by gen. Erskine 1795
Warren Hastings acquitted > 23 Apr. "
Government of lord Mornington, afterwards marquess Welles-
ley 17 May, 1798
Seringapatam stormed by gen. Baird ; Tippoo Sahib killed, 4
May ; Mysore divided. 22 June, 1799
Victories of the British ; the Carnatic conquered 1800
Nabob of Furruckabad cedes his territories to the English for
a pension 4 June, 1802
Important treaty of Bassein (with Mahrattas) 31 Dec. "
Mahrattawar. Victoriesofsir Arthur Wellesley and gen. Lake, 1803
Wellesley's great victory at Assaye 23 Sept. "
I'ondicherry (restored 1801) retaken Dec. "
War with Holkar 1804-5
Capture of Bhurtpore 2 Apr. 1805
Marquess Cornwallis succeeds Wellesley ; d 5 Oct. "
Mahratta chief, Scindiah, defeated by British ; treaty of peace,
23 Nov. »
Treaty of peace with Holkar 24 Dec. "
Sepoy mutiny at Vellore ; 800 executed July, 1806
Cumoona surrenders 21 Nov. 1807
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Mutiny at Seringapatam quelled 23 Aug. 1809
Act opening the trade to India July, 1813
War with Nepaul 1814-15
Holkar defeated by sir T. Hislop 21 Dec. 1817
Pindaree war. English successful 1817-18
Peace with Holkar 6 Jan. 1818
Burmese war. British take Rangoon 5 May, 1824
Peace with the Burmese 24 Feb. 1826
[They pay 1,000, 000^. and cede a great extent of territory.]
Abolition of Suttees (the burning of widows) 7 Dec. 1829
Act opening the trade to India, and tea-trade, etc., to China, a
new era in British commerce 28 Aug. 1835
Coorg annexed ; rajah deposed lO Apr. 1834
Natives admitted to magistracy 1 May, "
Slavery abolished i Aug. 1838
Afghan war. Proclamation against Dost Mahomed 1 Oct. •'
British occupy Candahar 21 Apr. 1839
Victory at GnizNEEofsir John (afterwards lord) Keane..23 July, "
Wade forces the Khyber pass 26 July, "
English defeat Dost Mahomed 18 Oct. 1849
At the funeral of Kurroch Singh, king of Lahore, his succes-
sor is killed by accident; Dost Mahomed, next heir, surren-
ders to England 5 Nov. "
Rising against British at Cabul ; sir Alex. Burnes and others
murdered 2 Nov. 1841
Sir Wm. Macnaghton assassinated 28 Dec. "
Jellalabad held by sir R. Sale 1841-42
British under convention evacuate Cabul, placing lady Sale, etc.,
as hostages with Akbar Khan ; a massacre ensues of about
16,000 persons 6-13 Jan. 1842
British evacuate Ghiznee 1 Mch. "
Sortie from Jellalabad; gen. Pollock forces the Khyber pass,
5 Apr. "
Ghiznee retaken by gen. Nott 6 Sept. "
Gen. Pollock enters Cabul 16 Sept. "^
Lady Sale and other i)risoners rescued by Sir R. Shakspeare ;
arrive at gen. Pollock's camp 21 Sept. "
Cabul evacuated after destroying fortifications 12 Oct. "
Scinde war. Ameers defeated by sir Charles Napier at Meanee,
17 Feb. 1845
Scinde annexed to British empire ; sir Charles Napier gov-
ernor June, "
Gwalior war. Battles of Maharajpoor and Punniar ; the fort
of Gwalior, " Gibraltar of the East," taken 29 Dec. "
Danish possessions in India purchased 1845
Sikh war. Sikhs cross the Sutlej river and attack the British
at Ferozepore 14 Dec. '•
Sir H. Hardinge, by a rapid march, reaches Moodkee ; Sikhs
(20,000) attack ; after a hard contest they retire, abandoning
their guns (Moodkee) 18 Dec. "
Sir Hugh Goughseizescitadel of Lahore and ends the war, 20 Feb. 1846
Treaty of Lahore signed 9 Mch. "
Shere Singh, intrenched on right bank of the Chenab, with
40,000 men and 28 guns; gen. Thackwell crossing with 8 in-
fantry regiments, cavalry, and cannon, 1 Dec, attacks his
left flank at Sadoolapore 3 Dec. 1848
Lord Gough attacks enemy's advanced position ; victory of
Chillianwallah 13 Jan. 1849
Sir Charles Napier commander-in-chief 7 Mch. "
Puujaub annexed to British dominions; Dhuleep Singh obtains
a pension of 40,000/ 29 Mch. "
Sir Charles Napier resigns his command 2 July, 1850^
Burmese war. Death of Bajee Rao, ex-peishwa of the Mah-
rattas (his nephew Nana Sahib's claim for continuance of
the pension of 80,000/. refused) 28 Jan. 1851
A British naval force reaching Rangoon, in the Burman empire,
commodore Lambert allows the viceroy 35 days to obtain in-
structions from Ava 29 Oct. "
Viceroy of Rangoon interdicts communication between the
shore and the British ships-of-war, and erects batteries to
prevent their departure 4 Jan. 1852
[Commodore Lambert blockades the Irawaddy; the Fox,
Hermes, etc., attacked by batteries, destroy the fortifications,
killing nearly 300 men.]
Pegu annexed to Indian empire by proclamation of the gov-
ernor-general 20 Dec. "
First Indian railway opened (Bombay to Tannah) 16 Apr. 185S
End of war June, "
Opening of the Calcutta railway 3 Feb. 1856
Treaty of friendship with Dost Mahomed of Cabul 30 Mch. "
MUTINY OF THE NATIVE ARMY.
For the improved (Enfield) musket In the Indian army, car-
tridges greased with the fiit of pigs were brought from' Eng-
land. These were offensive to native soldiers on religious
grounds, and were recalled by orders in Jan. 1857. A muti-
nous spirit appeared in the Bengal native army. In Mch.
several regiments were disbanded, and by June the army had
lost by disbandment and desertion about 30,000 men. On
5 Apr. a sepoy, and on 20 Apr. a jemadar, or native lieuten-
ant, were executed. At the end of May, 34 regiments were
lost. In April, 85 of the 3d Bengal native cavalry at Meerut
refused to use their cartridges. On 9 May they were com-
mitted to jail. On Sunday, the 10th, a mutiny in the native
troops broke out; they fired on officers, killing col. Finnis
and others, released their comrades, massacred many Euro-
peans, and fired public buildings. The European troops ral-
lied and drove them from their cantonments. The muti-
neers then fied to Delhi.
Mutinies in Bengal army: at Barrackpore, etc., regiments dis-
banded Mch. 1857
1858
1859
IND
Mutiny at Meerut (near Delhi) 10 May. The mutineers seize
Delhi, commit outrages, and proclaim the king of Delhi em-
peror .11-12 May, etc.
Mutiny at Luckuow 30 May,
Neill suppresses the mutiny at Benares, 3 June, and recovers
Allahabad 4 June,
Mutiny spreads through Bengal ; fearftil atrocities
[At the end of Juuo native troops were in open mutiny at
ileerut, Delhi, Ferozepore, Allyghur, Roorkee, Murdauu,
Luckuow, Catoni)ore, Nusseerabad, Neemuch, Hansi, Ifissai;
Jahnsi, Mehidpore, JuUundur, Azimghur, Futtehghur, Jaun-
pore, Bareilly, Shahjehaupore, Allahabad. At the stations
in italics, European women and children were massacred.]
Residency at Luckuow besieged by rebels 1 July,
Sir H. Lawrence dies of wounds at Lucknow ^ July,
Cawupore surrenders to Nana Sahib, who kills garrison, etc.,
2« June; he is defeated by gen. Havelock, 16 July, who re-
captures Cawnpore 17 July,
Mutinies suppressed at Hyderabad, 18 July; at lAhore.20 July,
Assault of Delhi, 14 Sept. ; taken, 20 Sept. ; king captured, 21
Se|)t. ; his son and grandson slain by col. Hodson. . .22 Sept.
Sir James Outram joins Havelock and serves under him . 16 Sept.
Havelock, relieving besieged residency at Lucknow, retires,
leaving Outram in command ; Neill killed 25, 26 Sept.
Col. Greathed defeats rebels at Bolundshohur, 27 Sept. ; de-
stroys fort at Molaghur, 29 Sept. ; takes Allyghur, 5 Oct. ; de-
feats rebels at Agra 10 Oct.
SirColin Campbell (afterwards lord Clyde) commander-in-chief,
11 July; arrives at Cawnpore 3 Nov.
Joined by Havelock, he attacks rebels and rescues besieged
in residency 18-25 Nov.
Havelock dies of dysentery at Alumbagh 24 Nov.
[Born 5 Apr. 1795 ; educated at Charterhouse, London,
where he was called "^Old Phlos" ; went to India, 1823;
served in the Burmese war, 1824, and in the Sikh war, 1845.
He was a Baptist.]
Sir Colin Campbell arrives at Cawnpore, which he retakes, 28
Nov., and defeats the Gwalior rebels 6 Dec.
Lucknow strongly fortified by the rebels Jan.
Sir Colin Campbell marches to Lucknow, 11 Feb. ; siege com-
mences, 8 Mch. ; taken by successive assaults; the enemy
retreat; Hodson killed 14-19 Mch.
Government of the East India company ceases 1 Sept.
<lueen Victoria proclaimed in India ; lord Canning to be first
viceroy 1 Nov.
Punjaub made a distinct presidency 1 Jan.
Thanksgiving in England for pacification of India 1 May, "
Sir Hugh Rose takes command of Indian army, amalgamated
with the British July, 1800
Nana Sahib, supposed to have died of jungle fever in Aug. 1858,
is said to be living in Thibet Dec. "
Famine in N.W. provinces through failure of crops ; govern-
ment and others strive to relieve the sufferers.. . .Jan. -June, 1861
British subscriptions for relief of famine open at Mansion
house, London, with 4000Z., 28 Mch. ; 52,000i. subscribed 20
Apr. ; closes with 114,807; Nov. "
Order of " Star OP India" instituted 25 June, "
Law of property in India altered ; sale ot waste lands author-
ized Oct. "
Lord Elgin, governor-general, installed at Calcutta 12 Mch. 1862
Hindu religion deprived of government support Dec. 1863
Death of the viceroy, lord Elgin 20 Nov. "
Sir John Lawrence, his successor, assumes oflQce 12 Jan. 1864
Hindus excited by government suppressing funeral rites on
sanitary grounds Mch. "
Gold currency (a sovereign = 10 rupees) ordered introduced at
Christmas July, "
Cyclone, great loss of life, property, and ships at Calcutta and
elsewhere '. 5 Oct. "
Opening of Indo-European telegraph ; a telegram from Kurra-
chee received 1 Mch. 1865
Settlement of dispute on marriage of Hindu converts Apr. 1866
Rise of the religious reformers termed Brahmo Samaj Aug. 1869
Act for better governing India and defining governor-general's
powers passed 11 Aug. "
Viceroy arrives at Rangoon, 28 Jan. ; returning, visiting con-
vict establishment in Andaman islands, is assassinated at
Port Blair by Shere Ali, a convict, while about to embark in
the Glasgow 8 Feb. 1872
Shere Ali hanged, without naming associates 12 Mch. "
Annual pension from Indian government to lady Mayo, lOOOi. ;
grant of 20, OOO;. for children Mch. "
Christian marriage bill passed July, "
Begum of Bhopal made knight of the Star of India at Bombay,
16 Nov. "
Lord Lytton, viceroy, takes oath at Calcutta 12 Apr. 1876
Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India in London..! May, "
Viceregal proclamation of the queen's title, "Empress of
India " (to be proclaimed at Delhi, 1 Jan. 1877) 19 Aug. "
<Jueen Victoria proclaimed empress of India at Delhi, by the
viceroy ; also at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay 1 Jan. 1877
Creation of the "Order of the Empire of India" announced,! Jan. "
" Imperial Order of the Crown of India " for ladies, instituted,
31 Dec. "
War with Afghanistan Sept. 1878
England holds passes to India by land Feb. 1879
Sirhind canal (502 miles, for irrigation) opened by the viceroy,
24 Nov. 1882
Budget-revenue, 70, 690, 681?. ; expenditure, 71,077,127Z. .. .1884-85
Sir Donald Stewart, with 50,000 men, ordered to advance to
Quettah Mch. 1885
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Meeting of the ameer of Afghanistan and the viceroy at Rawul
Pindi conference and durbar 2-12 Apr. 1885
Nawab of Moorshedabad and other princes oHer their jewels, etc.,
for money to aid the British in India against Russia, Apr.-May, "
Thorough defence of India determined on by the British gov-
ernment, declared 12 May, "
Proposed loan of 10,000, OOOi. 21 May,etseq. ; act passed. 22 July, "
Sir Frederick Roberts appointed commander-in-chief; an-
nounced 30 July, "
Upper Burmah annexed by proclamation of the viceroy, lord
Duflferin 1 Jan. 1886
Grand military review at Delhi held by the viceroy (35,000
troops, 709 officers, etc. ) 19 Jan. "
National Indian congress at Calcutta, 400 delegates (Hindus) to
promote native advancement, 28 Dec. 1880; and again early, 1887
Queen's jubilee celebrated ; honors distributed ; 25,000 prison-
ers of good character released 16 Feb. et seq. "
Thirteen thousand three hundred and ninety miles of rail-
way in India; reported "
Nizam of Hyderabad offers lord Dufl'erin, viceroy, 20 lakhs of
rupees for 3 years, total 600,000/., to defend the northwest,
Sept. ; acknowledged with thanks; announced 10 Oct. "
Rajah of Kaparthala offers his army and 5 lakhs of rupees for
the defence of India; announced 31 Oct. "
Four lakhs offered by rajah of Nabha Nov. "
Similar offers by other princes " "
Lady Duflerin's jubilee fund subscribed for medical aid to
women amounts to 478,405 rupees in India, and 1770/. in Eng-
land, 15 Oct. ; amount received 50,000/ 25 Oct. "
Quettah with districts of Pishin, Thai Chotiali, and Sibi in
Bkloochistan annexed and placed under a chief commis-
sioner; announced Nov. "
India 4 per cent, stock converted into 31^ per cent, by act, 23 May, "
Maharajah of Darbhanga in Bengal establishes a medical hos-
pital for women in aid of lady Dufferin's fund autumn, "
Lord Dufl'erin at a durbar at Patiala announces that govern-
ment declines money from the princes; but recommends to
improve their armies and fit them with the British for de-
fence of India 18 Nov. 1888
Installation of the marquess of Lansdowne as viceroy; depart-
ure of lord DufTerin 10 Dec. ' '
Fortress of Quettah, a bulwark of India, finished Jan. 1889
Sukkur bridge opened 27 Mch. "
Arthur Travers Crawford, commissioner for 34 years in Bombay,
after a long investigation, was acquitted of serious charges
of financial misconduct, but was for indiscreet borrowing
dismissed the service. After correspondence sentence con-
firmed by lord Cross, secretary for India 29 Mch. "
Tantia Bheel, robber chief of the central provinces, a kind of
Robin Hood, in the Holkar territory, began his career about
1874; robbed the rich and helped the poor; lately suffered
much, captured about 18 Aug., convicted of murder (in 1879)
about 20 Oct., executed at Jubbulpore 4 Dec. "
Increased agitation in India and England against Hindu child
marriages Aug. 1890
Insurrection in Cambay with bloodshed, the nawab appeals to
the British for help; they restore order; reported. . .23 Sept. "
Sixth national congress of mixed character, no government
officials present, 26-30 Dec. 1890; sir A. Scoble introduces a
bill into the legislative council to raise the age of consent to
marriage by girls from 10 to 12 9 Jan. 1891
After much public discussion, the "age of consent to marriage
bill " is passed by the legislative council 19 Mch. "
Sir D. Barbour's financial statement ; reported surplus 20
Mch.; he recommends a commission to consider the cur-
rency and the introduction of a gold standard, etc Mch. "
Deficiency of rain causes famine, especially in Madras, Rajpu-
tana, the Punjaub, anjd the south middle of July, "
Gen. sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts created a peer as baron
Roberts of Candahar Feb. 1892
Famine relief works; persons employed : Madras. 48,000; Bom-
bay, 2000; Bengal, 17,000; Burmah, 28,000; Mysore, 13,000;
Rajputana, 33,000; reported 2 Apr. "
Indian Currency Association formed to promote the abolition
of silver as the sole standard in India May,
Value of the rupee reduced to Is. 3d. ; great anxiety Aug.
GOVERNORS-GENERAL OF INDIA, ETC.
Warren Hastings assumes the government 13 Apr. 1772
Sir John Macpherson 1 Feb. 1785
Lord Cornwallis 12 Sept. 1786
Sir John Shore (afterwards lord Teignmouth) 28 Oct. 1793
[Lord (afterwards marquess) Cornwallis again ; he relin-
quished the appointment.]
Sir Alured Clarke 6 Apr. 1798
Lord Mornington (afterwards marquess AVellesley) 17 May, "
Marquess Cornwallis again 30 July, 1805
Sir George Hilaro Barlow 10 Oct. "
Lord Minto 31 July, 1807
Earl of Moira (afterwards marquess of Hastings) 4 Oct. 1813
Hon. John Adam 13 Jan. 1823
George Canning ; relinquished the appointment "
William, lord (afterwards earl) Amherst 1 Aug. "
Hon. W. Butterworth Bayley 13 Mch. 1828
Lord William Cavendish Bentinck 4 July, "
[First governor-general of India, under the act 3 and 4 Will.
IV. c. 85, Aug. 28, 1833.]
Sir Charles Thebphilus Metcalfe (afterwards lord Metcalfe),
20 Mch. 1835
William, lord Heytesbury ; did not proceed "
George, lord Auckland (afterwards earl of Auckland).. , .4 Mch. 1836
I
J
IND
Edward, lord EUenborough 28 Feb. 1842
William Wilberforce Bird 15 June, 1844
Sir Henry (afterwards viscount) Hardinge 23 July, "
James AndVew, earl (afterwards marquess) of Dalhousie.. 12 Jan. 1848
Charles John, viscount Canning, appointed July, 1855
Proclaimed the first viceroy throughout India 1 Nov. 1858
James, earl of Elgin, appointed Aug. 1861 ; d 20 Nov. 1863
Sir John Lawrence appointed Dec. "
Richard, earl of Mayo, appointed Oct. 1868
[Assassinated 8 Feb. 1872.]
Thomas George Baring, lord Northbrook Feb. 1872
Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, lord Lytton, took oath at Cal-
cutta 12 Apr. 1876
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, marquess of Ripon. .May, 1880
Frederick Temple Hamilton Blackwood, earl of Duflferin..Sept. 1884
Henry Charles Keith Petty Fitzmaurice, marquess of Lans-
downe Dec. 1888
India, Empress of, queen Victoria so proclaimed in Lon-
don, 1 May, 1876 ; in India, 1 Jan. 1877. Order of the Indian
Empire instituted, 1 Jan. 1878.
India Company, Eait. The first commercial in-
tercourse of the English with India was a private adventure of
3 ships fitted out in 1591. Only 1 reached India ; and, after a
voyage of 3 years, the commander, capt. Lancaster, was brought
home in another ship, the sailors having seized his own ; but
his information gave rise to a mercantile voyage, and a com-
pany, whose first charter, in Dec.l600,was renewed in 1609, '57,
'61, '93, and 1744. Its stock in 1600 consisted of 72,000/., when
it fitted out 4 ships. Meeting with success, it continued to
trade, and India stock sold at 500/. for a share of 100/. in 1683.
A new company (the "English") was chartered in 1698, and
* the old (the " London") suspended trading for 3 years; the
2 were united 1702
New East India Company established 1708
Privileges of the company continued till 1783 1744
Aifairs of company brought before Parliament; a committee
exposed intrigues and crimes Aug. 1772
Two acts (one authorized a loan of 1,000, 000?. to the company;
the other celebrated as the India bill) reformed the constitu-
tion of the company. A governor-general was to reside in
Bengal, the other presidencies to be subordinate; a supreme
court of judicature was instituted at Calcutta; the salary of
the governor was fixed at 25,000L per year; that of the coun-
cil at 10,000i. each; and of the chief judge at 8000Z. ; the
affairs of the company were controlled ; all the departments
reorganized ; all territorial correspondence to be laid before
the British ministry June, 1773
Mr. Pitt's act appointing the Board of Control 18 May, 1784
Company's charter was renewed for 20 years 1793
Trade with India opened 1813
Trade to China opened ; charter renewed till 1854 1833
Government of India continued in the company till Parliament
otherwise provided 1853
After the mutiny of 1857, and the disappearance of the com-
pany's army, the government was transferred to the crown,
the Board of Control abolished, and a Council of State for In-
dia instituted by 21 and 22 Vict. c. 106, approved 2 Aug. 1858
Company's political power ceased 1 Sept. ; Victoria proclaimed
queen of Great Britain and colonies, etc 1 Nov. "
East India House built, 1726; enlarged and a new front erected,
1799 ; sold with furniture. 1861 ; razed Sept. and Oct 1862
Company to be dissolved 1 June, 1874, and dividends redeemed,
by the " East India Stock Dividend Redemption act," passed,
15 May, 1873
India-rubber. Caoutchouc.
Indian civilization in the United States. Not
including the 5 civilized tribes of the Indian territory and the
New York Indians, there are, according to the report of the
secretary of the interior, 1888-89, 27,394 Indians engaged more
or less in civilized pursuits: 17,203 occupy houses; 26,223
speak English ; 62,625 wear civilized dress; 251,858 acres cul-
tivated; 242,647 rods offence built; 267,400 feet of lumber
sawed ; 93,082 cords wood cut ; 83,426 lbs. butter made ; 727,859
bu. wheat raised ; 600,203 bii. oats, barley, and rye ; 1,306,961
bu. of corn ; 129,171 tons of hay. They possess 417,328 horses,
ponies, and mules ; 128,766 cattle; 40,343 swine ; and 860,336
sheep. Indian education, Indian Tekritory.
Indian education in the United States. Efforts
were early made for the education of the American Indians.
John Eliot in Massachusetts translated the Bible into the Ind-
ian tongue, 1660-1675; and a chief purpose of William and
Mary college in Virginia (1693) was to educate the red men.
The policy of the U. S. government is to induce the Indians to
abandon tribal relations and accept citizenship. Under pres.
Hayes much was done for the education of Indian children, and
the work is still pursued, with a view to the gradual civiliza-
tion of the wild tribes. Indian Territory. The following is
a brief summary of the Indian schools (government) in 1891 :
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Government training and boarding schools, average attend- 1 ^ -qq
ance, 1891 { '''^'*"
Government day schools, average attendance, 1891 1,661
Contract schools (mostly sectarian, aided by government) :
Boarding schools, average attendance, 1891 4,667
Day schools, average attendance, 1891 502
Total 13,568
Cost to the government of the Indian contract schools was as fol-
lows: 1886, $228,259; 1887, $363,214; 1888, $376,264; 1889,530,905;
1890, $562,640; 1891, $570,218; 1892, $604,240.
LIST OF ESTABLISHED GOVERNMENT TRAINING-SCHOOLS FOR
INDIANS IN THE U. S.
Name.
Location.
Average
attendance.
Cost.
Carlisle School
Carlisle Pa . . • .
754
164
164
98
199
487
188
35
45
84
49
79
$106,393
31,338
24,220
14,420
41,897
82,632
29,245
10,065
13,129
5,851
15,546
Harrison Institute
Chemawa Or . .
Haworth "
Howard "
Grant •'
Chillocco, Ind. Ter
Fort Stevenson, N. Dak.
Haskell " ...
Fisk " ...
Teller " ...
Dawes "
Stewart "
Lawrence. Kan
Albuquerque, N. Mex. .
Grand Junction, Col. . .
Santa F6, N. Mex
Carson Nev
Pierre "
Pierre S Dak
Fort Mohave"
Kamona Indian)
School for Girls f ••
Fort Mohave, Ariz
Santa Fe, N. Mex
Indian history. The following are the principal
events in the history of the Indians in the U. S. For further
information consult the state records severally as well as the
topics noted and article Indians.
Indians carried from South Carolina for slaves by Spaniards
(South Carolina) 1520
De Soto's expedition through country of southern Indians, 1539-42
Capt. John Smith, captured by Indians of Virginia, is con-
demned to death, but is saved by Pocahontas, daughter of
Powhatan (Virginia) 1607
Pocahontas marries John Rolfe, visits England, and dies there
(Virginia) 1616-17
Samoset welcomes the English (Massachusetts) 1620
Indian massacre of whites in Virginia 1622
Pequot war, and destruction of that nation by the English
(Connecticut, Massachusetts) 1637
Dutch massacre Indians at Hackensack (New York) 1643
Duringthiswar Mrs. Anne Hutchinson is murdered (New York) "
Powhatan confederacy destroyed (Virginia) 1644
Wyandots or Hurons driven from the St. Lawrence valley by
. Iroquois 1659
Eliot translates the Bible into the Indian tongue 1661
War with king Philip of the Wampanoags 1675-76
First blow struck by Indians at Swanzey (Massachusetts),
July, 1675
Indians defeat whites at Bloody Brook, near Deerfleld (Massa-
chusetts) 18 Sept. "
"Great Swamp Fight;" defeat of the Narragansetts (Massa-
chusetts) 19 Dec. "
Canonchet, chief of Narragansetts, killed by English Apr. 1676
English beaten at Turner's Fulls (Massachusetts) 18 May, "
Hatfield attack; Indians repulsed (Massachusetts). . .30 May, "
Hadley surprised (Massachusetts) 12 June, "
King Philip killed at Mount Hope (Massachusetts). ... 17 Aug. "
Total destruction of the Wampanoags and Narragansetts. . ..1676-77
[Iroquois or Five Nations generally hostile to the French
(New York), 1609-10.]
English treaty with Iroquois at Albany July, 1684
War with eastern Indians; Dover, N. H., surprised, and maj.
Waldron killed (New Hampshire) 27 Jan. 1689
Iroquois capture Montreal 25 Aug. "
Schenectady burned (New York) 1690
French and Indians burn Salmon Falls, Me 18 Mch. "
French and Indians burn Falmouth, Me May, "
Haverhill, Mass., surprised; Hannah Dustin's escape (Massa-
chusetts) 1697
Appalachian Indians of Georgia suffer in a war with South Caro-
lina 1703
"Queen Anne's war;" Indians burn Deerfleld, Mass Mch. 1704
Haverhill, Mass., surprised and burned 1708
Massacre of whites in North Carolina by Tuscaroras and
Corees 2 Oct. 1711
Tuscaroras, driven from North Carolina, join the Iroquois in
New York 1713
Creeks, Yemassees, Appalachians, with the Cherokees, Cataw-
bas, and Congarees, unite against whites in South Carolina;
Indians defeated 1715
" Lovewell's war," with eastern Indians of Maine 1722-26
Chickasaws successfully resist encroachments of French ^ 1740
Eastern Indians join French in war of 1745-48
Treaty with them (Maine) 7 Oct. 1748
Delawares retire from the Delaware and Susquehanna rivers
towards the Ohio = 1752
Indians of entire central frontier join French in war 1754-63
Assist the French to defeat Braddock (Pennsylvania). .9 July, 1755
Indians surprised and defeated at Kittanning, on the Alleghany
river, by col. John Armstrong (Pennsylvania) 7 Sept. 1756
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Indians massacre the surrendered garrison of fort William
Henry (Fokts, Nkw York) 9 Aug. 1767
Christian Indians of Pennsylvania retire to the Muskingum,
Ohio 1759-60
Cherokees attack the Carolinas firontier 1760
Subdued 1761
PoNTiAC CONSPIRACY and wnr 1763-64
[The principal tribes engaged in this were the Oitnwas,
Hiamis, Wyandots, Chippewas, Pottawatomies, Shawnces,
Foxes, and Wiunebagoes; the Senecas of the Six Nations
also joined.]
Fort Pitt (formerly Duquesne) besieged by Indians, June-July, 1763
Relieved by col. Bouquet ; battle of Bushy Run (Pennsylvania),
6 Aug. "
Massacre of Christian Indians at Conestoga (Pennsylvania),
27 Dec. . "
Col. Bouquet's expedition into Indian country of Ohio 1764
Pontiac besieges Detroit (Michigan) from May, 1763-May, "
Gov. Dunmores' war ; battle of Point Pleasant on the Ohio
(Virginia) 10 Oct 1774
Iroquois join British during the Revolution 1775-83
Indians join Burgoyne; death of Jane McCrea (New York),
27 July, 1777
Cherokees again subdued "
Massacre at Wyoming 3-5 July, 1778
Massacre at Cherry Valley 10 Nov. "
Gen. Sullivan's expedition against the Six Nations (New York),
Aug. 1779
Massacre of Christian Indians at Gnadenhiitten on the Tusca-
roras river (Ohio) 8 Mch. 1782
Defeat of col. Crawford (Ohio) 5-6 June, "
Boone and Kentuckians defeated by Indians at Blue Licks,
19 Aug. "
Six Nations cede all claims west of Pennsylvania to U. S. by
treaty at fort Schuyler 4 Oct. 1784
Shawnees limited by treaty to lands between the Miami and
the Wabash 31 Jan. 1786
Cherokees, Choctaws, and Chickasaws by treaty to retain most
of Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi 3 Jan. "
Treaty with Creek Indians (Georgia) 1790
Partial defeat of gen. Harmar near the Miami villages (Ohio),
22 Oct. "
Defeat of gen. St. Clair (Ohio) 4 Nov. 1791
Indians defeated by gen. Wayne (Ohio) 20 Aug. 1794
Wayne's treaty with Indians of the Northwest territory at
Greenville, 0 3 Aug. 1795
[Tribes represented : Chippewas, Delawares, Eel River, Kas-
kaskias, Kickapoos, Miamis, Ottawas, Piankeshaws, Potta-
watomies, Shawnees, Weas, and Wyandots.]
Harrison defeats Indians at Tippecanoe 7 Nov. 1811
Massacre of whites at fort Mimms, Ala. (Alabama) 30 Aug. 1813
Death of Tecumseh at battle of the Thames 5 Oct. ' '
Creek war (Alabama) 1813-14
Treaty with Creeks 1814
Treaty with Indians at Detroit 1 Sept. 1815
War with Seminoles (Battles, Florida) 1817-18
Indians of Ohio cede all their remaining land 1818
Indians cede lands south of Grand river, Michigan, to U. S 1821
Sequoyah, a Cherokee, invents the Cherokee alphabet 1821-22
Treaty with Creek Indians at Indian Spring 1825
Choctaws cede their lands to U. S 1820-30
Measures for removing Indians west of the Mississippi adopt-
ed 1832
Black Hawk war ; battle of Bad Axe 1 Aug. "
Commissioner of Indian affairs appointed "
Chickasaws cede their lands to U. S., and agree to remove
west of the Mississippi (Alabama) "
Creeks cede their lands to U. S .• '•
Black Hawk is taken through the principal eastern cities 1833
Treaty with Seminole Indians at Payne's Landing 9 May, "
Indian territory established (Indian territory) 1834
Seminole war (Florida) 1835-42
Cherokees cede all their lauds to state of Alabama 1835
Sioux (Winnebagoes) cede lands east of the Mississippi to U. S., 1837
Osceola, the Seminole chief, captured (Florida, United States),
22 Oct. "
War between Sioux and Chippewas "
Cherokees, 1560 in number, leave Georgia for lands west of
the Mississippi 3 June, 1838
Sioux cede all lands in Iowa and in Minnesota east of the Red
river, etc., to U. S 23 July, 1851
War with Indians of Rogue river, Oregon 1853
Massacre of whites in the Rogue River valley 1855
Chief John surrenders (Oregon) June, 1856
Most of the Seminole Indians of Florida emigrate to Indian
Territory 1858
Sioux in'Minnesota, led by Little Crow, massacre 500 persons,
including women and children 17 Aug. et seq. 1862
[Gen. Sibley, and afterwards gen. Pope, beat the Indians
and rescued many captives; 38 Indians executed as assassins.
Minnesota.]
Little Crow killed by a settler 1863
Fight with Cheyennes in Colorado 11 Apr. 1864
Col. Chivington's Sand Creek massacre of 500 Indians who had
asked protection and submitted to military authority, near
fort Lyon, Colorado 27 Nov. "
A fierce war ensues 1865-66
Fifty U. S. soldiers massacred at fort Phil. Kearney.. . .21 Dec. 1866
Indians plunder along line of Union Pacific railroad and impede
construction summer, 1867
Severe fight near fort Phil. Kearney 2 Aug. "
And at Plum Creek, near Omaha 16 Aug.
Congress by law forbids treaties with Indians 29 Mch.
Repealed June,
Ijvw authorizing peace commission 20 July,
Commission organized 6 Aug.
Secured a general suspension of hostilities autumn.
Treaty with the Sioux 2 Mch.
Indians troublesome in Colorado and Kansas summer.
Severe fighting, 17 Sept, 18 Oct, 27 Nov., 25 Dec, conquering
the Indians
Board of Indian Commissioners established
Modoc war began autumn,
Canby massacre (gen. Canby and commissioner Thomas, who
with Mr. Meacham had met capt Jack and other Modocs to
negotiate, were treacherously killed, Meacham wounded),
11 Apr.
Capt Jack and his fellows captured about 1 June,
Capt Jack and 2 others hanged (California) 3 Oct
Sioux war began winter.
Gen. Custer with his command, 5 companies of the 7th caval-
ry (276 men), killed by Sioux under Sitting Bull on the Lit-
tle Big Horn river, Montana 26 June,
War with the Nez Percys under chief Joseph and White Bird
began 14 June,
Joseph's retreat 17 JuIy-30 Sept
Joseph captured, with 500 followers 1 Oct
Standing Bear, a Ponca chief, and 25 followers, arrested in
Dakota for abandoning reservation and returning to their
former home ; taken from military authorities by habeas
corpus, the first ever issued for an Indian 8-18 Apr.
Indians, legal status as persons and right of habeas corpus af-
firmed in the U. S. district court at Lincoln, Neb., by judge
Dundy, 12 May, 1879. Standing Bear and followers released
by secretary of war, under this decision 12 May,
Ute outbreak in Colorado; maj. Thornburgh's command am-
bushed, and agent Meeker killed at the agency (Colorado),
29 Sept
Apache outbreak. New Mexico Sept. -Oct
Apaches under Victoria chased into Mexico; Victoria killed
and most of his band killed or captured spring.
Fifteen hundred of Sitting Bull's Indians return to U. S. from
British America and surrender Nov.
Indian Rights association organized Dec.
Courts established on reservations by Interior department;
judges to be Indians; to take cognizance of theft, polygamy,
barbarous dances, etc., under rules given by the department,
Choctaws adopt freedmen (negroes) into their tribe
Indians allowed to avail themselves of the homestead laws with-
out fees or commissions; lands to be inalienable for 25 years.
Lands allotted in severalty to the Omahas in Nebraska
U. S. laws touching murder, manslaughter, rape, assault with
intent to kill, arson, burglary, and larceny made applicable
to Indians
Lands allotted in severalty to the Santees in Nebraska
Instruction on effects of alcohol, etc., in the human system
made obligatory in Indian schools
Land allotted to most of the hitherto wild Crows in Montana. .
[A baud of Apaches under Geronimo and Natchez left their
reservation in Arizona, spring of 1882, and maintained irregu-
lar warfare for 3 years. Gen. Crook captured the band 1 Sept
1885, but they escaped a few days later; Crook was trans-
ferred and gen Miles succeeded him. Pursuit was resumed,
and capt. Crawford was killed by Mexican troops through
alleged mistake, 21 Jan. 1886; the Indians continued dep-
redations until Sept. 1886, when they surrendered under
pledges which prevented a trial for murder; they were soon
after removed to Florida, where the leaders are kept.]
Creeks cede half their domain in Oklahoma to the U. S. for
$2,280,857 1 Mch.
Sioux dissatisfied in South Dakota, stated to be suffering from
reduced government rations; incited by fanatical medicine
men, who predict a conquering Messiah, they begin ghost
war-dances; attack outlying white settlers and friendly Ind-
ians, causing great alarm ; troops and supplies of food sent
to the Dakota frontier; the Sioux are soon joined by other
tribes, Nov. ; col. Wm. F. Cody (" Buffalo Bill") sent to the
front 23 Nov.
Gen. Miles commanding in Dakota, aided by gen. Brook, with
troops ordered for active service 25 Nov.
Old Sioux chief Sitting Bull captured 14 Dec, and in an
attempt to rescue him, his son Crow Foot and himself are
killed with others, and his camp seized 15 Dec,
Gen. Miles's headquarters at Rapid City 18 Dec.
Red Cloud, at a great council, recommends surrender and
warns resistors 19 Dec.
Battle of Wounded Knee Creek.— To revenge Sitting Bull's
death, remains of his band join Big Foot's band on Chey-
enne river ; start for Bad Lands, and, joined by other Ind-
ians, making about 160 warriors, are met and captured
by the 7th cavalry under lieut Hawthorne, and artillery un-
der maj. Whiteside, 28 Dec. ; in the evening maj. Forsyth
with other troops arrives. While pretending to surrender
their arms, at the command of maj. Whiteside, the Indians
suddenly attack the dismounted troopers, and a murderous
hand-to-hand fight ensues; the Indians are joined by others,
and additional troops arrive; the Indians flee to the ravines,
are pursued by the artillery ; in confused fight Big Foot
and his band are nearly exterminated, together with many
women and children (about 200). Capt Wallace, lieuts.
Casey and Mann, and several non-commissioned officers and
privates killed 29 Dec
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Vigorous attack on Pine Ridge agency repulsed, 29 Dec. et seq. ;
sharp skirmish, Indians dispersed by maj. Forsyth, 29, 30 Dec. 1890
Large body of Indians near Pine Ridge agency surrounded by
the 2d infantry under gen. Brook 2 Jan. et seq. 1891
Gen. Miles receives the submission of the rebel chiefs of the
Brules; provisions sent to the Indians 14 Jan. "
About 4000 Indians, nearly surrounded by the troops, come in
and surrender their arras 15 Jan. et seq. "
<Jen. Miles, in an address, commends his troops and declares
the war at an end 19 Jan. "
He takes 40 Indians and also some friendly chiefs to Washing-
ton, Feb. ; they have a conference with Mr. Noble, secretary
of the interior, 7 Feb., and pres. Harrison 12 Feb. "
Delegates return to Pine Ridge from Washington dissatisfied
with reception; their loyal chief, "American Horse," com-
plains of the injustice and harshness of the government and
officials, but commends gen. Miles 23 Feb. "
Indian re§ervations. Reservations.
Indian Territory, a division of the United States
definitely set apart for tlie Indians, 80 June, 1834, lat. 33°
35' to 37== N., Ion. 94° 20' to 103° W. Oklahoma and Kansas
are on the north, Missouri and Kansas to the east, and Texas
on the south and west. Area, 31,400 sq. miles. Pop. 1890,
about 75,000. Its area has been further reduced by the loss
of the " Cherokee Strip," added to Oklahoma.
Cherokees get lands west of the Mississippi by treaty. . .6 May, 1828
Grant (5,000,000 acres in the north and northwest) further con-
firmed by treaty 4 Feb. 1833
Their final removal effected by treaty 29 Dec. 1835
Chodaws receive lands (6,668,000 acres in the southwest) by
treaty 27 Sept. 1830
Their removal was gradual, mostly in 1838
Creeks are granted land in the territory by treaty 24 Mch. 1832
Grant defined, 3,215,495 acres in the eastern part by a further
treaty 14 Feb. 1833
Their removal was gradual, mostly in 1838
^eminoles are allotted lands here by treaty 28 Mch. 1833
It was not until after the Seminole war that they were re-
moved to the territory, the last leaving Florida 1858
[They have some 200,000 acres, central.]
Chickasaws receive land in the territory by treaty 24 May, 1834
[Removal effected gradually, mostly in 1838. They occupy
about 4,377,000 acres in the south.]
Besides these 5 civilized tribes. Congress has from time to time
located other tribes and fragments of tribes in this territory.
Indians. Large sections of the territory being unoccupied,
the Creek, Seminole, and other tribes cede lands to the U. S.
which are incorporated into Oklahoma.
EDUCATION.
Cherokees spend $80,000 yearly in education. They have 2 high-
schools, 110 common and 15 denominational schools; also 2 sem-
inaries, one for girls and one for boys, at Tahlequah, where the
higher branches are taught. Teachers mostly Indians. One
newspaper, the Advocate, published partly in Cherokee.
Chickasaws have 14 common schools and 3 academies.
Creeks spend $80,000 in education, sending some young people to
schools in the states, although they support 4 boarding-schools,
40 public schools, and several denominational schools. Indian
university near Muscogee was founded by the Baptist Indians in
1880; there are also a Methodist and a Presbyterian school.
Chodaws. — Their school property is valued at $200,000; yearly edu-
cational expenses, $83,000, 4 boarding schools, 170 common, and
several denominational schools. A newspaper published at Ataka.
Seminoles have 5 free schools, 3 mission schools, and one of the
finest school buildings in the territory.
Indiana, one of the north central states of the United
States, extends from the Ohio river, which separates the state
from Kentuck}'^ on the south,
to lake Michigan and the state
of Michigan, which bound it
on the north. Ohio lies to
the east and Illinois bounds
it on the west. It is limited
in lat. by 37° 47' to 41° 46'
N., and in Ion. bv 84° 49' to
88° 2' W. Area, 36,350 sq.
miles in 92 coimties. Pop.
1890, 2,192,404; capital, In-
dianapolis.
Robert Cavalier de la Salle
and Henri Tonti with a
party of 33, ascend the St. Joseph river to the site of South
Bend, thence by portage to the Kankakee and down the Illi-
iKMS river. .'. Dec. 1679
J -a .Salle, returning from Montreal with supplies for Tonti at
iort Crevecoeur, makes the portage from the St. Joseph to
the Kankakee Xov. 1680
Mention made of one Sieur Dubinson as commandant at a post
■ near the site of Lafayette, called Ouiatenon 1719
hieur de Vincennes mentioned as commandant at the poste de
Ouabache (Eng. Wabash), now Vincennes 1727
[Supposed to have been settled 1702.]
Mission established at post Vincennes by Sebastian L. Meurin, 1749
Garrison at Ouiatenon, under lieut. Jenkins, surrenders to Ind-
ians, who distribute the English prisoners among neighboring
French traders 1763
On a proclamation by the British commandant, Edward Ab-
bott, many inhabitants of post Vincennes swear allegiance
to Great Britain May, 1777
Inhabitants of Vincennes throw off" allegiance to Great Britain
and declare themselves citizens of the U. S., at the sugges-
tion of col. Clark 18 July, 1778
Capt. Helm placed in charge of post Vincennes by col. Clark,
and his garrison of 1 man surrenders, " with the honors of
war," to British force under gov. Henry Hamilton. . .15 Dec. "
Gov. Hamilton surrenders Vincennes to the Americans under
col. Clark 24 Feb. 1779
Court of civil and criminal jurisdiction organized at Vincennes,
June, "
An expedition against Detroit organized by La Balme, a French-
man of Kaskaskia, who plunders British traders at site of
fort Wayne, is dispersed by an attack of Miami Indians,
Sept. 1780
One hundred and fifty thousand acres of land in Indiana oppo-
site the falls of the Ohio presented to col. George R. Clark and
his regiment by Virginia legislature. . .3 Oct. 1779 and 5 Oct. "
Spaniards under capt. Eugenio Puerre march across Indiana
from St. Louis, and capture fort St. Joseph 1781
Indiana included in the Virginia act of cession, 20 Dec. 1783;
deed conveying to the U. S. the territory northwest of the
Ohio executed 1 Mch. 1784
Gen. Clark makes an unauthorized seizure of Spanish property
at fort Vincennes, which he garrisons 1786
By resolution of Congress, the secretary of war is directed to
order the commanding officer on the Ohio to dispossess "a
body of men who had, in a lawless and unauthorized man-
ner, taken possession of post Vincennes " 24 Apr. 1787
Indiana part of Northwest territory, created by law 13 July, "
Maj. -gen. Arthur St. Clair elected by Congress governor of the
territory northwest of the Ohio 5 Oct. "
By act of Congress, 400 acres are granted to each person who,
in 1783, was head of a family at Vincennes 3 Mch. 1791
Brig. -gen. Scott, with 800 men, rent against Wea Indian towns
on the Wabash, destroys Ouiatenon 1 June, "
Second expedition against the Indian villages on the Wabash
under brig. -gen. James Wilkinson, who leaves fort Washing-
ton 1 Aug. 1791, destroys the Eel river Indian village near
Logansport, and over 400 acres of corn, and reaches the rap-
ids of the Ohio 21 Aug. "
Treaty of peace and friendship with the Indians at Vincennes,
by brig. -gen. Rufus Putnam 27 Sept. 1792
Fort Wayne, on the site of an ancient Miami village and an
English fort erected 1764, built and garrisoned 22 Oct. 1794
Northwestern territory divided: that part west of a line from
the mouth of the Kentucky river to fort Recovery, and
thence north to be called Indiana territory, and Vincennes
the seat of government, by act ai)i)roved 7 May, 1800
William Henry Harrison, appointed governor of Indiana terri-
tory, 13 May, 1800, arrives at Vincennes 10 Jan. 1801
General court of the territory first held, Vincennes 3 Mch. "
Town of Jeffersonville laid out on plan proposed by pres.
Thomas Jeff'erson 1802
Memorial to Congress by a convention called at Vincennes, 20
Dec. 1802, by gov. Harrison, 22 Nov., asks repeal of the VI. th
Article of the Organic act, which prohibits slavery "
Congress establishes land offices at Kaskaskia, Vincennes, and
Detroit 15 Mch. 1804
Western Sun, edited by Elihu Stout, first published at Vin-
cennes as the Indiana Gazette 4 July, "
By treaty at Vincennes, the Delaware Indians cede to the
U. S. land between the Wabash and Ohio rivers, and south
of the road from Vincennes to the falls of the Ohio, 18 Aug.,
and the Piankeshaw Indians relinquish their claim to this
territory 27 Aug. "
First general assembly of Indiana territory meets at Vin-
cennes 29 July, 1805
Delaware, Pottawatomie, Miami, Eel River, and Wea Indians
cede to the U. S. land in eastern Indiana, by treaty at Grouse-
land near Vincennes 21 Aug. "
Laws of Indiana published at Vincennes by Messrs. Stout &:
Smoot 1807
Property qualification of 50 acres, or a town lot valued at $100,
required of electors in territory by act of Congress. ..26 Feb. 1808
Illinois territory set off from Indiana, comprising all west of
the Wabash river and a line drawn north from post Vin-
cennes 3 Feb. 1809
By treaty at fort Wayne, 30 Sept. 1809, the Delaware, Potta-
watomie, Miami, and Eel River tribes, cede to the U. S.
about 2,900,000 acres south of the Wabash ; treaty confirmed
by the AVeas, who meet gov. Harrison in council at Vin-
cennes 2C Oct.
" An act for the introduction of negroes and mulattoes into the
territory oflndiana," approved 17 Sept. 1807; repealed, 4 Dec. 1810
Property qualification for voters aljolished by Congress, 3 Mch. 1811
Fort Harrison, on the Wabash, near the site of Ter re Haute,
completed 28 Oct.
Battle of Tippecanoe ; a sudden attack before sunrise of Ind-
ians under the Prophet, a brother of Tecuniseh, on gen.
Harrison's camp at Burnet's creek, about 7 miles northeast
from Lafayette in Tippecanoe county. Loss to the Amer-
icans, 37 killed, 151 wounded. Indians defeated 7 Nov. "
Prophetstown, deserted by the Prophet, is destroyed together
with a quantity of corn 8 Nov. 1811
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One maniwiM. women and cliildren massacred at the Pigeon
Roost settlement. Scott county, by Sbawnee Indians, 3 Sept. 1812
Nigbt attack of Indians on fort Harrison successrully resisted
by the garrison under capt Zachary Taylor 4-5 Sept. "
Fort Wavnk invested by the Indians about 1 Sept., and the
garrison relieved by 2U00 Kentucky troops and 700 citizens
of Ohio under gen. Harrison 12 Sept. *'
Deserted Indian villages in the vicinity of fort Wayne de-
stroyed by detachments of troops 13-19 Sept. "
Expedition "under lieut.-col. John R. Campbell leaves Dayton,
0., 14 Dec. 1812; burns the Indian villages on the Mississi-
newa river Dec. "
Scat of government fixed at Corydou, Harrison county, by act
approved 11 Mch. 1813
Books, papers, and records destroyed by the burning of the
office of the recorder of Knox county Jan. 1814
One thousand Miamis. reduced to destitution, assemble at fort
Wayne to obtain food Jan. "
Settlement of Harmony, on the Wabash, 50 miles from its
mouth, formed by a German community under Frederick
Riipp, from Pennsylvania (Hakmonists, New Harmony) "
Farmers and Mechanics' bank of Indiana at Madison, incorpo-
rated by legislature 6 Sept. "
Bank of V'incennes incorporated 10 Sept. "
Congress passes an enabling act for Indiana; the northern
boundary a Ihie drawn east and west 10 miles north of the
southern extremity of lake Michigan 19 Apr. 1816
Ordinance accepting the enabling act passed by a convention
which met at Corydon, 10 June '. 29 June, "
State constitution adopted by convention " "
Jonathan Jennings inaugurated first governor at Corydon,
7 Nov. "
Indiana admitted into the Union by act approved 11 Dec. "
Act to appoint superintendents of school sections authorized
to lease school lands, every lessee required to set out 100
apple and 100 peach trees within 4 years 14 Dec. "
Bank of Vincennes adoiited as state bank of Indiana, empow-
ered to adopt the Farmers and Mechanics' bank of Indiana
as one of its branches 1 Jan. 1817
Thomas Lincoln, the father of Abraham Lincoln, with his fam-
ily, moves from Kentucky to what is now Spencer county. . "
By treaty at St. Mary's, 0., the Delaware Indians cede to the
U. S. all claims to land in Indiana 3 Oct. 1818
Site for capital of Indiana located by a committee, which met
at the house of William Conner, on the west fork of the
White river, 22 May, 1820, accepted and confirmed by the
legislature, and the capital named Indianapolis 6 Jan. 1821
First general school law of Indiana in revised statutes of 1824,
drawn by committee appointed by legislature 9 Jan. "
Proceedings against the state bank for fraudulent manage-
ment, which results in forfeiting its franchise, begun, 31 Dec. "
Southern state prison at Jeffersonville established 1822
Indiana university at Bloomington, chartered 1820. opened 1824
Mr. Rapp and associates sell their property at Harmony to
Robert Dale Owen, of Scotland, a philanthropist, who at-
tempts to establish a community, naming the place New
Harmony 1825
State road from lake Michigan to Madison on the Ohio, be-
gun 1830
Thomas Lincoln, with his family, removes to Macon county,
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Indiana Historical Society incorporated 1831
Hanover college, at Hanover, opened in 1828, chartered 1832
AVabash and Erie canal in Indiana, begun 22 Feb. "
Wabash college, at Crawfordsville, opened 1833, chartered 1834
Internal Improvement law, a state loan of $10,000,000 to be
expended by a Board of Internal Improvement Jan. 1836
Madison and Lafayette railroad commenced ">
Indiana Asbury university (since 1884 De Pauw), at Green-
castle, chartered and opened 1837
Indiana Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, at Indianapolis,
opened 1844
University of Notre Dame (R. C), at Notre Dame, chartered
1844, and opened.. 1845
State failing to pay its interest on the public debt for several
years, compromises with creditors, who release one half of
the indebtedness 1846
Earlham college at Richmond opened 1847
Fort Wayne college for women, at Fort Wayne, chartered and
opened "
Indiana Institution for the Education of the Blind, at Indianap-
olis, opened 1 Oct. "
Central Insane hospital at Indianapolis opened Dec. 1848
Constitution, framed by a convention which met at Indianap-
olis, 7 Oct. 18.50, adopted 10 Feb. 1851
New constitution, ratified by vote, 109,319 to 26,755, goes into
operation 1 Nov. "
Butler university, at Irvington, chartered in 1850, opened 1855
Lieut. -gov. A. A. Hammond succeeds gov. W^illard, who died at
St. Paul, Minn 3 Oct. 1860
Gov. Lane elected U. S. senator; lieut.-gov. Morton succeeds,
Jan. 1861
Caleb B. Smith appointed secretary of the interior 5 Mch. "
Six regiments raised and mustered in within a week after the
call of the president for troops, made 15 Apr. "
John P. Usher appointed secretary of tJie interior 8 Jan. 1863
Second Kentucky cavalry, confederate, capt. Hines, cross the •
Ohio at Flint Rock, plunder Leavenworth, Corydon, and
Paoli, and retreat across the river. 16 June, "
Confederates under Morgan cross the Ohio at Brandenburg,
Ky., 8 July, pursued by federals under gen. Hobson. They
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move eastward, covering 700 miles in 20 days (Moroan's
RAID) July, 1863
Hugh McCulloch appointed secretary of the treasury... 7 Mch. 1865
Law making colored people competent witnesses '•
Indianapolis normal school opened 18C6
Convention of colored citizens of Indiana at Indianapolis to
devise means to obtain full citizenship 6 Nov. "
National convention of the Grand Army of the Republic held
at Indianapolis 20 Nov. "
Gov. Morion resigns, being elected U. S. senator, and is suc-
ceeded by lieut.gov. Conrad Baker Jan.
Legislature ratifies the XIV. th Amendment to the Constitution,
29 Jan.
Cornerstone of the Soldiers' Home at Knightstown laid,
4 July,
Indiana Reform School for Boys, at Plainfield, opened. . .1 Jan.
Robbers of an express-car on the Jeffersonville railroad, 22
May, 1868, are arrested, and on their way to Jackson (or
trial the train is stopped by a so-called vigilance committee
of Seymour, a confession extorted from the prisoners, who
are hung. 20 July. 4 other prisoners, lodged in jail at New
Albany, are hung by 70 masked men 12 Dec. "
Legislature ratifies the XV. th Amendment to the Constitution,
13-14 May, 1869
State Woman's Suffrage convention at Indianapolis 8 June, "
State Normal school at Terre Haute opened 1870
Seizing and hanging of certain negroes suspected of the murder
of a family in Clark county, by a mob of disguised persons,
calls forth a proclamation from gov. Baker, expressing his
determination to suppress mob violence 23 Nov. 1871
Indiana State Grange organized 1872
Portion of the Northern state prison at Michigan City, in
erection from 1863 to 1870, is destroyed by fire 13 July, "
Amendment to the constitution, providing that "no law or
resolution shall ever be passed that shall recognize any lia-
bility of this state to pay or redeem any certificate of stock"
issued in 1846 for the completion of the Wabash and Erie
canal, ratified 18 Feb. 1873
Second annual meeting of the National Congress of Agriculture
at Indianapolis; 200 delegates from 25 states 28 May, '*
Reform School for Girls and Woman's prison, at Indianapolis,
opened Sept. "
Jeffersonville depot of the quartermasters' department of the
U. S. completed 1874
Purdue university, the land grant college of Indiana, at Lafay-
ette, chartered 1862, opened "
Commission appointed by the legislatures of Indiana and Ken-
tucky, governed by the U. S. survey of 1806, determine that
Green island, near Evausville, belongs to Kentucky July, 1875
James N. Tyner postmaster- general 12 July, 1876
Richard W. Thompson secretary of the navy 12 Mch. 1877
Office of mine inspector created by act of legislature 1879
Indiana School for Feeble-minded Youth, at Richmond, opened, "
Corner-stone of new state-house at Indianapolis laid. ..28 Sept. 1880
Nine amendments to the state constitution adopted by the
people. The 2d and 4th making the constitution conform
to that of the U. S. as to the rights of colored citizens,
14 Mch, 1881
National convention of the Grand Army of the Republic held
at Indianapolis 15 June, "
Walter Q. Gresbam postmaster-general 3 Apr. 1883
Rose Polytechnic Institute, at Terre Haute, chartered in 1874,
is opened "
Walter Q. Gresham secretary of the treasury 24 Sept. 1884
Hugh McCulloch secretary of the treasury 28 Oct. "
First Natural Gas company in Indiana chartered 5 Mch. 1886
Evansville School for the Deaf opened "
Indiana Normal college at Covington opened "
School for Feeble minded Youth established at Fort Wayne
by law 1887
Legislature appropriates *200,000 for a soldiers and sailors'
monument in Clyde park, Indianapolis "
State Normal school at Terre Haute burned 9 Apr. 1888
Northern Insane hospital at Logansport opened "
Australian ballot system substantially adopted by law 188^
Offices of state geologist, mine inspector, and state inspector
of oils abolished, and a department of geology and natural
resources created "
Secret organization of so-called White Caps in southern Illinois
is investigated by the government of the state in 1888, and
a law passed to suppress riotous conspiracy "
Hospital for the Insane, at Evansville, completed "
Eastern Hospital for the Insane, at Richmond, completed "
William H. Miller appointed attorney-general 5 Mch. "
Marion branch of the National Soldiers' Home opened 1890
Monument to vice-pres. Hendricks unveiled at Indianapolis,
1 July, "
Supreme council of the Farmers' Alliance convenes at In-
dianapolis 17 Nov. 1891
Gov. Hovey dies at Indianapolis, 23 Nov. ; lieut.-gov. Chase
acting Nov. "
State female reformatory destroyed by fire 1 Mch. 1892
John W. Foster, secretary of state 29 June, "
Burial of the wife of pres. Harrison at Indianapolis 28 Oct. "
Popular welcome at Indianapolis to ex-pres. Harrison on his
arrival at the close of his administration 6 Mch. 1893
GOVERNORS — TERRITORIAL.
William Henry Harrison appointed^ 13 May, 1800
John Gibson acting 1812
Thomas Posey appointed 3 Mch. 1813
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Jonathan Jennings.
William Hendricks..
James B. Kay
Noah Noble
David Wallace
Samuel Bigger
James Whitcomb...
Joseph A. Wright...
AshbelP. Willard..,
GOVERNORS— STATE.
assumes office 7 Nov. 1816
" " 4 Dec. 1822
" " 12 Feb. 1825
" " 7 Dec. 1831
" " 6 Dec. 1837
" " 9 Dec. 1840
" " 6 Dec. 1843
" " 6 Dec. 1849
" " 12 Jan. 1857
Abraham A. Hammond assumes oflace Oct. 1860
Henry S. Lane elected U. S. senator Jan. 1861
Oliver P. Morton assumes office " "
Conrad Baker " " " 1867
Thomas A. Hendricks " " " 1875
James D. Williams " " " 1877
Albert G. Porter " " " 1881
Isaac P. Gray " " " 1885
Alvin P. Hovey (d. in office) " 1889
Ira J. Chase, lieut.-gov acting Nov. 1891
Claude Matthews assumes office Jan. 189»
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF INDIANA.
James Noble
Waller Taylor
William Hendricks...
Robert Hanna
John Tipton
Oliver H. Smith
Alberts. White
Edward A. Hannegan.
Jesse D. Bright
James Whitcomb
Charles W. Cathcart...
John Petit
Graham N. Fitch
Henry S. Lane
Joseph A. Wright
David Turpie
Thomas A. Hendricks.
Oliver P. Morton
Daniel D. Pratt
Joseph E. McDonald. .
Daniel W. Voorhees. . .
Benjamin Harrison...
David Turpie
No. of Congress.
Date.
14th to 22d
14th " 19th
19th " 24th
22d
22d to 25th
25th " 27th
26th " 28th
28th " 30th
29th " 37th
31st " 32d
32d
32d to 33d
34th " 36th
37th " 39th
37th
37th
38th to 40th
40th " 45th
41st " 43d
44th " 46th
45th "
47th " 49th
50th "
1816 to 1831
1816 " 1825
1825 " 1837
1831 " 1832
1832 " 1837
1837 " 1843
1839 " 1844
1843 " 1849
1845 " 1861
1849 " 1852
1852 " 1853
1853 " 1856
1857 " 1860
1861 " 1867
1861 " 1862
1863
1863 to 1867
1867 " 1877
1869 " 1875
1875 " 1881
1877 "
1881 " 1888
Seated 12 Dec. 1816.
Seated 12 Dec. 1816.
Died 26 Feb. 1831.
Appointed in place of Noble, 183L
Elected in place of Noble.
( Seated 27 Dec. 1845. President pro tern. 5 Dec. 1854, 11 June, 1856^
\ and again 12 June, 1860. Expelled from the Senate, 5 Feb. 1861,
( as a secessionist.
Died 4 Oct. 1852.
Appointed in place of Whitcomb.
Elected in place of Whitcomb.
Seated 9 Feb. 1857.
Appointed in place of Bright. Seated 3 Mch. 1861.
Elected in place of Bright. Seated 22 Jan. 1863.
(Nominated for vice-president by the Democratic party, 1876, and
( again in 1884.
Died 1 Nov. 1877.
Term expires 1897.
Elected president of the U. S., 1889-93.
Term expires 1899.
In<lian§, the aboriginal inhabitants of America. So
called by Columbus, who supposed he had discovered the east-
ern shores of India, The following remarks and tables refer
to Indians within the present area of the United States. In
manners, customs, and general features the difference between
the IndiansoftheGulf states and thoseof the shoresof the north-
ern lakes is scarcely perceptible ; it is only by languages that
they can be grouped into great families. East of the Mississippi
there were not more than 8 radically distinct languages, 4 of
which are still in existence, while the others have disappeared.
NAMKS AND LOCATION OF THE PRINCIPAL TRIBES OF THE
8 GREAT FAMILIES IN THE PRESENT AREA OF THE
UNITED STATES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI, AT THE TIME
OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS.
I. Algonquin tribes :
Micmacs
Etchemins or Canoemen.
Abenakis
Pokanokets or Wampa-
Pequots. . .
Mohegans.
Delawares or Lenni Lenape.
Nanticokes
Powhatan Confederacy
Corees
Shawnees
Miamis
Illinois
Kickapoos
Pottawatomies
Ottawas
Sacs and Foxes
Menomonees
Chippewas or Ojibways
. Wyandot or Huron-Iroquois
tribes :
Eries (Huron or Wyandot)
Iroquois) j
Andastes (Huron or Wy->
andot-Iroquois j
Wyandots (Huron or Wy- )
andot-Iroquois) j
Senecas (Iroquois proper). . .
Cayugas " "
Onondagas " " ...
Oneidas " "
Mohawks •' " ...
Location.
East of the state of M^ine.
Maine.
New Hampshire and Maine.
;E. Massachusetts and Rhode
[ Island .
(■Central Massachusetts and
I Rhode Island.
(W. Massachusetts and Con-
\ necticut.
(New Jersey, the valley, of the
[ Delaware and Schuylkill.
Eastern shores of Chesapeake bay.
E. Virginia and Maryland.
E. North Carolina.
South of the Ohio, W. Ken-
tucky, and Tennessee.
S. Michigan, N. Indiana, and
N.W. Ohio.
S. Illinois and Indiana.
N. and central Illinois.
N. Illinois.
Michigan.
N. Wisconsin.
Southern shore of lake Superior.
Southern shore of lake Erie.
Head- waters of the Ohio.
(Territory north of lakes Erie and
( Ontario.
W. New York. Long House.
Central New York.
fi. New York.
NAMES AND LOCATION OF THE PRINCIPAL TRIBES OF THE
8 GREAT FAMILIES, ETC. — (Continued.)
Tuscaroras (Iroquois proper)
Chowans (Huron or Wyan- )
dot-Iroquois) )
Meherrins (Huron or Wy-\
andot-Iroquois) j
Nottaways (Huron or Wy-»
andot-Iroquois) |
III. Catawbas
IV. Cherokees.
V. Uchees
VI. Natchez
VII. Mobilian or Muskhogees :
Chickasaws
Choctaws
Creeks or Muskhogees
Seminoles
VIII. Winnebagoes.
S. W. Virginia and North Carol ina.
Join the Iroquois of New York..
1713. '
S. Virginia.
W. North and South Carolina.
Mountainous regions of Ten-
nessee, Georgia, North and
South Carolina.
About Augusta, Ga. '
N.W. Mississippi.
W. Tennessee and N. Mississippi.
E. Mississippi and W. Alabama.
Alabama and Georgia.
Florida.
About Green Bay, Wis.
PRINCIPAL TRIBES WEST
OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN 1800-30.
Name.
Location.
Dakotas (Sioux)
Arapahoes
Wisconsin, west to Rocky nits.
Wyoming, head-waters of Platte.
Wyoming and Nebraska.
Dakota.
Nebraska.
Assiniboins
Montana and Dakota
Minnetaries (Gros Ventres) . .
Missouris
Montana.
Lower Missouri
lowas
Iowa
Osacres
Kansas west
Crows
Dakota
Kaws
Kansas
Pawnees
Kansas and Nebraska
Caddos
Shoshones or Snakes
Kiowas
Kansas to Oregon.
Utes
Navajos and Mosquis
Arizona.
Bannocks . ...
Idaho and Oregon.
Nevada and Oregon.
Modocs
Nez Perces
Flatheads
California. Oregon, and Nevada.
Oregon and N. California.
Klamaths
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SITUATION, NUMBERS, AND TRIBES OF INDIANS WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES IN 1893. ^
State.
Tribe.
Number. ^
Maine ....
( Penobscot
385 *
Massachusetts , . . . .
\ PassamuquoUdy
525
145
24
New York rescrviuious :
955
1,574 ^
661 m
455 m
St Regis
St Regis
1,053 1
469 '
Onondagas
Oneida
Oneidas .
237 J
North Carolina. Tennes-see, and Georgia. . . .
Florida
2,885 mostly in North Carolina.^
269
71
6,991 not on reservation.
1,404 " "
132 " "
(Munsees, Oneidas (from New York), Chippewas, )
\ Menomones, and Stockbridge (from Massaohu- [
( setts) )
7,915 on reservation.
Iowa
981 off "
397
( 6,263 on reservation.
\ 802 off
( 3,751 on "
\ 113 off
1,016 on "
Nebraska.
Winnebagoes, Poncas, Omahas, and Pawnees
Kansas
1 Munsees, Miamis, Kansas or Kaws, Kickapoos, Pot- )
{ tawatomies, and Chippewas )
j Sioux, Poncas, Arickarees, Gros Ventres, and Man- 1
North and South Dakota
26,880 on "
917 off "
( Blackfeet, Blood, Peigan, Assiniboins, Gros Ven-
\ tres, Crows, Flatheads, Shoshones, Bannocks, and
10,336 on "
237 off "
Shoshones and Arapahoes
1,806 on
( 3,640 on "
Idaho
Utes
( 269 off "
f 985 on "
\ 49 off
f 1,552 on
\ 3,404 off "
( 7,938 on "
\ 2,899 off
j 3,708 on "
\ 574 off "
( 5,020 on "
no. 263 off "
i 1,854 on "
\ 635 off "
8,278 citizens.
Nevada
Utes Shoshones, and Bannocks
Coeur d' Aline, Spokane, Yakama, and others
Klamaths, Walla- Wallas, Shoshones, and others
Yumas Klamaths and others
Oregon
^alifnrnia
Utah
Utes
( Pueblos
1 Navajos, Apaches, and Utes
20,521 on reservation.
(15,414 on
\ 1,326 off
5,689 on "
52,065
14,224
8,708 on reservations.
288 ' ^
Oklahoma.
( Pottawatomies, Sacs and Foxes, Osages, Kansas, )
Indian Territory
f f Cherokees.... 25.357 '
1 Chickasaws... 4,625
The five civilized tribes ^ Choctaws 10,253 ■
1 Creeks -9,291
1 Serainoles. . . . 2,539
Cheyennes, Arapahoes. Apaches, Kiowas, Co-
manches,Wichitas, Delawares, Caddos, Sliawnees,
Miamis, Modocs. Ottawas, Peorias, Quapaws, Sen-
ecas. Cayugas, Wyandots j
Total
249 273 3
indiction, a cycle of tributes of corn demanded every
15 years, not known before Constantine. The first examples
in the Theodosian code are of the reign of Constantius, who
died 361. — In memory of Constantine's victory over Mezentius,
•8 CaL Oct. 312, the council of Nice ordained that years should
be no longer reckoned by Olympiads, but by the indiction,
dating from 1 Jan. 313. It was first used bv the Latin church
in 342.
in'CligO, a dj'e from the woad plant, hatis tinctoria, used
by the Egyptians and other ancient nations; the processes
.are described by Pliny. After the passage of the Cape of
■Good Hope, in 1497, it was gradually superseded by Eastern
indigo, from the indigofera. Indigo is named in English
statutes in 1581. Its cultivation began in South Carolina in
1743.
After long experiments, especially by prof. A. Baeyer, the dye
has been prepared artificially from coal-tar 1869-80
Prof. H. E. Rcscoe, at the Royal institution, London, demon-
strates identity of artificial and natural indigo 27 May, 1881
indirect claims. Alabama claims.
iu'cliuill, a metal discovered in arsenical pyrites of
Freiburg, by F. Reich and T. Richter in 1863 ; named fro|
giving an indigo-blue ray in its spectrum.
induction of electric currents, discovered by Faraday,
announced in his "Experimental Researches," in 1831-32.
Ruhrakorff's magneto-electric induction coil constructed in
185D. Electricity.
inductive philosophy, based on observations
and experiments, really common-sense, is expounded by
Bacon in •' Novum Organum," pub. 1620, Book II. The terra
philosophy, which is more correctly applied to the investiga-
tion of mental and spiritual truth, has been loosely bestowed
on this method. The senses are never philosophic. Philos-
ophy.
indulg^ence§, in the early church, were the modera-
tion of ecclesiastical punishment. Papal grants of abso-
lute pardon of sin, commenced by Leo III. about 800, were
granted in the 11th century by Gregory VII., and by Ur-
ban II. and by others in the 12th century, as rewanis to
the crusaders. Clement V. was the first pope wlio made
public sale of indulgences, 1313. In 1517 Leo X. published
IND
general indulgences, and resistance to them led to the Ref-
ormation.
industrial exhibitions. Exhibitions, Fairs.
infallibility of the pope, in regard to
faith and morals, was decreed by the Vatican council,
and promulgated 18 July, 1870. Extensive opposition
to the doctrine in Germany led to the constitution of the
church named " Old Catholics." Mr. Gladstone's pam-
phlets, "The Vatican Decrees in their Bearing on Civil
Allegiance," pub. Nov. 1874, and "Vaticanism," Feb.
1875.
infant schools. Kindergartens.
infantry, foot - soldiers ; their organization much
improved during the wars of Charles V. and Francis
I., in the 16th century. The British army comprises
109 regiments, now merged into line battalions with a
rifle brigade. For the United Kingdom 1891, 69,274
men. For the United States, 25 regiments, 13,002 men.
Army.
infirmaries. Ancient Rome had no houses for the
cure of the sick ; diseased persons were carried to the temple
of iEsculapius for cure. Institutions for the accommodation
of travellers, the indigent, and sick were founded by the
emperor Julian about 362 ; and infirmaries or hospitals
were frequently added to cathedrals and monasteries.
The emperor Louis II. caused infirmaries on mountains
to be visited, 855. In Jerusalem knights and brothers at-
tended the sick. There were hospitals for the sick at Con-
stantinople in the 11th century. Physicians and surgeons
in infirmaries are first mentioned 1437. — Beckmann. Hos-
influenza, a name given in Italy about 1741 to an
epidemic febrile catarrh with variations, probably known to
the ancients.
It prevailed in Europe in 1510, and has since frequently appeared,
generally commencing in Russia and thence spreading over the
continent. It appeared in Britain in 1762 and frequently since,
especially in 1830-31, 1833, 1836-37, and 1847. It appeared at
Paris in 1866-67, and at Berlin, 1874-75. In Oct. 1889, it was se-
vere at St. Petersburg, and thence spread over Europe, reaching
Great Britain, Canada, and the U. S., Jan. 1890, causing indirectly
the death of several eminent persons. In the spring the diseaeie
was severe in India and Australia. In 1891 the disease was severe
in the west of the U. S. and in London and other parts of England,
and also on the continent. The disease reappeared in Jan. 1892,
in much the same localities. In London the general mortality
was much increased, all classes being attacked. The death of the
duke of Clarence and Avondale, 14 Jan. 1892, was attributed to
pneumonia following influenza. Report of the epidemic of 1889-
1890, by dr. Parsons, issued by British government, about 3 July,
1891. Special government inquiry into the disease ordered in
England, early Feb. 1892.
infuso'ria. Animalcules.
ink. The ancient black inks were made of soot and
ivory-black (Vitruvius and Pliny mention lamp-black); but
they had ink of various colors, as red, gold, silver, and purple.
' Red ink was made of vermilion and gum. Indian-ink was
brought from China, and must have been in use by the people
of the east from the earliest ages. Invisible or sympathetic
inks were early known. Ovid (2 a.d.) teaches young wom-
en to write with new milk. Receipts for invisible ink were
given by Peter Borel in 1653, and by Le Mort in 1669.— ^ecJfc-
TKiann.
Ink'ernian, a village and seaport in the Crimea.
The Russian army (about 40,000) reinforced and encour-
aged by the presence of grand-dukes Michael and Nicholas,
attacked the British (8000) near the old fort of Inkerman,
\ before daybreak, 5 Nov. 1854. They were kept at bay 6
hours till the arrival of 6000 French, and then repulsed,
leaving 9000 killed and wounded. The allies lost 462 killed,
^ 1952 wounded, and 191 missing. Sir George Cathcart,
and gens. Strangways, Goldie, and Torrens, were among the
I slain.
Pj Innocents' Day, 28 Dec. in the Western church ;
' 29 Dec. in the Greek or Eastern church.
377
INQ
inns or houses for the lodgement and entertain-
ment of travellers, at Rome, were regulated by laws. Ed-
ward III. enacted that thev should be subjected to inquiry^
1353.
" Now spurs the lated traveller apace
To gain the timely inn."
— Shakespeare, "Macbeth," act iii. sc. ill.
" One autumn night, in Sudbury town.
Across the meadows bare and brown
The windows of the wayside inn
Gleamed red with fire-light through the leaves
Of woodbine hanging from the eaves,
Their crimson curtains rent and thin."
—Longfellow, " Wayside Inn," Prelude.
Taverns.
inns of court, London, were established at different
periods, in some degree as colleges for teaching the law. An-
nual revenue in 1872 said to be about 25,000^.
^'Shallow. ... He is at Oxford still, is he not?"
^^ Silence. Indeed, sir, to my cost."
" Shallow. He must then to the inns of court shortly: I was once-
of Clement's inn," etc.
— Shakespeare, " 2 Henry IV.," act iii. sc. ii.
Temple founded; church built by Knights Templars 1185-
Lincoln's inn, 4 Edw. II 1310 or 1312:
Clifford's inn, 20 Edw. Ill 1345-
Gray's inn, 32 Edw. Ill 1357
Staples' inn, 4 Hen. V 1415-
Lyon's inn 1420'
Sergeants' inn. Fleet street 1429
Barnard's inn, an inn of chancery 1445-
Clement's inn, 18 Edw. IV '. 1478.
New inn, 1 Hen. VII 1485-
Thavies's inn. 10 Hen. VIII 151»
Inner and Middle Temple made inns of law about 1340; Outer
about (Stow) 1560
Furnival's inn, 5 Eliz 1563
Sergeants' inn, Chancery lane (sold for 57,000/., 23 Feb. 1877). 1666
inoculation. The communication of a disease to a
person by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh. In-
oculation with the small-pox was introduced into England
from Turkey by lady Mary Wortley Montagu. In 1718 she
had her son inoculated at Adrianople with success. She was-
allowed to have it first tried in England on 7 condemned crim-
inals, 1721 ; and in 1722 2 of the royal family were inoculated.
The practice was preached against by many of the bishops-
and clergy until 1760. Dr. Mead inoculated successfully up-
to 1754; and dr. Dimsdale of London inoculated Catherine II.,
empress of Russia, in 1768. Of 5964 inoculated in 1797-99
only 3 died. An inoculation hospital was established in 1746^
Vaccine inoculation, called Vaccination, was introduced by
dr. Jenner, 21 Jan. 1799 ; he discovered its virtue in 1796,.
and experimented on it for 3 years. Inoculation in Great
Britain was forbidden by law in 1840. First introduced into
America in Boston, Mass., about 1721 through the influence
of dr. Cotton Mather. First inoculation in the family of dr.
Zabdiel Boylston. It was denounced by the clergy and by~
many physicians. Medical science, Small-pox.
inquests. Coroneks.
Inquisition, or holy office. Before Constantino
(306) heresy and spiritual offences were punished by excom-
munication only; but soon after his death capital punish-
ments were added, and inquisitors were appointed b}'^ Theodo-
sius, 382. Priscillian was put to death in 384. Justinian
decreed the doctrine of the 4 holy synods as to the Script-
ures and their canons to be observed as laws, 529 ; hence the-
penal code against heretics. About 800 the power of West-
ern bishops was enlarged, and courts were established to try
and punish spiritual offenders, even with death ; the punish-
ment being termed in Spain auto-da-fe, " an act of faith." In
the 12th century many heresies arose; and during crusades
against the Albigenses, Gregory IX. in 1233 established rules
for inquisitorial missions sent out by Innocent III., 1210-15,
and committed them to the Dominicans. Pietro da Verona
(Peter Martyr) the first inquisitor who burned heretics, as-
sassinated by an accused gonfalonier, 6 Apr. 1252, was canon-
ized.
Pierre de Castelnan sent against the Albigenses, 1210; St. Dom-
inic, first inquisitor-general 1215-
Inquisition constituted by Gregory IX., 1233; in Aragon, 1233;
Venice, 1249; France, 12.55; Castile 1290
Inquisition revived by a bull .1 Nov. 1478^
Holy office reinstituted in Spain by Ferdinand and Isabella;
Torquemada inquisitor-general 1480
Nearly 3000 persons burned in Andalusia, and 17,000 suffer
other penalties 1481
INS
878
INS
1
" Instructions " of new tribunal promulgated 29 Nov. 1484
New articles added 1488 and 1498
Established in Portugal 1520
Resisted in Naples; jwrmitted elsewhere in Italy under re-
strictions by the temporal power 1546-47
New ordinances in 81 articles compiled by inquisitor-general
Valdez 1561
Suppressed in France by edict of Nantes 1598
Carnesecchi executed at Rome, 1667 ; Galileo called to Rome and
admonished not thenceforward to "hold, teach, or defend "
the doctrine condemned by the church, " that the sun is the
centre of the solar system, and that the earth has a diurnal
motion of rotation," 1610: compelled to abjure these views
and read his recantation or them in the church of Santa Maria,
Rome 22 June, 1633
Louis XIV. revokes edict of Nantes, but refuses to introduce
the Inquisition 1685
Twenty persons perish at an auto-da-fe at (Joa 1717
Gabriel Mulagrida, a Jesuit, burned at Lisbon 1761
A woman accused of contract with the devil burned at Se-
ville 7 Nov. 1781
Tribunal abolished in Tuscany and Lombardy 1787
Suppressed in Spain by Napoleon, 4 Dec. 1808, and by the
Cortes 12 Feb. 1813
Restored by Ferdinand VII 21 July, 1814
Finally abolished by Cortes 1820
[Llorente reckons about 32,000 persons put to death in
Spain by the Inquisition in 236 years ; 291,000 otherwise
punished.]
In§anity (defined by sir "William Hamilton as " the pa-
rah'sis of the regulating or legislating faculties of the mind "),
in 1000 male patients, has been traced to—
Drunkenness 110
Consequences of disease. . . . 100
Epilepsy 78
Ambition 73
Excessive labor. 73
Born idiots 71
Misfortunes 69
Old age 69
Chagrin 54
Love 47
Accidents 39
Religious enthusiasm ... 29
Unnatural practices 27
Political events 26
Poisonous effluvia 17
Ill-usage 12
Crimes, remorse, and despair 9
Malformation of the skull ... 4
Unknown causes 88
Pretended insanity 5
•"The king shall have the custody of the lands of natural
fools," etc., 17 Edw. II 1324
Marriages with lunatics declared void, 15 Geo. II. c. 30 1742
Act regarding criminal lunatics passed Aug. 1840
Numerous laws respecting lunatics consolidated and amended
by 16and 17 Vict., cc. 70, 96, 97 1853
A new lunacy act for Scotland passed 1858
Law for commissions of lunacy amended (after the Wyndham
case. Trials, 1862) 1862
TREATMENT OF THE INSANE IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Earliest notice of lunatics having been received at Bethlem. . . 1403
Forty-four lunatics were maintained at Bethlem 1644
Till about 1800 lunatics were treated with cruelty. See Con-
oUy "On the Treatment of the Insane," 1856.
Insane at Bethlem made a show for Id. or 2d. till 1770
Enlightened treatment introduced by William Tuke at Society
of Friends' "Retreat," at York, and by Pinel, at the Bic6tre,
Paris, with success 1792
Esquirol succeeds Pinel, and recommends instruction in man-
agement of mental disorders 1810
Exposure of cruelties in the Bethlem hospital 1815
■Gradual improvements, and total abolition of mechanical re-
straints at Lincoln, 1837, and at Hanwell Asylum (under dr.
John Conolly) and other places 1839
Psychological Journal issued by dr. Forbes Winslow 1848
Journal of Mental Science, by dr. J. C. Bucknill 1852
Hospitals.
PERSONS OF UNSOUND MIND, LUNATICS, IDIOTS, ETC., IN
ENGLAND AND WALES.
1 Jan. Registered.
1860 38, 058
1870 54,713
1R7« I ^*'® lunatics 31,024
( Female lunatics 37,514
1880 71,191
Until 1840 the insane poor in the United States were cared
for almost exclusively by the township and county authorities.
It was estimated that in 1833 there were 2500 lunatics in jails
«nd other prisons, besides hundreds in the county poor-houses
and private families. One of the very earliest asylums for
the insane was that opened in 1797 at Bloomingdale in the
suburbs of New York city, by the New York Hospital So-
ciety. To the labors of Miss Dorothea L. Dix (b. Worcester,
Mass., about 1802; d. Trenton, N. J., 1887), is largely due the
establishment of state asylums. Miss Dix devoted herself after
1837 to the investigation of the subject, and vi-sited every state
•east of the Rocky mountains, appealing to the state legislatures
to provide for the care of the insane. In Apr. 1854, a bill ap-
propriating 10,000,000 acres of public lands to the several
states for the relief of the pauper insane, passed by Congress
under her appeals, was vetoed by pres. Pierce. Vetoes
Her efforts, however, led to the establishment of state in-
sane asylums, and it is now recognized as the duty of each
state to care for its insane. New York state has 15 corporate
institutions of this class. The following statistics show th
number of insane, etc., in the U. S. Until 1850 there ar
no reliable statistics :
1850.
1860.
1870.
1880.
Population of U. S.
21,191,876
31,443,321
38,568,371
50,155,783
62,622,250
15,610
24,642
37,432
91,997
106,252
To each million of
Inhabitanls.
()73
783
971
1834
1097
tn§ectS. About 400,000 species known, 1881. An ex-
hibition, illustrating their structure, food, and habits, opened
in Tuileries gardens at Paris, 7 Sept. 1874 ; in England, at
the Westminster aquarium, 9 Mch. 1878, and in the Zoologi
cal gardens. Regent's park, 1881. Entomology.
insolvency. The first insolvent act was passed in
1649, of limited operation ; acts more extensive were passed
later, particularly in the reign of George HI. The benefit of
the Great Insolvent act was taken in England by 50,733 in-
solvents from its passage in 1814 to Mch. 1827. Since then
these acts have been several times amended. Persons not
traders, or traders whose debts are less than 300/., might pe-
tition the court of bankruptcy, and propose compositions,
and have pro tern, protection from process against their
persons and property, by 1 Vict. c. 116 (1842). In 1861,
by a new bankruptcy act, the business of the insolvent
debtors' court was transferred to the court of bankruptcy
and a number of imprisoned debtors were released ii
Nov. 1861 — In Mav, 1837, a commercial crisis occurred ii
the United States. Failures to the amount of more thai
$100,000,000 occurred. Banks generally suspended specie
payment. A general bankrupt law was passed by Con-
gress, 9 Aug. 1841. Another crisis occurred in 1857. The
banks throughout the U. S. suspended specie payment, but
soon resumed. During the civil war of 1861-65 the banks
suspended specie payment, but resumed 1 Jan. 1879. Crisis.
Institute of France. On 25 Oct. 1795, all royal
academies — viz., the French Academy, the Academy of
Inscriptions and Belles-lettres, that of mathematical and
physical sciences, of fine arts, and of moral and political
sciences — were combined in one "Institut National," after-
wards Royal, Imperial, and now National. Academiks,
Immortals, Paris.
insurance. The object of insurance is to indemnify
the insured to the extent of the agreement for losses which
may be incurred from causes beyond his control. Its chief
branches are accident, fire, life, and marine, and of late hail,
wind or tornado insurance. Suetonius conjectures that Clau-
dius, the Roman emperor, was the first contriver of the insur-
ance of ships, 43 a.d.
Insurance in use in Italy, 1194, and in England 1560
Insurance policies first used in Florence 1523
First law of insurance in Britain enacted 1601
Insurance against fire, in London, began the year after the great
fire of London 1667
Office for insuring buildings opened, chiefly on the plan of
dr. Barton, one of the first great builders of London " s
First regular office in London, the Hand-in-Hand 169fe
Sun fire-oflace established 171§
Union second fire office in England 171*
First marine insurance the Royal Exchange and the London j^
Insurance 17JK
First fire-office in Scotland "ai
In Germany, 1750; in France, 1816; and in Russia 182T'
Insurance, fire, marine, etc., in the United States. Fir*
insurance in the Colonies was at Boston by the Sun (Eng-il
lish), 1728. Some insurance done in Philadelphia in 1752,||
First fire-insurance policy issued in the United States at»l
Hartford, Conn., 1794, under the unofficial title of " Hart-
ford Fire-insurance Co." 16 years after, in 1810, the Hart-
ford Fire-insurance Co. was organized. From 1801-10
there were 60 charters issued; 1811-20, 43; 1821-30,
149; 1831-40, 467; 1841-50, 401; 1851-60, 896; 1861-70,
1041.
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INCREASE OF FIRE, MARINE, AND TORNADO INSURANCE IN THE UNITED STATES SHOWN BY A COMPARISON OF THE
YEAR 1880 WITH 1889.
Average
Number
of com-
panies.
Risks written and
renewed.
Premiums and
assessments re-
ceived in cash.
Losses paid in
amount of
losses paid to
each dollar
of premium
received.
Kind of insurance.
(1880..
• |l889..
47
$40,219,820
$486,703
$312,181
0.6414
41 Fire, 2 0. Marine. 4 I. Marine.
Alabama
81
68,429,106
966,425
312,651
0.3235
73 "
3 " 5 "
}l880..
■ tl889..
26
10,191,665
204,546
51,788
0.2532
23 "
2 I. Marine, 1 Tornado.
Arkansas
71
30,495,143
636,690
296,740
0.4661
67 "
2 " 2 "
( 1880. .
130
309,266,249
4,396,883
1,555,279
0.3537
96 "
32 0. Marine, 2 I. Marine.
California
172
516,282,586
7,919,878
3,908,600
0.4935
124 "
46 - 2 "
(1880..
• U889..
44
17,330,798
282,481
104,151
0.3687
, 43 "
1 Tornado.
Colorado
130
75,629,774
1,321.096
554,624
0.4198
129 "
1 "
(1880..
• 1839..
135
166,795,209
1,494,121
673,969
0.4511
134 "
1 0. Marine.
Connecticut. . .
144
244,732,602
2,257,657
990,547
0.4467
139 "
3 '• 2 1. Marine.
North and South (1880..
39
6,113,903
111,074
29,773
0.2680
38 "
1 Tornado.
Dakotas
11889..
80
40,137,434
846,640
488,192
0.5766
76 "
4 "
( 1880..
|l889..
61
29,614,399
145,122
95,755
0.6598
58 "
1 0. Marine, 2 I. Murine.
Delaware
77
46,043,696
234,647
140.860
0.6003
76 "
1 Tornado.
District of Co
-(1880..
{1889..
65
45,583,365
230.032
80;312
0.3491
64 "
1 0. Marine.
lumbia
126
85,911,541
434,520
83,060
0.1912
124 "
1 " 1 Tornado.
(1880..
il889..
20
6.846,921
99,013
149,286
1.5077
19 "
1 I. Marine.
Florida
41
22^861,420
410,817
286,657 '
0.6978
40 "
1
(1880..
11889..
46
89,176,709
904,605
39.3,319
0.4348
45 '•
1 0. Marine.
•Georgia
72
140,826,192
1,706,650
1,372,703
0.8043
67 "
4 " 1 Tornado.
(1880..
• 11889..
9
219,627
5,001
186
0.0372
9 "
Idaho
43
2,522,173
72.009
117,770
1.6355
43 "
Illinois
(1880..
• 11889..
344
607,698,550
6,302,741
2,203,691
0.3496
320 "
1 0. Marine, 22 I. Marine, 1 Tor.
436
905,469,110
9,850,539
4,758,078
0.4830
406 "
4 " 20 . " 6 "
Indiana
( 1880. .
• 11889..
147
137,939,059
1,605,479
804,644
0.5012
142 "
1 " 4 "
178
222,378,423
2,774,638
1,555,981
0.5608
168 "
1 " 3 " 6 Tor.
Iowa
(1880..
• 11889..
181
141,496,566
1,885,903
772,303
0.4095
176 "
4 I. Marine, 1 Tornado.
-268
240.521,193
3,589,398
1,613,872
0.4496
257 "
1 0. Marine, 2 I. Marine, 8 Tor.
Kansas
(1880..
• 11889..
61
44,677,100
671,024
261,798
0.3901
59 "
1 I. Marine, 1 Tornado.
119
140,955,028
1,983,611
1,108,685
0.5589
112 "
1 " 6 "
Kentucky
(1880..
• 11889..
120
111,701,347
1,328,570
621,082
0.4675
111 "
9
144
183,239,656
2,377,975
1,912,759
0.8044
135 "
5 '• 4 Tornado.
Louisiana
(1880..
• 11889..
68
335.674,073
3.171,888
1,171,703
0.3694
42 "
12 0. Marine, 14 I. Marine.
122
320,034,632
2,803,374
1,063,003
0.3792
92 "
15 " 14 " ITor.
Maine
(1880..
• 11889..
135
85,861,024
1,190,582
732,139
0.6149
126 "
9 "
147
115,045,506
1,724,124
900,637
0.5224
139 "
8
Maryland
1880..
• 1889..
159
296,360,062
1,833,139
986,652
0.5382
149 "
9 " 11. Marine.
180
260,502,950
1,964,843
1,006,026
0.5120
164 "
14 " 1 " ITor.
Massachusetts.
1880. .
• 1889..
222
883,893,466
9,089,434
5,450,067
0.5996
196 "
24 " 2
245
1,125,781,420
11,411,928
10,417,399
0.9129
221 "
23 u 1 «
Michigan
1880..
• 1889..
194
202,614,931
2,292,695
1,019,564
0.4447
175 "
1 " 18
238
291,94.5,425
4,325,422
2,042,667
0.4722
221 "
2 " 12 " 3 Tor.
Minnesota
(1880..
• tl8B9. ,
135
110,552,224
1,303,925
1,340,304
1.0279
128 "
1 " 5 u 1 u
281
245,578,295
3,471,266
1,722,863
0.4962
261 "
1 " 15 " 4 "
Mississippi
(1880..
• 11889..
9
13,016,985
249,615
89,940
0.3603
9 "
37
38,801,862
684,569
356.348
0.5205
33 "
2 0. Marine, 1 1. Marine, 1 Tor.
Missouri
(1880..
• 11889..
187
296,389,697
3,053,891
1,702,529
0.5575
163 "
1 " 22 " 1 "
235
396,644.927
4,793,341
3,014,298
0.6289
215 "
2 " 12 •' 6 "
Montana
]l880..
• "11889..
13
1,626;682
29,918
7,506
0.2509
13 "
66
19,982,848
489,720
294,478
0.6013
66 "
Nebraska
( 1880. .
■ 11889..
66
25,830,246
430,709
336,082
0.9803
65 "
1 Tornado.
148
113,426,886
1,779,019
832,535
0.4680
140 "
1 1. Marine, 7 Tornado.
Nevada
)l880..
• 11889..
17
2,988,281
82,512
83,776
1.0153
17 "
46
4,976,720
134,306
105,409
0.7848
46 "
New Hampshire ^ '^^^^- •
95
50,099,635
570,736
369,947
0.6478
95 '•
^11889..
88
86,488,988
927,970
308,770
0.3327
88 "
New Jersey ...
(1880..
• 11889..
153
236,546,019
1,829,559
840,744
0.4595
150 "
1 0. Marine, 2 I. Marine.
165
374,083,724
2,943,481
1,402,425
0.4765
163 "
1 '• 1 "
New York
(1880..
• 11889..
304
3,895,710,856
24,404,773
14,565,103
0.5968
251 "
24 " 29
351
4,893,753,969
28,316,202
18,991,389
0.6707
305 "
23 " 22 " ITor.
North Carolina
(1880..
■ 11889..
28
23,517,021
287,115
135,750
0.4728
26 "
2
xivitu \ja.i\jiiua,
78
66,625,893
676,917
290,185
0.4287
75 "
2 " 1 Tornado.
Ohio
(1880..
• 11889..
251
425,786,647
4,390,834
2,681,770
0.6101
221 "
2 " 28 I. Marine.
307
608,574,153
6,925,840
3,891,877
0.5619
279 "
2 " 21 " 5 Tor.
Oregon
(1880..
17
12,424,593
193,643
78,921
0.4076
16 "
1 "
• 11889..
52
40,768,484
784,983
199,208
0.2538
52 "
3
Pennsylvania .
(1880..
• tl889..
402
679.624,970
6,730,439
4,236,876
0.6295
380 "
4 " 18 1. Marine.
418
1,010,130,180
10,300,732
5,696,752
0.5483
399 "
8 " 7 " 4 Tor.
Khode Island..
(1880..
■ tl889..
146
146,832,438
1,343,748
330,504
0.2460
140 "
5 " 1 "
140
300,189,064
2,741.440
765,047
0.2791
134 "
4 " 2 "
South Carolina
( 1880. .
• 11889..
44
41,034,380
400,380
202,081
0.5047
41 "
3
95
59,425,875
711,604
2.54,221
0.3574
86 "
7 " 11. Marine, 1 Tor.
Tennessee
(1880..
• 11889..
74
54,803,187
702,283
308,340
0.4391
67 "
1 " 6 "
119
123,247,138
1,712,659
808,113
0.4718
106 "
3 " 7 " 3 Tor.
Texas
( 1880. .
59
84,779,854
1,156,274
476,831
0.4124
53 "
4 " 2 "
• 11889..
97
171,370,363
2,664,295
1,028,012
0.3858
88 "
6 " 1 " 2 Tor.
Vermont
)l880..
• 11889..
51
67
28,972,180
42,797,923
442,613
615,837
274,075
476,224
0.6192
0.7733
51 "
67 "
Virginia.
(1880..
• 11889..
47
84
56,645,602
121,656,891
547,538
1,446,472
367,346
965,395
0.6709
0.6674
42 "
76 "
4 0. Marine, 1 1. Marine.
6 " 1 " ITor.
Washington .
(1880..
• 1l8S9..
17
2,002,693
42,814
28.570
0.6673
16 "
1
87
32,724,810
1,012,011
3,639,186
3.5985
86 "
1 "
West Virginia
(1880..
37
10,723,794
128,724
52,675
0.4092
35 "
2 I. Marine.
• 11889..
73
28,956,437
351,075
148,302
0.4224
70 "
2 0. Marine, 1 I. Marine.
Wisconsin
(1880..
271
179,560,399
1,879,986
1,224,414
0.6513
263 "
1 " 6 •' ITor.
• 11889..
351
249,296,261
3,571,047
2,020,418
0.5658
337 "
1 " 8 " 5 "
Wyoming
(1880..
18
3,979,200
58,420
10.986
0.1881
18 "
• tl889..
53
5,653,524
105,901
34.008
0.3211
53 "
From 1 Jan. 1880 to 31 Dec. 1889, property of the citizens j $120,000,000,000, for premiunas of f 1,156,675,391, and losses
^f the United States was insured against fire and accident on were paid of $647,726,051, being 56 per cent, of the prenaiums.
3cean, lake, and river, and by tornado, to the amount of over 1 — Census Insurance Report, 1890.
INS 8
Life insurance was not known before the 16th century.
The first life insurance company, " The Amicable," was estab-
Ibhed in London, England, 1706, and insured at uniform rates
persons between 12 and -15 years of age. In 1734 it guaran-
teed a dividend for each deceased member not less than 100/.
This was the first insurance for a definite sum at death, when-
ever that might occur. In 1762 the Equitable Assurance
Society of London began to rate members according to age.
At the close of the 18th century there were 8 companies trans-
acting in a more or less complete form the business of life in-
surance in Great Britain and Ireland. Annuities. The
Presbyterian Annuity and Life Insurance Company of
Philadelphia, the first life insurance company in the United
States, received its charter from Thomas Penn in 1759.
The Penn Company for Insurance on Lives was chartered
1812. Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, Bos-
ton, 1818.
LIST, WITH DATE OF CHARTER OF THE EARLIER "OUT-
LINE " INSURANCE COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
Berkshire 1851
Massachusetts M u tiial "
Northwestern 1858
Equitable 1859
Home 1860
Germania "
John Hancock 1862
Continental 1864
Brooklyn "
Connecticut General 1865
Hartford Life 1867
Metropolitan "
New York liife-insurance
and Trust Co 1830
Baltimore Life "
New England Mutual 1835
Girard Life Assurance, An-
nuity, and Trust Co 1836
Mutual Life of New York. . 1842
New York Life 1845
Connecticut Mutual 1846
Penn Mutual 1847
JEtn& Life 1850
Manhattan "
Pheuix Mutual 1851
Introduction of the Tontine system of insurance has added largely
to the business of some of the companies.
Assessment system of life insurance is based on the plan of collecting
assessments on living members to pay death losses as they occur.
In this plan the assessments during early years are less than the
premiums of regular companies; but they increase rapidly, and
often become impossible to collect in later years. Since its ap-
pearance (about 1865) as an insurance business aside from fraternal
organizations, this system has rapidly extended.
Total amount of insurance in force in the U. S. 1 Jan.
1893, was in the "regular " or " old- line " companies, $4,895,724,691
Assessment companies 6,974,520,000
Total $11,870,244,691
First accident insurance company established in the U. S. was
the Traveller's, of Hartford, Conn 1863
First steam-boiler insurance company, Hartford, Conn. ; char-
tered 1866
Plate-glass first insured 1870
Most of the states have established departments or bureaus of in-
surance, for the supervision of the companies aud the enforcement
of the laws requiring their solvency to be maintained. The main-
tenance of these departments, and all expenses of supervision are
charged to the companies, and sometimes amount to a serious
burden, increasing the cost of insurance to the people. The belief
of most insurance experts and of political economists is that the
effort to regulate the business by law has been carried much too
far, and has done at least as much harm as good.
in§urrection8.
BELLIONS, RiOTS, CtC.
Conspiracies, Massacres, Re-
decreed in Europe till Gregory VII. (1073), but often after-
wards. When a prince was excommunicated, subjects con-
tinuing allegiance were excommunicated also, and the clergy
were forbidden to perform any divine service or clerical duties,
save baptism of infants and confession of dying penitents.
In 1170, pope Alexander III. put England under interdict
for the complicity of Henry II. in murder of Becket ; and
when king John was excommunicated in 1208, the kingdom
lay under a papal interdict for 6 years. England was put
under an interdict on Henry VIII. shaking off the pope's
supremacy, 1535; and pope Sixtus V. proclaimed a crusade
against queen Elizabeth of England in 1588. Excommuni-
cation.
interest. Usury. The word interest was first used in
an act of Parliament of 21 James I. 1623, for a lawful in-
crease as compensation for the use of money lent. The rate
fixed by the act was 8^. for the use of 100^. for a year, in place
of usury at 10/. before taken. The Commonwealth lowered
the rate to 6/. in 1651 ; confirmed in 1660 ; and by an act of
13 queen Anne, 1713, it was reduced to bl. The restraint
being found prejudicial to commerce, it was totally removed
by 17 and 18 Vict. c. 90 (1854).
INU
interest in the united states.
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina. .
North Dakota...
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania . . .
Rhode Island . . .
South Carolina..
South Dakota. . .
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia. . .
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Legal
rate.
I'er cent.
8
7
10
Rate al-
lowed by
contract.
Per cent.
8
Anv rate
io
Any rate
6
6
10
Any rate
8
18
7
12
6
8
Any rate
6
Any rate
10
10
10
10
Any rate
10
Any rate
6
6
12
6
12
10
6
Any rate
10
12
6
12
Any rate
6
6
Any rate
6
10
Any rate
Penalty for usury.
Forfeiture
Of all interest.
None.
Of principal and interest.
None.
Of contract.
Of all interest.
None.
Of all interest.
Of 3 times excess of interest.
Of all interest.
Of excess of interest.
Of interest and costs.
Of excess of interest.
Of interest.
u
None.
Of excess of interest.
None.
Of excess of interest.
Of contract.
Of interest.
None.
Of interest and costs.
None.
Of 3 times the excess.
Of interest and costs.
None.
Of principal and interest.
Of twice interest.
Of contract.
Of excess of interest.
Of interest.
Of principal and interest.
Of excess of interest.
None.
Of interest.
Of contract.
Of excess of interest.
Of interest.
None.
Of excess of interest.
None.
Of excess of interest.
Of entire interest.
None.
The effect of stringent usury laws, wherever tried, has been ta
make loans more difficult aud more costly to the borrower.
This is beginning to be understood by legislators, and many
states, beginning with Massachusetts, have made contracts for
loans as free as any others. The average rate of interest re-
ceived by 20 leading American life insurance companies fron
1870 to 1879 inclusive was 5.9 per cent. ; from 1880 to 188
inclusive it was 4.8 per cent., showing a gradual decline in
terest earnings.
Interim of Aug'§burgr, a decree of the emperor
Charles V. in 1548 to reconcile Catholics and Protestant
which entirely failed. It was revoked in 1552. The te
interim has been applied to other decrees and treaties.
internal revenue. Revenue.
international la\¥. Neutral powers.
Association for the Reform and Codification of the Law of Nations
first met at Brussels, 10 Oct. 1873; Geneva, 2-5 Sept. 1874; the
Hague, Sept. 1875; Bremen, 1876; Antwerp, 30 Aug. -3 Sept. 1877;
Frankfort, about 20 Aug. 1878; London, 11 Aug. 1879; Berne, 24 _!
Aug. 1880; Cologne, 16-19 Aug. 1881; Turin, 11 Sept. 1882; Mila
11 Sept. 1883.
Institute of International Law was organized at Ghent by dr. Liebw'
and JI. Moynier, in 1873. It has since met at Geneva; the Hague;
Zurich, 1877; Paris; Brussels, Sept. 1879 ; Oxford, 6-10 Sept. 1880;
Turin, 1882; Munich, 4 Sept. 1883.
interoeeanie eanal between the Atlantic audi
Pacific. Nicaragua, Panama.
Interstate Commeree Commission*
United States, 1887.
inundations. Among the most remarkable were:
Inundation of the sea in Lincolnshire over many thousand A.D. ,
acres (Camden) 2lff j
Another in Cheshire; 3000 persons and countless cattle per- -'
ished 851
At Glasgow; more than 400 families drowned (Fordun) 7W
On the English coasts; number of seaport towns destroyed.. . . 1014
in»
5eror I
ants, i
fceJl
S 24 I
ebor I
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381
ION
Earl Godwin's lands, exceeding 4000 acres, overflowed by the
sea; an immense sand-bank formed on the coast of Kent,
now known as the Godwin sands {Camden) 1100
Flanders inundated by the sea, and the town and harbor of
Ostend immersed 1108
More than 300 houses overwhelmed at Winchelsea by the sea. . 1280
At the Texel, which first raised the commerce of Amsterdam. . 1400
Sea at Dort; drowned 72 villages and 100,000 people. . .17 Apr. 1421
Severn overflowed 10 days, carried away families in their beds,
and covered hills; the flood was called the Great Waters for
100 years after, 1 Richard III. (Holinshed) 1483
General inundation by failure of dikes in Holland; 400,000 said
to be drowned 1530
At Catalonia; 50,000 persons perished 1617
Part of Zealand overflowed; 1300 inhabitants drowned; vast
damage at Hamburg 1717
In Yorkshire, a dreadful inundation, called Ripon Flood 1771
In Navarre ; 2000 persons lost by torrents from the mountains,
Sept. 1787
Inundation of the Liffey; immense damage in Dublin, 12 Nov.
1787 ; again 2, 3 Dec. 1802
Lorca, a city of Murcia, in Spain, destroyed by a bursting res-
ervoir; inundated more than 20 leagues, and killed 1000 per-
sons, besides cattle 14 Apr. "
At Pesth, near Presburg, the Danube destroyed 24 villages and
their inhabitants Apr. 1811
Inundations in Hungary, Austria, and Poland, summer of. 1813
Danube overwhelmed a Turkish corps of 2000 men on a small
island near Widdin 14 Sept. "
In Silesia 6000 inhabitants- perished ; the ruin of Macdonald's
French army accelerated by the floods ; in Poland 4000 lives
supposed to have been lost "
In Germany, Vistula overflowed; many villages laid under wa-
ter, with great loss of life and property 21 Mch. 1816
In England, 5000 acres deluged in the Fen countries June, 1819
At Dantzic the Vistula breaking dikes; 10,000 head of cattle
and 4000 houses destroyed; numerous lives lost 9 Apr. 1829
"Moray floods," in Scotland, caused by rainfall; the Spey and
Findhorn rose in places 50 ft. above ordinary level, with great
destruction of property and life; whole families, taking ref-
uge on elevated places, were with difiQculty rescued* (sir T.
Dick Lauder) 3, 4, 27 Aug. "
At Vienna the dwellings of 50,000 under water Feb. 1830
Ten thousand houses swept away, and about 1000 persons per-
ished, at Canton, in China, in an inundation from incessant
rains. Similar calamity in other parts of China Oct. 1833
Awful inundation in France; the SaOne and Rhone broke their
banks, and covered 60,000 acres; Lyons inundated; in Avig-
non 100 houses swept away, 218 at La Guilloti^re; and up-
wards of 300 at Vaise, Marseilles, and Nimes; the SaOme
higher than for 238 years 31 Oct.-4 Nov. 1840
Inundation in the centre, west, and southwest of France ; nu-
merous bridges, with the Orleans and Vierzon viaduct (cost
6,000,000 francs) swept away. The damage exceeded
100,000,000 francs. The Loire rose 20 ft. in one night, 22 Oct. 1846
Great inundation at New Orleans, La. ; 1600 houses flooded,
12 May, 1849
Bursting of the Bradfield reservoir (Sheffield) ; about 250
persons drowned 11 Mch. 1864
Floods in north of England, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, and
Derbyshire; farms destroyed, mines flooded, mills thrown
down, railways stopped; much suff'ering at Leeds (about 20
drowned), Manchester, Preston, Wakefield, etc 16, 17 Nov. 1866
Inundations from mountains in N. Italy; Po and other rivers
overflow; thousands of people unhoused; Mantua. Ferrara,
etc., suffer latter part of Oct. 1872
Mill River valley, near Northampton, Mass., several villages de-
stroyed by bursting reservoir; above 144 perished. . .16 May, 1874
Eureka, Nevada; through rain and a waterspout; between 20
and 30 persons perish 24 July, "
Pittsburg and Alleghany, W. Pennsylvania; storm of rain; riv-
ers overflow; about 220 persons drowned 26 July, "
Toulouse partly destroyed by the Garonne ; about 1000 lives lost
and much property (St. Cyprien quarter a sepulchre). . .June, 1875
Szegedin, Hungary; through storms, dams of the Theiss gave
way ; town nearly destroyed ; of 6566 houses, only 331 stood ;
about 77 persons drowned; thousands homeless.. 12, 13 Mch. 1879
Inundations in Murcia, Spain, through heavy rains; provinces
. of Andalusia, Alicante, Almaria, and Malaga; about 1000 lives
j lost, and much property ; about 2000 houses 16, 17 Oct. ' '
i Floods in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri. .12 June, et seq. 1881
; Oliio and Mississippi valleys flooded; lives lost and much prop-
erty, Feb. 1882. Governor of Mississippi appeals for aid,
22 Feb. 1882
lu I'ennsylvania, Ohio, and Kentucky; very severe at Cincin-
nati Feb. 1883
Ohio river; about 15 deaths and 5000 homeless. ..about 7 Feb. 1884
Floods in Pennsylvania, New York, and New England; great
loss of property 5 Jan. 1886
Storm and flood in Texas; houses in Galveston washed away;
38 lives lost and more than $5,000,000 damage 20 Aug. "
Johnstown flood. Pa. (Johnstown) 1 June," 1889
Ilivalide§% Hotel des, founded in 1671 by Louis
XIV. ; the body of Napoleon I. deposited there 15 Dec. 1840.
invasions. Expeditions.
■^ inventions. Agriculture, Cotton, Electricity.
also names of machines and implements, subjects of in-
oee aisu
I Inverness', N.W. Scotland, a city of the Picts up to
I 843 ; taken by Edward I. ; retaken by Bruce, 1313 ; burned
I by the lord of the Isles, 1411 ; taken by Cromwell, 1649 ; and
j by prince Charles Edward in 1746. The last totally defeated
at CuUoden, about 5 miles from Inverness, 16 Apr. 1746.
investiture of eeelesiasties was a cause of dis-
cord between the pope and temporal sovereigns in the middle
ages ; and led to war between Gregory VII. and the emperor
Henry IV., 1075-85. The pope endeavored to deprive the
sovereign of nomination of bishops and abbots, and of invest-
ing them with cross and ring. Henry V. gave up the right,
by treaty, Feb. 1111 ; but other sovereigns refused to con-
cede it.
Invincible Armada, or Spanish Armada. Ar-
mada.
invocation of the Virgin and saints to intercede with
God ; a practice of the Catholic church traced to the time of
Gregory the Great, 593. The Eastern church began (in the
5th century) calling upon the dead, and demanding their suf-
frage in divine offices.
i'odilie (from the Gr. IwSrjg, violet-like), discovered by
M. de Courtois, a manufacturer of saltpetre at Paris in 1812,
and investigated by M. Clement, 1813 ; when heated it rises
as a dense violet-colored vapor, easily evaporates, and melts
at 220 degrees ; it changes vegetable blues to' yellow, and a
seven-thousandth part gives water a deep yellow color, and
starch a purple.
lo'na, I^COlmkill, or Hii, one of the Hebrides.
About 565 St. Columba founded a monastery here, which
flourished till the 8th and 9th centuries, when it was frequent-
ly ravaged by the Norsemen. Other religious bodies were
afterwards formed here, and the isle was long esteemed sa-
cred.
lo'nia, Asia Minor. About 1040 b.c. the Tones, a Pelas-
gic race, emigrated from Greece, and settled here and on the
Adjoining islands. They built Ephesus and 12 other cities,
among them Chios, Teos, Smyrna, Samos, and Miletus. They
were conquered by the great Cyrus about 548 b.c. ; revolted
504, but were again subdued. After the victories of Cimon,
Ionia was independent till 387 b.c., when it was again subject-
ed to Persia. It formed part of the dominions of Alexander
and his successors; was annexed to the Roman empire, 133
B.C., and conquered by the Turks. Ionia was renowned for
historians, poets, and philosophers. The poets Homer and
Anacreon were lonians, as well as Parrhasius the painter and
the philosophers Thales and Anaxagoras.
Ionian islands, on west coast of Greece : Corfu (the
capital), Cephalonia, Zante, Ithaca, Santa Maura, Cerigo, and
Paxo. They were colonized by lones, and partook of the fort-
unes-of the Greeks ; were subject to Naples in the 13th century,
and in the 14th to Venice.
Islands ceded to France by treaty of Campo Formio 17 Oct. 1797
Formed into the republic of the 7 islands under Russia and
Turkey 21 Mch. 1800
Restored to France by treaty of Tilsit 7 Julv, 1807
Taken by the English 3-12 Oct. 1809
Formed an independent state under protection of Great Britain
(sir Thomas Maitland lord high commissioner) 5 Nov. 1815
Constitution ratified 11 July, 1817
University established at Corfu 1823
Constitution liberalized under lord Seaton 1848-49
In consequence of complaints, W. E. Gladstone went out on a
commission of inquiry, etc Nov. 1858
Sir H. Storks, lord high commissioner Feb. 1859
Parliament vote annexation to Greece Mch. 1861, and Apr. 1862
Islands annexed to Greece, 28 May; British troops retired, 2
June; king George I. arrived at Corfu (Greece) 6 June, 1864
lon'ic order of architecture, an improvement on the
Doric, invented by lonians about 1350 B.C. — Vitruvius. Its
distinguishing characters are slenderness and flutings of its
columns, and volutes of rams' horns that adorn the capital.
Architecture.
Ionic sect of philosophers, founded by Thales of Mile-
tus about 600 B.C., distinguished for abstruse speculations
under his successors and pupils, Anaximander, Anaximenes,
Anaxagoras, and Archelaus, the master of Socrates. They
held the world a living being, and water the origin of all
things. Philosophy.
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lOW
loiva, a state of the north central United States, sepa-
rated on the east by the Mississippi riv«r from Wisconsin and
Illinois. Minnesota bounds it
on the north, South Dakota
and Nebraska on the west —
the Missouri river forming the
boundary line of the latter
state — and Missouri on the
south. It is limited in lat.
by 40° 36' to 43° 30' N., and
in Ion. by 89° 5' to 96° 31' W.
Area, 56,025 sq. miles in 99
counties. Pop. 1890, 1,911,-
896. Capital, Des Moines.
Father Marquette and Louis
Joliet descend the Wis-
consin river, reaching its mouth 17 June, 1673; 100 miles be-
low, on tho western shore of the Mississippi, they discover an
Indian trail, which they follow to an Indian village, where
Marquette " publishes to tliem the one triji| God " June, 1673
Father Louis Hennepin, M. Diigay, and 6 other Frenchmen
ascend the Mississippi from the mouth of the Illinois to the
falls of St. Anthony, leaving fort Crevecoeur, 111 28 Feb. 1680
Wife of PeosU, a Fox warrior, discovers lead in Iowa, on the
west bank of the Mississippi 1780
At a council at Prairie du Chien, Julien Dubuque, a French-
Canadian trader, obtains from Indians permission to work
lead mines at the place now bearing his name, and a grant
of 140,000 acres of land 1788
Land grant to Julien Dubuque by Indians is confirmed by baron
Carondelet, and a king's title issued 1796
I>ands on both sides of the Mississippi, including a large part
of Iowa, ceded to U. S. by Sac and Fox Indians, by treaty at
St. Louis 3 Nov. 1804
Territory of Louisiana, including Iowa, framed by law of 3 Mch. 1805
Iowa included in territory of Missouri, erected by act, 4 June, 1812
Fort Madison, built in 1808 on the site selected by lieut. Pike
in 1805, is abandoned by the garrison and burned to prevent
its falling into the hands of Indians and British 1813
Sioux annihilate Sac and Fox tribes near Dubuque; whites
occupy deserted villages, but are driven out by U. S. troops
under lieut. Jefferson Davis, by order of col. Zachary Taylor, 1830
David Tothers makes the first settlement in Des Moines county,
3 miles southwest from the site of Burlington 1832
Treaty at Rock Island ; the Sacs and Foxes cede to the U. S.
Iowa and a part of Wisconsin, known as the Black Hawk
purchase, reserving 40 miles square to Keokuk 21 Sept. "
Zachariah Hawkins, Benjamin Jennings, and others settle a
colony at fort Madison "
First permanent settlement in Scott county by Antoine le
Claire 1833
Dubuque founded "
Iowa included in territory of Michigan, erected by act ap-
proved 28 June, 1834
Aaron Street founds Salem, first Quaker settlement in Iowa. , . "
Iowa included in territory of Wisconsin, erected by act ap-
proved 20 Apr. 1836
Treaty at East Davenport between gov. Dodge, U. S. commis-
sioner, and the Sacs and Foxes; Indians sell to U. S. the
Keokuk reserve, 256,000 acres, at 75 cents per acre Sept. "
Burlington, settled in 1833, is incorporated 1837
Treaty with the Sacs and Foxes extends the western bound-
ary of the Blac-k Hawk purchase in lat. 45° 40' to include the
principal sources of the Iowa river 21 Oct. "
Territory of Iowa erected, including all Wisconsin, west of the
Mississippi 12 June, 1838
Penitentiary located at fort Madison "
Territorial government inaugurated at Burlington 4 July, "
Black Hawk, who had settled on the Des Moines river, d., 3 Oct. "
Seat of government removed to Iowa City 1839
Boundary disputes between Missouri and Iowa cause fighting
on the border; 1 lowan is killed in resisting the Missouri
sheriffs collection of taxes "
Constitution adopted by a convention which meets at Iowa
City, 7 Oct. 1844 1 Nov. 1844
Enabling act for Iowa approved 3 Mch. 1845
Boundary defined in the Enabling act rejected by the people;
7235 for, and 7656 against "
Mormons remove from Nauvoo, 111. , and settle at Council Bluffs, 1846
Constitution framed by a convention which meets at Iowa
City, 4 May, 1846, completing its labors, 19 May, 1846, is rati-
fied by a vote of the people, 9492 to 9036 3 Aug. "
Act of Congress, fixing boundaries for Iowa, referring the Mis-
souri boundary to the Supreme court 4 Aug. "
Iowa admitted into the Union by act approved 28 Dec. "
Iowa college at Grinnell, chartered in 1847, is opened 1848
Iowa College for the Blind at Vinton opened 1852
Antoine le Claire breaks ground at Davenport for the Missis-
sippi and Missouri railroad, now the Chicago, Rock Island,
and Pacific 1 Sept. 1853
Hospital for the Insane at Mount Pleasant established 1855
Iowa Wesleyan university at Mount Pleasant chartered and
opened «
Corner-stone of the first railroad bridge over the Mississippi
river, between Rock Island and Davenport, laid 1 Sept. 1854;
and first locomotive, the "Des Moines," to cross the
Mississippi passes over 21 Apr. 1866
Massacre of white settlers at Spirit Lake by a predatory band
of Indians under tho Sioux chief Ink-pa-duta ...Mch 185T
Cornell college at Mount Vernon chartered and opened "
Constitutional convention meets at Iowa city, 19 Jan. 1857,
completes its labors. 6 Mch. 1857; constitution ratified by
the people, 40,311 to 38,681 3 Aug.
State cjipital removed to Des Moines
Iowa Institution for Deaf and Dumb at Council Blufl's opened, 1851
State university of Iowa at Iowa City, chartered 1847, opened,
Silas Totten. pres 18
Legislature votes a war loan of $600,000 June, 1861
Soldiers' Orphans' Home and Homo for Indigent Children at
Davenport opened 186;
Upper Iowa university at Fayette, oi)ened 1857; chartered. ... "
James Harlan appointed secretary of the interior. ^ . . .15 May, 1865
Legislature ratifies Xlll.th Amendment to Constitution. . .Jan. 1866
Legislature ratifies XIV. th Amendment to Constitution. .3 Apr. 186ft
An amendment to the state constitution, striking out the word
"white" from the qualifications of electors, is adopted by a
vote of the people. 105,384 to 81,119
State Board of Immigration created by act of legislature
Iowa Agricultural college at Ames, chartered 1857, opened
William W. Belknap appointed secretary of war 25 Oct.
Legislature ratifies XV. th Amendment to Constitution. .3 Feb. 1870
Cornerstone of new capitol laid 22 Nov. 1871
Law passed restricting sale of liquors and limiting licensees'
profit to 33 percent 1872
State penitentiary at Anamosa created by act of
Act passed abolishing penalty of death (see below, 1878)
Maj. Samuel E. Rankin, late treasurer of the state and agri-
cultural college, proves a defaulter for $38,301.46
State convention of Patrons of Husbandry at Des Moines. .Jan. 187»
Hospital for Insane at Independence opened 1 May,
Iowa Industrial School for Girls at Mitchellville, and for boys
at Eldora, established. 1874
Gov. Kirkwood, elected U. S. senator, resigns, and is succeeded
by Joshua G. Newbold Jan. 187&
Iowa Institution for Feeble-minded Children at Glenwood
opened
Iowa state normal school at Cedar Falls opened
Geo. W. McCrary appointed secretary of war 12 Mch. 187T
Canal around Des Moines rapids at Keokuk, 7^^ miles long,
and costing $4,500,000, is formally opened Aug.
Bill abolishing capital punishment repealed, and the jury em-
powered to hang convicted murderers, or imprison for life. . 187S
State Board of Health organized 188{^
Dexter Normal college at Dexter opened "
Western Normal college at Shenandoah, Iowa, opened 1881
Drake university at Des Moines opened and chartered "
West Des Moines Training-school at Des Moines opened 1882;
Prohibitory liquor law goes into effect 4 July, 1884
State capitol dedicated ; cost $3,000,000 "
Frank Hatton appointed postmaster- general 14 Oct. "
Woodbine Normal school at Woodbine opened "
Storm Lake Normal and Business school at Storm Lake opened, "
Soldiers' Home at Marshalltown opened 30 Nov. "
Eastern Iowa School for the Deaf at Dubuque opened "
Hospital for the Insane at Clarinda opened 15 Dec. 18891
Sioux city Training-school for teachers opened "
Lower house of legislature assembles, 13 Jan. 1890, having 2
factions, the Republicans with 50 votes, and the combined
Democratic, Union labor, and Independent, with 50 votes;
no organization until 27 Jan. ; by compromise, a Democratic
temporary speaker and a Republican clerk are elected; per-
manent organization with a Democratic speaker and Repub-
lican clerk; minor oflQces divided 19 Feb. 1890
Horace Boies, Democrat, inaugurated as governor 27 Feb. "
Legal rate of interest reduced from 10 to 8 per cent., and the
first Monday in Sept. (Labor Day) made a public holiday "
Beer sent in sealed kegs from Peoria, 111., to Keokuk, la., and
there sold in "original packages" by agents, being seized
under the prohibitory laws of the state, the Supreme court
decides such seizure was in violation of the clause of the Con-
stitution giving to the U. S. the exclusive right to regulate
inter-state commerce 28 Apr. "^
Wilson "Original Package bill," as amended, making all in-
toxicating liquors imported into a state subject to its laws,
passes Congress and is approved 8 Aug. "
Legislature passes an Australian Ballot Reform act 1892
II
Robert Lucas...
John Chambers.
James Clark
GOVERNORS — TERRITORIAL.
office July,
1841
184&
STATE.
Ansel Briggs assumes
Stephen Hempstead " '•
James W. Grimes " "
Ralph P. Lowe " "
Samuel J. Kirkwood " "
William M. Stone " " .
Samuel Merrill " "
C. C. Carpenter " " .
Samuel J. Kirkwood " «' ,
Joshua G. Newbold acting
John H. Gear assumes oflBce.
Buren R. Sherman " " .
William Larrabee " " .
Horace Boies " " .
Frank D. Jackson " " •
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. " 1854
" 1858
.Jan. 1860
. " 1864
, " 1868
. " 1872
" 1876
1878
1882
1894
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UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF IOWA.
Name.
Augustus C. Dodge..
George W. .Jones
James Harlan
James W.Grimes...
Samuel.;. Kirkwood
James Harlan ,
James B. Howell . . . ,
George G.Wright...,
William B. Allison. .
SamuelJ. Kirkwood,
James W. McDill...,
James F.Wilson
I No. of Congress.
Remarks.
30th to 33d
30th " 36th
34th " 38th
36th " 40th
39th
40th to 43d
41st
42d to 44th
43d
45th to 46th
47 th
48th
Seated 26 Dec. 1848.
Seated 26 Dec. 1848.
Resigned 186.5. Appointed secretary of interior.
Resigned 1869.
Elected in place of Harlan, 1865.
Elected in place of Grimes.
Term expires 1897.
Term expires 1895.
Ip§US, Phrygia, Battle of, Aug. 301 B.C., when Seleucus
was confirmed in his kingdom of Syria by the defeat and
death of Antigonus, king of Asia. The latter led into the field
an army of about 70,000 foot and 10,000 horse, with 75 ele-
phants. The former had 64,000 foot, besides 10,500 horse, 400
elephants, and 120 armed chariots. — Plutarch.
Ipswich, a town of Suffolk, the Saxon Gippeswic, was
ravaged by the Danes, 991 and 1000. Wolsey was born here,
1471 ; and founded a school in 1525.
Ipsw^ich, Mass. Agawam.
Ireland, anciently named Eri or Erin, lerne and Hi-
bernia, said to have been first colonized by Phoenicians. Some
assert that Partholani landed in Ireland about 2048 b.c. ; that
the descent of the Damnonii was made about 1463 b.c. ; fol-
lowed by the descent of Heber and Heremon, Milesian
princes, from Galicia, in Spain, who conquered Ireland, and
! gave to its throne a race of 171 kings. Scoti. Area,
! 32,531 sq. miles, or 20,819,982 acres in 32 counties; pop. 1891,
i 4,706,162.
i Arrival of St. Patrick about 432
! Christianity established about 448
; Danes and Normans, called Easterlings, or Ostmen, invade Ire-
• land 795
I They build Dublin and other cities about 800
f Brian Boroimhe defeats the Danes at Clontarf; and is killed,
i 23 Apr. 1014
! [In the 12th century Ireland had 5 kingdoms, viz. : Ul-
1 ster, Leinster, Meath, Connaught, and Munster, besides
' petty principalities, whose sovereigns were at continual
i war.]
i Adrian IV. permitted Henry II. to invade Ireland, he to compel
! every Irish family to pay a carolus to the holy see, and hold
; it as a flef of the church 1155
;Dermot MacMurrough, king of Leinster, driven from his throne
; for oppression 1166
*Flees to England; takes oath of fidelity to Henry II., who
! promises to restore him 1168
(Invasion of the English under Fitz-Stephen 1169
;Landing of Strongbow at Waterford "
iDermot d 1171
;Henry II. lands near Waterford, and receives submission of
' the' princes; settles the government, and makes his son
John lord of Ireland May, 1177
;Many English settlers adopt Irish names and manners. . .about 1200
jtreland reduced to temporary obedience by king John 1210
Invasion of Edward Bruce, 1315; crowned king 1316
Defeated and slain at Foughart, near Dundalk 1318
Lionel, duke of Clarence, 3d son of Edward III., marries Eliza-
i beth de Burgh, heiress of Ulster 1361
|5tatute of Kilkenny passed by him 1367
jiichard II. lands at Waterford with nobles, 4000 men-at-arms,
j and 30,000 archers; gains affection of the people by munif-
1 icence, and confers knighthood on chiefs 1394
lichard again lands in Ireland 1399
jJanguinary Head act paased at Trim by the earl of Desmond,
I deputy; act ordained "That it shall be lawful to all manner
I of men that find any theeves robbing by day or night, or go-
; ing or coming to rob or steal, or any persons going or com-
ing, having no faithful man of good name and fame in their
company, in English apparell, that it shall be lawful to take
and kill those, and to cut off their heads, without any im-
peachment of our sovereign lord the king. And of any head
so cut off in the county of Meath, that the cutter and his
; ayders there to him cause the said head so cut off to be
brought to the portreffe to put it upon a stake or spear, upon
the castle of Trim ; and that the said portreffe shall testify
the bringing of the same to him. And that it shall be law-
, ful for the said bringer of the said head to distrain and
j levy by his own hand (as his reward) of every man having
j one ploughland in the barony, two pence; and of every
i man having half a ploughland, one peny; and of every
man having one house and goods, value forty shillings, one
I peny; and of every other cottier having house and smoak,
I one half peny," etc. Much slaughter is said to have en-
1 sued ; 1465
ipparel and Surname act (the Irish to dress like the English,
and to adopt surnames) "
"Poynings's law," subjecting Irish parliament to the English
council 1494.
Great rebellion of the Fitzgeralds subdued 1534
Henry VIII. assumes title of king, instead of lord, of Ire-
land 1542;
Reformed religion embraced by English settlers in the reign
of Edward VI 1547
Ireland finally divided into shires 1569'
Printing in Irish characters introduced by N. Walsh, chancel-
lor of St. Patrick's 1571
Seven hundred Italians, headed by Fitzmaurice, land in Kerry;
treacherously butchered by earl of Ormond 1580
O'Neill revolts, 1597; defeats English at Blackwater . . .14 Aug. 1598
He invites the Spaniards, and settles them in Kinsale; defeat-
ed by lord deputy Mountjoy 1601-2.
Through rebellions and forfeitures 511,465 acres of lapd in Ul-
ster became vested in the crown; and James I., after remov-
ing the Irish from hills and fastnesses, divides the land
among English and Scottish Protestant settlers 1609-12,
Ulster civil war: More and Maguire's rebellion; the Catholics
said to conspire to expel the English, and massacre Protes-
tant settlers in Ulster, commenced on St. Ignatius's day (some
doubt the massacre) 23 Oct. 1641
O'Neill defeats English under Monroe at Benburb 5 June, 1646,
Massacre and capture of Drogheda by Cromwell 11 Sept. 1649
Cromwell and Ireton reduce Ireland 1649-56
Landing of James II 12 Mch. 1689
Three thousand Protestants attainted July, "
William III. lands at Carrickfergus 14 June, 1690i
Battle of the Boyne ; James defeated 1 July, "
Treaty of Limerick 3 Oct. 1691
Linen manufacture encouraged 1696
Popery act passed 1704
Excitement against Wood's half-penob 1724
Thurot's invasion; a small French naval force plunders Car-
rickfergus Feb. 1760
Indulgences granted Catholics by the relief bill 1778
Ireland admitted to a free trade 1779
Released from submission to an English cr-nncil; Poynings's
law repealed 1782
Genevese refugees received in Ireland, aiid asylum given them
in Waterford ' 1783
Order of St. Patrick established . . .*. ., '«
Society of United Irishmen foun<l«)d .' 1791
Orange clubs, etc., formed .' ng^
Irish rebellion commenced. 4 May, 1798; cost 150.000 Iribh
lives, 20,000 English ; gradually suppressed ...... 1799'
Legislative Union of Great Britain and Ireland 1 Jan. IbOl
Emmett's insurrection 23 July, 180a
Robert Emmett executed for high-treason at Dublin. . .20 Sept. "
Roman Catholic Emancipation act passed 13 Apr. 1829
" Young Ireland " party formed 1840
Population by census, 8,196,597 1841
Potato crop fails in Ireland; relief by Parliament 1846
O'Connell's last speech in the commons. 8 Feb. 1847
Parliament grants 10,000, OOOi. to relieve the people "
Death of O'Connell at Genoa, on his way to Rome, in his 73d
year; he bequeathed his heart to Rome 15 May, "
Habeas Corpus act suspended 26 July, 1848
O'Brien's rebellion suppressed 29 July, "
Census taken ; population, 6,574,278 30 Mch. 1851
Great emigration to America spring, 1860
Census taken; population, 5,798,967 8 Apr. 1861
Appearance of the Fenians Jan. 1864
Death of Smith O'Brien, descendant of king Brian Boroimhe,
16 June, "
Fenian trials begun at Dublin, 27 Nov. ; Thomas Clarke Luby
sentenced for treason-felony to 20 years' penal servitude,
1 Dec. 1865
O'Leary and others convicted, Dec. ; O'Donovan Rossa sen-
tenced to imprisonment for life 13 Dec. "
Habeas Corpus act suspended; many Fenians flee 17 Feb. 1866
Declaration of Roman Catholic clergy professing loyalty, but
claiming self-government for Ireland 23 Dec. 1867
George Francis Train on arrival from the U. S., arrested as a
Fenian ; soon discharged (claimed 10.000^.) 18 Jan. 1868
Habeas Corpus act suspended till 1 Mch. 1869 (83 persons de-
tained on suspicion) Feb. "
George Francis Train arrested for debt 3 Mch.
Four nights' debate on Ireland in commons ended (Gladstone de-
clared for disestablishment of Irish Protestant church), 16 Mch. "
Irish Reform bill introduced into the commons 19 Mch. "
Debate on committee on disestablishment (carried, 328-272),
30 Mch. to early morning of 4 Apr. **
IRE 884
Mr. Gladstone's first resolution passed in commons (by
330-265) early on 1 May; second and third resolutions,
7 May, 1868
Irish archbisho^w and bishops address queen at Windsor on
behalf of Irish church estiiblishment 14 May, "
Irish church commission recommend consolidation of dio-
ceses and other reforms (first report) 27 July, "
Earl Spencer lord lieutenant Dec. "
Irish Church bill introduced in commons, 1 Mch. ; after much
opposition passed 26 July, 1869
Irish mixed schools denounced by abp. Cullen; support for
a Catholic university demanded in a circular dated.. 18 Aug. "
Irish Land bill read a second time in commons (112-lli,
1 A.M., 12 Mch. ; secomi time in the lords 17 June, 1870
Jteported growth of a .''Nationality" party among the Protes-
tants July, "
Irish Land act passed. . .: 1 Aug. "
■" Home Government Association," to include all parties, meet
at Dublin 1 Sept. "
John Martin, a nationalist, elected M.P. for Moath 5 Jan. 1871
•Census taken; population, 5,402,759 3 Apr. "
Isaac Butt, leader of home-rule movement, elected M.P. for
Limerick 20 Sept. "
Koman Catholic bishop of Derry, the O'Donoghue, and others,
declare against the movement, Jan. ; members in its favor
elected for Galway and Kerry Feb. 1872
Air. Gladstone brings into the commons the Irish University
bill (rejected and withdrawn) 13 Feb. 1874
Home-rule and amnesty associations active Oct. "
Motions for Home-rulk defeated 20 Mch. and 3 July, "
Centenary of the birth of Daniel O'Connell celebrated at Dub-
lin, many foreign Roman Catholic dignitaries present; much
dissension at the banquet between the clerical and home-rule
parties 6 Aug. 1875
Mr. McSwiney, lord mayor of Dublin, advocates a party
for "faith and fatherland," opposed to home-rule,
Aug. -Sept. •'
Catholic synod at Maynooth; mixed education censured,
Sept. "
An Irish University bill introduced by Mr. Butt (withdrawn),
16 May, 1876
Bill to abolish the Queen's university, and to establish a new
university (for Roman Catholics), introduced by lord chan-
cellor Cairns, 30 June; carried in commons (257-90), 25 July;
passed 15 Aug. 1879
Irish national convention at Dublin proposed by Mr. Parnell
(HoMK-RULE) 11 Sept. "
Progresses of Mr. Parnell; anti-rent agitation autumn, "
Appeal for Irish National Land League by Mr. Parnell; sub-
scriptions to buy land for tenants 9 Oct. "
Exciting speeches of Mr. Parnell at Navau 11, 13 Oct. "
Mr. Parnell arrives at New York to agitate for help to relieve
Ireland politically and pecuniarily 2 Jan. 1880
•Contributions to famine funds arrive from Canada, Australia,
India, U. S., etc Jan. -Feb. "
Charter for new Irish university signed by queen Victoria,
19 Apr. «'
Relief for Irish distress brought in the Constellation from U. S. ;
arrives at Cork 20 Apr. "
Tiolent speech of Mr. Dillon, M.P , at ivildare, in favor of the
Land League, 15 Aug. ; tomied "wicked and cowardly " by
W. E. Fo-ster, who justifies the terms in Parliament,
23 Aug. "
Mr. Parnell proposes that tenant become owner of land after
paying 35 years' just rent Sept. "
Progress of agitation; exciting speeches of Messrs. Parnell,
Redpath, Dillon, and others Sept. -Oct. "
Timothy M. Healy, Mr. Parnell's secretary, and Mr. Walsh
arrested for intimidating Mr. Manning (on 16 Oct.),
26, 27 Oct. "
Parnell and others arrested for conspiracy and intimidation to
prevent tenants paying rent, etc. (19 counts); notices served,
3 Nov. et seq. "
Mr. Boycott of Lough Mask farm, near Ballinrobe, Mayo, be-
sieged; his laborers threatened; his tradesmen refuse to
supply him; his crops gathered by immigrant laborers, pro-
tected by military, etc 11, 12 Nov. ' '
W. Hence Jones of Ballinascorthy " boycotted " Dec. "
yarnell and others tried for conspiracy (Trials) 28 Dec. "
Jury disagree ; discharged 25 Jan. 1881
About 25.000 soldiers in Ireland Jan. "
Report of agricultural commission (for Ireland) issued; great
distress, 1877-79 ; good harvest, 1880; recommends emigra-
tion in some districts Jan. ' '
Bill for protection of life and property brought in by Mr. Forster,
24 Jan. ; long debates; much obstruction (Parliament);
passed commons (281-36), 25, 26 Feb. ; passed lords, 1-3 Mch. ;
royal assent 3 Mch. "
Many agitators arrested ; 23 in Kilmainham jail 10 Mch. "
Peace Preservation bill (Arms bill); introduced 1 Mch. ; passed
commons, 11, 12 Mch. ; passed lords, 18 Mch. ; royal assent,
21 Mch. "
"Clan-na-Gael" secret society to replace Fenians said to be
formed Mch. "
Irish Land bill (" legalized confiscation" — Beaconsfield) intro-
duced in the commons by Mr. Gladstone 7 Apr. "
Land bill in House of Lords; read second time, 2, 3 Aug. ; third
time (with amendments), 8 Aug. ; commons reject some
amendments, 12 Aug. ; lords resist, 13 Aug. ; commons mod-
ify amendments, 15 Aug. ; lords yield, 16 Aug. ; royal assent,
22 Aug. "
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1
pt. 188]
Delegates from Land League meet; denounce Land act as
sham; Mr. Parnell present 17-19 Sept
Mr. Parnell arrested for inciting to intimidation and non-pay.
raentofrent; put into Kilmainham jail, Dublin 13 Oct.
This arrest "legal, merited, and expedient" (Times)... 15 Oct.
.More troops sent to Ireland from Chatham, etc. ; manifesto of
Land League, denouncing government and ordering non-
payment of rent 18 Oct.
Lord lieutenant proclaims suppression of Land League as illegal
and criminal, 20 Oct. ; leaders declare for passive resistance;
abp. McCabe's pastoral against Land League manifesto read
in Roman Catholic churches in Dublin 30 Oct.
Home-rule meeting at Dublin 8 Nov.
Death of dr. McHale, archbishop of Tuam, "Lion of the fold
of Judah " 8 Nov.
Above 40,000 applications to the land courts 12 Nov.
Committee to inquire into working of Land act voted by
lords (96-53, 17 Feb.), earl Cairns, chairman 23 Feb. 1881
Mr. Gladstone's resolution against the lords' committee, 27
Feb. ; carried (303-235) 9, 10 Mch.
Lords' committee sit Mch.
Mr. Forster confesses failure of government policy through in-
fluence of secret societies 27 Mch.
Mr. Parnell released en parole for 10 days 10 Apr.
New government policy; resignation of W. E. Forster; re-
lease of Mr. Parnell and other suspects; earl Spencer lord
lieutenant about 2 May, 1882; release of Michael Davitt,
5 May,
Earl Spencer enters Dublin; lord Frederick Cavendish, new
chief secretary, and T. H. Burke, permanent undersecretary,
assassinated by stabbing, by 4 men, about 7 p.m., in Phoenix
park, Dublin, 6 May; manifesto expressing abhorrence of
the deed signed by C. S. Parnell, J. Dillon, and M. Davitt,
7 May,
Government offers 10,000Z. reward for the murderers; G. O.
Trevelyan appointed chief secretary 9 May,
Bill for prevention of crime in Ireland, introduced by sir W.
V. Harcourt (new tribunal of 3 judges without jury, for
special occasions; powers of police increased; Alien act re-
vived; supervision of newspapers and of assemblies, etc.), 11
May, 1882; second reading (383-45) 19, 20 May,
Alleged agreement of government with Parnell party, early
May, 1882, sarcastically termed treaty of Kilmainham; Ar-
rears of Rent bill, second reading (269-157) 23, 24 May,
Walter Bourke and corporal Wallace, his escort, shot dead by
5 men near Gort, Galway 8 June,
John Henry Blake, agent to marquis of Clanricarde, and his
steward, Mr. Kane, shot dead near Loughrea 29 June,
Discussion in commons on Prevention of Crime bill; 23 Irish
members suspended 30 June-1 July,
Mr. Parnell and home -rulers withdraw, July, 1882; 22 ar-
rests at Loughrea, 4 July; government defeated in amend-
ment checking domiciliary visits of suspected persons at
night (207-194); Prevention of Crime bill read third time,
7, 8 July; passed by the lords, 11 July; royal assent,
12 July,
Seventeen counties proclaimed about 13 July,
Arrears bill passed in commons (285-177), 21 July; by lords,
with amendments (169-98), 31 July; which are "modified or
negatived by the commons, 8, 9 Aug. ; revision accepted by
the lords, 10 Aug. ; royal assent 18 Aug.
John Joyce, wife, son, and daughter shot dead by band of men,
near Maamtrasma, in Clonder district, Galway, for informing
police 17, 18 Aug.
Expiration of Coercion act; suspects released 30 Sept.
Land League fund in North America closed 6 Oct
Nationalistconference at Dublin forms newlrish National League
(ultra) for self government and land-law reform 17 Oct
Conviction of murderers of Joyce family; Patrick Joyce, 15
Nov. ; Patrick Casey, 17 Nov. ; Myles Joyce, 18 Nov. (all ex-
ecuted, 15 Dec); Michael Casey, Thomas Joyce, John Casey,
and Martin Joyce confess; sentence commuted; Thomas
Casey and Philbyn, informers 21 Nov.
Assault on detectives in Dublin; Cox killed; his murderer,
Bowling, severely wounded 25 Nov.
Mr. Field, a juryman, stabbed, 27 Nov. ; reward of 500?. for
assassin ; Dublin under martial law 28 Nov.
Emigration from Ireland; 89,566 in
Pope's letter to archbishop McCabe, exhorting clergy against
secret societies, etc about 20 Jan.
Eight men charged with complicity in murder of lord Frederick
CavendLsh and Mr. Burke 3 Feb.
Irish National League, first meeting 7 Feb.
Revelations of James Carey, implicating the Land I>eague
(Thomas Brennan, secretary, and P. J. Sheridan); statement
respecting Irish Invincibles; Mrs. F. Byrne charged with
transmitting arms, etc., 17 Feb. ; discharged 20 Feb.
Accused prisoners committed for trial "
W. E. Forster's defence in the commons, and charges against
Mr. Parnell; Mr. O'Kelly suspended for a week for giving
him the lie 22, 23 Feb.
Mr. Parnell's unsatisfactory reply "
Phoenix park murders: Robert Farrell, James Carey, and
others, informers; trial of Joseph Brady, convicted, 11-13
Apr. ; Timothy Kelly, third trial, 7-9 May; Thomas Caflfrey
pleads guilty, 2 May; Patrick Delany and Daniel Curley,
16-18 Apr. ; Michael Fagan 25-27 Apr.
Irish convention at Philadelphia; Parnell's policy adopted;
dynamiters defeated 2.5-27 Apr.
Circular from the pope, enjoining the bishops to abstain from
favoring disafi"ection to the government, not to subscribe to
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IRE 385
testimonials, etc. (archbishop Croke, of Cashel, had given
50/. to the Parnell testimouial, etc.) 11 May, 1883
fE.Keciited: Joseph Brady (actual murderer), 14 May; Daniel
Curley, 18 May; Michael Fagan, 28 May; Thomas Caffrey,
2 Juno; Timothy Kelly 9 June, "
J^ames Carey, informer, shot dead by Patrick O'Donnell, on
board the Melrose Castle, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa,
29 July, "
Thirty-eight thousand pounds presented to Mr. Parnell ("as a
national tribute" from the Irish people) at a banquet at the
Rotunda, Dublin 11 Dec. "
Parnellite Land Law Amendment bill rejected by commons (aS
tending to confiscation), by 235-72 5 Mch. 1884
"Wm. O'Brien arrested at Manchester 29 Jan. 1889
[Taken to Ireland and confined in Clonmel jail, 30 Jan. ;
refusing to wear the prison garb, is roughly treated.]
•Gladstone and Parnell speak on the Morley amendment to
the reply to the queen's speech (amendment defeated),
1 Mch. "
Pigott, forger of the Parnell letter, commits suicide at Madrid,
1 Mch. "
Sir Charles Russell defends the Parnellites before the com-
mission, tracing the history of agitation for home-rule,
18 Mch. "
Freedom of city of Edinburgh conferred on Parnell by a vote
of 14-13 23 Apr. "
Wm. O'Brien again arrested with John Dillon for advising
tenants not to pay rent ; 17 Sept. 1890
They escape, reach France 10 Oct., sail for U. S 25 Oct. "
Trial of the O'Shea divorce case begun in London; neither
Mrs. O'Shea nor Parnell offers any defence 15 Nov. "
■O'Shea secures his divorce 17 Nov. "
•John Dillon and O'Brien convicted and sentenced to 6 months
in jail 19 Nov. "
Parnell notifies his colleagues that he will not resign leader-
ship while supported by the Irish people 20 Nov "
I 1'arnell elected unanimously to the leadership of the Irish Na-
I tionalist members of Parliament 25 Nov. "
j Parnell issues a manifesto to the Irish people, stating reasons
for continuing in the leadership of the Irish party. . .28 Nov. "
! ■Gladstone denies the statement made concerning him by
i Parnell 29 Nov. "
i 'Catholic hierarchy declare against Parnell , .3 Dec. "
Justin McCarthy and 44 others withdraw from the meeting of
Nationalist members of Parliament and organize as a separate
body 6 Dec. "
Archbishop and bishops' letter denouncing Parnell read in the
Catholic churches in Ireland 7 Dec. "
Parnell leaves London for Ireland, 7 Dec. ; enthusiastically re-
ceived at Dublin, 9 Dec. ; seizes the ofQce of United Ireland
\ and ejects the acting editor , 10 Dec. "
; Anti- Parnellites issue a manifesto " •«
i Parnell begins a sturaping-tour of Ireland at Cork 11 Dec. '*
i Parnell at Kilkenny 13 Dec. "
I McCarthy leaves London for Ireland 15 Dec. "
I'arnell temporarily blinded at Castle-Comers by lime thrown
in his eyes 16 Dec. "
Sir John Pope Hennessy, the McCarthyite candidate, elected
at the Kilkenny elections by 1171 votes over Vincent Scully,
the Parnellite 22 Dec. "
Parnell and O'Brien hold a secret conference at Boulogne,
30 Dec. "
And another 6 Jan. 1891
1 McCarthy and O'Brien hold a conference at Boulogne. . . 10 Jan. "
j-Glailstone denies the statement of Parnell that he knew the
substance of Parnell's manifesto 13 Jan. "
I Dillon and O'Brien land at Folkestone and deliver themselves
t up to the English police 12 Feb. "
jThey are taken to Ireland and placed in Clonmel jail. . .13 Feb. "
Seven Parnellites sail from Queenstown for the U. S. to raise
I funds 8 Mch. "
iNational federal convention meets at Dublin, Justin McCarthy
! presiding 10 Mch. "
(Gladstone declares in a speech at Hastings that the Liberal
i party will never support Parnell 17 Mch. "
jMcCarthyites win the North Sligo elections, 780 majority,
2 Apr "
iParnell secretly married 25 June, "
a^rnell addresses the League convention at Dublin 23 July, "
[Wm. O'Brien and John Dillon released from jail 30 July, "
[Parnell d. at his home at Brighton, Engl 7 Oct. "
Parnell buried at Dublin 11 Oct. "
Parnellite members issue a manifesto declaring their hostility
to the McCarthyites 12 Oct. "
Mr. Flavin, McCarthyite candidate, elected M.P. to succeed
Parnell by a plurality of 1512 6 Nov. "
Irish Education bill introduced (opposed by the Roman Catho-
'■ lie clergy) 22 Feb. 1892
Ulster convention at Belfast against home-rule 17 June, "
,3ill passed 27 June, "
^England, Parnell.
KINGS OF IRELAND.
979 or 980. Maol Ceachlin II. (Malachi) deposed.
001orl002. Brian Baromy or Boroimhe; slain after defeating
Danes at Clontarf, 23 Apr. 1014.
.014. Maol Ceachlin II. restored; d. 1022 or 1023.
[Disputed succession.]
., Donough, or Denis, O'Brian, son.
072. Tirloch, or Turlough, nephew; d. 1086.
086-1132. Kingdom divided; fierce contests for it.
13
IRO
1132. Tordel Vach; killed in battle.
1166. Roderic, or Roger, O'Connor.
1172. Henry II. king of England.
[English monarchs were styled " Lords of Ireland " until
the reign of Henry VIII., who first styled himself king.]
Ireland forgeries. In 1786 W. H. Ireland made
public Shakespeare manuscripts which he had forged, and de-
ceived many critics. The play " Vortigern " was performed .
at Drury-lane theatre on 2 Apr. 1796. He shortly after ac-
knoAvledged the forgery, and published his " Confessions " in
1805. He died in 1835. Shakkspeare and his plays.
irid'ium and osmium. In 1804 Tennant discov-
ered these metals (the heaviest known) in the ore of plati-
num, in which, in 1844, Glaus discovered a third, ruthenium.
Elements.
iron found on Mount Ida by the Dactyles, the forest
having been burned by lightning, 1432 ulc—Arundelian
Marbles [1407, Hales; 1283, Clinton]. The Greeks claimed
the discovery of iron, and referred glass to the Phoenicians.
Iron was wrought by Tubal-Cain (Gen. iv. 22). Swedish iron
is very celebrated, and Dannemora is the greatest mine of
Sweden. Steel.
Belgium an early seat of the iron manufacture; coal said to have
been employed at Marche-les-dames, 1340.
British iron cast by Ralph Page and Peter Baude in^ussex, 1543.—
Rymer^s Foedera.
Iron-mills used for slitting iron into bars for smiths by Godfrey
Bochs, 1590.
Tinning of iron introduced from Bohemia, 1681. Till about 1730
iron ores were smelted with wood charcoal, which did not wholly
give way to coal and coke till 1788.
Operation termed puddling, and other improvements in the manu-
facture, invented by Henry Cort, about 1781, who did not reap the
due reward of his ingenuity. He d. in 1800.
Henry Bessemer patented his method of manufacturing iron and
steel, 17 Oct., 5 Dec. 18.55; 12 Feb. 1856.
Wm. Robinson announced a method of making wrought iron from
cast iron by magnetism, July, 1867.
John Heaton's process for making steel announced about Nov. 1867;
discussed Oct. 1868.
IN THE UNITED STATES.
The first recorded discovery of iron in the U. S. was in North Caro-
lina, 1585; and the first attempt to manufacture it was in Virginia,
1619. The works were destroyed by the Indians, 1622. The next
attempt was -it ' ■ r^ Mass., where a blastfurnace was started,
1643, which i . -"sow" iron, 1645; and a forge was
built, 1648. enenilly used in New England in colo-
nial dtty& i , , "it of iron ("bar'") to England was in
1717; the fir!5t piLC .h on, i7'.iA Up to 1720, Massachusetts was the
chief seat of the iron industry In the colonies. In l?.^, Pennsyl-
. vauia became tbe leading iron-producing state, and maintained
' the supremacy until after 1880.
Great Britain imposes » duty of 10». per ton on all iron im-
ported into ihe American colonies i679
Board of Trade (Great Britain) report to Parliament thht' -on
works had bet-n for many years established in Massacliu . 1 1?
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Vork, Pennsylvania, i^ry
land, Virginia, and the Carolinas, and from the p.'o^reKs ttiey
bad made it was expedient to encourage the manufacture in
the colonies 1732
Act of Parliament permitting pig-iron and bar-iron to be im-
ported into London from the American colonies free of duty,
but prohibiting them from erecting any rolling or slitting
mill, or forge, to work with a tilt-hammer, and from manu-
facturing steel for exportation 1750
[Duty on bar-iron at this time was 21. Is. &d. per ton, and
on pig-iron 3s. 9d. per ton.]
Furnace, on the Sterling estate. Orange co., N. Y., which pro-
duced annually 1500 tons of pig-iron, worked into bar-iron,
was built 1751
[Great iron chain which crossed the Hudson river during
the Revolution to prevent the British from ascending it
was made here. Chain.]
Mt. Etna furnace, near Hagerstown, Md., was among the first
to cast cannon.
Largest amount of iron exported by the American colonies to
Great Britain, between 1761 and 1776, was in 1771, when 2222
tons of bar and 5302 tons of pig-iron were exported. The
manufacturing of iron fell off rapidly after the Revolution,
and between 1789-90 tbe U. S. only exported 200 tons of bar
and 3500 tons of pig-iron.
Report of the Secretarv of the Treasury, 1810, shows from
$15,000,000 to $20,000,000 invested in the business. There
being 153 furnaces, making 53,908 tonsof pig-iron; 330 forges,
making 24,541 tons bar iron; 316 trip-hammers and 34 roll-
ing and slitting mills using 6500 tons; and 410 nail factories
producing 16,000,000 lbs. of nails. Iron was then made ex-
clusively with charcoal from the smelting to the finished
bar.
Hot blast introduced 1832-38
Mauch Chunk, Pa., the first successful furnace in smelting
iron ore with anthracite coal in the U. S. ; built and in
operation 1838
mo <
RANK OF THE PRINCIPAL STATES IN
'«6 IRR
MINING IRON ORE FROM 1850 TO 1889.
3
Over 1,000,000 tons.
Over 500,000 ftnd less thau 1,000,000 ions.
Over 100,000 and less than 500,000 tons. . .
Over 60,000 and less than 100,000 tons. .
1, Pa.
2,0.
3, Md.
4, Tenn.
5, Ky.
6, Va.
7, N. J.
1, Pa.
2,0.
3, N. Y.
4, N. J.
5, Mich.
6,Ky.
7. Md.
1, Pa.
2, Mich.
3,0.
4, N. Y.
5, Mich.
6, Ky.
7, Mo.
3, N. J.
J, Tenn.
1, Pa.
2, Mich.
3, N. Y.
4, N. J.
5,0.
6, Mo.
7, Ala.
8, Va.
9, Md.
10, Tenn.
11, Ga.
12, Ky.
13, Mass.
14, W. Va.
1889.
1, Mich.
2, Ala.
3, Pa.
4, N. Y.
5, Minn.
6, Wis.
7, W.Va.&Va.
8, Tenn.
9, N. J.
10, Mo.
11,0.
12, Ga. & N. C.
13, Col.
14, Ky.
Other states and territories.
Total
Valued at..
Tons of 3S40 lbs. mined in 1889.
5,856,169 from 73 mines-
1,570,319 " 45 "
1,560,234 " 189 "
1,247,537 " 35 "
864,508
837,399
511,255
473,294
415.510
265,718
254,294
258,145
109,136
217,036
14,518,041 tons.
$33,351,978.
■
who touches it "). The crown was removed from Monza t<>
Mantua by the Austrians on 23 Apr. 1859. After the peac^
of Vienna, in 1866, it was given up to gen. Menabrea on 11
Oct., and presented to king Victor Emmanuel at Turin on 4
Nov. It is now kept in the cathedral at Monza.— The order
of the " Iron Crown of Italy," instituted by Napoleon, 26 May,
1805, was abolished in 1814, but revived by the emperor of
Austria, 12 Feb. 1816. The order of the Crown of Italy was-
instituted by king Victor Emmanuel, 20 Feb. 1868.
iron niaik, the man with the. A mysterious prisone
in France, wearing a mask and closely confined under M. de
St.-Mars, at Pignerol (1679), Exilles (1681), Sainte-Margue-|
rite (1687), and at the Bastile (1698), where he died, 19 Nov.
1703. He was of noble mien, and was treated with respect;
but his keepers had orders to despatch him if he uncovered^
M. de St.-Mars himself always placed the dishes on his table^
and stood in his presence. The following conjectures have
been made as to his identity : An Armenian patriarch forci-
bly carried from Constantinople (who died 10 years before the
mask) ; the due de Vermandois, son of Louis XIV., reported
to have perished in the camp before Dixmude; the due de
Beaufort, reported beheaded before Candia ; James, duke of
Monmouth, executed on Tower hill ; a son of Anne of Austria^
queen of Louis XIII., either by cardinal Mazarin or by the duke
of Buckingham ; the twin brother of Loui^ XIV. (a conjecture
of Voltaire and others) ; Foucquet, an eminent statesman in the
time of Louis XIV., and a count Matthioli, secretary of state
to Charles III., duke of Mantua. M. Delort and the right hoii.
Agar Ellis (afterwards lord Dover) tried to prove Matthioli to
have been the person ; and later investigations makes tliis more
probable. Recently a general de Burlonde has been cited as
wearer of the mask, for raising the siege of Conti (an improbable
story). The mask was of velvet, strengthened with whalebone.
Iroquois. Indians.
irrig'ation, practised in the east and in Egypt from
remote ages. It was strenuously advocated for India by sir
A. Cotton and others at the Social Science congress at Man-
chester, Oct. 1866. Of late irrigation has been widely practised
in the western United States, where large tracts of fertile land
cannot be cultivated unless irrigated ; and a great deal of land
that was worthless owing to the scarcity of water has been
brought under cultivation, especially in California, Colorado,
Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, and the territories
of Arizona and New Mexico.
This table shows the changes in the principal iron producing states.
In 1860 Michigan stood 5th in order; 2d in 1880; and Ist.in 1889.
Alabama first appears in 1880, when she ranked 7th; 2d in 1889.
Pennsylvania ranked 1st until 1889, when it took 3d place, etc.
The principal varieties of ore mined are: Red hematite (Gr. aiij.a-
TiVrj? ; sc. MOoi, stone), red iron ore, anhydrous sesquioxide of iron ;
brown hematite (hydrated sesquioxide of iron); magnetite, ores in
which the magnetic oxide of iron (Fes O4) is predominant; car-
bonite (protoxide of iron). Red hematite, the most valuable of
the different varieties, is mined extensively in Michigan, Wiscon-
sin, Alabama, Tennessee, and Missouri; the brown hematite in
Virginia and W. Virginia, and quite largely in Pennsylvania ;
magnetite in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey; carbonite
in Kentucky and Ohio, although all the iron - producing states
mine red and brown hematite. Total number of persons employed
in iron mining in 1889 was, above ground, 18,000, below, 19,709.
AMOUNT OF IRON ORE MINED BY THE PRINCIPAL NATIONS,
1889.
Great Britain 14,546,105 tons.
Germany 11,001,042 "
Spain 5,067,144 "
France 2,500,000 "
Austro-Hungary.. 2,300,000 "
1,400,000 "
Sweden 985,904 tons.
Algeria 475,000 "
Cuba 256,278 "
Belgium 220,000 "
Italy 173.489 "
Canada 75,162 "
[This amount has not materially changed up to 1894.]
Amount of pig-iron produced in the U. S. iu 1870 was 2,052,821 tons;
in 1880, 3,781,021 tons; in 1890, 9,579,779 tons, or about 35 per
cent, of the production of the world, valued at over $134,000,000.
In the production or pig-iron for the year 1890 the principal states
rank as follows :
1. pcunsvlvania. ..4,712,511 tons,
•.i. Ohio 1,302,299 "
3. Alabama 890,432 »
4. Illinois 674,506 "
5. New York 359,040 "
6. Virginia 302,447 "
7. Tennessee 290, 747 "
8. Michigan 224,908 tons.
9. Wisconsin 210,037 "
10. New Jersey 145,040 ' '
11. West Virginia.. .108,764 "
12. Missouri 99,131 "
13. Maryland 96,246 "
14. Kentucky 44, 199 "
Iron Cro§§, an order of merit established by Fred-
erick William III. of Prussia, 10 Mch. 1813, for patriotic
bravery in war against France ; revived by William I. in the
Franco-Prussian war, and awarded by him to his son for vic-
toTx at Wissembourg, 4 Aug. 1870. About 40,000 persons were
decorated in 1870-71.
iron crown (of Italy), of gold and precious stones, set
in a thin ring of iron, said to have been forged from a nail of
Christ's cross, by order of Theudelinde for her husband, Agilulf,
king of the Longobards, 591, and deposited in the church at
Monza. Charlemagne was crowned with it, and later all em-
perors who were kings of Lombardy ; Napoleon I. at Milan, on
26 May, 1805, put it on his head, saying, " Dieu me Va donnee;
gare a qui y touchera " (" God has given it to me ; woe to him
NUMBER OF ACRES IRRIGATED DEVOTED TO
CROPS (NOT PASTURAGE), AND COST
, ETC.
Areas.
Idaho.
Utah.
Wyoming.
Montana.
Nevada.
Ariiona.
New Mexico.
Total irrigated acreage in crops, 1890
217,005
4,323
50
270
26
39
263,473
9,724
27
312
10
25
229,676
1,917
119
494
65
50
350,582
3,706
95
307
50
56
224,403
1,167
192
513
79
58
65,821
1,075
61
287
34
43
91,745
3 086
Number of irrigators
Average size of farms irrigated in crop acres
30
Average size of crop areas of 160 acres and upwards in )
acres (
312
Per cent, of acreage of irrigated crop areas of 160 acres 1
21
Average size of irrigated crop areas under 160 acres
24
IRV
387
ITA
NUMBER OF ACRES IRRIGATED DEVOTED
TO CROPS (NOT PASTURAGE)
, AND COST, ETC-
{Continued.)
Areas.
Idaho.
Utah.
Wyoming.
Montana.
Nevada.
Arizona.
New Mexico.
Average first cost of water per acre cultivated by irrigation.
" annual cost " " " "
" first cost of preparation per acre for cultivation. . .
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Irvillgite§5 followers of Edward Irving, who was born
15 Aug. 1792, and became assistant to dr. Chalnoers, at Glas-
gow, in 1819. In 1823 he attracted crowds of distinguished
persons to his sermons at the Scotch church, Hatton garden,
London. A new church was built for him in Regent square
in 1827. Soon after he propounded new doctrines on the hu-
man nature of Christ; and the "Utterances of Unknown
Tongues," which began in his congregation with a Miss Hall
and IMr. Taplin, 16 Oct. 1831, were countenanced by him as of
divine inspiration. He was expelled from the Scotch church
15 Mch. 1833. His church, " reconstituted with the threefold
cord of a sevenfold ministry," was removed to Newman street.
Irving was in his early manhood an ardent admirer of Jane
Welsh, afterwards the'wife of Carlyle. He died 8 Dec. 1834.
The church established by him is now called the " Holy Cath-
' olic Apostolic Church." It uses a liturgy (framed in 1842 and
; enlarged 1863), and its officers are named apostles, angels,
! prophets, etc. In 1852 lighted candles were placed on the
1 magnificent altar, and burning of incense during prayers was
I prescribed. The Gothic church, in Gordon square, London,
I was solemnly opened, 1 Jan. 1854. It is said that all who
! join the church offer it a tenth of their income. They had
I 30 chapels in England in 1851.
I I§aii'clula, Isandla'na, or I§andliva'na,
1 termed the "English Cremera." Zululand, 22 Jan. 1879.
liauria, a province in Asia Minor, conquered by the
1 Romans 78 b.c. ; by the Saracens 650 a.d.; retaken by the
! emperor Leo III., who founded the Isaurian dynasty, 718,
I which ended with Constantine VI. in 797. Isauria was incor-
i porated with Turkey 1387.
I lilam or Eslam, submission to God, the name given
to Mahometanism.
\ liland ]Vo, 10 (Kentucky). An island in the Missis-
i sippi a few miles above New Madrid, Mo., was strongly forti-
j fied by the confederates in the beginning of the civil war. It
j surrendered to gen. Pope and commodore Foote 7 Apr. 1862,
i with about 7000 prisoners and over 100 pieces of artillery'.
I i§lail<l§, imaginary. Besides the Hesperides, there
I were many islands scattered over the Atlantic by the fancies
\ of navigators and cosmographers. Such islands are described
; in the Arabic geography of Edrisi, 1153-54 a.d. To these may
J be added the island of St. Brandon, supposed to have been
jdiscovered in the 6th century. Also Antilia and the Islands
of the Seven Cities, as well as Mayda and the isle Verda ; but
inone more famous or longer-lived than the isle of Brazil. It
Ifirst appeared on a Venetian map of Andrea di Bianco, 1436,
las the I. de Brazi, near the present Azores. This, with Antilia,
;St. Brandon, and others, was conspicuous on maps in the time of
iColumbus. Antilia still lives by name in the Greater and Less-
|er Antilles, as applied to the West Indies; and the isle of Brazil
. !is remembered in the name ofthe largest state of South America.
m . Isle of France. Mauritius.
™ Ismail, Bessarabia. After a long siege by the Russians,
who lost 20,000 men, the town was taken by storm, 22 Dec.
1790 ; when Suwarrow, the most merciless warrior of modern
times, put the brave Turkish garrison (30,000 men) to the
sword, delivered Ismail to pillage, and ordered the massacre of
JOOO women. It was again captured by the Russians 26 Sept.
1809, and retained till the treaty of Paris in 1856, when it was
:;eded to Moldavia.
Ispahan' was made the capital of Persia by Abbas the
reat, in 1590. It lost its supremacy in 1796, when Teheran
me the capital.
Israel, kingdom of. Jews. — Handel's oratorio " Israel
Egypt " first performed 4 Apr. 1739.
ISSIIS, Asia Minor, the site of Alexander's second great
battle with Darius, whose queen and family were captured,
Oct. 333 B.C. The Persian army, according to Justin, con-
sisted of 400,000 foot and 100,000 horse; 61,000 of the former
and 10,000 of the latter were left dead on the field, and 40,000
were taken prisoners. Here the emperor Septiraius defeated
his rival Niger, 194 a.d.
IsthmJan games received their name from the isth-
mus of Corinth, where they were observed ; instituted by Sisy-
phus about 1406 b.c., in honor of Melicertes, a sea-god. — Leng-
let. Reinstituted in honor of Neptune by Theseus about 1239
B.C. ; and their celebration was held so sacred that even a
public calamity did not prevent it. The games were re-
vived by Julius Caesar, 60 b.c. ; and by the emperor Julian,
362 A.D.
Istria, a peninsula in the Adriatic sea, was finally sub-
dued by the Romans, 177 b.c. After various changes it came
under the rule of Venice in 1378, and was annexed 1420. It was
obtained by Austria, 1796 ; by France, 1806 ; by Austria, 1814.
Italian lang'Uag^e, based on Latin, is said by Dante
to be formed of a selection of the best forms from the different
dialects. Elegant poetry was written by Guido Cavalcanti,
who died 1301 ; and good prose by Malespini, about 1250.
Italian literature and authors. Litera-
ture.
Italian Republic was the name given to the remod-
elled Cisalpine republic. Napoleon Bonaparte president, Jan»
1802.
Italy (either from Italus, an early king, or italus, a bull
calf), a kingdom in S. Europe, consisting of a peninsula and
numerous islands, was called the garden of Europe. The
Pelasgians, Umbrians, Oscans, and Etruscans combined are
regarded as the progenitors of the Latins ; a predominant ele-
ment in the nations still known as the Latin races in southern
Europe. The history of Italy is soon absorbed into that of
Rome, founded 753 b.c. Previous to the 15th century it was
desolated by intestine wars and the interference of the German
emperors. Guelphs. Since then Spain, France, and Germany
struggled for the possession of the country, which has been
divided among them several times. Spain predominated in
Italy during the 16th and 17th centuries ; yielded to the house
of Hapsburg at the beginning of the 18th. The victories of
Bonaparte in 1797-98 changed the government of Italy ; but
the Austrian rule was re-established at the peace in 1814. In
1848 the Milanese and Venetians revolted and joined Pied-
mont, but were subdued by marshal Radetzky. The hostile
feeling between Austria and Piedmont gradually increased till
war broke out in April, 1859. The Austrians were defeated,
and the kingdom of Italy, comprising Piedmont, Sardinia,
Lombardy, Tuscany, Modena, Parma, the Romagna, Naples,
and Sicily, was re-established 17 Mch. 1861, by the Italian
parliament (443 deputies from 59 provinces). On 29 Oct.
1861, the internal government was reorganized ; the 59 prov-
inces were placed under prefects, subject to 4 directors-general.
In 1861 the population was 21,728,529. War with Austria was
declared 18 June, 1866; and on 3 Oct. peace was signed at
Vienna, and Venetia was ceded to Italy, on the payment of
40,000,000 florins. The kingdom of Italy was completed by
the occupation of Rome as the capital, 1870. Estimated pop-
ulation of the kingdom, 1862, 25,003,635 (Rome was added in
1870) ; 1878, 28,209,620; 1890, 30,158,408. Area. 114,410 sq.
miles. For other details, aside from this record, Rome and
the various Italian cities. b.c.
Italy (Saturnia), fabled rule of Saturn, the golden age. 2450
Arrival of CEnotrus from Arcadia, 1710; andof Evander; reign
of r>atinus about 1240
-^neas the Trojan said to land in Italy, defeat and kill Turnus;
ITA »8
marry Lavlnia, daughter of king Latinus; and found Lavinl- I
um in S. luly 1182 et seq. |
Greek colonies (Magna GRiSciA) founded 974-443 i
Komulus builds Rome 753
[For subsequent history, Rouk.] a.d. {
Odoacer, leader of Heruli, establishes the kingdom of Italy. . . . 476 I
Ostrogoths invade Italy, 489, and retain it till 491 I
They are expelled by the imperial gens. Narses and Belisarius \
(Ikon Crown, Kings of Italy) 552
Narses, governor of Italy, invites Lombards from Germany,
5()8 ; who overrun Italy 696 |
Invasion and defeat of Constans II 662 I
Venice tirst governed by a doge 697 j
I'epin gives li^ivenna to the pope 754 ]
Charleinugne invades ltaly,774 ; overcomes Lombards ; crowned
emperor of the West at Rome by pope Leo III 25 Dec. 800 i
Saracens invade Italy and settle at Bari 842 1
Invasion of Otho I. 951 ; crowned emperor 2 Feb. 962
Genoa becomes iinportjint 1000
Saracens expelled by the Normans 1016-17
Normans acquire Naples from the pope 1051
Tope Gregory VII., Hildebrund, pretends to universal sover-
eignty, assisted by Matilda, countess of Tuscany, mistress of
greater part of lUily 1073-85
Disputes between popes and emperors as to ecclesiastical inves-
titures begin to agitate Italy and Germany about 1073
Rise of Lombard cities about 1120
Who war with each other 1144
Venetians obtain many victories over Eastern emperors 1125
Wars of GuBLPHS and Ghibkllinks begin about 1161
Frederick I. (Barbarossa) interferes; his wars 1154-75
I<ombard league formed 1167
His defeat at Legnano 29 May, 1176
Peace of Constance 1183
Civil wars again 1199 et seq.
Rise of the Medici at Florence about 1251
Wars of Frederick II, and the Lombard league 1236-50
His natural son, Manfred, king of Sicily, defeated and killed at
Benevento by Charles of Anjou 26 Feb. 1266
Who defeats Conradin at Tagliacozzo 23 Aug. 1268
Visconti rule at Milan. 1277
Sicilian Vespers; massacre of French, who are expelled from
Sicily 30 Mch. 1282
Clement V. (pope, 1305) fixes his residence at Avignon in France, 1309
Louis Gonzaga master of Mantua, with title of imperial vicar, 1328
First doge of Genoa appointed 1339
Lucca independent 1370
Rome again the seat of the pope 1377
Charles VIII. of France invades Italy, 1494, and conquers Na-
ples, 1495 ; loses it 1496
Louis XII. joins Venice and conquers Milan (soon lost) 1499
League of Cambray (1508) against Venice, which is despoiled of
Italian possessions 1509
Leo X., pope, patron of literature and art 1513-22
Wars of Charles V. and Francis 1 1515-21
Francis defeated and prisoner at Pavia 24 Feb. 1525
Parma and Placentia made a duchy for his family by pope
Paul III. (Alexander Farnese). 1545
Peace of Cateau-Cambresis 1559
War of the Mantuan succession 1627-31
Catinat and the French defeat dnke of Savoy at Marsaglia,
4 Oct. 1693
War of Spanish succession commences in Italy 1701
Battle of Turin 7 Sept. 1706
Division of Italy at the peace of Utrecht 11 Apr. 1713
Duke of Savoy becomes king of Sardinia 1720
Successful French campaign in Italy 1745
Milan, etc., obtained by house of Hapsburg, 1706; confirmed
by treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle 1748
Italy overrun by French May-Dec. 1796
Venetian states divided by France and Austria by treaty of
Campo Formio; Cisalpine republic founded 17 Oct. 1797 j
Pius VL deposed by Bonaparte Feb. 1798
Russians, under Suwarrow, defeat French at Trebia, etc 1799
Bonaparte crosses Alps, 16-20 May ; defeats Austrians at Ma-
rengo 14 June, 1800
Cisalpine, Italy, becomes the Italian republic (Bonaparte presi-
dent) Jan. 1802
Napoleon crowned king of Italy 26 May, 1805
Eugene Beauharnais viceroy of Italy "
Austria loses Italian possessions by treaty of Presburg; ratified,
1 Jan. 1806
Kingdom ceases at fall of Napoleon, 1814; Lombardo- Venetian
kingdom established for Austria 7 Apr. 1815
Formation of Young Italy party by Mazzini; insurrections. .1831-33
Italian Association for Science first met (at Pisa) 1837
Insurrection in Lombardy and Venice, Mch. ; supported by
king of Sardinia and pope. Apr. 1848
King, defeated at Novara, abdicates, 23 Mch. ; and Lombardy
reverts to Austria (Austria, Sardinia) May, 1849
"Napoleon III. et I'ltalie" pub Feb. 1859
Austrian ultimatum, rejected by Sardinia 26 Apr. "
Austrians cross the Ticino, 27 Apr. ; French enter Genoa,
3 May, »
Peaceful revolution at Florence, 27 Apr. ; Parma, 3 May; Mo-
dena 15 June, "
Austrians defeated at Montebello, io May ; Palestro, 30, 31 May;
Magenta, 4 June ; Marignano, 8 June ; Solferino 24 June, "
Provisional governments at Florence, 27 Apr.; Parma, May;
and Modena (sovereigns retire) 15 June, "
Insurrection in papal states Bologna, Ferrara, etc. .13-15 June, "
ITA
icre of insurgents at Perugia by Swiss troops 20 June,
Allies cross the Mincio 1 July,
Armistice between Austria and France. 8 July,
Preliminaries of peace at Villafranca; Lombardy surrenderod
to Sardinia 11 July,
Italy dismayed at peace; agitation at Milan, Florence, Modena,
Parma, etc. ; count Cavour resigns as minister July,
Pope appeals to Europe against king of Sardinia 12 July,
Tuscany, Modena, Parma, and Komagna form a defensive alli-
ance and ask annexation to Piedmont, 20 Aug.-lO Sept.;
trade made free between them and Piedmont 10 Oct.
Treaty of Zurich (Italian confederacy, etc.), signed 10 Nov.
Garibaldi retires from Sardinian service 18 Nov.
New Sardinian constitution proclaimed 7 Dec.
Pope condemns i)amphlet " Le Pape et le Congr^s " 31 Dec.
Napoleon III. recommends pope to give up legations. . . "
Pope refuses and denounces emperor 8 Jan. :
Count Cavour charged to form a ministry 16 Jan.
Annexation to Sardinia voted (by universal suftrage) in Parma,
Modena, and the Romagna, 13 Mch. ; Tuscany, 16 Mch. ; ac-
cepted by the king 18-22 Mch.
Treaty ceding Savoy and Nice to France signed, 24 Mch. ; ap-
proved by Sardinian parliament 29 May,
French troops retire from Italy May,
Vain insurrections in Sicily 4 Apr., 2 May,
Garibaldi lands at Marsala in Sicily, 11 May; assumes office of
dictator, 14 May; defeats Neapolitans at Calatiflmi, 15 May;
and at Melazzo, 20 July; by convention Neapolitans agree
to evacuate Sicily 30 July,
Garibaldi lands at Reggio in Calabria, 18 Aug. ; enters Naples;
Francis IL retires 7 Sept.
Insurrection in Papal States, 8 Sept. ; Sardinians enter, 11 Sept. ;
defeat papal troops at Castel Fidardo, 18 Sept. ; take Ancona,
17-29 Sept.
Victor Emmanuel takes command of army 4 Oct.
Sardinians enter kingdom of Naples, 15 Oct. ; defeat Neapoli-
tans at Isernia 17 Oct.
Garibaldi defeats Neapolitans at the Volturno 1 Oct.
By universal suffrage (plebiscitum), Sicily and Naples vote for
annexation to Sardinia 21 Oct.
Capua bombarded; Neapolitans retire, 2 Nov. ; and are defeated
at the Garigliano 3 Nov.
Victor Emmanuel enters Naples as king, 7 Nov. ; Garibaldi re-
signs dictatorship ; retires to Caprera 9 Nov.
Victor Emmanuel receives homage from Neapolitan clergy, etc. ;
gives money to encourage education; appoints a ministry,
including Poerio, etc Nov.
Siege of Gaeta commences; attack by sea prevented by the
presence of the French fleet 3 Nov. et seq. "
Treaty of Zurich signed 10 Nov. "
Decree in honor of Garibaldi's army 16 Nov. "
Reactionary movements suppressed Nov. -Dec. "
Prince of Carignan-Savoy appointed lieutenant of Naples. .Jan. 1861
French fleet retires from Gaeta, 19 Jan. ; after bombardment
it surrenders; Francis II. retires to Rome 13 Feb. "
Monastic establishments in Naples abolished, with compensa-
tion to the inmates; schools established P'eb. "
First Italian parliament meets, 18 Feb. ; decrees Victor Em-
manuel king 26 Feb. and 14 Mch. "
Italy recognized by Great Britain 31 Mch. "
Order for the levy of 70,000 soldiers Apr. "
Cavour forms a new ministry, with members from all parts of
Italy Apr. "
Pope protests against the kingdom 15 Apr. "
Death of count Cavour, aged 52 6 June, "
Kingdom recognized by France 24 June, "
Kingdom recognized by Portugal and Belgium, 1 Oct. ; divided
into 59 prefectures, etc .13 Oct. "
Kingdom recognized by Prussia 1 Mch. 1862
Kingdom recognized by Russia 3 July, "
Garibaldi enters Sicily; at Marsala calls for volunteers, giving
the watchword, "Rome or death!" 19 July, "
King issues a proclamation against his proceedings as tending
to rebellion 3 Aug. "
Garibaldi at Catania; organizes provisional government, 19 Aug. "
Sicily proclaimed in a state of siege, 21 Aug. ; put under gen.
Cialdini 22 Aug. "
Garibaldi issues his last proclamation; embarks at Catania;
lands at Melito, in Calabria, and marches towards Reggio,
25 Aug. ; La Marmora proclaims a state of siege, 26 Aug. ;
Garibaldi and followers meet royalists under Pallavicini, at
Aspromonte; after a short skirmish, he is wounded and taken,
29 Aug. ; removed to Varignano, near Spezzia 1 Sept. "
Gen. Durando in diplomatic circular condemns Garibaldi's pro-
ceedings, asserting the necessity of the Italian government
possessing Rome 10 Sept. "
Amnesty to Garibaldi and followers 5 Oct. "
Father Passaglia and 10,000 (out of 80,000) Italian priests sign
declaration against pope's temporal authority Nov. ''
Garibaldi removed to Pisa, 9 Nov. ; ball extracted from his foot,
23 Nov. "
Grand Cavour canal for irrigation of Piedmont opened. .1 June, 1863
Army of Piedmont (50,000) consolidated by La Marmora and ex-
panded into the "army of Italy " (250,000) Oct. "
Franco Italian convention (French troops to quit Rome in 2
years [from 6 Feb. 1865], Florence to be capital) 15 Sept. 1864
King and court proceed to Florence, 13 May; he opens the fes-
tival, the 600th anniversary of Dante's birth 14 May, 1865 i
Kingdom recognized by Spain June, " ;
French troops leaving Italy; general election; moderate party
predominate Nov. "
ITA
Alliance with Prussia 12 May,
War declared against Austria 18 June,
Army, headed by the king, crosses the Mincio, 23 June; de-
feated at Custozza 24 June,
Venetia ceded to France by emperor of Austria 3 July,
Fruitless conflicts ; volunteers under Garibaldi defeated at
Monte Suello i July,
Bill for suppression of monasteries and confiscation of property
passed 7 July,
Cialdini crosses the Po, and enters Venetia 8 July,
Naval battle near Lissa; Italians defeated by Austrians {Re
d'Halia and Palestro blown up) 20 July,
Italians beaten at Versa; the last conflict 26 July,
Armistice for 4 weeks signed 12 Aug.
Peace with Austria signed at Vienna, 3 Oct. ; ratified. . .12 Oct.
Austrians retire from Peschiera, 9 Oct. ; Mantua, 10 Oct. ; Ve-
rona, 16 Oct. ; Venice 17 Oct.
Plebiscitum in Venetia; for annexation with Italy, 641,758;
against, 69 21 Oct.
Result reported; the Iron crown presented to the king at Turin,
4 Nov.
Parliament opened by king, who declares that "Italy is now
restored to herself" 15 Dec.
Government proposal to invest property of religious bodies for
support of clergy (Free Church and Ecclesiastical Liquida-
tion bill) brought forward Jan.
Church Property bill passed Aug.
Garibaldi, about to enter the Roman territory with volunteers,
captured by Italian government at Sinalunga {or Asinalunga)
and sent to Alessandria 23 Sept.
Sent to Caprera, 27 Sept. ; escapes to Leghorn and is sent back,
2 Oct.
Bands of Garibaldians invade Roman territories Sept. -Oct.
Garibaldi escapes from Caprera 15 Oct.
Embarkation of French troops at Toulon suspended by resig-
nation of Rattazzi and ministry 20 Oct.
Garibaldi at Florence proclaims expedition against Rome,
22 Oct.
Garibaldians defeated at Viterbo 25 Oct.
Enter Roman territories, defeat papal troops, and take Monte
Rotondo 26. 27 Oct.
Menabrea's ministry formed; proclamation of Victor Emman-
uel against the Garibaldian invasion 27 Oct.
French army arrives at Civit^ Vecchia, 28 Oct. ; 2 brigades
enter Rome 30 Oct.
Royal Italian troops enter papal territory ; Menabrea's justi-
ficatory circular; suppression of insurrectional committees
in Italy 30 Oct.
Garibaldi defeated at Mentana, 3 Nov.; retreats into, Italy
with his son ; captured and sent to Varignano, gulf of Spezzia,
4 Nov.
Garibaldi sent to Caprera 25 Nov.
Meeting of parliament; judicious firmness; amnesty for Gari-
baldians proclaimed 5 Dec.
New order of knighthood, the "Crown of Italy," constituted,
20 Feb.
Victor Emmanuel Ferdinand, son of prince Humbert, bom at
Naples 11 Nov.
(Ecumenical council at Rome (Codncils op the church, Rome)
opened 8 Dec.
Neutrality in Franco-Prussian war announced, 18 July; addi-
tional armaments ordered 4 Aug.
Fruitless mission of prince Napoleon to obtain help for France,
21-25 Aug.
Circular note from government recounting failure to concili-
ate the pope since 1860, proposes favorable terms. . .29 Aug.
French vessel Orenoque placed at Civiti Vecchia on behalf of
the pope Aug.
Letter from king to pope, announcing occupation of Rome nec-
essary to order 8 Sept.
Italian troops enter papal territories (Rome); occupy Viterbo
and other places 12 Sept.
Gen. Bixio marches towards Rome 18, 19 Sept.
After short resistance, Italians under gen. Cadorna enter Rome,
20 Sept.
Plebiscite in papal territories : for union with kingdom of
Italy (out of 167.548 voters), 133,681 ; against, 1507. . . .2 Oct.
King receives the result of the plebiscite 8 Oct.
Rome incorporated with Italy by royal decree, gen. La Mar-
mora governor 9 Oct.
Diplomatic circular announcing occupation of Rome as capital
^ of Italy 18 Oct.
Roman provinces united in one. with 5 sub-prefectures, 19 Oct.
Amadeus, duke of Aosta, the king's second son, elected king
by the Spanish Cortes 16 Nov.
Parliament meets; king declares Rome capital of Italy, 5 Dec.
Bills introduced for transfer of capital and preservation of
pope's rights about 10 Dec.
Cenis tunnel completed 25 Dec.
King and ministers remove to Rome, 1, 2 July; proclaimed
the capital 3 Juiy^
Law for expulsion of Jesuits passed 25 June,
Accoltellatori (secret assassinating societies) reported in Ra-
venna and other places. , Sept. -Oct.
About 80 secret extortioners (camorra) in Naples seized and
transported Sept. -Oct.
Jesuits ordered to quit their establishments 15 Oct.
Wibaldi declines money (3500Z.) voted to him 31 Dec.
He enters Rome amid excitement, takes seat in Chamber of
Deputies, and takes oath to the king 24 Jan.
Devotes sum voted to improvement of thfe Tiber, etc. . . 12 Feb
1867
1870
1871
1873
1874
9 ITA
Elections of parish priests declared valid in opposition to bish-
ops July-Aug. 1875
Discovery near Verona of above 50,000 coins of Gallienus and
others, chiefly bronze Jan. 1877
Bill for repressing clerical abuses adopted by deputies; pope
expresses displeasure in circular to foreign powers, 21 Mch. ;
bill rejected by senate 7 May, "
AntoneUi case.— Countess Loreta Lambertini claims property
of her alleged father, cardinal Antonelli ; resisted by his
brothers, 30 June; trial; case not proved 6 Dec. "
Father Curci (Jesuits) publishes "Dissidio Moderno fra la
Chiesa e I'ltalia," against pope's temporal power Dec. "
Death of La Marmora (aged 74), 5 Jan. ; death of king Victor
Emmanuel II. 9 Jan. ; his funeral; procession 2 miles long;
buried in the Pantheon, Rome 17 Jan. 1878
Death of pope Pius IX., 7 Feb. ; election of Leo XIII. . .20 Feb. "
Antonelli case. — Countess permitted to appear in court; case
deferred Feb. '*
Popular discontent at Berlin treaty; desire for acquiring Trent
and Trieste; cry of "Italia irredenta!" meetings at Rome,
etc about 21 July, "
David Lazzaretti, "the saint," a peasant, aged 48, founder of
a religious socialistic sect in 1868, with 12 apostles, etc., and
creed somewhat Protestant; proposed to erect 7 hermitages;
marched towards Arcidosso, in Tuscany, with between 2000
and 3000 followers; David, clad in a half- regal, half- pon-
tifical costume, proclaiming the Christian republic, resisted
police, who, when fired on, fired and killed David and
another; his followers carry off David's body 18 Aug. "
Attempted assassination of king at Naples by Giovanni Passa-
nante, an internationalist, aged 29; king and Cairoli, min-
ister, slightly wounded '. . .17 Nov. "
Passanante condemned to death at Naples, 7 Mch. ; to perpet-
ual imprisonment (by the king) 29 Mch. 1879
Antonelli case. — Countess Lambertini's appeal rejected, 3 July, "
Aurora, a papal daily newspaper, appears at Rome 1 Jan. 1880
Garibaldi and his son Menotti resign as deputies on account of
imprisonment of his son-in-law, gen. Canzio, for republican
manifestations, 27 Sept. ; Garibaldi goes to Genoa, Oct. ; Can-
zio released 10 Oct. "
St. Gothard railway opened. Lucerne to Milan 20, 21 May, 1882
Death of Garibaldi at Caprera deeply lamented 2 June, "
Buried there in presence of thousands 8 June, "
Four hundredth anniversary of Raphael's birth celebrated at
Rome 28 Mch. 1883
Army, 2,113,969 men 1 Jan. 1885
Navy consists of 112 vessels afloat or building " "
Expedition to Assab to avenge the massacre of Giuletti and
Bianchi "
Ironclad Castel Fidardo arrives at Beilul 25 Jan. "
Ministry determine to assist Great Britain in the Soudan, 6 Feb. "
Italian flag hoisted at Massowah (Soudan) " "
Additional expeditions sent to the Red sea Feb. "
Sig. Crispi, premier Aug. 1887
Duke Tirlonia, syndic of Rome, dismissed for congratulating
the pope on his jubilee 2 Jan. 1888
Abolition of capital punishment passed by the chambers, June, "
War with Abyssinia (Massowah) 1887-88
Duke of Aosta, ex-king of Spain, marries his niece, princess
Laetitia, daughter of his sister Clotilde and prince Napoleon
Jerome 11 Sept. 1888
Treaty of peace with Abyssinia 2 Oct. 1889
Italian protectorate over Abyssinia announced 14 Oct. "
Maj. Gaetani Casati returns from African explorations, received
at Rome (Africa) 14 July, 1890
Great ironclad Sardegna launched at Spezia (Navy). . .20 Sept. "
Treaty for delimitation of British and Italian sphere of influ-
ence in E. Africa signed at Rome 15 Apr. 1891
Sig. Crispi retires from public office 15 Feb. 1892
Difficulty with U. S. relative to massacre of Italians at New
Orleans, La., settled (Maffia) 14 Apr. 1893
United States.
KINGS OF ITALY.
476. Odoacer, king of the Heruli, invades Italy, and becomes king;
conquered and slain by
493. Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, an able prince. He put
to death the philosophers BoSthius and Symmachus, falsely
accused, about 525.
526. Athalaric, his grandson, dies of the plague.
534. Theodatus elected ; assassinated.
536. Vitiges elected.
540. Theodebald (Hildibald) elected; assassinated.
541. Totila, or Badiula, a great prince; killed in battle against im-
perial army under Narses.
552. Theias falls in battle.
Italy subject to the Eastern empire till
568. Alboin, king of the Lombards, with a huge mixed array, con-
quers Italy; poisoned by his wife Rosamond for compelling
her to drink wine out of a cup formed of her father's skull.
573. Cleoph; assassinated.
575. Autharis; poisoned.
591, Agilulph.
615. Adaloald; poisoned.
625. Arioald. , , ^ ,,
636. Rotharis; married Arioald's widow; published a code of laws.
652. Rodoald (son) ; assassinated.
653. Aribert I. (uncle).
66L Bertharit and Godebert (sons); dethroned by
662. Grimoald, duke of Benevento.
671. Bertharit re-established.
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686. Cunibert (son).
700. liUitbert; dethroned by
701. Ragimbert.
" Arlbert II. (son).
712. Ansprand elected.
" Luitprand (son), a great prince, and a favorite of the church.
744. Hildebrand (nephew) ; deposed.
" Rachis, duke of Friuli, elected; became a monk.
749. Astolph (brother).
766. Desiderius (Hidier), quarrelled with pope Adrian, who invited
Charlemagne into Italy, who deposed Desiderius, and ended
the Lombard kingdom.
781. Pepin, or Carloman (son of Charlemagne).
812. Bernard.
820. Lothaire (son of Louis le D6bonnaire).
EMPERORS.
876. Charles the Bald.
877. Carloman.
879. Charles the Fat.
888. Berenger I.
889. " and Guy.
894. " and Lambert.
92L " and Rudolph of Burgundy.
926. Hugh of Provence.
945. Lothaire IL
950. Berenger II. and Adalbert his son ; deposed in 961 by emperor
Otho the Great, who added Italy to German empire.
MODERN KINGS OF ITALY.
1805. Napoleon I. proclaimed king of Italy, 18 Mch. ; crowned at
Milan, 26 May; abdicated 1814.
1861. Victor Emmanuel II. (of Sardinia), b. 14 Mch. 1820; declared
king of Italy by parliament, 17 Mch. 1861 ; d. 9 Jan. 1878.
1878. Humbert (son), b. 14 Mch. 1844; married his cousin, Marghe-
rita (b. 20 Nov. 1851), 22 Apr. 1868. —^
Heir: Victor Emmanuel (son), prince of Naples, b. 11 Nov.
1869.
Itb'aca, a small island in the Ionian sea, kingdom of
Ulysses. -Ionian islands. It was explored by dr. Schlie-
mann, in 1878, few discoveries being made. Area, 44 sq. miles.
itineraries. The Roman Itinerarium was a table of
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stages between important places. The " Itineraria Antonini,
of the whole Roman empire, usually ascribed to the empero
Aurelius Antoninus and his successors, 138-180 a.d., wa
probably based upon the survey made by Julius Caesar, 44 b.<
The " Itinerarium Hierosolyraitanum " was drawn up for pili
grims about 333 a.d.
lu'li^U, a post-village of N.E. Mississippi. Near her
Rosecrans attacked the confederates under Price, 19 Sept. 186S
losing 782 men, killed and wounded. The confederates abou
a like number. The general movement was under directio
of gen. Grant, but the failure of subordinates to co-operate al
lowed Price to retreat without severe loss.
ivory is essentially equivalent to dentine, the principi
constituent of teeth. By usage, however, its application i
restricted to the tusks of the elephant, the hippopotamus, th
walrus, the narwhal, the sperm-whale, and of the raammot
embedded in the ice along the northern coast of Siberia. It wi
brought to Solomon from Tarshish, about 992 b.c. (1 Kings 3
22). The colossal statues of Jupiter, Minerva, etc., by Phidia
were formed of ivory and gold, 444 b.c. Sculpture. Ivoi
tusk, 7 ft. long, sent by the Zulu king Cetywayo to lord Chelmi
ford as a token of peace, summer, 1879. A pair of African el(
phant's tusks at the London exhibition of 1851 measured 8 ft.
in. in length, 22 in. in circumference, and weighed 325 pounc^
ivory, vegetable, the ripened seed of the plant known
botanists as Phytelephas macrocarpa. It is a native of SoufJ
America. The hard ripened seed is valuable as a substitut*
for animal ivory.
Ivry, a town near Evreux, N.W. France. Here Henry IV.
totally defeated the due de Mayenne and the League army, 14
Mch. 1590. Macaulay makes thisvictoryof the Huguenots over
the French Catholics the subject of a poem, " Battle of Ivry."
j, the latest addition to the English alphabet, was distin-
guished from i by the Dutch scholarsof the 16th century, and in-
troduced into the alphabet by Giles Beys, printer, of Paris, 1550.
— Dufresnoy. It was not, however, until the middle of the 17th
century that it came into general use in English books. The dot
remains as a witness that the letter was developed out of the i.
Jac'obin§, original name of the Dominicans. — The
Jacobin club (first called " Club Breton ") of about 40 mem-
bers met in the hall of the Jacobin friars at Paris, in Oct. 1789,
to discuss political and other questions. It became the most
violent of the revolutionary societies, including among its
members Marat and Robespierre. French revolution.
Similar societies were instituted in all the principal towns of
the kingdom. The club was closed 11 Nov. 1794.
Jac'obites, a Christian sect, so called from Jacobus
Baradaeus, a Syrian, about 541. Eutychians.— The partisans
of James II. (Lat. Jacobus II.) were so named after his ex-
pulsion from England in 1688.
JacR§OIl, Andrew, Administration of. United
States, 1829.-37.
Jackson in New Orleans. Gen. Jackson had pro-
claimed martial law in New Orleans, Dec. 1814, while it was
threatened by British troops, and continued it after their de-
feat and departure with no apparent necessity. A complaint
appearing in a New Orleans newspaper, Jackson compelled
the publisher to disclose the author, committed him to prison,
and proposed to tr\' him by military court. Judge Hall, of
the U. S. district court, issued a habeas corpus. Jackson ar-
rested the judge and sent him from the city. Judge Hall, on
his return, summoned Jackson to show cause why attachment
should not issue against him for contempt. The general an-
swered to the summons 30 Mch. 1815. The hearing finished,
the judge held Jackson guilty of contempt, and fined him
$1000. This was immediately paid by the general. The people
of New Orleans proposed to reimburse Jackson, but he refused
the money ; it was, however, afterwards refunded by Congress.
Jaco'bUS, a gold coin, named from king James I. of
England, in whose reign it was struck, 1603-25.
Jacquerie (z^a^-re'), bands of revolted peasants (head-
ed by one Caillot, called Jacques Bonhomme), who ravaged
France during the captivity of king John in 1358, and were
quelled with much bloodshed. Similar insurrections occurred
in Germany. One was termed the Bundschuh, from a large
shoe worn by peasants, in 1502; and another termed the Bund
(or league) of the Poor Conrad, 1514 and 1524, which cost
about 100,000 lives, and led to the insurrection of Anabaptists.
Jaffa, a seaport of Syria; in Scripture, Joppa, whence
Jonah embarked (about 862 b.c.), and where Peter raised
Tabitha from the dead (38 a.d.) ; in mythology, the place
whence Perseus delivered Andromeda. Jaffa was taken by
caliph Omar in 636; by crusaders, 1099; by Saladin, 1193;
by Louis IX., 1252; and by Bonaparte, 7 Mch. 1799; the
French were driven out by British in June, 1799. Here, ac-
cording to sir Robert Wilson, were massacred 3800 prisoners
by Bonaparte ; but this is doubted. Jaffa suflFered by earth-
quake in Jan. 1837, when, it is said, 13,000 persons were killed,
Jag'Cllons, a dynasty which at times reigned over Lith-
uania, Poland, Hungary, and Bohemia, beginning with Jagellon,
duke of Lithuania (husband of Hedwig, daughter of Louis of
Hungary, 1384), who became king of Poland as Ladislas III. or
V. in 1399, and ending with Sigismund II., who died in 1572.
Jains, a religious sect in India whose tenets are somewhat;
analogous to the Buddhists (inasmuch as they deny the divine
origin of the Veda), and to the Brahmins in recognizing the
institution of caste. Their creed is highly fantastical. They
numbered 450,000 in 1881.
Jamaica {ja-ma'-ha), one of the largest of the West
India islands, belonging to Great Britain, 90 miles south of
Cuba, discovered by Columbus, 3 May, 1494, and named in
1514 Isle de San Jago. It was taken from the Spaniards
by the English under adm. Penn, with land forces under Veu-
ables, 3 May, 1655, and settled soon after. Area, 4200 sq. miles;
JAM
pop. in 1861, 13,816 whites, 81,074 mulattoes, 346,374 blacks;
in 1871, 506,154: whites, 13,101; raulattoes, 100,346; blacks,
392,707; 1881,585,582; 1891,639,491.
An earthquake here 2 June, 1692
Maroons (runaway slaves) permitted to settle in the north of
the island 1738
Desolating hurricanes 17'22, 1734. and 1751
In June 1795, the maroons rose against the English, and were
not quelled till Mch. 1796
Many transported to Sierra Leone. 1800
Slave-trade abolished 1 May, 1807
Hurricane, the whole island deluged, hundreds of houses
washed away, vessels wrecked, 1000 persons drowned. . .Oct. 1815
Insurrection of slaves; numerous plantations burned; the
governor, lord Belmore, declares martial law 22 Dec. 1831
Emancipation of slaves 1 Aug. 1834
About 50,000 die of cholera 1850
Edward John Eyre appointed governor July, 1864
Negro insurrection begins at Morant bay in resisting capture
of a negro criminal, 7 Oct. ; the court house fired on; baron
Ketelholdt, rev. V. Herschell, and others murdered; many
wounded .' 11 Oct. 1865
Rebellion spreads; ;nany atrocities; it is suppressed by the
governor, military, and naval officers, volunteers, maroons,
and loyal negroes 13-24 Oct. "
George William Gordon, colored member of legislature, con-
victed of encouraging rebellion, 21 Oct., executed 23 Oct. "
Paul Bogle executed 24 Oct. ''
Numerous executions Oct. and Nov. "
Sir Henry Storks summoned from Malta to England, and sent
to Jamaica, with Russell Gurney and John B. Maule as com-
missioners, to inquire into disturbances, and the measures
for suppressing them 11 Dec. et seq. "
€ov. Eyre temporarily suspended; sir Henry Storks arrives
in Jamaica 6 Jan. 1866
Legislative assembly of Jamaica dissolves and abrogates con-
stitution (which had existed 200 years) 17 Jan. "
Sixteen hundred pounds sterling subscribed at Jamaica for de-
fence of gov. Eyre Feb. "
Commission opened 23 Jan. ; closed 21 Mch. "
They take evidence of widespread discontent during 1865;
report that 439 persons had suffered by martial law; about
1000 dwellings had been burned; about 600 (many women)
had been flogged; they considered the punishments exces-
sive, the executions unnecessarily frequent, the burning of
houses wanton ; they saw no proof of Gordon's complicity
in the outbreak, or in an organized conspiracy 9 Apr. "
*' Jamaica committee," J. S. Mill, chairman, propose prosecu-
tion of gov. Eyre 27 July, "
He arrives at Southampton, 12 Aug. ; welcomed by a banquet,
21 Aug. "
Committee for his defence formed Sept. "
Gov. sir J. P. Grant promulgates the new constitution; legis-
lative council (governor and 6 members) opened 16 Oct. "
Warrants issued against gov. Eyre, col. Nelson, and lieut. Brand,
Feb.; the grand jury discharges the bills against Eyre, 29
Mch., and the others 11 Apr. 186T
Bill of indictment for misdemeanor against gov. Eyre brought
in, 15 May ; discharged by grand-jury 2 June, 1868
Chief justice Cockburn disclaimed agreement with part of jus-
tice Blackburn's charge; an almost unexampled case, 8 June, "
Trial of Phillips v. Eyre (for beating and imprisonment during
rebellion of 1866); Eyre pleaded act of indemnity; verdict
for defendant 29 Jan. 1869
Legal expenses of Mr. Eyre ordered to be paid, after discussion
in the commons 8 July, 1872
Jame§'s palace, St., etc., London, was built by-
Henry VIII. on the site of a hospital of the same name,
1530-36. It has been the official town residence of the Eng-
lish court since the fire at Whitehall in 1698.
Park a marsh till Henry VIII. enclosed and laid it out in walks. 1530
Much improved by Charles IL, who employed Le NOtre to plant
Hme-trees. and to lay out "the mall," for a game with a ball
called a mall 1668
Janie§t0^wn. Virginia, 1607, etc.
jan'izary (Turk. Uni tcheri, new soldiers), an order of
infantry in the Turkish army; originally, young prisoners
trained to arms ; first organized by Orcan, about 1330, and re-
modelled by his son Amurath I., 1360 ; their numbers increased
•by the succeeding sultans ; later they degenerated from strict
<iiscipline, and several times deposed and killed sultans. Dur-
ing an insurrection, 14, 15 June, 1826, when nearly 3000 of them
I 'Were killed, the Ottoman army was reorganized by Mahmud II.,
; «nd a firman was issued on 17 June abolishing the janizary.
! Jail'§eili§t§, followers of Cornelius Jansen, bishop of
Tpres, who died in 1638. His " Augustinus," pub. 1640, raain-
I "taining the doctrine of free grace, kindled a fierce controver-
I y, and was condemned by a bull of pope Urban VIII. in 1642.
I ^^^<^"gh the Jesuits, Jansenism was condemned bv Innocent
X in 1653, and by Clfement XI. in 1713, by the bull Unigen-
\ atus. This bull the French church rejected. Jansenism still
•exists at Utrecht and Haarlem.
391 JAP
Jan'liary, named from Janus, an early Roman divini-
ty, was added to the Roman calendar by Numa, 713 b.c. He
placed it about the winter solstice, and made it the first month,
because Janus presided over the beginning of all business. In
1751 the legal year in England was ordered to begin on 1 Jan.
instead of 25 March.
Janu§, Temple of, at Rome, was erected by Romulus,
and kept open in time of war, and closed in time of peace.
During 700 years and over it was shut only under Numa, 714
B.C. ; at the close of the first Punic war, 235 B.c. ; and under
Augustus, 29, 25, and 5 b.c.
Japan, an insular Asiatic empire, composed of Niphon,
area 87,485 sq. miles ; Yezo, 36,299 sq. miles ; Kinshin, 16,840
sq. miles ; Shikoku, 7031 sq. miles, and many smaller islands.
The Japanese claim that their empire was founded 660 b.c.,
and under a dynasty which still reigns. It was visited by
Marco Polo, the Venetian traveller, in the 13th century, and
by Mendez Pinto, a Portuguese, about 1535 or 1542, whose
countrymen soon after obtained permission to found a settle-
ment. The Jesuit missionaries followed, and made converts,
who sent a deputation to pope Gregory XIII. in 1585; but a
fierce persecution of Christians began 1590, aggravated, it is
said, by the indiscreet zeal and arrogance of Jesuits ; thousands
of converts suffered death, and Portuguese were utterly ex-
pelled, 1637-42. Dutch trade with Japan cotfimenced about
1600 under restrictions, and has since been frequently suspend-
ed ; other nations, except Chinese, being excluded until 1883.
The learned Engelbert Kaempfer visited Japan in 1690, and
published an account of it with plates. Government greatly
changed in 1870-71, and a new constitution promulgated in
1889. Area, 155,520 sq. miles; pop. 1890, 40,072,020.
American expedition under com. Perry reaches Jeddo. and is
favorably received, but remains only a few days (United
States) 8 July, 1853
Treaty of commercial alliance concluded between the 2 coun-
tries (United States) 31 Mch. 1854
Similar treaty with Great Britain 14 Oct. "
With Russia 26 Jan. 1855
Nagasaki and Hakodadi opened.to European commerce 1856
Commercial treaty with Russia *. 19 Aug. 1858
Lord Elgin visits Japan, with a present of a steamer for the
emperor, and is honorably received, July ; obtains treaty of
Jeddo, opening Japan to British commerce . 26 Aug. "
Secular emperor d. (aged 36) 16 Sept. "
Japanese embassy visits Washington, New York, etc.,
14 May-30 June, 1860
Embassy received at Paris, 13 Apr. ; London, June; in- Holland,
Prussia, etc July-Sept. 1862
Batteries and vessels of the prince of Nagato fire on an English
and a French vessel at the entrance of the strait of Simo-
nosaki 15, 19 Nov. "
Japanese minister announces closing of the ports opened by
treaties 24 June, 1863
Some English, French, and American vessels bombard his forts
and his vessels 15-19 July, **
Reparation demanded; $500,000 paid by the government; the
prince of Satsuma resists payment of $125,000, his portion;
adm. Kuper enters the bay of Kagosima, and is fired upon;
he bombards the town and burns the prince's steamers, 15 Aug. "
Prince of Satsuma pays the $125,000 11 Dec. "
Sir Rutherford Alcock's "Japan " pub "
Japanese government refuses to abide by treaties; a combined
fleet enters strait of Simonosaki, 4 Sept., and destroys Japa-
nese baitteries 5,6 Sept. 1864
Treaties with England, France, etc., ratified 25 Nov. 1865
Two more ports opened Jan. 1866
Jeddo and other ports opened to trade by government. .25 Apr. 1867
Osaka and Niogo opened to European commerce 1 Jan. 186§
Insurrection of the Daimios; rivalry between mikado and ty-
coon, Dec. ; foreigners neutral 27 Jan.-Feb. "
Japanese outrages on French sailors; culprits executed, 16
Mch. ; further outrages punished 23 Mch. "
Mikado's troops defeat the tycoon's, who flies, 26-30 Jan. ; the
mikado's defeated near Jeddo 10-17 May, "
After long war and varying success the rebellion ends; the mi-
kado re-established July, "
Feudal system suppressed; internal improvements and assim-
ilation to European civilization; proposed railways, tele-
graphs, etc 1870-71
Embassy of distinguished Japanese arrives at Washington, 4
Mch.; in London 17 Aug. 1872
First railway (Yokohama to Shinagawa) opened, 12 June, to
Jeddo; opened by the mikado Oct. "
English proposed as the national tongue Dec. "
Successful expedition against Formosa; Japanese withdraw,
Nov. 1874
Mikado decrees a new constitution; 2 chambers, etc. . .14 Apr. 1875
Mikado opens parliament of officials, nominated by himself, in
Jeddo 20 June, "
Foo-Soo, iron-clad manof-war, launched at Poplar, London;
Chinese ambassador present 14 Apr. 1877
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Insurrection of tho Daimios suppressed 13 Oct. 1871
Ex-pres. Grant arrives at Nagasaki 21 June, 1879
Entertainments prepared in his honor were memorable in the
history of tho nation. He sails from Yoitohama 3 Sept. ''
Scientific works in Knglish pub. by Tokio university 1879-80
Sir Edward J. Reed's "Japan," and Miss Isabella Bird's "Un-
beaten Tracks in Japan," pub 1880
Japan to be thrown open to foreign trade, with mixed tribu-
nals, announced Nov. 1883
Death of the last tycoon Apr. 1884
New order of hereditary nobility instituted Sept. "
National religion disestablished; freedom given to other re-
ligions 11 Aug. "
Gradual adoption ofalphabetical in place of ideographic writing
by agency of the Romaji- Rai, or Roman Alphabet Association, 188^
Japanese dictionary printed in Roman characters completed. . "
Decree giving enlarged power to the prime-minister solely re-
sponsible to the mikado I Dec. "
Count Ito, the prime-minister, energetically introduces west-
ern dress and habits spring. 1887
Japanese commission to examine the fine arts in Europe and
U. S. ; reports in favor of Japan; "pure art is asleep in Ja-
pan, but dead in Europe" 1886-87
Japanese fine art exhibitions opened in London 1887-88
Completion of the translation of the Bible into Japanese cele-
brated 3 Feb. 1888
New constitution promulgated by the mikado at Tokio; the
houses of lords and commons established; religious liberty
and general freedom granted ; successiou to the throne fixed
upon the male descendants; if wanting, the throne devolves
upon the nearest prince and his descendants 11 Feb. 1889
Government desires new commercial treaties with the European
powers; they hesitate; one with U. S. promptly signed, Veh. ;
with Russia, 8 Aug. ; with Italy, with Germany, with France. "
Japanese commission of inquiry respecting parliamentary pro-
cedure in Europe arrives in London early in Oct. "
Nine non-treaty ports opened to commerce, early in " "
N. Japan, destructive gales, 11 Sept. ; total loss, 12 prefectures
devastated ; 2419 persons killed, above 90,000 destitute, 50,000
houses swept away ; 150,000 acres of crops destroyed, 6000
bridges destroyed, reported about 18 Nov. "
Volcanic eruption of the Zoo, Bingo district, Fukuyama buried,
inhabitants escape 16 Jan. 1890
National Industrial and Fine Arts exhibition opened at Tokio
by the mikado 27 Mch. "
New civil code promulgated 21 Apr. "
Mikado institutes a new order of knighthood, "the Golden
Falcon." to commemorate the 2555th anniversary of the
coronation of Jimmfi Tenno, the^ semi-mythical first sover-
eign of Japan, reported 1 12 May, "
First Japanese Parliament opened by the emperor with great
rejoicing 29 Nov. '*
Czarewitch travels in Japan; wounded by a fanatic at Otsa, 11
May; visited by the mikado 13 May, 1891
"Very destructive earthquake on the Niphon islands; about 84,-
000 houses and railways, bridges, etc. destroyed; about 10.-
000 persons killed and 300,000 homeless; minor shocks fol-
low; estimated loss $10,000,000 28 Oct. "
Parliament, opposing the government, dissolved 25 Dec. "
Japanese Parliament opened by the mikado 6 May. 1892
Japanese guards at Seoul, capital of Korea, fired on by troops
in the interest of China. The Japanese, after a short con-
flict, occupy the palace and overthrow the Chinese faction
in the Korean government 23 July, 1894
Japanese warship Naniwa sinks the Chinese war-steamer Kow-
Shing, transporting troops to Korea, in the Yellow sea, 25 July, "
Chinese forces driven out of Asan, Korea, by the Japanese,
29 July, "
War formally declared against China 3 Aug. "
[The immediate cause of this war was the question of the
right of both parties to keep an armed force on Korean soil
and the opposition of the Chinese faction to the introduction
of reforms in the Korean government advocated by Japan.]
New treaty ratified between Japan and Great Britain. .25 Aug. "
Short and decisive campaign of the Japanese army resulting
in the overthrow of the Chinese at Ping- Yang 15-16 Sept. "
Japanese fleet, under adm. Ito, attack the Chinese fleet in the
bay of Korea and totally defeat it 17 Sept. "
[These 2 battles practically close the Korean campaign,
leaving the Japanese in possession of the peninsula.]
Japanese army invade China, crossing the Yalu river. . .25 Oct. "
Japanese, under field-marshal count Oyama, land at Talien-Wan
bay purposing to attack Port Arthur 27 Oct. "
They capture Port Arthur 21 Nov. ""
New treaty with the U. S 22 Nov. "
Successful advance of the Japanese in Machuria Nov. -Dec. "
Japanese, with land and naval forces, capture Wei-Hai-Wei,
30 Jan. 1895
Japanese capture the city of Niu-Chang 4 Mch. "
" invade the island of Formosa Mch. "
[The continuous success of the Japanese compel China to
make overtures for peace in January, and a truce is de-
clared in March between the governments for the purpose
of negotiating such a treaty.]
REIGNING EMPKROR OR MIKADO.
Mutsu Hito, b. 3 Nov. 1852; succeeded his father, Komei Tenno, 13
Feb. 1867; married to princess Haruko, 9 Feb. 1869.
Heir: prince Yoshi Hito, b. 31 Aug. 1877; proclaimed crown-prince
(Kotaishi), 3 Nov. 1878.
Jarnac, a town of W. France. On 13 Mch. 1569, the
JEP
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ed the-l
duke of An jou, afterwards Henry III. of France, here defeated th^-
II ugucnots under Louis, prince of Cond6, who was killed in coldi
blood by Montesquieu. The victor (17 years of age), on account
of his success here and at Moncontour, was chosen kingof Poland..!
A J^arwacs<roA;e, a term of opprobrium, from seigneur de Jarnac,
who, in a duel or judicial combat for a great insult, disabled
I^ Chatiiigneraye by a wound in the thigh, of which he
shortly after died 154T
Ja§inlne orJe§sainine (Jasminum officinale), n&tiyQ-
of Persia, etc., was brought to England from Circassia before-
1548. The Catalonian jasmine came from India in 1629, anci
the yellow Indian jasmine in 1656. Flowers ani> Pi,ants.
Java, an island in the Malay archipelago, next to BorneO"
and Sumatra the largest in the Sunda group, is said to have-
been reached by the Portuguese in 1511, and by the Dutcb
in 1595. The latter, who now possess it, built Batavia, the-
capital, about 1619. Batavia. The massacre of 20,000 un
armed natives by Dutch, sparing neither women nor chil
dren, to possess their effects, took place in. 1740. The island*
capitulated to the British, 18 Sept. 1811. The sultan was de-
throned by the English, and the hereditary prince raised to*
the throne, in Jime, 1813. • Java was restored to Holland in
1814. The English promoted free labor instead of forced;
but the Dutch reverted to the old system, and in 1830 abol~
ished free labor, introducing the " culture system," by which
the government controls the cultivation of the land and. buys-
the produce at its own price. In Aug. 1860, the Swiss soldier*
here, aided by the natives, mutinied, but were soon reduced,
and many suffered death. The diminished prosperity of Java
led to warm discussions in the Dutch chamber in 1866. Area,
50,848 sq. miles ; pop. 1890, 23,064,086.
Java has 46 volcanoes; has been devastated by eruptions and earth-
quakes, 5 .Jan. 1699, 21 Oct. 1876, and 10 June, 1877.
Java and neighboring isles desolated by violent eruptions fron>
about two thirds of the 46 volcanoes, beginning with Krakatoa.
Disturbance began with rumbling noises, 25 Aug. 1883; violent
eruption of Krakatoa, 26 Aug. ; great submarine disturbance and a.
tidal wave which destroyed Anjer and other places, 27 Aug. ; the-
lighthouses in the strait of Sunda were swallowed up, 25-28 Aug. ;
atmospheric, electrical, and oceanic disturbances for thousands of
miles. Sun, 1883.
Jeannette, Voyage of the. Northeast and North-
west PASSAGES.
Jeddo or Yeddo. Tokio.
Jeffer§oii
States, 1801-9.
Jefrer§on's letter to Philip Mazzei, dated 24 Apr.
1796. Mazzei published an Italian translation of it in Flor-
ence, 1 Jan. 1797. It was retranslated into French and pub-
lished in the Moniteur,25 Jan., and found its way through tlie-
English press into the American newspapers about the be-
ginning of May. In this letter he opposed the Jay treaty,,
and commented freely against Washington and his adminis-^
tration as Anglican, monarchical, and aristocratic, etc. Thi.s.
letter destroyed Washington's faith in Jeffenson.
" Je maintiendrai " — " I will maintain," the motto-
of the house of Nassau. When William III. came to tlie-
throne of England, he retained it, adding " the liberties of
England and the Protestant religion," also ordering that the'
old motto of the royal arms, " Dieu et mon droit" should be re-
tained on the great seal, 1689.
Jemmapes (jem-map'), a town of N.W. Belgium, site
of the first pitched battle gained by French republicans (undef
Dumouriez), in which 40,000 French troops drove out 19,000-
Austrians, intrenched in woods and mountains, defended by
redoubts and many cannon, 6 Nov. 1792. The number killed
on each side was reckoned at 5000.
Jena {ya!-ne) and Auer§tadt {oiu'-er-stat), town*
of central Germany, where 2 battles were fought, 14 Oct. 1806,
between French commanded at Jena by Napoleon, and at Auer-
stadt b}"- Davoust, and Prussians under prince Hohenlohe at
the former place, and the king of Prussia at the latter. The
Prussians were defeated, losing nearly 20,000 killed and wound-
ed, and nearly as many prisoners, and 200 field-pieces; the'
French lost 14,000 men. Napoleon advanced to Berlin, and",
issued the Berlin Decree.
'^ Jeplltliall," Handel's last oratorio; composed 2£
Jan.-50 Aug. 1751 ; first performed 26 Feb. 1752. Judges.
JER S
Jersey, the chief island of the Channel archipelago
(which includes Guernsey, Sark, Alderney, etc.), belonging to
Great Britain, held by the Romans in the 3d and 4th centuries
after Christ — Jersey being termed Caesarea. The isles were
captured by Rollo, became an appanage of the duchy of Nor-
mandy, and were united to the crown of England by his de-
scendant, William the Conqueror. The inhabitants of the
Channel islands preferred to remain subjects of king John at
the conquest of Normandy by Philip Augustus, and, while re-
taining the laws, customs, and (until lately) the language of
their continental ancestors, have remained firm in their alle-
giance to England. Almost every war with France has been
characterized by an attack on Jersey ; the most formidable, un-
der the baron de RuUecour, was defeated by the English garrison
and Jersey militia, under maj. Pierson, 6 Jan. 1781. J. Bertrand
Payne, in his " Armorial of Jersey" and his " Gossiping Guide,"
has treated the general and famil}' history of the island. Area,
28,717 acres; pop. 1881 62,445-, 1891,54,518. Cattle.
Jeru'§ale]ii, called also Salem, 19 13 b.c. (Gen. xiv.
18). Its king Adonizedek (also one of the kings of the Amor-
ites) was slain by Joshua, 1451 b.c. It was taken by David,
then in possession of the Jebusites, 1048 b.c, who dwelt in the
fort, calling it the city of David. Holy places, Jews.
Pop. 1891, about 28,000.'
First temple founded by Solomon, 1012 b.c. ; and solemnly ^■'^•
dedicated on Friday (Jews) 30 Oct. 1004
Jerusalem taken by Chosroes the Persian, 614 a.d. ; retaken
by the emperor Heraclius, 628; by Saracens, 637; and by
crusaders, when 70,000 infidels were put to the sword; a new -*^-^-
kingdom founded 15 July, 1099
"Assize of Jerusalem," a code of laws, established by Godfrey
of Bouillon, king 1100
King Guy defeated at Tiberias; Jerusalem taken by Saladin,
2 Oct. 1187
By the Turks, who drive away the Saracens 1217 and 1239
Surrendered to the emperor Frederick II. by treaty 1228
Surrendered to the crusaders 1243
1 Taken by Carismians 1244
Taken from the Christians 1291
Taken by the Turks 1516
Held by the French under Bonaparte Feb. 1799
Convention to preserve the holy sepulchre signed on behalf of
Russia, France, and Turkey 5 Sept. 1862
British survey of Jerusalem and neighborhood began Sept. 1864
Visited by crown prince of Prussia, 4 Nov. ; by emperor of Aus-
tria 9 Nov. 1869
A railway from Jerusalem to Jaffa built by a French company ;
opened 13 Sept. 1892
CHRISTIAN KINGS.
Godfrey of Bouillon (styled himself " baron of the holy sepul-
chre ") 1099
Baldwin 1 1100
Baldwin II 1118
Fulk of Anjou 1131
Baldwin III 1144
Amaurl (or Almeric) 1162
Baldwin IV 1173
Sibyl, then his son Baldwin V 1185
I Guy de Lusignan 1186
I Henry of Champagne 1192
Amauri de Lusignan 1197
Jean de Brienne 1210
Emperor Frederick II 1229-39
Protestant Bishopric of Jerusalem, erected under the protec-
tion of Great Britain and Prussia:
S. M. S. Alexander consecrated bishop 7 Nov. 1841
Samuel Gobat, bishop, 1846 ; d 11 May, 1879
Joseph Barclay, LL. D., consecrated 25 July, "
" Jerusalem Delivered," the great Italian epic
by Tasso, was pub. in 1580. Literature.
je§ter, or the "King's fool," is described as "a witty and
jocose person kept by princes to inform them of their faults,
and of those of others, under the disguise of a waggish story."
Several of the English kings, particularly the Tudors, kept jest-
ers. Rahere, the founder of St. Bartholomew's priory. West
Smithfield, London, 1133, is said to have been a court jester and
minstrel. There was a jester at court in the reigns of James I.
and Charles I., but probably no licensed jester afterwards.
" ' What art thou V And the voice about his feet
Sent up an answer, sobbing, ' I am thy fool,
And I shall never make thee smile again.' "
— Tennyson, "The Last Tournament. "
" Viola. Art not thou the lady Olivia's fool ?
Ckwn. No, indeed, sir . . . she will keep no fool, sir, till she be
married." —Shakespeare, "Twelfth Night," act iii. sc. i,
"This same skull, sir, was Yorick's skull, the king's jester."
— Shakespeare, "Hamlet," act v. sc. i.
18*
* JEW
Jesuits, the Society or Company of Jesus, founded by
Ignatius Loyola, a page to Ferdinand V. of Spain, later an
officer in his army, and canonized after death. Being wound-
ed in both legs at the siege of Pampeluna, in 1521, he aban-
doned the army, and embraced the ecclesiastical profession.
He dedicated his life to the blessed Virgin as her knight;
made a pilgrimage to Holy Land, and on his return founded
his society at Paris, 16 Aug. 1534. He presented his institutes
in 1539 to pope Paul III., who made objections; but Ignatius
adding to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience a fourth
of implicit submission to the holy see, the institution was con-
firmed by a bull, 27 Sept. 1540. The number of members was
not to exceed 60, but that restriction was taken off by another
bull, 14 Mch. 1543 ; and popes Julius III., Pius V., and Greg-
ory XIII. granted many privileges. Loyola died 31 July,
1556. Francis Xavier and other missionaries, the first brethren,
carried the order everywhere ; but it met with great opposition
in Europe, particularly in Paris. The order still exists in
many European states contrary to the laws. French in
America, Jansenists, Paraguay.
Society condemned by the Sorbonne, Paris, 1554; expelled
from France, 1594; readmitted, 1604; but after several de-
crees suppressed in France and its property confiscated 1764
Ordered by Parliament expelled from England 1579, 1581, 1586,
1602; and by the Catholic Relief act 1829
Expelled from Venice, 1607; Holland, 1708; Poriugal, 1759;
Spain 1767
Abolished by Clement XIV 21 July, 1773
Restored by Pius VI 7 Aug. 1814
Father Pierre J. Beckx elected general 1853
Expelled from Belgium, 1818; Russia. 1820; Spain, 1820, 1835;
France, 1831, 1845; Portugal, 1834; Sardinia, Austria, and
other states, 1848; Italy I860
Chief of the order appeals to the king of Sardinia for redress
of grievances 24 Oct. "
Report : total number of Jesuits, 8167 ; in France, 2422 1866
Order actively advocating papal supremacy, a bill for its expul-
sion from Germany passed by parliament at Berlin (131-93),
19 June; promulgated 5 July, 1872
Proposed removal of headquarters from Rome to Malta Oct. 1873
Expulsion of Jesuits from Italy, decreed 25 June; carried into
execution 20 Oct.-2 Nov. "
Father Curci, orthodox and eloquent, resigned (virtually ex-
pelled) for advising pope to yield temporal power, Oct. 1877;
publishes "II Moderno Dissidio fra la Chiesa e I'ltalia,"
Dec. 1877; reconciled to the new pope, Leo XIII 1878
Twenty-seven Jesuits' colleges in France; 848 teachers 1879
Order in France dissolved by decree 30 Mch. 1880
Decree for expulsion of Jesuits and other orders from France,
30 Mch. ; carried out 30 June, ' '
Jesuit's bark. Chinchona or Cinchona.
Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world, whose birth
is celebrated 25 Dec. in each year. The date of his birth is
uncertain, but was probably 4 years before the common era.
Nativity. The following dates are given by ecclesiastical
writers: ^^
Christ's baptism by John and first ministry 27
Last passover, institution of the eucharist 2 Apr. 33
Crucified on 3 Apr. at 3 o'clock in the afternoon; arose.. 5 Apr. "
Ascended to heaven from mount Olivet 14 May, "
Holy Spirit descended on his disciples on Sunday, the day of
Pentecost 24 May, "
Divinity of Christ, denied by the Arians, was affirmed by the
council of Nice 325
Jeu de Paume ("the tennis-court"). Louis XVI.
having closed the hall of the assembly at Versailles, the
Third Estate {Tiers Etat) met in this place, and swore not to
dissolve till a constitution was established, 20 June, 1789. (It
is the subject of a painting by David.)
Jew, The \¥anderinj^, a legendary character
condemned to wander from place to place until the Day of
Judgment. According to Matthew Paris and Roger Wendover
(" Chronicles of St. Albans," 13th century) he was Cartaphilus,
door-keeper of the Judgment hall of Pilate ; others say Ahas-
uerus, a cobbler ; others, Judas, etc. In Germany the tradi-
tion of the wandering Jew became connected with John Belta-
doeus, a real personage. The story of this Jew was published
in 1602 and frequently since. The wandering Jew is the sub-
ject of Southey's " Curse of Kehama," Croly's " Salathiel," and
Sue's " Le Juif Errant," though in violation of the entire
legend. The legend derives a pathetic poetical suggestiveness
and meaning from the wanderings through the world of the
scattered Jewish race, of which its hero is the representative.
Jewelry was received by Rebekah as a marriage gift,
1857 B.c. (Gen. xxiv. 53). Pliny the elder says he saw Lollia
JEW
»»4
JEW
Paulina (wife of Caius Caesar, and afterwards Caligula) wear-
ing ornaments valued at 322,916/. Jewela were worn in France
by Agnes Sorel in 1434, and encouraged in England about
1685. The standard of gold for jewelry, except wedding-rings,
was lowered by Parliament in 1854.
Jewish disabilities. Jkws, 1269-1867.
Je'%visll era and eaieildar. The Jews usually
dated from the era of the Seleucidae until the 15th century,
when a new mode was adopted, reckoning from the Creation,
8760 years and 3 months before the commencement of our era.
To reduce Jewish time to ours, subtract 3761 years. The
Jewish year consists of either 12 or 13 months, of 29 or 30
days. The civil year commences with the month Tisri, im-
mediately after the new moon following the autumnal equinox ;
the ecclesiastical year begins with Nisan. The year 1892 A.u.
compares with the Jewish year 5652-53 a.m. as follows :
Tebet began 1 Jan. 1892
Sebat >• 30 Jan. "
Adar " 29 Feb. "
Nisau " 29 Mch. "
Yiar " 28 Apr. "
Sivan " 27 May, "
Tamuz " 26 June,
Ab began 25 July, 1892
Elul " 24 Aug. "
Tisri, 1st day of the year
5653 began 22 Sept. ' '
Hesvan " 22 Oct. "
Kislev " 20 Nov. "
Tebet " 20 Dec. "
Year 5652 commenced 3 Oct. 1891
All Jewish Sabbaths, festivals, and feasts commeuce at sunset.
Jews, successively called Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews,
the descendants of Abraham, with whom God made a covenant,
1898 RC. (Gen. xvii.). Computed number of Jews in the world,
1893. between 7,000,000 and 8,000,000, mostly in Europe, in east-
ern Russia and Austro-Hungary. Jerusalem, J UD.^A. b c.
Call of Abram 1921
Isaac born to Abraham 1896
Birth of Esau and Jacob 1837
Death of Abraham 1822
Joseph sold into Egypt 1729
Jacob and all his family go into Egypt 1706
Male children of the Israelites thrown into the Nile; Moses b.. 1571
Passover instituted; Israelites go out of Egypt, and cross the
Red sea 1491
liaw promulgated from mount Sinai "
Tabernacle set up 1490
Moses dies, aged 120 years 1451
Joshua leads Israelites into Canaan "
Joshua dies, aged 110 years 1443
First bondage (Othniel, judge, 1405) 1413
Second bondage (Ehud, 1325) 1343
Third bondage (Deborah and Barak, 1285) 1305
Fourth bondage (Gideon, 1245) 1252
Fifth bondage (Jephthah, 1187) 1206
Sixth bondage 1157
Samson slays the Philistines 1136
Samuel governs as judge about 1120
Samson pulls down the temple of Dagon 1117
Saul made king 1095
David slays Goliath about 1063
Death of Saul ; David made king, 1055
David captures Jerusalem, and makes it his capital 1048
Absalom's rebellion 1023
Solomon king, 1015; founds the Temple, 1012; dedicated 1004
Death of Solomon; kingdom divided. 975
KINGDOM OF ISRAEL (254 years).
Jeroboam establishes idolatry 975
Bethel taken from Jeroboam ; 500,000 Israelites slain 957
Israel atllicted with the famine predicted by Elijah 906
Syrians besiege Samaria 901
Elijah translated to heaven 896
Miracles of Klisha the prophet 895
Assyrian invasion under Phul 771
Pekah besieges Jerusalem 741
Samaria taken by king of Assyria; 10 tribes are carried into
captivity; kingdom of Israel ends 721
KINGDOM OF JUDAH (387 years).
Shishak. king of Egypt, takes Jerusalem, and pillages the
temple 971
Abijah defeats king of Israel; 50,000 men slain 957
Asa defeats Ethiopians; abolishes idolatry 941
Jehoshaphat orders the law to be taught, 912; defeats Am-
monites, etc 896
Usurpation and death of Athaliah 884
Hazael desolates Judah 857
Pekah, king of Israel, lays siege to Jerusalem; 120,000 men of
Judah slain in one day 741
Hezekiah abolishes idolatry 726
Sennacherib invades Judea; the destroying angel enters the
Assyrian camp and in one night destroys 185,000 710
Holofernes said to have been killed at the siege of Bethulia by
Judith 656
In repairing the temple, Hilkiah discovers the book of the law,
and Josiah keeps a solemn passover 624
Nebuchadnezzar subjugates Judea 605
He takes Jerusalem after a long siege 588
Jerusalem fired, temple burned, the walls razed 587
KINGS OF JUDAH.
Rehoboam ,
B.C.
975.
958.
955.
953.
930.
929.
925.
918.
914.
897.
896.
889.
885.
884.
878.
857.
839.
825.
810.
784.
773.
772.
761.
759.
758. Jotham.
742.
730.
726.
Uzziah or Azariah.
610.
KINGS. B.C. PROPHBTSJI
Saul began to reign 1095 Samuel.
David, king of Judah, 1055 ; of all Israel 1048 Nathan.
Solomon, king of all Israel 1015
KINGS OF ISRAEL.
.Jeroboam I Ahijah.
Abijah
Asa Nadab (954) Azariah.
" Baasha (954) Hanani.
" Elah(954) Jehu.
«' Zimri "
" Omri "
«' Ahab Elijah.
Jehoshaphat " "
Abaziah Elisha.
Jehoram, or Joram Jahaziel.
Jehoram " "
Ahaziah " "
Athaliah Jehu.
Joash, or Jehoahaz "
" " Jehoahaz.
Amaziah Jehoash (841).
" Jeroboam II Jonah.
a (Hosea.
|Amo&
[Anarchy.]
Zechariah JoeL
(Shallum.
\ Menahem.
Pekahiah.
Pekah.
(( (Isaiah am
\Micah
Ahaz "
" Hoshea.
Hezekiah [Captivity, 721] Nahum.
Manasseh.
Amon Jeremiah.
Josiah Zephaniah
( Jehoahaz )
I (Shallum). [ Habakkukl
(Jehoiakim. )
,„„ (•^^Ir^^Hl? j Daniel.
599. I (Coniah). j
( Zedekiah Ezekiel.
BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY. j, p
Daniel taken to Babylon 607
Daniel prophesies at Babylon 603
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, refusing to worship the
golden image, are cast into a fiery furnace, but are delivered
by the angel 587
Obadiah prophesies "
Daniel declares the meaning of the handwriting against Bel-
shazzar; cast into the lion's den; prophesies return from
captivity, and coming of the Messiah 538
RETURN FROM CAPTIVITY.
Cyrus, sovereign of Asia, decrees the return of the Jews and
rebuilding of the temple 536
Haggai and Zechariah prophets 520
Second temple finished 10 Mch. 516
Jews delivered from Haman by Esther 510
Ezra, the priest, arrives in Jerusalem to reform abuses 458
Here begin the 70 weeks of years predicted by Daniel, being
490 years before the crucifixion of the Redeemer 457
Walls of Jerusalem built 445
Malachi the prophet 415
[The Scripture history of the Jews ends, according to
Eusebius, in 442 b.c. ; afterwards Josephus and Roman his-
torians give the best account of the Jews.]
Alexander the Great marches to besiege Jerusalem, but, it is
said, on seeing Jaddiis, the high-priest, in his robes, declares
he had seen such a figure in Macedonia, inviting him to Asia,
and promising to deliver the Persian empire into his hands;
he enters the temple, and sacrifices to the God of the Jews. . 332
Jerusalem taken by Ptolemy Soter 320
Ptolemy Philadelphus said to employ 72 Jews to translate the
Scriptures about 285
Sadducee sect formed 250
Jews massacred at Alexandria 216
Antiochus takes Jerusalem, pillages temple, and slays 40,000
inhabitants 170
Government of Maccabees begins 166
Treaty with Romans; first on record with Jews 161
Judas Hyrcanus Aristobulus assumes title of "king of the
Jews " 107
Alexander Jannseus suppresses a rebellion of Pharisees cruelly, 86
Jerusalem taken by Roman legions under Pompey 63
Temple plundered by Crassus 64
Antipater made intendant of Judea by Julius Caesar 49
Herod, son of Antipater, marries Mariamne, granddaughter
of the high priest 42
Invasion of Parthians *0
Herod supported by the senate ; they decree him king "
Jerusalem taken by Herod and the Roman Sosius 37
Herod kills Mariamne, 29 ; rebuilds temple 29-18
Jesus Christ b ^
A.D.
Pontius Pilate made procurator of Judea. 26
JEW
395
JEW
John the Baptist begins to preach 26
Christ's ministry and miracles, 27-33; his crucifixion and res-
urrection 33
Jews persecuted for refusing to worship Caligula 38
Receive the right of Roman citizenship 41
Claudius banishes Jews from Rome 50
Invasion of Vespasian 68
Jews settle at Merida, Spain 69
Titus takes Jerusalem; city and temple sacked and burned,
and 1,100,000 Jews perish 8 Sept. 70
Joseplius b. 37 a.d. ; died about 100.
Targiim of Oukelos written about 100
Hadrian rebuilds Jerusalem (calling it iElia Capitolina), and
erects a temple to Jupiter 130
Rebellion of Bar-chochebas; takes Jerusalem, 132; killed in
war with Julius Severus, 135 ; desolation of Judea 135-36
More than 580,000 Jews are slain by Romans "
Jews favored by Antoninus Pius; college of Jamnia opened. . . 138
Mishna (Talmud) written by rabbi Judah, the prince 141
Jews favored by Severus, 196; by Constantine, 310; by Julian,
363; persecuted by Constans 353
Jews massacred at Alexandria 415
Babylonian Talmud completed 504
Jerusalem taken by Omar; ceases to be the city of the Jews. . 655
Jews first mentioned in English chronicles 740
Sect of Karaitks formed by Anan about 754
Jewish college founded at Cordova 948
Talmud translated into Arabic 1006
Jews said to be banished from England by Canute 1020
Polygamy in Christian countries prohibited by the Jewish
synod at Worms 1030
Jews return to England 1066
[Chiefly settled in London and Lincoln.]
Jews massacred in London, on coronation day of Richard I., at
the instigation of priests 1189
Five hundred Jews, besieged in York castle by the mob, cut
. each other's throats to avoid their fury 1190
Jews of both sexes imprisoned; eyes or teeth plucked out, and
numbers butchered, by king John 1204
Rabbi Moses Maimonides d "
Seven hundred Jews slain in London, a Jew having forced a
Christian to pay him more than 2s. per week as interest on
a loan of 20s. {Stow) 1262
Statute that no Jew should enjoy a freehold 1269
Every Jew lending money on interest compelled to wear a
plate on his breast, signifying that he was a usurer, or to
quit the realm (Stow) 1274
Two hundred and sixty-seven Jews hanged and quartered, ac-
cused of clipping coin 1278
All Jews (16,511) banished from England (Rapin) 1290
Pillaged and persecuted in France during 14th and 15th centuries.
A fatal distemper raging in Europe; many are slain for poi-
soning springs (Lenglet) 1348
Jews banished from Spain. Portugal, and France; they consider
it as great a calamity as the destruction of Jerusalem 1492-94
Edicts against Jews rescinded by pope Sixtus V 1585
Jews favored in Holland 1603
After banishment from England 370 years, permitted to return
by Cromwell 1650
Who grants a pension to Manasseh ben-Israel 1655
First Portuguese synagogue. King street, Duke's place, erected 1656
Statute to compel them to maintain their Protestant children
enacted «, 1702
Jews acquire right to possess land in England 1723
Bill to naturalize professors of Jewish religion in Ireland
(where 200 Jews resided) refused royal assent 1746
Statute to naturalize them in England passed 1753
Repealed on the petition of all the cities 1754
Jews of Spain, Portugal, and Avignon declared citizens of France, 1790
Sitting of the great Sanhedrim of Paris convened by the em-
peror Napoleon 18 Sept. 1806
Jews' hospital, London, founded "
London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews
established 1808
Jews' free school, Spitalfields, Loudon, established 1817
Alexander of Russia grants land on the sea of Azof to converted
Jews 1 Sept. 1820
Rothschild brothers made barons of the Austrian empire 1822
Jews' Orphan Asylum founded 1831
David Salomons elected sheriff of London (first Jew) ; Enabling
act passed for him 24 June, 1835
Bill for Jewish emancipation in England lost on second reading
in the commons (228-165) 17 May, 1836
Moses Montefiore elected sherifl" of London; first Jew knighted
by the queen 9 Nov. 1837
Ul<ase of emperor of Russia permitting the title of citizen of
the first class to be held by any Jew worthy of it 1839
On disappearance of a Greek priest, persecution of the Jews
began at Damascus 1 Feb. 1840
Jewish mission to the east under sir Moses Montefiore "
Congregation of British Jews formed (see below) 1840-41
Act to relieve Jews elected to municipal offices from oaths, etc.,
9 Vict 1846
Baron Lionel de Rothschild returned to Parliament for the city
of London by a majority of 6619; his opponent, lord John
Manners, polling only 3104 3 July, 1849
Alderman .Salomons elected for Greenwich 28 June, 1851
, Neither permitted to siU "
Jews' Oaths of Abjuration bill passed commons 3 July, "
Baron Rothschild again returned for r,ondon at general elec-
tions, July, 1852; Mch. 1857; July, 1857; and July, 1865
Violent outbreak against Jews in Stockholm 3 Sept. 1852
Jewish Oath bill passed in commons, 15 Apr. ; thrown out in
the lords 29 Apr. 1853
Alderman Salomons, first Jewish lord mayor of London. 9 Nov. 1855
Jewish Oath bill several times passed in the commons and
thrown out in the lords 1854-57
Edgar Mortara, a Jewish child, forcibly taken from parents by
order of archbishop of Bologna, on plea of baptism when an
infant by a Roman Catholic maid servant 24 June, 1858
Act passed enabling Jews to sit in Parliament by resolution of
the house , July, "
Baron Rothschild takes seat as M.P. for London 26 July, "
To commemorate this event he endowed a scholarship in the
City of London school "
French government having in vain urged Mortara's restoration
to parents, sir Moses Montefiore proceeds to Rome (but obtains
no redress) 22 Dec. "
Alderman Salomons elected M.P. for Greenwich (d. 18 July,
1873) ; baron Meyer de Rothschild for Hythe 15 Feb. 1859
Protest on seizure of the boy Mortara, signed at London by
archbishop of Canterbury, bishops, noblemen, and gentle-
men, sent to French ambassador, Oct. ; presented to lord
John Russell Nov. "
Laws oppressing Jews in Austria annulled 6, 10 Jan. 1860
Act passed permitting Jewish M.P.'s to omit from the oath the
words " on the faith of a Christian " 6 Aug. "
Additional political privileges granted Jews in Russia, 26 Jan. ;
in Poland June, 1862
Jews persecuted at Rome Dec. 1864
Alderman Benjamin Samuel Phillips 2d Jewish lord mayor,
9 Nov. 1865
Persecution of Jews at Bucharest reported July, 1866
A synagogue at Berlin, said to be the largest and most beauti-
ful in the world, consecrated 5 Sept. "
Jewish Emancipation bill, Hungary, approved 29 Dec 1867
Benjamin Disraeli, of Jewish extraction, premier of England,
29 Feb. 1868
Jews' synagogue at Barnsbury, London, N., founded by baron
F. Rothschild, 24 Dec. 1867 ; consecrated 29 Mch. "
Jews permitted to return to Spain Oct. *'
Jewish congress at Pesth opened by minister of public worship
EOtvOs 14 Dec. "
It closes presenting new statutes to ministers 25 Feb. 1869
Jewish reform convention at Philadelphia ; alterations in
rituals, etc. , resolved on Oct. "
Alfred Davis, a Jew, promoter of education, Jewish and Chris-
tian, d 7 Jan. 1870
New Central synagogue in Great Portland St., London, W.,
founded by baron Rothschild, 18 .Mch. 1869 7 Apr. "
" Hebrew Literature .Society " established in London. 29 June, "
Anglo-Jewish Association for moral, social, and intellectual
progress of Jews (a branch of the Universal Israelitish Alli-
ance, whose seat is Paris) founded 2 July, "
Emperor of Brazil attended worship at the West Central
London synagogue 8 July, "
Jews permitted to work on Sundays by a Workshops act "
Society formed at Birmingham to resist proselytism "
Congregation of British Jews, formed in 1840 and 1841 by
families of Spanish and German Jews, for uniting 2 sections
of the community, opposing Talmudism, and simplifying
rituals, recognizing the Mosaic Scriptures as sole standard
for faith and practice, and rejecting the oral or Talmudic
law, as not binding on Reformed Jews. Their West London
synagogue in Burton st. opened 1 Jan. 1842; removed to
Margaret St., Regent St., 1849; superseded by a synagogue,
Berkeley St., consecrated (KaraItks) 22 Sept. "
A Jew made M.A. at Oxford (after abolition of tests), 22 June, 1871
Sir George Jessel, a Jew, solicitor general, Nov. 1871 ; master
of the rolls 29 Aug. 1873
Estimated number of Jews in Great Britain, 51,520; in London,
39,833 1876
New synagogue founded at Bayswater 7 June, 1877
Movement against Jews in Berlin, etc. (Judenhasse and Juden-
hetze); opposed by Mommsen, Virchow, the crown-prince,
etc. ; debate in chambers ; no vote, 22 Nov. Many Jews leave
Berlin Dec. 1880
Anti-Semitic league formed; petition to Bismarck, signed by
255,000 ; 13 Apr. 1881
About 60,000 Russian Jews request permission to return to
Spain ; granted June, "
Persecution in Prussia, the emperor interferes to stop it. .Aug. "
Renewal of persecution in Russia, Apr. 1882, June, Nov.-Dec.
1884 ; denounced as barbarous at a meeting at Mansion
house, London 1 Feb. 1882
Many Jews go to America Feb. "
Jews attacked at Presburg, Hungary; martial law proclaimed,
29 Sept. "
Trial of Jews (Hungary) 1883
Attacks on Jews at St. Petersburg, Pesth, Zala Egerszeg, etc.,
July, Aug. "
Death of Charlotte, baroness de Rothschild 13 Mch. 1884
Jews persecuted in Russia Aug. et seq. "
Commission to consider the condition and rights of Jews, Oct. "
Jews enjoy full citizenship in Europe (except Portugal, Rou-
mania, Russia, and Spain) ; also in the United States "
Sir Moses Montefiore completes his 100th year; celebrated by
Jews all over the world as a benefactor (27 Oct. Jewish cal-
endar), 25-26 Oct. 1884; d 28 July, 1885
Estimated number of Jews in the world, 6,377,602 "
Exhibition of Anglo-Jewish antiquities at the Royal Albert hall
opened 4 Apr. 1887
JEW 2
Expulsion of Jews from Odessa and Finland decreed Apr. 1888
Sir Nathaniel de Rothschild, son of Lionel, created a peer ; takes
his seat, 9 July, 1885; made lord-lieut. of Buckinghamshire,
May, 1889
Henry Aaron Isaacs, 3d Jewish lord mayor of London Nov. "
Enforcement of the severe edict of May, 1882, against the Jews
in Russia; many Jews expelled from Russia Dec. 1890
At a great meeting in the Guildhall, London, an appeal to the
czar to mitigate the laws a^jainst the Jews agreed to, 10 Dec. "
Expulsion of Jews from S. Russia ordered about 2i) May, 1891
Relaxation of the persecution: enforcement of the decree of
expulsion froui St. Potersburg adjourned about 18 July, "
Three thousand acres of land at Huiberton, Cumberland county,
N. J., purchased by Leon Lait, a Russian, for a Hebrew col-
ony about 20 July, "
Jewish Colonization Association founded about 11 Sept. "
JTew'S-liarp (probably jaws' harp), an ancient instru-
ment. Charles Eulenstein produced remarkable effects with
Jew's-harps at the Royal Institution, London, 15 Feb. 1828,
Jeyne§. Jains.
Jihad (f/ee-had'), or religious warfare against unbelievers,
although inculcated in the Mahometan law, was prohibited by
the Sheeahs, and rarely permitted by the Sonnites ; not with
any nation in treaty relations. The jihad was preached by
fanatics in India in 1871, and prohibited by government.
A jihad against the Russians announced by the sheikh-ul-Islam,
at Constantinople about 28 May, 1877
A jihad against the British in Afghanistan, proposed by Shere
Ali Oct. 1878
A jihad against the British proclaimed by Arabi Pacha, 24 July, 1882
«f ing^O party, a name given in Great Britain in 1878
to persons who favored war with Russia "in pursuance of a
vigorous foreign policy." A popular song said —
" We don't want to fight, but, by jingo, if we do.
We've got the ships, we've got the men, and we've got the money
too."
" By jingo " occurs in Jarvis's " Don Quixote," and in the
" Vicar of Wakefield."
Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans, born at Domremy,
imagined that she had a divine commission to expel the Eng-
lish, who, under the earl of Salisbury, were besieging Orleans.
Charles VII. intrusted her with some French troops, she raised
the siege, and entered Orleans with supplies, 29 Apr. 1429;
and the English, who were before the place from 12 Oct. pre-
ceding, abandoned the enterprise 8 May following. She took
several towns from the English, whom she defeated in a battle
near Patay, 18 June, 1429. She was wounded several times,
but never shed blood with her own hand. She was taken at
the siege of Compiegne, 25 May, 1430 ; and, after trial, burned
for a witch at Rouen, 30 May, 1431. A statue of her, the
work of the princess Marie of France, was inaugurated at Or-
leans. 13 Sept. 1851, and the 435th anniversary of the deliver-
ance of the city celebrated on 14 May, 1865. Patay. The
anniversary of her death celebrated 30 Ma}', 1878. Her statue
unveiled at Beaurevoir 9 Aug., and at Domremy 26 Aug. 1891.
John Bull, a nickname of England,»nd of Englishmen,
is said to be deriv^ed from dr. Arbuthnot's satire " John Bull,"
pub. 1712. — Brewer. — ".John Bull," a comedy, by George Col-
man the younger, was performed 1805. — The John Bull, a Tory
newspaper, supported by Theodore Hook, was first pub. 1820.
John Doe and Richard Roe, names used in
legal fictions, especially as standing pledges for the prosecution
of suits. In early times real and substantial persons were
required to pledge themselves to answer to the crown for an
amercement, or fine, set upon the plaintiff, for raising a false
accusation, if he brought action without cause, or failed in it ;
and in 1285, 13 Edw. I., sheriffs and bailiffs were, before de-
liverance of a distress, to receive pledges for pursuing a suit,
and for the return of the property, if awarded. But this be-
coming a matter of form, the fictitious names of Doe and Roe
were used, until the form was abolished by the Common-law
Procedure act, 1852.
John O'Oroat'S hOU§e, an ancient house, stood
on Duncansby Head, the most northerly point of Scotland, de-
riving its name from John of Groat, or Groot, and his brothers,
from Holland, said to have settled here about 1489.
House was of an octagon shape, toeing 1 room, with 8 windows and
8 doors, to admit 8 members of the family, the heads of different
branches of it, to prevent quarrels for precedence at table. Each
came in at his own door, and at an octagon table, of course, there
was no chief place or head. Bicycle records.
Malta.
a Lutheran order of high
" JOU
John, St., Knight§ of.
Knights of St. John (Johanniterritter),
rank, founded by Frederick William III. of Prussia, 23 May, 18f2,
and reorganized 15 Oct. 1852. These knights co operated with the
Knights of St. John of Malta and other bodies in ministering to the
wounded during the Franco Prussian war, in 1870-71; the chief office
beingat the ancient gate of the priory of St. John. Clorkonwoll, Lon.
don, E. C. ; the duke of Manchester being a prior of the order.
John's, St., nilfht, or Midsummer-eve, 23 June;
bonfires are still made in Ireland, and in some parts of JOng-
land, and thought to be the relic of a pagan custom — resem-
bling the Phoenician worship of Baal.
John's Oate, St. (St. John's square, Clerkenwell, Lon-
don), a fine vestige of monastic building, once the gate of the pri-
ory of St. John of Jerusalem (suppressed in 1540). was the place
where the 6Vn/^emrtM'sil/a^ozi?2ewasfirstpubli8hed,6Mch. 1731.
The house was often visited by dr. Johnson, Garrick, and tlieir
friends. The gate was purchased for the Order of the Knights
of St. John by sir Edmund A. H.Lechmere,Bt., secretary of the
English league. The first meeting held here 24 June, 1874.
Joiinson, Andrew, administration of. United Statbs^
1865-66.
Jolin§on'S club. Literary clubs.
Johnstoivn flood, the most disastrous to life that
ever occurred in the United States, was at Johnstown, Pa.,
a city of about 28,000 inhabitants, on the Pennsylvania rail-
road, about 39 miles from Altoona and 78 from Pittsburg, and
on the Conemaugh river or creek. About 18 miles above
Johnstown was Conemaugh lake, formerly a reservoir, owned
by the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, with a level
about 275 feet higher than the town, and about 2 J miles long
by \\ miles wide. The river had been rising for several days,
under incessant rains, until the lake poured over the dam in un-
usual volume. Warning had been given to people below that
the dam might break at any moment, but little heed was given
to it. The break occurred at 3 p.m. 31 May, 1889, and the
distance of 18 miles to Johnstown was traversed by the ad-
vancing column of water in 7 minutes. It met no obstacle
until it reached the Pennsylvania railroad bridge immediately
below the city, which dammed the waters back and greatly in-
creased the lo.ss of life, while it collected a huge mass of debris
which soon after took fire and added to the destruction. Aid
was sent to the sufferers by all the states, and many cities and
countries of Europe contributed. The following is a brief state-
ment of the contributions received and turned over to the Flood
Relief Commission appointed by the governor of Pennsylvania:
By gov. Beaver $1,236,146.45
Philadelphia Relief Committee 600,000.00
Pittsburg " " t 560,000.00
New York " " 516,199.85
Total $2,912,346.30
Expended in the valley $2,592,936.68
" outside 246,475.26
" general and office. . 5,728.89 2,845,140.83
On hand.... $67,205.47
Total number of lives lost 2142; of these 1115 were found and iden-
tified, 636 found and not identified, 319 missing, 99 whole families
were lost, 124 women made widows, 965 children orphans or half-
orphans. The sum of $183,281 was distributed among the wid-
ows, giving each about $1500, and $108,500 was set apart for the
children. Each orphan will receive about $.50 annually until th»
age of 16. Loss of property by the flood estimated at $9,674,106.
Jonathan, Brotlier. Brother Jonathan.
Jonc§boro% Ga., Battle of. Hardee (confederate) at-
tacked Howard 31 Aug. 1864; was repulsed with a loss of 2500
men. The confederates retreated to Lovejoy's Station during
the night. Atlanta campaign.
Jo§hua, successor of Moses, led the Israelites into Ca-
naan, 1451 B.C. jEves. — Handel's 14th oratorio, "Joshua,"
was finished 19 Aug. 1747; produced 9 Mch. 1748. It con-
tained " See the Conquering Hero Comes," afterwards trans-
ferred to " Judas Maccabaeus."
Journali of Cong^ress, United States, have been
kept and published from the first meeting of the Continental
Congress at Philadelphia, Sept. 1774. Annals.
Journals of the House of €onimoii§,
commenced in 1547, first ordered printed in 1752, 6000/. being
voted to Mr. Hardinge for the work. The journal.sof the House
of Peers (commencing 1509) were ordered printed in 1767.
JUA
Ju'an Fernan'dfez, an island in the Pacific, named
from its discoverer in 1567. Alexander Selkirk, a native of
Scotland, left on shore here by his captain in Nov. 1704, lived
Alone till discovered by capt. Rogers in 1709. He died lieu-
tenant of the British ship Weymouth, 1723. A monument to
his memory was erected on the island in 1868, then colonized
by Germans. On his narrative De Foe founded the " Adven-
tures of Robinson Crusoe," first pub. in 1719.
Juan, Sail, a small island near Vancouver's island.
The possession of this island, commanding the strait between
British Columbia and the United States, was disputed, under
conflicting interpretations of the treaty of Washington re-
specting the boundaries, 12 June, 1846. United States,
July and Oct. 1859. The matter (by treaty of Washington,
8 May, 1871) was referred for arbitration to the emperor of
Germany, who decided in favor of the U. S., Oct. 1872. The
isle was evacuated by the British 22 Nov. following.
Jubilees. The Jews were commanded to celebrate a
jubilee every 50 years, 1491 b.c. (Lev. xxv. 8). Among the
Christians a jubilee every century was instituted by pope
Boniface VIII. in the year 1300. Clement VI. ordered it cel-
ebrated every 50 years ; Urban VI. every 33d year ; Sixtus V.
every 25th year.
Shakespeare's jubilee, projected by David Garrick, celebrated at
Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratfordon-Avon 6, 7, 8 Sept. 1769
National jubilee in England; George III. entering the 50th year
of his reign 25 Oct. 1809
Jubilee of the general peace, and of the centenary of accession
of Brunswick family 1 Aug. 1814
Fiftieth anniversary of signing the Declaration of Indepen-
dence celebrated as a jubilee 4 July, 1826
[Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the document, and John
Adams, its earnest supporter, both signers, and both after-
wards presidents of the U. S., d. on that day.]
Shakespeare festival at Stratford 23 Apr. 1836
" " " 1865
Scott centenary celebrated (he was b. 15 Aug. 1771) 9 Aug. 1871
Iniernational musical jubilee at Boston, Mass. (Music),
17 June-4 July, 1872
Centennial celebration 1876
Four hundredth anniversary of discovery of America 1892-93
Juclsea, the southern division of Palestine, received
this name after the Jewish captivity. On returning (536 b.c.)
the tribe of Judah settled first at Jerusalem, but gradually
spread over the countrj'. The following table shows the
divisions of the country from the first :
Canaanitish (1451 b.c). Israelitish (1451-63 b.c).
Q. , f tribe of Asher . . .
S'<1«°'^"^^ 1 " Naphtali.
Canaanites ( " Zebulon..
( " Issachar.
Hivites half tribe of Manasseh
Perizzites tribe of Ephraim
Roman (63 B.C.).
Upper Galilee.
Lower Galilee.
Samaria.
Jebusites. .
Amorites)
Hittites. . I
Philistines.
Benjamin ]
Judah . .
Simeon
Dan
Reuben ,
Gad.
Judaea.
Moabites
Ammonites)
Gileadites.. )
Bashanites half-tribe of Manasseh
Judall. Jews.
*'Juda§ Maccabae'US," Handel's 12th oratorio,
composed 9 July-11 Aug. 1746 ; produced 1 Apr. 1747. Mac-
cabees.
Ju<lenha§§e and Judenlietze (" hatred of
Jews"), a term applied to the movement against them in
Germany in 1880, through jealousy of their prosperity and
alleged obtrusiveness. Jews.
jud;^e advocate-general and Judge mar-
tial of all the force§, an ancient office in England,
held by patent from the crown. He is the legal adviser of the
commander-in-chief in military' cases, and by his authority all
general courts- martial are held. The office of judge advocate-
general in the English army was constituted soon after the
Restoration. — In the United States, Congress enacted that
the president shall appoint a judge advocate-general with the
rank and pay of a colonel of cavalry, approved 17 July, 1862.
Bureau of military justice established by Congress 20 June,
1864, under control of the judge advocate-general, with the
rank of brigadier - general, with 1 assistant judge advocate-
general, with the rank of colonel of cavalry. Joseph Holt of
397 jxjp
Kentucky, first judge advocate - general as colonel, 1862 ; as
brigadier-general, 1864. Army.
judges appointed by God, when the Israelites were in
bondage, ruled from 1402 b.c. till the election of Saul as king,
1095. They were Othniel, Ehud, Deborah and Barak, Gideon,
Abimelech, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon, Samson,
Eli, Samuel.
judges of the United states Supreme
court. Justices.
Juggernaut, or "Lord of the World," one of the in-
carnations of Vishnu as Krishna, an idol in the temple at
Puri in Oressa, India, formed of an irregular pyramidal black
stone, with 2 rich diamonds for eyes; the nose and mouth
painted vermilion. The pilgrims that formerly visited the
temple and god were reckoned at 1,200,000 annually, and it
was customary for many of the fanatics to throw themselves
before the car bearing the idol to be crushed by its wheels.
The temple of Juggernaut was built 1198 a.d. at ^ cost esti-
mated at $2,500,000. The state allowance to the temple was
suspended by the Indian government in June, 1851. The festi-
val was kept June, 1872. 12 persons were said to be killed by
accident, Aug. 1873. The festival of 1878 reported a failure.
Jugurtlline war. Jugurtha murdered his cousin,
Hiempsal, king of Nuraidia, and usurped his throne, 118 b.c.
He gave Adherbal a share in the government, but killed him
in 112. He then provoked the Romans to war. CseciUus
Metellus was first sent against him, and defeated him in 2
battles; and Marius brought him in chains to Rome to adorn
his triumph, 106 b.c., where he was put to death in 104.
This war has been immortalized by the pen of Sallust.
Julian Period (by Joseph Scaliger, about 1583), a
term of years produced by the multiplication of the lunar cycle
19, solar cycle 28, and Roman indiction 15. It consists of 7980
years, and began 4713 years before our era. Therefore the Ju-
lian period for 1894 a.d. will be 4713 + 1894=6607 years, and
the Julian period for 1894 b.c. will be 4714 — 1894=2820 years.
By subtracting 4713 from the Julian period, our era is found ;
if before Christ, subtract the Julian period from 4714. It has
been employed in computing time to avoid the ambiguity at-
tendant on reckoning any period antecedent to our era, an ad-
vantage in common with the mundane eras used at different
times. For Julian era, Calendar, Year.
July, the 7th, originally 5th, Roman month, named by
Marc Antony from Julius Caesar, the dictator of Rome, who
was born in it.
June, the 6th month, owes its name to Junius, which
some derive from Juno, and others from Juniores, this being
the month for the young, as May was for aged persons. Ovid,
in his "Fasti," introduces Juno as claimiug this month.
Junius's letters began in the London Public Ad-
vertiser, 21 Jan. 1769.
They have been ascribed to Mr. Burke. William Gerard Hamilton,
commonly called Single speech Hamilton, John Wilkes, Mr. Dun-
ning (afterwards lord Ashburton), sergeant Adair, the rev. J. Ro-
senhagen, John Roberts, Charles Lloj d, Samuel Dyer, gen. Lee,
the duke of Portland, Hugh Boyd, and lord George Sackville; but
sir I'hilip Francis is generally admitted to have been the author.
Junius said, "I am the depository of my own secret, and it .shall
perish with me." The work of Mr. Chabot and hon. E. T. B.
Twisleton is considered decisive of sir Philip Francis being Ju-
nius, May, 1871. "Junius is as much unknown as ever."— Lon-
don Athenaeum, 8 Sept. 1888. Sale of MSS. papers of sir Philip
Francis, inconclusive respecting Junius, reported June, 1892.
Juno, the planet discovered by M. Harding, of Lilienthal,
near Bremen, 1 Sept. 1804. It is 254,000,000 miles from the
sun, and its period is 4 years and 128 days, moving nearly
42,000 miles an hour. Its diameter is estimated at 1424 Eng-
lish miles. — The Roman name of the queen of heaven, wife
of Jupiter, identical with the Greek goddess Hera.
Junonia, festivals in honor of Juno (the (ireek Hera,
or Here) at Rome, and instituted 431 n.c.
Junta. The Spanish provincial juntas, or councils, de-
clared against the French in 1808, and incited insurrection.
Jupiter, known as a pla^et to the Chaldeans, 3000 b.c.,
and noted in a chart of the heavens made about 600 b.c.,
now in the national library at Paris. Its diameter is 85,000
miles, and it revolves on its axis once in 9 hours, 55 minutes,
JUR 8
26 seconds. It makes one revolution around the sun in 12 of
our years, travelling in its orbit at the rate of 29,000 miles an
hour. Its year is made up of 10,478 of its days; as compared
with the earth it is 1233 times larger, but its weight is only 301
times greater, its mean density being less than a quarter of
the earth's, the strata forming its surface being at most of the
density of water. Its mean distance from the sun is 475,692,000
miles. It is accompanied by 6 satellites, 4 discovered by
Galileo, 8 Jan. 1610, which are respectively 2352, 2099, 3436,
and 2929 miles in diameter. The 5th, the nearest of the five to
the planet, was discovered from the Lick observatory, 9 Sept.
1892. — The supreme Roman deity, the Greek Zeug. The most
famous temple erected to this god was at Oly mpia, in Elis, where
every 4th year the Olympic games were celebrated in his honor.
He had also a splendid fane in the island of ^Egina, and one in
Libya, said to have been erected to him by Bacchus out of
gratitude for water found there. Cambyses sent a force to
bring away the immense treasures kept there, but they per-
ished in the desert, 525 b.c. Mythology. It was visited by
Alexander 332 b.c. to consult the oracle as to his divinity.
Juries. Trial by jury was introduced into England dur-
ing the Saxon heptarchy, 6 Welsh and 6 Anglo-Saxon freemen
being appointed to try causes between Englishmen and Welsh-
men of property, and made responsible with their whole estates,
real and personal, for false verdicts. — Larnbard. By most au-
JUS
1
thorities the institution is ascribed to Alfred about 886. In
Magna Charta, juries are insisted on as a bulwark of the people's
liberty. An act for trial by jury in civil cases in Scotland was
passed in 1815. The constitution of 1791 established trial by
jury in France. An imperial decree abolished trial by jury
throughout the Austrian empire, 15 Jan. 1852. Trial by jury
began in Russia, 8 Aug. 1866; in Spain 1889. In Scotland, Guern-
sey, Jersey, and France, juries decide by a majority; in France,
since 1831, a majority of two thirds is required. Under the orig-
inal Constitution of the United States provision is made for the
trial of criminal cases by jury, but not of civil cases. This caused
dissatisfaction, people claiming that the omission was intended
to abolish trial by jury in civil cases, hence the Vll.th Amend-
mentwas adopted at an early daj' (Constitution of thk U.S.,
Amendments to), securing the rights of trial by jury in suits at
common-law where the value in controversy shall exceed $20.
Grandjuries (of not less than 12 or more than 23 persons) decide
whether sufficient evidence is adduced to put the accused on trial.
jll§tice§, chief and associate, of the Supreme court of
the United States. Ever since the organization of this court,
1789, there has been 1 chief justice. But the number of as-
sociate justices has varied by act of Congress. At first the
number was 5 ; 3 Mch. 1837 it was increased to 8 ; 3 Mch.
1863 to 9 ; 10 Apr. 1869 reduced to 8 again. This court holds
one terra a year in the city of Washington.
LIST OF THE JUSTICES SINCE THE ADOPTION
(Chief-justiceg In italiet, associate in
OF THE CONSTITUTION,
roman. )
Appointed from
Term of service.
Remarks.
John Jay
John SuUedge
Caleb Cashing
James Wilson
John Blair
Robert H. Harrison
James Iredell
Thomas Johnson
William Patterson
Samuel Chase
Oliver Ellsworth
Bushrod Washington. .
Alfred Moore
John Marshall
William Johnson
Brockholst Livingston.
Thomas Todd
Joseph Story
Gabriel Duval
Smith Thompson
Robert Trimble
John McLean
Henry Baldwin
Jas. M. Wayne
Roger B. Taney.
Philip P. Barbour. ...
John Catron
John McKinley
Peter V. Daniel
Samuel Nelson
Levi Woodbury
Robert C. Grier
Benjamin R. Curtis. . .
John A. Campbell
Nathan Clifford
Noah H. Swayne
Samuel F. Miller
David Davis
Stephen J. Field
Salmon P. Chase ,
William Strong
Joseph P. Bradley
Ward Hunt
Morrison R. Waite
John M. Harlan
William B. Woods
Stanley Matthews ,
Horace Gray ,
Samuel Blatchford
Lucius Q. C. Lamar
Melville W. Fuller
David J. Brewer ,
Henry B. Brown
George Shiras, jr ,
Howell E. Jackson
Edward D. White
New York
South Carolina.
Massachusetts .
Pennsylvania. .
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina.
Maryland
New Jersey
Maryland
Connecticut
Virginia
North Carolina.
Virginia
South Carolina.
New York
Kentucky
Massachusetts .
Maryland
New York
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania. . .
Georgia
Maryland
Virginia
Alabama
Virginia
New York
New Hampshire.
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts . .
Alabama
Maine
Ohio
Iowa
Illinois
California
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Kentucky
Georgia
Ohio
Massachusetts ..
New York
Mississippi
Illinois
Kansas
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Louisiana
1789 to 1795
1789 " 1791
1795
1T89 to 1810
1789 " 1798
1789 " 1796
1789 " 1790
1790 " 1799
1791 " 1793
1793 " 1806
1796 " 1811
1796 " 1801
1798 " 1829
1799 " 1804
1801 " 1835
1804 " 18.34
1806 " 1823
1807 " 1826
1811 " 1845
1811 " 1836
1823 " 1845
1826 " 1828
1829 " 1861
1830 " 1846
1835 " 1867
1836 " 1864
1836 " 1841
1837 " 1865
1837 " 1852
1841 " 1860
1845 " 1872
1845 " 1851
1846 " 1869
1851 " 1857
1853 " 1861
1858 " 1881
1861 " 1881
1862 " 1890
1862 " 1877
1863
1864 to 1873
1870 " 1880
1870 " 1892
1872 " 1882
1874 " 1888
1877
1880 to 1887
1881 " 1889
1881
1882 to 1893
1892
1893
1894
Resigned.
Resigned as associate judge
I Appointed chief-justice; served one
( term ; not confirmed by Senate.
(Appointed chief -justice 1790, but
( declined; died in office.
Died in office.
Resigned.
Died in office.
Resigned.
Died in office.
Resigned.
Died in office.
Resigned.
Died in office.
Resigned.
Died in office.
Resigned.
Died in office.
Resigned.
Died in office.
Resigned.
Died in office.
Resigned.
Died in office.
Resigned.
Died in office.
Resigned.
Died in office.
Justinian code compiled by a commission foremperor
Justinian I. Feb. 528, including what may be termed the statute
law (2000 volumes reduced to 50), was promulgated Apr. 529.
To this Justinian added the Digest or Pandects, the Institutes,
JUT
and Novels, promulgated 16 Nov. 534. These compilations are
called, collectively, the Body of Civil Law {Corpus Juris Civilis').
Jute, the fibres of 2 plants, the chonch and isbund (Cor-
chorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis), since 1830 culti-
vated in Bengal for making gunny-cloth, etc. Jute has been
manufactured at Dundee as a substitute for flax, tow, etc., and
in July, 1862, assertions were made that it could be employed
as a substitute for cotton. It is now successfully cultivated
399
KAN
in the southern United States,
will be diminished.
that the large importation
Jutland, a low, flat peninsula of Denmark, the home
of the Jutes who settled in the southern counties of Great
Britain. South Jutland, or Schleswig, was taken by the al-
lies in 1813, and restored in 1814; again taken from Denmark
by the allies in 1864. and in 1866 merged into the Prussian
province Schleswig-Holstein.
K
Kainardji, a village of Bulgaria. Here a treaty was
signed, July, 1774, between the Turks and Russians, opening
the Black sea and giving Crimea to Russia.
I Kafira'ria, or land of the Kafirs, an extensive country
I in S. Africa, extending from the north of Cape Colony to the
j Orange river. Now included in Cape Colony and Natal.
i This name, signifying unbeliever or infidel, was given by the
; Arabs. Cape of Good Hope, Zulu land, etc.
I Kalafat% a town on the Danube, opposite the fortress
1 of Widdin, was fortified by the Turks under Omar Pacha when
' they crossed the river, 28 Oct. 1853. In Dec, prince Gort-
schakoff, with the Russian armj', determined to storm the in-
, trenchments. The conflict lasted from 31 Dec. to 9 Jan. 1854,
iwhen the Russians were compelled to retire. One of these
} conflicts occurred at Citate, 6 Jan. Kalafat was invested 28
jJan. ; gen. Schilders attacked it on 19 Apr. without success,
i and the blockade was raised 21 Apr.
i Kalakll, ancient capital of middle Assyria; where
1 Layard and others made many discoveries.
! kalerdO§COpe, an optical instrument, with a com-
ibination of mirrors, symmetrically reflecting transparent sub-
stances placed between, was devised by dr. (afterwards sir
; David) Brewster of Edinburgh in 1814 and perfected in 1817.
' Debusscope.
Kalisz, a city of Russian Poland. Here the Russians
'defeated the Swedes, 19 Nov. 1706; and here the Saxons un-
der the French gen. Reynier were beaten by the Russians un-
ider Winzingerode, 13 Feb. 1813.
I Kalniuck§. Tartary.
( KamtiChat'ka, a peninsula, east coast of Asia, dis-
icovered by Morosco, a Cossack chief, 1690 ; taken possession of.
'by Russia in 1697 ; and proved to be a peninsula by Behring
in 1728. In 1855 the country was incorporated with the mar-
itime province. It is over 800 miles long and about 300 miles
Iwide at its widest part, and contains some 237,266 sq. miles.
i Kane'§ arctic expedition§. Franklin,
ISEARCH FOR ; UNITED STATES, 1850, '51, '53, '55.
\ kang^aroOS, marsupial animals indigenous to Australia
|(first seen by capt. Cook, 22 June, 1770), bred at San Donato,
the estate of prince Demidoff, in 1853, and since.
Kansas, Alaska excluded, is geographically the central
itate of the United States, lying between Ion. 94° 38' and 102°
W., and lat. 37° and 40° N. It
is bounded by Nebraska on the
north, Missouri on the east, In-
dian Territory on the south,
and Colorado on the west.
Area, 81,700 sq. miles, in 107
counties; pop. 1890, 1,427,096.
Capital, Tope k a.
French explore the Missouri
river as far as the mouth
of the Kansas river 1705
M. Dutisne, a young French
officer sent out by Bien-
ville, governor of f.ouisi-
ana, reaches the Pawnee
country In Kansas, and Erecting a cross of wood, takes formal
^ possession in the name of the king of France 27 Sept. 1719
'Paniards from Santa F6 seeking to found a colony on the Mis-
souri, are destroyed by the Missouri Indians near the pres-
ent site of fort Leavenworth, only one settler, a Spanish
priest, escaping and returning to Santa F6 1720
Included in the Louisiana territory purchased of France (An-
nexations, United States) 1803
Congress divides Louisiana into 2 unequal parts, the one, north
of 330 N. lat., calle'd the district of Louisiana, under the gov-
ernor of Indiana territory 26 Mch. 1804
Lewis and Clarke leave St. Louis for the Pacific, under govern-
ment authority, and find remains of an old French fort near
the present site of Atchison May, "
District of Louisiana made the territory of Louisiana. . .3 Mch. 1805
Territory of Louisiana admitted to the second grade of gov-
ernment as Missouri territory .".4: June, 1812
First steamboat, a stern wheeler, called the Western Engineer,
passes up the Missouri river, carrying maj. S. H. Long on an
expedition up the Yellowstone 1819
Section 8 of act for admission of Missouri into the Union pro-
vides that in all Louisiana, north of lat. 36° 30'. and not in-
cluded in the state, slavery " shall be and is hereby forever
prohibited," but runaway slaves may be lawfully reclaimed.
Act pa-ssed (United States) 6 Mch. 1820
Major Sibley, appointed under act of Congress, surveys a wagon-
road from Missouri through Kansas to Santa V6 1825
By treaty with Osage Indians the tribe locate on a tract of
7,564,000 acres in S. Kansas, watered by the Arkansas, Ver-
digris, and Neosho rivers 30 Dec. "
Fort Leavenworth, called a cantonment until 1832, established
and U. S. troops stationed there 1&27
Treaty with the Delaware Indians, locates them in the fork of
the Kansas and Missouri rivers 24 Sept. 1829
Baptist Shawnee mission established 4 miles west of the Mis-
souri line under rev. Isaac McCoy; also appointed agent for
the government 1831
Indian tribes located in Kansas, including the Sbawnees, Ot-
tawas, and Wyandoltes of Ohio, the Kickapoos, Kaskaskias,
Peorias, Piankesbaws, and Weas 1831-32
First stock of goods landed below Kansas City, at Francis
Chouteau's log warehouse 1834
First printing-press brought to Kansas by rev. Joseph Meeker,
set up at the Baptist mission farm, 5 miles northeast of Ot-
tawa "
Congress makes all U. S. territory west of the Mississippi not
in the states of Missouri and Louisiana or territory of Ar-
kansas "Indian country" 30 June, •'
Col. Henry Dodge, U.S.A., makes an expedition to the Rocky
mountains, leaving fort Leavenworth 29 May, and returning
along the line where the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad now runs 1835
Fort Scott established on the Marminton river 30 May, 1842
Lieut. John C. Fremont, in his expedition west from St. Louis,
reaches site of Lawrence, 12 June; Topeka, 14 June; and
thence travels northwest to the Blue and Platte rivers "
Fremont passes up the Kansas river on a second expedition. . 1843
First emigrant train for California passes through Kansas, 50
wagons and 100 men 1844
Kansas Indians cede to the U. S. 2,000,000 acres in Kansas,
14 Jan. 1846
Gen. S. W. Kearny marches from fort Leavenworth to Santa
F6 "
Mormons cross the plains for Utah, starting from near the site
of Atchison "
Catholic Osage mission established in Neosho county. . .1 May, 1847
Military road built by the government from fort Leavenworth
to fort Kearny 1850
Willard P. Hall of Missouri introduces a bill to organize the
territory of Platte (Kansas and Nebraska) 13 Dec. 1852
Fort Riley, near junction of Republican and Kansas rivers,
established 17 May, 1853
Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society, soon after incorporated
as the New England Emigrant Aid Society, organized in
Boston Mch. 1854
Delawares, Shawnees, lowas, and Kickapoos cede lands in
Kansas to the U. S May, "
Act of Congress passed organizing the territory of Kansas, to
be admitted as a state with or without slavery 30 May, "
Thirty-two persons associate in AVeston, Mo., to lay out Leav-
enworth, the first city in the territory 13 J une, '
Emigrants under Charles H. Branscomb of Massachusetts, sent
out by Emigrant Aid Society to Kansas as an anti-slavery
colony, settle at Lawrence and form a "squatter government."
hon. John A. Wakefield chief-justice 30 July, "
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First newspaper in Kansas, the LeavenworVi Herald, pro-sla-
very, printed under an elm-tree on the levee at Leavenworth,
15 Sept. 1864
Aluhison laid out by an association from Platte county, Mo.,
and first sale of lots takes place 21 Sept. "
Rev. S. Y. Lum, Congregational missionary, preaches at I^w-
renco on the 1st, and organizes a church 15 Oct. "
Andrew H. Reeder of Pennsylvania appointed governor, arrives
in the territory 7 Oct. "
Secret societies, called Blue Lodges, begin in Weston, Mo., for
extending slavery into Kansas Oct. '•
Election as territorial delegate to Congress of J. W. Whitfield,
pro slavery, by illegal votes 29 Nov. "
Topeka founded 5 r)ec. "
A Free state meeting at Lawrence 23 Dec. "
Wyandotte Indians cede to the U. S. lands purchased by them
from the Delawares in Kansas in 1843 31 Jan. 1856
About 1000 Mis.sourians enter Lawrence with arms, and vote
for members of legislature 30 Mch. "
Four sons of John Brown, abolitionist, settle on the Pottawa-
tomie river, 8 miles from Ossawatomie "
William Phillips of Leavenworth, protesting against election
frauds, taken to Weston, Mo., tarred and feathered and ridden
on a rail. The outrage approved by the proslayery party,
17 May, "
At a Free-state convention at Lawrence it was ^^ Resolved, That
in reply to the threats of war so frequently made in our
neighljoring slate, our answer is, ' Wo are ready ' " . .8 June, "
Convention of national Democracy at Lawrence 27 June, '•
State legislature meets at Pawnee, and at once drives out the
Free-state members 2 July, "
Legislature overriding gov. Reeder's veto, removes the seat or
government to the Shawnee .Manual Labor school 6 July, "
Gov. Reeder, charged with irregularities in purchase of Indian
lands by W.L.Marcy, secretary of state, 11 June, is removed,
and John L. Dawson appointed, who declines to serve, leaving
Daniel Woodson as acting governor 31 July, "
Legislature selects Lecompton as permanent capital 8 Aug. "
Delegates elected by a Free-state convention at Lawrence, 14
Aug., which repudiated the acts of the state legislature, as-
semble at Big Springs. They appoint delegates to a conven-
tion at Topeka, 19 Sept., to draw up a state constitution and
seek admission to the Union 5 Sept. "
Wilson Shannon of Ohio, commissioned governor of Kansas,
arrives and takes oath of office 7 Sept. "
Convention at Topeka to form Free-state constitution. . 19 Sept. "
Gen. J. W. Whitfield, pro-slavery, elected to Congress. . .1 Oct. "
Pro slavery party meet at Leavenworth, ask the "lovers of
law and order" to obey the laws of the first legislature, and
declare it treason to oppose them 3 Oct. "
Free state party elect A. H. Reeder delegate to Congress, 9 Oct. "
Free state convention meet at Topeka, 23 Oct. ; complete their
work 11 Nov. "
Charles W. Dow is killed by Franklin N. Coleman, a pro-slavery
man, near liawrence, on the 21st. Free-state men meet at
the scene on the 'i2d, and sheriff Samuel J. Jones arrests
Jacob Branson, with whom Dow had lived, for taking part.
At Blanton, Branson is released by Free-state men. A meet-
ing is held at Lawrence, and Branson addresses the people.
Fearing a mob from Missouri, citizens are armed Nov. "
Gov. Shannon orders maj. -gen. William P.Richardson of the
territorial militia to collect as large a force as possible and
report to sheriff Jones 27 Nov. "
About 800 Free state men enlist, among them John Brown and
4 sons, and about 1500 .Missourians gather at Franklin, near
the mouth of the Wakarusa 29 Nov. ' '
Gov. Shannon makes a treaty with the Free-state men, and or-
ders the militia and sherifl' to di.sband their forces 8 Dec. "
Vote upon Topeka Free state constitution results in 1731 for
and 46 against. The pro-slavery men carry off the ballot-
box at Leavenworth 15 Dec. "
OlHce of the Territonal Register at Leavenworth entered by a
mob, press and type thrown into the ri ver 15 Dec. "
Convention at Lawrence nominates state officers under the
Topeka constitution. The conservative Free-state men bolt
and nominate a " Free state, Anti -abolition " ticket, 22 Dec. "
Dr. Charles Robinson elected governor under the Topeka con-
stitution 15 Jan. 1856
Pres. Pierce in a special message recognizes "bogus" legis-
lature and calls Topeka government revolutionary. ..24 Jan. "
Whitfield takes his seat in Congress, and Reeder announces
that he will contest it 4 Feb. "
U. S. forces in Kansas, by order of secretary of war, are put
under requisition of the governor 15 Feb. "
Free state legislature meets at Topeka; gov. Robinson delivers
his message, and A. H. Reeder and J. H. Lane are elected
senators 5 Mch. ' '
Topeka constitution presented in U. S. Senate by Lewis Cass,
24 Mch. ; in the House by Daniel Mace of Indiana 7 Apr. "
Maj. Buford arrives in Kansas with a large body of pro slavery
men from Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina Apr. "
Sheriff Jones attempts to arrest S N. Wood in Lawrence,
charged with aiding in the rescue of Branson in Nov. previ-
ous, but is prevented, shot at, and wounded. Col. Sumner,
U.S.A., arrives at Lawrence with his command. . .19-25 Apr. "
Rev. Pardee Butler for anti-slavery preaching is sent from
Atchison adrift down the Missouri on a raft, and on return-
ing is stripped, tarred, and covered with cotton 30 Apr. "
Grand jury of Douglas county indict Robinson, Reeder, and
others for high treason in organizing a Free state govern-
ment 5 May, "
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Gov. Reeder escapes arrest, going to Kansas City in disguise,
and thence down the Missouri to St. Charles, and makes his
way to Illinois 9 May,
Gov. Robinson is sent east, but is arrested at Lexington, Mo.,
brought back, and imprisoned at Lecompton on charge
high-treason 10 Mayj
Marshal Donaldson calls upon all law-abiding citizens to ai
him in serving writs at Lawrence; about 1000 men respont
and gov. Shannon refuses to interpose between the peopl
and the sheriff and marshal 11 MafJ
Marshal Donaldson makes 2 arrests in Lawrence without oi
position. The Emigrant Aid Society hotel and the Hen
of Freedom printing office are destroyed by sheriff Jonee,^
and 2 pro-slavery men are accidentally killed 21 May,
Capt. Pate, setting out to destroy "Old Brown," captures 2 of
John Brown's sons, and driving them before his forces, en-
camps with 50 men on a stream called Black Jack. (John
Brown, jr., from inhuman treatment, becomes insane.) Here
they are overtaken by John Brown and capt. Shore, who with
28 men give battle and compel Pate to surrender 2 June,
Gov. Shannon issues a proclamation commanding all military
companies, not authorized by law, to disperse 4 June,
Ossawatomie sacked by Pate and others fi June,
Civil war rages in the settled portion of Kansas, and the Mis-
souri river is dosed to Free-state immigrants June,
House of Representatives passes a bill to admit Kansas with
the Topeka constitution, but it fails to become a law. 3 July,
Kansas Free-state legislature meeting at Topeka, dispersed by
col. Sumner and U. S. troops under orders from acting-gov.
Woodson, in gov. Shannon's absence, and pres. Pierce, 4 July,
A substitute for House bill admitting Kansas passes Senate,
but House refuses to recede, and bill fails 8 July,
Relief furnished the people of Kansas by the northern states,
the Grand Kansas Aid Society, organized in Buffalo, N. Y.,
raising $120,000 for this purpose
House of Representatives excludes both Whitfield and Reeder
as delegates 1 Aug,
Free-state men seize the fort near Ossawatomie, driving out the
Georgia forces 5 Aug.
Free-state men capture Franklin, attack col. Tituss camp near
Lecompton, and take the party prisoners 12 Aug.
" Lane's Northern Army " advanced into Kansas via Iowa and
Nebraska as follows: 1 Aug. there were congregated near
Nebraska City 500 emigrants and 60 wagons. Gen. James H.
Lane and 6 others one week in advance of the emigrants
enter Kansas. 300 of the first emigrant train stop 3 miles
south of the boundary of Kansas and found Plymouth; 75
proceed 15 miles farther, and locate at Lexington ; and 30
more proceed 30 miles to what is now Holton, the remainder
reaching Topeka 13 Aug.
Gov. Shannon makes a second treaty of peace, and Free state
prisoners are exchanged. 17 Aug.
John W.Geary of Pennsylvania appointed governor; gov. Shan-
non is removed and resigns on the same day 21 Aug.
Daniel Woodson, acting-governor, proclaims the territory in a
state of open insurrection and rebellion 25 Aug.
David Atchison chosen commander of the pro slavery " Army
of Law and Order in Kansas territory " 25 Aug.
Four hundred Missourians under J. W. Reed and rev. Martin
White attack and take Ossawatomie, John Brown's son Fred-
erick losing his life 29 Aug.
Methodist Episcopal church in Kansas organized Sept.
Gov. Robinson released on bail 10 Sept.
Gov. Geary assumes office at Lecompton, delivers an inaugural
address, and issues a proclamation disbanding armed forces
in the territory and directing enrolment of militia. . . 11 Sept.
Gen. Lane's men, under capts. Harvey and Whipple, meet pro-
slavery men under Lowe and Robertson at Hickory Point,
Jefferson county; after 6 hours' fighting Lane's men surren-
der, and are taken to the U. S. camp at Lecompton. .13 Sept.
Gov. Geary visits pro-slavery camp at junction of Wakarusa
and Kansas rivers, and orders the men to disband. . .15 Sept.
Election by pro-slavery men for delegate to Congress, a legis-
lature, and a call for a constitutional convention. Free-
state men refuse to vote 6 Oct.
About 20 of r^ane's soldiers captured at Hickory Point are con-
victed and sentenced to 5 years in the penitentiary. .13 Sept.
Gov. Geary announces that "Peace prevails throughout the
territory of Kansas " 11 Nov.
Col. William Phillips publishes his book, "The Conquest of
Kansas by Missouri and Her Allies "
Free state legislature meets at Topeka, gov. Robinson absent;
judge Cato grants a writ, and 7 members of the legislature
are arrested by the U. S. marshal 7 Jan.
Territorial legislature and a convention of Kansas National
Democratic party meet at Lecompton 12 Jan.
Cities of Topeka. Atchison, and Manhattan incorporated, 14 Feb.
Gov. Geary, resigned, leaves Kansas secretly .10 Mch.
Free-state convention at Topeka resolves not to vote for dele-
gates to the Lecompton constitutional convention. ..10 Mch.
Frederic P. Stanton, acting-governor, issues an address, 17 Apr.
Robert J. Walker, appointed governor, arrives at Lecompton
and reads his inaugural address 27 May,
Gov. Robinson's message to Topeka legislature 11 June,
For the first time, the Free-state men elect city officers in
Leavenworth 29 June,
Gov. Walker, with several companies of dragoons, encamps
before Lawrence, intending to prevent action under the in-
dependent municipal charter, but soon withdraws. .16 July,
Under the Topeka constitution, Marcus J. Parrott chosen to Con-
gress; vote on the constitution, 72.57 for, 34 against. . .9 Aug.
1851
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At a convention at Grasshopper falls, the Free -state men
agree to take imrt in territorial election 5 Oct 26 Aug. 1857
At the Oct. election the Free-state party is successful — 5 Oct. "
Baker university established at Palmyra, now Baldwin City,
Oct. "
Convention of delegates at Lecompton form a constitution, and
by ordinance assert the state's right to tax lands of the U. S.
within it 7 Nov. "
Free-state convention at Lawrence rejects the Lecompton con-
stitution, and asks for a vote of the people to decide between
it and the Topeka constitution 2 Dec. "
Pres. Buchanan, by message, urges admission of Kansas under
Lecompton constitution 7 Dec. "
J. "W. Denver, acting-governor in place of Robert J. Walker,
resigned 15 Dec. "
.State oflSccrs elected under Lecompton constitution.. . .21 Dec. "
Free-state convention at Lawrence on 23 Dec, and a Demo-
cratic convention at Leavenworth, both in opposition to the
Lecompton constitution 24 Dec. "
Result of a people's vote on the Lecompton constitution was:
against, 10,226; for, with slavery, 138; for, without slavery,
23; election held 4 Jan. 1858
Last meeting of the Topeka legislature ; no quorum 4 Mch. "
Free state constitutional convention at Mineola, 23 Mch., ad-
journed to Leavenworth 25 Mch., frames "The Leaven-
worth Constitution " 3 Apr. "
Compromise bill known as the "English Swindle" and "Le-
compton Junior " passed, admitting Kansas under Lecompton
constitution amended, approved. . . . '. 4 May, "
Gov. Denver takes oath of office 12 May, "
Leavenworth constitution adopted by the people 18 May, "
Attack on Free-state men by a party of 25 under Charles A.
Hamilton, at Marais du Cygnes; 5 killed and 5 severely
wounded 19 May, "
Twenty men leave Lawrence for Pike's Peak. One of the first
expeditions to the gold regions 21 May, "
First public school in Leavenworth opens 5 July, "
i People's vote on the Lecompton constitution as modified; for,
! 1788; against, 11.300 2 Aug. "
Gov. Denver resigns; sec. Hugh S. Walsh acting-governor,
9 Oct. "
Capt. Montgomery, with 68 men, enters fort Scott and re-
leases Benjamin Rice, a Free-state prisoner 16 Dec. "
Samuel Medary, governor, arrives at Lecompton 17 Dec. "
John Brown and his men go into Missouri, liberate 14 slaves,
I and bring them to Kansas 20 Dec. "
i Democratic convention at Tecumseh 11 May, 1859
' Republican pnrty organized in Kansas; convention at Ossa-
; watomie addressed by Horace Greeley 18 May, "
!■ Beginning of a drought which lasted until Nov. 1860, and
1 caused the " Kansas famine " June, "
! Convention at Wyandotte adopts a constitution 29 July, "
j Vote for Wyandotte constitution, 10,421; against, 5530. .4 Oct. "
j Abraham Lincoln speaks at Elwood 1 Dec. "
j At election under Wyandotte constitution, Charles Robinson,
. Republican, is chosen governor 6 Dec. "
; Legislature adjourns from Lecompton to Lawrence 21 Jan. 1860
i Track-laying of first railroad in Kansas begun on the Elwood
I and Marysville railroad 20 Mch. "
I House of tlepresentatives votes to admit Kansas under the
' Wyandotte constitution 11 Apr. "
i Last territorial legislature meets at Lecompton and adjourns
I to Lawrence 7 Jan. 1861
I George M. Bebee, a Democrat appointed to succeed gov. Medary,
1 who resigns 10 Jan. "
i Act to admit Kansas under Wyandotte constitution passes
i Senate, 21 Jan. ; House, 28 Jan, ; approved 29 Jan. "
I Gov. Robinson assumes office 9 Feb. "
' Meeting of first legislature 26 Mch. "
1 Steamboat New Sam Gaty arrives at Leavenworth from St.
} Louis, under Confederate flag. The captain is compelled by
i the people to substitute the stars and stripes 18 Apr. "
( First Confederate flag captured by Kansas troops at latan,
; Mo., brought into Leavenworth 3 June, "
i First overland coach arrives, 17 days from San Francisco,
18 July, "
Battle with Confederates at Dry Wood 2 Sept. "
First annual meeting of State Temperance Society at Topeka,
9 Oct. "
Vote for state capital stood: Topeka, 7996; Lawrence, 5291;
scattering, 1184 5 Nov. ' '
•State Agricultural Society formed 5 Mch. 1862
Confederate guerilla chief Quantrell makes a raid into Johnson
county, burning Shawneetown 18 Oct. "
i Legislature locates state university at Lawrence 20 Feb. 1863
jEstablishes a state normal school at Emporia 3 Mch. "
;State insane asylum at Ossawatomie established "
State Agricultural college, in Riley county (late the Blue Mount
' Central college established 1858) founded 27 July, "
iQuantrell with 300 men dashes into the streets of Lawrence
\ at daylight and kills about 200 men 21 Aug. "
jConfederate gen. Sterling Price advances with troops towards
; Kansas and enters Linn county 23 Oct. 1864
'Battles near Mound City, Little Osage, and Charlotte. . .25 Oct. "
Kansas furnishes for the war a total of 23,000 men, a larger
; proportion of the population than any other state 1861-65
jtnstitution for deaf and dumb established at Olathe 1865
;;!olored men in convention at Topeka memorialize the legisla-
i ture to strike the word " white " from the Constitution. Jan. 1866
legislature authorizes sale of 500,000 acres of state land for the
benefit of railroads Jan. "
Treaty made with many Indian tribes for removal to Indian
territory 23 Feb. 1867
Gens. Hancock and Custer march against Indians in western
Kansas 30 Apr. "
Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and
George Francis Train, with the Hutchinson family of singers,
advocate woman suH'rage «'
Vote upon amending Constitution: For striking out the word
"white," 10,483; against, 19,421. For striking out "male,"
9070 ; against, 19,857 5 Nov. "
Indian raids in Solomon valley and along the Republican and
Saline rivers Aug. 1868
Col. George A. Forsyth engages in an 8 days' fight with Indians
on the north fork of the Republican river 17 Sept. "
Woman suff"rage convention at Topeka 4 Feb. 1869
Indian raids on the Republican river 21 May, •'
State convention of colored people at Topeka ask the legislature
to memorialize Congress for negro sufl'rage 20 June, "
Legislature adjourns after ratifying the XV. th Amendment to
the Constitution of the U. S 3 Mch. 1870
Congress provides for removal of Osage Indians and the sale of
their lands 15 July, "
Liberal Republican convention at Topeka; organized to "re-
buke the corruptions and usurpations which have character-
ized our state and national politics " 10 Apr. 1872
Act of Congress for removal of the Kansas Indians 8 May, "
Session of farmers' state convention at Topeka; constitution
of the Farmers' Co operative association formed 26 Mch. 1873
State temperance convention at Leavenworth nominates W.
K. Marshall of Lawrence for governor; received at the No-
vember election about 3 per cent, of the votes 10 Sept. 1874
Mennonites buy 100,000 acres of railroad lands in the^outhern-
central part of the state 14 Oct. "
Continued and severe drought throughout 1873-74
Legislature provides for issuing $95,000 state bonds to supply
destitute citizens with grain and seed for the spring planting, 1875
Legislature abolishes all distinction of color in the laws,
4 Mch. 1876
Discovery of lead deposits in Cherokee county; Galena and
Empire City spring into existence 1877
Monument to John Brown dedicated at Ossawatomie. . .30 Oct. "
First refugees to Kansas; van-guard of a great migration of
colored people from slave states on the Mississippi arrive at
Wyandotte Apr. 1879
Kansas Pacific railroad seizes the telegraph along its line; a
step in the American Union and Western Union telegraph
war Feb. 1880
Four drive-well defence associations formed in southern Kan-
sas to contest the Green drive-well patent of 1868 "
Greenback Labor party in convention at Topeka nominates H.
B. Vrooman for governor 4 Aug. "
State election; vote upon adding to the constitution, "The
manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors shall be for-
ever prohibited in the state, except for medical, scientific,
and mechanical purposes." 92,302 votes for, 84,304 against,
and the decision was left to the Supreme court Nov. "
Immigration of colored people continues through the year; at
its close there were 40,0u0 colored immigrants in Kansas "
Supreme court decides the prohibitory amendment valid, legis-
lature attempts to strengthen it by another Feb. 1881
Gov. St. John in his message pronounces the prohibition
amendment "premature and indeed unfortunate." and sug-
gests submitting to the people a proposition to repeal it 1882
George W. Glick, Democrat, elected governor; remaining state
officers and congressmen being Republican Nov. "
Law creating a railroad commission and regulating passenger
and freight charges 1883
Prohibition party organized in state convention at Lawrence,
2 Sept. 1884
State Reformatory located at Hutchinson 1885
Kansas national guard fully organized under militia law of
1885 1886
Liquor law to suppress the so-called " drug store saloons "
Soldiers' Orphans' home opened at Atchison 1 July,
Legislature grants women in cities votes for school officers or
for issuing bonds for school purposes
Convention of 600 delegates at Abilene to begin a capitol-re-
moval movement
Governor stations 2d regiment in Stevens county to preserve
peace, sheriff John Cross having been murdered by an armed
faction; result of a county seat contest July,
National Farmers' congress and Farmers' Trust association at
Topeka; delegates from all sections of the Union 4 Nov.
Convention of delegates from 15 states and territories at Topeka
to devise means for securing a deep harbor on the coast of
Texas 1 Oct.
Legislature appropriates $13,000 for the establishment and
maintenance of a silk station and to promote the culture of
silk in the state
State Re-submission Republican league in convention at
Wichita demand a re-submission of the prohibitory amend-
ment 15 Jan.
State convention of over 3000 delegates at Topeka to protest
against the " Missouri whiskey invasion" and the " original-
package shops " 23 June,
Wilson bill, overruling the "original-package decision," passes
Congress, receives the jjresident's signature, and the " origi-
nal package shops " are closed 8 Aug.
People's party, an outgrowth of the Farmers' Alliance and
State Grange, convenes at Topeka and nominates John F.
Willits for governor 13 Aug.
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At 8tat« election the vote for governor stood: Humphrey,
Republican, 115,025; Willits, 106,972 Nov.
W. A. Peffor (Alliance) elected U. S. senator 28 Jan.
William Ferrel, meteorologist, b. 1817, d. at Maywood,
18 Sept.
U. S. senator Plumb dies at Washington, D. C, of apoplexy.
Bishop W. Perkins, appointed U. S. senator by the governor in
place of Plumb, qualifies. 5 Jan.
Bob and Emmet Dalton, Joseph Evans, and "Texas Jack " shot
and killed by a sheriflPs posse while attempting to rob the
First National and Coydou's banks in Coffeyville; 4 citizens
are killed in the affray morning of 5 Oct.
L. D. Lewelling elected governor by the Populists and Demo-
crats Nov.
Republicans and Populists each claim the speakership in the
House 10 Jan.
[Separate organizations effected.]
Republicans take forcible possession of Representatives hall,
Topeka. 15 Feb.
[Militia called out by the governor.]
A peace agreement signed 17 Feb.
Supreme court of Kansas decides that the Republican house
was the legally constituted body 25 Feb.
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GOVKRNORS OF THE TERUITORY.
Name.
Term.
Remarks.
Andrew H. Reeder, Pa.
Wilson Shannon, 0....
John W. Geary, Pa....
Robert J. Walker, Miss.
J. W. Denver
1864 to 1856
1865 " 1866
1856 " 1857
1867 " 1858
1858
1858 to 1861
1861
Removed. »
Resigns. ^^
Samuel Medary
George M, Bebee
m
Charles Robinson
Thomas Carney
S. J. Crawford ...
James M. Harvey
Thomas A. Osborn
George T. Anthony
John P. St. John
George W. Glick
John A. Martin
Lyman U. Humphreys.
L. D. Lewelling
E. N.Morrill
STATE.
1861 to 1862
1862 " 1864
1864 " 1868
1868 " 1872
1873 " 1875
1876 " 1878
1879 " 1883
1883 " 1885
1885 " 1887
1887 " 1893
1893 " 1895
1895 " 1897
Afterwards U. S. senat
(Nominated by the Pr
■i hibition party for Ihi
{ presidency, 1884.
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF KANSAS.
James H. Lane
Samuel C. Pomeroy.
Edmund G. Ross
Alexander Caldwell.
Robert Crozier
James M. Harvey.. .
John J. Tngalls
Preston B. Plumb. . .
William A. Peffer. . .
Bishop W. Perkins. .
John Martin ,.
No. of CongreM.
37th to 39th
37th " 43d
39th " 41st
42d
43d
43d to44tb
43d " 51st
45th " 52d
52d
52d
53d
Date.
1861 to 1866
1861 " 1873
1866 " 1871
1871 " 1873
1873 " 1874
1874 " 1877
1873 " 1891
1877 " 1891
1891
1892 to 1893
Committed suicide 11 July, 1866.
Appointed in place of Lane.
Resigned 1873.
Appointed in place of Caldwell.
Elected in place of Caldwell.
Died 20 Dec. 1891.
Term expires 1897. ^
Appointed in place of Plumb. %
Elected in place of Plumb. Term expires 1898s
Karaites or Readers, the Protestants of Juda-
ism, a remnant of Sadducees, formed into a sect by Anan-ben-
David in the 8th century. They accept the Scriptures alone,
rejecting the Talmud and rabbinical traditions. They still
exist in Turkey, Poland, Crimea, and other parts of the East.
The name is of uncertain origin.
K.ar§, a town in Asiatic Turkey, captured by the Russians
under Paskevitch,15 July, 1828, after 3 days' conflict. In 1855 it
was defended by gen. Fenwick Williams, with 15,000 men, and
with 3 months' provisions and 3 days' ammunition, against the
Russian gen. MouravieflF, with 40,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry,
from 18 June to 28 Nov. 1855. The garrison suffered much from
cholera and want of food. The Russians made an assault 29 Sept.,
but were repulsed, losing above 6000 men, and the garrison were
overcome by famine alone. — Sandwith. Kars was restored to
Turkey, Aug. 1856; and the general was made a baronet, as sir
"William Fenwick Williams of Kars, and granted a pension.
Russians besieging Kars compelled to retire by Mukhtar Pacha,
about 13 .1 uly, 1877
Under grand-duke Michael and Loris Melikoff, defeated 2,4 Oct. ;
defeat Turks at Aladja Dagh 14, 15 Oct. "
Kars taken, after 12 hours' fighting, by surprise or treachery,
17, 18 Nov "
[Killed and wounded : Russian, about 2500; Turkish, 5000,
with loss of 10,000 prisoners, 100 guns, etc.]
Kars ceded to Russia by the Berlin treaty 13 July, 1878
Ka§llg[a'ria, a province of central Asia ; subdued by
China ; annexed by Keen Lung, 1760 ; insurrections subdued,
1826 et seq. Mahomed Yakoob Beg, during an insurrection of
the Tungani, made himself ruler of Kashgaria, 1866, and sent
envoys to London, etc., 1867. He was at length attacked by
the Chinese, totally defeated, and said to have been assassinat-
ed, 1 May, 1877. The capital, Kashgar, was taken ; the coun-
try regained by China, Nov. ; and the war closed, Dec. 1877.
Kashmir {cash-meer'), Vale of. This beautiful vale is
an expansion of the valley of the upper Jhelum river, and is a
plain about 75 miles long by 20 wide, where roses are culti-
vated. This valley is but a small part of the dominions of the
maharajahs of Kashmir, and is in the Punjab province of India.
It was subdued by the Mahometans under Akbar in 1586 ; by
the Afghans, 1752; by the Sikh monarch of the Punjab in
1819. Ceded to the British by the treaty of Lahore, 9 Mch.
1846, who gave it to the maharajah Ghulab Singh. — The true
Kashmir shawls were first taken to England in 1666.
Katzbacll, Prussia. Near this river the Prussian
gen. Blucher defeated the French under MacDonald and Ney,
26 Aug. 1813. He received the title of prince of Wahlstatt, a
neighboring village.
Kearsarge (heer'-sarj) and Alabama. Alaba-
ma. (The Kkarsarge was totally wrecked on Roncador reef in
the Caribbean sea, 2 Feb. 1894 ; officers and crew saved).
Keble college, Oxford, Engl., founded in memory of
the rev. John Keble, author of the " Christian Year," b. 25 Apr.
1792 ; d. 29 Mch. 1866. The first stone was laid by the arch-
bishop of Canterbury, 25 Apr. 1868; the building was dedi-
cated 23 June, 1870 ; the chapel, the gift of William Gibbs,
was dedicated and the library opened 25 Apr. 1876. Oxford,
Keely motor. About 1872, John W. Keely, of Phil-
adelphia. Pa., began his experiments in that city to develop to
practical results a machine worked by a power without 0081,.,
i. e., running itself. Nothing definite, however, has ever beena
given out concerning this motor except the name, Pneu
matic- Pulsating- Vacuo-Engine, although it is supposed th«
he is still (1894) at work upon it. The criticisms regardii
it from scientific men are in every case adverse to his ide
which includes that of perpetual motion, or an energy withii
the machine itself, causing its motion. Thus far, however^
the energy that permeates nature has refused to yield itsell
to him or any one else without compensation.
keeper, lord, of the great seal of England differed^
only from the lord chancellor in that the latter had letters-"!
patent, whereas the lord keeper had none. Richard, a chap- 1
lain, was the first keeper under Ranulph, in 1116. The %\
offices were made one by 5 Eliz. Xh'ol.—Cowell. Chancellor
— The office of lord keeper of the great seal of Scotland was
established in 1708, after the union.
Keg^S, Battle of the. In Jan. 1778, while the British
occupied Philadelpliia, the Americans sent kegs down the
Delaware from Bordentown filled with powder and furnished
with machinery (the invention of a Mr. Bushnell) which,
coming in contact with any object, would explode ; the inten-
tion being to destroy the British shipping at Philadelphia.
The vessels that very day had been placed in dock for the
winter, and thus escaped injury. Some of the kegs exploding
near the city gave the alarm, whereupon the British opened
fire upon every floating thing seen on the river for the rest of
the day. This firing^ called the " Battle of the Kegs," fur-
nished Francis Hopkinson a subject for a facetious poem of 22
stanzas. The following is one of them :
" The cannons roar from shore to shore,
The small-arms loud did rattle.
Since wars began I'm sure no man
E'er saw so strange a battle."
Kem, ancient name of Egypt, signifying Black or Black
Land, from the color of the earth.
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Kene§air mountain, Ga., Battle of. Here, on
27 June, 1864, Sherman assaulted the Confederate works, and
was repulsed with an aggregate loss of 3000 men, including
among the killed gens. Charles G. Harker and Dan. McCook.
Confederate loss about 450. Atlanta campaign.
KenilWOrth ca§tle, Warwickshire, Engl., built
about 1120, by Geoffrey de Clinton, whose grandson sold it to
Henry III., was enlarged and fortified by Simon de Montfort,
to whom Henry gave it as a marriage portion with his sister
Eleanor. Queen Elizabeth conferred it on her favorite Dud-
ley, earl of Leicester. His entertainment of the queen com-
menced 19 July, 1575, and cost the earl daily 1000/.
After the battle of Evesham and defeat and death of Simon de
Montfort by prince Edward (afterwards Edward I. 1265, Montfort's
younger son, Simon, shut himself up in Kenilvvorth castle, which
sustained a siege for 6 months by the royal forces of Henry III.,
to whom it at length surrendered. Upon this occasion was issued
' the "Dictum de Kenilworth," or "ban of Kenilworth," enacting
that all who had borne arms against the king should pay him the
I value of their lands for from 7 years to 6 months. — The name and
scene of one of Scott's novels. Litkraturb.
Kent. Britain, Holy Maid. Odo, bishop of Bayeux,
I brother of William the Conqueror, was made earl of Kent,
t 1067; and Henry Grej' was made duke of Kent in 1710; he
! died without male heirs in 1740. Edward, son of George HI.,
I created duke of Kent in 1799, was father of queen Victoria,
I and d. 23 Jan. 1820. England.
Kentucky, a once noted hunting-ground of the Amer-
i ican Indians, which, owing to frequent desperate encounters
between them and the earh^
white settlers, was named the
*' Dark and Bloody Ground."
It is the 15th state in order of
admission into the United
States, and lies south of the
Ohio river, which separates it
from Ohio, Indiana, and Illi-
nois, and east of the Mississip-
pi, which divides it from Mis-
souri. Lat. 36° 30' N. marks
almost the entire division line
between it and Tennessee on
the south, while 39° 6' limits
it on the north. On the east the Cumberland mountains and the
Big Sandy river, which flows into the Ohio, separate it from
Virginia and West Virginia. It is 300 miles in length from east
to west, between 82° 3' and 89° 26' W. long., wedge-shaped,
and averages 150 miles in breadth. Area, 40,400 sq. miles in
119 counties ; pop. 1890, 1,858,635. Capital, Frankfort.
De Soto and his followers ascend the west bank of the Missis-
sippi, opposite the lower portion of the state, during 1543
Kentucky included in the charter of Virginia 1584
Col. Wood, seeking trade with the Indians, explores Kentucky
as far as the Mississippi 1654
Capt. Bolt, from Virginia, travels in Kentucky 1670
Jacques Marquette, a .Jesuit missionary, Louis Joliet, and 5 other
Frenchmen, spend several days at the mouth of the Ohio, July, 1673
Chevalier Robert de la Salle and his lieutenant, chevalier Henri
de Tonti, with others, pass from the Ulinois river down the
Mississip))!, stop a few days at the mouth of the Ohio, and
claim both sides of the Mississippi for France Feb. 1682
A vast tract, including Kentucky, deeded to the British by the
Iroquois, by treaty at Albany, N. Y., concluded (New York), 1684
M. Longueil, from Canada, descends the Ohio, and discovers
Big Bone Lick on a small creek which flows into the Ohio
about 20 miles above the falls 1739
Dr. Walker of Virginia discovers the Kentucky river (which
he calls the Louisa), the Big Sandy, and others
Christopher Gist.exploring for the Ohio Land company, reaches
the Shawnee town, on both sides of the Ohio, just below the
mouth of Scioto creek 29 Jan.
James McBride, with others in a canoe, passes down the Ohio
to the mouth of the Kentucky river
Capt Harry Gordon, chief-engineer in the western department
in North America, encamps "opposite to the Great Lick " in
Lewis county, Ky 16 July,
John Findlay and a few wandering white men from North
Carolina visit Kentucky
By treaty at fort Stanwix, now Rome, N. Y., the Six Nations
and the Delawares, Shawnees, and Mingoes of Ohio grant to
the king of England territory south of the Ohio river in-
cluding most of Kentucky 5 Nov. 1768
Daniel Boone reaches the Jled river with 5 hunters from North -
Carolina 7 June, 1769
Jut of 40 hunters from S.W. Virginia, 9, under col. James
Knox, known as the Long Hunters (for the length of the
hunting period), reach the Green and Cumberland rivers. . . 1770
1747
1751
1754
1766
1767
Capt. Thomas Bullit, a surveyor, lays out the town of Louisville, 1773
Big Bone Lick, near Burlington, visited by James Douglas of
Va., who finds on the ground bones of the mastodon "
First log cabin in Kentucky built by James Harrod at Harrods-
burg.
1774
Treaty with Cherokees at Wataga, col. Richard Henderson, Na-
thaniel Hart, and others acquire, for 10,000^., the territory
between the Ohio, Kentucky, and Cumberland rivers, 17 Mch. 1775
Fort begun on south side of Kentucky river called Boones-
borough, and settlements started at Boiling Springs and St.
Asaph's or fort Logan, in Lincoln county Apr. "
Under a call of col. Henderson, though his purchase was not
recognized by Virginia, the people in convention at Boones-
borough adopt a proprietary government for their new state
of Transylvania and pass laws 23 May, "
Simon Kenton and Thomas Williams land at the mouth of
Limestone creek, now Maysville, and plant a corn crop, May, "
Daniel Boone and others bring wives and children into Ken-
tucky Sept. "
Representatives of Transylvania at Oxford, Greenville county,
N.C., elect James Hogg delegate to the Continental Congress,
but Virginia prevents seating him Sept. "
Kentucky county formed by Virginia out of Fincastle countv,
6 Dec. 1776
First siege of Harrodsburg by 47 Indians under Blackfish, 7 Mch. 1777
Indian attack on Boonesborough,Apr. 15, fails; a second unsuc-
cessful attempt by 200 4 July, "
Daniel Boone, captured by the Indians, with 27 others, while
making salt at the Blue Licks, 7 Feb. 1778, is carried to Chil-
licothe, O. ; learning of a proposed attack of the Indians on
Boonesborough, he escapes, and travelling 160 miles in 10
days, reaches Boonesborough .^. 20 June, 1778
Duquesne, with 11 French and 400 Indians, besieges Boones-
borough for 13 days, till by treaty siege is raised 7 Sept. "
Col. George Rogers Clarke, moving against British posts on the
Wabash and Mississippi, leaves several families at the falls of
the Ohio, who settle Louisville Oct. "
Col. Robert Patterson begins a fort where Lexington now stands,
and lays out the town 17 Apr. 1779
Legislature of Virginia passes land law for Kentucky. P^ach
possessor of a warrant locating it at his will and surveying
it. Many surveys overlapped; lawsuits followed, with con-
fusion of titles, and many settlers lost their land "
Governor of Virginia appoints William Fleming, Edmund Lyne,
James Barbour, and Stephen Trigg, commissioners for Ken-
tucky. At their first court at St. Asaph's, the first claim con-
sidered was that of Isaac Shelby's to settlement and pre-emp-
tion "for raising a crop of corn in the county in 1776," 13 Oct. "
In retaliation for col. Clarke's successes in Illinois, col. l?yrd
of the British army is sent against Ruddle's and Mailin's
stations in Kentucky, captures them, and retreats with i)lun-
der and prisoners to Detroit .22 June, 1780
County of Kentucky divided into Jefferson, Fayette, and Lin-
coln counties 1 Nov. "
Fort Jefferson, built on the Mississippi river, 5 miles below
the mouth of the Ohio. Besieged by Chickasaw Indians, re-
inforced by gen. Clarke from Kaskaskia, and soon after aban-
doned as too remote to hold "
Capt. Estill, in pursuit of Indians who had invested Estill's
station, overtakes them near mount Sterling, and in the
fight loses his life 22 Mch. 1782
Battle of Blue Licks 19 Aug. "
Gen. Clarke, with 1050 men, ends Indian invasions in Kentucky,
Nov. "
A district court opened at Harrodsburg 1783
Col. James Wilkinson opens a store in Lexington Feb. 1784
Convention at Danville, concerning proposed separation of
Kentucky from Virginia 27 Dec. "
Second convention at Danville addresses assembly of Virginia
and people of Kentucky in favor of separation 23 May, 1785
First act of Virginia favoring the separation of Kentucky on
conditions Jan. 1786
Second act of Virginia postpones separation until 1 Jan. 1789, Oct. "
Gen. James Wilkinson descends the Mississip|)i to New Orleans
with a small cargo of tobacco and other products June, 1787
First newspaper published in Kentucky, and the 1st west of
the AUeghanies, the Kentucky Gazette, issued by John and
Fielding Bradford at Lexington Aug. "
Fifth convention at Danville, unanimously decides on separa-
tion on the terms offered by Virginia .«. 17 Sept. "
Eleven of the 14 Kentucky delegates in the Virginia convention
vote against adopting the constitution of the U. S. . .28 June, 1788'
Intrigues of the Spanish government in Kentucky, in which
gen. WMlkinson, John Brown (one of the Virginia delegates
to Congress), Benjamin Sebastian, and judge Innes are im-
plicated. Spain seeks to separate the western states from
the eastern, and Mr. Brown states that the Spanish minister,
don Gardoqui, had authority to enter into an arrangement
for the exportation of their produce to New Orleans on terms
of mutual advantage, "if the people of Kentucky would
erect themselves into an independent state " "
Fourth act of separation passed by Virginia, complying with
the wishes of Kentucky 18 Dec. 1789
Ninth convention of Kentucky accepts the terms of Virginia,
and fixes 1 June, 1792, for independeuce 26 July, 1790
Local board of war for district of Kentucky, established by
Congress for prosecution of war and defence against the
Indians Jan. 1791
Congress authorizes Kentucky to frame a constitution. .4 Feb. "
First paper mill in Kentucky built at Georgetown by Craig,
Parkers & Co 1''92
1799
1800
1801
1802
1805
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State convention at Danville frames a constitution 8 Apr. 1792
Gen. Isaac Shelby elected first governor May, "
Kentucky admiited into the Union 1 June, "
].egislature assembles at Lexington, 4 June, and Frankfort is
selected as the capital 6 June, "
Gen. Anthony Wayne's call for volunteers from Kentucky be-
ing unsuccessful, gov. Shelby orders a draft 28 Sept. 1793
Lexington Democratic society resolves " that the rights of the
people of the U. S. on waters of M i.ssissippi ought to be peremp-
torily demanded of Spain by the government of the U.S.," Oct "
Legislature meets for the 1st time at Frankfort 1 Nov. "
Four Fremhmen sent by minister Genet to Kentucky to insti-
gate &n expedition against the Spanish in Louisiana. .1 Nov. "
C tizens of Kentucky meet at Lexington and pass resolutions
in reference to free navigation of the Mississippi 24 May, 1794
Tiiomas Powers sent by Carondelet, Spanish governor of Louis-
iana, to treat with the people of Kentucky for the navigation
of the Mississippi July, 1795
Daniel Boone moves to the west of the Mississippi river "
Lexington public library established (400 vols. ) "
First charter of Newport adopted 14 Dec. "
Thomas Powers again sent by Carondelet to Kentucky with the
outline of a provisional treaty and a letter to judge Sebastian
to concert a separation of Kentucky from the Union, 12 July, 1797
Henry Clay removes from Virginia and opens a law office in
I^exington Nov. "
Endowment bjf-*he legislature of 5 educational academies in
Kentucky, each with 6000 acres of land 10 Feb. 1798
John Fitch, inven tor of steamboat, d. at Bardstown, aged 55, June, ' '
" Kentucky resolutions of 1798," suggesting nullification of the
alien and sedition laws, introduced by John Breckinridge;
pass both houses of the legislature 16 Nov. "
Transylvania university established at Lexington by union of
Transylvania seminary (founded 1780) and Kentucky acad-
emy (founded 1796) 22 Dec.
Constitutional convention in Frankfort 17 Aug.
At Harpe's Head, 3 milesfrom Dixon, Webster county, highway-
man MicajahHarpe, a/tas Big Harpe, killed and head impaled.
Boundary-line between Kentucky and Virginia defined. 14 Oct.
"Great revival" of religion begins in Kentucky; first great
camp-meeting held at Caspar river July,
Farmer''s Library, first newspaper in Louisville 7 Jan.
Kentucky River company chartered to clear the river of ob-
structions 19 Dec.
Kentucky Insurance company chartered at Lexington with
banking powers 16 Dec.
John Breckinridge of Fayette county appointed attorney-gen.,
Aaron Burr visits Lexington "
Trappist monks arrive in Kentucky "
Western World, a new weekly of Frankfort, describes intrigues
with Spain, implicating Wilkinson, Brown, Innes, etc., 4 July, 1806
Aaron Burr again visits Kentucky "
Aaron Burr appears in court at Frankfort under process served
by col. Joseph Hamilton Daviess, U. S. attorney, to answer
high misdemeanor in organizing within the U. S. a military
expedition against Mexico. Burr is acquitted 2 Dec. "
[A few days later his acquittal was celebrated by a ball at
Frankfort.]
Jeflerson Davis born in Christian county 3 June, 1808
Abraham Lincoln born in Hardin (now Larue) county. .12 Feb. 1809
Dr. Ephraim McDowell, the "father of ovariotomy," success-
fully performs the first in the world, at Danville "
Mammoth cave discovered "
Cumberland Presbyterian church organized 10 Feb. 1810
Lottery authorized to raise $10,000 for the improvement of the
navigation of the Kentucky river 10 Jan. 1811
Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives. . .4 Nov. "
Col. Owen and Joseph H. Daviess of Kentucky killed in action
at the battle of Tippecanoe 7 Nov. "
Six prominent citizens of Frankfort authorized to raise $4000
by lottery to complete an uusectarian house of worship on
the public square 4 Feb. 1812
Appropriation made by the legislature of $12.50 for digging
stumps out of the state-house yard 8 Feb. "
Brig. -gen. Green Clay, with 3000 Kentuckians, reaches Fort
Meigs to reinforce gen. Harrison, and with part of his force
cuts his way through the enemy's lines into the fort, 5 May, 1813
Two mummies found in Gothic avenue of the Mammoth cave, "
Col. Richard M. Johnson, authorized by Congress, raises a reg-
iment of 1000 voliMteers in Kentucky "
Battle of the Thames ; gov. Shelby with 4000 Kentuckians,
col. Johnson, and others participate 5 Oct. "
State-house at Frankfort burned 25 Nov. "
At the request of president Madison, the legislature sets apart
rooms in the penitentiary for British i)risoners 8 Dec. "
Congress grants Daniel Boone 1000 acres in upper La. . .10 Feb. 1814
Several mummies discovered in a nitre cave near Glasgow "
Treaty of Ghent signed; Clay one of the commissioners. 6 Aug. "
Two thousand five hundred Kentucky militia, under maj.-gen.
John Thomas, reach New Orleans 4 Jan. 1815
Town of Covington chartered by legislature 7 Feb. "
Lexington and Maysville, and Lexington and Louisville Turn-
pike Road companies chartered 4 Feb. 1817
Corner-stone of the lunatic asylum at Lexington laid. It
bears a brass plate inscribed, "The first erected west of the
Appalachian mountains " 30 June, "
President James Monroe visits Louisville on his tour of in-
spection of arsenals, naval depots, and fortifications "
Forty-six independent banks chartered in the state, aggregate
capital $8,720,000, most of which fail during the year, 26 Jan. 1818
E.x-gov. Isaac Shelby, commissioner with gen. Andrew Jackson,
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obtains by treaty with the Indians cession of the "Jackson
Purchase " south and west of the Tennessee river 19 Oct. 1811
Centre college at Danville incorporated 19 Jan. 1811
President Madison, gen. Jackson, and others entertained at
Louisville by the Freemasons 24 June, 1821
Legislature by resolutions requests president to negotiate with
Great Britain for restoring fugitive slaves in Canada Nov. 18!ll
Owing to pressure of debt among the people the legislature
extends the right of replevin from 3 to 12 months 11 Feb.
Bank of the Commonwealth at Franklin chartered, with branch-
es in each judicial district and a capital of $2,000,000 (not
required to redeem its notes, they are made receivable in
public debts and taxes, and state lands were pledged for their
redemption) 29 Nov.
Two political parties arise: Relief party, composed of debtors
and majority of voters, and Anti-relief, of merchants, farmers,
etc., and legality of the Replevin act is questioned 182
Augusta college (Methodist) founded 182
Petition of Cleves Syinmes of Newport presented in the U. S.
Senate for aid in a voyage to the inside of the earth through
the poles, which he claims are open 19 Nov.
Supreme court hold the Replevin act unconstitutional 18Q
Institution for the deaf and dumb established at Danville
Gen. Joseph Desha elected governor by Relief party 7 Aug. 182
Capitol at Frankfort destroyed by fire 4 Nov.
Henry Clay candidate for the presidency. (United States). . .
Legislature repeals court of appeals act and organizes a new
court. Anti-relief party becomes Old Court party, and Relief
party merged into New Court party 24 Dec.
Henry Clay appointed U. S. secretary of state 7 ,Mch. 183
Gen. Lafayette visits Louisville 8 May,
Old Court have a majority in the legislature, but senate re-
mains New Court
Legislature restores the Old Court 30 Dec.
Thomas Metcalf, National Republican, elected governor, 4 Aug. 185
Natural gas-well discovered on Green river by Samuel White. .
William T. Barry of Lexington postmaster-general of U. S
American oil-well near Burksville on the Cumberland river
discovered in boring for salt, spouted 50 feet The oil, im-
agined to have healing qualities, was bottled and sold through
the U. S. and l'".urope for medicme 18J
Pres. Jackson vetoes a bill directing the secretary of the treas-
ury to subscribe for 1.500 shares of the Maysville, Washington
and Lexington Turnpike Road company 27 May,
First rail Lexington and Ohio railroad laid at Lexington. 22 Oct.
Henry Clay candidate for the presidency. (Uniteo States)...
Maysville incorporated as a city 31 Jan.
Kentucky Colonization society sends 102 freed negroes to Li-
beria Mch.
Lieut. -gov. James T. Morehead succeeds gov. Breathitt, who d.
21 Feb. 1834
Kentucky educational convention with delegates from .58 coun-
ties meets at Frankfort, 9 .Jan. 1834. Kentucky Common
School society organized at Frankfort 28 Jan. "
Covington incorporated as a city 24 Feb. "
Amos Kendall of Frankfort postmaster-general of U. S 1835
James Clark, Whig, elected governor 3 Aug. 1836
Richard M. Johnson of Kentucky elected vice-president "
State Agricultural society organized 3 Feb. 1838
Felix Grundy of Nelson county attorney general of U. S "
Gov. Clark d., lieut. -gov. C. A. Wickliffe takes oath of offlce,5 Sept. 1839
Threehundred and fifty men from Bourbon and Harrison execute
"Lynch law" at Williamstown, Grant county, on Smith May-
the and Lyman Crouch, who had cut the throat of Wm. Utter-
backof Bourbon county. He recovered, but lost speech, 10. Tuly, 1841
Charles A. Wickliffe of Bardstown postmaster -general; John
White, Speaker of the H.R., and. John J. Crittenden, attorney-
general of the U. S. — all from Kentucky
Legislature passes anti-state-repudiation resolutions 14 .Jan. 1842
Kentucky Institution for the Education of the Blind established
at Louisville 5 Feb.
Louisville Courier established 13 Feb. 1844
George M. Bibb of Louisville secretary of U. S. treasury . 15 June
Raw silk produced in Somerset, 1842, and a manufactory es-
tablished at Newport and silk spun and woven Oct.
Henry Clay candidate for the presidency. (Alabama letter.
United States)
Miss Delia A. Webster, for abducting slaves to Ohio, is sentenced
to 2 years in penitentiary, 23 Dec. 1844. By i)etition of jury
and others she is pardoned by gov. Owsley, and leaves for her
home in Vermont 25 Feb. 1845
Gov. Bartley of Ohio refuses a requisition from gov. Owsley for
one Kissam, charged with kidnapping slaves 14 Mch. "
Gov. Whitcomb of Indiana issues a warrant to an officer from
Kentucky for the arrest of a free mulatto on charge of steal-
ing several slaves from Harrodsburg 25 Apr. "
Methodist Episcopal church, South, organized Louisville.. May, "
Office of the True American, published at Lexington by Cassius
M. Clay, for its abolition utterances entered by 60 citizens,
and Clay's effects shipped to Cincinnati 18 Aug. "
Kentucky Military Institute at Farmdale, Franklin county,
founded " ;
Reinterment of Daniel Boone and wife in the state cemetery
at Frankfort 13 Sept. "
Colony for "Kentucky in Liberia" leave Louisville under the •
auspices of the Kentucky Colonization society 7 Jan. 184i5
Burial of those Kentuckians who fell in the Mexican war in
the state cemetery at Frankfort 20 July, 1847
[It was at this burial that the poem, "Bivouac of the
Dead," by Theodore O'Harra (1820-67), written to commein-
orate the event, was read. While the whole poem is excel-
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead."]
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1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
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lent, the first stanza may be reckoned as one ol the gems of
English literature:
«' The muffled drum's sad roll has beat ] On^Fame;s eternal camping-ground
The soldier's last tattoo,
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few ;
Lines of telegraph erected from Maysville to Nashville and
Cincinnati • • • •
Bones of Kentuckians massacred by Indians at the river Rai-
sin, 18 Jan. 1813, found while grading a street in Monroe,
Mich., are reinterred in the state cemetery 30 Sept.
Emancipation meetings ; the gradual emancipation of the
slaves discussed at Maysville and Louisville 12, 13 Feb.
Convention to remodel the constitution meets at Frankfort. 1 Oct.
Legislature requests the governor to place a block of Kentucky
marble in the Washington monument at Washington, in-
scribed, "Under the auspices of Heaven and the precepts
of Washington, Kentucky will be the last to give up the
Union " 24 Jan.
New constitution adopted 7 May
John J. Crittenden of Kentucky appointed attorney-general of
the U. S. ; and John L. Helm becomes governor 31 July,
Battle monument erected in state cemetery, Frankfort. 25 June,
Lynn Boyd of Kentucky Speaker of the H. R 1 Dec.
Death at Washington, D. C, of Henry Clay 29 June,
U. S. Military Asylum located at Harrodsburg Springs. .8 May,
James Guthrie of Louisville secretary of the treasury, and
Jefferson Davis of Christian county secretary of war "
Miss Delia A. Webster again appearing in Kentucky and assist-
ing rev. Norris Day in transporting slaves to Ohio, is first re-
quested and then compelled to leave the state 12 Mch. 1854
A jury having acquitted Matt. F.Ward of the murder of William
H. G. Butler in Louisville (Trials), an indignation meeting
is held in Louisville. A mob burns in efflgy John J. Crit-
tenden, of counsel for Ward and others, and is with difllculty
subdued 29 Apr. "
Lunatic asylum at Hopkinsville opened 18 Sept. "
State Temperance convention at Louisville nominates George
W. Williams for governor 14 Dec. "
"Know-nothing" convention at Louisville nominates judge
William V. Loring, Whig, for governor 22 Feb. 1855
Riot on election day, " Bloody Monday," between Know-noth-
ings and foreigners 6 Aug. "
Charles S. Morehead, American or Know-nothing candidate,
elected governor 6 Aug. "
John C. Breckinridge elected vice-president of the U. S 1856
General assembly of Old School Presbyterian church at Lex-
ington 21 May, 1857
Corner sione of Henry Clay monument laid in the cemetery at
Lexingion with masonic ceremonies 4 July, "
U. S. Agricultural exhibition opens at Louisville 31 Aug. "
Kentucky university at Lexington organized 1858
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in conference at Hopkins-
ville, votes to expunge the general rule forbidding " the buy-
ing and selling of men, women, and children, with an in-
tent to enslave them " 18 Oct. "
Death at Shippingport of James D. Porter, the Kentucky giant,
height 7 feet, 9 inches 24 Apr. 1859
Joseph Holt of Louisville appointed postmaster-general "
Destruction by a mob of the True South, an abolition paper
pub. at Newport 28-29 Oct. "
Legislature adopts the boundary-line between Kentucky and
Tennessee surveyed by Cox and Briggs, commissioners ap-
pointed in 1859 28 Feb. 1860
Gov. Magoffin, by circular, submits to the governors of slave
states (5 propositions, among them: "To amend the U. S.
Constitution to forbid nullifying the fugitive-slave law. That
all territories north of 37° shall come in as free states, all
south as slave states. To guarantee free navigation of the
Mississippi forever to all states. To give the South protec-
tion in the U. S. Senate from unconstitutional or oppressive
legislation upon slavery 9 Dec. "
Col. W. S. Featherstone as commissioner from Mississippi
visits Frankfort to urge Kentucky to co-operate in "efficient
measures for the common defence and safety " 25 Dec. "
Joseph Holt of Kentucky secretary of war 31 Dec. "
Montgomery Blair of Frankfort postmaster- general 7 Mch. 1861
Gov. Magoffin answers a war-department call for troops: "I say
emphatically, Keutuci<y will furnish no troops for the wicked
purpose of subduing her sister southern states " 15 Apr. "
Union meeting at Louisville declared that Kentucky would not
take sides, but maintain a neutral position and remain loyal
until the government became the aggressor 18 Apr. "
Capt. Joseph Desha with a company of over 100 leaves Harri-
son county to join the confederates, with other companies
from other counties Apr. "
At an election of delegates to the Border State convention the
vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the Union 4 May, "
Three union men and 3 Breckinridge men as arbitrators agree
f that Kentucky should not take part, but maintain armed
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„ itrality 11 May,
House of Representatives resolves on state neutrality. 16 May,
Gov. Magoffin proclaims armed neutrality of state 20 May,
Border State convention at Frankfort, with representatives
from Kentucky and Missouri and one from Tennessee ad-
dresses Kentucky to remain neutral, and the U. S. to satisfy
^ the slave states of the safety of slave property, 27 May-:^ June,
S. B. Buckner as commander of the state guards and adjutant-
general orders 6 companies of state guards to Columbus, to
preserve the neutrality of that district 24 June,
Brig -gen. William Nelson establishes camp Dick Robinson in
Garrard county, where companies of federal soldiers of Ken-
tucky are formed into regiments Aug. 1861
Confederate troops from Tennessee occupy Columbus. . .4 Sept. "
Gen. Grant with 2 regiments and 2 gunboats takes possession
of Paducah and proclaims that he comes solely to defend the
state from aggression 6 Sept. "
Legislature by resolution orders Confederate troops to leave the;
state, refusing to order both parties to leave 11 Sept. "
Legislature by resolution instructs the governor to call out the
state troops to drive out the southern invaders, and resolves,
" that Kentucky expects the confederates or Tennessee troops
to be withdrawn from her soil unconditionally" 12 Sept. "
S. B. Buckner issues from Russellville an address to the peo-
ple, calling on them to take up arms against the usurpation
of Abraham Lincoln 12 Sept. "
Resolution passed over the governor's veto requesting gen.
Robert Anderson, commander at fort Sumter, to take charge
of the state troops, which he did. .^. Sept. "
S. B. Buckner occupies Bowling Green with a Confederate force,
18 Sept. "
Sixth regiment, Indiana volunteers, reaches Louisville, 20 Sept. "
House passes a bill calling out 40,000 volunteers for 1 to 3 years
to repel the invasion of Confederate forces 24 Sept. "
Battle at camp Wildcat, the junction of 3 roads leading to
Mount Vernon, London, and Richmond. Kentucky infantry
under col. Theodore T. Garrard unsuccessfully attacked by
confederates under brig. -gen. Felix K. ZoUicofifer 4 Oct. "
Sovereignty convention in session at Russellville for 3 days.
Over 200, representing 65 counties, adopt an ordinance of se-
cession, choose col. George W. Johnson provisional governor,
with Bowling Green the new seat of government 18 Nov. "
Confederate congress admits Kentucky as a state 9 Dec. "
Self-styled legislative council of Kentucky assembfes within
the Confederate lines and elects 10 delegates to the Confeder-
ate congress at Richmond 14 Dec. '*
At Middle creek, Floyd county, col. James A. Garfield routs the
confederates under col. Humphrey Marshall 10 Jan. 1862
Battle of Mill Springs, Pulaski county; maj.-gen. George B.
Crittenden and brig. -gen. Zollicoffer attack the approaching
federals under maj. gen. George H. Thomas; gen. ZollicoflCer
is killed and the confederates routed 19-20 Jan. "
Gen. Buckner evacuates Bowling Green 14 Feb. "
Confederates evacuate Columbus, 27 Feb. ; federals take pos-
session 3 Mch. "
Brig. gen. John H. Morgan, with his Confederate cavalry or
rangers (900 men), begins his first Kentucky raid in Monroe
county 8 July, "
[In this raid he captured 17 towns.]
Prison for " rebel females" prepared at Newport, where they
will be required to sew for the federal soldiers 28 July, "
Gov. Magoffin resigns; J. F. Robinson, sjieaker of state senate,
succeeds him 16 Aug. "
Gen. Bragg begins his march into Kentucky from Tennessee
(Bragg's Kentucky Campaign) 24 Aug. "
Battle near Richmond, Madison county; confederates victo-
rious 29-30 Aug. "
Col. Morgan's Confederate cavalry reach Lexington after 5
weeks, passing through the state on their second raid. 4 Sept. "
Munfordsville surrendered to the advancing army under gen.
Bragg, 17 Sept. ; again occupied by the federals 21 Sept. "
Confederate state government organized at Frankfort, with
Richard Hawes of Bourbon as governor, and 4 hours later
leaves Frankfort, never to return 4 Oct. "
Battle of Perryville fought on Chaplin hills in Boyle county
(Bragg's Kentucky campaign) 8 Oct. "
Nine Confederate soldiers captured and hung in Rockcastle
county in retaliation for the hanging in Bell county, by some
Confederate soldiers, of capt. H. King and 15 others as bush-
whackers 6 Nov. "
Col. Cluke's Confederate cavalry take Mount Sterling.. 21 Mch. 1863
Battle of Button hill. Pulaski county ; confederates retreat after
6 hours' engagement 30 Mch. "
Desperate engagement at Tebb's bend of Green river, Taylor
county. 200 of 25th Michigan infantry, under col. Moore, in
a strong natural fortification are attacked by 600 of Mor- ;
gan's men. When summoned to surrender, col. Moore de-
clined "because the 4th of July was not an appropriate day
to surrender," and the confederates retreated after several
ineffectual attempts to storm the intrenchments 4 July, "
Gen. Burnside declares martial law in Kentucky 31 July, "
Capt. Edward Cahill having been sent into Kentucky in Dec.
1863 to recruit free colored men for the Union army, the
legislature by resolution protests, and requests the president
to remove all camps for negro soldiers, by which "our slaves
are enticed to leave the service of their owners " 18 Feb. 1864
Meeting at Louisville of a Border State " Freedom " convention.
100 delegates from 4 states— Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee,
and Arkansas 22-23 Feb. "
Brig. -gen. John H. Morgan enters the state from Virginia with
2400 men on his "June raid" (Morgan's raid) 2 June, "
Parts of Morgan's forces demand the surrender of Lexington,
which is refused, 9 June, and invest Frankfort, which is suc-
cessfully defended H Jin^- "
Gen. Burbridge overtakes Morgan's forces at Cynthiana and
defeats them after an hour's desperate battle 12 June, "
President Lincoln suspends writ oUiaheas corpus in Kentucky,
and proclaims martial law in the state .5 July, "
Many citizens arrested by gen. Burbridge, under gen. Sherman,
as "Sons of Liberty," "American Knights," etc "
A number of citizens of Paducah, Columbus, and vicinity ban-
ished to Canada Aug. "
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Commiesion sent by gen. Burbridgo, to investigate the condact
of gen. Eleazer A. Paine, who hud produced a 51 days' reign
of terror at Paducah. Paine Hoes to Illinois Sept.
James Speed of Louisville attorney-general U. S Nov.
Law consolidating Transylvania and Kentucky universities, Feb.
John C. Breckinridge appointed secretary of war, C.S. A
Gen. Palmer relieves gcii. Burbridge from command of the dis-
trict of Kentucky 10 Feb.
Agricultural college established 22 Feb.
By proclamation of the governor, business is suspended on the
occasion of the funeral of Lincoln 19 Apr.
Old command of gen. Morgan surrenders to brig. -gen. E.H. Hob-
son at Mount Sterling 1 May,
Pres. Johnson modilles pros. Lincoln's proclamation of 5 July,
1H«)4, "in so far that martial law shall no longer be in force
in Kentucky " 12 Oct.
Mining begun in Fayette county, 7 miles from Lexington, for
lead ore 25 Nov.
State Farmers' convention held at Frankfort. 40 counties rep-
resented 11 Jan.
"Ashland." the home of Henry Clay, near Lexington, pur-
chased for the new Agricultural college of Kentucky, 15 Jan.
Jesse Root Grant, father of gen. Grant, appointed postmaster at
Covington 25 Feb.
" Skaag's men," a band of over 100 armed and mounted out-
laws, terrorize the colored population of Marion county
Legislature rejects XIV. th .Amendment to Constitution.. 10 Jan.
Amnesty bill passed; no officer, soldier, or sailor of the U. S. or
so-called Confederate States shall be held responsible, crim-
inally or civilly, in courts of the state for any act done dur-
ing the late rebellion, under military authority 28 Feb.
John I.K Helm, elected governor 5 Aug., inaugurated while dan-
gerously ill at his home in Elizabethtown, 6 Sept ; d. 8 Sept.,
lieut.-gov. John W. Stevenson succeeds 8 Sept.
Gov. Stevenson authorizes 3 companies of volunteers against a
band of " Regulators," and lynchers in Marion, Boyle, and
acyoining counties 11 Oct.
Jolin W. Stevenson elected governor 3 Aug.
Legislature rejects XV. th Amendment to Constitution.. 13 Mch.
A band of so-called "Ku-klux" attack Frank Bowen near
Nicholasville, who in self defence kills one 16 Mch.
State Temperance convention at Covington 4 May,
Seven hundred colored delegates hold a State Educational con-
vention near Louisville 14 July,
Great Commercial convention at Louisville, ex-president Mil-
lard Fillmore presides; 520 delegates from 29 states, 13 Oct.
Affray at Somerset, Pulaski county, from the whipping of one
Cooper by Regulators; 40 men engaged, 3 killed 20 Nov.
Legislature establishes an insurance bureau 20 May,
An assault on a U. S. mail-agent (a negro, William H. Gibson),
on the Lexington and Louisville railroad-train at North Ben-
son depot, 2G Jan. 1871, occasions sending troops into Ken-
tucky and stopping the mail-route for a month Mch.
Gov. Stevenson resigns, Preston H. Leslie, president of the Sen-
ate, acting lieutenant-governor, is inaugurated 13 Feb.
Over 100 armed men enter Frankfort at dawn and free a white
man charged with murdering a negro, though the jail was
guarded by 4 militia men 25 Feb.
Preston H. Leslie elected governor 7 Aug.
National convention in Louisville of " Straight-out Demo-
crats," who repudiate the action of the Baltimore conven-
tion nominating Horace Greeley for president, and nominate
Charles O'Conor of New York for president, and John Quincy
Adams for vice-president (Political parties) 3-5 Sept.
National Industrial Exposition opens at Louisville 3 Sept.
State House of Reform for Juvenile Delinquents opened by
proclamation of the governor, at Anchorage, 12 miles east
of Louisville 25 Sept.
Colored Liberal Republican National convention at Louisville;
delegates from 23 states; Greeley supported 25 Sept.
State Educational convention of colored men in session at
Louisville • 18-19 Feb.
Kentucky Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
incorporated at Louisville 22 Mch.
Gov. Leslie advertises in New York city and Louisville, that
Kentucky is anxious to call in all her bonds, and is prepared
to pay the principal and interest upon presentation.. 10 Sept.
Ku-klux outrages in Shelby and Franklin counties Oct.
General law regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors
Under authority of the legislatures of Kentucky and Indiana,
the boundary above Evansville, Ind., deciding jurisdiction
over Green island, is defined. This section had become the
refuge of thieves, because of uncertain jurisdiction The
commissioners, governed by the U. S. survey of 1806, awarded
Green island to Kentucky, the boundary running near the
present bed of the Ohio river, on the Indiana side
Legislature establishes a Bureau of Agriculture, Horticulture,
and Statistics, and reduces legal interest from 10 to 8 jg
Gen. Green Clay Smith of Kentucky nominated for president
by the Prohibition party
Acts passed legislature making 6% the legal rate of interest in
tlie state, and creating State Board of Health
Act of legislature appropriating $10,000 for a monument to the
memory of John C. Breckinridge, who d. 17 May, 1875
Bill to re establish the whipping-post passes House, 63 to 21;
lost in Senate by casting vote of lieutenant governor
Troopssentby governor to Jackson, Breathitt county, to quell an
old feud revived by a mob attacking sheriff bringing a prison-
er charged with murder to court, under 25 guards — 29 Nov.
Legislature incorporates the Kentucky College of Agriculture
and Mechanics
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1865
1867
1870
1871
1872
1873
1875
1876
1878
1880
1881
1882
1887
Legislature transfers to the U. S. the 6 locks and dams coij-
structed by the state in the Kentucky river
"Regulators," a vigilance association of large extent, disbands,
200 men giving themselves up to the civil authorities in
Louisville, and furnishing names of 800 others
State Prohibition party organized at Louisville 14 Oct.
Legislature establishes a Board of Railroad Commissioners, and
prohibits extortion and discrimination in transportation of
freight and i)assengers
McCoy of Pike county, Ky., kills Hatfield of Logan county,
W. Va., in an election dispute. 4 McCoys arrested for this
act are captured by a Hatlleld mob, carried into West Vir-
ginia, and then secretly taken back to Kentucky and shot. . .
One hundredth anniversary of the battle of Blue Licks cele-
brated on the battle-field 19 Aug.
Convention of friends of popular education in Kentucky meets
at Frankfort to organize against illiteracy ." .5 Apr.
Southern exposition opens at Louisville 1 Aug.
National convention of colored men at Louisville discusses and
acts upon civil and political rights 24 Sept.
State colored normal school at Frankfort opened Apr.
Disturbance in Rowan county arising from an old feud "
Gov. Buckner announces suspension of state treasurer Tate
(state treasurer for 20 years) for defalcations which proved
to amount to $229,009.21, and act passed creating office of '
state inspector and examiner Mch. 1888
State troops stationed at Pikeville to prevent the rescue of 3
Hatfields who were captured by the sheriff of Pike county,
in Logan county, W. Va., and lodged in Pike county jail,
and 6 other Hatfields who were captured after burning the
house of the elder McCoy, and killing his wife, daughter, and
son "
Detachment of 70 troops sent to Perry county to protect the
circuit court in the '• French-Eversole" feud Nov. "
Stephen G. Sharp elected state treasurer in place of defaulter
Tate 5 Aug. 1889
Perry and Knott counties "absolutely dominated and terrorized
by savage and lawless bands," and the circuit court is sus-
pended. The governor refuses to cause expense to the state
by calling out troops "
State troops aid in defeat of the Howard faction in the so-
called Howard-Turner feud in Harlan county 21 Oct.
Constitutional convention meets at Frankfort 8 Sept.
Tornado, leaving a path 400 yards wide and 3 miles long, passes
through Louisville (Storms). In Louisville 120 persons are
killed ; loss to the city, $2,500,000 27 Mch.
Sen. James B. Beck drops dead in a railway station in Wash-
ington, D. C 3 May,
U. S. Supreme court decides in favor of the claim of Kentucky
to the ownership of Green island in the Ohio river. .19 May,
John G. Carlisle elected U. S. senator qualifies 26 May,
Constitutional convention meets at the capitol 8 Sept.
Hatfield- McCoy feud ended by a marriage 21 Mch.
Constitutional convention adjourns to 2 Sept 11 Apr.
New constitution ratified, 213,950 for, 74,446 against. . .3 Aug.
Constitutional convention reassembles 2 Sept., and after amend-
ing the constitution adopted by the people, signs and pub-
lishes the result 28 Sept.
Governor signs the Anti-lottery bill, which makes the dealing
in lottery tickets a felony 15 Mch.
One hundredth anniversary of the admission of Kentucky
into the Union celebrated at Lexington 1 June,
Rush Morgan, the noted desperado who had killed 17 men, is
shot and killed near Hubbard Springs 31 Jan.
John G. Carlisle resigns U. S. senatorship to become secretary of
the treasury Feb.
GOVERNORS OF THE STATE.
1890
I
1891
1893
Name.
Term.
Remarks.
Isaac Shelby
1792 to 1 79fi
James Garrard
1796 '
' 1804
Christopher Greenup
1804 '
' 1808
$.
Charles Scott
1808 '
' 1812
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Isaac Shelby
1812 '
« ISIfi
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George Madison
1816
Dies in ofHce.
J
Gabriel Slaughter
1816 to 1820
Acting.
1
1820 '
1824 '
' 1824
' 1828
•M
Joseph Desha
M.
Thomas Metcalfe
1828 '
' 1832
m
John Breathitt
1832 '
' 1834
Dies in office.
tI
J. T. Morehead
1834 '
' 1836
Acting.
Dies in office.
Acting.
1
James Clark ....
1836 '
1837 '
' 1837
' 1840
1
C. A. Wickiiffe
1
Robert P. Letcher
1840 '
' 1844
'
William Owsley
1844 '
' 1848
John J. Crittenden
1848 '
' 1850
Appointed att'y-gen.
U.&
John L. Helm
1850 '
' 1851
Acting.
Lazarus W. Powell
1851 '
' 1855
Charles S. Morehead
1855 '
' 1859
79
Beriah Magoffin
1859 '
' 1861
i-^M
J F Robinson .
1861
1863 '
' 1863
' 1867
.
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Thomas E. Bramlette
^
John L Helm ....
1867
1868 to 1871
Dies in office.
' fl
John W. Stevenson
j
Preston H. Leslie
1871 '
' 1875
_J
James B. McCreary
1875 '
' 1879
^M
Luke P. Blackburn
1879 '
' 1883
Jh
J. Proctor Knott
1883
' 1887
aP
Simon B. Buckner
1887 '
' 1891
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J. Y. Brown
1891 '
' 1895
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UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.
Name.
John Brown
Jolin Edwards
Humphrey Marshall. . .
John Breckinridge
John Adair
Henry Clay
John B. Thurston
John Pope
Henry Clay
George M. Bibb
George Walker
William T. Barry
Jesse Bledsoe
Isham Talbot
Martin D. Hardin
John .1. Crittenden
Richard M. Johnson. . .
William Logan
John Rowan
■George M. Bibb
Henry Clay
John J. Crittenden
James T. Morehead
Thomas Metcalfe
Josei)h R. Underwood. . ,
Henry Clay
David Meriwether
Archibald Dixon
John B. Thompson
John J. Crittenden
liazarus W. Powell
John C. Breckinridge. . .
Garrett Davis
James Guthrie
Thomas C. McCreery...
Willis B. Machen
John W. Stevenson
Thomas C. McCreery. . .
James B. Beck
John S. Williams
Joseph C. S. Blackburn.
John G. Carlisle
William Lindsey
No. of Congress.
2d to 9th
2d " 4th
4th " 7th
7th " 9th
9th
9th
9th to 11th
10th " 13th
11th
12th to 13th
13th
13th to 14th
13th " 14th
14th " 19th
14th
15th
16th to 21st
16th
19th
21st to 24th
22d " 27th
24th " 30th
27th
30th
30th to 32d
31st " 32d
32d
32d to 33d
33d
34th to 37th
36th " 39th
37th
37th to 42d
39th " 40th
40th
42d
42d to 45th
43d " 46th
45th " 51st
46th " 49th
49th
51st to 52d
. 53d
Date.
1792 to 1805
1792 " 1795
1795 " 1801
1801 " 1805
1805 " 1806
1806 " 1807
1806 " 1809
1807 " 1813
1810 " 1811
1811 " 1814
1814
1815 to 1816
1813 " 1815
1815 " 1825
1816 " 1817
1817 " 1819
1819 " 1829
1819 " 1820
1825
1829 to 1835
1831 " 1842
1836 " 1848
1842
1848 to 1849
1847 " 1852
1849 " 1852
1852
1852 to 1855
1853
1855 to 1861
1859 " 1865
1861
1861 to 1872
1865 " 1868
1868 " 1871
1872 " 1873
1871 " 1877
1873 " 1879
1877 " 1890
1879 " 1885
1885
President pro tern. 17 Oct. 1803.
Resigned. Advocated the resolutions of 1798.
Elected in place of Breckinridge. Resigned If
Elected in place of Adair 1806.
Resigned 1809.
President pro tern. 23 Feb. 1811.
Elected in place of Thurston.
Resigned 1814.
Appointed in place of Bibb.
Elected in place of Bibb. Resigned 1816.
Resigned 1815.
Elected in place of Bledsoe 1815.
Resigned 1819.
Resigned 1820.
Resigned 1842.
Resigned 1848.
Appointed in place of Crittenden.
Died 29 June, 1852.
Appointed in place of Clay.
Elected in place of Clay.
Stanch supporter of the Union during the civil war.
Expelled 1861.
Died 1872.
Elected in place of Guthrie.
Appointed in place of Davis.
Elected in place of Machen.
Died 3 May, 1890.
Term expires 1897.
Elected in place of Beck. Resigned 1893 to enter the cabinet.
Elected in place of Carlisle. Term expires 1895.
Kern§tOU^Il or Wiliche§ter. Kernstown is a
little village about 3 miles south of Winchester, Va., where
gen. Shields defeated Stonewall Jackson, 23 Mch. 1862. The
confederate forces consisted of Ashby's cavalry, about 300, and
4200 infantry, with 27 pieces of artillery; while Shields had
! about 6000 infantry, 750 cavalry, and 24 guns. The federal
j loss was 568, of which 103 were killed; the confederate Io§s
[ was 691. Unitkd States.
I Ket's rebellion, a revolt in July, 1549, instigated
; by William Ket, a tanner, of Wyraondham, Norfolk, Engl. He
j demanded abolition of enclosures, and the dismissal of evil
j counsellors. The insurgents, 20,000 men, were quickly defeated
i by the earl of Warwick. More than 2000 fell ; Ket and others
j were tried 26 Nov., and hanged soon after.
t Kettle creek, Ga., Battle at, fought 14 Feb. 1779.
I Patriots under Pickens routed Tories under Boyd.
j Keystone state. Pennsylvania.
i Kbartuni' or Khartoum', a city of Soudan, at
the confluence of the White and Blue Nile. Pop. 1882, about
70,000. Soudan.
kliedtve' or kedervi', king or lord, a title of the
viceroy of Egypt, instead of vali or viceroy, 14 May, 1867.
Klier'son, a Russian city on the Dnieper, founded 1778.
Potemkin, favorite of Catherine, who died at Jassy in 1791, is
buried here, and John Howard, the English philanthropist,
who died here, 20 Jan. 1790, is buried about 3 miles from the
town, where an obelisk was erected to his memorv by czar
Alexander I. Pop. 62,000.
Khi'va, formerly CaraSHlia, an Uzbeck state in Tur-
kestan, Asia, founded on the ruins of Tamerlane's empire, dates
from the beginning of the 18th century ; governed by a khan,
Muhammed Rachira. An expedition sent against it by the
emperor Nicholas of Russia in 1839 perished through the
rigor of the climate in 1840. Russian influence is extending.
Area, 22,320 sq. miles. Pop.: Uzbecks (Turk Tarters),
Tadjiks, Persians, Nt)raads, and Turcomans estimated at
700,000.
To redress outrages, a Russian expedition sent to Khiva. .Feb. 1873
Ailer defeats, the town surrendered unconditionally. .10 June, "
Khan fled, but returned as vassal of the czar 5 July, 1873
Insurrection against Russians repressed and punished Aug. "
Part of Khiva annexed 15 Oct. "
Country disturbed by revolts 1873-74
KllOkand', a khanate in central Asia, subject to China
about 1760 ; rebelled and became tributary only, 1812. A re-
bellion in Sept. was suppressed Oct. 1874.
War with Russia; gen. Kaufmann defeats about 30,000 men, 4
Sept.; entered Khokand without resistance; khanate virt-
ually subdued 16 Sept. 1875
He defeats 5000 more 21 Sept. "
People expel the new khan 21 Oct. "
Part of Khokand annexed by Russia Oct. "
Massacre of Russian garrison by the people announced, 28 Nov. "
Rebels defeated at Assake (chiefs submit) 30 Jan. 1876
Khokand formally annexed as Ferghana 29 Feb. "
Khyber pass, the principal northern entrance into
Afghanistan from India, 10 miles west of Peshawur, extends
about 33 miles towards Jellalabad ; lying between lofty slate
cliffs, varying from 600 to 1000 ft. in height ; held by Afree-
dees and other warlike tribes, to whom Dost Mahomed for-
merly paid subsidies, which were discontinued by his son
Shere Ali, ameer of Afghanistan.
Pass forced by col. Wade, 26 July; and gen. sir John Keane re-
tired through it after a victorious campaign 1839
Forced by gen. (afterwards sir George) Pollock, on his way to
chastise Cabul for massacres the previous winter. .5-14 Apr. 1842
At Ali Musjid, a fort in the pass, further advance of sir Neville
Chamberlain on a mission from the viceroy to the ameer was
forbidden, with threats of violence 22 Sept. 1878
Pass held by the British till Mch. 1881
Afghanistan.
Kiekapoos. Indians.
Kidd, The Pirate. Massachusetts; New York, 1701.
Kilkenny, S.E. Ireland, an English settlement about
1170. The castle was built 1195 by Wra. Marshall, earl of
Pembroke. At the parliament held here by Lionel, duke of
Clarence, 1367, the statute of Kilkenny was passed. It en-
acted among other things, "that the alliance of the English
by marriage with any Irish, the nurture of infantes, and gos-
sipred with the Irish, be deemed high-treason." And again,
" if anie man of English race use an Irish name, Irish apparell,
or anie other guize or fashion of the Irish, his lands shall be
seized, and his body imprisoned, till he shall conform to Eng-
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lish modes and customs." Said never to have been enforced.
After a siege, the town surrendered to Cromwell, 28 Mch. 1650,
on honorable terms.
Killa'la, Sligo, Ireland an early see. The author of the
tripartite life of St. Patrick says that " in 434 he came to a pleas-
ant place where the river Muadas (Moy) empties itself into
the ocean; and on the south banks of the said river he built
a noble church called Kil-Aladh, of which he made one of his
disciples, Muredach, the first bishop." The see of Achonry
was united to KiUala in the 17th century ; and both to Tuam
in 1839. Bishops.
Killiecrankie, a defile in Perthshire, Scotland. Here
the forces of William III., commanded by gen. Mackay, were
defeated by the adherents of James II. under Graham of Clav-
erhouse, viscount Dundee, who fell in the moment of victory,
17 or 27 July, 1G89.
K.ilpatrick'§ raid. United States, 1864.
kinder-garteil (children's garden), a system of edu-
cation devised by Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel (1782-
1852), but carried out by Mr. and Mrs. Ronge, in Germany,
in 1849, and in England in 1851. The system, founded mainly
on self-tuition, and enlivened by toys, games, and singing, is
set forth in Ronge's " Kinder-garten," pub. 1858 ; and has been
partly adopted in English schools. The Froebel society es-
tablished 1874. In the United States up to 1870 only 5 kin-
der-garten schools were established and these little known.
The National Educational Association in 1872, meeting at
Boston, Mass., appointed a committee to examine the kinder-
garten system. This committee reported a year later, recom-
mending it. In the meantime, public attention was enlisted
through the efforts of Miss Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, and
before 1873 experimental kinder-gartens were established in
Boston, Cleveland, and St. Louis. Now most of the cities have
the system in their public schools, and it is fast extending
through the United States.
Kindred, Table of, in the "Book of Common Prayer,"
was set forth in 1563 (see Lev. xviii., 1490 b.c.).
kine]Iiatic§ (Gr. Kirew, I move), the science of mo-
tion. Reuleaux's '* Kinematics of Machiner}'^," translated by
A. B. W. Kennedy ; pub. June, 1876. " Kinematism " is the
treatment of disease by muscular movement. Prof. Rankine's
" Machinery and Millwork " first appeared 1809 ; new ed. 1876.
Motion.
king^ (Ger. Konig; Lat. rex; Scythian, reis ; Sp. rey ; It.
re ; Fr. roy ; Heb. rosch, chief or head). Nimrod was the first
founder of a kingdom, 2245 B.c. — Du/resnoy. Mizraim built
cities in Egypt, and was the first who assumed the title of
king in that division of the earth, 2188 b.c. The " manner of
the king" is set forth in 1 Sam. viii., 1112 B.c. Saul was the
first king of Israel, 1095 b.c. Most of the Grecian states, as
well as Rome, were originally governed by kings.
King of England.— The style was used by Egbert. 828; but
the title Rex gentis Anglorum, king 'of the English nation,
existed during the heptarchy. Britain.
Plural phraseology, we, tis, our, was first adopted among Eng-
lish kings by John 1199
Title "king of France" assumed, and the French arms quar-
tered, by Edward III., in right of his mother 1340
Pope lieo X. conferred the title "Defender of the Faith" on
Henry VIII 11 Oct. 1521
Henry VIII. changed " lord " of Ireland into " king " 1542
Style • = Great Britain" adopted at the union of England and
Scotland, 6 Anne 1707
That of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland"
at the union, when the royal style and title was appointed to
run thus: '^ Georgius Tertius, Dei Gratia, Briiaimiarum
Rex, Fidei Z)e/ewsor"—" George the Third, by the grace of
God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
king, Defender of the Faith " (France being omitted). .1 Jan. 1801
Hanover omitted in the queen's style 21 June, 1837
Queen Victoria was proclaimed in India, as "Victoria, by the
grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, and the colonies and dependencies thereof in Eu-
rope, Asia, Africa, America, and Australia, queen," etc. 1 Nov. 1868
National Assembly decreed that the title of Louis XVI. " king
of France. " be changed to " king of the French " 16 Oct. 1789
Royal title in France abolished 1792
Louis XVIII. styled "by the grace of God king of France and
Navarre " 1814
Louis Philippe I. invited to be "king of the French ". . .9 Aug. 1830
Emperors of Germany, that their eldest sons might be their
successors, in their own lifetime politically obtained them
the title of "king of the Romans." The first emperor so
elected was Henry IV 1055
Richard, brother of Henry III. of England, was induced to go
to Germany, where he disbursed vast sums under the prom-
ise of being next emperor; he was elected "king of the
Romans " (but failed in succeeding to the imperial crown). . 125ft
Style "king of Rome" was revived by Napoleon I. for his
son, b 20 Mch. 1811
Title "king of Italy" conferred on Victor Emmanuel II. of
Sardinia by Italian parliament 17 Mch. 1861
King Pllilip'§ war. Philip, son of Massasoit,
sachem of the Wampanoags and friend of the early
settlers at Plymouth, New England, was induced by real
and imaginary wrongs to attempt to exterminate the
European settlers. His home was at Mount Hope, R. I.
He struck his first blow at Swansea on 4 July, 1675. The
white settlers sprang to arms. Philip summoned other New
England tribes, and until the summer of 1676 alarm and-
bloodshed filled the more remote New England settlements.
The Indians were finally subdued ; Philip was chased from one
hiding-place to another, and finally, in 1676, was shot in a
swamp by a faithless Indian. His head was carried in triumph
to Pl}'mouth, and his little son, the last survivor of his family,
was sold. for a slave in Bermuda. Indian history, Massa-
chusetts.
king-of-arms. Three for England— Garter, Claren-
cieux, and Norroy; Lyon king-at-arms for Scotland; and Ul-
ster for Ireland. These offices are very ancient. Claren-
cieux is named from Lionel, third son of Edward III., founder
of the order of the Gartee. Lionel having by his wife the
honor of Clare, was made duke of Clarence ; the dukedom after-
wards escheating to Edward IV., he revived the oflfice of Clar-
ence king-at-arms. The oflice of Bath king-of-arms, created
in 1725, was changed to Gloucester king-of-arms, 14 June, 1726.
Ulster was substituted, it is said, in lieu of Ireland king-of-
arms, by Edward VL, 1553, who named it as a new institution.
King's Bench or Queen's Bench, Court of,
in England, obtained its name from the king sometimes sit-
ting here on a high bench, and the judges, to whom judicature
belonged in his absence, on a low bench at his feet. This
court in ancient times was called Cvria Domini Regis. The
court of Queen's Bench satfor the last time July, 1875. Supreme
Court. Chief-justice Cockburn received the freedom of Lon-
don, 9 Mch. 1876; said to be the first case of the kind. The'
Queen's Bench division of the High Court of Justice till 1881
consisted of the chief-justice of England and 4 judges. The
chief-justice of the Queen's Bench division is now chief-justice
of England; the Exchequer and Common-pleas division were
abolished in 1881.
chief-justices in ENGLAND FROM HENRY VIII.
1P09. John Fineux.
1526. John Fitz-James.
1539. Sir Edward .Montagu.
1546. Sir Richard Lyster.
1552. Sir Roger Cholmely.
1553. Sir Thomas Bromley.
1554. Sir William Portman.
1556. Sir Edward Saunders.
1559. Sir Robert Catlyn.
1573. Sir Christopher Wray.
1591. Sir John Popham.
1607. Sir Thomas Fleming.
1613. Sir Edward Coke.
1616. Sir Henry Montagu.
1620. Sir James Ley.
1624. Sir Ranulph Crewe.
1626. Sir Nicholas Hyde.
1631. Sir Thomas Richardson.
1635. Sir John Brampston.
1643. Sir Robert Heath.
1648. Henry Rolle.
1655. John Glyn.
1659. Sir Richard Newdigate.
" Robert Nicholas.
1660. Sir Robert Foster.
1663. Sir Robert Hyde.
1665. Sir John Kelyng.
1671. Sir Matthew Hale.
1676. Sir Richard Raynesford.
1678. Sir William Scroggs.
1681. Sir Francis Pemberton.
1683. Sir Edmund Saunders.
" Sir George Jefferies, after-
wards lord Jefferies and'
lord chancellor.
1685. Sir Edward Herbert.
1687. Sir Robert AVright.
1689. Sir John Holt.
1709. Sir Thomas Parker, after-
wards lord Parker, eart
of Macclesfield, and lord
chancellor.
1718. Sir John Pratt.
1725. Sir Robert Raymond, after-
wards lord Raymond.
1733. Sir Philip Yorke, after-
wards lord Hardwicke
and lord chancellor.
1737. Sir William Lee.
1754. Sir Dudley Ryder.
1756. Wm. Murray, lord, after-
wards earl of Mansfield.
1788. Lloyd, lord Kenyon,9 June.
1802. Sir Edward Law, 12 Apr.;
aft. lord Elienborough.
1818. Sir Charles Abbott. 4 Nov. ;
aft. lord Tenterden.
1832. Sir Thomas Denman, 7
Nov. ; afterwards lord
Denman; resigned.
1850. John, lord Campbell, Mch. ;
aft. lord chancellor.
1859. Sir Alexander Cockburn,
June (d. 20 Nov. 1880).
1880. John Duke, lord Coleridge,
26 Nov.
King'§ Bench prison, Southwark, Engl., near the
site of one of the oldest prisons of London, long used to con-
fine debtors. Here, it is fabled that prince Henry (afterwards
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Henry V.) was committed by justice Gascoigne. The prison
was burned ilown by the London rioters, 7 June, 1780. Gor-
don's " NO-POPEKY " RIOTS. It was rebuilt in 1781, and con-
tained about 230 rooms. Formerh', debtors were allowed to
purchase liberties, to have houses or lodgings without the
walls, or to purchase day-rules, to go out under certain regu-
lations. The rules included St. George's Fields, etc. A con-
sequence of the bankruptcy act, 1861, was the release of many
insolvent debtors; and an act was passed in 1862 "for discon-
tinuing the queen's prison and removal of the prisoners to
Whitecross street prison." The buildings, used as a military
prison, were pulled down and the site sold, 1879-80.
King's bridg'e, spanning Spuyten Duyvil creek, New
York city, first erected in 1691, and called " the king's bridge."
An unsuccessful attempt was made by Washington to cut off.
a force of the British here on the night of 2 July» 1781. New
York, United States.
King^'§ college, now Columbia. New York,
1754, etc.
King's Daugllters, a religious order of service
starting in New York city, 18 Jan. 1886. It is Christian, but
unsectarian, and deals with every topic by which women may
be made helpful to humanity. It is loosely organized, but
welcomes as members all women and girls who will make small
regular contributions to Christian work. Its ranks are filled
chiefly by correspondency and its numbers fluctuate widely,
but no statistics that can be trusted are published. Extends
throughout the United States and Europe.
king's evil, scrofula, formerly supposed to be cured
by the king's touch; first by Edward the Confessor, in 1058.
In the reign of Charles II. 92,107 persons were touched; and,
according to Wiseman, the king's physician, they were nearly
all cured ! Queen Anne officially aimounced in the London
Gazefte, 12 Mch. 1712, her intention to touch publicly. Sam-
uel Johnson is said to have been touched by her for this dis-
ease in his third year, but in vain. The custom was dropped
by George I., 1714.
King's Mountain, S. C, Battle of. Major Patrick
Ferguson was sent by Cornwallis to embody the loyal militia
west of the Broad river, in South Carolina. With 1500 of
them, on his way to join the main army, on 7 Oct. 1780, while
encamped upon aspurof King's mountain, about 1| miles south
of the North Carolina line, he was attacked by 1800 continental
militia under several colonels, and totally defeated. Shelby,
Cleveland, and Campbell were the chief leaders of the conti-
nentals. Ferguson was killed, and a small monument marks
his grave. 300 of his men were killed or wounded, and about
800 made prisoners, with 1500 stand of arms. The Americans
lost only 20 men.
king's speech. The first from the throne said to
! have been by Henry I., 1107.
j Kingston, the shire town of Ulster county, N. Y., was
I settled by the Dutch and Huguenots. It is memorable in the
United States as the place where the first constitution of New
1 York was framed, in 1777, and the first legislature was con-
vened under it; also as having been destroyed by a British
marauding expedition up the Hudson in the autumn of the
; same year. New York.
I Kingston trial. The duchess of Kingston was ar-
jraigned before the lords in Westminster hall for bigamy, hav-
' ing married first capt. Hervey, afterwards earl of Bristol, and
inext, during his lifetime, Evelyn Pierrepont, duke of King-
ston, 15-22 Apr. 1776. She was found guilty, but, on plead-
ing the privilege of peerage, the punishment of burning in the
hand was remitted, and she was discharged on paying the fees.
! kissing the hands of great men was a Grecian custom.
■Kissing was a mode of salutation among the Jews, 1 Sam. x.
1, etc. The " kiss of charity," or " holy kiss," commanded in
the Scriptures (Rom. xvi. 16, etc.), was observed by the early
Christians, and is still practised by the Greek church and some
others. Kissing the pope's foot (or the cross on his slipper)
.began with Adrian I. or Leo IH. about 800 a.d.
Kitchen Cabinet. Cabinet, kitchen.
Kit-kat club, of above 30 noblemen and gentlemen.
instituted in England in 1703, to promote the Protestant suc-
cession. The duke of Marlborough, sir Richard Walpole, Ad-
dison, Steele, and dr. Garth were members. It took its name
from dining at the house of Christopher Kat, a pastry-cook ii*
King street, Westminster.
Kittan'ning, Pa., Battle of. Pennsylvania, 1756.
" Klad'deradatSChV' t^e German "Punch," first
pub. in Berlin, by Albert Hoffmann, the proprietor, origi-
nally a bookseller's assistant. He amassed a fortune; and died
10 Aug. 1880, aged 62.
kneeling. The knee was ordered bent at the name
of Jesus (see Phil. ii. 10) about the year 1275 by the pope»
The ceremony of a vassal kneeling to his lord is said to have
begun in the 8th century.
knights and knighthood. The word knight ia
derived from the Saxon cniht, a servant (i. e. servant to the
king, etc.). The institution of Roman knights {equites or
horsemen, from eguus, a horse) is ascribed to Romulus, about
750 B.C., when the curiae elected 300. Knighthood was con-
ferred in England by the priest at the altar, after confession
and consecration of the sword, during the Saxon heptarchy.
The first knight made by the sovereign with the sword of
state was Athelstane, by Alfred, 900 a.d. — Spelman. The
custom of ecclesiastics conferring knighthood v^as suppressed
in a synod held at Westminster in 1100. — Ashmole^s Institutes,
All persons having 10^. yearly income were obliged to be
knighted, or pay a fine, 38 Hen. III. 1254. — Salmon. On the
decline of the empire of Charlemagne, all Europe being re-
duced to anarchy, the proprietor of every manor became a
petty sovereign; his mansion fortifijed by a moat, and defend-
ed by a guard, and called a castle. Excursions were made by
one petty lord against another, and women and treasure were
carried off by the conqueror. At length the owners of rich
fiefs associated to repress marauders, make property secure,
and protect ladies, binding themselves to these duties by
solemn vow^ and a religious ceremony. Cervantes' " Don
Quixote," a satire on knighterrantry, was pub. 1605. Ban-
neret, Chivalry, Holy Sepulchre, Round-Table, Tour-
naments.
principal military, religious, and honorary orders of
knighthood.
Albert, Saxony 1850
Albert the Bear, Anhalt 183(5
Alcantara, instituted about 1156
Alexander Nevskoi, St. , Russia 1722
Amaranta, Sweden (female) 1645
Andrew, St. , Russia 169&
Andrew, St., Scotland (Thistle) 787. 1540, 1687
Angelic Knights, Greece .337, 1191
Anne, St., Holstein, now Russia 1735
Annonciada, Savoy about 1360
Annunciada, Mantua 161&
Anthony, St. , Bavaria 1382
Anthony, St., Hainault "
Avis, Portugal about 1162
Bath, England, 1399 ; revived (Bath) 1725
Bear, Switzerland 1213
Bee, France (female) 1703
Bento d'Avis, St., Portugal 1162
Black Eagle, Prussia 1701
Blaise, St., Armenia 12th century
Blood of Christ, Mantua 1608
Bridget, St., Sweden , 1366
Broomflowers, France 1234
Brotherly (or Neighborly) Love, Austria (female) 1708
Calatrava, Castile, instituted by Sancho III 1158
Catherine, St., Palestine 1063
Catherine, St.. Russia (female) 171*
Charles. St. , Wurtemberg 1759
Charles III. (or the Immaculate Conception), Spain 1771
Charles XIII. , Sweden 1811
Chase, Wilrtemberg 1702
Christ, Livonia 1203
Christ, Portugal and Rome 1317
Christian Charity, France 1558-
Cincinnati, America 1783
Compostello. St. James.
Conception of the Virgin 1618.
Concord, Prussia • 1660
Constantine, St. , Constantinople, about 313; by emperor Isaac,
1190; Parma, 1699; since removed to Naples.
Crescent, Naples, 1268 ; revived 1464^
Crescent, Turkey > 1801
Cross of Christ 121T
Cross of the South, Brazil 1822
Crown, Prussia 1861
Crown, Wurtemberg 1818.
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€rown of India (female) 31 Dec.
Crown of Italy 1868
Crown of Oaks, Netherlands. 1841
Crown Royal, France (Frlesland) 802
Danebrog, Denmark, instituted by Waldemar II., 1219; revived
by Christian V 1671
Death's Head (female), by the widow Louisa Elizabeth of Saxn-
Masburg 1709
Denis, St., France 1267
Dog and Cock. France 500
Dove of Castile 1379
Dragon, Hungary 1439
Dragon Overthrown, German 1418
Ear of Corn and Krmino, Hrittany '. about 1442
Elephant, Denmark (about 1190), by Christian 1 1462
Elizabeth, St., Portugal and Brazil (female) 1801
Elizabeth Theresa, Austria (female) 1750
Empire of India 1877
Esprit, St., France 1579
Ferdinand, St., Naples 1800
Ferdinand, St., Spain 1811
Fidelity. Baden 1715
Fidelity. Denmark 1732
Fools, Cleves 1380
Francis I., Two Sicilies 1829
Francis Joseph, Austria 1849
Frederick, Wurtemberg 1830
Friesland (or Crown Royal), France 802
Garter, England 1349
Generosity, Brandenburg 1685
Genet, France 726
George, St., and the Reunion, Naples 1800 and 1819
George, St., Angelic Knights 1191
George, St, Austria 1470-94
George, St.; Defender of the Immaculate Conception, Bavaria. 1279
George, St., England (Garter) 1349
George, St., Genoa. 1472
George, St., Hanover 1839
George, St., Ionian isles 1818
George, St., Rome 1492
George, St. , Russia 1769
George, St., Spain 1317
George, St., Venice 1200
Gerion, St., Germany 1190
Glaive, Sweden 1522
Glory, Turkey 1831
Golden Angel (afterwards St. George) about 312
Golden Fleece, instituted at Bruges by Philip the Good, Austria
and Spain 10 Jan. 1429
Golden Lion, Hesse-Cassel 1770
Golden Lion, Nassau and Holland 1858
Golden Shield and Thistle, France 1370
Golden Spur, by Pius IV 1559
Golden Stole, Venice before 737
Gregory, St., Rome 1831
Guelphic, Hanover 1815
Henry, St., Saxony 1736
Henry the Lion, Brunswick 1834
Hermengilde, St. , Spain 1814
Hohenzollern, Prussia 1851
Holy Ghost, France 1579
Holy Sepulchre 1099, 1496
Holy Vial (St. Remi), France 499
Hospitallers, 1099 ; of Rhodes, 1308 ; of Malta 1512
Hubert, St. , Germany (by the duke of Juliers andCleves), Bavaria. 1444
Imtiaz, Turkey Nov. 1879
Iron Cross, Pru.ssia 1813
Iron Crown, Lombardy, 1805 ; revived 1816
Iron Helmet, Hesse Cassel 1814
Isabella, St. , Spain, 1804 ; Portugal (female) 1801
Isabella the Catholic, Spain 1815
James, St., Holland 1290
James, St., Portugal 1310
James, St., of the Sword, Santiago, 1175; Spain and Portugal. 1177
Januarius, St. , Naples 1738
Jerusalem (Malta) 1048
Jesus Christ, Rome, instituted by John XXIL, 1320; reformed
as Jesus and Mary by Paul V 1615
Joachim, St., Germany 1755
John of Aeon, St after 1377
John of Jerusalem, St. (Hospitallers), Rome 1048
John, St., Prussia 1812
Joseph, St. , Tuscany 1807
Julian of Alcantara, St 1156
Katharine, St., England (female nurses) 1879
Knot, Naples 1352
La Calza, Venice ihout 737
Lamb of God, Sweden 1564
Lazarus, St., France, before 1154; united with that of St. Mau-
rice, Savoy 1572
Legion of Honor, France 1802
Leopold, Austria 1808
Leopold, Belgium 1862
Lily of Aragon 1410
Lily of Navarre about 1043
Lion, Holland 1815
Lion (Sun) 1808
Lion of Zahringen. Baden 1812
Tiioness, Naples about 1399
Loretto, Lady of. 1.587
Louis, Bavaria 1827
Louis, Hesse-Darmstadt 1807
Louis, St. , France 1()93
Louisa, Prussia (female) 1814
Malta (Hospitallers).
Maria de Merced, St. , Spain 1218
Maria Louisa, Spain (female) 1792
Maria Theresa, Austria 1767
Mark, St. , Venice, about 828; renewed 1562
Martyrs, Palestine 1014
Maurice, St., Savoy 1434
Maximilian Joseph, Bavaria 1806
Medjidid, Turkey 1852
Merit, Bavaria 1808, 1866
Merit, Belgium 1867
Merit, Hesse-Cassel 1769
Merit, Military, Baden 1807
Merit, Oldenburg 1838
Merit, Prussia 1740
Merit, Saxony 1816
Merit, WQrtemberg 1859
Mexican Eagle 1866
Michael, St., Bavaria 1693
Michael, St., France 1469
Michael, St., Germany 1618
Michael and George, Sts. , 1818 ; reorganized Mch. 186i>
Montjoie, Jerusalem before 1180
Neighborly Love, Austria (female) 1708
Nicholas, St. (Argonauts of), Naples 1383
Noble Passion, Saxony 1704
Oak of Navarre, Spain 723
Olaf, St., Sweden 184T
Osmani^, Turkey 1861^
Our Lady of Montesa 1316
Our Lady of the Conception of Villa Vigosa 1818i
Our I,ady of the Lily, Navarre » 1043;
Palatine Lion 1761
Palm and Alligator, Africa, granted to gov. Campbell in 1837]
Passion of Jesus Christ, France 1~"
Patrick, St., Ireland 17i
Paul, St., Rome 1
Pedro I., Brazil 182i
Peter, Frederick Lewis, Oldenburg. 1(
Peter, St., Rome 1
Philip, Hesse- Darmstadt 184ftf;
Pius, founded by Pius IV 1550'
Pius IX., Rome 184t
Polar Star, Sweden ; revived 1748
Porcupine, France 1393
Reale, Naples , about 1399
Red Eagle, Prussia, 1705. 1712, 1734; revived 1792
Redeemer (or Saviour), Greece 1833
Remi, St. (or Holy Vial) about 499
Rosary, Spain 1212
Rose, Brazil 1829
Round Table, England, by Alfred (Garter) 516 or 528
Rue Crown, Saxony 1807
Rupert, St., Germany 1701
Saviour, Aragon 1118:',
Saviour, or Redeemer, Greece 1 '
Saviour of the World, Sweden 156:
Savoy, Italy 181
Scale. Castile about 13'
Scarf, Castile, 1330 ; revived 17(
Sepulchre, Holy, Palestine H
Seraphim, Sweden 1260 or 1
Ship and Crescent, France 121
Slaves of Virtue, Germany (female) 1
Stanislas, St., Poland 171
Star, France 1
Star, Sicilv 1
Star of India, British 1
Star of the Cross, Austria (female) 1
Star of the North, Sweden 17
Stephen, St., Hungary 17
Stephen, St., Tuscany 156:_
Sun and Lion, Persia 1808^
Swan, Flanders about 5(
Swan, Prussia (female) 1440, 1843
Sword (or Silence), Cyprus 1196
Sword, Sweden, 1525 ; revived 1748
Templars HW;
Teste Morte (Death's Head), WQrtemberg (female) 166511
Teutonic, Austria, about 1190; abolished 1809; 1.'522; roorgan-
ized 1840, 1866
Thistle of Bourbon 1370
Thistle, Scotland, 809 ; revived 1540, 1687
Thomas of Aeon, St after 137J
Toison d'Or (Golden Fleece) 10|
Tower and Sword, Portugal, 1459 ; revived iSg
Tiisin, or Hungarian Knights about 16<S
Two Sicilies 1808
Vasa, Sweden 1^72
Vigilance, or White Falcon, Saxe- Weimar 1732
Virgin Mary, Italy 1233
Virgin of Mount Carmel, France 16W
Wends, Mecklenburg 186*
White Cross, Tuscany 18»
White Falcon. Saxe- Weimar I'Sa
Wilhelm, Holland IS"
Wing of St. Michael. Portugal HJ*
Wladimir, St., Russia •• 1782
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Female Knights. It is said that the first were the women who pre-
served Tortosa from the Moors in 1149 by their stout resistance.
Large immunities were granted to them and their descendants.
Several female orders appear in the previous list. Ladies have
been admitted to several male orders.
Knights of Glyn and Kerry, in Ireland. The heads of 2 branches
of the family of Fitzgerald, who still enjoy the distinctions be-
stowed on their ancestors by sovereigns in the 13th century.
The 19th knight of Kerry d. 6 Aug. 1880.
Knights of the Shire, or of Parliament. Summoned by the king's
writ and chosen by the freeholders; first summoned by Simon de
Montfort in 1258, and in a more formal manner, 20 Jan. 1265. There
are writs extant as far back as 11 Edward L, 1283. The knights
are still girded with a sword when elected, as the writ prescribes.
K.Ilig[llt§ of Labor, one of the largest labor organ-
izations in the United States. A secret order was established
in 1869 by Uriah S. Stevens, a clothing cutter at Philadelphia,
for the protection of working-people and for the development
of educated labor. Some time after a ritual was adopted and
the society called the " Knights of Labor." In 1878 a general
assembly of the national association was formed, with a su-
preme office of general master- workman. T. V. Powderly
of Scranton, Pa., had filled that office since its formation until
Nov. 1893, when James R. Sovereign was elected. Its mem-
bership reported at its annual convention at Toledo, O., Nov.
1891, was 200,000, but no exact figures were given ; reported
1893 at 64,000. Its name was concealed until 1881.
Knights of the Oolden Circle, a (supposed)
organization in the southern United States for establishing a
government recognizing slavery. This Golden Circle included
territory reaching north to Mason and Dixon's line and south
to the isthmus of Darien, embracing the West Indies, Mexico,
etc., with a radius of about 16°. It was first known as the
order of the Lonk Star, and w^as active in Texas and through-
out the south. To this was due the filibustering movement
in Central America and Cuba, 1850-57. Filibusters. The
name was subsequently changed to "Knights of the Golden
Circle." When secession began its members were active
throughout the south and in some of the northern states, no-
tably Ohio and Indiana. The organization was a dangerous
element at the north throughout the civil war.
lillive§. In England, Hallarashire (the country around
Sheffield) has been renowned for cutlery for 5 centuries.
Chaucer speaks of the " Sheffield thwytel." Stow says that
Richard Mathews, on the Fleet bridge, was the first English-
man who made Jine knives, etc., and that he obtained a pro-
hibition of foreign ones, 1563. Clasp or spring knives became
common about 1650, coming originally from Flanders. — Knife-
cleaning machines were patented by Mr. George Kent in 1844 and
1852 ; others have been invented by Masters, Price, etc. Forks.
Know-nothing's, a society which arose in 1853 in
the United States. They controlled several newspapers and
had much political influence. Their principles were embodied
in the following propositions (at New York, 1855) :
1. Americans shall rule America.
2. The union of these states.
3. No North, no South, no East, no West.
4. The United States of America— as they are— one and inseparable.
6. No sectarian interferences in our legislation or in the adminis-
tration of American law.
6. Hostility to the assumption of the pope, through the bishops,
etc., in a republic sanctified by Protestant blood.
7. Thorough reform in the naturalization laws.
8. Free and liberal educational institutions for all sects and classes,
with the Bible, God's holy word, as a universal textbook.
Known in politics as the " American party." United States,
1856 ; Political parties.
KnoXYlile, Tenn., Siege of. Gen, Burnside, with the
army of the Ohio, occupied Knoxville 3 Sept. 1863. The
Confederate gen. Buckner, upon his advance, evacuated E.
Tennessee and joined Bragg at Chattanooga. Early in No-
vember, gen. Longstreet, with 16,000 men, advanced against
Knoxville. On the 14th he crossed the Tennessee. Burn-
side repulsed him on the 16th at Campbell's station, gaining
time to concentrate his army in Knoxville. Longstreet ad-
vanced, laid siege to the town, and assaulted it twice (18 and
29 Nov.), but was repulsed. Meantime Grant had defeated
Bragg at Chattanooga, and Sherman, with 25,000 men, was on
t the way to relieve Knoxville. Longstreet,compelled to raise the
i siege, retired up the Holston river, but did not entirely aban-
don E. Tennessee until the next spring, when he again joined
Lee in Virginia. Chattanooga campaign, Fort Sanders.
Koh-i-noor, or
mond. Diamonds.
KRA
Mountain of Light,'
the India dia-
KoniggrittZ (ko' -neg-rSts), a fortified town of Bohemia.
Near here was fought the decisive battle between the Austrians
under marshal Benedek, and the Prussians under king William
I., 3 July, 1866. Prince Frederick Charles halted at Kamnitz
on Monday, 2 July, his troops marched at midnight, and the
first shot was fired about 7.30 a.m. 3 July. The attack began at
Sadowa (after which the battle is also named) about 10 o'clock,
the result appearing uncertain, till the army of the crown-
prince of Prussia arrived about 12.30. When Chlum, which
had been taken and lost 7 times by the Prussians, was taken
for the 8th time, the fate of the day was decided ; and the re-
treat of the Austrians, at first orderly, became a disastrous flight.
About 400,000 men were engaged, one of the greatest battles
of history. The Austrians are said to have lost 174 guns, about
40,000 killed and wounded, and 20,000 prisoners. The Prussians
lost about 10,000 men. The victory made Prussia supreme
in Germany, united North Germany, enabled Italy to obtain
Venetia, and led to the legislative independence of Hungary.
Konig§berg, capital of E. Prussia, founded by the
Teutonic knights in 1255, became the residence of the grand-
master in 1457. It joined the Hanseatic league in 1365. It
was ceded to the elector of Brandenburg in J657, and here
Frederick III. was crowned first king of Prussia in 1701. It
was held by the Russians 1758-64, and by the French in 1807.
Here William I. and his queen were crowned, 18 Oct. 1861.
Konig§tein tun, Nassau, Germany, was built by
Frederick Augustus, king of Poland, in 1725,' to hold 233,66*7
gallons of wine; and on the top, which was railed in, was ac-
commodation for 20 persons to regale themselves. The tun
of St. Bernard's was said to hold 800 tons. Heidelberg.
Koran' or Aleoran' {Al Kuran, properly Quran),
the sacred book of the Mahometans, written about 610, by
Mahomet (as revealed to him by the angel Gabriel in 23
years), was published by Abu-Bekr about 635. It sought to
unite the professors of idolatr}' and the Jews and Christians
in the worship of one God (whose unity was the chief point
inculcated), under certain laws and ceremonies, exacting obe-
dience to Mahomet as prophet. The leading article of faith
combines an eternal truth and a necessary fiction— that there
is only one God, and that Mahomet is his apo&iXe— Gibbon.
The Koran was translated into Latin in 1143; into French,
1647 ; into English by Sale, 1734 ; and into other European
languages, 1763 et seq. It is a rhapsody of 6000 verses, in
114 sections. Mahomet anism, etc.
Korei§h, an Arab tribe which had charge of the Caaba, ox
sacred stone of Mecca, and strenuously opposed the pretensions
of Mahomet. It was defeated by him and his adherents, 623-30.
Ko§Zta affair. Martin Koszta, a Hungarian refu-
gee, when in the United States in 1850, declared his intention
to become a citizen. In 1853 he visited Smyrna, and on 21
June was seized by a boat's crew of the Austrian brig Huzzar.
By direction of the American minister at Constantinople, capt.
Ingraham, of the American sloop St. Louis, demanded his re-
lease; but, having heard that the prisoner was to be clandes-
tinely transported to Trieste, he demanded his surrender by
a certain time, and prepared to attack the Austrian vessel on
2 July ; Koszta was then given up. On 1 Aug., the Austrian
government protested against these proceedings in a circular
addressed to the European courts, but eventually a compro-
mise was effected, and Koszta returned to the U. S. United
States, 1854.
kraal {krdl), a Dutch name for a collection of huts with-
in a stockade in S. Africa. Zululand.
kraicen, a fabulous Scandinavian sea-monster of im-
mense size.
" Below the thunders of the upper deep-
Far, far beneath, in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The kraken sleepeth. . . .
There hath he lain for ages and will lie
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
Then once by men and angels to be seen.
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die "
— Tennyson, "The Kraken." '
KRE
m
LAD
Kremlin, a p^ilace at Moscow, built by Demetri, grand-
duke of Russia, about 1376. It was burned down in Sept. 1812,
during the city's occupancy by the French army, and rebuilt
in 1816; partly burned about 23 July, 1879. Moscow.
Kriipp's cast-steel factory, Essen, Rhenish Prussia, es-
tablished 1810. About 10,500 men employed, exclusive of
about 5000 miners and others (1876).
Ku-klux-klan, a secret society in the southern
United States, opposed to negro suffrage. Early in 1868, this
society issued lists of proscribed persons, who must quit the
country or be liable to assassination. Gen. Grant endeavored
to suppress this society in April. Its repression by the mili-
tia in Arkansas was ordered, Nov. 1868, and it became the sub-
ject of legislation at Washington, June, 1871, under which
many persons were tried and convicted for outrage and mur-
der. The Ku-kliix outrages were generally committed at
night, by masked men, with disguised horses. The vigorous
prosecution of Ku-klux offenders destroyed the organization.
KunobitZ'a, in the Balkan. Here John Hunniades^
the Hungarian, defeated the Turks, 24 Dec. 1443.
Kurdlitan' (the ancient Assyria), a country of W.Asia,
subject partly to Turkey and Persia. In Oct. 1880 the Kurds,
savage tribes, nominal Mahometans, ravaged Persia, and were
subdued after fierce conflicts with their chief, Obeid-ullah, a
Turkish sheik, Nov., Dec. 1880. In June, 1881, he was said to
have surrendered.
Li, In Greek the form of this letter was generally A ; but
in the western Greek L, which appears in old Roman inscrip-
tions, passing by degrees into the right angle of our alphabet.
— Encycl. Brit. 9 th ed.
Labor, American Federation of, formed
at Columbus, O., in Dec. 1886, one of the largest labor or-
ganizations in the world, uniting the trades and occupations
in the United States. The total membership in 1890-91 was
nearly 700,000. The trades represented by the largest mem-
bership are : (1) the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America, 65,000 to 70,000 ; (2) Association of Iron and Steel
Workers, 60,000 ; (3) Iron-moulders' Union of America, 41,000
to 45,000 ; (4) Bricklayers and Stone-masons' Union, 35,000 to
40,000; (5) Brotherhood of Locomotive P]ngineers, 30,000 to
35,000; (6) International Typographical Union, 30,000 ; (7)
Cigar-makers' International Union, 30,000; (8) Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen, 25,000 ; (9) Coal Miners, 20,000; (10)
Granite Cutters, 20,000 ; (11) Tailors, 17,000 ; (12) Bakers,
17,000, etc. KxiGHTS of Labor, Strikes.
LABOR MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
First trades-union in the U. S. , the tailors' 1806
Hatters organize a union 1819
Shipwrights and calkers organize a charitable association. . .1825-30
Agitation for less hours of labor, better wages, and protection
of operatives in factories 1825
Appearance in local politics of the Workingmen's party 1828
Ebenezer Ford elected on this ticket to the legislature of New
York 1829
Printers' first local union 1831
New England Association of Farmers, Mechanics, and Working-
men formed "
Shipwrights and calkers of New England begin the 10-hour
movement 1832
Convention of mechanics at Utica, N. Y., protested against
convict labor 1834
Pres. Van Buren establishes 10-hour system in navy-yards 1840
"New England Workingmen's Association " organized in Bos-
ton 1845
New Hampshire makes 10 hours a legal day's work 1847
National and international trades-unions organized from Maine
to California 1850-60
International Typographical Union established 1852
Machinists and Blacksmiths' Union established 1859
Iron- moulders' Association establisheti. "
Cigar-makers' International Union established 1864
Great revival in the labor movement '. 1866
An 8-hour bill introduced in Congress for the benefit of govern-
ment employes, 1866 ; becomes a law 1868
" Knights of Labor" organize in Philadelphia 1869
Congress creates a national bureau of labor 1884
Erected into a department of labor 1888
Labor day, 1st Monday in Sept., made a national legal holi-
day 1894
Lab'rador, the most eastern portion of North Ameri-
ca, extending from the entrance of Hudson's strait to the strait
of Belle Isle, a distance of 740 miles on the Atlantic ocean,
discovered by Sebastian Cabot, 1497; visited by Cortereal
in 1500; made a Moravian missionary station in 1771. Since
1809 it has belonged to Newfoundland.
labur'num (jCytisuslahumum), called also the golden
chain, was brought to England from Hungary, Austria, etc.,
about 1576.—^ she.
lab'yrinttas. A structure with intricate passages ren-
dering it difficult to find an exit. 4 are mentioned; the first,
said to have been built by Daedalus, in Crete, to secure the
Minotaur, about 1210 b.c. ; the second, of Arsinoe, in Egypt,
near the lake of Moeris, by Psammeticus, king of that place,
about 683 b.c.; the third, at Lemnos, remarkable for sumptuous
pillars, which seems to have been a stalactite grotto ; and the
fourth, at Clusium, in Italy, erected by Porsenna, king of Etru-
ria, about 520 b.c. — Pliny. The labyrinth of Woodstock is
connected with the story of fair Rosamond. The maze at
Hampton court was formed in the 16th century.
laee. A fabric of fine thread of cotton, linen, or silk,
until recently made by hand, but now largely b}' machin-
ery. It was made of very delicate texture in France and
Flanders in 1320. Its importation into England was prohib-
ited in 1483 ; but it was used in the court costume of Eliza-
beth's reign. Dresden, Valenciennes, Mechlin, and Brussels
are famous for fine lace. An ounce of Flanders thread has
often sold for 4/. in London ; and its value, when manufactured,
has been increased to 40/., 10 times the price of standard gold.
A framework knitter of Nottingham, named Hammond, is said
to have invented a mode of applying his stocking-frame to
manufacture lace while studying the lace on his wife's cap,
about 1768. — MacCulloch. So many improvements have been
made in this manufacture, particularly by Heathcote (1809,
1817, etc.), Morley, and Leaver (1811, etc.), that a piece of lace
which about 1809 cost 17/. may now be had for 7s. (1853). —
Ure. The process of " gassing," which makes cotton lace said
to equal fine linen lace, was invented by Samuel Hall of Bas-
ford, near Nottingham, Engl. He died in Nov. 1862. Se-
guin's " La Dentelle ; Histoire," etc., pub. 1874.
Laeedse'mon or Laeo'nia {TzaJconia). Sparta.
La Colle {la koW) lVItll§, Attack on, in Lower Canada,
not far from Rouse's Point, by 3000 Americans of gen. Wilkin-
son's division, on 30 Mch. 1814. The mill was fortified and
garrisoned by 200 British soldiers under maj. Hancock. The
Americans lost 16 killed and 122 wounded, the British loss was
10 killed and 46 wounded. United States.
Liaeonia. New Hampshire, 1622.
laerosse. The national game of the dominion of
Canada, made popular after 1860. First association in the
United States, 1879. Michigan, 1763.
Iaeteal§ (absorbent vessels connected with digestion)
were discovered in a dog by Jasper Asellius of Cremona, 1622,
and their termination in the thoracic duct by Pecquet, 1651.
Lymphatics.
Ladoee'a, in Arcadia. Here Cleomenes III., king of
Sparta, defeated the Achasan league, 226 b.c.
Ladrone' i§le$, N. Pacific, belonging to Spain, dis-
covered by Magellan in 1520. He first touched at the island
of Guam. Natives having stolen from him, he named the isl-
ands the Ladrones, or Thieves. In the 17th century they were
named Marianha islands from the queen of Spain.
lady. Masters and mistresses of manor-houses, in for-
mer times, who served out bread to the poor weekly, were
LAF
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LAM
called lafords and lefdays ; signifying bread -givers (from
hlaf, a loaf) ; hence lords and ladies. Wedgewood derives the
words from the Anglo-Saxon laford, lord, and hlafdig, lady.
—Lady-day (25 Mch.), a festival instituted in England about
550, according to some, and not before the 7th century accord-
ing to others. Annunciation. The year, which previously
began on this day, was ordered to begin on 1 Jan. in France
in 1564; and in Scotland, by proclamation, on 17 Dec. 1599;
but not in England till 3 Sept. 1752, when the style was altered.
Lafayette in the United States. United States,
1824-25.
Laffeldt, a village of Holland. Here marshal Saxe
defeated the English, Dutch, and Austrians, 2 July, 1747.
Lafflte {la-fit'), Jean, the "Pirate of the Gulf," born in
France about 1780, coming to the United States, became a leader
of pirates and smugglers at Barataria bay. The British in
the gulf of Mexico during the fall of 1814 urged him to join
them with his forces, but instead he joined Jackson, and did
valiant service at the battle of New Orleans. His subsequent
career is obscure.
La'gro§ toay, Portugal. Here was fought a battle be-
tween adm. Boscawen and the French adm. de la Clue (who
lo?t both legs and died next day), 17, 18 Aug. 1759. The Cen-
taur and Modeste were taken, the Redoutable and Ocean ran
on shore and were burned ; the scattered remains of the French
fleet got into Cadiz.
i L.a Hog-ue (Id hog), N.W. France, Battle of, 19 May,
il692, when the English and Dutch fleets under adms. Russell
land Rooke defeated the French fleet of adm. Tourville. The
•English burned 13 ships and destroyed 8 more, preventing a
idescent upon England.
I I^aliore', capital city of the Punjab, N.W. India, was
'taken by Baber about 1520, and was long the capital of the
iMongol empire. It fell into the power of the Sikhs in 1798.
jit was occupied by sir Hugh Gough, 22 Feb. 1846, who in Mch.
iconcluded a treaty of peace. Pop. 1891, 176,720. Durbar.
1 lake Cliamplain, N. Y., a narrow body of water
il20 miles long, lying between New York and Vermont.
I Area, 488 sq. miles. Crown Point and Fort Ticonderoga;
{Naval battles; Nevv^ York, 1609, etc. ; Plattsburg.
I lake cl'Wellillg§, dwellinj^s built on piles or other
jmpport over the water of a lake. Name first applied to dwell-
ings discovered at the bottom of lakes in Switzerland, and
j.vhich contain relics of the stone, iron, and brass ages. He-
i'odotus (about 450 b.c.) described the Paeonians as living on
olatforms in lake Prasias. In 1855 dr. Keller discovered re-
jnains of habitations which had been supported on piles in
jeveral Swiss lakes ages ago. His book was published
n England in 1866. The artificial fortified islands termed
i'cranognes" in some Irish lakes are attributed to the 9th
j.nd 10th centuries. They have often been places of refuge.
j lake £rie bounds part of New York, Pennsylvania,
Ind Ohio on the north, and extends in a southwesterly di-
jection from Buffalo, N. Y., to Toledo, O., 250 miles; breadth,
jo miles; average depth, 204 ft. Area, 10,000 sq. miles.
jUvAL battles. New York, 1679; Ohio, 1813; United
i'TATES.
i lake Oeorge, and Battle of. First so called by the
English in 1755 ; previously named by the French St. Sacre-
lent, for the purity of its water. Extends northeast and
)uthwest, mostly between Washington and Warren counties,
'ew York. It is 33 miles in length, and from 1 to 4 miles
i<le. At the upper end, during colonial days, stood Fort
/^illiam Henry, and at the lower end Fort Ticonderoga.
ear the upper end was fought the battle of Lake George, 8
ipt. 1755, in which gen. William Johnson, with a force va-
(usly estimated from 3000 to 5000 troops, mostly from Mas-
ihusetts,^ Connecticut, and New Hampshire, and a few Mo-
iwk Indians under their chief Hendricks, defeated a mixed
ipany of French regulars, Canadians, and Indians under
►n Dieskau, numbering probably 2500. On the morning
the principal engagement Dieskau had ambuscaded and
feated an advanced detachment from Johnson's force of 1000
I, with the Indians under Hendricks, who was killed, as
was col. Ephraim Williams, the commander. The French
followed closely and reached the temporary defences of the
main body as soon as the fugitives. After fighting for several
hours, and losing heavily, the French retired, leaving Dieskau,
wounded, a prisoner. New York. For this victory, John-
son, who, slightly wounded, retired early in the fight, re-
ceived 5000?. and a baronetcy from the British government.
The honor of the victory is usually awarded to gen. Phineas
Lyman of Connecticut, who took command when Johnson was
disabled. Among those engaged were Israel Putnam, John
Stark, and Seth Pomeroy. It is said of col. Ephraim Will-
iams, killed in the first engagement, that "while passing
through Albany he made his will, leaving certain property to
found a free school for western Massachusetts, since grown into
Williams college."— /M(ire<A's " Hist. U. S." vol. ii. p. 463.
lake, Great ISalt, Utah territory. Area, 1875 sq.
miles.
lake Huron lies between Michigan and Canada;
length, 270 miles; breadth, 105 miles; but from Bay City,
at the extremity of Saginaw bay, across the lake and Geor-
gian bay it is ov^er 200 miles. Maximum depth, 1800 ft. ;
average depth between 300 to 500 ft. Area, 23,000 sq.
miles.
lake miellig^an, separating Wisconsin .from Michi-
gan, is the third in size of the great lakes, being 345 miles
long, 84 miles wide. Area, 22,400 sq. miles. Its maximum
depth 1000 ft.
lake Ontario, the most easterly of the 5 great lakes,
extends from Hamilton, Ont., to Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., 190
miles ; breadth 52 miles, and average depth 412 feet. Naval
battles ; New York ; United States, 1812-14.
Lake poets, a term applied to Wordsworth (1770-
1850), Coleridge (1772-1834), and Southey (1774-1843), who
lived among the lakes of Wetsmoreland, Engl.
lake Regillui, Italy, where, tradition states, the
Romans defeated the Latin auxiliaries of the expelled Tar-
quins, about 499 b.c.
lake Superior, the largest of the 5 great lakes.
Michigan and Wisconsin lie on its south side, Minnesota
and Canada on its north. Its length is 390 miles, breadth
160 miles, and average depth 900 feet. Area, 32,000 sq.
miles.
Lamaism, the religion of Mongolia and Thibet (dating
about 1357), is a corrupt form of Buddhism.
Lamian war, 323 b.c, of Athens and her allies (ex-
cited by Demosthenes), with Antipater, governor of Mace-
don. Antipater fled to Lamia, in Thessaly,and was there be-
sieged. He escaped and defeated his adversaries at Cranon,
322 B.C.
L<aninia§-Clay, l Aug., one of the English 4 cross
quarter-days of the year. Whitsuntide was the 1st, Lammas
the 2d, Martinmas the 3d, and Candlemas the last. This di-
vision of the year was once as common as that by Lady-day,
Midsummer, Michaelmas, and Christmas. Rents are some-
times payable on these quarter days in England, and very gen-
erally in Scotland. Lammas probably comes from the Saxon
hlammcesse, loaf mass, becaiise formerly upon that day bread
made of new wheat was offered. Anciently, tenants that held
lands of the cathedral church of York were by tenure to bring
a lamb alive into church at high-mass.
"It was upon a Lammas-night
When corn-rigs are bonnie." — Burns.
"Even or odd, of all days in the year,
Come Lammas-eve at night shall she be fourteen."
— Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet," act i. so. iii.
lamps. The earthen lamp of Epictetus the philosopher
sold after his death for 3000 drachmas. Lamps with horn
sides said to be the invention of Alfred. London streets were
first lighted with oil-lamps in 1681, and with gas-lamps in
1814. A lamp "constructed to produce neither smoke nor
smell, and to give considerably more light than any lamp
hitherto known," was patented by Aim6 Argand in 1784,
and was brought into general use in England early in the
present century. On his principle are founded the lamp
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LAN
invented by Carcel about 1803, and since 1825 the moder-
ator lamps of Levavasaeur, Hadrot, and Neuburger. Safety-
lamp.
Lancaiterian iChoolS, on a system of education
by mutual instruction, devised by Joseph Lancaster about
1796, were not much patronized till about 1808. The system
led to the formation of the British and Foreign School Society
in 1805, whose schools are unsectarian and use only the Bible
in religious instruction. Lancaster was accidentally killed at
New York in 1838.
Lancastrians. Roses.
land. The first division of land was for tribal occupancy
(Gen. X. 25-32). " The traditions of Roman law furnish the
information that wealth consisted at first in cattle and the
produce of the soil, and it was not until later that land came
to be distributed among the burghess as their own special
property." — Mommsen, " Hist, of Rome." The earliest measure
of land personally owned by a Roman as " land of one's own "
Qieredium) consisted of 2 jugera, \\ acres, and should be dis-
tinguished from the hide, \'2\ acres, which while used was not
owned. Agrakian law, Licinian law. During the mediaeval
period most of the land of Europe was subject to the conditions
of Feudalism. Feudal laws. Great changes have marked
the last hundred years, the tendency being to division and in-
dividual ownership. In France before the revolution land was
owned by comparatively few; now there are over 2,000,000
owning i2 acres and over, 1,000,000 owning between 12 and
25 acres, while there are only 150,000 that possess 100 acres
and over. Of the whole population more than 1,800,000 cul-
tivate their own land, 850,000 are tenants, and only 55,000 cul-
tivate by a steward or deputy. The land in Belgium, Switz-
erland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and a large part of Italy
is now divided into small farms, and this is becoming the con-
dition of Germany. In Great Britain the opposite appears ;
the land, estimated in 1890 at 77,695,246 acres, is in fewer
hands than that of any other country in Europe. There are
1,173,794 owners, of whom 852,408 own less than an acre ;
262,830 average about 70 acres, 51,000, 380 acres; 6200, 3150
acres, and 1200, 16,200 acres. As the population is 37,740,383,
there are 36,566,489 without land. Of tenant farmers in Great
Britain there are 561,000, and in Ireland 600,000 ; about
400,000 in Great Britain and 500,000 in Ireland hold less than
15 acres. All the land in the United States was originally
claimed by the several rulers of Europe, by right of discovery,
the Atlantic coast mostly by the British. Extensive grants
were made by kings of England to individuals and companies,
regardless of the rights of aborigines. While the Dutch held
New York, grants were made several hundred square miles
in extent to citizens of Holland, with feudal privileges, espe-
cially to the Van Rensselaers and afterwards to Robert Living-
ston (1686), from the English government. Anti-rentism.
In Virginia free settlers who emigrated at their own expense
were allowed as much land as they could cultivate, free from
taxes for 10 years. As early as 1615, 50 acres was granted in
fee to every freeman in that province. In New England, not-
ably in Massachusetts, grants were at first made only to com-
panies formed for settling plantations, but even here as early
as 1623 every person obtained a little land in fee. In 1777
North Carolina opened a land office for the sale of land lately
ceded by the Cherokees, and any man could enter 650 acres for
himself, and 100 acres for his wife and each child, the whole
to be paid for at 2^. 10s. per each 100 acres besides fees and
cost of survey. Congress has enacted many laws for the dis-
posal of national public lands. Of these there are 2 classes,
one at $1.25 per acre as the minimum price, and the other at
$2.50 ; the latter intluding the alternate sections reserved by
the U. S. in land-grants to railroads, etc. Title to these lands
may be acquired by private entry or located under Homestead
Pre-emption or Timber-culture laws. The Homestead law
gives 160 acres of the $1.25 land or 80 acres of the $2.50 to
any citizen who shall actually settle on and cultivate the
land, title perfect after 5 years of occupancy on payment
only of fees and commissions. Under the Timber-culture
act, 1873-78, a settler who had cultivated for 2 years as
much as 5 acres in trees was entitled to 80 acres, or if
10 acres, to 160 acres; but this act was repealed 3 Mch.
1891. TJnder act, 20 Aug. 1890, no person can acquire more
than 320 acres of public land. The estimated number
acres of vacant land in the U. S., 1893, was 571,013,59
acres, not including Alaska, military, Indian, or timber resei
vations.
Landen or ]Veer''\vlndcn, a town of Belgiun
Near here the French under marshal Luxembourg defeate
the allies, commanded by William III. of England, chiefl
through the cowardice of the Dutch, 29 July, 1693. The duk
of Berwick, illegitimate son of James II., fighting with th
French, was taken.
landgrave (from land, and fp'of, a count), a Germa
title, first given in 1130 to Louis III. of Thuringia. It b<
came the title of the house of Hesse about 1263.
LandsllUt (lands' -hoot), a town of Silesia, where th
Prussians were defeated by the Austrians under marshj
Laudohn, 23 June, 1760.
landslips are due to decay of rocks or excessive sai
uration of soil by rain.
Rossberg mountain behind the Rigi slipped down, burying
villages and hamlets with above 800 inhabitants 1
Lyme Regis, Dorset, a strip of chalk cliff X "li'c 'o^g, between
100 and 150 feet high, undermined by rain, slid forward on
the beach, carrying fields, houses, and trees 24-27 Dec. 1
Naini or Nynee Tal, a sanitary hill-station in the Himalayas,
India, was destroyed by the descent of the mountain; about
30 British (including major Martin Morphy, col. Fred. Sher-
wood Taylor, and capts. F. T. Goodeve, H. S. F. Haynes. and
A. Balderston) and 200 natives perished 18 Sept. 1880
Near Northwich, Cheshire, salt-works stopped. . .6 Dec. et seq. "
landwehr (Idnt'var, Ger. for land-defence), the militia
of Germany, especially of Prussia, which was effective in the
wars with Austria in 1866, and with France in 1870. No
rank is exempt from this service, and many persons in foreign
countries returned to serve in 1870.
Langside, near Glasgow, S. Scotland, where the fore
of the regent of Scotland, the earl of Murray, defeated tl
army of Mary queen of Scots, 13 May, 1568. Mary fled
England and crossed the Solway Frith, landing at Working
ton, in Cumberland, 16 May. Soon after she was impris-
oned by Elizabeth.
lang'uag'e was regarded as a human invention by Hor-
ace, Lucretius, Cicero, and most of the Greek and Roma&
writers ; as a gift of heaven by the Jews and Christians, and
many modern philosophers. Some suppose Hebrew to have
been spoken by Adam ; others say that the Hebrew, Chaldee,
and Arabic are only dialects of the original tongue. "And;
the whole earth was of one language and of one speech " (Gen.:
xi. 1). Eminent linguists : Anas Montanus, editor of the Ant-
werp Polyglot Bible (1527-98) ; sir William Jones (1746-94);
cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti (1774-1849) is said to havoi
known 1 14 languages or dialects, and 50 well ; and Niebuhrf
(1776-1831) knew 20 languages in 1807, and more afterward8[
Hans Conon von der Gabelentz knew many languages ct
cally ; he died 3 Sept. 1874, aged nearly 67.
Elihu Burritt, "the learned blacksmith " (1810-79), noted as havii
learned the principal ancient and modern languages while worki^
as blacksmith.
Original European languages were 13, viz. : Greek, Latin, Germa
Slavonian, spoken in the east; Welsh; Biscayan, spoken in Spai^
Irish; Albanian, in the mountains of Epirus; Tartarian; old III
rian; Jazygian, remaining yet in Liburnia; Chaucin, in the nor
of Hungary; and Finnic, in east Friesland.
From Latin sprang Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Turkish is a mixed dialect of Tartarian.
From Teutonic sprang the present German, Danish, Swedish, Ne
wegian, English, Scotch, etc.
There are 3424 known languages, or rather dialects, in the wc
Of these, 937 are Asiatic; 687 European; 276 African;
American languages and dialects. — Adelung.
In 1861 and 1862 prof. Max Muller lectured on the " Science
Language" at the Royal Institution, London. He divided
guages into 3 families :
I. Aryan (in Sanskrit, noble).
Southern dim sion.— India, (Prakrit and Pali; Sanskrit; dialectt
India; Gypsy).
Iranic (Parsi; Armenian, etc.).
Northern division.— Celtic (Cymric: Cornish, Welsh, Manx, Gaelic
Breton, etc.).
Italic (Oscan; Latin; Umbrian — Italian, Spanish, PortuguM«J
French, etc.).
Illyric (Albanian).
Hellenic (Greek and its dialects).
Wendic (Lettic: Old Prussian; Slavonic dialects— Bohem'\&n, Kaa
sian, Polish, Lithuanian, etc.).
LAN
415
LAT
Teutonic (/fi^fe-German: Modern German ; Zoiw-Gerraan: Gothic,
Anglo-Saxon, Dutch, Frisian, English ; Scandinavian; Old Norse,
Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic).
II. Semitic.
Southern— Arahlc (including Ethiopic and Amharic); Middle~B.e-
braic (Hebrew, Samaritan, PhcEnician inscriptions); Northern—
Aramaic (Chaldee, Syriac, Cuneiform inscriptions of Babylon and
Nineveh).
III. Turanian (from Tura, swiftness).
Northern dwmow. —Tungusic (Chinese, etc.), Mongolic, Turkic,
Samoyedic, and Finnic.
'\ Southern division.— Taic (Siamese, etc.), (Himalayas), Malayic
! (Polynesia, etc.), Gangetic, Lonitic (Burmese, etc.), Munda,
Tamulic.
I GROWTH OP THE PRINCIPAL EUROPEAN LANGUAGES.
(Estimated by Mulhall, 1891.)
Language.
English —
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Portuguese .
In 1801 spoken by
In 1890 spoken by
20,520,000
111,100,000
31,450,000
51,200,000
30,320,000
75,200,000
15,070,000
33,400,000
26,190,000
42.800,000
7,480,000
13,000,000
30.770.000
75,000.000
i
I Lang[Ue d'Oc (lang-dok'). . Troubadours.
i Lailg^lieclOC {lang-dok'}, a province of S. France,
[formed part of the Roman Gallia Narbonensis; was nanned
I Gothia, as having been held by the Visigoths 409, who were
j expelled by the Saracens ; in turn driven out by Charles Mar-
itel in the 8th century. In the dark ages the country was
I named Septimania (probably from containing 7 important
i towns) ; afterwards Languedoc (from its dialect), about 1270,
iwheii annexed to the monarchy. It suffered during the per-
jsecutions of Albigenses and Huguenots.
L<ail§d01VIl, an elevated tract of land near Bath, Som-
ersetshire, Engl. The parliamentary army under sir William
Waller was here defeated, 5 July, 1643.
lantcrn§ of scraped horn were invented in England, it
is said, by Alfred ; and it is supposed that horn was used for
window lights also, as glass was not generally known, 872-
%\.—Stoio. London was lighted by suspended lanterns with
glass sides, 1415.
lan'ttianuin, a rare metal discovered in the oxide of
cerium by Mosander in 1839.
Laoc OOIl, an exquisite work of Grecian art, in mar-
ble, modelled by Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus, all
of Rhodes, and other eminent statuaries (about 70 a.d.) ; it
represents the death of the Trojan hero Laocoon, priest of
Neptune, and his 2 sons, as described by Virgil. — A'Jneid,
ii. 200. It was discovered in 1506 in the Sette Salle near
Rome, and purchased by pope Julius II. It is now in the Vat-
ican.
Ijaodice'a. Seven churches.
lap'aro-elytrot'omy, an operation, marking an
important advance in surgery, was devised and performed by
dr. T. G. Thomas of New York, in 1870. Dr. A. T. C. Skene
of Brooklyn, N. Y., first successfully repeated the operation,
Oct. 1875.'
Lapland or Sameland, an extensive territory in
N. Europe, nominally subject to Norway in the 13th century,
and now to Sweden and Russia. Total area 153,200 sq. miles;
!pop. 30,000. Several Laplanders were exhibited at the West-
iminster aquarium, Nov. 1877, and at the World's Fair in
Chicago, 1893.
Larenta'lia were festivals celebrated at Rome in
honor of Acca Larentia, said to have been either the
inurse of Romulus and Remus, or a rich dissolute woman
who bequeathed her property to the Roman people. The
festival commenced about 621 b.c., and was held on 30 Apr.
and 23 Dec. Feasts and festivals.
I^a Rotllil^re, France. Here the French, commanded
by Napoleon, defeated the Prussian and Russian armies, with
great loss, after a desperate engagement, 1 Feb. 1814. This
was one of Napoleon's last victories.
laryn'gOSCOpe, an instrument consisting of a concave
mirror, by which light is thrown upon a small plane mirror
placed in the back part of the mouth for examining the vocal
cords of the larynx, etc. It was invented by Manuel Garcia^
and reported to the Royal Society, London, 24 May, 1855. One
constructed by dr. Turck was greatly modified in 1857 by dr.
Czermak, who exhibited it in London in 1862. A similar ap-
paratus is said to have been constructed by John Aver}', a
surgeon in London, in 1846.
L<a ^alle, born in France 1643, died in Texas 1687,
Indiana ; Illinois ; Louisiana ; Michigan ; Mississippi ;,
New York , Ohio ; Texas, 1669-82.
Lat'eran, a church at Rome, dedicated to St. John,.
" the mother of all churches," originally a palace of the
Laterani, a Roman famih', was given to the bishops of Rome
by Constantine, and inhabited by them till their removal
to the Vatican in 1377. 1 1 councils have been held there.
Latham house, Lancashire, Engl., was heroically-
defended for 3 months against parliamentarians by Charlotte,
countess of Derby. She was relieved by prince Rupert, 27
May, 1644. The house was, however, surrendered 4 Dec. 1645,.
and dismantled.
lathe, a machine for working wood, metal, etc., by
causing the substance to turn before a tool held at rest. The
invention is ascribed to Talus, a grandson of Daedalus, about
1240 B.C. Pliny ascribes it to Theodore of Samos, about 600 b.c»
Great improvements have been made in recent times.
Latin authors. Literature.
Latin kingdom, empire, etc. Eastern
empire, 1204 ; Jerusalem ; Latium.
Latin language (founded on the Oscan, Etruscan,,
and Greek), one of the original languages of Europe, and from
which sprang the Italian, French, and Spanish. Latium. A
large part of the English language is derived from the Latin.
It ceased to be spoken in Italy about 581 ; and was first taught
in England by Adelmus, brother of Ina, in the 7th century.
In law deeds in England Latin gave way to the common
tongue about 1000 ; was revived in the reign of Henry It. ;.
and again replaced by English in the reign of Henry III. It
was finally discontinued in religious worship in 1558, and in
conveyancing and in courts of law in 1731 (by 4 Geo. II. c. 25).
A corrupt Latin is still spoken in Roumelia. The use of Latin
in diplomacy died out towards the end of the 17th century.
The foreign pronunciation of Latin (a, ah ; e, a ; i, e, etc.) wa»
adopted in English universities and many schools about 1875-
1876.
Latin union, that of France, Italy, Belgium, and
Switzerland, to maintain the use of the same coinage, from
1865 to 1880.
latitude. First determined by Hipparchus of Nice,
about 162 B.C. It is the distance from the equator, meas-
ured in degrees north or south on a meridian. Maupertuis, in
1737, in latitude 66.20, measured a degree of latitude, and made
it 69.493 miles. Swanberg, in 1803, made it 69.292. At the
equator, in 1744, 4 astronomers made it 68.732 ; and Lambton,
in latitude 12, made it 68.743. Mudge, in England, made
it 69.148. Cassini, in France, in 1718 and 1740, made it
69.12 ; and Biot, 68.769 ; while a recent measurement in
Spain makes it but 68.63 — less than at the equator, which
measurement, if correct, proves the earth to be a prolate
spheroid (which was the opinion of Cassini, Bernoulli, Eu-
ler, and others), instead of an oblate spheroid. "Delicate
operations in measurement have now been extended not
only in Europe but in India, Cape Colony, United States,
Peru, and Asiatic Russia. As a general result from these
measurements it is found that a degree measures 68.7 Eng-
lish miles at the equator, and 69.4 in the neighborhood
of the poles." — Keith Johnston, F,R.G.S. Globe, Longi-
tude. Maps.
LatitUdinarians, a name given to theologians
who endeavored to reconcile the church and nonconformists
in the 17th century — such as Hales, Chillingworth, Tillot-
son, and Burnet; and since often applied to those who wel-
come to church fellowship all worthy people regardless of
creed.
Latium, now Campania, Italy; the country of
Latinus, king of Janiculum, 1240 b.c. Laurentum was the
LAT
416
LEA
capital in the reign of Latinus, Lavinium in bhat of iEneas,
and Alba in that of Ascanius. Italy, Romk. ^^
lAtins ally with Rome about 620
Join I'orsenua to restore Tarquin II 508
Defeated by Romans near lake Regillus 498 or 496
League with the Romans, 463; desert them in trouble, 388;
union restored 359
Pefoated, 340, 339, subdued and united with Rome 338
Obtain Roman citizenship 90
Latter-day Saint§. Mormons.
laurel was sacred to Apollo, god of poetry; and from
earliest times poets and generals of conquering armies were
crowned with laurel. Petrarch was crowned with laurel, 8
Apr. 1341. — The Prunus laurocerasus was taken to Britain
from the Levant before 1629; the Portugal laurel, Pi-unus
lusitanica, before 1648 ; the royal bay, Laurus indica, from
Madeira, 16G5; the Alexandrian laurel, Ruscus racemosus, from
Spain, before 1713; the glaucous laurel, Laurus aggregata,
from China, 1806 or 1821. Flowers and Plants.
Lau§anne Qo-zann'), capital of the canton of Vaud,
Switzerland. Here Gibbon completed his " Decline and Fall,"
27 June, 1787. The International Workmen's Congress met
here Sept. 1867.
Lavalette's e§cape. Count Lavalette, for joining
Napoleon on his return in 1816, was condemned to death, but
escaped from prison in his wife's clothes, 20 Dec. 1815. Sir
Robert Wilson, Michael Bruce, and capt. J. H. Hutchinson,
ai«ling the escape, were sentenced to 8 months' imprisonment
in Paris, 24 Apr. 1816. Lavalette was permitted to return to
France in 1820, and died in retirement in 1830.
La Vendee (id von-da'). a maritime department in
W. France. The French royalists of La Vendee took arms in
Mch. 1793, and were successful in some hard-fought battles
with republicans, between 12 July, 1793, and 1 Jan. 1794, when
> they were routed. Their leader, Henri comte de la Roche-
jaquelein, was killed, 4 Mch. 1794. A short peace was made
at La Jaunay, 17 Feb. 1795. The war was terminated by
gen. Hoche in 1796, and a treaty signed at Lu9on, 17 Jan.
1800. Chouans, Georges' conspiracy.
lavender, Lavandula spica, taken to England from the
south of Europe before 1568. .
law. Canons, Civil law^. Codes, Common-law, Crime,
•Courts of the United States, Digest, Supreme Court.
The Jewish law was promulgated by Moses, 1491 b.c.
Laws of Phoroneus of Argos (1807 b.c), the first Attic laws, were
reduced to a system by Draco, for the Athenians, 623 B.C.; this
code was superseded by Solon's, 594 b.c.
Spartan laws of Lycurgus, made about 844 b.c ; remained in force
about TOO years, and moulded Spartan character.
Roman laws of Servius Tullius, 566 b.c, amended by the Twelve
Tables, published in 449 b.c., remained in force till Justinian,
nearly 1000. years.
BRITISH LAWS. ^ P
Earliest British laws translated into the Saxon , 590
Saxon laws of Ina published about 690
Alfred's code, the foundation of the common-law, is said to
have been arranged about 886
Edward the Confessor collected the laws 1050-65
Stephen's charter of general liberties 1136
Henry II. 's confirmation of it 1154 and 1175
Maritime laws of Richard I. (Olerox) 1195
Magna Charta, by king John, 1215; confirmed by Henry III.,
1216 et seq. ; Magna Charta.
Cord Mansfield, lord chief-justice of the king's bench, declared
"that no fiction of law shall ever so far prevail against the
real truth of the fact as to prevent the execution of justice,"
21 May, 1784
Many legal technicalities were got rid 6f by 14 and 15 Vict. c. 100.
Act to improve the administration of criminal justice passed,
LAWYERS. 7 Aug. 1851
Pleaders, or barristers, said to have been first appointed by Ed-
ward 1 1291
"No man of the law " to sit in parliament, by stat. of 46 Edw.
III. and 6 Hen. IV 1372
This prohibition declared to be invalid by Coke and unconsti-
tutional by Blackstone; discussed July, 1871; the statutes
repealed 1871
Sergeants, the highest members of the bar, alone could plead
in the court of common pleas. The first king's counsel not
a sergeant was sir Francis Bacon 1604
Intkrnational law. *
la\l''n-tennis. Introduced into England by major
Wingfield under the name of " Sphairistik6," and played in i
court shaped like an hour-glass (1874). The first important
" tournament " of the game in America took place at Nahant^
Mass., in 1875.
Code of laws governing lawn-tennis in England issued 187;
United States Lawn-tennis Association organized Jan.
I.,awn-tennis Association organized in England 26 Jan.
First professional lawn-tennis match in the United States at
Newport, between Thomas Pettitt, American champion, and
George Kerr (English) ; Pettitt defeated 29 Aug. 188(
Ijair'§ bubble. John Law of Edinburgh (b. 1681)
was made comptroller-general of finances of France, on the
strength of a scheme for a bank, and an East India and a
Mississippi company, whose profits should pay the national
debt. Mississippi. He first offered his plan to Victor Ama
deus, king of Sardinia, who told him he was not powerful
enough to ruin himself. The French ministry accepted it
and in 1716 Law opened a bank in his own name, under protec-
tion of the duke of Orleans, regent of France, and the deluded
rich subscribed for shares in both bank and companies. In
1718 Law's was declared a royal bank, and the shares rose t«
upwards of twenty-fold the original value; so that in 171S
they were nominally worth more than eighty times all th(
current specie in France. In 1720 this fabric of false credit fell
spreading ruin. Law died in poverty at Venice in 1729. Th(
South-sea bubble in England occurred in 1720. Arkansas
Louisiana, South sea.
" Layamon's Brut," or " Chronicle of Britain," j
poetical semi-Saxon paraphrase of the Brut of Wace, madi
about 1200-5, was published with a literal translation by sfl
Frederick Madden in 1847. Literature.
Layer's eonspiraey. Christopher Layer, a ba(|
rister, conspired with others to seize George I., the prince
Wales, lord Cadogan, and the principal officers of state ; t^
seize the Tower, to plunder the Bank, and bring in the Pre
tender. Layer was hanged, 17 May, 1723, being convicted of"
enlisting soldiers for the Pretender. Bishop Atterbury was
accused of complicity and attainted, but permitted to quit the
country.
lazzaro'ni (from lazzaro, Spanish for a pauper or
leper), a term applied by Spanish viceroys to degraded beings
in Naples, half-clothed and houseless. No man was born a
lazzaro ; and he who turned to a trade ceased to be one. The
viceroy permitted lazzaroni to elect a chief, with whom he
conferred respecting imposts on goods brought to market. In
1647, Masaniello held the office, and led an insurrection.
Naples. In 1793, Ferdinand IV. enrolled thousands of laz-
zaroni as pikemen (spontoneers), who generally favored the
court party; on 15 May, 1848, they were permitted, on the
king's* behalf, to ravage the ill-fated city. — Colletta.
lead is found in various countries, chiefly Great Britain,
Spain, and the United States; is abundant in various parts of
Britain, and in some places richl}' mixed with silver ore. The
famous Clydesdale mines were discovered in 1513. Pattinson's
valuable method for extracting silver was made known in
1829. The lead-mines of Cumberland and Derbyshire yield
about 15,000 tons per annum. British mines yield on an
average of 60,000 tons yearly. The lead deposits of the U. S.
are found chiefly in the Mississippi valley and the Sierra Ne-
vada mountains. Elements.
Leaden water-pipes were brought into use 1234
Lead discovered in the Mississippi valley by Le Sueur 1700-1|
First mining in America by Julien Dubuque, near the site of
Dubuque, la 1788
Mining leases issued by government under act of 1807 18M
Mining became general , 1826-21
Mineral lands thrown open to purchase 184f
Production of lead in the U. S. 1829, 5000 tons ; 1839, 10,000
tons; 1847, 25,000 tons;. 1870, 52,293 tons; 1890, 161,754 tons.
lead, black. Carbon, Graphite.
leagues. 4 kings combined to make war against 5|
about 1913 B.C. (Gen. xiv.). The kings of Canaan com-*
bined against inv^asion of the Israelites, 1451 b.c. The more
eminent Greek leagues were the ./Etolian, powerful about
320 B.C., which lasted till 189 b.g., and the Achaean, revived
280 B.C., broken by the conquest of Greece by Romans,
146 B.C. The fall of these leagues was hastened by dissen-
sion.
LEA
417
LEG
Hanseatic league 1140
Lombard leagues against the emperors (Lombards). . ..1176 and 1226
■Caddee league about 1400 et seq.
Xeague of the Public Good formed Dec. 1464, by the dukes of
Calabria, Brittany, and Bourbon, and other princes against
Louis XL of France, under pretext of reforming abuses; an
indecisive battle fought at Montlhe'ry, 16 July; and a treaty
signed 25 Oct. 1465
League of Cambray against Venice 1508
Holy league (the pope, Venice, etc.), against Louis XII 1510
League of Smalcald 1530
League of the Beggars (Gueux) ; the Protestants so called
(though Roman Catholics joined the league), to oppose the
institution of the Inquisition in Flanders 1566
Holy league, to prevent accession of Henry IV. of France,
then of Reformed religion, formed at Peronne, lasted till
Henry embraced Romanism 1576-93
League of Wurtzburg, by Catholics; of Halle, by Protestants. . 1610
League against emperor of Germany 1626
Solemn league and covenant in Scotland, against the episcopal
government of the church (Covenanters) 1638
League of Augsburg against France 1686
Union league, United States, to assist the national cause in the
war of the Rebellion 1863
League of St. Sebastian, to promote restoration of temporal
dominions to the pope about 1870; held 9th annual meeting
in London 20 Jan. 1879
League in aid of Christians in Turkey formed; earl of Shaftes-
bury chairman ; 27 July, 1876
National Irish Land league ostensibly formed to buy farms for
the tenants; supported by Mr. Parnell and others, 1879; by
j enforcing stringent rules against landlords and loyal tenants
created a reign of terror ; led to legislation (Ireland) 1880-81
National Land league of Great Britain formed; Justin Mc-
\ Carthy president 26 Mch. 1881
i leap-year or bissextile, devised by astronomers of
'; Julius Caesar, 45 b.c. Assuming the solar year, or the period
I from one vernal equinox to another, to be 365 days 6 hours,
i the 6 hours were set aside for 4 years, forming a day, and the
J4th year was made to consist of 366 days. The added day
iwas called intercalary, and was placed before 24 Feb., the
;6th of the calends, which was reckoned twice, hence called
[bissextile, or twice sixth. This added daj' with us is 29 Feb.
j This Julian year is really nearly 3 minutes longer than the
jtrue astronomical year: to obviate this, 1700 and 1800 were
not, and 1900 will not be, leap-years, but 2000 will be one.
jCalkndak, Year.
I learning' and the arts flourished among the
(Greeks, especially under Pisistratus, 537 B.C., and under Peri-
icles, 444 B.C. ; and with the Romans under Augustus. The
•Greek refugees caused their revival in Italy, particularly after
the Turks took Constantinople in 1453, and the invention of
iprinting shortly before — the period of the Renaissance. Leo
JX. and his family (the Medici) promoted learning in Italy in
fthe 16th century, when literature revived in France, Germany,
iind England. Literature.
t lease (from Fr. laisser, to let), a form of conveyance in-
rented bv sergeant Moore, soon after the statute of uses, 27
penry VIII. 1535.
leather was early known in Egypt and Greece, and
hongs of manufactured hides were used for ropes, harness,
tc, by ancient nations. The Gordian knot was made of leath-
r thongs, 330 b.c. A leather cannon was proved at Edin-
burgh, fired 3 times, and found to answer, 23 Oct. 1778. —
^hillips A plan for making artificial leather of cuttings, etc.,
/as made known in I860.— Leai^er cloth (invented by Messrs.
R. & C. P. Crockett of Newark, N. J., and patented in
;849) is unbleached cotton coated with a mixture of boiled
nseed-oil and turpentine, and colored.
Lebanon ( " white mountain "). The mountain range
etween Syria and N. Palestine, assigned to Israel but never
onquered, and long attached to Syria. In ancient ti mes j ustly
jelebrated for its forests of cedar. Special ordinance for the
reservation of the ancient cedar forest, Sept. 1881. Moun-
ains and cedars frequently mentioned in the Bible, especially
Kings, V. 6-15. The governor- general since 1861 has been
ppointed by Turkey, subject to the assent of the great powers.
-rea, 2200 sq. miles; pop. 1890, 245,000.
"0, art thou sighing for Lebanon
In the long breeze that streams to thy delicious East
Sighing for Lebanon, '
Dark cedar, tho' thy limbs have here increased.
Upon a pastoral slope as fair. "—Tennyson, "Maud."
!Lech, a river of S. Germany, near which, at a village
14
r
named Rain, the cruel imperialist gen. Tilly was defeated by
the Swedes, under Gustavus Adolphus, 5 Apr. 1632, and died
of his wounds.
Leeompton constitution. Kansas, 1857-58 ;
United States, 1858.
lectures. Those on physic were instituted by dr.
Thomas Linacre, of the College of Phvsicians (founded by
Henry VIII.), about 1502. Clinical lectures at the bedside of
patients in hospitals are said to have been given (by dr. John
Rutherford) in Edinburgh about 1748 ; in Dublin about 1785 ;
in London (by sir B. C. Brodie) 1813-17. G. Macilwain, about
1824, gave surgical clinical lectures in connection with a dis-
pensary. Bampton lectures, Boyle lectures, Hibbert
FUND, Royal Institution. The political lectures of Thel-
wall, commenced in Jan. 1795, were interdicted by act of Par-
liament. In the autumn of 1857 and since, many distinguished
noblemen and gentlemen lectured at mechanics' institutes. An
act passed in 1835 prohibited publication of lectures without
consent of lecturers. Public lectures began to be popular in
the United States about 1855. In 1860 more than 200 pro-
fessional lecturers were enrolled. Since 1875 their popularity
has gradually decreased.
Leeds, Yorkshire, the Saxon Loidis, once a Roman sta-
tion, received a charter in 1627. Pop. 1861, 207,165; 1871,
259,212; 1881,309,119; 1891,367,506.
Leeds bridge built 132T
Shenfleld's grammar school founded 1552
leek, the Welsh emblem, by command of Dewi,or David,
afterwards archbishop of St. David's in 519, who on the day
that king Arthur routed the Saxons, is said to have ordered
the soldiers to place a leek in their caps.
Pistol. "Tell him, I'll knock his leek about his pate.
Upon Saint Davy's day."
— Shakespeare, "Henry V.," act iv. sc. i.
Leeward isles, West Indies: Antigua, Barbuda,
Montserrat, St. Christopher's, Nevis, Anguilla, Virgin ides,
and Dominica. Area of the whole group, 701 sq. miles; the
largest, Dominica, 291 sq. miles; and the smallest, Montserrat,
32 sq. miles. Pop. 1891, 129,760.
legal holidays. There is no regular national holi-
day in the United States. Congress has at various times ap-
pointed special holidays. Thanksgiving day, designated by
the president by proclamation, is a holiday in those states
that so provide by la.v. THp following are the principal days
observed in most of the states as a houuay .
New-year's day, Jan. 1. Washington's Birth day, 22 Feb. Decora-
tion day, 30 May in most states. Independence day, 4 July.
General election day, 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday in • Nov.
Thanksgiving day, last Thursday in Nov. Christ aas day, 25 Dec.
Labor day, 1st Monday in Sept., made national legal holiday 1891.
Arbor day is a legal holiday in some states, although the month
and date of its observance vary. Arbor day. Every Saturday
after 12 o'clock noon is a legal holiday in New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and Maryland. Good Friday is observed in Ala-
bama, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and
Tennessee.
leg'ates (Jegatus). Roman ambassadors; also governors
of provinces into which Augustus divided the empire, 27 b.c. ;
also ambassadors from the pope.
legations were the 20 administrative divisions in
the States of the Church, governed by legates. They re-
belled in 1859-60, and are now included in the kingdom of
Italy. Rome.
legion, legio, a corps of soldiers in the Roman armies,
first formed by Romulus, when it consisted of 3000 foot and
300 horse, about 720 b.c. When Hannibal was in Italy, 216
B.C., the legion consisted of 5200 soldiers ; and under Marius,
i.n 88 B.C., of 6200, besides 700 horse. Thei;^ were 10, and some-
tini-.^s as many as 18, legions kept at Rome. Auguaius had a
standing army of 45 legions, together with 25,000 horse and
37,000 iij/ht-armed troops, about 5 b.c. ; and the peace estab-
lishment t.f Adrian was 30 legions. A legion contained 10 co-
horts, and oach cohort 6 centuries, with a vexillum, or stand-
ard, guarded, by 10 men. The peace of Britain was protected
by 3 legions. \ Thundering legion.
Legion ^ of Honor, a French order embracing the
army, civil officers, and other individuals distinguished for
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services to the state; instituted by Napoleon, when first con-
sul, 19 May, 1802; confirmed by Louis XVIII. in 1816, and the
constitution mollified in 1816 and 1851. The honor of mem-
bership was conferred on many British subjects who distin-
guished themselves in the Russian war, 1854-56, and in the
Paris exhibitions of 1855 and 1867. The palace and offices
were burned by the communists, 23 May, 1871.— In the Unit-
ed States, a fraternal organization, founded 1878 ; number of
members, 1891, 63,751.
Liegitillli§t§, a term (since 1814) applied to those who
support the claims of the elder branch of the Bourbon family
to the throne of France. Its last representative was Henry,
due de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord, born 29 Sept. 1820; died
24 Aug. 1883. They held a congress at Lucerne on 24-29 June,
1862, and agreed to continue a pacific policy. The party was
acUve in Feb. 1871-75. Their efforts to recover power proved
ineffectual France.
Ijeill'iiiter, a kingdom in 1167, now one of 4 provinces
of Ireland, divided into 4 archbishoprics by pope Eugenius
III., represented by cardinal Paparo, at a national synod held
at Kells, 9 Mch. 1151-52. The abduction of Devorgilla, wife
of O'Ruarc, a lord of Connaught, by Derraot, king of Leinster,
in 1152, is asserted to have led to the landing of the English
and the subsequent conquest. The province of Leinster gave
the title of duke to Schomberg's son in 1690. The title be-
came extinct in 1719, and was conferred on the family of
Fitzgerald in 1766.
LieipsiC {Up' -sic), Saxony, an ancient city, famous for its
university (founded 1409) and its fair (1458). At Breitenfeld,
near here', Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, defeated the im-
perialists under Tilly, 7 Sept. 1631 ; and the imperialists were
again defeated hereby the Swedes, under Torstensen, 23 Oct.
1642. Here took place, on 16, 18, 19 Oct. 1813, « the battle of
the nations," between the French army and its allies, com-
manded by Napoleon (160,000), and the Austrian, Russian,
and Prussian armies (240,000 strong). The French were
beaten, 17 Saxon battalions, their allies, turning upon them
in the heat of the engagement. 80,000 men perished on
the field, of whom more than 40,000 were French, who also
lost 65 pieces of artillery and many standards. The vic-
tory was followed by the capture of Leipsic, of the rear-
■ he French army, and of the king of Saxony and
The 50th anniversary was celebrated 18 Oct.
Leipsic book fair bc~j:n 1545. The new supreme
Germany opened here 1 Sept. 1879. Pop. 1891,
Leisier's insurrection. New York, 1689, '91,
'99.
Leleg^es, a Pelasgic tribe which inhabited Laconia about
1490 B.C., and after many contests merged into the Hellenes.
" It is the almost universal opinion that the whole of the
iEgean coast lands were occupied by homogeneous tribes of
Aryan stock ; on this view then the Leleges, i. e., as Strabo
already maintained, the mixed people, represent one of the first
stages of these original tribes in the path of civilization." —
Eneycl. Brit. 9th ed.
leinures (Um'-u-rez). The ancients supposed that the
soul, after death, wandered over the world and disturbed the
peace of the living. The happy spirits were called lares
familiares ; and the unhappy, lemures. The Roman festival
Lemuralia, kept on 9, 11, 13 May, is said to have been insti-
tuted by Romulus about 747 b.c., to propitiate the spirit of
the slaughtered Remus.
lieuox Library. Libraries ; Nev^^ York, 1870.
jLent (from the Sax. lencten, spring), the 40 days' fa '■^"'
observed in the Roman Catholic church from Ash-Wednp ^day
to Easter-day, said to have been instituted by pop'- Teles-
phorus, 130. In early times Lent commenced on Sunday,
now the first Sunday in Lent, and the 4 days begii '"i"g "^^^^^
Ash- Wednesday were added by pope Felix III* i" 487, to
make the fasting days 40. Lent was first obser •'^'^l i" Eng-
land by command of Ercombert, king of Kent, ,^^ 640 or 641.
—Baker's Chron. Flesh was prohibited dur^g Lent, but
Henry VIII. permitted the use of white meats ^7 » proclama-
1
tion in 1543, which continued in force until, by proclamatioa
of James I. in 1619 and 1625, and by Charles I. in 1627 and
1631, flesh was again wholly forbidden. Ash-Wednesday^
Quadragesima.
leonines, hexameter and pentameter verses, rhyming
at the middle and the end, said to have been first made bj
Leoninus, a canon, about the middle of the 12th century, oi
by pope Leo II. about 682.
LepantO (near Corinth), Battle of, 7 Oct. 1571, whei
the combined fleets of Spain, Venice, Genoa, Malta, and Piui
v., commanded by don John of Austria, natural son of thi
emperor Charles V., defeated the maritime force of thi
Turks, and checked their progress. The Turks lost mos
of their fleet, 35,000 men slain or captured, while 15,001
Christian galley-slaves were released by the victors, ^ank
calls it a decisive battle between the Turks and Chris
tians.
leprosy, a skin disease described in Lev. xiii. (149
B.C.), which prevailed in ancient times throughout Asia,
is almost unknown in modern Europe. It chiefly affecte
the lower classes, yet occasionally proved fatal to the high
est personages. Robert Bruce of Scotland died of lepros;
in 1329. A hospital for lepers was founded at Granada b;
queen Isabella of Castile about 1504, and a large number o
leper-houses were founded in Britain. Lepers are still nu
merous in the Sandwich islands. Father Damien, who vo]
untarily took up his residence with the lepers of these isl
ands, died of the disease after several years' association wit
them, 9 May, 1889. The disease is ascribed to a peculial
bacillus, and in 1893 Pasteur and other biologists undertook J
scientific investigation of its treatment.
Ler'ida, the ancient Ilerda.
letters. Alphabet, Epistles, Literature, Marqu%
Privateers.
"L<etters of a Pennsylvania Farmer,'*
written by John Dickinson of Philadelphia, and published
during the summer of 1767. They were powerful in strength-
ening the opposition to the oppressive measures of the British
government. They were republished in England, and pub-
lished in French at Paris.
lettres de cacliet {let'r de ^a-s^a')> sealed letters is-
sued by kings of France since about 1670, ordering persons
thrown into prison or exiled. Under Louis XIV. and Louis XV.
they became a monstrous evil, persons being imprisoned for life
or for a long period on frivolous pretexts. During the conten-
tion of the Mirabeau family, 59 lettres de cachet were issued!
on the demand of one or other of the family. Dickens' " Tale,}
of Two Cities " depicts their evils. The National Assemblj
decreed their abolition, 1 Nov. 1789.
lettuce, introduced into England from Flanders abouti
1520.
L«euctra, a small town in Bceotia, N. Greece, where|
Thebans under Epaminondas defeated the superior force of |
Cleombrotus, king of Sparta, 8 July, 371 b.c. 4000 Spartans^i
with their king, were slain. The Spman.«' c""" '"^aliy lostj
their preponderance in Greece.
Levant', from th- French verb lever, to "rise"=t|
East, a term appli'^--* to Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor, etc.
levee)*' 9 barriers built along rivers and sea -coasts
keep i^^ water from overflow. Extensive levees line til
Hoa'^g-Ho or great Yellow river of China, the Ganges
T idia, the Euphrates, the Danube, the Po, Thames, and tl
sea -coasts of Holland. In the United States, along tl
banks of the Red, Arkansas, Yazoo rivers, and many of
bayous, but especially along the banks of the MississiPtj
RIVER.
L<evellers, a fanatical party in Germany in the 16tlr"
century, headed by Munzer and Storck, who taught that dis-
tinctions of rank violate the rights of mankind. At the hea
of 40,000 men, Munzer commanded the sovereign princes
Germany and the magistrates of cities to resign, an;'
followers ravaged the country. The landgrave of
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at length defeated him at Frankenhausen, 15 May, 1525;
7000 fanatics fell in the battle, and the rest fled; their
leader was taken and beheaded at Miilhausen. Anabap-
tists. The English " Levellers," powerful in Parliament in
1647, were put down by Cromwell in 1649, and their leader
Lilburn imprisoned. At the period of the French revolu-
tion some Levellers appeared in England. A "Loyal As-
sociation " was formed against them by John Reeves, Nov.
1792.
levels. The great level of the Fens, England, is a low-
lying district of about 2000 sq. miles in Lincolnshire, Hunt-
ingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, and Norfolk, said to have been
overflowed by the sea during an earthquake, 368. It was
long afterwards an inland sea in winter and a noxious swamp
in summer, and was gradually drained by Romans, Saxons,
and especially by monks during the reigns of Plantagenet
• kings. One of the first works on a large scale was carried out
'' by Morton, bishop of Ely, in the reign of Henry VII. A
j General Drainage act was passed, by advice of lord Burghley,
\ in 1601 ; but little work was done till James L, in 1621, in-
i vited the great Dutch engineer, Cornelius Vermuyden, to as-
[ sist in the general drainage of the country. After completing
I several great works, Vermuyden agreed (1629) to drain the
t " Great Level." He was at first prevented from proceeding
by a popular outcry against foreigners ; but eventually, aided
I by Francis, earl of Bedford, in spite of great opposition of the
i people, for whose benefit he was laboring, he declared his
; work complete in 1652, He also reclaimed much valuable
land at Axholme, in Lincolnshire, 1626-30, and many Dutch
and French Protestants settled here about 1634, and a few of
their descendants still remain. There are the Middle, Bedford,
South, and North levels.
Drainage of the Great level employed the talents of Rennie
(about 1807), Telford (1822), and other eminent engineers.
! Middle Level commission cut through certain barrier banks,
! and replaced them by other works 1844
[Reported unsound in Mch., and the outfall sluice at St. Ger-
mains, near King's Lynn, gave way 4 May, 1862
I High tides ensuing; about 6000 acres of fertile land were in-
\ undated, causing a loss of about 2.5,000i. After unwearied,
and for a while unsuccessful, efforts, a new coflfer-dam con-
structed under Mr. Hawkshaw, was reported sound July, "
I Lewes, Sussex, Engl., where Henry HL, king of Eng-
|land, was defeated by Montfort, earl of Leicester, and the
r barons, 14 May, 12Qi.—Blaauw. The king, his brother Rich-
; ard, king of the Romans, and his son Edward, afterwards Ed-
iward I., were taken prisoners. One division of Montfort's
j army, a body of Londoners, gave way to the furious attack of
prince Edward, who, pursuing the fugitives too far, lost the
battle. — Evesham.
! Lewis and Clark's expedition. Missouri,
1806; Okegon, 1805; United States, 1804.
lexicon. Dictionary.
t Lexington, Mass., Battle of, fought 19 Apr. 1775, the
I beginning of th6 American Revolution. The British, 800
r strong, marched to Lexington and Concord during the night
I of 18 Apr., to destroy stores of the patriots, 70 of whom they
I met at Lexington, fired upon, and dispersed. The patriots
i round about speedily gathered under arms, and successfully
I opposed the British at Concord, compelling their retreat and
i severely harassing them on the march. British loss, 273;
'American, 103. Massachusetts.
I Lexington, Mo. Here col. James A. Mulligan with
2780 men was besieged by the confederates under gen. Price,
with 25,000 men and 13 guns, from 11-20 Sept. 1861, when he
surrendered after a loss of 40 killed and 120 wounded.
Leyden {ll''den), a town of Holland (^Lugdunum Bata-
ivorum), important in the 13th century. It endured 2 sieges
[by the armies of Spain between 31 Oct. 1573 and 21 Mch.
1574, and 25 May and 3 Oct. 1574, when it was relieved, dur-
ing which 6000 inhabitants died of famine and pestilence. In
(commemoration the university was founded, 1575. In 1699
jtwo thirds of the population perished by fever, aggravated,
r was said, by improper treatment by prof, de la Boe. The
'versity was almost destroyed by a vessel laden with 10,000
ds of gunpowder blowing up, and demolishing much of
•n, and killing numbers of people, 12 Jan. 1807.— The
Leyden Jar was invented about 1745 by Kleist, Muschenbroek,
and others. Electricity.
Libby prison, an old tobacco warehouse on Main
street, Richmond, Va., used by the confederates throughout
the civil war as a place of confinement for federal prisoners.
Taken down in 1888 and carried to Chicago and re-erected as
a museum of war-relics,
libel. By the Roman laws of the Twelve Tables, libels
injuring reputation were capital offences. In the British law,
whatever renders a man ridiculous, or lowers him in the opin-
ion and esteem of the world, is deemed a libel. " The greater
the truth the greater the libel," sometimes cited as a maxim,
is not law.
Dispersing slanderous libels made felony 1545
William Prynne, a Puritan lawyer, fined 5000Z., pilloried, his
ears cut off, and imprisoned, for writing "Histriomastix,"
a condemnation of the stage, as a libel on the queen, who
favored them, 1633 ; he was tried and further punished for
his satirical writings 1637
Liberal Republican party. Political par-
ties.
Liberals, a name given, since 1828, to the advanced
Whigs and reformers in England, who held office under earl
Grey, viscount Melbourne, earl Russell, viscount Palmerston,
and W. E. Gladstone.
Liberia, a republic of negroes on the coast of Upper
Guinea, W. Africa, founded in 1822 by the American Colo-
nization Society, which was organized at Princeton, N. J., 1816,
and formally constituted 1 Jan. 1817, at Washington, D. C,
with Madison, Clay, Randolph, and Bushrod Washington as
leaders. The independence of Liberia was proclaimed 24 Aug.
1847 ; recognized by Europe in 1848 ; by the United States
in 1861. The executive is vested in a president elected for 2
years, and the legislative power in a Senate and House of
Representatives. Area, 14,360 sq. miles; pop. 1,068,000, of
whom 18,000 are Americo-Liberians, and the others native.
Capital, Monrovia. Slavery.
libertines (signifying freedmen and their sons) were
a sect headed by Quintin and Corin, about 1525, who held mon-
strous opinions.
Liberty Enlightening^ the H^orld. Bar.
THOLDl'S STATUK.
libraries. Accadian or Chaldean libraries are said to
have been formed 1700 b.c. The remains of those formed by
Assyrian monarchs (744 et seq.) at Nineveh, etc., consisting
of tablets of baked clay, were discovered by Botta, Layard,
and others, 1843 et seq., now mostly in the British museum.
Nineveh. Diodorus Siculus describes a library in the tomb
of Osymandyas, king of Egypt, 14 century b.c. The first
public library described in history was founded at Athens by
Pisistratus, about 540 b.c. The second of note, founded by
Ptolemy Philadelphus, 284 b.c., was partly destroyed when
Julius Caesar set fire to Alexandria, 47 b.c. 400,000 valuable
books in MS. are said to have been destroyed by this catas-
trophe.— Blair. g c.
First private library was Aristotle's (Strdbo) 334
First library at Rome brought from Macedonia 167
According to Plutarch, the library at Pergamos contained
200,000 books. It fell to the Romans at the death of At-
tains IIL, who bequeathed his kingdom to the Roman peo-
ple; said to have been added to the splendid, library in Alex-
andria 133
Library of Apellicon sent to Rome from Athens by Scylla. 86
A.D.
Ulpian library of Trajan established in the Forum of Trajan ... 98
Library discovered at Herculaneum containing 1756 MSS. on
shelves running round the room to the height of 6 feet.
Library founded at Constantinople by Constantine about 365
Library of Pamphilus at Csesarea increased by Eusebius, the
historian of the'church, to 30,000 volumes.
With the fall of the Western empire, 476, the ancient history
of libraries may be said to end.
An Alexandrian library said to have been burned by the caliph
Omar I. ( ALEXANDRra) 640
With regard to the libraries of ancient times, the tendency
is to exaggerate the number and value of the books, etc. A
collection of books forming a library in the modern sense re-
quires an advanced and elaborate civilization, so that stories
of large and valuable collections of books, manuscript, and
tablets in antiquity are not credible.
LIB 420 LIB
EUROPEAN LIBRARIES OF 100,000 VOLUMES AND UPWARDS.
Num.
Au8tria-Hungary :
Buda-Pest.
[Matthias CorviDus, king of
Hungary, collected a library
of nearly 50,000 volumes at
Buda, 1458-90. Destroyed by
the Turks, 1527.]
Buda-Pest university.
Cracow university
1802
(1635>
1X780/
1364
1776
1818
U95
1777
450,000
(6461 incu-
nabula. )
300,000
3,000
20.000
Few.
Gratz university.
Martinsberg
Prague
[Exact sciences, Bohemian, and
several others.]
Vienna, Imperial library
[Most important collection in
Eufope.]
Vienna university
[Much used. Established by
Maria Theresa.]
[Besides the libraries mentioned above, there are many others
in Austria ranging from a few thousand volumes to 80,000 and
90,000— more than 100 in Vienna alone. Many smaller libraries
of Austria, rich in incunabula, date from the 6th to the 12th cen-
turies—Salzburg, 6th century, Admont, 11th, GOttweth, 11th, St.
Florian, 11th, Benedictine (Vienna), 12th.]
Denmark :
Copenhagen. Royal library..
[Open to the public, 1793.]
Namb«r of volumM.
400,000
200.000
210,000
125,000
100,000
130,000
18,000
1,000
5,000
2,000
University.
France :
Aix
Besanpon
Bordeaux
Caen
[Succeeded the University li-
brary, founded 1431.]
Douai
Grenoble
Lyons
Marseilles
Nantes
Paris, Arsenal
Institute
Mazarine. [Public since 1688.]. . .
Nationale
[The most extensive in the
world, with 450,000 volumes
of French history, and more
than 2,400,000 engravings.
The annual grant for binding
and purchases is |40,000.]
Ste. Genevieve
University (Sorbonne)
Rouen
Troyes. [Jansenist collection.]..
[Besides collections of learned societies and educational institu-
tions, etc., outside Paris, over 220 French provincial towns pos-
sess public libraries of from 3000 to 90,000 volumes, most of them
founded near the first of this century.]
Germany :
Augsburg (mostly history) . . ,
Bamberg
Berlin ,
" university
Bonn
Bremen
1670
[1482)
[1728/
fl786>
11810/
1694
1800
1809
I 500,000
I (Incunabula
and block books
J important.)
20,000
275,000
200,000
1789
1772
1530
1796
1588
1796
1759
1643
1595
1624
1792
1691
150,000
200,000
100,000
110,000
190,000
130,000
100,000
200,000
210,000
120,000
175,000
2,500,000
130,000
135,000
122,500
100,000
1,200
2,000
Breslau ,
Carlsruhe
Cassel
Darmstadt ,
Dresden
Erlangen
Frankfort-on-the-Main.
Freiburg
Giessen
Gotha
GOttingen
Greifswald
Halle
Hamburg
Hanover
Heidelberg
Jena
Kiel
KOnigsberg
Leipsic
Mainz (over 4000 incunabula).
Marburg
Meiningen
1537
1611
1661
1831
1818
1660
(1811
11865
1580
1817
1590
1743
1484
1460
1612
1647
1737
1456
1699
1610
1649
1386
1502
1665
1534
1409
1477
1568
1680
150,000
140,000
800,000
250,000
300,000
125,000
350,000
210,000
140,000
170,000
550,000
350,000
150,000
160,000
300,000
165,000
250,000
425,000
125,000
225,000
350,000
175,000
300,000
190,000
180,000
190,000
550,000
160,000
150,000
165,000
1,500
Few.
1,300
8,000
2,000
1,600
Few.
8,500
6,000
80,000
2,500
1,000
2,500
3,000
16,000
4,000
2,500
3,000
6,500
2,000
6,000
5,000
5,500
4,000
5,000
2,000
4,500
1,200
Name.
Founded.
1500
1472
1588
1852
1792
1419
1871
1765
1547
17th cen.
1589
1582
1475
1602
1680
1580
1473
1870
1852
1753
1824
1828
1852
1602
1612
Number of volu
Printed.
1,000,000
330,000
125,000
100,000
100,000
150,000
525,000
430,000
240,000
200,000
325,000
300,000
110,000
220,000
200,000
275,000
150,000
130,000
115,000
120,000
1,600,000 ^
100,000
110,000
160,000
450,000
100,000
M88.
Germany (oontlBued) .*
Munich
" university
Miinster
Nuremberg ^...
Oldenburg
Rostock
Strasburg
Stuttgart (Bible coll. 7200).. .
TQbingen
Weimar
WolfenbUttel
Wiirzburg
[There are at least 1600 libraries in the German empire, dis
tributed among 600 towns.]
Great Britain and Ireland :
Birmingham (free)
[partly burned, 1879.]
Cambridge university
Dublin (Trinity college)
Edinburgh.
" university
Glasgow university
Leeds
liiverpool
British museum, London
Corporation library, London
University college, London
Manchester
Bodleian, Oxford
St. Andrews university (Scotland)
[Besides these there are 400 libraries, ranging from 1000 t
80,000 vols.]
Holland :
26,000
1,H00
4.000
3,500
2,000
10,000
2,000
5,723
3,000
2,000
52,000,
and
162,000
charter!
31,000
Amsterdam ,
The Hague..
Ley den
Utrecht
Italy :
Bologna . . . .
Ferrara
Florence
" National.
Genoa
Milan
" National...
Modena
Naples
Padua. . .
Palermo.
National.
Parma .
Pavia .
Rome, Vatican
[MSS. and rarities ; private li-
brary of pope.]
Rome
Turin
" National
Venice
Verona
Vicenza
[Many libraries of Italy contain
4th century.]
Norway :
Christiania
Portugal :
liisbon
Oporto
Russia :
Dorpat
Helsingford
Kief
15th cen.
1798
1575
1582
/1712
11801
1753
1752
1714
1773
1609
1770
1598
1673
1804
1812
1629
1775
1804
1779
1772
1742
5th cen.
120,000
210,000
170,000
160,000
170,000
130,000
110,000
140,000
425,000
120,000
170,000
165,000
100,000
160,000
280,000
150,000
160,000
145,000
120,000
225,000
190,000
125,000
225,000
1 1876 370,000 5,000
11700 135,000 2,500
1723 240,000 3,400
1720 180,000
1362 270,000 10,000
1792 125,000
1706 110,000 2,000
valuable MSS. dating from the
Few.
4,000
5,000
1,000
6,000
3,800
16,000
1,400
8,100
4,000
3,000
3,000
8,000
3,000
3,000
12,000
4,500
26,000
Moscow.
St. Petersburg.
Imperial.
Public. . .
1796
1833
1801
fl861
\1755
1726
1714
1824
(1711
Spain :
Madrid.
Sweden :
Lund f 1688
Stockholm 1585
Upsala I 1620
Switzerland : •
Basel university 1460
Geneva 16th cen
Lucerne 1832
Zurich 1629
210,000
100,000
146,000
140,000
115,000
310, 'V,
170,;-
155,'.''^
1,000,"
440, ■
410,<«.H.
100,''
120,*
110.(
100.'
105.1
1,200
10,fi
.m
Arkansas .
California.
Connecticut
District of Columbia.
Illinois .
Indiana. . .
Kentucky.
Maryland.
Massachusetts .
Michigan
Minnesota .
Mississippi.
Missouri...
New Hampshire.
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania ,
[Rhode Island
Virginia .
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UNITED STATES LIBRARIES OF 50,000 VOLUMES AND UPWARDS.
Location.
Little Rock. ..
Sacramento...
San Francisco.
Hartford.
New Haven,
Georgetown.
Washington
Chicago.
Indianapolis .
Frankfort. . . .
Louisville
Annapolis
Baltimore
Woodstock.
Amherst. . .
Cambridge. . .
New Bedford .
Springfield.
Worcester .
Ann Arbor..
Detroit
Lansing
Minneapolis.
Jackson
St. Louis . . .
Hanover
Princeton. . .
Albany
Binghamton
Brooklyn
Buffalo ,
Ithaca
New York city.
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus. . . .
Harrisburg. . .
Philadelphia
South Bethlehem
Providence
Richmond .
Madison . . .
Milwaukee.
Name of Library.
State
Free Public
Mechanics' Institute
Mercantile Library Association
Sutro
Case Memorial
Hartford Theological
Yale College
Riggs Memorial
Library of Congress
Department of State
House of Representatives
Scientiflc Library of Patent office
Surgeon General, Medical
United States Senate
Public
University of Chicago
Newberry
Public
State
Polytechnic Society
State
Johns Hopkins University
Peabody Institute
Woodstock College
Amherst College
Public
Harvard University
Free Public
Essex Institute
City Library Association
American Antiquarian Society
Free Public
University of Michigan General
Public
State
Public
State
Mercantile Library Association
Public
Dartmouth College
Theological Seminary
State
Central High-school
Brooklyn
Buffalo
Grosvenor Public
Cornell University
Apprentice
Astor
Columbia College ,
Lenox ,
Mercantile Library Association ,
Free Circulating
New York Historical Society
" Society
Union Theological Seminary
Public
Young Men's Mercantile Library Ass'n
Public
State
Philosophical Library Company.
Mercantile Library Association . .
University of Pennsylvania
Lehigh University
Providence Athenaeum
Rhode Island Historical Society.
Brown University
State
State Historical Society
Public
1846
1852
1879
1855
1853
1834
1701
1889
1800
1789
1789
1836
1865
1870
1872
1890
1887
1873
1821
1870
1826
1876
1857
1869
1821
1852
1638
1852
1848
1857
1812
1859
1841
1865
1828
1889
1836
1846
1865
1779
1812
1818
i857
1836
1859
1868
1820
1849
1754
1870
1820
1880
1804
1754
1836
1867
1835
1868
1817
1790
1731
1821
1749
1877
1836
1878
1767
1823
1851
1878
No. of
Tolumes.
51,000
85,000
70,000
58,000
62,000
200,000
55,000
55,000
185,000
61,000
660,000
50,000
125.000
50^000
104,500
75,500
175,874
380,000
79,000
50,000
80,000
50,000
100,000
65,000
110,000
75,000
66,000
557,000
292,000
60,000
60,000
80,000
95,000
86,000
78,000
109,000
55,000
50,000
60,000
78,500
80,000
75,000
54,000
157,000
64,241
113,251
67,000
50,000
111,000
90,000
239,000
135,000
65,000
240,000
58,000
75,000
90,000
68,000
157,000
60,000
67,000
64,000
60,000
166,000
166,000
100,000
67,000
52,000
59,000
71,000
50,000
72,000
61.000
No. of
pamphlets.
100,000
18,800
210,000
25,293
278,000
8,000
25,000
12,000
40,000
18,000
30,000
10,000
100,000
21,000
20,000
75,000
6.000
Number of libraries in the United States in 1891 were 3804
of 1000 volumes and upwards. Number of bound volumes in
these libraries 26,826,537; nunober of panophlets 4,340,817.
Average size of libraries 8194 volumes.
LIBRARIES OF CANADA.
I Quebec.
I Toronto.
jOttowa!
Name of Library.
Laval University
Legislative Library of Ontario. .
Public
Library of Parliament
When
founded.
100,000
70,000
68,000
150,000
I Library A§SOCiation of the United Kingdom,
Ifounded at a conference of librarians at the London institu-
;tion, 2 Oct. 1877, meets annually.
. Iwibrary Association of the United States, organ-
ized 1876, meets annually.
I JLibya, in a general sense the ancient name for Africa:
in a restricted sense the territory immediately west of Egypt.
The Persians under Cambyses, about 525 B.C., unsuccessfully
attempted its conquest. Africa.
Liicllfleld, Staffordshire, Engl. The see of Mercia (at
Lichfield) was founded about 656; removed to Chester, 1075;
to Coventry, 1102. In 1121 Robert Peche was consecrated
bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. Here Samuel Johnson was
born, 1709.
Lichfield cathedral was first built about 656; the present structure
was founded by Roger de Clinton, the 37th bishop, in 1148. Wal-
ter de Langton (bishop in 1296) built the chapel of St. Mary, now
taken into the choir, and under bishop Heyworth (1420) the ca-
thedral was completed. It was despoiled at the Reformation, and .■
scandalously injured in the Parliamentary war (monuments, fine
sculptures, and beautiful windows being demolished). It was re-
paired at the Restoration, 1660; in 1788; and by Gilbert G. Scott,
1860-63.
In Lichfield castle, king Richard II. kept his Christmas festival, 1397,
when 200 tuns of wine and 2000 oxen were consumed. A charter
was granted to Lichfield as a city, by Edward VI., 1549.
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lilclll'iail la-WS. In 375 b.c., C. Licinius Stolo and
L. Sextius, tribunes of the people, promulgated various roga-
tiones, or laws, to weaken the patricians and benefit the plebs :
one relieved plebeians from debts; another enacted that no
person should possess more than 500 jugera of public land, or
more than 100 head of large cattle or 600 of small, in the
Roman states; a third, that one consul should be a plebeian.
After much opposition these were carried, and L. Sextius be-
came the first plebeian consul, 365. Another Licinian law, 56
B.C., imposed a severe penalty on party clubs, or societies for
election purposes; and another, about 103 b.c. (proposed by
P. Licinius Crassus), limited table expenses.
lile'beiiau, a town of Bohemia. Here, in the first
action of the Seven Weeks' war, 26 June, 1866, the Austrians
were repulsed by the Prussians under gen. von Horn.
Eilcge (le-aizh'), Belgium, a bishopric, under the German
empire, from the 8th century till 1795. Liege frequently revolt-
ed against its prince-bishops. In a severe contest, the citizens
were beaten at Brusthera, 28 Oct. 1467, and Liege taken by
Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, who treated them cruelly.
In 1482 Liege fell into the power of De la Marck, the Boar of
Ardennes, who killed the bishop, Louis of Bourbon, and was
himself defeated and killed. Vivid description of this event in
Scott's " Quentin Uurward." Lifege was taken by the duke of
Marlborough, 23 Oct. 1702 ; and by the French and others at
various times, till in 1796 it was annexed to France, in 1814
to the Netherlands, and in 1830 to Belgium. Iron-works es-
tablished at Liege in the 16th century have been greatly en-
larged by the Cockerills in the 19th.
lieutenants, lords, for counties, were instituted in
England, 3 Edw. VI. 1549, and in Ireland in 1831. Their
military jurisdiction abolished by Army Regulation act, 1871.
life-boat, a boat built very strong and buoyant for the
purpose of saving the lives of crews and passengers of vessels
wrecked near the shore.
Patent granted to Lionel Lukin for a life-boat 1785
Reward, offered by a committee in South Shields for a life-
boat, 1788 ; obtained by Henry Greathead, of that town (he
received 1200i. from Parliament), 1789 ; it first put to sea,
30 Jan. 1790
Another life-boat was invented by William Wouldhave. His
name was inscribed on a memorial erected in honor of Henry
Greathead on the pier at South Shields, uncovered. .25 June, 1890
Thirty-one life-boats built, and 300 lives saved up to 1804
Duke of Northumberland offered a reward of 105i. for a life-
boat, 1850; obtained by James Beeching of Yarmouth 1851
Tubular life-boat of H. Richardson, the Challenger, patented
in Jan. ; a cruise was made by him from Liverpool to Lon-
don in it 1852
National Life-boat Institution, founded in 1824; its journal first
published in 1852. In 1856 it received a bequest of I0,000i.
from Hamilton Fitzgerald, and of 39,000i. from William Birks
Rhodes, "the Hounslow miser," in 1878.
American life - raft, composed of cylinders lashed together,
sailed from New York, 4 June, 1867, navigated by 3 men,
capt. John Mikes and messrs. Miller and MuUane, and arrived
at Southampton 25 July following.
Life-preserver, the apparatus of capt. Manby (brought into use
in Feb. 1808), effects a communication with the distressed
vessel by a rope, thrown by a shot from a mortar, with a line
attached to it. For the night, a night-ball is provided with
a hollow case of thick pasteboard, and a fuse and quick
match, and charged with 50 balls and a suflaciency of pow-
der to inflame them. The fuse is so graduated that the shell
shall explode at the height of 300 yards. The balls spread
a brilliant light for nearly a minute, and give a clear view of
every surrounding object. In 20 years, 58 vessels and 410 of
their crews and passengers had been saved. Capt. Manby d.
18 Nov. 1854, aged 89.
Boat-lowering apparatus, in consequence of many being lost
when boats were lowered from the Amazon in 1852, invented
by Charles Clifford of London in 1856, has been much ap-
proved of, and has been generally adopted in the English navy.
Capt. Kynaston's hooks were approved by adm. sir Baldwin
Walker in 1862, and by a committee on the subject in 1872
Exhibition of life-boats, life-rafts, etc., at the London Tavern
opened 15 Apr. 1873
Capt. Boyton's life-preserving dress (of india-rubber ), with
means for signalling at sea, tried by him on the Thames suc-
cessfully, 23 Jan. and 6 Mch. ; at Cowes, before queen Victoria
(while in the water he fired rockets, caught fish, etc.), 5 Apr. ;
nearly, crossed the Channel from Dover (paddled 2 miles an
% hour) ; stopped by the French pilot Apr. 1875
Capt. Boyton crossed the Channel from Grisnez to the South
Foreland in 23i^ hours 28-29 May, "
Christie's life-saving raft tried on the Thames; could not be
sunk 17 Mch. "
Edmund Thompson's life-raft, partially successful off Poplar,
22 Apr. "
1
Rev. E. L. Berthon's collapsible life-boat taken out by the
Essequibn, and i)roved to bo successful Sept. 11
Storm King patent life-boat, 30 feet long, with its inventor,
capt. Joergensen and a man named Nelsen, left London 12
Sept. 1889; encountered heavy gules; arrived at Cape Town,
2 Mch.
Duke of Northumberland, a new fast steel steam life-boat, with
15 water-tight compartments, designed by Messrs. R. and H.
Green, to be stationed at Harwich, brought into service
life-g'Uard, Washington's. A corps, varying at dil
ferent times from 60 to 250 men, was formed in the spring
1776. The men, not less than 5 feet 9 inches nor more th
5 feet 10 inches in height, were selected from the Continenti
army for moral and personal perfections, to protect the persoi
baggage, and papers of the commander-in-chief. The lai
survivor, Uzal Knapp, of Orange county, N. Y., died in Jai
1856, and was buried at the foot of the flag-staff in front o
Washington's head-quarters at Newburg, on the Hudson. A
the dedication of a freestone monument over his remains, 1
June, I860, there was a large civic and military procession,
life-insurance. Insurance.
life-saving service in the United Statei
The first organized efibrt in the U. S. was made by the Mai
sachusetts Humane Society in 1789; but its history may
said to have begun in 1846-47, when disasters on the Net
Jersey coast forced the federal government to consider tht
subject. In 1849, 8 stations were equipped between Montaiik
point and Coney island, but no great progress was made until
the present effective system was adopted, 1871. The servicfli,
attached to the U. S. Treasury department, is divided into
districts, viz. :
1st district, coasts of Maine and New Hampshire 12 statioi
2d ' ' coast of Massachusetts "23
3d " coasts of Rhode Island and Long island. 39
coast of New Jersey (the most danger- J
4th " \ ous of all), called " the grave-yard { 41
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
of the
( coasts of Delaware, Maryland, and
\ Virginia
(coasts of S. Virginia and North
( Carolina
(coasts of South Carolina, Georgia,
\ and E. Florida
Gulf coast
(Lakes Erie and Ontario, and falls of
\ the Ohio at Louisville, Ky
Lakes Huron and Superior 15
Lake Michigan 24
Pacific coast 13
Total 243
Owing to the extent of uninhabited coast, the service
obliged to erect houses of refuge at different points, provi-
sioned, etc., so as to afford shelter and food to the shipwrecked
crews frequently for several days. From 1871 to 30 June,
1891, there have been 5783 disasters, endangering property to
the value of $96,247,559, of which $71,540,912 was saved.
Of 49,530 lives imperilled, but 592 were lost. The cost of
the service for the year ending 30 June, 1891, was $940,201.
The total number of disasters for the year ending 30 June,
1892, was 507, endangering property to the amount of $8,352,-
335; amount of property saved $7,174,475; number of per-
sons on board vessels, 2923 ; lives lost, 27. The cost of the
service for the year ending 30 June, 1892, was $1,009,234.
The total number of disasters for the year ending 30 June,
1893, was 427 ; value of property involved, $8,098,075 ; prop-
erty saved, $6,442,505; number of persons involved, 3566;
persons lost, 23; cost of service, $1,231,893. The 'chief ap-
pliances employed in saving life are the life-saviug gu'i ■•.:.
projectile, the. line-carrying rocket, the oil-distributing rcx ..
the breeches-buoy, an apparatus for conveying a person '
line from ship to shore, and the life and surf-boat. I . '
authority of the act of 20 June, 1874, 18 June, 1878, ; 1 1 '•■
May, 1882, life-saving medals of honor have been awr 1
by the secretary of the treasury for rescuing a person n^
drowning. Total number awarded to 30 June, 1892, was [
gold and 209 silver medals. Among the recipients we
women, viz. :
Name. - Residence. Award. Date.
Edith Morgan Hamlin, Mich Silver. . . 9 Nov.
Ida I,ew,..W,lBOn.... { ■^tflS^i! R'"i!' } «■>"' '""'^.^
Edith Clarke Oakland, Cal Silver. . .26 May, '
Marie D.Pa,'sons....{^'f3^£«5«^^^^^^^^ " ...7 Feb.
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St^me. Resideuce. Award. Date.
Mary Whiteley Charleston, S. C Silver . .17 Nov. 1888
Mabel Mason {"tStViifrir ! } " -'' ''^'- 1««
Mrs. Edward White.. Copalis, Wash.
Bertie 0. Burr Lincoln, Neb. .
...Gold.... 18 Apr. 1892
... " 14 June, "
li^ht. And God said, Let there be light: and there was
light (Gen. i. 3). One of the phenomena attendant upon heat,
and may be said to be its visible manifestation. It especially
affects the eye, as sound does the ear, and together with the
eye renders the outward world visible. Two theories have
been advanced regarding the propagation of light— the older
the corpuscular theory, and the later the undulatory. The
advocates of the former were Newton, Laplace, Biot,and others,
while more recent scientists support the jindulatory theory ;
but neither of these theories explains satisfactorily all the phe-
nomena, neither do they attempt to explain what is trans-
ferred or moved. The apparently incomparable velocity of
light is said to have been computed with more or less accu-
racy by 4 distinct methods— (1) Romer's method, 1676; (2)
Bradley's, 1728; (3) Fizeau's, 1849; (4) Foucault's, 1850— at
i from 186,000 to 187,000 miles a second. Optics, Stars, Sun.
light-house, a structure built on the coast or shore of
' navigable waters, and furnished for the purpose of indicating
[ a point of danger or to serve as a guide, also called pharos
I (hence phare, Fr. ; faro, It.), from one erected at Pharos, near
I Alexandria, Egypt, 550 feet high, said to have been visible 42
I miles, about 285 b.c. There was one at Messina, at Rhodes,
'. etc. Colossus. These were lighted by fires. A coal-fire
I light was exhibited at Tynemouth castle, Northumberland,
I about 1638. The tower of Cordonan at the mouth of the Gi-
1 ronde, France, begun 1584. The first true light-house erected
i in England was the Eddystone, finished 1859. Lights were
( exhibited in various places in England by the corporation of
I the Trinity-house early in the 16th century.
BRITISH light-houses.
Besides the Eddystone light-house and that at Bell Rock (Inch
I cape), the Skerryvore on the west coast of Scotland (1844:), 158 ft,
t high, cost 83,126i. The Bishop Rock off Scilly islands (1853), 145
j ft. high, cost 36,559?. Wolf Rock, Land's End (1870), Small's
! Rocks, entrance English channel, Harvis's Rock (1862), Island of
i Alderney, and others are important.
( The usual source of light in British light-houses is oil; but in harbor
lights gas has been successfully used. Glass reflectors were used
in 1780, copper ones in 1807. A common coal Are light was dis-
continued at St. Bees only in 1822. Fresnel's dioptric system,
devised about 1819, was first adopted in England by messrs. Wil-
kins, at the direction of the corporation of the Trinity-house,
1 July, 1836.
A magneto-electric machine devised by prof. Holmes, producing a
I more brilliant artificial light than any then known, was first
I employed at the South Foreland light-house, near Dover, 8 Dec.
I 1858; and at Dengeness (or Dungeness) in 1862. It was shown
i with a similar one constructed by M. Serin, at the International
! Exhibition, London, 1862.
'. H. Wilde's apparatus, producing a powerful magneto-electric light,
on trial in northern light-houses, Oct. 1866.
1 Lime-light employed at the South Foreland light-house in 1861.
I Gas-light tried successfully at Howth Bailey light-house, Dublin
i bay, July, 1869.
i Mr. Wigham's triform light; glass belt round the gas-light, prisms
j below the belt, and prisms forming a cupola; tried near Dublin;
j approved by dr. Tyndall, July, 1873.
' C. William Siemens's magneto-electric light used at the Lizards, 29
Mch. 1878.
LIGHT-HOUSES IN THE UNITED STATES.
Since 1789 all light-houses on the U. S. coast have been maintained
at the expense of the nation (no light-dues being charged upon
commerce). The cost for the year ending 30 June, 1879, was
$1,708,700, and for the year ending 30 June, 1894, $2,948,000.
Many light - houses in the U. S. are unsurpassed, and are of ex-
ceedingly difficult construction. The most noted is on Mi-
not's Ledge, in Massachusetts bay, first erected in 1847. It was
supported on iron piles 12 inches in diameter, firmly braced
and tied with wrought- iron bands. It was finished in 1849,
but in a terrible storm, Apr. 1851, the iron supports were
twisted like straws, and the whole structure was swept away.
In 1852 Congress appropriated money to rebuild the light. The
design was a granite tower in the shape of the frustum of a
cone; the base is 30 ft. in diameter, and the whole height 88
• It. The lower 40 ft. are solid. The difficulty of the work was
such that, though every moment when the tide left the rock
uncovered was taken advantage of, it was a year before the
first layer of stones for the foundation was securely laid. It
■was first lighted in 1860. Cost $300,000.
Spectacle Reef light-house, north end of lake Huron, of the same
type as Minot's Ledge, built 1871-74, 93 ft. high; cost $375,000.
lillamook Rock light-house, 20 miles south of the mouth of the
Columbia river, Oregon, 1880-81; cost $123,492. Northwest Seal
Kock light-house, California, commenced 1882. Petit Manon, ofi
3d
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
the coast of Maine, 125 ft. above sea level. " Mt. Desert Reck,"
coast of Maine. Matinicus Rock, coast of Maine, 1827; rebuilt
1846. Halfway Rock, coast of Maine, 1871. Boon island, coast
of Maine, 1812. Cape Ann, on Thatheus island, 1790 ; rebuilt
1861. Boston Lights, on Little Brewster island, Boston harbor,
the first on the coast; built 1715-16, rebuilt 1859; its first light-
keeper, George Worthylake, was drowned with his wife and
daughter, 3 Nov. 1718; Benjamin Franklin, then a boy, sold a
ballad on the occasion in the streets of Boston. Fourteen Foot
Bank light-house, Delaware bay, 1887; cost $123,811.
First coast-light in the U. S 1673
First light-house built on Little Brewster island, Boston harbor,
1715-16
U. S. accepted cession of all light-houses 7 Aug. 1789
Control vested in commissioner of the revenue 8 May, 1792
Restored to secretary of treasury 6 Apr. 1802
Vested again in the commissioner 24 July, 1813
Vested in the 5th auditor of the treasury i July, 1820
Messrs. Blunt of New York brought charges against light-
house management 30 Nov. 1837
Naval commission on light-houses appointed "
Congressional investigation of light-house management result-
ing in improvements 1838-43
Navy commission sent to inspect European systems 1845
Fresnel system authorized 3 Mch. 1851
First Light-house Board appointed 21 May, "
Fresnel system generally introduced 1852
Permanent Light-house Board authorized 31 Aug. "
Board organized 8 Oct. "
The U. S. maintains lights upon 9959 nautical miles of coast and
river navigation, divided into 16 districts, as follows :
1st district, Maine, New Hampshire, coasts, bays, inlets, and rivers.
2d " from Hampton Harbor, N. H., to Warren "Pt., R. I.
Long Island, Atlantic, and sound coasts, with New Jersey
above the Highlands. Also lakes Champlain and Mem-
phremagog, with bays and rivers.
{New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland coasts, bays, and
rivers.
( Virginia coast, including the Chesapeake bay. North
( Carolina coast and sounds.
I South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida coasts to Jupiter's
( Inlet, Fla., with bays and rivers.
Florida coast, from Jupiter's Inlet to Perdido bay, Fla.
{Gulf coast from Perdido bay to the Rio Grande, with
lakes, rivers, and bays below New Orleans.
( Lake Michigan, Green bay, strait of Mackinack, and trib-
[ utary waters.
( U. S. shore and waters of lakes Erie and Ontario, with
J the rivers Niagara, St. Lawrence, and the lower part
( of the Detroit river.
Upper Detroit river to the head of lake Superior.
800 miles Pacific coast, California.
{Coast of Oregon and Washington, with Puget sound, Co-
lumbia river, and Alaskan waters.
The Ohio river from Pittsburg to the Mississippi, the
Tennessee, Cumberland, and Great Kanawha, in all
1295 miles.
{The Mississippi from the head of navigation to Cairo,
111., with all navigable tributaries, in all 1582 miles.
{The Mississippi, from Cairo, to New Orleans, with navi-
gable tributaries, in all 1009 miles.
The following aids to navigation, operated by the Light -house
Board, were in use 1 July, 1893:
Electric lights 4
First-order lights 56
Second-order lights 20
Third-order lights 52
Fourth-order lights 265
Fifth-order lights 148
Sixth order lights 116
Lens lanterns 124
Range lenses 16
Reflectors 45
Tubular lanterns 1845
Light-ships 33
Electric buoys 20
Gas buoys 2
Total lighted aids 2746
Fog-signals by steam or hot air 114
' ' clockwork 189
Day beacons 419
Whistling buoys 64
Bell-buoys 90
Other buoys 4315
Total unlighted aids 5191
Total number of aids 7937
lig^hting^ cities. Electricity.
London first lighted at night by lanterns • 1415
Glass lamps in streets 1694-1736
City generally lighted by gas 1814
Paris first lighted by gas '• • • 1819
New York generally lighted by gas 1825
Philadelphia generally lighted by gas "
lightning-conductors were first used to protect
buildings by Franklin soon after 1752, when he drew electricity
from a cloud. Prof. Kichman of St. Petersburg was killed while
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repeating the experiment, Aug. 1763. First conductor in Eng-
land set up at Payne's Hill, by dr. Watson. In 17(56 one was
placed on the tower of St. Mark's, at Venice, which has since
escaped injury, although often struck by lightning previously.
Liig^ny (fcen-yee'), a town near Fleurus, Belgium, where
Kapoleon defeated the Prussians under Blucher, 16 June, 1815.
Watkrloo.
Iji^ll'rlail§, a Celtic tribe, N. Italy, invaded Roman
territory, and were defeated 238 B.C., and subjugated 172 B.C.
The Ligurian republic, founded in May, 1797, upon the ruins
of the republic at Genoa, was incorporated with France in 1805,
and then merged into the kingdom of Italy.
lllBC-tree {Syringa). The Persian lilac from Persia
was cultivated in England about 1638 ; the common lilac by
John Gerard about 1597.
liille. Lisle.
Lilybae'llIIl, a maritime fortress of Sicily, besieged by
Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, 276 b.c.; relieved by the Carthagin-
ians, 275 B.C. Its capture by the Romans, 241 b.c., after a
siege of 9 years, ended the second Punic war.
Lima ilee'ma), Peru, South America. In 1534, Pizarro,
marching through Peru, observing the beauty of the valley
of Rimac, founded this city, calling it Ciudad de los Reyes, or
city of the kings, 1535. Here he was assassinated, 26 June,
1541. Awful earthquakes occurred here, 1586, 1630, 1687, and
28 Oct. 1746. Peru.
lime or linden tree (the American basswood), prob-
ably introduced into England in the 16th century. The limes
in St. James's park, London, are said to have been planted at
the suggestion of Evelyn, who recommended multiplying odo-
riferous trees, in his " Fumifugium " ( 1661 ). A lime - tree
planted in Switzerland in 1410 had in 1720 a trunk 36 feet in
circumference. Flowers and Plants.
lime-light, produced by burning hydrogen or carbu-
retted hydrogen with oxygen on a surface of lime, evolving
little heat and not vitiating the air. It is also called Drura-
mond light, after lieut. Thomas Drummond, who successfully
produced it in 1826, and employed it on the British Ordnance
survey. It is said to have been seen 112 miles. It was tried
at the South Foreland light-house in 1861. Lieut. Drummond
was born 1797, died 15 Apr. 1840. To him is attributed the
maxim that "property has its duties as well as its rights."
limitation§, Statute of, in the United States. The fol-
lowing are the periods fixed by statute in the several states, after
which, in all ordinary cases, the lapse of time, when pleaded
against a claim, raises a conclusive presumption of payment :
periods of limitation.
Judgments.
Notes and Contracts.
Open Accounts.
state. 1
Time.
state. 1
Time.
State. 1
Time.
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Fla
Ky
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111
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Minn ....
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PERIODS OF LIMITATION. — (Cmlinued.)
Judgment*.
Time.
Notes and Contracts.
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6 years.
Ga \
Mi.ss I 7 years.
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5 years.
4 years.
3 years.
Open Account*.
State.
Time.
Ark.
Ariz
Del.
D.C
Md
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N. C. . . ,
AVash...
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Fla
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U. T . . .
Va
> 2 years.
Liineoln, the Roman Lindum Colonia, a city and coinitj
of England, at the Conquest was rich and populous. It wa
taken several times by Saxons and Danes. The castle wa
built by William I. in 1086. Without Newport gate upoJ
Lincoln plain the partisans of the empress Maud, under th<
earl of Gloucester, defeated and captured king Stephen, 2 Feb
1141. Discontented barons in the last year of king John iu'
vited Louis, dauphin of France, and acknowledged him as kiiij
of England here; but the nobility, summoned by the earl ol
Pembroke to Gloucester to crown Henry III,, marched againsi
them, and defeated them in a sanguinary fight (called th(
Fair of Lincoln), 20 May, 1217 ; and Louis withdrew.
Lincoln, Abraham, administration of. Unitei
States, 1861-65.
Lincoln, Bishopric of. Sidnacester, or Lindisse anc
Dorchester, distinct sees in Mercia, were united about 1078^
and the see was removed to Lincoln by bishop Remigius d©
Feschamp, who built a cathedral (1086), afterwards destroyed
by fire, but rebuilt b}' bishop Alexander (1127) and bishojy
Hugh of Burgundy. The great bell of the cathedral, called
Great Tom of Lincoln, weighs 4 tons, 8 pounds.
Lincoln tower, Westminster Bridge road, Engl.,
was erected by the united subscriptions of Britons and Ameri-
cans, as a memorial of the abolition of slaverj', and of Abra-
ham Lincoln, president. The foundation was laid by gen»
Schenck, then American minister, 9 July, 1874 ; and the
head-stone was placed by Newman Hall, minister of Surrej
chapel, 28 Sept. 1875. The tower, 220 feet high, cost aboul
7000^. The church, named Christ church (to replace Surrej
chapel), and schools adjoining (costing about 60,000/.), wer<
dedicated 4 July et seq. 1876. The rev. Rowland Hill's bodj
was removed hither from Surrey chapel, 14 Apr. 1881.
LincOln'§ inn, London, derives its name from Henrj
de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, who built a mansion here in th<
reign of Edward L, on the site of the bishop of Chichester'j
palace. It became an inn of court, 1310. The gardens oi^
Lincoln's-inn fields, laid out by Inigo Jones about 1620, were
erroneously said to occupy the same space as the largest pyra-
mid of Egypt, which is 764 feet square ; Lincoln's-inn square
being 821 ft. by 625 ft. 6 in. William, lord Russell, was be-
headed in Lincoln's-inn fields, 21 July, 1683. The square
(formed in 1618) was enclosed with iron railings about 1737.
The new hall and other buildings were opened 30 Oct. 1845^
and the square planted. The theatre in Lincoln's-inn fields
was built in 1695 ; rebuilt in 1714 ; made a barrack in 1756,.
and pulled down in 1848.
L<incoln'§ monument at Oak Ridge, Springfield^
111., is a Quincy granite structure, 119 X 72 feet. At the height
of 15 ft. 10 in. is the main platform, the apparent base of the
shaft, and pedestals for the support of the statuary ; from the
centre rises the shaft, 12 ft. square at the base and 8 ft. at
the top. The total height is 120 ft. Above the groups of
statuary stands a bronze statue of Lincoln. Larkin G. Mead
was the sculptor. The monument was dedicated 15 Oct.
1874 ; cost, $264,000.
L<indi§farne or Holy i§lancl, on the coast of
Northumberland, became a bishop's see, 635. The Dane*
under Regnar Lodbrok ravaged it 793, and destroyed the
monastery 875. The see was then removed to Chester-le-
sfcreet, and to Durham in 995 (or 990),
1^:
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425
LIT
linen. Pharaoh arrayed Joseph in vestures of fine
ainen, 1716 B.C. (Gen. xli. 42).
First manufactured in England by Flemish weavers, under
protection of Henry III 1253
■Company of linen- weavers established in London 1368
Art of staining linen known about 1579
Hemp, flax, linen, thread, and yarn, from Ireland, permitted
to be exported duty free 1696
Scots in the reign of James I., and other Presbyterians who
fled from persecution in succeeding reigns, settled in north-
east Ireland, and established the linen manufacture; encour-
aged by lord deputy Wentworth in 1634; by William III 1698
Board of trustees to superintend Scotch linen manufacture es-
tablished 1727
Irish linen board established in 1711 ; Linen hall, Dublin, opened
1728; board abolished 1828
Dutv on linen taken off I860
DunYermline in Fifeshire, Dundee in Angusshire, and Barnsley in
Yorkshire are chief seats of linen manufacture.
Linlith'g^OW bridge and toivn, about 17 miles
from Edinburgh, near which the earl of Angus, with James V.
in his power, defeated the earl of Lennox, who, after promise
of quarter, was killed by sir James Hamilton, 1526. Mary
■queen of Scots was born in the palace of Linlithgow, 8 Dec.
1542; James V., her father, dying of a broken heart, 14 Dec.
Linnae'an Sy§tem of botany, arranged by Linne, or
Linnaeus, a Swede, 1725-30, He classed the plants according
to the number and arrangement of the sexual parts, the flower
and fruit marking his various genera. Linnaeus lived from
1707 to 1778. His library and herbarium were purchased by sir
James E. (then dr.) Smith, and given to the Linnaean Society
in London, instituted in 1788, and incorporated 26 Mch. 1802.
The system is now mostly superseded by the natural system.
lion. True lions belong to the Old World exclusively.
They existed in Europe, Egypt, and Palestine, but have long
•disappeared from those countries ; their present country being
Africa. A lion named Pompey died in the Tower of London
in 1760, after 70 years' confinement.
■Gordon Gumming, the lion slayer, published his "Sporting
Adventures in South Africa" 1850
Van Amburgh was successful in taming lions; but many have
lost their lives in attempting it. The Lion-queen was killed
at Chatham, 1850; and Massarti (John McCarthy) was killed
by a lion. 3 Jan. 1872
Lion sermon preached annually on 16 Oct. at St. Katherine Cree
church, London, in memory of the escape of sir John Gayer
from a lion in Arabia 16 Oct. 1630
lion and unieorn, the former English, the latter
iScottish, became the supporters of the royal arms on the ac-
cession of James I. in 1603, The lions in Trafalgar square,
designed by sir Edwin Landseer, were uncovered 31 Jan.
1867.
liquefaction. Gas.
Liis'bon (anciently Olisippo and Felicitas Julia) was
taken by the Arabs about 716, and became important under the
Moorish kings, from whom Alfonso I. of Portugal took it 1147.
It was made capital of Portugal by Emanuel, 1506. Lisbon
has suffered much by earthquakes, and was almost destroyed
1 Nov. 1755. Earthquake. The court fled to Brazil, 10
Nov. 1807 ; and on 30 Nov. the French, under Junot, entered
Lisbon, and held it until at the battle of Vimeira, when they
were defeated bv British, under sir Arthur Welleslev, 21 Aug.
1808. Pop. 1878, 246,343.
L<i§le (leel), now Lille, a town of N. France, with a
strong citadel by Vauban, was besieged by the duke of Marl-
borough and allies; and, though deemed impregnable, taken
after 3 months' siege in 1708. It was restored by the treaty of
Utrecht in 1713, in consideration of the demolition of the forti-
fications of Dunkirk. Pop. 1891,201,211. Fortifications.
Iji§§a, an island and town in the Adriatic. Near here
the Italian fleet, under Persano, was defeated with severe loss
by the Austrian fleet, under Tegethoff, 20 July, 1866.
Italians had 23 vessels, 11 of them iron-clads; Austrians 23,
only 7 iron-clads.
Admiral Persano tried for misconduct and dismissed the service
(Italy) 15 Apr. 1867
litanies (Gr. Xiravda, supplication) first used in pro-
cessions, it is said, about 469 ; others say about 400. Litanies
to the Virgin Mary were first introduced by pope Gregory I.
about 595. The first English litany was commanded to be
used in Reformed churches by Henry VIII. in 1544.
Literary Club (at first called <'The Club" and
" Johnson's Club "), founded by dr. Johnson and sir Joshua
Reynolds in 1764. Boswell, Burke, and Goldsmith were
among the first members. The club's opinion of a new work
was speedily known all over London, and had great influence.
The club still exists. Hallam and Macaulay were members ;
dr. Milman, dean of St. Paul's, was in the chair at the cente-
nary dinner on 7 June, 1864.
literature comprehends oratory, poetry, history, fic-
tion, etc. The following names and works are the best known
in literature :
GRECIAN LITERATURE AND AUTHORS (ANCIENT).
Principal works.
Poetry.
i Homer
\ Hesiod
i iEsop ,
] Anacreon
I -Sschylus
i Herodotus
'■ Pindar
I Aristophanes
b.
.0. 962
d.
927(?)
850
572
Euripides
525 — 456
443
522 — 439
427
480 — 406
History.
Iliad, Odyssey.
Works and Days, Theogony.
Lyric. (Prometheus Bound,
Dramas -< Seven Against Thebes,
(Agamemnon, etc.
Odes. (The Clouds,
Comedy -| The Birds,
(The Frogs, etc.
Hecuba,
Sophocles. . .
Thucydides.
Xenophon..,
Plato
Isocrates
Aristotle .
495
470
443
436
384
405
404
359
338
322
! Demosthenes
Menander
Tlieophrastus ,
Theocritus
Epicurus i
Archimedes of Syracuse
Polybius
Diodorus -r>
Strabo '....
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Plutarch
14*
382 — 322
389 — 314
342 — 292
382 — 287
272
342 — 270
287 — 212
207 — 122
50.-A.D. 13
54- " 10
" 30
49 — 120
(History of the war between Peloponnesus
\ and Athens.
Anabasis. fGorgias,
[ Phoedon, etc.
Orations — Areopagiticus, and many others.
Ph i losoph i c — Organon.
Orations /Philippics,
uFduoub ^Concerning the Crown, etc.
Orations.
Dramas, tragedy
Dramas, tragedy
Orestes,
Medea,
Iphigenia at Aulis, etc.
Electra,
CEdipus,
Antigone,
Philoctetes, etc.
Philosophic.
Philosophic.
Philosophic and scientific.
General history — Second Punic War.
History.
Geography.
HistoKy and criticism.
Biography— Parallel Lives.
Comedy.
Idyls.
LIT
LIT
GRECIAN LITERATURE AND AUTHORS (ANCIENT).— (Conrtnttcd.)
Authon.
Principal Worlt.. "J
Name.
Time.
ProM.
Poetry. |
b. d.
A.D. 118
147
148
194
190(?)
" 120 — 200
240
273
" 331 — 363
Stoic philosophy.
History.
History.
Feast of the Learned, a fragment.
On hunting, on fishing. ^^H
1
Annian
ArriaD
AthensBus
Oppjan
LuciaD
History.
Criticisms, etc.
Satires, letters, etc.
Herodian
Fathers of thb church, Philosophy. 1
LATIN LITERATURE AND AUTHORS (ANCIENT), |
Authon.
Principal Works. 'H
Name.
Time.
Proee.
Poetry. ^|
b. d.
B.C. 254 — 184
'' 239 — 169
" 193 — 159
" 232 — 147
" 149 — 103
" 96 — 52
" 100 — 44
" 107 — 43
" 82—40
" 86—34
::
" 51 _ 16
" 70 — 19
18
" 65—8
A.D. 17
" 59 — IT
" 43 — 18
" 19 — 31
" 5—65
A.D. 34 — 62
" 38 — 65
" 23 — 79
" 42 - 118
" 88
" 61 — 115
" 61 — 96
" 55 — 117(?)
" 25 — 100
" 40 — 104
" 72 — 140(?)
" 40 — 120(?)
" 100 — 169(?)
" 110 — 174(?)
390
" 365 — 408
«' 415
" 470 — 525
Dramas, comedy. fl
Satires, etc. ■
Dramas, comedy. fl
Satires, etc. fl
Philosophic. fl
Lyric poems. m
Elegiac poetry. m-
Georgics, ^neid. »,
Elegiac verse. m ,
Odes, epodes, satires, epistlea a '
Metamorphoses, Art of Love, etc. 91
Satires. fll
Pharsalia. ^^^^^bI
Argon autics. IHi
Thebaid. SI
Poems. ^^■1
Epigrammatic poet J^ll
Satire. jHI
Poems. ^ll
On agriculture— Orations, etc.
Lucilius
Commentaries.
(Orations,
\Concerning Old Age, and other essays.
Cicero
Saiiust ..
Conspiracy of Catiline, Jugurthan War.
Lives of eminent men.
On architecture.
Vitruvius
Tibullus
Horace
Celsus
Medical works.
History of Rome.
Livy
Ovid
Paterculus
History.
Moralistic essays.
Seneca
Persius .
Pliny the Elder
Natural history.
Rhetorics and critics.
Quintilian
Pliny the Younger
Letters.
Annals of Rome, etc.
i^ilins Tt9.1io.ns
Martial
Suetonius
Lives of the Twelve Caesars.
Aulus Gellius
Attic Nights.
History.
Apuleius
Amraianus Marcellinus
General topics.
Philosophic.
Fathers of the church.
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND AUTHORS.
Unknown .
Caedmon
Aldhelm •. .
Bede, Venerable
Alcuin
Cynewulf
John Scotus, called (from hisl
native land, Ireland) Erigena. j
Alfred the Great
Phegemund, archbishop of Can)
terbury, commenced them. . . )
Alfric, archbishop of Canterbury.
William of Malmesbury
Henry of Huntingdon
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Alfred of Rievaux..
Richard Wace
Walter Mapes of Oxford
Layamon
Orm
Unknown .
Roger Bacon . .
Matthew Paris.
Unknown .
7th century,
656-709
672-735
735-804
780
d. 877
849-901
d. 1006
1095-1142
d. ab't 1154
d. 1154
1109-66
1112-84
1150-96
ll.'>0-1210
1187-1237
1214-94
d. 1273
Principal works.
Church Hist, of Engl, in Latin.
Various prose works.
(Philosophic works (worthy of at-
[ tention now). Philosophy.
Translations for the people.
Saxon Chronicles
Homilies, Latin grammar.
Hist, of Kings of Engl. (449-1120)
(Hist, of Kings of Engl. (55 B.C.-
\ 1154 A.D.). •
Legendary Hist, of British Kings
(Account of the feattle of the
) Standard, 1138.
Arthur's Legends.
(Ancren Riwle (the Rule of Fe-
( male Anchorites, i. e.,nMns)..
Opus Majus (Philosophy)
Historia .Major.
jHavelok the Dane, the (Jest of
? King Horn, Bevis of Hamp-
( ton, and Guy of Warwick ....
Poetry and dramas.
Song of the Traveller
The Fight at Fumesburg
Beowulf
Paraphrase of the Scriptures,
Translates Psalms into verse.
Two short poems.
(Brut of d'Angleterre and Ro-
( mance of Rollo.
Brut or Chronicles of Britain
Ormulum, paraphrase of Scripture
First appeared or
published.
(From the 5tb
to the 8tb
[ century.
7th century.
8th century.
731
fFrom 55 B.C.
\ continued
( until 1154 AJX
1205
1215
1220
1267
1280
i
LIT
427
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND AUTHORS— (Conttnwed.)
LIT
Unknown.
Michael of Kildare(?)..
Robert of Gloucester. . .
Robert Manning
Duns Scotus
Richard Rolle
Lawrence Minot
Sir John de Mandeville.
William Langlande
John Barbour
JohnWycliffe
Geoffrey Chaucer
"... The Morning Star of song who made
His music heard below ;
Dan Chaucer, the first warbler, whose
sweet breath
Preluded those melodious bursts, that
fill
The spacious times of ffreat Elizabeth
With sounds that echo still."
— Tennyson.
John Gower,
John Lydgate
James I. of Scotland
Sir Thomas Malory
Blind Harry, or "The Minstrel '
Sir John Fortescue
William Caxton
The Pastons
Stephen Hawes...
Robert Henrysou .
Unknown
William Dunbar.,
Gawyn Douglas.
John Skelton .
i Unknown
Sir Thomas More,.
William Tyndale. . .
Sir David Lindsay.
Nicholas Udall
Hugh Latimer
Sir Thomas Wyatt
I Roger Ascham ,
■ Henry Howard, earl of Surrey.
1 Miles Coverdale
i John Foxe
; John Jewel
I Ralph Holinshed
i John Still, bishop of Bath
1 William Byrd
i Lord Berners
I Thomas Wilson
j Sir Walter Raleigh
' Thomas Sackville
! Edmund Spenser. .
i Sir Philip Sidney.
i Richard Hooker. . .
j John Lyly
! Thomas Lodge
Francis Bacon
Samuel Dan 'el. . .
Michael Drayton.
I Sir John Davies.
George Peele
Robert Greene
Christopher Marlowe.
William Shakespeare.
Thomas Nash
George Chapman
Thomas Middleton...
1255-1307
1273-1340
1265-1308
d. 1349
I306I7I
1332-1400
1316-96
1324-84
1328-1400
1325-1408
1374-1460
1394-1437
1395-1483
1412-92
1483-1512
d. 1500
1460^1515
1474-1522
1460-1529
1450-75
1480-1535
1484-1536
1491-1555
1503-42
1515-68
1516-47
1517-87
1522-71
d. 1580
1543-1607
1543-1623
'd.'i581
1552-1618
1552-99
1554-86
1553-1600
1554-1606
1556-1625
1561-1626
1563-1631
1570-1626
1552-98
1560-92
1564-93 '
1564-1616
1567-1600
1557-1634
1570-1627
Principal works.
Martyrdom of Thomas k Becket.
Philosophic works.
Travels
Translation of the Bible.
History of King Arthur.
On Monarchy.
Game and Play of Chesse.
Fasten Letters, correspondence.
Utopia, Life of Edward V.
Translation of the Bible. . .
Sermons.
Toxophilus, The Schoolmaster.
Translation of the Bible.
Book of Martyrs.
Apology.
Chronicles
Translates Chronicles of Froissart
Rhetoric and Logic ,
History of the World
Arcadia
Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity.
Euphues
(Novum Organum (Philosophy).
Poetry and dramas.
(Willie Grice, The Owl and the)
[ Nightingale j
"Summer is y comen in "
Land of Cockayne (Kitchen).
Rhyming Chronicle of England. . .
Metrical Chronicles of England. . .
Pricke of Conscience.
War Poems of Edward III.'s time
Piers the Plowman
Bruce
f Canterbury Tales (25)
Romaunt of the Rose
I The Flower and the Leaf
J Court of Love. w>.
Cuckoo and the Nightingale. .
Legend of Good Women.
Troilus and Creseide.
Assembly of Fowles, etc.
r Speculum Meditantis.
I Vox Clamantis.
( Confessio Amantis
Fall of Princes, from Boccaccio.
The King's Quair.
William Wallace..
( Temple of Glass
( Pastime of Pleasure.
( Testament of Faire Creside.
( Robin and Makyne.
The Nut Brown Maid
Dance of the Seven Deadly Sins.
( Palace of Honor
' ^neid, first translated into Eng-)
( lish verse j
( Booke of Colin Clout.
( Why Come Ye not to Court,
f Sir Patrick Spens,
Battle of Otterburne,
Chevy Cliase,
[ Death of Douglas, etc.
Ballads -
I The Dream ,
( The Complaint
( Ralph Royster Doyster, earliest)
( comedy in English j
SonnetsandJyrics.flrst in England
Sonnets and lyrics.
Gammer Gurton's Needle.
My Mind to Me a Kingdom is.
f Gorboduc, first English tragedy.
(Mirror for Magistrates.
( Faerie Queene
( The Shepard Calendar
Astrophel and Stella, sonnets.
Rosalind, Euphues' Golden Legacy
(Sonnets
1 Complaint of Rosamond
jPolyolbion, The Baron's Wars
( Court of Fairy, etc.
Nosce Teipsum
I Arraignment of Paris
^Love of King David and Fair
( Bethsabe.
jLooking-Glass for London and
( England.
/Tamburlaine, Faustus, Jew of
1 Malta, Edward TI.
(Thirty seven plays, etc. Shake
( SPEARE AND HIS PLAYS.
(Summer's Last Will and Testa-
I ment.
(Ovid's Banquet of Sense
(Translation of Homer.
The Witch and other plays.
First appeared
published.
1280
13th century.
1297
1303
1352
1356
1362-78-80
1375-77
1384-98
[ Authorship
I doubtful.
1483. Caxtons,
1470
1470
ri474. First
English
[ printed book.
1422-1505
1500
1501
1513
1525-30
1528
1536
1551
1557
1544-70
1557
1520-30
1563
1578
1553
1614
1562
1590-96
1579
1594-1600
1579-80
1590
1597-1624
1620
1592
1594
1599
1584
1595
LIT
LIT
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND AUTHORS.— (Con<inu«d.)
Author*.
Name.
John Donne
Ben Jonson
Joseph Hall
Thomas Dekker.
John Fletcher
Robert Burton
Philip Massinger.
John Selden
John Marston
William Drummond
John Ford
Sir Henry Wotton.
Francis Beaumont
Thomas Hey wood
John Webster
George Withers.
Thomas Carew.
Thomas Hobbes
Robert Herrick
Henry King, bishop of Chichester.
Francis Quarles
George Herbert
Izaak Walton
James Shirley
William Chillingworth
Sir Thomas Browne
Sir William Davenant
Edmund Waller
Thomas Fuller.
John Milton
Lord Clarendon
Sir John Suckling
Jeremy Taylor
Sir John Denham
Sir Richard Lovelace
Abraham Cowley
George Fox
Samuel Butler
Richard Baxter
Ralph Cudworth
Andrew Marvell
John Evelyn
John Bunyan
Sir William Temple
John Tillotson
Isaac Barrow
John Dryden
Samuel Pepys
John Locke
Sir Isaac Newton
Gilbert Burnet
Sir George Etherege
William Wycherly
Jeremy Collier
Thomas Otway
Sir John Vaubrugh.
William Congreve
Nicholas Rowe
George Farquhar
Daniel Defoe
Principal worki.
Poetry and dramas.
First appeared or
published.
1673-1631
1674-1637
1674-1656
1676-1641
1576-1625
1676-1640
1584-1640
1584-1654
d. 1634
1584-1649
1686-1639
156S-1639
1586-1616
d.1648
1588-1667
1589-1639
1588-1679
1591-1674
1591-1669
1592-1644
1593-1633
1593-1683
1594-1666
1602-44
1605-82
1605-68
1605-«7
1608-74
1608-74
1609-41
1613-67
1615-68
1618-58
1618-67
1624-90
1612-80
1615-91
1617-88
1620-78
1620-1706
Biathanatos.
1630-94
1630-77
1631-1700
1632-1703
1632-1704
1642-1727
1643-1715
1635-94
1640-1715
1650-1726
1651-85
1666-1726
1670-1729
1673-1718
1678-1708
1661-1731
Epistles, Contemplation .
Anatomy of Melancholy.
An Anatomy of the World .
f Volpone the Fox
I Every Man iu his Humor. .
■{ The Silent Woman
The Alchemist
[ Sad Shepherd, etc.
Satires
I The Faithful Shepherdess,
I Woman-hater.
Table-Talk, Titles of Honor.
( Leviathan, Philosophic (Philos-
l OPHY)
The Complete Angler.
fThe Religion of Protestants, a Safe
( Way to Salvation.
(Religio Medici
I Hydriotaphia
( Church History of England.
I Worthies of England
Areopagitica
History of the Rebellion
Holy Living and Holy Dying.
Journal.
[Saint's Everlasting Rest
[ A Call to the Unconverted
[The True Intellectual System of)
[ the Universe j
Diary.
I Pilgrim's Progress.
[Holy War.
Sermons.
Sermons.
Diary
f Essay on the Human Under-
[ standing (Philosophy)
Principia, etc
History of the Reformation
History of My Own Times.
Robinson Crusoe.
(The Virgin Martyr ,
\New Way to Pay Old Debts ,
Satire (1593), The .Malcontent..
The Flowers of Zion
The Lover's Melancholy
" Broken Heart
Perkin Warbeck
Farewell to the Vanities of the
World.
The Maid's Tragedy ..
Philaster ',..
Knight of the Burning Pestle...
A Woman Killed by Kindnesa ..
(The White Devil
■I Duchess of Malfl
(The Devil's Law-case, etc. ......
Faire Virtue, etc
("He that loves a rosy cheek."
-^"Sweetly breathing vernal air,
j etc.
f Hesperides and numerous other)
\ poems. /
Exequy on his wife.
/A Feast for Worms ,
(Vanity of the World, eta
The Temple and other poems. . . . ,
1609
1610
1597
1621
1622
1623
1614
1604
1634
1609
1610
1617
1612
1613
1651
1648
1620
(The Traitor
(The Lady of Pleasure.
Gondibert
Go Lovely Rose, To Chloris, etc.
r Comus (1634), Lycidas
I Paradise Lost
^ Paradise Regained.
Samson Agonistes
[ L' Allegro and II Penseroso, etc.
( The Bride.
( Tell Me, ye Juster Duties.
Cooper Hill
To Althea from Prison
(Pindaric Odes ,
(The Chronicle.
Hudibras
1631
1653-5&
1635
1643
1658
1651
1656
1662
1637
1658-65
1671
1643
1649
1656
Death of the White Fawn.
f Duke of Guise ,
I Absalom and Achitophel ,
■{ Hind and Panther
Virgil translated, St. Cecilia's Day
[ Alexander's Feast.
Man of Mode
( Country Wife
\ Plain Dealer.
JThe Orphan.
( Venice Preserved
JThe Confederacy.
(The Provoked Wife
( Love for Love
(The Mourning Bride
.lane Shore, The Fair Penitent.
{The Recruiting Officer.
The Beaux' Stratagem
1649
1659
1678
1678
1662
1681
1687
1679
1676
1672
1682
1707
1719
LIT 429
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND AVTRORS.— {Continued.)
LIT
Time.
Principal works.
Poetry and dramas.
First appeared or
published.
Daniel Defoe
Richard Bentley.
Matthew Prior. . .
Jonathan Swift..
Bernard Mandeville.
Sir Richard Steele..
Joseph Addison.
Bishop Berkeley.
Edward Young..
Allen Ramsay...
Samuel Richardson,
John Gay.
Alexander Pope
Lady Mary Montagu . . .
Joseph Butler (bishop).
Henry Carey
James Thomson
William Hamilton
Henry Fielding.
Samuel Johnson.
Thomas Reid
David Hume
Baurence Sterne.
Thomas Gray
Gilbert White....
Tobias George Smollett. ,
William Collins....
Mark Akenside
William Robertson.
Adam Smith
Oliver Goldsmith.
Sir William Blackstone.
Jane Elliot
Bishop Percy . . .
Edmund Burke.
William Cowper.,
James Beattie
Edward Gibbon
James Macpherson
Augustus Montague Toplady.
James Boswell
Arthur Young
William Paley
Hannah More.
Mrs. Anna Letitia Barbauld
1661-1731
1662-1742
1664-1721
1667-1745
1670-1733
1671-1729
1672-1719
1684-1765
1686-1758
1689-1761
1688-1732
1688-1744
1690-1762
1692-1752
1700-43
1700-48
1704-.54
1707-54
1709-1784
1710-96
1711-76
1713-68
1716-71
1720-93
1721-71
1721-66
1721-70
1721-93
1723-90
1728-74
1723-80
1727-1805
1728-1811
1730-97
1731-1800
1735-1803
1737-94
1738-9G
1740-78
1740-95
1741-1820
1743-1805
1745-1833
1743-1825
Journal of the Plague
f Dissertations (2) upon the Epis-
I ties of Phalaris.
Tale of a Tub ,
Gulliver's Travels
Journal to Stella.
Fable of the Bees, Philosophic
Essays; establishes The Tatter...
iTatler
Essays for the \ Spectator
( Gtiardian
Metaphysical and scientific. I
LOSOPHT.
Cato
Minor poems.
Pamela
Clarissa Harlowe
Sir Charles Grandison.
Night Thoughts
The Gentle Shepherd.
Letters.
Analogy between Natural and)
Revealed Religion )
r The Shepherd's Week
-I The Beggar's Opera.
1^ Fables, Songs.
I Essay on Criticism
I Rape of the Lock
January and May, and transl. 1
Homer j
Dunciad
Essay on Man, etc
Sally in our Alley, etc.
(The Seasons
(Castle of Indolence
Braes of Yarrow.
1722
1697-99
1704
1726
1709
1713
1742-46
1725
1741
1749
1753
1714
1726
1711
1712
1728
1733
1736
1726-30
1748
' Joseph Andrews
History of Jonathan Wild.
Tom Jones. »
'Essays for the Idler and Rambler.
Dictionary of English Language.
Rasselas
Lives of the Poets
i Inquiry into the Human Mind, 1
[ etc. (Philosophy) J
[Philosophic. Philosophy.
[ History of England
[ Tristram Shandy
[ Sentimental Journey.
The Natural History of Selborne.
Roderick Random
Peregrine Pickle
Ferdinand Count Fathom
Humphrey Clinker, etc.
History of Scotland
" " Reign of Charles V. . .
" " Discovery of America.
Wealth of Nations
Vicar of Wakefield.
[ Essays.
j Commentaries on the Laws of)
X England J
Essays on the Sublime and)
Beautiful j
Reflections on the French Rev- 1
[ olution I
(Decline and Fall of the Roman;
( Empire
Biography of Samuel Johnson.
Travels in France
(Evidences of Christianity
(Natural Theology
1 Ccelebs in Search of a Wife.
[ Moral Sketches
Hymns in Prose
Amelia.
Vanity of Human Wishes.
Elegy in a Country Church-yard. ,
Ode on a Distant Prospect of)
Eton College, etc )
The Passions
How Sleep the Brave
Ode to Evening, etc.
Pleasures of the Imagination.
The Traveller
The Hermit
Good-natured Man
Deserted Village
She Stoops to Conquer.
The Flowers of the Forest (a
lament for Flodden).
[ Ballads.
[Reliques of Ancient Engl. Poetry.
fTheTask
j John Gilpin
■I The Castaway.
On Receiving My Mother's Pict-
[ ure, etc.
The Minstrel
Fingal
Temora
Rock of Ages," etc.
Percy
Sacred Dramas.
(Miscellaneous Poems.
(The Death of the Righteous.
1742
1743
1749
1749
1755
1759
1781
1764
1754-02
1761
1750
1747
1748
1751
1753
1747
1744
1759
1769
1777
1776
1764
1766
1768
1770
1773
1765
1765
1756
1790
1785
1771
1776-88
1776
1792
1794
1802
1777
1786
1809
1818
LIT
480
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND AUTHORS.— ( Continued.
LIT
Principal worlci.
Poetrv and dramas.
Firtt appeared or
published.
William Coxe
Jeremy Bentham
Thomas Chatterton
Richafd BriDsley Sheridan.
Frances Bumey
Dugald Stewart
George Grabbe
William Godwin
William Blake
William Beckford
Robert Burns.
Joanna Baillie
William Cobbett
Samuel Rogers
Ann Radcliflfe
Isaac Disraeli
Maria Edgeworth
William Wordsworth
James Hogg (Ettrick Shepherd).
James Montgomery
1747-1828
1748-1832
1762-70
1761-1816
1762-1840
1753-1828
1764-1832
1766-1836
1767-1827
1769-1844
1759-96
1762-1851
1762-1835
1763-1855
1764-1823
1766-1848
1767-1849
1770-1850
1770-1835
1771-1854
Sir Walter Scott,
John Lingard
Sidney Smith
David Ricardo
Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
Robert Southey
Charles Lamb
Walter Savage Landor . .
Jane Austen
Jane Porter
1771-1832
1771-1859
1771-1845
1772-1823
1772-1834
1774-1843
1775-1834
1775-1864
1775-1817
1776-1850
( History of the House of Austria. . .
I Memoirs of the Kings of Spain)
( of the House of Bourbon /
Philosophic, utilitarian.
(Speeches, Sueridan's Bkqdh)
I Spbkch J
Evelina
(Metaphysician: Elements of the i
Philosophy of the Human V
Mind )
Philosophical Essays
Poems (antique).
!The Rivals, School for Scan
dal, Duenna (opera). Critic,
Songs.
(The Village
' Tales in Verse
(Tales of the Hall.
(Caleb Williams.
(St. Leon
Vathek.
English Grammar and Essays.
(Romance of the Forest, Mys
\ teries of Udolpho.
} Curiosities of Literature
( Amenities of Literature
f Castle Rackrent
J Popular Tales
] Fashionable Tales
I Helen, etc.
J Songs of Innocence
I Songs of Experience
C Tarn O'Shanter, Jolly Beggars.
The Twa Dogs
j Halloween, Cotter's Saturday
] Night, Epistle to Davie, High
land Mary, Afton Water, To
[ Mary in Heaven, etc.
I Plays on the Passions
( Poems
( Pleasures of Memory
{ Human Life
(Italy
( The Shepherd's Calendar .
( Winter Evening Tales
Waverley
(Chaps, i.-vii. were written and
the whole work announced for
publication as early as 1805.)
Guy Mannering
Antiquary, Black Dwarf, Old)
Mortality )
Rob Roy, Heart of Midlothian
Bride of Lammermoor and Leg-)
end of Montrose j
Ivanhoe, Monastery, and Abbot . .
Kenilworth
Pirate, Fortunes of Nigel
Peveril of the Peak, Quentin)
Durward j
St. Ronan's Well, Redgauntlet
The Betrothed, Talisman
Woodstock
Two Drovers, Highland Widow, 1
Surgeon's Daughter )
Fair Maid of Perth
Anne of Geierstein.
Count Robert of Paris, Castle)
Dangerous )
History of England
Sermons and Essays.
Principles of Political Economy. .
Essays, lectures, etc
Lives of Nelson, Wesley, etc.,
Essays of Elia, etc
Imaginary Conversations.
f Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Mansfield Park
Emma
(Thaddeus of Warsaw.
(Scottish Chiefs
f Lyrical Ballads
I The Excursion
I The White Doe of Rylstone
I Peter Bell and The Waggoner
( The Prelude, etc
The Queen's Wake
Kilmeny.
( The Pelican Island
"There is a calm for those who
j weep."
[ " Make way for liberty," etc.
Lay of the Last Minstrel
Marmion
Lady of the Lake
Rokeby
Bridal of Triermain, etc
rChristabel
I Ancient Mariner
( Youth and Age, etc
f Joan of Arc
Tlialaba
-I Madoc
Curse of Kehama
Roderick, Last of the Goths.
1807
1813
1778
1792
1810
1783
1812
1819
1794
1799
1789
1794
1786
1798-18
1841
1792
1819
1822
1791
1841
1800
1804
1812
1798
1814
1815
1819
1850
1813
1827
1805
1810
1813
1814
1815
1816
1818
1819
1820
1821
1822
1823
1824
1825
1826
1827
1829
1831
1819-30
1817
1797
1798
1827
1795
1801
1805
1810
1814
1823
1824-29
1811
1813
1814
1816
1803
1
LIT 431
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND AVTRORS.— (Continued.)
LIT
Principal works.
Poetry and dramas.
First appeared or
published.
Thomas Campbell.
Henry Hallam.
William Hazlitt.
1777-1844
1777-1859
1778-1830
Thomas Moore.
Horace Smith
George Croly
Thomas De Quincey,
James Henry Leigh Hunt
James Sheridan Knowles
Sir William Napier
John Wilson (Christopher North).
Henry Klrke White
George Gordon, Lord Byron.
1779-1852
1779-1849
1780-1860
1785-1859
1784-1859
1784-1862
1785-1860
1785-1854
1785-1806
1788-1824
Sir William Hamilton
Richard Harris Barham (Thomas
Ingoldsby)
Mary Russell Mitford
Rev. Charles Wolfe
Michael Scott
I Percy Bysshe Shelley.
! Henry Hart Milman (dean),
€harles Knight
1788-1856
1788-1845
1789-1855
1791-1823
1789-1835
1792-1822
1791-1868
1791-1873
Europe During the Middle Ages. .
Constitutional History of Engl. . .
Introduction to the Literature)
of Europe )
Character of Shakespeare's Plays.
English Poets
Table Talk
Plain Speaker
Life of Napoleon, etc
Pleasures of Hope ,
Gertrude of Wyoming
(■ Battle of the Baltic, Ho-
henlinden. Ye Mariners
of England, Lord Ullin's
Daughter, Exile of Erin,
Soldier's Dream, Lo
chiel's Warning, etc.
Lyrics ■(
Irish Melodies
The Minstrel Boy, Those Even
i ng Bells, Love's Young Dream
"Believe me, if all those en-
dearing young charms,'
"Come, rest in this bosom,'
" Go where glory waits thee,"
"The harp that once through
Tara's halls," "Oft in the
stilly night," The Origin of
the Harp, " 'Tis the last rose
of summer," The Meeting of
the Waters, "She is far from
the land," "I saw from the
beach," etc.
Lalla Rookh
1799
1818
1827
1839
1817
1818
1821
1826
1830
1813
Life of Byron..
Salathie), etc. .
Address to a Mummy.
Catiline
Confessions of an English Opium )
Eater )
Flight of a Tartar Tribe, House-
hold Wreck, Klosterheim.
Three Memorable Murders.
Historical Essays, Narratives, etc.
Men, Women, and Books.
Essays, etc.
Story of Rimini
Abou ben-Adhem and other poems.
1827
1821
1st edition of
works, 1856-60
1816
Hist, of the War in the Peninsula
Lights and Shadows of Scottish )
Life ]
Trials of Margaret Lindsay
The Forresters, Noctes Ambro-
Virginius
William Tell
The Hunchback, etc.
Isle of Palms
City of the Plague.
Miscellaneous.
Philosophy of the Unconditioned )
(Philosophy) )
Edition of Reid's Works
Clifton Grove
" I am pleased and yet I'm sad,'
To an Early Primrose, etc.
Hours of Idleness
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage ,
Giaour, Bride of Abydos
Corsair, Lara
Siege of Corinth, Parisina ,
Prisoner of Chillon ,
Mazeppa .,
Don Juan ,
Manfred
Marino Faliero
Sardanapalus
Two Foscari -.
Werner
Cain
The Deformed Transformed, etc.
Discussions in Philosophy, Lit-)
erature, and Education, etc.
Our Village.
The Ingoldsby Legends...
(Rienzi
Burial of Sir John Moore.
f Tom Cringle's Log
[The Cruise of the Midge.
['Queen Mab ,
Alastor, or the Spirit of Solitude.
Revolt of Islam
Witch of Atlas.
Prometheus Unbound
1 The Cenci
Adonais
Rosalind and Helen.
I Ode to a Skylark.
[ The Sensitive Plant, etc.
The Italian Wife
History of Latin Christianity.
Edits Gibbon's works.
History of England
1847
1820
1825
1832
1828-40
1812
1816
1803
1807
1812-17
1813
1814
1815
1817
1819
1818-24
1817
1818-21
1829
1846
1852-53
1837-45
1824-32
1828
1817
1830
1834
1813
1816
1817
1819
1816
1855
1862
LIT ^2
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND AVTEORS. -(Continued.)
LIT
1
Principal works.
Pro»e.
Poetry and dramai.
Firit appeared or
pulilished.
Patrick Fraaer TyUer.
Capt. Frederick Marryat..
Sir Archibald Alison.
Felicia Hemao& ,
George Grote...
Thomas Arnold.
Thomas Carlyle.
John Keats. .
Agnes Strickland...
William Motherwell.
Anna Jameson
Samuel Lover.,
Robert Pollok.,
Thomas Hood.,
Thomas B. Macaulay.
George Payne Raynsford James ,
Hugh Miller.
Harriet Martineau
Francis Mahoney (Father Prout).
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton*.
1791-1849
1792-1848
1792-1867
1794-1871
1795-1842
1795-1881
1796-1821
1796-1874
1797-1835
1797-1860
1797-1868
1799-1827
1798-1845
1800-59
1802-56
1802-76
1804-66
1805-73
Benjamin Disraeli (lord Beacons-
field)
John Stuart Mill.
Charles Lever.,
1806-72
History of Scotland.
Peter Simple, Jacob Faithful,The 1
Pacha of Many Tales, Japhet
in Search of a Father, Mid- 1
shipman Easy, Pirate and {
Three Cutters, Snarly -yow,
or the Dog- Fiend, King's Own. J
The Phantom Ship •. . .
Poor Jack
Masterman Ready, and others. . .
History of Europe
Lyrics
Treasures of the Deep, The
Better Land, Homes of
England, Landing of the
Pilgrims, Casabianca,The
Voice of Spring, The Trav-
eller at the Source of the
Nile, etc.
1830-39
1839
1840
1841
( 1839-42
\ 1852-57
History of Greece
(History of Rome, Sermons and
f Sartor Resartus
French Revolution
II Heroes and Hero Worship.
Cromwell
Frederick the Great
Essays, etc.
Lives of the Queens of England . ,
Minstrelsy, ancient and modern. ,
(Characteristics of Shakespeare's)
\ Women, etc )
( Rory O'More
( Handy Andy, etc
Endy raion
Hyperion, Eve of St. Agnes,
Lamia, Ode to a Nightingale,
etc
Poems.
Songs and Ballads.
Essays. .
Course of Time
Plea of the Midsummer Fairies,
Hero and Leander, Miss Kilman-
segg, Bridge of Sighs, Song of
the Shirt, Eugene Aram, Tale
of a Trumpet, etc.
History of England. ,
liays of Ancient Rome.
Richelieu
Philip Augustus
Agincourt
Agnes Sorel
Lord Montagu's Page, etc
Old Red Sandstone
Footprints of the Creator
My Schools and Schoolmasters. .
Illustrations of Political Economy.
Society in America, Deerbrook.
The Hour and the Man
History of Thirty Years' Peace. . .
Battle of Ivry, etc.
Bells of Shandon, etc.
Samuel Warren 1807-77
Pelham
PaulCIiflford
Last Days of Pompeii
Rienzi.
Ernest Maltravers
Lady of Lyons, Richelieu, Money.
Zanoni
Last of the Barons
The New Timon.
Ca.\ioUiS
My Novel
What Will He Do With It?
A Strange Story
^ The Parisians
' Vivian Grey
Contarini Fleming
Henrietta Temple
Coningsby
Sybil
Tancred
Lothair
Endymion
System of Logic
Political Economy
Utilitarianism, etc
Harry Lorrequer
Charles O'Malley, Jack Hinton.
Tom Burke of Ours
The O'Donoghue, Knight of
Gwynne, That Boy of Norcott's,
Davenport Dunn.
liOrd Kilgobbin
A Day's Ride, etc
[Diary of a Physician
Ten Thousand a Year
1834
1837
1840
1845
1865
1818
1820
1840-48i
1827
1832
1837
1839
1842
1827
182.'5-44
1842
1849-55.
1829
1831
1844
1853
1858
1841
1850
1854
1831
1844
1849
1828
1830
1834
18.3.'-.
18;J7
1838-40
1842
1843
1846
1848
1853
1858
1862
1873
1827
183a
1836
1844
1845
1847
1871
1880
1843
1848
1861
1837
1844
1872
1830-31
1839-41
LIT
433
LIT
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND AUTHORS.
—{Continued.)
Authors.
Principal works.
First appeared or
Name.
Time.
Prose.
Poetry nnd dramas.
published.
riinrlpc! Dflrwin
1809-82
1809-61
1809-92
1809-
1811-90
1811-63
1810-89
1812-70
1812-89
1813-75
1814-54
/The Origin of Species
1859
f Aurora Leigh
1871
1866
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Alfred Tennyson
Lady Geraldine's Courtship, Rime
- of the Duchess May, The Cry oi
the Children, Casa Guidi Win-
dows, etc.
The Deserted House, Recollec-
tions of the Arabian Nights,
Isabel, Mariana, Sea Fairies,
and other poems
Dream of Fair Women. The
Lotos - Eaters, The Miller's
Daughter, Death of the Old
Year, Lady Clara Vere de •
Vere, May Queen, CEnone,
Lady of Shalott, and other
poems
Morte d' Arthur, Dora, Edwin"
Morris, The Talking Oak,Ulys-
ses, Locksley Hall, The Two
Voices, AVill Waterproof's Lyr- ■
ical Monologue, St. Agnes, Lord
ol Burleigh, Vision of Sin, and
other poems
-
1830
1832
1842
Mary Cowden- Clarke
A OrtnnnrdnnrA nf ShntpcnAnrp
1847
Ode on Death of Wellington
Maud and other poems
' 1852
1855
Idyls of the King
1859 72
The Coming of Arthur, Gareth
and Lynette, Geraint and Enid,
Merlin and Vivien, Lancelot
and Elaine, The Holy Grail,
Pelleas and Ettarre, The I>asl
Tournament, Guinevere, The
Passing of Arthur.
Queen Mary (drama)
1875
Harold (drama)
1877
Becket( drama) .
1884
Demeter, and other poems, etc. . .
1890
1845
Alexander William Kinglake
1 William Makepeace Thackeray. . .
Martin Farquhar Tupper
fEOthen
1844
1863-87
1846-4S
The History of Pendennis
1850
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.
The English Humorists
1852
1851
1 The Newcomes .
1855
1848
1858
1860
The Adventures of Philip
1862
Denis Duval etc
1864
Ballads.
Proverbial Philosophy
1839-44
<3harles Dickens
f Sketches by Boz
1835
Pickwick
1837
Oliver Twist
1838
Nicholas Nickleby
1839
1840
u
1842
1843
1844
- The Chimes
(i
1
Robert Browning
1845
Dombey and Son
1848
David Copperfieldd
1850
Bleak House
1853
Little Dorrit
1857
A Tale of Two Cities
1859
The Uncommercial Traveller
1860
Great Expectations
1861
Our Mutual Friend
1865
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1870
f Paracelsus . .
1835
1841
1842
Return of the Druses
1843
^^ur Helps
A Blot in the 'Scutcheon
Bells and Pomegranates ....
1846
The Ring and the Book ....
1868-6^
Fifinp ptc
1872
1847
1868
" Columbus
1869
^H^Reade
" Pizarro
" Cortez
1871
f Peg WofHngton
1852
It is Never Too Late to Mend
1856
White Lies
1857
The Cloister and the Hearth
Very Hard Cash
1861
1863
LIT 434
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND AUTHORS.— (Continued.)
LIT
1
Name.
Principal worki.
ProM.
Poetry and drama*.
published.
Cbarlos Reade
George Rawliuson.
Anthony Trollope.
Samuel Smiles.
George Henry Lewes. . .
James Anthony Froude
Charles Kingsley.
1814-84
1816-
1815-82
181(i-
1817-78
1818-94
1819-75
JohaRuskin.
1819-
Harbert Spencer.
George Eliot (Marian Evans)
Lewes) j
John Tyndall
Henry Thomas Buckle
Matthew Arnold — poet, critic
essayist
Frederick Max Muller. ,
Edward A. Freeman ,
Thomas Hughes
Wm. Wilkie Collins
Charlotte BrontS (Currer Bell).
Emily Bronte (Ellis Bell).
Anna BrontC (Acton Bel!)
George Macdonald..
1820-93
1821-62
1822-88
1823-92
1824-89
1816-55
1818-48
1820-49
1824-
( Griffith Gaunt
Put Yourself in His Place
A Terrible Temptation, etc
Five Great Monarchies, etc
' The Warden
Barchester Towers
The Bertrams
Castle Richmond
Orley Farm
The Small House at Allington. . .
Can You Forgive Her?
The Claverings
Phineas Finn
He Knew He Was Right
The American Senator, and)
many others )
["Life of George Stephenson
■[Self- Help, etc
; History of Philosophy
Problems of Life and Mind
History of England from the Fall 1
of Wolsey to the Armada j
Caesar, a Sketch
Thomas Carlyle, etc
Alton Locke
Yeast
Hypatia
Westward Ho !
1 Two Years Ago
Hereward the Wake
At Last. Sermons, etc.
Modern Painters
Stones of Venice
King of the Golden River.
Unto this Last
Ethics of the Dust
Sesame and Lilies
Crown of Wild Olives
Queen of the Air
Munera Pulveris
Fiction Fair and Foul, etc.
A System of Philosophy.
Programme issued
First Principles
Principles of Biology
" Psychology .
" Sociology....
Morality..,.
Andromeda, and other poems.
18()()
1870
1871
18()2-67
1855
1857
1859
1860
1861
1864
1866
1867
1877
1857
1859
1845-67
1874-78
1856-70
1879
1882-84
1855
1857
1858
1866
1843-60
1850-63
1851
. Essays, etc.
I Adam Bede
Mill on the Floss.
Silas Marner
Romola
Felix Holt
Middlemarch
Daniel Deronda
Impressions of Theophrastus Such
fHeat a Mode of Motion, and other
t scientific papers.
History of Civilization in England,
Spanish Gypsy. .
Legend of Jubal,
Essays in Criticism
Culture and Anarchy
Literature and Dogma
God and the Bible, etc
Essays on Comparative Mythology
Science of Language
j Chips from a German Workshop..
I Sacred Books of the East
f History of the Norman Conquest.
J Ottoman Power in Europe
] Reign of William Rufus
i Historical Geog. of Europe, etc...
(Tom Brown's School Days
< Tom Brown at Oxford
( Essays, etc.
f Queen of Hearts
Woman in White
-{ No Name
The Moonstone
I The New Magdalen, etc
(Jane Eyre
Shirley
Villette
Professor (the first written)
Wuthering Heights
Tenant of Wildfell Hall
f Phantastes
I David Elginbrod
J Alec Forbes of How Glen
I Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood. .
Robert Falconer ,
Wilflred Cumbermede
Alaric at Rome
Empedocles on Etna
1865
1866
1872
1881
1862
1863
1870-72
1877
1879
1859
1860
1861
1863
1866
1868
1872
1874
1876
1880
1857-61
1840
1863
1865
1869
1873
1876
1858
1861-64
1868-75
1875-85
1867-79
1877
1882
1881
1857
1861
1868
1873
1847
1849
1853
1855
1847
1848
1871
M
LIT 435
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND AJJTRORS.— {Continued.)
LIT
Authors.
Name.
George Macdonald
Thomas Heury Huxley
Richard D. Blackmore
Dinah Maria Mulock (Mrs. Craik)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Samuel R. Gardiner
I
[Justin llcCarthy
Principal works.
Poetry and dramai.
First appeared or
published.
1824-
1825-
1825-
1826-87
1828-82
1829-
Jean Ingelow.
Edward Robert, lord Lytton)
(Owen Meredith) /
Edmund H. Yates
Edwin Arnold
lohn Robert Seeley
iVilliam Morris.
Philip G. Hamerton.
lieorge du Maurier. .
ohn Richard Green
1831-91
1831-94
1832-
1834-
1834-
1834-94
1834-
1837-83
/harles Algernon Swinburne.
'ames Bryce ,
•T'alter Besant.
iohu Morley.
lUiam E. H. Lecky.
1838-
1838-
lomas Hardy
illiam Black.
1841-
Sir Gibbie, etc
Man's Place in Nature
Protoplasm the Basis of Life .
Lay Sermons, etc
Lorna Doone
A Maid of Sker
Alice Lorraine
Springhaven, etc
John Halifax, Gentleman
A Life for a Life
A Noble Life, etc.
The Thirty Years' War
History of England from James)
I. to the Civil War, etc j
My Enemy's Daughter
A Fair Saxon
Dear Lady Disdain
A History of Our Own Time, etc...
Off the Skelligs. .
Fated to be Free
Biography of his father, Bulwer
Lytton
Running the Gauntlet ,
Kissing the Rod
Black Sheep, etc
EcceHomo
Life and Times of Stein.
Natural Religion
(Trilby
History of the English People.
The Making of England, etc. . .
Etchings and Etchers..
Intellectual Life, etc...
Peter Ibbetson
The Early Italian Poets
The Blessed Damozel, The White
Ship, The King's Tragedy,
Rose Mary, Troy Town, Sister
Helen.
The House of Life
1879
1863
1869
1870
1866
1872
1876
1887
1856
1860
1861
1870-81
1874
(High Tide on the Coast of Lincoln
< shire, Divided, Songs of Seven
( Songsof the Night Watches.
Story of Doom, and other poems.,
Winstanley, etc.
Lucile
Glenaveril.
Light of Asia.
Potiphar's Wife, and other poems.
Life and Death of Jason
Earthly Paradise
Story of Sigurd the Volsung)
and the Fall of the Nibelung.. )
William Blake
The American Commonwealth. . .
Ready Money Mortiboy (with)
Jas. Rice) j
My Little Girl
The Golden Butterfly, etc
■{ All Sorts and Conditions of Men. .
Dorothy Foster
The World Went Very Well Then.
Fifty Years Ago
For Faith and Freedom, etc
'Critical Miscellanies
Voltaire
Rousseau ,
Burke
Cobden
^ Edits English Men of Letters.
' History of the Rise and Influence )
of Rationalism in Europe )
History of European Morals from )
^ Augustus to Charlemagne )
History of England in the 18th )
[ Century |
f Under the Greenwood Tree
iA Pair of Blue Eyes
Far from the Madding Crowd
The Return of the Native
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Tess of the D'Urbervilles, etc
f In Silk Attire
iA Daughter of Heth
Strange Adventures of a Phaeton.
A Princess of Thule
That Beautiful Wretch
Atalanta in Calydon
Laus Veneris, and other poems )
and ballads )
Bothwell, a Tragedy
Song of the Spring-tide
Mary Stuart
I Tristram at Lyoness, and other)
[ poems j
Marino Faliero
Locrine
1873
1875
1872
1879
1865
1866
1867
1892
1866
1879
1882
1867
1868-70
1878
1868
1873
1892
1894
187.'5-80
1881
1865
1867
1874
1880
1881
1882
1885
1871
1873
1876
1882
1884
1887
1871
(C
1873
1879
1881
1875
1872
1873
1874
1878
1886
1892
1869
1871
1872
1873
1881
LIT 436
ENGLISH LITERATURE AND AUTHORS.— (Con«nued.)
LIT
1
William Black.
Robert William Buchanan.
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson.
Henry Rider Haggard.
Rudyard Kipling ,
1841-
1841-
1860-
1856-
1865-
Principal worki.
The Strange Adventures of a)
House-boat /
In Far Lochaber, etc
Alone in London
The Heir of Linne
The New Arabian Nights
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll |
and Mr. Hyde J
Kidnapped
The Merry Men
The Black Arrow
Master of Ballantrae, etc
Dawn
The Witch's Head
King Solomon's Mines
She
^Maiwa's Revenge, etc
Plain Tales from the Hills
Soldiers Three
Story of Gadsby
The Phantom Rickshaw, and)
Other Eerie Tales, etc
Po«try and dramw.
London Poems ,
Balder the Beautiful
Ballads of Life, Love, and Humor.
Ballads and Barrack-room Ballads
First ap
publ:
1866
1877
1882
1885
1887
1882
1886
1887
1888
1889
1884
1885
1887
1888
1889
a
1892
ENGLISH (AMERICAN) LITERATURE AND AUTHORS.
Jonathan Edwards
Benj'imin Franklin
Thomas Hutchinson
Francis Hopkinson
Hugh Henry Brackenridge
John Trumbull
PhillisVVheatley(negress),b. Africa,
Joel Barlow
Noah Webster. ...
Susanna Rowson (b. Portsmouth,)
Engl. ; d. Boston, Mass. ) j
Alexander Wilson (b. Scotland ;\
d. Phila.) (
Joseph Hopkinson
Charles Brockden Brown
Robert Treat Paine
Clement Clarke Moore, LL.D
James Kirke Paulding
Francis Scott Key
Washington Allston
John James Audubon
Thomas Hart Benton
Washington Irving (GeoflVey)
Crayon) /
1703-58
1706-90
1711-80
1738-91
1748-1816
1750-1831
1753 (?)-94
1755-1812
1758-1843
1762-1824
1766-1813
1770-1842
1771-1810
1773-1811
1779-1863
1779-1860
1779-1843
1779-1843
1780-1851
1782-1858
1783-1859
Principal works.
Prone.
( Freedom of the Will
I Original Sin
( Sermons, etc.
( Poor Richard's Almanac
I Autobiography, essays, scientific
{ papers, etc.
I History of the Province of Mas- \
I sachusetts (
-| Modem Chivalry; or. The Ad->
( ventures of Capt. Farrago, etc. /
( American Spelling Book
J Dictionary of Engl. Language,)
] 1st ed /
[ Same, 2d ed. , etc
Charlotte Temple, etc
( American Ornithology
J (Continued and finished by )
( Charles Lucien Bonaparte) . j
Wieland .
Arthur Mervyn.
Edgar Huntley.
Clara Howard. .
Jane Talbot
Salmagundi
The New Pilgrim's Progress. .
The Dutchman's Fireside
Westward Ho !
Life of Washington
The Old Continentals, etc
J Monaldi
( Lectures on Art, and Poems
(The Birds of America (87 parts, \
] 448plates) j"
( The Quadrupeds of North America.
Thirty Years' View
Knickerbocker's Hist. New York.
Sketch Book
Bracebridge Hall
Tales of a Traveller
Life of Columbus
Conquest of Granada
Alhambra
Tour on the Prairie
Astoria '.
Adventures of Capt. Bonneville..
Mahomet and His Successors
Oliver Goldsmith
Poetry and dramas.
Battle of the Kegs
Rising Glory of America.
McFingal
Poems.
( The Vision of Columbus.
{ Hasty Pudding.
( The Columbiad
Hail, Columbia ! .
The Invention of Letters.
The Ruling Passion.
Adams and Liberty
The Steeds of Apollo
The Visit of St. Nicholas.
The Backwoodsman
Star-spangled Banner .
Sylphs of the Season
First appeared
published
1754
1757
1764-67
1778
1774
1796
1775-82
1787
1807 ^
1783
1840
Eng. 179 ) (?)
1808-16
1825-33
1799
1800
1801
1804
1795
1798
1809
1807
1828
1831
1832
1835
1846
1818
1814
1813
1841
1850
1828
1856
1809
1819
1822
1824
1828
1829
1832
1837
1849-50
1849
LIT
437
LIT
ENGLISH (AMERICAN) LITERATURE AND AUTEORS.— (Continued.)
Principal works.
Prose.
Poetry and dramas.
First appeared or
published.
Washington Irving (Geoffrey 1
Cra3-on) j
Joseph Emerson Worcester.
Samuel Woodworth.
John Pierpont
Richard Henry Dana. .
James Fenimore Cooper..
Catharine Maria Sedgwick.
James A. Hillhouse
Fitz-Greene Halleck
Lydia Huntley Sigourney.
Charles Sprague
George Ticknor
John Howard Payne.
Samuel Griswold Goodrich (Peter)
Parley) j
I Henry Charles Carey.
William CuUen Bryant.
i Joseph Rodman Drake,
i James Gates Percival. .
I John P. Kennedy
(John Gorham Palfrey.
William H. Prescott...
Theophilus Parsons.
Thomas C. Haliburton.
George Bancroft
George P. Morris..
Horace Bushnell.
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
1783-1859
1784-1865
1785-1842
1785-1866
1787-1879
1789-1851
1789-1841
1790-1867
1791-1865
1791-1875
1791-1871
1792-1852
1793-1863
1793-1879
1794-1878
1795-1820
1795-1856
1795-1870
1796-1881
1796-1859
1797-1882
1797-1865
1800-91
1802-64
1802-76
1803-82
I Wolfert's Roost
1. Life of Washington
Dictionary of the Engl. Language.
The Champions of Freedom
Edits the Parthenon
/The Idle Man
The Spy. . !!...;.!.!..!.!!.!!!!.
The Pioneers, The Pilot
Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie
The Pathfinder
j The Deerslayer
I Red Rover, Water Witch, Two Ad-
[ mirals, Wing-and-Wing, Bravo.
f New England Tales
Redwood
j Hope Leslie
1 The Linwoods
(The Forest Rose (opera), The Old
\ Oaken Bucket.
rAirs from Palestine, and other)
J poems j
] The Pilgrim Fathers, Passing
t. Away.
The Buccaneers, and other poems.
The Poor Rich Man and the)
[ Rich Poor Man, etc j
History of Spanish Literature.
( Percy's Masque
IHadad
f Twilight
I Fanny.
J Joseph Rodman Drake
] Alnwick Castle, Burns, Marco)
Bozzaris, Red Jacket j
[ Young America ,
( Moral Pieces in Prose and Verse.,
I Poems
( Pocahontas, and other poems
( Ode on Shakespeare, Winged Wor
( shippers. The Family Meeting.
(36 tales
} History, geography, school-books,
( biography, and miscellanies.
( Principles of Political Economy. .
iThe Credit System
(Principles of Social Science, etc. .
Home, Sweet Home
[Song in Clari, or the Maid of
Milan.]
r Swallow Barn
Horse-shoe Robinson
\ Rob of the Bowl
j Quod Libet
[ Memoirs of Wirt, etc
History of New England, 5 vols.
( Ferdinand and Isabella
The Conquest of Mexico
■I The Conquest of Peru
I Philip II. of Spain
t Robertson's Charles V. , etc
(Law of Business for Business)
Men j
Deus Homo
Infinite and Finite.
Thanatopsis
To a Waterfowl
A Poorest Hymn, June, Death of
the Flowers, The Evening Wind,
■{ An Evening Reverie, Planting
of the Apple -Tree, Robert of
Lincoln, etc.
Translations of the Iliad and )
Odyssey, etc )
/Culprit Fay, The American Flag,
( etc.
( Prometheus, and other poems
J The Dream of Day, and other)
( poems j
Religion and Philosophy o
Swedenborg.
Sam Slick.
( History of the United States to
{ 1789
"}
Lyrics
(Nature and the Supernatural.
1 Moral Use of Dark Things.
f Essays, 1st series
■i " 2d "
Miscellanies, Nature, etc
'Woodman, spare that
tree," My Mother's Bi
ble, " I'm with you once
again, my friends,"Near
the Lake, Long Time
Ago, "We were boys to
gether," " When other
friends are round thee,"
etc.
1855
1855-59
1816
1827
1816
1821
1827
1821
1823
1827
1840
1841
1822
1824
1828
1835
1836
1820
1825
1818
1819
1820
1827
1864
1815
1827
1841
1849
1813
1827-57
1837-40
1838
1858-59
1817
1818
1870-71
1843
1832
1835
1840
1849
1859-90
1838
1843
1847
1855-58
1856
1857
1867
1872
1876
1841
1844
1849
LIT
LIT
ENGLISH (AMERICAN) LITERATURE AND AVTEORS. -{Continued.)
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Jacob Abbott. ,
Nathaniel Hawthorne.
John S. C. Abbott.
William Gilmore Simms..
Henry W. Longfellow.
Richard Hildreth.
Nathaniel P. Willis..
John Greenleaf Whittier.
1803-82
1803-79
1804-64
1805-77
1806-70
1807-82
1807-65
1807-67
1807-92
Principal works.
Representative Men
English Traits
Conduct of Life
Society and Solitude, etc.
Juveniles: Rollo Books, etc
f Twice Told Tales
Mosses from an Old Manse
The Scarlet Letter
The House of the Seven Gables. .
The Blithedale Romance
The Wonder Book
Tanglewood Tales
The Marble Faun
Our Old Home, etc
Life of Napoleon
' French Revolution, Civil War in
America, etc
Guy Rivers..
The Partisan.
Mellichampe .
Border Beagles
The Scout
Confession
Beauchampe
Count Julian
Southward Ho!
Wigwam and Cabin.
The Huguenots
Katherine Walton..
The Forayers
Eutaw
Charlemont, etc
Outre Mer.
Hyperion..
Kavanagh.
History of the United States to 1821
Pencillings by the Way
Dashes at Life with a Free Pencil
People I Have Met
Life Here and There
Famous Persons and Places. . .
Paul Fane, etc
Poetry und drama*.
'May Day, The Humblebee, The Tit
mouse, The Snowstorm, Brah
ma, Wood -notes, Monadnock
Two Rivers, Threnody, etc.
Poems and Early Lays ,
I Vision of Cortez, and other )
[ poems j
Southern Passages and Pictures.
Songs and Ballads of the South.
Voices of the Night
^Skeleton in Armor, Wreck
J the Hesperus, Village Black
( smith. Excelsior
Spanish Student
Evangeline
of)
Golden Legend
Hiawatha
Courtship of Miles Standish
/Tales of a Wayside Inn, Birds)
( of Passage /
New England Tragedies
(Hanging of the Crane, Morituri)
( Salutamus '. /
Keremos, and other poems, etc. . .
Parrhasius, "The shadows lay
along Broadway," Absalom,
Jephthah's Daughter, The Lep-
er, etc.
Mogg Megone
Voices of Freedom
Songs of Labor, and other poems..
Ship - builders. Shoe - makers,
Drovers, Fishermen, Huskers,
Lumber-men.
Old Portraits
Barclay of Ury, Demon of the
Study, etc.
Chapel of the Hermits, etc
The Panorama
Burns, Tauler, The Barefoot
Boy, etc.
Ballads
Mary Garvin, Maud Muller, The
Ranger.
Home Ballads
The Witch's Daughter, Garri-
son of Cape Ann, Skipper Ire-
son's Ride, Telling the Bees,
Swan Song of Parson Avery,
etc.
In War Time
At Port Royal, Barbara Friet-
chie, etc.
First appeared or ]
publUhed.
LIT
439
LIT
ENGLISH (AMERICAN) LITERATURE AND AVTEORS.— (Continued.)
Principal worka.
Poetry and dramas.
First appeared or
published.
John Greenleaf Whittier.
Samuel Francis Smith.. . .
Lucretia Maria Davidson,
1808-
1808-25
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Edgar Allan Poe.
1809-49
Henry James.
eorge Washington Greene.
Alfred B. Street
;(ohn William Draper.
jfaraes McCosh.
larriet Beecher Stowe.
eorge Ticknor Curtis
1811-83
1811-81
1811-82
1811-94
1812-
1812-94
enson J. Lossing.
'lin Romeyn Brodhead.
)hn Lothrop Motley
ichard Henry Dana, jr.
;>hn G. Saxe
1814-73
1814-77
1815-82
1816-87
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table.
Professor at the Breakfast Table.
I Snow-Bound
I Tent on the Beach
j Among the Hills
[ Hazel Blossoms, etc
I "My country, 'tis of Thee," "The
( morning light is breaking."
Amir Khan, and other poems
Earlier Poems
Old Ironsides, The Last Leaf,
To an Insect, My Aunt, etc.
{A Rhymed Lesson, and other )
poems I
Agnes, and other poems
The Chambered Nautilus )
Prologue y
The One-Hoss Shay, etc j
Elsie Venner
Soundings from the Atlantic,
The Guardian Angel
Poet at the Breakfast Table ..
Under the Violets.
De Sauty
One Hundred Days in Europe.
Over the Tea Cups
Bill and Joe, The Old Man's")
Dream, Mare Rubrum, The
Boys, Dorothy Q., etc J
Manuscript Found in a Bottle. .
A. Gordon Pym
Tales of the Grotesque and Ara-
Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and other)
poems j
Gold Bug
^ Murders of the Rue Morgue
Fall of the House of Usher, etc.
1865
1867
1829
1830-36
1837-48
1849-56
1858
1861
1863
1867
1872
1851-7T
,1887
1843
1844
The Raven.
Literati of New York.
Eureka, etc
The Nature of Evil
Christianity the Logic of Creation
Substance and Shadow
^ The Secret of Swedenborg
Society the Redeemed Form of Man
I Personal Reminiscences of Car-)
L lyie ;
i Life of Nathaniel Greene
( Short History of Rhode Island
( Ulalume, The Bells, The Haunted
( Palace, etc.
f History of the Intellectual DeO
velopment of Europe /
History of the Civil War in )
America j
Method of Divine Government. . .
Intuitions of the Mind
The Supernatural in Relation to J
the Natural j
Typical Forms and Special Ends )
in Creation |
Scottish Philosophy, etc
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Dred
The Ministers Wooing
Agnes of Sorrento
Pearl of Orr's Island
Old Town Folks
True Story of Lady Byron's 1
Life, etc )
I j History of the Constitution of 1
\ the United States f
Pictorial Field-book of the Rev- j
olution I
Pictorial History of the Civil War
Pictorial Field-book of the War of
J 1812
J Frontenac ,
(The Grey Forest Eagle, etc.
Our Country.
Harper's Cyclopaedia of United )
I States History )
I History of American Industries..
[ Empire State, etc
(History of the State of New)
\ York, 1609-91 |
fThe Dutch Republic
J The United Netherlands
1 Life and Death of John of Bar- )
t neveld |
Two Years Before the Mast
New Rape of the Lock.
The Times
The Money King.
Masquerade, etc..
1845
1846
1848
1855
1857
1863
1869
1879
1881
1867-71
1877
1849
1863
1867-70
1850
1869
1874
1852
1856
1859
1862
1855-58
1852
1866-69
1868
1873
1876
1878
1887
1853-71
1856
1874
1839
1848
1849
1852
1859
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ENGLISH (AMERICAN) LITERATURE AND AUTHORS.— {Continued.)
i
Authon. 1
Principal worlu.
''T^^:t'
Nain«.
Tim..
ProM.
Poetry and dramas.
:8nmuel Austin AUibone
181&-89
1817-62
1817-81
1817-
1819-81
1819-
1819-91
1819-86
1819-92
1822-85
1822-
1822-
1822-91
1822-
1822-72
1823-93
1823-
1824-
1824-
1824-90
A Critical Dictionary of English )
Literature and Authors j
A Week on the Concord River. . .
1869-91
1849
1854
1863
1864
1865
1849
1872 11
1876 II
1875 11
1888 fll
1855 11
1857 91
1858 ll
1860 Mi
1866 fll
1867 ai
1873 mi
1874 91
1854 Bl
1856 ■1
1861 91
1866 91
1844 91
1848 . 91
1864 ll
1867 91
1868 91
1870 91
1871 91
1888 9|
1848 9|
1849 91
1866 91
1869 99
1887 99
1855 H
1865 99
1880 99
1882 II
1884 99
1885 99
1872 II
1876 II
1879 Mm
1857 ai
1860 n
1864 II
1865 a|
1874 Mm
1881 SH
1850 flH
1851 «■
1863 ■■
1864 ■■
1865 ■■
1866 919
1848 919
1856 fln
1856 MM
1862 all
1864 H
1849 III
1851 9|9
1865 all
1869 III
1874 n
1877 !■
1884 IB
1863 ;■
1869 ■
1870 -m
1879 hI
1860 i|
1863 ']■
1865 ;■
1868 n
1870 H
1848 « ■
1847 fH
1850 1
Walden
Henry D Thore&u
■{ Excursions
The Maine Woods
Cape Cod, etc
-T)i.m(>s Thnmas Fields
Yesterdaj's with Authors
John Bigelow
Edits the Writings of Franklin)
(10 vols.), etc /
f History Western Massacliusetts..
The Bay Path
Timothy Titcomb's Letters
Bitter Sweet
Josiah Gilbert Holland (Timothy \
Titcomb) ; J
■I Miss Gilbert's Career
Life of Lincoln
Kathrina
Mistress of the Manse
Social and Philosophic Papers, etc.
Words for the Hour
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Later Lyrics
Poems
Indian Summer Reveries
/Vision of Sir Launfal and Big->
t low Papers /
James Russell Lowell
Fireside Travels
Biglow Papers, 2d series
Under the Willows
Among My Books
My Study Windows
Heart's Ease and Rue, etc
Edwin Percy Whipple
Characteristic Men
Literature of the Age of Elizabeth.
American Literature
Walt Whitman
Recollections of Eminent Men.
(Leaves of Grass
( Drum Taps
1 Every Day English
1 The Fate of Mansfield Humphreys
William Taylor Adams (Oliver)
Optic) )
Juveniles : Boat Club Series, Wood-
ville Series, Army and Navy Se-
ries, Riverdale Series, Young
America Abroad, etc.
His Level Best
Edward Everett Hale
My Double.
Life and Times of Aaron Burr
Life of Andrew Jackson
" Benjamin Franklin
" John Jacob Astor
" Voltaire, etc
Dream Life
Donald 6. MitcheU (Ik Marvel). . .
My Farm at Edge wood
1 Wet Days at Edge wood. .
1 Seven Stories ....
1 Doctor Johns etc
f Lays and Ballads
The New Pastoral ....
The House by the Sea
f Oregon Trail
The Wagoner of the Allegha)
nies 1
Sheridan's Ride, etc
Conspiracy of Pontiac
Pioneers of France in the New )
World I
f'rancis Parkman
-Discovery of the Great West
Old Regime
Count Frontenac and New France
Montcalm and Wolf, etc
r Out Door Papers
Malbone, an Old Port Romance. . .
Thomas Wentworth Higginson. . .
Short Studies of American Au- )
Mother Goose for Grown Folks. . .
1 Faith Gartney's Girlhood
Adeline D. Whitney
i The Gayworthys
1 Patience Strong's Outings
John Foster Kirk (b. Frederic-)
ton,N.B.) ;
[ We Girls, etc
History of Charles the Bold. .....
Ceorge H. Boker
■< Lessons of Life, and other poems.
(Anne Boleyn, a Tragedy
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ENGLISH (AMERICAN) LITERATURE AND ATJTEORS.— (Continued.)
Principal works.
Poetry and dramas.
First appeared or
published.
George H. Boker.
John Dawson Gilraary Shea.
George William Curtis
Bayard Taylor.
Henry Charles Lea...
William Allen Butler.
Richard Henry Stoddard.
Coates Kinney
Stephen Collins Foster. . .
(Rose Terry Cooke.
(Lew. Wallace
1824-90
1824-92
1824-92
1825-78
1825-
1825-
1825-
1826-
1826-64
1827-92
1827-
, Charles Dudley Warner.
Paul Hamilton Hayne
JohnEsten Cooke
Mary Virginia Terhune (Marion)
Harland) f
Justin Winsor.
jLouisaMay Alcott.
I Edmund Clarence Stedman.
jElisha Mulford
[David R. Locke (Petroleum V )
* Nasby) }
i Frank R. Stockton '.'.'.'..'.'.'.,.
1830-
1831-
1832-88
1833-
1833-88
I 1834-
The Catholic Church in America.
Nile Notes of a Howadji
Potiphar Papers
Prue and I
Trumps
Life of Wm. C. Bryant, etc
Views Afoot
fOn Board the Cumber-
Poems I land, Dirge of a Sol-
of the -l dier, Battle of Lookout
War Mountain, The Black
1^ Regiment, etc.
Street Lyrics
The Ivory Carver, The Podesta's
, Daughter, Song of Earth, etc.
Eldorado
Central Africa
Land of the Saracen .
/Rhymes of Travel, Ballads,
\ other poems
Poems of the Orient.
Northern Travel
Greece and Russia.
Hannah Thurston
John Godfrey's Fortunes
Story of Kennet
Jo.seph and His Friend, etc
Superstition and Force
Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal
Celibacy in the Christian
Church
History of the Inquisition
1850
1853
1856-
1861
1879-
1846
1848
1850
1854^
185&
1857
185^
1863
1864
1866
1870
1866
'l867
Loves and Heroines of the Poets.
Nothing to Wear, Two Millions.
Footprints
: Castle by the Sea, and other )
poems j
The Fair God
Ben-Hur
The Prince of India
My Summer in a Garden
Backlog Studies
My Winter on the Nile
Washington Irving
Their Pilgrimage, etc
Studies in the South and West.
A Little Journey in the World .
Southern California
As We Were Saying
As We Go
The King's Bell
( The Book of the East, and other)
[ poems j
Rain on the Roof
Old Uncle Ned, Oh Su
sannah ! Nelly was a
Lady, Old Folks at Home
(for which he received
$15,000), Come where
my love lies dreaming,
Old Dog Tray, etc.
The Two Villages, Ellery Vane, etc.
1857
1849
1852
1862
1871
Last of the Foresters
Life of " Stonewall " Jackson. . .
Wearing the Grey
Hammer and Rapier
Virginia— American Common-
wealth, etc
' Alone J
The Hidden Path
Moss Side
Helen Gardner's Wedding Day..
Ruby's Husband
Common Sense in the House- i
hold, etc
Reader's Hand Book of the Rev- ;
olution
Edits Narrative and Critical
History of America, etc
' Little Women
An Old Fashioned Girl
Little Men
Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag, etc
(Sonnets and Other Poems.
(Legends and Lyrics, etc
The Diamond Wedding
f Alice of Monmouth, and other)
( poems /
Pan in Wall Street.
Victorian Poets
Poets of America, etc. . .
JThe Nation
\Republicof God
Nasby Papers
( Rudder Grange
\TheLady or the Tiger?.
187»
1880
1893
1870
1872.
1876
1881
1886
1889-
1891
1893
1857
1872.
1856
186a
1867
1870'
188a
1854
1855
1857
1867
1868
1871
1884-89-
1868
1870
1871
1871-7*
1864
1875
1885
1870
1881
1860-82:
1879
1884
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ENGLISH (AMERICAN) LITERATURE AND ATJTRORS.— (Continued.)
Principal worlu.
Po«try and dramas.
First appeared or
publfslied.
Frank R. Stockton.
Moses Coit Tyler.
Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain).
Harriet E. P. Spofford. .
Lyman Abbott
Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
1834-
1835-
1835-
1835-
1836-
William Dean Ho wells.
1837-
Edward Eggleston..
John Burroughs.
Mary Mapes Dodge.
Henry Adams
1837-
1837-
1838-
Edward Payson Roe,
Albion Winegar Tourgee
1838-
Mary Abigail Dodge (Gail Ham-
ilton)
Francis Bret Harte.
James Schouler.
Cincinnatus Hiner Miller (Joa-
quin Miller)
1839-
1839-
1841-
The Casting Away of Mrs. Leeks)
and Mrs. Aleshine |
The Ij&te Mr. Null
The Hundredth Man
I The Squirrel Inn
( The Merry Chanter, etc ,
History of American Literature. ,
' Innocents Abroad ,
Roughing It ,
The Gilded Age ,
Tom Sawyer
Prince and Pauper ,
Life on the Mississippi ,
Huckleberry Finn, etc ,
[Sir Rohan's Ghost
[The Amber Gods, etc
Various works explanatory of the
Scriptures and its teachings, etc.
Life of Henry Ward Beecher
Out of His Head
The Story of a Bad Boy.
Marjorie Daw
Prudence Palfrey
The Queen of Sheba ...
The Stillwater Tragedy ,
' Venetian Life ,
Italian Journey
Their Wedding Journey. . . . ,
A Chance Acquaintance. . . . ,
The Lady of the Aroostook.,
The Undiscovered Country.,
A Modern Instance
The Minister's Charge
The Rise of Silas Lapham. . .
Modern Italian Poets
A Hazard of New Fortunes. .
The World of Chance
^^The Quality of Mercy
Mr. Blake's Walking Stick.,
The Hoosier School-master. ,
The End of the World
The Circuit Rider
Roxy.
The Graysons
The Faith Doctor.
Wakerobin
Winter Sunshine
Birds and Poets
Locusts and Wild Honey.
[Pepacton, etc
f Irvington Stories
Hans Drinker
Theophilus, etc
Ballad of Babie Bell.
Cloth of Gold, and other poems. .
Mercedes, and Later Lyrics
(The Sister's Tragedy, and other)
\ poems I
Life of Gallatin
Life of John Randolph
History of the United States.. .
Barriers Burned Away
What Can She Do?
Opening of a Chestnut Burr. . . .
ManualoftheCultureof Small Fruit
A Knight of the Nineteenth)
Century )
His Sombre Rivals
An Original Belle.
Miss Low, etc
A Royal Gentleman
A Fool's Errand
Bricks Without Straw
Hot Plough-shares, essays, etc.. . .
Country Living and Country)
Thinking f
Gala Days
Stumbling Blocks
Red-Letter Days.
Divine Guidance, etc.
The Luck of Roaring Camp
Tales of the Argonauts
Gabriel Conroy
Two Men of Sandy Bar, and)
other stories /
A Crusade of the Excelsior
Col. Starbottle's Client, etc
History of the United States
[The Danites, etc.
Along the Way.
(The Heathen Chinee, and other 1
( poems j
Songs of the Sierras. .
Songs of the Sun land.
Songs of Italy
Shadows of Shasta . . .
1887
1891
1892
1878
1869
1872
1873
1876
1882
1883
1885
1856
1864
1873
1874
1891
1866
1867
1871
1874
1879
1880
1882
1887
1885
1887
1892
1870
1872
i(
1874
1878
1887
1891
1871
1876
1877
1879
1881
1864
1876
1879
1882
1891
1872
1873
1874
1876
1877
1886
1874
1879
1863
1870
1881
1870
1875
1876
1877
1887
1892
1880-92
1871
1873
1878
1881
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ENGLISH (AMERICAN) LITERATURE AND AVTEORS.— (Continued.)
Sidney Lanier.
3enry James.
Fohn Fiske.
Fohn Habberton.
Jeorge W. Cable.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.
WillCarleton.
'Francis Marion Crawford ,
;Julian Hawthorne.
Arthur S. Hardy
William Henry Bishop .
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen.
Joel Chandler Harris
Edgar Fawcett
iConatance Fenimore Woolson.
Sarah Ome Jewett. ,
Frances Hodgson Burnett.
1842-
1843-
1844-
1844-
1845-
1845-
1846-
1847-
1848-
1849-
1849-
Principal works.
Tobacco and Alcohol
Myths and Myth- makers
The Unseen World
The Idea of God as Affected by)
Modern Knowledge j
Critical Period of American^
History, etc /
Poetry and dramas.
The Boys' Froissart
Science of English Verse
' Helen's Babies
The Barton Experiment
Jericho Road
Brueton's Bayou
A Lucky Lover
A Passionate Pilgrim
Roderick Hudson
The American
Daisy Miller
Portrait of a Lady
The Bostonians
The Princess Casamassima. ,
The Tragic Muse, etc
Old Creole Days
The Grandissimes
Doctor Sevier
The Silent South
Bonaventure, etc
Gates Ajar
Hedged In
The Silent Partner
The Story of Avis
My Cousin and I
Doctor Zay
Beyond the Gates, etc
Tiger Lilies.
Poems ,
The Witch of Prague
Khaled
Don Orsino
The Wreckers.
Bressant
Idolatry
Garth
Archibald Malmaison
Beatrix Randolph
Miss Cadogna, etc
But Yet a Woman
The Wind of Destiny
Passe Rose, etc
' Detmold
The House of a Merchant Prince.
Choy Susan
The Golden Justice, etc
A Gentleman of Leisure
Olivia Delaplaine
An Ambitious Woman
The House at High Bridge
Mr. Isaacs
Tale of a Lonely Parish.
Saracinesca
Women Must Weep
An Heir to Millions, etc.
Gunnar
Falcouberg
Queen Titania
A Daughter of the Philistines, etc.
' Uncle Remus
Mingo
Free Joe
^ Balaam and His Master
' Castle Nowhere
Hodman the Keeper
Anne
For the Major
East Angels
Jupiter Lights
^ Horace Chase
' Deephaven
Old Friends and New
Country By-ways
The Mate of the Daylight
A Country Doctor
The King of Folly Island
A Native of Winby, etc
That Lass o' Lowrie's
Pretty Polly Pemberton
Farm Ballads . .
Farm Legends .
Farm Festivals.
City:
City
City Festivals.
Romance and Revery
Songs of Doubt and Dreams.
Idyls of Norway, and other poems.
First appeared or
published.
1872
1876
1867
1876
1878
1880
1876
1892
1875
1877
1878
1881
1886
1879
1880
1882
1885
•1888
1868
1870
1877
1879
1882
1883
1873
1875
1881
1892
1882
1886
1887
1890
1891
1892
1873
1874
1877
1879
1883
1885
1883
1886
1889
1879
1883
1884
1886
1884
1886
(I
1887
1888
1891
1892
1874
1879
1881
1882
1883
1880
1884
1888
1891
1875
1880
1882
1883
1894
1877
1879
1881
1883
1884
1877
1878
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ENGLISH (AMERICAN) LITERATURE AND AUTHORS.— (Con<tn«ed.)
Principal works.
ProM.
Poetry and
First Rpneared or
published.
Frances Hodgson Burnett .
Henry Cabot Lodge.
Edward Bellamy . . .
Mary Noailles Murfree (Charles )
Egbert Craddock) )
George Parsons Lathrop..
John Bach McMaster.
Thomas Nelson Page
Am61ie Rives Chanler —
1860-
1850-
1850-
1851-
1862-
1853-
1863-
Haworth
Louisiana.
A Fair Barbarian
Through One Administration
Little Lord Fauntleroy, etc
Short History of the English)
Colonies in America /
Life of Hamilton
Life of Webster, etc
Looking Backward
In the Tennessee Mountains.
Where the Battle was Fought
Down the Ravine
The Prophet of the Great Smoky )
Mountain )
The Despot of Broomsedge Cove. .
In the " Stranger People's " 1
I. Country, etc |
( An Echo of Passion, etc
f History of the People of the)
J United States from the Revo- !
1 lution to the Civil War. Vols, f
[ L, II.. in. pub J
JMarse Chan
(Collected Stories (In Virginia), etc
{A Brother to Dragons
The Quick or the Dead ?
Virginia of Virginia
Barbara Dering, etc
1879
1880
1881
1883
1886
1881
1882
1883
1888
1884
1885
1888
1891
1882
1883-92
1884
1887
1888
1892
FRENCH LITERATURE AND AUTHORS.
Name.
Principal works.
Poetry and dramas.
First appeared or
published.
Unknown
Pierre Ab61ard
Unknown
Robert Wace
Unknown
Geoffrey de Villehardouin. ,
Jean Sire de Joinville ,
Jean Froissart
Enguerraud de Monstrelet ,
Philippe de Comines ,
Franpois Rabelais
Clement Marot
Theodore Beza
Pierre de Ronsard
Michel E. de Montaigne
Theodore Agrippe d'Aubign^.
Franf ois de Malherbe
Jacques Auguste de Thou
Ren6 Descartes
Pierre Corneille.
Paul Scarron...
Franpois de la Rochefoucauld. . .
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean Baptiste Poquelin (MoliSre).
Blaise Pascal
Mme. de Sevignd
Jacques B^nigne Bossuet
Louis Bourdaloue
Esprit FMchier
Nicolas Boileau Despreaux
Nicolas Malebranche
Jean Racine
Claude Fleury
Pierre Bayle
Fraiipois de la Mothe F6n61on.
Rene A. de Vertot
Charles Rollin
Jean Baptiste Massillon
Alain Ren6 le Sage.
Franpois Xavier, Bon de Saint-)
Hilaire )
Charles de Montesquieu
Franpois Marie Arouet (Voltaire).
Georges Louis L. Comte de Buffon.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Denis Diderot
Claude A. Helvetius
lEtienne Bonnet de Condillac
Jean le Rond d' Alembert
Jean Franpois ilarmontel
Pierre A. Caron de Beaumarchais.
Jacques Henri B. de Saint-Pierre.
1079-1U2
iiii^?
116fiui213?
1224-1319?
1337-1410
1390-1453
1445-1509
1495-1563
1495-1544
1519-1605
1524-85
1533-92
1550-1630
1555-1628
1553-1617
1596-1650
1606-84
1610-60
1613-80
1621-95
1622-73
1623-62
1626-96
1627-1704
1632-1704
1632-1710
1636-1711
1638-1715
Chanson de Roland.
1640-1723
1647-1706
1651-1715
1655-1735
1661-1741
1663-1742
1668-1747
1678-1761
1689-1755
1694-1778
1707-78
1712-78
1713-84
1715-71
1715-80
1717-83
1723-99
1732-99
1737-1814
Epistles. Philosophy.
Roman d'Alexandre.
Roman de Brut
Roman de la Rose . . ,
Historical.
Chronicles.
Chronicles
Chronicles.
Historical. The Memo rs..
Philosophic and satirical.. .
Theological.
Essays
Historical.
Poems
1 Poems—" Prince of Poets "
I his time and country
History of his own times.
Philosophic (Philosophy) .
Comic. Plays, etc ,
f Maxims.. ,
j Memoirs
Philosophic and mathematical.
Letters.
Sermons, etc.
Jesuit preacher.
Pulpit orator.
Ph i losoph i c. Philosophy. ,
Ecclesiastical history
Philosophic.
T^l^maque, etc
Historical.
Historical
Pulpit orations.
(Gil Bias
■ihe Diable Boiteaux (The Devill
( on Two Sticks), etc |
General literature.
Philosophic and jud cial
Historical
Natural history
Philosophic and general
(■philosophic, the principal ency-1
\ clopaedists J
Philosophic
Metaphysical. Philosophy
Mathematical.
Memoirs, etc.
Dramas— The
others
many I
Fables (241 in number), Contes.
Dramas (comedies)
Satirical poetry, criticisms.
Dramas.
Paul and Virginia.
Poems, dramas.
dramas— Le Barbier de)
Seville, Le Mariage de Figaro.)
J Comic
11th century.
12th century.
listed, no date;
[ 2d, 1505.
1524
1 1st com pi. (
[ 1567.
1514 et seq.
1550 "
1580-88
1600 et seq.
1604-'i0
( Col. works
[ 1697.
1636 et seq.
1645 "
1665
f Complete ed.
( 18(58-71.
1666-78
1653 et seq.
( 1st compl. ed.
I 1779.
1674 et seq.
1st col. ed.
1675-76.
1691
1st at Hague,
' 1699; 2d at
' Paris, 1717.
1730-38
1707
1715
1721 et seq.
1718 "
1749-1804
1760-62 et se
1751-72
1758
Col. ed. 1798
1781
d
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FRENCH LITERATURE AND AVTRORS.— (Continued.)
Principal works.
LIT
facques Delille
^ntoine L. Lavoisier
\lme. de Genlis
Gabriel Honore, Corate Mirabeau. .
]onstantin F. C. de Volney
Claude Joseph Rouget de I'lsle
tfme. de Stael
Foseph Franjois Michaud
Franfois A. Chateaubriand
Georges liCopold Baron de Cuvier.
Pranpois C. M. Fourier
Fean Baptiste Biot
f'ierre Jean de Beranger
augues F. R., Abb6 de Lamennais.
(finable G. P. Barante
fraiif ois P. G. Guizot
ilphonse M. L. de Lamartine.
fibel Franpois Villemain
(Vugustin E. Scribe
f\.Dtoiue E. Genoude
i^ictor Cousin
Jean F. C. Delavigne
[Iliarles Paul de Kock
Jacques N. August! n Thierry.
Franf ois A. M. Mignet
Louis Adolphe Thiers.
Am^d^e S. D. Thierry
Eippolyte N. J. Auger
Jules Michelet
Joseph Xavier Boniface (Saintine).
\uguste Comte
onore de Balzac.
jUfred Victor Vigny.
^^re'd^ric Bastiat
ictor Hugo .
t
lllexandre Dumas
j'rosper Merim6e
|Mgar Quinet
|]ug6ne Sue
•iharles Augustin Sainte-Beuve..
ules Janin
Ime. Dudevant (Georges Sand). .
j-lexis Charles H. de Tocqueville.
j Ifred de Musset
;harles Forbes R. Montalembert.
,011 Louis Henri Martin
!heophile Gautier
;eonard S. J. Sandeau
ictor Duruy.
ctave Feuillet
ouis Blanc
jlieBertrand Berthet....
[uil H. C. Feval
Kiillaume Louis Figuier ,
astav Flaubert
mileErckmann
•seph Ernest Renan
exandre Dumas, ^Zs
Alexandre Chatrian
fiarles Loyson, P6re Hyacinthe.
ippolyte A. Taine
Imond Franpois V. About
les Verne
"IpheBelot
■torien Sardou
■il B. duChaillu
nest Daudet
'house Daudet ..'.
lilo Zola
: ingois Rdouard J. Coppee. '. .
lis M. J. Viaud (Pierre Loti).
I Qri Ren6 A. G. Maupassant. .
Time.
1738-1813
1743-94
1746-1830
1749-91
1757-1820
1760-1836
1766-1817
1767-1839
1768-1848
1769-1832
1772-1837
1774-1862
1780-1857
1782-1854
1782-1866
1787-1874
1790-1869
1790-1870
1791-1861
1792-1849
1792-1867
1793-1843
1794-1871
1795-1856
1796-1884
1797-1877
1797-1873
1797-
1798-1874
1798-1865
1798-1857
1799-1850
1799-1864
1801-60
1802-85
1803-70
1803-75
1804-57
1804-69
1804-74
1804-76
1805-59
1810-57
1810-70
1810-83
1811-72
1811-83
1811-94
1821-90
1813-82
1815-
1817-87
1819-
1821-80
1822-
1823-92
1824-
1826-90
1827-
1828-93
1828-85
1828-
1829-90
1831-
1835-
1837-
1840-
1840-
1842-
1850-
1850-93
Scientific.
Novels.
Orations, etc.
Ruins, etc
Delphine, Corinne, De 1' Allemagne.
History of the Crusades, etc
[Genius of Christianity, Atala, 1
[ Rene, etc j
Natural history
Fourierism.
Philosophic and mathematical
Religious and political.
History and general literature. . .
Hist, of Civilization in Europe,
Popular Hist, of France, etc..
Historical, etc.
Historical and educational
Historical.
f Philosophic and metaphysical. \
( Philosophy )
Novels.
His. Norman Conquest of Engl, etc.
Historical.
( French Revolution
I History of the Empire, etc., fln- )
( ished j
Historical.
Novels.
History of France, etc
Picciola, etc.
Positive Philosophy. Philosophy.
(Novels — Comedies of Human
I Life (central figure in French
( literature)
Cinq-mars
Political economy
I Notre Dame ,
1 Les Miserables
[ Toilers of the Sea, etc
(Novels — Monte Christo, Three)
{ Musketeers, etc /
Novels and histories ,
Historical, etc.
(Mysteries of Paris, Wandering)
( Jew, etc )
Criticisms, etc
Novels ,
IndiaBa,Valentine, Consuelo, etc. ,
Democracy in America
Novels
Political orations.
History of France
Novels and criticisms
Novels.
Histoire des Romains
Histoire des Temps Modernes, )
1453-1789 )
Novels
Political.
Novels,
( Novels— The Mysteries of Lon-)
\ don, etc )
Scientific.
Novels.
I Novels (in connection vrith Cha- )
I trian) )
( Vie de Jesus, etc ,
( Hist. Origin of Christianity ,
Novels.
fNovels(in connection with Erck-1
( mann) j
Pulpit orations.
Historical and critical
Novels.
(Twenty Thousand Leagues Un
< der the Sea, Around the World
( in Eighty Days, etc
Novels
Travels .
Novels.
Novels.
Poetry and dramas.
Poems 1769 et seq.
First appeared or
published.
Marseillaise.
Lyric poems.
Dramas.
Poems. .
Dramas.
Poems
Poems, dramas.
Poems, dramas.
Dramas. .
Dramas.
Poems
Poems, dramas. .
1791
1792
1802-8
1811
1801 et seq.
1817-30
1805 et seq.
1820-21 et seq.
1824-61
1830 et seq.
1826 et seq.
1811 "
1834-59
1815-43
1825
1823-27
1862
1830-67
1830-42 et seq.
1825 et seq.
1822 "
1845-50
1828 et seq.
1831
1862
1866
1844 et seq.
1825 "
1842 "
1828 "
1829 "
1831-52 et seq.
1835
1829 et seq.
1838-79
1835 et seq.
1844
1868
1840 et seq.
1859
1859 "
1854 "
1860 "
1855 "
18i54 "
1861-81
1858 et seq.
1863 "
1869 "
1879 et seq.
1880
LIT 446
GERMAN LITERATURE AND AUTHORS.
LIT
Anthon.
Nune.
Ulfllas ,
Uoknown ,
Unknown
Conrad ,
Heinrich von Veldeke
Wolfram von Eschenbach ,
Unknown
Unknown ,
Unknown
Hartmann von Aue ,
Meister Eckhart
Sebastian Brandt
Martin Luther
Ulrich von Hutten ,
Hans Sachs
Johann Fischart
Johann Arndt
Jacob Boehme ,
Martin Opitz ,
Paul Gerhardt
Paul Fleming
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz.
Christian Thomasius
Johann C. von Wolff".
Johann C. Gottsched
Albrecht Haller
Christian F. Gellert
Johann J. Winckelraann
Johann W. L. Gleim
Hieronymus K. F. baron von)
Munchhausen j
Friedrich T. Klopstock
Immanuel Kant
C.G. Heyne ,
G. E. Lessing
Ch. M. Wieland
J. G. von Herder ,
G. A. Burger ,
Johann Wolfgang Goethe ,
Johann H. Voss ,
J. C. Friedrich von Schiller ,
August von Kotzebue
Johann Gottlieb Fichte ,
Christian A. Vulpius ,
Jean Paul F. Richter
Wilhelm von Humboldt ,
A. Wilhelm von Schlegel ,
F. D. E. Schleiermacher ,
Alexander von Humboldt ,
Ernst M. Arndt ,
Georg W. F. Hegel ,
Friedrich von Schlegel ,
Friedrich von Hardenberg (No-\
valis) j
Ludwig Tieck
Friedrich W. J. von Schelling. , . . ,
Berthold G. Niebuhr ,
F. C. Schlosser ,
Ernst T. W. Hoffmann ,
Heinrich von Kleist
F. H. Karl de la Motte Fouqu6. . . ,
Carl Ritter ,
Johann Rudolph Wyss (Swiss). , . ,
F. C. Dahlmann ,
Jakob L. Grimm
Wilhelm K. Grimm
Andreas Justinus Kemer
Ludwig Uhland
Arthur Schopenhauer
Principal work*.
Poetry and DramM.
First appeared i
published.
Gothic Bible.
1170-1235
d. 1329
1483-1546
1488-1523
1494-1578
1545-90
1555-1621
1575-1624
1597-1639
1606-75
1609-40
1646-1716
1655-1728
1679-1754
1700-66
1708-77
1715-69
1717-68
1719-1803
1720-97
1724-1803
1724-1804
1729-1812
1729-81
1733-1813
1744-1803
1748-94
1749-1832
1751-1826
1759-1805
1761-1819
1762-1814
1762-1827
1763-1825
1767-1835
1767-1845
1768-1834
1769-1859
1769-1860
1770-1831
1772-1829
1772-1801
1773-1853
1775-1854
1776-1831
177&-1861
1776-1822
1776-1811
1777-1843
1779-1859
1781-1830
1785-1860
1785-1863
1786-1859
1786-1862
1787-1862
1788-1860
Prose.
Limburg Chronicle.
Alsace Chronicle ...
Hildebrandslied
Ludwigslied
Rolandslied
Eneit
Parzival
Nibelungenlied
Gudrun
Heldcnbuch
Der arme Heinrich. This poem
furnished the subject for Long-
fellow's "Golden Legend" and
Rossetti's "Henry the Leper."
Das Narrenschiflf.
German Bible.
Satirical verse.
Poems.
Satires
Four books on True Christianity
Mysticism
Poems
Poems. Hymns .
(Philosophic and mathematical )
( Philosophy J
Edits the first German periodical.
Philosophic.
Critical, etc.
ScientiflQ.
Moralistic
History of Ancient Art
Poems
War Songs of a Grenadier.
Fiction: stories. Originally 48.,
Dramas— Messiah.
(Philosophic. Philosophy.
(The Critic of Pure Reason.,
Critical and archaeological.
Laocoon, etc
Agathon ,
Philosophic ,
[Minna von Barnhelm, Emilia)
[ Galotti, Nathan the Wise j
Oberon.
Voices of the People.
Leonore, etc
Werther, GOtz von Berlichingen,
Elective AflQnities, Wilhelm
Meister, etc
Critical
Thirty Years' War.
Faust, Iphigenia,Tasso, Egmont, )
Lyrics, etc J
Poems — Louise; translates Iliad.
The Robbers, Wallenstein, Maria )
Stuart, The Maid of Orleans, [
William Tell, etc )
Lyric— Song of the Bell.
Dramas.
Philosophic. Philosophy
Rinaldo Rinaldini
(The Year of Wild Oats, Titan, etc.
f Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces. .
( The Campaner Thai
Philologic and critical.
Dramatic Art and Literature. . . .
Philosophy
Scientific, travels — Cosmos. .
Poems.
Philosophic. Philosophy
^History of Ancient and Modern
I Literature ;
Fiction (mystical)
Novels
Poems.
Poems. ,
Philosophic. Philosophy
Historical— History of Rome. .
( Historical— Univ. History, History
\ of the Eighteenth Century.
(Imaginary Tales, The Golden^
•< Pot, Devil's Enchantments, |
( Midnight Stories, etc )
Novels ,
Undine, Sintram, etc ,
(Geography (the greatest geogra- )
( pher of modern times) j
Swiss Family Robinson ,
Historical
Philologic
Philologic
Poems.
( Philosophic— The World as Will)
( and Idea, etc. Philosophy. . j
Poems, lyrics, and ballads. .
Lyrics.
About 360 A.
( Early 9th c«
I tury. ,
9th century. ^
12th century]
1175-90 (?) J
12th century]
1336-98
1494
1522-34
1570-80
1612-24 et
1624
j 1st compl. I
\ 1666-67
( Most brillU
I Ger. poet]
( 17th cent!
]lst ed.,
\ compL.n
1681
(Complete*
\ 1769-74.
1748
1785
(1781
\ Col. ed.
( 1838.
1754 et se<y j
1778-89
1774 et g
( 1st coL ed.j
\ 1812-1
1790-18001
1799
1802-5
1796
1797
[ 1st col. (
! 1846.
I Col. worl
1 If
1845-68
Col. works"
1832.
1815 et seq.
1794
; 1st col. wo
I 1856-6L
' 1812 et seq.
( Selected ed.
\ 1827-28.
1814-15
1817 et seq.
1813
1840-75
1811 et seq.
(Collected ed
\ 1826-69.
(1836
} CompL eo.
( 1874.
LIT
447
GERMAN LITERATURE AND AUTHORS.— (Continued.)
LIT
Time.
G. W. F. Freytag
Johann A. W. Neander. .
Fried rich Ruckert
Karl Theodor KOrner. . .
Wilhelm Muller
Leopold Ranke
Heinrich Heine
Johann J. J. Dollinger.. .
Johann P. Lange
Justus baron von Liebig.
G. G. Gervinus.
Heinrich Laube
Johann G. Droysen
Benhold Auerbach.
Louise Muhlbach (Mrs. Theodor)
Mundt) i
Ernst Curtius
Edouard Zelief
Gustav Freytag.
Friedrich Gerstacker.
Rudolf H. Lotze
Karl Vogt
Theodor Mommsen
Ludwig Hausser
Albrecht Schwegler
1788-1861
1789-1850
1789-1866
1791-1813
1794-1827
1795-1886
1797-1856
1799-1890
1802-1884
1803-73
1805-71
1806-1884
1808-1884
1812-1882
1814^73
1814-86
1814-
1816-
1816-72
1817-81
1817-
1817-
1818-67
1819-57
Principal works.
Poetry and dramas.
First appeared or
published.
Oriental scholar
Ecclesiastical history.
Oriental scholar
Heinrich Schliemann 1822-92
1829-
Friedrich Spielhagen
Paul Johann L. Heyse
Geheimrath F. Dahn I 1834-
Georg M. Ebers. I 1837-
Edouard Hartmaun ! 1842-
Karl E. Franzos ' 1848-
Novels
Historical.
Theological, historical.
Theological— Commentariea
Scientific, chemist.
(Historical and critical — Shake-)
) speare, etc )
Novels
Historical
< Village Tales
"tOn the Heights, etc
Novels.
( Archaeologist ic and historical—)
( History of Greece, j
Theologic and philosophic
Novels
Novels
Philosophic.
Scientific.
Historical— History of Rome
Historical.
Historical — Rome.
iArchaeologistic — Ilios, the City
and Country of the Trojans, My-
cenae, etc.
I Problematical Characters, Ham-)
( mer and Anvil, etc j
Novels.
Historical.
Orientalistic and novels
Philosoph ic. Philosophy
Novels, travels
Poems.,
Poems.
Poems.
Poems.
Poems.
1830-37
1826-45
1816-38
1812-13
Poems, dramas. .
1849 et seq.
1843
1865
(Engl. ed.
\ 1868-74.
1839 et seq.
1845 "
1844 "
(Engl. ed.
'. 1862-63.
1861 et seq.
1850 "
1876
ITALIAN LITERATURE AND AUTHORS.
an established historical fact that there existed no writing in Italian before the 13tb century. — JhfycA?. -Wi«i Brit»nnie; toI. xiii., p. 499, 9th ed.
jAlighieri Dante
Francesco Petrarch.
Biovanni Boccaccio.
Luigi Pulci
Ifiocolo Machiavelli ,
.udovico Ariosto
-'rancesco Guicciardini
"rancesco Berni
leiro Aretino
'orquato Tasso
al;leo Galilei
A. D. Metastasio.
Toldoni
; pe Parini
noTiraboschi
.idro Volta
jAlfieri
ncenzo Monti
arlo G. Bona
ean Charles L. Sismondi.
jcolo Ugo Foscolo
iovanni B. Niccolini
'-^'^indro Manzoni
Balbo
mo Leopardi
lizoGioberti
Cantu
-io C. N. Gallenga..
[iolo E. Giudici
pggiero Bonghi
1265-1321
1304-74
1313-75
1431-87
1469-1527
1474-1533
148-2-1540
1490-1536
1492-1559
1544-95
1564-1642
1698-1782
1707-95
17-29-99
1731-94
1745-1827
1749-1803
1754-1828
1766-1837
1773-1842
1777-1827
1782-1861
1784-1873
1789-1853
1798-1837
1801-52
1804-81
1810-
1812-72
1828-
Principal work*.
Decameron .
i'xiistorical— Political, The Prince,
etc., Machiavkllias Pkinci-
PLBS
Historical, political
Satirical.
Scientific
Historical— Italian Literature.
Scientific.
Historical— Story of Italy, etc
(Historical- Literature of South-)
( em Europe, etc j
Miscellaneous
Novels — I Promessi Sposi, etc. . .
Historical and political
Polemical
History — Historical novels
Historical
Historical — Italian Literature.
Critical, etc
^oetry and dramas.
First appeared <
published.
r)iv:aa Commedia.
Poems...
Poems— Morgante Maggiore.
( 1st col. ed.
) 168L
1353
(At Venice
^ 1481. .
16i3^
Orlando Furioso ' {^^\^^^^ ^^
Poems, burlesque
(Rinaldo, Aminta, Jerusalem De-1
I livered. j
Musical dramas
Dramas, comedy.
Poems
Poems, dramas.
Poems.
Poems. . .
Drama&
Dramas. .
Poems.
1541
1573 et seq.
1722 "
1801-4
1766-82
1780 et seq.
1789-1832
1807 et seq.
1797 "
1819 "
1829-43
( 1st compl e
» 1845.
1838
1834 et seq.
1840 "
■^
SCANDINAVIAN pANISH) LITERATURE AND AUTHORS.
Authors.
Principal works.
First app«ired or
-Vame.
Time.
Prose.
Poetry and dramas.
published.
..•vLiOwn
\ci244
The Eddas
filth, 12th cen-
\ turies.
Jririk Harpestrings
Medical.
Art nf F'niftii n.t Palmar
iknown
1397
-nown
Danish ballads •
1300-1500
monk of the monastery)
^'^rOl?) ^.|
•kkel. priest of SL Alban'sl
-hurch. Odense i"
ristian Pedersen
(History of Denmark.
1495
( (First Danish book printed. )
/Rose Garden of Maiden Mary,)
\ The Creation, Human Life. . . J
1514
(Karl Magnus. Ogier the Dane,
'"fclislates the Bible.
LIT
448
LIT
SCANDINAVIAN (DANISH) LITERATURE AND AUTHORS.— (Confmued.)
Principnl works.
Poetry and dramas.
First appeared
published.
A. G. Vedel...
Arlld Hoitfeld.
Hieronyraus Rauch
Joost van den Vondel
Anders Arreboe
Thomas Kingo
Ludwig Holberg
C. B. TuUiu
Johan Herman Wessel
Johan Ewald
Niels Treschow
<3hristian H. Pram
Jens Immanuel Baggesen
Adolph Scback-Staflfeldt
Adam Gotllob OehlenschlSger.
:8teen Steensen Bilcher
Christian Molbech
■Nikolai F. S. Grundtvig
Rasmus C. Rask
Rernhard S. Ingemann
Johan Ludvig Heiberg
Niels M. Petersen
Henrik Hertz
Hans Christian Andersen
Frederik P. Muller
£Oren A. Kierkegaard
1642-1616
d. 1607
1687-1679
1687-1637
1634-1703
1684-1764
1728-66
1742-86
1743-81
1761-1833
1766-1821
1764-1826
1769-1826
1779-1850
1782-1848
1783-1857
1783-1872
1787-1832
1789-1862
1791-1«60
1791-1862
1798-1870
1805-75
1809-76
1813-55
Saxon Grammar
(Chronicles of the Kingdom of)
\ Denmark )
Collects the Danish ballads .
Historical.
First original Danish dramas.
Poems.
Father of Danish poetry.
Poems.
Poems, dramas (comedy)
Poems.
Poems.
Poems
Philosophic.
Tales
Poems— Staerkodder, etc
Poems, comic and otherwise
Lyric poems.
Poems, dramas — Harkon Jarl, etc.
Poems.
Historical, critical, etc.
Poems.
Linguistical.
Novels
Historical, etc.
Fairy Tales, Only a Player, etc.
Philosophic
Poems
Dramas, poems.
Poems, dramas. .
Poems, dramas.
1591
1595
1719 et seq.
1766-80
1824-29
1786 et seq.
1811 "
Col. poems,
1869.
1811 et seq.
1813-45
SCANDINAVIAN (SWEDISH) LITERATURE AND AUTHORS.
Principal works.
Poetry and dramas.
First appeared orj
published.
*5tx
Snorri Sturluson (b. Iceland).
Clas Arrhenius
Gustaf Adlerfeld
Eric Benzel
Emmanuel Swedenborg
Olof Dalin
Jacob Henrik Mork
Karl Mickel Bellman
Gudmund G. Adlerbeth ,
Thomas Thori Id
Anna Maria Lengren ,
Frauz M ichael B'ranzen ,
Johan Olof Wallin ,
Esaias Tegner ,
Erik Gustcf Geijer (yi-er) .
Julia Christina Nyberg
Wilhslm F. Palmblad
Petar Daniel A. Atterbom.
Karl Johan Dahlgren
Adolf Iwar Arwidsson
Erik Johan Stagnelius
Karl Jonas L. Almquist . . .
Anders Fryxell
Bernhard von Beskow
Karl August Nicander
Fredrika Bremer
Gustaf Henrik Mellin ,
Karl Wilhelm Bottiger
Henrik Arnold Wergeland
BjOrnstjerne BjOrnson (be-yom-\ \
son) i '
1178?
1627-95
1675-1709
1675-1748
1688-1779
1708-68
1714-68
1740-95
1751-1818
1754-1808
1764-1817
1772-1847
1779-1839
1782-1846
1783-1847
1785-1865?
1788-1852
1790-1855
1791-1844
1791-1858
1793-1828
1793-1866
1793-
1796-1868
1799-1837
1801-65
1803-76
1807-78
1808-45
Historical.
Historical.
Moralistic.
Philosophic. Philosophy.
History of Sweden
Novels.
{Collects the Sagas (The Heim
skringla), and is supposed to
have written the first part of
the Snorri-edda.
Poems.
Hi'ftorical.
History.
Lyrics
Poems.
Poems.
Poems.
F^oenis.
Hynins.
(the neatest of Swedish )
i*«<.8) /
PoeDt*..
Novels and biography.
Seers and Poets of Sweden.
Pub. early Swedish ballads, poems.
Thorn-Rose, etc.
Historical.
Poems
Poems
Poems
Poems (the Swedish "Wordsworth).
Poems
Dramas and poems.
Poems.
\ Novels — The President's Daugh-
[ ter, The Neighbors, etc
Historical novels.
Novels and essays.
Poems.
Poems.
Dramas.
1749-63
1733 et seq.
1760-80
1820 et seq.
1825
1821
1818
1825
1820
1829
1818
1854
SPANISH LITERATURE AND AUTHORS.
•Gonzalo de Berceo.
Unknown
Cnknown ,
Don Juan Manuel
Juan Ruiz de Hita
Pedro Lopez de Ayala.
Vasco de Labeira (?)
1282-1349
1300-60
1332-1407
1390-1440?
Principal works.
Poetry and dramas.
Religious poems.
Early ballads
' Poems of the Cid.
[It was in the reign of Sancho
the Great that D. Rodrigo Lay
nez was born (1026 ?), to whom
the Spaniards gave the abbrevi
ated title of Ruy Diaz, while the
Moors called him es sayd or ' ' my
lord," whence the name Cid had
its origin. — Sismandi, "Litera-
ture of Europe, "vol. ii. p. 96.]
Poems.
Poems.
f Amadis de Gaula.
i [Original now lost. Supposed
; inithor a Portuguese attached to
liie court of John I. of Portugal.
f'ir?t printed in Spanish, 1519.
—Ticknor," Rist. of Spanish Lit-
erature," vol. i. p. 221.] I
publi
1200
LIT 449
SPANISH LITERATURE AND AUTEORS.— (Continued.)
LIT
Authors.
Name.
odrigo Yanez
. Ifiigo Lopez de Mendoza, mar->
quis of Santillana j
nan de Mena
nan de la Euzina
as Casas
il Vicente (rortuguese)
Lian Boscan
bristobal de Castillejo
arcilasso de la Vega
iego de Mendoza
)rge de Montemayor (Portuguese),
uiz de Camoens (Portuguese)
lonzo de Ercilla y Zunega
ernando Herrera
aan de Mariana
iguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
icente Espinel
uis de Gongora y Argote
ope de Vega
uillen de Castro
iego Arduarte
rancesco Gomez de Quevedo y )
Villegas j
abriel Tellez (Tirso de Molina, )
, Ecclesiastic) )
l^dro Calderon de la Barca
ieronimo de Contreras
lan Ruiz de Alarfon y Mendo-)
za (b. Mexico) )
itevan Manuel de Villegas
'itonio de Solis
Ugustin Moreto y Cabana
I'VJov y Montenegro
pn Ignacio Luzan
I an de Yriarte
[imas Jos6 Gonzalas Carvahal . . .
ro F. Moratin.
; an Bautista Arriaza ,
lUuiel Breton de los Herreros. . ,
celia BOhl von Faber (Fernan)
[Caballero) /
•m Patricio de la Escosura
tn Jose de Espronceda
>n Mariano Larra
s6 Zorilla y Moral
itonio Canovas del Castille
ifiez de Arce '
1398-1458
1411-56
1468-1534
1474-1566
1485-1557
1493-1543
1494-1556
1503-36
1503-75
1520-62
1524-79
1533-95
1534-97
1536-1623
1547-1616
1551-1634
1561-1627
1562-1635
1569-1631
1570-1637
1580-1647
1585-1648
1600-81
1600 ?-48
1610-86
1676-1764
1702-54
1750-98
1753-1834
1760-1828
1770-1837
1796-1873
1797-1877
1807-78
1808-42
1809-37
1818-
1830-
1834?-
Principal works.
Historical.
Historical
Novels.
Historical.
Don Quixote, etc
Esquire Marcos of Olregon)
(Spanish Gil Bias) )
Historical.
Historical
Essays and criticisms (the Span
ish Addison).
Proverbs.
Novels.
Novels
Novels.
Historical.
Poetry and drHiiias.
Rhymed Chronicles of Alfonso XI.
Sonnets.
Poems.
Poems.
Dramas.
Poems
Poems.
Poems.
Poems
LusiAD, epic.
La Arancana
Lyric poems
' [To Don Quixote, Cervantes owes
his immortality. No work of
any language ever exhibited
a more exquisite or a more
sprightly satire or a happier
vein of invention worked with
more striking success. — Sis-
^ wiondi," Literature of Europe."]
Poems
Poems.
(Dramas.— Founder of the Span-
( ish theatre.
Dramas
Dramas and poems.
Dramas.
The greatest of Spanish dramatists.
Poems.
Lyrics.
Dramas
Dramas
Poems.
Poems.
Dramas and poems (the Spanish 1
Molidre) J
Poems.
Poems and dramas .
Poems
(Dramas and poems (celebrated
( and popular).
/Poems, dramas (the Spanish")
( Tennyson) /
First appeared or
published.
1543
1520 et 1
1569
1582
1621
( 1st col.
1 1685.
1684 et se<j.
1654
1790 et seq.
1630 et seq.
1 1st col. ed.
\ 1840.
.literature, Forgeries of.
,orks of Berosus, Mantheo, etc.— By Annius of Viterbo (b. 1432;
|1. 1502), contained in his " Antiquitatem Variorum Volumina
ISVII. cum Commentariis."
inala of Tacitus.— By Bracciolini (Poggio) (1381-1459). An at-
jempt has been made to prove that B. forged them, but without
imccess. "There cannot be much doubt that the 'Annals' are
!;enuine."— ^nc2/d. Brit. 9th ed. article "Tacitus."
istle of Barnabas.— Th\s epistle is unanimously ascribed to
iiarnabas, the companion of St. Paul, by early Church writers.
'The internal evidence is conclusive against its genuineness."—
i^ncycl. Brit. 9th ed. vol. ii. p. 197. Probably written about 128
';> D. 5 parts were extant only in the Latin translation until
j.ischendorf discovered the entire Greek of the 1st part in " Codex
!^inaitic^s."
liex Sinaiticus. — Their genuineness impugned by Simonides
1863). He asserted it to be a MS. made by himself 4 years pre
iously at Mount Athos. His statement has, however, been proved
aise. Manuscript.
-mentines. —'Sot written by Clemens Romanus, to whom they
jiave been ascribed.
\is«£s of St. Ignatius (martyred 107 a. d.).— Not settled as to the
juthenticity of all of them. Controversy arose through his de-
iJnce and maintenance of the hierarchical system of the Church.
VM Decretals (Isadorian Decretals).— These decretals, collection
ir-9*""'ns, etc. (820-36 a.d.), attributed to St. Isadore of Saville
P70-636). "Said to have been forged for the maintenance of
apal supremacy, and for 800 years formed the fundamental
asis of the Canon law, the discipline of the Church, and even
.8 ia.\th.''— Disraeli, "Curiosities of Literature."
'sties of Phalaris of Agrigentum (Sicily, 570 B.C.).— 148 in num-
er. Greek text first printed in Venice, 1498. First printed in
•nglish, Oxford, 1695. Edited by Charles Boyle. Richard Bent-
sy proves them forgeries. Literature.
15
Phoenician 5'<one.— Inscription dated 85th Olympiad, believed gen-
uine for some time.
Is'iac Tabte. —Supposed Egyptian table, of brass, covered with em-
blems, etc. ; first known in 1527. Now in Turin.
Early English MSS. of Rowley, etc.— The work of Thomas Chatter-
ton. Literature.
Ossian, etc.— The work of James Macpherson, at first believed gen-
uine, but now no unbiased critic or scholar can be found to assert
that the Ossianic poems as we have them are genuine. Mac-
pherson never showed an original MS. liiTERATURE.
Shakespeare.— One or two plays by William Ireland (1777-1835).
Ireland's Forgeries.
MS. Emendations of a Folio Shakespeare {2d edition).— In the pos-
session of J. P. Collier. Emendations supposed to have been
made about the time of printing, proved forgeries, but by whom
made never made known. Shakespeare and his Plays.
An Historical and Geographical Description of the Island of For-
mosa : the Religion, Customs, and Manners of its People. By a
Native of said Island.— Entirely made up by George Psalmanazar
(1679-1763). Psalmanazar claimed to be a native of the island,
pretended to speak and write the language, etc.— all invented by
himself
Ancient Classics of Various Times, both Greek and Latin.— Const&n-
tine L. Philip Simonides (1824-67), one of the ablest literary im-
posters ever known, succeeded in selling several of his MSS. in
England, Germany, Greece, and Egypt. With some valuable MSS.
he introduced forgeries. Codex Sinaitictis, supra.
Mormon Bible.— Written bv Solomon Spaulding (1812) as "The
Manuscript Found." Produced by Joseph Smith as the Mormon
Bible. New York, Ohio.
SheUey's Lexers.- Published by Moxon, 1852. 25 in number, and
considered genuine for some time; discovered to be forgeries by
mere accident. The perpetrator of the fraud not positively dis-
covered.
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Amnent Ballads of Scotland. — By Robert Surteo (1779-1834). Im-
posed ou sir Walter Scott and several others.
Squire's iett^rs.— Sent to Thomas Carlyle (1847) fVom an unknown
source, correspondence pertaining to the time of Oliver Crom-
well, and purporting to have been written by Samuel Squire.
Various Ancinit Works, Modem Letters of Important Personages,
etc. — Ofll'red for sale by M. Chasles, member of the French
Acjidemy— all forgeries.
lithium, .a metal, the lightest substance in nature except
gases (specific gravity 0.59), is obtained from the alkali lithia ;
discovered by M. Arfwedson, a Swede, in 1817. Elements.
litlioft*aeteiir or stonc-brealier, an explo-
sive material, a modification of dynamite (composed chiefly
of gun-cotton, nitroglycerine, and constituents of gunpowder),
invented by prof. Engels of Cologne, and made by Krebs in
1869. It was occasionally used by the Germans in the war
of 1870-71, and was tried and well reported of for power and
safety at Nant Mawy quarries, near Shrewsbury, Engl., 9, 10
May, 1871, and again on 20 Feb. 1872, before a British gov-
ernment commission on explosives.
littaogp'rapliy, drawing on stone. An invention as-
cribed to Alois Sennefelder, about 1796 ; and soon afterwards
announced in Germany as polyautography. It became known
in England in 1801, but its general introduction is referred to
Mr. Ackermann of London, about 1817. Sennefelder died in
1841. Improvements have been made by Engelmann and
others. Printing in colors.
lithot'omy. The surgical operation of cutting for the
stone, it is said, was performed by Ammonius, about 240 b.c.
The " small apparatus," so called because few instruments
were needed in the operation, was used by Celsus, about
17 A.D. The "high apparatus" was used (on a criminal at
Paris) by Colot, 1475 ; by Franco, on a child, about 1566 ;
and in England, by dr. Douglass, about 1519. The "lateral
operation," invented by Franco, performed in Paris by Frere
Jacques, in 1697, has been greatly improved. The *' great
apparatus," invented by John de Romanis, was described bj'
his pupil Marianus Sanctus, 1524. Surgery.
Ilthofrity, stone-crushing. The apparatus produced
by M. Leroy d'Etiolles in 1822 has since been improved.
Prizes of 6000 and 10,000 francs were awarded M. Jean Civiale for
his method, 1827 and 1829.
Ijfthlia'nia, formerly a grand-duchy, northeast of
Prussia. The natives (Slavonic) long maintained indepen-
dence against Russians and Poles. In 1386 their grand-duke,
JagelloH, became king of Poland, and was baptized. Lithua-
nia was incorporated with Poland 1501, when another duke,
Casimir, became king. The countries were formally united
in 1569. Most of Lithuania now belongs to Russia, the re-
mainder to Prussia.
lit'lirgie§ (Gr. \uTOvpyia, public service at private
cost). The Greek and Roman church liturgies are ancient,
having been committed to writing about the 4th and 5th cen-
turies. The Roman church recognizes 4 : the Roman or
Georgian, the Ambrosian, the Galilean, and the Spanish or
Mosarabic. The Greek church has 2 principal liturgies, St.
Chrysostom's and St. Basil's, and several smaller ones. Parts
of these are attributed to the Apostles, to St. Ignatius (250),
to St. Ambrose (d. 397), and to St. Jerome (d. 420).
English liturgy was first composed, and was approved and con-
firmed by Parliament in 1547-48. The oflQces for morning
and evening prayer then took nearly their present form.
At the solicitation of Calvin and others, the liturgy was re-
viewed and altered 1551
It was first read in Ireland, in English, in 1550; in Scotland, ex-
citing a tumult, in 1637, and was withdrawn 1638
Liturgy revised by Whitehead, formerly chaplain to Anne
Boleyn, and by bishops Parker, Grindall, Cox, and Pilkington,
dean May, and secretary Smith.
John Knox is said to have used a liturgy for several years.
Rev. Robert Lee of Edinburgh, introduced a form of prayer
in public worship; discontinued it by order. May, 1859; soon
after resumed it, and controversy ended at his death. 14 Mch. 1868
Common prayer. Book of.
Liverpool, a borough of W. Lancashire, is supposed
to be noticed in Domesday-book under the name Esmedune
or Smedune. In other ancient records it is called Litherpul
and Lyrpul (probably, in the ancient dialect, the lower pool,
though some explain it as a pool frequented by an aquatic
fowl, called the " liver," or from a sea-weed of that name ;
and others fn>m a family of the name of Lever, whose autiquit
is not sufficiently established). Soon after the Conqnes
William'granted the country between the rivers Mersey ani
Ribble to Roger of Poitiers, who, according to Camden, built'
a castle here about 1089. It afterwards was held by the oarls
of Chester and dukes of Lancaster. Pop. of the parliamentar
borough in 1851, 375,995; 1861, 443,938 ; 1871, 493,405; 188|
552,508 ; 1891, 517,951 ; decrease 6.3 per cent.
Liverpool made a free borough by Henry III 12
Made an independent port 133
Liverpool " a paved town " (Leland). .: 15
"The people of her majesty's decayed town of Liverpool " pe-
tition Elizabeth for relief from a subsidy 161
Town rated for ship-money in only 26?. by Charles I Ifi
Besieged and taken by i)rince Rupert 26 June, 164#
Liverpool and Manchester railway opened 15 Sept. 1889
[First grand work of the kind, about 31 miles long. At its
opening the duke of Wellington and other illustrious persons
were present; Mr. Huskisson, who alighted during a stoppage
of the engines, was knocked down by one of them, which
went over his thigh and caused his death, 15 Sept. 1830.]
Liverpool and Birmingham (Grand Junction) railway opened,
4 July, 18
Railway to London (now the Northwestern) opened.. . .17 Sept. 18
Steamer Liverpool, 461 horse-power, sails for New York, 28 Oct.
Tunnel under Mersey to Birkenhead begun Apr. 18
Mersey "tunnel opened 13 Feb. 18
Liiviiigiton Manor, N. Y. Anti-rentism; Nb
York, 1686.
Lilving'Stone, David. Africa.
IjiVO'nia, a Russian province on the Baltic sea, fir
visited by Bremen merchants about 1158. After belongin
successively to Denmark, Sweden, Poland, and Russia, it wi
ceded to Peter the Great in 1721. Area, 18,158 sq. milej
pop. 1889, 1,229,468.
loadstone. Magnetism.
IjOa'no, a village of Piedmont, N. Italy. Here tl
Austrians and Sardinians were defeated by the French, und(
Massena, 23, 24 Nov. 1795.
loans for the public service were raised by Wolsey in
1522 and 1525. In 1559 Elizabeth borrowed 200,000/. of the
city of Antwerp, to enable her to reform the coin, and sir
Thomas Gresham and the city of London joined in the secu-
rity.— Rapin. The amounts of some public loans of England
I and France at memorable periods were :
! Seven Years' war 1755 to 1763. . . . 52,100,000/.
i American war 1776 " 1784. . . . 75,500,000/.
i French revolutionary war 1793 " 1802.... 168,500,000/.
I War with Bonaparte 1803 " 1814. . . . 206,300,000/.
' Two loans, 1813 21,000,000Z. and 22,000,000/.
■ War with Russia 1855 to 1856. . . . 16,000,000/.
For deficiency in revenue 1856 10,000,000/.
I [Last 2 taken by the Rothschilds alone.]
I By East India company 1858.... 8.000,000/.
A subscription loan (18,000, OOOZ.) for the war with France filled in
London in 15 hours and 20 minutes (Loyalty loans), 5 Dec. 1790.
French loan, on 9 July, 1855, for war with Russia. French legislature
authorized a loan of 750,000,000 francs (30,000,000Z. ). On the 30tli
the total subscribed in France amounted to 3,652,591,985 francs
(about 146,103,679^.), nearly 5 times the amount required; 2,533,-
888,4.50 francs were from Paris; from the departments, 1,118,703,-
535 francs. The number of subscribers was 316,864, and 231,920,-
155 francs were in subscriptions of 50 francs and under. About
600,000,000 francs came from foreign countries. The Englisli
subscription of 150,000,000 francs was returned. France raised a
loan of 20,000,OOOZ. for the Italian war from its own people without
difficulty. May, 1859.
Turkish loan in 1854 at l^ per cent., recommended by lord Palm
erston; a loan of 5,000,000/., at 4 per cent., secured by England
and France, taken by Rothschild, Aug. 1855, and rose to a small
premium.
French loan for 17,600,000Z. announced 29 Jan. 1868.
French loan for 2,000,000,000 francs (80,000,000/.); nearly twice
the amount subscribed in France, 28 June, 1871; another (of
120,000,000?. at 63^ per cent.), for payment of indemnity and
evacuation of provinces held by Germans; announced 26 July,
1872; above twice the amount subscribed. France.
Foreign Loans committee appointed to inquire concerning loans
to Honduras, Costa Rica, and Paraguay, report on the exaggerated
statements respecting revenues and resources of the states in pros-
pectuses, efforts of contractors to make fictitious markets, pro
ceedings on the stock-exchange to maintain prestige, secrecy
practised; " the best security against the recurrence of such e\'i s
will be found, not so much in legislative enactments as inenligni
enment of the public as to their real nature and origin, thus ren-
dering it more difficult for unscrupulous persons to carry out
schemes . . . which have ended in so much discredit and disas
ter,"July,, 1875.
lobby, a general name for persons not members of a
legislative body, who try to influence its action by appeals to
LOG
members. " Lobbying " is practised in many forms, and often
means no more than legitimate arguments addressed to repre-
sentatives or committees; but in common use the word often
suggests improper influences or even bribery. Professional
lobbyists are in general disrepute. An attempt has recently
been made in Massachusetts to remedy some of the evils of
lobbying by the recognition of legislative counsel, and the
regulation of their business by law.
local option, the relegation of the control of traffic
in intoxicating drinks to the popular vote of each county or
municipality. This principle has been tried in New York
and several other states with varying success.
LiOClllev'en ca§tle, Kinross, Scotland, built on an
isle in loch Leven, it is said by the Picts, was the royal resi-
dence of Alexander III. and his queen till taken to Stirling.
It was besieged by the English iu 1301, and in 1334. Patrick
(Jraham, first archbishop of St. Andrews, imprisoned for at-
tempting to reform the church, died here about 1478. The
earl of Northumberland was confined in it, 1569 ; queen Mary
in 1567, and she escaped from it Sunday, 2 May, 1568.
l0Ck§, early used by the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans,
and the Chinese. Denon has engraved an Egyptian lock of
wood. Du Cange mentions locks and padlocks as early as 1381.
Barron's locks (on the many-tumbler principle) were patented in
' 1778; Bramah's in 1788; and Chubb's " detector " locks in 1818.
LiOCO-fOCO, a transient local (New York) term applied
'to the Democratic party. Originated in New York city, Oct.
}1835, on account of the use of matches (loco-foco) by one of
,the Democratic factions (Anti-monopolists) to relight the
jlights extinguished at an evening meeting by the other fac-
{tion for the purpose of breaking up the meeting. At once
■the Whig newspapers dubbed the Anti - monopolists, Loco-
Ifocos, and it soon became one of the names applied to the
;Democracy generally by the New York Whigs. Lucifer
IMatchp:s.
! locoinotive§. Nkw Yokk, 1830; Pennsylvania,
;1829; United States, 1829-31.
' JLocri, a people of N. Greece, resisted Philip of Macedon,
jwere aided by Athenians and Thebans, and defeated by him
'at Chaeronea, 7 Aug. 338 b.c.
1 l0CUSt§, one of the plagues of Egypt, 1491 b.c. (Exod.
ix.). Owing to the putrefaction of swarms in Egypt and
Libya, 800,000 persons are said to have perished, 128 b.c.
iPalestine was infested with swarms that darkened the air ;
imd, after devouring the fruits of the earth, died, and their
itench caused a pestilential fever, 406 a.d. A similar catas-
trophe occurred in France in 873. A swarm of locusts settled
upon the ground about London, and consumed the vegetables;
l^reat numbers fell in the streets; they resembled grasshoppers,
[mt were 3 times the size, and their colors more variegated, 4
iA-ug. 1748. They infested Germany in 1749, Poland in 1750,
'md Warsaw in June, 1816. They are said to have been seen
in London in 1857. Russia was infested by them in July,
|1860; Algeria, severely, in 1866 and in 1874; Sardinia, in
11868 ; Kansas, Nebraska, and Minnesota, 1873-74. Nebras-
jiA, 1874-75.
Lo'di, a city of N. Italy. Napoleon Bonaparte, command-
ng the French, defeated the Austrians, under Beaulieu, after
;i bloody fight at the bridge of Lodi, 10 May, 1796. The re-
)ublican flag floated in Milan a few days after.
i log^, an apparatus for measuring the speed of a ship, con-
isting of a log-chip, reel, and line, used in navigation about
570; first mentioned by Bourne in 1577. The line was di-
>ided by knots into lengths of 50 feet, and the ship's speed
;vas measured by a sand-glass, which bore the same propor-
■ion to an hour that 50 feet bears to a nautical mile. It has
)een superseded by a patent log, which has come into general
ise within the last 20 years. The record of the speed of a
; hip, its location (latitude and longitude), etc., is termed the
og-book.
log'aritlinis, the indexes of the power of an assumed
•ase, tabulated to facilitate arithmetical operations, were in-
•ented by baron Napier of Merchiston, who published his
vork in 1614. The device was improved by Henry Briggs
t Oxford, who published tables, 1616-18. A method of com-
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putation by marked pieces of ivory discovered about the same
time ; they are called " Napier's bones."
log-cabin. The political canvas for president in 1840
is known as the log-cabin campaign. Gen. Wm. Henry Har-
rison, the Whig candidate, was represented as a plain farmer,
who in early life had lived in a log-cabin in Ohio; and such
cabins, in every form, were adopted as the party symbol.
log^ic, " the science of reasoning." Eminent works on
it are by Aristotle, Descartes; Bacon, "Novum Organon;"
Locke, " On the Understanding ;" and modern treatises by
abp. Whately, sir William Hamilton, and John Stuart Mill.
Earl Stanhope's Demonstrator, or Logical Machine, invented in the
latter part of the 18th century, was described by rev. Robert Har-
ley to the British Association, 19 Aug. 1878.
In his "Principles of Science," 1874, William Stanley Jevons de-
scribes his "Logical Abecediirium " and "Logical Slate."
G. Boole on " Laws of Thought," 1852.
J. Venn's "Symbolic Logic," July, 1881. Metaphysics, Philosophy.
lOg'Og^rapll, apparatus invented by W. H. Barlow,
about 1874, to record graphically the vibratory motions of
air-waves of speech.
lOg^'Ograpil'lC printings, in which each common
word was cast in one piece, was patented by Henry Johnson
and Mr. Walter of the London Times in 1783. Anderson's
" Historv of Commerce," vol. iv., was printed by these types
in 1789.'
log^-rolling', a common term in the United States for
legislative combinations. The early settlers helped one an-
other in clearing their land, by combining to roll the logs
away. When the supporters of 2 or more measures, in a leg-
islature or in congress, joined forces, and each set supported
the measure of the other in exchange for similar aid, the
union was called log-rolling. It is to prevent this that the
constitutions of many states forbid any enactment which con-
tains more than a single measure.
loi de§ §USpect§ (loa des sus-pekts'), enacted by the
French convention, 17 Sept. 1793, during the Reign of Ter-
ror, filled the prisons of Paris. The Public Safety bill, of a
similar character, was passed 18 Feb. 1858, after Orsini's at-
tempt on the life of Napoleon III.
LoUardS (by some derived from the German lollen, to
sing in a low tone), the name given to the first reformers of
the Roman Catholic religion in England, followers of Wycliffe.
The sect is also said to have been founded in 1315 by Walter
Lollard, who was burned for heresy at Cologne in 1322. The
Lollards are said to have devoted themselves to acts of mercy.
The first Lollard martyr in England was William Sawtree,
parish priest of St. Osith, London, 12 Feb. 1401, when the-
Lollards were proscribed by Parliament, and numbers burned
alive. Sir John Cobham, lord Oldcastle, a follower of Wycliffe,
was accused of treason and condemned, Sept. 1413. He es-
caped to Wales, was captured, brought to London, and burned,
25 Dec. 1418. Lollards' Tower, part of the bishop's prison,
was near St. Paul's, not Lambeth palace. — D?: Maitlund.
LiOm'bard merchanti, in England, were under-
stood to be natives of the 4 republics : Genoa, Lucca, Florence,
or "Venice. — AMderson. Lombard usurers were sent to Eng-
land by pope Gregory IX. to lend money to convents, commu-
nities, and persons who were not able to pay down the tenths
collected throughout the kingdom with great rigor that j'ear,
13 Hen. III. 1299. They had offices in the street named after
them to this day. Their usurious transactions caused their
expulsion from the kingdom in the reign of Elizabeth.
Lom'bardy, a province of N. Italy, derived its name
from the Langobardi, a German tribe from Brandenburg, said
(doubtfully) to have been invited into Italy by Justinian to
serve against the Goths. Their chief, Alboin, established a
kingdom which lasted from 568 to 774. The last king, Desi-
derius, was dethroned by Charlemagne. (For Lombard kings,
Italy.) About the end of the 9th century the chief towns of
Lombardy fortified themselves, and became republics. The first
Lombard league, consisting of Milan, Venice, Pavia, Modena,
etc., was formed to restrain the German emperors, in 1167. On
29 May, 1176, they defeated Frederick Barbarossa at Legnano,
and compelled him to sign the peace of Constance in 1183.
In 1226 another league was formed against Frederick II.,
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which was also successful. After this petty tyrants rose in
most of the cities, and foreign influence followed. The Guelph
and Ghibelline factions distracted Lombardy, and from the
15th century it was contended for by German and French
sovereigns. Austria obtained it in 1748, and held it till 1797,
when it was cotuiuered by the French, who incorporated it
with the Cisalpine republic, and in 1805 with the kingdom of
Italy. When the French empire fell, in 1815, the Lombardo-
Venetian kingdom was established by the allied sovereigns
and given to Austria, who had lost her Flemish possessions.
Lombardy and Venice revolted, and joined the king of Sar-
dinia in Mch. 1848 ; but did not support him well, and were
again subjected to Austria after his defeat at Novara, 23 Mch.
1849. An amnesty for political offences was granted in 1856.
Great jealousy of Sardinia was shown by Austria after 1849.
In 1857 diplomatic relations were suspended; and in Apr.
1859 war broke out, the Austrians crossing the Ticino and
entering Piedmont. The French emperor declared war against
Austria, and sent troops into Italy. The Austrians were de-
feated at Montebello, 20 May; Palestro, 30, 31 May; Magenta,
4 June; and Solferino, 24 June. By the peace of Villafranca
(11 July) most of Lombardy was ceded to Louis Napoleon,
who transferred it to the king of Sardinia. It now forms part
of the kingdom of Italy, to which Venetia was also surren-
dered by the treaty of Vienna, 3 Oct. 1867.
Lona'tO, a town near the city of Brescia, N. Italy. Here
Napoleon Bonaparte defeated Wurmser and the Austrians, 3
Aug. 1796.
London, the capital city of England, and the seat of
government of the British empire. The fables of Geoffrey of
Monmouth say that London was founded by Brute, a descend-
ant of the Trcjjan ^neas, and called New Troy, or Troy novant,
until the time of Lud, who surrounded it with walls, and gave
it the name of Caer Lud, or Lud's town, etc. — Leigh. Lud
was said to be a British king, buried where Ludgate formerly
stood; but all this is fabulous; the name London is from I Ji/n-
din, the " town on the lake." Some assert that a city existed
on the spot 1107 years before the birth of Christ, and 354 years
before the foundation of Rome; that it was the capital of the
Trinobantes, 54 B.C., and long previously. In 61 a.d. it was
known to the Romans as Lundinium, or Colonia Augusta,
chief residence of the merchants. The original walls of Lon-
don said to have been the work of Theodosius, Roman gov-
ernor of Britain, 379 ; but they are supposed to have been
built about 306. There were originally 4 principal gates, but
the number increased ; and among others were the Praetorian
way, Newgate, Dowgate, Cripplegate, Aldgate, Aldersgate,
Ludgate, Bridegate, Moorgate, Bishopsgate, and the Postern
on Tower hill. 8 gates were removed in 1760-61, and the
last of the city boundaries, Temple Bar (rebuilt 1670-72), was
removed early in Jan. 1878. London became the capital of
the Saxon kingdom of Essex, and was called Lundenceaster.
In 1860 London and the suburbs were estimated to cover 121
sq. miles (11 miles each way, being 3 times as large as in
1800) ; in 1880, 122 sq. miles. The metropolitan police dis-
trict, 1891, extends over a radius of 15 miles from Charing
Cross, exclusive of the city of London, 688.31 sq. miles. To-
tal mileage of streets patrolled, 8360. The population of the
metropolitan districts in 1851 was 2,362,236; in 1861, 2,808,-
862; in 1871,3,264,530; in 1881 (3 Apr.), 3,814,571 ; county
of London, 1891, 4,231,431; metropolitan and city police dis-
tricts, 1891, 5,633,332. The population of the " city" iu 1801,
156,859; in 1811, 120,909; in 1821, 125,434; in 1831, 125,574;
in 1841, 125,008; in 1851, 122,440; in 1861, 112,063; in 1871,
74,897; in 1881, .50,526; in 1891, 37,694. Day census, 25-30
Apr. 1881, 260,670 ; 1891, 301,384. The London county coun-
cil was constituted in common with county councils all over
England and Wales under the Local Government act of 1888.
It comprises a chairman, 19 aldermen, and 118 councillors.
The term of office for an alderman is 6 years, but 10 or 9
retire every alternate 3 years. Councillors are elected for 3
years directly by the rate payers, and the councillors elect the
aldermen. The positions of the aldermen and councillors are
the same, except as to the term of office. The first meeting
of the London county council was held 21 Mch. 1889.
Boadic6a, queen of the Iceni, reduces London to ashes, and puts
70,000 Romans and strangers to the sword 61
She is defeated by Suetonius, 80,000 Britons are massacred, and
she takes poison 6:
Bishopric said to have been founded by Theauus 17|
liOudou rebuilt and walled in by the Komans
Eight hundred vessels said to be employed in the port of l.on
don for llio export of corn 351
St. Paul's cliun-h founded by Ethelbert aljoul
Bishopric revived by St. Mellitus (K
London pillaged by Danes KW
Alfred repairs and strengthens London
Easterlings settle in London before <)
Tower built by William 1 1U7(
First charter granted to the city by the same king. 107J
[It is still preserved in the city archives. It is written in
beautiful Saxon characters, on a slip of i)archment (> inches
long and 1 broad, and is in English as follows: " William the
king greeteth William the bishop, and Godfrey the portreve,
and all the burgesses within Loudon, friendly. And I acquaint
you that I will that ye be all there law-worthy as ye were in
king Edward's days. And I will that every child be his
father's heir, after his father's days. And I will not suffer
that any man do you any wrong. God preserve you."]
Charter granted by Henry 1 110
St. Bartholomew's priory founded by Rahere about
London bridge built, 1014 ; burned 118
Charter granted by Henry II IIJ
Old London bridge begun 117
Henry Fitz- Alwyn, the first mayor (served 24 years) 118
Massacre of Jews
First stone bridge finished 12C
Charter of king John; mayor and common council to be elected
annually 121
[Stowe incorrectly states this charter to have been given
in 1209, but it bears date 19 May in the 16th year of John's
reign, which began in 1199. It was acted on, many mayors
holding ofHce for several years (see below, Whittington,
1409).]
Modern times, alderman Wood, 1815-16; sir John Key, 1830-31;
alderman Cubitt, 1861-62. The title of lord-mayor first be-
stowed by Edward III 135
Foreign merchants invited, settle here 1199-122
Charter of Henry III
Aldermen appointed about 124
Watch in London, 38 Hen. Ill 125
Privileges granted to Hanse merchants 12S
Tax called murage, to repair walls and ditches about ""
Water brought from Tyburn to West Cheap 128j^
Expulsion of Jews by Edward I. (16,511) 1290
Livery companies incorporated 1327
Charter granted by Edward III 1328
Terrible pestilence, 50,000 (?) citizens perish 134S
[It broke out in India, and spreading westward through
every country, reached England. In London the couimon
cemeteries were not sufflcient, and land without the walls
was assigned for burial. In the present precincts of the
Charterhouse upwards of 50,(J00 bodies were deposited. The
plague did not disappear till 1357. — Leigh.]
London sends 4 members to Parliament 1355
William of Walworth lord mayor 1380
Wat Tyler's rebellion (Tyler) 1381
Aldermen elected for life 1394
Great plague; 30,000 (?) died 1406
Whittington thrice lord mavor (in reality 4 times. — W/iitaker),
1397, 1398, 1406, 1409
Jack Cade's rebellion (Cade's insurrection) 1450
First civic procession on the water; sir John Norman lord
mayor 1^53
Falconbridge attempts the city 1471
Printing-press set up by Caxton "
Sweating sickness rages 1485
Fleet ditch navigable 1502
St. Paul's school founded by dean Colet 1509
Fatal sweat. Sudor Anglicus 1517
Evil May-day (so called from the riot of the populace in op-
position to foreigners, especially to the French. The leader
and 15 others were hanged, the others pardoned by king Henry
VIII. ) 1 May, "
Streets first paved ( Viner^s Stat. ) 1533
"Bills of mortality " ordered to be kept 1538
■Dissolution of religious houses 1539
St. Bartholomew's monastery changed to a hospital "
Forty taverns and public houses allowed in the city, and 3 in
Westminster, act 7 Edw. VI 1553
Christ's hospital founded by king Edward VI '|
Russian Trading company established
Coaches introduced about 1563
Royal Exchange built (Exchange) 1566
New buildings in London forbidden "where no former hath
been known to have been," to prevent increase of size 1580
[This decree was dated Nonesuch, 7 July, 1580, forbidding
new buildings where none had existed in the memory of
man. The extension of the metropolis was deemed to en-
courage the plague, create trouble in governing multitudes,
a dearth of victuals, multiplying of beggars, and inability to
relieve them ; an increase of artisans more than could live
together; impoverishing other cities for lack of inhabitants.
The decree asserted that lack of air, lack of room to walk
and shoot, etc. , arose out of too crowded a city. A procla-
mation to the same effect was also issued by James l.j
Levant company established • • ■!; q^
Thames water brought into the city by leaden pipes 15»0-»4
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453
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Norden's map of Loudon pub 1593
Stow publishes his survey 1598
Nearly all Loudon yet built of wood lOOO
East India company incorporated "
An ci)idemic, the Plague ; 30,578 persons said to have died. . . 1603
Gunpowder plot 1605
Thomas Sutton founds Charterhouse school, etc 1611
New river water brought to London 1613
Virginia company established 1616
Principal streets paved ■• . "
Hackney-coaches first plied 1625
Building of the western parishes, St.Giles's, etc begun 1640
City held for the Parliament 1642
London fortified 1643
Jews allowed to return to London by Cromwell 1650
Banking begun by Francis Child about 1660
Royal Society of London chartered 1662
Devastation of the Plague ; 68,596 persons said to have died. . 1665
Oxford, afterwards London Gazette, pub 7 Nov. "
Great fire of Loudon (Fires) 2-6 Sept. 1666
Act for a "new model of building" in the city "
Hudson's Bay company chartered. 1670
Mo.NUMEXT erected by Wren 1671-77
St. Paul's founded 21 June, 1675
Oates's pretended popish plot 1678
London directory pub 1679
Charier granted by Charles II 1680
Penny post established 1683
Settlement of French Protestants ; 1685
Charter declared forfeited, 1682; but restored 1689
Bank of England established 1694
St. Paul's opened 2 Dec. 1697
Sacheverell's sermon and mob (Riots) 1709
South Sea bubble begun, 1710; exploded (South Sea Compaxv), 1720
Chelsea water-works formed 1722
Bank of England built 1732-34
j Glass lamps in the street between 1694 and 1736
I Fleet ditch covered, and Fleet market opened 1737
j liOndon hospital instituted 1740
New Mansion-house founded, 1739; completed 1753
British museum established "
Society of Arts established "
New road, 1755-56 ; City road projected about 1760
Eight gates removed 1760-61
I Shop signs removed 1762
I Blackfriars bridge opened 19 Nov. 1769
i Lord mayor (Brass Crosby) committed to the Tower by the
1 House of Convmons for breach of privilege 27 Mch. 1771
iLord George Gordon's No popery mob (Gordon's riots). .June, 1780
I Building of Camden Town begun 1791
; Royal Institution of Great Britain founded 1799
jLondon docks opened 20 Jan. "
j London Institution founded 1805
illuminating gas first e.xhibited in Pall Mall 1807
; Mint finished 1811
iRegent street begun 1813
'City generally lighted with gas 1814
i Waterloo bridge opened 18 June, 1817
iSouthwark bridge opened 24 Mch. 1819
(Bank of England completed by sir John Soane 1821
ICabs introduced 1823
ILondon Mechanics' Institution founded "
iLondon university chartered 11 Feb. 1826
iNew post-office completed 1829
lOmnibuses introduced "
New metropolitan police began 29 Sept. "
jNew London bridge opened 1 Aug. 1831
(Houses of Parliament burned 16 Oct. 1834
'City of London school founded "
[First railway in the city (see below, Oct. 6, 1864) opened to Bir-
i mingham, 17 Sept. ; to Greenwich 28 Dec. 1838
[Penny postage begun 10 Jan. 1840
Railway to Southampton opened 11 May, "
'Wood pavement tried; fails 1841
■London library established "
Railway to Bristol opened 30 June, "
;^lackwall railway o[)ened 2 Aug. "
■iailway to Brighton opened 21 Sept. "
jrhames tunnel opened 25 Mch. 1843
r'LKET PRISON takcu down 1845
Penny steamboats begun "
pwopenny omnibuses begun 1846
"hartisl demonstration (Chartists) 10 Apr. 1848
'oal exchange opened 30 Oct. 1849
lailway opened to Warrington ; branch of Great Northern, Aug. 1850
Jreat exhibition opened, 1 May ; closed 11 Oct. 1851
)uke of Wellington d. 14 Sept. ; funeral at St. Paul's.. 18 Nov. 1852
letropolitan Local Management act passed 14 Aug. 1855
letropolitan Board of Works, first meeting 22 Dec. "
{oyal British Bank stops payment 4 Sept. 1856
Ictropolis divided into 10 postal districts 1 Jan. 1858
omplaiuts of the state of the Thames; act for its purification
passed 2 Aug. "
|lciropolitan railway (underground) begun spring of 1860
jieorge Peabody. American merchant, gives 150,000/ to ameli-
1 orate condition of poor of London 12 Mch. 1862
international Exhibition opens 1 May, "
'letropolitan railway opened 10 Jan. 1863
,'neumatic Despatch company begins to convey post-office
,^ags 21 Feb. "
liarmg Cross railway opened 11 Jan. 1864
First block of Peabody's dwellings in Si)italflelds opened, 29 Feb. 1864
First railway-train enters the city of London near Blackfriars
bridge 6 Oct. ' '
Black Friday; commercial panic; failure of Overend, Gurney
& Co. (limited). 10 May (Black Friday) 11 May, 1866
Estimated population of the "city " by day, 283,520; by night,
about 100,000 .Dec. "
Metropolitan Poor act passed 29 Mch. 1867
Midland counties railway station opened 1 Oct. 1868
Meeting to relieve sufferers by South American earthquake
(11.000/. collected) 13 oct. "
Peabody gives another 100,000/. for London poor 5 Dec. "
London Association for Prevention of Poverty and Crime
founded 17 Dec. "
Tolls on commercial roads, London, E., ceased 5 Aug. 1871
National thanksgiving for recovery of priuce of Wales; queen
and prince go to St. Paul's 27 Feb. 1872
Forgery on Bank of England of 80,000/. detected Mch. 1873
First Hospital Sunday 15 June "
First Hospital Saturday 17 Oct.' 1874
Freedom of city given to chief justice Cockburn (said to be the
first case of the kind) 9 Mch. 1876
Public meeting at Mansion-house respecting atrocities in BuL
garia (Turkey) 18 Sept. "
Great Eastern street (Shoreditch to Old street) opened. .12 Oct. "
Temple Bar removed 2-14 Jan. 1878
Great Eastern street completed and opened Aug. "
Waterloo bridge opened toll-free 5 Oct. "
City and Guilds of London Institute for Advancement of
Technical Education organized 11 Nov. "
City Church and Churchyard Protection Society formed.. Feb. 1879
New street, Shoreditch to Bethnal green opened (it completes
direct road from Oxford street to Old ford) '.29 Mch. "
Temple Bar memorial uncovered (Temple) 8 Nov. 1880
City of London college, near Moorgate street; foundation laid,
31 Mch. 1882
Attention to dwellings of "Outcast London " called by G. R.
Sims's " How the Poor Live," etc autumn, 1883
Meeting at Mansion-house to raise 50,000/. to aid the Beau-
mont legacy for an institution for instruction and recrea-
tion of people of East end 14 Dec. "
Remains of Roman architecture, etc., discovered by excava-
tions in Bevis Marks, E.C Aug. 1884
Common council authorize low-level bridge between the Tower
and Horsely-down, with lifting sections for passage of ships,
cost about 750,000/ 24 Oct. "
Tower Bridge act passed 14 Aug. 1885
Foundation-stone of Tower bridge laid by prince of Wales,
24 June, 1886
New City of London court opened by the lord mayor 6 Dec. 1888
Ball at the Mansion-house to celebiate the 700th anniversary
of the mayoralty 29 Oct. 1889
Freedom of the city given to Henry M. Stanley .13 May, 1890
Excavations for the post office; discoveries of Roman remains,
the town ditch, etc Sept. *'
City and South London Electric railway opened by prince of
Wales 4 Nov. "
Corporation medal commemorating foundation of mayoralty
in 1189 finished by Messrs. Kirkwood of Edinburgh Nov. "
Serious difficulty of Messrs. Baring (liabilities 21,000,000/.)
promptly assisted by Bank of England and by Bank of
France; panic averted 8-15 Nov. "
Telephone system, London and Paris, inaugurated 18 .Mch. 1891
Stuart Knill, Roman Catholic, elected lord mayor of London,
29 Sept. 1892
LoiKlon, Bishopric of, is said to have been founded in
the reign of Lucius, about 179, Theanus first archbishop.
Augustin made Canterbury the metropolitan see of England.
Mellitus was bishop in 604. The see has given to the church
of Rome 5 saints, and to the British realm 16 lord chancellors
and lord treasurers.
London bridge. One is said to have existed 978.
A bridge built of wood, 1014, was partly burned in 1136. The
late old bridge was commenced about 1176 by Peter of Cole-
church, and completed in 1209, with houses on each side,
connected together by arches of timber which crossed the
street. At its gate-houses were exhibited the heads of trai-
tors, etc., notably the head of sir William Wallace, 1305;
Simon Frisel, 1306; 4 traitor knights, 1397; lord Bardolf,
1408; BolingbrokCj 1440; Jack Cade, 1451 ; Fisher, bishop of
Rochester, 1535 ; sir Thomas More, 1535, and many others.
Fire at the South wark end brought crowds on the bridge;
houses at the north end caught fire and prevented escape,
and 3000 persons were killed, burned, or drowned July, 1212
Bridge restored in 1300, again destroyed by flre in 1471; 13
Feb. 1632, and Sept. 1725
All houses pulled down 1766
Water- works begun, 1582 ; destroyed by flre 1774
Toll discontinued 27 Mch. 1782
In 1822 the corporation advertised for designs for a new
bridge; that by John Rennie was approved, and the work
executed by his sons John and George. The first pile was
driven 200 feet west of the old bridge, 15 Mch. 1824; first
stone laid by lord mayor, alderman Garratt 15 June, 1825
Bridge opened by William IV. and his queen 1 Aug. 1831
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London company. Virginia, 160G, 1609, 1612.
London stone. A stone said to have been placed
by the Romans in Cannon street, then the centre of the city,
16 B.O. London stone was known before William I. It was
removed from the opjwsite side of the way in 1742, and again
to its present position in the wall of St. Swithin's church,
1798. Against this stone Jack Cade struck his sword, ex-
claiming, " Now is Mortimer lord of this city !" 1450.
Londonderry or Derry, N. Ireland, mentioned
546. An abbey here was burned by the Danes in 783. A
charter was granted to the London companies in 1615. The
town was surprised, and sir George Powlett, the governor, and
the entire garrison were put to the sword by rebels, in 1606.
It was besieged by O'Neill in 1641. A grant was made of
Derry, with 210,000 acres of land, to various companies in
London, in 1619, when it took its present name. The siege
of Derry by James II.'s army commenced 20 Apr. 1689. The
garrison and inhabitants were driven to the extremity of fam-
ine; but, under rev. George Walker, they defended it until the
siege was raised by gen. Kirke, on 30 July. James's army,
under the French general Kosen, retired with the loss of about
9000 men. Pop. 1891, 32,893.
Lone §tar, a secret society formed in 1848, in Ala-
bama and other southern states, for the " extension of the
institutions, power, influence, and commerce of the United
States over the whole of the western hemisphere, and the
islands of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans." The first acqui-
sitions to be made by the order were Cuba and the Sandwich
islands. Knights of the Golden Circle.
Long House, a name given to the confederate Five
Nations extending from Albany, N. Y., to lake Erie. The
Mohawks, the most eastern tribe, were called the " eastern
door," and the Senecas, the most western, the " western door."
The Great Council House (the Long House proper) and fire
was in the territory of the Onondagas, where the whole con-
federacy would convene on business of importance.
Long Island, Battle of, 27 Aug. 1776, between the
British troops under sir William Howe, and the Americans,
who suffered defeat, after a well-fought action, losing 500 men
killed and wounded and 1000 prisoners. Under a fog Wash-
ington crossed the East river before the British could take
advantage of their victory. New York.
Long Parliament met 3 Nov. 1640; was forcibly
dissolved by Cromwell 20 Apr. 1653.
longevity. Methuselah died aged 969, 3349 b.c. (Gen.
V. 27). Golour M'Crain, of the isle of Jura, one of the Hebri-
des, is mythically said to have kept 180 Christmases in his
own house, and died in the reign of Charles I, — Greig. " In
1014 died Johannes de Temporibus, who lived 361 years (!)."
— Slow. Thomas Parr, a laboring man of Shropshire, was
brought to London by the earl of Arundel in 1635, and said
to be in his 153d year and in perfect health ; he died 15 Nov.
in the same year. Henry Jenkins, of Yorkshire, died in 1670,
and was buried in Bolton churchyard, 6 Dec, aged 169 years (?).
The researches of sir G. Cornewall Lewis, prof. Owen, Wm. J.
Thorns (in his " Human Longevity," May, 1873), and others,
have disproved many alleged cases of longevity ; and few state-
ments of lives extending beyond a century can be relied on.
There were no records of baptism till the 16th century.
Died ALLEGED INSTANCES. Aged
1656. James Bowles, Killingworth 152
1691. Lady Eccleston, Ireland. 143
1759. James Sheil, Irish yeoman 136
1766. Col. Thomas Winslow, Ireland 146
1772. Mrs. Clum, Lichfield 138
1774. William Beeby, Dungarvon (an ensign who served at the
battles of the Bovne and A ughrim) 130
1780. Robert MacBride, Herries 130
'• William Ellis, Liverpool 130
1785. Cardinal de Solis 110
1797. Charles Macklin, actor, London 107
1806. Mr. Creeke, of Thurlow 125
" Catherine Lopez, of Jamaica 134
1813. Mrs. Meighan, Donoughmore 130
1814. Mary Innes, isle of Skye 127
1816. Jane Lewson, Coldbath fields, Clerkenwell 116
1840. Martha Rorke, of Dromore, county of Kildare, 27 Aug 133
1853. Mary Power (aunt of rev. Lalor Sheil), Ursuline convent,
Cork, 20 Mch 116
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1858. James Nolan. Knockardrane, Carlow '
1874. Anthony Boresford (b. 8 Feb. 1772), d. at Alstonflold, 3
Mch. (authentic) .,
1875. Count .Jean Fred. Waldcck, painter; b. at Prague, 16 Mch.
1766; d. at Paris, 29 Apr
" Jacob Wm. Liining, at Morden college \{
1876. Madame Hulsenslein, said to have been maid oflwnor to
the empre.ss Maria Theresa ij
" Elizabeth Abbott, Ipswich, said to be l|
1877. Pleasance, widow of sir James E. Smith, botanist (b. 11
May, 1773; d. 3Feb.) ic
" Eunice Bagster, wife of Samuel, Bible bookseller, London,
22 Aug 1^
1878. Thomas Budgen, SpitalHelds, London, 4 Aug
1879. Jane Hooper, St. Pancras, London id
" Rev. Canon Beadon, Stoneham l|
" Margaret Crook, Durham
1880. Sarah Way, Bristol 104 and 9 montl]
" Johannette Polack (b. at Genth), Wiesbaden, 101 and 5 montl
1881. Martha Gardner, Liverpool, 10 Mch 104 and 5 month
" Fanny Bailey, Worthing, 6 Apr 103 and 6 month
1885. Sir Moses Mouteflore (b. 26 Oct. 1784) 100 and 9 moutl
EXAMPLES FURNISHED BY DR. J. WEBSTER, F.R.8.
Died Buried at
1652. Dr. W. Meade, Ware, Herts, Engl 14
1711. Mrs. Scrimshaw, Rosemary lane, London
1739. Margaret Patten, Christchurch, Westminster, London....
1741. John Rovin, Temesvar, Hungary
1757. Alexander M'Cullough, Aberdeen, Scotland
1759. Donald Cameron, Rannach, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
1763. Mrs. Taylor, Piccadilly, London
1766. John Mount, Langham, Dumfries, Scotland
" John Hill, Leadhills, near Edinburgh, Scotland
1771. Mr. Whalley, Rotherhithe, London
1775. Widow Jones, Campbell
1780. Mr. Evans, Spitalflelds, London
1784. Mary Cameron, Braemar, Aberdeen, Scotland
1791. Archbd. Cameron, Keith, Aberdeenshire, Scotland...
1851. Jean Golembeski, Hotel des Invalides, Paris
longevity in the United States. The census repo^
show the number of inhabitants 100 years of age and over]
follows : Male. Female.
1850, pop. 23,191,876 {Ked:;;; i". i:;;; ! S
Total.
1860, pop. 31,443,321.
(White 385
j Colored 799
(Indians 49
430
1048
1478=
542
1141
37
.2556
1870, pop. 38,558,371.
1880, pop. 50,155,783.
Total 1233 1720=2953;
Native white 259 383
Foreign born white. . 135 187
Colored 885 1652
Indians 7 14
Total 1286 2236=3622
(Native white 237 355
\ Foreign born white. . 156 207
(Colored 1016 2045
Total 1409 2607=4016
[Note.— The Census Bureau not being ready to furnish the sta-
tistics on longevity for 1890 at the time of going to press, an ap-
proximate estimate is given of the total number of inhabitants 100
years of age and over for 1890 as between 4500 and 4600.]
Joseph Crele, said to have been born in Detroit, Mich., in 1725,
died in Caledonia, Wis., 27 Jan. 1866, the oldest man known to
have lived in America. The record of his baptism is shown in
the French Catholic church at Detroit. He married his first wife
in 1756, and was married twice afterwards. By his third wife he
had a daughter born when he was 69 years of age.
RECENT CASES. Aged
Gabriel, the famous mission Indian, Salinas, Cal 151 (?)
Mrs. Eva B. Hart, near Syracuse, N. Y 113
Nancy Britt Kennedy, Augusta, Me., reported 118
" Archibald Andrews, Hillsboro, N.C., oldest man in the
state 107
" Mary O'Connor, Elizabeth, N. J lOi
" Mrs. Phoebe Campbell, Dexter, Me 102
" Col. Whitney, Franklin Grove, III. (one of the oldest mem-
bers of the Masons in the world) lOf,
" Nathan L. Fisk, St. Croix Falls, Wis. (school-mate of pres. i
Pierce) 10(
" Elizabeth M. Proctor, Salem, Mass 10<
1892. John Reese, Bolivar, Pa. (the oldest iron-worker in the
U.S.)..... iw
" Keziah Randall, Mattaponsett, Mass 10."
" Mrs. Sarah Shepard, Brazil, Ind 10'
longitude (Lat. hngitmlino, from longus, long, distant
on the surface of the earth measured east or west from a certaii
meridian). To the ancient Greeks, confined between the coI(
north and the heat of the tropical south, the habitable earti
seemed to extend limitlessly east and west. Hence they consid
ered the earth as a plain extending in length east and west, ani
Died
1890.
1891.
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455
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in breadth north and south ; and the conception remains to us in
the terms longitude and latitude. Longitude first determined
by Hipparchus, at Nice, who fixed the first degree in the Ca-
naries, 162 B.C. The lines of longitude are termed meridians,
because every point along each of them has its midday meridies
at the same moment. These imaginary lines, by crossing the
equator and passing through both poles, divide the earth into
an eastern and a western hemisphere, and the distances be-
tween them are measured by degrees, each ^\^ part of the
circumference. A degree of longitude at the equator is 69
statute miles, and narrows at the poles to 0. Each degree
represents 4 minutes of time, so that difference in longitude is
easily determined from difference in time. Globe, Harki-
son's timepiece, Latitude, Maps.
Long^obar'cli. Lombardy.
L<OIlg;wood, in St. Helena (S. Atlantic ocean), the res-
idence of the emperor Napoleon from 10 Dec. 1815, till his
death, 5 May, 1821.
Lookout Mountaill, Battle of. Chattanooga
CAMPAIGN.
loom, a machine for weaving yarn or thread into fabric,
,was used by the early Egyptians and Greeks. Penelope, the
wife of Ulysses, replies to her suitors :
I " Young i)riuces who are come to woo me since Ulysses is no more
[ . . urge me not, I pray, to marriage till I finish in the loom . . .
\i funeral vesture for the hero chief LaGrtes. " — Odyssey.
iFhe weaver's, otherwise called the Dutch, loom was brought
{into use in London from Holland, about 1676. The first pat-
ient fur a power-loom was taken out in England by the rev.
■Edmund Cartwright, in 1785. Later, Jacquard of Lyons,
•Prance, Roberts of Manchester, Engl., greatly improved the
oom, while E. B. Bigelow invented and introduced at Lowell,
Mass., the carpet power-loom ; and William and George Crorap-
lon, father and son, at Worcester, Mass., invented and improved
i patented 1837) the loom now bearing their name for weaving
fancy woollens (making the first fancy cassimeres ever made
)y machinery) ; and later Lj'all of New York invented the
;)ositive-motion loom, one of the greatest inventions for weav-
ing yet produced.
! Lopez (lo'.pSs) expeclUion§. Filibusters.
: Lord (Lady). When printed in the English Bible in
Imall capitals, Lord stands for Jehovah, the self-existing
;lod, the name first revealed to Moses, 1491 b.c. (Exod. vi. 3).
iVhen Lord is in ordinary type, it represents Adonai, lord or
in aster.
Lord's Day act, 29 Charles n. c. 7. Sabbath.
\ Lord's supper, instituted by Jesus Christ (Matt.
i.xvi. 17), 33. Sacrament, Transubstantiation.
t lords. The nobility of England date their creation from
j066, when William Fitz-Osborn is said to have been made
larl of Hereford by William L ; and afterwards Walter d'Ev-
feux, earl of Salisbury ; Copsi, earl of Northumberland; Hen-i
ff de Ferrers, earl of Derby ; and Gerodus (a Fleming), earl
f Chester. 22 other peers were made in this sovereign's
Jign. The first peer created by patent was lord Beauchamp
r Holt castle, by Richard H., in 1387. In Scotland, Gilchrist
I as created earl of Angus by Malcolm HL, 1037. In ft-eland,
|r John de Courcy was created baron of Kinsale, etc., in 1181 ;
he first peer after that kingdom was acquired by Henry II.
jeers of England are free from arrests for debt, as being the
ling's hereditary counsellors; therefore a peer cannot be out-
wed in a civil action, and no attachment lies against his
Brson ; but execution may be taken upon his lands and
pods. For the same reason he is free from attendance at
)urts leet or sheriffs' turns; or, in case of riot, from attend-
g the posse comitatus. He can act as justice of the peace
any part of the kingdom. Baron, Earl, etc.
Lords, House of. The peers of England were summoned
i consulendum, to consult, in early reigns, and by writ, 6 and
John, 1205 ; but the earliest writ extant is 49 Hen. IIL
!65. The commons did not form a part of the great council
I the nation until some ages after the Conquest. Parlia-
ENT. The House of Lords includes the spiritual as well as
jmporal peers of (ireat Britain. The bishops are supposed
hold ancient baronies under the king, in right whereof they
have seats in this house. Some temporal lords sit by descent,
some by creation ; others by election, since the union with
Scotland in 1707, and with Ireland, 1801. Scotland elects 16
representative peers for each Parliament, and Ireland 28 tem-
poral peers for life. The number of names on the " roll " was
401 in 1830, 457 in 1840, 448 in 1850, 458 in 1860, 503 in
1877, and 559 in 1891. About two thirds of these hereditary
peerages were created in the present century. The 4 oldest
existing peerages in the House of Lords, excluding royal and
ecclesiastical, date from the 13th century, 5 from the 14th, 10
from the 15th. There are also 6 Peeresses in their own
right in the United Kingdom, and 3 Scotch peeresses, and 20
Scotch and 64 Irish peers who are not peers of Parliament.
For dates of dignities see Duke, Earl, Marquis.
King, barons, and clergy enact the constitutions of Clarendon. 1164
Obtain Magna Charta 1215
Held the government 1264-65
House of Lords abolished by commons 6 Feb. 1649
" " met again.., 25 Apr. "
With commons make William and Mary king and queen 1689
Reject the Reform bill, 7 Oct. 1831 ; pass it 4 June, 1832
Parliament house destroyed by fire 16 Oct. 1834
Take possession of new house 15 Apr. 1847
Oppose successfully creation of life peerages 7 Feb. 1856
Voting by proxy abolished by standing order 31 Mch. 1868
New regulations respecting committees 2 Apr. "
Six new peers gazetted 17 Apr. "
Bankrupt peers not to sit or vote, decided 10 Feb. ; settled by
act I3 July, 1871
That peers cannot vote for M.P.'s affirmed by court of com-
mon pleas on appeal. 15 Nov. 1872
Two peers for life may be created by her majesty as lords oi
appeal in ordinary, to aid the House of Lords; as a court of
ultimate appeal (Supreme Court).
Lords Blackburn and Gordon created peers for life 5 Oct. 1876
Entitled to sit and vote in Parliament while appeal judges;
first sitting 21 Nov. "
Lord Rayleigh (said to be) the first peer elected a professor of
physics (at Cambridge) 12 Dec. 18T9
LorettO, a city near Ancona, Italy. Here is the Casa
Santa, or Holy House, said to have been the Virgin Mary's
home at Nazareth, carried by angels into Dalmatia from Gali-
lee in 1291, and brought here a few years after. The Lady
of Loretto, gaudily dressed, stands upon an altar holding the
infant Jesus in her arms, surrounded by gold lamps. Loretto
was taken by the French in 1797 ; the holy image, carried
to France, was brought back with pomp, 5 Jan. 1803.
L'Orieilt, a seaport town of W. France. Lord Bridport,
off this port, defeated the French fleet, 23 June, 1795. The
loss of the French was severe; that of the British inconsider-
able.—The French flag-ship L'Orient blew up during the bat-
tle of the Nile, 1 Aug. 1798. Admiral Brueys and about 900
men perished. Mrs. Hemans has commemorated this event
in her poem " Casablanca."
Lorraine (Lat. Lotharingia), formerly 'a French,
now partly a German, province, became a kingdom under
Lothaire (son of the emperor Lothaire I.) about 855; and was
divided at his death, in 869, part of it being made a duchy.
From the first hereditary duke, Gerard, nominated by the em-
peror Henry III. in 1048, descended the house of Lorraine, rep-
resented now by the emperor of Austria, whose ancestor, the
empress Maria Theresa, married in 1736 Francis, formerly duke
of Lorraine, then of Tuscany. Lorraine, given to the dethroned
king of Poland, Stanislaus I., for life, was at his death, in 1766,
united to France. Nancy. Lorraine was the seat of war in
Aug. 1870, and about the 5th part, including Metz and Thion-
ville, was annexed to Germany at the peace, 26 Feb. 1871.
lots. Casting lots, as an appeal to God, was sacred
among the Jews, Prov. xvi. 33. It was employed in the di-
vision of the land of Canaan, about 1444 B.C., by Joshua (xiv.) ;
in casting Jonah into the sea (Jonah i. 7) ; and in the election
of Matthias the apostle, 33 a.d. (Acts i.). Lots for life or death
have been frequently cast. For an instance, Wales, 1649.
lotteries originated in ancient Rome and gradually
extended throughout Italy. The great cities of the Italian
republics, Venice, Genoa,' Pisa, Florence, etc., applied the
lotterv principle to encourage the sale of merchandise early in
the 16th century. From Italy they were introduced into
France and Germany. Were universal throughout the United
States in its early history. They are now prohibited in most
states and territories by the constitution and laws.
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Legalized In France to help defray tlie expenses of the govern -
meut early in 1539
First rueulioued in Rnglisb history took )>lace, day and night,
at the western door of St. Paul's cathedral; it contained
40,000 "lots" at 10«. each lot; profits were for repairing
the harbors; the prizes were pieces of plate,
11 Jan. -6 May, 1569
In great favor in France during reign of Louis XllI 1610 et seq.
l,ottery, granted by James 1. of Kugland in favor of the colo-
ny of Virginia (prizes, pieces of plate), drawn near St. Paul's.
29 June-20 July, 1612
First lottery in F.ngland for sums of money took place 1630
Lotteries established in Kugland (for more than 130 years
yielded a large annual revenue to the crown 1693
Lotteries sanctioned by edicts, Louis XIV. of France 1700
[This greatly increased private lotteries.]
Ix>tteries prohibited by poi>e Benedict Xlll 1724-30
Lotteries sanctioned by pope Clement XII 1730-40
Lottery for the British museum 1753
Cox's museum, London, conUining many rare specimens of
art, disposed of by lottery 1773
An act passed for the sale of the buildings of the Adelphi,
London, by lottery 16 June, "
[During this period lotteries became.very popular in France,
and gradually assumed an important place in the govern-
ment finance; although protested against, they had the sup-
port of Mazarin and Pontchartrain, and thus raised the ex-
penses of the war of the Spanish Succession. During this
period there were lotteries for the benefit of religious com-
munities and charity.]
To replace all private lotteries in France, the Royal lottery
(Loterie Royale) was established by the famous decree of
30 June, 1776
French convention abolished lotteries 12 Nov. 1793
Restored them in part 18 Apr. 1794
Restored them fully 1 Oct. 1797
Lottery for the Pigott diamond permitted in England, 2
Jan. 1801; it sold at Christie's auction for 9500 guineas,
10 May, 1802
For the collection of pictures of alderman Boydell, by act 1804-5
Lotteries abolished, 6 Geo. IV. c. 60, Oct. ; last drawn. . .18 Oct. 1826
Act passed declaring that the then pending Glasgow lottery
should be the last 1834
Act passed imposing a penalty of 50Z. for advertising lotteries
in the newspapers 1836
Lotteries partly suppressed in France, 1832; wholly so "
Lotteries for the assistance of charity and the fine arts, how-
ever, can be held in France under the law of. 29 May, 1844
Mr. Dethierss twelfth-cake lottery, Argyll-rooms, Hanover
square, London, suppressed 27 Dec. 1860
Twelve million national lottery tickets of one franc each, sold
at Paris to pay for prizes to exhibitors, and expenses of
working-men visitors, 1878; 1st prize worth 5000Z., 2d, 4000^.,
3d and 4th 20001. ; total 230,000 rewards; drawing began,
26 Jan. 1879
M. de Lesseps proposes a lottery loan for the purpose of raising
funds for the Panama canal Jan. 1888
Paniima Lottery Loan bill passed the French deputies, 28 Apr.,
the .senate, 5 June; retarded and stopped July et seq. "
Louisiana State lottery was chartered in 1868 and established in
New Orleans, to run 25 years from 1 Jan. 1869, and to pay $40,000
a year to charity. The ex confederate gens. Beauregard and
Early were paid $10,000 a year for the use of their names. After
a protracted struggle against the moral sentiment of the country
and the post-office, which refused in 1885 to deliver its mails, etc.,
it was finally driven from the city and state. Its prosperity was
at its height from 1876-82. It is supposed to have collected from
the people $300,000,000.
IOtll§, a prickly shrub or tree from 15 to 20 feet high
(the jujube-tree), bearing a fruit of a sweet taste, mentioned
by Herodotus. Extravagant tales were current among the
Greeks of the marvellous power of the lotus; thus Ulysses
narrates :
" Whoever tasted once of that sweet food
Wished not to see his native country more.
Nor give his friends the knowledge of his fate."
—Homer, "Odyssey," ix. 116-18 (Bryant's transl).
And Tennyson :
" The mild eyed, melancholy lotus-eaters came.
Branches they bore of that enchanted stem.
Laden with flower and fruit, whereof they gave
To each, but whoso did receive of them,
And taste, to him the gushing of the wave
Far far away did seem to mourn and rave
On alien shores." — "The Lotos- Eaters."
This must not be confounded with the Egyptian plant that
grows in the Nile.
LiOUisburg, a French fortress on the island of cape
Breton, gulf of St. Lawrence; built by the French, 1713; capt-
ured by the colonists, 1745-58. French in America, Mas-
sachusetts.
lOUii-d'or, a French gold coin of 24 francs, first struck
by Louis XIII. in 1640; it was not legal, 1795-1814; super-
seded by the napoleon, 1810.
IjOUisiaiia, the central gulf state of the United State
has for its southern boundary the gulf of Mexico, and sout
of 31° N. it extends from t\M
Sabine river on the west to th
Pearl river on the east, abo
250 miles. North of 31° }■
lat. its eastern boundary is th
Mississippi river, which scp
arates it from Mississippi, an
the Sabine river and Tex
form its western boundarj^
That portion of the state ly
ing east of the Mississippi rive
is bounded on the north b
the state of Mississippi, am
that west of the Mississipp
river by Arkansas. Its lat. is 28° 56' to 33° N., and Ion. 89
to 94° W. Area, 45,420 sq. miles, in 99 parishes; pop. 189<!
1,118,587. Capital, Baton Rouge. It differs from the othe
states in that its jurisprudence is based on the Roman or civi
law instead of the common law of England, and the countie
are called parishes.
Robert Cavalier de la Salle descends the Mississippi to its
mouth, names the country Louisiana, and takes possession
in the name of the king of France 9 Apr. 168
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville enters the Mississippi 2 Mch. 169t
D'Iberville, having settled Biloxi, sails for France, leaving his
lieutenant, Sauvolle de la Villantry, in command 3 May, "
Jean Baptist Le Moyne Bienville (b. Montreal, 23 Feb. 1680),
brother of D'lberville,^ returning from an expedition north of
lake Pontchartrain, finds an English ship at the mouth of the
Mississippi, which sails away after being notified by Bien-
ville that France had taken possession 16 Sept.
Sauvolle appointed governor of Louisiana 7 Dec.
D'Iberville returns from France in company with Bienville,
and establishes a fort on the Mississippi, where they are
visited by the Chevalier de Tonti 17 Jan. 17
Sauvolle dying, Bienville succeeds him 2'2 Aug. 17
De Muys, appointed governor-general of Louisiana, dies on his
way from France, and Bienville continues in command 17(
King grants to sieur Antony Crozat exclusive trading rights in
Louisiana for 10 years 14 Sept. IT
Lamothe Cadillac arrives from France as governor, and ap-
points Bienville lieutenant 17 May, 1711
Bienville makes peace with the Choctaw Indians 1715
Gov. Cadillac, in search of silver, goes to the Illinois country
and incurs the enmity of the Natchez Indians "
Bienville ascends the Mississippi to subject the Natchez, and
establishes fort Rosalie in their country Apr. 1716
M. de I'Epinay arrives as governor from France 9 Mch. 1717
Crozat surrenders his trading privilege to the king 23 Aug. "
Company of the W^est chartered to foster and preserve the col-
ony 6 Sept. "
Three French vessels arrive with 69 colonists and troops and
Bienville's commission as governor of Louisiana 9 Feb. 1718
Fort Naquitoches on the Red river established by M. Bienville, "
New Orleans founded by Bienville "
Eighty girls from a house of correction in Paris arrive in
charge of 3 Ursuline nuns Feb. 1721
Balize or buoy established at the mouth of the Mississippi 1722
Company of Germans, settlers on John Law's grant (Law's
bubble) on the Arkansas river, descend the river to near
New Orleans and locate there "
Seat of government removed to New Orleans 1723
Black code for punishing slaves promulgated by Bienville 1724
Bienville recalled to France; Perier becomes commander-gen-
eral 9 Aug. 1726
Some Jesuits and Ursuline nuns arrive at New Orleans, and
a nunnery is erected 1727
Arrival of a cargo of girls sent from France by the company,
each provided with a small casket of wearing apparel 1728
[Known as '-Filles a la Cassette" or casket girls.]
Chevalier Lonbois, with allied French and Choctaws, advances
against Natchez Indians, who had massacred the garrison of
fort Rosalie and occupied it; the Indians desert the fort and
200 prisoners in it : Jan. 1730
M. Perier makes another expedition against the Natchez and
secures their chief Great Sun and others 24 Jan. 1731
[Great Sun died a prisoner, the others were sold as slaves
to St. Domingo.]
Company of the West surrenders its charter to the king, 23 Jan. "
Superior Council of Louisiana reorganized by letters patent;
Perier continued in office 7 May, 1732
Settlement at Baton Rouge 1733
Bienville reappointed governor "
Bienville repulsed in an expedition against the Chickasaw Ind-
ians 26 May, 1736
Second expedition of Bienville against the Chickasaws, who
sue for peace 1740
Marquis de Vaudreuil appointed governor; Bienville returns
to France. 10 May, 1743
Marquis de Vaudreuil marches against the Chickasaws; unable
to take their towns, he garrisons the fort on the Tombigbeo
erected by Bienville, and returns to New Orleans 1753
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Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Kerlerec, succeeds Vaudreuil,
who was appointed governor of Canada 9 Feb. 1754
First arrival of Acadians at New Orleans; they are sent to At-
takapas and Opelousas (Acadia) 1756
M. Dubreuil erects a sugar mill in New Orleans (cane-growing
having been started by the Jesuits in 1751) 1758
Garrison effort Du Quesue flee towards New Orleans, evacuat-
ing and setting fire to the fort 24 Nov. "
Frame cedes Louisiana to Spain, and to England all east of the
Mississippi river except the island of New Orleans, and makes
the Mississippi free to both nations 3 Nov. 1762
Kerlerec succeeded by D'Abadie as director- general, who ar-
rives at New Orleans 29 June, 1763
Delegates from all parts of the parish at New Orleans elect
Jean Milhet to petition the king that the province be not
severed from France "
English troops occupy Baton Rouge Feb. 1764
Nyon de Villiers, who was iu command, abandons the Illinois
district and reaches New Orleans 2 July, "
D'Abadie dies and is succeeded by Aubrey 4 Feb. 1765
Large colony of Acadians from Maine arrive Feb. 1766
Antonio d'Ulloa lands at New Orleans with civil officers and
soldiers to take possession of the province 5 Mch. "
Decree dictated by Ulloa and proclaimed by Aubrey, that all
captains of vessels from France or St. Domingo report to
Ulloa on arrival with bills of lading and passports, and that
I the agents for sale of cargo submit to competent examiners
i the prices they propose to sell at, subject to reduction by
the examiners if too high 6 Sept. "
' An address to the superior council signed by nearly 600 men
i claims freedom of commerce with the ports of France and
j America, and demands the expulsion of Ulloa; it was adopt-
! ed by the council' , .25 Oct. 1768
i Ulloa, enjoined to leave the city, flees to Havana. The French
flag is displayed, Aubrey and Foucault(a leader in the revo-
lution) are summoned to govern the colony as before, and
the people institute a republic 29 Oct. "
Don Alexander O'Reilly, captain general, lands at the Balize,
and demands the government in the name of Spain,
28 July, 1769
O'Reilly, with 24 Spanish vessels, appears before New Orleans,
lands 2600 Spanish troops, and assumes possession of Lou-
isiana 18 Aug. "
Nine leaders of the revolution arrested and brought before gen.
O'Reilly; commissary Foucault sent to France and thrown
into the Bastile 21 Aug. "
I Six leaders of the revolution are imprisoned, and 6 sentenced
I to be hung are shot, no hangman being found 25 Oct. "
j O'Reilly abolishes by proclamation the superior council, and
substitutes a cabildo of 6 perpetual regidors, 2 ordinary al-
; caldes, and an attorney-general syndic over which the gov-
! ernor presides 25 Nov. "
j Black Code re-enacted by proclamation of O'Reilly 1770
O'Reilly delivers up the government to don Luis de Unzaga,
29 Oct. "
Unzaga appointed captain-general of Caraccas, don Bernardo
de Galvez assumes the government 1 Feb. 1777
Galvez by proclamation grants privilege of trading with any_
\ part of the U. S 20 Apr. 1778
jSettlement called New Iberia on the Bayou Teche by about
j 500 immigrants from Canary islands Jan. 1779
IGalvez captures Baton Rouge from the British. . . .- 21 Sept. "
iGalvez moves against fort Charlotte on the Mobile river and
1 captures it 14 Mch. 1780
jJohn James Audubon born at New Orleans 4 May, "
^Galvez invests Fensacola, which capitulates 9 May, 1781
Father Cirilo, a Spanish Capuchin, made bishop of Louisi-
ana "
•Treaty of peace at Paris between Great Britain, Spain, and the
, U. S 3 Sept. 1783
[Galvez succeeds his father in the vice-royalty of Mexico in 17«5;
f don Estevan Miro acts in his place and receives his com-
I mission as governor 2 June, 1786
!Gen. James Wilkinson reaches New Orleans in June with a
\ small cargo of tobacco and other goods. Perhaps to advance
i mercantile schemes he has interviews with gov. Miro and
; professes accord with him in seeking a rupture between the
I western and eastern U. S., and increase of Spanish power in
j^ America. He returns to Philadelphia Sept. 1787
(Settlers from western North Carolina arrive, after failure to
. erect the state of Frankland Mch. 1789
l?rench refugees fVom San Domingo reach New Orleans,
and a few of them open the first regular theatre in the
L^ city 1791
Jon Franfois Louis Hector, baron de Carondelet, succeeds
Miro as governor and intendant of Louisiana Jan. 1792
;)on Louis de Penalvert appointed bishop of Louisiana and
Florida I794
'ublicatiou of the first newspaper in Louisiana, Le Moniteur
de la Louisiane "
fenet, the French ambassador to the U. S., plans an expedition
i against the Spanish dominions, and a society of French Ja-
' cobins in Philadelphia addresses an inflammatory circular to
I the French in Louisiana "
j' Canal Carondelet," from New Orleans to lake Pontchartrain,
i projected, begun, and abandoned by gov. Perier in 1727; re-
! commenced and completed 1795
itienne de Bor^ succeeds in producing sugar from cane, be-
gmning a new industry "
iJ treaty Spain grants the U. S. "the right to deposit their
merchandise and effects at New Orleans for the space of 3
15*
years, and at the end of that time to continue, or an equiva-
lent establishment to be assigned at some other point on the
Mississippi river " 27 Oct. 1795
Spanish commissioner don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos. and
U. S. commissioner Andrew Ellicot, meet at Natchez to define
the boundary between Spanish and U. S. possessions,
24 Feb. 1797
Carondelet refuses to surrender the posts on the Mississippi,
hoping for a separation of the western U. S. from the east-
ern "
Carondelet appointed governor of the Mexican provinces; don
Manuel Gayoso de Lemos succeeds in Louisiana 1 Aug. "
Don Juan Ventura Morales, Spanish intendant, refuses a place
of deposit to U. S. citizens in New Orleans 1799
On the death of Gayoso the marquis de Casa-Calvo succeeds
as governor, and don Ramon de Lopez y Angullo as inten-
dant of Louisiana 18 July, "
By a secret treaty at St. Hdefonso the king of Spain retrocedes
Louisiana to France 1 Oct. 1800
Treaty at Madrid confirms treaty of St. Hdefonso 21 Mch. 1801
Right of deposit restored to the people of the U. S "
I}on Juan Manuel de Salcedo arrives as governor of Louisi-
ana and Florida, Morales succeeds Lopez as intendant,
15 June, "
By proclamation of Morales, citizens of U. S. are refused de-
posit in New Orleans, and importation in American bottoms
is prohibited Oct. 1802
Morales, fearing famine in the province, disregards his regula-
tion and annuls the prohibition 1803
Laussat, the prefect appointed by Napoleon, arrives at New
Orleans 26 Mch. "
By treaty at Paris, Napoleon cedes Louisiana to the U. S. for
60,000,000 francs • .30 Apr. "
Casa Calvo and Salcedo, Spanish commissioners, present the
keys of New Orleans to citizen Laussat, who takes possession
of Louisiana in the name of France 30 Nov. "
Gen. James Wilkinson encamps on the Mississippi near
New Orleans, and the Spanish troops sail for Havana,
18 Dec. "
Citizen Laussat as commissioner for France delivers New Or-
leans to gen. Wilkinson and W. C. C. Claiborne as commis-
sioners for the U. S., leaving left bank of lakes Borgne and
Pontchartrain to the Spanish 20 Dec. "
Congress divides Louisiana into a southern territory of Or-
leans, and a northern district of Louisiana 26 Mch. 1804
Territorial government in Orleans begins; William C. C. Clai-
borne governor 1 Oct. "
Vessel bringing nearly 200 French prisoners of the British
government, who had captured the ship, gov. Claiborne re-
fuses to allow it to ascend the river; the French desert the
ship, which is seized by the U. S. marshal at request of Brit-
ish claimants 3 Nov. "
New Orleans chartered as a city "
Territorial government giving the people no power, the "mer-
chants, planters, and other inhabitants of Louisiana" peti-
tion Congress, declaring its organization oppressive and de-
grading 4 Jan. 1805
Congress provides for a government of the territory of Orleans
in all respects like that of Mississippi territory, except as to
the descent and distribution of estates and the prohibition
of slavery 2 Mch. "
Col. Aaron Burr arrives in New Orleans, to remain 10 or 12
days 26 June, "
Gov. Claiborne orders the marquis of Casa-Calvo and the in-
tendant Morales out of the country, and a source of great
anxiety is removed July, 1806
Territorial legislature meets 24 Mch. "
Gen. Wilkinson, at St. Louis, receiving a confidential letter
from Aaron Burr, denounces him in a message to Washing-
ton; 27 Nov. 1806, pres. Jefterson by proclamation makes
known the traitorous enterprise; 29 Oct., Wilkinson by
message to the Si)anish commander-in chief proposes the
withdrawal of troops of both governments from advanced
positions to Nacogdoches and Natchitoches respectively,*
which was agreed to; gen. Wilkinson reaches New Orleans,
25 Nov. "
Arrest in New Orleans ot several men charged with abetting
Burr's treason Dec. "
Digest of civil law adopted, legislature adjourned 31 Mch. 1808
Gen. Wilkinson, ordered to New Orleans with troops, arrives
19 Apr. He is afterwards relieved by Wade Hampton 1809
Citizens of Baton Rouge territory attack the reduced garrison
of the fort at Baton Rouge, and in the skirmish the Spanish
governor Grandpr€ is shot, and the garrison capitulates,
Sept. 1810
Convention of the people of Baton Rouge territory at St. Fran-
cisville frame a constitution, elect a governor, and establish
the independent territory of West Florida 29 Sept. "
Under proclamation of the president, gov. Claiborne takes pos-
session of West Florida, and annexes it to the territory of
Orleans 7 Dec. ' '
An insurrection of slaves in. the parish of St. John is sup-
pressed after 60 or more are killed. The heads of 16 who
were captured and executed, were set on poles along the
river as a warning Jan. 1811
Act to enable the peo|ile of Orleans to form a state government
signed by pres. Madison 20 Feb. ''
Exclusive grant by legislature to Livingston and Fulton to
build steamboats for 18 years from 1 Jan. 1812 "
Arrival from Pittsburg of first steam- vessel on the Mississippi,
10 Jan. 1812
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Constitutional couvcntion nl New Orleans adjourns 22 Jan
Congress admits Louisiana as a state 8 Apr.
Congress extends the limits of Louisiana to include all be-
tween the Mississippi and Pearl rivers south of ai" N. lat.,
14 Apr.
Gen. Wilkinson resumes command in Louisiana and arrives at
New Orleans 8 June,
First ses-sion of state legislature at New Orleans June,
W. r. C. Claiborne elected governor 19 Aug.
Gen. Wilkinson superseded by gen. Flournoy June,
Col. Nichols (British) by proclamation incites people of Lou-
isiana and Kentucky to revolt 29 Aug.
Citizens of New Orleans and vicinity meet, pass resolutions of
loyalty, and address the people 15 Sept. "
Barataria island occupied by pirates under Jean lAlltte; the
British under sir William H. Percy invite them to hostil-
ity against the U. S. : Lalitte refuses (Barataria bay),
30 Aug. «*
Flotilla sails from New Orleans against the pirates, who pre-
pare to resist, but abandon 9 ships to the Americans,
18 Sept. "
Gen. Jackson arrives at New Orleans 2 Dec. "
British threaten New Orleans and capture gunboats under
lieut. Thos. A. C. Jones (Bokonk i,akk) 14 Dec. "
Battle at Villerd's plautiition, 12 miles from New Orleans; the
English advance repulsed by gen. Jackson 23 Dec. "
Battle at Chalmette's plantation ; British repulsed 28 Dec. "
Battle at Rodriguez canal 1 Jan. 1815
Battle of New Orleans (Uxitkd States) 8 Jan. "
Unsuccessful attack on fort St. Philip by the British,
9-18 Jan. "
British general Lambert abandons expedition against New Or-
leans 19 Jan. "
Gen. Jackson orders all French subjects having certiflcates of
discharge to return to the interior, 28 Feb. Has Louallier
arrested as a spy; Hall, as abetting a mutiny in granting
a habeas corpus for Louallier; arrests Hollander; releases
all three, and for high-handed methods is tried and fined
$1000 (Jackson in New Orleans) "
Frederic Tudor ships ice to New Orleans from Boston 1820
Thomas B. Robertson elected governor "
Gov. Robertson resigning to become judge of U. S. District
Court, pres. Thibodeaux of the senate acts as governor until
inauguration of gov. -elect Henry Johnson Dec. 1824
Centenary college organized at Jackson, 32 miles north of
Baton Rouge 1825
Visit of Lafayette; the legislature appropriates $15,000 for his
entertainment "
Legislature grants $10,000 to Thomas Jefferson Randolph for
the family of Thomas Jefferson, as a mark of gratitude from
Louisiana 16 Mch. 1827
Seat of government removed from New Orleans to Donaldson-
ville 1829
Provision for running boundary-line between Louisiana and
Arkansas territory under act of Congress 1830
New Orleans again made the seat of government 8 Jan. 1831
Pontchartrain railroad, 4^ miles long, opened for traffic. .Apr. "
Locomotive introduced on the Pontchartrain railroad 1832
Branch mint at New Orleans receives first bullion 8 Mch. 1838
During this and the 2 previous years Louisiana furnished
1179 volunteers in the Florida war "
New constitution adopted in convention 14 May, 1845
State insane asylum established at Jackson 1847
Legislature meets in pew state-house at Baton Rouge.. 21 Jan. 1850
Death at Washington, D. C, of pres. Zachary Taylor 9 July, "
Steamer Pampero, with 500 men under Lopez, for expedition
against Cuba, leaves New Orleans (Filibusters) 3 Aug. 1851
Riot because of Cuban expedition in New Orleans; office of
Spanish paper La Patria destroyed 21 Aug. "
State institution for deaf, dumb, and blind founded at Baton
Rouge 1852
Convention to revise constitution meets at Baton Rouge,
5 July, "
University of Louisiana chartered 1853
Commercial convention of southern and southwestern states
meets at New Orleans 8 Jan. 1855
William Walker, with his expedition, leaves New Orleans, os-
tensibly for Mobile, but really for Nicaragua, eluding the U. S.
authorities (Filibusters) 11 Nov. 1857
Walker surrenders to com. Hiram Paulding; indignation meet-
ings at New Orleans, Mobile, and other southern cities,
8 Dec. "
Political disturbance in New Orleans; 500 men as a vigilance
committee seize the court-house and state arsenal; Know-
nothing party occupy Lafayette square 4-5 June, 1858
Legislature in extra session provides for a state convention
and votes $500,000 to organize military companies; Wirt
Adams, commissioner from Mississippi, asks the legislature
to join in secession Dec. 1860
Immense popular meeting in New Orleans on announcement
of the secession of South Carolina 21 Dec. "
Mass meeting held at New Orleans to ratify " Southern Rights "
nominations for the convention 25 Dec. "
Seizure by confederates of forts St. Philip, Jackson, and Liv-
ingston, arsenal at Baton Rouge, and U. S. revenue cutter
Lewis Cass 10-13 Jan. 1861
Ordinance of secession adopted in convention: yeas, 113; nays,
17 26 Jan. "
Mint and custom-house in New Orleans seized by confederates
(Coin anu Coinage) 31 Jan. "
Convention to join Southern Confederacy; state flag adopted, a
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red ground, crossed by bars of blue and white and bearing a
single star of pale yellow 4 Feb. 18
Louisiana ratifies the ("onfederate constitution 22 Mch.
Louisiana raises 3000 Confederate troops, and at call of gov.
Moore, 3000 additional 24 Apr.
First gun cast for Confederate navy at Phoenix iron works at
Gretna, near New Orleans \ 4 May,
Port of New Orleans blockaded by U. S. sloop-of-war Brooklyn;
Ship island occupied by Union troops
Banks of New Orleans suspend specie payments 18 Sept.
Confederate martial law instituted in Now Orleans 11 Oct.
Federal steamship Richmond, under John Pope, while coaling
near New Orleans, is struck by a Confederate ram 12 Oct.
State casts its electoral vote for Jeft'erson Davis as president of
the Confederate states 19 Feb.
Adm. Farragut passes forts Jackson and Philip with his fleet
morning 24 Apr.
Surrender of New Orleans to adm. Farragut 25 Apr.
Capture of forts Jackson and Philip by the federals 28 Apr.
Confederate capital transferred to Opelousas Apr.
Maj.-gen. Benjamin F. Butler takes possession of New Orleans,
1 May,
Baton Rouge occupied by federals 27 May,
William B. Mumford, for taking down the U. S. flag from the
U. S. mint after the surrender of the city to adm. Farragut,
hanged at New Orleans by order of gen. Butler 7 June,
Federal troops in Baton Rouge, besieged by confederates,
5 Aug., evacuate by order from gen. Butler 16 Aug.
Brig. -gen. Geo. F. Shepley military governor of Louisiana,
21 Aug.
Gen. Grover occupies Baton Rouge 16 Dec.
Maj.-gen. N. P. Banks relieves gen. Butler "
Election held by order of pres. Lincoln; Messrs. Hahn and
Flanders chosen to Congress ; they take seats 9 Feb. 1863, and
occupy them until 3 Mch.
Henry W. Allen chosen governor by confederates; seat of gov-
ernment at Shreveport
Michael Hahn chosen governor at Federal election in New Or-
leans and vicinity 22 Feb. 18j
Gov. Hahn appointed military governor by the president,
15 Mch.
Convention at New Orleans to revise the constitution. . .6 Apr.
Bureau of free labor, predecessor of the Freedmen's bureau,
opened at New Orleans
Gov. Hahn resigning, is succeeded by lieut. -gov. J. M. Welles,
4 Mch.
Confederate gov. Allen resigns 2 June,
Gov. Wells re-elected 6 Nov.
[This government, though never recognized by Congress,
continued until Mch. 1867.]
Constitution of 1864 left the negroes still disfranchised; a con-
vention, chiefly of blacks who wished to frame a new consti-
tution, meets in New Orleans and results in a riot; several
hundred negroes killed 30 July, ISA
Congress passes the Military Reconstruction act 2 Mch. 188
Gen. Sheridan appointed commander of the 5th military dis-
trict, Louisiana and Texas 19 Mch.
Gen. Sheridan removes gov. Wells " for making himself an
impediment to the faithful execution of the Reconstruction
act," and substitutes Thomas J. Durant, who declines, and
Benjamin F. Flanders is appointed 8 .June,
Sheridan relieved and gen. Hancock appointed 17 Aug.
Constitutional convention at New Orleans adopts a constitution
prohibiting slavery, declaring the ordinance of secession
null, and wholly disfranchising ex- confederates 22 Nov.
Gen. Hancock relieved by gen. Buchanan as commander of the ,,
5th military district 18 Mch. 186#|
State election; new constitution ratified, and Henry C. War-
mouth elected governor 18 Apr.
Congress readmits the southern states 25 June,
XIV. th Amendment adopted by the legislature July,
Numerous political and color riots occur in New Orleans, Ope-
lousas, and other portions of the state during the year
Passage of "Social Equality " bill, giving all persons, without
regard to color or previous condition, equal privileges in pub-
lic conveyances or places of public resort 4 Jan.
XV. th Amendment ratified by Senate, 27 Feb., and by House,
IMch.
"Crescent City Live-Stock and Slaughter-house company," a
monopoly in New Orleans which excited opoosition, and
was finally declared unconstitutional and restrained by per-
petual injunction, was created by the legislature and went
into operation 1 June,
Legislature grants to the New Orleans, Mobile, and Chattanooga
Railway company $3,000,000 in 8% state bonds, payable in 4
instalments 21 Feb.
Legislature unites Jefferson City and Algiers with New Orleans
under one charter
George M. Wickliffe, state auditor, impeached and convicted
of extortion and fraud 3 Mch.
A political contest between two factions of the Republican
party. The State Central committee— S. B. Packard, U. S.
marshal at the head — call a convention to choose a state
committee. The opposition, under lieut. -gov. Oscar J. Dunn
(colored), meet in the custom-house. Gov. Warmouth and
P. B. S. Pinchback (colored) are refused admission, and the
Warmouthites meet in Turner's hall 8 Aug. 18711
On the death of lieut. -gov. Dunn, the election of P. B. S. Pinch-
back by the Senate in extra session is claimed as unconsti-
tutional by the opposition, led by George W. Carter, speaker
of the House, and known as "Carterites" 22 Nov.
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Warraouth legislature meets at Mechanics' Institute; the Car-
terites over the "Gem Saloon," on Royal street, 6 Jan. Col.
Carter, by proclamation, proposes to seize the Mechanics'
Institute building, and appears before it with several thou-
sand men, but is prevented by gen. Emory 22 Jan. 1872
In extra session the House, in the al)sence of col. Carter, de-
clares the speaker's chair vacant, chooses O. H. Brewster
speaker, and approves the course of gov. Warmouth "
Act passed funding the indebtedness of the state 30 Apr. "
Conventions of the two wings of the Republican party at Baton ■
Rouge, headed respectively by Packard and Pinchback. The
Packard convention nominates William Pitt Kellogg for gov-
ernor 19 June, "
Adjourned meeting of the Pinchback convention nominates
P. B. S. Pinchback for governor 9 Aug. "
Fusion of the two wings of the Republican party by the State
Central committee nominates Kellogg for governor and
Pinchback for congressman-at- large "
Judge Durell, in December, declares Kellogg elected governor
at election held i Nov. "
" Fusion legislature" in the city-hall. New Orleans, impeaches
and suspends gov. Warmouth 11 Dec. '*
Inauguration of Kellogg as governor, also of John McEnery,
nominee of the Democratic reformers and liberals. . .14 Jan. 1873
Members of McKnery legislature seized and marched to the
guard-house by armed police 6 Mch. "
Puople submit to the Kellogg government " at the point of the
bayonet," as many express it. People's convention at New
Orleans 24 Nov. "
"Crescent City White League " formed, " to assist in restoring
an honest and intelligent government to the state of Louis-
iana " 1874
Six Republican officials, arrested near Coushatta, in Red River
parish, while being taken to Shreveport, are shot — 30 Aug. "
People send a committee to demand the abdication of Kellogg,
and the .McEnery faction, 10,000 strong, led by D. B. Penn,
i lieutenant-governor, appear before the state-house; a con-
j flict takes place between the insurgents and police, the state-
1 house is captured, and members of the McEnery legislature
installed 14 Sept. "
McEnery and Penn surrender the state buildings without re-
1 sistauce to gen. Brooke 17 Sept. "
iSen. Brooke appointed military governor, and gov. Kellogg re-
{ sumes his duties 19 Sept. "
(Legislature meets and U. S. troops are called in to quell disturb-
I ance; great excitement throughout the U. S 8 Jan. 1875
plaims of the several candidates are subihitted to a congres-
1 sional committee or board of arbitration, in which William
i A. Wheeler is prominent, and the so called "Wheeler Adjust-
! nient" is agreed to 14 Apr. "
Lmmigration convention held in the Chamber of Commerce,
i New Orleans, comprising delegates from the southern and
• western states 1-2 Mch. 1876
At election held this day both Republican and Democratic par-
ties claim the victory 6 Nov. "
13. B. Packard, Republican, inaugurated governor at the state-
I house. New Orleans. Francis T. Nicholls, Democrat, inaug-
i urated at St. Patrick's hall, New Orleans, and both legis-
j latures meet 8 Jan. 1877
i/ourts, police-stations, and arsenal at New Orleans are peace-
ably surrendered to the Nicholls authorities 9 Jan. "
}*ackard failing to receive aid from the U. S. government, and
! a commission appointed by pres. Hayes to investigate the
I political situation in Louisiana reporting public sentiment
I in favor of the Nicholls government, the Packard legislature
I is dispersed 21 Apr. "
pcholls government occupies state-house 24 Apr. "
legislature, by concurrent resolution, directs senators and con-
! gressmen to use every effort to secure the passage of the
Bland Silver bill and of the bill to repeal the so-called Re-
1 sumption act introduced in the Senate 19 Jan. 1878
I'olitical disturbance in Tensas and Concordia parishes, re-
i suiting in killing a man named Peck, and the wounding
f by his companions of 3 colored men ; investigated by Con-
! gress "
iy act of Congress, 3 Mch. 1875, a contract was made with capt.
! James Buchanan Eads for the construction of jetty -work at
! the mouth of the South pass in the Mississippi river, to se-
j cure and maintain a navigable channel 200 feet wide and 20
I feet deep. Capt. Eads's work has already resulted in a clear
; channel of the required width, and deeper than the 20 feet
j specified (Mississippi rivkr) "
onstitutional convention at New Orleans frames a constitution.
i Capital changed from New Orleans to Baton Rouge . . 21 Apr. 1879
ouis A. Wiltz, Democrat, elected governor, and the new con-
stitution ratified by the people 8 Dec. "
Debt Ordinance," fixing the interest on consolidated state
bonds at 2>^ per cent, for 5 years, 3 per cent, for 15 years,
: and 4 per cent, thereafter, and limit of state tax fixed at
6 mills, ratified by the people at the election 8 Dec. "
ureau of Agriculture and Immigration created 14 Jan. 1880
Board of Liquidation" appointed in New Orleans, to retire
•all the valid debt of the city, a total of $17,736,508.96, ex-
changing it for 4 per cent, bonds payable in 50 years "
niversity for the higher education of colored boys opened "
■atli of gov. Wiltz, lieut.-gov; McEnery succeeds 17 Oct. 1881
111 begun against Louisiana by New York and New Hamp-
• shire on coupons on Louisiana state bonds transferred to
■these states by the holders thereof "
vo hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the mouths
of the Mississippi by La SaUe 10 Apr. 1882
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Chief-justice Waite renders his decision in the New York and
New Hampshire suits against Louisiana, that " one state can-
not create a controversy with another state within the mean-
ing of that term as used in the judicial clauses of the Consti-
tution, by assuming the prosecution of debts owing by other
states to its citizens" 5 Mch. 1883
Levee convention held at Baton Rouge, recommending placing
the entire convict force at work on the levees 19 June, "
World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition held at
New Orleans 1885
First Prohibition convention ever held in Louisiana meets at
Shreveport 19 Aug. "
North, Central, and South American Exposition opens,
10 Nov. "
Legislature grants relief to wounded and disabled Confederate
soldiers of the state, and to the widows of Confederate sol-
diers killed or wounded in the war 1886
Charter of the Louisiana State lottery expiring in 1894, the
anti-lottery people, in convention at New Orleans, found an
anti -lottery league to oppose its renewal 28 Feb. 1890
Louisiana Lottery company offers the state $1,000,000 per
year, double its former offer, for the privilege of maintain-
ing a lottery 13 May, '«
House of Delegates passes a bill amending the state constitu-
tion, by granting a re charter to the Louisiana State Lottery
company for 25 years for $1,000,000 per annum 25 June, •'
State legislature settles the lottery question conditionally by ac-
cepting $1,250,000 per year for the lottery privilege. .1 July, "
Gov. Nicholls vetoes the lottery bill 7 July, "
Anti-lottery league meets in New Orleans— 500 delegates,
7 Aug. "
Chief of police David C. Hennessy of New Orleans is waylaid
and killed by Italian "Maffia," to whose band he had traced
a number of crimes night of 15 Oct. "
Killing in the parish prison at New Orleans of 11 Italians
(Massacres, United States) 14 Mch. 1891
Officers of the Louisiana lottery indicted by the grand jury in
Sioux Falls, N. D., under U. S. laws 23 Oct. "
John A. Morris, in a letter, withdraws his proposition for the
renewal of the charter of the Louisiana lottery" 4 Feb. 1892
Convention of United Confederate Veterans meets in New
Orleans 8 Apr. "
Proposed constitutional amendment to continue the Louisiana
State lottery for 25 years from 1 Jan. 1894, is rejected by
vote at state election (Lotteries) 19 Apr. "
Monument erected to David C. Hennessy (assassinated by Mafla
in 1890) by the people of New Orleans, is unveiled at Metarie
cemetery 30 May, "
Nicaragua Canal convention opens in New Orleans; delegates
from every state and territory 30 Nov. "
U. S. senator Randall L. Gibson d. at Hot Springs, Ark.,
15 Dec. «'
Donaldson Caffrey appointed by gov. Foster U. S. senator to
fill unexpired term 31 Dec. •'
6en. P. G. T. Beauregard d. in New Orleans, aged 75 years,
20 Feb. 1893
Destructive cyclone along the gulf of Mexico; over 2000 lives
lost 2 Oct. "
U. S. senator Edward D. White appointed associate justice of
the Supreme court of the U. S 19 Feb. 1894
Newton C. Blanchard, member of Congress, appointed senator
by gov. Foster to fill the unexpired term of White 7 Mch. "
TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR.
Wm. C. C. Claiborne. . . 1804 to 1812
STATE GOVERNORS.
Wm. C. C. Claiborne...
James Viller6
Thos. B. Robertson
H. S. Thibodeaux
Henry Johnson
Pierre Derbigny
A. Beauvais
Jacques Dupr6
Andr6 B. Roman
Edward D. White
Andr6 B. Roman
Alexander Mouton
Isaac Johnson
Joseph Walker
Paul 0. Hebert
Robert C. Wickliffe
Thos. 0. Moore
Michael Hahn
Henry F. Allen
James M. Wells
B. F. Flanders
Henry C. Warmouth. . .
Wm. Pitt Kellogg
John McEnery
Francis T. Nicholls
Louis Alfred Wiltz
Samuel D. McEnery. . .
Francis T. Nicholls
Murphy J. Foster
1812 to 1816 1
1816
' 1820
1820
" 1824
1824
1824 to 1828
1828
' 1829
1829
' 1830
1830
" 1831
1831
" 1834
1834
" 1838
1838
" 1841
1841
" 1845
1845
" 1850
1850
" 1854
1854
" 1858
1858
" 1860
1860
" 1863
1864
1864
1864 to 1867
1867
' 1868
1868
' 1872
1872
' 1877
1872
" 1877
1877
" 1880
1880
" 1881
1881
" 1888
1888
" 1892
1892
" 1896
Resigns.
Acting.
Dies in office.
Acting.
Confederate governor.
[Governor of New Orleans
[ and vicinity (Federal).
( Governor of Confederate
[ portion.
Not recognized by Congress.
; Military governor appointed
[ by gen. Sheridan.
De facto.
Democratic claimant.
See this record, 1877.
Dies in office.
Acting. Elected 1884.
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UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Nun*.
No. of ConxreM.
Dkt«.
Remark.. ^
12th
12th to 14th
12th
13th to 15th
15th " 18th
16th " 18th
18th " 20th
18th " 23d
2l8t "22d
22d
23d to 24th
24th " 27 th
24th " 26th
27th
27th to 29th
28th
28th to 30th
29th
30th to 32d
3l8t "32d
33d "36th
33d " 36th
36th " 40th
40th
40th to 42d
42d "45th
45th " 4fith
45th " 48th
4fith "48th
48th " 52d
49th " 51st
52d " 53d
52d
53d
1812
1813 to 1817
1812
1813 to 1819
1818 " 1824
1819 " 1823
1824 " 1829
1824 " 1833
1829 " 1831
1832
1834 to 1837
1837 " 1842
1836 " 1841
1842 " 1843
1841 " 1846
1843 " 1844
1844 " 1849
1847
1847 to 1853
1849 " 1853
1853 " 1861
1853 " 1861
1861 " 1868
1868
1868 to 1872
1871 " 1877
1877 " 1879
1877 " 1883
1879 " 1885
1883 " 1892
1885 " 1891
1891 "1894
1893
1894
(Appointed in idace of John Noel Destrahan, who resigned in 181
( never having t^iken his seat.
Elected in place of Destrahan.
James Brown
Hfiury JohusoD
Resigned.
Resigned, being appointed minister to France.
Jaui6s Browu
Domiuiuuo Bouligny
Died, 1833.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Livingston.
Elected in place of Johnston. Resigned 1837.
Alexander Porter
Alexander Mouton
Elected in place of Porter. Resigned 1842. ~
Robert C Nicholas
Charles M Conrad
Elected in place of Mouton.
Died 1846.
Died 1844.
Pierre Soul^ {soo-ld')
Elected in place of Barrow.
Solomon W Downs.
Pierre Soul6
Resigned, being appointed minister to Spain by pres. PiercQu
Judah P Benjamin
Retired from the senate. i
John Slidell
Vacant.
Seated 17 July. -
William Pitt Kellogg.
Seated 17 July. Resigned for governorship. ]
J Rodman West
The only senator from Louisiana from 1872 to 1877.
James B Eustis
William Pitt Kellogg
«'
Beniamin F Jones.
,
'Rnn<i»ll I. flihson
Died 1892.
Tnmfx: R Kiistis
Edward D. White
Appointed judge of the Supreme court of the U. S. ;
Appointed in place of White. '
liOUVre (loovr), in Paris, is said to have been a royal
residence in the reign of Dagobert, 628. It was a prison-tower
constructed by Philip Augustus in 1204. It afterwards became
a library, and Charles VI. made it his palace (about 1364).
The new buildings, begun by Francis I. in 1528, were enlarged
and adorned by successive kings, particularly Louis XIV.
Napoleon I. turned it into a museum, the finest collection of
paintings, statues, and treasures of art known in the world.
The chief of those brought from Itah' have since been re-
stored. The magnificent buildings of the new Louvre, begun
by Napoleon I. and completed by Napoleon III., were inaug-
urated by the latter, 14 Aug. 1857. The library was de-
stroved and other buildings injured bv the communists, May,
187i.
LoiV Countries, the Pays Bas, now Holland and
Belgium.
IjOyal Leg^ion, military order of, organized 15 Apr.
1865, by officers and ex-officers of the army, navy, and marine
corps of the United States who took part in the civil war of
1861-65. Membership descends to the eldest direct male lin-
eal descendant. Men can become members who in civil life,
during the war, rendered active and eminent service to the
Union ; the ratio not to exceed 1 to 33 of the first class.
There are 20 comraanderies, each representing a state, and one
the District of Columbia. Total membership, Oct. 31, 1891,
9640.
IjUbeck, a city in N. Germany, one of four republics of
the German confederation, was founded in the 12th century,
and was the originator of the Hanseatic league about 1240,
which lasted till 1630. Lubeck was declared a free imperial
city about 1226; but was frequently attacked by the Danes.
The French took it by assault, 6 Nov. 1806, and Napoleon in-
corporated it with his empire in 1810. On his fall in 1814 it
became once more a free imperial city. It joined the North
German Confederation, 18 Aug. 1866. Pop. 1871. 52,158 ; 1875,
56,912 ; 1880, 63,571 ; 1890, 76,485. Hanse towns.
Luca'nians, a warlike people of S. Italy, defeated
Alexander of Epirus at Pandosia, 332 b.c. ; were subdued by
the Romans, 272 ; revolted after the battle of Cannae, 216; were
reduced by Scipio, 201; again revolted, 90; admitted as Roman
citizens, 88.
Lucca, central Italy, a Roman colony, 177 b.c., a Lom-
bard duchy, 1327 a.d. ; a free city about 1370 ; was active in
civil wars of Italian republics. It was united with Tuscany,
and given as a principality to Eliza Bonaparte by her brother
Napoleon I., 1805. Lucca, as a duchy, was given to Mai
Louisa, widow of Louis, king of Etruria, in 1814. It was
changed by her son Charles Louis for Parma and Placentia
1847 ; annexed to Tuscanv, and with it to the kingdom of Ital
in 1860.
I^UCerne, a canton of Switzerland, became independen
in 1332, and joined the confederation. The city is said to d«
rive its name from a light (lucernfi) set up to guide travellert
It dates from the 8th century, and was subject to the abbot
of Murbach, who surrendered it to the house of Hapsburg. I
was taken by the French in Mch. 1798, and was for a shoP
time capital of the Helvetic republic; which, as the focus
insurrection against the French, was suppressed Oct. 1802. k
a Catholic canton, Lucerne was active on behalf of educatioi
by the Jesuits, 1844. Switzerland.
Lu'cia, St., one of the British West India islands,
settled by the English, 1639; expelled by the natives; settled
by French in 1650 ; taken by the British several times in sub-
sequent wars. Insurrection of the French negroes, Apr. 1796*'
St. Lucia was restored to France at the peace of 1802 ; but waf
seized by England, 1803, and confirmed to her in 1814. Areaj
245 sq. miles. Pop. 1871, 31,811—710 whites ; 1876, 34,848H
910 whites; 1891,41,713. ]
lu'cifer-niatche§ came into use about 1834, Friot
tion matches were invented by Walker of Stockton-on-Tees,
Engl., 1829. In Mch. 1842, Reuben Partridge patented ma-
chinery for manufacturing splints. In 1845, Schrotter of
Vienna produced his amorphous phosphorus (by heating ordi-
nary phosphorus in a gas which it cannot absorb), by the use
of which lucifers are rendered less dangerous, and the manu-
facture less unhealthy. <t»wT06jOoc (Gr.) and Lucifer (Lat.)
both signify light-bearer. In the United States termed for a
while Loco-Fooo, probably from the Latin loco-foci, instead
of fire ; but Bartlett says from a self-lighting cigar, an inven-
tion of John Marck, in^New York, 1834. Matches first began
to be used in the U. S. in 1831-32, when they were sold in
boxes containing 25 for 25 cents. The first patent issued in
the U. S. for their manufacture was to Alonzo D. Phillips of
Springfield, Mass., 1836. It is estimated that over 6,000,000
gross of 14,400 matches each are used yearly in the U. S.
IjUCknoW, capital of Oude since 1675. Pop. 1891?
273,090. India, 1857 ; Oude.
Luddites. Large parties of men, so called from Ned
Lud, an idiot, who once broke some frames in a passion, com-
menced depredations at Nottingham, breaking frames and
4>
LUN
461
LYD
aachinery, Nov. 1811. Skirmish with the militarj' there, 29
an. 1812. Serious riots occurred again in 1814, and bodies
f unemployed artisans committed excesses in 1816 et seq.
leveral Luddites were tried and executed, 1813 and 1818.
)erby.
lunatiCi. Insanity.
Liiindy's L<ane or Bridgeirater, Battle of.
few York, 1814.
Lu'lieville, France, Peace of, between the French re-
ublic and the emperor of Germany, confirmed cessions made
y the treaty of Campo Formio, stipulated that the Rhine, as
ir as the Dutch territories, should form the boundary of
'ranee, and recognized the Batavian, Helvetic, Ligurian, and
!isalpine republics, 9 Feb. 1801.
liUperca'lia, a yearly festival observed at Rome on-
5 Feb. in honor of Pan, destroyer of wolves (lupi), instituted
V the Romans, in memory of Romulus and Remus, accord-
ig to Plutarch ; but, according to Livy, brought by Evander
ito Italy. These feasts are said to have been abolished
1 496, by pope Gelasius, on account of great disorders.
'easts.
*' Lilliiad," the great epic poem of the Portuguese,
-^ritten in honor of their discoveries in India, by Luis de
lamoens, and published by him at Lisbon, 1572. The Eng-
sh translations are by sir Richard Fanshawe, 1655 ; by Will-
im Julius Mickle, 1775, and others ; the latest and best by J.
. Aubertin, 1878.
lUStnini, an expiatory sacrifice made for the Roman
leople, at the end of every 5 years, after the census, 472 B.C.
very 5th year was called a lustrum ; and 10, 15, or 20 years
ere commonly expressed by 2, 3, or 4 lustra. The number
'Roman citizens was, in 293 B.C., 272,308; 179 B.C., 273,294;
|) B.C., 450,000; 28 B.C., 4,164,060; 48 A.D., 5,984,072. The
ist lustrum took place 74 a.d.
lute, an ancient instrument of Oriental origin (Arab.
"ud) ; said to have been brought to Mecca in the 6th century
JB., and thence to Europe. J. S. Bach and others composed
'r the western lute in the 18th century.
I LiUtlieran§, followers of Martin Luther, who was born
! Eisleben, 10 Nov. 1483; studied at Erfurt, 1501 ; was pro-
issor of philosophy at Wittenberg, 1508 ; resisted the sale of
dulgences, 1517 ; defended himself at Augsburg, 1518 ; at
I'orms, 1520 ; was excommunicated, 16 June, 1520 ; began
(8 German Bible, 1521; married Katherine de Bora, 1525;
(iblished his German Bible complete, 1534; died 18 Feb.
[46. The majority of the people of the north of Germany,
russia, Denmark, and Sweden are Lutherans. The doctrines
-9 mainly embodied in Luther's catechisms, in the Augsburg
bnfession (Augsburg), and in the Formula Concordice of
je Lutherans, pub. in 1580. Their first university was
landed at Marburg in 1527, by Philip, landgrave of
Jisse. The Luther memorial at Worms was unveiled in the
lesence of the king of Prussia and other sovereigns, 25
'ne, 1868. By the census of 1890 the. number of Lutheran
iurches or organizations in the United States was 8427 ;
lue of church property $34,218,234, with 1,199,514 com-
micants.
iLutzen or I^utzengeil, a town of N. Germany.
jire Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, defeated the impe-.
jlists under Wallenstein, 16 Nov. 1632, but was killed ; and
[re the French army, commanded by Napoleon, defeated
Y armies of Russia and Prussia, under gen. Wittgenstein,
■jMay, 1813. The battles of Bautzen and Wurschen im-
»^:diately followed (19-21 May), both hi favor of Napo-
?n. The allies were compelled to pass the Oder, and an
jnistice was agreed to, afterwards prolonged : but, un-
wmately for the French emperor, this did not produce
^ice.
iLuxembOUrg', Palace of, Paris, built 1615 for Marie
^Medicis. Part is now occupied by a collection of paintings
^contemporary artists, any of which, 10 years after the death
4t)ie painter, may be bfought to the Louvre. Works of
%ign artists are admitted upon equal terms with the French
6ool, subject to 2 conditions, (1) merit, (2) artist willing to
sell at price offered by the state. The Luxembourg gallery
receives additions yearly from work of young painters. The
picture that gains the Prix du Salon at the annual exhibition
in the Palais de ITndustrie is usually bouglit by the state.
Changes are constantly taking place in the collection as pict-
ures are removed to the Louvre. It was made a national gal-
lery in 1802.
IjUXeillburg°, grand-duchy of, borders on the extreme
southeast corner of Belgium. Luxemburg, the capital, once
considered the strongest fortified city in the world, has been
many times besieged and taken : by the French in 984, 1443,
1479, 1542-43 ; by the Spaniards in 1544 ; by the French in
1684; restored to Spain in 1697; taken by the French in 1701 ;
given to the Dutch as a barrier town, but ceded to the em-
peror at the peace in 1713. It withstood several sieges in the
last century. It surrendered to the French after a siege, from
Nov. 1794 to July, 1795 ; and was retaken by the allies, May,
1814. Fortifications transformed to civil purposes, 1874. By
the treaty of London, 1867, the grand-duchy was declared a
neutral and independent state, with the crown hereditary in
the Nassau family. The present reigning grand-duke since
the death of the king of the Netherlands, William III., who
was also grand-duke of Luxemburg, is Adolf, duke of Nassau.
Area, 998 sq. miles; pop. 1867, 199,958; 1875, 205,158; 1890,
211,088 ; pop. of the city, 18,187.
LiUXOr or £I-Uksur, Egypt. Thebes.
luxuries. " Give me the luxuries of life, and I cau
dispense with the necessaries," a famous paradox ascribed by
dr. Holmes, in the " Autocrat of the Breakfast Table," to the
historian Motley. But Plutarch quotes from Scopas of Thes-
saly the similar saying, " We who are rich find happiness in
superfluities, not in necessaries," and the remark has been re-
peated in many forms.
Ijyce'Uin (originally a temple of Apollo Lyceus, or a
portico, or gallery, built by Lyceus, son of Apollo) was a
spot near the Ilissus, in Attica, where Aristotle taught phi-
losophy; and as he generally taught as he walked, his pupils
were called peripatetics, " walkers-about," 342 b.c. — Stanley.
Theatres.
Ly'cia, a country of Asia Minor, subject successively to
Croesus (about 560 B.C.), to the Persians (546 b.c.), to Alex-
ander the Great (333 b.c.), and to his successors the Seleucidae.
The Romans gave Lycia to the Rhodians (188 b.c.). It be-
came nominally free under the Romans, and was annexed to
the empire by Claudius. The marbles brought from Lycia
by sir Charles Fellows were deposited in the British museum,
1840-46.
Ljyd'ia or lHaBO'nia, an ancient kingdom in Asia
Minor, under a long dynasty of kings, the last being Croesus,
" the richest of mankind." The coinage of gold and silver
money, and other useful inventions, are ascribed to the Lydi-
ans. .^sop, the Phrygian fabulist, Alcman, the first Greek
poet, Thales of Miletus, Anaximenes, Xenophanes, Anacreon
of Teos, Heraclitus of Ephesus, etc., flourished in Lydia. The
early history is mythical. ^q
Agron, a descendant of Hercules, reigns in Lydia.— T/erod.. about 1223
Kingdom proper begins under Ardys I. — Blair 797
Alyattes I. reigns 761
My rsus commences his rule 747
Reign of Candaules (or Myrsilus) 735
Gyges, first of the Mermnadae, kills Caudaules, marries his
queen, usurps the throne, and makes great conquests,
about 731
Ardys II. reigns, 678; the Cimbri besiege Sardis, capital of
Lydia 635
Milesian war, commenced under Gyges, is continued by Sady-
attes, who reigns 628
Reign of Alyattes II 617
Battle upon the river Halys, between Lydians and Medes,
interrupted by an almost total eclipse of tlie sun, pre-
dicted manv years before by Thales of Miletus. — Blair,
28 May, 585
Crcesus, son of Alyattes, succeeds, conquers Asia Minor 560-60
Croesus, dreading Cyrus, whose conquests had reached the
borders of Lydia, crosses the Halys to attack the Medes,
with 4-20,000 men and 60,000 horse 548
He is defeated, pursued, and besieged in his capital by Gyrus,
who orders him burned alive; the pile is already on fire,
when Crcesus calls aloud Solon ! and Cyrus hearing him,
spares his life. Lydia made a province of the Persian
empire 546
LYG
462
MAC
1
Sardia burned by loniana 499
Lydia conquered by Alexander 832
Becomes part of the kingdom of Pergamus. 283
A.D.
Conquered by Turks 1326
Lijeo'nla, Maink, State of, 1630-40.
I3 illg^-ill llO§pital»i. The first, established in Dub-
lin by dr. Bartholomew Mosse, a physician, amid strong oppo-
sition, was opened Mch. 1745. Hospitals.
lympliat'iCi, absorbent vessels connected with diges-
tion, discovered about 1660 by Rudbek in Sweden, Bartholin
in Denmark, and Jolyffe in England. Asellius discovered the
lacteals in 1622. In 1654 Glisson ascribed to these vessels
the function of absorption ; and their properties were studied
by William and John Hunter, Monro, Hewson, and other
great anatomists.
lynch la^V, punishment inflicted by private individ-
uals, without legal authority, said to derive its name from
Charles Lynch, a planter of Virginia (1726-96),. who under-
took, with Robert Adams and Thomas Calloway, to protect
society by punishing outlaws and traitors through the process
of an informal or self-constituted court. Its sentences, how-
ever, never went beyond flogging and banishment. Charles
LjMich's brother John was the founder of Lynchburg,
Summary punishment is often inflicte<l by mobs in certi
southern and western states. 195 cases of lynching report
in 1891. Crime.
Ijyon§, S. France, the Roman Lugdunum, founded by
Plancus, 43 b.c. The city was reduced to ashes in a night
lightning, 59 A.i>., and rebuilt in the reign of Nero. It wa
free city till its union with France in 1307. Pop. 1891, 416,0
Battle near Lyons; Clodius Albinus defeated and slain by Sep-
timius Severus 19 Feb.
Two general councils held here (13th and 14th) 1245,
Silk manufacture commenced
Lyons taken by republicans after 70 days' siege, 9 Oct. ; awful
pillage and slaughter follow ; convention decreed demolition
of city 12 Oct.
Capitulated to Austrians Mch.
Railway to Paris opened 7 Apr.
lyre. Its invention is ascribed to the Grecian Hei
(the Roman Mercury), who, according to Homer, gave it
Apollo, the first that played it with method, and accorapan
it with poetry. The invention of the primitive lyre, wit
strings, is ascribed to the first Egyptian Hermes. Terpan
added several strings to the lyre, making 7, 673 b.c. Ph:
of Mitylene added 2 more, making 9, 438 b.c.
M
M, the 13th letter of the English alphabet, the 12th of the
Latin and Greek. As an initial, M is used for master, merid-
iem, medicine, mundi, member— as M.A., Magister Artium
(master of arts); A.M., Anti Meridiem (before noon); P.M.,
Post Meridiem (after noon); A.M., Anno Mundi (year of the
world) ; M.D., Medidnas Doctor ; M.C., member of Con-
gress; M.P., member of Parliament. Also, as a symbol of
numbers, M. indicates 1000, M. 1,000,000.
macadam 'izing^, a system of road-making which
John Loudon Macadam (b. Scotland, 1756 ; d. 1836) devised,
and described in an essay in 1819, having practised it in Ayr-
shire, Scotland. He used stones broken to 6 ounces' weight,
recommending clean flints and granite clippings. He received
10,000/. from Parliament ; and in 1827 was appointed surveyor-
general of the metropolitan roads. Roads.
nfcAlliiter, Fort. Fort McAllistkr.
maca'O, a seaport town of Quang-tong, S. China, was
ceded by China to Portugal as a commercial station in 1586
(in return for assistance against pirates), subject to an annual
tribute, remitted in 1863. Here Caraoens composed part of
the " LusiAD."
" macaro'ni." A name given to a poem by The-
ophilus Folengo, 1509, and still applied to trifling performances,
as buffoonery, puns, anagrams, " wit without wisdom, and hu-
mor without sense." The name was taken from a preparation
of wheat, native to Italy, where it is an article of food of na-
tional importance. These poems, in Italy and France, gave
rise to Macaroni academies, and in England to Macaroni
clubs (about 1772), when everything ridiculous in dress and
manners was called " Macaroni."
]?Iae'cabee§, a name of the Asmonaeans, whose career
began during the persecution of Antiochus Epiphanes, 167 b.c.
Mattathias, a priest, resisted the tyrant ; and his son, Judas
Maccabaeus, defeated the Sj'rians in 3 battles, 166, 165 b.c. ;
but fell in an ambush, 161 B.C. His brother Jonathan made
,a league with the Romans and Lacedaemonians, and after an
'able administration was treacherously killed at Ptolemais by
Tryphon, 143 b.c. His brother and successor, Simon, was
murdered, 135 b.c. John HjTcanus, son of Simon, succeeded.
His son Judas, called also Aristobulus, took the title of king,
107 B.C. The history of the Maccabees fills 5 books of that
name, 2 of which are included in our Apocrypha. 4 are ac-
counted canonical by the Roman Catholic church ; none by
Protestant communions.
McCrea, Jane, Murder of. New York, 1777.
McDoirell, Va. Here on 8 May, 1862, Stonewall
Jackson attacked gen. Schenck. The federals retreated
ing the night, loss 256 ; confederates, 461.
mace, a weapon anciently used by cavalry of most 1
tions, originally a spiked club, usually of metal, hung at thoi
saddle-bow. — The mace, an ensign of authority, borne befor<!
officers of state, having an open crown at the top, commonly
of silver gilt. The lord chancellor and speaker of the Housi
of Commons have maces borne before them. Edward III.
granted to London the privilege of having gold or silver maces
carried before the lord mayor, sheriffs, aldermen, and corpora-
tion, 1354. It was with the mace usually carried before thi;
lord mayor on state occasions that Walworth, lord mayor ol
London, is said to have knocked the rebel Wat Tyler off his
horse, for rudely approaching Richard II., a courtier after-
wards despatching him with his dagger, 15 June, 1381. When
Cromwell came to disperse Parliament, he ordered a soldier to
" take away that bawble," the mace, which was done, and the
doors of the house locked, 20 Apr. 1653.
Hac'edon or Hacedo'iiia, N. Greece. The first
kingdom founded by Caranus, about 814 b.c., was successively
under the protection of Athens, of Thebes, and of Sparta, until
the reign of Philip, father of Alexander the Great, who l)y
political wisdom and warlike exploits made it powerful, ami
paved the way for his son's greatness.
Reigns of Caranus, 814 B.C., or 796, or 748; Perdiccas I., 729;
Argseus L, 684; Philip L, 640 or 609. B.c
^ropus conquers lUyrians 60S
Reign of Amyntas, 540 ; of Alexander 1 50C
Macedon conquered by Persians, 513; delivered by victory of
Plataja 47£
Reign of Perdiccas II *54
Potidaea, revolting, 433 ; retaken by Athenians 42£
Archelaus, natural sou of Perdiccas, murders the legitimate
. heirs, seizes the throne, and improves the country. 413;
murdered by a favorite to whom he promised his daughter
in marriage 3K
Pausanias reigns 39*
Reign of Amyntas II. , after killing Pausanias 391
Illyrians enter Macedonia, expel Amyntas, and make Argseus, :
brother of Pausanias, king 39.;
Amyntas again recovers his kingdom 39^
Reign of Alexander n., 369; assassinated 36^
Reign of Perdiccas III., 36^; killed in battle 36(
Reign of Philip II., and institution of the Macedonian pha-
lanx 35.;
He defeats the Athenians and Illyrians 360, SSj
He takes Amphipolis (Archery) 36.;
He conquers Thrace, Illyria, and Thessalv 366-3|;
Birth of Alexander III., the Great *«
Close of the first sacred war 3^';
Illyricum overrun by the army of Philip ^:
Thrace made tributary to Macedon ^■'\
Aristotle appointed tutor to Alexander ,^
War against the Athenians ■**
MAC 463
Philip besieged Byzantium unsuccessfully 340
Battle of Chseronea; Philip victor 3b8
Philip iissassinated by Fausauias at JEgse during games at his
daughter's nuptials; Alexander III., the Great, succeeds 336
Greeks appoint him general against the Persians 335
rhebans revolt; he destroys Thebes; house of Pindar alone
left "
He enters Asia, and first defeats Darius at the Granicus, 2'2 May, 334
5ardis surrenders, Halicarnassus taken, and cities in Asia
Minor "
yiemnon ravages the Cyclades; Darius takes the field with
460,000 infantry and 100,000 cavalry 333
3arius defeated at Issds Nov. "
yexander, on his way to Egypt, lays siege to Tyre, which is
destroyed after 7 months 332
Damascus taken; Gaza surrenders "
Uexander enters Jerusalem; Egypt conquered; Alexandria
founded "
'ersians defeated at Arbela 1 Oct. 331
Uexander master of Asia ; enters Babylon "
!its on the throne of Darius at Susa 330
'arthia. Media, etc., overrun by him 329
'halestris, queen of the Amazons, visits him "
le puts his friend Parmenio to death on a charge of conspiracy
supposed to be false "
lis expedition to India; Porus. the king, defeated and taken;
the country to the Ganges overrun 327
lallisthenes tortured for refusing divine homage to Alexan-
der 328
'oyage of his admiral Nearchus from the Indus to the
Euphrates 328-325
|leturus to Babylon, 324 ; d 323
hilip III. (Aridseus) king
lexander's conquests divided among his generals, 323; his re-
mains taken to Alexandria, and buried by Ptolemy 322
reeks defeated by Antipater and the Macedonians, near
[ Ckanxon "
assander reigns, 316; rebuilds Thebes 315
eleucus recovers Babylon 312
assander kills Roxanaand her son (last of Alexander's family),
and usurps the throne 311
attle of Ipsus; Antigonus killed 301
ew division of the empire "
eath of Cassander 298
eign of his sons Alexander V. and Antipater "
emetrius I., Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus, murders Alexan-
! der, and seizes the crown of Macedon 294
(chsean league formed against Macedon 281-24:3
jovernments of Pyrrhus, 287; Lysimachus, 286; Ptolemy Ce-
; raunus 281
truption of the Gauls ; Ptolemy killed 279
|)sthenes governs 278
jeign of Antigonus Gonatas, son of Demetrius 277
f rrhus invades Macedon, defeats Antigonus, and is proclaimed
iking , 274
irrrhus slain ; Antigonus restored 272
ptigonus takes Athens 268
auls again invade Macedon "
fevolt of the Parthians 250
pign of Demetrius II 239
lilip, his son, 232 ; set aside by Antigonus Doson 229
[lilip v., 220; allies with Hannibal, 211; wars unsuccessfully
i.against the Rhodians 202
Iiilip defeated by Romans at Cynoscephalae 197
jiign of Perseus, his son, 17H; war with Rome 171
lirseus defeated at Pydna; Macedon a Roman province 168
ferseus and his sons walk in chains before the chariot of
.Smilius in his triumph over Macedon 167
jsurrection of Andriscus, calling himself Philip, son of Per-
seus, quelled 148
i A.D.
licedonia plundered by Theodoric the Ostrogoth • 482
I'Uquered by the Bulgarians 978
"Covered by emperor Basil 1001
:>rmed into the Latin kingdom of Thessalonica, by Boniface
|of Montferrat 1204
iter various changes, conquered bv Amurath II., and annexed
|to Turkey 1430
[IVIacedo'llians, a religious sect, followers of Mace-
nius, made bishop of Constantinople about 341. His ap-
lintment was opposed and led to much bloodshed. He was
: pelled by decree of a council held 860. He held that the
oly Ghost was not a distinct person of the Trinity, but a
yine spirit or energy diffused through the universe.— £"06?^^.
iso natives or inhabitants of Macedonia.
"McFingal," the title of a political satire by John
umbuU. Literature, American.
jMcHenry, Fort. Fort McHenry.
rMacliiaveliaii principles, taught by Niccoio
ichiavelli of Florence (b. 1493, d. 1527), in his " Practice
^Politics" and "The Prince." By some they are styled
|he most pernicious maxims of government, founded on the
'est policy;" by others as "sound doctrines, notwithstand-
'? the prejudice erroneously raised against them." The au-
MAD
thor said that if he taught princes to be tyrants, he also
taught the people to destroy tyrants. " The Prince " ap-
peared at Rome in 1532, and was translated into English in
1761.
Iflacieowice {mats-ya-o-veet'sa), a town near Warsaw,
Poland. Here the Poles were defeated by the Russians, and
their general, Kosciusko, taken prisoner, 10 Oct. 1794, after a
murderous action. He endeavored to prevent the junction of
the Russian and Austrian armies. The statement that he said
" Finis Poloniae ! " is contradicted.
Hack'inaw, Fort. Fort Mackinaw.
Hadagas'car, southeast coast of Africa. The third
largest island in the world, not including Australia. Distance
from Africa, 230 miles; length, 975 miles; breadth, 358 miles;
area, 228,500 sq. miles; pop. estimated, 3,500,000 (no census
ever taken). Said to have been discovered by Lorenzo Al-
meida, 1506.
Portuguese settlement, 1548; destroyed by the French one,
1642, on arrival of a French governor .' 1669
French attempt to settle at Antongel bay ] 1774
Count Benyowski supreme, Oct. 1775; killed in an encounter
with French 23 May, 1786
Their establishment at fort Dauphin fell into the hands of the
English with Bourbon and Mauritius 1810-11
Settlements ceded to king Radama, on his giving up the slave-
trade ^ 1818
Radama I. king, 1810, who favored Europeans and encouraged
Christianity ; d i828
A reactionary policy under his energetic queen, Ranavalona,
1828; English missionaries who came in 1820 expelled 1835
Amicable intercourse ceases; native Christians persecuted,
1846etseq.
French defeated in an attack on the island 19 Oct. 1855
Queen dies; her son Radama II., a Christian, succeeds. 23 Aug. 1861
Treaty with Great Britain and France signed 12 Sept. 1862
Revolution; king and ministers assassinated; queen Rasoherina
proclaimed sovereign May 1863
Treaty with Great Britain; Christians to be tolerated, etc'
27 June. 1865; ratified 5 July' 1866
Queen died in Mch. ; her cousin, Ranavalona II. succeeded as
queen, 1 Apr. 1868; baptized Feb. 1869
African slavery prohibited, 1873 ; solemnly June, 1877
Queen Ranavalona II. d 13 July, 1883
Succeeded by her niece Ranavalona III July "
Treaty with France 12 Dec! 1885
Protectorate of France recognized by Great Britain by Anglo-
French agreement of .5 Aug. 1890
[Native government retains independence in domestic leg-
islation.]
madder, the root of the Ruhia tinctoria, highly valued
for dyeing properties. Alizaiiine.
' madei'ra, an island, northwest coast of Africa, discov-
ered, it is said, in 1344, by Macham, an Englishman, who fled
from France for an illicit amour. He was driven here by a
storm, and his mistress, a French lady, dying, he made a
canoe, and carried news of his discovery to Pedro, king of
Aragon : hence the report that the island was discovered by a
Portuguese, 1345. It is asserted that Portuguese did not visit
this island until 1419 or 1420, nor colonize it until 1431. It
was taken by British in July, 1801 ; and again by adm. Hood
and gen. Beresford, 24 Dec. 1807, and retained in trust for the
royal family of Portugal, who had emigrated to the Brazils.
It was restored to the Portuguese in 1814. After 1852 the
renowned vintages were almost ruined by the vine disease
(oidium), but of late years the vineyartis have recovered much
of their former prosperity. Area, 605 sq, miles. Pop. 1872,
120,315; 1881, 132,223.
madison, James, Administration of. United States,
1809-17.
]fladra§', province and city of S.E. Hindostan, called by
natives Chennapatam, colonized by the P^nglish, 1640. Area
of province, 140,762 sq. miles. Pop. 1891, 35,591,440; citj^,
449,950.
Fort St. George built, 1641 ; made a presidency 1653
Bengal placed under Madras 1658
Calcutta, hitherto subordinate to Madras, made a presidency.. 1701
Madras taken by the French -. 14 Sept. 1746
Restored to the English 1749
Vainly besieged by the French under Lally 12 Dec. 1758
Lord Pigot, governor, imprisoned by his own council, 24 Aug.
1776; dies in confinement. 17 Apr. 1777; his enemies con-
victed and fined lOOOZ. each 11 Feb. 1780
Sir Eyre Coote arrives 5 Nov. "
He defeats Hyder 1 July, 1781
Lord Cornwallis arrives here 12 Dec. 1790
MAD
Madras system of education introduced (Monitorial) 1795
Gen. Harris, with Madras array, enters Mysore, 5 Mch. ; reaches
Soringapatam, 5 Apr, which is stormed by British under
m^jorgen. Baird. and Tippoo Sahib killed 4 May, 1799
Appointment of sir Thomas Strange, Qrst judge of Madras under
the charter. 20 Dec. 1800
Madras army, under gen. Arthur Wellesley (afterwards duke
of Wellington), marches for Poonah (India) Mch. 1803
madrid', capital of Spain, mentioned in history as Ma-
jerit, a Moorish castle. Pop. 1857, 271,254; 1870, 332,024;
1877, 397,690; 1887, 472,228. Spain.
Sacked by the Moors 1190
Fortified bv Henry 111 about 1400
Humiliating treatv of .Madrid between Charles V. and Francis
I., his prisoner." 14 Jan. 1526
Made the seat of the Spanish court by Philip II 1560
niad'rigal, an unaccompanied song for 3 or more
voices; fine examples are by English composers. Madrigals,
invented in the Netherlands, were adopted in Italy, where
fine specimens were produced. Many were published by Mor-
ley, 1594; Weelkes, 1597; VVilbye, 1598; and Bennet, 1599.
The Madrigal Society in London began in 1741. English
Glee and Madrigal Union founded in 1851. Rirabault's " Bib-
liotheca Madrigalium" pub.1847. The madrigal, "Summer is i
cumen in," is attributed to the 13th or 14th century. Music.
maeii'adcs. Okgiks.
Maestricllt {mds'-trikt'), Holland, the ancient Trajec-
tum ad Mosavi, the capital of Limburg. It revolted from
Spain, and was taken by the prince of Parma in 1579, a mas-
sacre following. In 1632 the prince of Orange reduced it after
a memorable siege, and it was confirmed to the Dutch in 1648 ;
Louis XIV. took it in 1673 ; William, prince of Orange, in-
vested it in vain in 1676 ; but in 1678 it was restored to the
DutL'h. In 1748 it was besieged by French, who obtained
possession of the city on condition of its being restored at the
peace then negotiating. In Feb. 1793, Maestricht was unsuc-
cessfully attacked by the French, but they became masters of it
Nov. 1794. In 1814, it was made part of the kingdom of the
Netherlands, and now belongs to Holland. Pop. 1890, 32,225.
mafH'a, a secret terrorist murderous society in Sicily,
more powerful than the Camorra (Italy, 1874), comprising
persons of all classes ; became prominent in 1860. Efforts for
its suppression were made by the government in 1874-75.
Massacres, 1890-91; United States.
magazine rifle. Fire-arms.
inagazilie§ and revieiW§. The earliest were lit-
erary miscellanies periodically published, but now there are
special ones in every department of knowledge. The fol-
lowing table of the principal magazines and reviews in the
United States since 1741 gives the dates of first and last pub-
lication, if known ; those still in existence are marked with an
obelisk (f).
AMERICAN magazines AND REVIEWS.
464 MAG
AMERICiVN MAGAZINES ANI> REVIEWS.— (ConrtnMed.)
Magazii
General Mag. and Hist. Chron-
icle (A. S. Bradford, pub.),
Phila
[First pub. in the colonies.]
Boston Weekly
Amer. Mag. and Hist. Chron- )
icle (Daniel Fowle & G. Rog- J
ers, pub. ), Boston )
N. Y. Independent Reflector.. . .
New Engl. Mag. of Knowledge J
and Pleasure, Boston j
North A merican
Royal American, Boston
[First illustrated.]
Pennsylvania (Thomas Paine,)
ed), Phila f
The Columbian, Phila
Amer. Museum (Gary's). Phila.,
The Massachusetts, Boston
The New York Mag. and Lit. )
Repository j
The Ladies', Phila
Farmers' Museum
The United States
Theological Magazine
The American Universal
The Philadelphia
Amer. Monthly Review
[First in the U.S.]
Commence-
meiit and
continuance.
1741 [6noB.
pub.]
1743-46
1752-54
1758
1758-66
1774
[6 months.]
1775-76
1786-89
1787-97
1789-96
1790-97
1793
1793-99
1796
1796-98
1797
1798
1799
Magaxinet.
The Portfolio (Joseph Dennie, )
1st ed.), Phila )
[Principal magazine during
these years. ]
The Literary (Charles Brock-)
den Brown, ed.), Phila )
The Monthly Anthology, Boston
The Monthly Register (S. C. "
Carpenter, 1st ed.), Charles-
ton, S. C
[First magazine south.]
The Panoplist, Boston
The Churchman (John H. Ho-]
hurt, ed.) J
The Rambler, New York
Literary Miscellany, New York
Niles's Register, Baltimore . .
Analectic (Washington Irv-
ing, 1st ed.), Phila
The Portico, Baltimore
The Methodist (see quarterly, \
1841) I
The Amer. Jour, of Science )
(Silliman's), New York )
The Lady's Companion
The Casket, Phila. (see Gra-)
ham's, 1841) /
The Atlantic
[Afterwards the N. Y. Rev.]
Biblical Repertory (see Prince-
ton Review, 1871)
The Boston Monthly
The Parthenon (Sam'I Wood-1
worth, ed.) J
Reviews.
Amer. Review (Robt.)
Walsh, ed.) )
[Quarterly ; first in
the U. S.]
North American (Will)
iam Tudor, 1st ed.)..)
Ballou's, Boston.
Illinois Monthly (James Hall, )
1st ed.), Vandalia J
[First magazine in the west.]
Godey's Lady's Book, Phila.. . .
New England (Jos. T. Buck-)
ingham, ed.), Boston )
Western Monthly (Jas. Hall, )
ed.), Cincinnati, O )
[Successor to the Illinois
Monthly.]
Knickerbocker (Chas. F. Hoflf- )
man, 1st ed.), New York. . . |
[This was the first definite
American magazine.]
American Monthly (H. W. )
Herbert, 1st ed.). New York ]
Southern Literary Messenger, )
Richmond ]
Southern Literary Journal, )
Charleston, S. C j
Gentleman's Magazine (W. E. )
Burton, ed), Phila j
Hesperian, Columbus, 0.
Merchants (Freeman Hunt,)
1st ed.), New York f
The Dial (Sarah Margaret Ful- 1
ler, 1st ed.), Boston )
[Quarterly.]
Arcturus, New York
Graham's, Phila. (succeeds)
the Casket) )
[For a time the most popu-
lar magazine in the U. S., with
a circulation of 35,000 copies.]
Ladies' Repository (L. L. Ham- )
line, 1st ed.), Cincinnati, 0. )
[Continued as The National
Repository,]
The N. Y. Rev (Will-)
iam C. Bryant, ed.)}
[Succeeds The At-
lantic]
Franklin Institute )
Journal, Phila (
Amer.Quar. Rev., Phila.
Sou them , Charleston ,
S.C
Democratic Review, \
Wash. andN. Y.... )
[During this period
it appeared under sev-
eral names.]
Boston Quarterly (see 1
Brownson's, 1844).. )
Methodist Quarterly)
(see Methodist Re- [
view, 1885) )
ft
MAG
AMERICAN MAGAZINES AND REVIEWS. — (Continued.)
465
Ma^^tusines.
Magnolia, Charleston, S. C
Ladies' Garland and Dollar]
Magazine, Phila J
The Pioneer (Jas. R. Lowell, |
ed.), Boston )
Littell's Living Age, Boston.
[Weekly.]
Eclectic, New York
Bankers', New York.,
Literary "World, New York. . .
New England Historical and
Genealogical Register,
The Union, Phila
Sartains, Phila
[Formerly the Union.]
International, New York
; Harper's Monthly, New York.
' [First of the illus. mags.]
Putnam's xMonthly, New York
Atlantic Monthly (Phillips,
I Sampson & Co. , 1st pub. ; J.
R. Lowell, 1st ed.), Boston.
Hist. Mag. (Dawson's), Boston,
and Morrisania, N. Y
Commence-
ment and
continuance.
New Englander, New)
Haven )
Brownson'sQuarterly ^
Rev. (see Boston [
Quarterly, 183«) . . . )
Whig Rev., New York.
De Bow's Review,)
New Orleans J
Massachusetts Quar.. .
Catholic World, New York.
The Galaxy, New York
American Naturalist, Phila .
Lippincott's, Phila
Overland Monthly (Francis)
Bret Harte, 1st ed.), SanV
I Francisco )
S Lake Side Monthly, Chicago. , .
(Eclectic English Mag. (Van)
j Nostrand's), New York j
iOld and New, Boston
I Literary World, Boston
IScribner's Monthly (J. G. HolO
land, 1st ed. ), New York. . . f
[See Century, 1881, and
Scribner's Magazine, 1887.]
[Pop. Science Monthly, N. Y.
iSt. Nicholas, New York
I Wide Awake, Boston
i Library Journal, New York.
iMag. of Amer. Hist., New York.
I Magazine of Art, New York
'|The Dial, Chicago
The Chautauquan, Meadville, ]
The Century, New York
[Succeeds the Scribner's
Monthly.]
The Critic, New York
Outing, New York
Continental, Baltimore
Science, New York
New England, Boston
iJosmopolitan, New York.
|?cribner's, New York ,
[See Scribner's Monthly,
j 1870.]
itfunsey's. New York
The Arena, Boston
P<
tenon's, Philadelphia.
National Quar. , N. Y. . .
Boston
Baptist Quar. , Phila,
Princeton Review
[See Biblical Rep
ertory, 1825.]
International Rev., N.Y
Amer. Catholic Quar-
terly, Phila
Baptist Review, Cin-
cinnati and N. Y..
Andover Rev
MethodistReview(see )
Methodist Quarter- S
ly, 1841) )
The Forum, New York
Review of Reviews, )
New York j
Educational Rev., N. Y
The World, Boston . . . ,
1842
1842
1843 [3 nos.
iisued.]
1843 1
1844 1
1844 1
1844-75
1845-52
1846 1
1847-50
1847-53
1847 1
1847
1849-53
1850-52
1850 1
1853-57
1868-70
1857 1
1857-75
1860-80
1861-66
1865 1
1866-78
1867-77
1867 1
1868 1
1868-75
[Ist series.]
1883 1
[2d series.]
1869-74
1869-86
1870-75
1870 t
1870-81
[Ist series.]
1871-88
1872 1
1873 1
1874-83
1876-93
1876 1
1876 1
1877-93
1878
1879 1
1880 1
1880 1
1881 1
1881 1
1882 1
1883 1
1883 1
1884 1
1885 1
1886 1
1886 1
1886 1
1887 1
1889 1
1889 1
1890 1
1891 1
1892 1
1892 1
[New series.]
MAG
ENGLISH MAGAZINES AND REVIEWS.
Magazines,
Gentleman's, London
[First mag. pub. in Engl.
London
Scot's, Edinburgh
Royal
Lady's
Methodist (Wesleyan), London.
European
Monthly
Entertaining Magazine
New Monthly, London
Blackwood's, Edinburgh, re-
printed in the U. S
Fraser's, London
Metropolitan, London
Penny, London
Tait's, Edinburgh
Cornhill, Lond(5n
Macmillan's, London.
Good Words, London.
The Argosy, London, ,
Belgravia, London.
St. Paul, London , .
Cassell's Mag. of Art, London ,
Antiquary, London ,
Longman's, London
English Illustrated, London.
Murray's, London
Strand, London
Monthly Review, Lond.
Critical, London
Edinburgh, reprinted)
in the U. S ]
Eclectic, London
Quarterly, Lond., re-)
printed in the U. S. )
Westm i nster, London , )
reprinted in U. S.. j
Athenaeum, London . . .
Dublin .,
North British, Edinb..
British Quar, London.
Saturday
National, London
Contemporary, Lond., )
reprinted in U. S.. I
The Spectator (a re-
view from)
Fortnightly, London,!
reprinted in U. S.. j
Academy, London
Nineteenth Century,)
reprinted in U. S.. j
Scottish, reprinted inl
U.S I
Commence-
ment and
continuance.
1731 1
1732
1739-1826
1749-1845
1759-1817
1759
1772
1778 1
1782
1796
1802 1
1805-68
1809 1
1812
1814-83
1817 1
1824 1
1828 1
1830-82
1831
1832-46
1832-61
1836 1
1844-71
1845-86
1855 1
(1855-64
(1883 t
1859 1
1859 1
1860 1
1860 1
1861 1
1865 1
1865 1
1866 1
1867-74
1869 1
1877 1
1878 1
1880 1
1882 1
1882 1
1883 1
1887 1
1891 1
]flag['dala. Abyssinia.
Mag^dalens and lHag^dalenettes, communities
of nuns, chiefly penitent courtesans. The order of penitents
of St. Magdalen was founded 1272, at JMarseilles. The con-
vent of Naples was endowed by queen Sancha, 1324. That
at IVIetz was instituted in 1452.* At Paris, 1492. The Mag-
dalen at Rome was endowed by pope Leo X., in 1515, and
favored by Clement VIII. in 1594. The Magdalen Hospital,
London, was founded in 1758, under direction of dr. Dodd.
The asylum in Dublin was opened in June, 1766.
]IIag['d[e1>1irg, a city of Prussia. The archbishopric
was founded about 967. The cit}- suflFered much by the re-
ligious wars in Germany. It was besieged and taken by
elector Maurice, Nov. 1550, and Nov. 1551 ; blockaded for
7 months by imperialists, under Wallenstein, 1629; and bar-
barously sacked by Tilly, 10 May, 1631. It was given to
Brandenburg, 1648 ; taken by the 'French, 8 Nov. 1806 ; an-
nexed to the kingdom of Westphalia, 9 July, 1807 ; restored
to Prussia, May, 1813. Pop. 1890, 202,234.
In Magdeburg experiment, a hollow sphere, composed of 2 hemi-
spheres, fitting air-tight, is exhausted by the air-pump. The
hemispheres are held together by the pressure of the atmosphere,
and require great force to separate them. The apparatus was
suggested by Otto von Guericke, inventor of the air-pump. He
died in 1686.— Grande.
mag'ellan, Strait of (connecting the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans), and separating Patagonia from Terra del
Fuego. America.
Ulag'eil'ta, a small town in Lombardy, near which the
French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians, 4 June, 1859.
MAG
46G
MAH
Napoleon III. commanded, and he and the king of Sardinia
were in the thickest of the fight. It is said that 56,000 French
and Sardinians and 75,000 Austriana were engaged; the for-
mer losing 4000 killed and wounded, and the Austrians 10,000,
besides 7000 prisoners. The French generals Espinasse aii<i
Clerc were killed. The arrival of gen. MacMahon during a
deadly struggle between the Austrians and the French greatly
contributed to the victory. The contest near the bridge of
Buflfalora was very severe. The Austrians fought well, but
were badly commanded. The emperor and king entered
Milan on 8 June following; MacMahon and Regnault d'An-
gely were created marshals of France. A monument erected
here in memory of the slain was solemnly inaugurated 4 June,
1872. — The red dye, rosaniline, obtained by cliemistsfrom gas-
tar, is termed magenta. Anilink.
nia'g^i, or \iror§hlpper8 of lire. The Persians
adored the invisible and incomprehensible God as the princi-
ple of all good, and paid homage to fire as the emblem of his
power and purity. They built no altars nor temples ; their
sacred tires blazed in the open air, and their offerings were
made on the earth. The magi, their priests, are said to have
had skill in astronomy, etc. ; hence all learned men were called
magi, and even confounded with magicians. Zoroaster, king
of Bactria, reformer of the sect of the Magi, flourished about
550 B.C. This religion was superseded in Persia by Mahora-
etanism, 652 a.d., and the Parsees at Bombay are descendants
of Guebres, or fire-worshippers.
magcic. Alchemy, Witchcraft, etc. See Godwin's
" Lives of the Necromancers," 1834, and Ennemoser's " His-
tory of Magic," translated by W. Howitt, 1854. * Automaton
FIGURES.
magpie lantern. An optical instrument for project-
ing on a white background magnified representations of trans-
parent pictures, painted or photographed on glass. Its inven-
tion is ascribed to Roger Bacon, about 1260, but more correctly
to Athanasius Kircher, who died 1680.
Magna Cliarta (indg'na kdr'ta). Its fundamental
parts were derived from Saxon charters, continued by Henry I.
and his successors. On 20 Nov. 1214, the archbishop of Can-
terbury and the barons met at St. Edmondsbury. On 6 Jan.
1215 they presented demands to king John, who deferred his
answer. On 19 May they were censured by the pope. On
24 May they marched to London, and the king had to yield.
The charter was settled by John at Runnymede, near Wind-
sor, 15 June, 1215, and often confirmed by Henry III. and his
successors. The last grand charter was granted in 1224 by Ed-
ward I. Forests. The original MS. charter is lost. The finest
MS. copy, which is at Lincoln, was reproduced by photographs
in the " National MSS.," pub. by British government, 1865.
Mag;na Oraecia, the independent states founded by
Greek colonists in South Italy, Sicily, etc. Cumae, in Cam-
pania, is said to have been founded in 1034 b.c., Pandosia and
Metapontum in 774 b.c. These states ruined themselves by
supporting Hannibal, 216 b.c. g f,
Syracuse founded about 734
Leontinum and Catana 730
Sybaris 721
Crotona 710
Tarentum , 708
Locri Epizephyrii 673
I
vipara.
627
Agrigentum 582
Tburium 432
[See under separate articles.]
Mag^ne'sia, Asia Minor. Here Antiochus the Great,
king of Syria, was defeated by the Scipios, 190 b.c. — Magnesia
alba, a white alkaline earth, used in medicine from about 1700,
whose properties were explained by dr. Black in 1765.
magne'sium, a metal first obtained from magnesia by
sir Humphry Davy in 1808, and since in larger quantities by
Bussy, Deville, and especially by E. Sonstadt, in 1862-64.
Its light when burned is very brilliant, and is so rich in chem-
ical rays that it may be used in photography. Lamps for
burning magnesium wire were employed in tunnelling Mount
Cenis. By its light photographs of the interior of the Pyra-
mids were taken in 1865. Larkin's magnesium lamp (burn-
ing the metal in powder) was exhibited at the Royal Institu-
tion on 1 June, 1866, and before the British Association at
Nottingham in Aug. 1866. An improved magnesium
lamp is now used in the United States Geodetic survey
has been seen and observed over lines 90 miles in length
night.
mag'netism. Magnes, a shepherd, is said to ha
been detained on Mount Ida by nails in his boots. The i
tractive power of the loadstone or magnet is referred to 1
Homer, Aristotle, and Pliny; it was also known to the Chin<
antl Arabians. The Greeks are said to have obtained the loa
stone from Magnesia, in Asia, 1000 b.c. Roger Bacon is
have been acquainted with its property of pointing to the noj
(1294). The science of magnetism made no real progress I
the invention of the mariner's compass. — Encyc. Brit. 9 ed. v
XV. p. 219. Georg Hartman of Nuremberg, first observed I
dip of the needle about 1644. Compass, Electricity.
Robert Norman, of London, independently also, discovered the
dip of the needle about II
Gilbert's treatise " De Magnete " pub i
Halley's theory of magnetic variations pub %
Marcel observed that a suspended bar of iron becomes tempo- '
rarily magnetic by position ., f
Artificial magnets made by dr. Gowan Knight i'
Variation of the compass was discovered by Bond about 1668;
the diurnal variation by Graham, 1722; on which latter Can-
ton made 4000 observations previous to r
Coulomb constructed a torsion balance to investigate attrac-
tion and repulsion, 1786; similar researches by Michell,
Euler, Lambert, Robison, and others 1750
Deflection of the magnetic needle by the voltaic current dis-
covered by CErsted
Mr. Abraham invents a magnetic guard to protect grinders of
cutlery
Magnetic effects of violet rays of light exhibited by Morichini,
1814; polarity of a sewing-needle so magnetized shown by
Mrs. Somerville
Mr. Christie proves that heat diminishes magnetic force, about
Sir W. Snow Harris invents various forms of the compas-s
Magnetic north pole discovered by commander (afterwards
sir) James Clark Ross (during sir John Ross's second voy-
age) 1 June, <fl
Its position (vertical dip) was observed by him to be 70° 5' N.
lat. and 96° 43' W. Ion. In the southern hemisphere the
magnetic pole was nearly attained by the same navigator in
his voyage of. 1839-43
[Its position is probably 73° 31' S. lat. andl47°30' W. Ion.]
Electricity produced by rotation of a magnet by Faraday, 1831;
his researches on the action of the magnet on light, on mag-
netic properties of flame, air, and gases (pub. 1845), on dia-
magnetism (1845), on magno-crystallic action (1848), on at-
mospheric magnetism (1850), on magnetic force 1851-52
Magnetic observations instituted in British colonies under col.
Edward Sabine 1840etseq.
Prof. Tyndall proves dia-magnetic polarity 1856
Archibald Smith described investigations on deviation of the
compass in iron ships at the Royal Institution 9 Feb. 1866
William Robin.son patented a magnetic method of making
wrought iron from cast iron ; announced July, 1867
Wilde's magneto-electric machine exhibited (Electricity) "
Since 1800 knowledge of magnetism has been advanced by Arago,
AmpSre, Hansteen, Henry, Gauss, Weber, PoggendorfT, Sabine,
Lament, Du Moncel, Archibald Smith, etc. (Animal magnetism).
In the Royal institution, London, is a magnet made by Logeman,
of Haarlem, on the principles of dr. Elias, which weighs 100 lbs.,
and can sustain 430 lbs. Hacker, of Nuremberg, made one weigh-
ing 36 grains, and sustaining 146 times its own weight. This was
exhibited in 1851, also at the Royal institution.
magneto - eleetrieity, a discovery of Faraday;
recently applied to telegraphic and to light-house purposes.
The South Foreland light-house, near Dover, was illuminated
by the magneto-electric light in the winter of 1858-59 and
1859-60 (the light removed to Dungeness in 1861) ; the Liz-
ards, by dr. C. William Siemens's magneto-electric light, 1878,
Electricity, Faradization.
mag^no'lia, a genus of American and Asiatic trees with
aromatic bark and large sweet-scented white or reddish flow-
ers, named after Pierre Magnol, a French botanist of the 17th
century. Magnolia glauca, North America. The laurel-
leaved magnolia {Magnolia grandijlora), North America.
The dwarf magnolia {Magnolia pumila), China, and (also
China) the brown - stalked, the purple, and the slender.
Flowers and Plants.
magua'g^a, Mich., Battle of. Here on 9 Aug. 1812,
lieut.-col. Miller defeated the British and Indians. American
loss, 18 killed, 57 wounded. Michigan, United States.
Iflag'yari. Hungary.
ITIalldl {md'dS), \. e. "he who is guided aright." The
Mahometan "Messiah," who is one day to arise and fill the
oppressed world v/ith righteousness, etc. The sheik Mahomed
MAH
467
MAI
Ahmed of Dongola declared himself" Mahdi " in Soudan, 1881.
Soudan.
mahOg'any, the only species of the genus Swietenia
of the order Meliacece is said to have been taken to England
by Raleigh in 1595, but not to have come into general use till
1720. It is indigenous to Central America.
mallOinetail year. The year consists of 12 lunar
months, commencing with the approximate new moon, with-
out any intercalation to keep them in the same seasons with
respect to the sun, so that the months retrograde thro\igh the
year in about 32^ years. Eras.
TABLE SHOWING THE MONTHS OF THE MAHOMETAN YEAR,
THEIR LENGTH, TIME OF THE BEGINNING OF EACH MONTH
IN THE DATE OF OUR ERA, AND THE RETROGRESSION OF
THE 1ST OF THE MAHOMETAN YEAR UP TO 1900.
Mahometan year 1311.
Name of month.
Length.
Dale of beginning
our era.
Muharran. , ^
Saphar
Rabia I
Rabia II
Jornada I . , . .
Jornada II...
Rajab
Shaaban
Ramadin
Shawall
Dulkaada....
Dulheggia
30 days
29 "
30 "
29 "
30 "
29 "
30 "
29 "
30 "
29 "
30 "
29 "
15 July, 1893.
2d "
14 Aug. "
3(1 "
12 Sept. "
4th "
12 Oct. "
10 Nov. "
6th "
10 Dec. "
7th •'
8 Jan. 1894.
8th "
7 Feb. "
9th " ...
8 Mch. "
10th "
7 Apr. "
11th "
6 May, "
12th "
5 June, "
RETRO
1312. 1st month Muharrai
1313. "
1314. "
1315. " " "
1316. " "
1317. " " "
il318. " "
SRESSION OF
DATE.
begir
IS 5 July, 1894
24 June, 1895
12 June, 1896
2 June, 1897
22 May, 1898
12 May, 1899
1 May, 1900
[In 1344 Mahometan year, or 1926 of our era, the 1st of the year will
j be 12 July, having passed through the entire year.
I Mahoiii'etani§in, or Holiam'meclaniiin,
! embodied in the Koran, includes* the unity of God, the im-
j mortality of the soul, predestination, R luyi judgment, and a
i sensual paradise. Mahomet asserted that the Koran was re-
jvealed to him by the angel (Jrabriel during 23 years. He en-
joined on his disciples circumcision,-prayej;)aims,irequent ablu-
Ition, and fasting, and pLiuutiLod pul^^JxniV and concubinage.
: Mahomet, or Mohammed, born at Mecca 569 or 570
Announced himself as a^w^phet about 611
;Fled from his enemies to Medina (his flight is- called the He-
1 gira) 15 July, 622
JOvercomes his enemies (the Koreisb, Jews, etc.) in battle 623-25
iDefeats the Christians at MuLsr. ...T.'. 629
ils acknowledged as a sovereign 630
■ Dies, it is said, of slow poison, administered by a Jewess to
, test his divine character 8 June, 632
i Mahometans are divided into sfects, the 2 chief being the
t Sonnites, or ortho(fcS (who recogmze as caliph Abubeker,
I father-in-law of Mahomet^ki preffi-ence to Omar and Ali),
: and the Shiiies' (iieciaTies), or Fatimites, the followers of
I Ali, who married Fatima, the prophet's daughter.
iThe former (alsd called Sunnites) recognize the "Sunna" (tra-
\ ditions) sayings of Mahomet (supplementary to the Koran),
>' which the Shiites reject. Husan and other sons of Ali were
1 murdered 680 a.d., and a miracle-play and a festival in their
i honor are still observed.
I Ottoman empire is the chief seat of the Sonnites, the sultan
! being considered to represent the caliphs; Persia has been
i for centuries the stronghold of the Shiites.
[Mahometans conquered Arabia, north Africa, and part of Asia,
! in the 7lh century; in the 8th they invaded Europe, con-
i quering Spain, where they founded the caliphate of Cor-
dova, which lasted from 756 to 1031, when it was broken up
into smaller governments, the last of which, the kingdom of
I Granada, endured till subjugated by Ferdinand in 1492; Ma-
i hometans finally expellg^ from Spain 1609
.Their progress inFrafl^Twas stopped by their defeat at Tours
by Charles Martel (Battles) 732
After a long contest the Turks under Mahomet II. took Con-
stantinople; he made ii his capital and the chief seat of his
religion t 1453
Though declininl, Mahometanism is supposed to have 100,-
000,000 votaries.
^oomroodeen Tyabje^, a Mahometan, admitted as an attorney
bin England, taking tihe oaths upon the Koran Nov. 1^8
udroodeen Tyabjee, a* Mahometan, admitted to practice law,
30 Apr. 1867
lUahrat'tas, a people of nindostan, who originally
dwelt northwest of the Deccan, which they overran about
1676. They endeavored to overcome the Mogul, but were re-
strained by the Afghans. They entered into alliance with the
East India company in 1767, made war against it in 1774, again
made peace in 1782, and were finally subdued in 1818. Their
prince, Sindiah, is now a pensioner of the British government.
maid. Holy Maid (Elizabeth Barton) ; Joan of Arc
(Maid of Orleans).
maids of honor. Anne, daughter of Francis II.,
duke of Brittany, and queen successively of Charles VIII. and
Louis XII. of France (1483-98), had young and beautiful ladies
about her person, called maids of honor. The queen of Ed-
ward I. of England (1272-1307) is said to have had 4 maids of
honor ; queen Victoria has 8.
mail-COaclie§. Stage-coaches.
main plot, a name given to a conspiracy to make
Arabella Stuart sovereign of England in place of James I. in
1603. Lord Cobham, sir Walter Raleigh, and lord Gray were
condemned to death for implication in it, but reprieved ; oth-
ers were executed. Raleigh was executed 29 Oct. 1618.
Haine, a province of N.W. France, seized by William I.
of England in 1069. It acknowledged prince Arthur, 1199; was
taken from John of England by Philip of France, 1204; was re-
covered by Edward IH.in 1357; but given up, 1360. Aftervari-
ous changes it was finally united to France by Louis XI. in 1481.
Maine. The extreme eastern point of the United States
is West Quoddy Head, which is also the eastern extremity of
the state of Maine. INIaine
is the largest of the eastern
states, and, including islands,
it has a south shore line of
2400 miles on the Atlantic. It
is limited in latitude by 43°
4' and 47<^ 31' N., and in lon-
gitude by 66° and 71° W. Its
extreme breadth is 210 miles,
narrowing in the north to
about half that distance. New
Brunswick and the St. Croix
river form the eastern and
northern boundary; the Cana-
dian province of Quebec lies to the northwest, and New Hamp-
shire to the west below lat. 45° 20'. Area, 33,040 sq. miles in
16 counties ; pop. 1890, 661,086. Capital, Augusta, since 1832.
First Englishman known to have conducted an expedition to
the shores of Maine, then "Norumbega," was John Walker,
in the service of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, who reached the Pe-
nobscot river 1580
["Narrative and Critical History of America."]
Speedwell and Discoverer, from Bristol, Engl., commanded by
Martin Pring, enter Penobscot bay and the mouth of a river,
probably the Saco 7 June, 1603
Henry IV. of France grants to Pierre de Cast Sieur de Monts
all the territory between 40° and 46° N. lat., and appoints
him governor of the country, which is called Acadia, 8 Nov. "
De Monts, accompanied by M. de Poutrincourt, and Samuel
Champlain, visits his patent, and discovers Passamaquoddy
bay and the Schoodic or St. Croix river May, 1604
Later in the season De Monts erects a fort on St. Croix island
and spends the winter there '"
De Monts enters Penobscot bay, erects a cross at Kennebec,
and takes possession in the name of the king. He also vis-
its Casco bay, Saco river, and cape Cod May, 1605
George Weymouth, sent out by the earl of Southampton, an-
chors at Monhegan island, 17 May, 1605; St. George's island,
19 May, and Penobscot bay, 12 June. After pleasant inter-
course with natives, he seizes and carries away 5 of them. . . "
Colonies of Virginia and Plymouth incorporated with a grant
of land between 34° and 45°, including all islands within 100
miles of the coast, and permission given the Plymouth col-
ony to begin a plantation anywhere above lat. 38"^. . .10 Apr. 1606
Lord John Popham, chief-justice of England, and sir Ferdinando
Gorges, fit out 2 ships and 100 emigrants, under George Pop-
ham and Raleigh Gilbert, which land at Stage island, 11 Aug. 1607
Finding Stage island too small, they establish a colony and
" Popham's fort " on the west bank of the Sagadahoc river. "
Discouraged by the death of George Poi>ham, and the burning
of their storehouse, they return to England in the spring of 1608
Two French Jesuits, Biard and Masse, with several families,
settle on Mount Desert island 1609
Twenty-five French colonists land on Mount Desert island and
found a settlement called St. Saviour Mch. 1613
[They were soon expelled by the English from Virginia
under capt. Argal as trespassers on English territory.]
Capt. John Smith arrives at Monhegan from England. Build-
ing 7 boats, he explores the coast from Penobscot to cape
Cod, and makes a map of it, to which prince Charles assigned
the name of New England Apr. 1614
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War, famine, and iwstilence depopulate the Indian torritoriea
in Maine during the years 1G15-18
Plymouth company receives a new patent to lands between
40° and 48°, and in length " by the same breadth through-
out tlie mainland from sea to sea " 3 Nov. 1620
Gorges and capt. John Mason procure of the Plymouth council
a patent of all the country between the Merrimac and Saga-
dahoc, firom the Atlantic to the rivers Canada and Iroquois,
whicii they called " The Province of Lacouia " 10 Aug. 1622
Perinanenl settlement made at Mouhegan "
Permanent settlement at Saco 1G23
Gorges procures a patent from Plymouth council to 24,000
acres on each side of the Agameuticus (York) river, and
plants a colony 1624
New Plymouth colony erects a trading house at Penobscot;
the first English establishment of the kind in these waters. . 1626
Abraham Shurte commissioned by Giles Klbridge and Robert
Aldsworth to purchase Mouhegan island; buys it for 601.
It is added to the Peniaquid plantation, over which Shurte
acted as agent and chief magistrate for 30 years "
Eight patents granted by Plymouth council, covering the sea-
boiird from the Piscataqua to the Penobscot, except the "ter-
ritory of Sagadahoc'' below the Damariscotta. Among these
w^erethe "Kennebec," " Lygonia" or Plough patent.wilh set-
tlement on Casco bay, the " Waldo patent," and "Pemaquid,"
1630-31
A French vessel visits the New Plymouth"lrading house at
Penobscot, and carries off booty valued at 500L, and within 3
years the English abandon it to the French June, 1632
Crew of 16 Indian traders, under Dixy Bull, turn pirates, at-
tack the fort at Pemaquid, and menace the coast until the
next summer, when they are beaten off "
Trading-house established by the English at Machias, which
next year was seized by Claude de la Tour, the French com-
mander at Port Royal 1G33
Plymouth council surrender their charter, and sir Ferdinando
Gorges appointed governor-general over the whole of New
England 25 Apr. 1635
M.d'AulneydeCharnisy, from the Acadian country, takes posses-
sion of the trading-house at Biguyduce (Penobscot) for France, "
Gorges, empowered by the Plymouth council, 22 Apr. 1635,
sends over his son William as governor of the territory be-
tween Piscataqua and Sagadahoc, called New Somersetshire,
who organizes the first government and opens the first court
witliin the present state of Maine 28 Mch. 1636
Gorges obtains from Charles I. a provincial charter to land
between Piscataqua and Sagadahoc and Kennebec rivers, ex-
tending 120 miles north and south, which was incorporated
and named "The Province and County of Maine ".. .3 Apr. 1639
Thomas Purchase, first settler at Pejepscot, on the Androscog-
gin, assigns to gov. Winthrop of Massachusetts "all the tract
at Pejepscot, on both sides of the river, 4 miles square tow-
ards the sea" 22 Aug. "
Thomas Gorges appointed deputy-governor of the province of
Maine 10 Mch. 1640
First general court under the charter opened at Saco. 25 June, "
Gorges founds in Agamenticus a city of 21 square miles, which
he calls Gorgeana 1 Mch. 1642
Alexander Rigby purchases the abandoned "Plough patent or
Lygonia," and commissions George Cleaves deputy presi-
dent, who opens a court at Saco styled "The General Assem-
bly of the Province of Lygonia," which extended from cape
Porpoise to Casco Apr. 1643
Richard Vines elected deputy -governor of the province of
Maine 2.644
Commissioners appointed for the purpose decide that the
province of Lygonia does not belong to the province of
Maine, as the latter contended, and the Kennebec river is
assigned as the boundary between the 2 provinces Mch. 1646
Court of province of Maine convenes at Wells, at mouth of the
Kennebunk river, and Edward Godfrey elected governor of
the province «<
Massachusetts, in 1651, laying claim by her charter to all lands
south of a line drawn eastward from a point 3 miles north
of the source of the river Merrimac, found this point by sur-
vey to lie in lat. 43° 43' 12", with its eastern point on Upper
Clapboard island, in Casco bay, and confirms it by assump-
tion of jurisdiction 23 Oct. 1652
Isle of Shoals, and all territory north of Piscataqua belonging to
Massachusetts, erected into county of Yorkshire "
Kittery, incorporated in 1647, and Agamenticus made into the
town of York "
General Court of Elections at Boston admits for the first time
2 representatives from Maine: John Wincoln of Kittery and
Edward Rishworth of York May, 1653
"Wells, Saco, and Cape Porpoise declared towns ' '♦
English under major Sedgwick subdue Penobscot and Port
Royal, 1654, and the whole Acadian province is confirmed to
the English, who hold it for 13 years 1655
Towns of Scarborough and Falmouth erected (see 1786) „ 1658
Quakers hold their first meeting in Maine, at Newichawannock
or Piscataqua Dec. 1662
Ferdinando Gorges, grandson of the original proprietor, obtains
from the king an order to the governor and council of Mas-
sachusetts to restore his province in Maine 11 Jan. 1664
A part of the grant of the king of England to the duke of York
includes the territory between the St. Croix and Pemaquid
and northward, variously called the "Sagadahoc Territory,"
"New Castle," and the "County of Cornwall" 12 Mch. "
King's commissioners establish a form of provisional govern-
ment in the province of Maine 23 June 1665
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By the treaty of Breda the English surrender Nova Scotia to
France, which also claims the province east of the Penob
scot 31 July, 16(
Four commissioners from Massachusetts hold a convention in
York, commanding the people of the province of Maine in
his majesty's name to yield again all obedience to the colo-
ny, ioing this at the request of prominent citizens in the
province July, 16|
New survey of the Massachusetts boundary to the north hav-
ing been made by George Mounljoy, and the line fixed at lat.
43° 49' 12", its eastern terminus on White Head island in
Penobscot bay, Massachusetts appoints 4 commissioners, who
open a court at Pemaquid and proceed to organize the addi-
tional territory May, 16^
Duke of York takes a new patent from the king, and commis-
sions sir Edmund Andros governor of both New York and
Sagadahoc 22 June,
Indian depredations and massacres in Kino Philip's war begin,
12Sept. ; attackSaco, 18 Sept., and burn Scarborough, 20 Sept. 16^
King by council confirms the decision of a commission which
had been appointed and reported that "the right of soil in
New Hampshire and Maine probably belonged not to Massa-
chusetts colony, but to the terre-tenants" ig^
For the second time (the first in 1674) the Dutch capture the
P'rench fortification at Penobscot, but are soon driven out by
the English «i
Indians attack Casco, burn Arrowsick and Pemaquid, and at-
tack Jewel's island Aug.-Sept. "
Indians destroy the settlement at cape Neddock ; 40 persons
slain or captured 25 Sept. "
One hundred and twenty Indians capture the fort and part of
its garrison, at Black Point. 14 Aug. *'
Massachusetts employs John Usher, a Boston trader then in
England, to negotiate the purchase of the province of Maine,
who concluded a bargain, took an assignment, and gave
Gorges 12501. ; original indenture bears date 6 May, '"
Indian hostilities continue throughout 1677; affair at .Mare
Point,18 Feb. ; Pemaquid, 26 Feb. Indians attack Wells sev-
eral times; again attack Black Point, 16-18 May, and ambush
aparty of 90 men near that point, killing 60 29 June, 161
Sir Edmund Andros, fearing French aggression in the duke's
Sagadahoc province, sends a force from New York to Pema-
quid to establish a fort and custom-house June, •'
Peace made with the Indians upon the Androscoggin and Ken-
nebec, at Casco, by a commission from the government of
Massachusetts '. 12 Apr. 16fl
Thomas Danforth chosen president of Maine by the governor
and board of colony assistants of Massachusetts 1680
Baptists make their first appearance in Maine in 1681; William
Screven, their leader, organizes a church, but the members
are obliged to remove to South Carolina to avoid persecu-
tion 1683
Charter of Massachusetts colony adjudged forfeited, and liber-
ties of the colonies seized by the crown ; col. Kirke appointed
governor of Massachusetts, Plymouth, New Hampshire, and
Maine; Charles II. dying before Kirke could embark, James
II. did not reappoint him 18 June, 1684
Charter being vacated, various purchases were made from the
Indians; the most important, known as the " Pejepscot Pur-
chase," was made by Richard Wharton, and covered lands
"lying between cape Small -point and Maquoit, thence
northward on the west side of the Androscoggin. 4 miles in
width to the 'Upper falls,' and 5 miles on the other side of
the river down to Merry-meeting bay " 7 July, '•
Treaty made by Maine and New Hampshire with 4 tribes of
Indians 8 Sept. 1685
Joseph Dudley, a native of Massachusetts, graduate of Harvard
in 1665, made by James II. president of Maine May, 1686
Sir Edmund Andros arrives at Boston to supersede Dudley as
president of the colonies 20 Dec. "
Andros commissioned captain -general and vice-admiral over
the whole of New England, New York, and the Jerseys. . Mch. 1688
Andros seizes upon Penobscot, and sacks house and fort of
baron de St. Castin, aiding to precipitate an Indian war, Apr. "
First outbreak of King William's war at the new settlement of
North Yarmouth on Royals river. Indians surprise and break
up the settlement, 13 Aug. They attack and burn New Dart-
mouth (Newcastle), and destroy the fort and break up the
settlement on the Sheepscot river 5-6 Sept. "
Gov. Andros using unwise measures in opposing Indians, arouses
the people, who restore Danforth to the office of provincial
president, appoint a council for the safety of the people, and
resume the government according to charter rights. .18 Apr. 1689
Garrison at Pemaquid attacked by Indians and forced to sur-
render 2 Aug. "
Maj. Benjamin Church, with 600 men raised by Massachusetts,
proceeds to the Kennebec, and ranging along the coast, in-
timidates the Indians; leaving 60 soldiers at fort Loyal, he
returns with the rest to Massachusetts
Newichawannock (now Salmon Falls), attacked by French and
Indians under sieur Artel, and 54 settlers captured and the
settlement burned 18 Mch. 169C
Five hundred French and Indians under Castin attack fort
Loyal at Falmouth ; the people abandon the village and
Retire to the garrison, 16 May, which capitulates on the 20th,
when the French, after burning the town, retire to Quebec ^^
with 100 prisoners May,
Sir William Phipps leaves Boston with 5 vessels for Nova Scotia.
He captures Port Royal, and takes possession of the whole ^^
country and coast to Penobscot May,
Three hundred men under maj. Church are again sent from
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Massachusetts. 2 Sept., to reduce Indians in the province.
He attacks them at Pejepscot fort on the .Androscoggin, free-
ing some English captives; has an engagement with them at
Purpooduck -21 Sept., and returns home leaving 100 men as
garrison at Wells Sept. 1690
Five months" truce signed at Sagadahoc by commissioners
from Massachusetts and the Indians, who agree to surrender
all prisoners and to make a lasting peace at Wells the fol-
lowing Mav 29 Nov. "
Indians failing to meet pres. Danforth as agreed at Wells on •
1 Mav, he returns to York and sends a reinforcement to
Wells. Shortly after their arrival they are attacked by 200
Indians, whom" they repulse 9 June, 1691
Charter of William and Mary, or the Provincial charter, passes
the seals and receives royal sanction, and the province of
Maine is united with the royal province of Massachusetts
bay 7 Oct "
Two hundred Indians, led by Canadian French, assault York
on the Agumenticus river. The inhabitants find shelter in
the garrisoned houses and repulse the enemy, who retire
after burning the town and killing or capturing about half of
the people 5 Feb. 1692
Eight represenUitives from Maine appear in the Massachusetts
House of Representatives at its first session 8 June, "
[For the governors of Maine up to its separation from
Massachusetts in 1820. see the latter state]
Five hundred French and Indians under Burneffe attack Wells,
defended by a small garrison and 2 sloops, which had just
arrived in the harbor bringing supplies and ammunition,
repulsed after a siege of 48 hours 10 June, "
Fort built at Pemaquid Aug. "
Indians negotiate a treaty of peace with the English. . .11 Aug. 1693
French and Indians under Iberville.Villebon, and Castin, capt-
ure the fort at Pemaquid 15 July, 1696
Eastern Sagadahoc claimed by the French as part of Nova
Scotia under the treaty of Ryswick 11 Sept 1697
Treaty of 11 Aug. 1693, signed and ratified with additional
articles at Mare Point (now in Brunswick) between the
whites and Indians 7 Jan. 1699
Indians under French leaders attack Wells, Cape Porpoise,
Saco. Scarborough, Casco, Spurwink, and Purpooduck ; the
last 2 entirely destroyed. Thus opened the 3d Indian war,
known as Queen Anne's war 10 Aug. 1703
Enemy destroy Black Point, attack York and Berwick; legis-
latures of .Massachusetts and New Hampshire ofier '201. for
every Indian prisoner under 10 years of age, and 40/. for
every one older, or for his scalp Sept -Oct "
Col. Church leads an expedition against the enemy in the east,
visits Penobscot bay, and proceeds as far as the bay of Fundy.
He returns, having destroyed all the settlements in the vicin-
ity of Port Royal, and taken 106 prisoners and a large amount
of plunder with the loss of only 6 men 1704
Francis Nicholson, late lieut-gov. of Virginia, arrives at Bos-
ton, 15 July, with his fleet. He sails 18 Sept, reaches Port
Royal 24 Sept.. lands his forces, and opens 3 batteries 1 Oct,
and Suberaise the governor capitulates the next day, and
Nicholson names the place Annapolis Royal 2 Oct 1710
By treaty of Utrecht 'all Nova Scotia, Annapolis Royal, and
all other things in these parts " belonging to France are
I ceded to Great Britain 30 Mch. 1713
I Berwick incorporated out of the northern settlements of Kit-
{ tery 9 June, "
; Fort George erected on the west side of the Androscoggin, op-
j posite the lower falls 1715
! Parker's island and Arrowsick made a town or municipal cor-
[ poration by the name of Georgetown 13 June, 1716
i Name of Saco changed to Biddeford 18 Nov. 1718
I First violence of the '-Three Years' or Lovewell's war," the
4th Indian war, was the taking of 9 families on Merry-meet-
ing bay by 60 Indians in canoes. 13 June ; they attack the
j fort at St Georges river and burn Brunswick June, July, 1722
; One thousand men raised by the General court to carry on the
; Indian war 8 Aug. "
; Capt Josiah Winslow and 16 men, in 2 boats on the St George's
; river, ambushed and surrounded by about 100 Indians in
: 30 canoes, and all killed 1 May, 1724
I Father Sebastian Rasle. a Jesuit long located at the Indian vil-
1 lage of Norridgewock on the Kennebec, is suspected by the
i English settlers of instigating the Indians against them ; a
[ party under col. Westbrook, sent to seize him in 1721, is un-
1 successful, but a second party under capts. Moulton and
Harmon, with 100 men each, succeed in putting him and
about 30 Indian converts to death 12 Aug. "
Capt. John Lovewell with 33 men is surprised by Indians at
Pegwacket; a desperate battle ensues; the Indians are re-
pulsed, but with a loss to the English of 10 killed, includ-
ing capt. Lovewell. 14 wounded, and 1 missing 8 May, 1725
Treaty known as ''Drummer's Treaty," signed by 4 Indian
delegates at Boston 15 Dec. "
David Dunbar, an Irishman, obtains royal sanction to settle
and govern the province of Sagadahoc 1729
Owing to the arbitrary acts of Dunbar he is removed from his
office, 4 Apr. 1733, by roval instruction, and Massachusetts
resumes jurisdiction of Sagadahoc territory 25 Aug. 1733
Brunswick incorporated 24 June, 1737
King in council fixes the line between Maine and New Hamp-
shire to •• pass through the entrance of Piscataqua harbor and
the middle of the river to the farthermost head of Salmon Falls
river, thence north 2°; west, true course, 120 miles," 5 Mch. 1739
Rev. George Whitefleld visits Maine and preaches at York,
Wells, and Biddeford 1741
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First attack of Indians (the 5th Indian war) upon St. George
and Damariscotta (Newcastle) 19 July; the provincial gov-
ernment declares war against all the eastern tribes, and of-
fers bounties for Indian captives or scalps .23 Aug.
Indian skirmishes and depredations throughout the Sagada-
hoc territory during
By 1 May, 1747, the whole frontier from Wells to Topsham is
infested with Indians, who make an attack on Pemaquid,
26 May, and unsuccessful attacks on forts Frederick and
St George Sept
Indian hostilities in Maine brought to an end by the treaty of
Aix-la-Chapelle, signed 7 Oct
A treaty based on Drummer treaty of 1725 made with Indians
at Falmouth by commission from Massachusetts 16 Oct
Indians attack fort Richmond, on the Kennebec, but hearing
that the garrison had been reinforced, they retire, but at-
tack Dresden, Swan island, Wiscasset, Sheepscot, and George-
town, and withdraw with 20 or 30 captives. 11-25 Sept
Commissioners meet the Indians at St. George's fort, 3 Aug.,
and proclaim a cessation of hostilities 3 Sept
Newcastle incorporated, the first of the towns in the territory
of Sagadahoc 19 June,
Fort Halifax, on the Kennebec river below the Teconnet falls,
fort Western at Augusta, and fort Shirley or Frankfort in
Dresden all built during the year
In consequence of Frepch and' Indian depredations, war is de-
clared on all the Indian tril)es east of Piscataqua, and boun-
ties offered for prisoners and scalps 11 June,
Acadians or French Neutrals, dwelling principally about An-
napolis, Grand Pre. and vicinity are forcibly removed by
order of lieut-gov. Diwrence and the provincial council,
and dispersed among the American colonies from Maine to
Georgia (Acadia) .-. . .Sept
Skirmishes with the Indians at Brunswick, New Gloucester,
Windham, where the Indian chief Poland is killed, and at
Georgetown and fort Halifax
Possession is taken of the Penobscot country, and fort Pownal
built and garrisoned with 100 men under Jedediah Preble,
28 July,
Nauseag, a precinct of Georgetown, the birthplace of sir
William Phipps, first royal governor of the Massachusetts
provinces, erected into a town by the name of Woolwich,
20 Oct
Pownalborough, embracing the present towns of Dresden, Wis-
casset, Alna. and Swan island, is incorporated 13 Feb.
Peace made with the remnant of the Indian tribes in the vicin-
ity of fort Pownal 29 Apr.
General court establishes the counties of Cumberland (that part
of Maine between the Saco and Androscoggin) and Lincoln
(that part east of the Androscoggin)., 19 June,
Mount Desert island granted to gov. Barnard
Town of Bristol, embracing the ancient Pemaquid, incorpo-
rated 18 June,
Town of Hallowell. embracing Cushnoc (Augusta), and Wins-
low, including Waterville, incorporated 26 Apr.
Pepperellborough, afterwards Saco, incorporated 9 June,
Belfast incorporated ; first town on the Penobscot 22 June,
New Gloucester incorporated 8 Mch.
County convention, 39 delegates from 9 towns in Cumberland
county, held at Falmouth, at which meeting sheriff Will-
iam f yng declared his avowal to obey the province law and
not that of parliament, and which advises '-a firm and per-
severing opposition to every design, dark or open, framed to
abridge our English liberties" 21 Sept
Capt Mowatt and 2 companions of the British sloop-of-war
Canseau are made prisoners by 50 or 60 volunteers under
lieut-col. Samuel Thompson, while ashore at Falmouth.
The sailing-master of the Canseau excites the people by
threatening to burn the town if Mowatt is not restored ; be-
ing released on parole, Mowatt weighs anchor, sails for Ports-
mouth 9 May,
An English schooner, the Margranetto, loading at Machias, is
seized bv a party of volunteers under Benjamin Foster and
Jeremiah O'Brien ; after capturing this prize O'Brien sails
into the bay of Fundy. and on his return captures a schooner
and tender which were in search of the Margranetto. .June,
Col. Benedict Arnold, with a force of about 1100 men, passes
up the Kennebec to attack Quebec Sept.
Capt. Mowatt arrives in Falmouth (now Portland) with 4 armed
vessels. 17 Oct., with orders from adm. Graves to destroy the
town, which he bums 18 Oct.
Warren incorporated; first town on St George river — 7 Nov.
Fryeburg, scene of Ixjvewell's fight in 1725, incorporated,
11 Jan.
Counties of York, Cumberland, and Lincoln, by vote of Con-
gress, erected into the " District of Maine "
British general McLane and 900 troops take possession of the
peninsula of Major Biguyduce (now Castine), begin a fort,
and station 3 sloops of- war under capt Mowatt 12 Jan.
Pittston, the fortieth and last town established by the general
court under the royal charter, incorporated 4 Feb.
Expedition of 19 armed vessels and 24 transports, under Gurdon
Saltonstall. a Connecticut sea-captain, and 1500 men from
Massachusetts under gen. Lovell, arrive at Penobscot, 25
July, for the purpose of dislodging the British; they remain
inactive, however, until the arrival of 5 British ships from
New York, which force the Americans to burn their vessels
and disperse 1^ -^"S
Six hundred troops raised to protect the Eastern department,
between Piscataqua and St. Croix, and command given to
gen. Peleg Wadsworth, with headquarters at Thomaston
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Bath incorporated, the first towu established by the new gov-
ernment 17 Feb. 1781
Gen. Wadsworth captured at Thomaston and imprisoned at
Castine, 18 Keb. ; escapes 18 Juno, "
Land office is opened at the seat of government, and state lands
in the dislriut of Maine are sold to soldiers and emigrants at
$1 per acre on the navigable waters; elsewhere given, pro-
vided settlers clear IG acres in 4 years 1784
First issue of the Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser, the
earliest newspaper established in Maine 1 Jan. 1785
Mount Desert, confiscated from gov. Bernard, is reconfirmed
in part to his son John and to French claimants "
Convention to consider the separation of the district from Mas-
sachusetts meets at Falmouth 5 Oct. "
Convention appointed at the Oct. meeting assembles at Fal-
mouth and draws up a statement of particulars 4 Jan. 1786
Massachusetts lands, 1,107,;J9() acres, between Penobscot and
St. Croix rivers, disposed of by lottery ; a large portion pur-
chased by William Bingham of Philadelphia Mch. "
Falmouth divided and the peninsula with several opposite isl-
ands incorporated and named Portland 4 July, "
Convention of 31 delegates meets at Portland and petitions
the general court that the counties of York, Cumberland,
and Lincoln be erected into a sei)arate state, and suggests
that the towns vote on the subject 6 Sept. "
[Convention reas.senibling, 3 Jan. 1787, finds votes cast on
separation 994, 645 being yeas; motion to present the peti-
tion to the legislature lost, but was presented the year follow-
ing.]
General court sets off" from Lincoln county the new counties
of Hancock, from Penobscot bay to the head of Goulds-
borough river, and Washington, east of Hancock.. . .25 June, 1789
Bangor incorporated 25 Feb. 1791
Last meeting of the Salem presbytery, marking the decline of
the Presbyterian church founded at Londonderry, N. H., in
1719, is held at Gray 14 Sept. "
Charter granted by the general court for Bowdoin college in
Brunswick 24 J une, 1794
Augusta (the ancient Cushnoc) incorporated under the name of
Harrington, 20 Feb. 1796; changed to Augusta 9 June, 1796
Seven families from Ireland associate at Newcastle to form a
Catholic church 1798
At Providence, the commission appointed to determine and
settle, according to the Jay treaty, what river was the St.
Croix, made a report that the mouth of the river is in Passa-
maquoddy bay, in lat. 45° 5' 5" N., and Ion. 67° 12' 30" W.
of London, and 3° 54' 15" E. of Harvard college, and that the
boundary of Maine was up this river and the Cheputnatecook
to a marked stake called "'the Monument" 25 Oct. "
Kennebec county erected from north part of Lincoln.. .20 Feb. 1799
Northern parts of York and Cumberland counties erected into
the county of Oxford 4 Mch. 1805
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow b. in Portland 27 Feb. 1807
County of Somerset established from the northerly part of
Kennebec 1 Mch. 1809
Three commissioners appointed by governor and council to act
on land titles in Lincoln county 27 Feb. 1811
Boxer, a British brig of 18 guns and 104 men, capt. Blythe, en-
gages the American brig Enterprise, 16 guns and 102 men,
capt. Burrows, off" Portland. In 35 minutes the Boxer sur-
renders and is taken to Portland by her captor (both com-
manders killed) 5 Sept. 1813
" I remember the sea-fight for awny,
How it thundered o'er the tide !
And the dead captains, as thev lay
In their graves, o'erlooking the tranquil bay
Where they in battle died."— iong/W/oic.
Extent of "Pejepscot purchase" is declared according to the
resolve of the general court, 8 Mch. 1787, that "Twenty-mile
falls," 20 miles above Brunswick, are the ''uppermost Great
falls" in the Androscoggin river referred to in the deed to
Wharton dated 7 July, 1684; matter settled 1814
Fort Sullivan in Eastport, under command of maj. Perley Put-
nam, surrenders to a British force from Halifax 11 July, "
Fort at Castine destroyed by its garrison on the approach of a
British fieet from Halifax 1 Sept. "
[Part of the British fleet proceed up the Penobscot. At
Hampden lay the U. S. corvette Adams. Her commander,
capt. Charles Morris, endeavors to defend the vessel, but, for-
saken by the militia, burns the ship and retreats to Bangor,
leaving Hampden to be pillaged by the British. The British
capture Bangor, and burn 14 vessels at anchor ; return to
Hampden, and from there proceed to Frankfort.]
Frankfort delaying surrender, the British denounce vengeance
against the place and sail for Castine 1-7 Sept. "
British force under Sherwood and Griffiths land at Buck's har-
bor, about 3 miles below Machias, and march against the
fort, which the garrison desert and blow up 12 Sept. "
British maj. -gen. Gerard Gosselin appointed to govern the
province between Brunswick and Penobscot "
British sloop from Halifax, with a cargo invoiced at $40,000, on
her passage to Castine is captured and carried into Camden,
Nov. "
General court appoints a day of thanksgiving on news of peace
and of the treaty of Ghent, 24 Dec. 1814 22 Feb. 1815
British troops evacuate Castine 25 Apr. "
Between 10,000 and 15,000 inhabitants emigrate to Ohio 1815-16
County of Penobscot incorporated (the ninth and last prior to
the separation) 15 Sept. 1815
Meetings held in all towns and plantations of the district of
Maine, and a vote taken on the question of separation from
Massachusetts results in 10,393 yeas and 6501 nays. .20 May, 1816
First separation law takes eff^ect, directing voters to meet in -a
their towns on the first Monday of Sept. to vote on the ques- «
tion, and send delegates to Brunswick the last Monday of m
Sept., who, if a majority of at least 5 to 4 favor separation, *
should form a constitution 2U June, 181ff
Convention of 185 delegates convenes at Brunswick; vote
shows 11,961 yeas to 10,347 nays ; the attempt to seek ad-
mission as a state failing, tlie convention was dissolved, Sept. "
First meeting at St. Andrew's of joint commission, Thomas
Barclay for Great Britain, Cornelius V^an Ness for the U. S.,
to determine the northeastern and northern boundary of
Maine; no result 23 Sept. "
President Monroe visits Maine on his tour of inspection of
forti fications, etc li
U. S. warship Alabama, 84 guns, 2633 tons, commenced and
left on the stocks at Kittery unfinished. 18]
Agricultural Society of District of Maine incorporated. .16 Feb. "
Law of the U. S.. making every state a district in which ves-
sels must enter and clear, proving a stumbling-block in the
matter of the separation of Maine, is changed, and the east-
ern coast divided into 2 great districts 2 Mch. 1819
About 70 towns petition the legislature for separation, and bill
passed granting it 19 June, "
Under Separation act, after an election in July, and the proc-
lamation of the governor 24 Aug., a convention of 269 dele-
gates at Portland, elects William King president, and ap-
points a committee of 33 to report a constitution II Oct. "
Congress admits Maine into the Union; capital Portland, 3 Mch. 1820'
William King elected governor witliout opposition Apr. "
Within 17 months gov. King, commissioner under the Spanish
treaty, resigns his office to Mr. Williamson, president of the
Senate, who 6 months after, being elected to Congress, sur-
renders it to Mr. Ames, speaker of the House. The presi-
dent of the next Senate was Mr. Rose, who acted as governor
one day, until gov. Parris was inducted 1820-21
AVaterville college (afterwards Colby university) established at
Waterville 1820
Maine Historical Society incorporated 5 Feb. 1822
Last meeting of commissioners to determine the northern and
northeastern boundary of Maine held at New York. (They
disagree, and subsequently the matter is referred to Will-
iam, king of the Netherlands) 13 Apr. "
Building of the state prison at Thomaston begun 1823
Wild lands in Maine surveyed and divided between Maine and
Massachusetts 1826
Boundary north and east of Maine referred to William, king of
the Netherlands, for settlement 12 Jan. 1829
Corner-stone of the state capitol at Augusta laid July, *'
Cumberland and Oxford canal, from Portland to Sebago pond,
completed "
Gov. Lincoln dying, Nathan Cutler, president of the senate,
succeeds him 8 Oct. "
Jonathan G. Hunton inaugurated governor 1830
William, king of the Netherlands, recommends as the boundary
of Maine, a line due north from the source of the St. Croix to
the river St. John; thence in the middle of that river
through the St. Francis to its source, and thence along the
highlands southwesterly to "mile tree " and head of the
Connecticut river 10 Jan. 1831
Capital removed from Portland to Augusta: legislature meets,
4 Jan. 1832
Bangor and Orono railroad, 10 miles in length, completed 1836
Rufus Mclntire, land agent for Maine, and 2 others, sent to
drive trespassers from timber on disputed territory in north
of the state, are taken by an armed force as prisoners to
Fredericton, but soon released by the governor of New
Brunswick II Feb. 1839
Lieutenant-governor of New Brunswi(!k issues a proclamation
regarding as an invasion of her majesty's territory, the at-
tempt of a force of 200 armed men from Maine to drive off"
persons cutting timber on disputed territory 13 Feb
Agreement made between the British government and the
U. S., to prevent immediate hostilities between the troops
Maine and New Brunswick, that armed men should be with'
drawn from the territory, and the trespassers be kept ofi'by^
the combined efforts of both governments 27 Feb»
Act of Congress passed authorizing the president to resist an;"
attempt of Great Britain to enforce exclusive jurisdictioi
over the disputed territory in the north of Maine 3 McT
Gen. Winfleld Scott, sent to command on the Maine frontier)
arranges a truce and joint occupancy of the disputed terrl
tory by both governments (Aroostook disturbance), 21 Mch.
State asylum for lunatics at Augusta completed 1840
Treaty concluded at Washington between Lord Ashburton, for
Great Britain, and Daniel Webster, secretary of state, for the,
U. S., fixing the boundary of Maine on the north, freei
navigation of the St. John's river, confirming land in disput-
ed territory to those in possession, and allowing Maine and
Massachusetts compensation for territory given up, to be
paid by the U. S 9 Aug. 1842
Edward Kavanagh, acting governor in the place of gov. Fair-
field, elected U. S. senator 3 Mch. 18^
Act restricting sale of liquors Aug. 1846
Law enacted establishing a state Board of Education
Nathan Clifi"ord appointed attorney-general 23 Dec.
Death at Hallowell of Nathan Read, inventor, the first man to
apply for a patent before the patent law was enacted. In
1798 he invented and patented a macliine for cutting and
heading nails, and later invented a tubular boiler; d., 20 Jan. 1849
State insane hospital at Augusta burned. 27 inmates and 1
assistant perish in the flames 4 Dec. 1850
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"Maine Law," an act "to prohibit drinking-houses and tip-
pling-shops," passed in May, approved by the governor 2
June, and enforced first at Bangor 4 July, 1851
Act abolishing the stale Board of Education, the governor to
appoint a school commissioner for each county 1852
"Search and Seizure act" for the confiscation of liquors,
passed 1853
James G. Hlaine moves from Philadelphia to Augusta, and be-
comes editor of the Kennebec Journal "
Maine purchases for $362,500 the share of Massachusetts in ■
wild lands in the state "
Reform school for boys erected at Cape Elizabeth, and first in-
mate received 14 Nov. "
Act passed by legislature appointing a superintendent of com-
mon schools 17 Apr. 1854
Anson P. Morrill, Republican, inaugurated governor 1855
Atlantic and St. Lawrence railroad leased to the Grand Trunk
railway for 999 years "
Samuel Wells, candidate of the Whigs and Democrats, Inau-
gurated governor 1856
Whole system of legislation on liquor repealed, and license
law drafted by Phineas Barnes of Portland enacted "
Hannibal Hamlin, Republican, inaugurated governor Jan. 1857
Joseph H. Williams, governor, to succeed Hannibal Hamlin,
who was elected U. S. senator 26 Feb. "
Nathan Clifford, justice of the Supreme court 28 Jan. 1858
,Maine liquor law in all its parts re-enacted "
iBill passed granting the proceeds of 1,000,000 acres of land and
the claims of Maine on the government of the U. S., for the
completion of the railroad from Portland to Halifax 1861
:Haunibal Hamlin inaugurated vice-president U. S 4 Mch. "
Extra 3 days' session of the legislature, and provision made for
10 regiments of volunteers for the Federal army, and a
coast-guard if necessary 22 Apr. "
Office of the Democrat, a secession newspaper published in
Bangor, entirely destroyed by a mob 12 Aug. "
U. S. secretary of state Seward permits passage of British
troops across the state from Portland to Canada 1862
Officers and crew of the Confederate privateer Archer enter the
harbor of Portland, capture the revenue cutter Caleb Gush-
ing, and put to sea; being pursued, they take to their boats
and blow up their prize, and are themselves captured,
29 June, 1863
Bates college, located at Lewiston, founded; noted for having
an endowed scholarship for a lady student "
Foreign Emigrant association of Maine incorporated, to which
I the state agrees to give $25 for every able-bodied foreign
1 emigrant introduced into Maine by them 1864
iWiUiam Pitt Fessenden, secretary of the treasury 1 July, "
lA small party of Confederate raiders from St. John's, N. B., led
by one Collins of Mississippi, attempt the robbery of a bank
in Calais; but, the authorities being forewarned by the Amer-
j lean consul at St. John's, the attempt fails 18 July, "
j3reat fire in Portland, burning over an area 1% miles long by
^ of a mile wide; 1500 buildings burned; loss between
! $10,000,000 and $15,000,000 4 July, 1866
i [The most destructive fire in the U. S. up to that time since
I the great fire in New York, 1835.]
[National Home for Disabled Volunteers located atTogns springs,
Lnear Augusta, receives its first instalment of soldiers.
10 Nov. "
igislature passes a stringent prohibitory liquor law, and ap-
\ points a state constable to enforce its provisions 186T
ijtate agricultural college established at Orono 1868
Constabulary law of 1867 repealed "
ifames 6. Blaine, speaker House of Representatives 1869
jUate temperance convention assembles at Portland and nomi-
i nates hon. N. C. Hitchborn for governor 29 June, "
IjOv. Chamberlain re-elected, the vote standing, Chamberlain,
1 Republican, 51,439; Smith, Democrat,39,033; and Hitchborn,
i 4783 13 Sept. "
'\ bill to increase the stringency of the prohibitory liquor laws
i, passes both houses without opposition 1870
Swedish colony founded in Aroostook county by 51 immigrants
brought from Gothenburg by the board of commissioners of
immigration, which arrive at "New Sweden " 23 July, "
iiquor law amended so as to bring cider and wine made from
fruits grown in the stat.e within the prohibition 1872
State convention for the formation of a woman's suffrage asso-
ciation assembles at Augusta Feb. 1873
vet passed providing for a state board of immigration, consist-
ing of the governor, secretary of state, and land agent "
Roman's suff'rage convention at Augusta resolves: "That we
pledge ourselves never to cease the agitation we have begun
until all unjust discriminations against women are swept
away " 28 Jan. 1874
industrial school for girls opened at Hallowell Jan. 1875
'ompulsory Education act passed by the legislature "
,)eath penalty in Maine abolished by law (see 1883-87) 1876
enator Lot M. Morrill, secretary U. S. treasury June, "
\t state election, Almon Gage, nominated for governor of the
i state by the "Greenback party," receives 520 votes. Gov.
(Connor is re-elected Sept. "
j"ifty-two Swedes in " New Sweden " are naturalized "
i.ct passed relating to " tramps " 1878
larble statue of gen. William King, first governor of Maine,
presented to the U. S. government and placed in Statuary
hall, Washington ; Jan. "
tate Greenback convention held at Lewiston, 782 delegates;
Joseph W. Smith nominated for governor 5 June, "
eptember election: Selden Connor, Republican, 56,544; Jo-
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seph L. Smith, Greenback, 41,371; Alonzo Garcelon, Demo-
crat, 28,218; no choice by people 9 Sept. 1878
Garcelon chosen governor by legislature 3 Jan. 1879
A convention of the surviving members of the Senate and
House of 1851, who voted for the original Maine liquor law,
meets at Augusta 2 June "
Vote for governor: Daniel F. Davis, Republican, 68,766; Garce-
lon, Democrat, 21,688; Smith, National or Greenback, 47,590,
T, , ,. 8 Sept. "
Republican press claims the Senate by 7 majoritv, the House
by 28. In November great excitement is produced by the
rumor that the governor and council would endeavor to
count out the Republican majority and count in a Fusion
(Democrat and National) majority. The sub-committee of
the council make their report 26 Dec. "
Legislature convenes, and 78 Fusion members and 2 Republi-
cans qualify. The Senate elects James D. Lamson (Fusion)
president 7 jan. isso
Commanders of all military organizations in the state are re-
quired to report to maj. gen. Chamberlain 12 Jan. "
Republicans organize a legislature " "
Gov. Garcelon's office being vacant after 7 Jan., president of
Senate, Lamson, asks if maj. -gen. Chamberlain will recognize
him as governor. Chamberlain refers the question to the
Supreme court 12 Jan. "
Supreme court recognizes the Republican legislature. The
Fusionists become demoralized, and Daniel Davis assumes
the office of governor I6 Jan. "
Gen. Harris M. Plaisted, Greenback, elected governor. .13 Sept. "
Act passed making women eligible to the office of supervisor
of schools and superintending school committees
U. S. senator James G. Blaine appointed secretary of state
Meeting of the lawyers of Maine held at Augusta, and- a state
bar association formed 25 Apr.
Act passed, restoring the death penalty for murder
Vote on amending the constitution forever prohibiting the sale
of intoxicating liquors, 70,783 for, 23,811 against Sept.
Convention of the "People's" party, held at Portland, nomi-
nate presidential electors favoring Benjamin F. Butler.. Oct.
Act establishing a state Board of Health
Acts abolishing capital punishment, and establishing "Arbor
day "
First observance of Labor day in the state 5 Sept.
Sebastian S. Marble, president of the Senate, succeeds gov.
Bodwell, who d 15 Dec.
Acts passed forbidding manufacturing "Trusts" and heating
railroad cars by common stoves
State convention of Union Labor party meets at Waterville,
and nominates Isaac R. Clark of Bangor for governor,
20 May,
Gov. Burleigh re elected; Clark, candidate of the Union Labor
party, receives 1296 votes Sept.
Legislature enacts an Australian ballot law .24 Mch.
First Monday in September (Labor day) made a legal holiday
by legislature at session ending 3 Apr.
Ex-vice-pres. Hannibal Hamlin, b. 1809, d. at Bangor 4 July,
James G. Blaine, secretary of state, resigned (United States),
4 June,
James 6. Blaine d. at Washington, D. C, aged 63 years, 27 Jan.
GOVERNORS.
(Prior to 1820 Maine was a part of Massachusetts.)
1881
1885
1887
1889
1890
1892
1893
Name.
Term.
Remarks.
1820 to 1821
1821
1822 to 1826
1827 " 1829
1829
1830 to 1831
1831 " 1833
1834 " 1837
1838 " 1839
1839 " 1840
1840 " 1841
1841 " 1843
1843 " 1844
1844 " 1847
1847 " 1850
1850 " 1853
1853 " 1855
1855 " 1856
1856 "1857
1857
1857 to 1858
1858 " 1861
1861 " 1862
1862 " 1864
1864 " 1867
1867 " 1870
1871 " 1873
1874 " 1875
1876 " 1879
1879 " 1880
1880 " 1881
1881 " 1882
1883 " 1887
1887
1887 to 1888
1889 " 1892
1893 " 1895
Resigns.
Acting.
William D. Williamson. . .
Albion K Parris
Enoch Lincoln
Died in office, 1829.
Acting.
Nathan Cutler
Jonathan G. Button
Samuel Emerson Smith. .
Robert P. Dunlap
John Fairfield
Edward Kent
Elected to the U. S. Senatft
Edward Kavanagh
Hugh J. Anderson
John W Dana
Acting.
John Hubbard
William G. Crosby
Anson P Morrill . . .
Republican, the 1st.
Samuel Wells .
Hannibal Hamlin
Joseph H. Williams
lot M. Morrill
Elected U. S. senator.
Acting.
Israel Washburn, jr.
Joshua L. Chamberlain. .
Nelson Dingley,jr
Harris M. Plaisted
Frpdpriplr Robip
Joseph R. Bodwell
Sebastian S. Marble
Edwin C. Burleigh
Henry B. Cleaves
Died in oflace, 1887.
Re-elected Sept. 1894,
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UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF MAINE.
Name.
No. of Congr«M.
John Chandler
John Holinea
Albion K. Parrls.
John Holmes.
Peleg Sprague.
John Ruggles.
Ether Shepley
Judah Dana
Renel William&
George Evans
John Fairfield
Wyman B. S. Moor
Hannibal Hamlin
James W. Bradbury
William Pitt Fessenden.
Amos Nourse
Hannibal Hamlin
Lot M. Morrill
Hannibal Hamlin
James G. Blaine
William P. Frye
Eugene Hale.'
16th to 20th
16th " 19th
20th
20th to 22d
2l8t " 23d
23d " 26lh
23d " 24th
24th
25th to 28th
27th " 29th
28th " 30th
30th
30th
30th to 33d
33d "4l8t
34th
35th to 36th
36th " 44th
41st " 46th
44th "47 th
47th "
47th "
1820 to 1829
1820 " 1827
1828
1829 to 1833
1830 " 1835
1835 " 1841
1835 " 1836
1836 " 1837
1837 " 1843
1841 " 1847
1843 " 1847
1848
1848 to 1857
1847 " 1853
1854 " 1869
1857
1857 to 1861
1861 " 1876
1869 " 1881
1876 " 1881
1881 "
1881 "
Seated 13 Nov.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Parrls.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Sprague.
Resigned.
Appointed in place of Shepley,
Elected In place of Shepley. Resigned 1843.
Elected in place of Williams. Died 1847.
Apj)ointed in place of Fairfield.
Elected in place of Fairfleld. Resigned 1857. Elected govemorj
Died 1869.
Appointed in place of Hamlin.
Resigned. Elected vice-president of the U. S.
Elected in place of Hamlin. Resigned 1876. Sec. of treasu
Elected in place of Morrill. Resigned 1881. U. S. sec. of at
Elected in place of Blaine. Term expires 1901.
Term expires 1897.
Maine liquor law. Maine, 1846, '51, '58, '72, '79,
1884.
maize or Indian corn (Zea mays), it is unknown
in the wild state, but is probably indigenous to tropical Amer-
ica, although there is authority for saying that it had been cul-
tivated in Asiatic islands under the equator, and had found its
■way into China before the discovery of America. Humboldt
refers its origin to America, where the earliest colonists found it
cultivated by the Indians all along the Atlantic coast. As food it
has become one of the most important grains. Agriculture.
majesty. The emperor and imperial family of Rome
were thus addressed, also the popes and the emperors of Ger-
many. The style was given to Louis XI. of France in 1461.
— Voltaire. When Charles V. was chosen emperor of Ger-
many in 1519, the kings of Spain took the style. Francis I.
of France, at the interview with Henry VIII. of England, on
the Field of the Cloth of Gold, addressed the latter as your
majesty, 1520. James I. used the style " sacred," and " most
excellent majesty."
majol'iea n^are. Pottery.
major'ea. Balearic islands, Minorca. Majorca
opposed Philip V. of Spain in 1714; but submitted, 14 July,
1715. Its first railway, from Palma, capital of the Balearic
isles, to Inca, 18 miles, opened 24 Feb. 1875.
lUalabar', a district on the west coastof Hindostan. The
Portuguese established factories here 1505, the English 1601.
Malac'ea, a district on the Malay peninsula, India, was
made a Portuguese settlement in 1511. The Dutch factories
were established in 1640. The Dutch government exchanged
it for Bencoolen in Sumatra in 1824, when it was placed under
the Bengal presidency. It is now part of the Strait set-
tlements.
Iflarag^a, S. Spain, a Phoenician town, taken by the Arabs,
714; retaken by the Spaniards, after a long siege, 1487. Naval
BATTLES, 1704. An insurrection against the provisional gov-
ernment was put down with much slaughter, 31 Dec. 1868.
IVfalakhofT, a hill near Sebastopol, with an old tower,
strongly fortified by the Russians during the Crimean war.
The allied French and English attacked it on 17, 18 June,
1855, and, after a conflict of 48 hours, were repulsed; the Eng-
lish losing 175 killed and 1126 wounded; the French 3338
killed and wounded. On 8 Sept. the French again attacked
the Malakhoff ; at 8 o'clock the first mine was sprung, and at
noon the French flag floated over the redoubt. Sebastopol.
In the Malakhoff and Redan were focnid 3000 pieces of cannon
of ever}' calibre, and 120,000 lbs. of gunpowder.
Malay arehipelago. Moluccas, Philippines,
Straits.
Maiden, now Amherstbur^, a port of entry on
the Canada shore of the Detroit river, 18 miles below Detroit,
was a place of importance during the war of 1812-15. Most
of the expeditions made by the British and Indians into Mich-
igan and Ohio were from this point. Here the British fleet,
defeated by Perry 10 Sept. 1813, was built.
Maldon, a borough of Essex county, Engl., built
B.C., is supposed to have been the first Roman colony in Brl|
ain. It was burned by queen Boadicea, and rebuilt by tl
Romans; burned by the Danes, 991 A.i>., and rebuilt by i\
Saxons. Maldon was incorporated by Philip and Mary,
custom of Borough-English prevails here, the youngest
and not the eldest, succeeding to the burgage tenure on
father's death.
MaJo, St., N.W. France. This port, as a resort of pri
vateers, sustained a tremendous bombardment by the Englia
under adm. Benbow in 1693, and under lord Berkeley in Julj
1695. In June, 1758, the British landed in considerable for
in Cancalle baj% and went up to the harbor, where they burne
upwards of a hundred ships, and did great damage to the towi
making a number of prisoners. It is now defended by a stron|
castle, and the harbor is difficult of access.
Malplaquet {mal-pla-lcd'), a village of N. France.
Here the allies under the duke of Marlborough and prince
Eugene defeated the French, commanded by marshal Yillars,
11 Sept. 1709. Each army consisted of nearly 120,000 choice
soldiers. There was great slaughter on both sides, the allies
losing 18,000 men, a loss but ill repaid by the capture of Mons.
Malta, formerly Mel'lta, an island in the Mediter-
ranean, held successively by Phoenicians, Carthaginians, and
Romans, which last conquered it, 259 b.c. The apostle Paul
was wrecked here, 62 a.d. (Acts xxvii., xxviii.). Malta was
taken by the Vandals, 534 ; by the Arabs, 870 ; and by the
Normans from Sicily, 1090. With Sicily it fell successively
to the houses of Hohenstaufen, of Anjou (1266), and of Aragon
(1260). In 1530 Charles V. gave it to the Knights Hospital-
lers, who defended it courageously and successfully, in 1551
and 1565, against the Turks, who were obliged to abandon the
enterprise after the loss of 30,000 men. The island was taken
by Bonaparte in the outset of his expedition to Egypt, 12
June, 1798. He found in it 1200 pieces of cannon, 200,000
lbs. of powder, 2 ships of the line, a frigate, 4 galleys, and
40,000 muskets, besides an immense treasure collected by su-
perstition ; and 4500 Turkish prisoners, whom he set at lib-
erty. Malta surrendered to the British under Pigot, 6 Sept.
1800. At the peace of Amiens it was stipulated that it should
be restored to the knights. The British, however, retained
possession, and war recommenced ; but, by the treaty of Paris,
in 1814, the island was guaranteed to Great Britain. La Va-
letta, the capital, was founded in 1557 by the grandmaster
La Valetta, and completed and occupied by the knights, 18
Aug. 1571. The Protestant college was founded in 1846. A
grand new naval dry-dock was opened May, 1871. Area, 95
sq. miles, and with Gozo, 115 sq. miles. Pop. 1890, 165,662.
Malta, Knights of. A military religious order, called
also Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights of St.
John, and Knights of Rhodes. Some merchants of Malfi,
trading to the Levant, obtained leave of the caliph of Egypt
to build a house for pilgrims to Jerusalem, whom they re-
ceived with zeal and charity, 1048. They afterwards founded
a hospital for pilgrims, whence they were called Hospitallers
(Lat. hospes, a guest). The military order was founded about
MAL
473
199; confirmed by the pope, 1113. In 1119 the knights de-
ated the Turks at Antioch. After the Christians had lost
leir interest in the East, and Jerusalem was taken, the knights
tired to Acre, which they defended valiantly in 1290. John,
iig of Cyprus, gave them Limisso, where they stayed till
110, vvlien they took Rhodes, under their grandmaster De
allaret, and the next year defended it under the duke of
ivoy against Saracens. The story that his successors have
icd F. E. K. T. (Fortitudo ejus Rhodum tenuit, or "His valor
;pt Rhodes") for their device is much doubted. From this
ley were also called Knights of Rhodes; but Rhodes being
ken by Solyman in 1522, they retired into Candia, thence
to Sicily. Pope Adrian VI. granted them the city of Viter-
) for their retreat ; and in 1530 the emperor Charles V. gave
lem the isle of Malta. The order was suppressed in Eng-
nd in 1540; restored in 1557; and again suppressed in 1559.
;, John's Gate, Clerkenwell, preserves its name. The em-
•ror Paul of Russia declared himself grandmaster of the or-
ir in June, 1799. After the death of the grandmaster,
ommasi di Contara, in 1805, the order was governed by a
jutenant and a college at Rome, till pope Leo XIII. made
lunt Ceschi ii Santa Cisce (lieutenant since 14 Feb. 1871)
•andmaster, 28 Mch. 1879. The knights sent a hospital es-
blishment into Bohemia during the war in 1866, which af-
rded great relief to the wounded and sick.
mal'veril llill, Va. A strong position selected by gen.
cClellan on the James river, about 20 miles south of Rich-
ond for the concentration and final stand of the army of the
5tomac at the close of the Peninsular campaign. This po-
tion the confederates attempted to carry, 1 July, 1862, but
;3re repulsed with severe loss. Peninsulak campaign.
fllaill'elOIl, a hill, one of the defences of Sebastopol,
lis captured by the French, 7 June, 1855.
( ]flaill'eluk.e§, originally Turkish and Circassian slaves,
tablished by the sultan of Egypt as a bodN'-guard about
i40. They placed one of their own corps on the throne, May,
50, and held it until Egypt became a Turkish province, in
tl7, when the beys took them into pay, and filled their ranks
:th renegades from various countries. On the conquest of
Ijypt by Bonaparte, in 1798, they retreated into Nubia ; but,
fsisted by the Arnauts, reconquered Egypt from the Turks.
I 1804 Napoleon embodied some of them in his guard. On
jvich. 1811, they were decoyed into the power of the Turkish
Icha, Mehemet Ali, and slain at Cairo.
iManierti'lli, sons of Mamers, or Mars, were Campanian
jdiers of Agathocles. They seized Messina, in Sicily, in 281
';., and when closely besieged by the Carthaginians and
!ero of Syracuse, in 264, they implored the help of the Ro-
ans, which led to the first Punic war.
jlliaminotll, an extinct species of elephant {Elephas
vimigenius). An entire mammoth, flesh and bones, was dis-
j/ered in Siberia in 1799, and manj' tusks and bones since,
mains of the animal were found at Harwich, Engl., in 1803,
Id since at places in Europe, Asia, and America. " The mam-
j>th belongs exclusivel}' to the post-tertiary epoch of geolo-
jits, and it was undoubtedly contemporaneous with man in
iince and probably elsewhere." — Encycl. Brit. 9th ed.
ilVIaininotll cave, Edmondson county, Ky., discov-
<|(1 in 1809 by a Mr. Hutchins while in pursuit of a bear. Its
<|:reme extent is less than 10 miles, and the combined length
<!sll the accessible avenues is possibly 150 miles.
itnan, antiquity of. In 1830 M. Boucher de Perthes
Ind some rude flint implements, which he believed to be
< human manufacture, mingled with bones of extinct ani-
':1s, in the old alluvium near Abbeville, in Picardy, France,
ijl also, in 1847, near Amiens. Similar flints have since been
Slid in Sicily by dr. Falconer, at Brixham, Engl., by Mr. Pen-
ly, and lately in various parts of the world. Hence geolo-
ts infer that man has existed on the earth for many ages.
ijae burned bricks found in tlie Nile are considered to be
1,0,000 years old, and some bones found in lacustrine depos-
js in Florida, 30,000 years old.
ingis skull" found by Schmerling in the valley of the
j'e"se about 1834
«.sil human remains found in extinct volcanoes of St. Denis,
(ear Puy en Velay 1844
Pigment of a human cranium found in auriferous gravel of
able mount, Gal., by C. F. Winslow, while sinking a shaft.. . 1857
MAN
found
Human jaw said to have been found in the drift at Moulin
Quignon, near Abbeville xich. 1863
Sir Charles Lyell's "Antiquity of Man" was pub. in 1863, and
sir John Lubbock's "Prehistoric Times " 1865
Skeleton of a man supposed a contemporary of the mammoth
and cave-bear found with polished flint implements by M.
Kivi^re in the Cavillin cavern, near Mentone, France,
26 Mch. 1872
[Regarded as one of the oldest human skeletons yet found.
— Dana, ' ' Manual of Geology," p. 575.]
"The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments of
Great Britain," by John Evans, F.R.S., pub July, "
"In our day quaternary man is a fact universally accepted^
but tertiary man is a problem under discussion."— Firc/(ow. 1877
Han, Isle of, was subdued by Edwin, king of Northum-
berland, about 620 ; by Magnus of Norway, 1098 ; by Scots,
1266; occupied by Edward at the wish of inhabitants, 1290;
recovered by Scots in 1313 ; but taken from them by Monta-
cute, afterwards earl of Salisbury, to whom Edward III. gave
the title of king of Man in 1343. It was afterwards sub-
jected to the earl of Northumberland, on whose attainder
Henry IV. granted it in fee to sir John Stanley, 1406. It was
taken from this family by Elizabeth, but was restored in 1610
to the earl of Derby, through whom it fell by inheritance to
the duke of Athol, 1735. He received 70,000/. from Parlia-
ment for his rights in 1765; and the nation was charged with
132,944/. more for the purchase of his remaining interest in
the revenues of the island in Jan. 1829. The countess of
Derby held the isle against the parliamentary forces for a
time in 1651. The bishopric is said to have been presided
over by Amphibalus about 360. Some assert that St. Patrick
was the founder of the see, and that Germanus was the first
bishop, about 447. It was united to Sodor in 1113. Area,
220 sq. miles, being 33 miles long and 12 wide; pop. 1891,
55,598. Chief town, Douglas; pop. over 16,000.
]VIanas§as or Second Bull Run, Battle of.
Pope's Virginia campaign.
llana§§as Junction, Va. Bull Run, Battle of.
]flanelie§ter, Lancashire, Engl., in the time of the .
Druids, was one of their most popular stations, and had the
privilege of sanctuary attached to its altar, in the British
language Meyne, a stone. It was a seat of the Brigantes, who
had a castle, or stronghold, called Mancenion, or the place of
tents, near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell.
The site of this, still called the " Castle Field," was, about 79,
selected by the Romans as the station of the Cohors Prima
Frisiornm, and called by them Mancunium ; hence its Saxon
name Mimcenstre, from which its modern appellation is de-
rived.—Lewis. Pop. 1891, 505,343.
Mancenion taken from the Britons 488
Captured by Edwin of Northumbria 620
Inhabitants become Christians about 627
Town taken by the Danes, 870 ; retaken 923
Charter (Magna Charta of Manchester) 14 May, 1301
" Manchester cottons " introduced 1352
Free grammar-school founded 1516
Privilege of sanctuary moved to Chester about 1541
An aulnager (measurer) stationed here 1565
Sir Thomas Fairfax takes the town 1643
Walls and fortifications razed 1652
Prince Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, makes it his
quarters 28 Nov. 1745
Cotton goods first exported 1760
Manchester navigation opened by Bridgewater canal 1761
Manufacture of muslin attempted here about 1780
Manchester reform meeting (called "Peterloo ") of from 60,000
to 100.000 persons— men, women, and children. Mr. Hunt,
who took the chair, had spoken a few words, when the
meeting was suddenly assailed by cavalry, assisted by a
Cheshire regiment of yeomanry, the outlets being occupied
by other military detachments. The unarmed multitude
were driven together; many were ridden over or cut down.
The deaths were 11 — men, women, and children — and the
wounded about 600 16 Aug. 1819
Manchester and Liverpool railway opened — Mr. Huskisson
killed (Liverpool) 15 Se|)t. 1830
Manchester made a parliamentary borough (2 members) by
Reform act 7 June, 1832
Great free-trade meetings here (Corn) 14 Nov. 1843
Owens college opened 1851
Manchester declared a city 16 Apr. 1853
Owens college made the nucleus of Victoria university. .July, 1880
Manclie§ter Sllip-canal, one of the important
ship-canals of the world, from Manchester to Eastham, on the
Mersey, thus connecting Manchester with the sea.
First preliminary meeting held June, 1882
Manchester Ship-canal act passed (with conditions) July, 1886
MAN
474
MAN
Company formed, proposed capital 8,000,000? Oct. 1886
[To hold the property of the Bridgewator Navigation com-
pany, and to occupy 75tK) sq. miles.)
ConlrHcl for work taken by Lucas & Aird for 5,750,000?.. July, 1886
First sod cut by lord Kgerton (chairman of directors), .11 Nov. 1887
Work retarded by death of conlnictor, J. A. Walker, and by
bursting of Mersey einbankinenl at Stratham 7 Nov. 1890
Water admitted into the Kiisiham section 18-19 June, 1891
Kntire canal opened for ship navigation 1893
[Length of canal M)^ miles from Manchester to Kasthain,
with 3 locks; the largest f>00 a. long, 80 ft. wide; 2d, 350 ft.
long, 50 It. wide; 3d, 150 ft. long, 30 ft. wide. Average depth
of canal, 26 ft. Cost, 13,470, '2'21/.]
ina'lies, the name applied by the ancients to the soul
when separated from the body. The manes were reck-
oned among infernal deities, and were generally supposed
to preside over burial-places and monuments of the dead.
They were worshipped by the Romans and invoked by au-
gurs; Virgil (22 b.c.) makes his hero sacrifice to the manes.
The Romans superscribed their epitaphs with D. M., Diis
Monibus,
IIiail(g;ailCisiC', Black oxide of manganese, long used
to decolorize glas.**, and called Magneski nigra, was formerly
included among ores of iron. Its distinctive character was
proved by researches of Pott (1740), Kaim and Winterl (1770),
and Scheele and Ikrgmann (1774) ; it was first eliminated by
Gahn. Manganese combined with potassium is called mineral
chameleon, from its rapid change of color under certain circum-
stances. Forchammer employed it as a test for the presence
of organic matter in water; and dr. Angus Smith successfully
applied this test to air in 1858. Manganese bronze, a new
metal produced by P. M. Parsons, inventor of white brass,
1876.
Mailliat'tatl, island of. Nkw York.
Mailiolie'ans, a sect founded by Manes, in Persia,
about 2G1, spread into Egypt, Arabia, and Africa. A rich
widow, whose servant Manes had been, leaving him much
wealth, he assumed the title of apostle, or envoy of Jesus
Christ, and claimed to be the paraclete, or comforter, that
Christ had promised to send. He maintained 2 principles:
the one, good, he called light; the other, bad, he called dark-
nes.s. He rejected the Old Testament, and composed a sys-
tem of doctrine from Christianity and dogmas of ancient fire-
worshippers. Saiwr, king of Persia, believed in him at one
time, but afterwards banished him. He was burned alive by
Bahram or Varanes, king of Persia, in 277. His followers dis-
persed, and several sects sprang from them.
Manil'la (built about 1573), capital of the Philif)pine
isles, a great mart of Spanish commerce. Pop. 1880, 270,000.
Manilla was taken by the English, 6 Oct. 1762, when the arch-
bishop engaged to ransom it for about a million sterling; never
wholly paid. Manilla has suffered greatly by earthquakes.
Earthquake, 1852, '63, '80.
IHailiseei', Indian name for Block island.
V Circled by waters that never freeze.
Beaten by billow and swept by breeze,
Lietb the island of Manisees.
' No ghost, but solid turf and rock
Is the good island known as Block,'
The Reader said. ' For beauty and for ease
I chose its Indian name, soft flowing Manisees.' "
— Whittier, "The Palatine."
I
Haililoba', one of the provinces of the dominiotr
of Canada, admitted into the coiiioderation 16 .Julv, 187(
Area, 64,0(56 sq. miles; pop. 1891, 154,442. Capital,'Wii
peg-
niaiiom'ctcr (Cir. /invot, thin), an instrument
measuring the rarity of the atmosphere, gases, and vap<
One is said to have been made by Otto von (iuorickc ab
1660, and the "statical barometer" of Robert Hoyle wai
simple manometer. Various forms were devised bv Hnmst
(about 1773), by Roy (1777), by Cazalet (1789), and by Bo
tlon and others. A manometer was constructed for investi
tions of the elasticity U3f steam conducted by Prony, Ai
Dulong, and Girard, 1830.
Iliaiiors are as ancient as the Saxon times, and ;
ply a territorial district with its jurisdiction, rights, and j
quisites. They were formerly called baronies, and
are lordships. Each lord was empowered to hold a c(
called court -baron for redressing misdemeanors and
tling disputes between tenants. — Cabinet Lawyer, Ai!
RKNTISM.
]VIan§ion hou§e, London, residence of the 1<
mayor.
mansou'rah, a town of Lower Egypt. Here Louis
was defeated by the Saracens and taken prisoner, 5 Apr. II
He gave Damietta and 400,000 livres for his ransom.
mailtinea (ma7i-te-nee'a), a village and ruined cityj
Arcadia, Greece. Here (1) Athenians and Argives were
featedbyAgis II. of Sparta, 418 b.c. (2)Epaminondasand'J
bans defeated the forces of Lacedasmon, Acbaia, Elis, At
and Arcadia, 362 b.c. Epaniinondas was killed, and Thebes W
its power in Greece. The emperor Adrian built a tcm|)le :
Mantinea in honor of his favorite Alcinolls. The town w;
also called Antigonia. Other battles were fought near it.
Man'twa, N.Italy, an Etruscan city, near which Virgi
was born, 70 jj.c. Mantua was ruled by the Gonzagas, loni;
of Mantua, from 1328 to 1708, when it was seized by the em-
peror Joseph I. It surrendered to the French, 2 Feb. 1797, aftei
a siege of 8 months; retaken by the Austrians and Russians, 8<
July, 1799, after a short siege. After the battle of Marenp
(14 June, 1800), the French again obtained possession. 1
was included in the kingdom of Italy till 1814, then restorci
to the Austrians, who sold it to the Italians, 11 Oct. 1866, afto
peace.
manuscript, often written MS,, in plural MSS., is de
rived directly from the Lat. Codices manu scripti. Unii
about 1440 every record was a written one. The first sub
stance used to write upon was the bark or rind of the papy
rus, a reed found in Egypt, which, when properly prepare!
was a cheap material for writing. The Papyrus was pp
pared in long rolls, and not in the form of our books, some <>
these rolls being 150 feet long, with a right and wrong sid
fo? writing. The second substance for writing upon wa
Parchment, and lastly, Pai'kr. The use of i)apynis di"
not cease in Egypt until about the 10th century a.d., am
the use of parchment continued until the advent of print
ing (about the middle of the 15th century), when it mostl;
ceased except for sumptuous editions and for legal and othe
records.
LIST OF A FEW OF THE MOST FAMOUS MSS. PRESERVED TO THE PRESENT TIME.
Date of writing.
Inscription of Send.
4000 B.O. .
Papyrus Prisse
Papyrus
Wax tablet
Papyrus
The Cottonian Genesis..
2500 or 3300 1
300 B.0
55 A.D.
79 A.D. ,
The Codex Sinaiticua.
Codex Argentens
4th century.
4th century.
4th century.
Egyptian hieroglyphics on the cornice over the door of a tomb. Suppose
to have been written in the 2d dynasty of Egyptian rulers. Now in tb
Ashmolean museum at Oxford.
(18 pages io Egyptian hieratic writing— a treatise, "How to Behave Wisely
( Now in the Louvre at Paris.
(Greek; the oldest (not an inscription) preserved to us. Its form a praycj
( Preserved at Vienna. ^;
(Record of a payment made by a citizen of Pompeii, found at Pompeii, 187Ii
( In the National muiseum at Naples.
Pompeian.
Text of Genesis in Greek; the oldest Septuagint MS. in existence; writte
in uncials, 165 quarto leaves, now mostly burned in the disastrous Are o
1731, which half destroyed the Cottonian collection.
The oldest of all existing New Testament codices (others call the Codex Vat
caniis oldest). Found by Tischendorf in the convent of St. Catherine f
the foot of mount Sinai, 1844-59. Now in St. Petersburg. Disputed as to a'
thenticity. liiTERATURK, forgeries op.
Gothic gospels, by Ul&las, the apostle of the Goths, at Upsaln, Sweden.
MAO 475 MAR
LIST OF A FEW OF THE MOST FAMOUS MMS. PRESERVED TO THE PRESENT Tl},]E.— (Continued.)
Kind.
Date of writing.
Remarks.
3ook of Kells.
.indisfarne Gospel. .
Ucuiu's Bible
;aedmon (Kedmon).
Jeowulf.
7th century.
7th century.
9th century.
7th century.
8th century.
>ld English Chronicles
t. Margaret's Gospel Book.
9th and 12th centuries.
11th century
So called from the monastery of Kells, where it was written, or at least for
a long time preserved. It contains the 4 go.spel8 in Latin, ornamented with
great richness, beauty, and freedom, and expressing the full maturity of the
Irish style. Now in the possession of Trinity college, Dublin.
In the British museum.
In the British museum; bought 1836.
(Metrical paraphrase of Genesis, Exodus, and parts of Daniel; in the Bodleian
( library.
Earliest English epic; mostly destroyed in theCottonian fire, 1731. Beowulf.
r There are 6 in all ; a seventh was burned at the fire that destroyed part of the
j Cottonian library, 1731; 3 of these are in the British museum, 1 at Cam-
( bridge, 1 at the National library, and 1 at the Bodleian.
Belonging to queen Margaret of Scotland. In the Bodleian library.
Bible, Books.
lla'oris. New Zkaland.
maple-tree. Flowers and Plants.
niap§. Anaximander, a pupil of Thales (about 560 B.C.),
ketched the first map (yfAoypacpiKog Triva^), in form a disk.
i)emocritus of Abdera, about a hundred years after, with a
i^der range of knowledge, drew a new map, giving the world
in oblong form, showing extension east and west rather than
lorth and south. Longitude. The first application of as-
ironomy to geography was made by Phytheas of Marseilles
iabout 326 b.c), he having made the first observation of lati-
lade, and that for Marseilles. Dicaeaschus of Messana, in
I icily (310 b.c.), made the first approach to a projection,
hratosthenes of Cyrene (276-196 no.) enlarged upon previ-
jus work by attempting a geodetic measurement of the size
f the earth. Hipparchiis of Nicaea (162 u.c.) first determined
,ATiTUDK and Longitude. Marinus of Tyre (about 150 b.c.)
as the first to make use of Hipparchus's teachings in repre-
Miting the countries of the world. Claudius Ptolemy of Pelu-
una, Egypt (about 162 a.d.) was in reality the first scientific
pap-maker; notwithstanding errors in locations and bounda-
ies, the method was correct. The oldest MS. of Ptolemy, in
he Vatopedi monastery of mount Athos, was first published in
iS67. The Romans contributed nothing to map-making. No
(nprovement was made in it from the time of Ptolemj' until
be 13th century, when the nautical (loxodormic or compass)
jiap appeared in Italy, so called because constructed by the
id of the Compass. Gerhard Kramer, or Kauffman, usually
died Mercator (1512-94), has the honorable name of reformer
;' cartography. There are extant his map of Palestine (1537),
jiap of Flanders (1540), in 9 sheets, photographed 1882, a
ilobe(I54l) and the first critical noap of Europe (1554), by
[hich he laid the foundation of his fame. In 1569 appeared
^is famous map of the world, drawn, in the projection, with
tirallel meridians. It is the first map on which true rhumb
jncs could be drawn as straight lines. A series of important
'.scoveries and inventions in mathematics, physics, and as-
ronomy was followed by a like improvement in cartography.
;he telescope (1606) ; the discovery of Jupiter's moons by Gal-
30 (1610) ; Cassini's calculation of their periods of rotation
666); the first application of trigonometry to geodesy by
laellius (1615); Picard's measurement of a degree between
jaris and Amiens (1669-70) ; the French measurement of a
i'gree between Dunkirk and Perpignan by Cassini and Lahire
683-1718); Hadley's mirror -sextant (1731); Mayer's im-
iovements on the lunar tables (1753), and Harrison's chro-
j)meter (1761), with many later inventions and discoveries,
[ive contributed to the accuracy of recent surveys and maps.
! Mar'attion, a plain in Attica. Here, on 28 or 29 Sept.
I*0 B.C., the (ireeks, only 11,000 strong, under Miltiades, Aris-
iies, and Themistocles, defeated a Persian army of 110,000.
jmong the slain (about 6400) was Hippias, instigator of the
jar. The Persian army was forced to retreat to Asia. Bat-
iks, Grkece.
; marble, a term applied to any limestone sufficiently close
texture to admit of polishing. Dipoenus and Scyllis, statu-
lies of Crete, were the first artists who sculptured marble and
j'Hshed their works, all statues previously being of wood, about
• ^. ^^-— Pliny- The marble used by the Greek sculptors
hidias, Praxiteles, etc., was the famous Pentelic marble ; its
■ aracteristics are seen in. the Elgin marbles in the British mu-
nm. It was quarried from mount Pentelicus in Attica. Parian
arble, also much used by the ancient Greek sculptors and
architects, was quarried from mount Marpessa, on the isle of
Paros. The Venus de Medici is a notable example of it.
Carrara marble is used by the best sculptors of the present
da}'. It is found in the Apuan Alps, and is largely worked in
the vicinity of Carrara, whence its name. The finest work
of Michael Angelo and Canova was executed in this marble.
There are valuable deposits of marble in the eastern and mid-
dle states of the U. S., also in Tennessee and Georgia.
lHareil, the first month of the year, until Numa added
Januarj' and February, 713 b.c. Romulus, who divided the
year into months, gave to this month the name of his sup-
posed father. Mars ; though Ovid observes that the people of
Italy had the month of March before Romulus, but in a dif-
ferent place in the calendar. The year commenced 25 Mch.
until 1753. Year.
mar ell to the sea, Sherman's. Sherman's great
MARCH.
inarelie§. The old border lands between England and
Wales, and England and Scotland. The lords marchers of the
Welsh borders had vice-regal authority ; the wardens of the
Scotch marches were subordinate officers. These powers were
abolished 1536 and 1689.
IVIareionites (viar'-shun-ites), followers of Marcion, a
heretic, about 150, who preceded the Manichees, and taught
similar doctrines. — Cave.
Ufareomail'lli, a people of S. Germany, expelled the
Boii from Bohemia, and, united with other tribes, invaded
Italy about 167, but were repelled by the emperors Antoninus
and Verus. They were defeated by the legion called, from a
fabled miracle, the Thundering legion, 179; and finally driven
beyond the Danube by Aurelian, 271.
iflardi-Oras {mar-de-gra; Fr. Fat Tuesday). Shrove
Tuesday, the last day of the carnival— day before Ash-Wednes-
day, the first day of Lent. It is celebrated in New Orleans
with revelry and elaborate display since 1827. In 1857 the
"Mistick Krewe of Comus" added new life to the carnival,
and in 1872 a "King of the Carnival" was appointed, whose
authority is observed during the carnival.
IVIaren'^O, a village of N. Italy. Here the French
army, under Bonaparte, after crossing the Alps into Piedmont,
attacked the Austrians, 14 June, 1800; the French were re-
treating, when the arrival of gen. Dessaix turned the fortunes
of the day. By a treaty between the Austrian general Melas
and Bonaparte, signed 15 June, the latter obtained 12 strong
fortresses, and became master of Italy.
inare§elials. Marshals.
Harigna'no, now Uleleg^nano (rnd-kn-yd'.no),
a town of N. Italy, 10 miles southeast of Milan. 3 battles
have been fought near here. 1. Francis I. of France defeated
the duke of Milan and the Swiss, 13, 14 Sept. 1515; above
20,000 men were slain. This conflict has been called the
Battle of the Giants. 2. Near here was fought the battle of
Pa VIA, 24 Feb. 1525. 3. After the battle of Magenta, 4 June,
1859, the Austrians intrenched themselves at Melegnano.
The emperor sent marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers with 16,000
men to dislodge them, which he did with a loss of about 850
killed and wounded, on 8 June. The Austrians are said to
have lost 1400 killed and wounded, and 900 prisoners, out of
18,000 engaged.
marine turtle, a torpedo or infernal machine, in-
vented by David Bushnell, to blow up the Eagle, a British
MAR 4'6
64-gun ship in New York harbor, Sept. 1776. It failed, as
the operator could not attach it to the bt»ttora of the vessel,
owing to the thickness of the copper. An account of this
machine is fouiui in Silliniaii's Journal for 1820. j
iliurilier% coiliputsii. Compass, Magnktism.
Illtiriliem were first established in England as a nursery
to man the fleet. An order in council, dated 16 Oct. 1664,
authorized 12(H) soldiers to be raised and formed into one reg-
iment. In lt>8-l, the 3d regiment of the line was called the
Marine regiment ; but the system of having soldiers exclu-
sively for sea service was not carried into effect until 1698,
when 2 marine regiments were formed. More regiments were
embodied in subsequent years; and in 1741 the corps con-
sisted of 10 regiments, each 1000 strong. In 1759 they num-
bered 18,000 men. In the latter years of the French war,
ending in 1815, they amounted to 31,400, but there were fre-
quently more than 3000 supernumeraries. The jollies, as they
are called, frequently distinguished themselves. The " Royal
Marine Forces" (so named 1 May, 1802) now comprise ar-
tillery and light infantry.
Marines introduced into the U. S. army by Congress, directing
2 battalions to be organized 10 Nov. 1775
Marine corps, liable to do duty either on board vessels of war
or on land, organized by Congress 11 July, 1798
U. S. marine corps consisted of 86 officers and 1500 enlisted
men 1880
Marine barracks, near the navy yard. Washington, I). C, are
the headquarters of the U. S. marine corps.
mark, a silver coin of the northern nations ; the name
mark-luhs is still retained in Denmark. In England " mark "
means 13«. 4c?., and the name is retained in law courts. Coin
AND COINAGE.
IIIark'§, St., Venice. The church was erected in 829,
the piazza in 1592.
Proposed restorations and changes in the fapades and mosaic
pavement created much excitement in England, and led to
remonstrances which irritated the Italian people. Nov., Dec. 1879
THar'oilites, Christians in the east, followers of one
Maron in the 5th century ; they are said to have embraced
errors of Jacobites, Nestorians, and Monothelites. About
1180 they numbered 40,000, living near Mount Libanus, and
were of service to the Christian kings of Jerusalem. They
were reconciled to the Church of Rome soon after. For mas-
sacres of Maronites in 1860, Druses.
inaroon§, a name given in Jamaica to runaway negroes.
When the island was conquered from the Spaniards, a number
of negroes fled to the hills and became very troublesome to the
colonists. After a war of 8 years, the maroons capitulated on
being permitted to retain their free settlements, about 1730.
In 1795 they again took arms, but were speedily put down and
many were transported.— 5janc?e. Maroon, a brownish or dull
red color.
mar-prelate tracts, virulently attacking episco-
pacy, were mostly written, it is believed, by Henry Penry,
who was cruelly executed, 29 May, 1593, for seditious words
against the queen (found on his person when seized). The
tracts appeared about 1586. Some had very singular titles,
such as " An Almand for a Parrat," " Hay any Worke for
Cooper?" etc. They were collected and reprinted in 1843.
marque, Letters of. Privateer.
Marqiie'sas islands, Polynesia, south Pacific ocean,
13 in number, were discovered in 1595 by Mendana, who
named them after the viceroy of Peru, Marquesa de Mendopa.
They were visited by Cook in 1774, and were taken possession
of by the French admiral Dupetit Thouars, 1 May, 1842.
marquesSi, a dignity, called by the Saxons markinreve,
by the Germans Markgraf, takes its name from mark or march,
a limit or bound (Marches) ; the office being to guard or
govern the frontiers. Marquess is next in honor in the British
nobility to duke. The first Englishman to hold the title was
the favorite of king Richard II., Robert de Vere, earl of Ox-
ford, created marquess of Dublin, and placed in Parliament
between the dukes and earls, 1385. James Stewart, second
son of James III. of Scotland, was made marquess of Ormond
in 1476, without territories; afterwards earl of Ross.
Marqiiette, Jacques (1637-75), Explorations of.
Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Wisconsin, 1668-75.
MAR
1
marrlafre was instituted by God ((ien. ii.), and i
firmed by Christ (Mark x.), who performed a miracle at
celebration of one (John ii.). Matrimonial ceremonies amofl
the Greeks are ascribed to Cecrops, king of Athens, 1554
Akkinity, Age.
Jaw favoring marriage passed at Rome
Priests forbidden to marry after ordination
Marriage in Lent forbidden {
Forbidden to bishops in (592, to priests in 1015; priests obliged
to take the vow of celibacy
Statute prohibiting marriages within prohibited degrees, 25
Hen. VIII 15;
Marriage, as a sacrament, in churches ordained by pope hino
cent III. about 1199; affirmed by council of Trent
Marriages by justices of the peace authorized by Parliament.. 1(
A tax laid on marriages, viz. : marriage of a duke, mi. ; of a
common person. Is. M, 1(59;.
Irregular marriages i)rohibited (Fleet marriages) 17.';:
Marriages again taxed 178^
New Marriage act, 1822 ; partially repealed
Acts prohibiting marriages by Roman Catholic priests in Scot-
land, or other ministers not of the church of Scotland, re-
pealed
Present Marriage act for England, authorizing marriages
without religious ceremony, by registrar's certificate, or in a
dissenting chapel, passed li
[Amended in 1837 and 1856.]
Marriage Registration act 11
Amendment acts passed 1840 and li
Act to suppress irregular marriages in Scotland (Gkktxa)
Court established for divorce and matrimonial causes; it may
grant judicial separation for adultery, cruelty, or desertion
without cause for 2 years and upwards (Divorce) li
Act to legitimate children of certain marriages within forbid-
den degrees (with deceased wife's sister), such marriages in
future prohibited (Lyndhurst's act); (efforts made to legal-
ize marriage with deceased wife's sister ever since)
Civil marriages made legal in Austria (Austria)
Marriage Law Reform association (to legalize marriage with a
deceased wife's sister), 15 Jan. 1851. Bill passed commons,
2 July; rejected by lords, 23 July, 1858; again rejected,
1862 ; and again by the commons, 2 May, 1866, and 30 Apr.
1870; rejected by lords (77-73). 19 May, 1870; passed by
commons, 9 Mch. ; rejected by lords (97-71), 27 Mch. 1871;
passed by commons in 1872, 1873, and rejected by lords
(49-74), 14 Mch. 1873; rejected by commons (171-142), 17
Feb. 1875; by lords (101-81; prince of Wales and duke of
Edinburgh for it), 6 May, 1879; by lords (101-90). . .25 June,
These marriages made legal at Melbourne, Nov. 1872; at Syd-
ney, 1875; in Canada and New Zealand
Bill for recognition in Great Britain of such colonial marriages
read a second time in the commons (192-141), 28 Feb. 1877
(21 majority) 27 Feb.
Case of Brook vs. Brook holds such a marriage celebrated in a
foreign country not valid 17 Apr. II
Decision confirmed on appeal to House of Lords 18 Mch.
Commission appointed to inquire into marriage laws of Scot-
land, 22 Mch. 1865, reported in favor of changes to insure
uniformity, simplicity, and certainty July.
Consular Marriage act, enabling acting British consuls abroad
to solemnize marriages, passed 16 July,
Married Women's Property act passed 9 Aug,
Marriage law of Ireland amended, 10 Aug. 1870; again amended,
July,
Matrimonial Causes act passed
An act to encourage regular marriages in Scotland 8 Aug.
Royal Marriage act was passed in 1772, in consequence of the
riage of the duke of Gloucester, the king's brother, with
widow of the earl Waldegrave, and of the duke of Cnmberl
with the widow of col. Horton and daughter of lord Irnham.
this act, no descendant of George II., unless of foreign birth,
marry under age of 25, without consent of the king; at and a1
that age, consent of Parliament is necessary to render the marrii
valid. Marriage of duke of Sussex with the lady Augusta Mu
solemnized in 1793, was pronounced illegal, 1794, and the clail
of their son, sir Augustus d'Este, declared invalid by the House
Lords, 9 July, 1844. He married lady Cecilia Underwood (aftCl
wards duchess of Inverness), 1831.
Princess Louise was married to the marquess of Lome by qu^
Victoria's consent, 21 Mch. 1871.
Half-marriage. Semi-matrimonium. Among the Romans conci
binage was a legitimate union, not merely tolerated, but "^'
ized. The concubine had the name of semi-conjux. Men mig
have either a wife or a concubine, provided they had not bo1
together. Constantine the Great checked concubinage, but d
not abolish it. This ancient custom of the Romans was preserve
not only among the Lombards, but by the P'rench when they he
dominion iu that country. Cujas assures us that the Gascons ar
other people bordering on the Pyrenean mountains had not
linquished this custom in his time, 1590. The women bore tl
name of "wives of the second order.''^—Henaun. Morgana:
MARRIAGES.
Double marriages. There are a few instances of a husband witri
wives in countries where polygamy was unlawful. The
Ijacedsemonian who had 2 wives was Anaxandrides, son of Led
about 510 B.C. Dionysius of Syracuse married 2 wives, vu
Doris, daughter of Xenetus, and Aristomache, sister of Dm
398 B.C. It is said that the count Gleichen, a German noblem;
MAR
477
MAR
was permitted, under peculiar circumstances, by Gregory IX.,
1237 A. D., to have 2 wives. Mokmo.ns practised polygamy until
Congress suppressed it.
'orced marriages. Stat. 3 Henry VII., 1487, made the principal
and abettors in marriages with heiresses, etc., contrary to their
will equally guilty as felons. By 39 Eliz. 1596, such felons were
denied benefit of clergy. The ofl'ence was made punishable by
transportation, 1 Geo. IV. 1820. Case of Miss Wharton, heiress
of the house of Wharton, whom capt. Campbell married by force,
occurred in William IIl.'s reign. Sir John Johnston was hanged
for seizing the young lady, and the marriage was annulled by
Parliament, 1690. Kdward Gibbon Wakefield was tried at Lan-
caster, and found guilty of the felonious abduction of Miss Turner,
24 Mch. 1827, and his marriage with her was dissolved by act of
Parliament.
'arriages by sale. Among the Babylonians, at a certain time
every year, the marriageable females were assembled, and dis-
posed of to the best bidder. This custom is said to have originated
,with Atossa, daughter of Belochos, about 1433 B.C.
Ileet marriages.
IIiarriag°e in the United States. Age at which minors
ay contract marriage lawfully varies in the different states,
ales from 14 to 18 years, females 12 to 16 years ; and the age
'low which parental consent is required varies also, males from
; to 21 years, and females 15 to 21 years, mostly 18 years, but
i Florida, Kentuck}', Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Rhode
liand it is 21 yeans. In all the states and territories except
fe Dakotas, Idaho, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,
uth Carolina, and Wisconsin, a marriage license must be
tcured from some officer designated by law, for which fees
3 exacted. The prohibited degrees of relationship vary also
the different states, extending in many to first cousins. In j Sachet (sw-s^a'), duke of Albuera; b. 1770
iiny states marriages are void between white and colored
rsons, but not in Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louis-
la, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersej', New
ixico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
ode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
VOBCE, Wives.
illarrs inurder§. England, 1886; Ratcliffe
■CillWAY.
;M[ar'§ ill§urrectioil. John, earl of Mar, pro-
ijimed James III. at Braemar, Aberdeenshire, 6 Sept. 1715.
; was defeated at Sheriffmuir, 13 Nov., and escaped from
)>utrose with the Pretender, 4 Feb. 1716.
|IIIar§, a planet, next to the earth in order of distance from
ij! sun ; diameter, 4363 miles. Its mass is about J^ that of
tt! earth. Turns on its axis in 24|^ hours ; mean distance from
l|; sun, 139,311,000 miles. Its orbit is quite eliptical; the
(JTerence in its distance from the sun at perihelion and aphe-
Iji being 26,000,000 miles. Its revolution round the sun is
Ule in 687 of our days; its mean rate of motion being 16 miles
ilecond. The spots on its surface were first observed by Fon-
t|a, in 1636. 2 satellites were discovered by prof. Asaph Hall
ijWashington, D. C, 11 Aug. 1877. Mythology.
'jliey have likewise discovered 2 lesser stars or satellites which
,3volve about Mars. "_,Swi/?, "Gulliver's Travels— Voyage to
tiaputa," about 1726.
|tlar§eillai§e {marsal-yaz') liynill. The words
f'l music are ascribed to Rouget de Lil'le, or LTsle, a French
e,uieer officer, who, it is said, composed it by request, 1792,
t heer the conscripts at Strasburg. It was named from troops
c^Iarseilles who entered Paris in 1792 playing the tune. This
aount is doubted (1879). The author was pensioned by Louis
l;ilippe, 1830.
■Uar§eilles {marsah'). The ancient Massilia, S.
1 nee, a maritime city, founded by Phoc«ans about 600 b.c. ;
a illy of Rome, 218 b.c. Cicero stvled it the Athens of Gaul,
0 iccount of its excellent schools. ' j, ^
1 en by Julius Csesar after a long siege 49
EEuric the Visigoth ^?6
b ied by Saracens 839
* seilles a republic '. 1214
fe lected to the counts of Provence '..'.'.'.'..'.'. 1251
L ted to crown of France \\\\ 1432
narshals, or marciehals, of France, were orig-
» ly the esquires of the king, who led the vangfiard to ob-
S'e the enemy and to choose places for encampment. Till
«, ^Tl ^^ ^''«"'=i« !•' i» 1515, there were but 2 marshals,
') had 500 livres per annum in war, but no stipend in
P:::e. The number was afterwards increased. The follow-
» were appointed by Napoleon I. during the French wars
of 1804-14, all of whom were renowned for skill and cour-
age.
Arrighi (ar-ree'-^ree), duke of Padua; b. 1778; d. 21 Mch. 1853.
Augereau (dzh-ro'), duke of Castiglione; b. 1757; d. 12 June 1816
Bernadotte, prmce of Ponte Corvo, king of Sweden, 1818; b. 1764-
d. 8 Mch. 1844. ' '
Berthier {ber-te-a'). prince of Neufchatel and Wagram ; b. 1753-
killed or committed suicide at Bamberg, 1 June 1815
Bessi|res(6a-se-er),dukeofIstria; b. 1768; killed at Lutzen, 1 May,
Brune, b. 1763; murdered at Avignon, 2 Aug. 1815.
Davoust (da-voo'), prince of Eckmuhl and duke of Auerstadt- b 1770-
d. 1 June, 1823. ' '
Grouchy (groo-she'). b. 1766; d. 29 May, 1847.
Jourdan {zhoor-don'), peer of France; b. 1762; d. 23 Nov. 1833.
Junot {2/iM-rJo'),duke of Abrantes; b. 1771; suicide, 29 July 1813
Kellermann, duke of Valmy; b. 1735; d. 12 Sept. 1820. '
Lannes {k'in), duke of Montebello, wounded at Aspern; b. 1769- d.
31 May, 1809. '
Lefebvre (lehfavr')^ duke of Dantzic; b. 1755; d. 14 Sept. 1820.
Macdonald, duke of Tarento; b. 1765; d. 24 Sept. 1840.
Marmont {mar-mon'), duke of Ragusa; b. 1774; d. 2 Mch. 1852.
Massena (mds-sa-nd'}, prince of Essliug and duke of Rivoli ; b. 1758*
d. 4 Apr. 1817. '
Moncey (mon-sa'), duke of Conegliano; b. 1754; d. 20 Apr. 1842.
Mortier (mor-tfi-a'), duke of Treviso; b. 1768; killed by Fieschi, 28
July, 1835.
Murat (mu-ra'\ king of Naples; b. 1771; executed 13 Oct. 1815.
Ney, prince of Moskwa; b. 1769; executed 7 Dec. 1815.
Oudinot (00-de-no), duke of Reggio; b. 1767; d. 13 Sept. 1847.
Perignon (pa-ren-yon')^ marquis de; b. 1754; d. 25 Dec. 1818.
Poniatowski {ponea-tov'-skee), prince Josef Anton, b. 1762 ; wound-
ed at Leipsic and drowned, 19 Oct. 1813.
Soult (soolt), duke of Dalmatia; b. 1769; d. 26 Nov. 1851.
Suchet {su-sha'). duke of Albuera; b. 1770; d. 3 Jan. 1826.
Victor, duke of Belluno; b. 1764; d. 1 Mch. 1841.
]flar'§hal§ea court, a court formerly held before
the steward and marshal of the king's house to administer
justice between the king's domestic servants. Its jurisdiction
in the royal palace was very ancient, of high dignity, and
coeval with the common-law. These courts were abolished by
Parliament, and discontinued 31 Dec. 1849. Prisons.
mar'si, a brave people of S. Italy, who, after several
contests, yielded to Rome about 301 b.c. During the civil
wars they and their allies rebelled, having demanded in vain
Roman citizenship, 91 B.o. After many successes and reverses,
they obtained peace and their rights, 87 b.c. The Marsi be-
ing /Socii of the Romans, this was called the Social war.
Jflarston Moor, near York, Engl. The Scots and
parliamentary army were besieging York, when prince Rupert,
joined by the marquess of Newcastle, determined to raise the
siege. Both sides drew up on Marston Moor on 2 July, 1644,
the royalists 22,000 strong, while the parliamentary forces
numbered 15,000 foot and 9000 horse, and the contest was
long undecided. Rupert, commanding the royalist right
wing, was opposed by Cromwell, with troops disciplined by
himself, " the Ironsides." Cromwell was victorious ; he drove
his opponents off the field, followed the vanquished, returned
to a second engagement and a second victorj'. The prince's
artillery was taken, and the roj'alists never recovered from
the blow.
martel'Io (or Mortel'la) towers were cir-
cular buildings erected in the beginning of the present
century on the southern coast of England, and other parts
of the empire, as defences against invasion. The name was
originally given to structures erected on the coast of Sicily
and Sardinia for protection against pirates; in the time of
Charles V. of Spain they contained a bell with a hammer to
give an alarm at their approach.
inartial la\ir. Military law.
Martinique (mar-ti-neek'), French West Indies, dis-
covered in 1493 or 1502; settled by France, 1635. This and
the adjacent isles of St. Lucia and St. Vincent, and the Grena-
dines, were taken by the British from the French in Feb. 1762,
but restored to France at the peace the next year. They were
again taken, 16 Mch. 1794; restored at the peace of Amiens in
1802 ; again captured 23 Feb. 1809. A revolution in this island
in favor of Napoleon was finally suppressed by the British, 1
June, 1815, and Martinique reverted to France. Severe earth-
quakes occurred here in 1767 and 1839. Area, 381 sq. miles;
pop. 1888, 175,391.
Mar'tinina§, ll Nov., the feast of St. Martin, bishop
of Tours, in the 4th century, is quarter-day in parts of the
MAR *'«
north of England and in Scotland. The high-sherifTs of
England and Wales are nominated on the morrow of St. Mar-
tin, 12 Nov.
martyrs. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, was
stoned, 37. The festivals of the martyrs, of very ancient date,
took their rise about the time of Tolycarp, who suffered mar-
tyrdom about 1G9. St. Alban is the English protomartyr, 28G.
Diocletian era, Pekskcutions, Puotkstants. The Mar-
tyrs' Memorial, Smithfield, erected by the Protestant Alliajice,
was inaugurated 11 Mch. 1870. The Martyrs' Memorial
church, St. John's street, Clerkenwell, Engl., was consecrated 2
June, 1871. John Foxe's " Book of Martyrs " was pub. 15G3.
Literature.
Maryland, one of the United States, on the central
Atlantic coast, lies wholly north of the Potomac river, which,
forming the boundary-line that
separates it from West Virginia
and Virginia, gives the state a
peculiar form. The state varies
in width from about 5 miles
near the West Virginia line to
120 along the Chesapeake bay,
which cuts the state into 2
parts. On the east it is bounded
by Delaware and the Atlantic
ocean. It is limited in latitude
by 37° 53' to 39° 42' N., the
northern limit being the famous
Mason and Dixon's line, mark-
ing its division from Pennsylvania. In longitude it is lim-
ited by 75° 2' to 79° 30' W. Area, 12,210 sq. miles in 24 coun-
ties; pop. 1890, 1,042,390. Capital, Annapolis.
Maryland is included in the grant of king James of England to
the South Virginia colony 10 Apr. 1606
Capt. John Smith leaves Jamestown to explore the Chesapeake
bay, and discovers the mouths of the Susquehanna, North-
east, Elk, and Sassafras rivers at its head July-Aug. 1608
Maryland included in the second charter to Virginia, which
covered land from Point Comfort along the coast north for
200 miles, and south the same distance, and "from sea to
sea " (Atlantic to the Pacific) 23 May, 1609
Royal license given to William Clayborne, one of the council
and secretary of state of the colony in Virginia, by king
Charles to trade in all seas and lands in those parts of
the English possessions in America for which there is not
already a patent granted, and giving Clayborne power " to
direct and govern" such of the king's subjects "as shall
be under his command in his voyages and discoveries,"
16 May, 1631
Sir George Calvert, lord Baltimore, obtains from king Charles
the promise of a grant of land now Maryland, but dies before
charter is executed 15 Apr. 1632
Cecilius Calvert, baron of Baltimore in the kingdom of Ireland,
son of lord Baltimore, receives from king Charles a grant
covering territory hitherto unsettled, having for its southern
boundary the Potomac from its source to its mouth, the
ocean on the east, and Delaware bay as far north as the iOth
parallel, following that parallel to the meridian of the foun-
tain of the Potomac 20 June, "
Virginians objecting to the grant to lord Baltimore, the king
refers their petition to the privy council, who decide "That
the lord Baltimore should be left to his patent, and the other
parties to the course of law " 3 July, 1633
Colony sent out from Cowes in the isle of Wight by lord Balti-
more, under his brother Leonard Calvert, to settle in Mary-
land, arrives off Point Comfort, Va 24 Feb. 1634
At Point Comfort gov. Calvert has an interview with Clayborne,
in which he intimates that certain settlements of the latter
on the isle of Kent, in Chesapeake bay, would be consid-
ered as a part of the Maryland plantation. After the gov-
ernor had explored the Potomac as far as Piscataway creek
he returns to St. George's river, and sailing up about 12
miles to the Indian town of Yoamaco, makes a treaty
with the tribe, and sends for the colonists, who arrive, take
peaceable possession, and name the place St. Mary's,
27 Mch. "
Colony export a cargo of Indian corn to England 1635
First legislative assembly at St. Mary's 26 Feb. "
Clayborne, having threatened the colony at St. Mary's, grants
a warrant to Ratcliflfe Warren to " seize and capture any ves-
sel belonging to the colony." Warren (its out a pinnace,
with which he attacks 2 armed pinnaces fitted out at St.
Mary's and under the command of Thomas Cornwallis, and
engages in a battle in the Pocomoke or Wighcomoc rivers,
which results in the death of Warren and victory for the
colony Apr. or May, "
Ix)rd Baltimore commissions gov. Calvert to call an assembly
to signify to the colony his dissent to laws made by the
assembly in 1635, and propounding others for their assent,
15 Apr. 1637
MAR
^
Governor commissions George Evelyn as commander of the isl^g
of Kent now subjected to Maryland ;J0 Dec
Assembly, including representatives from the isle of Keutj
considers laws ollercd by the lord proprietor. They reject
them and frame others, which when sent to England lord
Baltimore rejects. Assembly meets 25 Jan
By reference from the king and proclamation in Virginia, the
claim of Clayborne to the isle of Kent and Palmer's island ia
. rejected in favor of lord Baltimore 4 Apr.
Lord Baltimore llnally gives assent to the right of the assem-
bly to originate laws Aug.
Assembly meets at St. Mary's and enacts laws for the govern-
ment of the province 19 Mch.
Order executed by the governor and council to equip an expe
dition against the Indians of the eastern shore and the Sua
queliannocks '28 May^
Nicholas Hervey commissioned to invade the territory of the
Maquantequat Indians 8 Jan,
Petition of Clayborne to the governor and council to restore
his property in the isle of Kent denied 21 Aug.
Act regulating measures, and adopting the Winchester bushel
as the standard
Gov. Calvert, returning to England, appoints Giles Brent lieu
tenant-general, admiral, chief magistrate, and commander of
Maryland in his absence 11 Apr.
Gov. Brent issues a proclamation for arresting the person
and seizing the shi|) of Richard Ingle, to answer the
charge of treason in instigating a rebellion against the gov
ernment in Maryland. Ingle arrested, but makes his es-
Jan,
cape
So-called "Ingle's and Clayborne's rebellion " occurs in Mary
land. Of this rebellion little is known, except the destruc-
tion of the great seal of the province at St. Mary's in Feb.
1645, and the appointment of Edward Hill as governor in the
absence of gov. Calvert, who fled from the parliamentary
party, probably to Virginia. At the restoration of the aU'
thorky of lord Baltimore. 1646, the insurrectionists carried
away or destroyed most of the records and public papers of
the province 1
Gov. Calvert organizes a military force in Virginia and pro-
ceeds to St. Mary's, and regains that part of his prov
ince.
First mention made in the legislative journal of the upper and
lower hou.ses of assembly
Recovering the isle of Kent, gov. Calvert pardons all the in-
habitants, and appoints Robert Vaughan chief captain and
commander of the militia and civil governor 18 Apr. •
Gov. Calvert nominates Thomas Greene as his successor,
9 June, "
Miss Margaret Brent, administratrix of gov. Calvert, asks from
the assembly a vote in the House for herself, and another
as attorney for lord Baltimore ; refused Jan. 164
New " great seal " for the province of Maryland sent over by
lord Baltimore 12 Aug.
Gov. Greene removed by lord Baltimore, and William Stone of
Virginia, "a zealous Protestant, and generally knowne to
have beene always zealously aflected to the Parliament," ap-
pointed
Tolerance act, the first securing religious liberty ever passed
by an established legislature, provides that "no person
professing to believe in Jesus Christ shall from hence-
forth be any waies troubled, molested, or discountenanced
for, or in respect of, his or her religion, nor in the free exer-
cise thereof within this i)rovince . . . nor any way compelled
to the beleefe or exercise of any other religion against his or
her consent" Apr. I'i
Assembly grants lord Baltimore power to seize and dispose of
any lands purchased of any Indian, unless the purchaser
could show a lawful title thereto from his lordship under the
great seal '
Mr. Durand, elder of a Puritan or Independent church founded
in Virginia in 1642 (from Massachusetts), and which was
broken up and driven out by that government, obtains
permission of the lord proprietary's government to settle
with his people at Providence or Anne Arundel, now An-
napolis
Commission granted by lord Baltimore to Robert Brooke, as
commander of a county (Charles) "around about and next
adjoining to the place which he should settle," on the south
side of the Patuxent, with a colony he was transporting to
Maryland 20 Sept. '
During the temporary absence of gov. Stone, Thomas Greene,
the deputy governor, proclaims Charles II. king, and grants
a general pardon 15 Nov.
Settlement at Providence organized into a county called Anne
Arundel 30 July, K
Act passed by the assembly punishing by death and con-
fiscation of property any compliance with Clayborne
in opposition to lord Baltimore's dominion over the prov-
ince •
A rumor of the dissolution or resignation in England of lord
Baltimore's patent leads the Puritans of Anne Arundel to re-
fuse to send any burgesses or delegates to the general as-
sembly at St. Mary's when summoned 1' '
Council of state in England appoints 3 officers of the navy, to- ,
gether with Richard Bennett and William Clayborne of Vir-
ginia, a commission to "use their best endeavors to reduce
all the plantations upon the bay of Chesapeake to their due
obedience to the Parliament and Commonwealth of England,
20 Sept.
Numerous hostilities in the past having greatly reduced the
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479
MAR
Indian tribes in Maryland, lord Baltimore grants a tract of
land at the head of Wicomoco river, containing 8000 or 10,000
acres to be known as Calverton manor, to be reserved for
the Indians • 1651
immissioners proceed to Maryland and engage gov. Stone
and the rest of lord Baltimore's officers to "submit
themselves to the government of the Commonwealth of
Endand:" thus taking the control from lord Baltimore,
^ ' Mch. 1652 i
/ proclamation of the commissioners gov. Stone is rein-
stated as governor of Maryland, which he assumes "un-
til the pleasure of the state of England be known,"
28 June, "
eaty with the Snsquehannock Indians at the river of Severn,
ceding their lands from the Fatuxent river to Palmer's island
on the west side of the Chesapeake bay, and from Choptank
river to the northeast branch, northward of Elke river, on
the eastern side of the bay 5 July, "
)rd Baltimore issues instructions to gov. Stone for strictly
enforcing the submission of all the inhabitants of the prov-
ince of Maryland to his proprietary rights 7 Feb. 1654
)v. Stone, by proclamation, declares that the province of
Maryland is under the government of Oliver Cromwell, lord
protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and
Ireland, etc 6 May, "
3bert Brooke, commander of Charles county, having been
discharged by lord Baltimore, gov. Stone erects the county
into the comity of Calvert 3 July, "
)mmissioners Bennett and Clayborne, hearing of the new or-
ders and instructions from lord Baltimore, come to Maryland
and make a second reducement of the province, appointing
capt. William Fuller and others commissioners for governing
the affairs of Maryland 22 July, "
ipt. Fuller and the other commissioners call an assembly
at Patuxent, it passes an "act of recognition " 26 Oct. "
3ts of the assembly; one concerning religion, declaring that
"none who profess the popish religion can be protected
iin the province by the laws of England . . . nor by the
government of the Commonwealth of England, etc., but
to be restrained from the exercise thereof" One making
void the declaration of gov. Stone requiring the people to ac-
knowledge lord Baltimore as absolute lord of the province,
Oct. "
)v. Stone, hearing from England that lord Baltimore still
retained his patent, reassumes the government and or-
ganizes a military force in county of St. Mary's uader
iJosias Fendall, who seizes the provincial records, which
had been deposited in the house of Mr. Richard Preston,
n the Patuxent, during the revolution in July, 1654, and
Iso arms and ammunition which had been stored in the
(house Jan. 1655
lith 200 men and 12 vessels, gov. Stone proceeds by land and
'water against the Puritans of Anne Arundel 20 Alch. "
iople of Providence having prepared for an invasion, a bat-
jlle ensues between the Puritans and the " Marylanders," of
ifthich it is said "of the whole company of the Marylanders
inhere escaped only 4 or 5 " ; about 50 were slain or wounded.
}3f the Puritans, 2 were killed and 2 died of wounds,
125 Mch. "
ew days after the battle, 4 of gov. Stone's men were exe-
cuted out of 10 who were court-martialled and sentenced to
)e shot; the others, including gov. Stone, escaping sentence,
but held as prisoners of war Mch. "
mmission received from lord Baltimore appointing Josias
Pendall governor of Maryland 10 July, 1656
I the matter of the proprietary rights of lord Baltimore in
jJaryland, at this time under consideration in England, the
pmmissioners for trade report to Cromwell's council of state
javorably to lord Baltimore 16 Sept. "
-'iias Fendall, arrested and imprisoned by the Puritans, takes
iin oath that he will neither "directly nor indirectly be any
jlisturber to the government till there be a full determina-
jiou ended in England of all the matters relating to the gov-
ernment,'' and is released 24 Sept. "
cd Baltimore creates his brother Philip Calvert one of the
•ouncillors to the governor of Maryland and principal secre-
tary of his province Nov. '♦
ke Barber appointed deputy governor in the absence of gov.
Tendall, who embarks for England 18 June, 1657
yitan assembly meets at Patuxent 24 Sept. "
Ijoort of the commissioners for trade made 16 Sept. 1656,
■eing favorable to the rights of lord Baltimore, the Puri-
|an agents enter into a treaty with lord Baltimore to give
!P their power in the province and give due obedience
3 his lordship's government; he agreeing especially "that
c will never give his assent to the repeal of the law estab-
-lio'l in Maryland, whereby all persons professing to be-
eve in Jesus Christ have freedom of conscience there,"
30 Nov. "
-t Quaker missionaries appear In Maryland "
' iian parly in Maryland surrender their power to the gov-
, ■"""•■ 24 Mch. 1658
'■•ernor of Maryland asserts lord Baltimore's title to the
utch settlements on Delaware bay, and demands the sub-
iiission of the settlement, which is refused 1659
tmiore county founded "
^ 'lall, proving inimical to lord Baltimore, is removed, and
,icceedcd by Philip Calvert, who is sworn in at the provin-
jal council held at Patuxent Dec. 1660
nes Calvert, eldest son of the lord proprietary, appointed
"'" ; 1661-62
1676
1080
1681
At the request of the assembly, lord Baltimore coins in Eng-
land (1661) a large quantity of shillings, sixpences, and pen-
nies, which were put in circulation in the province by act
of assembly passed iqq2
On account of excessive production, an act is passed prohibit-
ing the planting of tobacco for 1 year 1666
First Naturalization act passed, admitting certain French and
Bohemians to citizenship "
Boundary -line between Maryland and Virginia from Chesa-
peake bay to the Atlantic ocean established, and the true
location of Watkins Point on the bay, marking its begin-
ning, settled by a commission; Philip Calvert of Mary-
land and Edmond Scarborough of Virginia appointed,
25 June, 1668
Act to encourage importation of slaves 1671
George Fox visits the Friends in Maryland 1672
A number of outrages on the people of Maryland and Vir-
ginia by the Indians, 5 chiefs of the Susquehannocks. capt-
ured in a joint expedition, are put to death by major
Trueman, commanding the Maryland forces, although they
protested their innocence and blamed the Senecas for the
outrages. F"or this act major Trueman was impeached
by the House of Delegates, but escaped punishment,
25 Sept. 1675
Cecilius Calvert dies, and Charles Calvert, third lord Baltimore,
becomes proprietary 30 Nov. "
Thomas Notley appointed governor, to act as deputy in the
name of his infant son Cecil Calvert
Government land-offlce erected in the province by the lord
proprietary
Charles, lord Baltimore, reassumes personal government
William Penn receives his grant to territory west of the Dela-
ware and north of Maryland ^
Ordinance promulgated by the proprietary limiting suffrage to
freeholders or inhabitants of property Sept.
In the contest between William Penn and lord Baltimore, Penn
claims 39° as the "beginning of the parallel of 40°;" and
the king and council decide that the Maryland charter only
included "lands uncultivated and inhabited by savages,"
and that therefore the territory along the Delaware was
not included; that the peninsula between the 2 bays be
divided equally, all east of a line drawn from the lati-
tude of cape Henlopen to the 40th degree to belong to Penn,
Nov.
Council of 9 deputies, with William Joseph as president, ap-
pointed by lord Baltimore, govern the province during his
absence in England
Deputies failing to proclaim Wiljiam and Mary rulers in the
province, a convention of Protestants (termed Associators),
John Coode at the head, assembles for the defence of the
Protestant religion, and asserting the rights of king William
and queen Mary to the province of Maryland and all Eng-
lish dominions .Apr.
Associators move upon St. Mary's, and the council abandons
the state-house and provincial records to them. Pres. Jo-
seph and the council retiring to a fort upon the Patuxent,
Coode marches upon them with several hundred men. to
whom they surrender, leaving the associators masters of the
situation 25 July,
King William approves the motives of the associators in tak-
ing up arms against lord Baltimore's government, and au-
thorizes them to continue in power 1 Feb.
Sir Lionel Copley appointed royal governor of Maryland
Immediately after gov. Copley's arrival in Maryland he sum-
mons a general assembly at St. Mary's, which passes an act
of recognition of William and Mary, and then overthrows
equal toleration in the province, and establishes the church
of England as the state church of Maryland May,
On the death of gov. Copley, sir Edmund Andros assumes
the government until the arrival of his successor, Nichol-
son
Capital removed by law to Providence, now Annapolis
Public post established from the Potomac through Annapolis
to Philadelphia, route to be covered 8 times in the year, and
postman to receive a salary of 501. sterling
Annapolis incorporated by law, the government intrusted to 8
freeholders, called " commissioners and trustees "
State-house destroyed by fire, and many of the records of Anne
Arundel county burned
Royal charter of incorporation granted Annapolis by gov. Sey-
mour 16 Aug.
Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th lord Baltimore, being a Protest-
ant, the province is surrendered to him shortly before his
death, which occurred 16 Apr.
John Hart, proprietary governor, representing Charles Calvert,
5th lord Baltimore, and infant heir of Benedict Leonard Cal-
1694
1696
1704
1708
1715
vert.
:)vernor.
By resolution the lower house of assembly declare that "the
people of Maryland are entitled to all the rights and immu-
nities of free Englishmen, and are of necessity inheritors of
the common-law of England "
Act passed for "the encouragement of learning, and erecting
schools in the several counties of the province," under which
law a public free school was established at Battle Creek,
Calvert county.
"A Complete Collection of the Laws of Maryland," printed at
Annapolis by William Parks
First newspaper printed in Maryland, the Maryland Gazette,
published at Annapolis by William Parks
Baltimore laid out on lands belonging to Charles Carroll, by
commissioners appointed by the legislature
1723
1727
1732
1737
1740
1744
1745
1746
1748
1751
1753
1754
MAR 480
Agreement entered into that the boundary between Maryland
and Delaware should bo that llxed by the decree of 1685, and
that between Maryland and I'enusylvauia a line drawn due
west, 15 miles south of Philadelphia
Baltimore increased by the addition of 10 acres of land east of
the falls, on the lands of Kdward Fell
Charles Carroll "of Carrollton" born at Annapolis '20 Sept.
Legislature appropriates 7562^ to meet the expense of raising
and equipping 500 volunteers for the great expedition against
the Spanish dominions
Treaty concluded with the Six Nations by gov. Bladen in
conjunction with the representatives of Virginia and
Pennsylvania, at Lancaster, I'a., whereby, in considera-
tion of the payment of 300/., the Indians agree to relin-
quish all claims to territory within the boundary of Mary-
land
Town of Frederick laid out by Patrick Dulany Sept.
Assembly votes 4500/. to raise a body of men for an expedition
against Canada, 26 June, and an additional appropriation of
1100/ Nov.
Nanticoke Indians emigrate from Maryland to Wyoming, car-
rying the bones of their dead with them May,
Frederick Calvert becomes 6th lord Baltimore by the death of
Charles Calvert 24 Apr.
Lord Baltimore directs gov. Sharpe to investigate as to which
branch of the Potomac is the source; Virginia claiming the
north branch, and Maryland the south
Maryland frontier being subjected to incursions of the French
and Indians from fort Duquesne (Pittsburg, Pa.), the Gen-
eral Assembly convenes at Annapolis and votes 6000/. to aid
Virginia in the reduction of the fort 11 July,
Command of the forces engaged against the French on the
Ohio given to gov. Sharpe under royal commission "
Fort is erected at Cumberland, and" garrisoned with 2 com-
panies as a resting place for expeditions against fort Du-
quesne "
Two companies under capt. Dagworthy and lieuts. Bacon and
Forty, march from Annapolis to the western frontier. "
General Assembly passes a law for the levying of troops,
and providing a pension for those maimed in service,
24 Dec. "
After Braddock's defeat, 9 July, 1755, the borders of Maryland
and Pennsylvania became one extended field of battles, mur-
der, desolation, and panic 1755
Acadians, consigned to the province at their expulsion, arrive
(Acadia) "
Act to raise 40,000/. for erecting fort Frederick and other
forts and block-houses on the, frontier, and for a joint ex-
pedition against fort Duquesne. This sum was raised
by bills of credit and taxation; on the list of 22 subjects
of taxation, between the duties on wines and liquors and
the billiard-table, is a tax "on all bachelors of 25 years of
age and upwards with 100/. and less than 300/. a duty of 5s.
per annum, and if worth over 300/. 20s. per annum,"
22 Mch. 1756
Gov. Sharpe appoints a day of thanksgiving for the capture
of fort Duquesne, and the assembly grants 1500/. to the Mary-
land troops who took part in the expedition (Pennsylvania),
Nov. 1758
Frederick, lord Baltimore, agrees to the appointment of the
commission, messrs. Mason and Dixon, who surveyed the
line known by their name, and set up mile-stones ; agree-
ment made (Pennsylvania, 1682) 4 July, 1760
Zachariah Hood, a merchant of Annapolis, is appointed stamp
distributer under the Stamp act; arriving with his stamps,
he is obliged to land clandestinely ; his effigy is whipped,
hanged, and burned, and he seeks refuge in New York. The
assembly, prorogued from 1763, meets and protests against
the Stamp act, and appoints col. Edward Tilghman, William
Murdock, and Thomas Ringgold delegates to the congress of
deputies from all the colonies 1765
Frederick county court deciding the Stamp act unconstitu-
tional, a popular demonstration takes place, the "Sons of
Liberty " carry through the streets a coffin inscribed, "The
Stamp Act, expired of a mortal stab received from the Genius
of Liberty in Frederick county court, 23 Nov. 1765, aged 22
days " 30 Nov. "
Public officers in Annapolis, urged by the people, treat the
Stamp act as a nullity 3 Apr. 1766
People of Maryland enter into articles for non-importation of
British superfluities and for the promotion of American
manufactures 20 June, 1769
British bark Good Intent, arriving at Annapolis, a meeting of
the associators is held, and it is resolved that the cargo of
English goods should not be landed 1770
Assembly attempts to diminish the amount of fees collectible
by the public officials and established clergy, but is pro-
rogued by the governor, who issues a proclamation fixing
the old rates, and requiring the officers to receive the amount
in money if tendered 26 Nov. "
Frederick, lord Baltimore, dying without an heir, bequeaths
his proprietary to Henry Harford, his natural son 1771
People aroused by the governor's proclamation, under the lead-
ership of Charles Carroll, elect the popular candidates messrs.
Paca and Hammond to the House, and bury the obnoxious
proclamation In effigy 14 May, 1773
Convention meets at Annapolis, proposes an absolute cessation
of intercourse with the mother country, and nominates Sam-
uel Chase, Robert Goldsborough, William Paca, Matthew
Tilghman, and Thomas Johnson delegates to the first Conti-
nental Congress at Philadelphia. 22 June, 1774
MAR 3
Anthony Stewart, the owner of the brig Peggy Stewart, hav-
ing paid the duty on a few packages of tea included in the
cargo, the people are excited by liis act, and under advice
of Charles Carroll of t.'arrollton. Stewart burns his vessel,
14 Oct.
George Washington, present in Congress as a member from
Virginia, is nominated by Thomas Johnson of Maryland
to be commander-in-chief of the American forces, and
unanimously chosen. — Hildreth, "Hist, of U. S.," vol. iii.,
p. 80 1,5 June,
Convention of Maryland assembles and adopts the famous
"Association of the Freemen of Maryland," which be-
comes the written constitution of Maryland for a year,
26 July,
" Maryland Line," under col. William Smallwood, engage in the
battles of Long Island, Harlem Heights, White Plains, the
storming of fort Washington, battles of Trenton and Prince-
ton ; they begin the year 1444 strong, and are reduced to a
mere handful at the close
Batteries erected near Baltimore and Annapolis, and public
records removed to Upi)er Marlborough for safety in
preparation for an attack by the British under lord Duns,
more
James Wilkinson repairs to the camp before Boston as a vol-
unteer from Maryland. Army (List of gen. off., U. S.)
Convention assembles and unanimously orders the delegates to
Congress to unite in declaring the colonies free and inde-
pendent, reserving to the state, however, complete internal
sovereignty ; Charles Carroll ol^ Carrollton, chief advocate of
this resolution, was on 4 July, 1776, chosen a delegate; con-
vention met .28 June,
Declaration of Independence publicly read at Baltimore, with
acclamations for the prosperity of the U. S 22 July,
Convention for framing a state constitution assembles at An-
napolis 14 Aug., and completes its labors (constitution never
submitted to the people) 11 Nov.
Continental Congress meets at Baltimore 20 Dec.
Maryland Line, under brig. -gen. Smallwood, engage in the
battles of Brandywine and Germautown, and are sta-
tioned at Wilmington during the winter to protect Dela-
ware
First legislature under the new constitution assembles 5 Feb.
and elects Thomas Johnson governor 13 Feb. "
Count Pulaski raises a legion in Maryland consisting of 68 horse
and 200 foot IT
[To -this legion was presented a banner by the Moravian
Nuns, or Sisters of Bethlehem, Pa. Longfellow has com-
memorated this event in his "Hymn of the Moravian
Nuns."]
Maryland Line active in battle of Monmouth 28 June, ••
Legislature votes officers of the Maryland Line who serve
through the war, and their widows, "half pay during life, to
commence after seven years' pay voted by Congress 17'
Maryland Line, under maj.-gen. De Kalb, engage in the battles
of Camden (where De Kalb was killed), Cowpons, Guilford
Court house, Hobkirk's hill, assault of Ninety six, and Eutaw
springs 1780-H
Bill to confiscate British property passes both houses Oct. 17b(
Maryland, to secure rights to western lands, delays signing the
articles of confederation until, with other states, Virginia
cedes lands northwest of the Ohio to the U. S. in Jan. 1781;
Maryland delegates, John Hanson and Daniel Carroll, sign
the articles 1 Mch. 178:
Washington college, Chestertown, organized 17K
Officers of Maryland Line organize state "Society of the Cin-
cinnati " at Annapolis, maj.-geu. Smallwood president,
21 Nov. ■'■
U. S. Congress meets at Annapolis 26 Nov. "
Washington resigns his commission as commander-in chief,
at the state house in Annapolis 23 Dec. "
St. John's college, Annapolis, organized V'^-
Delegates from Virginia, Pennsylvania. Delaware, New Jersey,
and New York assemble at Annapolis to consider the con-
dition of the nation, and request all the states to send dele-
gates to a convention at Philadelphia the following May, Sept. 17«'
James McHenry, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, and Daniel Car-
roll, delegates from Maryland to the convention at Phila-
delphia, sign the Constitution of the U. S 17 Sept. 17«
Maryland adopts the Constitution 28 Apr. 17«
Robert H. Harrison of Maryland nominated associate justice
of the Supreme court , 26 Sept. 17H
John Carroll, D.D., consecrated bishop of Baltimore, with juris-
diction over all the Catholics in the U. S., the first bishop
consecrated in the U. S. (Church, Roman Catholic) I'i^'-
The state by law, 23 Dec. 1788, cedes to the U. S. such district
10 miles square Congress may select for the U. S. capital;
the District of Columbia selected •
Thomas Johnson of Maryland appointed associate justice of
Supreme court 5 Aug. lii*
Publication of the Baltimore American and Daily Advertiser
begun by Alexander Martin 14 May, 1<»
Act extending the right of suffrage and substituting the ballot
for vivd-voce voting passed 28 Dec. lou
Legislature presents a sword and belt to George Washington
Mann of Maryland, one of 2 soldiers who planted the Amen- ;
can fiag on the walls of Derne, Tripoli 27 Apr. !»"
Medical department of the University of Maryland established
at Baltimore • • • • • ^° ■
Several associations formed in Baltimore to encourage home
manufacture and sale of domestic goods during the embargo i
against British vessels
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MAR 481
merican Law Journal and Miscellaneous Repertory, edited
by John E. Hall, and pub. in Baltimore 1808
aUimore Medical and Physical Recorder, edited by dr. Tobias
Watkins 1809
irst number of Niles' Register issued in Baltimore by Heze-
kiah Niles 7 Sept. 1811
abriel Duval of Maryland appointed associate justice of the
Supreme court of the U. S 18 Nov. "
rinting-offlce of the Federal Republican, an anti-war paper in
Baltimore, destroyed by a mob 22 June, 1812. They attack
the house of the editor, A. C. Hanson, which was garrisoned,
break into the jail, whither some of the assailed had been
taken, and in the riot gen. Lingan is killed and otliers left
for dead (United Statks) 28 July, 1812
ritish adm. Cockburu with 4 ships of the line and 6 frigates
plunders and burns Freuchtown, Havre de Grace, Frederick-
town, and Georgetown Mch. 1813
attle of Bl.\densbl-rg, and capture of Washington by the
British (United States) 24 Aug. 1814
ritish advancing on Baltimore under gen. Ross are repulsed
at North Point, gen. Ross is killed (United States),
12 Sept. "
iritish fleet bombard Fort MoHenry 13 Sept. "
rancis S. Key of Maryland, imprisoned on one of the British
vessels, composes the "Star-Spangled Banner ". .13 Sept. "
,ancasterian school system introduced in Baltimore 1820
.ct passed abolishing the old division into hundreds, as fiscal,
military, and election districts, and making an election dis-
trict the jurisdiction of the constable. -. 1824
.ct passed for primary schools 28 Feb. 1826
Ground broken for the Chesapeake and Ohio canal by the pres-
ident of the U. S 4 July, 1828
Touud broken by Charles Carroll and corner-stone set for the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, chartered 1827 4 July, "
hoenix company erect their shot tower 234 feet high in Bal-
timore. Completed without scaffolding 25 Nov. "
irst public school in Baltimore under law of 1827 opened,
21 Sept. 1829
[ount St. Mary's" college at Emmittsburg, established in 1809,
is this year incorporated as a college 1830
louse of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents incorporated,
I 8 Feb. 1831
tn death of gov. Martin, George Howard, first named of the
executive council, succeeds to the office 10 July, "
|ation;il anti-masonic convention assembles at Baltimore and
nominates William Wirt for president of the U. S 26 Sept. "
loger Brooke Taney of Maryland appointed attorney-general
iof the U. S '. 27 Dec. "
iney appointed secretary of the treasury 24 Sept. 1833
;ospital for the insane at Spring grove, Baltimore county,
! opened 1834
bney appointed chief-justice Supreme court of the U. S.,
I 15 Mch. 1836
i3gislature passes the famous "Internal Improvement bill,"
! subscribing $3,000,000 in state bonds to the Chesapeake and
iOhio Canal company, $3,000,000 to the Baltimore and Ohio
•railroad, $500,000 to the Maryland Crosscut canal, $500,000
Ito the Annapolis and Potomac canal, and $1,000,000 to the
jEastern Shore railroad— in all $8,000,000 3 June, "
jate convention irrespective of party meets in Baltimore and
jadopts resolutions for revising the constitution 6 June, "
institution revised : governor to be elected by the people,
jcouncil abolished, Senate reorganized, one third to be elect-
led by the people every 2 years "
i-nstitution providing "that the relation of master and slave
in this state shall not be abolished unless a bill for that pur-
pose shall be passed by a unanimous vote of both branches
;of the General Assembly, to be published 3 months before a
juew election, and be unanimously confirmed by the succeed-
ing legislature," ratified 1837
invention of Whig young men, 15,000 to 20,000 delegates
trom every state in the Union, meets at Baltimore. . .4 May, 1840
mocratic National convention meets at Baltimore 5 May, "
lue of state bonds reaches $16,050,000, deficit of treasury
1556,387.38 1 Dec. '•
•ite tax levied of 20 cts. on every $100, afterwards increased
■0 25 cts 1 Apr. 1841
illege of St. James, Washington county, organized 1842
jryland Historical Society founded Jan. 1844
lig National convention in Baltimore, nominates Henry Clay
or president 1 May, "
rse magnetic telegraph from Washington to Baltimore com-
, 'leted 20 May, "
-nocratic National convention at Baltimore, nominates for
resident James K. Polk 27-29 May, "
- . waiving the state liens in favor of $1,700,000 bonds to be
5sued by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal company at par,
i'lth a guarantee that for 5 years after completion not less
lan 195,000 tons would be transported annually upon it, and
contract is made for the completion of the canal to Cum-
.flf^d 10 Mch. 1845
\ tea States Naval Academy established at Annapolis "
^. Charles Turner Torrey dies in state prison under sen-
^mce for enticing slaves from the state 9 May, 1846
•--e resumes the payment of interest on her debt at the Ches-
.Jeakebank, Baltimore 1 Jan. 1848
i-fiocrat-c National convention at Baltimore nominates gen.
3W18 Cass, U. S. senator from Michigan, for president,
», .„ « 22 May, "
^ . T,^"^' ^ 2^ '^^D- 1809, d. in Washington University
)spital, Baltimore ; buried in Westminster graveyard, 7 Oct. 1849
16
MAR
Election riots between Democrats and Know-Nothings..4 Nov. 1849
Convention to frame a new constitution meets at Annapolis,
4 Nov. 1850, completes its labors 13 May, 1851; the consti-
tution ratified by the people 4 June, 1851
Democratic National convention in Baltimore, nominates gen.
Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire for president 9 May, 1852
AVhig National convention at Baltimore, nominates gen. Win-
field Scott for president 16 June, "
Loyola college opened at Baltimore 15 Sept. "
State Institution for the Blind organized at Baltimore 1853
House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents near Baltimore
oi)ened 1355
Whig National convention at Baltimore adopts the nominees
of the American party, Fillmore and Donelson, for president
and vice-president (United States) 17 Sept. 1856
George Peabody gives $300,000 to found Peabody institute,
12 Feb. 1857
Strike of the conductors and train men on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, militia called out; amicably settled. . .29 Apr. "
Corner-stone of the Peabody institute in Baltimore laid,
16 Apr. 1859
Constitutional Union convention at Baltimore nominates John
Bell of Tennessee for president 9 May, 1860
Democratic National convention meets by adjournment (from
Charleston, S. C.) in Baltimore, 18 June, 1860. On the 23d a
large number of delegates withdraw, and the remaining dele-
gates nominate Stephen A. Douglas for president. The se-
ceders nominate John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky (United
States) 23 June, "
Philip Francis Thomas of Maryland appointed secretary of
treasury 12 Dec. "
A. H. Handy, commissioner from Mississippi, addresses a meet-
ing in Baltimore on the subject of secession 19 Dec. "
Secession flag raised and saluted with artillery on Federal
hill, Baltimore, but on the third round the cannon are seized
and the flag pulled down 18 Apr. 1861
Attack on Massachusetts troops in Baltimore by a mob, several
soldiers and civilians killed and wounded (Baltimore),
19 Apr. "
House of Delegates rejects a secession ordinance by 53 to 13,
29 Apr. "■
U. S. volunteers under gen. Butler take possession of the Relay
house on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad 5 May, "
Gen. Butler, at the head of 900 men, occui)ies Baltimore with-
out opposition 13 May, "
State legislature unable to organize, many members being ar-
rested on suspicion of treason 17 Sept. "
Augustus W. Bradford, Union, elected governor 6 Nov. " "
Gov. Hicks calls an extra session of the legislature "to con-
sider and determine the steps necessary to be taken to ena-
ble the state of Maryland to take her place with the other
loyal states in defence of the Constitution and Union." The
legislature meets at Frederick .3 Dec. "
Confederates invade the state and occupy Frederick, 8 Sept.
1862. Gen. Lee issues a proclamation to the people of Mary-
land promising protection and assistance in regaining their
rights. On 10 Sept. the confederates evacuate the city, and
it is occupied by the army of the Potomac 12 Sept. "
Battle of South Mountain, 14 Sept., and Antietam (Maryland
CAMPAIGN) 17 Sept. "
Gen. Robert C. Schenck proclaims martial law in the west-
shore counties 30 June, 1863
Gen. Schenck arrests many persons suspected of treason, and
suspends the " Maryland club " and similar societies "
Issue at the state election is emancipation, and the Union party
divides on the subject into the Union and Unconditional
Union parties ; the latter carries the election 4 Nov. "
Every Union master allowed $300 for each of his slaves en-
listing by act of Congress 24 Feb. 1864
Gen. Lee detaches a force for the invasion of Maryland, which
overpowers the federals under gen. Lew. Wallace in a battle
on the Monocacy river 9 July, "
Convention for framing a new constitution meets at An-
napolis, 27 Apr. ; completes its work, 6 Sept. ; ratified,
12-13 Oct. "
[This constitution abolished slaverj', and disfranchised all
who had aided or encouraged rebellion against the U. S.
Home vote, 27,541 for, 29,536 against; soldiers, 2633 for, 263
against; majority for, 375.]
Law for a state normal school at Baltimore 1865
Maryland Agricultural college established in Prince George's
county "
Legislature passes a very stringent Sunday law 1866
Fair held in Baltimore for the relief of the destitute in the
southern states ; net receipts, $164,569.97 Apr. "
Peabody institute formally inaugurated ; George Peabody
present 24 Oct. "
Johns Hopkins university incorporated 24 Aug. 1867
New constitution, framed by a convention which met at An-
napolis 8 May, 1867, which abolishes ofllce of lieutenant-
governor, ratified by the people 18 Sept. "
[Vote for, 27,152; against, 23,036.]
New School law passed giving control of educational matters
in each county to a board of county commissioners, one for
each election district, and state school tax fixed at 10 cents
on each $100 ; the tax paid by colored people to be set aside
for maintenance of colored schools 1 Apr. 1868
Institution for the education of the deaf and dumb established
temporarily in barracks at Frederick "
State election in Nov. 1869, the whole Democratic ticket elected,
and a legislature unanimously Democratic meets 5 Jan. 1870
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Legislature unanimously rejects the XV. th Amendment, and
passes a school law vesting the supervision of schools iu a
state board, county boards, and school district boards 1870
Celebration by the colored i>eople of Baltimore of the passage
of the XV. tU Amendment 19 May, "
Slate convention of those favoring the extension of the right of
suflVago to women held at Baltimore 29 Feb. 1872
Democratic National convention at Baltimore nominate Hor-
ace Greeley, by a vote made unanimous, for president,
9-10 July, "
State institution for colored blind and deaf mutes established
in Baltimore "
Public Kducation act modilled: Board of Kducation to consist
of the governor, principal of normal school, and i persons
appointed by the governor fi"om presidents and examiners
of the several county boards 1874
State Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry meets in Baltimore,
and makes a declaration of policy and principle 7 Mch. "
James B. Groome elected governor by General Assembly, gov.
Whyte being elected U. S. senator 4 Mch. 1875
Foundation of the Johns Hopkins hospital, endowed with
$4,500,000 by Johns Hopkins in 1873, is laid in Baltimore "
Daniel C. Gilman installed president of the Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity 22 Feb. 1876
Affray in the streets of Baltimore; the 6th regiment of mili-
tia being ordered out by gov. Carroll against strikers on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Cumberland; the sol-
diers are stoned, and Are on the mob, killing 9 and wound-
ing 20 or 30 ; the mob sets Are to the railroad station,
20 July, 1877
Commissioners appointed by legislatures of 1874 and 1876 for
boundary between Maryland and Virginia report 16 Jan. "
Congress appropriates $25,000 for surveying a route for a
ship canal between the Chesapeake and Delaware bays to
shorten the distance from Baltimore to the ocean by about
200 miles 1878
State convention of tax-payers held at Baltimore to redress
grievances and secure relief from taxation 12 Aug. 1879
Celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of Balti-
more 10-15 Oct. 1880
Henry IJoyd, president of the Senate, succeeds gov. McLane,
who is appointed U. S. minister to France 27 Mch. 1885
Public library, established by gift of Enoch Pratt in 1882, for-
mally opened in Baltimore 4 Jan. 1886
Legislature incorporates American College of the Roman Cath-
olic Church of the U. S "
Sharp contest in Chester river between the state oyster steamer
McLane and a fleet of illegal dredgers; 2 schooners are run
down and sunk and others captured 10 Dec. 1888
State oyster steamer Helen Baughman fights with the schooner
Robert McAllister, an unlicensed oyster boat 2 Jan. 1889
Asylum for feeble-minded children opened in Baltimore. .Jan. "
Chesapeake and Ohio canal wrecked by flood on the Potomac,
which also swept away the historic building known as John
Brown's Fort June, "
In 1888, Virginia leased about 3200 acres of oyster ground on
Hog island to one Lewis ; Maryland claims a right to the
ground, but the National Coast Survey rejects her claim ;
gov. Jackson proclaims the ground open to both states, and
the Maryland schooner Lawson anchors on the Hog island
grounds ; the Lawsrni is attacked, run down, and sunk by
the Virginia police-boat Augustus, 27 Nov. ; harmony is re-
stored between the states, Virginia withdrawing her exclusive
claim Dec. "
Australian ballot law passed by Maryland legislature, and a
high-license law enacted for Baltimore , 1890
Decoration day made a legal holiday by act of legislature "
State-treasurer Stevenson Archer discovered to be a defaulter
to the amount of $132,401.25, 27 Mch. ; is arrested at his
home in Belair, 10 Apr. ; is tried, pleads guilty, and is sen-
tenced to 5 years' imprisonment 7 July, "
Rev. Robert Laird Collier, Unitarian minister, dies near Salis-
bury 27 July, "
Ex-gov. Philip Francis Thomas d. at Baltimore, aged 80,
2 Oct. "
D. S. senator Ephraim King Wilson d. in Washington, D. C,
24 Feb. 1891
Monument erected by the state to Leonard Calvert, first gov-
ernor of the colony, at Old St. Mary's 3 June, "
Charles H. Gibson qualifies as U. S. senator by executive ap-
pointment to fill place of senator Wilson, deceased.. ..7 Dec. "
Ex-postmaster-gen. John A. J. Cresswell d. at Belair. ..23 Dec. "
Charles H. Gibson elected by the legislature as U. S. senator
to fill unexpired term 21 Jan. 1892
Ex-gov. E. Louis Lowe d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 70,
23 Aug. "
MAR
GOVERNORS UNDER THE BALTIMOUES (Proprietary gover
Leonard Calvert.
Thomas Greene. .
William Stone...
Josias Fendall
Philip Calvert
Charles Calvert
Thomas Nolley
Charles, Lord Baltimore.
Term.
1637 to 1647
1647 " 1648
1648 " 1654
1654 " 1658
1658 " 1660
1660 " 1662
1662 "1676
1677 " 1680
1681 " 1689
Removed by Lord Baltimo
(Conflicting governmei
\ civil war.
Removed by Lord Baltimo
(Afterwards the third k
( Baltimore and proprict
(His rights abrogated
( William and Mary.
UNDER THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT (Royal gOVCmors).
John Coode and the Prot-
estant association. . .
Sir Lionel Copley
Francis Nicholson
Nathaniel Biackstone.
Thomas Trench
John Seymour
Edward Lloyd
John Hart
1690 to 1692
1692
' 1693
Died in office.
1694 '
' 1695
1696
'1702
1703
' 1704
Acting.
1704
' 1708
1709
' 1713
Acting.
1714
'1715
UNDER THE BALTIMORES RESTORED (Proprietary governor
John Hart
Charles Calvert
Benedict L. Calvert
Samuel Ogle
Charles, Lord Baltimore.
Samuel Ogle
Thomas Bladen
Samuel Ogle
Benjamin Tasker
Horatio Sharpe
Robert Eden
1715 to 1719 1
1720
' 1726
1727 '
' 1730
1731
' 1732
1732
' 1733
1734
'1741
1742 '
' 1745
1746
'1751
1752
1753 to 1768
1769
' 1774 i
Acting.
UNDER THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.
Thomas Johnson
Thomas Sim Lee
William Paca
William Small wood.
1777 to 1779
1780 " 1782
1783 " 1784
1785 " 1788
( Distinguished soldier
I the revolution.
John E. Howard.. .
George Plater
Thomas Sim Lee. . .
John H. Stone
John Henry
Benjamin Ogle
John F. Mercer
Robert Bowie
Robert Wright
Edward Lloyd 1809
Robert Bowie 1811
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
1789 to 1790
1791 " 1792
1793 " 1794
1795 " 1797
1798
1799 to 1801
1802 " 1803
1804 " 1805
1806 " 1808
1810
1812
Levin Winder
Charles Ridgely
Charles W. Goldsborough.
Samuel Sprigg
Samuel Stevens, Jr
Joseph Kent
Daniel Martin
Thomas K.Carroll
Daniel Martin
George Howard
James Thomas
Thomas W. Veazey
William Grayson
Francis Thomas
Thomas G. Pratt
Philip F. Thomas
Enoch L. Lowe
Thomas W. Ligon
Thomas H. Hicks
Augustus W. Bradford. . .
Thomas Swann
Oden Bowie
W. P. Whyte
James B. Groome
John Lee Carroll
William T. Hamilton
Robert M. McLane . .
Elihu E. Jackson
Frank Brown
1813
1815
1818
1820
1823
1826
1814
1817
1819
1822
1825
1828
1829
1830
1«31
1831 to 1832
1833 " 1835
1836 " 1838
1839 " 1841
1842 " 1844
1845 " 1847
1848 " 1850
1851 " 1855
1856 " 1857
1858 " 1861
1862 " 1864
1865 " 1867
1868 " 1871
1872 " 1874
1875
1876 to 1879
1880 " 1883
1884 " 1887
1888 " 1891
Died in office.
Opposes secession.
Republican or Unionist.
Elected U. S. senator.
Term expires
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
Name.
No. of Congress.
Date.
1st to 2d
1789 to 1793
1st " 5th
1789 " 1797
2d " 4th
1793 " 1796
4th " 7th
1796 " 1803
5th " 6th
1798 " 1800
6th " 7th
1800 " 1803
7th " 9th
1801 " 1806
8th " 13lh
1803 " 1815
9th " 12th
1806 " 1813
13th " 15th
1813 " 1819
14th
1816
Remarks.
Charles Carroll
John Henry
Richard Potts
John Eager Howard
James Lloyd
William Hindman
Robert Wright
Samuel Smith
Philip Reed
Robert Henry Goldsborough.
Robert G. Harper
Resigned.
Resigned. Elected governor.
Elected in place of Carroll. Resigned.
Elected president pro tern. 21 Nov. 1800.
Elected in place of Henry. Resigned.
Elected in place of Lloyd.
Resigned 1806.
Elected president pro tern. 2 Dec. 1805, '6, '7,
Elected in place of Wright.
Resigned.
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UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND.— (Con^nwed)
No. of Congresa.
Date.
lexander C. Hanson
dward Lloyd
/■illiam Pinkney
amnel Smith
zekiel F. Chambers
oseph Kent
obert Henry Goldsborough.
ohn S. Spence
IWU&m D. Merrick
ohn L. Kerr
ames A. Pearce
:everdy Johnson
(avid Stewart
homasG. Pratt
nthony Kennedy
homas H. Hicks
ohn A. J. Creswell
:everdy Johnson
niliam Pinckney Whyte...
eorge Vickers
nihara T. Hamilton
eorge R. Dennis
niliam Pinckney Whyte. . .
ames G. Groome
,rthur P. Gorman
Iphraim K. Wilson
harles H. Gibson
24th
2oth
26th
28th
29th
Uth to 15th
16th " 19th
16th " 17th
17th
19th to 23d
23d " 25th
23d " 24th
26th
28th
27th
37 th
30th
31st
31st to 34th
35th " 38th
37th " 38th
39th
39th to 40th
40th
40th to 42d
41st " 43d
43d " 45th
44th " 46th
46th " 49th
47th
49th to 52d
52d
1817 to 1819
1819 " 1826
1820 " 1822
1822
1826 to 1834
1833 " 1837
1835 " 1836
1835 " 1840
18.38 "1845
1841 " 1843
1843 " 1862
1845 " 1849
1849
18.50 to 1857
1857 " 1865
1863 " 1865
1865 " 1867
1865 " 1868
1868 " 1869
1868 " 1873
1869 " 1875
1873 " 1879
1875 " 1881
1879 " 1885
1881
1885 " 1891
1891
Died 1819.
Elected in place of Harper.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Hanson.
Elected in place of Pinkney
Resigned 1834.
Died 1837.
Died 1836.
Elected in place of Goldborough,
Elected in place of Kent.
Elected in place of Spence,
Died 1862.
Resigned.
Appointed pro tem. in place of Johnson.
Elected in place of Johnson.
Appointed in place of Pearce. Died 1865.
Resigned.
Appointed in place of Johnson.
Elected in place of Johnson.
Term expires 1899.
Died in ofHce.
Term expires 1897.
Died 1822.
President iJro tem. 1828, '29, '30.
Died 1840.
Maryland campaig*!!. Immediately after Pope's
efeat at Manassas, 30 Aug. 1862, McClellan was appointed
2 Sept.) to command the troops for the defence of the capital,
'he Confederate army (45,000 strong?) crossed the Potomac and
ccupied Frederick, Md., 6 Sept., where Lee issued a proclama-
on to " the people of Maryland," assuring them that the Con-
liderate army had come to assist them in regaining rights of
[hich they had been so unjustly despoiled, etc. Leaving Banks
li command at Washington, McClellan crossed the Potomac
!ver, and moved towards the Confederate army on 7 Sept., oc-
bpying Frederick on the 12th, with a force estimated at from
|),000 to 90,000 men. Here he had the good-fortune to secure a
|)py of Lee's general order of the 9th,explaining his movements,
iul pointing out as one of the objects of the expedition the
lipture of Harper's Ferry. In this order " Stonewall " Jackson,
;'ter passing Middletown, was to cross the Potomac at Sharps-
'irg and attack Harper's Ferry, while McLaws's and Anderson's
(visions would come directly to his aid from Middletown.
\attles of South Mountain. — Gen. Lee meanwhile had passed " South
■Mountain," a continuation of the Blue Ridge north of the Poto-
Imac from Harper's Ferry. The road from Frederick to Boonsboro
■crosses South Mountain at Turner's Gap. while another road passes
jit at Crampton's Gap, about 6 miles to the south. Gen. Lee left
jD. H. Hill's division of 5 brigades to hold Turner's Gap, and How-
ell Cobb with 3 brigades at Crampton's Gap. The action at Tur-
ner's Gap began at 7 a.m., 14 Sept. The confederates at first had
[but 5000 or 6000 men in action, but Longstreet continued to re-
iinforce Hill until they numbered at least 25,000, with Longstreet
in command. The confederates held the gap through the day,
and withdrew during the night. The Union forces lost in this
engagement 1813, and the confederates about as many. Gen.
Franklin, with the 6th corps, was attempting to force his way
through Crampton's Gap, which he succeeded in doing before
Qight, and bivouacked within 3 or 4 miles of Maryland Heights,
overlooking Harper's Ferry. The Union loss at Crampton's Gap
ffas 530 killed and wounded. These 2 battles of Turner's and
Crampton's Gaps, having been fought on the same day and within
iibout 6 miles of each other, are called Battles of South Mountain.
<rrender of Harper'' s Ferry. — Meanwhile Stonewall Jackson was
-•apidly concentrating his forces and surrounding Harper's Ferry,
,)ccupied by about 14,000 troops under col. D. S. Miles, who had
jvon no enviable reputation at the first battle of Bull's Run. Jack-
jion had recrossed the Potomac to the Virginia side at Williams-
)orl,and, descending its right bank,appeared before Harper's Ferry
)n the morning of the 13th. Loudon Heights were immediately oc-
'upied by confederates without opposition, while Maryland Heights,
he key to the position, were not occupied by them until the after-
loon of the Uth, and then with scarcely any resistance. On the
ivening of the 14lh, col. Davis, with 2000 U. S. cavalry, crossing the
imntoon-bridge to the Maryland side, escaped between the Con-
;ederate forces. Jackson opened his batteries on the afternoon of
ine 14th on the cooped-up forces in Harper's Ferry; and on the
norningof the 15th, after about one hour's cannonading, the place
turrendered, with 12,520 men; other loss, killed and wounded, 217
.among them col. Miles, the commander, mortally wounded), and
j7 pieces of artillery. The confederates sustained no loss. The
lead of gen. Franklin's corps of relief was within 3 or 4 miles at
llie time of surrender.
^!»e 0/ .4 nKetam.— McClellan was so close upon the Confederate
imy that Lee was obliged to halt to protect Jackson's command
tt Harper's Ferry, and allow him to rejoin the main army. For
tms purpose he selected the west bank of Antietam creek, near
narpsburg, Md. The position chosen by gen. Lee compensated
omewhat for the numerical inferiority of his army. On the
morning of the 16th the army of the Potomac was a,gsembled on
the border of the Antietam, except gen. Franklin's 2 divisions,
while gen. Lee had not more than 25,000 men; but this was not
known to McClellan at the time. Jackson arrived before noon
of the 16th with 2 brigades badly broken up by a hard march from
Harper's Ferry; while McLaws's, Anderson's, and D. H. Hill's di-
visions were still away towards the Potomac. At 2 p.m. McClel-
lan advanced gen. Hooker's division across Antietam creek, but
the engagement was soon ended by the darkness. At dawn on
the 17th the battle was again opened by Hooker; with varying
fortunes it continued through the day, until again ended by night.
On the morning of the 18th McClellan had thoughts of resuming
the offensive, but some of his ablest subordinates advised against
it. During the day he was joined by the divisions of Couch and
Humphreys, when, feeling assured of success, he ordered an at-
tack on the morning of the 19th; but during the night of the
18th the enemy withdrew across the Potomac and retired towards
Martinsburg. McClellan reoccupied Harper's Ferry a few days
after. The Union loss at Antietam was, killed, 2108; wounded,
9549; missing, 753; total, 12,410; whole loss in the campaign, in-
cluding Harper's Ferry and skirmishes, 27,940; Confederate loss
during the whole campaign about 15,000. Fredericksburg.
]fIa§ailierio. Naples, 1647.
Auber's opera "La Muette de Portici," 1828, was produced in Lon-
don, Engl, as " Masaniello," 4 May, 1829. Music.
Masho'na, Mak'ala'kalaiid, and Mata-
be'le lands, territories in S.Africa, ruled by Lobengula,
who entered into agreement with the British government, 11
Feb. 1888.
Successful progress of colonization, reported May, 1892.
Explorations of J. Theodore Bent; he discovers at Zimbabwe, an
ancient fortress (probably Phoenician), a temple with ornamented
walls, monoliths, specimens of good pottery, relics of gold-min-
ing, etc., June-Aug. 1891. Mr. Bent gave an account of his ex-
ploration at a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, London,
22 Feb. 1892.
niask§. Poppsea, wife of Nero, is said to have invented
the mask to guard her complexion from the sun ; but theatri-
cal masks were in use among the Greeks and Romans. Horace
attributes them to ^schylus ; yet Aristotle says the inventor
and time of their introduction were unknown. Modern masks,
muflfs, fans, and false hair for women, were devised in Italy,
and brought to England from France in 1672.— Stoic. Iron
Mask.
lIa§on and Dixon's line. Pennsylvania,
1682.
mason and Slidell affair. Trent; United
States, 1861.
masonry. Freemasonry.
mas'orall (Heb. for tradition), a collection of conject-
ural readings (keris) of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament,
with critical, grammatical, and exegetical notes by various
Jewish doctors (written between the 6th and 10th centuries),
who also furnished the Masoretic vowel-points.
First Rabbinical Hebrew Bible, containing the Masorah, Targums,
and comments, was printed by Bomberg at Venice, 1518. The
" Book of the Masorah, the H.edge of the Law," was first printed
at Florence, 1750.
masques, precursors of the opera, introduced into Eng-
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MAS
land in the latter part of the 16th century; many were writ-
ten by Ben Jonson ; one at the Middle Temple on the marriage
of princess Elizabeth, Feb. 1613. Milton's " Comus " was rep-
resented at Ludlow castle in 1634.
inail§, in the Roman church, is the office of prayer used in
the eucharist, in memory of the passion of Christ, to which
every part of the service refers. Mass may be high or low ;
the former is sung by choristers, and celebrated with the as-
sistance of a deacon and sub-deacon ; in low mass the prayers
are rehearsed without singing. Mass in Latin was first cel-
ebrated about 394 ; it was introduced into England in the 7th
century. Prostration was enjoined at the elevation of the
host in 1201. Dr. Daniel Rock, in " The Churcli of Our Fa-
thers" (1849), describes an ancient MS. of "The Service of
the Mass, called the Kite of Salisbury," compiled for that ca-
thedral by SU Osmund and others in the 12th century. The
English communion service was adopted in 1549. Missal,
Ritualism.
]fIa§sacllllSCUi is the chief political division of New
England and one of the original 13 United States. It lies for
the most part between 40° and
42° 45' N. lat., and 70° 30' and
73° 30' W. Ion. The states of
Vermont and New Hampshire
lie immediately on the north ;
on the east lies the Atlantic
ocean, giving it a sea front-
age of about 250 miles ; to the
south lie the Atlantic ocean
and the states of Rhode Island
and Connecticut. Immedi-
ately on its west boundaries
lie Rhode Island, New York,
and New Hampshire. It ex-
tends east and west 190 miles, and 50 miles north and south,
with a projection at the southeast, and a lesser one at the
northeast, that increases the breadth to about 110 miles. Area
8315 sq. miles, in 14 counties. Pop. 1890, 2,238,943. Capital,
Boston.
Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold, sailing from Falmouth, Engl., after
a passage of 49 days discovers land in lal. 43° 30' N..14 May, 1602
He discovers a ''mighty head-land," which from the quantity
of codfish caught in the vicinity is called Cape Cod ; the
voyagers land ; this is the first spot upon which the first
known English discoverers of Massachusetts set foot. 15 May, "
Martin Pring in the Speedwell, of 60 tons, and William Browne
in the Discoverer, of 26 tons, make discoveries along the New
England coast 1603
Capt. George Weymouth with 28 men in the Archangel ex-
plores the coast of Massachusetts and Maine, also the Penob-
scot and Kennebec rivers 1605
Henry Hudson discovers the Hudson river 1609
Capt. John Smith explores the coast from the Penobscot river
to Cape Cod, and names the country New England 1614
Capt. John Smith publishes his 'Description of New England "
to invite permanent settlements there 1616
A disease among the Indians nearly depopulates the New Eng-
land coast 1616-18
" Great Patent of New England " passes the seals 3 Nov. 1620
[This patent, which has scarcely a parallel in the history
of the world, covered a territory extending from 40° to 48° of
north latitude, and in length from the Atlantic to the Pacific
ocean. ]
Speedwell, of 60 tons, is purchased in Holland to take part of
the English emigrants there to England, and thence across
the Atlantic «•
[These emigrants belonged to an English sect of Separatists
who had sought an asylum in Holland to escape religious
persecution in England. Their object in leaving Holland was
to settle on the coast of North America where they could
enjoy their religion without molestation.]
Speedwell leaves Delft, Holland, for Southampton, Engl. 22 July, ' '
Mayflower, of 180 tons, is chartered in England to accompany
the Speedwell "
Speedwell is found to be unfitted for a voyage across the Atlan-
tic and is dismissed 21 Aug. «'
Mayflower sails from Plymouth harbor, having on board 101
passengers 17 Sept. "
After a stormy passage of 63 days sights the cliffs of Cape Cod
and comes to anchor in Cape Cod harbor 9 Nov. «'
Peregrine White born on board the Mayflower in Cape Cod
harbor. The first white child born in New England Nov. "
[He died at Marshfield, near Plymouth, 20 July, 1704.]
Mayflower sails from Cape Cod 15 Dec. and anchors at Plymouth,
16 Dec. "
[Four had died at Cape Cod, viz. : Edward Thompson, Jas-
per Carver, James Chilton, and Mrs. Dorothy Bradford, the
latter being accidentally drowned.]
First death at Plymouth, Richard Rutteridge 21 Dec.
Passengers leave the ship and land at Plymouth rock. . "
[This rock was raised from its bed in 1774, but in the
act of raising it was broken. The upper part was removed
to the public square. lu 1834, on 4 July, it was again re-
moved and placed in front of Pilgrim hall, where it rested,
bearing ihe names of the 41 signers of the compact in the
Mayflower, until 188o,whcu it was taken and reunited to the
other portion. The honor of having first placed fool on this
rock has been claimed for both John Alden and Mary Chilton.
John Alden died at Koxbury, 12 Sept. 1<)8(J, aged 80, but the
longest living of the first passengers of the Mayflower was
Mary Allerton, daughter of Isaac Allerton, who died 1699.
aged about 90. — ''Narrative and Critical History of America."
The company named their settlement Plymouth, because it
had been so called by ca|»t. John Smith, who had previousl;
surveyed the harbor, and also after Plymouth, Engl , whi
citizens had treated them kindly.]
Store house erected at Plymouth, 20 feet square with
thatched roof 24-30 Dec.
Colony begins to erect separate houses 9 Jan.
Store house takes fire and nearly burns down 14 Jan.
Mrs. Rose Standish, the wife of Miles Staudish, d 29 Jan.
Miles Standisli made captain with military authority. .17 Feb.
William White d 21 PY-b.
Samoset the first Indian to visit the colony, saying, " Welcome,
Englishmen!" 16Mch.
[Samoset visits them again a few days afterwards, accom-
panied by another Indian who was able to converse with the
colonists. This Indian had been kidnapped in 1614 by one
Thomas Hunt, master of one of capt. Smith's vessels, with
some 26 others, and taken to Spain and sold into slavery.
Liberated by some benevolent friars, he found liis way to
London, and in 1619 was restored to his own country, and
now became an interpreter and friend of the English settlera
Known in early New England history as Squanto.j
Massasoit, the grand sachem of the Wampanoags, with about
60 of his warriors, visits the colony 22 Mch.
Treaty between the colony and Massasoit, which is faithfully
observed for 55 years 22 Mch.
John Carver unanimously confirmed as governor of the colony
for the new civil year 23 .Mch.
Mayflower sails for England on her return voyage 5 Apr.
Gov. Carver d "
[His wife survives him but 6 weeks.]
William Bradford elected governor, Isaac Allerton, deputy
Forty four deaths in the colony in 4 months to 1 Apr.
Susanna, the widow of William White, marries Edward Wins-
low, the first marriage in the colony 12 May,
Twenty acres of corn and beans are planted and 6 acres of bar-
ley and pease by the colony in the spring of
[They obtain the corn or maize of the Indians, who teach
them how to cultivate it, now first called Indian corn.]
First duel in New England was fought between Edward Dotey
and Edward Leister, servants of Stephen Hopkins, with
sword and dagger ; they were sentenced to have their head
and heels tied together, and thus remain for 24 hours without
food or drink; after an hour's endurance they were relieved
on promises and pleadings 18 June,
First Thanksgiving in the colony Sept.
Village of Plymouth contains at this time 7 dwelling houses
and 4 other buildings Sept.
Capt. Miles Standish with 9 Plymouth colonists and 3 Indian«
explores the country about Massachusetts bay Oct.
Fortune, a vessel of 55 tons, bringing 36 passengers, arrives at
Plymouth 11 Nov.
[This ship also brings a patent granted 11 June by the
president and council of New England. This patent did not
fix territorial limils, but allowed 100 acres for each emigrant
with 1500 acres for public buildings, and empowered the
grantees to make laws and set up a government.]
Fortune laden with beaver and other skins and lumber, valued
at $2400, the first remittance from New Plymouth, sails on
her return voyage 3 Dec.
John Alden marries Priscilla Mullens (the Puritan maiden),
daughter of William Mullens
Town surrounded by a palisade and a stockade built Feb.
Much suffering from lack of food spring of
Canonicus, sachem of the Narragansetts, sends by way of defi-
ance a bundle of arrows tied in a rattlesnake's skin to Plym-
outh ; gov. Bradford sends back the skin stuffed with powder
and balls ; this intimidates the tribe
Colonists plant 60 acres of corn
Two ships, Charity and Swan, with about 60 passengers,
sent over by a Mr. Weston, a dissatisfied member of the
Plymouth company, to attempt a settlement, arrives. . .July,
They attempt a settlement at a place called Wessagusset (now
Weymouth) on Massachusetts bay during the year
This colony, unable to support itself, breaks up, after nearly
involving the Plymouth colony in a war with the Indians...
Great distress at Plymouth for want of food spring of
[Tradition affirms that at one time there was but one pint
of corn left, or 5 kernels for each person.]
Two ships, Anne and Little James, of 44 tons, the latter
built for the colony, arrive at Plymouth, bringing 60 pas-
sengers Aug-
Harvest was abundant • •
Capt. Robert Gorges, son of sir Ferdinando Gorges, with Mr.
Morrell, an Episcopal minister, and many others, arrive and
selects a site at Wessagusset for settlement Sept,
Capt. Robert Gorges returns to England early in
1622
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few settlers remain at Wessagusset; some families come
from Weymouth, Engl., and the name is changed to Wey-
mouth 1624
ettlement commenced at Cape Ann with the intention of
connecting the settlement with the fishing interests "
/illiam Bradford again elected governor of Plymouth colony. "
hip Charity, bringing a supply of clothing and a bull and 3
heifers, first neat cattle imported into New England,
24 Mch. 'I
[There come also a carpenter and a person to make salt;
the carpenter builds 2 ketches, a lighter, and 6or 7 shallops.]
uhn Lyford and John Oldham expelled from the colony "
opulation of Plymouth colony 180, and number of dwelling-
houses 32; a substantial fort, a vessel of 44 tons with
smaller boats; large tracts of land under cultivation, and
enclosures for the cattle, goats, swine, and poultry. . .spring, "
imes I. of England d 27 Mch. 1625
(•cession of Charles I.. " "
apt. Wollaston and about 30 others commence a settlement
at a place they call Mount Wollaston (now Quincy) "
homas Morton on the departure of Wollaston takes charge,
and changes the name to Ma-re Mount 1626
obert Conaut removes from the settlement at Cape Ann to
Naumkeag (now Salem) "
lymouth colony establish an outpost on Buzzards bay ; friend-
ly commerce begins with the Dutch at New Amsterdam 1627
artnership of merchants and colonists being unprofitable, and
the community system failing, 8 colonists of Plymouth buy
of the London partners their interests for $9000, in 9 annual
instalments; the community system is abandoned, a division
made of movable property, and 20 acres of land near the town
is assigned in fee to each colonist Jan. 1628
ev. John White, a Puritan minister of Dorchester, Engl., en-
lists some gentlemen who obtain a patent conveying to them
that part of New England lying between 3 miles to the north
of the Merrimac river and 3 miles to the south of the Charles
river, and every part thereof in Massachusetts bay; and in
length between the described breadth from the Atlantic ocean
to the South sea 19 Mch. "
\ [This grant from the throne does not pass the seals until
4 Mch. Itj29.— " Memorial History of Boston."]
)mpany appoint John Endicott governor of the colony " until
themselves should come over " 30 May, "
idicott, with wife and children and about 50 others, embarks
lin ship Abigail from England for Massachusetts 20 June, "
lymouth people admonish Thomas Morton of " Merry Mount "
[twice; the third time they send capt. Miles Standish "with
some aid;"' Morton's followers are disarmed and dispersed
jwithout bloodshed, while he is conducted to Plymouth and
[from there sent to England (upon this incident Hawthorne
■writes " The Maypole at Merry Mount " ) June, "
I second and larger company, numbering 60 women and
imaids, 26 children, and 300 men, among whom is the rev.
iFrancis Higginson, on several vessels, leave England for
jSalem, bringing food, arms, tools, and 140 cattle May, 1629
', [The Mayflower brought Francis Higginson, and was one of
ithe fleet that brought Mr. Winthrop and his colonists.]
Mph, Richard, and William Sprague with others commence a
Settlement at Mishawums, now Charlestown 24 June, "
(church established at Salem with Mr. Skelton as ordained
'pastor and Mr. Higginson as teacher Aug. "
j [This was the second church established in Massachusetts
lou the basis of Independent Congregationalism.]
;hn and Samuel Browne, members of the colonial council and
'3f the Massachusetts company, are sent back to England by
?ov. Endicott for their opposition to the church and advo-
cacy of Episcopacy "
;insfer of the Massachusetts colony's government from Lon-
don to New England Aug. "
Im Winthrop chosen governor and Thomas Dudley lieut.-
,'overnor of the Massachusetts colony 20 Aug. " \
v. Winthrop, with Isaac Johnson and his wife, lady Arbella I
.fohnson, daughter of the earl of Lincoln, sail from England
n the Arbella for Massachusetts 8 Apr. :
ssel arrives at Salem 12 June,
dy Arbella Johnson d 30 Aug.
r husband, Isaac Johnson, d 30 Sept.
i'st general court met at Boston 19 Oct.
j/enteen ships, bringing about 1500 emigrants arrive in
Massachusetts bay and at Plymouth during the year
rst church at Boston, third in order of time in the colony,
^;athered at Charlestown July,
: [In 1636 there were 9 churches in existence in the Massa-
chusetts colony, and in 1650, 29.]
itertown settled by sir Richard Saltonstall
:Xbury settled by William Pynchon
.wtown (now Cambridge) settled by Mr. Dudley, Mr. Brad-
1 treet, and others
^rchester and Boston settled
[The Indian name of the peninsula of Boston was Shaw-
nut; the mhabitants of Charlestown called it Trimountaine,
■r Iremout, and the general court, by order 17 Sept. 1630,
ave it the name of Boston. In 1632 the same legislature
.K . '^ ^^ ^^ " ^''® fittest place for public meetings of any
n the bay," and thenceforth it was the capital of Massachu-
.etts.-Qmncy, "History of Boston."]
^nn settled
[Thehistory of the Plymouth colony is the history of a people
L^^J^^ l"»'ted means, and without any support from the
f«m -f government, having no charter from the crown,
jew, It any of them, had ever enjoyed the luxuries of life;
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neither had they ever enjoyed the opportunities for literary
culture. Unaccustomed to the ease and refinement of
wealth, simple in their habits, inured to hardship and toil,
and moderate in their desires, they were eminently fitted to
establish a permanent colony on the bleak coast of New
England.— fiarry, " History of Massachusetts."]
[The Massachusetts Bay colonists were Puritans connected
with the National church, though not fully conforming to its
service and ritual. Their ministers were men of standing,
influence, and education; of the laity, many were versed in
public affairs, possessed fortunes, lived in the enjoyment of
wealth, and moved in high society; a few had titles of no-
bility. Able to furnish both followers and funds, they could
easily equip a fleet, and send many hundreds to the territory
selected for their residence. More fortunate than the pil-
grims of Plymouth, their fortune and rank enabled them to
obtain a charter from the crown, which Plymouth never ob-
tained. Hence the history of the second colony, though not
destitute of incidents of hardship and suffering, is of a stamp
very different from the first. It attains to such power and
strength that its name becomes identified with the name of
the state. — fiarry, " History of Massachusetts."]
Two hundred die before end of Dec. 1630
Famine, Dec. and Jan., in the Massachusetts Bay colony 1630-31
A general fast appointed for 6 Feb. ; ship Lyon arrives, laden
with provisions and bringing 26 passengers, among them
Roger Williams 5 Feb. 1631
Roger Williams is appointed assistant to Mr. Skelton in the
ministry at Salem, but asserting his views of religious toler-
ation, the independence of conscience, of the civil magis-
trates, and the separation of church and state, he is obliged
to withdraw to the Plymouth colony e%rly in "
Second general court rnakes the Massachusetts colony a the-
ocracy, which lasts for a half century 18 May, "
[No man was hereafter to be admitted a freeman, that is,
a cit zen and a voter, unless he were a member of some
church of the colony; and admission to those churches was
by no means an easy matter. — Hildreth, "History U. S."
vol. i. p. 189.]
Rev. John Eliot, afterwards distinguished as "Apostle to the
Indians," arrives at Massachusetts Bay and becomes first
teacher of the church at Roxbury 2 Nov. "
Gov. Bradford of the Plymouth colony resigning, Edward
Winslow is chosen governor 1632
Fort begun at Boston on Cornhill "
Gov. Winthrop of Massachusetts visits Plymouth 25 Oct. "
Gov. Winthrop refuses to receive presents "
A vessel of 30 tons built at Mystic called Blessing of the Bay. "
Plymouth colonists send capt. Holmes to erect a trading-house
on the Connecticut river at Windsor, above Hartford 1633
John Oldham and 3 others travel as far as the Dutch trading-
houses on the Connecticut river, and bring back flattering
reports of that country "
Salary of the governor of Massachusetts Bay fixed at 1501 " -
Gnffin brings 200 passengers, some of them eminent men, as
John Haynes, afterwards governor of Massachusetts, John
Cotton, Thomas Hooker, and Samuel Stone "
Small pox destroys many of the Indians of Massachusetts "
Ipswich settled "
Scituate settle.d "
Roger Williams returns to Salem from Plymouth colony "
Thomas Dudley chosen governor and Robert Ludlow deputy
governor of the Massachusetts colony 1634
John Endicott cuts from the flag the red cross, at Salem, as
being a "relic of antichrist and a popish symbol " Jan. "
Anne Hutchinson of Alford, Engl., with her husband, William
Hutchinson, arrives in the Griffin "
News of the creation of a colonial commission, recall of the
Massachusetts charter, and appointment of a general gov-
ernor by the English government, received at Boston, 10 Apr. "
Rev. Samuel Skelton dies at Salem, the first minister w^ho died
in New England 2 Aug. "
Elders, of the church decide that if a governor general were
sent over from England he ought not to be accepted 1635
Endicott reprimanded by the court for mutilating the colors at
Salem "
First appointment of selectmen at Charlestown 10 Feb. "
[This name presently extended throughout New England.]
General court orders the fortifications repaired, appoints a mil-
itary commission with extraordinary powers to guard the
rights and liberties of Massachusetts Mch. "
[The disorders of the English government, the unsuc-
cessful attempt to launch a vessel intended to bring over the
governor- general, and the death of John Mason, the princi-
pal member and secretary of the council of New England, ,
were the safeguards of the infant liberties of New England.
—Palfrey, " History of New England Under the Stuarts."]
Freemen choose John Haynes as governor of Massachusetts,
selected by deputies from the towns, before the meeting of
the court, the first instance of " caucus " on record (HUdreth,
"History U. S.," vol. i. p. 224) 6 May, ''
Concord first settled "
Richard Dummer founds Newbury "
Roger Williams advocates the inviolable freedom of faith. He
appears before the magistrates to defend it Apr. "
Rev. John Avery drowned while on his way to Marblehead
from Newbury 14 Aug. "
[The story is told of this shipwreck by Anthony Thacher,
who escaped with his wife, and is further commemorated in
Whittier's " Swan Song of Parson Avery."]
Roger Williams is sentenced to depart out of the jurisdiction
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of the colony within 6 weeks, but owing to clamor of a
stanch minority is permitted to remain until spring. . . .Oct.
John Wiuthrop, the younger, Hugh Peters, and Henry Vane
arrive at Boston 3 Oct.
Capt. Tuderhill is sent to apprehend Roger Williams, as he
still continued "to preach," and carry him aboard a ship
bound for England, but llnds him gone Dec.
Roger Williams llnds refuge with Massasoit, the sachem of the
Wampauoags, and commences a settlement at Seekonk, on
the east side of Narragansett bay; but learning from Mr.
Winslow of riymouth that he was within the patent of that
colony, he and 5 others move to the other side of the bay,
having obtained a grant of land from Canouicus, the head
sachem of the Narragansetts. He names this settlement
Providence
A law of the colony prohibits erecting a dwelling-house more
than half a mile'from the meeting-house
Religious controversy with Mrs. Anne Hutchinson begins
[The controversy arose in this wise. The clergy laid
great stress upon the external evidences of sanctitication or
piety; gravity of deportment, precision of manner, formality
of s^>eech, peculiarity of dress, and other outward signs of
holiness were held in such high estimate that all destitute
of these signs, however irreproachable in life, were not con-
sidered worthy to be called the "children of God." Mrs.
Hutchinson was the founder of the party in opposition to
these notions. She maintained that the outward signs of
discipleshlp might be displayed by a hypocrite, and hence
♦'sanctiflcation," which embraced those signs, was not an
infallible evidence of "justification." The clergy denied the
unition of the Holy Ghost with the regenerate in any sense.
Mrs. Hutchinson maintained a personal un'wn.— Hildreth,
" History U. S.," vol. i. pp. 248-49. The difference is not very
clear, and it would only be a waste of time to attempt to
make it clearer. The points of the controversy were not at all
understood by many who took part. Nevertheless a schism
of the bitterest rent the New England church.— Hosmer,
"Young Sir Henry Vane."]
Sir Henry Vane chosen governor of Massachusetts
Rev. Thomas Hooker and friends remove from Newtown (Cam-
bridge) to Connecticut, and found Hartford June,
John Oldham killed by the Indians near Block island July,
[This event was one of the principal causes of the Pequot
war. The Pequots were a tribe of Indians occupying the
eastern part of Connecticut, and ruled a part of Long island.]
Expedition sent, under command of John Endicott, to punish
the Indians of Block island for the murder of John Oldham. .
Pequot war begins Aug.
General court of Massachusetts agrees to give 400?. towards a
school or college 28 Oct.
Roger Williams baffles the Pequots by an alliance with tlie
Narragansett Indians, leaving the Pequots single-handed
against the English, visiting the sachem of the Narragansetts,
Miantonomoh, near Newport, while the Pequot ambassadors
were there in council Dec.
John Winthrop chosen governor of Massachusetts
Capt. John Mason, with some 60 men from the Connecticut
colony, and capt. John Underbill, with 20 men from the Mas-
sachusetts colony, accompanied by 200 Narragansett warriors,
attack ther Pequot fort on the Mystic, capture and destroy it
with all its occupants, numbering 600 and over 26 May,
Gov. Henry Vane returns to England 3 Aug.
Pequot war ends by total annihilation of the tribe (Connecti-
cut) Oct.
Rev. John Wheelwright, brother of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson, dis-
franchised and banished for supporting her 2 Nov.
He journeys to New Hampshire and founds Exeter
Mrs. Anne Hutchinson, under sentence of banishment, is com-
mitted to Joseph Welde of Roxbury for safe keeping, until
the court shall dispose of her. 2 Nov.
She is excommunicated, sent out of the jurisdiction, and re-
tires to Narragansett bay, where her husband had gone, Mch.
[Remaining here until the death of her husband, J 642, she
removes to the New Netherland, and settles in Westchester
county, where she and all her fivmily, except one little grand-
daughter, are killed by Indians, 1643, in a war with the
Dutch.] New York.
John Harvard, a graduate of Emmanuel college, Cambridge,
Engl., bequeaths his library and half of his estate, which
amoilnted to 700Z., for a college 14 Sept.
''Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company " organized as the
"Military Company of Boston " Feb.
[This company, with various changes of name and regula-
tions, still continues. Artillkry.]
John Winthrop again chosen governor 2 May,
Rev. John Harvard dies at Charlestown 14 Sept.
Mrs. Dorothy Talbyre, for the murder of her child, 3 years old,
hung
Three thousand emigrants arrive from England during
Printing-press established at Cambridge by Stephen Daye, Mch.
[The first printing done was the "Freeman's Oath;" the
second was an almanac for New England, made by capt.
William Peirce; the third was the Psalms. Books, Printing.]
College at Cambridge (then Newtown) the place fixed upon as
the site of it, is named Harvard, after its founder (Harvard
college) 13 Mch.
Thomas Dudley elected governor
Inhabitants from the town of Lynn settle on Long island
First original publication from Massachusetts, a volume of
poems by Mrs. Anne Bradstreet, wife of gov. Bradstreet
New England navigation and commerce date from
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Cultivation of hemp and flax successfully undertaken, and the
manufacture of linen, cotton, and woollen cloths are begun,
particularly at Rowley, a new town, where a colony of York-
shire clothiers settle, with Ezekicl Rogers, grandson of the
famous martyr (John Rogers), for their minister
Hugh Bewitt is banished from the Massachusetts colony for
maintaining that he was free from "original sin." By order
of the court he was to be gone within 15 days upon pain of
death, and if he returned he should bo Imaged {Drake, " His-
tory and Antiquities of Boston ") 9 Dec.
Trouble of the Massachusetts and Plymouth colonies with
Samuel Gorton begins
Gov. Bellingham of Massachusetts selects his bride, and per-
forms the marriage ceremony himself
A body of fundamental laws, being compiled from drafts sub-
mitted, is sent to every town within the jurisdiction of Mas-
sachusetts, to be first considered by the magistrates and el-
ders, and then to be published by the constables, "that if any
man saw anything to be altered, he might communicate his
thoughts to some of the deputies." Thus deliberately pre-
pared, these laws, 98 in number, were formally adopted by
the name of "Fundamentals" or "Body of Liberties" (Hit-
dreth, "History U. S., "vol. i.) Dec.
First commencement at Harvard collkge
Elder William Brewster of Plymouth d 18 Apr.
[He leaves a library of 275 substantial volumes.]
Four of the New England colonies, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Plymouth, aud New Haven, unite as the "United Colonies
Of New England," for mutual protection and assistance.
Articles of union signed at Boston 19 May,
Massachusetts divided into 4 counties, viz., Suflolk, Middlesex,
Essex, and Norfolk
Martha's Vineyard settled by some people from Watertown. . .
James Brittou and Mary Latham put to death for adultery
A thousand acres of land )ilauted to orchards and gardens,
15,000 other acres under general tillage; the number of neat
cattle estimated at 12,000, and sheep at 3000. Money scarce,
and bullets for a time pass for farthings
Samuel Gorton is banished for heresy and disrespect to the
magistrates, aud purchases a tract of land called Shawomet
of the Narragansetts, and begins a settlement there
Gorton and his companions, summoned to Boston, refusing, a
detachment of 40 men is sent to arrest them; Gorton and
his followers, after an unsuccessful attempt to defend them-
selves, are taken to Boston and tried. Gorton and 7 others
are found guilty. They are sentenced to confinement in 7
diflferent towns, and there to be kept at hard labor, in irons,
under pain of death if they attempt to publish or maintain
any of their blasphemous and abominable heresies Nov.
They are ordered, at the next court, to depart out of the juris-
diction within 14 days, and not to return to Massachusetts
or Shawomet under pain of death Mch.
Rev. John Wheelwright's sentence of banishment revoked upon
his acknowledging his error and asking pardon Mch.
[He was banished for his support of Mrs. Anne Hutchin-
son. Shortly after his sentence had been revoked he sailed
for England, where he enjoyed the special regard of Crom-
well. After the Restoration he returned to New England,
where he lived to be the oldest minister in New England.
He d. 15 Nov. 1679, aged 85 years.]
Roger Williams proceeds to England and obtains a charter, in-
cluding the shores and islands of Narragansett bay west of
Plymouth and south of Massachusetts as far as the Pequot
river and country, to be known as the Providence plantation,
the inhabitants to rule themselves as they shall find most
suitable. He also brought a letter of commendation from
influential members of Parliament, sufficient to procure him
safe conduct through Massachusetts Sept.
Anabaptists banished from Massachusetts
Free schools established at Roxbury and other towns, to be
supported by voluntary allowance or by tax upon such as
refuse 1'^
Law passed against slave-stealing
Mrs. Oliver, for reproaching the magistrates, is adjudged to be
whipped ; and a cleft stick placed upon her tongue for speak- j
ing ill of the elders K:
Twenty graduates from Harvard college from its commence- i
ment to j
Plymouth and Boston visited by capt. Cromwell, who from a I
common sailor had come to command 3 ships, and amassed |
wealth as a buccaneer or "fighter of the Spaniard;" he
spends money freely in both places |
John Eliot preaches his first sermon to the Indians near New-
town Corners, afterwards called Nonantum or "place of re-
joicing" 28 Oct. I
Thomas Morton of " Merry Mount" dies at Agameuticus, Me. . . ■
Law passed requiring every township which contained 50 ;
householders to have a school-house and employ a teacher ; I
and each town containing 1000 freeholders a gram mar school, h
Epidemic visits New England, which " took them like a cold
and a light fever with it ;" it extended throughout the coun-
try among Indians, Engli.sh, French, and Dutch ; among
those who died of it were Mr. Thomas Hooker of Hartford .
and Mrs. Winthrop, wife of the governor, and over 50 others |
in Massachusetts 14 June,
John Eliot preaches to the Indians in their own tongue regu-
lady near Watertown and on the southern borders of Dor- I
Chester ' ,
Samuel Gorton, after the second banishment from Massachu- !
setts, 1644, proceeds to England to obtain redress ; this he ,
partially obtains, and returning again settles at Shawomet,
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which he now names Warwick, after the earl of Warwick,
who had assisted him
largaret Jones of Charlestovvn indicted for a witch, found
guilty, and executed 15 June,
[This was the first trial and execution for witchcraft in
},hiesdchasetts.— Barry, "History of Massachusetts."]
'hades I. of England executed 30 Jan.
ov. John Winthrop, in the 10th term of his office as governor
of Massachusetts, dies, aged 63, leaving a fourth wife ; he also
left a journal commencing with his departure from England
and continued up to the lime of his death 26 Mch.
[This journal is one of the most valuable records of early
New England history extant.]
ohn Endicott chosen governor to fill the vacant office. . .May,
Villiain Pynchon of Springfield, having published a book upon
"Redemption and Justification," the general court orders it
. to be publicly burned in the market place as containing doc-
trines of a dangerous tendency
homas Dudley chosen governor
ohn Clarke, a minister from the Baptist church at Newport,
R. I., and 2 others are arrested at Lynn as Baptists and sent
\ to Boston, where Clarke is sentenced to pay a fine of '201. or
, be whipped ; the fine is paid and he is released with the in-
: junction to leave the colony
^badiah Holmes, one of Clarke's companions, is fined SOL ; not
i paying it, he gets 30 strokes with a 3-corded whip and is
i sent out of the colony
[ugh Parsons and his wife Mary tried for witchcraft ; Mrs.
f Parsons dies in prison. Parsons is acquitted
[Drake, " History and Antiquities of Boston. "]
■liver Cromwell invites people of Massachusetts to Ireland.. ..
irench of Canada appeal to the people of New England for aid
against the Iroquois without success
tint set up at Boston (by the General court) which coins
1 shillings, sixpences, and a few smaller coin .'
[The date (1652) was not changed for 30 years. John Hull
I was first mint-master, and being allowed 15 pence out of
j every 20 shillings coined, he amassed a largo fortune.]
[res. Dunster of Harvard college is indicted for disturbing in-
jfant baptism in the Cambridge church; is convicted, sen-
jtenced to a public admonition on lecture day, laid under
i bonds for good behavior, and compelled to resign and throw
j himself on the mercies of the general court Oct.
! [Quincy, "History of Harvard University. "]
jliarles Chauncy accepts presidency of Harvard college. . .Nov.
idward Winslow, one of the Mayflower''s first passengers and
(governor of Plymouth, die.s, aged 60, on shipboard near His-
i paniola and is buried at sea 8 May,
|r.s. Anne Hibbins, sister of gov. Bellingham and widow of a
; magistrate, is condemned and executed as a witch
;(vo women, .Mary Fisher and Ann Austin (Quakers), arrive
1 from England and are landed at Boston July,
light more arrive in the Speedwell 7 Aug.
iiiese were all imprisoned and banished without ceremony, and
; the masters of the vessels which "brought them were placed
; under bonds to take them away
t the next session of the general court a penalty of 100/. was
imposed upon the master of any ship bringing Quakers within
'the jurisdiction ; and all brought in were to be sent to jail,
given 20 stripes, and kept at work until transported.. A Oct.
•very male Quaker convicted was for the first offence to lose
;one ear and for the second the other ear; every female was
ilo be whipped, and for the third offence male and female
;were to havetheirtonguesbored with red-hot irons, and, by a
majority of a single vote, and at the instance as is said of. a
I clergyman, John Norton, the penalty of death was de-
nounced upon all returning to the jurisdiction after being
[banished (Barry, " History of Massachusetts " )
[John Norton was born in Hertfordshire, Engl. Educated
at Cambridge. He came to Plymouth, Oct. 1635, and became
one of the most zealous of the Massachusetts clergy. D. in
Boston 1663.]
, [Plymouth, Connecticut, and the Dutch at Manhattan (but
not the government at Providence, R. I.) adopt similar laws.]
; [In reviewing these early scenes it is very apparent that
in general the pioneer sectaries rather courted than avoided
persecution, and this should not be lost sight of when those
branded as persecutors are held up to universal scorn.—
\Drake, " History and Antiquities of Boston."]
hath of Oliver Cromwell 3 Sept.
illiam Robinson andMarmaduke Stevenson hung as returned
Q'lakers 27 Oct.
'wn of Hadley settled
iry Dyer was to be hung (as a Quaker) with Robinson and
Mevenson, but through the pleadings of her son she was
reprieved and again banished; returning again to Massachu-
setts she is hung 1 June,
larles II. restored .'.'.'.' 29 May,
'ward Whalley and William Goffe, the regicides, arrive at
i^oston 27 July,
[They remain a short time, but a warrant being issued for
ttieir arrest, seek concealment in various places, and are se-
creted in the house of the rev. John Russell at Hadley, from
l<)b4 until their death, that of Whalley occurring about 1676.]
ign Peters executed in England
!neral court forbids celebration of Christmas under a pen-
alty of 5s _ _
I'lliam Ledea is tried, convicted, and banished as a Quaker,
,'»ut returning, he is tried and hanged 14 Mch.
spresentations of the Quakers in England caused Charles II.
10 require the government to desist from proceedings against
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them; a .ship wa.s immediately chartered, and Samuel Shat-
tock, who had been banished from Massachusetts, was ap-
pointed to convey the king's letter to gov. Endicott; soon
after receiving it gov. Endicott orders the discharge of all
Quakers in prison y ggpt 1661
[There were 28 persons (Quakers) in jail at Boston, one,
Wenlock Christison, under sentence of death.]
Eliot finishes translation of New Testament into Indian "
Charles II. proclaimed sovereign in Massachusetts 8 Aug "
Sir Henry Vane executed in England 1662
Children of respectable people not "professors" allowed to be
baptized; called the "Half-way Covenant;" adopted "
[Strong opposition to this in many churches of Massachu-
setts, so that it was not permitted in all parishes.]
Metacomet or Philip, youngest son of Massasoit, sachem of the
Wampanoags and friend of the English, becomes sachem of
the tribe on the death of his brother Alexander "
Four ships, Guinea, 36 guns, Elias, 30 guns, Martin, 16 guns,
and William, and Nicholas, 10 guns, with 450 soldiers, are
sent from England against the Dutch at New Netherland.
They bring 4 commissioners to arrange affairs in New Eng-
land, viz. : col. Richard Nicolls, sir Robert Carr, col. Geo.
Cartwright, and Samuel Maverick; who reach Boston,
23 July, 1664
Gov. Endicott d. (aged 77) :.3 May, 1665
Mas.sachu setts ordered by the English government to send
agents to England to answer for refusing the commissioners
jurisdiction ; she replies evasively 1666
Baptists form a church in Boston, first in Massachusetts 1G64-68
Church of Massachusetts debates with Baptists at Boston,
14 Apr. 1668
[But the Baptists remain obstinate.]
Title of "reverend" first applied to (he clergy of New England, 1670
Two young married Quaker women walk naked through the
towns of Newbury and Salem, in emulation of the prophet
Ezekiel. as a sign of the nakedness of the land.. 1671
George Fox, founder and apostle of the Quakers, comes to
Rhode Island, but does not venture into Massachusetts 1672
Gov. Bellingham d. in office 1673
Population of Massachusetts proper was over 22,000, that of
the Plymouth colony was probably not far from 7000, while
the Indian population was less than 8000 in both territories
(George Bancroft, " History of the United States ") 1075
Three Indians of the Wampanoags are seized, taken to Plymouth,
tried, and executed for the murder of one Sausaman, an
Indian of the Massachusetts tribe June, "
[This is the proximate cause of King Philip's war.]
Indians attack Swanzey and kill several persons 24 June, " .
Wampanoags, under I'hilip, attacked by colonists, leave Narra-
gansett bay, unite with the Nipmuks and attack Brookfield;
the residents, in the principal building, defend themselves
from 2 to 5 Aug., when maj. Willard with a troop of horse
routs the Indians • '
Hadley attacked by Indians on a fast day while the inhabitants
are at church 1 Sept. "
[Tradition states that col. William Goffe, the regicide, ap-
peared and led the successful defence; he was then con-
cealed at the house of rev. John Russell at Hadley. — See
this story as told by Scott, in " Peveril of the Peak."]
Capt. Beers and his party ambushed near Northfield; he with
20 of his men killed 4 Sept "
Capt. Lothrop of Beverly, having been sent with 90 picked
men, the " flower of Essex," to bring in the harvest of the
settlements, is surprised by a large body of Indians at a small
stream, now Bloody Brook, and totally defeated 18 Sept, "
[This was the severest loss the colonists had sustained.]
Deerfield and Northfield abandoned by the inhabitants and
burned by the Indians Sept "
Commissioners meet and agree that 1000 troops must be levied
by the united colonies; Massachusetts to raise 527, Plymouth
158, and Connecticut 315 9 Sept, '
[Gov. Josiah Winslow of Plymouth to command the whole.]
Springfield attacked and about 50 buildings burned, but the
Indians are driven off. 5 Oct. •'
Hatfield attacked 19 Oct. •'
It was resolved to regard the Narragansetts as enemies, and to
make a winter-campaign against them 2 Nov. •'
Several bodies of troops from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and
Plymouth, numbering about 1000, unite about 15 miles from
the Narragansett fort 18 Dec. "
They spend the night in the open air, and after wading through
the snow from daybreak until an hour after noon they reach
the edge of the swamp and immediately commence the at-
tack; the action was bloody and long, but the fort was car-
ried and the Indians routed and the whole place burned;
over a thousand Indians were k lied and captured; the Eng-
lish lost about 200 killed and w^ouiided and 6 captains killed;
this " Swamp fight " occurred Sunday 19 Dec. "
[The military strength of the formidable Narragansett trii)e
was irreparably broken in this conflict.— FaZ/rey, "History
of New England."]
Indians attack Lancaster, and after killing all the men carry
the women and children into captivity 5 Feb. 1676
[The narrative of one of the captives, Mrs. Rowlandsou,
the wife of the minister, is still preserved.] <,
Six hundred additional troops ordered to be levied 8 Feb. "
Medfleld surprised and laid in ashes 21 Feb. "
Wevmouth. within 18 miles of Boston, attacked and 7 buildings
burned.. i... 24 Feb. "
[This is as near as the war approached Boston.]
Groton attacked 3, 9, 13 Mch. "
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Town of Plymouth assaulted and 12 persons killed Mch.
Warwick burned and ProvidPiHc paiti;illy destroyed.. 17 Mch. "
ffhe aged Kogcr Williams i v( pis a roinuiission as captain
for the defence of the town lie liad founded. — IlUdreth,
" History of the United States. ']
Capt. Pierce of Scituate. with about 60 men and 20 Indians,
routed near Seekouk; his entire party cut off 26 Mch. "
Marlborough attacked and partially burned " "
Seekonk laid in ashes 28 Mch. "
Canouchet, sachem of the Narragansetts, captured 9 Apr. "
Sudbury attacked and partially burned; capt. Wadsworth of
Milton and his party surprised and totally deleated. .21 Apr. "
[This is known as the Sudbury light.]
Plymouth again attacked 11 May, "
Indians deleaied at Turner's Falls, on the Connecticut, by
capt. Turner, who is afterwards killed and his command
partially defeated by the arrival of other Indians. . . .18 May, ♦'
Scituiite threatened and partially destroyed 20 May, "
Indians again attack Hadley, but are repulsed 12 June, '•
King Philip's allies deserting him, ho with a few of his
own tribe moves back to Mount Hope in his own territory,
July, "
Here, surrounded in a swamp by troops under capt. Church,
he is shot by an Indian while attempting escape 12 Aug. "
[His little son sold into slavery.]
[Indians never recovered from this blow, but rapidly dis-
persed. Of the colonists, 600 were killed, almost every family
losing a member; 13 towns wholly destroyed, and many oth-
ers sustained much damage, over 600 houses being burned;
expense of the war computed at $500,000.— 5arry, "Hist,
of .Mass."]
Edward Uandolph arrives at Boston as a special messenger
from the Knglish government to make minute inquiries into
the condition of the country 10 June, "
He sails for England, 30 July, and presents to the English gov-
ernment a description of New England, headed "An Answer
to Several Heads of Inquiry concerning the Present State
of New England" (see Palfrey, " History of New England,"
vol. iii. p. 296) 12 Oct. "
William Stoughton and Peter Bulkely sent to the king as
agents by Massachusetts with an address 30 Oct. "
Proceedings of England against Massachusetts charter Jan. 1677
Massachusetts purchases the claims of Gorges to Maine for
about $6000 6 May, "
Gov. Leverett dies in office 16 Mch. 1679
Simon Bradstreet made governor, then 76 years of age. . .May, "
Edward Randolph comes over as collector of customs at Bos-
ton, arrives at Boston Dec. "
Stoughton and Bulkely return to Boston, unsuccessful in their
efforts to conciliate the English government Dec. "
Massachusetts becomes the lord proprietary of Maine, and in
obedience to an ordinance of the general court Massachu-
setts proceeds to organize the government of Maine 1680
Edward Randolph sends over a " Memorial " to the king, urg-
ing proceedings against the charter of Massachusetts 1683
Charter of Massachusetts Bay vacated in England 18 June, 1684
Charles II. dies 6 Feb. 1685
King .fames II. proclaimed in Boston 20 Apr. "
Copy of the judgment of the forfeiture of the charter of Massa-
chusetts received at Boston 2 July, "
[This charter had guided the colony for 55 years.]
Plymouth colony divided into 3 counties, viz. : Plymouth, Bris-
tol, and Barnstable "
Election in Massachusetts 12 May, 1686
Provisional government constituted with Joseph Dudley as
president .14 May, ' '
First Episcopal church organized in Boston "
Sir Edmund Andros arrives at Boston in the Kingfisher, a, 50-
gun ship, bearing a commission for the government of all
New England 20 Dec. " ,
Charter government is publicly displaced by arbitrary com-
mission, popular representation abolished, and the press
subjected to censorship
Legal consolidation of New England -. 29 Dec.
Gov. Andros's activity in oppressive legislation Jan.
Increase Mather sent to England by the citizens of Massachu-
setts to lay before the king a petition of grievances ; em-
barks, though opposed by government 7 Apr. "
Extension of New England to Delaware bay; Andros made
governor of all the territory; seat of government at Boston,
the lieutenant-governor to reside at New York Apr. "
News of the landing of the prince of Orange (afterwards
William III. of England) in England received in Boston,
4 Apr. 1689
People of Bo-ston and vicinity overthrow the government and
arrest gov. Andros and his adherents 18 Apr. "
Provisional government established with Simon Bradstreet as
governor, then in his 86th year 20 Apr. "
AVilliam and Mary proclaimed 29 May, "
War with the French and Indians, known as King William's
war, commences "
Gov. Andros impeached and sent to England 27 June, "
Edward Randolph a persistent disturber of the peace of Mas-
sachusetts in the interest of the government of England. .1676-89
Fleet fitte^ out by Massachusetts against Port Royal sails from
Boston under sir William Phipps 28 Apr. 1690
[Phipps was born at Woolwich, Me., 1651. He was one
of 26 children. Under patronage of the duke of Albemarle
he was successful in recovering 300,000^. of wrecked treas-
ure, of which he received about 17,000^. for his share. He
was knighted and made high sheriff of New England.]
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Attack on Port Royal is successful, and the fleet returns wl
spoils cover ng cost of the whole expedition :5U May, f
Expedition against Canada — New England and New York
unite. Gov. Winthrop of Connecticut commands the laud
forces, and sir William Phipps the lleet. The expedition is
a total failure
First paper money issued in Massachusetts to pay the tnKi|),s
in the Canada expedition
John Eliot, " the a|)ostlo to the Indians," d (aged 80)
Second charter granted Massachusetts by England 7 Oct. 1(
New charter received i\
[Under the new charter Massachusetts' jurisdiction was
enlarged to include the Plymouth colony and Maine; the
crown reserved the appointments of governor, lieutenant-
governor, and secretary; the right of suffrage, limited under
the old charter to church-members, now admitted all inhab-
itants possessing a freehold of the annual value of 40s., or
personal property to the amount of iOl.—Hildreth, "Hist, of
the U.S.," vol. ii. p. 143.]
First appearance of the witchcraft delusion at Salem, at the
house of the rev. Samuel Parris (Witchcraft) Mch.
Sir William Phipps arrives at Boston as first governor of the
new province 14 May,
Post-office established in Boston .' 1(
Indians attack Haverhill 15 Mch. J(
[Mrs. Hannah Dustin was captured with her nurse and
young infant — her husband escaping with 7 of his children;
she marched with the Indians over 150 miles, but with the
nurse and a boy captive succeeded in killing and scalping
all of the party, some 12 in charge, except one boy and an
old woman, who escaped. They retraced their steps in
safety. The general court granted them 501.. and they re-
ceived valuable presents from others. This escape was
famed throughout the country as one of the most remark-
able on record.]
Gov. Bradstreet dies at Salem, aged 95 27 Mch.
Peace of Ryswick proclaimed at Boston 10 Dec. '
Capt. Kidd seized in Boston as a pirate and sent to England
(New York) i(
Earl of Bellamont supersedes William Stoughton as governor
of Massachusetts, and arrives at Boston 26 May,
[Under the old charter the governors had received scarce
1201. per annum ; and neither Phi))ps or Stoughton had been
paid much more, but in 14 months the general court voted
gov. Bellamont 2700/., 1699-1700.— Hi Wre</t, "Hist of U. S.,"
vol. ii. p. 201.]
Boston contains 1000 houses and 7000 people 170<)
Joseph Dudley appointed governor 1702
French and Indians attack and burn Deerfield 28 Feb. 1704
[There were about 40 killed and 100 taken prisoners.
Among the captives was the rev. Mr. Williams and family;
his wife was soon after killed by the Indians. The rest of
the family were taken to Montreal, where they remained
until Oct. 1706, when the survivors were sent to Boston.
His daughter Eunice, 10 years of age, could not be ransomed
from the Indians, and was left behind; she afterwards mar-
ried an Indian. She visited her relatives after the war but
would not remain, and returned to her Indian home. Elea-
zar Williams, "the 'Lost prince' of France," was a grand-
son of this union, if descendant at all.] Williams, Eleazab.
Boston News-Letter, the first newspaper in the British colonies,
was published in Boston (John Campbell, editor) 24 Apr. "
[The first sheet of the first number was taken from the
press by chief-justice Sewell, to show to pres. Williard of Har-
vard college as a curiosity in the colony. The paper lived
72 years. The only complete file is with the N.Y. Hist. Soc]
Benjamin Franklin b. in Boston 17 Jan. 170i)
Haverhill again attacked by the French and Indians. . .29 Aug. 170s
Port Royal taken from the French by the English 5 Oct. 1710
[Name changed from Port Royaf to Annapolis, in honor of
queen Anne.]
.Expedition against Quebec and Canada leaves Boston. .30 July, 1711
[The fleet,consistingof 15ships of war and 40 transports, is
under command of sir Hovenden Walker, and carries 7 regi-
ments of veterans from Marlborough's army, and a battalion
of marines. 8 vessels of this fleet are wrecked in the river
St. Lawrence on the night of 22 Aug. 1711, and the remainder
return, having accomplished nothing.]
Boundary between Ma.ssachusetts and Connecticut located. . . . Hl-l
Schooners invented and built at Cape Ann 1711
Queen Anne of England d 1 Aug. "
George I. , elector of Hanover, succeeds her "
Elizabeth Goose marries Thomas Fleet of Boston 1715
[The mother of this Elizabeth Goose is said to have been
the veritable "Mother Goose" of " Mother Goose Melodies
for Children." See Hurd & Houghton's edition of the same,
1870; also New England HistoHcal and Genealogical Reg-
ister, Apr. 1873, pp. 144 and 311.]
Population of Massachusetts 94,000 and 2000 negroes "
Samuel Shute arrives at Boston as governor 4 Oct. 1715
Great snow-storm ; snow from 10 to 20 feet deep. . .20-24 Feb 1717
Potatoes first introduced at Andover 1719
Boston Gazette, the second newspaper started in Boston (Will-
iam Brooker, publisher) 21 Dec. "
Small-pox breaks out in Massachusetts Apr. 172L
[Out of 5889 persons who were attacked in Boston, 844
died. — Barry, " History of Massachusetts."]
Great opposition to inoculation. Cotton Mather, one of the
ministers of Boston, interests himself in urging inoculation,
recently introduced into Europe. Dr. Boylston consents to
the experiment upon his children and servants; he was one
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of the very few physicians of that time who encouraged or
practised it; 100 inoculated during the year 1721
New England Couranl started in Uoston, with James Frank-
lin, brother of Benjamin Franklin, as editor 7 Aug. "
Benjamin Franklin leaves Boston for Philadelphia Oct. 1723
George I. of England d 11 June, 1727
George II. succeeds him " "
William Burnet arrives at Boston as governor July, 1728
Dispute between gov. Burnet and the House regarding a fixed
salary ; the House refusing it 1728.-29
Gov. Burnet d 7 Sept. 1729
Jonathan Belcher, a native of Massachusetts, appointed gov-
ernor, and arrives at Boston Aug. 1730
Dispute concerning a fixed salary still continues 1730-31
Worcester county formed 1731
Massachusetts and New Hampshire boundary fixed "
England forbids the colonies to export hats 1732
First Freemason lodge in America established in Boston 1733
George Whitefleld (Whitefieldites) in Massachusetts. "The
Great Awakening " (religious) 1740
[Palfrey, " History of New England," vol. v. chap, viii.]
Gov. Belcher superseded by William Shirley as governor of
Massachusetts 13 Aug. 1741
[Gov. Belcher was the last governor of the two provinces
of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.]
Gov. Shirley renews the claim for a fixed salary, which is final-
ly decided in favor of the House 1742
[This is a pronounced victory of the people.]
Peter Faneuil builds "Faneuil Hall " and presents it to the
town of Boston "
England at war with France, commenced 31 Mch. 1744
Expedition against Louisburg, organized by gov. Shirley, un-
der command of William I'epperell 1745
[The fort at Louisburg had cost France 200,000^. It was a
standing threat to New England seamen. ]
Troops— of which Massachusetts furnished 3250, Connecticut
500, and New Hampshire 300— rendezvous at Canseau,
1 Apr. "
Commodore Warren joins them at Canseau with 5 ships of war
and 6 frigates 23 Apr. "
(Combined forces land a short distance from the fort. . .29 Apr. "
i Louisburg capitulates 17 June, "
I [Prizes and stores obtained by the English amounted to
I nearly 1.000,000/. ; 148 cannon, 6 mortars, and 76 large siege
; guns. It was called the "Dunkirk" of America.]
'William Pepperell made a baronet and com. Warren a vice-ad-
! miral for their services "
[French fieet of 40 shijisofwar, besides, transports bearing a
I well-appointed army of veterans for the purpose of recover-
I ing Louisburg, come into the American waters Sept. 1746
I [This expedition is a disastrous failure, through storms,
1 sickness, death of commanders, and dissensions, and returns
I to France, having accomplished nothing ]
'Riot in Boston owing to impressment of citizens by com.
I Knowles of the British navy, then in Boston harbor with his
j squadron; the rioters seized several officers of his command
i as hostages ; gov. Shirley took refuge in the castle. .17 Nov. 1747
j [The officers were finally released, and most of the im-
! pressed men sent back. — Hildretk, " U. S. History," vol. ii.
I p. 402.]
Louisburg restored to France by the treaty of Aix-la Chapelle,
' 7 Oct. 1748
jGov. Shirley goes to England on leave for 1 year Sept. 1749
iSpencer Phipps acting governor in absence of Shirley "
jMassachusetts extricates herself from the insolvency of more
I than 50 years, by appropriating to her debt 183,650/., re-
i ceived from England for her outlay in the expedition against
I Louisburg; this came over in solid coin, and 17 trucks laden
j with 217 chests full of Spanish dollars, and 10 trucks bearing
100 casks of coined copper were driven up King (now State)
; street (Palfrey, "History of New England," vol. v.). . .Sept. "
|Sir William Pepperell, Thomas Hutchinson, James Otis, and 2
i others, as commissioners, meet delegates from the eastern
I Indian tribes at Falmouth (now Portland, Me.), and renew
I the treaty made a quarter of a century before 16 Oct. "
iSmall-pox again visits Boston 1752
i [Of 2100 persons inoculated with it, only 31 died; of the
i 5550 taken without inocculation 514 died.]
(Gov. Shirley, now past tlie age of 60, returns to Massachusetts,
I bringing with him a young French Catholic girl as his wife.. 1753
lExpedition against the French in Nova Scotia sails from Bos-
I ton under command of gen. John Winslow 20 May, 1755
lAcadians or "French Neutrals" at Grand Pre, on the north-
I western coast of Nova Scotia, are stripped of everything, con-
1 veyed on board the English vessels, carried away, and scat-
: tered among the English colonists (Acadia) Sept. "
;bov. Shirley, being recalled, sails for England 25 Sept. 1756
ilhomas Pownall appointed governor 3 Aug. 1757
pir William Pepperell commissioned lieut-gen. of the Massa-
I chusetts forces "
jLouisburg again besieged and taken by the English,
n„„ r, „ 2 June-26 July, 1758
jaov. Pownall succeeded by Francis Bernard, who arrives at
. •^os^O"; 3 Aug. 1760
'^eorge II. of England d 25 Oct. "
^eorge in. succeeds to the throne " "
lov. Bernard appoints Thomas Hutchinson chief-justice of
; Massachusetts Dec. "
Tames Otis's speech again.<*t tlie " Writs' of Assistance "! ...... 1761
I [ American Independence was then and there born."—
I Harry, " History of Massachusetts."!
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Dispute between gov. Bernard and the House of Representa
tives on the right of originating taxes 1761
James Otis publishes a pamphlet entitled " A Vindication of
the Conduct of the House of Representatives of the Province
of Massachusetts Bay " 1762
[In this he lays down a series of political maxims, a part
of which were: 1. God made all men naturally equal; 2. The
ideas of earthly superiority, pre eminence, and grandeur are
educational, at least acquired, not innate ; 3. Kings were,
and plantation governors should be, made for the good of
the people, and not the people for them ; 4. No government
has a right to make hobby-horses, asses, and slaves of the
subject, nature having made sufficient of the two former for
all the lawful purposes of man, but none of the last, which
infallibly proves them unnecessary; 5. Though most govern-
ments are dejacto arbitrary, and consequently the curse and
scandal of human nature, yet none are dejure arbitrary.
Palfrey, " History of New England," vol. v.]
Parliament subjects various articles for the first time to duties
on exportation from, or Importation into the colonies; passed,
Apr. 1764
Citizens of Boston assemble in town-meeting on hearing of this
act; instructions to their representatives in the general court
are prepared by Samuel Adams May, "
Gov. Bernard replies to the Lords of Trade Sept. "
[After speaking of the trade, manufactures, etc., in Massa-
chusetts, he says : " It was an unfortunate error, in forming
this government, to leave the council to be elected by the
representatives of the people. He would have the council-
lors appointed by the king, for life, and some title, as baron
or baronet, annexed to the office. The peojile in general, he
wrote, are as well inclined to his majesty's government, and
as well satisfied with their subordination to Great Britain, as
any colony in America." — Palfrey, "History of Nfew Eng-
land."]
Duties laid by Parliament on /oreign molasses imported into
British colonies; called the Sugar or Molasses act "
Stamp act passed by Parliament. Mch. 1765
[This act, which was to go into effect in the colonies 1 Nov.
1765. levied in 63 sections on British subjects in America
specific sums, for each of the common transactions of busi-
ness. Deeds, bonds, notes of hand,indentures, insurance pol-
icies, leases, contracts of sale, were not to be enforced by
courts unless written on stamped paper, bought of the offi-
cers of the crown Without stamped wills, testamentary
disposition would be void ; without stamped receipts, debts
could not be acquitted; vessels at sea without clearances
written on stamped paper were liable to seizure and confis-
cation if they fell in with a king's ship. Only stamped news-
papers could be exposed for sale. Without stamped certifi-
cates marriages could not be lawfully contracted. Unstamped
writs and executions had no force or meaning. In short,
the American citizen must be daily paying money into the
British treasury at its stamp office, or, in respect to much
of the protection which society undertakes to afford, he was
an outlSiVf.— Palfrey, "History of New England," vol. v. p.
289.]
Andrew Oliver, secretary of Massachusetts, accepts the office
of distributer of stamps for the province Aug. "
Oliver hung in effigy on a tree ("Liberty Tree") corner of
Orange and Essex streets, Boston, and in the evening his
house was damaged by the tjuob 14 Aug. "
Lieut. -gov. Hutchinson's house mobbed and everything de-
stroyed in it, among othej;- things many MSS. relating to
the history of the province, which he had been 30 years in
collecting, and which could not be replaced, were lost,
26 Aug. "
Vessel arrives at Boston with the stamps 25 Sept. "
[These stamps were deposited at Castle William and re-
mained there.]
Delegates from 9 Anglo-American colonies meet at New York,
7 Oct. "
[This congress was composed of 26 members. From New
York, 4; Rhode Island and Delaware each 2; Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, South
Carolina, each 3. Thomas Ruggles of Massachusetts was cho-
sen president of the congress. The manifestoes brought
out at this congress were: "A Declaration of the Rights and
Grievances of the Colonists of America;" an address to the
king; a memorial to the House of Lords; and a petition to
the House of Commons. The tone of all of these was loyal.]
Stamp act goes into effect 1 Nov. "
[Under this act the courts were closed, business was sus-
pended, and a universal stillness reigned. Its provisions
were stringent, and as the people refused to use the stamps,
nothing remained but to abide the consequences.]
Andrew Oliver is compelled to resign his o.'Iice 17 Dec. "
Population of Massachusetts, 238,423 "
Dr. Benjamin Franklin meets commons in committee of the
whole, to consider petitions from America 3 Feb. 1766
Repeal of the Stamp act. 18 Mch. "
[Repeal was carried in the commons by a vote of 275
against 167, and in the House of Lords 105 against 71.]
News of the repeal received at Boston 16 May, "
[The news was brought over in the Harrison, capt. Shubael
Coffin, al>out 6 weeks from London.— Drofce, "History and
Antiquities of Boston."]
News of the repeal celebrated in Boston 19 May, "
General court of Massachusetts sends a circular letter to all
the American colonies. This letter asks the colonies to co-
operate in obtaining a redress of grievances 11 Feb. 1768
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Massachusetts House of Representatives consists of upwards
of 100 members, by fur the most numerous assembly in
America 1768
Seizure of the sloop Liberty, belonging to John Hancock, on
charge of smuggling, occasions a great riot 10 June, •'
Arrival of a squadron of 7 vessels ft-om Halifax, with the 14th,
21>th, and a part of tbe 59th regiments of British regulars.
Those troops, under the command of gen. Thomas Gage, are
landed in Boston '2» Sept. "
Gov. Ueruard retailed, and embarks for England, regretted by
uoiu' 31 July, 1769
[Hf had bi'oii uovi'iiior of tlio ]irovnice for it years, and
in tliat tuuf iKiii iluui- inoio tliaii iill tlio other governors
combined lo inllanu' ilit> jealousy of tlie ministry, to irritate
the people over whom lie ruled, and to strengthen the
spirit of discord and disunion Barry, "History of Massa-
chusetts. "]
James Otis severely wounded in an aflVay at the British coffee-
house on King st, now State St., in Boston 5 Sept. "
[These injuries ultimately led to his derangement.]
Gov. Bernard is succeeded by Thomas Hutchinson as governor, "
[He was b. at Boston, Sept. 1), 1711; d. near l-oudon, Engl.,
3 June, 1780. He was descended through a line of reputable
men from Anne Hutchinson.]
ABfray in Richardson's house in Boston; the boy '* Snider" is
mortally wounded by a shot from the house— the first victim
{Barry, " History of Massachusetts ") 22 Feb. 1770
Affray at Gray's rope walk in Boston between citizens and the
British soldiers 2 Mch. "
BOSTO.\ MASS.\CRK 5 Mch. "
[Three persons killed and 8 wounded. This day is mem-
orable in the annals of the whole country.]
Graduates of Harvard college take degrees in "homespun"... "
David Everett, journalist, b. at Princeton, Mass 29 Mch. "
[Author of " You'd scarce expect one of my age
To speak ia public on the stage," etc.
Written while teaching a grammar school at Ipswich.]
Castle Wdliam, in Boston harbor, delivered into the hands ot
the king's troops by {^ov. Hutchinson 10 Sept. "
Population of the state, 2152,680 "
Gov. Hutchinson's salary, 2000^., paid by the English govern-
ment. He thus becomes independent of the province 1772
Ministry of England and the East India company secure an act
relieving the company from paying duties on tea sent to
America, thus encouraging its sale in the colonies. Aware
of the danger of giving success to this insidious manoeuvre
and of permitting a precedent of taxation thus to be estab-
lished, various methods were adopted by the colonists to
elude the stroke (Henry Sherman, "Governmental History
of the U. S.") 10 May, 1773
Arrival at Boston of the first of the tea-ships, with 114 chests
of tea 28 Nov. "
Two others arrive early in Dec. "
At the close of a spirited meeting of the citizens at P'aneuil
hall, between 50 and 60 men, disguised as Indians, take pos-
session of tlie 3 tea-ships in the harbor, and empty 340
chests of tea into the bay during the evening of 10 Dec. "
New York and Massachusetts boundary established "
Passage of " Boston Port bill " by Parliament 7 Mch. 1774
[Under this bill nothing could be unloaded at this port but
stores for his majesty's use, and fuel and food for Boston.
This was to remain in force until the East India company
had been indemnified for the loss of their tea, recently de-
stroyed, and also reasonable satisfaction made to the officers
of his majesty's revenue, and others who had suffered by
riots and insurrections. — Palfrey, "History of New Eng-
land."]
Failure to repeal the tax on tea in the British Parliament,
Apr. "
Gen. Thomas Gage appointed governor 17 May, "
British Parliament passes 2 act.s, virtually repealing the char-
ter of Massachusetts. One, entitled "An act for the better
regulating the government of Massachusetts Bay," and the
other, an act for the more impartial administration of jus-
tice in said province. The first provided that the council-
lors, who were chosen l)y the representatives annually,
should be appointed by the king, and should serve accord-
ing to his majesty's pleasure; that the judges, sheriffs, and
other civil officers should be appointed by the governor; that
juries should be summoned by the sheriff, and that town-
meetings, except the annual ones and other public meetings,
should not be held without the permission of the governor.
The other act provided that offenders against the laws might
be carried to other colonies or to England for trial. Both
bills pass Parliament and are approved. 20 May, "
[It was the attempted execution of these laws that became
the immediate occasion of the commencement of hostilities
between the American colonists and England. — Frothingham,
"History of the Siege of Boston."]
Port b.U goes into effect 1 June, "
[The Port bill, in closing the harbor to navigation, struck
a heavy blow at all the inhabitants of Boston. Business of
all kinds came to a standstill; men of property received no
rents, mechanics had no employment, laboring men could
earn no wages. Stagnation soon brought actual want. —
Palfrey, " History of New England," vol. v. p. 531.]
Gov. Thomas Hutchinson embarks for England, forever leav-
ing the country which gave him birth 1 June, "
[He passed his last days a slighted and saddened man,
longing for the native home which had closed against him,
and as little sustained by the good-will of those to whom he
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had given his unsuccessful service as by any consciousn
of upright endeavors in behalf of a righteous cause
frey, " History of New England. "]
4th or "King's" regiment and the 49th of his majesty's to
land at Boston u June 17
5th and 38th arrive 5 July'
5itth arrives 0 Aug!
First Continental Congress meets at Philadelphia 5 Sept.
[Delegates from Massachusetts were: Thomas Cushingi
James Bowdoin, Samuel Adams, John Adams, and Robert
Treat Paine. J
Powder seized by British troops at Charlestown; about 13 tons,
1 Sept.'
Gov. Gage erects fortifications on the neck which commands
the entrance to Boston 5 Sept.
A provincial congress formed in Massachusetts, at Salem,
adjourned to Concord, and chose John Hancock president,
and Benjamin Lincoln, a farmer of llingham and after-
wards a major-general in the Revolutionarv army, secretary,
lOct.
[This congress constituted a permanent "Committee of
Safety," with comprehensive military powers ; it made a
complete organization of the militia, embodied a force of
miuute-raeu. consisting' of one quarter part of the force of
the colony, and appointed to the chief command Jedediah
Preble, Artemas Ward, and Seth Pomeroy; it proceeded to
carry on the government; collectors of taxes were ordered
to pay no more money to the late treasurer of the province,
but to hand over all future collections to a treasurer ap-
pointed by the congress.]
Popular current in England sets strongly against America ....
Josiah Tucker, dean of Gloucester, Engl. , claims, after present-
ing different methods of meeting the difficulties between the
colonists and England, that there remains but one wise sola-
tion, and that is to declare the North American colonies to
be a free and independent people (George Bancroft, "His-
tory of the United States")
Provincial congress of Massachusetts, consisting of upwards
of 300 members, meet at Cambridge 1 Feb. 1775
Gov. Gage sends a detachment of soldiers to Salem to seize
some cannon said to be deposited th'ere ; they are met by a
party of militia, but no collision takes place 26 Feb. "
Gen. Gage has about 4000 British troops in Boston 1 Apr. "
British troops, about 800 strong, under lieut.-col. Smith, start
towards Concord about 10 o'clock p.m 18 Apr. "
Paul Revere's ride to notify the country of the march of the
British troops towards Concord, night of 18 Apr. "
Maj. Pitcairn with the advance at Lexington, about 12 miles
northwest from Boston, is met by about 60 militia under
capt. Parker; here the first collision takes place between
British troops and Americans, early in the morning of,
19 Apr. "
[Here the Americans lose 8 killed and 10 wounded. The
British troops proceed to Concord, and after destroying some
property begin their march back to Boston. Near Lexing-
ton they are reinforced by about 1000 men and 2 field-pieces
under lord Percy. The retreat is continued with constant
fighting until they reach Charlestown and are i^rotected by
the fluns of the ships of war. The Americans in this first bat-
tle lost 49 killed, 30 wounded, and 5 missing; the British 73
killed, 174 wounded, and 26 missing. This was the commence-
ment of the war of the Revolution. See for the losses in this
battle, Frothingham, " History of the Siege of Boston."]
George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the
American forces by the Continental Congress 15 June, '*
Gen. Gage (lately reinforced) has at Boston about 10,000 men;
gens. Clinton, Burgoyne, and Howe are also there.. June, "
Massachusetts council of war decides to fortify Bunker hill,
IC) June, "
[This is undertaken the same night by 1200 men under
col. William Prescott, Thomas Knowlton, and capt. Samuel
Gridley, the chief engineer; Breed's hill is, however, forti-
fied instead.]
Observing these works, gen. Gage attempts to prevent their
completion; the British troops, 3000 strong, under sir Will-
iam Howe and gen. Robert Pigot, attack the Americans about
3 o'clock P.M 17 June, "
[Twice repulsed, the third time they succeed in driving
the Americans (whose ammunition is exhausted) from their
position about 5 o'clock p.m. The American troops slowly
retire without pursuit across Charlestown Neck and occupy
a position on Prospect hill, which they proceed to fortify.
The loss of the Americans was 115 killed (among them dr.
Joseph AVarren, who had just been appointed major-general),
305 wounded, and 30 captured; British loss was 226 killed
and 828 wounded. Maj. Pitcairn, who was with the British
troops at Lexington, was mortally wounded -here.]
[Result of this battle was the best possible end of the
conflict. — Carrington, "Battles of the American Revolu-
tion."]
Charlestown burned by the British the^same day; estimated
loss, 11S,0001.— Frothingham, "History of the Siege of Bos-
ton." ^^
Gen. Washington reaches the army at Cambridge 2 July. ^^
Gen. Gage recalled ; he sails for Kngland 10 Oct.
[Gen. Howe in command of the British forces in Boston.]
A heavy cannonade is opened upon Boston from all the Amer-
ican batteries, evening of 2 Mch. 177b
Americans occupy Dorchester Heights and throw up strong ^^
intrenchments, night of. 4 Mch. ^^
British evacuate Boston 17 Mch.
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Seven thousand soldiers, 4000 seamen, and 1500 families of
loyalists sail for Halifax 17 Mch. 1776
Americans enter Boston 20 Mch. "
Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Boston from
the balcony of the state-house 18 July, "
[At the same time the king's arms are removed.]
Uassachusetts quota of troops to serve for 3 years or during
the war is 15 battalions 10 Sept. "
Fourth of July, the anniversary of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, observed in Boston 1777
Massachusetts apportionment of the war debt, $820,000. . .Oct. "
[Largest apportionment of any of the states.]
Gen. fiatcs supersedes gen. Heath in command of the forces
stationed in Massachusetts Nov. 1778
State constitution framed by a convention met at Boston, 1
Sept. 1779; labor completed 2 Mch. 1780; submitted to the
people and ratified 1780
Academy of Arts and Sciences incorporated at Boston, James
Bowdoin president 4 May, "
" Dark day " Friday 19 May, "
[This darkness extended throughout most of New England,
partial in New York and New Jersey ; the cause of the dark-
ness not well known.]
Folin Hancock first governor "
:*opulation of the state, 316,900 "
niillips academy, Andover, founded, 21 Apr. 1778; incorpo-
rated 4 Oct. "
;3eflnite treaty of peace w^ith England signed 3 Sept. 1783
Population of Massachusetts: AVhites, 353,623; blacks, 4377. . . 1784
^irst bank under the state constitution established, known as
the Massachusetts bank "
friassachusetts mint established 1786
i [Discontinued after adoption of Federal constitution.]
•"irst symptoms of " Shays's rebellion " at a convention in the
j county of Worcester 15 Aug. "
i [The dissatisfaction of the people originated in hardships
; at the close of the war, through Ihe poverty of the country;
! they complained of much which they thought should be
i righted by the government. Daniel Shays, who became
j leader of the Insurgents, had been a captain in the army of
j the Revolution and had resigned.]
i'his adair culminates at Springfield, when Shays attempts to
' capture the arsenal there 25 Jan. 1787
I [After this failure the insurgents rapidly disperse. Shays
'. and the other ringleaders at a subsequent date petition for
! pardon, which the state grants; Shays dies in Sparta, N. Y.,
i 29 Sept. 1825, aged 78; he received a pension from the U. S.
j government from 1820.]
'[assachusetts convention to ratify the Constitution of the
' U. S. convenes at Boston 9 Jan. 1788
' [Gov. Hancock chosen president of the convention.]
ionstitution is ratified by a vote of 187-168 (Constitution of
' THE United States) 6 Feb. "
' [The small majority in favor of ratification is proof that
i the Constitution did not meet the approval of all. — Barry,
j " History of Massachusetts."]
ilave-trade prohibited in Massachusetts 26 Mch. "
ohn Adams elected vice-president of the U. S 178?
res. Washington visits Boston 24 Oct. "
v'illianis college at Williamstown, Berkshire county, found-
t ed 1790
[Incorporated 22 June, 1793. Congregational.]
(ohn Hancock d. at Quincy, aged 5G 8 Oct. 1793
Kiddlesex canal projected "
phn Adams president of the U. S 4 Mch. 1797
Vigate Constitution, " Old Ironsides," built at Boston (Navy). 1799
radford academy (for women), Bradford, opened 1803
mdover Theological seminary (Congregational) opened 1808
jiate averse to war with England. The legislature in an ad-
dress to the people, "declare themselves unable to find any
I satisfactory solution of it, but in an habitual and impolitic
I predilection for France " (Hildreth, " Hist. U. S. ") 2 Mch. 1809
: assachusetts agrees to a Remonstrance, in which she de-
,noiinces the perseverance in the war after the repeal of the
, British orders as impolitic and unjust 15 July, 1813
;ritish land at Wareham and burn several vessels and a fac-
,tory; they also land at Scituate, a few miles from Boston,
jand throw the whole coast into fresh alarm. A million dol-
lars is appropriated by the legislature for defence June, 1814
bv. Strong calls out 10,000 militia to defend the state "
! circular letter to the New England states against the con-
, tinuance of the war, sent out by Massachusetts '.7 Oct. "
iate sends 12 delegates to the Haktforu convention. . 15 Dec. "
:3ws of peace with Great Britain brought to New York by the
British sloop-of-war Favorite 11 Feb. 1815
[News conveyed to Boston in 32 hours, " thought to be a
great effort of speed."]
rxorder, published by Nathaniel Willis or Sidney Edward
i Morse (disputed), No. 76 State street, Boston 3 Jan. 1816
! . [The first religious paper published in the world.]
lame separated from Massachusetts and erected into a state. . 1820
imstitution of the state revised "
inherst college, Amherst, dedicated 18 Sept. 1821
[Rev. Zephaniah Swift Moore, D.D., first president.]
iissachusetts Society organized to aid in the suppression of
the slave-trade 1822
iniel Webster represents Boston in Congress 1823
;irner-stone of Bunker Hill monument laid 17 June, 1825
i [Gen. Lafayette present, Daniel Webster orator.]
,y/nal of Education, afterwards the Annals, started in Boston,
ithe first of its kind in the U. S 1826
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John Adams d. at Quincy 4 July,
Railroad (the first in the U. S.) 3 miles long, from the granite
quarries of Quincy to Neponset river, commenced
Road finished
Abbott academy (for women), Andover. established
Massachusetts obtains from the U. S. $430,748.26, for services
of militia during the war of 1812-14 31 May,
Lloyd Garrison first published the Liberator (anti-slavery),
Boston (Slavery in the U. S. ) 1 Jan.
Burning of the St. Ursula convent at Mount Benedict by a mob
on the night of n Aug.
[This outrage was committed on the strength of a rumor
that Mary St. John Harrison, an inmate, had been abducted
or secreted where she could not be found.]
Alonzo D. Phillips of Springfield obtains the first patent for the
manufacture of matches in the U. S
Board of Education established and organized 29 June,
Mount Holyoke college (for the education of women), South
Hadley, opened
Normal school at Framingham and Westfleld opened
Normal school at Bridgewater opened
Arrest of George Latimer in Boston as a slave
[Liberated on payment of $400 by citizens of Boston.]
College of the Holy Cross founded at Worcester
Completion and dedication of Bunker Hill monument with im-
posing ceremonies '. 17 June,
[I'res. Tyler present, Daniel Webster orator.]
Samuel Hoar, sent by the state to Charleston, to test the con-
stitutionality of the act of South Carolina, whereby any ne-
gro on any vessel entering her ports was to be lodged in jail.
Mr. Hoar reaches Charleston 28 Nov.
[He is obliged to leave the city by force a few days after-
wards.— Greeley, "American Conflict."]
Gov. Briggs sends to the legislature Mr. Hoar's reportr It is
referred to a committee who report on it 3 Feb.
[It is unanimously adopted and sent out to the country.
"This report sets forth clearly the whole case in issue, and
justifies, by indisputable facts and impregnable arguments,
the course Massachusetts had pursued." — Wilson, "Rise
and Fall of the Slave Power in America."]
Capt. Henry Purkitt, the last survivor of the " Boston Mohawk
Tea Party," d. (aged 91) 3 Mch.
John Quincy Adams d. at Washington, aged 80 23 Feb.
Water introduced in Boston through new water-works,
25 Oct.
Shadrach, colored waiter, arrested as a slave in Boston, 15 Feb.
[Rescued by colored persons and sent to Canada.]
Thomas Sims, a fugitive slave, arrested in Boston and sent
back into slavery 12 Apr.
[He is sold in New Orleans to a brick-mason of Vicksburg,
from whence he escapes in 1863 to the besieging army of
gen. Grant, who sent him north. — Wilson, "Rise and Fall
of the Slave Power in America."]
Senatorial contest in the state legislature between Charles
Sumner (Free-soil) and Robt. C. Winthrop. Charles Sumner
elected on the 26th ballot 24 Apr.
Daniel Webster dies at Marshfield, aged 70 24 Oct.
Boston Normal school, at Boston, opened
Law fixing the hours of labor for a day, from 1 Oct. 1853, to 1
Apr. 1854, at 12 hours; from 1 Apr. 1854, until 1 Oct. 1854, at
11 hours; and after 1 Oct. 1854, at 10 hours 17 May,
New constitution framed by a convention met at Boston, 7
May, 1853; completed its work 1 Aug.
[Submitted to the people, but not ratified.]
Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society organized by Eli Thayer,
and incorporated 20 Apr.
[This in the interest of the settlement of Kansas.]
Anthony Burns seized as a slave at Boston 27 May,
[He is remanded to slavery, and, under a strong guard to
prevent his release, is taken to the wharf and shipped south.
He was subsequently liberated by purchase, and settled in
Canada. The event created great excitement.]
A convention in Worcester declares in favor of a new politi-
cal organization, to be called the "Republican " party,
20 July,
State convention of the Republican party, held at Worcester,
nominates Henry Wilson for governor and Increase Sumner
for lieutenant-governor 7 Sept.
Normal school at Salem opened
Congress consents to the cession by Massachusetts to New
York of Boston Corner, the southwesterly corner of Berk-
shire county 3 Jan.
Sumners speech in the U. S. Senate on the admission of Kan-
sas, known as the " Crime against Kansas " 20 May,
[Great excitement among the southern members.]
Senator Sumner assaulted and beaten down by Preston S.
Brooks of South Carolina, in the Senate chamber.. 22 May,
[Brooks dies in Washington 27 July, 1857.]
Adjutant-general's report shows the state to have 147,682 men
enrolled in the militia, and 5771 are in active service
Peraberton mills at Lawrence fall by reason of defect in build-
ing, and afterwards take fire; 115 of the operatives perish
and 165 more or less injured 10 Jan.
John A. Andrews, " the war governor," elected
Annual meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-slavery Society at
Tremont Temple, Boston, suppressed by the mayor . .24 Jan.
Seven commissioners to the Peace conference at Washington
appointed by gov. Andrews 5 F'eb.
Legislature appropriates $25,000 for supplies for 2000 troops,
3 Apr.
6th regiment, mustered at Lowell, 16 Apr., leaves Boston for
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Washington, ITtli ; attacked by a mob in Baf.timokk, 19 Apr. ;
3 soldiers are killed, 23 wounded; arrives at Washiuglou and
is quartered in the Senate chamber 5 I'.M. , 19 Apr. 1861
Legislature convenes in e.\tra session 14 May, and passes an
act for the mainteuancu or the Union and the Constitution,
creating the "Union Fund," and authorizing the issue of
$3,000,000 in scrip, supplemented afterwards by an act em-
powering the governor to issue scrip for $7,000,000 to be
loaned to the U. S May, "
Massachusetts 1st, the first 3-year8 regiment to reach Wash-
ington, leaves the state 15 June, "
San Jacinto ^krr'wes at Boston with Mason and SlidcU, 19 Nov. ;
they are incarcerated in fort Warren 24 Nov. '•
Maryland legislature appropriates $7000 to be transmitted to
the governor of Massachusetts for distribution among the
families of those of the Ma.s.sachusetts regiment who were
killed or wounded in the Baltimore riot Dec. "
New England Women's Au.xiliary Association organized, with
headquarters at Boston Dec. "
Mason and Slidell released and sail for England (Trent affair),
1 Jan.
In response to a proclamation by gov. Andrews, calling for
more troops, issued Sunday, 25 May, 3100 of the regular
militia report at his headquarters on Boston Commons,
26 May,
64tb, colored regiment, the first fornied in the free states,
leaves Boston for Fort Koyal 28 May,
[This regiment, in the unsuccessful assault on fort Wagner,
18 July, 1863, immediately on its arrival at the front, was
almost annihilated. Its colonel, Robert G. Shaw, aged 26
years, was killed in this assault and buried by the con-
federates in the same pit with the dead of his regiment.]
Mob of non- Unionists, attempting to force the doors of the ar-
mory of the 11th Battery, Boston, fired upon and dispersed;
several killed and many wounded 14 July,
Boston college, Boston, chartered and opened.
Work resumed on the Hoosac tunnel Oct.
Edward Everett d. in Boston 16 Jan,
Monument erected in Lowell to the first martyrs from Massa-
chusetts in the civil war 17 June,
Commemoration day at Cambridge, in honor of the patriot he-
roes of Harvard college 21 July,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Boston, chartered
1861 ; opened
Massachusetts State Primary school at Palmer opened
Legislature adopts the XIV. th Amendment to the Constitution
of the U. S 20 Mch.
State Temperance convention organizes at Worcester. .17 Sept.
Clarke institute for deaf mutes at Northampton opened
Massachusetts Agricultural college at Amherst, chartered
1863 ; opened Oct.
State legislature adjourns after the longest session ever held
in the state up to date, being 165 days 12 June,
Worcester Polytechnic institute at Worcester, char;,ered 1865 ;
opened
Governor and council contract with Walter Shanly of Montreal
and Francis Shanly of Toronto to complete the Hoosac tun-
nel before Mch. 1874, for $4,594,268 24 Dec.
Ebenezer R. Hoar appointed U. S. attorney-general 5 Mch.
Legislature adopts the XV. th Amendment to the Constitution
of the U. S 9-12 Mch.
George S. Boutwell appointed secretary of the treasury, 11 Mch.
Great Peace jubilee in Boston (Music) 15 June,
Legislature establishes a Bureau of Statistics, a state Board of
Health, abolishes the district system of public schools, and
adjourns after a session of 171 dnys 25 June,
Landing at Duxbury, 23 July, of the French Atlantic cable
celebrated 27 July,
Labor Reform party organized at Worcester 28 Sept.
Horace Mann school for the deaf at Boston opened
George Peabody buried at Peabody (South Dan vers), Mass.,
8 Feb.
Wendell Phillips nominated for governor by the Prohibition
party 17 Aug.
Wendell Phillips nominated for governor by the Labor Reform
party 8 Sept.
Boston university, Boston, chartered 1869 ; opened
World's Peace jubilee and International Musical festival be-
gins in Boston (Music) 17 June,
Great fire in Boston; 709 brick and stone and 67 wooden build-
ings burned, loss, $70,000,000; nearly 65 acres burned over;
14 lives lost 9-10 Nov. "
Legislature meets in extra session to devise means of relief for
Boston 19 Nov. "
William A. Richardson appointed secretary of the treasury,
17 Mch. 1873
Oakes Ames, M.C., father of the "Credit Mobilier,"d. (aged 69),
8 May, "
Massachusetts Normal Art school at Boston opened "
Charlestown, Brighton, and West Roxbury annexed to Boston
by vote at election held 7 Oct. "
Hoosac tunnel completed 27 Nov. "
Prof Louis J. R. Agassiz, scientist, b. 1807 ; d. at Cambridge,
14 Dec. "
U.S. senator Charles Sumner, b. in Boston, 1811, d. at Wash-
ington 11 Mch. 1874
Gov. Washburn, elected U. S. senator to succeed Sumner,
resigns executive office to lieut.-gov. Thomas Talbot,
30 Apr. "
Bursting of a reservoir dam on Mill river, near Williamsburg,
Hampshire co., nearly destroys Williamsburg, Leeds, Hay-
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densville. and Skinncrville ; 200 lives and $1,500,000 woi
of property lost 16 May, j
State Normal school at Worcester opened
Prohibitory liquor law repealed 5 Apr. 1
Centennial celebration of the battles of Lexington and Con-
cord 19 Apr.
Centennial celebration of the battle of Bunker Hill 17 June,
Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the day Washington
assumed command of the army, at Cambridge 3 July,
Smith college at Northampton, chartered 1871, opened Sept.
Wellesley college, Wellesley, chartered 1H70, opened
Vicepres. Henry Wilson dies suddenly at Washington. .22 Nov.
Marcella Street Home (reform school) at Boston opened H
State lunatic hospital at Worcester, state prison for women at
Sherborn, state prison at Concord, state lunatic hospital
at Danvers, and state asylum for the chronic insane at
Worcester opened j
Public address in Faneuil hall, Boston, by Denis Kearney, the
Sandlot orator of San Francisco, Cal 5 Aug.
Act abolishing 9 separate state boards, and creating the Board
of Health, Charity, and Lunacy, passed by legislature, which
adjourns :$0 Apr. II
French ocean cable landed at North Eastham, cape Cod, 15 Nov.
Cape Cod ship canal from Buzzard bay to Barnstable bay be-
gun li
Anti-screen Liquor Saloon law, enacted 1880, goes into effect. . . 1
National Law and Order league organized at Bosten 22 Feb. 1
Henry W. Longfellow, b. 1807, d. at Cambridge 24 Mch.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, b. 1803, d. at Concord 27 Apr.
Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women," Harvard An-
nex," organized 14 Jan. 1879, incorporated 16 Aug.
Celebration at Marshfleld of the 100th anniversary of the birth-
day of Daniel Webster (postponed from 3 Oct.) 11 Oct
"Toin Thumb" (Charles H. Stratton), b. 1838, d. at .Middlebor-
ough 15 July, Ian
Foreign exhibition opens in Boston, continuing until 12 Jan.
1884 3 Sept. "
Wendell Phillips, b. 1811, d. at Boston 2 Feb. 188-j
Charles O'Conor, b. 1804, d. at Nantucket 12 May, "
Statue of John Harvard unveiled at Cambridge 15 Oct. "
William C. Endicott appointed U. S. secretary of war. . .6 Mch. 188;"
Elizur Wright, abolitionist, b. 1804, d. at Medford 22 Nov. "
Board of Health established separately 188<
Charles Francis Adams, sen., b. 1807, d. at Boston 21 Nov. "
State property in the Hoosac tunnel and Troy and Greenfield
railroad sold to Fitchburg railroad company
First Monday in Sept. (Laljor diiy) made a legal holiday at
sion of legislature, which adjourned 16 June,
Spencer F. Baird, naturalist, b. 1823; d. at Wood's Holl,
19 Aug
Asa Gray, botanist, b. 1810, d. at Cambridge '40 Jan. ll
Ballot law modelled on the Australian system adopted by leg-
islature at session ending 29 May, "
Gen. P. H. Sheridan, b. 1831, d. at Nonquit 5 Aug. "
Maria Mitchell, astronomer, b. 1818, d. at Lynn 28 June, 188!»
Maritime exhibition opens at Boston 4 Nov. "
Great fire at Lvnn; 296 buildings destroyed; 80 acres burned
over; loss, $.5,000,000 26 Nov. "
Haverhill celebrates its 2.50th anniversary 2 July, 1890
Cyclone visits the suburbs of South Lawrence, the most severe
ever recorded in the New England states; over $100,000
worth of property destroyed 26 July, "
John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish patriot, b. 1844, d. at Hull. . .10 Aug. "
First annual convention of the letter carriers of the U. S. held
at Boston; 100 delegates 13 Aug. "
Accident on the Old Colony railroad near Quincy; 20 killed.
31 injured 19 Aug. "
Benjamin Penballow Shillaber, the creator of "Mrs. Parting-
ton," b. 1814, d. at Chelsea 25 Nov. "
Associate-justice Charles Devens, ex-attorney-general of the
U. S., d. in Boston 7 Jan. 1891
James Russell Lowell, b. 1819, d. at Cambridge 12 Aug. "
Phillips Brooks consecrated bishop of Massachusetts in Trinity
church, Boston 14 Oct. "
James Parton, author, b. 1822, d. at Newburyport 17 Oct. "
First world's convention of the Woman's Christian Temper-
ance Union opens at Boston 10 Nov. "
Governor's salary raised from $5000 to $8000 24 Mch. 1892
Also any town of 12,000 inhabitants may become incorporated
as a city ." "
City of Quincy celebrates its centennial 4 July, "
Ex-gov. Henry J. Gardner d. at Milton 22 July, "
Lizzie Borden arrested at Fall River charged with the murder
(Aug. 4) of her father and stepmother 11 Aug "
Celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of
Gloucester opens 23 Aug.
Poet Whittier dies at Hampton Falls, N. H.. 7 Sept. ; buried at
Amesbury 10 Sept. "
Celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Wo- ^
burn begins 2 Oct. ^^
Lizzie Borden indicted by the grand jury at Taunton — 2 Dec.
Gen. Benj. F. Butler, b. 1818, d. at Washington, D.C., 11 Jan.,
buried at Lowell 16 Jan- ^^^'^
Phillips Brooks, P. E. bishop of Massachusetts, d. at his home, ^
Boston 23 Jan. ^
Great fire in Boston, loss $5,000,000 10 Mch.
Lizzie Borden arraigned at New Bedford, pleads not guilty of ^^
the murder of her father and stepmother 8 May,
Tried and acquitted 20 June,
[Defended by ex. -gov. Robinson of Massachusetts.] ,
Statue of Wm. Lloyd Garrison unveiled at Newburyport, 4 July,
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frs Lucv Stone, one of the earliest champions of women's :
rights, d. in Bostou 18 Oct. 1893 '
'rancis Parkmau d. at Jamaica Plains, aged 70 years. . .8 Nov. "
;x-gov. William Gaston d. in Boston, aged 74 19 Jan. 1894
liss Helen Shafer, president Wellesly college, b. 1840, d. 20 Jan. "
'ire in Boston, 137 buildings burned, loss $500,000 15 May, "
GOVERNORS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COLONIES.
Name PLYMOUTH COLONY, ELKCTED. T^^^
ohn Carver 1620 to
t^illiam Bradford 1621 "
:dward Winslow 1633 "
homas Prince 1634 "
niliam Bradford 1635 "
dward Winslow 1636 "
/illiam Bradford 1637 "
homas Prince 1638 "
.^lliam Bradford 1639 "
dward Winslow 1644 "
niliam Bradford 1645 "
homas Prince 1657 "
3si:ih Winslow 1673 "
homas Hinkley 1681 "
ir Edmund Andros, governor-general
homas Hinkley
1621
1633
1634
1635
1636
1637
1638
1639
1644
1645
1657
1673
1681
1689 " 1692
MAS
„ MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY.
Name. Term,
John Endicott (acting) 1629 to
Mathew Cradock (did not serve)
John Winthrop 1630 "
Thomas Dudley 1634 '«
John Haynes 1G35 "
Henry Vane 1636 "
John AVinthrop 1637 "
Thomas Dudley 1640 "
Richard Bellingham 1641 "
John Winthrop i642 "
John Endicott i644 "
Thomas Dudley 1645 "
John Winthrop 1646 "
John Endicott 1649 "
Thomas Dudley 1650 "
John Endicott 1651 "
Richard Bellingham 1654 "
John Endicott 1655 "
Richard Bellingham 1665 "
John Leverett 1673 "
Simon Bradstreet 1679 "
Joseph Dudley, president 1684 "
Sir Edmund Andros, governor general 1686 "
Thomas Danforth (acting) 1689 "
1634
1637
1640
1641
1642
1644
1645
1646
1649
1650
1651
1654
1655
1665
1673
1679
1684
GOVERNORS OF MASSACHUSETTS APPOINTED BY THE KING UNDER THE SECOND CHARTER.
Terra of oflBce.
Remarks.
ir William Phipps
'illiam Stoughton
chard Coote, earl of Bellamont.
illiam Stoughton
If Council
i)soph Dudley
ic Council
)seph Dudley
lliam Tailer
imuel Shute
illiam Dummer
illiam Burnet
illiam Dummer
illiam Tailer
nathan Belcher
illiam Shirley
lencer Phipps
Silliam Shirley
jiencer Phipps ,
,ie Council,
iiomas Pownall
omas Hutchinson.
Francis Bernard,
omas Hutchinson,
omas Hutchinson.
Council
1692 to 1694
1694 " 1699
1699 " 1700
1700 " 1701
1701 " 1702
1702 " 1715
Feb. to Mch. 1715
Mch. " Nov. "
1715 to 1716
1716 " 1723
1723 " 1728
July, 1728 " Sept. 1729
1729 to June, 1730
June " Aug. "
1730 to 1741
1741 " 1749
1749 " 1753
1753 " 1756
1756 " 1757
Apr. to Aug. 1757
1757 to 1760
June to Aug. 1760
1760 to 1769
1769 " 1771
1771 " 1774
1774 " 1780
Born in Maine; summoned to England, he dies there, 1695.
[ Lieutenant governor and acting governor, one of the principals in
[ the witchcraft delusion.
Goes to New York in 1700, and dies there, 1701.
Acting.
Subservient to the English government.
liieutenant-governor and acting governor.
Controversy with the legislature as to a fixed salary.
Lieutenant-governor, acting as governor.
Dies in office 7 Sept. 1729.
Acting.
Acting.
Recalled by the British court.
Visits England, 1749.
Lieutenant governor, acting.
Recalled.
Acting.
Recalled. Enters Parliament and opposes the ministry on Amer-
ican measures.
Lieutenant-governor, acting governor.
Recalled, and made a baronet.
Acting.
The last of the royal governors.
Governing until the adoption of the state constitution.
GOVERNORS UNDER THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
Party.
[in Hancock. . ,
Imes Bowdoin.
an Hancock. . ,
■imuel Adams..,
^(Buel Adams. . .
brease Sumner..
fSes Gill
'ieb Strong
-'nes Sullivan. ..
vi Lincoln
<Tistopher Gore,
•ridge Gerry...
' eb Strong
<iUi Brooks
'jliiam Eustis.,..
fme Morton...
4'i Lincoln
1780 to 1785
1785 " 1787
1787 to Oct. 1793
1793 to 1794
*';nuel T. Armstrong.
l[vard Everett
J:"cus Morton
J; n Davis [
V<'us Morton
tTge N. Briggs
<;rge S. Boutwell....
J.nH. Clifford
Kory Washburn. . . .
Ij'ry J. Gardner
Haniel P. Banks...
'"ill A.Andrews
%ander H.Bullock.
3iam Claflin
3 iam B. Washburn.
limas Talbot
"' iam Gaston
Mnder H.Rice....
iJmas Talbot
Federal.
Dem.-Rep.
Federal.
Dem.-Rep.
Federal.
Dem.-Rep.
Democrat.
Whig.
Democrat.
Whig.
Democrat.
Whig.
Dem. and F. i
Whig.
Republican.
Democrat.
Republican.
' 1794
1797 to
1799
1800
1807 to
1808
1809
1810
1812
1816
1823 to
Feb. to
1825
" 1797
June, 1799
to 1800
" 1807
Dec. 1808
to 1809
" 1810
" 1812
" 1816
" 1823
Feb. 1825
July, 1825
to 1834
1834 to Mch. 1835
Mch. 1835 to 1836
1836 to 1840
1840 " 1841
1841 " 1843
1843 " 1844
1844 " 1851
1851 " 1853
1853 " 1854
1854 " 1855
1855 " 1858
1858 " 1861
1861 " 1866
1866 " 1869
1869 " 1872
1872 to May, 1874
Mav to Dec. 1874
1875 to 1876
1876 " 1879
1879 " 1880
The first signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Shays's rebellion occurs during this administration.
Dies in office, 8 Oct. 1793.
; Lieutenant-governor acting. One of the foremost revolutionary
I patriots.
Governor. Dies in Boston, 2 Oct. 1803.
Dies in office, 7 June, 1799.
Lieutenant-governor acting.
A strong Federalist.
A brother of gen. Sullivan. Dies in office, 10 Dec. 1808.
Lieutenant governor, acting.
Vice-president of the U. S. 1813. Dies in office, 23 Nov. 1814.
Opposes the war of 1812.
A revolutionary patriot and thorough soldier.
Dies in office, 6 Feb. 1825.
Lieutenant-governor, acting.
The first to exercise the veto power, the occasion being a bill for
a bridge uniting Boston and Charlestown.
Elected to the U. S. Senate.
Lieutenant-governor, acting.
Scholar and orator.
Elected by coalition of Democrats and Freesoilera
The " war governor " of Massachusetts-
Elected to the U. S. Senate.
MAS
494
MAS
GOVERNORS UNDER THE STATE CONSTITUTION.— (Conrtnucd.)
Nwne.
Party.
Term.
Remarki. ,^,^
Republican.
Dem. and Ind.
Republican.
Democrat.
Republican.
1880 to 1883
1883 " 1884
1884 " 1887
1887 " 1890
1890 " 1891
1891 " 1892
1892 " 1894
1894 " 1895
1895 " 1896
i
Bei^jamin F. Butlor.
William E. Russell
William E. Riiss«'ll
PreAT. Greenhalge
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NH.ne.
No.ofConp-es..
Date.
Remarks. '■I
1st
1st to 4th
2d " 4th
4th " 6th
4th "5th
6th
6th to 7th
6th " 7th
8th " 10th
8th " 11th
10th " 12th
12th " 14th
13th " 14th
14th " 15th
15th " 16th
15th " 17th
16th " 19th
17th " 19th
19th " 23d
20th "26th
24th " 26th
26th " 28th
26th " 28th
29th " 32d
29th " 31st
31st
31st
32d to 43d
33d
33d
33d to 42d
43d " 44th
43d
44th to 52d
45th "
53d "
1789 to 1791
1789 " 1796
1791 " 1796
1796 " 1800
1796 " 1798
1799 " 1800
1800 " 1803
1800 " 1803
1803 " 1808
1803 " 1811
1808 " 1813
1811 " 1817
1813 " 1816
1816 " 1818
1818 " 1820
1817 " 1822
1820 " 1827
1822 " 1826
1826 " 1835
1827 " 1841
1835 " 1840
1841 " 1845
1841 " 1845
1845 " 1853
1845 " 1850
1850
1851
1851 to 1874
1853 " 1854
1854
1855 to 1873
1873 " 1877
1874
1875 to 1893
1877 "
1893 "
Seated 14 Apr. 1789. fli
Resigned. Vl
Resigned. ■1
Elected in place of Cabot. Resigned. ■!
1 Elected in place of Strong. Elected president 2)7-0 tern. 27 J«l
Resigned. «l
Elected in place of Dexter. Resigned. h|
Elected in place of Goodhue. IHI
Resigned. '^Hl
Elected in place of Foster. HI
Elected in place of Adams. Resigned. ^ ^||
Elected president pro tern., and again 6 Dec. 1813. ^^||
Appointed in place of Lloyd. Resigned. ^^hI
Elected in place of Gore. Resigned. '^^^11
Elected in place of Ashman. Resigned. "l^M
Resigned. ^hI
Elected in place of Mellen. ''^Mm
Elected in place of Otis. Resigned. ■■
Elected in place of Lloyd. SI
( Webster's famous reply to Hayne of South Carolina, deliveredfflP
\ ' the Senate 26, 27 Jan. 1830. Resigned to become secretary of
( state.
Resigned. -.^
Elected in place of Webster. MM
Died in office. 11
Elected in place of Bates. ^il
Resigned, became secretary of state; d. 24 Oct. 1852. >jfll
Appointed pro tern, in place of Webster. ^H
Elected in place of Webster. '"■
( Struck down in the Senate chamber by Preston S. Brooks, 22 May
\ 1856. Owing to bis injuries he did not take his seat during the
( 35th Congress. Died 11 Mch. 1874. .
Resigned.
Appointed pro tern, iu place of Everett.
Elected in place of Everett.
Elected in place of Wilson.
Elected in place of Sumner.
Term expires 1901.
Term expires 1899.
Caleb Strong
George Cabot
Benjamin Goodhue .... . . . .
James Lloyd jr
Joseph B Varnum
Christopher Gore
Eli P Asbmun
Prentiss Mellen
Harrison Gray Otis
Elijah H. Mills
Nathaniel Silsbee
Daniel Webster
John Davis
Rufus Choate .
Isaac C. Bates
Robert C Winthrop
Robert Rantoul jr
Charles Sumner . ... . .
Julius Rockwell
Henry Wilson
George S Boutwell
William B. Washburn
Henry L. Dawes . .
Henry Cabot Lodge..
ina§§acres. The indiscriminate killing of human
beings incapable of defence ; in war, the unnecessary slaugh-
ter of combatants surprised or after surrender. The following
are among the most remarkable, but the accounts of many of
them are exaggerated: 3 ^
All the Carthaginians in Sicily 397
Two thousand Tyrians crucified and 8000 put to the sword for
not surrendering Tyre to Alexander. 331
Two thousand Capuans, friends of Hannibal, by Gracchus 211
A slaughter of the Teutones and Ambrones, near Aix, by Ma-
rius, Roman general, 200,000 left dead 102
Romans throughout Asia, men, women, and children, in one
day, by order of Mithridates, king of Pontus 88
Many Roman senators by Cinna, Marius, and Sertorius 87
Again, under Sulla and Catiline, his minister of vengeance 82
At Perusia, Octavianus Csesar ordered 300 Roman senators and
other eminent persons sacrificed to the manes of Julius Caesar, 40
A.D.
At the destruction of Jerusalem, 1,100,000 Jews are said to
have been put to the sword 70
Jews, headed by one Andrae, put to death many Greeks and
Romans in and near Cyrene 115
Cassius, a Roman general under the emperor M. Aurelius, put
to death 300,000 inhabitants of Seleucia 165
At Alexandria, many thousands of citizens were massacred by
order of the Roman emperor Caracalla, for some insulting
remarks while on his visit there 215
Emperor Probus said to have put to death 400,000 barbarian
invaders of Gaul 277
Gothic hostages by Valens 378
Thessalonica, when 7000 persons invited into the circus were
put to the sword by order of Theodosius 390
Circus factions at Constantinople 532
Latins at Constantinople by order of Andronicus 1184
Albigenses and AValdenses, commenced at Toulouse 1208
[Thousands perished by the sword and gibbet.]
French in Sicily (Sicilian Vespers) 1282
At Paris, of the Armagnacs, at the instance of John, duke of
Burgundy 1418
Swedish nobility, at a feast, by order of Christian II 1520
Protestants at Vassy 1 Mch. 1562
Seventy thousand Huguenots, or French Protestants, in France
(St. Bartholomew) 24 Aug.
Christians in Croatia by Turks, 65,0U0 slain
Pretender Demetrius, and his Polish adherents, at Moscow,
27 May,
Protestants in the Valteline, N. Italy 19 July,
Protestants at Thorn, under pretended legal sentence of the
chancellor of Poland, for joining in a tumult occasioned by
a Roman Catholic procession
[All Protestant powers in Europe interceded in vain.]
At Batavia 12,000 Chinese were massacred by the natives, un-
der pretext of intended insurrection Oct.
At the taking of Ismail by the Russians, 30,000 old and young
were slain (Ismail) • . .Dec.
French royalists (France, Septembrizers) 2 Sept.
Poles at Praga
In St. Domingo, Dessalines proclaims death to the whites, and
thousands perish 29 Mch.
Insurrection at Madrid, massacre of French 2 May,
Mamelukes in the citadel of Cairo 1 Mch.
Protestants at Nismes, by Catholics May,
Massacre at Scio (Chios) 22 Apr.
Janissaries at Constantinople, 14 June, 1826; atCabul (Afghan-
istan)
Six hundred Kabyles suffocated in a cave in Algeria (Dahra),
18 June,
Massacre of Christians at Aleppo 16 Oct.
Maronites, by Druses, in Lebanon, June, 1860; and of Chris-
tians by Mahometans at Damascus (Damascus, Druses),
9-11 July,
French missionaries and others at Tien-tsin, 22 persons (China),
21 June,
Foreigners, by native Gauchos, Tandel district, Buenos Ayres,
South America 1 '^^^^
About 90 French colonists and others in New Caledonia by na-
tives, during a revolt June,
Mehemet Ali Pacha and others at Ipek, near Scutari, by Alba-
nians 6 Sept.
At Cabul (Afghanistan), 1879, and Turkey
IN BRITISH HISTORY.
Three hundred British nobles, on Salisbury Plain, by Hengist,
about li
MAS
495
MAT
Twelve hundred monks of Bangor, by Ethelfrid, king of Ber-
nicia (507 or G12
Danes in southern counties of England, by order of Ethelred
II., night of 13 Nov. 1002
rAt London it was most bloody, the churches being no
sanctuary. Among the slain was Gunilda, sister of Swein,
king of Denmark, left in hostage for the performance of a
treaty newly concluded. — Baker.]
Jews in England. A few, pressing into Westminster hall at
Richard I.'s coronation, vyere killed by the mob; and on a
false rumor that the king had ordered a general massacre of
; them, the people in many parts of England slew all they
I met. In York 500, taking shelter in a castle, killed them-
' selves to escape the multitude 1189
iBristol colonists at Cullen's Wood, Ireland (Cullen's Wood). . . 1209
Snglish factory at Amboyna, to dispossess its members of the
! Spice islands Feb. 1625
'.'rotestants in Ireland,in O'Neill's rebellion, which began 23 Oct; 1641
[Upwards of 30,000 British were killed in the commence-
! ment of this rebellion.— »S'ir William ["etty. In the flrst 3 or
' 4 days of it, 40,000 or 50,000 Protestants were destroyed.—
I Lord Clarendon. During the rebellion 154,000 Protestants
i were massacred. — Sir W. Temple.]
Uacdonalds of Glexcoe 13 Feb. 1692
iden, women, and children, numbering 184, chiefly Protestants,
I killed by insurgent Irish at the barn of ScuUabogue, Ire-
1 land {Mnsgrave) 1798 '
(Europeans at Meerut, Delhi, etc., by mutineers of the native
Indian army (Ixdia) May and June, 1857
Vhites at Kalangan. south coast of Borneo 1 May, 1859
WhitesatMorant bay, Jamaica, by negroes (Jamaica), 11, 12 Oct. 1865
I.ieut. Holcombe and surveying party (about 70) in Assam, on
Naga hills about 24 Feb. 1875
Ir. Margary and servants (with col. Browne's expedition into
' western China) at Manwyne, by Chinese 21 Feb. "
I'ommodore Goodenough, of the Pearl, and 2 seamen, by na-
; tives of Santa Cruz island, South Pacific ocean; attacked 12
I Aug. ; d 20 Aug. "
jen. Charles George (Chinese) Gordon and followers at Khar-
toum (Soudan) 26 Jan. 1885
I IN UNITED STATES HISTORY.
I'rench Huguenots in Florida, by Spaniards under Menendez
j (Florida) 19 Sept. 1565
;iTiites by Indians in Virginia 22 Mch. 1622
'adians at Pequot fort by New England colonists (Connecticut),
26 May, 1637
bdians by the Dutch at Pavonia (New York) 25 Feb. 1643
;nne Hutchinson's family and others, near Westchester (New
; York) "
;.'hites by Indians in Virginia 18 Apr. 1644
•'utch at Hoboken, Pavonia, and Staten Island (New York),
\ 15-20 Sept 1655
Whites in Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire, by Ind-
! ians, 1675, '76, '77; by French and Indians?, 1688, '90, '92, also
j in 1703-4, and again in 1722-25, 1744-48, 1754-60. Maine,
* Massachusetts, New Hampshire.
;/hites at Schenectady by French and Indians (New York),
I 8 Feb. 1690
arrison at Fort William Hknry after surrender 9 Aug. 1757
arrison effort Loudon, Tennessee, after surrender, by Chero-
; kees 7 Aug. 1760
I oravian Indians at Conestoga, Pa., by the Paxton boys (Pexn-
: sylvania) ■. .27 Dec. 1763
jen. Wayne's troop by British at Paoli 20 Sept. 1777
.ettlers at Wyoming by Tories and Indians (Pennsylvania),
[ 2-4 July, 1778
leut.col. Baylor's command, by the British at Old Tappan
j(Nbw York) 27 Sept. "
;9ttlers at Cherry Valley by Tories and Indians. .11-12 Nov. 1778
|oravianIndians, by whites at Gnadenhutten,0. (Ohio), 8 Mch. 1782
iarrison of fort Dearborn, Chicago, by Indians (Fort Dear-
: BORN) 15 Aug. 1812
(tnerican troops at the river Raisin (Michigan) 22 Jan. 1813
I'hites by Indians at fort Mimms (Alabama) 30 Aug. "
iraericau prisoners at Dartmoor, England, by guards. .6 Apr. 1815
' aj. Dade's command by Seminoles (Florida) 28 Dec. 1835
jsxans at the Alamo by Mexicans 6 Mch. 1836
■migrants to California by Mormons at Mountain Meadow
I (Utah, 1857-77) 11 Sept. 1857
' nite settlers at Spirit Lake, Iowa, by Sioux Mch. "
hites in Minnesota by Sioux under Little Crow (Minnesota),
Aug., Sept. 1862
^rrison at Fort Pillow, Tenn. , by confederates under Forrest,
', ^ 12 Apr. 1864
laians by col. Chivington's command at Sand Creek, Colo-
«Ano 27 Nov. "
en. Canby and others by Modoc Indians (California, United
^■^^^s) 11 Apr. 1873
en. buster and command by the Indians under Sitting Bull
<^"^tana) 26 June, 1876
egroes at Hamburg, S. C, by armed citizens (South Caro-
■'INA) ^ ^ g Jyjy ((
bites by Apache Indians at White River agency (Colorado)'
levenItal-^^-„«, ^- ^ • • 29 Sept. 1879
ans (Mama) at New Orleans, La., in prison as sus-
pected murderers of David C. Hennessey, chief of police, by
;an organized body of citizens (Louisiana, United States),
■ 15 Mch. 1891
Ma§'§o wah, a port on the Red sea, subject to Egypt.
Certain commercial rights secured to Abyssinia by treaty with
England and Egypt, May, 1884.
Italian flag hoisted beside the Egyptian 6 Feb. 1885
Abyssinians under Ras Alouia severely defeat the Arabs at
Kufeit, near Amadib 23 Sept. "
Government of Massowah assumed by the Italians 2 Dec! "
Abyssinians attack Massowah and Italian outposts, but suffer
loss and retire ig .Jan. et seq. 1887
About 500 Italians proceeding with supplies to Sahati cut off
by Abyssinians under Ras Alouia at Dagoli, near Massowah,
^^ . . 25-26 Jan.' "
Negotiations with Ras Alouia with respect to release of prisou-
,, ers.... 11 Mch. "
Skirmishes between Italians and Deber tribe 27-28 Mch. "
Proclamation issued declaring a state of war in Massowah and
its dependencies, with blockade of ports 2 May '<
Major Savoiroux made a prisoner, still kept by the Abyssini-
ans, April; released Sept. *'
Chief Kantibay submits to Italy '.!'."."l8 Oct.* "
Declared to be in a state of siege '.*. ...lo Nov. "
Italy notifies the powers that it has annexed Massowah. .July. 1888
Protectorate proclaimed at Zulla :{ Aug! "
Severe defeat of Italians at Sanganeiti on the borders through
native treachery; 4 Italian officers killed Aug. "
Keren occupied and annexed by the Italians 2 June, 1889
Gen. Baldissera occupies Asmara 4 Aug. "
About 1000 dervishes repulsed after incursion into Italian-
protected country; captives and booty rescued, reported,
29 June, 1890
Gen. Gandolfi, new governor, announces end of military rule
in the Italian possessions on the Red sea l July, "
master of the rolls, an equity judge in England,
so called because he has custody of all charters, patents, com-
missions, deeds, and recognizances entered upon rolls of parch-
ment; his decrees are appealable to the court of chancery.
The repository of public papers, called the rolls, was in Chan-
cery lane. The rolls were formerly kept in a chapel founded
for converted Jews; but after Jews were expelled the king-
dom in 1290 they were placed in the office of the master of the
rolls. Here were kept all the records since the accession of
Richard III., 1483, earlier ones being kept in the Tower of
London. Records. The first recorded master of the rolls
was either John de Langton, appointed 1286, or Adam de
Osgodeby, appointed 1 Oct. 1295; but the office clearly ex-
isted long before. — Hardy.
masters in chancery, chosen from the equity bar
of England, were first appointed, it is said, to give instruction
to sir Christopher Hatton (not informed in the duties of his
office), lord chancellor of England, in 1587. The office was
abolished in 1852.
mas'todon. Mammoth.
Mat'atoe'le land. Mashona.
matches. Lucifer-matches.
materialism, the doctrine that the soul is not a spir-
itual substance distinct from matter, but is the result of organ-
ization in the body. The term is rather loosely applied to
the systems of Epicurus, about 310 b.c.; Hobbes, about 1642
A.D.; Priestley, about 1772, and of many eminent men in the
present day. It is not necessarily identical with atheism.
Philosophy.
mathematics formerly signified all kinds of learn-
ing; but now includes the sciences of numbers and quantity.
Arithmetic. Among the most eminent mathematicians
were Euclid, 300 h.c, ; Archimedes, 287 b.c. ; Descartes, died
1650 A.D. ; Barrow, died 1677; Leibnitz, died 1716; sir Isaac
Newton, died 1727; Euler, died 1783; Lagrange, died 1813;
Laplace, died 1827 ; and dr. Peacock, died 1858 ; sir (J. B. Airy
(astronomer royal), Bartholomew Price, J. J. Sylvester, and I.
Todhunter are eminent matiiematicians. Mary Somerville,
born 1790, author of the "Mechanism of the Heavens," died
1873. The London Mathematical Society was founded 16
Jan. 1865 ; prof. Aug. De Morgan, president. Zerah Colburn,
a mathematical prodigy, Vermont, 1804-40.
mat'ins, the service or prayers first performed in the
morning or beginning of the day in the Roman Catholic
church. The French matins were the massacre of St. Bar-
tholomew, 24 Aug. 1572. The matins of Moscow were the
massacre of prince Demetrius, and the Poles his adherents, in
the morning of 27 May, 1606.
matter exists in three states : gaseous, liquid, and solid.
William Crookes considers that there is a fourth state, " ra-
MAT
496
MEC
diant matter," subtler than any of tliese, 1879-80. Light.
Aocordinj? to Swedenborp, matter is the ultimate of divine
onler, and is related to spirit as an effect to its cause.
]VIat'terllorn, a peak of the main ridge of the Alps,
abt)ut 14,83(5 feet high, S. Switzerland. After various fruitless
attempts by prof. Tyndall and other eminent climbers, in 1860,
the summit was reached on 14 July, 1865, by Edward Whyraper
and others. During their descent, 4 of the party were killed.
Mr. Hadow fell; the connecting-rope broke, and he, lord Fran-
cis Douglas, the rev. Mr. Hudson, and Michael Croz, a guide,
slipped, and fell from a precipice nearly 4000 feet high. Miss
Walker, with her father, ascended the Matterhorn, 22 July,
1871. 3 gentlemen ascended without a guide,. 21 July, 1876.
Dr. \y. O. Moseley, an American, was killed here, 14 Aug. 1879.
3 persons attempting the ascent perished, 12 vSept. 1890.
maunicc' Rapids or Fallen Timber§,
Battle of. At the Maumee rapids, in northern Ohio, Wayne
ct>mpletely routed 2000 Indians, on 20 Aug. 1794. The Amer-
icans lost 33 killed and 100 wounded. This battle ended the
Indian war in the Northwest. Ohio.
maundy- Thursday (derived by Spelman from
mande, a hand-basket, in which the king gave alms to the
poor ; by others from dies mandati, the day on which Christ
gave his grand mandate, that we should love one another), the
day before Good YtuXsiy.— Wheatley. The custom of the sov-
ereigns of England or their almoners to give alms, food, and
clothing to as many poor persons as they were years old on
this day, was begun by Edward III., when fifty years of age,
1363, and is still continued.
IVIaurita'nia, N. Africa, with Numidia, became a Ro-
man province, 45 B.C., with Sallust for proconsul. Augustus
created (30 b.c.) a kingdom of Mauritania and part of Getulia,
for Jiiba II., a descendant of ancient African princes. Sueto-
nius Paulinus suppressed a revolt here, 42 a.d., when it was
made a province, divided into parts. The country was sub-
jugated by Vandals and Greeks, and fell into the hands of
Arabs, about 667. Moors, Morocco.
]flauritiu§ {maw-Hsh'e-us) or I§ie of France,
in the Indian ocean, was discovered by the Portuguese, 1505;
but the Dutch were the first settlers in 1598. They called it
after prince Maurice, their stadtholder; but on acquiring the
Cape of (Jood Hope deserted it; and it continued unsettled
until the French landed, and named it for one of tlie finest
provinces in France, 1715. The island was taken b}' the
British, 2 Dec. 1810, and confirmed to them by the treaty of
Paris in 1814. Area, 705 sq. miles; pop. 1891,*377,986.
inausole'um. Artemisia married her brother, Mauso-
lus, king of Caria, Asia Minor, 377 B.C. After his death his
body was burned, and she drank in liquor his ashes, and
erected to his memory at Halicarnassus a monument, one of
the 7 wonders of the world (350 b.c.), termed Mausoleum.
She invited all the literary men of her age, and proposed re-
wards for the best elegiac panegyric upon her husband. The
prize was adjudged to Theopompus, 357 b.c. She died 352
B.C. The statue of Mausolus is among the antiquities brought
from Halicarnassus by C. T. Newton in 1857, and placed in the
British museum. A mausoleum for the royal family of Eng-
land was founded by queen Victoria at Frogmore, 15 Mch. 1862.
mauve {moo; Fr. for malva, mallow), a dye of a deli-
cate purple color made by dr. Stenhouse from lichens in 1848;
now made from Aniline.
maverick, a term used on the cattle-ranges of the
West for a herd of cattle that bears no brand, and is therefore
regarded as ownerless. It is said to have been the name of a
Massachusetts man who settled in Texas, where he refused to
follow the custom of branding his calves, because he trusted
his neighbors, and, besides, was tender of his beasts.
IVIaxim ifUn. An automatic gun, the invention of
Hiram S. Maxim, of London, Engl. 1883. It consists of a
single barrel mounted on a tripod and fires but a single shot
at a time, but with such rapidity that the United States Ord-
nance Department, on a test experiment in rapidity, fired 2004
shots in 1 min. 45 sec. At the same time, in a test for ac-
curacy, out of 334 shots fired at a target 12 x 26 ft. at a dis-
tance of 300 yds., 268 hits were made. The gmi works itself
after the first shot is fired until the cartridges in the belt or
magazine are exhausted.
may, the 6th month of the j'ear, named, some say, by
Romulus, in respect to the senators and nobles of his city, who
were denominated majores ; others supposed it was so called
from Maia, the mother of Mercury, to whom they offered sac-
rifices on the first day. The ancient Romans used to go in
procession to the grotto of Egeria on May-day.
may flower. Massachusetts, 1620.
mayor of London. At the time of the Norman
conquest, 1066, the chief officer of London was called poi-tgrave,
afterwards softened into portreeve, from Saxon words signify-
ing chief governor of a harbor. He was afterwards called
provost; but in Henry II.'s reign the Norman title of W(nV(
(soon after mayor) was brought into use. At first the maj'or
was chosen for life, but afterwards for irregular periods : now
he is chosen annually, but is eligible for re-electii)n. He must
be an alderman and ex-sheriff. His duties commence on 0
Nov. The prefix '• lord " is peculiar to the chief civic officer
in London, Dublin, Edinburgh, and York. London, Salary.
Lord Mnynr^s court is very ancient.
First mayor of London, Henry Fitz-Alwyn, held office for 24
years, ap|)ointed , 1189
Prefix of lord granted by Edward III., with the style of right
honorable
mayors in the United States. Boston, Chicai
New York, etc.
mayors of the palace, high officers in France
who had great influence during the later Merovingian kings,
i&rm&iX faineants, "do-nothings": Pepin the Old (or De Laii-
den),622 et seq. ; Pepin Heristal, 687-714; Charles Martd,
despotic, 714-41 ; Pepin le Bref, 74l, who shut Childeric III.
in a monastery, and took the kingdom, 752.
Hazartn' Bible. Books.
mazurka (nm-zer'Tca), a Polish dance of the 16th cen-
tury, introduced into England about 1845. Chopin's music
for the mazurka is much admired.
meal-tub plot, a plot against the duke of York, after-
wards James II., contrived by one Dangerfield, who secreted se-
ditious letters in the lodgings of col. Maunsell, and then advised
the custom-house officers to search for smuggled goods, 23 Oct.
1679. After Dangerfield's apprehension, on suspicion of forg-
ing these letters, papers were found concealed in a meal-tub at
the house of a woman with whom he cohabited, which con-
tained the scheme to be sworn to, accusing the most eminent
persons in the Protestant interest, who Avere against the duke
of York's succession, of treason, particularly the earls of
Shaftesbury, Essex, and Halifax. When Dangerfield was
whipped the last time, as part of his punishment, 1 June, 1685,
one of his eyes was struck out by a barrister named Robert
Francis. This caused his death, for which his assailant was
hanged.
mea§ure§. Metric system, Micrometer, Weights.
— " Not men, but measures," a phrase used in Parliament by
Brougham, 2 Nov. 1830.
IHecCa, a city in Arabia, the birthplace of Mahomet,
about 571, whence he was compelled to flee, 15 July, 622 (the
Hegira). On one of the neighboring hills is a cave, where it
is asserted he retired to perform his devotions, and where the
greatest part of the Koran was brought to him by the augel
Gabriel, 604. Mecca, after being vainly besieged by Hoseiii
for the caliph Yezid, 682, was taken b}' Abdelmelek, 692. In
1803 it fell into the hands of the Wahabees, a IMahometan
sect. They were expelled by the pacha of Egypt in 1818,
who retired in 1841. It is said that 160,000 pilgrims visited
Mecca in 1858, and only 50,000 in 1859. The grand shereef
was assassinated by a fanatic, 21 Mch. 1880. Pilgrimage to
Mecca still continues; annual average about 90,000.
meclianiCi. The simple mechanical powers have
been ascribed to heathen deities; the axe, wedge, wimble, etc.,
to Daedalus. Motion, Steam-engine. b.c.
Aristotle writes on mechanics about 32<»
Properties ofthe lever, etc., demonstrated by Archimedes, who d. 212
[He laid the foundations of nearly all these inventions, the
further prosecution of which is theboastof our age.— TFaWw
(1695^.]
I
50
MEC
and mill, or quern, was very early in use; the Romans found
one in Yorkshire, Engl.
attlemills, molce jumentarice, were also in use by the Romans,
'■ater-mill was probably invented in Asia; the first that was
described was near one of the dwellings of Mithridates
rater-mill said to have been erected on the river Tiber, at
Rome
AD.
appus wrote on mechanics about 350
loating mills on the Tiber 536
ide-mills were, many of them, in use in Venice about 1078
Hnd-mills were in very general use in the 12th century.
•iw-mills are said to have been in use at Augsburg 1332
heory of the inclined plane investigated by Cardan about 1540
Jork on statics, by Stevinus 1586
alileo's " Scienza Mecanica " 1634
heorv of falling bodies, Galileo 1638
aws of percussion, Huygens, Wallis, Wren about 1660
heory of o-scillation, Huygens 1670
picycloidul form of the teeth of wheels, Roemer 1675
ercussiou and animal mechanics, Borelli ; he d 1679
pplication of mechanics to astronomy, parallelism of forces,
laws of motion, etc., Newton, Hooke, etc 1666-1700
roblem of the catenary with the analysis, dr. Gregory 1697
pirit level (and many "other inventions) by dr. Hooke,
from 1660 to 1702
'Alembert's researches on dynamics about 1743
agrange's '■ M^canique Analytique," pub 1788
aplace's " Mecanique Celeste." pub 1799-1805
orgnis's "Dictionnaire de Mecanique Appliquee aux Arts,"
10 vols 1818-23
dward H. Knight's excellent " Practical Dictionary of Me-
'chanics," pub 1877-84
' mechaniCSVille, Va., Battle at, 26 June, 1862. Pen-
ksULAR CAMPAIGN.
Hfech'lill or Haline§ (ma-ken'), a city of Belgium,
uowned for lace raaiiufacture, was founded in the 6th centurj' ;
jstroyed by the Normans in 884 ; sacked by the Spaniards,
)72; taken by the prince of Orange, 1578, and by the English,
)80; and frequently captured in the 17th and 18th centuries,
laring the evil fortunes of the country. Pop. 1891, 50,962.
497
MED
Meck'lenblirg^, N. Germany, formerly a principality
in Lower Saxony, now independent as the 2 grand-duchies
of Mecklenburg- Schwerin (area, 5135 sq. miles; pop. 1890,
578,446) and Mecklenburg-Strelitz (area, 1131 sq. miles; pop.
1890, 97,978). The house of Mecklenburg claims descent
from Genseric the Vandal, who ravaged the western empire
in the 5th century, and died 477. It is the only reigning fam-
ily in western Europe of Slavonic origin. The genealogical
table of the reigning grand-dukes begins with Niklot, who
died 1160, and comprises 25 generations. During the Thirty
Years' war Mecklenburg was conquered by Wallenstein, who
became duke, 1628; it was restored to its own duke 1630.
After several changes the government was settled in 1701 as
it now exists in the 2 branches of Schwerin and Strelitz. In
1815 the dukes were made grand-dukes. The dukes joined
the new North German Confederation by treaty, 21 Aug.
1866.
Hecklenbiirg^ Declaration of Inde-
pendeiiee. North Carolina, 20 May, 1775.
ineda1§. Numismatics. The ancient medals resem-
bled medallions. Modern medals began about 1453 in Ger-
many. The English House of Commons resolved to grant re-
wards and medals to the fleet whose officers (Blake, Monk,
Penn, and Lawson) and men defeated the Dutch fleet, off" the
Texel, in 1653. Blake's medal of 1653 was bought by William
IV. for 150 guineas. An act of 1692 applied the teiTth part of
the proceeds of prizes for medals and other rewards for officers,
seamen, and marines. After lord Howe's victory, 1 June, 1794,
it was thought expedient to institute a naval medal. Medals
were struck for the victory of Waterloo; a general war-medal
(for the war 1793-1814) was ordered in 1847 ; and special med-
als were given after the Caffre and Chinese wars. Medals were
presented by queen Victoria to persons distinguished in the
war in the Crimea, 18 May, 1855. Medals were given to arctic
voyagers of 1875-76, in 1877. A list of British military and
naval medals is given in " Whitaker's Almanack " for 1888.
MEDALS AWARDED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Date of
Resolution.
bh. 25, 1776
hv. 4, 1777
ly 26,1779
pt. 24,
3, 1780
!h. 9,1781
t. 29, "
t. 16,1787
;h. 29, 1800
;h. 3,1805
n. 29, 1813
1814
fi. U,
^. 20,
'j. 27,1815
X 22,1816
■r.^ 4,1818
]>■ 13,1835
6. 1846
2. 1847
., 9, 1848
i, 1854
To whom presented.
Gen. George Washington
Brig. -gen. Horatio Gates
Maj.-gen. Anthony Wayne
Lieut. -col. De I'leury
Maj. John Stewart
Maj. Henry Lee
John Paulding
David Williams
Isaac Van Wart
Brig.-gen. Daniel Morgan
Lieut. -col. AVilliam A. Washington
" John E. Howard
Maj. -gen. Nathaniel Greene
Capt. John Paul Jones
" Thomas Truxton
Com. Edward Preble
Capt. Isaac Hull. . . .-
' • Jacob Jones
" Stephen Decatur
" William Bainbridge
Lieut. Edward R. McCall
Com. Oliver H. Perry
Capt. Jesse D. Elliott
•' James Lawrence
Com. Thomas Macdonough
Capt. Robert Henley
Lieut. Stephen Cassin
Capt. Lewis Warrington
" Johnston Blakely (to the widow).
Maj.-gen. .Jacob Brown
" Peter B. Porter
Brig. -gen. E. W. Ripley .•
" James Miller
Maj.-gen. Winfield Scott
" Edmund P. Gaines
" Alexander Macomb
" Andrew Jackson
Capt. Charles Stewart
" James Biddle
Maj.-gen. William H. Harrison
Gov. Isaac Shelby
Col. George Croghan— 22 years after. . .
Maj.-gen. Zachary Taylor
British, French, and Spanish officers and crews.
Maj.-gen. Winfield Scott
" Zachary Taylor
Capt. Duncan N. Ingraham
For what se'vice.
Capture of Boston
Defeat of Burgoyne
Storming of Stony Point.
Surprise of Paulus Hook
Capture of Andr6
Victory of the Cowpen.s.
Victory at Eutaw Springs
Capture of the Serapis, 1779
Action with the Vengeance (French).
Tripoli
Capture of the Guerriere
" " Frolic
" " Macedonian
" " Java
" " Boxer
Victory on lake Erie
Capture of the Peacock
Victory on lake Cham plain.
Capture of the Epervier.
" " Reindeer.
Victory of Chippewa, etc.
" of Erie
" " Plattsburg
" " New Orleans
Capture of the Cyane and Levant.
" " Penguin
Victory of the Thames
1813.
Defence of fort Stephenson.
Victory on Rio Grande
Capture of Monterey
/Rescuing crew of the U. S. brig-of-war Somers before i
\ Vera Cruz, 7 Dec. 1846 J
' Mexican campaign ._..
Victory of Buena Vista
Release of Martin Koszta.
Gold.
Silver.
Gold.
Silver.
Gold.
Silver.
fGold&
[ silver.
Gold.
MED
498
MED
MEDALS AWARDED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.— (Continued.)
Dote of
ReMlution.
To whom proMuted.
For what service.
Met(
May 11,1868
Dec. 21,1861)
July 16, 1862/
July 12, " )
Mch. 3, 1863 f
Dec 17 "
Dr. Frederick H. Rose, of the British navy
f For humanity— care of yellow-fever patients from)
\ Jamaica to New York on the U. S. S. Susquehanna (
C At Gettysburg, 1 July, 1803. the 27th Maine volun- ]
teered to remain for the battle, although its term
[ had expired. All its members received medals. .
Victories of fort Donelson, Vicksburg, Chaltiiiiooga
Gift of ship Vanderbilt
Gol<
Broi
Go1<l
NavHl, to be bestowed upon petty officers, seamen,
and marines distinguished for gallantry in action,
etc. ; 200 issued.
(Army, to non-commissioned officers and privates for )
( gallantry in action, etc. ; 2000 issued )
Moj -gen Ulysses S Grant
Jan 28 1864
Cornelius Vanderbilt ....
July 26, 1866
Mch. 2,1867
Mch 16 "
f Rescuing 500 passengers from the S. S. i^an Fran- )
Cisco, -26 July, 1K53. Creighton, of the Three Bells. [
] Glasgow; Low, of the bark Kelly, of Boston, and [
[ Stouffler, of the ship Antarctic, Liverpool J
•
i
George Peabody
Promotion of education
|H
Mch 1 1871
George F Robinson
Saving William H. Seward from assassination, 14\
Apr. 1865. Besides the medal, $5000
(Saving passengers from the Metis, of the N. Y. and
( Providence line, 31 Aug. 1872 '
There has been presented as awards for life-saving
J since the passage of the resolution 167 gold and
209 silver medals up to 1 July, 1892. Life-saving
^
Feb. 24, 1873
June 16, 1874
June 20 ' '
( Capt. Crandall and others, Long Island lighthouse )
\ keeper and crew i
Centennial medals.
,.
(.«.
. 1
J. F. Loubat's work on "The Medallic History of the United
States " was pub 1878
Me'dia, a province of the Assyrian empire, revolted, 711
B.C. Its chronology is doubtful. b (,
Revolt of the Medes 711
Deioces, founder of Ecbatana, reigns 709
Phraortes, or Arphaxad, reigns (he conquers Persia, Armenia,
and other countries) 656
Warlike reign of Cyaxares ■ 632-594
War with the Lydians (Halts) 603
Astyages reigns 594
Astyages deposed by Cyrus, 550; w^ho established the empire of
Persia 560
medical science. The medical knowledge of the
ancient Egyptians is presented to us in the Leipsic Papyrus,
written in the 16th century b.c., and the Berlin Papyrus, 14th
century b.c., supposed to be parts of the " Hermetic Books,"
the substance dating from 4000 B.C. From the Bible we learn
much of the science of medicine among the Jews, 1500 b.c.
India, in the 11th century b.c., possessed many branches of
the science, though imperfectly, but in advance of the Egyp-
tians and Jews. The healing art was studied among the Per-
sians and Greeks about 500 b.c., and Pythagoras explained the
philosophy of disease and the action of medicine about the
same time. The science carried to Rome from the schools
of Alexandria about 100 b.c. Hippocrates " the Great " of
Cos, who died at Larissa in Thessaly 377 or 370 b.c., was " the
creator of profane as distinguished from sacerdotal medicine,
of public in place of secret practice," and the founder of prog-
nosis. There were female doctors of the Roman school of
Salerno, between the 12th and 14th centuries a.d., who
wrote on all medical subjects, but particularly on gynecol-
ogy. In Mayence a female physician practised as early as
1288, and another at Frankfort-on-the-Main in 1391. Sur-
gery.
l)ISCOVERI?:S AND GENERAL ADVANCE OF THE SCIENCE.
Praxagoras of Cos discovers the distinction between arteries rc.
and veins 335
Herophilus of Chalcedon, founder of human dissection, discov-
ers the chyliferous and lymphatic vessels 335-280
Aulus Cornelius Celsus, a Roman author, compiles 8 books, a.d.
"De Medlcina " 30 b.c. to 50
Electricity used in treatment of protracted headache by Scribo-
nius Largus 43
Rufus of Ephesus discovers the decussation of the optic nerve
and the capsule of the crystalline lens about 50
Marinus, one of the greatest anatomists of antiquity, discovers
the inferior laryngeal nerves and the intestinal glands,
about 100
Claudius Galen of Pergamus, the greatest of the eclectics, and
author of 83 medical works still extant, b. 131, d 201
"Presbyter" Ahrun, Alexandria, first describes the cause,
symptoms, prognosis, and treatment of small-pox 600-700
First public pharmacy erected by Al Mansur, the Arabi-
an 745
First Arabian Pharmacopoeia pub. by Sabur ebn Sahel, presi-
dent of the school at Jondisabur, who d 864
Avicenna, an Arabian, wrote a system of medicine about 980
" Antidotarium," popular as a pharmacopoeia, and a "Quid
pro Quo," or list of equivalent drugs, pub. by Nicholas
Praepositus, president of the school of Salerno about 1240-50
College de St. C5me, an association of French surgeons organ-
ized by Jean Pitard about 1254
Title of chirurgeon or surgeon first recognized by law in Eng-
land {Tone}-)
Dissection of human subjects revived by Mondino de Luzzi
(Anatomy) about
Law for inspection of pharmacies promulgated in France
Earliest mandate or warrant for the attendance of a physician
at the English court is dated
"Barber-surgeons" in England incorporated under the title of
" Masters or Governors of the Mystery or Commonalty of
Barbers of London " 24 Feb. 1461 '
Diseases of children made a distinct department of medicine
by Paolo Magelardo of Fiume and Bartholomseus Metlinger,
1472-7J
" Fasciculus Medicinae " of Johannes de Ketham pub. at
Venice, the first medical work illustrated by wood-cuts.
pub.
1491
Dogmatic medicine prevailed till the Reformation, when it wa
attacked by Paracelsus, 1493-1541, and Vesalius 1514-61
First dissection at Strasburg 1517
College of physicians in London founded by Thomas Lina-
cre 1513
First law in England to aid the study of practical anatomy au-
thorizes dissection of 4 executed felons each year by Masters
of the Mystery of Barbers and Surgeons , 1540
First English work on anatomy. '-The Englishman's Treas-
ure, or the True Anatomy of Man's Body," by Thomas Vi-
cary 154-
Caius college in Cambridge, Engl, established by John Kaye,
about
"Treatyse of Anatomic," with 39 copper plates, the fir.st ana-
tomical work so illustrated in England, pub. by Thomas
Gemini
Matteo Realdo Colombo of Cremona, first to demonstrate ex-
perimentally that the blood passes from the lungs into the
pulmonary veins, d
Eustachian tube discovered by Bartolommeo Eustacchi, pro-
fessor of anatomy at Rome
Ambrose Pare, father of modern surgery, b. 1510, d
First London Pharmacopoeia pub
William Harvey»of Folkestone, Kent, explains the circulation
of the blood in a book pub
[This discovery made a revolution in physiology.]
Wilhelm Fabriz, first surgeon to amputate the thigh, d
First Pharmacopoeia of Paris pub
Medicinal use of cinchona or Peruvian bark introduced into
Europe by Juan del V^ego (Chinchona)
Discovery of the thoracic duct and its termination in the sub-
clavian vein in the dog, made by Jean Pecquet of Dieppe in
1647, and in man by Jan van Home, professor of anatomy
in Leyden
Clinical lectures first held by Montanus, who died in Italy in
1552; clinics introduced in Utrecht by William van der
Straten in 1636, and complete clinical method introduced at
Leyden by Sylvius
Marcello.iMalpiglf (1628-94) of Crevalcuore, near Bologna, dis-
covers the capillary circulation in the lungs and mesentery
of frogs (1661), and" the blood corpuscles (1665); also the pig-
mentary layer of the skin about
First transfusion of blood in man performed by Jean Baptisle
Denis in France, 15 June, 1667, and by Ed"mund King in
England 23 Nov.
College of Physicians founded at Dublin, Irel
Anatomical plates of veins and nerves, purchased in Padua by
John Evelyn, presented to the Royal Society of Great Britain,
the first seen in England 31 Oct.
Tourniquet invented at the siege of Be.sanpon by Morel
Vienna acquires a skeleton in 1668; Strasburg a male skeleton
in 1671 and a female in
" New London Dispensatory " pub. by William Salmon
College of Physicians founded at Edinburgh, Scotl
Frederich Hoffman, pioneer of the study of mineral waters,
writes a work on the mineral springs of Herrnham
1550
15.50
1502
1590
1618
1623
1631
1633
1652
165S
1661
MED
499
MED
1728
1730
'Pharmacopoeia Bateaua" pub. in London by J. Skipton 1688
inatomical theatre first erected in Surgeon's hall, Edinburgh. 1697
•ierre Brisseau first demonstrates by dissection that the lens
is clouded in cataract 1705
Irst university to create a chair of anatomy iu Great Britain
was the University of Edinburgh, with Robert Elliot as pro-
fessor at 151. per year "
[Cambridge, 1707; Glasgow, 1718; Oxford, 1750; Dublin,
1785.]
lieatricum Anatomicum founded in Berlin 1713
noculation for small pox, practised in China about 1000 B.C.,
' introduced into London by lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1721
1' History of Physics " pub. iu London by John Freind 1725-26
•ormaliou of artificial pupil by simple incision of the iris in-
I troduced by William Cheselden in London
cience of otology founded by Joseph Guichard Duverney, pro-
, fessor of anatomy at Paris, who d
atlieterization of the Eustachian tube from the mouth, at-
tempted by postmaster Guyot of Versailles in 1724, and first
I performed" through the nose by Archibald CleUnd of Eng-
land ■• 1741
[homas Dover, inventor of " Dover's Powder '■" d "
lirst chair of clinical medicine in Great Britain established in
I Edinburgh, John Rutherford incumbent "
leparation of surgeons from barbers in France effected by
I Franpois Gigot de la Peyronie
I Pharmacopoeia Hippiatrica " (veterinary) issued by Mr. Bart-
f lett, eminent Anglo-French microscopist
leopold Auenbrugger, after 7 years' test -in Spanish hospitals,
publishes his new method for diagnosis of diseases of the
chest by percussion
jlectricity first employed in treatment of paralysis by Christian
Gottl. Kratzenstein, who d. in 1795, and electric baths intro-
duced by Gottl. Fried. ROssler
xcision of the elbow joint by Wainman of Shripton, Engl., in
1758, and of the shoulder joint by Charles White
[eorge Armstrong opens the first children's hospital in Europe,
jXistence of septic poisons proved by injection of putrefying
I matter into the veins of animals, by the great Albert von
j Haller of Berne, b. 1708, d
pundation of modern public hygiene in a wark of J. Peter
Frank on '-System of Medical Police," pub. at Mannheim...
orgues instituted in France through Jos. Jac. de Gardanne
; (afterwards in Germany through Hufeland)
jondon Hospital Medical school established
phann Ernst Wichmann of Hanover first designates the itch
imite as the cause of contagion in itch
bhn Hunter, celebrated London physician, b. 1728, d
irst resort for sea bathing established in Germany at Doberan,
{accination or inoculation with cow-pox performed in 1774 by
[farmer Benjamin Jesty of Gloucester, and in 1792 by school-
I master Plett at Starkendorf in Holstein, but the discovery was
(Completed and its practice advocated by dr. Edward Jenner,
j of Berkeley, Gloucester, who first made the discovery com-
; plete by the inoculation or vaccination of a boy, James
I Phipps 14 May,
'imes Currie first makes extensive use of the thermometer in
i disease, and introduces the modern method of employing
I cold water in medical practice in England
jirst aural hospital in London founded by sir John H. Curtis.
jr Charles Bell (1774-1842) of England discovers that the pos-
'terior roots of the spinal nerves preside over sensation, and
I the anterior over motion
lene Theodore Hyacinthe LaSnnec of France invents the
■ Stethescope
odern germ theory first suggested in France by the discovery
1 of the yeast plant by Cagniard Latour
parmaceutical Society of Great Britain founded 1 June,
bloroform, discovered independently by Samuel Guthrie of
jSackett's Harbor, N. Y. (1831), and by Eugene Souberain in
I France, is studied by Liebig, and named by Dumas. First
! employed as an anaesthetic by sir James Young Simpson of
; Edinburgh Nov.
'•of. Hermann Ludwig Helmholtz invents the opthalmoscope,
|rlificial ear-drums proposed by Marcus Banzer of Germany in
: 1G40, by Autenreith in 1815, and by Joseph Toynbee of Eng-
land
1743
1759
1761
1768
u
1769
1777
1779
1781
1785
1786
1793
1794
1797
1816
1836
1841
1847
1851
1853
.irliest dental clinic in Germany established by prof. E. Al-
jbrecht (Odontology) 1855
puis Pasteur demonstrates that fermentation and putrefac-
tion are caused by the vital processes of lower organism 1857
iaperfect laryngoscope invented by Benjamin Guy Babington
of Guy's hospital in 1829, and perfected by inventions of
Czermak and Turck about 1858
adoscope for the electrical illumination of the interior surface
of the bladder invented by A. J. Desormeaux, jr 1863
iss Garrett (Mrs. Anderson) licensed in London to practise
medicine 1865
itiseptic dressing of wounds with carbolic acid discovered by
Runge in 1834; used by sir Joseph Lister of Glasgow, in
Edmburgh 1869
, hool of Medicine for Women in London opened Oct. 1874
ospital opened in Tien Tsin, China, at instance of dr. Mac-
kenzie of the London mission, by viceroy Li Hung Chang. . . 1880
isteur first inoculates for Hydrophobia 7-16 July, 1885
'. Robert Koch announces, before the International Medical
tongress at Berlin, his discovery of a lymph for checking
the growth of tubercle bacillus in consumption, etc Aug. 1890
IN THE UNITED STATES.
le position q^physician-general of the colony of Virginia was
held one year by dr. Lawrence Bohun, who arrived 1610;
and afterwards by dr. John Pot, the first permanent resident
physician in the U. S. Dr. Samuel Fuller, first physician of
New England, arrived in the Mayjlower in 1620, and dr. Jo-
hannes la Montagne, first permanent medical settler in New
Amsterdam, arrived 1637, followed the next year by drs.
Gerrit Schult and Hans Kiersted, while dr. Abraham Staats
settled at Albany prior to 1650. Lambert Wilson, a "chirur-
geon " or surgeon, was sent to New England in 1629 to serve
the colony 3 years and "to educate and instruct in his art
one or more youths."
Anatomical lectures were delivered in Harvard college by dr.
Giles Firman before 1647
Earliest law to regulate practice of medicine in the colonies
was passed in Massachusetts in 1649; adopted by New
York 1665
Earliest recorded autopsy and verdict of a coroner's jury
was made in Maryland on a negro supposed to have lieen
murdered by his master; surgeons received fees for "dis-
secting and viewing the corpse," 1 hogshead of tobacco,
24 Sept. 1657
Treatise on small-pox and measles pub. at Boston by dr.
Thomas Thacher; a sheet loXxlO)4 inches— the first med-
ical work pub. in America 1677
First Quarantine act passed by the General Assembly of Penn-
sylvania 1700
First general hospital chartered in the colonies— Pennsylvania
hospital of Philadelphia— organized 1751, opened Dec. 1756
Medical department. University of Pennsylvania, founded 1765
College of Physicians and Surgeons, medical department of
King's college, N. Y., established 1767
First clinical instruction in America given by dr. Thomas Bond
in Pennsylvania hospital , 1769
Term "doctor" first applied to medical practitioners or "phy-
sitians " in America {Toner) "
Medical department, Harvard university, founded 1783
Philadelphia dispensary for the gratuitous treatment of the
sick poor, first in the U. S., established 1786
Earliest example of a special American Pharmacopoeia is a 32-
page work of dr. William Brown, pub. at Philadelphia and
designed especially for the army 1788
" Doctors' mob" in New York "
New York dispensary organized 4 Jan. 1791, incorporated 1795
Dr. Elisha Perkins of Norwich, Conn., patents his "metallic
tractors," afterwards known as " Perkinism " 1796
First original American medical journal, the Medical Repository,
appears 1797
Medical department of Dartmouth college established 1798
First general Quarantine act passes Congress 23 Feb. 1799
First vaccination in U. S. performed by dr. Benjamin Water.-
house, professor in Harvard college, on his 4 children,
July, 1800
First Vaccine institute in U. S. organized by dr. James Smith
in Baltimore, Md 1802
" American Dispensatory " pub. by John Redman Coxe 1806
Ovariotomy performed incidentally by Robert Houston in
Glasgow (1701) and by L'Aumonier. in Rouen (1781), is per-
formed by dr. Ephraim McDowell of Kentucky . 1809
U. S. Vaccine agency established by Congress (discontinued in
1822) 1813
Work on "Therapeutics and Materia Medica," the first in the
U. S. and best in the English language at that time, pub. by
Nathaniel Chapman 1817
John Syng Dorsey of Philadelphia, author of " Elements of
Surgery" (1814), and first surgeon to tie the external iliac
artery d. (aged 35) 1818
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, founded 1820
Pennsylvania Eye and Ear Infirmary, Philadelphia, founded... 1822
Benjamin W. Dudley, founder of the medical department. Uni-
versity of Transylvania, Lexington, Ky., trephines the skull
for epilepsy, probably the first instance in the U. S 1828
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, founded 1829
" Dispensatory of the United States of America" first pub. by
Franklin Bache and dr. George B. Wood 1833
(Esophagotomy first performed by John Watson of New
York ; case reported 1844
Water-cures introduced into the U. S. by dr. R. T. Trail, who
opened a Hydropathic institute in New York in 1844, and
dr. Joel Shew at Lebanon Springs, N. Y 1845
Left subclavian artery tied by J. Kearney Rodgers 1846
Collodion first applied to surgical purposes by J. Parker May-
nard in Boston 1847
Elizabeth Blackwell graduated M. D. at the medical school of
Geneva, N. Y. (the first woman in the U. S.) Tan. 1849
First excision of the hip joint in the U. S. performed by Henry
J. Bigelow, professor in Harvard college 1852
Dr. Elkanah Williams of Cincinnati, earliest specialist in oph-
thalmology, begins practice 1855
Arteria innominata tied for the first time by dr. Valentine
Mott of New York (1818); by dr. R. W. Hall of Baltimore
(1830); by dr. E. S. Cooper of San Francisco (1859); and
again, being the first case in which the patient's life was
saved, by dr. A. W. Smyth of New Orleans 1864
Dr. Horace Green, said to have been the first specialist in dis-
eases of the throat and lungs, d 1866
Centennial international medical congress held in Philadel-
phia 1876
New York Polyclinic organized 1880-81, opened 1882
Dr. Valentine Mott of New York reports 4 apparently suc-
cessful inoculations for hydrophobia, performed by himself,
Oct. 1886
MED
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MED
MEDICAL COLLKGKS IN THE U. S., REGISTERING 100 STUDENTS AND UPWARDS (1890).
Location.
Alabama. .
Califoruia.
Dist. Col..
Georgia...
Iowa....
niinos..
Kentucky.
liOuisiana.;
Masa I
Maryland .
Michigan..
Minnesota.
Missouri..
Now York.
Ohio ,
Oregon....
Pa
Tennessee,
Vermont. .
Modiciil Colloge of Alabama
Cooper Mediciil College
National Medical College (Columbian University)
Howard University, Medical Department
Medical College of Georgia (University of Georgia)
Atlanta .Medical College
Southern Mcdiral College
Medical Department, State University of Iowa
Rush .Medical Collejie
Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital
(Jhicago Medical College (Northwestern University)
Chicago Homoeopathic Medical College
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago
University of Louisville, Medical Department
Kentucky School of Medicine
Louisville Medical College
Hospital College of Medicine (Central University) ,
Medical Department of Tulane University
Harvard University Medical School
University of Maryland, School of Medicine
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Deparimont of Medicine and Surgery, University of Michigan
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Medical Department of the University ofMinnesota
Missouri Medical College
St. JiOuis College of Physicians and Surgeons
College of Physicians and Surgeons (Columbia college)
Albany Medical College ,
Medical Department, University of the City of New York
Medical Department, University of Buffalo
Long Island College Hospital
Bellevue Hospital Medical College
New York Homoeopathic Medical College
Medical College of Ohio
Western Reserve University, Medical Department
Eclectic .Medical Institute ,
Starling Medical College ,
Homoeopathic Hospital College ,
Medical Department of Willamette University
University of Pennsylvania, Medical Department ,
Jefferson Medical College
Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital
AVoman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia ,
Medical Department of Vanderbilt University
Medical Department of University of Tennessee
Memphis Hospital Medical College (Southwestern Baptist University).
Medical Department, University of Vermont
Mobile
San Francisco.
Washington . . .
Augusta.
Atlanta .
Iowa City.
Chicago...
Louisville.
New Orleans
Boston
Baltimore...
Ann Arbor . .
Detroit
Minneapolis.
St. Louis
New York.
Albany . . .
New York.
Buffalo....
Brooklyn .
New York.
Cincinnati
Cleveland .
Cincinnati.
Columbus.
Cleveland .
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Nashville
Memphis...
Burlington.
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1858
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1859
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1881
1837
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1869
1874
1650
1807
1872
1837
1885
1851
1845
1879
1754
1839
1831
1846
1858
1861
1819
1843
1845
1847
1849
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1753
1826
1848
1850
1873
1794
1878
1791
1824
1867
1829
1856
1879
1870
1841
1855
1859
1876
1882
1837
18.50
1869
1874
1834
1783
1808
1872
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1845
1879
1767
1839
1841
1846
1859
1861
1820
1843
1845
1847
1849
1866
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1H75
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COLLEGES OF PHARMACY IN THE UNITED STATES.
Ofwned.
Illinois.
Mass
Maryland .
Michigan..
Missouri..
New York.
Pa
Chicago College of Pharmacy
Illinois College of Pharmacy (Northwestern University).
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Maryland College of Pharmacy
School of Pharmacy, University of Michigan
St. Louis College of Pharmacy
College of Pharmacy, city of New York
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Chicago.
Boston
Baltimore. .
Ann Arbor.
St. Louis.. .
New York. .
Philadelphia
1859
1851
1852
1841
1837
1866
1831
1822
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1867
1841
1868
1821
MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Organized.
American Medical Association 1847
" Pharmaceutical Association 1852
" Ophthalmological Society 1864
" Otological Society...- 1868
Association of American Medical Editors 1869
American Association for the Cure of Inebriates 1870
Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institu-
tions for the Insane "
American Public Health Association 1872
" Neurological Association 1875
Gynecological Society. 1876
Association of Medical Officers of American Institutions for
Idiotic and Feeble-minded Persons "
Association of American Medical Colleges "
American Dermatological Association "
Academy of Medicine "
' ' Laryngological Association 1878
" Surgical Association 1879
National Association for the Protection of the Insane and the
Prevention of Insanity 1880
American Climatological Association 1883
PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORIES FOR THE STUDY OF
BACTERIOLOGY.
Laboratory of the Alumni of the College of Physicians and
Surgeons of New York opened 1878
Carnegie Laboratory of New York " 1885
Loomis Laboratory of New York " 1886
Hoagland Laboratory of Brooklyn " 1888
Laboratoryof the Johns Hopkins Universitj', Baltimore. " 1889
SCHOOLS, SYSTEMS, AND THEORIES OF MEDICINE.
The ancient schools of philosophy more or less influenced
the development of medicine down to the time of Hippocrates,
the Great " creator of scientific medicine and of artistic prac-
tice." The previous practice of medicine was largely sacer-
dotal. The principal schools, systems, and theories, covering
almost the entire field of medical treatment from his day, have
been as follows :
Born. Died
School, system, or theory. Founder. B.C.
Hippocratists Hippocrates II. of Cos 460-about 370
(Thessalus 380
Dogmatic school \ Draco 350
( Polybus 4th century.
Herophilists Herophilus of Chalcedon about 335-280
School of Erasistratus.. . Erasistratus of lulius about 340-280
School of empirics Philimus of Cos 280
School of methodism....Asclepiades of Prusa 128-56
A.D.
Pneumatic school Athenseus of Attalia about 90
Fclectics i Agathinus of Sparta '^''""l?!!
i^.cieciics I Claudius Galen of Pergam us. 131-201 or 210
Paracelsists I Theophrastus (Panicelsus) Bom- )i493_i54l
I bast von Hohunheim )
System of Joh. Bapt. van Helmont ^^'^^^X;:,
latro-chemical system.. . Francois de le Bo5 1614-16/-
^1em"!^"!'"!'!':'.'!'.\'^.'." !«iovanni Alfonso Borelli 1G08-1679
System of Sydenham.. . .Thomas Sydenham, England 1624-1689
Eclectic system Hermann Boerhaave 1668-17d«
System of George Ernst Stahl 1660-17-11
^^SSm .°".'^.^"^"I'" JFriedrich Hoffmann 1660-1742
^^thXy!' °''^^"^"!'.^^^ ^ ^"'"° «f Scotland 1712-1790
Old Vienna school.'.'.".'.'. .Ger' ird van Swieten of Leyden. . 1700-1772
MED
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Born. Died.
School, system, or theory. Founder. A.D.
rheory of Christopher Ludwig Hoffmann of Westphalia. . .1721-1807
Doctrine of iufarctus. . . Johann Kampf 1726-1787
School of Montpellier j.j,jjg,jjp^jijg ^^ Bordeu 1722-1776
njctrfne of vital" force ..John Christian Reil (elaborator) .. 1759-1813
System of Erastus Darwin 1731-1802
riieory of animal mag- jp^j^^^^mo^ Mesmer 1734-1815
Brunonian's'yst'emV.V. . .John Brown, Scotland 1735-1788
riieory of realism Philippe Pinel 1745-1826
Theory of excitement. . .Johann Andreas Roeschlaub 1768-1835
Theory of stimolo and)^^j^^j^^^j j^^g^j.; ^f ^ijian 1762-1837
contrastimolo )
System of dr. Rush Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia 1745-1813
Homoeopathy Samuel C. F. Hahnemann 1755-1843
Theory of physiological Iprancois Joseph Victor Broussais. 1772-1838
medicine ) .
, „■ . , , , p f Jean Nicolas Corvisart-Desraa-)i„KK ic,ni
French (Pans) school of ^.^^^ J1755-1821
pathological anatomy^ Ren^fhiodoreHyaciuthe Lasii- h„„i ,j.^^
and diagnosis j^ ^g^ ;; jl781-182b
... (Hostile to every eccentricity and
English medical | ^o all schools. -Baas.
Dublin school of patho- 1 Robert James Graves 1797-1853
logical anatomy | William Stokes 1S04-1878
School of natural his- iJohann LukasSchOnlein of Bam-K,jg3_jgg^
tory 3 berg , j
5chool of natural phi- horenz Oken (Bavaria) 1779-1851
losophy )
( Karl, baron von Rokitansky 1804-1878
New Vienna school { Joseph Skoda 1805-1881
(Johannes von Oppolzer 1808-1871
ystem of John Gottfried Rademacher 1772-1849
. . ,. , ( C. Pfenfer of Bamberg 1806-1869
lational medical | p^ ^ j^^ He^le 1809-1885
lydrotherapeutics Vincenz Priessnitz. . ; 1772-1849
lehular vitalism Rudolph Virchow 1821-
lodern chemical sys-
tem
Justus von Liebig 1803-1873
;chool of natural sci-1
(
Hugo Wilhelm von Ziemssen 1829-
Rrnst Bouchet. Paris 1818-
'arasitic or germ the
ory
ences
leminal vitalism.
hagocyte theory Klias Metschnikoff.
'First complete theory brought
I forward by Karl Hueter, pro-
fessor of surgery in Greifswald 1873
In the development of this the-
ory the French and Germans
are the most prominent work-
ers, as Hallier, Fries, Ehren-
berg, Pasteur, Koch, etc.
VETERINARY SCIENCE.
'eterinary medicine was practised in ancient Egypt and India
\ by specialists. The diseases and anatomy of animals are de-
! scribed by early Greek writers like Simon of Athens and
! Aristotle (384-322 B.C.). The Roman, Apsyrtus, in the 4th
f century, described glanders, farcy, the strangles, founder, etc.
jalaried i'ferdeartze mentioned as located in Ulm, 1388, and in
! Frankfort-on-the-Main 1491
(homas Fabyan appointed veterinary surgeon to king's horses
! (Henry VIII. of England), salary 12d. per day 4 Dec. 1510
I'irst general work on veterinary anatomy, "Bellerophon,"
' pub. by G. S. Winter von Adlersflugel 1668
/ork on "The Anatomy of the Horse" written by Andrew
• Snape of London 1686
jirst special veterinary schools founded at Lyons (1762), and
' at Alfort, near Charenton, by Claude Bourgelat 1763
irmy veterinary schools opened in Vienna, 1777; Dresden,
; 1780, and Berlin 1790
ondon Veterinary college established by Charles Vial de St. Bel, 1791
jdinburgh Veterinary college established 1823
oyal College of Veterinary Surgeons chartered 1844
jeterinary Department, Cornell university, established 1869
merican Veterinary college. New York, chartered 1857 ; reor-
! ganized 1875
i Medici {med-e-chee'~) family, the restorers of litera-
'ire and the tine arts in Italy, were chiefs, or sigiiori, of the re-
jublic of Florence from 1434, when Cosmo de' Medici, who had
|«en banished from the republic, was recalled and raadeitschief ;
|e ruled for thirty years. Lorenzo de' Medici, styled " the Mag-
iificent," and the " Father of Letters," ruled Florence from 1469
p 1492. (iiovanni de' Medici (pope Leo X.) was the son of
iorenzo.— i^oscoe. From 1569 to 1737 the Medici family were
•ereditary grand-dukes of Tuscany. Catherine de' Medici be-
rime queen of France in 1547, and regent in 1550. She plot-
led with the duke of Alva to destroy the Protestants in 1565.
I Medina {ma-dee'na; Arabia Deserta) holds the tomb
I' Mahomet, in a large mosque, lighted by rich lamps. Me-
fina was called City of the Prophet, because here Mahomet
ias protected when he fled from Mecca, 16 July, 622. Hegira.
• edina was taken by the Wahabees in 1804*; retaken bv the
iicha of Egypt, 1818.
MEM
Medina, Bopora country, Africa, a kingdom annexed to
Liberia by consent, Feb. 1880. It is rich in African products
and timber, with gold, iron, and other minerals.
meg'aphone, a form of Telephone, invented by T.
A. Edison, for the use of the deaf; announced 1878.
Meg^'ara, a city of ancient Greece, was subdued by the
Athenians in the 8th century b.c. Pericles suppressed a re-
volt, 445 B.C. The Megarians founded Byzantium 657 B.C.,
and sent a second colony, 628 b.c. The Megarian (Eristic, or
disputatious) school of philosophy was founded by Euclid and
Stilpo, natives of Megara.
megathe'rium is the name given by Cuvier to a
large extinct animal belonging to the order Edentata. A
nearly complete skeleton, found on the banks of the river
Luxan, near Buenos Ayres, and sent to the Royal museum at
Madrid in 1789, was for some time the only source of informa-
tion regarding it. In 1832 other bones were discovered near
Rio Salado, and still another collection in 1837, now in the
British museum. From these prof. Owen published a com-
plete description of the skeleton in 1861. In size it exceeded
any existing land animal except the elephant, and was in-
ferior to it only in the shortness of its limbs, as in length and
bulk its body was equal, if not superior.
Meig'§ (m^gz), Fort. Four Meigs ; Ohio; United
States, 1813.
Meis'tersinger§, Minnesingers.
Melazzo {me-lat'so), a town of W. Sicily. Here Gari-
baldi, on 20, 21 July, 1860, defeated Neapolitans under gen.
Bosco, who lost about 600 men. Garibaldi's loss being 167.
The latter entered Messina; and on 30 July a convention was
signed, providing that the Neapolitan troops should quit Sicily.
They held the citadel of Messina till 13 March, 1861.
Mel'bourne, Australia, capital of Victoria. It was
founded by J. P. Fawkener, 29 Aug. 1835 ; and laid out as a
town by order of sir R. Bourke, in April, 1837. The first land
sale took place in June, and speculation continued till it caused
wide-spread insolvency, in 1841-42. Victoria.
Made a municipal corporation, 1842; a bishopric 1847
First legislative assembly of Victoria meets 1852
Gold found in abundance about 80 miles from Melbourne, au-
tumn of 1851, and immense numbers of emigrants flocked
in, causing enormous prices of provisions and clothing "
Population 23,000 in 1851; about 100,000 end of 1852; 491,378 in 1891
merenite, a new explosive invented by M. Turpin, a
French chemist; approved by the French war minister, Dec.
1886. Several persons killed by an explosion of this material
at Belfort. The patent was bought by Messrs. Armstrong &
Co., of Elswick, named lyddite, and sold by them to the
British government ; announced Oct. 1888.
melodrama, in which dialogue is interspersed with
music, began in Germany in the 18th century, and was intro-
duced in England by Thomas Holcroft.
Melos, now MilO, one of the Cyclades in the ^Egean
sea, early colonized by the Spartans. During the Pelopon-
nesian war the Melians adhered to Sparta, till the island was
captured, after 7 months' siege, by the Athenians, who mas-
sacred all the men and sold the women and children as slaves,
416 B.C. A statue of Venus, found here in 1820, was placed
in the Louvre, 1834. Sculpture.
Memno'nium or Ramesei'on, Thebes, Egypt,
the tomb of Osvmandyas, according to Diodorus, now consid-
ered to be that'of Rarneses III., 1618 b.c. Its ruins are re-
garded as the most ancient in Thebes.
" And thou hast walked about (how strange a story)
In Thebes's streets three thousand years ago.
When the Memnonium was in all its glory."
—Smith, " Address to a Mummy."
Memplli§, an ancient city of Egypt, is said to have
been built bv Menes, 3890 b.c. ; or by Misraim, 2188 b.c. It
was restored by Septimius Severus, 202 a.p. The invasion
of Cambyses, 525 b.c., began the ruin of Memphis, and the
founding of Alexandria, 332, completed it. In the 7th cen-
tury, under the Saracens, it fell into decay.
Memphis, Tenn., on the Mississippi river. Pop. 1870,
40,226 ; 1880, 33,593 ; 1890, 64,495. Tennessee, 1808, '19, '49,
1862, '69, etc. ; Yellow fever.
MEN
602
MET
mcnal (meri'f) StPRlt, between the Welsh coast and
the isle of Anglesey. The foot-soldiers of Suetonius Pauliniis,
when he invaded Anglesey, crossed in Hat-bottomed boats, wiiile
the cavalry swam over,and attacked the Druids in their last re-
treat. Their horrid practice of sacrificing captives, and their
opposition,8o incensed the Koman general that he gave the Brit-
ons no quarter, throwing all that escaped from that battle into
fires which they had prepared for himself and his army,61. The
road from London to Holyhead has long been regarded as the
higliway to Dublin; Mr. Telford was applied to by the govern-
ment to perfect this route by the London and Holyhead mail-
coach road, which hedid by erecting beautifulsuspension- bridges
over the river Conway and the Menai strait — commenced in
July, 1818; finished in July, 1825; opened 30 Jan. 1826. The
Britannia tubular bridge over the Menai was constructed by
Stephenson and Fairbairn in 1849-50. Bridges, Tubular.
ineil'dicant friars. Several religious orders com-
menced alms-begging in the 13th century, in the pontificate
of Iimocent HI. They spread over Europe, and formed com-
munities; but at length, by a general council held by Gregory
X., at Lyons, in 1272, were reduced to 4 orders— Dominicans,
Franciscans, Carmelites, and Augustines. The Capuchins and
others branched ofif. Franciscans, etc.
]fIen'llon]te§, 4 sects of Dutch, Flemish, and Ger-
man Baptists, derive their name from Menno Simons (1492-
1559), formerly a Catholic priest, who became a teacher and
leader of the Anabaptists about 1537, and published his " True
Christian Belief" in 1556; subsequently divisions and changes
ensued. As early as 1683 German Mennonites settled in
Pennsylvania, and from time to time since. When in 1871
Russia, which before had allowed them freedom from con-
scription, imposed it upon them, they were given permission
to leave the country. A large number came to the United
States and Canada, 1874, settling in Manitoba, and in Kansas,
Nebraska, etc. As a religious body the different branches
show as follows, according to the census of 1890 : Churches,
550; church property, $643,800 ; communicants, 41,541.
mensura'tioil. The properties of conic sections were
discovered by Archimedes, to whom the leading principles of
mensuration may be attributed. He also determined the
ratio of spheres, spheroids, etc., about 218 B.C. Arithmetic.
The mensurator^ a new machine for the solution of triangles,
was explained by W. Marsham Adams, at the British associa-
tion meeting at Brighton, Aug. 1872.
IflCIltZ or Mayence (md-ydns'), a city of Hesse, S.W.
Germany, the Roman Mognntiacum, built about 13 b.c. The
archbishopric was founded by Boniface, 745. Many diets have
been held here; and here John Faust established a printing-
press, about 1440. A festival in honor of John Gutenberg was
celebrated here in 1837. Printing. Mentz was given up to
the Prussians, 26 Aug. 1866.
Heilll, Institutes of, the ancient code of India. Sir
Wm. Jones, who translated them into English (1794), dates
them between Homer (about 962 b.c.) and the Roman Twelve
Tables (about 449 b.c.).
Merca' tor's charts. Maps.
Mercer, Fort. Fort Mercer.
Mer chant Adventurers' company, estab-
lished by the duke of Brabant in 1296, was extended to Eng-
land in Edward III.'s reign. "A company of merchant ad-
venturers was incorporated for the discovery of unknown
lands," Ibbh.— Bancroft, " Hist, of the U. S.," vol. i. p. 79.
Mercia. Britain.
Mercury, the planet nearest the sun, and the smallest
known to the ancients. Its distance varies from 42,669,000
miles to 28,115,000, diflFerence over 16,000,000 miles. Its light
and heat is 7 times greater at its mean distance from the sun
than the earth. It, turns on its axis in 24 hrs. b\ min. Its
year is 87f days; density as compared with the earth as 112
to 100 ; diameter, 3000 miles. The transit of Mercury over
the sun's disk, and first observed by Gassendi, 1631,' takes
place at intervals, usually of 13, sometimes of 7 years. The
transits always occur in May or Nov., and may last 8 hrs. or
very much less. It was well observed 5 Nov. 1868. The
snnl
last transit took place 9 May, 1891. — The Greek god He
was the Roman Mercury. Calomel, Quicksilver.
Mercy, Order of, in France, was established with t
object of accomplishing the redemption of Christian capti'
among the Saracens, by John de Matha, in \\^S.—USna\
Another order was formed by Pierre Nolasque in Spain, 122
merino sheep. Sheep.
Mer'oe, an ancient city and country of Africa, an isla
formed by branches of the Nile, included in the present So
dan, lying east and south of the city of Khartoum ; said to ha
flourished under sacerdotal government in the Xaww oI Hero
otus, about 450 B.C., and much earlier. "The traditions
the Egyptian priesthood agree that Meroe in F>tiiiopia \i
the foundation of the most ancient states." — Anthon.
Merovingians, first race of Jrench kings, 418-71
France, Mayors.
Merrimac. Hampton Roads; United States, 181
Merry- An drew. A name said to have been fi'
given to Andrew Borde, a physician in the reign of Hen
VIII., and who, for his facetious manners, was sometimes
ceived at court, 1547.
Merry Mount. Massachusetts, 1626-30.
Merton, Surrey, Engl. Af an abbey here, the ba
under Henry IIL, 23 Jan. 1236, held a parliament which en
ed the Provisions or Statutes of Merton, the oldest body of lai
save Magna Charta. They were repealed in 1863. Basta:
Merv or Meru (the ancient A ntiochia Margiana)l
town of independent Turkestan, central Asia. It flourished
under the Seljuk Turks, especially under sultan Alp Arslan:
it was sacked by the Monguls in 1221 ; it became sid)ject t(
Persia in 1510 ; to the emir of Bokhara in 1787 ; to the Turk
omans in 1856, and to Russia 1883-84. Russia, Turkestan,
mesmerism. Frederick Anthony Mesmer (1733-
1815), a German phj-sician of Merseburg, taught in 1766, in a
thesis on planetary influence, that the heavenly bodies diffuse
through the universe a subtle fluid which acts on the nervou-
system. Quitting Vienna for Paris, in 1778, he gained numer-
ous proselytes and much money. A committee of physicians
and philosophers investigated his pretensions, among them
Franklin, and Bailly, in a paper drawn up in 1784, exposed the
futility of animal magnetism. In 1845 baron von Reichenbacli
excited considerable attention by announcing a so-called new
"imponderable," or "influence," which he named Odyl. These
phenomena are now usually classed under Hypnotism.
Messaiians, a sect professing to adhere to the letter
of the gospel, about 310, refused to work, quoting this passage,
" Labor not for the food that perisheth."
Messe'nia, now Maura-Matra, in the Pelopon-
nesus, a kingdom founded by Polycaon, 1499 b.c. It had long
sanguinary wars with Sparta, and once contained a hundred
cities. It was at first governed by kings ; after regaining power
in the Peloponnesus it formed an inferior republic, under the pro-
tection first of the Thebans and afterwards of the Macedonians.
First Messenian war began 743 B.C. ; occasioned by violence to
some Spartan women in a temple common to both nations;
the king of Sparta being killed in their defence. Eventually, ^•'^■
Ithome was taken, and the Messenians enslaved '. 724
Second war, to throw off the Spartan yoke, commenced about
685, ending in the defeat of the Messenians, who fled to Sicily, 6fi8
Third war 466-55
Messiah, synonymous with Christ "the anointed,''
foretold by Dan. ix. 25, about 638 b.c. " We have found the
Messiah, which is, being interpreted, the Christ" (John i.41).
— " The Messiah," Handel's greatest oratorio, composed by
him in 23 days (22 Aug.-14 Sept. 1741), was first performed
at Dublin, 13 Apr. 1742, in aid of the charities of that city.
Messina (jties-see'na), Sicilj'^, so named by the Samians
who seized this city, then called Zancle, 671 b.c. It was seized
by the Mamertini, about 281 b.c. It belonged for many ages
to the Roman empire ; was taken by the Saracens, about 829
A.D. — Priestley. Roger the Norman took it from them by sur-
prise, about. 1072.
metals, a class of elementary substances, characterized
by fusibility, by opaqueness, by a peculiar lustre to the eye,
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uid by certain chemical properties, and including many of the
nost useful fornas of matter ; as iron, copper, silver, gold, lead,
;in mercury, nickel, aluminium, etc. Tubal-Cain is mentioned
IS an " instructor of everj"- artificer in brass and iron " (Gen.
LV.). Moses and Homer speak of the 7 metals, and Virgil of
tielting steel. The Phoenicians had skill in working metals.
Binisen and Kirchhoff's method of chemical analysis by the
spectrum has added cagsium, rubidium, thallium, indium, gal-
ium, and others to known metals. Elements, Mines. See
ilso the several metals.
metamor'pllistS, in the 15th century, affirmed that
Christ's natural body, with which he ascended into heaven,
kvas wholly deitied.
llietapliys'ic§, the science of abstract reasoning, or
:hat which contemplates existence without relation to matter,
riie terra, literally deiwting " after physics," originated from
;hese words having been put at the head of certain essaj's of
\ristotle which follow his treatise on physics. — Mackintosh.
yiodern metaphysics arose in the 15th century — the period
vhen an extraordinary impulse was given to the study of the
juiman mind in Europe, commonly called the "revival of
earning." Literature, Philosophy.
I lletau'ril§, Battle of. Hasdmbal, brother of Hannibal,
laving crossed the Alps, had reached the Metaurus, in central
taly, while Hannibal was in the south. The Roman consuls
207 B.C ) were M. Livius and Claudius Nero. Livius opposed
lie advance of Hasdrubal, and Nero was appointed to watch
lannibal. The object of tlie Carthaginian generals was to
mite, that of the Romans to prevent it. Nero, leaving the
ndk of his army before Hannibal, marched with 10,000 of his
lest troops and joined Livius with secrecy and despatch,
nknown to Hannibal, within 6 days. In the battle which
mmediately followed Hasdrubal was not only defeated but
illed. Nero returned at once to his former position before
lannibal, whose first notification of the battle was the exhi-
ition of the Carthaginian prisoners before his camp, and the
ead of his brother thrown down before one of his outposts,
'his has been called one of the 7 decisive battles of the world.
lATTLES, CarTHAGK.
metempsyi'llO'Mim, a doctrine attributed to Pythag-
ras, about 528 b c , asserts the transmigration of the soul from
lie body to another. It is also ascribed to the Egyptians,
{ho would cat no animal food lest they should devour the
[ody into which the soul of a deceased friend had passed,
jhey thought that so long as the body of the deceased was
apt entire, the soul would not transmigrate ; and therefore
(Tibalmed the dead. Buddhism.
I meteor'Ograpll, an apparatus for which father Sec-
hi of Rome received a prize at the Paris International Exhi-
ition, July, 1867. It is self-acting, and registers the changes
r the atmosphere in a diagram,
i meteorol'ogy (Gr. fiiTEuypoQ, aerial), properly, is the
;ientific study of atmospheric phenomena and investigation
l" weather and climate. Aristotle composed a treatise called
prewjOoXoytKa, in which he dealt with all which was then
jiown of air, water, and earthquakes (cir. 300 B.C.). One of
k earliest collections of prognostics is found in the AiO(T?//i6ia
1 Aratus, a Greek who flourished in Macedonia and Asia
Iinor about 270 b.c. The invention of the air thermometer
Sanctorio of Padua, 1590 a.d., improved by an Italian artist
1655, who used alcohol, and by Romer who used mercury,
d the barometer, invented by Torricelli in 1643, gave the
ist accurate means for instrumental observation of the tem-
jrature and pressure of the atmosphere. The publication of
jilton's " Meteorological Essays " in 1793 was the first in-
|uice of the principles of philosophy being brought to bear on
|e explanation of the complex phenomena of the atmosphere,
ince then meteorology has gradually grown to be more and
>ro nearly an exact science.
-! attempt to explain the phenomenon of the rainbow by
'"■reflation of light upon the interior of the drops was
auae by a German monk named Theodoric, and the second
)y an archbishop, A. de Dominis 1611
'ignt of acolumn of atmosphere first ascertained by the Ital-
an philosopher Torricelli, about 1643
Honn Perrier, brother-in-law of Pascal, takes Torricelli's
■oiumn to summit of the Pay de Dome, France, 3500 feet
iign, and the mercury sinks from 30 to 27 inches. . .19 Sept. 1648
Daily readings of Torricelli column by Pascal at Paris, Perrier
at Clermont, and Chamut and Descartes at Stockholm at the
same time; the pioneers of synchronous observations 1649-50
Magdeburg hemispheres, showing the equal i)ressure of the at-
mosphere in all directions, invented by Otto von Guericke
of Magdeburg soon after his invention of the air-pump 1650
English philosopher, Robert Boyle, one of the first council of the
Royal society, tests the compressibility of air; results pub. . 16G0
Pascal's treatise on the "Equilibrium of Fluids" and on the
" Weight of Air " pub 1663
Name barascope, afterwards changed to barometer, given to
the Torricellian column by prof G. Sinclair of Glasgow. . .1668-70
Contraction of air under pressure examined by Edm6 Mariotte,
a Burgundian priest who died at Dijon 1684
Theorem that at altitudes in arithmetical progression the den-
sity of air is in geometrical progression proved by Halley. . . 1685
Identity of lightning and electricity suspected by Wall 1708
Fahrenheit constructs thermometers, taking as fixed points in
graduating them the melting-point of ice and the boiling-
point of water 1714
Theory of the trade-winds first propounded by George Hadley
in the " Philosophical Transactions " (independently discov-
ered by Dalton a half-century later) 1735
First generalization of value in reference to the storms of the
U. S. made by Lewis Evans, who remarks on his map, "All
our great storms begin to leeward ; thus, a N.E. storm shall
be a day sooner in Virginia than Boston " 1749
Benjamin Franklin by his kite experiment identifies lightning
with electricity 15 June, 1752
Lightning rods introduced by Franklin » 1755
Experiments by dr. Heberden of London, show that rain gauges
on lofty buildings collect less than at the ground (now gen-
erally ascribed to the wind) » 1766
Meteorological Society of the Palatinate established. 1780
Patrick Wilson of Glasgow publishes his " Memoirs of Certain
Great Frosts at Glasgow " about "
First self-registering thermometer, which recorded maximum
and minimum temperature, devised by James Six 1781
First scientific work on mirage by prof Busch, who observed
it on the Elbe near Hamburg and on the coasts of the Baltic
sea 1783
Spectre of the Brocken witnessed and described by the trav-
eller Hane 23 May, 1797
Expansion of air by heat independently examined by the Eng-
lish philosopher Dalton and the French Gay-Lussac 1801-2
Clouds classified as the cirrus, cumulus, stratus, cirro-cumulus,
cirro-stratus, cumulo-stratiis, and cumulo-cirro-stratus, or
nimbus, by Luke Howard 1803
Sir Francis Beaufort tabulates his scale of winds divided into
12 degrees of force 1805
Theory of dew pub. by dr. W. C. Wells 1814
Humboldt publishes his treatise on " Isothermal Lines " 1817
First meeting of the Meteorological society of London., 15 Oct. 1823
Daniell's " Meteorological" Essays and Observations," discuss-
ing the hygrometry of the atmosphere, solar and terrestrial
radiation, etc., pub "
Work entitled the " Law of Storms " pub. by sir W. Reed 1838
OzoxE named by prof SchOnbein of Basle 1840
Lieut. Maury, of the Washington Observatory, makes researches
as to the most favorable route for sailing-vessels between the
U. S. and Rio Janeiro ; the ship Wright, capt. Jackson, from
Baltimore, the first to steer by Maury's course, crossed the
equator in 24 days from Baltimore, the usual time had been
41 days; the Wright leaves Baltimore 9 Feb. 1848
Hypothesis that the appearance of meteors or fire-balls is often
due to bodies of dusty consistency traversing space, an-
nounced by M. Heiss in his work on shooting-stars (Meteors), 1849
Conference at Brussels; the United Slates, France, England,
Russia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, and
Portugal agree upon a uniform plan of meteorological obser-
vations at sea (since adopted by other nations) 1853
Meteorological reports collected by telegraph and reports sent
out daily by prof Joseph Henry of the Smithsonian Institute, 1854
Dr. Andrews demonstrates by direct experiments, described in
the "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society," that
ozone is oxygen condensed to one half its volume 1856
Meteorological department of the Board of Trade (English), es-
tablished 1855, under adm. Fitzroy, commences publication
of reports • • • 1857
Storm-warnings first issued in Holland through M. Buys-Ballot, 1860
Storm-warnings first sent to the coast of England by the Board
of Trade, 6 Feb. 1861, and first pub 31 July, 1861
Prof Tyndall makes valuable experiments on radiant heat,
showing that the vapor of water exerts extraordinary energy
as a radiant and absorbent of heat 1862
Daily international bulletin of the Imperial Observatory at
Paris, under direction of M. le Verrier, first pub Nov. "
Rarefaction of the atmosphere in high regions investigated by
sir James Glaisher, who ascended in a balloon with Mr. Cox-
well, at Wolverhampton, Engl, 37,000 ft 5 Sept. 1863
Storm-warnings in England suspended 7 Dec. 1866
Weather Bureau established in the U. S 18<0
Kew Meteorological Observatory, given to the British Asso-
ciation Apr. 1860, purchased and presented to the Royal so-
cietv by J. P. Gassiot - • • • 1871
Dailv weather charts first issued by the Meteorological office
ofEngland H Mch. 1872
International meteorological congress at Vienna 2-16 Sepl» 1873
Glycerine barometer 28 feet high, in which a change in the
condition of the atmosphere equal to 1 inch in the mercury
barometer caused the glycerine to rise or fall 10 inches, con-
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Btracted by Mr. Jordan for the Loan Exhibition of Scientific
Inslrumoiits at South Kensington, KngI 18 May-30 Dec. 1876
Meteorologiral depaitinent of Board of Trade ^Kngl.) placed un-
der a coammiee of llie Royal society, K. H. Scotl. sec'y, July, 1877
International meteorological congress meets at Rome, 14-22
Apr. 1879, and at Berne 9-12 Aug. 1880
Plan for international simultaneous magnetic and meteoro-
logical observations in polar regions, proposed by lieut. Carl
Weyi)recht, arctic explorer, in Sept. 1875, elaborated at an
international polar congress at Hamburg. Aug. 1871), and at
Berne, July, 1880, and the "I'olar Commission" organized
by 10 delegates at St. Petersburg Aug. 1881
Important observations on solar radiation, made by prof. S. P.
Langley on mount Whitney, Cal., in July, 1881, and results
pub. in" •' Profes.«ional Papers, No. XV. U. S. Signal Service ". 1884
Proof that a lightning Hash diminishes electric tension in the
atmosphere by experiments with the electrometer at the top
of the Washington monument, Washington, I). C 1886
Artiflcial rain making attempted by exploding dynamite bombs
in the air, near Midland, Tex., by R. G. Dyrenforth and staff,
18-26 Aug. 1891
William Ferrel, meteorologist, d. at May wood, Kan. . . .18 Sept. "
aiETKOKOLOGICAL PHENOMENA.
Cyclones, hurricanes, tornadoes, hail-storms, blizzards, etc., are
mentioned under Storms, also Rain and Tkmperatire. A few of
the phenomena of meteorology are noted below
Extraordinary dry fog, first remarked at Copenhagen, 9 May,
1783, extended over Europe and a part of Asia 1783
Complete solar halo observed by Lowitz at St. Petersburg,
'29 June, 1790
Frost every month in 1816 in the latitude of Philadelphia, and
ice as thick as window glass formed in Pennsylvania, New
York, and throughout New England 5 July, 1816
Extensive deposit of red snow discovered by capt. John Ross,
R. N. , near cape York. Greenland 1818
Dry fog in part of Europe, on the north coast of Africa, and
in the United States Aug. 1831
Barometer falls "2.59 inches in 3 hours in a hurricane near Cal-
cutta. 21 May, 1833, and 1.69 inches in 6 hours in a hurricane
at St. Thomas, W. 1 2 Aug. 1837
Light shower of rain for 1 hour falls from a cloudless sky
near Trinidad; observed by sir J. C. Ross 25 Dec. 1839
Ice forms at New Orleans, La. ; skating on the Mississippi, Dec. 1845
Barometer falls 1.47 inches in 6 hours in hurricane at Havana,
Cuba 11 Oct. 1846
Four luminous columns, each about 15° long, like a cross with
the sun in the centre, seen from Paris sunset 22 Apr. 1847
Barometer falls 1.05 inches in 2^ hours in a hurricane at Chit-
tagong, Ind 13 May, 1849
Snow falls at I,ynchburg, Va 11 June, 1857
Unexampled frost throughout the northern U. S. killing most
of the wheat and other crops night 4 June, 1859
Notable halos and paraselense at 8 p.m. in the departments of
Indre-et- Loire and Loire-et-Cher, France 21 Feb. 1864
Auroras, seen over a large portion of the northern hemisphere
(Aurora), 15 Apr. 1869, and 24 Oct. 1870
Wind storm in which the mean hourly velocity for 24 hours is
50 miles, at Yankton, Dak 13 Apr. 1873
Mercury falls 48° in 1 hour at Denver, Col 15 Jan. 1875
Barometer reaches 31.21 inches at Barnaul, Siberia 9 Jan. 1877
Golden snow described in Klein's Wochenschrift, as observed
by prof. Weber in Peckeloh, Germany 27 Feb. "
Heavy shower lasting 5 minutes fell from an apparently clear
sky at Vevay, Ind 30 June, "
Wind 186 miles per hour on mount Washington Jan. 1878
Wind 138 miles per hour during hurricane at cape Lookout,
N. C 17 Aug. 1879
Extreme cloudiness at Unalaska, Aleutian islands, where cloud-
iness frequently ranges from 91 to 93 per cent, per month,
and where there was but 3 per cent, of clear sky during Feb. 1880
Dense fog in London. Engl., for 3 months; the death-rate from
bronchitis rose to 431 per 100 per cent, and that from whoop-
ing-cough to 331 per 100 per cent Nov. 1879, to Feb. "
Barometer on the ship Chateaubriand, during a typhoon on
the China sea, sank in 4 hours from 29.64 to 27.04. . .27 Sept. "
Remarkable solar halos observed in the U. S. in the Ohio, up-
per Mississippi, and lower Missouri valleys 29-31 Dec. "
Dry fog from New Hampshire to North Carolina, largely ob-
scuring the sun ; at Salem. Mass., 6 Sept., it was the darkest
since the " dark day " of 19 May. 1780 1-10 Sept. 1881
Optical phenomenon of a mock sun, 120° from the true sun,
seen by MM. Barral and Bixio, 27 July, 1850; and by lieut.
A. W. Greely opposite Henrietta, Nesmith Glacier, Grinnell
Land 3 May, 1882
Remarkal)le red sunsets (Sun) Oct. to Dec. 1883
Nearly three fourths of an inch of snow falls from a clear sky
at Bloomington. Ill 15 Mch. 1885
Luminous cirrus like clouds appearing about 9.50 p.m., cover
the northwest and northern sky to a height of about 20° in 3
zones, the centre shining with a silver-like light equal to the
full moon at sunset, observed by 0. Jesse of Stegletz, 21 June, "
[The phenomenon lasted about an hour, was repeated sev-
eral times within a few weeks, and again May, 1886.]
Wind 144 miles per hour at cape Mendocino, Cal Jan. 1886
Barometer 31.21 inches at fort Assiniboine 6 Jan. "
Wind storm on mount Washington; mean hourly velocity for
24 hours. 111 miles 27 Feb. "
Snow falls at Lynchburg, Va 12 June, 1887
Green clouds seen on the upper Yukon by William Ogilvie,
19, 29 Feb. 1888
Slight snow locally in Great Britain as far south as the Isle of
Wight, 11 and 12 July; heavy snow on mount Washington,
N. H., nearly to the base of the mountain. 12 July,
metCOr^i, luminous, include shooting - stars, fire-ba
and falling-stones or aerolites. They were described by H
ley, Wallis, and others early in the 17th century. The p<
odicity of the star-showers about the lOth of August (tert
in the middle ages St. Lawrence's tears) was discovered s«
rately by Quetelet, 1836, and by Herrick in 1837. The
lowing are usual epochs for their ainiual return: 2 Jan.,
July, 3 and 9-12 Aug., 8-14 Nov., 11 V)&c.—R. P. Greg.
TRONOMY, 1799, 1833, '66, '67, 72, '85, '91.
Star-shower seen by Humboldt at Cuniana (vSouth America), 12]
1799; and l)y dr. D. Olmsted, at New Haven (Conn.), 13 Nov. ]
Magnificent continuous star-shower of 14 Nov. 1866, had been]
dieted by prof Newton. A fine display occurred on the night <
Nov. 1868, in the United States. Others were observed in Bri
and Europe, 27 Nov. 1872; and in S. and W. Europe, 27 Nov. \
Aerolites, falling-stones, accompanying meteors, are in many
seums. One weighing 1600 pounds is in the cabinet of Yale
versity. They contain iron, nickel, and other minerals.
Norman Lockyer announces his theory, based on spectrum ex
ments, that all self luminous bodies in the celestial spaces
composed of meteorites or masses of vapor produced by h
brought about by condensation of meteor swarms due to grav
Royal society, 17 Nov. 1887.
method (Gr. fiiOoSog, a way of transit), the orgs
tion of knowledge ; the orderly use of the intellect in dig
ering truth. S. T. Coleridge's treatise on the science
method is prefixed to the first volume of the " Encyclof
Metropolitana," 1845.
Most recent work on this suliject is prof. Stanley Jevons's "j
ciples of Science : a Treatise on Logic and Scientific Met'
1874. ''The powers of mind concerned in creation of sciec
discrimination, detection of identity, and retention."
mettl'oclisill. The name " Methodist " was applie
Charles Wesley b\' fellow-students, in ridicule, about 17
but the expression had been previously used, as " Anabaptisfi
and plain packstaflf Methodists " were known 100 years before.
The term had been applied to non-conformists in the days of
Annesley, and a class of high Calvinistic divines in England
bore the same title about the time of the Wqij^ys. The fir-t
Methodist society was organized in London in 1739. Accon;-
ing to its founder, John Wesley, Methodism received its ear-
liest impulse at Oxford, Engl., Nov. 1 729, when, with his brotli< r
Charles, a Mr. Morgan and Mr. Kirkham, he founded il
" Holy club ;" again at Savannah, Ga., where he spent
short time as a missionary and held meetings in his own hou
during 1736; and a third time at a meeting with 40 or 50 persoi
after his return, held in Fetter lane, London, 1 May, 1738, wlu i
they agreed to meet in conference every Wednesday evening,
Corner-stone of first Methodist meeting-house laid at Bristol,
Engl 12 May, 17;i'.
Cannon foundery in Moorflelds, London, opened as a regular
place of worship by Wesley 11 Nov. "
United society, first organized form of Methodism, established
in connection with the foundery "
George Whitefield lays the corner-stone of the Kingswood
school, 1739, which is opened IV ■
Methodist class-meetings instituted at Bristol, Engl li-
Wesley founds the Orphan house at Newcastle, Engl. . .20 Dec. '
First "conference " of 6 Methodist preachers at the invitation
of Wesley at the foundery in London 25 June, 174
Thomas Beard, Methodist evangelist, arrested during the per-
secution of the Methodists at Newcastle, dies in the hospi-
tal, " the proto-martyr of Methodism " ''
First list of circuits published in the minutes of the conference, ITti
Thomas Williams, a lay preacher from England, forms a Meth-
odist society in Dublin, Ireland 171'
Foundations of Calvinistic Methodism and the Lady Huntingdon
Connection laid by the preaching of George Whitefield 171'
Conference orders quarterly meetings everywhere, and watch-
nights and love-feasts monthly 171
Corner-stone of the City Road chapel, London, laid by John
Wesley 1 -Apr. In
Publication of the Arminian Magazine begun in England 1h
A "Deed of Declaration," constituting 100 preachers, named
by Wesley the " Conference of the People called Methodists," ^
recorded in the High court of Chancery 28 Feb. lio
Wesleyan Methodists establish a Sunday-school in Bolton Le
Moors, Engl Apr. 178
Methodism introduced into the West Indies ^
Charles Wesley d. in London 29 Mch. l.»
WMlliam Mahy ordained at Courseulles, Normandy, first Meth-
odist ordination on the continent of Burope ^l'
John Wcslev d. in London 2 Mch. hi
New Methodist connection (Kilhamites) founded in England... w
Plan for home missions in England adopted by conference — lo^
First camp-meeting in England held in Staffordshire by Lo-
renzo Dow.
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Primitive Methodists ^' or " Ranters " organized in England. . 1810
ethodism introduced into Africa.. 1811
reach.ers' Auxiliary fund established; an outgrowth of the
Preachers' fund begun in 17G3 • 1813
ritish Wesleyan mission at Ceylon founded by associates of
dr Coke, who died on ship-board bound for India 3 May, 1814
ible Christian connection or " Bryanites " founded 1815
ethodism introduced into Australia "
jntingent fund established by British conference "
'imitive Wesleyan Methodists or "Clouites'' established in
Ireland • 1^16
^neral Chapel fund instituted lola
uglish Wesleyan Children's fund instituted, to provide for
preachers' children 1819
ethodism introduced into Polynesia 1822
ethodist Episcopal mission in 1-iberia, Africa, established.... 1833
ritish Wesleyan Theological institution established by a com-
mittee of 20 preachers, who met in London 23 Oct. "
esleyan Association Methodists or " Warrenites " organized
under dr. Samuel Warren in England 1836
^ntenary conference meets at Liverpool, Engl 31 July, 1839
ethodist Episcopal mission in China begun by rev. Moses C.
iWhite and rev. J. D. Collins 1847
Hhodist Episcopal mission established in India 1856
;irtin's Mission institute (M.E.) founded at Frankfort, Ger-
imany 1^58
ijv. Francis Burns (colored), a member of the Liberia confer-
ence, ordained bishop at Perry, N. Y 14 Oct. "
iireillv Theological seminary (M.E.) at Bareilly, India, founded, 1871
khodist Episcopal mission in Mexico established by dr. Butler, 1872
[lochow Biblical institute (M.E.) at Foochow, China, founded, "
bthodist Episcopal mission in Japan begun by dr. Maclay — "
3xican School of Theology (M.E.) at Puebla, founded 1874
esley monument in Westminster Abbey unveiled.. . .29 Mch. 1876
ity admitted to representation in confeience of Wesleyan
Methodist ministers at Bristol, Engl 25 July, 1877
l:y Road chapel, London, nearly destroyed by Are 7 Dec. 1879
!l>an Methodist Episcopal Theological .school at Tokio, Japdfa,
jTounded "
humenical Methodist conference at City Road chapel, London
Uoo delegates, ministers and laymen, from all parts of the
korld) meets 7 Sept. 1881
bond (Ecumenical Methodist conference in Washington, D. C. ,
7 Oct. 1891
I METHODISM IN THE UNITED STATES.
i called second rise of Methodism at Savannah, Ga., where 20
br 30 persons meet at the house of John Wesley Apr. 1736
lorgeWhitefleldarrives in Philadelphia, Nov.l739,andpreaches
diroughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New England.. 1739-40
rst Methodist society in America organized in New York
tity by Philip Embury, influenced by Barbara Heck, " mother
of American Methodism," and Robert Strowbridge preaches
;n Maryland 1766
'1 John Street church, New York city, first Methodist meet-
ing house in America, dedicated 30 Oct. 1768
jancis Asbury, sent as a missionary to America by Mr. Wesley,
arrives in Philadelphia 27 Oct. 1771
"St annual conference of Methodist church in America held
'it Philadelphia 4 July, 1773
'omas Coke ordained at Bristol, Engl., superintendent of the
[VIethodist societies in America, 2 Sept., and Francis Asbury
[lesignated as general superintendent 1784
Irisimas conference in the meeting house in Lovely lane,
iialtimore, unanimously agrees to form an independent
';;hurch; the "Methodist Episcopal church" organized with
'!3 preachers and 15,000 members. Conference met.. 25 Dec. "
incis Asbury, formally set apart by the imposition of hands
[IS general superintendent (bishop) of the Methodist Episco-
pal church in America, at the Baltimore conference. .27 Dec. "
inday schools begun in the U. S. at the home of Thomas
prenshaw in Virginia 1786
"jueral superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal church
jirst called " bishop " in the minutes of the conference 1787
I'thodist Book Concern organized at Philadelphia, with John
|)ickens as book steward; the Arminian Magazine begun. . . 1789
'lo "presiding elder" first found in conference minutes "
St general conference M. E. church in Baltimore 1 Nov. 1792
<;(esbury college, opened at Abingdon, Md., 6 Dec. 1787,
j'urned 7 Dec. 1795; re established in Baltimore, and burned, 1796
lirni circuit formed by John Kobler, missionary to the
:Jorthwestorn territory 1798
<inp-meetings begun in Tennessee by 2 brothers M'Gee,
'lie a Presbyterian, the other a Methodist 1799
tliodism carried into Illinois by Benjamin Young, a mis-
ionary.
_ . 1803
Uhodist Book Concern removed to New York 1804
jst delegated general conference meets, New York. . .1 May, 1812
'iion American M. E. church founded by rev. Peter Spencer
jt Wilmington, Del June, 1813
iihop Asbury dies in Spottsylvania, Va 31 Mch. 1816
^'.ican M. E. church organized at Philadelphia by Richard
„ ' <^»' •. Apr. "
i,ct society organized in New York 1817
■' hodist Magazine established (Magazines) 1818
'^sionary and Bible society of the M. E. church organized in
>e city of New York 5 Apr. 1819
Vstern Methodist Book Concern at Cincinnati established by
,ie conference 1820
<^^islian Advocate, the first weekly publication under the paV-
^i)nage of the M. E. church, issued 9 Sept. 1826
vday-school Union of the M. E. church organized ... .2 Apr. 1827
1830
1833
1834
1836
1844
1845
1847
1852
1855
1858
1864
Rev. John Lord, of the New England conference, introduces
"4-days" or protracted meetings Sept.
Canada Annual conference and the Methodist Episcopal church
in the U. S. separate by mutual consent
Wesleyan university at Middletown, Conn., organized. .
Mission to the Flathead Indians begun
Dickinson college at Carlisle, Pa., incorporated 1783, transferred
to the M. E. church and opened Sept.
Methodist Book Concern destroyed by fire !!.!!! iis Feb!
Ohio Wesleyan university opened at Delaware, 0
Methodist Episcopal church, south, organized at Louisville.' Ky.,
1 May,
[This separate organization due to slavery.]
Boston University School ofTheology at Boston, Mass., founded,
Congregational Methodist church organized in Monroe county,'
First general conference in New England at Boston. . '. ". . .... '. '.
Northwestern university at Evanston, 111,, opened
National Association of Local Preachers organized 4 Oct.
General Conference of the M. E. church organizes an annual
conference in India, which meets at Lucknow 8 Dec.
Board of Church Extension incorporated 13 Mch.
Centenary year of American Methodism celebrated. Church
statistics show 7576 travelling preachers, 8602 local preach-
ers, and 1,032,184 members
Drew Theological seminary at Madison, N. J., founded
Freedmen's Aid Society of the M. E. church organized in Cin-
cinnati " 7 Aug.
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society organized at Boston,
22 Mch.
Board of Education of the M. E. church incorporated Apr.
Colored M. E. church in America organized in a general con-
ference which meets at Jackson, Tenn 16 Dec.
Second Sunday in June of each year designated as Children's
day by M. E. conference which meets
Centenary Biblical institute at Baltimore, Md., founded
First Chautauqua assembly at Chautauqua lake, N. Y Aug.
Woman's Home Missionary society organized at Cincinnati, O.,
6 July,
Gammon Theological School of Clark university, Atlanta, Ga.,
founded
Methodist Episcopal General Hospital opened in Brooklyn,
N. Y 15 Dec.
Epworth League projected in Cleveland, 0 May,
STATISTICS OF METHODISM PRESENTED AT THE CECUMENICAL
CONFERENCE AT WASHINGTON, D. C, 7 OCT. 1891.
1870
1872
1874
1887
Name of society.
In America:
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Episcopal, South
African Methodist Episcopal. . .
African M. E. , Zion
Colored Methodist Episcopal. . .
Methodist Protestant
United Brethren in Christ
Evangelical Association
American Wesleyan
Free Methodist
Primitive Methodist
Congregational Methodist
Union American M. E
African Union M. Protestant. . .
Independent Methodist
United Methodist, Free
Methodist Church of Canada. . .
West India Methodist
British Wesleyan Conference)
Missions f |
Total American
1784
1845
1816
1820
1870
1828
1815
1800
1842
1860
1810
1852-
1813
1874
In Europe
In Asia
In Africa
Australasia, Polynesia, and South
Missions
Total 77,181 45,271
22,853
11,767
4,069
3,500
3,196
2,003
2,779
2,062
600
»952
77
50
50
50
35
29
3,092
279
22
57,465
15,584
311
571
3,250
15 058
5^050
4,150
3,650
1,800
2,153
2,017
1,227
650
1,050
64
60
112
56
1,819
101
39,042
4,488
588
365
788
2,256,463
1,218,561
475,565
425,000
130,824
157,604
197,123
160,234
19.525
20;998
5,620
5,525
3,500
5,990
2,500
3,785
241,376
58,575
5,226
5,383,994
915,986
35,313
77,234
93,140
5,505,667
metll'yl, a colorless inodorous gas, a compound of hy-
drogen and carbon, first obtained free by Frankland and Kolbe
separately, in 1849.
metOll'ic cycle, a period of 19 years, or 6940 days, at
the end of which the changes of the moon fall on the same
days. Calippic period.
metric system, a uniform decimal sj'stera of weights
and measures, originated in France with a committee of eminent
scientists, named by the Academy of Sciences by order of the
Constituent Assembly, 8 Maj^ 1790. The basis of the .system
is the metre, which is 3.37 inches longer than the American
" yard." This base, determined by Delambre and Mechain,
is the 4o7oUtro() P^***^ ^^ *^^ circumference of the earth on the
meridian extending through France from Dunkirk to Barce-
lona. It was made the unit of length and the base of the sys-
MET
506
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tem by law, 7 Apr. 1795. A prototype metre was constructetl
in platinum by an international commission, representing the
governments of France, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Switzer-
land, Spain, Savoy, and the Konian, Cisalpine, and Ligurian
republics, in 1799. This standard metre was deposited at the
Palace of the Archives in Paris, 22 June, 1799, and declared
to be the definitive base of the system forever. The unit of
weight is the gramme, the weiglit of a cubic centimetre of
water at 4^ centigrade (the temperature of greatest density).
The unit of measure of surface is the are, which is the
square of the decametre, or 10 metres. The unit of measure
of capacity is the slere, or cubic metre. In the metric system
the decimal increase is indicated by the prefix deca, ten ; hecto,
hundred ; kilo, thousand ; myna, ten thousand ; and the de-
crease by deci, centi, and mitU. The system is now in use in
the U. S. Marine Hospital service, in the foreign business of
the post-oflSce, in the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, and to
some extent in the mint, U. S. Signal service, and U. S. census.
Decimal system of mouey adopted by the U. S. Congress, with
the dollar as a uuit «> July, 1785
John Quiucy Adams, U. S. secretary of state, makes an elaborate
report on the metric system to Congress 23 Feb. 1821
Sir John Wrottesley brings the subject before British Parlia-
ment 25 Feb. 1824
By legislation of -t July, 1837, the use of the system in France
is enforced, to take effect 1 Jan. 1840
Decimal association formed in England to advocate the adop-
tion of the system June, 1854
International Decimal association formed 1855
System enforced in Belgium 1856
Canada adopts the decimal currency used in U. S 1 Jan. 1858
System enforced in Spain, 1859; in Italy 1863
Metric weight of 5 grammes (77.16 grains) and diameter of 2
centimetres given to the 5cent copper nickel piece in the
U. S. by act of Congress 16 May, 1866
Use in the U. S. authorized by act of Congress, and table of
equivalents approved 28 July, "
System enforced in Portugal, 1868; in the Netherlands and
British India. 1870
Legalized in Germany, 1868, and made compulsory 1 Jan. 1872
International Metric commission at Paris provides for dupli-
cates of the standard metre at Paris for each nation using
the system, to be made from one ingot, 90 per cent, platinum
and 10 percent, iridium 24 Sept "
Convention establishing an international bureau of weights
and measures signed at Paris by representatives of Austria,
Germany, Russia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Switzer-
land, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, United States, Argentine
Republic, Brazil, and Peru 20 May, 1875
System adopted by Austria. 1876
System legalized in Great Britain, 29 July, 1864, and law re-
pealed by Weights and Measures act of 1878
International Congress on weights and measures meets at
Paris 4 Sept «'
System adopted in Swe,den, May, 1876, to take efifect in. 1889
METRIC SYSTEM.
Unit of the measure of length.
Metre = 39.37 inches.
Decametre 10 metres. I Myriametre. . .10,000 metres.
Hectometre 100 " Decimetre .1 metre.
Kilometre 1000 " | Centimetre 01 "
Millimetre 001 metre.
Unit of the measure of surface.
Centare = 1 sq. metre = 1650 sq. inchea
Arc 100 centares. | Hectare 10,000 centares.
Unit of the measure of capacity and solidity.
Litre = cahe of .1 metre (decimetre) = 61.022 cubic inches or .908 qt.
Decalitre 10 litres. I Decilitre 1 litre.
Hectolitre 100 " Centilitre 01 "
Kilolitre or stere. ... 1000 '« | Millilitre 001 "
Unit of loeight.
Gramme = cube of .01 metre (centimetre) = .061022 cubic inch or
15.432 grs.
Decagram me . . 10 gram m es.
Hectogramme . 100
Kilogramme... 1000 "
Mvriagramme. . 10,000 "
Quintal 100.000
.1 gramme.
.01
.001
''Tonnea,',}l'0«0'00<>«™™'"^«-
Decigramme. .
Centigramme
Milligramme .
niefronome, to regulate time in music. A metro-
nome with double pendulum, invented by Winkel, was adopted
by Maelzel, and patented by him in 1816.
metropolis of Oreat Britain (Metropolitan
districts) includes the cities of London and Westminster, and
the boroughs of South wark, Finsbury, Marylebone, Tower-
Hamlets, Hackney, Lambeth, and Chelsea. London,
metroporitail (from the Gr. fiiiTpoTro\iTi]c), a title
given at the council of Nice, 325, to bishops who had jurisdic-
tion over others in a province. The dignity is said to have
arisen in the 2d century, the dissentient bishops in a di
referring to one bishop of superior intellect.
IVIetropolitaii ]fluseiiiii of Art, New
city. Painting.
metropolitan railway, London (undergrou^
at first between Paddiiigton and Victoria street, near Iloll
was authorized by Parliament, 1853; begun in the spriii
1860; and opened for traffic 10 Jan. 1863. Great difficu
were overcome by the engineer, John Fowler, and the
tractors. Jay, Smith, and Knight. In the first 6 months <
1865 there were 7,462,823 passengers. It has been contiim
to Moorgate street, and supplemented by the iMetropolitei
Districts railway.
MetZ, a fortified city in Lorraine, now in the departi
of the Moselle, N.E. France, was the Roman Divodunu
Meti, capital of the Mediomatrici, a powerful tribe of
and in the 6th century of the kingdom of Austrasia or
It was made a free imperial city, 985. Charles Vll.of Fn
besieged it for 7 months in 1444; it was ransomed for lOQ
florins, was captured by Henry II., 10 Apr. 1552, and su
fully defended by the duke of Guise against the emp
Charles V. with 100,000 men, 31 Oct. 1552 to 15 Jan. 11
Metz was ceded to France by the peace of Westphalia, 24 (
1648, and was fortified by Yauban and Belleisle. On 28 J
1870, the emperor Napoleon III. took command at Meti
person. After the disastrous defeats at Woerth and Foi
on 6 Aug., the whole French army (except the corps of B!
Mahoii, De Failh', and Douay) was concentrated here, 10
Aug., and hemmed in by the Germans. Marshal Baza
sumed command, 8 Aug. The emperor departed with the
guard, which crossed the Moselle early on 14 Aug.
1. Battle of Pange or Courcelles. gained by the first army under
Von Steinmetz, after several hours' fighting 14 Aug.
2. Battle of Vionville or Mars-la-Tour, gained by the "id army
under prince Frederick Charles, after 12 hours' fighting,
16 Aug.
[Twice as many Germans were killed as at KOniggratz,
the killed and wounded being estimated at 17,000. The
French loss was equally great.]
Bazaine masses his troops for a decisive conflict 17 Aug. '■
8. Battle of R^zonville or Graveloite. gained by the combined
1st and 2d armies, commanded by the king in person, after
12 hours' fighting 18 Aug.
[The most desperate struggle took place on the slopes
over Gravelotte, which the Germans gained by nightfall,
after repeated charges. But the right of the French had
been outflanked; they fell back and retired under cover
of Metz. The French are said to have lost 19,000, and the
Germans 25.000.]
Bazaine repulsed in a sortie at Courcelles, near Metz (he
claimed a victory) 26 Aug.
His whole army defeated by gen. ManteufTel, of the army of
prince Frederick Charles, in a battle lasting from the morn-
ing of 31 Aug. to noon 1 Sept. •
Von Steinmetz sent to govern Posen ; prince Frederick Charles
sole commander before Metz 21 Sept ■
Three vigorous but inefl'ective sallies. 23, 24, 27 Sept. '
Great sortie; the Germans surprised; about 40,000 French en-
gaged; they are repulsed after a severe engagement from 3
P.M. till dark; loss about 2000 French and 600 Germans,
7 Oct. •■
Gen. Boyer arrives at Versailles to treat for capitulation, 14 Oct.
Metz surrenders with the army, including marshals Bazaine,
Canrobert, and Le Boeuf; 66 generals; about 6000 officers;
173.000 men, including the imperial guard; 400 pieces of ar-
tillery; 100 mitrailleuses; and 53 eagles or standards. 27 Oct.
Capitulation was signed at Frescati by gens. Jarras (French)
and Stiehle (German) 27 Oct.
General order to the army issued by marshal Bazaine, saying
that they were "conquered by famine" 27 Oct
Germans enter Metz 29 Oct.
[One cause of the fall of Metz was the great army; it might
have been successfully defended by 20.000 men.]
Marshal Bazaine was tried and condemned to death for sur-
rendering Metz and the army, 6 Oct. -10 Dec. ; punishment
commuted to 20 years' imprisonment, 12 Dec. ; he escaped ^
from isle Ste. Marguerite (France) 9 -Aug. If '
Mexican war, a 2 years' war between the Unite
States and Mexico, caused mainly by the persistence of Me>
ico in her claim to Texas, which had declared its indepei
dence and been annexed to the U. S. Texas, 1844-46. Otl)t
causes were the disagreement as to the boundary betwee
Texas and Mexico, the U. S. claiming the Rio Grande, an
Mexico the Nueces river; also the violation on the part c
Mexico of the treaty of 1831. Gen. Mariano Paredes vj
president of Mexico when war was declared by the U. S.. 1
May, 1846, and by Mexico, 23 May, 1846.
MEX
xican general Mcjia. in command at Matamoras, issues a
liroclamaliou of hostility to the U. S., and calls the people
■ of the country to arms 18 Mch. ]
]m. Zachary Taylor, breaking camp at Corpus Christi, 8 Mch.
11846, appears on the Kio Grande opposite Matamoras,
i 28 Mch.
bn. Pedro de Ampudia arrives at Matamoras and assumes
command of the Mexican forces 11 Apr.
npudia superseded by Mariano Arista, general-in-chief of tlie
Mexican army of the north 24 Apr.
bops under capt. Thornton, sent out by gen. Taylor to recon-
'noitre, are surprised and captured 25 Apr.
I,>n. Taylor calls on the governors of Louisiana and Texas for
Ian auxiliary force of 5000 volunteers 26 Apr.
hn. Taylor garrisons fort Brown, opposite Matamoras, and
Iforces a march to Point Isabel, his depot of supplies, 1-2 May,
prt Brown bombarded by Mexicans 3-9 May,
Hsta disputes Taylor's return to fort Brown, and is defeated
lat Palo Alto, 9 miles from Matamoras 8 May,
btreatiug to Resaca de la I'alma, 4 miles from Matamoras,
he is routed and driven across the Rio Grande 9 May,
cchange of prisoners negotiated and Thornton's party re-
leased 11 May,
es. Polk calls upon Congress to make provision for war with
Mexico 11 May,
ingress calls for volunteers, and officially recognizes the war,
13 May,
ylor crosses the Rio Grande, and occupies Matamoras, evac-
uated by Arista ' 18 May,
eut.-col. (Sarland, pursuing the Mexicans, disperses the rear
[guard, closing the campaign of the Rio Grande 19 May,
jsxican Congress declares war against the U. S 23 May,
jsn. S. \V. Kearney directed by secretary of war to occupy New
Mexico and Upper California, and establish civil govern-
ments therein (Califoknia, 181()-48; New Mexico, 1846-48),
3 June,
Isn. Salas, chief of liberal party of Mexico, seizes the citadel
jin the city of Mexico and overthrows the governmeiit.5 Aug.
;u. Taylor removes his headquarters from Matamoras to Ca-
jmargo 8 Aug.
jirrison of Vera Cruz and San Juan d'Ulloa declare for Santa
(Ana. 31 July, 1846, who arrives at Vera Cruz from Havana,
[16 Aug., his entrance being permitted by com. Conner, com-
imandiug the blockading squadron of the U. S., under instruc-
Itions from his government, 13 May 16 Aug.
bgular troops organized in 2 divisions under gens. Twiggs and
jWorth move against Monterey; Worth's first brigade march-
!es to establish an entrepot at Serralvo 19 Aug.
\m. Santa Ana arrives at the city of Mexico, declines the
'.presidency, and assumes military command 15 Sept.
i S. army concentrated on the banks of the San Juan, 3 miles
from Marin, and the whole force, 425 officers and 6220 men,
'advances upon Monterey 18 Sept.
ionterey, defended by about 10,000 Mexicans under gen. Am-
jpudiii, is besieged by U» S. troops and surrenders, the Mexi-
,can forces retiring to Saltillo 25-28 Sept.
irms of capitulation of Monterey include an armistice of 8
weelvs, during which gen. Taylor agrees not to advance be-
yond the line. Treaty concluded 25 Sept.
jinta Ani arrives at San Luis de Potosi, and begins the or-
iganization of the Mexican army 8 Oct.
ijn. Ampudia, ordered to San Luis, evacuates Saltillo. . .18 Oct.
i)m. Conner, by an expedition from Anton Lizardo, under
jl'erry, up the Tabasco river, captures 5 merchant vessels,
: 23-25 Oct.
ar department disapproves the armistice and orders its close,
!l3 Oct. ; gen. Taylor announces the fact to Santa Ana, 6 Nov.
jirapico on the I'anuco, abandoned by Santa Ana, is occupied
by com. Conner 15 Nov.
Bn. Taylor occupies Saltillo 16 Nov.
3n. Wool's forces at Monclova, march, 24 Nov., to Parras, and
are merged into the army of occupation 5 Dec.
,Bn. Santa Ana elected president of Mexico 6 Dec.
m. John A. Quitman's brigade of volunteers occupy Victoria,
29 Dec. 1846, where they are joined by gen. Taylor with
Twiggs's and Patterson's divisions 4 Jan. :
exican Congress orders sequestration of church property to
Taise funds for the war 7 Jan.
imta Ana, with 23,000 men and 20 pieces of artillery, moves
; in the direction of Saltillo 27 Jan.
jaj.-gen. Scott arrives at Brazos San Jago, 1 Jan., and calls for
:a rendezvous of troops at the island of Lobos, 60 miles south
of Tampico, for his expedition against Vera Cruz Jan.
3n. Taylor arrives at Saltillo, 2 Feb. 1847 ; at Agua Nueva, 5
Feb. ; and at Buena Vista 21 Feb.
ittle of Buena Vjsta, the Mexicans retreat to Agua Nueva
^during the night of 23 Feb 22-23 Feb.
)1. Doniphan with 856 men marches from the Rio Grande to
join gen. Wool, supposed to be marching against Chihuahua.
He reaches El Paso 27 Dec, where he learns of Wool's
change of plan, routs 4000 Mexicans at the pass of Sacra-
mento, 28 Feb., and enters Chihuahua 1 Mch.
;ott's army sails from Lobos for Vera Cruz, lands 3 miles south
of the city, 9 Mch., and begins the investment 10 Mch.
1 the refusal of gen. Morales, commander at Vera Cruz, to
surrender,. the bombardment of the city and castle of San
;Juan d'Ulloa begins, 4 p.m. 22 Mch., and continues until Mo-
; rales, under a flag of truce, proposes a surrender,
8 A.M. 26 Mch.
exicans evacuate Vera Cruz and the castle of San Juan
•I UHoa 29 Mch.
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MEX
Santa Ana leaves the capital for the army near Vera Cruz,
leaving don Pedro Anaya as "i)resident substitute "..2 Apr. 1847
Gen. Scott, marching inland from Vera Cruz, defeats the Mexi-
cans under Santa Aiia at Cerro Goroo, 19 Apr., and Jalapa is
constituted a depot for supplies 20 Apr. "
N. P. Trist, confidential agent of the U. S. to Mexico, arrives at
Vera Cruz \iay u
Gen. Scott at Jalapa, by proclamation to the Mexican people'
offers peace n j^ay a
Worth's command occupies Puebla, Santa Ana having retreat-
ed the day before 15 May "
Com. Perry captures Tuspan 18 May', "
Doniphan's command arrives at Saltillo and proceeds to the
Rio Grande the same day 22 May "
Com. Perry occupies Tabasco 15 June', "
Gen. Manuel Maria Lombardini, in command of the city of
Mexico, expels residents of U. S June "
Troops at Puebla, reinforced by the garrison, withdrawn from'
Jalapa, increase the force to 8000 men 8 July, '»
Gen. Franklin Pierce with about 2500 men leaves Vera Cruz
19 July, and arrives at Puebla 6 Aug. "
Scott advances upon the city of Mexico; Harney's cavalry bri-
gade and Twiggs's division leave Puebla, 7 Aug. ; Quitman's
volunteers follow, 8 Aug. ; AVorth's, 9 Aug. ; Pillows's, 10 Aug.
Gen. Scott establishes headquarters at Ayotla, 9 miles from
the Mexican fortified position of El Peiion 10 Aug. "
Gen. Scott's headquarters at San Augustin 17-18 Aug. "
He defeats Mexicans under gen. Valencia at Contreras,
19-20 Aug. "
Again at Churubusco; Santa Ana retreats to the capital, and
gen. Scott returns to San Augustin 20 Aug. "
British embassy in Mexico meet gen. Scott at San Augustin,
and represent that the moment is favorable for opening
negotiations for peace 20 Aug. "
Gen. Scott removes his headquarters to Tacubaya 21 Aug. "
Gen. Scott appoints gens. Quitman, P. F. Smith, and Pierce as
commissioners to negotiate an armistice with gens. Mora y
Villamil and Quijano, 22 Aug., and ratifies the terms, 23 Aug. '«
Mr. Trist commences unsuccessful negotiations for peace,
25 Aug. "
Gen. Scott notifies Santa Ana that the armistice will end at
12 o'clock the following day 6 Sept. "
U. S. troops capture the castle of El Molino del Rey, 1 mile north
of Tacubaya 8 Sept. "
Castle of Chapultepec taken by U. S. troops by storm. .13 Sept. "
Mexican army leaves the capital, taking the northern road to
Guadalupe Hidalgo, and U. S. troops occupy it. . .13-14 Sept. "
Santa Ana resigns at Guadalupe Hidalgo, and a new provisional
government, organized under Senor Pena y Pena. president
of the supreme council, is commenced at Toluca. . . .27 Sept. "
Populace, reinforced by guerillas under gen. Rea, commence
hostilities against U. S. garrison at Puebla under col. Childs,
14 Sept. ; Santa Ana arrives at Puebla with a reinforcement
for the besiegers, 22 Sept. ; and the siege continues until the
arrival of U. S. troops under gen. Joseph Lane from Vera Cruz,
12 Oct. "
By order of the new government Santa Ana gives up the
command of his troops at Huamantla 16 Oct. '•
U. S. troops under Lane attack and disperse the Mexicans un-
der Rea at Atlixco, temporary state capital 19 Oct. "
Gen. Quitman, appointed by Scott military governor of the city
of Mexico, is succeeded by gen. P. F. Smith Oct. "
Gen. Anaya elected provisional president of Mexico, to serve
until 8 Jan. 1848 11 Nov. "
Gen. Scott, in Order No. 376, announces his purpose to occupy
the republic of Mexico until she sues for peace 15 Dec. "
Peiia y Pena again assumes the government of Mexico.. .8 Jan. 1848
Mr. Trist concludes the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; Mexico
cedes to the U. S. the territory now California, Nevada, Utah,
New Mexico, western Colorado, and Arizona north of the Gila
river. 2 Feb. "
Gen. Lane occupies Orizaba, 25 Jan., Cordova, 28 Jan., and re-
turns to Mexico 6 Feb. "
Gen. William 0. Butler succeeds gen. Scott as commander of
the troops in Mexico 18 Feb. *'
Negotiations for an armistice begun in the city of Mesuco
29 Feb., approved at the Mexican capital. Queretaro. .5 Mch. "
Treaty received at Washington about 20 Feb. and ratified by
the Senate: vote, 38 to 14; messrs. Sevier and Clifford ap-
pointed commissioners to exchange ratifications in the city
of Mexico 10 Mch. "
Gen. Butler announces that the war is ended 29 May, "
Treaty ratified by the Mexican Senate 24 May; ratifications
exchanged at Queretaro 30 May, "
Under a salute from the Mexican batteries the U. S. flag on
the palace in Mexico is replaced by the Mexican 12 June, "
Troops engaged throughout the war, 101.282; of these 27,506
were regulars. Losses, 1049 killed and 3420 wounded.
Mexico, a federal republic in North America, bounded
on the north by the United States of America (California, Ari-
zona, New Mexico, and Texas) ; the Pacific ocean forms its
entire western and southern boundary, with the exception of
Yucatan, giving it a Pacific coast line of nearly 6000 miles,
while its eastern coast is washed by the waters of the Gulf of
Mexico, with a coast line of 1600 miles. The word Mexico
is related to or derived from the Aztec national war-god Mex-
itli. Prior to the coming of the Aztecs, who founded the city
of Mexico, 1325, it was known as Anahuac (signifying '• near
MEX
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MEX
the water"), or that portion of it now known as the valley of
Mexico. Amkrica. It was discovered by tlie Spaniards,
1517-18, and conquered by Ferdinand Cortez, 1519-21. Vis-
ited and largely explored by Alexander von Humboldt, 1799-
1804. It is limited in latitude between 15° and 32° 36' N.,
and in longitude between 87° and 117° W. ; and extends about
2000 miles north-northwest and south-southeast, with a mean
width of about 400 miles, varying from 1000 miles on the 26°
N. to 130 miles at the Tehuantepec isthmus. Area, 767,000
811- miles. Pop. 1874, 9,276,079 ; 1879, 9,686,777 ; 1890, 11,396,-
712. Capital, Mexico ; pop. 1890, 329,535.
Montezuma emperor 1603
Cortez lauds, 1519; capluros the city of Mexico 1521
Mexico constituted a kingdom ; Cortez governor 1522
Meudoza, first viceroy of New Spain, 1530; establishes a mint, 1535
Unsuccessful insurrections of Miguel Hidalgo, 1810; of Morelos,
1W15; of Mina 1817
Mexico independent by the treaty of Aquala 23 Aug. 1821
Augustin Iturbide. president of provisional junto, Feb.; Mexico
au empire, the crown declined by Spain; Iturbide emperor,
May, 1822
Compelled to abdicate 2fi Mch. 1823
Mexican federal republic proclaimed 4 Oct. "
Iturbide goes to England; returns and endeavors to recover
power; shot 19 July, 1824
Federal constitution established Oct. "
[First president D. Felix Victoria.]
Treaty of commerce with Great Britain Apr. 1825
Expulsion of the Spaniards decreed .Mch. 1829
Spanish expedition against Mexico surrendered 26 Sept. "
Revolution ; president Guerrero deposed 23 Pec. "
Santa Ana president, practically dictator 11 May, 1833
Loses her territory of Texas 1836
Independence recognized by Brazil, June, 1830; by Spain,
28 Dec. "
Declaration of war against France 30 Nov. 1838
This war terminated 9 Mch. 1839
War with the United States (Mexican war) May, 1846
Pres Arista resigns, 6 Jan. ; and Santa Ana returns, Feb. ; dic-
tator 16 Dec. 1853
He abdicates; Carera elected president Jan. 1855
Who also abdicates; succeeded first by Alvarez, and afterwards
by gen. Comonfort Dec. "
Property of clergy sequestrated 31 Mch. 1856
New constitution established 5 Feb. 1857
Beginning of Reformed church by Aguilar and others "
Comonfort chosen president July, "
Coup-d'^tat; constitution annulled by church party; Comon-
fort compelled to retire, 11 Jan. ; gen. Zuloaga takes the gov-
ernment 21-26 Jan. 1858
Benito Juarez declared president at Vera Cruz 11 Feb. ''
Civil war Aug. to Nov. '*
Gen. Miguel Miramon nominated president at Mexico by the
junta 6 Jan. 1859
Zuloaga abdicates 2 Feb. "
Britain sends ships ofwar to Mexico to protect her subjects, Feb. "
Miramon forces lines of liberal generals, enters capital, assumes
office as governor, and rules arbitrarily 10 Apr. "
Juarez confiscates church property 13 July, "
Miramon and clericals defeat liberals under Colima 21 Dec. "
Besieges Vera Cruz, 5 Mch. ; bombards it; compelled to raise
the siege 21 Mch. 1860
Zuloaga deposes Miramon, assumes presidency 1 May, "
Miramon arrests Zuloaga, 9 May; diplomatic bodies suspend
official relations with former 10 May, "
Miramon defeated by Degollado 10 Aug. "
He governs with tyranny; seizes 152,000Z. of English bond-
holders, Sept. ; foreign ministers quit the city Oct. "
He is defeated; compelled to retire; Juarez enters Mexico, 11
Jan. ; re elected president 19 Jan. 1861
Juarez made dictator by congress 30 June, "
Mexican congress suspends payments to foreigners for 2 years,
17 July, "
Hence diplomatic relations broken with England and France,
27 July, "
England, France, and Spain, after vainly seeking redress and
payment of interest by negotiations, sign a convention for
joint hostilities against Mexico 31 Oct. "
Mexican congress dissolves, after conferring full powers on
the president 15 Dec. "
Spanish troops land at Vera Cruz, 8 Dec. ; it surrenders. 17 Dec. "
British naval and French military expedition arrive. .7, 8 Jan. 1862
Mexicans resist, and invest Vera Cruz; taxes raised 25 per
cent Jan. "
Miramon arrives, but is sent back to Spain by the British ad-
miral Feb. ' '
Proposed Mexican monarchy for archduke Maximilian of Aus-
tria disapproved by Britain and Spain Feb. "
Negotiation ensues between Spanish and Mexicans; conven-
tion between commissaries of allies and Mexican general
Doblado at Soledad 19 Feb. "
Gen. Marquez arms against Juarez, and gen. Almonte joins the
French general Lorencez; Juarez demands a compulsory
loan, and puts Mexico in a stale of siege Mch. "
Conference between plenipotentiaries of allies at Orizaba; Eng-
lish and Spanish declare for peace; the French dissent, 9
Apr. , who declare war against Juarez 16 Apr. ' •
Spanish and British retire; French government reinforces Lo-
rencez May,
French, induced by Manjuez, enter interior; repulsed by Zara-
goza at Fort Guadalupe, near Puebla 5 May,
Juarez quits the capital 31 May,
French defeat Mexicans at Cerro de Borgo, near Orizaba,
13, 14 June,
Mexican liberals said to desire negotiation Aug.
(ion. Forey and 2500 French soldiers land 28 Aug.
Napoleon III. writes Lorencez, disclaims intention to impose
a government on Mexico ; announced Sept.
Death of Zaragoza, a great loss to the Mexicans 8 Sept.
(Jen. Forey deprives Almonte of the presidency at Vera Cruz,
and assumes civil and military power Oct,
Onega takes command of the Mexicans 19 Oct.
Mexican congress meets, protests against French invasion,
27 Oct.
French evacuate Tampico 13 Jan.
Forey marches towards Mexico 24 Feb.
Siege of Puebla; bravely defended, 29 Mch. ; assault, 31 Mch.-
3 Apr. ; Ortega surrenders at discretion 18 May,
Juarez removes his government to San Luis de Potosi.31 May,
Mexico occupied by French under Bazaine, 5 June; Forey's
army enters, 10 June ; provisional government
Assembly of notables at Mexico decide for a limited hereditary
monarchy, with a Roman Catholic prince as emperor, and
offer crown to archduke Maximilian of Austria; regency es-
tablished 6-10 July,
French reoccupy Tampico 11 Aug.
Marshal Forey resigns command to Bazaine and returns to
France 1 Oct
Archduke Maximilian will accept crown if it be the will of the
people 3 Oct.
Mexican gen. Comonfort surprised and shot by partisans,
12 Nov.
Successful advance of imperialists; Juarez abandons San Luis
de Potosi, 18 Dec. ; imperialists enter 24 Dec.
Ex-president Santa Ana lands at Vera Cruz, professing ad-
hesion to empire, 27 Feb. ; dismissed by Bazaine.. . .12 Mch.
Juarez makes Monterey seat of government 3 Apr.
Archduke Maximilian accepts the crown from Mexican deputa-
tion at Miramar 10 Apr.
Emperor and empress land at Vera Cruz, 29 May; enter city
of Mexico 12 June,
Emperor visits the interior; grants a free press Aug.
Republicans defeat imperialists at San Pedro 27 Dec.
Juarez, at Chihuahua, exhorts the Mexicans to maintain inde-
pendence 1 Jan.
Emperor institutes order of Mexican eagle
Oaxaca surrenders to Bazaine 9 Feb.
Constitution promulgated 10 Apr.
Ortega recruits at New York for republican army, May; dis-
countenanced by the U. S. government June,
Anniversary of Mexican independence; descendants of Iturbide
made princesses, etc 16 Sept.
Emperor proclaims the war ended, and martial law against all
armed bands; indignation excited 2 Oct.
Juarist generals taken prisoners ; shot 16 Oct
U. S. protest against French occupation. Nov.-Dea
Presidency of Juarez expires; he determines to continue to
act, 30 Nov. ; he flees to Texas 20 Dec.
Bagdad, on the Rio Grande, seized by American Juarists, 4, 5
.Jan. ; occupied by U. S. gen. Weitzel, 5 Jan. ; his conduct
disavowed ; Bagdad reoccupied by imperialists 20 Jan. ;
Napoleon III. agrees to withdraw all his soldiers from Mexico
between Nov. 1866 and Nov. 1867 Apr.
Guerilla warfare, with varying success Mch. -May,
.Matamoras captured by liberals under Escobedo. . .23, 24 June,
Empress Charlotte departs for France, 13 July; conspiracy
suppressed ' 15-17 July,
Convention between Maximilian and the French; transfer of
customs revenue to France 30 July,
Juarez and party take Tampico 1 Aug.
U. S. disallow Maximilian's blockade of Matamoras 17 Aug.
Dissension among liberals; 3 rival presidents— Juarez, Ortega,
and Santa Ana Sept. -Oct.
Empress solicits help from France, Sept. ; she falls ill Oct.
Firm speech of emperor Maximilian 19 Sept.
Emperor leaves Mexico for Orizaba; giving authority to Ba-
zaine Oct
French evacuate several places • .Nov.
Imperial council at Orizaba determine to maintain empire,
24 Nov.
Death of Augustin Iturbide H Hec.
Maximilian, with army, arrives at Queretaro 19 Feb. .
Departure of French 13 Jan., 5 Feb., 14 Men.
Juarez, Diaz, and Ortega dispute the supremacy Apr.
Queretaro, after many conflicts, captured by treachery ; Men-
dez shot 15 May,
Emperor Maximilian, Miramon, and Mejia, after trial, shot,
^ ' 19 June,
Mexico city taken after 67 days' siege; republic re established,
' ■' " ' -21 June,
Surrender of Vera Cruz 25 June,
Santa Ana captured; detained a prisoner • -Julyi
Juarez enters Mexico ; convokes assembly to elect president,
14, 15 July,
Marquez and others said to be organizing against Juarez, Aug.
Porfirio Diaz nominated for presidency Sept,
Santa Ana sentenced to 8 years' banishment -Oct.
Maximilian's body given to Austrian adm. Tegethoff. . .26 Nov.
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ican congress opened* Juarez provisional president; foreign
msuls said to be leaving 8 Dec.
■ez re elected president Dec.
-ez inaugurated about 25 Deo.
imiliau's body buried at Vienna 18 Jan.
ellion against Juarez in Yucatan and other provinces,
Jan. -Feb.
atlan blockaded by capt. Bridge of British ship Chanticleer
r an outrage, 20 June; relieved by adm. Hastings July,
ty with U. S Dec.
irrection at I'uebia suppressed Feb.
Almonte d. at Paris Mcb.
ountor between Mexicans and U. S. troops pursuing Indian
ipredators; about 40 U. S. soldiers killed; reported. 12 Apr.
tiou for president: Diaz, 1982 votes; Juarez, 1963; Lerdo,
6(5; Juarez retains power '. 27 July,
rrection headed by Negrete, Riveras, and others, sup-
essed with much slaughter 12 Oct.
•ez re-elected jiresident Oct.
rgents under Porflrio Diaz twice defeated; announced,
Jan.
I war going on with varying success Apr. -June,
• to Juarez d. (aged about 68) by apoplexy 18 July,
itry tranquil; Diaz accepts amnesty; announced. .14 Aug.
.0 de Tejado (of good character) elected president, Oct. ;
'az submits Nov.
way from Mexico to Vera Cruz completed; runs. . .23 Jan.
loms tariffs liberalized July,
jnate voted by congress Aug.
Ijious orders suppressed Dec.
Irrection by Diaz, Mch. ; he takes Matamoras 1 Apr.
ress of Reformed church; overtures for union with Epis-
pal church of U. S about Apr,
rgents defeated at Oaxaca, 29 May; at Queretaro June,
h of Santa Ana, ex-president 20 June,
defeats government troops at Tekoar, 12 Nov.; enters
xico, assumes power as provisional president 20 Nov.
Lerdo de Tejado retires; Iglesias takes arms as president,
Dec.
defeats Iglesias, who retreats; Diaz elected president, 18
b. ; proclaimed 5 May,
rrection of Negrete; Diaz marches against him.. .16 June,
Ijel Gonzalez elected, 11 July; succeeds 1 Dec.
nt city discovered in Sonora, near Magdalena, a great
amid, rooms cut in a stony mountain, implements, etc.,
hieroglyphic inscriptions
ession by Mexico to James B. Eads for 99 years for a rail-
ly for ships across the isthmus; estimated cost, 15, 000,000^. ;
^del exhibited at Long Acre, London Aug.
3ffio Diaz inaugurated president 1 Dec.
ffing affair (United States) July-Aug.
lire-elected president 11 July,
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1832; accepted the crown, 10 Apr. 1864; married 27 July,
1857, to princess Charlotte, daughter of Leopold I., king of
i the Belgians; adopted Augustin Iturbide as his heir, Sept.
I 1865; shot (after a trial), 19 June, 1867.
liainii. Indians.
'[icliaclma§, 29 Sept., feast of St. Michael, reputed
udian of the Roman Catholic church, under the title of
k! IMichael and All Angels." Instituted, according to But-
:r!:87.
ti(Mistom in England ol eating goose at Michaelmas has been
(plained by saying that queen Elizabeth heard of the destruction
the Spanish Armada while eating the bird at dinner on 29 Sept.
1)8, at the house of sir Neville Umfreyville. The custom is
iich oyer, and extends to the other countries of Europe.— Ctoms
t'endaria.
;[ic1ligan, one of the north central states of the United
tiiis, consists of 2 peninsulas ; the upper peninsula lies whol-
ly south of lake Superior
and north of Wisconsin, lakes
Michigan and Huron, and is
318 miles long east and west.
The lower peninsula extends
north between lake Michigan
on the west and lake Huron
and the Detroit river on the
east to the strait of Mackinaw,
a distance of 280 miles. Can-
ada lies to the east, lake Erie
touches the southeastern cor-
ner, while Ohio and Indiana
, form the southern boundary'.
n Jtitude the whole state is limited by 41° 42' to 48° 22' N.,
|n«jn longitude by 82° 86' to 90° 30' W. Area, 58,915 sq.
P4 in 83 counties ; pop. 1890, 2,093,889. Capital, Lansing.
Claude Dablon and Jacques Marquette establish a i)ermanent
mission at Sault Ste. Marie
Two Sulpician priests with 3 canoes and 7 men pass through
the Detroit river and lake St. Clair
French under M. de St. Lusson, permitted to occupy Sault^Ste.
Marie by the Indians, erect a cross at that place bearing the
arms of France May,
Marquette commences fort Michilimackinac, starts a Huron
settlement, and builds a chapel there
Marquette is buried near present site of Ludington. . .'.18 May,
Robert La Salle, accompanied by father Louis Hennepin and
Chevalier de Tonti, sails up lakes Erie and Huron in the
Griffon, reaching Michilimackinac (New York) 28 Aug.
Antoine de la Motte Cadillac, lord of Bouaget and Moutdesert,
under a commission from Louis XIV., leaving Montreal in
June with 100 men and a Jesuit missionary, commences the
settlement of Detroit 24 July,
First grant of land (32 acres) made at Detroit by Cadillac to
Franfois Fafard Delorme
Detroit attacked by the Fox Indians; after a 3 weeks' siege
the French garrison of 20 soldiers under M. du Buisson
drive the Indians back with severe loss May,
Pontiac, with Ottawa Indians, assists in the defence of Detroit
against the combined northern tribes under Mackinac
Further emigration from France to Detroit
Maj. Robert Rogers is ordered by gen. Amherst, at Montreal,
to take possession of the posts in Michigan and administer
the oath of allegiance to the French subjects there. .12 Sept.
Pontiac makes peace with maj. Rogers, and attends the Eng-
lish to Detroit 7 Nov.
Detroit capitulates, English flag raised on the fort 29 Nov.
British seize the forts at Mackinaw and Green Bay 8 Sept.
Indian tribes in the northwest, incited by Pontiac against ihe
English, capture fort St. Joseph ' 25 May.
Pontiac plans an attack on the fort at Detroit. He asks for a
council in the fort, so that the Indians allowed in the fort, at
a given signal, might begin a general massacre; his plan is
disclosed by an Indian woman to the commandant, maj. Glad-
win, who permits the council, but disposes the garrison so
as to intimidate Pontiac 9 May,
[Pontiac immediately after begins the siege of Detroit.]
Twenty batteaux, with 97 men under lient.Cuyler, sailing to re-
inforce the garrison at Detroit, are attacked by the Indians,
taken, compelled to navigate the boats up the Detroit to Hog
island, and there massacred 30 May,
By the strategy of a game of "baggatiway," or lacrosse,
played with bat and ball, Indians obtain entrance to the fort
at Michilimackinac and massacre the garrison 4 June,
British garrison at Detroit, reinforced by a fleet of gunboats
and a detachment of 300 regular troops under capt. Dalzell,
send a force of about 274 men to make a night attack on
Pontiac, who was encamped near Detroit. The Indians, hear-
ing of the intended attack, form an ambush at Bloody
Bridge, and compel the British to retreat after losing 20
killed, among them Dalzell, and 42 wounded '. . .31 July,
Pontine remains before Detroit until forced to retire by the
advance of col. Bradstreet May,
Charter granted in England to a company for working the cop-
per mines of lake Superior. The miners blast 30 feet into
the rock, and then abandon the mine
Parliament includes Michigan with Canada 22 Jan.
Expedition from Detroit under gov. Hamilton against gen.
Roger Clark at Vincennes, results in Hamilton's being capt-
ured and sent to Virginia; his troops allowed to return to
Detroit Mch.
Formation of the Northwest company for fur trade
Foundation of P'renchtown laid by a few Canadians who settle
on the river Raisin
Indians cede to the U. S. by treaty at fort Mcintosh, a belt of
land beginning at the river Raisin and extending to lake St.
Clair, 6 miles wide, also a tract of iand 12 miles square at
Michilimackinac
Congress includes Michigan in the Northwestern territory,
formed by act of 13 July,
First American settlement established on the river Raisin at
Freuchtown, which becomes a depot for trade for the North-
western Fur company
Jay's treaty with Great Britain fixing the eastern boundary
of the U. S., and calling for the surrender of Detroit and
other western posts held by the British before 1 June, 1796,
concluded 19 Nov.
Robert Randall of Pennsylvania and Charles Whitney of Ver-
mont enter into an agreement with 7 merchants of Detroit
to endeavor to obtain from the U. S. government, by bribing
members of Congress, a pre-emption right to nearly 20,000,000
acres of land in Michigan, but are exposed and receive a
public reprimand
Forts Mackinac (Mackinaw) and Detroit evacuated by the Brit-
ish; Detroit garrisoned by a detachment of gen. Wayne's
army, and capt. Porter first raises the U. S. flag upon the soil
of Michigan H June,
Thomas Powers, agent for the Spanish governor Carondelet,
arrives at Detroit to endeavor to interest gen. Wilkinson in
the Spanish intrigues in the west 24 Aug.
Northwest territory assumes the second grade of territorial
government; Michigan forms the single county of Wayne,
and sends one representative to the General Assembly at
Chillicothe. His election was the first held in Michigan tin-
der U. S. rule
Act of Congress approved establishing Indiana territory, in
which Michigan is partially included 7 May,
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Article VI. of the constitution of Ohio, confirmed bj' the U. S.
government, spooiflos that the northern boundary should bo
"a direct lino from the southern extremity of lake Michigan
to the most northerly cape of Miami bay'' (Ohio) 1802
First U. S. land oflaco opened in Detroit under act of Congress,
26Mch. 1804
Indiana territory divided; all north of a lino east ft-om the
southerly extremity of lake Michigan to lake Erie, and north
through the lake to the northern boundary of the U. S. to
bo the territory of Michigan, by act of 11 Jan. 1805
William Hull appointed first governor of the territory. .1 Mch. "
Town of Detroit destroyed by fire 11 Juno, "
First code of laws for the territory adopted ; called the " Wood-
ward code " May, 1806
Congress authorizes the governor and judges of Michigan to
lay out a town, including old Detroit and 10,000 acres adjoin-
ing; grants to be made of lots to sufferers by the fire "
Act of Congress passed granting a confirmation of claims of
those who had been possessors of land in Michigan since 1796, 1807
Michigan Essay or Impartial Observer, the first paper printed
in Detroit, issued 31 Aug. 1809
Memorial presented to Congress setting forth the defenceless
condition of Michigan, and praying for aid against the Ind-
ians 27 Dec. 1811
Gov. Hull issues a proclamation from Sandwich, on the Detroit
river, inviting people to come in under the American flag,
and promising protection; but extermination to those who
joined the British and savages against the U. S 12 July, 1812
Lieut. Hanks, commandant at fort Mackinac, surrenders to
the British 17 July, "
Battles of Brownstown, 4 Aug. ; and Maguaga 9 Aug. "
Gen. Hull surrenders Detroit to British under gen. Brock, 16 Aug. "
[The forces for its defence were estimated at about 2000
men. These, with 2500 stands of arms, 25 iron and 8 brass
pieces of ordnance, 40 barrels of gunpowder, and a large
quantity of other military stores, were delivered up to the
British without even an attempt to defend them. United
States, Jan. and Mch. 1814.]
Sudden attack upon the U. S. troops, under gen. Winchester, at
the river Raisin by the British, and massacre of the panic-
stricken U. S. troops by the Indians 22 Jan.
Naval victory over British fleet of 6 vessels, under com. Bar-
clay, by U. S. squadron of 9 vessels, under com. Oliver Haz-
ard Perry, ofl' Sister islands, lake Erie, near Detroit (Naval
BATTLK.S) 10 Sept.
Gen. Harrison takes possession of Detroit 29 Sept.
Col. Lewis Cass appointed governor of the territory 29 Oct.
Unsuccessful attempt of U. S. troops, under col. Croghan and
com. Sinclair, to reduce Fort Mackinac 4 Aug.
Special commissioner arrives with the treaty of peace lately
concluded at Ghent 17 Feb.
Detroit incorporated as a village
President James Monroe visits Detroit 13 Aug.
By act of Congress Michigan territory is extended westward to
the Mississippi, thus including the present state of Wisconsin,
Remains of soldiers massacred at the Raisin river removed to
Detroit, and buried with honors of war 8 Aug.
Steamboat Walk-in the-water arrives at Detroit, from Buffalo,
N. Y., on her first trip 27 Aug.
Congress provides for the election of a delegate to Congress by
citizens of Michigan 16 Feb.
William Woodbridge elected territorial delegate 2 Sept. "
Treaty with Indians at Saginaw; they cede lands, 60 miles
wide, west of Detroit, north to Thunder bay "
Walk-in-the-water makes a trip to the island of Mackinac "
Expedition under gov. Cass starts out in bark canoes to explore
the northwestern lake coast of Michigan 24 May, 1820
Treaty with the Indians perfected through gov. Cass; all coun-
try within the boundaries of Michigan south of Grand river
not before ceded is granted to the U. S 1821
Congress establishes a legislative council of 9 members, appoint-
ed by the president out of 18 elected by the people 3 Mch. 1823
Detroit incorporated as a city 1824
First legislative council at the council house in Detroit, 7 June, "
Congress grants the governor and council power to divide the
territory into townships and incorporate the same, and in-
creases the legislative council to 13 1825
Right of electing members of the legislative council granted to
the electors of the territory 29 Jan. 1827
Pontiac and Detroit railroad chartered 31 July, 1830
Gov. Cass resigns; appointed U. S.. secretary of war 1 Aug. 1831
George B. Porter appointed governor 17 Sept. "
Troops raised in Michigan at the call of the U. S. government
to engage in the Black Hawk war 22 May, 1832
Congress adds to Michigan the territory between the Missis-
sippi river and the Missouri and White Earth rivers, thus in-
cluding the whole of the present Minnesota, Iowa, and parts
of North and South Dakota 28 June, 1834
Gov. Porter dies; Stevens T. Mason acting governor 6 July, "
Question of southern boundary being agitated, Ohio commis-
sioners, running a line about 12 miles southwest of Adrian,
are captured by Michigan troops after several shots, 26 Apr. 1835
Michigan having attained a population of over 60,000, a con-
stitutional convention convenes at Detroit 11 May, "
New constitution ratified by the people 2 Nov. "
Enabling act for Michigan approved 15 June, 1836
Wisconsin territory formed, comprising all of Michigan terri-
tory west of lake Michigan "
Convention at Ann Arbor rejects the Enabling act, as giving
Ohio 470 sq. miles belonging to Michigan since 1787 (Ohio),
26 Sept. "
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New convention of delegates at Ann Arbor accepts the Ena- ~"
bling act U Dec. V
After protracted discussion Congress admits Michigan, adding
to the state in the upper peninsula 2500 sq. mile.s; act ap-
proved '2() Jan.
Legislature passes an act to provide for the organization and^
support of primary schools 20 Mch.
Board of 7 Commissioners of Internal Improvement appointed
by act of legislature MchJ
Meeting of citizens of Detroit friendly to the patriot cause is
lield, 1 Jan. 1838. 5 Jan. the schooner Ann is seized, loadedl
with 450 stands of arms stolen from the Detroit jail, and saila
away with 132 men and provisions for the patriots. Meeting .„
of the public to preserve neutrality is held 8 Jan. 1?^
State prison at Jackson established
William Woodbridpo elected governor Nov. ]
Gov. Woodbridge, elected U. S. senator, is succeeded by James
W. Gordon as acting governor .31 May, 1m
Gen. Lewis Cass nominated for president of the U. S. by the
National Demi ..ratic convention at Baltimore 22 May,
University of Michigan, planned by the governor and people iaj
1817, established by law, 18 Mch. 18:^7, and located at Annj
Arbor, is opened for reception of students 20 Sept.[
State land office established at Marshall by law, to take char
of and dispose of 500,000 acres granted by Congress AprJ
James G. Birney of Michigan nominated as Liberty candidate^
for president of the U. S WS
Copper raining in the upper peninsula of Michigan begun luj
Seat of government permanently located at Lansing by act ap-,
proved 16 Mch.|
Michigan and Wisconsin troops enlisted for the Mexican wa
leave Detroit by boat for Vera Cruz 24 Apr.l
Capital punishment, except for treason, abolished in the stateJ
Epaphroditus Ransom elected governor. Nov.
Constitution framed by a convention which met at Lansing 3'
June; adopted by vote of the people 5 Nov. ]>
Arrest of a band of desperadoes who for a year had terrorized
Jackson county 21 Apr. ]
State Teachers' Association organized Mch. 1
Gov. McClelland made U. S. secretary of the interior, lieut.-
gov. Andrew Parsons acting governor 6 Mch. 1
State Normal school at Ypsilanti, established by act of 28 Mch.
1849, is opened for students Apr.
Maine liquor law passed
State asylum for deaf, dumb, and blind, established by act of
legislature in 1848, opens in rented rooms at Flint Feb. ,1;-
Hillsdale college (Freewill Baptist) established at Spring Ar-
bor in 1844, chartered as Michigan Central college in 1845, is
removed to Hillsdale and reorganized 1
Kalamazoo college (Baptist), organized in 1833, is reorganized..
Ship canal around St. Mary's falls opened
Lands granted by Congress to aid in building a railroad from
Ontonagon to the Wisconsin state line 1
State Reform school at Lansing opened 2 Sept.
State Agricultural college at Lansing, established by act of
legislature 12 Feb. 1853, opened for students May, 1 •
State confers the grant of Congress made in 1856 on the Onton-
agon and State Line Railroad company
Olivet college at Olivet, founded in 1844, reorganized and under
Congregational and Presbyterian government 1"
State asylum for the insane at Kalamazoo opened for recep-
tion of patients
Albion college, at Albion (Methodist Episcopal), organized in
1841, is reorganized 1 ~
First Michigan regiment, ready and equipped 4 days after the
pre dent's call, leaves Detroit under orders of the war de-
partment 13 May, V
State receives from the federal government a grant of 5,891,598
acres of swamp land in Michigan 1~
All departments of Michigan university open to women 1^
Cons' tution amended; all distinction of civil and political
rights based upon color abolished; ratified by the people,
8 Nov. •
Two State Relief committees, with headquarters at Detroit and
Grand Rapids, for the relief of sufferers by forest fires in
northern Michigan disburse $462,106.30 in cash and about
$250,000 in clothing and supplies from almost every state in
the Union, Canada, and abroad Oct. 13
Soldiers' monument at Detroit, erected by voluntary contribu-
tions from citizens of the state, the corner-stone of which
was laid 4 July, 1867, is unveiled 9 Apr. 18
Board of Fish Commissioners appointed to organize a state
fish-breeding establishment '
Cornerstone of the new capitol at Lansing laid 2 Oct. '
State Board of Health appointed • • • ^^
Commission under legislative authority selects Ionia as the lo-
cation for a state house of correction ■
Constitutional commission of 18 members convenes at Lan-
sing and draws up a constitution 27 Aug.
State public school for dependent children at Coldwater, or-
ganized 1871, is opened for reception of children 21 May, If
Battle Creek college chartered
Revised state constitution ratified by people ; a separate vote on
woman suffrage stands 40,077 for and 135,957 against, 3 Nov,
Prohibitory liquor law repealed, and an annual tax imposed on
dealers in and manufacturers of liquors ■•'
Constitution amended, striking out art. iv. sec. 47, which pro-
hibits any act authorizing the license for selling intoxica-
ting liquors :• • ;
State house of correction and reformatory at Ionia opened lor
reception of prisoners ^° ^"^' '
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state insane asylum at Pontiac opened July, 1878
Jew capitol at Lansing dedicated 1 Jan. 1879
;tate school for the blind opened in a leased building at Lan-
; sing 29 Sept.
^legislature, after heated discussion and opposition, confirms
i grant of 1857 to the Ontonagon and State Line Railroad com-
i i)any, although the road had not been constructed, and lim-
1 itation of time had long expired
lichigan Reform school for girls at Adrian, opened Aug.
'crest flres break out in Huron and Sanilac counties and burn
over some 1800 square miles of territory, rendering 2900 fam-
ilies homeless and destroying 138 lives Sept.
;ite purchased for state insane asylum near Traverse City
osiah W. Begole, union or fusion candidate of the Democratic
and Greenback parties, elected governor Nov.
ijational Prison Association meets at Detroit. . ., 17 Oct.
tate asylum for insane criminals at Ionia conipleted "
,tate Soldiers' Home near Grand Rapids dedicated 30 Dec. 1886
lOcaloption law passed by legislature , 1887
iCts passed to incorporate the Women's Christia<,f Temperance
unions throughout the state "
en counties hold local-option elections, and in e..ch case they
resulted in prohibition Dec. "
ecret ballot law, on the Australian ballot system, passed
;dwin B. Winans, Democrat, elected governor by 183,725 votes;
i the Prohibition candidate received 28,651 votes
ilxsenator Thomas W. Palmer of Detroit appointed chairman
of the National Commission of the World's Columbian Expo-
sition 27 June, "
uenry B. Brown commissioned associate justice of the U. S.
[supreme court, 30 Dec. 1890; is sworn in 5 Jan. 1891
jrof Alex. WincheJl, geologist, b. 1824, d. in Ann Arbor.. 19 Feb. "
legislature places all penal and reformatory institutions under
) a single board, extends the Australian ballot system, and re-
quires presidential electors to be elected by congressional
I districts, instead of by general state ticket "
(Wenty-fifth annual reunion of the Grand Army of the Repub-
jlic opens at Detroit 4 Aug. "
1880
1881
1882
1885
1889
1890
Opening of the St. Clair River tunnel celebrated at Port Huron
and Sarnia • 19 Sept. 1891
Ex-gov. Henry C. Baldwin d. in Detroit 31 Dec. 1892
TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS.
William Hull
Lewis Cass ,
George B. Porter.
Steven T. Mason. ,
1805 to 1813
1814 " 1831
1831
1834
1834
1835
I Resigns to become secretary
( of war.
Died in office.
Acting.
Steven T. Mason,
WMlliam Woodbridge. .
James W. Gordon
John S. Barry
Alpheus Felch
William L. Greenley. .
Epaphroditus Ransom
Jolin S. Barry
Robert McClelland. . . .
Andrew Parsons
Kinsley S. Bingham..
Moses Wisner
Austin Blair
Henry H. Crapo
Henry P. Baldwin
John J. Bagley
Charles M. Crosswell. .
David H. Jerome
Josiah W. Begole
Russell A. Alger
i Cyrus G. Luce
I Edwin B. Winans
I John T. Rich
STATE GOVERNORS.
1836 to 1840
1840 " 1841
1841
1842 to 1846
1846 " 1847
1847
1848 to 1850
1850 " 1852
1852 " 1853
1853
1855
1859
1861
1865
1869
1873
1877
1881
1883
1885
1887
1891
1893
1855
1859
1861
1865
1869
1873
1877
1881
1883
1885
1887
1891
1893
Elected U. S. senator.
Acting.
Elected U. S. senator.
Acting.
( Appointed U. S. secretary of
I the interior.
Acting.
( Elected by a fusion, Demo-
{ crats and Greelibackers.
Re-elected 1894.
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.
No. of Congress.
Date.
jucius Lyon
phn Norvell
figustus S. Porter
illiam Woodbridge
lewis Cass
homas Fitzgerald
ppheus Felch
pwis Cass
fiarles E. Stuart
iichariah Chandler
liusley S. Biugham
ficob xM. Howard
fiomas W. Ferry ,
jaac P. Christiancy
achariah Chandler
lenry P. Baldwin
knar D. Conger
'lomas W. Palmer
Irancis B. Stbckbridge.
'lines JIcMillan
i)bn Patton, jr
iilius C. Burrows
24th to 25th
24th " 26th
26th " 28th
27th " 29th
29th " 30th
30th
30th to 32d
31st " 34th
33d " 35th
35th " 43d
36th
37th to 41st
42d
44th to 46th
46th
46th
47th to 50th
48th " 51st
50th " 53d
51st "
53d "
54th "
1837 to 1839
1837 " 1841
1839 " 1845
1841 " 1847
1845 " 1848
1849
1847 to 1853
1851 " 1857
1853 " 1859
1857 " 1875
1859 " 1861
1862 " 1871
1871
1875 to 1879
1879
1879 to 1881
1881 " 1887
1883 " 1889
1887 " 1894
1«89 "
1894 "
Seated 26 Jan.
Resigned 1848. Nominated for president by the Democrats.
Appointed /)ro tern, in place of Cass.
Elected president pro tern. 9 June, 1856.
Died 1861.
Elected in place of Bingham.
President j)ro tern. 9 Mch. 1875.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Christiancy. Died 1879.
Appointed in place of Chandler.
Elected in place of Chandler.
Died in office 30 Apr. 1894.
Term expires 1895. Re-elected.
Appointed to succeed Stockbridge 5 May, 1894.
Micmacs. Indians. i^
; inicroin'eter, an astronomical instrument to measure
iiall distances and minute objects in the heavens, such as the
iparent diameters of the planets, etc., was invented bv Will-
m Gascoigne, who was killed at Marston Moor, 2 Juiy^ 1644.
was improved by Muj'ghens about 1652. Sir Joseph Whit-
mth made a machine to measure the 1,000,000th of an inch
|)out 1858 ; the measurement of the 30,000th of an inch is
>w common.
i llli'crophone (Gr. /iticpoc, little ; (pwvT], sound), a
jime given by Wheatstone, in 1827, to an instrument for ren-
ifiug weak sounds audible by solid rods. The name was
;5o given to an arrangement invented (in Dec. 1877) by prof.
L E. Hughes (inventor of a printing telegraph), and shown
i the Royal society, 9 May, 1878.
1 electric current is established between 2 imperfect conductors,
in loose contact (such as pieces of charcoal, metallized by being
plunged when heated into mercury), mounted on a piece of thin
wood. Minute sounds produced on the Wood disturb the electric
conductivity at the place of contact, and may be heard by tele-
phone. The sonorous and electric waves are thus rendered syn-
chronous and convertible. The tread of a fly sounds like that of
■a large quadruped. Telephone.
nii'croscope§, said to have been invented by Jansen
; Holland about 1590, by Fontana in Italy, and by Drebbel
, Holland, about 1621. they were made with double glasses
;ien the law of refraction was discovered, about 1624. Solar
icroscopes were invented by Dr. Hooke. In England the
icroscope was improved by Benjamin Martin (who invented
and sold pocket microscopes about 1740), by Henry Baker,
F.R.S., about 1763, and still more since 1800 by Wollaston,
Ross, Jackson, Varley, Powell, and others. Diamond micro-
scopes were made by Andrew Pritchard in 1824 ; and the use
of " test objects," to prove the instruments, discovered by hira
and Goring in 1824-40. A binocular microscope (i. e. for two
eyes) was constructed by prof. Riddell in 1851, and Wenham's
improvements were made known in 1861. Treatises on the
microscope by J. Quekett (1848), by dr. W. B. Carpenter
(1856 et seq.), by dr. Lionel Beale (1858-64), and Griffith and
Henfrey's " Micrographic Dictionary " (1856 and 1875), are
valuable. The Microscopical Society of London was estab-
lished 20 Dec. 1839, and the Quekett Microscopical Club, 1865.
In 1865 H. Sorby exhibited his spectrum, microscope, by which
the 1,000,000th of a grain of blood was detected.
mi'cro - taiim'eter, an instrument invented by
T. A. Edison, applying the principle of the carbon micro-
phone to delicate barometers, thermometers, hygrometers,
etc., in the measurement of infinitesimal pressure ; announced
July, 1878.
middle ag^e§. Dark ages.
Middle Creek, Ky., battle of, fought 10 Jan. 1862,
in the valley of the Big Sandy. Gen. James A. Garfield, with
about 1800 men, defeated gen. Humphrey Marshall, command-
ing 2500 confederates.
Midian, now Arz I?Iadiaii, a country of N.W.
Arabia; anciently held by descendants of Midian, a son of
MID 612
Abraham. Having enticed tlie Israelites to idolatry, they
were severely chastised, 1452 b.c. They invaded Canaan
about 1249 B.C., and were defeated by Gideon.
Capt. Richard F. Burton explored ruiiiod cities of Midian in 1877,
and found remains of ancient mines, many relics, and gold. An
expedition, under liis command, equipped by the khedive of
Egypt, sUrted from Suez, 10 Oec. 1877, and returned 20 Apr. 1878;
bringing '25 tons of geological specimens, samples of silver and
copper ore, coins and other antiquities, and i)hotogruphs of re-
mains of ruined cities, etc.
midland railway station, St. Pancras, N. Lon.
don, with the largest known roof in the world (245 feet 6
inches wide, and G98 feet long), was opened for traffic 1 Oct.
1868. Tlie engineer was H. VV. Barlow.
niid%vifery. Wonaen were the only practitioners
among the Hebrews and Egyptians. Hippocrates, in Greece,
460 B.C., is styled father of midwifery as well as of physics.
It advanced under Celsus, who flourished 37 a.d., and of (ia-
len, who lived 131. In England midwifery became a science
about the time when the college of physicians was founded,
10 Hen. VII. 1518. Dr. Harvey began the practice about
1603; Astruc affirms that madame de la Valliere, mistress of
Louis XIV., in 1663, secretly employed Julian Clement, a sur-
geon.
Hilan (mll'an) (Lat. Afediolanum), capital of the ancient
Liguria, now Lombardy, is reputed to have been built by the
Gauls, about 408 b.c. The cathedral, or duomo, was built
about 1385. Pop. 1890, 414,551. bc.
Conquered by the Roman consul Marcellus 222
A.D.
Seat of government of the Western empire 286
Council of Milan 346
St. Ambrose, bishop of Milan 375
Milan plundered by Attila ^ 452
Included in the Ostrogothic kingdom, 489; in the Lombard
kingdom 569
Becomes an independent republic 1101
Emperor Frederic I. takes Milan, and appoints a podesta 1158
It rebels; is taken by Frederic and its fortifications destroyed, 1162
Rebuilt and fortified 1169
Milanese defeated by the emperor Frederic II 1237
Visconti become paramount in Milan 1277
John Galeazzo Visconti takes the title of duke 1395
Francesco Sforza, son in law of the last of the Visconti, sub-
dues Milan and becomes duke 1450
Milan conquered by Louis XII. of France 1499
French expelled by the Spaniards 1525
Milan annexed to the crown of Spain 1540
Milan ceded to Austria 1714
Conquered by the French and Spaniards 1743
Reverts to Austria, Naples and Sicily being ceded to Spain 1748
Seized by the French 30 .June, 1796
Retaken by the Austrians 1799
Regained by the French 31 May, 1800
Made capital of Italy, and Napoleon crowned with the Iron
Crown here 26 May, 1805
Milan decree of Napoleon against all continental intercourse
with England 17 Dec. 1807
Insurrection against the Austrians; flight of the viceroy,
18 Mch. 1848
Surrenders to the Austrians 5 Aug. "
Treaty of peace between Austria and Sardinia 6 Aug. 1849
Peace of Villafranca; a large part of Lombardy transferred to
Sardinia 12 July, 1859
Victor Emmanuel enters Milan as king 8 Aug. 1860
]flilan decree. United States, 1807.
mile'tUS, a Greek city of Ionia, Asia Minor, founded
about 1043 b.c. The Milesians defended themselves success-
fully, 623-612 B.C. During the war with Persia it was taken,
494, but restored, 449. Here Paul delivered his charge to the
elders of the church of Ephesus, 60 a.d. (Acts xx.).
military or martial laiv is built on no settled
principle, but is arbitrary, and, in truth, no law; but some-
times indulged, rather than allowed, as law. — Sir Matthew
Hale. It has been several times proclaimed in parts of Great
Britain, and in 1798 was almost general in Ireland, where it
was also proclaimed in 1803. Habeas Corpus, Milligan
CASE, United States.
military department§ of the United
States. The U. S. form 8 military departments, viz. :
Department of the East, hd. qrs. Governor's island, N. Y. : New
England states, Middle states, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and District
of Columbia.
Department of the Missouri, hd. qrs. Chicago, 111. : Michigan, "Wis-
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Kansas, Arkansas, Indiatl
Califoru a
consin, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri
Oklahoma territories.
Department of California, hd. qrs. San Francisco, Cal
and Nevada.
Department of Dakota, hd. qrs. St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota, N(
Dakota, part of South Dakota, Montana, and part of WyomiUi
Department of Texas, hd. qrs. Snn Antonio, Tex. : Slate of Tej
Department of the Platte, lid. qrs Omaha, Neb. : Iowa. Nebrai
part of Wyoming, Utah, i)art of Idaho, and jiart of South Dak
Department of Colorado, hd. qrs. Denver, Col. : Arizona,
Mexico, and Colorado.
Department of the Columbia, hd. qrs. Vancouver Barracks, Wj
Oregon, Washington, part of Idaho, and Alaska.
Each under the supervision of a general officer of the arm
military districts. United States, 1813.
military events in the United StBt%
Besides special mention, Statk records. United States
militia, citizens of a state enrolled as soldiers for trail-
ing and discipline, but called into active service only in emei-
gencies, thus distinguished from the regular or constant sold
Act of Congress requiring every citizen between 18 and 46
years of age to be enrolled in the militia, and armed and
equipped at his own cost 8 May, 17
Act empowering the president, in case of invasion, to call out
the militia of the states 28 Feb.
Permanent appropriation of $200,000 a year to provide arms
and equipments for militia, made l)y Congress 23 Apr. :
Board to consider changes in the militia laws is convened by
secretary of war Barbour, with Wiufield Scott as president.
It reports apian "that a select corps of militia be formed,
to consist in each state of one brigade for every congression-
al representative, and that the officers assemble in camps of
instruction ten days in each year;" that -'the office of adju-
tant-general of militia be created, and that the U. S. furnish
officers to instruct the camps " \n-.
Congress enacts that whenever the president shall call out the
militia, he may fix the period of service, not exceeding 9
months 17 July, isi
Militia in the U. S. are officered and disciplined by state aiithi
ity, but the Constitution makes the president commander :
chief of the militia when in actual service of the U. S. In tl
constitutions of Massachusetts, Vermont, Oregon, and South Cai<
lina, it is declared that every member of society is bound to yic!
his personal service or an equivalent to the state, for the defeii'
of life, liberty, and property ; but in most of the states the inilii
consists of all able-bodied male persons between 18 and 4.5, and r.
person conscientiously opposed to bearing arms is excused from!
service on paying an equivalent. The National Guard in the mili-|i
tia of the states in 1891 included : 1
Infantry 92,203
Cavalry 4,554
Artillery 5,224
Total enlisted 101,981
Total commissioned 9,311
Number of men available for military duty, not enrolled, 9,121,253.1
The standing national force of England is traced to king]
Alfred, who made all his subjects soldiers, 872-901.
Commission of array to raise a militia 11'.
Revived by Henry II Hi'
Again revived W'l
Said to amount to 160,000 men 1623J
Militia Reserve act passed W^r
141,488 in 18(1
milky Way (Galaxy, from Gr. yakaKTOQ, milk) in tl
heavens. Hera is said by Greek poets to have spilled her milk
in the heavens after suckling Hermes or Heracles. Deraocri-
tus (about 428 B.C.) taught that the Via Lactea consists of
stars, and Galileo (1610-42) proved it by the telescope, "h:
the midst of this gigantic collection of stars lost in this vortex
of worlds, our little solar system lies. The dimensions of tli'
centre of this system — the sun which appears to us so grea
but which in reality is that of a star of the second or thin:
magnitude — are found to represent but an atom of the lumi-
nous sand of the Milky Way." — Richard A . Proctor.
mill-boy of the Sla§]ie§, a term applied to Henn
Clay (1777-1852), born Hanover county, Va. "Mill-boy,'
from his carrying grain to be ground at a mill in that vicin-
ity, and " of the Slashes," from his boyhood residence, so calk*
because the timber had been slashed or cut off.
millena'rians. Some suppose that the world wil
end with the 7000th year from the creation ; and that during
1000 years (millennium) Christ and the saints will reign upoi
the earth (Rev. xx.). The doctrine was inculcated in the 2i
and 3d centuries by Papias, Justin Martyr, and others.
millerites, followers of William Miller (1781-1849)
who labored assiduously in the northern United States for H
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)rld in 1843. His followers rapidly disappeared after the
lay of probation " passed. Adventists.
lUilli^ail, Case of. On 5 Oct. 1864, Lambdin P. Mil-
an, while at home in Indiana, was arrested with others, for
jasonable designs, by order of gen. Alvin P. Hovey, com-
inding the military tlistrict of Indiana ; on 21 Oct. brought
fore a military commission convened at Indianapolis by gen.
)vey, tried on'certain charges and specifications, found guilty,
d sentenced to be hanged, Friday, 19 May, 1865. Tiie pro-
sdings of the military commission closed in Jan. 1865. When
e Circuit court of the United States met at Indianapolis in
11. 1865, the grand jury did not indict Milligan, who then
titioiied the court to be brought before it and tried by jury
released. With the petition was filed the order appointing
e commission, the charges, finding of the commission, with
e order from the war department reciting that the sentence
IS approved by the president, and directing that the sentence
carried out without delay. The judges differed on 3 ques-
ms : (1) Whether on the facts submitted a writ of habeas
rpus should be issued ; (2) Whether Milligan ought to be
;charged; (3) Whether the military commission had acted
thin its jurisdiction ; and these were submitted to the Su-
?me court of the U. S. The first 2 questions were answered
I the affirmative, the third in the negative, justices Davis,
ier. Nelson, Clifford, and Fields holding that Congress had
[: the constitutional power to authorize such commission —
It the Constitution forbids it, and is the supreme law of the
id, in war as in peace. Chief-justice Chase, supported by
•itices Wayne, Swayne, and Miller, held that Congress has
;■ power to authorize military commissions in time of war;
j; all concurred in the answers given to the 8 questions sub-
uLted, and Milligan was released. " This decision of the
;!irt overthrew the whole doctrine of military arrest and trial
;iprivate citizens in peaceful states." — Lalor^s " Cyclopaedia
(Political Science," vol. ii. p. 433. Habeas cokpus.
tHilliken's Bend, La., attacked by confederates
liler gen. H. McCulloch ; repulsed 6 June, 1863, by Union
Ibes (mostly colored), aided by the gunboats Choctaw and
tington. Union loss, killed and wounded, 404.
•Hill Springy, Ky., battle at. Gen. Zollicoffer, confed-
*te, was here defeated by gen. George H. Thomas, with a
1; of 300 men, 19 Jan. 1862. Gen. Zollicoffer was killed.
nillS, anciently, any machine for grinding cereals for food ;
rdern meaning includes any machine or combination of ma-
claery used for any intended purpose, as cotton-tnill, woollen-
nl, grist-mill, saw-mill, cider-mill, etc. Moses forbade mill-
«;ies to be taken in pawn, because it would be like taking a
ii;[i's life to pledge (Deut. xxiv. 6). The hand-mill was in
u among Britons before the Roman conquest. The Romans
iioduced the water-mill. Cotton - mills moved by water
v,e erected by sir Richard Arkwright at Cromford, Derby-
s -e, Engl, who died 1792. Mechanics.
flilwau'kee, known as the "Cream city," the me-
t lolis of Wisconsin, situated on the western shore of lake
ft higan, was founded by Solomon Juneau, who arrived there
1 Sept. 1818. The place and name were known as early as
IXov. 1699, as John Buisson de St. Comes mentions being
s(m-bound at Milwarck on that date. The east side was first
Pited and named Milwaukee by Messrs. Juneau and Martin
ii:835, the first sale of lots taking place in August of that
yjr. In 1838 the population of Milwaukee was 700 ; 1840,
ip, and by decades since, 1850, 20,061 ; 1860, 45,246 ; 1870,
7140; 1880, 115,587; 1890, 204,468; by this census the 16th
•c| in the United States in point of population. Area of the
•c| in 1890 was 17 sq. miles. Lat. 43° 5' N., Ion. 88° W.
ll.-aukee visited by lieut. James Gorrell of the 80th Royal
iierican regiment, stationed at Mackinaw 21 Aug. 1762
A;ander Laframbois, trader from Mackinaw, establishes
mselfat Milwaukee, remaining 6 years 1785
J'ii Baptiste Mirandeau, a trader from Green Bay, settles at
e of Milwaukee I795
^' mon Juneau, founder of the city, arrives as clerk for his
iier-inlaw, Jacques Vieux of Green Bay 14 Sept. 1818
^ '^ invoice of goods landed at Milwaukee from a lake vessel,
>e Chicago Packet, a schooner of 30 tons, capt. Britton 1823
' ,1 trame building built for Solomon Juneau 1824
<-<,(^eorge H. Walker, who erected the first dwelling-house on
^ °'\uth side, arrives 20 Mch. 1834
Ji^uth side,
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Byron Kilbourn, founder of Kilbourntown, now the west side,
arrives Nov. 1834
First ferry established at the mouth of the river by Horace
Chase 1835
First Protestant meeting (Methodist) May, "
East side platted and named Milwaukee by Messrs. Juneau and
Martin, and first recorded sale of lots 4 Aug. "
West side platted by Kilbourn; first recorded plat dated, 9 Oct. "
First election of town officers 19 Sept. "
Post-office established, with Solomon Juneau as postmaster. . . "
First white child, Milwaukee Smith, daughter of Uriel B.
Smith, b lOOct! "
First tavern opened by J. and L. Childs. on northeast cor.
Broadway and Wisconsin st .' <<
Second tavern opened by Vieux, and known as the Cottage inn "
[Destroyed by fire in 1845.] '
First Episcopal service conducted by rev. Henry Gregory of
Syracuse, N. Y ]0 Jan. 1836
Stage-coaches begin running weekly to Chicago Mch. "
First newspaper, Milwaukee A dvertiser, pub 14 July, "
First brick building erected on Jackson st. by William Sivyer]
May. "
First vessel built near the intersection of North Water and
Broadway, a schooner of 90 tons, the Solomon Junea^i "
Steamer Columbus, first of regular line of lower lake steamers,
arrives Aug. "
First court-house built "
First school on the south side, kept at the cor. of Florida and
Greenbush sts. by Eli Bates, jr., and another school on Third
St. kept by Edward West winter of 1836-37
First hotel, "the Belle View, afterwards the Milwaukee house,
cor. Broadway and Wisconsin St., begun by Juneau and
Martin in 1835, and completed , 1837
Milwaukee Sentinel first pub "
School held in the Methodist church, southeast cor. East
Water and Huron sts "
First U. S. District court held "
Village of Milwaukee orgnuized; Solomon Juneau elected
president 14 Feb. "
Village of Kilbourntown organized; Byron Kilbourn president. "
First celebration of mass at the house of Solomon Juneau, Aug. ' '
First steamer, the Badger, 50 tons, built "
First government light house, on blufi" at head of Wisconsin
St., erected 1838
Ground broken for Kilbourn's famous Rock River canal, 4 July, "
Wisconsin Marine and Fire insurance company organized. May, 1839
St. Peter's church, on Market st. west of Jackson St., built "
Colony of 800 German immigrants land and camp on the lake
shore near the foot of Huron st summer of "
First fire engine, "Neptune No. 1," purchased "
Kilbourntown added to Milwaukee, and divisions of the town
designated as the east and west wards, 1839; Elisha Starr
elected president 18 May, "
First brick block built, northwest cor. Third and Chestnut sts. 1840
[Held the first theatre in Milwaukee; razed in 1876.]
First brewery built at foot of Huron st. by Owens, Pawlet &
Davis spring, ''
Old First Presbyterian church, cor. Milwaukee and Mason sts.,
begun 1839, completed "
First bridge built across the river, joining the east and west
sides, between Chestnut and Division sts "
First fire company organized at the Milwaukee house. .14 Feb. "
First High school established in the old court-house by Charles
Whipple 10 May, 1841
First cargo of wheat shipped "
Brewery erected by Herman Reidelschoefer, northeast cor.
Hanover and Virginia sts "
Ordinance passed against hogs and cattle running at large 1842
First theatrical entertainment, " Shylock " 27 Sept. "
Philetus C. Hale opens the first book store, on East Water St.,
2 Nov. "
First county buildings erected 1843
[Razed in 1870.]
Harbor improvements begun "
Milwaukee lodge of Odd Fellows No. 2, the first in the town,
instituted Mch. "
Milwaukee lodge of Freemasons No. 22, organized 5 July, "
First German paper, the Wisconsin Banner, afterwards the
Banner and Volksfreund, pub. by Moritz Schoeffler..7 Sept. 1844
First military organization, the Washington Guards (disbanded
1852), organized 8 Jan. 1845
Fire which destroys 2 entire squares 7 Apr. "
Young Men's Association founded "
First daily mail to Chicago 18 Nov. "
Milwaukee incorporated as a city ; pop. 9660 31 Jan. 1846
Solomon Juneau elected first mayor 7 Apr. "
First meeting of the common council 10 Apr. "
Fire department organized "
First Baptist church built at the southeast cor. Milwaukee and
Wisconsin sts 1846-47
Female seminary opened by H. M. I.owe and John P. Mc-
Gregor on southeast cor. Jackson and Oneida sts 18 Jan. 1847
Evening Wisconsin first pub 8 June, "
First steam flouring mill erected by Goodrich & Easton on
South Water st. ; begins operation 26 Sept. |'
New jail built by William Si vyer "
Corner-stone of St. John's cathedral laid 5 Dec. "
First telegraph message sent from Milwaukee 17 Jan. 1848
Milwaukee Collegiate institute established by prof. Amasa Buck, "
St. Rosa's Orphan asylum established 9 May, "
First steam grain elevator (Sweet's), erected at Walker's Point, "
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Menomonee Locomoiive works, where the first locomotive
built ill ihP state was constructed, established 1849
Milwaukee Grauunar school founded "
First I'ublic school buildings erected ; 5 brick structures "
I>eath8 from cholera, 104 July, Aug. "
Milwaukee orph.m asylum. Protestant, on Marshall st. between
Oneida and Biddle, established 4 Jan. 1860
First theatrical enlcrtainiiK'iii in (iiTman given 11 Feb. "
Failure of Hemenway's bank 12 Feb. "
Milwaukee Normal institute (ufterwnrds the Milwaukee Fe-
male college) organized "
Ordinance to legalize the widening of Spring st passed. 5 May, "
Forest Home cemetery opened 3 Aug. ''
Over ^X) deaths fW)m cholera. July-Sept. "
Milwaukee and Mississippi railroad opened to Waukesha. 25 Feb. 1861
City omnibus line cstablishetl 20 Sept. "
First railroad passenger depot in the state erected at the foot
of Second st 1852
City first lighted with gas 23 Nov. "
First e.Tpres8 comi>any established in Milwaukee 1 Feb. 1853
St. John's cathedral consecrated 31 July, "
Fire begins at cor. Broadway and Huron st. and destroys 66
buildings, entailing a toUil loss of $400,000 24 Aug. 1854
Cobble-stone pavements introduced "
Failure of the Germania bank 11 Jan. 1855
Light Guards (disbanded in 1870), organized 9 July, "
Night watch tlrst esublished Sept. "
Board of Trade organized, Horatio Hill president 16 Jan. 1856
First shipment of wheat direct to Liverpool, 14,000 bush, on
schooner Dt-an Rictimond, leaves Milwaukee 19 July, arrives
at Liverpool 29 Sept. "
Solomon Juneau d. at Shawano 14 Nov. "
Public funeral of Solomon Juneau held at Milwaukee. .26 Nov. "
James H. Rogers's mansion, southwest cor. Fifteenth st. and
Grand ave., completed 1857
Newhall house opened 25 Aug. "
Chamber of Commerce organized (L. J. Higby, president) in
Apr., and formally opened at No. 1 Spring st. (now Grand
ave.) 22 Nov. 1858
New post-oflBce building, begun 1 May, 1866, opened 1 Jan. 1859
Municipal (police) court established 18 Mob. "
Schooner ^W. S. Scott clears for Liverpool direct with 170,000 ft.
of hardwood lumber (passage, 49 days) 31 May, "
St. Mary's hospital founded "
Ground broken for a street railroad from the foot of Wisconsin
St. to Albion st. , 28 Nov. 1859 ; first trip made 30 May, 1860
Wreck of the Lady Elgin, capt. John Wilson; sunk after col-
lision with schooner Augtisfa, on her return from Chicago
with a party of about 400 excursionists; 225 citizens of Mil-
waukee drowned, besides 62 other passengers 8 Sept. "
Cross block burned; 5 lives lost; city records burned... 30 Dec. "
Bank riot 24 June, 1861
Daily Herald established 21 Sept. "
First steam fire-engine dates from 10 Nov. "
Letter-carrier system introduced 1 Jan. 1865
Academy of Music opened. 31 Jan. "
George H. Walker d 20 Sept. 1866
Plankington house begun. May, 1867; hotel opened Sept. 1868
Old Settlers club organized 5 July, 1869
Board of Public Works created "
Fire-alarm telegraph introduced "
Stock yards established 1870
Byron Kilbourn dies at Jacksonville, Fla 16 Dec. "
Grand Opera House opened 17 Sept. 1871
City water works established 1872-73
Corner-stone of new court-house laid, 7 Sept. 1870; building
completed at a cost of $650,000 22 Jan. 1873
City first supplied with water from tunnel under lake. .14 Sept. 1874
Immanuel Presbyterian church on Astor St., corner-stone laid
26 Aug. 1873 ; cost $170,000 ; dedicated. 3 Jan. 1875
Wisconsin Industrial school for girls organized 11 Feb. "
Milwaukee Free Public library opened 8 July, 1878
National German- American Teachers' seminary opened. ...... "
Telephone exchange opened 1879
Milwaukee County Pioneer Association organized 13 Nov. "
Insane asylum opened 26 Mch. 1880
New library building completed 1 May, "
New building for the Chamber of Commerce dedicated. 18 Nov. "
Evening schools first established 22 Nov. "
Exposition building corner-stone laid, 14 May, 1881; opened,
6 Sept. 1881
Electric light introduced at Schlitz's park "
Daily Journal established 16 Nov. 1882
Newhall house burned ; 71 lives lost '. 10 Jan. 1883
Public funerals of the victims of the Newhall-house fire held
at the Exposition building and at St. John's cathedral.25 Jan. "
Milwaukee day school for the deaf opened "
Milwaukee Club house opened ' 31 May, 1884
Failure of the Manufacturers' bank 15 June, "
St. Paul's church, new edifice dedicated "
State Normal school opened 1885
Old waterpower canal filled up "
Semi-centennial of the first election of town officers. . .19 Sept. "
Statue of Washington by Parks, presented by Miss Elizabeth
Plankington, unveiled on Grand ave 7 Nov. "
Anarchist riot 6 May, 1886
Demolition of the old Kilbourn mansion, northwest cor. Fourth
St. and Grand ave.. begun 10 May, "
New Insurance building erected "
Layton Art gallery opened 5 Apr. 1888
Ex. -gov. Harrison Ludiugton d. (aged 78) 17 June, 1891
Firedesiroy8300 buildings; loss, $5,000,000; lOlivcslost, 28 Oct. 189
Davidson theatre (opened 1891) burned; 20 firemen thrown
into the fire by the falling in of the roof ; 9 lives lost, and
the rest badly injured 9 Apr. 189
MAYORS.
Solomon Juneau 1846
Horatio N. Wells 1847
Byron Kilbourn 1848
Don A. J. Upham 1849
George H. Walkt-r 1851
Hans Crocker 1852
George H. Wall<tT 1853
Byron Kilbourn IS.54
James B. Cross 1855
William A. Prentiss 1858
Herman L. Page 1859
William Pitt Lynde 1860
James S. Brown 1861
Horace Chase 1862
Edward O'Neill 1863
Abner Kirby 1864
John J. Tallmadgo i8(i
Edward O'Neill is&
Joseph Phillips i87i
Harrison Ludington 18T
David G. Hooker 1871
Harrison Ludington 187]
A. K. R. Butler 187(
John Black i87(
Thomas H. Brown
John M. Stowell
Emil Wallber 188^
Thomas H. Brown 1888
George W. Peck 1890|
Peter J. Somers " ,
John C. Koch 189^
Mindeil, Prussia, battle of, 1 Aug. 1759, between thi
English, Hessians, and Hanoverians (under prince Feniinan
of Brunswick), and the French (under marshal de Contades),
who were beaten and driven to the ramparts of Minden. Lor^
George Sackville (afterwards lord George Germaine),who com.,
manded the British and Hanoverian horse, for disobedience of,
orders, dismissed by a court-martial on his return to EnglandJ
22 Apr. 1760. He was afterwards restored to favor, and became!
secretary of state, 1776.
mine explosion before Petersburg, Va. An attempt
was made by the federals to break through the Confederate
line before Petersburg in July, 1864, by blowing up a part of
their works. The point selected was a fort in front of Bnni-
side's corps, the 9th. On the suggestion of lieut.-col, Henry
Pleasants, 48th Pennsylvania volunteers, to gen. Potter, and
approved by gen. Burnside, the work was commenced under
the supervision of col. Pleasants, 25 June. The main gallery
was 511 feet in length, with lateral galleries extending under
the Confederate works 37 and 38 feet to the right and left ; it
was finished 29 July, and 8000 pounds of powder placed in po-
sition for exploding. The mine was exploded successfully at
4.30 A.M., 30 July. The storming column, made up of troops
from the 9th corps, was mismanaged and failed, with a total
loss in killed and wounded and missing of about 4400 men.
The success of the explosion was a surprise to the chief com-
manders of the army of the Potomac ; in fact, they had given it
no thought except to condemn it. The treatment of the subject
by the chief officers of the army of the Potomac is shown by the
following testimony of col. Pleasants before the committee on
the conduct of the war : " Gen. Burnside told me that gen.
Meade and maj. Duane, chief-engineer of the army of the Poto-
mac, said that the thing could not be done, that it was all clap-
trap and nonsense ; that such a length of mine had never been
excavated in military operations and could not be," etc.—" Re-
port of the Committee on the Conduct of the War on Battle of
Petersburg," p. 2, 2d session, 38th Cong., 15 Dec. 1864, part L
1864-65; also, "Report of Military Court of Inquiry (on Mine
Explosion)," convened 5 Aug. 1864, in front of Petersburg;
"War of the Rebellion," oificial record of Union and Confed-
erate armies, series I. vol. xl. part I., reports, p. 42-129.
mineralogy, the science of minerals, is a branch of
geology. Crystallography, Elements, Geology, Minks.
It was not much studied by the ancients. George Agricola in
the 16th century made the first attempt to treat it scientifically.
James D. Dana's " System of Mineralogy," 1st ed. 1837; 5th ed,, 1883
Hinerva, an ancient Italian divinity, the same in gen-
eral with the Pallas-Athene (HaXXag 'A9r]vri) of the Greeks,
and to be considered therefore in common with her. The
etymology of the word is doubtful. — Antkon, "Class. Diet." ;
Mythology.
mines. See different metals, coal, iron, etc., throughout !
the work. i
Hingoes. The Algonquin name for the Indians of the j
Five Nations or Iroquois, especially of the Mohawk tribe. ;
Minie (min-i-a') rifle, invented at Vincennes, about ;
1833, by M. Minie (b. 1810). From a common soldier he rose .
to the rank of chef (Tescadron. His rifle, considered to surpass j
all previous to it, was adopted by the French, and, with mod- ■
ifications, by the British, 1852. Fike-arms. '
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IHin'iiink, Orange Co., N. Y. On the night of 19 July,
1779. Brant, at the head of about 100 Tories and Indians, at-
tacked and destroyed this little settlenoent. He was pursued
next day by a few (150) local militia; but on the second day
surprised his pursuers, of whom only about 30 escaped.
Hlill'nesillger§ (Ger. Minne, love, and Singer, singer),
Ivric German poets of the 12th and 13th centuries, who sang
of love and war to entertain knights and barons. They sang
their pieces to their own accompaniments on the viol, etc.
The Meislersingers, their successors, an incorporated fraternity
in the 14th century, made satirical ballads to amuse citizens and
lower-class people. Hans Sachs, a shoemaker (1494-1576), a
poet of the Reformation, was for a time their dean. His works
were published at Nuremberg, 1560. " Owleglass " and " Rey-
nard the Fox" are attributed to the Meistersingers.
]flinne§0'ta, one of the northern frontier states of the
Union, containing lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi river,
is bounded north by Manitoba
and Ontario, of the dominion
of Canada; east by lake Su-
perior and Wisconsin, south by
Iowa, and west by North Da-
kota and South Dakota. It is
limited in latitude from 43°
30' to 49° N., and in longitude
from 89° 29' to 97° 5' W.
Area, 83,365 scj. miles, in 80
counties. Pop. 1890, 1,301,-
826. Capital, St. Paul.
Daniel Greysplon du Luth,
a native of Lyons, builds
a trading-post at the entrance of Pigeon river, on north shore
of lake Superior (whence the name Duluth) 1678
Father Louis Hennepin ascends the Mississippi from the mouth
of the Illinois, passes through lake Pepin, and reaches the
' falls, which he names St. Anthony Oct. 1680
' Sieur du Luth, with 4 Frenchmen and an Indian, in 2 canoes,
\ from his trading-post reach a lake whose outlet enters the
> Mississippi, and on the river he meets father Hennepin "
Nicholas Perrot erects a fort on lake Pepin, and takes posses-
! sion of the Minnesota country in the name of the king of
t France 8 May, 1689
I Le Seur builds a trading-post on an island in the Mississippi,
just above lake Pepin 1695
! Sieur le Seur, on a search for mines in Minnesota, builds fort
I L'Huillier on the St. Pierre, now the Minnesota Oct. 1700
t Jonathan Carver, the first British explorer of Minnesota, ar-
; rives at Mackinaw from Massachusetts, Aug. 1766 ; Green Bay,
; Wis., 18 Sept. ; at Prairie du Chien, 10 Oct. ; falls of St. An-
i thony, 17 Nov. ; and ascends the Minnesota river to the
I stream which now bears his name 1766
Xorthwestern Fur company builds a stockade at Sandy Lake. 1794
, Heirs of Carver's American wife dispose of their interest in an
alleged grant of land in Minnesota to Carver (made by the
; Naudowessies Indians, 1 May, 1767) to Edward Houghton of
Vermont, in consideration of 50,000? "
Indiana territory created, including part of present state of
; Minnesota. ..." May, 1800
jrerritory of Upper Louisiana formed, including a large portion
' of Minnesota 20 Mch. 1804
jMinnesota east of the Mississippi a part of Michigan territory, 1805
iLieut. Z. M. Pike, ordered by gen. Wilkinson to visit Minnesota
i and expel the British traders, arrives at the site of fort Snell-
t ing, and in council with the Dakota Indians obtains a grant
! of land for the use of the U. S. 9 miles square on both sides
! of the river 23 Sept. "
jiev. Samuel Peters alleges, in a petition to Congress, that he
f has purchased from the Carver American heirs their right
I to the grant made in 1767 1806
llinnesota east of the Mississippi included in Illinois territory, 1809
'art of Minnesota east of the Mississippi becomes a part of
Michigan territory 1819
[{arracks erected at Mendota and occupied by a garrison which
I came from Green Bay, Wis., by the Wisconsin river "
lorner-stone of fort Snelling laid ; first called fort St. Anthony,
; I 20 Sept. 1820
[hree Mackinaw boats laden with seed wheat, oats, and pease,
leave Prairie du Chien, 15 Apr. 1820, for the Scotch set-
: tlement at Pembina, where the crops were destroyed by
grasshoppers the previous year. Proceeding entirely by wa-
ter, except a portage from Big Stone lake to lake Traverse,
'^X miles, they arrive at Pembina 3 June, "
'3v. Cass of Michigan, with an exploring party from Detroit
under sanction of the U. S. government, reaching the Mis-
sissippi by Sandy lake, ascends to Cass lake 21 July, "
^n. Leavenworth reports to the commissioners of the land
office that the Indians do not recognize grant to Carver in
•1767.... 1821
■r^mill in Minnesota, erected under the supervision of the
officers of fort Snelling on the site of Minneapolis 1822
mmittee on public lands report to the Senate on rev. Samuel
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Peters's claim to the Carver grant of 1767; the original deed
not being produced, and for other reasons, it is resolved that
the petition be not granted 23 Jan. 1823
First steamboat to navigate the Mississippi from St. Louis to
the Minnesota river, the Virginia^ reaches fort Snelling, May, "
An expedition fitted out by government, in charge of maj. S.
H. Long, discovers that Pembina, the fort of the Hudson Bay
company on Red river, is within the U. S. Long erects an
oak post on the line, raises the U. S. flag, and proclaims the
territory a i)art of the U. S 5 Aug. "
A colony of Swiss from the Red River settlement establish
themselves near fort Snelling 1827
Henry R. Schoolcraft, with an expedition for exploring the
Mississippi, Crow Wing, and St. Croix rivers, reaches the Mis-
sissippi by lake Superior and Sandy lake, and reaches the
source of the west fork in Itasca lake 13 July, 1832
Rev. W. T. Boutwell establishes at Leech lake the first mission
among the Indians in Minnesota west of the Mississippi, Oct. 1833
Jean N. Nicollet leaves fort Snelling to explore the sources of
the rivulets that feed Itasca lake 26 July, 1836
Gov. Dodge of Wisconsin territory meets the Ojibways at fort
Snelling, and they cede to the U. S. the pine forests of the
valley of the St. Croix and its tributaries 29 July, 1837
Deputation of Dakotas conclude a treaty with the U. S. at
Washington, ceding all lands east of the Mississippi Sept. "
Minnesota is wholly included in Iowa, set off in 1838 from
Wisconsin, which was set oft' from Michigan in 1836 1838
By order of secretary of war. troops from fort Snelling expel
Swiss squatters on the military reservation east of the Mis-
sissippi, between St. Paul and the fort 6 May, 1840
A log chapel, erected by father Lucian Galtier and dedicated to
St. Paul (whence the name of the city) .^. . .1 Nov. 1841
Settlement begun at Stillwater by 4 proprietors, wfio erect a
saw-mill ^ 10 Oct. 1843
Capt. J. Allen, with a detachment of dragoons, ascends the Des
Moines river and crosses to the St. Peter (Minnesota) and
Big Sioux rivers 1844
P'irst meeting in Minnesota on the subject of claiming territo-
rial privileges for that part of Wisconsin territory not in-
cluded in state constitution adopted 13 Mch. 1848, is held in
Jackson's store. St. Paul 12 July, 1848
Convention at Stillwater to consider territorial government,
26 Aug. "
H. H. Sibley, of St. Peters, elected delegate to Congress from
Wisconsin territory not included in the state 30 Oct. "
Extract from the diary of Harriet E. Bishop, first school-teach-
er in St. Paul: "J. R. Clewett came into Mr. Irwine's house
and said. ' My ! how this town is growing ! I counted the
smoke of 18 chimneys this morning' " winter of "
Congress establishes the territorial government of Minnesota;
bounded on south by Iowa and Missouri river, west by the
Missouri and White Earth rivers, north by the British pos-
sessions, and east by Wisconsin, with St. Paul as capital,
3 Mch. 1849
First number of the Minnesota Pioneer issued by James M.
Goodhue 28 Apr. "
Alexander Ramsey, of Harrisburg, Pa., appointed governor of
Minnesota territory, organizes the government at St. Paul,
1 June, "
Chronicle and Register issued at St Paul 25 Aug. "
First legislature, consisting of 9 councillors and 18 represen-
tatives, meets at the Central house in St. Paul 3 Sei)t. "
Act passed to send the Washington Monument Association a
slab of red pipe-stone from the Minnesota quarry "
St. Paul incorporated as a town Nov. ' '
Minnesota Historical Society organized by law 15 Nov. "
Miss Frederika Bremer is the guest of gov. Ramsey 1850
Congress appropriates $20,000 for a territorial prison ^. . . 1851
Treaty at Traverse des Sioux, on Minnesota river, the Sioux
cede all lands in Iowa and in Minnesota east of the Red
River of the North, lake Traverse, and the Sioux river,
23 July, "
Dog train with explorers, under dr. Rae, after search for sir
John Franklin, arrives at St. Paul from the north. . .14 Feb. 1852
Prohibitory Liquor law passed; ratified by the people, 5 Apr.,
but declared void by Supreme court "
Joint resolution of Congress changing the name of the river
St. Pierre, or St. Peter's, to the Minnesota 19 June, "
College of St. Paul, chartered as the Baldwin school, dedicated,
29 Dec. 1853
City ofSt. Paul incorporated 4 Mch. 1854
Convention held at St. Anthony, and the Republican party of
Minnesota formed 29 Mch. "
Hameline university at Red Wing chartered 3 Apr. "
Duluth founded 1856
State Reform school at St. Paul opened "
Bill to remove the government to St. Peter's passes the house;
the council, Joseph Rolette, chairman of committee on en-
rolled bills, being absent, after continuous session of 5 days
and nights, is dissolved without acting on the bill 1857
Inkpadootah, a Dakota Indian, at the head of a band, massa-
cres a settlement of whites at Springfield, capturing a num-
ber of women and children 27 Mch. ' '
Congress grants to Minnesota 6 alternate sections of land per
mile to aid in the construction of railroads Mch. "
St. John's university opened at Collegeville "
Constitutional convention assembles at St. Paul 14 July, 1857.
Republicans and Democrats organize separately, prepare
drafts, but unite and submit one constitution to the people
(ratified 36,240 to 700), St. Paul the capital 29 Aug. "
State issues $2,275,000 in bonds, out of $5,000,000 authorized
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by an amemlmont to the constitution, art. ix. sec. 10, called
Miuuosota State Kailroad buuds, the credit of the state being
pledged for interest und principal .^ Ifi Apr. 1858
.Minnesota admitted into the Union '.. ..11 May, "
Maculester college oiwned at Macalester, Ramsey county ''
State .Normal school at Winona opened 1860
Railroads default in interest and the state forecloses "
Amendment to constitution, art. ix. sec. 10, amended 1858, for-
bidding more bonds to aid railroads, and to sec. 2, providing
that no tax or provision for interest or principal of bonds
stuill l»e in force until rutitled by the ))eople Nov. ''
First regiment of Minnesota volunteers leaves fort Snelling
for Washington 22 June, 1861
8ioux Indians, under Little Crow, massacre the whites at Yel-
low Medicine agency, 18 Aug. 1862; at New Ulin, in Brown
county, 21 Aug. ; attack New Ulm and are repulsed, 23 Aug. ;
besiege fort Kidgely for 9 days; attack Cedar City, McLeod
county, 3 Sept. ; slate troops" under col. H. H. Sibley march
against them, 26 Aug. ; U. S. troops under mj^j.-gen. Pope are
despatched to the seat of war. and after a sharp battle at
Wood Lake the Indians are defeated, and .500 are taken pris-
oners, 300 of whom are sentenced to be hung 22 Sept. 1862
N nety-one captive white women and children surrendered by
the Indians to col. Sibley near the Chippewa river. .27 Sept. "
Thirty-eight of the 300 Indians sentenced are executed. 26 Dec. "
Little Crow killed by a settler in the neighborhood of Hutch-
inson, McLood county summer of 1863
Minnesota school for the deaf opened at Faribault "
Gtonnet seminary opened at Minneapolis 1865
Prof Eames, state geologist, reports rich silver-bearing quartz
near Vermilion lake, in the northeast part of the state "
State insjine hospital at St. Peter opened 6 Dec. 1866
MinnesoUi school for the blind opened at Faribault "
Carletou college opened at Northfleld 1867
City of .Minnea|>olis incorporated "
Amendment to art. vii. sec. 1 of the constitution, striking out
the word '• white," ratified by the people Nov. 1868
SUte Reform school at St. Paul opened "
Augsburg Theological seminary opened at Minneapolis 1869
State university created by law, 1851 ; Congress grants it 46,000
acres of land, 1857, and same year the first building erected
at St. Anthony ; chartered 1868, opened "
State Normal school at Mankato opened "
State Normal school at St. Cloud opened "
Bill to remove seat of government from St. Paul to a place in
Kandiyohi county passes both houses, but is vetoed "
Convention at St. Paul organizes a State Temperance Society,
6 Oct. "
Construction of the Northern Pacific railroad commenced at
the Dalles of the St. Louis 15 Feb. 1870
Ship canal across Minnesota point at Duluth, begun "
Legislature ratifies the XV. th Amendment, establishes a Board
of Immigration, and amends the liquor law so as to allow lo-
cal option "
Minneapolis and St. Anthony incorporated as one city 1872
Act passes legislature establishing a State Board of Health "
Act passed to create a fund for an inebriate asylum at Rochester,
by tax upon saloon keepers 1873
State treasurer William Seeger impeached by the House of
Representatives, 26 Feb.; pleads guilty, 22 May, "without
any corrupt or wilful intent," and is removed from office. . . "
Amendment to the constitution ratified by popular vote, per-
mitting women to vote for school officers or on school ques- Cushman K. Davis,
tions, and to be eligible to any office pertaining to schools, John S. PiMsbury,
2 Nov. 1875 Lucius F. Hubbard,
Amendment adopted providing for biennial instead of annual Andrew R. McGill,
sessions of the legislature Nov. 1877 William R. Merriam,
Act pa^ed, creating a public examiner to superintend the William R. Merriam,
books and financial accounts of public educational, charita- Knute Nelson,
ble, penal, and reformatory institutions of the state 1878 Knute Nelson,
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Minnesota Amber-cane Growers' Association organized at
.Minneapolis ij
State insane asylum at Rochester, provided for by act of leg-
islature in 1878, opened i Jan. Ij
Minnesota school for the feeble-minded opened at Faribault. . .
Act of legislature creating Farmers' Board of Trade, to as-
sume supervision over the agricultural interests of the
state; one member appointed by the judge of each judicial
district
Alexander Ramsey appointed U. S. secretary of war 10 Dec.
Second centenary of the discovery of the falls of St. Anthony
celebrated at Minneapolis 4 July,
North wing of asylum for the insane at-St. Peter destroyed by
fire; 30 lives lost 15 Nov.
State capitol destroyed by fire 1 Mch.
Supreme court decides that the amendment to art. ix. of the
state constitution, ratified in 1860, is invalid, as impairing
the obligation of contracts; the legislature provides (or the
settlement of state railroad bonds at 50 cents on the dollar. .
William Windom secretary of the treasury 5 Mch.
State Normal school located by law at Moorhead
State public school for dependent children at Owatoiina
founded
State insane hospital located at Fergus Falls ....'.
Acts passed: F'or aState reformatory at St. Cloud; a municipal
government for Duluth; a high-license law where local
option does not prohibit, and to abolish the State Board of
Immigration, created in 1878
Soldiers' home opened at Minnehaha Falls Nov.
State Normal school at Moorhead opened 29 Aug. 188H
William Windom again secretary of treasury Mch 1881)
Secret (Australian) ballot law, established in cities of over Jl
10,000 inhabitants, by act of Il
State reformatory at St. Cloud opened Sept. ^1
Memorial day (30 May) made a legal holiday '•
Nearly 100 lives lost by a tornado on lake Pepin 13 July, 1890
State insane hospital at Fergus Falls opened 3 July, •'
William Windom, secretary of treasury, dies suddenly after re- j
spending to a toast at a banquet given by the New York I
Board of Trade at Delmonico's evening of 29 Jan. 1891 j
Gen. H. H. Sibley, first governor of Minnesota, d. in St. Paul
(aged 80) I8 Feb. "
Whaleback steamer Charles W. Wetmore leaves Duluth with a
cargo of grain for Liverpool 11 June, "
Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis sends out 175 cars
containing 22,000 barrels of flour, consigned to the Russian
Relief Committee of Philadelphia 23 Mch. 189^:
Republican National convention assembles at Minneapolis
(United Statks) 7 June, "
Fire in Minneapolis; loss, $2,000,000 13 Aug. 189y
TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS.
Alexander Ramsey of Pennsylvania appointed 2 Apr. 1849
" 4 Mch. 1853
1857
Willis A. Gorman of Indiana.
Samuel Medary.
STATE.
Henry H. Sibley elected
Alexander Ramsey "
Stephen Miller "
William R. Marshall, Republican "
Horace Austin. " '<
" Oct.
" Oct.
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" Nov.
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" 2 Nov.
" Nov.
" 2 Nov.
" Nov.
term begins Jan.
• Jan.
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1858
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1861*
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1881
1891
1893
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.
Name.
No. of Congress.
Date.
James M. Rice
William W. Phelps...
Morton S. Wilkinson.
Alexander Ramsey. . .
Daniel S. Norton
William Windom
Ozora P. Stearns
Samuel J. R. McMillan.
Dwight M. Sabin
Ciishman K. Davis
William D. Washburn.. .
Knute Nelson
35th to 37th
35th
36th to 38th
38th
39th to 41st
41st " 45th
4l8t " 43d
44th " 49th
47th " 49th
50th "
51st " 54th
54th "
1858 to 1863
1858 " 1859
1859 " 1865
1863
1865 to 1870
1870 " 1881
1871 " 1875
1875 " 1887
1881 " 1887
1887 "
Seated 12 May, 1858.
Seated 22 May, 1858.
Died 13 July, 1870.
[Appointed pro tern, in place of Norton; afterwards elected.
[ signed. Secretary of treasury, Garfield's administration.
Elected in place of Norton.
Elected in place of Windom.
Term expires 1899.
i Elected gov. and after to the U. S. Senate.
milior'ca, one of the Balearic islands. Port Mahon
in Minorca was captured by lieut.-geii. Stanhope and sir John
Leake in 1708, and was ceded to the British by the treaty of
Utrecht in 1713. It was retaken by the Spanish and French
in July, 1756, and adna. Byng fell a victim to public indig-
nation for not relieving it. Byng. It was restored to the
British at the peace in 1763; taken 5 Feb. 1782; again cap-
tured by the British under gen. Stuart, without the loss of a
man, 15 Nov. 1798 ; given up at the peace of Amiens, 25 Mch.
1802.
lIi'not'§ Ledge lii^ht-hou§e. Light-house.
mill'Otaur, a mythological monster, half man and half
bull, offspring of Pasiphae, wife of Minos, king of Crete (1210
B.C.), and a bull. Daedalus built the labyrinth for it. Laby-
rinths. It fed on human flesh, which the Athenians were
obliged to furnish in the persons of youths and maideuf.
Theseus slew it with the aid of Ariadne.
minster or monasterium, a home for monks.
Westminster, York.
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IIlillStrel§, originally pipers appointed by lords of naan-
ors to divert copyholders at work, owed their origin to the Sax-
on gleemen or harpers, and continued till about 1560. John of
Gaunt erected a court of minstrels at Tutbury in 1380. So late
as the reign of Henry VIII. they intruded without ceremony
into companies, even at noblemen's houses; but in Elizabeth's
reign they were adjudged rogues and vagabonds (1597).
" The last of all the Bards was he
Who sung of Border chivalry;
A wandering harper, scorned and poor
He begged his bread from door to door,
And tuned, to please a peasant's ear.
The harp a king had loved to hear."
—Scott, "The Lay of the Last Minstrel."
mint, an office where money is coined by public au-
thority, Athelstan made regulations to govern the mint
about 928. There were provincial mints under control of that
of London. Henry I. is said to have instituted a mint at Win-
chester, 1125. Stow says the mint was kept by Italians, the
English being ignorant of the art of coining, 7 Edw. I. 1278.
The operators were incorporated by charter of king Edward
III., including the warden, master, comptroller, assay-master,
workers, coiners, and subordinates. The first entry of gold
brought to the mint for coinage occurs in 18 Edw. III. 1343.
Tin was coined by Charles II. 1684 ; and gun-metal and pewter
by his successor, James, after his abdication. While sir Isaac
Newton was warden, 1699-1727, the debased coin was called
in, and new issued at the loss of the government.
mint of the United States was established at Philadelphia,
Pa., by act of Congress in Apr. 1792, and began to coin money
the next year, but it was not until Jan. 1795 that it was put
into full operation. It was the only mint until 1835, when other
mints were established at Charlotte, N. C, Dahlonega, Ga., and
New Orleans, La. In 1854 another was located at San Fran-
cisco, Cal., and in 1870 at Carson Citj', Nev., and shortly after
at Denver, Col., although no minting has ever been done at the
latter place, only assaying. The mints at Charlotte, N. C, and
Dahlonega, Ga., were discontinued in 1861. Assay, Coin.
min'uet, a French dance, said to have been first danced
by Louis XIV., 1653.
I minus. Plus.
! minute-men. At a session of the Provincial Congress
; of Massachusetts, 23 Nov. 1774, it was voted to enroll 12,000
i minute-men— volunteers pledged to be ready for the field at
I a minute's notice.
I Min'yae, a race celebrated in ancient epic poetry of
i Greece, but whose name almost disappears before history be-
j gins. The adventurers who sailed in the Argonautic expedi-
; tion are called Minyans. lolcos is said to have been founded
I by them. Their record is fabulous Orchomenus.
I " In Thessaly, beside the tumbling sea,
Once dwelt a folk men called the Minyse,
For coming from Orchomenus the old,
.... they built lolcos."
j^ — William Morris, ' ' Jason. ' '
I miracle play§. Drama.
[ Miranda's expedition. United States, 1809.
I mirrors. Ancient mirrors were made of metal ; those
|of the Jewish women of brass. Mirrors of silver were intro-
nluced by Praxiteles, 328 b.c. Mirrors or looking-glasses were
made at Venice, 1300 a.d. ; and in England, at Lambeth, near
London, in 1673. The improvements in manufacturing plate-
'^dass of large size have cheapened looking-glasses very much.
Various methods of coating glass by a solution of silver, avoid-
ing the use of mercury, so injurious to health, have been made
<nown : by M. Petitjean in 1851 ; by M. Cimeg in 1861, and
>y Liebig and others.
Miscliianza entertainment. United
5TATES, 1778.
Misere're (Psalm li.), sung at Rome in the " Tenebrce,"
he service in Holy or Passion week, in a peculiarly effective
nanner, to old music. One arrangement is by Costa'nzo Festa,
•atedl517.
*' Missal" or " Mass-book," the Romanist ritual
lompiled by pope Gelasius I. 492-96; revised by Gregory I.
J90-604. Various missals were in use till the Roman missal Was
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adopted by the council of Trent, 1 545-63. The " Missal " was
superseded in England by the "Book of Common Prayer," 1649.
Missionary Ridg^e, Tenn., battle of, 25 Nov. 1863.
Chattanooga campaign.
Mississippi, one of the Gulf states of the United States,
is bounded north by Tennessee. The Tennessee river touches
• the state in the extreme north-
~ east corner. On the west the
Mississippi river separates it
from Arkansas and Louisiana
above lat. 31° N., which di-
vides the state from Louisiana
on the south, 110 miles east
from the Mississippi river to
the Pearl. That portion of tlie
state east of the Pearl river
extends south to the Gulf
of Mexico, affording a coast
line of about 80 miles. Ala-
bama forms the entire eastern
boundary. It is limited in latitude between 30° 13' and 35°
N., and in longitude between 88° 7' and 91° 41' W. Area,
46,340 sq. miles, in 75 counties ; pop. 1890, 1,289,600. Capital,
Jackson.
Fernando De Soto, on his expedition, enters the present state
of Mississippi near the junction of the Tombigbee and Black
Warrior rivers; crosses the Pearl in Leake county, and
reaches the Indian village of Chickasaw Dec. 1540
Indians attack and burn Chickasaw, which Pe Soto had forti-
fied and occupied as winter-quarters Feb. 1541
De Soto reaches the Mississippi, which he crosses, probably
within 30 miles of Helena, in boats built for the purpose,
Apr. "
Mississippi included in the proprietary charter of Carolina 1663
Louis Joliet and p6re Jacques Marquette descend the Missis-
sippi as far as lat. 33° 1673
La Salle descends the Mississippi to its mouth 1682
Lemoine d'Iberville plants a colony on the bay of Biloxi,
May, 1699
Iberville, Bienville, and chevalier de Tonti ascend the Missis-
sippi to the present site of Natchez Feb. 1700
Fort Rosalie at Natchez erected by Bienville, governor of Lou-
isiana, and completed 3 Aug. 1716
"Mississippi company," under sanction of the regent of
France, chartered with exclusive privilege of the commerce
of Louisiana and New France, with authority to enforce its
rights, and obligated to introduce within 25 years 6000 white
persons and 3000 negro slaves Aug. 1717
Mississippi company grams laud to various individuals and
companies for settlements on the Yazoo, at Natchez, on the
bay of St. Louis, and on Pascngoula bay 1718
Three hundred settlers locate at Natchez 1720
Three hundred emigrants, destined for the lands of Madame de
Chaumonot, arrive at Tasciigoula 3 Jan. 1721
Seat of government of Louisiana removed from Biloxi to New
Orleans 1723
Chopart, commander of fort Kosalie, demands that Great Sun,
head of the Natchez tribe of Indians, should vacate White
Apple village, about 6 miles from the fort, and surrender it
to the French ; a conspiracy of Indians and the massacre of
the garrison follow on '29 Nov. 1729
Destruction of the Natchez by the French and Choctaws,
28 Jan. -8 Feb. 1730
Mississippi company surrenders its charter; the king proclaims
all Louisiana free to all his subjects 1732
Mississippi included in the proprietary charter of Georgia "
Unsuccessful expedition of Bienville against the Chickasaws
in the northern part of the present state of Mississippi,
May, 1736
Capt. George Johnstone appointed governor of west Florida,
including portion of Mississii)pi south of 31st parallel acquired
by treaty of Paris 21 Nov. 1763
A second decree of the king in council extends the limits of
west Florida north to the mouth of the Yazoo, to include the
settlements on the Mississippi 10 June, 1764
Scotch Highlanders from North Carolina and Scotland build
"Scotia,"' a settlement on the upper branches of the Homo-
chitto, about 30 miles eastward from Natchez 1768-70
Richard and Samuel Swayze of New Jersey, the latter a Con-
gregational minister, purchase land on the Homochitto, in
Adams county, settle and establish a church 1772-73
James Willing secures authority from Congress, assembled
at Lancaster, Pa., to descend the Mississippi and secure
the neutrality of the colonies at Natchez, Bayou Pierre,
etc 1778
Fort Panmure, formerly the French fort Rosalie, garrisoned by
a company of infantry under capt. Michael Jackson, by order
of the governor of west Florida "
Gen. don Bernardo de Galvez. proposing to expel the English
from Florida, storms fort Bute. 7 Sept. 1779, and captures
Baton Rouge, commanded by lieut.-col. Dickinson, who sur-
renders all west Florida upon the Mississippi, including fort
Panmure and the district of Natchez, to the Spanish, 21 Sei)t. 1779
1782
1785
1788
1795
1796
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Fort Paiimur© surreiuleroti by the Sjwniards to Insurgents,
under the Britisli tint? after a siege of a week 30 Apr.
IV>n Carlos cJe (JrandpiiS. apiwinted civil aud mililary com-
inaiuler of the district of Natchez, '^9 July. 1781, takes meas-
ures to punish Insurgents who had not tied after the capture
of IVntwicola, and imprisons 7, charged with promoting a
Smeral rebellion against government in the "district of
iilchez "
Definitive treaty of peace establishes the southern bound-
ary of the U. S. at the 31st parallel N. lat, from the Mis-
sissippi to the St. Mary's river; but in ceding Florida to
S|>ikin no boundary on the north is meniioued, hence Spain
claims north to the mouth of the Yazoo river; signed,
3 Sept.
County of Bourlwn established by (loorgia of all lands east of
the Mississippi between lat. 31° aud the mouth of the Yazoo,
to whii-h Indian titles had been extinguished 7 Feb.
Act erecting Bourl)on county repealeil 1 Feb.
Four companies chartered bv the Georgia legislature with con-
trol of more than 3,mX),0(X) acres of land in Mississippi at
the rate of 2)4 cents por acre, to be paid into the state
treasury (Yazoo spkculations) 7 Jan.
Treatv at Madrid with Spain fixes the southern boundary of
the'U S. at 31° N. lat. ; the western boundary the middle of
the Mississippi river, with free navigation 27 Oct.
Oeonda legislature rescinds grants to the Mississippi companies,
* ^ 13 Feb.
Spanish commissioner don Manuel Gayoso de I.emos meets
the U. S. commissioner Andrew Kllicott at Natchez to carry
out the provisions of the treaty regarding the boundary-line
between the U. S. and Spain '24 Feb. 1797
Col. Ellicott, suspecting the fidelity of a committee of public
safety, appointed by citizens impatient of delay in carrying
out the provisions of the treaty, succeeds in dissolving the
committee and securing the election of a permanent com-
mittee of public safety July, "
On 10 Jan. 1798, col. Ellicott receives notice from the governor-
general of New Orleans that orders had been received from
the king to surrender the territory, but it was not until the
Spanish had lost hope from intrigues in the west that on 23
Mch. fort Nogales on Walnut hill was evacuated, and fort
Panmure about miduiglit 29-30 Mch. 1798
Act of Congress approved creating Mississippi territory with
boundaries as follows: Mississippi river on the west,
the 31st parallel on the south, and a line drawn due east
from the mouth of the Yazoo river to the Chattahoochee
on the north, including the present state of Alabama. .7 Apr. "
Georgia constitution of this year defines definitely the boun-
daries claimed by the state, which include the Mississippi
territory, established by act of Congress '-for the amicable
settlement of limits with the state of Georgia and the estab-
lishment of a government in the Mississippi territory " "
Winthrop Sargent, former secretary of the Northwest territory,
appointed first territorial governor of Mississippi, aud arrives
at Natchez 6 Aug. "
Gen. Wilkinson reaches Natchez and fixes headquarters at
Loftus Heights, afterwards fort Adams 2G Aug. "
Act of Congress supplemental regarding the government of the
Mississippi territory, and providing that settlement shall be
made with Georgia for claims on or before 10 Mch. 1803 1800
Seat of government removed from Natchez to Washington. 6
miles east, by act of assembly and council 1 Feb, 1802
Articles of agreement and cession under the Compromise- act,
secures to the U. S. all territory south of Tennessee, north
of the Spanish line of demarkation and eastward from the
Mississippi to the Chattahoochee 24 Apr. "
Outrages and murders by the bandit Mason and his gang along
the great Natchez trace; the governor offers a reward for
his head, which is brought to Washington by Little Harpe,
who fled from Kentucky in 1799 and joined Mason in his
depredations. Harpe and another of the band murder Mason
for the reward, but are recognized, arrested, condemned, and
executed at Greenville "
Weekly newspaper, the Natchez Gazette, pub. by col. Andrew
Marschalk at Natchez '<
Natchez incorporated as a city 10 Mch. 1803
Jefferson college established at Washington by act of legisla-
ture "
"Mississippi Society for the Acquirement of Useful Knowl-
edge " incorporated 8 Nov. "
Natchez hospital for sick and distressed boatmen employed
in the navigation of the Mississippi river and others, incor-
porated 1804
Whole of the territory ceded to the U. S. by Georgia, north of
the Mississippi territory and south of Tennessee, is annexed
to Mississippi territory by act of Congress 27 Mch. "
Aaron Burr, arrested at Natchez, gives bonds to appear before
the territorial court 3 Feb. The court refusing release from
bis recognizance, 5 Feb., next morning it was ascertained
that he had made his escape 6 Feb. 1807
Judge Harry Toulmin's digest of the laws of Mississippi adopt-
ed by the legislature 10 Feb. "
Congress to extend the right of suff"rage in the territory per-
mitting the people to elect delegates to Congress 9 Jan. 1808
Bank of Mississippi chartered 23 Dec. 1809
Mobile district, lying south of lat. 31° and between the Pearl
and Perdido rivers, is added to Mississippi by act of. .14 May, 1812
Expedition under gen. F. L. Claiborne attacks the holy city of
the Creek Indians called Escanachaha, on the east side of
the Alabama river, which they burn 23 Dec. 1813
Enabling act for Mississippi passed by Congress, establishing
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the eastern boundary, " a line drawn direct from the month
of Bear creek on tile Tennessee river to the uorthwestein
corner of Washington county on the Tombigbce, thence due
south with western line of said county to the sea," aud the
territory of Alabama created 1 Mch. 1817
Convention for framing a constitution meets at Washington,
7 July, 1817, and completes its labors 15 Aug. •»
First General assembly meets at Washington (5 Oct. "
.Mississippi admitted into the Union 10 Dec. "
Bank of Mississippi in Natchez authorized by law to establish
branches, and the state becomes a stockholder 4 Fob. 1818
By treaty with maj-gen. Jackson of Tennessee, and maj. gen.
Thomas Hinds of Mississijipi, commissioners of the U. S ,
the Choctaws relinquish nearly 5,500,000 acres of land,
which formed the county of Hinds ; known as the "New
Purchase" treaty 18 Oct. 1820
Legislature appoints a committee to locate the seat of govern-
ment by act of 12 Feb. 1821, and by a supplemental act styles
the new capital Jackson 28 Nov. 1821
Board of Internal Improvement, consisting of the governor and
3 commissioners, organized 1829
Planters' bank chartered 10 Feb. 1830
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit creek, by which the Choctaws cede
the rest of their lands in Mississippi to the U. S 28 Sept. '<
Treaty at I'outotoo creek; the Chickasaws cede their lands in
Mississippi and agree to remove from the state 20 Oct. 1832
Convention for framing a new constitution meets at Jackson,
10 Sept. 183'2, and completes its labors, 2(5 Oct. Constitution
ratified at the next general election. "
Appropriation made for the erection of a State-house and exec-
utive mansion at the capital 2() Feb. 1833
Act approved incorporating the Mississippi Union bank and
providing for $15,500,000 in state stock as capital as soon as
a corresponding amount in private subscriptions should
come in , 21 Jan.
Supplementary act authorizes to an immediate iss»»e of
$5,000,000 of state stock, which was sold at a heavy discount
through the bank of the United States 15 Fel).
Legislature sanctions the sale of stock for the bank
State penitentiary at Jackson opened 15 Apr.
Gov. McNutt by message advises repudiating the Union bank
bonds sold to the U. S. bank of Pennsylvania, an institution
not authorized by its charter to buy or sell such bonds
Legislature by resolution denies that the state is under any
obligation, legal or moral, to redeem the Union bank bonds..
State treas. Richard S. Graves arrested for embezzlement of
state funds to the amount of $44,838.46. He escapes from
the house of the sheriff' and tlees to Canada
Robert J. Walker appointed secretary of U. S. treasury. .6 Mch.
Law passed establishing common schools 4 Mch.
Mississippi regiment, under command of col. Jefferson Davis,
serves in the Mexican war ;
University of Mississippi at Oxford, chartered in 1844, is
opened
Franklin female college at Holly Springs, opened in 1848, is
chartered , 184»
Mississippi institution for the education of the blind, at Jack-
son, opened "
Mississippi college at Clinton chartered and opened 1850
Gov. Quitman, arrested by the U. S. marshal for violation of
the neutrality law of 1818 in abetting the expedition against
Cuba, resigns as governor. He is acquitted, renominated,
but declines 1851
Chickasaw female college at Pontotoc chartered and opened. . . 1852
Jefferson Davis of Mississippi appointed U. S. secretary of war
by pres. Pierce 5 Mch. 1853
Mississippi institution for the deaf and dumbat Jackson opened, IS^A
State lunatic asylum at Jackson opened 1855
Amendment to the constitution ratified, appointing the first •
Monday in Oct. as day for general election, and making the
term of office of the governor 2 years 2 Feb. 1856
Jacob Thompson secretary of the interior 6 Mch. 1857
Southern convention; delegates from 8 states assemble at
Vicksburg and consider reopening the slave-trade 11 May, 1859
Whitworth female college at Brookhaven opened and char-
tered "
By joint resolution the legislature directs the governor to ap-
point commissioners to the several slave holding states, ask-
ing their co-operation in secession. Legislature adjourned,
30 -Nov. 1860
State convention meets at Jackson, 7 Jan. 1861, passes an ordi-
nance of secession, 9 Jan., 84 to 15, and amends the state con-
stitution by inserting "Confederate States" in the place of
United States 15 Jan. 1861
Confederates occupy the unfinished fort on Ship island, under
construction since 1855 .20 Jan. "
State convention ratifies the constitution of the Confederate
states 26 Mch. "
Town of Biloxi captured by Federal naval force under capt.
Melancthon Smith 31 Dec. "
Confederate government removes the state archives from Jack-
son to Columbus for safety 16 June, 1862
Chief military operations in Mississippi during 1862 were as
follows : Gen. Beauregard evacuates Corinth, and Halleck
takes possession, 29 May ; U. S. gunboat Essex bombards
Natchez and the city surrenders, 10 Sept. ; Rosecrans defeats
confederates under Price in a battle at luka, 19-20 Sept. ;
unsuccessful attack on Corinth by the confederates under
gen. Van Dorn, 3-4 Oct. ; Grenada occupied by gen. Hovey's
expedition, 20.000 strong, 2 Dec. ; Van Dorn defeats the Fed-
eral cavalry in battle of Cofleeville, 5 Dec. ; Holly Springs
1837
1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
1S45
1846
1848
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surrendered to the confederates, 20 Dec. ; unsuccessful at- \
tack of federals on Viuksburg 27-29 Dec. 1862
linportaiit military operations during 1863: Col. Grierson with
Federal troops makes a raid through the state from Tennes-
see to Louisiana, 17 Apr. -5 May; naval battle of Grand Gulf,
29 Apr. ; McClernand defeats the confederates at Port Gib-
son, 1 May; Raymond occupied by federals under gen. Mc-
pherson, 12 May; McPherson occupies Jackson, 14 May;
Grant defeats Pemberton at Champion Hills, 16 May, and
at Big Black river, 17 May; Vicksburg invested by forces
under gen. Grant, 18 May; Vicksburg surrendered, 4 July;
Jackson evacuated by gen. Johnston, who had occupied it
after the advance of the federals on Vicksburg, and the city
is occupied by gen. Sherman 16 July, 1863
Sherman's Meridian expedition leaves Vicksburg 3 Feb. 1864
Forrest, confederate, defeats Sturgis at Guntown 10 June, "
Upon the surrender of gen. Taylor to gen. Canby. gov. Clarke
by proclamation recalls the state officers, with the archives,
to Jackson, and convenes the legislature. He recommends
a convention to repeal the ordinance of secession and re-
model constitution 6 May, 1865
Judge William L. Sharkey appointed provisional governor by
pres. Johnson, the Federal government not recognizing gov.
Clarke and the legislature 13 June, "
Amendments to the constitution of 1832 and ordinances
adopted by a convention called by the provisional governor,
which met at Jackson, 14 Aug., and completed its labors,
26 Aug. "
Law conferring civil rights upon freedmen ''
•Gov. Clarke arrested and imprisoned at fort Pulaski "
By Reconstruction act Mississippi is placed in the 4th military
district under maj. -gen. Ord 2 Mch. 1867
By order of gen. Ord, W. H. McCardle, editor of the Vicksburg
Times, is confined in a military prison on charge of obstruct-
ing the Reconstruction acts 13 Nov. "
Maj. gen. Ord is directed by order of the president to turn over
his command to gen. A. C. Gillem 28 Dec. "
Legislature unanimously rejects the XlV.th Amendment. .Jan. 1868
■Convention of landowners from Mississippi, Alabama, Tennes-
see, and Louisiana, at Jackson, to organize a "Freehold
Land and Colonization Company" to encourage emigration
in each of these states 31 Mch. "
«en. Irvin McDowell takes command of 4th military district,
4 June, "
•Gov. Humphreys reluctantlj' forced to vacate the executive
mansion for maj. -gen. Adelbert Ames, appointed provisional
governor by gen. McDowell 15 June, "
•Constitution framed by a convention under the Reconstruction
act, which sits at Jackson, 7 Jan. to 15 May, 1868, is rejected
by the people by 56,231 for and 63,860 against 28 June, "
Ifational Union Republican party of Mississippi in conven-
tion at Jackson, nominate Louis Dent for governor, the ma-
jority of the Democrats concur 8 Sept. 1869
Rust university at Holly Springs chartered and opened "
"Tougaloo university at Tougaioo established "
At state election the constitution of 15 May, 1868, is ratified
by 105,223 for and 954 against; the vote against disfran-
chising Confederate soldiers almost unanimous,
30 Nov.-l Dec. "
Congress readmits Mississippi into the Union 17 Feb. 1870
School law organizing a State Board of Education and provid-
ing for a superintendent of public education "
■State Normal school at Holly Springs opened "
'Planters, Manufacturers, and Mechanics' Association of the
state of Mississippi " incorporated 1871
Alcorn university at Rodney, created by act of legislature 13
May, 1871, opened 7 Feb. 1872
East Mississippi female college opened and chartered "
^tarkville female institute, opened in 1869, chartered "
Any rate of interest agreed upon in writing made legal; 6 per
cent, the legal rate in the absence of any agreement 1873
At a mass-meeting of taxpayers of Warren county at Vicks-
burg., 2 Dec. 1874, a committee is sent to sheriff Peter Crosby
and clerk of the Chancery court G. W. Davenport, to demand
their resignations, "satisfied that said officials of this
county were stealing and plundering our substance. " Cros-
by resigned and Davenport absconded Dec. 1874
Political strife between state officers and citizen taxpayers
leads to a conflict of races. Armed negroes approach Vicks-
burg from various directions, are met by citizens, and dis-
persed with considerable loss of life 7 Dec. "
Legislature, convened in extra session by gov. Ames, 8 Dec.
1874, calls upon the president "by military power to sup-
press domestic violence, to restore peace and order in this
state, and to guarantee to all citizens the equal and impar-
tial enjoyment of their constitutional and legal rights,"
17 Dec. "
Pres. Grant by proclamation orders the people of Warren
county to refrain from forcible resistance to the laws, and to
-submit peaceably to the authorities 21 Dec. "
jPeople ratify the following amendment to art. xii. sec. 5 of
); the constitution of 1868: "Nor shall the state assume, re-
deem, secure, or pay any indebtedness or pretended indebt-
edness claimed to be due by the state of Mississippi to any
person, association, or corporation whatsoever, claiming the
same as owners, holders, or assignees of any bond or bonds
now generally known as.Union bank bonds or Planters' bank
."onds" 1875
ontlict between office-holders and people still continuing,
several riots occur, notably at Yazoo City, 1 Sept., and Clin-
ton, 4 Sept. Gov. Ames again appeals to the president for
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protection, which is refused, and at the state election the
Republican party is generally defeated. Senator H. R. Rev-
els, colored, wrote to the president: "My people are nat-
urally Republicans, but as they grow older in freedom so
do they in wisdom. A great portion of them have learned
that they were being used as mere tools, and, as in the
late election, not being able to correct the existing evil
among themselves, they determined, by casting their bal-
lots against these unprincipled adventurers, to overthrow
them," Nov. 1875
Lieut. -gov. Alexander K. Davis impeached and found guilty,
13 Mch. ; T. W. Cardoza, superintendent of public education,
resigns 21 Mch. ; gov. Ames, having been impeached 25 Feb.,
resigns his office 28 Mch. 1876
Amendment to the constitution abolishing the office of lieu-
tenant-governor "
State Board of Health created by act of legislature 1877
Acts passed by legislature: To establish and maintain in the
state a system of public free schools; that Alcorn university
be hereafter known as the Alcorn Agricultural and Mechan-
ical college of the state of Mississippi; to establish the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical college of the state of Mississippi;
making the legislative sessions biennial 1878
Mississippi Valley Cotton Planters' Association organized at
Vicksburg 1879
Mississippi Valley Labor convention meets at Vicksburg to
consider the negro-exodus question 5 May, "
Revised code of Mississippi laws made by hon. J. A. P. Camp-
bell, adopted by the legislature 1880
Agricultural and Mechanical college of the state of Mississippi,
for white students, opened at Starkville 6 Oct. "
Shuqualak female college opened at Shuqualak, 1880; char-
tered 1883
Southern Christian institute and industrial school at Edwards
opened "
Law passed prohibiting the selling or giving away of intoxi-
cating liquors within 5 miles of the University of Missis-
sippi "
Interstate Levee convention assembles at Vicksburg 1 Oct. 1883
East Mississippi insane asvlum, established at Meridian in
1884, opened ." 12 Jan. 1885
Kavanaugh college, Holmesville, opened 1884, chartered "
Industrial institute and college for education of white girls of
Mississippi, chartered 1884, opened at Columbus 22 Oct. "
General Local Option law passed 1886
Extensive negro emigration from the hill country of Mississippi
to the river bottoms along the Mississippi in the Yazoo sec-
tion commences in Hinds and Rankin counties Nov. "
Laying of the corner-stone of the monument to the Confederate
dead on the capitol grounds at Jackson 25 May, 1888
Legislature introduces the Australian ballot system of voting
in all except congressional elections 1890
State treasurer Hemingway convicted of embezzling $315,-
612.19 by the Supreme court 1 Dec. "
Constitutional convention which meets at Jackson, 12 Aug.
1890, adjourns 1 Nov., having promulgated a new constitu-
tion to take effect 1 Jan. 1891
Monument to Confederate dead unveiled at Jackson. . .3 June, "
A fire started by an insane inmate, J. D. Brown, consumes the
main building of the State insane asylum at Jackson; the in-
mates, nearly 600, are saved except Brown 16 Feb. 1892
TERKITORIAL GOVERNORS.
"Winthrop Sargent appointed 10 May, 1798
William C. C. Claiborne " 10 July, 1801
Robert Williams " 1804
David Holmes appointed Mch. 1809
STATE GOVERNORS.
. Nov.
David Holmes term begins
George Poindexter " "
Walter Leake " "
Lieut.gov. Gerard C. Brandon acting "
David Holmes term begins. "
Gerard C. Brandon " "
Abram M. Scott " "
Lieut.-gov. Fountain Winston acting "
Hiram G. Runnels term begins Jan.
Charles Lynch " "
Alexander G. McNutt, Democrat " "
Tilgham M. Tucker, " " "
Albert G. Brown, " " "
Joseph W. Matthews, " " "
John A. Quitman, " " "
John Isaac Guion, president of the senate, acting 3 Feb.
James Whitefleld, " " " " 25 Nov.
Henry S. Foote, Union term begins Jan.
John J. McRae " "
William McWillie " 16 Nov.
John J. Pettus, Democrat " Jan.
Jacob Thompson " "
Charles Clarke " "
W. L. Sharkey, provisional appointed 13 June,
Benjamin G. Humphreys term begins 16 Oct.
Gen. Adelbert Ames, provisional. appointed 15 June,
James L. Alcorn, Republican term begins Jan.
R. C. Powers acting Dec.
Adelbert Ames, Republican term begins Jan.
John M. Stone acting 29 Mch.
Robert Lowry term begins Jan.
John M. Stone " "
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UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
Name.
No. of CoDRreM.
Dftt«.
18th to 16th
1817 to 1820
15tb
1817
16th to 18th
1820 to 1825
19th " 22d
1825 " 1832
19th " 20th
1826 " 1829
2l8t
1830
2l8t to 23d
1830 to 1836
22d " 25th
1832 " 1838
24th " 29th
1836 " 1845
25th
1838
25th
1838
26th to 28th
1839 to 1846
29th
1845
29th to 30th
1845 to 1847
30th " 32d
1847 " 1851
30th " 32d
1847 " 1861
32d
1852
32d to 34th
1852 to 1857
32d
1852 " 1853
33d to 36th
1854 " 1861
35th " 36th
1857 " 1861
[37th,
38th, 39th, 40th
41st to 43d
1870 to 1874
41st
1870 " 1871
42d to 44th
1871 " 1877
43d
1874
44lh to 46th
1875 to 1881
45th " 48th
1877 " 1885
47th "
1881 "
49th " 53d
1885 " 1894
53d "
1894 "
RemarkA.
Walter Leake
Thomas H. Williams
David Holmes
Powhatau Ellis
Thomas U. Reed ....
Robert H. Adams
George Poiiulextor. .
John Black
Robert J. Walker
James F. Trotter
Thomas H. VVillianis
Johu Henderson
Joseph \V. Chalmers ,
Jesse Speight
Jefferson Davis
Henry S. Foote
John I. McRae
Stephen Adams
Walter Brooke
Albert G. Brown
JeOerson Davis
Adelbert Ames
Hiram R. Revels (colored)..
James Lusk Alcorn
Henry R. Pease
Blanche K. Bruce (colored).
Lucius Q. C. Lamar
James Z. George
Edward C. Walthall
A. J. MclAurin
Seated 11 Dec. 1817. Resigned.
Seated 11 Dec. 1817.
Elected in place of Leake. Resigned.
Appo'mted pro tern, in place of Holmes. Resigned.
Elected in place of Holmes. Died 1829.
Elected in place of Reed. Died 1830.
( Elected in place of Adams. Elected president pro tern. 25 June,
\ 1834.
Elected in place of Ellis. Resigned.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Black. Resigned.
Appointed in place of Trotter.
Elected in place of Walker.
Died 1847.
Elected in place of Speight. Resigned 1851.
Resigned 1851.
Appointed 2)ro tern, in place of Davis.
Elected in place of Davis.
Elected in place of Foote.
Seat declared vacant 1861.
Seat declared vacant 1861. ,
Congresses vacant.]
Resigned.
Elected in place of Ames.
Appointed register of the treasury under Garfield.
Secretary of the interior under pres. Cleveland.
Term expires 1899.
Resigned 18 Jan. Poor health.
Elected in place of Walthall.
Ilt§§i8§ippi river (Ind. Micke-sepi, "father of
waters " ), the largest river in North America, and in length
of navigable tributaries and facilities afforded to commerce the
greatest river in the world, being the recipient of all waters
flowing east from the Rocky mountains and west from the
Alleghanies. Lake Itasca, in the state of Minnesota, lat. 47°
15' N., Ion. 95° 54' W., is considered the source of the Mis-
sissippi. The outlet of lake Itasca is about 12 feet wide and
15 to 18 inches deep ; after flowing about 1330 miles, it unites
with the Missouri (termed a tributar}', but properly the main
stream), which, rising in the remote Rocky mountains, flows
3000 miles before reaching the junction, after which their
united waters enter the gulf of Mexico, 1286 miles below. Its
width at mean water-mark is about 3500 ft. at St. Louis, 4000
ft. at Cairo, and 2500 ft. at New Orleans.
PRINCIPAL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TRIBUTARIES OF THE
MISSISSIPPI, THEIR LENGTH, AND AREA OF TERRITORY
DRAINED.
Primary tributaries.
Missouri (length,
3000 miles)
Ohio (length from
Pittsburgh, 957
miles; from Cou-
dersport, 1265
miles)
Arkansas (length,
1800 miles)
Red (length,
miles)
Secondary tributaries. Length.
Yellowstone 600 miles
Platte 900 "
Niobrara 450 "
Kansas 250 "
Osage 500 "
Big Sioux 300 "
Tenne.ssee 1100 "
Cumberland 600 "
Kentucky 260 "
Licking 100 "
Great Kanawha. 110 "
Big Sandy 120 "
Muskingum 110 "
Sciota 250 "
Green 300 "
Wabash 500 "
Canadian 900 "
Cimarron 600 "
Neosho 450 "
1200)
Area drained.
518,000 sq. miles.
Ouachita 500
214,000
189,000
97,000
LESSER PRIMARY TRIBUTARIES ABOVE THE MISSOURL
Minnesota length, 450 miles I
St. Croix " 200 '
Wisconsin
Rock
Iowa
Des Moines
Illinois
500
250
400
169,000
BELOW THE MISSOURL
Kaskaskia length, 300 miles '
St. Francis " 450
White " 900
Big Black " 200
Yazoo " 500 " I
With many bayous. J
Mean annual discharge of the Mississippi into the gulf is com-
57,000
puted at 20,000,000,000,000 of cubic ft., varying in dry season? '
from 11,000,000,000,000 to 27,000,000,000,000 in wet. This amount
being about X of the rainfall on the area of its drainage.
Below the mouth of the Ohio the river traverses to tlie gulf rich
alluvial bottom lands, often overflowed, with immense damage
to property. The following notices mark the years of greatest
recorded floods: Bienville, the F"rench commander, had selected
a place for a settlement on the Mississippi, but the high water
prevented, 1718. Water so high that many levees were broken
and great damage done, from Dec. 1735 to June, 173G. Severe
again in 1770, '82, '85, '91, '96, '99, 1809; very severe, highest 4
May, 1811, '13, '15, '16, '23, '24, '28, '44; very disastrous Ai)r., May,
June; 1849, '50, '51, '58, the worst up to this time; 1859-62, the
highest at Memphis ever known ; 1874, 1882, 1890 one of the
worst ever known ; 1892-93.
Levees. — To prevent these overflows the French began at once the
erection of levees along the bank of the river in Louisiana, and
when the engineer De la Tour laid out New Orleans in 1718, he
directed that a levee be built on its river front. This was begun,
in 1720, and finished 1727, being 5400 ft. long, 4 ft. high, and 1« ft. |
wide at the top. During the year 1728 the work was extended
above and below the city, the expense borne by each planter |
along his own front. In 173.5 there were 12 miles of levees below j
the city and 30 above. After Louisiana came into possession ot j
the U. S., 1803, the work was greatly extended, and by 1828 had '
reached the mouth of the Red river, and in 1844 extended to Na-
poleon, Ark. It was supposed that the immense swamp and bot-
tom lands along the river above Louisiana acted as great reser-
voirs for retaining the surplus water in times of floods, and if the
water was prevented from entering them the floods would be
much worse below, therefore the action of the government in ar- ,
ranging for a general system of embankment of the river above j
Louisiana caused great alarm in that state, and in 1850 Congress j
ordered the necessary investigation and survey of the river. The i
work was placed in charge of capt. (later general) A. A. Humphrey
and lieut. Abbott, U. S. A. ; and their elaborate report, covering 10
years' labor and investigations, was pub. 1861. These investiga-
tions established that no diversion of tributaries was possible; j
that no reservoirs artificially constructed could keep back the I
spring freshets which caused the floods; that the making of cut- ;
offs, sometimes advocated, would be in the highest degree injuri-
ous; and finally, that levees, properly constructed and judiciously
placed, would afford protection to the entire alluvial region. Hy
1860 the levees had reached Cairo, 111., and this system of protec-
tion was in good condition when the civil war put a stop to fur-
ther improvement. It is estimated that up to this time the le-
vees along the Mississippi and its tributaries had cost $24,000,000.
During the war and for some time after no attempt was made
to extend or keep in repair the levees already built.
After the great flood of 1874, Congress created a commission of .5
engineers to determine and report on the best system for perma-
nent relief from floods. Their report, 1875, endorsed that of 18fil,
and advocated a general levee system. Another complaint was
now heard, and that was low water; 43 places below Red river
being reported at times less than 10 ft., and 13 places less than 5
ft. The aggregate length of such places being 150 miles. To de-
vise relief, 5 commissioners were appointed, 1878, who recommend-
ed a narrowing of the wide places in the river to 3500 ft., whereby
a depth of 10 ft. could be secured. Thereupon the Missi.ssippi
River Commission was constituted by act of Congress, 28 June, :
1879, consisting of 7 members, to have in charge the improve- ,
ment of the Mississippi river below the mouth of the Ohio to the ]
head of the passes at its mouth; to supervise the deepening of .
its channel; to protect its banks; to improve and give safety to ;
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navigation; to prevent disastrous floods, and to promote and facil-
itate commerce. The following is from the report of the commis-
;Sion for 1893: "Below the junction of the Mississippi and the
Ohio on the left bank, as far as Memphis, no general system of
ievees exists or is required. On the right bank, below Cairo, lies
•the St. Francis basin, extending from cape Girardeau, Mo., to
Helena, Ark. This region is subject to overflow, but has never
been protected; the local organizations and the general govern-
ment are about to inaugurate a system of levees. On the left
'bank, a short distance below Memphis, and on the right bank at
Helena, begin the existing levee systems— that on the left bank
extending down to Vicksburg, and protects the Yazoo basin. It
withstood the floods of 1892-93 without a break. On the right
bank the levees extend from Helena to the mouth of the White
river, intended to protect the White river basin; these are now
being constructed. Below the Arkansas, on the right bank, a line
of levees extend along the entire front of the Bayou basin to the
Red river, 330 miles; not in good condition, crevasses of annual
occurrence. On the right bank, below the Red river, the levees
extend to about 70 miles below New Orleans. On the left bank,
owing to the high bluff making them unnecessary, the levees only
commence at Baton Rouge, and also extend 70 miles below New
Orleans. Although the levees on both sides of the river have
been much improved recently, no year passes without crevasses
on one side or the other of the river; and much work is required
to make them efHcient. "
Outflow of the Mississippi into the gulf is through several chan-
nels termed passes; the principal are I'ass a I'Outre, the North-
east, South, and Southwest. The bars formed at the entrance of
these outlets greatly impeded navigation. After several appro-
priations by Congress, and repeated trials of different methods
for deepening the channel permanently without success. Congress
created a special board in 1874, which after visiting Europe and
examining similar works of improvement there, reported in favor
of constructing jetties, and selected the South pass for trial. A
■contract was therefore made with capt. James B. Eads (1820-87),
who favored the jetty plan, to form and maintain for 20 years, in
the South pass, a channel 30 ft. deep and 350 ft. wide. The South
pass is 12% miles long, 700 ft. mean width, and 34 ft. mean depth,
«nd discharges about 10 per cent, of the outflow of the entire
river; the crest of the bar is 2>t^ miles to seaward from the mouth
•of the pass, and the jetties extend 2}^ miles seaward. The work
was begun 2 June, 1875, and flnished 1879. Up to the present
time the general result has proved entirely satisfactory, and of
great benefit to the commerce of the river.
]fli§§i»§ippi §clieine. Law's bubble,
]fIi§$OlOIl'g'lli, a town in Greece, taken from the Turks,
1 Nov. 1821, and heroically and successfully defended against
the Turks by Marco Bozzaris, Oct. 1822-27 Jan. 1823. It was
taken 22 Apr. 1826, after a long siege. Here lord Byron died,
19 Apr. 1824. It was surrendered to the Greeks in 1829.
]M[i§SOU'ri, one of the central United States, lies west of
the Mississippi river, which separates it from Illinois, Kentuc-
ky, and Tennessee. Ar-
kansas bounds it on the
south. On the west, a
line drawn south from
Kansas City in about 94°
30' Ion. separates the state
from the Indian Territory
and Kansas, while the
Missouri river marks the
boundary of Kansas con-
tinuedandNebraska north
of Kansas City. The state
of Iowa forms the north-
ern boundary. It is lim-
ited in latitude from 36°
0 40° 80' N., and in longitude from 89° 2' to 96° 44' W.
Area, 65,370 sq. miles in 115 counties; pop. 1890, 2,679,184.
Capital, Jefferson City.
'ernando De Soto ascends the west bank of the Mississippi
river as far as the present site of New Madrid 1541
-ouis Joliet and p^re Jacques Marquette descend the Missis-
sippi to lat. 33° 1673
Robert Cavalier de La Salle descends Mississippi to its mouth. 1682
prospecting-party sent out by French governor of Louisiana
i ascends the Missouri river to the mouth of the Kansas 1705
j.issouri included in a grant to Anthony Crozat for the exclu-
1 sive privilege of the commerce of Louisiana for 15 years,
[ made by Louis XIV 14 Sept. 1712
lissouri included in a grant to the Mississippi company on
[the resignation of Crozat Aug. 1717
iJad mining in St. Genevieve county by sieur Renault 1720
Lerre Ligueste Lacldde, head of Louisiana Fur company, who
jiln 1763 obtained from the director-generul of Louisiana a mo-
popoly of the fur trade with the Indians of Missouri, sends a
party under Auguste Chouteau, who lays out St. Louis, 15 Feb. 1764
!• Ange de Belle Rive, the French commander of fort Char-
J?'®*) about 15 miles above St. Genevieve, surrendering
ihe fort to the British, removes with. oflScers and troops
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to St. Louis and assumes command of upper Louisiana,
17 July, 1765
Spanish troops under capt. Rios reach St. Louis ; Rios takes
possession in the name of the king of Spain 11 Aug. 1768
Pontiac, chief of the Ottawas, who was murdered at Cahokia, is
buried at St. Louis, where he was a guest of St. Ange 1769
Blanchette, surnamed "The Hunter," builds a log hut on hills
now occupied by the city of St. Charles, and establishes a
military post under the governor of upper Louisiana "
Lieut. -gov. don Pedro Piernas arrives at St. Louis to assume
the Spanish authority over upper Louisiana 1770
Francisco Cruzat succeeds Piernas 1775
Don Ferdinaudo Leyba appointed gov. to-succeed Cruzat 1778
Massacre of whites near St. Louis by Indians who, led by Brit-
ish, intended a general attack on the settlement, but were
repulsed 26 May, 1780
Leyba removed and Francisco Cruzat reinstated. Under his
government St. Louis was regularly fortified "
Old St. Genevieve, which tradition says was founded by settlers
from Kaskaskia in 1735, is destroyed by a flood, the inhabi-
tants remove from river bottoms to the" present site 1785
New Madrid, settled as early as 1780, is laid out on an extensive
scale by col. George Morgan of New Jersey, who had received
a grant of over 12,000,000 acres of land from Spain 1788
Cruzat succeeded by don Manuel Perez as commandant general
of the post of St. Louis "
Zenon Trudeau succeeds Perez 1793
Daniel Boone of Kentucky moves to what is now St. Charles
county 1795
Trudeau succeeded by Charles Dehault Delassus de Delusiere.. 179i8
Delassus appoints Daniel Boone commandant or syndic of the
Femme Osage district , 1800
Maj. Amos Stoddard, agent of France for receiving upper Louis-
iana from the Spanish, arrives at St. Louis, and on 9 Mch.
Delassus surrenders the territory to him, and next day it
is transferred to the U. S., maj. Stoddard in command,
10 Mch. 1804
Missouri included in the district of Louisiana, set off from the
territory of Louisiana, and placed under the government of
Indiana territory by act of Congress 26 Mch. "
Exploring expedition of Lewis and Clarke up the Missouri
river leaves St. Louis (United States) 14 May, "
By act of Congress the district of Louisiana is regularly organ-
ized into the territory of Louisiana, and pres. Jefferson ap-
points gen. James Wilkinson as governor 3 Mch. 1805
Aaron Burr visits gen. Wilkinson at St. Louis Sept. "
Lewis and Clarke expedition return to St. Louis 23 Sept. 1806
Missouri Gazette established and published at St. Louis by
Joseph Charless July, 1808
Treaty effort Clark by which the Great and Little Osage tribes
cede to the U. S. 33,173,383 acres of land in Missouri and
14.830,432 acres in Arkansas 10 Nov. "
Town of St. Louis incorporated : 9 Nov. 1809
Town of New Madrid destroyed by an earthquake 16 Dec. 1811
Act of Congress changing the name of the territory of Louisi-
ana to the territory of Missouri approved 4 June, 1812
Edward Hempstead first delegate to Congress Nov. "
First General Assembly meets in the house of Joseph Robi-
doux. between Walnut and Elm sts., St. Louis 7 Dec. "
U. S. Congress confirms to Daniel Boone 1000 arpents (833 acres)
of land in the P^emme Osage district 10 Feb. 1814
Capt. .lames Callaway, with 15 men, returning to the settlement
of Loutre island with some horses they had recovered from
the Sac and Fox Indians, are attacked by the Indians in am-
bush and capt. Callaway and 3 of his men are killed. .7 Mch. 1815
By act of Congress tfie election of the council in Missouri terri-
tory is by choice of the people 29 Apr. 1816
Steamboat General Pike ascends the Mississippi to St. Louis,
2 Aug. 1817
Bill authorizing people of Missouri to frame a state constitu-
tion for admission into the Union introduced into Congress
(U.MTKD States, 1819-1821) 13 Feb. 1819
By act of Congress, Arkansas territory is set off from Missouri,
2 Mch. "
Independence, a pioneer steamboat, ascends the Missouri river
and arrives at Franklin, Howard county 28 May, "
Western Engineer, a steamboat constructed by col. S. H. Long
for an expedition up the Missouri to the Yellowstone. leaves
St. Louis 21 June, "•
Act approved authorizing the people of Missouri territory to
forma state constitution. Sec. 8 states: "That in all the
territory ceded by France to the United States under the
name of Louisiana north of 36° 30' of lat. and not included
within the limits of the state contemplated by this act,
slavery shall be and is hereby forever prohibited, but runa-
way slaves may be lawfully reclaimed " 6 Mch. 1820
A constitutional convention meets at St. Louis, 12 June, com-
pletes its labors 19 July, and the constitution is ratified by
the people at the ensuing election "
Art. iii. sec. 26 of state constitution requires the legislature
"to pass such laws as may be necessary" to prevent free
negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in the
state "
General Assembly, elected 28 Aug., meets in the Missouri
hotel at St. Louis and organizes a state government.
19 Sept. "
Daniel Boone dies at the residence of his son, on Femme Osage
creek in St. Charles county 26 Sept. "
Missouri admitted into the Union with conditions that the
legislature should pledge the faith of the state that the free-
negro clause should never be executed 2 Mch. 1821
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Conditions of admission of Missouri into the Union being ac-
cepted, ures. Monroe approves the bill (Unitbu Status),
10 Aug.
Thomas H. Benton enters the U. S. senate and serves continu-
ously until 1851
SL Louis incorporated a city ; pop. 4800 9 Dec.
Public reception of Ufayette in St. Louis 29 Apr.
Gov. Frederick Bates d 1 Aug.
Seat of goveruinout removed Trom St. Charles to Jefferson
City, and legislature holds its first session there 20 Nov.
Joseph Smith, the Mormon leader, having found a location for
"Zion " at Independence, Jackson county, in 1831. which he
names "The New Jerusalem," arrives from Kirtland, 0.,
with many followers
St Louis university founded, 1829; incorporated Dec.
Mormons in Missouri publish a paper, the Evening Star, the
sentiments of which are obnoxious to the people, who tar
and feather the bishop and 2 others, and throw the presses
into the river. On 31 Oct. an encounter occurs in which
2 citizens and 1 Mormon are killed. On 2 Nov. the Mor-
mons attack Independence, but are routed and forced to
promise to leave the county before 1 Jan. 1834 (Mormons),
2 Nov.
Congress adds the "Platte Purchase," a triangle north of the
Missouri river, west of the western boundary of the state,
and south of the northern boundary to Missouri, thus mak-
ing it slave territory 7 June,
Depredations and murders in Carroll county traced to a band
of desperadoes composed principally of a family named
Hetherly, old Mrs. Hetherly being a sister of the Kentucky
brigands Big and Little Harpe. The band broken up by
the arrest and imprisonment of some of its chief men,
17 July,
State penitentiary at Jefferson City, created by act of the leg-
islature in 1832, opened
Bank of the sUte of Missouri established at St. Louis; capital,
$6,000,000, about four-flnhs belonging to the state
By proclamation of pres. Van Buren, the law of 7 June, 1836,
regarding the Platte purchase, takes effect 28 Mch.
Col. Richard Gentry's regiment (afterwards in battle at Okee-
chobee lake, Fla.) leaves Columbia for the Seminole war,
6 Oct.
State house burned with public papers and records 17 Nov.
Act of Congress to ascertain the true boundary-line of Missouri
on the north, described in the act of admission as "the
parallel of latitude which passes through the rapids of the
river Des Moines, making the said line to correspond with
the Indian boundary-line" 18 June,
Numerous conflicts occurring between the Mormons and people
lead gov. Boggs to issue a proclamation to call out the militia
and enforce the laws. Skirmishes occur at Crooked River
and Haughn's Mills, near Breckenridge, between the militia
and Mormons under G. W. Hinkle; in the latter 18 Mormons
were killed, some of them after surrender. At Far West,
Caldwell county, Joe Smith surrenders to the militia and
agrees tbtit the Mormons shall leave the state Oct.
Corner-stone of the University of the State of Missouri at Co-
lumbia laid 4 July,
Suicide of gov. Thomas Reynolds 9 Feb.
Remains of Daniel Boone and his wife are removed from the
cemetery at Marthasville, Mo., to Frankfort, Ky 17 July,
Full complement of troops to form the first regiment of Mis-
souri troops for the Mexican war arrives at fort Leaven-
worth 18 June,
State constitution completed, but rejected by the people
CoL Doniphan, with 924 Missouri volunteers, defeats 4000 Mex-
icans under gen. Heredia in the pass of Sacramento (Mexi-
can WAR) 28 Feb.
First line of telegraph between East St. Louis and the east com-
pleted 20 Dec.
Decision of the Supreme court of the U. S. upon the northern
boundary, is confirmed by Congress, and the present bound-
ary established by act 15 Feb.
Claiborne F. Jackson, on 15 Jan. 1849, introduces resolutions
in the state senate, questioning the power of Congress to
legislate on slavery in the territories, and asserting that
" the right to prohibit slavery in any territory belongs exclu-
sively to the people thereof." Passed by the senate, 26 Jan.,
and by the assembly 6 Mch.
Fire in St. Louis destroys 23 steamboats and their cargoes and
a large section of the city 17 May,
U. S. senator Thomas H. Benton, in the hall of the House at
Jefferson City, opposes the "Jackson Resolutiens," as in the
spirit of nullification and disunion, and appeals from the leg-
islature to the people 26 May,
Interstate convention at St. Louis unanimously indorses a
national Pacific railway across the continent 16 Oct.
Ground broken for the Pacific railroad by the mayor of St.
Louis 4 July,
William Jewell college at Liberty, chartered in 1849, opened. . .
At a joint convention to choose a U. S. senator, Henry S. Geyer
of St. Louis, Whig, defeats Thomas H. Benton, 80 to 55 on
the 40th ballot 22 Jan.
Missouri school for the blind opened at St. Louis
State insane asylum at Fulton opened
Missouri institution for the education of the deaf and dumb
at Fulton opened
Westminster college chartered and opened at Fulton
House of Refuge at St. Louis opened
Destruction of the Induxtrial Luminary, a newspaper pub-
lished at Parkville, by a pro-slavery faction 14 Apr.
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College of the Christian Brothers at St. Louis, opened 1861,
chartered 18
Normal school at St. Louis opened 1(
Gov. Trusten Polk resigns to become U. S. senator Mch. »
Central college at Fayette, chartered 1855, opened «
Dred Scott and family emancipated by Taylor Blow, under
deed for that purpose from the family of Calvin C. Chaffee,
who inherited them (Drkd Scott cask) 26 May, »
First overland mail leaves St. Louis for San Francisco,
16 Sept. 18
First overland mail fi-om California arrives at St. Louis 24
days \%}4 hours from San Francisco 9 Oct.
Howard female college at Fayette, opened in 1855, chartered. . 18
Washington university at St. Louis, chartered 1853, opened. ...
Elizabeth Aull female seminary at Lexington chartered and
opened
Legislature calls a state convention, "that the will of the
people may bo ascertained and effectuated," but providing
that no ordinance of secession should be valid unless ratified
by the people 18 .Ian. 18
Edward Bates of Missouri U. S. attorney-general 5 Mch.
State convention assembles in the court-house at Jefferson
City; 99 delegates. Sterling Price chosen president, 28 Feb.
They adjourn to meet at St. Louis on 4 Mch., when a com-
mittee reports against secession 9 Mch.
In reply to pres. Lincoln's call for troops, gov. Jackson writes,
" Not one man will the state of Missouri furnish to carry on
such an unholy crusade " 17 Apr.
U. S. arsenal at Liberty seized and garrisoned by state troops
under order from gov. Jackson 20 Apr.
Capt. Lyon, at the head of the U. S. forces in St. Louis, by a
sudden move upon camp Jackson, compels an unconditional
surrender of the state militia there 10 May,
Gen. Harney, commandant at St. Louis, addresses the people
of Missouri denouncing a military act of the legislature as
indirect secession and unconstitutional 14 May,
Gov. Jackson calls for 50,000 militia, "for the purpose of
repelling invasion, and for the protection of the lives, liberty,
and property of citizens of the state" 12 June,
Gov. Jackson, with the state troops, proceeds to Booneville,
leaving the capital to fall into the hands of Lyon. . .15 .lune.
Gen. Lyon defeats the state troops under col. Marmaduke in
battle at Booneville 17 June,
An indecisive battle is fought at Carthage between state
troops under gen. Jackson and federals under gen. Sigel,
5 July, "^
State convention makes Robert Wilson president in place
of Sterling Price, made major-general in the Confederate
army 22 July, *♦
State convention declares the office of governor, of lieutenant-
governor, and of members of legislature vacant, and elects
Hamilton R. Gamble as provisional governor 31 July, "
Thomas C. Reynolds, ex-lieutenant-governor, proclaims from
New Madrid that the forces of gen. Pillow had come on the
invitation of gov. Jackson, "to aid in expelling the enemy,"
31 July, "
Gov. Gamble, by proclamation, promises protection to all cit-
izens in arms who return peaceably to their homes, in
which promise the U. S. war department concurs 3 Aug. "^
Gov. Jackson, returning from Richmond, Va., to New Madrid,
issues a "Declaration of Independence of the State of Mis-
souri " 5 Aug. "
Federals under gen. Lyon defeat confederates under gen.
James Rains at Dug Springs, 2 Aug., and are defeated by
gen. Benj. McCulloch at Wilson Creek; gen. Lyon killed,
10 Aug. "
Missouri is placed under martial law by gen. Fremont, at the
head of the western department, and maj. McKinstry, U.S.A.,
is created provost-marshal -general 30 Aug. "^
By proclamation 30 Aug., gen. Fremont manumits 2 slaves
of Thomas L. Snead, a secessionist of St. Louis 12 Sept. "^
Federals are defeated in battles at Blue Mills Landing, 17 Sept.,
Lexington, 20 Sept., and Papinsville 21 Sept. "
State convention at Jefferson City requires each civil officer
within 60 days to subscribe an oath to support the constitu-
tion 16 Oct. "
Lexington reoccupied by the federals, 16 Oct., who are also
victorious at Fredericktown, 22 Oct., and at Springfield,
26 Oct. "
Gov. Jackson issues (26 Sept. 1861) a proclamation from Lex-
ington, convening the legislature in extra session at Masonic ^^
Hall in Neosho, Newton county 21 Oct
Gen. Fremont is relieved by gen. David Hunter 2 Nov.
Legislature at Neosho passes an act of secession, 28 Oct., and ^^
resolution requesting all members to sign it 2 Nov.
Indecisive battle at Belmont between gens. Grant and Polk, 7 ^^
Nov. ; Warsaw destroyed by confederates 19 Nov.
Maj. -gen. Halleck, who succeeded gen. Hunter, 7 Nov., declares
martial law in St Louis, 23 Dec. ; and, some men returning
from gen. Price's army having destroyed about 100 miles of
the Missouri railroad, he extends the order to all the rail- ^^
roads in the state 25 Dec.
Battles at Shawnee Mound and Milford, 18 Dec. 1861, and at ^^
Mount Zion 28 Dec.
New Madrid captured by gen. Pope 14 -^^ch. lot-'
Independence captured by the confederates H Aug. ^^
Battle at Newtonia, confederates victorious 30 Sept.
Andrew AUsman, an aged citizen of Palmyra, taken in a raid
by col. John C. Porter's band in Sept, and not heard oi
afterwards; gen. McNeil hangs in retaliation 10 of Porter s ^^
raiders (Allsman, Case of) 18 Oct
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Confederate gen. John S. Marmaduke repulsed at Springfield,
8 Jan., and at Hartsville 11 Jan.
Gen. John H. McNeil repulses gen. Marmaduke in a battle at
Cape Girardeau 26 Apr.
Ordinance adopted by the state convention, ordaining that
slavery should cease 4 July, 1870, subject to provisions with
regard to age, etc 1 July,
Death of gov. Gamble 31 Jan.
Robbery and general massacre of citizens and Federal sol-
diers in Centralia by guerilla band under Bill Anderson,
27 Sept.
Bill Anderson killed in a fight near Albany, Ray county,
27 Oct.
Central Wesleyan college at Warrenton chartered and opened.
Gen. ?rice invades Missouri; defeats Curtis at Little Blue, 21
Oct., but is repulsed by federals at Big Blue, Little Osage,
and Newtonia Oct,
Constitutional convention meets at St. Louis, 6 Jan. 18()5,
adopts an ordinance abolishing slavery 11 Jan.
State Board of Immigration organized under act of legislat-
ure
State convention vacates on 1 May the offices of judges of the
Supreme court, of all Circuit courts, and others 17 Mch.
New constitution completed 10 Apr. Art. ii. sec. 9 provides
that after 60 days " no person shall be permitted to practise
as an attorney," "nor be competent as a bishop, priest,
deacon, minister, elder, or other clergyman " to teach or
preach or solemnize marriages unless he shall have tak-
en, subscribed, and filed an oath 6f loyalty. Constitution
ratified by the people, vote 43,670 for and 41,808 against,
0 June,
Judges of the higher courts decline to yield to the new judges
appointed by gov. Fletcher under ordinance of 17 Mch., as
not in the power of the convention. By special order, gen.
Coleman is directed to use such force as may be necessary
to establish the new judges in office, which he accomplishes
14 June,
Lincoln Institute Normal school opened at Jefferson City
Excitement in Lafayette from political strife and robbery and
murder by desperadoes under Archie Clemmens, who is killed
by troops sent to quell the disturbance spring of
Legislature makes prize-fighting for money punishable by im-
prisonment from 6 to 12 months, or a fine of $500 to $1000,
8 Feb.
Monument to Thomas H. Benton, raised for the state govern-
ment on Lafayette square, St. Louis, is unveiled 27 May,
People reject the amendment striking out the word "white"
in the suffrage clause, by 74,053 to 55,236
Original seal of the state of Missouri, which had disappeared
from the seat of government in 1861, is restored to gov.
McClurg by ex-lieut.-gov. Thomas C. Reynolds 26 May,
Legislature ratifies XV.th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution,
10 Jan.
State Agricultural college located at Columbia by law
A movement set on foot in 1866 by col. B. Gratz Brown, fur
universal amnesty, universal franchise, and revenue reform,
divides the Republican party, at the state convention at
Jefferson City, 31 Aug. 1870, into Radicals, and Liberals or
"Bolters," headed by gen. Carl Schurz. The Liberal candi-
date B. Gratz Brown elected governor 8 Nov.
State Normal school at Warrensburg opened
State Normal school at Kirksville opened
Act passes over gov. Brown's veto directing that 422 bonds of
the state of Missouri, of $1000 each, issued in 1852 and fall-
ing due in 1872, " redeemable in gold or silver coin," be re-
deemed in legal-tender notes 8 Feb.
Seventy or 80 masked men stop a railroad train at Gun City,
Cass county, and murder judge J. C. Stephenson, Thomas E.
Detro, and James C. Cline, charged with complicity in the
fraudulent issue of railroad bonds, which imposed a heavy
burden upon the tax-payers in that county 24 Apr.
Fulton Synodical female college, chartered in 1870, opened at
Fulton
State Normal school opened at Cape Girardeau
Drury college at Springfield chartered and opened
Railroad bridge over the Mississippi at St. Louis, designed by
James B. Eads and constructed by the Illinois and St. Louis
1 Bridge company, formally opened (Bridges) 4 July,
State asylum for the insane established at St. Joseph
Btate Railroad commission created by act of legislature.
27 Mch.
prdinance passed by legislature to prevent the payment of
1918 bonds and coupons of $1000 each, executed by the Pacific
railroad of Missouri under a law of 10 Dec. 1855, which
! had disappeared, but had not been cancelled or destroyed,
30 Oct.
ifew constitution framed by a state convention which sat at
Jefferson City, 5 May, 1875, to 19 Aug., is submitted to the
people and ratified by a vote of 90,600 to 14,362 30 Oct.
•onvention of 869 delegates from 31 states and territories as-
sembles at St. Louis to take action upon the construction of
the Southern Pacific railroad .' 23-24 Nov.
[art Schurz of Missouri secretary of the interior 12 Mch.
jtate lunatic asylum at St. Joseph burned; the 218 inmates
! escape 25 Jan.
fCottey law" passed, to take effect immediately, providing
Pthat county courts shall levy only 4 taxes: the state rev-
enue tax, the state interest tax, tax for current county
expenses, and school tax, unless ordered by the circuit
court for the county or by the judge thereof in chambers,
8 Mch.
1870
1871
1873
1874
1875
1877
1879
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Laws creating a State Fish commission, a Bureau of Labor
statistics, and appropriating $3000 for a state hatchery 1879
Proposed amendment to the constitution, art. xiv., embodying
the "Maine Liquor law," passes the house, and is rejected
in the senate by 12 to 10 "^
Convention of representatives of the commercial and agricult-
ural and other productive industries of the Mississippi valley
meets at St. Louis 26 Oct. 1881
Missouri River Improvement convention meets at St. Joseph.
4 states and 2 territories are represented 29 Nov. *'
"Downing High License law" passed, which fixes the maxi-
mum state and county tax on license for dram shops at
$1200 per annum, and requiring a petition signed by
two -thirds of the tax -payers of cities, towns, and town-
ships before it is mandatory on the county court to issue
licenses 1883
State Board of Health created by act of legislature "
Kansas City ladies' college at Independence opened in 1871,
chartered 1884
Some 75 of the " Bald-knobber " organization of Christian
county are arrested in Mch.. some on the charge of murder,
others for attending unlawful assemblies of "Regulators."
All but the leaders are tried at Ozark and fined Aug. 1887
Reform school for boys established by law at Booneville "
Fifty out of 78 elections under the "Wood Local-option law"
result in favor of prohibition "
State insane asylum No. 3 at Nevada opened 15 Oct. "
Gov. Marmaduke d 28 Dec. "
State institution for deaf and dumb at Fulton burned Feb. 1888
Bald knobber leader David Walker and 3 accomplices tried,
Mch. and Apr. 1888. Sentenced to be executed on 18 May;
postponed. Their Bald-knobber friends, for revenge, seize
and hang 5 of the witnesses 14 Nov. "
State industrial school for girls opened at Chillicothe Jan. 1889
Norman J. Coleman appointed secretary of agriculture. .12 Feb. "
Australian Ballot Reform act, applicable to cities and towns of
5000 or over, passed by the legislature '*
Act of legislature appointing the first Friday after the first
Tuesday of Apr. to be observed as Arbor day "
David Walker, William Walker, and John Matthews, Bald-
knobbers, sentenced Apr. 1888, finally executed at Ozark,
10 May, "
Interstate Wheat Growers' Association of Mississippi valley
meets at St. Louis, N.J. Coleman presiding 27 Oct. "
State treasurer E. T. Noland suspended from office for defalca-
tion to the amount of $32,745.69 4 Mch. 1890
Woman's temperance crusade in Lathrop, etc., from
10 Feb. "
Gov. Francis deposes state treasurer Noland for alleged short-
age of about $33,000 in his accounts 4 Mch. "
Semi-centennial of the laying of the corner-stone of the state
university at Columbia celebrated .4 July, "
Limited Kansas City express on the Mo. Pacific R. R. is "held
up" by 7 highwaymen at Otterville, and express car robbed
of $90,000 17 Aug. "
Representatives from the Union Labor, Prohibition, and Green-
hack parties meet at St. Louis, 3 Sept., and organize the Na-
tional Reform party 5 Sept. "
Gen. W. T. Sherman died at New York city 14 Feb. ; is buried
at St. Louis 21 Feb. 1891
Legal rate of interest fixed at 8 per cent, by act of legislature,
which adjourns 24 Mch. "
National industrial conference (over 650 delegates from Farm-
ers' Alliance and mutual benefit associations) meets at St.
Louis and decides to act with the People's party in the presi-
dential campaign 22 Feb. 1892
National Nicaragua Canal convention, with delegates from 25
or more states, meets in St. Louis 2 June, "
TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR.
duties July, 1813
William Clark
STATE GOVERNORS.
Alexander McNair term begins 19 Sept.
Frederick Bates " Nov.
Abraham J. Williams acting 1 Aug.
Gen. John Miller term begins Nov.
Daniel Dunklin " "
Lilburn W. Boggs " "
Thomas Reynolds (Dem.) " "
M. M. Marmaduke acting 9 Feb.
John C. Edwards (Dem.) term begins Nov.
Austin A. King (Dem.) " >•'
Sterling Price (Dem.) " Dec.
Trusten Polk (Dem.) " "
Hancock Jackson acting Mch.
Robert M. Stewart (Dem.) term begins Dec.
Claiborne F. Jackson (Dem.).. " 4 Jan
Hamilton R. Gamble (provisional) elected 31 July,
Willard P. Hall acting 31 Jan.
Thomas C. Fletcher (Rep.).. . .term begins "
Joseph W. McClurg (Rep.).... " "
R. Gratz Brown (Lib.) " "
Silas Woodson (Dem.) " "
Charles H. Hardin (Dem.) " "
John S. Phelps (Dem.) " "
Thomas T. Crittenden (Dem.). " "
John S. Marmaduke (Dem.).. " "
Albert G. Morehouse acting 28 Dec.
David R. Francis (Dem.) term begins Jan.
William J. Stone (Dem.) " "
1820
1824
1825
1832
1836
1840
1844
1848
1852
1856
1857
. 1861
1864
1871
1873
1875
1877
1881
1885
1887
1889
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UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF MISSOURI.
N»in«.
David Barton
Thomas H. Benton . . .
Alexander Buckner. . .
Lewis F.Linn
David R. Atchison
Henry S. Geyer
James Stephen Green.
Trustcn Polk
Waldo P. Johnson....
John B. Henderson . . .
Robert Wilson
B. Grata Brown
Charles D. Drake
Francis?. Bluir.jr
Carl Schurz
Lewis F. Bogy
Francis M. Cockr^U. . .
David H. Armstrong. .
George G. Vest
No. of CODKT«M.
D«t«.
17th to 2l8t
17th " 3l8t
22d
23d to 27th
28th " 33d
32d " 34th
34th " 36th
36th " 37th
37th
37th to 40th
37th
38th to 39th
40th " 41st
4l8t "42d
41st " 42d
43d " 46th
44th "
45th
46th "
1821 to 1831
1821 " 1861
1831 " 1833
1833 " 1843
1843 " 1856
1861 " 1857
1867 " 1861
1857 " 18(52
1861 " 1862
1862 " 1869
1862
1863 to 1867
1867 " 1870
1871 " 1873
1869 " 1875
1873 " 1877
1875 "
1877 " 1879
1879 "
Served 30 years as senator.
Died 1833.
Elected in place of Buckner. Died 1843.
Elected president pro (em. 8 Aug. 1846; and again, 20 Dec. 1852
Elected, defeating Benton.
Expelled 10 Jan. 1862.
Appointed in place of Polk.
Appointed in place of .Johnson.
Elected in place of Wilson.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Drake.
Succeeds Henderson.
Elected to succeed Blair. Died 1877.
Term expires 1899.
Appointed in place of Bogy.
Term expires 1897.
IVIIssourl compromUe. United States, 1819,
'20, '21, '50, '54.
mlth'ridatC, a medical preparation in the forna of an
■electuary, supposed to be an antidote to poison, and the oldest
■compound known, is said to have been invented by Mithri-
•dates, king of Pontus, about 70 b.c.
Mithrida'ltC war, caused by the massacre of 80,-
000 Romans by Mithridates VI., king of Pontus, 88 b.c., and
remarkable for its duration, many sanguinar}' battles, and
cruelties of its commanders. Mithridates having taken the
•consul Aquilius, made him ride on an ass through much of
Asia, crying out, " I am Aquilius, consul of the Romans." He
is said to have killed him by causing melted gold to be poured
down his throat, in derision of his avarice, 85 B.C. Mithri-
dates was defeated by Pompey, 66 b.c. ; and committed sui-
cide, 63 B.C.
Mitla, ancient ruins found in the Mexican state of
Oxaca. The general character and design of the architect-
ure and masonry is similar to that at Palenque, but the
•work seems to indicate a higher degree of art and science.
America, Copan.
mitrailleuse (me-trdl-yuz') or mitrailleur {me-
iral-t/er'), a machine-gun combining 37 or more large-bored
rifles with breech-action, so that a shower of bullets may be
rapidly projected by one man. It was invented in Belgium,
adopted by Napoleon III. soon after the Prusso-Austrian war
in 1866, and much used in the Franco-Prussian war in 1870.
When fired it has a peculiar dry, shrieking, terrible sound.
Modifications of the mitrailleuse have been made by Montigny
and others. The Fosbery mitrailleuse was tried and approved
at Shoeburyness, 11 Aug. 1870. It is mentioned in Grose's
Military Antiquities (1801) that in England, in 1625, a patent
was granted to William Drummond for a machine composed
of muskets joined together, by the help of which 2 soldiers
can oppose 100, and named " thunder carriage," or, more usu-
ally, " fire carriage." An English mitrailleuse, a modification
of the American Gatling, containing 50 cartridges, was tried
at Woolwich, 18 Jan. 1872 ; 50 were ordered to be made by
Armstrong.
mitre. The cleft cap or mitre was worn by the Jewish
high-priest, 1491 B.C. It had on it a golden plate inscribed
"Holiness to the Lord" (Exod. xxxix. 28). The most an-
cient mitre closely resembling the present one is upon the
seal of the bishop of Laon, in the 10th century. — Fosbroke.
Anciently the cardinals wore mitres ; but the council of Lyons,
in 1245, directed them to wear hats.
Mityle'ne or L<e§bOS, an island of the iEgean sea.
Near here the Greeks defeated and nearly destroyed the Turk-
ish fleet, 7 Oct. 1824.
mnemon'ies (from Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory
and mother of the 9 muses), artificial memorj', was introduced
by Simonides the younger, 477 b.c. — A rundelian Marbles. A
tractate, De A rte Memorativa, by Roger Bacon, exists in MS.
at Oxford. Conrad Celtes, a German, published a work mak-
ing use of the letters of the alphabet instead of places, 1492.
Petrus de Ravenna's Phenix A rtes Memorice, pub. Venice, 1491,
vent through 9 editions. Lambert Schenkel, 1593 ; Winckel-
mann, 17th centurj'; and Richard Grey, 1730, pub. works
mnemonics. Feinaigle's system appeared in Paris in 18C
Kothe's method, founded on the laws of association, has goi
through several editions in Germany; and dr. Edwards PicJ
work has a wide circulation. The fullest history of mnemoi
ics is that given by J. C. von Aretin. 1810. In 1848, pr<
Fauvel-Gourand of Paris visited the principal American citi<
teaching to classes of many hundreds his improved systei
called " Phreno-mnemotechny," which is still used by son
students. " In certain cases mnemonical devices may be foui
of considerable service; but all systems which have aimed
completeness have been found rather to puzzle than aid tl
memory." — Encycl. Brit. 9th ed.
Mo'abites, descendants of Lot, a people living to t
southeast of Judaea. They were often at war with the Isra
ites, and were subdued by Ehud about 1336, by David ah
1040, and by Jehoshaphat, 895 b.c., but often harassed tl
Jews in the decay of their monarchy. The discovery of a
stone, 1868, now in the Louvre, with inscription in Phoenician
characters, said to relate to Mesha, king of Moab, referred
to in 2 Kings iii., was announced in Jan. 1870, and impression.-
were exhibited soon after, which caused much discussion amon;L;
Orientalists.
Mobile, Ala. The cit}' is situated at the southwest
corner of the state, at the mouth of Mobile river, and with
a harbor on the Gulf After the capture of Vicksburg in
1863 an attack on this city was contemplated, but was given
up, the president preferring a Red river campaign. On 5
Aug. 1864. adm. Farragut attacked forts Morgan and Gaines;
fort Powell was blown up ; on the 8th fort Gaines was sur-
rendered with its garrison, and fort Morgan was occupied on
the 23d. After passing the forts on the 5th, Farragut capt-
ured therara Tennessee. The result of his brief naval cam-
paign \^s tne possession of Mobile bay. After Hood's defeat
at Nashville (Dec. 1864), military operations against Mobile-
were commenced. On 25 Mch. gen. Canby had the 13th and
16th corps (under Gordon Granger and A. J. Smith) at Dan-
ley's, on Fish river, east of Mobile. The siege of Spanish
fort was commenced on the 27th. A week before this gen.
Steele, having landed at Pensacola, marched northward against
Montgomery, and, returning near 1 Apr., joined the army be-
sieging Mobile. Spanish fort was evacuated by the confed- 1
erates on 8 Apr., and occupied by the federal troops. The ;
next day fort Blakely was assaulted and captured, and Mobile
was evacuated (11, 12 Apr.). This was the last campaign of ;
the civil war. Gen. Richard Taylor surrendered on 4 May. .
The population of Mobile decreased from 32,034 in 1870 to;
31,205 in 1880, 31,076 in 1890. '
Mock'ern, a town of Prussian Saxony. Here the]
French army under Eugene Beauharnais was defeated by the \
Prussians under Yorck, 5 Apr. 1813; and here Blucher de-|
feated the French, 16 Oct. 1813. ;
models. The first were figures of living persons, and;
Dibutades, the Corinthian, is the reputed inventor of those ^
in clay. His daughter, being about to be separated from her.
lover, traced his profile by his shadow on the wall; her father
filled up the outline with clay, which he afterwards baked,
and thus produced a figure of the object of her afifection, giv-j
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ing rise to an art till then unknown, about 985 b.c. Wax-
works.
Ttfo'dena, formerly Hil'tina, capital of the late
diichv in central Italy ; was governed by the house of Este,
from 1288 till 1796, when the last male of that house, the reign-
ing duke Hercules III., was expelled by the French. By the
treaty of Campo Formio the Modenese possessions were in-
corporated with the Cisalpine republic, 1797, and with the
kingdom of Italy, 1805. The archduke Francis of Este, son
of the archduke Ferdinand of Austria, and of Mary, the heir-
ess of the last duke, was restored in 1814. Modena, in accord-
ance with the voting by universal suffrage, was annexed to
Sardinia on 18 Mch. 1860. Fop. of the city, 1881, 31,053 ; of
the province, 1881, 279,254; 1889, 303,541.
GRAND DUKES.
1814:. Francis IV. An invasion of his states by Murat was defeated,
11 Apr. 1815. He was expelled by his subjects in 1831, but
was restored by the Austrians.
1846. Francis V. (b. 1 June, 1819) succeeded 21 Jan. His subjects
rose against him soon after the Italian war broke out, in
Apr. 1859. He fled to Verona, establishing a regency, 11
June; which was abolished, 13 June; Farina was appointed
dictator, 27 July; a constituent assembly was immediately
elected, which oflfered the duchy to the king of Sardinia,
15 Sept., who incorporated it with his dominions, 18 Mch.
1860. Francis d. 20 Nov. 1875.
modoc Indians, a small tribe, originally part of
the Klamath Indians dwelling in northern California. In
1864 they ceded their land to the United States, and were
removed to the Klamath reservation in 1871. Not obtaining
subsistence, a part returned to their old possessions, and their
able leader, capt. Jack, defeated troops sent to expel them,
17 Jan. 1873. During negotiations for a peaceful settlement
■ with the U. S. commissioners (11 Apr.) they massacred gen.
! Canby and commissioner Thomas. After fighting 15, 16 Apr.,
> the Indians retreated to almost impregnable positions in the
' lava beds. The troops were fired on and suffered much loss,
I 27 Apr. The Indians were gradually surrounded. Jack and
! about 20 warriors held out desperately. Some surrendered,
I and he was captured 1 June, tried July, and executed 3 Oct.
• 1873. The remainder were placed on a reservation in the
( Indian Territory. California, Indians.
! mGe'§ia, now Bo§nia, Servia, and Bulgaria,
! was finally subdued by Augustus, 29 b.c. It was successfully
invaded by the Goths, 250 a.d., who eventually settled here,
i Moguls. Tartary.
1 lUoliacZ (mo-hach'), a town of Lower Hungary. Here
, Louis, king of Hungary, defeated by the Turks under Solyman
1 II. with the loss of 22,000 men, was suffocated by the fall of
j his horse in a muddy brook, 29 Aug. 1526. Here also prince
f Charles of Lorraine defeated the Turks, 12 Aug. 1687.
I Moiiamniedanisni. Mahometanism.
I moliawks. Indians, Long Hbusfi.
i Mohe'gans. Indians.
I HollOCiii, ruffians who went about London at night
(Wounding and disfiguring men and indecently exposing wom-
en. 100/. were offered by royal proclamation in 1712 for ap-
prehending any of them. — Northouck.
Hoiian'na {ffakim ben- a link), *' The Veiled " prophet,
''Hinder of a sect in Khorassan in the 8th century. He pre-
eaded to be an incarnation of God, and therefore veiled his
ace, but really to conceal the loss of an eye. He rebelled
igainst the caliph Almahdi, was for a time successful, but was
iubdued in 780, when he and the remainder of his followers
ook poison. He is the subject of a poem by Thomas Moore,
n " Lalla Rookh," 1817.
Moldavia. Danubian principalitieis.
Moli'nistS, a Roman Catholic sect, followers of Louis
wloUna, a Jesuit, 1535-1600. He maintained the harmony
If the doctrines of predestination and free-will, 1588. The
lolinists subsequently passed into the Jansenist controversy.
ANSENISTS.
|i Molly Maguires, Irish Ribbonmen who made forays
I fisguised as women, named from Cornelius Maguire, baron
I' Inniskillen, who in 1641 took part with sir Phelim O'Neil
I the Irish rebellion. — A secret society in the mining dis-
icts of Pennsylvania, 1870-80.
Moluc'cas, an archipelago in the Indian ocean (chief
island Amboyna), discovered by Portuguese about 1511, and
held by them secretly until the Spaniards arrived and claimed
them. Charles V. yielded them to John HI. of Portugal for
a large sura of money, 1529. The Dutch conquered them in
1607, and have held them since — except from 1810 to 1814,
when they were, subject to the English.
MolWltZ, a town in Prussian Silesia. Here the Prus-
sians, commanded by Frederick II., obtained a victory over
the Austrians, 10 Apr. 1741.
molyb'dcnuin, a whitish, brittle, almost infusible
metal. Scheele, in 1778, discovered molybdic acid in a min-
eral hitherto confounded with graphite. Hjelm, 1782, pre-
pared the metal from molybdic acid; and in 1825 Berzelius
described its chemical characters. — Gmelin.
inon'aclliim (from the Gr. novoQ, alone). Catholic
writers refer to the prophet Elijah, and the Nazarites men-
tioned in Numb, vi., as early examples. The first Christian
ascetics appear to be derived from the Jewish sect of the
Essenes, whose life was austere, practising celibacj--, etc.
About the time of Constantine (306-22) numbers of ascetics
withdrew into the deserts, and were called hermits, monks,
and anchorets, of whom Paul, Anthony, and Pachomius were
most celebrated. Simeon, the founder of the Stylitae (or pillar
saints), died 451. He is said to have lived on a pillar 20 years.
"Three years I lived upon a pillar, high
Six cubits, and three years on one of twelve;
And twice three years I crouch'd on one that rose
Twenty by measure; last of all, I grew,
Twice ten long weary, weary years to this.
That numbers forty cubits from the soil."
— Tennyson, "St. Simeon Stylites."
St. Benedict, the great reformer of western monachism, pub-
lished his rules and established his monastery at Monte Ca-
sino, about 529. The Carthusians, Cistercians, etc., are vari-
eties of Benedictines. In 964, by decree of king Edgar, all
married priests were ineffectually ordered to be replaced by
monks. Religious orders expelled from France, by decree,
29 Mch. 1880. The anchorites of the r2th, 13th, and 14th
centuries must not be confounded with anachorets and an-
chorets, or hermits. The former were confined to cells ; the
latter free to go where they pleased. Abbeys, Benedictines.
Hlon'aco, the smallest of the sovereign principalities
of Europe, situated on the Mediterranean, 9 miles from Nice,
held by the Genoese family Grimaldi since 968. By treaty
on 2 Feb. 1861, the prince ceded the communes of Roque-
brune and Mentone, the chief part of his dominions, to France
for 4,000,000 francs. The present prince, Charles III., born
8 Dec. 1818, succeeded his father Florestan, 20 June, 1856.
Heir : Albert, born 13 Nov. 1848. A commercial convention
between the prince and France, signed 9 Nov. 1865, was re-
garded as looking to abolition of the French navigation laws.
Petitions against Monte Carlo, the great gaming establishment,
Dec. 1880. It has its own coinage and issues its own postage-
stamps. Area, 8 sq. miles; pop. 1878, 7049 ; 1890,12,000.
monarchy. Historians reckon various grand mon-
archies—those of Assyria, Babylonia, Chald^a, Egypt,
Greeck, Media, Parthia, Persia, and Rome.
monaiterie^^. Abbeys.
Moncontour', a town near Poitiers, France. Here
adm. Coligny and French Protestants were defeated with great
loss by the duke of Anjou (afterwards Henry III.), 3 Oct. 1569.
" Oh, weep for Moncontour! Oh, weep for the hour
When the children of darkness and evil had power,
When the horsemen of Valois triumphantly trod
On the bosoms that bled for their right and their God!"
—Macaulay, "The Battle of Moncontour."
monetary conferences, international, opened
at Paris, 16 Aug. 1878, and 19 Apr. 1881 ; Cologne, 11-13 Oct.
1882; Paris, 21 July, 5 Aug. 1885; again at Paris, Sept. 1889.
money is mentioned as a medium of commerce in Gen.
xxiii., 1860 B.C., when Abraham purchased a field as a sepul-
chre for Sarah. The coinage of money is ascribed to Lydians.
Moneta was the name given to their silver by the Romans,
as coined in the temple of Juno Moneta, 269 b.c. Money was
made of different metals, and even of leather and other arti-
cles, both in ancient and modern times. It was made of paste-
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mon'OChord, a box of thin wood, with a bridge, over
which is stretched a wire or cord, said to have been invented
by Pythagoras, about 600 b.c.
IVIonongahe'la, Battle of. Pennsylvania, 1755.
monopolies (Gr. /xovoTrwXta, exclusive sale ; the com-
mand of the market of anything for sale) were formerly so
numerous in England that Parliament petitioned against them,
and many were abolished, about 1601-2. Others were sup-
pressed by 21 Jas. I. 1624. Sir Giles Mompesson and sir
Francis Mitchell were punished for abuse of monopolies, 1621.
In 1630, Charles I. established monopolies of soap, salt, leath-
er, and other common things, to supply a revenue without
Parliament. It was enacted that none should be in future
created by royal patent, 16 Chas 1. 1640. Monopolies estab-
lished in France ruinous to that country prior to the revolu-
tion of 1789. In the United States monopolies are formed for
controlling the market by means of enormous capital, suffi-
cient to buy up any article for which there is a demand, hold-
ing it, and thus making a price for it, or in crowding out of
business in various ways all competitors of less means, although
equally capable of rendering the service of supplying the com-
modity. Monopolies thus constitute the most serious evils of
modern times — evils that in time will require to be abolished
by government.
Monotll'elites, heretics who affirmed that Jesus
Christ had but one will ; were favored by the emperor Herac-
lius, 630 ; they merged into the Eutychians.
IVIonroe, James, administration of. United -States,
1817-25.
Monroe doctrine. United States, 2 Dec.
1823. The doctrine has been repeatedly reaffirmed as the
settled policy of the people and government of the United
States.
Monta'na, a northwestern frontier state of the Uiute<
States, is included almost wholly between lat. 45° and 49<
N., and Ion. 104° and 116° W
It is bounded on the nortli
by Britisli America, east bj
North Dakota and South Da
kota, south by Wyoming, th(
Yellowstone National park
and Idaho, and west by Idaho
Area, 146,080 sq. miles in 1(
counties; pop. 1890, 132,159
Capital, Helena.
Sieur de la Verendrye and
his sons, with a party
of explorers, leave the
Lake of the Woods, 29
Apr. 1742; they reach the upper Missouri and Yellowstone
rivers and arrive at the Kooky mountains Jan. 11'.
Lewis and Clarke's expedition cross Montana to the Pacific
ocean. Returning, capt. Lewis descends the Missouri from
the Great falls, and capt. Clarke the Yellowstone from Liv-
ingstone, and meet at the mouth of the Yellowstone li
Emanuel Lisa builds a trading-post on the Yellowstone 18(
Gen. William H. Ashley of St. Louis builds a trading -post on
the Yellowstone 18!
American Fur company builds fort Union on the Missouri, 3
miles above the mouth of the Yellowstone 18!
Steamboat Assiniboine, huWt by the American Fur company,
ascends the Missouri to fort Union in 1833; winters near the
mouth of Poplar creek, 60 miles above the mouth of the
Yellowstone 18
boanl by the Hollanders so late as 1574. The czar Nicholas
struck coins in platinum. Coin, Continental money, Cop-
per, Gold, Silver.
monoyem travelled with early English kings, and
coined money as required. Mint.
mongols. Tartary.
Monitor and Merrimac. Hampton Roads, Va.,
1861 ; Naval battles.
monitorial §ysteni in education, in which pupils
arp employed as teachers, was used by dr. Bell in the orphan
asylum at Madras in 1795, and by Joseph Lancaster in Lon-
don. Education.
mollis. MONACHISM.
M<»nniOUth, Battle of. Sir Henry Clinton left Phil-
adelphia for New York on 18 June, 1778, with 11,000 British
and an immense baggage and provision train. Washington
pursued him, harassed him in New Jersey, and engaged him
ne'ar Monmouth Court-house on Sunday, 28 June, 1778. The
battle lasted all day. It was exceedingly sultry, and more
than 50 American soldiers died of exhaustion. Night closed
the conflict. Towards midnight Clinton silently withdrew
to avoid another engagement in the morning, and escaped,
leaving many sick and wounded behind. The Americans lost
228; less than 70 were killed. The British left about 300
dead on the field. It was in this battle that gen. Charles ^^^,y^S?'^S^j-i^-^;-^,i;,i;{^\^-yi^-^aiu;il.i^\.
in command of the advance, received a reproof from gen.' Gallatin valley 1840
Washington, that finally led to Lee's dismissal.
IIIonniOUth'§ rebellion. James, duke of Mon-
mouth (b. at Rotterdam, 9 Apr. 1649), a natural son of
Charles II. by Lucy Waters, was banished England for his
connection with the Rye -house plot, in 1683. He invaded
England at Lyme, 11 June, 1685 ; was proclaimed king at
Taunton, 20 June; was defeated at Sedgmoor, near Bridge-
water, 6 July ; and beheaded on Tower hill, 15 July.
MonOC'aey, Md., Battle of. Here on 9 July, 1864,
gen. Lew. Wallace with a force of about 5500 men success-
fully resisted for 8 hours a Confederate force of about 20,000
under gen. Early, and prevented his reaching Washington.
Federal loss, 98 killed, 579 wounded, and 1282 missing.
De Smet establishes a mission on the St. Mary's river in the
Bitter Root valley Sept. 1842
De Smet establishes St. Ignatius mission in the Flathead Lake
valley 1845
American Fur company builds fort Benton 1846
Steamboat El Paso reaches the mouth of Milk river 1850
Francis Finlay, alias "Benetsee," a half-breed Scotch and Ind-
ian trader, settled in what is now Deer Lodge county on
Gold creek, discovers gold, and takes a sample to Angus Mc-
Donald at the Hudson Bay company's post near St. Ignatius, 1852
Gov. Isaac I. Stevens explores a route for a Northern Pacific
railroad from St. Paul across Montana to the Pacific ocean,
under authority of Congress 1853
Sir George Gore leaves St. Louis with 40 men, explores the
headwaters of Powder river, and builds a fort on Tongue
river, 8 miles from its junction with the Yellowstone 1855
[In this part of Montana lies the peculiar tract termed by
the French Mauvaises Terres (Bad Lands), usually described
as the Little Missouri Bad Lands, extending from that riv
west to the Little Big Horn, or from 104° Ion. W. to 108° W.
watered by the Powder, Tongue, and Rosebud rivers. Th'
labyrinth of ravines and singular and grotesque forms, devoid
of vegetation, covers in the aggregate from 1600 to 2000 sq.
miles. This singular formation is caused primarily by the
subterranean fires of lignite coal veins or beds, and seconda-
rily, by the action of water.]
John Silverthorn trades tobacco and supplies with " Benetsee "
for gold-dust 1858
Stern-wheel steamboat, the Chippewa, reaches fort Brn\6, 12
miles b«low fort Benton 17 July, 1859
Chippewa reaches fort Benton, the first steamboat to arrive
there, but is followed the same day by the Key West, 2 July, 1860
Capt. James Fisk's first expedition, consisting of 100 men and
30 women and children from Minnesota, arrives at Gold
creek, Deer Lodge county 26 Sept. 1862
Discovery of gold in the Alder gulch near present site of Vir-
ginia City, Madison county, by a party of prospectors con-
sisting of AVilliam Fairweather and others 22 May, 1863
Twenty-four outlaws, including the sheriff" and 2 deputies, hung
by a vigilance committee, and 8 banished. At their trial
and by confession it was found that these outlaws had mur-
dered 102 people in Montana Dec. 1863-Feb. 1864
Law creating Montana territory out of a portion of Idaho ap-
proved by pres. Lincoln 26 May, "
Gold discovered in "Last Chance gulch," in Lewis and Clarke
county, on present site of Helena 21 July, "
Montana Post, first newspaper in the territory, started at Vir-
ginia City
Historical society of Montana incorporated 2 Feb. 186.5
First National bank of Helena, the first in Montana, organized, 1866
Helena Herald first issued
Steamer Key West leaves Sioux City, 14 Apr. 1869, reaches the
Yellowstone 6 May, and ascends that river to Powder river,
a distance of 245 m iles 1'°^
Congress sets apart a tract near the headwaters of the Yellow-
stone as a public park ; a small portion lies in Montana, bor-
dering on Wyoming 1 Mch. 1B<2
Expedition under Thomas P. Roberts explores the upper Mis- ^^
souri from the three forks down to fort Benton '
Seat of government removed from Virginia City to Helena 18"5
Gen. Forsythe, under orders from gen. Sheridan, explores the
Yellowstone, leaving Bismarck in the steamer Josephine, ^^
15 June, ascending to Huntley, 418 miles June,
Sioux Indians under Sitting Bull, near the Little Big Horn
"• ■ I
1876
1879
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river, massacre gen. George A. Custer, with 5 companies
(276 men) of the 7th cavalry, no man escaping '25 June,
Fort Assiniboine, near the Milk river, established 9 May,
Uncalled territorial bonds, amounting to $45,000, redeemed
and cancelled, thus extinguishing all registered indebtedness
of the territory 1 Mch. 1883
Henry Villard, president of the Northern Pacific railroad, com-
pletes the work on that road, by driving the last spike oppo-
site the entrance of (iold creek into Deer Lodge river, 8 Sept. "
Settlement in Deer Lodge and Gallatin counties of monogamic
Mormons ex|)elled from Utah for apostasy "
College of Montana at Deer Lodge, opened in 1883, chartered, 1884
Constitutional convention meets 14 Jan. 1884, and adjourns 9
Feb. ; its constitution was ratified by the people, 4 Nov., and
submitted to Congress, asking admission into the Union "
First steamboat to successfully navigate the Missouri river
above Great falls is launched at Townsend 1886
Territorial legislature passes a local-option act, and provides
for the observance of Arbor day 1887
Coal-mining begun in Cascade county 1888
Montana admitted to the Union by act of Congress 22 Feb. 1889
Legislature passes an Australian Ballot act "
Constitutional convention meets at Helena,4 July, 1889; adopts
a constitution and adjourns, 17 Aug. Constitution ratified
by the people, 24,676 for and 2274 against 1 Oct. "
Proclamation of pres. Harrison, admitting Montana into the
Union as a state 8 Nov. "
U. S. penitentiary at Deer Lodge becomes the property of the
state of Montana upon its admission "
Owing to a dispute concerning the election returns in Silver
Bow county, a Democratic and Republican House, each claim-
ing a quorum of 30 members, including those from the dis-
puted county, convene. Gov. Toole, Democrat, sends a mes-
sage to the Senate, comprised of 8 Republicans and 8 Demo-
crats, and a Republican lieutenant-governor, and to the
Democratic House also. The Republican Senate elects 2 U. S.
senators, and the House and Senate in joint session elect 2
Democratic U. S. senators Dec. "
To block legislation, the 8 Democratic senators flee the state,
6 going to the Pacific coast and 2 to St. Paul, until the ses-
sion expires by constitutional limitation 5 Feb. 1890
Three Indian chiefs of the Comanches, Cheyennes, and Arapa-
hoes, meet near Crow agency to behold the Great Si)irit on
the rocks; beginning of the Messiah craze 3 June, "
Rival houses of the legislature agree; the Republicans to have
28 members, the Democrats 27 and the speaker, subordinate
offices, and control of committees 29 Jan. 1891
Montana university opened at Helena; first graduation. .June, "
September 1st made a legal holiday, as "Labor day "' "
Legislature failing to elect a U. S. senator, the governor appoints
Lee Mantle, which appointee the senate refuses to seat, 28 Aug. 1893
TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS.
I Sydney Edgerton term begins 22 June, 1864
I Thomas Francis Meagher.. acting 1865
; Green Clay Smith term begins 13 July, 1866
, James M. Ashley •• • 9 Apr. 1869
i Benjamin F. Potts '• 13 July, 1870
s John Schuyler Crosby " 1883
I B. Piatt Carpenter " 1884
' Samuel T. Hauser " 1885
; Preston H, Leslie " 1887
1 Benjamin F. White " 1889
i STATE GOVERNORS.
i Joseph K. Toole term begins
[ John E. Kickards "
MON
8 Nov. 1889
Ian. 1893
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF MONTANA.
Name.
Wilbur F. Sander
Thomas C. Power
Vacant
Lee Mantle
Thos. H. Carter. .
No. of Congress.
Fifty-first"^
Fifty-third
Fifty-fourth
Date.
1890 to 1893
1890 "
1895 to ■
1895 " .
Remarks
Seated 16 Apr. 1890
Term expires, 1895
j Mon'taili§t§, followers of Montanus of Ardaba, in My-
{M&, about 171, who was reputed to have the gift of prophecy,
land proclaimed hintiself the Conaforter promised by Christ.
I He condemned second marriages, permitted dissolution of
; marriage, forbade avoiding martyrdom, and ordered a severe
fast of 3 lents; he hanged himself with Maximilla, one of his
female scholars, before the close of the 2d century.— Care.
The eloquent father TertuUian joined the sect, 204. The
ibest work on the Montanistic movement in the early church
■18 Ritschl's " Der Montanismus und die christliche Kirche des
2ten Jahrhunderts," Tubingen, 1841.
Mont Blanc (mow bhn'), in the Swiss (Pennine) Alps,
the highest mountain in Europe, is 15,781 feet above the sea
level. The summit was first reached by Saussure, aided by
:a guide named Balma, on 2 Aug. 1787 ; again by dr. Hamel
(when 3 guides perished) in 1820, and by many before and
Hnce. Accounts of the- ascents of John Auldjo, Charles Fel-
ows (1827), and prof. Tyndall (1857-58), have been published.
)7 ascents reported in 1873. Alps.
Mont Ceni§ (mon sa-ne'). Alps, Tunnels.
lUonteberio, a village in Piedmont, where Lannes de-
feated the Austrians, 9 June, 1800, and acquired his title of duke
of Montebello ; and where, after a contest of 6 hours, the French
and Sardinians defeated the Austrians, who lost about 1000
killed and wounded, and 200 prisoners, 20 May, 1859. The
French lost about 670 men, including gen. Beuret.
Hon'te Car'Io. Monaco.
IHon'te Ca§i'no, a mountain in central Italy. Here
Benedict formed his first monastery, 529, and organized the
order of the Benedictines. After affording a refuge for many
eminent persons, its monastic character was abolished by the
Italian government in 1866, care being taken of its historical
and literary monuments.
monte di pieta (mon'te de pe'a-ta), charitable insti-
tutions for advancing money on pledges, first established at
Perugia, Florence, Mantua, and other Italian cities, 1462 et seq.
The Franciscans, in 1493, began to receive interest, which was
permitted by the pope in 1515. — iJ/on^s-t/e-/>z^/e, established in
France 1777, were suppressed by the Revolution, but restored
1804; regulated by law, 1851-52. Pawnbroking.
Montenegro (mon-ta-na'-gro), an independent prin-
cipality in European Turkey, was conquered by Solyman II.
in 1526; rebelled early in the 18th century, and established
an hereditary hierarchical government in the family of Petro-
vitsch Njegosch — permitted, but not recognized, by the Porte.
Its independence was declared by the treaty of Berlin, 13 July,
1878. Area, 3630 sq. miles ; pop. about 236,000. Capital,
Cettinje. princes.
1851. Daniel, b. 25 May, 1826; assassinated, 13 Aug. 1860.
1860. Nicolas, or Nikita (nephew), b. 7 Oct. 1841; married princess
Milena, 8 Nov. 1860. Heir : Danilo, b. 29 June, 1871.
niontenot'tC, a village in Piedmont, site of Bona-
parte's first victory over the Austrians, 12 Apr. 1796.
IVIoiltereau {mon-te-ro'), a town near Paris. On the
bridge of Montereau, at a meeting with the dauphin, John. the
Fearless, duke of Burgundy, was killed by Tanneguy de Chatel
in 1419. This led to Henrj' V.'s conquest of France, the
young duke Philip joining the English. Here the allied armies
were defeated by the French, commanded by Napoleon, with
great loss; but it was one of his last triumphs, 18 Feb. 1814.
Monterey', a city of Mexico, founded Ijy the Spaniards,
1596. Mexican war.
Montferrat' (Lombardy), house of, celebrated in the
history of the Crusades, began with Alderan, who was made
marquess of Montferrat, by Otho, about 967. Conrad of Mont-
ferrat became lord of Tyre, and reigned from 1187 to 1191,
when he was assassinated. William IV. died in a cage at
Alexandria, having been thus imprisoned 19 months, 1292.
Violante, daughter of John II., married Andronicus Palaeolo-
gus, emperor of the east. Their descendants ruled in Italy
amid perpetual contests till 1533, when John George Palaeolo-
gus died without issue. His estates passed, after much con-
tention, to Frederick II., Gonzaga, marquess of Mantua, in
1536, and next to the duke of Savoy.
IVIontg'Oniery. Alabama; Confederate States ;
United States, 1861.
]fIontg°oniery, Fort. Fort Montgomery.
month (from mona, Anglo-Saxon moon), the 12th part
of the calendar year. Calendar, French revolutionary
calendar, January and other months, Jewish Era, Ma-
hometan year. Year.
Lunar month. — The period of one revolution of the moon around
the earth (synodical); mean length, 29 d. 12 h. 44 min. 2.87 sec.
Sidereal month. — Time of moon's revolution from a star to the
same again, 27 d. 7 h. 43 min. 11.5 sec.
Solar month. — The time the sun passes through one sign of the
zodiac, 30 d. 10 h. 29 min. 4.1 sec.
Information respecting the months of the Egyptians, Jews, Greeks,
Romans. Persians, and other nations will be found in sir H. Nico-
las's "Chronology of History."
Montiel, Spain, battle of, 14 Mch. 1369, between Peter
the Cruel, king of Castile, and his brother, Henry of Trasta-
mare, aided by the French warrior Bertrand du Guesclin.
Peter was defeated, and afterwards treacherously slain.
Montlhery {mon-la'-ree), Seine-et-Oise, France, site of
an indecisive battle between Louis XI. and a party of nobles,
termed " The League of the Public Good," 16 July, 1465.
IVIontmar'tre, heights of, near Paris, taken by Blu-
MON f
cber, 30 Mch. 1814 ; fortified during the communist insurrection,
Mch. 1871; and retaken by the army of Versailles, 28 May.
Montniirail (mon-me-rdl'), a town of Marne, France.
Here Napoleon defeated the allies, U Feb. 1814.
montrcal', the second citv in Lower Canada, built by
the French, about 1642. Pop. 1871, 107,225; 1891, 216,650.
Canada ; Fkknch in America ; Nkw Yokk, 1775.
niOlllinient of London, built by sir Christopher
Wren, 1671-77, in commemoration of the great fire. Its ped-
estal is 40 feet high, and its total height 202 feet, the distance
of its base from the spot where the fire commenced. It cost
about 14,500/. The staircase is of 345 black marble steps. Of
the 4 original inscriptions, 2^ were Latin, and the following in
English — cut in 1681, obliterated by James II.; recut in the
reign of William III. ; and finally erased by order of the com-
mon council, 26 Jan. 1831 :
THIS PILLAR WAS SET VP IS PKRPKTVAL RRMEMBRANCE OF THAT
MOST ORBADFVL BVRN'ING OP THIS PROTESTANT CITY, BEGVN AND
CARRTBD ON BY Y« TRKACHBRY AND MALICE OP Y* POPISH FACTION,
IN Y« BEGINNING OP 8EPTKM. IN Y« YEAR OF OVR LORD 1666, IN
ORDER TO T« CARRYING ON THEIR HORRID PLOT FOR EXTIRPATING
T« PROTESTANT RELIGION AND OLD ENGLISH LIBERTY, AND Y* INTRO-
DVCING POPERY AND SLAVERY.
This provoked Pope's indignant lines :
"Where London's column, pointing at the skies,
Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies."
Several have lost their lives by falling from this monument
accidentally or voluntarily. Lyon Levy, a Jewish diamond-
merchant, of considerable respectability, threw himself from
it, 18 Jan. 1810, an occurrence noted by Barham in the " In-
goldsby Legends " in " Misadventures at Margate," viz. :
" And now I'm here, from this here pier it is my fixed intent
To jump, as Mister Levi did from off the Monument!"
monuments. The principal monuments in the Unit-
ed States are the Bunker Hill, Washington's, Bartholdi's
" Liberty Enlightening the World," Lincoln's, Garfield's, and
Grant's. See separate articles, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago,
New Yokk, Obelisk, Soldiers' monuments, Washington.
moon, a satellite, and the only one of the earth. Opac-
ity of the moon, and the true causes of lunar eclipses, taught
by Thales, 640 b.c. Hipparchus made observations on the
moon at Rhodes, 127 b.c. Posidonius accounted for the tides
from the motion of the moon, and said that the moon borrows
her light from the sun, 79*B.c.—Biog. Laert. Its diameter is
about 2162 miles, and it revolves around the earth in 27 d. 7 h.
43 min. 11.461 sec. at a mean distance of 237,300 miles, its
distance varying between 253,000 and 221,600 miles;, eccen-
tricity of its orbit, mean, 0.05484; apparent diameter, 29' 21"
and 33' 31"; its mean diameter, 31' 5" — nearly the same as
the sun, 30'. Its surface is about 14,568,000 sq. miles, and its
volume near 5,200,000,000 cubic miles. The moon's axis is
nearly perpendicular to the plane of its orbit, deviating there-
from by an angle of only 1^ 32' 9". There are therefore,
properly speaking, no seasons on the moon. That the same
hemisphere of the moon is constantly turned towards the earth
is due to its rotation on its axis being equal to the time of its
revolution in its orbit. As the moon has a slight oscillatory
or balancing motion, called libration, we are enabled to see,
according to Arago, -f-^^ of its surface, while ^-^^ remains al-
ways unseen. When viewed with the naked eye the moon's
disk shows parts much darker than others; for this conjectural
causes have been given, one being the shadows cast by its im-
mense mountain ranges, over 20,000 ft. high, and filled with
volcanoes (supposed extinct) with craters large and very deep.
Many of these have been named, as Tycho, Kepler, Copernicus,
Teneriffe, Archimedes, Pico, etc. It has no perceptible atmos-
phere ; if any exists, it does not extend a mile above its sur-
face. It is probably without water, and therefore without
animal or vegetable life. Years of observations at various sta-
tions have proved that the moon has no discoverable influence
on the weather. Light of the moon : if the whole sky was
covered with full moons it would not give daj'light. The heat
of the moon's rays is only observable by most delicate tests,
and has been demonstrated by experiment within a few years ;
but the sun's heat at the surface of the moon, according to sir
J. Herschel, is equal to 212° F., or the boiling-point of water.
The moon's centre of gravity does not coincide with its cen-
tre of figure, but is 33 miles farther from us according to
Hansen, whose estimate is not accepted by all astronomers.
MOR
I
Maps of the moon constructed by Hevelius, 1647 ; Cassini
Beer and Madler's map pub 1834
Hansen's "Tables of the Moon," calculated at the expense of
the British and Danish governments, pub. by the latter igfit
Prof John Phillips invited the British Association to make ar-
rangements to obtain a "systematic representation of the
physical aspect of the moon " 1862
British Association "lunar committee " publish 2 sections of a
map of the moon, on a scale of 200 inches to her diameter, July, 186T
Photographs of the moon tiikeu by Draper at New York, 1840;
by Bond, 1850; by Warren de la Rue, 1857; by Rutherford... 1871
Earl of Rosse experiments on lunar radiation of heat 1868-73
Prof J. F. Julius Schmidt, of Athens, completed his map of the
moon after 34 years' work; diameter 2 metres 187|
Edmund Nelson pub, " The Moon, and the Conditions and Con-
figurations of its Surface " July, 187fl
Prof Schmidt's map pub. at Berlin i
James Nasmyth and J. Carpenter pub. the result of many
years' observations, in "The Moon," 1874; new edition ]
Prof. S. P. Langley, of Washington, I). C, published the results
of experiments relative to the temperature of the moon, Nov. 188'
C. V. Boys, of South Kensington, announced at the Royal In-
stitution his demonstration of the heat of the moon by a
very sensitive thermopile of quartz filaments, according to ^
the anticipations of prof Piazzi Smyth 17 April et seq. 189^
Eclipses.
Hoore'i Creek Bridge, N. C, battle at, be
tween Americans, 1000 strong, and Tory Scotch settlers, iium
bering 1500, on 27 Feb. 1776. The Tories were beaten, losini
70 ; the Americans none.
Moore, properly the natives of Mauritania, but Nu
midians and others, and now natives of Morocco and th
neighborhood, are so called. They often rebelled against th _
Roman emperors, and assisted Genseric and the Vandals in'
invading Africa, 429. They resisted the Arab Mahometans,
but were overcome in 707, and in 1019 by them introduced
into Spain, where their arms were long victorious. In 1063
they were defeated in Sicily by Roger Guiscard. The Moor-
ish kingdom of Granada was set up in 1237, and lasted till
1492, when it fell before Ferdinand V. of Castile, mainly owing
to internal discord. The expulsion of Moors from Spain was
decreed by Charles V., but not fully carried out till 1609, when
the bigotry of Philip III. completed the work. About lolS
the Moors established the piratical states of Algiers and
Tunis. In the history of Spain, Arabs and Moors must not
be confounded. Morocco.
moral philosophy, the science of ethics, defined as
knowledge of our dutj', and the art of being virtuous and hap-
py. Socrates (about 430 B.C.) is regarded as father of ancient,,
and Grotius (about 1623) of modern. Ethics, Philosophy.
IWorat', a town of Switzerland, where Charles the Bold
of Burgundy was defeated by the Swiss, 22 June, 1476. A
monument, made of the bones of the vanquished, was de-
stroyed by French in 1798, and a stone column erected^
400th anniversary kept, 1876.
lHora'via, an Austrian province, occupied by Slavoni-
ans about 548, and conquered by Avars and Bohemians, who
submitted to Charlemagne. About 1000 it was subdued by
Boleslas I. of Poland, but recovered by Ulrich of Bohemia in
1030. After various changes, Moravia and Bohemia were
united with Austria in 1526. Moravia was invaded by Prus-
sians in 1866, who made headquarters at Briinn, the capital,
13 July. The demand of the Moravians for home rule was
resisted Oct. 1871. Area, 8583 sq. miles ; pop. 1890, 2,276,870.
lIoravian§ or United Brethren, said to
have been part of the Hussites, who withdrew into Moravia
in the 15th century, but the brethren refer their sect to the
Greek church of the 9th century. In 1722 they formed a set-
tlement called Herrnhut, " the watch of the Lord," on the
estate of count Zinzendorf. Their church consisted of 50O
persons in 1727. They were introduced into England by count
Zinzendorf about 1738; he died at Chelsea in June, 1760.
In 1851 they had 32 chapels in England. They are zealou-s
missionaries, and founded settlements in foreign parts about
1732. London Association founded in 1817. In 1735 a num-
ber came over to Georgia, first Moravian settlement in the
United States. In 1738 most of these removed to Pennsylva-
nia, owing to Georgia's trouble with Spaniards in Florida, and
in 1741 founded on the Lehigh the town soon after named
Bethlehem by count Zinzendorf, then for the first time in !
America. Their labors among the Indians extended far and
wide. The first Indian congregation gathered by Moravians. '
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MOR
was at Pino Plains, Dutchess county, N. Y., at a place called
She-kom-e-ko. Many Indian converts were killed by the
whites, though not on account of their religion. Ohio, 1782 ;
Pennsylvania, 1763-64, According to the census of 1890,
Moravians have in the U. S. 94 churches ; church property,
$681,250 : communicants, over 12,000.
More'a, a name given to the Peloponnesus in the 13th
century. Gkeece.
THorey letter. During the presidential campaign
of 1880 a letter on the Chinese question, purporting to have
been written by the Republican nominee, gen. Garfield to H. L.
Morey of Lynii, Mass., was published. It asserted that indi-
viduals as well as companies have the right to buy labor
where it is cheapest, etc. This letter appeared in New York,
and was circulated by Democratic journals. Garfield at once de-
clared the letter a forgery. It had no influence in the election.
Horgan, William, fate of. In 1826 William Morgan
and a David C. Miller of Batavia, N. Y., announced an expose
of Freemasonry. Before the book was produced Morgan was
arrested for a trifling debt and confined in Canandaigua jail,
from whence he was secretly taken on the night of 12 Sept. 1826,
to fort Niagara, at the mouth of the Niagara river, and was
never heard of afterwards. Probably violence to a person so
obscure never produced so much excitement; but the outrage
was cruel and wanton. An earnest attempt was made to dis-
cover the perpetrators, but without success. Such was the
feeling against the order of Freemasons, that it created a po-
litical party antagonistic to it (Anti-masonic) which nomi-
nated state and national tickets, 1829-31. See " Thurlow
Weed's Autobiography," pp. 210-335.
jHorgan'S raid through Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.
John H. Morgan, confederate, starts from Sparta, Tenn., with
between 3000 and 4000 cavalry and several guns 27 June, 1863
Captures the 20th Kentucky at Lebanon, Ky 5 July, "
Crosses the Ohio at Brandenburg, about 40 miles below Louis-
ville, and enters Indiana 7 July, "
At Salem, Ind., defeats " Home Guards " 9 July, "
Cros.ses into Ohio at Harrison and passes north of Cincinnati,
13-14 July, "
Attempts to recross into Kentucky at Bufflngton island, near
Parkersburg, but is prevented by gun-boats and cavalry;
leaves his guns, wagons, and 600 prisoners 19 July, "
At Belleville, Morgan again attempts to cross the river, and
some 300 of his men succeed by swimming their horses; but
are closely pursued, and more than 1000 of his force sur-
render; Morgan, with the remnant, pushes inland to East-
port; they are captured near New Lisbon,Columbiana county,
by cavalry under gen. Shackelford 26 July, "
Morgan and several oflBcers are confined in the penitentiary
at Columbus; he and 7 others escape by digging 26 Nov. "
During this raid there were 4 skirmishes in Indiana, 12 in Ohio,
and one engagement with a loss of 19 killed and 47 wounded of
the U. S. troops; there were called out on this occasion 49,000
militia in Ohio, at a cost to the state of $212,318. The principal
pursuers were brig. -gen. James M. Shackelford, brig. -gen. Henry
M. Judah, and brig. -gen. Edward H. Hobson. Tennessee, 1864.
morganat'ie (said to be derived from Morgeiigabe,
the gift of a husband of a limited part of his property to such
a bride on the morning after the marriage) marriag^es,
when the left hand is given instead of the right, between a
man of superior and a woman of inferior rank, and it is stipu-
lated that she and her children shall not enjoy the rank or
inherit the possessions of the former. The children are legit-
imate. Such marriages are frequently contracted in Germany
i by royalty and the higher nobility. It has been asserted that
' George I. of England was thus married to the duchess of
Kendal ; the duke of Sussex to lady Cecilia Underwood , Fred-
eric VI. of Denmark to the countess of Danner, 7 Aug. 1850;
and several Austrian princes recently.
Morgar'ten, Switzerland. 1300 Swiss defeated 20,000
Austrians under duke Leopold, 15 Nov. 1315, on the heights
of Morgarten, overlooking the defile through which the
enemy was to enter their territory from Zug. Switzerland.
nioriee-daiice, an ancient dance peculiar to some
country parts of England, and, it is said, also to Scotland ; per-
formed before James I. in Herefordshire.
Iflormons (calling themselves the Church of Jesus
• Christ of Latter-day Saints), a sect founded by Joseph Smith,
called the Prophet, who announced in 1823. at Palmyra, N. Y.,
that he had had a vision of the angel Moroni. In 1827 he
said that he found the Book of Mormon, written on gold plates
in Egyptian characters. This book is said to have been writtea
about 1812 by a clergyman named Solomon Spaulding (or by-
Martin Harris, who died Sept. 1875), as a religious romance ia
imitation of the Scripture style. New York, 1830 ; Ohio, 181 2..
It was published in America in 1830, in England in 1841. It fell
into the hands of Rigdon and Smith, who determined to palm
it off as a new revelation. The Mormons command payment
of tithes, permit and enjoin polygamy, encourage labor, and
believe in miracles wrought by their leaders. Missionaries^
have propagated these doctrines in Europe with much success.
Mormons organize a church at Manchester, N. Y 6 Apr. 1830
Settle at Kirtland, O., where they number 1000 in 1831
They found Zion, in Jackson county. Mo 1831-32
From 1833 to 1839 the sect endured persecution, driven from
place to place, till the city Nauvoo. 111., on the Mississippi,
was laid out, 1837, and a temple built 1840-41
Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum, in prison on a charge
of treason, shot by an infuriated mob, and Brigham Young
chosen seer June, 1844
Much harassed by neighbors; departure from Nauvoo deter-
mined on 1845
Great Salt lake chosen "for an everlasting abode," and taken
possession of (Utah) 24 July, 184T
morocco or IflaroCCO, an empire in N. Africa,,
formerly Mauritania. In 1051 it was subdued for the Fati-
mite caliphs by the Almoravides, who eventually extended
their dominion into Spain. These were succeeded by the
Almohades (1121), the Merinites (1270), and in 1516 by the
Scherifs, pretended descendants of Mahomet, the now reigning
dynasty. The Moors have had frequent wars with Spanianls
and Portuguese, due to piracy. Area, 219,000 sq. miles ; pop.
about 9,000,000.
Invasion of Sebastian of Portugal, who perishes with his army
at the battle of Alcazar 4 Aug. 157S
Tangiers acquired by England, 1662 ; given up 1683;
Moors attack the French in Algeria, instigated by Abd-el-Kader;
prince de Joinville bombards Tangiers, 6 Aug., and Mogador,
16 Aug. 1844-
Marshal Bugeaud defeats Moors at the river Isly, and acquires
title of duke. . .'. 14 Aug, "
Peace between France and Morocco 10 Sept. "
Spaniards, who possess several places on the coast of Morocco
(Ceuta, Penon de Velez. Melilla. etc.), annoyed by Moorish
pirates, declare war. . . .' 22 Oct. 1859"
Negotiations fruitless; Spaniards increasing demands as sul-
tan yielded ; Britain interfered in vain (Spain) 1859-60
A Moorish ambassador (the first since Charles II.) in London
(gave 200<. to lord mayor for Loudon charities). . . June-Aug. 1860-
British government guarantee loan of 426,000/. to the sultan to
meet engagements with Spain 24 Oct. 1861
Affray between Jloors and Spanish cavalry of the fortress Me-
lilla; several killed, 20 July ; peace restored 25 July, 1890
Spanish garrison at Melilla attacked by Moors (Rifflans).3 Oct. 1893-
Garrison reinforced by troops from Spain 7 Oct. "
Continued fighting about the town Oct. -Nov. "
Spanish government rejects the sultan's terms for peace, 24 Nov. "
Spanish governmentrequiresguaranteesforfuturepence ; indem-
nity of 25,000,000 pesetas for loss of life and cost of war. 8 Dec. "
Agreed to by the Moorish government 21 Dec. "
New treaty between Spain and Morocco provides for a neutral
zone and the punishment of the Rifflans who caused the
trouble at Melilla 6 Mch. 1894
Sultan Muley-Hassan d. 7 June ; succeeded by his youngest
son, Abdul-Aziz "
[Succession will be contested, it is said (June, 1894), by
Muiey-Ismail, brother of the late sultan.]
SULTANS.
Muley-Soliman 1794-1822
Muley-Abderahman 1822-1859'
Sidi-Muley-Mohammed 1859-1873
Muley-Hassan 1873-1894
Abdul-Aziz 1894-
morphia, an alkaloid, discovered in opium by Sertlirner
in 1803.
Horrill tariff, so called from its author, Justin S.
Morrill, M. C. from Vermont, who introduced the bill in Con-
gress. Tariff ; United States, 1860.
mortar, a short cannon with a large bore and short
chamber for throwing bombs; said to have been used at
Naples in 1435, and first made in England in 1543. On 19
Oct. 1857, a colossal mortar, constructed by Eobert Mallet^
was tried at Woolwich, Engl. ; with a charge of 70 pounds it
threw a shell weighing 2550 pounds 1^ miles horizontally,,
and about f mile in height.
lIortimer'§ Cro§S, Herefordshire, battle of. The
earl of Pembroke and Lancastrians were here defeated by the
young duke of York, afterwards Edward IV., 2 Feb. 1461.
He assumed the throne in Mch, following.
MOR 680
mortmain acts {nu>rt 7mn'», dead iiand). Whea the
land in England was surveyed by William I., 1085-86, the whole
was found to amount to 62,215 knights' fees, of which the church
poaaessed 28,015, besides later additions, till the 7th of Edward
1. 1279, when the statute of mortmain was passed, from jealousy
of the growing wealth of the church. It forbade gifts of es-
tates to the church without the king's leave ; and this prohi-
bition was extended to all lay fraternities, or corporations, in
the 15th of Richard II. 1391. The word *• mortmain " is applied
to such tenure of property as prevents alienation. Several
statutes have been passed on the subject; legacies in mortmain
were especially restricted by the 9 of Geo. II. c. 36 (1736).
Ill €>8alC- work (the Roman opus tessellatuni) is of
Asiatic origin, and is probably referred to in Esther i. 6, about
619 B.C. It had attained excellence in Greece in the time of
Alexander and his successors, when Sosos of Pergamos, the
most renowned mosaic artist of antiquity, flourished. He ac-
quired fame by accurate representation of an " unswept floor
after a feast." The Romans also excelled in mosaics, as evi-
denced by the innumerable specimens preserved. Byzantine
mosaics date from the 4th century a.d. The art was revived in
Italy by Tafi, Gaddi, Cimabue, and Giotto, who designed mo-
saics, and introduced a higher style in the 13th eentury. In
the 16th century Titian and Veronese designed subjects for this
art. Practice of copying paintings in mosaics came into vogue
in the I7th century; and there is now a workshop in the Vatican
where chemical science is employed in producing colors, and
20,000 different tints are kept. In 1861, dr. Salviati of Venice
had established his manufacture of " enamel mosaics ;" and in
July, 1864, he fixed a large enamel mosaic picture in one of
the spandrils under the dome of St. Paul's cathedral, London.
IVfOiCOW (mos'ko), the ancient capital of Russia, was
founded, it is said, by Dolgorouki, about 1147. The occupation
of the south of Russia by the Mongols in 1235 led to Moscow
becoming the capital, and, beginning with Jaroslav II., 1238,
its princes became the reigning dynasty. It is regarded as a
holy city by the Russians. Pop. 1884, 753,469.
Cathedralofthe Assumption built, 1326; of the Transfiguration, 1328
Kremlin founded 1367
Moscow plundered by Timour 1382
By the Tartars 1451, 1477
Massacre of Demetrius and his Polish adherents, the "Matins
of Moscow" 27 May, 1606
Moscow ravaged by Ladislas of Poland 1611
University founded. 1705
Entered by Napoleon I. and the French, 14 Sept. ; the governor,
Rostopchin, is said, douljtfuUy, to have ordered it set on fire
(11,840 houses burned, besides palaces and churches), 15 Sept. 1812
French evacuate Moscow, and begin retreat 15 Oct. "
[Before the pursuit ceased in Dec, over 300,000 of the French
army was lost as prisoners, killed, or died of cold and hunger.]
MoiquitO Coait, Central America, lying east of the
state of Nicaragua, with a coast line of about 250 miles on the
Caribbean sea. The Indians of this coast were long under pro-
tection of the British, who held Belize and a group of islands in
the bay of Honduras. The jealousy of the United States was
aroused. In Apr. 1850, the 2 governments covenanted not " to
occupy or fortify or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion
over, any part of Central America." In 1855 the U. S. charged
the British government with infraction of the treaty ; but the
latter agreed to cede the disputed territory to Honduras, with
aome reservation. The matter wassettled in 1859. Nicaragua.
lllO§§- troopers, desperate plunderers, and lawless
fioldiers secreting themselves in mosses on the borders of Scot-
land. In spite of severe laws they were not extirpated till
the 18th century.
"A stark moss-trooping Scot was he,
As e'er couch'd border-lance by knee;
Five times outlawed had he been
By England's king and Scotland's queen. "—5'cott.
motets, short pieces of church music, some of which are
■dated about the end of the 13th century. Good motets were
written between 1430 and 1480 ; and very fine ones in the 16th
and 17th centuries. The " Motet Society," for the publication
of these, was founded in 1847, by William Dyce.
Mother Ooose's melodies. Massachusetts,
1715.
motion, an expression of energy. Heat. On 13
Nov. 1873, prof. Sylvester described to the London Mathemat-
MOT
i
leal Society a machine for converting spherical into rectilinea
and other motions, and for producing perfectly parallel motion
the discovery of M. Peaucellier, a French engineer officer, aboi
1867. Kinematics.
motor, a source or originator of mechanical poweil
Electkicity ; Keely motor.
motto. A short sentence or phrase added to a devic«
or to an essay or discourse, indicating its aim or describim
some rule of conduct. ^
motto of the united states and of the political diS
VISIONS of the union, with date of adoption of seal.
United States .
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas.
California.
Colorado. .
Connecticut
Delaware
Dist. of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky..
Louisiana. .
Maine
Maryland.
Massachusetts....
13 Dec. 1780
Michigan
1835
Minnesota
1858
Mississippi
....
Missouri
11 Jan. 1822
Montana
24 May, 1864
I Mch. 1867
24 Feb 1866
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire. .
New Jersey
11 Feb. 1785
3 Oct. 1776
New Mexico
9 Sept. 1850
New York
1809
North Carolina. . .
1893
North Dakota....
Ohio
6 Apr. 1866
Oregon
1857
Pennsylvania
2 Mch. 1809
Rhode Island
1664
South Carolina. . .
....
South Dakota....
Tennessee
Texas ... .
i796
Utah
Sept. 1866
Oct. 1779
Virginia
Washington
1853
West Virginia. . . .
26 Sept. 1863
Wisconsin
Wyoming
1868
Adopted.
20 June, 1782
29 Dec. 1868
i«63
3 May, 1864
1861
Oct. 1842
1846
5 Dec. 1799
5 Mch. 1866
26 Aug. 1818
25 Feb.
29 Jan.
20 Dec.
9 Jan.'
1861
1792
1820
12 Aug. 1648
Motto.
(E pluribus unum. (Many i
\ one.)
Here we rest.
None.
Ditat Deus. (God enriches. )
(Regnant populi. (The peopl^
( rule.)
Eureka. (I have found it.)
(Nil sine numine. (Nothingwith^
( out God.)
(Sustinetquitranstulit. (HewhoJ
\ transplanted still sustains.)
Liberty and independence.
(Justitia omnibus. (Justice to
\ all.)
In God we trust.
Wisdom, justice, moderation.
Salve. (Welcome, or hail.)
(State sovereignty— National
( union.
None.
(Our liberties we prize, and our
( rights we will maintain.
( Ad astra per aspera. (To the
( stars through difflculties.)
United we stand, divided we fall
Union, justice, and confidence.
Dirigo. (I direct.)
Fatti maschi parole femine.
(Manly deeds and womanly
words. )
-; Scuto bofa'ae voluntatis tuae coro-
nasti nos. (With the shield
of Thy good-will Thou hast
covered us.)
Ense petit placidam sub libertate
quietem. (With the sword she
seeks quiet peace under lib-
erty.)
Si quseris peninsulam amcenam
circumspice. (If thou seekest
a beautiful peninsula, behold it
here. )
j Etoile du nord. (The star of the
( north.)
None.
Salus populi suprema lex esto.
(The welfare of the people is
the supreme law.)
Oro y Plata. (Gold and silver.)
Equality before the law.
All for our country.
None.
Liberty and prosperity.
(Crescit eundo. (It increases by
\ going.)
( Excelsior. (Higher, more ele-
( vated. )
( Esse quam videri. (To be rather
( than to seem.)
( Liberty and union, one and in-
( separable, now and forever.
(Imperiuminimperio. (Agovern-
( ment within a government.)
The Union.
(Virtue, liberty, and indepen-
( dence.
Hope.
( Dum spiro, spero. (While I
( breathe 1 hope.)
Under God the people rule.
Agriculture, commerce.
None.
Freedom and unity.
(Sic semper tyrannis. (Thus al-
( ways to tyrants.)
Al-ki. (By and by.)
I Montani semper liberi. (Moun-
( taineers always freemen.)
Forward.
(Cedant arma togae. (Let arms
\ yield to the gown.)
MOT
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MUN
mottoes, Royal. Dieu et mon Droit, first used by
Richard I., 1198. Ich dien, " I serve," adopted by Edward the
Black Prince at the battle of Cressy, 1346. Honi soit qui mal
y pense, the motto of the Garter, 1349. Je maintiendrai, " I
will maintain," adopted by William ILL, to which he added,
in 1688, " the liberties of England and the Protestant relig-
ion." Semper eadem was assumed by queen Elizabeth, 1558,
and adopted by queen Anne, 1702.
mound Builders, a people who at an unknown
period inhabited the country from the Great Lakes to the gulf
of Mexico. The only traces left by them are extensive mounds,
whence the name. ' The remains of these earthworks are nu-
merous north of the Ohio river, and especially in the state of
Ohio, where there are supposed to be more than 10,000 mounds
and 2000 earth-enclosures, many of them extensive. The most
noted are found in Adams, Butler, Licking, Montgomery,
Pike, Ross, and Washington counties. This ancient race
seems to have occupied nearly the whole basin of the Mis-
sissippi and its tributaries, as well as the fertile plains along
the gulf. There is great diversity of opinion as to their origin,
(late, degree of civilization, etc. ; but decisive evidence on
these questions is lacking. Serpent mound.
inountaitl Heado^r. Massacres, Utah.
mountains. The Himalaya (abode of snow) range,
north of India, are the loftiest mountains on the globe. Mount
Everest— so named from sir Geo. Everest— is supposed to be
the highest point of the earth's surface, 29,002 feet; another
peak, recently measured, reaches 28,278 ft.; Kincliinjinga,
28,156 ft.; Dhawalagiri, 26,826, and Naudadevi, 25,700 ft.
Many other points have been measured exceeding 25,000 ft.,
and the enumeration of all known peaks over 20,000 ft. would
be wearisome. " It will not be surprising if peaks are event-
ually discovered in this range exceeding 30,000 ft. in height."
— Encycl. Brit. 9th ed. In North America an elevation of
10,000 feet is not reached east of 104° W. Ion. The follow-
ing is a list of 10 of the highest peaks west of 104° of Ion.:
(1) Mount St. Elias (Alaska), 19,500 ft.; (2) mount Cook
(Alaska), 16,000 ft.; (3) mount Crillon (Alaska), 15,900 ft.;
(4) mount Fairweather (Alaska), 15,500 ft. ; also mount Jeffer-
son (Washington), same height; (5) mount Whitney, Cal.,
14,898; (6) mount Harvard, Col., 14,452; (7) Fisherman's
Peak, Cal, 14,448; (8) mount Rainier, Washington, 14,444;
(9) mount Shasta, Cal., 14,442; (10) Uncompahgre, Col., 14,408.
In all, there are 412 elevations of 10,000 ft. and over in western
North America, of which the 10 mentioned above are the high-
est.—" United States Geological Survey," compiled by Henry
Gaunett, 1884. Alps, Andes, Appalachian, Volcanoes.
mounts. Bernard, Calvary, Etna, Hecla, Moun-
tains, Olivet, Vesuvius, Volcanoes.
mournings for the dead. Israelites neither
washed nor anointed themselves during mourning, which for
a friend lasted 7 days ; on extraordinary occasions a month.
Greeks and Romans fasted. White was used in mourning for
the imperial family at Constantinople, 323. The ordinary color
for mourning in Europe is black; in China, white; in Turkey,
violet; in P^thiopia, brown ; white in Spain until 1498. Anne
of Brittany, queen of 2 successive kings of France, mourned in
black instead of white, then the custom, when her first hus-
band, Charles VIII., died, 7 Apr. WdS.—Henault.
mousquetaires {mous-ke-tairs') or musketeers,
horse-soldiers under the old French regime, raised by Louis
XIII., 1622. This corps was considered a military school for
the French nobility. It was disbanded in 1646, but was re-
stored in 1657. A second company was created in 1660, and
formed cardinal Mazarin's guard. — Henault.
Ifozambique (mo-zam-beek'), chief of the Portu-
Ruese territories, E. Africa, was visited b}' Vasco de Gama,
1498; conquered by Portuguese under Tristan da Cunha and
Albuquerque, 1506; a settlement was established, 1508. By
a decree of 30 Sept. 1891, the colony of Mozambique was
constituted as the free state of E. Africa, and divided into 2
provinces, Mozambique and Zambezi. The area of this state
IS 300,000 sq. miles, and it extends along the coast from cape
\ Delgado southward 1400 miles. The city of Mozambique is
on a small coral islet close to the mainland.
Hud campaign. Fredericksburg, Battle of.
" mud-sills." United States, 1858, speech of Ham-
mond of South Carolina.
llug'gleto'nians, a sect so called from Ludowic Mug-
gleton, a tailor, known about 1641, prominent about 1650 ; con-
victed of blasphemy, Jan. 1676, died 1697. He and John Reeve
affirmed that God the Father, leaving the government of heaven
to Elias, came down and suffered death in a human form. They
asserted that they were the two last witnesses of God who
should appear before the end of the world, Rev. xi. 3. This
sect existed 1850 ; the last member died in 1868.
IflugWUmp (Algonquin, Mugquomp), signifying, in
Eliot's translation of the Bible into the Indian tongue (1661),
chief, leader, or captain. It was applied generally to Inde-
pendent Republicans, especialh' to those who opposed Blaine in
the national canvass of 1884 (probably used first in this sense in
the New York Sun, 15 June, 1884). The word pleased the pop-
ular fancy, and is often heard as a term of reproach for those who
are supposed to fail in loyalty to party ; sometimes as an hon-
orable epithet of independent voters. Political parties.
millllberg, a town on the Elbe, Prussia. Here Charles
v., emperor, defeated the German Protestants, 24 Apr. 1547,
and captured John Frederick, elector of Saxony.
Hullldorf, a town of Bavaria. Near this place Fred-
erick, duke of Austria, was defeated and taken prisoner by
Louis of Bavaria, 28 Sept. 1322.
mulberry -trees (Gr. n6pov or fiopea), hence the bo-
tanical name Morus, first introduced into England from Italy,
about 1548. As the silk-worm thrives upon the leaves of the
white mulberry, that variety is cultivated wherever the silk
culture is carried on, notably in China and southern Europe.
The fruit (berry) of the black and red species, the latter a na-
tive of the United States, is agreeable to the taste. Shake-
speare planted a mulberry-tree with his own hands at Stratford-
upon-Avon ; and Garrick, Macklin, and others were entertained
under it in 1742. Shakespeare's house was afterwards sold to
Gastrel, a clergyman, who cut down the tree for fuel, 1765. A
silversmith purchased it, and manufactured it into memorials.
Flowers and Plants.
mule, a hybrid animal generated between a jackass and
a mare ; if between a stallion and a she-ass it is called a hinny.
With the mule, procreation ceases. — Also, a spinning-machine
invented in 1779 by Samuel Crompton, born at Bolton, Lanca-
shire, in 1753; so called from combining the advantages of
Hargreaves' spinning-jenny and Arkwright's adaptation. It
is said that Crompton at the time knew nothing of the latter.
He did not patent his invention, but gave it up in 1780. It
produced yarn treble the fineness and much softer than any
before produced in England. Parliament voted him 5000/. in
1812, now considered a most inadequate compensation. Mr.
Roberts invented the self-acting mule in 1825.
mummies (from Arab, mum, wax). The process of
mummification or embalming the dead as performed by the
Egyptians, occupying from 70 to 72 days, was accompanied
with ritualistic ceremonies, fully described on recently dis-
covered papyri, now known as the " Book of the Dead." It
was formerly siqiposed that embalming was not practised in
Egypt before 2000 B.C., but recent explorations set back the
art to 3800 or even to 4000 b.c. The most ancient mummies,
or at least desiccated human remains, not prehistoric, which
are now known are fragments of the body of Menkara, third
king of Dynasty IV., and builder of the smallest of the 3 pyr-
amids of Gizeh. They are now in the British museum ; as-
signed to about 4000 b.c. Next in antiquity comes the
mummy of king Merenra, of Dynasty VI., now in the Bulak
museum ; date, 3800 b.c. The most famous and interesting
of all are the 36 royal mummies of Dynasties XVIL, XVIIL,
XIX., and XXL, found in a vast tomb of the high-priests of
Amen, at Dair al Bahari, on the left bank of the Nile opposite
Karnak, July, 1881, more than 20 of them kings and queens;
found with 4 royal papyri and other treasures, in all above
6000 objects. They are now in the Bulak museum. Em-
balming among the Egyptians ceased about 700 a.d.
mun'da, now Iflonda, a town of S. Spain. Here
Cneius Scipio defeated the Carthaginians, 216 b.c. ; and here
I Julius Caisar defeated the sons of Pompey, 17 Mch. 45 B.C., in
I a desperate action. It is said that after the battle Csesar told
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his friends that he had often fought for victory, but this was
the first time he had fought for his life.
Mundane eras. That of Alexandria fixed the cre-
ation at 6502 «.c. This computation continued till 284 a.d.,
Alex, era 578G ; but in 285 A.D. 10 years were subtracted, and
6787 became 5777. This coincided with the Mundane era of
Antioch (which dated the creation 5492 b.c.). — Nicholas.
IHu'nich (Ger. Miinchen), capital of Bavaria, founded by
duke Henry of Saxony, 962, was taken by Gustavus Adol-
phus of Sweiien in 1632, by the Austrians in 1704, 1741, and
1743 ; and by the French under Moreau, 2 July, 1800. It
abounds in schools, institutions, and manufactories. The
university was founded bv king Louis in 1826. Pop. 1871,
169,693; 1875, 198,829; 1890, 348,317.
murder, the highest offence against the law of God
((Jen. ix. 6, 2348 B.C.). A court of Ephet« was established
by Demophoon of Athens for the trial of murder, 1179 b.c.
The Persians did not punish the first offence. In England,
during a period of the heptarchy, murder was pmiished by
fines only. In the laws of Alfred is found the earliest recog-
nition of the criminal consequences of homicide apart from
the damage to be paid to the relatives of the deceased or com-
pensation to the person whose peace had been broken. So
late as Henry VIII.'s time the crime was compounded for in
Wales. Murderers were allowed benefit of clergy in 1503. It
was aggravated murder, or petit treason (a distinction now
abolished), when a servant killed his master, a wife her hus-
band, or an ecclesiastical person his superior (stat. 25 Edw. III.
1350). Under English law the unlawful killing of a human
being is either murder or manslaughter; murder being unlaw-
ful homicide with malice aforethought, and manslaughter un-
lawful homicide without malice aforethought. In the United
States the statutes seek to discriminate between the graver
and less serious forms of the crime as 1st and 2d, etc., de-
grees of murder, and some states define degrees of manslaugh-
ter as well. Assassins, Crime, Executions, Trials.
Uluret {moo-rd'), a town of S. France. Here the Albi-
genses, under the count of Thoulouse, were defeated by Simon de
Montfort, and their ally Peter of Aragon killed, 12 Sept. 1213.
Murfreesborougli or 8tone River, Tenn.,
Battle of. During Dec. 1862, the Federal army of 41,421 in-
fantry, 3266 cavalry, and 2223 artillery, with 150 guns, under
maj.-gen. Wm. S. Rosecrans (Bragg's Kentucky campaign),
lay at Nashville, Tenn., while between 35,000* and 40,000 con-
federates, under gen. Braxton Bragg, lay partly at Murfrees-
borough, about 30 miles southeast of Nashville, and partly at
Triune, about 15 miles west of Murfreesborough. The fed-
erals advanced Friday, 26 Dec. On the evening of 30 Dec.
both armies were in battle order, the confederates lying across
a stream called Stone river, easily fordable, about 3 miles from
Murfreesborough. Rosecrans's plan was to attack the Confed-
erate right, early on the 31st, but before this movement ac-
complished anything Bragg anticipated it, attacked the Fed-
eral right under gen. McCook, and drove it from its position
as early as 10 a.m. This disaster baffled Rosecrans's plan and
endangered his whole army. By reinforcing the right from
the left wing he re-established his line almost at a right angle
with the left, and held the ground till night. But the condi-
tion of the federals was serious; they had lost much ground
on the right and centre, though the left had repelled every
attack; had lost 28 guns, 3000 prisoners, camp provisions,
ammunition, etc., and their rear was threatened by the Con-
federate cavalry; several brigade and regimental command-
ers had fallen, and many regiments were weakened almost to
dissolution. Rosecrans, however, held his position ready to
meet the confederates again the next day. All day (1 Jan.
1863) both armies were inactive. On the 2d Rosecrans re-
sumed his effort to turn the Confederate right; Bragg met
the movement by pushing forward Breckinridge's division,
which attacked at 4 p.m., at first successfully, compelling the
federals to fall back across the river; but the success was
transient, and the Confederate advance was driven back, with
a loss of 1500 men and 4 pieces of artillery. The federals
immediately reoccupied the ground and threw up temporary
breastworks. Bragg, unable to dislodge Rosecrans, retired
from his position 3 Jan. and occupied Murfreesborough, but
evacuated it on 5 Jan., and fell back to the line of Duck river,
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leaving the field to the federals, who claimed a victory. Th
retreat was ordered by Bragg, according to his official repor
under the impression that Rosecrans had received large rein
forcements. Federal loss was 1533 killed, 7245 wounded, am
3000 prisoners ; Confederate loss equal, if not greater, in kille(
and wounded. In the critical condition of affairs in the north
em states at this time the moral effect of this battle was high!
favorable to the Union cause. Tullahoma campaign.
Mu§eat', now Oman, an Arab state on the gulf o
Oman, was conquered by the Portuguese under Albuquerqui
in 1507, but recovered by the Arabs in 1648. Oman is prao
tically on the footing of an independent Indian native state
and essentially under British protection. Area, 82,000 sq
miles; pop. 1,500,000. Capital, Muscat ; pop. 60,000.
Ahmad bin Sa'id repelled a Persian invasion, and founded
present dynasty 174]
mu§e'um (Gr. movafiov, the temple of the Musei
seat or haunt of the Muses ; hence also a place of study,
school). The museum, a spot within the old walls of AthenJ
where Musaeus, a Greek poet of the mythic age, son of Eu<
molpus and Selene of Athens, sang and was buried. Also
part of the palace of Alexandria, like the Prytaneum of AthensJ
where eminent learned men were maintained by the public.
The foundation is attributed to Ptolemy Philadelphus, who
here placed his library about 280 b.c. British museum.
niu§ie (Gr. fiovaiKii) to the Greeks included all the arts anc
sciences presided over by the Muses, and in its most comprehen-
sive sense denoted the entire mental training of a Greek youth.
It is properly a language of the emotions or passions made mani-
fest in harmonious sounds, and is developed by the science which
treats of the properties and relations of sounds and the principles
of harmony. St. Cecilia, a Christian martyr of the 2d centurj-,
said to have enticed an angel from the celestial regions by her
melodj', has long been considered the patron saint of music.
" But bright Cecilia raised the wonder higher;
When to her organ vocal brciith was given
An angel heard and straight appeared,
Mistaking earth for heaven."
— Dryden, "St. Cecilia's Day."
Jubal (3875 b.c.. Gen. iv. 21) is called " the father of all such
as handle the harp and organ." The flute and harmony, or
concord in music, are said to have been invented by Hyagnis,
1506 B.C. — Arund. Marbles. Pythagoras (about 555 b.c.)
maintained that the motions of the 12 spheres must produce
delightful sounds, inaudible to mortal ears, which he called
" the music of the spheres." Vocal choruses of men are first
mentioned 556 b.c. — Dufresnoy.
Pope Sylvester institutes a singing-school at Rome about 330
St. Ambrose, archbishop of Milan, arranges the 4 diatonic scales
known as "authentic modes," and introduces Chanting 350-70
Pope Gregory the Great adds to the authentic modes the "four
plagal modes " (the 8 together are known as the "Gregorian
modes") and adds tones to the Ambrosian chant 690-60i
Schools of church music established in France and Germany
by trained teachers sent from Rome 604-752
Organs introduced into churches by pope Vitalianus 657-72
Troubadours appear in Provence, in south of France 800
Hucbald, a Flemish monk, invents a system of scales, and pub-
lishes it in his " Enchiridion Musicse " 930
Guide d'Arezzo, called "Inventor Musicse," founds the sys-
tem of musical notation upon which our present method is
based, and invents the terms ut^ re, mi, fa, sol, la 990-1050
[Many fallacies are still entertained as to the dated organ-
ization of music in the church, and none greater than its
ascription to St. Ambrose and pope Gregory, and the credit
given Guido for the enunciation of its rules. From the end
of the 10th century music in England was in advance of
other nations, and remained so until its rise in Flanders in
the loth century, and even then the English kept abreast
of their contemporaries. — Encycl. Brit, "Music," 9th ed.]
Franco of Cologne invents "rests" in music and a system of
musical measure of time by shape of the notes 1220
Adam de la Halle and other troubadours flourish in England,
Spain, and Italy, and minnesingers in Germany 1200-1300
Introduction of florid counterpoints ascribed to Jean de Muers,
about 1330
Italy becomes the musical centre of Europe about 1400
Guillaume Dufay of the Belgian school, chapel-master at
Rome, harmonizes melodies for 4 voices, and perfects the
notes as now used (?) 1380-H30
Organ pedal introduced by Bernhardt at Venice 1490
Petrucci, an Italian, invents movable music types 1502
Virginal, a small keyed instrument, comes into use 1620
Claude Gondimel (c. 1510-72), a Fleming, opens the first school
for musical tuition at Rome about 1540
Orlando di Lasso, last of the Belgian school, introduces the
chromatic element into musical composition 1520-96
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1600
<' Chorale " introduced by Luther in Germany 1524
Conservatory at Naples founded 1535
Christo|)her Tye receives the degree oC Doctor m Music from
the University of Cambridge 1545
" Old Hundred " written ;,-.V, V ' ^^^^
I'alestrina arranges his celebrated " Missa Papae Marcelli tor
6 voices— soprano, alto, 1st and 2d tenor, 1st and 2d bass-
first sung in the Sixtine chapel June, 1556
I'alestrina completes the divorce of secular airs from church
music, and his 3 masses are accepted by a commission of
cardinals appointed by the Council of Trent 1565
Violins introduced into England • 1577
Society formed in Florence to revive the ancient Greek art of
musical drama about 1580
First opera produced in Florence; entitled "Dafne," libretto
by Giulio Caccini, music by Peri 1594
Ludovico Viadana, first composer to write harmony as distin-
guished from pure counterpoint, and to use " figured bass,"
^ 1560-1625
First oratorio of note, "I/Anima e Corpo," by Emilio del
Cavalieri, performed at Rome
[The oratorio dates its existence and name from the meet-
ings held by San Filippo Neri in the oratory of his church in
Rome for'Veligious exercise and pious edification, 1556.]
Thorough bass invented by Peri about "
Renowned collection of madrigals, dedicated to queen Eliz-
abeth by Thomas Morley and others and known as "The
Triumphs of Oriana," pub , 1601
Monteverde brings out at the court of Mantua his opera
"Arianna" 1607
Harpsichords introduced into England about 1610
Giacorao Carissimi invents the "arioso," which later on devel-
ops into the "aria" 1660
I.ully establishes the French grand opera 1672
First English opera produced ; title "Psyche," author Matthew
Lock. 1673
jSi as a name for the 7th note of the modern scale, introduced
about 1675
Publication of dr. William Holder's " Treatise on Harmony ". . 1694
Double bass, said to have been invented by Salo, in 1580, intro-
duced into the orchestra by Monteclair 1696
Equal tempered system of tuning introduced by Werckmeister
and Bach about 1700
Handel's first opera, " Almira." produced at Hamburg 1705
Italian opera introduced into England; " ArsinoG " performed
at Drury Lane 1706
Swell organ first introduced by Jordan 1712
Handel's first oratorio, " Esther," produced in England 1720
Gay's '• Beggar's Opera " first performed at Lincoln's Inn the-
atre 1727
Royal Society of Musicians (charitable organization) founded
in England .• 19 Apr. 1738
Madrigal society, oldest vocal musical association in Europe,
founded in England by John Immyns 1741
Gluck's first opera, " Artaxerxes," produced at Milan "
Emmanuel Bach first introduces a system of fingering for the
harpsichord in which the thumb is used 1753
PiAXOFOKTK, originating in ideas of Cristofali, in 1711, and
others coincidently, comes into popular favor 1760
Gluck's "Orfeo" produced, Vienna 1762
Mozart's opera, " Idomenco," produced at Munich 1781
Double bassoon first introduced into the orchestra at the
Handel Commemoration in Westminster abbey 1784
Mozart produces "Figaro," 1786; "Don Giovanni," 1787;
" Magic Flute " (ZauberflOte) and " Requiem " 1791
Claude J. Rougetde Lisle composes Marseillaise hymn. .24 Apr. 1792
Conservatoire de Musique established in Paris by the Conven-
tion Nationale 3 Aug. 1795
Haydn's "Creation" composed 1796-98; first performed at
Covent Garden, London 28 Mch. 1800
Beethoven's " Fidelo " with the Leonora overture produced at
Vienna 1805
Royal Conservatorio of Milan opened 8 Sept. 1808
Modern metronome invented by John Maelzel 1816
First performance of Spohr's " Faust " at Prague "
First musical journal in England, the Quarterly Musical Mag-
azine and Review, pub 1818-28
Weber's " Der Freischutz " and " Preciosa" produced 1820
Royal Academy of Music founded at London 1822
. Donizetti's " Lucia di Lammermoor " produced at Naples .... 1835
Meyerbeer's "Robert le Diable," 1831, and "Les Huguenots"
produced 1836
Publication of the Musical World begun in England "
Wagner's " Rienzi " produced at Dresden 1842
Conservatory at Leipsic opened 1 Apr. 1843
Tonic 8ol-fa system, in which the letters d, r, m,f, s, I, t (for
do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, or si) are used instead of notes, was
invented by Miss Glover of Norwich, and improved by rev.
John Curwen about 1844
Waguer's " Tannhauser " produced at Dresden 1845
Mendelssohn produces " Elijah " 1846
Royal Irish Academy of Music founded -1848
Verdi produces "II Trovator" at Rome, and "La Traviata "
at Venice 1853
Conservatory at Stuttgart founded 1857.
" Popular Monday concerts " at St. James hall, London, founded
by S. A. Chappell, commence with a "Mendelssohn night,"
14 Feb. 1859
Great Handel musical festival at Crystal palace, London, on
the centenary of his death, commencing (Handel's commkm-
ORATiONS) 20 June, "
First public appearance of Miss Christine Nilsson in "La
Traviata " 27 Oct. 1864
College of organists founded "
Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde " produced at Munich 1865
Wagner Society in London gave concerts to introduce Wag-
ner's " Musik der Zuknuft" (the due combination of music
and poetry) Feb. 1873
Musical Association for the Investigation and Discussion of
Subjects connected with the Art and Science of Music,
founded by messrs. Spottiswoode, Wheatstone, Tyndall, G.
A. Macfarren, J. HuUah, Sedley Taylor, Stone, Pole, Chap-
pell, Barnby, and others in England 16 Apr. 1874
An orchestra supplied with wind instruments made of terra-
cotta appeared in London "
Bizet's "Carmen " first produced at Paris 3 Mch. 1875
Tonic Sol-fa Association in England founded 1853; the college
established 1862 by rev. John Curwen; chartered "
Wagner's "Lohengrin " performed at Covent Garden, 8 May;
at Drury Lane, 13 June, 1875. " Tannhauser " performed at
Covent Garden. 29 Apr. 1876
Three series of performances of Wagner's " Ring des Nibelun-
gen," in 4 parts (" Kheingold," "Walkure," "Siegfried,"
and "GOtterdammerung"), at Bayreuth, before the empe-
rors of Germany and Brazil, king of Bavaria, and other sov-
ereigns and princes 13 Aug. et seq. "
Wagner festival, Royal Albert hall, London (Wagner present),
7-19 May, 1877
Sullivan's "Pinafore," London 1878
National training school for music, building near the Albert
hall, London, founded by the duke of Edinburgh, 18 Dec.1873;
opened by him 17 May, 1876; first public concert. ..23 June, 1879
Wagner's " Parsifal " produced at Bayreuth "
Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," LondOD '. 1880
Sullivan's " Patience," London 1881
First annual congress of National Society of Professional Mu-
sicians held in England 1884
Sullivan's "Mikado " 1885
Janko keyboard for the piano, first publicly used by the inven-
tor, Paul von Janko, in Vienna 1886
Alfred Cellier's " Nell Gwynne," London, 1876; "Dorothy".. "
New Leipsic Conservatory of Music dedicated 5 Dec. 1887
Sullivan's "Yeoman of the Guard," London 1888
J. Joachim celebrates the 50th anniversary of his d^but as a
violinist (made at Pesth, 1849) at Cambridge, Engl... 14 Mch. 1889
MUSICAL PKOGRESS IN THE UNITED STATES.
First practical instruction-book on singing, compiled by rev.
John Tufts, pub. in New England 1712
Organ presented to the Queen's chapel, Boston, by Thomas
Brattle, Esq Aug. 1718
Singing societies established in different parts of New England, 1720
" Beggar's Opera," written by John Gay in 1727 (probably) first
produced in New York 3 Dec. 1750
William Billings of Boston publishes a collection of his musical
compositions entitled "The New England Psalm Singer, or
American Chorister," in 4 and 5 parts 1770
Stoughton. Mass., Musical Society organized 7 Nov. 1786
Oliver Holden of Charlestown, composer of "Coronation,"
publishes " The American Harmony " in 3 and 4 parts 1792
Mrs. Oldmixon, nee George, makes her d^but in America in
" Inkle and Yarico" 5 Dec. 1798
Euterpean M usical Society, New York city 180Q
Massachusetts Musical Society, Boston 1807
" Barber of Seville " sung by French artists in New Orleans,
12 July, 1810
Handel and Haydn Society organized in Boston, 20 Apr. 1815;
incorporated 9 Feb. 1816
" Clari, the Maid of Milan," libretto by John Howard Payne,
containing the song " Home, Sweet Home," first produced
in New York 12 Nov. 1823
New York Sacred Music Society, organized 1823, gives its first
concert 15 Mch. 1824
New York Choral Society gives its first concert at St. George's
church, Beekman st 20 Apr. "
Manuel Garcia, with his wife, his son Manuel, daughter Marietta
(Malibran), appears in Italian opera in New York city, 29 Nov. 1825
Musical conventions in America originate in New Hampshire,
where the Central Musical Society holds its first convention
at Concord Sept 1829
Thomas Hastings, invited by various churches, coming to New
York, organizes church choirs, and regulates psalmody on
a more religious basis 1832
Boston Academy of Music, founded for instruction in the Pes-
talozzian system, with liOwell Mason at the head, opens 1833
Harvard Musical Association established 30 Aug. 1837
Balfe's " Bohemian Girl " produced for the first time in
America by the Seguin Opera company at the Park theatre,
New York 25 Nov. 1844
Louis Moreau Gottschalk makes his d^but at Paris, France 1845
Tour of the Hutchinson family, temperance and anti-slavery
singers in the U. S. and England 1846-58
Concert tour of Edward Remenyi, violin virtuoso, in the U. S., 1848
Germania orchestra give their first concert in America at
Astor Place Opera-house, New York 5 Oct. "
First public concert of the Mendelssohn Quintet club at Boston,
4 Dec. 1849
Jenny Lind sings in concert at Castle Garden, New Yoric, 11 Sept. 1850
Chamber music introduced in New York, 1849; Theodore Eis-
feld opens his quartet-soirees at Hope chapel 18 Feb. 1851
Henrietta Sontag, who made her debut in England as Rosina,
at the King's theatre, 19 Apr. 1828, appears in the U. S., Sept. 1852
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Dwigbt's Journal of Music founded in Boston
GoUscbalk's first concert in New York city
Cecilia Society of Cincinnati, 0., organizes and gives its first
concert !'•> Sept.
Peabody institute, Hultiinoro, Md. , founded
Wagner's " TauikiAuser " produced for the first time in
America, at the Sudt Theater, New York 27 Aug.
Adelina Patti makes her ddbut in "Lucia" at the Academy of
Music, New York 24 Nov.
Clara Ix>uise Kellogg makes her ddbut in "Rigoletto" at the
Academy of Music, New York
Theodore Thomas begins his symphony soirees In New York,
Dec.
Oberliu Conservatory of Music founded
** Der NordamerikanischeSangerbiind " reorganized at Chicago,
National Peace Jubilee held in Boston, Mass. ; over 10,000 sing-
ers and 1000 musicians; P. S. Gilmore conductor, 15-20 June.
New England Conservatory of Music established at Providence,
R. I., 1859; removed to Boston. 1867 ; incorponited
Beethoven's Conservatory of Music founded at St. Louis
Kisk university "Jubilee Singers" make their "campaign for
$20,000" Oct. 1871-May,
World's Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival held
in Boston / 17 June-4 July,
Beethoven Quintet Club organized iu Boston
Music Teachers' National Association organized
New York College of Music incorporated
Cincinnati College of .Music incorporated
Campanini's first appearance in the U. S
American College of Musicians incorporated
Opera " Erminie," by Jacobowski, first performed in the U. S.
in New York.
Opera "The Lion Tamer," by Richard Stahl, first sung in the
U. S. at the Broadway theatre, New York city 30 Dec.
" Montebanks," by W. S. Gilbert and Alfred Collier, first sung
in the U. S. at Baldwin's theatre, San Francisco. Cal, 22 Sept.
"Fencing Master," by Reginald De Koven (also composed
"Robin Hood"), first performed in New York city at the
Casino 26 Sept. "
PRINCIPAL MUSICAL SOCIETIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
Organized
Baltimore, Md Oratorio Society 1880
f Handel and Haydn Society 1816
I Apollo Club 1871
Boston, Mass { Boylston Club 1872
IThe Cecilia 1876
( Boston Symphony Orchestra 1880
( Brooklyn Philharmonic Society 1857
i»w^i,i„„ M V Apollo Club 1877
Brooklyn, a. \ Amphion Musical Society 1879
I Caecilia Ladies' Vocal Society 1883
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1876
1878
1892
Buflalo, N. Y
(Liedcrtafel
• (Orpheus Singing Society.
Chicago, III Apollo Musical Club
Cincinnati, 0 Apollo Club
ny^^^i^^A i\ (Cleveland Vocal Society. .
Cleveland, O | Bach Society
Milwaukee, Wis Musik-Verein
Minneapolis, Minn Gounod Club
Newark, N. J
Organized
. . . 1848
. .. ]8(;9
... 1871
... 1H8I
... 1872
... 1878
.... 1849
,... 1883
Schubert Vocal Society 1880
Philharmonic Society 1842
Deutscher Liederkranz 1847
New York city ■{ Mendelssohn Glee Club 1865
I Oratorio Society 1873
I Symphony Society ]878
PhilftdPlnhia Pa j Orpheus Club 1871
Pbiladelpftia, Pa.... |TheCecilian 1874
Pittsburg, Pa. The Mozart Club 1877
Rhode Island Rhode Island Choral Association 1885
Salem, Mass Salem Oratorio Society 1867
San Francisco, Cal The Loring Club 1876
Springfield, Mass Hampden County Musical Association. . 1887
St. Louis, Mo St. Louis Choral Society 1879
Washington, D. C Choral Society 1883
Worcester, Mass Worcester County Musical Association. 1863
PKINCIPAL MUSICAL SOCIETIES IN ENGLAND.
Philharmonic Society, organized 1813
Sacred Harmonic Society, organized 1833
Musical Union, founded by John Ella 1845
Glee Club existed from 1787 to 1857
Catch Club, founded 1761, centenary kept July, 1861
Cfficilian Society, founded by Z. W. Vincent and others in 1786,
disbanded "
„ MUSICAL FESTIVALS.
First at Bologna, 1515, at a meeting of Francis I. of France and
Pope Leo X. Several were held in Europe in the 18th century;
for Haydn, at Vienna, 1808, 1811; others at Erfurt, 1811; Cologne,
1821; and often since. First in England at St. Paul's, London,
about 1655, termed " Sons of the Clergy." Dr. Bysse, chancellor
of Hereford, about 1724, proposed to the members of the choirs a
collection at the cathedral door after morning service, when 40
guineas were collected and appropriated to charitable purposes.
It was then agreed to hold festivals at Hereford, Gloucester, and
Worcester, in rotation annually. Until 1753 the festival lasted
only 2 days; it was then extended at Hereford to 3 evenings;
and at Gloucester, in 1757, to 3 mornings, to introduce Hanciers
"Messiah," which was warmly received, and has been performed
annually since. Musical festivals are now frequently held
in the different cities of the U. S. Handel's commemora-
tions.
EMINENT MUSICAL COMPOSERS.
Abbreviations: Or. oratorio, Op. opera, Ms. mass, Md. madrigal, An. anthem, So. sonata, Sy. symphony, GL glee.
Date.
Name.
Compositions.
1500-60
Christopher Tye
An *■' I will exalt Thee "
1514-94
Giovanni P di Palestrina
Ms Md etc
1523-85
An. " I will call and cry."
iXon Nobis Domine; An. "Bow down thine ear;" Md. "While the bright sun ;"
\ also, Ms.
Or. L'Anima e del Corpo.
Md. " My bonny lass she smileth."
Op. Orfeo, Arianna, etc.
An. " Hosanna to the son of David ;" Md. " Oh that the learned poets." ^^
Or. Passion, Resurrection, etc. ; also, Op. J^B
Op. Dafne, 1594; Eurydice, 1600. ^H
Or. Jonah, Jephtha, etc. ^H
Op. Psyche. '^1
Op. Tragedies Lyriques; also. So. .-^M
An. "0 give thanks ;" Op. Dido and ^neas. King Arthur; also, So. ^H
A fugue for two choirs; Tu es Petrus; Op. Carlo Re d'Almagna; also, Ms., S^H
Or. Bleedingand Dying Jesus; also, Op. ^H
An. "God is gone up." ^H
Op. Castor and Pollux. ^H
Or. Passion (St. Matthew and St. John) ; also, Ms., So. ^H
Or. Messiah, Israel in Egypt, Esther, Samson, Saul; Op. Almira, Rinaldo, j^H
Or. Death of Abel; Op. Olympiade; also, Ms. ^^H
Various Ms., Op., Sy. ^^^H
Or. Der Tod Jesu ; also Ms., Op. j^H
Op. Artaxerxes; Or. Judith; also, Gl. ^^H
An. " By the waters of Babylon ; " Op. The Chaplet; also. So. ^H
Op. Orfeo, Alceste, Iphigenia. ^^H
Op. Ariadne aufNaxos; Medea. ^^H
Op. Roland, Labuona Figliuola, Diden, Cecchina. ^H
Op. Liederspiele. ^^H
(Or. Creation, Seasons; Sy. London symphonies, Toy symphonies, etc.; also HB?
\ So.
An for seven voices " Call to remembrance ■" also Gl
1538-1623
1550-1600
1563 1604
1566-1651
1583-1625
Orlando Gibbons
1585 1672
Heinrich Schiitz
c. 1594
1604 74
Jacopo Peri
Giacomo Carissimi ,
1620-77
Matthew I<ock
1633-87
1658-95
1659-1725
Alessandro Scarlatti
1673-1739
Reinhard Keiser
1677-1727
William Croft
1683-1764
1685-1750
Jean Philippe Rameau
J. Sebastian Bach
1685-1759
George Frederick Handel . .
1694-1746
1699-1783
1701-59
C. H. Graun
1710-78
1710-79
William Boyce
1714-87
Christopher W. R. Gluck
1722-95
1728-1800
1728-1804
Johann Adam Hiller
1732-1801)
Joseph Haydn
1738-1801
Jonathan Battishill
1740-1802
Samuel Arnold
An. " Who is this that cometh ;" also, 40 English Op.
Orchestral music,. Ms., Sy.
Op. Zemire et Azor; also, Sy. ^
Gradus ad Parnassum; So., Sy. .JH
Op. Don Giovanni, Figaro, ZauberflOte; Sy. Jupiter symphony; Requiem, S«H
Pleyel's hymn, 29 symphonies; also. So. |H
Op. Les Deux Journges, Requiem in C minor; also, Ms. \^H
Lay of the bell ; Sy. H
An. " Come, Holy Ghost." ^^M
Or. Mount of Olives; Op. Fidelio; Sy. Pastorale, Eroica, Choral; also, Ms., ^H
On. La Vestale. ^M
1740 1806
Luigi Boccherini
1741 1813
Andre Gr^trv . . ...
1752-1832
1756-1791
1757 1831
1. Pleyel
1760-1842
1767 1821
Andreas Romberg,
1767 1838
Thomas Attwood
1770 1827
J/Udwig von Beethoven
1778-1851
Gasparo L. P. Spontini
MUS •''35
EMINENT MUSICAL COMPOSERS.— {Continued.)
MUT
1784-1859
1784-1871
178C-1826
1786-1855
1791-1833
1792-1868
1794-1864
1794-1870
1797-1828
1797-1848
1797-1870
1799-1868
1802-35
1803-69
1804-49
1804-85
1808-70
1809-47
1809-49
1810-56
1810-76
1810-84
1811-86
1811-
1812-83
1813-87
1813-83
1813-
1816-75
1817-90
1818-93
1819-80
1822-82
1825-89
1829-
1832-
) 1835-
I 1839-75
! 1840-93
j 1842-
I 1842-
I 1844-91
i 1852-
Name.
Ludwig or Louis Spohr
Daniel F. E. Auber
Carl Maria von Weber
Sir Henry R. Bishop
Louis J. F. Herold
Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
Jacob Meyerbeer
Ignatz Moscheles
Franz Schubert
Gaetano Donizetti
Saverio Mercadante
J. E. Hal6vy
Vincenzo Bellini
Hector Berlioz
Johann Strauss
Sir Jules Benedict
Michael William Balfe. . .
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Francis Frederic Chopin
Robert Schumann
Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Sir Michael Costa
Franz Liszt
Charles L. Ambroise Thomas
Friedrich Freiherr von Flotow
George A. Macfarren
Richard Wagner
Giuseppe Verdi
Sir William Sterndale Bennett
Niels W. Gade
Charles Gounod
Jacques Offenbach
Joseph Joachim Raff.
Rev. sir F. A. Gore Ouseley
Anton Gregor Rubinstein
Charles Lecocq
Johannes Brahms
Charles C. Saint-Saens
Leopold Georges Bizet
Peter I. Tschaikowsky (tscke-kdw'-ske)
Edmond Andrau
Arthur S. Sullivan
Alfred Cellier
Charles V. Stanford
Compositions.
(Or. Des Heilands letzte Stunden (Calvary), Die letzten Diugc (Last Judgment);
\ Op. Faust, Jessouda; Sy. Die Weihe der TOne.
Op. Fra Diavolo, La Muta de Portici (Masaniello), Zerline.
Op. Der Freischatz, Preciosa, Euryanthe, Oberon.
Op. Miller and his Men, Guy Mannering; Gl. " I gave my harp."
Op. Zampa.
(Op. Guglielmo Tell, Tancredi, Otello, Barbiere di Siviglia, Semiramide, Mose in
( Egitto, Stabat Mater, etc.
Op. Les Huguenots, L'Africaine, Robert le Diable, L'Etoile du Nord.
Various Sy., So.
Der ErlenkOnig, Serenade; also. Ms., Op., So., Sy.
Op. Lucrezia Borgia, Lucia, La Favorita.
Op. Elesa e Claudio, II Giuramente.
Op. La Juive, Les Mousquetaires.
Op. Norma, La Sonnambula, I Puritani.
Op. La Damnation de Faust, Benvenuto Cellini; Sy. Romeo et Juliette; also, Ms.
Dance music, 251 pieces.
(Op. Lily of Killarney, Gipsy's Warning, The Brides of Venice, The Crusaders;
( Or. St. Peter.
Op. Bohemian Girl, Talisman, Maid of Artois, Falstaff, etc.
(Or. Elijah, St. Paul; An. "Judge me, O God;" Op. Wedding of Camacho; also,
\ Songs without Words, So., Sy.
Nocturnes; So.; Waltzes.
Op. Genevieve. Music to Faust, Sy. in C, B flat, etc. ; So.
An. The Wilderness.
Or. Eli, Naaman; Op. Malvina, Don Carlos.
Faust symphony, Tasso, etc.
Op. Mignon, Hamlet.
Op. Martha, Stradella.
Op. Robin Hood; Or. St. John the Baptist, The Resurrection; also* An.
(Op. Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Niebelungen, Tristan und Isolde, Meistersanger,
I Rienzi, Der fliegende Hollander.
Op. II Trovatore, Ernani, Rigoletto, La Traviato, A!da, Don Carlos.
May Queen, The Woman of Samaria; also, Or., An., So., Sy.
Cantata, Erlking's daughter; Sy.
Op. Faust, Romeo and Juliet.
Op. La Grande Duchesse, Orphde aux Eiifers. Barbe bleue, etc.
Variations on an original theme; Sanges Pruhling; Op., Sy.
Or. St. Polycarp, Hagar; An. " It came even to pass."
Sy. Ocean symphony ; also. Or. , Op.
Op. Girofle-Girofla, La Princesse des Canaries, La Fille de Mme. Angot
Deutches requiem; Sy., etc.
Op. Etienne Marcel.
Op. Carmen.
Sy. Der Sturm, Francesca von Rimini; Op. Mazeppa.
Op. La Mascotte.
[The Prodigal Son; The Light of the World; Op. H.M.S. Pinafore, Mikado, Patience,
[ lolanthe. Pirates of Penzance, Yeoman of the Guard.
Op. Nell Gwynne, Dorothy.
Op. The Veiled Prophet of Khoassan, The Canterbury Pilgrim; Sy., Or., So.
Other noted composers : Barnby, Boieldeau, Bruch, Buck, David,
De Koven, Franz, Gossec, Hattou, Hiller, Hofmann, Jacobowski,
; Jensen, Lachner, Lawes, Moszkowski, Paisello, Porpora, Rhein-
[ berger, Scharwenka, Tausig, Talberg, Tours, Ulrich, Volk-
1 mann.
! Noted singers : Albani, Alboni, Bordogni, Campanini, Catalini,
: Cummings, Formes, Girsta, Grisi, Hauck, Henschel, Kellogg,
! Lablache, La Grange, Lind, Lucca, Malibran, Mallinger, Mara,
I Mario, Materna, Maurel, Murska, Niemann, Nilsson, Novello,
! Parepa Rosa, Pasta, Phillips, Patti, Reeves, Reicherkniderman,
Remmertz, Ronconi, Rubini, Rudersdorf, Santley, Scaria,
Schroeder - Devient, Sontag, Stockhausen, Tamburini, Tichat-
; scheck, Todi, Viardot-Garcia, Whitney.
I Noted pianists : Bendel, Brassin, D'Albert, Dreyschock, Dulcken,
Dussek, Essipoff, Goddard, Gottschalk, Haberbier, Halle, Henselt,
j Herz, Hummel, Jaell, Joseffy, Kalkbrenner, Kousti, Krebs, Mayer,
1 Mehlig, Mills, Paderewski, Reinecke, Ries, Rive -King, Salter,
! Schiller, Schoberlechner, Schulhoff, Sherwood, Von Bulow,
! Wolfsohn.
i Noted organists : Blow, Buxtehude. Cooper, Couperin, Eddy,
Eyken, Faisst, Fischer, Frescobaldi, Guilmant, Haupt, Hesse,
, Kittel. Kloss, Lefebre-Wely, Lemmens, Lux, Marpurg, Paine,
; Rinck, Reinken, Ritter, Renter, Todt, Van den Cheyn.
[Noted violinists : Camilla Urso, Corelli, Eichberg, Giardini, Joachim,
. Laub, Lauterbach, Le Clair, Leonhard, Lipinski, Listerman,
Luestner, Nohr, Neruda, Ole Bull, Paganini, Rappoldi, Remenyi,
; Sarasate, Singer, Sivori, Taborouski, Tartini, Torelli, Viotti, Vieux-
temps, Wieniawsky, Wilhelmj.
Other virtuosos : Boehm, Drouet, Quantz (flute). Carcassi (guitar).
Dragonetti (double bass). Godefroid, Oberthuer (harp). Piatti,
, Seligman, Servais (violoncello).
I miliic, Cyclopaedias and Dictionaries of: Rousseau's,
pub. 1767; in " Encyclopedie Methodique," 1791; Fetis,
" Biographic Universelle des Musiciens," 1835-44 ; Mendell's
■' Conversations - Lexicon ;" " Dictionary of Music and Mu-
sicians," 1450-1889, 11 vols., edited by sir George Grove, 1878-
1890; "Historv of Music," by Emil Naumann, edited bv sir
jF. A. Gore Ouseley, 1890.
I musical pitch. The pitch of a note produced de-
roends on the time in which the motion or vibration which
j^ves rise to the sound takes place. Pitch then is defined by
requency of vibration and was settled for France by legislation
in 1859, the noiddle A to be 870 simple or 435 double vibrations
in a second ; but through error of measurement the fork made
gave (A) 439 double vibrations (C, 522). At a meeting on the
subject, held at the Society of Arts, on 23 Nov. 1860, the con-
cert pitch of C was recommended to be 528 vibrations in a
second ; but the fork made by J. H. Griesbach gives 539^
vibrations. Mr. HuUah adopted 512 vibrations. A lower
pitch was adopted at concerts in London in Jan. 1869. 528
vibrations for C adopted for performances at the international
exhibition of 1872, at a meeting 20 Jan. 1872. Handel's tun-
ing-fork, 1740, was 495 ; the Philharmonic Society's, 1813-43,
was 515. A. J. Ellis's elaborate " History of Musical Pitch "
is pub. in Journal of the Society of A rts, 5 Mch. 1880, and
separately.
niU§ket§. Fire-arms.
inu§lill, a fine cotton cloth, so called, it is said, from
having a downy nap on its surface resembling moss (Fr.
moussey, according to others, because it was first brought
from Moussol, in India. Muslins were first worn in England in
1670. — Anderson. By means of the mule, British much super-
seded India muslins.
milStClllg', a small, hardy wild horse of the southwest
United States and Mexico, a descendant of the horse intro-
duced into America by the Spaniards; also, the name of a
variety of grape, south.
" Nor the red mustang
Whose clusters hang
O'er the waves of the Colorado."
— Longfellow, "Catawba Wine."
lUuta, a village near Damascus, Syria. Here Mahomet
defeated the Christians in his first conflict with them, 629.
mute. A prisoner arraigned for treason or felony is said
to stand mute when he makes no answer, or one foreign to the
purpose. Anciently a mute was subjected to torture.
MUT
636
MYT
ly in Yorkshire, having murdered
Ills wife in a fit of jealousy, being
Walter Calverly. esq., of Calveri
3 of his children, and stal)b«Hl
arraigned for his crime at York assizes, stood mute, and was
pressed to death in the castle by a large iron weight on his breast,
6 Aug. 1605—^7010.
Miijor Strangeway suffered a similar death at Newgate, for the mur-
der of his brother-in-law, Mr. Fussell, 1667.
Judgment was awarded against mutes, as if they were convicted or
had confessed, by 12 <Jeo. III. 1772.
A mail refusing to plead was condemned and executed at the Old
Bailey on a charge of murder, 1778, and another on a charge of
burglary at Wells, 1792.
An act directing the court to enter a plea of " not guilty " when the
prisoner will not plead, 1827.
•Case of Giles Corey. Witchcraft, Salem, 17 Sept. 1692.
mil'tina, now Hodena, a fortified city of N. Italy.
Here Marc Antony, after defeating the consul Pansa, was him-
-self beaten with great loss by Hirtius, the other consul, and
fled to Gaul, 27 Apr. 43 B.C.
miltill)', a revolt against constituted authority; open
j-esistance to officers in authority, especially in the army
and navy. The principal revolt or mutiny during the Amer-
ican Revolution was that of the Pennsylvania Line, 2000
strong, at Morristown, N. J., 1 Jan. 1781. The tardiness of
Congress in supplying the wants of the army was the chief
<;au8e. Unable to control the troops by his personal efforts,
Gen. Wayne appointed 2 officers, cols. Stewart and Butler, to
•conduct them to Princeton, where they submitted to Con-
gress, in writing, their demands. Meanwhile sir Henry Clin-
ton sent 2 emissaries among them, making most liberal of-
fers, if they would go over to the British. These men they
at once delivered up to the government. Congress appointed
commissioners to confer with the troops, and complied with
most of their just demands. Many were, however, disbanded
during the winter, and their places tilled in the spring with
cecruits. A like action on the part of the New Jersey Line
followed, 24-28 Jan. 1781, but this was quickly subdued, and
2 ringleaders executed.
Of the Bounty (Bounty mutiny), 28 Apr. 1789.
Of sailors throughout the British fleet at Portsmouth, Apr. 1797,
and at the Nore, at the mouth of the Thames, May-June, 1797 ;
several executed.
Of the Danae, British frigate: the crew carried the ship into Brest
harbor, 27 Mch. 1800.
•On board adm. Mitchell's fleet at Bantry bay, Dec. 1801, and Jan.
1802. B.\NTRY BAY.
At Malta, began 4 Apr. 1807, and ended on the 12th, when the mu-
tineers (chiefly Greeks and Corsicans) blew themselves up with a
magazine of between 400 and 500 barrels of gunpowder.
On board the U. S. ship Somers, 1842. Somers, United States.
Of the sepoys. India, 1857.
Mycale (myc'-a-k) (Ionia, Asia Minor), Battle of, fought
between the Greeks (under Leotychides, the king of Sparta, and
Xantippus the Athenian) and the Persians, under Tigranes,
^2 Sept. 479 B.C. ; the day on which Mardonius was defeated
and slain at Plataea by Pausanias. The Persians (about
100,000 men) were completely defeated, thousands slaughtered,
and their camp burned. The Greeks returned to Samos with
immense booty.
Myce'nae, a division of the kingdom of Argives, in the
Peloponnesus, about 50 stadia from Argos, flourished till the
invasion of the Heraclidae. Early history mythical. ^ f,
Perseus removes from Argos; founds Mycenae... 1431, 1313, or 1282
Reign of Eurystheus 1289, 1274, or 1258
[Towards the close of his reign is placed the story of the
labors of Hercules.]
.iEgisthus assassinates Atreus: Agamemnon king of Sicyon,
Corinth, and perhaps of Argos 1201
He is chosen generalissimo of Greece for the Trojan war, about 1193
iEgisthus, in the absence of Agamemnon, lives in adultery with
queen Clytemnestra. On the return of the king they assas-
sinate him; and iEgisthus mounts the throne 1183
Orestes, son of Agamemnon, kills his mother and her para-
mour 1176
Orestes dies of the bite of a serpent 1106
Achaians are expelled "
Invasion of the Heraclidae, and the conquerors divide the do-
minions 1103
Mycenae destroyed by the Argives 468
Discoveries at Mycenae by dr. Schliemann; reported, a.d.
Mch. 1874-Sept. 1876
A''isited by the emperor of Brazil 15 Oct. "
Discovery of tombs of Agamemnon and others, and many
treasures; announced by dr. Schliemann 28 Nov. "
Dr. Schliemann reports discoveries to Society of Antiquaries,
London, 22 Mch. ; pub. Mycenae Dec. 1877
Ifly'lae, a bay of Sicily where the Romans, under the con-
sul Duilius, gained their first naval victory over the Cartha-
ieS
ginians, and took 50 ships, 260 b.g. Here Agrippa de:
the fleet of Sextus Pompeius, 36 b.c.
inyog^rapll'iOII, an apparatus for determining velo<
ity of the nervous current, invented by H. Helmholtz in 185(
and since improved by Dubois Raymond and others
IHys'la, an ancient country of Asia Minor, lying to th
north of Lydia and west of Bithynia. It was the prevailin
opinion of antiquity that the Mysians were not an indigenou
people of Asia, but had migrated from the banks of the Daa
ube. Herodotus mentions that the Mysians were a numerou
and powerful people before the Trojan war. They becara
subject to the raonarchs of Lydia, in the reign of Alyattei
father of Croesus, and on the dissolution of the Lydian empir
they passed under the Persian dominion and formed a part o
the third satrapy in the division formed by Dariu.s. The an
cient city of Troy was within its territory, as well as Perga
mus and Abydos.
Iflysore', S. India, was made a flourishing kingdom b9
Hyder Ali, who dethroned the reigning sovereign in 176^
and by his son, Tippoo Sahib, who harassed the Englisl
Tippoo was chastised by them' in 1792; and on 4 May, 179S|
his capital, Seringapatam, was taken by assault, and himsel
slain. The British established a prince of the old royal faml
ily as maharajah of part of Mysore in 1799. Being withou
an heir, he was permitted to adopt a child of 4 years of age,
Aug. 1867; who succeeded him at his death, 27 Mch. 18(
and assumed the government in May, 1881. Tippoo's It
surviving son, Gholam Mahomet, a British pensioner, died a
Calcutta, 11 Aug. 1872.
myiteries (from the Gr. ixvtTTrjpiov, a mystery or re-
vealed secret). " The Sacred mysteries " is a term applied to
the doctrines of Christianity, called the " mystery of godli-
ness," 1 Tim. iii. 16, as opposed to the " mysterj' of iniquity,"
2 Thess. ii. 7. The Projfmie mysteries were secret ceremonies
performed by a select few in honor of some deity. From
Egyptian mysteries of Isis and Osiris sprang those of Diony-
sus and Demeter among the Greeks. The Eleusinian mys-
teries were introduced at Athens by Eumolpus, 1356 b.c.
mystery plays. Drama.
mystics, theologians who, in addition to the obvious
meaning of Scripture, assert that other interpretations may be
discovered by an emanation of the Divine Wisdom, by which
the soul is enlightened and purified ; and advocate seclusion
for contemplation and asceticism.
Mysticism taught at Alexandria by Clemens, Pantajnus, Origen, and
others, who mingled Christianity and Platonism, 2d and 3d cen-
turies.
Much promoted by the works of the Pseudo-Dion ysius ("The Mys-
tic Theology," etc.), 6th century.
Introduced into the Western empire, 9th century.
Eminent mediaeval mystics (opposed by schoolmen): Master Eck-
hart (1251-1329); John Tauler of Strasburg, where he acted hero-
ically during the plague termed the -'black death" (1290-1361);
Henry Suso (1300-65). They aimed at a more spiritual religion
than Romanism ; but their followers were charged with immoral-
ity, pantheism, communism, and maintaining private inspiration.
Jacob BOhme or Behmen, German mystic, pub. his "Aurora" (al-
leged divine revelation), 1612; d. 18 Nov. 1624.
[Hutchinsonians, Quakers, Quietists, Swedenborgians.]
mythol'Ogy (Gr. fiv9o\oyla=iJ.v9og, fable, and XoyoQ,
speech), fables or legends of cosmogony, of gods and of heroes
of pagan peoples. Of the earlier civilized nations, the Greeks
had by far the most extensive and coherent mythology. The
Egyptian, though older, is obscure, and her literature not fer-
tile in myths. The principal Egyptian deities were Osiris,
Horns, Typhon (Seth or Set), Isis, and Nephthys ; Horus, the
son of Osiris and Isis, and Nephthys, the sister of Isis. Osiris
is essentially the good principle, as Typhon or Set, his brother,
is his opponent. Scandinavian mythology is very prolific iu
gods, goddesses, and heroes ; the principal gods and goddesses
being :
Odin or Woden, the all-father, and his wife Frigga; Baldur (son or
Odin) and his wife Nauna; Thor (son of Odin) and his wile Sit;
Bragi (son of Odin) and his wife Idun, the latter the keeper for the
gods of the Apples of Youth; Ty or Tyr (son of Odin); Njord and
his wife Skadi, the Minerva of Scandinavian mythology; Fray (son
of Njord) and his sister Freyia ; Hiemdall, steward of the gods;
H5d orllOdur; Vidar; Vali ; Uller; Loki, foster-brother of Odin, and
cause of all evil; Hela or Hel, goddess of the lower regions; Saga,
goddess of history; Geflon and others, with the Norns, 3 sisters,
corresponding to the Fates of the Greeks. Valhalla, Yggdrasil.
N
537
NAP
PRINCIPAL GODS AND GODDESSES OF THE ROMANS AND GREEKS, WITH PARENTAGE AND PROVINCE.
Roman.
Greek.
Parentage.
Over what presidint;-
Apollo
Aurora
Mollis
Bacchus
Bellonii
Ceres
Cupid
Cybele ■
Diana
Juno (sister and wife of Jupiter),
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Minerva
Neptune
Nox ,
Apollon
Eos
,^olos
Dionysus
Enyo
Demeter
Eros
Rhea
Artemis
Hera
Zeus
Ares
Hermes
Pallas- Athene.
Poseidon
Jupiter and Latona
Hyperion and Theia
Hippotas and Melanippe.
Jupiter and Semele
Phorcys and Ceto
Saturn and Cybele
Venus
Uranus and Terra
Jupiter and Latoua
Saturn and Cybele
Saturn and Cybele
Jupiter and Juno
Jupiter and Maia
Jupiter
Saturn and Cybele
Chaos
Pluto . .
Saturn .
Venus .
Vulcaii .
Plouton or Hades.
Kronos —
Aphrodite
Hestia
Hephsestori
Saturn and Cybele.
Uranus and Terra...
Jupiter and Diore.
Saturn and Cybele.
Jupiter and Juno. ..
Music, poetry, archery, prophecy.
The dawn.
The winds.
The vine.
War.
Agriculture.
Love.
Nature.
Hunting and chastity.
Marriage and domestic life.
Over all, supreme god.
War.
Commerce and gain.
Wisdom.
The sea.
Night, death, sleep, ridicule. Mother of
Charon. Fates, and the Furies, and
sister of Erebus.
Lower world.
Father of the gods and brother of the
Titans.
Love and pleasure.
Virginity.
Fire.
See under separate articles.
N
1 7.
X, the 14th letter and 11th consonant of the English al-
phabet. Its form and force is derived from the Greek letter
N, thence from the Phoenician and Egyptian.
]VabOlia§'§Rr, Era of, named from a prince of Baby-
lon, in whose reign astronomical studies were encouraged in
Chaldaea. The years contain 365 days each, without interca-
lation. The first day of the era was Wednesday (erroneously
made Thursday in " L'Art de "Verifier les Dates "), 26 Feb.
747 B.C. — 3967 Julian period. To find the Julian year on
which the year of Nabonassar begins, subtract the year, if be-
fore Christ,^ from 748 ; if after Christ, add to it 747.
I Bfag'§ Head §tOry. Matthew Parker was conse-
j crated archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth, 17 Dec. 1559,
' by bishops Barlow, Coverdale, Scory, and Hodgkins. For
1 forty-five years after, the Romish writers asserted that Parker
i and others had been ordained in an abnormal fashion by Scory
[ at the Nag's Head tavern, Cheapside. This fiction was re-
i fitted by Burnet, and is rejected by Roman Catholic authori-
I ties, such as Lingard.
I JVa'llUin, Festival of. Nahum, 7th of the 12 minor
I prophets, about 713 b.c. ; the festival is 24 Dec.
j nails of the earlier nations were of bronze. The nail used
by Jael in killing Sisera (Judges iv. 21) was a wooden tent-pin.
I Up to the 19th century nails were mostly forged, the first cut-
I nails being made by Jeremiah Wilkinson, in Rhode Island, in
i 1 775, followed by Ezekiel Reed, Mass., 1786. The Perkins cut-
, nail machine, patented 1795, made 200,000 nails in a day.
names. Adam and Eve named their sons (Gen. iv. 25,
26). A Roman citizen had generally 3 names; prcenomen,
denoting the individual ; nornen, the gens or clan ; cognomen,
the family or branch of the clan ; sometimes he had the agno-
mm (e. g. Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus). The popes
; change names on assuming the pontificate, " a custom intro-
Iduced by pope Sergius, whose name till then was Swine-
j snout," Q87. —Platina. Onuphrius refers it to John XII., 956 ;
stating that it was done in imitation of SS. Peter and Paul,
[Who were first called Simon and Saul. In France the bap-
jtismal name was sometimes changed. The 2 sons of Henry
jll. of France were christened Alexander and Hercules; at
iconfirmation they became Henry and Francis. Monks aixl
nuns, entering monasteries, assume new names. Surnames.
Yonge's "History of Christian Names," pub. 1863 (new
1884). M. A. Lower's " Patronymica Britannica," 1860.
fa'niHr, in Belgium, was made a countv, 932 ; taken by
French, 1 July, 1692; by William of England, 4 Aug.
ceded to Austria by peace of Utrecht, 1713, and garri-
by Dutch as a barrier town of the United Provinces in
1715. Taken by the French in 1746, but restored in 1749. In
1782, the emperor Joseph expelled the Dutch garrison. In 1792
it was again taken by the French, who were compelled to evac-
uate it in 1793; regained 1794; delivered to the allies, 1814;.
assigned to Belgium, 1831 ; fortifications destroyed, 1866.
BiTancy (ndn-se'), N.E. France, an ancient city, capital of
Lorraine in the 13th century. After taking Nancy, 29 Nov.
1475, and losing it, 5 Oct. 1476, Charles the Bold of Burgundy
was defeated beneath its walls, and slain by the duke of Lor-
raine and Swiss, 5 Jan. 1477. Lokkaink. Nancy was embel-
lished by Stanislas, ex-king of Poland, who resided here, and
died Feb. 1766; was captured by Blucher, Jan. 1814; and on
the retreat of MacMahon's army, expecting the Germans, sur-
rendered to 4 uhlans, 12 Aug. 1870. It was restored at the peace,
Nan'kin, said to have been made central capital of
China, 420; was the court of the Ming dynasty from 1369 till
Yung-lo removed to Pekin in 1410. On 4 Aug. 1842, British
ships arrived at Nankin, and peace was made. The rebel
Tae-pings took it on 19, 20 Mch. 1853. It was recaptured by-
imperialists, 19 July, 1864, and found desolate.
IVantes (nants), W. France, formerly capital of the
Namnetes. The edict in favor of Protestants issued here by
Henry IV., 13 Apr. 1598, was revoked by Louis XIV., 22 Oct»
1685. Awful cruelties were committed here bv the republican
Carrier, Oct.-Nov. 1793. Pop. 1891, 122,750. Drowning,
French Revolution.
IVantueket and Martha's Vineyard, island*
off the south coast of Massachusetts, and belonging to that
state, the former containing 60, the latter 120 sq. miles. First
noted by capt. Gosnold, 1602, and first settled by some people
under Thomas Mayhew from Watertown, Mass., 1643. Both
islands in earlier days were famous for their skilled seamen
and large business in whale-fishery.
naphtha, a clear, combustible rock oil. known to the
Greeks, called " oil of Media," and thought to have been an
ingredient in the Greek fire ; also, an artificial, volatile, color-
less liquid obtained from petroleum.
Bfapier's bones. A set of small square rods and
rectangular pieces of bone, ivory, or other material, contrived
by Baron John Napier, and first described by him in 1617, to
facilitate multiplication and division. Nothing shows more
clearly the rude state of arithmetical knowledge at the begin-
ning of the 17th century than the universal satisfaction with
which Napier's invention was welcomed by all classes and re-
garded as a real aid to calculation. — Encyl. Brit. 9 ed., Napier.
IVaples, formerly the continental division and seat of
government of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, began with a
NAP
588
NAP
Greek colony named Parthenope (about 1000 B.C.), afterwards
divided into Paheofwlis (the old) and Neapolis (the fieiv city);
the latter name became Napks. The colony was conquered
by Romans in the Samnite war, 326 B.C. Naples, after resist-
ing Lombards, Franks, and Germans, was subjugated by Nor-
mans under lioger Guiscard, king of Sicily, a.d. 1131. Few
countries have had so many (wlitical changes and despotic
nilers, or suffered so much by convulsions of nature, such as
earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc. In 1856, the population
of the kingdom of Naples was 6,886,030, of Sicily, 2,231,020;
total, 9,117,050. It now forms part of the kingdom of Italy.
Pop. of the city, 1881, 463,172.
Naples conquered by Tbeodoric the Goth 493
City retaken by Belisariiis »36
Taken again by Totila 543
KeUikcu by Narses 552
Becomes a duchy nominally of the Eastern empire 568 or 572
Duchy of Naples greatly extended 593
Robert Guiscard, the Norman, made duke of Apulia, founds
the kingdom of Naples 1059
Naples conquered, kingdom of the Two Sicilies founded by
Roger (Juiscard II 1131
Imperial house of Hohenstaufen (Germany) obtains the king-
dom by marriage and rules 1194-1266
roj)e Clement IV. appoints Charles of Anjou king, who defeats
the regent Manfred (sou of Frederick II. of Germany) at Bene-
vento(Manfred slain) 26 Feb. 1266
Charles defeats Conradin (last of the Hohenstaufens invited to
Naples by Ghibellines) at Tagliacozzo, 23 Aug. ; Conradin
beheaded 29 Oct. 1268
Massacre called Sicilian Vespkrs 30 Mch. 1282
Andrew of Hungary, husband of Joanna I., murdered. 18 Sept. 1345
His brother Louis, king of Hungary, invades Naples 1349
<Jueen Joanna put to death 22 May, 1382
Alphonso V. of Aragon (called the Wise and Magnanimous), on
the death of Joanna II., seizes Naples 1435
Naples conquered by Charles VIII. of France 1494
And by Louis XII. of France and Ferdinand of Spain, who di-
vide it 1501
Expulsion of the French 1504
Naples and Sicily united to Spain "
Insurrection of Masaniello, occasioned by extortions of Span-
ish viceroys. An impost was claimed on a basket of figs and
refused by the owner, whom the populace joined, headed by
Masaniello (Thomas Aniello), a fisherman ; they obtained
command of Naples; many nobles were slain and palaces
burned, and the viceroy compelled to abolish the taxes and
to restore privileges granted by Charles V. to the city. June, 1647
Masaniello, intoxicated by success, slain by his followers,
16 July, "
Another insurrection suppressed by don John of Austria.. Oct. "
Henry II., duke of Guise, landing, is proclaimed king; in a few
days taken prisoner by the Spaniards April, 1648
Naples conquered by prince Eugene of Savoy for the emperor. 1706
Discovery of Herculankum 1711
Spaniards by victory at Bitonto (26 May) having mastered both
kingdoms, Charles (of Bourbon), son of the king of Spain,
ascends the throne, with the ancient title of king of the Two
Sicilies 1734
Order of St. Januarius instituted 1738
Discovery of Pompeii 1748-50
Charles, becoming king of Spain, vacates the throne in favor
of his third son, Ferdinand, agreeably to treaty 1759
Expulsion of the Jesuits 3 Nov. 1767
Dreadful earthquake in Calabria 5 Feb. 1783
Enrolment of the Lazzaroni as pikemen or spontoneers 1793
King flees on approach of French republicans, who establish
the Parthenopean republic 14 Jan. 1799
Nelson appears; Naples retaken; the restored king rules ty-
rannically June, "
Prince Caracciolo tried and executed by order of Nelson,
29 June, "
Neapolitans occupy Rome 30 Sept. "
Treaty of neutrality between France and Naples ratified.. 9 Oct. 1805
Ferdinand, through perfidy, is compelled to flee to Sicily, 23
Jan. ; French enter Naples, Joseph Bonaparte made king. Feb. 1806
French defeated at Maida i July, "
Joseph Bonaparte, after beginning many reforms, abdicates for
the crown of Spain June, 1808
Joachim Murat made king (rules well) 15 July, "
His first quarrel with Napoleon 1811
His alliance with Austria Jan. 1814
Death of queen Caroline 7 Sept. '•
Murat declares war against Austria 15 Mch. 1815
Defeated at Tolentino 3 May, "
He retires to France, 22 May, and Corsica; attempting to re-
cover his throne lands at Pizzo; seized, tried, and shot,
13 Oct. "
Ferdinand, re-established, returns to tyrannical measures. June, "
Establishment of the society of the Carbonari 1819
Successful insurrection of Carbonari under gen. P€pe'; the king
compelled to swear to a new constitution 13 July, 1820
Austrians invade the kingdom at the king's instigation; gen.
Pepe defeated 7 Mch. 1821
Fall of constitutional government 23 Mch. "
Death of Ferdinand (reigned 66 years) 4 Jan. 1825
Insurrection of the Carbonari suppressed Aug. 1828
1844
1848
1859
; Accession of Ferdinand IL, Bomba (faithless and tyrannical),
8 Nov.
I Attilio and Emilio Bandioro, with 18 others, attempting an in
j surrection in Calabria, are shot 17 Jan.
Prospect of an in.surrcction in Naples; king grants a new con-
I stitution, with liberal ministry 20 Jan.
I Fighting in Naples; liberals and national guard almost annihi-
I lated by royal troops, aided by lazzaroni 15 May, "
Martial anarchy ; the chiefs of liberal party arrested Dec. 1849
I Settembrini, Poerio, Carafa. and others, after a mock trial, con-
demned and consigned to dungeons for life June, 1850
After remonstrances with the king on his tyrannical govern-
ment (May), the English and French ambassadors arc with-
drawn 2K Oct. 1856
Attempted assassination of the king by Milano 8 Dec. "
Cagliari, a Sardinian mail steamboat, sailed from Genoa for
Tunis, 25 June, 1857, with 33 passengers, who, after a few
hours' sail, took forcible possession, and compelled the 2
English engineers (Watt and Park) to steer to Ponza, 25 June, 1857
[Here they landed, released some prisoners, took them on
board, and sailed to Sapri, where they again landed, and re-
stored the vessel to its commander and crew. The latter
steered for Naples; but on the way the vessel was boarded
by a Neapolitan cruiser, and all the crew were landed and
consigned to dungeons, where they remained nine months
awaiting trial, under great privations and insults. Excite-
ment followed in England; and, after negotiation, the crew
were released, the vessel given to the British government,
and 3000^. paid as a compensation to the suflerers]
Poerio and 66 companions released and sent to North America,
Jan. ; on their way they seize the vessel, sail to Cork, 7 Mch. ;
and proceed to London '.18 Mch.
Death of Ferdinand II 22 May,
Garibaldi lands in Sicily, 11 May ; defeats the Neapolitan army
at Calataflmi 1.5 May, 1860
Francis II. proclaims an amnesty ; promises a liberal ministry;
adopts a tricolor flag, etc 26 June, "
A liberal ministry formed; destruction of the commissariat of
the police in 12 districts; state of siege proclaimed at Naples;
queen-mother flees to Gaeta 28 June, " .
Garibaldi defeats Neapolitans at Melazzo, 20 July; enters Mes- "J
sina, 21 July; Neapolitans agree to evacuate Sicily. .30 July, "■
King of Sardinia in vain negotiates with Francis II. for al- I
liance July, " '
Francis IL proclaims re-establishment of constitution of 1848,
2 July; the army proclaim count de Trani king 10 July, "
Garibaldi lands at Melito, 18 Aug. ; takes Reggio 21 Aug. "
Defection in army and navy; Francis IL retires to Gaeta, 6
Sept. ; Garibaldi enters Naples without troops 7 Sept. "
Garibaldi assumes dictatorship, 8 Sept.; gives the Neapolitan
fleet to the Sardinian admiral Persano, 11 Sept. ; expels
Jesuits ; establishes trial by jury; releases political pris-
oners Sept. "
Repulses Neapolitans at Cajazzo, 19 Sept. ; defeats them at the
Volturno i Oct. "
King of Sardinia enters the kingdom of Naples, and takes com-
mand of his army, which combines with Garibaldi's.. 11 Oct. "
Cialdini defeats the Neapolitans at Isernia, 17 Oct. ; at Venafro,
18 Oct. "
Plebiscite at Naples, etc., vote for annexation to Piedmont
(1,303,064 to 10,312) 21 Oct. "
Garibaldi meets Victor Emmanuel, and salutes him as king of
Italy 26 Oct. "
First English Protestant church built on ground given by Gari-
baldi ; consecrated ll Mch. 1865
Great eruption of Vesuvius began 12 Nov. 1867
Victor Emmanuel, prince of Naples (son of prince Humbert),
born at Naples n Nov. 1869
Italy.
sovereigns of naples and sicily.
1131. Roger I. (of Sicily, 1130), Norman. sj
1154. William I. the Bad; son. II
1166. William IL the Good; son. ^M
1189. Tancred, natural son of Roger.
1194. William III. son, succeeded by Constance, married to Henry
VI. of Germany.
1197. Frederick II. of Germany (Hohenstaufen).
1250. Conrad; son.
1254. Conradin, son; but his uncle,
1258. Manfred, natural son of Frederick II. , seizes the governi
killed at Benevento in 1266.
1266. Charles of Anjou, brother of St. Louis, king of France.
[Conradin beheaded, 29 Oct. 1268.]
1282. Insurrection in Sicily.
(Separation of the kingdoms in 1282.)
NAPLES.
1282. Charles L of Anjou.
1285. Charles II. ; son.
1309. Robert the Wise ; brother.
1343. Joanna (reigns with her husband, Andrew of Hungary), 1343-
1345; with Louis of Tarento, 1349-62; Joanna put to death
(22 May, 1382) by .
1382. Charles III., grandson of Charles II. ; he becomes king of
Hungary; assassinated there, 1386.
" Louis I., titular, crowned.
1385. Louis II. , son of Louis I.
1386. Ladislas of Hungary.
1414. Joanna IL, sister, dies in 1435, and bequeaths her dominions
to Regnier of Anjou. They are acquired by
1435. Alphonso I., thus king of Naples and Sicily.
NAR 539
SICILY.
1282. Peter I. (III. of Aragon).
1285. James I. (II. of Aragon).
1295. Frederick II.
1337. Peter II.
1342. Louis.
1355. Frederick III.
1376. Maria and Martin (her husband).
1402. Martin I.
1409. Martin II. I
1410. Ferdinand I.
1416. Alphonso I.
(Separation of Naples and Sicily in 1458.)
NAPLKS-
1458. Ferdinand I.
1494. Alphonso II. abdicates.
1495. Ferdinand II.
1496. Frederick II. ; expelled by the French, 1501.
SICILY.
1458. John of Aragon.
1479. Ferdinand the Catholic of Spain.
CROWNS UNITED.
1503. Ferdinand III. (king of Spain).
1516. Charles I. (V. of Germany).
1556. Philip I. (II. of Spain).
1598. Philip II. (III. of Spain).
1621. Philip III. (IV. of Spain).
1665. Charles II. (of Spain).
1700. Philip IV. (V. of Spain), Bourbons.
1707. Charles III. of Austria.
(Separation in 1713.)
NAPLES.
1713. Charles III. of Austria.
SICILY.
1713. Victor Amadeus of Savoy (exchanged Sicily for Sardinia, 1720).
THE TWO SICILIES.
{Pa7-t of the Empire of Germany, 1720-34.)
1735. Charles IV. (III. of Spain).
1759. Ferdinand IV. fled from Naples to Sicily, 1806.
(Separation in 1806. y
NAPLES.
(1806. .loseph Napoleon Bonaparte.
'l808. Joachim Murat ; shot 13 Oct. 1815.
SICILY.
1806-15. Ferdinand IV.
THE TWO SICILIES.
1815. Ferdinand I., formerly Ferdinand IV., of Naples and Sicily-
1825. Francis I.
1830. Ferdinand II., Nov. 8 (termed king Bomba).
1859. Francis II., 22 May; b. 16 Jan. 1836; last king of Naples; de-
posed; fled 6 Sept. 1860; d. Dec. 1894.
1861. Victor Emmanuel II. of Sardinia, as king of Italy, Mch. ;
Italy, end.
IVarbonne {nar-bonn'), a city of S.E. France, the Roman
jNarbo Martius, founded 118 b.c, made capital of a Visigothic
jkingdom, 462 ; captured by Saracens, 720 ; retaken by Pepin
lie Bref, 769. Gaston de Foix, the last vicomte (killed at Ra-
j.enna, 11 Apr. 1512), resigned it to the king in exchange for
luchj' of Nemours. Many councils held here, 589-1374.
i narceine {nar -se-in) and narcotine, alkaloids ob-
jained from Opium. Narceine was discovered by Pelletier in
fl832; and narcotine by Derosne in 1803. Sometimes used as
:i substitute for morphine.
i Bfarragaii§ett Indians. Indians, Massachu-
J5ETTS.
1 Bfarva, a fortified town of Esthonia, Russia. Here Peter
jhe Great of Russia was defeated by Charles XII. of Sweden,
[ben in his 19th year, 30 Nov. 1700. Peter is said to have
iiad 60,000 men, some Swedes affirm 100,000, while the Swedes
i^ere about 20,000. Charles attacked the enemy in his in-
renchments, and slew 18,000; 30,000 surrendered. He had
everal horses shot under him. He said, " These people seem
isposed to give me exercise." Narva was taken by Peter in
Xaseby (naz'bee), a parish of Northamptonshire, Engl.,
le site of a decisive victory over Charles I. by the parliament
-my under Fairfax and Cromwell. The main roj-al army was
>mmanded by lord Astley ; prince Rupert led the right wing,
,r Marmaduke Langdale the left, -and the king himself the re-
rve. The king fled, losing his cannon, baggage, and nearly
'00 prisoners, 14 June, 1645.
Xashville, capital of Tennessee, pop. 1890, 76,168.
NAT
Nashville, Tenn., Battle of. After the battle of Fuank-
LiN, gen. Schofield retreated to Nashville, 1 Dec. 1864, closely
followed by Hood, who established his lines near that city,
4 Dec. From this time till 14 Dec. the armies fronted each
other. Gen. Thomas was delayed in attacking Hood, although
now superior in numbers; first, from want of horses, and sec-
ond, owing to inclement weather, the ground from 9 to 14
Dec. being covered with ice, rendering it almost impossible
to move horse or man. Gen. Grant becoming impatient of
delay, signed an order suspending gen. Thomas, and placing
gen. Schofield in command, 9 Dec, but fortimately it was not
sent. On 15 Dec, the weather moderating, Thomas advanced
against Hood and by skilful manoeuvres succeeded in driving
the confederates, before night, from every position held by
them in the morning, capturing 16 guns and 1200 prisoners.
During the night Hood fell back a short distance to a strong
position at Overton's hill on the Franklin pike. Again the
manoeuvres on the Confederate left, with attacks on their front,
broke their line at 4.30 p.m. on the 16th, and their retreat be-
came a rout. The pursuit was kept up as rapidly as the
weather and state of the roads would permit until Hood
crossed the Tennessee with the remnant of his army, 28 Dec.
The loss in killed and wounded on either side was not severe,
but the Confederate prisoners captured numbered 5000, with 53
guns. The confederates in the campaign from*? Sept. 1864,
to 20 Jan. 1865, lost in prisoners 13,000 men, besides the killed
and wounded, and 72 guns. The Federal loss was about 10,000
in all during the same time. Gen. Hood was relieved of com-
mand at his own request, 23 Jan. 1865, at Tupelo, Miss. Gen.
Logan, under orders from gen. Grant, had reached Louisville,
Ky., on his way from Washington to relieve Thomas, 15 Dec,
but learning of the success of the Union troops, did not pro-
ceed farther.
ZVassau, a German duchy, made a county by the em-
peror Frederick I. about 1180, for Wolfram, a descendant of
Conrad L of Germany; from whom are descended the royal
house of Orange now reigning in Holland (Holland, Orange),
and the present duke of Nassau. Wiesbaden was made the
capital in 1839. On 25 Apr. 1860, the Nassau chamber strongly
opposed the conclusion of a concordat with the pope, and claimed
liberty of faith and conscience. The duke adopted the Austrian
motion at the German diet, 14 June, and after the war the
duchy was annexed to Prussia by decree, 20 Sept., and posses-
sion taken 8 Oct. 1866. Pop. of the duchy in 1865, 468,311.
IVatal, Cape of Good Hope. Vasco de Gama landed here
on 25 Dec. 1497, and hence named it Terra Natalis. Area, 20,460
sq. miles ; seaboard, 200 miles. Pop. 1876, 326,957 (20,490
whites) ; 1891, 543,913. (For the war, Zululand, 1879.)
Dutch attempted to colonize it about 1721
Zulu power established about 1812
Lieut. Farewell, with some emigrants, settled 1823
Capt. Allen Gardiner's treaty with the Zulus 6 May, 1835
Dutch republic, Natalia, set up; put down by British. 12 May, 1842
Natal annexed to the British possessions 8 Aug. 1843
Made a bishopric (dr. John Wm. Colenso, bishop), 1853; and
an independent colony 1856
Attempts to depose bishop Colenso for unsound doctrine fail-
ing, the rev. W. R. Macrorie was sent out as bishop of Ma-
ritzburg, to act with clergy opposed to the bishop Dec. 1868
Railway to Orange Free State opened 13 July, 1892
IVat'cliez. Indians; Mississippi, 1729-30.
Bfationai Academy of Desig^n, New York
city, founded 1826. Painting.
IVationai Academy of Science was incorpo-
rated by an act of Congress, 3 Mch. 1863 ; 1st meeting 22 Apr.
1863, Alexander D. Bach 1st president ; duties consist in the
investigation, examination, experimenting, and reporting on
any subject of science and art. The actual cost of investiga-
tion, etc., to be paid for by the U. S. government ; no other
compensation to be received. At first the number of members
was limited to 50; since 1870 to 100; a limited number of
foreign members admitted.
]¥ational Assembly, French. Upon the proposi-
tion of abb6 Sieves, the States-general of France constituted
themselves a National Assembly, 17 June, 1789. On the 20th
the hall of this new assembly was shut by order of the king ;
upon which the deputies of the tiers etat repaired to the Jeu
de Paume. or Tennis-court, and swore not to dissolve until
thev had framed a constitution for France. On the 22d thev
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540
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met at the church of St. Louis. They abolished the state
religion, aiuiulled monastic vows, divided France into departs
ments, soUi national domains, established a national bank, is-
sued assignats, and disstilved 21 Sept. 1792. National Con-
vention OK Franck. In 18J8 the legislature was again
termed National Assembly. It met 4 May, and a new con-
stitution was proclaimed, 12 Nov. A new constitution was
once more proclaimed by Louis Napoleon in Jan. 1852, after
dissolving the National Assembly, 2 Dec. 1851.
iVational Assembly, German. (inuMANY, 1848.
iiutioiiiil cemeteries, Cemktkries.
National Couventlon of France, consti-
tuted in the hall of the Tuileries 17 Sept., and formally opened
21 Sept. 1792, when M. Gregoire, at the head of the National
Assembly, announced that that assembly had ceased its func-
tions. It was then decreed " That the citizens named by the
French people to form the National Convention, being met to
the number of 371, after having verified their powers, declare
that the National Convention is constituted." On the first day
it abolished royalty and declared France a republic. 17 Jan.
1793, it pronounced sentence of death on Louis XVI. 5 Oct.
1793, it declared all dates should be computed from the founda-
tion of the republic, 22 Sept. 1792. 16 Oct. 1793, it sentenced
Marie Antoinette to the guillotine. 21 Oct. 1793, it condemned
to death 21 Girondists. 5 Apr. 1794, it sentenced to death
Danton, Desmoulins, and many others of the Cordeliers. 27
July, 1794, it condemned to death Robespierre, and 26 Oct.
1794, it dissolved, when a new constitution was organized, and
the Executive Directory was installed at the Little Luxem-
bourg, 1 Nov. 1795. Directory, French revolution. The
Chartists in England formed a national convention in 1839.
national debt of the United States. The following
statement shows the principal of the national debt of the U. S.
on 1 Jan. of each year until 1843, and on 1 July in each year
until 1890, and 1 June since :
1 Jan.
1791 $75,463,476.52
1792 77.227,924.66
1793 80,352,634.04
1794 78,427,404.77
1795 80,747,587.39
1796 83,762,172.07
1797 82,064,479.33
1798 79,228,529.12
1799 78,408,669.77
1800 82,976,294.35
1801 83,038,050.80
1802 80,712,632.25
1803 77,054,686.30
1804 86,427,120.88
1805 82,312,150.50
1806 75,723,270.66
1807 69,218,398.64
1808 65,196,317.97
1809 57,023,192.09
1810 53,173,217.52
1811 48,005,587.76
1812 45,209,737.90
1813 55,962,827.57
1814 81,487,846.24
1815 99,833,660.15
1816 127,334.933.74
1817 123,49i;965.16
1818 103,466,633.83
1819 95,529,648.28
1820 91,015,566.15
1821 89,987.427.66
1822 93,546,676.98
1823 90,875,877.28
1824 90,269,777.77
1825 83,788,432.71
1826 81,054,059. 99
1827 73,987,357.20
1828 67,475,043.87
1829 58,421,413.67
1830 48,565,406. 50
1831 39,123,191.68
1832 24,322,235.18
1833.
1834.
1835.
1836.
7,001,698.83
4,760.082.08
37,733.05
37,513.05
336,957.83
3,308,124.07
10,434,221.14
3,573,343.82
5,250,875.54
1842 $13,594,480. 73
1843 20,601,226.28
1840.
1841.
1 July.
1843 32,742,922.00
1844 23,461,652.50
1845 15,925,303.01
1846 15;550,202.97
1847 38,826,534.77
1848 47,044,862.23
1849 63,061,858.69
1850 63,452,773.55
1851 68,304,796.02
1852 66,199,341.71
1853 59,803,117.70
1854 42,242,222.42
1855.... 35,586,956.56
1856 31,972,537.90
1857 28,699,831.85
1858 44,911,881.03
1859 68,496,837.88
1860. 64,842,287.88
1861 90,580,873.72
1862 524,176,412.13
1863 1,119,772,138.63
1864 1,815,784,370.57
1865 2,680,647,869.74
1866 2,773,236,173.69
1867 2,678,126,103.87
1868 2,611,687,851.19
1869 2,588,452,213.94
1870 2,480,672,427.81
1871 2,353,211,332.32
1872 2,253,251,328.78
1873 2,234,482,993. 20
1874 2,251,690,468.43
1875 2,232,284,531.95
1876 2,180;395,067.15
1877 2,205,301,392.10
1878 2,256,205,892.53
1879 2,349,567,482.04
1880 2,120,415,370.63
1881 2,069,013,569.58
1882 1,918,312,994.03
1883 1,884,171,728.07
1884 1,830,528,923.57
1885 1,863,964,873.14
1886 1,775,063,013.78
1887 1,657,602,592.63
1888 1,692,858,984.58
1889 1,619,052.922.23
1890 1,552,140.204.73
1 June.
1891 1,546,215,876.00
1892 1,603,440,970.61
1893 1,556,281,905.63
1894 1,638,045,005.18
The following is a statement of the various refunding oper-
ations of the national treasury :
House of RcpreseuUitives by resolution, 21 Sept. 1789, directed Ham-
ilton, secretary of tlio treasury, to prepare a plan for supportiug
the public credit. He responded in his first report, 9 Jan. 1790.
First Refunding act, embodying Hamilton's suggestions, was ap-
proved 4 Aug. 1790. Under it the state debts, and the foreign and
domestic debt of the nation, were consolidated and refunded in 3
classes of bonds. The loans authorized being insufficient to re-
fund 'the whole, a new loan was authorized by act approved 3
Mch. 1795.
Ne.xt effort to refund was in 1807. An act for conversion of various
outstanding stocks into a new 6- per cent, stock, was approved i;(
Feb. 1807. Holders of old bonds did not all respond, and the
scheme partially failed.
Next effort was in 1812, under an act for conversion of old 6-por-
cent, and deferred stocks into new 6per-cent. stock, approved 6
July, 1812. About $3,000,000 was converted.
Next effort, in 1822, when an act, approved 20 Apr, authorized a 5-
per-cent. stock in exchange for outstanding 6 and 7 percent,
stocks, failed almost entirely.
Next effort, in 1824, under act approved 26 May, authorizing a 4)<^-
per-cent. bond, was in part successful, but a new attempt under
act approved 3 Mch. 1825, failed, the interest offered (4><^ per
cent.) being too low.
The debt matured and was paid during the next 10 years, being
practically extinguished in 1836.
A new debt grew up, and in 1861 amounted to $90,580,873.72. The
civil war swelled it, until, on 31 Aug. 186.5, the interest-bearing
bonds amounted to $2,381,530,294.96, as follows: ,
Four-per-cenls $618,127.98
Five per cents 69,175,727.65 !
Six-per-cents 1,281,736,439.33 '
Seven and three tenth per cents 8.30,000,000.00
Some of these were paid, others converted into five twenty consols
of 1865, 1867, and 1868, at 6 per cent. Refunding at lower rates
was impossible until the credit of the government should be es-
tablished more firmly, the 6-per cent, bonds being then below par.
Improvement of credit may be said to have been begun by the act
of 18 Mch. 1869, pledging the faith of the government for payment
of the debt in coin.
First post-bellum refunding act was approved 14 July, 1870, and an
amendatory act 20 Jan. 1871. Our 6-per-cent. bonds were still at
a discount in 1870; but the improvement was so rapid that the
secretary of the treasury (Boutwell) gave notice on 28 Feb. 1871,
of subscriptions for a new 5-per-cent. loan under the refunding
act. The books were opened on 6 Mch., and by 1 Aug. the sul>
scriptions received amounted to $65,775,550. Early in that montli
a " syndicate " or association of bankers was formed, which took
the remainder of $200,000,000 offered, and the transaction was
completed before 1 Apr. 1872.
Further sales of 5-per-cent. bonds were made until the amount au-
thorized by the act, $500,000,000, had been sold, and a like amount
of 6-per-cent. bonds retired.
On 24 Aug. 1876, the secretary of the treasury (Morrill) contracted
with bankers for the sale of $300,000,000 4><^-percent. bonds for •
refunding. Of this sum was sold, before 4 Mch. 1877, about
$90,000,000. and that amount of 6 percent, bonds was retired.
On 6 Apr., his successor, secretary Sherman, announced that the ;
4X-per-cent. loan would be limited to $200,000,000, and before 1
July, 1877, this amount had been taken. Of the proceeds.
$15,000,000 was applied to resumption of specie payments, the
remainder to retirement of old bonds.
On 9 June, 1877, the first contract for sale of 4-per-cent. bonds was
made. For 30 days this loan was open to the public, under agree-
ment with the bankers contracting for it, and $75,496,550 was
taken, of which $25,000,000 were applied to resumption. At the
end of 1878 there had been sold for refunding $173,085,450 of 4-per-
cent, bonds.
The fear that refunding operations would cause an outflow of gold
to Europe in payment of called bonds led the secretary to make a
contract, 21 Jan. 1879, by which $5,000,000 of the 4-per-cents. was
to be taken to England each month.
An act approved 25 .Fan. 1879, authorized exchang^of 4-per-ccnt.
consols of 1907 for equal amounts of 6-per-cent. five-twenty bonds,
upon terms favorable to the holders. Refunding certificates of
$10 each, designed to popularize the loan, were authorized by act ,
approved 26 Feb. 1879. I
On 4 Apr. 1879, subscriptions to the 4-per-cent. loan were received, I
amounting to more than $132,000,000. About half of these were
rejected, and sales ceased.
On 16 Apr. 1879, $150,000,000 of 4-per-cents, and $45,000,000 of re-
funding certificates were offered, the bonds at a premium of one
half of 1 per cent., and 4-per-cents. also in exchange for ten-for
ties. Within 2 days the subscriptions e.xceeded the offering by
nearly $35,000,000. A subscription for $40,000,000 of the certifi
cates was declined, in order that the loans might be distributed
widely, and restrictions were placed upon the sale of certificates,
which was completed in June, 1879.
All interest bearing obligations of the government, then subject to
redemption, were thus refunded without loss to the government
or disturbance of business, saving $19,900,846.50 in yearly interest.
The interest-bearing debt 1 Mch. 1895, included:
Funded loan of J891, i)4 per ct. ; cont'd at 2 per ct.. $25,364,500
Funded loan of 1907, 4 per cent 550,623,900
Loan of 1904, 4 per cent., act of 14 Jan. 1875 99.280,000
Loan of 1925, 4 per cent., act of 14 Jan. 1875 62,400,000
Refunding certificates, 4 per cent 55,310
Total $746, 723, 710
NAT
national debt of Great Britain. -The first mention
of parliamentary security for a debt of the nation occurs in
the reign of Henry VI. The present national debt may be
said to have commenced in the reign of William III., 1689.
In 1G97 it amounted to about 5,000,000/., and was thought of
alarming magnitude. The sole cause of the increase has been
war. By act of 31 May, 1867, the conversion of 24,000,000/.
of the debt into terminable annuities was provided for. The
law is consolidated by the National Debt act, passed 9 Aug.
1870 ; amended by act passed 2 Aug. 1875. Sinking fund.
Debt.
1689. William III £664,263
1702. Anne 16,394,702
1714. George 1 54,145,363
1763. George III. (end of Seven Years' war), nearly 138,865,430
1786. After American war. 249,851,628
1793. Beginning of French war 244,440,306
1802. Close of French war 571,000,000
1815. At Peace of Paris 861,039,049
1830 840,184,022
1854. Commencement of Crimean war 769,082,549
1857. Close of Crimean war 808,108,722
I860 802,190,300
1870 748,286,181
1880 737.821,259
1890 •. 618,212, 157
1891. . . .-. 615,612,161
These figures do not include the terminable annuities which in 1891
were estimated at 68,458,798Z.
Sir Stafford Northcotes act provides the annual charge of 28,000,-
OOOZ. ; the surplus to reduce the debt— 1876.
Total charge on management and interest, 31 Mch. 1891, was
25,207,000?. ; whole debt about $3,350,000,000, or |88 per capita.
national debt of France. Following shows the
growth of the French national debt from 1800 estimated in
dollars :
1800. First Republic $143,000,000
1815. NapoleonI 254,500,000
1830. Louis XVIII. and Charles X 885,200.000
1848. Louis Philippe 1,182,600,000
1852. Second Republic 1, 103,200,000
1871. Napoleon III 2,490,800,000
1889. Third Republic 4,250,200,000
1891. " " 6,400,000,000
Or over $160 per capita.
OTHER FOREIGN NATIONS, COMPILED FROM THE llTH
UNITED STATES CENSUS, 1890.
I Debt leas sinking
I fund, 1890.
Austro-Hungary
Brazil
Bavaria
Prussia
Saxony
Wurtemberg
Cape of Good Hope.
Canada
New South "Wales. . .
New Zealand
Queensland
South Australia
Victoria
Greece
Italy
Mexico
Netherlands
Peru
Russia
Spain
Turkey
Egypt
$2,866,339,539
585,345,927
335,503,105
1,109,384,127
143,897,747
107,735,500
110,817,720
237,533,212
233,289,245
184,898,305
129,204,750
102,177,500
179,614,005
107,306,518
2,324,826,329
113,606,675
430,589,858
382,175,655
8,491,018,074
1,251,453,696
821,000,000
517,278.200
Debt per
capita.
$70
42
60
37
41
52
77
47
214
298
333
321
161
49
76
9
95
145
30
73
37
75
national gallery, London. Painting.
national guard of France was instituted by the
Committee of Safety at Paris on 13 July, 1789 (the day be-
fore destruction of the Bastile), to maintain order and defend
the public liberty. Its first colors were blue and red, to which
white was added, when its formation was approved by the
king. Its action was soon paralyzed by the Revolution, and
it ceased under the consulate and empire. It was revived by
Napoleon in 1814, and maintained by Louis XVIII., but broken
lip by Charles X., after a tumultuous review in 1827. It was
revived in 1830, and helped to place Louis Philippe on the
throne. Its reconstitution and enlargement from 80,000 to
100,000 men led to the frightful conflict of June, 1848. Its
constitution was changed in Jan. 1852, when it was subjected
entirely to the control of the government. Formerly it had
many privileges, such as choosing officers, etc. In consequence
541 j^^-r
of the defection of part of the national guard and the incom-
petency of the rest during the outbreak in Paris in 1871, its
gradual abolition was decreed by the National Assembly at
Versailles (488-154), 24 Aug. 1871. The peaceful disarma-
ment began in Sept. National guards have been established
in Spain, Naples, and other countries during the present cen-
tury.
national guard, United States. Army, Militia.
IVational Republican party. Political
parties.
nationalism, the doctrine in the United States that
the general government should exercise a larger control over
affairs of national importance, as for instance : (1) control of
telegraphs, telephones, and express companies ; (2) national-
ization of railroads ; (3) ownership of mines, oil and gas wells ;
(4) control of heating, lighting, and street-car service of cities,
all carried on in the interest of the general public and not for
individuals or corporations ; in other words, for use and not for
profit ; (5) children to be educated until 17 years of age ; child
labor prohibited, etc. Bellamy's novel, " Looking Backward,"
1888, expresses these views.
nativity. The coming into life or into the world. 1.
Especially the birth of Christ, 25 Dec. (Christmas) ; festival
observed by all Christian nations. 2. ThatT of the Virgin
Mary, 8 Sept. ; festival not observed by Protestants. Pope
Sergius I., about 690, established it, but it was not generally
received in France and Germany till about 1000 ; nor by east-
ern Christians till the 12th century. 3. That of St. John the
Baptist, 24 June, midsummer-day, said to have been instituted
in 488.
natural history was studied by Solomon, 1014 b.c.
(1 Kings iv. 33) ; Aristotle (384-322 b.c.) ; by Theophrastus
(394-297 B.C.) ; and by Pliny (23-79 A.D.). Botany, Flow-
ers AND Plants, Zoology.
natural philosophy. Philosophy.
natural selection. Species.
naturalism, a realistic style in literature, mainly in-
troduced by Balzac, 1829 et seq.
Edmond and Jules de Goncourt published "Medical and Phys-
iological Novels " 1846 et seq.
Emile Zola, in his '• Rougon-Macquart " series, 1871 et seq.,
portrayed deformed and diseased rather than healthy char-
acters. A dramatized form of his "Assommoir," entitled
" Drink, " was performed in London 1879
naturalization is defined to be the making a for-
eigner or alien a citizen of any nation or state, granting him
the rights of a citizen or a subject that by birth he did not
have.
First American naturalization law passed by the colonial leg-
islature of Maryland 1666
Naturalization authorized by law in Virginia, 1671; in I^ew
York, 1683; in South Carolina, 1693; in Massachusetts 1731
General law in New York 1715
Act of British Parliament for colonial naturalization 1740
Uniform law passed by Congress (United States, 1802),
26 Mch. 1790
Supreme court decided that legislation on this subject belongs
exclusively to the nation 1817
Conditions and manner of naturalizing an alien are prescribed by
sees. 2163-74 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Natu-
ralization of Chinamen is prohibited by sec. 14, chap. 126. laws of
1882. All naturalized citizens of the U. S. receive the same
protection from that government when abroad as native-born
citizens.
In England the first act of naturalization was passed in 1437 ;
and similar enactments were made in later reigns ; often special
acts for individuals. An act for naturalization of Jews passed
May, 1753; but was repealed in 1754, on the petition of all the
cities in England. Jews. The act naturalizing prince Al-
bert passed, 3 Vict. 7 Feb. 1840. A committee to inquire into
the naturalization laws, appointed May, 1868, earl of Claren-
don chairman, met 25 Oct. 1868; reported about Feb. 1869;
and new acts were passed 12 May, 1870, and 25 July, 1872,
under which British subjects may renounce their allegiance.
By convention signed 3 Feb. 1871, the nationality of British
subjects is made dependent on choice and not on birth.
nature-printing consists in pressing objects, such
as plants, mosses, feathers, etc., into plates of metal, causing
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them, as it were, to engrave themselves ; and afterwards tak-
ins? casta or copies for printing. Kniphoff of Erfurt, between
17-28 and 1757, protluced his llerlxiHum vivum by pressing
plants (previously inked) on paper; the impressions being
afterwards colored by hand. In 1833, Peter Kyhl, of Copen-
hagen, made use of steel rollers and lead plates. In 1842 Mr.
Taylor printed lace. In 1847 Mr. Twining printed ferns,
grasses, and plants ; and in the same year dr. Branson sug-
gestetl electrotyping the impressions. In 1849, prof. Leydolt of
Vienna, by assistance of Andrew Worring, obtained impres-
sions of agates and fossils. The first practical application of
this process is in Von Heutler's work on the mosses of Ar-
pasch, in Transylvania; the second (first in England) in
" The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland," edited by dr. Lind-
ley, with illustrations prepared under superintendence of Hen-
ry Bradbury in 1856-56, who also, in 1859-60, printed "The
British Seaweeds," edited by W. G. Johnstone and Alex.
Croall. The prt)ces8 was applied to butterflies by Joseph
Merrin, of Gloucester, in 1864.
navfftl battlei. The first sea-fight on record is that
between the Corinthians and Corcyreans, 664 B.C.— Blair.
The following are among the most celebrated naval engage-
ments (see separate articles) :
Battle of Salamis; Greeks victorious over the Persians; most
imiwrtant naval battle of ancient times. 20 Oct.
Battle of Kurymedon ; Cimon the Athenian defeats the Persians
both by sea and land the same day , 466
Athenian fleet under I'hormio defeats the Peloponnesian fleet
near Naupaktus 429
Battle of Cyzicus; lAcedsemonian fleet taken by Alcibiades
the Athenian 410
Battle of Arginusae 406
Battle of .(Egospoumos (S|)arlans victors) 405
Persian fleet, under Conon the Athenian, defeats the Spartan
at Cnidos; Pisander, the Spartan admiral, is killed, and the
maritime power of Sparta destroyed 394
Battle of MylsR (Romans defeat Carthaginians) 260
Roman fleet, off Trepanum. destroyed by the Carthaginians. . . 249
Carthaginian fleet destroyed by the consul Lutatius 241
Battle of Actium 31
Emperor Claudius II. defeats the Goths and sinks 2000 of their a.d
B.C.
480
ships 269
Battle of Lepanlo (Turks defeated) 7 Oct. 1571
Bay of Gibraltar; Dut<-h and Spaniards (a bloody and decisive
victory for the Dutch) 25 Apr. 1607
Austrians defeat Italians at Lissa 20 July, 1866
PRINCIPAL NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS IN BRITISH HISTORY.
[Hallam affirms that the naval glory of England can be
traced "in a continuous track of light" from the period of
the Commonwealth]
Alfred, with 10 galleys, defeated 300 sail of Danish pirates on
the Dorset and Hampshire coast. — Asserts "Life of Alfred". 897
Edward III. defeats the French near Sluys 24 June, 1340
Off V7inchelsea; Edward III. defeated the Spanish fleet of 40
large ships, and captured 26 29 Aug.
English and Flemings; latter signally defeated
Earl of Arundel defeats a Flemish fleet of 100 sail, and captures
80 24Mch.
Near Milford Haven; English take 8 and destroy 15 French
ships .
Off Harfleur; duke of Bedford takes or destroys nearly 500
French ships 15 Aug.
In the Downs; Spanish and Genoese fleet captured by earl of
Warwick
Bay of Biscay; English and French, indecisive 10 Aug.
Sir Edward Howard attacks French under Prior John ; repulsed
and killed 25 Apr.
Spanish Armada destroyed 19 July,
Dover strait; Dutch adm. Van Tromp defeated by adm. Blake,
28 Sept. Dutch surprise the English in the Downs, 80 sail
engaging 40 English, take or destroy several, 28 Nov. ; Van
Tromp sails the Channel with a broom at mast-head, as hav-
ing swept the English from the seas 29 Nov.
English adm. Blake defeats Van Tromp off Portsmouth, taking
and destroying 11 men-of-war and 30 merchantmen,
18-20 Feb.
Off the North Foreland; Dutch fleet under Van Tromp, English
under Mlake, Monk, and Deane, nearly 100 men-of-war each;
6 Dutch ships taken, 11 sunk, the rest ran into Calais roads,
2 June,
On the coast of Holland; Dutch lose 30 men-of-war, and adm.
Tromp was killed (7th and last battle) 31 July,
Spanish fleet vanquished and burned in the harbor of Santa
Cruz by Blake 20 Apr.
English and French; 130 of the Bordeaux fleet destroyed by
the duke of York (afterwards James II.) 4 Dec.
Duke of York defeats Dutch fleet off Harwich ; Opdam, Dutch
admiral, blown up with all his crew; 18 capital ships taken,
14 destroyed 3 June,
Earl of Sandwich took 12 men-of-war and 2 India ships. 4 Sept.
Dutch and English fleets contend for 4 days; English lose 9,
and the Dutch 15 ships 1-4 June,
1350
1371
1387
1405
1416
1459
1512
1513
1652
1653
1657
1664
1665
1
1661
167
167
167
169
169
169
170
1711
17*
Decisive victory at ipouth of the Thames; Dutch lose 24 men-
of-war, 4 admirals killed, and 4000 seamen 25, 26 July,
Dutch adm. l)e Ruyter sails up the Thames and destroys soine
ships 11 June,
Twelve Algerino ships-of-war destroyed by sir Edward Si)ragg,
10 May,
Battle of Southwold bay (Solkbay) 28 May,
Coast of Holland; by prince Rupert, 28 May, 4 June, and 11
Aug., sir E. Spragg killed; D'Estr^es and Ruyter defeated..
Off Beachy Head ; English and Dutch defeated by French under
Tourville 30 June,
But defeat him near cape La Hogue m May,
Off St. Vincent; English and Dutch squadrons, under adm.
Rooke, defeated by French it; June,
Off Carthagena; adm. Benbow and French fleet under adm.
Du Casse 19 Aug.
[French retire. For their conduct in this action the Eng-
lish capts. Kirby and Wade were shot at Plymouth.]
Sir George Rooke defeats the French fleet off Vigo 12 Oct.
Spanish fleet of 29 sail totally defeated by sir George Byng, in
the Faro of Messina 31 July,
Off cape Finisterre; the French fleet of 38 sail taken by adm.
Anson 3 May,
Off Finisterre; when adm. Hawke took 7 men-of-war of the
French 14 Oct.
Adm. Pocock defeats French fleet in the East Indies, in 2 ac-
tions, 1758, and again
Adm. Boscawen defeats French under De la Clue, off cape
Lagos 18 Aug.
Adm. Hawke defeats French fleet under Conflans, in Qiihkho.n
Bay, preventing a projected invasion of England 20 Nov.
Near cape St. Vincent ; adm. Kouney defeated Spanish Jleet
under adm. don Langara 16 Jan.
Rodney defeated French going to attack Jamaica; took 5 ships
of the line, and sent the French admiral, comte de Grasse,
prisoner to England ^. 12 Apr.
British totally defeated fleets of Fiance and Spain iu bay of
Gibraltar 13 Sept.
Dutch fleet, under adm. Lucas, in Saldanha bay, surrenders
to sir George Keith Elphinstone 17 Aug.
British victory off Capk St. Vincent 14 Feb.
Unsuccessful attempt on Santa Cruz; Nelson loses his right
arm (Nelson's Victories) 24 July,
Victory of Campkrdown 11 Oct.
Of the Nile 1 Aug.
Copenhagen bombarded 2 Apr.
Victory off Trafalgar 21 Oct.
Adm. Duckworth passes Dardanelles 19 Feb.
Copenhagen fleet captured 8 Sept.
Russian fleet in the Tagus surrenders to British 3 Sept.
Bay of Rosas, where lieut. Tailour, by direction of capt. Hallo-
well, takes or destroys 11 war and other vessels (Rosas bay),
1 Nov.
Off LissA ; victory gained over a Franco- Venetian squadron by
capt. William Hoste 13 Mch.
Algiers bombarded by lord Exmouth 27 Aug.
Navarino 20 Oct 1827
Bombardment and capture of Acre, by British squadron under
adm. Stopford with trifling loss; the Egyptians lost 2000
killed and wounded, and 3000 prisoners (Syria) 3 Nov. 1840
naval battles of the United States. The navy,
during the Revolution, was of little account. The principal
exploits were performed by privateers. In Dec. 1775, a navy
was established by Congress, and officers appointed. Esek
Hopkins was made commander-in-chief, and in the spring of
1776 went southward with a small squadron. Navy, United
States.
British armed schooner J»farpare<to captured off Machias, Me.
(first naval engagement of the Revolution) 11 May, 1775
Hopkins captures several British vessels Mch. and Ajir. 1776
Two battles on lake Champlain, the Americans commanded by
Benedict Arnold (New York) 11, 13 Oct. "
Paul Jones, in Providence privateer, takes 15 prizes in the
autumn of "
John Manly and others make prizes on the northeast coast. . . ^"
Paul Jones attacks Whitehaven on the English coast Apr. 1778
With the Bonhomme Richard and the Pallas he captures ofl"
the coast of Scotland the Serapis, 50 guns, and the Countess
of Scarborough, 20 guns, after a desperate fight. The battle
began at 8 p.m. and continued until 10.30 p.m., when the
Serapis surrendered and the Countess 20 minutes after. The
Richard sank next day !i3 Sept. 1 u9
U. S. frigate Constellation, com. Truxton, 36 guns, 309 men„
captures the French frigate L' Insurgente, 40 guns, 409 men,
off St. Kitts, after a contest of 1 h. 15 min. French loss, 70;
U. S. 3 wounded 9 Feb. 1 <99
U. S. frigate Constellation, com. Truxton, engages LaVengence,
aFrench frigate of 54 guns, 400 men, off Guadaloupe; aftera
sharp running fight from 8 p.m. until 1 a.m. a squall sepa-
rates them, and the French frigate escapes 1 Feb. low
Frigate Philadelphia taken by Tripolitans (United Staxes),
Oct. 180*
Philadelphia destroyed by Decatur (United States). . .16 P'eb. 1804
Tripoli bombarded by com. Preble Aufr
U. S. frigate Chesapeake fired upon by British frigate Leopard
(United States) 22 June, 1807 ,
Contest between U.S. frigate President and British sloop Little
Belt (United States) 16 May, 1»"
1796
1797
1798
1801
1805
1807
1808
1809
1811
1816
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r S. frigate Constitution, off the New England coast,
"from com. Broke's British squadron 17-20 July, 1812
I S frigate Constitution, U guns, 4G8 men, capt. Isaac Hull,
captures and destroys British frigate Guerriere, 38 guns,
253 men, capt. Jas. K. Dacres, in 30 minutes, off the coast
of the U.'s. American loss, 14; British, 85 19 Aug. "
,ieut. Jesse D. Elliott, U. S. navy, captures the brigs Detroit
and Caledonia from under the guns of fort Erie, opposite
Buffalo, N. Y., night of 8-9 Oct. "
[Detroit, becoming unmanageable, goes ashore on west
side of Squaw island, and is burned by Americans. The
Caledonia afterwards served in Perry's fleet on lake Erie.]
rasp, 18 guns, 135 men, capt. Jacob Jones, captures British
brig Frolic, 20 guns, 108 men, capt.Whinyates, off the south-
ern coast of the U. S., and immediately after is captured by
British ship-of-war Poictie.rs, 74 guns 18 Oct. "
■rigate United States, 44 guns, 478 men, capt. Decatur, capt-
ures British frigate Macedonian, 40 guns, 320 men, off Ma-
deira. British loss, 104; American, 11. Contest 2 hours,
25 Oct. "
Constitution, capt. Wm. Bainbridge, captures off the coast of
Brazil British frigate Java, 38 guns, 446 men, capt. Lambert.
British loss, 161 ; American loss, 34 29 Dec. "
loop-of-war Hornet, capt. Jas. Lawrence, 20 guns, 135 men,
captures British brig Peacock, 20 guns, 136 men, capt. Peake,
off the mouth of the Demerara river. Contest 15 minutes.
British loss about 50 {9 of whom were drowned by the sink-
ing of the vessel) ; American loss, 3 24 Feb. 1813
;. S. frigate Chesapeake, capt. Jas. Lawrence, rated at 36 guns,
but carrying about 50, and 300 men, captured by British
frigate Shannon, capt. Philip V. Broke, rated at 38 guns, but
mounting 54, 335 men, off Boston harbor, Mass 1 June, "
[Chesapeake lost 48 killed and 98 wounded, among them
capt. Lawrence, mortally; the Shannon 26 killed and 58
wounded. As this was the only important naval capture
by the British during the war, it excited great enthusiasm
in England. The freedom of London and a sword were pre-
sented to Broke; he was knighted by the prince regent, and
his native county Suffolk gave him a magnificent piece of
plate. Lawrence has been charged with taking his crew
into action while insubordinate and mutinous.]
loop-of-war Argus, 22 guns, capt. Wm. Henry Allen, captured
by British sloop-of war Pelican, 21 guns, capt. J. F. Maples,
' in the British channel. American loss, 23; British, 7,14 Aug. "
[Capt. Allen, who was mortally wounded, was buried at
1 Plymouth, Engl., with military honors, 21 Aug.]
'.S. brig Enterprise, lieut. Wm. Burrows, 14 guns, captures
i British brig Boxer, 14 guns, capt. Sam'l Blyth, off the coast
; of Maine 4 Sept. "
[Burrows was mortally wounded and Blyth was instantly
. killed at the commencement of the action. Lieut. Ed. R.
;McCall of South Carolina succeeded Burrows in command.]
)m. Oliver Hazard Perry, with 9 vessels, viz., Lawrence 20
guns, Niagara 20, CaledoniaS, Scorpioni, Ariel A:, Somers 2,
Porcupine 1, Tigress 'i, Trippe 1, in all 54 guns and 2 swivels,
iwith 490 men, captures the British fleet under R. H. Bar-
•clay, 6 vessels, viz., Detroit 19 guns. Queen Charlotte 17, Lady
■ Provost 13, Little Belt 3, Hunter 10, Chippewa 1 and 2 swivels,
lin all 63 guns and 2 swivels, with about 500 men, off Put-in
.bay, lake Erie. The American loss was 27 killed, 96 wounded ;
jBritish, 41 killed, 94 wounded 10 Sept. "
[" We have met the enemy aud they are ours. " — Perry to
[Harrison. ]
[wise and capture of the Essex. Com. David Porter in the
\Essex, 32 guns,.but carrying 46, leaves the Delaware, 28 Oct.
1812; cruising off the coast of South America, just South of
^he equator, on 12 Dec. he captures British brig Nocton,
';ind secures $55,000 in specie ; passes cape Horn on 14 Feb.
i.813, and cruises in the Pacific, doing much damage to the
British whaling-service, till 3 Feb. 1814, when he enters the
larbor of Valparaiso. Here the British frigates Phoebe, capt.
iillyar, carrying 52 guns, though rated at 36, with 320 men,
:.nd the Cherub, capt. Tucker, 28 guns, 108 men, soon appear;
t.ttack the Essex, already crippled by a squall in the attempt
0 get to sea, and capture her after a desperate conflict. The
"issex loses 124 out of 225 ; British, 15 28 Mch. 1814
! op-of-war Peacock, 18 guns, capt. Warrington, captures the
;5rilish brig Epervier, 18 guns, capt. Wales, off coast of Flor-
lia. British loss, 22; American, 2 wounded. Contest, 40
ainutes 29 Apr. "
[Epervier sold for $55,000, besides $118,000 in specie found
n board.]
Jp-of-war Wasp, 22 guns (2d of the nanrie, built 1814; see
312), capt. Johnston Blakeley, 173 men, captures the British
jTig Reindeer, capt. "Wm. Manners, 118 men, in the British
i'bannel. Contest, 28 minutes 28 June, "
[Wasp captures the British sloop Avon, 18 guns, 1 Sept.,
ut is cut off from the prize by the approach of other
ritish vessels. On 21 Sept., off the Azores, she took the
ritish brig Atlanta. On 9 Oct. 1814, the Wasp was spoken
7 the Swedish bark Adonis. This was the last ever heard
'her. United States, 1816.]
'■ji. Thomas McDonough with 14 vessels — viz., Saratoga 26
ins, Eagle 20, Ticonderoga 17, FVeble 7, and 10 gun -boats
iinying in all 16 guns— 86 guns, with 882 men— defeats the
Htish fleet under George Downie, of 16 vessels — viz., Con-
fence 38 guns, Linnet 16, Chub 11, Finch 11, and 12 gun-
!>ats carrying 20 guns— 96 guns in all, with 1000 men— on
Jjke Cham plain, near Plattsburg. American loss, 52 killed
!id 58 wounded; British loss over 200; among the killed was
5wnie (New York) 11 Sept. ' '
Privateer General Armstrong, capt. Sam'l C. Reid, 7 guns and
90 men, destroyed by a British squadron in the harbor of
Fayal, one of the Azores (Portuguese), a neutral port. After
repulsing 3 attacks, capt. Reid scuttles the Armstrong and
returns with his men to the shore. During the 10 hours
of this assault the British lost over 300 in killed and
wounded. The American loss was 2 killed and 7 wounded,
26 Sept. 1814
[One of the guns used on the .General Armstrong in this
engagement — "Long Tom "—was presented to the U. S. by
the king of Portugal, and brought over Mch. 1893.]
President, 44 guns, capt. Decatur, just out from New York, pur-
sued and captured by the British frigates Endymion 40 guns,
Pomone 38, Tenedos 38, and Majestic. A running fight was
kept up from 3 p.m., principally with the Endymion. until 11
P.M., when, surrounded by the other ships, Decatur surren-
dered his sword to capt. Hayes of the Majestic. American
loss, 24 killed, 56 wounded; British, 11 killed, 14 wounded,
15 Jan. 1815
Constitution, 52 guns, 470 men, capt. Stewart, off cape St. Vin-
cent, captures the British frigate Cyane, 36 guns, 185 men,
capt. Falcoln. and the brig Levant, 18 guns, capt. Douglass.
American loss, 15; British, 77 20 Feb. "
Sloop-of- war ^Tornet, 18 guns, capt. Biddle, captures the British
brig Penguin, 18 guns, capt. Dickenson, 132 men, off Brazil,
23 Feb. "
[This was the last regular naval battle in the war of 1812,
although the U.S. sloop of- war Pteacocfc captured the British
sloop Nautilus in the strait of Sunda, 30 June, 1815, long
after peace was declared.]
Com. David Conner, with the U.S. fleet, bombards Vera Cruz,
in conjunction with the land forces under gen. Scott. , .Mch. 1847
Capt. Duncan N. Ingraham of the U.S. sloop of- war St. Louis
rescues Koszta from the Austrian brig Hussar (Koszta af-
fair; United States, 1854) 2 July. 1853
U.S. frigates Congress and Cumberland destroyed by the Con-
federate iron -clad Merrimac (Hampton Roads; Virginia,
1861-62) 8 Mch. 1862
Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac (Hampton Roads).
9 Mch. "
Farragut passes forts Jackson and St. Philip, below New Or-
leans, 24 Apr. 1862, and anchors before the city 25 Apr. "
Kearsarge destroys the Alabama (Alabama) 19 June, 1864
Farragut forces his way into Mobile bay, defeats the Confeder-
ate fleet, and captures the Confederate ram Tennessee. The
Union loss 165 killed and 170 wounded 5 Aug. "
naval reserve. Navy, United States, 1891.
IVavarino (nd-vd-ree'-no), a fortified seaport town of
S.W. Greece, settled by the Arabs, 6th centurj' ; taken by the
Turks, 1500; by Venetians, 1686; by Turks, 1718; by Greeks,
1821 ; by Turks, 1825. Near here, on 20 Oct. 1827, the com-
bined fleets of England, France, and Russia, under adm. Cod-
rington, nearly destroyed the Turkish and Egyptian fleet.
More than 30 ships, many of them 4-deckers, were blown up
or burned, chiefly by Turks, to prevent capture. This defeat
of the Turks virtuallj' secured the independence of Greece.
The destruction of Turkish naval power was characterized by
Wellington as an "untoward event."
Wavarre {na-var'), now a province of Spain, was part of
the Roman dominions, and was conquered from the Saracens
by Charlemagne, 778. His descendants appointed governors,
one of whom, Garcias Ximenes, took the title of king in 857,
In 1076, king Sancho IV. was poisoned, and Sancho Ramorez
of Aragon seized Navarre. In 1134, Navarre became again
independent under Garcias Ramorez IV. In 1234, Thibault,
count of Champagne, nephew of Sancho VII., became sover-
eign ; and in 1284, by marriage of the heiress Jane with Philip
IV. le Bel, Navarre fell to France.
SOVEREIGNS OF NAVAHRE.
1274. Jane I. and (1284) Philip le Bel of France.
1305. Louis X., Hutin, of France.
1316. Philip v., the Long, of France.
1322. Charles L, the Fair, IV. of France.
1328. Jane IL (daughter of Jane I. ),and her husband Philip d'Evreux.
1349. Charles II., the Bad.
1387. CharlesIIL, the Noble.
1425. Blanche, his daughter, and her husband. John of Aragon.
1441. John II., alone, became king of Aragon in 1458. He endeav-
ored to obtain the crown of Castile also.
1479. Eleanor de Foix, his daughter.
" Francis Phoebus de Foix, her son.
1483. Catharine (his sister) and her husband John d'Albret. Ferdi-
nand of Aragon conquers and annexes all Navarre south of
the Pyrenees, 1512.
NAVARRE ON THE NORTH (FRENCH) SIDE OF THE PYRENEES,
1516. Henry d'Albret.
1555. Jane d'Albret and her husband Anthony de Bourbon, who
d. 1562.
1572. Henry III., who became in 1589 king of France (as Henry
IV.) This kingdom formally united to France in 1609.
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644
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liavlfratiOll (from Lat. naru, ship, and of/nr, to lead
or «lireci), the science or art bj' which a mariner coiuiucts a
vessel from one port to another; it includes a thonnigli kiiowl-
■edge of mathematics, astronomy, geography, etc., and began
with Egyptians and Phoenicians. The tirst navigation laws
were those of the Kliodians, 916 b.c. The first account of a
■considerable voyage is that of Phoenicians round Africa, 604
&C.— Blair.
Piano charts and mariner's compass used about 1420
Variation of compass observed by Columbus 1492
Thai obliiiue rhomb lines are spiral, discovered by Nonius 1537
First treatise on navigation 1545
Log tlrst mentioned by Bourne 1577
Mercator's chart 1599
Davis's (quadrant, or backstaff, for measuring angles about 1600
Logarithmic tables applied to navigation by Gunter 1620
.^{iddle-latitude sailing introduced 1623
Mensuration of a degree, Norwood 1631
Hedley's quadrant 1731
Harrison's timekeeper used 1764
^' Nautical Almanac " first published 1767
Barlow's theory of deviation of the compass 1820
Quarterly Journal of Xaval Science, edited by E. J. Reed, pub.
COMPA88, Latitcuk, Longitcdk, Maps, Steam.
April, 1872-75
navigator§ or naY'vie§. Workmen building rail-
ways probably derived this name (about 1830) from working
upon inland navigation in Lincolnshire, etc. They are doubt-
fully said to be descendants of the original Dutch canal la-
4)orers.
IiaTy, the armed vessels and crew of a nation. The Phoe-
nicians and the Greeks were the first to place much dependence
•on this method of warfare. Afterwards the Garth agenians, and
later the Romans, maintained large navies. Since the inven-
tion of gunpowder and the steam-engine the construction of
■war-ships has been a subject of scientific study. The position
of Great Britain has compelled her to depend on ships for de-
fence or invasion, until she has become the greatest naval na-
tion in the world. Other nations have followed her example,
■until now one of the principal branches of the national ex-
penditure of every maritime country is the building and main-
taining of its navy. Naval battlks.
navy of the United States. The present U. S. navy
•dates from an act of Congress 30 Apr. 1798, establishing a
navy department. An act of 3 Mch. 1815 authorized a
board of commissioners for the navy, but an act of 31 Aug.
1842 abolished it; reorganized the navy department with 5
bureaus, increased to 8 by act of 6 July, 1862 : 1. Yards and
■docks; 2. Navigation; 3. Ordnance; 4. Provision and cloth-
ing ; 5. Medicine and surgery ; 6. Construction and repair ; 7.
Equipment and recruiting ; 8. Steam engineering.
Law passed establishing a marine committee, consisting of
John Adams, John lijingdon, and Silas Dean 13 Oct. 1775
Act of Congress for building 13 frigates: 5 of 32 guns, 5 of 28
guns, and 3 of 24 guns 13 Dec. "
•Congress appoints Esek Hopkins, commander-in-chief of the
American fleet, consisting of the Alfred, 30 guns; Columbus,
28 guns; Andrea Dona, 16 guns; Sebastian Cabot, 14 guns;
Providence, 12 guns 22 Dec. "
Board of Admiralty established by resolution of Congress,
28 Oct. 1779
Secretary of marine created by resolution of Congress. . . 7 Feb. 1781
Pirst line-of-battle ship, America, built at Portsmouth, N. H.,
under act of 9 Nov. 1776, completed "
SHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE DURING
THE REVOLUTION, WITH THE FATE OF EACH.
Name.
No. of
guns.
Fate.
Alliance
32
32
20
30
16
40
24
32
28
28
14
18
32
24
14
10)
28 1
Sold after the war
America
( Presented to the French govern-
\ ment, 1782.
Borrowed from France and returned
Ariel
Alfred
Captured by the British, 1778.
Destroyed in the Delaware, 1777.
Sunk after action, 1779.
Captured at Charleston, 1780.
Captured off Virginia coast, 178L
Destroyed in the Hudson, 1777.
Destroyed in the Delaware, 1778.
Driven ashore by the British, 1777.
Left the service, 1779.
Andrea Doria
Bonhomme Richard. .
donfederacy
Congress
•Cabot
Cerf
Deane (Hague)
Captured before getting to sea, 1778.
Captured in the Delaware, 1777.
Destroyed in the Penobscot, 1778.
Eflangham
Destroyed in the Delaware, 1777.
SHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE. — (Coutinu
Gates
Hancock
Hampden
Hornet
Independence. . .
Le.Kington
Montgomery
Pallas
Providence
Queen of France.
Randolph
Raleigh
Reprisal
Ranger
Revenge
Saratoga
Surprise
Sachem
Trumbull
Vengeance
Virginia
Washington
Warren
Wasp
No. of
gun».
Seized by the French, 1777.
Captured by the British, 1777.
Lost at sea, 1778.
Seized by the French, 1777.
Destroyed in the Delaware, 1778.
Captured in English channel, 1771
Destroyed in the Hudson, 1777.
Left the service, 1779.
Captured at Charleston, 1780.
( Destroyed in action with Yarmo
I 1778.
Captured, 1778.
Foundered at sea, 1778.
Captured at Charleston, 1780.
Sold, 1780.
Lost at sea, 1780.
Seized by the French, 1777.
Destroyed in the Delaware, 1778;
Captured, 178L
Left the service, 1779.
Captured before getting to sea, 17'
Destroyed in the Delaware, 1778.
Destroyed in the Penobscot, 1779.
Destroyed in the Delaware, 1778,
Secretary of war given control of naval affairs .7 Aug. 1
Act to provide for 6 ships, 27 Mch. 1794; 3 to be completed in. 1
U. S. frigate Constitution, 44 guns, launched at Boston; United
States, 44 guns, at Philadelphia; Constellation, 36 guns, at
Baltimore 1
Act to establish a navy department, with Benjamin Stoddard
secretary of the navy 30 Apr. I
A marine corps raised by act of Congress 11 July,
Act appropriating the surplus of a fund for the relief of sick
and disabled seamen to build marine hospitals 16 July,
Navy consists of 33 gun-ships, carrying 922 guns I
Site for Norfolk navy yard at Gosport, Va., on the Elizabeth
river, purchased for $21,382; it contains 109 acres; defences,
forts Monroe and Calhoun 23 Jan. 1
Site for a navy-yard at Washington purchased for $4000. Pres-
ent area, 42 acres; defence, fort Washington 17 Mch. "
Rules and regulations for the navy adopted by Congress, to
supersede act of 2 Mch. 1799 23 Apr. "
Site for a navy-yard purchased at Kittery, Me., opposite Ports-
mouth, N. H., for $110,500; area, 164 acres; defences, forts
McClary and Constitution 13 June, "
Site for navy-yard purchased at Charlestown near Boston;
area, 84 acres; cost, $163,000; defences, forts Warren and
Independence 30 Aug. "
Site purchased for a navy-yard at Brooklyn, N. Y. ; price,
$415,000; area, 193 acres 18 May, 1801
Marine hospital established at New Orleans by act of Congress,
3 May, 1802
$200,000 appropriated annually for 3 years for timber for ship
building and other naval purposes 30 Mch. 1812
At the opening of the war with Great Britain the American navy
consisted of :
FRIGATES. Guns. Commissioned.
Constitution 44 1798
United States 44 -. "
President 44 1799
Chesapeake 36 "
NewYork 36 "
Constellation 36 1798
Congress 36 1799
Boston 32 1798
Essex 32 1799
Adams 32 "
CORVETTE.
John Adams 26 1799
SCHOONERS. Guns,
Vixen 12
Nautilus 12
Enterprise 12
Viper 12
BOMB ketches: Vengeance, Spit
fire, iEtna, Vesuvius.
GCTN-BOATS: 170.
Most of the larger vessels carried more guns than the rating showrj
above. Naval battles.
Robert Fulton builds a floating battery (Batteries) • • • 181^
$1,000,000 annually for 8 years appropriated for gradual in-
crease of the navy (repealed, 3 Mch. 1821) 29 Apr. 181<)
Public lands producing ship timber reserved from sale by act
of Congress 1 Mch. 181 ^
Act to employ the navy to suppress the slave-trade 3 Mch. l»l.'
Site for the Pensacola navy-yard presented to the government,
10 Mch. 182H
Monument erected in Washington navy-yard in 1808 to officers
who fell in the war with Tripoli, removed to Capitol square. . . W-
Steamer Mississippi launched at Philadelphia (armed with I
Paixhan guns) • • 1°* ,
Pi-inceton, first war screw-propeller, launched at Philadelphia j
■(United States, 1844) l"*"!
BRIGS.
Guns.
....16
,...16
....16
SLOOPS-OF-WAR.
....18
Hornet.
....18
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U. S. Naval academy at Annapolis opened 10 Oct.
The navy at the beginning of the Mexican war consisted of :
10 ships of the line 786 guns.
13 frigates, first-class 582 "
2 frigates, second-class 72 "
23 sloops-of-Wiir 438 "
8 brigs 80 "
9 schooners 17 "
11 steamers 20 "
4 Store-ships 22 "
8(7 '.iO 17 guns
Publieation of "American Nautical Almanac" for 18.55 pro-
vided for by act of. 3 Mch.
Congress abolishes flogging in the navy and on board vessels
of comuierce 28 Sept.
Site of Mare Island navy-yard, 23 miles from San Francisco,
Gal., purchased; area, 876 acres; price, $83,491; defences,
fort PoiQt and Alcatraces island 4 Jan.
Sloop-of war Portsmouth armed with 16 8-inch Dahlgren guns;
first vessel in the navy carrying only shell-guns
Naval monument removed from west front of Capitol to the
grounds of the Naval academy at Annapolis
The navy at the commencement of the civil war consisted of :
546
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1845
1846
1849
1850
1853
1856
1860
84 guns.
400 "
406 "
16 "
7 "
2.. 100 guns.
11.. 232 "
Available force. I In commission.
1 ship of the line
8 frigates
20 sloops
3 brigs
3 store-ships
6 steam frigates 212 "
5 first-class steam -sloops 90 "
4 first-class side wheel steamers. 46 "
8 second-class steam-sloops 45 "
5 third-class screw steamers 28 "
4 sec'd-class side- wheel steamers 8 "
2 steam tenders 4 "
69 1346 guns. 42. .555 guns. .
Ericsson's battery, the Monitor, completed and delivered to
the U. S. government for trial (Hampto.v roads) 5 Mch.
Congress enacts " that from and after the first day of Sept.
1852, the spirit ration in the navy of the U. S. shall forever
cease, and thereafter no distilled spirituous liquors shall be
admitted on board of vessels- of -war, except as medical
14 July,
3.
7
1.
12
5.
90
3.
35
8.
45
5.
28
3.
5
1.
1
1861
1862
Officers of the navy divided into 9 grades 16 July,
New Ironsides, of wood, with 4-inch armor plate, built at Phila-
delphia, 4015 tons, 700 horsepower, speed of 6 knots; arma-
ment, 20 11-inch smooth-bore guns
Monitor sunk off" North Carolina during a gale 31 Dec.
Rank of vice-admiral created by Congress and bestowed on
David G. Farragut , 21 Dec.
Navy at the close of the civil war consisted of 671 vessels;
combined tonnage, 510,396; mounting 4610 guns
Rank of admiral created; be.stowed on Farragut 25 July,
[David I). Porter made vice admiral same date.]
Site for navy-yard at League island, Delaware river, presented
to the government by Philadelphia; area, 923 acres; defences,
forts Delaware and Mifliu 4 Aug.
Torpedo school established at Newport, K.I
Adm. Farragut dies at Portsmouth, N. H 14 Aug.
Vice-adm. Porter made admiral 17 Oot.
First advisory board appointed to consider need of appropriate
vessels for the navy, June, 1881, report, that it should con-
sist of 70 unarmored cruisers of steel 7 Nov.
Frigate Constitution (-'Old Ironsides" ) is formally put out of
commission and consigned to '-Rotten Row" in the Brook-
lyn navy-yard 15 Dec.
Trenton is the first man of war in the world to be lighted by
electricity
Congress prohibits repair of wooden ships at more than 20 per
cent, of the cost of a new vessel 3 Mch.
Contract for 6700 tons of steel armor plates and 1220 tons of
gun forgings, awarded to the Bethlehem Iron Works com-
pany, at Bethlehem, Pa May,
Adm. David D. Porter d 13 Feb.
[Rank of admiral and vice admiral became extinttt. High-
est rank is again rear-admiral.]
In 1888 W. C. Whitthorne, member of Congress from Tennes-
see, introduced a bill authorizing the maritime states to or-
ganize a naval force to constitute a naval reserve, to be
trained and fitted for operating the coast and harbor defence
vessels, etc., in time of war, thus liberating the regular naval
force to man the heavy sea-going war-ships, etc. Massa-
chusetts was the first state to act, and passed laws defining
what should be done. New York followed, and now (1894)
most of the maritime states have responded. Total number
of men enrolled Jan. 1894 was 2456. On 2 Mch. 1891, Con-
gress appropriated $25,000 for the equipment of the force
and another appropriation of a like amount
1865
1866
1868
1869
1870
1881
1887
1891
1892
THE NEW U.NMTED STATES NAVY, 1895.
UNAKMOKKD VESSELS.
Name, and act of Congress
authorizing.
Wliere built and when
launched
Class and displacement
in tons.
maximum speed
in knots.
Contract price.*
Number of guns
calibre.
4 8-in. ; 8 6-in. ;
2 8-in. ; 6 6-in.
2 8-in. ; 6 6-in.
2 4-in.
2 8-in.
6 6-in.
4 6-in.
12 6-in.
4 8-in. ; 6 6-in.
12 6-in.
12 6 in.
6 6-in.
6 6-in.
4 8-in. ; 10 5-in.
1 6-in. ; 10 5-in.
4 4-in.
1 6-in. ; 10 5-in.
2 6-in. ; 8 5-in.
2 6-in. ; 8 5-in.
2 6-in.; 8 5-in.
8 4-in.
8 4-in.
1 8-in. ; 2 6-in. ;
18in. ; 2 6-in. ;
4 12-in. ; 6 4-in.
4 10-in. ; 2 4-in.
4 10 in. ; 2 4-in.
4 lOin.
4 10-in.
4 10-in. ; 6 6-in.
2 12-in. ; 6 6-in.
3 15-in. pneuma
2 12-in. ; 2 10-in
6 8-in! ; 12 4-in.
4 13-in. ; 8 8in.
8 8in.; 12 5-in.
4 13-in. ; 8 8-in.
4 12-in. ; 8 8-in.
4 13-in. ; 8 »-in.
and
Chif-icfo Ancr 1882
Chester 1886
P. p. c— 4500
P. p. c— 3189
P. p. c— 3189
Despatch boat— 1485
P. c— 4040
P. p. c— 1700
P. p. (G. b.)-— 890
P. C.-4083
P. c— 4400
P. c— 4325
P. c— 4083
P.p. c. (G. b.)— 1700
P. p. c. (6. b.)— 1700
P. c— 5500
P. c— 3183
G. b 838
P. c— 3183
P. c— 2000
P. c— 2000
P.O. -2000
P. p. (G. b. )— 1050
P. p. (G. b.)-1050
P. c. -7400
P. C.-7400
AKMOKED VESSE
B. s., 2 T.— 6060
B. s.,2 T.— 3990
B. s.,2 T.— 3990
B. S.,2 T.— 3990
B. s.,2 T.— 3990
Cruiser— 6648
B. s.,2T.— 6300
I), c. —930
B. s.— 4138
T. b.— 116
Cruiser— 8150
Ram-2183
T. b.— 120
B. s.,2 T.— 10,231
Cruiser— 9250
B. s.,2 T. -10, 231
B. s -10,286
B. s.,2 T.— 10,231
Ram— 2050
5,248—16.3
4,030—16.6
4,000—16.4
2,240-15.3
6,943-18.8
3,660—17.2
1,513-13.7
9,231—19.6
10,725—20.6
8,815—19.7
10,400—20.2
3,533—17.5
3,513—17.1
13,500-21.7
10,000—19
1,300-13
10,000—19
5,400-19
5,400—17
5,400—17
1,600-14
1,600-14
21,000—22.8
21,000—23
LS.
4,000-13
3,000—14
1,600-12
1,600-12
1,600—12
9,000—17
8,600—17
4,4.50—21.7
5,400—16
1,720—22.5
16,500—20
4,800-17
1,800-24
9,000-16.2
16,900-21
9,000—16.2
11,000—16.5
9,000—16.2
4,800-17
$889,000
619,000
617,000
315,000
1,017,-500 (4 T.t.)
455,000 (6 T. t. )
247,000
1,248,000 (6 T. t.)
1,325,000 (5 T. t.)
1,350,000 (5 T.t.)
1.428,000(61. t.)
490,000 (6 T.t.)
490,000 (6 T.t.)
1,796,000(6 1. t.)
1,100,000 (6 T.t.)
250,000 (2 T. t.)
1,100,000 (6T. t.)
612,500 (6T. t.)
612,500 (6 T.t.)
612,500 (6 T.t.)
318,000(1 T.t.)
318,000(1 T.t.)
2,725,000 (6 T.t.)
2,690,000 (6 T.t.)
2,300,970
1,592,849
1,590,930
1.891,077
1.637,110
2,-500,000 (6 T.t.)
2,-500,000 (6T. t.)
350,000
1,628.950
82,7-50 (3T. t.)
2,985,000 (6 T.t.)
930,000
113,500 (3T. t.)
3,020,000 (6 T.t.)
2.986,000 (6 T.t.)
3,020,000 (6 T.t.)
3.010,000 (6 T.t.)
3,180,000 (6 T.t.)
930,000
2 5-in
Boston, Aug. 1882
" 1885
" 1885
" 1884
San Francisco, 1888...
Philadelphia, 1888....'
Baltimore, 1888 '■
Philadelphia, 1890.... i
1888....!
" 1889....;
San Francisco, 1889...
Chester, 1889
1889
Dolphin Mch 1883
Charleston, Mch. 1835
Yorklown Mch 1885
Petrel Mch 1885
Baltimore Aug 1886 . . .
Philadelphia, Mch. 1887
.San Francisco, Mch. 1887
;Bennington, Mch. 1887
San Francisco, 1892. . . 1
New York, 1892 ■
Elizabethport, 1892....
Norfolk, 1892 '
Baltimore, 1891
1891
Boston, 1892
Bath, 1891
'• 1892
Philadelphia, 1892....
" 1893....
Chester, 1888
Mare island, 1892
Wilmington, 1892
Philadelphia, 1892....
Chester, 1888
New York. 1890
Norfolk 1892
,:!iucinnati, Sept. 1888
liiincroft Sept 1888
Raleigh Sept 1888
Alontgomery, Sept. 1888
Detroit Sept 1888
»rarblehead, .Sept. 1888
'tlachias, Mch. 1889
iJastine, Mch. 1889
polumbia, June, 1890
Hinneapolis, Mch. 1891
'uritan, Mch. 1885
fonadnock, Mch. 1885
iinphitrite, Mch. 1885
'error, Mch. 1885
iliantonomoh, Mch. 1885
taine, Aug. 1886
exas, Aug. 1886
esuvius, Aug. 1886
(onterey. Mch. 1887
ushing, Mch. 1887
ew York. Sept. 1888
larm, Mch, 1889
ricssou, Jan. 1890
' assachusetts, .June, 1890. . . .
rooklyn, 1890
8 4-in.
8 4-in.
Philadelphia, 1888....
San Francisco, 1891 . . .
Bristol, 1890
tic.
Philadelphia, 1891 ....
Bath, 1892
Dubuque, la., 1892
Philadelphia, 1893....
Philadelphia, 1893....
Philadelphia, 1893....
1 Philadelphia, 1893....
San Francisco, 1893...
Bath, Me., 1893
4 6-in.
idiana, June. 1890
'wa, 1891....'
4 6-in.
regon, June, 1890
4 6-in.
•atahdin, 1889
Note— In above table, the abbreviations in column 3 signify: P. p. c, partly protected cruiser; P. c, protected cruiser; G. b., gun-boat; B. s., battle ship; D. c,
iiamite cruiser ; T. b., torpedo boat ; T., torpedo ; in column 5, T. t., torpedo tube. * Does not include total cost ol construction, equipments, etc.
[The navy also includes about 75 iron and wood sailing and steam vessels, and 15 1-turret monitors.]
18
\
V"i-
UTT
NAV
646
NAV
1
6 Rear-admirals
10. Commodores..
45. Captains
86. Comrattmlors.
OFFU'i'.US OF THi-: NAVY. WITH NUMBER IN EACH RANK, AND PAY. Yearly pay at se..
lo rank with mtijor- generals $60U0
" brigadier-generals 5000
" colonels 4500
" lieutenant colonels 3500
74. Lieutenaut-coiiuiiaiHkTs
250. Lieutenants
75. Masters or lieutenants (Junior grade)
173. Ensigns
300. Mid.shipmen
For admiral and vice-admiral see this record, 18(>4, '6(5,
navy of (Ireat Britain. The British navy, originally
governed by n h>rd hij;h admiral, has, since the reign of ijueen
Anne, been luuler a Board of Admiralty of 7 members— the
first lord always a member of the cabinet and supreme in au-
thority, and 6a.ssistant commissioners. The senior naval lord
directs the movements of the fleet and is responsible for disci-
pline. The second naval lord directs the manning and officer-
ing. The junior naval lord directs the food supply and trans-
ports. The parliamentary civil lord and the civil lord deal
with the material and armament of the fleet. The parlia-
mentary and tinancial secretary deals with all questions of
expenditure.
Fleet of galleys built by Alfred 897
Fleet for opposing tlie Danes, equipped by contributions of
every town in England, gathers at Sandwich 1007
Fleet collected by Edward the Confessor to resist Norwe-
gians 1042
Fleet collected by Harold to resist Normans 1066
Richard I. collects a fleet and enacts naval laws about 1191
Royal Harry, a two-decker, built by Henry VII. ; considered
the beginning of the royal navy 1488
Henri Grace d Dieu launched at Erith; 1000 tons, 141 guns,
the heaviest 6000 lbs., first British vessel with port-holes for
cannon (burned at Woolwich, 27 Aug. 1553) 13 June, lol4
Sovereign of the Seas, 1547 tons, 132 guns, the heaviest 6500
lbs. ; launched at Woolwich 1637
Victoi-y, built 1737, lost in Channel with 1000 men .4 Oct. 1744
Naval uniforms first introduced 1748
Royal George, 2041 tons, 100 guns, the heaviest 7250 lbs. ; built
at Woolwich, 1746; capsized at Spithead 29 Aug. 1782
Navy list first officially compiled and published monthly by
John Finlaison, the actuary 1814
Screw propeller introduced into the royal navy 1840
Birkenhead, the 1st iron war-steamer in the British navy 1845
Duke of Wellington, 131 guns, the heaviest 10,600 lbs., is
launched at Pembroke 1852
Naval review by queen Victoria, at Spithead 11 Aug. 1853
Review of the Baltic fleet at Spithead by queen Victoria,
23 Apr. 1856
Naval reserve force authorized by act of . .' 13 Aug. 1859
Warrior, the first English iron-plated steam-frigate, 6170 tons,
costing about 400, OOOi., launched 29 Dec. 1860
Twin screws for vessels of light draught introduced 1863
Steam-ram Valiant launched 14 Oct. "
Royal School of Naval Architecture established at South Ken-
sington 1864
Sir Robert Sepping's collection of naval models, from Henry
VIII. 's time, deposited in South Kensington museum.. Dec. "
Naval review before viceroy of Egypt, at Spithead 17 July, 1867
Unarmored iron frigate /nconstan^, first iron hull sheathed with
wood, the oldest of modern type, launched 12 Nov. 1868
Monarch, first British armor-clad turret -ship, launched at
Chatham 25 May, "
Devastation, first British sea-going mastless ship, launched,
Mch. 1869
Captain founders near Finisterre (Wrecks) 7 Sept. 1870
Thunderer, ocean-going turret-ship, launched at Pembroke,
25 Mch. 1872
Naval review at Spithead, before the shah of Persia. ..23 June, 1873
Royal Naval Artillery Volunteer force, established by act,
5 Aug. "
Temeraire, carrying upper- deck armament in 2 fixed open-
topped turrets, mounted on the disappearing plan, launched
at Chatham 9 May, 1876
Shannon, with broadside guns on open deck and without ar-
mor, built at Pembroke and commissioned 1877
Grand naval review by queen Victoria, at Spithead 13 Aug. 1878
Boiler of the Thunderer explodes, 14 July, 1876; a gas explo-
sion occurs in the coal-bunkers, 10 Dec. 1878, and one of her
2 38-ton guns bursts 2 Jan. 1879
Great naval demonstration at Portsmouth; attack on forts;
electric light used at night 10 Aug. 1880
Polyphemus, double-screw, steam armor-plated ram and tor-
pedo boat, 2610 tons, is launched at Chatham 15 June, 1881
Benbow, an armor-clad battle-ship, 2 of her guns of 111 tons
each, the heaviest in any ship to the time; launched 1885
Naval Defence act, authorizing 10 first-class battle -ships each
of 14,150 tons' displacement, and 9 first-class cruisers, 29
second-<;lass cruisers, 4 third-class cruisers, 18 torpedo gun-
boats, passed 31 May, 1889
Royal Naval Exhibition-opened at Chelsea 2 May, 1891
„„,„^„ ( 1st 4 years 2800
■™'y°'^^ [ after 4th year 3000
„„„,„. ^ (1st 5 years 2400
•^'"P^'^'^s {after 5th year 2600
Ist lieutenants i ^^^ ^ y®^""^ ^^"^
■ ist lieutenants {after 5th year 2000
^ , . 1200
.. 1400
,. 500
"-'»«"« •••■!SerS7e
Victoria sunk off Tripoli, Syria (Wrecks) 22 June, 181
According to the estimate for 1893-94, the approximate aggre-
gate cost of the effective and noneffective (in building) of.
the British navy, under the Naval Defence act, amounts to
58,302,561^.
Under construction, by a more recent act, are the battle-ships
Renown, Majestic, and Magnificence, and the first-class cruis-
ers Powerful and Terrible, over 12,000 tons each.
CONDITION OF BRITISH NAVY AT VARIOUS INTERVALS
SINCE 1603.
1685
1760
1803
1850
1890
42
179
325
450
585
Tons.
17,000
104,000
321,000
461,000
570,000
680,000
10,600
24,800
17,200
6,790
10,000
51,000
180,000
48,000
65.000
Strength of the British navy when the Naval Defence act is
fully carried out will be as follows :
Ships. Number.
Armored 77
Protected 88
Unprotected 336 ,
Total 501 1,127,049 J
Tons.
618,500 ^
309,915 I
198,634 (- 189*
ARMOR-CLAO BATTLE-SHIPS OF 10,000 TONS AND OVER.
Minotaur (cruiser)
Northumberland (cr.).
Dreadnought
Inflexible
Rodney
Howe
Benbow
Camperdown
Agincourt (cruiser) . . .
Sans Pareil
Trafalgar.
Nile
Hood
Royal Sovereign. .
Empress of India.
Repulse
Royal Oak
Ramillies
Resolution
Revenge
Centurion
Barfleur
Launch.
1863
1866
1875
1876
1884
1885
1885
1885
1885
1886
1887
1887
1888
1891
1891
1891
1892
1892
1892
1892
1892
1892
1892
Tons.
10,690
10,780
10,820
11,880
10.300
10,300
10,600
10,600
10,690
10,600
10,470
11,940
11,940
14,150
14,150
14,150
14,150
14,150
14,150
14,150
14,150
10,500
10,500
power.
6,700
6,560
8,210
8,010
11,500
11,500
11,500
11,500
6,870
11,500
14,000
10,500
12,000
13,000
13,312
13.000
13,000
13,000
13,000
13,000
13,000
13,000
13,000
Speed.
13 2
14.1
14.2
13.81
16.7
16.7
17
17
14.8
17.43
16.75
16.5
16.5
17.5
18
17.5
17.5
17.5
17.5
17.5
17.5
18.2
18.2
Heavy guns.
17 12-ton.
17 12 "
4 38 "
4 80 "
4 69 "
4 67 "
2 111 "
4 66 "
17 12 "
4 66 "
2 111 "
4 67 "
67
navy of France is first mentioned in history in 728, when,
like the early navy of England, it consisted of galleys ; in
this year the French defeated the Frisian fleet. The French
navy was in its splendor about 1781, but was reduced in the
wars with England. It was much increased by the emperor
Napoleon III., and in 1859 consisted of 51 ships of the line
and 398 other vessels. Statistics of the reconstructed navy
of France are given below.
French fleet almost annihilated by Edward III. at the battle
of Sluys 24 June, 1340
French fleet increased through Colbert, minister to Louis XIV.,
about 1697
Academic de Marines founded l'^^^
First line-of-battle ship with screw propeller, the Napoleon,
launched at Toulon 16 May, 1850
Thirteen men-of-war launched, 9 of them ships of the line. . . . 18o4
La Gloire, a wooden screw-steamer of 900 horse-power, armed
with iron plates 43<^ inches thick, launched • 1°''^'
Programme for reconstructing navy drawn up by minister of
marine, and adopted by National Assembly; 217 new ar- ,
mored ships proposed "' |
Redoutable, first French war-ship in which steel was largely ;
used, is launched at L'Orient Sept 18vt» ,
NAV 647
VARYING STRENGTH OF THE FRENCH NAVY IN YEARS PAST.
NEB
Year.
1 • Vessels.
Guns.
Men.
1780
260
13,300
78,000
1810
212
6,000
94,000
1840
146
7,600
24,500
1868
480
2,750
43,100
1889
348
1,450
54,000
Navy comprises : 58 sea-going armor-clads ; 18 coast-defence
armor clads ; 6 deck-protected cruisers; 146 torpedo-boats
(steel) ; 185 unprotected vessels. Total, 413 Apr. 1891
ARMOR-CLAD BATTLE-SHIPS OF 10,000 TONS OR OVER.
Name.
Launch.
Admiral Duperr6.
Devastation
Admiral Baudin..
Neptune
Formidable
Heche
Marceau
Magenta
Brenus
Massena
Charles Martel . . .
Janregniberry....
Bouvet
LazareCarnot... .
Henri Quatre
Charlemagne
St. Louis
1879
1879
1883
1885
1885
1885
1887
1889
1891
1892
1893
1893
1893
1898
1893
1893
1893
Tons.
11,100
10,100
11,380
10,581
11,380
10,581
10.620
10;610
10,980
11,730
11,800
11,820
12,205
11,820
10,780
10,780
10,780
Horse-
power.
6,102
8,500
6,000
8,500
6,000
11,000
11,000
13.500
11,000
13,000
13,270
11,000
13,270
14,000
14,000
14,000
Speed.
Heavy
guns.
14.22
15.17
15
15
15
15
16
16.5
17.5
18
17.5
18
18
18
18
18
18
48 tons.
48 "
75 "
48 "
75 "
48"
48 "
48 "
75 "
50 "
50 "
75 "
75 "
75 "
75 "
75 "
75 "
navy of Italy. The navy of Italy has existed since 263
B.C., when the Romans built 100 "quinquereraes" and 20
"triremes," patterned after a Carthaginian vessel which was
driven ashore on the coast of Italy.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF
THE ITALIAN
NAVY,
1 JAN
.
1891.
Iron.
Steel.
Wood.
TotaL
No. of
guns.
Men.
12
9
29
33
4
134
2
3
39
47
16
206
359
53
303
11,638
1,673
i
Totals
50
171
44
269
715
19,224
REPRESENTATIVE ARMOR-CLAD BATTLE-SHIPS OF ITALY.
Ship.
Launch.
Tons.
Horse-
power.
Speed.
Heaviest
guns.
; Duilio
1876
1878
1880
1882
1884
1885
1885
1889
1890
1891
11,138
11,202
15,900
15,900
11,000
11,000
11,000
13,251
13,251
7,710
7,500
18,000
16,150
10,000
10,000
10,000
19,500
22,800
15
15.5
18
18
16
16
16
18
19
18
100 tons.
100 "
100 "
100 "
105 "
105 "
105 "
67 '•
105 "
Dandolo
' Italia
iLepanto...
Lauria
: Doria
Morosini
' Umberto
iSicilia
i— .
' 1
""
RELATIVE STRENGTH OF OTHER FOREIGN NAVIES.
Germany .
Russia...,
twstria
^'Netherlands ,
^?pain
5weden
Norway
purkey
Wenmark . . . .
jihina had 9 iron-clads and 121 other vessels of war iu 1888.
IVazarene, a name given to Jesus Christ and his dis-
iples; afterwards to a sect in the 1st century who rejected
■hrist's divinity. A sect named Nazarines, resembling the
ociety of Friends in Great Britain, became prominent in Hun-
ary in 1867.
^ebra§ka, the 37th state of the Union in the order of
Kimissvon, borders upon the Missouri river between lat. 40°
\ from which river it extends west from Ion. 95° 23'
stance of about 420 miles to Ion. 104°. It is bounded
y South Dakota, east by Iowa and Missouri, south by
Kansas and Colorado, which cuts off a square from the south-
western part of the state, and on the west by Colorado and
Wyoming. Area, 76,855
sq. miles in 90 counties ;
pop. 1890, 1,058,910.
Capital, Lincoln.
Emanuel Lisa founds
a trading post at
Bellevue 1805
American Fur com-
pany founds a fort
at Bellevue, 1810,
where col. Peter A.
Sarpy locates as
their representative, 1824
Fort Kearney, on the
Platte, established
for the protection of
the Oregon trail 1848
Most of the present
Nebraska, and much
more on the north, was acquired from France by treaty ced-
ing Louisiana in 1803. It became a portion of the territory
of Louisiana in 1805, and a part of the Indian country in
1834. That part west of 103° Ion. was acquired from Mexico
by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, proclaimed 4 July, "
Omaha founded 1854
Congress orgnnizes the territory of Nebraska between lat. 40°
and 49°, and between the Missouri river and Minnesota on
the east and Utah territory on the west ., .30 May, "
Francis Burt, appointed governor, dies soon after reaching the
territory ; Thomas B. Cuming acting governor 13 Oct. "
Legislature and delegates to Congress first elected 12 Dec. "
First legislature convenes at Omaha 16 Jan. 1855
Capitol at Omaha comi)leted Jan. 1858
Gov. Black issues a proclamation calling out volunteers for
the Federal army 1 May, 1861
.\ct to enable the people to form a state government. .19 Apr. 1864
Constitution framed by convention, 9Feb. 1866; ratified by the
people, 3938 for and 3838 against 21 June, 1866
A(;t to admit Nebraska as a state is passed over a veto, " upon
the fundamental condition that within the state of Nebraska
there should be no denial of the elective franchise or of any
other right to any person by reason of race or color, except
Indians not taxed"; the Nebraska legislature accepting .
these conditions 8-9 Feb. 1867
Act admitting Nebraska accepted by legislature 20 Feb. "
Nebraska admitted by proclamation of the president. . . 1 Mch. "
A band of Indians wreck a freight train by placing obstruc-
tions on the track, and murder all the train hands. Gen.
Augur sends a detachment of troops, who engage 500 Sioux
Indians in battle at Plum creek, near Omaha 16 Aug. "
Nebraska State Normal school opened at Peru "
Seat of government removed from Omaha to a point in lian-
caster county named Lincoln, in honor of pres. Lincoln "
Union Pacific railroad, chartered by act of Congress 1 July,
1862, is opened for traffic 10 May, 1869
Nebraska institute for the deaf and dumb opened at Omaha. . . "
State penitentiary located at Lincoln "
Legislature ratifies the XV. th Amendment 17 Feb. 1870
State board of 3 commissioners of immigration provided for
by act of legislature "
Gov. David P. Butler impeached for corruption in office, in
appropriating to his own use $17,000 of school fund,
2 June, 1871
Insane hospital at Lincoln opened "
Omaha Daily Bee established by Edward Rosewater at Omaha. "
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, chartered 1869, opened. . . "
Doane college at Crete chartered and opened 1872
Nebraska Relief and Aid Society, gen. E. 0. C. Ord at the head,
organized at request of the governor to relieve sufferers from
famine caused by drought and locusts 18 Sept. 1874
Legislature authorizes $50,000 in state bonds for relief of suf-
ferers by locusts and famine 1875
New constitution framed by a convention which met at Lin-
coln, 11 May, 1875, completing its labors 12 June, is ratified
by the people 12 Oct. "
Institution for the blind at Nebraska City opened 13 Jan. 1876
Convention of governors from the western states and terri-
tories at Omaha to consider the grasshopper pest Oct. "
Ponco chief Standing Bear and 25 followers on their way from
the Indian territory, which they left in Jan. 1879, to their
old home in Dakota are arrested on the Omaha reservation
by brig. -gen. Crook, to be returned to the Indian territory.
On 8 Apr. H. Tibbies, assist. -editor of the Omaha Herald, ap-
plies for a writ of habeas corpus on their behalf, to be served
on gen. Crook. This writ was issued by judge Dundy of the
U. S. district court of Nebraska, who decides that an Indian
has a right to a habeas corpus in a Federal court. The sec-
retary of war at Washington issues immediate orders for
the release of Standing Bear and his followers 13 May, 1879
Creighton college at Omaha opened and chartered "
New school-law, repealing and remodelling the old system of
public instruction, passed by legislature J881
State industrial school for juvenile ofl'enders opened at Kear-
ney 30 Nov. "
State Home for the Friendless located at Lincoln, founded by
act of legislature in 1881, is opened 1 Jan. 1882
Gates college at Neligh chartered in 1881 ; opened "
NEB
548
NES
1889
1890
At sute ele«-t»on E. P. Ingorsoll, president of the State Farmers'
Alliance anil candidate of the Greenback and Anti-Monopoly
parlies, receives 1C,«.»91 votes, as against 28,562 for J. S. Mor-
ton, Dem., and 43,495 for James W. Dawes, Rep Nov. 1882
Amendment to the constitution extending suflVage to women
faceted : 26,766 for and 60,693 against Nov. "
Nebraska Central college at Central City chartered and opened, 1886
Nebraska Institution for feeble-minded youth at Beatrice
opened May, 1887
Insane hospital at Norfolk opened 1888
Soldiers and sailors' home at Grand Island opened July,
First Monday in Sept. made a legal holiday; "Labor day"..
Industrial home for women and girls at Milford opened,
1 May,
Asylum for incurable insane at Hastings opened 1 Aug.
Convention of 250 delegates representing Kansas, Iowa, North
Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska, meets at Omaha to unite
in a central prohib lion organization 18 Dec.
At state election the vntc for governor stands as follows: James
E. Boyd, Deni.. 71 :!;;i ; lohn H. Powers, People's Indepen-
dent, 70,187; l.ii. ,Ms l> i;i.liards. Rep., 68,878; B. L. Paine,
Prohibition, 367G. A so|iar;ite vote on adding a prohibitory
liquor clause to the constitution stood: For the amendment,
82,292; against, 111,728 Nov.
Candidates on the Independent ticket prepare to contest the
election, and taking of testimony begins at Lincoln. . .5 Dec. "
The 3 candidates (Dem., Rep., and Ind.) claim the governor-
ship 9 Jan. 1891
Gov. Thayer surrenders possession of the executive apartments
to Bovd under protest 15 Jan. "
Supreme court of the state gives a decision ousting Boyd on
ground that he is an alien and reinstating Thayer 5 May, "
Ex-gov. David Butler d. near Pawnee City 25 May, "
Eight-hour law goes into effect 1 Aug. "
U. S. Supreme court declares James E. Boyd to be the rightful
governor of the state 1 Feb. 1892
Public demonstration in honor of inauguration of gov. Boyd
takes place at Lincoln 15 Feb. "
Silver anniversary of Nebraska celebrated at Lincoln. .25 May, "
First national convention of People's party at Omaha, nomi-
nate Weaver and Field for president and vice president,
4, 5 July, "
U. S. senator Allen makes the longest continuous speech (on
the Silver-Purchase Repeal bill) ever delivered in the U. S.
senate, speaking 14»^ hours 13 Oct. 1893
Interstate irrigation congress meets at Omaha 21 Mch. 1894
TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS.
Francis Burt appointed
Thomas B. Cuming acting
Mark W. Izard appointed "
William A. Richardson " 1857
J. Sterling Morton acting 1858
Samuel Black appointed 1859
Alvin Saunders " 1861
STATE GOVERNORS.
David Butler term began 1867
William H. James acting 2 June, 1871
Robert W. Furnass term began 9 Jan. 1873
Silas Garber " " 1875
Albinus Nance " " 1879
James W.Dawes " " 1883
John M.Thayer " " 1887
Lorenzo Crounse " " 1893
Silas A. Holcomb " " 1895
I
1854
.13 Oct.
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM
THE STATE OF NEBRASKA.
Name. j No. of Congress.
Date.
Remarks.
John M. Thayer
40th to 42d
1867 to 1871
Thomas W. Tipton
40th " 44th
1867 " 1875
Phineas W. Hitchcock,
42d " 45th
1871 " 1877
Algernon S. Paddock. .
44th " 47th
1875 " 1881
Alvin Saunders
45th " 48th
1877 " 1883
Charles H. Van Wyck,
47th " 50th
1881 " 1888
Charles F. Manderson,
48th " 54th
1883 " 1895
Algernon S. Paddock..
50th " 53d
1888 " 1893
(Term expires
\ 1899.
William V. Allen
53d '•
1893 "
John M, Thurston
54th "
1895 "
nebular hypothe§i§, proposed by sir William
Herschel, 1811, supposes that the universe was formed from
shapeless masses of nebulous matter. It has been widely dis-
cussed. In Oct. 1860, Mr. Lassell strictly scrutinized the Dumb-
bell nebula, and stated that the brightest parts did not appear
to be stars. In 1865, William Huggins reported that he had
analyzed certain nebulae by their spectra, and believed them to
be entirely gaseous. In later years the spectroscope has proved
beyond doubt the existence of many true nebulae, or cloud-like
aggregations of gaseous matter, in the heavens. Astronomy.
iiec'roinaiicer§. Magic.
needle -g^lin (Zundnadelgewehr), a musket invented
by J. N. Dreyse, of Sommerda, about 1827, made a breech-
loader in 1836, and adopted by the Prussian general MaiUeuffel
about 1846. It was effective in war with Denmark in 1864,
and with Austria in 1866. The charge is fired by pressing a
.79^.
i
fine steel rod or needle into the cartridge. The principle
claimed for James Whitley, of Dublin, 1828 ; Abraham ]\Iosa
1831 ; and John Hanson, of Huddersfield, 1843.
needier. "The making of Spanish needles was fir
taught in England by Elias Crowse, a German, about the 8
year of queen Elizabeth, and in queen Mary's time a iiegi
made fine Spanish needles in Cheapside, but would teach "
art to none." — Stow.
neg^ro plot. New York, 1741.
ne)^U§ (wine and water), said to be named after
Francis Negus about 1714. The sovereign of Abyssinia
termed negus.
IVelieini'all, a celebrated Jewish leader. In the
year of the reign of Artaxerxes, king of Persia 445 b.c.,
obtained permission to return to Jerusalem and rebuild
walls. These walls said to have enclosed about 50 acres ai
contained about 15,000 Jews and 5000 slaves.
]\[el$on'§ victOrie§, etc., see separate articles,
Horatio Nelson, born at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk 29 Sept. 175f
Sailed with capt. Phipps to the North pole 177::
Distinguished himself in West Indies 178(
Lost an eye at the reduction of Calvi, Corsica 179
Captured Elba 9 Aug 179ii
With Jervis at victory off St. Vincent, 14 Feb. ; knighted and
made rear admiral 20 Feb. 1'
Lost right arm at unsuccessful attack on Santa Cruz,
25, 26 July,
Gained battle of the Nile, 1 Aug. ; created baron Nelson of the
Nile. 6 Nov. 1
Attacks Copenhagen, 2 Ai)r. ; created viscount, 22 May; attacks
Boulogne flotilla, destroys several ships 15 Aug. 1801
Appointed to chief command in Mediterranean 20 May, 180;i
Pursues French and Spanish fleets, Mch. -Aug. ; returns to
England. Aug. ; reappears at Cadiz, defeats the fleets in Tra
falgar bay, but is killed 21 Oct. 1805
IVeme'an g'anie§, celebrated at Nemea, in Achaia,
said to have been instituted by Argives in honor of Archerao-
rus, who died by a serpent's bite; and revived by Hercules,
1226 B.C. The conqueror was rewarded with a crown of olives,
afterwards of green parsley. They were celebrated every 3(1
year, or, according to others, on the 1st and 3d year of every
Olympiad, 1226 B.C. — Herodotus. They were revived by the
emperor Julian, 362 a.d,, but ceased in 396.
Bfeo-Piatoni§m or Bi^eiV-Platonisni. Phi-
losophy. ;
neplia'lia, sacrifices of sobriety among the Greeks,
when they oflfered mead instead of wine to the sun and moon,
to nymphs, to Aurora, and to Venus ; and burned any wocni
but the vine, fig-tree, and mulberry-tree, esteemed symbols of
drunkenness (613 b.c.).
nepll'OSCOpe (Gr. v((poQ, a cloud). An apparatus foi
measuring velocity of clouds, invented by Karl Braun, report-
ed to the Academy of Sciences, Paris, 27 July, 1868.
l^eptline, a primary planet, the most distant of our
system. Mean distance from the sun, 2,745,998,000 miles:
revolves around the sun in 165 years ; diameter, 37,000 miles.
It was first observed on 23 Sept. 1846, by dr. Galle at Berlin,
in consequence of a letter from M. Le Verrier, who had com-
puted its position from the anomalous movements of Uranus,
Calculations to the same effect had been previously made bv
J. Couch Adams, of Cambridge. A satellite of Neptune waf
discovered by Mr. Lassell on 10 Oct. following. Neptune if
said to have been seen by Lalande, and thought to be a fixec
star. The sun's light and heat Neptune receives are but ^^^j
of that received by the earth.— The Greek god Poseidon bt
came the Roman Neptune.
neptU'nluin, a new metal discovered in tannalite, froir
Connecticut, by R. Herrmann in 1877 ; not admitted by chem j
ists. I
IVer'vii, a warlike tribe in Belgic Gaul, defeated by Juliuij
Caesar, 57, and subdued 53 b.c.
" You all do know this mantle; I remember
The first time ever Caesar put it on:
'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent
That day he overcame the Nervii."
—Shakespeare, "Julius Csesar," act. iii. sc. n. i
ZVestorians, followers of Nestorius, bishop of ConstaU;
i
NET 549
tinople (428-31), regarded as a heretic for maintaining that,
though the virgin Mary was the mother of Jesua Christ as
man, yet she was not the mother of God, since no human
creature could impart to another what she had not herself;
he also held that God was united to Christ under one person,
but remained as distinct in nature and essence as though he
had never been united at all. He was opposed by Eutyches,
and died 439. Eutychians. Nestorian Christians in the
Levant administer the sacrament with leavened bread in both
kinds, permit priests to marry, and use neither confirmation
nor auricular confession. — Du Pin. A Nestorian priest and
deacon were in London in July, 1862.
Netherlands. Holland.
Bfeilfcliatel (nush-a-tel), a canton in Switzerland, for-
merly a lordship, afterwards a principality. The first known
lord was Ulric de Fenis, about 1032, whose descendants ruled
till 1373, after which, by marriage, it frequently changed gov-
ernors. On the death of the duchesse de Nemurs, the last of
tlie Longuevilles, in 1707, there were many claimants, among
them William III. of England. He and the allies gave it to
Frederick L of Prussia, with the title of prince. In 1806 the
principality was ceded to France, and Napoleon bestowed it
on gen. Berthier, who held it till 1814, when the allies re-
stored the king of Prussia, with the title of prince, with cer-
tain rights and privileges ; but annexed it to the Swiss con-
federation.
After an unsuccessful attempt in 1831, Neufchatel repudiated
allegiimce to Prussia, and proclaimed itself a free and inde-
pendent member of the Swiss confederation 1848
; King of Prussia protested; and a protocol of England, France,
I and Austria recognized his claims 1852
j Some of his adherents, headed by the count de Pourtal^s, rose
i against the republican authorities, who quickly subdued and
I imprisoned them, to await trial Sept. 1856
( War threatened by Prussia, and great energy and determina-
|i tion manifested by the Swiss. On the intervention of Brit-
l ain and France a treaty was signed, the king of Prussia virt-
ually renouncing his claims for a pecuniary compensation,
! which he eventually gave up. He retains the title of prince
! of Neufchatel, without political rights 11 June, 1857
J Prisoners of Sept. 1856 were released without trial 18 Jan. "
i ]\reu§tria, or We§t France, a kingdom allotted
't to Clotaire by his father, Clovis, at his death, in 511. His de-
j scendant Charlemagne became sole king of France in 771. It
I was conquered by the Northmen, and hence named Nok-
; MANDY,
I neutral g^round extended along the eastern side
i of the Hudson river northward from Spuyten Duyvil creek
i 40 miles or more. This region, during the occupancy of New
i York city by the British, 1776-83, suffered much from ma-
! rauders, both American and British ; the former were termed
\ " Skinners," and the latter " Cowboys." Oklahoma for " Neu-
I tral Strip " or " No Man's Land."
i neutral powers. By the treaty of Paris between
Great Britain, France, Austria, Russia, Prussia, Turkey, and
1 Sardinia, 16 Apr. 1856, privateering was abolished; neutrals
i might carry an enemy's goods not contraband of war ; neutral
(goods not contraband were free even under an enemy's flag ;
and blockades to be binding must be effective The United
States acceded to these provisio.ns in 1861. Inteunational
LAW.
Xevada, one of the western states of the American
I nion, is bounded north by Oregon and Idaho, east by Utah
and Arizona, south b\' Arizona
and California, and west by
California. It is limited in
latitude by 35° to 42^ N., and
in longitude by 114° to 120°
W. ; and has an area of 110,-
700 sq. miles in 14 counties.
Pop. 1890. 45,761. Capital,
Carson City.
Father Francisco Garces
sets out from Sonora for
California, and passes
through the southern
portion of Nevada 1775
eter Skeen Ogden, ot the "Hudson Bav Fur company, discov-
ers the Humboldt river ". 1825
edediah S. Smith crosses the southeast corner of Nevada on
his way from Great Salt lake to Los Angeles, Cal, and on
NEV
his return crosses the Sierra Nevada and the entire state of
Nevada from west to east 1827
Joseph Walker and 35 or 40 men, trappers, pass through Ne-
vada from Great Salt lake, by the Humboldt river into Cali-
fornia 1832-33
A party under Elisha Stevens, sometimes called the Murphy
company, pass through Nevada down the Humboldt in wag-
ons on their way to California 1844
Gen. J. C. Fremont's expedition crosses Nevada from near Pilot
Knob into California 1845
Nevada included in the territory ceded to the U. S. by the
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 2 Feb. 1848
H. S. Beatie takes possession of the present site of Genoa,
erects a log-house, and opens a supply depot for emigrants. . 1849
Gold discovered in small quantities in Gold caflon, near Day-
ton, by Abner Blackburn July, "
An immigrant named Hardin discovers silver in the Black
Rock range IX miles from the place settled in 1866 as Har-
dinville "
Nevada included in the territory of Utah by act of 9 Sept. 1850
Trading-post erected on land where Carson City now stands. . . 1851
E. Allen, and Hosea B. Grosch discover silver ore in Gold
canon 1853
Carson City laid out in Eagle Valley by Abraham V. Z. Curry,
who built a stone house there 1858
Chinese first introduced into Nevada to work on a mining-
ditch at Gold canon '<
Territorial Enterprise started at Genoa by William L. Jernegan
and A. James 18 Dec. "
Penrod Comstock & Co. discover the so called Comstock lode
in Six Mile canon 11 June, 1859
First settlement on the site of Reno made by C. W. Fuller "
A constitution for the unorganized territory of Nevada, pre-
pared in July, is adopted by the people 7 Sept. "
First Pony express reaches Carson Valley in 8)4 days from St.
Joseph, Mo. The news by it is telegraphed to San Francisco
and published there in 9 days from New York 12 Apr. 1860
First Catholic church in Nevada erected at Genoa by father
Gallagher " ~
War between the settlers and the Pah Utes Indians opens by
an attack on Williams station, 7 May. Battle at Pyramid
lake fought 12 May, and at fort Storey 3 June, after which
the Indians disperse "
Territory of Nevada organized by Congress 2 Mch. 1861
Jesse L. Bennett, a Methodist preacher in Carsou Valley during
1859, delivers the first sermon ever preached in Virginia
City, then the capital "
Gov. Nye proclaims the territory organized 11 July, "
Carson City declared the permanent seat of government by
act of the legislature 25 Nov. "
Butler Ives, commissioner on the part of Nevada, and John F.'
Kidder of California, meet in Lake Valley to establish the
boundary-line between California and Nevada 22 May, 1863
Discovery of a salt basin 5 miles square, near the sink of the
Carson river, containing pure rock salt to a depth of 14 feet, 1864
Under act of 21 Mch. 1864 a convention to form a state consti-
tution meets at Carson City, 4 July ; Nevada admitted by
proclamation of 31 Oct. ' '
State prison located at Warm Springs, Carson City "
Freemasonry established in the state in Feb. 1862, and the
Grand Lodge of Nevada organized Jan. 1865
Sutro Tunnel comjiany chartered to build a tunnel some 4
miles long to intersect and drain the Comstock lode at a
depth of 1600 feet 4 Feb. "
Eastern boundary of Nevada extended one degree by act of
Congress 5 May, 1866
First railroad locomotive enters the state, running from the
California side to Crystal Peak 1867
U. S. Supreme court declares unconstitutional an act of Ne-
vada legislature levying a capitation tax of one dollar on
every person leaving the state by any railroad, stage-coach,
or other carrier of passengers 1868
Legislature ratifies XV. th Amendment to the Constitution ot
the U. S 1 Mch. 1869
State orphans' home at Carson City erected "
U. S. branch mint at Carson City, founded in 1866, begins op-
erations 1 Nov. ' '
Corner-stone of the state capitol laid, 9 June, 1870, and build-
ing completed and occupied Aug. 1871
Lieut-gov. Denver refuses to surrender the state prison to his
successor in oflace, P. C. Hyman, until compelled by militia
and 60 armed men under gen. Van Bokkelen, with one piece
of artillery 1873
Construction of new state prison at Reno begun 1874
State University of Nevada, chartered in 1864, is opened at
Elko "
Bishop Whitaker's school for girls opened at Reno 1876
Legislature by joint resolution amends the constitution so as
to exclude from the privilege of electors any bigamist or
polygam ist 1877
State Fish commission appointed by act of legislature, and a
hatchery established at Carson City 1873
Completion of the Sutro tunnel celebrated in the Carson Valley
(Tunnels) 30 June, 1879
State asylum for the insane at Reno opened 1 July, 1882
Nickel mines discovered in Humboldt county "
U. S. branch mint at Carson City closed 1885
State university removed from Elko to Reno and reopened,
Mch. 1886
Acts of legislature passed providing for State Immigration
bureau and for the observance of Arbor day in the state 1887
NEV
Fourteen constitutional amendments voted upon by the peo-
ple, who reject one to autliorize lotteries, and adopt one giv-
ing women the right to hold school offices. Election held,
11 Feb.
Legislature appropriates $100,000 for a hydrographic survey
of the state, and provides for State Board of Reclamation
and Internal Improvement (Ikrigatio.n)
Gov. Stevenson dies, and is succeeded by lieut.-gov. Frank
Bell, acting. 21 Sept.
1890
TERRITORIAL GOVKUNOR.
James W. Nye commissioned 22 Mch. 1861
STATE tiOVEKNOKS.
James W. Nye acting 31 Oct. 1864
Henry G. Blasdel assumes office 5 Dec. "
Luther R. Bradley. Dem " " Jan. 1871
John H. Kinkead, Hep " " Jan. 1879
Jewett W. Adams, Dem " " Jan. 1883
Christopher C. Stevenson, Rep. " " Jan. 1887
Frank Bell acting 21 Sept. 1890
Roswell K. Colcord, Rep assumes office Jan. 1891
John E. Jonea " " Jan. 1895
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF NEVADA.
Nui«.
No. of
Congre**.
Date.
Remarks.
James W.Nye
39th to 43d
1866 to 1873
William M.Stewart.
39th " 44th
1865 "1875
John P. Jones
43d "
1873 "
Term expires 1897.
William Sharon....
44th " 47th
1875 " 1881
James G. Fair.
47th " 50th
1881 " 1888
William M.Stewart.
50th "
1888 " —
Term expires 1899.
]VevilIe'8 Crosi, or Durham, Battle of, between
the Scots, under king David Bruce, and the English, it is said
(probably incorrectly) under Philippa, consort of Edward III.,
and lord Percy, 12 or 17 Oct. 1346. More than 15,000 Scots
were slain, and the king taken.
New Ain§terda]ii. New York.
Neivark, Canada. United States, 1813.
Hifewbern, N. C. North Carolina, 1862.
New B run 8 wick, first settled by the French, 1604,
and called, with Nova Scotia, Acadia, was taken from Nova
Scotia, and received its name as a separate colony in 1785. It
was united with Canada for legislative purposes by an act
passed 29 Mch. 1867. Area, 27,177 sq. miles. Population of
New Brunswick in 1865, 272,780; in 1871,285,594; 1881.
288,265.
New^burg^ addre§S. United States, 1783.
Newbury, a borough of Berkshire, Engl. Near here
were fought 2 battles, (1) 20 Sept. 1643, when Charles I. ob-
tained some advantage over the parliamentary forces under
Essex. Among the slaui was Lucius Cary, viscount Falkland.
(2) A second battle of dubious result between royalists and
parliamentarians under Waller, 27 Oct. 1644.
New Caledonia, an island in the Pacific ocean, dis-
covered by Cook on 4 Sept. 1774, was seized by the French,
20 Sept. \S5B, and made a penal colony. Area, 6000 sq. miles ;
pop. 1889, 62,762.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, the
Roman PonsyElia, first coal port in the world, and commercial
metropolis of the north of England. Coal mines were discov-
ered here about 1234. The first charter granted townsmen
for digging coal by Henry III. in 1239. In 1306 the use of
coal for fuel was prohibited in London by royal proclama-
tion, chiefly because it injured the sale of wood, which then
abounded near the city; but the prohibition did not last
long, and Newcastle coal has been exported for more than 500
years.
Castle built by Robert Courthose, son of William 1 1080
Taken by William II 1095
St. Nicholas church built, about 1091; burned 1216; restored
by Edward I., to whom John Baliol did homage here, 1292;
rebuilt 1359
Newcastle surrenders to the Scotch 1640
Who here gave up Charles I. to the parliament 30 Jan. 1647
T. Bewick, the wood engraver, d 1828
Strike of 9000 engineers for day of 9 hours about 16 May, 1871
College of Physical Science in Durham university opened,
Oct. "
Engineers' strike ends; terms, 9 hours a day, to begin on
1 Jan. 1872 ; men to work overtime when needed ; wages
unchanged; arranged by R. B. Philipson and Joseph Cowen,
6 Oct. "
550 NEW
New swing-bridge over the Tyne (281 feet long; weight, 1450
tons, lifted by a hydraulic crane) ; begun 1868 ; completed,
June, 189
New^ Ciiurch, Swedenborgians.
New Eng^land includes Connecticut, Maini
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vk]
MONT.
New^ Foreit, a royal forest and hundred of Hami
sfiire, Engl., was made ("afforested") by William the Co
queror, 1079-85. It is said that the whole country for
miles was laid waste. William Rufus was killed here by i
arrow shot by Walter Ty^^^j ^^at accidentally glanced frol
a tree, 2 Aug. 1100, on whose site is now a triangular ston
The New Forest Deer Removal act was passed 14 and 15 Vii
c. 76, 7 Aug. 1851. Agitation for preservation of this forea
autumn, 1870. Forests.
Newfound 'land, a large island at the entrance oP
the gulf of the St. Lawrence, discovered by Sebastian Cabot,
who called it Prima Vista, 24 June, 1497, and formally taken
possession of by sir Humphrey Gilbert, 1583. In Elizabeth's
time other nations had the advantage of English in the fishery.
In 1577 there were 100 fishing-vessels from Spain, 50 from
Portugal, 150 from France, and only 15 (but larger) from
England. — Fiakluyt. But the English fishery by 1625 h
increased so that Devonshire ports alone employed 150 shi
which sold fish in Spain, Portugal, and Italy. The 80V(
eignty of England was recognized in 1713. Newfoundlai
obtained a colonial legislature in 1832. On 14 Jan. 18.
a convention between England and France confirmed
the French certain privileges of fishery in exchange
others. The English colonists were dissatisfied. Newfoun(
land consented to union with the dominion of Canaii
Mch. 1869. Area, 42,200 sq. miles ; pop. 1874, 164,389; 18
193,124.
Fishery dispute.— Ai Fortune bay, U. S. fishers set nets on
Sunday, 13 Jan. 1878, contrary to local regulations; they
were forcibly removed; controversy ensued, Mr. Evarts for
the U. S. , sent despatch, 24 Aug. ; correspondence, Sept. ,
Oct.; marquis of Salisbury refused compensation; but
earl Granville granted it; 15,000i. awarded by arbitration,
28 May, 1881
New France. Canada, French in America.
Newg^ate, London. The prison was named from the
gate once part of it, and stood a little beyond the Sessions-
house in the Old Bailey. It was used as a prison for persons
of rank as early as 1218; but was rebuilt 2 centuries later by
the executors of sir Richard Whittington, whose statue with
a cat stood in the niche till destroyed by the great fire of 1666.
It was then reconstructed ; but, becoming an accumulation of
misery and inconvenience, was pulled down and rebuilt be-
tween 1778 and 1780. During riots in 1780, the interior wa.s
destroyed by fire, but soon after restored. Newgate was dis-
used as an ordinary prison 31 Dec. 1881. — Griffiths " Chroni-
cles of Newgate " pub. Jan. 1884.
New Orana'da, a federal republic of South America,
discovered by Ojeda in 1499, and settled by the Spaniards in
1536. It formed part of the republic of Bogota, established
1811; and with Caracas formed the republic of Colombia, 17
Dec. 1819. Colombia.
New Ouinea or Papua, Pacific ocean, between
the equator and 11° S. lat., and 131° and 151° E. Ion., the larg-
est island in the world (excluding Australia). It is 1490 miles
long and greatest width 430 miles; area, 306,000 sq. miles;
discovered by the Portuguese after their settlement of the
Moluccas, between 1512 and 1530. It was visited by Saave-
dra, a Spaniard, in 1528. It is said to have been named by
Ortiz de Retes, a Portuguese, 1549. Torres strait, which di-
vides New Guinea and Australia, discovered by Torres, a
Spaniard, in 1606, was frequently visited by the Dutch in the
17th century. They established a colony with a fortress,
named Dubus, on the S.W. coast, in 1828, but it failed and
was removed in 1835. Inhabitants partly Malays, but the
majority " Papuan negroes."
New IIanip§llire, one of the eastern states of the
American Union, lies between Maine on the east and Ver-
mont and Quebec on the west, from which it is separated by;
the Connecticut river. Quebec bounds it on the north andi
NEW
551
NEW
Massachusetts on the south. The Atlantic, on the southeast
corner, forms a coast-line of 18 miles, affording a good harbor
at Portsmouth. Area, 9305
sq. miles, in 10 counties; pop.
1890, 376,530. Capital, Con-
cord.
Isew Hampshire formed a
part of the grant to the
colonies of Virginia and
Plymouth, extending from
lat. 34° to lat. 45° north,
10 Apr. 1606
Capt. John Smith, ranging
the shore of New England,
explores the harbor of
Piscataqua 1614
Ferdinando Gorges and capt.
John Mason, members of
the Plymouth council, obtain a joint grant of the province of
Lacouia, comprising all the land between the Merrimac river,
the great lakes, and river of Canada 10 Aug. 1622
Gorges and Mason establish a settlement at the mouth of the
Piscataqua, calling the place Little Harbor, and another set-
tlement, 8 miles farther up the river, Dover 1623
Mason, having agreed with Gorges to make the Piscataqua the
divisional line, takes from the Plymouth council a patent of
i that portion lying between that river and the Merrimac, and
, calls it New Hampshire 7 Nov. 1629
Company of Laconia dividing their interests, Mason procures
j for himself a charter of Portsmouth 1631
I Towns of Portsmouth and Northam laid out 1633
1 A number of families from England settle on Dover Neck and
[ build a fortified church "
: Mason's estate, after a few specific bequests, goes to a grand-
i son Robert Tufton, who takes the surname of Mason 1635
! George Burdet, a clergyman from Yarmouth, Engl., succeeds
j VViggin as governor of the Dover plantations 1636
; Rev. John Wheelwright, banished from Boston as a result of
! the Antinomian controversy, and a few friends settle Exeter,
1 and form a government with elections by the people 1638
I Hampton, considered as belonging to the colony of Massachu-
i setts, founded "
[ Burdet succeeded by capt. John Underbill "
\ People of Portsmouth form a provisional government 1639
[ Provisional government established at Dover 22 Oct. 1640
iFour governments in New Hampshire subscribe to a union
i with Massachusetts, 14 Apr. 1641, which goes into effect, giv-
; ing New Hampshire's representatives a vote in town affairs
without regard to religious qualifications 9 Oct. 1641
;Colonies of Connecticut, New Haven, New Plymouth, and Mas-
I sachusetts (including New Hampshire) form a confederacy. . 1642
White mountains explored by capt. Neal "
; Quakers William Robin.sou and Marmaduke Stevenson exe-
i cuted for returning to the province after banishment,
• 27 Oct. 1659
jWilliam Leddra hung for being a Quaker 14 Mch. 1660
jWarrant issued at Dover, directing 3 Quakeresses to be whipped
i out of the province. Stripped and tied to a cart, they are
I publicly whipped at Dover and Hampton, but freed at Salis-
1 bury through the agency of Walter Barefoot Dec. 1662
jlndians in King Philip's war ravage Somersworth and Durham,
. and between Exeter and Hampton Sept. 1675
IFour hundred Indians captured by strategy at Dover. 7 or 8
^ are put to death, 200 discharged, and the balance sold in
j foreign parts as slaves 7 Sept. 1676
jKing's bench decided that Massachusetts had no jurisdiction
( over New Hampshire and Mason's heirs none within the
territory they claimed. To establish Mason's title, the king
r makes New Hampshire a distinct province, with John Cutts
; of Portsmouth president 8 Sept. 1679
,^oyal commission declaring New Hampshire a royal province
' reaches Portsmouth 1 Jan. 1680
'resident Cutts dies, and is succeeded by maj. Richard Wal-
dron of Dover 5 Apr. 1681
ilason surrenders one-fifth of his quit rents from the province
to Charles II., and thus secures the appointment of Edward
j Cranfleld as lieutenant-governor with extraordinary powers,
1 and devoted to his interests. . . ^ 25 Jan. 1682
'ranfield suspends Waldron and Richard Martyn, both popular
: leaders, from the council 15 May, "
Mward Gove, voicing the popular feeling against gov. Cran-
fleld, with a tumultuous body from Exeter and Hampton, de-
clares for liberty and reform. Finding the people not yet
ready for revolt, he surrenders, is convicted of high-treason
ana imprisoned in the tower of London 1683
eople, called upon by the governor to take leases from Ma-
sou, refuse to acknowledge his claim 14 Feb. "
ssembly refuse money for the Cranfield government 1684
raufield, by authority of the governor and council, without
the concurrence of the assembly, imposes taxes; but, unable
' to enforce payment, obtains a leave of absence and returns
to England, Walter Barefoot, his deputy, succeeding as chief
magistrate 9 Jan. 1685
idians attack Dover; surprise maj. Waldron in his own home,
and massacre him and many other settlers, taking 29 captives,
fwhom they sell as slaves-to the French in Canada. . .27 Jan. 1689
jiople of New Hampshire effect a governmental union with
'Massachusetts 12 Mch. 1690
3W Hampshire is purchased from the Mason heirs by Samuel
Allen of London, who prevents its insertion in the charter
of William and Mary, and becomes its governor, appointing
his son-in-law, John Usher, as lieutenant-governor..! Mch. 1692
Law passed requiring each town to provide a school-master,
Dover excepted, it then being too much impoverished by
Indian raids to do so 1693
Sieur de Villieu, and -AM) Indians, approach Durham undiscov-
ered, and, waiting in ambush during the night, at sunrise at-
tack the place, destroy 5 houses, and carry away 100 cap-
tives 17 July, 1694
Richard Earl of Bellomont is installed governor of New York,
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire; council and courts re-
organized of opponents of the Mason claim 31 July, 1699
Earl of Bellomont dies at New York, 5 Mch. 1701, and Joseph
Dudley is appointed governor of Massachusetts and New
Hampshire by queen Anne, his commission being published
at Portsmouth 13 July, 1701
An attack of Indians on Durham is repulsed by a few women
in disguise firing upon the Indians, who suppose the place
well garrisoned Apr. 1706
Indian hostilities cease on the arrival of news of the treaty of
Utrecht, and a treaty ratified with them 11 July, 1713
George Vaughan made lieutenant-governor and Samuel Shute
commander-in-chief of the province 13 Oct. 1716
V^aughan superseded by John Wentworth, by commission
signed by Joseph Addison, English secretary of state. 7 Dec. 1717
Sixteen Scottish families settle at Londonderry, and the first
Presbyterian church in New England is organized by rev.
James McGregorie 1719
Capt. John Lovewell makes his first excursion against the
Indians in New Hampshire Dec. 1724
A grant of land made by New Hampshire to the survivors of
the Lovewell defeat at Fryeburg, Me., overlaps a. similar
grant by Massachusetts in Bow county, which leads to a
boundary litigation between New Hampshire and Massachu-
setts, which lasted 40 years. Grants made. . . 18-20 May, 1727
Duration of assembly limited to 3 years unless sooner dis-
solved by the governor 21 Nov. "
David Dunbar appointed lieutenant-governor 24 June, 1731
New Hampshire petitioning the crown in 1732 to decide the
boundary question, obtains a royal order appointing commis-
sioners, from the councillors of the neighboring provinces,
to decide the question ; board meets at Hampton Aug. 1737
Commissioners fix upon the present eastern boundary of New
Hampshire. For the southern boundary an appeal is made
to George III., who decides upon the present line, giving
New Hampshire a territory 50 miles long by 14 broad in ex-
cess of her claim 5 Mch. 1740
Bennington Wentworth appointed governor and commander-
in-chief of New Hampshire 1741
George Whitefield preaches in New Hampshire 1744
Indian depredations in the New Hampshire settlements; at-
tacks on Keene, Number Four (Charlestown), Rochester,
capture of fort Massachusetts at Hoosuck Apr. -20 Aug. 1746
Three companies of rangers under Robert Rogers and the 2
brothers John and William Stark, formed from the New
Hampshire troops by the express desire of lord Loudon 1756
First newspaper in New Hampshire and the oldest in New
England, New Hampshire Gazette, published at Portsmouth,
Aug. "
On application of New York, the king in council declares the
western bank of the Connecticut river the boundary between
New Hampshire and New York 20 July, 1764
Concord, settled in 1727, is called Rumford in 1733, and takes
the name of Concord (Rumford medal) 1765
George Meserve appointed stamp distributer for New Hamp-
shire, resigns his office before landing at Boston, 9 Sept.
1765, compelled to make a formal resignation 18 Sept. It
being suspected that he still intended to distribute the
stamped paper, he is compelled to give up his commission,
and is sent back to England.... 9 Jan. 1766
John Wentworth, apjiointed governor in place of his uncle,
removed by the British ministry on charge of neglect of duty,
11 Aug. 1767
Dartmouth college at Hanover chartered 30 Dec. 1769
Nathaniel Folsom and John Sullivan appointed delegates to
Congress at Philadelphia by a convention of 85 deputies,
which met at Exeter 14 July, 1774
By the request of a committee of the people, a cargo of tea
consigned to a Mr. Parry of Portsmouth is reshipped to
Halifax, 25 Jan. 1774. A second cargo consigned to Parry,
arriving, the jieople attack his house, and quiet is only re-
stored by sending of the vessel to Halifax 8 Sept. "
Town committee of Portsmouth, hearing of the order by king
in council prohibiting exportation of gunpowder to America,
seize the garrison at fort William and Mary, and carry off
100 barrels of gunpowder, 11 Dec. ; next day they remove
15 cannon with small-arms and warlike stores 12 Dec. "
Armed men dismantle a battery at Jerry's Point on Great
island and bring 8 pieces of cannon to Portsmouth . .26 May, 1775
Convention of the people assembles at Exeter June, "
New Hampshire troops in the battle of Bunker Hill. . .17 June, "
Gov. Wentworth convenes the assembly, 12 June, and recom-
mends the conciliatory proposition of lord North, to which
the house gives no heed. They expel 3 new royalist mem-
bers, and the governor adjourns the assembly to 28 Sept.,
and sails for Boston. From the Isles of Shoals he adjourns
the assembly until Apr. 1776, his last official act Sept. "
A constitution for New Hampshire is framed by a Congress
styling itself the House of Representatives, which assembles
at Exeter, 21 Dec. 1775, and completes its labors 5 Jan. 1776
NEW
Under the new form of government, Mcshech Wcuro is ap-
pointed president of the council and of an executive coiu-
mittoo chosen to sit during the recess of the council, as
president of New Hampshire
John Sullivan of Now Hampshire appointed brigadier-general
by Congress ^
Sh\po{ war Kaleigh built at Portsmouth by decree of Congress,
A convention of both houses reports a declaration of inde-
pendence, which was adopted and sent forthwith to the del-
egates of New Hampshire in Congress 15 Juno,
Declaration of Independence of the United States signed by
Josiuh Barilott and William Whipple of New Hampshire, 2
Aug. 1776, and by a third representative from the stiilo,
Matthew Thornton Nov.
New Hampshire troops engage in the battle of Bennington,
under John Stark, who is made brigadier-general by Con-
gress 18 A ug.
Articles of confederation ratified by New Hampshire, 4 Mch.
1778, and signed by the state representatives at Philadelphia,
Josiah Bartlett an'd John Wentworth 8 Aug.
Phillips acidemy at Exeter founded
Daniel Webster b. at Franklin, N. H 18 Jan.
Sixteen towns on the eastern side of tlio Connect cut river re-
fuse to send delegates to a constitutional convention in New
Hampshire, and desire to be admitted into the new state of
Vermont. Vermont agrees to accept these additional towns,
but Congress in its act of admission makes it an indispensa-
ble |)reliminary that the revolted towns shall be restored to
New Hampshire. The towns at last accept the situation and
become part of New Hampsliire
A convention which meets at Concord, 10 June, 1778, frames a
constitution which is rejected by the people. A new con-
vention meets at Exeter in 1781, and after 2 years a consti-
tution is framed which goes into effect , 2 June,
John Laugdon and Nicholas Gilman,delegates from New Harap-
• shire, sign the Constitution of the U. S 17 Sept.
Convention assembles at Exeter, 13 Feb., adjourns to Concord,
and ratifies the Constitution of the U. S, by a vote of 57 to
47 21 June,
Pres. Washington, on a tour of observation, arrives at Ports-
mouth 30 Oct.
Portsmouth Journal established at Portsmouth
An academy, the second in the state, opened at New Ipswich,
Publication of Concord Herald begun by George Hough.. 5 Jan.
Academies incorporated at Atkinson and Amherst
Four post-routes appointed through the interior of the state. .
New Hampshire Medical Society incorporated
Bank established at Portsmouth
Convention assembles atConcord,7 Sept. 1791, revises the state
constitution, changes the title of the chief magistrate from
president to governor, and completes its labors 5 Sept.
Elder Jesse Lee, coming from Virginia, visits New Hampshire;
founds the first Methodist society in the state
A privateer ship, the McClary, fitted out during the war at
Portsmouth under the sanction of the legislature, captures
an American merchant ship, the Susanna, bound for an ene-
my's port laden with supplies. The matter is brought into
court, and the U. S. Court of Appeals reverses the judgment
of the State court and awards $32,721.36 damages to the
owners of the Susanna. Tlie legislature of New Hampshire,
in special session, prepares a spirited remonstrance against
this action as "a violation of state independence and an
unwarrantable encroachment in the courts of the United
States "
Bridge constructed over the Piscataqua near Portsmouth, from
Newington to Durham, nearly i^ mile in length
Academy at Haverhill established
Academy at Gilmanton incorporated
First Xew Hampshire turnpike, extending from Concord to
the Piscataqua bridge, chartered
Medical department of Dartmoutii college established
Keene Sentinel established at Keene Mch.
New Hampshire Missionary Society, the earliest charitable so-
ciety of a religious character in the state, incorporated
Farmer^s Cabinet published at Amherst 11 Nov.
First cotton factory in state erected at New Ipswich
PLicataqua Evangelical Magazine pub. at Portsmouth
Law passed dividing towns into school districts
From the preaching and teachings of Mr. Murray in 1773, the
Universalists are recognized as a religious sect in New
Hampshire 13 June,
From 1680 to 1775 the seat of government was at Portsmouth.
From 1775 to 1807 the legislature adjourned from town to
town, assembling at Exeter, Concord, Hopkinton, Dover,
Amherst. Charlestown, and Hanover. The legislature of 1807
adjourns from Hopkinton to Concord for regular sessions.. . .
New Hampshire Iron Factory company, incorporated at Fran-
conia in 1805, erects and puts in operation a blast-furnace. . .
Horace Greeley b. at Amherst 3 Feb.
State prison at Concord established
Kimball Union academy at Plainfield incorporated
New Hampshire troops under gen. John McNiel take part in
the battle of Chippewa, 5 July, 1814, and at Niagara, 25 July,
Law passed giving to the state complete jurisdiction over Dart-
mouth college, the charter for which requires the trustees,
professors, tutors, and officers to take the oath of allegiance
to the British king 27 June,
Trustees and overseers of Dartmouth college, summoned by
the governor to meet at Hanover, 26 Aug. 1816, refuse to act
under the law of 27 June, or to report to the governor as re-
quested 28 Aug.
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Pres. John Whoelock ol Dartmouth college d 4 Apr. U
Pres. James Monroe, on his tour of the Northern states, visits
Portsmouth, Dover, Concord, and Hanover
State-house at Concord erected
Gen. Benjamin Pierce, appointed sheriff of Hillslioruiigh county
by gov. Plumer, liberates 3 aged men confined for debt in
Amherst jail, by paying their debts 20 Nov. Ij
Toleration law making all religious sects on equal ground, and
dependent on voluntary contributions 1819
Control of Dartmouth college, after 2 years or more of litiga-
tion, awarded by the Supreme court of the U. S. to the trus-
tees
[Result chiefly due to the eflbrts of Daniel Webster.]
Law of 29 June, 1821, imposing an annual tax of one-half of
one percent, on the capital stock of banks, for school pur-"
poses. The sum accrued is divided among the towns I82,i
Gov. Matthew Harvey, appointed judge of the U. S. District
court for New Hampshire, is succeeded by Joseph M. Har-
per, acting-governor Feb. 18bi
Levi Woodbury secretary of the navy May, <'
Levi Woodbury secretary of the U. S. treasury 27 June, 1884
Nashua and Lowell railroad incorporated 1836
Act passed providing for a scientific, geological, and mineral-
ogical survey of the state 3 July, 1889
New Hampshire asylum for the insane at Concord, founded Oct. 1842
Office of state commissioner of common schools created 1846
Law authorizing towns to establish public libraries 1849
Office of school commissioner abolished; a Board of Education
constituted of county school commissioners June,
Democratic National convention at Baltimore, Md., nominates
gen. Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire for president,
9 May,
New Hampshire Conference seminary and female college at
Tilton, opened 1845, receives its charter
Property qualification for state officers abolished
Franklin Pierce inaugurated president 4 Mch.
Gold discovered at Plainfield, in the Connecticut valley 1864
State Teachers' Association incorporated "
House of Reformation for Juvenile and Female Offenders at
Manchester dedicated 12 May, 18"
First regiment of Federal troops leaves Concord for the seat of
war 25 May, 1861
Franklin Pierce's remarkable speech at Concord on the \
" war " 4 July, 1863i
"Soldiers' Voting bill," passed 17 Aug., is returned 26 Aug.
with a veto, but becomes a law because retained in the gov-
ernor's hands more than 5 days 17 Aug. 18C4
Law authorizing a commissioner to edit early provincial rec-
ords, and rev. dr. Bouton of Concord chosen
Office of superintendent of public instruction created. ,
Revision and codification of the laws,ordered by the legislature
of 1865, completed '
New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts,
at Hanover, chartered 186G, opened 4 Sept. 186&
Legislature ratifies the XV. th Amendment to the U. S. Consti- 1
tution 1 July, 1869]
Robinson female seminary at Exeter, chartered 1867, opened. , "
City training school, Manchester, opened "
Ex-pres. Pierce d es at Concord 8 Oct. "
Labor Reform party holds its first state convention 28 Jan. 187(
Act passed creating a state Board of Agriculture "
James A. Weston, Democrat, receives 34,700 vote.s for governor,
and James Pike, Republican, 33,892. The legislature elect
Weston by 326 to 159 June, 1871
State Normal school at Plymouth opened "
Orphans' Home and School of Industry on the aiicestral Web-
ster farm, near Franklin, opened "
Compulsory Attendance School law goes into effect "
Weston re-elected by the legislature, no choice by the people;
legislature meets.* 3 June, 1874
There being no choice for governor at the election, 9 Mch. 1875,
Person C. Cheney is chosen by the legislature 9 June, 1875
Thirteen amendments to the constitution, proposed by a con-
vention at Concord, 6 to 16 Dec. 1876, are adopted except 2,
one of which was "to strike out the word Protestant" in
the Bill of Rights 1877
William E. Chandler of New Hampshire appointed secretary
of the navy 1 Apr. 188-
Prohibitionists in state convention at Nashua adopt a consti-
tution for the State Temperance union 7-8 June, '•
Bronze statue of Daniel Websffer, 8 feet in height, cast at
Munich, and gift of Benjamin P. Cheney, is erected in the
State-House park. Concord, and dedicated 17 June, 188»i
For governor : David H. Goodell, Republican, 44,809 votes ;
Chas. H. Amsden, Democrat, 44,093; Edgar L. Carr, Prohibi-
tion, 1567: the choice devolves upon the legislature Nov. 18.'^'*
State Constitutional convention meets at Concord, 2 Jan. 1889;
among the 7 amendments submitted to the people one favor- ^
ing prohibition is lost 12 Mch. 18«..
Legislature elects Goodell governor by 168 to 114 5 June, '^
Gov. Goodell stricken with paralysis 17 Mch. 18(K
Statue of gen. John Stark, for which the legislature appropri-
ated $12,000, unveiled in the state-house yard. Concord,
23 Oct. '
Vote for governor: Hiram A. Tuttle, Republican, 42,479; Charles
H. Amsden, Democrat, 42,386; Josiah M. Fletcher, Prohibi-
tion, 1363; no choice Nov. ' ,
State Soldiers' home established at Tilton, 1889 ■, dedicated,
3 Dec. '■ j
Hiram A. Tuttle elected governor by legislature 7 Jan. 189]j
J. H. Gallinger elected U. S. senator 20 Jan. ' i
NEW 553
Legislature makes the first Monday in Sept. (Labor day) a legal
holiday, directs removal of the New Hampshire College of
j^griculture and the Mechanic Arts from Hanover to the farm
of the late Benjamin Thompson of Durham, and passes a se-
cret or Australian Ballot act at its session 7 Jan.-ll Apr. 1891
Ex gov. Samuel W. Hale d. at Brooklyn, aged 68 16 Oct. "
John Greenleaf Whittier, b. 1807, d. at Hampton Falls..? Sept. 1892
Insane asylum at Dover burned; 45 lives lost 9 Feb. 1893
GOVERNORS.
Me.sheck Weare assumes ofiQce 1775
Jolin Langdon " 1785
Jolm Sullivan " 1786
John Langdon " 1788
John Sullivan " 1789
Josiah Bartlett ; " 1790
John Tayjor Oilman " 1794
.Fohn Langdon " 1805
Jeremiah Smith " 1809
John Langdon. " 1810
William I'lumer " 1812
John Taylor Oilman " 1813
William Plumer " 1816
Samuel Bell. " 1819
Levi Woodbury " 1823
David L. Morrill " 1824
Benjamin Pierce " 1827
John Bell " 1828
Benjamin Pierce " 1829
Matthew Harvey " 1830
Joseph \r. Harper acting Feb. 1831
Samuel Dinsmoor assumes office June, 1831
William Badger
Isaac Hill
John Page
Henry Hubbard
John H. Steele
Anthony Colby
Jared W. Williams. ..
Samuel Dinsmoor
Noah Martin
Nathaniel B. Baker. . .
Ralph Metcalf.
William Haile
Ichabod Goodwin
Nathaniel S. Berry. . .
Joseph A. Gilmore
Frederick Smyth
Walter Harriman
Onslow Stearns
James A. Weston
Ezekiel A. Straw
James A. Weston
Person C. Cheney
Benjamin F. Prescott.
Nathaniel Head
Charles H. Bell
Samuel W. Hale
Moody Currier
Charles H. Sawyer. ..
David H. Goodell
Hiram A. Tuttle
John B. Smith
Charles A. Busiel
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UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
John Langdon
Paine Wingate
Samuel Livermore
Simeon Olcott
James Sheafe
William Plumer
Nicholas Oilman
Nahum Parker
Chiirles Cutts
Jeremiah Mason
Thomas W. Thompson.
David L. Morrill
Clement Storer
John F. Parrott
Samuel Bell
Levi Woodbury
I Isaac Hill
' John I'age
Henry Hubbard
, Franklin Pierce
i Leonard Wilcox
; Levi Woodbury
, Charles 0. Atherton...
! Benning J. Jenness —
; Joseph Cilley ,
John P. Hale
Moses Norris, jr ,
Charles O. Atherton. . ,
iJohu S. Wells ,
Jared W. Williams —
;James Bell
John P. Hale
■Daniel Clark ,
! George G. Fogg
Aaron H. Cragin .
James W. Patterson.
Bainbridge Wadleigh
.KUward H. Rollins . .
Henry W. Blair
Austin F. Pike
^erson C. Cheney... .
iVilliam E. Chandler,
'acob H. Oallinger. . .
No. of Congress.
1st to 3d
3d " 6th
7th " 9th
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13th " 14th
14th " 18th
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1789 to 1793
1793 " 1801
1801 " 1805
1801 " 1802
1802 " 1807
1805 " 1814
1807 " 1810
1810
1813 to 1817
1815 " 1817
1817 " 1823
1817 " 1819
1819 " 1825
1823 " 1836
1825 " 1831
1831 " 1836
1836
1836 to 1842
1837 " 1842
1842
1842 to 1845
1843 " 1849
1845 " 1846
1846 " 1847
1847 " 1853
1849 " 1855
1853
1855
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1855 to 1857
1855 " 1865
1857
1866
1866
1867
1866 " 1875
1867 " 1873
1873 " 1879
1877 " 1883
1879 " 1891
1883 " 1886
1886 " 1888
1888 "
1891 "
Elected president of the senate, 6 Apr. 1789, for the purpose of
opening and counting the votes for president and vice-president
of the U. S. Elected president pro tern. 5 Nov. 1792.
Elected president pro te.m. 6 May, 1796, and 2 Dec. 1799. Resigned
1801.
Elected in place of Samuel Livermore.
Resigned.
Elected in place of James Sheafe.
Died.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Parker.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Oilman.
Elected in place of Mason.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Hill.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Pierce.
Resigned.
When he was a member of the House he introduced the famous
resolution, 11 Dec. 1838, known as the Atherton gag.
Appointed pro tern, in place of Woodbury.
Elected in place of Woodbury.
Died 11 Jan. 1855.
Died 1853.
Appointed in place of Norris.
Appointed in place of Atherton.
Died 1857.
: Elected in place of Bell. Elected president pro iem. 26 Apr. 1864,
[ and 9 Feb. 1865. Resigned.
Appointed in place of Clark.
Died 1886.
Appointed in place of Pike.
Term expires 1901
To succeed Blair. Term expires 1897.
IVew Harmony. Robert Owen was the first social-
st to form a non-religious community in America. In 1824
le purchased the town of Harmony (Harmonists), called it
^ew Harmony, and organized a community which on 12 Jan.
826 adopted a constitution as "The New Harmony Comrau-
ity of E,quality." 4 July, 1826, at New Harmony, Owen de-
[vered his Declaration of Mental Independence against the
rinity of man's oppressors, " Private Property, Irrational Re-
gion, and Marriage." Socialism.
! Kew Hebrides, a group of islands in S. Pacific
'Can, discovered by Quiros, who, believing them a continent,
18*
named them Tierra A usfral del Espiritu Santo, in 1606. Bou-
gainville in 1768 found them to be islands ; and in 1774 Cook
gave them their present name.
. Bfew Holland. Australia, New South Wales.
New Ireland, an island in the Pacific, lat. 2° 3' S.,
Ion. 152° P:. ; 200 miles long, 25 miles average width. An
attempt of the French marquis de Rays to colonize this island
was reported a failure in Aug. 1880 and May, 1881.
]Ve"%r Jersey, one of the middle Atlantic states of the
United States of America, lies between lat. 38° 56' and 41° 21'
NEW
654
NEW
N., and Ion. 78^^ 53' 51" and 75^ 33' W. It is bounded on the
north by New York, east by New York and Atlantic ocean,
south by Delaware bay, and
west by Delaware and Penn-
sylvania, frona which it is sep-
arated by the Delaware river.
Area, 8715 sq. miles, in 21
counties; pop. 1890, 1,44-1,933;
capital, Trenton.
Henry Hudson, in the shl|)
Half Moon, enters Dela
ware buy, 28 Aug. 16U9,
uud coasts the easiern
shore of New Jersey on
bis way to Saudy Hook,
whore he anchors, 3 Sept. 1609
First Dutch setllemeut on
the Delaware is made near Gloucester, N. J., where fort
Nassau is built 1623
Capt. Thomas Young, receiving a commission from Charles I.,
sails up the Delaware river until "slopped from further
proceeding by a ledge of rock which crosseth the river"
(Trenton falls) 1 Sept. 1634
Number of English families settle on Salem creek, at a place
called by the Indians Asamohaking 1640
Dutch acquire by deed a large tract of land in the eastern part
of New Jersey called Bergen 30 Jan. 1658
Royal charter executed by Charles II., in favor of the duke
of York, of the whole region between the Connecticut and
Delaware rivers 20 Mch. 1664
Present slate of New Jersey granted by the duke of York to
lord John Berkeley and sir George Carteret by deed of lease
and release, to be called Nova Caesaria or New Jersey,
23-24 June, '•
By license from col. Nicholls, governor under the duke of
York, a company, the " Elizabelhtown Associates," purchase
the site of Eliz ibelhlown from Indians, and establish the
first permanent settlement in New Jersey 28 Oct. '•
Philip Carteret, appointed first English governor of New Jer-
sey, arrives at Elizabelhtown with 30 settlers Aug. 1665
Newark settled by 30 families from Connecticut 17 May, 1666
Grant of 276 acres issued for Hoboken 12 May, 1668
Session of the first legislative assembly of New Jersey held at
Elizabelhtown 26 May, '•
Bergen chartered 22 Sept. "
Settlers under grants from gov. Nicholls form an independent
government whose deputies at Elizabelhtown elect James
Carteret governor 14 May, 1672
Gov. Philip Carteret returns to England to lay the matter of
the government of New Jersey before the proprietors '•
First Friends' meeting house built at Shrewsbury '•
Lord Berkeley sells his half interest in the province to 2 Eng-
lish Quakers, John Fenwick and Edward Byllinge. . .18 Mch. 1673
New Netherlands, including New Jersey, surrendered to the
Dutch July, "
New Jersey again becomes an English province, under treaty
of peace between England and Holland 9 Feb. 1674
Edward Byllinge, becoming financially embarrassed, assigns
his interest to William Penn and others 10 Feb. "
Philip Carteret returns and resumes authority in New Jersey,
meeting the General Assembly at Bergen 6 Nov. "
Fenwick, sailing from London in the ship Griffith, arrives with
a small company of Quakers and settles at Salem June, 1675
" Concessions and Agreements " of the proprietors of the Fen-
wick and Byllinge purchase in New Jersey issued; Fenwick
to have one-tenth interest, and the assignees of Byllinge
nine-tenths, and a government established 3 Mch. 1676
Quintipartiie deed executed between William Penn and others,
assignees of ByUinge, and sir George Carteret, for a division
of New Jersey into east and west, by a line drawn from Little
Egg harbor to the most northerly point or boundary on the
Delaware, Carteret retaining East Jersey 1 July, "
Richard Hartshore and Richard Guy of East Jersey, and James
Wasse sent from England, authorized to establish a govern-
ment for West Jersey, by the proprietors 18 Aug. ' '
First recorded public action for the establishment of schools
in Newark 21 Nov. ' '
Nine executive commissioners appointed by the proprietors of
West Jersey under a constitution promulgated 3 Mch. 1676,
accompanied by a large number of settlers, arrive from Eng-
land and purchase from the Indians a tract of land on the
Delaware between Assunpink and Old Man's creek Aug. 1677
Burlington laid out by agents of the London Land company. . . "
Ship Shields, from Hull, the first ship to ascend the Delaware
to Burlington, bringing settlers 10 Dec. 1678
Sir George Carteret, proprietor of East Jersey, d 1679
Asserting that the grant of the duke of York to Berkeley and
Carteret did not convey the government, sir Edmund Andros
claims the government of New Jersey, and appears before
the General Assembly at Elizabethtown, which repudiates
his authority 2 June, 1680
Duke of York having submitted the claim of governmental
power in New Jersey to a commission, which decides against
Andros, he makes a second grant of West Jersey to the pro-
prietors, 6 Aug., and of East Jersey 6 Sept. "
Vicinity of Trenton settled by Phineas Pemberton "
First yearly meeting of Friends for discipline in this country
held at Burlington 28 June, 1681 I
First assembly meets at Burlington and organizes a govern-
ment, with Samuel Jennings as deputy governor 25 Nov. U
Carteret's heirs sell East Jersey to a company of proprietors,
including William Penn and 11 others 1-2 Feb. 1(|
Penn company, now increased to 24 proprietors, secure a new
conveyance of East Jersey from the duke of York, with full
powers of government 14 Mch.
Robert Barclay appointed for life first governor of East Jersey
under the new proprietary, with Thomas Rudyard as deputy,
Revenues of Matenitunk island, in the Delaware opposite Bur-
lington, set apart for education. This is believed to be the
first school fund in America i(
Perth Amboy laid out into lots
First tavern or hotel in the province established at Woodbridge.
Site of Camden occupied by messrs. Cooper, Runyon, and
Morris U
First Episcopal church in New Jersey, St. Peter's, founded at
Perth Amboy ifl
Byllinge dies, and dr. Samuel Coxe of London purchases his
interest in West Jersey 1687
First Baptist church in East Jersey built at Middletown 1688
Gov. Barclay d 3 Oct. 16
Presbyterian churches established in Freehold and Wood-
bridge u
First school law of the state enacted by the General Assembly
of East New Jersey at Perth Amboy, to maintain a school-
master within the town 12 Oct. IJ
Burlington incorporated
Salem incorporated i(j
Government of New Jersey surrendered to the crown, and
both provinces united : 17 Apr. 1%
Edward Hyde, lord Cornbury, appointed governor of New York
and New Jersey by queen Anne 16 Nov.
General Assembly meets at Perth Amboy 10 Nov. it
First association of Seventh day Baptists formed in Piscata-
way Apr. n
Lord Cornbury, removed from oflice by queen Anne, is impris-
oned for debt by his creditors 11
Paper money first issued in New Jersey
Assembly votes to aid the English expedition against the
French in Canada 16 July, it
Schuyler copper mines near Belleville discovered by Arent
Schuyler n
First freestone quarried in New Jersey 17
Law providing for triennial elections of deputies to assembly
and triennial sessions alternately at Burlington and Amboy, IW
Gov. Montgomery d 1 July, 1731
Executive of New Jersey separated from New York, and Lewis
Morris appointed governor 1738
Weelily mail from Philadelphia to New York, carried by post-
boys through New Jersey, established 1739
Rev. George Whitefield visits Elizabethtown 1740
First iron run at furnace in Oxford, Warren county 9 Mch. 1743
Gov. Morris dies at Kingsbury, near Trenton 21 May, 174t
College of New Jersey at Elizabethtown incorporated "
College of New Jersey removed to Newark 1748
Trenton public library founded 1750
First printing press in the province established at Woodbridge
by James Parker 1751
College of New Jersey finally located at Princeton, and Nassau
hall erected 1756
Stage line established from New York to Philadelphia by way
of Perth Amboy and Trenton Nov. "
Gov. Jonathan Belcher d. aged 76 31 Aug. 1757
New American Magazine, pub. at Woodbridge by James Parker,
and edited by Samuel Nevil under the signature of "Syl-
vanus Americanus" Jan. 175B
Special conference with Indians at Easton, the governor, Fran-
cis Bernard, obtains from the chief of the united nations of
the Minisinks,Wapings, and other tribes, for $1000, a release
of the Indian title to every portion of New Jersey 18 Oct. "
Yearly meeting of the Society of Friends transferred from :
Burlington to Philadelphia 1761 \
William Franklin, natural son of Benjamin Franklin, appointed j
governor (the last royal governor of New Jersey) 1763'
William Coxe, appointed stamp distributer in New Jersey, ;
voluntarily resigns his office Sept. 1765
Joseph Borden, Hendrick Fisher, and Robert Ogden, delegates i
to a convention of 9 colonies at New York, 7 Oct. 1765; it i
publishes a declaration of rights, and adjourns 24 Oct " J
First medical society in the colonies organized in New Jersey,
23 July, 1766
First convention of Episcopal ministers of Connecticut, New ;
York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, is held at Elizabeth-
town Nov. " !
Rutgers college at New Brunswick chartered under the name ^ j
of Queen's college by George III 17''';
Isaac Collins, appointed public printer for New Jersey, begins ,
the publication of an almanac which continues 20 years 1 '71
Stephen Crane, John de Hart, James Kinsey, William Living-
ston, and Richard Smith, chosen delegates to the Congress
at Philadelphia by a convention at New Brunswick.. 21 July, 17(1
Assembly of New Jersey unanimously approves the proceed-
ings of Congress as reported by the delegates 11 Jan. 177»:
Provincial congress of New Jersey at Trenton, elects Hendrick ^^ |
Fisher president, and assumes authority 23 May, j
Provincial legislature, convened by gov. Franklin 16 Nov., is ^^ ^
prorogued 6 Dec. ;
Gov. Franklin, sympathizing with the action of the British j
government, is arrested and sent to East Windsor, Conn., I
where (until exchanged in 1778) he is held as a prisoner. .... 177tj
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provincial congress convenes at Burlington, 10 June, 1776, ap-
points a committee to prepare a constitution, 24 June, who
report, 26 June, a constitution which is confirmed — 2 July, 1776
Ordinance passed denouncing the penalty of treason upon all
who should levy war against and within the state, or be ad-
herent to the king of Great Britain 18 July, "
Abraham Clark, John Hart, Francis Hopkins, Richard Stock-
ton, and John Witherspoon, delegates from New Jersey,
sign the "Declaration of Independence " 2 Aug. "
Legislature meets at Princeton 27 Aug., and in joint ballot
chooses William Livingston governor of the state 31 Aug. "
Fort Washington being captured by the British, gen. Greene
abandons fort Lee, Bergen county 19 Nov. ' '
Washington retreats through New Jersey Nov. "
Washington crosses the Delaware into Pennsylvania 8 Dec. "
Battle of Trenton 26 Dec. "
Battle of Princeton 3 Jan. 1777
Army under Washington winters at Morristown "
•Gen. Maxwell captures Elizabethtown together with 100 British
troops 23 Jan. "
Five vessels, part of a fleet bringing supplies for the British at
New Brunswick, are sunk near Amboy 26 Feb. "
«en. Howe evacuates New Jersey for the purpose of approach-
ing Philadelphia bj'^ water, crossing to Staten Island, 30 June, "
By act of assembly the word " state " is substituted for " col-
ony" in the Constitution adopted in 1776 20 Sept. "
Battle at Fort Mercer. Col. Greene repulses a force of Hes-
sians under count Donop 22 Oct. "
New Jersey Gazette, the first newspaper in the state, is pub.
at Burlington by Isaac Collins 3 Dec. "
Battle of Monmouth Court-house 28 June, 1778
Isaac Collins prints 5000 copies of a family Bible at Trenton. . . "
Assembly ratifies the "Articles of Confederation " 19 Nov. "
John Witherspoon and Nathaniel Scudder, delegates from New
Jersey, sign the " Articles of Confederation " 26 Nov. "
British at Paulus Hook surprised by maj. Henry Lee.. 19 Aug. 1779
New Jersey Journal established by Shepherd Kollock at Chat-
ham "
American army winters at Morristown Dec. "
Five thousand troops under gen. Clinton drive back the Amer-
icans under gen. Greene at Springfield, burn the town,
and then retreat 23 June, 1780
Elias Boudinot of New Jersey chosen president of the Conti-
nental Congress 4 Nov. 1782
Continental Congress meets at Princeton 30 June, 1783
New Brunswick incorporated 1784
•Continental Congress meets at Trenton 1 Nov. "
William Livingston, David Brearley, William Patterson, and
Jonathan Dayton, delegates from New Jersey, sign the Con-
stitution of the U. S 17 Sept. 1787
•Constitution of the U. S. adopted unanimously without amend-
ments by the assembly of New Jersey 18 Dec. "
■Gen. Washington is received by a committee of Congress at
Elizabethtown, 23 Apr., and escorted to New York, where he
is inaugurated president of the U. S 30 Apr. 1789
Gov. Livingston dies at Elizabethtown 25 July, 1790
Trenton made the capital of the state 25 Nov. "
Trenton incorporated 13 Nov. 1792
First factory at Paterson built, and calico goods printed, the
first in New Jersey 1794
Interstate traffic in slaves forbidden by the legislature, 14 Mch. 1798
Women vote at the Elizabethtown municipal election 1800
; [The constitution of 1776 permitted women to vote.]
j Morris turnpike, from Elizabethtown to the Delaware river,
I chartered 1 Mch. 1801
, Act for the gradual abolition of slavery, making free all persons
; born in the state after 4 July, 1804, passed 15 Feb. 1804
; Newark Bank and Insurance company chartered "
' William Lewis Dayton born in Baskingridge 17 Feb. 1807
Act confining sufl'rage to white male citizens 16 Nov. "
Bible Society organized , 1809
Princeton Theological seminary established by the Presbyte-
rian church 1812
' Act passed creating a fund for free schools 12 Feb. 1817
Jersey City incorporated 28 Jan. 1820
Sam. L. Southard of New Jersey secretary of the navy, 16 Sept. 1823
Morris canal, from Newark to Phillipsburg on the Delaware,
commenced 1825
; Camden and Amboy railroad incorporated 4 Feb. 1830
Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, purchases an estate
of 1400 acres at Bordentown, immediately after the downfall
of his brother at Waterloo, where he resides until 1832
Legislature appropriates $2000 to extinguish all Indian titles
to land in the state "
Boundary between New Jersey and New York settled by a
board of joint commissioners, is confirmed by legislatures of
; both states in Feb. , and by act of Congress 28 June, 1834
Mahlon Dickerson appointed secretary of the navy under pres.
I ^ Jackson 30 June, "
St. Mary's Hall, college for the superior instruction of women,
j chartered and opened at Burlington 1837
State Educational convention held at Trenton to reorganize
the school system 27-28 Jan. 1838
John Stevens, engineer and inventor, petitions Congress for
protection to inventors, which results in the patent laws of
10 Apr. 1790. He builds a steamboat propelled by twin
j screws that navigates the Hudson river in 1804. Establishes
, * steam ferry from Hoboken to New York city, 11 Oct. 1811,
|! and at the age of 78, builds an experimental locomotive,
which carries passengers at 12 miles an hour on his experi-
mental track at Hoboken in 1826. He d. in Hoboken, 6 Mch. "
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1844
1846
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1866
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At the state election for members of the House of Representa-
tives, the returns are contested, the Democratic candidates
claiming a majority of about 100 votes in a poll of 57,000.
The Whig candidates receive certificates of election under
the " Broad " seal of the state 9-10 Oct. 1838
Clerk of the House of Representatives, H. A. Garland of Vir-
ginia, refuses to call the names of the Whig delegates from
New Jersey, on the ground that the seats were disputed ; at
the opening of Congress (as there were 5 contested seats, and
as the House stood without New Jersey 118 Whig to 119
Democrats, success to either party in this controversy meant
a control of the House; hence the controversy) 2 Dec. 1839
A speaker of the House was elected (Robert M. T. Hunter) by
compromise, but the 5 Democratic contestants are seated on
tiie report of a committee declaring them elected by a vote
of 111 to 81 16 July,
[This governmental flurry is known as the " Broad Seal
war. "]
New Jersey Historical Society founded at Trenton 27 Feb.
Constitutional Convention assembles at Trenton 14 May, com-
pletes its labors 29 June, and the constitution is ratified by
the people 13 Aug.
Town superintendent of schools first authorized 7 Apr.
State lunatic asylum at Trenton opened 15 May,
Bordentown female college at Bordentown, opened in 1851, re-
ceives its charter
State Normal school established at Trenton 8 Oct.
State Union convention at Trenton resolves in favor of a com-
promise between the northern and southern states. . .11 Dec.
Committee on national affairs in the legislature report joint
resolutions endorsing the Crittenden compromise, which
were adopted 25 Jan.
Legislature appropriates $2,000,000, and an annual tax of
$100,000 for military purposes 30 Apr.
In response to a proclamation by gov. Olden, 17 Apr., 4 regi-
ments of New Jersey Volunteers, under gen. Runyon, are
despatched to Annapolis 3 May,
Soldiers' Children's home at Trenton incorporated 23 Mch.
Rutgers scientific school at New Brunswick opened Sept.
State Board of Education established
Legislature ratifies theXIV.th Amendment to the Constitution
of the U. S 11 Sept.
Home for disabled soldiers established at Mount Pleasant,
Newark
New Jersey State Reform school at Jamesburg opened
Legislature, by resolution, withdraws its ratification of the
XIV. th Amendment Apr. 1868
George M. Robeson of New Jersey secretary of the navy,
25 June, 1869
Camden and Amboy railroad and Delaware and Raritan canal
surrender their reserved rights, after 40 years of monopoly,
opening the carrying trade across the state "
Governor of New Jersey accepts the war vessel bequeathed to
the state by Edwin A. Stevens, known as the "Stevens bat-
tery," together with $1,000,000 for its completion, which is
placed under the superintendence of gen. George B. McClellan
and gen. John Newton "
Legislature refuses to ratify the XV. th Amendment to the
Constitution of the U. S 15 Feb. 1870
Stevens Institute of Technology at Hoboken opened 1871
State industrial school for girls at Trenton opened "
Free school system inaugurated in New Jersey Apr. "
Legislature passes a "general railroad law," providing that
"no franchise heretofore granted to construct a railroad, or
to build or establish bridges or ferries, or operate any line of
travel, shall hereafter continue to be or be construed to re-
main exclusive " 1873
Compulsory Education law passed 1874
By act of legislature, 27 Mch. 1874, the Stevens battery, in
construction since 1843, which had cost over $2,500,000, still
unfinished, is sold to U. S. government for $145,000. .2 Nov, "
Newark City Home reform school opened at Verona "
People ratify 28 amendments to the constitution, proposed by
the legislatures of 1874 and 1875 7 Sept. 1875
State insane asylum at Morristown opened Aug. 1876
Act passed creating a State Board of Health 1877
Soldiers' Children's home closed "
Centennial anniversary of the capture of Princeton celebrated
by a mock fight of Newark and Pennsylvania militia. 3 Jan. "
Convention of colored men held at Princeton to consider the
condition of their race, politically and socially 22 Aug. "
Bureau of Labor and Statistics created by act of legislature. . . 1878
Liberal League of New Jersey, the outgrowth of the Citizens'
Protective Association of Newark, in state convention at
Newark, demand remodelling of the Sunday laws Sept. 1879
Thomas Alva Edison establishes a laboratory at Menio park,
1876; exhibits his newly-invented system of electric light-
ing by incandescent carbon vacuum lamps Dec. "
Public Normal school at Newark opened "
St. Benedict's college at Newark, opened in 1868, chartered.. . . 1881
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen appointed secretary of
state under pres. Arthur '. 12 Dec. "
Act passed to create a council of state charities and correction,
to consist of 6 persons appointed by the governor — 28 Mch. 1883
Law enacted to abolish and prohibit the employment under
contract of convicts and inmates of prisons, jails, peniten-
tiaries, and all public reformatory institutions of the state. . 1884
New Jersey school for deaf-mutes at Chambersburg, near Tren-
ton, opened 1885
Gen. George B. McClellan, b. 1826, d. at Orange 29 Oct. "
State Board of Agriculture established 1887
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Acts of legislatur*' passed making Ijibor day, the first Monday
in Septoinber, a legal holiday, and giving women the right to
vote at schooUlistrict meetings
New Jersey homo for the education and care of feeble-minded
chiltlren oiwued
Local option and high-licenso law, passed in 1888, is repealed,
and a high-license law enacted
Horatio Allen, the first locomotive engineer in the U. S., d. at
Montrose, aged 88 1 Jan.
Governor's salary raised to $10,000 per year by law 16 Jan
Australian ballot law adopted at session ending 23 May,
Strike of over 3000 em|)loy^8 in the Clark's thread mills at
Newark and Kearney begins 10 Dec.
Saturday half holiday established, and Rutgers scientific school
awarded the funds granted by Congress in aid of colleges of
agriculture and mechanic arts at session. . ..13 Jan. -20 Mch.
Spinners' strike in the Clark's thread mills declared off. 18 Apr.
Smokeless powder used for the first time in this country at
Sandv Hook in an 8-inch rifled gun 25 July,
Walt Whitman, poet, b. 1819, d. at Camden 26 Mch.
U. S. practice cruiser Bancroft, the first war-ship built in the
state, is launched at the yards of Samuel L. Moore & Sons
Co. in Elizabeth 30 Apr.
City of Faterson celebrates the 100th anniversary of its found-
ing 4 July.
Democrats and Republicans organize separate senates at
Trenton— the governor recognizing the Democratic senate,
9 Jan.
Republican senators force their way into the senate chamber,
10 Jan.
Supreme court of New Jersey decides that the Republican sen-
ate is lawful 21 Mch.
Republican senate recognized as the legal senate 22 Mch.
GOVERNORS.
Peter Minuit, gov. of New Netherlands assumes office
Wouter Van Twiller, " " ....
William Keift, " *' .•••
John Printz, gov. of New Sweden " ....
Peter Stay vesant, gov. of New Netherlands. . " ....
Philip Carteret, first Engl, governor.. "
Edmund Andros, under duke of York " ....
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East Jersey.
Philip Carteret 1676
Robert Barclay 1682
Thomas Rudyard, deputy. . "
Gawen I^awrie, " . . 1683
Lord Neill Campbell, " .. 1686
Andrew Hamilton, " . . 1687
Edmund Andros 1688
John Tatham 1690
Col. Joseph Dudley 1691
Andrew Hamilton 1692
Jeremiah Basse 1698
Andrew Bowne, deputy 1699
Andrew Hamilton "
West Jersey.
Board of Commissioners. . .
Edward Byllinge. . ;
Samuel Jennings, deputy..
Thomas Olive, " ..
John Skeine, "
Daniel Coxe
Edward Hunloke, deputy..
West Jersey Proprietors. . .
Andrew Hamilton
Jeremiah Basse
Andrew Hamilton
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1894
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1633
1638
1642
1646
1664
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1676
1679
1685
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1690
1691
1692
1697
ROYAL GOVERNORS.
Edward Hyde, lord Corubury assumes omco
Lord Lovelace "
Richard IngoUisby, lioutenant governor
Robert Hunter
William Burnett
John Montgomery ''
Lewis Morris, president of council "
William Crosby "
John Anderson, president of council "
John Hamilton, president of council "
Lewis Morris "
John Hamilton, president "
John Reading, president "
Jonathan Belcher "
John Reading, president "
Francis Bernard "
Thomas Boone "
Josiah Hardy "
William Franklin "
STATE GOVERNORS.
William Livingston ! .assumes office.
William Patterson
Richard Howell "
Joseph Bloomfield "
John Lambert, acting "
Joseph Bloomfield "
Aaron Ogden "
William S. Pennington ♦'
Mahlon Dickerson "
Isaac H. Williamson "
Peter D. Vroom "
Samuel Lewis Southard "
Elias P. Seeley "
Peter D. Vroom "
Philemon Dickerson "
William Pennington "
Daniel Haines "
Charles C. Stratton "
Daniel Haines "
George F. Fort "
Rodman M. Price "
William A. Newall "
Charles S. Olden "
Joel Parker. "
Marcus L. Ward "
Theodore F. Randolph "
Joel Parker "
Joseph D. Bedle "
George B. McClellan "
George C. Ludlow "
Leon Abbett "
Robert S. Green "
Leon Abbett "
George T. Werts "
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UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
Name.
No. of Congress.
Date.
Remarks.
■ Jonathan Elmer
William Patterson
Philemon Dickenson
John Rutherford
Frederick Frelinghuysen . ..
Richard Stockton
Franklin Davenport
James Schureman
Aaron Ogden
Jonathan Dayton
John Condit
Aaron Kitchel
John Lambert
James J. Wilson
Mahlon Dickerson
Samuel L. Southard.
Joseph Mcllvaine
Ephraim Bateman
Theodore Frelinghuysen
Samuel L. Southard
Garrett D. Wall
William L. Dayton
Jacob W. Miller
Robert F. Stockton
John R. Thomson
William Wright
John C. Ten Eyck
Richard S. Field
John W. Wall
William Wright
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen.
John P. Stockton
Alexander O. Cattell
John P. Stockton
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen.
Theodore F. Randolph
John R. McPherson
William J. Sewell
Rufus Blodgett
James Smith, jr
W. J. Sewell
2d
5th
4th
6th
6th
1st to
1st
1st to
2d "
3d
4th
5th
6th
6th to 8th
6th " 9th
15th
11th
14th
16th
23d
18th
19th
20th
23d
27th
27th
32d
33d
32d
33d to 37th
33d " 36th
36th
37th
38th to 39th
39th " 41st
39th
39th to 42d
41st " 44th
42d " 45th
44th •' 47th
45th " 54th
47 th " 50th
50th " 52d
53d •'
54th "
8th
9th
11th
14th
15th
16th
18th
19th
21st
23d
24th
27th
27th
1789 to 1791
1789 " 1790
1790 " 1791
1791 " 1798
1793 " 1796
1796 " 1799
1798 " 1799
1799 " 1801
1801 " 1803
1799 " 1805
1803 " 1817
1805 " 1809
1809 " 1815
1815 " 1821
1817 " 1833
1821 " 1823
1823 " 1826
1826 " 1829
1829 " 1833
1833 " 1842
1835 " 1842
1842 " 1851
1841 " 18,53
1851 " 18.53
1853 " 1862
1853 " 1859
1859
1863 to 1866
1866 " 1869
1865 " 1866
1866 " 1871
1869 " 1875
1871 " 1875
1875 " 1881
1877 " 1895
1881 " 1887
1888 " 1893
Resigned. Elected governor of New Jersey.
Elected in place of Patterson.
Resigned.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Frelinghuysen.
Appointed in place of Rutherford.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Schureman.
Resigned.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Wilson. Resigned.
Elected in place of Southard. Died 1826.
Elected in place of Mcllvaine. Resigned.
/President pro tern. 11 Mch. 1841. Resigned May, 1842.
\ June, 1842.
Elected in place of Southard.
Resigned.
Died 1862.
Died
I
Appointed pro <e?n. in place of Thomson.
Elected in place of Thomson.
Died 1866.
Appointed in place of Wright.
Unseated Mch. 26, 1866. See Blaine's "Twenty Years of Con-
Elected in place of Stockton. [gress," vol. ii. pp. 154-153.
Term expires 1899.
1895
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New Jeruialeni church. Swedknborgians.
Sew Lanark, a village of W. Scotland. Here
Robert Owen endeavored to establish socialism in 1801 ; and
here the tirst infant-school was set up, 1815. Harmonists.
Sew Harket, Va. Grant's campaign in Vir-
ginia, Opkuations in the Shenandoah Valley.
I^eW Mexico, a territory of the United States, lying
between lat. 31° 20' and 37° N., and Ion. 103° 2' and 109°
2' W. It is bounded on the
north by Colorado, east by
Texas, south by Texas and
Mexico, and west by Arizona.
Area, 122,580 sq. miles; pop.
1890, 153,593. Capital, Santa
Fe.
Francisco Vasquez de Co-
ronado, with 400 Span-
iards and 800 Indians,
makes an expedition from
Mexico to the Pueblo
Indian villages near Santa
FC; which he conquers,
and explores the sur-
rounding region. . . .July, 1540
Agustin Rodriguez, a Franciscan friar of San Bartolom€,
Mexico, with 2 associates and an escort of 12 soldiers,
ascends the Rio Grande, and 8 miles from the site of Albu-
querque the party separate ; the soldiers returning to Mex-
ico, the 3 friars remaining Aug. 1581
Don Antonio Espejo, with a relief party, ascends the Rio Grande,
and finding the missionaries located among the Pueblo Ind-
I iaus in 1581 had been killed, he retiirns to Sau Bartolome
I by way of the Pecos river 1582-83
I Don Juan de Onate, a wealthy citizen of Zacatecas, under au-
i thority from don Luis de Valasco, viceroy of New Spain, set-
) ties with a colony of 130 families, 10 friars, and a number of
I soldiers in the valley of the Chama river, just above its junc-
j tion with the Rio Grande 1598
* Santa F6 founded under the title La Giudad Real de la Santa
' Fe de San Francisco 1605
1 Religious persecution of the Indians by the Spanish, who whip,
'; imprison, and hang 40 natives who would not renounce their
j old faith, results in an unsuccessful revolt of Indians 1640
'(Native Indian tribes unite in a project to make a simultaneous
> attack on the Spanish settlements, but the plan is discovered
! and broken up by gov. Concha, who arrests and imprisons the
! leaders, hanging 9, and selling the others into slavery 1650
IFour Indians are hung and 43 whipped and enslaved on convic-
j tion by a Spanish tribunal of bewitching the superior of the
' Franciscan monastery at San Yldefonso 1675
iPueblo Indians under Popg, reduced to abject slavery by the
Spanish, rise in rebellion. Their plan of a general massacre
! on 10 Aug. 1680, being discovered, they begin 2 days earlier
I a massacre of the Spanish, who are obliged to flee the country,
: the Pueblos taking possession of Santa Fe 21 Aug. 1680
Mew Mexico reconquered by the Spanish under Diego de V'ar-
i gas Zapata Lujan 1692
jSevere famine arising in the Spanish settlements, the Indians
of 14 pueblos enter upon a desolating but unsuccessful war
for the expulsion of the Spanish 1696
Albuquerque founded during the administration of the duke
I of Albuquerque 1701-10
Lieut. -col Carrisco discovers the Santa Rita mines near Sil-
i ver City 1800
Baptiste Lalande, a Frenchman from Kaskaskia, reaches Santa
! F€ with a stock of merchandise, which he disposes of at a
I very large proflt 1804
James Pursley, a Kentuckian, leaves St. Louis in 1802, and after
■ 3 years' wandering reaches Santa Fe 1805
Ijieut. Zebulon M. Pike, of the U. S. army, builds a fort on the
I Rio del Notre on Spanish soil, supposing it to be the Red
I river and American possessions, during the month of Feb.
i 1807. With his party he is taken to Santa Fe by a Spanish
■ escort, where they arrive 3 Mch. From there he is sent to
j Chihuahua under escort, arriving 2 Apr. , and has an audience
', with the commanding general don Nemecio Salcedo. After
some detention he is sent forward, reaching San Antonio,
:^ Texas, 7 June, and Natchitoches 1 July, 1807
;'apts. Glenn, Becknell, and Stephen Cooper visit Santa Fe with
small parties and a limited quantity of goods for trade. . . 1821-22
I'irst wagon trains from Independence, Mo., to Santa Fe 1824
ifew Mexico made a territory of the republic of Mexico. 6 July, "
'anta F6 trail made an authorized road by act of Congress; the
! bill introduced by Thomas H. Benton, and passed Jan. 1825
aravans being often attacked by Indians, U. S. government
details 4 companies as escort on the Santa F6 road.. 1828
Id Placer gold-mines discovered about 30 miles southwest of
San ta F€ "
; xen first used on the Santa Fe trail 1830
I Spanish newspaper. El Crepusculo, pub. at Taos 1835
few Mexican constitution goes into effect, changing the terri-
1 tory into a department, centralizing power, and imposing ex-
j tra taxes. The new system being obnoxious, the arrest and
I imprisonment of a local judicial officer on what the people
i considered a false charge, provokes a revolution, 1 Aug. 1837,
NEW
which is central at Santa Cruz, but which is soon quelled by
gen. Manuel Armijo
New Placer gold mines discovered
Expedition under gen. McLeod sets out from Austin, Tex., 18
June, 1841, to ascertain the feeling of the New Mexican peo-
ple with respect to aunion with Texas. When near San Mi-
guel the force is met by Damacio Salazar and his Mexican
troops, seized and imprisoned at San Miguel, from whence
they are marched under guard to the city of Mexico. . 17 Oct.
Pros. Santa Aiia, by decree, closes the frontier custom-house
at Taos, 7 Aug. 1843, but repeals the act 31 Mch.
Gen. Stephen W. Kearney, in command of a body of U. S. troops
known as the "Army of the West," enters Santa Fe and
takes formal possession 18 Aug.
Gen. Kearney establishes a government for the territory of New
Mexico, with Santa F€ as capital, proclaiming himself pro-
visional governor 22 Aug.
Fort Marcy established near Santa Fe 23 Aug.
Gen. Kearney promulgates the " Kearney Code of Laws," and
proclaims Charles Bent governor of the territory 22 Sept.
Donaciano Vigil becomes acting governor in the room of gov.
Charles Bent, who is assassinated at Taos 19 Jan.
Revolt against the U. S. government in New Mexico, planned
by dons Diego Archuleta and Tomas Ortiz, breaks out at Taos,
but is suppressed by American troops under col. Sterling
Price, and gov. Montoya, prominent in the rebellion, is tried
by court-martial and executed 7 Feb. 6 others, convicted of
participating in the murder of gov. Bent, are executed, 3 Aug.
Santa Fe Republican, the first newspaper printed in English,
begins its career
By the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, concluded 2 Feb. 1848,
and proclaimed in Santa F6 in Aug. following, New Mexico
becomes a part of the U. S Aug.
People of New Mexico, in convention at Santa F6, petition
Congress for a territorial government, oppose the dismem-
berment of their territory in favor of Texas, and ask protec-
tion of Congress against the introduction of slavery. .14 Oct.
By proclamation of gov. Munroe, in Apr. 1850, a convention
assembles at Santa F6 15 May, and frames a constitution
for the territory of New Mexico, 25 May, prohibiting slavery
and fixing the east and west boundaries at 100° and 111°.
This constitution was ratified by the people 20 June, by a
vote of 8371 for to 39 against, and Henry Connelly was elect-
ed governor, but the movement was not recognized
Act of Congress establishing a territorial government for New
Mexico approved 9 Sept.
First legislative assembly convenes at Santa F6, and declares
it the capital of the territory 2 June,
Santa F^ incorporated as a city
Gov. James S. Calhoun dies while on his way to the states,
and John Greiner becomes acting governor .30 June,
Academy of Our Lady of Light, in charge of the sisters of
Loretto, organized at Santa Fe
Christopher or '' Kit" Carson appointed Indian agent in New
Mexico
Territory acquired from Mexico under the Gadsden purchase
is incorporated with the territory of New Mexico 4 Aug.
School law passed requiring compulsory attendance, and the
appointment of teachers by the justice of the peace in each
precinct, who is entitled to collect the sum of 50 cents per
month for each child attending 23 Jan.
Maj. Isaac Lynde, U. S. A., in command at fort Fillmore, sur-
renders the fort and his entire command of 700 to lieut.-
col. John R. Baylor, confederate 27 July,
Confederates under gen. H. F. Sibley defeat the federals under
col. Canby at Valverde, 10 miles below fort Craig 21 Feb.
Battle at Apache canon, near Santa Fe; col. Slough defeats the
confederates under col. Scurry 28 Mch.
Santa F6, in possession of the confederates since 11 Mch. 1862,
is recovered by the federals 21 Apr.
Territory of Arizona formed from part of New Mexico, 24 Feb.
Gov. Connelly dies ; W. F. M. Arny acting governor.
Portion of New Mexico above 37°"attached to Colorado
By act of Congress peonage is abolished and forever prohibit-
ed in the territory of New Mexico 2 Mch.
Governor in his message announces telegraphic communica-
tion with the North
Archives of New Mexico, partly destroyed in 1680, are further
depleted under the rule of gov. Pile, when they are sold for
waste paper and only about one quarter of them recovered..
Legislature provides for common schools, under a board of
supervisors and directors elected by each county
Serious election riot at La Mesilla 2 Sept.
Gov. Mar.sh Giddings dies, and is succeeded by William G.
Ritch as acting-governor 3 Jan.
Ute Indians removed from New Mexico to the Colorado reser-
vation Apr. -July,
Locomotive on the new Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe rail-
road reaches Las Vegas 4 July,
New Mexico Historical Society, organized in 1859-60, is reor-
ganized
Bureau of Immigration established by act of legislature
University of New Mexico at Santa F€ chartered and opened. .
Public-school law passed creating the office of county superin-
tendent, and providing for the election by the people of 3
commissioners for each precinct
Act of assembly passed establishing an orphans' home and
industrial school at Santa F€
Destructive raids in the southwestern portion of the territory
by Apache Indians from Arizona May. June, and Oct.
Territorial prison at Santa FtS completed and opened
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New Mexico school for the douf ami dumb at Santa F^ opened,
Ramona Indian school for girls located at Santa V6
New capitol building completed at Santa FtS, under act of 28
Mch. 1884, creating a capitol building committee
Legislature passes over the governor's veto an act abolishing
the office of attorney-genenil and substituting that of solici-
tor general 16 f'eb.
Acts of the legislature passed creating a state university at
Albuquerque, an agricultural college at lias Cruces, and a
school of mines at Socorro
Insane asylum at Ias Vegas created by act of legislature
Territorial Board of Health provided for by act of legislature. .
Constitutional convention meets at Santa F6 3 Sept., adopts a
constitution for the proposed state of New Mexico, and ap-
points a committee to present it to Congress 21 Sept.
Agricultunil college at I^s Cruces opened 21 Jan.
Constitution, amended by a convention which reconvened at
Santa V6 18 Aug., is rejected by the people by 16,180 votes
(br and 7943 against, at an election held 7 Oct
Ballot-box in Santa V6 county disappears mysteriously, and
the commissioners of Santa F6 refuse to canvass the vote in
that precinct, while Democratic commissioners in Taos
county throw out returns favoring Republicans. After liti-
gation before justice Seeds of the District court, in Dec. sec.
Bei^jamin .M. Thomas, acting-governor, swears in the Repub-
lican candidates in both precincts Dec.
Second Friday in Mch. designated as Arbor day, a territorial
Boiird of Education created, and a high-license bill passed by
the legislature, at session 29 Dec. 1890-26 Feb.
Ex-gov. Samuel B. Axtell d. at Morristown, N. J., aged 72,
6 Aug.
Forest preserve in New Mexico set apart by proclamation of
pre& Harrison H Ja°-
Territorial capitol building at Santa F€ burned 12 May, "
GOVERNORS.
[A list of the governors ruling in New Mexico previous to 1846,
with notes, may be found in " Historical Sketches of New Mexico,"
by L. Bradford Prince. A list of names only, in "The Annual
Statistician and Economist," L. P. McCarty, 1889, and elsewhere.]
U. S. MILITARY GOVERNORS.
Gen. Stephen W. Kearney assumes office 22 Aug.
Charles Bent appointed 22 Sept.
Donaciano Vigil acting 19 Jan.
Lieut. -col. J. M. Washington appointed
Maj. John Munroe "
TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS.
James S. Calhoun assumes office 3 Mch.
Col. E. V. Sumner. acting
John Greiner. "
William Carr I,ane appointed
William S. Messervy acting 4 months
David Meriwether. appointed
W. H. H. Davis acting
Abraham Rencher appointed
Henry Connelly "
W. F. M. Amy acting
Robert B. Mitchell appointed
William A. Pile "
Marsh Giddings "
William 6. Ritch acting
Samuel B. Axtell appointed
Lewis Wallace ... "
Lionel A. Sheldon "
Edmund G. Ross "
L. Bradford Prince "
William T. Thornton "
558
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New^ Netlierland. New York, 1614.
^ew Orleans. The site of New Orleans, "the
Crescent City," was selected by M. de Bienville, governor of
Louisiana, as a location for the chief city of the colony in
1718, and settled by a detachment of 25 convicts, as many
carpenters, and some settlers from the Illinois country. The
seat of government was established there in Aug. 1722, at
which time the population numbered 300, and the town con-
sisted of about 100 houses. New Orleans came under American
rule 20 Dec. 1803, after the cession of Louisiana to the United
States by France, and at this time had a population, including
the suburbs, of about 10,000. In 1820 the pop. was 27,176,
and bv decades since: 1830, 29,737; 1840, 102,193; 1850,
116,37.5; 1860, 168,675; 1870, 191,418; 1880,216,090; 1890,
242,039. Area (U. S. census, 1890), 37.09 sq. miles. Lat.
30° N., Ion. 90^ 5' W.
Bienville sends sieur Le Blond de la Tour to the settlement,
who surveys the town, marks ofl' streets, and builds a levee
along the river front 1718-20
Seat of government of Louisiana removed to New Orleans, Aug. 1722
Storm destroys 30 houses, the church, and hospital 11 Sept. "
Arrival of the Ursnline nuns 1727
Arrival of the " fiUes a la cassette " or casket girls, sent from
France in care of the Ursulines, to be disposed of in marriage
under their discretion 1727-28
Ursuline convent erected on square bounded by the river and
Chartres st., below Ursuline st. (occupied by them for 94
years) , I7i
Charity hospital founded by a sailor, Jean Louis 1'
First sugar-cane grown in Louisiana introduced from St. Do-
mingo, and planted by the Jesuits in the angle of Common
and Tchbupiloulas sis 175|
First sugar mill erected by .M. Debrcuil on his plantation, now
part of the 3d district (adjoining the 2d on the river) 17|
Spain takes formal possession of Louisiana 171
[From this time until 1800 New Orleans remained subject
to the Spanish government. Louisia.na.]
A cabildo established, composed of 6 perpetual rigidors, 2 or-
dinary alcaldes, an attorney-general syndic, and clerk,
21 Nov.]
Special revenue assigned to the city of New Orleans:- an annn
tax of $40 on every tavern, billiard table, and coffee-hou
and $20 on every boarding house; an impost of $1 on evei
barrel of brandy brought to the city, and a tax of $375 on thl
butchers of the place ; an anchorage tax of $6 on every vessel
of over 200 tons and $3 on smaller 22 Feb. 1
John James Audubon b. at New Orleans 4 May. 171
Charity hospital of St. Charles, a brick structure erected by
don Andres Almonaster y Roxas at a cost of $114,000 on
west side of Rampart, between Toulouse and St. Peter sts.,
on site of the charity hospital founded by Jean Louis and
destroyed by a hurricane in 1779 1784-8*"
Fire breaks out in the rear of the government buildings and
destroys 856 buildings, nearly half the town 21 Mch. 178t
St. Louis cathedral, begun 1792, completed 171
Le Moniteur de la Louisiane, the first newspaper, published
entirely in French, established '
Second great fire destroys in 3 hours 212 houses 8 Dec. '
Police department established, 1792, and 4 years after there
were 13 night-watchmen in the town and 80 street lamps in
operation 171
Carondelet canal, begun 1794, completed «•
Salcedo, in the hall of the cabildo, delivers to Laussat, the
French colonial prefect, the keys of New Orleans 30 Nov. I81
Municipal government, composed of a mayor and council, es-
tablished in place of the cabildo by Laussat '
Laussat gives over the keys of the city to commissioners Clai-
borne and gen. Wilkinson of the U. S 20 Dec. '
Incorporated as a city under American charter with mayor,
recorder, treasurer, and council of 14 aldermen 17 Feb. 1805
Aaron Burr arrives in New Orleans 26 June, "
Batture riots; second and most serious outbreak occurring,
15 Sept. 1807
Christ's church, a small octagonal structure, erected on cor.
Bourbon and Canal sts 1809
First vessel propelled by steam, the Orleans from Pittsburg,
arrives at New Orleans 10 Jan. 1812
New Orleans college built and put into operation at cor. Bayou
road and St. Claude st "
Gen. Jackson arrives at New Orleans (Louisiana) 2 Dec. 1814
Battle of New Orleans fought (United States) 8 Jan. 1815
Portion of city flooded to the aepth of 3 to 4 feet, the flood
continuing nearly a month; cause, the breaking of the
Macarty levee 6 May, 1816
First cobble-stone pavement laid on Gravier st. , between Tchou-
pitoulas and Magazine sts 1817
One central and 2 primary schools established by legislative
act Mch. 1826
Seat of government removed to Donaldsonville 1829
Parish prison on Orleans St., near Congo square, built at a cost
' of $200,000 1830
New Orleans again made the seat of government 8 Jan. 1831
Cholera destroys 3^ of the entire population, about 6000 deaths
occurring in 20 days; it makes its appearance about 25 Oct. 1832
Bank's Arcade, "a glass roofed mercantile court in the midst
of the St. James's Hotel in Magazine St.," built 1833
First water-works company chartered under the name of the
Commercial Bank "
Charity hospital in Common st. erected at a cost of $150,000, 1832-34
State-house, formerly the Ursuline nunnery, occupied as the
seat of the archbishop of Louisiana 1834
Streets lighted with gas "
Jackson barracks built 1834-35
St. Charles theatre built at a cost of $350,000 1835
Branch U. S. mint of New Orleans founded "
New charter dividing the city into 3 distinct municipalities:
the old town, the Faubourg Ste. Marie, and the Faubourg
Marigny, with a mayor and general council over the whole
city. 1836
Mississippi river water furnished through mains under the
principal streets "
Merchants' Exchange on Royal St., below Canal, completed... "
New Orleans Picayune, daily, established 1837
First St. Charles hotel, called the Exchange hotel, begun 1835,
completed at a cost ot $600,000 1838
State library of Louisiana founded "
Modern system of free public schools established in the city
of Lafayette 1841
Boys' House of Refuge opened 1843
Library of the New Orleans l^aw Association founded 1844
Public school and Lyceum library founded "
Over 2800 deaths from yellow-fever during summer and fall of 1847
Large portion of the city overflowed by the breaking of the
levee in front of Sauve's plantation above New Orleans, 3
May, 1849 ; 200 squares under water to a depth of from 4 to 6 i
feet; flood at its highest point 30 May, 1849
Seat of government removed to Baton Rouge 1850 :
NEW 559
St. Charles hotel burned (restored 1852-53) 16 Feb. 1850
Telegraphic line to St. Louis completed "
First granite block pavement laid "
Three municipalities, together with the city of Lafayette, con-
solidated by a new charter 12 Apr. 1852
Yellow-fever breaks out in June; reaches its maximum 22
Aug., on which day over 283 deaths were reported. The total
interments in the cemeteries between 1 June and 1 Oct. were
11,000 1853
Bronze equestrian statue of gen. Jackson erected in the Place
d'Armes, now Jackson square 1855
Banks suspend specie payment 18 Sept. 1861
New Orleans surrendered to flag-officer Farragut, 26 Apr., and
formal possession taken by land forces under gen. Butler
(Louisiana) 1 May, 1862
Times- Democrat established 1863
Negro political riot; many negroes killed and wounded,
30 July, 1866
Water- works purchased by the city 1869
New charter, adopting the administrative system, and annexa-
tion of Jefferson City 1870
Straight university, chartered 1869, opened "
Exposition park, 250 acres, purchased by a commission ap-
pointed 1871
New Orleans university chartered and opened 1873
City of Carrolton annexed 1874
New Orleans City Item established 1877
City disposes of its water-works system to a private corpora-
tion—the New Orleans Water-works company 10 Apr.. "
Tellow-fever epidemic; about 4500 deaths; first case reported,
23 May, 1878
Auxiliary Sanitary Association of New Orleans organized,
31 Mch. 1879
The States established 1880
Seat of government, which had been in New Orleans since the
civil war, again removed to Baton Rouge "
Southern university chartered and opened "
New Orleans Drainage and Sewerage company, organized 17
Mch. 1880, and ordinance adopted by council providing for a
contract with the company for drainage of the city. .12 Apr. 1881
Southern Academic institute opened "
New city charter adopted by the legislature June, 1882
Tulane University of Louisiana chartered and opened 1884
World's Industrial Cotton Exposition opened by pres. Arthur
getting the machinery in motion by telegraph from Washing-
ton, 16 Dec. 1884; continues until 31 May, 1885
New Orleans Normal school established ''
New Orleans public school for deaf-mutes opened 1886
Evening News established 1889
New Orleans New Delta established 1890
David C. Hennessy, chief of police, shot by Italians, supposed
to be Maffia, near his home 15 Oct. "
Eleven Italians, implicated in the killing of chief Hennessy, are
massacred in the parish prison (United States) 14 Mch. 1891
Gen. Beauregard d. aged 75 years 20 Feb. 1893
St. Charles hotel burned ; loss $500,000 28 Apr. 1894
U. S. court of appeals at New Orleans decided that the city is
not liable for damages for the death of the Sicilians (Maffia)
killed Mch. 1891 30 May, "
NEW
MAYORS.
1 Joseph Mather 1807-12
1 Nicolas Girod 1812-15
Augustin Macarty 1815-20
Joseph Rouffignac 1820-28
Denis Prieur 1828-40
William Freret 1840-43
; Denis Prieur 1843-44
! Edgar Montegut 1844-46
A. D. Crossman 1846-54
John Lewis 1854-56
; Charles M. Waterman. . . 1856-58
i.Gerard Stith 1858-60
'John T. Monroe 1860-62
Twelve mayors by U. S.
military appointment. 1862-66
JohnT Monroe 1866-68
John R. Conway 1868-70
Benjamin F. Flanders.. . 1870-72
Louis Alfred Wiltz 1872-74
Charles J. Leeds 1874-76
Edward Pilsbury 1876-78
Isaac W. Patton 1878-80
Joseph A. Shakspeare. . . 1880-82
W. J. Behan 1882-84
J. V. Guillotte 1884-88
Joseph A. Shakspeare. . . 1888-92
John Fitzpatrick 1892-96
i Newport, R. I., a celebrated watering-place. Rhode
jIsLAND, 1639, and throughout. Here bishop Berkeley, and
•Smybert, the earliest professional portrait-painter in Anoerica,
'resided for a while. It is near the entrance of Narragausett
bay, and was the scene of many stirring events during the
American Revolution, being occupied alternately by British
and American troops. French, under Rocharabeaii, also
lauded in 1780.
IVew Rugby, Tenn., a colony of British farmers and
others, fomided on English principles by Thomas Hughes,
formerly M.P., author of "Tom Brown's School-daj-s," etc.;
inaugurated 5 Oct. 1880.
news-letters. Newspapers.
Ne W^ Soiltll Wales, the principal and oldest colony
>f Australia, on the eastern coast of New Holland, was ex-
jlored, taken pos.session of, and named by capt. Cook in 1770.
At his recommendation a convict colony was tirst formed here.
^^apt. A. Phillip, first governor, arrived at Botany bay with 800
convicts, 20 Jan. 1788; but he subsequently preferred Sydney,
about 7 miles from the head of Port Jackson, as a better situ-
ation for the capital. A new constitution was granted in 1855
(18 and 19 Vict. c. 54). Area, 310,700 sq. miles; pop. 1891,
1,134,207.
newspapers. Before the invention of printing,
news was circulated by manuscript news-letters, the earliest
of which was the Acta Diurna, said to have been issued at
Rome 691 b.c. As late as 1703 John Campbell published
his news-letter in Boston, Mass., and 9 or more numbers are
in the collection of the Massachusetts Historical society. The
era of newspapers, printed from metal type with printing ink,
began with the publication of the Gazette at Nuremburg, Ba-
varia, in 1467. (Those marked with * in existence in 1892.)
Magazines.
Chronicle printed at Cologne by Ulric Zell 1499
Gazetta printed in Venice 1570
* Die Frankfurter Oberpostamts Zeitung, called the first daily
paper in the world, appeared in Frankfort, Germany 1615
Nathaniel Butters publishes 1 or 2 numbers of The Courant,
or Weekly Newesfrom Forain Partes, sold in London streets
by "mercury women" and "hawkers" 9 Oct. 1621
First known issue of the Weekly Newes, published at London by
Nicholas Bourne and Thomas Archer 23 May, 1622
* Gazette de France established at Paris 1631
* Postoch Inrikes Tidning established at Stockholm, Sweden. . 1644
First newspaper advertisement (a reward offered for 2 stolen
horses), in the London Impartial Intelligencer Mch. 1648
Mercurius Politicus issued in Leith, Scotland t Oct. 1653
* Oxford Gazette, first official organ of the court, afterwards
the London Gazette, the only authorized newspaper, con-
tained little more than proclamations and advertisements,
established Nov. 1665
First Irish newspaper, Dublin News-letter, established by
Joseph Ray 1685
[News writers at this time collected from the coffee-houses
information which was printed weekly and sent into the
country and called news letters.]
Pile's Occurrences published in Dublin, Ireland 1700
Daily Courant, first daily newspaper in English, published by
Elizabeth Mallet, in London Mch. 1702
St. Petersburg Gazette published in Russia 1703
* Edinburgh Courant established 1705
Orange Postman, father of the penny press, established in
England 1706
To prevent abuse of liberty of the press, queen Anne imposes
a tax on newspapers ; June, 1712
Journal de Paris, ou Paste au Soir, first daily paper in Paris,
established , 1777
* The Times (daily) established in London 1 Jan. 1788
* Allgemeine Zeitung established at Leipsic 1798
First newspaper in Turkey, The Spectator of the East, issued
at Smyrna by M. Blecque 1827
* London Evening Standard established "
* Spectator (weekly) established at London 1828
* Athenaeum (literary and scientific weekly) established in
London "
La Caricature, a comic French paper established by Charles
Philopon July. 1830
Copies of The English Mercuric (1588) in the British museum
are proved to be forgeries (executed about 1766) by T. Watts, 1839
* Punch (comic weekly) established at London 1841
* Illustrated London News (weekly) established 1842
* London Daily News established 21 Jan. 1846
Reuter's Telegram company founded in London 1849
* Notes and Queries (literary and antiquarian weekly) estab-
lished in London "
Stamp duty on newspapers in England abolished 15 June, 1855
* Saturday Review (literary weekly) established at London. . . ••
* London Daily Telegraph established June, ■'
* London Morning Standard (daily) established 29 June, 1857
* Pall Mall Gazette established in London 1865
London Press association founded 1868
* Academy (literary weekly) established in London 1869
Number of newspapers in the United Kingdom in 1891 was
2233, of which 183 were daily, published as follows:
Total. Daily
....142
t.„ , A (London 470)
England., p^^^j^^^g ^293
Wales 90.
Scotland 201.
Ireland 157 .
Isles 22.
new^spapers in the United States. The increase of
newspaper literature in the U. S. is marvellous. In 1783 there
were but 43 newspapers ; in 1801 there were 200 weekly and 17
daily journals. In 1830, with a population of 23,500,000, 852
newspapers were published (50 dailies), issuing 68,117,796 cop-
ies yearly; in 1840,1631 newspapers, with 195,838,673 copies
yearly ; in 1850, 2526 newspapers with 426,409,978 copies year-
ly ; in 1860, 4051 newspapers, with an annual issue of 928,000,000
copies, being an increase of 118 per cent, in 10 years. In 1870
there were 5871 newspapers, with a circulation of 20,842,475 cop-
ies. In 1880 there were 980 daily, 8718 weeklv, and 1075 other
NEW
newspapers and periodicals. The circulation of daily news-
papers was 3,637,424 ; that of weekly newspapers, 19,459,107
copies. The number of copies printed in 1880 was 2,077,-
«;59,675. (Those marked with * in existence in 1894.)
Kirst and only issue of I^ublic Occurrences botli Foreign and
Domestick, a proposed monthly at Bostou, Mass '25 Sept. 1690
Newspaper reporting begun by tlio Huston News-Letter ; re-
port of execution of C pirates published, with prayer, etc.,
"as near as it could be taken in writing in the great
crowd " 30 June, 1704
John Peter Zenger, editor of the New York Weekly Journal,
arrested; tirst prosecution for newspaper libel on this conti-
nent.... 17 Nov. 1734
"Carriers' addresses" originated by William Bradford of the
fennsylvania Journal 1 Jan. 1776
560 NEW
Estab'd
Universal Instructor in all the Arts and Sciences, and PtMin
sylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, Ucnjainin Frauiclin. Called
Pennsylvania Gazette after 28 Sept. 17'29 172j
Weekly Rehearsal, Boston, Jeremy Gridley; became Bo.stou
Kvening Post, '21 Aug. 1735; suspended 1775 '27 Sept. 173]
South Carolina (iazette, Charleston, Thomas Whitoinarsh, 8 Jan
Khode Island Gazette, Newport, James Franklin. First in
state; 1'2 numbers published 27 Sept. 173!
New York Weekly Journal, John Peter Zenger; suspended
1752. 5 Nov. 1731
Boston Weekly Post- Boy, Kills Huske 17*
Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, William Parks (first in state),
Aug. 173(
Pennsylvania .lournal and Weekly Advertiser, Philadelphia,
William Bradford 174
New York Evening Post, Henry de Forrest (ran one year) 174<
Independent Advertiser, Boston, Samuel Adams 4 .Ian. 1741
Isaiah l-homas, editor or Massachmetts Spy, advertises to pay , ^ew York Mercury, Hugh Gaine (called Gaine's New York (Ja
10 shilhngs per pound for paper rags.. ........... .^.16 Nov. 1780 ^^^^^ ^^^ Mercury after 1767).. 3 Aug. 1
First daily newspaper in the U. S., The American Daily Ad
vertiser, issued in Philadelphia 1784
Satioiuil Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser, organ of the
administration of Thomas Jefferson, established by Samuel
Harrison Smith 1801
Enos Bronson, editor of the United States Gazette of Philadel-
phia, gives first full market-reports of prices current 1806
yiles's Weekly Register established in Baltimore by Hezekiah
Niles 7 Sept, 1811
Nathan Hale, first to make editorial articles prominent, as-
sumes editorship of the Boston Daily Advertiser 7 Apr. 1814
lioston Recorder, first religious newspaper in the U. S., pub-
lished by Nathaniel Willis, Edward Morse, editor 3 Jan. 1816
* American Farmer, pioneer agricultural paper in the U. S.,
established at Baltimore, Md., by John S. Skinner 2 Apr. 1818
First Sunday newspaper in the U. S., the Sunday Courier, es-
tablished by Joseph C. Melcher in New York 1825
United States Telegraph becomes organ of gen. Jackson's ad-
ministration at his accession 4 Mch. 1829
First regular news-boat, to intercept packet ships for foreign
intelligence, instituted by the New York Journal of Com-
merce 1830
United Stales Telegraph succeeded by the Globe as official organ
of the administration Dec. "
Garrison's Liberator (anti-slavery) founded at Boston Jan. 1831
*Spirit of the Times, first weekly sporting paper in the U. S.,
established in New York by William T. Porter "
New York Journal of Commerce establishes a pony express
from Philadelphia to New York.. 1833
*Sun begun as a one-cent paper in New York, by Benjamin
H. Day 3 Sept. "
" Moon Hoax," by Richard Adams Locke, in New York Sun. . 1835
Shorthand reporters first employed on daily press in the
U. S 1837
First report of religious anniversary meetings in New York
Herald (disapproved by the clergy) 1839
First reported sermons in New York Herald (Tuesday's) 1844
Washington Union, edited by Thomas Ritchie and John P.
Heiss, succeeds Globe, organ of Polk administration. .1 May, 1845
New York Associated Press organized 1849
" Uncle Tom's Cabin," by Mrs. Stowe, appears as a serial in the
Washington National Era, an organ of abolitionists 1851-52
"Blanket-sheets" in vogue; the New York Journal of Com-
merce, enlarged to 35x58% inches, announces itself "the
largest daily paper in the world" 1 Mch. 1853
Origin of " interviewing" ; New York Herald sends special
reporter to Peterborough to interview Gerrit Smith on the
John Brown raid 1859
Newspapers first stereotyped by the paper process "
James Gordon Bennett, founder and proprietor of the New York
Herald, d. aged 77 1 June, 1872
Horace Greeley, founder of New York Tribune, d 29 Nov. "
NUMBKR OF NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS PUBLI8HKD IN
THE UNITED STATES AND BRITISH AMERICA IN 1894;
Daily ,
Semi -weekly.
Weekly
Bi weekly
Tri weekly
Semi-monthly
Monthly
Bi-monthly
Quarterly
Total.
1,841
242
14,000
87
34
352
3,155
77
221
20,009
106
20
613
4
2
22
139
1
7
Total.
1,950
264
14,616
91
36
374
3,297
78
228
914
11
20,934
NEWSPAPERS IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1700 TO 1800.
Papers marked with * still published (1894). Hshed
Boston News-Letter, John Campbell, publisher 24 Apr. 1709
Boston Gazette, William Brooker 21 Dec. 1714
American Weekly Mercury, Philadelphia, Andrew S. Bradford,
22 Dec. "
New England Courant, Boston, James Franklin 7 Aug. 1721
New York Gazette, William Bradford Oct. 1725
New England Weekly Journal, Boston, Samuel Kneeland, 20 Mch. 1727
Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, William Parks. First in the state;
suspended 1736; revived 1745; suspended 1839 "
Boston Gazette or Weekly Advertiser, Samuel Kneeland; sus-
pended Mch. 1755 -A Jan. 178
Connecticut Gazette, New Haven, James Parker and John Holt,
1 Jan. 175
Boston Gazette and Country Gentleman, Edes & Gill ; sus-
pended 1798 7 Apr.
North Carolina Gazette, Newbern Dec.
* New Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, Daniel Fowle. Oldest
paper in the U. S. Daily established 1852; weekly 7 Oct. 17S
Boston Weekly Advertiser, Green & Russell 22 Aug. 178
South Carolina and American General Gazette, Charleston, Rob-
ert Wells 175
* Newport Mercury, Rhode Island, James Franklin 12 June,
New London Summary, New London, Conn., Timothy Green;
suspended in 1763 8 Aug.
New York Gazette, William Weyman 16 Feb. 175
Wilmington Courant, Delaware, James Adams. Published for
6 mouths and the only paper in the state 17i
Providence Gazette and Country Journal, Rhode Island 17i
Rivington's Royal Gazette, New York, James Rivington.
Changed to Rivington's New York Gazette and Universal
Advertiser at close of the Revolution, and suspended in
1781 "
Georgia Gazette, Savannah, James Johnston. Ran for 27 years,
17 Apr. 17i
New London Gazette. Name changed to Connecticut Gazette
in 1773. . . ". 1st Nov. '
Cape Fear Gazette and Wilmington Advertiser, Wilmington, '
N. C. , Andrew Stewart ; suspended in 1767 "
* Connecticut Courant, Hartford, Thomas Green. First regular
issue, 19 Nov. 1764 29 Oct. 1764
Portsmouth (N. H.), Mercury and Weekly Advertiser, Ezekiel
Russell; suspended in 1768 17615
Gazette and Country Journal, Charleston, S. C, Charles Crouch, "
Constitutional Courant, Burlington, N. J., "Andrew Marvel"
(William Goddard), publisher 21 Sept. "
Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, William Rind May, 1766
New York Journal or General Advertiser, John Holt.. 29 May, 1767
♦Connecticut Journal and New Haven Post-Boy, Thomas and
Samuel Green; now the Connecticut Herald and Journal. Oct. "
Boston Chronicle, Mein & Fleming 21 Dec. "
Pennsylvania Chronicle and Universal Advertiser, Philadelphia,
William Goddard "
* Essex Gazette, Salem, Mass., Samuel Hall. Name changed to
Salem Gazette in 1781 5 Aug. 1768
Cape Fear Mercury, Wilmington, N. C, Adam Boyd 13 Oct 1769
* Massachusetts Spy, Isaiah Thomas & Zechariah Fowle, pub-
lishers, Boston, Mass. Removed to Worcester in 1775. Name
changed to Thomas's Massachusetts Spy or Worcester Ga-
zette in 1781; now styled. The Worcester Spy July, 1770
Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser, William Goddard,
Aug. 1773
Norwich (Conn.) Packet Oct. "
Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet, or the Massachusetts
and New Hampshire General Advertiser, Newburyport, 4 Dec. "
Independent Chronicle and Universal Advertiser, Boston,
Powers & Willis. United with Boston Patriot in 1819, and
absorbed by Daily Advertiser, 1832 1776
New York Packet and American Advertiser, Samuel Loudon,
Jan. "
Continental Journal and Weekly Advertiser, Boston, John Gill,
30 May, "
New Jersey Gazette, Isaac Collins. First regular newspaper
issued in the state 3 Dec. 1777
New Jersey Journal, Chatham, N. J., David Franks 1778
Independent Ledger and American Advertiser, Boston, Draper
& Folsom -. .. 15 June, "
American Herald, Boston, Edward E. Powars 1781
Vermont Gazette or Green Mountain Post-Boy, Westminster,
Judah Paddock Spooner & Timothy Green "
Massachusetts Centinel and the Republican Journal (semi-
weekly). Warden & Russell. Changed to Columbian Cen-
tinel, 16 June, 1790, and absorbed by Boston Daily Adver-
tiser in 1840 .'.24 Mch. 1784
American Daily Advertiser, Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin
Bache. The first American daily. Changed to I'oulson's
Advertiser in 1802, and absorbed by the North American,
first issued .28 Oct. 1839 "
Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser (Me.), Thomas B.
Wait and Benjamin Titcomb. Called Cumberland Gazette in
1786 1 Jan. 1785
New York Daily Advertiser, Francis Childs & Co 1 Mch. "
NEW
561
NEW
* Pittsburg (Pa.) Gazette. First newspaper printed west of the
Alleghany mountains 29 July, 1785
* Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., William Butler,
6 Sept. "
Independent Journal, New York, J. & A. M'Leau. Changed to
New York Gazette in 1788, and absorbed by the Journal of
Commerce in 1840 1787
Herald of Freedom and Federal Advertiser, Boston, Freeman
& Andrews 15 Sept. 1788
United States Gazette, New York, John Fenno. Removed to
Philadelphia in 1790. Special organ of Alexander Hamilton.
Absorbed by North American, 1847 1789
National Gazette, Philadelphia, Philip Freneau; suspended in
1793 Oct. 1791
* Impartial Intelligencer, Greenfield, Mass., Thomas Dickman.
Changed to Greenfield Gazette the same year. United with
Courier in 184 L as Gazette and Courier 1 Feb. 1792
State Gazette, Trenton, N. J "
Massachusetts Mercury (tri-weekly), Boston. Alexander Young
& Samuel Etheridge. New England Palladium added to the
title in 1801. Absorbed by the Advertiser about 1830. .1 Jan. 1793
* Rutland (Vt.) Herald "
* Centiuel of the Northwestern Territory, now the Cincinnati
Gazette; first newspaper and first printing-office north of
the Ohio; established by William Maxwell 9 Nov. "
* Minerva, New York, Noah Webster, editor. Name changed
to Commercial Advertiser in 1794. Oldest daily in New
York city 9 Dec. "
* Utica (N. Y.) Gazette; combined with the Herald, established
1847 as Morning Herald and Gazette "
* Newburyport (Mass. ) Herald (daily established 1832) '•
* Sciota Gazette, Chillicothe, 0., Nathaniel Willis 1796
Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette; changed to Natioi>al Re-
publican and Ohio Political Register in 1823 1799
SELKCTKD LIST OF DAILY NEWSPAPERS IN THE UNITED
STATES IN 1894, wrru A CIRCULATION OF 8000 AND
UPWARDS. Estftb-
Name. Where published. lished.
North American Philadelphia, Pa 1771
American Baltimore, Md 1773
Commercial Gazette Pittsburg, Pa 1786
Evening Post New York 1801
News and Courier Charleston, S. C. 1803
Commercial Buftalo, N. Y 1811
Advertiser Boston, Mass 1813
Commercial Gazette Cincinnati, 0 1827
Advertiser Montgomery, Ala 1828
Courier Buffalo, N. Y "
Courrier des Etats-Unis New York "
Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa 1829
Evening Journal Albany, N. Y 1830
Post Boston, Mass 1831
Sun New York 1833
New Yorker Staats-Zeituug. New York 1834
Herald New York 1835
Free Press Detroit, Mich "
Republic St. Louis, Mo "
' Public Ledger Philadelphia, Pa 1836
I Sun Baltimore, Md 1837
! Picayune New Orleans, La "
1 Hawk-Eve Burlington, la 1839
1 Times . .' Hartford, Conn 1841
! Tribune New York "
' Enquirer Cincinnati, 0 1842
Plain Dealer Cleveland, 0 "
; Republican Springfield, Mass 1844
; Sentinel Milwaukee, Wis "
• Herald Boston, Mass 1846
! Tribune Chicago, 111 "
( Express Buffalo, N. Y "
I Dispatch Pittsburg, Pa "
1 Blade Toledo, 0 1847
Evening Item Philadelphia, Pa "
i Dispatch Richmond, Va 1850
; Times New York 1851
; Globe-Democrat St. Louis, Mo. , 1852
• Evening Star Washington, D. C "
(Times Chicago, III 1854
! Pioneer Press St. Paul, Minn 1855
Morning Call San Francisco, Cal 1856
Press Philadelphia, Pa 1857
Rocky Mountain News Denver, Col 1859
World New York 1860
, Morning Oregoniau Portland, Or 1861
I Evening Bulletin Providence, R. 1 1863
[ Commercial Louisville, Ky "
I Times- Democrat New Orleans, La "
! Chronicle San Francisco, Cal 1865
1 Examiner San Francisco, Cal "
; Republican Denver. Col 1866
{Tribune Minneapolis, Minn 1867
I News New York "
I Courier Journal Louisville, Ky 1868
{Constitution AtlauU, Ga "
I >fews Indianapolis, Ind 1869
[Record Philadelphia, Pa 1870
jBee ; Omaha, Neb 1871
i^^'obe Boston, Mass 1872
Inter-Ocean Chicago. Ill "
Kvening News Buffalo, N. Y 1873
Name. Where published. Eatab'd.
News Chicago, 111 1875
Times Philadelphia, Pa "
Call Philadelphia, Pa '•
Times Louisville, Ky 1877
Journal Minneapolis, Minn 1878
Press Cleveland, O "
News New Haven, Conn 1879
Capital Topeka, Kan "
Star Kansas City, Mo 1880
Chronicle St. Louis, Mo "
Post Cincinnati, 0 "
Times Pittsburg, Pa "
Herald Chicago, 111 1881
Morning Journal New York 1882
Journal Milwaukee, Wis "
Evening News Newark, N. J 1883
Press Pittsburg, Pa "
Times Richmond, Va 1886
Age-Herald Birmingham, Ala 1887
Telegraph Seattle, Wash 1890
Recorder New York 1891
Many of these publish also weekly or serai-weekly and Sunday
editions.
WEEKLY PAPERS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1894, WITH
A CIRCULATION OF 40,000 AND UPWARDS. j._j^^_
Name. Where published. lished.
Christian Advocate New York 1826
Youths Companion Boston, Mass 1827
Telegram Harrisburg, Pa 1828
Sunday Mercury New York , : . . 1839
Yankee Blade Boston, Mass 1841
Ledger New York 1844
Scientific American New York 1845
Street & Smith's N. Y. Weekly New York "
National Police Gazette New York 1846
Ohio Practical Farmer Cleveland, 0 1848
Harper's Weekly New York 1856
Sunday School Times Philadelphia, Pa 1859
Fireside Companion. . . , New York 1860
Saturday Night Philadelphia, Pa 1865
Harpers Bazar New York 1867
Witness New York 1871
Family Story Paper New York 1873
Germania (semi-weekly).. Milwaukee, Wis "
Der Haus- und Bauernfreund Milwaukee, Wis "
Union-Signal Chicago, 111 1874
Golden Rule Boston, Mass 1875
National Tribune Washington, D. C 1877
Puck New York "
National Stockman and Farmer Pittsburg, Pa "
Christian Herald and Signs of \ ^ ^ ^ ,j>-„
Our Times | ....^ew lorK i»(»
Texas Sittings New York and London. . . "
Graphic .Chicago, 111 1879
Telegram Elmira, N. Y "
Town Topics New York "
Farmer's Home Dayton, 0 1880
Sporting News St. Louis, Mo "
Golden Days Philadelphia, Pa "
Judge New York 1881
Argosy New York 1882
Saturday Globe Utica, N. Y "
Pennsylvania Grit Williamsport, Pa "
Voice New York 1883
Sunday Telegram Albany, N. Y 1886
Catholic News New York "
National Economist Washington, D. C 1888
Saturday Blade Chicago, 111 "
Union Gospel News Cleveland, 0 "
Good News New York 1889
neiV Style. Pope Gregory XIII., to rectify errors of
the 'current calendar, published a new one, in which 10 days
were omitted — 5 Oct. 1582 becoming 15 Oct. The " new
style" was adopted in France, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Holland,
Flanders, Portugal, in 1582; in Germany in 1584; in Switzer-
land in 1583 and 1584; in Hungary in 1587; and in Great
Britain in 1752, when 11 days were dropped— 3 Sept. being
reckoned as 14 Sept. The difference between old and new
style up to 1699 was 10 days; after 1700, 11 days; after 1800,
12 days. In Russia, Greece, and the east, old style is retained.
Calendar.
]^ew Testament. Bible.
IVewtOllian pllilOSOpliy, doctrines respecting
gravitation, etc., taught by sir Isaac Newton in his " Prin-
cipia," pub. in 1687. Gravitation. He was born 25 Dec.
1642; became master of the mint, 1699; president of the Royal
society, 1703, and died 20 Mch. 1727.
^ew Year's day, etc. The beginning of the Jew-
ish year was changed and the Passover instituted 1491 b.c.
A feast is said to have been instituted by Numa and dedicated
to Janus (who presided over the new year) 1 Jan. 713 b.c.
NEW
On this day the Romans sacrificed to Janus a cake of new sifted
meal with salt incense, and wine; mechanics began something
in their art or tnide; men of letters did the same, as to books,
poems, eta ; and consuls, though chosen before, assumed their
office. Nonius Marcellus refers the origin of New Years gifts
among the Romans to Titus Tatius, king of the Sabines, who ac-
cepted as of good omen a present of branches cut in a wood con-
secrated to Sirenia. the goddess of strength, received on the first
dav of the now year, and sauclioued the custom, calling such gifts
Stfense, 747 B.C. Ykak.
XeW York, one of the original 13 states of the United
States, lies between 40° 29' 80" and 45° 0' 42" N. lat., and
between 71° 51' and 79° 45'
54" W. Ion. It is separated
from Canada on the north by
the eastern portion of lake
Erie, lake Ontario, and the
river St. Lawrence; on the
east lie Vermont, Massachu-
setts, and Connecticut; on the
south, the Atlantic ocean.
New Jersey, and Pennsyl-
vania ; on the west, New Jer-
sey, Penn.sylvania, lakes Erie
and Ontario, and the rivers
Niagara and St. Lawrence.
Its greatest length, north and south, is 312 miles, including
Staten Island, while east and west it is 412 miles, including
Long Island. It contains 49,170 sq. miles, in 60 counties.
Top. 1890, 5,997,853. It is the " Empire state " of the Union
in wealth and population. Capital, Albany.
Giovanni da Verazzano, a Florentine, under commission of
Francis I. of France, with a single caravel, the Dauphin, en-
ters the bay of New York Apr. 1524
Half Moon, 80 tons, leaves Amsterdam ; Henry Hudson, an
Englishman, commander 4 Apr. 1609
Samuel de Champlain, coming from the north with a war party
of Hurons, discovers lake Champlain July, "
Defeats the Iroquois near Ticonderoga; hence dates the enmity
between the French and Iroquois; fire-arms first seen by the
Indians 30 July, "
/fa//3/oon enters New York bay 11 Sept. "
Anchors for the night above the site of Yonkers 13 Sept. "
Anchors near West Point 14 Sept. "
Anchors near Catskill landing 15 Sept. "
Stops near the site of Hudson 17 Sept. "
Anchors just below Albany 19 Sept. "
Despatches a boat to sound the river farther up 22 Sept. "
Begins his voyage down the river 23 Sept. "
Sails out of the Narrows 4 Oct. "
[Fate of the Half Moon: wrecked on Mauritius island, 6
Mch. 1615.]
Hendrick Christiaensen and Adriaen Block sail 2 Amsterdam
vessels, the Fortune and the Tiger, to Manhattan island 1611
Tiger accidentally burned at Manhattan 1613
Christiaensen builds "fort Nassau," a trading house, 36x26
feet in a stockade 58 feet square, with a moat 18 feet wide
on Castle island (below Albany) 1614
Block builds the Onrust (Restless) of 18 tons at Manhattan;
launched near the Battery spring of "
In the Onrmt he passes Hell Gate and coasts along as far as
Nahant bay "
States general of Holland name the country about Manhattan
"New Netherland," and grant its trade by charter to Am-
sterdam merchants Oct. "
Christiaensen killed by Indians (first such recorded since Hud-
son's voyage) 1615
Champlain, with 10 Frenchmen, joins a party of Hurons and*
allies moving against the Iroquois 1 Sept. "
I^nds from lake Ontario near Henderson, Jefferson county, Oct. "
They attack the Iroquois castle at Onondaga lake, near Liver-
pool, Onondaga county, and are repulsed 10-16 Oct. "
A trading post fortified at the mouth of the Tawasentha
(Neman's Kill) creek, near Albany, by Jacob Eelkins; first
formal treaty between the Indians and the Dutch "
New Netherland charter expires; not renewed by the States-
general 1 Jan. 1618
Fort Orange built (South Market st. , Albany) 1623
New Netherland a province under the Amsterdam chamber. . . "
New Amsterdam settled "
[New York city for further local history]
New Netherland brings from the Texel 30 families, chiefly
Walloons (French Protestant refugees) Mch. "
Reaching the Hudson, some 8 families settle near fort Orange;
the rest on Long Island at the Waal - bogt, Wahle - Bocht,
or " Walloons' bay," now corrupted into Wallabout,
May-June, "
Cornelis Jacobsen May, first director or governor of New
Netherland under the Dutch West India company 1624
Sarah Rapelje the first known white child born in New Neth-
erland 7 June, 1625
Peter Evertsen Hulft fits 3 vessels, each of some 250 tons, for
New Amsterdam; lands at Nutten (Governor's island), July, "
?9^illiam Verhulst succeeds May as director "
502
NEW
Peter Minuit, director, leaves Amsterdam in Sea-Mew... 9 Jan. 1C26
Arrives at Manhattan 4 May, "
Manhattan island, "rocky and full of trees," ceded by Indians
to the Dutch West India company for 60 guilders (|23) "
A blockhouse built, surrounded by a palisade of cedar post.s,
at the extreme southern end of the island and called fort
Amsterdam •'
Six farms or "boweries" laid out on the island, and .«!peti-
mens of the harvest sent to Holland to show the fertility of
the soil "
Dutch in friendly relations with the Plymouth colony of New
England 1627
Dutch inform Plymouth of the " Fresh " river (Connecticut). . "
Population at Manhattan estimated at 270 1628
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, a merchant of Amsterdam, jiurchases
land of the Indians around fort Orange through his agent,
becoming patroon of the manor of Rensselaerwyck 1630
Michael Pauw purchases of the Indians the site of Jersey City
(Pavonia) and Staten Island ■'
Neiv Netherland (800 tons) built at Manhattan 1631
Mohawks receive fire-arms from the Dutch
Peter Minuit, director, recalled Mch. 1632
Ship Eendragt from Manhattan attached in Plymouth harbor,
Engl., on a charge of illegally trading 3 Ai)r.
British ministry claim New Netherland as English territory . .
Eendragt released 27 May, "
Dutch occupy the west end of Long Island "
Wouter Van Twiller, clerk of the West India company, marries
a niece of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer; made governor 1633
Friendly intercourse with the Virginians
Jacob Eelkins (the same person who had previously established
a trading post up the Hudson) visits Manhattan in the
William, a London vessel from New Plymouth, and sail.s
up the Hudson to fort Orange in defiance of the governor
(the first English vessel to ascend) 24 Apr. "
William brought down to Manhattan and forced to sea. . .May, '«
A small trading-post, called the "House of Good Hope," built
and fortified with 2 pieces of cannon by the Dutch, on or
near the site of Hartford, Conn "
Wealthy colonists from Holland settle at fort Orange 1636
Jacob Van Corlaer purchased from the Indians a plat on Long
Island, the first recorded grant in King's county June, "
States-general notified of the ineflficiency of the governor
through Van Dincklagen Aug. "
Gov. Van Twiller personally purchases from Indians the island
Paggauck, south of fort Amsterdam; supposed to contain 160
acres; called by the Dutch Nooten or Nutten island (from
its excellent nuts). Now "Governor's island " 1637
Jonas Bronck purchases a tract in West Chester, opposite Haer-
lem June, "
Pavonia and Staten Island purchased by the Amsterdam di-
rectors of Michael Pauw for 26,000 guilders ($10,000) "
De Vries reiterates the charges of Van Dincklagen against gov.
Van Twiller ; Van Twiller recalled "
William Kieft director and commissioned. 2 Sept. "
Arrives at New Amsterdam 28 Mch. 163H
Purchases of the Indians part of Long Island for the comj)any, 1639
Thomas Belcher takes up a tract (in Brooklyn) "
Lion Gardiner purchases Gardiner's island (the first permanent
English settlement in the state) 10 Mch. 1640
Southampton, Long Island, settled by the English "
Rensselaerwyck rapidly increases in wealth and population. . . "
Indians near Manhattan alienated by the conduct of the Dutch, "
Expedition against the Raritan Indians (Delawares); several
Indians killed and crops destroyed 16 July, "
Contributions levied on the Tapjian Indians by gov. Kieft, but
refused Oct. "
Reformed Dutch church established "
Raritan Indians destroy De Vries's colony on Staten Island,
June, 1641
Kieft sets a price on their heads July, "
Kieft, anticipating an Indian war, consults the heads of fami-
lies in New Amsterdam 23 Aug. "
These chose "12 select men" to act for them; the first rep-
resentative assembly in the province 29 Aug, "
Ex gov. Minuit dies at fort Christina "
"Select men" dissenting from the governor's warlike policy,
he dissolves them Feb. 1642
George Baxter, an exile from New England, English secretary;
salary 250 guilders ($95) "
Johannes Megapolensis the first clergyman in Rensselaerwyck,
with a residence and 1000 guilders ($380) "
Anne Hutchinson takes refuge near New Rochelle from relig-
ious persecution in Massachusetts "
Dutch at fort Orange seek in vain to ransom Jogues (a French
missionary, prisoner of the Iroquois), but his life is spared. . "
Kieft rashly provokes an Indian war by sending soldiers to
destroy the Indians at Pavonia and Corlaer Hook 25 Feb. 1643
Thus aroused, the Indians begin a war of retaliation "
They attack trading- vessels on the river Aug. "
Capt. John Underbill, a hero of the Pequot war (Connectici-t,
1636-37) enters the Dutch service Sept. "
Anne Hutchinson (Massachusetts, 1636, '37, '38) killed, the
settlement destroyed, and her granddaughter, 8 years old,
captured "
Throgmorton's settlement attacked and destroyed "
Gravesend, Long Island, attacked, but Indians repulsed '"
Father JogueS escapes from the Indians at fort Orange ; is
brought to New Amsterdam and sails for Europe "
First church, 34 by 19 feet, built at fort Orange, with canopied
pulpit "
NEW 563
English under Robert Fordhara, from Stamford, settle Hemp-
stead, Long Island, early in 1644
English and Dutch destroy an Indian village near Hempstead, ''
Captain Underhill destroys an Indian village at Stamford, kill-
ing 600 Indians; 15 Dutch soldiers wounded 12 Mch. "
Kieft proclaims a public thanksgiving for the victory Mch. "
Complaints against Kieft; his recall demanded "
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer dies at Amsterdam, Holland "
End of Indian war; treaty with some of the tribes 22 Apr. 1645
General treaty with the Indians after 5 years of disturbance,
30 Aug. "
[The treaty provides for the surrender of Anne Hutchin-
son's granddaughter. After nearly 4 years of captivity, she
wished to remain with the Indians.]
Several Englishmen obtain a patent from gov. Kieft for about
16,000 acres about Flushing, Long Island, and settle. .19 Oct. "
Adriaen Van der Donck buys of Indians land as far as " Spyt
den Duyvel ; " States general confirm the title (the Dutch
name, "de Jonkeers Landt," became Yonkers) 1646
States general, at the request of the company (July 13), ratify
Stuy vesant's commission as governor 28 July, "
Patent issued to Cornelis Antonissen Van Slyck for a colony
in Kaatskill Aug. "
Father Jogues returns to Canada, revisits the Mohawks, and
is put to death 18 Oct. "
Breuckelen (Brooklyn) obtains a municipal government, 26 Nov. "
Kieft protests against English encroachments on New Netlier-
land "
Peter Stuyvesant lands at New Amsterdam 11 May, 1647
Kieft embarks for Holland in the Princess 16 Aug. "
Princess shipwrecked in Bristol channel; Kieft, dominie Bo-
gardus, and about 80 others perish 22 Sept. "
Thomas Chambers, a farmer, with others from near the present
city of Troy, coming to Esopus, now Kingston, are the first
settlers of Ulster county 1652
[The name Esopus long continued in popular use after
" Kingston" was legally adopted.]
Flatbush settled "
States-general recall Stuyvesant 27 Apr. "
His recall revoked 16 May, "
First public debt of New Amsterdam about 6000 guilders,
15 Mch. 1653
Dutch vessels excluded from New England harbors "
Landtdag (convention) at New Amsterdam 8 Dec. "
Convention organized. New Amsterdam had 3 representatives;
Breuckelen, 3; Flushing. 2; Newtown, 2; Hempstead, 2;
Flatlands, 3; Flatbush, 2; Gravesend, 2; 4 Dutch and 4 Eng-
lish towns sent 10 Dutch and 9 English delegates 10 Dec. "
Governor dissolves the convention 14 Dec. "
Pirates and robbers infest East river and plunder shores 1654
First church formed at Flatbush; Johannes Theodorus Polhe-
mus, dominie "
News of a projected attack by the English received by gov.
Stuyvesant 29 May, "
New Amsterdam put in a state of defence June, "
Treaty of peace between England and Holland "
General Thanksgiving day appointed 12 Aug. "
Discovery of salt springs in central New York by father Le
Moyne Aug. "
English settle at Westchester under Thomas Pell Nov. "
Seal and coat of arms of New Amsterdam received from Hol-
land 8 Dec. "
Gov. Stuyvesant sails to West Indies to establish trade, 24 Dec. "
Indian invasion 15 Sept. 1655
Hoboken, Pavonia, and Staten Island laid waste, 100 killed. 150
made prisoners, $76,000 of property destroyed 15-20 Sept. "
Governor returns; prompt measures for defence 12 Oct. "
Prisoners ranssomed from the Indians 26 Oct. "
Settlement of Jamaica, Long Island Mch. 1656
Thirty-five thousand beaver and other skins exported from fort
Orange "
New church at Beaverwyck (Albany) June, "
French Jesuit missionaries among the Iroquois "
Proclamation against the Quakers 1657
[Any person entertaining a Quaker for a single night to be
fined 501., one-half to the informer, and vessels bringing any
Quaker into the province to be confiscated. —J5/-od/ieads,
'Hist. N. Y.," vol. i. p. 637.]
Village laid out at Esopus (Kingston) 31 May, 1658
French are obliged to abandon their colonizing efforts among
the Iroquois after "
Massachusetts grants land to English colonists on the Hudson, 1659
Purchase of Schenectady Flats 27 July, 1661
Municipal charter granted to Esopus, now to be called " Wilt-
wyck " (Indian Village) "
Curtius returns to Holland and is succeeded by dominie Al-
gidius Luyck "
[The high-school gained such a reputation that pupils were
sent to it from fort Orange, South River, and Virginia.]
John Browne arrested for harboring Quakers 1662
Village of Esopus attacked by Indians and partly burned, June, 1663
Browne banished. Goes to Amsterdam and appeals to the
West India company. The directors rebuke Stuyvesant and
enjoin moderation. Persecution ceases "
Severe earthquake throughout New Netherland, New England,
and Canada "
Trouble with England and the English colony; a general pro-
vincial assembly called by the governor to consider the state
of the province 19 Mch. 1664
Charles II. of England grants to the duke of York, his brother,
territory including the New Netherland 22 Mch. "
NEW
Duke of York sends 4 ships against New Netherland: Guinea,
36 guns; Ettas, 30 guns; Martin, 16 guns, and William, 10
guns, with 450 soldiers; col. Richard NicoUs in command, to
be deputy-gov«rnor Apr. 1664
Delegates meet at New Amsterdam ; Jeremias Van Rensselaer
of Rensselaerwyck chairman, as being from the oldest
" colonie " lo Apr. "
It is decided to be impossible to take active measures against
the English, who were 6 times their number, and could bring
overwhelming aid from Hartford 22 Apr. "
Mohegans devastate the east side of the Hudson 11 July, "
Population of New Amsterdam, 1500; of the province, 10.000. . "
English squadron at Nyack bay 28 Aug. ''
Surrender of fort Amsterdam 8 Sept. "
Surrender of fort Orange 20 Sept. "
First treaty between the English and the Iroquois; this friend-
ship continues for over a century 24 Sept. •'
Name of New Amsterdam changed to New York and fort Orange
to Albany "
Dutch government denounces the conquest of New Netherland
and demands its restitution 6 Nov. "
West India company recall Stuyvesant 28 Nov. "
Principal Dutch residents, including gov. Stuyvesant and Van
Rensselaer, swear allegiance to Charles II. and the duke of
York "
Long Island adjudged to New York "
Stuyvesant returns to Holland with strong testimonials of ap-
proval May, 1665
Negro slavery recognized "
Race-course at Hempstead, L. I., selected by gov. Nicolls and
named "New Market" May, "
Holland urgently demands the restoration of New Netherland, "
Ralph Hill and his wife Mary arrested for witchcraft and sor-
cery, but the jury (including Jacob Leisler, afterwards gov-
ernor) " found nothing considerable against them " "
Peter Stuyvesant returns to New York Oct. 1667
Gov. Nicolls relieved at his own request "
Gov. Nicolls leaves New York 17 Aug. 1668
Col. Francis Lovelace jrovernor 28 Aug. "
Staten Island adjudged to New York "
Twenty whales captured in New York harbor during spring of 1669
Name " Kingston "given to Esopus 25 Sept. "
La Salle, Dollier, and Galin6e explore lakes Ontario and Erie;
possession taken for France "
Staten Island purchased from the Indians for the duke of York,
13 Apr. 1670
Katherine Harrison, widow, banished from Weathersfleld,
Conn., for witchcraft, comes to Westchester. Citizens com-
plain, but on inquiry the court of assizes finds nothing
against her and directs her release. But the people of West-
chester become " uneasy," and she is obliged to leave,
July-Aug. •'
George Fox, the Quaker, visits Long Island 1672
Monthly post between New York and Boston ; first post mes-
senger 22 Jan. 1673
Dutch fleet of 7 vessels, with 1600 men, arrives off Sandy Hook.
The Dutch of New York welcome iheir countrymen. .7 Aug. "
Dutch fire on fort James, which returns a shot. Fort James
and New York surrender to the Dutch 9 Aug. "
[Province again named New Netherland, fort James called
fort Willem Hendricks, and the city of New York, New
Orange.]
Anthony Colve appointed governor Aug. "
Albany and Esopus reduced '• -"
French build fort Frontenac on lake Ontario "
Peace between England and Holland; New Netherland re- j
stored to England Feb. and Mch. 1674
New patent granted to the duke of York by Charles IL, 29 June, "
Maj. Edmund Andros appointed governor 1 July, "
Formal delivery of New Netherland to the English 10 Nov. "
Capt. John Manning, who surrendered New York to the Dutch
in 1673, court-martialled and sentenced to have his sword
broken over his head, and forbidden to wear a sword or
serve the crown Feb. 1675
Philip of Pokanoket's or King Philip's war (Massachusetts). . "
New fort built by La Salle at Frontenac 1676
Andastes, a powerful tribe of Indians occupying western Penn-
sylvania and the southern shore of lake Erie, finally con-
quered by the Iroquois "
Gov. Andros asserts English sovereignty over the Iroquois "
Father Hennepin among the Mohawks 1677
France denies English sovereignty over the Iroquois "
Fresh discoveries in the interior of New York; a large tract
purchased from the Indians by Louis du Bois, Jean Has-
brouck, and others. The governor confirms the grant ex-
tending along the Shawangunk mountains and along the
Hudson river, now Ulster county 16 Sept. ''
Prince William of Orange marries Mary, daughter of the duke
of York, afterwards .lames II. of England. . . r 4 Nov. "
Gov. Andros allowed to return to England " to look after his
own interests" 17 Nov. •'
New York, as described in London by gov. Andros, contains 24
towns, villages, or parishes, in 6 precincts or courts of ses-
sions; servants are much wanted; slaves, mostly from Bar-
badoes, are scarce, worth 301. to 351. A merchant with 500/.
or 1000/., is thought substantial, and a planter worth half
that in movables is accounted rich. The value of estates
in the province is about 150,000/. 15 vessels, of 100 tons
each, trade with the province each year from Old and New
England. 5 small ships and a ketch belong to New York, of
which 4 were built there. The exports are provisions, funs, tar,
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to 50,000/. yearly. The customs, excises, and quit-rents do
not nearly suftlco for the public expenses. The chief trading
places are New Vork and Southampton on Long Island for
foreign commerce, and All)any for Indian IrafBc. There are
about 2000 males able to bear arms, 140 of them horsemen.
Fort James at Now York is a square of stone with 4 bastions,
mounting 46 guns; fort Albany at Albany is a small stockade
with 4 b^tions and mounting 1*2 guns, sufficient against the
Indians. Ministers are scarce and religions many, so that
there are no records. of marriages or births in New York.
There are about 20 churches in the province, mostly Pres-
byterians and Independents, with some Quakers, Anabaptists,
and Jews, all sui)portcd by free gifts. The duke maintains
an Episcopalian chaplain, which is all the "certain allow-
ance " of the church of England. In New York there are no
beggars, but all the jwor are cared for
Gov. Audros knighted by the king in London
Gov. sir Edmund Andros lands in New York after a 9 weeks'
voyage 8 Aug.
Jacob Leisler, with other New-Yorkers, on the way to England,
captured by a Turkish corsair; they are ransomed, Leisler
for 2000 Spanish dollars
French at Niagara; first mass by father Hennepin; a bark
cabin built near Lewiston 19 Dec.
La Salle builds fort Conty at the mouth of the Niagara river,
"a habitation " with a palisade Jan.
La Salle begins building the Griffin (named in compliment to
Frontenac, governor of Canada, whose armorial supporters
were 2 griffins), of (50 tons' burden, above Niagara Falls at the
mouth of Cayuga creek, near La Salle, Niagara county, 26 Jan.
Oriffin enters' lake Erie (with La Salle, Tonti, and others on
board. She proceeds to Green Bay, Wis. After leaving that
place to return loaded with furs, she is never heard of), 7 Aug.
Great comet seen in New York and New England; a day of
fasting and humiliation appointed 1 Dec.
Sir Edmund Andros recalled and leaves New York 11 Jan.
Anthony Brockholls, by special commission, appointed pro-
visional governor Jan.
Col. Thomas Dougan, appointed governor, reaches New York,
25 Aug.
First assembly under English rule 17 Oct.
Charter of liberty adopted. The assembly to meet once in 3
years at least; every free-holder an elector; entire freedom
of conscience and religion guaranteed; no tax levied without
the consent of the representatives 30 Oct.
New York divided into 10 counties. The county of New York,
Manhattan island. Westchester county containing all the
land eastward of Manhattan as far as the government ex-
tends, and northward along the Hudson to the Highlands.
Dutchess county extended from AVestchester northward to
Albany county, and from the Hudson river eastward to
Massachusetts and Connecticut. Albany county included
all the territory on the east of the Hudson, north of Dutchess,
and on the west side to Saratoga. Ulster county, which was
named after the duke of York's Irish earldom, embraced all
the territory from the Highlands to the southern boundary of
Albany county, near Saugerties. Orange included the region
on the west side of the Hudson from the New Jersey bound-
ary northward to Ulster and west to the Delaware river.
Richmond, all Staten Island. Kings, the western portion of
Long Island ; Queens, the central, and SuOfolk the eastern
portion 1 Nov.
A high sheriff commissioned for each county
Agreement as to the boundary between New York and Con-
necticut 28 Nov.
Gov. Dongan commissions James Graham flrst recorder of
New York city 16 Jan.
Francis, Lord Howard, governor of Virginia, visits New York
and is made " freeman " of the metropolis. First British
peer thus honored 29 June,
Iroquois submit to the king of England 30 July,
Death of Charles II 6 Feb.
James, duke of York, becomes king as James II "
Colonial post-office established by New York 2 Mch.
New York charter not confirmed by James II
[No colonial assemblies under James II.]
City of Albany incorporated; Peter Schuyler first mayor,
22 July,
Albany charter published 26 July,
Robert Livingston secures the Indian title to the territory on
the Hudson opposite Catskill to a point opposite Saugerties,
and eastward to Massachusetts. Gov. Dongan confirms his
title by patent with manorial privileges. This territory
embraced 160,240 acres (Anti-rentism) July,
Charters of liberties repealed (adopted 1683)
Population of the province about 18,000
Governor's salary fixed at 600/. sterling, to be paid out of the
provincial revenues
French invade and occupy the Seneca country in New York,
destroy many thousand bushels of corn and many hogs ;
then fall back and build a palisaded fort at the mouth of the
Niagara river, on the east side
Francis Stepney, a dancing-master, being forced to leave Bos-
ton, comes to New York, but is forbidden to teach. . .3 June,
Iroquois appeal to the goveraor for protection against the
French. He supplies them with arms and ammunition, Aug.
French continue to assert their sovereignty over the Iroquois,
French governor of Canada makes peace with the Iroquois. . .
Gov. Dongan required to surrender the government of New
York to Andros 22 Apr.
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French fort at Niagara demolished 6 July,
Gov. -gen. Andros reaches New York 11 Aug.
Francis Nicholson lieutenant-governor of New York
Revolution in England; James II. flees to France; William,
prince of Orange, arrives in England Dec.
William and Mary proclaimed king and queen 13 Feb.
War declared between England and France May,
Frontenac reappointed governor of Canada 21 May,
Jacob Leisler seizes fort James 3 June,
Leisler assumes command of New York 12 June,
William and Mary proclaimed in New York 22 June,
Lieut. -gov. Nicholson leaves New York for England.. .24 June,
Leisler summons a convention June,
Iroquois ravage the country about Montreal 5 Aug.
Leisler commissioned commander-in-chief by the assembly,
pending instructions from England 16 Aug.
Henry Sloughter appointed governor of New York 2 Sept.
Frontenac returns to Quebec from France Sept.
Leisler assumes the title of lieutenant-governor 10 Dec.
Frontenac organizes 3 expeditions against the English: one
against New York, the second against New England, and
the third to ravage Maine Jan.
Party of 210, including 80 Indians, advance towards Schenec-
tady and Albany Jan.-Feb.
They surprise and burn Schenectady, about 16 miles from Al-
bany, then the western frontier post of New York, contain-
ing upwards of 40 well-built houses surrounded by a palisade,
kill 60 or more people, and carry away many captives; some
escape to Albany 8-9 Feb.
French retreat, and are pursued by the Iroquois
Colonial congress called at New York by Leisler. 2 Apr.
Expedition against Canada fails
Gov. Sloughter sails for New York 1 Dec.
Leisler refuses to give up the fort at New York to Richard In-
goldsby, gov. Sloughter's deputy Jan.
Arrival of gov. Sloughter .19 Mch.
Leisler imprisoned 20 Mch.
Leisler, Milborne, and others indicted for treason and murder,
Apr.
Eight of the prisoners convicted "
Petition for Leisler's pardon. Others demand his execution.
Gov. Sloughter signs the death-warrant of Leisler and Mil-
borne 14 May,
Leisler and Milborne executed 16 May,
Gov. Sloughter d 23 July,
Richard Ingoldsby acting governor "
Gov. Sloughter succeeded by Benjamin Fletcher 29 Aug.
Frontenac sends an expedition against the Mohawks. ..15 Jan.
Peter Schuyler of Albany pursues the French with English and
Iroquois; they escape across the upper Hudson on floating
cakes of ice Feb.
Fort Frontenac rebuilt by the French
Frontenac prepares a great expedition against the Iroquois;
but only destroys 3 villages and some corn
William Kidd, with the Adventure, of 30 guns, sails from New
York with a crew of 155 men, commissioned as a privateer
against the French, and pirates in the Indian ocean. . .6 Sept.
[This was something of a "private enterprise." Some
noblemen of the English ministry invested 6000/. in the un-
dertaking. Kidd and Robert Livingston of New York were
to have one fifth of the proceeds.]
Richard Coote, earl of Bellomont, appointed to succeed gov.
Fletcher in 1695; not commissioned until 1697, and only
reached New York 2 Apr.
John Nanf'an,a kinsman of gov. Bellomont, appointed lieuten-
ant-governor
Louis de Buade, count de Frontenac, governor of Canada, d.
aged 78 22 Nov.
Remains of Jacob Leisler and Milborne disinterred by friends
and honorably buried in the Dutch church, Garden street. . .
Gov. Bellomont dies at New York (is buried there) 5 Mch.
Kidd is denounced as a pirate, and returning to New York, and
thence to Boston, is there arrested and ultimately sent to
England, where he is tried, convicted, and hanged, with 9
accomplices, at Execution dock, London 24 May,
William III. of England d 8 Mch.
Queen Anne succeeds "
Lieut. -gov. John Nanfan acts as governor until the arrival of
Edward Hyde, lord Cornbury (son of the 2d earl of Claren
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May,
Yellow-fever in New York. General assembly at Jamaica, L. I,
Lord Cornbury prohibits Presbyterians from preaching with-
out his license
Lord Cornbury removed; succeeded by lord Lovelace, who ar-
rives at New York 18 Dec.
Slave market established at the foot of Wall street. New York,
Lord Lovelace d 12 May,
Lieut, -gov. Ingoldsby, acting-governor
Expedition fitted out against Montreal ; failure
Peter Schuyler takes to England 5 distinguished chiefs of the
Iroquois to visit the queen
Richard Ingoldsby displaced; Gerardus Beekman acting gov-
ernor from 10 Apr.
Robert Hunter, governor, arrives at New York with 3000 Ger-
man Lutherans, refugees from the Palatinate of the Rhine,
14 June,
Preparations to invade Canada. Nicholson leaves Albany with
4000 men, and a fleet under sir Hovenden Walker sails from
Boston with 7000 men and a fine train of artillery, against
Quebec and Montreal 30 July,
Fleet loses 8 transports and more than 1000 men on the rocks
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at the mouth of the St. Lawrence aud sails for England; the
army disbands IVll
Tuscaroras, a branch of the Iroquois, leave North Carolina and
join their brethren in New York, near Oneida lake, thus
forming the Six Nations 1712
Pretended discovery of a negro insurrection in New York; 19
negroes hung "
Schoharie Flats settled by Germans from the Palatinate 1713
Peace of Utrecht between England and France 11 Apr. "
Queen Anne d. ; succeeded by George I. (elector of Hanover),
1 Aug. 1714
Court of Chancery established and confirmed. Lewis Morris
appointed chief justice of the province 1715
Gov. Hunter resigns; Peter Schuyler acting -governor,
19 July, 1719
William Burnet, son of bishop Burnet, governor, arrives at
New York 17 Sept. 1720
English establish a trading post at Oswego 1722
William Bradford issues the New York Gazette, the first news-
paper in the province Oct. 1725
Fort Niagara built by the French 1726
George L of England d. ; George IL, his son, king 11 June, 1727
Gov. Burnet succeeded by .John Montgomery 15 Apr. 1728
Boundary with Connecticut established May, 1731
Gov. Montgomery d 1 July, "
Rip Van Dam acting governor "
Population in the province of New York 50,289
" " city " " 8,632
Total number of negroes ' 7,231 .
William Cosby, governor of New York, arrives .1 Aug. 1732
First stage runs between New York and Boston, round trip 28
days "
John Peter Zenger establishes the New York Weekly Journal
in the interests of the people 5 Nov. 1733
Zenger arrested for libel and imprisoned 35 weeks Nov. 1734
Andrew Hamilton of [Philadelphia successfully defends Zenger.
"The magistrates of New York present him with a gold box
as a token of their esteem for his noble advocacy of popular
rights " July, 17.35
Gov. Cosby d 10 Mch. 17.36
George Clarke governor "
Law disfranchising Jews in New York 1738
Capt. Norris, of the ship Tartar lying in the hnrbor of New
York, applies to the mayor for authority to impress 30 sea-
men. The governor and council order the mayor to assent;
I but he refuses, and the matter is passed by "
Supiiosed negro plot to burn New York. 13 negroes burned,
20 hung, and 70 transported to the West Indies (all probably
innocent victims to groundless fear) Mch. 1741
Sir George Clinton governor 20 Sept. 1743
"War of the Austrian succession" between England and
France 1744
J French and Indians destroy the village of Saratoga and carry
; away captive over 100 men, women, and children 28 Nov. 1745
I Peace between England and France Oct. 1748
I Theatre established in New York city 1750
' First house on the present site of Troy 1752
! Gov. Clinton resigns 7 Sept. 1753
; Sir Danvers Osborne governor "
i Gov. Osborne commits suicide by hanging 12 Sept. "
i James De Lancey acting-governor "
Convention representing New Hampshire,Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland,
at Albany to consider a colonial confederacy 19 June, 1754
[Articles of union drawn by Benjamin Franklin, Pennsyl-
vania.]
: King's college (now Columbia), New York city, founded, with
; rev. William Samuel Johnson, D.D., first president "
' Sir Charles Hardy governor 1755
, Fort Edward and fort William Henry built "
; Battle of Lake George. Defeat of the French, and capture of
their leader, baron Dieskau 8 Sept. "
[He was severely wounded, not mortally, as often asserted.
He was exchanged in 1763, and, returning to France, was
pensioned.]
Fort Oswego, with 1600 men, 120 cannon, 14 mortars, 2 sloops,
and 200 boats and bateaux, surrenders to Montcalm.. 14 Aug. 1756
Montcalm, governor of Canada, besieges fort William Henry at
the head of lake George with about 8000 French and 2000
Indians 2 Aug. 1757
Col. Monroe surrenders with the garrison of nearly 3000 (Fort
William Henry) 9 Aug. "
lames de Lancey governor; sir Charles Hardy goes to England, "
jen. Abercrombie attacks Fort Ticonderoga and is repulsed,
8 July, 1758
E'ort Frontenac surrenders to the English under col. John
Bradstreet 27 Aug. "
j^ort Stan wix built (Fort Schuyler) "
i'^Dglish under gen. John Prideaux besiege fort Niagara; gen.
: Prideaux killed 20 July, 1759
i'rench surrender the fort : 25 July, "
iJattle of Quebec; gen. Wolfe killed 13 Sept. "
liurrender of Quebec 18 Sept. "
,lov. De Lancey d : 30 July, 1760
;adwalladerColden acting governor " "
iapitulation of M. de Vaudreuil at Montreal and the entire re-
i duction of Canada 8 Sept. "
feath of George II. ; George III. succeeds 25 Oct. "
\ obert Monckton governor Nov. 1761
ikes command of an expedition against Martinique, and leaves
the government to Cadwallader Golden , "
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New York claims jurisdiction over the present state of Ver-
mont ; hence a controversy with New Hampshire 1762
Sir Henry Moore, governor, arrives 1765
Sons of Liberty organized in New York "
Colonial convention in New York to consider the Stamp act,
7 Oct. "
[Colonies represented were Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York, New .Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dela-
ware, Maryland, and South Carolina. Virginia, North Caro-
lina, and Georgia were prevented from sending delegates by
their governors.]
Stamp act to go into operation, causes great disturbance in
New York 1 Nov. "
Repeal of the Stamp act 18 Mch. 1766
English treaty with the Iroquois, Delawares, Shawnees, and
Mingoes at fort Stanwix (Kentucky, Pennsylvania).. .5 Nov. 1768
Sir Henry Moore dies; Cadwallader Golden again acting-gov-
ernor 1 Sept. 1769
Boundary settled between New York and New Jersey "
Liberty pole in New York city cut down by British soldiers,
13 Jan.
John, lord Dunmore, governor ■.
Gov. Dunmore transferred to Virginia; William Tryon last
royal governor of New York
Line of jurisdiction between New York and Massachusetts
Gov. Tryon gives 10,000 acres of land to King's college, and
founds a chair of law
New York publishes a Declaration of Rights 23 May,
Sir William Johnson dies at Albany, aged 60 11 July,
Delegates chosen to 1st Continental Congress 25 July,
Provincial convention in New York; delegates to^the Conti-
nental Congress appointed 22 Apr.
Fort Ticonderoga surprised and taken by Ethan Allen and
Benedict Arnold with 80 men 10 May,
Crown Point surrenders 12 May,
Benedict Arnold captures St. Johns, Canada 16 May,
First Provincial congress in New York; Nathaniel Woodhull,
president, appoints a Committee of Safety 22 May,
[Gen. Woodhull was wounded and captured at the battle
of Long Island, 30 Aug. 1776. and died a few days afterwards.]
Gen. Tryon retires to the Asia, an armed English ship in the
harbor of New York
City and county of New York ask advice from Congress how
to deal with the British troops expected in the city, and the
military stores captured at Ticonderoga May,
Richard Montgomery commissioned brigadier-general by Con-
gress : 22 June,
Congress orders capt. Lamb to remove the cannon from the
fort at New York to the highlands; 24 pieces secured, 23 Aug.
[English ship Asia, lying in the harbor, attempted in vain
to prevent this. Alexander Hamilton, then a student in
King's (Columbia) college, assisted in securing the cannon.]
Col. Ethan Allen taken prisoner with 38 men by the British
near Montreal 25 Sept.
Montreal captured by gen. Richard Montgomery 13 Nov.
Gen. Montgomery attempts the capture of Quebec; he is killed
and the Americans repulsed 31 Dec.
On the news of the Declaration of Independence, the leaden
statue of the king of England in New York is made into 42,000
bullets 6 July,
Northern army falls back from Crown Point to Ticonderoga,
7 July,
New York Provincial congress at White Plains sanctions the
Declaration of Independence, making the 13 colonies unani-
mous (Declaration of Independence) 9 July,
[This congress meets 4 times up to 9 July, 1776, when
it takes the name Convention of the Representatives of the
state of New York, meeting at Kingston.]
One sloop, 3 schooners, and 5 smaller boats, carrying 58 guns
and 86 swivels, built at Whitehall by the Americans to con-
trol lake Champlain ; manned by about 400 men 22 Aug.
Lord Howe lands 10,000 men and 40 guns near Gravesend, L. I.,
22 Aug.
Americans under gen. Sullivan defeated by gen. Howe, and
gens. Sullivan and Sterling taken prisoners; battle of Long
Island 27 Aug.
[Gen. Howe was decorated with the order of the Bath for
this success by the British government.]
Gen. Washington withdraws his forces to the city of New York
from Long Island night of 29th and morning of 30 Aug.
British use condemned hulks moored in Wallabout bay as
prison-ships; it is estimated that 11,400 American prisoners
died in them during 6 years beginning
New York city evacuated, occupied by the British 14 Sept.
Battle of Harlem Heights; British repulsed 16 Sept.
Nathan Hale executed as a spy at New York by command of
gen. Howe (Hale) 22 Sept.
Fleet on lake Champlain under Benedict Arnold meets a vastly
superior British armament under capt. Pringle, and is de-
feated with a loss of about 90 men 11-13 Oct.
Battle of White Plains; Americans driven back 28 Oct.
Washington crosses the Hudson 12 Nov.
Fort Washington on the Hudson captured by the British, with
2000 prisoners and artillery 16 Nov^-
Fort Lee, opposite fort Washington on the Hudson, evacuated
by the Americans under gen. Greene 18 Nov.
New York convention adopts a constitution.. . .6 Mch. -13 May,
[It made the governor elective and remained in force 45
years, ]
Gen. Burgoyne with 7173 British and German troops, besides
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several thousand Cauadiaus and Indians, appears before Ti-
conderoga 1 -'uly, 1777
George Clinton elecled governor 3 July, "
John Jay appointed chief justice and Robert R. Livingston
chancellor "
Giirrmon under gen. St. Clair abandon Ticonderoga, and retreat
through Vermont (Hubbabdton) 6 July, "
Murder of Jane McCrea by the Indians near fort Edward (see
Lossing's " Field Book of the Revolution," vol. i. pp. 98, 99),
27 July, '<
Gen. St Clair joins gen. Schuyler at fort Edward, which is
abandoned, and the Americans retire across the Hudson to
Saratoga, and thence to Stillwater; Burgoyne roaches the
Hudson 29 July, "
St. Leger. co-operating with Burgoyne, advances from Mon-
treal with a large force of Caniidians and Indians; invests
fort Stanwix (Schuyler) « Aug. "
Gen. Herkimer, with about 800 men, advances to the relief of
fort Stanwix; when within 6 miles of the fort, falls into an
ambuscade, is mortally wounded, but repulses the enemy
with aid from the fort under col. Wiilett (Okiskanv). . .6 Aug. *'
Two detachments of British and Indians from Burgoynes
army, numbering about 500 men each, under cols. Baume
and Breyman, defeated by gen. John Stark near Hoosick,
N. Y. , 6 miles from Benninoto.v 16 Aug. "
Gen. Philip Schuyler superseded in command of the northern
army by gen. Horatio Gates 22 Aug. "
A detachment of Americans under gen. Sullivan lands on Staten
Island, surprises 2 regiments of Tories, and captures many
prisoners 22 Aug. "
St. I^ger retreats from fort Stanwix to Montreal, losing most
of his baggage and stores, before gen. Arnold, sent with 3
regiments by gen. Schuyler to relieve fort Stanwix. .22 Aug. "
Gen. Gates encamps at Stillwater 8 Sept. "
Gen. Burgoyne encamps at Saratoga 14 Sept. "
Battle of Stillwater; both armies claim the victory, but the
Americans had greatly the advantage (Bemis's Heights),
19 Sept. "
Forts Clinton and Montgomery, on the Hudson, taken by sir
Henry Clinton (Clinton and Montgomery forts) 6 Oct. "
Battle of Saratoga; British defeated (Bemis's Heights). .7 Oct. "
Surrender of the army under gen. Burgoyne 17 Oct. "
[Total number surrendered, 5642 (Convention troops) ;
previous losses about 4000.]
Lieut. -col. Baylor's troop of horse (unarmed) surprised and
mostly killed and wounded (67 out of 104) by a party of
British under Grey, near old Tappan, on the night of 27 Sept. 1778
Schoharie ravaged by Indians and Tories 16 Oct. "
Cherry Valley ravaged by Indians and Tories 11-12 Nov. "
Settlement at Elmira. "
Sir Henry Clinton captures Verplanck's and Stony Point, June, 1779
SroNY Point surprised and captured, with 500 prisoners, by
gen. Anthony Wayne 16 July, "
Gen. Sullivan leaves the Wyoming valley with a force of 3000
men. 31 July, on an expedition against the Six Nations. He
is joined at Tioga Pont, 22 Aug., by gen. James Clinton, with
1600 men. They attack and disperse a body of Indians and
Tories at Chemung (now Elmira) 29 Aug. "
[In the course of 3 weeks the troops destroy 40 Indian vil-
lages and extensive flelds of grain ]
Verplanck's and Stony Point evacuated by the British Oct. "
Command in the Highlands of the Hudson, with the works at
West Point, is given to gen. Benedict Arnold 3 Aug. 1780
Major John Andr6, adjutant-general of the British army, lands
from the British sloop of war Vulture, a little below Stony
Point, and meets gen. Arnold on the night of 21 Sept. "
Attempting to return to New York, he is captured by 3 sol-
diers, John Paulding, David Williams, and Isaac Van Wart,
near Tarrytown 23 Sept. "
Arnold, hearing of the capture of Andr6, escapes to the Vul-
ture 24 Sept. "
[Arnold received from the British government 10,000Z. and
commission of brigadier-general]
A military board, gen. Nathaniel Greene president, convict
Andr6 as a spy 29 Sept. "
Gen. Washington approves the finding of the board. . .30 Sept. "
Major Andr6 hung at Tappan at 12 o'clock noon, and buried
there 2 Oct. "
[Andre's remains were disinterred Aug. 10, 1821. and taken
to England and placed in a vault in Westminster abbey, 28
Nov. 1821. See 1879 of this record for monument.]
Ann Lee, founder of the Shakers, coming from England, settles
with a body of that sect near Albany, 1774, and establishes a
community of them at New Lebanon (Shakers) "
William Alexander (lord Stirling), major-general in the Amer-
ican army, dies at Albany, aged 57 15 Jan. 1783
Order of the Cincinnati founded by the offlcers of the army en-
camped on the Hudson (Cincinnati, Order op) ..13 May, "
Treaty of peace with Great Britain signed at Paris 3 Sept. "
British evacuate New York city 25 Nov. "
Long Island and Staten Island evacuated by the British, who
embark 4 Dec. "
Gen. Washington bids farewell to his offlcers at Fraunce's tav-
ern. New York 4 Dec. "
University of the State of New York is established by an act
of the legislature 1 May, 1784
[Governing body of the university is a board of regents,
chosen by the legislature and holding office, without pay,
for life, under certain restrictions. An annual meeting of
the board is held the second Thursday of Jan. ; the semi-an-
nual meeting is held on the first Tuesday of July.]
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Town of Hudson settled by Seth and Thomas Jenkins, from
Providence. R. I
Hugh White, from Middletown, Conn, the first settler at Whites-
town, Oneida county
Continental Congress meets in New York 11 Jan.
Population of the state, 238,897
Dispute between Massachusetts and New York about lands,
settled by commissioners appointed by the 2 states
[A pre-emption title to certain territory in New York was
claimed by Massachusetts under its colonial charter, which
extended to the Pacific. The charter of New York interfering
with this claim, the differences were settled by commission-
ers : New York retained the sovereignty and jurisdiction of
the territory in dispute, and Massachusetts the property of
the soil. See 1773.]
Samuel Prevost, rector of Trinity church, consecrated biphop
at Lambeth palace, Engl., for the state
Columbia college incorporated
Oliver Phelps, of Granville, Mass., explores the wilderness from
the German Flats to the present site of Canandaigua
Binghamton settled by William Bingham from Philadelphia..
Syracuse settled
New York accepts the Constitution of the U. S., with amend-
ments 25 July,
First number of the Federalist appears in New York. ..27 Oct.
" Doctors' mob," caused by the discovery of human remains
for dissection in the hospital in New York city. . .13-14 Apr.
Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham purchase of the Six Na-
tions 2,500,000 acres— part of the land already granted them
by Massachusetts— in western New York (see 1787). The
leading chiefs were Farmer's Brother and Red Jacket
Ebenezer Allen erects a mill where Rochester now stands
First house built in Canandaigua
New York ratifies the Constitution of the U. S 26 July,
Congress meets in New York, in the old City Hall, corner of
Wall and Nassau streets, opposite Broad; only 8 senators
and 13 representatives present 4 Mch.
House obtains quorum and organizes 30 Mch.
[Frederic A. Muhlenburg speaker.]
Senate having a quorum, organizes 6 Apr.
[John Langdon, N. H., chosen to preside at the counting of
votes for president. All the 69 votes were cast for Wash-
ington, and 34 for John Adams, who became vice-president.]
John Adams takes the chair of the Senate '. 21 Apr.
Washington arrives at Elizabeth Point, and is escorted to New
York by a committee from both houses in a barge rowed by
lb pilots dressed in white 23 Apr.
[His progress from Mount Vernon had been a continuous
triumphal procession.]
Oath of office taken by Washington 30 Apr.
[Oath was administered by chancellor Livingston in the
balcony of the City Hall]
First recorded party contest in New York state; votes polled,
12,453
Oliver Phelps opens in Canandaigua the first private land office
in America, for the sale of forest land to settlers (Land)
U. S. buys of Stephen Moore the site of West Point
[It purchased the tract adjoining in 1824, and in 1826 New
York ceded jurisdiction over it to the U. S.]
Population of the state 340, 120 )
Rank among the states 5th |
Population to the sq. mile 7.1 )
11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th sessions of the Continental Congress
met in New York city — that is, from 11 Jan. 1785 to 21 Oct.
1788. Also the 1st and 2d sessions of the first Congress un-
der the Constitution 4 Mch. 1789-12 Aug.
Phelps & Gorham sell to Robert Morris 1,204,000 acres of their
Massachusetts purchase in western New York for 8d. an acre,
Boundary between New York and Vermont established
Geneseo settled by William and James Wadsworth from Con-
necticut
Congress leaves New York city and meets in Philadelphia, Dec.
Part of Vermont formed Cumberland and Gloucester counties
in New York till.
Society for the promotion of agriculture, arts, and manufact-
ures established at New York
Hamilton Oneida academy established
Auburn first settled by col. Hardenbergh
Paper mill erected at Troy, which makes from 4 to 5 reams of
paper daily
French privateer fitted out in New York is seized by militia
by order of gov. Clinton 14 June,
Frederick William Augustus, baron Steuben, major-general in
the Revolutionary army, d. at Steubenville, Oneida county,
28 Nov.
Union college incorporated at Schenectady
George Clinton, after 18 years' service, declines re-election as
governor, and is succeeded by John Jay
Legislature appropriates $50,000 for public schools
Sloop Detroit the first American vessel on lake Erie
Massachusetts deeds to Robert Morris of Philadelphia nearly
3,300,000 acres of land in western New York (see 1787),
11 May,
[Robert Morris, b. Engl 1733, d. Philadelphia, 1806, was a
delegate to the Continental Congress, 1776-78, and signer of
Declaration of Indei)endence. He greatly assisted the gov-
ernment financially during the Revolution, but in his old age
embarked in vast land speculations which proved ruinous to
his fortunes. He passed his latter days in prison for debt.—
Drake, " Diet, of Amer. Biog."]
He extinguishes the Indian title, sells several tracts from the
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1791
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east side along the Genesee river, and mortgages the residue
to Wilhehn Williui< and others of Amsterdam, Holland, called
the Holland Land company 1796
[By this purchase the Holland Land company acquired the
present counties of Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus,
Wyoming, except some small reservations, and most of the
counties of Alleghany, Genesee, and Orleans.]
State road from Whitestown to Geneva built "
Forts Oswegatchie (now Ogdensburg), Oswego, and Niagara
evacuated by the British "
John Fitch moves a small boat on Collect pond in New York
city by a small steam engine and a "worm-screw" project-
ing from the stern of the boat "
Albany becomes the permanent capital of the state at the 20th
session of the legislature 1797
Shakers at Watervliet begin the manufacture of brooms, sold
at 50 cts. each 1798
I^egislature grants to chancellor Livingston an exclusive right
to navigate the inland waters of the state by vessels propelled
by fire or steam "
New York appropriates $1,200,000 to defend her harbor against
France "
Washington nominates Alexander Hamilton as first in rank of
major-generals in the Provisional army "
Road cut from the Genesee to Buffalo and Lewiston "
Legislature enacts the gradual abolition of slavery Apr. 1799
Population of the state 589,051 "j
Rank among the states 3d I
Population to the sq. mile 12.4 j
Per cent, of increase 73.1 J
George Clinton again elected governor 1801
Democrats predominant, led by col. Aaron Burr, the Clintons,
and Livingstons *'
Buffalo laid out by the Holland Land company, who open an
office at Batavia, Joseph Ellicott agent, for the sale of land. . "
Academy of fine arts founded at New York city "
Duel between col. John Swartwout and De Witt Clinton. 5
shots exchanged ; Swartwout slightly wounded 1802
Military academy established at West Point by Congress «'
Gen Joseph G. Swift first graduate 12 Oct. "
Burr's Democratic friends resolve to support him for governor
against any regular nominee. He is formally nominated at
Albany ; a meeting held at New York city ratifies it 1804
Morgan Lewis elected as the regular Democratic candidate.. . . "
Burr proposed as Federalist candidate in coalition with his
faction ; the plan defeated by Alexander Hamilton "
This opposition of Hamilton to Burr culminates in a duel at
Hoboken. in which Burr kills Hamilton 11 July, "
New York Historical Society founded "
Philip Schuyler dies at Albany, aged 73 18 Nov. "
I^egislature appropriates the proceeds of the remaining state
lands, over a mill on acres, for the school fund 1805
Corner-stone of the old state capitol laid at Albany 23 Apr. 1806
Robert Fulton's steamboat, the Clermont, makes first trip. New
York to Albany ; average speed, 5 miles an hour 7 Aug. 1807
Daniel D. Tompkins elected governor "
Finst carding and cloth dressing establishment erected on the
Holland purchase at Batavia by William H. Bush 1808
James Geddes of Onondaga surveys a route for a canal from
lake Erie to the Hudson river, and reports it practicable. . .1808-9
First house built in Rochester 1810
Population of the state 959,049 ]
Rank among the states 2d I ,<
Population to the sq. mile 20.1 f
Per cent, of increase 62. 8 J
A commission appointed to inquire into the practicability of a
canal from lake Erie to the Hudson explores the whole route, "
It reports in favor of the canal; estimated cost, $5,000,000 1811
West Point reorganized and made efficient 1812
Hamilton college, at Clinton, Oneida county, established "
" Detached militia " of New York arranged by the War depart-
ment in 2 divisions and 8 brigades 21 Apr. "
War declared against Great Britain by the U. S 20 June, "
[British forts near the state were : Fort Erie, opposite Buf-
falo, with a small garrison ; a small stockade at Chippewa,
a little above Niagara falls, and a small earthwork, fort
George, near the mouth of the Niagara river; while at York
(now Toronto) there was an old fort and block-house, and
near Kingston, formerly fort Frontenac,was a small battery.]
Stephen Van Rensselaer ('the patroon) of Albany commissioned
major general and assigned to the 1st division, and Benja-
min Mooers of Plattsburg to the 2d "
British attack Sackett's Harbor and are repulsed 29 July, "
Lieut. J. D. Elliott captures the Caledonia and Detroit, British
vessels anchored near fort Erie, opposite Buffalo 8 Oct. '•
[Congress votes lieut. Elliott a sword for this exploit.]
Battle of Queenstown, Upper Canada, and death of sir Isaac
Brock, governor of Upper Canada 12-13 Oct. "
[The Americans, at first successful, are finally beaten.]
Albany Argus started in Albany, Jesse Buel editor 13 Jan. 1813
Ogdensburg attacked and captured by the British 22 Feb. "
York (now Toronto) taken by the Americans; gen. Pike killed,
27 Apr. "
Fort George, Canada, at the mouth of the Niagara river, evacu-
ated by the British 27 May, "
fort Erie captured by the Americans 28 May, "
British repulsed at Sackett's Harbor 29 May, "
' Perry's victory on lake Erie (Naval battles) 10 Sept. "
' Burning of the village of Newark, Canada, near fort George,
by the Americans under gen. McClure,who was severely cen-
sured, and fort George evacuated 10 Dec. "
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British capture fort Niagara 19 Dec. 1813
They burn Buffalo and Black Rock (Buffalo) 30 Dec. "
Fort Ontario at Oswego captured by the British (Fort On-
tario) 5-6 May, 1814
Fort Erie occupied by the Americans 3 July, "
Battle of Chippewa, Canada: Americans victorious 5 July, "
Battle of Bridgewater, or Lundy's Lane, Canada, one of the
most destructive of the war. ' The Americans, 2600 strong,
lose 858 men killed and wounded, and the British (4500) lose
about 20 more; fought from 8 p.m. to midnight 25 July, "
[Here gen. Winfleld Scott greatly distinguished himself]
Fort Erie besieged by the British 4 Aug. "
Col. Drummond assaults the works and is repulsed 15 Aug. "
Com. McDocough defeats British fleet on lake Champlain at
Plattsburg, under com. Downie (Naval battles) 11 Sept. "
Gen. Macomb with about 6000 men, defeats 12,000 British under
sir George Provost, at Plattsburg 11 Sept. "
Americans make a successful sortie at fort Erie and destroy
the British works 17 Sept. "
British raise the siege after 56 days 21 Sept. "
Americans, under gen. Izard, abandon fort Erie and blow it up,
5 Nov. "
Treaty of peace ratified and promulgated 17 Feb. 1815
Robert Fulton dies in New York city 24 Feb. "
General disappearance of the Federal party 1815-17
[The 2 political parties of the nation up to this period were
the Federal and Republican, afterwards called Democratic.
Virtually but one party remained after the collapse of the Fed-
eralists, until the Whigparty was formed. Political parties.]
De Witt Clinton elected governor to succeed gov. Tompkins,
chosen vice president of the U. S 1817
Legislature abolishes slavery from 4 July, 1827 Apr, "
Erie canal begun at Rome, Oneida county .* 4 July, "
State grants $20,000 to county agricultural societies to promote
agriculture and family domestic manufactures "
First paper mill west of the Genesee river built by William
H. Bush at Batavia "
State library founded at Albany 21 Apr. 1818
[It is open daily for the use of the public]
First steamboat, Walk-in-the-water, on lake Erie "
[360 tons, built at Black Rock, a suburb of Bufialo. Her
engine and boiler were made in New York. She was lost in
a gale in 1821.]
Hamilton Theological seminary, Madison county, incorporated, 1819
[The oldest American Baptist divinity school.]
Steamship Savannah, 380 tons, capt. Moses Rodgers, sails from
New York, where she was built, for Savannah, Ga 10 Apr. "
[Arriving there 17 Apr. she sails from that port 24 May for
St. Petersburg, Russia, via Liverpool, reaches L. 20 June,
sails for St. P. 23 July; return to Savannah 50 days from St.
P. Dec. 1819; first Amer. steamship to cross the Atlantic]
Population of the state i;372,lllT
Rank among the states 1st! |q„„
Population to the sq, mile 28.8 [ ^'^^^
Per cent, of increase 43 j
[From this time the state has been styled the "Empire
State."]
Lockport, Niagara county, settled 1821
Revised state constitution adopted and ratified Feb. 1822
Joseph C. Yates governor "
Champlain canal begun 1816, finished 1823
De Witt Clinton elected governor 1824
Lafayette lands in New York city (United States) 15 Aug. "
New State prison commenced at Sing Sing 1825
Geneva college, Geneva, Ontario county, incorporated "
[Name changed to Hobart college, 27 Mch. I860.]
Daniel D. Tompkins, b. 1774, d. on Staten Island 11 June, "
[Governor 1807-17, vice-president 1817-25.]
Erie canal completed 26 Oct. "
[Tidings of the opening conveyed from Buffalo to New York
in 80 minutes by firing relays of cannon.]
First boat. Seneca Chief, conveying the governor and others,
passes from lake Erie to the Hudson, and reaches New York
city. Grand celebration 4 Nov. ' '
[The Erie canal was 8 years in building. As originally
built, it was 40 ft. wide at the top, 28 ft. wide at the bottom,
and 4 ft. deep, and 352 miles in length ; cost, $9,027,456.
The legislature, in 1835, ordered its enlargement to 70 ft. wide
at the top, 42 ft. wide at the bottom, and 7 ft. deep, at a cost
of about $25,000,000. Canals.]
Delaware and Hudson canal commenced 1826
Abduction of William Morgan from Canandaigua (Morgan,
William) 12 Sept. "
Thurlow Weed edits the Anti- Masonic Enquirer, at Rochester,
N. Y 1826-27
Owing to Morgan's abduction, a county convention at Le Roy,
Genesee county, begins the anti-Masonic movement 1827
Journal of Commerce started in New York city "
Gov. De Witt Clinton d. suddenly at Albany, aged 59.. .11 Feb. 1828
Nathaniel Pitcher acting-governor "
Oswego canal finished "
Martin Van Buren elected governor; resigns 12 Mch. 1829
Enos T. Throop acting-governor "
Manufacture of brick by machinery successfully begun in New
York "
John .Jay dies at Bedford, Westchester county 17 May, "
[No one of the great men of the Revolution approached so
near Washington in lofty disinterestedness as John Jay.—
Hildreth.]
Sam Patch jumps from the Genesee falls at Rochester and is
killed "
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Albany Evening Journal started, edited by Thurlow Weed. . . .
First omnibus buili and used in New York city
Book of Mormon tli-sl published by E. B. Grandiu at Palmyra
(MOKMO.NS)
[Real author was rev. Solomon Spaulding. Ohio.]
Population of tlio slate 1,918,008 '
Rank among the states 1st
Population to the square luilo 40.3
Per cent, of increase 39.8
University of the City of Now York opened
First locomotive engine, " The Best Friend," built in the U. S.,
finished at West Point fouudery, New York city, and tested,
9 Dec.
[For the South Carolina railroad.]
Albany and Schenectady railroad opened 16 miles
[Second locomotive built in the U. S. was for this road,
the " He Witt Clinton," built in Now York city.]
Chloroform first obtained by SamuelGuthrio of Sackett's Harbor,
[About the same time made by Liebig in Germany and
Souberein in France. First used as an anaesthetic, 1834.]
Imprisonment for contract debt, except for fraud, abolished. . .
Whig party formed
[Mame suggested -by James Watson Wel)b of the New York
Courier ami Enquirer.—'' Kmpire State," Lossing.]
Cholera in New York city, 27 Juno until 19 Oct. ; 4000 die
Buffalo and Utica incorporated as cities
First horse street railroad in the world opened in Fourth ave.,
New York cilv
Red Jacket, the Indian chief, dies near Buffalo, aged 78, 20 Jan.
Anti slavery socitUy of New York organized 2 Oct.
William L. iMarcy governor
Riot in New York against the abolitionists
A geological survey of the state ordered ,
Union Theological seminary in New York city founded
Schenectady and Utica railroad opened
Aaron Burr dies in New York, aged 80 14 Sept.
Legislature appropriates $200,000 a year for 3 years to form
township and district libraries (one of the best appropria-
tions ever made of public funds for educational purposes,
aside from public schools)
American and Foreign Bible Society established in New York, "
Patriot war — Canada "
Navy island in Niagara river occupied by the " Patriots," Dec. "
Steamer Caroline, at Schlosser's landing, on the American side
of Niagara river, is fired and sent over the falls by Canadian
soldiers under col. McNab night of 29 Dec. "
Auburn and Syracuse railroad opened "
William H. Seward, Whig, elected governor over William L.
Marcy, Democrat 1838
Rutgers female institute, New York city, opened 11 Apr. "
[Name changed to college, 1867.]
Free banking law passed "
Steamboat Lexington burned in Long Island sound 13 Jan. 1840
First state-prison library in the U. S. started at Sing Sing ''
Population of the state 2,428,921 ~
Rank among the states 1st
Population to the square mile 51
Per cent, of increase 26.5^
Railroad completed from Boston to Albany. 1841
Steam packet President sails for Liverpool (never heard from),
11 Mch. "
First Washington Temperance meeting in New York. .24 Mch. "
Steamboat Erie burned on lake Erie; 180 perish 9 Aug. "
Auburn and Rochester railroad opened "
Croton aqueduct finished; 5 years in construction; cost,
$12.500,000 ; length, ^y^ miles (Croton aqueduct) 1842
Attica and Buffalo railroad opened "
William C. Bouck governor 1843
Armed resistance begun by anti-renters in Albany, Delaware,
and Rensselaer counties 1844
[Tenants of the patroon refuse to pay rent. Anti-rentism.]
State Normal school established at Albany "
Silas Wright, jr., governor 1 Jan. 1845
Steamer Swallow, capt. Squires, from New York to Albany,
strikes a rock near Athens; many passengers drowned, 7 Apr. "
Gov. Silas Wright proclaims Delaware county in a state of
insurrection on account of anti-rentism 27 Aug. "
Packer Collegiate institute, Brooklyn, L. I., opened "
Madison university at Hamilton, Madison county, chartered,
26 May, 1846
[Hamilton Literary and Theological seminary, at the same
place, established in 1819, is included in this charter.]
State constitution revised and adopted Nov. "
O.vEiDA community established 1847
Meeting at Seneca Falls to advocate political equality of
women 1848
Hamilton Fish elected governor by the Whigs "
" Spirit rappings " phenomena begun in the house of John D.
Fox, Hydersville, and afterwards in Rochester on his re-
moval there the same year (Spiritualism) "
Continuous railroad ; Boston to New York opened 1 Jan. 1849
Population of the slate 3,097,394 1
Rank among the states 1st ! .. „-„
Population to the sq. mile 65 f
Per cent, of increase 27.5 J
University of Rochester, at Rochester, chartered 8 May, "
Arctic expedition in search of sir John Franklin sails from
New York under lieut. De Haven and dr. Elisha Kent Kane,
24 May, "
Collins line of steamships begin between New York and Liver-
pool—an American line "
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Wa.shington Hunt elected governor by the Whigs, with a ma-
jority of 262 over Horatio Seymour,' Democrat 18Ci
Eric railroad complete, Piermont on the Hudson to lake Erie.
A train goes over the road with the directors 28-29 Apr. 185
Hudson River railroad opened
James Fenlmore Cooper, b. 1789, d. at Cooperstown, N. Y.,
14 Sept.
Whig party disappears from slate and national politics after . . 185'
Second Arctic expedition in search of sir John Franklin sails
from New York under dr. Kane. Funds mostly furnished
by Henry Grinnell, of New York, and George Peabody. Grin-
nell land discovered 30 May,
New York Clearinghouse established
District libraries of the state have 1,604,210 volumes
[This number was reduced more than one-half through
carelessness and loss up to 1890.]
New York Central railroad form6d by consolidating the local
railroads
Continuous line of railway opened, New York to Chicago
First train over a uniform gauge from Buffalo to Erie and
Chicago 1 Feb.
Office of the Stale Superintendent of Public Instruction created
by a law of. 30 Mch.
First kerosene oil factory in the U. S. established on Newtown
creek, Long Island June,
[Name kerosene originated by Abraham Gesner, who made
oil from coal on Prince Edward isle in 1846.]
Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic institute, non-sectarian,
chartered
Railway suspension bridge at Niagara falls completed
Charter of the Elmira female college
[First charter granted by the state for a female college.]
Last survivor of Washington's Life guard, sergeant Uzel Knapp,
dies, aged 97, at New Windsor, Orange county (Life guard,
Washington's) 11 Jan. 185
St. Lawrence university, Canton, St. Lawrence county, incor-
porated 3 Apr.
Dudley observatory built at Albany
Alfred university, at Alfred, opened 188
Ingham university, at Le Roy, Genesee county, incorporated,
3 Apr.
Failure of the Ohio Life and Trust company in New York; a
commercial panic spreads throughout the U. S 24 Aug.
First telegraphic despatch received in New York from Loudon
by the Atlantic telegraph (Electricity, submarine) . .5 Aug. 18S
[First messages were the only intelligible ones received.]
Edwin D. Morgan, Republican, elected governor
M. Blondin (6mile Gravelet) crosses the Niagara river, just be-
low the falls, for the first time on a tight- rope 30 June, 1859
Washington Irving, b. New York city, 1783, d. at Tarrytowii,
N. Y. 28 Nov. "
Population of the state 3,880,735')
Rank among the states 1st I «q«j^
Population to the square mile. . 81.3 |
Percent, of increase 25. 2 J
William H. Seward before the Republican convention at Chi-"
cago as a candidate for the presidency "
St. Stephen's college, Annandale, Dutchess county, Prot.-Epis. ;
date of charter "
Erie canal enlargement completed; entire cost, $52,491,915.74. 1862
Manhattan college at Manhattanville, New York city, incor-
porated by the regents 2 Apr. 1863
"Peace Meeting" held in New York city, called by leading
Democrats to devise means for ending the civil war, 3 June, "
Clement C. Moore, b. in New York, 1779, d. at Newport, R. I.,
10 July, "
[Author of the ballad, " 'Twas the night before Christmas. "]
Draft riots in New York city 13-16 July, "
[About 1000 killed. Claims for damages amounting to
$1,500,000 presented.]
Normal school at Oswego established "
Number of troops furnished by the state in the civil war in
all branches of the service reduced to a 3 years' standard
was 392,270, about 12 per cent, of the population 1865
Eliphalet Nott, b. 1773, d. at Schenectady 29 Jan. 1866
[Made president of Union college in 1804. Over 3700 stu-
dents graduated during his presidency.]
Fenian raid into Canada; about 1200 men cross Niagara river
near Buffalo, camping near old fort Erie 31 May, "
Slight conflict takes place near Ridgeway 2 June, "
[Force withdraws the next evening.]
Vassar female college at Poughkeepsie incorporated, 11 Jan.
1861; name changed by legislature to Vassar college. .1 Feb. 1867
[Founded by Matthew Vassar.]
Normal school at Brockport established "
Public schools made entirely free 1 Oct. "
State Board of Charities organized "
Memorial or Decoration day made a legal holiday; date of first
celebration 30 May, 1868
Wells college, Aurora, N. Y., founded "
Normal school at Fredonia established "
Commission of Fisheries created by an act passed "
Cornell universilv at Ithaca opened to students Oct. "
[Founded by Ezra Cornell in 1865.]
Normal school at Potsdam, St. Lawrence county, established. . 1869
Normal school at Cortland opened "
Henry Jarvis Raymond, journalist, b. Lima,Livingston county,
N. Y., 24 Jan. 1820, d. in New York city 18 June, "
[He started the New York Times in 1851.] j
Financial panic in New York city culminates in " Black Fri-
day;" the price of gold reaches 162)4 24 Sept. ;
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[During the excitement it is estimated tluit contracts were
made for the sale of $500,000,000 of gold. The crisis ruined
thousands, and disarranged the business of the country.]
Cardiff giant discovered on the farm of Wm. C. Newell, near
Cardiff, Onondaga county 16 Oct.
[The originator of this successful hoax was George Hull of
Binghampton. who, after maturing his plan, went to Iowa in
1868 and quarried, near fort Dodge, the block of gypsum out
of which at Chicago the giant was made. Securely boxed it
wns shipped to Binghampton by rail and thence to Cardiff
and secretly buried, 9 Nov. 1«68, on the farm of Newell at
the bottom of a partly dug well; here it was found by some
workmen employed a year later to finish the well. When
found it had cost Hull $'2600. It gave rise to much contro-
versy, and proved a financial success to its owners.]
Population of the state 4,382,759 ]
Rank among the states 1st '■
Population to the sq. mile 92 |
Per cent, of increase 12.9 J
Lenox Public library, New York city, incorporated. . .20 June,
[Endowed by James Lenox with his private library, which
in American history and certain other departments is unri-
valled. Library of George Bancroft, consisting of 15,000
bound volumes and 5000 pamphlets, purchased Apr. 1893, for
$80,000.]
Cornerstone of the new capitol at Albany laid 24 June,
Syracuse university (Meth. Rpis.) founded at Syracuse
Capt. Hall sails from New York in the U. S. ship Polaris, on an
Arctic exploring expedition (Nor'thkast and Northwest
PASSAGES) 29 June,
Normal S( hool opened at Geneseo
Normal school opened at Buffalo
William M. Tweed arrested in New York city 27 Oct.
[His bail bond was fixed at $2,000,000.]
Legislature establishes a commission of state parks. . .23 May,
Topographical survey of the Adirondack wilderness begun by
the state under the supervision of V'erplanck Colvin
Susan B. Anthony and some other women vole at Rochester
(Women, Advancement of) 5 Nov.
Horace Greeley d 29 Nov.
One hundred and nine short horn cattle sold at a public sale at
New York Mills, N. Y., for about $382,000 10 Sept.
[Highest price paid was for a cow, $4600, and $2700 for a
calf 5 months old.]
Commercial panic beginning in the Stock exchange of New
York spreads throughout the country 19 Sept.
International Railway Bridge crossing Niagara river at Black
Rock (Buffalo) to Canada, built under authority of Congress
and the British Parliament and the state and province gov-
ernments at a cost of over $1,500,000. Total length 3651>^ ft.,
over the river proper 1967i^ ft. Began 1870, o])ened 31 Oct.
Tweed sentenced to 12 j'ears in the penitentiary 22 Nov.
[He is discharged, but is rearrested, and escapes 4 Dec.
187.5. He goes to Spain, is there arrested at Vigo, and
brought back, 24 Nov. 1876. He dies in prison, 12 Apr. 1878.]
Compulsory educational law passed 15 Apr.
Term of the governor changed from 2 years to 3
New York State Soldier's Home incorporated at Bath. .15 May,
Hallett's Point reef, "Hell Gate," successfully blown up; work
directed by gen. John Newton, U. S. army, from the beginning,
1869. The excavations were completed in 1875 ; but for want
of an appropriation the reef was not destroyed until 24 Sept.
Cornelius Vanderbilt d. at New York 4 Jan.
Rock salt first discovered in the state by Charles B. Everest,
4 miles from Warsaw, Wyoming county, while boring for oil
at a depth of 1279 feet; strata of salt 70 feet thick. .20 June.
William CuUen Bryant, b. 1794, d. New York city
[Editor of the Evening Post, 1826.]
Cyrus W. Field erects a monument in memory of maj. John
Andre on the site of his grave at Tappan
[This monument was badly damaged by attempts to blow
it up on the nights of 31 Mch. and 1 Apr. 1882.]
;Alonzo B. Cornell, Rep , elected governor
New capitol at Albany opened 12 Feb.
; State Board of Health authorized by law 18 May,
Commission for the protection of game and fish established by
law 26 June,
New York and Connecticut Joint boundary commission award
to New York a small strip, 4.68 sq. miles in area, called the
"oblong tract," east of the straight-line boundary which
runs north and south 20 miles east of the Hudson river, as
agreed upon, 1685. It was given to New York by a faulty
survey, 1787, and came into dispute in 1856. This commis-
sion also established the southern boundary of Connecticut
through the middle of Long Island sound
il'opulation of the state 5,082,871
iHank among the states 1st
Population to the sq. mile 106.7
Per cent, of increase 15.97
Nfew York agricultural experiment station instituted by law,
26 June,
[Egyptian obelisk erected in Central park 22 Jan.
[Brought from Alexandria, Egypt, to New York by the
steamer Dessong, commander Henry H. Gorringe, U. S. navy,
which sailed from Alexandria, 12 June, reaching New York,
20 July, 1880. Total height, 90 ft. ; height of shaft, 69 ft. ;
I weight of shaft in pounds, 443,000. Total expense of re-
»">val and erection, $103,732, paid by William H. Vanderbilt.
I This obelisk is supposed to have been made 1591-1565 B.C.
' at Heliopolis; removed to Alexandria 22 b.c. Obelisks.]
Alfred B. Street, poet, b. at Poughkeepsie, 1811, d. at Albany,
' NEW
U. S. senators Conkling and Piatt resign 16 May,
Warner Miller and Elbridge G. Lapham elected 17 July,
William G. Fargo, pres. of the American Express company, b.
1818, d. at Buffalo 3 Aug.
Thurlow Weed, politician and journalist, d. in New York city,
aged 85 22 Nov.
Grovor Cleveland, Dem., elected governor Nov.
Edwin D. Morgan, b. 1811 ; d. in New York city 14 Feb.
Commission of statistics of labor established by law 4 May,
East River suspension-bridge, connecting New York and Brook-
lyn, opened (Bridges) 24 May,
Civil-service commission created by law 29 May,
[Three commissioners, to be appointed by the governor with
Ihe advice and consent of the senate.]
Centennial of the disbanding of the army of the Revolution
celebrated at Newburg 18 Oct.
1870 ^®^ railroad (cantilever) bridge across the Niagara below the
falls opened 20 Dec.
New York state dairy commission established by law. .24 Apr.
Gov. Cleveland nominated for president of the U. S. at the
Democratic National convention in Chicago 8 July,
Susan Warner, b. in New York city, 1818, d. there 18 Mch.
[Author of " Wide, Wide World," and other novels.]
Richard Grant White, critic, philosopher, and Shakespearian
scholar, b. 1822, d. in New York city ,s Apr.
Common schools cost the state $13,466,367.97
Legislature authorizes the governor, with the advice and con-
sent of the senate, to appoint 3 forest commissioners, 15 May,
[To control and superintend the forest preserve, being
lands owned or to be acquired by the state within Essex,
Franklin. Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Saratoga, St.
Lawrence, Warren, Washington, Greene, Ulster,, Sullivan,
Oneida, and Clinton counties, except the towns of Altonaand
I Dannemora; to be kept forever as wild forest lands; not to
be sold or leased. The commissioners also superintend forest
and tree planting throughout the state.]
Niagara Falls reservation made a state park 16 July,
[State park extends along the river front from the upper
su.spension-bridge to a point nearly a mile above the falls.
It includes what was formerly known as Prospect park, at
the edge of the American falls, and Goat island, with the
group of smaller islands. The total area is 115 acres.]
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, b. 1822, d. at Mt. McGregor, near Sara-
toga 23 July,
David B. Hill, Dem., elected governor
Commission created to report the most humane and practical
method of executing the death sentence 13 May,
[It consisted of Elbridge T. Gerry, dr. Alfred P. Southwick,
and Matthew Hale. Their report of Jan. 1888, recommended
the use of electricity.]
State Board of Arbitration created by law 18 May,
[To consist of 3 members.]
Ofl3ce of factory inspector established for the state "
Arthur Quartley, artist, d. in New York city 19 May,
Normal school at New Paltz, Ulster county, opened
1874 John Kelly, Dem. politician, d. in New York 1 June,
Orson S. Fowler, phrenologist, b. 1809, d. at Sharon Station,
1876 ; N. Y. 18 Aug.
Total cost of new capitol at Albany, $17,914,875.02, to. .30 Sept.
William Dorsheimer, b. at Lyons, N. Y., 1832, d. at Savannah,
Ga 26 Mch.
[Elected lieut.-gov. by the Democrats, 1874 and 1876.]
1877 Cornelius R. Agnew, surgeon, b. 1830, d. in New York, 18 Apr.
John T. Hoffman, b. 1828, d. in Germany 10 June,
[Elected governor by the Democrats, 1868 and 1870.]
1878 E. P. Roe, b. 1838, d. in New York city 19 July,
[Author of " Barriers Burned Away " and other novels.]
Centennial of the first inauguration of George Washington cele-
brated in New York 29, 30 Apr.-l May,
1879 State Normal school at Oneonta,Otsego county, opened
Population of the state 5,997,853
Rank among the states 1st
Population to the sq. mile 121.98
Per cent, of increase 18 ,
1880 Henry R. Pierson, chancellor of the University of the state of
New York, d. at Albany 1 Jan.
Miss Pink E. Corkran, "Nellie Bly," of the New York World,
finishes a trip around the world eastward, in 72 days, 6 hr.
11 min 25 Jan.
George William Curtis elected chancellor of the Board of Re-
gents of the state of New York 30 Jan.
Schenectady commemorates the 200th anniversary of the mas-
sacre by French and Indians 9 Feb.
John Jacob Astor, b. 1822, d. in New York 22 Feb.
Gov. Hill signs the Adirondack State Park bill appropriating
$25,000 for park purposes 11 Mch.
Charles T. Saxton introduced in 1888 the first bill embodying
the Australian ballot system presented to any legislature in
the U. S., passes the assembly by 72 to 51, 13 Mch., but is
vetoed by gov. Hill 31 Mch.
Gov. Hill approves the Corrupt Practices act for preventing
bribery nnd intimidation at elections 4 Apr.
Compromise Election bill, allowing a "paster ballot" and a
series of tickets, instead of a "blanket ballot," is approved
by the governor 2 May,
Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, b. 1828, d. in New York ,9 July,
Maj. -gen. John C. Fremont, b. 1813, d. in New York. . .13 July,
Dr. C. H. F. Peters, astronomer, the discoverer of 50 asteroids,
b. 1813, d 18 July,
First execution in the world by electricity, William Kemmler
(murderer) at Auburn prison 6 Aug.
1881
1882
1884
1889
1890
NEW 570
Strike of 3000 trainmen owing to discharge of certain Knights
of Labor on the New York Central railroad 8 Aug. 1890
Boundary-line with Pennsylvania agreed upon by commission-
ers from each state, 20 Mch. 1886, and contlrmed by the leg-
islatures, approved by the Congress 19 Aug. •'
Single tax convention meets in New York city, 2 Sept., and
adopts a platform 3 Sept. "
Strike on the New York Central railroad declared off. .17 Sept.
Gov. Hill is elected U. S. senator from New York, receiving 81
votes on joint ballot, to 79 for Evarts 21 Jan. 18i)l
Secretary of the treasury, William Windom, b. 1827, dies sud-
denly at a banquet at Delraonico's, New York 29 Jan. "
James Redpath, journalist, b. 1833, d. in New York city, 10 Feb. ' '
Board of Regents of the University adopt a plan for university
extension under a University Extension council of 5 repre-
sentatives of colleges to be appointed annually 11 Feb. "
Gen. William T. Sherman, b. 1820, d. at New York 14 Feb. "
Ex-governor Lucius Robinson d. in Elmira, aged 81. . . .23 Mch. "
I^gislatureappropriatesflO.OOOforuniversltyextenslon, 16Apr. "
Ground broken for Grant monument In New York 27 Apr. "
Charles Pratt, philanthropist, b. 1830, d. at New York. .4 May, "
School children of the state choose the rose as state flower
by a vote of: rose, 294,816; golden-rod, 206,402; majority,
88,414 8 May, "
Benson John I^osslng, historian, b. 1813, d. at Chestnut Ridge,
Dutchess county 3 June, "
Chauncey Vibbard, called " the father of the American rail-
way," d. at Macon, Ga 5 June, "
Statue of Henry Ward Beecher unveiled at Brooklyn. .24 June, "
Four murderers, Slocum, Smiler, Wood, and Jugiro, executed
by electricity at Sing Sing 7 July, "
A train on the New York Central railroad runs from New York
to East Buffalo, 436 miles in 426 minutes, running time. Of
this, 37 miles was at a rate averaging 70.78 miles per hour,
and 151 miles at a rate of from 65 to 70 miles 14 Sept. "
First regular Empire State Express makes the run from New
York to Buffalo in 8 hrs. 42 min 26 Oct. "
Field, Lindley, Wiechers & Co. , stock-brokers of New York city,
make an assignment, liabilities $2,000,000; and E. M. Field
Bald to be Insane 27 Nov. "
A lunatic enters the oflBce of Russell Sage, in New York; being
refused his demand for $1,250,000, he drops a hand-bag con-
taining explosives, killing himself, a bystander, bruising Sage
and others, and wrecking the building 4 Dec. "
Martin D. Loppy, the wife-murderer, executed by electricity at
Sing Sing 7 Dec. "
Randolph Rogers, American sculptor, b. 1825, d. at Rome,
N. Y 14 Jan. 1892
Dr. Wesley Newcomb, one of the leading conchologists of the
world, d. at Ithaca, N. Y. , aged 84 years 27 Jan. "
NEW
"Greater New York " bill fails in Assembly 15 Mch.
Legislature appropriates $300,000 for the Columbian Exposi-
tion 22 Mch.
Charles Kendall Adams resigns the presidency of Cornell uni-
versity 5 May,
Prof Jacob Gould Schurman elected in his place 18 May,
Cyrus W. Field, b. 1819, d. at Ardsley, N. Y 12 July,
Switchmen's strike at Buffalo, on the Erie railroad, begins:
strikers burning freight trains and destroying about
$1,000,000 worth of property 14 Aug.
65th and 74th regiments of national guards are ordered out at
Buffalo by gen. Doyle 15 Aug.
National guards from New York, Brooklyn, and elsewhere,
about 8000 men, ordered to Buffalo by gov. P'lower, on appeal
from the sheriff and mayor at Buffalo 17 Aug.
Ex-gov. Myron H. Clark dies at Canandaigua, aged 86, 23 Aug.
Switchmen's strike at Buffalo declared off by grand-master
Sweeney 24 Aug.
George William Curtis, b. 1824, d. at West Brighton, Staten
Island 31 Aug,
Ex-U. S. senator Francis Kernan, b. 1816, d. at Utica. . .7 Sept.
Opening in New York city of the Continental Congress of the
Salvation Army of the U. S 21 Nov.
Act authorizing the purchase of Fire island for quarantine
purposes signed n Mch.
Naval review and parade at New York city 27-28 Apr.
[10 nations participate.]
"Viking ship " arrives at New York city 17 June,
State monument to its fallen soldiers dedicated on the battle-
field of Gettysburg 2 July,
Hamilton Fish, ex-governor and ex-secretary of state, b. 1808,
d. at Garrison's, N. Y 7 Sept.
State Normal school building burned at Oneonta, loss $200,000,
15 Feb.
John Y. McKane of Gravesend, L. I., found guilty of election
frauds and intimidation, and sentenced at Brooklyn to 6 years
in Sing Sing prison 19 Feb.
Joseph Keppler, founder of Ihick, d. in New York city,
20 Feb.
" Greater New York " bill, after repeated defeats, passes the
Assembly, 8 Feb., Senate, 27 Feb., and is signed by the
governor (New York city) 28 Feb.
David Dudley Field, b. 1805, d. at Gramercy Park, New York
ci
181
ity.
,13 Apr.
Gen. Henry W. Slocum, b. 1827, d. in Brooklyn 14 Apr.
Constitutional convention meets at Albany 8 May,
Richard Croker, leader of "The Tammany Hall Society," re-
signs the position 10 May,
Brooklyn Tabernacle (dr. Talmage's) and adjoining buildings
burned 13 ^fay.
GOVERNORS OF NEW YORK.
UNDER THE DUTCH.
Term of oflSce.
Cornells Jacobsen May.
William Verhulst
Peter Minuit
Wouter Van Twiller
William Kieft
Peter Stuyvesant
Richard Nicolls. . .
Francis Lovelace.
Anthony Colve.
1624
1625
4 May, 1626 to 1633
Apr. 1633 " 1638
28 Mch. 1638 " 1647
11 May, 1647 " 1664 Surrendered to the English.
UNDER THE ENGLISH.
8 Sept. 1664 to 1668 i Resigned.
17 Aug. 1668 " 1673 | Surrendered to the Dutch.
DUTCH RESUMED.
1673 to 1674 I
Edmund Andros ,
Thomas Dongan
Francis Nicholson
Jacob Leisler
Henry Sloughter
Richard Ingoldsby
Benjamin Fletcher ,
Richard, earl Bellomont..
John Nanfan
Jj)Td Cornbury ,
John, lord Lovelace
Richard Ingoldsby ,
Gerardus Beekman ,
Robert Hunter
Peter Schuyler
William Burnet
John Montgomery
Rip Van Dam ,
William Cosby
George Clarke
George Clinton
Sir Dan vers Osborne
James De Lancey
Sir Charles Hardy ,
James De Lancey
Cadwallader Golden
Robert Monckton
Cadwallader Golden
Sir Henry Moore
Cadwallader Golden
John, lord Dunmore ,
William Tryon
10 Nov.
27 Aug.
3 June,
19 Mch.
26 July,
30 Aug.
3 May,
18 Dec.
9 May,
10 Apr.
14June,
21 July,
17 Sept.
15 Apr.
1 Aug.
2 Sept.
10 Oct.
12 Oct.
3 Sept.
3 June,
4 Aug.
26 Oct.
18 Nov.
18 Nov.
12 Sept.
19 Oct.
9 July,
ENGLISH
1674 to 1683
1683 " 1688
1688 " 1689
1689 " 1691
1691
1691 " 1692
1692 " 1698
1698 " 1701
1701 " 1702
1702 " 1708
1708 " 1709
1709 " 1710
1710
1710 " 1719
1719 " 1720
1720 " 1728
1728 " 1731
1731 " 1732
1732 " 1736
1736 " 1743
1743 " 1753
1753
1753 " 1755
1755 " 1757
1757 " 1760
1760 " 1761
1761
1761 " 1765
1765 " 1769
1769 " 1770
1770 " 1771
1771 " 1777
RESUMED.
Lieutenant governor.
Dies in oflQce.
Deputy-governor.
Dies in ofiSce.
Acting-governor.
Commission revoked.
Dies in ofBce.
Lieutenant-governor.
President of the council.
President of the council.
Transferred to Massachusetts government.
Dies in office.
President of the council.
Dies in office.
President of the council. Lieutenant-governor.
,
Commits suicide 5 days after his arrival.
Lieutenant governor.
Dies in office.
President of the council. Lieutenant-governor.
Sails at the head of an expedition against Martinique.
Dies in office.
Appointed governor of Virginia.
Last royal governor of New York.
NEW
571
NEW
GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
When
elected.
Opponents.
Party.
George Clinton.
John Jay
George Clinton.
Morgan Lewis.
Daniel D. Tompkins.
John Taylor
De Witt Clinton . . .
Joseph C. Yates . . ,
De Witt Clinton...
Nathaniel Pitcher .
Martin Van Buren .
Enos T. Throop.
William L. Marcy.
William H. Seward.
William C. Bouck .
Silas Wright, jr
John Young
Hamilton Fish.
Washington Hunt ,
Horatio Seymour.
Myron H. Clark
Johu A. King..
Sdwin D. Morgan .
jioratio Seymour.,
lleuben E. Fenton.
■ohn T. Hoffman. .
I'ohn A. Dix
iSamuel J. Tilden .
';ucius Robinson..
lonzo B. Cornell
rover Cleveland.
avid B. Hill.
oswell P. Flower.
svi P. Morton.
Dem.-Rep.
1777
1780
1783
1786
1789. .
1792..
1795..
1798..
1801..
1804..
1807..
1810..
1813..
1816..
1817..
1817..
1820. .
1822..
1824..
1826..
Robert Yates ,
John Jay.
Robert Yates
Robert R. Livingston.
Stephen Van Rensselaer
Aaron Burr.
Morgan Lewis.
Jonas Piatt.
Stephen Van Rensselaer.
Rufus King ,
Peter B. Porter.
Daniel D. Tompkins.
Solomon Southwick.
Samuel Young.
William B. Rochester ,
Democrat
Whig
Democrat
Whig
Democrat . .
Whig
Republican.
Democrat . .
Republican .
Democrat . .
Republican.
Democrat . .
Republican.
Democrat . .
1828. .
;1829,.
11830..
1832..
1834..
1836..
1838..
1840
1842..
1844.,
1846..
1848. .
1850. .
1852. .
1854..
1858.
1860.
1862.
(1864.
11866.
(1868.
U870.
1872
1874.
1876.
(Smith Thompson
I Solomon Southwick.
( Francis Granger
( Ezekiel Williams.
Francis Granger
William H. Seward
(Jesse Buel.
\ Isaac S. Smith.
William L. Marcy ....
(William C. Bouck
(Gerrit Smith.
I Luther Bradish.
(Alvan Stewart.
( Millard Fillmore
(Alvan Stewart.
(Silas Wright, jr
JOgden Edwards.
( Henry Bradley.
(John A. Dix
\ Reuben H. Walworth.
( William Goodell.
Horatio Seymour
I Washington Hunt
(Minthorne Tompkins.
( Horatio Seymour
J Daniel Ullman.
( Green C Bronson.
{Amasa J. Parker
Erastus Brooks.
I (Amasa J. Parker
I Lorenzo Burrows.
(Gerrit Smith.
( William Kelly.
( James T Brady.
James S. Wadsworth. .
Horatio Seymour
John T. Hoffman
John A. Griswold
Stewart L. Woodford. .
Francis Kernan
John A. Dix
Edwin D. Morgan
f Lucius Robinson
J John Kelly
I Harris Lewis.
[ John W. Mears.
( Charles J. Folger
^Alphonso A. Hopkins..
( Epenetus Howe
Republican.
1891.
1894.
(Ira Davenport
( H. Clay Bascoui
(Warner Miller
( W. Martin Jones
f J. SloatFassett
} John W. Bruce
(Daniel De Leon
(David B. Hill
J Everett P. Wheeler.
1 F. E. Baldwin
I Charles B. Matthews
Dem.-Rep.
Anti-masonic.
Anti-masonic.
Anti-masonic.
Whig.
Whig.
Democrat.
Whig.
Democrat.
Democrat.
Democrat.
Republican.
Democrat
Republican.
Democrat.
Republican.
Democrat.
Tam.-Dem.
Republican.
Prohibition.
Greenback.
Republican.
Prohibition.
Republican.
Prohibition.
Republican.
Prohibition.
Socialist.
Democrat
Prohibition.
Socialist.
First opposing candidate.
Tompkins elected vice-pres.
Lieutenant-governor. Acting,
Clinton dies in office.
Lieutenant-governor. Acting.
; Resigned. Appointed secre-
; tary of state by Jackson.
Lieutenant-goyernor. Acting.
I Cleveland resigns, 1884.
( Elected president
Lieutenant-governor. Acting,
le first governors of the- state entered office on 1 July following
[ election, but since 1823 the date has been 1 Jan. The term of
,j, office was, up to 1823, 3 years; then until 1876, 2 years; from
1876 until 1895, 3 years; from 1895, 2 years. The governor and
lieutenant-governor must be 30 years of age, a citizen of the U. S.,
and 5 years a resident of the state.
NEW
672
NEW
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
I
Nam*.
Philip Schuyler
Ruftis King
Aaron Burr
John I^wrenco
Philip Schuyler
John Sloss Hobart
William North
James Watson
Gouverneur Morris
John Armstrong
De Witt Clinton
Theodore Bailey
Samuel L. Mitchell
Johu Smith
Obadiah German
Rufus King
Nathan Sanford
Martin Van Buren
Nathan Sanford
Charles E. Dudley
William L. Marcy
Silas Wright, jr
Nathaniel P. Tallmadge.
Henry A. Foster
Johu A. Dix
Daniels. Dickinson
William H. Seward
Hamilton Fish
Preston King
Ira Harris
Edwin D. Morgan
Roscoe Conkling
Reuben E. Fen ton
Francis Kernan
Thomas C. Piatt
Elbridge G. Lapham
Warner Miller
William M. Evarts
Frank Hiscock
David B. Hill
Edward Murphy, jr
So. of CongreM.
4th
5th
6th
1st
1st to
'2d "
4th "
5th
5th
5th
6th to 6th
6th
6th
7 th
8th
7th " 8th
8th
8th to 11th
8th '• 13th
nth " 14th
13th " 19lh
14th " 17 th
18th " 20th
19th " 2'2d
20th " 23d
22d
22d to 28th
23d " 28th
28th
28th to 31st
28th " 32d
31st " 37th
32d " 35th
35th " 38th
37th " 40th
38th " 41st
40th " 47th
41st " 44th
44th " 47th
47th
47th to 49th
47th " 50th
49th '> 52d
50th " 53d
52d "
53d "
Date.
1789 to 1791
1789 " 1796
1791 " 1797
1796 " 1800
1797 " 1798
1798
1798
1799 to 1800
1800 " 1803
1801 " 1804
1802 " 1803
1803 " 1804
1804 " 1809
1803 " 1813
1809 " 1815
1813 " 1825
1815 " 1821
1823 " 1828
1826 " 1831
1828 '' 1833
1831 " 1832
1832 " 1844
1833 " 1844
1844
1845 to 1849
1845 " 1851
1849 " 1861
1851 " 1857
1857 " 1863
1861 " 1867
1863 " 1869
1867 " 1881
1869 " 1875
1875 " 1881
1881
1881 to 1885
1881 " 1887
1885 " 1891
1887 " 1893
1891 "
1893 "
Resigned. Appointed minister to Great Britain by Washingtoi
Vice-president of the U. S., 1801-5.
Resigned. Elected president pro tern. 6 Dec. 1798.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Schuyler. Resigned 1798.
Appointed in place of Hobart.
Elected in place of Hobart. Resigned.
Elected in place of Watson.
( Elected in place of Lawrence. Resigned 1802. Appointed
[ place of De Witt Clinton. Resigned.
Resigned.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Armstrong.
Elected in place of De Witt Clinton.
Appointed minister to Great Britain by pres. John Q. Adams, 18
Resigned. Elected governor of the state.
Elected in place of Van Buren.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Marcy. Resigned.
Resigned.
Appointed pro tern, in place of Wright.
Elected in place of Wright.
Elected in place of Tallmadge.
Resigned to enter the cabinet of pres. Lincoln.
Committed suicide, New York city, 13 Nov. 1865.
Resigned 14 May.
The first Democratic senator from New York since 1851.
Resigned 14 May.
Elected in place of Conkling.
Elected in place of I'latt.
Term expires 1897.
Term expires 1899.
]¥ew York city, the metropolis of the United States,
covers an area of 41|^ sq. miles, comprising Manhattan island,
Ward's, Randall's, and Blackwell's islands in the East river,
and Governor's island in New York bay, also the portion north
of Manhattan island annexed in 1874. (" Greater New York,"
see this record, 1894.) Lat. 40° 44' N. ; Ion. 74° W. First
settled by the Dutch, it was known as New Amsterdam, and
in 1656 had 17 streets and about 1000 inhabitants, including
negro slaves ; 8 years later it was surrendered to the English,
and received its present name. In 1712 the population was
6840; in 1731, 8632; in 1774, 22,760. Since 1790 the popula-
tion according to the U. S. census has been :
1790 33,131
1800 60,489
1810 96,373
1820 123,706
1830 202,589
1840 312,710
1850 515,507
1860 805,651
1870 942,292
1880 1,206,299
1890 1,515,301
Manhattan island ceded to the Dutch by the Indians for about
$23, 6 May, and fort Amsterdam and a stone warehouse built, 1626
Everardus Bogardus, first clergyman, and Adam Rolandsen,
school- master, arrive at Manhattan Apr. 1633
First church built on Broad street "
Gov. Kieft builds a stone hotel on northeast corner Pearl street
and Coenties slip, fronting the North river (afterwards the
StadtHuys) 1642
Stone church built, 72x50 ft, and 15 ft. high (cost $950), with-
in the fort "
First recorded sale of city lots: one of 30 ft. front, by 110 ft.
deep, on Bridge street, sold for $9.60 "
School, taught at first by dr. La Montagne, opened in a room in
the Stadt-Huys Apr.
Proclamation of the governor naming first officials of New Am-
sterdam 2 Feb.
Seal and coat-of-arms received from Holland 8 Dec.
New Amsterdam has about 1000 people, including negro slaves, 1656
First street paved: Dehoogh, now Stone street, between Broad
and Whitehall sts 1657
A "rattle-watch" from 9 p.m. until morning drum-beat estab-
lished. 1658; and 250 leather fire- buckets, also hooks and
ladders, ordered from Holland, arrive 12 Aug. 1658
Alexander Carolus Curtius, the first Latin school-master, ar-
rives 4 July, 1659
He returns to Holland, dominie Algidius Luyck succeeds 1661
["The high-school gains such a reputation that pupils come
from 'Fort Orange,' 'South River,' and even Virginia."]
Fort Amsterdam surrendered to the English (name of New Am-
sterdam changed to New York) 8 Sept. 1664
Capt. Thomas Willett of Plymouth, Engl, first mayor; Thomas
Delavall, OloflfStevenson Van Cortlandt, Johannes Van Brugh,
1652
1653
1654
Cornells Van Ruyven, and John Lawrence, aldermen; AUaid
Anthony, sheriff" 15 June, IfljB
Peter Stuyvesant dies at his " Bouwery," aged 80 Feb. 16W
[A pear-tree, brought from Holland and planted by him,
stood at corner of Third ave. and Thirteenth st. until 1867.]
Monthly post established between New York and Boston. 22 Jan. 1673 '
New York surrendered to the Dutch, who name it New Orange,
9 Aug. "
Peace declared between England and Holland, Feb.-Mch. 1674,
and New Netherland formally delivered to English. .10 Nov. 1671
New docks to meet increase of commerce built by city tax,
Nov. 1676
City divided into 6 wards, each with one alderman, as fol-
lows: Southward, Nicholas Bayard; Dock ward, .John Inians;
Eastward. William Pinhorne; North ward,Gulian Verplanck;
Westward, John Robinson; Outer ward, William Cox. 8 Dec. 1683
James Graham commissioned first recorder 16 Jan. 1684
New charter, known as the Dongan charter, granted by James
II., issued 27 Apr. 1686
Old South or Garden Street Dutch Reformed church erected (re-
built, 1766) 1693
William Bradford sets up the first printing-press in New York,
12 Apr. "
Nassau street opened June, 1696
Streets first lighted with lanterns 1697
Trinity church, begun 1696, opened for service 13 Mch. 169S
New city hall built on Wall street, facing Broad; corner-stone
laid 1699, completed 1700
Nicholas Bayard convicted of high-treason, 9 Mch., and sen-
tenced to death ; on confession is pardoned 30 Mch. 1702
Yellow-fever visitation "
Act passed to establish a public grammar-school 1703
Corner-stone of French Huguenot church laid on north side of
Pine street (then King St.), near Nassau 8 July, 1701
City charter granting ferry privileges issued 1708
Jewish synagogue erected on Mill street 1709
Slave-market established at the foot of Wall street "
Pretended discovery of a negro insurrection in the city, 6 Apr.
The result, says gov. Hunter, was "27 condemned, whereof
21 were executed; some were burned, others hanged, 1
broken on the wheel, and 1 hung alive in chains " 171'2
First Presbyterian church, a stone structure, built on Wall
street, between Nassau and Broadway (rebuilt 1748, and
stood mitil 1844) 17W
New York Gazette (weekly), the first newspaper in New York,
published by William Bradford; first issued 16 Oct. 1725
Library of rev. John Millington of England, 1600 volumes, do-
nated to New York, Sept. 1728, and added to that of rev. John
Sharp (1700), and placed in the city hall for public use 1729
First smelting furnace built near corner of Centre and Reade
sts 173-'
New charter, under seal of George III., formally presented to
the city 11 Feb. 1731
First fire-engines received from England "
NEW
New Dutch church erected on cast side Nassau street; corner-
stone laid 1727, opened 1729, completed (rebuilt 1764)
Plot at the lower end of Broadway laid out for a bowling-green
by the corporaliou
Monthly stage route opened between New York and Boston. . .
New York Weekly Journal established by John Peter Zenger,
5 Nov.
First poor-house built on the common (City Hall park)
Zenger imprisoned for libel, 17 Nov. 1734; defended by Andrew
Hamilton and acquitted July,
Alleged conspiracy to burn the city; 154 negroes and 21 whites
arrested, of whom 13 negroes were burned at the stake, 18
hanged, and 71 transported, and Hughson (a white man), his
wife and maid, and John Ury, a nonjuriug Episcopalian cler-
gyman, hanged; all probably innocent Mch. et seq.
A play enacted at a theatre in Nassau st 5 Mch.
Merchants' exchange or Royal exchange at foot of Broad street,
built upon arches, completed
First regular theatre opened in Nassau street by Lewis Hallam's
company performing " The Conscious Lover " 17 Sept.
New York Society library founded
King's (now Columbia) college founded; rev. William Samuel
Johnson, D. D., first president
Ferry to Staten Island established
Stage route to Philadelphia, "three days through only," estab-
lished
Corner-stone of Columbia college laid 23 Aug.
First British packet-boat carrying the mail between New York
and Falmouth, established .'
St. Andrew's society organized; Philip Livingston first presi-
dent
Beekman Street theatre opened with the tragedy "Fair Peni-
tent " 18 Nov.
[Destroyed by a mob, 1766.]
Lamp-posts erected and streets lighted at public cost
Light-house at Sandy Hook completed and first lighted. .June,
Rhinelander sugar-house, used during the Revolution as a
British prison, erected by Bernart R. Cuyler
First sermon in English, in the Middle Dutch church. , .15 Apr.
Sons of Liberty organized
Stamp Act congress meets in New York 7 Oct.
Non importation agreements signed by more than 200 mer-
chants at a meeting held 31 Oct.
St. Paul's church, cor. Broadway and Vesey sts., completed ex-
cept the spire
Old Brick church, cor. Nassau and Beekman sts., erected
John Street theatre opened 7 Dec.
'iVesley chapel, on site of St. John's M. E. church, dedicated,
[Rebuilt, 1817 and 184L] 30 Oct.
Attempts by British soldiers to cut down the Liberty pole, on
evenings of 13, 14, and 15 Jan. They succeed 16 Jan.
Collision between Sons of Liberty and British soldiers; 1
I citizen killed and 3 wounded 18 Jan.
New York Chamber of Commerce, founded 5 Apr. 1768, incor-
porated by royal charter 13 Mch.
[Statue of William Pitt erected at junction of Wall and Will-
I iam sts 7 Sept.
First Provincial Congress at New York appoints a committee
of safety 22 May,
First regiment organized in New York city under col. Alex-
ander McDougal, and company of artillery under John Lamb,
I 28 June,
i Gilded leaden statue of George IIL, erected in the Bowling
j Green 16 Aug. 1770, torn down by the people 9 July,
' [Most of it was melted into 42,000 bullets in Connecticut]
Waterworks for supply of the city through wooden pipes,
1 in course of construction
'City evacuated by Americans, occupied by British 14 Sept.
IFire destroys 493 houses, burns Trinity church, and "con-
i sumes the fourth part of the city," begins near Whitehall
I slip 21 Sept.
ICapt. Nathan Hale executed as a spy by the British in the
i Rutger's orchard on East Broadway 22 Sept.
City records, carried off by gov. Tryon, 1775, restored Oct.
iBritish evacuate the city 25 Nov.
First American post-office opened at 38 Smith st 28 Nov.
;3en. Washington bids farewell to his ofllcers at Fraunce's
! tavern. New York 4 Dec.
[First American city government established; James Duane
I appointed mayor by the governor 7 Feb.
,?irst meeting of the common council 10 Feb.
\Emj)ress of China, capt. Green, bound for Canton with mer-
i chandise, leaves port 22 Feb.
Bank of New York established
[Chartered 21 Mch. 1791.]
Chamber of Commerce reincorporated by law 13 Apr.
/ustom-house established at the port of New York by act of
^ legislature 18 Nov.
Jontinental Congress assembles in the city 11 Jan.
ociety for the manumission of slaves, organized 1785, holds
_ its first quarterly meeting at the Coffee-house 12 May,
'heatres reopened in the city
harter for King's college altered, changing the name to Co-
lumbia college, 1 May, 1784; first commencement. . . .11 Apr.
iunker's Mansion-house erected at 39 Broadway as a resi-
dence by gen. Alexander Macomb
'irst Catholic church built
573
NEW
1731
1732
1733
1734
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1753
1754
1755
1756
1761
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1764
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1766
1767
1776
1781
1783
1784
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irst city directory published
harter of Columbia college amended
irst number of the Federalist papers printed in the Inde-
pendent Journal or Weekly Advertiser 27 Oct.
Doctors' mob, caused by the discovery of human remains for
dissection in the hospital 13, 14 Apr.
City hall, erected 1700, remodelled for U. S. government use,
and called " New Federal Hall "
"The Power of Sympathy; or, theXriumphof Nature," pub. by
Robert Hodges, advertised as " first American novel," 4 Feb.
Oath of office as president of the U. S. administered to gen.
Washington by chancellor Livingston on the balcony of the
City hall 30 Apr.
Tammany Society or Columbian Order organized 12 May,
"President's March," composed by one Fayles, German, leader
of the John Street theatre orchestra. First played on the
president and Mrs. Washington entering the theatre box
(Hail! Columbia) 24 Nov.
Corner-stone of new Trinity church laid 21 Aug. 1788, and
church consecrated 25 Mch.
Fort at the Battery taken down and ground levelled
New York Dispensary established
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of
New York, organized 17 Nov. 1785, chartered 14 Mch.
[Apprentices' Library instituted by it, 1820.]
Third centenary of the discovery of America celebrated, 12 Oct.
Minerva, edited by Noah Webster, soon after and still called
the Commercial Advertiser, first issued 9 Dec.
Yellow-fever scourge; 525 deaths 6 Oct. 1794-19 July,
System of underground sewers first established
New York Missionary Society founded
Park theatre, on Park row near Ann St., opened 29 Jan.
Yellow-fever; 329 deaths during Aug., 924 during Sept. ; total
in the city, 1524 Aug. -Nov.
Charles Brockden Brown, "America's earliest romance writer,"
publishes his first novel, " Wieland ; or, the Transfgrmation,"
Vauxhall garden, east of Broadway, between Fourth st. and
Astor place, founded (remained until 1826)
New York Evening Post first issued 16 Nov.
New York Historical Society founded 20 Nov.
New York orphan asylum organized 15 Mch.
Free School Society incorporated, De Witt Clinton president,
1805, and first free school opened 19 May,
First issue of the Salmagundi 24 Jan.
Clermont, Fulton's steamboat, leaves the city for Albany on
her first trip, going 150 miles in 32 hours 11 Aug.
College of Physicians and Surgeons organized
American Academy of Fine Arts, organized 1802, incorporated,
13 Feb.
" Knickerbocker's History of New York " pub
Brick school-house erected on Chatham St., dedicated. .11 Dec.
Fire which destroys from 80 to 100 large buildings begins in
Chatham st. , near Duane 19 May,
City hall — corner-stone laid by Edward Livingston, 30 Sept.
1803— completed
First steam ferry from New York to Jersey City established. .
First steam ferry-boat between New York and Brooklyn, the
Nassau, begins running 10 May,
Collect pond, on the site of the Tombs, filled up
First steamship to cross the Atlantic, the Savannah, sails from
New York, where she was built, for Savannah, Ga. . .10 Apr.
New York Observer first issued
Old Park theatre burned 25 May,
Yellow-fever in New York
U. S. government cedes Castle Garden to the city
Assay ofiice in Wall st. erected
Gen. Lafayette lands in New York 15 Aug.
First gas-pipes laid, and residence of Samuel Leggett, 7 Cherry
St., the first house lighted with gas
Foundation of the Merchants' exchange laid
First opera troupe appears in New York (Mrsic)
Gov. Clinton and party arrive at New York on the first boat,
the Seneca Chief, from Lake Erie by Erie canal 4 Nov.
National Academy of the Arts of Design organized ; Samuel F.
B. Morse, president 18 Jan.
New York theatre, on present site of Bowery theatre, and then
the largest in U. S. (seating capacity 3000), opened 22 Oct.
[In it appeared Forrest, Booth, Charlotte Cushman, and
others. It was burned 1828, 1836, and 1838.]
Bellevue hospital established Nov.
Journal of Commerce started
Superior court of the city established
Fire destroys more than $600,000 worth of property
Manufacture of bricks by machinery successfully begun in
New York
Mercantile Library founded, 1820; building on Astor place
erected
Stage line from Bowling Green to Bleecker st. opened
Spirit of the Times, first sporting paper in the U. S., started in
New York
Four thousand deaths from cholera 27 June to 19 Oct.
First horse-railroad in the world opened in Fourth ave
John Stephenson's first street-car, the John Mason, makes its
initial trip between Prince and Fourteenth sts 26 Nov.
Sun, the first one-cent daily paper, started
Anti-slavery Societyof New York organized 2 Oct.
Riot against the abolitionists; mob dispersed by the National
Guard H July,
New York Herald, James Gordon Bennett, editor, first issued,
6 May,
Convention of more than 100 delegates from the state at large
meet in the City hall, Oct. 1830, and found the University of
the City of New York, which opens
Fire destroys 693 buildings, including the marble Exchange in
Wall St. and South Dutch church in Garden st ; loss esti-
1788
1789
1790
1792
1793
1795
1796
1798
1799
1801
1804
1807
1808
1809
1811
1812
1814
1817
1819
1820
1822
1823
1824
1825
1829
1830
1831
1832
1834
1835
NEW
574
1849
mftled. f20.000,(XH) (drc breaks out on the evening of the
16th, tJiermometor at zero, a gale blowing) 16-17 Dec. 1836
*' Shakespeare Tavern," cor. Fulton and Nassau sts., demol-
ished 1836
Astor House opened 81 May, *'
[At the time the finest hotel in the U. 8.]
Union Theological seminary (Presbyterian) founded "
Union club organized. Aug. "
Hroad riot 10 Feb. 1837
New Vork banks suspend 10 May, "
American ami Foreign Bible Society established "
Fourth avouiio tunnel opened 26 Oct. "
Tombs building liuished 1838
Express line to Boston opened by W. F. Harnden 4 Mch. 1839
New York Tribune, Horace Greeley, editor, first issued. 10 Apr. 1841
Property (lualitication for city voters abolished 1842
Celebration of tlie completion of the Croton aqukduct. .14 Oct. "
•Mayor Harper institutes a uniformed police corps of 200 men
under city ordinance enacted 1844
Fire destroys 345 buildings; it begins in Now St., and an ex-
plosion ot" .saltpetre wrecks several buildings and puts the flre
beyond control • 19 July, 1845
Telegniph line between New York and Philadelphia opened. . . 1846
Present Trinity church begun 1839, consecrated "
German Liederkranz founded 9 Jan. 1847
College of St. Francis Xavier (Roman Catholic) opened "
[Incorporated by the regents, 10 Jan. 1861.]
First steam grain-elevator in the port of New York erected by
col. Daniel Richards 1846-47
Park theatre burned 16 Dec. 1848
College of the City of New York established as the New York
Free academy 1847, and opened (incorporated 1866) Jan.
Astor place riot against Macready, an English actor; 141 sol-
diers wounded, 34 of the mob killed, and many wounded,
10 May, "
Cholera begins in the Five Points; number of deaths estimated,
3000 14 May et seq. "
Amended city charter passed 2 Apr. ; takes effect 1 June, "
Taylor's machine-shop flre ; 63 lives lost 4 Feb. 1850
American Bible Union organized 10 June, "
Jenny Lind's first concert in U. S. in Castle Garden 11 Sept. "
Erie railway opened from Piermont to Goshen, 23 Sept. 1841,
and to Dunkirk 22 Apr. 1851
New York Times, Henry J. Raymond, editor, first issued,
18 Sept. "
Hudson River railroad opened to East Albany 3 Oct. "
New York Ledger first issued "
Young Men's Christian Association organized (building in
Twenty-third st. erected 1869 at total cost of $500,000). .June, 1852
American Bible Society organized, 8 May, 1816, and Bible House
erected at cost of $300,000 "
Five Points' Mission founded 1850; corner-stone of mission
building laid, 27 Jan. 1853; building dedicated 18 June, 1853
Crystal palace opened for a universal industrial exhibition,
14 July, "
Clearing-house established 11 Oct. "
Children's Aid Society organized (incorporated 1856) "
Harper & Brothers' publishing-house burned; loss $1,250,000,
10 Dec. "
Astor Library, incorporated 13 Jan. 1849, opened 9 Jan. 1854
American Geographical Society, founded 1852, chartered "
Academy of Music formally opened; Giulia Grisi and signor
Mario in "Norma" 2 Oct. "
Castle Garden becomes an emigrant depot 1855
Five Points' House of Industry established 1850, and building
erected 1856
Harper^s Weekly begun ; Theodore Sedgwick, editor 13 Jan. 1857
St. Vincent's hospital (Roman Catholic), Eleventh St., founded
1849 ; incorporated 13 Apr. "
Ohio Life and Trust company fails, and a commercial panic
spreads throughout the U. S 24 Aug. "
Fulton Street prayer-meeting organized Sept. "
Metropolitan Police act passed "
St. Luke's hospital incorporated 1850 ; building commenced
1854, and opened May,
Cooper Institute opened to the public
Firs't message from London by Atlantic telegraph 5 Aug.
Crystal palace burned 5 Oct.
Great fire in Elm st. ; 50 lives lost 2 Feb.
Central park ; work begun 1856; opened to the public
New York World first issued June,
Mass convention in Union square; more than 100,000 persons
present 20 Apr.
Produce exchange organized (new building on Bowling Green
opened 1884) "
Manhattan college at Manhattanville incorporated 2 Apr. 1863
Draft riots ; about 1000 persons killed 13-16 July, "
Corner-stone of National Academy of Design laid Oct. "
Metropolitan fair in aid of the sanitary commission; main
building on Fourteenth st. opened 4 Apr. 1864
Journal of Commerce and the World suppressed by order of
pres. Lincoln 18 May, "
Mr. Seward telegraphs the mayor of New York of a conspir-
acy to burn the principal cities of the north 2 Nov. "
Maj.-gen. B. F. Butler takes command in the city of New
York 4 Nov. "
Attempt made to fire hotels in New York city 25 Nov. "
[Robert Kennedy arrested and subsequently hung.]
Union League club instituted Feb. 1863; incorporated Feb. 1865
Volunteer Fire Department and hand fire-engines replaced by
paid department and steam 2 May, "
! M.
All
NEW
iounded
establi.slied 26 Feb.
ly for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
1858
1861
ht'iiiy iJf.Tgti, president, organized Apr.
National Academy of the Arts of Design erected and completed
at a cost for site and building of $237,000
County Court-house, building begun 1861, and occupied I867I
Single track elevated railroad operated by a cable, opened from
Battery place to Thirtieth st 2 July,
Barnum's Museum burned, 13 July, 1865, and again 2 Mch. 186^
Financial panic culminates in "Black Friday;" gold 162)^,
24 Sept. 18691
Tweed-Frear city charter, consolidating county and city, etc.,
becomes a law 5 Apr. ISldM
Riot between Orangemen and Irish Catholics 12 July, 1871
[The occasion was an Orange parade on the anniversary of
the battle of Aghrim, Ireland, when Williajn IIL of England
overthrew the cause of James II.]
Grand Central station at Forty-second St. opened ^ . . .9 Oct.
William M. Tweed arrested (New York, 1871 et seq.) 27 Oct.
Horace Greeley d 29 Nov. 187^
City charter amended 187ij
Young Women's Christian Association founded 1870; incorpo-
rated
Society for the Suppression of Vice incorporated
Commercial panic which spreads throughout the country be-
gins on the Stock exchange 19 Sept.
Morrisunia, West Farms, and Kingsbridge annexed by act 23
May, 1873, taking effect 1 Jan. 18749
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children organized 1874 ;
incorporated 187(1
North Dutch church, erected 1769, cor. Fulton and William sts.,
demolished
Railroad approach in Fourth ave. leading to Grand Central sta-
tion, tunnels, etc., completed "
New post-ofBoe first occupied 1 Sept. "
Society for the Prevention of Crime, rev. dr. Howard Crosby,
president, founded 1876
Hallett's Point reef blown up (New York) 24 Sept. "
Cornelius Vanderbilt dies in New York 4 Jan. 1877
Lenox Library incorporated 20 June, 1870; opened to the pub-
lie (New York) • 4 Jan. "
New building of New York Hospital- in Fifteenth st. opened,
16 Mch. "
[This hospital was organized 1770; chartered by king
George III., 13 June, 1771; corner-stone of building laid, 27
July, 1773; burned, 28 Feb. 1775; rebuilt and opened, 3 Jan.
1791, and abandoned, 19 Feb. 1870.]
Bronze statue of Fitz Greene Halleck unveiled in Central
Park 16 May, "
Burning of Greenfield candy-works; 50 to 60 lives lost. 20 Dec. "
First building of American Museum of Natural History— cor-
ner-stone laid by pres. Grant, 2 June, 1874 — opened. . . 22 Dec. "
Metropolitan elevated railroad opened from Rector st. to the
park 5 June, 1878
University club chartered 1865; reorganized May, 1879
St. Patrick's Cathedral (Roman Catholic), corner-stone laid, 15
Aug. 1858; dedicated by cardinal McCloskey 25 May, "
Metropolitan Museum of Art formally opened by the president
of the U. S 30 Mch. 1880
Broadway, for about a mile, lighted with electricity 20 Dec. "
Egyptian obelisk erected in Central park (New York, Obe-
lisks) 22 Jan. 1881
Old Walton house, erected 1754, on Pearl St., opposite Harper &
Brothers' publishing-house, torn down "
Elephant "Jumbo " arrives in New York 9 Apr. 1882
Thurlow Weed, politician and journalist, dies in New York,
aged 85 22 Nov. "
East River or Brooklyn Bridge opened (Bridges) 24 May, 1883
Metropolitan Opera-house opened Oct. "
Centennial of the final evacuation of New York by the British
celebrated 25 Nov. "
Failure of the Marine Bank and of Grant & Ward 6-7 May, 1884
Panic in Wall st 14 May, '•
Corner-stone of the pedestal of the Bartholdi statue laid on
Bediow's island ., 5 Aug. ''
Collapse of 8 partly finished buildings; 12 injured 12 Apr. 1885
Gen. Grant's body buried at Riverside park 8 Aug. "
Flood rock blown up 10 Oct. "
General tie-up of street-railroads by Knights of Labor. .5 June, 1886
" Boodle " aldermen arraigned for Bribery 19 Oct. "
Bartholdi's statue of Liberty Enlightening the World un-
veiled 28 Oct. "
Ex-pres. Chester A. Arthur d. in New York 18 Nov. "
Fire in horse-car barns; 1200 horses suffocated 27 May, 1887
Henry Bergh b. 1823, d. in New York 12 Mch. 1888
[Founder of the American Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, 1866.]
Great blizzard in New York and vicinity 12-13 Mch. "
Roscoe Conkling, b. at Albany, 1829, d. in New York. . .18 Apr. "
Mary Louise Booth, b. 1831, d. in New York 5 Mch. 1889
[Author "History of the City of New York " and editor of
Harper's Bazar.]
Centennial of first inauguration of Washington, 29 Apr.-l May, "
Corner-stone of Washington Memorial Arch in Washington
square laid 30 May, 1890
New Croton aqueduct first used 15 July, "
Bronze statue of Horace Greeley by John Q. A. Ward unveiled
in front of the Tribune building 20 Sept. "
Corner-stone of Criminal Courts building, north of the Tombs,
laid 25 Oct.
NEW
One hundred and twenty-fourth anniversary of the Old John
Street Methodist church celebrated 26 Oct.
[Oldest Methodist church in America.]
Manhattan Athletic club, "Cherry Diamonds," organized 1877;
club-house opened 29 Nov.
•Castle Garden formally surrendered to the city by the State
Commission of Immigration, and immigrant depot removed
to Ellis island 31 Dec.
First Sunday opening of the Metropolitan museum; 10,000
visitors 31 May,
More than 60 persons killed by the collapse of a building on
Park place , 22 Aug.
" Greater New York " bill killed in the assembly 15 Mch.
Corner-stone of Grant monument in Riverside park laid by
pres. Harrison 27 Apr.
Hamburg-American steamship Moravia arrives at NeW York,
bringing the first case of cholera (Unitkd States) 30 Aug.
Columbus celebration 10-12 Oct.
Jay Gould, b. 182(), d. in New York 2 Dec.
€orner stone of Cathedral of St. John the Divine laid. . .27 Dec.
United Charities building, the gift of John S. Kennedy to the
4 leading charity organizations of New York, formally dedi-
cated 6 Mch.
Two-hundredth anniversary of the introduction of printing into
the city celebrated 12 Apr.
International review of war-ships in New York harbor and
Hudson river by pres. Cleveland passing between the 2 lines,
3 miles long, in the Dolphin. 27 Apr.
Infanta Eulalia arrives at New York 18 May,
Edwin Booth d 7 June,
Madison Square bank closes its doors 9 Aug.
Statue erected by the Sons of the Revolution to the memory
of Nathan Hale in the City Hall park unveiled 25 Nov.
Bronze statue of Roscoe Conkling unveiled on southeast corner
Madison square 3 Dec.
[Placed here as the point where he was overcome by the
great blizzard of 12 Mch. 1888.]
<5reater New York bill passed Assembly 8 Feb., Senate, 27 Feb.,
signed 28 Feb.
[Greater New York will include the city of New York,
Brooklyn, Long Island .City, Flatbush, ' Flushing. New
Utrecht, Gravesend, etc., with adjacent territory, increasing
the area to over 300 sq. miles, with a population of nearly
3,000,000, next to London the largest city m the world.]
MAYORS.
Thomas Willett IGGS
Thomas Delavall 1607
Cornelius Steenwyck 1668
Thomas Delavall 1671
Matthias Nicoll 1672
Ji)hn Lawrence 1673
Johannes De Peyster*. . . J
Johannes Pietersen Van [ 1674
Brugh* )
William Dervall 1675
Nicholas De Meyer 1676
Stephen Van Cortlandt 1677
Thomas Delavall 1678
Franpois Rombouts 1679
William Dyre 1680
575
NIA
1891
race. The right of Great Britain to New Zealand was recog-
nized at the peace of 1814. Pop. 1858, European, 59,413 ; 1871,
256,260; 1881, 489,933; 1891, 626,830, and 41,523 ]VIaoris,-
total, 668,353.
New Zealand company established and Wellington founded. . . . 1839
First governor, capt. Hobson 1840
Auckland founded <■<■
Nelson and New Plymouth founded 1841
Otago founded 1848
Canterbury founded 1850
Present form of government established. ......V...V...... 1852
IVej's execution. Michel Ney, b. 1769, duke of
Elchingen, prince of the IVIoskwa, a marshal of France, who
at the battle of Friedland was characterized by Napoleon as
" le brave des braves," was shot as a traitor, 7 Dec. 1815. On
7 Dec. 1853, his statue was erected where he fell.
After the abdication of Napoleon I., 5 Apr. 1814, Ney swore allegi-
ance to Louis XVIII. On Napoleon's return to France from Elba,
Ney marched against him; but his troops deserting, he regarded
the Bourbon cause as lost, and opened the invader's way to Paris,
Mch. 1815. Ney led the French charge at Waterloo, where his
clothes were pierced with bullets, and 5 horses shot under him;
night and defeat obliged him to flee. Though included m the de-
cree of 24 July, 1815, which guaranteed the safety of all French-
men, he was arrested on 5 Aug. at the castle of a friend at Urillac,
and brought to trial before the Chamber of Peers, 4 Dec. The 12th
article of the capitulation of Paris, fixing a general amnesty, was
quoted in his favor in vain.
Xez Percei (Pierced Noses), a tribe of Indians belong-
ing to tif ^ihaptin nation and inhabiting parts of Idaho,
Or 'ashington early in this century. In 1877, un-
der -- .-: -ph, they attempted to defend their possessions
against tf-. w.hites, out in vain. Indians.
IKl.
the
lak^
Corneli us Steenwyck
.. 1682
^- •■ ' "•■■••lie
.. 1684
cird.
. . 1685
■'. Cortlandt . .
.. 1R86
i icr ueiiuioy
. . liJSS
John Laurence
. . l''.-^^
Abraham De Peyster
Charles 1 '.dowick
.. V'",
William Merritt
\-r.h>
Johannes De Peyst'^
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David Provost
.. lo'jy
Isaac De Riemer
.. 1700
Thomas Noell
.. 1701
Philip French
. . 1702
William Peartree . . . .
. . 1703
Ebenezor Wilson . . .
. 1707
Jaf-obus Van Cortlandt . .
.. 1710
Caleb Heathcote - .
.. 1711
.. 1714
Robert Walters
.. 1720
Johannes Jansen
.. 1725
Robert I^urting.
.. 1726
Paul Richard
.. 1735
JohnCruger, sr
.. 1739
Stephen Bayard
.. 1744
Edward Holland
.. 1747
John Crugor, jr
.. 1757
Whitehead Hicks
.. 1766
David Matthews
.. 1776
Richard Varick ITV.,
Edward Livingston ItjOl
Do Wilt Clinton 1803
Marians Willett 1807
D- Witt Clinton 1808
Jacob Radcliff, 1810
De Witt Clinton 1811
John Ferguson 1815
Jacob Radcliff. "
Cadwallader D. Golden 1818
Stephen Allen 1821
William Paulding 1824
Philip Hone 1826
William Paulding 182T
Walter Bowne 1829
Gideon Lee 1833
Cornelius W. Lawrence 1834
Aaron Clark 1837
Isaac L.* Varian 1839
Robert H. Morris 1841
James Harper. 1844
if ui.au. 7. "^i-ady 1847
William F. H.. , 'nevA*- „- ^-y
Caleb S. Woodhull ...:..... 1849
Ambrose C. Kingsland. ... . 1851
Jacob A. Wostervelt 1853
Fernando Wood 1855
Daniel F. Tieman 1858
Fernando Wood 1860
George Opdyke . ; 1862
C. Godfrev Gunther 1864 |
John T. Hoffman 1866
Thomas Coman (acting) 1868
A. Oakev Hall 1869
William F. Havemeyer... 1873
William H. Wickham 1875
Smith Ely 1877
Edward Cooper 1879
William R. Grace 1881
Franklin Edson. . .' 1883
William R. Grace 1885
Abram S. Hewitt 1887
Hugh J. Grant 1889
Thomas F. Gilroy 1893
James Duaue 1784 1 William L. Strong 1895
* Burx'.masters under the Dutch.
Kew Zealand Ci» the Pacific), discovered by Tasman
in 1642. It consists of 2 islands, separated by Coo^ strait.
The North island contains 44,000 sq. mil^s, and South island
58,000~sq. miles. . They v,'ere supposed to be part of a southern
continent, till circumnavigated by capt. Cook, 1769-70. In
1773 he planted European garden-seeds here and in 1777 found
fine potatoes. The natives are called Maoris, a Polynesian
•I river and I1ei11§. The Niagara river,
r of Waters," is 36 miles in length ; 22 from
le falls, and 14 from the falls to lake Ontario.
Ill - desceneL '■^?fi feet, 216 of it in the falls and
ra: Goat island, contaiijii.j 61 acres, at the verge
ct the ciiii, ..ides the American falls, UOu fe^t wide>nd 164
feet high, from the Horseshoe or Canadian falls, 2000 feet
wide and varying in height from less than 150 feet neeii' /he
centre to 159 feet at the outer edges. The 'New York ^tate
engineer reports that comparisons of surveys show the mean
total recession of the American fall has been BO^j^ feet, and
of the Horseshoe falls 104^^^^ feet in 48 years. The boundary-
line between the United States and Canada is the deepest
channel of the Horseshoe falls. Cave of the Winds.
Father Hennepin publishes a descrijnion of the falls 1678
La Salle launches his ship, the Griffin, at Cayuga creek, about
5 miles above the falls (New York) 1679
A mass 40 feet wide and 160 long breaks off' from Table rock
on the Canada side just below the falls July, 1818
Niagara river, obstructed by ice at lake Erie, runs nearly dry
above the (kUa for one day 29 Mch. 1848
Niagara gorge below the falls i in an iron basket
hung on a wire cable suspor .'.hannAi ^j-^barijo^
EUet: foresha''- v^- " .^e "
Portions .»■' i~ii and in 1829, and the
remaiii ><» feet wide, falls 29 June, 1850
Snspens'i , > oss Niagara gorge, 2 miles below
the falls; i.rsi m^.-Manive crosses (Bridges) Mch. 1855
M. Blondin (fimile Gravelet) crosses the gorge just below the
falls on a tight-rope 30 June, 1859
Steamer Maid of the Mist safely passes the rapids below the
falls 15 June, 1861
Suspension bridge at Queenston Heights, built 1856, is wrecked
by floating ice and a tornado 1866
Suspension bridge, >^ of a mile below the falls, completed (for
pedestrians and carriages) (Bridges) 1869
Visited by prof. Tyndall - Nov. 1872
Terrapin Tower, at the G 'sland end of Horseshoe falls, built
in 1833, being considerea unsafe, is blown up 1873
International railway bridge crossing the river at Black Rock
(Buffalo) opened (New York) "
Capt. Matthew Webb, ftimous English swimmer, drowned in an
attempt to swim through the whirlpool rapids at Niagara.
24 July, 1883
'New Maid of the Mist passes the lower rapids and whirlpool in
safety ..6 Sept. •
Cantilever bridge across the gorge, about 300 feet above the
Roebling suspension bridge, completed and opened (Bridux-cv
20 Dec.
State Reservation at Niagara falls opened as a park (New
York) ... 16 July 1885
Nia<yara Power company, to construct a tunnel for the use ot
falls as a water-power, incorporated •••.••■ ■ • •,• -l^. 5' '''."■ !'"''■*'
C D Graham passes in safety through the Whirlpool rapids m
an oak barrel constructed by him for the purpose ... 11 July, ' '■
Queen Victoria Niagara Falls park, on the Canadian side.
opened to the public : -^i -*' ->
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Charles A. Percy passes safely through the Whirlpool rapids,
16 Sept. 1888
Waltor P P;iniplH)ll swims the Whirlpool rapids in a cork -jacket,
16 Sept. 1889
■\Va le great tunnel and turbine wheels started,
25 Jan. 1894
\ia;;ara, Fort. Fokt Niagara.
IVibeliiiigreiiot or ]Vibelun|j[cii-L<ic<l, a pop-
ular (ierman epic of the 12th century, composed of ancient
mythical pqems, termed .sagas, which, according to William
Morris, should be to our race what Homer was to the Greeks.
There are 28 manuscripts of this epic, some complete, others
in fra.i^^ments, dating from the 12th to the 16th century.
ical edition, by K. I,achmann, appeared 1826 and 1846. The
aislation in modern German, l)y Siinrock, 1827; a useful
,, with translation and glossary, by L. Braunfels, 1846; in
Eii^isli. by \V. N. Lottsom, 2d ed. 1874.
Richard Wagner's musical dramas, "The Ring of the Nibelungen,"
are founded on this poem: the persons are the great northern
gods and goddesses, the giants, the dwarfs, and the daughters of
the Rhine (Music).
iVicse'a, or Nice, a town in Bithynia, Asia Minor,
N.W. Antigonus gave it the name Antigoneia, which
Lysiraachus changed to Nicaea, the name of his wife. It
became the residence of the kings of Bithynia about 208 b.c.
At the battle of Nicaea, 194 a.i>., the emperor Severus defeated
his rival, Pescennius Niger, and again at Issus, and soon after
captured and put him to death. The first general council was
held here 19 .June-25 Aug. 326, which adopted the Nicene
Creed and condemned the Arians. It was attended by 318
bishops, who settled the doctrine of the Trinity and the time
for observing Easter. An addition to the creed was made,
381, was rejected, 431 (when it was decreed unlawful to make
further additions), but accepted, 451. When the crusaders
took Constantinople, and established a Latin empire there in
1204, the Greek emperors removed to '^'^ic.'Ba, and reigned
there till they returned to Tonocantinople, 1261. Eastern
EMi'iRE. It was t :.^«rt"'by the Ottoman Turks in 1330.
JVicara'g^ua, a state of Central Ameeica, joined the
federal union of 5 Central American states in 1823, which
lasted until 1889. At the commencement of 1865 it was dis-
turbed by 2 political parties— that of pres. Chamoro,who held
Grenada, the capital, and that of the democratic chief, Castel-
lon, who held Ijeon. The latter invited Walker, the filibuster,
to his assistance, who soon became sole dictator. By the united
eflforts of the confederated states the filibusters were all ex-
pelled in May, 1857. Filibusters. The present constitution
was adopted 19 Aug. 1858. Great Britain, by the Clayton-
Bulwer treaty of 1850, resigned all claims to the Mosquito
Coast, and by the treaty of Manaqna, in 1860, ceded the pro-
tectorate to Nicaragua.
Revolt against pres. Sacasa began 30 Apr. 1893
Revolutionists successful 5 May, '•
"^J^hH,ioni8ts institute a provisional government with Morales
^ May, "
.11 May, *
president
Revolutionists m possession of the Nicaragua canal
Government troops defeated ! ! !l9 May
Free. Sacasa resigns; provisional government takes contrc.. '
31 ' "
Provisional government formed under pres. Mach«do.. .2 "
Revolt against tlie provisional government r j "
Gen. Zelaya, leader of the later revolutionists, made preside. .,
XT' 5 Aug. "
Nicaragua seizes the Mosquito country 18 Feb 1894
A British force lands at Bluefields to protect the autonomy of
Mosquito 2 Mch "
U. S. cruiser San Francisco at Bluefields. .*.'...*....... .15 Apr! "
iVicara$?ua canal. In Mch. 1887, Nicaragua con-
ceded to a New York association exclusive right of way
through Nicaragua for a ship canal between the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans. Tlie rcate surveyed begins at Greytown, on
the Atlaiiti v>;.8t, f./iiowing the San Juan river 72J miles, and
Jal: "^ '.tji miles; thence to Brito, on the Pacific coast;
to; j% miles. Only 28^% miles require excavation,
el of the canal and lake is 110 feet above the
.-> 153J miles without locks. Estimated cost
* to $100,000,000.
.la explores Nicaragua and sends his lieuten-
:;ircumnavigate the great lake 1522
"^t^^r, Antonio Galvao, proposes 4 routes for a
" " one by lake Nicaragua and the
1550
VfauueTG^Seo.'^T.^^*^ ^"^ ^^^°''^ govern m en i,' by don
1781
'ss the isthmus;
a river.
Route for a canal surveyed for the government of Central Amer-
ica by .lohn Baily 1838
Col. 0. W. Childs makes surveys between lake Nicaragua and
the Pacific, and locates a route for a canal through the divide
fi"om the mouth of the river Lajas to Port Brito on the Pacific, 1850
U. S. government makes a survey for a canal route 1872-73
Maritime Ship-canal company incorporated 20 Feb. 1889
First e.x-pedition for construction leaves New York, 25 May,
1889; lands at Greytown 3 .luno, "
Maritime Ship -canal company goes into the hands of a re-
ceiver 30 Aug. 189a
[Application made by LoiiisChableof New York city. Judge
Benedict of the U. S. Circuit Court names Thomas B. Atkins,
secretary of the Maritime Ship-canal company, as receiver.]
Several bills presented in Congress, both in the House and
Senate, for the purpose of obtaining assistance from the U. S.
government in building the canal 1893-94
Senator Morgan of Alabama introdu(;es a bill fixing the stock
of the company at $100,000,000, and the company to issue
bonds to the amount of $70,000,000, to be guaranteed by the
U. S., etc 22 Jan. 1894
Bflce (nees), a city of S. France, originally a Roman col-
ony from Massilia, now Marseilles. In the middle ages it
was subject to Genoa, and suffered from frequent wars, being
taken and retaken by the imperialists and French. It was
seized and annexed to France, 1792; taken by Austrian*
under Melas, 1800; restored to Sardinia in 1814; again an-
nexed to France under treaty of 24 Mch. 1860, the people
voting nearly unanimously for this change. French troops
entered 1 Apr., and took definite possession 14 June. Gari-
baldi, a native, protested against this annexation.
IVic'las, Peace of, between Athens and Sparta for 50
years, 421 B.C., negotiated by that unfortunate Athenian gen-
eral, who, with his colleague Demosthenes, was put to death
after the failure of the expedition against Syracuse, 413 b.c.
nickel, a white, ductile, malleable, magnetic metal, em-
ployed in the manufacture of German silver. Cronstadt, in
1751, discovered nickel in the mineral copper-nickel. Lan-
caster county, Pa., furnishes nearly all the nickel for Araer-
I ican coinage. Elkments.
l^iCObar' i§les, 20 in number, Indian ocean, south of
bay of Bengal, given up by Denmark and occupied by Great
Britain to suppress piracy; announced June, 1869. Largest,
" Great Nicobar," 30 miles long, 14 wide.
IVIc'OJack cave, in the Raccoon mountains, Ga.,.
about 4 miles in extent.
]VICOla'itane§, a sect mentioned in Rev. ii. 6, 15, as-
cribed to Nicolas, one of the first 7 deacons (Acts vi.), said to
have advocated community of wives, and denied the divinity
of Christ.
IViCOme'clia, the metropolis of Bithynia, N.W. Asia
Minor, founded by kingNicomedes I., 264 b.c, on the remains
of Astacus; destroj-ed by an earthquake, 115 a.d. ; and ro_
stored by the emperor Adrian, 124. Roman e:;r.perors often
resjded here du>-j^,g eastern wars. 'Here Diocletian abdicated,
305; uiiu CoVistantine died at his villa near by, 337. It sur-
rendered to Seljukian Turks, 1078 ; and to Orchan and Otto-
man Turks in 1338.
]%ricop'olis, a town of Bulgaria, on the Danube, founded
by Trajan. Here the allied Christian powers under Sigismund^
king of Hungary, afterwards emperor, fought the Turks un-
der Bajazet. In this, called the first battle between Turks
and Christians, the latter were defeated, losing 20,000 slain
and as many wounded and prisoners, 28 Sept. 1396. Nicopo-
lis was taken by Russians after a severe conflict (2 pachas,
about 6000 men, 2 monitors, and 40 guns were captured), 15,
16 July, 1877.— A city in Pontus, Asia Minor ; near here was
fought the last battle between Romans under Pompey and
Mithridates, in which the latter was defeated, 66 b.o.
nicotine, a volatile liquid alkaloid, constituting th«
active principle of the tobacco plant. In a pure state itl
is intensely poisonous. Vauquelin in 1809 ascertained thafcf
the acrid principle of tobacco was volatile and capable of sepa-
ration from its compounds by means of a fixed alkali. Posselt
and Reimann in 1828 succeeded in obtaining it in a state of!
comparative purity from the leaves of the tobacco plant.
Tobacco.
niellO-VTOrk, believed to have been produced by
rubbing a mixture of silver, lead, copper, sulphur, and borax
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into engravings on silver, etc., an art known to the ancients,
and practised in the middle ages, which is said to have sug-
gested to Maso Finiguerra the idea of engraving upon copper,
about 1460.
IVieilieil {nee'men) or Memel, a river flowing into
the Baltic, and separating Prussia from Russia. On a raft on
this river the emperor Napoleon met Alexander of Russia, 22
June, 1807, and made peace with him and Prussia. He crossed
the Niemen to invade Russia, 24 June, 1812, and recrossed with
the remnant of his army, 28 Dec. Near it the Poles defeated
the Russians, 27 May, 1831.
IViger (ni'je?-), the great river of western Africa, as the
Nile is of eastern Africa. First definite knowledge obtained
through Mungo Park, and later Richard and John Lander,
1830. It rises on the inner side of Mt. Loraa, one of the sum-
mits of the Kong mountains, flows northeast to Timbuktoo, lat.
17° 30' N., thence turning to the southeast empties into the
gulf of Guinea, about lat. 5° N. Total length, 3000 miles.
Its delta extends along the coast 120 miles and inland 150
miles, forming an extensi/e swampy region. Africa, 1841 ;
Park.
IVillilism, a popular nara6 for a school of philosophy
which believes notliing without physical evidence, renounces
divine revelation and all faith in the supernatural.
]\ihili§t§, a body or school of radicals in Russia said to
aim at the overthrow of all existing forms of government, and
the reconstruction of society on a communistic basis. The
name was first given by the novelist Turguenieff in 1862 to
the socialists who denounced the institution of marriage ; but
has come, especially since 1892, to be generally applied to all
the many agitators and conspirators who secretly strive to
break down imperialism in Russia, to make way for some form
of democracy. The assassination of czar Alexander II. in
1881 was doubtless one of the efforts of the Nihilists to terror-
ize the government.
Mka COIlte§ti§. Factions.
BiTile, Egypt. This great river flows in greater part from
lake Victoria Nyanza, an enormous body of water in Ckn-
tkal Africa, and in a known course of 1250 miles receives
no tributary streams. Total length, 8370 miles. The trav-
els of Bruce were undertaken to discover the source of the
Nile. He set out from England in June, 1768; on 14 Nov.
1770 discovered the source of the Blue Nile, lake Tana, Abys-
sinia, and returned home in 1773, considering the Blue Nile
the main branch, and so claiming for himself the honor of dis-
covering Caput Nili. This river overflows regularly every
year, from about 15 June to 17 Sept., when, having fertilized
the land, it begins to decrease. It must rise 16 cubits to irri-
gate the average amount of land cultivated. The first nilom-
eter (a pillar) was set up by Solyman the caliph, 715. At
Thebes the average rise is 40 feet ; at Cario, 27 feet ; but in
1829 the inundation was so excessive that 30,000 people were
drowned and an immense amount of property destroyed.
Africa. A bridge over the Nile (over 1300 jfeet long) at
Cairo was completed by a French company, Aug. 1872.
IVile, Battle of the (or Aboukir), 1 Aug. 1798, near Roset-
ta, between the French fleet under Brueys and the British
under sir Horatio Nelson. 9 French line-of-battle ships were
taken, 2 burned, and 2 escaped. The French ship L'Orient,
with Brueys and 1000 men on board, blew up, and only 70 or
80 escaped. Nelson's exclamation upon entering battle was
"Victory or Westminster Abbey !"
Ninety-§ix, Siege of. Fort Ninety-six.
Mn'eveh, capital of the Assyrian empire (Assyria),
founded by Ashur about 2245 b.c. Ninus reigned in Assyria,
and named this city Nineveh, 2069 -R.c.—Abbe Lenglet. Jo-
nah preached against Nineveh (about 862 b.c.). It was taken
by Nebuchadnezzar, 606 b.c. Layard and others since 1839
have made immense excavations near Mosul, at Koyunjik
and other places, revealing the ruins of a city which for centu-
ries had been almost forgotten. Botta began explorations at
Khorsabad in 1843, and pub. "Monuments de Ninive," 1849-
1850. In 1848 Mr. Layard pub. " Nineveh and its Remains,"
and in 1853 "Discoveries," made on his second visit in 1849-
1850. Hormusd Rassam, in 1854, discovered an ancient palace.
19
George Smith described his excavations and their results in
1873-74, in " Assyrian Discoveries," 1875. He died at Aleppo,
19 Aug. 1876. Assyria. Mr. Rassam, appointed his successor,
among other valuable discoveries at Balawat, 9 miles northeast
of Nimroud, and at Koyunjik, etc., found a bronze monument
with inscriptions recording the names, title, genealogy, and
exploits of king Assur-nazir-pal (885-860 b.c.), builder of the
palaces and temples of Kalakh, capital of the middle Assyrian
empire.
The forms, features, costume, religion, modes of warfare, and cere-
monial customs of its inhabitants stand before us as distinct as
those of a living people ; and the sculptures and cuneiform in-
scriptions reveal much of Assyrian historv. Among sculptures
that enrich the British museum may be mentioned the winged
bull and lion, numerous hunting and battle pieces, and a bas-relief
of an eagle-headed human figure, probably representing the Assy-
rian god Nisroch (from Nisr, "an eagle or hawk"), whom Sen-
nacherib was worshipping when assassinated by his 2 sous, about
710 B.C. (2 Kings xix. 37).
I^i'obe, in Greek mythology, the daughter of Tantalus,
king of Lydia, and wife of Amphion, by whom she had 7 sons
and 7 daughters. Through her pride in her children she in-
curred the envy and hatred of Latona, who thereupon incited
her children, Apollo and Artemis, to slay the children of
Niobe, which they did with their arrows. Through excessive
grief for her children, Niobe was changed into a statue of
stone. This legend has furnished numerous subjects for art —
especially sculpture.
"The Niobe of nations! there she stands
Childless and crownless in her voiceless woe."
—Byron, "Childe Harold."
Ilio'biuin, a rare metal, discovered by Hatchett in the
black earth columbite, and named columbium, 1801. It was
pronounced to be identical with tantalum by WoUaston ; but
was rediscovered by H. Rose in 1846, and named niobium.
\Nirvana, a term of Hindu philosophj-, indicating an-
nihilation of selfhood, or absorption of the individual in the
universal. Buddhism.
Tli'§i pri'Ui (" unless before "), words in a writ summon-
ing a person to be tried at Westminster, Engl, unless the judges
should come to hold their assizes in the place where he is.
Judges sit in Middlesex, Engl., by virtue of 18 Eliz.c. 12 (1576).
7¥i§ine§ {nemz) or IVimei (neem), S. France, was the
flourishing Roman colony Nemausus. Its amphitheatre was in-
jured by the English in 1417. The inhabitants embraced
Protestantism, and suffered persecution in consequence; and
Nismes has witnessed many religious and political contests.
The treaty termed Pacification of Nismes (14 July, 1629) gave
religious toleration for a time to the Huguenots.
nitre. Saltpetre.
nitric acid, a compound of nitrogen and oxygen, for-
merly called aqua-fortis, first obtained in a separate state by
Raymond Lully, an alchemist, about 1287; but we are in-
debted to Cavendish, Priestley, and Lavoisier for knowledge
of its properties. H. Cavendish demonstrated its nature in
1785. Nitrous acid was discovered by Scheele about 1774.
Nitrous gas was accidentally discovered by dr. Hales. Ni-
ti'ous-oxide gas (laughing-gas) was discovered by dr. Priest-
ley in 1776. Its use as an anaesthetic began in America in
1864 ; at Pari.s, 1866 ; in London, 31 Mch. 1868, ingenious
apparatus having been invented for its application.
ni'trog^en or azote (from the Greek a, " no," and l^cno
or Z,u), " I live"), an irrespirable elementary gas, an important
element in food, discovered by Rutherford about 1772. Before
1777, Scheele separated oxygen of air from nitrogen, and almost
simultaneously with Lavoisier discovered that the atmosphere
is a mixture of these. Nitrogen combined with hydrogen
forms the volatile alkali ammonia, freely given off by decom-
posing animal and vegetable bodies.
nitro - glycerine (also called nitroleum), an in-
tensely explosive amber-like fluid, discovered by Sobrero in
1847, produced by adding glycerine (in successive small quan-
tities) to a mixture of 1 part of nitric acid and 2 parts of sul-
phuric acid. Alfred Nobel, a Swede, first employed it as an
explosive in 1864.
nobility. The Goths, after seizing part of Europe, re-
warded heroes with titles of honor to distinguish them from
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common people. The right of peerage seems to have been
at first territorial. Patents to persons of no estate were first
granted by Philip the Fair of France, 1095. George Neville,
duke of IJetlford (son of John, marquess of Montague), en-
nobled in 1470, was degraded from the peerage by Parliament
for want of property, 19 Edw. IV. 1478. Noblemen's privi-
leges were restrained in June, 1773. Lords. See names of
various orders of the nobility.
lu 1845 a statistical writer said that thoro were 500,000 nobles in
Russia, 239,000 in Austria; in Spain {in 1780), 470,000; in France
{before 1790), 360,000 (of whom 4120 were of the andenne no-
blesse) ; in the United Kingdom, 1631 with transmissible titles
(dukes to baronets).
nobility of France preceded that of England. On 18
June, 1790, the National Assembly decreed that hereditary no-
bility could not exist in a free state; that the titles of dukes,
counts, marquises, knights, barons, excellencies, abbots, and
others be abolished ; that all citizens take their family names ;
liveries and armorial bearings also to be abolished. The rec-
ords of the nobility, 600 volumes, were burned at the foot of
the statue of Louis XIV., 25 June, 1792. A new nobility was
created by the emperor Napoleon I., 1808. The hereditary
peerage was ab>olished 27 Dec. 1831 ; reinstituted by Napo-
leon IIL, 1852.
nobility, order of. Proposed and rejected in Massa-
chusetts, iGSG.—Bwicroft, vol. i. p. 385.
noble, an English gold coin (value 6s. 8c?.), first struck
in the reign of Edward III., 1343 or 1344, said to have derived
its name from the excellence of its metal.
nocturne, a name given by John Field (d. 1837) to a
new musical composition. He was followed by Chopin, who
died 1849. The term was adopted by Mr. Whistler, the artist,
for night pieces, in which he began with line, form, and color,
1877-78.
'^noluniu§ leges Angliae mutari." Bas-
tards, Merton.
No ]VIan'§ Land. Neutral ground.
Nominaliits or Conceptualists, a scholastic
sect, opposed to Realists, maintain that general ideas have no
existence save in the names we give them. The founder of
the sect, Jean Roscellin, a canon of Compifegne, was condemned
by a council at Soissons, 1092, but the controversy was revived
in the 12th century. Among the Nominalists are reckoned
Ab^lard, St. Thomas Aquinas (partially), Occam, Hobbes,
Locke, Berkeley, and Dugald Stewart. The Realists assert
that general ideas are realities. Philosophy.
noininatin§r convention§. United States.
noms de plume. Literature.
non-COnfornii§t§. Protestants in England are di-
vided into conformists and non-conformists, or churchmen and
dissenters. The first place of meeting of the latter in Eng-
land was at Wandsworth, near London, 20 Nov. 1572. The
name " non-conformists " was taken by Puritans when the act
of Uniformity took eifect, 24 Aug. 1662 (termed " Black Bar-
tholomew's day"), when 2000 ministers of the established re-
ligion resigned, not choosing to conform to the statute passed
" for the uniformity of public prayers and administration of
the sacraments." Dissenters, Puritans. The laws against
them were relaxed by the Toleration act, 24 May, 1689.— The
Non-conformist (edited by Edward Miall, since M. P.) first ap-
peared 14 Apr. 1841.
nones, in the Roman calendar, the 5th day of each
month, except March, May, July, and October, when the nones
fell on the 7th.
non- intercourse with France. United
States, 1798. With England, United States, 1807, '09, '10,
1812.
nonjurors thought James II. unjustly deposed, and
refused to swear allegiance to William III. in 1689. Among
them were Sancroft, archbishop of Canterbury; Ken, bishop
of Bath and Wells ; and the bishops of Ely, Gloucester, Nor-
wich, and Peterborough, and many of the clergy, who were de-
prived 1 Feb. 1691. Nonjurors were subjected to double taxa-
tion, and obliged to register their estates. May, 1723. They
formed a separate communion, which existed till about 1800.
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" Non nobis, Doinine I" ("Not unto us, o Lord
etc., Psa. cxv. 1), a musical canon, sung as a grace at put
feasts, was composed by W. Birde in 1618.
non-resistance oatll (declaring it unlawful
take arms against the king upon any pretence), enforced
the Corporation act, 1661, was repealed in 1719.
IVootka sound, Vancouver's island, discovered
capt. Cook in 1778. Here a few British merchants of the E<
Indies formed a settlement in 1786 to supply the Chine
market with furs; but the Spaniards, in 1789, captured]
English vessels and took possession. The British minist
demanded reparation ; the affair was amicably terminated
a convention, and a free commerce confirmed to England
1790. Washington.
" BfO Popery riots." Gordon's " No Popef
riots.
IVordling^en, a town of Bavaria. Here Swedes und
count Horn were defeated hy Austrians, 27 Aug. 1634 ; a|
Austrians and allies by Turenne in 1645.
]¥or'folk (nor'fok), Va. Virginia, 1776, 1861, '62.
IVorfollC island, Pacific ocean, discovered in 171
by capt. Cook, then inhabited only bj' birds; area, 10
miles. The settlement was made by a detachment from Pd
Jackson under governor Phillip, in 1788, in Sydney bay
the south side of the island. This was at one time the mc
dreaded penal colony of Great Britahi. The island was aba
doned in 1809, but reoccupied as a penal settlement in 18S
Some of the descendants of the mutineers of the Boun/i/ w€
removed to it in June, 1856, from Pitcairn's island.
normal schools (from norma, a rule), schools
the instruction of teachers. One established at Paris by la|
30 Oct. 1794, opened 20 Jan. 1795, under the direction of '.
Place, La Harpe, Haii}--, and other eminent men, was
closed. Another, established by Napoleon in 1808, was closed'
in 1822. The plan was revived in 1826, and has been carried
out extensively in England and other countries. For the
United States, see each state separately. Education.
First in New York at Albany 18M
IVor'mandy, N. France, part of Neustria, a kingdom
founded by Clovis in 511 for his son Clotaire, which, after
various changes, was united to France by Charles the Bald in
847. From about 800 it was devastated by Scandinavians,
termed Northmen or Normans, and to purchase repose Charles
the Simple of France ceded the duchy to their leader Rollo,
847, who held it as a fief of the crown of France, as did his
successors until William, the 7th duke, acquired England,
in 1066. It remained a province of England till the reign ol'
John, 1204, when it was reunited to France. It was recon-
quered by Henry V., 1418, and held by England partially till
1450. The English still possess the islands on the coast, of
which Jersey and Guernsey are the principal.
DUKES.
912. Rollo (or Raoul), baptized as Robert. ;^ \
927. William I., Longsword. '^:- \
943. Richard I. the Fearless. W i
996. Richard II. the Good. %■■ \
1027. Richard III. *• i
1028. Robert I. the Devil. '
\0m. William II. (I. of England).
1087. Robert II., Courthose (his son), after a contest despoiled by;
his brother.
1106. Henry I. (king of England).
1135. Stephen (king of England).
1144. Matilda and Geoffrey Plantagenet.
11.51. Henrv II. (king of England in 1154).
1189. Richard IV. (I. of England).
1199-1204. Arthur and John of England.
Xorridgewock, Me. Maine, 1724. 1
IVorsemen in America. America. I
IVortliallerton, a borough of Yorkshire. Near her
was fought the " Battle of the Standard," where the Engli&l
defeated the Scotch, 22 Aug. 1138. The archbishop of Yorl!
brought forth a consecrated standard on a carriage whei,
they were hotly pressed by the invaders, headed by kinj,
David.
North America. America, Canada, Indian'
United States.
NOR
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Banks in the United
T^orth America, Bank of.
States.
" North American." Newspapers, 1771.
North Anna, Crossing of. Grant's Virginia cam-
paign.
North Carolina, one of the Atlantic states of the
United States, is bounded north by Virginia, east by the At-
lantic ocean, with a coast line
of over 400 miles, southeast by
the Atlantic ocean, south by
South Carolina and Georgia,
west by South CaroHna and
Tennessee. It lies between
3.3° 50' and 36° 33' N. lat., and
between 75° 27' and 84° 20' W.
Ion. Area, 52,250 sq. miles in
96 counties ; pop. 1890, 1,617,-
947. Capital, Raleigh. For
first exploration of coast, Vir-
ginia, 1584-90.
John Porey, secretary of the
colony of Virginia, explores the couhtry to the Chowan river, 1C22
Charles I. grants a patent for all the territory between 36° and
31° N. latitude to sir Robert Heath 1629-30
[If no immediate colonization ensued, if the plans formed
in England by sir Robert Heath or by lord Maltravers,
Heath's assign, were never realized, the desire to extend the
settlements to the south still prevailed in Virginia.— 5an-
croft, "Hist, of the U. S.," vol. ii.]
Roger Green, with colonists from Virginia, settles on the Ro-
anoke and the Chowan rivers July,
Chief of the Yeopim Indians grants to George Durant land in
Perquimans county
■Charles II. grants to the earl of Clarendon and 7 others, viz. :
Monk, duke of Albemarle, lord Craven, lord Ashley Cooper
(earl of Shaftesbury), sir John Colleton, lord .John Berke-
ley, sir William Berkeley, his brother, and sir George
Carteret, territory extending westward from the Atlantic
ocean between lat. 31° and 36°, which they call Carolina,
20 Mch. 1663
Berkeley, governor of Virginia, visits Carolina, organizes a
government for the northern part, calling it Albemarle
county, and appoints William Drummond governor "
Several hundred persons, under sir John Yeamans, land at the
junction of Cape Fear river and Old Town creek, and lay out
a village called Charlestown, near the present site of Wil-
mington 29 May, 1665
<Jrant of 20 Mch. 1663, enlarged and extended south to lat. 29°,
30 June, "
[This enlarged grant comprised all North and South Caro-
lina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, .
Arkansas, part of Florida and Missouri, nearly all of Texas,
and a large portion of northern Mexico.]
Gov. Drummond dying, succeeded by Samuel Stephens 1667
Form of government for Carolina, known as Fundamental
Constitutions, framed by John Locke, and amended by the
j earl of Shaftesbury, partly put into operation, the first set
! bearing date 21 July, 1669
William Edmundson, a Quaker, sent out from Maryland by
\ George Fox, preaches at the narrows of Perquimans river,
I where Hertford was afterwards built 1672
I Gov. Stephens dies and George Cartwright, speaker of the as-
; sembly of Albemarle, succeeds in 1673, but resigns and is
i succeeded by gov. Eastchurch, represented by a secretary,
i one Miller, whom he appoints president of the council and
1 acting governor July.
1653
1662
1673
under John Culpepper, imprison the president and 6 members
of the council, call a legislature and assume control Dec. 1677
Culpepper goes to England to explain to the lords proprietors,
and John Harvey, president of the council, takes charge of
the government, John Jenkins, being appointed governor by
the proprietors, succeeding him June, 1680
3ov. Jenkins dies and is succeeded by Henry Wilkinson. .Dec. 1681
Seth Sothel, who had purchased the rights of lord Clarendon,
arrives as governor of Albemarle 1683
Fundamental Constitutions, framed in 1669, are abrogated by
the lords proprietors Apr. 1693
Law passed by the General Assembly disfranchising all Dis-
1 senters from any office of trust, honor, or profit 1704
?irst church in North Carolina built in Chowan county 1705
iords proprietors grant to Christopher, baron de Graaffenreidt,
10,000 acres of land on the Neuse and Cape Fear rivers in
1709. About 15,000 Swiss and a large number of Palatines
follow the baron and settle at the confluence of the Trent
and Neuse, calling the town New-Berne Dec. 1710
'lie hundred and twelve persons, principally settlers on the
Roanoke and Chowan, are massacred by the Tuscaroras and
other allied Indian tribes 22 Sept. 1711
Iilitia of North and South Carolina and friendly Indians at-
tack the Tuscaroras on the banks of the Neuse, in the pres-
ent county of Craven, and more than 300 savages are killed
and 100 made prisoners 28 Jan. 1712
roops under col. James Moore of South Carolina capture fort
Nahucke, a stronghold of the Tuscaroras in Greene county,
with 800 prisoners Mch. 1713
Bills of credit for SOOl. issued by the colony to pay Indian war
debt. First issue of paper money in North Carolina "
Edenton, on the Chowan river, founded 1715
Tuscarora Indians enter into a treaty, and a tract of land on
the Roanoke, in the present county of Bertie, is ceded to
them by gov. Eden 5 June, 1718
Pirate Edward Teach, commonly called Black Beard, long a
terror to North Carolina, is attacked by lieut. Maynard near
Ocracoke, with 2 small coasters; he is killed, and Maynard
carries off his head hung to the bowsprit (Virginia), 21 Nov. "
Boundary-line between North and South Carolina established.. 1727
Last assembly under proprietary government at Edenton;
issues 40,000^. more in paper money 27 Nov. 1728
Lords proprietors surrender the government to king George
II. except one-eighth interest retained by lord Granville 1729
Carolina, on becoming the property of the crown, is divided
into 2 provinces, and George Burrington is appointed gov-
ernor of North Carolina 30 Apr. 1730
Commissioners run the boundary -line between North and
South Carolina. Beginning at the mouth of Little river,
they run northwest to what they suppose to be 35°, when by
mutual consent they run west to the Peedee 1738
One -eighth interest in the proprietary charter retained by
John, lord Carteret, heir of lord Granville, is laid off for him,
being bounded on the north by the Virginia line, south by
lat. 35° 34', and extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific. . 1743
War having been declared by England against France, fort
Johnston on the south bank of Cape Fear is built 1745
Large accession to the settlement near Cross creek is made
by Scotch Highlanders who had been supporters, of prince
Charles Edward and exiled to America 1747
James Davis sets up a printing-press at New-Berne and issues
the first newspaper in the state, the North Carolina Gazette, 1749
Moravians purchase from lord Granville 100,000 acres between
the Dan and Yadkin, which they name Wachovia. The land
is conveyed to James Hutton in trust for the brethren 1750
First edition of the laws of North Carolina by Samuel Swann,
published by James Davis at New-Berne, and from the yellow
leather used in binding becomes known as "Yellow Jacket " 1752
Act passed to erect a school-house at New-Berne 1764
A sloopof-war, the Diligence, arrives in the Cape Fear river
with stamped paper for use in the colony, 28 Sept. 1765.
Cols. Ashe and AVaddell, with an armed force, so terrify the
captain that no attempt is made to land the paper, and seiz-
ing James Houston, stamp distributer, they compel him to
take an oath not to distribute the stamped paper 1765
British ship of-war Vipe^; Jacob Lobb cai)tain, lying at anchor
off Brunswick, seizes 2 merchant vessels, the Dnbbs and Pa-
tience, from Philadelphia, showing clearance papers without
stamps. 580 men under col. Hugh AVaddell, having secured
the clearance papers from the collector of the port, proceed
from Wilmington to Brunswick, and compel the release of
the 2 vessels 21 Feb. 1766
George A. Selwyn obtains from the crown large grants of land
in Mecklenburg county, but the people prevent their survey, "
Rev. Daniel Caldwell opens a classical school in Guilford county, 1767
People of Orange county, oppressed by the unjust acts of Ed-
mund Fanning, clerk of the court of Orange, form an associa-
tion, headed by Herman Husbands and William Hunter, for
regulating public grievances and abuse of power 1768
James Hunter and Rednap Howell sent by the Regulators to
the governor with a statement of grievances 21 May, "
Governor and council decide that the grievances of the Regu-
lators do not warrant their course, which tends to high-
treason June, "
Regulators assembling, 11 July, the governor raises troops and
marches from Salisbury to Hillsborough, .swearing the people
to allegiance to the king and requiring the Regulators to dis-
perse. At the September term of the Hillsborough Superior
court Husbands is indicted for a riot, but acquitted. Hunter
and others are imprisoned. Fanning, indicted, pleads guilty,
and is fined sixpence Sept. "
Regulators present a petition for redress to the governor, 15
May, which is rejected, and in the battle of Alamance the
Regulators are dispersed^by the troops 16 May, 1771
Regulators taken prisoners in the battle of Alamance are exe-
cuted, Herman Husbands escaping 19 June, "
Settlements at Cross Creek increased by the addition of 300
families of Scotch Highlanders, among them Flora McDonald
(famous for aiding Charles Edward, the young pretender, to
escape after his defeat at Culloden) and her husband, who
settle near the present site of Fayetteville 1773
Col. John Harvey, former speaker of the assembly, calls a con-
vention to form a provincial congress, which meets at New-
Berne ; Harvey is chosen speaker 25 Aug. 1774
The Provincial congress decides that after 1 Sept. 1774, all use
of East India tea should be prohibited ; that after 1 Nov. 1774,
importation of African slaves should cease; and that after 1
Jan. 1775, no East India or British goods should be imported,
Aug. "
Richard Caswell, Joseph Hewes, and William Hooper delegates
to the Continental Congress at Philadelphia 5 Sept. "
Committee of Safety orders the return of a cargo of tea which
had been shipped to William Hill; committee appointed,
23 Nov. "
Gov. Martin by proclamation denounces the Provincial Congress
as "tending to introduce disorder and anarchy " 1 Mch. 1775
Gov. Martin dissolves the asssembly after a session of 4 days,
ending the royal rule in the state 8 Apr. "
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Delegates from Mecklenburg county meet at Charlotte to take
Into consideration the existing state of affairs; sign and for-
ward to the Continental Congress at Philadelphia a declara-
tion of independence, one clause reading as follows: " We do
hereby declare ourselves a free and independent people,
under the control of no power other than that of our God and
the genenil government of the Congress " 20 May,
Col. John Harvey dies at his home at Harvey's Neck, Perqui-
mans county Juno,
Articles of agreement to "resist force by force " in the support
of the country, and to "go forth and be ready to sacrifice our
lives and fortunes to secure her freedom and safety," adopted
by the Cumberland association at Wilmington 19 June,
Fort Johnston burned by militia under col. Ashe 18 July,
Gov. Martin issues a proclamation from the British ship-of-war
Ci-uiser, denouncing the Mecklenburg declaration of inde-
pendence 8 Aug.
One hundred and eighty-four delegates meet at Hillsborough,
21 Aug. 1775; choose Samuel Johnston president; declare
that the people of North Carolina would pay their due pro-
portion of expenses in forming a Continental army, and es-
tablish a state government, vested in a provincial council, a
district committee of safety for each district, and county and
town committees 24 Aug.
First meeting of the provincial council at the court-house in
Johnston county 18 Oct.
Donald McDonald, a Scottish Highlander, commissioned by gov.
Martin, raises a force of about 1500 loyalists, who, under col.
Donald McLeod, attack the Continental troops, 1000 strong,
under cols. James Moore, Caswell, and Lillington, but are
routed, and gen. McDonald taken prisoner 27 Feb.
Provincial congress assembles at Halifax, 4 Apr. 1776; resolves
"that the delegates from this colony in congress be empow-
ered to concur with the delegates from the other colonies in
declaring independence and forming foreign alliances, re-
serving to this colony the sole and exclusive right of forming
a constitution and laws for this colony" 12 Apr.
Ninehundred British, under lord Cornwallis, land on gen. Howe's
plantation in Brunswick, ravage and plunder it, 12 May, and
after burning some mills in the vicinity embark, having gov.
Martin on board, and sail for Charleston 29 May,
Declaration of Independence of the U. S. read before the court-
house in Halifax by Cornelius Harnett 1 Aug.
Joseph Hewes, William Hooper, and John Penn, for North
Carolina, sign the Declaration of Independence 2 Aug.
A congress chosen by election assembles at Halifax, 12 Nov.
1776, frames a constitution for North Carolina not submitted
to the people, elects Richard Caswell governor by ordinance,
and completes its labors 18 Dec.
Articles of confederation ratified by North Carolina 5 Apr.
John Penn, Cornelius Harnett, and John Williams sign the ar-
ticles of confederation on the part of North Carolina,
21 July,
Four hundred North Carolina Whigs under col. Francis Locke
attack a camp of Tories under lieut. -col. John Moore, and rout
them at Ramsour's mill, near Lincolnton 20 June,
Battle of Charlotte 26 Sept.
Gen. Greene successfully conducts his retreat across North Caro-
lina from Cowpens to the river Dan, a distance of 230 miles,
pursued by British under lord Cornwallis (United States),
Feb.
Cornwallis issues at Hillsborough a proclamation, inviting all
loyal citizens to join him 20 Feb.
Battle at Guilford Court-house; the British under Cornwallis
defeat the Americans under gen. Greene 15 Mch.
General Assembly meets at the court-house of Wake, where
now stands the city of Raleigh June,
Tories under col. Hector McNeill, numbering 600 men, in the
early morning march into Hillsborough and capture gov.
Burke and his suite and plunder the town 13 Sept.
David Fanning, a freebooter, appointed lieutenant colonel of
the royal militia in June, 1781, captures 44 persons at Chat-
ham Court-house, while a court-martial is in progress, 16
July; besieges the garrisoned house of col. Philip Alston,
of Chatham, 8 Aug. ; captures 44 Whigs under col. Wade,
and disperses his troops at McFalls Mills, 1 Sept., and
fights the Whigs at Lundley's Mill, Chatham county, 14 Sept.
Maj. James H. Craig, who had occupied Wilmington with Brit-
ish troops since 29 June, whence he directed raids into the
surrounding country, receiving news of the surrender of
Cornwallis at Yorktowu, evacuates the place 18 Nov.
Legislature grants maj. -gen. Nathaniel Greene 25,000 acres of
state land, afterwards located on Duck river, and 640 acres
to each private, with larger grants to officers in the Conti-
nental army. North Carolina troops
Thomas Hart Benton, statesman, son of Jesse Benton, private
secretary of gov. Tryon, born near Hillsborough, Orange
county 14 Mch.
General Assembly at Hillsborough, among acts for relief of the
general government, cedes her western lands and authorizes
her delegates to execute a deed provided Congress would ac-
cept the offer within 2 years Apr.
Convention at Jonesborough appoints John Sevier president,
and resolves that a person be despatched to Congress to press
the acceptance of the offer of North Carolina 23 Aug.
General Assembly meets at New-Berne, and repeals the act of
23 Apr. regarding the cession of western lands 22 Oct.
Convention of 5 delegates from each county meets at Jones-
borough, chooses John Sevier president, and forms a consti-
tution for the state of Frankland 14 Dec.
Constitution for the new state of Frankland accepted by a
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1776
1780
1781
1782
1784
1794
convention of the people, which meets at Greenville and
chooses John Sevier to be governor of the state Nov. 1'
Gov. Caswell of North Carolina by proclamation denounces the
revolt of Frankland as usurpation, and warns all to return
to their allegiance to North Carolina 14 Apr. 17
State of Frankland continues to exist under difficulties for
about 2 years, courts being held by both governments, mili-
tary officers appointed, and taxes levied which people pay
to neither, until the legislature of Frankland at Greenville
authorizes the election of 2 representatives to the legislature
of North Carolina, members of assembly arc elected by the
people, and the new state is reabsorbed Sept.
William Blount, Richard Dobbs, Spaight, and Hugh William-
son sign the Constitution of the U. S. as representatives
from North Carolina 17 Sept.
State convention fixes the seat of government at Wake Court-
house, now Raleigh
North Carolina ratifies the Constitution of the U. S. by a vote
of 193 to 75 21 Nov.
Dismal Swamp canal, uniting the waters of Pasquotank and
Elizabeth rivers, incorporated
As authorized by act of the General Assembly of 1789, Samuel
Johnston and Benjamin Hawkins, senators from North Car-
olina, execute a deed to the U. S. in the words of the Cession
act of 1784, 25 Feb. 1790; Congress accepts it 2 Apr.
General Assembly meets at the new city of Raleigh 30 Dec.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, chartered in 1789,
opened 13 Feb.
Col. James Glasgow, secretary of state, tried and convicted for
abetting issue of fraudulent land grants, and locating them
in fraud of the Continental soldiers
Joseph Gates establishes the Raleigh Register at Raleigh
Great revival of religion begun in Kentucky in 1801; spreads
through Tennessee and North Carolina
Bank of Cape Fear, with branches incorporated, the mother
bank at Wilmington
Gold discovered on Meadow creek, in Cabarens county, during
the year 1801 or 1802. The first considerable amount sent
to the U. S. mint was $11,000 during the year
State geological and mineralogical survey conducted by prof.
Denison Olmstead of the university of North Carolina
Reception to Lafayette at Murfreesborough 26 Feb.
Fund for public schools established by law
State Board of Internal Improvements established
First toll-gate on the Buncombe turnpike from the Saluda gap
via Asheville to the Tennessee line, erected Oct.
John Branch of North Carolina secretary of the navy. . .9 Mch.
State-house, containing the statue of Washington by Canova,
destroyed by fire 21 Jime,
Railroad from Cape Fear to Weldon, 162 miles in length, to
connect with a short road begun in 1832, is commenced
Wake Forest college at Wake Forest chartered and opened
Convention meets at Raleigh, 4 June, 1835, frames amendments
to the constitution of 1776 (ratified by the people by 26,771 to
21,606) and adjourns 11 July,
Edward B. Dudley, first governor elected by the pf ople^ inau-
gurated 1 Jan,
U. S. branch mint at Charlotte begins operations Dec.
Davidson college, in Mecklenburg county, chartered and opened,
Raleigh and Gaston railroad, incorporated in 1835, is com-
pleted 4 July,
Raleigh and Wilmington railroad, incorporated in 1833, com-
pleted and opened Mcli.
George E. Badger of North Carolina secretary of the navy,
5 Mch.
St. Mary's school for young ladies established at Raleigh by
rev. Albert Smedes.. . ,
Gold discovered on the lands of Andrew Troutman in Rowan
county, afterwards known as Gold hill "
Greensborough female college at Greensborough, chartered in
1838, opened 184t
North Carolina institution for the deaf and dumb and the
blind, at Raleigh, opened 1841
William A. Graham of North Carolina secretary of the navy,
22 July, 185C
Trinity college chartered and opened at Trinity College ISb'i
Wesleyan female college at Murfreesborough, chartered 1851,
opened "
James C. Dobbin secretary of the navy 7 Mch. 185;
State hospital for the insane on Dix hill, Raleigh, opened ISrt
Charlotte female institute at Charlotte opened 18.^'
Thomasville female college at Thomasville, opened in 1849,
receives its charter "
Forts Caswell and Johnston, occupied by state troops unau-
thorized, 8 Jan. 1861, are ordered restored to the proper au-
thorities by gov. Ellis 12 Jan. 18(i:
Resolutions passed in the House, unanimously, declaring that
in case reconciliation between north and south fails. North
Carolina goes with the slave-states 4 Feb. "
Gov. John W. Ellis, in a telegram replying to the request for
troops from the U. S. secretary of war, says: "You can get
no troops from North Carolina" 15 Apr. "
Forts Caswell and Johnston seized by confederates 16 Apr. "
U. S. branch mint at Charlotte seized by state 20 Apr. ;
Arsenal at Fayetteville surrendered to the confederates,
22 Apr. " !
Blockade of ports of Virginia and North Carolina proclaimed,
27 Apr. '•
State convention passes secession ordinance, revises state i
constitution, and ratifies the constitution of the Confederate
States 20 May,
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182.3
1827
182^>I
1831
1833
1834
1837
183.'
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1841
1845
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Battle of Hatteras inlet, forts Hatteras and Clark taken by fed-
erals under gen. Butler and com. Stringham 29 Aug. 1861
Union movement, soon after suppressed, begun by a conven-
tion in Hyde county, which declares independence of the
state government, 12 Oct. A convention is called, which
elects M.N. Taylor pro visional governor, after declaring vacant
all state offices 18 Nov. "
Joint naval and military expedition against North Carolina under
flag officer L. M. Goldsborough and gen. Burnside sails from
Hampton Roads, Jan. 1862 ; engages in the battle of Roanoke
island, 8 Feb., and occupies Elizabeth City 11 Feb. 1862
€en. Burnside defeats confederate gen. Branch, and occupies
New-Berne. Federal loss, 100 killed, 500 wounded. .14 Mch. "
Fort Macon surrendered to the federals 26 Apr. "
Edward Stanley, commissioned by pres. Lincoln temporary
governor of that part of North Carolina still under Federal
control, arrives at New-Berne 26 May, "
Battles at Kingston, 14 Dec, White Hall, 16 Dec, and Golds-
borough 17 Dec "
Plymouth surrendered by gen. Wcssels to the confederates un-
der gen. Hoke 20 Apr. 1864
Naval battle of Albemarle sound; the Sassacus defeats the Con-
federate ram Albemarle 5 May, "
Confederate ram Albemarle blown up by lieut. Gushing at
Plymouth 27 Oct. "
Plymouth recaptured by com. Macomb 31 Oct. "
Fort Fisher bombarded by adm. Porter, 24 Dec, and an attack
by gen. Butler and adm. Porter successfully repulsed, 25 Dec "
Fort Fisher captured by adm. Porter and gen. Terry — 15 Jan. 1865
Federals under gen. Cox capture fort Anderson 18 Feb. "
Wilmington captured by gen. Schofleld 22 Feb. "
Battles at Wise's Forks, 8 Mch., at Fayetteville and at Kingston,
10 Mch. "
Gen. Sherman occupies Fayetteville, 12 Mch., and destroys the
arsenal 14 Mch. "
Sherman crosses the Cape Fear river, 15 Mch. ; federals under
gen. Slocum defeat confederates under Hardee in the battle
of AvERASBORO, 16 Mch. ; Sherman defeats Johnston at Ben-
TONViLLE, 19 Mch. • the armies of Sherman, Terry, and Scho-
I field join at Goldsborough, 23 Mch. ; Boone, N. C, is captured
i by Stoneman 28 Mch. "
jStoueraan defeats confederates under Pemberton at Grant's
1 creek, 12 Apr., and captures Salisbury 12 Apr. "
■ Raleigh occupied by gen. Sherman 13 Apr. "
'Sherman and Johnston meet at Durham station, 17 Apr. ; they
' s gn an agreement for peace, 18 Apr. ; it is rejected at Wash-
i ington, 21 Apr. ; gen. Grant arrives at Raleigh 24 Apr. "
iGen. J. E. Johnston surrenders to Sherman ; agreement signed
j at Bennett's house, near Durham station 26 Apr. "
;Maj -gen. J. M. Schofleld, appointed to command the department
I of Xorth Carolina, makes his headquarters at Raleigh. ..Apr. "
(William W. Holden proclaimed provisional governor of the state
. by pres. Johnson 29 May, "
(Maj. gen. Thomas H. Ruger succeeds Schofleld in command of
i the department of North Carolina June, "
Convention cilh ^ by prov. gov. Holden meets at Raleigh, 2
; Oct., repeals the ordinance of secession, adopts an ordinance
, prohibiting slavery, 9 Oct., and adjourns 19 Oct. "
•People ratify the repeal of the ordinance of secession by 20,506
, to 2002, and the ordinance prohibiting slavery by 19,039 to
■ 3039 7 Nov. "
liov. Holden is relieved of his trust by pres. Johnson, and gov.
'- Worth assumes office 23 Dec. "
;]onvention of colored delegates meets at Raleigh to promote
the mental and political elevation of their race 1 Oct. 1866
-egislature passes an act "granting a general amnesty and par-
■ don to all officers and soldiers of the state of North Carolina,
! or of the late Confederate States armies, or of the United
States, for offences committed against the criminal laws of
i North Carolina " 22 Dec. "
lien. D. E. Sickles assigned by the president to command the
; Second Military district, >forth and South Carolina, with
1 headquarters at Columbia 11 Mch. 1867
lien. Sickles removed, and gen. Edward R. S. Canby appointed
! to the command 26 Aug. "
lonservative mass-meeting at Raleigh, define their aim "to
I' ward off the dangers which threaten us from the success of
the ultra- Republicans or Radical party in the state," 27 Sept. "
onvention called under the Reconstruction acts of Congress
; by gen. Canby assembles at Raleigh, 14 Jan.; frames a con-
stitution and adjourns, 16 Mch. Constitution is ratified by a
popuhir vote of 93,118 to 74,009 Apr. 1868
oith Carolina readmitted into the Union 25 June, "
IV. th Amendment to the Constitution of the U. S. rejected by
North Carolina, 4 Dec. 1866, is ratified by legislature. .4 July, "
egislature ratifies the XV. th Amendment 5 Mch. 1869
cts of violence by secret organizations in Lenoir, Jones, Orange,
and Chatham counties, lead gov. Holden to issue a proclama-
tion of admonition and warning 20 Oct. "
ving to alleged outrages of the " Ku-Klux," gov. Holden pro-
claims Alamance county in a state of insurrection, 7 Mch.
'1«70, and Caswell county, 8 July, and sends militia into the
disturbed counties under col. Kirk July, 1870
>1. Kirk arrests persons implicated in deeds of violence; writs
oj habeas corpus are issued by chief-justice Pearson, but col.
Kirk refuses to produce 4 of his prisoners, 16 July; during
I'loceedings in the state and U. S. courts gov. Holden orders
"1. Kirk to obey the writs 19 Aug. "
■w state penitentiary at Raleigh occupied "
v. Holden impeached of malfeasance in office, 14 Dec. 1870;
convicted and removed from office 22 Mch. 1871
NOR
Office of the State Commissioner of Immigration established. . , 1871
Rutherford college at Rutherford opened "
Corner-stone of the Tilestou normal-school building at Wilming-
ton laid 30 Nov. "
State Educational Association established 11 July, 1873
Eight amendments to the constitution ratified by the people,
one for biennial meetings of the legislature 7 Aug. "
Act passed for amnesty and pardon to members of secret or
other organizations known as Heroes of America, Loyal
Union League, Red Strings, Constitutional Union Guards,
Whitebrother, Invisible Empire, Ku-Klux-Klan, North Caro-
lina State troops, North Carolina militia, and Jayhawkers. . . "
Chang and Eng, the Siamese twins, b. at Bangesau, Siam, 15
Apr. 1811, d. at their home, near Mount Airy 17 Jan. 1874
Local Option law passed "
Got. Tod R. Caldwell d. at Hillsborough, and is succeeded by
lieut. -gov. Curtis H. Brogden 17 July, "
Shaw university at Raleigh chartered 1875
Act changing the day for state elections to the Tuesday after
the first Monday in November passed "
Bureau of Agriculture, Immigration, and Statistics established, "
Constitutional convention meets at Raleigh 6 Sept. ; adjourns
12 Oct. Constitution ratified at the state election by 122,912
to 108,829 "
Biddle university at Charlotte chartered 1877
State Colored Normal school at Fayetteville opened "
State Industrial Association organized by colored people 1879
State insane asylum for colored people opened at Goldsbor-
ough 1880
State Colored Normal school at Salisbury opened 1881
Plymouth State Normal school at Plymouth opened "
Prohibition bill, passed to take efiect 1 Oct. 1881, if r&tified by
people, is lost by 48,370 votes to 166,325 1 Aug. "
State hospital for the insane at Morganton, known as the
Western, opened ^ 1883
Survey of state oyster beds, covering 1,307,000 acres, by de-
partment of agriculture aided by Federal government 1886
State Colored Normal school at Goldsborough opened 1887
Convention representing nearly all southern states east of the
Mississippi at Hot Springs under the auspicesof the southern
railroad and steamship companies, to promote immigration,
resolve to establish Southern Immigration Association, head-
quarters in New York 25 Apr. 1888
Annual meeting of the Interstate Farmers' Association held at
Raleigh 21 Aug. "
State Agricultural college at Raleigh opened Oct. 1889
School law revised, requiring school-books recommended by
the State Board of Education, and giving funds hitherto de-
voted to normal schools for white teachers, for county teach-
ers' institutes "
Confederate pension laws of 1885 amended, increasing the
pension funds, and excluding persons worth $500 and widows
not indigent from relief. *'
Negro exodus, fostered by emigration agents from western
states, depopulates North Carolina nearly 50,000 "
Laws creating a railroad commission and regulating railroad
charges and management; locating a school for white deaf
and dumb children at Morganton; establishing a normal and
industrial school for girls at Greensborough; declaring the
birthday of Robert E. Lee (19 Jan.) a legal holiday; estab-
lishing a normal school for the colored race at Elizabeth
Ctty; and incorporating a Soldiers' Home for needy Confed-
erate soldiers at camp Russell, near Raleigh. Session begins
8. Jan. and closes 9 Mch. 1891
Gov. Daniel G. Fowle dies suddenly of apoplexy, in Raleigh, 7
Apr., and lieut. -gov. Thomas Holt is sworn in 8 Apr. "
Southern Inter-state exposition opens at Raleigh 1 Oct. "
Ex-gov. William Worth Holden d. at Raleigh, aged 74, 1 Mch. 1892
Col. L. L. Polk, president of the National Farmers' Alliance,
dies in Washington, D. C 11 June, "
New state seal ordered 1893
Zebulon B. Vance, U. S. senator, d. at Washington, aged 64,
14 Apr. 1894
PROPRIETARY GOVERNORS.
COLONY OF ALBEMARLE.
William Drummond appointed 1663
Samuel Stephens " Oct. 1667
George Cartwright president of council 1674
Miller.. .-. " " July, 1677
John Culpepper usurps the government Dec. "
John Harvey president of council 1680
John Jenkins appointed governor June, "
Henry Wilkinson " " Feb. 1681
Seth Sothel " " 1683
Philip Ludwell " " 1689
Alexander Lillington " deputy governor 1693
Thomas Harvey " " " 1695
NORTH CAROLINA.
Henderson Walker president of council 1699
Robert Daniel appointed deputy governor 1704
ThomasCarey " " " 1705
William Glover president of council May, 1709
Edward Hyde " " Aug. 1710
Edward Hyde appointed governor 24 Jan. 1712
Thomas Pollock president of council 12 Sept. "
Charles Eden assumes office as governor.. .28 May, 1714
Thomas Pollock president of council 30 Mch. 1722
William Reed " " 7 Sept. "
George Burrington assumes office as governor. . .15 Jan. 1724
Sir Richard Everard " " " . .17 July, 1725
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ROYAL GOVERNORS.
George Burrington assumes offlco 26 Feb. 1731
Nathaniel Rice president of council 17 Apr. 1734
Gabriel Johnston assumes office 2 Nov. "
Nathaniel Kice president of council 1752
Matthew Rowan " " 1 Feb. 1753
Arthur Dobbs assumes office 1 Nov. 175*
William Tryon " " 27 Oct. 17f>4
James Hascll president of council 1 July, 1771
Josiab Martin assumes office Aug. "
STATE GOVERNORS (elected by the Assembly).
Eleited.
Richard Caswell Dec. 1776
Abner Nash •' 1779
Thomas Burke July, 1781
Alexander Martin 1782
Richard Caswell 1784
Samuel Johnston 1787
Alexander Martin 1789
Richard Dobbs Spaight 1792
Samuel Ashe 1795
William R. Davie 1798
Benjamin Williams. 1799
James Turner 1802
Elected.
Nathaniel Alexander 1805
Bei^amin Williams 1807
David Stone 1808
Benjamin Smith 1810
William Hawkins 1811
William Miller 18U
John Branch 1817
Jesse Franklin 1820
Gabriel Holmes 1821
Hutchings G. Burton 1824
James Iredell 1827
John Owen 1828
Elected.
Montford Stokes 1830
David L. Swain 1832
Elect!
Richard Dobbs Spuight .... 18
It
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181
18j
181
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STATE GOVERNORS (elected by the people)
Edward B. Dudley assumes office 1 Jan. 185
John M. Morehead " " u '
William A. Graham " '*
Charles Manly " "
David S. Rcid " "
Thomas Bragg »< "
John W. Kllis " " '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.
Henry T. Clarke acting. !!!!.!'.'.
Zebulon B. Vance assumes office 17 Nov". ^
William W. Holden provisional governor 12 June isi
Jonathan Worth assumes office 15 Dec.
William W. Holden " " 4 jniv 181
Tod R. Caldwell " " ^' i^,
Curtis H. Brogden acting 17 July 18«
Z. B. Vance assumes office ' is'
Thomas J. Jarvis " " 18 Jan la
Alfred M. Scales " " c JS
Daniel G. Fowle " " .' u ^^
Thomas M. Holt " " " la
Elias Carr " " " u jg
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Name.
No. of Conf^ess.
Date.
Benjamin Hawkins...
Samuel Johnston
Alexander Martin....
Timothy Blood worth.
Jesse Franklin
David Stone...
James Turner
Jesse Franklin
David Stone
Nathaniel Macon
Montford Stokes
John Branch
James Iredell
Bedford Brown
Willie P. Mangum
Robert Strange
William A. Graham...
Willie P. Mangum
William H. Haywood.
George E. Badger
Davids. Reid
Asa Biggs
Thomas L. Clingman.,
Thomas Bragg
Ist to
1st "
3d "
4th "
6th "
7th "
9th "
10th "
13th "
14th "
3d
2d
6th
7th
9th
9th
14th
13th
14th
20th
Joseph C. Abbott
John Pool
Matt. W. Ransom
Augustus S. Merrimon.
Zebulon B. Vance
Thomas J. Jarvis
J. C. Pritchard
Marion Butler
14th " 18th
18th " 21st
20th " 22d
21st " 26th
22d " 24th
24th " 26th
26th " 28th
26th " 33d
28th " 29th
29th " 34th
33d " 36th
34th " 35th
35th " 36th
36th
37th
40th to 42d
40th " 43d
42d
43d
46th
53d
54th
54th
54th
46th
53d
54th
1789 to 1795
1789 " 1793
1793 " 1799
1795 " 1801
1799 " 1805
1801 " 1807
1805 " 1816
1807 " 1813
1813 » 1815
1815 " 1828
1816 " 1823
1823 " 1829
1828 " 1831
1829 " 1840
1831 " 1836
1836 " 1840
1840 " 1843
1840 " 1854
1843 " 1846
1846 " 1855
1854 " 1859
1855 " 1858
1858 " 1861
1859 " 1861
38th, and 39 th
1868 to 1872
1868 " 1873
1872 " 1875
1873 " 1879
1879 " 1894
1894 " 1895
1895 "
1895 "
Elected president pro tern. 10 Mch. 1804.
Resigned.
Resigned.
Elected presidentpro tern. 20 Mch. 1826. and 2 Mch. 1827. Resigne
Elected in place of Turner.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Macon.
Elected in place of Branch. Resigned.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Mangum. Resigned.
Elected in place of Strange.
Elected in place of Brown. Elected president jpro<em. 31 May, 18
Resigned.
Elected in place of Haywood.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Biggs. Withdrew 21 Jan. 1861.
Withdrew, 1861.
Congresses vacant.
Died in office, 14 Apr. 1894.
Appointed in place of Vance.
llVortll DaRota, a northern frontier state, formed by
the division of Dakota territory into 2 states in 1889, is bounded
on the north by the Canadian provinces of Assiiiiboia and
Manitoba, east by Minnesota, south by South Dakota, and west
by Montana. It is limited in
#lat. by 46° to 49° N., and in
Ion. by 96° 30' to 104° 6' W.
Area, 70,795 sq. miles, in 39
counties; pop. 1890, 182,719.
Capital, Bismarck.
French trader settles at
Pembina 1780
U. S. government expedi-
tion under Lewis and
Clarke ascend the Mis-
souri river on their way
to the Columbia river,
1804, and descend it on
their return from the
Pacific 1806
Scottish colony, planted under a grant from the Hudson Bay
company, settles at Pembina 1812
Maj. S. H. Long, on a U. S. government expedition, reaches
Pembina, and finding it to be within the U. S., takes posses-
sion and raises the stars and stripes 8 Aug. 1823
Yelloicstone, a side-wheel steamboat built by the American
Fur company at Pittsburg, Pa., ascends the Missouri river
as far as fort Union, near the mouth of the Yellowstone 1832
Steamboat Assiniboine. built by the American Fur company,
returning to St. Louis from the Yellowstone, is burned with
her cargo of furs, at the mouth of the Heart river 1836
By the organization of Nebraska territory, 30 May, 18.54,
and the state of Minnesota, 11 May, 1858, the rest of the
present Dakota is left without legal name or existence,
11 May, 1858
Territory of Dakota, comprising the present states of North
Dakota and South Dakota, organized by act of 2 Mch. 1861
Capital located at Yankton 1862
Sioux Indians make 2 unsuccessful assaults on fort Aber-
crombie Sept. "
First ground in Dakota broken for the Northern Pacific rail-
road at Grand Forks 2 Jan. 1872
Settlement begun at Bismarck "
Military reconnoitring expedition to the Black Hills under gen.
Custer, accompanied by a scientific exploring party, leaves
fort Abraham Lincoln 2 July, 1874
Senate bill to form territory of Pembina, from the northern
part of Dakota, is amended, changing the name to Huron,
and passes the Senate 20 Dec. 1876. Referred in House to
committee on territories 4 Jan. 1877
Seat of government of Dakota territory removed to Bis-
marck 1883
Delegates from North Dakota at Fargo protest against the state
constitution framed by a convention at Sioux Falls, 4 Sept.
1883, for Dakota, with the 46th parallel for northern boundary,
12 Sept. "
Act for admission of state of Dakota passes the U. S. senate, !
the remainder of the territory to be called Lincoln 1884 ■
North Dakota university at Grand Forks, chartered in 1883,
opened " '
Jamestown Insane hospital opened 30 Apr. 1885
Prisoners transferred from Sioux Falls to the penitentiary at f
Bismarck -, 31 July, '' \
North Dakota university partially destroyed by a storm.. June, 188*
Majority in territory vote for separation of South Dakota ; ^^
North Dakota voting against it Nov. |^
Legislature of Dakota territory passes a Local Option law ^^
Fargo college at Fargo chartered and opened
Convention at Watertown favors the division, the northern
portion to form the state of North Dakota 5 Dec. 188»j
Admission act, for a convention at Bismarck. 4 July, 1889, to I.
form a constitution and to divide with South Dakota the in- )
stitutions, debts, records, etc., of the territory, signed, 22 Feb. 18»-»
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Seventy-five delegates elected U May, 1889, under proclama-
tion of the governor in Apr. ; convention meets at Bismarck
4 July, adopts a constitution, provides for a division of the
territorial indebtedness and property, and locates the capital
of North Dakota permanently at Bismarck July,
Constitution ratiQed by 27,'l:'tl to 8107. The article prohibit-
ing the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors is
adopted by 18,552 to 17,393, and the Republican state ticket
elected 1 Oct.
Pres. Harrison proclaims North Dakota admitted 2 Nov.
First legislative session of the state meets at Bismarck,
19 Nov.
Agricultural college established at Fargo by act of legisla-
ture
School for the deaf and dumb established at Devil's Lake
State normal schools established at Valley City and Mayville. .
Acts requiring the U. S. flag to be displayed throughout each
day on all public state institutions, and making 7 per cent.
the legal rate of interest; legislature adjourns 18 Mch.
Tatonka Otanka, "Sitting Hull," b. in Dakota in 1837, is killed
near Grand river, 40 miles from Standing Rock agency, in
an attempt by Indians to rescue him after his arrest for
refusing to peaceably disperse his band and break up the
"ghost dances" 15 Dec.
Congressman Henry C. Hansborough, Republican, elected U. S.
senator 23 Jan. :
Australian Ballot law; laws giving Fargo Agricultural college
the congressional land donation ; locating the blind asylum
in Pembina county; and directing' that the Scandinavian
language be taught in the state university at Grand Forks,
are passed at session Jan.-Mch.
Proclamation of the president opening up 1,000,000 acres of
the Indian reservation to settlers at fort Berthold 21 May,
Officers of the Louisiana lottery indicted under U. S. laws by
the grand jury in Sioux Falls 23 Oct.
Business portion of Fargo destroyed by Are; loss estimated
over 13,000,000 8 June,
TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS.
\ William Jayne appointed
j Newton Edmunds "
i Andrew J. Faulk "
! John A. Burbank "
I John L. Pennington "
; William A. Howard "
IN. G. Ordway "
I Gilbert A. Pierce "
I Louis K. Church "
i Arthur C. Mellette "
; STATE GOVERNORS.
; John Miller elected 1889
; A. H. Burke " 1891
j E. Shortridge term began Jan. 1893
j Roger Allin " Jan. 1895
) UNITED STATKS SENATORS FROM THE STATE OK NORTH
i DAKOTA.
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1861
1874
1878
1880
1884
1887
1889
Name.
i Gilbert A. Pierce
. Lyman R. Casey
Henry C. Hansborough
William N. Roach
No. of Congress.
51st
51st to 53d
52d "
53d "
Date.
to 1891
" 1893
1891
Remarks.
; Term expires
1 1897.
( Term expires
1 northea§t and nortli^ire§t pa§§ages and
iPoIar expeditions. The attennpt to discover a
northwest passage was made by a Portuguese named Corte
(Real, about 1500. In 1585, a company was formed in London
i^alled the "Fellowship for the Discovery of the Northwest
iPassage." From 1743 to 1818 British Parliament offered
jJO,000/. for this discovery. In 1818 the reward was modified
py proposing that 5000/. should be paid when either 110°,
1120°, or 130° W. Ion, should be passed; one payment was
jnade to sir E. Parry. For the voyages enumerated in the
[ist below, Parry, Franklin, Ross, Back, and Richardson were
alighted.
iebastian Cabot's voyages to the Arctic regions 1498, 1517
ir Hugh Willoughby and Richard Chancellor's expedition to
find a northeast passage to China, in the Edward Bonaven-
tura, Bona Esperanza, and Bona Confidentia, sailed from the
j Thames (Nova Zembla) 20 May, 1553
l^ichard Chancellor, in the Edward, reached Archangel and
1 Moscow ; the rest perished off Lapland about 1554
iir Martin Frobisher seeks a northwest passage to China 1576
lapt. Davis's expeditions to find a northwest passage . .1585, '86, '87
larentz's Dutch expeditions (by N.E.) 1594-95
! aymouth and Knight's expedition 1602
; udson's voyages (Hudson's bay) 1607-10
: r Thomas Button's • 1612
iiffln's (Baffin's bay) 1616
«e's expedition 1631
[Many others, from various countries, followed.]
wring's voyages 1728, 1729, 1741
'udieton's expedition 1742
core's and Smith's ' 1746
1845
1850
Heame's land expedition 1769
Capt. Phipps, afterwards lord Mulgrave, his expedition 1773
Capt. Cook, in the Resolution and Discovery July, 1776
Mackenzie's expedition 1789
Capt. Duncan's voyage 1790
Discovery, capt. Vancouver, returned from surveys and dis-
coveries on the northwest coast of America Sept. 1795
Lieut. Kotzebue's exptidition Oct. 1815
Capt. Ross and lieut. Parry in the Isabella and Alexander 1818
Capt. Buchan and lieut. Franklin's expedition in the Dorothea
and Trent "
Franklin's second expedition 1819-22
Lieuts. Parry and Liddon, in the Hecla and Griper 4 May, 1819
They return to Leith 3 Nov. 1820
Capts. Parry and Lyon in Fury and Hecla 8 May, 1821-23
Parry's third expedition with the Hecla 8 May, 1824
Capts. Franklin and Lyon, after having attempted a land ex-
pedition, again sail from Liverpool 16 Feb. 1825
Capt. Parry, again in the Hecla, sails from Deptford, reaches a
spot 435 miles from the North pole, 22 June; returns. .6 Oct. 1827
Capt. Ross arrived at Hull, on return from Arctic expedition,
after 4 years, and when nearly despaired of 18 Oct. 1833
[He discovered Boothia Felix, 1830, and on 1 June, 1831,
his nephew, James C. Ross, discovered the magnetic North
pole in 70° 5' 17" N. lat., and 96° 46' 45" W. Ion.]
Capt. Back and companions arrived at Liverpool from their
Arctic land expedition (1833), after following Great Fish river
to the Polar seas '. 8 Sept. 1835
Capt, Back sailed from Chatham in British ship Terror, on an
exploring adventure to Wager river 21 June, 1836
[The Geographical Society awarded the king's annual
premium to capt. Back for his Polar discoveries and enter-
prise, Dec. 1835.]
Sir John Franklin, and capts. Crozier and Fitzjames, in the
ships Erebus and Terror, leave England (Franklin).. 24 May,
[The northwest passage was discovered by sir John
Franklin and his companions, who sailed down Peel and
Victoria strait, now Franklin strait. The monument in Wa-
terloo place is inscribed: " To Franklin and his brave com-
panions, who sacrificed their lives in completing the discovery
of the northwest passage, a.d. 1847-48." Lady Franklin re-
ceived a medal from the Royal Geographical Society.]
Capt. M'Clure sailed in the Investigator with com. Collinson in
the Enterprise in search of sir John Franklin 20 Jan.
[On 6 Sept. he discovered high land, which he named Bar-
ing's land; on the 9th, other land, which he named after
prince Albert; on the 30th the ship was frozen in. Con-
vinced that the waters in which they lay communicated
with Barrow's strait, he set out on 21 Oct., with a few men
in a sledge, to test his views. On 26 Oct. he reached Point
Russell (73° 31' N. lat., 114° 14' W. Ion.), where from an ele-
vation of 600 feet he saw Parry or Melville sound beneath
them. The strait connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
he named after the prince of Wales. The Investigator was
the first ship which traversed the Polar sea from Behring's
strait to Behring island. Intelligence of the discovery was
brought to England by com. Inglefield, and the Admiralty
chart was published 14 Oct. 1853. Capt. M'Clure returned to
England, Sept. 1854. In 1855, 5000?. were paid to capt. (after-
wards sir Robert) M'Clure, and 5000Z. were distributed among
the ofiicers and crew. On 30 Jan. 1855, the Admiralty prom-
ised the Arctic medal to all persons engaged in the expedi-
tions from 1818 to 1855.]
German Arctic expedition (the Germania and the Hansa)
sailed 15 June; arrived at Pendulum bay, Greenland, 18
July, 1869; the vessels parted; the Germania arrived at
Bremen 11 Sept. 1870; the Hansa was frozen and sank, Oct.
1869; the crew escaped with provisions, and reached Co-
penhagen 1 Sept. 1870
Norwegian Arctic expedition sailed in the spring 1872
Swedish expedition under prof NordenskjOld sailed from
TrOmso, 21 July, 1872; unsuccessful; returned in summer of 1873
Capt. Hall sailed from New York in U. S. ship Polaris, 29 June,
1871; frozen in Sept. ; d. 8 Nov. After much suflering, the
crew (about half of them having floated 6 months on an ice-
field) are rescued (United States) Apr.-June, "
B. Leigh Smith sailed to lat. 81° 24', and discovered land
northeast of Spitzbergen, 1871; in other voyages he discov-
ered undercurrents of warm water flowing into the polar
basin ; he relieved the Swedish expedition 1872-73
An Austro-Hungarian expedition in the Admiral Tegethoff,
and the Isborjnen, under Weyprecht and Payer, sailed from
TrOmso, in Norway, 14 July, 1872; the ships parted com-
pany, and the Tegethoff sailed northward and discovered
Franz-Joseph land, 31 Aug. 1873; frozen .in, abandoned ship.
May, 1874; reached Vardoe, Norway, by sledges, 3 Sept.;
arrived at Vienna 25 Sept. 1874
Mr. Disraeli consents to a new British Arctic expedition. 17
Nov. 1874; 38,620L voted for the expedition 5 Mch. 1875
Capt. G. S. Nares, of the Challenger, appointed to command the
Alert, and capt. H. F. Stephenson to command the Discovery.
The ships sailed from Portsmouth 29 May, "
Alert (on return) arrived at Valentia, 27 Oct. ; the Discovery
at Queenstown. 29 Oct. ; at Portsmouth 2 Nov. 1876
[Results. Sledges reached 83° 20' 26", 12 May, 1876; pas-
sage to the Pole declared impracticable; no signs of open
polar sea; ships wintered 82° 87' lat. ; sim absent 142 day.«;
no Esquimaux beyond 81° 52'. Out of 120 persons 4 deaths
(1 frost-bitten, 3 scurvy); greatest cold 72° below zero; ex-
treme northern point reached by Markham named cape Co-
lumbia. Cost of the expedition 120,000^.]
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Expedition of capt Allen Young In the Pandora (aided by lady
Franklin), sailed 25 Juno; returned 19 Oct. 1875 ; sailed again
2Juno; returned 31 Oct. 1876
Dutch e.xpeditiou sailed from Holland Apr. 1878
" Voyage," pub. by capt. Nares "
James Gordon Bennett's expedition; lieut. 6. W. De Long
sailed in yacht Jeannette (420 tons) from San, Francisco, Cal. ;
2d officer, C. W. Chipp; 3d officer, John W. Dauenhower;
engineer, G. W. Melville 8 July, 1879
[Jeannette crushed by ice 23 June, 1881 ; 2 of her 3 boats
arrive at mouth of Lena river, Siberia, 19 Sept. 1881. First
news received 21 Dec. 1881. Search for crew of missing
boat (commanded by lieut. -commander De Long, chief of ex-
pedition) was begun at once, under orders from U. S. and
Russian governments. Tidings received, 2 Feb. 1882; the
missing party traced to a forest in Siberia on west bank
of Lena river. After a prolonged search, engineer Mel-
ville found the bodies of De Long and his party, 24 Mch.
1882.]
Dutch exploring expedition in the Willem Barentz, sailed for
Arctic ocean, 6 May; successful; returned to Hammerfest,
Norway 24 Sept. "
Another expedition in Vega, under prof. NordenskjOld, started
4 July, 1878; at Port Dickson on the Yenisei, 6 Aug.; at
mouth of Lena, 27 Aug. ; at Yakutsk, 22 Sept. ; ice-bound
near Tschuctshe settlement, 28 Sept. 1878-18 July, 1879 ;
passed East cape,Behring's strait; entered St. Lawrence bay,
i n Pac i flc ocean , 20 J u ly ; reach ed Yokohama 2 Sept. "
Northeast passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific is thus
accomplished, chiefly at the expense of Oscar Dickson, a
merchant of Gothenburg 1878-79
B. Leigh Smith's successful expedition to the North pole, in
his yacht Eim, from and to Peterhead 22 June-12 Oct. 1880
[Charts of latest discoveries in Petermann's "Mittheilun-
gen der Geographic."]
Ship Corwin sailed from San Francisco in search of the Jean-
nette and missing whalers 4 May, 1881
Ship Rodgers sailed from same port on a like mission, 16 June, "
[Lieut. Berry of the Rodgers the first to land on Wrangel's
Land; found to be an island; desolate; coal found.]
Rodgers burned at sea (crew escaped in boats) 3 Nov. "
Expedition by U. S. government to explore, and if possible to
reach, the North pole, lieut. A. W. Greely, 5th U. S. cavalry, 1st
in command, lieut. F. F. Kislingbury, 2d, and lieut. Jas. B.
Lockwood, 3d, with 22 others; sail in the Proteus Tune, "
Another expedition by B. Leigh Smith, in the Elra, 14 June;
Eira seen in strait of Nova Zembla 8 July, "
[Eira injured by ice; at cape Flora sank in deep water,
21 Aug. ; stores saved, tent and house erected ; the party
live on seals, walrus, etc., during winter, 1881-82; return
voyage began (boats hauled, etc.), 21 June; fell in with
Dutch vessel, Willem Barentz, and soon after with the Hope
(capt. sir Allen Young, sent in search of the Eira^ 22 June,
1882), near Matotchkin strait. Nova Zembla, 3 Aug. ; sail for
home, 6 Aug. ; arrive at Aberdeen, 20 Aug. 1882.]
Corwin returned to Sitka 3 June, 1882
Neptune sent to relieve Greely exploration party ; lieut. Beebe
deposits stores at Littleton island and other places, and re-
lurns ' '
German Arctic expedition; Germania sailed, summer, re-
turned 23 Oct. "
British circumpolar expedition started 11 May, "
Austrian Polar expedition; Polar started, 2 Apr. 1882; re-
turned to Drontheim, 11 Aug. ; to Vienna 22 Aug. 1883
Proteus, with lieut. E. A. Garlington, 7th U. S. cavalry, sent to
give relief to the Greely expedition "
[Efforts not successful ; lead to a court of inquiry.]
Thetis and Bear, under commander Winfleld S. Schley, start
in search of lieut. Greely 10 May, 1884
Discover the survivors at Baird's inlet 22 June, "
Of the party (25) only lieut. Greely and 6 others were alive,
1 of whom (Ellison) died shortly after. These arrived at
Portsmouth, N. H. (Abstinence) 1 Aug. "
Lieut. R. E. Peary's expedition to ascertain the northern ex-
tension of Greenland June, 1891-Sept. 1892
Extreme limit reached by the expedition, 81° 37' N. lat., at In-
dependence bay 4 July, "
North coast of Greenland not yet fully developed 1894
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen's polar expedition "
[Highest latitude reached was 83° 23' 8" in 1882; see sub-
joined record.]
Hudson 80° 23' 1607 Aldrich 83° 7' 1876
Phipps 80° 48' 1773 Markham ., ,.83° 20' 26"... "
Scoresby 81° 12' 42". . . 1806 Lockwood. ... 83° 23' 8". . . . 1882
Parry 82° 45' 1827
Franklin, Search for.
IVorthmen or ]¥or§eineil. America, Norman-
dy, Scandinavia.
Bfortll Point, Md., Battle of. An indecisive engage-
ment between the United States troops under gen. Strieker, and
the British under Ross and Cockburn, in which Ross was
killed, 12 Sept. 1814. Maryland, United States.
IVortb pole. Northeast and northwest pas-
sages.
BforthM^estern territory. United States,
1787.
Norway, until the 7th century, was governed by petty
rulers. About 630, Olaf Traitelia, of the race of Odin termed
Ynglings, or youths, expelled from Sweden, established a col
ony in Vermeland, the nucleus of a monarchy, founded by his
descendant, Halfdan III. the Black, a great warrior and leg
islator, whose memory was long revered. Area, 124,495 sq.
miles; pop. 1875, 1,807,555; 1891, 1,999,176.
Olaf Trsetelia, 630; slain by his subjects 64C
Halfdan L,640; Eystein L, 700; Halfdan IL, 730; Gudrod,784;
Olaf Geirstade and Halfdan III 82^
Halfdan recovers his inheritance from his brother, whom he
subdues, with neighboring chiefs, 840; accidentally drowned, 86J
Chiefs regain their power during the youth of his son, Harold
Harfager, or fair-haired, who vows neither to cut nor comb
his hair till he recovers his dominion
He defeats his enemies at Hafsflord, 872 ; d 99i
Eric I. (the bloody axe), his son, a tyrant, expelled, and suc-
ceeded by
Hako (the Good), 940; he endeavors in vain to establish Chris-
tianity ; d 96fl
Harold II. , Graafeld, son of Eric, succeeds
Killed in battle with Harold of Denmark
Hako Jarl, made governor of several provinces; becomes king,
977; his licentiousness leads to his ruin; deposed by Olaf I.,
Trygvaeson ; and slain by his slave 99
Olaf I., 995; establishes Christianity by force and cruelty 99
Defeated and slain, during an expedition against Pomerania,
by the kings of Denmark and Sweden, who share Norway. . 100
Olaf II., the Saint (his son), lands in Norway 101
Defeats his enemies and becomes king 101
Fiercely zealous in the difi"usion of Christianity 1018-2
Successful invasion of Canute, who becomes king 1028-2
Olaf expelled ; returns and is killed in battle 108
Sweyn, at death of Canute, succeeds as king, but is expelled
for Magnus I. , bastard son of Olaf II 1031
Magnus becomes king of Denmark, 1036; d. . . 10^
Harold Hardrada, king of Norway
Invades England; defeated and slain by Harold II. at Stamford
bridge 25 Sept. 106
Olaf III. and Magnus II. (sons), kings, 25 Sept. 1066; Olaf alone
(pacific) 1069-9r
Olaf IIL founds Bergen 1070
Magnus III. (Barefoot), son of Olaf. 1093
Invades the Orkneys and Scotland 1096
Killed in Ireland 1103
Sigurd I., Eystein II., and Olaf IV. (sons) "
Sigurd visits the Holy Land as a warrior pilgrim 1107-10
Becomes sole king, 1122; d 1130
Magnus IV. (his son) and Harold IV "
Magnus dethroned 1134
Harold IV. murdered; succeeded by his sons, Sigurd II., etc.;
civil war rages 1136
Nicolas Breakspear (afterwards pope Adrian IV.), the papal
legate, arrives, reconciles the brothers, and founds archbish-
opric of Trondheim 1152
Numerous competitors for the crown; civil war; Inge I., Ey-
stein in., Hako in., Magnus V 1136-62
Magnus V. alone 1162
Rise of Swerro, an able adventurer, who becomes king; Mag-
nus defeated ; drowned 1186
Swerro rules vigorously; d 1202
Hako, his son, king, 1202; Guthrum, 1204; Inge II 1205
Hako IV., bastard son of Swerro 1207
Unsuccessfully invades Scotland, where he d 1263
Magnus VI., his son (the legislator), d 1280
Eric IL, the priest-hater, marries Margaret of Scotland; their
daughter, the Maid of Norway, becomes heiress to the crown
of Scotland 1286
Hako v., his brother, king 1299-1319
[Decline of Norwegian prosperity.]
Magnus VIL (III. of Sweden), king 1319-43
Hako VI 134.3-80
Olaf V. of Norway (II. of Denmark) 1380-87
Norway united with Denmark and Sweden under Margaret. . . . 1389
At assembly at Calmar the 3 states are formally united 1397
Sweden and Norway separated from Denmark, 1448; reunited. 1450
Denmark and Norway separated from Sweden 1523
Christiania, the modern capital, built by Christian IV 1624
Norway given to Sweden by the treaty of Kiel; Pomerania and
Rugen annexed to Denmark 14 Jan. 1814
Norwegians declare independence 17 May, "
Swedish troops enter Norway 16 July, "
Charles Frederic, duke ofHolstein, elected king; abdicates,
10 Oct. "
Charles XIIL of Sweden proclaimed king by National Diet
(Storthing) at Christiania; accepted constitution which de-
clares Norway a free, independent, indivisible, and inalien-
able state, united to Sweden 4 Nov. "
Nobility abolished 1821 i
National order of St. Olaf instituted by king Oscar 1 1847
Millennial of foundation of kingdom celebrated 18 July, 1872
King Oscar II. crowned at Drontheim 17 July, 1873
Statue of Charles John XIV. unveiled at Christiania 7 Sept. 1875
Denmark, Sweden.
I10tat>le§, French assemblies of nobles, bishops,
knights, and lawyers. An assembly of notables was con-
vened by the duke of Guise, 20 Aug. 1560, and later by
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585
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other statesmen. Calonne, minister of Louis XVI,, sum-
moned one which met on 22 Feb. 1787, on account of the
king's disordered finances, and again in 1788, when he opened
his plan ; but reforms interfered with private interests. Ca-
lonne was dismissed, and soon retired to England. Louis hav-
ing lost his confidential minister, De Vergennes, by death, called
De Brienne, an ecclesiastic, to his councils. The notables re-
assembled on 6 Nov. 1788. In the end, the States-general
were convoked 5 Dec, and hence the National Assembly.
The notables were dismissed by the king, 12 Dec. 1788. — The
Spanish notables assembled and met Napoleon in obedience
to a decree issued by him at Bayonne, 25 May, 1808.
notaries public, said to have been appointed by
the primitive fathers of the Christian church, to collect the
acts or memoirs of the martyrs of the first century. — Du Fres-
noy. The name was afterwards given to a legal office to attest
deeds and writings, and establish their authenticity every-
where. A statute to regulate public notaries was passed in
1801, and others since.
Wotre Dame (jw-tr dam'), the cathedral at Paris, was
founded in 1163. It narrowly escaped destruction by com-
munists. May, 1871. It has been beautifully and judiciously
restored, at a cost of about $1,250,000, under the superintend-
ence of Viollet-le-Duc, 1866 et seq.
Bfova Seotia, one of the provinces of the dominion
of Canada, is a peninsula lying southeast of New Brunswick,
and nearly separated from it by the bay of Fundy. It was dis-
covered by Cabot, 1497 ; visited by Verazzano, 1524. French
settled at Port Royal, 1605-7, and named the country Acadia.
Partial settlement made in 1622 by Scotch under sir William
Alexander, in the reign of James I. of England, and named
Nova Scotia. Since its first settlement it has more than once
changed proprietors. Ceded to France by the treaty of Breda,
1667 ; to England by treaty of Utrecht, 1713 ; disputed posses-
sion for a number of years until confirmed to England in 1763. j
Nova Scotia was divided into 2 provinces in 1784, and was
made a bishopric in Aug. 1787. King's college, Windsor,
was founded in 1788. Baronets. Gold was found in Nova
Scotia in 1861. By act of 29 Mch. 1867, Nova Scotia and
New Brunswick were united with Canada for legislative pur-
poses. On the agitation for secession John Bright pre-
sented a petition in the commons, 15 May; his motion for a
royal commission of inquiry negatived, 16 June, 1868. The
agitation soon subsided. Area, 20,550 sq. miles. Pop. 1881,
440,572 ; 1891, 450,523. French in America.
Xovatians, a sect which denied restoration to the
church to those who relapsed during persecution, began with
Novatian, a Roman presbyter, in 250. Cathari.
]\[OVa Zembia (" New Land "), a large island in the
Arctic ocean, about 600 miles in length, north and south, from
70° to 77° N. lat. Area about 40,000 sq. miles. First known
geographically when sighted by sir Hugh Willoughby, 1553.
Russia, to which it belongs, established a permanent station
here for scientific observations.
Novels (Novellas), a part of Justinian's Code, published
535. Literature, Romances.
Bfovember (novem, nine), anciently the 9th month
of the year. When Numa added January and Februarj', in
713 B.C., it became the 11th as now. The Roman senators
wished to name this month in which Tiberius was born by
his name, in imitation of Julius Caesar and Augustus; but
the emperor refused, saying, " What will you do, conscript
fathers, if you have thirteen Caesars ?"
Bfov'gorod, a city of central Russia, made the seat of
his government by Ruric, a Varangian chief, in 862, at the
foundation of the Russian empire. Novgorod became a re-
public about 1150. In 1475 Ivan III. entered and abolished
I its charters, and a century later Ivan the Terrible destroyed
I the last vestige of its independence. In the beginning of the
' 17th century the Swedes occupied Novgorod for 7 years. The
city is supposed to have had a population of at least 400,000 in
the 15th century ; now about 17,000. A national monument
■ was placed here, 20 Sept. 1862, by the czar in memory of the
origin of the Russian empire.
Novi, a town of N. Italy. Here the French under
19* "
Joubert were defeated by the Russians under Suwarrow with
immense loss, 15 Aug. 1799. Among the French slain were
their leader, Joubert, and other distinguished officers.
"]\[o'vum Or'ganuin," the great work of lord
Bacon, containing his system of philosophy, was pub. 1620.
IVu'bia, the ancient Ethiopia supra iEgyptum, said to
have been the seat of the kingdom of the Meroe, received its
name from a tribe named Nubes or Nubates. The Christian
kingdom, with Dongola, the capital, lasted till the 14th century,
when it was broken up into Mahometan principalities. It waa
subject to the viceroy of Egypt, having been conquered by
Ibrahim Pach& in 1822, until the revolt of the Mahdi in 1882,
when all of this region passed out of the hands of the Egyp-
tians. Soudan.
nucleus theory in cliemistry. Compound
Radical.
:Wulliflcation ordinance of South Caro-
lina. South Carolina ; United States, 1832-33.
Numantine war. The war between Romans and
Celtiberians (Celts who possessed the country near the Iber,
now the Ebro) began 143 B.C., the latter having given refuge
to their allies the Sigidians, who had been defeated by the
Romans. Numantia, an unprotected city, \^ithstood a long
siege, in which the army of Scipio Africanus, 60,000 men,
was opposed by no more than 4000 men able to bear arms.
The Numantines fed upon horse-flesh, and their own dead,
and then drew lots to kill one another. At length they set
fire to their houses, and destroyed themselves, so that not one
remained to adorn the triumph of the conqueror, 133 b.c.
(Nothing in the annals of ancient Rome exhibits its remorse-
less and vindictive spirit more than this war.)
numerals. The use of visible signs to denote num-
bers can be traced to remote times ; but our present decimal
sj'stem in its complete form with the zero is of Indian or
Hindu origin. From the Hindus it passed to the Arabians,
probably about 750 a.d. In Europe the complete system was
derived from the Arabs in the 12th century. The use of
numerals in India can be traced back to the Ndna Ghat in-
scriptions supposed to date from the early part of the 3d cen-
tury B.C. The earliest known example of a date written on
the modern system is of 738 a.d. Abacus, Arithmetic
IVuniid'ia, a country of N. Africa, the seat of the war of
the Romans with Jugurtha, which began 111 b.c., and ended
with his subjugation and captivity, 106. The last king, Juba,
joined Cato, and was killed at the battle of Thapsus, 46 b.c.,
when Numidia became a Roman province. Mauritania.
numismat'iCS, the science of coins and medals, an
important aid to the study of history. In England Evelyn
(1697), Addison (1726), and Pinkerton (1789), published works
on medals. Pellerin's " Recueil des Medailles," 9 vols. 4to
(1762). Ruding's "Annals" is the great work on British
coinage (new edition, 1840). The Numismatic Society in
London was founded by Dr. John Lee in 1836. It publishes
the Numismatic Chronicle. Yonge Akerman's " Numismatic
Manual" (1840) is a useful introduction to the science. For-
eign works are numerous. Coin, Medals.
nun'cio, an envoy from the pope to Catholic states.
The pope deputed a nuncio to the Irish rebels in 1645. The
arrival in London of a nuncio, and his admission to audience
by James II., July, 1687, hastened the English Revolution.
nunnery. The first founded is said to have been that
to which the sister of St. Anthony retired at the close of the
3d century. The first founded in France, near Poictiers, by
St. Marceilina, sister to St. Martin, 360.— Dw Fresnoy. The
first in England was at Folkestone, in Kent, by Eadbald, or
Edbald, king of Kent, Q30.—Duf/dale. Abbeys ; French in
America, 1639; Monachism. The nuns were expelled from
convents in Germany, in Julj', 1785 ; in France, in Jan. 1790.
In Feb. 1861, monastic establishments were abolished in Na-
ples, with compensation to inmates. For memorable instances
of fortitude of nuns, Acre, Coldingham.
Nu'remberg, a mediaeval city of Germany dating
from the 11th century, and a free imperial city from 1219.
From this citv Charles IV. of Germany issued his famous
GoLDKN BULi^ 1355, Hiid here Albert DUrer was bcM-n, 1471.
In 1522, the diet here demanded ecclesiastical reforms and a
general council, and in 1532 secured religious liberty to the
Protestants. It was annexed to Bavaria in 1805. Now noted
for having maintained its mediaeval aspect substantially un-
impaired, so that it is virtually in its architecture a city of the
middle ages. Pop. 1890, 142,403.
686 OBE
" In the valley of the Pegnitz, where across broad meadow-land"
Rise the blue Francouian mountains, Nuremberg the ancient]
stands." — Longfellow, "Nuremberg.'
]VuUen i§laild. New York, 1637.
IVysf adt, a seaport town of S.W. Finland. By treaty,]
signed here 30 Aug. 1721, Sweden ceded Livonia, Esthonia
and other territories to Russia.
O
O, the 15th letter and 4th vowel of the English alphabet,
is the o fiiKpov, little or short o of the Greek. Traced to the
Phoenician, but as yet no evidence of the letter found in the
Egyptian. In Irish or (laelic surnames it signifies son of, as
O'Brien, son of Brien, etc.
oak (Ang.-Sax. ac. The name common to the Teutonic
tongue. Lat. Quercus, a tree belonging to the order Cupu-
Uferae), styled the monarch of the woods, and an emblem of
strength, virtue, constancy, and long life. That produced in
England is considered to be the best for ship-building, except
the live-oak of the United States. Flowers and plants.
In June, 403, the "Synod of the Oak " was held at Chalcedon.
The constellation Robur Caroli (the oak of Charles), was
named by Dr. Halley in 1676, in memory of the oak in which
Charles II. saved himself from his pursuers, after the battle of
Worcester, 3 Sept. 1651. Boscobel, Races.
Charter oak (Connecticut) 1687-1856
Heme's oak, Windsor park, mentioned in "Merry Wives of
Windsor," destroyed by wind(HERNE's oak) 31 Aug. 1863
Existing oaks, 1879: Cowthorpe, Yorkshire; girth at the ground, 55
feet 6 inches. Newland, Gloucester (mentioned in Domes-day
Book), 46 feet.
" Talking Oak," poem by Tennyson. Literature.
Oate§'§ plot. Titus Oates, at one time chaplain in
the British navy, was dismissed for immoral conduct, and be-
came a lecturer in London. In conjunction with Dr. Tongue,
he invented a plot of the Roman Catholics, who he asserted
had conspired to assassinate Charles II. and extirpate the
Protestant religion. He made it known, 12 Aug. 1678, and
about 18 Roman Catholics were accused, and, upon false tes-
timony, convicted and executed ; among them the aged vis-
count Stafford, 29 Dec. 1680. Oates was afterwards tried for
perjury (in the reign of James II.), and, being found guilty,
was fined, put in the pillory, publicly whipped from Newgate
to Tyburn, and sentenced to imprisonment for life, May, 1685.
On the accession of William and Mary he was pardoned, and
a pension of 3/. a week granted to him, 1689.
oaths, solemn appeals to God for the truth of an affir-
mation. There are 2 classes of oaths : (1) assertatory, when
made as to a fact, etc. ; (2) promissory, oaths of allegiance, of
office, etc. Taken by Abraham, 1892 B.C. (Gen. xxi. 24), and
authorized 1491 B.C. (Exod. xxii. 11). The administration
of an oath in judicial proceedings was introduced by the Sax-
ons into England, 600. — Rapin. That administered to a judge
was settled 1344.
Icelandic oath : " Name I to witness that I take oath by the
ring, law-oath, so help me Frey and NiOrdh, and almighty
Thor, as I shall this suit follow or defend, or witness bear, or
verdict or doom, as I wit rightest and soothe stand most law-
fully," etc about 925
Of supremacy, first administered to British subjects, and rati-
fied by Parliament, 26 Henry VIII. {Stow's Chron.) 1535
Oaths were taken on the Gospels so early as 528 ; and the words
" So help me God and all saints," concluded an oath until. . . 1550
Ancient oath of allegiance in England, " to be true and faith-
ful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of
life and limb and terrene honor; and not to know or hear
of any ill or damage intended him without defending him
therefrom," to which James I. added a declaration against
the pope's authority 1603
It was again altered 1689
Afflrmation of a Quaker authorized instead of an oath, by
statute, in 1696 et seq.
Of abjuration, being an obligation to maintain the govern-
ment of king, lords, and commons, the church of England,
and toleration of Protestant dissenters, and abjuring all Ro-
man Catholic pretenders to the crown, 13 Will. Ill 1701
Affirmation, instead of oath, was permitted to Quakers and
other dissenters by acts passed in 1833, 1837, 1838, and 1863
(Affirmation).
In 1858 and 1860 Jews elected members of Parliament were re-
lieved from part of the oath of allegiance (Jews).
By 24 and 25 Vict. c. 66, a solemn declaration may be substi-
tuted for an oath by persons conscientiously objecting to be
sworn in criminal prosecutions 1861
A bill for modifying the oath taken by Roman Catholics (passed
by the commons) was rejected by the lords 26 June, If.
Oath to be taken by members of Parliament was modified
and made uniform by an act passed 30 Apr.
New oath of allegiance by 31 and 32 Vict. c. 72 (1868), for mem-
bers of the new Parliament: " I do swear that I will be faith-
ful and bear true allegiance to her majesty queen Victoria,
her heirs and successors, according to law, so help me God."
(Bradlaugh case. Parliament, 1880.)
New Parliamentary Oaths bill brought in; discharged. .5 July, 188
Following is the form of the oath of allegiance Washington was
directed by Congress to administer to the officers of the army
before leaving Valley Forge: "I [name and office], in the
armies of the United States of America, do acknowledge the
United States of America to be free, independent, and sover-
eign states, and declare that the people thereof owe no alle-
giance or obedience to George III., king of Great Britain; and
I renounce, refuse, and abjure any allegiance or obedience to
him ; and I do that I will to the utmost of my power sup-
port, maintain, and defend the said United States against the
said king George III. , his heirs and successors, and his or their
abettors, assistants, and adherents, and will serve the said
United States in the office of which I now hold with fidel-
ity according to the best of my skill and understanding, " June, 1778 '
[By act of Congress, 3 Aug. 1861, the oath of allegiance for
the cadets at West Point was amended so as to abjure all
allegiance, sovereignty, or fealty to any state, county, or
country whatsoever, and to require unqualified support of
the Constitution and the national government.]
Oaths of allegiance, as a condition of pardon, required of per-
sons who had participated in the rebellion 1866
[ The oath required of persons appointed to office from the
southern U. S., declaring that they had in no way aided or
abetted the rebellion, was called the "ironclad oath." Its
terms were modified as soon as all apprehension of further
difficulty at the South had passed away.]
Affirmations ordered to be accepted for oaths in France, 2 Feb. ;
in Spain April, 1883
Ob'eli§k (Gr. 6/3«X6c, a spit; fiovoXlOog, a single
stone), a column of rectangular shape, slightly ta[)ering from
the bottom to near the top, which draws sharply to a point in
the form of a pj'ramid. The Egyptian symbol of the supreme
god. The first mentioned in history was that of Rameses,
king of Egypt, about 1485 B.C. The Arabians called them
Pharaoh's needles, and the Egyptian priests the fingers of the
sun. Several were erected at Rome ; one by the emperor Au-
gustus in the Campus Martius, on the pavement of which was
a horizontal dial that marked the hour, about 14 b.c. Of the
obelisks brought to Rome by the emperors, several have been re-
stored and set up by various popes. One was excavated and set
up in the piazza of St. John Lateran, Rome, by Sixtus V. 1588.
In London are 3 English obelisks: first in Fleet St., at the top
of Bridge St., erected to John Wilkes, lord mayor of London in
1775; and immediately opposite to it, at the south end of Farring-
don St., stands another of granite to the memory of Robert Waith-
man, lord mayor in 1824, erected 25 June, 1833; the third, at the
south end of the Blackfriars road, marks the distance of one mile
and a fraction from Fleet st.
Egyptian obelisks. 42 are known, some broken: 12 at Rome; 1,
from Luxor, set up in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, Oct. 1836;
5 in England (2 British Museum, 1 Alnwick, 1 Soughton hall, 1 on
Thames embankment) ; 1 in New York.
Obelisks improperly named "Cleopatra's Needles" were erected
by Thothmes III. at On (Heliopolis), about 1500 B.C. One was re-
moved to Alexandria by Augustus, about 23 B.C. After being long
imbedded in the shore, it was acquired for Great Britain by sit
Ralph Abercromby in 1801, but not removed. It was offered to the
British government by Mehemet Ali, and again by the Khedive,
15 Mch. 1H77.
Erasmus Witeon having offered to pay all expenses, John Dixon,
the engineer, undertook to convey it to England. The vessel
Cleopatra, containing it, sailed with the Olga, 21 Sept. During
a violent gale the vessels were separated, 14, 15 Oct. ; 6 lives
OBE 587
were lost in a fruitless attempt to recover it. The Cleopatra, which
was abandoned, was found by the Fitzmaurice (capt. Carter), and
towed to Ferrol, whence it was towed by the Anglia, and arrived
in London, 20 Jan. 1878.
Salvage awarded was 2000Z., 6 Apr. 1878.
After much discussion, the Thames embankment (between Charing
Cross and Waterloo bridges) was selected for its site, where, by
much engineering skill, it was placed, 12 Sept. 1878.
Obelisk weighs 186 tons, 7 cwt., 2 stones, 11 lbs. Height, from base
to point, 68 feet 5)4 inches.
It was placed under the care of the metropolitan board of works by
act passed 22 July, 1878.
Fellow of the obelisk of London (reared at Heliopolis about 1500
B.C. by Thothmes IIL, and removed to Alexandria about 23 b.c.)
was offered to the U. S. in 1877.
Offer was confirmed. May, 1879. The work of lowering the shaft
begun by lieut.-com. Gorringe, 6 Dec. 1879. New York, Jan. 1881.
Ober-Ammergau pa§§ion-play. Drama.
Oberlin college, at Oberlin, Lorain county, O.,
founded in 1833 by the rev. John J. Shipherd and Philo P.
Stewart, and so named in honor of J. F. Oberlin (1740-1826),
a Protestant pastor of Waldbach, Alsace. Colleges.
Oblong tract, The. A tract of land claimed by
Connecticut, 580 rods in width, containing 61,440 acres, and
OCT
called from its form " The Oblong." This was ceded to New
York as an equivalent for lands near Long Island sound, now
including the towns of Greenwich, Stamford, New Canaan,
and Darien, surrendered to Connecticut, by agreement of the
commissioners of New York and Connecticut, 1731. But the
dividing line of " The Oblong " was not run correctly, and this
gave rise to a vexatious controversy which was not settled
until 1880. New York, 1880.
ob§ervatory, a building with apparatus for observing
natural, especially astronomical, phenomena. The first is said
to have been the top of the temple of Belus, at Babylon. On
the tomb of Ozimandyas, in Egypt, was another, with a golden
circle 200 feet in diameter; that at Benares was at least as
ancient as these. The first in authentic history was at Alex-
andria, about 300 B.C., erected by Ptolemy Soter. The first
observatory in Europe was erected at Nuremberg, 1472, by
Walthers. The 2 most celebrated of the 16th century were
the one erected by landgrave William IV. at Cassel, 1661, and
Tycho Brahe's at Uranienburg, 1567. The first attempt in
the United States was at the University of North Carolina,
1824 ; and the first permanent one at Williams college, 1836.
PRINCIPAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES, ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE SIZE OF REFRACTOR.
Lick
Pulkowa
Nice
Paris
Vienna
Washington .
Mccormick's ,
Newall's
Princeton
Mt. Etna
Strasburg
Milan
Chicago
Warner
Washburn
Edinburgh...
Brussels
Madrid
Rio Janeiro. .
Paris
Huggins
Paris
Tacubaya
Bordeaux
Nice
Pulkowa
Harvard
Lisbon
Litchfield . . . ,
Coopers .....
Cadiz
Rutherfurd's..
Allegheny
Dudley
Greenwich . . ,
Algiers ,
Ann Arbor
Vassar
Glasgow
Oxford university
Paris
Lick
Vienna
Middletown university
White's
Dresden
Sunderlin
Dublin
Cambridge university.
Potsdam
Mt. Lookout
Hastings. . .
Place.
Hamilton, Cal
Russia
South France
France
Austria
Washington, D. C
Virginia, U. S
Gateshead, Engl
Princeton, N. J
Sicily
Germany
Italy
Chicago, 111
Rochester, N. Y
Madison, Wis
Scotland
Belgium
Spain
Brazil
France
Tulse Hill, London, Engl
France
Mexico
France
South France
Russia
Cambridge, Mass
Portugal
Hamilton college, Clinton, N. Y.
Markree, Sligo, Ireland
San Fernando, Portugal
Columbia college, N. Y
Pennsylvania, U. S
Albany, N. Y
England
France
Africa
Ann Arbor, Mich
New York
Missouri, U. S
England
France
Hamilton, Cal
Austria
Middletown, Conn
Brooklyn, N. Y
Saxony
England
Ireland
England
Germany
Cincinnati, 0 ;
New York
Size of refractor.
Maker and date furnished.
36 inches
A. Clark & Sons, 1887.
30
A. Clark & Sons, 1884.
29.9 "
Henry Bros., 1886.
28.9 "
Martin, 1885.
27
Grubb. 1882.
26 "
A. Clark, 1873.
26
A. Clark, 1883.
25
Cooke, 1870.
23
A. Clark & Sons, 1883.
2L8 "
Merz, 1880.
19.1 "
Merz, 18T9.
19.1 "
Merz, 1879.
18.5 "
A. Clark, 1864.
16
A. Clark & Sons, 1880.
15.5 "
A. Clark & Sons, 1879.
15.1 "
Grubb, 1875.
15 "
Merz & Son, 1877.
15 "
Merz.
15 »
15 "
Lerebours & Brunner, 1854.
15 "
Grubb, 1882.
15
Henry.
15
Cauchoix, 1882.
14.9 "
Merz & Son.
14.9 "
Henry.
14.9 "
Merz & Mahler, 1840.
14.9 "
Merz, 1843.
14.6 "
Merz, 1863.
13.5 "
Spencer & Eaton, 1856.
13.3 "
Cauchoix, 1834.
13 "
Brunner.
13 "
Rutherfurd & Fitz.
13
Fitz, remounted by Clark, 1874.
13
Fitz, 1856.
12.8 "
Merz.
12.7 "
Henry.
12.5 "
Henry.
12.5 "
Fitz.
12.3 "
A. Clark, 1855.
12.3 "
A. Clark, 1876.
12.3 "
Grubb.
12.2 "
Secretan.
12
A. Clark & Sons, 1881.
12 "
A. Clark & Sons, 1882.
12 "
A. Clark.
12 "
A. Clark.
12 "
Grubb, 1880.
12 "
Cooke.
n.9 "
Cauchoix, 1868.
n.5 "
Cauchoix, 1840.
11.5 "
Schroder, 1874.
n.3 "
Merz, 1846. [Obs. 1886-87.
11
Clark, removed to Harvard College
[There are many others, both in Europe and the U. S., with refractors ranging from 10 in. downwards.]
occult sciences (from occultus, concealed). Al-
chemy, Astrology, Magic, etc.
ocean areas and depth. The Challenger's
expedition states the areas and depth as follows :
Area. Greatest depth.
Atlantic 24,536,000 sq. miles 27,366 feet.
" ■" .30,000 "
.18,582 "
9,000
Pacific 50,309,000
Indian 17,084,000
Arctic 4,781,000
Antarctic 30,592,000
Deep-sea soundings.
.25,200
OC'tarch, the chief of the kings of the heptarchy, was
called Rex gentis Anglorum. Hengist was the first octareh,
455, and Egbert the last, 800. Britain. Some authors call
the English heptarchy the octarchy.
OctO'ber, the 8th month in the year of Romulus, as its
name imports, and the 10th in the year of Numa, 713 B.C.
October still retained its first name, although the senate or-
dered it to be called Faustims, in honor of Faustina, wife of
Antoninus the emperor; and Commodus called it Invictus
and Domitianus. October was sacred to Mars.
OCT '
octrois (potrwa' ; from Latin auctorium, authority), a
terra applied to concessions from sovereigns, and to taxes
levied at the gates of towns in France on articles of food
entering the cit}'. These octrois, of ancient origin, were
suppressed in 1791; re-established, 1797; and reorganized in
1816, 1842, and 1852. In 1859 the octrois of Paris produced
above 54,000,000 francs. The Belgian government became
verj popular in July, 1860, by abolishing the octrois.
Odd-reIloiV§, a name adopted by members of a social
institution having signs of recognition, initiatory rites and
ceremonies, grades of dignity and honor; object purely social
and benevolent, confined to members. Mention is made by
Defoe of the society of " Odd-fellows," but the oldest lodge,
the name of which has been handed down, is the " Koyal
Aristarchus" No. 9, which met 1745 in London. Inde-
pendent order of Odd -fellows formed, Manchester, Engl.,
1813. Odd-fellowship was introduced into the United States
from Manchester, 1819; and the Grand Lodge of Maryland
«nd the U. S. was constituted 22 Feb. 1821. In 1842 the so-
ciety severed its connection with the Manchester unity. In
1843 it issued a dispensation for opening the Prince of Wales
Lodge No. 1, at Montreal, Canada. The American society,
including the U.S. and Canada, has its headquarters at Balti-
more. In 1882 its membership was 500,000; income,$6,000,000;
disbursements for relief of members, $2,000,000. In 1891 its
membership was 647,471 ; total relief paid, over $3,000,000, of
which $175,000 went to the education of orphans.
ode (Gr. y'^<7 or aoiSfj, a song, a short poem or song),
among the Greeks originally extempore songs in honor of the
gods. Anacreon's odes were composed about 532 ; Pindar's,
498 or 446 ; and Horace's from 24 to 13, all B.c. An ancient
ode consisted of strophe, antistrophe, and epode. Literature.
Odom'eter (from the Gr. 666g, way, and fierpov, meas-
ure). Pedometer..
Odontorog^y (from the Gr. oSovtsq, teeth), the
science of the teeth, may be said to have begun with the re-
searches of prof. Richard Owen, who in 1839 made the first
definite announcement of the organic connection between the
yascular and vital soft parts of the frame and the hard sub-
stance of a tooth. His comprehensive work " Odontography "
(illustrated with beautiful plates) was published 1840-45. The
Odontological Society was established 1856. Dentistry.
Od'rysae, a people of Thrace. Their king. Teres, re-
tained his independence of the Persians, 508 b,c. Sitalces,
his son, enlarged his dominions, and in 429 aided Amyntas
against Perdiccas II. of Macedon with an army of 150,000
men. Sitalces, killed in battle with the Triballi, 424, was
succeeded by Seuthes, who reigned prosperously. Cotys, an-
other king (382-353), disputed the possession of the Thracian
Chersonesus with Athens. After 9 or 10 years' warfare, Philip
II. of Macedon reduced the Odrysae to tributaries, and founded
Philippopolis and other colonies, 343. The Romans, after their
conquest of Macedon, favored the Odrysae, and in 42 their
king,'Sadales, bequeathed his territories to the Romans. The
Odrysae, turbulent subjects, and often chastised, were finally
incorporated into the empire by Vespasian, about 70 a.d.
Od'yl, Od, or odic, the name given in 1845 by baron
von Reichenbach to a so-called new " imponderable, or influ-
ence," said to be developed b}'^ magnets, cr3'stals, the human
body, heat, electricity, chemical action, and the whole ma-
terial universe. The odylic force is said to give rise to lu-
minous phenomena, visible to certain sensitive persons only.
The baron's " Researches on Magnetism, etc., in Relation to
the Vital Force," translated by dr. Gregory, was pub. 1850.
Mesmerism.
"That od-force of German Reichenbach
Which still from female finger-tips burnt blue."
— E. B. Browning, "Aurora Leigh," bk. vii.
cecumen'ical bi§taop (Gr. oiKov/Jievr), the habita-
ble, ^fofec understood), "universal bishop," a title assumed by
John, bishop of Constantinople, 587. Councils of the
CHURCH.
<Enopll'yta, a city of Boeotia, N. Greece. Here My-
ronides and the Athenians defeated the Boeotians, 456 b.c.
OffR'S dyke, the intrench ment from the Wj'e to the
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Dee, made by Offa, king of Mercia, to defend his countrj' fr
the incursions of the Welsh, 779.
Og'deilMburg, a town of New York, captured by
British, 22 Feb. 1813. New York.
Og'Ul'lliail lair, carried by the tribunes Q. and
Ogulnius, increased the number of pontiffs and augurs,
made plebeians eligible to those offices, 300 b.c.
Og'yges, Deluge of (which laid Attica waste for mc
than 200 years, and until the arrival of Cecrops), is stated 1
have occurred 1764 b.c. Deluge.
Ohio, one of the central northern states of the Unit
States, is situated between 38° 27' and 41° 57' N. lat., and '
tween 80° 34' and 84° 49' W. Ion. The Ohio river separat
it from Kentucky on tl
south and from West \'
ginia south and east. Peni
sylvania bounds it in part
the east, Indiana on the w
and lake Erie on the no
Its greatest length from
to west is about 225 mil
greatest breadth from no:
to south is about 210 mil
Area, 39,964 sq. miles in
counties. The surface c
sists of an undulating pla
most of it arable without e:
cessive outlay. Pop. 1890, 3,672,316. It ranks fourth
point of wealth and population among the states of the Union.j
Capital, Columbus. Cincinnati, Cleveland.
Letters patent issued by James L of England, under which
England claimed Ohio afterwards 10 Apr. 1(
Charter of the London company granted by James L embrac-
ing the lands west of the Alleghanies and northwest of the
Ohio river ji
Eries, inhabiting the southern and eastern shores of lake Erie',
are conquered by the Iroquois 165(5
La Salle enters the Ohio valley from the Niagara region, dis-
covers the Ohio river, and explores it as far as the rapids at
Louisville Aug. 1669
[It is now generally held that La Salle discovered the Ohio,
descending to the falls at Louisville. This conclusion, while
no doubt sound, is reached by cautious criticism of frag-
mentary documents.— Zf. A. Hinsdale, "The Old North-
west," p. 31.]
France takes formal possession of the northwest " from the
mouth of the great river on the eastern side, otherwise called
ion. i
the Ohio
Joliet indicates the Ohio country on his map of the north
1671
1674
La Salle launches the Griffin on lake Erie and coasts along the
northern frontier of Ohio (New York) Aug. 167S
Iroquois convey certain of their western lands east of the
Illinois to the English by treaty 1684
Nicholas Perrot with 20 Frenchmen marches into the Miami
country; French establish a post near the Ohio boundary. . . 168(
English traders crossing the Ohio country are arrested by the
French 168";
Treaty of Ryswick, by which France claims the valley of the
Ohio Sept. 16i)',
French erect a trading-post near the mouth of the Maumee. . . 17011
Gov. Spotwood of Virginia urges the English government to i
occupy the valley of the Ohio 1701
Vaudreuil, governor of Canada, opens a trading route to the
Mississippi by lake Erie, the Maumee and Ohio rivers 172<|
Treaty of Lancaster, Pa. : territory "beyond the mountains"
ceded by the Iroquois to the English June, 174|
Virginia colonists form the "Ohio company" for occupation j
and settlement of the Ohio valley 174i
Celeron de Bienville's expedition to, and down the Ohio river I
to the mouth of the great Miami ; he buries at various points ;
leaden plates bearing record of the French claims 1741
England grants the Ohio company 600,000 acres of land " j
Gist and Croghan lead a party of English explorers into the i
Ohio country "j
Charles Townshend of the English ministry urges the forcible j
seizure of the Ohio region 17S
French and Indians attack the English trading-post of Picka- j
willany (Pickaway or Piqua), capture and destroy it.. . .June, "i
Duquesne, governor of Canada, sends a French expedition of
occupation into the Ohio valley 17f
Dinwiddle, governor of Virginia, determines upon the forcible I
occupation of the Ohio country ''[
Expedition of Washington to St. Pierre at Le Bceuf ; sent by I
gov. Dinwiddle of Virginia (Pennsylvania) "i
Frederick Post, the first Moravian missionary in Ohio, settles {
on the Muskingum 17l(
Treaty of Paris: France cedes to England all Canada and the
French possessions from the Alleghanies to the Mississippi,
10 Feb. lli
OHI 6
First general conspiracy of the northwestern Indians under
Pontiac 1763
Bouquet's expedition into the Ohio country; treaty with the
Indians; Indians return captives 1764
[Col. Henry Bouquet was one of the most efficient officers on
the frontier during the Pontiac war (b. Switzerland, 1719;
d. Pensacola, Fla., 1766). He entered the British service
1756. His relief of fort Pitt (now Pittsburg, Pa.) was one of
the best-conducted campaigns in Indian warfare. Pennsyl-
vania, 1763. In 1764 he commanded an expedition against
the Ohio Indians, then very hostile towards the whites, having
been engaged in the Pontiac war. This expedition of 1500
men, with baggage, cattle, etc., left fort Pitt 3 Oct. ; marched
in the best order and with strict discipline; as near as pos-
sible the troops moved in a square with baggage in the cen-
tre, protected against surprise by flankers, and at night the
vigilance was thorough. At the 16th encampment, 25 Oct.,
on the Muskingum at a point now Tuscarawas, the Indians,
without an attempt to resist, met Bouquet in council for
treaty. It provided that the Indians should deliver to him
all white persons held by them; and he took from them 81
males, 125 females and children ; afterwards 100 more sent
to fort Pitt, hostages being held meanwhile. His object hav-
ing been accomplished. Bouquet returned to fort Pitt with-
out the loss of a man.]
Ohio country made part of Canada by act of Parliament 1765
Indian and Moravian village of SchOnbrunn (beautiful spring)
built on the Tuscarawas under David Zeisberger 1772
Lord Dunmore's expedition against the Indian towns on the
Scioto 1774
Battle of Point Pleasant on the Ohio (Virginia) 10 Oct. "
Two block-houses built on the site of Cincinnati 1780
Birth of Mary Heckewelder, daughter of John Heckewelder the
Moravian missionary; first white child known to have been
born in Ohio 16 Apr. 1781
English establish a fort at Sandusky 1782
Massacre of the Moravian Indians at Gnadenhiitten on the
Tuscarawas by a company of men from western Pennsylvania
and Virginia under command of col. Williamson 8 Mch. "
Expedition under col. William Crawford against the Ohio Ind-
ians on the Muskingum. 500 volunteers from Pennsyl-
Tania and Virginia, mounted, assemble at a deserted Mingo
Tillage on the west bank of the Ohio, about 75 miles below
Pittsburg 20 May, "
March commences from Mingo Bottom in what is now Steu-
benville township, Jefferson county 25 May, "
They are attacked and defeated by the Indians near upper San-
dusky, Wyandot county 5-6 June, "
Col. Crawford, being captured by the Indians, is put to death
with barbarity 11 June, "
Territory east of the Mississippi, north of the Ohio, and west
of Pennsylvania, belonging to the province of Quebec before
the Revolution, is claimed by Virginia. Her legislature au-
thorizes her delegates in Congress to convey it to the U. S.,
on condition that it be formed into states 20 Dec. 1783
Virginia deed of cession dated 1 Mch. 1784
New Ohio company formed in Boston, Mass " 1786
Rufus Putnam, Samuel Parsons, and Mauasseh Cutler made
directors of the Ohio company Mch. 1787
Northwest territorial government established 13 July, "
Gen. Samuel H. Parsons appointed judge in and over the terri-
tory of the U. S. , northwest of the Ohio river "
Mayflower leaves Sumrill's Ferry on the Youghiogheny w^ith
pioneers from Dan vers, Mass., and Hartford, Conn., to form
a permanent settlement in Ohio 2 Apr. 1788
They land at Marietta 7 Apr. "
First meeting of the agents and directors of the Ohio company
west of the Alleghauies; they name the place Marietta, after
Marie Antoinette, queen of France 2 July, "
Gen. Arthur St. Clair arrives at fort Harmar as governor of
the Northwestern territory 9 July, "
Washington county formed 12 July, "
Gov. St. Clair establishes civil government in the northwest,
15 July, "
Losantville, afterwards Cincinnati, laid out Aug. "
First court held in Ohio at Marietta 2 Sept, "
: Act coulirming the territorial government of the Northwest ter-
! ritory passed first session, 1st Congress 1789
i Gen. James M. Varnum, pioneer of tiie state, and a judge of
the Northwestern territory, dies at Marietta "
Hamiliou county formed 2 Jan. 1790
Fort Washington erected at Cincinnati "
First Masonic lodge of the west established at Marietta "
NVhites at Big Bottom, Morgan county, massacred by Indians.. "
Gen. Joseph Harmar's expedition against the Miami Indians,
30 Sept. "
Partially defeated near the Miami villages, the expedition fails,
22 Oct. "
Expedition of gen. St. Clair against the Indians; surprised and
defeated near Miami villages (now in Darke county). .4 Nov. 1791
[Except Braddock's, the worst defeat ever experienced in
Indiim warfare; of al)out 1800 men he lost 800.]
Benj. Tapper, one of the chief promoters of the settlement oi
Marietta, dies there 1792
First newspaper of the Northwest, the Sentinel, editor William
Maxwell, appears at Cincinnati 1793
, After the defeat of St. Clai.r, gen. Wayne was appointed to com-
mand against the Indians. Marching into the Indian coun-
try late in the autumn of 1793, he built a stockade near the
scene of St. Clair's defeat, naming it fort Recovery; here he
remained until the spring of 1794, when he proceeded through
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the wilderness to the Maumee. Before meeting the Indians in
battle, Wayne offered to treat, but on their refusal advanced
with his usual dash and vigor, with about 2000 men (the Ind-
ians numbering about the same), and defeated them at Fallen
Timbers, or Maumee Rapids (now in Lucas county). .20 Aug. 1794
Gen. Wayne's treaty with the Indians at Greenville, Darke
county 3 Aug. 1795
Town of Dayton laid out 4 Nov. "
First settlement on the Western Reserve begun at Conneaut,
" the Plymouth of the Reserve ". , . , 4 July, 1796
Town of Chillicothe laid out *'
Settlement started at Cleveland Sept "
[Named after gen. Moses Cleveland of Conn.]
William Henry Harrison appointed secretary of the North-
western territory 1798
Steubenville settled Sept. "
Gov. St. Clair directs an election of delegates for a territorial
assembly 29 Oct. "
First territorial assembly meets at Cincinnati 22 Jan. 1799
First weekly newspaper in the Northwest, the WeMern Spy
and Hamilton Gazette, Joseph Carpenter, editor, appears at
Cincinnati 28 May, "
William Henry Harrison elected delegate to Congress.. . .3 Oct. "
Zanesville settled "
Territory divided into: (1) territory northwest of the Ohio river
(now Ohio), and (2) territory of Indiana 7 May, 1800
Chillicothe made the seat of government for Ohio "
St. Clair reappointed governor "
Four land -offices established in Ohio territory to sell public
lands: at Steubenville, Marietta, Cincinnati, and Chillicothe,
10 May, "
First state house erected at Chillicothe 1801
Abraham Whipple takes the firet ship, 100 tons, built at Mari-
etta, down the Ohio and Mississippi to Havana, and thence
to Philadelphia. "
By authority from Congress, a convention meets at Chilli-
cothe, 3 Nov., which signs and ratifies for the people the
first constitution of Ohio 29 Nov. 1802
Ohio is admitted into the Union as the 4th under the Constitu-
tion of the U. S., and the 17th in the roll of states.. .29 Nov. "
[Except in the case of Ohio, Congress has passed a distinct
act of admission for each new state, or has provided for ad-
mission on proclamation by the president. The people of
Ohio elected delegates to a convention by whom a constitu-
tion was formed, 29 Nov. 1802, which in Jan. 1803, was sub-
mitted to Congress for ratification, and on 19 Feb. 1803, the
president approved the first act which recognized the new-
state. The U. S. census gives date of admission 29 Nov. 1802.
Boundaries of the slate when admitted into the Union: East,
the Pennsylvania line; south, the Ohio river; west, the
meridian of the mouth of the Miami river; north, the paral-
lel of the southern extreme of lakes Michigan and Erie. See
this record, 1836.]
St. Clair deposed as governor by Jefferson Dec. "
State legislature meets at Chillicothe, the capital 1 Mch. 1803
Ohio university (non-sectarian) opened at Athens 1804
[This university was founded in 1802 by the territorial
legislature, and endowed by Congress with 2 townships, or
46,000 acres of land. In 1804 the act was confirmed by the
state legislature. In 1810 a grammar school was opened,
and in 1821 a college was organized.]
Aaron Burr's expedition to the Southwestern territory (Blen-
nkrhassett's island. Burr's conspiracy).. 1805
Ebenezer Sproat, a pioneer of the state, dies at Marietta . . Feb. "
Portsmouth, Scioto county, settled "
Indians cede to the U. S. the tract known as the Connecticut
Reserve; treaty concluded at fort Industry 4 July, "
Canton settled 1806
State legislature orders the seizure of the boats building on
the Muskingum for the "Aaron Burr expedition " — 2 Dec. "
Mansfield settled 1807
Cleveland made a county seat 1809
State capital removed from Chillicothe to Zanesville, Muskin-
gum county 1810
Population of the state, 230,760; rank among the states, 13th;
population to the sq. mile, 5.6 "
Matthew Simpson, bishop M. E. church, b. Cadiz 21 June, "
First steamboat on the Ohio, the New Orleans, 400 tons, built
at Pittsburg, descends the Ohio in the autumn of 1811
[She had a stern-wheel, and made the passage from Pitts-
burg to New Orleans in 14 days.]
War with England declared; 3 regiments raised in Ohio 1812
Columbus laid out "
Col. Israel Putnam, one of the pioneers of the state, and a son
of gen. Israel Putnam, dies at Belpre '*
Solomon Spaulding writes a work of fiction, "The Manuscript
Found," at Salem, which afterwards furnishes the basis of
the Mormon Bible (Mormons, New York) "
Gen. Harrison builds fort Meigs (so called after gov. Meigs),
Wood county Feb. 1813
Gen. Harrison defends this fort against the combined attack
of 2800 British and Indians under gen. Proctor and the
Indian chief Tecumseh (Fort Meigs) 1-8 May, '*
Fort Meigs again besieged by about 4000 British and Indians
under the same commanders without success 21 July, "
Fort Stephenson held by maj. George Croghan with 150 men
against 1300 British and Indians (Fort Stephenson). .2 Aug. "
Judge John C. Symras, one of the first settlers of Cincinnati,
dies there 26 Feb. 1814
Edwin McMasters Stanton, secretary of war, 1862-68, b. Steu-
benville 19 Dec. «'
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Great financial diBtress.
Columbus made the capital of the state
First steiimboat built at Cincinnati
United States bank opened at Cincinnati 28 Jan.
German comnuinity established at Zoar, Joseph M. Bimeler,
leader
United Slates bank opened at Chillicothe Oct.
Sandusky settled
Don Carlos Bueil born at Marietta 23 Mch.
Indians of Ohio cede all their remaining lauds in that state,
about 4,000,000 acres, to the state 27 Sept.
Irwin McDowell, niiyor general, born at Columbua 15 Oct.
Medical college opened at Cincinnati
First steamboat on lake Erie
Wm. S. Rosecrans born at Kingston 6 Dec.
Wra. Tecumseh Sherman born at Mansfield 8 Feb.
Population: 681,295, 14.1 to the sq. mile; 5th state in popula-
tion
Ulysses S. Grant born at Point Pleasant 27 Apr.
Rutherford B. Hayes born at Delaware 4 Oct
John Sherman born at Lancaster 10 May,
Gen. Rufus Putnam, one of the first settlers of Marietta, dies
at that place ....4 May,
Quincy A. Gillmore, major-general of volunteers, born at Black
River, Lorain county... 28 Feb.
County tax of>(^ mill levied for the support of common schools,
Return Jonathan Meigs, jr., one of the first settlers of Marietta,
and governor of the state, 1810-14, dies at Marietta. .29 Mch.
Great tornado, "the Burlington storm," passes through Lick-
ing county 18 May,
Ohio and I^ke Erie canal begun, gov. Clinton of New York re-
moving the first shovelful of earth 4 July,
Haumee canal begun
Lafayette visits Ohio; received with great honor
Akron settled
Franklin college (United Presbyterian) founded at New Athens,
Ken yon college (Protestant Episcopal) opened at Garabier
Western Reserve college (now Adelbert college, Cleveland)
opened at Hudson (see 1882)
David S. Stanley, brigadier-general U. S., born at Cedar Valley,
Wayne county 1 June,
George Crook, major-general U. S., born at Dayton 8 Sept.
Ohio Mechanics' institute established at Cincinnati
County school tax increased to % mill
Population: 937,903, 22.7 to sq. mile; 4th state in population..
College of Teachers organized at Cincinnati
St. Xavier college (Roman Catholic) opened at Cincinnati
James A. Garfield born at Orange, Cuyahoga county. ..19 Nov.
Dennison university (Baptist) established at Granville
Great floods throughout Ohio
Lane Theological seminary (Presbyterian) opened at Cincinnati,
Charter granted to the "Cincinnati, Sandusky, and Cleveland
railroad 5 June,
Mormons, under Joseph Smith, settled at Kirtland, Lake county,
Ohio and Lake Erie canal, from Portsmouth on the Ohio to
Cleveland on lake Erie, 307 miles, cost $5,000,000, finished,
Law school opened at Cincinnati college
Oberlin college (Congregational) opened at Oberlin
School tax increased to 1 mill
Maumee canal, Cincinnati to Defiance, 178 miles, where it meets
the Wabash and Erie; whole distance to lake Erie, 265 miles,
cost $3,750,000, finished
County school tax increased to 1)^ mills
Charter granted to the Sandusky, Mansfield, and Newark rail-
road 11 Mch.
Charter granted to the Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati
railroad, capital $3,000,000 16 Mch.
Marietta college (Presbyterian) established
Mad River and Lake Erie railroad, from Dayton to Sandusky,
153 miles, commenced (first in the state) Sept.
City charter granted Cleveland
Northern boundary of the state changed from parallel of the
most southern point of lake Michigan to a direct line run-
ning from this point to the most northern cape of Maumee
bay, giving the state its present boundary (see this record,
1816
1816
1818
1819
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1820
1822
1823
1824
1825
1826
1828
1829
1830
1831
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1832
1834
1835
1802) .
Prof. W. W. Mather makes the first geological survey of the
state 1837
Muskingum college (non sectarian) opened at New Concord. . . "
A portion of the Mad River and Lake Erie railroad opened;
first in the state 1838
Gen. George A. Custer born at New Rumley, Harrison co.,
5 Dec. 1839
Population: 1,519,467, 37.3 to sq. mile, 3d state in population.. 1840
First railroad completed; Cincinnati to Springfield 1842
Cleveland Medical college opened "
Cincinnati Wesleyan university for women (Methodist Epis-
copal) opened "
Corner-stone of the Cincinnati observatory laid 1843
Cincinnati Historical Society organized , 1844
Ohio Wesleyan university (Methodist Episcopal) opened at
Delaware ' "
Wittenberg college (Evangelist Lutheran) opened at Spring-
field 1845
Richmond college (non sectarian) opened at Richmond.. "
Farmers college (non-sectarian) opened at College Hill 1846
Five volunteer regiments raised for the Mexican war "
Otterbein university (United Brethren) opened at Westerville, 1847
Philip H. Sheridan, general U. S. army, born at Albany, N. Y.,
1831, appointed to West Point from Ohio 1848
Homoeopathic hospital opened at Columbus 1849
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No railroads of importance constructed in Ohio prior to 184
Columbus and Xenia railroad opened to Cincinnati 18603
Xenia college (Methodist Episcopal) opened at Xeuia
Capital university (Evangelist Lutheran) opened at Columbus,
Population: 1,980,329, 48.6 to sq. mile, 3d state in population..
Urbana university (Now Church— Swedenborgian) opened at
Urbana l
Railroad opened from Cleveland to Columbus, 135 miles
Heidelberg college (Reformed German) opened at Tifiln
Second constitution of the state: Convention met at Columbus
G May, 1850; adjourned 7 July on account of the cholera; re-
assembled at Cincinnati 2 Dec. ; completed its labors, 10 Mch.
Ratified by the people 126,663 to 109,699 186!
Governor's term of office 2 years from 1 Jan.
Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad opened
Laws reorganizing common schools, creating state school com-
missioner, Board of Education, abolishing rate bills, state
tax of X mill yearly in place of county tax 14 Mch. 181
Antioch college (Unitarian) opened at Yellow Springs
Cleveland and Toledo railroad opened
Railroad opened from Wheeling, Va., to Columbus, 137 miles.. U
Ohio Central college (United Presbyterian) opened at Iberia . . .
Baldwin university (Methodist Episcopal) opened at Berea 181
[Previously known as Baldwin institute.]
Ohio State and Union Law school opened at Cleveland
It is made a penitentiary off"ence to claim or hold slaves in the
state, or to attempt to carry from the state as a slave any
person of color 186'
Arrest and confinement in the county jail at Cleveland of prof.
Henry E. Peck of Oberlin college and others under the Fugi-
tive-slave law for rescuing at Wellington the negro "Little
John," taken from Oberlin as a slave by a U. S. deputy mar-
shal 13 .Sept. 18
Indicted in the U. S. court Dec.
Bushnell, one of the rescuers, is found guilty in the Federal
court at Cleveland 15 Apr. 1
Supreme court of Ohio refuse Bushnell's application for a
habeas corptts, the proceeding against him in the Federal
court not being terminated 28 Apr.
Severe frosts throughout the state destroy most of the wheat,
5 June,
Gov. Dennison, on the requisition of gov. Letcher, refuses to
arrest Owen Brown and Francis Merriam, indicted in Vir-
ginia for acts at Harper's ferry 8 Mch. li
Tornado on the Ohio river from Louisville, Ky., to Marietta;
150 lives lost and property destroyed to the amount of
$1,000,000. Great damage done in Cincinnati 21 May, "
Population: 2,339,511; 57.4 to sq. mile; 3d state in population, "
U. S. calls for 13 regiments from Ohio 15 Apr. 186
Law authorizing the acceptance of 10 regiments beyond re-
quired number, and providing $500,000 to support them "
Two regiments organized at Columbus and sent forward with-
out arms or uniforms to Washington 18 Apr. "
$1,000,000 appropriated to prepare the state for war. . . " "
Law declaring the property of volunteers free from execution
for debt during term of service "
Adjutant-general of the state reports that the following troops
have been raised: infantry, 67,546; cavalry, 7270; artillery,
3028; total for 3 years' service, 77,844, up to 31 Dec. "
Under the "3 months' call " the state had furnished 22,000 in-
fantry, 180 cavalry, and 200 artillerymen "
Gen. Kirby Smith threatens Cincinnati 6, 7 Sept. 1862
Ohio state university founded "
Clement L.Vallandigham, a resolute, persistent, and dangerous
opponent of the North in the civil war, arrested by gen.
Burnside (United States) 5 May, 1863
Democratic convention nominates Clement L. Vallandigham
for governor .11 June. "
Confederate gen. John H. Morgan, with cavalry, crosses the
Ohio on a raid through Indiana and Ohio 3 July, "
Captured with most of his command at New Lisbon. .26 July, "
Confined in Ohio penitentiary, he escapes (Morgan's raid), Nov. "
Wilberforce university (Methodist Episcopal, African) founded
near Xenia "
Soldiers' monument erected at Cincinnati 1864
German Wallace college (Methodist Episcopal) established at
Berea , "
Number of men, reduced to a 3-years' standard, furnished by
Ohio for the civil war, 240,514, from 15 Apr. 1861, to. .9 Apr. 1865
Willoughby college (Methodist Episcopal) established at Wil-
loughby "
University of Wooster (Presbyterian) established at Wooster. . . 186ff
One Study college (Methodist Episcopal) established at Scio,
Newmarket station, Harrison county "
Cincinnati suspension bridge opened to the public 1867
Hiram college (Disciple) opened at Hiram "
Storrs township, Mount Auburn, and Corryville annexed to
Cincinnati 1870 j
Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical cojlege, state control, opened
at Columbus " j
Cincinnati university (non-sectarian) opened at Cincinnati " j
Population: 2,665,260; 65.3 to sq. mile; 3d state in population, " {
Vallandigham accidentally kills himself with a revolver while
illustrating in court a case of homicide 18 June, 1871 j
Buchtel college (Universalist) opened at Akron " j
Completion of the canal around Louisville 1872
McCorkle college (Presbyterian) opened at Bloom field 1873
Revised constitution rejected by the people "
Wilmington college (Friends) opened at Wilmington 18'^
Ashland college (Brethren) opened at Ashland 1878
Population: 3,198,062; 78.5 to sq. mile; 3d state in population, 1880'
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Train leaves Washington for Cleveland, bearing the remains
of pres. Garfield 23 Sept.
Arrives at Cleveland 24 Sept.
His remains lie in state 24-25 Sept.
Western Reserve college at Hudson removed to Cleveland and
renamed Adelbert, after a son of Amasa Stone, who gave the
college $500,000
Great flood in the Ohio, submerging parts of Cincinnati and
Louisville; at Cincinnati the river rose 66 ft 10-15 Feb.
Ninety-fifth anniversary of the settlement of Ohio celebrated
at Marietta
Great flood of the Ohio; thousands rendered homeless. Con-
gress appropriates $.500,000 for relief 12-15 Feb.
Riots at Cincinnati, because of failure to punish criminals by
law; 42 killed and 120 wounded 28-30 Mch.
" Dow law " passed, taxing the liquor trafiic
State Board of Health established
After a long struggle in the legislature, John Sherman is re-
elected U. S. senator over Allen G. Thurman, 84 to 61,
12 Feb.
Waterspout at Xenia destroys 25 persons, 100 houses. . .19 May,
Charles Whittlesey, geologist and scholar, b. 1808, d. in Cleve-
18 Oct.
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1882
1884
1885
land.
in Ohio at Ma-
7 Apr.
Centennial celebration of the first settlement
rietta
Sunday liquor law passed
Ohio Valley and Central States Centennial exhibition opens at
Cincinnati • 4 July,
Organization of "White Caps" disband on promise from au-
thorities not to proceed against them; last outbreak, the
whipping of Adam Berkes in Sardinia, Brown county, ac-
cused of immoral conduct 17 Nov.
Wife of ex-pres. Hayes, b. 1831, d. at Fremont 25 Jupe,
Population: 3,672,316; 92.1 to sq. mile; 4th state in popula-
tion
Calvin S. Brice elected U. S. senator 14 Jan.
Woman's Christian Temperance League organized at Cleve-
land 23 Jan.
Lieut. -gov. Lampson, Republican, unseated by Democratic ma-
jority in the Senate 30 Jan.
First Monday in Sept. (Labor day) made a legal holiday by leg-
islature, which adjourns 28 Apr.
Garfield memorial at Lakeview cemetery, Cleveland, dedicated
(Garfield monument) 30 May
Ex-gov. Edward F. Noyes dies at Cincinnati, aged 58.. .7 Sept!
Legislature meets in extraordinary session, 14 Oct., pass-
es a bill suggested by gov. Campbell, abolishing 2 public
boards of Cincinnati, and creating a non-partisian Board of
Improvement, appointed by the mayor, and adjourns,
24 Oct.
Charles Foster, secretary of the U. S. treasury 25 Feb.
Modified Australian Ballot act passed at an adjourned session
of the legislature 6 Jan.-4 May,
People's party organized at the National Union Confer-
ence, held at Cincinnati, 1418 delegates from 32 states,
19 May,
City of Hamilton celebrates its centennial 19 Sept.
William McKinley, jr., inaugurated governor 11 Jan.
National Prohibition convention meets in Cincinnati, 29 June,
Gen. John Pope, b. 1823, d. at Sandusky ."". 23 Sept.
Ex-pres. Hayes, b. 1822, d. at his home at Fremont 17 Jan.
Gen. J. S. Coxey's army of the Commonweal, numbering 75
men, organizes at Massilon, moves from that place to Can-
ton, 8 miles (United States) 25 Mch.
1889
1890
1891
1893
1894
Edward Tiffin
Thomas Kirker
Samuel Huntington
Return Jonathan Meigs.
Othniel Looker
Thomas Worthington. . .
Ethan Allen Brown
Allen Trimble
Jeremiah Morrow
Allen Trimble
Duncan McArthur
Robert Lucas
Joseph Vance
Wilson Shannon
Thomas Corwin
Wilson Shannon
Thomas W. Bartley
Mordecai Bartlev
William Bebb..".
Seabury Ford
Reuben Wood
William Medill
Salmon P. Chase
William Dennison
David Tod
John Brough
Charles Anderson
Jacob Dolson Cox
Rutherford B. Hayes..
Edward F. Noyes
William Allen
Rutherford B. Hayes..
Richard M. Bishop
Charles Foster
George Hoadley
Joseph B. Foraker
James E. Campbell. . .
William McKinley, jr.
TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS.
Name.
Term began.
Term expired.
Politics.
Remarks.
Arthur St Clair
1788
1802
1802
1803
Deposed by pres. Jefferson.
Acting.
Charles W. Byrd
STATE GOVERNORS.
1803
1807
1808
1810
1814
1814
1818
1822
1822
1826
1830
1832
1836
1838
1840
1842
1844
1844
1846
1849
1850
1853
1854
1856
1860
1862
1864
1865
1866
1868
1872
1874
1876
1878
1880
1884
1886
1890
1892
1807
1808
1810
1814
1814
1818
1822
1822
1826
1830
1838
1840
1842
1844
1844
1846
1849
1850
1853
1854
1856
1860
1862
1864
1865
1866
1868
1872
1874
1876
1878
1880
1884
1886
1890
1892
1894
Democrat.
Whig.
Democrat.
Whig.
Democrat.
Whig.
Democrat.
Republican.
Democrat.
Republican.
Democrat.
Republican.
Democrat.
Republican.
Democrat.
Republican.
Resigned to take seat in U. S. senate.
Acting.
Resigned to become postmaster-general.
Acting.
Resigned to take seat in U. S. senate.
Acting.
Resigned; appointed minister to Mexico.
Acting.
Resigned ; appointed U. S. consul at Valparaisa
Acting.
Died in Cleveland, 29 Aug. 1865.
Acting.
Reelected 1894.
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF OHIO.
Name.
No. of Congress.
Date.
Remarks.
8th to 10th
8th " 10th
10th " 11th
10th " 11th
11th
11th to 13th
11th " 13th
13th " 14th
13th " 16th
14th " 23d
16th "17 th
17th " 19th
19th " 20th
20th " 23d
22d "25th
1803 to 1808
1803 " 1807
1809 " 1810
1807 " 1809
1809
1810 to 1813
1811 " 1814
1814 " 1815
1813 " 1819
1815 " 1833
1819 " 1821
1822 " 1825
1825 " 1828
1828 " 1831
1831 " 1837
(Seated 25 Oct. 1803. Tried by the senate for complicity with
Thomas Worthington
( Resigned 25 Apr. 1808.
Seated 17 Oct. 1803.
Return Jonathan Meigs
Elected in place of Smith. Resigned. Elected governor.
Edward Tiffin
Resigned.
Stanley Griswold
Appointed in place of Tiffin.
iUexander Campbell
Thomas Worthington
Elected in place of Tiffin.
Elected in place of Meigs. Resigned. Elected governor.
Joseph Kerr
Elected in place of Worthington.
Jeremiah Morrow
William A. Trimble ^
Ethan Allen Brown
Died 13 Dec. 1821.
Jacob Burnett
Elected in place of Harrison.
Thomas Ewing
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UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF OHIO. —(Continued.)
Nam*.
Thomas Morris
Williiim Allen
Beijjaniiu Tappan..
Thomas Corwin
Thomas Ewing.....
Salmon P. Chase...
Benjamin F. Wade.
George E. Pugh. ....
Salmon P. Chase. . .
John Sherman
Allen G. Thurman...
Stanley Matthews
George H. Pendleton.
James A. Garfield. . . .
John Sherman.. .
Henry B. Payne.
Calvin C. Brice..
No. of Cong^reaa.
23d to 26th
25th " 3l8t
2()th " 29th
29th " 3l8t
31st
31st to 34th
32d " 41st
34th " 37th
37th
37th to 45th
4l8t " 47th
45th " 46th
46th " 49th
47th
47th to
49th " 62d
52d "
Dnte.
1833 to 1839
1837 •' 1849
1839 " 1845
1845 " 1860
1850
1849 to 1855
1851 " 1869
1855 " 1861
1861
1861 to 1877
1869 "1880
1877 " 1879
1879 " 1885
1886
1891
1891
Resigned. Appointed secretary of treasury.
Appointed in place of Corwin.
Free-soil party. Governor of the state, 1856.
Free-soil, then a Republican. President pro tern. 2 Mch. 1867.
Democrat.
; Republican. Resigned 6 Mch. 1861, to become secretary of
[ treasury.
Elected in place of Chase. Republican. Resigned. Appointed
secretary of treasury, 1877. >.
Democrat. President pro tem. 15 Apr. 1879.
Republican. Elected in place of Sherman.
Democrat.
Hesigued to accept the presidency of the U. S. , Nov. 1880.
1 Elected in place of Garfield. President pro tem. 7 Dec. 1885.
[ Term expires 1899.
Democrat.
Democrat. Term expires 1897.
Ohio company. Omo, 1748-87.
Olllll'§ IA'W, for determining the quantity of the elec-
tro-motive force of the voltaic battery, was published in 1827.
It is in conformity with the discovery that the earth may be
employed as a conductor, thus saving the return wire in elec-
tric telegraphy. Electricity.
oil. The term oil is a generic expression, under which
are included several extensive series of bodies of diverse
chemical character and physical properties, however having
in common these characteristics: that they are compounds
consisting principally, in some cases exclusively, of carbon
and hydrogen, are mostly insoluble in water, and are all read-
ily inflammable. It was used for burning in lamps as early
as the epoch of Abraham, about 1921 b.c. The fact that oil,
if passed through red-hot iron pipes, will yield a combustible
gas, was long known to chemists ; and after lighting by coal-
gas began, messrs. Taylor and Martineau contrived apparatus
for producing oil -gas on a large scale, 1815. The idea of
using oil to calm the waves originated with Benjamin Frank-
lin, and was tried successfully by him. — Sparks, " Works of
Franklin," vol. vi. pp. 253 and 357. It is commonly practised
in heavy storms at sea-, and guns are used in throwing oil-
shells so as to extend the area of oil surface. The principal
oils of commerce are: from vegetable sources, almond, cotton-
seed, rape-seed, linseed, hemp-seed, castor, cocoanut, croton ,
from animal (fats), butter, lard, tallow , from fish, cod, sperm,
whale-, insect, beeswax; mineral, coal-oil (Petroleum).
Okeecho'bee ISwamp, Battle of. Florida, 1837.
OklahO'ma is a territory of the United States of
America, formed in 1890 from the western part of the Indian
territory and the Public Land strip or No Man's Land, a strip
167J miles long and 34J miles wide, lying north of Texas and
west of 100° Ion. Oklahoma is bounded on the north by
Kansas and Colorado, east by the Indian territory, south by
Texas, and west by Texas and New Mexico. Area, 39,030
sq. miles ; pop. 1890, 61,834. Capital, Guthrie.
No Mans Land ceded to the U. S. by Texas 25 Nov. 1850
Extensive scheme organized to take possession of the portion
of Oklahoma not occupied by Indians, and parties from Mis-
souri and Texas enter the territory, but are ordered removed
by proclamation of pres. Hayes 26 Apr. 1879
Second proclamation to prevent settlement in Oklahoma, 12 Feb. 1880
Expedition under David L. Payne— who had organized in Kan-
sas the Oklahoma Town company and the Southwest colony
—with 25 men, enter the territory and begin the settlement
of the town of Ewing, but within 3 weeks they are arrested
by U. S. troops and imprisoned "
Payne enters Oklahoma with a colony of 600 men, women,
and children, and founds the town of Rock Falls May, 1884
Under proclamation by pres. Arthur, 1 July, the settlement at
Rock Falls is broken up by U. S. troops Aug. "
Many armed men under W. L. Couch encamp at Stillwater on
the Cimmaron river and defy the military Dec. "
Couch and his forces surrender to the U. S. troops, and are
marched across the Kansas line and arrested under Federal
warrants 27 Jan. 1885
Inhabitants of No Man's I^and organize the territory of Cimma-
ron, not recognized by Congress 1886
Delegates of Creek nation meet in Washington 19 Jan., and
cede the western half of their domain for $2,280,857.10; rati-
fied by the Creek council 31 Jan., by Congress 1 Mch. 1889
Seminoles execute a release and conveyance of their lands
ceded by treaty in 1866 16 Mch. "
Oklahoma opened for settlement by proclamation of iires. Har-
rison, 27 Mch., to take effect at noon, 22 Apr. During the
afternoon of this day 50,000 or more settlers, en( aniped on
the borders of the territory, enter and locate 22 Apr.
First bank in Guthrie opened in a tent with a capital of $50,000,
22 Apr.
An attempt to form a provisional government for Oklahoma
fails. Convention meets at Guthrie 22 May,
Proclamation of the president against the occupation of the
Cherokee strip 17 Feb.
Many "boomers " invade the Cherokee strip 23 Mch.
I'res. Harrison signs act creating territory of Oklahoma, 2 May,
George W. Steele appointed first governor May,
First election held for representative at large 5 Aug.
Congress appropriates $47,000 for the relief of destitute persons
in the territory 8 Aug.
Milton W. Reynolds, Republican, elected representative at-
large, dies from over-exertion during the canvass 9 Aug.
First meeting of the legislature at Guthrie .27 Aug.
Santa F6 and Rock Island railroad companies bring into the
territory and loan to the needy farmers, without interest,
25,000 bush, seed wheat
Agricultural college founded in Payne county; a normal school
located at Edmond if the people give it $5000 and 40 acres of
land; a territorial university located at Norman, Cleveland
county; public schools established; Australian ballot system
introduced ; legislature adjourns 24 Dec.
Cherokee strip closed to whites by order of president. .13 Aug.
New Indian lands in Oklahoma (about 300,000 acres) opened
for settlement 'i'i Sept.
Resignation of gov. Steele accepted by pres. Harrison. . .18 Oct.
Statehood convention meets at Oklahoma City 15 Dec.
State Agricultural college at Stillwater opened "
Proclamation of the president, 12 Apr., opens to settlement
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian lands from 19 Apr.
Cherokee outlet or strip, about 9409 sq. miles, was ceded to
the U. S. by the Cherokees, 19 May, 1893; the U. S. paying
$8,300,000 in 5 annual instalments, beginning 4 Mch. 1H75,
interest 4 per cent, on deferred payments, besides paying
$300,000 to the Cherokees at once, and $110,000 to other tribes,
making in all about $8,710,000. By proclamation of the
president, Aug. 23, the strip was opened at noon 16 Sept.
[It is estimated tliat 100,000 people had gathered on the
boundary line awaiting the opening.]
TEUKITOKIAL G0VP:RN0RS.
189(1
I
1891
1892
1893
. .resigns 1891
, Republican 1891-
, Democrat 1893
George W Steele
Abraham J Seay
William C. Renfrow . ,
Old Bailey Sessions eourt is held in England
for the trial of criminals, and its jurisdiction comprehends the
county of Middlesex as well as the city of London. It is held
I 8 times in the year by the royal commission of oyer and ter-
miner. The judges are the lord maj'or, those aldermen who
have passed the chair, the recorder, and the common sergeant,
who are attended by both the sheriffs and one or more of the
national judges. The court-house was built in 1773, and en-
larged in 1808.
Old Catholies, the name assumed by German Ro-
man Catholics rejecting thedogma of papal infallibility, head-
ed by prof. DoUinger of Munich. After 3 days' conference at
Munich, Sept. 1871, they decided on independent worship, first
meeting in a church given by the town council of Munich.
The abbe Michaud began a similar movement in Paris in
Feb. 1872. Dr. DoUinger advocated union with the Church
of England, Mch. 1872. Pere Hyacinthe (Charles Loyson),
president of the party at Rome, issued a programme respecting
the Vatican decrees, recognizing ecclesiastical authorities, de-
manding reform, yet opposing schism, about 5 May, 1872.
OLD
The bishops of Lincohi (Wordsworth) and Ely (Browne), and
the dean of Westminster (dr. Stanley), by invitation attended
the conference at Cologne, and delivered addresses, 20-22
Sept. 1872. The Old Catholics elected their tirst bishop, dr.
Joseph Reinkens, 1 June, 1873, who was recognized by the
emperor and other powers.
First synod held in Germany at Bonn, opened 27 May, 1874
Congress of Old Catholics held at Constance, 18 Sept. 1873; at
Freiburg 6 Sept. "
Dr. DOlliuger received delegates from eastern and western
churches at Bonn, with a view to union with the Old Cath-
olics, only preliminaries were agreed on U Sept. "
First Old Catholic church in Berlin opened 30 Nov. "
In Prussia about 20,000 Old Catholics (about 8,000,000 Romanists), 1875
Congress at Bonn; bishop of Winchester, canon Liddon, and
several Oriental clergy present, 12 Aug. ; agreement respect-
ing the FiLioQUE clause Itj Aug. "
Old Catholifs at Bonn ask by circular for a church (they reject
the Vatican decrees of 18 July, 1870; do not secede from the
Catholic church, but desire Catholicism free from xlebasing
doctrines; repudiate papal infallibility and supremacy; sanc-
tion reading of the Bible, worship in the vulgar tongue,
and marriage of priests) Dec. '•
Congress at Bonn; strong opposition to celibacy of clergy;
question deferred early in June, 1876
Old Dominioil. Virginia is so called because it was
sometimes recognized as a separate dominion, as Spenser dedi-
cates his "Faerie Queene," 1590, to Elizabeth, queen of Eng-
land, France, Ireland, and Virginia. When James VI. of Scot-
land (I. of England) came to the English throne, Scotland was
added and Virginia was called in compliment the 5th kingdom.
And as Virginia stood firm for Charles 11. after the execution
of his father (Virginia, 1644-52), Charles, in gratitude, caused
the arms of Virginia to be quartered with those of England, Scot-
land, and Ireland, as an independent member of the kingdom.
Old Iroilside§, a name given to the frigate Constitu-
tion. Navy ; United States, 1797-1812, etc.
Old Man of the mountain, in the Franconia
mountains. New Hampshire. *' The Great Stone Face then
was a work of Nature in her mood of majestic playfulness,
formed on the perpendicular side of a mountain by some im-
mense rocks, which had been thrown together in such a posi-
tion as, when viewed at a proper distance, precisely to resem-
ble the features of the human countenance. It seemed as if
an enormous giant or a Titan had sculptured his own likeness
on the precipice."— /Taw/Aome, " The Great Stone Face."
I Old Probabilltie§. Weather bureau.
I Old style. New style.
i Oldenburg", a grand-duchy in North Germany, was
; annexed to Denmark in 1448; in 1773 Christian VII. ceded
i the country to Russia in exchange for Holstein Gottorp, and
! soon after the present dignity was established. The duke
joined the North German confederation 18 Aug. 1866, and ob-
i tained a slight increase of territory from Holstein, 27 Sept.
! following. Area, 2479 sq. miles; "pop- 1864,301,812; 1871,
j 314,591 ; Dec. 1875, 319,314 ; 1880, 337,478 ; 1890, 354,968.
defiant gas, a combination of hydrogen and carbon
i which burns with much brilliancy. In 1862 Berthelot formed
j it artificially by means of alcohol.
) Oleron, Laws of, relating to sea affairs, are said to have
\ been enacted by Richard I. of England, when at the island of
t Oleron, France, 1194, which is now doubted.
I olives, the fruit of a tree belonging to the order Olea-
[ cecB. They are named in the earliest accounts of Egypt and
\ Greece ; and at Athens their cultivation was taught by Ce-
crops, 1556 b.c. They were first planted in Italy about 562 b.c.
The olive has been cultivated in England since 1648 a.p. ;
the Cape olive since 1730. Its introduction into California by
the Spanish monks, and recently the introduction of the best
varieties from France and Italy, together with adaptability of
climate and soil near the Pacific coast, have made its cultivation
exceedingly remunerative, and placed California among the
great olive-producing countries of the world.
Ol instead. Case of. During the American Revolution
capt. Gideon Olmstead, with some other Connecticut men, was
. captured at sea by a British vessel and taken to Jamaica, where
the captain and 3 others of the prisoners were compelled or
persuaded to enter as sailors on the British sloop Active, then
about to sail for New York with stores for the British there.
5 OME
When off the coast of Delaware the captain and the other 3
Americans contrived to secure the rest of the crew and officers
(14 in number) below the hatches. They then took possession
of the vessel and made for Little Egg harbor. A short time
after, the A dive was boarded by the sloop Convention of Phila-
delphia, and, with the privateer Girard, cruising with her, was
taken to Philadelphia. The prize was there libelled in the state
court of admiralty. Here the 2 vessels claimed an equal share
in the prize, and the court decreed ^^ to the crew of the Con-
vention, 34 tt) the state of Pennsylvania as owner of the Con-
vention, Y^ to the Girard, and the remaining 34 only to Olm-
stead and his 3 companions. Olmstead appealed to Congress,
and the committee of appeals decided in his favor. The
Pennsylvania court refused to yield, and directed the prize
sold and the money paid into court to await its further order.
This contest continued until 1809, when the authorities of
Pennsylvania offered armed resistance to the U. S. marshal at
Philadelphia, upon which he called to his assistance a posse'
comitatus of 2000 men. The matter was, however, adjusted
without an actual collision, and the money, amounting to
$18,000, paid to the U. S. marshal.
OlmiitZ, the ancient capital of Moravia. Gen. Lafa-
yette was confined here by the Austrians from 1792 until 25
Aug. 1797. French revolution, Lafayette. Here the em-
peror Ferdinand abdicated on behalf of his nephew, Francis
Joseph, 2 Dec. 1848; and here the latter promulgated a new
constitution, 4 Mch. 1849. A conference was held here 29
Nov. 1850, under the czar Nicholas, when the difficulties be-
tween Austria and Prussia respecting the affairs of Hesse-
Cassel were arranged.
Olus'tee, Fla., Battle of, 20 Feb. 1864. Gen. Truman
Seymour was defeated by the confederates under gen. Finne-
gan. The federals, 5000 strong, lost about 2000 killed,
wounded, and prisoners. The expedition was a total failure,
and returned to Hilton Head.
Olym'piads, the era of the Greeks, dating from 1 July,
776 B.C., the year in which Choroebus was successful at the
Oh'mpic games. This era was reckoned by periods of 4 years,
each period being called an Olympiad, and in marking a date
the year and Olympiad were both mentioned. The computa-
tion of Olympiads ceased with the 305th, 440 a.d.
Olympie games, most famous of the Greek festivals,
said to have been instituted in honor of Zeus by the Idaei Dac-
tyli, 1453 B.C., or by Pelops, 1307 b.c., revived by Iphitus,
884 B.C., were held at the beginning of every 4th year, on the
banks of the Alpheus, near Olympia, in the Peloponnesus
(now the Morea), to exercise the youth in 5 kinds of combats,
the conquerors being highly honored. The prize contended
for was a crown made of a kind of wild olive, appropriated to
this use. The festival was abolished by Theodosius, 393 a.d.,
the first year of the 294th Olympiad. In 1858 M. Zappas, a
wealthy Peloponnesian, gave funds to re-establish these games,
under the auspices of the queen of Greece.
Olyinpie'iuni, near Peloponnesus, the great temple
of Zeus erected by Libon of Elis, at the charge of the Eleans,
after their conquest of the country, 572-472 b.c. For this
temple Phidias made the colossal statue of the god, in gold
and ivory, 437-433 B.C.
German explorations by Hirschfeld and BOtticher, planned by prof.
Ernst Curtius, the historian, began in Oct. 1875, aided by the Ger-
man government. Torsos and other relics were found. Above
904 objects in marble, many coins, bronzes, inscriptions, etc. , found,
1875-78. Explorations closed, Nov. 1880. These excavations have
determined the exact position of the principal buildings, the plan
of the Altis, with the main local conditions of the festival.
Olyn'ttlUS, a city of N. Greece, subdued in war by
Sparta, 382-379 b.c. It resisted Philip of Macedon, 350 b.c.,
by whom it was destroyed, 347. Demosthenes delivered 3
orations on its behalf, 349.
Omahas. Indians.
omens. Augur. Amphictyon was the first who is re-
corded as having drawn prognostications from omens, 1497
b.c. Alexander the Great and Mithridates the Great are said
to have studied omens. At the birth of the latter, 131 b.c.,
there were seen for 70 days together 2 splendid comets ; and
this omen, we are told, directed all the actions of Mithridates
throughout his life. — Justin.
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Ommi'adei, a dynasty of Mahometan caliphs, be-
ginning with Moawiyah, of whom 14 reigned in Arabia, 661-
760 ; and 18 at Cordova, in Spain, 755-1031.
omnibUi (Lat. omnibus, for all), including all or a great
number. Covering or designing to cover many cases or things.
— A long- bodied 4-wheeled vehicle for passengers. The idea
of such conveyances is ascribed to Pascal, about 1662, when
similar carriages were started, but soon discontinued. They
were revived in Paris about 11 Apr. 1828 ; and introduced into
London by a coach-proprietor named Shillibeer. The first
omnibus started from Paddington to the Bank of England on
Saturday, 4 July, 1829.
Oinnibu§ bill. United States, Jan., May, etc.,
1850.
onuiiin'eter, a new surveying apparatus (combining
the theodolite and level, and comprising a telescope and mi-
croscope), invented by Eckhold, a German engineer, to super-
sede chain measuring ; announced Sept. 1869.
Onei'da community was founded by John H.
Noyes, of New Haven, Conn., who in 1834 joined the Perfec-
tionists, a new sect who professed the belief that every being
is either whoUj' sinful or wholly righteous, similar to the
English sect of Princites. In 1847 he established the Oneida
community at Oneida creek, N. Y., where both sexes lived in
a " Unitary Home," and where was practised a community of
wives as well as goods. Branches were established at Wal-
lingford. Conn., and Willow Place, near Oneida. The commu-
nity are also known as "Free Lovers" and " Bible Communists."
Opposition to this community, under the lead of prof. Mears,
of Hamilton college, and others, resulted in its dissolution in
1879. Since 1881 it has maintained simply the standing of a
business corporation.
Oneidas. Indians.
Ononda'g-as. Indians, Long House.
Ontario, Province of, formerly Canada West or Upper
Canada; capital, Toronto. Area, 219,650 sq. miles; pop. 1861,
1,396,091; 1871,1,620,851; 1881, 1,923,228; 1891,2,112,989.
operas. Adam de la Hale, a Trouvere, surnamed " le
Bossu d'Arras," born in 1240, is, as far as has yet been ascer-
tained, the composer of the first comic opera, " Li Gieus (Le
Jeu) de Robin et de Marion." The Italian opera began with
the "II Satiro" of Cavaliere,andthe "Dafne"of Rinuccini,with
music by Peri, about 1590. Their "Eurydice" was presented
at Florence, 1600, on the marriage of Marie de Medicis with
Henry IV. of France. " L'Orfeo, Favola in Musica," com-
posed by Monteverde, was performed in 1607, and is supposed
to have been the first opera that was ever published. About
1669 the abbot Perrin obtained a grant from Louis XIV. to
set up an opera in Paris, where, in 1672, was acted " Pomona."
For list of operas and composers. Music.
Oph'icleide (6<pig, serpent, and jcXei^ce, keys), the
keyed bassoon, said to have been invented by Frichot, a French-
man, in London, between 1791 and 1800; but owing its origin
to a wind instrument called the " serpent," the invention of
which is generally attributed to Edme Guillaume, canon of
Auxerre, about 1590.
Ophtharmoscope, an apparatus for inspecting the
interior of the eye, invented by prof. H. Helmholtz, and de-
scribed by him in 1851.
opium, the juice of the white poppy (Papaver somnife-
rum), was known to the ancients, its cultivation being men-
tioned by Homer, and its medicinal use by Hippocrates. It
is largely cultivated in British India, and was imported into
China by English merchants, which led eventually to the
war of 1839, the importation being forbidden by the Chinese
government. Laudanum, a preparation of opium, was em-
ployed early in the 17th century. A number of alkaloids
have been discovered in opium: narcotine by Derosne, and
morphia by Serturner, in 1803. The cultivation of opium is
possible in all countries where t^ere is not an excessive rain- i
fall and the climate is temperate or subtropical; but, owing
to its limited ^ield, it is not profitable. In 1865 its culriva-
tion was attempted in Virginia, and a product was obtained
which yielded 4 per cent, of morphia. In 1867 opium was
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grown in Tennessee which yielded 10 per cent, of morphii
and in California, in 1873, it yielded 7f per cent.
Opor'tO, W. Portugal, the ancient Calk, one of the mo
impregnable cities in Europe, and the mart of Portuguese wii
known as " Port." The French, under marshal Soult, were su
prised here by lord Wellington, and defeated in an action fougi
12 May, 1809. The Miguelites besieged Oporto, and were r|
pulsed by the Pedroites, with considerable loss, 19 Sept. 183!
optic nerves are said to have been discovered by ]
Varole, a surgeon and physician of Bologna about 1538,
Nouv. Diet.
optics, the science of light and vision; studied
the Greeks; and by the Arabians about the 12th centur
Light. „ ^
Burning lenses known at Athens 424
A treatise on optics doubtfully attributed to Euclid about
Magnifying power of convex glasses and concave mirrors, and
the prismatic colors produced by angular glass, mentioned
by Seneca about
Treatise on optics by Ptolemy about 12f
Two of the leading principles known to the Platonists 30(
Greatly improved by Alhazen, who d lo;
Hints for spectacles and telescopes by Roger Bacon about I
Spectacles said to have been invented by Salvinus Armatiis of
Pisa before _ _
Camera-obscura said to have been invented by Baptista Porta, 156(i
Telescopes invented by Leonard Digges about 1571
Kepler publishes his "" Dioptrice " 1611
Microscopes, according to Huyghens, invented by Drebbel, about li
Law of refraction discovered by Snellius about 1(
Telescope made by Jansen (said also to have invented the
croscope) about 1609, and independently by Galileo about 1630
Inflection of light discovered, and the undulatory theory sug-
gested by Grimaldi about 1666
Reflecting telescope, James Gregory, 1663; Newton 1666
Velocity of light determined by Roemer, and after him by
Cassini 1667
[Its velocity, 190,000,000 miles in 16 minutes.]
Double refraction explained by Bartholinus 1669
Cassegrainian reflector I67i
Newton's discoveries in colors, etc 1674
Telescopes with a single lens by Tschirnhausen about 1690
Polarization of light and undulatory theory discovered by
Huyghens about 1692
Structure of the eye explained by Petit about 1700
Aberration of light discovered by Bradley 1727
Achromatic telescope constructed by Mr. Hall (but not made
public) in 1733
Constructed by Dollond, most likely without knowledge of
Hall's telescope '. 1757
Herschel's great reflecting telescope erected at Slough 1789
Dr. T. Young's discoveries (undulatory theory, etc.) 1800-3
Camera-lucida (dr. Wollaston) 1807
Malus (polarization of light by reflection). about 1808
Fraunhofer maps 590 lines in the solar spectrum 1815
Fresnel's researches on double reflection, etc 1817
Optical discoveries of Wheatstone 1838 et seq.
Large telescope constructed by lord Rosse 1845
Arago (colors of polarized light, etc. ) 1811-53
Sir D. Brewster, optical researches (Kaleidoscope, Photogra-
phy) 1814-67
Dr. Tyndall's lectures on light first illustrated by Duboscq's
electric lamp at the Royal Institution, London 1856
Spectroscope constructed and used by Kirchhoff"and Bunsen. . 1861
Researches of \Vm. Spottiswoode on polarized light 1871-78
Op'timism (from optimus, the best), the doctrine that
everything which happens is for the best, in opposition to
pessimism (from pessimus, the worst). The germ of optimism
is to be found in Plato, and in St. Augustin and other fathers;
it was supported by Malebranche and Leibnitz, and adopted
by Pope, Bolingbroke, Rousseau, and others. Optimism, as
expressed in the term " the best of all possible worlds," is
ridiculed by Voltaire (1694-1778) in his " Candide." The term
meliorism ( from melior, better ) has been lately introduced.
Pessimism.
oracles, supposed revelations by divine beings. They
were given to the Jews at the Mercy-seat in the tabernacle ;
see Exod. xxv. 18-22. The Holy Scriptures are the Chris-
tian " oracles," Rom. iii. 2; 1 Pet. iv. II. King Ahaziah sent
to consult the oracle of Baal-zebub at Ekron about 896 b.c.
The Greeks consulted especially the oracles of Zeus and Apol-
lon (Delphi, Dodona); and the Italians those of Faunus,
Fortune, and Mars.
O'ran, Algeria, N. Africa, a Moorish city several times
captured by the Spaniards ; definitively occupied by the
French in 1831, who have since added docks, etc.
Orang^e, a principality in S.E. France, formerly a lord-
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ship in the 9th or 10th century. It has been ruled by 4 houses
successively: that of Giraud Adhemar, to 1174; of Baux,
1182-1393; of Chalons, to 1530; and of Nassau, 1530-1713;
Nassau. Philibert the Great, prince of Orange, the last of
the house of Chalons, having been wronged by Francis I. of
France, entered the service of the emperor Charles V., to
whom he rendered great services by his military talents. He
was killed at the siege of Florence, 3 Aug. 1530. He was
succeeded by his nephew- in-law, Rene of Nassau. Princes
OF Orange, under Holland. The eldest son of the king of
Holland is styled the prince of Orange, although the princi-
pality was ceded to France in 1713. Arausio.
Orailg^e Free State, a state of Dutch Boers in
S. Africa, founded by them in 1836. The British government
proclaimed its authority over this territory on 3 Feb. 1848.
Its independence was declared 23 Feb. 1854, and a constitution
proclaimed 10 Apr. 1854; revised 1866 and 1879. The exec-
utive is vested in a president chosen for 5 years by universal
suffrage. The legislative authority is vested in a popular as-
sembly, the Volksraad, elected by suffrage of the burghers for
4 years. Area, 41,500 sq. miles { pop. 1877, about 50,000 (half
whites) ; 1890, 207,503, of which 77,716 were white.
Orang'emen, an association of Irish Protestants orig-
inating and chiefly flourishing in Ulster, but found in other
parts of the United Kingdom, British colonies, and in the
United States. Orangemen derive their name from William
III., prince of Orange. The " Battle of the Diamond," 21 Sept.
1795, and the treachery experienced by the Protestants on
that occasion, convinced them they would become an easy
prey to the Roman Catholics, from their small numbers, unless
they associated for their defence, and the first Orange lodge
was formed in Armagh. An Orange lodge was formed in
Dublin ; the members published a declaration of their princi-
ples (the maintenance of church and state) in Jan. 1798. After
1813 Orangeism declined, but revived again in 1827, when
the duke of Cumberland became grandmaster. After a parlia-
mentary inquir)', Orange clubs were broken up in conformity
with resolutions of the House of Commons, but were revived
in 1845. In Oct. 1857, the lord chancellor of Ireland ordered
that justices of the peace should not belong to Orange clubs.
The Orangemen's parade in New York, 12 July, 1871, led to a
riot, in which 60 lives were lost. The 1st and 12th July are
celebrated by them as anniversaries of the battles of the
BoYNE and Aughrim.
oranges, the fruit of the Citrus aurantium (sweet
orange-tree). To this family also belong the citron, lemon,
and lime. The sweet orange was first brought into Europe
from the East by the Portuguese in 1547. Orange-trees were
first brought to England and planted, with little success, in
1595 ; they are said to have been grown at Beddington park,
near Croydon, Surrey. The culture of oranges in California
and Florida has rapidly grown into a great industry since 1865,
oratO'riO, a kind of musical sacred drama, the sub-
ject of it being generally taken from the Scriptures. The
I origin of English oratorios (so named from having been first
; performed in an oratory) is ascribed to St. Philip Neri, about
: 1550. The first true oratorio — Emilio del Cavaliere's " Rap-
\ presentazione" — was performed at Rome in 1600. He was
; followed by Giovanni Carissimi, Alessandro Scarlatti, etc. The
! first oratorio in London was performed in Lincoln's Inn thea-
, tre, in Portugal street, in 1732. Handel's oratorio of " Israel
{ in Egypt " was produced in 1738, and the " Messiah " in 1741 ;
I Haydn's " Creation " in 1798 ; Beethoven's " Mount of Olives,"
■1803; Spohr's "Last Judgment" (properly "Die letzten
jDinge"), 1825; Mendelssohn's "St. Paul" in 1836, and " Eli-
I jah " in 1846 ; " Naaman," 1864 ; Costa's " Eli," 1865 ; S. Ben-
nett's " Woman of Samaria," 1867 ; Benedict's " St. Peter,"
1870; Macfarren's "John the Baptist," 1873; "Resurrection,"
1876; and "Joseph," 1877; Dr. P. Armes's " Hezekiah," 1878.
Music.
or'cllids. Flowers and plants.
Orchom'enili, a small Greek state and city in Boeo-
,tia, was destroyed by the Thebans, 368 b.o. ; restored' by Philip
jll. of Macedon, 354 ; and given up by him to Thebes, 346. It
'was the capital of the Miny^. The most remarkable relic
3f the early city is the so-called " treasury," said to be the
oldest in Greece. It was larger than the building of similar
style at Mycen^, and its beauty, spoken of by Pausanias, has
been brought to light by Schliemann's excavations.
ordeal, a form of trial, consisted of testing the eflfect of
fire, poison, water, etc., upon the person of the accused. It
was known among the Greeks and Jews (Numb. v. 12-28). It
was introduced into England by the Saxons. In principle, and
often in the forms used, it belongs to ancient tradition, extend-
ing throughout all nations and peoples until its force dies out
before modern civilization. Trial by ordeal was abolished in
England in 1218, before which a prisoner who pleaded not
guilty might choose whether he would put himself for trial
upon God and his country, by 12 men, as at this day, or upon
God only. Appeal, Godwin's oath, etc.
orders in eouneil. United States, 1793, 1806,
1807, 1809 ; British orders in council.
ordination of ministers in the Christian church be-
gan with Christ and his apostles; see Mark iii, 14, and Acts
vi. and xiv. 23. In England, in 1549, a new form of ordina-
tion of ministers was ordered to be prepared by a committee
of 6 prelates and 6 divines.
Ordnance office. Before the invention of guns,
this office was supplied by officers in England under the fol-
lowing names: the bow5'er,^the crossbowj'er, the galeater, or
purveyor of helmets, the armorer, and the keeper of the tents.
Henry VIII, placed it under the management of a master-
general, a lieutenant, surveyor, etc. The master-general was
chosen from among the first generals in the service of the
sovereign. The appointment was formerly for life ; but since
the Restoration was held durante bene placito, and not unfre-
quently by a cabinet minister. — Beatson. The letters-patent
for this office were revoked 25 May, 1855, and its duties vested
in the minister of war, lord Panmure. The last master-gen-
eral was lord Fitzroy-Somerset, afterwards lord Raglan. In
the United States, the Ordnance department of the U, S. array
has charge of the arsenals and armories, and furnishes all ord-
nance and ordnance stores for military service, including all
cannon and artillery carriages and equipments ; apparatus for
the service of artillery, small-arms and accoutrements, ammu-
nition, tools, and materials for the ordnance service, horse med-
icines, material for shoeing, and all horse equipments what-
ever. The department is under charge of a chief of ordnance,
at present (1894) brig.-gen. D. W. Flagler ; salary $5500.
Ordnance survey. The trigonometrical survey of
England v/as commenced by gen. Roy in 1783, continued by
col. Colby, and completed by col. (afterwards sir Henry) James
in 1856. The publication of the maps commenced in 1819,
under the direction of col. Mudge, and was completed in 1862;
a large part of these maps have been colored geologically.
The survey of Ireland has been completed and published; that
of Scotland completed 1882. Coast survey.
Ordonnances {or-don-nans'), the laws enacted by
the Capetan kings of France previous to 1789. They began
with " In the name of the king," and ended with " Such is
our good pleasure." The first in French is dated 1287 (Philip
v.). The publication of these " ordonnances," ordered by
Louis XIV., 1706, is still in progress. The " ordonnances" of
Charles X., promulgated 26 July, 1830, led to the revolution.
Or'egOll, one of the Pacific coast states of the American
Union, has a coast line of 300 miles, extending from lat. 42°
N., which marks the boun-
dary between the state and
California and Nevada, to the
Columbia river, which sopa-
rates the state from Washing-
' /^zT'-^-'r'J ' Ty^'-Vj^y ton on the north in lat. 46^
Q4 "A^^V^^m 'rnl 15' N. Idaho lies to the east,
the Snake river forming about
|^^n1o^(U^ "P/ half of the eastern boundary.
'^^^^i^SrJ^J It is limited in longitude be-
"^^^^ ^/ / tween 116°45'tol24O30' W.
Area, 96,030 sq. miles, in 31
counties; pop. 1890, 313,767.
Capital, Salem,
A Spanish expedition, sent out under Bruno Heceta in the
Santiago, discovers the mouth of the Columbia river 1775
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Gl4>tain Robert Gray enters the Columbia river in the Ameri-
can ship Columbia trom Boston 7 May, 1792
Lieut. Broughton of the British navy ascends the Columbia
river, about 100 miles to the region of the cascades,
Oct.-Nov. "
By purchase, the U. S. acquires the claims of France to Ore-
gon 30 Apr. 1803
Lewis and Clarke U. S. government expedition descends the
Columbia to its mouth, where it arrives 5 Nov. 1805
Capt Nathaniel Winship, a New-Englander, builds the first
house in Oregon, at Oak Point ou the Columbia 4 June, 1810
Pacific Fur company, of which John Jacob Astor was a leading
member, establishes a trading-post at the mouth of the Co-
lumbia river, which it calls Astoria 1811
D. McKeuzie explores the Willamette river 1812
Convention between U. S. and Great Britain for joint occupa-
tion of Oregon concluded in London 20 Oct. 1818, ratified,
19 Jan. 1819
Convention between the U. S. and Russia regulating fishery
and trading on the Pacific coast, and fixing 54° 40' as the
northern boundary claimed by the U. S., concluded at St.
Petersburg 5-7 Apr. 1824, and ratified 12 Jan. 1825
Convention between the U. S. and Great Britain : the articles
of 1819 are indefinitely extended, with proviso that either
partv might annul the agreement on 12 months' notice,
6 Aug. 1827
Capt. Nathaniel J. Wyeth of Wenham, Mass., establishes a fish-
ery on Sauvies island, at the mouth of the Willamette 1832
John McLeod and Michael la Framboise erect fort Umpqua, a
post for the Hudson Bay company on the Umpqua river "
Jason and Daniel Lee, Methodist missionaries, reach Oregon in
capt. Wyeth 's second overland expedition, which left Inde-
pendence 28 Apr. 1834, and establish a mission on the banks
of the Willamette, 60 miles from its mouth 6 Oct. 1834
Methodist mission station established on Clatsop plains, near
Youug bay 10 Feb. 1841
First meeting of settlers at the Methodist mission to make a
code of laws for the settlements south of the Columbia
river 17-18 Feb. '«
Star of Oregon, the first American ves.sel constructed of Ore-
gon "timber, is launched from Oak island in the Willamette,
and sails for San Francisco "
A. provisional government and organic laws for Oregon are
adopted by the people met at Champoeg, and Oregon City
fixed as the seat of government 5 July, 1843
First house in Portland erected by A. L. Lovejoy and F. W.
Pettygrove 1845
Publication of the Oregon Spectator begun at Oregon City. 1846
Resolutions pass the House of Representatives giving notice to
Great BriUin that the convention of 1818 and 1827 for joint
occupation of Oregon should be terminated at the expiration
of 1'2 months from the notice 9 Feb. "
Articles of the Oregon convention between U. S. and Great
Britiiin held 15 June, 1846, are ratified in London, 17 July,
and proclaimed (United States) 5 Aug. "
First sale of town lots for Salem 10 Sept. "
First mail contract in Oregon let to Hugh Burns in the spring
of 1846, and first regular mail service in the territory is es-
t;ibli.shed by the U. S. government 1847
Congress enacts a territorial government for Oregon. . .14 Aug. 1848
Gen. Joseph Lane, first territorial governor, arrives, and pro-
claims the territorial government 3 Mch. 1849
About $50,000, in 5 and 10 dollar gold pieces, coined and put
into circulation by the Oregon Exchange company. This is
known as " beaver money " "
First territorial legislature meets at Oregon City 16 July, "
Gens. Smith and Vinton arrive in Oregon to examine the
country with reference to the location of military posts,
28 Sept. "
Hudson Bay company conveys to U. S. the rights of the
company under its charter and the treaty with Great Brit-
ain "
Seat of government located at Salem by legislature, the peni-
tentiary at Portland, and the university at Corvallis 1850
Five of the Cayuse Indians, principals in the massacre of dr.
M. Whitman and other missionaries at WaQlatpu, 29 Nov.
1847, are delivered to the Oregon authorities, tried at Oregon
City, condemned, and executed 18 June, "
Schooner Samuel Roberts, with an exploring party formed in
San Francisco to discover the mouth of the Klamath river,
enters the Umpqua river 6 Aug. "
Oregon Donation act; Congress grants each missionary station
then occupied 640 acres of land, with the improvements. To
each white settler. 640 acres. To each emigrant settling in
Oregon between 1 Dec. 1850 and 1 Dec. 1853, 160 acres,
27 Sept. "
Troops under maj. Philip Kearny engage the Indian.'; in the
battle of Rogue river 23 June, 1851
A party of 23, under T' Vault, set out to explore the interior,
24 Aug. 1851. 1 Sept., all but 9 turn back, at the Rogue
river, about 50 miles from the ocean. These reach the head-
waters of the Coquille 9 Sept. ; descend it, are attacked, and
5 of the 9 killed l)y Indians 14 Sept. "
Yam Hill River bridge, the first in the country, constructed at
Lafayette "
Gold discovered by some half-breeds in the sand of the old
sea-beach at the mouth of a creek near the Coquille 1852
Willamette university at Salem, opened 1844; chartered 1853
War with the Indians of Rogue river, begun in June, ended by
a treaty signed by Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indiah
affairs, and Samuel H. Culver, Indian agent. By this treaty
the Indians sell their lands, comprising the whole Rogue
River valley, to the U. S. for $60,000 8 Sept.
Town of Roseburg laid out
Pacific university and Tualatin academy, at Forest Grove,
opened in 1848, is chartered
T. J. Dryer and party ascend mount Hood, and ascertain that
it is an expiring volcano still emitting smoke and ashes,
Aug.
Gov. Davis resigns Aug. 1854; Geo. Law Curry appointed,
Nov.
Volunteer company under J. A. Lupton attack an Indian camp
at the mouth of Butte Creek, killing 23 and wounding many,
early in the morning. Daylight showed that the dead were
mostly old men, women, and children 8 Oct.
In retaliation, the Indians plunder and massacre settlers in the
upper Rogue River valley 9 Oct.
Astoria chartered
Gov. Curry issues a proclamation calling for 5 companies of vol-
unteers, 15 Oct., and orders all companies not duly enrolled
by virtue of said proclamation to disband 20 Oct.
Convention of Free soilers meets at Albany 27 June, and drafts
a platform for the anti-slavery party, to be reported at an
adjourned meeting appointed at Corvallis for 30 Oct.
Volunteer force organized, 12 Oct., by col. J. E. Ross, engages
the Indians at Rogue river, near Galice creek, 17 Oct., and at
Bloody Springs or Grave Creek hills 30 Oct.
New state-house at Salem burned, with tlie library and furni-
ture; the work of an incendiary 30 Dec.
Indians murder 13 out of 15 of the garrison at Wlialeshead, on
Rogue river, during the absence of the rest (22 P'eb.) at a
dancing-party; murder many farmers near the fort, and burn
their houses and barns; 130, who escaped the massacre and
fled to the fort, are besieged 31 days, until relieved by 2 com-
panies under col. Buchanan Mch.
Troops under capt. A. J. Smith attacked at the Meadows, on the
Rogue river, where the Indians had agreed to meet and give
up their arms, by Indians under chief John, 27 May; they
are rescued by capt. Augur 28 May,
Chief John surrenders 29 June,
Willamette woollen mills at Salem erected
Convention assembles at Albany, and organizes the Free-state
Republican party of Oregon 11 Feb.
Oregon Constitutional convention assembles at Salem, 17 Aug. ;
completes its labors, 18 Sept. ; constitution ratified by the
people; majority in favor of adoption, 3980; against slavery,
5082 ; against free negroes, 7559 9 Nov.
Stage line opened from Portland to Salem
Coal discovered at Coos Bay, near Empire City, 1853, and mines
discovered by James Aiken at Newport and Eastport, opened,
State legislature meets, 5 July, and gov. Whiteaker is inaugu-
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July,
Act admitting Oregon signed by the president 14 Feb.
Gov. Whiteaker convenes the legislature, and completes the
organization of the State government 16 May,
Joseph Lane, ex-governor of Oregon, nominated for vice-presi-
dent of the U. S. on the Breckinridge ticket 23 June,
McMinnville college at McMinnville chartered in 1859; opened.
Fort Stevens, at the mouth of the Columbia, completed
First National bank of Portland, the oldest west of the Rocky
mountains, is established July,
Mount Hood, not previously in eruption since the settlement
of California, continues for a month or more to emit smoke
and flames, followed by the earthquake of 8-9 Oct.
Oregon ratifies XIII. th Amendment to Constitution 11 Dec.
Oregon ratifies the XIV. th Amendment by 1 majority, and this
act is disputed, as secured by the votes of 2 Republican
members of the House afterwards expelled 19 Sept
Cincinnatus H. Miller (Joaquin Miller) appointed judge of Grant
county
Cargo of wheat shipped from Oregon direct to Australia by the
bark Whistler
Grading for Oregon Central railroad begun at Portland, 14 Apr. ,
of the rival Oregon and California railroad 16 Apr.
First full cargo of wheat exported from Oregon direct to Europe,
sent by Joseph Watt to Liverpool by the Sallie Brown
State Agricultural college at Corvallis opened
St. Helen's hall, Portland, chartered and opened
Legislature rejects the XV. th Amendment to the Constitution
of the U. S., and protests against the treaty with China
Oregon school for deaf-mutes at Salem opened
Reform school at Portland established by act of legislature
Legislature rescinds the resolution of 1870, rejecting the XIV. th
and XV. th Amendments
Capt. Jackson, commissioned to remove the Modocs to a
reservation, fights them on Lost river, near Tule lake,
29 Nov.
First convention of the Oregon State Woman's Suffrage Associa-
tion held at Portland Feb.
Oregon institute for the blind at Salem opened
Congress grants public lands in Oregon to construct a military
road across the state, 2 July, 1864; tiie legislature grants
1920 acres of this for each mile to be built by the Oregon
Central Military Road company, which builds to the summit
of the Cascade mountains in 1867 ; the company sells its lands,
to the Pacific liand company of San Francisco
Oregon Pioneer Association organized 18 Oct.
State Board of Immigration created by law 28 Oct.
Oregon and Washington Fish Propagating company incorpo-
rated; hatching establishment near Oregon City Apr.
University of Oregon at Eugene City, chartered in 1872, is
opened 18 Oct.
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Constitutional amendment, that " the elective franchise in this
state shall not hereafter be prohibited to any citizen on ac-
count of sex," passed and approved by the governor 1880
State asylum for the insane at Salem completed 1883
Amendment conferring the suffrage on women is lost; 28.176
votes against to 11, '223 in favor 2 June, 1884
Local Option bill passed by the legislature 1885
State Normal school at Drai n created by lav? "
Bill passed creating a State Board of Agriculture "
First Saturday in June made a legal holiday, " Labor day ". . . 1887
State reform school for juvenile offenders established by law. . 1889
State convention at Salem forms an amalgamated party, in-
cluding Prohibitionists, Grangers, Free-traders, Green-
backers, American Party men, Knights of Labor, Union
Labor, and Woman Suffragists, under the title "Union
Party," to oppose the Republicans and Democrats. . .14 Sept. "
Australian ballot law enacted, and State Board of Charities and
Correction established at the session 12 Jan. to 20 Feb. 1891
Women over 21 years of age and citizens of the U. S. and of
the state made eligible to all educational offices 1893
ORL
TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS.
George Abernethy appointed
Joseph Lane "
J. P. Gaines *< .' " ; ;
Joseph Lane u .....
George L. Curry ...",.' "
John W.Davis '< .....
George L. Curry "
1846
1849
1853
1854
STATE GOVERNORS.
John Whiteaker asumes office 1859
Addison C. Gibbs '' " i^q^
George L. Woods " " ....,...'....'.' 1866
Lafayette Grover " " .............. 1870
S. F. Chadwick acting .....*.' .' .' * .' .{ *Feb 1877
W.W.Thayer assumes office 1878
Zenas Ferry Moody " " ^§32
Sylvester Pennoyer, Dem " " ".V. .".'.'. .ijaii" 1887
William Paine Lord " " . . ........ ... 1896
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF OREGON.
No. of Congress.
Remarks.
' Delazon Smith.
I Joseph Lane. . .
Edward D. Baker
Benjamin Stark
Benjamin F. Harding.
James W. Nesmith
George H. Williams. . .
Henry W. Corbett
James K. Kelly
John H. Mitchell
Lafayette F. Grover. . .
James H. Slater
Joseph N. Dolph
John H. Mitchell
George W. McBride...
3oth
35th to 37th
36th
37th
37th to 39th
37th " 40th
39th " 42d
40th " 43d
42d " 45th
43d " 46th
45th " 47th
46th " 49th
47th " 54th
48th "
54th "
1859 to 1860
1859 " 1861
1860 " 1861
1862
1862 to 1865
1861 " 1867
1865 " 1871
1867 " 1873
1871 " 1877
1873 " 1879
1877 " 1883
1879 " 1885
1883 " 1895
1885 "
1895 "
Seated 14 Feb.
Seated 15 Feb.
I Seated 5 Dec. B. London, Engl., 1811; killed at battle of Ball's
[ Bluff, Va., 21 Oct. 186L
Appointed in place of Baker.
Elected in place of Baker.
Term expires 1897.
Term expires 1901.
Org'an, a development of the pandean-pipes ; the "or-
gan " ill (ien. iv. 21 should be translated joipe. The invention
is attributed to Archimedes, about 220 b.c. ; and to Ctesibius,
a barber of Alexandria, about 250 b.c. The organ was brought
to Europe from the Greek empire, and was applied to religiou.s
devotions in churches about a.d. 657. — Bellarmin. Organs
were used in the Western churches by pope Vitalianus 658. —
Ammonius. It is affirmed that the organ was known in France
in the time of Louis I., 815, when one was constructed by an
Italian priest. The organ at Haarlem is one of the largest
in Europe ; it has 60 stops and 8000 pipes. At Seville is one
with 110 stops and 5300 pipes. The organ at Amsterdam has
a set of pipes that imitate a chorus of human voices. Of
the organs in England, that at St. George's hall, Liverpool,
by Mr. Willis, was the largest; next in order, that at York
minster, and that in the Music-hall, Birmingham. In Lon-
don, the largest was, perhaps, that of Spitalfields church ; and
that in Christ church was nearly as extensive. The erection
of the famous Temple organ was competed for by Schmidt and
Harris ; after long disputes, the question was referred to vote,
and Mr. Jefferies, afterwards chief-justice, gave the casting-
vote in favor of Schmidt (called father Smith), about 1682. A
monster organ was erected in the Crystal palace, Sydenham,
in June, 1857. The organ by Willis, at the Royal Albert hall,
is now said to be the largest in the world, 1871. The largest
organ ever in America was in the Music-hall, Boston. It was
built by Walker, and had 4 manuals, 89 stops, and 4000 pipes.
Other organs in the United States having from 2500 to 4000
pipes are those in Trinity and St. George's churches, New
York ; Plymouth church, Brooklyn ; Holy Trinity and Temple
Emanuel, New York. These are all the work of American
builders. Music.
org^ailic Clieini§try. Chemistry.
orgies (Gr. Opyla), secret rites of worship practised by
the initiated alone, especially in the worship of Dionysus
(Bacchus.) These rites, celebrated by women clad in fawn-
skins with hair dishevelled, swinging the thyrsus and beating
the cymbal, prevailed in almost all parts of ancient Greece.
The celebrants were called Maenads or Bacchae. Their ecstatic
enthusiasm was accompanied with coarse and frantic revels,
often of an immoral character.
Oriel college, Oxford, founded in 1326, by Adam de
Brome, archdeacon of Stow, and almoner to king Edward II.
This college derives its name from a tenement called VOriole,
on the site of which the building stands.
Or'igeili§t§ pretended to draw their opinions from the
writings of Origen (185-253), one of the most distinguished
and influential theologians of the earh' church. They main-
tained that Christ was the son of God only by adoption and
grace ; that souls were created before the bodies ; that the sun,
moon, stars, and the waters that are under the firmament have
souls ; that the torments of the damned shall have an end ; and
that the fallen angels shall, after a time, be restored to their
first condition. They were condemned by councils, and the
reading of Origen's work was forbidden. — Burke. These doc-
trines were condemned by the council of Constantinople in 553.
" Origin of Species," Darwin's. Literature.
Ori'on, in Greek mythology a giant and hunter noted
for his beauty and prowess, son of Hyriens of Hyria in Boeotia.
After his death he was placed with his hounds among the
stars, hence the name of one of the most beautiful constella-
tions in the heavens ; mentioned in Job ix. 9, xxxviii. 31 ;
Amos V. 8 ; also by Homer and Hesiod.
" Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went to rest,
Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the west."
Tennyson, " Locksley Hall. "
OriS'kany, N. Y., Battle of. New York, 1777.
Orkliey and Shetland isles, north of Scotland,
were conquered by Magnus III. of Norway, 1099, and were
ceded to James III. as the dowry of his wife Margaret, in
1469. The Orkneys were the ancient Orcades ; united with
Shetland, they now form one of the Scotch counties. Area,
957 sq. miles; pop. 1891, Orkney, 30,438; Shetland, 28,711.
The bishopric of Orkney, founded by St. Servanus early in
the 5th century — some affirm by St. Colm — ended with the
abolition of episcopacy in Scotland, about 1689. Bishops iic
Scotland.
Orleans ipr-la-on'), a city in central France, formerly
Aurelianum : gave title to a kingdom, 491, and afterwards to a
duchy, usually held by one of the royal family. Attila the
Hun, besieging it, was defeated by Aetius and his allies, 451.
It was besieged by the English under earls of Salisbury and
Suffolk, 12 Oct. 1428 ; bravely defended by Gaucour (as its fall
would have ruined the cause of Charles VL, king of France),
and relieved by the heroism of Joan of Arc, afterwards sur-
named the Maid of Orleans, 29 Apr. 1429, and the siege was
raised 18 May. Joan of Arc. (The 439th anniversary was
celebrated lo" May, 1868). During the siege of Orleans, Feb.
1563, the duke of Guise was assassinated. Pop. 1891, 63,705.
Franco- Prussian war, 11 Oct., 10 Nov., 4-5 Dec. 1870.
ORM o
DUKES OF ORLEANS.
Louis contended for the regency with John the Fearless, duke
of Burgundy, by whose instigation ho was assassinated 1407
Charles, taken prisoner at Agincourt, 1415; released, 1440; d.. 1465
Louis, became Louis XII. of France, when the duchy merged
In the crown 1498
Bourbon ftrancA. —Philip, youngest son of Louis XIII., b.
1040; d ITOl
Philip II., son, b. 1673; regent, 1715; d 1723
Louis, son, b. 1703; d 1752
Louis Philippe, son, b. 1725; d 1785
Louis Philippe Joseph, son, b. 1747; opposed the court In the
French revolution; took the name Egaliti, 11 Sept. 1792;
voted for the death of Louis XVI. ; was guillotined (Frknch
Rkvolutio.n) 6 Nov. 1793
Louis Philippe, son, b. 6 Nov. 1773; chosen king of the French,
9 Aug. 1830 ; abdicated 24 Fob. 1848; d 26 Aug. 1850
[His quoen, Marie Am(5lie, d. 24 Mch. 1866 (France).]
Ferdinand Philippe, son, duke of Orleans, b. 3 Sept. 1810; d.
through a fall 13 July, 1842
Louis Philippe, son, count of Paris, b. 24 Aug. 1838; married
Maria Isabella, daughter of the duke of Montpensier,
30 May, 1864
[A daughter, Maria Amelia, b. 28 Sept. 1865.]
Demand of the Orleans princes to return to France, 19 June,
refused by the legislative assembly after discussion. .2 July, 1870
Their request to serve in the army after the fall of the empire
declined Sept. "
[The due de Chartres served incognito.]
After discussion, the due d'Aumale and the prince de Joinville
permitted to sit in the national assembly 19 Dec. "
Afler much discussion, the comte de Paris at a personal inter-
view recognized the comte de Chambord as the legitimate
head of the Bourbon family and king of France 5 Aug. 1873
[For consequent proceedings, France, 1873 et seq]
Bodies of king Louis Philippe and others of his family re-
moved from England to the mausoleum at Dreux. . . .9 June, 1876
or'milllllll, a metrical version of the Gospels and Acts,
in early English, made by Orm, an ecclesiastic, in the 12th
century, printed at Oxford in 1852, from a MS. in the Bod-
leian library. Liteuature.
ornithorog^y. Birds.
ornithorhyn'cllUS, the duck-billed platypus, or
water-mole, a singular compound of the mammal and the bird,
a native of Australia, was first described by dr. Shaw in 1819.
orphan-houses. The emperor Trajan first formed
establishments for this purpose. Pliny relates in his pane-
gyric that he had caused 5000 free-born children to be sought
out and educated, about 105 a.d. Orphan-houses properly so
called are mentioned for the first time in the laws of the em-
peror Justinian. At the court of Byzantium the office of in-
spector of orphans, orphanotrophos, was so honorable that it
was held by the brother of the emperor Michael IV. in the
11th century. Foundling hospitals.
Orphanotropheon at Halle, established by August Francke. .1698-99
Orphan working asylum for 20 boys was established at Hox-
ton in 1758. It is now situated at Haverstock hill, and con-
tains 350 boys and girls.
Asylum for female orphans, Lambeth; removed to Bedding-
ton, near Croydon; instituted 1758
London orphan asylum, founded 1813; removed to Clapton,
1823; new building at Watford, founded by the prince of
Wales, 13 July, 1869; opened 20 July, 1871
First orphan asylum in U.S., called "Bethesda," founded about
9 miles from Savannah, Ga., by George Whitefleld 1740
Second was the Charleston orphan asylum, Charleston, S. C. .. 1792
Orphan Asylum Society of New York, and St. Stephen's female
orphan asylum of Philadelphia, Pa., chartered 1807
Next founded was at Annapolis, Md 1828
They have rapidly increased (see the states separately) since. . 1840
or'rery, a planetary machine to illustrate and explain
the motions of the heavenly bodies, appears to have been co-
eval with the Clepsydra. Ptolemy devised the circles and
epicycles that distinguish his system about 130. The plan-
etary clock of Finee was begun 1553. The planetarium of
De Rheita was formed about 1650. The planetarium, now
termed the orrery, it is said, was constructed by Rowley, after
a pattern devised by the clock-maker George Graham, at the
expense of Charles Boyle, earl of Orrery, about 1715. A large
planetarium was constructed by the rev. William Pearson, for
the Royal Institution, London, about 1803. An excellent
planetarium, constructed in London by signor N. Perini, was
exhibited in Dec. 1879.
Orsini's plot against the emperor Napoleon III.
France, Jan. 1858.
0§ceo'la, chief of the Seminoles. Florida ; United
States, 1835.
J OTT
Oi'inllinifOne of the heaviest-known metals, discovered
in platinum ore by Tennant in 1803. Elements.
OmIcIIcI mailifCMtO. For the purpose of promoting
negotiations with Spain for the purchase of Cuba by the United
States, Soul6, the American minister to Spain (empowered to
negotiate for the purchase of Cuba), Mason, minister to France,
and Buchanan, to England, met at Ostend, Belgium, 9 Oct. 1854,
and after 3 days' session adjourned to Aix-la-Chapelle, and
thence wrote to the U. S. government, 18 Oct. 1854, their views
of the polic}' of the U. S. : That, as Spanish oppression in Cuba
was such that Cuba would speedily resort to arms to free her-
self, (1) the U. S. should offer Spain for Cuba a sum not to ex-
ceed $120,000,000; and (2) in event of Spain's refusal to sell,
the U. S. would be justified in taking possession of Cuba by
force. This proposition passed unrebuked by the government
at Washington ; but pres. Pierce did not think it prudent to
act upon the advice, and Soule, disgusted, soon after resigned
and returned home.
OlS'traciiin (Gr. mrpaKov, a potsherd or shell), a mode
of proscription at Athens, is said to have been first introduced
by the tyrant Hippias ; others ascribe it to Cleisthenes, about
510 B.C. The people wrote the names of those whom they
most suspected upon small shells ; these they put in an urn
or box and presented to the senate. Upon a scrutiny, he
whose name was oftenest written was sentenced by the coun-
cil to be banished from his altar and hearth. 6000 votes were
required. Aristides, noted for his justice, and Miltiades, for his
victories, were thus ostracized. The custom was abolished by
ironically proscribing Hyperbolus, a mean person, about 338 b.c.
0§trich, a very large bird of the genus Struthio (its
ancient name), a native of Africa (see Job xxxix. 13). Os-
triches were hatched and reared at San Donato, near Florence,
1859-60 ; and at Tresco abbey, the seat of Augustus Smith, in
the Scilly isles, 1866. There are several ostrich ranches in
California where ostriches are reared with success.
0§'trogOth§ or Eastern Ooth§, were distin-
guished from the Visigoths (Western Goths) about 330. Af-
ter ravaging eastern Europe, Thrace, etc., their great leader,
Theodoric, established a kingdom in Italy, which lasted from
493 to 553. Italy.
0§troIeil'ka, a town of Poland. Near here the
French defeated the Prussians, 16 Feb. 1807. In another bat-
tle here, between the Poles and Russians, the slaughter was
immense, but the Poles remained masters of the field, 26 Mav,
1831.
Oswe'gO, a city of New York, southeastern shore of
lake Ontario. Pop. 1891, 21,842. Fort Ontario; New
York, 1722, 1756, 1814.
Otahei'te or Tahiti (ta-hee'-tee), one of the group
of the Society islands in the south Pacific ocean, seen by
Byron in 1765, and visited in 1767 by capt. Wallis, who called
it George III. island. Capt. Cook came here in 1768 to ob-
serve the transit of Venus ; sailed around the island in a boat,
and stayed 3 months ; he visited it twice afterwards. Cook.
Omai, a native of this island, was brought to England by
Cook, and carried back in his last voj'age. In 1799 king
Pomare ceded the district of Matavai to some English mis-
sionaries. Queen Pomare was compelled to put herself under
the protection of France, 9 Sept. 1843. She retracted, and
Otaheite and the neighboring islands were taken possession
of by adm. Dupetit-Thouars in the name of the French king,
Nov. 1843. The island was formally annexed to France 29
June, 1880. Area, 412 sq. miles; pop. 11,200.
O'theoSCOpe (Gr. ojOku), I propel), apparatus invented
by W. Crookes for studying molecular motion, the effects of
radiation ; described bj' him Apr. 1877.
Ot'tawa, formerly BytOWn, a city of Ontario, on
the river Ottawa, was appointed to be the capital of Canada
by queen Victoria in Aug. 1858. The executive council met
here 22 Nov. 1865, and the Canadian parliament was, for the
first time, opened here bv the gov.-gen. lord Monck, on 8 June,
1866. Pop. 1871, 21,545 ; 1890, 44,150.
Ottawa§. Indians ; Pontiac's war.
Otterburn, a township of Northumberland. In 1388 the
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Scotch besieged Newcastle, and were driven off by Henry Percy
(Hotspur), son of the earl of Northumberland. Percy pursued
them to Otterburn, where a battle was fought on 10 Aug., in
■which the earl of Douglas was killed and Percy taken prison-
er. On this battle the ballad of " Chevy Chace " is founded.
Ottoman empire. Turkey.
Ollde iowd) or Oudh, N. India, formerly a vice-
royalty held by the vizier of the great mogul. About 1760 it
was seized by the vizier Sujah-ud-Dowlah, ancestor of the
late king. Area, 24,246 sq. miles ; pop. 1891, 12,652,730.
Battle of Buxar; Sujah and his ally, Meer Cossim, are defeated,
and the Britisli coutrol Oude 23 Oct. 1764
Reign of Asoph-ud-nowlah,who cedes Benares, etc., to the East
India company, who place troops in Oude (Chunar) 1775-81
In consequence (by virtue of the treaty of 1801), Oude is an-
nexed to the British territories by decree, proclaimed 7 Feb. 1856
Olldenarde', a town of Belgium. Here the English
and allies, under the duke of Marlborough and prince Eugene,
thoroughly defeated the French besiegers, 11 July, 1708.
ounce (from undo), the 16th part of the pound avoir-
dupois and 12th of the pound troy. Its precise weight was
fixed by Henry III., who decreed that an English ounce should
be 640 dry grains of wheat ; that 12 of these ounces should be
a pound ; and that 8 pounds should be a gallon of wine, 1233.
Metric system.
Ourique (oo-reeF), a town of Portugal, where Alfonso,
count or duke of Portugal, is said to have encountered 5 Sara-
cen kings and a great army of Moors, 25 July, 1 139, an 1 signally
defeated them ; and then to have been hailed the first king.
Lisbon, the capital, was taken, and he soon after was crowned.
OVariOt'omy. This important surgical operation of
removing the fetus from the womb was devised an<l first per-
formed by dr. E. McDowell, of Kentucky, 1809. His cases
amounted to 13, with 8 recoveries. — Z>?\ D, H. Agnew's " Prin-
ciples and Practice of Surgery," vol. ii. p. 803. Surgery.
ovation, public ceremonies held to honor an individual.
In Roman antiquity, when a victory had been gained with
little difficulty or the like, a lesser triumph was granted called
ovaiio, in which the general entered the city on foot or on
horseback crowned with myrtle and not with laurel, and sacri-
ficed a sheep (ovis, whence the name), instead of a bullock.
Publius Posthumius Tubertus was the first who was decreed
an ovation, 503 b.c.
overland mail. California; Missouri, 1858;
United States.
Owhy'liee. Hawaii.
OXal'ie acid, which exists in several plants, especially
in sorrel, is now abundantly obtained for use in the arts from
sawdust acted upon by caustic potash or soda, according to
dr. Dale's process, patented in 1862.
Oxford, an ancient city of England, restored by king
Alfred, who resided here and established a mint, etc., about 879.
Canute held a national council here 1018
Stormed by William 1 1067
Charter by Henry II., the city granted to burgesses by John. . 1199
1 Henry III. holds the " mad " parliament here 1258
; Bishops Ridley and Latimer burned here, 16 Oct. 1555; and
; archbishop Cranmer 21 Mch. 1556
i Fatal (or Black) Oxford assizes; the high-sheriflf and 300 others
j died of a jail fever caught from prisoners 1557
! Charles I. took Oxford, 1642, and held a parliament here 1644
: Taken by the parliament 24 June, 1646
[Charles II. held parliaments here 1665 and 1681
1 Oxford marble§. Arundelian marbles.
Oxford univer§ity. An academy here is described
as ancient by pope Martin II. in a deed, 802. Alfred founded
*' the schools " aboivt 879.
Charter granted by Henry III 1248
Charter of Edward III., 1355; of Henry VIII 1510
University incorporated by Elizabeth 1570
Empowered to send 2 members to Parliament 1604
Bodleian library opened, 8 Nov. 1602; building completed 1613
Botanic garden, etc., established by the earl of Danby 1622
Radcliffe library opened, 13 Apr. 1749; the Radclifl'e observa-
tory completed 1786
i commission appointed (31 Aug. 1850) to inquire into its "state,
studies, discipline, and revenues;" reported 27 Apr. 1852
\cts making alterations passed 1854, 1856
Jniversity museum opened July, 1860
^Examination statutes passed 1801, 1807, 1850, 1862
Extension of the university proposed at a meeting held 16 Nov. 1865
University tests abolished by act passed 16 June, 1871
Royal commission to inquire respecting university property,
etc., appointed 6 Jan. 1872
Income in 1871 reported to be— university, 47,589i. Os. 3d. ; col-
leges and halls, 366,253^. 16s. 3d. ; total,413,842i. 16s. 6d., Oct. 1874
Hebdomadal board reported that about 100,000Z. was needed
for education in science June, 1875
Lord Ilchester's bequest to promote the study of Slavonian lit-
erature, especially Polish ; first lectures given May, "
New commission appointed (lords Selborne and Redesdale,
Montague Bernard, sir M. W. Ridley, dean Burgon, and jus-
tice Grove) ; announced 27 Mch. 1876
Oxford University bill withdrawn, July, 1876; the Universities
act passed lo Aug. 1877
Commission publish a new scheme for professors, etc., very
restrictive 2 Nov. 1880
Statute admitting women to examination passed 29 Apr. 1884
COLLEGES.
University, said to have been founded by king Alfred. 872;
founded by William, archdeacon of Durham about 1232
Balliol, founded by John Baliol, knight (father to Baliol, king
of the Scots), and Deborah, his wife 1263
Merton college, by Walter de Merton, bishop of Rochester 1264
Exeter, by Walter Stapleton, bishop of Exeter 1314
Oriel college, by king Edward II. ; Adam de Brome, archdea-
con of Stowe 1326
Queen's college, by Robert de Eglesfleld, clerk, confessor to
queen Philippa, consort of Edward III 1340
New college, by William of Wykeham, bishop of Winchester;
first called St. Mary of Winchester, founded 1379; occupied
1386 (500th anniversary celebrated 14 Oct. 1879).
All-Souls' college, by Henry Chlchely, archbishop of Canter-
bury 1437
Magdalen, by William of Waynflete, bishop of Winchester 1456
Lincoln college, by Richard Fleming, 1427; finished by Rother-
ham, bishop of Lincoln 1479
Brazenose, by William Smyth, bishop of Lincoln, and sir Rich-
ard Sutton 1509
Corpus Christi, by Richard Fox, bishop of Winchester 1516
Christ church, by cardinal W^olsey, 1525; and afterwards by
Henry VIII 1532
Trinity, by sir Thomas Pope, on the basis of a previous insti-
tution called Durham college 1554
St. John's, by sir Thomas Whyte, lord mayor of London 1555
Jesus college, by dr. Hugh Price and queen Elizabeth 1571
Wadham, by Nicholas Wadham, and Dorothy, his wife 1613
Pembroke, by Thomas Teesdale and Richard Wightwick, clerk, 1624
Worcester, by sir Thomas Coke, of Beutley, in Worcestershire;
it was originally called Gloucester college 1714
Keble college ; first stone laid by archbishop of Canterbury,
25 Apr. 1868; consecrated ...23 June, 1870
Hertford college, 1312 ; dissolved in 1805, and a Hertford schol-
arship appointed; revived, and Magdalen hall incorporated
with it 1874
Indian institute founded 1879
HALLS (not incorporated).
St. Edmund's 1269
St. Mary's 1333
New Inn hall 1392
St. Mary Magdalen (incorporated with Hertford college, 1874). 1487
St. Alban's 1547
First professorships. — Divinity (Margaret), 1502; Divinity, Law,
Medicine, Hebrew, Greek, 1540, etc.
Number of undergraduates, 1893 3,197
Members of the convocation, 1893 6,087
" on the book, 1893 12,165
Matriculated, 1865 524
" 1875 718
" 1891 802
DEGREES CONFERRED.
L I M.D. I B.M. B.D.
1 4 I 7
2 2 ..
I 6 I 2 ! 9
— Oxford University Calendar, 1893.
Oxford'§ assault on queen Tietoria.
Edward Oxford, a youth who had been a servant in a public-
house, discharged 2 pistols at queen Victoria and prince Al-
bert, as they were proceeding up Constitution hill in an open
phaeton from Buckingham palace, 10 June, 1840. He stood
within a few yards of the carriage, but no one was injured.
Oxford was tried at the Old Bailey (10 July), was adjudged
insane, and sent first to Bethlehem hospital, next to Broad-
moor; and set at liberty in 1868, on condition of going abroad.
Ox'US (the Persian and Turkish Djihoun; local name,
Amou Darya), a river of central Asia; supposed to have
changed its course before 1000 a.d., and to have resumed its
ancient bed in 1878.
OX'ygen, a gas (named from the Gr. o^vg, sharp, and the
root yev-, produce, as it was long supposed to be the essential
element of acids), is the most abundant of all substances, con-
1865.
1875.
189L
M.A
B.A.
D.D.
DC.L
M.D.
|B.M.
B.D.
B.C.L.
B.M.
343
297
5
15
1
4
7
4
3
294
394
2
11
2
2
2
5
1 392
521
12
10
6
2
9
12
14
B.Mu
6
11
11
600
stituting about one-third of the solid earth, and forming about
nine-tenths «»f water and one-fifth of the atmosphere. It was
first separated from red oxide of mercury by Priestley, 1 Aug.
1774, and by Scheele, who was ignorant of Priestley's discov-
erj*, in 1776. It is a supporter of animal life (in respiration)
and of combustion. An oxygen-gas company was announced
in Dec. 1864, its object being the cheap manufacture of oxygen
for it^ application to the production of perfect combustion in
lamps, stoves, furnaces, etc. Oxygen was liquefied by Kaoul
Pictet at Geneva (pressure, 320 atmospheres, temp. —140 C),
22 Dec. 1877. Air, Gas, Ozone, Water, etc.
A statue of Joseph T*riestley, 1733-1804, at Birmingham, was
unveiled by prof. T. H. Huxley, 1 Aug. 1874, the centenary of
the discovery of oxygen. This was also celebrated at Nor-
thumberland, Pa., where he was buried, Feb. 1804, having
left England 1794, and settled at Northumberland.
A method of obtaining oxygen from air devised and patented
by M. Margis, of Paris. The principle is that of dialysis, or
diffusion under pressure (Gas, liquefaction) Sept. 1882
Prof. Dewar obtained 2 cubic centimetres (one-tenth of a
fluid oz.) of liquid oxygen by means of liquid ethylene (the
Illuminating part of coal gas), temp. —140 C. (by Wroblewski
and Olzewski's method) at the Royal institution, London,
26 June, 1884
He first exhibited solid oxygen in the form of snow (tempera-
ture —200 C.) produced by placing liquid oxygen in a partial
vacuum, at the Royal institution 27 May, 1886
Prof. Dewar exhibited between 300 to 400 centimetres liquid oxy-
gen at the Faraday centenary, 26 June, 1891. The feeble mag-
netism of oxygen, demonstrated by Faraday, was shown by prof.
Dewar to be greatly increased when reduced to the liquid state
by a temperature of — 180 C. ; announced 10 Dec. 1891. Some
liquid oxygen placed in the magnetic field sprang to the poles
and adhered to them till evaporated ; this was publicly shown
by the professor at the Royal institution, 10 June, 1892. Sev-
PAD
oral pints of liquid oxygen and liquid air were tlion produced i\
the presence of the audience.
€>y§ter (the Lat. Ostrea edulis). British oysters are eel
ebrated by the Roman satirist Juvenal {Sat. iv. 140), abou
100.
OZOR'erit, a mineral hydro-carbon found in Moldavii
and Wallachia. From it is distilled a substance suitable fo
making candles; introduced in the autumn of 1871.
O'ZOlie (from Gr. o^hv, to yield an odor) was discovere(
by Schonbein of Basel in 1840, when experimenting with th(
then newl}' invented battery of sir William Grove, and wa
recognized by him successively as a minute constituent of th(
oxygen gas resulting from the electrolysis of water effecte(
by a current of high tension ; of air or oxygen, through whicl
electric discharges have taken place; and of air in whicl
moist phosphorus has been undergoing slow oxidation.
Marignac determined the action of ozone on various substances
to be due to oxidation 184|
Ozonometers constructed
M. Schonbein announced hisdiscovery of another modification
of oxygen, which he termed antozone, hitherto found only in
the compound state (in peroxides of sodium, potassium, etc. ), 1851
French Academy of Sciences appointed a committee to in-
quire into the nature and relations of ozone 4 Dec.
Andrews and Tait demonstrated ozone to be a condensed form
of oxygen i860.
This further established by Soret and Brodie, by quantitative
reactions. (Odling suggested and Brodie proved ozone to
be 3 molecules of oxygen in the space of 2) 187!
Ozone, generated by a current produced by Wilde's magneto-
electric machine, employed to bleach sugar, by Edward
Beane's patent Aug. 18(
Liquefied by Hautefeuille and Chappuis Oct. 1
P, the 16th letter and 12th consonant of the English al-
phabet, known to the Greeks, Phoenicians, and Egyptians.
Pacific ocean. America, Balboa, Magellan; Ocean.
Pacific railroadi.
Senate committee reports favorably Asa Whitney's bill for
northern railway to the Pacific (Whitney was a merchant of
New York city, zealous for such a road); senator Benton
speaks against it ; tabled by the Senate, 27 to 21 1848
Again agitated by Whitney without success 1849
Benton introduces a Pacific railroad bill into Congress "
Act providing for surveys passed Mch. 1853
UNION PACIFIC AND CENTRAL, PACIFIC.
Bill passes the House, 6 May, 1862, 79 to 49; Senate, 20 June, 35 to 5;
approved 2 July, granting as subsidies 6 per cent, gold bonds, to
the Union Pacific, $16,000 per mile for the great plain west from
Omaha; $48,000 per mile for 150 miles over the Rocky moun-
tains; $32,000 per mile for the remainder; in all 1034 miles,
$27,236,512. For the Central Pacific, $16,000. $48,000, and $:{2,-
000 per mile: in all 883 miles, $27,855,562. Each company also
received 12,800 acres land per mile of road, in all 25,000,000 acres,
by a subsequent act, 2 July. 1864. The companies were allowed
to issue an equal amount of their own bonds, which were to be a
first lien on the road, the government bonds the second. Time
fixed for opening, 1 July. 1876; opened 10 May, 1869. General
direction nearly east and west on 40th degree of latitude.
1865 40
1866 265
Miles built by the Union Pacific -| 1867 245
(8 350
i9 134
Miles built by the Central Pacific.
1865.
1866.
1867.
Total 1034
56
Total 743 "
Sacramento to San Francisco 140 "
Grand total 1917 "
NORTHERN PACIFIC.
Charter granted, 2 July, 1864, and subsidies; from lake Superior to
Puget sound, 1800 miles, and thence to the Columbia river, 200
miles; land granted to this railroad was 47,000.000 acres or 73,000
sq. miles. Road to be finished 4 July, 1879 ; commenced July, 1870 ;
company became embarrassed in 1873; ceased work; reorganized
1875; time extended; finished 9 Sept. 1883; last spike driven by
Henry Villard on the Pacific slope, 50 miles west of Helena, Mon.
Great Northern extension, from Pacific Junction, Montana, to
Lowell, on Puget sound (the 5th transcontinental line) com-
pleted 6 Jan. 1893
ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC.
Chartered 27 July, 1866. From Springfield, Mo., to the Pacific,
nearly on 35th degree of latitude, in all a distance of nearly 2000
miles. The land granted to this road was 12,800 acres per mile
in the states and 25,000 acres per mile in the territories, in all
42,000,000 acres.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
Chartered 3 Mch. 1871, extending from Marshall, Tex., to El Paso,
thence through New Mexico, Arizona, to Los Angeles, Cal., along
32d degree of latitude. The land grant the same per mile as the
others.
Pacification, Edicts of, a name given to edicts of
toleration granted by the French kings to the Protestants.
Ghent.
First edict, by Charles IX., permitting the reformed religion
near all the cities and towns in the realm Jan. 1562
Reformed worship permitted in the houses of lords justiciaries,
and certain other persons Mch. 1563
These edicts revoked, and all Protestant ministers ordered to
quit France in 15 days 1568
Edict allowing lords and others to have service in their houses,
and granting public service in certain towns 1570
[In Aug. 1572, the same monarch authorized the massacre
of St. Bartholomew (Bartholomew).]
Edict of Pacification by Henry III., Apr. ; revoked, Dec. 1576;
renewed for 6 years Oct. 1577
[Several edicts were published against the Protestants after
the 6 years expired.]
Edict of Henry IV. , renewing that of Oct. 1577 1591
Edict of Nantes by Henry IV 13 Apr. 1598
Pacification of Nismes 14 July, 1629
padlock, a portable lock that, with hasp and staple,
fastens a door, gate, etc.; said to have been invented br
Beecher at Nuremberg, 1540, but mentioned much earlier.
Pad'ua, the Roman Patavium, in Venetia, N. Italy, a
city said to have been founded bj' An tenor soon after the fall
of Troy, 1183 b.c. It flourished under the Romans. Patavian
Latin was considered inelegant, and is traced by some critics
in Livy, a native of Padua. After being an independent re-
public, and a member of the Lombard league, Padua was ruled
by the Carrara family from 1318, with a short interruption, till
1405, when it was seized b}' the Venetians. The university
was founded about 1220. It was closed through disturbances,
PAG
601
1848-50. Pop. 1881, 47,334. Scene of Shakespeare's "The
Taming of the Shrew."
'■'■ Hortensio. What happy gale
Blows you to Padua here, from old Verona?"
—Act i. sc. ii.
pag^a.ll§ (Lat. paganus, belonging to a district or canton),
a name given by the early Christian church to all not accept-
ing its doctrine ; so called because the villagers and country-
men long remained unconverted. The word now means the
heathen, worshippers of idols in general. Constantine ordered
the pagan temples to be destroyed throughout the Roman em-
pire, 331 ; his nephew, Julian, attempted their restoration, 361 ;
but paganism was renounced by the Roman senate in 388,
and finally overthrown in the reign of Theodosius the younger,
about 391.
painting'. The art of laying on, or reproducing objects
by, colors. Osymandyas (in Egypt) caused his exploits to be
represented in painting, 2100 b.c. — Usher.
Polygnotus of Athens paints in outline in 4 unshaded colors on b.c.
a colored ground about 460
Zeaxis of Heraclea and Parrhasius of Ephesus flourish. . .about 400
Pausias of Sicyon invents the process .of encaustics. . .about 360-330
Apelles, most celebrated for his painting of Venus, "Aphrodite
Emerging from the Waves," flourishes about 332
AntiphilUf, an Egyptian, reputed inventor of the grotesque
(Pliny) "
Art introduced at Rome from Etruria by Quintus Fabius,
styled Pictor [Livy) 291
A.D.
Painting on canvas said to have been known at Rome 66
Council of Constantinople replaces the lamb, former symbol of
our Lord in painting, by the man Christ 692
*' Achirotapeton" or "picture made without hands," held
authentic by the Romish church, placed in the chapel of the
Sancta Sanctorum 752
Art of miniature painting, imperfect among the Greeks, is ap-
plied to Christian uses in the 4th century, and practised ex-
tensively by the Byzantine school about 800
Painting on glass practised in France and Germany about 1100
Guido of Sienna, first recognized Italian painter, paints the
"Enthroned Madonna " in church of San Domenico 1221
Period of the " Renaissance," culminating with Michael Angelo
and Raphael, begins about 1400
Jan van Eyck of Flanders, by mixing colors in oil and resin,
supersedes drying in the sun about 1415
Masaccio (Tommaso Guidi), pioneer of realists, and leader in
the study of the nude, flourishes about 1425
j Andrea Mantegna, the first artist who engraved his own works,
i born near Padua 1431
The Last Supper" (known by Raphael Morghen's engraving),
on the refectory wall of the old convent of Santa Maria della
Grazie, Milan, completed by Leonardo da Vinci 1498
The Assumption of the Virgin " in the Academy of Fine
Arts, Venice, was painted by Titian for an altar-piece in the
church of Santa Maria de Frari 1516
The Transfiguration," now in the Vatican, was left by Raphael
unfinished at his death 1520
The Nativity " or " Santa Notte," in the Dresden gallery, was
painted for Alberto Pratonieri by Correggio and finished. . . . 1527
The Last Judgment," a fresco by Michael Angelo over the
i altar of the Sistine chapel at Rome, completed 1541
j "The Descent from the Cross," in the church of San Triniti de
Monti at Rome, by Daniel da Vol terra, who lived 1509-66
i Jacopa da Ponte, the first Italian genre-painter, d 1592
' "The Last Communion of St. Jerome," in the Vatican, made
for the monks of Ara Cceli by Domenichino, who lived,
1581-1641
"The Aurora," one of the best-preserved frescos in Italy, on
ceiling of the Rospigliosi palace, Rome, by Guido Reni; fin-
ished about 1610
"The Portrait of Beatrice Cenci," in the Barberini collection
at Rome, ascribed to Guido Reni about 1600-10
"The Descent from the Cross," in the Antwerp cathedral, the
chef-d'oeuvre of Flemish art, was painted by Rubens,
about 1610-15
"The Immaculate Conception," in the Salon Carrg of the
; Louvre, was painted by Murillo 1678
: Robert Feke, the earliest native colonial painter in America,
1 executes several portraits in Philadelphia, Pa. , .■ 1746
'"The Sistine Madonna," originally an altar-piece by Raphael
[ for the cloister of San Sisto in Piacenza, Italy, purchased by
i king Augustus IlL of Saxony and removed to Dresden 1753
'Charles Wilson Peale executes the first portrait of George
; Washington as a Virginia colonel 1772
Benjamin West succeeds sir Joshua Reynolds as president of
, the Royal Academy, England 1792
Pope Pius VII. purchases for the Vatican the " Nozze Aldo-
brandini," one of the finest ancient paintings in Rome, rep-
resenting in 10 figures a Greek marriage 1818
mtional gallery, London, Engl, established 1824
[Began by purchase of the Angerstein collection of 38 pict-
ures for 51,0001. by the government; since increased by gifts
and purchases to over 1100 paintings.]
First exhibition of paintings ever held in Egypt in modern
times opened in Cairo 20 Feb. 1891
PAI
kminp:nt painters.
Florentine.
Born. Died.
Giovanni Cimabuc 1240-1302
Giotto di Bordone 1276-1336
Fra Angelico (II Bea-
to) 1387-1455
Andrea Mantegna 1431-1506
Domenico Ghirlandajo. 1449-1494
Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519
Filippino Lippi 1460-1504
Fra Bartolommeo (Bac
cio della Porta)
Michael Angelo Buona-
rotti
Andrea del Sarto (An-
drea d'Agnolo)
Daniele da Volterra. . .
Carlo Dolci
Born. Die<l
1475-1517
1475-1564
1487-1531
1509-1566
1616-1686
Umbrian.
II Perugino (Pietro Vanucci) 1446-1524
II Francia (Francesco
Raibolini) 1450-1517
Annibale Carraci 1560-1609
Guido Reni 1575-1642
Francesco Albani 1578-1660
Bolognese.
Domenichino (Dome-
nico Zampieri)
Guercino (Francesco
Barbieri)
Bernardino Luini,
about
BenvenutoTisio Garo-
falo
Raphael Sanzio.
Josef de Ribera (Lo
Spagnoletto)
Giovanni Bellini
Ciraa da Conegliano,
about
Giorgione (Giorgio Bar-
barelli)
Titian (Tiziano Vecel-
lio)
Palma Vecchio
Hubert and Jan van
Eyck about
Hans Memling
Quintin Matsys. .about
Antoni Moro
Jan Breughel
Peter Paul Rubens. , . .
Albrecht Diirer
Lucas Cranach
Hans Holbein (the
younger)
Peter Lely
Godfrey Kneller
Peter von Cornelius. . .
Gerard Honthorst
Adriaen Brouwer
Albert Cuyp
Rembrandt van Ryn. .
Gerard Terburg
Jan Both
Adrian van Ostade
Ferdinand Bol
Bartholomew van der
Heist
Gerard Dow
Philip Wouvermans . .
Isaac Jansz van Ostade.
Nicolas Berchem
Paul Potter
Lombardian.
Correggio (Antonio Al-
1460-1530 legri)
II Parmagiano (Fran-
1481-1559 cesco xMazzuola)...,
Roman.
1483-1520 I Giulio Romano
Neapolitan.
I Salvator Rosa
1588-1656 I
Venetian.
1426-1516 Sebastian del Piom-
bo
1460-1518 Paris Bordone
II Tintoretto (Jacopo
1477-1511 Robusti)
Paul Veronese (Cagli-
1477-1576 ari)
1480-1528 Antonio Canale
Flemish.
Franz Snyders
Franz Hals
Jacob Jordaens
Anton Vandyck
David Teniers (the
younger)
1366-1440
1495
1460-1531
1512-1581
1568-1625
1577-1640
German.
1471-1528
1472-1553
1497-1543
1617-1680
1648-1723
1783-1867
1592-1666
1605-1638
1(;05-1691
1()06-1669
1608-1681
1(510-16.56
1610-1685
1611-1681
1612-1670
1613-1680
1620-1668
1621-1649
1624-1683
1625-1654
Johann Friedrich
Overbeck
Wilhelm von Kaulbach.
Karl Friedrich Less-
ing
Adolphe Schreyer
Hans Makart
ch.
Jacob Ruysdael
Jan Steen
Jan ver Meer.
Pieter de Hooch
William van de Velde.
Frans van Mieris
Mindert Hobbema,
about
Caspar Netscher
Adrian van de Velde. .
Adrian van der Werflf.
Jan van Huysum
Jean Auguste Henri
Leys
L. Alma-Tadema
Spanish.
Juan de Juanes
Francisco Zurbaran.
Diego Velasquez
Alonzo Cano
1506-1579
1598-1662
1599-1660
1601-1667
French.
Bartolomeo Esteban
Murillo
Mariano For tuny
Nicolas Poussin
Claude Lorraine
(Claude Gele'e)
Eustache Lesueur
Charles le Brun
Hyacinthe Rigaud
Antoine Walteau
Claud Joseph Vernet..
Louis Jacques David..
Elizabeth Louise Vigee
Lebrun
Pierre Prud'hon
Carle (A. C. H. ) Vernet.
Antoine Jean Gros
Jean Dominique Au-
gustin Ingres
Horace Vernet
Ary Scheffer
1594-1665
1600-1682
1616-1655
1619-1690
1659-1743
1684-1721
1714-1789
1748-1825
175.5-1842
1758-1823
1758-1836
1771-1835
1780-1867
1789-1863
1795-1858
Jean Baptiste Camille
Corot
Paul Delaroche
EugSne Delacroix
Narcisse Virgile Diaz.
Constant Troyon
Jules Dupre
Pierre E. T. Rousseau.
Charles Emile Jacque.
Jean Francois Millet..
Thomas Couture
Jean I-ouis Ernest Meis
sonier
Henri-Felix-E. Philip-
poteaux
Charles Franpois Dau-
bigny
Gustave Courbet
1581-1641
1590-1666
1494-1534
1503-1540
1498-1546
1615-1673
1485-1547
1500-1571
1512-1594
1528-1588
1697-1768
1579-1657
1584-1666
1.593-1678
1599-1641
1610-1694
1789-1869
1805-1874
1808-1880
1828
1840-1884
1625-1681
1626-1679
1632-1696
1632-1681
1633-1707
1635-1681
1635-1700
1639-1684
1639-1672
1659-1722
1682-1749
1815-1869
1836
1618-1682
1838-1874
1796-1875
1797-1856
1799-1863
1807-1876
1810-1865
1811
1812-1867
1813
1814-1875
1815-1879
1815-1891
1815-1884
1817-1878
1819-1877
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602
PAL
1
French.— iContinutd.)
Born. Di«a.
Born. Dleil.
Eagtoe Fromentin...
1820-1876
Johan Georges Vibert
1840
Marie Rosa Bonheur. .
1822
Alexander G. H. Reg
Alexander Cabanel....
1823
nault
1843-1871
Jean Leon G^rOme. . .
1824
jJean-Josepb-Bepjamin
Adolpbe-Willianis Bou
guereau
1825
Constant
1845
Jules Raslien Lepage
1848-1884
I.^n J. F. Bonnat. . . ,
1833
Edouiird-Jean-B. De
I^ul Gustavo Dor<5...
1833-1883
taillo
1848
Jules J. Lefebvre
1836
Pascal Adolph-J. Dag
Einilo-Auguste-Carolus
nan Bouveret
1852
Ounui
1S38
Gustave- Claude- E
Gustave Achillo Guil
Courtois
1852
laiimet
1840
English.
Samuel Cooper
1609-1672
Richard Redgrave....
1804-1888
William Dobson
1610-1646
P.F.Poole
1806-1879
J.Thornhill
1676-1732
John R. Herbert
1810-1890
William Hogarth
1679-1764
Thomas Creswick
1811-1869
Richard Wilson
1713-1782
Daniel Maclise
1811-1870
Joshua Reynolds
1723-1792
E. W. Cooke
1811-1880
George Stubbs
1724-1806
C. W. Cope
1811-1890
Paul Sandby
1725-1809
Augustus Egg
1816-1863
Thomas Gainsborough
1727-1788
E. M.Ward
1816-1879
George Romney
1734-1802
J. C. Horsley
1817-1890
J. Mortimer
1741-1779
J. Gilbert
1817
James Barry
1741-1806
Edward Armitage....
1817
Henry Fuseli
1741-1825
William P. Frith
1819
James Northcote
1746-1831
J. C. Hook
1819
William Beechey
1753-1839
George Frederick
Thomas Stothard
1755-1834
Watts
1820
Henry Raeburn
1756-1823
CarlHaag
1820
John Opie
1761-1807
James Sant
1820
George Morlaud
1763-1804
Frederick Goodall....
1822
Thomas I^wrence
1769-1830
Birket Foster
1825
Joseph Mallord Will-
Thomas Faed
1826
1775-1851
1776-1837
William Holman Hunt
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1827
John Constable
1828-1882
David Wilkie
1785-1841
William F. Douglas. . .
1829-1891
William Hilton
1786-1839
John Everett Millais..
1829
Benjamin Robert Hay-
H. S. Marks
1829
don
1786-1846
Frederick Leighton...
1830
William Mulreadv
1786-1863
1786-1865
Vicat Cole
1833 - ■-
W. F. Wither ington. . .
Edward Burne-Jones..
1833
William Etty
1787-1849
Phil. Calderon
1833
Al)raham Cooper
1787-1868
J. A. M. Whistler
1835
William Collins
1788-1847
G. D. Leslie
1835
John Martin
1789-1854
W. 0. Orchardson
1835
Charles Hayter.
1792-1871
E. J. Poynter
1836
Charles Eastlake
1793-1865
John Pettie
1839-1894
Charles Robert Leslie.
1794-1859
Marcus Stone
1839
David Roberts
1796-1864
Elizabeth Thompson
Clarkson Stanfleld
1798-1867
(lady Butler)
1844
Thomas Webster
1800-1886
Walter W. Ouless
1848
Edwin Landseer
1802-1873
Hubert Herkomer
.1849
Francis Grant
1803-1878
Amei
ican.
John Copley
1737-1815
Richard M. Staigg....
1817-1881
Benjamin West
1738-1820
John F. Kensett
1818-1872
Charles Wilson Peale..
1741-1826
William Hart
1822
Gilbert Charles Stuart
1756-1828
Sauford R. GifTord
1823-1880
John Trumbull
1756-1843
Jasper Francis Cropsey 1823
John Vanderlyn
1776-1852
William Morris Hunt.
1824-1879
Edward G. Malbone...
1777-1807
Edward H. May
1824-1887
Rembrandt Peale
1778-1860
Eastman Johnson
1824
Washington Allston...
1779-1843
James W. Glass
1825-1857
Thomas Sully
1783-1872
Richard Caton Wood-
Henry Inman
1801-1846
ville
1825-1855
1801-1848
1803-1889
William H. Beard
George Inness
Robert W. Weir
1825-1894
James E. Freeman . . .
1808-1884
Frederick E. Church. .
1826
John Gadsby Chap
William Bradford
1827
man
1808-1889
M.Wight
Jervis McEntee
1827
William Page
1811-1885
1828-1891
Charles Loring Elliott
1812-1868
James M. Hart
1828
Tompkins Matteson...
1813-1884
Albert Bierstadt
1828
George L. Brown
1814-1889
Edward Moran
1829
James H. Beard
1814-1893
George H. Bough ton . .
1833
Emmanuel Leutze
1816-1868
Thomas Moran
1837
Daniel Huntington....
1816
Arthur Quartley
1839-1886
PRINCIPAL ART GAI
XKKIKS OF EUROPE.
Academia delle Belle Arts, Flor-
Dresden Gallery.
ence.
The Royal Pinakothek at Mu-
Gallery of the Uffizi, Florence.
nich.
The Pitti Gallery, Florence.
The Berlin Museum.
The Vatican. Rome.
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
Gallery of the Capitol
Rome.
Brera Gallery, Milan.
Borghese Gallery, Rome.
National Gallery, London.
Corsini Palace, Rome.
South Kensington Museum.
Dona, Rome.
Hampton Court.
Academy of Fine A,rts, Venice.
Bridgewater, London.
Royal Museum, Madrid.
Dulwich, England.
Gallery of the Louvre, Paris.
Belvedere, Vienna.
Luxembourg.
Cassel, Germany.
UNITED
STATES.
New York Historical Society, esta
Wished
1804
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, incorpo-
rated 28 Mch. 180
Wads worth Gallery, Hartford, Conn., founded 184
Bufl'alo (N. Y.) Fine Arts Academy, incorporated 4 Dec. 186
Yale School of Fine Arts, New Haven, Conn., opened 180
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Park, New York, char-
tered 13 Apr. 187
[Contains the largest collection of art in the U. S. Here
are the Cesnola art works ft-om Cyprus, the Summervillo
gems, noted collections of statuary, and many valuable paint-
ings.]
Mu.seum of Fine Arts, Boston, incorporated
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C, chartered.. 24 May,
Powers Art Gallery, Rochester, N. Y., established 187
Lenox Library Art Gallery, New York, opened 187
Chicago Art Institute, incorporated 24 .May, 187
Peabody Institute Art Gallery, Baltimore, Md., opened. .2 May, 188
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Louis, established 10 May,
Milwaukee Museum of Fine Arts, incorporated 1 July, 188
Paixlian g^un, so called from col. Paixhan, of th
French army, who invented it in 1822. It was intended fo
war-ships and fortresses. The original Paixhan was 9J fee
long, bore 8J inches, weight 7400 lbs., and was charged wit!
from 10 to 18 lb.s. of powder, and carried a ball of about 80 Ibi
palaces. Buckingham, Escurial, Parliament
St. Cloud, St. James's, Tuileuies, Versailles, etc.
palSJeOg'rapliy, ancient writing. DiPLgMATiCf
Writing.
Palseorogi, a family which reigned as emperors o]
the East from 12fiO to 1453. George Palseologus raise
Alexius Comnenus to the throne in 1081, and thereby found©
his own family. Andrew, the last Palaeologu.s, son of Thoma
ruler of the Morea, after the overthrow of his father, becaraj
a Mahometan at Constantinople about 1533. A person wh
called himself John Anthony Palaeologus Lascaris died
Turin, Sept. 1874. His claims were doubted.
palaeontoroi^y (from Gr, 7ra\ai6g, ancient, an(
ovra, beings), treats of the evidences of organic beings in thi|^
earth's strata. It is a branch of Geology. Cuvier, Mantell,
Agassiz, Owen, Edward Forbes, and Blainville — all of the
present century — may be reckoned as fathers of this science.
The Palaeontographical Society, which publishes elaborate
monographs of British organic remains, was founded in 1847,
The journal Palceontograjjhica (German) began 1851. Prof.
Owen's "Palaeontology" was published in 1860. "Nearly
40,000 species of animals and plants have been addf d to the
' Systeraa Naturae ' by palasontological research." — Huxley,
Man.
Palatinate of the Rhine, one of the 7 ancient
electorates of Germany. It was long united to Bavaria, but
was separated in 1294.— Frederick V., the elector palatine in
1610, married in 1613 Elizabeth, the daughter of James I. of
England, and thus was an ancestor of queen Victoria. Han-
over. In 1619 he was elected king of Bohemia, but lost all
by his defeat by the Austrians at Prague in 1620. The Palat-
inate was ravaged by Tilly in 1622, and by the French in 1688.
England received many fugitives, of whom thousands were
sent to America by the British government and people.
These settled mostly in New York along the Hudson and
Mohawk rivers, and in Berks comity, Pennsylvania. Nkw
York, 1713. The elector palatine Charles Theodore inherited
Bavaria in 1778; since when the 2 electorates have been
united. Bavaria.
Pale, the name given to the part of Ireland colonized
by the English, viz., parts of the counties of Louth, Dublin,
Meath, and Kildare. Anglo-Irish rulers were termed lords of
the Pale. Their arbitrary exactions led to a royal commission
of inquiry in 1537. The defection of the lords of the Pale -in
1641 was followed by a general insurrection, and the royal
cause was ruined in 1647. In 1652 Ireland was committed to
the rule of 4 commissioners.
Palenque (pd-k^ik'd), a name given to extensive
ruins in the northern part of the Mexican state of Chiapas
bordering on Central America, whose history is conjectural.
They were discovered about 1750. Capt. bel Rio visited
them in 1787, and others have visited them since. They indi-
cate a higher civilization than do any other ancient relics found
on the continent. America, Copan.
Paler'mo, a city of N.W. Sicily, the ancient Panormus.
PAL ""
It was held by the Carthaginians, 415 b.c. ; taken by the Ro-
mans, 254 B.C. ; by the Saracens, 832 a.d. ; and by the Nor-
mans, 1072, Here Roger 11, was crowned king of Sicily, 1130,
Palermo was the scene of the Sicilian vespers, 30 Mch. 1282.
It suffered from earthquake in 1726 and 1740. The king
Ferdinand resided at Palermo from 1806 to 1815, while Naples
was ruled by Joseph Bonaparte and Joachim Murat. It re-
volted against the tyranny of Ferdinand II. 12 Jan. 1848. It
was attacked by gen. Filangieri, 29 Mch. 1849, and surrendered
on 14 May. It was taken by Garibaldi, 6 June, 1860. An
insurrection against the abolition of the monastic establish-
ments broke out in Palermo on 13 Sept. 1866, and was sup-
pressed by the royal troops with much bloodshed ; order was
restored by 22 Sept. University was founded 1447. Pop.
1881,205,712; 1890, 267,416.
Parestine, the country formerly inhabited by the
Jews. It was united to the Ottoman empire by Selim I. in
1516. Area of Palestine proper about 12,000 sq. miles. Cru-
SADfi:s, Holy places, Jerusalem, Jud^a, Samaria, etc.
"Palestine Exploration Fund " was founded by many eminent
persons as a society " for the investigation of the archaeology,
topography, geology, and manners and customs of the Holy
Land;" at the first meeting the archbishop of York was in
the chair 22 June, 1865
[By its means capt. "Wilson and a party left England for
Palestine in Nov. 1865; they arrived at Damascus, 20 Dec;
and in the following spring explored Jezreel, Nazareth, and
many other parts of the Holy Land.]
Excavations in Jerusalem carried on by capt. Warren 1867-70
Moabite stone discovered t 1868
Systematic trigonometrical survey of Palestine carried on by
capt. Stewart, R.E., lieuts. Conder and Kitchener, R.E.. 1872-77
A similar fund established in New York 1871
Ordnance survey of Sinai by capts. Wilson and Palmer pub. . . 1872
Surveying party attacked by natives, rescued by soldiers, after
much suffering 10 July, 1875
Survey of Western Palestine completed; announced Oct. 1877
Publication of map (1 inch to the mile) in 26 sheets May, 1870
Map and Memoirs of the Survey of Western Palestine pub. 1880-81
Survey of Eastern Palestine begun by lieuts. Conder and
Kitchener 1881
" Twenty-one Years' Work " in the Holy Land pub June, 1886
Capt. Conder discovers a key to Hittite inscriptions. . .26 Feb. 1887
pariinp§C§t (from Gr. ttoXlv, again ; and i^aw, I ef-
face), parchments written on after previous writing had been
partially effaced. Cardinal Mai, by removing the second
writing in some MSS., recovered the original. This was the
case with Cicero's " De Republica," pub. by Mai in 1821. It
had been covered by a treatise of Lactantius.
pall, pal'lium, in the Roman church an ensign of
dignity conferred by the pope upon archbishops. By a de-
cretal of pope Gregory XI. (about 1370), no archbishop could
call a council, bless the chrism, consecrate churches, ordain a
clerk, or consecrate a bishop till he had received his pall from
the see of Rome. The pall was first worn by an Irish arch-
bishop in 1152, when Gelasius was recognized as primate of
all Ireland.
Pariadiuin, the statue of Pallas (Minerva), said to
have fallen from heaven near the tent of Ilus, as he was
building Ilium, which the oracle of Apollo declared should
never be taken so long as the Palladium was found within its
walls. The Greeks are said to have obtained it during the
siege of Troy, being stolen by Ulysses and Diomede, 1184 b.c.,
but some writers assert another statue was taken, and that the
real Palladium was conveyed from Troy to Italy by .^neas,
1183 B.C., and preserved by the Romans with the greatest se-
crecy in the temple of Yesta.— Palladium is a rare metal dis-
covered in platinum ore by dr. Wollaston in 1803.
Pall mall (pell mell), a street near St. James palace,
London, is named from a French game at ball {paille-maille,
being a wooden mallet), resembling the modern croquet, hav-
ing been played there about 1621.
Palm Sunday, Sunday before Easter. When Christ
made his entry into Jerusalem, multitudes of the people who
were come to the feast of the Passover took branches of the
palm-tree, and went forth to meet him, 33.
Palmy 'ra, a mined city of Syria, was supposed to have
been the Tadmor in the wilderness built by Solomon, but was
manifestly Grecian. The brilliant part of the history of Pal-
myra was under Odenatus and his queen, Zenobia. At the
death of Odenatus, Zenobia assumed the title of queen of the
» PAN
East in 267. Aurelian defeated her at Emesa in 272, and
made her captive, 273, and killed Longinus, the philosopher,
her friend. Palmyra is now inhabited by a few Arab families.
The ruins were visited in 1751 by Mr. Wood, who published
an account of them in 1753. Others have visited them
since,
Palo Alto, Battle of. Gen. Taylor, in command of
the army of occupation in Texas, marched from Point Isabel
on the evening of 7 May, 1846, to the relief of fort Brown, op-
posite Matamoras. Fort Brown. At noon next day he
discovered a Mexican army, under gen. Arista, full 6000 strong,
drawn up in battle order upon a beautiful prairie called Palo
Alto. Taylor, with little more than 2000 men, attacked him.
The contest lasted 5 hours. At twilight the Mexicans gave
way and fled. The Americans lost, in killed and wounded, 53 ;
Mexican loss was about 600. Mexican war.
Pam'irs, a lofty mountain ridge in Turkestan, central
Asia.
Col. Gromtchevski's Russian exploring expedition stopped by
Afghan and British outposts 1889
Capt. Yonoff, with a military force, excludes capt. Younghus-
band and lieut. Davison, travellers, from the little Pamir, on
the frontiers of Afghanistan, etc. Russians afterwards retire
on the advance of a party of Goorkhas Aug. 1891
Russian government declares the action of capt. Yonoff to be
illegal, and apologizes Feb. 1892
Pan. In Greek and Roman mythology the god of shep-
herds and pastoral scenes, represented as both man and beast ;
inventor of the syrinx or pandean pipe ; inspirer of sudden
fear or terror without cause, giving rise to panics.
Panama', the isthmus which joins the 2 Americas.
Darien. In 1855 a new state. New Granada, was divided
into 8 federal states, one of which is named Panama. A rev-
olution took place in Panama on 9 Mch. 1865 ; the govern-
ment was deposed, and don Jil Colunje became president ; suc-
ceeded by Vincent Olarte, 1 Oct. 1866. Panama is now subject
to Colombia. The government overthrown by Colombian
troops without bloodshed, about 12 Oct. 1875. Across the
isthmus a ship-canal was proposed by the Bulwer-Clayton
TREATY, 19 Apr. 1850. A treaty for the construction of a
ship-canal through the isthmus by the United States was
signed with Colombia, 26 Jan. 1870.
First exploration for canal route between Chagres and Panama
by H. de la Serna 1527-28
Canal proposed by Lopez de Gomarfa 1551
Canal or road from Caledonia bay proposed by William Patter-
son 1698
Gogonche, a Biscayan pilot, laid his scheme for a canal before
the Spanish government 1799
Humboldt proposed a canal 1803
First formal exploration made by Lloyd and Falmark 1827-29
Gurella's survey 1843
Canal scheme of Michel Chevalier proposed 1844
Macadamized road from Panama to Portobello proposed by W.
B. Liot, R.N 1845
Survey for Panama railroad by col. G. W. Hughes, U. S. A 1849
Panama railroad begun , Jan. 1850
Exploration of capt. Fitzroy, R. N "
" dr. CuUen "
" J, C. Trautwine 1852
" capt. Prevost, R. N 1853
" Lionel Gisborne 1854
" lieut. Strain, U. S. N "
" capt. Kennish 1855
First train from ocean to ocean 28 Jan. "
Exploration of lieut. Michler, U. S. A 1858
" Frederick N. Kelley 1864
" M. de la Charne 1865
De Paydt announces discovery of a favorable route "
Exploration of Gonzorga 1866
" com. T. 0. Selfridge, U. S. N 1870
" com. Tull, U. S. N 1875
Gen. Tiirr and a committee propose a canal Oct. 1876
Lieut. L. A. B. Wyse's survey (1875) published autumn, 1877
Explorations of Reclus and Sosa 1878
International canal congress convened in Paris 15 Jfay, 1879
Seven schemes proposed; canal from gulf of IJmon to bay of
Panama recommended (by 74-8) 29 May, "
De Lesseps arrives at the isthmus 31 Dec. "
Scheme suspended for want of funds "
Canal through Nicaragua proposed by Americans; favored by
gen. Grant Sept. "
Lesseps's scheme opposed by the U. S. government Mch. 1880
Lesseps, at Liverpool, describes his plan; canal to be 46 miles
long -31 May, "
Engineers leave Paris 3 Jan. ; at work 24 Feb. 1881
Work commenced on ship-canal "
Number of men said to be employed, 11,000 1883
Company had expended 1,400,000,000 francs up to 1883
PAN
C04
PAP
French government authorizes a lottery lor the work. . .8 June, 1888
[Subscriptions very disappointing.]
Company suspends payment. 11 Dec. "
Tribunal of the Seine appoints judicial liquidation early in 1889
Report of inquiry commission states that 900,000,000 ftuncs
will bo required to fluish the work 6 May, 1890
Total collapse of scheme; legal investigation demanded.. Sept. 1891
Committee appointed by the French Chamber of Deputies
begun the investigation of the Panama work 25 Nov. 1892
M. Charles de Lesseps, Fontane, and Sans-Leroy arrested for
alleged complicity with the Panama frauds 16 Dec. "
Trial of C. de Lesseps, Fontane, Cotter, and Eiffel begins, 9 Jan. 1893
Ex-ministers Rouvier and Paul Deves, senators Albert Grevy
and Leon Renault accused, but accusation withdrawn, while
ex-minister Provost and senator Beral are committed for
trial 7 Feb. "
De Baihaut, Blondin, Cotter, and others arraigned on an in-
dictment charging corruption in the matter of the Panama
Lottery Bond bill (Lottkriks) Feb. "
M. Ferdinand and Charles de Lesseps, Fontane, Cotter, and
Eiffel sentenced in the French Court of Appeals to imprison-
ment and fine 9 Feb. "
Congressional committee begin to investigate Panama frauds
in America. 12 Feb. "
M. Le Guay and Provost convicted of complicity, and sen-
tenced to fine and imprisonment 15 Feb. "
Conviction of Charles de Lesseps, M. Baihaut, and Blondin;
prisoners sentenced to 1, 2, and 5 years' imprisonment,
21Mch. "
French Court of Cassation quash the sentence of Charles de
Lesseps and other Panama defendants, and all are released
except Charles de Lesseps 15 June, *'
Sentence of Charles de Lesseps set aside under statute of limi-
tations 12 Sept. "
Plant and works gone to utter ruin and decay 1894
Panama, Congress at. United States, 1826.
Pan-American Congress. United States,
1889-90.
pan'dean pipes (said to be the Greek syrinx, and
the vgab or organ of the Bible, Gen. iv. 21 and Psa. cl.), usu-
ally 7 tubes, popular in Britain early in the 19th century. A
" Preceptor " for Davies's " new invented syry nx " was pub-
lished in 1807.
Pandects, a digest of the civil law, made by order of
Justinian, 533. It is stated that a copy of these Pandects
was discovered in the ruins of Anaalfi, 1137; removed from
Pisa in 1415, and preserved in the library of the Medici at
Florence as the Pandectce Florentince.
Pando'sia, a city of Bruttium, S. Italy. Here Alex-
ander, king of Epirus, was defeated and slain by the Bruttians,
326 B.C. Laevinus, the Roman consul, was defeated at Pan-
dosia, in Lucania, by Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, 280 b.c.
Pan'eas or Pa'nius, an ancient town of Syria. Here
Antiochus the Great defeated Scopas, the Egyptian general,
and his Greek allies, 198 b.c.
panics, commercial. Crisis; Pan.
Panno'nia, part of Illyria, now Hungary. Was final-
ly subdued by Tiberius, 8 a.d.
panoram^a, invented by Robert Barker, consists of
bird's-eye views painted around the wall of a circular building.
In 1788 he exhibited at Edinburgh a view of that city, the first
picture of the kind. He then commenced similar exhibitions
in London in 1789, having adopted the name '•' Panorama,"
and was ultimately enabled to build commodious premises in
Leicester square for that purpose. (He d. Apr. 1806.) J. P.
Loutherbourg, a painter, termed the panoramist, invented the
" Eidophusikon," consisting of natural phenomena represented
by moving pictures, exhibited at Lisle street, Leicester square,
London, 3 Apr. 1781.— Cycloraraa, a species of panorama re-
cently introduced, is, as its name indicates, a painting repre-
senting some important scene, as a battle or view from
nature, so placed that every part of the picture is at about
the same distance from the spectator. The finest of those
exhibited in the United States are the battle of Gettysburg,
by the French painter Philippoteaux, and the battle of Chat-
tanooga. Philippoteaux also painted a view of Niagara Falls,
which was exhibited with great success iii^Jjondon, 1890.
pan'tagrapll (from the Gr. iravra, all things, and
ypa^Eiv, to write, and incorrectly termed pentagraph), an in-
strument for copying, reducing, or enlarging plans, etc., in-
vented by Christopher Scheiner, about 1603; improved by
prof. Wallace, and called "Eidograph," about 1821.
pan'tlieism, the formula of which is "everything is I
•
God, and (Jod is one," was especially taught by XenophancsJ
who died 500 B.c. The doctrine is attributed to Spinoza
Kant, Fichte, and other modern philosophers. Amalric of
Chartres, censured for holding the doctrine, recanted, 13th
century. He is said to have asserted that "all is God, and
God is all." Pantheism, as well as atheism, is a troublesome
element in philosophic thought. According to Swedenborg,
all things are created from God, but only spiritually; nature
is not the sphere of creation, but simply of regeneration. He
thus eliminates materialism from the problem of creation.
Pan'tlieon, at Rome, a circular temple built by Agrip-
pa, the son-in-law of Augustus, 27 b.c. It had niches in the
wall, where the image or representation of a particular god
was set up; the gates brass, the beams covered with gilt
brass, and the roof covered with silver. Pope Boniface III,
dedicated it to the Virgin Mary and all the saints by th«
name of S. Maria della Rotunda, or " ad Martyres," 608 a.d,
Victor Emmanuel, first king of united Italy, was buried here,
17 Jan. 1878. Pantheon at Paris founded by Louis XV., buiU
by Soufflot, 1757-90. Victor Hugo buried here, 1 June, 1885.
pan'togen. Atomic theory.
pan'tomimes were representations by gestures and
attitudes among the Greeks, and were introduced on the
Roman stage by Pylades and Bathyllus, 22 b.c. Comic masks
were introduced into England from Italy about 1700. The
first regular English pantomime is said to have been " Harle
quin Executed," produced by John Rich at the Lincoln's-inn'
fields theatre, 26 Dec. 1717. Joseph Grimaldi (1779-1837) wai
the most eminent clown.
Pao'li, Massacre at. On the night of 20 Sept. 1777, i
corps of 1500 Americans, under gen. Wayne, were attacked
in their camp, near Paoli tavern, in Pennsylvania, by a party
of British and Hessians under gen. Greig, and about 300 of
them were killed or mortally wounded in the gloom. 53 of
them found upon the ground the next morning were buried
in one grave. A marble monument marks the spot
papal infallibility. This dogma, maintained by^l
one party in the Roman church, tolerated by another, and
utterly rejected by a third, was adopted and promulgated at
*the general council at Rome, 18 July, 1870, a great many
bishops having withdrawn. The doctrine was inculcated by
the false decretals of Isidore and others, but not adopted by
the council of Trent. Councils of the Church, XXI. Prof.
Dollinger, the historian, was excommunicated at Munich for
rejecting this dogma, 18 Apr, 1871 ; he was made a D.C.L.
at Oxford about 16 June following. Old Catholics. The
doctrine was strenuously attacked by W. E. Gladstone in his
pamphlet, "The Vatican Decrees," Nov. 1874.
Papal iStates. Popes, Rome.
paper, thin sheets or leaves of fibrous material, to re-
ceive writing or printing, or for wrappers. Papyrus. Paper
was probably made in Egypt centuries before the Christian
era. It was made of cotton about 600 a.d., and of rags about
1300. Joseph Hunter (in the Archceologia, xxxvii.) states
that the earliest paper he had seen was a MS. account-book,
dated 1302, probably of Bordeaux manufacture. He gives en-
gravings of manufacturers' marks, French and English, dated
from 1330 to 1431. He also gives an extract from a work by
Bartholus, about 1350, mentioning a paper manufactory in the
Marches of Ancona. At the end of Wynkin de Worde's edi-
tion of Bartholomaeus, " De Proprietatibus Rerum," 1494, its
thin paper, made by John Tate in England, is commended.
White coarse paper was made by sir John Speilman, a Ger-
man, at Dartford, P^ngl., 33 Eliz. 1580 ; and here paper-mills
were erected. — Stow. Paper for writing and printing manu-
factured in England, and an act passed to encourage it, 2 Will.
HI. 1690; before this time England paid for these articles to
France and Holland 100,000^. annually. The French refugees
taught the English people, who had made coarse brown paper
almost exclusively until the French came among them ; white
paper first made in England in 1690. — Anderson. Paper-
making by a machine was suggested by Louis Robert, who
sold his model to Didot, the great printer, who took it to
England, and, conjointly with Fourdrinier, perfected the ma-
chinery. The latter obtained a patent for paper-making ma-
chinery in 1801, and for manufacturing paper of an indefinite
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length in 1807. The machinery was improved by Bryan
Donkin. Esparto, a Spanish grass, first imported into Eng-
land ill 1857, has been largely employed in the paper manu-
facture since 1864.
First paper-mill in America was built by William Rittinghuysen
and William Bradford, near Philadelphia, 1690. A second was
built in Germantown in 1710; and Ivy mill, Delaware county, by
Thomas Willcox, 1727. First in New Jersey, 1728.
First in Massachusetts at Milton, 1730, by Daniel Henchman. Dal-
ton mill founded in 1801. One at Troy, N. Y., noted for making
from 4 to 5 reams in a day, 1793.
In 1890 there were between 1100 and 1200 paper and pulp mills,
with a capital investment of $100,000,000, producing about
. 10,000,000 pounds daily. •
Method of grinding wood as raw material for paper was introduced
in the U. S. in 1869-70. Olcott paper mill of Vermont, one of the
largest wood-pulp mills for paper in the U. S., produces 80 tons of
printing-paper daily. Parchment.
paper money. First issued in the American colo-
, nies by Massachusetts, 1690. Continental paper money is-
i sued during the American Revolution, first issued 1775. De-
I preciation : value of $100 in specie in Continental monev,
! Jan. 1777,1105; 1778, $325; 1779,^742; 1780, $2934 ; 1781,
\ 17400. AssiGNATS, Banks, Confederate States, Green-
backs.
papier-maelie {pap'-ya-ma-sha'). This manufact-
ure (of paper-pulp combined with gum and sometimes with
china clay) has existed for above a century. Martin, a Ger-
man snuffbox-maker, is said to have learned the art from one
Lefevre about 1740. In 1745 it was taken up by Baskerville,
the printer at Birmingham, and soon spread over that district.
Papier-mache is now largely employed in ornamenting the
interior of buildings, etc.
papy'ril§, the reed from which was made the paper of
I Egypt and India, used for writings until the discovery of
! parchment, about 190 B.C. Ptolemy prohibited the exporta-
1 tion of it from Egypt, lest Eumenes of Pergamus should make
I a library equal to that of Alexandria, 263 B.C. Many papyri
I were discovered at Herculaneum in 1754 (Libraries) ; and
i many were collected by the French in Egypt, 1798. A man-
; uscript of the " Antiquities" of Josephus on papyrus, among
I the treasures seized by Bonaparte in Italj', and sent to the
I National Library at Paris, was restored in 1815.
Fac-similes of the largest known papyrus, found in 1855, behind
Shedinat Habu, on the Nile, and now in the British museum,
were published with translations by the trustees in 1876.
par'able. Fables.
par'aellUte. Balloons, 1785, 1802, 1837, 1874, 1887.
Par'aclete (Gr. for comforter), a name given by
Abi^lard to the convent which he founded in Champagne in
1122, of which Heloise became the first abbess. Montanus
I (MoNTANiSTs) in the 2d century. Manes (Manicheans) in
; the 3d, and Mahomet in the 7th, claimed to be the promised
I Paraclete, whom none of the 3 however identified with the
' Holy Ghost.
j par'adOX (Gr. irapa, beyond, and Sn^a, opinion), some-
I thing contrary to common opinion. Prof. De Morgan's *' Bud-
tget of Paradoxes " (of all kinds) was published in 1872. John
jPaget's "Paradoxes and Puzzles, Historical, Judicial, and
i Literary," pub. 1874.
i par'afline (from parum affinis, from its having little
iaffinity with anything), also called photogen, a solid sub-
Istance, somewhat like spermaceti, produced by distillation of
jcoal, and first obtained by Reichenbach in 1830, and by dr.
iChristison about the same time. It was procured from min-
eral oil by James Young about 1848 at Alfreton, in Derby-
shire. Soon after it was largely obtained from Boghead coal.
;It is also obtained from Irish peat. It makes excellent can-
jdles. Much litigation ensued through interference with Mr.
lYoung's patent-right.
paragraph Bible§. Bibles.
' Par'aguay, a republic in South America, discovered
ay Sebastian Cabot in 1526; conquered by Alvarez Nunez in
1535, and civilized by the Jesuits, who in 1608 commenced
heir missions there and held it till their expulsion in 1768.
'Paraguay rose against the Spanish yoke in 1811. In 1814
h. Jose G. R, Francia was elected dictator; he ruled vigor-
>usly, but tyrannically: he was succeeded, on his death in
1840, by.Vibal. From 1814 to 1844 the country was rigidly
closed against foreigners. The president, C. A. Lopez, elected
in 1844, was succeeded by his son, Francis S. Lopez, Sept. 1 862.
Paraguay was recognized as an independent state by the Ar-
gentine Confederation, 14 July, 1852. and by Great Britain in
1853. Area, 98,000 sq. miles; pop. 1857, 1,337,431 ; 1873, 221,-
079 ; 1876, 293,844 ; 1887, 329,645.
Hostilities between Paraguay and Brazil; a Brazilian steamer
captured as an intruder on the Paraguay 11 Nov. 1864
Brazil invaded Dec. "
Lopez invades the Argentine republic, which immediately
makes alliance with Brazil 14 Apr. 1865
Army of Lopez defeated Sept. "
Allies capture Uruguyana and a Paraguayan army 18 Sept. "
[For details of the war, Brazil, 1865-69.]
A provisional government installed; Lopez defeated; pro-
claimed an outlaw 17 Aug. 1869
Lopez killed near the Aquidaban 1 Mch. 1870
Peace signed with Brazil and the Argentine republic. . 20 June, "
Pres. Salvador Jovellanos elected for 3 years 12 Dec. 1871
Pres. Juan BautistaGill 25 Nov. 1874
President and his brother assassinated; announced, Apr.; Hi-
ginio Uriarte president 12 Apr. 1877
President, Candido Bareiro (for 4 years) 25 Nov. 1878
Don Juan G. Gonzales elected president 1890
para§ols were used by the ancient Egyptians. Came
into general use in the United States about 1820.
parclimeilt (Gr. Trepyafirjvr}, parchment; lit. paper
of Pergamum), the skin of anijuals prepared for writing. First
used for books by Eumenes (some say by Attalus) of Pergamus,
the founder of the celebrated library at Pergamus, formed on
the model of the Alexandrian, about 190 b.c. From being
first written on in this library, parchment was called " Perga-
men(B cka7'tcB" but it was not invented at Pergamus. Ptolemy
of Egypt, to check if possible the growth of the Pergamenean
library, forbade the exportation of papj'rus from Egypt, thus
forcing Eumenes to use parchment instead of papyrus for
books.— ^n^Aow, "Class. Diet." Parchment books from this
time became those most used, and the most valuable as well
as oldest in the world are written on the skins of goats. The
Persians and others are said to have written all their records
on skins long before Eumenes' time.
Parchment paper (or vegetable parchment) was invented and pat-
ented in 1857 by W. E. Gaine, C.E., who discovered that when
paper is drawn through a mixture of 2 parts of concentrated sul-
phuric acid and 1 part of water, it is converted into a strong,
tough, skin-like material. It must be instantly washed with wa-
ter. Its great strength points out many applications, e. g.. maps,
school and account books, and drawing-paper. In 1859 it appeared
that a similar invention had been made in Paris by Figuier and
Pouraarede in 1846.
pardon, an act of grace remitting punishment for a
crime. General pardons were proclaimed at coronations, first
by Edward IIL in 1327. The king's power of pardoning is
said to be derived a lege sum dignitatis ; and no other person
has power to remit treason or felonies, stat. 27 Hen. VIII.
1535. — Blackstone. A pardon cannot follow an impeachment
of the House of Commons: stat. Will. III. 1700. In the
United States the president has power to grant reprieves
and pardons for offences against the government except in
cases of impeachment; as has the governor in many states
within his jurisdiction He can also commute a sentence.
Parian marbles. Paros.
Paris (formerly Luietia Parisio?'uni), the capital of
France, situated on the river Seine, which cuts it into 2 un-
equal parts, the larger being towards the north. It includes
3 isles: la ville (the city), the ile St. Louis, and the He Lou-
viers. In the time of Julius Caesar, Lutetia comprised the
city only. It was greatly improved by the emperor Julian,
who made it his residence while he governed Gaul, 355-361.
It became successively the capital of the kingdoms of Paris,
Soissons, and Neustria, and eventually of all the kingdom.
Many ecclesiastical councils were held at Paris, 360-1628.
The representative of the house of Orleans is styled count of
Paris. Population of Paris in 1856, 1,178,262; *in 1872, esti-
mated population, 1,851,792; in 1876,1,988,806; 1891,2,447,-
957.
Clevis makes Paris his residence about 508
St. Denis founded 613
Hotel-Dieu hospital founded by bishop Landry about 656
Paris ravaged by the Normans (or Danes), 845, 855, 861; suf-
fered from famine 845-940
Defended against Danes by count Eudes and bishop Goslin. . . ■ 885
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University founded about 1200
Rebuilt 1231
Church of Notre Dame built 1100-1270
rarliiimont established 1302
Suflers by faciiuus of Araiagnacs and Burgundians 1411-18
Taken by the Knglish 1420
Retaken by the French 1436
Pont Notre Dame built 1499
Louvre commenced (Ix)Uvrk) 1522
Hotel de Ville founded 1533
Boulevards commenced 153(5
Fountain of the Innocents erected 1551
Tuilcries begun (Tuilkriks) 15G4
Massacre of St. Bartholomew's 24 Aug. 1572
Pont Neuf begun 1578
Vainly besieged by Henry IV 1589-90
Entered by him Mch. 1594
Hospital des luvalides , 1595
Place Koyale begun 1()04
Hotel Dieu founded.... 1606
Jardin des Plantes formed 1610
I.UXK.MBOUKG, bv Mary de' Medici 1615
Palais Koyal built 1629
Val de-Grace 1645
Conflicts of the Fronde 1648-53
Royal palace at Versailles built; the court removed there.. 1661-72
Academy of Sciences founded 1666
Observatory established 1667
Champs lllys^es planted 1670
Arch of St. Denis erected 1672
Palace d'felysde Bourbon built 1718
Palace of the Deputies 1722
Military school 1751
Pantheon, Ste. Genevidve, founded 1764
Fkkxcu RKvoLiTTioN breaks out; the Bastile taken 14 July, 1789
Pont de Louis XIV. finished 1790
Cemetery of P6re La Chaise consecrated 1804
Pont des Invalides. etc., erected 1806
Paris surrenders to the allies 30 Mch. 1814
Paris lit with gas 1819
Fortifications of Paris (for which 140,000,000 of francs were
voted, 1833) commenced 15 Dec. 1840; completed Mch. 1846
Paris much improved by Louis Napoleon (probable cost
320,000,000 francs) 1S53-62
Industrial Exhibition opened by emperor and empress, 15 May;
visited by Victoria and prince Albert (first English sovereign
in Paris since 1422), 24 Aug. ; closes 15 Nov. 1855
Bois de Boulogne opened as a garden of acclimatation. . .6 Oct. 1860
Decree for an international exhibition of agriculture, industry,
and fine arts at Paris in 1867; commissioners appointed,
21 Feb. 1864
International Exhibition on the Champ de Mars (with a new
park, comprising more than 100 acres); the oblong building
designed by Leplay (enclosing 35 acres), 1245 feet wide, 1500
feet long, consisting of circles within circles; the external
corridor was a belt of iron, 85 feet high and 115 feet wide;
opened by the emperor and empress 1 Apr. 1867
Visits by prince of Wales; kings of Greece, Belgium, Prussia,
and Sweden; czar of Russia, viceroy of Egypt, sultan of
Turkey, emperor of Austria, and other sovereigns, May-Nov. "
Exhibition closed (instead of on 31 Oct.) Sunday, 3 Nov. ; gross
receipts, 9,830,369 francs.
International Exhibition: site, 2 unequal parts divided by the
Seine. The main building in the Champ de Mars covers
263,593 square yards (765 by 360 yards); the Trocadbro pal-
ace is a stone structure, with a rotunda supported by col-
umns, crowned by a dome, flanked by 2 lofty towers, the
exterior gallery ornamented with statues.
Exhibition opened by the president, marshal MacMahon ("in
the name of the republic"), in presence of the prince of
Wales, the due d'Aosta, etc 1 May, 1878
111,955 persons visited exhibition (a fete day) 15 Aug. "
Closed Sunday 10 Nov. ' '
Total admissions, 16,032,725; daily average, 82,000; gross re-
ceipts, 12,653,746 francs.
Universal exhibition of arts, manufactures, etc., opened by
pres. Carnot 6 May, 1889
Offlcially closed 6 Nov. "
[ Greatest exhibition hitherto. Chief building, the Eiffel
Tower, 985 feet high, mostly of iron. Total visitors,
28,149,353; 402,065 admitted 13 Oct. (the largest number for
any one day).]
Receipts, 41,000,000 francs; surplus, 4,000,000 francs. Exhi.
BITIO.VS.
Telephone between London and Paris opened 18 Mch. 1891
Behring sea court of arbitration meets in Paris (Behring sea),
23 Mch. 1893
Marie Franp ols Sadi Carnot, 4th president of France, b, 1837,
as.sassinated at Lyons by Cesare Santo, an anarchist, on
Sunday, 24 June. State funeral at Paris 1 July, 1894
France, Franco-German war.
IMPOKTANT TREATIES OF PAKIS.
Between England, France, Spain, and Portugal; cession of
Canada to Great Britain by France, and Florida by Spain,
10 Feb. 1763
Between France and Sardinia; the latter ceding Savoy, etc.,
15 May, 1796
Between France and Sweden, Swedish Pomerania and the
island of Rugen given up to the Swedes, who adopt the
French prohibitory system against Great Britain 6 Jan. 1810
Capitulation of Paris: Napoleon abdicates 11 Apr. 181 1
Convention of Paris, between PYance and the allied powers;
boundaries of Franco as on 1 Jan. 1792 23 Apr. "
Peace of Paris ratified by France and all the allies 14 May, "
Convention of St. Cloud, between marshal Davoust and Wel-
lington and Blucher, for the surrender of Paris 3 July, 181 »
[The allies entered it on the 6th.]
Treaty of Paris, between Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and
Prussia, styling Napoleon the prisoner of those powers, and
confiding his safeguard to England 2 Aug. "
Establishing boundaries of France; certain fortresses to be oc-
cupied by foreign troops for 3 years 20 Nov. '«
Treaty of Paris, confirming the treaties of Chaumont and Vien-
na, same day 20 Nov. "
Treaty of Paris, confirming the congress of Vienna 10 June, 18i;
Treaty of Paris between Russia and Turkey, England, France,
and Sardinia (revised 13 Mch. 1871 ; Russia) 30 Mch. 1865
Declaration of Paris, signed by European powers, not by U. S.,
Mch. 1856: 1. Privateering abolished. 2. Neutral flags to
protect enemy's goods, except contraband of war. 3. Neutral
goods under an enemy's flag exempt. 4. Blockade to be
binding must be effective. This declaration was censured in
Parliament in 187L Assented to by U. S. 1861.
Treaty of Paris between England and Persia 4 Mch. 1867
Treaty of Paris between the European powers, Prussia, and
Switzerland, respecting Neufchatel 26 May, "
Commercial treaty between France and England 23 Jan. 186ii
Convention between France and Italy for withdrawal of French
troops from Rome 15 Sept. 18C i
pari§llC§ (Gr. TrapoiKog, dwelling beside or near), ter-
ritory of an ecclesiastical society. Their boundaries in Eng-
land were first fixed by Honorius, archbishop of Canterbury,
636. They were enlarged, and the number of parishes was
consequenth' reduced in the 16th century, when there wen;
10,000. Parish registers were commenced in 1538. The stat(!
divisions of Louisiana are termed parishes instead of counties.
park, Central, New York, in the centre of New
York city is the Central park, open to everybody. It extends
from Fifty-ninth street to One Hundred and Tenth street,
13,507 feet. Its breadth, from Fifth to Eighth avenue, is
2718 feet; its area 862 acres. There are 9 miles of roads, 5j
of bridle paths, 28J of walks. It contains the great Crotoii
reservoir for the use of New-Yorkers, with a surface of 9G
acres and a depth, when full, of about 38 feet; its capacity
more than 1,000,000,000 gallons. 'J'he cost of the reservoir
was nearly $600,000. The park was laid out in 1858. li
contains the American Museum of Natural Historj', and the
Metropolitan Museum of Art and Archaeology; of which the
Cesnola collection of Cypriote antiquities is a chief feature.
Frederick L. Olmsted and Calvert Vaux were the landscape
architects.
parkesine {parh'-seen). A new substance, obtained
from various vegetable bodies and oil, the same as xylotile. i
It can be formed with the properties of ivory, tortoise-shell,],
wood, india-rubber, gutta-percha, etc. It is named after jj
Alexander Parkes of Birmingham, its inventor, and was"
shown by him at the exhibition in 1862. In Dec. 1865, at
the Society of Arts, parkesine was proved to be an excellent
electric insulator, and' therefore likely to be suitable for tele-
graphic purposes.
parks. The Romans attached parks to their villas.
Fluvius Lupinus, Pompey, and Hortensius had large parks.
In England the first great park of which particular mention
is made was that of Woodstock, formed by Henry I. in 1125.
Among the noted parks in Europe are those in and near Paris:
Fontainebleau, 41,000 acres ; St. Cloud, 1000 acres ; Bois de
Boulogne, 2500 acres, and the Bois de Vincennes, 22'^6 acres;
the last 2 acquired by the municipality of Paris in 1854. Vi-
enna has its " Prater park," 2300 acres, and Munich its Royal
park, 1300 acres. Phoenix park, in Dublin, Ireland, contains
1752 acres. The civic parks of England, Scotland, and Ireland y
are numerous, acts for their establishment in England and ■
Ireland passed 12 July, 1869, and in Scotland, 18 Mch. 1878. H
The most noted parks of London and vicinity are as follows:
Green park, 70 acres, near Buckingham palace, enclosed by
Henry VIII 1530
St. James, 90 acres, laid out by Henry VIII ".
Hyde park, 390 acres, which became crown property 1535
Richmond park, 2253 acres, enclosed by Charles 1 1625-50
Greenwich park, 180 acres, laid out 1660-80
Regent's park, 470 acres, laid out 1812
Kensington Gardens, 210 acres, connected with Hyde park by
a bridge, opened 1^26
Victoria park, 290 acres, opened to the public 18^5
Battersea park, 180 acres, opened Apr. 1858
Heme's oak in Windsor park blown down 1863
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<5mithwark park, 62 acres, laid out at a cost of 100,OOOZ. and
opened to the public. 19 June, 1869
Finsbury park, 115 acres, opened .7 Aug. "
Eoping Forest, 5600 acres, preserved by act of Parliament, is
dedicated to the people 6 May, 1882
Burnham Beeches purchased by the city of Loudon for a public
park in 1879 and dedicated 3 Oct. 1883
park§ in the United States. The development of the
park system, national, state, and civic, in the U. S., is recent,
though Boston had its " Common," part of a purchase for a
oow pasture in 1634, and since 1878 protected from encroach-
ment by law. Interest in public parks was created by the
papers of A. J. Downing in 1849, and led to the establishment
of Central park (862 acres) in the city of New York in 1857.
The national parks or reservations in the U. S. are :
YosEMiTE park and Mariposa grove, on the Merced river in
Mariposa county, Cal., discovered in 1851 and established by
Congress.
1864
Yellowstone National park, 3575 sq. miles, nearly all in north-
western Wyoming, established by act of Congress 1 May, 1872
[Canada has also reserved 260 sq. miles in the Rocky
mountain region, reached by the Canadian Pacific railroad
at Banff, as a public park, and on 24 May, 1888, the reserva-
tion at Niagara falls, Canada side, was opened.]
In 1885 a forestry commission (New York) was appointed by
New York state for the preservation of the Adirondack for-
est. State reservation at Niagara Falls opened to the public,
15 July, 1885
IMPORTANT CIVIC PARKS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Fairmount park, Philadelphia, 2740 acres, acquired by purchase
and gift 1844-67
Prospect park, Brooklyn, 550 acres, established 1859
Druid Hill park, Baltimore, 693 acres, acquired by the city 1860
Chicago park system comprises 2 south parks, 372 and 593
acres; Jackson park, 600 acres; Douglas park, 171 acres;
Garfield park, 185 acres; Humboldt park, 194 acres, and
Lincoln park, 310 acres, a total, including 31)4 miles of
boulevards, of 2530 acres; cost about $10,000,000 1869
Buffalo park system, 638 acres and 17 miles park driveways;
work begun 1871
Parks of Cincinnati are Eden park, 207 acres, and Burnett
Wood, 168 acres, established 1872-73
Boston, Back Bay park system, comprising: Charles River em-
bankment, 69 acres; Back Bay park, 106 acres; Muddy
river, 110 acres; Jamaica park, 120 acres; Arnold Arboretum,
167 acres; West Roxbury, 485 acres; in all, including park-
ways, 1059 acres, established 1877
Detroit has Belie Isle, containing about 700 acres, bought 1880
Colden Gate park, extending to and along the ocean at San
Francisco, contains 1043 acres.
St. Louis has 2 parks, Tower-Grove, 276 acres, and Forest park,
1370 acres.
Parks of New York are under the control of a board of 4 com-
missioners who hold office for 5 years. Besides Central park,
mentioned above, there are: Bowling Green (the cradle of
New York); Battery, with Castle Garden; Bryant park, so
named in 1884, once the site of Crystal palace; City Hall
park. East River park. Mount Morris park, Morningside
park; Riverside park, 178 acres, the burial-place of gen. U.
S. Grant; Pelham Bay park, 1700 acres, established in 1888;
Van Cortland park, 1059 acres, established in 1888; Bronx
park, 653 acres, on both sides of the Bronx river; and several
others, as Gramercy, Jeanette, Claremont, Crotona, Audubon,
I and St. Mary's.
\ Park'§ travels. Mungo Park set sail on his first
j voyage to Africa under the patronage of the African Society,
\ to trace the source of the river Niger, 22 May, 1795 ; and re-
I turned 22 Dec. 1797, after having fruitlessly encountered great
I danger. He sailed from Portsmouth on his second voyage, 30
! Jan. 1804, sent by British government ; but never returned.
j His murder at Broussa on the Niger, Nov. 1805, was well au-
I thenticated. His "Travels in Africa" pub. in 1799.
I Par'liamcilt (from the French parlement, discourse)
! derives its origin from the Saxon general assemblies, called
Witenagemotes. The name was applied to the assemblies of
the state under Louis VH of France, about the middle of the
^'^'^th century ; but, it is said, not in English law till the stat-
ute ^ ^f Westminster I., 3 Edw. 1. 1272 ; and yet Coke declared
jtn his a Institutes," and when speaker (1592), that this name
pas use d in the time of Edward the Confessor, 1041. The
j rst clea r account we have of representatives of the people
"rmuig ^^ House of Commons is in 43d Hen. HI. 1258, the
' ^'^"tes of • Oxford, directing that 12 persons be chosen to rep-
esent the c ommons in 3 parliaments, which, by the 6th stat-
ute, were to be held yearly. — Burton's Annals. The general
epresentation bv knights, citizens, and burgesses took place,
^9 Hen. HI. 12t% ^ ' '
-DUgdale's Summons to Parliament., edit,
powei • and jurisdiction of Parliament are absolute
nd cannot be conh 'ned, either for causes or persons, within
The
any bounds. It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority
in making and repealing laws. It can regulate or new-model
the succ <ion to the crown (as was done in the reigns of
Henry VI H. and William IH.). It can alter and establish the
religion of the country, as was done in the reigns of Henry
VIII., Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth. — Sir Edward Coke.
The 4th edition of May's " Practical Treatise on Parlia-
ment " was pub. in 1859. Septennial, Triennial. Return
of the names of members of Parliament from the earliest pe-
riod to the present time ordered bv the House of Commons,
4 May, 1876, and 9 Mch. 1877. Part I. (1213-1702) pub. 1879.
Commons, Lords.
First summons of barons by writ directed to the bishop of Salis-
bury by John 1205
Parliament of Merton 1236
An assembly of knights and burgesses (the Mad Parliament),
11 June, 1258
First assembly of the commons as a confirmed representation
(Dugdale) 20 Jan. 1265
First regular Parliament (according to many historians), 22
Edw. 1 1294
First a deliberative assembly, it becomes a legislative power,
whose assent is essential to constitute a law 1308
Commons elect their first speaker, Peter de la Mare 1377
Parliament of only 1 day (Richard II. deposed) -29 Sept. 1399
^^ rarliamentum Indoctum " at Coventry (lawyers excluded),
6 Oct. 1404
Members obliged to reside at the places they represented 1413
Forty-shilling freeholders only to elect knights 1430
" Parliamentum Diabolicum "* at Coventry ; attainted the
Yorkists 1459
Journals of the Lords commenced 1509
" Acts of Parliament " printed in 1501, and consecutively from "
Members protected from arrest (Ferraks's arrest) 1542
Journals of the Commons begun 1547
Francis Russell, son of the earl of Bedford, was the first peer's
eldest son who sat in the House of Commons 1549
Addled Parliament; remonstrated with James I. respecting
benevolences; dissolved by him in anger 5 Apr. 1614
Parliament in which were first formed the Court and Country
parties, 1614 ; disputes with James I June, 1620
Charles I. dissolves Parlianjent; no meeting for 11 years 1629
Long Parliament (which voted the House of Lords as useless)
first assembled 3 Nov. 1640
Bishops excluded from voting on temporal matters "
Rump Parliament ; it voted the trial of Charles I Jan. 1649
House of Peers abolished 6 Feb. "
Peer sat as a member of the Commons "
Cromwell roughly dissolves the Long Parliament. . 20 Apr. 1653
Convention Parliament (Convention Parliaments) 1660
Roman Catholics excluded from Parliament 1678
Commons committed & secretary of state to the Tower. . .Nov. "
Speaker of the Commons refused by the king 1679
Convention Parliament (Co.nvention Parliaments) 1689
James II. convenes the Irish Parliament at Dublin, which at-
taints 3000 Protestants "
Act for triennial Parliament (Triennial) 1694
First Parliament of Great Britain met 23 Oct. 1707
Member of House of Commons accepting any oflQce of profit
vacates h is seat by statute, 6 Anne, cap. 7 "
Triennial act repealed, and Septennial act voted (Septennial
Parliament) 7 May, 1716
Journals ordered to be printed 1752
Privilege of freedom from arrest for servants relinquished by
Commons 1770
Lord mayor of London (Oliver) and alderman Crosby commit-
ted to the Tower by the Commons in Wilkes's affair 1771
Reporting the debates permitted about "
First Parliament of the United Kingdom meets 2 Feb. 1801
Clergymen prohibited from becoming M.P.'s "
Sir F. Burdett committed to the Tower 6 April, 1810
Murder of Spencer Perceval by Bellingham at the House of
Commons H May, 1812
Return for Clare county, Ireland, of Mr. O'Connell, first Roman
Catholic elected since English revolution 5 July, 1828
Duke of Norfolk took his seat in the Lords, the first Roman
Catholic peer under the Relief bill (Roman Catholics).28 Apr. 1829
Reformed Parliament meet 7 Aug. 1832
Joseph Pease, the first Quaker, admitted M.P. on his affirma-
tion 15 Feb. 1833
Houses of Parliament destroyed by fire 16 Oct. 1834
Privilege of franking letters relinquished by members of com-
mons and House of Lords (Franking) 10 Jan. 1840
New houses of Parliament commenced "
[Termed the " Palace of Westminster." The first contract
for the embankment of the river was taken in 1837 by messrs.
Lee; this embankment, faced with granite, is 886 feet in
length, and projected into the river in a line with the inner
side of the third pier of old Westminster bridge. Sir Charles
Barry (b. 1795, d. 1860) was the architect of the sumptuous
l)ile of buildings raised since 1840. The whole stands on a
bed of concrete 12 feet thick; to the east it has a front of
about 1000 feet, and covers an area of 9 statute acres. It con-
tains 1100 apartments, 100 staircases, and 2 miles of passages
or corridors. The great Victoria tower at the southwest ex-
tremity is 346 feet in height, and towers of less magnitude
crown other portions of the building.]
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Peers took possession of their house 16 Apr. 1847
Commons uissenible in their new house i Nov. 1862
Two houses began to communicate by letter 1856
Baron L. Kothscliild the first Jew admitted 26 July, 1858
Henry Fawcett (blind) elected M. P July, 1805
Parliamentary oaths moditicd and made uniform 30 Apr. 1866
Arthur M. Kavaniigh (without arms and legs) elected Nov. "
House of Lords abolish pro.xies by standing order 31 Mch. 1868
Death of earl of Onslow, father of House of Lords, aged 93,
24 Oct. 1870
Mr. Fawcett alone in the lobby (350-1 on grant of 30,000^ to
princess Louise on her marriage) 16 Feb. 1871
Ballot act passed 18 July, 1872
Commons, obstructed by Irish members (principally messrs.
Parncll, Biggar, O'Donnell, Power, (jray, Kirk, and Nolan),
sat from 3. 45 p.m. 2 July to 7.15 a.m. 3 July; from about 4 p.m.
31 July to 6.10 p.M 1 Aug. 1877
Temporary resolution to check obstruction (by motions of ad-
journment) pas.sed (282-32) 27 July, "
Charles Bradlaugh, M. P. for Northampton (not believing in God),
objects to take oath of allegiance; his affirmation refused, 3
May ; his offer to take oath not permitted 21 May, 1880
Committee appointed; recommends that ho be allowed to af-
firm, 16 June ; much discussion ensues ; resolution of Mr.
Labouchere, M.P. for Northampton, that Mr. Bradlaugh be
permitted to affirm, negatived (275-230) 22 June, "
Mr. Bradlaugh's claim to take the oath or affirm denied by
house; he refuses to withdraw, and is imprisoned in clock-
tower (vote 326-38), 23 June; released by vote 24 June, "
Resolution of Mr. Gladstone permitting affirmation instead ot
oath in certain cases; opposed by sir Stafford Northcote as
rescinding vote of 22 June; passed (303-249), 1, 2 July; Mr.
Bradlaugh affirms, is admitted, and votes 2 July, "
Commons sat 21 hours (devoted to Irish affairs) 26-27 Aug. "
On first reading of Mr. Forster's Coercion bill, debate sum-
marily closed by H. Brand, the speaker (termed coup d'etat),
4 P.M. 31 Jan. to 9.30 p.m 2 Feb. 1881
Thirty-six Irish members, Mr. Parnell, Justin McCarthy, and
others, suspended for the sitting for disorderly conduct; Mr.
Gladstones resolutions; speaker invested with all the
powers of the house to regulate business when voted ur-
gent by three-fourths of the members (at least 200) (234-
150) 3 Feb. ' '
Mr. Bradlaugh re-elected for Northampton 9 Apr. "
His offer to take the oath opposed (208-175) ; he is forcibly re-
moved, 26 Apr. ; again ejected 10 May, "
Mr. Bradlaugh's attempt to enter the House of Commons for-
cibly resisted by the police. Mr. Labouchere's motion to
rescind the resolution of 10 May, 1881, negatived (191-7),
3 Aug. "
Mr. Bradlaugh not permitted to sit; government motion nega-
tived (286-228) 7 Feb. 1882
New rules of procedure, including cloture (closing a debate)
and delegation of business, proposed by Mr. Gladstone, 13 Feb. "
Proposal for writ for Northampton negatived (307-18); Mr.
Bradlaugh repeats oath and takes a seat; withdraws when
directed; 21 Feb., expelled (291-83); new writ to be issued,
22 Feb. "
Michael Davitt, convict, elected M.P. for county Meath, " "
Mr. Bradlaugh re-elected for Northampton 2 Mch. "
Resolution of 7 Feb. reaffirmed (286-228) 6 Mch. . "
Mr. Gibbons's amendment (the cloture to be carried by two-
thirds instead of bare majority) negatived (322-238), 1-2 Nov. "
Cloture adopted (304-260) 10-11 Nov. "
New rules made standing orders 27 Nov.-l Dec. "
Affirmation bill introduced in commons (184-53) 19-20 Feb. 1883
Affirmation bill rejected (292-289) 3-4 May, "
Mr. Bradlaugh not permitted to take the oath 4 May, "
His exclusion voted (232-65) 9 July, "
Arrested by Mr. Gossett, the sergeant-at-arms, for attempting
to enter the house, 3 Aug. ; brings an action against the ser-
geant, 7 Dec. ; verdict for defendant 9 Feb. 1884
Mr. Bradlaugh administers the oath to himself, sits, and votes;
excluded by vote (228-120), 11 Feb. ; re-elected for Northamp-
ton (4032-3664), 19 Feb. ; re excluded (226-173) 21 Feb. "
Queen v. Bradlaugh for voting without taking the oath,Queeu's
Bench 13 June, "
Verdict for the crown 30 June, "
Explosion (dynamite) on the stair above the crypt in the
House of Commons; much damage done; 2 police consta-
bles, Wm. Cole and Thos. Cox, and Mr. Green, seriously hurt.
[Cole picked up a blazing parcel, carried it out, and saved
the building; he and Cox commended by the queen, and re-
warded for steady courage. Cole received the Albert medal,
in Westminster hall, 26 Mch.] Westminster hall much in-
jured by another explosion a few minutes past 2 p.m., 24 Jan. 1885
Mr. Bradlaugh's appeal disallowed by the lords justices, 28 Jan. "
New rules, cloture first applied; Mr. O'Brien expelled. .24 Feb. "
Mr. Bradlaugh takes the oath; intervention stopped by the
speaker 13 Jan. 1886
Mr. Gladstone introduces his bill, "to make better provision
for the future government of Ireland" 8 Apr. "
New procedure with more rigid cloture, etc., introduced 21
Feb. ; first and principal rule adopted (222-120) 16 Mch. 1887
House of Commons sat above 21 hours 21-22 Mch. "
C. Graham and E. Harrington suspended for speaking disre-
spectfully of the House of Lords 13 Sept. "
New rules introduced: rule (1) limiting the sittings of the com-
mons on ordinary days from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. passed 24 Feb. ;
rule (2) giving cloture to a majority in a house of 100; rules
(3-8) for repressing disorder and waste of time, passed 28 Feb. ;
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(9-12) passed 29 Feb. ; rule (13) reviving grand committee
^«^c ••;••••• 7 Mch. 188
Commons sat from 3 p.m. to 7 a.m. ; obstruction to Irish light
railways bill 14.15 Aug.
Resolution against Mr. Bradlaugh, 22 June, 1880, ordered ex-
punged from the journals, 27 Jan. He d 30 Jan
Geo. W. Hastings, M.P. for E. Worcestershire, sentenced to 5
years' penal servitude for fraud as a trustee, 11 Mch.; ex-
pelled from the house 21 Mch.
Mr. Fenwick's resolution for the payment of members of Par-
liament rejected by the commons (227-162) 25 Mch.
Directors of the Cambrian railway admonished by the sjieak-
er, by direction of the House, for breach of privilege in dis-
missing John Hood, a station-master, for evidence before
the committee on hours of railway servants 7 Apr.
NUMBER AND DURATION OF PARLIAMENTS, FROM 27 EDW. I
1299 TO 37 VICT. 1874.
Edward 1 8 parliaments in 8 years' reip
Edward II 15
Edward III 37
Richard II 26
Henry IV lo
Henry V n
Henry VI 22
Edward IV 5
Richard III 1
Henry VII 8
Reifoi.
Henry VIII.
Edward VI.
Mary
Elizabeth.
James I.
Charles :
Long Parliament.
Commonwealth...
Charles II
Pensionary Part
Seven Prorouations..
James II
Convention
William IIL
George I. .
George II.
George III.
Day of meeting.
f 21 Jan
4 Feb
5 Feb
15 Apr
3 Nov
8 June
28 Apr
16 Jan
30 Jan
23 Nov
4 Nov
1 Mch
5 Oct
2 Apr
12 Nov
21 Oct
20 Jan
23 Jan
11 Jan
2 Apr
8 May
23 Nov
29 Oct
12 Nov
19 Feb
24 Oct
27 Oct
\ 19 Mch
5 Apr
16, 23, 30 Jan.
12 Feb
17 May
6 Feb
17 Mch
13 Apr
3 Nov
3 Sept
17 Sept
27 Jan
7 May
25 Apr
8 May
6 Mch
17 Oct
21 Mch
19 May
22 Jan
20 Mch
22 Nov
24 Aug
6 Feb
30 Dec
20 Aug
25 Oct
18 Nov
25 Nov
11 Nov
21 Mch
9 Oct
28 Jan
14 Jan
4 Dec
10 Nov
r 14 Nov
3 Nov
10 May
29 Nov. . . .
31 Oct. . . .
18 May. .
26 Nov.
1510
1511
1514
1523
1529
1536
1539
1541
1545
1547
1553
1554
1555
1558
1559
1563
1571
1572
1584
1586
1588
1593
1597
1601
1604
1614
1621
1624
1625
1626
1628
1640
1654
1656
1659
1660
1661
1679
1689
1690
1701
1702
1705
1708
1710
1713
1715
1722
172^'
17:-
l"
When dissolved.
23 Feb 151
4 Mch 151
22 Dec 151B
13 Aug 15;
4 Apr 164
18 July '«
24 July !&
28 Mch 164
Uncertain
31 Jan 15m
15 Apr 15fi
31 Mch 156|
5 Dec.
5 May 164
16 Jan 1
9 Dec
17 Nov 1551
8 May 1559
2 Jan 15G7
29 May 1571
19 Apr 1583
14 Sept 1585
23 Mch 1587
29 Mch 1589
10 Apr 1593
9 Feb 1598
19 Dec 1601
9 Feb 1611
7 June 1614
8 Feb 1622
27 Mch 1625
12 Aug "
15 June 1626
10 Mch 1629
5 May 1640
20 Ai)r 1653
22 Jan 1655
4 Feb 1658
22 Apr 1659
16 Mch 166f
29 Dec "
24 Jan. .
12 July. .
18 Jan. .
28 Mch. .
2 July.
6 Feb. .
11 Oct...
7 July.
19 Dec.
11 Nov
2 Ju'
5 A
11
28
K
>t..
.pt..
Jch..
June.
J May .
17741
1780 1
1784=1
nm
17961
PAR *
OF THE UNITKD KINGDOM.
First Parliament after the union with Ireland 22 Jan. 1801
Day of meeting. When dissolved,
III..
George IV..
William IV^
Victoria .
r 27 Sept 1796
I 16 Nov 1802
15 Dec 1806
22 June 1807
24 Nov 1812
14 Jan 1819
23 Apr 1820
14 Nov 1826
26 Oct 1830
14 June 1831
'29 June 1833
19 Feb 1835
15 Nov 1837
19 Aug 1841
18 Nov 1847
4 Nov 1852
1 Apr 1857
31 May 1859
1 Feb 1866
10 Dec 1868
5Mch 1874
29 Apr 1880
12 Jan 1886
5 Aug ". . "
[ 4 Aug 1892
29 June 1802
24 Oct 1806
29 Apr 1807
24 Sept 1812
10 June 1818
29 Feb 1820
2 June 1826
24 July 1830
22 Apr 1831
3 Dec 1832
30 Dec 1834
17 July 1837
23 June 1841
23 July 1847
1 July 1852
21 Mch 1857
23 Apr 1859
6 July 1865
11 Nov 1868
26 Jan 1874
23 Mch 1880
18 Nov 1885
26 June 1886
28 June 1892
Parliament of Ireland, it is said, began with
conferences of the English settlers on the hill of Tara, in 1173.
Writs for knights of the shire were issued in 1295. The Irish
Parliament met last on 2 Aug. 1800, the bill for the union
having passed.
Parliament of Paris was made the chief court
of justice in Fjauce b}'^ Philip IV.; at his suggestion it re-
voked a bull of pope Boniface VIII., 1302. It was suppressed
by Louis XV., 1771 ; restored by Louis XVI., 1774; demand-
ed a meeting of the States-general in 1787 ; and was suspended
by the National Assembly, 3 Nov. 1789. Communes.
Parliament of Religrion§ held at the World's
. Fair in Chicago in 1893. The objects proposed were : (1) To
I bring together in conference the leading representatives of
i different religions ; (2) to define and expound the important
; truths they hold and teach in common; (3) to promote and
, deepen human brotherhood ; (4) to strengthen the foundations
i of theism and the faith in immortality ; (5) to hear from
'• scholars, Brahman, Buddist, Confucian, Parsee, Mahometan,
; Jewish, and other faiths, and from all sects and denominations
i of the Christian church, accounts of the influence of each belief
on literature, art, science, commerce, government, social life,
etc.; (6) to record the present condition and outlook of the va-
rious religions of the world. In June, 1891, the committee ap-
; pointed for that purpose sent from Chicago a general address
! to all governments and to the chief representatives of the dif-
: ferent religions asking for approval. The result was that the
I Parliament of Religions was opened at Chicago 11 Sept. 1893 and
' closed 27 Sept. The large attendance expressed the great and
i general interest in such an assemblage. " Parliament of Relig-
jions," by rev. John Barrows, D.D., 2 vols., pub. Chicago, 1893.
* Parliament of Scotland consisted of barons,
; prelates, and abbots, and occasionally of burgesses. A great
national council was held at Scone by John Baliol, 9 Feb. 1292,
and by Robert Bruce at Cambuskenneth in 1326. A house
of commons was never formed in Scotland. The Parliament
of Scotland sanctioned the act of union on 16 Jan. 1707, and
(net for the last time on 22 Apr. same year.
Parma, a city and country of N. Italy, founded by the
incient Etrurians. It took part with the Lombard league in
'he wars with the German emperors. It was made a duchy
'with Placentia), 1545. Pop. 1892, 51,500.
Jnited to Spain by Philip V.'s marriage with Elizabeth Far-
, »ese 1714
)uke of Parma made king of Etruria Feb. 1801
'arma united to France: with Placentia and Guastalla con-
ferred on Maria Louisa, ex-empress, by treaty of Fontaine-
,^,leau 5 Apr. 1814
•uke Charles 11. abdicates in favor of his son Charles III.,
, , ■ 14 Mch. 1849
narles III. stabbed by Antonio Carra, 26 Mch., d 27 Mch. 1854
. [Carra did this in revepge of a private injury, and on be-
■ half of the Giovane Italiane. He was acquitted through a
flaw in the evidence, and died in Philadelphia, 1887.]
arma is now part of the province of Emilia in Italy, to which
It was annexed by decree after a plebiscite 18 Mch. 1860
20
^ PAR
Parnell and Parnellites., Charles Stewart Par-
nell, the principal leader of the more energetic section of the
Home-rule party (Parnellites),1880 et seq., was born 28 June,
1846, at Avondale, county Wicklow, Ireland. He was grand-
son of com. Charles Stewart, U.S.N. , his father, John Henry
Parnell, having married Delia Tudor Stewart, daughter of the
commodore. Elected M.P. for county Meath, 1875-80 ; for
Cork, 1880-91. Became Irish parliamentary leader with great
influence, which he lost greatly Nov. 1890. He died suddenly
near Brighton, 6 Oct. 1891; funeral at Dublin, 11 Oct. 1891.
Home-rule ; Ireland, 1879 et seq.
Times articles headed "Parnellism and Crime,"
7, 10, 14 Mch. et seq. 1887
Third series, pub. June, 1887, related to the Cla« na Gael, based
upon statements in United Ireland (Dublin), Irish World
(New York), and other papers. The Times published the fac-
simile of a letter alleged to be signed by Parnell (dated 15
May, 1882), in which he is made to say, " though I regret the
accident of lord Cavendish's death, I cannot refuse to admit *
that Burke got no more than his deserts " 18 Apr. "
This letter Parnell in Parliament termed an anonymous fab-
rication 1 A. M. , 19 Apr. "
F. H. O'Donnell v. John Walter and others (for libel in the
Times, " Parnellism and Crime "); damages claimed, 50,000Z.,
Queen's Bench division, no case, verdict for defendants,
2-5 July, 1888
Court of Sessions, Edinburgh, dismisses Parnell's action against -
the Times 23 Oct.1888 and 5 Feb. 1889
Parnell moves for a trial in excl^equer division, Dublin; after-
wards stopped 11 Feb. "
Parnell's action against the Times in London deferred till
Michaelmas week 18 June, "
PARNELLITE COMMISSION.
Sir James Hannen, president; commission constituted by act
passed 13 Aug. 1888. Sir Charles Russell, Mr. Asquith, and
others counsel for Parnell and other M.P. "s; attorney-general
sir Richard Webster, W. Graham, and others for the Times.
Proceedings begin, 22 Oct. 1888. Examination of Parnell's
alleged letters, 14 Feb. 1889. Richard Pigott, Irish journal-
ist, who had sold the letters to Mr. Houston, on cross-exami-
nation, grossly prevaricated 20-22 Feb. "
Pigott fled to Paris; his confession of forging alleged letters,
and of perjury read in the court, 27 Feb. (57th sitting); the '
attorney- general, on behalf of the Times, accepted the con-
fession and expressed deep regret for the publication, 27
Feb. ; confirmed by the Times 28 Feb. "
Pigott commits suicide at Madrid 1 Mch. "
Sir Charles Russell's address ends .12 Apr. "
Patrick Malloy sentenced to 6 months' hard labor for perjury
before the commission 15 Apr. "
Commission continued until thel28th sitting; sir Henry James's
address for the Times, occupying from 31 Oct. to 22 Nov. "
Report of the commissioners was laid before Parliament 13
Feb. 1890. The following is an abridgment of their conclu-
sions: I. That the respondent members of Parliament col-
lectively were not guilty of conspiring for the absolute Inde-
pendence of Ireland as a separate nation, but that some of
them (niessrs. M. Harris, Dillon, W. O'Brien, W. Redmond,
O'Connor, J. Condon, and J. J. O'Kelly), together with Mr.
Davitt, established the Land League maihly for that purpose.
II. That the respondents [44] did conspire to promote agrarian
agitation, the non-payment of rents, and the expulsion of
the landlords (styled the English garrison). III. They ac-
quitted Mr. Parnell and others of insincerity in denouncing
the Phoenix Park murders, and found the facsimile letter a
forgery. IV. They found that the respondents did dissemi-
nate the Irish World and other newspapers, intending to in-
cite to sedition and other crimes. V. That the charges of
incitement to crime, except by intimidation, and of pay-
ments for that purpose, were not proved. VI. They found
that the respondents did not denounce the system of intimi-
dation, though they knew its effects. VII. That they de-
fended persons charged with agrarian crime, and supported
their families, but it was not proved that they subscribed for
testimonials for, or were intimately associated with, noto-
rious criminals, or aided their escape by payments. VIIL
They found that the respondents made payments to com-
pensate persons injured in the commission of crime. IX.
That the respondents did invite and obtain the assurance
and co-operation of the Physical Force party in America, in-
cluding the Clan-na-Gael, and did not repudiate the action of
that party.
[Other allegations against Mr. Parnell not proven.]
Report adopted with thanks, by the Commons, after 7 days'
debate, 3-11 Mch. ; by the Lords (without a division), 21
Mch. 1890. Mr. Gladstone's amendment rejected by 339 to
268.
Parnell v. Walter and another, for libel, Queen's Bench division,
justices Denman and Wills; damages claimed, 100,000i. ; 40s.
paid into court, 11 Jan. Verdict for the plaintifl", by consent,
5000i. damages 3 Feb. 1890
[Publication voted not a breach of privilege by the Com-
mons (260-212), 11 Feb. 1890.]
After the divorce suit, capt. O'Shea, Mrs. O'Shea, and C. S.
Parnell, 15-17 Nov. 1890, Mr. Parnell was requested by W.
E. Gladstone and other English liberals to retire as chairman
PAR 610
of the Irish party. He declined, and in a manifesto to the |
people of Ireland reported private conferences with Mr.
Gladstone and John Morley, 29 Nov. Irish Roman Catholic
bishops demanded Mr. Parnell's retirement, 3 Dec. After a
week's angry discussion in the commons' committee-room
No. 15, the Irish party divided; Justin McCarthy, the vice-
chairiuiin, was elected chairman by 44 members; Mr. Parnell
continuing chairman with 26 followers, 6 Dec. Manifestoes
of the -2 parties issued 9, 10 Dec. 1890
Collapse of negotiations (chiefly at Boulogne) of Mr. Parnell,
with messrs. Wm. O'Brien, Dillon, Justin McCarthy, Sexton,
and others; Mr. Parnell refuses to resign the leadership, 11
Feb. ; counter manifestoes issued 12 Feb. et seq. 1891
Dispute between Mr. Parnell and Mr. McCarthy respecting the
disposal of the league funds (in Paris) Feb. , Mch. "
Mr. Parnell in his campaign visits Roscommon, 22 Feb., Drog-
heda, and other places 1 Mch. et seq. "
Natio.\al Fedkration established by Anti-Parnellites, 10 Mch. "
Nine Paruellites, 72 Anti-Parnellites, elected M.P July, 1892
Par'os, now Paro, one of the Cyclades. After the
battle of Alarathon it was besieged 2G days by Miltiades with-
out success, and thus proved the cause of his disgrace. It
waa on this island that the marble (Parian Chronicle) was
dijpovered. Arundelian makbles, Marble.
Parseei, or Oliebre§, the followers of Zerdusht,
dwelt in Persia till 638, when, at the battle of Kadseah, their
army was decimated by the Arabs, and the monarchy annihi-
lated at the battle of Naharand in 641. Many submitted to the
conquerors, but others fled to India, and their descendants still re-
side at Bombay (where they are termed Parsees), and where they
numbered 114,698 in 1849. Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy,the3d bar-
onet, was elected president of the community there, July, 1877.
Dadabhai Naoroji, a Parsee merchant, was for several years
professor of Gujerajti at University college, London. Bombay.
Par'tlienon (from Gr. irapOevoQ. virgin), a temple at
Athens dedicated to Pallas, erected about 442 b.c. In
beauty and grandeur it surpassed all other buildings of its
kind, and was built entirely of Pentelic Marble. The ex-
pense of its erection was estimated at 6000 talents. The archi-
tects were Ictinus and Callistratus. In it Phidias placed his
renowned statue of that goddess, 438 b.c. This temple had
resisted all the outrages of war and time ; had been a Christian
church and later a Turkish mosque, and still remained entire
until the Venetians under gen. Konigsberg besieged the Turks
in the citadel of Athens in 1687, when a Venetian bomb, ex-
ploding near the temple, fired the powder which the Turks
kept within, and entirely destroyed its roof and most of the
wsills. Acropolis ; Elgin marbles.
Par'thia, a country of Asia, to the south of the Caspian
sea. The Parthians were originally a tribe of Scythians who,
being exiled, as their name implies, from their own countr}',
settled near Hyrcania. Arsaces laid the foundation of an em-
pire which ultimately extended over a large part of Asia,
250 B.C. At the battle of Carrhae, they utterly defeated the
Romans under Crassus, whom they put to death, 53 b.c., and
though afterwards sometimes defeated by the Romans, they
were never wholly subdued by them. The last king, Arta-
banus V., was killed 226 a.d. ; and his territories were annexed
to the new kingdom of Persia founded by Artaxerxes, who had
revolted against Parthia.
parties. Political parties.
partition treaties. The first treaty between Eng-
land and Holland for regulating the Spanish succession (de-
claring the elector of Bavaria next heir, and ceding provinces
to France) was signed 19 Aug. 1698 ; and the second (between
France, England, and Holland, declaring the archduke Charles
presumptive heir of the Spanish monarch, Joseph Ferdinand
having died in 1699), 13 Mch. 1700. Treaties for the partition
of Poland: beginning with a secret convention between Russia
and Prussia, 17 Feb. 1772, and consummated between the same
powers and Austria, 5 Aug. same year; the second between
Russia and Prussia, 1793 ; third and final between Austria,
Prussia, and Russia, 24 Oct. 1795. Poland.
pasig'raphy (from Gr. iracn, for all), a system which
professes to teach people to communicate with each other
by means of numbers which convey the same ideas in all
languages. A society for this purpose was established at Mu-
nich ; and the president, Anton Bachmaier, published a dic-
tionary and grammar for German, French, and English, 1868-
1871 ; 4334 mental conceptions may be thus communicated.
1
PAS
pasquinades'. Small satirical poems obtained tl
name about 1533.
At the stall of a cobbler named Pasquin, at Rome, idle persons
to assemble to listen to his sallies, to relate anecdotes, and rail
the passers-by. After the cobbler's death, his name was given
a statue to which lampoons were affixed.
Passar'oi¥itz treaty, concluded 21 July, 17I
between Germany, Venice, and the Turks, by which Austi
ceded certain commercial rights, and obtained from Turk<
the Temeswar, Belgrade, and part c ,osnia, Servia, and Wi
lachia. The Turks gained the More
Passau (a city of Germany), Treaty of, whereby relij
ious freedom was established, was ratified between the en
peror Charles V. and the Protestant princes of Germany, j
July, 1552. In 1662 the cathedral and great part of Passi
were consumed by fire.
Passion-play (Passion of Christ). Drama.
Passion-weeii, the name givea since the Refoi
tion to the week preceding Easter, was formerly applied
the fortnight. Archbishop Laud says the 2 weeks were
called " for a thousand years together," and refers to an epi
tie by Ignatius, in the first century, in which the practice
said to have been "observed by all." The week precedii
Easter is now by some termed " Holy-week," the previ(
week " Passion-week."
Passion Music. Gregory Nazianzen (330-90 a. d.) is said to have fii
set forth the history of the Passion in a dramatic form.
Guidetti, in 1586, published music for this subject, which has b(
treated since by many composers.
J. S. Bach's great " Passion- Musik," first performed on Good Frid
1729, has been revived with great success in England, beginnii
with that "according to St. Matthew," 6 Apr. 1854.
Pass'over, the most solemn festival of the Jews
stituted 1491 b.c. (Exod. xii.) in commemoration of thi
coming out of Egypt; because the night before their depai
ure the destroying angel, who put to death the first-bom
the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Hebrews with"
out entering them; the door-posts being marked with the
blood of the Paschal lamb killed the evening before. The
Passover was celebrated in the new temple, 18 Apr. 615 b.c—
Usher.
passport, a document permitting the bearer to pass the
barriers of an army or government, usually containing a de-
scription of his person. Passports are still required upon the
frontiers of some countries of Europe, from all foreigners en-
tering them, notably in Russia; and it is customary in Ger-
many, and even in Italy, to ask them from suspicious persons.
They are issued to citizens by the government, on applica-
tion, for a small fee ; now $2 in the United States, and only
6d. in Great Britain. Passports were abolished in Norway in
1859 ; in Sweden in 1860 ; and (with regard to British sub-
jects) in France, 16 Dec. 1860; in Itah', 26 June, 1862; in
Portugal, 23 Jan. 1863 ; and are falling into disuse in most
countries. The passport system, revived in France on ac-
count of the war, 1 Aug. 1870, was abolished by M. Thiers,
10 Apr. 1872, in compliance with the wish of the British gov-
ernment.
pastel, a roll of paste made of different colors ground
with gum water, used as a crayon. Pastel painting has been
recently much practised. The Society of British Pastellists
first exhibited in London, 18 Oct. 1890. Its members included
Mr. Watts, Orchardson, and other eminent artists.
Paston letters, the correspondence of a Norfolk
family, 1422-83, giving a picture of social life in England, were
edited by sir John Fenn, and published in 5 volumes, quarto,
1787-1823. Their authenticity was questioned, Sept. 1865,
but was satisfactorily vindicated b}'^ a committee of the Soci-
ety of Antiquaries in May, 1866. Part of the MS. was soon
after purchased by the trustees of the British museum. The
publication of a new edition, by James Gairdner, with addi-
tional letters, 1872-75. .The MS. of the second series, with
other letters, was found in 1875, by Mr. Frere of Roydon hall,
near Diss, Norfolk. The MS. of the first series, long lost frona
the Royal library, found in the library of col. Geo. Tomhne.
at Orwell piark, London, who died 1889 ; announced Apr. 1890.
Patago'nia, all that part of South America lying
south of the river Rio Negro and north of the strait of Ma- \
PAT
gellan,bv whom it was discovered, 1520, and so named on ac-
count of 'the " big feet " of the natives. By a treaty between
Chili and the Argentine Republic in 1881, all that part of Pat-
agonia to the east of the Andes was placed under the jurisdic-
tion of the Republic. Area of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego
estimated at 375,000 sq. miles.
Patay', a city of France, where Joan of Arc, the Maid of
Orleans, was present when earl of Richemonte signally defeated
the English, 18 June, W'' Talbot was taken prisoner, and the
valiant Fastolfe was forcjecl to flee. In consequence, Charles
VII. of France entered Kneims in triumph, and was crowned 17
July, following year, Joan of Arc assisting in the ceremony in
full armor, and holding the sword of state. Joan of Arc.
patenti or letters-patent, properly, open letters
(from pateo, I lie open), in England, licenses and authorities
granted by the king. Patents granted for titles of nobility
were first made 1344, by Edward III. They were first grant-
ed for the exclusive privilege of printing books in 1591.
The property and right of inventors in arts and manufact-
ures were secured by letters-patent by an act passed in 1623.
First commissioners of patents were appointed 1852; viz.,
the lord chancellor, the master of the rolls, the attorney-
general for England and Ireland, the lord advocate, and the
solicitors-general for England, Scotland, and Ireland. In 1853, j
a journal was published under their authority, and indexes of
patents from Mch. 1617 to the present time.
patents in the United States. First patent law ap-
proved, 10 Apr. 1790. Only 3 patents were granted the first
j'ear (the first being to Samuel Hopkins for making potash and
, pearlash, 31 July, 1790), 33 the second, and 11 the third. In
1 1836 the patent-office was burned with most of the records ^
i thereupon Congress revised the whole system that year, all
! previous acts being substantially repealed and the present
1 system substituted with a new record. The patent-office is
i at Washington, D. C, and occupies one of the finest buildings
I in the country, and is under the supervision of a commis-
jsioner of patents, with a salary of $5000 a year, who, appoint-
!ed by the president, makes a yearly report to the secretary
iof the interior, to whose department he belongs. A larger
jnumber of patents are granted than in any other country.
i NUMBER OF PATENTS ISSUED FROM 1836.
1836-46 5,019
1846-56 12,578
1856-66 44,334
1866-76 125,155
1876-86 169,478
1886-94 156,453
Total 513,017
Nunber issued prior to 1836 9,957
Grand total 522,974
[This enumeration does not include designs, re-issues,
• trade-marks, or labels. Registration of labels practically
1 ceased 27 May, 1891, under decision of the U. S. Supreme
■ court, in the case of Higgins vs. Keuffel]
Receipts from patents in 1837 $29,289.08
"1892 1,288,809.13
Total receipts from 1837-93 29,209,915.13
f.Oflacial gazette of the patent ofQce, published monthly, gives a de-
f scription and illustration of every patent issued.)
pa'triarcll, properly, a ruler by virtue of fatherhood,
he head of a family or tribe (a name given to Abraham,
saac, Jacob, and his sons). The ecclesiastical historian Soc-
ates gives this title to the chiefs of Christian dioceses, about
-1^0. It was first conferred on the 5 grand sees of Rome, Con-
tantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. The Latin
liurch had no patriarchs till the 6th century. The first
Dunders or heads of religious orders are called patriarchs.
'ectarius, bishop of Constantinople, as ex officio chief of the east-
f'^rn bishops, was nominated patriarch of Constantinople at the
iecond general council of Constantinople, 9 July, 381. This led
he way to the schism between the Eastern and Western churches.
jiatri'eians, the senators of Rome; their authority be-
n with the city itself. Rome,
patroon', a title given to early Dutch settlers of New
irk or New Netherlands, who, having bought lands of the
|dians, had such title confirmed by the Dutch government,
pe first who made such purchases were Killian Van Rensse-
[er, Samuel Godyn, Sarhuel Bloemart, and Michael Pauw,
''30. Godyn and Bloemart purchased on the Delaware
^'er; Pauw in New Jersej', from Hoboken to the Kills;
611 pAV
Van Rensselaer on the upper Hudson, a tract 42 miles east
and west and 24 miles north and south, with Albany its cen-
tre; Livingston, Phillipse, Van Cortland, and others came
afterwards. Anti-rentism ; New York, 1630, 1686.
Paulian'ists or Paulin'ians, followers of Paul,
bishop of Samosata, afterwards patriarch of Antioch, 260, who
is said to have denied Christ's divinity and the trinity; he
was excommunicated (269) by a council at Antioch.
Pauli'eians, a sect of Christian reformers, arose about
652. Although they were severely persecuted, they spread
over Asia Minor in the 9th century, and finally settled at
Montford, in Itah', where they were attacked by the bisliop
of Milan in 1028. Severe decrees against them were made
in 1163, and they gradually dispersed ; very probably sowing
the seeds of the great reformation of the 16th century.
Paul's, St., cathedral, London.
First church, built on the site of a temple to Diana, supposed
to have been destroyed during the Diocletian persecution
(302), rebuilt in the reign of Constantino 323-337
Demolished by the pagan Saxons, and restored by Ethelbert
and Sebert about 597-610
Destroyed by the great fire, 1086; Mauritius, bishop of Lon-
don, commenced a magnificent edifice, with the highest
spire in the world, about 1087 ; completed 1240
It was destroyed by the fire of Sept. 1666
First stone of the present edifice laid 21 June, 1675
Choir opened for divine worship.* 2 Dec. 1697
Whole edifice completed under sir Christopher Wren (except
some decorations, finished 1723) 1710
[Total cost 1,511,202?.]
Ball and cross restored by Mr. Cockerell 1822
Peal of 12 bells (by Taylor, of Loughborough) given by the
corporation and some of the companies; dedicated. . .1 Nov. 1878
Reconciliation service after desecration of the cathedral by
suicide of Edward Easton ou 28 Sept 13 Oct. 1890
dimensions. Feet.
Length of St. Paul's from the grand portico to east end 510
Breadth, north to south portico 282
Height from ground to top of cross 404
Circumference of dome 420
Entire circumference of the building 2292
Diameter of ball 6
Paul's cross, St., London, near the cathedral, a pul-
pit or speaking-place used not only for preaching but for
political speaking as well. Here the most eminent divines
were appointed to preach every Sunday in the forenoon, and
to this place the court, the mayor, aldermen, and principal
citizens used to resort. It was used as early as 1259, but was
demolished in 1643 by order of Parliament.
Paul's school, St., London, was endowed in 1512
by John Colet, dean of St. Paul's, for 153 boys, " of every na-
tion, country, and class," in memory of the number of fishes
taken by Peter (John xxi. 11). The first school-house was
burned in 1666 ; the second, by Wren, was taken down in 1824,
and the present building erected by George Smith. William
Lilly was the first master, and his grammar was till recently
used by the school. — Timhs.
PaulUS's Hook, Capture of. The British had a
small garrison (500 men under maj. Sutherland) at Paulus's
Hook (now Jersey City), opposite the city of New York, in the
summer of 1779. The post was attacked at 3 o'clock in the
morning of 19 Aug. by maj. Henry Lee with 300 picked men.
30 of the garrison were killed and 160 made prisoners; the re-
mainder retreated to a strong circular redoubt, too strong to be
captured, and Lee fell back with his prisoners to camp. Con-
gress rewarded Lee with thanks and a gold medal.
pavements. The Carthaginians are said to have
been the first who paved their towns; the Romans in the
time of Augustus had pavements in many of their streets; the
Appian Way, a paved road, was constructed 312 b.c. Pave-
ments of blocks of lava, worn into ruts by wheels, are met
with in Herculaneum and Pompeii. Roads built of heavy
flags of freestone, of unknown age, exist in Peru, 1500 to 2000
miles in extent. In Mexico, among the ruins of Palenque,
are found pavements of large square blocks of stone. Modern
pavements are, wood, vitrified bricks, or stone blocks set in
cement, or asphalt laid in sheets. Of the last, the city of
Buffalo, N. Y., had within its limits in 1894 180 linear miles,
or more than any other city in the world.
Cordova in Spain paved by Abderrahman II 850
Streets in Paris first paved by Philip Augustus 1184
PAV
612
PEC
I
London streets first paved 1653
Stone tramwiiv; panillel wheel tracks of blocks of granite,
built from West India docks to Whitechapel. London 18i9
Part of Broadway, Now York city, between Chambers and War-
ren sts., paved with hexagonal wooden blocks 1836
Experimental pavement of asphalt laid at the entrance of the
Place de la Concorde, Paris 1837
Artificial asphalt from gas works used in England about 1838
Wood pavement of hexagonal blocks bedded in gravel intro-
duced in England "
Pavement of granite blocks 3 in. broad and 9 in. deep on a
bed of concrete 1 ft. thick, the first of modern set pave-
ments, laid on Blackfriars bridge, London 1840
Nicolson pavement ; wooden blocks on end on a foundation of
hemlock boards, introduced in Boston, Mass 1848
Asphalt first used extensively for pavement in Paris 1854
Claridge's patent asphalt laid in Trafiilgar square, London, Jan. 1864
Wood pavement of concrete foundation laid in London 1872
Pavement of vitrified brick laid in Charleston, W. Va 1873
Fifth ave., New York city, from -iCth to 27th sts., laid with
NeufchAtel asphalt July, 1879
Pa'via, a city of N. Italy, the ancient Ticinum or Papia.
Its university, ascribed to Charlemagne (really founded in the
14th century), is said to be the oldest in Europe. Pavia was
built by the Gauls, who were driven out by the Ronoans, and
these by the Goths. In 568 it was taken by the Lombards,
and became their capital. In the 12th century it was erected
into a republic, but soon after was subjected to Milan, and fol-
lowed its fortunes. On 24 Feb. 1525, in a battle near here, thfe
imperialists defeated the French, whose king, Francis I., after
killing 7 men with his own hand, was at last obliged to sur-
render. It was long asserted that Francis wrote to his moth-
er, Louisa of Savoy, regent of the kingdom during his ab-
sence, saying, Tout est perdu, madame, fors Vhonneur (All is
lost, madam, except honor). The words are now said to have
been, Vhonneur et la vie qui est saulvL Prisoners.
Pavo'nia, territory now occupied by Jersey City and
Hoboken, so called by the Dutch when first settled by them,
1630. New York.
paiW^nbroRing'. The Roman emperors lent money
upon land. The origin of borrowing money on pledges is
referred to Perugia, in Italy, about 1462. The institutions
were termed Monte di pieta. Soon afterwards, it is said
that the bishop of Winchester established a system of lending
on pledges, but without interest. The business of pawnbrokers
was regulated in England in 1756, and licenses issued in 1783.
The rate of interest on pledges was fixed in 1800. In 1860
an act was passed enabling pawnbrokers to charge a half-
penny for every ticket describing things pledged for a sum
under 6s. Number of pawnbrokers in Great Britain in 1871,
3540 ; it increases faster than the population. In the United
States this business is confined to the large cities, and is car-
ried on without that watchful care bestowed upon it by the
government in other countries, especially in Great Britain.
Pawnees. Indians.
pax, a small tablet, generally silver, termed tabula pads
or osculatorium ; kissed by the Roman Catholic priests and
laity ; substituted for the primeval kiss of peace in the early
church. The pax is said to date from the 12th century.
Paxton boys, Massacre of the Indians. Pennsyl-
vania, 1763.
Peabody fund. George Peabody, an American
merchant (b. S. Danvers,Mass., 18 Feb. 1795 ; d. London, Engl.,
4 Nov. 1869), who had made his fortune in London, gave, on
12 Mch. 1862, 150,000/. ; on 21 Jan. 1866, 100,000Z. ; on 5 Dec.
1868,100,000/.; and by his wiU directed his trustees to pay
150,000/.— in all 500,000/., to ameliorate the condition of the
London poor.
An autograph letter, promising her portrait in miniature, was
sent him by queen Victoria 28 Mch. 1866
[Inscription on the miniature sent: "V.R. Presented by
the queen to G. Peabody, Esq., the benefactor of the poor of
London."]
First block of buildings for working classes, termed "Peabody
dwellings," in Commercial St., Spitalfields, was opened 29
Feb. 1864; and others Since, in Spitalfields, Islington, Shad-
well, Westminster, Chelsea, Bermondsey, etc. ; they have been
found to be self supporting, 1878. In 1879, net gain, 24,786^.]
Mr. Peabody's statue, at the east end of the Royal Exchange,
was inaugurated by the prince of Wales 23 July, 1869
Funeral service at Westminster Abbey 12 Nov. "
Funeral at Portland, Me., prince Arthur present 8 Feb. 1870
[He also gave large sums for educational purposes in the
U. S., as follows]:
18
$30,000 to found Peabody institute at South Danvers, Mass. ...
f 150,000 to same institute soon after.
$50,000 to similar institute at North Danvers
$300,000, afterwards increased to $1,000,000, to found Peabody
institute at Hallimore, Md 181
$300,000 to scientific departments of Harvard and Yale col
leges 18(
$2,100,000, afterwards increased to $3,500,000, to promote edu
cation in the Southern states
$200,000 to other objects ,
$315,000 to various educational institutions 18<
peaee. A temple was dedicated to Peace by Vespi
sian, 75. The gates of the Roman temple Janus Quirini
were always shut in time of peace ; they were closed on]
once between the time of Nuraa and Augustus; viz., at tl
close of the first Punic war.
Peace of religion (between Catholics and Protestants) signed
at Augsburg 15 Sept. 15l
Benj. Franklin, John Adams, and Edward Rutledge, appointed
by Congress, meet lord and adm. Howe on Staten Island in a
peace conference without result 11 Sept. 17
Earl of Carlisle, George Johnstone, and William Eden, com-
missioners of Great Britain, arrive at PKiladelphia. .4 June, 17
[As they had no power to acknowledge the independence
of the colonies. Congress declined to appoint commissioners
to meet them.]
Motion in House of Commons by gen. Conway for a cessation
of hostilities; lost by a majority of one 22 Feb. 17
Conway again moves, "That the house would consider as ene-
mies to his majesty and the country all those who should
advise or by any means attempt the further prosecution of
offensive war on the continent of North America ;" carried
without a division the same day 4 Mch.
Peace treaty of 1814. United States.
Peace conference at Washington, D. C. ; a vain attempt to pre-
vent the civil war (Unitkd States) 4 Feb. II
Horace Greeley, sent by pres. Lincoln, confers in the interest
of peace with confederates, among them Clement C. Clay of
Alabama, and James P. Holcombe of Virginia, at the Clifton
house, Niagara falls, without result July, II
Rev. col. James F. Jaques, 73d Illinois, and J. R. Gillmore visit
Richmond; confer with pres. Davis on peace, without result,
June-July,
Peace conference at Hampton Roads brought about by Francis
P. Blair, sr. ; Confederate commi.ssioners Alexander H. Ste-
phens, John A. Cainpbeli, and R. M. T. Hunter, meet pres.
Lincoln and sec. Seward on steamer in Hampton Roads,
without result 3 Feb. li
A peace congress met at Berne, Switzerland 24 Sept. 186ft
Congress at Lugano, 23 Sept. 1872; at the Hague, 25 Sept. 1873;
at Paris, 6 Sept. 1875; at Geneva, Oct. 1877; at Paris, 25 Sept.
1878 ; at Brussels, 17 Oct. 1882 ; at Berne 4-9 Aug. 1884
Meeting at Crystal palace near London, 22 July, 1885; another
meeting 16 July, 1886; at Geneva, 9 Sept. 1887; at Paris, 23
June, 1889; in London, 14 July, 1890; Rome, 11 Nov. 1891;
Berne Aug. 1892
The principle of arbitration in place of war was adopted by the
Pan-American Congress at Washington; treaty signed for
several states 28 Apr. 1890
peaelies (fruit of a small tree, Persica vulgaris, of the
order Rosacece) are said to have been introduced into England
from Persia about 1562. Flowers and Plants.
Peach ■ tree Creek, Ga., Battle of. Atlanta
CAMPAIGN, 20 July, 1864.
Pea Ridg^e, Battle of. Arkansas, 1862.
pearls, mentioned Job xxviii. 18. M. R^a^imur, in 1717.
alleged that pearls are formed like other stones in animals.
An ancient pearl was valued by Pliny at 80,000/. One which
was brought, in 1574, to Philip II., of the size of a pigeon's
egg, was valued at 14,400 ducats. A pearl named the Incom-
parable, spoken of by De Boote, weighed 30 carats, equal to 5
pennyweights, and was about the size of a muscadine pear.
The pearl mentioned by Tavernier as being in possession of
the emperor of Persia was purchased of an Arab in 1633, and
is valued at a sum equal to 110,400/.
Peasants' war. Jacquerie.
" Peculiar People," a small sect" in Essex and
other parts of England, formed about 1845. 2 members, Thom-
as and Maryanne Wagstaife, were tried and acquitted of man-
slaughter, 29 Jan. 1868. They had neglected getting medical
assistance for their sick child, and depended on the efiicacy of
their elders' prayers and anointing it with oil (James v. 14).
The child died. On 8 May, 1872, a father was convicted for
neglecting to get medical advice for his child who died of
small-pox ; . and the sect agreed to modify their practice. Es-
tablishments for healing diseases by prayer exist in Germany.
This sect is known in the United States under the name ol
" Faith Healers," and also as " Christian Scientists."
FED
613
FED
pedestrian! §111 (Lat. pes, the foot ; pedes, one that
moves on foot. The act or practice of walking). It is said that
Euchidas, a citizen of Platsea, went thence to Delphi, and re-
turned with the sacred fire the same day before sunset, having
travelled 125 miles. He fell dead from the exertion. Authen-
tic records of pedestrian feats begin about the close of the 18th
century, when Foster Powell, in 1773, walked on a wager of 100
guineas from Hicks hall, London, to York, and return, a dis-
tance of 394 miles, in 6 days less about 6 hours. From this
time records of professional and amateur walking and running
matches are numerous. The greatest distance hitherto walked
by ail American without rest is 121 miles 385 yards, by C. A.
Harriman, Truckee, Cal., 6-7 Apr. 1883. In England, Peter
Crossland, Manchester, covered 120 miles 1560 yards without
resting, 11-12 Sept. 1876.
Foster Powell walks from Falstaff inn, Canterbury, to London
bridge and back, 112 miles, in 23 h. 50 min. ; the best record
up to that time 1787
Powell, on a wager of 20 guineas to 13, walks from London to
York and return in 5 days, 16 h. 10 min Aug. 1790
Daniel Crisp walks 1 mile in 7 min. 50 sec 1802
Capt. Barclay Allardice of Ury runs a mile in i min. 50 sec, out-
pacing John Ireland, a noted swift runner 1804
Capt. Barclay Allardice walks 1 mile each hour for 1000 suc-
cessive hours on Newmarke't Heath for a wager of 1000
guineas 12 p.m. 1 June-4 p.m. 12 July, 1809
Thomas Standen of Salehurst, aged 60, walks 1100 miles in 1100
hours (1 mile in each hour), finished July, 1811
Richard Manksof Warwickshire walks 1000 miles in 1000 hours
at Sheffield 17 June-29 July, 1850
Charles Westhall, at Slough, walks 1)4 miles in 58 min. 25 sec.
in 1857 ; and at Newmarket, 21 miles in 59 seconds less than
3 hours Feb. 1858
L. Bennett (Deerfoot) runs 11 miles, 970 yards in 1 hour, Lon-
don, Engl 3 Apr. 1863
Miss Richards walks 1000 miles in 1000 hours, 18 May-29 June, 1874
Edward Payson Weston, at Newark, N. J., walks 500 'miles in 5
days, 23 h. 34 min 21-26 Dec. "
Bella St. Clair walks 1000 miles in 950 hours 25 July et seq. 1876
William Gale, aged 45, walks 1500 miles in 1000 consecutive
hours, at Lillie Bridge, London, 26 Aug. -6 Oct., and 4000 quar-
ter miles in 4000 consecutive 10 minutes, at Agricultural hall,
London, completed 17 Nov.
Match of 17 pedestrians at Agricultural hall, London, won by
O'Leary, who walked 520 miles in 6 days 18-23 Mch.
Six days' walking-match for championship, at Agricultural hall,
won by W. Corkey; 18 competitors; 521 miles, 28 Oct.-2 Nov. "
Weston walks 550 miles in 6 days at Agricultural hall, and
wins the Sir John Astleybelt 16-21 June, 1879
Blower Brown walks 553 miles in 6 days; champion of Eng-
land 16-21 Feb. 1880
John Meagher walks 8 miles, 802 yards in 1 hour. New York
city 29 Nov. 1882
Weston walks 5000 miles in 100 days, abstaining from alcohol.. 1883
Zoe Gayton, an actress, walks from San Francisco to New York,
3395 miles, in 6 months, 26 days, receiving $1300; arrives at
New York. 27 Mch. 1891
1877
1878
PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR WALKING RECORD.
Nationality.
Sec,
4.
5
6
7
llOO
,200.
'300.
400.
500.
1531.
Professional
Amateur
Professional
Amateur
Professional
Amateur
Professional
Amateur
Professional
Amateur
Professional
Amateur
Professional. . . .'
Amateur
Professional. . , .
Amateur
Professional
Amateur
Professional
Amateur
Professional
Amateur
Professional. . . .
Amateur
Professional
Amateur
Professional
English. . .
American.
English. . .
American.
English. . .
American.
English. . .
.American.
English. . .
American.
English. . .
American.
English...
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
7
8
18
19
40
66
96
130
138
23
29.6
14
48.6
2L5
9.2
38
10
10
17
1
57
4
28.4
37
8.5
14
8
45
40.75
57
52
16
25.5
15
50
30
50
W. Perkins
F. P. Murray
J. W. Raby
F P. Murray
J. W. Raby
F P. Murray
J. W, Raby
W H. Meek
J. W. Raby
H. Curtis
J. W. Raby
H. Curtis
J. W. Raby
H. Curtis
John Meagher
J. B. Clark
J. W. Raby
E. E. Merrill
J. W. Raby
E. E. Merrill
W. Perkins
Thomas Griffiths.. .
J. Hibberd
A. W. Sinclair
William Howes . . .
A. W. Sinclair
George Littlewood.
London
New York
London
Brooklyn, N. Y.
London
New York
London
Birmingham, Engl.
London
Birmingham, Engl,
London
Birmingham, Engl.
New York
London.
London
Boston, Mass.
London
Sheffield, Engl.
1 June,
1874
27 Oct.
1883
20 Aug.
<'
30 May,
1884
20 Aug.
1883
6 Nov.
"
20 Aug.
((
12 July,
1884
20 Aug.
1883
12 July,
1890
20 Aug.
1883
12 July,
1890
20 Aug.
1883
12 July,
1890
29 Nov.
1882
8 Sept.
1880
3 Dec.
1883
5 Oct.
1880
3 Dec.
1883
5 Oct.
1880
1 July,
1877
3 Dec.
1870
14 May,
1888
14 Nov.
1879
15 May,
1880
26 "
1881
7-11 Mch. 1882
ECORD OF GREATEST DISTANCE COVERED IN 6 DAYS' ' GO-AS-YOU-PLEASE" WALKING MATCHES (72 HOURS— 12
HOURS DAILY.)
Mile?. Yards.
Name.
Nationality.
Place.
Date.
78
1280
162
704
150
800
229
1408
216
1280
296
1056
282
320
362
528
349
1120
G. Littlewood.
John Dobler...
G. Littlewood .
John Dobler. . ,
G. Littlewood. ,
John Dobler..,
G. Littlewood ,
John Dobler..,
C. Rowell
John Dobler..,
C. Rowell
Gus. Guerrero.
English. . ,
American
English. . ,
American
English. .
American
English. .
American
English. .
American
English. ,
American
London
Buffalo, N. Y.
London
Buffalo, N. Y.
London
Buffalo, N. Y.
London
Buffalo, N. Y.
London
Buffalo, N. Y.
London
Boston, Mass
24 Nov. 1884.
9 Aug. 1880.
25 Nov. 1884.
9-10 Aug. 1880.
24-26 Nov. 1884.
9-11 Aug. 1880.
24-27 Nov. 1884.
9-12 Aug. 1880.
27 Apr.-l May, 1
9-13 Aug. 1880.
27 Apr. -2 May, 1
13-18 Apr. 1891.
PROFESSIONAL AND
AMATEUR RUNNING RECORD.
'-,]<
Nationality.
Time.
Name.
Place.
Dat«,
Hours.
Min.
Sec.
"\
Professional
Amateur
Professional
Amateur
Professional
Amateur
American
••
..
5.25
5.5
9.8
9.8
9.8
59
58
New York
22 Nov. 1884
12 Dec. "
. (
H M Johnson
Cleveland, 0
31 July, 1886
22 Feb. 1888
'M
Oakland Cal
1
John Owen jr
Washington, D. C.
Boston Mass
11 Oct. 1890
1 1
5 Sept. 1881
29 May. 1880
(
L. E. Meyers
Staten Island
PED
PROFESSIONAL AND
614 PEN
AMATEUR RUNNING RECORD.— (Conttnued.)
Nationality.
Time.
Name.
Place.
Date.
Hour..
Min.
S«c.
1000 1
Mlle«:
M
1
Professional. . . .
Amateur.
Professional
Amateur
Professional. . . .
Amateur
Professional. . . .
Amateur
Professional —
Amateur
Professiousil
Amateur
Professional —
Amateur
Professional —
Amateur
Professional. . . .
Amateur
Professional
Amateur
Professional
Amateur
Professional. . . .
Amateur
Professional
Amateur
Professional
Amateur
Professional
English
American
English
American
English
Scotch. ..'.
English
Scotch
*i
1
5
6
13
17
35
58
84
109
135
141
2
2
4
t
9
14
14
19
19
24
24
29
30
34
35
40
40
45
f^
11
52
55
18
26
36
9
17
31
18
ib
17
13
12.75
17.8
11.5
17.4
19.5
24
25.4
33.8
40
53.6
50
17.8
45
37
20
57.4
21
12
6.6
20
51.2
4.5
26.2
30
14
28
6
18
20
30
W Cummings
Preston Engl. .
30 Apr. 1881
8 Oct. "
23 Aug. 1885
26 " 1895
1 " 1865
26 Apr. 1884
14 May, 1888
3 June, 1893
8 Nov. 1888
10 June, 1893
11 May, 1863
24 Sept. 1895
11 May, 1865
22 Oct. 1895
11 May, 1865
28 July, 1884
1 June, 1851
28 July, 1884
IJune, 1855
7 Apr. 1884
18 Sept. 188J
7 Apr. 188^
4 Oct. 18H
22 Mch. 189<
21 Feb. 188'
11 Apr. 188i
27 Feb. 1885
22 "
27 "
2 Mch. "
6-11 Feb. 188j
5 May, 188<
1 Dec. 1881
L E Meyers
New York
W G George
London Engl
T P ConnefT . .
Cambridge, Mass
William Lang
W. G. George
London Engl
P Cannon
Glasgow
*
English
u [
American
English
" ,*
American
English
E C. Willers
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PedO-BaptistS (Gr. Traig iraiSog, child, and BajTrrig,
one who dips), a term (not a sect) implying a belief in infant
baptism.
pedometer and odometer, apparatus for meas-
uring the distance traversed by a walker or carriage.
Odometers, or road-measurers, are said to have been known in
the 15th century; improved in England by Butterfield about
1678; and by Meynier, in France about 1724
Ralph Gouts's pedometer, for indicating the number of steps
taken by a walker, was patented 4 Nov. 1799
William Payne's pedometer for the waistcoat pocket, patented,
15 Feb. 1831
William Grayson's odometer, or road-measurer, to be attached
to carriages, was patented 1 Dec. 1851
peere§ses of the United Kini^dom {in their
own right). 6 in 1891 : baronesses Berkeley, Berners, Bol-
sover, Burdett-Coutts, Macdonald of Earnscliff, viscountess
Hambleden.
peers. Lords.
Peg^U (^pe-goo'), a province of the Burmese empire, dis-
covered by the Portuguese, 1520. This province was annexed
to the British Indian possessions by proclamation, 20 Dec. 1852.
In Feb. 1862, it was united with Arracan and Tenassarim as
British Burmah.
Peking' was made the capital of China about 1260.
Here was held the court of the Mongol or Yuen dynasty,
1280-1368. Marco Polo visited it in i271. In 1369 "Hung-
wu, of the Ming dynasty, removed to Nankin, which was the
capital till Yung-lo removed his court to Peking in 1410, and
by him and his successors the city was enlarged, fortified, and
beautified. It was visited by lord Macartney, Sept. 1793 ;
surrendered to the allied English and French armies, 12 Oct.
1860 ; and evacuated by them 5 Nov., after peace was signed,
24 Oct. It was described as desolate, and the inhabitants scat-
tered and indigent. About 8 miles northwest lies the imperial
park, with the famous Summer palace; it was sacked by the
French and English troops in 1860 and left a heap of ruins,
and so remains. The population in 1864 was estimated at
1,600,000. English and French representatives were settled
at Peking, Mch. 1861.
Pela'g^ians, followers of Pelagius, a Briton, appeared
at Rome about 400. Their doctrines were condemned by
councils at Jerusalem, Carthage, and other places, 415, 530.
They maintained :
1. That Adam was by nature mortal, and, whether he had sinned
or not, would certainly have died. 2. That the consequences of
Adam's sin were confined to his own person. 3. That new bor i
infants are in the same condition as Adam before the fall.
4. That the law qualified men for the kingdom of heaveu, an<l|
was founded upon equal promises with the Gospel. 5. That tha
general resurrection of the dead does not follow in virtue of I
Christ's resurrection.
Pelas'gi, the primitive inhabitants of Greece and Italy,
appear to have belonged to the Indo-Gerraanic race. They
were in Greece about 1900 b.c., and in Italy about 1600 b.c.
" The Greek traditions represent the Pelasgic race as spread
widely over most of Greece and the islands of the Aegean.
The whole of Hellas, according to Herodotus, was originally
called Pelasgia." — Anthon, "Class. Diet." There is little doubt
but that the Pelasgian and the Hellenic peoples united to form
the Greek as known to us.
Pelew' islands, N. Pacific ocean, discovered by tke
Spaniards in 1543, and still belonging to Spain. Area, 170
sq. miles. The East India company's packet Antelope, ca\)t.
Wilson, was wrecked here in 1783. The king, Abba Thullc,
allowed capt. Wilson to bring prince Le Boo, his son, to Eng-.
land, where he arrived in 1784, and died of small-pox sooii
after. The East India company erected a monument over hia
grave in Rotherhithe church-yard.
Peloponne'SUS, the island of Pelops, S. Greece,
termed Morea in the 13th century, said to have been settled
by Pelops about 1283 b.c. Peloponnesian war continued for
27 years between the Athenians and the people of the Pelo-
ponnesus, with their respective allies, and is the most famous
of the wars of Greece. It began by an attempt of the Boeo-
tians to surprise Platsea, 431 b.c, on 7 May, and ended 404
by the taking of Athens by the Lacedaemonians.
Pelu'sium, now Tineh, formerly Sin, the key of
Egypt. Here, in 625 B.C., Psammeticus III. was defeated by
Cambyses, the Persian, who thereby obtained possession of
the kingdom. Pelusium surrendered to Alexander, 333 •, was
taken by the Persians, 309 ; by Antiochus, 173 ; by Augustus
30 B.C. ; and after a protracted resistance by Amrou, the Sar-
acen, 638 A.D.
penanee, a sacrament in the Roman church, arose out
of the practice of Auricular confession. The council of
Trent, in its 14th session (1551), decreed that every one is ac-
cursed who shall affirm that this sacrament was not institutec
by Christ.
pen'dulums. The isochronous property of the pen-
dulum is said to have been applied to clocks by Galileo about
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1639, and by Richard Harris about 1641. Christian Huyghens
claimed this discovery, 1658. Clock. George Graham in-
vented the compensating pendulum, 1715. Experiments were
made to determine the density of the earth by pendulums by
G. B. Airy (afterwards astronomer royal) and others, in a mine
in Cornwall, in 1826 and 1828, and at Horton colliery in 1854.
In 1851, M. Foncault demonstrated the rotation of the earth
by the motion of a pendulum.
Peninsular campaign of maj.-gen. Geo. B.
McClellan. Immediately after the battle of Bull Run,
McClellan, then in command of the department of the Ohio,
was called 27 July, 1861, to take command of all troops in and
around Washington. To him belongs the credit of organiz-
ing the " Potomac army." Army, U. S. In this work he was
occupied from the time of his first taking command until Mch.
1862, at which time all troops under his immediate command,
that is, in northern Virginia, were 172,000 infantry, 23,000 cav-
alry, 62 batteries volunteers, 30 batteries regulars, amounting
to 520 guns and 15,000 men. He had assumed command of all
troops of the Northern states on the retirement of gen. Scott,
1 Nov. 1861. On 13 Jan. 1862, Edwin M. Stanton of Ohio was
appointed secretary of war ; not for his military knowledge, but
for his energy and zeal. The president issued an order, 27
Jan. 1862, commanding a general advance upon the Confeder-
' ate lines from every quarter on 22 Feb. ; and on 81 Jan. one to
McClellan, requiring him to move with the array of the Poto-
1 mac upon Manassas Junction, which the confederates had held
1 from the battle of Bull Run, 21 July, 1861. McClellan objected,
! and urged that the advance should be made from Urbana, near
i the mouth of the Rappahannock. The president assented, in
an order 8 Mch. 1862. This plan assumed that the confederates
would continue to occupy Manassas Junction. As they aban-
doned it 8 Mch., the federals occupying it on the 10th, the
Urbana plan was dropped. McClellan now presented the pen-
insular plan, from fortress Monroe as a base, to move upon
Richmond by Yorktown and West Point. This was agreed
to 13 Mch. 1862, provided McClellan should (1) leave force
! enough at Manassas Junction to protect it ; (2) leave Wash-
! ington amply guarded; (3) move the remainder of the army at
^ once by some route in pursuit of the enemy. On 11 Mch. Mc-
\ Clellan's command was restricted to the armj'- of the Potomac.
t The peninsula of Virgi;iia, from which this campaign receives
I its name, lies between the James and York rivers, which empty
( into Chesapeake bay. Fortress Monroe occupies the extremity
; of the peninsula, and is connected with the main portion onlj'
jby a narrow sand-beach. The extreme length is about 60
i miles; the average breadth about 12. At Yorktown, 20 miles
1 up, it is narrowed to 8, which width it preserves 10 miles to
I Williamsburg; then the rivers begin to diverge. The shores
jof the lower portion of the peninsula are deeply indented with
, creeks, some of which extend half way across. The land is flat
,aiid low, covered with swampy forests, through which sluggish
jstreamsflow lazily, expanding after every rain into miry ponds.
jHeintzelman's corps embarks for fortress Monroe 17 Mch. 1862
Headquarters of the army of the Potomac transferred to vicin-
I ity of fortress Monroe 1 Apr. "
|McDoweirs corps detached from the army 4 Apr. "
.Vorktown and its line of defence, about 13 miles in length,
■ occupied by 11,000 confederates under Magruder, is attacked
by the federals; repulsed 4 Apr. "
i'^iege, so-called, of Yorktown 4 Apr. -5 May, ' '
iMcClellan prepares to open on the defences at Yorktown with
I his siege guns when the confederates evacuate 5 May, "
maiOe of Williamsburg " "
' [Gen. Hooker attacked the confederates with his division
i alone until reinforced by Kearney's division about 4 p.m.
I The confederates retired towards Richmond during the
' night. The Federal loss in killed, wounded, and missing,
2228.]
Jen. Franklin's division lands at West Point 6 May, "
"forfolk evacuated by the confederates 10 May, ' '
ronclad Merrimac blown up by the confederates 11 May, "
'om. John Rodgers moving up the James to within 8
miles of Richmond with his fleet, retires after an unequal
'oatest with batteries on Drewry's Bluffer fort Darling,
15 May, "
IcClellan's headquarters established at the "White House"
(belonging to Mrs. Robt. E. Lee) on the Pamunkey. .16 May, "
uDowell with a corps of 40,000 men and 100 pieces of artillery
instructed to co-operate with the army of the Potomac ad-
; vancing on Richmond 17 May, "
!0 frustrate this union "Stonewall" Jackson assumes the
I offensive by threatening Washington. The Federal forces
in northern Virginia at this time were: Banks. 20,000, Milroy
and Schenck, 6000, Fremont, 10,000, and McDowell's corps
at Fredericksburg, 40,000. Jackson succeeds, and .McDowell
is retained to defend Washington by an order issued,
24 May, 1862
[This order saved the Confederate capital.]
Jackson drives Banks out of Winchester 25 May, "
[Appears before Harper's Ferry, 28 May; commences his
retrograde movement 31 May, pursued by Banks, Fremont,
and McDowell; fights the battle of Cross Keys with Fre-
mont, 8 June ; battle of Port Republic with a part of McDow-
elFs command, 9 June; and then retires to reinforce the
confederates before Richmond, having succeeded in com-
pletely paralyzing all the forces in northern Virginia.]
Hanover Court-house 27 May, "
[Fitz-John Porter, with a corps of 12,000 men, is ordered
by McClellan to destroy the bridges over the South Anna, as
instructed to do from Washington; opposed by the confeder-
ates under Branch at Hanover Court-house, he defeats them.]
Porter returns to his former position at Gaines's Mills. 29 May, "
[Position of the army of the Potomac invites attack. Its
left,composedofthe corps of Keyes and Heintzelman. occupies
the right bank of the Chickahominy from Bottom Bridge to
Seven Pines, about 7 miles from Richmond at the nearest
point; the rest of the army is on the left bank of the river;
Porter in the vicinity of Gaines's Mills and Mechanicsville.
The object of this division was to cover the base of sup-
plies at the "White House," and to keep up communication
with McDowell, whom McClellan still expected.]
Batlle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines 31 May-1 June, "
[The confederates, hoping to crush the left wing of the
army of the Potomac, combined their whole force about
Richmond. The attack was to be made early in the day, but
the excessive rains of May 30 delayed it until 1 p.m. The
federals were outnumbered and gradually forced back until
reinforced at 6 p.m. by Sumnef's corps, who, from the right
wing, crossed the swollen Chickahominy just in time to save
the left. The confederates withdrew after dark. On the
next day, 1 June, the federals reoccupied most of the lost
ground. The Confederate loss was 4500, and the Federal 5727.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, Confederate commander, severely
wounded. Gen. 0. 0. Howard lost his right arm, June 1.]
Robt. E. Lee assumes command of the confederates 3 June, "
Gen. J. E. B. Stuart with a small cavalry division passes
around the army of the Potomac 12-13 June, "
Battle of Mechanicsville 20 June, "
[Corps of Fitz-John Porter, 27,000 men, attacked at 3 p.m.
by the corps or divisions of A. P. Hill, D. H. Hill, and Long-
street. Jackson, though expected, did not arrive in time.
Though continued until after dark it signally failed.]
Battle ofGaines^s Mills 27 June, "
[McClellan orders Fitz-John Porter to leave Mechanicsville
for a position near Gaines's Mills. By noon of the 27th he is
there awaiting attack, which A. P. Hill's corps begins about
1 p.m. Till 5 P.M., Lee, although reinforced by Jackson, failed
to break the line; but Porter's entire force was in action.
On Porter's call for reinforcements McClellan sent Slocum's
division, which arrived at 3.30 p.m. Towards 6 o'clock the
general attack was renewed so successfully that but for the
approach of night and the timely arrival of 2 brigades Por-
ter would have been crushed. He lost 20 guns, but held the
approaches to the bridge, over which he withdrew unmo-
lested during the night, having lost 8000 men out of 35,000.
The Confederate forces were estimated at 60,000.]
First siege of Rirhmond abandoned; Reyes's corps ordered to
the James on the evening of 27 June, "
[Lee, failing to comprehend McClellan's plans, loses the
whole of 28 June in false movements.]
Battle of Savage^s Station 29 June, "
[Sumner repulses Magruder.]
Entire army of the Potomac safely across "White Oak swamp"
on the morning of. 30 June, "
Battle of White Oak Swamp or '■ Frazer Farm " " "
[Gen. Franklin at White Oak swamp, with 9 brigades and
8 batteries, holds in check Jackson, who with 4 divisions
and 20 batteries attempts to cross.]
Battle of Glendale 30 June, "
[This was Lee's most determined effort to break the Feder-
al line of retreat. But Jackson was stopped by Franklin at
White Oak swamp. The battle was indecisive, but assured
the federals safe retreat.]
Army of the Potomac with its immense trains concentrated
on and around Malvern Hill on the morning of 1 July, «
Battle of Malvern Hill " "
[In this attack upon a strong position the confederates fail,
after persistent effort from 3 p.m. until 9 p.m. Though suc-
cessful, McClellan continues his retreat to Harrison's Land-
ing during the night of 1 and 2 July, unmolested by the
enemy. Federal loss, 26 June -2 July, 1734 killed, 8062
wounded, 6053 missing; total, 15,849. Confederate loss, es-
timated, 20,771.]
President visits McClellan at Harrison's Landing 7 July, "
Hooker reoccupies Malvern Hill 4 Aug. "
McClellan ordered to withdraw to Aquia creek " "
Harrison's Landing entirely vacated 16 Aug. ■'
McClellan reaches Aquia creek 24 Aug. ••
Reports at Alexandria (Pope's Virginia campaign) 26 Aug. "
Penin§ular war, during which the French were
driven out of Spain by Wellington. Spain, 1807-14.
Napier's "Hist, of the War in the Peninsula," pub 1828-40
penitentiaries. Prisons.
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Pciin§ylvailia, one of the original "Middle" States,
being the 7th in geographical order of the " Thirteen," is known
as the " Keystone state." It
lies between 39° 43' and 42°
N. lat. — except a small portion
in the northwest corner, which
extends north to 42° 15', and
thus borders on lake Erie — and
between 74° 40' and 80°36' W.
Ion. New York and a small
portion of lake Erie lie on the
north, Delaware river sepa-
rates it from New Jersey on
the east, the states of Dela-
ware, Maryland, and West
Virginia bound it on the
south, while West Virginia and Ohio are on the west. Area,
46,215 sq. miles in G7 counties ; pop. in 1890, 5,258,014. Cap-
ital, Ilarrisburg.
Heury Hudson enters Delaware bay, examines its currents and
soundings, but leaves without landing Aug. 1609
Delaware bay visited by lord de la WaiT KilO
Cornelius Hendricksen, in the interest of the Dutch, explores
Delaware bay and river as far as mouth of the Schuylkill. . . 1616
Cornelius Mey ascends the Delaware river (then called by the
Dutch "South river," to distinguish it from the North or
Hudson river), and builds fort Nassau, on the east side, near-
ly opposite the present Philadelphia 1623
[This flrst occupation by the Dutch is soon abandoned.]
Swedish government sends out 2 vessels, the Key of Calmar
and the Griffin, with a few Swedes; entering the Delaware,
they erect a fort near the mouth of Christiana creek, called
fort Christiana in honor of the then queen of Sweden 1638
Swedish gov. Printz fixes his residence on Tinicum island, a
few miles below Philadelphia, and builds a fort for defence. . 1643
[First European settlement in Pennsylvnnia]
Swedes settle Upland (now Chester), first town settled in Penn-
sylvania "
Dutch from New York capture the Swedish forts on the Dela-
ware, and take possession of the country 25 Sept. 1655
This territory surrendered to the English Sept. 1664
Dutch recover possession for a few months, 1673, but the ' ' Peace
of Westminster " restores it to the English 19 Feb. 1674
William Penn receivesfrom Charles II., in payment of 16,000/.
due his father from the English government, a charter for
lands north of Maryland and west of the Delaware 4 Mch. 1681
[To the name "Sylvania," intended for the province by
the prdt)rietary, the king prefixes " Penu," in honor of the
grantee and of adm. Penn, his father.]
Penn issues an address to his subjects in Pennsylvania concern-
ing the grant 8 Apr. "
Penn appoints William Markham deputy-governor, who sails
in May, and arrives in Pennsylvania -. June, "
Penn contracts to sell an association, "Company of Free
Traders," 20,000 acres for 400/., subject to a quit-rent of 2X
mills per acre 11 July, "
Court held at Upham by the deputy governor 13 Sept.' "
Three vessels sail with emigrants, and 3 commissioners with
plans for the proposed city of Philadelphia Oct. "
Penn publishes "frame of government:" council of 72 persons
elected for 3 years, ^ to go out annually ; governor or deputy to
preside with triple vote; laws proposed to be submitted to the
people, afterwards to delegates. 40 "fundamental laws" agreed
upon by Penn and the intended emigrants, were added, 25 Apr. 1682
Pennsylvania,though not included indukeofYork'scharter.had
been claimed by governors of New York; to perfect his title,
Penn obtains from the duke a quit claim to Pennsylvania, also
2 deeds of feoffment, of town of New Castle with a circle of 12
miles round, and of district thence to cape Henlopen, 21 Aug.
Penn, now 38 years of age, accompanied by 100 colonists, sails
in the Welcome, 1 Sept., and lands at New Castle 27 Oct.
[Twenty-three ships arrive in the Delaware this year with
colonists for Pennsylvania.]
Penn reaches Upland and calls it Chester 29 Oct.
Spacious brick residence built at a cost of 7000L for Penn on
"Pennsbury Manor," opposite Burlington, about 20 miles
above Philadelphia
Penn visits New Jersey, New York, and Long Island, and re-
turns to Chester 4 Dec.
[Peuu's famous treaty with the Indians under the elms at
Shackamaxon, at the northern limits of Philadelphia, occurs
about this time, according to Hildreth, Bancroft, and I.ossing;
the "Narrative and Critical History of America" gives the
date, 23 June, 1683. It is the subject of a picture by Benjamin
West. The whole story of this treaty has been doubted. Hil-
dreth calls it " the famous traditionary treaty." — Hist. U. S.,
vol. ii. p. 72. Bancroft says: "It is to be regretted that no
original record of the meeting has been preserved."— Hist.
U.S.,vol.ii.p.381,9thed. Lossingsays: "There is no written
record of the treaty extant ; it seemed a tradition among both
races."— "Harper's Cyclop. U. S. Hist.," vol. ii. p. 1073.]
First assembly of the province meets at Chester in 3 days' ses-
sion 4 Dec.
[This meeting made changes in the "frame of govern-
ment," tending to strengthen the power of the proprie-
I
tary. The territories (Delaware) were enfranchised by a
joint act, and united with Pennsylvania on the basis of equal
rights, and a code called the "Great Law," furnishing a
complete system for the provinces, was enacted; all laws
ordered to be printed and taught in the schools.]
Counties of Bucks, Chester, and Philadelphia organized. . .Dec. 16(2
Penu attends to the completion of laying out Philadelphia, Dec. "
Penn meets lord Baltimore at New Castle to adjust boundary
claims between Pennsylvania and Maryland Dec. "
[Dispute not settled until 1760, when it was referred to 2
English mathematicians, Charles Mason and Jeremiah DixoH,
who ran the boundary-line due west 244 miles (1763-67) in
lat. 39° 43' 26" ; stones erected every mile up to 132, every
5th stone bearing the arms of the Baltimore and Penu families.
Kesurveyed, 1849. While debating in Congress the " Mis-
souri compromise," in 1820, John Randolph introduced the
phrase "Mason and Dixon's line," as separating freedom
from slavery, or the north from the south ; the phrase became
at once exceedingly popjilar.]
Penu summons the assembly to Philadelphia, where changes
are made in the "frame of government" and new laws
enacted; and to settle disputes and prevent law-suits 3
" peace - makers " are appointed for each county 10 Mch. li
Weekly post established (letters carried from Philadelphia to
Chester 2d., to New Castle 4d, to Maryland 6d.) July,
First mill built at Chester
Frankfort Land company of Germany purchase 25,000 acres of
land around Germantown, and begin a settlement, consisting
of 20 families under Francis D. Pastorius 24 Oct
A woman tried as a witch; acquitted, but bound to keep the
peace; Penn presides; first and only case of such trial in
Pennsylvania 27 P'eb. 1684
Penn, establishing a provincial court of 5 judges, Nicholas
Moore, chief-justice, and leaving the executive to the council,
Thomas Lloyd, president, sails for England 12 Aug.
[Province has 20 settled townships and 7000 inhabitants.]
William Bradford establishes the flrst printing-press in Philadel-
phia (the third in the colonies) ; flrst publication, an almanac,
the "Kalendarium Pennsilvaniense" (Printing in the U. S.), 1
Several members of the settlement at Germantown send a
written protest against slavery to a Friends' meeting
[First anti-slavery effort in America.]
" William Penn charter " school established in Philadelphia. . 1689
First paper mill in America built by William Rittenhouse and
William Bradford on a branch of the Wissahickou 1690
Penn sanctions the separation of the lower counties (Delaware)
as a separate government under William Markham. .11 Apr. 1691
Government of Pennsylvania taken from Penn 31 Oct. 1692
Pennsylvania placed under gov. Fletcher of New York 169a
[On account of Penn's personal regard for James II. he was
not favored by William III. He was accused of disaffection
to the new government and was constantly under surveil-
lance; he was several times arrested and once imprisoned.]
Penn's chartered rights restored 30 Aug. 1694
First Episcopal place of worship built in Philadelphia, rev.
Mr. Clayton, minister 1695
Penn returns to Pennsylvania after absence of 15 years, 1 Dec. 1699
[The government prevented him from coming sooner.]
Yellow-fever in Philadelphia "
Discontent of the inhabitants leads Penn to summon an assem-
bly to prepare a new frame of government 16 Sept. 1701
New charter or " charter of privileges " adopted 28 Oct. •*
[It gave the Delaware counties option of a separate adminis-
tration,of which they availed themselves soon after, though un-
der the same governor and council as Pennsylvania until 1776.]
Philadelphia incorporated as a city .• 28 Oct.
Anticipating that the British ministry were about to abolish
the proprietary governments in America, Penn, to oppose
this, sails for England and never visits America again, 1 Nov.
Thomas Rutter establishes the flrst iron works in Pennsylvania,
near Pottstown, 30 miles from Philadelphia I
Penn dies at Rushcombe, Buckinghamshire, Engl., aged 74
years 30 July, 1'
Andrew S. Bradford establishes the American Weekly Mercury
at Philadelphia 22 Dec. 1'
[First newspaper in America outside of Boston.]
Pennsylvania puts in practice the "paper-money loan system"
by the issue of 15,000/. in 1722, followed by an additional
issue of 30,000/ Mch. 1!
Franklin, 17 years old, arrives in Philadelphia Oct.
Pennsylvania Gazette started by Franklin 28 Sept. 1
Franklin founds the library of Philadelphia, 40 persons sub-
scribing "40 shillings " each and agreeing to pay " 10 shil-
lings " annually 8 Nov. I
Franklin commences the publication of "Poor Richard's Al-
manack " 1
To secure their friendship against the overtures of the French,
a treaty is made with the Six Nations I
Masonic lodge formed in Philadelphia, the second in America. . I
A Catholic church built and mass celebrated in Philadelphia..
[The only Catholic church allowed previous to the Revo-
lution in any Anglo-American colony. — HUdreth^s "Hist.
U. S.," vol. ii. p. 343. Consult Sheah " The Catholic Church
in Colonial Days," vol. i. p. 389.]
County of Lancaster organized 1'
George Whitefleld, the celebrated Calvinistic-Methodist preach'
er, arrives at Philadelphia from England Nov. 1'
[Second voyage to America.]
American Philosophical society established in Philadelphia by
Benj. Franklin (Philadelphia)
Hostilities with the Six Nations, after a bloody collision
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tween them and the backwoods-men of Virginia, are averted
by a treaty at Lancaster between Virginia, Pennsylvania, and
Maryland and the Six Nations, the Indians ceding the whole
valley of the Ohio for 400^ July, 1744
War of England with France, termed " King George's war ". . . "
For the reduction of Louisburg (Massachusetts) Pennsylvania
furnishes 4000/. in provisions 1745
Thomas and Richard Penn,the sole proprietors of Pennsylvania,
Thomas holding three quarters of the whole by bequest from
his brother John who d. this year ... 1746
Over 5000 immigrants, mostly Germans, arrive in Pennsylvania, 1750
Franklin identifies lightning and electricity 5 June, 1752
French build a fort at Presque Isle, now Erie 1753
One at Le Boeuf, on French creek "
Another at Venango "
George Washington sent by the governor of Virginia to meet
the French commander at fort Le Boeuf and learn his reasons
for invading British dominions (Virginia, 1753) Nov. "
Thirty-three men of the Ohio company begin a fortification at
the junction of the Alleghany and Monongahela, now Pitts-
burg, but on the approach of the French capitulate . .17 Apr. 1754
French occupy and finish the fort, calling it Duquesne, in
honor of the governor of Canada "
Washington sent with about 150 men by gov. Dinwiddie of
Virginia to the Great Meadows (Virginia) Apr. "
Congress of commissioners of the colonies at Albany, N. Y.,
19 June, "
[Held to concert measures of defence against the French,
to renew the treaty with the Six Nations and allies, and to
secure a closer union of the colonies. Franklin, one of the
commissioners, submitted a plan for a systematic and closer
union of the colonies, which was rejected. Had this plan
been successful, "the subsequent pretence for taxing Amer-
ica would not have been furnished, and the bloody contest
it occasioned might have been avoided." — Bigelow.]
Gen. Edward Braddock, commander-in chief of the British in
America, arrives in the Chesapeake with 2 British regiments,
the 44th, sir Peter Halket, and the 48th, col. Dunbar Feb. 1755
Gen. Braddock meets Shirley, governor of Massachusetts, De-
lancey of New York, Morris of Pennsylvania, Sharpe of
Maryland, and Dinwiddie of Virginia, in a congress at Alex-
andria, Va 14 Apr. "
[Object of the meeting was the establishing of a colonial
revenue, and the advice to the British government, in which
all concurred, was taxation by act of Parliament. — Bancroft.]
Assembly appropriates 30,000Z. for carrying on the war. . . Apr. "
Gen. Braddock is 27 days on the march from Alexandria to
fort Cumberland, and arrives with 2150 men 10 May, "
[Here he remains for want of transportation until Franklin,
assuming the responsibility, obtains wagons and horses from
the Pennsylvania farmers, 150 wagons with 4 horses each and
1500 pack-horses. Owing to the loss arising from the defeat
the expense amounts to 30,000^. , and as only 10,000Z. was paid,
it left claims against Franklin of 20,000i., which were not set-
tled by the government until after much delay and trouble.]
Braddock advances from fort Cumberland for fort Duquesne,
distance, 130 miles 10 June, "
Braddock leaves col. Dunbar to bring up the heavy baggage,
and pushes on with 1200 chosen men 19 June, "
Battle of Monongahela 9 July, '•
[When within 5 or 6 miles of fort Duquesne and 40 miles
in advance of col. Dunbar, after fording the Monongahela
the second time, about 1 p.m., Braddock's advance was at-
tacked by 637 Indians and 230 French and Canadians con-
cealed in the woods and undergrowth. After fighting for
over 2 hours, the British gave way, leaving baggage and
artillery. Out of 86 officers 26 were killed and 37 wounded;
among them Braddock, who died on the 13th. Of the pri-
vates 710 were killed or wounded, while the French and
Indians lost not above 70. There was no pursuit.]
jCol. Dunbar burns public stores and heavy baggage worth 100,-
j OOOZ., destroys the remaining artillery and retreats, 13 July, "
! [Fort Cumberland is evacuated, leaving the frontier of
\ Pennsylvania without a post of defence.]
l\ssembly levy a tax of 55,000/., from which the proprietary
; estates are exempted Nov. "
IJuakers cease to act with the government on its declaring
■war against the Delawares and Shawanese Nov "
Estimated annual value of rents, etc., to the proprietary es-
\^ tates 30,000/. ; not subject to taxation "
!''ranklin undertakes the military command and defence of the
frontier with the rank of colonel Jan. 1756
'here were active hostilities between the English and the
French along the entire frontier of the colonies from the
I spring of 1753, but war was not declared until 18 May, "
jndian village at Kittanning, on the Alleghany, 45 miles to
the north of Pittsburg, headquarters of the Delaware Indians,
is surprised and destroyed by col. John Armstrong with 300
Pennsylvanians 7 Sept. "
[The county in which this occurred now bears his name.]
iranklin sent to England in support of the Assembly's peti-
i tion against the proprietaries Thomas and Richard Penn,
I who oppose taxing their vast estate, and controlled the dep-
' uty-governor. He arrives in London 27 July, 1757
[Succeeds in securing the assessment of taxes on the sur-
veyed lands at the usual rate to others.]
en. .John Forbes begins the advance against fort Duquesne
with some 7000 troops July, 1758
[Pennsylvania furnished 2700 under col. John Armstrong;
among them Benj. West, afterwards the painter, and An-
thony Wayne, a lad of 13 years; Virginia 1900, with W^ash-
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ington as leader. The Virginia troops rendezvous at fort
Cumberland, Md., and the Pennsylvania and other troops at
Raystown, now Bedford, Pa. Washington advised the Brad-
dock route for the advance, while cols. Bouquet and Arm-
strong recommended a more central one, which was adopted.
Col. Bouquet is pushed forward with 2500 men; reaches
Loyal Hanna, now Ligonier, Westmoreland county, and from
here detaches maj. Grant with 800 men to attempt the sur-
prise of fort Duquesne; they are themselves attacked when
near the fort and driven back with severe loss, 15 Sept. On
12 Oct. the French and Indians attack Bouquet in his camp,
but are repulsed. Gen. P^orbes with the main body joins
Bouquet, 8 Nov., 50 miles from the fort. It is now proposed
to abandon the campaign owing to the lateness of the sea-
son, but on 12 Nov. some prisoners are taken who expose
the weakness of the fort. 2500 men are now sent forward,
the advance under Washington. The garrison, only 500
strong, burn and leave the fort on the 24tb; on 25 Nov. the
English occupy it, and name the place Pittsburg, in honor of
William Pitt, the prime-minister. On the 28th Forbes sends
a detachment to the scene of Braddock's defeat, who gather
the scattered remains of those who had there fallen more
than 3 years before, and bury them in one grave.]
Extensive emigration to the western part of Pennsylvania. .1759-62
Beginning of the " Poxtiac war " 1763
Treaty of peace between England and France, termed the
treaty of Paris 10 Feb. "
Attack made by the Indians along the frontier of Pennsylva-
nia and Virginia May, "
Fort Le Boeuf burned by Indians; garrison escapes. . .18 June, "
Fort Venango destroyed, garrison and all " "
Presque Isle, now Erie, garrison of 24 men, surrenders, 22 June, "•
Fort Pitt, with a garrison of 330 men, and 200 women and
children, besieged by the Indians June-July, "
Col. Bouquet, at the head of 500 British troops, advances from
Carlisle to the relief of fort Pitt .July, "
When within a half mile of "Bushy Run," and about 25 miles
from fort Pitt, he is attacked by the Indians early in the
afternoon with unusual audacity 5 Aug. "•
Battle continues during the day, and begins again at early
dawn. After several hours' fighting. Bouquet feigns a re-
treat, bringing the- Indians within the circle of his troops
and defeating them. His loss was 8 officers and 115 privates.
He reaches and relieves fort Pitt 10 Aug. "
[The battle of Bushy Run was one of the best-contested
actions ever fought between white men and Indians. The
Indians displayed throughout a fierceness and impetuosity
matched only by the steady valor with which it was met.
— Parkman, "The Conspiracy of Pontiac," vol. ii. p. 70.]
Connecticut colony in the Wyoming valley driven out by the
Indians (Susquehanna settlers) 15 Oct. "
Surveyors Mason and Dixon begin running the southern bound-
ary line (see this record, 1682) 9 Dec. "
Barbarities of Indians at this time disposed the frontiersmen
to destroy every Indian— enemy or not. A remnant of a
friendly tribe at Conestoga, under guidance of Moravian
missionaries, is massacred by frontiersmen termed "Paxton
Boys," from Paxton township; a few escape and flee to
Lancaster for refuge, but are followed and killed. The pur-
suers hearing of friendly Indians in Philadelphia, march
towards them, but are met by Franklin, who, after a long
negotiation, persuades them to dispere 27 Dec. 1763-Jan. 1764
Col. Bouquet's expedition against the Ohio Indians from fort
Pitt (Ohio) 30 Oct. "
Dr. Shippen begins in Philadelphia the first course of lectures
upon anatomy ever delivered in America "
Franklin, having returned from England in 1762, is sent again
by the Assembly to petition for a change of government
from proprietary to royal authority; sails 7 Nov. "
[The petition, however, was dropped owing to other mat-
ters of more weight. See this record, 1779.]
Pittsburg was first occupied by peaceful settlers in 1760, but
the settlement was destroyed by Indians during the Pontiac
war, 1763. A permanent settlement was begun 1765
Franklin examined before the English House of Commons on
the effect of the passage of the Stamp act 13 Feb. 1766
First appearance of the Pennsylvania Chronicle and Universal
Advertiser^ William Goddard publisher, Philadelphia 1767
Treaty with the Six Nations at fort Stanwix, N. Y 5 Nov. 176a
[This treaty extinguished the Indian claim to the whole
region of the AUeghanies from New York to Virginia, so that
Thomas and Richard Penn were proprietaries of more than
25,000,000 acres, 2.50,000 inhabitants, and one of the largest
cities in America.]
First course of instruction in chemistry attempted in America
by dr. Benjamin Rush at the college of Philadelphia 1769
American Philosophical Society instituted at Philadelphia "
[Not incorporated until 1780. Philadelphia.]
Philadelphia calls a public meeting, condemns the duty on tea
and taxation by Parliament, and requests the tea agents to
resign, which they readily do 2 Oct. 1773
Tea ship sent back to England before it reaches Philadelphia,
25 Dec. "
First Continental Congress assembles at Philadelphia (United
States) 5 Sept. 1774
Assembly of Pennsylvania approves the doings of Congress,
and appoints delegates to the new one 15 Dec. "
Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England, giving up hope
of reconciliation, after an absence of 10 years Apr. 1775
Second Continental Congress meets at Philadelphia 10 May, "
Committee of Safety appointed, Franklin president. . .30 June, "
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Pennsylvania instructs her delegates to the Continental Con-
gress to dissent from and reject any proposition looking to
a separation IVom Kngland Nov. 1775
'•Common Sense,"' a pamphlet by Thomas Paine, pub. in
Philadelphia Jan. 177G
[" This had a wide circulation throughout the colonies, and
give a powerful impulse to the cause of independence." —
HildreUi.]
Assembly of Pennsylvania, under pressure of public opinion,
resi'ind the instructions to delegates in Congress 24 June, "
" Declaration of Independence " adopted by Congress, and an-
nounced in Philadelphia. i July, "
[The signers from Pennsylvania were, Robert Morris, b.
in England; Bery. Rush, b. near Philadelphia; Benj. Frank-
lin, b. in Boston, Mass.; George Clymer, b. in Philadelphia;
James Smith, b. in Ireland; George Taylor, b. in Ireland;
James Wilson, b. in Scotland; George Ross, b. in Delaware.
At a grand demonstration in Philadelphia on 8 July, John
Nixon read the Declaration to a vast concourse.]
State convention assembles at Philadelphia and assumes the
government of Pennsylvania 15 July, "
Frauklin, one of the 3 commissioners sent to France, sails for
that country (United Statks) Oct. "
Cornwallis pursues Washington through New Jersey into
Pennsylvania Dec. "
Endangered by the approach of the British, Congress, at Phil-
adelphia, adjourns to meet again at Baltimore 12 Dec. "
" The Crisis," a patriotic pamphlet by Thomas Paine, appears
in Philadelphia (" Crisis ") 19 Dec. "
State government organized, with Thomas Wharton, jr., as
president (see this record, 1779) 4 Mch. 1777
British fleet enters Delaware bay July, "
Washington and Lafayette first meet in Philadelphia Aug. "
Battle of Brandywine 11 Sept. "
Congress adjourns to Lancaster 18 Sept. "
Massacre of Wayne's troops at Paoli 21 Sept. "
State government removes to Lancaster 24 Sept. "
Howe with the British army occupies Philadelphia.. . .27 Sept. "
Battle of Germantown 4 Oct. "
Successful defence of forts Mifflin and Mercer. . .22-23 Oct. "
British in possession of the defences of the Delaware. .20 Nov. "
American army go into winter-quarters at \'a]ley Forge, on the
Schuylkill 19 Dec. "
[Out of 11,000 troops in camp here, 3000 were unfit for
duty for want of clothing. Until the soldiers had cabins
erected, Washington occupied his tent.]
" Battle of the Kegs " 5 Jan. 1778
Affair at Barren Hill 20 May, "
[Lafayette, in command of a division, is sent by Washing-
ton to occupy Barren Hill, between Valley Forge and Phila-
delphia; the British try to cut him off without success. He
retreats skilfully across the Schuylkill.]
British evacuate Philadelphia and retire across the Delaware
through New Jersey towards New York 18 June, ' '
Washington crosses the Delaware pursuing the British, leaving
gen. Benedict Arnold in command at Philadelphia June, "
Massacre in the Wyoming valley (Wyoming) 2-4 July, "
John Roberts and Abram Carlisle, wealthy citizens of Phila-
delphia, executed as Tories 22 Nov. "
[23 others tried but acquitted.]
By act of Assembly the proprietary claims of the Penn family to
ungranted lands or quit-rents were vested in the state, leaving
the late proprietaries all private property, including manors,
etc. The Assembly also granted to the Penns, in remembrance
of thefounderof Pennsylvania, the sura of 130,000;.=$524,000,
payable in instalments, to commence one year after the peace, 1779
[Besides this, which was faithfully paid, the British gov-
ernment settled 4000/. on the head of the Penn family.]
Act for the gradual emancipation of slaves passed 1 Mch. 1780
Bank of North America established at Philadelphia; capital
$400,000 (Banks, U.S.) 31 Dec. 1781
First manufacture of "fustians and jeans" in the U. S. be-
gins in Philadelphia 1782
Dickinson college at Carlisle incorporated 1783
American Daily Advertiser, afterwards the Aurora, the first
daily newspaper in America, issued in Philadelphia 1784
[Pub. by Benjamin Franklin Bache.]
First city directory of Philadelphia, and first in the U. S., pub. 1785
General convention of the Protestant Episcopal church, the
first in America, meets at Philadelphia 27 Sept. "
Pittsburg Gazette, first paper published west of the Allegha-
nies, issued 29 July, 1786
Boundary-line between Pennsylvania and Virginia, continua-
tion of Mason and Dixon's line, extended to a point 5 degrees
west from the Delaware; completed "
Convention of the states to frame a Federal constitution meets
at Philadelphia 14 May, 1787
State convention ratifies the Federal Constitution 12 Dec. "
[The ratification of the Federal Constitution by Pennsyl-
vania procured for her, in allusion to her geographical posi-
tion, the title of the " Keystone state."]
Thomas Mifilin first governor under the Federal Constitution. . 1788
Franklin dies in Philadelphia, aged 84 years 17 Apr. 1790
New state constitution goes into effect 2 Sept. "
A stock company formed in Philadelphia to run a steamboat,
invented by John Fitch, between Philadelphia and Trenton,
making regular trips; company soon fails "
U.S.governmentremovedfromNewYorktoPhiladelphia,6 Dec. "
First bank of the U. S. established at Philadelphia Feb. 1791
Anthracite coal discovered in Carbon county. The Lehigh Coal
company organized in Philadelphia, but fail to find a market, ' '
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Purchase of the triangle bordering on lake Erie, and contain-
ing Erie harbor, completed Mch.
[In 1785 D. Rillenhonse was appointed by Pennsylvania, and
Samuel Holland by New York, to ascertain the boundaries
between the states, from the Delaware river to the western
boundaries. Point fixed 42° N. hit., line running due west 259
miles, marked by stones every mile; survey completed 1787;
confirmed by the Assembly 1789. The state discovers that it
will have no harbor on lake p;rie; proposes to buy the trian-
gle of Phelps and Gorham of New York; but finds that the
land does not belong to New York, the Indian title having
never been extinguished. The U. S. purchase it of the Indians,
paying 1200^ orft)000, in 1789. Pennsylvania authorizes her
governor to purchase of the U. S. ; amount paid $151,640.25
in Continental certificates of various descriptions (worthless).
The triangle contains 202,187 acres and Erie harbor.]
U. S. mint established in Philadelphia (the only one in the U. S.
until 1835)
Yellow-fever rages in Philadelphia (Yellow-fevkk) July,
Whiskey insurrection
First turnpike-road in the U. S. completed from Philadelphia to
Lancaster, 62 miles
Four daily stages run between Philadelphia and New York, and
one between Philadelphia and Baltimore
Resistance to the Federal "House tax," known as the "Hot-
water war," suppressed
Capital of the state removed to Lancaster (Philadelphia had
been the capital 117 years) 3 Apr.
U. S. government removed from Philadelphia to Washington,
July,
Prof Robert Hare of Philadelphia invents the compound blow-
1795
pipe
Philadelphia first supplied with water from the Schuylkill
through pipes laid in the streets 1 Jan.
Coach route established from Philadelphia to Pittsburg Aug.
Commission-house opened in Philadelphia for the sale of cotton-
yarns and thread made at Providence, R. I. , the first in the U. S. ,
Steamboat Phenix arrives at Philadelphia from New York, the
first steamboat navigating the ocean
Bible Society founded at Philadelphia, the first in the U. S
State resists with an armed force attempt of the U. S. to serve
a writ in the "Olmstead case" at Philadelphia for 26 days..
Sunday-school organized in Philadelphia, the first in the U. S.
marking the transfer from secular instruction to religious,
from the control of individuals to the churches
Famous " traditionary " elm-tree of the " Penn-Indian treaty "
blown down 3 Mch.
First steamboat, the Mw Orleans, on the Ohio, leaves Pitts-
burg for New Orleans 29 Oct.
Capital removed from Lancaster to Harrisburg
[ Harrisburg so named from John Harris, who settled there
in 1726; town laid out in 1785.]
In anticipation of the war with England, gov. Snyder calls for
14,000 troops 12 May,
Another unsuccessful attempt to use anthracite coal as fuel. . .
[ Most of the coal brought to Philadelphia was given away,
while the cry of "fraud" was raised by those buying, as
they were unable to burn the "stone."]
British blockade the Delaware, which seriously interferes with
the commerce of Philadelphia Mch
Com. Perry builds his fleet at Erie during the spring and early
summer of.
[The Lawrence is launched on 25 June and the Niagara on
4 July.]
First rolling-mill erected at Pittsburg
Banks in Philadelphia suspend specie payment
Fairmount water-works, Philadelphia, completed 7 Sept.
Schuylkill Navigation company build a canal from Philadelphia
to Mauch Chunk, 108 miles; cost $3,000,000; completed
Second U. S. bank established in Philadelphia chartered by
Congress; capital stock, $3,500,000, of which the U. S. takes
one fifth 10 Apr.
Theatre in Philadelphia lighted by gas, the first place of amuse
mentso lighted in the U. S 25 Nov.
Anthracite coal begins to come into use; 365 tons shipped to
Philadelphia are disposed of with difficulty
State institution for the deaf and dumb opened
Number of tons of anthracite coal received in Philadelphia
1073 in 1821 ; 2440 tons in
Lafayette visits the U. S. ; received at Philadelphia with dis-
tinguished honors Sept.
American Sunday-school Union founded at Philadelphia
Monument erected on the site of the "treaty elm," to com-
memorate Penn's treaty with the Indians
Store for the sale of American hardware opened in Philadel-
phia by Amos Goodyear & Sons, the first in the U. S
Paper from straw first manufactured in the U. S. at Meadville,
First locomotive used in the U. S. run on the Carbondale and
Honesdale road (see U. S. record, 1829) Aug.
Delaware and Hudson canal from Honesdale to Rondout on
the Hudson, 108 miles, completed
The Cent, Christopher C. Cornwell pub. , the first one-cent daily
paper issued in the U. S., starts in Philadelphia
Internal improvements connecting Philadelphia with Pittsl)urg
completed at a cost to the state of over $18,000,000
[They consisted of 292 miles canal and 125 miles railroad.]
First cases of Cholera in Philadelphia 5 July,
State institution for the blind opened
State provides for educating all persons between 6 and 21
Philadelphia and Trenton railroad completed 1 Nov.
Philadelphia first lighted by gas 8 Feb,
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New charter obtained from the state under the name of the U.S.
Bank of Pennsylvania 18 Feb.
Public Ledger of Philadelphia founded, price one cent, 25 Mch.
Charter of Second U. S. bank expires (see U. S. record, 1832-34),
U. S. Bank of Pennsylvania and all other banks of the state
suspend specie payment during the commercial panic of . . .
State constitution amended 20 Feb.
[Previous to this, county officers were appointed instead
of elected.]
Pennsylvania hall in Philadelphia, dedicated as an abolition
hall on the 14th, is burned by a mob 17 May,
Buckshot war Nov.-Dec.
[In a close election between Whigs and Democrats for con-
trol of the legislature, which was to choose a U. S. senator,
both parties charged fraud, especially in certain districts in
Philadelphia. The disturbance became so violent at the
capital that gov. Ritner (Whig) called on the U. S. government
(7 Dec.) for troops to aid in suppressing it, but the president
(Van Buren) refused, as it was a disturbance growing out of
politics, etc. The Whigs ultimately receded from their po-
sition, leaving the Democrats in power. A remark made
during the height of the excitement that the mob would feel
the eflTect of "ball and buckshot before night" gave this
episode the name of " Buckshot war."]
Iron successfully made with anthracite coal at Mauch Chunk,
12 Jan.
U. S. Bank of Pennsylvania again suspends specie payment . , .
It finally closes its doors, its capital being lost 4 Sept.
Use of wire rope as cables introduced on the inclined planes of
the Alleghany and Portage railroad by John A. Roebling
Philadelphia and Reading railroad completed
Riots between the native Americans and Irish in Philadelphia
suppressed by the military Apr., May,
Petroleum is obtained while boring for salt on the Alleghany,
a few miles above Pittsburg
[It had been previously known to Indians and early settlers
as "Seneca oil," "Rock oil," and "Genesee oil."]
Pittsburg nearly destroyed by fire; loss $10,000,000. . .10 Apr
Telegraphic communication between Philadelphia and fort
Lee, opposite New York, completed 20 Jan.
Philadelphia and Pittsburg connected by telegraph 26 Dec.
State forbids the use of jails to hold fugitive slaves 3 May,
Re survey of Mason and Dixon's line completed 19 Nov.
Judiciary made elective
Manufacture of galvanized iron begun in Philadelphia
Railroad track torn up, ties and culvert bridges burned, and
railroad grade reduced to former level at Harbor creek, near
Erie, by the opposition to the railroad 9 Dec.
Pennsylvania State Agricultural college organized in Centre
county 13 Apr.
Zinc works at Bethlehem go into operation 12 Oct.
Entire trafflc-line of state improvements from Philadelphia to
Pittsburg, completed by the state in 1831, sold to the Penn-
sylvania railroad company for $7,500,000 31 July,
Slate divided into 12 (afterwards 13) normal-school districts...
Banks suspend specie payment
First Normal school in the state opened at Millersville
First oil-well drilled in the U. S. by E. L. Drake, near Titus-
ville; depth, 71 feet; yield, 1000 gallons per day 29 Aug.
[Mr. Drake failing to take advantage of the "occasion,"
and afterwards becoming destitute, the legislature in 1873
grants him a pension of $1500.]
Gov. Curtin's inaugural pledges the state to the national cause
against secession 15 Jan.
Five companies of state troops (530 men) reach Washington,
D. C, the first troops to arrive there for its defence, on the
evening of 18 Apr. "
Camp Curtin established near Harrisburg " "
[This camp remained the main point of transportation, ot
supplies, and school of instruction throughout the war.]
Gov. Curtin calls an extra session of the legislature for 30 Apr. "
In anticipation of invasion, gen. Lee having crossed the Poto-
mac into Maryland, gov. Curtin calls 50,000 volunteer militia
to Harrisburg (Antietam campaign) 11 Sept. 1862
Confederate gen. Stuart raids Chambersburg with about 2000
cavalry 12-14 Oct, "
Confederate advance enters Pennsylvania 22 June, 1863
Carlisle occupied by the advance of the Confederate forces
under Ewell; Kingston, 13 miles from Harrisburg, entered
on the 27th; and a skirmish lakes place within 4 miles of
the capital on 28 June, "
Confederate advance called back by gen Lee to concentrate at
Gettysburg 28 June, "
Battle of Gettysburg 1-3 July, "
National cemetery at Gettysburg consecrated (Cemeteries),
19 Nov "
[During the civil war the state furnished 269,645 troops
(3-years standard); among them 8612 were colored. An-
swering the first call of the president for troops, the state
furnished 20,979 3-months troops.]
Chambersburg again raided and mostly burned by McCausland's
Confederate cavalry (Grant's Virginia campaign). . .30 July, 1864
Citizens of the counties bordering on Maryland reimbursed by
the state for damages sustained during the civil war. .9 Apr. 1868
All the miners in the Avondale coal mine (108) suffocated by
the burning of the main and only shaft 6 Sept. 1869
[A searching investigation ensues, which results in effect-
ing needed reform in working the coal mines of the state.]
Bureau of Labor Statistics established by the state 26 July, 1873
New state constitution goes into effect 1 Jan, 1874
"Centennial Exposition," at Fairmount park, Philadelphia,
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commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the Declara-
tion of American Independence, opens (Exhibitions, Phil-
adelphia) 10 May, 1876
"Great strike" of railroad employes, rapidly extending over
most of the lines of the northern U. S., inaugurated, 19 July, 1877
[In the diflerent conflicts throughout the state 50 rioters
and 5 soldiers were killed and 100 wounded. The state ex-
pended for transportation of troops, pay, subsistence, etc.,
$700,000, while several millions of property was destroyed.
The strike was not entirely quieted until November.]
Natural gas used as fuel in western counties 1884
State industrial reformatory at Huntingdon opened 15 Feb. 1889
Johnstown FLOOD 1 June, "
William D. Kelley, b. 1814, the oldest member of the House of
Representatives, d. in Washington, D. C 9 Jan. 1890
Proposal of Mr. Carnegie to expend $1,000,000 for a public
library in Pittsburg accepted 10 Feb. '•
Cyclone at Wilkesbarre and other towns, killing 14, injuring
180, and damaging property to $1,000,000 19 Aug. "
Boundary between Pennsylvania and New York agreed upon
by commissioners, 26 Mch. 1886, and confirmed by both legis-
latures, is approved by Congress 19 Aug. "
International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is organ-
ized at Pittsburg.. 15 Oct. "
Over 100 miners killed by an explosion of fire-damp in the shaft
of Frick & Co.'s coke works, nearMt. Pleasant 27 Jan. 1891
Strike in Connellsville coke regions begins; 10,000 miners in-
volved 9 Feb. "
Eleven strikers killed and 40 wounded in an attack on the
Morewood coke works in Connellsville region 2 Apr. "
Gov. Pattison vetoes the Compulsory Education bill. .18 June, "
Governor signs the Baker Ballot Reform bill 19 June, "
Gov. Pattison calls an extra session of the Senate, to meet 13
Oct., to investigate charges against the state's financial offi-
cers ..26 Sept. "
Human Freedom League organized at Independence hall,
Philadelphia 12 Oct. "
DavidHayesAgnew,surgeon,b. 1818, d. at Philadelphia, 22 Mch. 1892
" High-water Mark" monument, indicating the i)Oint reached
by the Confederate advance in the assault of 3 July, at Get-
tysburg, dedicated 2 June, '«
Dam at Spartansburg bursts, and gasoline, from tanks broken
by the rushing waters, ignites on the surface of Oil creek, be-
tween Titusville and Oil City; over 100 lives lost 5 June, *«
Rev. Father Mollinger, famous for reputed cures on St. An-
thony's day, d. at Pittsburg, aged 70 years 15 June, "
Lockout of strikers at mills of the Carnegie Steel company.
Homestead, begins (United States) 1 July, "
Gov. Pattison orders the entire division of National guard to
Homestead. , 10 July, "
Chairman Crawford, Hugh O'Donnell, John McLuckie, and 30
others, members of the advisory committee of the Amalga-
mated Association, are arrested on charge of treason against
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the first such charge in
any state growing out of labor troubles) 30 Sept. "
Strike at Carnegie steel mills. Homestead, declared off, 20 Nov. "
Ex-gov. Henry M. Hoy t d. at Wilkesbarre 1 Dec. "
Second annual conference on university extension opens iu
Philadelphia 28 Dec. "
First summer meeting for University extension students opens
at Philadelphia under the auspices of the American society,
5 July, 1893
Hon. Charles O'Neill of Philadelphia, b. 1821, who had been a
member of the U. S. House of Representatives for 30 years,
styled "Father of the House," d 25 Nov. '<
Agitation regarding the desecration of the battle-field of Get-
tysburg by electric cars for carrying sight seers "
Coxey army, moving on Washington, reach Pittsburg 2 Apr.,
and leave on the 5th and enter Maryland from Pennsylvania
near Cumberland 13 Apr. 1894
GOVERNORS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
[Under the proprietary government, when there was no deputy-
governor the president of the council acted as such.]
William Penn . Proprietor and governor 1682
Thomas Lloyd President 1684
John Blackwell Deputy-governor 1688
Benjamin Fletcher Governor 1693
William Markham " "
William Penn " "
Andrew Hamilton Deputy-governor 1701
Edward Shippen President 1703
John Evans Deputy-governor 1704
Charles Gookin " " 1709
Sir William Keith " " 1717
Patrick Gordon " " 1726
James Logan President 1736
George Thomas Deputy -governor 1738
Anthony Palmer President 1747
James Hamilton Deputy- governor 1748
Robert H. Morris " " 1754
William Denny " " 1766
James Hamilton " " 1759
John Penn Governor 1763
James Hamilton President 1771
Richard Penn Governor "
John Penn " • 1773
[Proprietary government ended by the Constitution of
1776. The representatives of the Penn family were paid
for the surrender of their rights, and a government by the
people established. (See this record, 1779).]
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STATE GOVERNORS.
PEN
1777
Thomas Wharton President (died in oCace 1778)
George Bryan Acting.
Joseph Reed President 1778
William Moore " 1781
John Dickinson " 1782
Benjiimin Franklin " 1785
Thomas Mifflin Governor* 1788
Thomas McKean 1799
Simon Snvder 1808
William Findloy 1817
Joseph Hiester 1820
J. Andrew Shulze 1823 Robert E. Pattison
George Wolf. 1829
• From 1790, under the new (Ute constitution, the head of the executive has been
termed governor instead of preddent
Joseph Ritner 183T
David R. Porter 1839
Francis R. Shunk Resigned, 1848 184&
William F. Johnson Acting 1849
William Bigler 1852
James Pollock 1855
William F. Packer 1858
Andrew G. Curtin 1861
John W. Geary 1867
John F. Hartranft 187a
Henry M. Hoy t 1879
James A. Beaver 1887
Robert E. Pattison 1891-95
Daniel H. Hastings 1895-9*
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Name.
William Maclay
Robert Morris
Albert Gallatin
James Ross
William Bingham
John Peter G, Muhlenberg.
George Logan
Samuel Maclay
Andrew Gregg
Michael Leib
Jonathan Roberts
Abner I^cock
Walter Lowrie
William Findley
William Marks
Isaac D. Barnard
George M. Dallas
William Wilkins.
James Buchanan
Samuel McKean
Daniel Sturgeon
Simon Cameron
James Cooper
Richard Brodhead
William Bigler
Simon Cameron
Edgar Cowan
David Wilmot
Charles R. Buckalew
Simon Cameron
John Scott...
William A. Wallace
James Donald Cameron
John L Mitchell
Matthew S. Quay
No. of Congrea*.
1st to 2d
1st " 4th
3d
3d to 8 th
4th " 7th
7th
7th to 9th
8th " 10th
10th " 13th
10th " 13th
13th " 17th
13th '• 16th
16th " 19th
17th " 20th
19th " 22d
20th " 22d
22d " 23d
22d " 23d
29th
26th
32d
31st
34th
35th
37th
37th
40th
38th
41st
45th
44th
47th
23d
26th
29th
31st
32d
34th
35th
37th
37th
38th
40th
41st
44th
45th
47th
50th
50th
Date.
1789 to 1791
1789 " 1795
1793 "
1794 " 1803
1795 " 1799
1801 '• 1802
1801 " 1805
1803 " 1808
1807 " 1813
1809 " 1814
1814 " 1821
1813 " 1819
1819 " 1825
1821 " 1827
1825 " 1831
1827 '^ 1831
1831 " 1833
1831 " 1834
1834 " 1845
1833 '' 1839
1839 " 1851
1846 " 1849
1849 " 1855
1851 " 1857
1855 " 1861
1857 " 1861
1861 " 1867
1861 " 1863
1863 " 1869
1867 " 1877
1869 " 1875
1875 " 1881
1877 "
1881 " 1887
1887 "
Remarlcs.
[ Election declared void, 25 Feb. 1794; being foreign born, residence
[ in the United States too short to make him eligible.
Elected president pro tern. 16 Feb. 1797.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Muhlenberg; seated 7 Dec. 1801.
Resigned.
Elected president^ro tern. 26 June, 1809.
Elected in place of Maclay. Resigned.
Elected in place of Leib.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Barnard.
Resigned.
[Elected in place of Wilkins; resigned; appointed secretary of
[ state by president Polk.
Elected in place of Buchanan.
Resigned; appointed secretary of war by president Lincoln.
; Elected in place of Cameron; sat in House of Representatives,
I 1845-51, introducing, 1846, the Wilmot proviso.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Simon Cameron. Term expires 1897.
Term expires 1899.
penny. The ancient silver penny was the first silver
coin struck in England, and the only one current among the
Anglo-Saxons. The penny until the reign of Edward I. was
struck with a cross, so deeply indented that it might be easily
parted into 2 for half-pence, and into 4 for farthings^ and
hence these names. Coin.
The value of the Roman penny (mentioned Matt. xx. 2), or denarius,
was estimated at 7>^d. of English money, or 14 cents.
Pennymites, a term first applied to the inhabitants
of Penns)'lvania by the Susquehanna settlers.
Penob'SCOt. Maine throughout.
PenrU€ldOCk'§ rebellion, on behalf of Charles
II., was suppressed, and col. John Penruddock himself exe-
cuted, 16 May, 1655.
Pen§aeola. Florida, United States.
pen§lon iystem. In several countries pensions are
granted to servants of the crown and public, and in England a
committee, appointed in 1834, designated those entitled to pen-
sions " who by their useful discoveries in science, and attain-
ments in literature and the arts, have merited the gracious con-
sideration of their sovereign and the gratitude of their country."
Under this regulation there was expended by the British gov-
ernment during the year ending 31 Mch. 1891, in pensions.
For naval and military service £29,720
For political and civil service 13,841
For judicial service 43,977
Miscellaneous 4,067
Total £91,605
In the United States, pensions have been granted for mer-
itorious service from time to time since 1790, when baron
Frederick William Steuben was granted by act of Congress an
annuity of $2500 during life for "sacrifices and eminent ser-
vices made and rendered to the U. S. during the late war."
Pensions of $5000 are now paid to the widows of gens. Grant
and Garfield, and there are on the pension rolls 22 widows of
prominent officers in the army and navy who receive pensions of
from $1200 to $2500, the latter being granted to the widow of
adm. David D. Porter. There were on the pension rolls of the
U. S. 30 June, 1893, 966,012 pensioners, classified as follows :
Widows and daughters of Revolutionary soldiers 17
Army invalid pensioners , 360,658
Army widows, minor children, etc 107,627
Navy invalid pensioners 4,782
Navy widows, minor children, etc 2,578
Survivors of the war of 1812 86
Widows of soldiers in war of 1812 5,425
Survivors of Mexican war 14,149
Widows of soldiers in Mexican war 7,369
Indian wars (1832-42), survivors 2,544
" " " widows 1,338
Under act of Congress, 27 June, 1890 :
Army invalid pensioners 365,084
Army widows, minor children, etc 77,838
Navy invalid pensioners 12,119
Navy widows, minor children, etc 4,114
Under act of Congress, 5 Aug. 1892 :
Nurses 284
Total 966,012
Of these, 961,917 are in the U. S., 2002 in Canada, 740 in
Great Britain, 590 in German}^, 239 unknown, and the remain-
der scattered throughout other foreign countries.
Continental Congress passes a resolution to provide for dis-
abled soldiers of the Revolution by pension 26 Aug. 1776-
Continental Congress recommends to the states to provide for
invalid soldiers 7 June, 1785
Pensions heretofore granted by the several states to be paid
by the U. S. government by act of Congress 29 Sept. 1789
Pension to be paid, not to exceed one half monthly pay, to
soldiers enlisting under act of this date and wounded or dis-
abled in service 30 Apr. 1790'
Act directing arrears of pensions now due to be discharged by
PEN
certificate, and widows and orphans of those killed or who died
in service to be entitled to the benefits of this act 11 Aug.
Officers and seamen in the navy wounded or disabled to be
placed on the pension lists by act of. 1 July,
Money accruing from prizes constitutes a fund for payment
of naval pensions by act of 2 Mch. 1799, and 23 Apr.
Law enacted providing pensions for widows and children of
oflBcers dying in the service of wounds received in actual
battle, at rate of one half monthly pay for 5 years. ..16 Mch.
All persons on list of states for disabilities incurred in the
Revolution are made U. S. pensioners by act of 25 Apr.
Special pension granted to Robert White of Reading, Vt., who
lost both arras at fort Erie, $40 per month; to J. Wrighter,
Trenton, N. J., who lost his right arm and leg at Little York,
Can. , $30 per month ; to John Young of Boston, Mass. , who lost
botharmsatFrenchcreek,$40; and to J. Crampersey, Beverly,
Mass., who lost both arms, $40; by act of Congress. . .22 Feb.
Militia disabled in service to be placed on pension rolls in
same manner as if of the regular army, and special pension
granted William Monday of Baltimore, who lost both arras
in battle at Leonard's creek, $20; by act of Congress, 16 Apr.
Pensions heretofore or hereafter granted to be: for highest
rate of disability, first lieutenant, $17 per month; second
lieutenant, $15 per month; third lieutenant, $14; ensigns,
$13; non commissioned and privates, $8 per month.. 24 Apr.
Young King, a Seneca Indian, for meritorious service, granted
a pension of $200 per annum, by act of Congress 26 Apr.
Act of Congress passed placing on pension list all revolution-
ary ofilcers at $20 per month, arid soldiers and seamen at
$8 per month who had served 9 months in the war. .18 Mch.
[27,948 persons applied for the benefit of this act; 18,000
were admitted; the expenditure for the first year was
$1,847,900, and for the second, $2,766,440.]
Pension Bureau established with a commissioner of pensions
(hitherto under the secretary of war); J. L. Edwards first
commissioner 2 Mch.
Pension business of the navy department transferred to the
commissioner of pensions, by act of 4 Mch.
Pension office becomes a bureau of the newly created depart-
ment of the interior 3 Mch.
Samuel Downing of Saratoga county, N. Y., the last revolu-
tionary pensioner under general acts, dies, aged 101, 18 Feb.
John Gray, Noble county, 0., a revolutionary pensioner by
special act of 22 Feb. 1857, dies, aged 105 28 Mch.
Daniel F. Bakeraan of Cattaraugus county, N. Y., a revolu-
tionary pensioner under same act, dies, aged 109 5 Apr.
Surviving veterans and widows of deceased soldiers of the
war of 1812 who served 60 days, allowed a service pension
of $8 per month by act of Congress 14 Feb.
Total disability rates for pensioners raised: lieutenant-colonel
and higher in the army, captains, commanders, etc., in the
navy, to receive $30 per month; majors in army and lieu-
tenants in navy, $25; captains, $20; first lieutenants, $17;
second lieutenants, $15; cadet midshipmen, etc., $10; en-
listed men, $8; by act of Congress 3 Mch.
Act passed to place colored persons, now prohibited from re-
ceiving pensions on account of being borne on the rolls of
their regiments as "slaves," on the same footing as other
soldiers 3 Mch.
Fifty-eight pension agencies in the U. S. consolidated; 18 now
(1894) perform the business
Soldiers and widows of soldiers who served 14 days in the war
1790
1797
1800
1802
1808
1816
621 PEN
of 1812, granted a pension of $8 per month by act of Congress,
9 Mch. 1878
Arrears of pension act passed, dating all pensions granted
under general laws, from the death or discharge from service
of claimant 25 Jan. 1879
Pensions under acts of 14 Feb. 1871, and 9 Mch. 1878, $8 per
month increased to $12, by act of Congress 19 Mch. 1886
Surviving officers and enlisted men of the military and naval
services of the U. S. who served 60 days with the army or
navy in the Mexican war, over 62 years of age or disabled,
to receive a pension of $8 per month, by act of 29 Jan. 1887
Act granting pensions of $6 and $12 per month to all persons
who served 90 days or more in the army, and who are
suffering from permanent mental or physical disability,
which incapacitates them for manual labor, and to their
widows 27 June, 1890
Act of Congress granting pensions to army nurses 5 Aug. 1892
Of the 86 survivors of the war of 1812 the oldest is 106 years,
the youngest 87 1893
INCBEASE OF PENSION ROLL SINCE 1861.
1818
1849
1867
1873
1877
Total
number of
applica-
tions.
Total
number of
claims
allowed.
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
186&
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
2,487
49,332
53,599
72,684
65,256
36,753
20,768
26,066
24,851
43,969
26,391
18,303
16,734
18,704
23,523
22,715
44,587
57,118
141,466
31,116
40,
48,776
41,785
40,918
49,895
72,465
75,726
81,220
105,044
363,799
198,345
119,361
Number of pensioners.
Invalids.
1 Widows,
etc.
462
7,884
39,487
40,171
50,177
36,482
28,92>
23,196
18,221
16,562
34,333
16,052
10,462
11,152
9,977
11,326
11,962
31,346
19,545
27,394
27,
38,162
34,192
35,76'
40,857
55,194
60,252
51,921
66,637
156,486
224,04'
121,630
2,034,695 1,357,921
Total amount paid prior to 1861 (1789-1860)
4,299
3,818
6,970
27,656
50,106
71,070
83,618
4,337
4,341
7,821
23,479
35,880
55,652
67,565
75,957
82,8591105,104
87,521 111,165
93,394 114,101
113,954]118,275
119,500118,911
121,628|114,613
122,989,111,832
124, 239 [107,
128,723:103,381
131,649 92,349
138,6151104,140
145, 410 1 105, 392
164,110
182,633
206,042
225,470
247,146
270,346
306,298
343,701
373,699
415,654
536,821
703,242
759,706
104,720
103,064
97,616
97,286
97,979
95,437
99,709
108,856
116,026
122,290
139,339
172,826
206,306
Total.
Disbursement!.
8,636
8,159
14,791
51,135
85,986
126,722
153,183
169,643
187,
198,
207,495
232,229
238,411
236,241
234,821
232,137
232,104
223,998
242,755
250,802
268,830
285,697
303,658
323,756
345,125
365,783
406,007
452,557
489,725
537,944
676,160
876,068
966,012
$1,072,461.55
790,384.76
1,025,139.91
4,504,616.92
8,525,153.11
13,459,996.43
18,619,956.46
24,010,981.99
28,422,884.08
27,780,811.81
33,077,383.63
30,169,341.00
29,185,289.62
30,593,749.56
29,683,116.63
28,351,599.69
28,580,157.04
26,844,415.18
33,784,526.19
57,240,540.14
50,626,538.51
54,296,280.54
60,431,972.85
57,273,536.74
65.693,706.72
64,584,270.45
74,815,486.85
79,646,146.37
89,131,968.44
106,493,890.19
118,548,959.71
141,086,948.84
158,155,342.51
$1,576. .503, 554. 42
$79,713,465.20
Grand total \ $1,656,217,019.62
INCREASE OF HIGHEST RATES FOR DISABILITY AS ESTABLISHED BY ACTS OF CONGRESS SINCE 1864.
Disability.
Monthly pension by Act of Congress.
Loss of both hands.
" feet...
" " eyes..
$25.00
20.00
25.00
3 Mch.
1865.
$31.25
3L25
31.25
Loss of 1 hand and 1 foot 20.00 24.00
" 1 hand or 1 foot 18.00
' ' 1 arm above elbow or 1 leg above knee
" 1 arm at shoulder or 1 leg at hip
Incapacity for performing manual labor
Totally deaf, 3 Mch. 1873, $13.00; 27 Aug. 1888, $30.00 ,
Permanent helplessness, 4 Mch. 1890, $72.00
Totally helpless, 18 June, 1874, $50.00; 16 June, 1880, $72.00, dating from 17 June, 1878
i June, I n June,
1874. 1878.
$50.00
50.00
50.00
28 Feb.
1877.
$72.00
72.00
72.00
24.00
30.00
.00
$100.00
30.00
36.00
45.00
$100.00
72.00
72.00
36.00
30.00
36.00
45.00
30.00
30.00
72.00
72.00
AMOUNT DISBURSED AT THE DIFFERENT PENSION AGENCIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30 JUNE, 1893.
Location of agency. Amount.
1. Augusta, Me $3,096,877.58
2. Boston, Mass 8,626,953.39
3. Buffalo, N. Y 7,619,080.82
4. Chicago, 111.. 12,048,088.22
5. Columbus, 0 16,556,521.35
6. Concord, N. H 3,424,287.91
7. Des Moines, la 9,246,332.92
8. Detroit, Mich 7,782,720.72
9. Indianapolis, Ind 11,919,097.35
10. Knoxville, Tenn 8,324,548.00
11. Louisville, Ky 4,879,388.08
12. Milwaukee, "Wis 7,819,024.89
13. New York city 8,338,-523.17
14. Philadelphia, Pa. 8,994,666.70
Location of agency. Amount.
15. Pittsburg, Pa 7,499,455.99
16. San Francisco, Cal 3,134,832.88
17. Topeka, Kan 16,456,194.76
18. Washington, D. C 12,278,263.71
Paid by treasury settlements 110,484.07
Total $158,155,342.51
[Total amount appropriated for the year ending 30 June, 1893,
by the U. S. government, including the Deficiency Appropriation
act of 3 Mch. 1893, amounting to $13,844,437.35, $160,581,787.35.]
pentam'eter ver§e (5 feet), first used about the 7th
century b.c. ; Pope's " Essay on Man " an example. Elegy.
Penta'teucll, the 5 books of Moses, probably written
about 1452 b.c Bible.
I*eil'tecO§t signifies the 50th, and is the solemn fes-
PEN
6^
PER
tival of the Jews, called also " the feast of weeks," because it
was celebrated 50 days, or 7 weeks, after the feast of the Pass-
over, 1491 B.C. (Lev. xxiii. 15; Exod. xxxiv. 22). Whit-
suntide.
Pentlaild llill§, near Edinburgh. Here the Scotch
Presbyterians, since called Camkronians, who had risen
against the government on account of the establishment of
episcopacy, were defeated by the royal troops, 28 Nov. 1666.
Penzance, Cornwall. The town was burned by the
Spaniards, July, 1595. It was taken by Fairfax in 1646.
Here sir Humphry Davy was born, 17 Dec. 1778, and here
was inaugurated his memorial statue, 17 Oct. 1872.
pep§in, a peculiar organic substance found by Schwamm
in the gastric juice, and named by him from -Trs^pig, digestion.
It was experimented on by M. Blondlot in 1843, and has
since been prescribed as a medicine.
Pepy§'8 ipSp'-is or pips) " Diary." Samuel Pepys
was born 23 Feb. 1632 ; became secretary to the English ad-
miralty about 1664; president of the Royal Society, 1684;
died 26 May, 1703. His " Diary," as published, begins 1 Jan.
1659-60; ends 31 May, 1669.
The MS. at Magdalen college, Cambridge, was deciphered by
the rev. John Smith. The first edition (with a selection
from his correspondence), by Richard, lord Braybrooke, ap-
peared in 1825. The new edition, "deciphered, with addi-
tional notes, by the rev. Mynors Bright," began in » 1875
Pequot§. Connecticut, 1636-37 ; Indians.
*' Percy'§ Reliques." The earliest ballads of the
English language that had been preserved in manuscript or
printed in the rudest manner, collected, systematized, and ex-
plained by dr. Percy, bishop of Dromore, and so named after
him. Literature.
Per'ekop, an isthmus, 5 miles broad, connecting the
Crimea with the mainland. It was called by the Tartars
Orkapou, "gate of the isthmus," which the Russians changed
to its present name, which signifies a barren ditch. The lines
across the isthmus were forced by the Russian marshal Munich,
May, 1736, and the fortress was taken by Lacy, July, 1738.
It was again strongly fortified by the khan, but was again
taken by the Russians in 1771, who have since retained it.
perfumery, the art or practice of making perfumes
for the gratification of the sense of smell. In Exod. xxx.
(1490 B.C.) directions are given for making incense.
Per'gamos. Seven CHURCHES, 3.
Peri (Persian), an imaginary female being like the elf or
fairy, represented in Persian mythology as a descendant of
fallen angels, excluded from Paradise until their penance is
accomplished.
" Farewell— farewell to thee Araby's daughter
(Thus warbled a Peri beneath the dark sea)."
— Moore's " Lallah Rookh," song Araby's Daughter.
periodical literature. Newspapers, Maga-
zines, Review^s.
" PeriplUS." The voyage of Hanno, the Carthaginian
navigator, probably in the 6th century b.c. His account of his
travels,writteninthe Punic language, was translated into Greek;
an English translation edited by Falconer, London, in 1797.
perjury, the formal and wilful attestation by oath of a
falsehood. The early Romans threw the offender headlong from
the Tarpeian precipice ; and the Greeks set a mark of infamy
upon him. After the empire became Christian, any one who
swore falsely upon the Gospels was to have his tongue cut out.
The canons of the primitive church enjoined 11 years' penance;
and in some countries the false swearer became liable to any
punishment to which his testimony has exposed an innocent
person. In England perjury was punished with the pillory,
fine, and imprisonment, 1562. Perhaps the most notorious
perjurer of modern times was Titus Gates. Gates.
Peronne {pe-ron'), a town of N. France. Louis XI.
of France, having placed himself in the power of the duke of
Burgundy, here was forced to sign a treaty, confirming those of
Arras and Conflans, and recognizing the duke's independence,
14 Get. 1468. The notables declared the treaty invalid and
the duke a traitor, Nov. 1470.
perpetual motion. For this purpose machines
have been constructed by the marquess of Worcester and
many others, although the impossibility of attaining it wai
demonstrated by sir Isaac Newton and De la Hire, and af
firmed by tlie Academy of Sciences at Paris, 1775. It is stij
an object of experiment with many fanatics. Kkkly motor
Perry'§ victory. Naval battles.
Perryville, Ky. Bragg's Kentucky campaign.
per§eeution§. Historians usually reckon 10 genera!
persecutions of the Christians. Barthoi.omkw, St., Here
tics. Huguenots, Inquisition, Jews, Massacres, Protes
TANTS, etc.
I. Under Nero, who, having set fire to Rome, threw the odium
upon the Christians; multitudes were massacred; wrapped
up in the skins of wild beasts, and torn and devoured by
dogs; crucified, burned alive, etc 64-61
II. Under Domitian gj
III. Under Trajan 10
IV. Under Marcus Aurelius 166-T
V. Under Septimus Severus 199-20
VI. Under Maximus 235-31
VII. Under Decius, more bloody than any preceding 250-5
VIII. Under Valerian 258-6
IX. Under Aurelian 271
X. Under Diocletian, who prohibited divine worship; houses
filled with Christians were set on fire, and many of them
were bound together with ropes and cast into the sea 303-1
Persep'oli§, the ancient splendid capital of Persia
Ruins of this city still exist. Alexander is accused of setting
fire to the palace of the Persian kings here, 331 b.c
the royal feast for Persia won," while under the influence ol
wine and instigated also by Thais as a penalty for the cruel
ties inflicted by the Persians upon the Greek prisoners. Dry
den makes this act of Alexander due to music by Timotheus.
"And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy;
Thais led the way
To light him to his prey.
And like another Helen fired another Troy."
— "Alexander's Feast."
Persia or Iran, in the Bible called Elam, a country
of Asia, is said to have received its appellation from Perseus,
the son of Perseus and Andromeda, who settled here, and es-
tablished a petty sovereigntj'. The name is more probably
of Indian origin, Persia was included in the first Assyrian
monarchy, 900 B.C. When that empire was dismembered by
Arbaces, etc., it appertained to Media. Area about 628,000 sq.
miles— a large portion desert; pop. of the present kingdom
about 9,000,000. b.^
Zoroaster, king of Bactria, founder of the Magi 21ll
Zoroaster II., Persian philosopher,- generally confounded with
the king of Bactria lOlJJ,
Cyrus, king of Persia, 559; overthrows the Medo-Babylonian
monarchy about 557; conquers Asia Minor about 548; mas-
ter of the East, 536; killed in war with the Massageta? 52()h
Cambyses his son, king, 529 ; conquers Egypt 525
False Smerdis killed ; Darius Hystaspis king, 521 ; conquers
Babylon 517
Conquest of Ionia; Miletus destroyed 498
Darius equips 600 sail, with an army of 300.000 to invade the
Peloponnesus, which is defeated at Marathon 490
Xerxes king, 485; recovers Egypt, 484; enters Greece in the
spring at head of an immense force; battle of Thermopylae. 480
Xerxes enters Athens, after having lost 200,000 of his troops,
and is defeated in a naval engagement off Salamis 480
Persians defeated at Mycale and Platsea 22 Sept. 479
Cimon, son of Miltiades, with a fleet of 250 vessels, takes sev-
eral cities from the Persians, and destroys their navy, con-
sisting of about 340 sail, near Cyprus 470
Xerxes is murdered in his bed by Artabanus 465
Artaxerxes I. (FiOngimanus) king, 464; marries Esther 458
Xerxes II. king, slain by Sogdianus, 425; who is deposed by
Darius II. (Nothus) 424
Artaxerxes II. (Mnemon) king, 405; battle of Cunaxa, Cyrus
the younger killed 401
Retreat of the 10,000 Greeks (Retreat) "
War with Greece, 399; invasion of Persia
Peace of Antalcidas
Artaxerxes III. (Ochus) kills all his relations at his accession.
He {skilled byhisministerBagoas,andhisson,Arses,made king,
Bagoas kills him and sets up Darius III. (Codomanus), by
whom he himself is killed
Alexander the Great enters Asia; defeats the Persians at the
river Granicus, 334 ; near Issus, 333 ; at Arbela 331
Darius III. treacherously killed by Bessus
Persia partly reconquered from the Greeks; subjugated by the
Parthians 250
Artaxerxes I. founds the Sassanides dynasty; restores king- a.d.
dom of Persia 226
Religion of Zoroaster restored and Christianity persecuted. . . 227
Artaxerxes murdered; succeeded by Sapor I.; Armenia be-
comes independent under Chosroes 240
Sapor conquers Mesopotamia, 258 ; repels the Romans and slays
the emperor Valerian 260
i
387
359
336
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Sapor assassinated; succeeded by Hormisdas I., who favors the
Manichees 272
Varaues I. (Baliaram) persecutes them and the Christians 273
Varaues II. defeated by the emperor Probus; makes peace. . . 277
Persia invaded by the emperor Carus, who conquers Seleucia
and Ctesiphon 283
Varanes III. king, 293 ; Narses 294
Emperor Galerius conquers Mesopotamia, etc 298
Peace with Diocletian "
Hormisdas II. king 301 or 303
Ormuz built about "
Sapor II. king, 309; proscribes Christianity, 326; makes war
successfully with Rome for the lost provinces 337-60
Emperor Julian invades Persia; slain near the Tigris, 26 June;
his successor Jovian purchases his retreat by surrendering
provinces 363
Sapor annexes Armenia, 365; and Iberia, 366; makes peace
Willi Home 372
Arta.xorxes II. king, 380; Sapor III 385
Armenia and Iberia independent 386
Varaues IV., 390; Yezdejird I., 404; conquers Armenia 412
Varanes \^, 420, persecutes Christians; conquers Arabia Felix,
421; m.ikes peace with the Eastern Empire for 100 years. . . 422
Armenia again united to Persia 428
Wars with Huns, Turks, etc 430-32
Yezdejird II. king, 440; Hormisdas III., 457; civil war, 458-86;
Feroze king, 458; Pall.is, 484; Kobad, 48o; Jamaspes, 497;
Kobad again 497
His son Chosroos I. king; long wars with Justinian and his
successors, with various fortune 531-79
Successful campaigns of Belisarius 541-42
Hormisdas IV^. continues the war; degrades his general, Baha-
ram, who deposes him ; but is eventually defeated 590
Chosroes II., 591; renews the war w.th success, 603; Egypt
and Asia Minor subdued 614-16
Chosroes totally defeated by the emperor Heraclius, who ad-
vances on Persia 627
Chosroes put to death by his son Siroes, 628; Artaxerxes III.
king, 629; Purandokt, daughter of Chosroes, reigns, 630;
Sbeuendeh, her lover, 631 ; Arzemdokt, her sister, 631; Kesra,
631; Ferokhdad, 632 ; Yezdejird III 632
Pensia invaded by the Arabs; the king flees, 651; is betrayed
to them and is put to death, and his army exterminated. . . 652
Persia beconiiis the seat of theShiite or Katimite Mahometans. 661
Taherite dynasty established, 813; Sofferide, 872; Samanide. 902
Persia subdued by Togrul Beg and the Seljukian Turks, 1038; who
areexpelled,1194; subdued byGenghis Khan and the Mongols, 1223
Bagdad made the capital 1345
Poet Haliz died about 1388
Persia invaded by Timour, 1380 ; ravaged by him 1399
Poet Jami born 1414
Persia conquered by the Turcomans 1468
Who are expelled by the Shiites, who establish the Sophi dy-
nasty under Ismail 1 1501
Ispahan made the capi tal 1590
Turks take Bagdad; great massacre 1638
Georgia revolts to Russia 1783
Teheran made the capital 1796
War with Russia 1826-29
Rupture with England through the Persians taking Herat, 25
Oct. ; war declared 1 Nov. 1856
Persians defeated ; Bush ire taken 8-10 Dec. "
' Gen. Outram defeats the Persians at Kooshab, 8 Feb. ; and at
i Mohammerah 26 Mch. 1857
, Peace rati tied at Teheran 14 Apr. "
f Commercial treaty with France, etc June, "
1 Herat given up by the Persians July, "
I Shah reorganizes the government 9 Sept. 1858
. Railways in process of formation 1865
[ Electric telegraph introduced 1867
I Great sufferings from 3 years' drought, with fever and cholera;
about 16,000 persons perished at Ispahan, etc July-Oct. 1871
Concession to baron Julius de Renter to make railways, water-
works, etc., for 70 years, with great power '25 July, 1872
I Prosperity restored through a good harvest Mch. 1873
! Shah visits Europe summer of "
! Postal service established Jan. 1877
Shah visits Europe in summer; returns to Teheran 9 Aug. 1878
Rebellious incursions of the Kurds suppressed after much
! bloodshed (Kurdistan) Oct. -Dec. 1880
I First railway in Persia, from Teheran to Azim, opened. .25 June, 1888
i River Karun decreed open to all nations 9 Sept. "
; Shah visits Europe 1889
Imperial bank of Persia established 23 Oct. "
A.D. SHAHS.
1502. Ismail, or Ishmael; conquers Georgia, 1519.
lo'23. Tamasp, or Thamas, I.
1576. Ismail II. Meerza.
1577. Mahommed Meerza.
1582. Abbas I. the Great; makes a treaty with English, 1612; d. 1628.
; 1628. Shah Sophi.
1641. Abbas II.
! 1666. Shah Sophi II.
{ 1694. Hussein; deposed,
i 1722. Mahmoud, chief of the Afghans.
'. 1725. Ashraff the usurper; slain in battle.
1730. Tamasp, or Thamas, II. ; recovers the throne of his ances-
tors from the preceding.
[Thamas- Kouli- Khan, his general, obtains great suc-
cesses in this and the subsequent reigns.]
1732. Abbas III., infant son of Tamasp, under the regency of Kouli-
Khan, who afterwards proclaims himself king as
1736. Nadir Shah (the victorious king); conquers India, 1739; as-
sassinated at Khorassan by his nephew,
1747. Shah Rokh.
1751. [Interregnum.]
1759. Kureem Khan.
1779. Many competitors for the throne, and assassinations till
1795. Aga Mahommed Khan obtains the power, and founds the
reigning (Turcoman) dynasty; assassinated, 1797.
1798. Futteh Ali Shah.
1834. Mahommed Shah, grandson of Futteh; d. 10 Sept. 1848.
1848. Nasr-ed din, son; b. 18 July, 1831; the present shah of Persia.
Heir: son, Muzaffer-ed-din, b. 25 Mch. 1853.
per§pective, in drawing, is the art of representing
objects on a plane surface in the proportions due to their rela-
tive distances from the eye. Observed by the Van Eycks
(1426-46), and treated scientifically by Michael Angelo, Leo-
nardo da Vinci, and Albert Diirer, early in the 16th century.
Guido Ubaldo published a treatise in 1608 ; Dubreuil's treatise
(the " Jesuits' perspective ") appeared in 1642, and the mathe-
matical theory was demonstrated by Brook Taj'lor in 1731.
Perth, the old capital of Scotland, said to have been
founded by Agricola about 70 a.d. It was besieged by the
regent Robert, 1339. On 20 Feb. 1437, James I. was mur-
dered at the Black Friars' monastery here, by Robert Graham
and the earl of Athol, for which they suffered condign pun-
ishment. This murder is powerfully delineated in Rossetti's
poem, " The King's Tragedy." Gowrie's conspiracy occurred
here, 6 Aug. 1600. Perth was taken from the French garrison
by the reformers, 26 June, 1559. The "Articles of Perth,"
relating to religious ceremonies, were agreed to bj' the General
Assembly of Scotland, 25 Aug. 1618. Perth was taken by
Cromwell in 1651, and by the earl of Mar after the battle of
Dunblane, in 1715. Pop.'l891, 30,760. Scene of Scott's « Fair
Maid of Perth." Litkkature.
Peru', a country of South America, was long governed
by incas, said to be descended from Manco Capac, who ruled in
the 11th centur3\ Area, 463,747 sq. miles; pop. 2,621^844,
and about 350,000 uncivilized Indians.
Peru explored and conquered by Francisco Pizarro and Alma-
gro 1524-33
Last inca, Atahualpa, put to death 29 Aug. 1533
Pizarro assassinated at Lima 26 June, 1541
Fruitless insurrection of the Peruvians under Tapac Amaru,
an inca 1780
San Martin proclaims the independence of Peru 28 July, 1821
War against Spain 14 Jan. 1824
Bolivar made dictator Feb. ' '
Mariano Prado president 28 Nov. ' '
Spaniards defeated at Ayacucho, and freedom of Peru and Chili
achieved 9 Dec. "
New Peruvian constitution signed by the president of the re-
public 21 Mch. 1828
War with Colombia ; treaty of peace 28 Feb. 1829
After a succession of fierce party conflicts, gen. Ramon Castilla
becomes president ; firm and politic 1845
New constitution, 1856; modified 1860
Spanish admiral Pinzon took possession of the Chincha isles
(valuable for guano) belonging to Peru, stating that he would
occupy them till the claims of his government on Peru were
satisfied 14 Apr. 1864
American congress at Lima; plenipotentiaries from Chili and
other states meet to concert measures for defence against
European powers Nov. "
Negotiations followed by peace with Spain, 28 Jan. ; Chinclia
islands restored 3 Feb. 1865
j Peru joins Chili, and declares war against Spain Feb. 1866
Spanish admiral Nunez, in his attempt to bombard Callao, re-
pulsed and wounded 2 May. ••
Spaniards quit Peruvian waters 10 May, •'
Several towns in Peru suffered by great earthquakes (Earth-
quakes) 13-15 Aug. 1868
Gold mines discovered at Huacho Oct. 1871
MilitaryinsurrectionatLima; Tomas Gutierrez, minister of war,
makes himself dictator, and imprisons pres. Balta. . .22 July, 1872
Unsupported by the people, and not recognized by diplomatic
representatives, he orders Balta to be shot; is himself com-
pelled to fly; caught; killed by the people, and hanged to a
lamp-post ; col. Zavallos, vice-president, assumes the' gov-
ernment; order restored; about 200 lives were lost during
the coup d'etat 26 July, "
Manuel Pardo, elected president by the people, assumes office,
2 Aug. "
Talisman sailed from Cardiff for South America; consigned to
Peruvian rebels; seized and condemned as a prize, and Eng-
lish sailors imprisoned, Nov. 1874-Nov. 1875; report on ill-
usage ; English government promises inquiry Mch. 1876
Pres. Mariano I. Prado 2 Aug. "
Reported insurrection of Nicolas de Pierolas, with about 60(iO
men, to establish a southern confederacy 6-10 Oct. "
He sails away with the iron -clad Huascar, 29 May; is iit-
PER 624
tacked by adm. De Horsey, with the British war- vessels Shah
and Amethyst, as piratical, for attacking mail ships; is com-
pelled to run iuto Lima and surrender; the Peruvians resent
British interference and threaten reprisals June, 1877
Peru and Bolivia dociuro war against Chili, announced. .2 Apr. 1879
[For the events of the war, Cuiu, 1879-81.]
Lima occupied by the Chilians 17 Jan. 1881
Eflbrts made by the United States to promote the restoration
of i)eace, leads to some misunderstanding in Chili "
Pres. Iglesias forms a ministry about 12 Sept. ; be signs peace
with Chili at Aucon 20 Oct. 1883
Lima evacuated by the Chilians 23 Oct. "
Arequipa surrendered to the Chilians 26 Oct. "
Gen. Iglesias'sgovernmentconflrmed by elections, about 29 Jan. 1884
Treaty with Chili ratifled by the notables, Mch. ; partial evac-
uation of Peruvian territory May, "
Internal disturbances continue through 1884-85
Revolutionary attempt of Pierola's supporters near Lima de-
feated 2 Dec. 1890
peruke, periu^ig, or wig, an artificial cap or
covering of hair for the head. The ancients used false hair,
but the present peruke was first worn in France and Italy
about 1620; introduced into England about 1660, and pre-
vailed naore or less till about 1810.
It is said that either bishop Blomfield (of London) or Tomline (of
Lincoln) obtained permission for the bishops to discontinue wear-
ing wigs in Parliament, of which they gradually availed themselves.
On account of the heat, sir J. P. Wilde, and other judges and sev-
eral counsel, appear in court without wigs, 22, 23 July, 1868.
Peruvian bark. Cinchona.
pe§$iuii!!iin (from pessimus, the worst), the opposite doc-
trine to Optimism. James Sully's " Pessimism, a History and
a Criticism," was published in 1877. Arthur Schopenhauer
(1788-1860), an eminent pessimist, says, "All life is effort ; all
eflFort is painful; the pains of life must predominate." Phi-
ix>soPHV. Pessimism is a form of atheism, a disbelief in the
infinitude of good or its power to use evil to express itself.
" Let Love clasp Grief lest both be drown'd."
Hades. — Tennyson, "In Memoriam."
Pe§taiOZZian (pes-td-lot'-se-an) §ysteni of edu-
cation was devised by John Henry Pestalozzi, born at Zurich
in Switzerland, in 1746, died 17 Feb. 1827. In 1775 he turned
his farm into a school for educating poor children in reading,
writing, and working ; but he did not succeed. In 1798 he
established an orphan school, where he began with the mutual-
instruction or monitorial system, since adopted by Lancaster ;
but his school was soon after turned into a hospital for the
Austrian army. In 1802, in conjunction with Fellenberg, he
established his school at Hofwyl, which at first was successful,
but eventually declined through mismanagement.
petard' or petar, an invention ascribed to the Hu-
guenots in 1579. Petards of metal, nearly in the shape of a
hat, were employed to blow up gates or other barriers, and
also in countermines to break through into the enemy's gal-
leries. Cahors was taken by Henry IV. by means of petards,
in 1580, when it is said thej' were first used.
"Hoist with his own petar."
—Shakespeare, "Hamlet, "act iii. sc. iv.
Peter tiie ivild boy, a savage creature found in
the forest of Hertswald, electorate of Hanover, when George I.
and his friends were hunting. He was found walking on his
hands and feet, climbing trees like a squirrel, and feedingon grass
and moss, Nov. 1725. At this time he was supposed to be 13
years old. He died, while under the care of an English farmer,
Feb. 1785. He preferred wild plants, leaves, and the bark of
trees to any other kind of food. No efforts could greatly change
his savage habits or cause him to utter one distinct syllable.
Lord Monboddo represented him to be a proof of the hypoth-
esis that " man in a state of nature is a mere animal."
Peterborough, anciently ]flecle§haiii$tede,
a city of Northamptonshire, Engl. ; obtained its present name
from a king of Mercia founding an abbey and dedicating it
to St. Peter, about 655. The church, destroyed by the Danes,
was rebuilt with great beauty. First bishop was John Cham-
bers, the last abbot of Peterborough, 1541.
PeterlOO. Manchester, 16 Aug. 1819.
Peter§burg, Grant's Virginia campaign, Mine
EXPLOSION, Virginia.
Petersburg, St., the modem capital of Russia,
founded by Peter the Great, 27 May, 1703. He built a small
hut for himself, and some wooden hovels. In 1710, the count
Golovkin built the first house of brick ; and the next year the
PET
emperor, with his own hands, laid the foundation of a housi
of the same material. The seat of emj)ire was transferrec
from Moscow to this place in 1711. Russia. Pop. 1890
winter 1,003,315, summer 849,315. "
Peace of St. Petersburg, between Russia and Prussia, the for-
mer restoring all her conquests to the latter, signed. .5 May, 1761
Treaty of St. Petersburg for the partition of Poland (Paktitio.v
TREATIES) 5 Aug. 177!
Great Are, 11,0(X» houses burned nsi
Treaty of St. Petersburg leads to a coalition against France, 8 Sept. 180(
Treaty of Alliance, signed at St. Petersburg, between Berna-
dotte, prince royal of Sweden, and the emperor Alexander;
the former agreeing to join in the campaign against France,
in return for which Sweden was to receive Norway, 24 Mch. 181!
Winter palace burned 29 Dec. 183'
Railway to Moscow finished 185!
" ' ' Berlin opened 5 May, 186
Grand new Alexander II. bridge over the Neva opened, 12 Oct. 187
Peter's eiiurell, St., Rome, originally erected bj
Constantine, 306. About 1450, pope Nicholas V. commence<
a new church. The present magnificent pile was designed bj
Bramante ; the first stone laid by pope Julius II. in 1506. Ii
1514 Leo X. employed Raphael and two others to superinten(
the building. Paul III. committed the work to Michael Angelo
who devised the dome, in the construction of which 30,000 Iba
of iron were used. The church was consecrated 18 Nov. 1626
The front is 400 feet broad, rising to a height of 180 feet, am
the majestic dome ascends from the centre of the church to i
height of 324 feet ; the length of the interior is 600 feet, form,
ing one of the most spacious halls ever constructed. Th
length of the exterior is 669 feet ; its greatest breadth withii
is 442 feet ; and the entire height from the ground 432 feet.
Peter's penee, presented by Ina, king of the Weal
Saxons, to the pope at Rome, for the endowment of an EnglisM
college there, about 725 ; so called because agreed to be paid
on Peter mass, 1 Aug. The tax was levied on all families
possessed of 30 pence yearly rent in land, out of which they
paid 1 penny. It was confirmed by Offa, 777, and was after-
wards claimed by the popes as a tribute from England, and
regularly collected, till suppressed by Henry VIII., 1534. —
Camden. A public collection (on behalf of the pope) was for-
bidden in France in 1860.
Peterwardein, a fortress in Slavonla, Austria, was
taken by the Turks, July, 1526. Here prince Eugene of Savoy
gained a great victory over the Turks, 5 Aug. 1716.
petitions. The right of petitioning the crown and
Parliament for redress of grievances is a fundamental principle
of the British constitution. Petitions are extant of the date
of Edward I. In the reign of Henry IV. petitions began to be
addressed to the House of Commons in considerable numbers.
The right of petition is secured by the Constitution of the United
States; but in Jan. 1800, great excitement and rancorous debate
were induced in Congress by the presentation of a petition from
free negroes. John Quincy Adams, who was a champion of
the right of petition, presented a petition in Congress purport-
ing to come from slaves — the first of the kind ever offered—
Feb. 1837. Atherton gag ; United States, 1838.
Pe'tra, the ancient Seta, in Mount Seir, near Mount
Hor, in the land of Edom. In the 4th century B.C. it was
held by the Nabathaeans, who successfully resisted Antigonus,
About 70 A.D. it was the residence of the Arab princes named
Aretas. It was conquered by Cornelius Palma, and annexed to
the empire under Trajan, 105, to which period its remarkable
monuments are ascribed. It was an important station for
commercial traffic with Rome. Its ruins were discovered by
Burckhardt in 1812, and described by him and others since.
Petrarch and Laura, celebrated for the refined
passion of the former for the latter, begun in 1327, and the
chief subject of his sonnets. He was born 1304; crowned
with laurel, as a poet and writer, on Easter-day, 8 Apr. 1341 ;
and died at Arqua, near Padua, 18 July, 1374, Laura died 6
Apr. 1348. A commemoration of his death at Avignon and
other places, 18 July, 1874. Literature.
petroleum (Gr. ireTpa, rock; eXaiov, oil). An oily
substance of great economic importance as a source of light.
It is obtained chiefly from coal strata. Its distribution is ex-
tensive, reaching every continent. In Alsace, German}', it
was discovered in 1735, permeating sandstone, which is mined
like coal, and the petroleum afterwards extracted. The oil-
PEW
lands of Peru were developed by American capital in 1864, but
Russia and the United States furnish most of the world's sup-
ply. In 1872 oil from the Baku wells, Russia, was used as fuel
for the production of steam. Baku, which is a port on the
western coast of the Caspian sea, was a resort for the Persian
fire-worshippers, 600 B.C., and petroleum is known to have ex-
isted in that vicinity for 2500 years. Marco Polo, in his jour-
nal written in the 13th century, said that at Baku was "a
fountain of oil in great abundance . . . not good to use with
food, but good to burn, and is also used to anoint camels that
have the mange." This use of petroleum or rock-oil as a medi-
cine obtained among the Indians of America before its discov-
ery in central New York by French missionaries in 1627 ; and
in the early part of the present century it was collected from
the surface of oil-springs by the whites, by spreading woollen
blankets thereon and wringing out the adhering scum, its prin-
cipal use being as a medicine under the name of Seneca oil.
In a map of the countries about lakes Ontario and Erie, pre-
pared by messrs. Dollier and Galinee, missionaries of the or-
der of St. Sulpice, appears a "Fontaine de bitumen" near
the present site of Cuba, Alleghany county, N. Y 1670
In a map of the Middle Colonies, published by Mr. Evans, ap-
pears "Petroleum," marked near the mouth of Oil creek,
on the Alleghany river, Pa 1755
Petroleum, as found in oil springs on the Alleghany river, de-
scribed by David Zeisberger, missionary of the Moravian
church 1767
Highest annual yield of petroleum along Oil creek estimated by
gen. Samuel Hays at 16 barrels, worth fl per gallon in Pittsburg, 1803
Petroleum observed and described in salt wells in Washington
county, Ohio 181^
S. M. Kier, of Pittsburg, Pa., bottles and sells as medicine, at
50 cts. per pint, petroleum or rock-oil 1849
Petroleum first refined at Pittsburg, Pa 1854
Penn.sylvania Rock Oil company, the first oil company in the
U. S. , organized with a capital of $500,000 "
William Smith and sons, in the employ of the Pennsylvania
Rock Oil company, boring for oil on Oil creek, "strike oil "
at a depth of 69 1^ feet (Pennsylvania) 28 Aug. 1859
Highest price for petroleum reached in the U. S., $19.25 per
barrel of 42 gallons 1860
Price of petroleum in the U. S. reaches its lowest mark, crude
oil being quoted at 10 cts. per barrel Jan. 1862
First flovsing oil well on Black creek, Canada, begins. ..11 Jan. "
"Shooting" oil wells, by explosion of nitroglycerine to in-
crease their production, first suggested and put into practical
operation by col. E. A. L. Roberts "
Crude petroleum quoted at $12.12><^ per barrel July, 1864
Tank cars first used for railroad transportation of oil 1865
First successful pipe-line, 4 miles in length, laid by Samuel
Van Syckel at Pithole, Pa "
Combination of oil- refiners in the U. S., under the name of
Standard Oil company 1872
United Pine Line, first known as the Fairview Pipe Line, incor-
porated". 29 Apr. 1874
Construction of long-distance pipe-lines begun by the United
Pipe Lines company 1880
Standard Oil Trust organized 1881
A well on Thorn creek, Butler county. Pa., flows for a few
hours at the rate of 9000 to 10,000 barrels per day. Well
shot 27 Oct. 1884
PRODUCTION
OF PETROLEUM IN THE UNITED STATES AT
VARIOUS PERIODS SINCE 1871-
Year ending Jane.
Barrels of 42
gallons.
Gallons.
Exported
gallons.
Value.
1871
1875
5,558,775
10,083,828
22,382,509
21,750,619
21,486,406
233,468,550
423,520,776
940,065,378
913,525,998
902,429,052
149,892,691
221,955,308
423,964,699
574,668,180
664,068,170
$36,894,810
30,078,568
36,218,625
50,257,947
51,403,089
1880
1885
1890
625 PHI
pharash, a Hebrew word for separated, because they pre-
tended to a greater degree of holiness than the rest of the
Jews (Luke xviii. 9-12). The Talmud enumerates 7 classes of
Pharisees. The word also indicates a giver without charity :
"A long row of alms-houses amply endowed
By a well esteemed Pharisee, busy and proud."
—Jane Taylor, "The Philosopher's Scales."
pharmacopce'ia. Medical SCIENCE.
pliar'inacy. Medical science.
Plia'ros, of Ptolemy Philadelphus of Alexandria, was
esteemed as one of the wonders of the world. It was a tower
built of white marble, completed about 283 b.c. On the top fires
were constantly kept to direct sailors in the bay. The building
cost 800 talents, which are equivalent to f 850]|000, if Attic ; or,
if Alexandrian, double that sum. It is said that there was this
inscription upon it — " King Ptolemy to the gods, the saviours,
for the benefit of sailors ; " but Sostratus the architect, wishing
to claim all the glory, engraved his own name upon the stones,
and afterwards filled the hollow with mortar, and wrote the
above inscription. When the mortar had decayed, Ptolemy's
name disappeared, and the following inscription became visible:
" Sostratus the Cnidian, son of Dexiphanes, to the gods, the
saviours, for the benefit of sailors." Light-houses.
Pharsa'lia, a strong city in Thessaly, N. Greece.
Near it Julius Caesar defeated his rival Pompey, 9 Aug. 48
B.C., and became virtually master of the known world. Pom-
pey fled to Eg^'^pt, where he was treacherously slain, by order
of Ptolemy the younger, then a minor, and his body left naked
on the strand, till burned by a faithful freedman, Philip.
plienol or pheilic acid, names for carbolic acid.
phenopllthal'inoscope, an apparatus for inves-
tigating the movements of the eyeball ; invented by Bonders
of Utrecht, and announced in 1870.
Phig^a'liail marbles, in the British museum, were
purchased for it by the prince regent in 1815. They consist
of portions of the frieze taken from the temple of Apollo
Epicurus at Phigaleia in Arcadia, and are reputed to be
works of the earlier school of Phidias, who died 432 b.c. The
bas-reliefs represent the conflicts of the Greeks and Amazons,
and of the Centaurs and Lapithae.
Philaderphia, the third city in the United States in
population, and the metropolis of Pennsylvania, was laid out
in 1682 at the narrowest part of the peninsula formed by the
confluence of the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers, now included
between Vine and South streets. The following year the place
contained about 80 houses and 500 people. A charter, evidently
genuine, found in the possession of col. Alexander Biddle in
1887, and dated " Third Month, 20th, 1691," shows incorpora-
tion as a city by William Penn 10 years earlier than the date
usually given, when the first recorded mayor, Edward Shippen,
was appointed. On 2 Feb. 1854, the city was enlarged to in-
clude the county of Philadelphia, taking in 9 districts: South-
wark. Northern Liberties, Kensington, Spring Garden, Moya-
mensing, Penn, Richmond, West Philadelphia, and Belmont;
also 6 boroughs and 13 townships. Present area 128J sq.
miles; lat. 40° N., Ion. 75° W.; population at various dates:
I pews in churches. " In a London will we read of sedile
I vocatum pew" (a seat called pew), 1453. Pews were censured
! by Latimer and Bradford, 1553. — Walcot. The church of
I Geddington St. Mary, Northamptonshire, long contained a
I pew dated 1602. The rev. W. M. H. Church (vicar 1844-46)
j restored and reseated the church, and preserved the panel
j, with the date in the door of the surplice press. Another pew
\ in the chancel was dated 1604.
pha'lanx. The Greek phalanx consisted of 8000 men
j in a square battalion, with shields joined, and spears crossing
1 each other. The battalion of Philip of Macedon, called the
I Macedonian phalanx, was formed by him about 360 b.c. In
the battles of Cynoscephalae and Pydna the Grecian phalanx
competed with the Roman legion for supremacy', and the vic-
■ tory secured to the legion in both battles would seem to prove
its superiority. Army, Pike.
Phar'isees, a sect among the Jews; so called from
1700 4,500
1749 12,500
1760 18,756
1783 37,000
1800 70,287
1810 110,210
1820 137,097
1830 188,797
1840 258,037
1850 408,762
1860 565,529
1870 674,022
1880 847,170
1890 1,046,964
One of the earliest surveys of city lots recorded, that of David
Hammon on Walnut st. (then Pool) entered, 10 July, 1682
Blue Anchor Inn, northwest cor. Front and Dock sts., after-
wards called the "Boatman and Call," built by George Guest, "
Laying out of Philadelphia completed under the personal su-
pervision of William Penn Dec. "
First meeting of the governor and council held in Philadelphia
10 Mch., and of the General Assembly 12 Mch. 1683
Brick Quaker meeting-house built on Centre square 1684
William Bradford establishes the first printing-press in Phila-
delphia, and prints his "Kalendarium Pennsylvaniense, or
America's Messenger;" an almanac edited by Samuel Atkins,
and the first work printed in Philadelphia 1685
First regular jail built in the middle of Market St., near Second, 1687
" William Penn Charter " school, on Fourth St., below Chest-
nut, established in charge of George Keith 1689
Christ church (Episcopal) built (enlarged 1711 and 1727) 1695
"Slate Roof House" (removed in 1867 to make way for the
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Chamber of Commerce) erected about 1698, and the largest
at that time in Philadelphia, occupied by William Penu, Jan. 1700
Gloria Dei church (Swedish) on Swanson St., dedicated. .2 July, "
First watchman "to go round ye town with a small bell in yo
night time" appointed 13 July, "
Charter as a borough city granted Philadelphia by William
Penn, and Edward Shippen appointed mayor 25 Oct. 1701
Anthony Morris elected mayor by the common council. .5 Oct. 1703
First Presbyterian church, called " Butlonwood church," built
on south side Market st., between Second and Third 1704-5
Philadelphia Baptist Association organized, and church built
at Pennepek or Lower Dublin 1707
Court-house built on arches, used as a town hall and seat of
municipal council and legislature until 1735, erected on High
St., between Second and Third 1710
First almshouse established by the Friends in a house on south
side of Walnut St., between Third and Fourth 1713
Ferry to Gloucester established 1715
Fire-engine purchased by the council from Abraham Bickley
tor 601 8 Dec. 1718
Ordinance passed for paving the streets with stone, and foot-
ways with brick Apr. 1719
American Weekly Mercury, the first newspaper in America out-
side of Boston, established by Andrew S. Bradford. . .22 Dec. "
Benjamin Franklin, aged 17, arrives in Philadelphia Oct. 1723
Carpenters' Guild established 1724
Junto, or club for mutual improvement, organized by Frank-
lin (the basis of the American Philosophical Society) 1727
Friends' almshouse erected on site of one established 1713
(stood until 1841) 1729
Franklin begins i\\Q Pennsylvania Gazette 28 Sept. "
Three flre-engines, total value about lOOf., and 200 leather flre-
buckets ordered from England, arrive Jan. 1731
Franklin founds the Library of Philadelphia, sustained by sub-
scription 8 Nov. "
Catholic chapel of St. Joseph, on Walnut st. , erected and mass
celebrated by father Greaton 26 Feb. 1732
"State in Schuylkill" (Schuylkill Fishing company) organ-
ized 1 May, "
First stage route from Philadelphia to New York estal)lished. . "
Franklin's first " Poor Richard " almanac for 1733 Dec. "
State-house, south side of Chestnut, between Fifth and Sixth
sts., building begun 1732; first occupied by legislature. .Oct. 1735
Union Fire company established 7 Dec. 1736
Franklin stove invented by Benj. Franklin 1742
Franklin establishes the American Philosophical Society 1743
[Society died out 10 years later, to be revived in 1769.]
Second Market house, on Second St., south of Pine, established, 1745
Citizens associate for military defence at a meeting. . . .21 Nov. 1747
First theatrical company appears in Philadelphia 1749
St. Andrew's Society formed "
Streets lighted with lamps Sept. 1751
Hallam's company give their first theatrical performance in a
brick warehouse in King or Water St., between Pine and
Lombard sts. ; play, "The Fair Penitent " 25 Apr. 1754
Chime of 8 bells hung in Christ church "
Pennsylvania general hospital, projected by dr. Thomas Bond;
chartered 1751; opened Feb. 1752; corner-stone of building,
on Pine St., between Eighth and Ninth, laid 28 May, 1755,
and eastern wing opened Dec. 1756
First commencement at the college, on Fourth st. below Arch;
chartered 16 June, 1755, and afterwards developed into the
University of Pennsylvania 17 May, 1757
Act for " regulating, pitching, paving, and cleansing the streets,
lanes, and alleys, etc., within the settled parts of Philadel-
phia," passed 1762
First medical college in Philadelphia organized by dr. William
Shippen, jr Nov. "
First fish market established between King and Front sts., Apr. 1764
Non-importation agreement subscribed to by merchants and
traders of Philadelphia 25 Oct. 1765
First issue of the Pennsylvania Chronicle and Universal Adver-
tiser by William Goddard 6 Jan. 176C
Old Southwark theatre, corner South and Apollo sts. , opened
(burned 9 May, 1821) 12 Nov. "
Transit of Venus successfully observed by the Am. Phil. Soc.
at temporary observatory in the State-house yard.. . .3 June, 17£9
Methodist service held in an unfinished church bought and
presented to the society, and named St. George's Nov. "
Carpenters' hall built on south side Chestnut, between Third
and Fourth sts 1770
Sailors' mob; dr. Shippen's house damaged by rioters; the out-
come of an excitement caused by supposed removal of dead
bodies from the city burying-grounds for dissection in the
medical college "
Tammany Society started 1 May, 1772
First Continental Congress assembles at Philadelphia. . .5 Sept. 1774
Philadelphia troop of light horse associated 17 Nov. "
A piano, probably the first built in this country, made by John
Behreut in Third St., below Brown. " Made of mahogany, be-
ing of the nature of a harpsichord, with hammers and sev-
eral changes" 1775
New jail on Walnut st. completed and occupied Jan. 1776
Philadelphia Society for Assisting Distressed Prisoners estab-
lished (see 1787) "
Signing of the Declaration of Independence celebrated by a
grand demonstration 8 July, "
Small pox and camp-fever cause 2500 deaths i776-77
Philadelphia occupied by the British under gen. Howe,
27 Sept. 1777
Meschianza, on occasion of gen. Howe's farewell, held at the
Wharton mansion an*grounds at Walnut grove {junction of
Fifth and Wharton sts. ) 18 May, 177.';
British evacuate Philadelphia 18 June, "
American Philo.soi>hical Society revived by union of 2 scien-
tific societies, 17(>9; incorporated 15 Mch. 178('
Bank of North America incorporated 18 Dec. 178;
First English Bible printed in the U. S., published by R. Aitken,
Market st 178".
First manufacture of fustians and Jeans in the U. S. begins in
Philadelphia "
Hot-air balloon ascension attempted from the prison-yard by
Mr. Games of Baltimore, who was thrown out by basket
striking prison-wall; balloon takes fire in mid-air. . .17 July, Vl^i
American Daily Advertiser, afterwards the Aurora, the first
daily newspaper issued in America ; Benjamin Franklin
Bache, editor 'i.i Dec. "
Two city directories issued : one by John Macphcrson in Oct. and
one by Francis White 178f
Skiff-steamboat built by John Fitch and navigated at Philadel-
phia 26 July, 178C
"Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons," an
outgrowth of the society of 1776, established, with rt. rev.
William White, D.D., president May, 178'
Gen. Washington's birthday first celebrated officially by pub-
lic salute of artillery 22 Feb. 178S
Celebration of the new Union by a federal procession.. .4 July, "
Levi and Abraham Doane, brothers, outlaws, hung on the
commons 24 Sept. "
[They were of the noted Tory family of 6 brothers, the terror
of Bucks county. The legislature set a price on their heads,
8 Apr. 1783. Joseph was shot and killed in Bucks county,
1783; Moses captured and executed, 1783 ; the hanging of
Levi and Abraham left 2, Mahlon and Eleazar, under ban.]
City incorporated by act 11 Mch. 1789
Samuel Powel, first of the mayors elected by the council un-
der new charter 13 Apr. "
Steamboat, 60 ft. in length, runs from Philadelphia to Burling-
ton Dec. "
Franklin d. in Philadelphia, aged 84 17 Apr. 1790
U. S. government removed from New York to Philadelphia,
and Congress holds Jts session in the county court-house,
erected and completed in Mch. 1789 6 Dec. "
Bank of North America begins keeping accounts in dollars and
cents 1791
"Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania " incorporated. . "
Bank of the United States, chartered 25 Feb. ; subscription
for stock opened, 4 July, and bank commences business in
Carpenters' hall Dec. "
[Branch banks established in Boston, New York, Balti-
more, Washington, Norfolk, and Savannah.]
U. S. mint established by act, 2 Apr. 1792; mint erected on
east side Seventh st., above Filbert, and coining begun. .Oct. 1792
Blanchard, the French aeronaut, makes a balloon ascension
from the prison -yard; witnessed by gen. Washington; he
lands near Cooper's Ferry, N. J. 9 Jan. 1793
Bank of Pennsylvania chartered 30 Mch. "
Yellow-fever epidemic; about 5000 deaths 1 Aug. -9 Nov. "
New theatre on Chestnut st, above Sixth, opened (burned 2
Apr. 1820 ; rebuilt and opened 2 Dec. 1822) 17 Feb. 1794
First turnpike road in the U. S. completed from Philadelphia
to Lancaster, Pa., 62 miles "
White Fish, a small schooner, 23 ft. long, 6 ft. beam, arrives at
Market st. wharf, after a voyage of nearly 1000 miles (29 cov-
ered by 5 portages), from Presque Isle on lake Erie, crossing
New York state, and descending the Hudson to New York;
boat in charge of John Thomson and David Lummis, 10 Nov. 1795
Select council, consisting of 12 citizens to serve 3 years, created
by act of legislature 4 Apr. 1796
David Rittenhouse, astronomer, dies at his home, corner Arch
and Seventh sts 26 June, "
First gas-light in America, exhibited by Ambroise& Co., manu-
facturers of fire-works, at their amphitheatre in Arch st.,
above Eighth Aug. "
Yellow-fever epidemic; 1292 deaths 17 Aug. -Nov. 1797
Act passed allowing chains to be placed across the streets in front
ofchurchesduring service to prevent passage of wagons, 4 Apr. 1798
Yellow-fever epidemic, 3645 deaths "
Bill to remove the seat of state government to Lancaster after
Nov. 1799, signed by the governor 3 Apr. 1790
U. S. government removed from Philadelphia to Washington,
July, 1800
Ground broken for water- works in Chestnut St., 12 Mch. 1799,
and city first supplied with water from the Schuylkill through
street mains 1 Jan. 1801
The Portfolio, by " Oliver Oldschool " (Joseph Dennie), first
issued., 3 Jan. "
Philadelphia Society for the Free Instruction of Indigent Boys
opens a night school, 1800, and is incorporated "
Charles Wilson Peale opens his museum in the upper part of
the State-house spring of 1802
[In his collection were the Ulster county, N. Y., mastodon
skeletons. Museum removed to the Arcade building, 1828.]
Republication of the "Encyclopaedia Britaunica" begun, 1790,
by Thomas Dobson at the Stone-house in Second St., near
Chestnut, and completed 1803
Philadelphia hose company organized 15 Dec.
Bank of Philadelphia incorporated 5 Mch. 1804
Coach route established from Philadelphia to Pittsburg. . . Aug. "
Corner-stone of permanent bridge across the Schuylkill laid,
18 Oct 1800 ; bridge opened to the public 1 Jan. 180t>
"Orukter Amphiboles, or Amphibious Digger," a heavy mud
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flat, with machinery for cleaning docks, run by a steam-
engine, invented by Oliver Evans, designed for land or wa-
ter, is exhibited on wheels on Centre square July,
Commission house for sale of cotton yarns and thread made
at Providence. R. I. (the first in the U. S), opened
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts incorporated, 17 Mch.
1806, and building erected the same year in Chestnut st.
between Rlevcnth and Twelfth sts
Farmers and Mechanics' National bank organized 17 Jan.
Adelphi school or "Hollow School," on Pegg's Run, in the
Northern Liberties, opened under auspices of Philadelphia
Association for the Instruction of Poor Children 11 Jan.
New building of Bank of Philadelphia, northwest cor. Fourth
and Chestnut sts., completed (stood until 1836)
Steamboat Phcenix arrives at Philadelphia from New York;
the first steamboat navigating the ocean June,
Philadelphia's first fountain, a carved wooden figure of Leda
and the swan, by Rush, erected on Centre square
New prison in Arch st. opened (abandoned 1836) "
First Sunday school, under the control of the churches and
confined to religious instruction, organized "
E.xperimental railroad set up in the Bull's Head tavern yard
by Thomas Leiper, on which, with a grade of 1)4 inches in
a yard, a single horse "hauled up a 4-wheeled carriage
loaded with the enormous weight of 1696 pounds " Sept. "
First steam ferry between Philadelphia and Camden 1810
George Frederick Cooke, English tragedian, makes his first
appearance at Chestnut-street theatre as Richard III.; re-
ceipts the first night, $1,348.50.. . . : 25 Mch. 1811
Academy of Natural Sciences founded 21 Mch. 1812
Spring Garden st. bridge built by the Upper Ferry Bridge
company over the Schuylkill and opened Jan. 1813
[Burned 1 Sept. 1838, and replaced by a wire suspension bridge
built by Charles Ellet, and completed 2 Jan. 1842. This was re-
placed in 1875 by bridge built by Keystone Bridge company.]
Bdigious Remembrancer, first religious weekly newspaper in
the U. S., established 4 Sept. "
Athenaeum of Philadelphia founded, 1814; incorporated. 5 Apr. 1815
Fairmount water-works pumping station completed 7 Sept. "
[Dam completed, 1822.]
Second United States bank established 10 Apr. 1816
State-house property purchased by city from the state "
White & Hazard erect a wire suspension foot-bridge at the
falls of Schuylkill "
Gas-lights exhibited in Peale's museum, Apr. 1816, and theatre
lighted by gas; the first place of amusement in the U. S. so
lighted 25 Nov. "
Philadelphia Sunday and Adults' School Union formed; Alex-
ander Henry president 1817
First U. S. custom-house erected on Second st. below Dock,
and opened 12 July, 1819
'. Musical Fund Society established 1820
i Apprentices' l^ibrary incorporated and Philadelphia Iaw Li-
I brary established 1821
1 Saturday Evening Post esldhWahed "
! Pennsylvania institution for the deaf and dumb opened "
; Mercantile Library Association organized, 17 Nov., and con-
i st: tut ion adopted 1 Dec. "
i First lodge of Odd Fellows in the state (Pennsylvania No. 1)
j organized in Philadelphia 26 Dec. "
i American edition of " Rees' Cyclopaedia," in 47 vols., com-
'> pleted 1822
! Franklin Institute organized 5 Feb. 1824
! Reception tendered gen. Lafayette 28 Sept "
i American Sunday-school Union founded in Philadelphia "
f Historical Society of Pennsylvania organized 2 Dec. "
j Musical Fund hall, Locust st. west of PMghlh St., opened, 24 Dec. "
i Jefferson Medical college incorporated 7 Apr. 1826
i United States hotel, Chestnut St., between Fourth and Fifth
j sts, north side, opened "
I Store for the sale of American hardware, the first in the U. S.,
i opened by Amos Goodyear & Sons 1827
' Penn Treaty monument erected on Beach St., Kensington "
! Corner-stone of the Philadelphia arcade, Chestnut and Car-
i penter sts., laid 3 May, 1826; building completed Sept. "
i [Torn down, 1863.]
i Pennsylvania Horticultural Society founded; 78 members,
i 21 Dec. "
j [Incorporated 24 Mch. 1831; Horticultural hall, adjoining
I Academy of Music, opened, 29 May, 1867 ; destroyed by fire,
; 31 Jan. 1881, and rebuilt.]
Arch-street theatre, on Arch st., west of Sixth st. opened, 1 Oct. 1828
! [Theatre rebuilt, 1863. J
I House of Refuge erected on Ridge road and Fairmount ave. ;
corner-stone laid, 21 June, 1827 ; formally opened.. . .29 Nov. "
' Name of Centre square changed to Penn square 19 May, 1829
1 Philadelphia Inquirer first issued as the Pennsylvania In-
i 9uirer 29 June, "
I A series of riots between whites and blacks begin 22 Nov. "
j William Cramp establishes his ship yard at Kensington 1830
I Christopher C. Conwell issues the Cent, the first one-cent daily
j paper issued in the U. S "
Oodey's Lady's Book established July, "
StephenGirardd. at his home on Water St., above Market, 26 Dec. "
Corner-stone of the Philadelphia Exchange laid 22 Feb. 1832
Corner stone of Philadelphia county prison laid at Moyamen-
L.S'Dg 2 Apr. "
r birard National bank incorporated Apr. "
J Cholera epidemic ; 2314 cases reported, 935 deaths, 5 July-4 Oct. "
' Railroad to Germantown opened, 6 June, 1832, and locotnotive
engine first used 23 Nov. "
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Corner-stone of an intended monument to Washington laid in
Washington square 22 Feb. 1838
First triennial parade of the Fire Department 27 Mch. "
John Randolph of Roanoke, V'a., d. at the City hotel... .24 May, "
Philadelphia club organized "
First omnibus line, navy-yard to Kensington "
Pennsylvania institution for the instruction of the blind opened, "
Riot between whites and blacks; colored people's church de-
stroyed 12-13 Aug. "
Board of Trade organized 15 Oct. "
Merchants' Exchange organized, 19 May, 1831, and building
occupied 1834
Epiphany church, Fifteenth and Chestnut sts., consecrated,
1 Oct. "
Streets first lighted with gas 8 Feb. 1836
Public Ledger established 25 Mch. "
Laurel Hill Cemetery company incorporated 9 Feb. 1837
Last public execution in Philadelphia takes place at present
intersection of Seventeenth and Green sts. ; James Morau,
convicted 27 Apr. for murder on the high seas, 22 Nov. 1836,
of capt. Smith of the schooner William Wirt; hung 19 May, "
Pennsylvania hall, cor. Sixth and Haines St., dedicated as an
Abolitionist hall on 14 May, is burned by a mob 17 May, 1838
High-school on Juniper st., east of Penn square, opened 21 Oct. "
[Building sold to Pennsylvania Railroad company in 1853.]
Fire breaks out on Chestnut st. wharf, and burns about 40 build-
ings; 2 firemen killed and 7 injured by falling walls. . .4 Oct. 1839
City purchases the gas works 1841
John Morin Scott, first mayor elected by the people 12 Oct. '*
Riots between native Americans and Irish suppressed by the
military Apr.-May, 1844
Telegraphic communication between Philadelphia and Fort Lee,
opposite New York, completed 20 Jan. 1846
Philadelphia and Pittsburg connected by telegraph 26 Dec. "
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin established 12 Apr. 1847
North American and United States Gazette consolidated, 1 July, "
Evening Item established "
Girard college corner-stone laid 4 July, 1833; transferred to
the directors, 13 Nov. 1847, and opened 1 Jan. 1848
St. Mark's church, Locust St., near Sixteenth, corner-stone laid
25 Apr. 1848; consecrated 21 May, 1849
Cholera epidemic; whole number of deaths in city and county,
1012; epidemic at its height 13 July (32 deaths), 30 May-HSopt. "
Race riot; whites burn the California House, cor. Sixth and St.
Mary's sts., the proprietor being a mulatto and his wife a
white woman 9 Oct. ♦•
Woman's Medical college of Pennsylvania; oldest regular col-
lege for female physicians incorporated 11 Mch. 1860
Act to establish the marshal's police i)assed 3 May, '*
[Repealed, 1856.]
Fire breaks out on North Water st. below Vino ; 367 buildings de-
stroyed; an explosion kills 28 and injures 58 persons, 9 July, "
Freshet on the Schuylkill; water at Fairmount dam about 11
feet above ordinary level; portions of the city flooded, in-
cluding the gas-works, and city left in darkness 3 Sept. "
Recei)tion to Louis Kossuth 24 Dec. 1851
Girard House opened 1852
Manufacture of galvanized iron begun in Philadelphia '•
Lafayette hotel opened (enlarged, 1883) Oct. 1853
Consolidation act extending the city so as to include Philadel-
phia county, passed 2 Feb. 1854
Young Men's Christian Association instituted June, "
High-school, Broad and Green sts., dedicated 28 June, "
Lino of passenger cars drawn by horses, from Willow st. along
Front, etc., to Cohocksink depot, about 1)4 miles, established
by the North Pennsylvania Railway company 3 Jan. 1855
WagnerFree Institute ofScienceopened by gov. Pollock, 21 May, "
Fairmount Park improvement begun by purchase of the Lemon
Hill estate, 24 July, 1844, and Lemon Hill park dedicated,
18 Sept. "
[Sedgely acquired, 1856; Lansdown, 1866.]
Masonic hall, on Chestnut st. above Seventh, dedicated 27 Sept, "
[The winter of 1855-56 was very severe; the Delaware froze
from bank to bank as far down as the " Horseshoe channel."
On 15 Mch. 1856, the Philadelphia and Camden ferry-boat
New Jersey caught in a mass of ice, and taking fire burned;
over 30 out of 100 passengers lost their lives.]
Police and fire alarm telegraph goes into operation 19 Apr. 1856
Ofllce of chief of police created by act 13 May, "
Collision of a Sunday-school excursion-train from Kensington,
carrying 600 children and young people, with a passenger-
train at Camp Hill; over 50 killed and 100 injured.. 17 July, "
Corner-stone of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane laid,
1 Oct. "
United States agricultural exhibition opened 7 Oct. "
Streets first swept by revolving machine-brooms "
Opera house or American Academv of Music, corner stone laid
26 July, 1855; opened with a ball, 26 Jan. 1857, and with the
first operatic performance, " II Trovatore " 25 Feb. 1857
The Press established 1 Aug. "
Bank of Pennsylvania closes its doors 25 Sept; "
Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, corner-stone laid 16 Sept. 1846;
dedicated 13 Dec. "
Fifth and Sixth sts. railroad, first car run 8 Jan., and opened
to the public 20 Jan. 1858
First steam fire engine, the '• Miles Greenwood," from Cincin-
nati, exhibited 12 Feb. 1855, and first engine purchased by
the city, arrives 20 Jan. "
Church of the Holy Trinity built "
St. Clement's church, Twentieth and Cherry sts., erected. .. 1858-59
Sunday School Times established - 1859
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Continental hotel opened to the public (Artksias wklls), 13 Feb. 18fi0
Japanese embassy, guests of the city, arrive 9 June, "
First artillery regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, col. Francis
E. Patterson, leaves the city for the South 8 May, 1861
First regiment National Guards, Penn. vols, and Philadelphia
IJght (luards regiment and First regiment Pennsylvania vol-
unteers leave for the South 14 May, "
Cooper shop volunteer refreshment saloon, which catered to
more than (500,000 soldiers passing the city during the war,
oi)enod on Otsego St., near Washington ave May, "
St. Paul's Catholic church, built 1843 et seq. , burned. .26 Nov. "
Christ church hospital, begun 1856, entirely completed. 14 Dec. "
Union League club organized 15 Nov. 1862
New Chestnut-st. theatre opened; Edwin Forrest as " Virgin-
lus " and McCuilough as " Icilius " 26 Jan. 1863
First National bank, the first organized under the National
Banking act, incorporated 10 Jan. 1863, and opened. 11 July, "
Evening Telegraph first issued 4 Jan. 1864
Philadelphia Sanitary fair opens 7 June, "
Philadelphia and Erie railroad formally opened 4 Oct. "
Fire in Ninth st. and Washington ave., 50 buildings burned;
fire begins in a coal-oil esUiblishment 8 Feb. 1865
New Municipal hospital opened 27 Apr. "
Coldest day on record; thermometer at Merchants' Exchange
18° below zero 7 Jan. 1866
Great fire in North Third St.; loss, $800,000; begins in Rob-
erts's hardware store 26 Feb. "
Ewtning Star first issued 2 Apr. "
Public Ledger building opened 20 June, "
Chestnut St. bridge, begun 19 Sept. 1861, opened 23 June, "
Reception of flags returned to the state, held on Independence
square 4 July, "
New court-house, begun 2 Nov. 1866, opened 1867
Americus club organized 30 Apr. "
Explosion at Geasy & Ward's saw-mill, Samson st. ; 22 killed,
7 injured 6 June, "
American (formerly Continental) theatre, ou Walnut St.,
burned ; 10 lives lost, by falling walls 19 June, "
LippincoWs Magazine established 1868
Monument to Washington and Lafayette, Monument cemetery,
dedicated 29 May, 1869
Washington monument in front of the state-house dedicated,
5 July, "
Mercantile Library company remove to the Franklin Market
house (erected 1860), Tenth St., above Chestnut 15 July, "
Record first issued as the Public Record 14 May, 1870
St. James's church erected "
Chamber of Commerce dedicated 1 Mch. 1869; burned 7 Dec.
1869; rebuilt and opened 27 Dec. "
Volunteer fire department abolished 1870, and paid department
goes into operation 15 Mch. 1871
Fire destroys a planing-raill in Marshall st. and about 40 other
buildings 5 June, "
Lincoln monument in Fairmount park unveiled 22 Sept. "
Public building of Philadelphia commenced "
[When completed its estimated cost will be over $10,000,-
000; it will cover over 4 acres; its tower will be 537^ ft.
high, surmounted by a bronze statue of William Penn 36 fl.
high; to be completed 1895.]
Small-pox epidemic ; 4464 deaths 1871-72
Corner-stone of the new building for the Pennsylvania Acad-
emy of Fine Arts, southwest corner Broad and Cherry sts.,
laid 7 Dec. 1872
Banking houses of Jay Cooke & Co. and E. W. Clarke & Co.
close their doors 18 Sept. 1873
New Masonic temple. Broad and Filbert sts., dedicated, 25 Sept. "
Produce Exchange organized 25 Apr. 1874
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, main building
completed and dedicated ...4 June, "
Little Charley Ross, son of Christian K. Ross, abducted from
his home 1 July, "
New bridge over the Schuylkill at Girard ave. opened. .4 July, "
Corner-stone of the new public buildings on Penn square laid,
4 July, "
Centennial celebration of the formation of the first city troop,
15-17 Nov. "
The Times, daily, established 13 Mch. 1875
Penn club organized 18 Mch. "
The Call, daily, established "
Religious revival ; Moody and Sankey, evangelists, hold their
first service in the old freight depot, southwest corner Thir-
teenth and Market sts 21 Nov. "
Market-st. bridge destroyed by fire, 20 Nov. 1875; rebuilt in 21
days by the Pennsylvania Railway company "
Academy of Natural Sciences building, corner-stone laid 30 Oct.
1872; occupied 11 Jan., and opened to the public 2 May, 1876
Centennial exhibition at Fairmount park opens 10 May, "
Normal schooi, northeast corner Seventeenth and Spring Gar-
den sts., dedicated 30 Oct. "
Ex-pres. Grant sails from Philadelphia for his trip around the
world 15 May, 1877
Aldine hotel opened "
Jefferson Medical College hospital formally opened 17 Sept. "
First telephone exchange established 1878
Oil-refinery fire caused by lightning, which destroys several re-
fineries and 5 vessels loading at the docks, and burns for 2
days, begins 11 June, 1879
News established "
First electric lighting, the store and warerooras of John Wana-
maker, at Thirteenth and Market sts Dec. "
Committee of 100 organized Dec. 1880
Randolph cotton and woollen mills, Randolph st., burned; 9
employees killed, 13 seriously injured 12 Oct.
Chestnut st. lighted by 47 electric lights; first electric street
lights in the city 3 Dec.
Two hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Philadelphia
celebrated 22-27 Oct.
Enterprise cotton and woollen mills, Mainst., burned; 2 killed,
16 injured 12 Dec'
William Penn's cottage (the Letitia house), built in Market st.,
between Front and Second sts., about 1683, the first brick
house in Philadelphia, rebuilt in Fairmount park
Ladies^ Home Journal established
Nineteen out of 26 buildings in the block bounded by Knox,
Brown, Kessler, and Parrish sts.. destroyed by fire; loss'
$1,500,000 28 Feb.
New post-office building opened for business Mch.
Fire destroys 9 large business houses: loss, $3,000,000.19 Feb.
John McCuilough d. at his home, aged 48 8 Nov.
Temple theatre burned; 2 firemen killed; loss, $400,000.27 Dec.
Reform charter or the " Bullett act, " for the better government
of cities, passed 1 June, 1H86, takes effect 1 Apr.
Constitutional centennial celebration 15-17 Sept.
First electric street railroad opened Nov.
George W. Childs, philanthropist and proprietor of the l\i.blic
Ledger, d 3 Feb.
1881
MAYORS.
Edward Shippen 1701
Anthony Morris 1703
Griffith Jones 1704
Joseph Wilcox 1705
Nathan Stanbury 1706
Thomas Masters 1707
Richard Hill 1709
William Carter 1710
Samuel Preston 1711
Jonathan Dickinson 1712
George Roche 1713
Richard Hill 1714
Jonathan Dickinson 1717
William Fishbourne 1719
James Logan 1722
Clement Plumsted 1723
Isaac Norris 1724
William Hudson 1725
Charles Read 1726
Thomas Lawrence 1728
Thomas Griffltts 1729
Samuel Hasell 1731
Thomas Griffltts 1733
Thomas Lawrence 1734
William Allen 1735
Clement Plumsted 1736
Thomas Griffltts 1737
Anthony Morris 1738
Edward Roberts 1739
Samuel Hasell 1740
Clement Plumsted 1741
William Till 1742
Benjamin Shoemaker 1743
Edward Shippen 1744
James Hamilton 1745
William Attwood 1746
Charles Willing 1748
Thomas Lawrence 1749
William Plumsted 1750
Robert Strettell 1751
Benjamin Shoemaker 1752
Thomas I^awrence 1753
Charles Willing 1754
William Plumsted 1754
Attwood Shute 1756
Thomas Lawrence 1758
John Stamper 1759
Benjamin Shoemaker 1760
Jacob Duche 1761
Henry Harrison 1762
Thomas William 1763
Thomas Lawrence
John Lawrence
Isaac Jones
Samuel Shoemaker
John Gibson
William Fisher
Samuel Rhoads
Samuel Powel
(Office vacant, 1776-89.
Samuel Powel
Samuel Miles
John Barclay
Matthew Clarkson
Hilary Baker
Robert Wharton
John Inskeep
Matthew Lawlor.
John Inskeep
Robert "Wharton
John Baker
Robert Wharton
Michael Keppele
John Baker
John Geyer
Robert Wharton
James Nelson Barker
Robert Wharton
Joseph Watson
George Mifflin Dallas
Benjamin W. Richards
William Milnor
Benjamin W. Richards
John Swift
Isaac Roach
John Swift
John Morin Scott
Peter McCall
John Swift
Joel Jones
Charles Gilpin
Robert Taylor Conrad
Richard Vaux
Alexander Henry
Morton McMichael
Daniel Miller Fox
William Slrumburg Stokley
Samuel George King
William Burns Smith
Edwin H. Filler 1888
Edwin S. Stuart 1«91
Charles F. Warwick 1895
ill Asia Minor. Sevkn
Philadelphia, a city
CHURCHES.
Philip'haugh, near Selkirk, S. Scotland, where the
marquess of Montrose and the roj'alists were defeated by
David Leslie and the Scotch Covenanters, 13 Sept. 1645.
Philip'pi, a city of Macedonia, so named by Philip II.
of Macedon. Here Octavius Caesar and Marc Antony, in 2
battles, defeated the republican forces of Cassius and Brutus,
who both committed suicide, Oct. 42 B.C. Paul preached
here, 48 a.d., and wrote an epistle to the converts, 64.
Pllilip'pic§, originally the orations of Demosthenes
against Philip II. of Macedon, 352-341 b.c. The name was
given also to the orations of Cicero against Marc Antony, be-
cause of the vigor of invective in them (one of which, called
divine by Juvenal, cost Cicero his life), 44-43 B.C., and has
since been often used to describe any oratorical attack upon
persons in power.
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Phirippine isles, in the Malay archipelago, discov-
ered by Magellan, in Mch. 1521, who here lost his life in a
skirmish. They were taken possession of in 1565 by a fleet
from Mexico, which first stopped at the island of Zeba, and
subdued it. In 1570 a settlement was effected at the mouth
of the Manilla river, and Manilla became the capital of the
Spanish possessions in the Philippines. These islands num-
ber over 400 and embrace an extent of 16° of lat. and 9° of
Ion., with an area of 114,326 sq. miles, and a pop. of 7,000,000.
Earthquake, Manilla, Foreman's " Philippine Islands"
pub. 1891.
pllilip'pium, a metal of the yttrium series, found in
Samarskite earth (in Russia, North Carolina, etc.) by Marc
Delafontaine by means of the spectroscope ; announced Oct.
1878. Also said to have been found by Lawrence Smith, and
named mosandrium, July, 1878.
Pllilis'tines, a people of Palestine, conquered Israel,
1156 B.C., and ruled it 40 years. They were defeated by Sam-
uel, 1116, at Mizpah ; and by Saul and Jonathan, 1087, at Mich-
mash. They again invaded Israel, about 1063, when David
slew their champion, Goliath. They defeated Saul and Jona-
than at Mt. Gilboa, 1055, where both were slain. After David
became king he thoroughly subdued them, 1040. In common
with Syria, their country was subjugated by the Romans, un-
der Pompey, about 63.— In Germany, about 1830, Heine and
the liberal party applied the term " Philistines " to the oppo-
nents of progress, or conservative party. In England the term
has been applied to opponents of " culture " and refinement, and
especially by Matthew Arnold and others to the dull advocates
of traditional views and institutions.
philol'Ogy, the science of language, much studied dur-
ing the present century.
John Horne-Tooke's " Diversions of Purley " pub 1786
Philological Society of London established 18 May, 1842
Lorenz Diefenbach's " Lexicon Comparativum " 1846-51
Tblrty-secoud congress of German philologists meet at Wiesba-
den, prof. Ciirtius president 26-29 Sept. 1877
Dictionary, Grammarians, Language.
pllilOS'optiy (love of wisdom), the knowledge of the
reason of things (distinguished from history, the knowledge
of facts, and from mathematics, the knowledge of the quantity
of things) ; the hypothesis or system upon which natural ef-
fects are explained.— />ocA;^. Pythagoras first adopted the
name of philosopher (such men having been previously called
sages) about 528 b.c.
ANCIENT GREEK AND MODERN PHILOSOPHERS AND PHILOSOPHY.
The early Greeks had no predecessors from whom to learn. — Lewes, " History of Philosophy "
Name
Teachings.
Thales of Miletus (father of Greek speculation)
Anaximander of Miletus
Anaxlraenes of Miletus
\ Pythagoras of Samos (representative of the second)
epoch of Ionian philosophy) )
1 Xenophanes of Colophon (founder of the Eleatic)
t school of philosophy, so called from Elea in Sicily). ]
Heraclitus of Ephesus.
Empedocles of Agrigentum.
t
jAnaxagoras of Clazomenae
iDemocritus of Abdera
iProtagoras of Abdera (pupil of Democritus).
[Socrates
b. d. B.C.
636.. 546
610.. 547
(?)556.. —
(?)580..500(?)
556.. 456
(?)500fl. —
(?)500.. —
(?)490.. —
404 fl. —
(?)480..411(?)
469.. 399
[Plato (the most celebrated of philosophers, ancient)
' or modern) i
428.. 347
ristotle of Stagira, hence termed the Stagirite.
384.. 322
He made the first attempt to establish a physical beginning,
teaching that the principle of all things was water. Said to
have been the founder of physics, geometry, and astronomy.
That infinity is the first principle in all things; that all things are
produced from infinity and terminate in it.
That the principle of all things is air, diffused through all nature
and perpetually active.
Numbers the principle or first of things; pantheistic; taught me-
tempsychosis. He formed the first true conception of the solar
system, and taught vaguely the orbital revolution of the earth,
and its daily revolution on its axis, afterwards systematized by
Copernicus. Geometry; demonstrated the square of the hy-
pothenuse, etc.
Taught that if there ever had been a time when nothing existed,
nothing must ever exist. That whatever is always has been,
that nature is one and without limit, that God is one incorporeal
eternal being of the same nature with the universe, comprehend-
ing all thingswithin himself, pervades all things intelligently, but
bears no resemblance to human nature either in body or mind.
The principle which is eternal, ever-living unity and pervades and
is in all phenomena he called fire or heat. The rational prin-
ciple which governs the whole moral and physical world is also
the law of the individual.
Love the primal force that binds like to like, and its contrary that
tends to separation. No real destruction of anything, but only
change of combinations. Rejected the evidence of the senses;
pure intellect alone can arrive at truth. Believed in metemp-
sychosis.
Conjectured the right explanation of the moon's light and of solar
and lunar eclipses.
Expanded the atomic theory of Leucippus. From the infinity of
atoms have resulted all the worlds with all the properties be-
longing to them. Abdera, Atoms.
Sophist and skeptic.
Belief in one supreme being, and the divine authority of moral law.
Known chiefly through the writings of Plato. " To Socrates we
are indebted for the moral entities, the absolute good and beau-
tiful; the god of reason; final causes, and providence; in fact,,
the sum total of metaphysics." — Andre Lefevre, " Philosophy,
Historical and Critical."
True source of knowledge the reason. We come to consciousness
through innate ideas developed by contact with the outer world
through the senses. Separated between empirical knowledge
and reason. Divided philosophy into logic, metaphysics, and
morals. Philosophy indebted to him qtioad formam. The first
to attempt the construction of philosophic language; to develop
an abstract idea of knowledge and science; to state logically the
properties of matter, form, substance, accident, cause and effect,
reality and appearance; to describe the divinity as a being es-
sentially good, and his moral attributes. He taught that matter
is an eternal and infinite principle; that God is the supreme
intelligence, incorporeal, without beginning, end, or change; the
immortality of the soul, etc. Academies.
Pupil of Plato and preceptor of Alexander the Great. He was the
most voluminous of ancient philosophic writers, and many of
his works are preserved. Rejected the doctrine of ideas, made
all knowledge the fruit of experience gathered from externals.
Makes logic the instrument by which all general knowledge is
obtained. Enlarged the limits of philosophy, to include all
sciences except history. He taught that nature is a machine,
active through deity or a first cause. The history of his school,
"the Peripatetic" (Lyceum) may be divided into 4 periods:
1st, from the death of Aristotle, 322 b.c, to Cicero, of gradual
decline; 2d, from Cicero to 600 a.d., almost unknown; 3d, from
600 to 1000 A.D., revived but corrupted; 4th, from the 11th cen-
tury until set aside by Bacon and Descartes.
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ANCIENT GREEK AND MODERN PHILOSOPHERS AND PHILOSOPHY.— (ConWutted.)
Time.
Tench in((8.
Epicurus of Samoa.
Pyrrho of Elea. . . . .
Zeno (founder of the Stoic school of philosophy) ,
Arcesilaus (founder of the Middle Academy)
Carneades (founder of the New Academy). . .
Philo of Alexandria
Ammonius Saccas
Plotinus (Neo-Platouist)
Porphyry of Tyre (Neo-PIatonist)
Proclus (Neo-Platonist)
b. d. B.C.
341.. 270
(?)340..270(?)
362.. 264
316.. (?)
215.. 130
A.D.
20 fl.
—..245
205.. 70
233.. 304
411.. 85
John Scotus Erigena (precursor of modern philoso
phy). Literature ,
William of Champeaux (realism).
Roscelin. Jean (nominalism).
Abelard (conceptualism).
Averroes (Arabian).
A follower of Democritus in his atomic theory. Taught that there
was no over-ruling providence, that if there was a god or gods
they had no power or care over man. That happiness or pleas-
ure should be the chief end of man. His memory and his
teachings have been much reproached, because his system has
often been a pretext for nstiued sensuality.
( Taughtthatallhumau knowledge is involved in uncertainty,so that it
( is impossibleever toarri ve at certainty. He is known as the sceptic
'The universe, though one, contains 2 principles distinct from ele-
ments, one passive, the other active. The passive is pure matter;
the active is reason or God. Providence only another name for ne-
cessity or fate,and while teaching a resurrected life, it wasa life for
getfulofany former life. Wisdom consists in distinguishing good
) from evil. Good is that which produces happiness according to
man'siiature,andvirtue,which isseated in themind,isalonesufB-
cient for happiness; external things contribute nothing toward.s
hyppiness,therefore are not in themselves good. The sum of man's
[ duty is to subdue his joy and sorrow, hope and fear, and even pity.
I Conceived himself to be a follower and a teacher of the Platonic
) doctrine.
( Maintained that all the knowledge the human mind is capable of
\ attaining is not science, but opinion.
(Attempts the union of Platonic philosophy with the Jewish
{ scripture.
Founder of Neo-Platonism.
This world a shadowy copy of a truly real world. The instinctive
certainty that there is a supreme good beyond empirical e.xpe-
rieuce, and yet not an intellectual good, and the conviction of
the utter vanity of all earthly things, were produced and sus-
tained by Neo-Platonism.
God without limit, form, or definition.
He brought the Neo-Platonic philosophy to that form in which it
was transferred to Christianity and Mahometanism in the middle
ages. — Encyc. Brit,, 9th ed. 44 years after the death of Proclus
the school of Athens was closed by Justinian (529 a.d.).
MEDIEVAL SCHOLASTIC PHILOSOPHY.
God alone has true being, all -containing and incomprehensible.
He is above goodness, wisdom, and truth. No finite predicate
can be applied to him. His mode of being cannot be determined
by any category. The world a revelation of God; we recognize
his being in all things, his wisdom in their orderly arrangement,
his life in their constant activity. God is a trinity in substance,
form, and spirit, or what we see in individuality. This trinity
is most perfectly reflected in man because he is the highest of
created things, but as God is incarnate in all things, this trinity
is not expressed in man alone, but in all things there is a Irine.
Things are only real as they are good ; being, without well being,
is naught. Ideas manifest themselves in their effects, i.e., the
877 \ individual created thing. God manifests himself in the world,
and is not without the world. As causes are eternal and time-
less, so creation is eternal and timeless. The Mosaic account
merely expresses a mode, is altogether allegorical, and needs
interpretation. Paradise and the Fall have no local or temporal
being. As God is true being, i. e., good, sin can have no substan-
tive existence — cannot really be; sin results from the will repre-
senting something as good which is not so; punished by finding
its pursuits turn out vanity and emptiness. Hell has no local ex-
istence, but is a state of unreality, insanity, a result that admits of
redemption, as the object of destruction is not the will, but its
disease or misdirection. The ultimate goal of the soul is to ar-
rive toa full knowledgeofGod,in which beiugandknowingareone. '
He held that the essence of all individuals of a genus is the uni-
versal, and that is an existence independent of the individual,
i. e., a self-subsistent nature, distinct from the mind conceiving
it and the individuals conforming to it; both antecedent and su-
perior to these individuals.
He maintained that general ideas are not endowed with reality,
that the universal or genus exists only in name and has no
existence apart from the individual.
'Along with Aristotle and the nominalists generally, he ascribed
full reality only to the particular concretes, while in opposition he
declared the universal to be no mere word, but to consist (or bet-
ter) to be produced in the fact of predication born as a conception
, of the mind. For this he has been classed as a conceptualist.
' Maintained that the eternity of the world finds its true expression
in the eternity of God. The ceaseless movement of growth and
change which matter ever undergoes in an ascending series is a
continual search after a finality or end, which in time and move-
ment cannot be reached. This movement is only its aspect to
the senses. In the eye of reason the full fruition of this desired
finality is already and always attained. This end, invisible to
the senses, is that which the world of nature is forever seeking,
but as this end is infinite and eternal— God— nature, in this as-
cending, never-ending change or series, develops eternal life.
1070.. 1121
1106 (?)
1079.. 1142
1126.. 1198
Bacon, Roger.
Bacon, Francis (inductive or rational).
b.
1214
MODERN.
d. jl.d.
1561.. 1626
His fame rests on scientific and mechanical discoveries.
Into metaphysics, Bacon can hardly be said to have entered, but
a long line of thinkers have drawn inspiration from the practical
or positive spirit of his system. Experience and observation
are the only safeguards against prejudice and error. The rules
laid down by Bacon were averse to hypothesis, and still progress
is chiefiy made in scientific discovery by the use of hypothesis.
The inductive formation of axioms by a gradual ascending scale
is a route which no science has everYollowed, and by which no
science could ever make progress. The work upon which his
I. philosophic reputation rests is the "Novum Organum."
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ANCIENT GREEK AND MODERN PHILOSOPHERS AND PHILOSOPHY.— (Conrtnued.)
Teachings,
Descartes, Ren€ (Cartesian).
1596.. 1650
Hobbes, Thomas (common-sense).
Spinoza (the philosopher of intuitions).
1632.. 1677
Malebranche, Nicolas.
1638.. 1715
Leibnitz, Gottfried W. (elective).
1646.. 1716
Locke, John (perceptive).
1632.. 1704
Berkeley, George, bishop of Cloyne (imnaaterialism).
1685.. 1753
Swedenborg, Emmanuel.
1688.. 1772
HiUcheson, Francis.
1694.. 1747
According to Descartes, God is the unity of thought and being ;
man a mean between God and nothing, between being and not-
being; connected on the one hand with the infinite and on the
other with the finite. Man has in him an idea of the infinite or
God, superior to his own consciousness, or how could he doubt
or desire, how could he be conscious of anything as a want, how
could he know he was not altogether perfect, if he had not
within him the idea or consciousness of a being more per-
fect than himself, by comparison with whom he recognizes
the defects of his own existence? The existence of self
he makes dependent on thought: cogito, ergo sum. In science,
to account for the movement and origin of the planets and
all physical phenomena, he conceived the hypothesis of vor-
tices.
Follower of Baconian rationalism. Nothing exists except bodies
and their accidents. Philosophy dwells within us, all its ele-
ments being supplied by sensation, memory, and experience,
put in order by reflection. Ratiocination and philosophizing
are the same, operating on signs and terms representing ideas,
images— the residuums of sensation. Without definition there
can be no satisfactory demonstration.
Perfect being is substance. Nothing exists except infinite sub-
stance accompanied by infinite attributes which constitute
it. Each in its own degree manifests the supreme reality,
which is God. He is the unity of diversity; he is the infi-
nite expansion and the divided expansion. Body and soul
are two modes of the substance, one the attribute of expan-
sion, the other of thought. The human soul is the idea of the
body. Thought is represented by its object. Free will is an
illusion; would disappear if it were possible to trace back the
line of causes.
Evidence is the criterion of truth. Believe whnt seems so evi-
dently true that to withhold our assent occasions the reproaches
. of reason. The incarnation, the union of creator and creature,
is the necessary condition of creation. Reason is supreme and
infallible; it is wisdom, the word, Christ! Faith is the mirror
of revelation, God's expression to us of his being. God is in-
finite and eternal goodness. Evil is the necessary result of
the laws established for the general welfare. Divides the
universe into matter and spirit. The understanding com-
prises 3 faculties: sensibility, imagination, and reason, which
alone thinks, knows, and acquires truth. Will is the natural
divine impulse.
The ultimate reason of all motion or action is the force originally
communicated to the universe, a force everywhere present, but
diversely restrained and limited in difi'erent bodies; this force
is inherent in all substance, natural and spiritual. Every spirit
is a world in itself, self-sufficient, embracing the infinite, express-
ing the universe, as lasting and absolute as the universe itself,
which it represents from its point of view and by its own virtue.
The ultimate elements of the universe are individual centres of
force, or monads.
The eternal existence of God is only another way of expressing the
principle of causality and sufficient reason in its universality as
suggested by our conviction that our own personal existence had
a beginning. Each person knows that he now exists and is con-
vinced that he once had a beginning; with not less intuitive cer-
tainty he knows that nothing cannot produce any real thing.
The rational conclusion is that there must be eternally a most
powerful and most knowing being, in which, as the origin of
all, must be contained all perfection, and out of which can come
only what it has in itself, so that as the adequate cause it must
involve mind. Have no knowledge of the real existence of
anything other than our own individual existence, that of uni-
versal reason, and of particular objects of sense, and they only
while they are present to our senses. Locke deals with the un-
derstanding and not with the affections.
Spirit which is immaterial alone exists, and the representation
of sensible things is but a mode of its activity. The objects of
knowledge are ideas and nothing more. We are forced by the
laws of our nature to invest objects with the forms in which we
perceive them.
Makes the Scriptures the foundation of his philosophy, and asserts
that no philosophy worthy of the name can rest on any other
foundation. Claims that nature reveals spirit or the reality of
things by correspondence and not directly; that no one, how-
ever intelligent or wise, can without divine assistance interpret
spiritual things by natural. He therefore claimed to have had
the spiritual faculties of his mind vivified or opened by the Lord
to the true nature and science of correspondence revealing the
reality of things. Makes nature the ultimate of divine order,
that is, the boundary of things understood by form; has no
being or existence in itself aside from the substance (spirit) it
seeks to reveal. It expresses in itself that sphere of utter des-
titution and want which belongs to creatureship, being "with-
out form and void " of life and everything in itself. Charac-
terizes consciousness as composite and not simple, made up of
object and subject, the former element dominating the latter,
although the latter renders the former known to itself or alive
in consciousness. He makes the objective element the sphere
of nature, and the subjective the sphere of the mind or spirit.
These are united in consciousness or a valid creation. A mis-
apprehension of his system, with a determination to reduce it
to a form of ecclesiasticism, has hindered a favorable reception
of his philosophic views, so that with one or two exceptions no
men of scientific reputation have given his wTitiugs the notice
thev deserve.
Devoted his efforts to the exposition of the philosophy of morals.
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ANCIENT GREEK AND MODERN PHILOSOPHERS AND PHILOSOPHY.— (ConKnued.)
N«m«.
Time.
Teachings.
Hume, David (skepticism).
Reid, Thomas (common sense).
Condillac, Etienne de, B.
1711.. 1776
1710.. 1795
1715.. 1780
Kant, Immanuel (transcendental).
1724.. 1804
Fichte, Jobaiin Gottlieb (subjective idealism).
1762.. 1814
Schelling, W. J. Friedrich von (objective idealism)
1775.. 1854
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (absolute idealism).
Schopenhauer, Arthur ,
1770.. 1831
1788.. 1860
Hume's philosophy leads to scepticism. All ideas proceed from
sensation. Tlio outward world merely the unknown object of
onr sensations, and cause is the relation between facLs constantly
succeeding each otlier, while nothing but an inveterate illusion
lurlts under the terms efflcient and final causes. He says, '' Do
you follow the instinct and propensities of nature in assenting
to the veracity of the senses ? But these lead you to believe that
the very perception or sensible image is in the external object.
Do you disclaim this principle in order to embrace a more ra-
tional opinion that the j)erceptions are only representations of
sometiiing external ? You here depart from your natural pro-
pensities and more obvious sentiments, and yet are not able to
satisfy your reason, which can never find any convincing argu-
ment from experience to prove that the perceptions are con-
nected with external objects."
Opposed to Hume and the idealism of Berkeley— a protest against
( scepticism. Believed in the reality of the outward world.
Opposes the innate idea of Descartes, the mental faculties of Male-
branche, and the monadology of Leibnitz. He maintained that
the mind is not a congeries of faculties, but is one and indivisi-
ble, and appears in all its activity in the simplest state of con-
sciousness. His definition of personality is, a collection of sen-
sations plus the power to say me. He divides philosophical
systems into 3 classes: (1) Abstract systems, resting only on ab-
stract principles; (2) hypotheses, or systems grounded on mere
suppositions ; (3) one true system, that of Locke, which is evolved
from facts of experience — the true method of philosophy.
His "Critique of Pure Reason " brought out to oppose the scep-
ticism of Hume. By pure reason is understood reason inde-
pendent of experience. This " critique " subjects the pure spec-
ulative reason to a critical scrutiny. His philosoi)l]y termed
transcendental owing to his recognition of a noumeval world or
a world of things-in-themselves; these are unknowable for man.
They are related neither to space nor time; all co-existence and
succession are only in phenomenal objects and consequently
only in the perceiving subject. The forms of thought are the 12
categories or original conceptions of the understanding on which
all the forms ofourjudgments are conditioned. They are: Unity,
plurality, totality; reality, negation, limitation; substantiality,
causality, reciprocal action; possibility, existence, necessity.
The categories have to do only with phenomenal objects within
our consciousness. Things-in-themselves have none of these,
and therefore do not come within the sphere of consciousness.
Substance is nothing but the synthesis of accident. It is a mental
synthesis. The basis of idealism is consciousness. God is to be
believed in, not4nferred— we cannot attribute to him intelligence
or personality. He is infinite, therefore beyond the reach of sci-
ence, which can only embrace the finite— but not beyond faith,
which has nothing to do with science. The knowledge and love
of God is the end of life; for in God alone have we a permanent,
enduring object of desire. The infinite God is the all ; the world
of independent objects is the result of reflection or self-conscious-
ness, by which the infinite unity is broken up. God is thus over
and above the distinction of subject and object ; our knowledge is
butareflexorpicture of the infinite essence. Beingisnotthought.
The ego important; the tree and the image of the tree are but
onething. /aloneexist; thetree isbutamodificationof mymind.
Makes the ego absolute and infinite, tbe all, corresponding to the
substanceof Spinoza. This absolute manifests itself in two forms,
the ego and the non-ego, as nature and mind or spirit; nature
being spirit visible and spirit invisible nature. Subject and ob-
ject are identical in a third which is absolute. This absolute is
neither real nor ideal, neither nature nor mind, but both. This
absolute is God. He is all in all, the eternal sourceof all existence.
He realizes himself under one form as in objectivity, and under
another as subjectivity. He becomes conscious himself in man
through reason. Knowledge and being are identical. To know
the infinite we must be in the infinite, i. e., lose ourselves in the 9
universal. The tree and the ego are equally real or ideal, but they ^
are nothing else in their union but manifestation of the absolute.
Being and non-being the same. Being absolute, that is, uncondi-
tioned, apart from any individual tiling, is the same as nothing;
existence does not exclude non-existence; everything is contra-
dictory in itself; contradiction forms its essence; existence is
therefore identical with negation. Light without color or shade
is unapproachable. Must be united with darkness to be known.
The same with being and non being, subject and object, force
and weakness, etc. The only tiling existing is the idea, the
relative; the ego and the object the terms of the relation, and
these terms owe their being to such relation. God is overactive.
Creation without beginning or end, or infinite.
Space, time, and the categories of Kant have purely a subjective
origin, and are only valid for phenomena, which are merely
subjective representations in consciousness. The absolutely
real cannot be a transcendental object, for no object is without
a corresponding subject, and all objects are representations in
the subject and hence phenomena. The will includes. not only
conscious desire, but unconscious instinct as well, and all forces
which manifest themselves in inorganic nature. Consciousness
first becomes manifest in life in the objectification of the will.
Views pessimistic; this world not the best, but the worst of all
possible worlds. To will without motive, to suffer and struggle
incessantly, and then to die, and so on forever, until all life
disappears from the earth. Happiness, if any, comes through
the destruction of the will or desires — Nirvana.
" For not to desire or admire, if a man could learn it, were more
Than to walk all day like the sultan of old in a garden of spice."
—Tennyioti's " Maud." •
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ANCIENT GREEK AND MODERN PHILOSOPHERS AND FRILOSOPRY.— (Continued.)
Cousin, Victor (eclectic).
Corate, Auguste (positivism).
Hamilton, sir Willfam (conditional) .
Speuper, Herbert (evolution)
Hartman, Eduard von (philosophy of the unconscious).
Time.
1792.. 186T
1798.. 1857
1788.. 1856
1820..
Teachings.
All science referred to ideas, which must contain the explanation
of all things. There are 3 fundamental ideas: The infinite, the
finite, and the relation they sustain to each other. These 3
ideas are met with everywhere and in everything, a trinity in-
separable. A God without a world as incomprehensible as a
world without a God. Creation a necessity. History the de-
velopment of ideas; a nation, a century, a great man, each the
manifestation of an idea. His work on " The True, the Beauti-
ful, and the Good," pub. 1853. Philosophy without method or
precision.
The beginning and the end of things are unknowable for us. It is
only what lies between that can come within the sphere of our
knowledge. Repudiates all metaphysical hypotheses, neither
atheist nor theist, rejects Pantheism. History and science the 2
ideas or terms of positivism. 6 fundamental sciences: Mathe-
matics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, and sociology.
History justifies this order. His great work, "Coursde Philoso-
phic Positive," pub. 1839. " Philosophy of the Unconditioned "
pub. 1829.
Treats consciousness under 3 chief aspects: (1) As it is in itself ;
(2) as realized under actual conditions, (3) as a source of truth.
(1) Consciousness in itself is immediate or intuitive knowledge;
this involves the existence of both subject and object; it is the
affirmation by the subject implicitly of its own existence, ex-
plicitly of that of the object; (2) as realized under actual condi-
tions includes all particular forms of knowledge, and yet its de-
velopment into a whole is the effect of the agencies which make
up its contents; (3) as a source of truth consciousness is em-
bodied in the conditioned, and common-sense; the conditioned
being the only possible object of knowledge and of thought.
Quality realized under the twofold aspect of substance and phe-
nomenon; quantity under time, space, and degree; knowledge
essentially relative; self cannot be known except with and
through not-self ; natural realism a corollary of the general
principle of the relativity of knowledge; perception and sen-
sation differently related to the ego as space to thought and
sense, the reason supreme; freedom and necessity alike incon-
ceivable; pleasure the reflex in consciousness of the sponta-
neous and unimpeded exerci.se of power or energy; pain the
consciousness of overstrained or repressed exertion.
After Kant and Hamilton recognizes an unknowable power.
Knowable likenesses and differences among the manifestations
of that power, resulting in subject and object, space, time,
matter, and motion. Force persistent, never disappears — it is
only transformed. The law of evolution applies equally to all
orders of phenomena, astronomic, geologic, biologic, psychologic,
sociologic, etc. The genesis of religion he traces to ancestor
worship. The notion of another life from shadows, reflections,
echoes, etc , as doubles or the other self
' Presents the will of Schopenhauer and the absolute idea of Hegel
as necessary to a true philosophy of the world, both being at-
tributes of the workings of the unconscious. The unconscious
is will, wisdom, activity, creation continuous, and foreseeing
intelligence. Without thought it is the essence of thought, the
reality of consciousness, and so above consciousuess. It ex-
plains everything that lies within the range of creation, i.e.,
[ nature. " Philosophy of the Unconscious " pub. 18C9.
Pllipp§'S expedition. Capt. Phipps (afterwards
lord Mulgrave) sailed from England in com no and of the Sea-
horse and Carcase to make discoveries as near as possible to
the North Pole. In Aug. 1773, he was for 9 days environed
; with ice in the Frozen ocean, north of Spitzbergen, 80° 48' N.
' lat. All progress or retreat seemed impossible ; but a brisk
wind in 2 or 3 days accomplished their deliverance. They
1 returned to England without having made any discoveries,
'20 Sept. 1773. Horatio Nelson was coxswain to the second in
; command. Northeast and northwest passages.
plllogii'ton, a term employed by Stahl to designate the
matter or principle of fire , the " inflammabkprinciple " of bish-
lopWatson,near the closeof thel7thcentury Thechemicalthe-
lOry based upon it, refuted by Lavoisier, 1790, has been thought
jto have some resemblance to recent theories of atomic matter.
I Phocis, a state in N. Greece. The Phocians seized
! Delphi 357 b.c., and commenced the second Sacred war.
They were opposed by Thebes and other states, and were ut-
terly subdued by Philip II. of Macedou in 346.
I PllCEni'cia, on the sea-coast of Syria. The natives
iwere the most eminent navigators and traders of antiquity,
'their cities or allied states being Tyre, Sidon, Berytus, Tripoli,
iByblos, and Ptoleraais, or Acre. From the 19th to the 13th
century before Christ they established colonies on the shores
or isles of the Mediterranean— Carthage, Hippo, Utica, Gades,
Panormus (now Palermo)— and are said to have viate'dthe Brit-
ish isles. Phoenicia was.conquered by Cyrus, 537 if c. ; by Alex-
iinder,332; by the Romans, 47; and, after partaking of the fort-
unes of Palestine, was added to the Ottoman empire, 1516 a.d.
plioe'nix, a fabulous bird of Egypt and Arabia, said to
live 600 years, when from its ashes a young phcenix arose.
An account given of it by Herodotus.
Phoenix Park murder §. Ireland, 1882-83.
phonau'tograph. Acoustics.
plloneid'o§edpe, an instrument for observing the
color-figures of liquid films under the action of sonorous vibra-
tions, being a visible demonstration of the vibratory and molec-
ular motion of a telephone plate , invented by Sedley Taylor,
1877 ; manufactured by S.C. Tisley & Co., London, 1878.
pllO'nog'rapll, a machine proposed to be attached to
pianofortes and other keyed instruments, so that the playing
of any music upon them will automatically print the notes of
it on blank paper. It was patented by Mr. Fenby, 13 June,
1863. The motive-power is electro-magnetism. Machines
with a similar object v^ejK projected by Creed in 1747, J. F.
Unger in 1774, and by Carreyre in 1827.
A new phonograph by Thomas Alva Edison, electrician, of New
Jersey, was announced '. Oec. 1877
[Linear indentations are made by a pin pressed by the
voice in speaking or singing in a sheet of tin -foil, fixed on
a revolving cylinder, and from these casts may be taken.
When these are placed upon another cylinder revolving be-
fore a telephone, the sounds may be reproduced.]
Improved by Shelford Bidwell (Telephone) 1879
Prof Graham Bell's graphophone, a modification of the phono-
, graph, announced ."SSt Nov. 188'/
Emile Berliner of Washington announces his gramophone, a
modification ofjjcott's phonautograph Nov. "
Improved instrument by Mr Edison for postal communication ;
announced 21 Nov. 1887; successful experiment 12 May, 1888
Edison greatly improves the phonograph. Considered perfect
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in tho record, reproduction, and preservation of sounds of
all kinds (wax used instead of tinfoil) Nov. 1888
Edison adapts his phonograph to a water-motor as well as to
electricity Sept. 1890
ptaOIIOg'rapliy (from Gr. <pwvri, sound, and ypdfio,
to write), suggested by Franklin, 1768. The Phonetic Society,
whose object was to render writing and printing more conso-
nant to Bound, was established 1 Mch. 1843 ; sir W. C. Trevel-
yan president, and Isaac Pitman secretary, the latter being
the inventor of the sj'stem, which was made known in 1837.
Among other works published by the promoters of the system
was the " Phonetic News," in 1849. Visible speech.
"Pickwick Papers in Shorthand," first of a series pub. by Pit-
man 1 May, 1883
"Solfa System of Shorthand," Qrst pub 5 Feb. 1887
pho'no§COpC, an apparatus for testing the quality of
musical strings, invented by M. Koenig, and exhibited at the
International Exhibition in 1862.
Mr. Edmunds's phonoscope, exhibited to the British Association,
Aug. 1878, is an instrument for producing figures and light from
the vibrations of sound.
phOipliate, a salt of phosphoric acid. In chemistry
a generic term for salts formed by the union of the acid-anhy-
dride Pa O5 with a basis, or water or both. Phosphorite is a
name given to many impure forms of amorphous aptite, modi-
fied more or less by disintegration. The South Carolina and
Florida phosphates belong to this category. — Encyc. Brit, 9th
ed., sub. phosphates. As phosphoric acid is one of the most
important elements of plant-food, no soil can be productive
which is destitute of it; as the plant in its growth draws this
important element from the soil, it must be restored to replace
the outlay. Phosphorus. The ancient cultivators of the
soil recognized this necessity and the Romans used the excre-
ments from their pigeon-houses, while Edrisi relates that the
Arabians as early as 1154 used guano (bird deposits) found
along the Arabian coast for agricultural purposes. Guano.
It was not, however, until the early part of this century, when
Liebig and others showed the importance of phosphoric acid
in vegetable life, that artificial manures came into use, and it
is only in the last 20 years that the mining of natural phos-
phates with their conversion into super-phosphates has as-
sumed its present great importance. The importance of this
fertilizer is shown by the following statistics: World's con-
sumption of phosphates for 1891 was 1,587,133 tons, of which
the United States produced 757,133 tons, mostly mined from
South Carolina and Florida.
pho§pllor- bronze, an alloy of copper, tin, and
phosphorus, invented by messrs. Montefiore-Levi and Kiinzel,
of Belgium, in 1867. It is very hard, ductile, and elastic, with
a color resembling gold.
phospliores'cence is properly the glow of a sub-
stance which has absorbed light, when removed into darkness,
and is so called from the faint luminosity shown by phosphorus
when rubbed in the dark. Observed by the ancients; especially
noticed by Vincenzo Cascariolo (1602), Boyle, Canton, Wilson,
and others; and especially studied bj' Edmond Becquerel and
Balmain. The phosphorescence of decayed wood is due to the
presence of mycelium of Agricus melleus, a species of fungi.
This property is also possessed by certain plants, and in the ani-
mal kingdom several infusoria, polyps, fishes, etc., and in the
insect world the glowworm and fire-fly are notable examples.
phos'phorus was discovered in 1667 by Brandt, of
Hamburg, who procured it from urine. The discovery was
prosecuted by John Kunckel, a Saxon chemist, about 1670,
and by the hon. R. Boyle about the same time. — Nouv. Diet.
Phosphoric acid is first mentioned in 1743, but is said to have
been known earlier. Gahn pointed out its existence in bones
in 1769, and Scheelie devised a process for extracting it. Can-
ton's phosphorus is so called from its discoverer, 1768. It is
one of the most universally distributed elements, being found
in all animal and vegetable matter, as well as in eruptive and
sedimentary rocks. Phosphoric acid composes over 40 per
cent, of the ashes of bones, and in the vegetable kingdom it is
especially abundant in seeds. The ash of wheat contains over
49 per cent, of phosphoric acid. Phosphuretted hydrogen was
discovered by Gengembre in 1812. The consumption of phos-
phorus has immensely increased since the invention of lucifer
matches. In 1845, Schrotter, of Vienna, discovered allotropic |
or amorphous phosphorus, which ignites more slowly and is
less unwholesome in working than ordinary phosphorus.
photOg'raphy. A lens, now in the British museum,
was found in the ruins of Nineveh. The Camera-obscura
provided with a lens was described by Giovanni Baptiste
Porta in 1589. As early as 1556, Fabricius published a book
on metals. He was acquainted with the fact that horn sil-
ver (a compound of silver and chlorine) turned black on ex-
posure to the sunlight. J. H. Schulze, in 1727, obtained
copies from writing by transmitted sunlight on a surface pre-
pared with a mixture of chalk and silver nitrate, the writing
appearing white. Scheele of Stralsund, in 1777, proved that
light decomposes chloride of silver. Thomas Wedgwood, as-
sisted by Humphry Davy, obtained prints on paper and white
leather made sensitive to light by a coating of silver nitrate
and placed underneath paintings on glass and exposed to sun-
light. Davy published an account of the experiment in the
Journal of the Royal Imtitute for 1802. The advance in the
science of photography may be seen in the following table :
Process. Time required. Discovered.
Heliography 6 hours' exposure 1816
Daguerrotype 30 minutes' " I83i>
Calotype or talbotype 3 " " 1841
Collodion 10 seconds' " 1851
Collodion emulsion (dry plate). .15 " " 18(54:
Gelatine emulsion , 1 second " 1878
Joseph Nic^phore Ni^pce of Chalons (1765-1833), the inventor
of photolithography, discovers the bitumen process in pho-
tography about 1813, and produces the first permanent pho-
tograph by aid of the camera about 1816
Niepce forms a partnership with Louis Jacques Mand€ Da-
guerre, who began investigations in photography about 1824. 182^
Henry Fox-Talbot (1800-77) obtains a "photogenic drawing "
of his residence, Lacock Abbey, on prepared paper exposed
in the camera-obscura about an hour 1835
On condition that he publish his process in France without
patenting, the French government settles on Daguerre a
life pension of 6000 francs per annum, and on his partner,
Isidore Niepce, 4000 francs per annum (1838). Daguerre
takes out a patent in England 1830
Hyposulphite of soda, discovered by Chaussier in 1799, and its
solvent power on haloid salts of silver, demonstrated by sir
John Herschel as early as 1819, is suggested by him and
adopted for fixing daguerrotypes "
Herschel suggests the use of glass plates in photography "
First attempt at portraiture by photography made by John W.
Draper, professor of chemistry in the University of New
York, by dusting the sitter's face with flour; successful por-
traits made independently by S. F. B. Morse in Oct "
First photograph of the moon is presented to the Lyceum of
Natural History in New York by prof Draper Mch. 1840
Talbot discovers that sensitive paper brushed with a mixture
of gallic acid and nitrate of silver and exposed wet in the
camera, produces a picture in 2 or 3 minutes, from which
copies can be taken by transmitted light on sensitive paper
(Sept. 1840). His discovery (disputed by rev. J. B. Reade) he .
calls the calotype process and patents Feb. 1%0A
Sir John Herschel invents "blue prints," and first applies the 3
term " negative " to photography 1840-42
First issue of "The Pencil of Nature," a book illustrated by
calotype prints by Fox-Talbot, appears 1844
Albumen process on glass published by Niepce de St. Victor. . . 1848
Colored photographs, evanescent however, produced by Robert
Hunt of England, in 1843, and by Edmond Becquerel of France, "
Humphrey's Journal of Photography and the Allied Arts and
Sciences, the first of its kind in the U. S., begins publication, 1850
Collodion process in photography, suggested by Gustave Le
Gray in 1849, and by Robert J. Bingham in 1850, is devel-
oped by Frederick Scott Archer of England, and described
in the London Chemist Mch. 1851
Instantaneous views made by Mr. Cady and Alexander Beckers
in New York ''
Talbot produces instantaneous pictures by a flash-light from
Leyden-jars lasting the .0001 part of a second "
First public exhibition of photography, held under the auspices
of the Society of Arts, in the Adelphi, London 22 Dec. 1852
Photographic Society of London, since 1876 styled the Photo-
graphic Society of Great Britain, established 30 Jan. 1853
Process of "vignetting," or shading of portrait background.?,
described by Latimer Clark Dec. "
Albumen paper introduced by Talbot about 1854
Collodion -albumen dry plates, the first practical dry-plate proc-
ess, published by dr. J. M. Taupenot, French scientist 1»55
Cartes-de-visite "portraits taken by M. Ferrier at Nice 185^
Photographic composition, or combination printing, introduced
in 1855, and Oscar G. Rejlander of Wolverhampton sends to
the Manchester exhibition a large photograph, called "The
Two Ways of Life," which he printed from 30 negatives. .. .
Toning process, introduced by the French scientist Fizeau in
1841, is perfected by Maxwell-Lyte lo^S
Prof. 0. N. Rood of Troy, N. Y., describes his process of micro-
photography in American Journal of Science (No. 82) 18"^
Mr. Thompson of Weymouth photographs the bottom of the ^^
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Ammonia first used in developing pictures by Anthony and
Broda in the U. S 1862
Magnesium light employed for photography by Mr. Brothers
of Manchester 1864
"Magic photographs," on process known to Herschel in 1840,
produced upon blank paper by a blotting-pad saturated with
hyposulphite of soda, obtain widespread popularity — about 1866
Fogging of collodion plates prevented by use of aqua regia,
recommended by Carey Lea of Philadelphia Apr. 1870
Photographs of the first page of the Times, Ik inches long by
1 inch wide, sent from Bordeaux to Paris by balloons. . .Jan. 1871
Spectra of the stars, showing the fixed lines, photographed for
the first time by dr. Draper, with telescopic apparatus con-
structed by himself 1872
W. Willis, jr., inventor of the platinotype process, takes out a
patent in England June, 1873
"Albumen -beer dry-plate process," devised by capt. Abney,
and used by expeditions to study the transit of Venus 1874
" Beechey dry plates " described by rev. canon Beechey of
England Oct. 1875
Ferrous oxalate used as a developer by Carey Lea in America
and Willis in England 1877
H. Van der Weyde, an American artist, succeeds in making
electric light very effectual in photography 1876-78
Use of gelatine emulsion with bromide of silver, imperfectly
known as early as 1850 by Gustave Le Gray, displaces the
collodion process 1878
Dr. Draper photographs the nebulae in Orion 1880-81
Bust of Daguerre (1787-1851), the contribution of photographers
of all civilized nations, unveiled at Cormeilles, near Paris... 1883
Roller slide, invented by A. J. Melhuish in England in 1854,
and M. Leon Warnerker, a Hungarian engineer, in 1871,
practically applied in photography by Eastman, Walker &
Co., of Rochester, N. Y 1885
Gelatino-bromide paper for negatives introduced in U. S. and
England by Eastman Co "
Complete photographic map of the heavens, begun by the In-
ternational Photographic Congress of Astronomers of the
World organized in Paris; charts of the whole heavens ex-
pected in 10 years 1887
W. E. Woodbury's " Encyclopaedia of Photography " pub 1890
M. Marey's chromo-photograph for animal motions applied by
M. G. Demeny to the movement of the lips in speech, the re-
sult being readable by deaf-mutes Aug. 1891
F. E. Ives, at the Royal Institution, London, 10, 17 May, 1892, ex-
hibited his patented method of photographing colors.
Photoheliograph, an apparatus for registering the position of the
Bun's spots by means of clockwork and photography; erected at
the suggestion of sir John Herschel at Kew observatory about
1857. It was used by Warren de la Rue to photograph the disc
of the sun during the eclipse oT 18 July, 1860.
Photogalvanography, the art of producing engravings by the action of
light and electricity. The earliest specimens were produced by
Nic^phore Niepce, and presented by him in 1827 to the great
botanist, Robert Brown. Great advances have since been made
in this art by Nidpce de St. Victor (who published a treatise on
it in 1856), Vitry, W. R. Grove, H. Fox-Talbot, etc. In 1852 Paul
Pretsch patented a process which he called "Photogalvanography. "
Photoglyphy and Photogravure (a process by which light etches a
picture on a plate that may be printed from) was patented by
Mr. Fox-Talbot in 1858, and is described and exeuiplifled in the
Photographic News, 9 and 16 Sept. 18.59.
Photozincography (a process by which photographs are transferred to
zinc plates which may be printed from) was devised by sir Henry
James, chief of the ordnance survey, and made known in 1860. By
it maps, charts, and engravings may be printed at small cost.
Photo -sculpture. M. Vill6me's employment of photographs in the
formation of sculpture was announced in 1863.
j pllOtom'eter (light-measurer); one was constructed
by dr. W. Ritchie in 1825. Many improvements have been
I made recently in connection with photograph^^
I Stellar photometry, the measurement of the light of the stars, much
! studied by Herschel, Argelander, Pritchard, and others. W. J.
Dibdin describes his application of terrestrial photometry to stel-
lar light, in his "Guide to the Measurement of Light," pub. 1889.
pho'tophone. In this apparatus, constructed by
Iprof. Graham Bell and Sumner Tainter of Washington, in
i 1880, a thin plane mirror is thrown into vibration by the
[voice; a beam of light is reflected from this mirror and re-
■j ceived at a distance by a cell of the metal selenium ; when,
:by arrangement, this is connected with a telephone, the
i sounds are reproduced.
■ pllo'tO§pliere. Sun.
plireiiol'og-y, the study of the form, texture, dimen-
sions, and distribution of parts of the brain as the organ of
i mental powers and moral qualities. Dr. Gall, the propounder,
jwas a German physician, born Mch. 1758, and his first observa-
Itions were among his school-fellows. Observing that in these
lan " ox-eye," a full, protuberant eye-ball, was always associated
with fiuency in language, and that an eye sunk below the
cheek-bone was found oiily in tho.se slow and unready of speech,
he inferred that the part of the brain just behind the eye is
the organ of language. Afterwards he studied the heads of
criminals and others, and eventually reduced his ideas to a
system, describing the brain as composed of some 40 or more
distinct organs, some estimate of the comparative and even of
the actual power of which he believed could be formed from
an examination of the skull. His first lecture was given at
Vienna in 1796 ; but in 1802 the Austrian government prohib-
ited his teaching. In 1800 he was joined by dr. Spurzheim ;
and in 1810-12 they published at Paris their work on the
"Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous System, and of the
Brain in particular." Gall died in 1828. The researches of
Gall and Spurzheim led to increased study of the brain.
Combe's " Phrenology," first pub. in 1819, is the popular Eng-
lish work on this subject. Phrenological societies were formed
early in London and Edinburgh.
Introduced into the United States by dr. Charles Caldwell of North
Carolina, about 1825. Among the most active of its teachers were
0. S. Fowler and S. R. Wells. They established the Phrenological
Journal, 1863.
The system of Gall was opposed by lord Jeffrey in the Edinburgh Re-
view in 1826, and more recently by dr. W. B. Carpenter. Prof. Ferrier
reported the results of researches tending to prove localization of
certain faculties in the brain to the British Association, Sept. 1873.
Phryg'ia, now Karama'llia, a province in Asia
Minor, became part of the Persian empire in 537 b.c., and par-
took of its changes. It became a Roman province in 47 B.C.,
and a Turkish one 1392 a.d.
Phryg'ian cap,*the red cap of Liberty, worn by the
leaders of the French Revolution, 1792; in shape, the same as
that of the ancient Phrygians. In Roman history a badge
denoting emancipation from slavery, worn by emancipated
slaves, and probably selected bj'^ the French leaders for this
reason, as denoting manumission from the thraldom of tyrants.
physician§. Medical science.
pliy8ic§ and ptiysici§tS. Acoustics, Astronomy,
Chemistry, Electricity, Optics, Philosophy, etc.
pliysiog^'nomy, a science which affirms that the dis-
positions of mankind may be discovered from the features of
the face. The origin of the term is referred to Aristotle ; and
Cicero was attached to the science. It became a fashionable
study from the beginning of the 16th century; and in the last
century, the essays of Le Cat and Pernethy led to the modern
system. Lavater's researches arose from observing the singu-
lar countenance of a soldier who passed under a window at
which he and Zimmerman were standing; his " Fragment "
on this subject appeared in 1776.
pliy§iology is that part of physics which treats of the
inner constitution of animals and plants, and the several func-
tions and operations of all their organs and tissues. The works
of Miiller, Milne-Edwards, Huxley, Foster, and Carpenter are
much celebrated ; and Todd's " Cyclopaedia of Physiology "
(1836-1859) is a library in itself. Medical science.
pianoforte {pe-m'o-Jor'-le'). The nucleus of the in-
strument was a little box over which were stretched strings;
such was the citole, the dulcimer, and the psaltery. The clavi-
therium had keys; the clavichord (about 1500) had dampers;
successive improvements were the virginals (on which queen
Elizabeth played), the spinet (about 1700), and the harpsichord
(with 2 rows of keys), said to have been used in the 15th cen-
tury, for which Bach and Handel composed in the 17th century.
A collection of harpsichords (one dated 1555) is in the South
Kensington museum. The invention of the piano is attrib-
uted to Cristofalli (or Cristofori), an Italian, J. C. Schroter, a
German, and Marius, a Frenchman, early in the 18th century.
The strings are struck by small hammers, and not by quills as
in harpsichords. Schroter is said to have presented a model
of his invention to the court of Saxony in 1717, and G. Silber-
man manufactured pianofortes Avith considerable success in
1772. Pianofortes were made in London by M. Zumpie, a Ger-
man, 1766, and have been since greatly improved by Clementi,
Broadwood, Collord, Kirkman, Erard, Pleyel, Chickering & Sons
of Boston, Mass., Steinway & Co. of New York, and others.
Upright pianos, first made in England, were suggested by Isaac
Hawkins in 1800. and Thomas Loud in 1802. William Southwell
patented "cabinet pianos " in 1807; superseded, from about 1840,
by the cottage, piccolo, and other pianos.
A keyed instrument at Modena was named "piano e forte," 1598.
A "stone pianoforte," formed of a series of flints and other stones
of various sizes, collected in France, and arranged by M. Baudre,
was played on by him at the Royal Institution on 16 Mch. 1866.
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A double piauoforto (with 2 keyboards reversed), giving remarkable
effects (patented by M. M. Mengeot), played on at Covent Garden
theatre, 21 Oct. 1878.
See Grove's " Dictionary of Music," article Pianoforte.
PIc'ardy, a province of N. France, was conquered by
the English in 1346, and by the duke of Burgundy in 1417,
to whom it was ceded by the treaty of Arras, 21 Sept. 1435,
and annexed to France by Louis XL, 1463.
Pic'cadilly, a fine street in W. London. The name,
of uncertain origin, was Pickadilla and Pigudello, about 1660,
when a house of entertainment existed near the Haymarket,
termed Pickadilly hall, after which buildings were gradually
extended westwards.
pic'COlo, a small flute an octave higher than the or-
dinary flute, introduced by Robert Wornum in 1829.
Piceil'tllies, a Sabine tribe, subdued by the Romans,
and their capital, Asculura, taken, 268 b.c. They began the
Social war in 90, and were conquered in 89 b.c.
picquet (^p?-fca), a game with cards, invented, it is said,
by Joquerain for tlie amusement of Charles VL of France, then
in feeble health, 1390. — MezSray.
PIctS (from picti, painted), Scythians, who landed in
Scotland just about the time that the Scots began to seize
upon the Hebrides, or Western Isles (Ebudes). They after-
wards lived as 2 distinct nations — the Scots in the highlands
and isles, and the Picts in that part now called the lowlands.
Between 838 and 842, the Scots under Kenneth IL totally sub-
dued the Picts, and seized all their kingdom. Their incursions
in England led to the Saxon invasion. Hadrian's wall.
Piedmont (Lat. Pedemontiuvi, foot of the mountain),
a region in N. Italy, formerly the seat of government of the
kingdom of Sardinia. Savoy.
Pierce, Franklin, administration of. United States,
1853-57.
Pietl§t§, a Lutheran sect, instituted in Leipsic by Philip
James Spener, a professor of theologj^ about 1689, with the view
of reforming the popular religion. He established " colleges of
Pietists," with preachers resembling those of the Society of
Friends and the Methodists in Britain, about 1760. A body re-
sembling the Pietists, named Chasidim, arose among the Jews in
the Ukraine, and spread through Poland and European Turkey.
piezam'eter (Gr. 7rt£^a>, I compress), an apparatus for
measuring the compressibility of liquids, invented by (Ersted
(d. 1851); improved by Despretz and Saigey.
pig^eon§ were employed as carriers by the ancients.
Hirtius and Brutus corresponded by means of pigeons at the
siege of Modena. The pigeons of Aleppo served as couriers
at Alexandretta and Bagdad. 32 pigeons liberated in London
at 7 o'clock in the morning of 22 Nov. 1819 ; at noon one
of them arrived at Antwerp ; a quarter of an hour afterwards
a second arrived ; the remainder on the following day. — Phil-
lips. At a pigeon race, 25 July, 1872, from Spalding to Lon-
don, the time allowed was 90 seconds a mile. Tournament
flying was inaugurated in the United States in 1886. Com-
petition open throughout the entire year. In 1889 the best rec-
ord stood 1476 yards per minute ; same year best long distance
625 miles in 11 hrs. 25 min., average 1349 yards per minute;
1891, 100 miles, average 1374 yards per minute ; same year 325
miles, average 1733 yards per minute. Post-office, 18'?0.
pike, a weapon of war. Before the introduction of the
BAYONET, infantry— that is, heavy-armed footmen — were from
the earliest times armed with the pike or spear, consisting of
a stout pole, 10 to 14 feet long, tipped with a flat-pointed iron
head, sometimes with cutting sides, from 6 to 18 inches long.
The Macedonian pike was 24 feet long. Phalanx, As a
defence against cavalry the pike was of great value, till guns
and gunpowder superseded it.
Pilgriinag^e of Orace, name given to an in-
surrection commencing in Lincolnshire, Engl., in Sept. 1536,
caused by the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII. ;
such suppression being very unpopular among the people.
The Lincolnshire movement was easily suppressed ; but it was
soon revived in Yorkshire, Durham, and Lancaster, where, un-
der the leadership of one Aske, and several other men, the
force was raised to 40,000, with banners on which were de- |
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picted a crucifix, a chalice, and the five wounds of Christ.
Their object was the restoration of the monasteries and sup-
pression of heresy. They took Hull, York, and Pomfret castle.
The duke of Norfolk proceeded against them with a force of
about 5000 men. Numerous negotiations followed, while no
general engagement ensued, owing to severe storms, until after
several months the insurrection came to an end on promise
of general pardon, etc. A number of executions of gentle-
men, knights, and nobility followed.
pilgrinia|J[e§ began with the pilgrimage of the em-
press Helena to Jerusalem, 326. They became very frequent
at the close of the 10th century. Robert II. of France made
several pilgrimages; among others one to Rome about the
year 1016, perhaps in 1020, when he refused the imperial dig-
nity and the kingdom of Italy. The pilgrimage to Canterbury
is described by Chaucer in his " Canterbury Tales" about 1383.
The pilgrimage of Mahometans to Mecca, the birthplace of
the prophet, is commanded in the Koran. Pilgrimages to
shrines of the Virgin Mary in France revived in 1873, and
since, in consequence of miracles alleged to have taken place
at La Salette in 1846, and at Lourdes, 11 Feb. 1858 ; those of
La Salette discredited by pope Leo X., 1879. Sacked heart.
For children's pilgrimages. Crusades.
American pilgrims received by the pope 9 June, 1874
English Roman Catholic pilgrimage to shrine of St. Edmund,
archbishop of Canterbury, at Pontigny Sept. "
English pilgrimage to Lourdes directed by the '-Catholic Union
of Great Britain;" start proposed; given up Aug. 1880
Boulogne.
Pilgrim fatlier§, first settlers of New England.
Massachusetts, 1620.
** Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which
is to Come," written by John Bunyan, in Bedford jail, where he
was imprisoned 12 years, 1660-72. The first part pub. in 1678. .
A Hebrew version appeared in 1851. Bedford. M^
pillar saints. Monachism. ^|
pll'lory, a scaffold for persons to stand on, to render
them publicly infamous. This punishment was inflicted in
England on persons convicted of forgery, perjury, libelling,
etc. In some cases the head was put through a hole, the
hands through 2 others, the nose slit, the face branded with
one or more letters, and one or both ears were cut off. There
is a statute of the pillory, 41 Hen. III. 1256. Many persons
died in the pillorj' by being struck with stones by the mob,
and pelted with rotten eggs and putrid offal. It was abol-
ished as a punishment except for perjury, 1815, and totally
abolished in 1837. The last who suffered at the Old Bailey
was Peter James Bossy, for perjury, 24 June, 1830. _
pinellbecl4,analloyof25percent.ofzincand75copper,
used for watch-cases, etc., named after Christopher Pinchbeck,
a toy-seller in Cockburn street, London, who died Mch. 1873.
pine. Flowers and Plants.
pine-tree flag, a flag with a pine-tree in a white centre,
used by New England at the commencement of the Revolution.
Pinkie, near Edinburgh. Here the English totally de-
feated the Scots, 10 Sept. 1547.
pins have been found in British barrows {Fosbroke), and
are mentioned in a statute of England of 1483. Brass pins
were brought from France in 1540, and first used in England la
by Catherine Howard, wife of Henry VIII. Pins were made |l
in England in 1543. — Stowe. They were first manufactured fl
by machinery in England in 1824, under a patent procured
there by Lemuel Wellman Wright, an American. Among the
earlier inventors of machinery for pin-making in the United
States was John J. Howe, 1836, and Samuel Slocum, 1838; the
latter also invented a pin-sticking machine, 1840. Great im-
provements have since been made. The annual production
of pins in the U. S. has a value of over $1,000,000.
piracy, properly the business of cruising on the high
seas for plunder, forcible robbery at sea. It was practised
from the earliest days of navigation, and the Romans in the
time of Julius Caesar made great national exertions to suppress
the pirates. By the laws of all civilized nations, piracy is
punishable by death. Pompey destroyed the Cilician pirates,
67 B.c. Buccaneers; Barataria bay; Kidd, the pirate;
Rhode Island, 1728, The slave trade was made piracy by
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the statute law of Great Britain and the United States.— The
publication of a copyrighted book without license from the
owner is often improperly termed piracy.
Piraeus, the port of Athens, was united to the city by
2 long walls, one erected by Themistocles and the other by
Pericles, 456 B.C., which were destroyed by Lysander, 404 b.c.
These walls, about 4J miles long and 60 feet high, were of
stone, and wide enough at the top to allow 2 wagons to pass
each other. It was fortified by Conon, 393 B.C. The Piraeus
was able to contain 400 Greek vessels. It was occupied by
the French during the Russian war in 1854.
Pisa {pee' so), an ancient city in Tuscany, was founded
about 6 centuries before Christ, and was favored by the early
Roman emperors as a flourishing republic. The citizens took
an active part in the Italian wars of the middle ages, but became
subject to Florence, after a long siege, 1405-6. In 1494 Pisa
became independent under the protection of Charles VIII. of
France, but was retaken by the Florentines in 1509. The uni-
versity was founded in 1343, and revived by the Medici in
1472 and 1542. The rival popes, Benedict XIII. and Gregory
XII., were deposed at a council held at Pisa in 1409, and Alex-
ander V. elected in their place. The Campanile or leaning
tower was built about 1154, to contain bells, and stands in a
square close to the cathedral. It is built entirely of white
marble, and is a cylinder of 8 stories, each adorned with a
round of columns. It inclines so far that a plummet dropped
from the top, which is 188 feet in height, falls 16 feet from
the base. Some have imagined that the inclination was de-
signed by the architect; but it is certainly due to a gradual
subsidence of the foundation during its construction. The
efforts of the builders to counteract this by making the colon-
nade higher in upper stories on the side that was depressed
are easily seen. From this tower Galileo made his observa-
tion on gravitation (about 1635).
pistols, the smallest fire-arms, said to have been in-
vented at Pistoia in Italy ; were first used by the cavalry of
England about 1544. Of late years they have been made
with a revolving cylindrical breech, in which are formed sev-
eral chambers for receiving cartridges, and bringing them in
Buccession into a line with the barrel ready for firing. The
earliest model of this kind of arm is to be found in the mu-
seum of the United Service Institution, and is supposed to date
from the reign of Charles I. An 8-chambered matchlock re-
volver of the 16th century is placed in the Royal Artillery
museum, Woolwich. The manufacture of pistols by machin-
ery was first introduced into England from the United States,
in the year 1853, by col. Colt, who invented the Colt revolv-
ing pistol, 1851. This system induced the British govern-
ment to establish the Enfield armory, in 1855. Fire-arms.
Pitcairn's island, in the Pacific ocean, said to have
been discovered by Pitcairn in 1768, seen by Cook in 1773,
and since colonized by 10 mutineers from the ship Bounty,
capt. Bligh, in 1789. Bounty mutiny.
The mutineers remained unknown to England until discovered ac-
. cidentally in 1814. A ship nearing the island was hailed in the
English language by a swarthy youth, when it appeared that the
mutineers, soon after settling there, had married some black wom-
. en from a neighboring island, and had become a well-conducted
community under the care of Adams, the principal mutineer.
He died in 1829, when Nobbs, an Englishman, who arrived a few
years before, became chief In Aug. 1852 adm. Moresby spent
a few days on the island. By his means Nobbs was sent to Eng-
land and obtained ordination. As their numbers increased, the isl-
and proved incapable of their support, its area being but 3 sq. miles.
The English government removedsomeof them, with their property,
in the ship Morayshire, on 3 May, 1856,aud landed them,after a bois-
terous passage, on Norfolk island, prepared previously for their re-
ception, 8 June. The government stocked Norfolk island with 2000
sheep, 450 head of cattle, and 20 horses, and gave them stores to
last 12 months; their numbers were 96 males and 102 females.
Pitcairn's island, visited by British ship Petrel, was found to be
prosperous, Dec. 1875; 86 inhabitants, 2 Mch. 1878: 93, 15 Aug.
1879; in 1890, 126.
Pittsburg, known as " The Smoky City " or " The
Iron City " from its extensive iron industries and manufact-
ures, covers an area of 29| square miles, lying between the
Alleghany and Monongahela rivers at their confluence with
the Ohio in western Pennsylvania. It takes its name from
fort Pitt, erected at that point in 1759. Washington visited
fort Pitt in Oct. 1770, and says of the town, distant about 300
yards from the fort : " The houses, which are built of logs and
ranged in streets, are on the Monongahela, and I suppose may
be about twenty in number and inhabited by Indian traders."
A census of the borough, published in the Pittsburg Gazette,
9 Jan. 1796, gives the population as 1395 ; in 1800 Pittsburg
contained 1565 inhabitants, and by decades since the popula-
tion has been, 1810, 4768; 1820, 7248; 1830, 12,568; 1840,
21,115; 1850,46,601, 1860,49,221; 1870,86,076; 1880,156,389:
1890, 238,617. Lat. 40° 33' N. ; Ion. 80° W.
Leaden plate deposited at forks of the Ohio by capt. Louis
Clorou, a French officer despatched by governor-general of
New France to take possession of the country, bore date, 3 Aug. 1749
Washington, standing on the site of Pittsburg, pronounces it
" extremely well situated for a fort, as it has absolute com-
mand of both rivers " 24 Nov. 1753
Stockade erected by capt. Trent, who arrives 17 Feb. 1754
Unfinished stockade, commanded by ensign Ward with 40 men
is surrendered to the French under capt. Conlrecouer, who
brings 60batteaux, 300 canoes, 18 pieces of cannon, and 1000
men, 17 Apr., and begins erection of fort Duquesne Apr. "
Fort Duquesne burned and evacuated by the French, 24 Nov., is
occupied by British under gen. Forbes (Pennsylvania), 25 Nov. 1758
Fort Pitt erected on site of fort Duquesne by gen. Stanwix,
Sept. 1759, completed in spring 1760
Redoubt, between Penn st. and Duquesne way, erected by col.
Bouquet (Pennsylvania) 1764
Col. John Campbell lays out 4 squares of village lots near the
fort, between Water and Second and Ferry and Market sts. . "
First shingle-roofed house, a 2-story, double hewn log, erected
on corner Water and Ferry sts. by col. George Morgan, about "
Survey of the "manor of Pittsburg " completed and returned,
embracing 5766 acres.. . .». 19 May, 1769
Fort Pitt abandoned by British under orders of gen. Gage, Oct. 1772
Fort Pitt occupied by Virginia troops under capt. John Neville,
11 Sept. 1775
First sale of lots made by John Penn, jr., to Isaac Craig and
Stephen Bayard, comprising about 3 acres of ground between
fort Pitt and the Alleghany river Jan. 1784
Laying out of the town completed by Thomas Vickroy, June,
1784, and approved by attorney of the proprietors. . .30 Sept. "
First number of the Pittsburg Gazette, issued by John Scull and
Joseph Hall 29 July, 1786
Post ordered by the government between Philadelphia and
Pittsburg Sept. "
Mayflower, the first boat with New England emigrants bound
for the mouth of the Muskingum, passes Pittsburg. . .3 Apr. J788
Alleghany laid out 1789
Small blast furnace (abandoned after 3 years), known as An-
schutz's, is erected at what is now Shady Point, 3 miles
from the Union depot, on the Pennsylvania railroad 1792
Meeting of "sundry inhabitants of the western counties of
Pennsylvania " to consider legal means against the law tax-
ing spirits, at Pittsburg (Whiskey insurrection) 21 Aug. "
Pittsburg incorporated as a borough 22 Apr. 1794
Line of keel boats established between Cincinnati and Pittsburg, "
Whiskey insurgents assemble at Braddocks for the purpose of
attacking Pittsburg; they march into the place, are treated
to refreshments, and most of them march out again... July, "
Army of 1500 men under gen, Lee arrive at Pittsburg to pro-
tect the place and suppress the insurgents Nov. "
Manufacture of glass, begun in 1795, is extended by gen. James
O'Hara and maj. Isaac Craig, who establish a glass house
with 8 pots, with capacity of 3 boxes at a blowing 1796
President Adams, first of 2 armed galleys, and first sea-going
vessel built on the Ohio, launched at Pittsburg 19 May, 1798
First paper-mill built "
Schooner Amity, 120 tons, and ship Pittsburg, 250 tons, sea-
going vessels, built by a company at the head of which was
Louis Anastasius Tarascon, launched at Pittsburg 1801
Branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania established on east side of
Second St., near Ferry st Jan. 1804
First iron foundery in Pittsburg erected by Joseph McClurg. . . "
First stage line from Pittsburg to Chambersburg opened. May, 1805-
Steam flouring-mill erected at corner Water st. and Redoubt
alley by Oliver and Owen Evans 1809
First steamboat built in Pittsburg, the Neiv Orleans, about 400
tous, 138 feet keel, launched (snagged and lost near Baton
Rouge, La., in 1814) Mch. 1811
Rolling-mill erected by Christopher Cowan on corner Penn st.
and Cecil's alley 1812
Steel furnace erected by Taper and McKowan 1813
United States arsenal built 1814
Bank of Pittsburg incorporated and organized 22 Nov. ' '
Pittsburg incorporated as a city under the style of the "mayor,
aldermen, and citizens of Pittsburg " by act 18 Mch. 1816
Bridge over the Monongahela and over the Alleghany at St.
Clair St. built 1819
Water-works established, taking supply from the Alleghany
river about 1 mile from its mouth 1824
Second rolling-mill in the city, the first to puddle and to roll
bar iron, was the Union mill erected in 1819 on the Monon-
gahela, and accidentally blown up and dismantled in 1829
P'irst boat on Pennsylvania canal arrives at Pittsburg. .10 Nov. "
Great freshet on the Ohio Feb. 1832
Manufacture of blister steel begun by G. and H. Shoenberger
about 1833
First'boat built of iron that navigated the western waters was
the Valley Forge, 180 feet long ; the frame of angle iron,
beams of T iron, and outside of 3^ inch Juniata boiler-plate;
launched at Pittsburg during summer of 1839
PIT (J38
Chronicle Telegraph established 1841
Daily Post established 1842
Improvement of Mouougahela river by locks and dams, begun
1843, and opened to National road at Urownsville.. .13 Nov. 1844
Fire destroys ".)82 buildings, covering 5(5 acres, along the Mo-
nongahelu river front nearly a mile; loss $3,479,950. .10 Apr. 1846
Alleghany ceiuotery established "
Iron war-vessel George M. Bibb built and launched; dimen-
aions 210 ft. keel. 21 ft. beam, 17 ft. depth of hold "
Daily Dispatch established 1846
Mercy hospital chartered 1848
Board of Health created by act of Assembly approved. .8 Apr. 1851
Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad opened to New Brighton, 28
miles July, "
Library association founded '•
Western Pennsylvania hospital organized, 9 Mch. 1847; char-
tered IS Mch. 1848, and hospital building opened Jan. 1853
Crucible cast-steel, of the best quality, made as a regular prod-
uct by Hussey, Wells & Co 1859
Clinton blast furnace of Graff, Bennett & Co. blown in Oct. '•
Order ffom secretary of war, John B. Floyd, to ship to New
Orleans 150 pieces of cannon lying at the Alleghany arsenal;
the people determine to resist, but the order is counter-
manded within 3 days 26 Dec. 1860
Turner Rifles leave for Harrisburg 17 Apr. 1861
12th and 13th regiments leave for Harrisburg 24 Apr. "
Pittsburg fortified by earthworks, and prepared for a siege,
14 June et seq. 1863
Sanitary fair opens; receipts $361,516.17 1 June, 1864
Commercial Gazette established "
Homoeopathic hospital chartered 1866
City's area increased to include the land between the 2 rivers
firom 7 miles above their junction 1867
Alleghany County I.aw library founded "
Pittsburg Leader established 1870
Eleven boroughs on the South side, with a population of 35,723,
consolidated with Pittsburg by act of assembly 29 Mch., ap-
proved by the governor 2 Apr. 1872
Town of Wilkins incorporated with Pittsburg 1874
Strike declared by the conductors and brakemen on the Penn-
sylvania railroad at Pittsburg 19 July, 1877
Strikers attack the 6th division of the Pennsylvania state
guards who tried to clear the Twenty-third st. crossing; the
beginning of the riot of (Strikes) 21-22 July, "
Daily Times established 1879
County court-house destroyed by fire May, 1882
Holy Ghost college opened 1878 ; chartered "
Daily Press established 1883
Exposition society's buildings burned with all the exhibits;
loss $1,000,000 3 Oct. "
Natural gas as fuel introduced in the city 1884
St. Peter's church burned 12 Nov. 1886
First cable street-railroad opened — Fifth ave. line 12 Sept. 1888
Centennial of Alleghany county celebrated and new county
court-house dedicated 24 Sept. "
MAYORS.
PLA
Name.
Term of office.
Remarks.
Ebenezer Denny
1816-17
1817 25
John M. Snowdeu
1825-27
Magnus M. Murray
1828-29
Matthew B. Lowry
1830
' In 1834 the mayor was first
Magnus M. Murray
1831
elected by the people.
Samuel Pettigrew
1832-35
-{ Prior to this appointed
Jonas R. McClintock. .. .
1836-38
by city councils; and he
William Little
1839
1840
William W. Irwin
James Thompson
1841
Alexander Hay
1842-44
1845
William J. Howard
William Kerr . . . .
1846
1847-48
Gabriel Adams
1849
1850
John B. Guthrie.
1851-52
Robert M. Riddle
1853
Ferdinand E. Volz
1854-55
William Bingham
1856
Henry A. Weaver
George Wilson
1857-59
1860-61
1862-63
( Jan. , 1858, the mayor was
( elected for 2 years.
B C Sawyer
1864-65
W. C. McCarthy
1866 67
James Blackmore
Jared M. Brush
1868
1869-71
1872-74
( The mayor was elected for
\ 3 years under act of 1868.
James Blackmore
William C. McCarthy. . . .
1875-77
Robert Liddell
1878-80
Robert W. Lyon:
1881-83
Andrew Fulton
1884-86
William McCallum
1887-89
H. L Gourley
1890-92
Bernard McKenna
1893-96
Pittsbnrg Landings, or iShiloh, Battle of.
Shortly after the capture of fort Donelson, gen. Grant moved
his army to Pittsburg Landing, on the Tennessee river, about
8 miles above Savannah, and 20 miles from Corinth, Miss.
This position was occupied during the latter part of Mch.l8G2.
The army, numbering about 40,000 men, was in 6 divisions, viz.,
Sherman's, nurlbut's,W. H. L. Wallace's, McClernand's, Pren-
tis's, and Lew. Wallace's ; the latter, however, being at Crump's
Landing, some 6 or 7 miles below. The confederates also con-
centrated at Corinth, with Albert Sidney Johnston in chief
command, and Beauregard as second, with 4 corps commanders,
Polk, Bragg, Hardee, and Breckinridge ; in numbers the army
fully equalled the federals. On 1 Apr. 1862, both were ex-
pecting reinforcements. Grant expected Buell with about
40,000 men, and Johnston expected Van Dorn with 30,000.
Johnston, however, concluding to attack Grant before joined
by Buell, moved his army out from Corinth on the morning
of the 3d, but, owing to the heavy rains of the 4th, he could
not attack until early dawn of Sunday the 6th, when, by per-
sistent and continuous fighting, he succeeded in forcing the
federals back during the day from the vicinity of Shiloh
church nearly to the river, over 3 miles. At the clo.se of the
day's fighting Nelson's division of Buell's command arrived
in part (Ammen's brigade) on the battlefield, and helped re-
pulse the last charge of the victorious confederates. The
day's fighting was favorable to them, although Johnston fell
about 2 P.M. while leading a charge. The battle of the 7th
was opened at early light by Buell on the left, who had rein-
forced Grant during the night to the extent of 20,000 men.
He was further strengthened by the addition of Lew\ Wal-
lace's division, whose absence from the field the preceding day
was owing to a misunderstanding of orders; this brought the
J'edecal forces up to about their original numbers. But while
the confederates were thus outnumbered, their success of the
previous day had so emboldened them that the battle of the
7th was quite as severe as that of the 6th ; in fact, it was not
until nearly noon that the Federal successes warranted them
any assurance of victory. As early as 2 p.m. Beauregard,
now in command, ordered a retreat, having already sent back
his trains towards Corinth, and by 4 o'clock had enveloped
his retiring columns with his rearguards, and the second day's
battle ended without pursuit by the federals. The losses in
this battle, the most severe that had as yet occurred, were :
Confederates, killed, 1728; woiuided, 8012; prisoners, 959;
total, 10,699. Federals, killed, 1735; wounded, 7882 ; prison-
ers, 3956 ; total, 13,573. Cokinth.
piturine, a new narcotic, said to have been discovered in
1882 in Australia. It resembles a mixture of opium and tobacco.
It is extracted from the dried leaves of the Duboisia pituri.
Placen'tia, now Piaceii'za, a city of N. Italy,
founded by the Romans about 220 b.c. It suffered in all the
convulsions attending the fall of the empire and the wars of the
middle ages. In 1254 it fell under the rule of the family of the
Scotti. In 1302 Alberto Scottowas overcome, and Placentia was
united to Milan, then ruled by the Visconti. On their extinc-
tion in 1447, Placentia revolted, but was taken by Sforza, duke
of Milan, and treated very cruelly. In 1513 it was given to
pope Leo X. In 1545, Paul III. gave it with Parma as a duchy
to his son Peter Louis Farnese. The French and Spaniards
were defeated by the Austrians and Sardinians near Placentia,
16 June, 1746. ' Parma.
Placiria, Chili. The site of the decisive victory of
the Congressists over pres. Balmaceda,,28 Aug. 1891.
plague (Gr. TrXrjyri, a blow), a malignant fever of the
most aggravated kind. The plagues of Egypt (1491 b.c,) are
described in Exod. ix., etc. The first recorded plague general
in all parts of the world occurred 767 b.c. — Petavius. At Car-
thage a plague was so terrible that people sacrificed their chil-
dren to appease the gods, 534 B.c.—Baromu3. At Rome a
desolating plague prevailed, 453 b.c. The devastating plague
at Athens, which spread into Egypt and Ethiopia, 430 B.C., is
admirably described by Thucydides. Another which raged
in the Greek islands, Egypt, and Syria, destroyed 2000 per-
sons every day, 187 b.c— Pliny. Cattle.
In Italy a most awful plague; 10,000 persons perished daily, 80 a.d.
Again ravaged the Roman empire, 167, 169, 189.
Another in the Roman empire. For some time 500 persons died
daily at Rome, many towns depopulated, 250-65. It has been as-
sumed that this plague was the small-pox or the bubo-plague.
In Britain, a plague swept away such multitudes that the living
were scarcely sufficient to bury the dead, 446.
Long-continued dreadful one began in Europe in 558, extending all
over Asia and Africa.
PLA 639
At Constantinople, when 200,000 of its inhabitants perished, and in
Calabria, Sicily, and Greece, 746-49.
In London, 962.
At Chichester, in England, an epidemic disease carried off 34,000
persons, 772. — Will. Malmes.
In Scotland, 40,000 persons perished, 954.
In London, great mortality, 1094; in Ireland, 1095.
Again in Loudon; it extended to cattle, fowl, and other domestic
animals, 1111. — Holinshed.
In Ireland; after Christmas this year, Henry II. was forced to quit
the country, 1172.
Again in Ireland, when a prodigious number perished, 1204.
*' Black Death" in Italy and throughout Europe, 1347-50. Britain
and Ireland suffered grievously. In London alone 200 persons
were buried daily in the Charter-house yards, 1348-49. (That at
Florence described by Boccaccio.) This was probably the worst
epidemic ever visited on man; it is estimated that in Asia 23,-
000,000 perished by it, and 25,000,000 in Europe,
In London and Paris a dreadful mortality prevailed in 136i-62,
1367, 1369, and in Ireland in 1370.
Great pestilence in Ireland, called the Fourth, destroyed a great
number of the people, 1383.
30,000 persons perished of a dreadful pestilence in London, 1407.
Again in Ireland, superinduced by a famine; great numbers died,
1466; and Dublin was wasted by a plague, 1470.
An awful pestilence at Oxford, 1471; and throughout England; de-
stroyed more people than the continual wars for the 15 preceding
years, 1478. — liapin ; Salmon.
Sudor Anglicus, or sweating sickness, very fatal in London, J485.
— Delaune.
Plague in London so dreadful that Henry VII. and his court re-
moved to Calais, 1499-1500.— Stotw.
Sweating sickness (mortal in 3 hours) in London, 1506, and in 1517.
In most of the capital towns in England half the inhabitants
died, and Oxford was depopulated, 9 Henry YlU.—Stow.
Limerick was visited by a plague; many thousands perished, 1522.
Sweating sickness again in England, 1528; and in North Germany
in 1529; and for the fifth time in England in 155L
50,578 persons perished of the plague in London alone, 1603-4. It
was also fatal in Ireland.
200,000 perished of a pestilence at Constantinople in 1611.
In London, great mortality, 35,417 persons perished, 1625.
In Italy, 1630: in Florence, 12,000 died; in xVIantua, 25,000; in Bo-
logna, 30,000; in Milan, 180,000. In Milan the barber Mord and
the health commissioner Piazza, convicted of rubbing "plague
salve" upon house walls, after all kinds of tortures had their
hands cut off, were broken on the wheel, and then burned.— Baas,
"Hist, of Medicine."
In France a general mortality; at Lyons, 60,000 persons died, 1632.
Plague brought from Sardinia to Naples (by a transport with soldiers
on board) carried off 400,000 of the inhabitants in 6 months, 1656.
■Great plague of London began Dec. 1664, which carried off 68,596
persons; some say 100,000. Fires were kept up night and day
to purify the air for 3 days; and it was thought the infection was
not totally destroyed till the great conflagration of Sept. 1666.
[Graphically described by De Foe in his partly imaginative
"History of the Plague. "]
■60,000 persons perished of the plague at Marseilles and neighbor-
hood, brought in ship from the Levant, 1720.
Awful plague in Syria, 1760. — Abbe Mariti.
In Persia, a fatal pestilence, which carried off 80,000 of the inhab-
itants of Bassora, 1773.
In Egypt, about 800,000 oersons died of plague, 1792.
In Barbary, 3000 died daily, and at Fez 247,000 perished, 1799 ; in the
east, 1800, 1840, 1873 ; many deaths in Bagdad, etc., Apr.-May, 1876.
In Spain and at Gibraltar immense numbers were carried off by a
pestilent disease in 1804 and 1805.
Again at Gibraltar, an epidemic fever much resembling the plague
caused great mortality, 1828.
Asiatic cholera made its first appearance in England at Sunderland,
26 Oct. 1831; in Scotland, at Haddington, 23 Dec. same year; in
Ireland, at Belfast, 14 Mch. 1832, and in the U. S. the same year.
Cholera again visited England, etc., 1848 and 1849.
Gholera raged at Smyrna and Constantinople, and appeared in
Paris, Marseilles, Naples, July-Dec. 1865.
Great cattle-plague in England, resembling typhus, near London, be-
gins June, 1865.
New disease appeared in Dublin; many persons died a few hours
after the seizure, Mch. et seq. 1866.
Plague in Astrakhan, Jan. -Apr. 1879. Cholera, Yellow-fever, etc.
The statistics here given are not exaggerated, but rather under-
estimated. The plagues and pestilences both of antiquity, me-
diaeval, and later times arose from various causes: (1) Ignorance
of the laws of health; (2) restless migrations of the people; (3)
insecurity of property, giving rise to idleness and imperfect cul-
tivation of the land, and the consequent failure of crops; (4) total
lack of commercial facilities to supply the wants of any destitute
■community— the first post-road in Europe being opened in 1497;
<5) uncleanliness; (6) improper food; (7) want of proper and suf-
ficient clothing; (8) dense crowding in the very circumscribed
areas of the walled towns; (9) their total lack of drainage, un-
paved and filthy streets poisoning the water of the wells, etc. ;
(10) gross and barbarous immorality; (11) constant wars and dis-
j putes, with religious fanaticism, tended to keep up an over-tension
of the mind, giving rise to manias, etc. ; (12) want of sympathy
' for the sick and diseased.
[ planeta'riuilli, an astronomical machine representing
the motion and orbits of the planets. David Rittenhouse, the
eminent mechanic and mathematician of Philadelphia, Pa.,
PLA
constructed a planetarium in 1768 which has elicited the high-
est praise. It was superior to anything that had been pre-
viously constructed, and was purchased by the college of New-
Jersey, at Princeton, where it remains. Upon it is this in-
scription : " Invented hy David Rittenhouse, a.d. 1768 ; repaired
and extended by Henry Voight, 1806; both of Philadelphia."
It is said that when Cornwallis took possession of Princeton,
after Washington left it on the morning of 3 Jan. 1777, he in-
tended to carry off this planetarium and send it as a trophy
to England ; but the Americans kept him too busy to allow
him to plunder. Orrery.
planets, celestial bodies which revolve about the sua
in a fixed orbit with a moderated degree of eccentricity. We
now know 9 primary planets, termed major — Mercury, Ve-
nus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Nep-
tune, and Vulcan (doubtful), and 384 (1893) secondary or
minor planets, termed asteroids, situated between the orbits of
Mars and Jupiter. The first 4 were discovered as follows, viz. :
Ceres, discovered by Piazzi (visible to the naked eye). . .1 Jan. 1801
Pallas, discovered at Bremen by Olbers 28 Mch. 1802
Juno, discovered by Harding 1 Sept. 1804
Vesta, by Olbers 29 Mch. 1807
The fifth, Astrcea, by K. C. Hencke, 8 Dec. 1845, since which time
many others have been discovered. So far as known, Pallas,
with a diameter of 600 miles, is the largest of them.
planim'eter, a machine for measuring the area of any
figure by the passage of ^ tracer round about its perimeter.
Amsler's planimcter (in use for several years) was described
at the British Association meeting at Brighton, Aug. 1872.
planing'-machillC, a machine for trimming up and
facing wood, and iron also. One for wood was constructed by
Bramah, about 1802, and one for iron by Joseph Clement, 1825.
Plailtag''enet, House of, to which belonged 14 Eng-
lish kings, from Henry II., 1154, to Richard III., killed at the
battle of Bosworth, 1485. Fulke Martel, earl of Anjou, hav-
ing contrived the death of his nephew, the earl of Brittany,
in order to succeed to the earldom, his confessor sent him, in
atonement for the murder, to Jerusalem, attended by only 2
servants, one of whom was to lead him by a halter to the Holy
Sepulchre, the other to strip and whip him there, like a com-
mon malefactor. Broom, in French genet, in Latin genista,
being the only tofigh, pliant shrub in Palestine, the noble
criminal was smartly scourged with it, and from this instru-
ment of his chastisement he was called Planta-genista, or
Plantagenet. Other accounts are given. — Skinner and Meze-
ray. England, Kino.
plantations, charters granted to. Rhode Island,
1643-63.
Plas'sey, formerly a village of Bengal, India, the site of
a battle fought between the British nnder Clive and the Hin-
dus under Surajah Dowlah, 23 June, 1757. The nabob, al-
though at the head of about 68,000 men, was vanquished by
1000 British and about 2000 sepoys. The victory laid the
foundation of the British empire of India. The village and
fortifications have been destroyed by the river Hoogly. India.
plaster of Paris, Gypsum, sulphate of lime, used
for moulds, statuary, etc., first found at Montmartre, near Paris,
whence its name. The method of taking likenesses by its
use was first discovered by Andrea del Verrochio, about 1466.
Platse'a, a ruined city of Boeotia, N. Greece, site of the
battle between Mardonius, commander of the army of Xerxes
of Persia, and Pausanias, commander of the Lacedaemonians
and Athenians, 22 Sept. 479 b.o. ; the same day as the battle of
Mycale. Of 300,000 Persians, scarce 3000 escaped with their
lives. "There had the Persian thousands stood,
There had the glad earth drunk their blood.
On old Platsea's day."
—HallecJc, "Marco Bozzaris."
The Grecian army, about 110,000, lost but few men. The
Greeks obtained immense plunder, and were henceforth deliv-
ered from the fear of Persian invasions. Plataea, as an ally
of Athens, was destroyed by the Thebans, 372, and rebuilt by
Philip II. after his victory at Chaeronea, 338.
plat'inuin, the heaviest of all the metals except irid-
ium. The name originated with the Spaniards on account
of its silvery color ; plata signifying silver. It was found
in the auriferous sand of the river Pinto, in South America,
PLA 640
and was unknown in Europe until 1741, when don Antonio
Ulloa announced its existence in the narrative of his voyage
to Peru. — Greig. In its ore have been found the metals pal-
ladium, rhodium, osmium, iridium, and ruthenium. Elk-
MENTS. In 1859, M. U. Ste.-Claire Deville made known a new
method of obtaining platinum from its ore, in great abundance
and purity; and at the international exhibition of 1862 was
shown a mass worth 3840/., weighing 266^ lbs., of a metal
hitherto considered infusible, obtained by his process, employ-
ing the oxy-hydrogen flame.
Dodd's process for coating iron with platinum to prevent rust,
shown at Johnson & Matthey's, London, 11 Jan. 1879.
PlatOll'ie pliilO§ophy, the most popular of all
systems. Plato's dialogues have been termed "Philosophy
backed by example." He was a disciple of Socrates, 409 b.c.,
and died 347. The leading feature of his mind was compre-
hensiveness. Philosophy.
Platonic year, the period of time which the equi-
noxes take to finish their revolution, at the end of which the
stars and constellations have the same place with regard to
the equinoxes that they had at first. Tycho Brahe says that
this year or period requires 25,816 common years to complete
it; Ricciolus computes it at 25,920; and Cassini at 24,800;
at the end of which time some imagined that there would be a
total and natural renovation of the whole creation. Equinox.
Platt§burg^. United States, 1814.
play§. Drama, Shakespeare, Theatres.
pleading^S. Clothaire held a kind of movable parlia-
ment called jo/aaVa, whence came the word pleas, 616 a.d. —
Henault. In the early courts of judicature in England, plead-
ings were made in the Saxon language in 786 ; and in Nor-
man-French from the period of the Conquest in 1066 until
1362. Pleadings were ordered to be in English by 36 Ed-
ward III. 1362, and Cromwell extended the rule to all legal
proceedings, 1650. In English law the proceedings are the
mutual statements of the plaintiff's cause of action and the
defendant's ground of defence.
Pleasant Orove and Pleasant Hill, Battles
of. Red River campaign.
plebe'ian§, plebes, the citizens of Rome, as distin-
guished from the patricians. Rome, 494-366 b.c.
plebi§ci'tum, a term given to a law passed by the
comiiia tributa, an assembly of the Roman people in their
tribes, first established in 491 b.c. The term has been re-
cently revived in France and Italy, and applied to universal
suffrage.
Ple'iades, a notable group of stars in the constellation
Taurii, commonly known as the " 7 stars," although but 6 are
visible to the naked eye, viz. : Alcyon of the third magnitude ;
Electra and Atlas of the fourth, and Merope, Maia, and Tay-
gete of the fifth. The name is possibly derived from the Gr.
Trkelv, to navigate (mentioned in Job xxxviii. 31). Accord-
ing to recent calculation the sun is moving towards a point in
the constellation Hercules, and possibly the movement is or-
bital, the centre of which is the Pleiades.
"Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade,
Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies, tangled in a silver braid."
— yennyson, " Locksley Hall."
plethys'niograpll, an apparatus for detecting the
state of the mind by observing the relations of the circulation
of the blood from the heart to the brain ; invented bv M. Mos-
sol of Turin, 1882.
Plevna, Bulgaria. Russo-Turkish wars, 1877.
plots. Conspiracies, Rebellions.
plough. "Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an
«ss together" (Deut. xxii. 10 ; 1451 b.c.). The Roman plough
is minutely described by Virgil, about 31 b.c. Engines to
plough grounds, whether inland or upland, were patented by
David Ramsay and Thomas Wildgoose, Engl., in 1618. Agri-
culture in the United States, Steam-ploughs.
plum. Flowers and Plants. Formerly damsons,
apricots, and peaches went by this name, as raisins do to this
day.
plural number. We.
POL
plus (+) and minus ( — ). Prof. De Morgan attributes
these signs to either Christopher Rudolf, who published a
book on algebra about 1522, or Michael Stiielius, about 1544.
Plymouth. Massachusetts, 1620, etc.
Plymouth Brethren. A sect calling themselves
simplj' " Brethren," and also known as Darbyites, from one
of their founders, John W. Darby. They originated in Dub-
lin, Plymouth, and Bristol, Engl., about 1829. They receive
into communion all who confess Christ, and acknowledge the
Holy Ghost as his vicar. They recognize no order of minis-
ters. In 1838 Darby removed to Switzerland, from whence
the society spread into France and Italy. It also has a con-
siderable following in the United States. Their strength can-
not be satisfactorily estimated, since they have no formal or-
ganization.
pneumatics {nu-mat'iks), the science which treats of
the mechanical properties of air and gases. Air, Atmospiirr.
IC RAILWAYS.
Poeahon'tas. Virginia, 1607, '12, '13, '16.
podesta (from potestas, power), an Italian governor,
afterwards a judge; one with supreme authority was appoint-
ed aC Milan by the emperor Frederick I., when he took the
city in 1158.
poet-laureate. Selden could not trace the precise
origin of this office.
Warton, in his "History of English Poetry," states that in the
reign of Henry TIL there was a Versificator Regis, to whom an
annual stipend was first paid of 100s.
Chaucer, on his return from abroad, assumed the title of poet-laure-
ate; and in the twelfth year of Richard II., 1389, he obtained a
grant of an annual allowance of wine.
In the reign of Edward IV., John Kay was laureate; Andrew Ber-
nard was laureate, temp. Henry VII. ; and John Skelton, temp.
Henry VIII.
James I., in 1615, granted to his laureate a yearly pension of 100
marks; and in 1630 this stipend was augmented by letters-patent
of Charles I. to 1001. per annum, with an additional grant of 1
tierce of Canary Spanish wine to be taken out of the king's store
of wine yearly. It is believed that on Southey's appointment the
tierce of Canary wine was commuted for 211.
Laurence Eusden commenced a series of Birthday and New-year's
Odes, which continued till the death of Pye, in 1813.
On the death of Warton, its abolition was recommended by Gibbon,
whose elegant compliment on the occasion still more forcibly ap-
plied on Wordsworth's death, in 1850: "This is the best time for
not filling up the office, when the prince is a man of virtue, and
the poet just departed was a man of genius."
poets-laureate.
Edmund Spenser, d. 1599.
Samuel Daniel, d. 1619.
Ben Jonson (b. 1574), d. 1637.
Sir William Davenant, 1637; d. 1668.
John Dryden, 1670; deposed at the revolution, 1688.
Thomas Shadwell, 1688 ; d. 1692.
NahumTate, 1692; d. 1715.
Nicholas Rowe, d. 1718.
Rev. Laurence Eusden, 1718; d. 1730.
CoUey Gibber, 1730; d. 1757.
William Whitehead (on the refusal of Gray), 1757; d. 1785.
Rev. dr. Thomas Warton (on the refusal of Mason), 1785; d. 1790.
Henry James Pye, 1790; d. 1813.
Dr. Robert Sou they (on the refusal of Scott), 1813; d. 21 Mch. 1843.J
William Wordsworth, 1843 ; d. 23 Apr. 1850.
Alfred Tennyson (b. 1809), installed 1850; d. 6 Oct. 1892.
The office is now vacant, 1895.
poetry. Technically, composition in verse ; but " po
try is the blossom and the fragrance of all human knowledg
human thoughts, human passions, emotions, and language.'
Coleridge. The song of Moses on the deliverance of the Israe^
ites, and their passage through the Red sea, 1491 b.c. (Exc
XV.), is the most ancient poetry extant. Orpheus of Thrace
is deemed the inventor of poetry (at least in the western par
of the world) about 1397 B.C. Ballads, Comedy, Epic poems
Hymns, Literature, Odes, Satire, Sonnets, Tragedy, and
Verse.
Poictiers (pwa-te-a'), a town of W. France, near
which was fought the battle between Edward the Blackl
Prince, and John, king of France, in which the English arms|
triumphed, 19 Sept. 1356. The standard of France was over-j
thrown, many of her nobility slain, and her king was takei
prisoner, and brought to London. Prisoners, Tours,|
VouGLi^.
Point Pleasant, Battle of. Virginia, 1774.
Poland, N. E. Europe, part of ancient Sarmatia. It
POL
641
POL
said to have become a duchy under Lechus or Lesko I., 550 ;
and a kingdom under Boleslas, about 992; the natives be-
long to the great Slavonic family. The word Pole is not
older than the 10th century. This kingdom in its best days
embraced a territory of about 284,000 sq. miles, and extended
713 miles north and south and 693 east and west. Its de-
struction as a separate nationality and the absorption of its
territory by Austria, Prussia, and Russia, commencing in 1772
(when it embraced an area of about 282,000 sq. miles, with a
population of not far from 12,000,000) and finished in 1795,
could not have been accomplished without the aid of Poland
herself, and while sympathy is aroused at the needless de-
struction of a nation, still it was due.(l) to the inveterate
jealousy and feuds of the Polish nobility among themselves-,
"(2) the absence of a middle or national class, which the nobles
made impossible ; (3) the intolerance of the Jesuitical Romish
party ; (4) total incapacity of its later rulers ; (5) no natural
frontier boundaries. Its history as a nation ceased 1795 with
Stanislas II.
Piastus, a peasant, is elected to the ducal dignity about 842
[Piastus is said to have lived to the age of 120, reigning
so prosperously that succeeding native sovereigns were called
Piasts.]
Introduction of Christianity about 992
Boleslas II. murders St. Stanislas, the bishop of Cracow, with
his own hands, 1079; his kingdom laid under an interdict by
the pope, and his subjects absolved of their allegiance 1080
He flies to Hungary for shelter ; but is refused it by order of Greg-
ory VII., and at length kills himself or dies in a monastery.. 1081
Tartar invasion 1241
Premislas assassinated 1296
Louis of Hungary elected king 1370
Ladislas VI. defeated and slain by the Turks 1444
War against the Teutonic knights 1410, 1447
Wallachian invaders carry off 100,000 Poles, and sell them to
the Turks as slaves 1498
Wallachians defeated 1531
Splendid reign of Sigismund II 1548
Lithuania incorporated with Poland 1569
Stephen forms a militia composed of Cossacks, on whom he
bestows the Ukraine 1575
Poland conquered by the Swedes 1655
Recovered its independence 1660
Abdication of John Casimir 1668
Victories of John Sobieski over the Turks at Vienna 1683
Many Protestants killed after an aflfray at Thorn 1724
Stanislas abolishes torture 1770
Awful pestilence destroys 250,000 persons "
Civil war so weakened the kingdom that it fell an easy prey to
Russia, Austria, and Prussia 1772
First partition convention, secret between Russia and Prussia,
17 Feb. "
, Public partition treaty between Austria, Prussia, and Russia, 5
j Aug. ; acted on 18 Sept. "
I [In this partition Russia obtains 42,000 sq. miles; Prussia,
I 13,500; and Austria, 27,000.]
i Kosciusko joins American army (and serves throughout the
; Revolution) 1776
; New constitution granted by the king 3 May, 1791
: Russians, etc. , on various pretexts enter Poland 1792
j Second partition treaty signed between Russia and Prussia 1793
[At this time Russia takes 96,000 sq. miles and Prussia
I 22,000.]
Insurrection under Kosciusko Mch. 1794
After many successes he is defeated by the Russians at Macie-
; jovice and taken prisoner 10 Oct. "
Praga sacked and Warsaw taken by Suwarrow Nov. ' '
1 Courland is annexed to Russia 1795
; Stanislas resigns his crown at Grodno ; third and final par-
; tition of the kingdom 25 Nov. "
'; [Russia takes 43,000 sq. miles: Prussia, 21,000; and Aus-
; tria, 18,000.]
I Kosciusko set at liberty by emperor Paul 25 Dec. 1796
jHe arrives in London 30 May, 1797
fPoles enter the French army and greatly help France to gain
i her victories 1797 et seq.
Stiinislas dies at St. Petersburg 12 Feb. 1798
Napoleon I. enters Warsaw; his army wintered in Poland. . .1806-7
Poles neglected by the treaty of Tilsit 7 July, 1807
General diet at Warsaw June, 1812
Central provinces (the duchy at Warsaw, between 1807 and
1813) made the kingdom of Poland under Alexander of Rus-
sia 30 Apr. 1815
New constitution granted, Cracow a free republic 27 Nov. "
Kosciusko dies in Switzerland, aged 81 16 Oct. 1817
Polish diet opened Sept. 1820
A revolution at Warsaw; the army declare in favor of the peo-
^.Ple 29 Nov. 1830
>iet declares the throne vacant 25 Jan. 1831
Battle of Grochow, near Praga; the Russians lose 7000 men;
the Poles, who keep the field, 2000 19, 20 Feb. "
•Jattle of Wawz 31 Mch. "
■nsurrection in Wilna and Volhynia 3 Apr. "
Russians defeated at Zelicho, 6 Apr. ; Seidlece, 10 Apr. ; at Os-
trolenka 26 May, "
21
Russian general Diebitsch d 10 June, 1831
Battle of Wilna; Poles defeated 19 June, "
Grand-duke Constautine d 27 June, "
Battle of Minsk 14 July, "
Warsaw taken by Russians 8 Sept. "
Insurrection suppressed 5 Oct. "
Ukase by the emperor Nicholas, the kingdom of Poland hence-
forth an integral part of the Russian empire 26 Feb. 1832
Attempted revolution in Austrian Poland 22-27 Feb. 1846
Courts of Austria, Russia, and Prussia revoke the treaty of
1815, which constituted Cracow a free republic, and it is de-
clared Austrian territory 16 Nov. "
[This annexation was protested against by England, France,
Sweden, and Turkey.]
Kingdom of Poland declared a Russian province May, 1847
[From this time up to 1868 several attempts were made by
the Poles to achieve their independence without success.]
Poland designated the "Vistula province" in a ukase Jan. 1868
Its separate internal government abolished, and complete
union with the empire effected 29 Feb. "
Distinct financial departments of Poland abolished Apr. "
Polish language interdicted in public places July, "
Polish language prohibited in courts of law and public offices
in Russian Poland June, 1876
About 35,000 Poles expelled from Prussia Oct. -Nov. 1885
Movement for denationalizing Poland Feb. 1886
Centenary of the Polish constitution of 1791 celebrated in Aus-
trian Poland 3 May, 1891
Emperor William of Germany appoints a Polish archbishop of
Posen, 1891, and otherwise "favors the Poles 1892
Cracow, Russia, Warsaw.
dukes and kings of poland.
842. Piastus, duke.
861. Ziemovitus, his son.
892. Lesko or Leskus IV,
913. Ziemomishis, son of Lesko.
964. Miecislas I. becomes Christian.
992. Boleslas I., surnamed the Lion-hearted; obtained the title of
king from the emperor Otho III.
Miecislas IL
1034. Richense or Richsa, his consort, regent; driven from the gov-
ernment.
1037. [Anarchy.]
1041. Casimir I., her son, surnamed the Pacific; he had retired to a
monastery, but was invited to the throne.
1058. Boleslas XL, styled the Intrepid.
1081. Ladislas I., called the Careless. ' •
1102. Boleslas III., surnamed Wry-mouth.
1138. Ladislas, son of the preceding.
1146. Boleslas IV., the Curled.
1173. Miecislas III., the Old; deposed.
1177. Casimir IL, surnamed the Just.
1194. Lesko v., the White; abdicated.
1200. Miecislas III. ; restored.
1202. Ladislas III. ; retired.
1206. Lesko V. ; restored ; assassinated ; succeeded by his son, an
infant.
1227. Boleslas V., surnamed the Chaste.
1279. Lesko VI., surnamed the Black,
1289. [Horrid anarchy.]
1295. Premislas, styled king of Poland, governs wisely ; assassinated.
1296. Ladislas I. (IV.), the Short; deposed.
1300. Wenceslas, king of Bohemia, abandons Poland.
1304. Ladislas IV., the Short.
1333. Casimir III., the Great; encourages the arts and amends the
law; killed by a fall from his horse.
1370. Louis, king of Hungary.
1382. Maria; and 1384 Hedwige (daughters of Louis), and her con-
sort, .Jagello, duke of Lithuania, by the style of Ladislas V.
1399. Ladislas II. (V), alone; annexed Lithuania.
1434. Ladislas III. (VI,), son ; succeeded as king of Hungary, 1440.
1445. [Interregnum.]
" Casimir IV.
1492. John (Albert) I., son.
1501. Alexander, prince of Livonia, his brother.
1506. Sigismund I., brother; obtained the surname of the Great.
1548. Sigismund IL, Augustus, son (last of the Jagellon dynasty); a
splendid reign; added Livonia to his kingdom; d. 1572.
Interregnum.
ELECTED MONARCHS.
1573. Henry de Valois, dukeof Anjou, brother to the king of France;
he afterwards succeeded to the French throne.
1575. Stephen Bathori, prince of Transylvania; established the Cos-
sacks as a militia.
1586. [Interregnum.]
1587. Sigismund III., son of the king of Sweden, to the exclusion
of Maximilian of Austria, elected by the nobles.
1632. Ladislas IV. (VII.), Vasa, son of Sigismund III. ; succeeded by
his brother.
1648. John II. , or Casimir V. ; abdicated 1668, and retired to France,
where he died a monk in 1672.
1668. [Interregnum.]
1669. Michael-Koributh-Wiesnowiski ; in this reign the Cossacks
join the Turks and ravage Poland.
1674. John III., Sobieski; the last independent king; illustrious for
victories over the Cossacks, Turks, and Tartars.
1697. [Interregnum.]
" Frederick Augustus I., son of John George, elector of Saxony,
and elector in 1694; deprived of his crown.
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17M. Stanislas I. (liOzinskij; forced to retire from his Icingdom iu
1709.
1709. Frederick Augustus I. again.
1733. Frederick Augustus II., sou of the preceding sovereign.
1763. [Interregnum.]
1764. Stanislas II. Augustus Poniatowski, resigned his sovereignty,
23 Nov. 1795; d. at Petersburg, a state prisoner, 12 Feb. 1798.
polltr clock, an optical apparatus invented by prof.
Wheatstone (about 1849), whereby the hour of the day is
found by means of the polarization of light.
polar regioiii. Northkast and Northwkst
PASSAGES, South vo\m.
polariza'ti<»ii of llg^ht. Onics.
pole-star, or polar §lar, Pola'ris, a star of
the second magnitude, the last in the tail of the constellation
"Ursa Minor," or "Little Bear." 2 other stars in this con-
stellation are known as the " Guardians of the Pole." 2 stars
{Duhhe and Merak) in the constellation "Ursa Major," or
" Great Bear," are called pointers to the pole-star. The discov-
ery of the pole-star is ascribed by the Chinese to their emperor
Hong-ti, the grandson (they say) of Noah, who reigned and
flourished 1970 b.c. — Univ. Hist. Equinox, Stars.
police. The police system, being almost entirely mu-
nicipal in its character, has gradually developed with the
growth of cities. In London, Engl., a night-watch was ap-
pointed in 1253 to proclaim the hour with a bell before the
introduction of clocks. The old watch system was discon-
tinued, and a new police on duty day and night commenced
29 Sept. 1829. In 1881 the maintenance of police in London
cost $5,200,000 ; Paris, $1,160,000 ; Vienna, $1,900,000. In the
United States there were 24 cities in 1890 whose annual ex-
penditure for their police department exceeded $100,000, viz. :
City.
New York, N. Y. . .
Philadelphia, Pa...
Chicago, 111
Brooklyn, N. Y...
Boston, Mass
Baltimore, Md
St Louis, Mo
Cincinnati, O
Washington, D. C. .
San Francisco, Cal.
Detroit, Mich
Buffalo, N. Y
Cleveland, O
Pittsburg, Pa
New Orleans. La. . .
Providence, R. I. . .
Newark, N. J
Louisville, Ky
Minneapolis, Minn.
Milwaukee, Wis. . .
Savannah, Ga
Columbus, 0
New Haven, Conn.
Atlanta, Ga
0. police.
Annual cost.
3421
$4,391,766
1717
1,000,000
1625
979,894
1157
859,184
916
963,355
782
677,914
613
475,408
433
330,000
408
399,060
406
545,500
368
222,509
342
297,994
319
250,000
308
339,899
266
170,000
218
274,000
214
170,000
213
180,000
199
151,337
196
122,488
125
100,000
114
120,072
112
102,481
106
108,918
political economy, the science of improving the
condition of mankind, and promoting civilization, wealth, and
happiness. It began with Adam Smith's "Wealth of Na-
tions," 1776. The principal writers on this subject have been
Malthus, Lauderdale, Ricardo, Mill, McCulloch, and Fawcett,
English; Say and Sismondi, French; with Carey, Perry,
Walker, Sumner, Thompson, Americans. A professorship of
political economy was established at Oxford by Henry Drum-
mond, M.P., 1825 ; and at Cambridge, first by G. Pryme, in
1828, but regularly established by the university in 1863,
Henry Fawcett (blind) being the first professor.
Archbishop Whately endowed a professorship at Trinity college,
Dublin, Isaac Butt first professor 1832
R. H. Inglis Palgrave's " Dictionary of Political Economy,"
pub.
1891
Imaginary systems: Plato's "Republic;" Sir Thomas More's "Uto-
pia," 1548 ; Sir Philip Sidney's "Arcadia," 1590; James Harring-
ton's " Oceana," 1656; E. Bellamy's "Looking Backward," 1888;
Wm. Morris's "News from Nowhere," 1891.
political partie§ in the United States. Before
the Revolution the 2 political parties in America were the
Whigs and Tories. The latter favored royalty, and the former,
including Sons of Liberty, Liberty Men, and Patriots, advo-
cated independence. At the close of the Revolution the Whig
party divided into Particularists, favoring state sovereignty
and advocating confederation ; and Strong Government, favor-
ing a constitution. In 1787 the Particularists became Ant
Federalists and the Strong Government party Federalist
Since this, the historj' of the various political parties in tl
U. S. has been as follows :
PRINCIPAL PARTIES.
Federal, 1787-1816.— Formed from the Strong Government or Coi
stitutional party. Elected 2 presidents: Washington, 2 term
and Adams, 1 term. Advocated a tarifl'; internal revenue; fundii
the public debt; a U. S. bank; a militia; assumption of state del
by the government; favored England as against France; oppos<
a war with England and a protective tariff. Washington, iol
Adams, Hamilton, Madison, and Jay were among its princlp
supporters. ^
Demoa-atic- Republican, 1793-1828.— Formed from the Antl-Feder
(1787-93), the Republican or Jeffersonian party (1791-93), and Den
ocrats or sympathizers with the French revolutionists (1791-93
Elected 3 presidents: Jefferson, 2 terms; Madison, 2 terms; Moi
roe, 2 terms. Favored state-rights; enlarged freedom; France i
against England; war with England; internal improvement; pu
chase of Louisiana; purchase of Florida; Missouri compromii
1820; Monroe doctrine; Free-trade in 1800 and a protective tart
in 1828. Jefferson its founder and leader.
Democratic, 1828.— The Democratic- Republican party divided into
parts in the presidential camjjaign of 1824 and never reappear<
again in a national contest. The Democratic (and Whig) pai
was constructed out of its ruins. Has elected 6 presidents: Jacl
son, 2 terms; Van Buren, Polk, Pierce, Buchanan, 1 term; Clev
land, 2 terms. Favored internal improvements; state bank
removal of deposits; sub-treasury; state rights; free-trade; tar
for revenue only; annexation of Texas; Mexican war; compr
mise of 1850; Monroe doctrine; Dred Scott decision; Fugitiv
slave law ; acquisition of Cuba ; frugal public expense. 0
posed agitation of the slavery question in any form or place;
ercion of the seceded states; the amelioration of the condition
the freed negroes; Freedman's bureau; Chinese immigratioi
strong government; opposes in general the policy of the othi
party in power. This party has had but one leader, Jackson.
Wliig, 1834-54.— Formed from a union of the National Republics
and disrupted Democratic-Republicans. Elected 2 presiden
Harrison and Taylor. Favored non-extension of slavery; slavei
agitation, i.e., right of petition and free circulation of auti-slavei
documents; a U. S. bank; protective tariff; vigorous internal i
provements; compromise of 1850. Opposed the Seminole w!
annexation of Texas; Mexican war; state -rights; Democrat
policy towards slavery. Principal leaders of this party, Webster
and Clay United States, 1834-54.
Republican, 1854.— Formed from other parties, principally from the
Whig party, on the issues of the slavery question. Has elected 5
presidents: Lincoln, 2 terms; Grant, 2 terms; Hayes, Garfield,
and Harrison, 1 term. Favored the suppression of slavery; sup-
pression of the rebellion; all constitutional means to accomplish
it, financial and otherwise; emancipation of slaves; prohibition
of slavery throughout the U. S. ; full citizenship to the emanci-
pated slaves; Monroe doctrine; full payment of the national debt;
protective tariff; free ballot; generous pension legislation; de-
cided increase of the navy and coast defence. Opposed the gen-
eral policy of the Democrats. This party, while showing many
able men, has never had a leader. It has maintained its national
position through the principles it has advocated. Remark: Both
the Democratic and Republican, as the chief parties, re(-ognize
and assume to legislate on all questions of national importance,
viz. r Civil-service reform; woman's suffrage; free ballot; justice
to the laboring classes; private interests as against monopolies;
the general finances of the country; temperance, etc.
MINOR PARTIES.
Anti-Federalist. — A continuation of the Particularists. See Demo-
cratic-Republican above.
Peace party, 1812-15. — Composed of Democratic-Republicans and
Federalists, mostly in New England. Opposed the war of 1812.
Hartford convention.
Clintonians, 1812. — An offshoot of the Democratic-Republican party
who opposed long terms of office, caucus nominations, a Virginia
president, and an official regency. United with the Federalists.
Nominated De Witt Clinton of New York for president. United
States, Feb. 1813.
PeopWs party, 1824. — An offshoot of the Democratic-Republicans in
New York, who favored the choosing of electors by the people in-
stead of state legislatures. Supported William H. Crawford for
president. United States, 9 Nov. 1824-Feb. 1825.
Coalition, 1825. — So called from the union of the supporters of Clay
with those of John Q. Adams in the House, thus giving the presi-
dency to Adams. United States, Nov. 1824 and Feb. 1825.
Anti-Masonic, 1827-34.— Consisted of those who believed the mem-
bers of the Masonic fraternity held their civil obligations subordi-
nate to their fraternal, hence unworthy to hold office. Morgan;
United States, 1830-31, Feb. 1833.
National-Republican, 1828-34.— The broad construction wing of the
Democratic-Republican party. For internal improvements, pro-
tection, and a U. S. bank; for dividing proceeds of land sales
among states. Opposed to the spoils system. United to form the
Whig party, 1834. Supported John Q. Adams, 1828, and Henry
Clay, 1832. United States.
Nullification, 1%^1-m.— A South Carolina party organized by Cal-
houn. South Carolina; United States, 1832.
Liberty party, 1840-48.— Founded at a national convention of abO'
1
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litionists at Albany, N. Y., deriving additional strength from
Whigs and Democrats. For the immediate abolition of slavery
and equal rights. Against the fugitive-slave clause of the consti-
tution. Nominated James G. Birney for president, 1839, and again
in 1843. Withdrew their candidates and joined the Free-soil party
in 1848.
Free-soil parly, 1848-54.— Formed from the Liberty party, Demo-
crats, and Whigs. Chief cause of its appearance, opposition to
slavery. Merged into the Rej)ublican party. Nominated Martin
Van Buren for president, 1848, and John P. Hale, 1852. United
States.
American, 1852-60.— Generally known as the " Know - Nothing
p;irty." Formed from members of other parties dissatisfied with
tlie influx and power of the foreign element. Favored more
stringent naturalization laws; reserved rights of states. Opposed
foreign immigration; suffrage and office-holding by foreign-born
citizens; efforts to reject the Bible from the public schools, etc.
Nouiinated Millard Fillmore for president in 1856. Merged into
tlie Constitutional Union party in 1860. Know-nothings; United
States, 1856.
Douglas Democrats, I860.— Northern Democrats, supporters of
Stephen A. Douglas in the disruption of the Democratic party in
1860. United States, 1860.
Breckinridge Democrats, I860.— Southern Democrats, supporters of
Breckinridge in 1860. United States, 1860.
Constitutional Union party, I860.— Democrats, for the Union, the
Constitution, and the enforcement of law; supporters of Bell and
Everett United States, 1860.
f Liberal Republicans, 1872.— Formed by dissatisfied Republicans,
formerly mostly War Democrats. Favored greater leniency
towards the confederates. Nominated Horace Greeley for presi-
dent, 1872. United States.
*^ Straight-out'' Democrats, 1872.— The "Tap-root" Democrats,
displeased by the nomination of Greeley by the Regular Demo-
crats, nominated Charles O'Conor for president; declined, but re-
ceived about 30,000 popular votes.
Temperance, 1872.— A national combination of local temperance or-
ganizations, became
Pro/a6i<ion, 1876.— For legal prohibition; female suffrage; direct
presidential vote; currency convertible into coin. Nominated
James Black from Pennsylvania for president, 1872; Green Clay
Smith, 1876; Neal Dow, 1880; John P. St. John, 1884; C. B. Fisk,
1888; John Bidwell, 1892.
Greenback, 1874, became National Greenback, 1878, became Union
Labor, 1887.— Unlimited coinage of gold and silver; substitution
of greenbacks for national bank notes; suffrage without regard to
sex; legislation in the interest of the laboring classes, etc. Nom-
inated Peter Cooper for president, 1876; James B. Weaver, 1880;
Benj. F. Butler, 1884; Alson J. Streeter, 1888. These various
elements, uniting with the " Farmers' Alliance," form the
People's or Populists' party, 1891.— A meeting was held at St. Louis,
Dec. 1889, of the " Farmers and Laborers' Union of America," for
the purpose of consolidating the various bodies of organized farm-
ers in the U. S., which had at different times and places formed
since 1867, and known under the general term of " Granger move-
ment." Grange. This meeting was a success, and the con-
solidated body was called the " Farmers' Alliance and Industrial
Union." 2 Dec. 1890, a national convention was held at Ocala,
Fla. ; 35 states and territories were represented by 163 delegates;
at this convention independent political action was decided upon,
and a platform adopted embracing the following principles: (1)
The abolition of the national banks, establishment of sub-treasuries
to loan money to the people at 2 per cent., increase of circulation
to $50 per capita; (2) laws to suppress gambling in agricultural
products; (3) unlimited coinage of silver; (4) laws prohibiting
alien ownership of land, and to permit the ownership of land
in actual use only ; (5) restricting tariff ; (6) government to
control railroads, telegraphs, etc.; (7) direct vote of the people
I for president, vice-president, and U. S. senators. Second conven-
1 tion held at Cincinnati, 19 May, 1891; 30 states and territories
represented with 1418 delegates; at this convention the platform
of Ocala, Fla., 1890, was heartily endorsed and the party given
the name of ''People's party." Third national meeting at
St. Louis, 22 Feb. 1892. National convention for the nominating
of president and vice-president held at Omaha, 4 July, 1892;
James B. Weaver of Iowa nominated for president and James G.
Field of Virginia for vice-president.
Socialist Labor.— First national convention held in New York city,
28 Aug. 1892, and nominated Simon Wing, of Mass., for president,
and Charles H. Matchett, of Brooklyn, N. Y., for vice-president.
LOCAL PARTIES AND POLITICAL NAMES.
Abolitionists. — Abolitionists.
I Anti-Renters.— AsTi-REHTiSM.
\Anti-Nebraska. — Opposers of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, 1854.
Barnburners. — Barnburners.
Doughfaces. — Doughfaces.
Half-breeds.— A term of contempt bestowed by the Stalwarts upon
those who supported the administration of pres. Hayes and op-
I posed the nomination of Grant for a third term, etc.
Hunkers. —Barnburners, Hunker.
Independent Republicans. — Started in 1879 in opposition to senator
Conkling's leadership of the party and still maintain an inde-
pendent attitude. Mugwump.
\RU'klux-klan. — Ku-klux-klan.
Loco-focos. — Loco-Focos.
Mugwumps. — McowrMP.
Re- Adjusters, 1878.— A division of the Democratic party in Virginia
advocating the funding of the state debt at 3 per cent. ; under the
leadership of gen. Mahone.
Stalwarts. — A branch of the Republican party, followers of Conkling,
Cameron, and Logan, opposed to the reconciling course of pres.
Hayes towards the south. Favored the nomination of Grant for a
third term. Opposers of Blaine, etc.
Silver Grays. — Silver Grays.
Tammany. — Tammany.
politicians. A politician is described as a man well
versed in policy or the well regulating and governing of a
state or kingdom ; a wise and cunning man. A man of arti-
fice ; one of deep contrivance. — South. Never rising to the
height of statesmanship. The term was first used in France
about 1569.
PolR, James K., administration of. United States,
1845.
polRar, a dance said to have been invented between 1830
and 1834 in Bohemia, and to have obtained its name in Prague
in 1835. It became very popular, and was introduced into
England about 1844, and into the United States shortly after.
Polien'tisi, a town of Piedmont, N. Italy, the site of a
great victory of Stilicho, the imperial general, over Alaric the
Goth, 29 Mch. 403.
poll-tax or oapftatiOll-tax existed among the
ancient Romans. It was first levied in England in 1380, and
occasioned the rebellion of Wat Tyler (Tyler), 1381. It was
again levied in 1513. By 18 Charles 11. every subject was
assessed by the head, viz. : a duke, 100/. ; a marquess, 80/. ;
a baronet, 30/. ; a knight, 20/. ; an esquire, 10/. ; and every
single private person, I2d., 1667. This grievous impost was
abolished by William III. 1689.
polo. The Byzantine princes played a game which
diflfered but little from the modern polo. It is recorded that
the emperor Manuel Comnenus (1143-80) was injured by his
horse falling while engaged in this sport. The game of ball
termed hockey, played on horseback, became popular in Eng-
land in 1872, having been introduced into India a few years
previously. Games were played by lancers and life-guards at
Woolwich, 16, 19 July, 1872. A polo club was formed and
international contests held ; at Brighton, one opened 3 Aug.
1878.
Westchester, N. Y., Polo club, the pioneer club in America,
organized Mch. 1876
First game in the U. S. played at Jerome park, New York,
11 May, "
polyg'amy (Gr. iroXig, many, and yafistj, to marry).
The condition of a person with more than 1 wife or husband
living. Some writers strictly limit the word to the cases in
which there are more than 2 consorts, calling the double rela-
tion bigamy. A plurality of wives was permitted among the
early nations, and is now by Mahometans. In Media it was a
reproach to a man to have less than 7 wives. Among the
Romans, Marc Antony is mentioned as the first who took 2
wives. The practice was forbidden by Arcadius, 393. The
emperor Charles V. punished polygamy with death. In Eng-
land, by Stat. 1 James 1. 1603, it was made felony, with benefit
of clergy. It was formerly punished with tranportation, but
now by imprisonment or penal servitude. Marriage. Poly-
gamy was practised by the Moraions until 1892. Polyandry
(where one woman has several husbands) is permitted in some
eastern countries, the children having equal rights.
pol'yglot (Gr. TToXvg, many, and yXwrra, tongue), is
chiefly applied to editions of the Bible in several languages.
Hexapla of Origen.
Giustiniani published a polyglot psalter, 1576.
1. The Complutensian Polyglot, in 6 vols, folio, was printed at
Alcala (Complutensis), in Spain, 1502-14; the first edition pub.
1522, at the expense of the celebrated cardinal Ximenes, costing
250,000 ducats. 600 copies of it were printed; 3 on vellum. Count
MacCarthy of Toulouse paid iS'Sl. for one of these copies at thp
Pinelli sale.
2. The Polyglot, printed at Antwerp by Montanus, 8 vols, folio, in
1559-69, at the expense of Philip IL of Spain.
3. Printed at Paris by Le Jay, in 10 vols, folio, 1628-45.
4. Edited by Bryan Walton, in 6 vols, folio. 1654-57.
[Copies of all 4 are in the library of the British and Foreign
Bible Society.]
5. Edited by dr. Samuel Lee, published by S. Bagster, 1 vol. folio,
183L
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6. Hexaglot Bible, begun by Henry Cohn, completed by the rev.
Edward K. De liOvante and others, 6 vols. 4to, 1874.
I*Olyne'§la (Gr. ttoXpc, many, and rr/rroc, island), a
name given to the numerous groups of islands throughout
the Pacific ocean, but specifically to the various groups ly-
ing between 125° and 170° Ion. W., north and south of the
equator, including the Sandwich, Samoan, Society, Friendly,
etc.
pol'ypei or pol'yp§, also named hydrse (many-footed
animals), on account of their property of reproducing them-
selves when cut in pieces, every part soon becoming a perfect
animal ; first discovered by Leeuwenhoek, and described by
him in the " Philosophical Trans." 1703. The polypes are of
the order zoophytes, and partake of the animal and vegetable
nature.
polytech'ntc school (Gr. iroXvrexvoQ, skilled in
many arts), first established in Paris, 1794, by the National Con-
vention as a school of public works, particularly devoted to in-
structing recruits for the corps of civil and military engineers.
pom'egraiiate - tree (Punica granatum) was
taken to England from Spain before 1584.
Pomera'nla, a Prussian province, N. Germany, was
held by the Poles, 980, and by Denmark, 1210 ; made an in-
dependent duchy, 1479 ; and divided between Sweden and
Brandenburg, 1648. The Swedish part, awarded to Denmark
in 1814, was given up to Prussia for Lauenburg, 1815. Den-
mark; Wrecks, 1878.
POHl'fret or Ponte'fract, a town and ruined cas-
tle of S. York, Engl. At the castle (built 1069), Richard II.
was confined and murdered, 10 Feb. 1399. Henry IV., by
whom he was deposed, wishing for his death, sir Piers Exton,
attended by 8 followers, rushed into the king's apartment. The
latter wrested a pole-axe from one of his assailants, and laid
4 of their number dead at his feet, but was at length overpow-
ered and slain. This account is doubted by many historians,
but that he here met his death by violence or starvation is
true. Some writers assert that Richard escaped and died in
Scotland. In this castle, also, the earl Rivers, lord Grey, sir
Thomas Vaughan, and sir Richard Haut or Hause, were put
to death by order of the duke of Gloucester, then protector
•of England (afterwards Richard III.), about 26 June, 1483.
Little, even of its ruins, now remain. The first parliament-
ary election by ballot took place here, 15 Aug. 1872, very
quietly.
Pompeii (^pom-pa' -ye), S. Italy, an ancient city of
Campania, was partly demolished by an earthquake in 63 a.d.
It was afterwards rebuilt, but was overwhelmed by an eruption
of Vesuvius on the night of 24 Aug. 79. The ashes buried the
whole city to a depth of 90 to 125 feet. In 1713, a country-
man, while excavating for a well, descended upon the theatre
of Hercules and Cleopatra, and this discovery led to further
search, which brought numerous other objects to light, and at
length the city was partly uncovered. The part first cleared
was supposed to be the main street, 1750. The kings of
Naples greatly aided in exhuming Pompeii, and the present
Italian government resumed the work in 1863.
A commemorative meeting of antiquaries and philosophers
at Pompeii 25 Sept. 1879
Farther discoveries made 1882 et seq.
Remains of a 5-story house were uncovered July, 1890
Pompey's pillar stands about three-quarters of a
mile from Alexandria, between the city and the lake Mareotis.
The shaft is fluted, and the capital ornamented with palm-
leaves; the whole, which is highly polished, composed of
3 pieces, and of the Corinthian order. The column meas-
ures, according to some, 94 feet; to others, 141, and even
160 feet ; but of its origin, name, use, and age, nothing is cer-
tain.
It is generally believed that the column has no reference to Pompey,
to whom a mark of honor was, nevertheless, set up somewhere
in this vicinity. One supposes that the pillar was dedicated to
Vespasian, another to Severus; and Mr. Clarke, from a half-effaced
inscription on the base, considers that Hadrian is the person hon-
ored; while many assert, from the same inscription, that it is
dedicated "to Diocletian Augustus, most adorable emperor, tutelar
deity of Alexandria. "
Pondicherry (jton-de-sher'-ree), S.E. India, the cap-
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ital of French India, and first settled by the French in 167<1
It was taken from them by the Dutch in 1693, restored 1697
besieged by the English, 1748 ; taken by them, Jan. 17G1 ; «i
stored, 1763 ; again taken, Oct. 1778 ; restored in 1783 ; takei
23 Aug. 1793, and in 1803 ; restored, 1815.
Pontiae'§ war. Pontiac, a chief of the Ottaw»
(b. about 1710), shortly after the surrender of the Frenc
possessions to the English, 1760, conceived the idea of retard
ing, if not completely restraining, the advance of the English
settlements west of Pittsburg. For this purpose he attempted
to confederate the Indian tribes throughout the west
south against the English. In this he was so successful thi
in the spring of 1763 the conspiracy was ripe for action, an;
so secretly and suddenly was the attack made along the whole
western frontier that most of the advanced posts fell into th«
hands of the Indians, with the exception of Detroit and Pitts-
burg, and these were saved with the greatest difficulty;
This war lasted throughout the year, when the Indians were
subdued ; but Pontiac, unconquered, was killed by a Peori.*
Indian near St. Louis in 1769, bribed, it is said, by an Eng-
lish trader. Indian history, 1763 ; Michigan ; Pennsyl-
vania.
pontiffs (Lat. pontifices), the highest Roman sacerdotal
order, established by Numa. The college first consisted of
patricians, with a chief (Pontifex Maximus) ; to these 4 ple-i
beians were added by the Ogulnian law, 300 b.c. Sulla in-'
creased the number to 15 (8 maj'ores, 7 minores), and Julius
Caesar to 16. T. Coruncanius, a plebeian, obtained this oflSce,
254 B.O.
pontoons, boat-shaped vessels used in military oper-
ations for supporting a temporary bridge. Used by Darius (
and Xerxes in their invasion of Greece in passing from Asia
to Europe. Two of the most essential qualities of such vessels I
are strength and lightness.
PontUS, Asia Minor, seems to have been a portion of
Cappadocia, and received its name from its vicinity to the i
Pontus Euxinus. Artabazus was made king of Pontus by|
Darius Hystaspis, 487 b.c. His successors were mere satrap* ]
of the kings of Persia.
Reign of Mithridates I
Ariobarzanes invades Pontu.s
Mithridates II. recovers it 336
Mithridates III. reigns 30}
Ariobarzanes II. reigns 266
Mithridates IV. is besieged in his capital by the Gauls, etc
Mithridates attacks Sinope, and is obliged to raise the siege
by the Rhodians 219
Reign of Pharnaces, 190; he takes Sinope, and makes it the
capital of his kingdom 183 '
Reign of Mithridates V 157
He is murdered in the midst of his court 123
Mithridates VI., surnamed the Great, or Eupator, receives the
diadem at 12 years of age
Marries Laodice, his own sister
She attempts to poison him; he puts her and accomplices to
death
Mithridates conquers Scythia, Bosporus, Colchis, and other
countries
He enters Cappadocia
His war with Rome »»
Tigranes ravages Cappadocia 86
Mithridates enters Bitbynia, and makes himself toaster of
many Roman provinces, and puts 80,000 Romans to death. . "
Archelaus defeated by Sylla, at Chaeronea; 100,000 Cappa-
dociaus slain "
Victories and conquests of Mithridates up to this time 7*
Fleet of Mithridates defeats that under Lucullus in 2 battles. . . 73
Mithridates defeated by Lucullus 69
Mithridates defeats Fabius 68
But is defeated by Pompey 66
Mithridates stabs himself, and dies 63
Reign of Pharnaces "
Battle of Zela ; Pharnaces defeated by Csesar 47
Darius reigns 39
Polemon, son of Zeno, reigns 3*
A.D.
Polemon II. succeeds his father 33
Mithridates VII. reigns ^
Pontus afterwards became a Roman province.
Alexis Comnenus founded a new empire of the Greeks at Trebizond,
in this country, 1204, which continued till the Turks destroyed it
in 1469.
poor. The poor of England, till the time of Henry
VIIL, subsisted, as did the poor of Ireland until 1838, entirely
upon private benevolence. By statute 23 Edw. III. 1349, it
was enacted that none should give alms to a beggar able to
B.O.
I
PAUPERS RECEIVING RELIEF (NOT VAGRANTS)
UNITED KINGDOM.
POO 645 POP
work. By the common-law, the poor were to be sustained by
<' parsons, rectors of the church, and parishioners, so that none
should die for default of sustenance ;" and by 15 Rich. II. im-
propriators were obliged to distribute a yearly sum to the poor ;
but no compulsory law was enacted till 27 Hen. VIII. 1535.
The origin of the present poor-law is referred to 43 Elizabeth,
1601, by which overseers were appointed for parishes.
AMOUNT EXPENDED IN RELIEF OF THE POOR IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS
Country.
1849
1858
1870 1 1883
1890
England and Wales..
Scotland about
Ireland
934,419
82,357
620.747
968,186
69,217
50,582
1,079,391 799,296
126,187 92,618
73, 921 1 115,684
787,545
88,606
107,774
Total...
1,637,523
1,087,985
l,279,499;i,007,598
983,925
Country.
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
£8,296,230
894,077
1,289,024
£8,176,768
899,135
1,376,010
£8,440,821
887,867
1,390,994
£8,366,477
882,836
1,446,171
£8,434,345
874,389
1,409,280
Ireland
Total
£10,479,331
£10,451,913
£10,719,682
£10,695,484
£10,718 014
poor in the United States. State Boards of Charity
were established in Massachusetts in 1863; Ohio and New
York in 1867; Illinois, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and
Rliode Island in 1869 ; and in other states of the Union subse-
quently. The New York State Charities Aid Association was
founded in 1872, as an aid to the State Board of Charities.
Under the influence of Charity organization pauperism in
Elberfeld, Germany, was reduced 78 per cent, in 15 years; in
London, England, 30 per cent, in 10 years ; and in Buffalo,
N. Y., where the system was inaugurated by rev. S. H. Gur-
teen in 1877, 37 per cent, in 10 years. For 5 years ending
with 1888, the average of burials in the Potter's Field of New
York city was 10.03 per cent, of all deaths in the city.
NUMBER OF PAUPERS IN ALMSHOUSES IN THE UNITED
STATES AT VARIOUS DATES.
Male
Female
Native
Foreign born.
White
Colored . . . .
Total.
36,916
13,437
50,353
I860
50,483
32,459
82,942
53,939
22,798
67,337
9,400
76,737
35,564
30,639
43,236
22,967
60,486
5,717
66,203^
40,741
32,304
43,123
29,922
66,578
6,467
73,045
RATIO OF PAUPERS TO EACH MILLION OF POPULATION.
Native
Foreign born...
White
Colored
General average..
1765
2171
1849
7843
1635
4095
2005
1928
1990
1394
1244
944
3438
1394
847
1320
1270
1057
3239
1210
1166
3ut-door paupers, i. e., not in almshouses.
.1880 21,590
.1890 24,225
i pope (from Gr. TraTTTrat; and iraTra, a father or grand-
father), considered by Romanists to be the visible chief of the
bhurch, the vicar of Jesus Christ, and the successor of St.
Peter. He styles himself " servant of the servants of God."
The title pope was formerly given to all bishops, and is regu-
larly applied to presbyters in charge in the Russian church.
it was first adopted by Hyginus, 139 ; and pope Boniface III.
induced Phocas, emperor of the East, to confine it to the prel-
ites of Rome, 606. By the connivance of Phocas also, the
iiope's supremacy over the Christian church was established.
ltaly, Reformation ; Rome, Modern.
iVilfrid, abp. of York, expelled from his diocese, appeals to the
pope 679
vustom of kissing the pope's toe introduced 708
idrian I. caused money to be coined v?ith his name 780
ndulgences for sin granted by pope Leo III about 800
iergius II. the first pope who changed his name on his elec-
tion, 844; some contend that it was Sergius I. 687, and oth-
ers John XII 956
I'ohn XV^III., a layman, made pope 1024
.''irst pope who kept an army, Leo IX 1054
iregory VII. (Hildebrand) obliges Henry IV., emperor of Ger-
! many, to stand 3 days, in the depth of winter, barefooted at
I the gate of the castle of Canossa, to implore his pardon 1077
f'ope's authority fixed in England 1079
lippeals from English tribunals to the pope introduced ( Viner),
I 19 Stephen 1154
ilenry II. of England holds the stirrup for pope Alexander ill.
[^ to mount his horse ■ 1161
pelestine III. kicked the emperor Henry VI. 's crown off his
head while kneeling, to show his prerogative of making and
unmaking kings 1191
John, king of England, did homage to the pope's legate for his
dominions, and bound himself and his successors to an an-
nual payment to the pope 15 May, 1213
Pope collected the tenths of the whole kingdom of England...' 1226
Papal seat removed for 70 years to Avignon in France 1308
Pope's demands on England refused by Parliament 1363
Great schism at which time 2 rival popes claimed supremacy,
one at Rome and the other at Geneva 1378-1417
After the discovery of America, pope Alexander VI. granted to
the Portuguese all the countries to the east, and to the
Spanish all the countries to the west, of cape Non, Africa,
they might conquer 1493
Pope Leo X. published the sale of general indulgences through-
out Europe ♦ 1517
Appeals to Rome from England abolished ( Viner) 1533
Words "lord pope" struck out of all English books 1541
Kissing the pope's toe and other ceremonies abolished by Cle-
ment XIV 1773
Pope's political influence greatly diminished by the French
revolution 1789-1814
His temporal power lost (Rome) Dec. 1870
Pius IX. under Popes.
BISHOPS AND POPES OF ROME,,
{Names in italics were antipopei.)
42. St. Peter (said to have been the first bishop of Rome, and to
have been crucified, head downwards, in 66).
** St. Clement (Clemens Romanus); according to Tertulliau.
66. St. Linus: martyred? cir. 78.
[St. Linus is frequently called immediate successor of
St. Peter; but Tertullian maintains that it was St. Clement.
In the first century neither the dates nor order of succes-
sion of bishops can be fixed with certainty. Some assert
that there were 2 or 3 bishops of Rome at the same time.]
78. St. Cletus, or Anacletus? martyred?
91. St. Clement n. : abdicated?
100. St. Evaristus: martyred; multiplied churches.
109. St. Alexander: martyred.
119. St. Sixtus I.: martyred?
127. St. Telesphorus: martyred.
139, St. Hyginus: condemns Gnostics; called himself 2)op«.
142. St. Pius: martyred.
157. St. Anicetus.
168. St. Soterus: martyred under Marcus Antoninus.
177. St. Eleutherius: opposed the Valentinians.
193. St. Victor I. : martyred under Severus.
202. St. Zephyrinus: claimed to be Peter's successor.
219. St. Calixtus: martyred.
222. [The chair vacant.]
223. St. Urban I. : beheaded.
230. St. Pontianus : banished by the emperor Maximin.
235. St. Anterus: martyred.
236. St. Fabian: martyred under Decius, 250.
250. [The chair vacant.]
251. St. Cornelius: died.
252. St. Lucius: martyred 252. Novatianus (denied restoration to
the repentant lapsed).
253. St. Stephen I. : martyred in the persecution of Valerian.
257. St. Sixtus II. (his coadjutor) : martyred 3 days before his disci-
ple St. Laurence, in the persecution of Valerian, 258.
258. [The chair vacant.]
259. St. Dionysius: opposed the heresy of Sabellius.
269. St. Felix I. : died in prison.
275. St. Eutychianus.
283. St. Caius: a relative of the emperor Diocletian.
296. St. Marcellinus: said to have lapsed under a severe persecu-
tion? canonized.
304. [The chair vacant.]
308. St. Marcellus: banished from Rome by the emperor Maxentius.
310. St. Eusebius: died the same year.
311. St. Miltiades or JHelchiades: coadjutor to Eusebius.
314. St. Silvester: commencement of temporal power by gifts of
Constantino.
336. St. Marcus: died the next year.
337. St. Julius I. : of great piety and learning; maintained the cause
of St. Athanasius.
352. Liberius: banished.
355. Felix II.: placedin the chair by Constans. during the exile of Li-
berius, on whose return he was driven from it with ignominy.
[The emperor would have the 2 popes reign together; but
the people cried out, " One God, one Christ, and one bishop .'"]
358. Liberius again: abdicated.
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POP 646
368. Felwe became pope.
369. LIberius agaiu: martyred 366.
366. St. Damasus: opposed the Arians; St. Jerome, his secretarv
corrected I-atin Bible. ■"
367. Urfinus: expelled by Valentinian.
384. Siricius: combated heretics.
39a St. Anastasius: proscribed works of Origen
402. St lunocent I. : coudemued Pelagians
417. St. Zozimus: ditto.
418. St. Boniface I.: maintained by the emperor Honorius. aeainst
Eulahus.
422. St. Celestine I. : sent missions to Ireland.
432. Sixtus III. : opposed Nestorius and Eutyches
440. St. Leo I. the Great: zealous; restrained Alaric; an able writer.
461. St. Hilary: rich, liberal.
468. St. Simplicius: wise, prudent.
483. St Felix III. : opposed emperor Zeno respecting the Henoticon.
492. htGelasius: opposed heresy; fixed the canon of Scriptures-
compiled the mass. '
496. St Anastasius II. : congratulated Clovis.
498. Symmachus: zealous against the Henoticon.
" LauretUius.
614. Hormisdas: opposed Eutychians.
623. John I.: sent to Constantinople by Theodoric; tolerant
626. Felix IV. : introduced extreme unction as a sacrament
630. Boniface U.—Dioscorus.
633. John II. : called Mercuriiis.
636. Agapetus: converted Justinian.
636. St Silverius: son of pope Hormisdas, who had been married*
the empress Theodora procured his banishment into Lycia
(where he died of hunger), and made Vigilius pope.
637. Vigilius: banished, but restored.
666. Pelagius I. : an ecclesiastical reformer.
560. John III. : great ornamenter of churches.
573. [The see vacant.]
574. Benedict I., surnamed Bonosus.
578. Pelagius II. : died of the plague.
590. St Gregory the Great: revised the liturgy; sent Augustiu to
convert the Anglo-Saxons.
604. Sabinianus: said to have introduced church bells
606 or 607. Boniface III. : died in a few months.
607 or 608. Boniface IV.
614 or 615. St Deusdedit
617 or 618. Boniface V.
625. Honorius I.: interested in British churches.
639. [The see vacant]
640. Severinus, "j
642. Theodoriis I., [coudemned Monothelites.
649. Martin I., ' J
654. Eugeniiis I. : liberal.
667. Vitalianus: favored education in England.
672. Adeodatus, the gift of God.
676. Domnus I. : ornamented churches.
678. St Agathon : tribute to the emperor ceased.
682. St Leo II. : instituted holy water; fa^fored music
683. [The see vacant]
684. Benedict IL
685. John V. : learned and moderate.
686. Conou.— Theodore and Pascal.
687. Sergius: "governed wisely."
701. John VI. : redeemed captives; firm and wise
705. John VII. : moderate.
708. Sisinnius: died 20 days after election.
" Constantine: wise and gentle; visited Constantinople
715. St Gregory II. : sent Boniface to convert Germans
Ia]' o5®I°T^"-= •°depeudent; first sent nuncios to foreign powers
741. bt. Zachanas. a Greek.
752. Stephen II. elected: died before consecration.
rl'-T U^P^®"! ^I- or "I- : temporal power of the church began.
757. Paul I. : moderate and pious.
767. Constantine Theophylactus : killed by Lombards
768. Stephen IIL or IV. : literary.
772. Adrian L : sanctioned images.
795. Leo III. : crowned Charlemagne, 800.
816. Stephen IV. or V.
817. Pascal L : ascetic, and built churches
lit- Fr"?*'"'"^ II. : "father of the afflicted. "—ZozmMS.
827. Valentinus.
" Gregory IV. : pious and learned.
844. Sergius II.
847. Leo IV. : defeated the Saracens.
855. Pope Joan's election fabulous.
" Benedict III.— Anastasius.
868. Nicholas I., the Great: conversion of Bulgarians,
obv. Adrian II. : eminent for sanctity.
872. John VIII. : crowned 3 emperors.
882. Marinus or Martin II. : condemned Photius '.
884. Adrian III. : ditto.
885. Stephen V. or VI. : very charitable.
89L Formosus: political.— Seroit^s.
896. Boniface VI. : deposed.
POP
904. Sergius III. : disgraced by his vices.
911. Anastasius III.
913. Landonius, or Lando.
914. John X. : stifled by Guy, duke of Tuscany.
928. Leo VI. : considered an intruder
929. Stephen Vll. or VIII.
93L John XI.: son of Marozia; imprisoned in the castle off
Angelo, where he died.
936. Leo VII. : great for zeal and piety.
939. Stephen VIII. or IX. : "of ferocious character
942. Marinus II. or Martin III. : charitable.
946. Agapetus IL: of holy life; moderate.
956. John XIL, the infamous: deposed for adultery and cruelt
and murdered. '' ^'""nj
963. Leo VIII. : an honor to the chair.
964. Benedict V : chosen on the death of John XIL, but oppoai
Sfed^Tnamburg" ^'' '"^^''■''' '^ ^^^ ^'""^^^^ ^'^
965. J«f^°^Xm^i^el;cted by the authority of the emperor again
972. Benedict VL : murdered in prison
974. Domnus II — Boniface VII
975. Benedict VIL
984. John XIV. : imprisoned by Boniface VIL
" John XV. : died before consecration
985. John XVI. : loved gain.
996. Gregory y.-^oM^F//... expelled by the emperor and
barously used. ^ '
999. Sylvester II. (Gerbert): learned and scientific; said to hat
inoQ T u^^'^^rr?^'^,*^®.^'"^^'^ numerals, and invented clocks,
10Q3.._John XVII. : legitimate pope; died same year
" John XVIII. : abdicated.
1009. Sergius IV (original name " Bocca di Porco," Pig's Snout)
1033. Benedict IX. : became pope, by purchase, at 12 years of
expelled for vices.
lOU. Sylvester III: ^moniha.
" Gregory VI. : deposed.— fifyZues^er; and Jo/m'jTX
peror very influential.]
1046. Clement II. : died the next year (Clemens Romanus the /!i
[The eij
Tuscany given to the papacy by the
897. Stephen VI. or VIL: vicious; dishonored the corpse of none
Formosus; strangled by the people. ^
" Romanus.— S'er^Ms.
898. Theodoras II. : governed 22 days.
" John IX.
900. Benedict IV. : " a great pope."
903. Leo V. : expelled; died in prison.
" Christopher.
" [Several popes made by the infamous Marozia.]
Clement).
1047. Benedict IX. again : again deposed.
1048. Damasus II. : died soon after,
-.n^'. ?iu^®? ^?V a reformer of simony and incontinence
1054. [Thechair vacant one year.]
1055. Victor IL : a reformer.
1057. Stephen IX. or X.
1058. Benedict X.: expelled.
" Nicholas II. : increased the temporal power
Jotq" ^J®^^°^«'' ", = /^*?x^.f *^^ P^P^^ power.-^onoriMS //.
1073. St. Gregory VIL (Hildebrand): vigorous reformer; „„„
the emperor Henry IV. respecting investitures and ex-
communicated him, 1076; restored him at Canossa 1077
died in exile, 1085. ' '
1080. CZewew<///. (Guibert).'
1085. [The chair vacant one year.]
1086. Victoria. (Didier): learned.
1088. iJrban II. : crusades commenced-
1099. Pascal II. (Ranieri)
countess Matilda.
1118. Gelasius II. : retired to a monastery. — Gregory VIII.
1119. Calixtus IL : settled investiture question
1124. Honorius II.
1130. Innocent II. : condemned heresies; held 2d Lateran council
—Anacletus II.
1138. Victor IV.
1143. Celestine IL : ruled 5 months.
1144. Lucius IL.- killed by accident in a popular commotion
1145. Eugenius IIL : ascetic.
1153. Anastasius IV.
Adrian IV., or Nicholas Brakespeare, the only Englishman
elected pope: born at Abbot's Langley, near St Alban's;
Frederick L prostrated himself before him, kissed his foot
held his stirrup, and led the white palfrey on which be rode
Alexander IIL: learned; qanonized Thomas h Becket; resist-
ed Frederick I. ; 1159, Victor F.; 1164, Pascal III.; 1168,
Calistus III. ; 1178, /nnocen< ///.
Lucius IIL— The cardinals acquire power.
Urban III. : opposed Frederick L
1187. Gregory VIII. : ruled only 2 months.
" Clement III. : proclaimed 3d crusade,
1191. Celestine IIL
1198. Innocent III. (Lothario Conti): endeavored to free Rome from
foreign influence ; excommunicated John of England ;
preached crusade against the Albigenses 1204
1216. Honorius III. : learned and pious.
1^?'^- ^'■.^goJ'y IX- : preached a new crusade; collected decretals.
1241. Celestine IV. : died 18 days after his election.
[The chair vacant 1 year and 7 months.]
1243. Innocent IV. : opposed Frederick II. ; gave the red hat to car-
dinals.
1154.
1159.
1181.
1185.
1254. Alexander IV. : established inquisition in France.
1261. Urban IV. : instituted feast of "Corpus Christi."
1265. Clement IV., an enlightened Frenchman, previously legate to
England ; discouraged the crusades.
1268. [The chair vacant 2 years and 9 months.]
1271. Gregory X. : held a council at Lyons to reconcile the churches
of the East and West
1276. Innocent V. : died shortly after.
" Adrian V. : legate to England, 1254 ; died 36 days after election.
POP
1303. Bened
1305.
1314.
1316.
1334.
1342.
1352.
1362.
1370.
1378.
1394.
1404.
1406.
1409.
: 1410.
1417.
1 1424.
, 1431.
1
i
1276. Vicedominus: died the next day.
" John XX. or XXI. : died in 8 months.
1277. Nicholas III. : died in 1280.
1281. Martin IV., French: supported Charles of Anjou.
1285! Honorius IV. : supported the French.
1288. Nicholas IV. : endeavored to stir up a new crusade.
1292. [The chair vacant 2 years and 3 months.]
1294. St. Celestine V. : ascetic; resigned; a hermit of Abruzzi; or-
ganized the order of Celestinians.
" Boniface VIII.: proclaimed that "God had set him over kings
and kingdoms;" imprisoned his predecessor; quarrelled
with Philip of France; laid France and Denmark under in-
terdict.
ct XI. : a pious and liberal pontiff; said to have been
poisoned.
[The chair vacant 11 months.]
Clement V. ( Bertrand the Goth) : governed by Philip of France ;
removed the papal seat from Rome to Avignon, 1309.
[The chair vacant 2 years and 4 months.]
John XXII. '
Benedict X,II. (Nicholas V. at Rome).
Clement VI. : learned.
Innocent VI.: favored Rienzi.
Urban V.: charitable; a patron of learning.
Gregory XI. : protector of learning; restored the papal chair
to Home; proscribed Wiclifl'e's doctrines.
Urban VI. : so severe and cruel that the cardinals chose Rob-
ert of Geneva, as
Clement VII.
Poniface IX.
Jiewdict (called X///. ) at Avignon.
Ipnocent VII. : died in 1406.
Gregory JTII. {Angelo Conirio).
Alexander \^ : died, supposed by poison.
John XXIII. : deposed; first to grant indulgences.
Martin V. (Otho Colonna).
Clement VIIL: resigned 1429.
Eugenius IV. (Gabriel Condolmera): deposed by the council
of Basil, and Amadeus of Savay chosen as Felix F., in 1439,
who resigned 1449.
1447. Nicholas V. : learned; proposed crusade against Turks.
1455. Calixtus III. (Alfonso Borgia): courageous.
1458. Pius II. (iEneas Silvius Piccolomini): learned.
1464. Paul II. (Pietro Barbo): preached a crusade.
,1471. Sixtus IV. : tried to rouse Europe against the Turks.
!l484. Innocent VIII.
J1492. Alexander VI (Roderic Borgia): poisoned at a feast by drink-
\y ing of a bowl he had prepared for another.
1503. Pius III. (Francisco Piccolomini): '21 days pope.
I " Julius II. (Julian della Rovere): martial; began St. Peter's.
11513. Leo X. (Giovanni de' Medici); his grant of indulgences for
\ crime led to the Reformation; patron of learning and art.
(1522. Adrian VI. : just, learned, frugal.
!1523. Clement VII. (Giulio de' Medici): refused to divorce Catherine
; of Aragon, and denounced the marriage of Henry VIII. with
' Anne Boleyn.
1534. Paul III. (Alexander Farnese) : approved the Jesuits.
1550. Julius III. (Giovanni M. Giocchi).
1555. Marcellus II. : died soon after his election.
Paul IV. (John Peter Caraffa). He would not acknowledge
Elizabeth queen of England; is said to have instituted the
Congregation of the Index, and leagued with France against
Spain.
1559. Pius IV. (cardinal de' Medici) : founded Vatican press.
'1566. St. Pius V. (Michael Ghisleri): pious, energetic.
1572. Gregory XIII. (Buoncampagno) : great civilian and canonist;
reformed the calendar.
1585. Sixtus V. (Felix Peretti): an able governor; excommunicated
' Henry III. and Henry IV. of France.
11590. Urban VII. : died 12 days after election.
I " Gregory XIV. (Niccolo Sfondrato).
il591. Innocent IX. : died in 2 months.
'il592. Clement VIII. (Hippolito Aldobrandini): learned and just ;
; published the Vulgate.
J1605. Leo XI. : died same month.
\ " Paul V. (Camille Borghese): quarrelled with Venice.
1.621. Gregory XV. (Alexander Ludovisio) : founded the Propaganda.
i-623. Urban VIII. (Mafi"ei Bafberini): condemned Jansenism.
i.644. Innocent X. (John Baptist Panflli): ditto.
!.655. Alexander VII. (Fabio Chigi): favored literature.
667. Clement IX. (Giulio Rispogliosi) : governed wisely.
.670. Clement X. (Emilio Altieri). '
676. Innocent XI. (Odescalchi) : condemned Gallicanism and Quiet-
ism.
Alexander VIII. (Ottoboni), 6 Oct. : helped Leopold against
Turks.
.69L Innocent XII. (Antonio Pignatelli), 12 July: condenmed Y€-
ndlon.
700. Clement XI. (John Francis Albani), 23 Nov. : issued the bull
Unigenitus.
|721. Innocent XIII. (Michael Angelo Conti): the 8th of his family;
8 May; pensioned James Edward Stuart.
724. Benedict XIII. (Orsini), 29 May : favored James Edward Stuart.
|730. Clement XII. (Orsini), 12 July: restored San Marino (republic).
1740. Benedict XIV. (Lambertini), 17 Aug. : learned, amiable.
'758. Clement XIII. (Chas. Rezzonico): Avignon lost.
769. Clement XIV. (Ganganelli), 19 May: suppressed the Jesuits.
'i"5. Pius VL (Angelo Braschi), Feb. 15: dethroned by Bonaparte;
expelled from Rome, and deposed in Feb. 1798; died at
Valence, 29 Aug. 1799.
iOO. Pius VII. (Barnabo Chiaramonte) : elected 13 Mch. ; agrees to
647 POP
-a concordat with France, 15 July, 1801; crowns Napoleon,
2 Dec. 1804; excommunicates him, 10 June, 1809; impris-
oned, 6 July, 1809; restored in 1814; d. 20 Aug. 1823. (He
restored the Jesuits, 1814.)
1823. Leo XII. (Annibale della Genga), 28 Sept.
1829. Pius VIII. (Francis Xavier Castiglioni), 31 Mch.
1831. Gregory XVI. (Mauro Capellari), 2 Feb. ; d. 1 June. 1846.
1846. Pius IX. (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti; b. 13 May, 1792):
elected 16 June; Rome, 1846-71.
1870. The pope opens a general council (8 Dec. 1869), which pro-
pounds the doctrine of papal infallibility and list of anathe-
mas (Cou.NCiLS OF THE Church), Feb. ; deprived of the re-
mains of his temporal power (Rome), Dec.
1873. Letter from the pope to the emperor of Germany complaining
of his persecuting the bishops, and asserting authority over
all baptized persons, 7 Aug. ; the emperor replies that there
is no mediator between God and man but Jesus Christ, 3 Sept.
1875. The pope reappears at St. Peter's, after 4 years' seclusion, 9
Feb.; he dedicates the universal church to "the sacred
heart," 16 June; his nuncio issues a circular against relig-
ious toleration in Spain, Sept. D. 7 Feb. 1878.
1878. Leo XIII. (GioacchinoPecci; b. 2 Mch. 1810): elected 20 Feb. 1878.
" Reduces his guards; holds a consistory, with an allocution; re-
vives Roman Catholic hierarchy in Scotland, 4 Mch. ; issues
an encyclical letter condemning communism, socialism, and
nihilism, as results of the Reformation; dated 28 Dec.
1879. Issues encyclical against modern false philosophy; recom-
mends Thomas Aquinas, early in Aug.
1880. Issues encyclical on marriage as a sacrament, and against di-
vorce; pub. 18 Feb.
1881. Issues an enc^yclical letter, asserting that all government is of
divine origin, and that wars are consequences oj4he Ref-
ormation. July. ,
1882. Encyclical letter against heresy and socialism, 5 Nov.
1883. Circular to Irish bishops enjoining abstinence from disaffec-
tion to the government, 11 May; letter from the pope de-
fending the i)apacy, and recommending the study of eccle-
siastical history, Sept.
1884. Allocution, 8 cardinals and many bishops created, 10 Nov.
1885. The pope's messenger, father Giulianellifwell received by the
emperor of China, Apr. ; the emperor of China kgrees to
receive a papal agent to protect Roman Catholic missiona-
ries, July.
1887. Letter from the pope, asserting his territorial rights, 15 June;
duke of Norfolk, envoy extraordinary from queen Victoria,
appointed Dec, received by the pope; a massive basin and
ewer of gold presented to the pope, 25 Dec.
1888. The pope's speech, demanding the independence of the church,
3 Jan. ; address of English Roman Catholic bishops to the
pope, protesting against Italian repressive legislation re-
specting his temporal power, 10 Nov.
1891. Encyclical concerning socialism and the labor question, issued
about 16 May.
1892. Encyclical to the French bishops enjoining on all good Catho-
lics entire submission to the government of the republic,
16 Feb. ; obedience enforced by a brief, 3 May.
1894. Encyclical to the church; si)eaks of the schi.sm in the church,
so regarding the Greek and Protestant churches; denounces
Free-masonry; and calls upon all to return to that unity of
faith that is alone found in the Roman Catholic church.
pope «f oail. It is falsely asserted that, in the 9th cen-
turj', a female named Joan, having conceived a passion for
Felda, a young monk, in order to be admitted into his mon-
astery assumed thfe male habit ; and that on the death of her
lover she entered upon the duties of professor, and, being very
learned, was elected pope, when Leo IV. died, in 855. Other
scandalous particulars follow; "yet, until the Reformation, the
tale was repeated and believed without offence." — Gibbon.
Pope's Virginia campaign. The army of
Virginia organized by uniting the troops of the mountain de-
partment of Virginia, those of the department of the Rappa-
hannock, and the department of the Shenandoah, 26 June, 1862.
Maj.-gen. .John Pope appointed to its command 26 June, 1862
Gen. Banks appointed to command the 2d and McDowell the
3d corps 26 June, "
Maj.-gen. Fremont is relieved of the command of the 1st corps
at his own request, declining to serve under Pope, whom he re-
garded as his junior; maj.-gen. Franz Sigel succeeds, 29 June, "
[The effective force of these corps, constituting the army
of Virginia, was: 1st corps, Sigel, 11,500; 2d, Banks, 8000;
3d, McDowell, 18,500; Sturgis's brigade, 2500; cavalry, 5000.]
Pope issues his "remarkable " address to the army. . .14 July, "
Fearing the federals -would occupy Gordonsville, gen. Lee di-
rects "Stonewall " Jackson to occupy it, which he does with
2 divisions 16 July, "
Lee also despatches A. P. Hill's corps to Gordonsville. .27' July, "
[Lee, ascertaining that the army of the Potomac is to be
withdrawn from Harrison's Landing, which it had occupied
since 3 July, determines to attack Pope before reinforcements
can reach him from the Potomac army.]
"Stonewall" .lackson, reinforced by gen. A. P. Hill's corps,
moves from Gordonsville towards Culpeper Court-house with
about 25,000 men ' 7 Aug. "
Battle of Cedar Mountain 9 Aug. "
[The confederates under Jackson meet the federals under
Banks near Cedar mountain, south of Culpeper Court-house
POP
G48
POP
in the aftornoon. The federals are at first successful, although
largely outuumbereil, and after relinquishiug the ground
gained, maiutaiu their original position. Federal losses, 314
killed, U45 wounded, OiO missing; Confederate loss, 229
killed, 1047 wounded.]
Jackson retires to the Rapidan, 11 Aug. ; Pope follows on the
12th. Pope reinforced by 2 divisions of Burnside's corps,
Renosiiud Stevens's U Aug. 1862
Pope retires from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock, taking
positions at Kelly's ford and Rappahannock station,
18-19 Aug. "
[Pope is now directed by Halleck to hold the line at the
Rappahannock, promising him immediate reinforcements
firom the army of the Potomac]
Maj.-gen. Ja.s. E. B. Stuart assigned to the command of all the
cavalry of the Confederate army of northern Virginia,17 Aug. "
Stuart's cavalry raid on Catlett's station, and destruction of
Pope's headquarters 22 Aug. "
Reynolds's division, by way of Fredericksburg, reinforces Pope,
23 Aug. '«
Engagement at Great Run " "
Kearney's and Hooker's divisions of Heintzelman's corps, by
the way of Alexandria, reinforce Pope 24 Aug. "
"Stonewall" Jackson with .Stuart's cavalry, after a forced
march of 50 miles in 36 hours, pass Thoroughfare gap, attack
Bristow and Manassas stations, and destroy Pope's supplies
and munitions of war 26 Aug. "
Pope further reinforced by Fitz-John Porter's corps, the 5th,
Morell's and Sykes's divisions, and Piatt's brigade. . .26 Aug. «'
Pope falls back from the Rappahannock towards Gainesville
and Manassas Junction 27 Aug. "
Jackson occupies the former battle-field of Bull Run. . " "
Longstreet advances through Thoroughfare gap and joins
Jackson 29 Aug. "
Battle of Groveton " "
[Results favorable to the confederates, owing to the union
of Longstreet's troops with those of Jackson's. It was for
his conduct in this battle that charges were preferred against
Fitz-John Porter by Pope. Porter, Fitz-John.]
Battle of Manassas or Second Bull Run 30 Aug. "
[This was a continuation of the battle of Groveton. In
this battle the confederates are well united, and force Pope
to retire across Bull Run to Centreville]
Battle of Chantillfi 1 Sept. "
[While the federals are strongly posted in and around Cen-
treville and still further rein forced by Franklin's and Sum-
ner's corps, Lee pushes Jackson on the right flank of the
federals towards Washington. This movement brings on
the battle of Chantilly, in which the troops under McDowell,
Hooker, and Kearney repulse Jackson, but with the loss of
gens. Kearney and Stevens.]
Pope retires within the defences of Washington, and is relieved
at his own request of the command of the army of Virginia,
and appointed to a command in the northwest 2 Sept. "
Gen. McClellan appointed to command the army and the de-
fences of Washington 2 Sept. "
[From this date the army of Virginia is merged into the
army of the Potomac. Maryland campaign.]
CASUALITIES IN THE FEDERAL FORCES UNDER MAJ.-
GEN. .JOHN POPE FROM 16 AUG.-2 SEPT.
Killed
Wounded,
Captured or
missing^.
Aggregate.
132
1615
461
7991
106
4157
699
Enlisted men
13,763
Total
1747
8407
4263
14,462
[No separate report made for the several battles of the cam-
paign.]
poplar-tree§. Flowers and Plants.
poplin or tabinet, an elegant rich fabric, composed
of silk and worsted, introduced into England by the Hugue-
not refugees from France about 1693; first manufactured in
Dublin. Irish poplins are still deservedly esteemed.
popular or "squatter" sovereignty (the
term "squatter" being applied to it by Calhoun in derision)
was expressed in the doctrine advanced by Lewis Cass in
1847, and may be stated in general terms as the right of every
territory to legislate for itself. " Popular sovereignty in the
territories is and always has been a privilege, and not a right,
and the privilege is always to be exercised in strict conform-
ity to the terms of the grant." — Lalor, " Cycl. of Political
Science."
popular vote for president. Previous to 1824 no
returns were preserved of the popular vote for president, for
the reason that in the earlier elections the legislatures of the
different states chose the presidential electors. Even as late
as 1824 6 states, viz., Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, New York,
South Carolina, and Vermont, thus voted, and one state, South
Carolina, so continued to vote until 1868. For the electoral
vote, United States.
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population of the United States in its various phases
is best seen in tabulated form. Early census estimates give the
population of the U. S. in 1688, 200,000 ; 1714, 434,600 ; 1760,
1,260,000; 1760,1,695,000; 1770,2,312,000; 1780,2,945,000.
POPULATION AND RANK OF STATKS AND TERRITORIES.
POP
Alabama
Arizona Terr.
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut..
Delaware
DistrictColumbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
, Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
, Massachusetts. . .
I Michigan
I Minnesota
I Mississippi
I Missouri
! Montana
; Nebraska
i Nevada
( New Hampshire.
i New Jersey
I New Mexico Terr.
' New York
North Carolina. .
! North Dakota.. )
1 South Dakota, j
J Ohio
; Oklahoma Terr. .
1 Oregon
! Pennsylvania...,
; Rhode Island
: South Carolina..
I Tennessee
, Texas
, Utah Territory...
; Vermont
■ Virginia
' Washington
i West Virginia. . .
) Wisconsin
Wyoming
Popula-
tion at
first
census.
127,901
9,658
14,273
92,597
34,277
237,946
59,096
14,093
34,730
82,548
14,999
12,282
5,641
43,112
107,206
73,677
76,556
96,540
319,728
378,787
4,762
6,077
8,850
20,845
20.595
28,841
6,857
141,885
184,139
61,547
340,120
393,751
4,837
45,365
13,294
434,373
68,825
249,073
35,691
212,1592
11,380
85,425
747,610
11,594
442,014
30,945
9,118
Rank each decade.
§ §
9 14
19 22
21
23 23
16 15
12 13
19 18
13 16
1517
8; 6
23 20
1,513,017
59,620
1,128,179
1,208,130
419,198
746,258
168,493
230,392
391,422
1,837,353
84,385
3,826,351
2,192,404
1,911,896
1,427,096
1,858,635
1,118.587
661,086
1,042,390
2,238,943
2,090,889
1,301,826
1.289,600
2,679,184
132,1.59
1,058,910
45,761
376,530
1,444,933
153,593
5,997,853
1,617,947
182,719
328,808
3,672,316
61,834
313,767
5,258,014
345,506
1,151,149
1,767,518
2,235,523
207,905
332,422
1,655,980
349,390
762,794
686,880
60,705
CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES HAVING A POPULATION OF
OVER 100,000.
RANK IN 1890 ; RELATIVE RANK AT PREVIOUS OECADES, WITH
POPULATION AND CENSUS YEAR THEY FIRST EXCEEDED
100,000.
Name.
Population,
1890.
Relative rank.
Popula-
c
o o
ii
d
1
2
rear.
1
9.
New York, N.Y
Chicago, 111
1,515,301
1,099,850
1,046,964
806,343
451,770
448,477
434,439
298,997
296,908
261,353
255,664
242,039
238,617
230,392
205,876
204,468
181,830
164,738
163,003
161,129
140,452
133,896
133,156
132,716
132,146
106,713
105,436
105,287
1
4
2
3
6
5
7
9
il
13
10
12
I
2
I
7
6
10
8
ii
9
1
9
2
3
7
5
4
8
1
2
4
3
6
5
1
2
••
1
2
1
2
123,706
109,420
108,116
273,425
162,479
136,881
102,313
149,473
1 1 n rAC.
1820
1860
3
4
5
Philadelphia, Pa
Brooklyn, N.Y
St. Louis, Mo
1820
1860
6
1850
7
8
q
Baltimore, Md
San Francisco, Cal
1840
1870
1850
10
11
12
IS
Cleveland, "
Buffalo, N.Y
New Orleans, La
Pittsburg Pa ...
..■160,' 146
..117,714
..i 102, 193
..156,389
..,109,199
.. 11fi.S40
1880
1870
1840
1880
14
15
Washington, D. C
Detroit, Mich
14112
18..
19 ..
15113
1870
1880
16
17
Milwaukee, Wis
Newark, N.J
115,712
105,059
164,738
120,722
100,753
140,452
133,896
133,156
132,716
104,857
106,713
1870
18
19
20
21
Minneapolis, Minn....
Jersey City, N.J
Louisville, Ky
17
16
20
..
1890
1880
1870
18%
22
23
24
25
•>6
Rochester, N. Y
St. Paul, Minn
Kansas City, Mo
Providence, R. I
Denver, Col
1880
1890
27
28
Indianapolis, Ind
Alleghany, Pa
105,436
105,287
population in general.
ESTIMATED POPULATION OF THE WORLD.
(IN MILLIONS.)
Year.
Author.
World.
Europe.
America.
Asia.
Africa.! Australia.
1810
Gotha .
682
847
1009
1391
1483
180
214
245
301
347
21
40
50
85
112
380
481
620
798
822
99
109
90
203
197
2
18W
Balbi
3
1845
1874
1886
Michelot
Behm-Wagner.
Levasseur
4
4
5
[Estimates vary widely; that of Wagner and Supan in the " Be-
vOlkerung der Erde," for 1891, is 1,479,000,000— less than that of
Levasseur in 1886.]
TOTAL AND URBAN POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES FOR EACH DECADE SINCE 1790; WITH PER CENT. OF
INCREASE, BALANCE OF SEXES, POPULATION TO EACH SQUARE MILE, AND THE CENTRE OF POPULATION.
1790
1800
1810
1820
Total
population.
Per
cent, of
in-
crease.
1840
1850 23!
1860 31,
1870 38,
1880 50,
1890 '62,
929,214
308,483
239,881
633,822
866,020
069,453
191,876
443,321
558,371
155,783
622,250
35.11
36.40
33.06
33.55
32.67
35.86
35.58
22.63
30.08
24.85
"4^75
6.41
3.62
4.82
6.25
8.29
7.78
10.39
10.70
13.92
20.78
Sexes
per 1000
population.
509
512
510
509
511
511
507
510
511
Urban
population.
491
488
490
492
492
491
489
489
493
490
489
131,472
210,873
356,920
475,135
864,509
1,453,994
2,897,586
5,072,256
8,071,875
11,318,547
18,235,670
3.35
3.97
4.93
4.93
6.72
8.52
12.49
16.13
20.93
22.57
29.12
Centre of population.
N. lat.
39° 16.5'
39° 16.1'
39° 1L5'
39° 5.7'
38° 57.9'
39° 2'
38" 59'
39° 0.4'
39° 12'
39° 4.r
39° 11.9'
W. Ion.
76° 1L2
76° 56.5'
77° 37.2'
780 33'
79° 16.9'
80° 18'
81° 19'
820 48.8'
83° 35.7'
84039.7'
850 32.9'
Location described.
23 miles E. of Baltimore, Md.
18 " W. of Baltimore, Md.
40 " N. W. by W. of Washington, D. C.
16 " N. of Woodstock, Va.
19 " W.S.W. of Moorefleld, W. Va.
16 " S. Of Clarksburg, W. Va.
23 " S.E. of Parkersburg, W. Va.
20 " S. ofChillicothe, 0.
48 " E. by N. of Cincinnati, 0.
8 " W. by S. of Cincinnati, 0.
20 " E. of Columbus, Ind.
Westward
movement.
The population of the U. S. has increased largely bj' immi-
fgration. The total number of immigrants from 1654 to 1701
was 134,000; from 1702 to 1800, 492,000; from 1801 to 1820,
178,000; from 1821 to 1890, about 15,426,000, making a grand
total of 16,230,000. Im.migration.
PKOPOHTION OF FOREIGN TO AMERICAN POPULATION IN THE
U. S. IN EACH 1000 PERSONS BETWEEN 15 AND 60 YEARS.
Nativity.
1830.
1840.
I860.
1860.
1870.
1880.
American
960.
40
928
72
866
134
821
179
807
193
817
(•'oreign
183
POPULATION OF ROMAN EMPIRE 14 B.C., ESTIMATED BY
BODIE.
Italy 6,000,000
Spain 6,000,000
Greece 3,000,000
Gaul 3,400,000
Other countries 4,600,000
Europe 23,000,000
Asia 19,500,000
Africa ..11,500,000
Total 54,000,000
POR
POPULATION ANI> AREA OF ANCIENT CITIES (Dr. Beloch).
660
POR
City.
AlUeus
Thebes
Tyre
Palermo —
Alexandria .
Rome
DaU. PopuUtlon. Are.,acr«i. P^';"i^',^°»
360B.C.
335 B c.
332 B.C.
264 B.C.
60 B.C.
14 A. u.
150,000
50,000
40,000
27,000
600,000
900,000
146
600
186
115
100
210
230
218
306
DENSITY OF POPULATION IN NOTED CITIES (1881).
City.
PopulaUon.
Acres.
Population
jwr Bcre.
London
3,893,000
2,240,000
1.192,000
724,000
273,000
75,000
14,500
4,500
2,800
800
62
Paris
154
Berlin
264
Vienna ....
258
Rome
341
CITIES OF THE WOKLD HAVING A POPULATION OF 500,000
London 1891.
Paris 1886.
New York 1892.
Canton.. . .(estimated).
Berlin 1890.
Tokio 1890.
Vienna.... 1890.
Chicago 1890.
Philadelphia.... 1890.
St. Petersburg... 1890.
Constantinople. . .1885.
AND
.4,231,431
.2,344,550
.1,801,739
.1,600,000
.1,579,244
.1,389,684
.1,364,548
.1,099,850
.1,046,964
. 956,226
. 873,565
MORE.
Calcutta 1891.
Brooklyn 1890,
Bombay 1891,
Moscow 1885.
Glasgow 1891.
Buenos Ayres 1891.
Naples 1890.
Liverpool 1891.
Buda-Pesth 1890.
Manchester 1891.
Pekin (estimated).
.840,130
,806,343
.804,470
.753,469
.565,714
.546,986
.530,872
.517,951
.506,384
.505,343
.500,000
GROWTH IN POPULATION OF EUROPEAN POWERS IN 310
YKAttS.—Mulhall.
Country.
1580.
1680.
1780. 1880.
1890.
France
Austria
Italy
14,300,000
16,500,000
10,400,000
8,150,000
4,600,000
18,800,000
14,000,000
11,500,000
9,200,000
5,532,000
25,100,000 37,400,000
20,200,000 37,830,000
12,800,000 28,910,000
9,960,000 16,290,000
9,561,000 35,004,000
38,800,000
40,100,000
30,300,000
17,600,000
38,200,000
Spain
England.
Prussia, in- 1
cludingl
Germany
1,000,000
1,400,000
5,460,000 45,260,000
48,600,000
since 1871.
Russia (Eu-
ropean). . .
4,300,000
12,600,000
26,800,000 84,440,000
92,000,000
RATIO OF FORKIGNERS TO 1000 POPULATION IN VARIOUS
COUNTRIES.
United States 133
Switzerland 74
Denmark 32
France 29
Belgium 26
Servia 21
Norway 20
Greece 19
Holland 17
Austria.. 16
Hungary 15
Germany 6
Great Britain 4
Sweden 4
Spain 3
Italy 2
INHABITANTS PER SQ. MILE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES
IN 1820 AND 1890.— Mulhall.
Country.
1820.
1890.
Country.
1820.
1890.
Austria
99
287
71
172
124
40
195
138
166
530
133
320
233
88
350
260
Norway
8
92
20
15
127
148
3
54
16
Belgium
Portugal
136
Denmark
Russia
42
28
Switzerland
Engl. (United Kingd.)
United States
Europe
190
184
20
90
Holland
Italy
porcelain. Pottery.
porpliyr4»g[en'itUS, "bom in the purple," a term
applied to entiperors of the East born while their fathers were
reigning.
"Round about a throne where sitting
(Porphyrogene)
In state his glory well befitting.
The ruler of the realm was seen."
—Poe, "The Haunted Palace."
Port €rib§OIl. Vicksburg campaign.
Port Hudson, a post-village of Louisiana, on the
Mississippi river, at the terminus of the Clinton and Port Hud-
son railroad, 25 miles above Baton Kouge. This post, which
began to be fortified by the confederates, Aug. 1862, lay within
the limits of the department of the Gulf, of which raaj.-gen.
N. P. Banks took command, 14 Dec. 1862. In Mch, 1863, Banks
made a strong demonstration against it as a diversion in favor
of adra. Farragut, who then ran the Port Hudson batteries.
After a victorious campaign in Louisiana, in which gen. Rich-
ard Taylor was driven to Shrevcport, leaving Alexandria an
easy prey to Porter's fleet (6 May), Banks again moved against
Port Hudson, then commanded by gen. Gardiner. On 25 ]\Iay
Port Hudson was invested by Banks's army, 12,000 strong.
An unsuccessful assault was made on the 27th, which involved
a national loss of over 2000 men. A second assault (14 June)
was also repulsed, but resulted in a nearer apjiroach to the
Confederate lines. On the surrender of Vicksburg, Port Hud-
son was also surrendered, 9 July, with over 6000 prisoners
and 61 guns.
Port Republic, Battle of. Peninsular campaign,
Virginia.
Port Royal, capital of the French colony Acadia,
Nova Scotia. After having been taken and restored several
times, it was finally acquired by the British in 1710, and
named Annapolis. French in America.
Port Royal expedition. This expedition (29
Oct.-7 Nov. 1861) was under the joint command of gen.
Thomas West Sherman and com. Dupont. Tlie fleet con-
sisted of 50 vessels. Fort Walker, on Hilton Head, S. C, and
on the opposite side of Broad river fort Beauregard, were re-
duced, 7 Nov. 43 guns were captured, and possession was taken
of Hilton Head, which became, subsequently, an important
centre of naval operations.
Porte, or Sublime Porte, official name of the
court of the sultan of Turkey. Mostasem, the last of the Ab-
basside caliphs (1243-58), fixed in the threshold of the princi-
pal entrance to his palace at Bagdad a piece of the black
stone adored at Mecca, and thus this entrance became the
" porte " by eminence, and the title of his court. The sul-
tans, successors of the caliphs, assumed the title. — Bouillet.
PorteoUS mob. Capt. Porteous, at Edinburgh, on
15 Apr. 1736, commanded the guard at the execution of Wilson,
a smuggler, who had saved the life of a fellow-criminal by
springing upon the soldiers around them, and by main force
keeping them back while his companion fled. This excited
great commiseration, and the spectators pelted the guard with
stones. Fearing a rescue, Porteous ordered his men to fire
upon the mob, and 17 persons were killed or wounded. He
was found guilty of murder, 22 June, 1736; but the queetl
granted him a reprieve (the king being then in Hanover).
The people, at night, broke open the prison, took out Por-
teous, and hanged him on a dyer's signpost in the Grass-
market, 7 Sept. 1736. None of the rioters were ever detected.
Porter, maj.-gen. Fitz-John, Case of. Fitz-John Porter,
in command of the 5th corps of the army of the Potomac, was
with his corps temporarily attached to the army of Virginia.
For conduct on the battle-field of Groveton (Pope's Vir-
ginia campaign), maj.-gen. Pope formally preferred charges
against him, and he was deprived of his command. At tlie
request of maj.-gen. McClellan he was restored, and served
throughout the Maryland campaign. In Nov. 1862, he was
ordered to Washington for trial by court-martial, court con-
sisting of maj.-gen. David Hunter, president, maj.-gen. Hitch-
cock, brig.-gens. R. King, Prentiss, Ricketts, Casey, Garfield,
Buford, Slough, and col. J. Holt, judge-ad.-gen., and after a
trial of 45 days he was, on 21 Jan. 1863, found guilty and
sentenced to be cashiered and to be forever disqualified from
holding any office of trust or profit under the government.
This sentence was approved by the president. In 1870 he
appealed to the president for a reversal of this sentence. On 12
Apr. 1878, a military board, consisting of maj.-gens. Schofield,
Terr}', and (Jetty, was appointed for a rehearing of the case.
This board made a report, 19 Mch. 1879, exonerating Porter
eiTtirely. They were unable to find anything in his conduct
subject to criticism, much less deserving of censure or con-
demnation, and recommended that the findings and sentence
of the court-martial be set aside, and that Porter be restored
to the powers of which the sentence deprived him. Pres.
Arthur, on 4 May, 1882, remitted so much of the sentence of
the court-martial remaining unexecuted as ' ' forever disquali-
fied the said Porter from holding any office of trust or profit
mider the government." A bill for the relief of Porter came
up in tlie Senate, 28 Dec. 1882, and passed, 33 to 27, but the
POR
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consideration of the measure was strongly objected to in the
House, 17 Jan. 1883. On 18 Jan. 1884, gen. Henry W. Slocum
of New York brought a bill before the House for the relief of
Porter, which passed by a vote of 184 to 77, 1 Feb., and in
the Senate with some changes, 36 to 25, 13 Mch. The House
and the Senate agreed, 18 June, and on 2 July it was returned
with the president's veto. On 21 Dec. 1885, Wheeler of Ala-
bama brought before the House another bill, which passed the
House, 171 to 113, 19 Feb. 1886, and the Senate, 80 to 17, 25
June, and was approved by the president 1 July. This bill
was as follows : " The president to nominate and by and with
the consent of the Senate appoint Fitz-John Porter, late maj.-
gen. of the U. S. volunteers and brevet brig.-gen. and col. in
U. S. army, to same grade and rank held by him at the time
of his dismissal from the army, promulgated 27 Jan. 1863, and
at the discretion of the president to be placed on the retired
list ; provided he receive no pay, compensation, or allowance
whatsoever prior to his appointment under this act."
Portland cement, so named from its resemblance
to Portland stone, made from chalk and fine mud, now used
extensively in the United States, is first mentioned in a patent
granted to Joseph Aspden, a bricklayer of Leeds, Engl., 1824.
His son made the true cement at Northfleet. Its value as a
building material was established by John Grant's tests, 1859
-1871. Portland cement concrete was used by E. A. Bernay
in 1867.
Portland isle (off Dorset), the English Gibraltar.
Fortified before 1142. Portland castle was built by Henry
Vni. about 1536. Off this peninsula a naval engagement
commenced between English and Dutch, 18 Feb. 1653, which
continued for 3 days. The English destroyed 11 Dutch men-
of-war and 30 merchantmen. Van Tromp was admiral
of the Dutch and Blake of the English. Here is found the
noted freestone used for building the finest edifices. The
Portland lights were erected 1716 and 1789. The pier, with
nearly half a mile square of land, was washed into the sea in
Feb. i792. Prince Albert laid the first stone of the Portland
breakwater, 25 July, 1849, and the last stone was laid by the
prince of Wales, 10 Aug. 1872. James Rendel, the first chief-
engineer, was succeeded, on his death in 1856, by (aft. sir)
John Coode. The breakwater and other harbor works cost
1,033,600?., exclusive of convict labor.
Portland or Barberi'ni vase. This beautiful
specimen of Greek art (composed of a glass- like substance,
with figures and devices raised on it on white enamel ; height
10 inches ; diameter in the broadest part, 7 ; with a handle on
each side) was discovered about the middle of the 16th cen-
tury in a marble sarcophagus in a sepulchre at Monte del Grano,
about 2^ miles from Rome, supposed to have been that of the
Roman emperor Alexander Severus (222-235) and his mother
Mammjea, and the vase was probably the cinerary urn of one
of the two. It was placed in the palace of the Barberini familj'
at Rome, where it remained till 1770, when it was purchased
by sir William Hamilton, from whose possession it passed to
that of the duchess of Portland, 1787; at the sale of her effects,
it is said to have been bought by the then duke of Portland,
who, in 1810, deposited it (on loan) in the British museum.
On 7 Feb. 1845, this vase was maliciously broken in many
pieces with a stone ; it has been skilfully repaired, and is now
shown to the public in a special room. Josiah Wedgwood
made a mould of it, and took a number of casts.
Porto BellO, a town on the north side of the isthmus
of Darien, not far from Aspinwall, in the department of Pana-
ma, of the republic of Colombia. Harbor discovered by Co-
lumbus, 2 Nov. 1502. Settled by the Spaniards, 1584. ' Was
taken by Morgan, the buccaneer, in 1668; by the British under
adm. Vernon, from the Spaniards, 21 Nov. 1739, and the forti-
fications destroyed. Before the abolition of trade by the gal-
leons, in 1748, it was the great mart for the gold and silver
of Peru and Chili.
Porto l^OVO, a maritime town of S. India. Here sir
Eyre Coote, with about 9500 men and 55 light field-pieces,
skilfully defeated Hyder Ali, ruler of the Carnatic, with 80,000
men and some heavy cannon, 1 July, 1781. Hyder lost about
10,000, the British 587 killed and wounded.
Porto Rico, a West India island belonging to Spain ;
discovered by Columbus in 1493. Attacks on it by Drake and
Hawkins repulsed, 1595. Revolt suppressed, 1823. Slavery
abolished, 23 Mch. 1873. Area, 3550 sq. miles ; pop. 806,708.
portreeve (derived from Saxon words signifying the
governor of a port or harbor). The chief magistrate of Lon-
don was originally so styled ; but Richard I. appointed 2 bail-
iffs, and afterwards London had mayors. — Camden. Mayor
OF London.
Portsmouth, Hampshire, the most considerable
haven for men-of-war, and most strongly fortified place in
England. The dock, arsenal, and storehouses were estab-
lished in the reign of Henry VIII. Pop. in 1851, 72,096 ; in
1861, 94,799 ; in 1871, 112,954.
French under D'Annebaut attempted to destroy Portsmouth,
but were defeated by viscount Lisle, in the then finest war-
ship in the world, the Great Harry 1545
Here George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, was assassinated
by Felton 23 Aug. 1628
Adm. Byng (Byng) on a very dubious sentence was shot at
Portsmouth , 14 Mch. 1757
Royal George sunk 29 Aug. 1782
PortUg^al, ancient Lusita'nia. The present name
is derived from Porto Callo, the original appellation of Oporto.
After a 9 years' struggle under Viriathes, a brave, able leader,
the Lusitanians submitted to the Roman arms about 137 b.c.
Portugal underwent the same changes as Spain on the fall of
the Roman empire. There are in Portugal 2 universities —
that of Coimbra, founded in 1308, and the smaller one of Evora,
founded in 1533. Lisbon has also its royal academy, and the
small town of Thomar has an academy of sciences ; but, in
general, literature is at a low ebb in Portugal. The poet
Camoens, called the Virgil of his country', and author of the
" LiisiAD " (1569), translated into English by Mickle, was a
native of Lisbon. Area, 34,038 sq. miles. Pop. of the king-
dom and colonies, 31 Dec. 1863, 8,037,194 ; 1872, kingdom on
the continent, with Madeira and Azores, 4,390,589; colonies,
3,258,140; 1881, 4,708,178; colonies, 12,650,540, mostly in
Africa. The constitution granted in 1826 was revised in 1852.
Settlement of the Alains and Visigoths here 472
Conquered by the Moors 713
Kings of Asturias subdue some Saracen chiefs, and Alfonso III.
establishes bishops 900
Moors, conquered by Alfonso VI., the Valiant, of Castile, as-
sisted by many other princes and volunteers; Henry of
Besanfon (a relative of the duke of Burgundy and king of
France), very eminent; Alfonso be.stowed upon him Theresa,
his natural daughter, and Portugal as her marriage portion,
which he was to hold of him as count 1095
Alfonso Henriquez defeats 5 Moorish kings, and proclaimed
king (OuKiQUE) 25 July, 1139
Assisted by a fleet of crusaders on their way to the Holy Land,
he takes Lisbon from the Moors 25 Oct. 1147
Part of Algarve taken from the Moors by Sancho 1 1189
Reign of Dionysius 1, or Denis, father of his country, who
builds 44 cities or towns in Portugal 1279
University of Coimbra founded 1308
Military orders of Christ and St. James instituted 1279 and 1325
Inez de Castro murdered 1355
John I., surnamed the Great, carries his arms into Africa 1415
Maritime discoveries 1419-30
Madeira and the Canaries seized 1420
Code of laws digested 1425
Lisbon made the capital about 1433
Passage to the East Indies by the cape of Good Hope discovered
by Vasco de Gama 20 Nov. 1497
Discovery of the Brazils ; 1499
Brazil discovered by Cabral Apr. 1500
Camoens, author of the " Lusiad," b about 1520
Inquisition established. 1526
University of Evora founded 1451 or 1533
African expedition; king Sebastian defeated and slain in the
battle of Alcazar 4 Aug. 1578
! Kingdom seized by Philip II. of Spain 1580
j Dutch seize the Portuguese settlements in India 1602-20
j Portuguese throw off the yoke, and place John, duke of Bra-
ganza, on the throne Dec. 1640
■ Portuguese defeat the Spaniards at Villa Viciosa 1665
Great earthquake destroys Lisbon 1 Nov. 1755
Joseph I. narrowly escapes death by assassins. . . v 1758
[Some of the first families were tortured to death; their
very names being forbidden to be mentioned ; the innocence
of many was soon after made manifest; the Jesuits were
also expelled.]
Joseph, having no son, obtains a dispensation from the pope
to enable his daughter and brother to intermarry, which
took place 6 June, 1760
Spaniards and French invade Portugal, which is saved by the
English 1762 and 1763
John, prince of Brazil, marries his aunt, Maria Francesca 1777
Regency of John (afterwards king), owing to the lunacy of
queen Maria 1792
POR 652
War with Spain, 3 Mch. ; peace 6 June, 1801
Treaty between France and Spain for tlio partition of Portugal,
Oct.; French invasion; Junot arrives at Lisbon, 27 Nov.;
the court sail for Brazil 29 Nov. 1807
Rise of the Portuguese; several times defeated, June and July;
arrival of Wellington at Oporto, July; he defeats Junot at
Vimeira, 21 Aug. ; convention of Cinira confirmed. . .30 Aug. 1808
Oporto taken by Soult 29 Mch. 1809
Almeida taken by Massena 27 Aug. 1810
Massena defeated at Busaco 27 Sept. "
Wellington secures the lines of Torres Vedraa Oct. "
Massena defeated at Fuentes de Onoro; retreats. 5 May, 1811
British Parliament grants the sutferers by war in Portugal
100,000/ "
Portugal cedes Guiana to France 1814
Union of Portugal and Brazil 1815
Revolution begins in Oporto 29 Aug. 1820
Constitutional Junta established 1 Oct. "
Return of the court 4 July, 1821
Independence of Brazil; the prince regent made emperor
(Brazil) 12 Oct. 1822
King modifies the constitution 5 June, 1823
Disturbances at Lisbon ; Miguel departs 1-9 May, 1824
Treaty with Brazil 29 Aug. 1825
Death of John VI 10 Mch. 1826
Dom Pedro grants a constitutional charter, and confirms the
regency 26 Apr. "
He relinquishes the throne in favor of his daughter, donna
Maria da Gloria 2 May, "
Marquess of Chaves's insurrection at Lisbon in favor of dom
Miguel, brother of dom Pedro 6 Oct. "
Dom Miguel and donna Maria betrothed 29 Oct "
Portugal solicits the assistance of Great Britain, 3 Dec. ; the
first British auxiliary troops start for Portugal 17 Dec. "
Dom Miguel made regent; takes the oath at Lisbon 22 Feb. 1828
British armament quits Portugal 28 Apr. "
Dom Miguel assumes the title of king 4 July, "
He dissolves the 3 estates 12 July, "
His troops take Madeira 24 Aug. "
Duke of Palmella appointed regent Mch. 1830
Dom Pedro arrives in England 16 June, 1831
His expedition sails from Belle isle, 9 Feb. ; at Terceira pro-
claims himself regent, 2 Apr. ; takes Oporto 8 July, 1832
Miguelites attack Oporto and are defeated 19 Sept. "
Adm. Napier takes dom Miguel's squadron off cape St. Vincent,
5 July, 1833
Lisbon evacuated by the duke of Cadaval ; queen proclaimed,
24 July; enter Lisbon 22 Sept "
After various confiicts dom Miguel capitulates to the Pedroites,
and Santarem surrenders, 26 May ; dom Miguel embarks at
Evora for Genoa 31 May, 1834
Dom Pedro d 24 Sept "
Queen marries Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg 9 Apr. 1836
Action at Evora; queen's troops defeat insurgents 31 Oct 1846
British squadron under adra. Parker arrives in the Tagus, at
the queen's request 31 Oct "
London conference; England, France, a»id Spain determine to
assist the queen to terminate the civil war 21 .May, 1847
Spaniards enter Oporto, and the Junto capitulates 26 June, "
An American squadron in the Tagus to enforce claims against
the Portuguese.. 22 June, 1850
Revision of the charter by the Cortes sanctioned by the
queen; the prince royal takes the oath to the constitution,
18 July, 1852
Death of the queen, Maria II 15 Nov. 1853
Slaves on royal domains freed 30 Dec. 1854
Inauguration of the king 16 Sept 1855
First Portuguese railway (Lisbon to Santarem) opened. .26 Oct 1856
French emigrant ship for negroes, Cliarleset- Georges, seized,
29 Nov. 1857
France sends ultimatum, 13 Oct ; and ships of war to the
Tagus; vessel restored (Charles et-Georges) 25 Oct 1858
Pedro V. dies; his brother, the duke of Oporto, succeeds,
11 Nov. 1861
Law of succession altered in favor of the king's sisters . .3 Jan. 1862
Free-trade measures introduced 1 June, 1864
U. S. vessels Niagara and Sacramento in the Tagus fired on,
suspected of sailing after the confederate vessel Stonewall,
27 Mch. ; difficulty with the U. S. arranged 7 Apr. 1865
Constitutional privileges granted to the colonies May, "
Gen. Prim enters Portugal, 20 Jan. ; ordered to depart,
17 Feb. 1866
French republic recognized Sept 1870
Celebration in honor of Camoens and Vasco de Gama at Lis-
bon June, 1880
Circular aflBrming Portuguese rights over the Congo issued,
Oct. 1883
Death of king Luis T 19 Oct 1889
King Carlos inaugurated 28 Dec. "
British government demands the immediate recall of the Por-
tuguese forces from British sphere in Africa 5 Jan. 1890
British government insisting, the Junta of Portugal accedes to
all the British demands under protest 11-12 Jan. "
Maj. Serpa Pinto, African explorer, arrives at Lisbon. ..20 Apr. "
Anglo- Portuguese agreement respecting Africa settled in
London 20 Aug. "
250th anniversary of the restored monarchy 1 Dec. "
[For the disputes with the South African company respect-
ing the Manica company, Zambesi, Sept-Dec. 1890.]
New Anglo-Portuguese convention signed (afterwards ratified),
11 June, 1891
1095.
1112.
1128.
1139.
1185.
1212.
1223.
1248.
1279.
1325.
1357.
1385.
1433.
1438.
1481.
1495.
1521.
1557.
1578.
1580.
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SOVEREIGNS OF PORTUGAL.
I. UOUSK OF BURGUNDY.
Henry, count or earl of Portugal.
Alfonso, his sou, and Theresa.
Alfonso, count of Portugal, alone.
Alfonso I. declared king, having obtained a signal victory over
a prodigious army of Moors on the plains of Ourique.
Sancho 1., son of Alfonso.
Alfonso II., surnamed Crassus, or the Fat
Sancho II., or the Idle; deposed.
Alfonso III.
Denis, or Dionysius, the father of his country.
Alfonso IV., the Brave.
Peter the Severe.
Ferdinand I., son.
II. HOUSE OF AVIS.
John I., the Bastard and the Great; natural brother; married
Philippa, daughter of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster,
Edward, or Duarte.
Alfonso v., the African.
John II., the Great and the Perfect
Emmanuel the Fortunate; cousin.
John III., son; admitted the Inquisition.
Sebastian; drowned after the great battle of Alcazarquivir, in
Africa, 4 Aug. 1578.
Henry, the cardinal, son of Emmanuel; great-uncle.
Anthony, prior of Crato, son of Emmanuel; depcsed by
Philip II. of Spain, who united Portugal to his other domin-
III. INTERVAL OF SUBMISSION TO SPAIN.
1580. Philip II.
1598. Philip III. \ kings of Spain.
162L Philip IV.
IV. HOUSE OF BRAGANZA.
1640. John IV., duke of Braganza; dispossessed the Spaniards in a
bloodless revolution, and was proclaimed king, 1 Dec.
1656. Alfonso VI. ; deposed in 1667, and his brother Peter made
regent
1683. Peter II., brother.
1706. John v., son.
1750. Joseph Emmanuel, son. The daughter and successor of this
prince married his brother, by dispensation from the pope,
and they ascended the throne as
Maria I. and Peter III. jointly.
Maria I. alone; this princess afterwards fell into a state of
melancholy and derangement; d. 1816.
1792. Regency— John, son (afterwards king); declared regent 1791.
1816. John VI., previously regent He had withdrawn in 1807,
owing to the French invasion of Portugal, to his Brazilian
dominions; but the discontent of his subjects obliged him
to return in 1821; d. 1826.
1826. Peter IV. (dom Pedro), son; making his election of the empire
of Brazil, abdicated the throne of Portugal in favor of
" Maria II. (da Gloria), daughter; 7 years of age.
1828. Dom Miguel, brother to Peter IV., usurped the crown, which
he retained, amid civil contentions, until 1833.
1833. Maria II. restored; declared in Sept. 1834 to be of age; d. 15
Nov. 1853.
V. HOUSE OF BRAGANZA-COBURG.
1853. Peter V. (dom Pedro), son; b. 16 Sept 1837; d. 11 Nov. 1861.
1861. Luis I., brother; b. 31 Oct 1838; married Maria Pia, daughter
of Victor Emmanuel, king of Italy (b. 16 Oct 1847), 6 Oct
1862; d. 19 Oct 1889.
1889. Carlos I., b. 28 Sept 1863; married Marie Amalie, daughter
comte de Paris, 22 May, 1886. Heir : Luis Felippe, b. 21
Mch. 1887.
Posen, a Polish province, annexed to Prussia 1772 and
1793 ; made part of the duchy of Warsaw, 1807 ; restored to
Prussia, 1815. An insurrection here quelled. May, 1848.
positive philosophy, set forth by Auguste Comte,
an eminent mathematician, born about 1795 ; died at Paris,
1852. M. P. Emile Littre, the great French philologist, ar-
denth' embraced the system, and published "De la Philosophic
Positive," in 1845.
Comte's "Cours de Philosophie Positive," pub. 1830-42; Systfime
de Politique Positive, ou Traits de Sociologie, instituant la Reli-
gion de I'Humanite (I'amour pour principe, I'ordre pour base, et
le progr6s pour but)," 1851-54.
It professes to base itself wholly on positive facts or observed phe-
nomena, and rejects all metaphysical conceptions, which it con-
siders negatives, having nothing real or true in them; and dis-
penses with the science of mind. It sets aside theology and met-
aphysics as two merely preliminary stages in life, abandons all
search after causes and essences of things, and restricts itself to
the observation and classification of phenomena and the discovery
of their laws. Comte asserted that Europe had now arrived at the
third stage of its progress. The Society of Positivists in London
professes to promote the perfection of man by means of educa-
tion in its widest sense, aiming at the attaining of universal broth-
erhood independently of all professed religious sects. Positivism
does not recognize the supernatural or the future state. "The
Church of Humanity " is a modified form of positivism, described
by Richard Congreve (Pall Mall Gazette, 17 Jan. 1884).
POS
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Po§taI International convention. Pos-
TAL SEKVICE, 1863-91.
postal service. Among the ancients, news was con-
veyed by runners (2 Sam. xviii. 19-33) or by mounted posts
(Esther viii. 10). The first mention of carrier pigeons was
by Ovid, who, in his " Metamorphoses," tells us that Tau-
rosthenes, by a pigeon stained with purple, gave notice of
his being victor at the Olympic games, on the very same day,
to his father at iEgina. The first letter-post in Europe was
established in the Hanse towns in the early part of the 13th
century. Post-paid envelopes were in use in France in the
time of Louis XIV. According to Pelisson, they originated in
1663 with M. de Velayer, who established, under royal au-
thority, a private penny-post in Paris, and placed boxes to re-
ceive letters enclosed in these envelopes at the corners of the
principal streets. b.c.
First recorded riding post established in Persia by Cyrus 599
Postal service introduced among the Romans by Augustus 31
A.D.
Postal service established by the emperor Charlemagne 807
Louis XI. establishes post houses in France, the first of the
kind in Europe (Henault) 1470
In England in the reign of Edward IV., riders on post-horses
bore by 20-mile stages news of the war with the Scots 1481
Regular line of posts established in the Tyrol, connecting Ger-
many and Italy, by Roger, count of Thurn-und-Taxis 1516
In Peru the Spanish invaders establish a system of posts by run-
ners on the great highway from Quito to Cuzco 1527
Carrier pigeons employed at the siege of Leyden 1675
Postage-stamps adopted at Zurich, Switzerland (first on the
continent) 1843
Postal treaty between U. S. and Great Britain Dec. 1848
Postal convention between U. S. and France 2 Mch. 1857
First International Postal congress convenes at Paris, John A.
Kasson representing the U. S 11 May, 1863
Pneumatic tube system introduced in Berlin, 1865; in Paris.. 1866
Pigeon post between London and Tours during the siege of
Paris (48 day mails and 1186 night mails sent),
18 Nov. 1870 to 28 Jan. 1871
General Postal union concluded at Berne, international let-
ter postage reduced generally to 5 cents per half-ounce,
9 Oct. 1874
Convention for a Universal Postal Union signed at Paris by
James N. Tyner and Joseph H. Blackfan for the U. S.,
1 June, 1878
Fourth Postal congress meets at Lisbon and adopts a conven-
tion, 4 Feb. 1885; rate, 5 cents per half-ounce, if prepaid;
postal-cards 2 cents. Convention takes effect 1 Apr. 1886
International Postal congress held at Vienna 20 May, 1891
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF POST - OFFICE BUSINESS (Pieces mailed).
Country.
v.„.
Letters.
Postal-cards.
Newspapers.
Misc. printed.
Merchandise.
Total.
]8-i8
1888
188(5
1886
1,769,800,000
1,512,200,000
591,451,811
720,497,240
372,200,000
188,800,000
35,923,379
245,282,540
1,063,100,000
152,300,000
92,957,793
523,873,340
389,5b6*O00
713,962,439
210,108,220
372,900,000
36,732,000
28,953.858
116,305,050
3,578,000,000
2,279,532,000
1,463,249,280
1,816,066,390
France
Germany
j postal system in England. Thomas Randolph re-
■: ceived the title of chief-postmaster of England in 1581. Pre-
! vious to this the postal service was in charge of sir Brian
! Tuke, designated Magister Nunciorum Cursorum sive Posta-
i rum, who was succeeded by sir William Paget and John Mason,
i jointly in 1545, and they by Thomas Randolph under same
j title in 1567. The office of postmaster-general of England for
I foreign parts was created by letters patent of James I., who
j appr)iuted Matthew de Quester in 1619. The first regular
I system of internal post was established by proclamation of
! Charles I. in 1635, commanding his postmaster of England for
; foreign parts " to settle a running post or two, to run night
j and day between Edinburgh and London, to go thither and
i come back again in 6 days."
) Franking privilege, characterized by sir Heneage Finch as " a
real poor-mendicant proviso," is granted to knights, etc.,
chosen to represent the commons in Parliament 1660
Penny-post tirst established in London and its suburbs by
Robert Murray, who assigned his interest in the undertaking
to Mr. Dockwra 2 years later 1681
Penny-post annexed to the revenue of the crown 1690
i General post established throughout the British colonies 1710
j Cross posts established by Ralph Allen, deputy-postmaster of
t Bath, whom Fielding has immortalized as Mr. AUworthy, in
"Tom Jones," and of whom Pope writes:
" Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame,
Do good by stealth and blush to find it fame " 1720
First mail-coaches started by John Palmer, theatre manager of
Bath, leaving London 8 a.m., arriving at Bristol 11 p.m., 24 Aug. 1784
[These coaches were attended by an armed guard to pre-
vent robbery of the mail, then very common.]
i Money order system in England founded by 3 post-ofHce officials
! as a private speculation (incorporated into the general system
i in 1838); established 1792
! Mails sent in steamers first by British post-office 1821
I First contract made by postmaster general of England with the
; Mona Isle Steam company to run mail-steamers twice a week
I between Liverpool and Douglas 1833
• First travelling post-carriage used on the Grand Junction rail-
! way between Liverpool and Birmingham 1 July, 1837
■ Rowland Hill's plan of penny postage adopted 1839
; Stamped i)ostage covers come into use 6 May, 1840
Sir James Graham exercises his power of opening letters under
warrant; contents of letters of the Italian patriot Mazzini
; disclosed to the Austrian government 1844
'.Stamp perforating machine invented by Henry Archer and
i purchased by the British government for iOOOl 1852
; Street letter-boxes erected in London Mch. 1855
' Post office savings-banks established by Parliament 1861
I Pneumatic-tube system, originating with Dennis Papin in 1667,
j jnu into use in post-office business in London 1863
I Half-penny stamped postal-cards issued 1 Oct. 1870
iSystem of telegraph money-orders inaugurated 2 Sept. 1889
1 Number of street letter-boxes in London 21,857 1891
jNumber of post-offices in the United Kingdom 40,643 "
I postal system- in the United States. The first or-
iganized system of post-offices in the U. S. was established by
the English Parliament in 1710, when a general letter-office
was opened in London, another in New York, and others in
each colony. Postage on a single letter from London to New
York was Is., and thence for 60 miles or less, 4d additional.
From 75 post-offices and 1875 miles of mail routes in 1790, the
number has increased to 64,329 post-offices and 439,027 miles
of mail route on 30 June, 1891.
1639
1657
1672
Post-office established in Boston at the house of Richard Fair-
banks for "all letters which are brought from beyond the
seas, or are to be sent thither "
Act passed by Virginia assembly for the immediate transmis-
sion of official letters from plantation to plantation on pen-
ally of 1 hogshead of tobacco for each default 13 Mch.
Government of New York establishes a monthly mail to Boston,
Colonial court establishes a post-office in Boston, appointing
John Hey ward postmaster 1676
Office of deputy postmaster-general for America created by au-
thority of Great Britain 1692
Public post established from the Potomac, through Annapolis
to Philadelphia, 8 times a year, postmaster's salary 501 1695
Col. J. Hamilton of New Jersey devises a post-office scheme
for British America in 1700, for which he obtains a patent
and the profits accruing. He afterwards sold it to the crown,
and a general system is established in America 1710
Mail route established, carrying letters from Boston, Mass., to
Williamsburg, Va., in 4 weeks 1717
Benjamin Franklin appointed deputy-postmaster in America.. 1737
Benjamin Franklin and col. William Hunter appointed post-
master-generals in America; Franklin on a tour of inspec-
tion visits every post-office except Charleston 1753
Mails carried between Philadelphia and New York by stage. . , 1756
Franklin summarily dismissed from office by the king, 30 Jan. 1774
Independent post-office established in New York, and John
Holt appointed postmaster; operations begin 11 May, 1775
Post-office department created, with headquarters at Philadel-
phia, and Benjamin Franklin elected postmaster-general for
1 year by Continental Congress 26 July, "
Richard Bache succeeds Franklin as postmaster-general, 7 Nov. 1776
Inspector of dead letters appointed under resolution of Conti-
nental Congress 17 Oct. 1777
Ebenezer Hazard appointed postmaster-general 28 Jan. 1782
Rate of postage fixed by Continental Congress as follows:
Single letters, under 60 miles 7.4 cts.
60 to 100 miles 11.1 cts.
100 to 200 miles 14.8 cts.
And 3.4 cts. additional for each 100 miles 18 Oct. "
Temporary establishment of post offices by act of Congress,
22 Sept. 1789
Revenue for one year of the 10 principal post offices in the U. S. :
Philadelphia, Pa.. $7087.06
New York, NY... 3788.04
Baltimore, Md. . . . 3034.64
Boston, Mass 2883.67
Richmond, Va 2777.07
Petersburg, Va.. $1472.18
Alexandria, Va.. 1234.00
Fredericksburg,
Va 1059.08
Norfolk, Va 1016.00
Charleston, S. C. 810.00.
,1790-91
Laws of 18 Oct. 1782 and 23 Oct. 1786, which gave authority to
commander-in-chief of the army, the president of Congress,
governors of states, and secretary of foreign affairs, to open
or authorize the opening of letters in the mails, are repealed.
Act to organize the post-office system ; franking privilege ex-
tended to members of Congress, etc 20 Feb.
Letter-carriers are to be employed at such post-offices as the
postmaster-general may direct, for delivery of letters, who
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may collect on each letter 2 cents, unless persons lodge in
the post-offlce a request that their letters he not delivered
(repealed 1872), act of Congress 8 May, 1794
AH letters to George Washington to be received and conveyed
by post during his life free of charge 3 Mch. 1797
Privilege of franking given John Adams " 1801
Mail between Petersburg, Va., and Louisville,Ga., to go in mail-
coaches instead of on horseback, by act of 3 Mch. 1802
A general post ofBco established at Washington 30 Apr. 1810
Postage rates of 1799 increased 50 per cent, by act of. . .23 Dec. 1814
Act of 23 Dec. 1814 repealed and old rates restored 1 Feb. 1816
Franking privilege granted to Charles Carroll of Carrollton,
only surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, by
resoltition of Congress 23 May, 1828
Postmaster general made a cabinet oflBcer (Cablnkt council,
U.VITKD Statks) 1829
Mails Qrst transported by railroad 1834
Franking privilege extended to Dolly P. Madison during life,
2 July, 1836
Postmaster-general authorized to contract for carrying mails
on navigable canals, and to establish an "express mail " for
slips from newspapers or letters at triple the ordinary rates
of postage 2 July, "
Every railroad declared to be a post- route by Congress. .7 July, 1838
Envelopes first used for letters 1839
Franking privilege granted to the widow of president Wm. H.
Harrison 9 Sept. 1841
Issue of postage-stamps first authorized 3 Mch. 1847
Post oflQces established at Astoria, 1847; at San Diego, Monte-
rey, and San Francisco, with postage rate from any place on
the Atlantic coast, 40 cents 14 Aug. 1848
Letter postage reduced to 3 cents per half-ounce for distance
under 3000 miles, postage prepaid 3 Mch. 1851
Stamped envelopes provided for by act of Congress 31 Aug. 1852
System of registered letters introduced 3 Mch. 1855
Compulsory prepayment of postage on all transient printed
matter required by act of. 2 Jan. 1857
Iron boxes placed in the city of Boston for prepaid letters, to
be collected by postmen ; beginning 2 Aug. 1858
First overland mail from St. Louis to San Francisco Sept. "
Letters not called for to be returned to the address of writer
on the envelope, by act of 6 Apr. I860
Merchandise first admitted to the mails, and postmaster-gen-
eral authorized to furnish stamped letter sheets (combining
sheet and envelope), by act of 27 Feb. 1861
Delivery of letters and newspapers by carriers throughout a
circuit of 9 miles from the city hall in New York city, daily
or semi daily, authorized by act of 27 Feb. "
Pillar-boxes or other receiving boxes authorized 3 Mch. 1863
Trial trip of the first railroad post-oflQce from Chicago to Clin-
ton, on system of col. George B. Armstrong 28 Aug. 1864
Money-order system established by act of 17 May; goes into
operation, ..'. 1 Nov. "
Franking privilege extended to Mary Lincoln, wife of Abraham
Lincoln, during life, by act of 10 Feb. 1866
Letters and circulars concerning lotteries or gift concerts to be
excluded from the mails by act of. 27 July, "
Uniforms, as prescribed by the postmaster-general, to be worn
by letter-carriers, by act of 27 July, 1868
Free delivery by letter carriers, in cities of 50,000 population
and upward, established by act of. 8 June, 1872
Franking privilege after 1 Julv, 1873, abolished by act of Con-
gress '. 31 Jan. 1873
[Exceptions: (1) Public documents printed by Congress,
Congressional Record sent by member of Congress, secretary
of state, or clerk of House; (2) seeds sent from the Depart-
ment of Agriculture by member of Congress, or through the
secretary; (3) letters and packages relating exclusively to
the business of the government, sent by officers of the same;
(4) matter sent to the librarian of,Congress under provisions
of the Copyright law; (5) matter pertaining to the Smith-
sonian institution.]
One-cent postal-cards provided for by act of 8 June, 1872; first
sold May, "
Postal-notes limited to $4.99 authorized by act of 3 Mch. 1883
Postage on first-class mail matter reduced from 3 to 2 cents per
half ounce, by act of 3 Mch. "
Special delivery system authorized, and postage on first-class
mail-matter reduced to 2 cents per ounce, by act of . .3 Mch. 1885
First issue of stamped letter-sheet envelopes Aug. 1886
Free-delivery system extended to places of 10,000 population,
by act of. 3 Jan. 1887
RATES OF LETTER POSTAGE AS ESTABLISHED BY
CONGRESS.
ACTS OF
Miles of transit for a single
sheet at rate named.
20 Feb. 1792.
2 Mch. 1799.
9 Apr. 1816.
3 Mch. 1846.
25 cents.
over 450
over 500
over 400
22 '?
350-450
20 "
250-^0
300-500
18X"
. . .
150-400
17 "
200-250
150-300
15 "
150-200
12>tf "^
I
96-i50
80-150
12 "
100-150
10 "
60-100
40-90
30-80
over 300
8 "
30-60
under 40
6 '»
under 30
under 30
5 "
under 300
RATES OF LETTER
POSTAGE AS
ESTABLISHED
BY ACTS ol
CONGHESS.— ( Continued. ) |
Rate.
Miles of transit per
lalf-ounce at rate imiiied. ■
8 Mch. 1861.
8 Mch. 1866.
3 Mch. 1863.
3 Mch. 1883.^
10 cents.
over 3000 unpaid.
over 3000
6 " over 3000 prepaid.
....
5 "
under 3000 unpaid.
....
3 "
under 3000 prepaid. under300o|
Everywhere
in U.S.
....
2 "
.... {
Everywhei
in U. S.
Two cents per ounce to any point in the U. S 3 Mch. ISSl
GROWTH OF POSTAL SYSTEM (1790-1893). 1
Year.
Number ofpost-
offlces.
Miles of mail-
routes.
Revenue.
Expenditure*.
1790
75
1,875
137,935
$32,140
1800
903
20,817
280,804
213,994
1810
2,300
36,406
552,366
495.969
1820
4,500
72,492
1,111,927
1,160,926
1830
8,450
115,176
1,850,583
1,932,708
1840
J^'f?^
155,739
4,543,522
4.718,236
1850
^!'til
178,672
5,499,985
5,212,963
1860
28,498
240,594
8,518,067
19,170,610
18V0
28,492
231,232
19,772,221
23,998,838
1880
42,989
343,888
33,315,479
36,542,804
1890
62,401
427,990
60,882,097
65,930,717
1893
68,403
453,833
75,896,933
81,074,104
pota§'§illlIl, a remarkable metal, discovered by Huna
phry Davy, who first succeeded in separating it from its oxid
potash, by means of a powerful voltaic battery, in the labon
tory of the Koyal institution, London, about 19 Oct. 1807 ; ani
also the metals sodium from soda, and calcium from lime, etc
The alkalies and earths had been previously regarded as sim-
ple substances. Potassium ignites on contact with moisture.
potR'tO (^Solanum tuberosuni), native of Chili and Peru,
generally considered to have been taken to England from
America by sir John Hawkins, 1565. Others ascribe its in-
troduction to sir Francis Drake in 1586 ; its general introduc-
tion, 1592. Its first culture in Ireland is referred to sir Walter
Raleigh, who had large estates in that country', about Youghal,
in the county of Cork. Although it now constitutes so large a
portion of the food of man, it was scarcely known prior to the
17th century, and was not greatly cultivated until the middle
of the 18th, its culture not becoming general even in England,
until after 1765. Agriculture.
potato, Sweet. Flowers and Plants. |
Potawat'omies. Indians. I
Potidae'a, a town in Macedonia, a tributary of Athens,;]
against which it revolted, 432 b.c., but submitted in 429. It
was taken from the Athenians, after 3 years' siege, by Philip
II. of Macedon in 358 b.c.
PotO'mac. Army, Peninsular campaign.
Poto'Si, a city of Bolivia, Peru. Silver mines here were
discovered by the Spaniards in 1545 ; they are situated in the
Cerro de Potosi, a conical mountain 18 miles in circumference.
Potsdam, a city near Berlin, the Versailles of Prussia.
It was made an arsenal in 1721. Here is situated the palace
of Sans-souci (built 1660-73), embellished by Frederick II.,
and occupied by Napoleon I. in Oct. 1806; and the new palace,
the residence of late emperor Frederick William and his wife,
the princess royal of England.
pottery and porcelain. The potter's art is co-
eval with civilization. Bricks, burned thoroughly, were used
in building the tower of Babel (Gen. xi.3). Bricks with true
glaze were used in Babylon 2122 b.c. The manufacture of
earthenware (the ceramic art) existed among the Jews as an
honorable occupation (I Chron. iv. 23) ; and the power of the
potter over the clay, as a symbol of the power of God, is de-
scribed by Jeremiah 605 b.c. (Jer. xviii.). Earthenware was
made by the ancient Egyptians, Assyrians, Greeks, Etruscans,
Romans, and prehistoric inhabitants of America. Tiles and
vessels of lead-glazed ware were made in England as early as
the 14th century. b. c.
College or guild of potters instituted by Numa "^15
Chinese authorities date the invention of porcelain or translu-
cent pottery W^
A.v.
Samiau ware, a fine, glossy, red enamel, made by the Romans. 150
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Moorish tiles introduced into Italy at the conquest of Majorca
by the Pisans 1115
James I. of Arragon grants a special charter to the Saracens of
Xativa, now San Felipe, Svtain, for making pottery, which
mentions vases, domestic pottery, and wall tiles 1239
Delft ware manufactured in Holland 1310
" What land is this ? Yon pretty town
Is Delft, with all its wares displayed ;
The pride, the market-place, the crowu
And centre of the Potter's trade."
— Longfelluw, " K^ramos."
Oldest-known Chinese work treating of the ceramic art, enti-
tled " Feoii-liang Hien-tchi," issued 1325
[This work passed through 21 editions. It begins in the
Wou-te period of the Thang dynasty, about 621 a.d., when
the government first directed its attention to the industry.]
Lucca della Robbia, said to have first used stanniferous enamel
in Florence, It;ily, on majolica ware, introduced into that
country after the conquest of Majorca by the Pisans in
1115 (?) 1425
" A nobler title to renown
Is thine, O pleasant Tuscan town,
Seated beside the Arno's stream ;
P"or Lucca della Robbia there
Created forms so wondrous fair,
They made thy sovereignty supreme."
— LongfeUoro, " Keramos."
Famous porcelain tower at Nankin, 330 feet h gh, designed by
the emperor Yung-lo to commemorate his mother, and de-
stroyed by Tae-piug rebels in Mch. 1853, was completed 1431
"And yonder by Nankin, behold!
The Tower of Porcelain, strange and old.
Uplifting to the astonished skies
1 Its ninefold painted balconies." — Longfellow," 'K.irVtniM"
Antuonio, an alchemist, succeeds in making and firing translu-
cent porcelain, at San Simone, near Venice 1470
( Oriental porcelain first introduced into Europe by Portuguese. 1518
i Faience d'Orion, made of fine pipe-clay, decorated with inlaid
I work by lady Hel5ne de Hangest-Genlis, and fired by her pri-
j vate potter; she died at her chateau near Thouars, France.. 1537
I Bernard Palissy discovers hard enamel at Saintes, France 1550
j " Who is it in the suburbs here,
(This Potter, working with such cheer,
This madman, as the people say,
Who breaks his tables and his'chain
To feed his furnace fires? . . .
O Palissy ! within thy breast
Burned the hot fever of unrest;
Thine was the prophet's vision. . ."
; — Longfellow, " K^raraos."
i Manufacture of true porcelain carried on at Florence under the
i patronage of grand duke Francis I. (Dr. Forest) 1580-90
Finely crackled ware of Satsuma, Japan, first produced. about 1592
" The leaves that rustle, the reeds that make
A whisper by each stream and lake,
The saffron dawn, the sunset red.
Are painted on these lovely jars."
— Longfellow, " Keramos."
Thomas Roos and Abraham Cullyn receive a patent for the
making of stone pots and jugs of Cologne ware in England. . 1626
i Decorated wares made at Rouen, France 1640
tArt of glazing pottery with salt accidentally discovered at
i Stanley farm, near Bagnall, Engl., by a servant of J. Yale,
about 1680
John Philip Elersand his brother David establish the first pot-
tery of importance in art history in England, at Bradwell,
about 1690
[Porcelain manufactured at St. Cloud, France, by the Chican-
; neau family 1693
|John Frederic BOttcher makes a red stone-ware, which he calls
j red porcelain, from clay found near Meissen, on the Elbe, 12
I miles from Dresden, about 1705. Encouraged by Augustus
I II. he experiments and produces hard -paste porcelain by
using kaolin found in the mining district of the Erzgebirgo,
I about 1710. First sale of Dresden or Meissen porcelain at
' the Leipsic fair 1715
'English fine earthenware made with pounded flint, sand, and
\ pipe-clay, and colored with oxide of manganese and copper,
I called agate ware 1725
iFirst soft-paste porcelain factory in England established at
1 Stratford le Bow about 1730
jAmerican clay used at Bow potteries 1744
Hard-paste porcelain factory established at St. Petersburg by
1^ empress Elizabeth "
Chelsea works (England) founded about. 1745
;\Vorcester Porcelain company organized in England by dr. Wall
1 and others (becomes Royal Porcelain works in 1788) 1751
lOiscovery of kaolin in Cornwall, Engl., by Wm. Cookworthy. . 1755
ilohn Sadler invents printing on pottery and porcelain in Eng-
^ Jand 1756
jorcelaiu vyorks, started at Vincennes, France, in 1745, and re-
I moved to Sevres in 1753. are purchased by Louis XV., who,
1 by decree,prohibits gilding or making other than white por-
• celain painted in blue, in Chinese patterns, elsewhere "
j^ream ware changed in name to •' queen's ware " when Josiah
I Wedgwood manufactures a complete table service by order
I of queen Charlotte of England 1762
iaolin discovered in France by Guettard 17(i5
^hina works erected at Philadelphia, Pa 1769
irst hard -paste porcelain produced at the Royal factory at
Sevres : , __ u
•ebble wares invented by Josiah Wedgwood, 1763' and jasper
ware I774
e welled porcelain first produced in France 1777
Service of 744 pieces, costing nearly $200,000, executed at
Sevres for empress Catherine II. of Russia 1778
[160 pieces were stolen, and sold in England; they were
mostly restored to emperor Nicholas about 1852. 1 plate sold
at baron Thibou'ssale, Feb. 1875, for 2400 francs.]
Thomas Turner of England introduces the willow pattern 1780
King Louis XV^ presents to the comtesse du Nord a toilet- table
and mirror in porcelain, which cost 75,000 livres 1782
Enoch Wood, called the "father of pottery," begins business
at Burslem, Engl 1734
Hamilton's returns of exports of the U. S. from Aug. 1789 to
Sept. 1790 gives for earthen and glass ware $1990 1790
Pottery established at Norwich, Conn 17%
Alexander Brongniart becomes director of the Sfevres factory. 1800
Ceramic museum founded at Sevres by Brongniart 1805
Portland vase placed in the British museum ....'. 1810
Exports of coarse earthenware from the U. S. exceeded im'
ports in n
Hard-paste porcelain made in Jersey City, N. J., 1816; business
continued by American Pottery company, organized 1829
Tile factory of the Mintons at Stoke upon-Trent, Engl, founded, 1840
Parian or Carrara ware introduced into England 1845
Factory established at Bennington, Vt., by Lyman & Fenton,
where bisque or Parian wares and soft-paste porcelain deco-
rated were produced 1847
Manufacture of English majolica begun by messrs. Minton 1850
Imperial Mosaic works, established at Rome in 1846, transferred
to St. Petersburg, Russia 1856
Principle of compressing paste in moulds of large objects by
means of air pressure, first used at Sevres 1861
" K€ramos," a poem of the ceramic art, written by Longfellow, 1878
Potter's wheel has greatly superseded moulding as producing
more original work t 1888
pound (from Lat. pondus). The value of the Roman
pondo is not precisely known, though some suppose it was
equivalent to an Attic mina, or U. As. Id. The pound ster-
ling was in Saxon times, about 671, a pound troy of silver,
and a shilling was its twentieth part; consequently the latter
was 3 times as large as it is at present. — Peachum. — The
English avoirdupois pound weight came from the French, and
contains 16 ounces; it is in proportion to the troy weight as
17 to 14. Coin, Standard.
Pow]iatail§. Indians, Virginia.
prsemuili'rc, Law of. This law (which obtained its
name from the first 2 words prcemoneriy or prcemuniri facias,
"cause to be forewarned," which is applied to any offence
in the way of contempt of the sovereign or his govern-
ment), derived its origin from the aggressive power of the
pope in England. The offence introduced a foreign power
into the land, and created an imperium in imperio. The first
statute of praemunire was enacted 35 Edward I. 1306. — Coke,
The pope bestowed most of the bishoprics, abbeys, etc., before
they were void, upon favorites, on pretence of providing the
church with better-qualified successors before the vacancies
occurred. To stop these encroachments, PZdward III. enacted
a statute in 1353. The statute commonly referred to as the
statute of praemunire is 16 Richard II. 1392. Several similar
enactments followed. The assertion that Parliament is inde-
pendent of the sovereign was declared a prcemunire, 1661.
praetorian guar€l§, a body of soldiers instituted
by the emperor Augustus (13 b.c.); their numbers enlarged by
Tiberius, until under Vitellius they numbered 16,000. Their
term of service was at first 12 years, afterwards increased to
16. They received double pay, the private ranking with the
centurion of the legionary, and at retirement received 20,000
sesterces (about $800). At first supporters of. the imperial
tyrants, they eventually became their masters, actually putting
up the diadem for sale (as in Mch. 193 a.d., when it was bought
by Didius Julianus). They were greatly reduced by Servius,
and finally disbanded by Constantine in 312.
prsetor§, Roman magistrates. In 365 b.c. one praetor
was appointed ; a second appointed in 252 b.c. The preetor
urbaniis administered justice to the citizens, and the prator
pei'egrinus acted in causes relating to foreigners. In 227 b.c.
2 more praetors were created to assist the consul in the govern-
ment of Sicily and Sardinia, lately conquered ; and 2 more
when Spain was made a Roman province, 197 b.c. Sulla, the
dictator, added 2, and Julius Caesar increased the number to
10, which afterwards became 16. After this their number
fluctuated, being sometimes 18, 16, or 12; till, in the decline
of the empire, their dignity decreased, and their numbers were
reduced to 3.
prag°niat'ic §anction, an ordinance relating to
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church and state affairs. The ordinances of the kings of
France are thus calletl ; in one the rights of the Galilean
church were asserted against the usurpation of the pope in the
choice of bishops by Charles VII. in 1438. The pragmatic
sanction for settling the empire of Germany in the house of
Austria, 1439. The emperor Charles VI. published the prag-
matic sanction, whereby, in default of male issue, his daughters
should succeed in preference to the daughters of his brother
Joseph I., 19 Apr. 1713; and he settled his dominions on his
daughter Maria Theresa, in conformity thereto, 1723. She
succeeded in Oct. 1740; but it gave rise to a war in which
most of the powers of Europe were engaged, and which lasted
till 1748. Austrian succession.
Prag^ue (jora^), the capital of Bohemia. The old city
was founded about 759 ; the new city rebuilt in 1348 by the
emperor Charles IV., who made it his capital and erected a
university. Prague has suffered much by war.
Victory of the Hussites under Ziska 14 July, 1420
Frederick, the king, totally defeated by the Austrians, near
Prague 8 Nov. 16'20
Prague taken by the Swedes in IMS, and by the French in 1741 ;
they left it 1742
Taken by the king of Prussia; obliged to abandon it 1744
Great battle of Prague (the Austrians defeated by prince Henry
of Prussia, and their whole camp taken; their commander,
gen. Brauu, mortally wounded, and the Prussian marshal
Schwerin killed) 6 May, 1757
Prairie Orove, Battle of. Arkansas, 1862.
Prai§e - Ood Bareboiie's parliament.
Barebone's parliament.
prayer, First, in Congress. United States, 1774.
prayer§. *' Then began men to call upon the name of
the Lord " (Gen. iv. 26), 3875 b.c. The mode of praying with
the face to the east was instituted by pope Boniface II. 532.
Prayers for the dead, first introduced into the Christian church
about 190, are now advocated by ministers of the English
church, 1872. Prayers addressed to the Virgin Mary and to
saints are said to have been introduced by pope Gregory, 593.
Liturgies.
Pre-Adamitei, a sect which arose about the mid-
dle of the 16th century, holding for its principal tenet that
there must have been men before Adam.
preb'endary, a clergyman attached to a cathedral or
collegiate church, who receives an income termed prebenda for
officiating at stated times. The office slightly differs from
that uf a canon.
prece'dence was established in very early ages, and
was among the laws of Justinian. In England the order of
precedence was regulated chiefly by 2 statutes, 31 Hen. VIII.
1539, and 1 Geo. I. 1714.
predeitination (Lat. prmdesHno, to determine be-
forehand, to foreordain), commonly applied to the doctrine that
all events are ordained beforehand from all eternity by the
Supreme Being ; a belief regarded by Calvinists as a neces-
sary logical inference from his omniscience and omnipotence.
(Eph. i.). It is defined in the 17th article of the Church of
England (Eph. i. and Kom. ix.). It was maintained by St.
Augustin, and opposed by Pelagius, in the early part of the
5th century. In later times it has been maintained by the
Augustinians, Jansenists, and Calvinists) ; and opposed by the
Dominicans, Jesuits, Arminians, especially the Methodists.
prelli§torie areilseoi'Og^y began in Sweden, and
was first systematized by Mr. Nillson. Daniel Wilson's " Ar-
chaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland," pub. 1851.
An international congress for treating prehistorical subjects
met at Neufchatel in 1866, and at Paris in 1867. At the
third meeting at Norwich, Aug. 1858, it assumed the name of
" International Congress for Prehistoric Archteology,'' and
published its transactions in 1869. A meeting was held at
Stockholm 7-14 Aug. 1874. Antiquaries, Barrows, Man.
Sir John Lubbock divides prehistoric archaeology into* greatepochs:
1. The Drift or Palaeolithic or old stone age; 2. The Neolithic or
polished stone age; 3. The Bronze age; 4. The Iron age, when
bronze was superseded. — (1880.)
Pre-Raphaelite §ehool, a name given about
1850 to J. E. Millai.s, Wra. Holman Hunt, D. G. Kossetti, and
other artists, who opposed the routine conventionality of aca-
demic teaching, and resolved to study nature as it appeared
to them, and not as it appeared in the antique. For a short
time they published "The Germ, or Art and Poetry," begin-
ning in 1850. Their works have been much criticised, but
their influence has been beneficial. Their princi|)les are de-
fended in substance by the great art-critic, John Ruskin.
prerogr'ative royal. In England the sovereign is
the supreme magistrate, the head of the established church, of
the army and navy, and the fountain of office, honor, and priv-
ilege ; but is subject to the laws, unless exempted by name.
The royal prerogatives were greatly exceeded by several des-
potic sovereigns, such as Elizabeth, James I., and Charles I.,
as it was a maxim that the sovereign could do no wrong. Eliz-
abeth used the phrase, " We, of our royal prerogative, which
we will not have argued or brought in question " (1591).
James I. told his parliament " that as it was blasphemy to
question what the Almighty could do of his power, so it was
sedition to inquire what a king could do by virtue of his pre-
rogative." These extreme doctrines were nullified by the
revolution of 1688, and the exercise of the prerogative is now
virtually subject to Parliament. Lords.
Pres'burg, the ancient capital of Hungary, where the
diets were held and the kings crowned. On 26 Doc. 1805, a
treaty was signed here between France and Austria, by which
the ancient states of Venice were ceded to Italy; the princi-
pality of Eichstadt, part of the bishopric of Passau, the city of
Augsburg, the Tyrol, all the possessions of Austria in Suabia, in
Brisgau, and Ortenau, were transferred to the elector of Bava-
ria and the duke of Wurtemberg, who, as well as the duke of
Baden, were then created kings by Napoleon. The indepen-
dence of the Helvetic republic was also stipulated. A new iron
and stone railway and passenger bridge over the Danube wa.s
inaugurated by the emperor, 30 Dec. 1890. Pop. 1890, 52,444.
Presbyte'rian§ are so called from their maintaining
that the government of the church appointed in the New Tes-
tament was by presbyteries, or associations of ministers and
ruling elders, equal in power, office, and in order. " The el-
ders (Gr. TrpiajivTkpovi:) I exhort, who am also an elder {avu-
7rpt(T(ivTepog) " (1 Pet. v. 1). Presbyterianism was accepted
by Parliament in place of episcopacj' in England in 1648, but
set aside at the Kestoration in 1660. It became the estab-
lished form of church government in Scotland in 1696,
tenets were embodied in the formulary of faith said to ha
been composed by John Knox in 1560, which was approv
by Parliament and ratified, 1567 ; and finally settled by an act
of the Scottish senate, 1696, and afterwards secured by the
treaty of union with England in 1707. The first Presbyterian
meeting-house in England was established at Wandswort
Surrey, 20 Nov. 1572.
A Pan-Presbyterian congress held in London. Representa-
tives of about 50 bodies, British. American, and foreign,
form an "Alliance of Presbyterian cliurches". . .19-22 July, 1875
Presbyterian church of England reconstituted at Liverpool (in
union with the United Presbyterian church of Scotland),
13 .lune, 1876
General council of the "Alliance of Reformed churches through-
out the world, holding the Presbyterian system," has its first
meeting at Edinburgh 8 July, 1877
Second meeting of Presbyterian Alliance at Philadelphia, Pa.,
23 Sept. 1880
Third meeting of Presbyterian Alliance at Belfast, Ireland,
24 June, 1884
Fourth meeting of Presbyterian Alliance at London, Engl.,
3 July, 1888
Fifth meeting of Presbyterian Alliance at Toronto, Out 1892
C.^MEKONIANS, ChUKCH OF SCOTLAND, CoNGREGATIONAUSTS, GLASITKS.
Pre§byteriail§ in the United States. The earliest
Presbyterian emigrants were French. Huguenots led by Ri-
bault, who came to the Carolinas in 1562. A Puritan Pres-
byterian church was established on Long Island about 1641,
and in New York city, 164.3. Dutch Presbyterianism was
planted in New Amsterdam in 1628. In 1790 the strength of
the Presbyterian church in the U. S. was represented by 4
synods, 16 presbyteries, 431 churches, 177 ministers, and 18,000
communicants. In 1890 there were 30 synods, 213 presbyteries,
6894 churches, 6158 ministers, and 775,903 communicants. Or,
if all the different bodies are estimated, as the Cumberland
Presbyterians, United Presbyterians, etc., they number 12,462
churches and 1,278,815 members; value of church property,
$94,876,233.
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Francis Makemie, licentiate of the Presbytery of Laggan in
1681, establishes the first organized Presbyterian church in
America, at Snow Hill, Maryland 1684
Church under Presbyterian government established at Ja-
maica, L. I., John Hubbard, pastor, but suppressed by gov.
Cornbury the same year 1702
Makemie visits England and returns to Maryland with John
Hampton and George Macuish, sent out by the London
union of Presbyterian and Independent ministers 1703-4
First presbytery in the U. S., probably formed at a meeting
held at Freehold, N. J., of 7 ministers : Francis Makemie,
John Hampton, George Macnish, Samuel Davis, John Wilson,
Jedediah Andrews, and Nathaniel Taylor 1705 or 1706
Synod organized consisting of 19 ministers 19 Apr. 1717
Celebrated "Adopting act" of the synod, accepting for the
Presbyterian church in U. S. the Confession of Faith and
Larger and Shorter Catechism of the Assembly of Divines
at Westminster 1729
Synod divided on questions of church polity, into the Old Side,
and New Brunswick party or New Side 1741
Morris's reading house erected in Hanover county, Va., about 1743
New Brunswick party and New York presbytery meet at Eliz-
abethtowu, N. J., and form the synod of New York Sept. 1745
College of New Jersey, chartered and opened at Elizabeth town,
N. J. , 1746, is removed to Newark after the death of pres. Jona-
than Dickinson (7 Oct. 1747), and Aaron Burr appointed presi-
dent undera new charter, 1748. College removed to Princeton, 1755
Reunion of Old and New Side synods at Philadelphia, the
"Synod of New York and Philadelphia," with 94 ministers
and 14 elders, Gilbert Tennent moderator 29 May, 1768
Rev. James Waddel (blind), whose eloquence is described by
William Wirt in the BrUish Spy, is licensed by the old
presbytery of Hanover, Va Apr. 1761
Plan of missionary collections in all of the churches of each
presbytery adopted by synod 1767
Provision made for circulation by committees appointed in
Philadelphia and New York, of Bibles and religious books
in the frontier settlements 1773
Presbytery of 4 seceding ministers, Presbyterian in form, but
Congregational in fact, known as the Associated Presbytery
of Morris county, is formed at Hanover, Va 3 May, 1780
Washington college in Rockbridge, Va., opened in 1774 as Au-
gusta academy, is incorporated as Liberty hull 1782
Synod recommends the final abolition of slavery 1787
Constitution for the Presbyterian church in the U. S. ratified
and adopted by synod 16 May, 1788
First general assembly of the church meets at Philadelphia. . . 1789
Robert Marshall and Carey H. Allen, the first missionaries sent
out under the general assembly, enter Kentucky 1790
Associated presbytery of Westchester county, N. Y., organized,
Jan. 1792
Northern associated presbytery in state of New York organ-
ized at New Canaan 12 Nov. 1793
First theological department in connection with a college in
America, added to Liberty hall under the patronage of the
synod of Virginia ' Jan. 1794
Convention of Correspondence, to meet annually, organized by
A.ssociated presbyteries at Poiighkeepsie 10 Apr. "
General assembly meets at Carlisle 1792 and 1795
Union college at Schenectady founded - "
New York missionary society formed 1 Nov. 1796
General assembly meets at Winchester, Va 1799
Great revival in Kentucky, Tennessee, New York, and New
England 1799-1800
Rev. James Hall, licensed by the presbytery of Orange in 1776,
begins mission work at Natchez, Miss "
"A Plan of Union " between Presbyterians and Congregation-
alists is proposed to the general assembly by the general as-
sociation of Connecticut, and adopted 1801
A permanent missionary fund of $12,359. 92>^, the interest only
to be used, is established by the assembly "
Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian church in America, or
Covenanters, organized at Philadelphia 24 May, 1809
Schism, originating in licensing laymen asexhorters during the
revival of 1801; Cumberland presbytery withdraws and or-
i ganizes the Cumberland Presbyterian church 1811
Standing committee of missions appointed 1802, and title
changed to Board of Missions in 1816
United Foreign Missionary Society organized to succeed the
I New York Missionary Society 28 July, 1817
! Elias Cornelius and Sylvester Larned, missionaries, organize a
i church in New Orleans. Corner stone laid 8 Jan. 1819
; Board of Education established "
: United Domestic Missionary Society of New York established, 1822
j United Foreign Missionary Society amalgamates with the
I American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. .. . 1826
American and Presbyterian education societies united 1827
I Steps taken in 1819 providing an authorized psalmody for the
jl church results in the publication adopted 1830
t Western Foreign Missionary Society of the U. S. organized by
the synod of Pittsburg 1831
•Western Memorial," signed by 18 ministers and 99 elders,
charging "a widely spread principle of evil operating in the
J Presbyterian church, to the general change of its form of
I government and the character of its creed," is refused a rec-
I ord in the assembly of 1834, by vote of 56 to 42. The me-
I morialists meet and dr.aw up a paper styled "The Acts and
i Testimony," re-echoing the statements of the memorial 1834
j "Acts and Testimony convention " at Pittsburg, 41 presbyteries
and 13 minorities of presbyteries represented, draw up a list
of grievancee for the assembly May, 1835
General assembly meets at Pittsburg, Pa 1835
Presbytery and synod of Cincinnati, try and acquit dr. Lyman
Beecher, charged by dr. Wilson of Cincinnati with teaching
Pelagian and Arminian doctrines 9 June et seq. "
Assembly acquit dr. Albert Barnes, charged with teaching
"dangerous errors or heresies" in his Notes on Romans,
and suspended by the synod of Philadelphia 1836
"Plan of union " of 1801 abrogated by vote 143 to 110 in the
general assembly at Philadelphia, as unnatural and uncon-
stitutional 22 May, 1837
Assembly resolve " that, by the operation of the abrogation of
the plan of union of 1801, the synod of the Western Reserve
is and is hereby declared to be no longer a part of the Pres-
byterian church of America," by 132 to 105 30 May, "
Assembly direct that the so-called American Home Missionary
Society and American Education Society cease to operate with
any Presbyterian church, 124 to 86, 2 June, 1837, and exscind
the synods of Utica, Genesee, and Geneva, by 115 to 88, 3 June, "
Presbytery of Philadeli)hia, of which Albert Barnes was a mem-
ber, is dissolved by vote of general assembly 7 June, "
Board of Foreign Missions established by assembly June, "
Convention of exscinded synods at Auburn, N. Y., proiwse to
retain their organization 17 Aug. "
In accordance with the exscinding act of 1837, the general as-
sembly organizes at the Seventh Presbyterian church, Phila-
delphia, 17 May, 1838. Representatives from the exscinded
synods being refused recognition, John P. Cleaveland, of the
presbytery of Detroit, moves to organize, which is rapidly
done, and dr. S. Fisher chosen moderator. This organization
adjourns to the First Presbyterian church (Mr. Barnes's),
where it rescinds the obnoxious acts of the assembly of 1837, 1838
Assembly at the First Presbyterian church (New School assem-
bly) is declared the true general assembly of the Presbyterian
church in the U. S., by the Supreme court 4 Mch. 1839
Board of Church Erection established 1844
First Presbyterian church on the whole Pacific coast organized
at Astoria 19 Sept. 1846
Standing Committee on Publication appointed 1852
Permanent Committee on Ministerial Education established... 1854
Board of Ministerial Relief established 1855
United Presbyterian church formed by union of Associate
Presbyterian and Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. . 1858
Southern general assembly formed with title "The Presbyte-
rian Church in the United States" 1861
Reunion of the Old and New Schools at Pittsburg, Pa., 12 Nov. 1869
Presbyterian hospital, Philadelphia, chartered Apr. 1871
Presbyterian hospital opened in New York city 10 Oct. 1872
Presbyterian eye, ear, and throat hospital at Baltimore, Md.,
opened 1 Dec. 1877
Board of Aid for colleges established 1883
Centenary of the general assembly celebrated by the northern
and southern assemblies, at Philadelphia 24 May, 1888
Committee on the revision of the Westminster Confession
meets at Alleghany, Pa 7 Sept. 1890
Trial of dr. Briggs 1892
PRESBYTEKIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES IN THE U. S.
Estab. Chart,
United Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Xenia,
Xenia, 0 1877—1794
Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, Prince-
ton, N. J 1822—1812
Auburn Theological Seminary. Auburn, N. Y 1820—1821
Union Theological Seminary, Hampden Sidney, Va 1867 — 1824
Theological Seminary of the United Presbyterian Church,
Alleghany, Pa 1830—1825
Western Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian
Church, Alleghany, Pa 1844—1827
Theological Seminary of the General Assembly of the
Presbvterian Church, Columbia, S. C 1828
Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, 0 1829—1831
Union Theological Seminary, New York 1839—1836
Associate Reformed Theological Seminary, Due West,S. C. , 1839
German Presbyterian Theological School of the North-
west, Dubuque, la 1852
Danville Theological Seminary, Danville, Ky 1854—1853
Theological School of Cumberland University, Lebanon,
Tenn 1842— "
Theological Seminary of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church, Alleghany, Pa 1858
McCormick Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian
Church, Chicago, 111 1859—1859
Theological Department of Biddle University, Charlotte,
N. C 1877-1868
German Theological School of Newark, Bloomfield, N. J. 1869
San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Francisco, Cal. 1871
Institute for training colored ministers, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1876
President and Elldymion. Naval battles.
President and Little Beit. United States,
1811.
President of tlie United States. To be
eligible, must be 35 years old ; a natural-born citizen of the
U. S., and a resident for 14 years. Elected by electors chosen
by the different states, for' a term of 4 years. Powers : To
approve and negative bills; to grant reprieves and pardons
for ofFences against the U. S., except in case of impeachment;
to make treaties, and to nominate ambassadors and other pub-
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He ministers, consuls, judges of the supreme court, etc., and by
and with the consent of the Senate appoint such officers ; to
till vacancies that may occur during the recess of the Senate
by granting commissions, but which shall expire at the end
of the next session ; to convene Congress, one or both houses;
to adjourn Congress to such a time as he may think proper, in
case it cannot agree upon an adjournment. The president is
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also commander-in-chief of the array and navy, and of the
militia of the several states when called into the service of
the U. S. Duties : To give information to Congress from time
to time regarding the state of the Union, and to recommend
to its consideration such measures as he shall judge neces-
sary and expedient ; to receive ambassadors and other public
ministers ; to see that the laws are faithfully executed, etc.
PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR WIVES, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, Em
Niune.
Born.
Married.
Died.
Buried.
F«mi
1. George Washington.,
Mrs. Martha CusUs. . .
2. John Adama
Abigail Smith
3. Thomas Jefferson. . .
Mrs. Martha Skelton
4. James Madison
Mrs. Dorothy Todd..
6. James Monroe
Eliza Kortv.Tight
6. John Q. Adams
Louisa C. Johuson
7. Andrew Jackson
Mrs. Rachel Robards..
8. Martin Van Buren...
Hannah Goes
9. William H. Harrison. .
Anna Symmes
10. John Tyler
Letitia Christian
Julia Gardiner
11. James K. Polk
Sarah Childress
12. Zachary Taylor
Margaret Smith
13. Millard Fillmore
Abigail Power
Mrs. Caroline Mcintosh
14. Franklin Pierce
Jane M. Appleton. . .
15. James Buchanan. . .
16. Abraham Lincoln. .
Mary Todd
17. Andrew Job n.son.. .
Eliza McCardle
18. Ulysses S. Grant
Julia Dent
19. Rutherford B. Hayes.
Lucy Ware Webb
20. James A. Garfield
Lucretia Randoipb. . .
21. Cbester A. Arthur
Ellen L. Herndon
22. Grover Cleveland
Frances Folsom
23. Benjamin Harrison. . .
Caroline L. Scott.....
22 Feb. 1732, nr. Fredericksburg, Va.
- May, 1732, Kent county, Va
30 Oct. 1735, Braintree, Mass
22 Nov. 1744, Weymouth, Mass
13 Apr. 1743, Shad well, Va
19 Oct 1748, Cliarles City co., Va.. .
16 Mch. 1751, Port Conway, Va. . . .
20 May, 1772, North Carolina
28 Apr. 1758, Westmoreland CO., Va.
17—, New York city
11 July, 1767, Quincy, Mass )
11 Feb. 1775, London, Engl J
15 Mch. 1767, Mecklenburg co.,N. C. i
1767 (
5 Dec. 1782, Kinderhook, N. Y. . . . \
8 Mch. 1783, " "....;
9 Feb. 1773, Berkeley, Va )
25 July, 1775, Morristown, N. J J
29 Mch. 1790, Charles City co., Va...
12 Nov. 1790, Cedar Grove, Va
1820, East Hampton, N. Y. .
2 Nov. 1795, Mecklenburg, N. C. . .
4 Sept. 1803, Murfreesboro, Tenn..
24 Nov. 1784, Orange county, Va. . .
1790, Calvert county, Md
7 Jan. 1800, Summer Hill, N. Y. . .
13 Mch. 1798, Stillwater, N. Y
21 Oct. 1813
23 Nov. 1804, Hillsborough, N. H. . .
12 Mch. 1806, Hampton, N. H J
23 Apr. 1791, Stony Batter, Pa
12 Feb. 1809, La Hue county, Ky. . . \
12 Dec. 1818, 1,exington, Ky f
29 Dec. 1808, Raleigh, N. C I
4 Oct. 1810, Leesburg, Tenn |
27 Apr. 1822, Point Pleasant, 0
26 Jan. 1826, St. Louis, Mo
4 Oct. 1822, Delaware, 0
28 Aug. 1831, Chillicothe, 0
19 Nov. 1831, Orange township, 0.
19 Apr. 1832, Hiram. 0
5 Oct. 1830, Fairfield, Vt
30 Aug. 1837, Culpeper C. H., Va. .
18 Mch. 1837, Caldwell, N. J
%lSxi\y, 1864, Buffalo, N. Y.
20 Aug. 1833, Mprth Bend, 0
1 Oct. 1832, afford. 0
17 Jan. 1759.
25 Oct. 1764.
IJan. 1772.
— Oct. 1794.
23 Feb. 1786.
26 July, 1797.
-Jan. 1791.
— Feb. 1807.
22 Nov. 1795,
29 Mch. 1813.
26 June, 1844.
IJan. 1824.
, 1810.
5 Feb. 1826.
18 Feb. 1858.
19 Nov. 1834.
Unmarried. ..
4 Nov. 1842.
17 May, 1827.
22 Aug. 1848.
30 Dec. 1852.
11 Nov. 1858.
29 Oct. 1859.
2 June, 1886.
20 Oct. 1853.
14 Dec.
28 May,
4 July,
28 Oct.
4 July,
5 Sept.
28 June,
12 July,
1799t
1802(
1826\
1818/
1826)
1782 j"
1830 i
1849 r
Mt. Vernon, Va.
Quincy,- Mass. ..
Monticello, Va. .
4 July, 1831
23 Sept.
23 Feb.
15 May,
8 June,
22 Dec.
24 July,
5 Feb.
4 Apr.
25 Feb.
17 Jan.
10 Sept.
10 July,
15 June,
14 Aug.
9 July,
18 Aug.
9 Mch.
30 Mch.
11 Aug.
8 Oct.
2 Dec.
1 June,
15 Apr.
16 July,
31 July,
15 Jan.
1848)
1852/
1845)
1828 f
1862 )
1819 j
1841)
1864/
1862)
1842 (
1889)
1849)
1891/
1850)
18()2|
1874
1853
1881
1869)
1863/
1868
1865)
1883)
1875)
1876]
23 July, 1885
17 Jan.' 1893)
25 June, 1889/
19 Sept. 1881 )
18 Nov." '18861
12 Jan. 1880 (
I
25 Oct. 1892 j
Montpelicr, Vt
(FirstN.Y. ;trans-~|
{ ferred 1858 to '
( Richmond, Va; (
Oak Hill, Va J
Quincy, Mass
Hermitage, Tenn
Kinderhook, N.Y...
North Bend, 0
Richmond, Va
Cedar Grove, Va..
Richmond, Va
Nashville, Tenn. . .
Near Louisville, Ky.
Buffalo, N. Y I
Concord, N. H
Wheatland, Pa.
Springfield, 111
Greenville, Tenn
/Riverside, New)
\ York citj-^ V
None.
3 boys, 2 girls.
6 girls.
None.
2 girls.
3 boys, 1 girl.
3 boys.
4 boys.
6 boys, 4 girls.
3 boys, 4 girls.
4 boys, 2 girls.
None.
1 boy, 3 girls.
1 bo J', 1 girl.
None.
3 bovs.
4 boys.
3 boys, 2 girls,
3 boys, 1 girl
4
Fremont, ()..
Cleveland, 0.,
Albany, N. Y
Indianapolis, Ind.
7 boys, 1 girl.
4 boys, 1 girl.
1 boy, 1 girl.
2 girls.
1 boy, 1 girl.
presidents, Administrations of. United States.
presidents. Continental Congress. United States.
press. Liberty of the. The imprimatur (" let it be print-
ed ") was much used on the title-pages of books printed in the
16th and 17th centuries. The liberty of the press was se-
verely restrained, and the number of master-printers in London
and Westminster limited by the star-chamber, 13 Charles I.
1 July, 1637.
»' Disorders in printing " were repressed by Parliament in 1643
and 1649, and by Charles II 1662
Censorship of the press (by a license established in 1655 and
1693) abandoned 1695
Zenger of the New York Weekly Journal arrested (New York), 1734
The toast, "The liberty of the press: it is like the air we
breathe — if we have it not, we die," was first given at the
Crown and Anchor tavern, London, at a Whig dinner 1795
Presses licensed, and the printer's name required on the first
and last pages of a book in Great Britain July, 1799
Affair of the Federal Republican at Baltimore, Md. (Mary-
land, United States) 1812
Case of the Observer (Alton riot, United States) 1837
Bill greatly freeing the press in France introduced into the
Chamber 24 Jan. 1881
pressings to death. Mutk, Torture.
Prester John. The first mention of this traditionary
oriental ruler occurs in the chronicles of Otho or Otto, bishop
of Treisingen, 1 145 ; also mentioned by Marco Polo. " The his-
tory of Prester John is that of a phantom taking many forms."
— Encyc. Brit., 9 ed., subject " Prester John." Abyssinia.
Preston, a city of Lancashire, Engl. Near here Crom-
well totally defeated the roj'alists under sir Marmaduke LangI
dale, 17 Aug. 1648. Preston was taken in 1715 by the Scotch ini
surgents under Forster, who proclaimed king James VIL Thej
were defeated on 12, 13 Nov. by gens. Willes and Carpenter.
Prestonpans, near Edinburgh, the sceneof abat tie I
tween thej'oung Pretender, prince Charles Stuart, and hisScotcli
adherents, and the royal army under sir John Cope, 21 Sept. 1745»|
The latter was defeated with the loss of 600 men, and fled.
Pretenders. A name given to the son and grand
sons of James IL of England.
Old Pretender, James Francis Edward Stuart, chevalier de
St. George, b. 10 June, 1088, was acknowledged by Louis
XIV. as James III. of England 1701
Proclaimed, and his standard set up, at Braemar and Castle-
town, in Scotland 3 Sept. 1715
Landed at Peterhead, in Aberdeenshire, from France, to en-
courage the rebellion that the earl of Mar and his other ad-
herents had prompted 25 Dec. "
This rebellion having been suppressed, the Pretender escaped
to Montrose (thence to Gravelines) 4 Feb. 1716
Died at Rome 30 Dec. 1765
Young Pretender, Charles Edward, b 1720
Landed in Scotland, and proclaimed his father king. . .25 July, 1745
Gained the battle of Prestonpans, 21 Sept. 1745; and of Fal-
kirk 17 Jan. 1746
Defeated at Culloden. and sought safety by flight 16 Apr. "
He wandered among the wilds of Scotland for nearly 6 months;
and as 30,000/. was offered for him, was constantly pursued,
often hemmed round by his enemies, but still rescued by
some lucky accident, and escaped from the isle of Uist to
Morlaix in Sept. He d 31 Jan. 1788
[North Carolina, 1747 and 1771.]
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His natural daughter assumed the title of the duchess of Al-
bany ; d 1789
His brother, the cardinal York, calling himself Henry IX. of
England, b. Mch. 1725; d. at Rome Aug. 1807
His alleged grandson, Charles Edward Stuart, comte d'Albanie,
d 24 Dec. 1880
France, Sovereigns, Louis XVII.; Impostors; Bonaparte family;
Bourbon.
prices. Bread, Corn, Provisions.
Pricle'§ purge. On 6 Dec. 1648, col. Pride, with 2
regiments, surrounded the House of Parliament, and seizing
in the passage 41 menabers of the Presbyterian party, sent
them to a low room, then called hell. Above 160 other mem-
bers were excluded, and none admitted but the most furious
of the Independents. The privileged members were named
the Rump Parliament, which was dismissed by Cromwell, 20
Apr. 1653.
Prie'lie, one of the 12 cities of the Ionian league in
Asia Minor. The temple of Minerva Polias, founded here by
Alexander the Great, and the work of Pythios, was excavated
by R. P. PuUan, for the Dilettanti Society, in 1868-69.
priest (from Gr. irpia^vTEpoc, elder), in the English
church the minister who presides over the public worship.
In Gen. xiv. 18, Melchizedek, king of Salem, is termed " priest
of the most high God" (1913 b.c. ; see Hebrews vii.). The
Greek lepgyg, like the Jewish priest, had a sacrificial charac-
ter, which idea of the priesthood is still maintained by the
Romanists and those who favor their views. Among the
Jews, the priests assumed their office at the age of 30 years.
The dignity of high or chief priest was fixed in Aaron's fam-
ily, 1491 B.C. After the captivity of Babylon, the civil gov-
ernment and the crown were superadded to the high-priest-
hood; it was the peculiar privilege of the high-priest that he
could be prosecuted in no court but that of the great Sanhe-
drim. The heathens had their arch-flamen, or high-priest,
resembling the Christian archbishop. For "Priest in Abso-
lution," Holy rood.
priin'er (Lat. primus, first), a book so named from the
Romish book of devotions, and formerly set forth or published
by authority, as the first book children should publicly learn or
read in schools, containing prayers or portions of the Scripture.
Primers were printed 1535, 1539. Henry VIII. issued a prayer-
book called a " primer" in 1546. The 3 were published by dr.
Burton in 1834 ; also an elementary work for teaching children,
as the " New England Primer." Education.
primogeil'lture, Right of, a usage brought down
from the earliest times. The first-born, in the patriarchal
ages, had a superiority over his brethren, and in the absence
of his father was priest to the family. In some parts of Eng-
land, by the ancient customs of gavel-kind and borough-
English, primogeniture was superseded. It came in with the
feudal law, 3 Will. 1. 1068. The rights of primogeniture abol-
ished in France, L790.
Prince Ed^^ard island, a province of Canada,
in the gulf of St. Lawrence, North America, was discovered
by Cabot in 1597 ; was finally taken from the French by the
British in 1758; united with Cape Breton as a colony in 1763,
but separated in 1768. Area, 2000 sq. miles; pop. 1891, 109,088.
Princeton, N. J., Battle of. On 2 Jan. 1777, Washing-
ton, with a force of about 5000 men, half of them militia, was
encamped at Trenton, N. J. Cornwallis, in command of the
British troops at Princeton, leaving 3 regiments at that place,
moved to attack the Americans. The British encamped for
the night, 2 Jan., a short distance from the American camp.
Washington, fully realizing the extreme peril of either fight-
ing or retreating, conceived the bold movement of passing to
the rear of the enemj'^ during the night and attacking the
force at Princeton, thus saving his army, and at the same
time inflicting a severe blow on his adversary. This was suc-
cessfully accomplished, and early on the morning of 3 Jan.
Washington surprised and defeated the British at Princeton
before Cornwallis was fully aware that the Americans had
' moved. The British loss was 450 in all, while the American's
was about 100, but among them gen. Mercer. The Americans
i then went into winter quarters at Morristown. . Trenton.
j printing. The art of impressing letters, characters, or
I figures on any fitting material. Block-printing was invented
by the Chinese about 593 a.d. ; movable types made in the 10th
century. The invention of copper types is attributed to the
Coreans in the beginning of the 15th century. The honor
of first printing with single types in Europe has been appro-
priated by Mentz, Strasburg, Haarlem, Venice, Rome, Florence,
Basle, and Augsburg. The earliest dated wood-cut known is
the St. Christopher of 1423, preserved in the library of lord
Spencer at Althorp (now— 1894 — in possession of Mrs. Rylands
of Manchester). " When we consider that printing of a rudi-
mentary kind had existed for so many centuries, and that dur-
ing the whole of the early part of the 15th century examples
with words or even whole lines of inscription were produced,
we can only wonder that the discovery of printing from mov-
able types should have been so late. It has been said inven-
tions will always be made when the need for them has arisen,
and this is the real reason, perhaps, why the discovery of print-
ing was delayed. We may say, therefore, that the intellectual
activity of the 15th century not only called printing into ex-
istence, but furnished it with the noblest models. The scribes
of Italy, at this epoch, had revived the Caroline minuscules, as
used in the 11th and 12th centuries, and it was this beautiful
hand which has given us the 'Roman' type in which our
books are still printed." — E. G. Duff, " Early Printed Books."
Lourens .Janszoon Coster of Haarlem "printed with blocks a
book of images and letters, ' Speculum Humanae Salvationis,'
and compounded an ink more viscous and tenacious than
common ink " {Adrian Junius; Books) about 1438
["On no subject connected with printing has more been
written and to less purpose than on the Haarlem invention
of printing by Lourens Janszoon Coster. During the 15th
century much had been said about the invention, accrediting
it always to Germany; and it was not till 1499 that a ref-
erence was made to an earlier Dutch discovery.""— /?m_^,
"Early Printed Books," London, 1893.]
John Faust establishes a printing-office at Mentz (Mayence),
and prints the "Tractatus Petri Hispani" 1442
Earliest specimen of printing from movable type known to ex-
ist was the famous indulgence of Nicholas V. to such as
should contribute money to aid the king of Cyprus against
the Turks, printed at Mainz 1454
[Of the "Biblia Pauperum " there are 3 dated editions
known, one of 1470, and 2 of 1471}
John Guttenberg of Mentz (Mayence) invents cut metal type,
used in printing the earliest edition of the Latin (Mazarine)
Bible (42 lines to the page) (Books) 1455
First book with a printed date, "Psalmorum Codex," printed
by SchOffer 1457
"Duriindi Rationale," the first work printed with cast metal
types, is issued by Faust & SchOflf'er at Mentz 1459
First Latin Bible with a date completed at Mentz by Faust &
SchOffer 1462
Sack of Mentz by Adolphus of Nassau in Oct. 1462, leads to
the dispersion of the printers in that city, and a consequent
wide-spread knowledge of the art of printing "
Roman type first used at Strasburg, Germany, by John Men-
telin about 1461-64
Greek type first seen in "Cicero de Officiis," printed at Mentz
by Faust & SchOffer 1465
First printing at Cologne by Ulric Zee 1465-66
Roman characters first used at Rome instead of the semi-
Gothic. Here first appeared the long f introduced by Sweyn-
heym & Pannartz, printers 1467
First printing at Augsburg by Gunther Zainer; first dated
book,"Meditationes Viti Domini nostri Jesu Christi "..Mch. 1468
First printing-press set up in Paris l)y 3 Germans, Martin
Crantz, Ulrich Gering, and Michael Friburger. First book
they issued was "Gasparini Pergamensis Epistolarum Opus," 1470
[Among the books printed by them during the next 3
years were, "Florus and Sallust," "Terence," Virgil's " Ec-
logues and Georgics," "Juvenal and Persius," Cicero's "Tus-
culan Disputations," and " Valerius Maximus."]
First printing in Nuremberg "
First book printed in the English language was a translation
of " Le Recueil des Histoires de Troyes," translated by Will-
iam Caxton at Cologne, and probably printed by him there. . 1471
Music printed from wooden blocks by Hans Froschauer of
Augsburg 1473
Caxton erects his press in the almonry at Westminster, where he
prints the "Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosopers;" the first
book printed in England, "Game and Playe of the Chesse," 1474
[Second edition, without date or place, is the first book
printed in English with woodcuts.]
Salomon Jarchi's "Commentary on the Pentateuch," printed
in Hebrew type at Reggio, Italy 1475
".'Esop's Fables," printed by Caxton, is supposed to be the
first book with its leaves numbered 1484
Theobaldus Manntius (Aldus) moves to Venice in 1488, and
begins the printing of the celebrated Aldine editions there.. . 1494
Earliest specimen of music type appears in Hegden's " Poly-
chronicon," printed by Wynkyn de Worde, at Westminster. . 1495
Total number of places where printing was practised in Ger-
many was at least 50 as early as 1500
Aldus of Venice introduces italic types, which he first used in
the " Virgil "of 1501
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Printing introduced into Scotland by Andrew Myllar in tho
Sotilhgiito at Kdinburgh 1508
"Manual do Adultos,'' printed by Juan (Jromberger, in Mexico, 1540
" Liturgy," the llrst book printed in Ireland, is issued from the
press of Humphrey Powell 1550
"DoclrinaChrisliana," printed at liiuia, Peru, by Anton ioRicardo, 15.S1
First patent "ranted for printing 15<.)1
Kunic type tVrst used at Stockholm in a Uunic and Swedish
•' Alpliabetarium " lOU
William Jausen Blaeuw of Amsterdam invents the so-called
"Nine Muses" printing press 1(520
First printing press in the U. S. set up in tho house of Henry
l>un8ter, president of Harvard college at Cambridge, and the
Freeman's Oath and an almanac printed by Stei)hen Daye. . 1G39
First Bible printed in America, Kliot's Indian translation, is-
sued from the Cambridge press (Biblk) 1663
Government of Massachusetts appoints licensers of the press
(1662), and passes laws that " no printing should bo allowed in
any town within the jurisdiction, except in Cambridge" 1664
Calico printing, introduced from India into Europe, was com-
menced in London, Kngl 1676
Sir John Harrmgton's translation of "Orlando Furioso," the
first Knglish work with copper plates used, printed 1690
Fii-st printing in New York was gov. Fletcher's proclamation,
from the press of William Bradford, and dated 25 Aug. 1693
William ('a.slou establishes a type foundry in Loudon, Engl 1716
Stereotyi)e printing practised by William Ged, a goldsmith of
Edinburgh, who made i>laster-of-Paris moulds about 1730
Christopher Sower, or Sauer, prints at Gerniantown, Pa., the
first German almanac printed in America, 1738, and an edition
of the Bible, the second Bible printed in North America 1743
Abel Buell of Killingworth, Conn., presents a memorial to the
General Assembly, setting forth his discoveries in the art of
type-founding, printed with type of his own casting Oct. 1769
First regular type-foundry in America established in German-
town, Pa., by Christopher Sower, jr 1772
Benjamin Mecom, nephew of dr. Franklin, makes au unsuc-
cessful attempt to stereotype portions of the New Testament, 1775
Present mode of stereotyping invented by Mr. Tilloch. . .about 1779
Logotypes, or words and syllables cast in one piece, invented
in England 1783
First successful effort to introduce printing in raised charac-
ters for the blind made by abb6 Valentin Hauy, at Paris 1784
Machine printing first suggested by William Nicholson, edi-
tor of the Philosophical Journal of England 1790
First i)rinting in the U. S. west of the Mississippi river by
Jacob Hunkle at St. Louis 1808
Patent granted in England to Frederick KOnig for a power
printing press 29 Mch. 1810
First work by a power-press was sheet "H" of the Annual
Register for 1810, at the rate of 800 impressions per hour, Apr. 1811
Stereotyping introduced into the U. S. from England by David
Bruce, 1812. The " Larger Catechism of the Westminster As-
sembly " printed by J. Watt & Co. of New York, claims on its
title p:ige to be the first work stereotyped in America.. June, 1813
Composition roller, an invention claimed by several persons,
comes into use about "
KOnig constructs the first successful power-machine (capacity
1800 sheets per hour on one side), from which was i)rinted
the London Times of 28 Nov. 1814
George Clymer of Philadelphia invents the Columbian press,
1817, which he introduces in London, Engl 1818
William Church of England patents a type setting machine.. . . 1822
Bed and platen press invented by Isaac Adams of Boston 1830
Fred. Rosenberg in the U. S. patents a type setting machine. . . 1840
Anastatic printing from zinc plates invented by Baldernius of
Berlin about 1841
Early specimens of printing from electrotype plates are the
London Journal for Apr. 1840, and Mapes's Magazine in the
U. S. ; plates for the latter were produced by Joseph A. Ad-
ams, a wood engraver "
R. M. Hoe of New York invents the " type-revolving printing-
machine," or lightning press, first used by the Public Ledger
of Philadelphia 1846
Hoe rotary press introduced into Paris, France 1848
Papier mach 6 stereotyping first used in Paris for books "
Bullock's web-perfecting press, which prints on both sides
from a continuous roll or web of paper, self-feeding, patented
by William Bullock of Pittsburg, Pa 14 Apr. 1863
The linotype, a type-casting machine, operated by a lettered
key-board, the invention of Ottmar Mergenthaler of Balti-
more, Md., and covered by numerous patents, is perfected. . 1888
[This machine sets up the type matrices, justifies each
line, makes metal casts for printing, and distributes the ma-
trices at the rate of from 3600 to 6000 ems per hoar.]
Printing was introduced into the 13 original states of the U.S.
by the following nanoed persons at the tinoe and place noted:
Massachusetts Cambridge Stephen Daye 1639
Virginia. Williamsburg John Buckner 1680-82
Pennsylvania near Philadelphia.. William Bradford 1685
New York New York city William Bradford 1693
Connecticut New London Thomas Short 1709
Maryland Annapolis William Parks 1726
South Carolina Charleston Eleazer Phillips 1730
Rhode Island Newport James Franklin 1732
New Jersey ..... Woodbridge James Parker 1751
North Carolina New-Berne James Davis 1749
New Hampshire Portsmouth Daniel Fowle 1756
Delaware Wilmington James Adams 1761
Georgia Savannah James Johnston 1762
printings In eolor§ was first done with blocks tl
imitate the initial vari-colored letters of MSS., as in Coster'j
"Speculum Humanjc Salvationis" of 1438, and the Ment
"Psalter" of Faust, 1455. Stenochromy, or printing in 8ev<
eral colors at one impression, and chromo-lithography, printing
from a number of separate stones, one for each color, are the
processes of color-printing in general use. The latter ha
reached high perfection. Prang, in the famous chrome
"Family Scene in Pompeii," used 43 separate stones.
"Hints on Color-printing," illustrated by printed imitations
of chiaroscuro and of colored drawings, giving details of the
process, written and published by William Savage 1819-
Parisian named Lacroix exhibits at the Paris industrial fair
specimens of female heads printed in tints of difierenl colors,
by a process which he calls lithochromy 182
George Baxter issues a "Pictorial Album," using as many as
20 diflerent blocks for a single picture 18
Storch and Kramer of Berlin successfully reproduce oil paint-
ings by chromo lithography 1840
Adams poly-chromatic press, producing a number of colors at
1 impression by separate inking fountains, invented ig
Chromo-lithography introduced into Philadelphia, where are
produced chromos of Washington and Lafayette 1849
G. C. Leighton begins color-printing by machinery 1861
Large colored prints of the Illustrated London News first is-
sued Dec. If
Rubber stamps. Hand-stamps, made of vulcanized india-rubber,
by John Leighton, F.S. A., about 1862, and patented 18645
Bible and Books for early records.
priories, religious houses next in dignity below abbeys,
and at first were dependent on them, are mentioned in 722 in
England. Abbeys. Alien priories were seized by the king
(Edward I.) in 1285, and in succeeding reigns on the breaking
out of war with France; but were usually restored on the con-
clusion of peace. These priories were dissolved, and their
estates vested in the crown, 3 Hen. V. l41-i.—Ei/mer'is Fcedera.
PriscillianiitS, disciples of Priscillian, a Spanish
bishop who was accused of teaching gnosticism and mani-
chaeism, 372. When condemned he appealed from the pope
to the emperor, but was beheaded at Treves, 385.
prisoners, Kulers of nations as noted :
Harold, afterwards II. of England, wrecked on the coast of France,
1063(?); imprisoned by count Guy of I'onthieu. who at the request
of William, duke of Normandy, afterwards William I. of England,
gave Harold to him. Harold, to gain his liberty, swore ou holy
relics to support William's claim to the crown. Hastings.
Richard I. of England, returning from the crusade incognito, taken
prisoner by Leopold V.,duke of Austria, 1192, and .sold to Henry
VI. of Germany. England paid 300,000^. for his release, 1194.
David II. of Scotland captured at the battle of Durham. 1346, and
detained a prisoner for 11 years by Edward HI. of England.
John II. king of France, taken prisoner by the Black Prince at the
battle of Poictiers, 1356; gained his liberty, 1360; his son, left as
hostiige, having fled, John returned voluntarily to captivity, and
died in London, 1364.
James I. of Scotland, captured on his way to France, when 11 years
old, by Henry IV. of England, 1405, and remained a captive until
1424, when liberated by Henry V., the Scots paying 40,000/. as the
cost of his maintenance while a prisoner.
Francis I. of France, prisoner to Charles V. of Spain, cnptured at
the battle of Pavia, 1525, only regains his liberty by ceding to
Charles Burgundy and Milan, 21 Feb. 1626.
Mary, queen of Scots, passing voluntarily into England, 1.568, im-
prisoned 19 years, and executed by order of Elizabeth, H P'eb. 1587.
Napoleon I. of France, surrendering to the English, 1815, impris-
oned by them on the island of St. Helena, where he d. 1821.
prisoners of war, among the ancient nations, when
spared, were usually enslaved. About the 13th century, civ-
ilized nations began to exchange their prisoners.
Spanish, French, and American prisoners of war in England
were 12,000 in number 30 Sept. 1779
Number exchanged by cartel with France, from the commence-
ment of the then war. was 44,000 June, 1781
English prisoners in France estimated at 6000, and the French
in England 27,000 Sept. 1798
English in France amounted to 10,300, and the French, etc.,
in England to 47,600 1811
Great numbers made by the Germans in the war 1870-71
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
No official record of the number of prisoners captured or exchanged
during the civil war has at this writing (1894) been compiled.
Complete figures are promised in series 2 of the official records
of the war department, now being published. Early in 1864 the
secretary of war reported the number of captures during the war
as follows: 1 lieutenant-general, 5 major-generals, 25 brigadier-
generals, 186 colonels, 146 lieutenant-colonels, 244 majors, 2497
captains, 5811 lieutenants, 16,563 non-commissioned officers,
121,156 privates, and 5800 citizens, a total of 152,434. There had
been exchanged up to that time 121,937 confederates, against
110,866 Union soldiers returned. On 14 June, 1862, a conference
was held on the banks of the Chickahominy, between col. Thomas
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M. Key and gen. Howell Cobb, regarding the exchange of prisoners
of war. A cartel was signed by maj.-gen. John A. Dix, U. S. A.,
and maj.-gen. D. H. Hill, C. S. A., at Haxall's Landing, on the
James river, Va., 22 July, and announced in public order 25 Sept.
The value of prisoners was to be rank for rank, or 60 privates for
a commanding general-in-chief, 40 for a major-general, 20 for a
brigadier-general, 15 for a colonel, 10 for a lieutenant-colonel, etc.
An act of the Confederate Congress, 1 May, 1863, to punish by
death or otherwise, commanders of negro troops captured in bat-
tle, stopped exchanges except by agreement between generals in
the field. The matter was placed in charge of lieut. -gen. Grant,
15 Oct. 1864, and negotiations renewed for exchange of all prison-
ers. Between 1 Jan. and 20 Oct. 1865, there were in the custody
of the U. S. 98,802 prisoners of war; of these 1955 enlisted in the
service of the U. S., 63,442 were released after cessation of hostili-
ties, and 33,127 were exchanged; besides these, 174,223 prisoners
surrendered in the Confederate armies, and were released on
parole.
pri§OIl§ and penitCIltiarie§. Prison reform in
England began with the efforts of John Howard (1726-90),
who was appointed sheriff of Bedford in 1773, and made a
personal investigation of English prisons. Between 1775 and
1783 Howard travelled on the Continent, finding the prisons
there on the whole superior to those of England. At Augs-
; burg he found instruments of torture and dungeons for people
convicted of witchcraft. In Russia he saw the different in-
; struments of death and torture: the axe and block, a machine
f for breaking arms and legs, a knife for slitting noses, the cat,
t knout, etc. Of the prison at Venice, the best he could say
i was, " Mercifully there were no irons, happily there was no
i fever." Holland was in advance in reform, and Howard
writes, " I know not which to admire most : the neatness and
■ cleanliness appearing in the prisons, the industry and regu-
i lar conduct of the prisoners, or the humanity and attention of
I the magistrates and governors." Howard died at Kherson,
' southern Russia, on his way to Constantinople. Of English
! prisons at this period, Joseph Kingsmill, chaplain of the Pen-
•■ tonville prison, says : " The state of prisons in England when
! the illustrious Howard began his work of inspection was in
: the highest degree disgraceful to the nation. A committal
! to prison was, in fact, equivalent in many cases to a sentence
I of death by some frightful disease; and in all, to the utmost
• extremes of hunger and cold. One of these diseases, gener-
ated by the want of proper ventilation, warmth, cleanliness, and
; food, became known as the jail-fever. It swept away hundreds
jevery year, and sent out others on their liberation miserably
{enfeebled. The keeper cared for none of these things; his
; highest duty was to keep his prisoners safe, and his highest
aspiration the fees squeezed out of their miserable relatives."
lEnglish Parliament enacts laws abolishing prison fees, and for
I improving the sanitary condition of jails 1774
(Prison built at Horsham', on Howard's plan, by duke of Rich-
: mond 1776
iFirst of John Howard's works on prisons, ''The State of
1 Prisons in England and Wales," pub 1777
iGloucester jail, England, on the solitary plan, completed 1792
;Elizabeth Fry begins her mission to the female prisoners in
1 Newgate about 1813
IPrison Discipline Society of England, for the amelioration of
jails, the classification and employment of prisoners, and the
I prevention of crime, instituted 1815
IRoyal Prison Society of France organized 1819
iPenitentiary at Millbank, on plan of Jeremy Bentham in his
' "Panopticon; or, the Inspection House," completed 1821
jricket-of-leave legalized by statute in England 1834
Separate system of imprisonment first tried in the prisons of
Ghent 1835
Juvenile prison at Parkhurst, in the isle of Wight, opened 1838
jCellular prison at Pentonville, England, opened 1842
iPirst prison congress, proposed by DucpiStiaux, inspector gen-
' eral of prisons in Belgium, meets at Frankfort-on-the Main, 1845
International prison congress at Brussels 1846
*^ew system of imprisonment in England, under which con-
victs pass through the prisons of Pentonville, Millbank, and
Portsmouth before being conditionally released, is adopted. . 1847
[rish convict, or Crofton system, attributed to Alexander Mac-
; onochie in 1840, introduced by sir Walter Crofton into Ire-
land 1854
nternatioual prison congress at Frankfort-on-the-Main 1857
Joward Association in England instituted 1866
'arole system adopted in the German empire 1871
^irst International prison congress meets in London. . .3 July, 1872
''arole system adopted in Japan "
,'ontrol of jails in England vested in a body of prison com-
; missioners appointed by the home secretary, by act of. 1877
nternatioual prison congress meets at Stockholm 1878
I'risoners' aid societies; Prison Charities act passed by British
; Parliament 1882
'arole system adopted in France 1885
nternatioual prison congress meets at Rome "
Centenary of the death of John Howard celebrated 20 Jan. 1890
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International prison congress at St. Petersburg, 19 June et seq. 1890
Receiving house for discharged prisoners was opened by gen.
Booth at 30 Argyle square, London 1891
prisons and penitentiaries in the United States.
The tirst prison-reform association in the world, called the
"Philadelphia Society for Assisting Distressed Prisoners,"
was formed in Philadelphia, Pa., 2 Feb. 1776, but owing to the
Revolution dissolved the following year; was reorganized 8
May, 1787, and is still in existence. The next oldest existing
prison association is that of New York state, founded in 1846.
It was through the efforts of its secretary, rev. dr. E. C. Wines,
inspired by count Sollohub of Russia, that the international
prison congress now existing was organized ; the first meeting
held at Middle Temple, London, 3 July, 1872.
Congress recommends to the several states to make it the
duty of keepers of jails to receive prisoners committed un-
der authority of the U. S 23 Sept. 1789
Law passed by legislature of Pennsylvania to try the system
of solitary confinement of prisoners at hard labor 1790
Society for the improvement of prison discipline and for the
reformation of juvenile offenders, organized in Boston 1815
Construction of Auburn (N. Y.) prison begun, 1816, and the
congregate system established there by capt. Elam Lynde. . . 1824
House of Refuge on BlackwelPs island, the first institution for
juvenile delinquents in the U. S., opened 1825
Eastern penitentiary in Philadelphia, on the solitary-confine-
ment plan, which was taken as a model for the English prison
at Pentonville, and of prisons in Paris, Belgium, Holland,
Germany, Sweden, Norwav, Denmark, etc., authorized by
legislature of 1821, and opened 25 Oct. 1829
First boys' reformatory in the U. S., upon the family or cot-
tage system, established at Lancaster, 0 1858
Hospital for insane criminals, the first in the U. S., established
at Auburn, N. Y '«
Act of Congress passed directing marshals to be appointed and
prisons to be established for American prisoners, 1 in Japan,
4 in China, 1 in Turkey, and 1 in Siam 22 June, 1860
Contract system of leasing prisoners in southern prisons to
private parties, begins with the Mississippi penitentiary,
21 Feb. 1867
National Prison Association organized at Cincinnati, 0., Ruth-
erford B. Hayes presiding 12 Oct. 1870
Territorial penitentiaries i)laced under control of the U. S.
marshal, and U. S. attorney-general authorized to prescribe
rules for their government by act of Congress 10 Jan. 1871
U. S. military prison established at fort Leavenworth, Kan., by
act of Congress 21 May, 1874
U. S. jail located at Fort Smith, Ark., by act of. 16 Mch. 1886
Contract labor in prisons of New York state abolished July, 1888
Congress authorizes 3 U. S. prisons: 1 north and 1 south of
39° N. lat. and east of the Rocky mountains, the other west
of the Rocky mountains 3 Mch. 1891
Year.
1850
U. S. PKISON STATISTICS.
No. of prisonerB.
Ratio to population.
737 1 out of 3422
1860 19,086 ; 1 " " 1647
1870 32,901 1 " " 1171
1880 68,609 1 " " 855
1890 79,621 1 " " 786.5
[" It is estimated by the best authorities that not over one third
of the criminals are in prison at any one time." — Boies, Prisons
and Paupers, p. 87.]
privateer, an armed ship of private owners, licensed
(letter of marque) by a government at war, to seize and plunder
the ships of the enemy. The practice, said to have been adopted
by Edward I. against the Portuguese in 1295, was general dur-
ing the war between Spain and the Netherlands in the 17th
century, and during the last Anglo-French war. During the
war of 1812-15 between the United States and Great Britain
the American privateers did great damage to British com-
merce, having taken, burned, and destroyed about 1780 British
merchantmen of all classes, while the British captured about
500 of the American merchantmen. The American privateers
numbered 250, 46 of which were letters of marque. Priva-
teering was abolished by the great sovereigns of Europe by
treaty, 30 Mch. 1856. The U. S. government refused to agree
unless the right of blockade was also given up. The British
government declined this, asserting " that the system of com-
mercial blockade was essential to its naval supremacy." On
17 Apr. 1861, Jefferson Davis, president of the Southern Con-
federacy, announced his intention of issuing letters of marque,
and on the 19th pres. Lincoln proclaimed that all southern
privateers should be treated as pirates. This decree was not
carried out. All the great powers forbade privateering during
the American civil war. Among the principal Confederate
privateers were the following: The Savannah ran the block-
ade at Charleston, S. C, 2 June, 1861, captured 4 June; the
Sumter ran the blockade at New Orleans, La., July, 1861, sold
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Apr. 1862 ; the Jeff. Davis escaped from Charleston, July, 1861,
wrecked in Aiij^. ; the Nashville escaped from Charleston, Oct.
1861, destroyed by the Montauk, 1 Mch. 1863; the FloHda,
built at Birkenhead, near Liverpool, received her armament at
sea, entered Mobile harbor, Aug. 1862, escaped from that port,
Jan. 1863, captured by the Wachusett, Oct. 1864, and after-
wards sunk by collision in Hampton Koads; the Alabama^
built at Liverpool, escaped 29 July, 1862, destroyed by the
Kearsarye, 19 June, 1864. It is estimated that during the war
30 vessels of all description were employed by the confederates.
Alabama claims. By the treaty of Washington privateer-
ing was prohibited.
privy COUIieil of England. A council was instituted
by Alfred, 895. The number of the council was about 12 when
it discharged the functions of state, now confined to the mem-
bers of the cabinet ; but it had become unwieldy in number
before 1679, when it was remodelled upon sir William Temple's
plan, and reduced to 30 members, Anthony Ashley, earl of
Shaftesbury, being president. The number is now unlimited.
privy §cal, the lord, the 5th great officer of the British
empire, has the custody of the privy seal, which he must not
put to any grant without good warrant under the sovereign's
signet. This seal is used by the sovereign to all charters,
grants, and pardons signed before they come to the great seal.
prize-flglltillgr* Boxing.
prize-money, arising from captures made from the
enemy, was decreed by the English government to be divided
into 8 equal parts, and distributed by order of ranks, 17 Apr.
1703. The distribution of army prize-money is regulated by
an act passed in 1832. Naval prize-money is now regulated
by royal proclamation ; the last, 19 May, 1866. In the United
States Congress decreed in 1812 that in the distribution of
prize-money arising from the captures by national vessels, one
half should go to the government, and the other half, divided
into 20 equal parts, should be distributed by order of rank.
probability, Theory of (termed by Butler, " the guide
of life ;" by Laplace, " good sense reduced to calculation "), was
originated by Pascal, and taken up by Fermat, in their corre-
spondence in 1654.
Its object is " the determination of the number of ways in which an
event may ha|)pen or fail, in order that we may jiklge whether
the chances of its happening or failing are greater." — Jevons.
It has been treated upon by the most eminent mathematicians— viz. ,
the Bernouillis, De Moivre, D'Alembert, Ealer, Lagrange, Laplace,
and Quetelet.
Isaac Todhunter's copious " History of Probability," pub. 1865.
proeoi1§lll,a Roman consul, whose tenure of office was
extended beyond his legal term. Q. Publilius was the first pro-
consul appointed during the Parthenope war, 327 b.c. The
name was afterwards given to the governors of provinces.
I*rocru§te§, a famous mythical robber of Attica, killed
by Theseus. His method of bringing all travellers captured to
the length of his bed, by cutting off their limbs if too long, or
stretching them if too short, originated the word procrustean,
for reducing by violence to strict conformity to a law, measure,
or model ; producing uniformity by deforming force.
proctor (from procurator), an office in English ecclesi-
astical courts, corresponding to that of an attorney or solicitor
in courts of common-law. It was abolished by the Judicature
act, 1873. The persons chosen to represent the clergy in con-
vocation are termed proctors. The university proctors enforce
discipline.
profiles. The first profile taken, as recorded, was that
of Antigonus, who, having but one eye, his likeness was so
taken, 330 ^.c.—Ashe. " Until the end of the 3d century I
have not seen a Roman emperor with a full face ; they were
always painted or appeared in profile, which gives us the view
of a head in a very majestic manner." — Addison. Old Man
OF THK Mountain.
prog^ressionist theory supposes that species of
animals and plants were not originally created, but were grad-
ually developed from one simple form. Evolution, Speciks.
Prohibition party. Political parties.
pronuneiamen'to (in Spain or South America), a
proclamation or formal announcement of policy, usually by a
revolutionary leader. France, Spain.
Propaganda fide, Congregatio de (congregation
for the propagation of the faith of the Roman Catholic church),
was constituted at Rome by Gregory XV. in 1622 ; the college
in 1627. J
prophets. Jews.
proprietaries,
prose writers.
Protectionists.
Pennsylvania, 1746, '55, '68, '79. ,
LlTEKATUKE. ;
Political parties; Tariff j
United States, 1790, and throughout. ,,
protectorates in England. That of the earl of
Pembroke, 19 Oct. 1216, ended by his death, 1218. Of Hum*
phrey, duke of Gloucester, began 31 Aug. 1422 ; he was seized
11 Feb. 1447, and found dead a few days after. Of Richard^
duke of (iloucester, began May, 1483, and ended by his as-
suming the royal dignitj', 26 June, the same year. Of Som-
erset, began 28 Jan. 1547, and ended by his resignation in 1549,
Of Oliver Cromwell, began 16 Dec. 1653, and ended by hi|
death, 3 Sept. 1658. Of Richard Cromwell, began 3 Sept. 1658,
and ended by his resignation, 25 May, 1659. England.
pro'teine (from Gr. irpuJTsiov, principal), a chemicii
terra introduced by Mulder about 1844 for the basis of albil*
men, fibrine, and caseine.
Protestant Episcopal church. Church.
Protestants. The emperor Charles V. called a diei
at Spires in 1529 to request aid from the German princel
against the Turks, and to devise means for allaying the relig-
ious disputes which then raged owing to Luther's opijosition
to the Roman Catholic clergy. Against a decree of this diet,
to support the doctrines of the church of Rome, 6 Lutheran
princes, with the deputies of 13 imperial towns, formally and
solemnly protested, 19 Apr. 1529. Hence the term Protestants
was given to the followers of Luther; it afterwards included Cal-
vinists, and other sects separated from the see of Rome. The 6
protesting princes were: John,elector of Saxony; George, mar-
grave of Brandenburg ; Ernest and Francis, the dukes of Lunen-
burg; the landgrave of Hesse; and the prince of Anhalt. These
were joined by the citizens of Strasburg, Nuremberg, Ulm, Con-
stance, Heilbron, and 7 other cities. Calvinists, Church of
England, Germany, Huguenots, Lutherans, etc.
Protestants persecuted in Scotland and Germany 1546
Edward VL established Protestantism in England 1518
Mary re-establishes Romanism, and persecutes the Protestants:
above 300 put to death 1553-58
Ridley, bishop of London, and Latimer, bishop of Worcester,
were burned at Oxford, 16 Oct. 1555; and Cranmer, arch-
bishop of Canterbury 21 Mch. 1556
[During 3 years of Mary's reign, 277 persons were brought
to the stake; besides those punished by imprisonment, fines,
and confiscations. Among those who suffered death by fire
were 5 bishops, 21 clergymen, 8 lay gentlemen, 84 tradesmen,
100 husbandmen, servants, and laborers, 55 women, and 4
children. The principal agents of the queen were the bish-
ops Gardiner and Bonner.]
Elizabeth restores Protestantism 1558
Protestant settlements formed in Ulster, N. Ireland 1608-11
Protestant union of princes in Germany, 4 May, 1608; met last,
May, 1621
Thirty yeaks' war between Romanists and Protestants in
Germany 1618-48
Protestants persecuted at Thorn, in Poland 1724
Protestant Association (Gordon's "No Popery" riots) 1780
Pan-Protestant conference held at Worms (about 1000 dele-
gates) 31 May, 1869
Meeting of a general synod of the Reformed church of France
(M. Guizot present) to propose return to early doctrine and
discipline, held at Paris 7 June, 1872
pro'toplasin, the material of the minute ultimate par-
ticles of all animal and vegetable tissues, termed "the physi-
cal basis of life "by Huxley (1868). The protamoeba, the
lowest form of life, is a structureless mass of protoplasm ; the
amoeba, a similar mass, contains a nucleus. Protoplasm is
composed of carbonic acid, water, and ammonia.
Provence {pro-voms'} (the Roman Provincia), a prov-
ince of S.E. France, now included mostly in the departments of
Alpes Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhone, and the Var, was made a
kingdom by the emperor Lothaire for his son Charles. It after-
wards became part of the kingdom of Aries as a feudal fief, and
was reunited to the German empire in 1032 by Conrad IL On
the fall of the Hohenstaufens it was acquired by Charles of An-
jou, who married the heiress of the count in 1245, and became
king of Naples in 1268 ; and was held by his successors till its an-
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nexation to France by Charles VIII. in 1487. In this region in
tlie 1 1 th centurj' Provencal literature first made its appearance.
It look a poetic form and gave rise to the Troubadour poetry and
music which lasted until the 14th century. Troubadour.
proverbs. The book of Proverbs by Solomon is dated
about 1000 B.C. The latter part was collected by order of
Hezekiah about 700 b.c. Ray's collection of English proverbs
appeared in 1672, and Bohn's general collection in 1857. Al-
fred Henderson's " Latin Proverbs," 1869.
provincial a§§eilll>lie§, congresses and conven-
tions. New York, Pennsylvania, etc., 1760-89.
provisional army. The course of the French gov-
ernment (Directory) towards the government of the United
States became so aggressive and insolent during the years
1797-98 that the U. S. decided to take measures for defence
and retaliation. To this end, therefore, an addition to the
army of 10,000 men was ordered by Congress in 1798, and
officers commissioned, with Washington as lieutenant-general
and commander-in-chief. Although commissions were issued
to the officers, the men were never called out and no money
disbursed. This provisional army was held in readiness until
the summer of 1800, when it was disbanded. See list of gen-
eral officers under army. Navy; United States, 1798.
provisions, prices of, in England, remarkable state-
ments concerning them. The high value of money and the
non-existence of produce and stock exchanges at the time
must be borne in mind.
Sale of Food and Drugs act passed 11 Aug. 1875.
Wheat for food for 100 men for 1 day worth only Is., and a sheep
for id., Henry I. about 1130. The price of wine raised to 6(1. per
quart for red and Sd. for white, that the sellers might be enabled
to live by it, 2 John, 1200. — Burton's Annals.
When wheat was at 6s. per quarter the farthing loaf was to be equal
in weight to 24 ounces (made of the whole grain) and to 16 the
white. \Vhen wheat was Is. 6d. per quarter, the farthing white
loaf was to weigh 64 ounces and the whole grain (the same as
standard now) 96, by the first assize, 1202. — Mat. Paris.
A remarkable plenty in all Europe, 1280. — Dufresnoy.
Wheat Is. per quarter, 14 Edw. I. \2m.—Stow.
Price of provisions fixed by the common council of London as fol-
lows: 2 pullets, 3 halfpence; a partridge, or 2 woodcocks, 3 half-
pence; a fat lamb, 6d. from Christmas to Shrovetide, the rest of
the year 4(i., 29 Edw. I. 1299.— Sftow.
Price of provisions fixed by Parliament: at the rate of 2^. 8s. of our
money for a fat ox; if fed with corn, %l. 12s. ; a shorn sheep, 5s. ;
2 dozen of eggs, 3d. ; other articles nearly the same as fixed by
the common council above recited, 7 Edw. II. 1313. — Rot. Pari.
Wine, the best sold for 20s. per tun, 10 Rich. II. 1387.
Wheat at Is. Id. the bushel in 1390, was deemed so high that it is
called a dearth of corn by the historians of that era.
Be 'f and pork settled at a halfpenny the pound, and veal 3 far-
tiiings, by act of Parliament, 24 Hen. VIII. 1533. —Anderson.
Document from a " Book of the Joint Diet, Dinner and Supper, and
the Charge thereof, for Cranmer, Latimer, and Ridley," kept by
the bailiffs of Oxford, while they were in their custody :
1 Oct. 1554. DINNER.
Bread and ale 2d.
Oysters Id.
Butter ; 2d.
I^yng
A piece of fresh salmon.
Wine
Cheese and pears.*
8d.
lOd.
3d.
2d.
The 3 dinners 2s. 6d.
Milk sold 3 pints ale-measure for 1 halfpenny, 2 Eliz. IZQO.—Stow' s
Chronicle.
provisions, prices of, in the United States. Tarifp^,
Wages.
Prussia, a kingdom of central Europe. The country
A\ as anciently possessed bj^ the Veneti, about 320 b.c. They
were conquered by the Borussi, who inhabited the Riphaean
mountains; and from these the country was called Borussia.
.Some historians deriv^e the name from Po, signifying near, and
[Russia, The Porussi afterwards intermixed with the followers
|of the Teutonic knights, and latterly with the Poles. Hohen-
zoLLERN. The constitution, established 31 Jan. 1850, was
imodified 30 Apr. 1851 ; 21 May, 5 June, 1852 ; 7 and 24 May,
,1853; 10 June, 1854; 30 May, 1855 ; 15 May, 1857; 17 May,
jl867 ; 27 Mch. 1872 ; 5 Apr. 1873 ; 18 June, 1875 ; 19 Feb.
|1879; and 27 May, 1888. Area, 1713, 43,400 sq. miles, pop.
'rl,73l,000 ; 1797, 118,000 sq. miles, pop. 8,700,000 ; 1816, 106,-
1^20 sq. miles, pop. 10,349,031 ; 1867, 134,463 sq. miles, pop.
?3,971,,337 ; 1890, 134,463 sq. miles, pop. 29,955,281.
St. Adalbert arrives in Prussia to preach Christianity, and is
slain about 997
Boleslaus of Poland revenges his death by dreadful ravages. . . 1018
Berlin built by a colony from the Netherlands, in the reign of
Albert the Bear 1163
Teutonic knights returning from the holy wars, undertake the
conquest and conversion of Prussia 1225
Thorn founded by them 1231
KOnigsberg, lately built, made the capital 1286
[Largely repeopled by German colonists, 12th-13th century.]
Frederick IV. of Nuremberg (the founder of the reigning fam-
ily) obtains by purchase from Sigismund, emperor of Ger-
many, the margraviate of Brandenburg 1415
Casimir IV. of Poland assists the natives against the oppres-
sion of the Teutonic knights 1446
Albert of Brandenburg, grand-master of the Teutonic order,
seizes its territories, renounces the Roman Catholic religion,
embraces Lutheranism, and is acknowledged duke of East
Prussia, to be held as a fief of Poland 1525
University of Konigsberg founded by duke Albert 1544
John Sigismund created elector of Brandenburg and duke of
Prussia 16O8
Principality of Halberstadt and the bishopric of Minden trans-
ferred to the house of Brandenburg 1648
Poland obliged to acknowledge Prussia as an independent state,
under Frederick William, surnamed the Great Elector 1657
Order of Concord instituted by Christian Ernest, elector of
Brandenburg and duke of Prussia, to commemorate the part
he had taken in restoring peace to Europe 1660
Frederick III , in an assembly of the states, crowns his own
head and his consort's; is proclaimed king of Prussia as
Frederick I., and institutes Order of the Black_Eagle . 18 Jan. 1701
Gueldres taken from the Dutch 1702
Frederick I. seizes NeufcH&tel or Neunburg, and purchases
Tecklenburg 1707
Principality of Meurs added to Prussia 1712
Frederick IL the Great, king, who made the Prussian mon-
archy rank among the first powers of Europe 1740
Breslau ceded to Prussia 1741
Silesia, Glatz, etc. , ceded 1742
Seven Years' war (Battlks) 1756-63
Frederick II. victor at Prague, 6 May; defeated at Kolin, 18
June; victor at Rossbach .' 5 Nov. 1757
Gen. Lacy, with an Austrian and Russian army, marches to Berlin ;
city is laid under contribution, etc. ; magazines destroyed, Oct. 1760
Peace of Hubertsburg ends Seven Years' war; part of Silesia
gained by Prussia 15 Feb. 1763
Shares in the first partition of Poland 1772
Frederick the Great d 17 Aug. TTSfi--
Frederick William II. invades France 1792
Joins the coalition against France 1793
Shares in the second and third jiartition of Poland 1793-95
Prussians seize Hanover 1801 and 1806
Prussia joins the allies of England against France 6 Oct. "
Fatal battles of Jena and Auerstadt 14 Oct. "
[Nearly all the monarchy subdued by France.]
Berlin decree promulgated 20 Nov. "
Peace of Tilsit 9 July, 1807
Formation of the Tugendbund, a patriotic society (promoted
by Von Stein) "
Convention of Berlin 5 Nov. 1808
Schaunhorst secretly restores the army by the system of re-
serves, forming a nation of soldiers 1809-13
People rise to expel the French from Germany at the king's
appeal, and form the " landwehr " or militia 17 Mch. 1813
Treaty of Paris 11 Apr. 1814
Congress of Carlsbad 1 Aug. 1819
Blucher d. in Siles a, aged 77 12 Sept. "
[From this time Prussia pursued a peaceful and undis-
turbed policy until 1848.]
Government disputes with Roman Catholic clergy begin,
through ultramontanism of the Radziwill family since 1830.. 1840
Serious attempt made on the life of the king by an assassin
named Tesch, who fired 2 shots at him 26 July, 1844
Insurrection in Berlin 18 Mch. 1848
Berlin declared in a state of siege 12 Nov. "
Constituent assembly dissolved; the king issues a new consti-
tution 5 Dec. "
German National Assembly elect the king of Prussia "heredi-
tary emperor of the Germans " 28 Mch. 1849
King declines the imperial crown 29 Apr. "
Kingdom put under martial law 10 May, "
Bavaria declares for an imperial constitution with the king of
Prussia at its head 8 Sept. "
Austria protests against the alliance of Prussia with the minor
states of Germany 12 Nov. "
New constitution, 31 Jan. ; the king takes the oath required by
it 6 Feb. 1850
Hanover withdraws from the Prussian alliance 25 Feb. "
Treaty signed at Munich between Austria, Bavaria, Saxony,
and Wiirtemberg to maintain the German union 27 Feb. "
Wurtemberg denounces the insidious ambition of the king of
Prussia, and announces a league with Bavaria, and Saxony,
under the sanction of Austria 15 Mch. "
Hesse- Darmstadt withdraws from the Prussian league, 30 June, "
Convention of Olmutz for the pacification of Germany, 29 Nov. "
150th anniversary of the Prussian monarchy celebrated, 18 Jan. 1851
King revives the council of state as it existed before the revo-
lution of 1848 12 Jan. 1852
Agrees to a protocol for preservation of the integrity of Tur-
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Declares neutrality in the war C Sept. and Oct.
E.xcluded from the conferences at Vienna Feb.
Disputes with Switzerland (Nki'fch.\tkl) . . .Nov. 1856, to May,
Mental illness of the king; the prince of Prussia appointed re-
gent. '-^3 Oct.
Prince of Prussia permanent regent 7 Oct.
Italian war— Prussia declares its neutrality, but arms to pro-
tect Germany May and June,
Kegent announces that "the Prussian army will be in future
the Prussian nation in arms " 12 Jan.
Regent and several German sovereigns meet the emperor of
the French at Badbn 15-17 June,
Death of Frederick William IV. Accession of William I., 2 Jan.
Attempted assassination of the king by Becker,a Leipsic student,
14 July ; who is sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, 23 Sept.
King and queen crowned at KOnigsberg; he declares that he
will reign by the "grace of God" 18 Oct.
Bill for making the ministry responsible passed 6 Mch.
Chamber of Representatives opposes the government as to
length of military service, 6 Mch. ; and resolves to discuss
items of the budget; ministry resigns; king will not accept
the resignation, but dissolves the chambers 11 Mch.
Mmistry (liberal) resigns, and a reactionary Ciibinet formed un-
der Van der Heydt 18 Mch. -12 Apr.
Elections go against the government; only one minister elect-
ed ^fay.
Van der Heydt resigns; succeeded as premier by the count
Bismarck-SchOnhausen, 23 Sept. ; who informs the chamber
that the budget is deferred till 1863; the chamber protests
against this as unconstitutional 30 Sept.
Chamber of Peers passes the budget without the amendments
of the Chamber of RepresentJitives; which (by 237 against 2)
resolves that the act is unconstitutional 11 Oct.
King closes the session (65th) saying, "The budget for the
year 1862, as decreed by the Chamber of Representatives,
having been rejected by the Chamber of Peers as insufficient,
the government is under the necessity of controlling the
public afl'airs outside the constitution " 13 Oct.
Agitation in favor of the constitution proceeding; passive re-
sistance adopted; several liberal papers suppressed Nov.
Chambers reassemble; unconciliatory address from the king,
U Jan. ; bold reply of the deputies; adopted 23 Jan.
They recommend neutrality in the Polish insurrection, 28 Feb.
Violent dissension between the deputies and the ministry, May,
Chamber of Deputies address the king on their relation with
the ministry and the state of the country, 22 May; the king
replies that his ministers possess his confidence, and ad-
journs the session 27 May,
King resolves to govern without a parliament
Press severely restricted, 1 June; the crown-prince in a speech
disavows participation in the recent acts of the ministry,
5 June; and censures them in a letter to the king, 6 July;
reconciled to the king 8 Sept.
Motion in favor of the rights of the duchies of Schleswig and
Holstein, carried 2 Dec. ; but the chamber refuses to assent
or to defray the expenses of war Dec.
Chambers dissolved Jan.
[For the events of the war, Denmark.]
Peace with Denmark signed 30 Oct.
Opening of the chambers, 14 Jan. ; revival of the constitution-
al agitation for control over the army budget 16 Jan.
Deputies having rejected the budget, the bills for reorganizing
the army and increasing the fleet, and meeting the expense
of the war with Denmark, the chamber is prorogued; the
government will rule without it 17 June,
King at Carlsbad issues a despotic decree appropriating and dis-
posing of the revenue 5 July.
Political dinner of the Liberal deputies prohibited at Cologne,
and forcibly prevented at Overlahnstein, in Nassau. .24 July,
Convention at Gastein signed 14 Aug.
King takes possession of Lauenburg, purchased from Austria
with his own money 15 Sept.
Decree asserting Prussian jurisdiction over Holstein. . .11 Mch.
Prussian circular asking German states whether they will sup-
port Austria or Prussia (they profess neutrality) 24 Mch.
Prussia prepares for war 27 Mch.
French government professes neutrality Apr.
Austria demands the demobilization of the Prussian army, 7
Apr. ; Bismarck proposes a German parliament 9 Apr.
Great meeting at Berlin in favor of peace 15 Apr.
Blind's attempt to assassinate Bismarck fails 7 May,
Recriminatory correspondence between Mendsdorfl" (Austrian)
and Bismarck, calling for disarmament April-May,
Alliance with Italy May,
Prussians enter Holstein ; Austrians retire 7 June,
Meeting of the Federal diet at Frankfort; the demobilization of
the Prussian army proposed by Austria; voted for by Bavaria,
Saxony, Hanover, Hesse-Cassel, Nassau, and others; Prussia
declares the Germanic confederation to be dissolved, 14 June,
Prince Alexander of Hesse appointed to command the Federal
army June,
Prussians declare war against Hanover and Saxony. . .15 June,
Justificatory manifestoes issued by Austria and Prussia,17 June,
Prussia declares war; royal manifesto to the people. .18 June,
Prussians occupy Hanover and Hesse-Cassel, Saxony and Nas-
sau 16-20 June,
Austrian northern army enters Silesia, 18 June; joined by the
Saxons about 19 June,
Nearly all the northern states join Prussia about 23 June,
Prince Frederick Charles and the first army, and the army of
the Elbe, enter Bohemia, 23 June; victorious in severe en-
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gagementsat Liebenau,TQrnau,andPodoll, 26 June; Huhner-
wasser, 27 June; MQnchengratz, 28 Juno; Gitschin, 29 June, 186(
Crown-prince and the second army (of Silesia) enter Bohemia,
22 June; repulsed at Trautenau, 27 June; victorious at Soor
and Trautenau, 28 Juno; KOniginhof. 29 June,
Left column of the crown-prince's army defeat the Austrians at
Nachod, 27 Juno; Skalicz, 28 June; Scliweinschadel.29 June,
Fruitless victory of the Hanoverians at Langensalza, 27 June;
they capitulate to the Prussians 29 June,
Communications opened between the 2 armies 30 June,
Command assumed by the king 1 July,
Battle of KOniggratz, or Sadowa; total defeat of the Austrians
under Benedek 3 July,
Benedek superseded by the archduke Albrecht 8 July,
Campaign of the army under Vogel von Falkenstein against the
army of the confederation, under princes Charles of Bavaria
and Alexander of Hesse; Prussian victories at Wiesenthal and
Dermbach, 4 July; Hammelburg and Kissingen 10 July,
Advance of the united armies under the king; cavalry skirmish
at Saar; Austrians retire 10 July,
Prince Frederick Charles enters Brunn, capital of Moravia,
12 July,
Campaign on the Main : Prussian victories at Laufach, 13 July,
and Aschullenburg 14 July,
Members of German diet retire from Frankfort on the- Main to
Augsburg 13 July,
Austrians defeated at Tobitschau 15 July,
Frankfort occupied by Falkenstein 16 July,
Fight at Blumenau stopped by news of an armistice. ..22 July,
Preliminaries of peace signed at Nikolsburg 26 July,
Prussians occupy Wiesbaden, 18 July; victorious at Tauberbi-
schofsheim, Hochhausen,Werbach, 24 July; Neubrunn, Helm-
stadt, Germersheim, 25 July; W^urzburg, 28 July; armistice
granted * 30 July,
Army reviewed by the king 15 miles from Vienna, 31 July; be-
gin their return home 1 Aug.
Franconia occupied by the Prussian reserve under grand-duke ot
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 23 July-1 Aug. ; armistice. .1-3 Aug.
Diet at Augsburg recognized the dissolution of the Germanic
confederation 4 Aug.
Bohemia and Moravia cleared by 18 Aug.
Treaty of peace signed at Prague 23 Aug.
Meeting of special committee of the Chamber of Deputies; cost
of the war stated, $88,000,000 29 Aug.
Peace with Wurtemberg concluded, 13 Aug. ; with Baden, 17
Aug. ; with Bavaria, 22 Aug. ; with Hesse- Darmstadt (ceding
Hesse-Cassel, Hesse Homburg, etc.) 3 Sept.
Formation of the North German confederation (Germany). Aug.
Entry of the army into Berlin ; enthusiastic reception. .20 Sept.
Decree for the annexation of Hanover, Electoral Hesse, Nassau,
and Frankfort 20 Sept.
Possession taken of Hanover, 6 Oct. ; of Hesse, Nassau, and
Pf^nkfort 8 Oct.
Treaty of peace with Saxony 21 Oct.
Electoral law for new German parliament promulgated at Ber-
lin. . . . s 23 Oct.
Schleswig and Holstein incorporated with Prussia by decree;
promulgated 24 Jan. 1867
North German parliament meet at Berlin, 24 Feb. ; adopt a
federal constitution; closed 17 Apr. "
Prussian chambers opened by the king , 29 Ai)r. "
They accept the North German constitution (sacrificing Prus-
sian civil rights to German unity) 8 May, "
Luxemburg question settled by a conference at London (Lux-
emburg) 7-11 May, ■
Prussian chambers approve North German constitution; closed
by the king 24 June, '
Treaty with the U. S. respecting naturalization of aliens signed
at Berlin 22 Feb. 1868
Much of the king of Hanover's property sequestrated, on ac-
count of his maintaining a Hanoverian legion, etc Mch. "
All property of king of Hanover sequestrated 15 Feb. 1869
Prince Leopold of HoheuzoUern Sigmaringen consents to be-
come candidate for the throne of Spain about 5 July, 1870
In consequence of opposition by Francej'tie, with the king's
consent, relinquishes the candidature 12 July, "
French government requiring guarantees from the king against
the future, the king repulses and declines to receive the
French minister, Benedetti, 13 July; and issues a circular to
his representatives at foreign courts 15 July, "
Emperor of the French declares for war "
North German parliament meet, and vote to support Prussia,
19 July, "
Proclamation of the king, granting "amnesty for political of-
fences," and "accepting the battle for the defence of the
fatherland," 31 July; and to the army, undertaking the com-
mand of the whole army 3 Aug. *'
[For the events of the war, Franco-Pkussian war.]
Order of the " Iron Cross " (distributed in the war of 1813) re-
vived; given to the crown-prince for his victory at Wissem-
bourg on 4 Aug. "
Prussian bishops protest against infallibility of the pope,
end of Aug. *'
Berlin, etc., rejoice at the surrender of Napoleon 3 Sept. "
Munich, Stuttgart, and other southern cities demand union with
North Germany 6 Sept. '
King proclaimed emperor of Germany at Versailles 18 Jan. 1871
Emperor arriyes at Berlin 17 Mch. "^
Bismarck created a prince 22 Mch,
Triumphal entry of the German army into Berlin; inaugura-
tion of the statue of Frederick William III 16 June,
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Bishop of Erm eland excommunicates dr. Wollner for denying
the pope's infallibility, 5 July; similar acts disapproved by
the government -Tuly, 1871
Law for expulsion of the Jesuits pub 5 July, 1872
Government disputes with the Roman Catholic clergy support-
ing papal infallibility; the bishop of Ermeland's salary or-
dered to be suspended from 1 Oct. ' '
Subiection of the church to the state affirmed by the legis-
lature 12 Mch. 1873
Laws introduced by M. Falk, minister of public worship, estab-
lishing a royal tribunal of ecclesiastical affairs, in opposition
to the authority of the pope, 9 Jan. ; passed 11 May, "
Emperor recognizes the " Old Catholic " bishop Reinkens,
about Aug. "
Letter from the pope to the emperor complaining of the eccle-
siastical prosecutions, and asserting his authority over all
baptized persons, 7 Aug. ; the emperor replies, justifying
them, and asserting that there is no mediator between God
and man but Jesus Christ 3 Sept. "
Archbishop Ledochowski of Poseu fined for threatening to ex-
communicate a professor; and archbishop Melchers fined for
instituting priests without government permission Oct. "
Pope (by letter) encourages archbishop Ledochowski to resist,
3 Nov. "
New oath of implicit obedience to the state proposed for the
clergy; the Civil Marriage bill passed Dec. "
Arrest of count Harry Arnim and confinement in Berlin for re-
taining documents sent him us ambassador, i Oct. ; for ill-
ness released on bail, 28 Oct. ; again arrested 12 Nov. 1874
Arnim's trial, 9 Dec. ; convicted of making away with ecclesio-
political documents; acquitted of other charges; sentence, 3
months' imprisonment 19 Dec. "
Civil marriage adopted by the parliament 25 Jan. 1875
Encyclical of the pope to the bishops encouraging firmness;
the Roman Catholic deputies of parliament protest 5 Feb. "
Count Arnim's new trial, 15 June; sentence confirmed. .20 Oct. "
Letter from count Arnim rebutting accusations in the Times of
19 Nov. "
jHe is to be prosecuted for treason in a pamphlet entitled " Pro
Nihilo," published at Zurich Nov. "
i Berlin conference on Eastern question (emperor of Russia,
' prince Gortschakoff, and count Andrassy; Berlin), 11-12 May, 1877
'Count Arnim publishes " Quid faciamus nos ?" Jan. 1879
iMarriage of princess Louise Margaret of Prussia to the duke of
i Connaught 13 Mch. "
[Discussion on the social movement against the Jews through
J jealouisy ; no vote 20-22 Nov. 1880
lAnti-Semitic league very active; much opposed by the prince
I imperial and others Jan. 1881
IDeath of count Arnim at Nice 19 May, "
For continuation, Germany.
MARGRAVES, ELECTORS, DUKES, AND KINGS.
MARGRAVES OR ELECTORS OF BRANDENBURG.
1134. Albert I., the Bear, first elector of Brandenburg.
1170. Otho I.
■mi. Otho II.
1206. Albert II.
!r221. John I. and Otho III.
'1266. John II.
1282. Otho IV.
1309. Waldemar.
1319. Henry I., the Young.
1320. [Interregnum.]
'1323. Louis I. of Bavaria.
1352. Louis II., the Roman.
1365. Otho v., the Sluggard.
11373. Wenceslas of Luxemburg.
1378. Sigismund of Luxemburg.
jl388. Jossus, the Bearded.
iL411. Sigismund again emperor.
,1415. Frederick I. of Nuremberg (of the house of Hohenzollern).
tl440. Frederick II., surnamed Ironside.
,1470. Albert III., surnamed the German Achilles.
L476. John III., his son, as margrave; styled the Cicero of Germany.
I486. John III. , as elector.
;.499. Joachim I., son of John.
..535. Joachim II., poisoned by a Jew.
|.571. John George.
.598. Joachim Frederick.
j.608. John Sigismund.
1 DUKES OF PRUSSIA.
|618. John Sigismund.
.619. George William.
640. Frederick William, his son, the " Great Elector."
688. Frederick IIL, son of the preceding; crowned king, 18 Jan.
1701.
KINGS OF PRUSSIA.
701. Frederick I. ; king; b. 1657; d. 27 Feb. 1713.
713. Frederick William L, son of Frederick I; b. 1688; d. 31 May,
1740.
TiO. Frederick II. (or Frederick III. ; styled the Great), son; made
Prussia a military power; b. 24 Jan. 1712; d. 17 Aug. 1786.
'"^6. Frederick William II., nephew of the preceding; b. 1744; d.
K) Nov. 1797.
'7'.»7. Frederick William III. (he had to contend against the might
of Napoleon, and, after extraordinary vicissitudes, he aided
England in his overthrow); b. 3 Aug. 1770; d. 7 June, 1840.
'40. Frederick William IV., son; b. 15 Oct. 1795; d. 2 Jan. 186L
665 puL
1861. William I., brother (b. 22 Mch. 1797); proclaimed emperor of
Germany at Versailles, 18 Jan. 1871; married princess Au-
gusta of Saxe- Weimar, 11 June, 1829; golden wedding kept,
11 June. 1879; d. 9 Mch. 1888; queen d. 7 Jan. 1890.
1888. Frederick III. (William), son ; b. 18 Oct. 1831 (married Victoria,
princess-royal of England, 25 Jan. 1858) ; d. 15 June, 1888.
" William II., son; b. 27 Jan. 1859; married princess Augusta
Victoria of Schleswig Holstein, 27 Feb. 1881.
Heir: William; b. 6 May, 1882. Germany.
prus§ie acid (sym. HCN or HCy) (hydrocyanic acid),
accidentally discovered by Diesbach, a German chemist, in
1709, and first obtained in a separate state by Scheele about
1782. It is colorless, smells like peach flowers, freezes at 5°
Fahrenheit, is very volatile, and turns vegetable blues into
red. Simple water distilled from the leaves of the lauro-
cerasus first ascertained to be a most deadly poison by dr.
Madden of Dublin. Blue, Cyanogen.
p§alins of David were collected by Solomon, 1000
B.C.; others added, 580 and 515 b.c. The church of England
Old Version in metre by Sternhold and Hopkins was published
in 1562; the New Version by Tate and Brady in 1698.
The version of Francis Rous, provost of Eton, first pub. 1641, was or-
dered to be used by Parliament in 1646. It is the basis of the
Scotch version which appeared in 1650. The marquess of Lome
published a version in 1877. Many otber versions published.
pseu'doscope (from Gr. -^tv^oQ, false), a name given
by prof. Wheatstone (1852) to the stereoscope, when em-
ployed to produce "conversions of relief," i. e., the reverse
of the stereoscope; a terrestrial globe appears like a hollow
hemisphere.
Psychical Research, Society for. Spiritualism.
psychol'Ogy, the science of the soul and its phenom-
ena, studied by Aristotle, Plato, Descartes, Leibnitz, Locke,
Hume, James Mill, J. S. Mill, Spencer, sir William Hamilton,
Alexander Bain, and others.
Society for Psychological Research founded 1882
International Congress of Experimental Psychology, Paris, 1889 ;
London 1 Aug. 1892
Prof William James's " Principles of Psychology " '(
psych roni'eter (from Gr. ■<1^vxp6q, cold), an appara-
tus for measuring the amount of elastic vapor in the atmos-
phere ; invented by Gay-Lussac (d. 1850), and modified by
Regnault (about 1848). An electric psych rometer was de-
scribed by Edmond Becquerel, 4 Feb. 1867.
Ptolema'ic system. Claudius Ptolemy of Pelu-
sium, in Egypt (about 140 a.d.), supposed that the earth was
fixed in the centre of the universe, and that the sun, moon,
and stars moved around it once in 24 hours. The system (long
the official doctrine of the church of Rome) was universally
taught till that of Pythagoras (500 b.c.) was revived by
Copernicus, 1530 a.d., and demonstrated by Kepler (1619) and
Newton (1687). Astronomy, Copernican system.
public land. Land, Revenue.
public-land strip. Neutral ground. •
Public Safety, Committee of, was established at
Paris during the French revolution on 6 Apr. 1793, with ab-
solute power, in consequence of the coalition against France.
The severe government of this committee is termed the
" Reign of Terror," which ended with the execution of Robes-
pierre and his associates, 28 July, 1794. A similar commit-
tee was established at Paris by communists, Mch.-May, 1871.
pub'licans, farmers of the state revenues of Rome.
Soon after the battle of Cannae they were so wealthy as to be
able to advance large sums to the government, payable at the
end of the war. No magistrate was permitted to be a publican.
publishers. Books, Magazines, Newspapers.
pugilism. Boxing.
Pulaski's banner. Count Casimir Pulaski, a Pole,
came to the United States in 1777, and fought under Wash-
ington at the battle of Brandywine, and soon after was ap-
pointed brigadier-general in the Continental army. In 1778
he organized an independent legion in Maryland, and when
about to take the field in the south the " Moravian nuns," or
single women at Bethlehem, Pa., sent him a banner wrought
by them, which he received with grateful acknowledgments,
and which he bore until he fell at Savannah in 1779. This
event is commemorated in Longfellow's " Hymn of the Mora-
\
PUL
vian Nuns." This banner is now in possession of the Mary-
land Historical Society. Makyland, 1778.
Pulaski, Fort. Fort Pulaski.
pulley, a wheel with a broad or grooved rim for carry-
ing a rope or other line or belt for the purpose of transmitting
power, said to have been invented by Archytas of Tarentum,
about 400 B.C., or by Archimedes, 287-212. A single fixed
pulley gives no increase of power, but in a single movable
pulley the power is doubled, but what is gained in power is
lost in time; in a continued combination the power is equal
to the number of pulleys, less one, doubled.
Pullman cars. Railways.
PultOlV'a, a country and city of Russia, where Charles
XII. of Sweden was entirely defeated by Peter the Great of
Russia, 8 July, 1709. He tied to Bender, in Turkey.
PultUSk, a town of Poland, where a battle was fought
between the Saxons, under their king Augustus, and the
Swedes, under Clmrles XII., in which the former were sig-
nally defeated, 1 May, 1703. Here also the French, under
Napoleon, fought the Russian and Prussian armies ; both sides
claimed the victorj', but it inclined in favor of the French, 26
Dec. 1806.
pump, an apparatus for lifting a fluid. Ctesibius of
Alexandria is said to have invented pumps (with other hy-
draulic instruments), about 224 b.c., although the invention is
ascribed to Danaus, at Lindus, 1485 b.c. Pumps were in gen-
eral use in England, 1425 a.d. An inscription on the pump in
front of the late Royal Exchange, London, stated that the well
was sunk in 1282. The air-pump was invented by Otto Gue-
ricke in 1654, and improved by Bojde in 1657. Air, Wells.
Pumpkinvine Creek, Battle of. Atlanta
CAMPAIGN.
Punell, the puppet-show, borrowed from the Italian
Polichinello, is descended from a character well known in the
theatres of ancient Rome.— Fosbroke.— The satirical weekly
publication, Punch, or the London Charivari, was established
by Henry Mayhew, Mark Lemon, Douglas Jerrold, Gilbert a'
Beckett, and others ; first pub. 17 July, 1841. Mark Lemon,
the first editor, died 23 May, 1870 ; 2d,'Shirley Brooks, died 23
Feb. 1874 ; 3d, Tom Taylor, died July, 1880 ; 4th, Francis Cow-
ley Buruand. Caricatures, " Charivari."
punetuation. The ancients do not appear to have
had any system. The period (.) is the most ancient ; the
colon (:) was introduced about 1485 ; the comma (,) was first
seen about 1521 ; and the semicolon (;) about 1570. In sir
Philip Sidney's " Arcadia " (1587) they all appear, as well as
the note of interrogation (?), asterisk (*), and parentheses ( ).
Punic (Lat. Punicus, from Puni or Pcani, Carthaginian)
lirar§. Carthage ; Rome, 264 b.c.
punishment (Gr. ttoiv/?— strictly, quit-money or fine
for blood spilled), any penalty inflicted on a person for a crime
or offence committed. " Cruel and unusual punishments
shall not be inflicted," Art. VIII., Amendments to the United
States Constitution. Beheading, Blinding, Boiling to
death, Burning alive, Burying alive, Drowning, Flog-
ging, Roasting, Starving, Torture.
Punjab, a province forming N.W. Hindostan, was t-rav-
ersed by Alexander the Great, 327 b.c. ; by Tamerlane, 1398
A.D. ; by Mahmoud of Ghizni, about 1000. It was an inde-
pendent state under Runjeet Sing, 1791-1839. English wars
with the Sikhs began here, 14 Dec. 1845, and were closed on
29 Mch. 1849, when the Punjab was annexed. India. The
Punjab has since greatly flourished, and on 1 Jan. 1859, was
made a distinct presidency (to include the Sutlej states and
the Delhi territorv). Area, 150,315 sq. miles; pop. 1891,
25,063,690.
puppets (Ital. puppi ; Fr. marionnettes), of which the
eyes, arms, etc., were moved by strings, were used by the
ancients, and are mentioned by Xenophon, Horace, and others.
Skilful theatrical performances with puppets have been sev-
eral times given in London (at the Adelaide gallery, 1852).
A performance with puppets as large as life began at St.
James's hall, July, 1872. Ch. Magnin published a " Histoire
des Marionnettes," 1852.
666
PYR
Pur&'na (Sanskrit = old, ancient; from p«ra, old, past),
the last great division of Hindu sacred literature. 18 princi-
pal Puranas are mentioned, but none are dated, and do not ap-
pear older than the 9th century a.d. The most celebrated
are the Vishnft and the Bhagavat Puranas. They are full
of legends relating to holy places and ceremonials, with mi-
nute fragments of history. Modern Hinduism is largely
founded on these compositions. There are other Puranas of
less importance.
purchase system of commissions in the
British army. The payment of a present or gratuity for a
commission was prohibited by William III., 1693 ; but in 1702
purchase was legally recognized. In 1711 the sale of com-
missions was forbidden without the royal permission ; in
1719-20 regulations were issued ; and a fixed scale of prices
was adopted in consequence of a commission in 1765. Large
over-regulation payments continued to be made. Commissions
of inquiry were held frequently since 1858;. and in 1871 the
system was abolished, with compensation, bj* royal warrant,
20 July, 1871, the bill for the purpose having been rejected by
the House of Lords.
purgatives of the mild species (aperients), particularly
cassia, manna, and senna, are ascribed to Actuarius, a Greek
physician of Constantinople, 1245.
pur'gatory, the supposed middle place between heaven
and hell, where, it is believed by the Roman Catholics, the soul
passes through the fire of purification before it enters the king-
dom of God. The doctrine was known about 250 a.d. ; was
introduced into the Roman church in the 5th century, and
made a religious dogma by Gregory I., 590-604. It was first
set forth by a council at Florence, 1439 ; enforced by the coun-
cil of Trent, Dec. 1563. Hades, Indulgences.
purification, after childbirth, was ordained by the
Jewish law, 1490 B.C. (Lev. xii.). The feast of the purifica-
tion was instituted 542, in honor of the Virgin Mary's going
to the temple (Luke ii.). Pope Sergius I. ordered the pro-
cession with wax tapers, whence Candlemas-day.
Pu'ritans, the name first given, it is said, about 15(
to persons who aimed at greater purity of doctrine, holin
of living, and stricter discipline than others. They withdrew
from the established church, professing to follow the word
God alone, and maintaining that the church retained man;
human inventions and popish superstitions. Cathari, Co;
GREGATIONALISTS, NON-CONFORMISTS, PRESBYTERIANS.
purple, a mixed tinge of scarlet and blue, discovered
Tyre. It is said to have been found by a dog's having b;
chance eaten a shell-fish, called murex, or purpura ; upon
turning, his master, Hercules Tyrius, observed his lips ting(
and made use of the discovery. Purple was anciently used
the princes and great men for their garments. It was restrict
to the emperor by Justinian I. 532, and Porphyrogenitui
attached to the names of some emperors, signifies " born
the purple."
purveyance, an ancient prerogative of the soverei
of England of purchasing provisions, etc., without the consei
of the owners, led to much oppression. It was regulated b;
Magna Charta, 1215, and other statutes, and was only surrei
dered by Charles II., in 1660, for a compensation.
Puseyism, a name attached to the views of certai
clergymen and lay members of the church of England, w'
proposed to restore practices in the church of England whid
they believed to be required bj'^ her liturgy and rubrics, bi
which were considered by their opponents to be of a Roraisl
tendency. The term was derived from the name of the pro
fessor of Hebrew at Oxford, Dr. Pusey. The heads of house
of the university of Oxford passed resolutions, 15 Mch. 1841
censuring dr. Pusey's attempts to renew practices which
now obsolete ; and his celebrated sermon was condemned bj
the same body, 30 May, 1843. Dr. Pusey died 16 Sept. 1882,
aged 82 years. Ritualism, Tractarians.
Pyd'na, a city of Macedon, where Perseus, the last kin|
of Macedon, was defeated and made prisoner by the RomanSj
commanded by ^milius Paulus, 22 June, 168 b.c. PhalAnX
pyr'amidS of Eg^ypt. The 3 principal are situate^
on a rock, at the foot of some high mountains which bound
PYR
667
QUA
the Nile. The first building commenced, it is supposed, about
1600 B.C. The greatest is said to have been erected by Cheops,
1082 B.C., but earlier dates are assigned. The largest, near
Gizeh, is 461 feet in perpendicular height, with a platform on
the top 32 feet square, and the length of the base is 746 feet.
It occupies about 12 acres of ground, and is constructed of
stupendous blocks of stone. There are many other smaller
pyramids to the south of these. They have been visited and
described by Belzoni, 1815; Vyse, 1836; C. Piazzi Smyth, and
others. Some 11 pyramids at Sakkara have been explored by
M. Maspero, 1880 et seq. The Battles of the Pyramids, when
B()naparte defeated the Mamelukes and thus subdued Lower
Egypt, took place 13 and 21 July, 1798. C. Piazzi Smyth's
"Life and Work at the Great Pyramid," with full description
of the facts, 3 vols., Edinburgh, 1867. — " Our Inheritances in
the Great Pyramids," C. Piazzi Smyth, London, 1880. Egypt.
Pyrei*ee§ (ph-'-e-mz), a lofty mountain-chain, forming
the boundary between France and Spain. After the battle of
Vittoria (fought 21 June, 1813), Napoleon sent Soult to super-
sede Jourdan, with instructions to drive the allies across the
Ebro; Soult retreated into France with a loss of more than
20,000 men, having been defeated by Wellington in a series of
engagements from 25 July to 2 Aug. ; one at the Pyrenees on
28 July. A railway through the Pyrenees (from Bilbao to Mi-
randa) was opened 21 Aug. 1862. The Peace of the Pyrenees
was concluded between France and Spain, by cardinal Mazarin
for the French king, and don Louis de Haro on the part of
Spain, in the island of Pheasants, on the Bidassoa. By this
; treaty Spain yielded Roussillon, Artois, and her right to Alsace ;
I and France ceded her conquests in Catalonia, Italy, etc., and
! engaged not to assist Portugal, 7 Nov. 1659.
I pyrol'der, a mechanical and chemical apparatus for
i extinguishing fires, especially in ships, invented by dr. Paton ;
I tried at Greenhithe, and reported successful, 1 June, 1875.
i pyrom'eter (" fire-measurer "), an apparatus employed
I to ascertain the temperature of furnaces, etc., where thermom-
eters cannot be employed; Muschenbroek's pyrometer (a me-
tallic bar) was described by him in 1731. Improvements were
imade by Ellicott and others. Wedgwood employed clay cyl-
jinders, 1782-86. In 1830 prof. Daniell received the Rumford
I medal for an excellent pyrometer made in 1821. Mr. Erics-
j son's pyrometer appeared in the great exhibition of 1851. —
[Eng. Cyc. C. W. Siemens employed electric resistance in his
tpyrometers, exhibited in 1871.
py'roplione (Gr. -Kvp, fire ; (povi}, voice), a musical in-
strument, invented by Frederic Kastner of Paris. It consists
of glass tubes of various lengths ; the tones being produced
by what are termed " singing flames." It is based upon the
"chemical harmonicon." Keys are attached for playing, as
in the piano. The invention was reported to the French Acad-
emy of Sciences, 17 Mch. 1873 ; exhibited at Vienna, same
year ; and at the Society of Arts, London, 17 Feb. 1875.
pyrox'yiill, the chemical name of gun-cotton.
pyrrllic dance (Gr. iryppixv), a warlike dance said
to have been introduced by Pyrrhus, son of Achilles, to grace
his father's funeral. Probably described by Homer in his de-
scription of the shield of Achilles :
" And the illustrious Vulcan also wrought
A dance— a maze like that which Daedalus,
In the broad realm of Gnossus once contrived
For fair-haired Ariadne." . . .
—BryanVs "Trans. Homer," bk. xviii. line 731, etc.
" You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet
Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone ?"
— Byron's " Don Juan," canto iii. stanza Ixxxvi. song.
pyrrho'llism. Sceptics, Philosophy.
PythagO'reail plliloiopliy. Philosophy.
Pytll'iail g[aine§ (so named from Gr. rTt-Qw, that part
of Phocis in which Delphi jay), one of the 4 great national fes-
tivals of ancient Greece, celebrated every 5th j-ear in honor of
Apollo, near the temple of Delphi; asserted to have been in-
stituted by himself, in commemoration of his victory over the
serpent, Python. Also said to have been established by Aga-
memnon, or Diomedes, or Amphictyon, or, lastly, by the coun-
cil of the Amphictyons, 1263 b.c. They lasted till 394 a.d.
pyx, the casket in which Catholic priests keep the conse-
crated wafer. In the ancient chapel of the pyx, at Westmin-
ster abbey, are deposited the standard pieces of gold and sil-
ver, under the joint custody of the lords of the treasury and
the comptroller-general. The "trial of the pyx" signifies the
verification by a jury of goldsmiths of the coins deposited in
the pyx or chest by the master of the mint ; this took place
on 17 July, 1861, at the exchequer ofiice. Old Palace yard, Lon-
don, in the presence of 12 privy-councillors, 12 goldsmiths, and
others, and on 15 Feb. 1870. This trial is said to have been
ordered in the reign of Henry II. 1154—89; king James was
present at one in 1611. The first annual trial of the pyx, ap-
pointed by the Coinage act of 1870, took place 18 July, 1871.
a
I ^, the 17th letter of our alphabet, from the Egyptian,
.Phoenician, and Greek ; lost for a time to the Greek, where it
iis often represented by k, it reappeared in the Latin alphabet.
[The latter is absent from the Anglo-Saxon, the same being
(expressed by cw, as cwen, queen, and cwic for quick, etc. It
made its full appearance about 1160; at first used onl}'- in
Latin and French words, as quarter and quarrel. By the
jlose of the 13th century it was adopted in English words.
|[n English it is always followed by u.
' Quadragei'ima iSunday, first Sunday in Lent
uid 40th day before Good Friday. Lent, Quinquagesima.
; quadrant, a mathematical instrument for measuring
iltitudes, in the form of a quarter of a circle, whose arch is
livided into degrees and minutes. The solar quadrant was
ntroduced about 290 b.c. The Arabian astronomers under
;he caliphs, in 995, had a quadrant of 21 feet 8 inches radius,
ind a sextant 59 feet 9 inches radius. Davis's quadrant for
neasuring angles was produced about 1600; Hadley's quad-
ant about 1731. Navigation.
quadrature of tlie circle. Circle.
quadrilat'eral or quadran'gle, terms applied
,0 4 strong fortresses in N. Italy, long held by the Austrians,
lut surrendered to the Italians Oct. 1866 : Peschiera, on an
^land in the Mincio; Mantua, on the Mincio; Verona and
iCgnago, Ijpth on the Adige. Fortifications.
Turkish quadrilateral was Shumla, Varna, Rustchuk, and Silistria,
lost to the sultan by the treaty of Berlin, which established the
autonomy of Bulgaria.
quadrille (kwa-drW), a dance (originally quadrille de
contre danse, introduced into French ballets about 1745), in its
present form became popular in France about 1804, It was in-
troduced into England about 1808 {Miss Berry), and promoted
by the duke of Devonshire and others in 1813. — Raikcs.
quadrivium. Arts.
quadruple alliance. That between Great Brit-
ain, France, and Austria (signed at London, 22 July, 1718);
was so called after Holland joined it, 8 Feb. 1719. It guaran-
teed the succession to the thrones of Great Britain and France,
settled the partition of the Spanish possessions, and led to war.
quadruple treaty, concluded in London, 22 Apr.
1834, between Great Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal, guar-
anteed her throne to Isabella II., the young queen of Spain.
quadruplex telegraphy. Electricity.
quee;§tor, in ancient Rome, was the public treasurer;
appointed about 484 b.c. It was the first office thrown open
to the common people, and gave a seat in the senate. At first
there were 2 quaestors, afterwards 8. 2 were added in 409
B.C. Sulla raised tlie number to 20 ; Julius Caesar to 40. 2
were called peregrini, 2 (for the city) urbani.
Quaker Hill, Battle of. At Quaker Hill, near the
i
QUA <
north end of Rhode Island, on 29 Aug. 1778, the Americans
under geu. Sullivan, invading the island, drove back the Brit-
ish (then occupying it) under gen. Pigot; but Sullivan thought
it prudent to withdraw. The Americans lost in the expedi-
tion about 200 men ; the British about 220.
Quakers or Society of Friends, originally
called Seekers (of the truth), and afterwards Friends (3 John
14). Justice Bennet, of Derby, called them Quakers in 1650,
because George Fox admonished people to quake at the word
of the Lord. This sect was founded in England about 1646 by
George Fox (then aged 22), who was joined by George Keith,
William Penn, and Robert Barclay, of Ury, and others. Fox
rejected all religious ordinances, explained away the commands
relative to baptism, etc.; discarded the ordinary names of days
and months, and used thee and thou for you, as more consonant
with truth. He published a book of instructions for teachers
and professors, visited America in 1672, and died in London,
13 Jan. 1691. The first meeting-house in London was in White
Hart Court, Gracechurch street. Pennsylvania.
It was asserted in Parliament that 2000 Friends had endured
sufferings and imprisonment in Newgate; and 164 Friends
offered, by name, to be imprisoned in lieu of an equal num-
ber in danger (from conflnement) of death 1659
Fifty Qve (out of 120 sentenced) were transported to America
by an order of council 1664
[For treatment of Quakers by the early colonists, Massa-
chusetts, New Yokk, etc., 1656-65.]
First meeting of Quakers in Ireland, in Dublin, in 1658; first
meeting-house opened in Eustace street 1692
Quakers permitted by law to affirm in England in courts where
oaths are required from others (.Affirmation) 1696
John Archdale, a Quaker, elected M.P. for Chipping Wycombe;
refused to take the oaths, and his election was declared void, 1699
At Philadelphia the society in the U. S. separated into 2 bodies,
the Liberal or Hicksite, named from their leader, Elias Hicks,
and the Orthodox 1827
Joseph Pease, a Quaker, was admitted to Parliament on his aflQr-
mation 15 Feb. 1833
Yearly meeting recommends that mixed marriages be per-
mitted, and that many peculiarities in speech and costume
be no longer insisted on 2 Nov. 1858
Act authorizing Quaker marriages when one party is a Quaker,
May, 1860
In the U. S. they numbered 995 meetings, with a membership
of 107,208, including the 4 branches. Orthodox, Hicksites,Wil-
burites, and Primitive 1890
<iuarailtine (kwor-an-teen' ; Fr. ^-warmztowe, a period
of 40 days), a custom at Venice as early as 1127, whereby all
merchants and others from the Levant must remain in the
house of St. Lazarus, or the Lazaretto, 40 days before entering
the city. Various cities of southern Europe have now laza-
rettos ; that of Venice is built in the water. In times of plague,
all nations impose a quarantine on vessels and persons from
infected places for a longer or shorter time. In Sept. 1892, the
president of the United States proclaimed a quarantine of 20
daj's, on account of cholera, for ships entering New York from
infected ports.
quarter sessions were established 25 Edw. IIL
1350-51. The days of sitting were appointed 2 Hen. V. 1413.
Various changes since.
" Quarterly Revievr," organ of the Tory party
in England, first appeared in Feb. 1809, with William Gilford,
translator of Juvenal, as editor. He died 31 Dec. 1826. Mag-
azines and Reviews.
quasi modo, a name given to Low Sunday (the first
Sunday after Easter) from the first words of a hymn sung on
that day.
quater'nions, a mathematical method or calculus,
invented by sir William Rowan Hamilton, about 1843. It is
based upon the separation of multiplication from addition, and
its fundamental conception is the representation of motion, in
extent and direction, by lines called vectors. He attributed to
addition motion from a point ; to multiplication motion about
a point. 4 numbers are generally involved ; hence the name
quaternion. Hamilton's "Lectures on Quaternions" was pub.
1853 ; his " Elements," 1866. Other works by profs. Kelland
and Tait pub. since. Also 4 parts, series, etc., applied to the
elements considered as 4, air, earth, fire, and water.
"Air and ye elements, the eldest birth
Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run."
— Milton, "Paradise Lost," bk. v. lines 180-1.
Quatre Bras (kafr brar'), a village of Belgium. Here
1
« QUE y
on 16 June, 1815, 2 days before the battle of Waterloo, th 3
British and allied armies, under the duke of Brunswick, tha
prince of Orange, and sir Thomas Picton, fought the Frencli
under marshal Ney. The British fought intrepidly, thougli
outnumbered and fatigued by marching all night. The 42 1
regiment (Royal Highlanders) suffered severely while pur-
suing a French division from cuirassiers in ambush behind
growing corn. The duke of Brunswick was killed.
Quel>ee',one of the provinces of the dominion of Can-
ada. Area, 227,500 sq. miles ; pop. 1891, 1,488,586.— City ol,
pop. 1890, 70,000. For history of city and province, Canada,
French in America, New York.
queen (Sax. cwen ; Ger. Konigin). The first woman with
sovereign authority was Semiramis, queen of Assyria, 2017 b.c.
An act of England of 1554 declares " that the regall power of
this realme is in the queues majestic [Marj'] as fully and
absolutely as ever it was in any of her moste noble progeni-
tours kinges of this realme." The Hungarians called a queen-
regnant king. Hungary, Sauc law.
Queen Anne's farthing's. The popular stories
of the value of this coin in England are fabulous, though thosi;
of a few dates have been purchased at high prices. The cur-
rent farthing with the broad brim, in fine preservation, is wortli
1/. The common patterns of 1713 and 1714 are worth 1/. Th(!
2 patterns with Britannia under a canopy, and Peace on a car
R R R, are worth 21. 2s. each. The pattern with Peace in
car is more valuable and rare, and worth bl. — Pinkerton
1826).
Queen Anne's war, 1702-13. In this war, known
in Europe as the war of the "Spanish Succession," the
New England colonies suffered from frequent inroads of French
and Indians from Canada, while the New York colony was
protected by the barrier of the Five Nations, then at peace
with the English. Maine, Massachusetts, New Hamp-
SHIRE, New York.
queen Caroline's trial, etc.
Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, second daughter of Charles "William
Ferdinand, duke of Brunswick, b. 17 May, 1768; married to
George, prince of Wales 8 Apr. 1795
Their daughter, princess Charlotte, b 7 Jan. 1796
" Delicate investigation" 22 May, 1806
Charges against her again disproved 1813
Princess embarks for the continent Aug. 1814
Becomes queen, 20 Jan. ; arrives in England 6 June, 1820
A secret committee of lords appointed to examine papers on
charges of incontinence 8 June, "
Bill of pains and penalties introduced by lord Liverpool, 5 July, "
Queen removes to Brandenburg House 3 Aug. "
Receives an address from the married ladies of the metropolis
(many others afterwards) , 16 Aug. "
Her trial commences 19 Aug. "
Last debate on the bill of pains and penalties, report approved
by 108 against 99; the majority of 9 being the ministers
themselves. Lord Liverpool moves that the bill be recon-
sidered that day 6 months 10 Nov. '*
Great public exultation; illuminations for 3 nights in London,
10, 11, 12 Nov. "
Queen goes to St. Paul's in state 29 Nov. "
She protests against her exclusion from the coronation, 19
July ; taken ill at Drury-lane theatre, 30 July ; dies at Ham-
mersmith 7 Aug. 1821
Her remains en route to Brunswick; alarming riot, affray with
guards; 2 persons killed. 14 Aug. "
queen of England, title of: Her majesty Vic-
toria, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland queen, defender of the faith, empress of
India (in India, Kaisar-i-Hind).
Queen's eolleg^e, now Rutgers.
queens of Eng^land. England.
Queensland, Moreton Bay, a British colony, com-
prising all northeastern Australia ; was separated from New
South Wales as a distinct colony, in 1859, when Brisbane, the
first settlement and capital, founded by Oxley, 1823, was made
a bishopric. Chinese immigrants are virtually excluded.
Area estimated at 668,497 sq. miles ; pop. 1891, 393,718 ; pop.
Brisbane, 50,000.
QueenstOirn, a seaport town of Ireland, formerly
" Cove of Cork," received its present name on the visit of queen
Victoria in 1849. It is a calling station for American mail
steamers.
QUE 6
Queeiif^towii or Queenston Heig^hts, fiat-
tie of. Gen. Van Rensselaer, with about 3500 regulars and
2500 militia, stationed along the Niagara frontier from Buffalo
to fort Niagara, attempted to invade Canada by crossing the
river at Lewiston, opposite Queenston. Without waiting to
concentrate his forces, he pushed a few hundred men across
the river early on 13 Oct. 1812. The British were at first
driven from the heights with the loss of their commander,
maj.-gen. sir Isaac Brock, but being reinforced they again ad-
vanced. Van Rensselaer meanwhile hastened to the American
side to forward troops, but the militia refused to cross, being
' required to serve only in the state. The Americans who had
crossed were compelled to surrender; loss, 190 killed and
I wounded, and 900 prisoners. The British loss was 130 in all.
i Among the captured Americans was col. Winfleld Scott, while
' capt. Wool, afterwards gen. Wool, was among the wounded.
On these heights a monument was erected to mark the spot
of Brock's fall and burial. In 1840 it was maliciously de-
stroyed by one Lett ; since, another has been built, 186 feet
high surmounted by a dome of 9 feet.
I QuCIltin (hen-tan'), St., a village of N. France. The
J duke of Savoy, with the army of Philip II. of Spain, assisted
i by the English, defeated the French under the constable De
! Montmorency, at St.Quentin, 10 Aug. 1557. In fulfilment of a
(vow made before the victory, the king built the monastery,
j palace, etc., the Escurial, considered by the Spaniards the
^eighth wonder of the world. The French army of the north,
under Faidherbe, was defeated here by the Germans after 7
hours' fighting, on 19 Jan. 1871; total loss about 15,000;
I German loss about 3100.
I Queretaro (hay-ray' -ta-rd), capital of Queretaro,
'Mexico, was besieged and, through the treacherj- of Lopez,
;forced to surrender to the Liberal general Escobedo, 15 May,
(1867. The emperor Maximilian and his generals Miramon
iand Mejia were taken prisoners, and, after trial, were shot,
|19 June following.
quern or handmill for grinding grain is of Roman,
ior, as some say, of Irish invention ; so-called Roman querns
(have been found in Yorkshire.
j Quesnoy (hay-nwa'), a town of N. France, was taken by
the Austrians, 11 Sept. 1793, but was recovered by the French,
'l6 Aug. 1794. It surrendered to prince Frederick of the Neth-
:erlands, 29 June, 1815, after the battle of Waterloo. Here
.cannon were first used (called bombards). — Henault.
i Quiberoil ( heeb-ron' ) bay, W. France. A British
force landed here, Sept. 1746, but was repulsed. In the bay
ladm. Hawke routed the French adm. Conflans, preventing the
iinvasion of Great Britain, 20 Nov. 1759. Quiberon was taken
by some French regiments in the pay of England, 3 July,
1795 ; but on 21 July, through treachery, French republicans,
junder Hoche, retook it by surprise, and many emigrants were
3xecuted. About 900 troops, and nearly 1500 royalist inhab-
'itants who had joined the regiments in the pay of Great Brit-
ain, escaped by the ships.
I 4llick§ilTer, a metal, also called mercury, which has
1 bright metallic lustre, and retains the liquid state at ordi-
lary temperatures. Its use in refining silver was discovered
1540. There are mines of it in various countries ; the most
Tamous are at Almaden, in Spain, and at Idria, in lUyria ; the
atter, discovered by accident in 1497, for several years yielded
1200 tons a year. A mine was discovered at Ceylon in 1797 ;
ind at New Almaden and other places in California. Quick-
silver was congealed in winter at St. Petersburg, in 1759. It
tvas congealed in England by a chemical process, without
mow or ice, by Mr. Walker, in 1787. Corrosive sublimate,
I deadly poison, is a combination of mercury and chlorine.
Ualomel.
Qui'eti§t§, followers of Miguel Molinos, a Spaniard
1627-96), whose work, the " Spiritual Guide," pub. 1675, was
he foundation of the sect in France. He held that religion
'.onsisted in an internal silent meditation on the merits of
phrist and the mercies of God. Madame de la Mothe-Guyon,
;iQuietist, was imprisoned in the Bastile for visions and proph-
ecies, but released through the interest of Fenelon, archbishop
>f Cambraj', between whom and Bossuet, bishop of Meaux,
9 QUO
arose a controversy, 1697. Quietism was finally condemned
by pope Innocent XII. in 1699.
qilill§ are said to have been first used for pens in 653,
some say not before 635.
quince, the Fytus cydonia, taken to England from
Austria, before 1573. The Japan quince, or Pyriis japonica,
taken there from Japan, 1796.
quindecem'viri, 15 men chosen to keep the Sibyl-
line books. The number, originally 2 (duumviri) about 520
B.C,, was increased to 10 in 365 b.c., and afterwards (probably
by Sulla) to 16, about 82 b.c. Julius Caesar added 1 ; but the
precedent was not followed.
quinine {he-men' or qui -nine) orquinia,an alkaloid
(much used in medicine), discovered in 1820 by Pelletier and
Caventou. Its manufacture was begun at Philadelphia by
John Farr in 1820. There never were more than 4 manufact-
urers of it in the United States, and after the removal of the
duty in 1879 the business ceased to be remunerative. Its
price has been decreasing ever since 1823, when it sold for
$20 an ounce, while it is now quoted at 50c. It is a prob-
able constituent of all genuine chinchona barks, especially
of the yellow bark. Chinchona. Artificial quinine was
prepared (synthetically) by W. L. Scott, Oct. 1865. Fluores-
cence.
Quinquagesima Sunday. The observation is
said to have been appointed by Gregory the Great (pope, 590-
604). The first Sunday in Lent having been termed Quadra-
gesima, and the 3 weeks preceding having been appropriated
to the gradual introduction of the Lent fast, the 3 Sundays
of these weeks were called bj' names significant of their posi-
tion in the calendar; and, reckoning by decades (lOths), the
Sunday preceding Quadragesima received its present name,
Quinquagesima, the second Sexagesima, and the third Septua-
gesima.
Quintirians, heretics in the 2d century, the disciples
of Montanus, who took their name from Quintilia, a lady de-
ceived by his pretended sanctity, whom thej' regarded as a
prophetess. They made the eucharist of bread and cheese,
and allowed women to be priests and bishops. — Pardon.
Quiri'nus, a Sabine god, afterwards identified with
Romulus. L. Papirius Cursor, general in the Roman army,
first erected a sundial in the temple of Quirinus, from which
time the days began to be divided into hours, 293 B.c. — A spin.
The sundial was sometimes called the Quirinus, from the orig-
inal place in which it was set up. — Ashe.
Quiri'tes, a name given to the Sabines who united
with the Romans, and extended in time indifferently to all
citizens of Rome. Rome, 747 b.c.
Quito (kee'-to), capital of Ecuador, South America, situ-
ated on a plateau about 10,000 feet above the sea-level, cele-
brated as the scene of the measurement of a degree of the
meridian, by French and Spanish mathematicians, 1736-42.
40,000 persons perished by an earthquake in the city of Quito,
4 Feb. 1797. Since then less violent shocks occurred; by one,
on 22 Mch. 1859, about 5000 persons were killed. Pop. 1894
about 80,000. Earthquake, Ecuador.
Quo Warran'tO act, passed in England in 1289.
By it a writ may be directed to any person to inquire by
what authority he assumes to hold any office or franchise.
Charles II. directed a writ against the corporation of London
in 1683, and the court of King's Bench declared their charter
forfeited. The decision was reversed in 1690. On the acces-
sion of James II. he planned to procure a surrender of the
patents of the New England colonies and to form northern
America into 12 provinces with a governor-general over all.
Writs of quo warranto were issued July, 1686, requiring the
several colonies to appear by representatives before the coun-
cil to show by what right they exercised certain powers and
privileges. Notwithstanding petitions and remonstrances the
charters were annulled, and sir Edmund Andros appointed gov-
ernor-general. Connecticut, 1687.
quoits, a game said to have originated with the Greeks,
and to have been first played at the Olympic games, by the
Idaei Dactyli, 60 years after the deluge of Deucalion, 1453 b.c.
QUO
Perseus, the grandson of Acrisius by Danae, having inadver-
tently slain his grandfather, when throwing a quoit, exchanged
the kingdom of Argos, to which he was heir, for that of Tiryn-
thu8,and founded the kingdom of Mycense, about 1313 b.c.
"And there a town within a while ho built
Men called Mycense."
— iVilliam Morris, "The Doom of King Acrisius."
quotations. Athenaeus's " Deipnosophistae " or " Ban-
quet of the Learned" (compiled about 228), and Burton's
670
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"Anatomy of Melancholy " (1621), contain masses of extracts.
Henry Ainsworth's (d. 1622) "Communion of Saints" is a
mosaic of Scripture quotations.
Macdonncl's " Dictionary of Quotations," 1796; Moore's 18S1
Riley's "Dictionary of Latin Quotations," with a Selectioi; of
Greek, published by H. Bohn 18£6
Collections of English quotations are now numerous:
Adams's " Cyclopaedia of Poetical Quotations " 18f 3
Friswell's "Familiar Words," 2d ed 18(G
Bartlett's "Familiar Quotations" 18(o
R
R, the 18th letter of our alphabet, from the Egyptian,
Phoenician, and the P of the Greeks, being the 17th letter of
that alphabet. When beginning a Greek word it was sound-
ed as rho (aspirated). It was callefl by the ancients the
"dog letter," from some fancied resemblance in its pronuncia-
tion to the snarling of a dog. It is the last letter that most
children learn to pronounce, using w instead— as vewy for very,
and Wobert for Robert, etc. The Chinese invariably use 1 in
the place of r, which they cannot pronounce.
Ra, one of the primary Egyptian divinities, worshipped
as the sun; second only to Osiris in importance. Usually
represented as a hawk-headed man.
rabies. Hydrophobia.
races of mankind. Ethnology.
racingC was one of the ancient sports of Greece. Chak-
lOTS. Horse-races were early known in England, being men-
tioned in the days of Henry II. (1154-89). James I. pur-
chased the first Arab sire ever imported into England, a small
bay, known as the " Markham " Arabian. During his reign
Croydon in the south and Garterly in the north were cele-
brated courses. Near York there were races and the prize
was a little golden bell, 1607. In the end of Charles I.'s reign
races were performed at Hyde park. Charles II. patronized
them, and, instead of bells, gave a silver cup valued at 100
guineas. William III. founded a riding academy.
Racing established at Newmarket by Charles II 1667
[Barley Arabian, imported from the East during the reign
of Queen Anne.]
Races at Ascot, begun by the duke of Cumberland, uncle to
George III. , mentioned 1727
First racing calendar said to have been pub "
Races begun at Epsom, Surrey, about 1711, by Mr. Parkhurst,
and held annually since. 1730
Flying Childers, bred in 1715 by the duke of Devonshire, and
who ran 4 miles under saddle in 6 minutes 48 seconds, at
Newmarket, d. aged 26 years 1741
Jockey club founded 1750
•'Tattersall's," the great exchange, which existed nearly 100
years, established by Richard Tattersall, near Hyde Park
corner, for the sale of horses 1766
St. Leger stakes founded, and races established on Doncaster
Town Moor in 1776, and so named in honor of lieut.-gen.
Anthony St. Leger of Park Hill, 1778; first won by lord Rock-
ingham's Sampson 1776
[Distance now, 1 mile, 6 furlongs, 132 yards. Usually run
on second Wednesday in Sept.]
The Oaks (named from Lambert's oaks, parish of Woodman-
sterne, near Epsom), a race run on Friday of the Epsom
meeting, begun by the 12th earl of Derby, and first won by
his BHdget 1779
One mile Derby race at Epsom, first run and won by sir
Charles Banbury's Diomed 4 May, 1780
Derby race increased to ix miles, weight 115 lbs. for colts and
112 for fillies 1784
Eclipse, race-horse never beaten, d. aged 25 years Feb. 1789
Races begun by the duke of Richmond in his park at Good-
wood 1802
New horse-market at Brompton opened 10 Apr. 1865
John Scott, eminent trainer, d. aged 77 Oct. 1871
Present course first used for Derby races, and weight increased
to 126 lbs. for colts and 121 for fillies 1872
Lieut. Lubowitz, Hungarian, riding from Vienna reaches Paris
on his horse Caradoc in 15 days, winning a wager 9 Nov. 1874
Metropolitan Race-course act, to check gate-meetings (races
held in fields by publicans and others) passed 3 July, 1879
C. H. Anderson rode 1304 miles in 90 hours, 15 hours daily,
changing mustangs at will, at Bay District Track, San Fran-
cisco, Cal 15-21 May, 1880
Count Stahrenberg, Austrian officer, rode 1 horse from Vi-
enna to Berlin, Ger., 400 miles, 71 hours. 34 minutes,
2-5 Oct. 1892
BEST DEKBY RECORDS SINCE 1850. DeRBY-DAY.
Time.
m. t. Horse.
2 50.. Lord Zetland's Voltigeur 1850
2 45..WrAnson's Blink Bonny 1857
X 43.. Col. Towneley's Kettledrum 1861
2 43. .Mr. Abingtou's Merry Hampton 1887
2 43. . Duke of Portland's Ayrshire 1888
THE OAKS, BEST RECORD SINCE 1850.
lime. '
m. 3. Winning horse.
2 56 . .Mr. Hobson's Rhedycina 1850
2 52 ..Lord Stanley's Iris 1851
2 50 ..W. r Anson's Blink Bonny 1857
2 44 ..J. Saxon's Brown Duchess 1861
2 43.4. .Lord Cadogan's Lonely 1885
2 42.8. .Lord Calthorpe's Seabreeze 188-(
2 40.8..Dukeof Portland's Memoir 1890
THE ST. LEGER, BEST RECORD SINCE 1850.
Time,
m. s. Winning horse.
3 24. . Lord Zetland's Voltigeur 1850
3 20. .A. Nichol's Newminster 1851
3 14.. W. I' Anson's Caller On 1861
3 10. . Mr. Launde's Apology 1874
Trotting, the favorite form of horse-racing in the United
States, belongs to the present century, the first recorded pub-
lic trotting race taking place in 1818 at Boston, when Boston
Blue trotted a mile within 3 minutes. No regular turf regis-
ter was kept until 1829.
Selima, mare sired by Godolphin Arabian, imported into Mary-
land by col. Tasker 1750
Fearnaught, foaled in 1755, imported into Virginia from Eng-
land by col. John Baylor 1764
Wildair and Lath, imported into the colonies by col. Delancy
of Kingsbridge, N. Y 1764-65
A 4-mile running race for purse of 100 guineas at Philadelphia,
Pa., in 1767; Selim ran the first heat in 8 min. 2 sec. ; re-
corded in the Maryland Gazette 22 Oct. 1767
Messenger, foaled in 1780, imported from England by Mr. Ben-
ger of Philadelphia 1788
[It is conceded that this horse was the most valuable
one ever brought to the U. S. In him the blood of the
best Arabs and Barbs mingled with the best race stock in
England. His direct sire was Mambrino, 2d Engineer, 3d
Sampson, 4th Blaze, 5th Flying Childers, 6th Barley Ara-
bian. ]
Justin Morgan, progenitor of the Morgans, foaled at Spring-
field, Mass 1793
Biomed, winner of the first Derby race in England, is im-
ported 1799
First racing club to hold regular meetings at the Newmarket
course in Suffolk county, N. Y., organized 1804
Buroc, sired by Biomed, and bred by Wade Mosby of Powha-
tan county, Va., foaled 4 June, 1806
Grand Bashaw, progenitor of the Clay and Bashaw families,
imported from Tripoli 1820
Trotting-horse Bellfounder, imported from England by James
Boott of Boston, arrives 11 July, 1822
New York Trotting club organized in 1825, and first races held
at the club's course 16 May, 1826
Hunting Park association, for encouragement of the breeding
of trotters, organized at Philadelphia 8 Feb. 1828
First sporting paper in America, the American Turf Register,
begins publication 1 Sept. 1829
Pilot, the Canadian pacer, bought by D. Heinshon of Louis-
ville, Ky about 1832
Stallion St. Lawrence, bred near Montreal, is bought by Joseph
Hall of Rochester, N. Y 1848
Lady Suffolk, purchased from a farmer in Suflblk, L. I., for $90
in 1836, trots a mile under saddle in 2.26 on the Cambridge
course 14 June, 1849
Flora Temple, foaled near Utica in 1845, and sold at 4 years
old for $13, trots her first race on the old Red House track. . 1850
Flora Temple sold to Mr McDonald of Baltimore for $8000 (d.
near Philadelphia, Pa., 21 Dec. 1877) 1858
Robert Bonner drives Lady Palmer and Flatbush Maid 2 miles
in 5 min. 1^ sec, on Fashion course, L. 1 29 May, 1862
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Young Pocahontas sold to Mr. Bonner for $25,000. 1866
Hiram W. Woodruff, trainer, andauthor of "The Trotting Horse
of America," d. at Jamaica Plains, L. 1 15 Mch. 1867
Dexter sold to Robert Bonner for $33,000 (d. 1888) "
Hambletonian (Rysdyk's), sired by Abdallah, foaled 1849,
Orange Co., N. Y., d 1876
Rarus purchased by Robert Bonner for $36,000 1879
Maud S. purchased from William H. Vanderbilt by Robert Bon-
ner for $40,000 1885
Kite shaped track at Stockton, Cal., opened 1891
Pneumatic tire sulkies come into use 1892
BEST 1 MILE TROTTING RECORD TO 1850.
Time.
Horse.
Place.
How trotted.
I Year.
'
3- r. ..
Boston Blue
Boston, Mass...
In harness.
i 1818
2 40 ..
Albany Pony . . .
Long Island
To saddle..
1824
2 31)4..
Edwin Forrest..
Long Island
"
; 1834
2 28 ..
Dutchman
Beacon course..
•'
1839
2 27 ..
Highland Maid..
Long Island
In harness.
1847
2 26 ..
Lady Suffolk....
Cambridge
To saddle..
1 1849
BEST TROTTING RECORDS SINCE 1850.
1 MILE IN HARNESS.
2 25)4
2 193^
2 17M
2 163^
2 14
2 133^
2 »X
2 8M
2 4
2 3X
2 25)4
2 223^
2 21
2 18
2 153i
2 241^
^24
2 16X
U 15
2 14"^
3 16
3 11
[3 ..
•2 :m<
|8 8y,
8 2M
)1 2'dX
'■) 15
,3 25
Lady Mac
Flora Temple
Dexter
Occident
fioldsmithMaid. .
Rarus
MaudS
Sunol
Nancv Hanks
Alix..'
Place.
New Orleans, La
Kalamazoo, Mich
Buffalo, N. Y
Sacramento, Cal
Mystic park, Boston
Buffalo, N. Y
Cleveland, 0
Stockton, Cal. (kite track),
Terre Haute, Ind ,
Galesburg, 111 ,
Tacony
Rockingham . . ,
General Butler. ,
Dexter
Great Eastern . ,
Flora Temple. .,
Dexter
Alfred S ,
Allerton
Greenlander
19 Nov. 1850
15 Oct. 1859
14 Aug. 1867
17 Sept. 1873
2 Sept. 1874
3 Aug. 1878
30 July, 1885
20 Oct. 1891
28 Sept. 1892
19 Sept. 1894
MILE TO SADDLE.
. Philadelphia, Pa 2 June, 1853
. Fashion course, L. 1 31 Oct. 1862
. Fashion course, L. 1 24 June, 1863
. Buffalo, N. Y 18 Aug. 1866
. Fleetwood park, N. Y 22 Sept. 1877
MILE TO WAGON.
. I Union course, L. I. .
, Fashion course, L. I.
• Philadelphia, Pa
■ Independence, la
, Terre Haute, Ind
2 Sept. 1856
7 June, 1867
4 Sept. 1890
25 Sept. 1891
10 Nov. 1893
MILES IN HARNESS.
. San Francisco, Cal.
. Detroit, Mich
. San Francisco, Cal.
. Oakland. Cal
Fillmore
Morrissey
Lady Mac
Bishop Hero..
10 MILES IN HARNESS.
Prince [Union course, L. I.
John Stewart 'Riverside, Boston. .
Controller San Francisco, Cal.
Pascal New York city
18 Apr. 1863
26 Aug. 1868
2 Apr. 1874
14 Oct. 1893
11 Nov. 1853
30 June, 1868
23 Nov. 1878
2 Nov. 1893
'20 MILES IN HARNESS.
)tain McGowan: Riverside, Boston [18 Oct. 1865
MISCELLANEOUS TROTTING RECORD.
50 MILKS IN HARNESS.
I^e.
Horse.
Place.
Date.
Iln.. 8.
000 57
Black Joke...
July, 1835
38 34|Fanny Jenks
53 Conqueror ICentreville, L. I,
100 MILES IN HARNESS.
Albany, N. Y.
I 5 May, 1845
12 Nov. 1863
H
DOUBLE HARNESS, 1 MILE.
Poime.
Team.
Place.
Date.
1 32
(Jessie Wales and)
1 Ben Franklin... )
(Jessie Wales and)
i Honest Allen.... 1
Kirkwood and Idol..
I George Wilkes and )
\ Honest Allen.... (
( Joe Clark and Mol- )
1 lie Morris )
MaudS. and Aldine..
(Belle Hamlin and)
\ Justina )
(Belle Hamlin and)
( Globe 1
20 Sept. 1867
30 Sept. 1869
31 May, 1870
4 July, 1871
3 Sept. 1874
15 June, 1883
24 Oct. 1890
4 July, 1892
1 29%
I ^^
II ^^
1 ^^>^
1 ^^^
1 ^^
1 12 "
Brooklyn
Boston
Boston
New York
Independence,Ia.
Kirkwood, Del...
8>^
WITH RUNNING MATE, 1 MILE.
Ayres P. and Tele- ) I b-j-i,^^-.^ r> i
phone } Kirkwood, Del.
4 July, 1893
BEST PACING RECORD.
One mile in harness :
Direct at Nashville, Tenn. ; time. 2 : 05>^ 8 Nov. 1892
Mascot at Terre Haute, Ind. ; tirrie, 2 : 04 29 Sept. "
Hal Pointer at Chicago (pneumatic sulky); time, 2:05^,
17 Aug. "
Flying Jib at Chicago, III, fastest consecutive heats on
record; time, 2:04, 2:05%, 2: 06%, 2:08>^, 2:08^^,
15 Sept. 1893
Robert J. at Terre Haute, Ind. ; time, 2: 01>^ 14 Sept. 1894
Three miles in harness :
James K. Polk at Centreville, L. I. ; time, 7 : 44 13 Sept. 1847
Joe Jefferson at Knoxville, la. ; time, 7 : 333^ 6 Nov. 1891
One mile to wagon :
Roy Wilkes at Independence, la. ; time, 2 : 13 30 Oct. "
Three miles to wagon :
Longfellow at Sacramento, Cal. ; time, 7 : 53 7 Sept. 1869
Five miles to wagon:
Lady St. Clair at San Francisco, Cal. ; time, 12:54%,
11 Dec. 1874
One mile to saddle :
Johnston at Cleveland, 0. ; time, 2 : 13 3 Aug. 1888
Three miles to saddle :
Oneida Chief at Hoboken, N. J. ; time, 7 : 44 15 Aug. 1843
One mile in double harness :
Daisy D. and Silver Tail at East Saginaw, Mich. ; time, 2 : 18>^,
15 July, 1887
With running mate:
Westmont at Chicago, 111. ; time, 2 : 01% 10 July, 1884
rack. Torture.
radiom'eter (terrned a Ught-miir), an instrument
constructed by William Crookes, F.R.S., 1873-76. 2 little
disk-arms, mounted on a pivot placed in an exhausted
glass bulb, revolve when placed in bright light. The mo-
tion has been variously explained as due to the impact of
rays of light, or to heat-absorption, but is now ascribed to
residual molecules of air, set in vibration by the irregularly
warmed bulb.
Raditadt, a village of Salzburg, Austria. Here the
French under gen. Moreau defeated the Austrians, 5 July,
1796.
Raid of Ruthven. Ruthven.
raids. Morgan's raid; United States, 1862-64.
railways. The length of the world's railways in 1835
was 1600 miles; in 1845 it had increased to 10,000 miles; in
1855 to 41,000; in 1865 to 90,000; in 1875 to 185,000, and in
1890 there were over 354,000 miles.
railn^ays, English and foreign. Of Tram-roads, laid
in and about Newcastle, Engl., by Mr. Beaumont as early as
1602, Roger North wrote in 1676 as follows: " The manner of
the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery to
the river exactly straight and parallel; and bulky carts are
made with 4 rollers fitting those rails, whereb}- the carriage is
so easy that 1 horse will draw down 4 or 5 chaldron of coals,
and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants."
An iron railway built near Sheffield, by John Curr (destroyed
by the colliers) 1776
First iron railway sanctioned by Parliament was the Surrey,
from the Thames at Wandsworth to Croydon, operated by
horses 1801
William Hedley of Wylam colliery makes the first travel-
ling engine or locomotive; substituted for horses in a coll-
iery 1813
First locomotive, by George Stephenson, travels 6 miles per
hour
Stockton and Darlington railway, built by Edward Pease
and George Stephenson, first opened for passengers,
27 Sept.
Daily passenger coach, called the "Experiment," carrying
6 passengers, put on Stockton and Darlington railway,
10 Oct.
Liverpool and Manchester railway (4 ft. 8>^ in. gauge) begun,
Oct.
Stephenson's locomotive, the "Rocket," weighing 4 tons 5
cwt., attains a speed of 293^ miles per hour at the Rain-
hill trial, and secures the prize of 500/. offered by the di-
rectors of the Liverpool and Manchester railway company,
6 Oct.
Liverpool and Manchester railway opened (accident occurs, see
below) 15 Sept.
First railroad in Russia, from St. Petersburg to Charsko Seio,
opened
Railway mania and panic year; 272 railway acts pass in Eng-
1814
1825
land.
George Stephenson d 12 Aug.
Panama railroad opened 28 Jan.
System of interlocking switches, begun in England in 1846,
perfected
1837
1846
1848
1855
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FJrtt r»Uw»y In Egypt, fh>m Alexandria to Cairo, opened 1856
Fim »l»«I rmll« made al the Ebwy-Vale Iron company's works
In South Wale« 1857
UBdergrouud railway In London opened 1862
Welah railway train, about to surt, is seised for debt,
27 Nov. 1866
ttO men strike on I/>ndon and Brighton railway. . .25-27 Mch. 1867
Strike of 500 men on Northeastern railway, 11 Apr. ; overcome
by the company 26 Apr. "
Looomotivefi for mountain climbing, by a central mil, first
tried on High I'cuk railway, Sept. 1803. A climbing locomo-
tive asccDilod mount Ceuis in 1865; Mount Cen is railway
opened for traffla 15 June, 1868
Midland railway station opened 1 Oct. "
Mr. Fairlie builds a locomotive called " Little Wonder," to run
on a horse tram-way of 2-foot gauge, in Wales, since called
the Festiniog railway; first of modern narrow-gauge rail-
ways. 1869
Railway association of directors and ghareholdors to watch
li^isUtion esUblished in Kngland July, 1870
RIgl Mountain railway (up to 4000 feet above sea-level) opened,
23 May, 1871
0«orge Hudson of England, since 1844 styled "the railway
king," d. aged 71 14 Dec. "
First railway in Japan opened 12 June, 1872
Thomas Brassey of England, who built 6600 miles of rail-
way, d "
One-rail railway built at Paris by M. Larmenjat Aug. "
First railway in Persia begun at Resht 11 Sept. 1873
Pullman palace cars introduced into England on Midland rail-
way 21 Mch. 1874
Railway Travellers' Protection Society organized in England,
duke of Mauchester president 23 July, "
Trial of continuous railway brakes on Midland railway,
Engl. ; Westingliouse automatic brake considered the best,
June, 1875
Jnbilee of Stockton and Darlington railway celebrated, and
statue of Joseph Pease unveiled at Darlington 27 Sept. "
Communication between passenger carriages on English trains
by bell-cords first comes into general use about 1877
First railway in China, constructed by Europeans, from
Shanghai to Oussoon (11 miles), at first opposed, opened
30 June, 1876. Operation stopped and plant taken to For-
mosa. 1877-78
Unsuccessful strike of goods-guards on Midland railway of
England 3-20 Jan. 1879
First electric railway, constructed by Siemens and Halse of
Berlin, at the exhibition in that city "
Electric railway at Berlin opened to the public 16 May, 1881
Centenary of Gieorge Stephenson's birth celebrated throughout
England .9 June, "
International railway congress for unification of rolling-stock
opens at Berne 16 Oct. 1882
Strike on Caledonian railway at Glasgow, etc., compromised,
15-21 Jan. 1883
First railroad train ftorn Buenos Ayres crosses the Andes in
Chili 15 Feb. 1884
M. Lartigue's balance railway (single rail) reported successful
in Normandy, June, 1884; and experimental line built in
London Sept. 1886
Zone railway system, or Regional passenger tarifl", introduced
in Hungary, 1 Aug. 1889, and in Austria. 1 June, 1890
Brienzer Rothhornbahn, Alpine railway, ascending 5606 feet,
the highest in Europe, is opened 1891
Czarowitz drives the first spike for the great Siberian railway
at Vladivostok on the Japan sea 24 May, "
[Total length to the Ural mountains over 5000 miles.]
railliray§, United States. First tram-road viras built
from the granite quarries at Quiiicy, Mass., to the Neponset
river in 1826. The following year a gravity road for the
transportation of coal was constructed at Mauch Chunk, Pa.
The first road built expressly for transporting freight and
passengers was the Baltinaore and Ohio, commenced in 1828,
and for a time run as a horse-railroad.
INCREASE IN RAILROAD MILEAGE.
I
1831..
1832..
1833..
1834.
1836..
1837..
1838..
1839..
1840..
Toul
mileage.
23
95
72
229
134
380
151
633
253
1098
465
1273
175
1497
224
1913
416
2.302
389
2818
516
1850.
1870.
1880.
1890.
Total
Mileage.
9,021
30,626
52,922
93,296
166,817
171,804
[The U. S. has more than 6
times the mileage of any other
country.]
Averafce
yearly ■
increase.
620
2160
2229
4037
7352
Experimental trip of the first locomotive used in the U. S.,
"The Stourbridge Lion," built in England, and run by
Horatio Allen on the Honesdale and Carbondale rail-
road, built by the Delaware and Hudson canal company in
1827. It was found too heavy for the tracks (weight 6 tons),
9 Aug 1829
First 14 miles of Baltimore and Ohio railroad opened. .24 May, 1830
Peter Cooper of New York builds a locomotive, and on a
trial trip on the Baltimore and Ohio beats a horse-car,
28 Aug. 183
Locomotive called "The Best Friend," built at the West Point
foundry (weight 4^ tons) for the South Carolina railroad,
which was opened 2 Nov.
Swivelling truck for locomotives first suggested by Ho-
ratio Allen for the South Carolina railroad in 1831,
and put in practical use on the Mohawk and Hudson rail-
road 183
South Carolina railroad from Charleston to Hamburg, oppo-
site Augusta, Ga., 135 miles, then the longest continuous
line in the world, completed 183
Bogie cars, or cars with trucks and aisles through the centre
first put in general use on Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
about 183
Cars with " monitors, " or raised roofs with ventilators, used on
Philadelphia and Germantown railroad 183
Car fitted with berths, and in use until 1848, is put on the
Cumberland Valley railroad of Pennsylvania between Har-
risburg and Chambersburg
Fish-plates for joining rails (now universal) first tried at New
castle, Del 184
First state railroad commission established in New Hamp
shire 184
Continuous railroad connects Boston and New York 1 Jan. 184
Hodge hand-brakes introduced
Stevens's brake introduced 18fi
The Cleveland and Toledo railroad completes a continuous line
of 1000 miles between Boston and Chicago 188
Chicago and Rock Island railroad, connecting Chicago with
the Mississippi river, completed Feb. 185
Wagner's sleepers introduced, 4 in operation 188
Railway system reaches the Missouri river by completion of
the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad 18^
Cars with seats that could be turned into beds used in 1845;
sleeping-cars with 3 tiers of bunks used on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad in 1850; patent granted George W. Pull-
man for sleeping-cars "
Miller car-coupler and buffer patented 1863
Railroad built up mount Washington, N. H 1866-69
Wagner's Palace-car company incorporated 1867
[Pullman sleepers mostly used west and southwest; Wag-
ner's, east and south.] M
Pullman sleeper, the " Pioneer," built at a cost of $18,000, put 9
on the Chicago and Alton railroad in 1865, and Pullman Car ^
company organized "
First hotel-car, the "President," put on the Great Western
railway of Canada "
First dining-car, the " Delmonico," begins running on the Chi-
cago and Alton railroad 1868
Dr. Thomas Durant and gov. Leland Stanford drive the last
spikes connecting the Union and Central Pacific railroads
at Promontory Point, Utah, completing line across the con-
tinent (Pacific railroads) 10 May, 1869
First narrow-gauge locomotive built in the U. S., shipped from
the works of M. Baird & Co., Philadelphia, to the Denver
and Rio Grande railroad (3 ft. gauge) 13 July, 1871
First narrow-gauge railroad in the U. S., the Denver and Rio
Grande, opened to Pueblo, 118 miles June, 1872
Westinghouse air-brakes first applied to passenger trains (1868),
and triple valve attachment introduced "
Trial trip on the Metropolitan (first called Gilbert) elevated
railroad in New York city 30 Apr.
System of competitive examinations, prizes awarded to super-
visors and foremen for best kept division, devised and put
in operation on the Pennsylvania railroad by Frank Thom-
son, general manager
Locomotives with speed of 70 miles per hour built in the
U. S 1882
Northern Pacific railroad completed (last spike driven at In-
dependence Gulch, Montana) 8 Sept. 1883
Unsuccessful railroad strike on the Missouri Pacific railroad
and connections 6 Mch. -3 May, 1886
First vestibuled train on the Pennsylvania railroad June, "
Special newspaper train on New York Central runs from
Syracuse to Buffalo, 148.77 miles, at average .speed of
65.6 miles per hour; 10 miles run at 75 miles per hour.
18 Aug. "
Train on the Canada Southern railroad runs from St. Clair
junction to Windsor, Ont., 107 miles, in 97 minutes, including
2 or 3 stops. Average speed about 69 miles per hour,
16 Nov. "
Brake trials at Burlington before Master Car-builders' Associa-
tion 1886-87
Westinghouse, by modifying his triple valve and train-pipe,
succeeds in applying the brakes throughout a 50-car train in
2 seconds. Exhibition trip (3000 miles) made with special
train throughout the country Oct. -Nov. 1887
Train on the New York Central runs from New York to
East Buffalo, 436.5 miles, in 7 h. 19 m. 30 sec. includ-
ing 3 stops, or 7 h. 5 m. 15 sec. in motion, averaging 61.56
miles per hour, the fastest time for so long a distance,
14 Sept. 1891
Last spike in construction of the Great Northern's extension
to the Pacific, the 5th transcontinental line, driven, in the
Cascade mountains 6 Jan. 1893
Fastest time on record made by the Empire State express on
New York Central, locomotive 999, engineer Charles Hogan,
being 1 mile in 32 sec. from Crittenden, west, or at the rate
of 112.5 miles an hour 11 May, "^
1878
1879
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PRINCIPAL RAILROAD SYSTEMS, TERRITORY, AND NUMBER OF MILES IN EACH ROAD IN UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
General location of main line and branches.
Number of
miles of main
line and
branches.
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa F€
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore and Ohio.
Boston and Albany
Boston and Maine
Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and Northern
Canadian Pacific
Central of Georgia
Central of New Jersey
Central of Vermont
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago and Alton
Chicago and Northwestern (including the
Northwestern line)
Chicago, Burlington, and Quiucy (" Burling
ton Route," including the Burlington and
Missouri River in Nebraska
Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul
Chicago Great Western ;
Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Loufs)
("Big Four " route) )
Delaware and Hudson
Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western
Denver and Rio Grande
Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic
East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia
Evansville Route
Florida Central and Peninsular
Grand Rapids and Indiana
Grand Trunk of Canada , . . .
dreat Northern
_ Illinois Central
" Intercolonial of Canada
International and Great Northern
Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Memphis.
Luke Shore and Michigan Southern
Lake Erie and Western.
Lehigh Valley
Long Island
Louisville and Nashville
Maine Central
Michigan Central
Missouri, Kansas, and Texas
Missouri Pacific
Mobile and Ohio
Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis ("The )
Lookout Mountain Route") )
New York and New England
New York Central and Hudson River
New York, Chicago, and St. Louis ("Nickel)
Plate " line) /
New York, Lake Erie, and Western
New York, New Haven, and Hartford
Norfolk and Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia and Reading
Plant System (including several railroads, the )
principal being Savannah, Florida, and J
Western) )
Queen and Cresent System
Richmond and Dansville
Rome, Watertown, and Ogden
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Pacific
St. Louis Southwestern (" Cotton- Belt " route)
Terre Haute and Indianapolis
Texas and Pacific
Tnion Pacific (the Overland route)
Wabash
Western New York and Pennsylvania! .......
Wisconsin Central
Yhzoo and Mississippi Valley (Illinois com-V
plete system) (
( Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Indian)
i Territory, Texas, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California .' )
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina
j New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Vir- 1
( ginia. West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois j
New York and Massachusetts
Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Quebec
[owa, Minnesota, South Dakota
I New Brunswick, Maine, V^ermont, Quebec, Ontario, Michigan, Manitoba, )
( Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, B. C. (steamer to China, Japan, Australia j
Georgia and Alabama
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, Quebec
Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio
Illinois and Missouri
I Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dako->
( ta, Nebraska, Wyoming /
(Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming,)
1 South Dal«ota /
J Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa. Missouri, North Dakota,)
\ South Dakota j
Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri
(Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas. Okla- )
\ homa, Indian Territory, Colorado j
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois
Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont .*
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Colorado and New Mexico
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan
North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana.
Indiana and Illinois
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
Michigan and Indiana
Maine, New Hampshire, Quebec, Ontario, Michigan
Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington
Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana. . .
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec
Texas
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Long Island, N. Y
j Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mis)
I sissippi I
Mainej New Hampshire, Vermont, Quebec
New York, Ontario, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois
Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory, Texas
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Arkansas, Louisiana, Indian Territory.
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Illinois
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York
New York and Pennsylvania
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut. New York
Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio
(Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Manitoba 1
\ (steamer from Tacoma, Wash., to China and Japan) )
(New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Co- 1
\ lumbia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan )
New Jersey and Pennsylvania
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
New York
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah. . .
Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan
Louisiana and Texas
/Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho,)
\ Montana, Oregon, Washington j
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa
New York and Pennsylvania
Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota
Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee
9346
1280
2097
388
1239
1134
7008
1384
1365
843
7952
5604
6076
904
3572
2290
757
946
1687
594
2943
876
920
585
3510
4413
3808
1114
825
1179
1608
725
1039
367
3164
804
1662
2023
5415
688
1016
566
t2627
523
2063
1630
1477
4495
7916
891
1492
1272
2446
685
926
6586
1226
675
1490
8034
2124
655
765
MEMORABLE
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS IN THE U
CANADA.
"' In proportion to the whole number carried, the accidents
to passengers in ' the good old days of stage-coaches ' were, as
compared to the present tinoe (1879), about as 60 to 1. In
Massachusetts, between 1871 and 1879, 303,000,000 passenger
journeys of 13 miles each were made. The average distance
22
t With West Shore, etc,
AND
travelled by all before death happened to any one was about
80,000,000 miles." — Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
Express train from New York runs into an open draw at Nor-
walk, Conn.; 46 killed, 30 injured 6 May, 1863
Collision between passenger and gravel train on the Great
Western railway of Canada, between Chatham and Detroit;
47 killed, 80 injured 25 Oct. 1854
Bridge over Gasconade on Pacific railroad of Missouri gives
way under an excursion train; 22 killed, 50 injured.. 1 Nov. 185^
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^ »l CamubtU •Ution, about U miles nrom Pbiladel-
Dhla: excurtlon timin carrying over 1000 Sunday-school chil-
Srao; ft cart burned; 66 killed, over 100 itvjured. ... 17 July,
DwAiM engine breaks through a bridge over the Des Jardines
wynai on Ureat Western rallwny of Canada; out of 90 iwssen-
gw« 60 are killed .....17Mch.
Two cars derailed and hurled down a 30 fool embankment at
Port Jervis, N. Y. ; 6 killed, 60 ii\Jured 17 June,
Emigrant train on Grand Trunk of Canada runs into an open
draw at Richelieu river, near Beloeil; over 8U killed and
hundreds Injured 'iUJune,
Collision on Erie railroad, ao miles west of I'ort Jervis; train
of 18 cars oarryingSfiO Confederate soldiers; 60 killed, 120 in-
jured 15 July,
Rear-end collision at Bristol, 30 miles from Philadelphia; 60
killed or iivjured 7 Mch.
Rear-end collision on Housatonic railroad of Connecticut; 11
kiUed, 17 iniand 16 Aug.
Train derailed and cars hurled from bridge at Angola, N. Y. ;
wreck takes flr«; 41 killed 18 Dec.
Spreading of rails; cars thrown down an embankment at Carr's
Rock, near Port Jervis, N. Y. ; wreck takes Are; 26 killed, 62
iiOured 1* Apr.
Collision on Missouri Pacific, near Eureka, Mo. ; 25 killed, 41
iivJured 12 May,
Pacific express runs into a disabled oil train on bridge at New
Hamburg, near Poughkeepeie, N. Y. ; cars take fire; 21
killed 6 Feb.
Expresslrain runsintoaccommodationat Revereon Eastern rail-
road, between Boston and Lynn ; 29 killed, 57 injured. 26 Aug.
Train derailed on Grand Trunk of Canada, near Belleville;
about 30 killed; many burned and scalded 22 June,
Trestle bridge gives way under passenger train near Prospect,
N. Y. ; cars lake flre ; 19 killed 24 Dec.
Bridge over ravine at AshUbula, 0., breaks as Pacific express
is crossing during a violent snow-storm ; over 80 killed, more
than half of them burned, and over 60 injured, night 29 Dec.
Bridge over Farmingtou river, near TariflVille, Conn., breaks
under an excursion train; 13 killed, 33 injured 15 Jan.
Train derailed on Old Colony railroad, near Wollston, Mass. ;
19 killed, 60 injured 8 Oct.
Collision on Hudson River railroad, near Spuyten Duyvil,
N. Y; 9 killed J3 Jan.
Wreck on Southern Pacific railroad, near Tehichipa, Gal. ; 15
killed 19 Jan.
Cincinnati Southern railroad, near Mason's Station, 0. ; 53 in-
jured, a number fatally 30 Mch.
Northern Pacific railroad in Montana; 18 Chinamen killed,
26 June,
Near Grayville, 111. ; 9 killed 4 Sept.
Collision on Grand Trunk, near Toronto, Ont. ; 25 killed, 2 Jan.
Train thrown into White River, near Indianapolis, Ind. ; 6
kiUed 31 Jan.
Collision near Connellsville, Pa.; 14 killed 14 May,
Wreck near Hackensack, N. J. ; 9 killed 18 Oct.
Collision near Austell, Ga. ; 11 killed 15 Dec.
Train derailed near Deerfield, Mass. ; 12 killed , 7 Apr.
DerailmentnearSanteeswamp.S.C. ; 7 killed, 13 injured, 7 June,
Runaway train near Saluda, N. C. ; 5 killed, 8 injured. .25 Aug.
Collision on Nickel Plate railroad at Silver Creek, N. Y. ; 13
killed, 20 iiyured (7 fatally) 14 Sept.
Twenty-two persons burned to death in railway wreck near
Rio, Wis 28 Oct.
Collision near Republic, 0. ; wreck takes fire; 13 killed. .4 Jan.
Train derailed near White River junction, Vt. ; cars take flre;
30 killed, 37 injured 5 Feb.
Bridge breaks under train near Boston, Mass. ; 24 killed, 115
injured 14 Mch.
Collision at St. Thomas, Ont., between excursion train and oil
car; wreck takes fire; 13 killed, over 100 injured.. ..15 July,
Collision near Hopedale. 111. ; 9 killed, 15 injured 27 July,
Excursion train breaks through a burning bridge near Chats-
worth, IlL ; 80 killed, about 200 injured 10 Aug.
Collision near Kout, Ind.; 10 killed 10 Oct.
Collision near Greenwood, Ky. ; wreck burns; 6 killed, 21 in-
jured 31 Dec.
Wreck from broken wheel, near Haverhill, Mass. ; 9 killed, 13
injured 10 Jan.
Train derailed and bridge breaks near Blackshear, Ga. ; 27
killed, 35 injured 17 Mch.
Derailment and broken bridge near Orange Court-house, Va. ;
9 killed, 22 injured 12 July,
Collision, excursion train near Mud Run, Pa. ; 63 killed, 23 in-
jured 10 Oct.
Collision near Tamanend switch. Pa. ; 10 killed,23 injured, 16 Oct.
Collision near Tallmadge, 0. ; wreck takes fire; 8 killed, 6 in-
jured. 14 Jan.
Train derailed near St. George, Ont. ; 10 killed, 30 injured, 27 Feb.
Collision near Latrobe, Pa.; wreck takes flre; 12 killed. 6 in-
jured 26 June,
Derailment 22 miles south of Knoxville, Tenn. ; first train over
the road; 5 killed, 26 injured 23 Aug.
Collision near Auburn Park, III.; drunken engineer; 6 killed,
10 injured 24 Sept.
Train bresiks on down grade; rear end collides with forward
section, near Bay View, N. Y. ; 6 killed, 17 injured. . .6 Mch.
Train runs into open draw -bridge near Oakland, Cal. ; 13
drowned 30 May,
Collision near Warrenton, Mo. ; 8 killed, 11 injured 9 June,
Train derailed near King's M ills, 0.; 9 killed, 32 injured, 11 July,
Derailment near Quincy, Mass. ; 20 killed, 31 iiyured.. .19 Aug.
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1866
1867
1864
1867
1868
1870
1871
1872
1876
1878
1882
1883
1884
1885
1887
1890
189*
Collision near Florence, Col. ; 5 killed, 33 injured 7 Sept
Collision near Sloan's Valley, Ky. ; 7 killed, 10 injured. .22 Oct.
Explosion on construction train near Tarrytown, N. Y. ; 13
killed, 22 injured 19 May,
Train wrecked near Aspen junction. Col. ; 9 killed, 6 injured,
5 July.
Excursion train wrecked near Middletown, 0. ; 7 killed, many
injured 25 July,
Train wrecked near Louisville, Ky. ; 13 killed, 18 injured, 31 July,
Collision near Zelinpole, Pa. ; 8 killed, 5 injured 24 Sept.
Train wrecked near Toledo, O. ; 9 killed, 20 injured 28 Nov.
" " " Hastings, N. Y. ; 15 killed, 7 injured, 24 Dec.
" » " Milwaukee, Wis.,; 7 killed 1 Mch.
" *' " Revere, Mo. ; 7 killed 6 May,
" " " Cloves, 0. ; 7 killed 15 May,
" «' " Cotton Belt railroad; 7 killed 21 May,
" " " Lonesome Hollow, Ky. ; 7 killed.. 14 Juno,
" " «' Harrisburg, Pa. ; 12 killed 25 Juno,
" " " Cochocton, O. ; 6 killed 16 Aug.
Collision of trains near Eckenrode Mills, Pa. ; 14 killed, 7 Sept.
Train wrecked near West Cambridge, Mass. ; 6 killed, 11 Sept.
" " " West Manchester, Pa. ; 7 killed 24 Oct.
♦' " " Phillipsburg, Mo. ; 6 killed 25 Oct.
" " " Grand Island, Neb. ; 7 killed 1 Nov.
" " " Nelson, Minn. ; 8 killed 18 Dec.
Trains collide near Alton, 111. ; 9 killed, 12 fatally injured, 21 Jan.
" " " Somerset, Pa. ; 5 killed 25 Apr.
Train wrecked near Lafayette, Ind. ; 10 killed 7 May,
" " " Parkville,L.L; 8killed, 29 injured, 20 June,
" " " Patterson, N. J. ; 5 killed 24 June,
" " " Newburg, N. Y. ; 5 killed 13 July,
" " " Melton, Va. ; 7 killed 16 Aug. "
" " " Berlin, L. L ; 16 killed, 50 badly injured,
26 Aug. "
Train on the Boston and Albany railroad goes through a bridge
near Chester, Mass. ; 15 killed and 15 injured 31 Aug. "
Train wrecked near Colehour, 111. ; 11 killed 7 Sept. "
" " " Manteno, 111. ; 8 killed 19 Sept. "
Trains collide near Wabash, Ind. ; 11 killed 22 Sept. •'
Michigan Central excursion train, 2d section runs into 1st sec-
tfon at Jackson, Mich. ; 13 killed and 40 injured 13 Oct. "
Trains collide near Battle Creek, Mich. ; 26 killed, many fatally
hurt 20 Oct. "
NUMBER OF PEKSONS KILLED IN TRAIN ACCIDENTS ON TJIK
DIFFERENT RAILROADS IN THE U. S. FOR THE YEARS.
1891, '92, '93.
1893
Year.
Passengers.
Trespassers.
Employees.
Total.
1891
177
121
178
63
61
89
550
490
424
790
1892
672
1893 . -
691
Total
476
213
1464
2153
Average for the past 14 years (1880 to 1893 inclusive) is 573.4.
MEMORABLE RAILROAD ACCIDENTS, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN..
In 1846, in England, was passed the Campbell act, to compel
railway companies to make compensatiou for inj'uries by culpa-
ble accidents (9and 10 Vict. c. 93). The statistics of railway ac-
cidents in Great Britain for one year (1889) show — Killed : pa.s-
sengers, 183; employes, 435; trespassers, 351; various,170; total,.
1139, Injured: passengers, 1829; employes, 2769; trespassers,,
122; various, 53; total, 4773; total killed and injured, 6912.
W. Huskisson, M. P., killed at the opening of the Liverpool and
Manchester railway 15 Sept. 1830
Derailment of engine at Sonninghill cuLnear Reading; 8 killed,
24 Dec. 1841
Railway train takes fire at Versailles,France; passengers locked
in. Over 50 lives lost, including adm. d'Urville; over 40
injured 8 May, 1842
Collision on Great Southern and Western near Strafian, Ireland ;
13 killed 5 Oct. 1853
Collision near Moret in Seine-et-Marne, France, 16 killed, 23 Oct. 1855
Collision at Kirby, between Liverpool and Blackpool; 200 in-
jured, none killed 27 June, 1857
Collision at Lewisham, near London; 11 killed 28 June, "
Wreck near Mons, Belgium ; 21 killed June, 1858
Collision of excursion train about 10 miles from Birmingham,
near Round Oak station 23 Aug. "
Collision, excursion train at Helmshore, near Manchester; 11
killed 4 Sept. 1860
Collision of mail and cattle train on Northwestern railway at
Atherstone; 11 killed 16 Nov. "
Collision in Clayton tunnel, on London and Brighton railway;
23 killed, 176 injured 25 Aug. 1861
Wreck at Kentish Town, near London; 16 killed, 320 injured, |
2 Sept. " j
Collision near Winchburgh, on Edinburgh and Glasgow railway ; i
15 killed, 100 injured 13 Oct. 1862 !
Train derailed near Rednall on branch of Great Western rail- {
way; 13 killed, about 40 injured 7 June, 1865 ,
Derailment near Staplehurst, on Southeastern railway; 10 killed, ;
about 50 injured 9 June, " {
Collision between Irish mail train and freight, Abergele, N.Wales. \
Barrels of petroleum ignite; 33 burned to death 20 Aug. 1868 j
Derailment on Great Indian Peninsular railway, near Khan- j
dalla, Bombay; about 18 killed 26 Jan. 1869i
1870
1871
1873
1874
RAI 675
Collision between excursion train and derailed freight near
Newark, on the Great Northern railway; 19 killed. .21 June,
Collision near Barnsley; 14 killed 12 Dec.
Railway accident near St. Nazaire, France; explosion of gun-
powder; 60 killed 25 Feb.
Train derailed near Festh, Hungary ; 21 killed May,
Train derailed at Wigan, 17 miles from Manchester; 13 killed,
including sir John Anson 23 Aug.
Collision between London express and a mineral train near
Manuel and Bo'ness Junction, between Edinburgh and Glas-
gow ; 16 killed 27 Jan.
Two passenger trains, through the carelessness of telegraph
operators, collide at Thorpe, near Norwich; 26 killed, 50 in-
jured 10 Sept. "
Broken wheel throws train over an embankment at Shipton,
near Oxford; 34 killed, about 70 injured 24 Dec. "
Train hurled from embankment near Odessa, Russia ; about
68 killed 8 Jan. 1876
Double collision, Scotch express with coal train, and Leeds ex-
press from London, near Huntingdon on Great Northern rail-
way; 14 killed 21 Jan. "
Collis'ion of excursion trains about 4 miles from Bath, on branch
of Great Western; 14 killed 7 Aug. "
Cnllision near Fontypridd Junction, Rhondda branch of Taflf
Valley line, Wales; 13 killed, about 40 injured 19 Oct. 1878
Tay bridge, Dundee, with passenger train on it, blown into the
river; all perish, about 74 passengers 28 Dec. 1879
Train falls into the San Antonio river through a bridge near
Cuartla, on Morelos railway, Mexico; about 200 lives lost,
night of 24 June, 1881
Express train on Great Western railway runs into freight at
Slough; 12 killed 24 Dec. "
Eight cars derailed between Tcherny and Bastigeur, Russia;
about 178 killed • 13 July, 1882
Excursion train derailed at Hugstetten, between Freiburg and
Colmar, Baden; 70 killed, 150 injured 7 Sept. "
Railway accident at Steglitz, near Berlin; 40 killed 2 Sept. 1883
Crank axle of locomotive breaks, throwing express train over
an embankment at Bullhouse bridge, near Penistone; 24
killed 16 July, 1884
Bridge near Sydney, New South Wales, gives way under a pas-
senger train; 40 lives lost 30 Jan. 1885
Collision at Doncaster, Engl. ; 28 killed, 70 injured 16 Sept. 1887
Collision on Moscow and Kursk railway, in Russia; 11 killed,
15 May, 1888
Collision neac^Tampico, Mexico; 18 killed, 41 injured. .4 June, "
Railway bridge breaks near Groenandael, Belgium; 14 killed,
3 Feb. 1889
Excursion train wrecked near Armagh, Ireland; 76 killed,
12 June, "
Collision near Ciulnita, Bulgaria; 15 killed 9 July, "
Train derailed near Stuttgart, Germany; 10 killed, 50 injured,
2 Oct. "
Collision on Great Western railway near Norton Fitzwarren;
10 killed, 8 injured 11 Nov. 1890
Railway accident near Basel, Switzerland; 100 killed, 150 in-
jured 14 June, 1891
Collision of express trains at St. Maud6, near Paris; 50 killed,
over 100 injured 25 July,
Train wrecked near Berne, Switzerland; 14 killed, many in-
jured 17 Aug.
TraincoUision near Burgos, Spain; 14 killed, 24 injured, 24 Sept.
Train wrecked near Moirans, France ; 15 kil]ed,50 injured,26 Oct.
Trains collide near Lahore, India; 30 killed, many injured,
7 Nov.
Trains collide near Thirsk, Scotland; 10 killed 2 Nov.
Train wrecked on the TalTvale line, Wales ; 12 killed, 60 in-
jured 12 Aug.
Trains collide near Milan, Italy; 13 killed, 22 injured. .28 Nov.
GROWTH OF RAILROADS IN THE WORLD.
RAN
Country.
Opened.
Great Britain 1825
United States 1827
France 1828
Germany 1835
Belgium I 1835
1837
1838
1839
1839
1844
1846
1847
1848
1851
1851
1854
1856
1857
Austria (proper;...
Russia in Europe . .
Italy
Holland
Switzerland
Hungary ,
Denmark
Spain
Chili :
Brazil
Norway
Sweden ,
Argentine Republic
Turkey in Europe.
Peru
Portugal
Greece .1869
Uruguay i 1869
Mexico : 1868
Roumania j
Japan I 1874
Miles of road completed.
1857
2818
6621
9021
1714
3637
554
817
310
265
110
15
137
20
1
1860.
10,433
30,626
5,700
6.979
1.074
1,813
988
1,117
208
653
1,004
69
1,190
120
134
42
375
"41
47
42
1870.
15,537
52,922
11.142
11,729
1,799
3,790
7,098
3,825
874
885
2,157
470
3,400
452
504
692
1,089
637
392
247
444
6
61
215
152
17,933
93,296
16,275
20,693
2,
7,083
14,026
5,
1,143
1,596
4,421
975
4,550
1,100
2,174
970
3,654
1,536
727
1,179
710
7
268
655
859
75
19,943
160,544
2i,899
24,845
2,776
9,345
17,534
7,830
1,632
1,869
6,751
1,217
5.951
1,801
5,546
970
4,899
4,506
1,024
1,836
1,188
416
399
5,012
1,537
542
rain. The exact manner in which rain fornos is un-
known. Blanford advanced the general law that " however
vapor-laden may be any current of air, however saturated,
it does not bring rainfall so long as it preserves a horizontal
movement." "Either increased elevation or eddies from in-
crease of friction, or the convection around borders of a baro-
metric depression causes formation of clouds and rain." —
Greely. Places having a great annual fall of rain are : Cher-
apoonjee, Hindostan, 592 in.; Matouba, Guadeloupe, 292
in. ; Maranhao, Brazil, 280 in. ; Uttray Mullay, Hindostan,
267 in.; and Mahabalishwar, Hindostan, 254 in. Lima
(Peru), Thebes (Egypt), Tatta (north Africa) are said to be
rainless; other places having a small annual rainfall are:
Cairo, Egypt, 1.31 in. ; Karachi, India, 1.5 in. ; Camp Mohave,
Arizona, 1.85 in.; Mammoth Tank, San Diego co., Cal., 1.88
in. ; BLshop Creek, Inyo co., Cal., 2.02 in. ; and Yuma, Ariz.,
2.81 in. From observations made by Charles Pierce, resi-
dent of Portsmouth, N. H., 1793, and of Philadelphia, Pa., from
1813, the smallest rainfall in any one year in Philadelphia
from 1797 to 1846, was 23.25 in. in 1819, and the greatest,
55.5 in. in 1841. Records at Central Park observatory. New
York city, show a rainfall in 1889 of 55 in., the largest record-
ed in 2ryears. In New England, from 11 to 13 Feb. 1886, 5
in. of rain fell over nearly 5000 sq. miles of territory, and one
of the most remarkable rainfalls recorded in the U. S. oc-
curred at Alexandria, La., 15-16 June, 1886, when 21.4 in. fell
in 24 hours. Numerous authenticated instances of red rain,
or " showers of blood," have been collected by M. Grellois, be-
ginning with one which occurred in and around Paris, referred
to by (Gregory of Tours, 582 a.d. Some of the most celebrated
instances are: in France and Germany, 1181 ; at Genoa, 1744;
at Naples, 14 Mch. 1813; at Beauvais, 1 May, 1863; near
Rome, 13 Feb. 1870, etc. Yellow rains, owing to pollen of pine-
trees floating in the air, have been observed in the U. S. ; a
noticeable instance occurred at Lynchburg, Va., 21 Mch. 1879.
The absolute range of barometric readings in the U. S. varies
from 1.014 in. at San Diego, Cal., and 1.176 in. at Key West,
Fla., to 2.201 in. at New York, and 2.523 in. at Eastport, Me.
Storms, Cloudbursts and Rainfalls.
rainbow (mentioned Gen. ix. 13-16), a luminous bow
or arch formed by the prismatic dispersion of rays of sunlight
passing through falling rain-drops. It exhibits the 7 prismatic
colors in the order of the spectrum. Its theory was (ieveloped
by Kepler in 1611, and by Rene Descartes in 1629. Spectrum,
Raleigh's seUiement§ on the Atlantic
COa§t. Virginia, 1585.
Ramadan, the Mahometan month of fasting, in 1865,
28 Jan. to 27 Feb. ; and from 27 Dec. 1867 to 30 Jan. 1868 in-
clusive. It is followed by the festival of Bairam. Mahom-
etan YEAR.
Ranibouillet {ram-hoo-eeyea'), a royal chateau,
about 25 miles from Paris. Here Francis I. died, 31 Mch. 1547 ;
and here Charles X. abdicated, 2 Aug. 1830. After belonging
to the count of Thoulouse and the due de Penthievre, it was
bought by Louis XVI. 1778. Rambouillet decree, United
States, 1810.
ramie, a Javanese name now adopted in the United
States for the Chinese grass, a plant of the order Urticacem or
nettle. The fibre can be manufactured into a fabric resem-
bling silk. The climate of the southern U. S. is favorable to
its cultivation.
Ramillies {ram'-e-leez), a village of Belgium, the site
of one of the battles and victories in the war of the Spanish
succession, gained by the duke of Marlborough over the
French, commanded by the elector of Bavaria and marshal de
Villeroy, on Whitsunday, 23 May, 1706. The French were
seized with a panic and routed : about 4000 of the allies were
slain. This accelerated the fall of Louvain, Brussels, etc.
Ramona. Indian education ; New Mexico, 1885.
RanSfOOn', maritime capital of the Burmese empire,
on the Irrawaddy, built by Alompra, 1753, was taken by a
British force under sir A. Campbell on 1 1 May, 1824. In Dec.
1826, it was ceded to the Burmese on condition of payment of
a sum of money, the reception of a British resident at Ava,
and freedom of commerce. Oppression of the British mer-
chants led to the second Burmese war, 1852. Rangoon was
RAN
taken bv storm by gen. Godwin, 14 Apr., and annexed to the
British 'dominions in Dec. An English bishopric founded,
1877. Pop. 1890, 182,000. Bukmah.
RaiiHome'ii artificial stone, invented by Fred,
Ransome, 1848, is made by dissolving Hint (silica) in heated
caustic alkali, adding fine sand. The mixture is pressed into
moulds and heatetl to retlneas.
rape was punished with death by Jews, Romans, and
(ioths; bv mutilation and loss of eyes in William I.'s reign.
This was'mitigateil by the statute of Westminster 1,3 Edw.I.
1274. Made felony by stat. Westminster 2, 12 Edw. III. 1338 ;
and without benefit of clergy, 18 Eliz. 1576. Rape made pun-
ishable bv trans|>ortation in 1841 ; by penal servitude for life,
or a less periml, 1861. In the United States the punishment
diflfers according to the laws of the several states ; but in most
of them the sentence may be for 10 to 20 years of imprison-
ment at hanl labor.
Rapilia, a port of Palestine. Here Antiochus III. of
Syria was defeated by Ptolemy Philopator, king of Egypt,
2i7 B.C.
Rappahannoeii, a river in Virginia, about halfway
between Washington and Richmond, along the line of which,
or near it, were fought some of the great battles of the civil
war. as Chancellors ville, Fredericksburg, and the Wilderness;
while several severe minor engagements, namely, Kelly's Ford,
Beverly Ford, Rappahannock Station, etc., might well entitle
it to the name of " Bloody River." United States, 1863.
raspberry. Flowers and Plants.
Rateliffe Ilig^il-lV-ay (now St. George's street), East
London. Mr. Marr, a shopkeeper here, with his wife, child,
and boy, were murdered in a few minutes, 7 Dec. 1811. In
the same neighborhood, on 11 Dec, Mr. and Mrs. Williamson,
their child and servant, were also murdered. A man named
Williams, arrested on suspicion, committed suicide, 15 Dec.
(graphically depicted by De Quincey in " Three Memorable
Murders." England, 1886.
ra'tioiialism, the doctrine which rejects divine reve-
lation and admits no way to truth but experience and reason.
The leading writers are Reimarus of Hamburg (d. 1768),
Paulusof Heidelberg (1761-1851), Eichhorn, Reinhard, Strauss,
Frederick Henry Jacobi, and Schleiermacher. W. Lecky's
" History of Rationalism in Europe " appeared July, 1865 ; and
dr. J. Hurst's, Apr. 1867. Philosophy.
Ratisbon or Regensburg, in Bavaria, was made
a free imperial city about 1200. Several diets have been held
here. A peace was concluded here between France and the
emperor of Germany ending the war for the Mantuan succes-
sion, 13 Oct. 1630. In a diet held here', the German princes
seceded from the Germanic empire, to accept the protection
of the emperor Napoleon, 1 Aug. 1806. Ratisbon was made
an archbishopric in 1806; secularized in 1810; ceded to Ba-
varia in 1815 ; became again an archbishopric in 1817.
RaueOUX {ro-coo''), a village of Belgium. Here the
French army under marshal Saxe totally defeated the allies
under prince Charles of Lorraine, 11 Oct. 1746.
Ravailiac's (ra-vdl-ydc'') murder of Henry rv.
of France, 14 May, 1610. The execution of the assassin on
27 May was accompanied by horrible tortures. Torture.
Raven'na, on the Adriatic, a city of the Papal States,
founded by Greek colonists, fell under Roman power about
234 B.C. It was favored and embellished by the emperors,
and Honorius made it capital of the Western Empire about
404 A.D. In 568 it became capital of an exarchate. It was
subdued by the Lombards in 752, and their king, Astolphus,
in 754 surrendered it to Pepin, king of France, who gave it to
pope Stephen, founding the temporal power of the Holy See.
On 11 Apr. 1512, a battle was fought between French, under
Gaston de Foix (duke of Nemours and nephew of Louis XII.),
and Spanish and papal armies. De Foix perished in the mo-
ment of victory, and his death closed the good-fortune of the
French in Italv. Ravenna became part of the kingdom of
Italy in 1860. "
Raymond, Miss., Battle of. Vicksbukg campaign.
readers, a new order of ministrants in the church of
676
REB
England, received the assent of the archbishops and bishops
in July, 1866. They were not to be ordained or addressed as
reverend.
Readings (rid'ing), a borough of Berkshire, Engl.
Here Alfred defeated the Danes, 871. The abbey was founded
in 1121 by Henry I. The last abbot was hanged in 1539 for
denving the king's supremacv. The palace prison was erected
1850.
Real Presenee. Transubstantiation.
Realists* Nominalists, Philosophy.
Reams'S Station, Affair at. Grant's campaign
in Virginia.
reaping^-maehines. The gathering of grain with
a sickle is as old as history. Cradles, or scythes with a gath-
•ering frame of 4 or 5 wooden fingers above the blade and par-
allel to it are still in use, and as late as 1848, at a trial of
reaping-machines held at the state fair at Buffalo, N. Y., the
decision was in favor of cradles. A heading-machine, which
caught the heads of grain by sharp teeth set on the edge of a re-
ceiving box pushed against the grain by an ox in harness, was
used in Gaul as early as 60 a.d. This principle of pushing was
followed out in modern reapers up to 1820; in only one case,
a machine invented in 1806, were the horses attached in front.
Reaper with rows of combs or ripples on a cylinder, which
tore off the heads and discharged them into a box, was in-
vented by Pitt in England 1786
First reaper patented was by Boyce of England, and had a
vertical shaft with 6 rotating scythes 1799
Gladstone of England patents a side-cutting reaper with re-
volving knife, finger gathering bar, and front draft 1806
Bailey's American mowing machine, the first patented in the
U. S., made with a horizontal rotary circular blade 1822
Ogle of England invents a reaper with front draft, side cut,
grain platform, and gathering reel "
Reaper invented by rev. Patrick Bell, and tried near Forfar,
Scotland, had a reel and travelIing-ai)ron to deliver the cut
grain at the side, and was pushed by horses 1828
Obed Hussey, then of Cincinnati, 0., patents a mower and
reaper with front draft, side cut, triangular sectional knife.
and guards 1833
Cyrus H. McCormick of Virginia patents his reaping-machine, 1834
Public trial of Hussey's reaper before the Maryland Agricult-
ural Society 12 July, 1837
[During the season this machine cut 180 acres of oats ou
a farm in Maryland. J
First reaping-machine with a platform to receive the gavels
and carry the binder invented by Mr. Lamb, in the U. S 1840
Header invented by Jonathan Haines of Illinois 1849
W. H. Seymour of New York invents a self-raking attachment
for reapers 1851
Watson's automatic binder patented "
At trial of American reapers on farm of Mr. Mechi, 45 miles from
London, the McCormick reaper receives a prize medal. July, "
Trial of reaping-machines held at Buffalo, N. Y. 1848; trial of 9
competing reaping-machines at Geneva, N. Y 1852
American reapers receive the prize at trial made on the farm
of M. Dailley, postmaster-general of France, at La Trappe... 1855
Owen Dorsey of Maryland invents a combined reel and rake
for reapers 1856
Automatic self-binding harvesters come into use in the U. S. .. 1871
McCormick's self-binding harvester takes gold medal at Royal
Agricultural Society's competition at Bristol, Engl 6 Aug. 1878
reason was decreed to be worshipped as a goddess by
the French republicans, 10 Nov. 1793, and was personified by
an actress, madame Maillard. — Thomas Paine's " Age of Rea-
son" was published in 1794-95; Immanuel Kant's "Critique
of Pure Reason " (" Kritik der reinen Vernunft "), 1781. Lrr-
ERATUEE, Philosophy.
Rebecca, Lady (Pocahontas). Virginia, 1613.
retoecfe, the English name of a 3-stringed musical in-
strument of Arabian or Persian invention. This instrument
gradually assumed the form of the viol, of which it was the
origin. <' when the merry bells ring round
And the jocund rebecks sound."
— Jft«o», "L' Allegro."
rebellions or insurrections in Britisli
history. Details of many are given in separate articles.
Conspiracies.
Against William the Conqueror, in favor of Edgar Atheling, aided
by the Scots and Danes, 1069.
Odo of Bayeux and others, against William XL, in favor of his brotli-
er Robert, 1Q88 ; suppressed, 1090.
In favor of the empress Maude, 1139; ended, 1153.
Of prince Richard against his father Henry II., 1189.
Of the barons, Apr. 1215. Compromised by the grant of Magna
Charta, 15 June following.
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Of the Barons, 1261-67.
Of lords spiritual and temporal against Edward II. on account of his
favorites, the Gavestons, 1312. Again, on account of the Spen-
cers, 1321.
Of Walter the Tyler, of Deptford, vulgarly called Wat Tyler; occa-
sioned by the brutal rudeness of a poll-tax collector to his daugh-
ter. He killed the collector in his rage, and raised a party to op-
pose the tax, 1381. Tylkk.
In Ireland, when Roger, earl of March, the viceroy and heir pre-
sumptive to the crown, was slain, 1398.
Of Henry, duke of Lancaster, who caused Richard II. to be deposed,
1399.
Against king Henry IV. by a number of confederated lords, 1402-3.
Against Henry V. by earl of Cambridge and other lords, 1415.
Of Jack Cade, against Henry VI., 1450. Cade's Insurrection.
In favor of the house of York, 1452, ending in imprisonment of
Henry VI. and seating Edward IV^ of York on the throne, 1461.
Under Warwick and Clarence, 1470, ending in expulsion of Edward
IV. and restoration of Henry VI. the same year.
Under Edward IV., 1471, ending with death of Henry VI.
Earl of Richmond, against Richard III., 1485, which ended with the
death of Richard.
Under Lambert Simnel, 1486, who pretended to be Richard III.'s
nephew, Edward Plantagenet, earl of Warwick; his army was de-
feated, leaders slain, and he was discovered to be a baker's son;
he was pardoned, and employed by the king as a menial.
Under Perkin Warbeck, 1492; defeated; executed 1499.
Under Thomas Flammock and Michael Joseph, in Cornwall, against
taxes levied to pay the Scottish war expenses. They marched
towards London, and lord Audley took the command at Wells.
They were defeated at Blackheath, 22 June, and the 3 leaders
were executed, 28 June, 1497.
"Pilgrimage of Grace," against Henry VIII., 1536-37.
Of the English in the west, to restore the ancient liturgy, etc., 1549;
suppressed same year.
In Norfolk, headed by Ket the tanner, but soon suppressed, Aug.
1549.
For lady Jane Grey, against queen Mary. Lady Jane was pro-
claimed queen on the death of Edward VL, 10 July, 1553; but re-
signed the crown to Mary after a few days, and beheaded for high-
treason, in the Tower, 12 Feb. 1554, aged 17.
Sir Thomas Wyatt, son of the poet, and others, against queen Mary's
marriage with Philip of Spain, etc. ; fails; he is beheaded, 11 Apr.
1554.
Of the Roman Catholic earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland
against queen Elizabeth, Nov. and Dec. 1567. The former fled to
Scotland, but was given up by the regent Morton and executed.
Irish under the earl of Tyrone, 1599; suppressed 1601.
Earl of Essex, against queen Elizabeth, 1600 ; he d. 1601.
Of the Irish under Roger More, sir Phelim O'Neil, etc., against the
English in Ireland, 1641-45.
"Great Rebellion," 1641-60.
Rebellion of the Scots Covenanters, 1666; soon put down.
Under the duke of Monmouth, 1685; executed 15 July.
Of Scots for the Old Pretender, 1715; quelled 1716.
Of the Scots under the Young Pretender, 1745; suppressed in 1746;
lords Lovat, Balmerino, and Kilmarnock beheaded.
Of the Americans on account of taxation, 1774. This rebellion lost
to England her chief North American colonies, which became the
United States, 1782.
In Ireland, the "Great Rebellion," great numbers taking arms, be-
gan 24 May, 1798; suppressed next year.
Again in Ireland, under Robert Emmett, a gifted enthusiast, 23 July,
1803, when lord Kilwarden was killed, with several others, by the
insurgents.
Canadian insurrection, Dec. 1837 to Nov. 1838. Canada.
Of Chartists at Newport, Engl., 4 Nov. 1839.
Smith O'Brien's rebellion; ended by defeat and dispersion of his
followers, by sub-inspector Trant and about 60 police constables,
on Boulagh common, Ballingary, county Tipperary, 29 July, 1848.
Ireland.
Sepoy mutiny in India, 1857-58.
Of Fenians in Ireland, 1865-67.
For the United States, Dorr's, Shays's, and Whiskey re-
bellion, and for the Southern states, United States, 1860-
1866.
Rech'at>ite§, Independent Order of, a temperance so-
ciety introduced into the United States in 1842 from England,
where it had existed since 1835. The order takes its name
from the Rechabites of Scripture (Jer. xxxv.), and at one time
had over 100,000 members. 50th anniversary of the order
held at Washington, D. C, 2 Aug. 1892.
recitative, a species of singing differing little from
ordinary speaking, and used for narratives in operas, is said
to have been first employed at Rome by Emilio del Cavaliere,
who disputed the claim of Rinuccini to the introduction of
the opera, 1600. Operas.
Recon§tructioil period embraced the adminis-
trations of Johnson and Grant. United States, 1865-77.
recor€l§, Public, in England, first regularly preserved
m 1100 by order of Henry I. The repositories of ancient
materials most interesting to historians were the Chapter-
house of Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, the Rolls
RED
Chapel, and the Queen's Remembrancer's offices of the ex-
chequer. The early records of Scotland, going from London,
were lost by shipwreck in 1298. In Ireland, the council-
chamber and most of the records were burned, 1711. Public
Records act, 2 Vict. c. 94 (10 Aug. 1838). F. Thomas's valua-
ble " Handbook to the Public Records " was pub. in 1853 ; Mr.
Ewald's "Our Public Records" in 1873.
Recovery, fort. Defence of. Gen. Wayne succeeded
St. Clair in command of the troops in the Northwest, and on
the site of the latter's defeat (Ohio, 1791) he erected a fort,
and called it Recovery. In June, 1794, the garrison, under
maj. William M'Mahon, were attacked by many Indians.
M'Mahon and 22 others were killed, and 30 were wounded.
The Indians were repulsed. On 20 Aug. the Indians were
defeated by Wayne at the Maumee rapids.
recu'§ailt§, persons in England who refuse to attend
church, 1 Eliz. c. 2, 1559 ; dissenters relieved from this act,
1689 ; it was repealed, 1844.
Red Bank, the site of fort Mercer, on the New Jersey
shore of the Delaware river. Fort Mercer.
red crag", deposits of fossil remains on the coast of Es-
sex and Suffolk, England, so called by Edward Charlesworth
about 1835 ; used in the manufacture of fertilizer.
Red Cross. Tlie Red Cross is "a confederation of
societies in different countries for the amelioration of the con-
dition of wounded soldiers in the armies, in campaigns on
land or sea." It carries on its work under the sign of a red
cross on a white ground used as a flag, always with the na-
tional flag or as an arm badge. By article 7 of the Geneva
convention this sign protects its wearers as neutral. The
society originated with Henri Dunant (Swiss) after the battle
of Solferino, 1859, ably seconded by dr. Louis Appia and Gus-
tave Moynier of Geneva. The latter, president of the " So-
ciety of Public Utility of Switzerland," called a meeting " to
consider the formation of permanent societies for the relief of
wounded soldiers," which was held 9 Feb. 1863, and resulted
in an international meeting 26 Oct. following, and a treaty
between 12 European governments, assuring neutralitj' and
protection to all working under the Red Cross. This treaty is
known as the Geneva Convention, and was concluded at Ge-
neva, 22 Aug. 1864. It was adopted by Great Britain, 18
Feb. 1865; Prussia, 22 June, 1865 ; Turkey, 5 Julj^ 1865 ; and
Russia, 22 May, 1867. The United States Senate acceded to
it, 16 Mch. 1882, and it was proclaimed by pres. Arthur, 26
July, 1882. The treaty is now generally adopted by civilized
governments of the world. The American (National) Asso-
ciation of the Red Cross was organized at Washington, D.C.,
21 May, 1881, and was incorporated for 20 years, 1 July, 1881.
Miss Clara Barton was elected first president. Associate socie-
ties in the various states have done noble work in aiding suf-
ferers by calamity from forest fires, floods, fevers, etc.
Red River campaig^n of 1S64. After the
capture of Port Hudson, gen. Halleck urged upon Banks (6
Aug.) the necessity, for diplomatic reasons, of occupying Tex-
as. There was some difference, Halleck preferring an ad-
vance upon Shreveport, and Banks a descent upon the coast
and thence into the interior. An expedition against Sabine
Pass started from New Orleans 5 Sept. 1863, but failed. Bra-
zos Santiago, at the mouth of the Rio Grande, was occupied
2 Nov. During that month nearly the entire Texan coast
was occupied by Banks's forces. He was about to attack
Galveston, when Halleck recalled him to the original plan for
an advance up the Red river to Shreveport, La. On 25 Mch.
1864, his army was concentrated at Alexandria ; it advanced
to Natchitoches (2, 3 Apr.) and to Pleasant Hill (7 Apr.). On
8 Apr. was fought the battle of Sabine Cross-roads, in which
Banks's advance was forced to retire by Kirby Smith and
Dick Taylor with about 20,000 men. Banks fell back 3 miles
to Pleasant Grove, where the confederates were checked by
Emory's division of the 19th corps until nightfall, when the
retreat was continued 15 miles to a strong position at Pleasant
Hill. Here the federals, about 15,000 men, were joined by
A. J. Smith's corps, 10,000 strong. The confederates attacked
about 4 P.M. on the 9th, in full force, but were repulsed. On
the 10th Banks continued his retreat to Grand Ecore unas-
sailed. The fleet under adm. Porter, which had followed the
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678
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army with difficulty from Alexandria to Grand Ecore, found
it still mor« difficult to return, the river constantly falling.
Most of the rtcet reached Alexandria, but here coulil not pass
the rapids until lieut.-col. Joseph Bailey, of the 4th Wisconsin
infantry, succeeded in damming the river, a brilliant feat of
engineering. The rapids were over a mile long and from 700
to 1000 ft. wiile, with a current 10 miles an hour. The work
began 30 Apr., and by 12 May the entire fleet had passed
aafely through the chute to the waters below the rapids.
Over 3000 men were engaged day and night on the work.
The expedition from first to last was mismanaged; and even
if, with Porter's co-operating fleet, it had reachetl Shreveport,
that position could not have been maintained, and the fleet
would have been captured or destroyed. Gen. Steele, who
marched a co-operative column from Little Rock against Kirby
Smith, encountered great difficulties in his movement ; and
before he could be of any assistance Banks had already re-
treated. The Federal losses during the whole expedition were
between 5000 and 6000 men, of whotn 4000 were lost during
the battles of 8 and 9 Apr.
Red River §eUleineilt§. a name given to part
of the Hudson Bay settlements, now Manitoba.
Re<l §eB, an extensive inland sea, over 1300 miles in
length, and greatest width 205 miles. It is connected with
the Mediterranean sea by the Sukz -canal, which passes
through the isthmus of Suez, and it communicates with
the Indian ocean by the strait of Bab - el - Mandeb, 13^
miles in width. In 1826, Ehrenberg discovered that the
color was due to marine plants, the Trichodesmium erythrcBum.
Egypt.
red'OUVa, a Bohemian dance in f time, introduced in
1846 or 1847 at Paris, and soon after in London.
Reformation, The. Generally applied to the time
and labors of Martin Luther, although other efforts for the
reformation of the church may be traced to the reign of
Charlemagne, when Paulinus, bishop of Aquileia, employed
his voice and pen to accomplish it ; to Wickliffe, Huss, Jerome
of Prague, Savonarola, Erasmus, Zuinglius, Tyndal, Calvin,
Melanchthon, Cranmer, Latimer, Knox, and Browne. Luther
thus characterized himself and his fellow-reformers: "Res
non Verba— LuMer." " Verba non li&s—Ei-asmus" " Res et
Verba — Melanchthon:' "Nee Verba nee 'Res—Carlstadt"
Calvinists, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Protestants,
WlCKUFFITES, etc.
eras of the reformation
In Fr&nce (Albigenses) about 1177
Iq England ( Wickliffe) 1360
In Bohemia (Huss) 1405
In Italy (Savonarola) 1498
In France {Farel) before 1512
In Germany (Luther) 1517
In Switzerland (Zuinglius) 1519
In Denmark {Andreas Bodenstein) 1521
In Prussia I527
In France {Calvin) 1529
Protestants first so called "
In Sweden (Petri) '. [\\ 1530
In England {Henry VIII.) ...'.'...'.'.'.'.'.'. 1534
In Ireland (archbishop George Brovme) I535
In England, completed (Cranmer, Bucer, Fagius, etc.) 1547;
annulled by Mary, 1553; restored by Elizabeth 1558
In Scotland (Knox), established 1560
In the Netherlands, established 1562
reformatorie§. Pope Clement XL founded at
Rome (1704) the first reformatory institution established by a
government — the prison of St. Michael, for boys and young
men. On its wall was inscribed : " It is of little use to re-
strain criminals by punishment, unless you reform them by
education."
Reformatory prison founded at Ghent under Viscount Vilain
XIV 1775
First English Reform school founded by the Philanthropic Soci-
ety near London 1788
First permanently successful reformatory for criminal youth
in the world, established by John Falk at Weimar, Germany, 1813
First Reform school, with farm and out-door labor for training
inmates, opened in Warwickshire, Engl I8I8
Rauhe Haus, near Hamburg, Germany, a reform school with
family groups and agricultural labor, established by dr
Wichern ,' 1333
Act passed in England for a separate prison at Parkhurst, Isle
of Wight, for offenders under 16, with discipline educational
and reformatory 1838
Milwaukee, Wis.
Agricultural colony reformatory at Mettray, France, established
by MM. de Metz and de |{ivtignf;res 183
Foundation of Reformatory school, Redhill. Surrey, laid, 30 Apr. 184
Act passed in England for committing juvenile offenders to re-
formatories 135,
First conference of National Reformatory Union of Great
Britain Aug. 186«
International exhibition of works of Reform schools, held at
Agricultural Hall, Islington, near London
[In 1890, there were in England 46 Reforinalorv schools
with 4183 inmates under 16, and 133 Industrial schools with
16,156 inmates.]
reforniatoriei in the United States. The Hou8<
of Refuge on Randall's island, the oldest reformatory in th(
U. S., was the first founded and controlled by legislation, h
was conceived by Edward Livingston, authorized by law 21
Mch. 1824, and opened 1825. Juvenile reformatories wen
made public penal institutions in Massachusetts in 1848
principal reform schools.
Name. Location. Opened
House of Refuge (Randall's island). Harlem, N. Y 182i
House of Refuge Philadelphia, Pa I82j
Boys' House of Refuge New Orleans, La I84i
Lyman School for Boys Westborough, Mass
State Industrial School Rochester, N. Y 1841
Sockanosset School for Boys Howard, R. 1 1861
Cincinnati House of Refuge Cincinnati, O
New York Juvenile Asylum New York city 1851
Lowell Reform School Lowell, Mass "
State Reform School Portland, Me 1863
State Reform School Meriden, Conn " •
Pennsylvania Reform School Morganza, Pa 181
House of Refuge St. Louis, Mo
Cambridge Truant School North Cambridge, Mass
Reform School Lansing, Mich 1)
State Industrial School for Girls. . . Lancaster, Mass 1
Brooklyn Truant Home Brooklyn, N. Y
Boys' Industrial School Lancaster, 0 1
State Industrial School Manchester, N. H
Industrial School San Francisco, Cal I
Wisconsin Industrial School for)
Boys ]
Detroit House of Correction Detroit, Mich 186-2
Worcester Truant School Worcester, Mass 1863
New York Catholic Protectory . . . Westchester, N. Y "
V'ermont Reform School Vergennes, Vt 1865
^'Boys^'.' .^.".'!"!'.''.'!'! .^?!'.''.''.\ .^?' ! Carroll, Md 1866
MassachusettsStatePrimarySchool Palmer, Mass "
Convent of the Good Shepherd Newport, Ky '•
New Jersey State Reform School) t„.««oi , xt t laan
for Boys. | Jamesburg, N. J 1867
Minnesota State Reform School.. . . St. Paul, Minn 1863
Indiana Reform School for Boys. . . Plainfleld, Ind "
Truant School Boston, Mass 1869
Plummer Farm School Salem, Mass 1870
Reform School, Dist. of Columbia. .. AVashington, D. C "
State Industrial School for Girls. . . Trenton, N. J 1871
Reform School for Girls and) t«^- „„ «iv, t ^ iq-to
Woman's Prison } Indianapolis, Ind 1873
Iowa Industrial School, Girls' De- ) Tir-,„i,^„ ,„„ t„ ,q,.
partment ) Mitchellville, la 1874
Lawrence Industrial School Lawrence, Mass
Newark City Home Verona, N.J
^S'*'! .^.°'!"!'."'! ^.':^?!'!. T. } Milwaukee, Wis 1875
New York State Reformatory Elmira, N. Y 1876
State House ofCorrection and Re-) t^„„ .r-, ,q,„
formatory ) lona, Mich 1877
Marcella Street Home Boston, Mass "
Illinois Industrial School for Girls. South Evanston, 111 1878
New Bedford Truant School New Bedford, Mass 1879
State Industrial Home for Girls... Adrian, Mich "
State Industrial^chool Golden, Col 1880
Kansas State Reform School Topeka, Kan 1881
State Industrial School for Juve-> !?-„„..„„„ xt„k u
nile Offenders J" Kearney, Neb
Massachusetts Reformatory Concord. Mass 1884
Pennsylvania Reformatory Huntington, Penn 1885
Burnham Industrial Farm Canaan Four Corners. N. Y. 1887
Dakota Reform School Plankinton, S. Dak. 1889
Reformed church in America. The Reformed
Protestant Dutch church arose in the Netherlands early in the
16th century. "The Belgic Confession," published in 1561 by
Guido de Bres, was adopted by the first synod at Wesel, on
the Rhine, in 1568. The Reformed church in America was
organized on Manhattan island by rev. Jonas Michaelius,
with about 50 members, in 1628.
Michaelius succeeded by rev. Everardus Bogardus, and a small
church erected in Broad street. New York city 1633
Second church erected within the walls of Fort Amsterdam. . . 1642
English language introduced in the church service 1763
Rutger's college, near New Brunswick, N. J., established 1770
Reformed Dutch church in America adopts a constitution em-
bracing the church orders of the synod of Dort 1794
REF 6^^
Christian ItUHlig^neer, organ of the Reformed Dutch church,
established in Xew York city 1828
Beformed churchestablished in the western states, and strength-
ened by colonists from the Netherlands about 1835
Hope college, Holland, Mich., established 1865
Word '• Dutch " dropp)ed from the corporate name at general
svnod held at Geneva, X. Y 20 Nov. 1867
Present strength of Reformed church of America- 570 churches,
582 ministers, 94,323 members June, 1891
Reformed Clllireb in the United States, formerly
known as the German Reformed church, was formed princi-
pally of peasants of the Palatinate, driven from their
homes, and sent to Aiqerica by charity of queen Anne, 1689-
1697. They settled mostly in Pennsylvania and New York, and
the first coetus, or ministerial conference, of the church was held
at Philadelphia in 1746.
First synod at Lancaster, Pa 1793
Classes or presbyteries introduced. 1820
first theological seminary opened at Carlisle, Pa. 1«26
Marshall college founded at Mercersburg. Pa 1835
Rev. dr. Philip Schaff of Berlin installed professor of church
history and biblical literature in Marshall college 1844
Marehali college united with Franklin college at Lancaster, Pa. 1853
Word • • German " " erased from church title 1869
Theological seminary at Mercersburg removed to Lancaster, Pa. 1871
Society numbered 8 synods, 55 classes, 835 ministers, 1554 con-
gregations, 20O,5O«:> members in 1890
Reformed Epi§copal church, founded in
the United States in 1873 ; introduced into England 18/ /.
Dr Cummins, assistant bishop of Kentucky, after revising the
I'raver-book, consecrated Oridge, Gregg, Cheney, and others,
usbi-shops. 1873
Dr. Gregg and others ordained presbyters and formed churches
here, .July, 1877 ; said to have 10.000 members .April, 1878
Another bishop consecrated by dr. aregg at Southend. . .5 Nov. "
■•• Book of Common Prayer " modified, issued by dr. Gr^g
early in ,' 1879
regalia. Crowx.
Wiegency, Albany (first so called by Tburlow Weed), a
strong political Democratic combination, which largely con-
trolled not only the nominating conventions and other ma-
chinery of that party in the state of New York from 1820 to
1850, but was almost as potential in national politics as welL
Among its members were Martin Van Buren, William L.
Marcy, Samuel L, Talcott, John A. Dix, A. C. Flagg, Silas
Wright, and others, with the Albany Argus to enforce its
views.
Reg^ency bill§ of the* English government. One
■was passed 1751. One was proposed to Parliament in con-
aequence of the mental illness of George IIL, and debated 10
Dec. 1788. It was relinquished on his recovery, 26 Feb. 1789.
The return of the malady led to the prince of Wales (after-
wards George IV.) being sworn in before the privy conncil as
regent of the kingdom, 5 Feb. 1811. The Regency bill pro-
viding for the administration of the government, shoidd the
crown descend to the princess Victoria while under 18 years of
age, passed 1 Will IV. 23 Dec. 1830. A Regency bill appoint-
ing prince Albert regent in the event of the demise of the
queen, should her next lineal successor be imder age, passed 4
Aug. l&W.
reg'icides (Lat. rex, a king, and caedere, to kill, the
killing or murder of a king), those who put a king to death.
In English historj', 150 commissioners appointed to try king
Charles I., of whom 70 acted, and 59 signed the death-warrant,
Jan, 1649. Of these 29 were tried, and 13 executed : Harri-
son, 13 Oct. ; Carew, 15 Oct. ; Cook and Peters, 16 Oct, ,
^ jtt. Scroop, Clement, and Jones, 17 Oct, ; Axtell and Hac-
-. 19 Oct. 1660. Barkstead, Corbet, and Okey arrested at
Hague, Holland, and executed 19 Apr. 1662.' 3 of them,
3"e, Whalley, and Dixwell, came to the New England colo-
s, and were successfully concealed from arrest, Massa-
'•SKTTS, 1660-75. Others were imprisoned. More than 20
.0 were dead were tried, and 3 of them, Cromwell, Ireton,
and Bradshaw, were exhumed and hung at Tyburn.
OTHEB REGICIDES.
" 'nes L of Scotland, by nobles 20 Feb. 1437
®sIIL '• " llJane, 1488
ryllL of France, by Oement. 1 Aug., d 2 Aug. 1589
-^rjy IV. '• by Ravaillac 14 May, 1610
i l^is XVL " by eonventioiL 21 Jan. 1793
IGusjavus in. of Sweden, by Ankarstrom, 16 Mch. ; d. . .29 Mch. 1792
i'aul of Rossia, by nobles 24 Mch. 1801
exanderlLofBnasia, by nihilists 14 Mch. 1881
REI
reg1nieilt§ of infantry-, bodies of foot - soldiers com-
manded by a colonel, now usually divided into 10 companies,
were formed in France about 1588. Infantry. The follow-
ing are the approximate dates of the establishment of several
British r^ments:
CAVALRY.
Oxford Blues are erroneonsly ascribed to the reign of Henry
\1II. ; named for their colonel, the earl of Oxford, in 1661
Three Hindu regiments (19th, 20th, and 21st) added. Aug. "
Dragoon Guards, the Royal Irish, and the Scots Greys were
formed by James II...'. about 1684-86
Several regiments of Light Dragoons were armed with lances
and termed "Lancers" Sept. 1816
ixfaxtby.
Ist Royal or Royal Scots r^ment, 1633; tbe(dd title resumed,
Dec. 1871
Coldstream Guards, established by Monk in 1660
3d Bofls, represent London train-bands, and have special privi-
leges. "
2dQueen"8 RoyaL 1661
4th King's Own 1685
5th Northumberland Fusiliers "
26th Cameronian 1689
lOOthCanadian 1858
lOlst to 109th (Hindu) added Auk- 1861
Highland regiments are the42d, 7l8t, 72d, 78th, 79th, 92d. and 93d.
For the United States, Arjct.
regium donum (" royal gift "), an allowance from
the sovereign for the maintenance of the Presbyterian ministers
in Ireland, commenced by Charles II. in 1672, and revived by
William III. in 1690, was commuted by the Irish Church act
passed June, 1871. The allowance to certain Protestant dis-
senting ministers in Ireland was given up by them in 1857,
in deference to the wishes of English dissenters.
Regulators. North Carolina, 1768-71.
Rei ell en bach (ri'ken-bdk), a town in Prussian Si-
lesia. Here Duroc, Napoleon's chief of staff, was killed during
the conflicts between the French and the allies, 22 May, 1813.
Bautzen. Here was signed a subsidy treaty between Russia,
Prussia, and England, whereby the last engaged to provide
means for carrj-ing on the war against Napoleon I. on cer-
Uin conditions, 14-15 June, 1813. Aostria joined the alliance
soon after.
Reicll§ratll (rUa'rat\ the representative council of
the empire of Austria, several times changed ; reconstituted by
decree 5 Mch., met on 31 May, 1860. In May, 1861, the upper
house consisted of 17 spiritual, 55 hereditary, and 39 peers. The
lower house consbted of 136 elected deputies. No representa-
tives came from Hungary, Transylvania, Venetia, the Banat,
Slavonia, Croatia, and Istria. The Reichsrath was abolished
by a rescript, 21 Sept. 1865, with the view of restoring auton-
omy to Hungary and other provinces. It again met 20 May,
1867. Now constituted (1894) of 2 houses, upper and lower.
The upper house consists of members of the royal family over
19 years of age, of the nobility, of church dignitaries (arch-
bishops and bishops), of distinguished scientists nominated by
the emperor; in all, 113 members. Lower house, elected by
the peopIefor6year8,numbers353 members. The emperor nom-
inates president and vice-president of the upper house ; the low-
er house elects its own oflicers. Bills to become laws must pass
both houses, and receive the sanction of the head of the state.
Reichstag {rik'stag), diet or parliament of the Ger-
man empire, is composed of 397 deputies elected by luiiversal
suffrage for the term of 5 years.
rcigU of terror. Maximilien Robespierre headed
the populace in the Champ de Mars, in Paris, demanding the
dethronement of the king, 17 July, 1791. He was trium-
phant in 1793, and numbers of eminent men and citizens were
sacrificed during his sanguinary administration. Biliaud Va-
rennes denounced the tyranny of Robespierre in the tribune,
27 July, 1794. The next day Robespierre suffered death, with
many of his companions. French revolution. Thb has
been termed the Red Terror. The reaction after the restora-
tion of the Bourbons, 1815, disgraced by many atrocious acts
of wanton cruelty, has been termed the White Terror. The
Jesuits were conspicuous in the destruction of their enemies.
reigning; families of Europe. Nations separately.
reigns of SOTCreigns. The average duration, ac-
cording to Newton, is 19 years ; according to Hales, 22| years;
REL
680
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that of the sovereigns of England, 23J years, and that of the
popes 7^ years. Tradition ascribes to St. Peter a reign as pope
of 26 years, and Pius IX. was the first pope who reached and
aorpassed " the years of Peter" (1846-78). England, Franck,
«tc.
religion (Lat. rf/i^'o, conscientious obligation) compre-
hends the entire range of beliefs connected with supernatural
beings, and the duties growing out of them. The Jewish relig-
ion is set forth in the Old Testament, the Christian religion in
the New. The population of the globe is claimed, in 1890, as :
(1) Non-Christian : ^ ^^^ ^^
Buddhists 400,000.000
Brahmins 260,000.000
Mahomelana l*^^'^'^
je^ 8,000,000
Fetish wor8hipi>er8 160,000,000
Various 62,000,000
1,060,000,000
(2) Christian :
Roman Catholics 175,000,000
Protestants 110,000,000
Greek Church 90,000,000
Various 25,000,000
400,000,000
Total 1,450,000,000
[For the various religions, see under separate articles, sects, etc.]
relig^ion of humanity. Positive philoso-
phy. Secularism.
rell^iou§ denoiiiination§. Sects.
Renai§8aiice {re-nd-sam'), the revival of the classic
style of art in the 16th and 16th centuries, under the Medici
and others. Painting, Sculpture.
Rend§'burgp, a town of Holstein, was taken by the
imperialists in 1627; by Swedes in 1643; and by Prussians
and confederate troops in 1848. The first diet of Schleswig
and Holstein met here, 3 Apr. 1848. It was reoccupied by
the Danes in 1852, and taken by Prussians after a conflict, 21
July, 1864.
Ren'nC!*, capital of Brittany, N.W. France. Here was
established, by Henry II., in 1553, the parliament so celebrated
for its independence, especially in its struggle with the coiirr,
1788-89. On 20 May, 1788, it declared infamous every one
who should take part in the cour pleniere then proposed, l)iit
afterwards suppressed.
Ren§§elacr manor. New York, 1630, 1844;
Anti-rentism.
rent, a definite compensation for the possession and use
of property, reserved by a lease payable at stated times.
Rents in England are said to have been first made payable in
money, instead of in kind, about 1135. "Rent is said to be
due at the first moment of the day appointed for payment,
and in arrears at the first moment of the day following."- —
Encyc. Brit. 9th ed. xiv. p. 275.
reporting^. The publication of the English debates in
Parliament is forbidden as a breach of privilege, but was virtu-
ally conceded, after a severe struggle, in 1771. Inaccurate re-
ports of parliamentary debates were inserted in the Gentleman's
Magazine and other periodicals in the middle of the last century.
Miller, printer of the London Evening Mail, was arrested in the
city of London, by order of the House of Commons, for publish-
ing the debates, but was discharged by the lord mayor, who for
doing this was sent to the Tower until the end of the session.
No opposition was made to the publication of debates the next
session, 1772. By the verdict for the defendant in the case of
Wason V. the Times (for libel), reports of parliamentary debates
were decided to be privileged, Nov. 1868. The unfettered lib-
erty of reporting is essential to freedom and good government.
Reprc§entatives, House of, United States. Mem-
bers elected for 2 years. For speakers, see each Congress un-
der United States.
RATIO OF REPRESENTATION UNDER EACH CENSUS, NUMBER OF STATES, YEARS, AND ORDER OF ADMISSION, IN WHICa
CONGRESS FIRST REPRESENTED, NUMBER OF MEMBERS FROM EACH STATE UNDER THE DIFFERENT APPOR-
TIONMENTS, AND TOTAL IN CONGRESS.
Yeiir of
admission.
Del...
Penn.
N. J..
Ga....
Conn.
Mass.
Md. . .
S. C.
N. H.
Va...
N. Y.
N. C.
R. I..
Vt....
Ky...
Tenn.
Ohio..
La....
Ind,.
Miss..
111...,
Me
Mo
Ark
Mich....
Fla....i.
Tex.
la
Wis
Cal
Minn....
Ore
Kan
West Va.
Nev
Neb
Col
N. Dak. .
S. Dak. . .
Mon
Wash....
Idaho....
Wyo
1787
1787
1787
1788
1788
1788
1788
1788
1788
1788
1788
1789
1790
1791
1792
1796
1803
1812
1816
1817
1818
1819
1820
1821
In which
CongresE
first repre-
sented.
1st
1837
26
"
1845
27
29th
1845
28
"
1846
29
«'
1848
30
30th
1850
31
3l8t
1858
32
35th
1859
33
«'
1861
34
37th
1863
35
38th
1864
36
"
1867
37
40th
1876
38
44th
1889
39
51st
1889
40
"
1889
41
"
1889
42
"
1890
43
52d
1890
44
"
2d
4th
8th
12th
14th
15th
16lh
17th
24th
Ratio of representation, and number of members from each state under each
1789.
: 30,000
Total representatives.
105
141
181
;: ! ::
213 I 240 i 223 ' 237
1873. 1883. 1893.
1 : 131,425 1:151,911 1:173,901
293 I 325
REP
681
REV
Republican§. Political parties ; Popular vote ;
United States, 1856, etc.
republics. Athens; France, 1792, 1848, 1870;
■Genoa; Kome; Spain, 1873 ; United States; Venice.
re'quiem, a solemn mass, sung on 2 Nov., All-Souls' Day,
so called from the introit " Requiem ^ternam," etc. Pales-
trina's requiem was printed at Rome, 1591 ; Vittoria's at Ma-
drid, 1605. Mozart's last work was a requiem, 1791.
Re§a'ca, Ga., Battle of. Atlanta campaign.
Re§a'ca de la Palma, Battle of, between the
U. S. troops under gen. Taylor and the Mexicans under gen.
Arista, occurred 9 May, 1846, the day after the conflict at
Palo Alto. It was shorter, but more sanguinary than that.
The U. S. forces lost, in killed and wounded, 110 men. The
Mexican loss was estimated at 1000, and 100 prisoners; among
them gen. La Vega. Mexican war.
reservations, Indian, United States (area being rap-
idly diminished).
Area.
Sq. miles.
Acres.
, .
10,317
772
1,710
3,552
40,411
2
159
42
3,523
16,549
214
1,490
15,629
137
102
9,158
20,770
3,242
18,221
6*267
6,321
800
3,660
6,603,191
494,045
1.094,400
2,273,421
25,863,372
1,258
102,026
Michigan
27,319
Minnesota
2,254,781
Montana
10,591,360
136,947
Nevada
954,135
Kpw Mpvip.n .
10,002,525
87,677
New York
65,211
5,861,120
13.292,668
2,075,240
11,661,360
Texas
Utah
3,972,480
4,045,284
512 129
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
2,342,400
Total
162,988
12,757
104,314,349
Reduced by extinguishment of Indian
title by purchase by the U. S., 1891, in
Oklahoma, Idaho, North Dakota, South
Dakota Montana
8,164,766
Total, 1892
150,231
241,800
96,149,583
154,741,349
Total 1880
Reduction of total area of Indian reser-)
rations in 12 years j
91,569
58,591,766
[For location of Indian tribes, population, etc., Indians.]
resolutions of Kentucky and Virginia of 1798. These
resolutions of the legislatures expressed dissatisfaction with
the passage of the Alien and Sedition laws, declaring them
unconstitutional, while setting forth the state-rights theory.
The Kentucky resolutions asserted the right of any state to
nullify any act of Congress deemed unconstitutional. The
Virginia resolution was drawn by Madison, the Kentucky res-
olution by Jefferson, with the understanding that his name
was not to be divulged.
res'onator, a small apparatus, placed in the mouth to
increase tha volume of the voice in singing, invented by signor
Alberto Bach, who exhibited it at the Royal Academy of Mu-
sic, 29 June, 1880.
restoration, The, of king Charles II. to the crown
of England, after an interregnum of 11 years and 4 months,
between 30 Jan, 1649, when Charles I. was beheaded, and 29
May, 1660, when Charles II. entered London amid acclama-
tions. The annual form of prayer, with thanksgiving, then
appointed, was abolished by 22 Vict. c. 2, 25 Mch. 1849.
France, 1814-15.
retreat of the French from Moscow (1812), the most
disastrous known to history. Beresina, France, Moscow,
Russia.
retreat of the ten thousand Greeks, who had joined
the 3'ounger Cyrus in revolt against his brother, Artaxerxes
Mnemon. The Greeks were victors, but Cyrus was defeated
and slain at the battle of Cunaxa, 401 b.c. Artaxerxes hav-
ing enticed the Greek leaders into his power and killed them,
Xenophon was called to command. Under continual alarms
from sudden attacks, Ije led them across rapid rivers, through
deserts, over mountains, to the sea. The march of 1155 para-
sangs or leagues (3465 miles) was performed in 215 days.
This retreat has been immortalized by Xenophon's account,
the " Anabasis Cyri " (Expedition of Cyrus).
Revelation. Apocalypse.
revenue, in this connection, the annual income of a
state derived from taxation, customs, and other sources, to be
appropriated to governmental expenditures. In England, the
revenue collected for the civil list and the other charges of
government, ordinary and extraordinary, was 1,200,000^. per
annum in 1660, the flrst after the restoration of Charles II.
In 1690 it was 6,000,000/., every branch of the revenue being
anticipated; this was the origin of the funds and the national
debt, 2 William and Mary.— Salmon. The revenue laws were
amended in 1861, and frequently since.
total public yearly revenue of ENGLAND UP TO THE
UNION FOR THE REIGNS SHOWN, AND OF THE UNITED
KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN FOR THE YEARS GIVEN.
George IV., 1825 £62,871,300
William IV., 1835. . . . 50,494,732
Victoria, 1845 53,060,354
" 1855 63,364,605
" 1865 70,313,437
William I £400,000
Henry VI 64,976
Elizabeth 500,000
Charles 1 900,000
Commonwealth 1,517,247
William III 4,000,000
Anne at the Union 6,000,000
George III., 1788 15,572,971
George III., 1800 38,000,000
George IV., 1820,
United Kingdom . . . .65,599,570
revenue of the United States. The principal sources
of revenue in the U. S. are, customs, internal revenue, sale of
public lands, and miscellaneous receipts ; premiums on bonds
sold were also counted as revenue from 1864 to 1873. Ex-
penditures, Income-tax, Tariff and Tax.
1875 74,921,873
1882 85,100,000
1887 89,869,000
1891 87,610,000
RECEIPTS FROM EACH SOURCE IN EACH OF THE YEARS NAMED, ALSO GROWTH OF REVENUE FROM 1789.
Internal revenue.
Sale of
public lands.
Miscellaneous.
Others.
Direct tax, inter-
est, dividends.
Total revenue.
1789. ,
1800.
1810.
1820. ,
1830.
1840. ,
1850,
1860.
1870.
1880.
1890.
$4,390,473
9,080,933
8,583,309
15,005,612
21,922,391
13,499,502
39,668,686
53,187,512
194,538,374
186,522,065
229,668,585
$809,397
7,431
106,261
12,161
1,682
184,899,756
124,009,375
142,606,706
$444
696,549
1,635,872
2,329,356
3,411,819
l,-859,894
1,778,558
3,350,482
1,016,507
6,358,273
$40,000
10,550
10,008
15,295,644
110
$10,478
152,712
84,477
61,338
73,228
2,567,112
2,064,308
1,088,530
12,942,118
21,978,525
24,447,420
$805,264
12,449
1,031,587
506,981
229,103
31
$4,409,951
10,848,749
9,384,214
17,840,670
24,844,117
19.480,115
43;592,889
56,064,008
411,255,478
333,526,611
403,080,983
REVENUE RECEIPTS FROM 1789 TO 1891 INCLUSIVE.
I 6,751,088,381 | 4,111,760,798 | 280,505,641 | 204,259,221 [ 679,565,471
38,337,350 I 12,065,416,863
Revere's, Paul, ride. Massachusetts, Apr. 1775.
reverend, an honorary appellation given to the clergy
since the middle of the 17th century.
22*
In Tamworth parish register the minister is first styled "rev-
erend " in 1657, occasionally afterwards; regularly after 1727.
It first appears in the registry of All-Hallows, Barking 1732
Prefix on a family tombstone was refused to Mr. Keet, a Wes-
REV
682
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leyan preacher, by the bishop of Lincoln, but permitted by
the archbishop of Canterbury. ......................... . . • 1874
On trial Waller G. F. I'hillimore, the chancellor of Lincoln,
dflolded against Mr. Keet, who gave notice of appeal, 3 June
Sir R PSiUlraor« gave a similar decision in the Court of
Archflfl. ^^ July, 1875
On appeal to the pf'^T council, it was decided that there is
no law or usage restricting the epithet to ministers of the
Church of England; it is merely complimentary 21 Jan. 1876
rCVlC'WS, periodicals established for the purpose of criti-
cally oxanoining new publications, or topics of science, art, etc.
The Jotinuililes Sgavam, published on 5 Jan. 1665, by Denis de
Salo,underthenaraeofHedouville,wastheparentof critical jour-
nals. It was imitated throughout Europe, was translated into
various languages, and is still published. The Bibliotheque A n-
glaise carae out 1716-27. Critics, Magazines and Rkviews.
revivals of religion, a sudden increase of spiritual ac-
tivity in the Protestant church of English-speaking people.
In Scotland. 1625, '30, '42; Wesley and Whitefield, 1738-42;
Massachusetts, 1734 ; the " Great Awakening " throughout the
American colonies, 1740; and again in 1797-1808, principally
in New England ; and a third throughout the United States,
1857-58 ; a fourth, national revival under the leadership of
Moody and Sankey, 1875-76.
Revolution, American. Connecticut; Massachu-
setts; New York, etc.; United States, 1775-82.
Revolution, American, Last survivors of:
Lemuel Cook, b. Plymouth, Litchfield county, Conn., 1764; d. Clar-
endon, Orleans county, N. Y., 1866.
William Hutchiugs, b. York, Me., 1764; d. York, Me., 1866.
Samuel Downing, b. 1766; d. Saratoga county, N. Y., 1867.
John Gray, b. 1764; d. Noble county, 0., 1869.
Daniel F. Bakeman, b. 1760; d. Cattaraugus county, N. Y., 1869.
revolutionary calendar. Calendar, French
revolution.
revolutionary tribunal, established at Paris,
Aug. 1792.
By 27 July, 1794, when Robespierre was deposed, it had put to death
2774 persons, including queen Marie Antoinette, the princess Eliza-
beth, and a large number of nobility and gentry, male and female.
The oldest victim was counsellor Dupin, aged 97; the youngest,
Charles Dubost, aged 14. From 27 July to 15 Dec. 1794, only
Robespierre and his accomplices (about 100) suffered by it.
revolution§, armed, concentrated, and successful re-
sistance against existing government, producing a radical
change in governmental conditions.
Assyrian empire destroyed, and that of the Medes and Per- b.c.
sians founded by Cyrus the Great 536
Macedonian empire founded on the destruction of the Persian
of Darius Codomanus by Alexander the Great 331
Roman empire established on the ruins of the republic by
Julius Caesar 47
A.D.
Empire of the western Franks begun under Charlemagne 800
In Portugal 1640
In England 1649 and 1688
In Russia 1730 and 1762
In North America (Revolution, American) 1775
In Venice 1797
In Sweden 1772 and 1809
In Holland, 1795 ; counter-revolution 1813
In Poland 1704, 1795, and 1830
In the Netherlands "
In Brunswick <*
In Brazil 1831, 1889
In Hungary 1848
In Rome 1798 and 1848
In France 1789, 1830, 1848, 1851, 1870, and 1871
In Italy 1859 and 1860
In Danubian principalities 1866
In Papal States, suppressed Oct. 1867
In Spain Sept. 1868 and Dec. 1874
[See each country.]
revolver§. Pistols.
" Revue des Deux mondes," a French liter-
ary and historical periodical published on the 1st and 15th of
each month, first appeared in 1831. Its contributors are the
most eminent writers in France.
Reynard the Fox, "Reineke Fuchs," a satirical
epic in Low German, in which beasts are actors and speak-
ers, was first printed as " Reineke Vos," at Lubeck, in 1498,
and professes to be written by Hinreck van Alkmer. It lias
been frequently translated. Goethe's version in High (or liter-
ary) German hexameters appeared in 1794. Jacob Grimm has
shown that the subject-matter of this " Thier-sage " or " beast-
fable" is ancient, many incidents being found in Pilpay and other
Oriental writers. The early French had a " Roman de Renart,"
and " Renart le Nouvel." A poem entitled " Der Reinaert," in
Flemish, was known in the 11th century ; Caxton's translation
in English prose was printed 1481 ; a poetic English transla-
tion of Goethe's version, by T. J. Arnold, in 1855.
Rlltc'tia or Rse'tia, an ancient Alpine country, com-
prising the modern Grisons, Tyrol, and part of Lombardy, in-
habited by a wild, rapacious people. After a long struggle it
was conquered by Drusus and Tiberius, 15 b.c.
Rliea. Mythology.
Rlie'gium, now Reggio, S. Italy, a Greek colony, flour-
ished in the 6th century b.c. It was held by the Campanian
legion, 281-271, afterwards punished for rebellion. Reggio
was taken by Garibaldi, Aug. 1860.
Rlieini§ (reemz), or Reiin§ (rans), a city of N. France.
The principal church here, built before 406, rebuilt in the 12th
century, is very beautiful. The corpse of St. Reray, the arch-
bishop, is behind the high-altar, in a magnificent shrine. The
kings of France were crowned at Rheims — probably because
Clovis, founder of the French monarchy, when converted from
paganism, was baptized in the cathedral in 496. Several ec-
clesiastical councils have been held here. The city was taken
and retaken several times in the last months of the Napoleonic
war, 1814. University founded by cardinal Lorraine, 1647,
suppressed about 1790.
rhetoric (Gr. prjropixr), from psio, to flow, to speak,
fluently; hence pijTOjp, a speaker, orator, etc.). The art of
constructing and applying discourse. Rhetorical points and
accents were invented by Aristophanes of Byzantium, 200 b.c»
Rhetoric was first taught in Latin at Rome by Photius Gallus,
about 87 B.C. He taught Cicero, who said, " We are first to
consider what is to be said ; secondly, how ; thirdly, in what
words; and lastly, how it is to be ornamented." A regiua
professor of rhetoric was appointed in Edinburgh, 20 Apr»
1762, dr. Blair being first professor.
Rhine (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin), a river,
about 760 miles long, rising in Switzerland, receiving the Mo-
selle, Marne, Neckar, and other rivers, branching into many
arms in Holland, and falling into the German ocean. On
its banks are Constance, Basel, Strasburg, Spires, Mannheim,
Cologne, Dlisseldorf, Utrecht, and Leyden. The banks of the
Rhine have been the cause of many wars, and it has been
crossed by French armies more than 20 times in a century. In
the beginning of the French revolution, Custine invaded Ger-
many by crossing it in 1792 ; and at the close of the war in
1815 France retained the left bank, but lost it by the Franco-
Prussian WAR, 1870-71. A navigation treaty with other
powers was signed by France, 17 Oct. 1868. A central com-
mittee for navigation consists of members for Alsace, Lorraine,
Baden, Bavaria, Hesse, Holland, and Prussia.
Becker's German song, "They shall not have it, the free^German
Rhine," and Alfred de Mussel's reply, in French,
had it, your German Rhine," appeared in 1841
burger, author of -'The Watch on the Rhine,"
popular during the war, 1870-71.
rhine- Stone, an imitation stone made of paste, in-
vented at Strasburg in 1680, extensively used in the latter
part of the 18th century.
Rhode Island, one of the 13 original states of the
Union, and the smallest of the United States, is bounded on
the north and east by Massa-
chusetts, on the west by Con-
necticut, and on the south by
the Atlantic ocean. Block isl-
and, about 9 miles from the
mainland, is a portion of the
state's territory. Area, 1250
sq. miles ; pop. 1890, 846,506.
Capitals, Providence and New-
port.
Roger Williams, banished
from Plymouth colony,
with 5 companions settles
at a spot which he calls
Providence June, 1636
Aquedneck island settled by 18 proprietors at Portsmouth, now
New Town, first called Pocasset 1<537
We have
Max Schnecken-
d. 1851. All were
RHO t»
Canonicus and his nephew Miiintinorno, sachems of the Narra-
gansetts, deed to Roger Williams all lands between the Paw-
tucket and Pawtuxet rivers 24 Mch. 1638
Roger Williams and gov. Wiuthrop make a joint purchase of
Prudence island 10 Nov. "
First general training or militia muster in Rhode Island held
at Portsmouth 12 Nov. "
First Baptist church in America founded in Providence 1639
John Clarke and several proprietors of Aquedneck remove to
the southern part of tlie island and found Newport "
First Baptist church in Newport founded "
Aquedneck purchased from the Indians by " William Codding-
ton and his friends " 22 Nov. "
Form of government, 12 articles of agreement, framed and
adopted by the inhabitants of Providence 27 July, 1640
Rev. Robert Lenthel called by vote to open a public school in
Newport "
General Assembly asserts Rhode Island to be a democracy,
saving only the right of the king, and grants freedom of re-
ligious opinions Mch. 1641
Four land-holders, 3 of them original proprietors, at Pawtuxet
dissatisfied with the opposition of one Samuel Gorton and his
partisans to the government, offer themselves and their lands
to Massachusetts, and are received by the general court,
8 Sept. 1642
Samuel Gorton and his companions remove to Shaworaet,
where they had purchased lands from the Indians, and com-
mence the settlement of Warwick {Massachusetts, 1643-48),
12 Jan. 1643
Roger Williams is sent to England as agent for Providence,
Aquedneck, and Warwick, to secure a charter from the king, "
Patent granted by Robert, carl of Warwick, governor-in-chief
and lord-high admiral, and commissioners, to planters of the
towns of Providence, Portsmouth, and Newport, for incorpo-
ration of Providence plantations in Narragansett bay,
14 Mch. "
General court changes the name of Aquedneck to the " Isles
of Rhodes " or Rhode Island 13 Mch. 1644
Grant to John Smith to establish a gristmill above Mill bridge
in Providence, the first in Rhode Island 1646
Committees from Providence, Portsmouth, Newport, and War-
wick at Portsmouth, adopt the charter of 1643, choose John
Coggeshall president of the colony, and give a tax of lOOZ. to
Roger Williams for obtaining the charter 19-21 May, 1647
Canonicus, sachem of the Narragansetts, d 4 June, "
William Coddington receives from the council of state in Eng-
land a commission, signed by John Bradshaw, to govern
Rhode Island and Connecticut during his life, with a council
of 6, to be named by the people and approved by himself.
Authority procured 3 Apr. 1651, and asserted Aug. 1651
Roger Williams sent as agent of Providence to obtain a confir-
mation of their charter, and dr. John Clarke, agent of Ports-
mouth and Newport, to obtain a repeal of Coddington's com-
mission, sail for England Oct. "
Island towns submit to Coddington, but the mainland towns,
in legislative session, elect John Smith president, and ap-
point other officers. They enact that no man, negro or
white, shall be held to service more than 10 years after
coming into the colony May, 1652
General Assembly in Providence passes a libel law, also an
alien law; no foreigner to be received as a freeman or to
trade with Indians but by consent of assembly Oct. "
William Dyer, secretary of the province, and husband of Mary
Dyer (afterwards executed in Boston as a Quaker), arrives
from England with news of the repeal of Coddington's power,
18 Feb. 1653
Assembly of island towns, Portsmouth and Newport, restore
code of 1647, and elect John Sandford as president,
17-18 May, "
Providence and Warwick with Portsmouth and Newport in
one general assembly re-establish code of 1647, forbid sale
of liquors to Indians, and prohibit French and Dutch trade
with them 31 Aug. 1654
Pawtuxet men withdraw allegiance to Massachusetts, given in
1642, and transfer it to Rhode Island 26 May, 1G58
Block island is granted for public services to gov. Endicott and
3 others, 19 Oct. 1658, who sell it to Simon Ray and 8 associ-
ates in 1660 ; they begin a settlement 1661
Settlement of Misquamicut, now Westerly, begun "
Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations obtained
from Charles II. by John Clarke, agent for the colony,
8 July, 1663
[This charter continued in force till 1843—180 years.]
John Clarke presented with 1001. and payment of his expenses
attendant upon the procuring of the charter 24 Nov. "
Boundary dispute between Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and
Connecticut settled by a royal commission 1664
Westerly incorporated as a town May, 1669
Seventh-Day Baptist church established at Newport 1671
George Fox, Quaker, preaches in Newport, 1672, and Roger
Williams, 73 years old, holds a controversy with 3 disci-
ples of Fox at the Quaker meeting house at Newport,
9-12 Aug. 1672
Block island incorporated by the General Assembly, and at the
request of the inhabitants named New Shoreham 6 Nov. "
King Philip's war opens by an Indian massacre at Swanzey,
Mass 24 June, 1675
Troops repulsed by king Philip, intrenched in a swamp at Po-
casset, and he withtlraws into Massachusetts 18 July, "
First event of King Philip's war in Rhode Island is the massa-
cre of 15 persons at Bull's garrisoned house in South Kings-
i RHO
ton about 15 Dec. 1675. Troops under gov. AVinslow attack
the fort of the Narragansetts in a swamp in South Kingston,
and after about 3 hours' fighting enter in the rear and fire the
fort and wigwams (Massachusetts) 19 Dec. 1675
Warwick destroyed by Indians, except one stone house,
16 Mch. 1676
Canonchet, chief of the Narragansetts, captured, refuses to ran-
som his life by making peace, is turned over for execution to
friendly Indians, who send his head "as a token of love and
loyalty " to the commissioners at Hartford 4 Apr. "
Massacre in a cedar swamp near Warwick of 171 Indians by a
party of English who did not lose a man 3 July, "
King Philip shot through the heart by an Indian while at-
tempting to escape from a swamp near mount Hope,
12 Aug. "
Gov. Benedict Arnold d. 20 June, 1678, and is succeeded by
William Coddington 28 Aug. 1678
Gov. Coddington d. 1 Nov. 1678, and is succeeded by deputy-
gov. John Cranston 15 Nov. "
Maj. Peleg Sandford succeeds Cranston as governor, who d.,
12 Mch. 1680
Custom-house established at Newport to enforce the navigation
acts published by the beat of drums 1 Apr. 1681
Assembly first meets at Providence under new charter,
26 Oct. "
Roger Williams set. 84th and is buried in Portsmouth 1683
Royal government established in Narragansett, with a court
of records, civil and military officers, and Connecticut and
Rhode Island excluded from jurisdiction June, 1686
The " Atherton claim" to land purchased near AVarwick from
the Indians by Humphrey Atherton. John Winthrop, and
others in 1659, is thrown out by gov. Andros; but other lands
are granted the company by the royal council 1687
Gov. sir Edmund Andros, stopping at Newport for the charter
of Rhode Island, is foiled by gov. Clarke, who sends the char-
ter to his brother to be hidden. Andros destroys the seal
of the colony and departs Nov. "
Learning of the accession of William and Mary, Rhode Island
resumes the charter government 1 May, 1689
Sir Edmund Andros, who had fled to Rhode Island from Boston,
is captured by maj. Sandford at Newport, sent back, and is
again imprisoned 3 Aug. "
Seven French privateers capture Nantucket, Martha's Vine-
yard, and Block island, but part of the fleet entering the har-
bor of Newport by night, fails in its surprise 14 July, 1690
Capt. Thomas Paine, from Newport, attacks 5 French privateers
near Block island, who withdraw after several hours' fighting,
21 July, •'
Admiralty act passed, conferring power of admiralty court on
the general council of Rhode Island 7 Jan. 1695
Law dividing the legislature into an upper house, the council,
and a lower of delegates from the people May, 1696
Yearly meeting of Friends established at Newport 170O
Boundary with Connecticut established from the head of the
Pawcatuck to the southwest corner of the Warwick purchase,
and thence due north to Massachusetts 12 May, 170J
Two sloops manned by 120 men, captain John Wanton, capt-
ure a French privateer with its prize, a sloop loaded with
provisions captured the day before near Block island.. .June, 1706'
Colony of Rhode Island first issues paper money (5000/.) to de-
fray the expenses of war 16 Aug. 1710
Latin school in Newport opened by Mr. Galloway 1711
First Quarantine act, against small-pox "
First edition of the laws of Rhode Island printed in Boston 1719
Thirty-six pirates, captured by capt. Solgard of British ship
Greyhound, off the southeast coast of Long Island, are brought
to Newport, tried, and 26 sentenced and hung on Gravelly
Point, opposite the town 12 July, 1723
First almshouse in Rhode Island erected at Newport *'
Property qualification for suffrage established, requiring a free-
hold of value of 1001. or an annual income of 2i 18 Feb. 1724
Mainland towns empowered by Assembly to build a house of
correction for vagrants and "to keep mad persons in,"
15 June, 1725
Boundary-line with Connecticut run by a joint commission,
and final agreement signed at Westerly 27 Sept. 1728
George Berkely, dean of Derry, afterwards bishop of Cloyne,
arrives in Rhode Island and purchases a farm in Middletown
near New York 23 Jan. 1730
[After ix years he returned to England, giving his farm
and a collection of books to Yale college.— Hildreth's "Hist.
U. S.,"vol. ii. p. 349.]
Assembly passes an act for the relief of poor sailors; 6d. a
month to be deducted for the purpose from the wages of
every Rhode Island seaman May, "
Rhode Island Gazette published by James Franklin, brother of
Benjamin, for 7 months at Newport; first in the state; first
issue 27 Sept. 1732
A private company petitions the legislature to sanction a lot-
tery; it suppresses by statute under a penalty of 500/., andlO/.
for any one who takes a ticket 23 Jan. 1733
Sloop Pelican, the first regularly equipped whaling vessel from
Rhode Island, arrives at Newport with 114 bbls. of oil and
200 lbs. of whalebone June, "
Assembly meets at Greenwich for the first time 18 Feb. 1734
Newport artillery incorporated by act of Assembly 1 Feb. 1742
Gen. Nathaniel Greene born at Potowamet in township of War-
wick 22 May, "
Legislature resolves to raise 150 men and to fit out the colony
ship Tartar for the siege of Louisburg May, 1745
Two large privateers, with 400 men, sail from Newport into a
RHO
DorthaMtSQOwstorm, wre lost, aud nearly 200 women in New-
|)orl are raaUe widows ..••.- 2* »ec.
RagMni boundary of Rhode Island, disputed by Massachusetts
and settied by a royal commission in 1741, is conflrmed by
royal decree received 11 Nov.
Company of the Redwood Library, formed in 1736 at Newport,
receives a charter nx)ra the colony Aug.
l»roviileuce Library Association chartered by the General As
scmbly 26 Feb.
yttciMtrt il'-rcurjf first published by James Franklin
Masonic society in Newport incorporated as "The Master Ward-
ens and Society of Free and Accepted Masons " 11 Juno,
A lottery for raising $'2400 is granted to erect a Masonic hall,
and the first public celebration of the order ever held in
Rhode Island takes place this year
rrt>i)crty quuliflcation for right of suffrage modified to $134
l^eeholU or $7. ftO annual rent
yVoriJcMtY OazftU and Country Journal published in Provi-
dence by William Goddard ; first issue 20 Oct.
Jewish synagogue, erected in Newport the year previous, is
dedicated
Brown university, chartered in 1764 as the college of Rhode
Island, is opened at Warren
Maidstow, a British vessel, impresses seamen in Newport har-
bor; 600 sailors and boys seize one of her boats, drag it to the
Commons, and burn it 4 June,
Augustus Johnston. Martin Howard, jr., and dr. Moffat, who
had advocated the Stamp act, are hung and burned in efflgy
at Xew|K)rt 27 Aug.
Samuel Ward of Rhode Island, alone of royal governors, refuses
the oath to sustain the Stamp act taking efiect 1 Nov.
Societv "The Daughters of Liberty" organized by 18 young
ladies at dr. Kphraim Bowen's house in Providence. . .4 Mch.
British armed sloop Liberty, fitted out to enforce the revenue
laws in Newport harbor, making an unprovoked assault on
a Connecticut brig which had been seized and brought into
Newport, the people of Newport dismantle and scuttle the
Liberty and set her adrift 17 July,
College of Rhode Island (Brown university) removed to Provi-
dence
British schooner Gaspee, of 8 guns, capt. William Duddington,
stationed at Newport, destroyed by a body of armed men
(Gaspkk, Affair of ) night of 9 June,
County jail built at Newport
Rev. Samuel Hopkins and rev. Ezra Stiles of Newport issue a
circular inviting subscriptions to colonize free negroes on the
western shores of Africa. This was the inception of the
American Colonization Society Aug.
People of Newport in town-meeting resolve that any one aiding
or abetting the unloading, receiving, or vending of tea sent
by the East India company or others while subject to duty
in America, is an enemy to his country 12 Jan.
General Assembly at Newport elects Stephen Hopkins and
Samuel Ward delegates to Continental Congress 15 June,
Act of 22 May, 1744, creating the " Artillery Company of the
County of Providence," amended by changing the name
to "The Cadet Company of the County of Providence,"
June,
Three hundred pounds of tea publicly burned in Market square
at Providence, with copies of ministerial documents and
other obnoxious papers 2 Mch.
Gov. Joseph Wanton suspended from office, to which he had
just been elected for the 7th time, for upholding the action
of the British government 3 May,
Adm. Wallace, commanding British fleet in Rhode Island, bom-
bards Bristol, plunders the people, and burns gov. Bradford's
house and 17 others, together with 2 churches 7 Oct.
Charles Dudley, the king's collector of customs for Rhode Island,
flees for refuge on board a ship of war 15 Nov.
British troops, 250, lauded at Providence, are driven to their
ships by troops from Warren and Bristol 13 Dec.
A false alarm brings troops under gens. Greene, Sullivan, and
Washington to Providence, Washington returning to New
York 7 Apr.
Last Colonial Assembly of Rhode Island at Providence, 1 May,
1776; abjures allegiance to the British crown, substituting
the words "The governor and company of the English colo-
ny of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations," in place of
the name and authority of the king May,
Declaration of Independence celebrated in Rhode Island, which
the Assembly names "The State of Rhode Island and Provi-
dence Plantations " July,
William Ellery and Stephen Hopkins, representing Rhode
Island, sign the Declaration of Independence
Eight thousand British troops land and take possession of
Rhode Island 28 Nov.
Gen John Sullivan, appointed by Washington to succeed gen.
Joseph Spencer in command in Rhode Island, arrives at
Providence 17 Apr.
Col. William Barton of Providence, with 40 men, guided by a
negro, Quako Honeyman, captures gen. Richard Prescott at
his quarters, about 5 miles from Newport, and brings him to
the American camp, on the night of 10 July,
[Prescott is afterwards (May, 1778) exchanged for gen.
Charles Lee, captured by the British in New Jersey, Dec.
1776.]
Articles of Confederation adopted by Rhode Island 9 Feb.
British commander at Newport sends out 500 men, who de-
stroy some 70 flat-bottoraed boats and property on the Kicke-
muit river, and burn the church and a number of houses at
Warren 25 May,
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William Rllery, Henry Marchant, aud John Collins sign the Ar-
tides of Confederation 9 July, 1778
French fleet of 11 sail of line ships, under count d'Estaing,
appearing off Brenton's reef, 6 British war vessels attempt
to leave the harbor. Thoy are pursued, and are run ashore
and set on fire l)y their crews 5 Aug. "
While the French fleet, dispersed by storms, refits at Boston,
occurs the battle of Rhode Island. The British forces from
Quaker hill attack the Americans on Butts hill; the Amer-
icans lose 211 men, the British somewhat more 29 Aug. "
Americans under gen. Sullivan retreat from Rhode Island to
Tiverton, 30 Aug. 1778, and the British fleet with the army of
sir Henry Clinton arrives at Newport 31 Aug. "
Maj. Silas Talbot, with the sloop Hawk, captures the Pigot, a
British galley which blockaded the eastern passage. . .28 Oct. "
General Assembly grants 5001. for distressed inhabitants of
Newport, besides contributions from adjoining states Jan. 1779
British embark for New York 11-25 Oct. "
French army lands at Newport (United States) 10 July, 1780
Public reception given to gen. Washington in Newport,
6 Mch. 1781
General Assembly authorizes manumission of slaves, makes free
negroes or mulattoes born in the state after 1 Mch. 1784, and
repeals slavery act of 1774 23 Feb. 1784
Marine Society instituted in 1754 under the name of "The Fel-
lowship Club," is chartered by act of legislature June, 1785
Stephen Hopkins dies near Providence 13 July, "
First spinning jenny in theU. S. made and put in operation by
Daniel Jackson of Providence 1786
Act passed for emitting 100,000/. in bills of credit, and making
the same a legal tender at par '«
Newport, incorporated as a city, 1 June, 1784, resumes its old
form of town government 27 Mch. 1787
African slave-trade forbidden, with penalties of 1001. for each
person imported from Africa, and 1000/. for the vessel,
29 Oct. *'
Motion made in the General Assembly for the appointment of
delegates to the general convention of the colonies at Phila-
delphia is lost by a majority of 23 votes "
Providence Association of Mechanics and Manufacturers incor-
porated Mch. 1789
Congress subjects to duty all goods from Rhode Island not of
her own production May, *'
Assembly addresses the president and Congress of the 11 states,
assigning reasons for opposing the Constitution, setting forth
its attachment to its democratic charter, and the fear that
it would be limited by the new Federal system Sept. "
Act passed repealing the Legal Tender act of 1786, and promising
to redeem the paper at the rate of 15 to 1 12 Oct. "
After long and bitter opposition the convention assembled at
Newport, first in the state-house and adjourned to the Second
Baptist church, adopts the Federal Constitution and Bill of
Rights by 34 to 32, 5 p.m. Saturday 29 May, 1790
Providence bank, the oldest in the state, goes into operation. . 1791
First known copyright granted under the U. S. law is made to
rev. William Patten of Newport for a book entitled "Chris-
tianity the True Theology " 9 May, 1795
Marine corps of artillery chartered at Providence 1801
College of Rhode Island changed to Brown university in honor
of Nicholas Brown 1804
British occupy Block island 1813
Com. Oliver H. Perry leaves Newport with a detachment of sea-
men from the gunboats in the harbor, to take command of
the American squadron on lake Erie "
Friends' school at Portsmouth established in 1784, but discon-
tinued after 4 years, is revived and established at Providence, 1814
Pres. James Monroe visits Rhode Island, arriving at Provi-
dence 30 June, 1817
Newport asylum for the poor on Coaster's Harbor island com-
pleted and occupied 1822
Rhode Island Historical Society incorporated "
Reception given gen. Lafayette at Providence 23 Aug. 1824
Com. Perry died, aged 34, of yellow-fever on the U. S. schooner
Nonesuch in the harbor of Port Spain, island of Trinidad;
buried with military honors at Newport 4 Dec. 1826
General Assembly o'f Rhode Island passes an act establishing
public schools throughout the state Jan. 1828
Dexter asylum for the poor erected at Providence with funds
devised by Ebenezer Knight Dexter, who d. 10 Aug. 1824;
asylum opened "
Race riot in Providence begins between sailors and negroes,
military aid is called in and the Riot act read 21-24 Sept. 1831
City of Providence incorporated 22 Nov. 1832
Company incorporated to construct a railroad from Providence
to Stonington in 1832, and railroad building commenced 1835
State prison at Providence completed 1838
Fort Adams in Newport harbor, begun in 1824, is completed. . . 1839
Convention of delegates elected by friends of extension of suf-
frage, without regard to the law regulating the right of vot-
ing, at Providence, 4 Oct. 1841, forms a "people's constitu-
tion, "and declares it adopted by a vote of the people,
27-29 Dec. 1841
Thomas W. Dorr elected governor under the people's constitu-
tion 18 Apr. 1842
Dorr government attempts to organize, 3 May, 1842, but is
resisted by legal state government (Dorr's rebellion),
3 May, "
Constitution to supersede the charter of 1663 is framed by a
convention which meets at Newport, 12 Sept. 1842, adjourns
to East Greenwich, and completes its labors 5 Nov. ; consti-
tution ratified by vote of the people, 7032 to 59. . .21-23 Nov. "
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Franklin lyceum, formed in 1831, is incorporated at Providence, 1843
Dorr sentenced to imprisonment for life 25 June, 1844
Butler hospital for the insane on the Seekonk river in Provi-
dence opened 1847
Sockanosset school for boys at Howard (a reform school) is
opened 1 Nov. 1850
T. W. Dorr, released from prison under an act of general am-
nesty in 1847, is restored to civil and political rights 1851
Rhode Island adopts the Maine liquor law 7 May, 1852
Newport incorporated as a city 20 May, 1853
Statue of Franklin, the first public statue in Rhode Island, is
unveiled at Providence 19 Nov. 1858
Legislature repeals the Personal Liberty bill Jan. 1861
On news of the fall of fort Sumter, the governor tenders the
U. S. government 1000 infantry and a battalion of artillery.
He convenes the legislature in extra session, 17 Apr., and the
Rhode Island Marine Artillery pass through New York on
their way to Washington 20 Apr. "
Legislature ratifies the XIII. th Amendment to the Constitu-
tion 1865
Legislature ratifies the XlV.th Amendment 7 Feb. 1867
Board of State Charities and Correction established 1869
State farm, 421 acres in town of Cranston, afterwards site of
State house of correction. State work-house, State asylum for
incurable insane, and State alms-house, is purchased ^. "
Rhode Island Woman Suffrage Association holds a convention
at Providence Oct.
State Teachers' Institute held at East Greenwich, which ex-
presses the need of State Normal schools 22-23 Oct. "
XV. th Amendment to the Constitution of the U. S. is ratified,
18 Jan. 1870
Cove lands ceded to the towns by the colony, 28 May, 1707, are
conveyed to the city of Providence by the state on payment
of $200,000 "
Legislature, by 56 to 2, abolishes imprisonment for debt "
Marble statue of Roger Williams, executed for the state by
Franklin Simmons in Italy, is received and presented to the
Federal government to be placed in the capitol Mch. 1871
Free public library, art gallery, and museum for the city of
Providence chartered under the combined auspices of the
Providence Franklin Society, the Association of Mechanics
and Manufacturers, the Franklin Lyceum, and the Rhode
Island Horticultural Society and Society for the Encourage-
ment of Domestic Industry "
Rhode Island State Normal school at Providence opened.6 Sept. "
Prohibition party in the state adopt the Republican candidate
for governor, Henry Howard 1873
State convention of the Prohibition party at the state-house in
Providence nominates "a distinct, separate, teetotal pro-
hibition ticket for state officers, " with Henry Howard for gov-
ernor, 26 Feb. 1874. The Republican party adopt Howard by
acclamation, 11 Mch. The Democratic convention at Provi-
dence, 23 Mch., adjourns without platform or ticket, 23 Mch. 1874
Stringent prohibition law is passed, and a constabulary act pro-
viding for the appointment by the governor of a state con-
stable with 7 deputies for enforcing it May, "
Vote for governor at election 7 Apr. 1875 : Rowland Hazard,
of the National Union Republican and Prohibition parties,
8724; Henry Lippitt, Republican, 8368; Charles B. Cutler,
Democrat, 5166. There being no choice, the legislature elects
Lippitt by 70, to 36 for Hazard 25 May, 1875
Constabulary act repealed, and an act " to regulate and restrain
the sale of intoxicating liquors " passed in its place "
Corliss engine of 1400 horse-power, and weighing 700 tons, de-
signed to furnish power in Machinery hall, by George H.
Corliss of Providence, is set in motion at the opening of the
Centennial exhibition in Philadelphia by pres. U. S. Grant
and dom Pedro II., emperor of Brazil 10 May, 1876
There being no choice for governor at the April election, Henry
Lippitt, Republican, is chosen by the legislature 30 May, "
First Board of Harbor Commissioners appointed by the gov-
ernor 14 June, "
State school for the deaf at Providence opened 2 Apr. 1877
Prisoners removed from the old state prison to the new build-
ing at Cranston 1878
State Board of Health established "
Legislature elects Alfred H. Littlefield, Republican, governor,
there being no choice at the election in April 25 May, 1880
Act passed abolishing the tribal authority and relation of the
Narragansett Indians "
Congress awards the first-class gold medal to Mrs. Ida Lewis
Wilson, keeper of Lime Rock lighthouse, who, since 1859,
had saved 13 lives at the risk of her own 1881
Ambrose E. Burnside, b. Liberty, Ind., 1824, gov. of Rhode
Island, 1866-69, and U. S. senator at the time of his death
(Fredericksburg) 3 Sept. "
Colored voters of Rhode Island, in convention at Newport, re-
solve hereafter to act independently of the Republican party,
18 Oct. 1882
State home and school for neglected and dependent children
opened at Providence Apr.»1885
Amendment to the state constitution prohibiting the manu-
facture and sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, goes
into effect 1 July, 1886
Compulsory Education act passed requiring at least 12 weeks
of school attendance, 6 of them consecutive, by all children
between 7 and 15 yfears of age 1887
Arbor day established as a legal holiday "
City of Woonsocket incorporated 1888
Bourn amendment to the state constitution, abolishing prop-
erty qualification for electors, proclaimed by governor. . Nov. "
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State agricultural school established by act of legislature. , . .
Vote at April election for governor: John W, Davis, Democrat,
21,289; H.W. Ladd, Republican, 16,870; James H. Chace, Law
Enforcement party, 3597 ; H. H. Richardson, Prohibition, 1346.
There being no choice, the legislature chose H. W. Ladd,
28 May,
Prohibitory amendment rescinded at a special election, 20 June,
1889, and a high-license law passed l Aug'.
Australian ballot-reform law passed
First state convention of the Union Reform party held, and
Arnold B. Chace nominated for governor 25'Feb.
Australian ballot system introduced at state election 2 Apr.
John W. Davis elected governor by the legislature, there being
no choice by the people May
Celebration of the centennial of the introduction of cotton
spinning into America begins at Providence 29 Sept
Monument to Samuel Smith CoUyer dedicated at Pawtucket
at close of Cotton Centennial celebration 4 Oct.
Vote for governor: Davis, Democrat, 22,249; Ladd, Republican
20,995; Larry, Prohibition, 1829; Burton, National, 384.1 Apr.'
Soldiers' home at Bristol dedicated 21 May,
Herbert W. Ladd, Republican, elected governor by the legislat-
ure 26 May,
Ex-gov. Henry Lippitt dies at Newport, aged 73 5 June,
D. Russell Brown reelected governor Apr!
GOVERNORS.
PORTSMOUTH.
Wm. Coddington 7 Mch. 1638
Wm. Hutchinson. .. 30 Apr. 1639
Wm. Coddington... 12 Mch. 1640
1890
NEWPORT.
William Coddington,
28 Apr. 1639-47
PRESIDENTS UNDER THE PATENT.
PROVIDENCE, WARWICK, PORTSMOUTH, AND NEWPORT.
John Coggeshall May, 1647 I John Smith May, 1649
Wm. Coddington May, 1648 | Nicholas Easton May, 1650
PORTSMOUTH AND NEWPORT.
John Sandford, sr May, 1653
PROVIDENCE AND WARWICK.
Samuel Gorton Oct. 1651
John Smith May, 1652 I
Gregory Dexter May, 1653 |
4 TOWNS UNITED.
Nicholas Easton May, 1654 I William Brenton May,
Roger Williams Sept. " | Benedict Arnold May, 1662
Benedict Arnold May, 1657
GOVERNORS UNDER
Benedict Arnold
William Brenton
Benedict Arnold
Nicholas Easton
William Coddington. . .
Walter Clarke
Benedict Arnold
Wm. Coddington... 28
John Cranston
Peleg Sandford 16
Wm. Coddington, jr. . .
Henry Bull
Walter Clarke
Henry Bull 27
John Easton
Caleb Carr
Walter Clarke
Samuel Cranston
Joseph Jenckes
William Wanton
John Wanton
Richard Ward 15
William Greene
Gideon Wanton
William G reene
Nov.
May,
Aug.
Nov.
Mch.
May,
Feb.
May,
.Jan.
May,
July,
May,
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1685
1686
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1695
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1732
1734
1740
1743
1745
1746
ROYAL CHARTER.
Gideon Wanton
William Greene
Stephen Hopkins
William Greene
Stephen Hopkins. ..14
Samuel Ward
Stephen Hopkins
Samuel Ward
Stephen Hopkins
Josias Lyndon
Joseph Wanton
Nicholas Cooke
William Greene •
John Collins
Arthur Fenner
James Fenner
William Jones
Nehemiah R. Knight..
William C. Gibbs
James Fenner
Lemuel H. Arnold
John Brown Francis. .
William Sprague
Samuel Ward King . . .
May,
Mch.
May,
Nov.
May,
GOVERNORS UNDER THE STATE CONSTITUTION,
James Fenner
Charles Jackson
Byron Diman
Elisha Harris
Henry B. Anthony
Philip Allen
William Warner Hoppin
Elisha Dyer
Thomas G. Turner
William Sprague
William C. Cozzens 3 Mch.
James Y. Smith
Ambrose E. Burnside
Seth Padelford
Henry Howard
Henry Lippitt
Charles C. Van Zandt (Republican) 29 May,
Alfred H. Littlefield (Republican) 25 May,
Augustus 0. Bourn (Republican) 29 May,
George P. Wetmore (Republican) May,
John W. Davis (Democrat) "
Royal C. Taft (Republican) "
H. W. Ladd (Republican) "
John W. Davis (Democrat) "
H. W. Ladd (Republican) "
D. Russell Brown (Republican ; re-elected 1S93-94) "
1747
1748
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1757
1758
1762
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UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
Nmim.
No.orCoiiicren.
Dkt«.
Remarks.
Theodore Foster
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1853 " 1859
1357 " 1862
1859 " 1884
1862 " 1863
1863 " 1875
1875 " 1881
1881 "
1884 " 1885
1885 " 1889
1889 " 1895
1895 "
Elected president pro tern. 6 July, 1797. Resigned.
Elected in i)liico of Bradford. Resigned.
Elected in place of Greene.
Died.
Elected in place of Potter.
Elected governor.
Elected in place of Fenuer.
Died 4 June, 1809.
Resigned.
Died 25 Dec. 1820.
Elected in place of Burrell.
Resigned.
Elected in place of D'WoU.
Died 29 Jan. 1842.
Elected in place of Dixon. Resigned.
Elected in place of Sprague.
Resigned.
(Elected president pro tern. 23 Mch. 1869; 10 Mch. 1871.
\ Sept. 1884.
Elected in place of Simmons.
Died 3 Sept. 1881.
Elected in place of Burnside. Term expires 1899.
Appointed in place of Anthony.
Resigned.
Klected in place of Chace.
Term expires 1901.
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Jeremiah B Howell
Jannes Burrell jr
Nehemiah R Knight
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James I)' Wolf
Asher Bobbins
Nathan F. Dixon
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Albert C. Greene
John H. Clark
Philip Allen
Henry B Anthony
Died 2
Samuel G. Arnold
William Sprague
Ambrose E Burnside
Nelson W. Aldrich
William P SheflQeld
Nathan F. Dixon
George P. Wetmore
RllOde§, an island on the coast of Asia Minor, is said
to have been peopled from Crete, as early as 916 B.C. The
Rhodians were great navigators, and institutors of a maritime
code afterwards adopted by the Romans. The city was built
about 432, and flourished 300-200 b.c. Colossus of Rhodes.
Rhodes, long an ally of the Romans, was taken by the emperor
Vespasian, 71 a.d. It was held by Knights Hospitallers from
1309 to 1522, when it was conquered by Turks, who still re-
tain it. The knights retired to Malta. Rhodes sufifered by
an earthquake on 22 Apr. 1863.
rho'dium, a rare metal, discovered in platinum ore by
dr. WoUaston in 1804, has been used for points of metallic pens.
rhu'barb. This plant was first cultivated for its stalks
as food by Mr. Myall, of Deptford, Engl., about 1820, and soon
after came into general use. Flowers and Plants.
RiartO. Bridges.
RibboiliMin, the principles of a secret society in Ireland,
organized about 1820, to retaliate on landlords who injured ten-
ants. To the ribbonmen are attributed many agrarian murders,
1858-71-79. An act was passed to repress them, 16 June, 1871.
rice, the Oryza saliva of botanists, in husk termed
paddy ; largely grown in intertropical regions, occupying the
same place as wheat in warmer parts of Europe. It was
brought to South Carolina from the island of Madagascar in
1695, and its cultivation greatly increased.
Rich Mountain, West Virginia, Battle of. Here
gen. Rosecrans defeated the confederates, 11 July, 1861, capt-
uring 600 men. The strategic operations of which this battle
was the culmination deprived the confederates of all hope of
holding or drawing strength from West Virginia.
Richmond, a town of Surrey, anciently iShcen (i. e.,
in Saxon, resplendent). Here stood a palace in which Edward
I. and II. resided, and Edward III. died, 1377. Here also died
Anne, queen of Richard II., 1394. The palace was repaired by
HenryV., who founded 3 religious houses near it. In 1497 it was
burned, but Henry VII. rebuilt it, and called the village Rich-
mond, from his title, earl of Richmond (Yorkshire) before he ob-
tained the crown ; and here he died in 1509. Queen Elizabeth
was prisoner in this palace for a short time during Mary's reign.
When she became queen it was one of her favorite places of
residence; and here she died, 24 Mch. 1603. It was afterwards
the residence of Henry, prince of Wales. The beautiful park
and gardens were enclosed by Charles I. The observatory
wasbuillby sir W.Chambers in 1769. In Richmond, Thomson
"sang the Seasons and their change;" and died 27 Aug. 1748.
Richmond, Va. Virginia, 1679, 1742, '79, 1811,
1861, '65, '76. Pop. 1890, 81,388.
Richmond, Ky., Battle of. Here Kirby Smith de-
feated the federals under gen. Manson, 30 Aug. 1862. Federal
loss about 5000 ; confederate, about the same. Bragg's Ken-
tucky campaign.
rifle§. Fire-arms.
rights. Bill of. To the petition of rights, preferred 17
Mch. 1627-28, Charles I. answered, " I will that right be done
according to the laws and customs of the realm." Both
houses addre.ssed the king for a fuller answer to the petition
of rights, whereupon he gave them an answer less evasive,
" Soit droit fait comme il est c?mVe," 7 June, 1628. The peti-
tion thus became a statute, 13 Car. I. c. 1. An important
declaration was made by the lords and commons of England
to the prince and princess of Orange on 13 Feb. 1689, in an
act " declaring the rights and liberties of the subject, and set-
tling the succession of the crown." Bill of rights.
Rig Veda. Vedas.
Rimnik, a town near Martinesti, Wallachia. Here
the Austrians and Russians, under prince Coburg and gen.
Suwarrow, crushed the Turks, 22 Sept. 1789.
Ring der IVibelungen (ne-hel-oong'en). NiBKL-
UNGENOT.
rings anciently held an engraved seal or signet, to seal
writings, and they are so used to this day. In Gen. xli. 42 it
is said that Pharaoh gave Joseph his ring. A ring is now
put upon a woman's third finger at marriage ; but the Jews
used them at the espousal before marriage.
Rio Janeiro (ree-o' ja-nee'r6), a city and seaport of
Brazil, South America, on a bay of the same name, one of the
finest harbors in the world, discovered by De Sousa, 1 Jan. 1531.
Made the capital of Brazil 1807. Pop. 1892, 800,000.
Disturbance between 2 rival factions in the government of
Brazil; one party headed by adm. Custodio de Mello and
later by adm. de Gama, the other by pres. Peixoto, represent-
ing the regular government, begins active warfare in Rio
Gpnde do Sul June-July, 1893
Adm. de Mello, with a fleet, in the harbor of Rio Janeiro. . Aug. "
Foreign admirals decide to prevent bombardment of city, 8 Sept. "
Bombardment of forts in the harbor and bay of Rio Janeiro
commences 14 Sept. "
[This is kept up at intervals during the occupancy of the
harbor, 14 Sept. 1893-14 Mch. 1894.]
Com. Oscar F. Stanton, comm.anding the South Atlantic squad-
ron, arrives in the harbor of Rio Janeiro and salutes both
tlie flag of the Brazilian government and that of the rebels;
recalled by the U. S. government Oct "
[Rearadm. Benham succeeds.]
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U S. cruiser San Francisco, with rear-adm. Benham, arrives in
the harbor 12 Jau. 1894
Rebel fleet attempt to prevent the unloading the cargo of an
American merchantman; U. S. war-ship Detroit js ordered
byadm. Beuham to support the merchantman; rebels desist;
cargo unloaded ' 30 Jan. "
Rebellion fails; officers of insurgent fleet escape from the
harbor 14 Mch. "
U. S. cruiser San Francisco, with rear-adm. Benham, sail from
Rio Janeiro for Blueflelds, Nicaraugua 18 Mch. "
riot§ in the United States.
BOSTO-V MASSACRE 1770
" Doctor's mob," New York 1788
At Baltimore, Md. (United States) 1812-61
Alton, 111 1837
Philadki>phia 1844
Astor Place riots in New York, growing out of rivalry between
the actors Forrest and Macready (Nkw York City). .10 May, 1849
Draft riot in New York; mob in possession of the city (New
York) 13-17 July, 1863
Orange riot in New York between Catholic and Protestant
Irish ; 60 persons killed (Orangemen) 12 July, 1871
Anarchists in Chicago, 111. (Illinois) 4 May, 1886
For railroad riots or strikes, Strikes.
Most important of the many riots in England were :
Gordon's " No-popery " riots ...10 May-9 June, 1780
* ' Field of Peterloo ' ' at Manchester 16 Aug. 1819
Ritliali§t$, a name given in 1866 to a party in the
church of England, largely resembling the Puseyites, and
seeking to give a more imposing character to public worship,
by colored vestments, lighted candles, incense, etc., professing
to go back to the practices of the church in the time of Ed-
ward VI. An exhibition of these things was held during the
oliurch congress at York in Oct. 1866, but was not officially
connected with it. The practices of Ritualists (said by Mr.
Disraeli to be symbolical of doctrines they were bound to re-
nounce) were censured in Episcopal charges in Dec. 1866 ; in
2 reports of the Ritualistic commission, 19 Aug. 1867 and Apr.
1868, and by the judicial committee of the privy council on
appeal, 23 Dec, 1868. At a convocation of the American
Episcopal church at Philadelphia, 27, 28 Oct. 1868, a warm
discussion on Rituali.sm was held, and renewed at the convo-
cation 10 Oct. 1874, and the Ritualists were beaten by the
Evangelical party, a stringent canon on ceremonies being
passed 27 Oct. The Public Worship Regulation act was
passed 7 Aug. 1874, for the repression of Ritualism in England.
River and Harbor bill§. The first bill for
harbor improvements in the United States was passed 3 Mch.
1823. Polk in 1846 and Pierce in 1854 vetoed such bills. In
1870 a $2,000,000 appropriation was made, the largest amount
up to that time. In 1882 pres. Arthur vetoed a $19,000,000
appropriation bill which was ultimately passed over his veto.
River Rai§il1, Mich., is remarkable in history as the
place of a massacre on 23 Jan. 1813. Gen. Winchester, with
about 800 Americans, was encamped on that river, and at dawn,
on 22 Jan., gen. Proctor, with 1500 British and Indians, fell upon
them. After a severe action Winchester surrendered, under
promise of protection from the Indians. But Proctor marched
off, leaving no guard for the Americans. His Indians re-
turned, and killed and scalped a large number of them. The
American loss was over 300 killed (mostly after the fight),
and the rest were made prisoners. The British lost 24 killed
and 158 wounded. Michigan, 1818.
Rivoli (ree'vo-lee), a village near Verona, N. Italy. Near
here the Austrians defeated the French, 17 Nov. 1796; and
were defeated by Bonaparte, 14, 15 Jan. 1797. Massena was
made duke of Rivoli for his share in the actions.
roads. The ancient Egyptians raust have had substan-
tial paved roads. Highways mentioned in Judges v. 6. The
Persians, Greeks, and Carthaginians were excellent road-
makers, but to the Romans belongs the honor of being the
greatest and best road - builders of ancient times. At the
zenith of her greatness there centred at Rome 29 superior
roads, some of them extending into Spain, Gaul, Illyria, and
Thrace. Thence road-making passed into Asia Minor, Pontus,
^the East, Egypt, Africa, and Britain. The empire was di-
vided into 11 districts and 113 provinces, united by 372 great
"3ads. According to the survey of Antoninus Pius, 138-
161 A.D., their entire distance covered 52,964 Roman miles.
The principal Roman roads in Italy were (1) Via Appia, the
Lppian way, called Regina Viarum, the first of Roman roads
ROB
in time and celebrity. It was commenced by Appius Claudius
Caecus, 312 b.c., and extended to Capua, 120 miles from Rome;
completed to Brundisium, 320 miles, 30 b.c. Its centre, 16 feet
wide, was intended for infantry; its side tracks, 8 feet each,
for horsemen and carriages ; in all from 32 to 36 feet in width.
(2) Via Numicia traversed the northefn part of Samnium,
communicated with the Appian way, and united with the Via
Aquilia in Lucania. (3) Via Flaminia, constructed by C.
Flaminius when censor, 533 A.u.c. (221 b.c), extended from
Rome to Arminium. (4) Via Aurelia, extending along the
coast of Etruria. (5) Via Cassia, extending to Modena.
(6) Via Emilia Lepida, built by M. ^milius Lepidus when
consul, 187 B.C., a continuation of the Via Flaminia through
Cisalpine Gaul. (7) Via Latina, from Rome to Brundisium.
The smaller roads were Via Praenestina, Via Tiburtina to
Tivioli, Via Ostiensis to Ostia, Via Laurentina, Via Salaria,
etc. Roman roads in England. The empire of Peru at
the time of the Spanish conquest was traversed by excellent
roads. The Moguls in India built several extended and ex-
cellent roads. Highways first made public in Britain by the
Romans. Greatly improved by Edward I. Tolls granted on
one in London, 1346. Parishes made answerable for their
condition in 1553. During the reign of Charles II. turnpike
roads established in various parts of England. Toll-gates
erected in 1663. Roads were commenced through the high-
lands of Scotland by gen. Wade in 1726 ; afterwards continued
by Mr. Telford, who also built an excellent road from (Jlasgow
to Carlisle, and from Holyhead to Shrewsbury. Simplon
road built, 1801-7. Road-making in the United States has
never received the attention it deserves either by the local,
state, or U. S. government, and probably no nation with the
intelligence, wealth, etc., of the U. S. has so poor public roads.
CuMBEKLAND ROAD commenced 1806. Macadamizing.
Roanoke island, N. C, discovered by sir Walter
Raleigh, 1584, and settled by him, 1585, without success.
Other settlers also failed. Virginia. During the civil war
Roanoke island was early occupied by the confederates under
gen. Wise with 2500 men. On the north shore were 3 forts-^
Barton, Huger, and Blanchard. A federal expedition against
the island left Hampton Roads, 11 Jan. 1862 — a fleet of 20 ves-
sels, 50 guns, under flag-officer L. M. Goldsborough, and nearly
15,000 men under gen. A. E. Burnside. The forts were bom-
barded 7 Feb., and under cover of this bombardment the troops
were landed. On the 8th, after a short conflict, Wise's com-
mand surrendered. The Federal loss amounted to 260. On
the Confederate side a son of gen. Wise was killed.
roasting to death. An early instance is that of
Bocchoris, king of Egypt, by order of Sabacon of Ethiopia,
737 B.C. — Leriglet. Sir John Oldcastle, lord Cobham, was thus
put to death in 1418, and Michael Servetus for heresy, at
Geneva, 27 Oct. 1553. Burning, Martyrs.
robbers and highwaymen were punished with
death by Edmund I.'s laws, which directed that the eldest
robber should be hanged. Remarkable robbers in England
■were Robin Hood, 1189, and Claud Du Val, " executed at
Tyburn," says an historian, quaintly, " to the great grief of
the women," Jan. 1670. In Ireland, MacCabe was hanged
at Naas, 19 Aug. 1691. Galloping Hogan, the rapparee, flour-
ished at this period. Jack Sheppard hanged at Tyburn, 16
Nov. 1724, and Dick Turpin at York, 10 Apr. 1749. Freney,
the highwayman, surrendered himself, 10 May, 1749. Bar-
rington was transported, 22 Sept. 1790. Trials.
Robin Oood-fellOIV, the brownie of Scotland,
the kobold of Germany, Puck, etc.
"Either I mistake your shape and making quite,
Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite,
Call'd Robin Good-fellow; . . .
Those that Hobgoblin call you, and sweet Puck,
You do their work." etc.
— Shakespeare, "Midsummer-Night's Dream," act ii. so. i.
Robin Hood, captain of a band of about 100 robbers,
in Sherwood forest, Nottinghamshire, robbing the rich and
protecting the poor ; traditionally said to have been the earl
of Huntingdon, disgraced and banished the court by Richard
I. at his accession (1189). Robin Hood, Little John, Will
Scarlet, Friar Tuck, and Maid Marian were the famous char-
acters of the band in the ballads of that day. The band is
ROB '
Mid to have contiimeii its depreilations till 1247, when Robin
tlml—Sfoir.
** R4»billMOll Crusoe," by Daniel De Foe; the first
part ap|M;areil in 1719. Juan Feknandkz. Three old ladies,
Man* Ann, Jane Amelia, and Sarah Frances De Foe, lineally
dcaci'ndcti fnira De Foe, pensioned by queen Victoria, May, 1877.
*^ RobillMOIl, SmtIss Family," by Johann Ru-
dolph \Vys«, pub. 1818.
Roohcfort {rosh-Jor'), W. France, a seaport on the
Charente, made by Louis XIV. in 1666. In Aix- roads or
liasipie-roads, near Rochefort, capt. lord Cochrane attacked
the French fleet and destroyed 4 ships, 11, 12 April, 1809.
Near Rochefort, Napoleon surrendered himself to capt. Mait-
land of the Bellerophon, 15 July, 1815.
Rochclle (ro^hel'), W. France, a seaport on the At-
lantic, long English, but surrendered to the French leader, Du
Guesclin, in 1372. As a stronghold of Calvinists, it was vainly
besieged by the duke of Anjou in 1573 ; and taken after a siege
of 13 months by cardinal Richelieu in 1628. The duke of Buck-
ingham was sent with fleet and army to relieve it ; but the
citizens declined to admit him. He attacked the Isle of Rhe,
near Rochelle, and failed, 22 July, 1627. He was repulsed 8
Nov. following.
rockets, an invention of sir William Congreve about
1803, are of 2 kinds — signal or sky rockets and tear rockets.
The case of the former is generally made of paper with a stick
attacbe<l to its side, with one large vent in the centre of the
case. This case contains combustibles, the burning of which
produces gases so rapidly that their expansion drives the case
upward with swiftness to a great height, where it usually ex-
plodes. In the war rocket the stick is in the centre of the
barrel or case, and the vents, of which there are several, are
near the edge. For military purposes the rocket has never
been considered a success. Rockets are now largely used in
the Life-saving service for line-carrying and oil-distributing.
The rocket was greatly improved by Hales in 1846.
*' Rock of Ages," a celebrated hymn, by Augustus
Montague Toplady, 1740-78, pub. 1776.
Rock of Chickamauga, a term applied to gen.
Geo. H. Thomas for his conduct in that battle. Chickamauga.
Rocky Mount, S. C. Here gen. Sumter attacked
a British post, 30 July, 1780, and was repulsed with small loss.
Rocroy {ro-krwa'), N. France. Here, 19 May, 1643, the
Spaniards were defeated by the French, commanded by the
great Conde.
Rodman gun, so named from the inventor of this
method of casting the gun, gen. Thomas J. Rodman. The first I
gun cast (15 inch) was at the Fort Pitt foundry, Pitts- j
burg. A second one of 20 inches was successfully cast at the
same place in 1863, and many since. Cannon.
Rodney's victories. Adm. Rodney fought, near
Cape St. Vincent, the Spanish adm. don Langara, whom he
defeated and captured, with 6 ships, 1 of which blew up,
16, 17 Jan. 1780. On 12 Apr. 1782, he met a French fleet in
the West Indies, under count de Grasse, took 5 ships of the
line, and sent the French admiral prisoner to England. Rod-
ney was raised to the peerage, June, 1782.
Roga'tion iveek. Rogation Sunday, the Sunday
before Ascension Day, named from the Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday following it, called Rogation days (from Lat,
rogare, to beseech). Extraordinary prayers and supplications
for these 3 days are said to have been appointed in the 3d
century, as preparation for celebrating our Saviour's ascension
on the next day. Holy Thursday or Ascension Day. The
whole week is styled Rogation week, and sometimes Crop
week, Grass week, or Procession week. The perambulations
of parishes have usually been made in this week.
Roiian, an illustrious family, descended from ancient
sovereigns of Brittany. Henri de Rohan, son-in-law of the
great Sully, after the death of Henry IV. (14 May, 1610), be-
came head of the Protestant party, fought 3 wars against
Louis XIII., but later entered the service of the duke of Saxe-
Weimar, and died of wounds received in battle in 1638. Of
this family was the cardinal de Rohan. Diamonds.
» ROM
Rollllcund', a tract of N.E. India, was conquered by
the Rohillas, an Afghan tribe, who settled here about 1747.
After aiding the sovereign of Oude to overcome the Mahrat-
tas, they were treated treacherously by him and nearl}' exter-
minated. Rohilcund was ceded to the British in 1801. After
the great mutiny, Rohilcund was tranquillized in July, 1868,
rolling-mills, in the metal manufactories, were in use
in England in the 17th century, and in 1784 Mr. Cort patented
his improvements.
Romagna (ro-man'yit), a province of the former Papal
States, com prised in the legations ofForli and Ravenna. It was
conquered by the Lombards ; but taken from them by Pepin,and
given to the pope, 753. Caesar Borgia held it as a duchy in
1501, but lost it in 1503. In 1859 the Romagna threw off the
temporal authority of the pope, and declared itself subject to
the king of Sardinia, who accepted it in Mch. 1860. It now
forms part of the province of j^^milia, in the new kingdom of
Italy. Rome, 1859.
Romainville' and Belleville, heights near Par-
is, where Joseph Bonaparte, Mortier, and Marmont were de-
feated by the allies after a vigorous resistance, 30 Mch. 1814^
The next day Paris capitulated.
Roman Catholicism, Development of.
Prayer for the dead began 20O
Paul the first hermit 251
Constantine makes Sunday the Christian Sabbath 32]
First general council at Nicea in Bithynia 325-
Celibacy of the clergy recommended "
Scriptures called the Bible by Jerome 340-
Adoration of saints, martyrs, and angels 360
Christmas day a religious festival 375
Bells used in church 390
Nicene creed introduced 391
[Except the words '' dead " and "communion of saints. "]
Mary called the mother of God 431
Sprinkling of ashes in I.ent (Felix III. ) 487
Canon of Scriptures completed 494
Priests began to wear a distinctive dress 500
Stone altars enjoined 506
Extreme unction introduced by Felix IV 525
Lenten fast extended to 40 days, by council of Orleans 547
Prayers addressed to the Virgin Mary 593
Title of pope and papal supremacy first assumed by Boniface III. , 606
All-saints' day introduced 625
Athanasian creed introduced 670
Holy water introduced 682
Kissing the pope's toe introduced (abolished in 1773) 708^
Veneration of images imposed 788^
Tithes exacted 789^
Rogation days established by Leo III 801
Assumption festival introduced 813
Cardinals created 817
Filioque dogma introduced 821
Baptism of bells introduced 965
Canonization of saints (pope John XVI.) 993
All souls' day appointed 998
Advent Sunday appointed lOOO'
Celibacy of priests made obligatory "
Prayer for souls in purgatory introduced "
Indulgences first bestowed by Ponce, bishop of Aries 1002
Interdicts introduced 1073
Infallibility of the Roman church taught "
Excommunication introduced by Gregory VII 1077
Sale of indulgences sanctioned 1087
Plenary indulgences in this life and in the life to come author-
ized by the council of Clermont 1095
Transubstantiation made a church dogma 1215
AuricHlar confession officially imposed "
Adoration of the Host enjoined 1218
Inquisition established 1229'
Cup withheld from the laity 126*
" Angelus " announced by a bell 1316
Dogma of purgatory officially recognized 1439
Holy oil in chrism first used 1540-
Veneration of relics enjoined by council of Trent • 1563
Marriage made a sacrament "
Confirmation made a sacrament "
Immaculate conception proclaimed 1854
Papal infallibility proclaimed 1870
Church; Popes.
Roman CatllOlic§ in England and the British
empire. Their religion was established in Britain until the
Reformation; when first introduced is conjectural. Bede
says, Lucius Verus, king of Britain, was made a Christian at
his own request by Eleutherius, 156 a.d,, and the Britons re-
ceived the faith unto the time of Diocletian. — " Ecclesiastical
History," chap. v. The church of England is always put on
an equality with the church of Spain aiid Gaul, and at the
council of Aries, 314, the names of 3 British bishops are met
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•whh.—Tyingard. Pope Celestine I. sent missionaries to Ire-
land, 422(?). " A band of Roman missionaries carried Chris-
tianity to distant England, and in England first was founded
a church which owed its existence to the zeal of the Roman
bishop" (pope Gregory I., 590-604:).— Creighton. From 1558
the power of the Romish church over the English government
was lost, and severe laws were made against Roman Catholics,
since repealed. As early as 1602, they were excluded from cor-
porate offices and from Parliament, forbidden to marry Prot-
estants, to possess arms, to go beyond 5 miles from their
homes without a permit, etc. In England, from 1623 to 3850,
the Roman Catholics were under bishops, as vicars-apostolic,
with first 1 and then 4, and afterwards 8 vicariates ; in 1850,
the hierarchy was restored, now including 1 archiepiscopal
and 14 episcopal sees. In Scotland, the hierarchy was re-
stored in 1878, including 2 archiepiscopal and 4 episcopal sees.
In Ireland, the hierarchy has been uninterrupted, with 4 archie-
piscopal and 23 episcopal sees. Besides the United Kingdom,
there are hierarchies in Canada, India, Australia, and Africa—
in all numbering 28 archiepiscopal and 97 episcopal sees, and
23 vicariates and 10 prefectures apostolic.
Persecutions of Diocletian ; St. AlUans put to death 304
Germanus of Auxerre visits Britain, once 429 and again 446
Augustin lands in the isle of Thanet 596
Ethelbert, king of Kent, baptized 597
Dunstan promotes monachism and the celibacy of the clergy, 952
Canute makes a pilgrimage to Rome 1028
Edward the Confessor a devotee to the church of Rome 1042-66
Pope Alexander II. approves of William duke of Normandy's
claim on England, and sends a consecrated banner 1066
Stigand, the last Anglo Saxon bishop, deposed by Rome 1050-69
Rome deposes the English prelates, and appoints Norman Lan-
franc archbishop of Canterbury 1070
Nicholas Brakespeare, Adrian IV. , pope 1154-59
Constitutions of Clarendon enacted 1164
Annulled by the pope 1174
England under the interdict of Rome 1208
King John excommunicated 1209
" deposed by the pope 1213
" swears fealty to the pope 13 Nov. "
Charter annulled by pope Innocent III 1215
First statute of Pr^munire enacted by Edward 1 1306
Abolition of the order of the Templars — inquisition introduced, 1308
["Thus for once the papal inquisition found a foothold in
England." — Lea's "History of the Inquisition."]
Irish memorial to the pope 1317
Second statue of praemunire enacted by Edward III 1353
Attempted reformation of Wickliffe 1380-1414
Wickliffe dies 1384
Sir John Oldcastle (lord Cobham) leader of the Lollards, roasted
to death 1418
Henry VIII. wins, as the defender of Roman doctrines against
Luther, the title of " Defender of the Faith" 1521
Henry VIII. declared head of the English church by Parliament,
3 Nov. 1534
Excommunicated by the pope 30 Aug. 1535
Bishop Fisher, sir Thomas More, and others executed for deny-
ing the king's supremacy "
Catholics absolved from allegiance to the king by Paul III "
Suppression of the monasteries (Pilgrimage of Grace) 1536-38
Queen Mary marries Philip II. of Spain July, 1554
Accession of Elizabeth (England becomes Protestant) 1558
Armada 1588
Gunpowder plot 1605
Catholics suffer by Oates's fictitious popish plot 1678
They are excluded from the throne 1689
Henry Stuart created cardinal 1747
[The first cardinal since the reign of queen Mary. Cardi-
nals.]
They suffer by the Gordon riots June, 1780
Various disabilities removed in 1780 and 1791
Mr. Pitt proposes further relief, but gives it up 1801-4
Roman Catholic association organized in Ireland, to agitate
against political and civil disabilities 1824
Bills to remove these often introduced from 1813 to 1828
Act passed to suppress the Catholic association (it had voted
to dissolve, 12 Feb. ) 5 Mch. 1829
Duke of Wellington and sir Robert Peel carry Catholic emanci-
pation bill (10 Geo. IV. c. 7) in commons, 30 Mch. ; in lords,
10 Apr. ; approved 13 Apr. "
Duke of Norfolk and lords Dormer and Clifford, the first Cath-
olic peers, take their seats 28 Apr. "
First English Catholic member returned, the earl of Surrey, for
Horsham 4 May, "
Mr. O'Connell elected for Clare, 1828; takes his seat (first Ro-
man Catholic M. P. since 1689) Aug. "
Alexander Raphael, first Catholic sheriff of London 28 Sept. 1834
Sir Michael O'Loghlen, the first Catholic judge (as Master of the
Rolls in Ireland), appointed 30 Oct. 1836
St. George's cathedral, Southwark, erected by A. W. Pugin;
founded 1840
Tablet newspaper established "
Mr. O'Connell elected first Catholic lord mayor of Dublin 1841
"Catholic Poor School Committee " established 1847
Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman appointed archbishop of Westmin-
ster 30 Sept. 1850
Catholic university, Dublin, originated 5 May, 1851
Universe newspaper established 18G0
Agitation in favor of the pope 1860-62
Missionary college founded at Drumcondra, Ireland 20 July, 1862
Catholic chaplains permitted for jails, by Prison Ministers act,
July, 1863
Sergeant William Shee made a justice of the Queen's Bench ; first
Catholic judge since the Reformation (d. 19 Feb. 1868), 15 Dec. "
Death of cardinal Wiseman, aged 63; 5th English cardinal
since the reign of queen Mary 15 Feb. 1865
Henry Manning (formerly archdeacon in the English church)
consecrated archbishop of Westminster 8 June, "
Conference of Catholic bishops at Dublin; by resolution decline
state help (under papal injunctions, 1801 and 1805), and con-
demn mixed education and secret societies 17 Oct. 1867
In Great Britain 1639 Catholic priests ; 1283 chapels and
churches; 227 convents for women (principally educational);
21 colleges and large schools Dec. "
Derby government proposes to endow a Catholic university for
Ireland, Oct. 1867 ; fails because Catholic bishops claim en-
tire practical control 31 Mch. 1868
Justice Thomas (aft. lord) O'Hagan appointed lord chancellor
of Ireland, the first Catholic in that office since the revolution
of 1688-89 Dec. "
A Roman Catholic made M.A. at Oxford, after abolition of the
test 22 June, 1871
Catholics opposing the dogma of papal infallibility term them-
selves ' ' Old Catholics " "
Ecclesiastical Titles act repealed 24 July, "
Pastoral issued by the Catholic bishops in Ireland claiming en-
dowment for colleges, etc., under their sole control Oct. "
" Catholic Education Crisis Fund " established "
Two Roman Catholic bishops consecrated at Salford 28 Oct. 1872
" Catholic Union," Dublin, reorganized to obtain education un-
der ecclesiastical control about 4 Dec. 1873
Roman Catholic university senate meet 21 May, 1874
Archbishop Manning made a cardinal 1875
Catholic congress at Venice met 12 June, "
Marquess of Ripon becomes a Catholic .7 Sept. "
Catholic university college,Kensington : monsignor Capel, prin-
cipal ; opened 15 Oct. "
Several English clergymen secede to Rome Oct. "
New Catholic club opened in London by duke of Norfolk, lords
Denbigh and Petre, and others 27 Nov. ''
Mr. Gladstone's pamphlet, "The Vatican Decrees," occasions
declarations from archbishop Manning, M. Capel, the Catho-
lic union, and others, for papal infallibility; from lords Acton,
Camoys, and sir George Bowyer, against it Nov. "
Roman Catholic hierarchy re-established in Scotland by pope
Leo XIII 4 Mch. 1878
[For dissension between church and state respecting papal
infallibility, Germany, Prussia.].
Lord Petre, a Roman Catholic priest, takes his seat in the
house of lords 3 Nov. 1884
Stuart Knill, Roman Catholic, elected lord mayor of London. . 1891
Roman law. Codes.
Roman literature. Litekature, Latin lan-
guage.
Roman road§ in England. "The Romans," says
Isidore, " made roads almost all over the world, to march in
straight lines and to employ the people;" and criminals were
frequently condemned to work at such roads, as we learn from
Suetonius, in his " Life of Caligula." They were commenced
and completed at various periods, between the 2d and 4th cen-
turies, and the Roman soldiery were employed on them, that in-
activity might not be opportunity for disturbances. — Bede. The
4 principal great roads built in England by the Romans were :
1st, Watling street, so named from Vitellianus, who is supposed to
have directed it, the Britons calling him in their language Gne-
talin (from Kent to Cardigan bay).
2d, Ikeneld or Ikenild street, from its beginning among the Iceni
(from St. David's to Tynemouth).
3d, Fosse or Fosse Way, probably from its being defended by a fosse
on both sides (from Cornwall to Lincoln).
4th, Ermin street, from Irmunsul, a German name, under which the
German ancestors worshipped Mercury (from St. David's to South-
ampton). Roads.
Roman walls in England. One was erected by Agric-
ola (79 to 85) to defend Britain from incursions of Picts and
Scots. The first wall extended from the Tyne to the Solway
Firth (80 miles) ; the second from the Firth of Forth, near Edin-
burgh, to the Firth of Clyde, near Dumbarton (36 miles). The
former was renewed and strengthened by the emperor Hadrian
(121), and by Septimus Severus (208). It commenced at Bow-
ness, near Carlisle, and ended at Wallsend, near Newcastle. It
had battlements and towers to contain soldiers. Hadrian's
WALL. The more northern wall was renewed by Lollius Ur-
bicus, in the reign of Antoninus Pius, about 140. Many re-
mains of these walls still exist, particularly of the southern
one.— Bruce, " Roman Wall," pub. 1853-68.
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romance, originally a composition in the Romance or
ProvenvHl idiom. The term in the midtlle ages was extended
tu namiiive poetry in general. Heliodorus, a bishop of Tricca,
in Thessalv, about 898, was the author of " iEthiopica " (re-
lating to the loves of Theagenes and Charicleia), the first work
of this kind. The first part of the " Koman de la Rose " was
written by Guillaurae de Lorres (1226-70) ; the second, a sep-
arate poem, by Jean de Meung (1285-1314); the '* Decameron "
of Boccaccio was pub. 1358; "Don Quixote," by Cervantes,
1605; "Gil Bias," by Le Sage, 1715. Dunlop's "History of
Fiction " pub. 1814. " Story of Saneha," an Egyptian romance
discovered in a tomb near Thebes, 1886, by M. Maspero, and
translated by him, is said to be many centuries older than the
time of Moses. Litkrature, English, French, German, etc.
Romantic School of Oermany, isoo-io.
Founder:*. Schlegel, Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg), Lud-
wig Tieck, Iloflfmann, De la Motte-Fouqu6, and Charmise, au-
thor of" Peter Schlemil, the Shadowless Man." Literature,
German.
Rome, the most celebrated city in the world, the capi-
tal of Italy, stands upon the river Tiber, about 14 miles from
its mouth. The origin of the name is unknown; in the old-
est form known to us the inhabitants are not called Romans,
but Ramnians {Rarmies), possibly meaning "foresters" or
" bushmen." I^ng before a city was built the 3 tribes, Ram-
nians, Titles, and Luceres probably had habitations on the 7
hills, the Aventine, Capitoline, Coelian, Esquiline, Palatine,
Quirinal, and Viminal. From these settlements the later Rome
originated.— ilfoTOwwew, " Hist, of Rome," bk. i. chap. iv. Le-
gend ascribes the foundation of the city to Romulus, and, accord-,
ing to Varro, it was laid on the 20 Apr., in the year 3961 of the
Julian period (3251 years after the creation of the world, 753
years before the birth of Christ, 431 years after the Trojan
war, and ill the 4th year of the 6th Olympiad, Other dates
given : Gate, 751 ; Polybius, 750 ; Fabius Pictor, 747 ; Cincius,
728 B,c.). Rome in her best days politically (reign of Trajan,
98-117 A.D.) dominated the known world: From Italy west to
the Atlantic, east to the Caspian sea and Euphrates river, south
to the waters of the Mediterranean and the entire northern coast
of Africa, including Egypt to Ethiopia, north to the Firth of
Forth or Edinburgh, thence to the mouth of the Rhine, which
may be termed its eastern, and the Danube its northern bound-
aries in Europe, although her Dacian possessions extended to
the northern shores of the Euxine sea. To the question why
Rome so early attained supremacy, first in Italy and then in the
world, the answer may be : because the Roman had such com-
plete control over himself.' When, where, or how this Roman
characteristic began, history does not reveal, but it was con-
spicuous from the first, from the traditionary Romulus suckled
by the wolf, to the Cato of the later republic. And, further, no
nation before or since has exhibited such courage and resolution
under reverses, such stern, unyielding determination to uphold
the laws, however destructive to individual feeling or interests,
such heroic patriotism, as the deed of Marcus Curtius, 362 b.c.,
and that of Publius Decius at the battle of Sentinum, 295 b.c.,
and many other instances, witness. These characteristics suf-
fice to explain how the Roman dominated and controlled the an-
cient world. Rome has long since lost its republican simplicity,
imperial splendor, and national name, and is again but a city, of
less significance in the world of politics and war than it was be-
fore Caesar began his conquests. Pop. 1872, about 240, 000; 1877,
250,000; 1881,273,268; 1890,423,217. Chiefly through the ex-
ertions of John Henry Parker of Oxford, the Roman explora-
tion fund was established, for preserving ancient architectural
remains. His "Archaeology of Rome "(with many photographs)
pub. 1874-78. The Italian government votes $6000 a year for a
similar purpose. 3 ^
Foundation of the city by Romulus 753
Romans seize on the Sabine women at a public spectacle, and
detain them for wives 750
Cseninians defeated, and first triumphal procession 748
Rome taken by the Sabines; the Sabines incorporated with the
Romans as one nation 747
Romulus sole king of the Romans and Sabines 742
CiRCEXsiAN games established by him 732
Romulus murdered by senators 716
Numa Pompilius elected king, 715; institutes the priesthood,
the augurs and vestals 710
Roman calendar of 10 months reformed and made 12 (Decem-
ber) "
Romans and Albans agree to choose 3 champions each to de-
cide their contest. The Horatii, Roman knights, overcome ^■^•
the Curiatit, Albans, and unite Alba to Home about 669
War with the Kideimtes; the city of Alha Longa destroyed. . . 665
Ostia, at the mouth of the Tiber, built 627
Capital founded 615
First census of the Roman state taken 566
Political institutions of Servius Tullius 550
Rape of Lucretia by Sextus, son of Tarquin 510
Royalty abolished: the patricians establish an aristocratical
commonwealth 509
Junius Brutus and Tarquinius Collatinus first consuls; first al-
liance of the Romans with Carthage 508
Capitol dedicated to Jupiter Capitolinus 507
First dictator Titus I,artius 501
Latins and the Tarquins declare war against the republic, 501;
defeated at lake Regillus 498 or 496
Secession of plebeians to the sacred mount; establishment of
tribunes of plebeians 494
C. Martius Coriolanus banished 491
He (with the V^olsci) besieges Rome, but withdraws at the suit
of his wife and mother 488
Contests between patricians and plebeians on agrarian laws. . 486
Spurius Cassius, advocate of the law, put to death by patricians, 485
Quaestors appointed about 484
Fabii slain 477
Ciucinuatus, dictator, defeats the ^qui
Secular games first celebrated 456
Decemviri created 451
Virginius kills his daughter, Virginia, to save her from the de-
cemvir Appius Claudius (Appius kills himself in prison;
decemviral government abolished) 449
Canuleian law permitting patricians to marry plebeians 445
Military tribunes first created 444
OflQce of censor instituted 443
Famine in Rome; many drown themselves in the Tiber 440
Veientes defeated, and their king Tolumnus slain 437
War with the Tuscans 434
Temple dedicated to Apollo on account of a pestilence 431
^qui and Volsci defeated by Tubertus, dictator "
Two more quaestors appointed 421
Another famine at Rome 411
Three quaestors first chosen from plebeians 409
Lectisternian festival instituted on account of a pestilence 399
Veii taken by Camillus after 10 years' siege (Etruria) 396
Banishment of Camillus 391
Gauls, under Brennus, besiege Clusium 390
They are expelled by Camillus 389
Rome burned by the Gauls, who besiege the capital 387
Rebuilt; Capitoline games instituted (Capitol) "
M. Manlius Capitoline thrown from the Tarpeian rock on a
charge of aiming at sovereign power 384
First appointment of curule magistrates 371
Lucius Sextus, the first plebeian consul (Licinian laws) 366
Marcus Curtius leaps into a gulf opened in the forum 362
Gauls defeated in Italy 350
Treaty with Carthage to repress Greek piracy 348
War with the Samnites (with Intermissions) 51 years 343
Latin war 340-38
Embassy to Alexander the Great 324
Defeat at the Caudine Forks 321
Appian way began (Roads) 312
Etruscans defeated at lake Vadimonis 310
Priests first elected from the plebeians 300
Etruscans and Samnites defeated at Sentinum by Fabius 295
End of 3d Samnite war 290
HoRTENSiAN LAW passed 286
Gauls invade Roman territory ; siege of Arezzo 284
Etruscans again defeated at lake Vadimonis 283
Pyrrhus of Epirus invades Italy, 281 ; defeats Romans at Pan-
dosia, 280; and at Asculum, 279; defeated at Benevento 275
All Italy subdued by Rome 266
First Punic war commenced (Carthage) 264
First Roman fleet built 260
Attilius Regulus put to a cruel death by the Carthaginians 255
End of first Punic war; Sicily annexed 241
Temple of Janus closed 235
Corsica and Sardinia annexed 231
First Roman embassy to Greece 228
Invasion of the Gauls ; beaten by the consuls 225
Second Punic war breaks out .,,.^ 218
Hannibal enters Italy over the Alps
Romans are defeated at Thrasymene, 217 ; Cannae 2
Hannibal occupies Capua during the winter of 21i
Syracuse taken by Marcellus 21
Marcellus slain by Hannibal's scouts, near Venusia.
Battle of Metaurus 207
Hannibal, recalled to Carthage, leaves Italy 203
Scipio defeats Hannibal at Zama, in Africa 202
Macedonian wars with Philip begin, 213 and 200; his defeat at ,
Cynoscephalae ly
Death of Scipio Africanus the elder. Iw
Third Macedonian war begins, 171; Perseus beaten at Pydna; /
Macedon annexed 1^°
First public library erected at Rome "67
Philosophers and rhetoricians banished from Rome 161
Third Punic war begins 1^^
Corinth and Carthage destroyed by the Romans 146
I Celtiberianand Numantine war in Spain 153-33
Attains III. of Pergamus bequeaths his kingdom and riches to
I the Romans 133
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Servile war in Sicily B.C. 132
Two i)lebeiaii consuls chosen "
Agrarian disturbances ; Gracchus slain 121
JUGURTHINK WAR 112-106
MiTHRIDATIC WAR 108-63
Airibrones defeated by Marius 102
Social war 90-88
Rome besieged by 4 armies (viz., those of Marius, Cinna, Carbo,
and Sertorius) and taken 87
Sulla defeats Marius; becomes dictator; sanguinary proscrip-
tions, 82; abdicates 79
Bithynia bequeathed to the Romans by king Nicomedes 74
Revolt of Spartacus and the slaves 73-71
Syria conquered by Pompey 65
Catiline conspiracy suppressed by Cicero 63
First triumvirate : Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus 60
Caesar's campaigns in Gaul, 58 ; in Britain 55
Romans defeated at Carrhae by the Parthians; Crassus killed.. 53
Gaul conquered and made a province by Julius Caesar 51
War between Csesar and the Senatorial party 50
Pompey defeated at Pharsalia 48
Csesar defeats Pharnaces at Zela; and writes home, "Veni,
vidi, vici " 47
Cato kills himself at Utica; Csesar dictator for 10 years 46
Csesar assassinated in the senate-house 15 Mch. 44
Second triumvirate: Octavius, Antony, and Lepidus 43
Cicero proscribed by Antony ; killed "
Battle of Philippi; Brutus and Cassius defeated 42
Lepidus ejected from triumvirate, 36; war of Octavius and An-
tony, 32 ; Antony defeated at Actium 2 Sept. 31
Octavius emperor, as Augustus Csesar 27
Empire at peace with the world; temple of Janus shut.. 4 Apr. 5
Jesus Christ born (Jkws). a.d.
Varus defeated by the Germans under Arminius 9
Ovid banished to'Tomi '•
Death of Ovid and Livy 18
Tiberius retires to Capr^ ; tyranny of Sejanus 26
Census taken by Claudius, emperor and censor; Rome said to
have 6,944,000 people (probably less than 1,000,000 within
the walls) 48
Caractacus brought from Britain in chains to Rome 50
St. Paul arrives in bonds at Rome 62
Christians charged with the crime of burning Rome by Nero. . 64
Seneca, Lucan, etc., put to death by Nero 65
Peter and Paul said to be put to death 67
Jerusalem levelled to the ground by Titus 8 Sept. 70
Coliseum founded by Vespasian 75
Dacian war begins (continues 15 years) 86
Pliny, jr., proconsul in Bithynia, sends Trajan his celebrated ac-
count of the Christians 102
Trajan's expedition into the East against the Parthians, etc. ;
subdues Uacia 106
Trajan's column erected at Rome 114
Hadrian resides in Britain, and builds the wall 121
Byzantium taken ; its walls razed 196
Goths take tribute 222
[The Goths, Vandals, Alani, Suevi, and other northern na-
tions attack the empire.]
Pompey "s amphitheatre burned 248
Invasion of the Goths 250
Pestilence throughout the empire 252
Great victory over the Goths by Claudius II. ; 300,000 slain.. . . 269
Dacia relinquished to the Goths 270
Palmyra taken by Aurelian; queen Zenobia carried to Rome,
and Longinus put to death. '. 273
Era of martyrs, or of Diocletian 284
Franks settle in Gaul (Freret) 287
Constantius dies at York 306
Four emperors reign at one time 308
Constantine the Great, it is said, in consequence of a vision,
places the cross on his banners and favors Christians 312
Constantine defeats Licinius at Chrysopolis, and reigns alone,
18 Sept. 323
He tolerates the Christian faith "
Puts his son Crispus to death 324
Constantine convokes the first general council of Christians at
Nicea 325
Seat of empire removed from Rome to Byzantium, 321; dedi-
cated by Constantine 330
Constantine orders the heathen temples to be destroyed "
Revolt,o£300,000 Sarmatian slaves suppressed 334
DeaWf^f Constantine, soon after being baptized 337
Army under Julian proclaims him emperor 360
Julian, educated for the priesthood, after often officiating, ab-
jures Christianity and reopens heathen temples 361
Julian killed in battle in Persia.; Christianity restored by
Jovian 363
Empire divided into Eastern and Western by Valentinian
and Valens, brothers; the former has the western portion,
or Rome 364
Final division of the empire (Italy, Eastern and Western
empires) 395
Rome placed under the exarchate of Ravenna 404
Taken by Alaric 24 Aug. 410
Taken and pillaged by Genseric 15 July, 455
Odoacer, king of the Heruli, takes Rome, and becomes king
of Italy 476
Theodoric, king of the East Goths, receives commission from
the Greek emperor Zeno, at Constantinople, to assume con-
trol of Italy 488
Rome recovered for Justinian by Belisarius 536
Retaken by Totila the Goth, 546; recovered by Belisarius, 547;
seized by Totila 549
Recovered by Narses; annexed to Eastern empire; senate abol-
ished 553
Rome at her lowest state about GOO
Rome independent under the popes about 728
Pepin of France compels Astolphus, king of the Lombards, to
cede Ravenna, etc., to the church 755
Confirmed and added to by Charlemagne 774
Charlemagne crowned emperor of the West by the pope at
Rome 25 Dec. 800
Rome taken by Arnulf and the Germans 896
Otho I. crowned at Rome 2 Feb. 962
Emperor Henry IV. takes Rome Mch. 1084
Arnold of Brescia, seeking to reform church and state and to
establish a senate, is slain as a heretic 1155
Pope removes to Avignon 1309
Nicola di Rienzi, tribune of the people, establishes a republic,
20 May ; compelled to abdicate 15 Dec. 1347
Returns; made senator, 1 Aug. ; assassinated 8 Oct. 1354
Pai)al court returns to Rome 1377
Rise of the families Colonna, Orsini, etc about "
Pope Julius II. conquers Romagna, Bologna, and Perugia 1503-13
Rome greatly embellished by pope Leo X 1513-21
Captured by constable de Bourbon, who is slain 6 May, 1527
Ferrara annexed 1597
Execution of the Cenci- Beatrice and others, whereby the Rom-
ish Church secured all the property of that family, and for
which purpose they were put to death 1599
St. Peter's dedicated 18 Nov. 1626
Expulsion of the Jesuits 16 Aug. 1773
[Harassed by French, German, and Spanish factions from
the 16th to the 18th (jentury.]
French invasion; the Legations incorporated with the Cis-
alpine republic 1796
French proclaim the Roman republic 20 Mch. 1798
Recovered for the pope by the Neapolitans.. Nov. 1799
Retaken by the French. 1800; restored to Pius VII July, 1801
Annexed by Napoleon to the kingdom of Italy, and declared
second city of the empire May, 1808
Restored to the pope, who returns 23 Jan. 1814
He re-establishes the Inquisition and the Jesuits 7 Aug. "
Papal government seeks to annul innovation-s, provoking much
opposition ; Carbonari increase in numbers 1815-17
Political assassinations in the Romagna 1817
"Young Italy" party established by Joseph Mazzini; insur-
rections at Bologna suppressed by Austrian aid 1831
Election of Pius IX 16 June, 1846
He proclaims amnesty; authorizes a national guard and mu-
nicipal institutions 1847
Romans desire to join the king of Sardinia against the Aus-
trians; the pope hesitates; the Antonelli ministry retires;
the Mamiani ministry formed 1848
Count Rossi, papal minister of justice, assassinated on the
staircase of the Chamber of Deputies at Rome 15 Nov. "
Insurrection at Rome, the populace demand a democratic min-
istry and proclamation of Italian nationality; the pope (Pius
IX.) hesitates, Romans surround the palace, and a conflict
ensues. Pope accepts a ))opular ministry (cardinal Palma,
the pope's secretary, shot in the conflict) 16 Nov. "
A free constitution published 20 Nov. "
Pope escapes in disguise from Rome to Gaeta 24 Nov. "
Roman National Assembly divests the pope of temporal power,
and adopts republican government 8 Feb. 1849
Pope appeals to Catholic powers 18 Feb. "
Civita Vecchia occupied by French under marshal Oudinot,
26 Apr. "
French under marshal Oudinot attack Rome 3 June, "
Romans capitulate to the French army 30 June, "
Re-establishment of the pope's authority proclaimed at Rome,
15 July, "
Oudinot by general order states that the pope (or his represent-
ative) now repossesses the administration, but that public
security in his dominions remains under the special guaran-
tee of the French army 3 Aug. "
Pope's bull establishing a Roman Catholic hierarchy in Eng-
land 24 Sept. 1850
Important concordat with Austria 18 Aug. 1855
Pope appeals to Europe against Sardinia 12 July, 1859
Assembly at Bologna vote annexation to Piedmont, 7 Sept. ; the
king engages to support them before the great powers, 16 Sept. ;
the pope annuls the acts of the assembly at Bologna; pro-
claims punishment of those who attack the holy see, 26 Sept. ;
and dismisses the Sardinian charge d'affaires at Rome, 1 Oct. "
Romagna, Modena, and Parma formed into a province, to be
called Emilia (Italy, 1859-60) 24 Dec. "
Sardinian government annul the Tuscan and Lombard con-
cordats 27 Jan., 20 Mch. 1860
Pope excommunicates all rebels in his states 26 Mch. "
Insurrection in the Marches, 8 Sept. ; Fossembrone subdued
by papal troops; the people appeal to the Sardinian govern-
ment, whose troops, under Cialdini and Fanti, enter the Pa-
pal States 11 Sept. "
Allocution of the pope against France and Sardinia; he ap-
peals to Europe for help 28 Sept. "
Subscriptions for the pope in various countries; forbidden in
France and Belgium; permitted in England... Nov. "
Monastic establishments suppressed in legations ; monks
pensioned ; educational institutions founded Dec. "
Publication of Rome et les Eveques, 6 Jan. ; and of Za France,
Rome et V Italic, 15 Feb. ; earnest advocacy of pope's tem-
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ponU government (attacked by prince Napoleon) in French
chambers. Wn^.^u'
favour claims Rome as capital of luly 27 Mch.
Emperor of France dcclinos union with Austria and Spain to
support pt>i>e"8 tcmponil i>ower June,
Ca.ho.x«atio.n of 27 Jai>ancso martyrs. 8 June,
Pope issues an allocution against the Italians. 0 June,
Garibaldi calls for volunteers, taking as his watchword " Rome
or death!" 19 July,
Railway between Rome and Naples completed; its opening
opposed by papal government Nov.
Earl Kusself's otTcr to the pope of a residence at Malta, 26
Oct. ; deciiued 11 Nov.
Encyclical letter of the pope, publishing a "syllabus," cen-
suring 80 errors in religion, philosophy, and politics (causes
much dissatisfaction, forbidden to be read in churches in
France and other countries) 8 Dec.
Jews persecuted at Rome Dec.
Pope's allocution against secret societies (Freemasons, Feni-
ans, etc) 26 Sept.
Merode, jvipal minister of war, dismissed 20 Oct.
Part of the French troops leave the papal dominions Nov.
Pope invites all Catholic bishops to Rome to celebrate the 18th
centenary of the martyrdom of I'eter and Paul 8 Dec.
Pope's blessing given to French troops, 6 Dec, who all quit
Rome 2-12 Dec
Law prohibiting Protestant worship in Rome, except at embas-
sies, enforced 31 Dec.
Five hundred and ninety-nine bishops and thousands of priests
present at the pope's allocution, 26 June; and canonization
of 25 martyrs 29 June,
Attempt at insurrection in Rome suppressed, 22 Oct. ; siege
proclaimed; Garibaldi within 20 miles of Rome, 24 Oct.;
talces Monte Rotondo 26 Oct.
French brigades enter Rome 30 Oct.
Italian troops cross the fi-ontier, 30 Oct ; occupy several posts,
1 Nov.
Garibaldians defeated by papal and French troops at Mentana,
3 Nov.
Italian troops retire from Papal States Nov.
Pope's short allocution (thanliing and blessing the French
government) 19 Dec.
New cardinals made; Lucien Bonaparte one 13 Mch.
Pope, in an allocution, censures the Austrian new civil-mar-
riage law 22 June,
Encyciicjil letter of the pope, summoning an oecumenical
council at Rome on 8 Dec 1869, and inviting ministers of
the Greek and other churches 13 Sept.
Patriarch of the Greek church declined to attend, .about 3 Oct,
Pope asserts in a letter to archbishop Manning that no dis-
puted points can be discussed at the council 4 Sept.
Council XXI. opened (Councils of the Church) 8 Dec.
British and American bishops protest against discussing the
dogma of papal infallibility in the council, 11 Apr. ; the dis-
cussion t)egins 14 May,
Count Arnim, for North German confederation, protests
against the dogma May,
Papal infallibility approved by the council and promulgated
(533 for, 2 against; many retire); the council adjourns to
11 Nov 18 July,
Rome evacuated by French because of war; 8 mortars and
15,000 shells said to be ceded to the pope, 8 Aug. ; the troops
sent ft"om Civita Vecchia 21 Aug.
Pope refuses terms olTered by king of Italy (sovereignty of
Leonine city and retention of his income) 11 Sept.
Gen. Cadorna crosses Tiber at Casale; sends flags of truce to
gen. Kanzler, commanding the Zouaves, who refuses to sur-
render; baron Arnim in vain negotiates 17 Sept.
Italians occupy Civita Vecchia without resistance,
about 15 Sept.
Letter from pope to gen. Kanzler directing merely formal de-
fence at Rome, to avoid bloodshed 19 Sept.
Afler brief resistance from foreign papal troops, stopped by
the pope, Italian troops under Cadorna make a breach and
enter Rome amid acclamations 20 Sept.
[Reported Italian loss, about 22 killed, 117 wounded; papal
troops, 55 killed and wounded.]
Papal troops surrender arms; about 8600 foreigners march
out with honors of war 22 Sept.
About 10,000 persons meet in the Coliseum; choose 44 men
for a provisional government (giunta) 22 Sept.
Protest of pope 26 Sept.
Castle of St. Angelo occupied by Italian troops at pope's re-
quest 28 Sept.
Circular letter from pope to cardinals complaining of invasion
loss of liberty, and interference with private mail. . .29 Sept.'
Giunta of 14 (duke Gaetani chief) selected from the 44 names
chosen ; approved by Cadorna 30 Sept.
Gen. Masi in command of Rome and the provinces; S.P.Q.R.
appears on proclamations 30 Sept.
Plebiscite: only 167,548 vote; 133,681 for union with the
kingdom of Italy, 1507 against 2 Oct.
Pope said to have accepted 50,000 crowns (his monthly civil
list) from Italian government 4 Oct.
Result of the plebiscite sent to the king, 8 Oct. ; Rome and
provinces incorporated with kingdom by royal decree, 9 Oct.
Gen. La Marmora enters Rome as viceroy; guarantees pope
his sovereign powers as head of the church 11 Oct.
Roman provinces united into one by decree 19 Oct.
Pope issues encyclical letter adjourning the council 20 Oct.
Bill introduced into the Italian parliament for transfer of gov-
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ernment to Rome in about G months, preserving spiritual and
temporal sovereignty of the pope about 12 Dec 1870
Law guaranteeing pope personal liberty and honors, a revenue
of 3,225,000 livres, etc, 13 May; rejected by pope in allo-
cution 15 May, 1871
Pope celebrates a jubilee on 25th anniversary of his election,
16 June,
Italian government removes to Rome 2, 3 July,
King opens parliament, saying, "The work to which we have
consecrated our life is completed" 27 Nov.
Commission appointed to dredge the Tiber for antiquities, Dec
American Protestant church dedicated to St. Paul ; founded,
25 Jan. 18731
First Anglican church within the walls opened 25 Oct. 1874
Reinterment on the Janiculuui of remains of .Angelo Bru-
netti (termed Ciceruacchio) and other unarmed Italian pa-
triots (shot by Austrians, 10 Aug. 1849) 12 Oct. 1879
2634th anniversary of the foundation of Rome kept 21 Apr. 1880
Sale of part of Castellan! collection, 21 days, about $240,000 real-
ized Apr.
Italy, Popes.
B.C. KINGS OF ROME.
735. Romulus; murdered by the senators.
[Tatius, king of the Sabines, had removed to Rome in 747, and
ruled jointly with Romulus 6 years.]
716. [Interregnum.]
716. Numa Pompilius. son-in-law of Tatius the Sabine, elected; died
at the age of 82.
673. Tullus Hostilius; murdered by his successor, who set his pal-
ace on fire; his family burned.
640. Ancus Martins, grandson of Numa.
616. Tarquinius Prisons, son of Demaratus, a Corinthian emigrant,
chosen king.
578. ServiusTullius, a manumitted slave; married the king's daugh-
ter, and succeeded by united suffrages of army and people.
634. Tarquinius Superbus, grandson of Tarquinius Priscus; assassi-
nates his father-in-law, and usurps the throne.
610. [Rape of Lucretia, by Sextus, son of Tarquin, and consequent
insurrection, causing abolition of royalty and establishment
of consulate.]
RKPUBLIC.
510-82. First period. From the expulsion of Tarquin to the dicta-
torship of Sulla,
82-27. Second period. From Sulla to Augustus.
48. Caius Julius Caesar perpetual dictator; assassinated, 15
Mch. 44 B.C.
31. Octavianus Csesar.
EMPERORS.
27. Augustus Imperator; d. 19 Aug. 14 a.d.
A.D.
14. Tiberius (Claudius Nero).
37. Caius Caligula; murdered by a tribune.
41. Claudius I. (Tiberius Drusus); poisoned by his wife, Agrippina,
to make way for
54. Claudius Nero; deposed; kills himself, 68.
68. Servius Sulpicius Galba; slain by the praetorians.
69. M. Salvius Otho; stabbed himself
" Aulus Vitellius; deposed by Vespasian, and put to death.
" Titus Flavins Vespasian.
79. Titus (Vespasian), his son.
81. Titus Flavins Domitian, brother of Titus; last of the twelve
Caesars; assassinated. C^sars, the twelvk.
96. Cocceius Nerva.
98. Trajan (M. Ulpius Crinitus).
117. Adrian, or Hadrian (Publius yElius).
138. Antoninus Titus, surnamed Pius.
161. Marcus Aurelius (a philosopher) and Lucius Verus, his son-in-
law; the latter died in 169.
180. Commodus (L. Aurelius Antoninus), son of Marcus Aurelius;
poisoned by his favorite mistress, Martia.
193. Publius Helvius Pertinax; killed by praetorian band.
[4 emperors start up: Didianus Julianus, at Rome; Pescennius
Niger, in Syria; Lucius Septimius Severus, in Pannonia; and
Clodius Albinus, in Britain.]
" Lucius Septimius Severus; died at York, in Britain, in 211;
succeeded by his sons,
211. M. Aurelius Caracalla and Septimius Geta. Caracalla murders
Geta, 212; is slain by his successor,
217. M. Opilius Macrinus, prefect of the guards; beheaded in a mu-
tiny.
218. Heliogabalus (M. Aurelius Antoninus), a youth; put to death
for enormities.
222. Alexander Severus; assassinated by soldiers corrupted by
Maximinus,
235. Caius Julius Verus Maximinus; assassinated in his tent before
the walls of Aquileia.
237. M. Antonius Gordianus and his son; the latter falling in battle
with partisans of Maximinus, the father strangled himself in
despair, at Carthage, in his 80th year.
238. Balbinus and Pupienus; put to death.
" Gordian III., grandson of the elder Gordian, in his 16th year
assassinated by guards, instigated by
244. Philip the Arabian; assassinated by his soldiers; his son Philip
murdered at the same time, in his motiier's arms.
249. Metius Decius; he perished with 2 sons and their army, in
battle with Goths.
251. Gallus Hostilius, and his son Volusianus; both slain by soldiers.
253. .(Emilianus; put to death after reign of 4 months.
" Valerianus, and his son Gallienus; the first was taken prisoner
by Sapor, king of Persia, and flayed alive.
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260. Gallienus alone.
[About this time 30 pretenders to imperial power arose in dii-
ferent parts of the empire; of these Cyriades was the first,
but he was slain.]
268. Claudius II. (Gallienus having been assassinated by the officers
of the guard) succeeds; dies of the plague.
270. Quintillus, his brother, elected at Rome by the senate and
troops; Aurelian by the army in Illyricum. Quintillus, de-
spairing of success, his rival marching against him, opened
his veins and bled to death.
" Aurelianus; assassinated by soldiers on march against Persia,
in Jan. 275.
275. [Interregnum of about 9 months.]
" Tacitus; elected 25 Oct. ; died at Tarsus, inCilicia, 13 Apr. 276.
276. Florianus, his brother; not recognized by senate.
" M. Aurelius Probus; assassinated by troops at Sirmium.
282. M. Aurelius Carus; killed at Ctesiphon by lightning; succeeded
by his sons,
283. Carinus and Numerianus; both assassinated.
284. Diocletian; who took as his colleague
286. Maximianus Hercules; the two resign in favor of
305. Constantius 1. Chlorus and Galerius Maximianus; the first died
at York, in Britain, in 306, and the troops saluted as emperor
his son,
306. Constantine, afterwards styled the Great; while at Rome, the
prajtoriau band proclaimed
" Maxentius, son of Maximianus Hercules. Besides these were
" Maximianus Hercules, who endeavored to recover his abdi-
cated power;
" Flavins Valerius Severus, murdered by the last-named pre-
tender; and
307. Flavius Valerianus Licinius, the orother-in-law of Constantine.
[Of these, Maximianus Hercules was strangled in Gaul in 310;
Galerius Maximianus died wretchedly in 311; Maxentius was
drowned in the Tiber in 312; and Licinius was put to death
by order of Constantine in 324.]
Constantine the Great alone ; died on Whitsunday, 22 May, 337.
f Constantine II.
Constaus.
Constantius II.
323. , ., .,
Sons of Constantine; divided the empire;
the first was slain in 340, the second mur-
dered in 350, when the third became sole
emperor.
360. Julian the Apostate, who abjured Christianity, though edu-
cated for the priesthood; mortally wounded in battle with
Persians, 363.
363. Jovian; reigned 8 months; found dead in his bed, supposed
from fumes of charcoal.
364. Valentinian and Valens.
375. Valens with Gratian and Valentinian II.
379. Theodosius I., etc.
392. Theodosius alone.
395. The Roman empire divided. Eastern empire, Italy, Popes,
Western empire.
Ronee§val'le§ (Sp. pron. ronce'val), a frontier village
of Spain, in the Pyrenees, where, it is said, Charlemagne's pala-
i din, Roland o Orlando, was surprised, defeated, and slain by the
! (iascons, 778. "O for a blast of that dread horn
On Fontarabian echoes borne.
That to king Charles did come,
When Roland brave and Olivier
And every paladin and peer
On Roncesvalles died. "— Sfco«, "Marmlon."
I roof. The largest in the world was said to cover a rid-
I ing-school at Moscow, erected in 1791, 235 ft. in span. That
: of the London station of the Midland railway, Euston road,
1 London, N. W., is 240 ft. wide, 690 ft. long, 125 ft. high, and
I covers about 165,000 sq. ft. World's Fair.
I Rorke'S Drift, boundary of British territory of Na-
! tal, in South Africa and Zululand. Behind extemporized
, trenches, a handful of British soldiers here successfully re-
1 sisted a large Zulu army, and probably saved the colony, 22
I Jan. 1879. Zululand.
j Rosainond'§ Ro\wer. Rosamond was daughter
i of lord Walter Clifford of Hertfordshire, mistress of Henry
' 11., and mother of William Longsword. The story of Henry's
j keeping her in a labyrinth at Woodstock, where his queen,
! Eleanor, it is said, discovered her apartments by the clew of
! a silk thread and poisoned her, is probabl}' a mere invention
of romance, as she retired to the convent of Godestow, near
Oxford, where she died, and from whence Hugh, bishop of
Lincoln, had her ashes removed, 1191.
ro§ary. Beads.
A brief of pope Pius IX. 30 Sept. 1852 asserted that 40 repetitions on
a rosary of 40 beads of " Sweet heart of Mary, be my salvation !"
will obtain many days of indulgence for souls in purgatory (23,-
300 days calculated).
' Ro'sa§, Bay of, N.E. Spain, where a naval action was
fought by the boats of the Tiffre, Cumberland, Volontaire,
l^pollo, Topaze, Philomel, Scout, and Tuscan, led by lieut.
John Tailour of the Tigre, which ended in the capture or de-
struction of 11 armed vessels, 1 Nov. 1809. Lord Collingwood
'** ROS
had organized the expedition commanded by capt. Hallowell
for this purpose. Rosas was gallantly defended by lord Coch-
rane, 27 Nov. ; but surrendered, 4 Dec. 1809.
Ro§'bacll or Rosbec'qu, a village of Flanders
(Belgium). Here Charles VI. of France subdued the Flemings,
who had revolted against their count, 27 Nov. 1382.
Ro§Cius {rosh'i-us) Infant, Wm. Henrj' West
Betty, born 13 Sept. 1791. So called after an illustrious
Roman actor in the time of Cicero. After acting at Belfast, 16
Aug. 1803, and at other places, with much applause, he ap-
peared at Covent Garden, 1 Dec. 1803, as Selim, in "Bar-
barossa," and is said to have gained in his first season 11,2101.
After several years' retirement, he reappeared, but soon left the
stage, not being successful. He retired on the fortune he had
amassed, and died Aug. 1874. His portrait may be seen at the
Garrick club, London.
ro§e. The rose, a symbol of silence, gave rise to the
phrase sub rosd, " under the rose," as Italian writers say, be-
cause the pope gave consecrated roses, which were placed
over the confessionals at Rome, to denote secrecy, 1526. The
pope sent a golden rose to the queen of Spain, which was giv-
en to her with much solemnity, 8 Feb. 1868. A " national
rose society " opened its first annual show, St. James's hall,
London, 4 July, 1877. Flowers and plants.
Rose§, Wars of the, between the Lancastrians (who
chose the red rose as their emblem) and the Yorkists (who
chose the white rose), 1455-85. It is asserted that in the
Wars of the Roses 12 princes of the blood, 200 nobles, and
100,000 gentry and common people perished. The union of
the houses was effected by the marriage of Henry VII. to
the princess Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV., 1486.
Richard II., who succeeded his grandfather Edward III. in
1377, was deposed and succeeded in 1399 by his cousin Hen-
ry IV. (son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, the fourth
son of Edward III.), in prejudice to the right of Roger Mor-
timer (grandson of Lionel, duke of Clarence, Edward's third
son), declared presumptive heir to the throne in 1385
Roger's grandson, Richard, duke of York, first openly claimed
the crown in 1449
Attempts at compromise failed; war began in 1455
Lancastrians defeated at St. Alban's ; protector Somerset slain ;
truce made ; Richard declared successor to Henry VI.. 23 May, "
War renewed; Lancastrians defeated at Bloreheath.. . .23 Sept. 1469
Yorkists eventually dispersed; the duke was attainted.
He defeated his opponents at Northampton, took Henry pris-
oner, and was declared heir to the crown ; but was killed in
an ambuscade near Wakefield 31 Dec. 1460
His son (Edward) continued the struggle ; was installed as
king 4 Mch. 1461
Defeated Lancastrians at Towton 29 Mch. "
Was deposed by Warwick, who restored Henry VI Sept. 1470
Edward defeated Lancastrians at Barnet, 14 Apr. ; finally at
Tewkesbury 4 May. 1471
Richard III. overthrown and killed at Bosworth 22 Aug! 1485
Rosetta (ro-zet'ta), a town of Lower Egypt, taken by
the French in 1798 ; and by the British and Turks,' 19 Apr. 1801.
The Turks repulsed the British here, 22 Apr. 1807. Near Ro-
setta was fought the battle of the Nile, 1 Aug. 1798. Nile.
Mehemet Ali rendered great service to his country by construct-
ing a canal between Rosetta and Alexandria. — The Rosetta
stone, discovered by the French in 1799,- was brought from
Rosetta in a French vessel, from whence it was taken by Wm."
R. Hamilton, who deposited it in the British museum. In
1841, Mr. Letronne published the text and a translation of the
Greek inscription. It is a piece of black basalt, about 3 ft.
long and 2^ ft. wide, with an inscription in 3 languages— viz.,
hieroglyphics, modified hieroglyphics (enchorial), and Greek,
setting forth the praises of Ptolemy Epiphanes (about 196 B.C.).
It has been studied by dr. T. Young and Champollion.
Rosicru'cian§, a sect of mystical philosophers who
appeared in Germany, alleged to have been founded bj' a
German noble. Christian Rosenkreuz, 1388. They pretend-
ed to be able to transmute metals, prolong life, and to know
what was passing in distant places. Thej' died out in the 18th
century and their secret with them. The " Confessio Roseae
Crucis," 1615, is attributed to Valentine Andreas. It is also
affirmed that the ancient philosophers of Egypt, the Chaldae-
ans. Magi of Persia, and Gymnosophists of the Indies taught
the same doctrine. This society hag given rise to much con-
troversy, some asserting that it never existed. It was also
known as the B7~others of the Rosy Cross, it being supposed that
the term RosicrucianwsLS derived from crux, cross, and 7-osa, rose.
ROS ^
ROftM'bach, a village of Prussia. Here a battle was
fought between the Prmwians, under Frederick the Great, and
the coiubineil French and Austrians, and the latter were de-
feated, 5 Nov. 1767.
Rotliscllild ((»erno. pronounced i^th'sheeld, but in Eng-
land called ros'child) flitlllll)'. Meyer Amschel, or Anselm,
a Jew, was burn at No. 148 Judenga.sse (Jew lane), Frankfort-
on-the-Main, in 1743. In 1772 he began business as a money-
lender and dealer in old coins, in the same house, over which
he placed the sign of the red shield (in German, Roth Schild).
He had dealings with the landgrave of Hesse, who intrusted
him with his treasure (said to have been 250,000/.) in 1806,
when the French held his country. With this capital Anselm
traded and made a large fortune,' and restored the 250,000/. to
the landgrave in 1815. At his death his sons continued the
business as money-lenders. His son Nathan began at Manches-
ter in 1798, removed to London in 1803, and died immensely
rich, 28 Julv, 1836. The baron, James, head of the family,
died at Paris, 15 Nov. 18G8.
Rot'terdam, the second city in Holland. Its impor-
tance dates from the 13th century. The commerce of Ant-
werp was transferred to it in 1509. In 1572 Rotterdam was
taken by the Spaniards by stratagem, and cruelly treated. It
suffered much from French revolutionary wars, and from in-
undations in 1775 and 1825. Desiderius Erasmus was born
here in 1467. The mu.seum and picture-gallery were de-
stroyed at the fire of the Schieland palace, 16 Feb. 1864.
Rouen {roo-an'), N. France, an archbishopric, 260, be-
came the capital of Normandy in the 10th century. It was
held by the English kings till 1204 ; and was retaken by Henry
v., 19 Jan. 1419. Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans, was burned
here, 30 May, 1431. It was taken by Charles VII. of France
in 1449; and by the duke of Guise from the Huguenots, Oct.
1562 and 1591. Rouen, after slight resistance, 4, 5 Dec. 1870,
surrendered to gen. von Goben, 6 Dec. It was ordered to pay
a contribution of 17,000,000 francs.
Rouma'llia, the name assumed by the Danubian
PRINCIPALITIES on 23 Dec. 1861, when their union was pro-
claimed at Bucharest and Jassy. Area, 48,307 sq. miles ; pop.
1887, 5,500,000. The language is a Latin dialect introduced by
the Roman colonists, who settled in Dacia in the time of Trajan.
M. Catargi, president of council of ministers, assassinated while
leaving Chamber of Deputies 20 June, 1862
United chambers of the 2 principalities meet at Bucharest,
5 Feb. "
CJoup d'6tat of prince Couza against aristocrats ; plebiscite for
a new constitution, 2 May ; adopted 28 May, 1864
Law passed enabling peasants to hold land Aug. ' '
Revolt at Bucharest suppressed, 15 Aug. ; amnesty 11 Sept. 1865
Revolution at Bucharest; forced abdication of prince Couza;
provisional government established 22 Feb. 1866
Oflered crown declined by count of Flanders, Feb. ; prince
Charles of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen elected hospodar by
plebiscite, 20 Apr. ; welcomed at Bucharest, 22 May ; swears
to the constitution 12 July, "
Recognized hereditary hospodar by sultan; received at Con-
stantinople 24 Oct. "
Roumania unsettled; "nationality " projects Nov. 1867
Legislature repudiates just claims of German shareholders in
Roumanian railways ; prince assents reluctantly ; Bismarck
appeals to the Porte, which declines to interfere. . . July-Aug. 1871
Peace between prince and chambers Nov. "
Austria, Germany, and Russia assert the right to conclude sep-
arate treaties with Roumania; sultan objects Oct. 1874
Convention with Russia, giving permission to cross Roumania,
signed 16 Apr. ; Russians enter Moldavia 24 Apr. 1877
Senate declares independence and war with Turkey. . .21 May, "
Roumanians actively engaged before Plevna (Russo- Turkish
WARS) "
Roumania declared independent by treaties of San Stefano (3
Mch.) and of Berlin (exchanging part of Bessarabia acquired
in 1856 for the Dobrudscha) 13 July, 1878
Independence recognized by England, France, and Germany,
20 Feb. 1880
Prince and princess crowned king and queen 23 May, 1881
Constitution modified 1884
PRINCES AND KING OF ROUMANIA.
1869. Alexander Couza; abdicated 1866.
1866. Charles I. (of Hohenzollern -Sigmaringen); b. 20 Apr. 1839;
elected 20 Apr. 1866; married Elizabeth, daughter of prince
Hermann von Wied, 15 Nov. 1869; nominated king, 26 Mch.
1881 ; crowned with the queen, 23 May, 1881.
Roome'lia or Roma'nia, Turkey, part of Thrace.
The Roumelian railway opened 17 June, 1873.
By treaty of Berlin, the province of Eastern Roumelia consti-
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tuted. partly autonomous, with a Christian governor, nomi-
nated by sultan 13 July, 1878
SirH. D. Wolfl appointed H.M.'s European commissioner for
organization of the province 10 Aug.
Russian prince Dondoukoff Khorsakoff rules here. . . July-Nov.
Scheme for government of province approved by sultan and
allied commissioners Nov.
Russian evacuation begins 5 May, 1
Aleko Pach^ (prince Alexander Vogorides, a Bulgarian) in-
stalled as governor at Philippopolis 30 May,
Great prosperity reported 1
M. Crestovitch appointed gov. -gen by the Porte May, 1884
Roiindliead§. In the civil war which began in 1642,
the adherents of Charles I. were called Cavaliers and the friends
of the parliament Roundheads. The terra, it is said, arose
from the practice of putting a round bowl or dish on the hea^^H
and cutting the hair to the edge of the bowl. Cavaliers.
round table, according to romance, a circular table
around which were wont to sit king Arthur of Britain and his
knights, hence called " knights of the round table." It was
fitted to seat 13, in memory of the 13 disciples; but 12 seats
were occupied, that of Judas being vacant. The most famous
of the knights were : Sirs Bedivere, Bors, Gaheris, Galahad,
Gareth, Gawain, Geraint, Kay, Launcelot, Launfal, Meliadus,
Modred, Pelleas, Percivale, and Tristram. Most of these a
often mentioned in Tennyson's " Idylls of the King."
ro\¥illg. Boat-races.
Ro^Vley {rou'ly\ Thomas, a priest of Bristol, Engl.,
during the time of Edward III., a creation of Chatterton's, to
whom he ascribed the authorship of the poems which he had
written himself, and which he endeavored to pass off as pro-
ductions of Rowley in the 13th centur3\ The MSS. were said to
have been found in the church of St. Mary Redcliffe at Bristol.
These poems have variety and merit, and, though crude as for-
geries of an earlier age, their brilliancy and numbers deceived
many scholars at that day. Literature, Forgeries of.
Royal Academy. A society of artists met in St.
Peter's court, St. Martin's lane, London, about 1739, which
Hogarth formed into the Society of Incorporated Artists, who
held their first exhibition at the Society of Arts, Adelphi, 21
Apr. 1760. From this sprang the Royal Academy, in conse-
quence of a dispute between the directors and the fellows. On
10 Dec. 1768, the institution of the present Royal Academy
was completed under patronage of George III. ; and sir Joshua
Reynolds, knighted on the occasion, was appointed first presi-
dent.— Leigh. The first exhibition of academicians (at Pall
Mall) was on 26 Apr. 1769, when 136 works appeared. In
1771 the king granted them apartments in old Somerset
House, and afterwards, in 1780, in new Somerset House, where
they remained till 1838, when they removed to the National
gallery. From the honorary members, professors of ancient lit-
erature and ancient history are appointed. Among tliem have
been Johnson, Gibbon, Goldsmith, Scott,Macaulay,and Hallara.
Turner, the painter, gave 20,000^. to the academy at his death,
1851. A commission of inquiry into the affairs of the academj'-,
appointed in 1862, recommended changes in July, 1863, which
were carried into effect. The hundredth anniversary of its
foundation was celebrated 10 Dec. 1868. The Royal Academy
held its first exhibition in the new building, 3 May, 1869. An
annual exhibition of pictures by the old masters, with some
British, began 3 Jan. 1870. The money received has been
used to endow a professorship of chemistry, a laboratory, etc.
In 1874 the exhibition included many of Landseer's pictures.
PRESIDENTS.
1768. Sir Joshua Reynolds.
1792. Benjamin West.
1805. James Wyatt.
1806. Benjamin West.
1820. Sir Thomas Lawrence.
1830. Sir Martin A. Shee.
1850. Sir Charles Eastlake, d. 23 Dec. 1865.
1866 Sir Edwin Landseer elected; declines, 24 Jan.
" Sir Francis Grant, 1 Feb. ; d. 5 Oct. 1878.
1878. Sir Frederick Leighton, 13 Nov.
Royal exchange {Cambium Regis), London. The
foundation of the original edifice was laid by sir Thomas
Gresham, 7 June, 1566, on the site of the ancient Tun prison.
Queen Elizabeth opened it on 23 Jan. 1571, and her herald
named it the Royal exchange.— J^M/ree. It was destroyed by
the great fire, Sept. 1666. Charles II. laid the foundation-
stone of the next edifice, 23 Oct. 1667, which was completed
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by Mr. Hawkesmore, a pupil of sir Christopher Wren, in about
3 years ; it was repaired and beautified in 1769. This also was
burned, 10 Jan. 1838. New Royal exchange, erected under the
direction of Mr. Tite, opened by queen Victoria 28 Oct. 1844.
Royal exchange, Dublin, commenced 1769; opened
1779.
Royal George. Wrecks, 1782.
Royal In§titlltion of Great Britain, the earliest
of the kind in London, was founded 9 Mch. 1799, by count
Rumford, sir Joseph Banks, earls Spencer and Morton, and
other noblemen, and gentlemen. It was favored by George
III., and incorporated 13 Jan. 1800, by royal charter, as " The
Royal Institution of Great Britain, for the diffusing knowl-
edge and facilitating the general introduction of useful me-
chanical inventions and improvements, and for teaching, by
courses of philosophical lectures and experiments, the applica-
tion of science to the common purposes of life." It was en-
larged and extended by act of Parliament in 1810; the origi-
nal plan, as drawn up by count Rumford in 1799, having been
modified. The members are elected by ballot, and pay 10
guineas on admission and 5 guineas annually, or a composi-
tion of 60 guineas. Members, July, 1881, 1054. " The Royal
Institution, Its Founder, and Its First Professors," by dr. Bence
Jones, hon. secretary, pub. 1871.
House (in Albemarlfe street, Piccadilly) was purchased in June, 1799,
and the present front was added by subscription in 1838. The lect-
ure theatre was erected in 1803, under the superintendence of T.
Webster.
Laboratory established in 1800; was rebuilt, with the modern im-
provements, 1872.
Library was commenced in 1803, by munificent subscriptions of
proprietors of the institution. In 1881 it comprised about
42,000 volumes. Classified catalogues (by W. Harris) were pub-
lished in 1809 and 1821; new ones (by B. Vincent) in 1857 and
1881.
JlfMsewm contains original philosophical apparatus of Young, Caven-
dish, Davy, and Faraday.
First lecture was delivered 4 Mch. 1801, by dr. Garnett, the first pro-
fessor of natural philosophy and chemistry.
Succeeded in 1802 by dr. Thomas Young, celebrated for researches in
optics, showing the interference of light and proving the undula-
tory theory. His "Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Me-
chanical Arts," first published in 1807, are still a text-book of
physical science. His antiquarian works (hieroglyphic inscrip-
tions, etc.) are also esteemed.
In Feb. 1801, Mr. (afterwards sir Humphry) Davy was engaged as
assistant lecturer and director of the laboratory, and on 31 May,
1802, was appointed professor of chemistry. His lectures were
successful, and his discoveries in chemistry and electricity have
honored the institution. He discovered tlie alkaloids potassium
and sodium in 1807; the nature of chlorine in 1810, and invented
the safety-lamp in 1815.
William Thomas Brande succeeded sir Humphry as professor of
chemistry in 1813, and resigned in 1852, continuing to be honorary
professor till his death (Feb. 18G(;). From 1816 to 1850 he delivered,
in the laboratory of this institution, chemical lectures to students.
In 1813 Michael Faraday (b. 22 Sept. 1791), on the recommendation
of sir H. Davy, was engaged as assistant in the laboratory, and
in 1825 as director; in 1827 he became a permanent lecturer. In
1820 he commenced researches in electricity and magnetism which
form an era in science. In 1823-24 he discovered the condensabil-
ity of chlorine and other gases; in 1831 he obtained electricity
from the magnet; in 1845 he exhibited the twofold magnetism of
matter, comprehending all known substances, the magnetism of
gases, flame, etc. ; in 1850 he published researches on atmospheric
magnetism ; d. 25 Aug. 1867.
Jolin Tyndall, F.R.S., professor of natural philosophy, first elected
in July, 1853, eminent for researches on magnetism, heat, glaciers,
etc. ; d. 4 Dec. 1893.
Edward Frankland, F.R.S., professor of chemistry, 1863-68, eminent
for his discoveries in organic chemistry.
■Fund for the Promotion of Experimental Researches" was found-
ed, 6 July, 1863, by sir Henry Holland, prof Faraday, sir R. I.
Murchison, dr. Bence Jones, and others.
The first officers were sir Joseph Banks, president, till the charter
was granted, afterwards theearlof Winchelsea; Mr. (afterwards sir
Thomas) Bernard, treasurer; rev. dr. Samuel Glasse, secretary.
Algernon, duke of Northumberland, K.G., elected president, 1842;
succeeded by sir Henry Holland in 1865 (d. 27 Oct. 1873); by Al-
gernon George, duke of Northumberland, 1873. W. Pole, esq.,
treasurer, elected 1849; succeeded by Wm. Spottiswoode, esq., in
1865; by George Busk, esq., 1873. Rev. John Barlow, secretary,
elected 1842; succeeded by Henry Bence Jones, M.D., 1860; by
Wm. Spottiswoode, 1873; by Warren de la Rue, 1879. Librarians:
Wm. Harris, 1803-23 ; S. Weller Singer, 1826-35 ; Wm. Mason,1835-
1848; Benjamin Vincent, 1849.
Royal Society, London. In 1645 several learned
men met in London to discuss philosophical questions and re-
' port experiments; the-'* Novum Organum " of Bacon, pub. in
1620, having stimulated such pursuits. Some of them (drs.
Wilkins, Wallis, etc.), about 1648-49, removed to Oxford, and
with dr. (afterwards bishop) Seth Ward, the hon. Robert
Boyle, dr. (afterwards sir) W. Petty, and several doctors of
divinity and physic, often met in the apartments of dr. Wil-
kins, in Wadham college, Oxford. They formed what has been
called the Philosophical Society of Oxford, which only lasted
till 1690. The members were, about 1658, called to various
parts of the kingdom by professional duties ; and the majority
coming to London, constantly attended lectures at Gresham
college, and met occasionally till the death of Oliver Cromwell,
3 Sept. 1658. Socikties.
Society was organized in 1660, and constituted by Charles 11. a body
politic and corporate, as "The President. Council, and Fellowship
of the Royal Society of London, for Improving Natural Knowl-
edge," 22 Apr. 1662,
Evelyn records the first anniversary meeting, St. Andrew's day, 30
Nov. 1663.
Philosophical Transactions begin 6 Mch. 1664-65.
In 1668 Newton invented his reflecting telescope (now owned by the
society), and on 28 Apr. 1686, presented the society in MS. his
"Principia," which the council ordered printed. This was done
under the superintendence and at the expense of Halley the
astronomer, then clerk to the society.
Society met for some years at Gresham college, and afterwards at
Arundel house (1666), where it came into possession of a valuable
library, presented by Mr. Howard, grandson of its collector, the
earl of Arundel. After various changes the fellows returned to
Gresham college, where they remained till their removal to Crane
court, in a house purchased by themselves. 8 Nov. 1710.
Bakerian lecture was established by Henry Baker, 1774.
First Copley medal was a\j-arded to Stephen Gray in 1731 ; the royal
medal to John Dalton, 1826; the Rumford medal (instituted in
1797) to count Rumford himself in 1800.
Society removed to apartments granted in Somerset house, 1780; to
apartments in Burlington hou.se, Piccadilly, 1857.
Parliament votes annually lOOOZ. to the Royal Society for scientific
purposes.
Regulations by which 15 fellows are annually elected, who pay 101.
on admission, and U. annually, or a composition of 60^., Mch.
1847. In consequence, the number of fellows was reduced from
839 in 1847, to 626 in 1866 ; to 567 in 1875 ; to 552 in 1877. Entrance
fee abolished, and the annual payment reduced to 31., Nov. 1878.
1660. Sir Robert Moray.
1663. Lord Brouncker.
1677. Sir Joseph Williamson.
1680. Sir Christopher Wren.
1682. Sir John Hoskyns.
1683. Sir Cyril Wyche.
1684. Samuel Pepys.
1686. John, e&vl of Carbery.
1689. Thomas, earl of Pembroke,
1690. Sir Robert Southwell.
1695. Charles Montague (after
wards earl of Halifax).
1698. John, lord Somers.
1703. Sir Isaac Newton.
1727. Sir Hans Sloane.
1741. Martin Folkes.
1752. George,earl of Macclesfield,
1764. James, earl of Morton.
1768. James Burrow.
" James West.
PRESIDENTS.
1772.
1778.
1820.
1827.
1830.
1838.
1848.
1854.
1858.
1861.
1871.
1873.
1878.
1883.
1885.
1890.
James Burrow.
Sir John Pringle.
Sir Joseph Banks.
Dr. W. H. Wollaston.
Sir Humphry Davy.
Davies Gilbert.
Duke of Sussex.
Marquess of Northampton
Earl of Rosse.
Lord Wrottesley.
Sir Benjamin C. Brodie.
Maj.-gen. sir Edward Sa-
bine.
Sir G. B. Airy.
Dr. (afterwards sir) Joseph
Dalton Hooker.
William Spottiswoode.
T. H. Huxley.
Sir Geo. G. Stokes.
Sir Wm. Thomson.
Ru'bicon, a small river flowing into the Adriatic sea,
separated Cisalpine Gaul from Italy proper. Roman generals
were forbidden to pass this river at the head of an army.
Julius Caesar did so, Jan. 49 b.c., beginning the civil war.
mbidi 11111, an alkaline metal, discovered by Bunsen by
spectrum analysis, made known in 1861.
ru'brici, directions in church offices, often printed in
red. New ones for the English service agreed to by convoca-
tion, 4 July, 1879.
ruffles became fashionable about 1520; and went out
about 1790.
Rugby sellOOl, Warwickshire, was founded in 1567
by Lawrence SheriflF, a London tradesman ; its arrangements
were affected by the Public Schools act, 1868. Dr. Thomas
Arnold, the historian, took charge as head-master in Aug.
1828, and under him the school prospered. He died 12 June,
1842. New Rugby. "Tom Brown's School Days at
Rugby," by Thomas Hughes, pub. 1857.
" Rule, Britannia." Nearly all the words are by
James Thomson ; the music, ascribed to dr. Arne, is said by
Schoelcher (in his life of Handel) to have been taken from an
air in Handel's " Occasional Oratorio," composed 1746.
rule of the road. Seas.
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ruling-machines for ruling paper with faint lines,
for merchants' account-books, etc., were invented by a Dutch-
man, resident in London, in 1782, and much improved by
Woodmason, Payne, Brown, and others. They were im-
proved in Scotland in 1803. A recent invention numbers the
pages of account-books with type, instead of a pen, so that a
page cannot be torn out from one without discovery.
rum (Fr. rkum), ardent spirit distilled from sugar lees
and molasses, deriving its flavor from a volatile oil. Rum is
principally made in the West Indies.
Rumford, Count, Benjamin Thompson (count Rum-
ford) was born at Woburn, Mass., 1753. In 1772 he taught an
academy at Rumford (now Concord), N. H. While sharing
the feelings of the colonists towards England, his sympathies
were not strong. In 1776 he joined the British army and re-
mained in its service until the close of the war, when, on his
return to England, he was knighted. In 1784 he entered the
service of the Elector of Bavaria, by whom he was made a
count, taking the name of Rumford from his old New Hamp-
shire residence. He died at Auteuil, France, 1814. His con-
tributions to science were numerous and important. The
Rumford medal instituted by the Royal Society of London,
1797. Royal Institution and Royal Society.
Rump parliament. Pride's purge.
Run'nymede (council-mead), a meadow near Egham,
Surrey. Here king John granted Magna Charta, 15 June, 1215.
Rupert'§ Land, North America, or Red River Settle-
ment, formerly territory of the Hudson's Bay company, was
made a bishopric, 1849. Canada, Hudson's ska, Manitoba.
Rus§ell trial. William, lord Russell's trial for com-
plicity in the Rye-house plot was marked by a most touching
scene. When he requested to have some one near him to
take notes to help his memorv, he was answered that any of
his attendants might assist him, upon which he said, "My
wife is here, and will do it for me." He was beheaded in
Lincoln's-inn fields, 21 July, 1683. Lady Russell survived
him 40 years, dying 29 Sept. 1723, in her 87th year. His at-
tainder was reversed, 1 Will. III. 1689.
Russia (rush'a), formerly called lHusCOVy, the larg-
est country in the world, comprising the whole of N. Europe
and Asia between lat. 38° 20' and 78° N., and extending 172°
20' east from Ion. 17° 40' E. The name is generally derived from
the Roxolani, a Slavonic tribe. Ruric, a Varangian chief, ap-
pears to have been the first to establish a government, 862. His
descendants ruled amid many vicissitudes till 1698. The rapid
progress of Russian power under Peter the Great and Catherine
II. is unequalled. The established religion of Russia is the
Greek church, with toleration of other sects, even Mahometans.
The points in which the Graeco-Russian church diflFers from
the Roman Catholic faith are its denial of the spiritual su-
premacy of the pope, its not enforcing the celibacy of the
clergy, and its authorizing all to read and study the Script-
ures in the vernacular. The emperor is head of the church,
although he has never claimed to decide theological and dog-
matic questions. The government of Russia is an absolute
hereditary monarchy. The whole legislative, executive, and
judicial power is united in the emperor, whose will alone is
law. Succession to the throne is by regular descent with
right of primogeniture, with preference of male over female
heirs. Every sovereign of Russia, with his consort and chil-
dren, must be a member of the Orthodox Greek church. The
princes and princesses of the imperial house must obtain con-
sent of the emperor to marriage, or their issue cannot inherit
the throne. By an imperial ukase in 1802, 6 universities
were established, viz., at St. Petersburg, Moscow, Wilna,
Dorpat (in Livonia), Charcov, and Kasan, and 3 have since
been added, besides one in Finland. Literature made little
progress till the present century, the native publications
being few, and the best books being translations. In 1889
8699 books, with an aggregate of 24,780,423 copies, were pub-
lished, and periodicals to the number of 694 were published
in 1890. The Russian language, though not devoid of ele-
gance, is, to a foreigner, difficult of pronunciation ; the num-
ber of letters and diphthongs is 42. The area of the em-
pire, including its internal waters, is 8,660,282 sq. miles. In
1722 its population was 14,000,000; 1815,45,000,000; 1869,
RUS
700
RUS
style).
1700
74,000.000; 1867, 81,696,966 ; 1872,86,451,413; 1882, 102,970,-
881; 1887, 118,864,tH9; 1890, 117,568,874; 1893, 126,000,000,
wtimated. Of this last miniber about 96,000,000 are inhabit-
•nta of Euro|)ean Russia. Revenue in 1890, about 913,686,770
rubles, or «i471,842,886; expenditures, 854,165,080 rubles, or
f427,077,540. For defence, Army, Navy. ^p
Russia Invaded by the Huns 376
Rurio the Norman, or Varangian, arrives at Novgorod (or New
City), and becomes grand-duke (auuiversury kept 20 Sept.
1862) 862
OlofC successfully invades the Greek empire 907
Baptism of Olga, widow of duke Igor, at Consluutinoplo, about 955
Vladimir the Great marries Anne, sister of the emperor Basil
1 1. , and 18 baptized 988
Golden Honle of Tartars conquer a large part of Russia . .about 12'23
Grand^uke June killed in battle 1237
Alexander Newski defeats the invading Danes 1241
Tartars establish the empire of the khan of Kaptschak, and
exorcise great iutlueuce in Kussia 1242
Ho is made grand-duke of Kussia by the Tartars 1252
Moscow made the capital 1300
Tartar war, 1380; Moscow burned 1383
Tamerlane invades Russia, but retires 1395
Accession of Ivan III. the Great; able and despotic, founds the
present monarchy 1462
Ivan introduces flre-arhis and cannon into Russia 1475
Great invasion of the Tartars ; consternation of Ivan 1479
His general, Svenigorod, annihilates their power 1481
War with Poland 1506-23
English ''Russian company" established 1553
Ricnard Chancellor sent to open the trade 1554
Discovery of Siberia "
Royal body-guard (the Strelitz) established 1568
Ivan solicits the hand of queen Elizabeth of England 1579
Murder of Feodor I., Isist of the race of Rurio, which had gov-
erned Russia for 700 years 1598
Imposit on of Demetrius (Impostors); Matins of Moscow,
29 May, 1606
Michael Fedorovitz. of the house of Romanoff, ascends the I
throne 1613
Finland ceded to Sweden 1617
Russian victories in Poland 1654
Subjugation of the Cossacks 1671
Reign of Ivan and Peter I. or the Great 1682
Peter sole sovereign 1689
He visits Holland and England, and works in the dock-yard
at Deptford 1697
Recalled by a conspiracy of the Strelitz, which he cruelly sup-
presses; 2000 tortured and slain; he beheads many with his
own hand 1698
Russians begin their new year from 1 Jan. (but retain the old
War with Sweden; Peter totally defeated by Charles XII. at
Narva 30 Nov. "
Peter founds St. Petersburg as a new capital 27 May, 1703
Strelitz abolished 1704
Charles XII. totally defeated by Peter at Pultowa, and flees to
Turkey 8 July, 1709
Fourteen thousand Swedish prisoners sent to Siberia "
War with Turkey; Peter and army cross the Pruth, are sur-
rounded by Turks, and escape by energy of empress Cath-
erine, who obtains a truce June, 1711
Esthonia, Livonia, and a large part of Finland added to the
empire 1715
Peter visits Germany, Holland, and France "
Je.'suits expelled 1718
Conspiracy and mysterious death of prince Alexis 7 July, "
Peter II. (last of the Romanoffs) deposed, and the crown given
to Anne of Courland 1730
Elizabeth, daughter of Peter I., reigns, in prejudice of Ivan VI.,
an infant, who is imprisoned for life 1741
Peter III., dethroned and murdered, succeeded by Catherine,
his wife 1762
Ivan VI., rightful heir, till now immured, put to death 1764
Treaty of Kutschouc Kainardji; independence of the Crimea
and freedom of the Black sea July, 1774
Rebellion of the Cossacks, 1774 ; suppressed .' 1775
Successful invasions of the Crimea 1769-84*,
Dismemberment of Poland; commenced by Catherine, 1772-
completed I I795
Catherine gives her subjects a new code of laws; abolishes tort-
ure in punishing criminals: d 1796
Unsuccessful war with Persia .'.**' "
Russian treaty with Austria and England...'.'."..*.!'.*.'.! .'.",''..*. 1798
Suwarrow, with an army, joins the Austrians, and checks the
French in Italy 1799
Mental derangement of Paul, 1800 ; murdered ! ! !24 Mch. 1801
Alexander I. makes peace with England May, "
He joins the coalition against France 11 Apr. 1805
Allies defeated at Austerlitz 2 Dec. "
Treaty of Tilsit with France 7 July, 1807
Russians defeated by the Turks, near Silistria 26 Sept. 1809
War with France June, 1812
Russians defeated at Smolensko, 17 Aug. ; and at the Borodino,
7 Sept. "
Moscow burned by the Russians, 14 Sept. ; retreat of the French
hegina 15 Oct. ' '
Alexander present at the battle of Leipsic, Oct 1813; enters
Pa"8 Mch. 1814
He visits England June, 1814
Forms the Holy Alliance I815
Grand-duke Constantine renounces the succession 26 Jan. 1822
Death of Alexander, 1 Dec. ; Pestal's conspiracy against Nich-
olas I. ; insurrection of troops at Moscow; suppressed,
26-29 Dec. 1825
Nicholas crowned at Moscow 3 Sept. 1826
War against Persia 28 Sept. "
Nicholas visits England; receives the order of the Garter,
9 July, 1827
Peace between Russia and Persia 22 Feb. 1828
War between Russia and the Ottoman Porte declared (Battles,
Tl'rkky) 26 Apr. "
Peace of Adrianople 14 Sept. 1829
War for the independence of Poland against Russia. . .29 Nov. 1830
P^ailure of expedition against Khiva Jan. 1840
Treaty of London (Syria) 15 July, "
Grand-duke Constantine arrives at Portsmouth in the Inger-
manland of 74 guns 9 June, 1846
[For Russia in the Hungarian war of 1848-49, Hungary.]
Russia demands the expulsion of the Hungarian and Polish
refugees from Turkky 5 Nov. 184!)
They are sent to Konieh in Asia Minor Jan. 1850
Harbor of Sebastopol completed Feb. "
Emperor decrees enrolment of 7 men in each thousand in
western Russia ; total increase, 180,000 soldiers Aug. '«
St. Petersburg and Moscow railway begun 1851
Czar concentrates forces on frontiers of Turkey Feb. 1853
Origin of the Russo-Turkish war (Holy places) Mch. "
Czar issues a manifesto to his subjects; he will combat only
for the faith and Christianity 23 Apr. 1854
Death of czar Nicholas; accession of Alexander II. ; no change
of policy 2 Mch. 1855
Treaty of peace at Paris 30 Mch. 1856
Amnesty granted to the Poles, 27 May; 5 political offenders,
etc. ; Alexander II. crowned at Moscow 7 Sept. "
St. Petersburg and Warsaw railway begun by government,
1851 ; ceded to Great Russian Railway company (about 335
miles; the half completed) "
Partial emancipation of serfs on imperial domains 2 July, 1858
Russian naval station established at Villa Franca, on the Medi-
terranean, creates political excitement Aug. "
Czar protests against the recognition of the sovereignty of
peoples 13 Feb. 1860
Treaty with China for enlargement of commerce 1 Jan. 1861
Decree for the total emancipation of serfs (23,000,000) through-
out the empire in 2 years (19 Feb.) 3 Mch. "
Demonstrations and repression in Poland Feb. -Apr. "
Disturbances in S. Russia, cauS'ed by an impostor claiming to
be a descendant of Peter III. ; many peasants shot or flogged,
May and June, "
Nobles sign a petition for a political constitution Nov. "
Increased privileges granted to the Jews 26 Jan. 1862
Russia recognizes the kingdom of Italy 10 July, "
1000th anniversary of the foundation of the Russian monarchy
at Novgorod celebrated 20 Sept. "
Reorganization of the departments of justice decreed; juries
to be employed in trials, etc 14 Oct. "
Insurrection in Poland 22-24 Jan. 1863
[For events, Poland.]
Termination of serfdom 3 Mch. "
Provincial institutions established throughout Russia. .13 Jan. 1864
Great victory over the Oubykhs in the Caucasus, 31 Mch. ;
emigration of the Caucasian tribes into Turkey, Apr. ; sub-
mission of the Aibgas; the war declared at an end. . .2 June, "
Czarowitz betrothed to princess Dagmar of Denmark. .28 Sept. "
Serfdom abolished in the Transcaucasian provinces; new judi-
cial system promulgated Dec. "
Russian nobles request emperor to establish 2 houses of repre-
sentatives (declined) 24 Jan. 18G5
New province, "Turkestan," in central Asia, created, 14 Feb. "
Czarowitz Nicholas d. at Nice 24 Apr. "
Rupture with the pope on account of Russian severity to
Polish clergy Jan. and Feb. 1866
Inauguration of trial by jury in Russia. . . ; 8 Aug. "
Karakozow attempts to assassinate the czar, 16 Apr. ; after
long investigation he is executed 15 Sept. "
War with Bokhara; conflicts with varying results; Russians
advance in May et seq. ; ended Nov. "
Marriage of prince Alexander, heir to the crown, to princess
Dagmar of Denmark .9 Nov. "
Emancipation of many state serfs in Poland 11 Nov. "
Three decrees, abolishing remains of Polish nationality. .1 Jan. 1867
Congress of Slavonian deputies at Moscow 5 May, "
Russian America sold to U. S. for $7,200,000, by treaty, 13 Mch. ;
ratified 15 May, "
Amnesty in favor of the Poles 29 May,
Czar escapes assassination by Berezowski, a Pole 6 June,
Decree for Russian language in Baltic provinces 7 July,
A Romanist college, to replace the authority of the pope, es-
tablished at St. Petersburg 2 Aug. ••
Separate interior government in Poland suppressed 29 Feb. 1868
Samarcand taken by Kaufmann 26 May, "
Polish language interdicted in public places in Poland — July, "
Government Messenger, oflacial journal, published at St. Peters-
burg 13 Jan. 1869
Socialist secret conspiracy of students, headed by Sergius
Netschajew, detected; informer assassinated Jan. 1870
Burlingame, Chinese envoy, arrives 2 Feb. "
Dies at St. Petersburg 22 Feb. "
Schamyl, the Circassian chief, d about Apr. 1871
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Electric telegraph between St. Petersburg and Nagasaki, Japan,
completed Nov.
200th anniversary of the birth of Peter the Great, 30 May, 1672
(o.s.), celebrated by court and nation 11 June,
Russian encyclopaedia undertaken by prof. Beresina. .autumn,
Reconnoitring expedition to Khiva; defeat of gen. Markosofif
announced Dec.
E.xpeditions against Khiva start Mch.
Khiva surrenders, 10 June; a rebellion suppressed July,
Jumuden Turcomans defeated at Tschandyr 25, 27 July,
New treaty with Bokhara published Dec.
Grand duchess Marie marries duke of Edinburgh 23 Jan.
War with Khokand i Sept. -Oct.
Baltic provinces (formerly a provincial federation with a gov-
ernor) incorporated with empire under the ministry of the
interior, on death of governor Bagration 29 Jan.
Khokand formally annexed (as Ferghana) 29 Feb.
Persecution of the sect "White Doves " (Skoptzi) Apr.
Many Russian volunteers in Servian army July-Sept.
Depression through Servian defeats Oct.
Enthusiasm for Bulgarians; partial mobilization of the army
ordered about 14 Nov.
Great enthusiasm for Bulgarians; war declared and begun (Tur-
key and Russo-TuRKiSH wars, 1877) 24 Apr.
Great trial of Nihilists for revolutionary propagandism begun,
about 31 Oct. "
Russian loan of 15,000,000^. at 5 per cent, announced. .12 Nov. "
Nihilist trial ended; about 160 sentenced to hard labor; about
90 acquitted about 9 Feb. 1878
Treaty of peace with Turkey signed at San Stefano; Europe
dissatisfied 3 Mch. "
Vera Zasulitch (or Sassulitchj, a young woman who acknowl-
edged firing at gen. Trepoff, prefect of St. Petersburg (5 Feb. ),
for severity to prisoners, acquitted by jury 12 Apr. "
Reported spread of Nihilism in Kief, Moscow, etc Apr. "
Public depression: feeling against Bulgarians; desire to get
quit of the Eastern question May-,Iune, "
Conference at Berlin meets 13 June; treaty signed, 13 July, "
Gen. Kaufmann's advance on the Oxus to occupy Balkh re-
ported Aug. "
Nihilists tried and condemned at Odessa; riots ensued. .5 Aug. "
General disaffection to the government; gen. de Mesentzofif,
chief of police, assassinated in the street in St. Petersburg,
16 Aug. "
New 5-per-cent. loan (300,000,000 rubles) issued, 29, 30, 31 Aug. "
Ukase, state oflences to be punished by military law,
end of Aug. "
Gen. Drentelen made chief of police 6 Oct. "
Prince Demetrius Krapotkine, governor, assassinated returning
from a ball at Kharkoff". 21 or 22 Feb. 1879
Attempted assassination of Drentelen, 25 Mch. ; and of czar by
Alexander SoloviefT, a school- master, with a revolver, 14 Apr. "
Poll-tax abolished by ukase Apr. "
Ukase, martial law ordained in provinces of St. Petersburg,
Moscow, Kief, Odessa, and Warsaw 17 Apr. "
Land and Liberty, a Nihilist newspaper, freely yet surrepti-
tiously circulated Apr. "
SoloviefT condemned, 7 June; executed 9 June, "
Trials, convictions, and executions of Nihilists at Kief and
Odessa May-Aug. "
Gen. Lazareff, commander of expedition against the Tekkd
Turcomans, d. at Tchat about 13 Aug. "
Gen. Lomakine succeeds in command; severe battle at Geok
Tep6 or Dengli Tepe ; Russians said to be victorious, yet re-
treat with heavy loss 9 Sept. "
Tergukasoff succeeds Lomakine in command 25 Sept. "
Leon Mirsky condemned to death for attempted assassination
of gen. Drentelen, chief of police 27, 28 Nov. "
Attempted assassination of czar by undermining railway train
near Moscow ; none hurt ; baggage carriages destroyed, 1 Dec. "
Proclamation of the executive revolutionary committee justify-
ing the attempted assassination on 1 Dec 4 Dec. "
Plot to blow up the Winter palace, St. Petersburg, discovered,
12 Dec. "
Will of the People, revolutionary paper, freely circulated,
Nov., Dec. "
Explosion in a guard-room filled with dynamite and gun-cotton
under the dining-room of the Winter palace, St. Petersburg;
czar and family escape, being late for dinner; 11 soldiers
killed, 47 wounded; between 6 and 7 p.m 17 Feb. 1880
Hartmann, owner of a house near the explosion, arrested at
Paris about 20 Feb. "
Panic at St. Petersburg; ukase issued, appointing supreme ex-
ecutive commission, gen. Loris Melikoff president, with ex-
tensive powers; virtual dictator 24 Feb. "
Extradition of Hartmann requested by Russia; declined.. Mch. "
Twenty-fifth anniversary of the czar's accession celebrated at
St. Petersburg 2 Mch. "
Hippolyte Molodzoff'(Mladetsky, or Wladitsky. or Mlodecki), a
converted Jew, fires at gen. Loris Melikoff, 4 Mch. ; hanged,
5 Mch. "
Hartmann expelled from France; goes to England; prince Or-
loff, ambassador, quits France about 6 Mch. "
Nihilist trials at St. Petersburg; sentences to death and im-
prisonment (dr. Weimar and others) ; commuted May, "
Death of the empress after a long illness 3 June, "
Twenty-one extreme Nihilists convicted at Kief (capital sen-
tences remitted) ' about 7 Aug. "
I'kase of 24 Feb. superseded; Melikoff", who had governed well,
appointed minister of the interior, with charge of the police,
18 Aug. "
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Melikofl^'s scheme for administrative reform sanctioned by the
czar; announced 3 Oct. ; put into action 25 Oct. et seq.
Russia, new national daily paper, published Oct.
.Nihilists tried at St. Petersburg for assassinations, explosion at
Winter palace, etc. ; Kviatofsfci and 4 others condemned to
death; 8 men and 3 women to imprisonment 10 Nov.
Kviatofski and Priessnakofl" hanged 16 Nov.
Gen. Skobeleff"'s expedition into central Asia 24 Dec.
Severe conflicts with the Tekke Turcomans 14 Jan.
Geok Tep6 besieged ; taken 24 Jan.
Assassination of the czar Alexander II. by explosion of a bomb ;
assassin himself killed; Risakofi" seized 2 p.m. 13 Mch.
Mine for explosion discovered in the middle of St. Petersburg,
about 15 Mch.
Circular of the new czar Alexander III. to foreign powers; he
will aim at moral and material development of Russia, and
a pacific foreign policy 16 Mch.
Manifesto from the Nihilist executive committee to the czar
ofi'ering peace, for amnesty with a legislative assembly
elected by universal suffrage, free press, etc 22 Mch.
Trial of Risakoff", Sophie Perofl"skaja, Jelabofi", Jessie or Hessie
Heljmann, Kibaichick, and Michailoff (4 men and 2 women),
all condemned to death 8, 9 Apr.
Tekk^s submit; maraudings cease; object of Skobeleff^'s expedi-
tion accomplished; announced 9 Apr.
Risakoff'and others banged; Heljmann {enceinte) reprieved,
15 Apr.
Changes in ministerial offices; tendency to reduce autocracy
of the czar announced ". about 4 May,
Ukase supplementary to that of 19 Feb. 1861, for emancipating
serfs, remitting payments to many peasant proprietors, an-
nounced early May,
Reactionary proclamatioiis in favor of autocracy (29 Apr.), 11
May; resignation of count Loris Melikoflf and other liberal
ministers soon after about 13 May,
Gen. IgnatiefT. chief minister, issues manifesto declaring for
suppression of rebellion, and promising reforms; manifesto
from Nihilists offering peace if reforms be granted. . .23 May,
Nihilist trials at St. Petersburg; 10 sentenced to death, 28 Feb. ;
sentence commuted to penal servitude (except as to Sucha-
noff, who is to be shot) Mch.
Gen. Strelnikoff, public prosecutor, assassinated at Odessa by 2
students, 30 Mch. ; students executed 3 Apr.
Retirement of Gortschakoff, succeeded by De Giers as chancel-
lor and foreign minister about 9 Apr.
Mine discovered under Moscow cathedral; 80 workmen ar-
rested about 15 Apr.
Decree for the gradual abolition of the poll-tax (imposed by-
Peter the Great) beginning June,
Ignatieff" resigns, succeeded by count Tolstoi about 12 June,
Death of gen. Skobeleff, the hero of Plevna, aged 39 7 July,
Death of prince GortschakofT, aged 85 11 Mch.
Trial of Nihilists at St. Petersburg; some sentenced to death
(remitted), others to imprisonment 19 Apr.
Emperor and empress crowned at Moscow 27 May,
Poll-tax abolished for the poorest, reduced for others (1 Jan.
1884) on 8 June,
Foundation of memorial church at the place where Alexander
II. was assassinated at St. Petersburg, laid by the czar, 16 Oct.
Sixty-three Nihilists sentenced to Siberia 19 Oct.
Lieut. Sudeikin, chief of secret police, and his nephew, M. Sa-
dovsky, assassinated at St. Petersburg; attributed to Nihi-
lists aided by Jablonsky, a subordinate, whose life Sudeikin
had saved night of 28-29 Dec.
Thirty-seven students at Moscow arrested; announced. .9 Jan.
Loyal address of the nobles to the czar, advocating union of
nobles and peasantry 25 Jan.
Surrender of Merv to Russia, effected by gen. Komaroff, an-
nounced 14 Feb.
Convention with Persia for cession of Sarakhs (threatening to
Afghanistan) reported 6 May,
Majority of the czarowitz (aged 16) declared 18 May,
Death of gen. Todleben, born 1818 1 July,
Maria Wassilieona Kaliouchnaia, at Odessa, sentenced to 20
years' hard labor for attempt to shoot col. Katensky,
about 11 Sept.
Letters of " Stepniak " and others expose cruel, dishonest, and
unscrupulous conduct of government officials in prohibiting
diffusion of knowledge and literature; proposed united op-
position of nobility and peasantry Sept. -Oct.
Circulation of many religious books prohibited
Fourteen Nihilists (including 6 officers and 3 women, one,
Mary F. Figner) convicted by secret court-martial; 8 sen-
tenced to death at St. Petersburg, 11 Oct. ; 2 men executed,
18 Oct
Nihilist journal, Narodnaia Volia, reappears about 27 Oct.
Mission of M. Lessar, engineer -diplomatist, to London re-
specting central Asian boundaries Feb.
Ship-canal from St. Petersburg to Cronstadt completed "
Russians advance to about 90 miles from Herat, and hold Zul-
fikar pass Feb.
Three courses before them: to retire; to remain and negoti-
ate ; to make war 1 Mch.
Agreement, no farther advance on "debated or debatable
ground " by Russians or Afghans (since termed a "solemn
covenant") 16 or 17 Mch.
Gen. Komaroff attacks the Afghans at Ak-tepe, oh the river
Kushk, alleging provocation; hundreds of Afghans killed,
others perish from exposure, and the rest retire from their
camp; 53 Russians killed and wounded, 30 Mch. ; his state-
ments controverted by sir Peter Lumsden 14 Apr.
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RoMian nn. Komaroff, near the Kushk and Murghab rivers,
ooromands Afjjlinus to retire; on refusal, dofoats thorn at
Ak up* (or Ak io|K) or Pul i-khus khusti), near l'oi\jdch, and
captures artillorv and stores ; many Afghans perish in re-
treat through oxiKwure, 30 Mch. ; sir Peter Lumsden reports
the attack unprovoked about 21 Apr. 1886
Brtiisli government announces agreenaent to arbitration (by
lK«nm»rk) 4 May, et seq. "
BriUin pre|>aros for war with energy, strongly supported by
the colonies and Indian princes May, "
British government sUtement; new agreement with Russia;
arbitration respecting fight on 30 Mch. accepted i May;
Denmark accepts work of arbitration May, "
Agreement on dellmiution settled by earl Granville and earl
of Kimborley, with MM. de Staal and Lessar; approval re-
ported 30 May, "
Tchesmi, ironclad, launched by the czar at Sobastopol (other
Teasels constructing) 18 May, 1886
Russia violates treatv of Berlin by declaring Batoum not to be
a nree port July, '
Russian interference in Bitloaria Sept-Dec. "
Plot against the czar; students with dynamite and other ex-
plosives detected, 13 Mch. ; 200 arrested Mch. 1887
Three plotters executed, 31 Mch. ; 7 political otfonders sentenced
to death, the rest to various terms of imprisonment, 1 May;
more arrests about 18 May ; 5 executed 16 May, "
Prince Nicholas, the czarowitz. made chief ataman (hetman)
of all the Cossacks at Novo-Tcherkask 18 May, "
Baron Hirschs present of 2,000,000/. for primary Jewish
schools in Russia accepted by the czar; to be paid into the
bank of England; trustees, barons Rothschild and Henry de
Worms, announced Nov. ; said to be premature Dec. "
Stringent restrictions on studies of universities; insubordina-
tion among students, and severe punishment; universities
of Moscow, St Petersburg, Odessa, and many other academi-
cal institutions closed; nearly all undergraduates in rebel-
lion Nov.-Dec. ''
Highest courts of law reject the claim of prince Hohenlohe to
inherit the Wittgenstein estates in Lithuania, as a foreigner
(in accordance with the ukase, 14 Mch. 1887) Mch. 1888
Central Asian (or Transcaspian) railway opened; promoted by
gen. Anhenkoff May, "
Ninth centenary of the introduction of Christianity celebrated
at Kieflf. 27 July, ' '
Grand council disapproves administrative changes proposed
by count Tolstoi substituting centralization for local self-gov-
ernment, which the czar had approved (1888) ; the Zemtvo,
established about 1864, being virtually abolished Feb. 1889
Death of count Tolstoi, minister of the interior 7 May, "
Czarowitz, aged 21, appointed to military and political office,
18 May, "
Marriage of the grand-duke Paul and the princess Alexandra of
Greece 17 June, "
Count Tolstoi's administrative changes eCTected, with increased
Russiflcation of the German provinces and Finland Feb. 1890
Man chosen to assassinate the czar, by lot, commits suicide,
leaving a letter incriminating associates 31 Mch. '•
Czar threatened by a letter from Maria Tshebrikova, a popular
writer on education, for continuing to suppress liberty,
5 Mch. ; she is arrested and transported to the Caucasus, Apr. "
Revival of severe edicts against the Jews July, "
Great protest against persecution of Jews; headed by count
Leon Tolstoi; publication forbidden by government Nov. "
Decree for the revision of all foreign titles of nobility . .15 Dec. "
New law for the legitimatizing of bastards promulgated. . . Apr. 1891
Rescript from the czar placing the Siberian railway under the
direction of the czarowitz (Railroads) 24 May, "
Count Tolstoi's administrative changes relative to the peasant-
ry effected at St Petersburg and other provinces July, "
Czarowitz returns to Moscow after a tour 16 Aug. "
[He visited Vienna, 6 Nov. ; at Athens, 12 Nov. ; at Cairo,
23 Nov.; at Bombay, 23 Dec. 1890; received by the viceroy
at Calcutta, 26-28 Jan. 1891 ; at Madras, 6 Feb. ; Ceylon, 13
Feb. ; Bangkok, Siam, 26 Mch. ; travels in China, Japan, Apr.,
May; at Otsu, in Japan, he is wounded by a fanatical officer
in a theatre, 11 May; traverses Siberia, June, July, 1891.]
Disputes with Great Britain respecting the Pamir ridge . . Aug. "
Great distress through famine in certain districts of the Volga
and other places about 2 Sept et seq. "
Ivan Alexandrovitch Gontcharoflf, popular novelist, aged 80, d.,
27 Sept "
In order to relieve famine, the czar forbids all state balls and
festivities; great economy adopted by all classes Oct "
Famine very severe in the central and eastern provinces. .Oct "
Decree issued prohibiting the exportation of wheat and all its
products 22 Nov. "
Czarowitz president of a committee to deal with the famine by
private charity, the ministry, the holy synod, and others, 5
Dec. ; public relief works established Dec. "
Grand-duke Constantino (brother of Alexander II.), learned,
able, and liberal, sometime viceroy of Poland, removed on
suspicion of favoring the Poles, 1886; dies, aged 64. . .24 Jan. 1892
Count Tolstoi (novelist) relieves distressed people. . .early Mch. "
Russian Jewish emigrants excluded from Germany 25 Mch. "
Large supplies of American wheat, flour, and provisions, trans-
mitted for the relief of the famine by the citizens of Phila-
delphia, in the Indiana; from Minnesota, in the Missouri,
arrive at Libau, Courland, Mch., Apr.; transmitted to the
distressed districts 4 Apr. "
About 125,370,500 rubles expchded in relief of the sufferers by
famine, Dec. 1891-May, 1892 ; reported 13 June, "
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Removal of the restrictions on the exportation oi grair'., except
rye, 21 June ; of rye .'23 Aug. 1892
Cholera severe during Aug. and Sept "
Ukase issued expelling the Jews from the Asiatic provinces,
19 May, 1893
M. Jablochkoff, inventor of the electric candle, dies at SaratofI,
6 Apr. 1894
Czar Alexander III. dies at Livadia in the Crimea 1 Nov. "
Nicholas II. proclaimed Cziir 2 Nov. "
SOVEUEIGNS OF RUSSIA.
DUKKS OF KIKF.
850 ? Ruric.
879. Oleg.
913. IgorL
945. Olga, widow- regent
955. Swiatoslaw I., the Victorious.
973. Jaropalk I.
980. Vladimir, orWladimir, the Great
1015. Swiatopalk.
1018. Jaraslaw, or Jaroslaf, I.
1054. Isiaslaw I.
1073. Swiatoslaw II.
1078. WsewolodL
1093. Swiatopalk IL
1113. Vladimir IL
1125. Mitislaw.
1132. Jaropalk II.
1138. ( Wiatschelaw.
1139. \ Wsewolod II.
1146. ( Isiaslaw II. and Igor II.
1153. \Rostislaw.
1149. Jurie, or George, I. ; the city of Moscow was built by this duke.
GRAND-DUKES OF WLADIMIR.
1157. (Andrew I. until 1175; first grand-duke.
1175. \ Michael I.
1177. Wsewolod IIL
1213. /Jurie, or George, II.
1217-18. (Constantine.
1238. Jaraslaw II.; succeeded by his son.
1245. Alexander-Nevski, or Newski, the Saint
1263. Jaraslaw III.
1270. Vasali, or Basil, I.
1275. Dmitri, or Demetrius, I.
1281. Andrew II.
1294. Daniel-Alexandrovitz.
1303. Jurie, or George, III. , deposed.
1305. Michael in.
1320. Vasali, or Basil, II.
1325. Jurie, or George, III. ; restored.
1327. Alexander II.
[The dates are doubtful, owing to the difficulty that occurs
at every step in early Russian annals.]
GRAND-DUKES OF MOSCOW.
1328. Ivan, or John, I.
1340. Simeon the Proud.
1353. Ivan, or John, II.
13.59. Demetrius IT., prince of SusdaL
1362. Demetrius III. Donskoi.
1389. Vasali, or Basil, III. Temnoi.
1425. Vasali, or Basil, IV.
CZARS OF MUSCOVY.
1462. Ivan (Basilovitz), or John, III. , took'the title of czar, 1482.
1505. Vasali, or Basil, V. obtained the title of emperor from Maxi
railian I.
1533. Ivan IV. the Terrible; a tyrant
1584. Feodor, or Theodor, I. ; and his son, Demetrius, murdered by
his successor,
1598. Boris-Godonof, who usurped the throne.
1605. Feodor II. , murdered.
1606. Demetrius the Impostor, a young Polish monk; pretended to
be the murdered prince Demetrius; put to death.
" Vasali-Chouiski, or Zouinski.
1610. Ladislaus of Poland; retired 1613.
1613. Michael-Feodorovitz, of the house of Romanoff, descended
from the czar Ivan Basilovitz.
1645. Alexis, son; styled the father of his country.
1676. Feodor, or Theodor, II.
ifiS9 i^^'<^^ V- and
loo^. -^pg^gp i^ brothers of the preceding.
EMPERORS AND EMPRESSES.
1689. Peter I. the Great, alone; took the title of emperor 22 Oct
1721; founded St. Petersburg.
1725. Catherine I., his widow; at first the wife of a Swedish dra
goon, said to have been killed on the day of marriage.
1727. Peter II., son of Alexis Petrovitz, and grandson of Peter the
Great; deposed.
1730. Anne, duchess of Courland, daughter of the czar Ivan.
1740. Ivan VI., an infant, grand-nephew to Peter the Great; im-
mured in a dungeon for 18 years; murdered in 1764.
1741. Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great, reigned during Ivan's
captivity.
1762. Peter III., son of Anne and of Charles Frederick, duke of
Holstein-Gottorp; deposed, and died soon after; supposed
to have been murdered.
" Catherine IL, his consort; a great sovereign; extended the
Russian territories on all sides; d. 17 Nov. 1796.
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1796. Paul, her son ; murdered 24 Mch. 1801.
1810. Alexande. I., son; b. 28 Dec. 1777; d. 1 Dec. 1825.
1825. Nicholas I., brother; b. 25 June, 1796; d. 2 Mch. 1855.
1855. Alexander II., son ; b. 29 Apr. 1818 ; married 28 Apr. 1841,
Mary, princess of Hesse (d. 3 June, 1880); said to have mar-
ried (morganatic) princess Dolgourouki, 19 (31) July; mar-
riage announced, Oct. 1880; assassinated at St. Petersburg,
2 p.m., 13 Mch. 1881.
1881. Alexander III., b. 10 Mch. 1845; d. 1 Nov. 1894; married Mary
(formerly Dagmar), princess of Denmark, 9 Nov. 1866.
1894. Nicholas 11., son; b. 18 May, 1868; married princess Alix of
Hesse-Darmstadt, 26 Nov. 1894.
Ru§§o- Turkish (Crimean) war— 1S53-56.
In 1844, czar Nicholas in England conversed with the duke
of Wellington and lord Aberdeen (whom he had known many
years) respecting dissolution of the Turkish empire ; and on
return embodied his views in a memorandum drawn up by
count Nesselrode, which was transmitted to London, but kept
secret till Mch. 1854. In Jan. and Feb. of that year the czar
had several conversations on the subject with the British
envoy at St. Petersburg, sir G. H. Seymour, in one of which
(14 Jan.) he compared Turkey to a "sick man " in a state of
decrepitude, on the point of death, and made proposals to the
British government for the disposal of his property. He stated
frankly that he would not permit the British to establish them-
selves at Constantinople; but said, in another conversation, he
would not object to their possessing Egypt. The purport of
these conversations was conveyed in despatches to lord John
Russell, who replied that the British government declined to
make any provision for the contingency of the fall of Turkey.
The czar made similar proposals to the French government,
with the same result. The Russian and French governments
having each taken a side in the dispute between the Greek
and Latin churches as to the exclusive possession of the Holy
PLACES in Palestine, the Porte advised a mixed commission,
which decided in favor of the Greeks ; and a firman was pro-
mulgated accordingly, 9 Mch. 1853. To this decision the
French acceded, although dissatisfied.
Russians make further claims, and prince Mcnschikoff (who
arrived at Constantinople 28 Feb. 1853), by various notes (be-
tween 22 Mch. and 18 May) demands that the sultan sign a
convention granting the czar such a protectorate over the
Greek Christians in Turkey as the sultan considered inimi-
cal to his own authority 22 Mch. -18 May, 1853
Demand rejected; Menschikoft' quits Constantinople. ..21 May, "
Sultan issues a hattischerif confirming rights and privileges
of Greek Christians, and appeals to his allies 6 June, "
English and French fleets anchor in Besika bay 13 June, "
Russians, under gen. Luders, cross the Pruth and enter Mol-
davia 2 July, "
Circular of count Nesselrode in justification, 2 July; lord Clar-
endon's reply 16 July, "
Representatives of England, France, Austria, and Prussia meet
at Vienna; agree to a note, 31 July; accepted by czar, 10
Aug. ; sultan requires modifications, 19 Aug. ; which the
czar rejects 7 Sept. "
Two English and 2 French ships enter Dardanelles 14 Sept. "
Sultan (with consent of a great national council) declares war
against Russia 5 Oct. "
Turkish fortress at Issaktocha fires on a Russian flotilla (the
first act of war) 23 Oct. "
Turks cross the Danube at Widdin and occupy Kalafat,
28 Oct. -3 Nov. "
Russia declares war against Turkey 1 Nov. "
English and French fleets enter Bosporus 2 Nov. "
Russians defeated at OUenitza 4 Nov. "
Turks (in Asia) defeated at Bayandur, Atskur, and Achaltzik,
14, 18, 26 Nov. "
Turkish fleet destroyed at Sinope 30 Nov. "
Collective note from the 4 powers, demanding on what terms
the Porte will negotiate for peace 5 Dec. "
Contests at Kalafat 31 Dec. 1853 to 9 Jan. 1854
At the request of Porte (5 Dec), allied fleets enter the Black
sea 4 Jan. "
Russians defeated at Citate 6 Jan. '*
Reply of Porte to note of 5 Dec. proposes 4 points as bases of
negotiation — viz. : 1. Prompt evacuation of the principali-
ties. 2. Revision of the treaties. 3. Maintenance of relig-
ious privileges to communities of all confessions. 4. A de-
finitive settlement of the convention respecting Holy Places
(dated 31 Dec), approved by the 4 powers 13 Jan. "
Vienna conferences close 16 Jan. "
Kalafat Invested by the Russians 28-31 Jan. "
Proposal in a letter from the emperor of the French to the
czar (29 Jan.) declined 9 Feb. "
Turkish flotilla at Rustchuk destroyed by the Russians under
Schilders 15 Feb. "
Ultimatum of England and France sent to St. Petersburg, 27 Feb. "
Czar "did not judge it Citable to give an answer " 19 Mch. "
Baltic fleet sails, under sir C. Napier. 11 Mch. "
Treaty between England, France, and Turkey 12 Mch. "
Russians under Gortschakofl" pass the Danube and occupy the
Dobrudscha; conflicts; the Turks retire 23, 24 'Mch. 18.54
France and England declare war against Russia 27, 28 Mch. •■
Rupture between Turkey and Greece 28 Mch.
Gen. Canrobert and French troops arrive at Gallipoli, soon
after followed by the English 31 Mch. "•
English vessel Furious, with a flag of truce, fired on at Odessa,
8 Apr. "■
Austria, England, France, and Prussia sign a protocol at Vienna
guaranteeing the integrity of Turkey and civil and religious
rights of her Christian subjects 10 Apr. "•
Russians defeated at Kostelli by Mustapha Pacha " "
Offensive and defensive alliance between England and France,
10 Apr. "
Treaty between A ustria and Prussia 20 Apr. ' '
Bombardment of Odessa by allied fleet 22 Apr. "•
Russiaus, under gen. Schilders, assault Kalafat; repulsed; the
blockade raised 19-21 Apr. '♦•
Steamer Tiger run aground near Odessa; captured by the Rus-
sians 12 May, "^
Russians defeated at Turtiikai 13 May, '*
Siege of Silistria begun 17 May, '*■
Allied armies disembark at Varna 29 May, "■
Russians defeated by theTurks at Karakai 30 May, "■
Mouths of the Danube blockaded by allied fleets 1 June, "■
Russians repulsed at Silistria; Paskiewitsch and many officers
wounded 5 June, "■
Turks defeated at Ozurgheti (in Asia) 16 June, '*
Severe conflict before Silistria; the siege raised 18-26 June, "■
Batteries at the Sulina mouths destroyed 26, 27 June, '^
Russians defeated at Giurgevo 7 July, "•
French troops (10,000) embark at Boulogne for the Baltic, 15 July, "^
Turks defeated at Bayazid in Armenia, 29, 30 July; and near
Kars .* 5 Aug. '«■
Surrender of Bomarsund 16 Aug. •'-
[In July and August the allies suffered severely from cholera.]
Russians defeated by Schamyl in Georgia about 28 Aug. "■
They evacuate the principalities Aug. -20 Sept. "^
By virtue of a treaty with Turkey (June 14) the Austrians, un-
der count Coronini, enter Bucharest 6 Sept. "•
Allies sail from Varna, 3 Sept., and land at Old Fort, near Eupa-
toria 14 Sept. "^
Skirmish at the Bulganac- 19 Sept. "
Battle of the Alma 20 Sept. "■
Russians sink part of their fleet at Sebastopol 23 Sept. "■
Allies occupy Balaklava 26 Sept. "■
Death of marshal St. Aruaud 29 Sept. "^
Gen. Canrobert his successor 24 Nov. "•
Siege of Sebastopol begins; grand attack unsuccessful. .17 Oct. "■
Battle of Balaklava ; charge of the light cavalry, with severe
loss 25 Oct. '*■
Sortie from Sebastopol repulsed by gens. Evans and Bosquet,
26 Oct. '*
Russian attack at Inkerman ; defeated 5 Nov. "■
Miss Nightingale and nurses arrive at Scutari 6 Nov. "
Great tempest in the Black sea, loss of the Prince and store
vessels 14-16 Nov. "
Treaty of alliance between England, France, Austria, and Prus-
sia; a commission to meet at Vienna; signed 2 Dec. '•
Russian sortie 20 Dec. "
Omar Pacha arrives in the Crimea (followed by the Turkish
army from Varna) 5 Jan. 1855
Sardinia joins England and France 26 Jan. "
Great sufferings in the camp from cold and sickness. Jan.-Feb. "
Russians defeated by the Turks at Eupatoria 17 Feb. "
Death of emperor Nicholas; accession of Alexander II. (no
change of policy) 2 Mch. ' '
Sortie from the Malakhoff tower 22 Mch. "
Capture of Russian rifle-pits 19 Apr. "
Arrival of Sardinian contingent 8 May. "■
Resignation of gen. Canrobert, succeeded by gen. Pelissier,
16 May, '^
Desperate night combats 22-24 May,- "^
Expedition into sea of Azof (under sir E. Lyons and sir G.
Brown) ; destruction of Kertch and large amount of stores,
24 May-3 June, "
Taganrog bombarded 3 June, "^
Massacre of an English boat's crew with flag of truce at Hango,
5 June, "
Russians evacuate Anapa " '*
White Works and Mamelon Vert taken 6, 7 June, "
Unsuccessful attack on Malakhoflf tower and Redan. . . 18 June, '*
Death of lord Raglan ; succeeded by gen. Simpson 28 June, '*
Russians invest Kars in Armenia, defended by gen. Williams,
15 July, '^
Bombardment of Sweaborg 9 Aug. "
Defeat of the Russians at the Tchernaya 16 Aug. "■
Ambuscade on the glacis of the Malakhoff taken ; Russian sortie
repulsed 18 Aug. '*
French take the Malakhoff by assault; English assault the
Redan without success; Russians retire from Sebastopol to
the North Forts, and the allies enter the city; Russians de-
stroy or sink the remainder of their fleet 8 Sept. et seq. "
Tanan and Fanagoria captured 24 Sept. "
Russians assaulting Kars are defeated 29 Sept. "
Kinburn taken 17 Oct. "
Russians blow upOczakoff 18 Oct. "
Defeat of the Russians, and passage of the Ingour by the Turks,
under Omar Pacha 6 Nov. "
Czar visits his army near Sebastopol 10 Nov. '*
Sir Wm. Codrington relieves gen. Simpson 14 Nov. ''
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Exploalon of lOO.OOO lbs. of powder In tho French siege-train
at lukerroan; grwii loss of life 15 Nov. 1866
Sweden Joins tUo allies by a treaty '21 Nov. "
CaullulHtion of Kara to gen. Mouravlefl". altera gallant defence
by gen. Williams 2« Nov. "
Kiitwian utUick on the French \K>stB at Baldar repulsed. .8 Dec. "
Fru|K»(«U3 of jwace from Austria, with the consent of the allies,
scul to St. Petersburg 12 Dec. "
Centre dock at Sebasto[)ol blown up by the English 2 Jan. 1866
Council of war at Paris. 11 Jan. "
Prut04-«)1 signed accepting Austrian propositions as basis of ne-
gotiation 1 Feb. "
Destruction of Sebastopol docks " "
Ke|)ort of sir John M'Nolll and col. Tulloch on state of the
army before Selnislopol, pub 5 Feb. "
Peace conferences o|)en at Paris ; an armistice till 31 Mcb.
agreed on 25 Feb. "
Susiwnsion of hostilities 29 Feb. "
Treaty of peace concluded at Paris. 30 Mch. "
IToclamation of peace In Crimea, 2 Apr. ; In London. . .29 Apr. "
Crimea evacuated 9 July, "
The Knglish lost: killed in action and died of wounds, about 3500;
died of cholera, 4244; of other diseases, nearly 16,000; total loss,
nearly 24,000 (including 270 officers); 2873 were disabled. The war
added to the national debt 41,041,000^. The French lost about
63,600 men ; the Russians about half a million. The array suffered
greatly by sickness.
Rus§0-Tlirki§ll War, 1877. For the insur-
rections, Servian war, and the negotiations, Turkey.
Czar addresses the army near Kischeneff, saying that " he has
done everything in his power to avoid war, and patience is
exhausted";" Russian embassy quits Constantinople. .23 Apr. 1877
War declared; czar's manifesto says that be is compelled, by
the haughty obstinacy of the Porte, to proceed to decisive
acts; a jusliflcatory circular to foreign powers sent out by
prince Gortschakoff; Russians enter Turkish dominions in
Koumania and Armenia 24 Apr. "
Sultan's circular protests against the war, and refers to his re-
forms and the treaty of Paris 25 Apr. "
[Russian general-in-chief in Bulgaria, grand-duke Nicholas;
in Armenia, grandduke Michael. Turkish generals: Abdul-
Kerim in Europe; Mukhtar Pacha in Asia Minor.]
Russians defeated at Tchuruk Sou, near Batoum 26 Apr. "
Russians, under grand-duke Michael and Loris Melikoff, advance
into Armenia, defeat Turks, and occupy Bayazid (deserted),
29, 30 Apr. "
Earl of Derby replies to Russian circular ; he refers to the
treaty of 1856 as broken ; does not consider that the war will
benefit Christians, and asserts that Russia has separated her-
self from European concert; the British government gives
neither concurrence nor approval to the war 1 May, "
Turks stop the passage of the Danube, and blockade the Black
sea 3 May, *'
Kalafat occupied by Roumanians " "
Russians defeated in attacking Batoum 4 May, "
Turkish monitor Lufli - Djelil, with 300 men, blown up near
Ibraila, or Braila, on the Danube (said to be by Russian
shells) 11 May, ' '
Sukhum Khaleh, Russian fortress in the Caucasus, captured by-
Turks 14 May, "
Ardahan, near Kars, Armenia, stormed by Melikoff 17 May, "
Insurrection in Caucasus supported by the sultan,
18 May et seq. "
Explosion of Turkish monitor I>ar-J/a<oin, by lieuts. T. Daubas-
soff and Sheshlakoff, with torpedoes 26 May, "
Neutrality of Suez canal assured; correspondence. .May- June, "
Kars invested by Russians 3 June, "
Czar arrives at Plojesto (Ployesto) in Roumania 6 June, "
Turks defeated at Tahir, or Taghir, Armenia 16 June, "
Turks victors at Zewin Dooz, Eshek - Khalian, Delibaba, and
other places; Russians retreating 20 June, ♦'
Turks successful in Montenegro ; country reported subdued,
12-20 June, "
Russians cross Lower Danube by bridges at Galatz and Braila;
6 hours' conflict ensues ; Turks retire, 22 June ; Russians
occupy Matchin, 23 June ; and Hirsova 25, 26 June, "
Grand-duke Nicholas crosses the Danube at Simnitza by 208
pontoons, and enters Bulgaria; Turks retire after severe con-
flicts; 289 Russians said to be killed 27 June, "
Czar, in proclamation to Bulgarians, encourages Christians and
warns Mahometans 28 June, "
Simnitza bridge destroyed by a storm or by Turks,
about 30 June, "
British fleet arrives at Besika bay 3 July, "
Biela, Bulgaria, taken by Russians about 5 July, "
Plevna, Bulgaria, occupied by Russians 6 July, "
Tirnova, ancient capital of Bulgaria, captured by Russians un-
der gen. Gourko 6, 7 July, "
Bayazid reoccupied by Turks 12 July, "
Russians forced from Kars by Mukhtar Pacha 13 July, "
Invasion of Armenia considered a failure July, "
Gourko crosses the Balkans and enters Roumelia, 13 July (this
movement censured) ; several skirmishes 14, 15, 20 July, "
Nicopolis (Nikopol) surrenders (after severe conflicts, 12-14
July); capture of 2 pachas, 6000 men, 2 monitors, and 40
guns 15, 16 July, "
Turkish commander, Abdul-Kerim, replaced by Mehemet Ali
(Jules Detroit, of French extraction); Russians retreating,
July, '<
Suleiman Pacha brought from Montenegro to the Schipka
passes about 21 July,
Aziz Pacha (able and popular) killed in a rash conflict at P^sirje,
near Rasgrad 26 or 28 July,
Russians severely defeated; Plevna retaken by Osman Pacha,
19, 20 July ; Russians again defeated 30, 31 July,
Hostilities revived in Montenegro ; the Turkish fortress Nik-
sich besieged July,
Severe conflicts between Russians and Suleiman Pacha ; the
Turks eventually victors: Eski Saghra and Yeni Sagra, July;
Kezanlik and Kalofer 30 July et seq.
Roumanian army joins the Russians 9 Aug.
Russians under Gourko expelled from Roumelia; retreat to
Schipka passes about 11 Aug.
Russians in the Schipka passes relieved by Radetzky. .21 Aug.
Russians defeated at Kara Silar, near Osman Bazar, 14 Aug. ;
in the valley of the Lom, by Mehemet Ali. .about 22-24 Aug.
Russians defeated by Mukhtar Pacha at Kurukdara, or Kizil
Tep€, between Kars and Alexandropol 24, 25 Aug.
Desperate fruitless attempts of Suleiman Pacha to gain the
Schipka pass held by Gourko and Radetzky 20, 27 Aug.
Severe 12 hours' battle in the valley of the Lom, near Szedina;
Karahassankoi taken and retaken 6 times ; Russians (un-
der the czarowitz) retire in good order 30 Aug.
Prince Charles with Roumanians crosses the Danube,
about 31 Aug.
Lovatz or Luftcha captured by prince Imeritinsky and Russians
after a sharp conflict 3 Sept.
Further successes of Mehemet Ali on the Lom at Katzelevo, Ab-
lava, etc 4 Sept.
Niksich (left by Turks) captured by Montenegrins 7 Sept.
Sanguinary conflicts at Plevna, greatly strengthened by Osman
Pacha; artillery duel 7-10 Sept.
Fierce assault by Russians and Roumanians; they gain the
strong Gravitza redoubt (with others, which are retaken) ; the
czar present; Russian loss about 20,000 11, 12 Sept.
Fort St. Nicholas in Schipka pass taken by Suleiman Pacha
and quickly lost ; much bloodshed 17 Sept.
Russian losses, killed, wounded, and missing, 47,400 reported
up to 20 Sept.
Mehemet Ali repulsed in his attack on positions at Tchercovna,
15 miles from Biela 21 Sept.
Siege of Plevna ; Chefket Pacha enters with reinforcements
after several skirmishes 22 Sept.
Montenegrin successes continued Sept.
Mehemet Ali retires to Kara Lom about 25 Sept.
Gen. Todleben made chief of staff before Plevna 28 Sept.
Battles of the Yagni; severe conflicts ; Russians repulsed near
Ardahan, Asia about 27, 30 Sept.
Mehemet Ali replaced by Suleiman Pacha; Raouf Pacha sent
to Schipka 2, 3 Oct.
Battles near Kars; army of grand-duke Michael attacks Turks
under Mukhtar Pacha; severely defeated 2-4 Oct.
Turkish monitor in the Danube exploded by torpedoes,
8 Oct.
Relief and supplies received by Turks at Plevna. . .about 9 Oct.
Battle of AladjaDagh before Kars; Russians, under grand-duke
Michael and gens. Loris Melikoff, Lazareff, and Heimann,
defeat Ahmed Mukhtar, taking 10,000 prisoners. . .14, 15 Oct.
Gravitza battery, near Plevna, captured by Roumanians, is
quickly retaken 19, 20 Oct.
Battle at Gornij Dubnik, near Plevna; losses about equal (2500),
24 Oct.
Battle of Sofia Road, near Plevna; Turkish position at Teliche
captured 28 Oct.
Mukhtar Pacha defeated by Heimann and Tergukasoff at Deve-
Boyun, Armenia, after 9 hours' conflict 4 Nov.
Russians defeated at Azizi, before Erzeroum, by Mukhtar
Pacha 9 Nov.
Change in Turkish generals; Suleiman ordered to command
the army of Roumelia, replaced by Azli Pacha; Mehemet
Ali organizes army to relieve Plevna early in Nov.
Russian attack on Plevna repulsed 12 Nov.
Turks thrice repulsed near Plevna 15 Nov.
Plevna thoroughly invested (30 miles round, with 120,000 men),
Nov.
Osman Pacha refuses to surrender Plevna about 16 Nov.
Kars taken by storm; Russians climb steep rocks; struggle
from 8 P.M. to 8 a.m. ; 300 guns and 10,000 prisoners taken;
about 5000 Turks killed and wounded; Russian loss about
2500 ; grand-duke Michael present 17, 18 Nov.
Rahova on the Danube taken by Roumanians 21 Nov.
Entrepol (fortified) near Plevna taken by Russians 24 Nov.
Indecisive fighting in the valley of the Lom between the czar-
owitz and Mehemet Ali 30 Nov,
Turks capture Elena with guns and prisoners, after sharp coU'^
flict 4 D< ^
Skirmishing on the Lom .4-6 Dec.|
Osman Pacha endeavors to break out of Plevna, about 7 p.i
9 Dec; 6 hours' fierce conflict; surrounded; unconditions
surrender; said to be 30,000 prisoners, 128 officers, 100 gunB|
great slaughter both sides 10 "
Turkish circular note to the great powers, requesting medi
tion, 12 Dec. ; acknowledged, action declined, .about 12 De
Servians declare war against Turkey, 12 Dec. ; cross the fron-^
tier and capture villages 15 Dec. et se
Montenegrins successful Pe<j,|
Suleiman mad« general of the army of Roumelia; and Todle
ben of that of Rustchuk about 19 DeO,j
Suleiman retires on the quadrilateral; visits Constantinoplejf
armies concentrating near Adrianople about 20 De
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Erzeroum, Armenia, nearly invested ; brave resistance by
Mukhtar Pacha about 24 Dec. 1877
Many Turkish wounded prisoners perish from cold during re-
moval • Dec.
Alleged Russian losses, 80,435 men; Turkish many more, and
80,000 prisoners Dec. "
Muk-htar Pacha recalled to Constantinople about 29 Dec. "
Sultan requests mediation of England; the British government
only convey to Russia the sultan's desire to make peace;
Russia declines mediation 26-31 Dec. "
Gourko crosses the Balkans, advances on Sofia. . .about 31 Dec. "
Col. Baker gallantly protects the retreating Turkish army, de-
feating the Russians 1 Jan. 1878
Sofia taken by Russians after an engagement 3 Jan. ''
Servians defeated; KursChumli reoccupied by Turks. .6, 7 Jan. "
Nisch taken by the Servians; Antivari by the Montenegrins,
about 10 Jan. "
Gen. Radetzky crosses the Balkans; the Trojan pass taken
about 9 Jan. ; Turkish army (about 32,000) and cannon
taken by Skobeleflf and Radetzky, after conflicts, 8, 9, 10
Jan. (Sknova); Gourko advances towards Adrianople,
11 Jan. "
Russians advance successfully ; Turkish envoys proceed to
treat for peace about 16-18 Jan. "
Gourko advances towards Philippopolis; totally defeats Sulei-
man Pacha, who retreats to the sea, losing prisoners and
cannon 16, 17 Jan. ' '
Adrianople abandoned; occupied by Russians 19,20 Jan. "
Suleiman with remains of his army at Karala on the -^Egean
transporting his troops about 21 Jan. "
Servians occupy nearly all Old Servia 29 Jan. "
Russian attack on Batoum defeated 30 Jan. "
An armistice signed at Adrianople 31 .Jan. "
Russian losses announced— 89,879 men Feb. "
Continued advance of Russians towards Constantinople; panic
of Turks; great suderings Jan. -Feb. "
Part of British fleet ordered to Constantinople to protect Brit-
ish life and property, 8 Feb.; enters Dardanelles without
permission of Porte 13 Feb. "
Erzeroum evacuated by Turks 17-21 Feb. "
Rustchuk occupied by Russians 20 Feb. "
War lasted 322 days 12 Apr. 1877 to 3 Mch. "
Treaty of peace signed at San Stefano, 3 Mch. ; ratified at St.
Petersburg 17 Mch. "
Long negotiation respecting a European congress . . Mch. -May, "
Grand-duke Nicholas in Roumelia replaced by gen. Todleben,
who assumes command 30 Apr. "
Conference at Berlin, meets 13 June; treaty signed 13 July;
ratified (Rustchuk) 3 Aug. "
Grand review of 80,000 Russians near Constantinople,
17 Aug. "
Forty thousand Russians sail for home 12 Sept. "
Definitive treaty of peace with Turkey signed at Constantino-
ple 8 Feb. 1879
Estimated cost of the war to Russia, 120,000,000^
RuStcIlllk', a Turkish town on the Danube, one of the
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QuADRiLATERAT. fortrcsses lost to Turkey with Bulgaria by
treaty of Berlin, 13 July, 1878.
Rutg'ers college, New Brunswick, N. J., was char-
tered in 1766 as Queen's college, and was first opened in 1771
under the auspices of the Reformed Dutch church. The build-
ings were burned by the British during the Revolution. Its
first president was rev. dr. J. R. Hardenburg. It received the
name of Rutgers college in 1825, when col. Henry Rutgers
gave it f 5000. In 1865 the State College of Agriculture and
the Mechanic Arts was opened as a department of this college
with $116,000 from the U. S. land-grant. It numbered about
26 teachers and 222 students in 1890.
riltlie'lliuill, a rare metal, discovered in the ore of
platinum by M. Claus in 1845.
Rllttiveil, Raid of, a term applied to the seizure of the
person of James VI. of Scotland by William Ruthven, earl of
Gowrie, and other nobles, in 1582, to compel the king to dis-
miss his favorites, Arran and Lennox. Ostensibly for this,
Gowrie was judicially put to death by his 2 opponents in 1584.
rye, a grain of the order Gramineae, botanical name Secale
(from Celtic sega, a sickle) cereale — native country unknown.
It comes nearer to wheat in bread-making qualities than any
other grain, although very inferior to it. It is the principal
bread-grain of Northeru and Central Europe. Agricultuue.
Rye-llOUSe plot, a plot (some think pretended) to
secure the succession of the duke of Monmouth to the British
throne in preference to the duke of York (afterwards James II.),
a Roman Catholic. Someoftheconspiratorsaresaidtohave pro-
jected the assassination of the king, Charles II., and his brother.
This design is said to have been frustrated by a fire in the king's
house at Newmarket, which hastened the royal party away 8
days before the plot was to take effect, 22 Mch. 1683. The plot
was discovered 12 June following. Lord William Russell on 21
July, and Algernon Sidney on 7 Dec. following, suffered death
as conspirators. The name was derived from the conspirators'
place of meeting, the Rye-house at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire.
Rysiviek (riz'wik), a village of Holland, where the
celebrated peace was concluded between England, France,
Spain, and Holland, signed by their representatives, 20 Sept,
and by the emperor of Germany, 30 Oct. 1697. The war
which this treaty ended was begun in 1689 by Louis XIV.
of France to restore James II. of England.
S, the nineteenth letter and fifteenth consonant of the
English alphabet, the Greek sigma (2), known to the Phoeni-
cians and Egyptians.
Saar'toriick, the Roman Augusti Muri, or Sarce pom,
an open town on the left bank of the Saar, in Rhenish Prus-
sia, founded in the 10th century, long subject to the bishops
of Metz; afterwards ruled by counts (about 1237), and by the
house of Nassau about 1380. It was captured by the French
and retaken by the Germans 1676, reunited to France 1794-
1814, and ceded to Prussia 1815. On 2 Aug. 1870, it was bom-
barded by the French under Frossard (between 11 and 1 in the
daytime) ; the few Prussians were dislodged, and the town occu-
pied by the French general Bataille. The mitrailleuses were said
to be very effective. The emperor Napoleon, who was present
with his son, said in a telegram to the empress, "Louis has gone
through his baptism of fire. He has not been in the least startled.
We stood in the foremost rank, and the rifle-balls were dropping
at our feet, and Louis picked up one that fell near him. His
bearing was such as to draw tears from the soldiers' eyes." On
6 Aug. the Prussian generals (ioeben and Von Steinmetz, with
the first army, recaptured Saarbrlick, after a sanguinary conflict
at the village of Spicheren. The heights taken by the French
on the 2d are in Germany, those taken by the Germans on the
6th are in France, and both battles were fought between Saar-
brlick and the town of Forbach, which was captured, and has
given a name to the second conflict. The loss was great on both
23
sides, and the French 2d corps under Frossard nearly destroyed.
The French retreated to Metz. Franco-Pkussian war.
^abt>ata'rian§. Traces exist of Sabbatarii, or Sab-
bathaires, among the sects of the 16th century on the European
continent. Upon the publication of the " Book of Sports " in
1618, a violent controversy arose among English divines on 2
points : first, whether the 4th commandment is in force among
Christians; and, secondly, whether, and on what ground, the
first day of the week ought to be distinguished and observed
as " the Sabbath." In 1628, Theophilus Brabourne, a clergy-
man, published the first defence of the 7th day, or Saturday, as
the Christian Sabbath. He and others were persecuted for
this doctrine ; but after the Restoration 3 or 4 congregations
in London kept Saturday as their holy day, and 7 or 8 in the
country parts of England. In 1851 there were 3 Sabbatarian
or Seventh-day Baptist congregations in England ; but in
America (especially in the New England states) they are more
numerous. Joseph Davis suffered imprisonment in 1670. He
and his son bequeathed property to maintain the sect ; and
litigation respecting its disposal was settled by vice-chancel-
lor Stuart in conformity with their intentions in June, 1870.
Very few Sabbatarians then remained.
Sabbatll, the 7th day of the week ; a sacred day of
I rest ordained by God, Gen. ii. ; Exod. xx. 8 ; Isa. Iviii. 13.
i Jews observe the 7th day in commemoration of the creation
[ of the world, and of their redemption from the bondage of the
SAB
Egyptians; Christians observe the first day of the week in
commemoration of the resurrection of Christ from the dead
and the rcdempiion of men. Sunday.
$^ablMltll-Mellool§. Sunday-schools.
S^bbat'U'nl year, a Jewish institution, 1491 B.C.,
Kxod. xxiii. Dtirinjc every 7th year the very ground had
rest, and was not tilled ; and every 4yth year all debts were
forgiven, slaves set at liberty, and estates, etc., that were be-
fore sold or mortgaged, returned to their original families, etc.
SabC'Ism, worship of sun, moon, and stars; so called
firom the Sabeans, a people of Arabia Felix, now Yemen.
{■iaberilailisill, from Sabelllus (of Ftolemais, Egypt),
who flourisheil in the 3d century, and who taught that there was
but one person in the Godhead, whose 3 names were the Trinity.
This doctrine was condemned at a council at Rome, 260.
Sabine CrOiS-roads, La., Battle of. Red River
CAMPAIGN.
Sabine Pa§§, Texas. Here a small body of confed-
erates repulsed a naval force and prevented a further advance
of a land force under maj.-gen. Franklin, Sept. 8, 1863.
Sabine§, an indigenous tribe of Italy, northeast of Rome,
fn>m whom, according to tradition, the Romans, under Romulus,
tooktheirdaughter3byforce,havinginvitedtheratopublicsports
or shows for the purpose. When the Sabines sought revenge, the
women mediated for their husbands, the Romans, and secured a
lasting peace, 750 B.C. After many conflicts the Sabines became
a part of the Roman people, about 266 b.c. One of the ecclesias-
tical provinces is still called Terra Sabina; chief town, Magliano.
§aecliarlni'eter, an instrument for determining the
amount of sugar in solution. Soleil, an optician of Paris, in
1847 made use of rotary polarized light for this purpose in a
saccharimeter, since improved by Dubosc.
Saekett'§ Harbor, British repulsed. New York,
1812 and 1813.
sac'rament (from sacrammtum, an oath, obligation ;
also mystery). The Christian sacraments are baptism and the
Lord's supper. The council of Trent, in 1547, following the
schoolmen, recognized 7 sacraments: baptism, the Lord's sup-
per, contirmation, penance, holy orders, matrimony, and ex-
treme unction. The name was given to tlie Lord's supper
by the Latin fathers. The wine was laid aside, and com-
munion by the laity under one form alone, that of bread, took
its rise in the West, under pope Urban II., 1096.— ilf.cfe Marca.
Communion in one kind was authoritatively sanctioned by the
council of Constance in 1414.— Z>r. Flook. Henry VII. of Ger-
many was poisoned by a priest in the consecrated wafer, 24 Aug.
1313. The sacramental wine was poisoned by the grave-digger
of the church at Zurich, by which sacrilegious deed a number of
persons lost their lives, 4 Sept. 1776. In 1614 members of both
houses of Parliament were ordered to take the sacrament, as a
guard against the introduction of Roman Catholics. In 1673 the
Test ace was passed: repealed in 1828. Tkansubstantiation.
Sacramento Pas§, Battle of. Mkxican war, 1847.
Sacra Via (holy street), a celebrated street of Rome,
fabled scene of a treaty of peace and alliance between Romulus
and Tatius. It led from the amphitheatre to the capitol, and
was the principal street for triumphal processions.
Sacred Baud. Thebes.
§acred boolc§ of the Ea§t. The publication
of translations of the sacred books of the religion of the Brah-
mins, Buddhists, and Mahometans, and of the followers of
Khung-fu-tze and Lao-tze, edited by prof. Max MuUer, began
in 1879. 8 volumes have been published, 1881.
Sacred Heart of Je§U§, a form of devotion said
to have been instituted in England in the 17th century, and
much promoted by Marguerite Marie Alacoque, an enthusiastic
French nun, who asserted that Christ had appeared to her, and
taken out her heart, placed it in his own, glowing in flame, and
then returned it. She died in 1690.
Her book, ''Devotion au Coeur de J^sus," published in 1698,
much advocated by father Joseph Gallifet about 1726; and
introduced into France by request 1765
A pilgrimage from England, blessed by the pope and headed
by the duke of Norfolk, to the shrine of Marguerite at Paray-
le-Monial .1-6 Sept. 1873
706
SAG
H. C. diocese of Salford dedicated to the Sacred Heart, 4 Sept.
1873; and a church at Montmartrc, near Paris, founded for
llie same purpose ^ 16 June, 1876
Pope dodicatod the uuiversal church to "the Sacred Heart,"
15 Juue,
Macrecl standard, The, of green silk, unfolded by
the Mahometans in time of imminent danger. This stand-
ard went to the Osmanlis in 1517, when Selim I. conquered
Egypt; displayed in 1597 in the war with Hungary. It was
confliled to the care of 300 emirs ; again displayed in 1828 by
the sultan of Turkey, at war with Russia.
sacred U^ar§. (l) Declared by the Amphictyona^
against Cirrha, near Delphi, for robbery and outrage to the
visitors to the oracle, 595 b.c. Cirrlia was razed to the ground,
586. (2) Between the Phocians and Delphians for the posses-
sion of the temple at Delphi, 448, 447. (3) The Phocians, on
being fined for cultivating the sacred lands, seized tlie temple,
357. They were conquered by Piiilip of Macedon, and theijj
cities depopulated, 346. Crusades.
§ac'riflce, an offering to God or to any supposed deity'
or divinity as an atonement for sin, or to procure favor or
express thankfulness. Sacrifice was offered to God by Abel,
3875 B.C. Sacrifices to the gods were introduced into Greece
by Phoroneus, king of Argos, 1773 b.c. Human sacrifices
seem to have originated with the Chaldaeans, from whom the
custom passed to many other Eastern nations. All sacrifices
to the true God were to cease with the sacrifice of Christ,
33 A.u. (Heb. x. 12-14). Pagan sacrifices were forbidden by
the emperor Constantius II. 341.
sac'rilegce, the crime of violating or profaning sacred
things. In 1835, the punishment (formerly death) in Great]
Britain was made transportation for life. By 23 and 24 Vict.:
c. 96, s. 50 (1861), breaking into a place of worship and stealing '
therefrom was made punishable with penal servitude for life.
Sacripor'tUi, a place in Latium, Italy. Here Sulla
defeated the younger Marius and Papirus Carbo with great
slaughter, 82 b.c, and became dictator, 81.
Sac§ and Foxe§. Indians.
saddles. In the earlier ages the Romans used neither sad-
dles nor stirrups. Saddles were in use in the 3d century, and are
mentioned as made of leather in 304, and were known in England
about 600. Stirrups were not known before the 5th century, and
not in general use before the 1 2th. Side-saddles for ladies were
introduced by Anne, queen of Richard II., in 1388. — Stmv.
have been founded
c, who, misin-
re was neither
soul was mortal,
body. The Sad-
the Pharisees;
^ Humphrj'
I founded
re mesh-
s. The fa'
Sad'dUCees, a Jewish sect, sa
by Sadoc, a scholar of Antigonus, ab
terpreting his master's doctrine, taugh"
heaven nor hell, angel nor spirit; th
and that there was no resurrection of
ducees rejected the oral law, maintainel
see Matt. xxii. 23 ; Acts xxiii. 8.
Sado^Ava. KoniggrXtz.
safety-lamp. That invented in 18'
Davy, to prevent accidents in coal and othe
on the principle that flame, in passing throu
es, loses heat, and will not ignite inflamraab'
ther of all safety-lamps was dr. Reid Clanny, of Sunderland,
whose invention and improvements are authenticated in the
Transactions of the Society of Arts for 1817. The " Geordy,"
constructed by George Stephenson, the engineer, in 1815, is said
to be the safest. A miner's electric light, by MM. Dumas and
Benoit, was exhibited in Paris on 8 Sept. 1862. On 14 Aug.
1867, safety-lamps were rigidly tested by several mining engi-
neers, and serious doubts thrown upon their complete efficacy.
Col. Shakespeare's safety-lamp (light extinguished by open-
ing) exhibited at Royal institution, London, etc.. May, 1879.
saffron (Fr. saffran ; It. saffrano), the flower of crocus,
was first taken to England in the reign of Edward HI. by a pil-
grim, about 1339 ; probably from Arabia, as the word is from the
Arabic suphar. — ^filler. It was cultivated in England in 1582.
sagas (Icel. saga, a tale; Anglo-Sax. saffu, a saying),
poetical compositions by scalds or Scandinavian bards, com-
posed or collected from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Sub-
jects : mythological and historical traditions of Norway,
Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland. The most remarkable are
SAG
707
those of Lodbrok, Hervara, Vilkina, Volsunga, Blomsturvalla,
ynglinga, Olaf Tryggva-Sonar, Jomsvikingia, and of Kny-
thinga (which contains the legend.'ry history of Iceland), the
Heims-kringla, and New Edda of Snorri Sturlusou. Eddas,
LiTEKATLiRE, Scandinavian. Nibelungenot.
sag'C (Fr. sauge ; Lat. salvia), a wholesome herb, com-
fortable to the brain and nerves. — Mortimer. A species of
this garden plant grew early in England, and some varieties
were imported. The Mexican sage, Salvia inexicana, was
brought from Mexico, 1724. The blue African sage. Salvia
africana, and the golden African sage. Salvia aurea, were
taken to England from the Cape of Good Hope in 1731.
Flowers and Plants.
j^agun'tum or Zacyn'tliu§, now IWurvie-
dro {moor-ve-a'dro), a fortified town of Valentia, E. Spain,
renowned for the dreadful siege it sustained, 219 b.c., against
the Carthaginians under Hannibal. The citizens, allies of
Rome and under her protection, after performing incredible acts
of valor for 8 months, chose, rather than surrender, to burn
themselves, with their houses, and the conqueror became mas-
ter of a pile of ashes, 218 b.c.
§alia'ra, the immense region in Africa lying between
the Nile valley and the Atlantic ocean and from the inner
slope of the Barbary plateau south on an average of 1200
miles. Area, 2,500,000 sq. miles. The term Sahara is modi-
fied from the Arabic Sara or Zaharah, meaning desert. The
interior of this desert consists in great part of table -lands
called hammada, with here and there a few green habitable
spots termed "oases." Hot winds, blowing outward, occur
during the year ■ in Egypt from April until June, called
Khamsin ; in Algeria and South Italy, July, the Sirocco ; in
Morocco, the Shume; and along the Atlantic and Guinea
coast, the Harmattan. This region, with its thinly scattered
inhabitants, has, since 1890, come within the influence of
France and somewhat under her protection. A project for
making an inland sea here was entertained in 1883, and the
construction of a railway from Algeria south was proposed
Oct. 1890. A large natural reservoir of water was discovered
at El Golea in the desert in 1891. Africa.
sailing', a vessel moving on the water by the use of
sails, as well as the art of navigating it. William of Orange
(about 1570) was a yachtsman; and a small sail-boat was
maintained on the Thames by Charles II. Sailing as a sport
was greatly stimulated in the United States by the winning of
the "Royal Yacht Squadron Cup" by the America in a race
round the Isle
The America v
England after
durijag the civ
Savannah river ,
U. S. Naval acad
1867. The sail
most popular
Hudson River
world, ow
Cornwall
Royal YaclT
Hoboken
, at Cowes regatta, open to all comers.
by George Steers in 1851; sold in
tor}', and used as a blockade-runner
She was sunk by a U. S. cruiser in
and used as a practice-boat for the
and purchased bj' gen. B. F. Butler in
ice-boats is a modern sport in the U. S.,
Hudson river and in Canada. " The
is the largest ice-yacht association in the
50 boats.
stablished at Falmouth, Eng 1720
1, at Cowes, Eng., organized 1815
club, the first in America, organized 1840
Royal London Yacht club, established as Arundel Yacht club
in 1838, assumes its present name 1849
America''s cup, won in 1851, presented by the owners to the
New York yacht club as a perpetual international challenge
cup 8 July, 1857
Ice-boats, fitted up with long blades of iron, like skates, and sails,
" tacking and beating to windward as if they were in the
water," are mentioned as in use on Boston harbor, then
frozen over, at the time the Atlantic mail-steamer Britonma
was released by cutting a channel 7 miles long and 100 feet
wide througli ice over 2 feet thick Feb. 1844
Ice-yacht Dreadnought sails 1 mile in 1 min. 10 sec. at Red
Bank, N. J 26 Jan. 1884
Ice-yacht race for championship of America, sailed at Orange
lake over a 20-mile coarse, and won bv the Scud, of the
Shrewsbury Ice Yacht club '. .16 Jan. 1891
WINNERS OF TRANSATLANTIC YACHT RACES.
Henrietta. J. G. Bennett, owner, in race with the Fleetwing and
Vesta, crosses the ocean in 13 days, 21 h. 55 min., sailing 3106
miles (the quickest voyage ever made in a sailing-vessel), Dec. 1866
Cambria, James Ashbury, owner, in race with the Dauntless,
crosses the ocean in 23 days, 5 h. 17 min., sailing 2881 miles, 1870
Coronet, R. T. Bush, owner, in race with the Dauntless, crosses
the ocean in 14 days, 23 h. 30 min., sailing 2949 miles 1887
SAI
RACES FOR AMERICA'S CUP.
Winners (all
American).
Losers.
Waters.
Date.
America, .. .
Aurora, England
English ....
American . .
22 Aug. 1851
8 Aug. 1870
16 Oct 1871
Magic
Cambria, "
Columbia. . .
Livonia, "
Sappho
21 Oct "
Madeline....
Mischief. . . .
Puritan
Mayflower.. .
Volunteer. , .
Countess of ) r,„„„j
Dufferin, ) Canada
Atalanta, Canada
Genesta, England
Galatea, "
Thistle, Scotland
11 Aug. 1876
9 Nov. 1881
14 Sept. 1885
7 Sept. 1886
27 Sept. 1887
30 Sept. "
13 Oct. 1893
Vigilant
Valkyrie, England
^ailor'§ Creek, Va., Aflfair at. Grant's campaign
IN Virginia.
§aillt, a person sanctified ; one eminent for piety. For
many names with this prefix, see the names themselves
throughout the book.
St. Clair's defeat. Ohio, 1791.
St. LiOUiS, known as the "Mound City," covers 61.35
sq. miles (1890) on the west bank of the Mississippi river,
about 15 miles below the mouth of the Missouri. Lat. 38° 38'
N. ; Ion. 90° 21' W. When St. Louis came into the posses-
sion of the United States, 10 Mch. 1804, there were only 2
American families in frhe place, and 925 inhabitants in alL
There were about 150 houses and 3 streets : La Rue Princi-
pale (Main St.), La Rue de L'Eglise (Second st.), and La Rue
des Granges (Third st.) ; the whole encircled by fortifications.
The population by the U. S. census shows as follows: 1810,
1400; 1820, 4598; 1830, 6694; 1840, 16,469; 1860, 77,860;
1860, 160,773 ; 1870, 310,864 ; 1880, 350,518 ; 1890, 451,770.
Pierre Ligueste Laclede establishes the chief post of the Louisi-
ana Fur company, and names it St. Louis 15 Feb. 1764
St. Ange de Bellerive, French commandant at fort De Chartres,
arrives, and is invested with civil and military power. . .Oct. 1765
Spanish troops under capt. Rios take possession in the name of
the king of Spain, 11 Aug. 1768,but exercise no civil functions,
and retire 17 July, 1769
Pontiac, visiting St. Louis as a friend of St. Ange, is murdered at
afeast, nearCahokia, and buried near "Walnut and Fourth sts., "
Don Pedro Piernas, Spanish, made lieutenant governor and mili-
tary commandant of upper Louisiana, with headquarters at
St. Louis, takes possession 20 May, 1770
Log church erected by Piernas on west side of Second, between
Market and Walnut sts., and dedicated 24 June, "
St. Ange dies, and is buried near Pontiac's grave Sept. 1774
Francis Cruzat succeeds Piernas as governor May, 1775
Cruzat succeeded by don Ferdinando Leyba 1778
Laclede dies; buried near the mouth of the Arkansas, 20 June, "
Wall of brush and clay 5 ft. high built around the town, and
a small fort called La Tour built on Fourth St., near Wal-
nut 1779
About 1500 savages, led by British regulars from fort Michili-
mackinac, surprise a number of people outside the stockade,
and kill 15 or 20; the town successfully defended 26 May,
Leyba commits suicide, and is succeeded by Cruzat
Great flood; the year called " L'Anne des Grandes Eaux," June,
Cruzat succeeded by Manuel Perez as commander of the post. ,
Perez succeeded by Zenon Trudeau
Trudeau succeeded by Charles Dehault Delassusde Delusi^re. .
Delassus, at St. Louis, transfers Louisiana to Amos Stoddard,
representing France, 9 Mch., and Stoddard transfers it to the
U. S 10 Mch.
First session of Court of Common Pleas held in the old fort
(cor. Fourth and Walnut sts.); Supreme court organized and
postmaster appointed
First English school established
Aaron Burr visits St. Louis July,
First newspaper printed west of the Mississippi, the Missouri
Gazette, issued by Joseph Charless at St. Louis 12 July,
Young man hung for murder; the first execution of a white
man in the territory of Louisiana 16 Sept.
St. Louis incorporated as a town 9 Nov.
First market built on Centre square, between Market and Wal-
nut sts., Main st., and the river (the town contained 12
stores, 2 schools, and a printing-office) Jan.
First Territorial General Assembly meets at the house of Joseph
Robidoux, between Walnut and Elm sts 7 Dec.
First brick house built
Bank of St. Louis chartered 21 Aug.
General Pike, the first steamboat to ascend from the Ohio,
lands near the foot of Market st 2 Aug.
Bank of Missouri chartered
Duel in which Thomas H. Benton kills Charles Lucas. .27 Sept.
First paving wnth stone on edge done by Wm. Deckers on Mar-
ket, between Main and Water sts
Log church torn down and a brick cathedral erected
Baptist society begins a church at cor. Market and Third sts. .
Harriet, capt. Armitage, the first steamboat, arrives from New
Orleans in 27 days 2 June,
1780
1785
1788
1793
1798
1804
1811
1812
1814
1816
1819
SAI
708
SAL
Wutem jnipfM*^,a8teaml>oat constructed for Long's expedition
to the mouth of Yellowstone river, leaves St. Louis, 21 June, 1819
First legislature umlor the Constitution meets in the Missouri
hotel, ror. Main and Morgan sts 19 Sept. 1820
First brick iMved sidewalk laid on Second st. 1821
First Methodist church erortod "
First directory pub "
First lire engine purchased 1822
St lAiuis incorporated as a city ; area, 386 acres •'
Main St, graded and paved 1823
Flr«tl*re8byterian church built at cor.FourthandSt.Charlesst8., 1824
First Kpiscopal church erected at cor. Third and Chestnut sts. 1825
Gen. lAfayeite visits St. Louis, arriving 29 Apr. "
Old brick court house built 1827
Old market building erected "
Branch of the U. S. mint esUblished at St. Louis. 1829
First water-works built, 1830, and water supplied 1832
Central Fire company, a volunteer organization, founded "
Cholera appears, destroying about i per cent, of the population
within a month 25 Sept. "
St I.«uis university opened, 1829; chartered Dec. "
First school board elected under the new charter 1833
First daily paper, the Herald, pub. by Treadway & Albright. . . 1834
New city charter 26 Feb. 1835
UnQnished brick cathedral and other buildings, including about
60 residences, destroyed by Are Apr. "
Daily Republic esUiblished "
Old St Ix)ui8 theatre, on cor. Third and Olive sts., afterwards
occupied by the custom-house, erected at a cost of $60,000 . . 1836
First daily mail to and ft-om the East Sept. "
Daniel Webster visits St Louis, and a " barbecue " is tendered
him, in a grove west of Ninth st, near where Imcas market
afterwards stood. 1837
New city charter. 11 Feb. 1839
Area of the city increased to 2630 acres by act 15 Feb. 1841
Historic mansion, occupied by Laclede and col. Auguste Chou-
teau, pulled down, and grounds divided into city lots; after-
wards the site of Barnum's hotel Oct "
First steamboat built entirely in St Louis launched Apr. 1842
Post despatch established "
Health department, harbor - master, street- commissioner, and
inspectors created 1843
Lafayette park, 29.94 acres, acquired by the city 1844
First omnibuses run from Market st to Upper ferry, the arse-
nal, and the Camp spring "
River flood began about 8 June, and drove 400 or 500 persons from
their homes, rising 7 ft 7 in. above the city directrix, 24 June, "
First public school building erected and opened 1846
St Louis Mercantile library founded "
Pork-packing business established "
Gascompany incorporated 1841; city first lighted with gas,4 Nov. 1847
City hospital opened "
First line oftelegraph from the East reaches E. St Louis, 20 Dec. "
Shot- tower completed and shot manufactured by Kennett,
Simonds & Co 1848
Fire breaks out on the steamboat White Cloud, near the foot of
Cherry st ; 23 steamboats, 3 barges? 1 canal-boat burned, and
spreading to the city, 400 buildings destroyed ; loss estimated
at $2,750,000 night of 17 May, 1849
Over 4000 deaths by cholera occur between 30 Apr. and 16
Aug., the mortality reaching 160 per day July, "
Bellefontaine cemetery incorporated 1849; dedicated. .15 May, 1850
First underground sewer built "
Ground broken for the Pacific railway at St Louis by hon.
Luther M. Kennett, mayor, on south bank of Chouteau's
pond, west of Fifteenth st. 4 July, "
Missouri school for the blind opened 1851
Boiler of steamer Glencoe explodes at the landing, foot of Chest-
nut st ; steamer burns; many lives lost 3 Apr. 1852
Globe-Democrat established "
"Marble building," cor. Fourth and Olive sts., then the finest
in St Louis, built 1853
First division of the Pacific railroad opened to Franklin, 38
miles July, "
Mercantile Library hall, cor. Fifth and Locust sts., erected "
College of Christian Brothers, opened 1851 ; chartered 1865
Excursion train, on the opening of the Pacific railroad to Jef-
ferson City, breaks a temporary bridge over the Gasco-
nade river: 22 killed, 50 injured ; many from St Louis, 1 Nov. "
Library of the Academy of Science founded 1856
Merchants' Exchange building on Main, between Market and
Walnut sts. , erected 1856-57
St Louis Normal school opened 1857
Paid fire department established "
First overland mail for California leaves St Louis 16 Sept 1858
First overland mail from California, 24 days, 18^ hours from
San Francisco, arrives at St Louis 9 Oct "
Fire-alarm telegraph put in operation *'
St Louis and Iron Mountain railroad opened to Pilot Knob, 85
miles "
Washington university chartered, 1853; opened ", 1859
Three street-railway lines opened in the city "
Metropolitan police force established by act of legislature 1861
Camp Jackson, at Lindell's grove, in the western suburbs of the
city, organized 3 May, 1861, and captured 10 May, "
Martial law proclaimed, and citizens forbidden to leave the
limits without a pass, by provost-marshal gen. J. McKins-
try 30 Aug. "
Court-house, on block bounded by Chestnut, Market, Fourth, and
Fifth sts., begun 1839, finished (cost about $1,200,000) July, 1862
Missouri Historical Society established 1865
St Louis public library founded 18
Lindell hotel, opened 19 Oct 1863, burned 31 Mch. 18671
New water- works, begun IHiiS, completed 1872, come under con-
trol of Water-works commissioners May,
Legislative act passed, incorporating Carondelet with St Louis,
Foundation of eastern pier of Eads's Mississippi river bridge
laid 27 Oct
Monument to Thomas H. Benton in Lafayette square, raised at
instance of the state government and at public expense, un-
veiled 27 May,
Tower Grove park, 276.76 acres, donated to the city
St Louis made a port of entry under act of 1870]
New city charter, obtained in 1867, bringing Carondelet into
St Louis, goes into eff'ect Apr. 1871 J
Headquarters of the U. S. army established at St. Louis 1874J
Eads's tubular steel bridge across the Mississippi completed and
opened (Bridges) 4 July,
New constitution divides city from county of St Louis, and ex-
tends city to include nearly 40,000 acres, bordering on the
river 17 miles 1875^
Carondelet park (180 acres). Forest park (1371.94 acres), and
O'Fallon park (158.32 acres) acquired by the city
Court of Appeals decides the new separate charter for St Louis
(1875) adopted 5 Mch. 18771
Burning of the Southern hotel; 11 lives lost 11 Apr.
St Louis day-school for the deaf opened 187Sj
St Louis Manual Training school established 1879J
Daily Chronicle established
Evening Star Sayings established
Maria Consilia Institute for the Deaf opened
Planters' House burned; 4 lives lost 3 Apr. 1886J
Railroad strike; sheriflf's officers at East St Louis fire into a
crowd of supposed strikers, killing 6 persons, including 1
woman 9 Apr.
Merchants' bridge across the Mississippi, commenced 24 June,
1889 (2420 ft long; cost $6,000,000), completed 3 May, 18901
Street-railway mail car, the first in the world, begins collecting,
sorting, and distributing mail in transit here 11 Dec. 1892i
CHAIRMEN OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Auguste Chouteau 1810
Charles Gratiot 1811
Clement B. Penrose 1814
Elijah Beebe 1815
William Carr Lane 1823
Daniel D. Page 1829
John W. Johnson 1834
John F. Darby 1835
William Carr Lane 1838
John F. Darby 1840
John D. Daggett 1841
George Maguire 1842
John M. Wimer 1843
Bernard Pratte 1844
Peter G. Camden 1846
Byran Mullanphy 1847
John M. Krum 1848
James G. Barry 1849
Luther M. Kennett 1850
John How 1853
Thomas F. Riddick 18181
Peter Ferguson 1818
Pierre Chouteau, sen 182
Thomas McKnight 1822'
Washington King 1855
John How 1856
John M. Wimer 1857
Oliver D. Filley 1858
Daniel G. Taylor 1861
Chauncey I. Filley 1863
James S. Thomas 1864
Nathan Cole 1869
Joseph Brown 1871
Arthur B. Barret 1875
Henry Ovestoltz 1876
William L. Ewing 1881
D. R. Francis 1885
E. A. Noonan 1889
C. P. Walbridge 1893
St. Philip, Fort. Fort St. Philip.
Sakya muni. Buddhism.
SUlads are stated to have been used in the middle ages.
Lettuces are said to have been introduced into England from
the Low Countries, 1520-47.
Salamail'ca, a city of W. Spain, taken from the Sara-
cens 861. The university was founded 1240, and the cathedral
built 1513. Here a council, mostly of ecclesiastics, called (1487)
to confer with Columbus, examine his design, and hear his ar-
guments for reaching the Indias by sailing west, decided that
the project was vain and impracticable. Near here the British
and allies, commanded by lord Wellington, totally defeated the
French army under marshal Marmont, 22 Jul}', 1812. The loss
of the victors was most severe, amounting in killed, wounded,
and missing to nearly 6000 men. Marmont left in the victors'
hands 7141 prisoners, 11 pieces of cannon, 6 stands of colors, and
2 eagles. This victory was followed by the capture of Madrid.
Sal'ainii, an island near Atbens. In a great sea-fight
here, 20 Oct. 480 b.c., Themistocles and Eurybiades, the Greek
commanders, with only 366 sail, defeated the fleet of Xerxes,
king of Persia, which consisted of 2000 sail. Near Salamis, in
Cyprus, the Greeks defeated the Persian fleet, 449 b.c. ; and
Demetrius Poliorcetes defeated the fleet of Ptolemy and hi&
allies, 306 b.c.
§alary (Lat. salarium; from sal, salt, originally salt-
money — money given the Roman soldiers for salt, which was
part of their pay), stipulated amount paid to a person for ser-
vices or for the duties of an office. Fixed salaries belong al-
SAL
most exclusively to the more enlightened nations and those
of stable governments; in earlier times, or among the less civ-
ilized nations, the emoluments of a public office depend on the
caprice of rulers.
SUMMARY OF SALARIES PAID TO THE PRINCIPAL GOVERN-
MENT OFFICIALS IN THE UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
Per annum. I Per annum^
President $50,000 1 Vice-president f»000
Slate Department.
.$8000 I Chief clerk $2500
. 3500 I Chief of the bureaus 2100
709 SAL
CONGRESS.
Per annam. , Per annum.
Members of the Senate $5000 1 Speaker of the House $8000
" . . 5000 I
GOVERNORS OP THE STATES.
Secretary of state —
Assistant secretaries.
Treasury Department.
5000
Comptroller of currency. . . .$5000
Solicitor of treasury 4500
Superintendent life-sav-) ^qqq
ing service /
Chiefof bureau of engraving 4500
Chief of light-house board. . 5000
Supervising architect 4500
Commissioner of internal) qqqq
revenue j
Sup't of immigration 4000
Secretary of treasury $8000
Assistant secretaries 4500
First and second comp-
trollers
Six auditors 3600
Director of the mint 4500
Treasurer of the U. S 6000
Superintendent coast sur- 1 gQQQ
vev )
Register 4000
War Department.
Secretary of war $8000 Chief clerk $2700
Assistant secretaries 4500 i
[As the different branches of the department are under
U. S. army officers ranking as brigadier-generals, see Army
for salaries. ] ^^^y Department
Secretary of navy $8000 i Chiefs of the different
Assistant secretaries 4500 1 branches $5000
Post-office Department.
Postmaster-general $8000 I Assistant postmaster - gen-
I erals $*000
Department of Interior.
Commissioner of railroads. .$4500
" Indian) ^q^q
affairs )
Commissionerof education..
" " land office.
Chief architect of U. S.)
capitol )
3000
5000
4500
Secretary of interior $8000
First assistant secretary... 4500
Assistant secretaries 4000
Commissioner of pensions. . 5000
" " patents... 5000
Superintendent of census. . . 6000
Director of geological survey. 6000
Department of Agriculture.
Secretary of agriculture. . . . $8000 1 Chief of weather bureau $4500
Assistant secretaries 4500 I
Department of Justice.
Attorney- general $8000 I Assistant attorney-generals. $5000
Sohcitor-general 7000 1
Judiciary.
Courts of the United States.
Miscellaneous.
Commissioner of civil
service
Government printer 4500
Librarian of Congress 4000
fer
Commissioners of inter-) j-tkoo
state commerce ) *
Commissioner of labor 5000
" " fish and) -nnn
fisheries } ^^^1
TOITED STATES AMBASSADORS, ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY, ETC. , TO THE
PRINCIPAL NATIONS. Per annum.
France, ambassador-extraordinary and plenipotentiary
Great Britain, " "
Germany, " '' - • •• • U17,500
Italy, " " " .., " '
Russia, envoy extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary
Mexico, " " "
Austria-Hun-) ^ ti u
gary i
Brazil, " " "
China, " " "
Japan, " " "
Spain, " " "
Argentine Re-) (I u u
public J
Chili, " "' «
Colombia, " " "
Costa Rica, '' " "
Guatemala, " " "
Honduras, " " '*
Nicaragua, " " "
Peru, " " "
Salvador, " ♦' "
Turkey, " " "
Belgium, " " "
Denmark, " " "
Hawaii, " '• "
Netherlands, " " "
Paraguay and ) u ^^ u ^ 7,500
Uruguay. . . ) "
Sweden and)^
Norway )
Venezuela, "
i 12,000
10,000
New York )
New Jersey [ $10,000
Pennsylvania. )
Massachusetts |
Ohio \
California \
Illinois )
Colorado ]
Indiana
Kentucky
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
Virginia
Wisconsin
Maryland .'. 4,500
Connecticut
Louisiana
Michigan
Mississippi
8,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
Texas.
Washington.
Arkansas .
Florida.
South Carolina.
Alabama.
Georgia.
Idaho .
Iowa
Kansas
North Carolina.
North Dakota. .
Rhode Island . .
West Virginia .'. 2,700
Nebraska )
South Dakota. ..
Wyoming
Delaware
Maine
New Hampshire.
Oregon |
Vermont )
$4,000
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
TERRITORIES.
Alaska $3000 Oklahoma ) *„ roo
Arizona 3500 Utah f *'''^""
New Mexico 2600 I
MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURES.
Alabama $4 per diem.
Arkansas 6 "
California 8 "
Colorado 6 "
Connecticut 300 per annum.
Delaware 3 per diem.
Florida 6 "
Georgia 4 '*
Idaho 5 "
Illinois 5 "
Indiana 6 "
Iowa 500 per annum.
Kansas 3 per diem.
Kentucky 5 "
Louisiana 4 "
Maine 150 per annum.
Maryland 5 per diem.
Massachusetts.. 750 per annum.
Michigan..
Minnesota.
Missouri.
3 per diem
5 "
300 per annum.
5 per diem.
Montana $6 per diem.
Nebraska 5 "
Nevada 8 "
New Hampshire 200 per annum.
New .Jersey 500 "
New York 1500 "
North Carolina. 4 per diem.
North Dakota. . 5 "
Ohio 600 per annum.
Oregon 3 per diem.
Pennsylvania. . 1500 per annum.
Rhode Island. . .
South Carolina.
South Dakota . .
1 per diem.
5
5
4
5
3
50 per annum.
5 per diem.
4 "
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington —
West Virginia. .
Wisconsin 500 per annum.
Wyoming 5 per diem.
SALARIES OF THE PRINCIPAL OFFICES OF GREAT BRITAIN,
IRELAND, AND COLONIES.
(No office under a salary of £2000 given.)
Lord high chancellor £10,000
7,000
and fees usually about 5,000
6,000
$50,000
35,000
25,000
30,000
15,000
25,000
Attorney-general
Solicitor-general s ^ ^ u 3000.
First lord of the treasury and lord of the privy) g qqq
seal f '
Lord president of the privy council " "
Home secretary " "
Foreign secretary " "
Colonial secretary " "
War secretary " "
Chancellor of the exchequer. " "
First lord of the admiralty 4,500. . . . 22,500
Postmaster-general 2.500. . . . 12,500
President of the Board of Trade 2,000.... 10,000
President of the Local Government Board " "
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. " "
President of the Council of Education " "
First commissioner of public works " "
Chiefcharity commissioner of England and Wales. " "
President Board of Agriculture " "
Surveyor-general of prisons " "
Law.
Lord high chancellor, see above.
Lords of appeal in ordinary (4), each 6,000 30,000
Supreme Court of Judicature (Court of Appeal).
Master of the rolls 6,000.... 30,000
Lords justices (5), each 5,000 25,000
High Court of Justice (Chancery division).
Justices (.5), each 5,000.... 25,000
Queen^s Bench.
Lord chief-justice of England • 8,000. . . . 40,000
Justices (14), each 5,000.... 25,000
Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty.
Justices (2), each 5,000.... 25,000
Court of Arches.
One judge 5,000. . . . 25,000
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710
SAL
Par knnnm.
£20,000... 1100,000
40,000
20,000
26,000
IRKLAND.
L»rd-li«atenai)t
Lord- chancel lor 8,000
Lortl vlcechancollor 4,000
Chief-Justice, Queen's Bench 6,000
Attorney general "
Chlefeecroury and keeper privy seal 4,425 — 22, 125
Master of the rolls 4,000.... 20,000
Undersecretary 2,500.... 12,500
Other Judges of the High Court of Justice 3,500 — 17,600
LONDON.
Ix)rd mayor £10,000.... $50,000
Recorder 3,500.... 17,500
Town-clerk " "
Judge of the city 3,200.... 16,000
Chamberlain 2,500 12,600
Sergeant 2,250. . . . 11,250
Remembrancer 2,000.... 10,000
Solicitor "
OOTXRKORS OP BRITISH CX)L0NIHS.
Gov. general of India. . . .£25,000, and £12,000 additional. . .$185,000
" Canada. £10,000.... 50,000
Governorof Victoria, Australia " "
• Cape of Good Hope 9,000. . . . 45,000
" •• Ceylon 8,000.... 40,000
" New South Wales, Australia 7,000. . . . 35,000
•« " Hong-Kong, China 6,500.... 32,500
♦' *' Jamaica 6,000.... 30,000
*♦ "Gibraltar 5,000 25,000
" "Malta " "
•« «' British Guiana " "
" "Trinidad " "
" " New Zealand " "
" " Queensland, Australia " "
" " South Australia " "
'* "Tasmania '. " "
" " Cyprus 4,000. . . . 20,000
" " Natal, S. Africa " "
" " Barbadoes 3,600 18,000
" "Bermuda 3,000.... 15,000
" " Leeward Islands " '•
" " Western Australia " "
'» " Newfoundland 2,500. . . . 12,500
" " Windward Isles " "
" "Honduras 2,400.
*' " Bahamas 2,000.
BRITISH AMBASSADORS, ENVOYS, ETC., TO THE POLLOWING
Austria-Hungary ambassador £8000.
Brazil m inister 4500 .
Chili " 2000.
China " 5500.
Denmark " 3000.
Egypt consul-general, etc 6000.
France ambassador 9000.
Germany " 7500.
Gold Coast minister 3500 .
Greece " "
Italy ambassador 7000.
Japan minister 4000.
Mexico " 3750.
Netherlands " 4000.
Persia " 5000.
Peru " 2300.
Portugal " 3750.
Russia ambassador 7800 .
Spain " 5500.
Sweden minister 3400.
Turkey ambassador 8000.
^^'^.^ SUtes {consul-general; N.y::::: 'S.
SALARIES OF THE PRESIDENTS, ETC., OF THE PRINCIPAL
REPUBLICS.
' President $36,000
... 12,000
... 10,000
NATIONS :
. . .$40,000
... 22,500
... 10,000
... 27,500
... 15,000
... 30,000
... 45,000
... 37,500
... 17,500
... 35,000
... 20,000
... 18,750
... 20,000
... 25,000
... 11,500
... 18,750
... 39,000
... 27,500
... 17,000
... 40,000
... 30,000
... 18,300
Argentine Republic.
Bolivia.
Vice-president 18,000
Cabinet members each 12,000
Senate and House ... " 8,400
President 24,000
Ist vice-president 6,000
2d " " 5,000
^^ , .Cabinet each 5,000
Chili President is OOO
( " 600,000 fr.)
France ] and allowed an addi- J 240,000
( tional 600,000 fr )
Hayti President 24,000
„ . ( " 30'.000
Mexico JCabinet each 8,000
( Senate and House " 3,000
(■President 3,000
Switzerland < Vice-president and mem-
( bers of the council, each 2,400
Salem. Massachusetts, 1626, '29, '31, '34, '71, '92.
Saler'no, anciently iSaler'nuin, S. Italy, an ancient
Roman colony. Its university, with a celebrated school of med-
icine, reputed to be the oldest in Europe, was founded by
Robert Guiscard the Norman, who seized Salerno in 1077
Salerno suffered much in the wars of the middle at;os.
Sallque (sa-leet) or Italic law, by which femal(
were excluded ^rom inheriting the crown of France, is said U
have been instituted by Pharamond, 424, and ratified in
council of state by Clovis I., the real founder of the Frencl
monarchy, in 511. — Henault. This law, introduced into Spaii
by the Bourbons, 1700, was formally abolished by decree, 21
Mch. 1830 ; and on the death of Ferdinand VII. his daughtei
succeeded as Isabella II., 29 Sept. 1833. Bourbons, Spain
By this law also Hanover was separated from England, whei
queen Victoria ascended the English throne, 1837.
Sali§bury (sawlz'ber-e), a city of Wilts, Engl., founde(
in the beginning of the 13th century, on the removal of th<
cathedral hither from Old Sarum. National councils or parlia-
ments were repeatedly held at Salisbury, particularly in 12961
by Edward I. ; in 1328, by Edward III. ; and in 1384. Ilenrj
Stafford, duke of Buckingham, was executed here, by order of
Richard III., in 1483. On Salisbury plain is Stonehengh)
This plain was estimated at 500,000 acres. On it were man
cross-roads, and few houses to take directions from, so Thorn
as, earl of Pembroke, planted a tree at each mile-stone fron
Salisbury to Shaftesbury as a traveller's guide. The cathe
dral was begun, 28 Apr. 1220, and completed in 1258. It i
one of England's finest ecclesiastical edifices. Its spire, th
loftiest in the kingdom (404 ft.), was considered in danger ii
Apr, 1864, and subscriptions were begun for its immediate re
pair. The choir was reopened, after restoration by sir G. G
Scott, 1 Nov. 1876.
Salleilti'ni, allies of the Saranites, the only Italian tribe^
not subject to Rome, were overcome in war in 267 and 266 b.c.
and Brundisium, their port, taken.
§alinoil fislieries. A salmon - fishery congress
opened at South Kensington, Engl., 7 June, 1867. Salmon
eggs sent to New Zealand, Jan. 1878. Salmon were very
abundant in all the New England rivers at the time of the
first settlement of the country, but the many dams built upon
some of these rivers — notably the Merrimac — have excluded
the fish. A large supply for American markets comes now
from the Kennebec river in Maine, and from Canadian
streams. Considerable attention has been given to the re-
stocking of American streams with salmon by the United
States Fish Commission. In Nov. 1871, the Russian method
of artificial propagation was tried in the Penobscot region
with success. Tlie hatching of eggs and stocking rivers with
salmon has since been steadily prosecuted with good results.
The lower Columbia river, Oregon, is one of the most im-
portant salmon fisheries in the world, over 600,000 cases be-
ing put lip annually. To keep up the supply the U. S. gov-
ernment hatchery puts 5,000,000 young salmon in the river
every year.
salt (chloride of sodium, a compound of the gas chlorine
and the metal sodium) is procured from salt-rocks, from salt-
springs, and from sea-water. The famous salt-mines of Wie-
liczka, near Cracow in Galicia, have been worked 600 years.
The salt-works in Cheshire, called the Wiches (Naiitwich,
Northwich, and Middlewich), were important during the Sax-
on heptarchy. The salt-mines of Staffordshire were discovered
about 1670. Salt-duties were first exacted in England in 1702 ;
they were renewed in 1732 ; reduced in 1823, and in that year
were ordered to cease in 1825. During the French war the duty
reached to BOl. per ton. For the salt-tax in France, Gabelle.
The government salt monopoly in India was abolished in
May, 1863, by sir C. Trevelyan. Since 1810, 23 states of the
United States have produced salt for market. Virginia salt-
works were in operation before 1620. Salt was made in South
Carolina in 1689, and acts to encourage the manufacture were
passed in 1725. The Onondaga salt-springs, in New York,
were worked by the Indians. First discovered in central New
York by father Le Moyne, 1654. Salt was first made near
Syracuse by white men in 1788. The state of New York
owns the salines, and, until 1846, charged a royalty of 6 cents
a bushel for salt made from the water. In that year the roy- '
alty was reduced to 1 cent a bushel. Rock salt first discov- j
ered in New York state, 4 miles from Warsaw,* Wyoming
county, 1878. New York. Salt was first made in Ohio in
SAL
1798; in Michigan about 1859. Since 1797 salt has been
largel}' employed in the manufacture of chloride of sodium or
bleaching powder (by obtaining its chlorine) and soap (by
obtaining its soda). For these purposes the chemical works of
Cheshire, Lancashire, and other places are operated. Alka-
lies.
I^altaire. Alpaca.
Salt Lake. Grkat Salt Lake.
Salt Lake City. Utah.
saltpetre (from sal petrae, salt of the rocks), or ni-
tre, is a compound of nitric acid and potash (nitrogen, oxy-
gen, and potassium), properly called nitrate of potash. It is
the explosive ingredient in gunpowder, many detonating
powders, and lucifer- matches. Boyle, in the 17th century,
demonstrated that saltpetre is composed of aquafortis (nitric
acid) and potash ; the discoveries of Lavoisier (1777) and
Davy (1807) showed its real composition. Its manufacture
in England began about 1625. During the French Revolu-
tion the manufacture was greatly increased by the researches
of Berthollet.
§alute at §ea. It is a received maxim at sea that
he who returns the salute always fires fewer guns than he re-
ceives, even between ships of princes of equal dignity ; but
the Swedes and Danes return the compliment without regard
to the number of guns fired to them. The English claim the
right to be saluted first in all places, as sovereigns of the seas;
the Venetians claimed this honor within their gulf, etc. The
English admiralty issued a code of rules for salutes, Dec. 1876.
Flag, Naval salute.
Sal'vador, San, one of the Bahamas and the first point
of land discovered in the West Indies or America by Colum-
bus. It was previously called Guanahani, or Cat's isle ; but
Columbus (in acknowledgment to God for deliverance) named
it San Salvador, 11 Oct. 1492. The capital, San Salvador,
was destroyed by an earthquake, 16 Apr. 1854, and is now
abandoned.
Sal'vador, San, a republic of Central America, inde-
pendent since 1853, with a constitution proclaimed 24 Jan.
1859. Gen. Barrios, elected president 1 Feb. 1860, was com-
pelled to flee in Oct. 1863, when Francis Duenas became pro-
visional president; his formal election took place Apr. 1865.
The ex-president, Gerard Barrios, was surrendered by Nica-
ragua, tried, and shot, Aug. 1876. A re-attempted revolution
failed, 1872. The capital, San Salvador, founded 1528, was
nearly destroyed by an earthquake, 19 Mch. 1873; about 50
persons perished; suffered again severely, 1879. Area, 7225
sq. miles; pop, 1891, about 777,900.
Salvation army, a quasi-military organization for
mission work, using, as special means, a uniform, out-door pro-
cessions, with banners and music, and religious talks in the
streets, public halls, theatres, etc. The army is an outgrowth
of the East London Christian Revival Society, or, as afterwards
called, the " Christian Mission," established in London by rev.
Wra. Booth in 1865. Its aims are : 1st, to go to the people
with the message of salvation ; 2d, to attract the people ; 3d,
to save the people; 4th, to employ the people in salvation
work. Their motto is " Blood and Fire." The army is now
established in 32 countries, with about 10,780 officers, and
holds about 13,000,000 religious meetings every year. It pub-
lishes 33 weekly newspapers and 15 monthly magazines, with
a total annual circulation of 43,826,000 copies. They support
40 Rescue-homes for fallen women and 58 " slum-posts."
William Booth holds his first open-air meeting at the Mile
End Waste, London, from which his hearers "procession " to
a large tent near Baker's Row, Whitechapel 5 July, 1865
Work of the Christian Mission first introduced temporarily in
the United States, at Cleveland, O., by a London cabinet-
maker 1872
First 2 hallelujah lasses (women evangelists) leave King's Cross,
Engl., for Felling-on-Tyne 30 Mch. 1878
First "war congress" held, and "Salvation army" formally
organized, with 50 stations under 88 evangelists Aug. "
War Cry, a weekly newspaper, first issued 1879
Salvation Army corps established in Philadelphia by the fam-
ily of Mr. Shirley, from Coventry, Engl "
Meeting held in Castle Garden, New York, and at "Harry
Hill's," by commissioner Roilton and 7 hallelujah lasses
sent over from England (the first uniformed corps sent out),
■ spring, 1880
rirst American headquarters opened in Philadelphia "
711 SAM
Expedition to Australia under capt. Sutherland, commonly
called Glory Tom 1881
Miss Booth, eldest daughter of gen. William Booth, with Miss
Soper and 2 others, land in France Mch. "
First Training-home for Women opened at Gore road. Hack-
ney, Engl Nov. "
Devonshire House Training-home for Salvation lads, opened. . . 1882
Salvation army established in Gothenburg, Sweden, by Miss
Ouchterlonej "
Three officers despatched to Toronto to commence an attack
on Canada July, "
Col. Tucker leaves England for India, with his wife and a few-
English officers 23 Aug. "
Maj. Simmonds, his wife and lieut. Teager, sail from the Thames
to establish the army in Cape Colony, Africa 30 Jan. 1883
Miss Booth and other army leaders, expelled from Geneva,
Switzerland, set out for Neufchatel .12 Feb. "
Miss Booth and other leaders arrested while holding a meeting
in the Jura forest, 5 miles from Neufchatel, but released under
bail, 9 Sept. 1883. They are tried at Bondy and acquitted, 29
Sept., but forced by the people to leave the canton 11 Oct. "
Battle between the Salvation army and the "Skeleton army,"
organized to oppose their work, at Gravesend, Engl. . . 15 Oct. "
First Rescue-home in England begun under the direction of
Bramwell Booth 1884
Lyons, France, invaded 1885
Death of Mrs. Catharine Booth, wife of gen. Booth, at Clacton-
on-Sea 4 Oct. 1890
Gen. Booth publishes his book, "In Darkest England, and the
Way Out" Oct. "
Mrs. David Bell bequeaths about $300,000 to gen. Booth in sup-
port of his work May, 1892
Continental congress of Salvation army of the U. S. begins its
session in New York city 21 Nov. "
Through a syndicate the Salvation army purchase 200,000 acres
in Chiapa, South Mexico, for settlement under direction of
the army 22 Feb. 1894
Salz'bacll, a town of Baden. Here the French general
Turenne was killed, at the opening of a battle, 27 July, 1676.
Samaj (sa-ml') or SomaJ. Buaumo Somaj.
Samareand', a city of Tartary, was conquered by the
Mahometans, 707; by Genghis Khan, 1220; and by Timur,
or Tamerlane, who ruled here in great splendor. Samarcand
was occupied by the Russians under Kanfmann,26 May, 1868,
after a conflict on the previous day. The garrison resisted
a fierce siege till relieved by Kaufmann, 13-20 June, 1868.
Samar'itan§. Samaria was built by Omri, 925 B.C.;
and became the capital of the kingdom of Israel. On the
breaking-up of that kingdom (721 b.c.), the conqueror Shal-
raaneser placed natives of other countries at Samaria. The
descendants of these mixed races were abominable to the
Jews, and especially so because of the rival temple built on
Mount Gerizim by Sanballat the Samaritan, 332 B.C., which
was destroyed by John Hyrcanus, 130 b.c. (see John iv. and
viii. 48, and Luke x. 33). The Samaritan Pentateuch (of
uncertain origin) was published in his Polyglot by Morinus,
1632.
Sani'nite§, a warlike people of S. Italy, who strenuous-
1}' resisted the Roman power, and were only sulyugated after
3 sanguinary wars, from 343 to 292 b.c. Their brave leader,
Caius Pontius, who spared the Romans at Caudium, 320. hav-
ing been taken prisoner, was basely put to death, 292. They
did not acquire citizenship till 88 b.c. Caudine Forks.
Samo'an or ]Vavig'ator'§ isles (nine inhabited),
near the Fiji islands; christianized by rev. John Williams,
1830. King Malietoa succeeded, 8 Nov. 1880. The isles
have a political constitution. At a Samoan conference at Ber-
lin, 1889, between Great Britain, Germany, and the United
States, an act was signed 14 June, guaranteeing the neutrality
of the islands, in which the 3 nations have equal rights of res-
idence, trade, and protection. The independence of the Sa-
moan government was also recognized, with Malietoa as king.
Area, 1701 sq. miles ; pop. about 36,000. Apia, in the island
of Upola, is the capital.
King Malietoa deposed by the Germans and replaced by Tama-
tese 8 Sept. 1887
Mataafa"s insurrection and victory over Tamatese. . .Oct. -Nov. 1888
Germans interfere in favor of Tamatese,. and are beaten; 16
killed 18 Dec. ' '
Conflicting interests arise between the German, British, and
United States governments Jan. 1889
Germans oppose Mataafa " "
Bismarck yields to the claims of the U. S Feb. "
Three U. S. war- vessels, Nipsic, Vandalia, and Trenton, and 3
German, driven ashore at Apia, on the island of l^ola, and
destroyed, in a great storm 15-16 Mch. "
[50 lives were lost from the U. S. ships and 96 from the
SAM
Oerinaa. Tho BritiBh war-ship CaUiope escaped by steam-
ing out of tho harbor. For his skill and seamanship in ac-
complishing this iho captain of tho Calliopt was thanked by
the British ttilmiralty J
Owing to disturlmnoo nud war Mataafk is exiled to Kakaofo and
order rosloroil Aug. 1894
Sninoii, an island on the west coast of Asia Minor. Col-
onized by lonians about 1043 b.c. The city was founded
about 986. Polycrates, ruler of Samoa (532-522 b.o.), was one
of the most able, fortunate, and treacherous of the Greek ty-
rantii, and possessed a powerful fleet. He patronized Pythag-
oras (born here) and Anacreon. Samos was taken by the
Athenian*, 440; and, with Greece, became subject to Home,
146. It was taken by the Venetians, 1125 a.d., who liere
raatle velvet (^samet), and became subject to the Turks about
1459. It i« now a principality under the sovereignty of Tur-
kev, guaranteed by France, Great Britain, and Russia from
1832. Area, 180 sq". miles; pop. 1890,44,661.
Sainosct. Massachusetts, 1621. .
SailOllluricS. The privilege of refuge for offenders
was granted in ancient Greece and Rome, but especially
among the Jews. These places were generally (particularly
in Greece and Rome) some temple, sacred grove, or place
sacred to some deity. Under Constantine the Great, all
Christian churches were sanctuaries, and later in France and
Spain it was favored, but in Germany the custom was never
very effective. It is said to have been granted by Lucius,
king of the Britons, to churches and their precincts. St.
John's of Beverley was thus privileged in the time of the
Saxons. St. Burian's, in Cornwall, was privileged bj'^ Athel-
stan, 935; Westminster, by Edward the Confessor ; St. Mar-
tin's-le-Grand, 1529. Being much abused, the privilege of
sanctuary was limited by the pope in 1503 (at the request of
Henry VII.), and much more in 1540. In London, persons
were .secure from arrest in certain localities: these werfe the
Minories, Salisbury court, Whitefriars, Fulwood's rents, Mitre
court, Baldwin'.s gardens, the Savoy, Clink, Deadman's place,
Montague close, and the Mint. This security was legally abol-
iahtd 1696, but lasted in some degree till the reign of George
II!^1727). Asylums, CiTiKS OF Rkfugk.
§and-filto§t. Gen. B. C. Ti'ighman*bf Philadelphia,
invented a method of cutting stone or harc^metal by a jet
of quartz sand impelled by compressed air or steam. A hole
of IJ inches diameter and 1^ inches deep was bored through
a block of corundum, nearly as hard as diamond, in 25 minutes.
The invention was Siibmitted to the Franklin Institute, Phil-
adelphia, 15 Feb. 1871. It is now employed in the arts for
decorating and etching glass, etc.
Sandema^nians. Glasitks.
Sander's Creek, Battle of. Camden.
Sander's fort. Fort Sanders.
Sandusky. Expedition against the Indians there.
Ohio, 1782.
Sandwich islands. Hawaii.
Sandy Creek, near Sackett's harbor, lake Ontario,
Battle at. Here a British force of 160 men attacked 120
Americans with a few Indian allies, 30 May, 1814. 70 of the
British were killed, the rest captured.
San Francisco, commercial metropolis of California.
On 17 June, 1776, two friars, Francisco Palou and Benito Cam-
bon, left Monterey with 7 civilians and 17 dragoons and their
families, reaching 27 June the place where they established the
Spanish mission of San Francisco, 8 Oct. 1776. ' The settlement
by Americans dates from 1836, when Jacob P. Leese, an Amer-
ican residing in Los Angeles, obtained from gov. Chico a grant
of land in Verba Buena, and built a small frame house on pres-
ent south side of Clay street west of Dupont, celebrating its
completion by raising the American flag, 4 July, 1 836. In 1840
there were 4 Americans, 4 Englishmen, and 6 other Europeans
in Verba Buena. In Jan. 1847 the name was changed to San
Francisco. In Aug. 1847 the population was 459, and increased
to 36.154 in 1852, owing to the discoverv of gold. In 1860 it
was 56,802; 1870, 149,473; 1880,233,959; 1890,298,997. It
is the 8th city in the U. S. in population. In 1890 the city
covered 41| sq. miles ; lat. 37° 36' N., Ion. 122° 26' W.
Wiiliam A. Richardson, an Englishman who settled in Califor-
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SAN
1848
nia in 1822, moves to Yorba Buona and, in a tent on what is
%,jlow Dupont street, begins dealing in hides and tallow 1835
Jacob P. Leese arrives at the mission Juno, 1836
First house at Verba Buena completed by Mr. Leese 4 July, "
First child born in Verba Buena, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs.
Leese Apr. 1838
First survey made by Jean Vioget i839
Messrs. Spear and Hinckley, Americans, build a sawmill in
Verba Buena i84i
Capt. Montgomery, of the war -sloop Portsmouth, hoists the
American flag on what is now Portsmouth square 8 July, 1846
Ship Brooklyn, from New York, with 200 Mormon immigrants,
arrives at Verba Buena July, <«
California Star first issued as a weekly 9 Jan. 1847
Name Verba Buena changed to San Francisco by decree of tho
alcalde Jan. "
Private school opened by a Mr. Marston on Dupont St., between
Broadway and I'aciflc Apr. "'
City hotel, the first in San Francisco, a story-and-a-half adobe
building on southwest cor. Clay and Kearny sts., opened "
New survey of the town made by Jasper O'Farrell
Committee appointed to establish a public school 24 Sept. •'
Public Institute built on Portsmouth square, and school opened
by Thomas Douglas 3 Apr.
First steamer of the Pacific Mail company, the California, ar-
rives 28 Feb. 1849
Oregon brings John W. Geary, first postmaster at San Fran-
cisco, and the first U. S. mail to the Pacific coast 31 Mch. "
St. Francis hotel opened; a 3 story wooden structure on south-
west cor. Clay and Dupont sts "
First Presbyterian church in San Francisco organized by Al-
bert Williams; services in a tent on Dupont st 20 May, «
First Baptist church organized by 0. C. Wheeler 24 June, "
First Congregational church organized; rev. T. D. Hunt, pastor,
July, «
First steamboat to make regular trips between San Francisco
and Sacramento, the McKim, arrives 3 Oct. "
Upon the discovery of gold the population of California in-
creases 6 to 8 fold; at one time there are 400 ships in the
harbor deserted by their crews '«
First great fire occurs 21 Dec. "
Daily Alta California first issued 22 Jan. 1850
Jenny Lind theatre opened "
San Francisco incorporated as a city, and JohnW. Geary elect-
ed first mayor l May, "
Second great fire, burning over 3 blocks, 4 May, and third,
which burns everything between Clay, California, and Kearny
sts. and the water front 14 June, '•
Society of California pioneers organized Aug. "
Steamboat Sagamore explodes ; 80 persons killed and wounded,
Oct. "
San Francisco Protestant orphan asylum organized 31 Jan. 1861
P'oiirth, called the great fire, burns 16 blocks, more than 1500
houses, the burned district being % mile long, X in'le wide,
4 May, "
Vigilance committee organized June, "
Fifth large fire, entailing a loss of $2,000,000, begins on Pacific
St. near Powell, burning 8 blocks 22 June, "
James Stuart, professional murderer and robber, hung by the
Vigilance committee on Market Street wharf 11 July, '•
Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie hung by Vigilance
committee oh Battery st., between Pine and California,
24 Aug. «
City divided into 7 school districts, and free schools under the
school law provided for in each district 25 Sept. "
Chamber of Commerce organized 1 May, 1850; incorporated
3 Nov. "
Jenny Lind theatre bought for a city-hall and court house for
1200,000 1852
Verba Buena cemetery opened "
Pacific club organized "
Streets first lighted with 90 oil-lamps "
First Unitarian church on Stockton st., between Clay and Sac-
ramento; and First Congregational church and St. Mary's
cathedral, on opposite sides of Dupont and California sts.,
completed 1853
Evening Post established "
Mercantile library founded "
First telegraph line to Marysville opened 24 Oct. "
Streets lighted with gas Feb. 1854
U. S. Branch Mint opened 3 Apr. "
Failure of Henry Meigs for $800,000; after forging city war-
rants, promisfsory notes, and shares in a lumber company to
the amount of $200,000, he flees to Chili 6 Oct '
Montgomery and "Washington sts. partly paved with cobble-.^
stones
Lone Mountain cemetery opened
Failure of Adams & Co. 's bank 23 Feb. li
[A financial crisis followed, with 197 failures during the
year, with liabilities of over $8,300,000.]
Mechanics' Institute library founded "
Evening Bulletin first issued 8 Oct. "
Vigilance committee organizes 15 May, 1856
James King of William, editor of the Bulletin, shot by James
P. Casey, whom King had accused of election frauds, 14 May,
d 20 May,
Casey and Charles Cora, the latter murderer of U. S. marshal
Richardson, hung by the Vigilance committee 22 May, "
Morning Call founded ' Dec. "
First savings bank opened 1857
San Francisco Water- works company organized "
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.first Industrial Fair of the Mechanics' Institute held on site of
the Lick house 1857
.Spring Valley Water- works company organized June, 1858
First overland mail from St. Louis arrives Sept. "
:St. Ignatius college opened, 1855 ; chartered 1859
Industrial school opened "
Bancroft Pacific library founded "
Diiel between David S. Terry and David C. Broderick in San
Mateo county, 10 miles from San Francisco, 13 Sept. 1859;
Broderick dies from a pistol-shot in the left lung. . .18 Sept. "
First pony-express arrives, 9 days en route from St. Joseph, Mo.,
1 A.M. 14 Apr. 1860
:Steam- railroad constructed on Market and Valencia sts. to the
Mission and Hayes valley July, "
;San Francisco connected with New York by telegraph, 23 Oct. "
Famous oration on the rights of freedom, etc., by Edward D.
Baker at the American theatre 29 Oct. "
Examiner established 1862
-Cars of the Omnibus street railroad begin running "
Kuss, Lick, and Occidental hotels opened "
•San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board organized. .12 Sept. "
Railroad to San Jose opened 1863
Union club established 1864
Long bridge across Mission cove, on line of Fourth and Ken-
tucky sts., completed "
Daily Examiner established 1865
Chronicle first issued as an advertising sheet for the theatre.. "
•■San Francisco Law library founded "
Mountain View cemetery established "
Electric fire-alarm telegraph introduced "
Severe earthquake 8 Oct. "
Kearny street widened on the west side, from Market st. to
Broadway, at a cost of |579,000 1866
Paid Fire department established, and hand-engines replaced
by steam "
Volunteer Fire department abolished Dec. "
Bank of California and Merchants' Exchange completed 1867
Horse cars substituted for steam on Market st "
Alms-house completed "
'Trinity church completed "
^Severest earthquake yet recorded 8 a.m. 21 Oct. 1868
Grand hotel completed 1869
■St. Patrick's church completed 1870
Improvement of Golden Gate park commenced "
Blossom Rock, % of a mile from North Point, blown up .23 May, "
Evening Post established 1871
"Corner-stone of city-hall laid Feb. 1872
■Clay St. cable railway, the pioneer cable road of the world, put
in operation Sept. 1873
IJew U. S. mint on Fifth st. opened 1874
Work begun on Palace hotel, 1874; building completed 1875
Montgomery avenue opened "
Pacific Stock Exchange holds its first meeting 7 June, "
Bank of California fails, and pres. Ralston dies the same day;
verdict, congestion of the lungs and brain, caused by a bath
in the bay at North Beach 26 Aug. "
Ifew Pacific Stock Exchange on LeidesdorfT st. opened, 15 May, 1876
Normal department of Girls' High-school established "
Centennial celebration of the establishment of the mission at
San Francisco 8 Oct. "
Baldwin hotel completed 1877
Anti-Chinese riot breaks out; subdued by the Vigilance com-
mittee of 1856, reorganized 23 July, "
■Building of San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board on Pine
8t. completed and occupied "
Pupont St. widened "
Hall of Records in new city-hall opened <'
Telephone introduced "
•San Francisco free public library founded 1879
A large number of poor people settled on a tract called the
Mussel Slough district (Sand-lots); this district came into
possession of the Southern Pacific railroad 1867-77. The set-
tlers refusing to vacate, the dispute was carried to the U. S.
court. The decision of the court being against the settlers,
efforts were made to dispossess them, which led to a conflict
in which several were killed 1880
Dennis Kearney, a leader of the Labor or Sand-lot party, ar-
rested and found guilty of misdemeanor and sentenced to 6
months' imprisonment and a fine of $1000, 16 Mch. ; decision
and sentence reversed by State Supreme court 27 May, "
Severe gale; extensive damage 19 Jan. 1886
tJelebration of Arbor day inaugurated ; school children set
out 40,000 young trees, supplied by Adolph Sutro,
27 Nov. "
fanic in the Stock Exchange, and failure of 14 leading stock
brokers 2 Dec. "
Monument to Francis Scott Key unveiled in Golden Gate park,
4 July, 1888
■Cogswell Polytechnic college opened • "
Metropolitan electric railroad opened ; first in the city May, 1892
Train carrying $20,000,000 in gold leaves the city for New York,
5 Aug. "
Midwinter Exposition opened 27 Jan. 1894
•Col. Jonathan D. Stevenson, a pioneer of '49, d 14 Feb. "
SAN
MAYORS.
John W. Geary . 1850
Charles J. Brenham 1851
Stephen R. Harris 1852
Charles J. Brenham "
C. K. Garrison 1853
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S. B. Webb 1854
James Van Ness 1855
E. W. Burr 1856
Henry F. Techemacher 1860
H. P. Coon 1864
Frank McCoppiu 1868
Thomas H. Selby 1870
William Alvord 1872
James Otis 1874
George Hewston 1875
Andrew J. Bryant 1876
Isaac S. Kalloch 1880
Maurice C. Blake (11 months),
1882
Washington Bartlett 188:^
E. B. Pond 1887
George H. Sanderson 1891
L. R. Ellert 1893
Adolph Sutro 1895
California, 1847.
San Oabriel, Battle of.
San'liedriltl. An ancient Jewish council of the high-
est jurisdiction, of 70, or, as some say, 73 members, usually
considered to be that established by Moses (Numb. xi. 16),
1490 B.C. It was yet in existence at the time of Jesus Christ
(John xviii. 31). A Jewish Sanhedrim was summoned by
the emperor Napoleon I., 23 July, 1806. The Jewish depu-
ties met 18 Sept., and the Sanhedrim 9 Mch. 1807.
Sanitary €ommi§don of the United States. On
15 Apr. 1861, a woman of Bridgeport, Conn., organized a
society to relieve and comfort volunteers. On the same day
Miss Almena Bates, of Charlestown, Mass., established another.
The city of Lowell followed, and other cities rapidly. This
was the origin of the commission. On 9 June the secretary
of war appointed Henry W. Bellows, prof. A. D. Bache, of
the coast survey, Jeffries Wyman, M.D., W. H. Van Buren,
M.D., R. C. Wood, surg.-gen. U.S.A., gen. G. W. CuUum,
and Alex. Shiras, U.S.A., a commission of inquiry and ad-
vice in respect to the. sanitary interests of the U. S. forces.
Board organized 13 June and named "U. S. Sanitary
Commission." The object of the commission was to supple-
ment government deficiencies. An appeal was made to the
people with gratifying results. This commission followed the
army throughout the war with supplies for alleviating the
sufferings of the soldiers. It is estimated that in money and
supplies no less than $25,000,000 was contributed during the
war. The archives of the commission, containing a full record
of its work, were deposited in the Astor Library in 1878 as a gift.
The principal branches of the U. S. sanitary commission were :
New England Woman's Auxiliary Association, organized 1861
Soldiers' Aid Society of Northern Ohio, organized 20 Apr. "
Woman's Central Association of Relief, New York, organized,
29 Apr. "
General Aid Society of Buffalo, N. Y., organized Dec. "
Cincinnati Branch, organized "
Woman's Relief Association of City of Brooklyn, organized . . . 1862
Northwestern Branch, Chicago '. "
Philadelphia Branch, organized 1863
Pittsburg Branch ' <
Pioneer Sanitary Fair opened at Chicago 27 Oct. "
European Branch, organized at Paris 30 Nov. "
Auxiliary Society, organized in London by Americans. .5 Mch. 1864
Auxiliary Relief Corps in the U. S., organized May, "
sanitary science. Strict cleanliness is enjoined in
the Mosaic law, 1490 b.c. In London, Engl., a law was passed
to keep the streets clean in 1297, and the casting of filth from
houses into the streets was made punishable in 1309. In
America a quarantine law was passed by the colony of Massa-
chusetts Bay for yellow-fever in 1648. Similar laws were
passed in South Carolina, 1698; Pennsylvania, 1699; Rhode
Island, 1711; New Hampshire, 1714; and New York, 1755.
Great attention has been paid to the public health in France
since 1802. Tardieu published his " Dictionnaire de Hygiene,"
1852-54. To dr. Southwood Smith is ascribed the first agita-
tion on the subject of public health in England about 1832,
his " Philosophy of Health " having excited much attention.
Venice establishes its first lazaretto (1423) and creates a perma-
nent health-magistracy 1485
First English quarantine law passed 1664
Quarantine act passed by Congress of United States 1799
Board of Health established in London 20 June, 1831
Public vaccination begun in London 1840
City Sewers' act, with provision for the sanitary interests of
London, passed 1848
International Sanitary conference held at Paris 1850
Smoke Nuisance Abatement act passed in England 1853
Crimean Sanitary Commission, drs. Sutherland, Milroy, and
Mr. Rawiinson, established by British government Apr. 1855
After the British Sanitary Commission was formed in the Cri-
mea, sickness in the army was reduced to less than 3^, and
mortality to less than 1/57 of the former rate. 1855-56
First Quarantine and Sanitarv convention in the U. S., held at
Philadelphia .' 13 May, 1857
Efficacy of steam as a purifier and preventive of contagion
first suggested at the meeting of the Quarantine and Sanitary
convention at Boston, Mass 14-16 June, 1860
Sa.mtary Commission, U. S. , established 13 June, 1861
Medical act passed by Congress of U. S., appointing a special
corps of 8 sanitary inspectors 16 Apr. 1862
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SaniUry Police company, not to exceed 10 persons, appointed
for tbe District of Columbia by act of Congress 16 July, 1862
International Sanitary conrorenco convenes at Geneva.. .26 Oct. 1863
Metropolitan Hoiilth Board ostublishod in New York 1866
New Sanitary act f«>r KnRlana passed Aug. "
American I'liblic Hoaltli .\88o<!iatiou organized 1872
National Heultli Society founded in Kngland 1873
International Stmitary con^refis in Vienna closed 1 Aug. 1874
New Consolidatetl Public Health ai-t for England passed 1876
'• An act to prevent the Introduction of contagious or Infectious
diseases in the United SUtes " becomes a luw 2^) Apr. 1878
Pftfkes's "Museum of Hygiene" begun at University college,
London "
National Uojird of Health (U. S.) or7 members, to be appointed
by the president, not more than one from a state, and one
medical otHcer fkx>m the army, navy, marine hospital, and
department of justice, authorized by act of Congress.. 3 Mch. 1879
Sanitary Assurance Association of England, formed by sir
Joseph Favrer, drs. Andrew Clark, CorQeld, Tyndall, and
others, constituted U Dec. 1880
International Sanitary conference assembles at Washington on
invitation of the government of U. S. to the maritime pow-
ers of the world 5 Jan. 1881
London Sanitary Protection Association founded by sir William
W. Gull, prof Huxley, and others. "
International Sanitary exhibition held at Royal Albert Hall,
Kensington. Enjgl 16 July-13 Aug. "
International Sanitary congress at Geneva 1882
Nation.ll Health Society's exhibition opened in England, 2 June, 1883
International Health exhibition held in England.. 8 May-30 Oct. 1884
Fifth International Sanitary conference at The Hague, 21 Aug. "
International Sanitary conference at Rome (28 states repre-
sented) 20 May-13 June, 1885
National quarantine stations established in the U. S., at Chan-
deleurisland. Gulf of Mexico; near Key West, coast of Georgia;
at entrance to Chesapeake bay; mouth of Delaware bay; San
Diego, Cal. ; San Francisco, and Port Townsend, Wash. 1 Aug. 1888
State Boards of Health have been established in the U. S. as
follows : Massachusetts, 1869 ; California, Virginia, District
of Columbia, 1871; Minnesota, 1872; Louisiana, Michigan,
1873; Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, 1875; Colorado, New Jer-
sey, Wisconsin, 1876; Illinois, Mississippi, Tennessee, 1877;
Connecticut, Kentucky, Rhode Island, South Carolina, 1878;
Delaware, North Carolina, 1879; Iowa, New York, 1880; Ar-
kansas, Indiana, New Hampshire, West Virginia, 1881; Tex-
as, 1882; Missouri, 1883; Kansas, Maine, Pennsylvania, 1885;
Ohio, 1886; Vermont "
Congress of Hygiene met at Paris 4 Aug. 1889
san'itas ("health"), a new antiseptic and disinfectant,
invented by C. T. Kingzett, about 1875.
Having discovered that the salubrity of the air surrounding certain
trees, such as the Eucalyptus globulus and pines, is due to volatile
oils producing peroxide of hydrogen and camphoric acid, he de-
vised a method for procuring these re-agents by the decomposi-
tion of common turpentine, and in 1877 they were manufactured
and sold as "sanitas."
San Jacin'tO, Tex., Battle of. Texas, 1836.
San Juan island. Juan.
San Mari'no, a republic in Italy, is one of the oldest
states in Europe. Its origin is ascribed to St. Marinus, a
hermit who resided here in the 6th century. Its indepen-
dence was lost for a short time to Caesar Borgia, 1503, and to
the pope, 1739 ; was confirmed by pope Pius VII. in 1817 ; in
1872 it concluded a treaty of protective friendship with the
kingdom of Italy. Area, 32 sq. miles ; pop. 1891, about 8000.
San Salvador'. Salvador.
San'§crft, the language of the Brahmins of India, at
least as ancient as the time of Solomon, has been much studied
of late years. Sir Wm. Jones, who published a translation of
the poem "Sakuntala" in 1783, discovered that a complete
literature had been preserved in India, compri.sing sacred books
(the Vedas), history and philosophy, lyric and dramatic po-
etry. Texts and translations of many works have been pub-
lished by the aid of the East India company, the Oriental
Translation fund, and private liberality. The professorship
of Sanscrit at Oxford was founded by col. Boden. The first
professor, H. H. Wilson, appointed in 1832, translated part of
the " Rig- Veda Sanhita," the sacred hymns of the Brahmins,
several poems, etc. Prof Monier Williams (elected i860) pub-
lished an English and Sanscrit dictionary, 1861, and a Sanscrit
grammar. Prof. Max MuUer published his " History of San-
scrit Literature " in 1859, has edited the original text of the
Vedas, and the more important works of Indian literature, un-
der the title, " The Sacred Books of the East," of which
about 40 8vo volumes have appeared (1894). Prof. William D.
Whitney, of Johns Hopkins university, issued a very valuable
Sanscrit grammar. The Sanscrit belongs to the Indo-Euro-
pean or Aryan group of languages, which includes also the
1
Persian, Greek, Latin, Teutonic, Slavonian, Celtic, and Scan-
dinavian languages.
San§-eulottC§ (snn(/-cu-lot'),aterm of reproach applied
to the leaders of the French republicans about 1790, on ac-
count of their negligence in dress, and afterwards assumed by
them with pride. The complementary days of their new cal-
endar were named by the Mountain \mxty' Sam-culotticks.
San Sterano. Stefano.
Santa Cruz de Teneriffe', the capital city and
chief commercial port of the Canaries. Here adm. Blake, with
daring bravery, entirely destroyed 16 Spanish ships, secured
with great nautical skill, and protected by the castle and forts-
on the shore, 20 Apr. l%bl .—Clarendon. In an unsuccessful
attack made upon Santa Cruz by Nelson, several officers and
141 men were killed, and the admiral lost his right arm, 24-
July, 1797. Virgin isles.
Santa F^. New Mexico, 1606, etc.
Santa lHarie. America, 1492.
Santiago (san-tee-ah^ff 6), the capital of Chili, South
America, founded by Valdiiia in 1541, has suffered macb;
by earthquakes, especially in 1822 and 1829. Pop. 1885,
237,000.
About 7 o'clock in the evening of 8 Dec. 1863, the feast of the Im-
maculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, and the last day of a se-
ries of religious celebrations in the " month of Mary," the church
of the Campania, when brilliantly illuminated, was burned down,
the fire beginning amid the combustible ornaments, and more
than 2000 persons, principally women, perished; the means of
egress being utterly insufficient.
On 20 Dec. the government ordered the church to be razed lo the
ground, and much public indignation was excited against the fa-
natical priesthood.
Santiag[o de Compostel'ia, a town of N. w.
Spain, was sacked by the Moors, 995, and held by them
till it was taken by Ferdinand III., 1235, The order of San-
tiago, or St. James, was founded about 1170 to protect pilgrims'
to the shrine of St. James, said to be buried in the cathedraU
The town was taken by the French, 1809, and held till 1814.
Sapphic {safih) verse, invented by Sappho, the
lyric poetess of Mitylene. She was celebrated for her poetry,
beauty, and a hopeless passion for Phaon, a youth of her native
country, on whose account it is said she threw herself into
the sea from mount Leucas, and was drowned, about 590 b.c.
The Lesbians, after her death, paid her divine honors, and
called her the 10th muse. Some consider the storj' fabulous.
sapphire (saf'lr), a precious stone, azure in color, and
transparent; in hardness it exceeds the ruby, and is next to the
diamond. One was placed in the Jewish high-priest's breast-
plate, 1491. Aaron's breastplate. Thamas Kouli Khan
is said to have possessed a sapphire valued at 300,000/., 1733^
They are found in Burmah, British India, Ceylon, AustraHa,
North Carolina, and Montana. Artificial sapphires were made
in 1857 by M. Gaudin. Equal parts of alum and sulphate of
potash were heated in a crucible.
Sar'acens (Arab. SharhUn, the eastern people, from
Sharq, the East), a term applied to the first followers of Ma-
homet, who within forty years after his death (632) had sub-
dued a part of Asia and Africa. They conquered Spain in 711
et seq., but were defeated at Tours, France, by Charles Martel,.
732; and (under Abderahman) established the caliphate of
Cordova in 766, which gave way to the Moors in 1237. The
empire of the Saracens closed by Bagdad being taken by the
Tartars, 1258.
SaragOS'sa, a city of N.E. Spain, anciently Csesarea
Augusta, founded 27 B.C., was taken bv the Goths, 470 ; by the
Arabs, 712; by Alfonso of Spain, 1118. Here Philip V. was
defeated by the archduke Charles, 20 Aug. 1710. On 17 Dec.
1778, 400 of the inhabitants perished in a fire at the theatre.
Saragossa, after successfully resisting the French in 1808, was
taken by them after a most heroic defence by gen. Palafox, 20
Feb. 1809. The inhabitants, of both sexes, resisted until worn
out by fighting, famine, and pestilence.
SaratO'ga, Battle of. Bemis's Heights ; New York;
United States, 1777.
Sardin'ia, an island in the Mediterranean, successively
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possessed by the Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians (about 500
B.C.). Romans (238), Vandals (456 A.D.), Saracens (720-40),
Genoese (1022), Pisans (1165), Aragonese (1352), and Span-
iards. From settlers belonging to these various nations the
present inhabitants derive their origin. Victor Amadeus, duke
of Savoy, acquired Sardinia in 1720, with the title of king.
Savoy. " Area, 9399 sq. miles. Pop. of Sardinia, 1875, 654,-
432; 1890, estimated, 726,522. The king of Sardinia was rec-
ognized as king of Italy by his parliament in Feb. 1861. Italy.
Conquered by English naval forces, under sir John Leake and
gen Stanhope 1708
Ceded to the emperor Charles VI 1714
Kecovered by the Spaniards 22 Aug. 1717
Ceded to the duke of Savoy with the title of king, as an equiv-
alent for Sicily 1720
Victor Amadeus abdicates in favor of his son 1730
Attempting to recover his throne, he is taken, and dies In
prison 1732
Court kept at Turin, till Piedmont is overrun by the French. . 1792
Charles Emmanuel yields the throne to his brother, the duke of
Aosta 4 June, 1802
Piedmont annexed to Italy 26 May, 1805
King resides in Sardinia 1798-1814
Piedmont restored to its king, Genoa added Dec. "
King Charles Albert promulgates a new code 1837
Cavour establishes the newspaper II Risorgimento ("the Re-
vival ") 1847
King grants a constitution, and openly espouses Italian regen-
eration against Austria 23 Mch. 1848
Defeats the Austrians at Goito; and takes Peschiera. . .30 May, "
Incorporation of Lombardy with Sardinia, 28 June, and Venice,
4 July, "
Sardinian army defeated by Radetzky 26 July, "
Sardinians at Milan capitulate to Radetzky 5 Aug. "
Defeat of the Sardinians by Austrians at Novara 23 Mch. 1849
Charles Albert abdicates in favor of his son, Victor Emmanuel,
23 Mch. "
Death of Charles Albert at Oporto 28 July, "
Treaty of Milan between Austria and Sardinia 6 Aug. "
Adoption of the Siccardi law, which abolishes ecclesiastical
jurisdictions 9 Apr. 1850
Cavour minister of foreign affairs 1851
Act to suppress convents and support clergy by the state,
2 Mch. 1855
Convention with England and France; 15,000 troops to be sup-
plied against Russia 10 Apr. "
Ten thousand troops under gen. La Marmora arrive in the
Crimea 8 May, "
Distinguished in the battle of the Tchernaya 16 Aug. "
King visits London, etc 30 Nov. et seq. "
Important note on Italy from Cavour to England 16 Apr. 1856
Rupture with Austria; subsequent war. Austria, 1857 et seq.
Cavour declares in favor of free-trade June, 1857
Prince Jerome Napoleon marries princess Clotilde (Italy),
30 Jan. 1859
Preliminaries of peace signed at Villa Franca, 11 July; Cavour
resigns, 13 July; Rattazzi administration formed 19 July, "
Emperor Napoleon's letter to Victor Emmanuel advocating an
Italian confederation: the latter declares it impracticable,
and maintains his engagements with the Italians 20 Oct. "
Treaty of peace signed at Zurich Nov. "
Garibaldi retires to private life 17 Nov. "
Count Cavour returns to office 16 Jan. 1860
Sardinian government refers the annexation of Tuscany, etc. ,
to the vote of the people 29 Feb. "
Annexation of Savoy and Nice proposed by France; Sardinia
refers it to the people 25 Feb. "
Annexation to Sardinia voted almost unanimously by Emilia,
14 Mch ; by Tuscany, 16 Mch. ; accepted by Victor Emman-
uel 18-20 Mch. ' '
Treaty ceding Savoy and Nice to France, signed 24 Mch. "
Prussia protests against Italian annexations 27 Mch. "
New Sardinian parliament opens 2 Apr. "
Annexation to France almost unanimously voted for by Nice,
15 Apr. ; by Savoy 22 Apr. "
Government disapproves Garibaldi's expedition to Sicily,
18 May, "
Chambers ratify cession of Savoy and Nice 29 May, "
Sardinian trooi)s enter papal territories (Italy, Romk), 11 Sept. "
Victor Emmanuel enters the kingdom of Naples 15 Oct. "
Naples and Sicily vote for annexation to Sardinia 21 Oct. "
Railway from Sassari to the sea opened 9 Apr. 1872
[For the disputes and war with Austria, and the events of
1859-61, 186G, Austria, France, Naples, Rome, Sicily. For
later history, Italy,]
KINGS OF SARDINIA. (SaVOY.)
1720. Victor Amadeus I. king (as duke II.); resigned, in 1730, in
favor of his son ; d. 1732.
1730. Charles Emmanuel I. (III. of Savoy), son.
1773. Victor Amadeus II., son.
1796. Charles Emmanuel II. , son ; resigned his crown in favor of
his brother.
1802. Victor Emmanuel I., brother; 4 June.
1805. [Sardinia merged into Italy; Napoleon crowned king, 26 May,
1805.]
1814. Victor Emmanuel restored; resigned in Mch. 1821; and d. 1824.
1821. Charles Felix.
1831.
Charles Albert; abdicated in favor of his son, 23 Mch. 1849,
Died at Oporto, 28 July, 1849.
1849. Victor Emmanuel II., son; born 14 Mch. 1820; d. 9 Jan. 1878.
Italy.
iSardis. Seven churches.
^Rrma'tia, the ancient name for the country in Asia
and Europe between the Caspian sea and the Vistula, includ-
ing Russia and Poland. The Sarmatae, or Sauroraatae, trou-
bled the early Roman empire by incursions. After subduing
the Scythians, they were subjugated by the Goths, in the 3d
and 4th centuries. They joined the Huns and other barbari-
ans in invading Western Europe in the 5th century,
^aruin, Old, Wiltshire, an ancient British town, the ori-
gin of Salisbury. Although completely decayed, it returned
2 members to Parliament till 1832.
Sas§ail'ides, descendants of Artaxerxes, or Ardishir,
whose father, Babek, was the son of Sassan. He revolted
against Artabanus, the king of Parthia ; defeated him on the
plain of Hormuz, 226; and re-established the Persian mon-
archy. This dynasty was expelled by,the Mahometans, 652.
Persia.
iSatan, the spirit of evil, the prince of devils. According
to Swedenborg pertaining more to the understanding than the
will. Mentioned in the Old Testament 1 Chron. xxi. 1 ; Job
i. 6, ii. 1-2 ; Ps. cix. 6 ; ^nd more frequently in the New Testa-
ment. Graphically described in Milton's " Paradise Lost," of
which he is the central figure : book i. lines 285-300 ; book ii.
lines 1-5, 706-710 ; book vi. lines 245-255.
Satellites. Jupiter, Mars, Moon, Neptune, Plan-
ets, Saturn.
satire. About a century after the introduction of com-
edy, satire made its appearance at Rome in the writings of
Lucilius, called the inventor of it, 116 b.c. — Livi/. The Satires
of Horace (35 b.c.), Juvenal (about 100 a.d.), and Persius
(about 60 A.D.) are the most celebrated in ancient times, and
tho.se of Churchill (1761) and Pope (1729) in modern times.
Butler's " Hudibras," satirizing the Presbyterians, first ap-
peared in 1663. "Satire Menippee," a celebrated satirical
pamphlet, partly in verse and partly in prose, attacking the
policy of the court of Spain and the league, written in the
style of the biting satires of the cynic philosopher Menippus.
The first part, " Catholicon d'Espagne," by Leroy, appeared in
1593 ; the second, " Abrege des Etats de la Ligue," by Gillot,
Pithou, Rapin, and Passerat, appeared in 1594. — Bouillet.
§at'rapies, divisions of the Persian empire, formed by
Darius Hystaspis about 516 b.c.
Saturday, the last or 7th day of the week ; the Jew-
ish Sabbath ; Sabbath. It was so called from an idol wor-
shipped on this day by the Saxons ; and, according to Ver-
stegan, was named by them Saterne's day. — Pardon. It is
more probably from Saturn, dies Saturni.
Sat'liril, a planet, taking its name from the father of
the gods in the Roman mythology, about 900 millions of miles
distant from the sun, with mean diameter about 70,230 miles ;
difference between its polar and equatorial diameters is 7000
miles. Its time of rotation on its axis is 10 hrs. 29 min. 17 sec.
Its revolution around the sun 24,630 of its days or 10,760 of
ours, or 29 years 167 days. Its volume as compared with our
globe is as 744 to 1, but its mass only as 90 to 1, its density
being something less than water. The sun's light and heat
at this planet are but -^^ as intense as at the earth. It is ac-
companied by 8 satellites, discovered in the following order :
Name.
Discoverer.
Date.
Titan
Huyghens
1655
Japetus
Cassini
1671
Rhea
1672
u
1684
u
Enceladus
Herschel
1787
Mimas
1789
Bond
1848
Of these satellites Mimas is nearest to Saturn, being 79,000
miles away, while Japetus, the most distant, about 2,150,000
miles. The largest of these satellites is Titan, whose diameter
is over 4000 miles. Compared with our moon the moons of
Saturn give but very little light ; all full together they would
SAT
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SAX
give but ^ part of the light of our full raoon.— /?. A . Proctor.
The ring wan observed by lialileo about 1610 ; its annular
form determined by Huyghens about 1655; and discovered to
be twofold by messrs. Ball, 13 Ocu 1665 ; an inner ring was de-
tected in 1850 by Bonil in the United Sutes (15 Nov.) and by
Dawes in England (29 Nov.). The exterior diameter of the
outer ring is 166,920 miles, and its inner diameter 147,670 miles ;
ita breadth nearly 10,000 miles. The dimensions of the middle
ring 144,800, 109,100, and 1 7,600 miles. The dark ring's breadth
is nearly 8700 miles, making the entire breadth of the ring sys-
tem over 86,000 miles. Its thickness is probably about 100 miles.
The rings are now known not to be continuous, but to consist
of innumerable small aggregations of more or less solid matter ;
so that the rings as a whole are constantly changing shape.
Their equilibrium seems to be far less stable than that of any
other bodies of the solar system, except comets. Astronomy.
Saturn (called by the Greeks KpovoQ), a son of Uranus
and Terra, and the father of Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto.
Mythology,
Saturiiaiia, festivals in honor of Saturn, father of the
gods, were instituted long before the foundation of Rome, in
commemoration of the freedom and equality which prevailed
in his golden reign. Some, however, suppose that the Satur-
nalia were first observed at Rome in the reign of TuUus Hos-
tilius (673-740 B.C.), after a victory obtained over the Sabines ;
while others suppose that Janus first instituted them in grati-
tude to Saturn, from whom he had learned agriculture. Others
assert that they were first celebrated after a victory obtained
over the Latins by the dictator Posthumius, when he dedi-
cated a temple to Saturn, 497 b.c. During these festivals no
business was allowed, amusements were encouraged, and dis-
tinctions ceased. — Lenglet.
Savagre'§ Station, Va., Battle of. Here gen. Sumner,
with the divisions of gens. Sedgwick, Richardson, Heintzel-
man, and Smith, repulsed an attack of the confederates under
gen. Magruder, 29 June, 1862. Peninsular campaign.
Savan'nah, Ga. Georgia.
§aYinjg;§ -banks. The first was instituted at Berne,
in Switzerland, in 1787, by the name of caisse de domestiques,
intended for servants only ; another in Basel in 1792, open to
all depositors. The rev. Joseph Smith of Wendover began a
benevolent institution in 1799 ; and in 1803-4 a " charitable
bank " was instituted at Tottenham by miss Priscilla Wake-
field. The rev. Henry Duncan established a parish bank at
Ruthwell in 1810. One was opened at Edinburgh in 1814.
The benefit clubs among artisans having accumulated money
for their progressive purposes, a plan was adopted to identify
these funds with the public debt of the country, and an extra
rate of interest was held out as an inducement ; hence were
formed savings-banks to receive small sums, returnable with
interest on demand, Rt.-hon. George Rose developed the sys-
tem, and brought it under parliamentary control, 1816.
§aving8-bank§ in the United States. The first sav-
ings-bank established in the U.S. was the Philadelphia Saving-
fund Society, organized 1816. It still exists in a prosperous
condition. The second was established at Boston in 1816, and
the third at New York in 1819. The system now extends to
all parts of the country. For statistics. Banks, table 6.
Savo'na, a manufacturing town of N. Italy, long held by
the Genoese ; was captured by the king of Sardinia in 1746 ;
by the French in 1809, and annexed ; restored to Sardinia at
the peace. Pope Pius VII. was kept here by Napoleon I.,
1809-12. Soap is said to have been invented here, and hence
its French name, savon.
Savoy', the ancient Sapaudia or Sabaudia, formerly a
province in N. Italy, east of Piedmont. It became a Roman
province about 118 b.c. The Alemanni seized it in 395 a.d.,
and the Franks in 490. It shared the revolutions of Switzer-
land till about 1048, when Conrad, emperor of Germany, gave
it to Humbert, with the title of count. Count Thomas ac-
quired Piedmont in the 13th century. Amadeus, count of
Savoy, having entered his dominions, solicited Sigismund to
erect them into a duchy, which he did at Cambray, 19 Feb.
1416. Victor Amadeus, duke of Savoy, obtained the kingdom
of Sicily from Spain by a treaty in 1713, but afterwards ex-
changed it with the emperor for the island of Sardinia, with
the title of king, 1720. The French subdued Savoy in 1792
and made it a department of France under the name of Mont
Blanc, in 1800. It was restored to the king of Sardinia in
1814; but with Nice annexed to France in 1860, in accordance
with a vote by universal suffrage, 23 Apr. 1860.
dukes of savoy.
1391. Count Amadeus VIII. is made duko in 1416; he was named
pope, as Felix V. He abdicated as duke of Savoy, 1439- re-
nounced the tiara, 1449 ; d. 1451. '
1439. Louis.
14R5. Amadeus IX.
1472. Philibert I.
1482. Charles I.
1489. Charles II.
1496. Philip II.
1497. Philibert II.
1504. Charles III.
1553. Emmanuel Philibert.
1580. Charles Emmanuel I.
1630. Victor Amadeus I.
1637. Francis Hyacinthe.
1638. Charles Emmanuel II.
1675. Victor Amadeus II. became king of Sicily, 1713; exchanged
for Sardinia in 1720.
saiir. Invented by Daedalus.— P^^■?^y. Invented by Talus.
—Apollodorus. Talus, it is said, used the jawbone of a snake
to cut through a piece of wood, and then formed an instru-
ment of iron like it. In use in Egypt long before it was in
Greece. Saw-mills driven by water at Augsburg 1322, and,
according to a 13th-century MS., saw-mills had then been
erected at Paris. Saw-mills erected in Madeira in 1420; at
Breslau in 1427. Norway had the first saw-mill in 1530.
The bishop of Ely, ambassador from Mary of England to the
court of Rome, describes a saw -mill there, 1555. The at-
tempts to introduce saw-mills in England were violently op-
posed, and one erected by a Dutchman in 1663 had to be
abandoned. Saw-mills were erected near London about 1770.
The excellent saw machinery in Woolwich dockyard is based
upon the invention of the elder Brunei, 1806-13. Powis and
James's band-saw was patented in 1858.
iSaxe-Coburg-Oo'tlia, a duchy of Central Ger-
many, capitals Coburg and Gotha. The reigning family is de-
scended from John Ernest (son of Ernest the Pious, duke of
Saxony), who died in 1729. Pop. 1875, 182,599 ; 1890, 206,513.
dukes.
1826, Ernest I., duke of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg ; b. 2 Jan. 1784; mar-
ried Louisa, heiress of Augustus, duke of Saxe-Gotha, and
became by convention duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotba, 12 Nov.
1826; d. 29 Jan. 1844.
[His brother Leopold married the princess Charlotte of
England, 2 May, 1816; became king of the Belgians, 12 July,
1831 ; and Ferdinand, the son of his brother Ferdinand, mar-
ried Maria da Gloria, queen of Portugal, 9 Apr. 1836.]
1844. Ernest II. , son of Ernest I. and brother of Albert, prince-con-
sort of Great Britain; b. 21 June, 1818; married Alexau-
drina, duchess of Baden, 3 May, 1842; no issue. He entered
into alliance with Prussia, 18 Aug. 1866; d. 23 Aug. 1893.
1893 Prince Alfred of England, duke of Edinburgh; b. 6 Aug. 1844
(in whose favor the prince of Wales resigned his rights, 19
Apr. 1863).
Saxe-mei'ning^en, a duchy in central Germany. The
dukes are descended from Ernest the Pious, duke of Saxony.
The first duke, Bernard (1680), died in 1706. Bernard (duke, 24
Dec. 1803) abdicated in favor of his son, George II., 20 Sept. 1866,
who professed his adhesion to the Prussian policy ; he was born
2 Apr. 1826. Pop. Dec. 1875, 194,494 ; 1890, 223,832.
ISaxe-lVei'mar-Ei'senach, a grand-duchy of
Central Germany. The grand-dukes are descended from John
Frederic, the Protestant elector of Saxony, who was deposed
by the emperor Charles V. in 1548. Saxony. The houses
of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Gotha, Hilberghausen, and Saxe-
Meiningen also sprang from him. They are all termed the
senior or Ernestine branch of the old family. Saxe- Weimar
became a grand-duchy in 1815. The dukes have greatly
favored literature, and their capital, Weimar, has been called
the Athens of Germany. Goethe resided here from 1775.
Pop. of the duchy, 1875, 292,933 ; 1890, 326,091.
sax-liorn, a musical instrument of the trumpet kind,
invented by Adolphe Sax, a Frenchman, about 1840.
Sax'ony, a kingdom in N. Germany. The Saxons were
a fierce, warlike race ; frequently attacked France, and con-
SCA 7i7
quered Britain. They were completely subdued by Charle-
magne, who instituted many fiefs and bishoprics in their coun-
try. Witikind, their great leader, who claimed descent from
Woden, professed Christianity about 785. From him descend-
ed the first and the present ruling family (the houses of Sup-
plinburg, Guelf, and Ascania intervened from 1106 to 1421) ;
thus the royal house of Saxony counts among the oldest reign-
ing families in Europe. Saxony became a duchy 880, an elec-
torate 1180, and a kingdom 1806. It was the seat of war,
1813, the king being on the side of Napoleon. In the conflict
of 1866 the king took the side of Austria, and his army fought
in the battle of Koniggratz, 3 July. The Prussians entered
Saxony 18 June. Peace between Prussia and Saxony was
signed 21 Oct. (subjecting the Saxon army to Prussia), and
the king returned to Dresden 3 Nov. Area, 5787 sq. miles ;
pop. 1890, 3,500,513.
ELECTORS.
1423. Frederic I., first elector of the house of Misnia.
U28. Frederic II.
[His sons Ernest and Albert divide the states.]
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U64. Ernest. 1464. Albert.
1486. Frederic III. 1500. George.
1525. John. 1539. Henry.
1541. Maurice.
1532. John Frederic; deposed by the emperor Charles V. ; succeed-
ed by
1548. Maurice (of the Albertine line).
1553. Augustus.
1586. Christian I.
1591. Christian II.
1611. John George I.
1656. John George 11.
1680. John George III.
1691. John George IV.
1694. Frederic Augustus I., king of Poland, 1697.
1733. Frederic Augustus II., king of Poland.
1763. Frederic Augustus III. , becomes king 1806.
KINGS.
1806. Frederic Augustus I. ; increased his territories by alliance with
France, 1806-9 ; suffered by peace of 1814.
1827. Anthony Clement.
1836. Frederic Augustus II., nephew (regent, 1830); d. 9 Aug. 1854.
1854. John, brother; b. 12 Dec. 1801; celebrated his golden wedding
(50 years), 10 Nov. 1872; d. 29 Oct. 1873.
1873. Albert; b. 23 Apr. 1828; married, 18 June, 1853, Caroline of
Heir : George, his brother ; b. 8 Aug. 1832.
§can'dalU]Il mag^na'tum, a special statute in
England relating to any wrong done to high personages, such
as peers, judges, ministers of the crown, officers in the state, and
other great public functionaries, by the circulation, orally or in
writing, of scandalous statements, false news, or defaming mes-
sages, by which any debate or discord between them and the
commons, or any scandal to their persons, might arise. — Cham-
bers. This law was first enacted 2 Rich. II. 1378.
Scandina'via, ancient name of Sweden, Norway, and
great part of Denmark, whence proceeded the Northmen or
Normans, who conquered Normand}'- (about 900), and event-
ually England (1066). They were also called Sea-kings, or
Vikings. They settled Iceland and Greenland, and, it is
thought, visited the northern regions of America, about the
9th century. A " National Scandinavian Society " has been
formed at Stockholm. Literature.
§Carlet, or kermes dye, was known in the East in the
earliest ages ; cochineal dye, 1518. Kepler, a Fleming, estab-
lished the first dye-house for scarlet in England, at Bow, 1643.
The art of dyeing red was improved by Brewer, 1667. — Beck-
mann.
Sceptic§, the sect of philosophers founded by Pyrrho,
about 334 b.c. He gave 10 reasons for continual suspense of
judgment; he doubted ever3'thing, never drew conclusions,
and, when he had carefully examined a subject, and investi-
gated all its parts, he concluded by still doubting. He advo-
cated apathy and unchangeable repose. Similar doctrines were
held by Bayle (d. 1706). Philosophy.
§ceptre, a more aneient emblem of royalty than the
crown. In the earlier ages the sceptres of kings were long
walking-staves; afterwards carved and made shorter. Tar-
quin the elder was the first who assumed the sceptre among
the Romans, abouf468 b.c. The French sceptre of the first
race of kings was a golden rod, 481 a.d. — Le Gendre.
Scliaff'liauseil, N. Switzerland, a fishing village in
the 8th century, became an imperial city in the 13th ; was
subjected to Austria, 1330 ; independent, 1415; became a Swis&
canton, 1501.
Sclielial'lioil, a mountain in Perthshire, Scotland^
where dr. Neville Maskelyne, the astronomer-royal, made obser-
vations with a plumb-line, 24 Oct. 1774, from which Hutton cal-
culated that the density of the earth is five times that of water.
Scheldt tolls were imposed by the treaty of Munster
(or Westphalia), 1648. The tolls were abolished for a com-
pensation, 1867. The House of Commons voted 175,000?. fer
the British portion on 9 Mch. 1864. The Scheldt was declared
free on 3 Aug. with much rejoicing at Antwerp and Brussels.
Sclienec'tady, Indian massacre at. New York, 1690»
Scllipka pas§e§, on the Balkans, Turkey. Through
these the Russian general Gourko entered Roumelia, 1877»
After his retreat, they were fortified, and desperately, but on
the whole unsuccessfully, assailed by the Turks under Sulei-
man Pacha, with great slaughter on both sides, 20-27 Aug.
He took and lost fort St. Nicholas, 17 Sept. 1877. The Rus-
sians re-entered Roumelia, Jan. 1878.
SClli§Ill (sism). Heresy, Popes.
Scllles'wig". Denmark, Gastein, Holstein.
School board. Education.
schoolmen oi" scholastic philosophy be-
gan in the schools founded by Charlemagne, 800-14 ; and pre-
vailed in Europe from the 9th to the 15th century. Doctors,
Philosophy.
schools. Education, Medical science, Painting,
Philosophy.
schooner Pearl. In 1848 capt. Drayton and his
mate Sayles attempted to carry away to freedom, from the
vicinity of Washington, D. C, 77 fugitive slaves concealed in
this schooner ; as the schooner neared the mouth of the Poto-
mac river, she was overtaken and obliged to return. These
fugitive slaves, men, women, and children, were immediately
sold to the cotton planters of the Gulf states ; while Drayton
and Sayles, with difficulty saved from death by mob-violence,
were brought to trial in Washington. The aggregate bail re-
quired amounted to $228,000. They were convicted and in
prison until 1852, when, through the influence and efforts of
Charles Sumner, pres. Fillmore granted them an unconditional
pardon; but, notwithstanding this, they were immediately hur-
ried out of the city and sent to the north to save them from
violence and re-arrest.
SchweiZ, a Swiss canton, which with Uri and Unter-
walden renounced subjection to Austria, 7 Nov. 1307. The
name Switzerland, for all the country, dates from about 1440.
scientific surveying expedition. Deep sea
soundings. Expeditions.
Scilly isles, the Cassiterides or Tin islands, southwest
of Land's End, Engl., consist of 140 islets and many rocks.
They held commerce with the Phoenicians, and are mentioned
by Strabo. They were conquered by Athelstan, 936, and given
to the monks. They were granted bj' Elizabeth to the Godol-
phin family, who fortified them ; the works were strengthened
in 1649 by the royalists, from whom Blake wrested them, 1651.
Augustus Smith, the owner, termed king of these isles, after a
long paternal rule, died in Aug. 1872. Area, 5770 acres ; pop,,
1880, 2090.
A British squadron under sir Cloudesley Shovel was wrecked here,
returning from an expedition against Toulon; he mistook the
rocks for land. His ship, the Association, in which were persons
of rank, and 800 brave men, went instantly to the bottom. The
Eagle, capt. Hancock, and the Romney and Firebrand, were also
lost; the rest of the fleet escaped, 22 Oct. 1707. Sir Cloudesley's
body was buried in Westminster Abbey, where a monument
stands to his memory.
Scinde. Sinde.
Scio massacre, il Apr. 1822. Chios.
Scone, near Perth, was of early historical importance.
It received the title of the " Royal city of Scone " as early as
906 or 909 a.d. The Scotch coronation chair was brought
from Scone to Westminster Abbey by Edward I. in 1296. Here
Charles II. was crowned, 1 JanT 1651.
"He is already nam'd; and gone to Scone, to be invested."
— Shakespeare, Macbeth, act ii. sc. iv.
SCO
718
SCO
ScotI, prehistoric invaders of Ireland, from whom the ^^Zr^^r'.TJ':\o\^er^^^^
1567
island took the name Scotia and retained it exclusively from
the 4th to the 11th century. The Scoti were probably a
branch »>f the Teutons or Scandinavians. The famous Mile-
sians were Scoti. It was not until invaded by Henry II. that
the island was known as Ireland.— //rew?*/^*-.
Sco'tiMtii, those who adopted the doctrines of John Duns
Scotus (d. 8 Nov. 1308) respecting the birth of the Virgin Mary,
etc, strongly opposed by the Thomists, disciples of St. Thomas
Aquinas, who dietl 7 Mch. 1274.
Scotland, the N. division of the island of Great Britain;
separateil from England on the southeast by the Tweed, south-
west by the Solway Firth, and south partly by the Cheviot
hills. At the death of queen Elizabeth, 24 Mch. 1603, James
VI. of Scotland, as the most immediate heir, was called to the
throne of England, and proclaimed king of Great Britain, 24
Oct. 1604. Each country had a separate parliament till 1707,
when the kingdoms were united. Area, 30,417 sq. miles in 33
counties, including its islands, 186 in number. Pop. 1891,
4,033,103. Albany, Caledonia, England.
Camelon, capital of the Plots, taken by Kenneth II. and every
living creature put to the sword or destroyed 843
Norwegians occupy Caithness, 9th century.
Scotland ravaged by Athelstau 933
Feudal system established by Malcolm II 1004
Invaded by Canute 1031
Divided into baronies. 1032
Danes driven out of Scotland 1040
Duncan I. is murdered by his kinsman Macbeth, by whom the
crown is seized "
Malcolm III., aided by Edward the Confessor, defeats Macbeth
at Dunsinane, 1054; Macduff kills Macbeth 1056 or 1057
Saxon- English language introduced into Scotland by fugitives
from the Normans in England 1080
Siege of Alnwick ; Malcolm 111. killed 1093
Reign of David I., a legislator. 1124-53
Scotland invaded by Hacho, king of Norway, with 160 ships
and 20,000 men; invaders are defeated by Alexander III.,
who now recovers the Western isles 1263
Margaret of Norway, heiress to the throne, d 7 Oct. 1290
John Baliol and Robert Bruce claim the throne, 1291 ; Edward
I. of England, as umpire, decides in favor of John Nov. 1292
John Baliol, king of Scotland, appears in his own defence in
Westminster hall against the earl of Fife 1293
Edward, wishing to annex Scotland to England, dethrones John,
ravages the country, destroys the muniments of Scottish
history, and seizes the proi>hetic stone (Coronation) 1296
William Wallace defeats the English at Cambus Kenneth, and
expels them, 1297; is defeated at Falkirk, 22 July, 1298;
taken by the English, and executed at Smithfleld 23 Aug. 1305
Robert Bruce crowned, 1306; he defeats the English, 1307; and
takes Inverness, 1313; defeats the English at Bannockburn,
24 June, 1314
Edward Baliol gains the throne for a little time by victories at
Dupplin, 11 Aug. 1332 ; and at Halidon hill 19 July, 1333
David II. taken prisoner by the English at the battle of Durham
(and detained in captivity 11 years) 1346
Battle of Chevy Chase, between Hotspur Percy and earl Doug-
las (Otterbcrn) 10 Aug. 1388
Murder of duke of Rothesay, heir of Robert III., by starvation,
3 Apr. 1401
Scots defeated at Homildon Hill 14 Sept. 1402
James I. captured by the English near Flamborough head on
his passage to France 30 Mch. 1406
St. Andrews university founded by bishop William TurnbuU. . . 1451
University of Aberdeen founded 1494
James IV. invades England, slain at Flodden Field, and his
army cut to pieces 9 Sept. 1513
James V. banishes the Douglases 1528
He establishes the court of session 1532
Order of St. Andrew, or the Thistle, is revived 1540
Mary, queen of Scots, b. 7 Dec. ; succeeds her father, James V.,
who d 14 Dec. "
Regent, cardinal Beaton, persecutes the reformers, 1539, 1546;
he is assassinated at St. Andrews 29 May, 1546
Scots defeated at Pinkie 10 Sept. 1547
Mary marries the dauphin of France Apr. 1558
Parliament abolishes the jurisdiction of the pope in Scotland,
24 Aug. 1560
Francis II. dies, leaving Mary a widow Dec. "
Reformation in Scotland, by John Knox and others, during
the minority of Mary between 1550 and "
Mary, after an absence of 13 years, arrives at I^eith from
France 21 Aug. 1561
Upon an inquisition, which was officially taken, by order of
queen Elizabeth, only 58 Scotsmen were found in London
(Slow) • 1562
Mary marries her cousin, Henry Stuart, lord Darnley. .29 July, 1565
David Rizzio, her confidential secretary, murdered by Darnley
in her presence 9 Mch. 1566
Lord Darnley blown up by gunp«wder in his house (Mary ac-
cused of conniving at his death) 10 Feb. 1567
James Hepburn, earl of Bothwell, carries off the queen, who
marries him 15 May, "
Resigns
ray appointed regent 22 July, -
Mary escapes, and collects a large army ; is defeated by regent
Murray at I^ngside, 13 May; enters England 16 May, 1568
Regent Murray murdered 23 Jan. 1570
Earl of Lennox appointed regent 12 July, "
Earl of Lennox murdered, 4 Sept. ; earl of Mar regent Sept. 1571
Death of the reformer John Knox 24 Nov. 1572
[His funeral in Edinburgh is attended by most of the no-
bility, and by tlie regent Morton, who exclaims, "There lies
he who never feared the face of man !"]
University of Edinburgh founded 1582
Raid of RuTHVEN "
Mary takes refuge in England, 16 May, 1568; is, after a long
captivity, beheaded at Fotheringay castle 8 Feb. 1587 j
Cowrie's conspiracy fails 5 Aug. 1600
Crowns of Scotland and England united in James VI. . .24 Mch. 1603 :
James proclaimed " king of Great Britain, France, and Ire-
land " 24 Oct. 1604 .
Charles I. attempts in vain to introduce the English liturgy;
tumult at Edinburgh 23 July, 1637
Solemn league and covenant subscribed (Covenanters), 1 Mch. 1638
A Scotch army enters England 1640
Charles joins the Scotch army, 1646; betrayed into the hands
of the English parliament 30 Jan. 1647
Marquis of Montrose defeated at Philiphaugh, 13 Sept. 1645;
executed at Edinburgh 21 May, 1650
Charles II. crowned at Scone, 1 Jan. ; defeated at Worcester,
22 Aug. 1651
Scotland united to the English Commonwealth by Oliver
Cromwell Sept. "
Charles II. revives episcopacy in Scotland 1661
Argyll beheaded 27 May, "
Scottish hospital, London, incorporated 1666
Covenanters defeated on the Pentland hills 1666
Archbishop Sharpe murdered near St. Andrews by John Balfour
of Burley and others 3 May, 1679
Covenanters defeat Claverhouse at Drumclog, 1 June; are
routed at Bothwell bridge 22 June, "
Richard Cameron's declaration for religious liberty... .22 June, 1G80
Karl of Argyll beheaded 30 June. 1685
Resolution of a convention in favor of William III. ; re-estab-
lishment of presbytery 14 Mch. 1689
Insurrection of Claverhouse ; killed at Killiecrankie. . .27 July, "
Massacre of the Macdonalds at Glencoe 13 Feb. 1692
Legislative union of Scotland with England 1 May, 1707
Insurrection under the earl of Mar in favor of the son of
James IL (Pretender) 1715
Rebels defeated at Preston, 12 Nov. ; and at Dumblane (or
Sheriffmuir) 13 Nov. "
Capt. Porteocs killed by a mob in Edinburgh 7 Sept. 1736
Prince Charles Edward proclaimed at Perth, 4 Sept.; at Edin-
burgh, 16 Sept. ; with the Highlanders defeats sir John Cope
at Prestonpans, 21 Sept. ; takes Carlisle, 15 Nov. ; arrives at
Manchester, 28 Nov. ; at Derby, 4 Dec. ; retreats to Glasgow,
25 Dec. 1745
Defeats gen. Hawley at Falkirk, 17 Jan. ; is totally defeated at
Culloden 16 Apr. 1746
Highland dress prohibited by parliament 12 Aug. "
Lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino executed for high-treason on
Tower hill 18 Aug. "
Simon Eraser, lord Lovat, aged 80, executed 9 Apr. 1747
Heritable jurisdictions abolished by parliament "
Thomson, the poet, d 27 Aug. 1748
Old Pretender, "Chevalier de St. George," d. at Rome,
30 Dec. 1765
Prince Charles Edward Louis Casimir, the Young Pretender, d.
at Rome 31 Jan. 1788
Death of Robert Burns 21 July, 1796
Scott's " Lay of the Last Minstrel" pub 1806
Cardinal Henry, duke of York (last of the Stuarts), d. . .31 Aug. 1807
Royal Caledonian asylum, London, founded 1813
Scott's " Waverley " pub. (Literature) 1814
Establishment of a jury court under a lord chief commissioner, 1815
Visit of George IV. to Scotland Aug 1822
Sir Walter Scott d ". .21 Sept. 1832
Seven ministers of the presbytery of Strathbogie are deposed
by the General Assembly of the church of Scotland for obey-
ing the civil in preference to the ecclesiastical law. (Their
deposition was formally protested against by the minority
of ministers and elders, headed by dr. Cook) 28 May, 1841
General Assembly condemn patronage as a grievance to the
cause of true religion that ought to be abolished 23 May, 1842
Secession of the non-intrusion ministers of the church of Scot-
land (about 400) at the General Assembly 18 May, 1843
Death of Francis (lord) Jeffrey, principally known as one of the
founders of and contributors to the Edinburgh Review, and
its editor for 26 years 26 Jan. 1850
National association for vindication of Scottish rights formed,
Nov. 1853
Salmon Fisheries act passed July> 1864
Scotch Reform bill introduced into the commons, 17 Feb.;
passed 13 July, 1868
Scotch Reform act passed " "
liand Registers and Titles to Land act passed July,
Robert Chambers, author and publisher, d., aged 69. . .17 Mch. 1871
Scott centenary celebrated in Edinburgh, etc. (Scott b. 15 Aug.
1771) 9 Aug. "
Return of owners of land and heritages, 1872-73 (a kind of
Domesday book), published by government Apr. 1874
SCO
719
Patronage in the established church (see 1842) abolished by act
passed 7 Aug. 1874
Scottish Church Disestablishment Association; first annual
meeting 8 Mch. 1875
Romanist hierarchy revived by the pope; archbishop of Glas-
gow, bishopric of Dunkeld, etc., 2 Mch. ; the Scotch Protes-
tant bishops protest against this 13 Apr. 1878
Movement for home rule begun 4 Apr. 1882
Secretary of Scotland act passed 14 Aug. 1885
Local government bill for Scotland passed 26 Aug. 1889
<Jreat railroad bridge over the river Forth opened 4 Mch. 1890
KINGS OF SCOTLAND.
BEFORE CHRIST.
[The early accounts of the kings are fabulous. The series is
carried as far back as Alexander the Great.]
330. Fergus I. : ruled 25 years; lost in the Irish sea.
[Fergus, a brave prince, came from Ireland with an army
of Scots, and was chosen king. Having defeated the Britons
and slain their king Coilus, the kingdom of the Scots was
entailed upon his posterity forever. He went to Ireland,
and, having settled his affairs there, was drowned on his
return, launching from the shore, near the harbor, called
Carrickfergtis to this day,— Anderson.]
AFTER CHRIST.
357. EugeniusI.,sonof Fincormachus; slain in battle by Maximus,
the Roman general, and the Picts.
'*^* With this battle ended the kingdom of the Scots, after having
existed from the coronation of Fergus I., a period of 706
years; the royal family fled to Denmark.— .Boece, Buchanan.
[Interregnum of 27 years.]
404. Fergus II. (I.), great-grandson of Eugenius, and 40th king;
slain in battle with the Romans.
420. Eugenius II. or Evenus; reigned 31 years.
451. Dongardus or Domangard, brother; defeated and drowned.
457. Constantino I., brother; assassinated.
479. Congallus I., nephew; just and prudent.
601. Goranns, brother; murdered.— fioece. Died while Donald of
Athol was conspiring to take his life.
-535. Eugenius III., nephew; "none excelled him injustice."
558. Congallus II., brother.
569. Kinnatellus, brother; resigned for
570. Aidanus or Aldan, son of Goranus.
■605. Kenneth, son of Congallus II.
606. Eugenius IV., son of Aidanus.
621. Ferchard or Ferquhard I., son; confined for misdeeds to his
palace, where he slew himself.— ^Sco^.
€32. Donald IV., brother; drowned in Loch Tay.
646. Ferchard II., son of Ferchard I. ; "most execrable."
■664. Malduinus, son of Donald IV. ; strangled by his wife for sup-
posed infidelity; she was immediately burned.
684. Eugenius v., brother.
■688. Eugenius VI., son of Ferchard IL
698. Amberkeletus, nephew; fell by an arrow from an unknown
hand.
699. Eugenius VII., brother; ruflians designing the king's murder,
entered his chamber, and, in his absence, stabbed his queen!
Spontana, to death. — Scott.
715. Mordachus, son of Amberkeletus.
■730. Etfinus, son of Eugenius Vn.
761. Eugenius VIII., son of Mordachus; sensual and tyrannous-
put to death by his nobles. '
7G4. Fergus III., son of Etfinus; killed by his jealous queen, who
afterwards stabbed herself to escape a death of torture.
767. Solvathius, son of Eugenius VIIL
787. Achaius; just and wise.
819. Congallus III. ; a peaceful reign.
*24. Dongal or Dougal, son of Solvathius; drowned.
831. Alpine, son of Achaius; beheaded by the Picts.
^34. Kenneth IL, son; surnamed Mac Alpine; defeated the Picts,
slew their king, united them with the Scots as first sole
monarch of all Scotland, 843.
*54. Donald v., brother; dethroned; committed suicide.
858. Coustantine IL, son of Kenneth II. ; taken in battle by the
Danes and beheaded.
874. Eth or Ethus, surnamed Lightfoot; died of grief in prison;
confined for sensuality and crime.
876. Gregory the Gre£tt ; brave and just.
893. Donald VI., son of Constantine II. ; excellent.
904. Constantine IlL, son of Ethus; became a monk, and resigned
in favor of
944. Malcolm L, son of Donald VI. ; murdered.
■953. Indulfus or Indulphus; killed by the Danes in an ambus-
cade.
■961. Duff or Duffus, son of Malcolm; murdered by Donald, the
governor of Forres castle.
965, Cullen or Culenus, son of Indulphus; avenged the murder of
his predecessor; assassinated.
970. Kenneth III., brother of Duffus; murdered by Fenella, the
lady of Fettercairn.
■994. Constantine IV.. son of Cullen; slain.
995. Kenneth IV. or Grimus, the Grim, son of Duffus; routed and
slain in battle by Malcolm, the rightful heir to the crown,
who succeeded.
1003. Malcolm IL, son of Kenneth III. ; assassinated on his way to
Glamis; the assassins in their flight crossing a frozen lake
were drowned.
10.33. Duncan I., grandson; assassinated by his cousin.
10:59. Macbeth, usurper; slain by Macduff, the thane of Fife.
** Historians so differ up to this reign in the number of kings.
SCR
dates of succession, and circumstances narrated, that no ac-
count can be trusted.
1057. Malcolm III. (Canmore), son of Duncan ; killed while besieging
Alnwick castle.
1093. Donald VII. (Donald Bane), brother; usurper; fled to the Heb-
rides.
1094. Duncan IL, natural son of Malcolm; murdered.
" Donald VIL again; deposed.
1098. Edgar, son of Malcolm (Henry I. of England married his sister
Maud).
1107. Alexander I., the Fierce, brother.
1124. David L, brother; married Matilda, daughter of "Waltheof earl
of Northumberland.
1153. Malcolm IV. ; grandson.
1165. William the Lion; brother.
1214. Alexander II. , son; married Joan, daughter of John, king of
England. ' "
1249. Alexander IIL, married Margaret, daughter of Henry III. of
England; dislocated his neck when hunting near King-
horn.
1285. Margaret, the "Maiden of Norway," granddaughter of Alex-
ander, " recognized by the states of Scotland, though a fe-
male, an infant, and a foreigner"; died on her passage to
Scotland.
A competition for the vacant throne; Edward I. of England
decides in favor of
1292. John Baliol, who afterwards surrendered his crown, and died
in exile,
[Interregnum.]
1306. Robert (Bruce) I. ; a great prince.
1329. David (Bruce) II. , son; Edward Baliol disputed the throne
with him.
1332. David II. again ; a prisoner in England, 1346-57 (Edward Baliol
king, 1332-34). '
1371. Robert (Stuart) IL, nephew; d. 19 Apr.
1390. Robert (John Stuart) III. ; son; d. 4 Apr.
1406. James I., second son; imprisoned 18 years in England; set at
liberty in 1423; conspired against, and murdered at Perth
21 Feb.
1437. James II. , son; killed at the siege of Roxburgh castle by a
cannon bursting, 3 Aug.
1460. James III. , son ; killed in a revolt of his subjects at Bannock-
burn fleld, 11 June.
1488. James IV., son; married Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry
VII. of England; killed at the battle of Flodden, 9 Sept.
1513. James V., son ; succeeded when little more than a year old; a
sovereign possessing many virtues ; d. 14 Dec.
1542. Mary, daughter; b. 7 Dec. 1542; succeeded 14 Dec. (see Annals
above).
1567. James VI., son; succeeded to the throne of England, and the
kingdoms were united, 1603.
England.
^COtt centenary celebrated in London and through-
out Scotland, 9 Aug. 1871. Sir Walter Scott was born 15 Aug.
1771. Literature.
" Scouring of the IVhlte ilor§e." Ash-
down.
screw, a cylinder surmounted by a spiral ridge or groove,
every part of which forms an equal angle with the axis of the
cylinder; one of the 6 mechanical powers known to the Greeks,
but probably not to the Egyptians. The pumping-screw of Ar-
chimedes, or screw-cylinder for raising water, invented about
236 B.C., is still in use. It is asserted that with the screw one
man can press down or raise as much as 150 men without it.
screw-propeller consists of two or more twisted
blades, like the vanes of a windmill, set on an axis running
parallel with the keel of a vessel, and revolving beneath the
water at the stern. It is driven by a steam-engine. The
principle was shown by Hooke in 1681, and since by Du Quet,
Bernouilli, and others. Patents for propellers w^ere taken out
by Joseph Bramah in 1784 ; by Wm. Lyttelton in. 1794 ; and
by Edward Shorter in 1799. But these led to no useful result.
In 1836 patents were obtained by Francis Pettit Smith, a farm-
er of Eomney, Engl, (knighted July, 1871 ; d. 12 Feb. 1874)
and capt. John Ericsson, and to them the successful applica-
tion of the screw-propeller must be attributed. The first ves-
sels with the screw were the A rchimedes, built on the Thames
in 1838 by H. Wimshurst, and the ^a«^er, built in the United
States (1844), and tried in England in 1845. Double screw-
propellers are now employed. A new form of screw-pro-
peller, invented by col. W. H. Mallory, of the U. S. army, was
tried on the Thames and reported successful, Aug. 1878.
Steam navigation.
Scrible'rus club, a literary' club, founded by Swift
in 1714, included among its members Bolingbroke, Pope, Gay,
and Arbuthnot.
scrofula. King's evil.
Scrutin (French for ballot). In scrutin de liste the voter
sou
720
SOU
writes on his paper as many names as there are persons to be
elected; for instance, for the whole department. In scrutin
iTarroHdissfment, the members are elected separately. These
modes were much discussed in France in 1876. The conserva-
tives prefer the latter, the radicals the former. France, Nov.
1875. The scrutin de liste was adopted in the elections of
1848, 1849, 1871, and 1875.
IL Bajrdoux's bill for scrutin de liste (warmly advocated by M.
Gambett*) passed by the Chamber of Deputies (243-235), 18
May, 1881: rejected by the senate (U8-1U) 9 June, 1881
11. Welbeck Rousseau's bill for the scrutin de liste passed by
the French deputies (412-99) 24 Mch. 1885
ScnUin de liste adopted by the Italian chamber 14 Feb. 1882
iCUlptlirc is much older than history, rude figures of
men and animals carved in stone having been found among the
relics of the stone age ; but the first artistic sculpture is re-
ferred to the Egyptians. Bezaleel and Aholiab built the tab-
ernacle in the wilderness, and made all the vessels and orna-
ments, 1491 ac., and their skill is recorded as the gift of God
(Exod. xxxi. 3). Dipoenus and Scyllis, statuaries at Crete,
established a school at Sicyon. Pliny speaks of them as being-
the first who sculptured marble and polished it, all statues be-
fore their time being of wood, 5G8 u.c. Phidias, whose statue
of Jupiter passed for one of the wonders of the world, was the-
greatest statuary among the ancients. His statue of Minerva:
in the Parthenon, made of ivory and gold, was 39 feet ia
height. Lysippus invented the art of taking likenesses in
plaster moulds, from which he afterwards cast models in wax..
Alexander the Great gave him the sole right of making his^
statues, 326 B.C. He left no less than 600 pieces, some of
which were so highly valued in the age of Augustus that they
sold for their weight in gold. Sculpture did not flourish among
the Romans, and in the middle ages, with few exceptions, was-
generally degraded. With the revival of painting, it revived
also; and Donato di Bardi, born at Florence 1383 a.d., was-
the earliest professor among the moderns, while Michael An-
gelo was the greatest artist. Two statues of Rameses II. and
one of his queen (about 1322 b.c.) were discovered at Aboukir-
by Daninos Pacha, Oct. 1891.
EMINENT GREEK (ANCIENT) SCULPTORS.
Flourished.
Present location.
Agesander.
Agasi;
Alcan
sias
.icameoes
ApoUonius
Apollonius and Tauriscus. .
Calamis
Chares.
Cleomenes
Cresilas ...
Glycon . . . .
Lysippus . ,
Myron . . . ,
Phidias
Polycletus ,
Praxiteles.
f450 B.C. ? i
[or 70 A.D. J
B.O.
400
440
300
200
480
370
445
LaocoOn
328
440
420
364
Fighting Gladiator
Venus of Melos
Torso of Hercules
Torso Farnese
( Apollo Belvedere
\ Head of Apollo
Colossus of Rhodes
Venus de' Medici
( Wounded Amazon
I Bust of Pericles
(Dying Gaul
Farnese Hercules
( Apoxyomenos
} Ludovisi Mars
( .(Esop
Discobolus (Disk thrower). . .
Sculptures of the Parthenon.
{Amazon
Head of Juno
(Cnidian Venus.
Thespian Cupid
Faun
Niobe group
Vatican, Rome.
Louvre, Paris.
Vatican, Rome.
Museum, Naples.
Vatican, Rome.
Museum, Basle.
Destro5'ed.
Ufflzi, Florence.
Capitol, Rome.
Glyptothek, Munich.
Capitol, Rome.
Museum, Naples.
Vatican, Rome.
Villa Ludovisi, Rome.
Villa Albani, Rome.
Palazza Massini.
British museum.
Museum, Berlin.
Museum, Naples.
Vatican, Rome.
Capitol, Rome.
Ufflzi, Florence.
RENAISSANCE AND MODERN SCULPTORS.
AMERICAN.
Name.
Flonrished.
Present location.
Bailly, Joseph A ,
Ball, Thomas . . . .
Bartholomew, Edward Shef-
field
Brown, Henry K...
Calverley, Charles..
Crawford, Thomas. ,
Frazee, John
French, Daniel C
Foley, Margaret E
Gould, Thomas R.
Greenough, Horatio....
Greenough, Richard S.,
Hart, Joel T
1825-83
1819-
1822-58
1814-86
1814-57
1790-1852
1850-
(?) -1877
1818-81
1805-52
1819-
1810-77
Hosmer, Harriet 6.
Statue of Washington
Statue of gen. John A. Rawlins
Equestrian statue of Washington
Emancipation monument
Statue of Daniel Webster.
Repentant Eve
Shepherd Boy
Sappho
Equestrian statue of Washington »
Statue of Lincoln |
Statue of gen. Greene
Equestrian statue of gen. Scott
Angel of the Resurrection
Bust of Horace Greeley
" " John Brown
Orpheus
Hebe and Ganymede
Equestrian statue of Washington
Statue of Liberty
Indian chief
Bust of judge Marshall
" " John Jay
Minute Men of the Revolution
Statue of John Howard.
" " Thomas Star King.
Bust of Theodore Parker, bust of Charles Sumner,
Excelsior, etc.
West wind, Cleopatra, Timon of Athens.
Bust of gov. Andrew, Mass
Statue of Washington )
The Rescue , )
Statue of Franklin 1
Boy and Eagle ]
Statue of gov. Winthrop
Statues of Henry Clay
Will- o' -the- Wisp
Zenobia
Beatrice Cenci
Statue of col. Benton
Philadelfihia, Pa.
Washington, D. C.
Boston, Mass.
Washington, D. C.
Central park, N. Y. city.
Wadsworth athenaeum, Hartford, Conn..
Wadsworth athenaeum, Hartford, Conn-
Union square, N. Y. city.
Statuary hall, Washington, D. C.
Washington, D. C.
Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Union League club, N. Y. city.
Athenaeum, Boston, Mass.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.
Capitol at Richmond, Va.
Capitol at Washington, D. C.
Historical Society, N. Y. city.
Academy Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa
U. S. Supreme court, Washington, D. C
Concord, N. H.
San Francisco, Cal.
Hingham cemetery, Mass.
Capitol at Washington, D. C.
Boston, Mass.
Washington, D. C.
Louisville, Ky.
New Orleans, La.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.
Collection of A. W. Griswold, N. Y. city^
Mercantile library, St. Louis, Mo.
Lafayette park, St. Louis, Mo.
sou 721 sou
RENAISSANCE AND MODERN SCULPTORS— (ConfmMed)
AMERICAN.
Beit works.
Present location.
MacDonald, James W. A.
Mead, Larkin G
Milmore, Martin
Mills, Clark
Mozier, Joseph
Palmer, Erastus D.
Perry, John D
Plassmann, Ernest
1845-83
1815-
1812-
1817-
1845-
Powers, Hiram.
Ream, Vinnie (Mrs.
Hoxie). . .
1850-
Rimmer William. .
1821-
Rhinehart, William
H
1825-74
Roberts Howard .
1843-
1825-92
1829-
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus
1848-
1842-
1815-82
Stone, Horatio
1810-75
Story, William W
1819-
Thompson, Launt
1833-94
Turner, William Green
Ward, John Q. A.
Head of Washington Irving
I Statue of Fitz-Greene Halleck
i' " " gen. Nathaniel Lyon.
Statue of Lincoln
" " Ethan Allen
" " Vermont
" " Columbus
' Soldiers' monument
Statue of America
Soldiers' memorial ,
Equestrian statue of Jackson
" " " Washington
' Statue of Freedom
Esther, Peri, Pocahontas, Silence and Truth, Prodigal
Son, Jephtha's Daughter.
(The Infant Ceres, Indian Girl, The Sleeping Peri,
\ etc.
(Bust of Horace Greeley, Beggar Maid, Christmas
\ Morning, etc.
I Statue of Franklin
\ Statue of Vanderbilt
r Statue of Eve
Greek Slave
I Ginevra
California
Statue of Webster
Statue of Jefferson
La Penserosa
Calhoun,
Statue of Lincoln
adm. Farragut
Spirit of the Carnival, The West, etc.
Statue of Alexander Hamilton
Falling Gladiator, Head of St. Stephen.
Clytie.
Endy mion
Sleeping Children
Statue of chief-justice Taney
Hester Prynne, Premiere Rose, etc.
(Statue of John Adams
" " William H. Seward
Soldiers' monument
Angel of the Resurrection
{Slave Auction, The Picket Guard, School Days, One
More Shot, John Alden, etc.— small plaster groups.
' Statue of adm. Farragut
" " Lincoln
" " The PuriUn
(Statue of Roger Williams.. . v ,
" " Oliver P. Morton ,
" " Longfellow
Naval monument ,
{Angel of the Waters )
Statue of Columbus j
Statue of Alexander Hamilton
(Beethoven
Statue of George Peabody
Statue of Philip Barton Key
" " Edward Everett /
Cleopatra and Semiramis
(Bust of William Cullen Bryant ,
Statue of gen. Scott
" " Napoleon
Bust of Rocky Mountain Trapper.
Equestrian statue of gen. Burnside
f Transition
Warner, Olin L 1844-
Fisherman's Daughter
Rhoda, etc.
^ Statue of com. 0. H. Perry
' Statue of Washington
The Indian Hunter
Statue of Shakespeare
Freedman
Equestrian statue of gen. G. H. Thomas. . .
Statue of com. Perry
Bronze statue of Horace Greeley (sitting).
I Statue of gov. Buckingham.
'[ " " William Lloyd Garrison.
Prospect park, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Central park, N. Y. city.
Lincoln monument, Springfield, 111.
National Art gallery, Washington, D. G,
State house, Montpelier, Vt.
Capitol, Sacramento, Cal.
Boston Common.
Roxbury, Mass.
Fitchburg, Mass.
Colby university, Waterville, Me.
Lafayette square, Washington, D. C.
Washington circle, " "
On dome of capitol, " "
Printing House square, N. Y. city.
Freight depot, Hudson square,N. Y. city
Collection of A. T. Stewart, N. Y. city.
Corcoran gallery, Washington, D. C.
Metropolitan museum, N. Y. city.
State house, Boston, Mass.
Capitol at Washington, D. C.
Lenox library, N. Y. city.
Capitol at Washington, D. C.
Washington, D. C.
Boston, Mass.
Peabody institute, Baltimore, Md.
Corcoran gallery, Washington, D. C.
Annapolis, Md.
Mount Auburn, near Boston, Mass.
Madison square, N. Y. city.
Providence, R. I.
Hartford, Conn.
New York city.
Lincoln park, Chicago.
Springfield, Mass.
National Statuary hall, Washington, D.G
Indianapolis, Ind.
Portland, Me.
Front of national capitol, " "
Central park, N. Y. city.
NationalStatuary hall, Washington, D.C.
Boston, Mass.
London, Engl.
San Francisco, Cal.
Boston, Mass.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. city.
Central park, N. Y. city.
Soldiers' Home, Washington, D. C.
Mr. Pinchot, Milford, Pa.
Providence, R. I.
Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts.
[Collection of Mr. Wolverton, Philadel-
[ phia. Pa.
Newport, R. I.
U. S. Sub-treasury building, N. Y. city.
Central park, N. Y. city.
Capitol at Washington, D. C.
Washington, D. C.
Newport, R. I.
Front of Tribune building, N. Y. city.
Thorwaldsen, Bertel.
Bacon, John ,
1770-1844
1740-99
Jason
Cupid and Psyche
Night and Morning
Ganymede and the Eagle
Dying Lion
Schiller monument
The Last Supper
Equestrian statue of Maximilian.
ENGLISH.
Monument of earl of Chatham
" " John Howard ,
" " dr. Samuel Johnson.
Statue of Blackstone
Thorwaldsen
Denmark.
museum, Copenhagen^
Lucerne, Switzerland.
Stuttgart, Germany.
Copenhagen, Denmark.
Munich, Germany.
Westminster abbey
St. PauFs, London.
All-Souls' college, Oxford.
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722 SOU
RENAISSANCE AND MODERN aCULFTOBS.— (Continued.)
RNOLISH.
Banks, Thomas.
Rebnes, William
Campbell, Tbomas.
Cbantrey, Sir Francis....
Cibb«r, Calus G
Darner, Anne Seymour . .
Flaxmao, John
Foley, John Henry
Gibbons, Grinling
Gibson, John.
NoUekens, Joseph
Rossi, John Charles F —
Stevens, Alfred G
Westmacott, Sir Richard.
Westmacott, Richard. . . .
Wilton, Joseph
Woolner, Thomas
Wyatt, Matthew Cotes. . .
1738-1806
1801-64
1790-1858
1782-1841
1630-1700
1748-1828
1765-1826
1818-74
1660-1721
1791-1866
1737-1823
1762-1839
1817-75
1775-1856
1799-1872
1722-1803
1825-
1778-1862
Beit works.
Auguler, Francois
Augaier, Michel..
Bartholdi, Fr^d^ric Auguste.
Baryg, Antoine L
Bosio, Francois Joseph. .
Bouchardon, Edme
€haudet, Antoine D
Colomb, Michael
Cortot, Jean Pierre
Coysevox, Charles A
Dalou, Jules
David, Pierre Jean
Duquesnoy, Franpois
Fremin, R6n6
Girardon, Franf ois
Goujon, Jean
1612-86
1834-
1795-1875
1769-1845
1763-1810
1431-1514
1787-1843
1640-1715
1789-1856
1594-1646
1673-1745
1628-1715
1515-72
Cupid catching a Butterfly
Caractacus before Claudius
Monument of sir Eyre Coote
Statue of Havolock
" dr. Boll
Statue of Mrs. Siddons
" " lord Ben ti nek
Statue of George III
Two Sleeping Children
Statue of James Watt
'> " bishop Heber
u 11 Washington
Figures of Raving and Melancholy Madness
" "Faith and Hope
Statue (colossal) of George III
Bust of Nelson
Bust of Bacchus
Statue of Pitt )
" " sir John Moore J
" " Robert Burns ,
Archangel Michael and Satan.
Statue of Hampden
" " father Mathew
" " John Stuart Mill.
" " Burke and of Goldsmith
" - " Stonewall Jackson
Figure of Prince Consort
Decorations in Wood-carving
Mars and Cupid
Psyche borne by Zephyrs ,
Statue of queen Victoria ,
Officers' monument \
Medallion of Goldsmith J
Tomb of bishop Thomas )
Monument of lord Cornwallis )
" " lord Rodney |
Monument of duke of Wellington
Monument of Fox
" " gens. Pakenham and Glbbs ,
Statue of duke of Wellington
WyclifTe preaching (bas-relief)
David with head of Goliath, Guardian Angel, Resig
nation.
Monument to gen. Wolfe
Statue of Macaulay
" " lord Bacon
Busts of Darwin, Tennyson, Cobden, Gladstone, )
Dickens, Carlyle, Kingsley )
Death of Boadicea, etc.
Equestrian statue of Wellington
Statue of George III
Monument to lord Nelson
Present location.
FRENCH.
f Monument of due de Rohan.
( Marble Crucifix
f Nativity
I Bust of Colbert
1 Christ on the Cross
1^ Statues of Pluto, Ceres, Neptune, and Amphitrite.
r Lion ,
J Malediction of Alsace
1 Statue of Lafayette.
1 Liberty Enlightening the World
f Combat of the Centaurs.
Lion
Jaguar devouring a Hare
Lion and Boa
Tiger fighting a Crocodile.
[Collection of sculptures (114 pieces).
\ Marble group
( Statues of the Apostles
{ Cupid and Psyche )
( Girl with a Stag f
I Shepherd of Polybus carrying away (Edipus
( Statue of Napoleon
Bas relief of St. George and the Dragon
{Marble group
Crowning of Napoleon
( Bust of Richelieu
\ Fame and Mercury
I Allegorical group— The Triumph of the Republic
( Etats-G^n6raux
I Statue of Jefferson
\ " " Gutenberg
( Groups of Children i
\ Statue of St. Andrew ]
I Saint Sylvie, Bas-relief of Notre Dame, Hercules,
\ Minerva, etc.
( Rape of Proserpine
\ Monument of Richelieu
( Fountain of the Innocents
] Statue of Diana »
( Four Evangelists \
Russia.
Stowe, Engl.
Westminster abbey.
Trafalgar square, London.
Westminster abbey.
Cavendish square, London.
London.
Lichfield chapel.
Westminster abbey.
St. Paul's, London.
State house, Boston, Mass
South Kensington museum, London.
Chapel, Chatsworth.
Register's office, Edinburgh.
Guildhall, Loudon.
University gallery, Oxford.
Glasgow, Scotland.
Edinburgh.
Parliament house.
Cork.
Glasgow, Scotland.
Richmond, Va.
Albert memorial, London.
Chatsworth, Engl.
Collection of duke Devonshire.
" " sir George Beamont.
Buckingham palace.
Westminster abbey.
St. Paul's, London.
St. Paul's, London.
Westminster abbey.
St. Paul's, London.
Hyde park, London.
Church, Lutterworth.
Westminster abbey.
Cambridge, Engl.
Oxford, Engl.
Westminster abbey.
Green park arch, London.
Pall Mall.
Liverpool.
Louvre, Paris.
Church of the Sorbonne, Paris.
Church of Val de Grace.
Louvre, Paris.
St. Roche, Paris.
Bel fort.
Paris.
New York harbor.
Colonnade Juillet, Paris.
Luxembourg gallery, Paris.
Tuileries.
Corcoran gallery, Washington, D. C.
Colonne VendOme.
Chapelle Expiatoire, Paris.
St. Sulpice, Paris.
Louvre, Paris.
Old museum, Berlin.
Louvre, Paris.
Chapelle Expiatoire, Paris.
Arc de I'fitoile.
Louvre, Paris.
Garden of Tuileries.
Paris.
Hall of Statuary, Washington, D. C.
Strasburg, Germany
St. Peter's, Rome.
Gardens, Versailles.
Church of the Sorbonne, Paris.
Paris.
Louvre, Paris.
sou 723 SOU
RENAISSANCE AND MODERN SCULPTORS.— (Con^mMed!.)
FRENCH.
Name.
Guillain, Simon
Guillaume, Jean Baptiste
Houdon, Jean Antoine. ..
Juste, Jean
Lemaire, Philippe H
Le Mot, Franf ois F , .
Figalle, Jean Baptiste
Pilon, Germain
Pradier, Jacques
Puget, Pierre
Rodin, Auguste
Roubiliac, Louis F
Rude, Franf ois
Begas, Rheinhold
Dannecker, John Henry..
Drake, Friedrich
Kraflft, Adam
Kiss, Augustus
Flourished.
Ranch, Christian D.
Rietschel, Ernst.
Schadow, John Gottfried.
Schievelbein, Herman. . .
Schwanthaler, Ludwig M.
Stoss, Veit
Tieck, Christian F
Vischer, Peter
1581-1658
1822-
1741-1828
-1534
1798-1880
1773-1827
1714-85
1520-90
1790-1852
1622-94
1840-
1695-1762
1784-1855
1831-
1758-1841
1805-
1430-1507
1802-65
1777-1857
1804-61
1764-1850
1817-67
Best works.
Present location.
1438-1533
1776-1851
1460-1529
Algardi, Alessandro 1598-1654
Amadeo, Giovanni A
Ammanati, Bartolommeo.
Bandinelli, Baccio
Bernini, Giovanni L.
Bologna, Jean de.
1400-74
1511-89
1487-1559
1598-1680
Bronze statue of Louis XIII
Theseus.
f Statue of Voltaire
" "Washington )
Bust of Lafayette j
" " Washington
Monument of Louis XIIL and Anne of Bretagne
i Last Judgment
\ Sculptures
Bas-reliefs
( Monument of marshal Saxe
I Statue of Voltaire
( Venus
Monument of Henry II. and Catherine de' Medici . . .
^Niobe group .)
I Psyche (
( Marriage of the Virgin
( Milo of Crotona
I Perseus liberating Andromeda
( Alexander and Diogenes
i Statue of Dante
\ Decorates the entrance of the Palace of Arts, etc. . .
( Statue of sir Isaac Newton
} Monument to Handel
( Mrs. Nightingale
I Statue of Joan of Arc
( " " marshal Ney
GERMAN, FLEMISH, AND DUTCH.
( Monument to Schiller
I Rape of the Sabines.
(Statue of Christ
Bust of Schiller
Bacchus
Venus
( Equestrian statue of William of Prussia
J Allegorical figure of Prussian Provinces
1 Statue of Melancthon
[ Dying Warrior
( Seven Stages
I Entombment
Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great
Model of equestrian statue of Frederick the Great . .
Statue of Frederick William III
Statue of queen Louise
Monument of Frederick the Great
Statue of Albert Durer
" " Bliicher
Victories
[ Moses
f Statues of Goethe and Schiller
Madonna and the Dead Christ
I Statue of Lessing
•{ Luther monument
Quadriga
I Reliefs
[ Morning, Noon, Evening, and Night
Statue of Frederick the Great
" " Bliicher
" " Luther
Pegasus and the Horse
Destruction of Pompeii
Statue of Bavaria
" " Mozart
" " Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
" " Goethe
" " Christ and Evangelists
Shield of Hercules
Pediment group
High altar
Monument of Casimlr the Great
Panel of roses
Sculptures
Tomb of S. Sebald
Monument of bishop Ernst
Statue of Apollo
ITALIAN.
1524-1608
f Flight of Attila
( God of Sleep
( Monument of Colleoni
( Sculptures ,
Statues of the Four Seasons. .
I Hercules and Cacus
( Adam and Eve
{Apollo and Daphne
Tomb of Urban VIII
" " Alexander VII ,
Rape of Proserpine
f Flying Mercury
Equestrian statue of Cosmo I.
Rape of the Sabines
Crucifixion
Bronze doors
Louvre, Paris.
Theatre Frangais, Paris.
State house, Richmond, Va.
Collection of Hamilton Fish, N. Y. city.
Abbey church, St. Denis.
Pediment of the Madeleine, Paris.
Gallery of the Luxembourg, Paris.
Fapade of Louvre, Paris.
Strasburg, Germany.
Institute of France, Paris.
Sans Souci, Potsdam.
Abbey church, St. Denis.
Luxembourg gallery, Paris.
Madeleine, Paris.
Louvre, Paris.
Paris.
Trinity college, Cambridge, Engl.
Westminster abbey.
Garden of the Luxembourg, Paris.
Berlin, Germany,
St. Petersburg. Russia.
Museum, Stuttgart, Germany.
New Palace, Stuttgart, Germany.
Cologne, Germany.
Palace, Berlin, Germany.
Wittenberg, Germany.
Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany.
Nuremberg, Germany.
Cemetery, Nuremberg, Germany.
Breslau, Germany.
I Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
( Philadelphia, Pa.
Potsdam, Germany.
Sans Souci, Potsdam, Germany.
Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany.
Nuremberg, Germany.
Berlin, Germany.
Walhalla, Ratisbon, Germany.
Potsdam, Germany.
Weimar, "
Potsdam, "
Brunswick, "
Worms, "
Portal of the Palace, Brunswick.
Hall of University, Leipsic.
Dresden, private collection.
Stettin, Germany.
Rostock, "
Wittenberg, Germany.
Old museum, Berlin.
New museum, "
Hall of Fame, Munich.
Salzburg, Austria.
Baireuth, Germany.
Frankfort-on-the-Main. >
Munich, Germany.
Frankfort-on-the-Main.
Walhalla, Ratisbon, Germany.
St. Mary's, Cracow, Austria.
Cracow, Austria.
Nuremberg, Germany.
Theatre, Berlin, Germany.
Nuremberg, Germany.
Magdeburg, "
Nuremberg, "
St. Peter's, Rome.
Villa Borghese, Rome.
Chapel, Bergamo.
Certosa, Pavia.
Florence, Italy.
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy.
Villa Borghese, Rome.
St. Peter's, Rome.
Villa Ludovisi, Rome.
UflBzi gallery, Florence.
Florence.
Loggia de' Lanzi.
Cathedral, Pisa.
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RENAISSANCE AND MODERN SCVLVTOBS. -(Continued.)
ITALIAN.
Baonarotti, Michael Aogelo.
Canova, AntoDio .
DonateUo (Donato di Betto
Bardi)
Fieeole, Mino da
Ghiberti, Lorenzo
Leopardo, Alessandro
Lombard!, Alfonso
Majano, Benedetto da.
Pisano, Niccola.
Pisano, Giovanni
Porta, Fra Guglielmo della. .
Robbia, Laca della
Rossellino, Antonio
Rossellino, Bernardo
Sansovino, Andrea
Sansovino, Jacopo Tatti
Vela, Vincenzo
Verrocchio, Andrea del. . . .
Martos, Ivan Petrovitch
Alvarez, Don Jos6
Berrugnete, Alonzo
Cano, Alonzo
Hernandez, Gregorio . . .
Montanes, Juan M
Roidan, Pedro
Flour! th*d.
1475-1S64
1767-1822
1386-1468
1400-86
1381-1455
1450-1510
1488-1537
1444-98
1207-78
1240-1320
1512-77
1400-81
1427-90
1409-70
1460-1529
1477-1570
1822-91
1432-88
B«tt worki.
Head of Faun
Battle of Hercules and Centaurs
Kneeling Cupid
Statue of David
" " Christ
Tombs of the Medici
Madonna and Child
Captives
Madonna of Bruges
Tomb of the archduchess Christina of Austria.
Daedalus and Icarus
Theseus conquering the Minotaur
Perseus
Venus Victrix
Hebe
Psyche
^ Statue of Napoleon
" " Washington
Venus at the Bath
Cupid and Psyche
Monument of Alfleri
Busts of eminent Italians
Head
Relief in marble, Dancing Children
Bronze David
" Judith
Equestrian statue of Francesco Gattamalota. . .
Sculptures
Monument of pope Paul II
Marble pulpit
Ciborium
Bronze doors
Statue of John the Baptist
" " St. Matthew
" " St. Stephen
Statue of Colleoni
Pedestals of the Pillars of S. Marco
( Altar in Zeno chapel
I Reliefs
( Hercules and Hydra
( Tomb of Filippo Strozzi
I Marble pulpit
Fountain
! Statue of Madonna..
Marble pulpit
(Monument of pope Paul III
( Statues of Peace and Plenty
(Reliefs
Bronze door of sacristy
Altar in terra-cotta
Works of Luca and his school
S Monument of Mary of Aragon
Reliefs upon Pulpit
Reliefs
r Monument of Leonardi Bruni
\ " " Beato Villani ,
( Bust of St. John
( Baptism of Christ
] Virgin Child and St. Anna
( Statues and reliefs ,
(Bronze reliefs
Bronze gates of the sacristy
Four Evangelists
Statue of St. John
Sparticus and The Dying Napoleon.
( Bronze David
{Equestrian statue of Colleoni, St. Thomas, and
( Christ ,
Present location.
UfBzi gallery, Florence.
Casa Buonarotti, Florence.
South Kensington museum, London.
Academy of Fine Arts, Florence.
Rome.
Florence.
Louvre, Paris.
Cathedral, Bruges.
Church of the Augustines, Vienna.
Pisani palace, Venice.
Vienna.
Vatican, Rome.
Borghese gallery, Rome.
Museum, Berlin.
Royal palace, Munich.
Apsley house, London.
State house, Raleigh, N. C.
Pitti palace, Florence.
Villa Carlotta, Como.
S. Croce, Florence.
Palace Conservator!, Rome.
Corcoran gallery, Washington, D. C,
UfHzi gallery, Florence.
Loggia de' Lanzi.
Padua, Italy.
Badia, Florence.
St. Peter's, Rome,
Cathedral, Prato.
Baptistery, Volterra.
" Florence.
San Michele, "
San Marco, Venice.
Cathedral, Cesena.
Palazzo Publico, Bologna-
Florence.
Baptistery, Pisa.
Cathedral, Siena.
Perugia, Italy.
Cathedral, Florence.
" Pistoja.
" Pisa.
St. Peter's, Rome.
Farnese palace, Rome.
Campanile, Florence.
Cathedral, "
S. Apostili, "
Museum Bargello, Florence.
Monte Oliveto, Naples.
UflSzi gallery, Florence.
S. Croce, Florence.
S. M. Novella, Florence.
UflQzi gallery, "
Baptistery, "
S. Agostino, "
Casa Santa, Loreto.
S. Marco, Venice.
Font S. M. die Frari, Venice.
Museum Bargello, Florence.
Venice, and San Michele, Florence.
RUSSIAN.
! Statues of Minin and Pozharski I Moscow, Russia.
Monument of prince Potemkin Cherson, "
emperor Alexander | Taganrog,
1768-1827
1480-1561
1601-67
1566-1636
-1650
1624-1700
SPANISH.
Statue of Ganymede
(Reliefs
(Monument of cardinal Tavera.
Bas-relief, Baptism of Christ,.
{Conception
Sculptures
The Entombment of Christ
Academy of San Fernando, Madrid.
Cathedral, Toledo.
Hospital of San Juan.
Museum of Valladolid.
Cathedral, Seville.
Museum, "
Seville, Spain.
§ca'tage or es'CUag^e. The service of the shield services. The first tax levied in England to pay an army,
(scutum) in England is either uncertain or certain. Escuage
uncertain is where the tenant by his tenure is bound to follow
his lord ; and is called castleward, where the tenant is bound
to defend a castle. Escuage certain is wh^re the tenant is set
at a certain sum of money to be paid in lieu of such uncertain
5 Hen. II. 1169.— Cowel.
Scu'tari, a city of Asiatic Turkey, opposite Constanti-
nople, of which it is a suburb. It was anciently called Chry-
sopolis, golden city, in consequence, it is said, of the Persians
having established a treasury here when they attempted the
II
SCY 725
conquest of Greece. Near here Constantine finally defeated
Licinius, 323.
Scytll'ia, a countrj' situate in the most northern parts
of Europe and Asia. The boundaries were unknown to the
ancients. The Scythians made several irruptions upon the
more southern provinces of Asia, especially 624 b.c., when
they remained in possession of Asia Minor for 28 years, and
at different periods extended their conquests in Europe, pen-
etrating as far as Egypt. Tartary.
§ea. Lieut. Maury, U. S. N., first published his " Physical
Geography of the Sea " in 1854, and other important works
since ; he died Feb. 1878. Deep-sea soundings.
seals or sig^netS. Engraved gems were used as such
by the Egyptians, Jews, Assyrians, and Greeks ; see Exod.
xxviii. 14. Ahab's seal was used by Jezebel, 899 B.c. (1 Kings
xxi. 8). The Romans in the time of the Tarquins (about 600
B.C.) had gemmed rings. They sealed rooms, granaries, bags
of money, etc. The German emperor, Frederick I. (1152 a.d.)
had seals of gold, silver, and tin. Impressions of the seals of
Saxon kings are extant ; and the English great seal is attrib-
uted to Edward the Confessor (1041-66). " A seal with armo-
rial bearings before the 11th century is certainly false." —
Fosbroke. The most ancient English seal with arms on it is
said to be that of Richard I. or John. • White or colored wax
was used. The present sealing-wax, containing shellac, did
not come into general use in Germany and England until about
1556. Red wafers for seals came into use about 1624, but were
not used for public seals till the 18th century. Great seal.
seas, Sovereignty of the. The claim of England to rule
the British seas is of very ancient date. Arthur is said to
have assumed it, and Alfred afterwards supported this right.
It was maintained by Selden, and measures were taken by
the English government in consequence, 8 Caro I. 1633. The
Dutch, after the death of Charles I., made some attempts to
obtain it, but were roughly treated by Blake and other ad-
mirals. Russia and other powers of the north armed to avoid
search, 1780 ; again, 1800. Armed neutrality, Flag. The
international rule of the road at sea was settled in 1862 ; yet
near Great Britain alone there have been 13,000 collisions in
six years. Wm. Stirling Lacon proposes to reduce the rules
from 749 words to 144, for simplicity and security. His form
had been 9 times before Parliament, 1873.
Sebastian, St., a town of N. Spain, was taken by
the French, under the duke of Berwick, in 1719. It was be-
sieged by the allied army under Wellington. After a heavy
bombardment, by which the whole town was laid nearly in
ruins, it was stormed by gen. Graham (afterwards lord Lyne-
doch), and taken 31Aug. 1813. On 5 May, 1836, the fortified
works were carried by the English under gen. Evans. The
British naval squadron, off St. Sebastian, under lord John Hay,
aided the victors in this contest. An assault was made on the
lines of gen. De Lacy Evans, at St. Sebastian, by the Carlists,
1 Oct. 1836. The Carlists were repulsed. The loss of the
Anglo-Spanish force was 376 men and 37 officers, killed and
wounded. Leagues.
Sebas'topol or SeTas'topol, a town and once a
naval arsenal, at southwest point of the Crimea, formerly the
little village of Aktiar. The buildings were commenced in
1784, by Catherine II., after conquering the country. The
town is in the shape of an amphitheatre, on the rise of a large
hill flattened on its summit, according to a plan laid down be-
fore 1794, which has been since adhered to. The fortifications
and harbor were constructed by an English engineer, col.
Upton, and his sons, since 1830. The population in 1834 was
15,000. This place underwent 11 months' siege by the Eng-
lish and French in 1854 and 1855. Immediately after the bat-
tle of the Alma, 20 Sept. 1854, the allied army marched to Se-
bastopol, occupied the plateau between it and Balaklava, and
the attack and bombardment commenced 17 Oct. 1854, with-
out success. After many sanguinary encounters by day and
night, and repeated bombardments, a grand assault was made
on 8 Sept. 1855, upon the Malakhoff tower and the Redans,
the most important fortifications to the south of the town.
The French succeeded in capturing and retaining the Mala-
khoff, but the attacks of the English on the great Redan and
of the French upon the little Redan were repulsed after a des-
SEC
perate struggle. The French lost 1646 killed, of whom 5 were
generals, 24 superior and 116 inferior officers, 4500 wounded,
and 1400 missing. The English lost 385 killed (29 being com-
missioned and 42 non-commissioned officers), 1886 wounded,
and 176 missing. In the night the Russians abandoned the
southern and principal part of the town and fortifications, after
destroying as much as possible, and crossed to the northern forts.
They also sank or burned the remainder of their fleet. The allies
found abundant stores when they entered the place, 9 Sept. The
works were utterly destroyed in Apr. 1856, and the town was
restored to the Russians in July. Russo-Turkish wars.
secession ordinances of the Confeder-
ate States. Confederate States; United States.
1861.
secret societies. Assassins, Fenians, Ribbon-
ism, ROSICRUCIANS, VehMIC TRIBUNAL, etC.
secretaries of state. The earliest authentic rec-
ord of a secretary of state is in the reign of Henry III., when
John Maunsell is described as " Secretarius Noster" 1253.
Rymer. Towards the close of Henry VIII.'s reign, 2 secreta-
ries were appointed ; and upon the union with Scotland, Anne
added a third as secretary for Scotch affairs ; this appointment
was afterwards laid aside; but in the reign of George IIL the
number was again increased to 3, 1 for the American depart-
ment. In 1782 this last was abolished by act of Parliament ;
and secretaries were appointed for home, foreign, and colonial
affairs. When there were but 2 secretaries, 1 held the porte-
feuille of the northern department, comprising the Low Coun-
tries, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Russia, etc. ; the
other, of the southern department, including France, Switzer-
land, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Turkey ; the affairs of Ireland
belonging to the elder secretary ; both secretaries then equally
directed the home affairs. — Beatson. The British government
now has 5 secretaries— home, foreign, colonial, war, and (in
1858) India, all in the cabinet. Administration. For the
United States, Cabinet; United States throughout.
sects in religion are the various bodies separated from
each other by doctrinal belief. They may be classified as
Christian, Jewish, Mahometan, and Heathen. More or less
extended summaries of the various sects in the list here given
may be found under their respective titles.
EARLY christian (Ist to 7th Century a.d.).
Jacobites.
Abelians.
Acacians.
Adamites.
.(Erians.
Agnoitae.
ApoUonarists.
Aquarians.
Arians.
Armenians.
Audiani.
Cataphrygiaus.
Cathari.
Cyrenaic sect.
Docetse.
Donatists.
Ebionites.
Encratites (Aquarians),
Eutychians.
Greek church.
Manicheans.
Marcionites.
Maronites.
Messalians.
Millenarians.
Monothelites.
Montanists.
Nazarenes.
Nestorians.
Novatians.
Origenists.
Paulianists.
Pelagians.
Priscillianists.
Sabellians.
Simonians.
Water Drinkers (Aquarians).
Zanzaleens.
Abrahamites.
Adamites.
Albigenses.
Apostolici.
Berengarians.
Bohemian Brethren
Calixtins.
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN.
Lollards.
Mystics.
Paulicians.
Scotists.
Waldenses..
Wickliffltes.
MODERN CHRISTIAN (Reformation and subsequent).
Adventists.
Anabaptists.
Arminians.
Baptists.
Broad church.
Burghers.
Calvinists.
Cameronians.
Camisards.
Campbellites.
Christian Connection.
Christian Endeavor Society.
Congregationalists.
Cumberland Presbyterian (Pres-
byterian).
Disciples of Christ
Dutch Reformed (Reformed
Church in America).
Episcopalians (Church).
Evangelical Association.
Free-will Baptists.
Friends (Quakers).
German Reformed (Reformed
Church in the United States).
Glasites.
Gospellers.
Greek.
Illuminati.
Independents.
Irvingites.
SEC
LatberuiB (17 lynods and bodlee).
MeanonltM (I'i divtsions, gener-
ally coniinunistio).
Methodist Episcopal.
Millerites.
Uohaists.
Moravians.
Mormons or Latter-day Saints, re-
orpinized.
Mugglrtouiana
Nonjurors.
Old Ciithulica
Plymouth Brethren.
Pietists.
Pre Adamites.
Presbyterians.
Puseyites.
(Orthodox.
Hicksites.
Wilburitea
Primitive.
Quietists.
Reformed Church in America.
*' " in the United
Sutes.
Reformed Episcopal.
Ritualists.
Roman Cathouos (Church).
Sabbutarians.
Siindemauians (Glabitbs).
Se^mratists (Conorkoational-
1ST8).
Seventh-day Baptists (Sabbata-
ria.nb).
Shakers.
Sociiiians.
Soulbcotter&
Spirilualista
Supnilapsarians.
Swedenborgians.
Tuiikers.
Ubiquitarians.
Unitarians.
United Brethem.
United Presbyterians.
Universalists.
Wesley an Methodists.
Whiteflelditea
Zoarites.
Zwinglians.
Karaites.
Nasarenes.
JKWISH.
Phariseea
Sadducees.
MAHOMETAN.
Fatamists (Ali).
Sbiites.
Sonnites.
Wahabees or Wababites.
Ali.
Alraobades.
Almoravides.
Babi-ists.
Carmathians.
For heathen religions and sects, Brahmo Somaj. Brahmins, Buddh-
ists, GcBBRKS, Jains, Magi or Fire -worshippers, Parsees, and
Tgzidbks or Devil- worshippers.
For the various schools of thought, Atheism, Deism, Humani-
tarians, HCTCHINSONIANS, MATERIALISM, PANTHEISM, PHILOSOPHY,
Positivism, Rationalism, and Secularism.
For doctrines and church parties, Antinomians, Anti Trinitarians,
Dissenters, Latitudinarians, Nonconformists, Puritans, Solifid-
lANS, Trinitarians, and Ultramontists.
§ecillar g;aine§ (ludi sceculares), very ancient Ro-
man games, celebrated on important occasions. Horace wrote
his " Carmen Saeculare " for their celebration in the reign of
the emperor Augustus (17). They took place again in the
reign of Claudius (47), of Domitian (88), and, for the last time,
in that of Philip (248), when it was claimed that 2000 years
had elapsed since the foundation of the city.
secularism, a name given to the principles advocated
by G. J. and Austin Hol3'oake, about 1846, and since by Mr.
Bradlaugh. Its central idea is free, not lawless, thought, and
it considers scepticism to be scrutiny. It advocates liberty
of action without injury to others. It is not against Christi-
anity, but independent of it. Its standard is utilitarian ; it
is the religion of the present life only ; teaching men to seek
morality in nature, and happiness in duty. Austin Holyoake
and other secularists repudiated atheism ; Mr. Bradlaugh and
others profess it.
Sedan', an ancient fortified city in the valley of the
Meuse, N.E. of France, the seat of a principality long held by
the dukes of Bouillon. On 6 July, 1641, a victory was gained
at La Marfee, near Sedan, by the count of Soissons and the
troops of Bouillon and other French princes, over the royal
army supporting Richelieu; but the count was slain on 23
June, 1642. The duke was arrested in the midst of his army,
and was made to cede Sedan to the crown. The Protestant
university was abolished after the revocation of the edict of
Nantes, 22 Oct. 1685. Around this place a series of desperate
conflicts on 29, 30, and 31 Aug., between the French army of
the north, under marshal MacMahon (about 150,000 men), and
the greater part of the 3 German armies under the king and
crown -prince of Prussia, and the crown -prince of Saxony
(about 250,000 men), was brought to a close on 1 Sept. 1870.
The battle began with attacks on the French right and left about
5 A.M., and was very severe at 2 p.m. At 4 p.m. the Germans re-
mained masters of the field, and the crown-prince of Prussia an-
nounced a complete victory, the chief part of the French army
retreating into Sedan. The emperor Napoleon was present dur-
ing the battle. The Germans contracted their circle close round
Sedan; their artillery held all the heights, from which they could
destroy the town and the army. At first gen. De Wimpflfen (called
to the command when MacMahon was wounded) rejected the
terms offered by the victor, and the emperor had a fruitless in-
terview with count Bismarck to endeavor to mitigate them. On
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"Mon frfere, n'ayant pu mourir & la tete de mes troupes, je de-
pose mon 6p6i} au pied de voire majesty.— Napoleon." A capit-
ulation of Sedan and the whole army therein was signed by gen
erals Von .Mollko and De Wimpflcn at the chateau of Bellevue,
near Frenois, at 11.30 a.m., 2 Sept. About 25,000 French prison-
ers were taken in the battle, and 83,000 surrendered, together with
70 mitrailleuses, 400 field-pieces, and 150 fortress guns. The French
emperor and his suite arrived at WilhelmshOhe, a castle near
Cassel appointed for his residence (formerly inhabited by his un-
cle Jerome, when king of Westphalia), on the evening of 5 Sept,
In a letter dated 12 May, 1872, the emperor Nai)oleon took upon
himself the whole responsibility of the surrender of Sedan.
Sedan' ehairs (so called from Sedan) were first seen
in England in 1581. One used in the reign of James I., by
the duke of Buckingham, excited indignation, the people de-
claring that he was employing fellow -creatures to do the
service of beasts. Sedan chairs came into London in 1634,
when sir Francis Duncomb obtained the sole privilege to use,
let, and hire a number of them for 14 years. They came into
general use in 1649.
iSedg^emoor, a wild country of Somersetshire, Engl.^
where the duke of Monmouth (natural son of Charles II. by
Lucy Waters), who had risen in rebellion on the accession of
James II., was completely defeated by the royal army, 6 July,
1685. The duke, in the disguise of a peasant, at the bot-
tom of a ditch, overcome with hunger and fatigue, was made
a prisoner. He was tried and beheaded on 15 July following.
Bloody Assizes.
sedition. Sedition acts were passed in England in the
reign of George III. The proclamation against seditious writ-
ings was published May, 1792. The celebrated Sedition bill
passed Dec. 1795. Seditious societies were suppressed by act,
June, 1797. The Seditious Meetings and Assemblies bill
passed 31 Mch. 1817. In Ireland, during the Roman Catholic
and Repeal agitation, acts or proclamations against sedition
and seditious meetings were published from time to time until
1848. Alien and Sedition laws.
Seekers. Quakers.
Seg^edin {seg-ed-in') or Szeg^edin, a town of Hun-
gary. Here was concluded a treaty between Ladislaus IV.
and Amurath IL, 12 July, 1444. It was treacherously annulled
at the instigation of cardinal Julian, who with Ladislaus per-
ished in the fatal battle of Varna, 10 Nov. 1444. Varna.
seisinom'eter (from auafioQ, Greek for earthquake),
an apparatus for measuring earthquake shocks, in violence,
duration, and amplitude of movement. One is described by
Robert Mallet in his work on earthquakes, pub. 1858.
selection, natural. Species.
selectmen, the eairliest oflScers of the townships formed
by the first colonists of New England, 1635. Massachu-
setts, 1635.
sele'nium, a grayish - white elementary substance
(chemically resembling sulphur), discovered in the stone rio-
lite by Berzelius in 1817.
The variation in its resistance to the electric current when sub-
jected to light was observed by Willoughby Smith in 1873, and
utilized in the Photophonb. Dr. C. William Siemens constructed
a "selenium eye."
Seleu'cia, Syria, made the capital of the Syrian mon-
archy by its builder, Seleucus Nicator, 312 b.c. On the fall
of the Seleucidae, it became a republic, 65 b.c. It was taken
by Trajan, 116 a.d.; several times given up and retaken;
subjugated by the Saracens, and united with Ctesiphon, 636.
Seleu'cidse, Era of the, dates from the reign of Se-
leucus Nicator. It was used in Syria for many years, and
frequently by the Jews until the 16th century, and by some
Arabians. Opinions vary as to its commencement. To re-
duce it to our era (supposing it to begin 1 Sept. 312 b.c.), sub-
tract 31 1 years 4 months.
self-denying^ ordinance, that no member of
Parliament should hold any civil or military office or com-
mand conferred by either or both of the houses, or by author-
ity derived from them, was passed after much discussion, 3
Apr. 1645, by the influence of Cromwell, who thus removed
the earl of Essex and other Presbyterians out of his way. A
somewhat similar ordinance was adopted by the parliament
at Melbourne in Australia, in 1858. The name was given to
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an arrangement made respecting British naval promotions
and retirements in 1870.
§ellO.'§i£l, a town of Laconia. Here the Spartans, un-
der Cleomenes, were defeated by Antigonus Doson and the
Achaeans, 221 b.c.
Seinina'ra, a town of Naples, Near here Gonsalvo
de Cordova, the great captain, was defeated by the French,
in 1495; but defeated them, 21 Apr. 1503.
JSemi'nole war. Florida, 1833-42; United States.
Semit'iC, a sub-division of the Caucasian race, so called
as indicating descendants of Shem, a son of Noah. Alphabet,
Ethnology, Language.
jSempacll (sem'pak), a town of Switzerland. Here the
Swiss gained a great victory over Leopold, duke of Austria,
9 July, 1386, The duke was slain, and the liberty of their
country established. The day is still commemorated.
§emper ea'dem (" always the same "), one of the
mottoes of queen Elizabeth, was adopted by queen Anne, 13
Dec. 1702. Many suspected this motto to denote her Jaco-
bitism, and it ceased to be used after her reign.
§enate (Lat. senatus). In the ancient republics the gov-
ernment was divided between the senatus (from senis, old ; in
Gr. yepovffia, from ykpotv, old), an assembly of the elders,
and the popular assembly (comitia, Lat. ; eKKXrtma, Gr.), the
king being merely the executive. The Roman senate, said
to have had originally 100 members, was increased to 300
by Tarquinius Priscus ; to about 600 by Sulla, about 81 b.c. ;
and to 900 by Julius Caesar. It was reformed and reduced to
600 by Augustus ; and gradually lost its power and dignity
under the emperors. The mere form existed in the reign of
Justinian. A second senate, formed at Constantinople by
Constantine, retained its office till the 9th century. S.P.Q.R.
on the Roman standard stood for " Senatus Populusque Ro-
manus," " the senate and people of Rome." A senatus con-
sultum was a law enacted by the senate. The French senate
was created by the constitution of the year 8 of the Republic,
promulgated 24 Dec. 1799, to watch over the administration of
the laws. The number of senators was raised graduall}- from
60 to 137. The senate was replaced by the chamber of peers
in 1814 ; re-established by Napoleon IIL, 14 Jan. 1852 ; and
abolished, 5 Sept. 1870. The senate as now constituted by act
of 22 Feb. 1875, consists of 300 members, 225 elected by the de-
partments for 9 years, one third retiring every 3 years ; 75 for
life, elected by the National Assembly. By the Senate bill of
1884 it was enacted that vacancies arising among life-senators
should be filled by nine-year senators.
ISenate of the United l^tate^. The constitu-
tion of the U. S. provides that Congress shall consist of a senate
and a house of representatives. In the Senate, representation
is by states, without regard to population, each state having
2 senators (chosen by their state legislatures for 6 years), one
third retiring every 2 years. The executive of any state has
the power to make a temporary appointment of a senator if a
vacancy should occur in that state during the recess of its leg-
islature. Senators must be at least 30 years of age, and be for
9 years citizens of the U. S. The vice-president of the U. S.
is president of the Senate, without a vote on questions unless
equally divided. Besides its legislative capacity the Senate
ratifies or rejects all treaties made by the president with foreign
powers, a two-thirds majority of senators present is required
for ratification. The consent of the Senate is necessary to all
appointments made by the president, and its members constitute
a high court of impeachment. The Senate also elects the vice-
president of the U. S. in case the electors fail to do so. For list
of members consult each state record ; United States, 1868.
Seil'eca§. Indians, Long House.
Seneffe {se-nef), a village of Belgium, Near here was
fought a severe but indecisive battle between the Dutch, un-
der the prince of Orange (afterwards William IIL of Eng-
land), and the French, led by the great Cond6, 11 Aug. 1674,
, Sen'egal, French colonies on the river of that name
m Senegambia, W. Africa, settled about 1626 ; several times
taken by the British, but recovered by the French, to whom
they were finally restored in 1814. Native tribes revolted,
1885 ; continued war of the French with the natives, 1890-
1892, Area of Senegal proper about 54,000 sq. miles, with a
pop, of 1,100.000, 1891. Chief town, St. Louis ; pop. 20,000,
§eil'esclial (from Goth, sins, old, and shalks, a servant,
a high-steward). In the reign of Philip I. of France, 1059,
the office was esteemed the highest place of trust in the royal
household.
teniae. Hastings.
Sen'one§, a people of Gallia, defeated by Camillus, 867
B.C. They defeated Metellus, the consul at Arretium, 284,
but were almost exterminated by Dolabella, 283. They in-
vaded Greece in 279 ; were defeated by Antigonus Gonatas,
278 ; and sued for peace. Gauls.
Sen'ova, near Schipka, in the Balkans. Here Sulei-
man Pacha and the Turks were defeated by the Russian gen-
eral Skobeleff, 9 Jan. 1878. This victory virtually closed the
war, and opened the road to Adrianople. About 26,000 Turks
and 283 officers were made prisoners, with 40 Krupp guns.
About 8000 Turks and 2000 Russians were killed or wounded.
iSenti'nuin, central Italy. The site of a great victory
of the Romans over the Samnites and Gauls, whose general^
Gellius Egnatius, was slain, 295 B,c.
ISeparatlits. Congregationalists.
iSepliardiin', thp name given to the descendants of
the highly civilized Jews of Spain and Portugal, who fled
from the persecutions of the Inquisition, 1492-1505. The
Jews interpret Sepharad, in Obadiah 20, as Spain.
§epoys (a corruption of sipdhi, Hindostanee for a sol-
dier), the term applied to the native troops in India. Under
able generals, they greatly aided in establishing British rule
in India. India, 1857; Mutinies.
September, the 7th Roman month, reckoned ' from
Mch. (from Septimus, seventh). It became the 9th month
when January and February were added to the year by Numa,
713 B.C. The Roman senate would have given this month
the name of Tiberius, but the emperor opposed it ; the em-
peror Domitian gave it his own name, Germanicus ; the sen-
ate under Antoninus Pius gave it that of Antoninus ; Com-
modus gave it his surname, Herculeus; and the emperor
Tacitus his own name, Tacitus. "Sept. 4 government,"
France, Sept. 1870.
Septembriz'ers. In the French revolution, a
dreadful massacre took place in Paris, 2-5 Sept. 1792. The
prisons, especially the Abbaye, were broken open, and the
prisoners butchered, among them an ex-bishop, and nearly
100 non-juring priests. Some accounts put the number of
persons slain at 1200, others at 4000. The agents in this
slaughter were named Septembrizers.
septennial parliaments (English). Edward I.
held but one parliament every 2 years. In 4 Edward III.
it was enacted "that a parliament should be holden everj'
year once." This continued to be law till the act of 16 Charles
I., 1641, requiring a parliament once in three years at least;
repealed in 1664. The Triennial act was re-enacted in 1694.
Triennial parliaments thence continued till 2 Geo. I., 1716,
when, in consequence of the allegation that " a popish faction
were designing to renew the rebellion in this kingdom, and
the report of an invasion from abroad," it was enacted that
"the then parliament should continue for 7 years." This
Septennial act, entitled " An Act for Enlarging the Continu-
ance of Parliaments" (1715 in the statutes, 4to, given as 1
Geo. I. Stat. 2, c. 38), was passed 7 May, 1716. Parliaments.
Several unsuccessful motions have been made for its repeal ;
one in May, 1837.
Septuag^es'ima Sunday, 13 Feb. 1881; 5 Feb.
1882. Septuagesima is the season between Epiphany and
Lent. Quadragesima Sunday and Week.
Sept'uagint Version of the Old Testament, made
from Hebrew into Greek by order and during the reign of
Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt (283-247 B.C.). King
Ptolemy to Eleazer, the high-priest ..." I have determined
to procure an interpretation of your law and to have it trans-
lated out of Hebrew into Greek, and to be deposited in my
library. Thou wilt therefore do well to choose out and send
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to me men of a good character who are now elders in age and
6 in number from every tribe to make accurate interpretations
of them." . . . — Eleazer, the high-priest, to king Ptolemy . . .
•♦ We have also chosen 6 elders out of every tribe, whom we
have sent, and the law with them." . . . "The labor of in-
terpretation came to its conclusion in 72 days." — Josephus,
" Antiquity of the Jews," bk. xii. chap. ii. Whiston's transla-
tion. This request of king Ptolemy was accompanied by an
immense treasure as a present.
Scr'apis, a celebrated Egyptian deity, introduced into
Greek worship, and temples were erected by the Romans to
Jupiter-Serapis. A. temple erected to him at Pozzuoli, near
Naples, Italy, had its roof supported by 46 columns 42 ft. high
and 6 ft. in diameter; 3 of these columns are now standing, and
bear evidence of having been at some time submerged to half
their height (12 ft.) in mud, and 9 ft. above this in water. The
submerging and rising of this temple were thoroughly investi-
gated by Lyell, being a subject of great geological interest.
sera§'kier, the Turkish minister of war.
serr§. Russia, 1861, 1863 ; Slavery, serfdom.
§erifeailt§-at-law,in the English courts, are plead-
ers from among whom the judges are ordinarily chosen, and
who are called sergeants of the coif. The judges call them
brothers. Coif. Their exclusive rights of addressing court
of Common Pleas suspended, 1834 ; restored, 1840; abolished,
1846. By the Supreme Court of Judicature act, judges on
their appointment need not be made sergeants, 1873. Inns
OF Court.
Sering^apatam', S. India, the capital of Hyder Ali,
sovereign of Mysore. The battle of Seringapatara, called
also the battle of Arikera, in which the British defeated Tip-
poo Sahib, was fought 15 May, 1791. The redoubts were
stormed, and Tippoo was reduced by lord Cornwallis, 6 Feb.
1792. After this capture, preliminaries of peace were signed,
and Tippoo agreed to cede one half of Mysore, and to pay
33,000,000 rupees (about 3,300,000^.) to England, and to give
up to lord Cornwallis his 2 eldest sons as hostages. In a new
war, the Madras army, under gen. Harris, arrived before Se-
ringapatara, 5 Apr. 1799; it was joined by the Bombay army,
14 Apr. ; and the place was stormed and carried by maj.-gen.
Baird, 4 May, same year. In this engagement Tippoo was
killed.
serpent, an ancient wind instrument, parent of the
cornet family. A "contra serpent" in the London exhibi-
tion, 1851, made by Jordan of Liverpool. The " serpen tcleid "
was produced by Beacham in JuUien's orchestra about 1840.
Serpent mound. An embankment in the form of
a serpent many rods in length, in Adams county, Ohio, attrib-
uted to the mound-builders. This mound, with the surround-
ing land, belongs to Harvard university.
Ser'via, an hereditary principality south of Hungary,
nominally subject to Turkey until 1878. The Servians are
of Slavonic origin. They embraced Christianity about 640.
The emperor Manuel subjugated them in 1150; but they re-
covered their independence in 1180, and were ruled by princes,
generally named Stephen, till their country was finally sub-
dued by the sultan Mahomet II., in 1459. Area, 18,855 sq.
mUes; pop. in 1854, 985,000 ; 1873,1,338,505; 1876,1,366,923;
1891, 2,162,759.
An empire founded by king Duschaw, 1340; Lazar, emperor,
defeated, 15 June, 1389, by the Turks under Amurath I. in
the plains of Cossova.
Servia subdued by Mahomet II I459
Ceded to Austria. 1718
Regained by Turkey 1739
Servians aid Austria by free companies 1788-90
Again rebel, and capture Belgrade 1806
Kara George chosen leader, 1801 ; aided by the Russians, es-
tablishes a government 1807-11
Turks break a treaty, and Kara George flees 1814
Their governor, Milosch, rebels Mch. 1815
Kara George, returning, is executed 1816
Alexander Milosch 1. (Obrenovitch) recognized as hereditary
prince by the sultan 15 Aug. 1829
Milosch, becoming despotic, made to abdicate, and a new con-
stitution established 13 June, 1839
His son and successor, Milan, dies, his brother Michael retires;
Alexander, son of Kara George, chosen prince 14 Sept. 1842
Alexander, becoming unpopular, made to abdicate by the na-
tional party; Alexander Milosch re-elected 23 Dec. 1858
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Plot against Milosch frustrated, 11 July; the Servian assem-
bly meets 13 July, 1860
Milosch dies; succeeded by his son, Michael Obrenovitch (b.
4 Sept. 1825) 26 Sept. "
Movement for iudopendenco against Turkey Mch. 1861
Servians and the Turkish garrison at Belgrade quarrel, leading
to bloodshed; the city bombarded, 15 June; submits, 17
June ; the Turkish pacha dismissed 19 June, 1862
Representatives of the great powers meet at Constantinople,
Aug. ; the Porte agrees to liberal concessions to the Ser-
vians, which their prince accepts 7 Oct. "
Servians demand withdrawal of Turkish garrisons from Bel-
grade and other fortresses 5 Oct. 1866
Which are evacuated, Mch. ; prince Michael, at Constantino-
ple, thanks the sultan 30 Mch. 1867
Prince Michael assassinated in Belgrade 10 June, 1868
Milan IV'., grand-nephew of prince Michael, chosen successor,
22 June; 14 murderers executed 28 July, "
Constitution afflrmiug the hereditary rights of the Obrenovitch
fam ily 1869
Prince Karageorgevitch accused of complicity with murder;
imprisoned at Pesth, Jan. ; acquitted May, 1871
Regents surrender the government to prince Milan at Bel-
grade 22 Aug. 1872
Insurrection in Herzegovina; new ministry, hostile to Turkey,
formed, about 31 Aug. ; resign ; announced, 4 Oct. ; peace
ministry formed 9 Oct. 1875
Marriage of the prince to Natalie Keschko, daughter of col.
Keschko of the Russian Imperial guard 17 Oct. "
Ristics, premier, opposed to Turkey July, 1876
Turkey for the war declared 1 July, "
Milan proclaimed king by Tchernayeff and the army at Deli-
grad; not approved 16 Sept. "
Peace with Turkey ratified 4 Mch. 1877
[Servian losses in the war, about 8000 killed, 20,000
wounded.]
Servians again declare war and enter Turkey (Rcsso-Turkish
WARS) 14, 15 Dec. "
Sultan deposes prince Milan 22 Dec. "
Servia declared independent, with new frontiers, by treaty of
San Stefano, 3 Mch., and of Berlin 13 July, 1878
Execution of Markovitch and other rioters end of May, "
Proclamation of peace and national independence at Belgrade,
22 Aug. "
Ministry remodelled by Ristics about 15 Oct. "
Resignation of Ristics (virtual dictator) announced 25 Oct. 1880
Milan proclaimed king by the assembly 6 Mch. 1882
Declares war against Bulgaria 13 Nov. 1885
Success followed by disaster and retreat 14-24 Nov. "
Peace signed 3 Mch. ; ratified by the sultan 13 Mch. 1886
Milan divorced from Natalie 24 Oct. 1888
[He favors Austria, she Russia.]
Queen protests against the divorce, 20 Aug. and 30 Oct. ; the
divorce decreed by the metropolitan Theodosius, abp. of
Belgrade (authority questioned) Oct. "
Royal commission recommends universal sufi'rage; all electors
eligible to the skuptschina; independence of the church ; all
religions free and protected ; liberty of the press, etc., 24 Oct. *'
Elections annulled by the king 26 Oct. "
New elections give majority to the radicals 16 Dec. "
Skuptschina opened 30 Dec. "
New constitution passed (494-73) 2 Jan. 1889
Milan abdicates, proclaiming his son Alexander (b. 14 Aug. 1876)
king, under a regency until his majority (18 years). . . .6 Mch. "
Elections; great radical majority 1 Oct. "
Queen Natalie agitates to annul her isolation from her son;
her petition to the parliament dismissed 8 Dec. et seq. 1890
King Milan agrees to live out of Servia till his son's majority,
on receipt of a sum of money and a pension 14 Apr. 1891
Queen, requested by the government to leave the country, re-
fuses; attempted expulsion met by riots and resistance; the
queen forcibly conveyed to Semlin in Hungary 19 May, "
King Milan resigns all his military and political rights. . .Nov. "
King Alexander arrests his regents and ministers and assumes
the government 14 Apr. 1893
Ex-king Milan returns to Servia 21 Jan. 1894
HEREDITARY PRINCES.
1829. Milosch (Obrenovitch) I., recognized by Turkey, 15 Aug. 1833;
abdicates, 13 June, 1839.
1839. Michael II., son; d. 1840.
1840. Michael III., brother; abdicates, 1842.
1842. Alexander (Karageorgevitch), son of Kara George; chosen,
14 Sept. ; deposed, 23 Dec. 1858.
1858. Milosch (Obrenovitch) re-elected, 23 Dec. ; d. 1860.
1860. Michael III., son; succeeds, 26 Sept.; assassinated, 10 June,
1868.
1868. Milan (Obrenovitch) IV., grand-nephew; again proclaimed,
2 July, 1868; marries Natalie Keschko (b. 1859), 17 Oct.
1875 ; abdicates, 6 Mch. 1889.
1889. Alexander I., son; b. 14 Aug. 1876.
servile war§, insurrections of slaves against their
masters. 2 were quelled in Sicily, after much slaughter, 132,
99 B.C. Spartacus.
session courts in England were appointed to be
held quarterly in 1413, and the times for holding them reg-
ulated in 1831. Court of Session, Quarter Sessions.
The kirk session in Scotland consists of the minister and eld-
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ers of each parish. They superintend religious worship and
I -discipline, dispense money collected for the poor, etc.
; Se§tO§, on the Thracian Chersonesus. Near Sestos was
I the western end of Xerxes' bridge across the Hellespont, 480
i B.C. Sestos was retaken from the Persians by the Athenians,
478, and held by them till 404, giving them the command of
i the trade of the Euxine. Hellespont.
Settlement, Act of, for the succession to the British
I throne, excluding Roman Catholics, was passed in 1689. This
name is also given to the statute by which the crown, after
' the demise of William HI. and queen Anne, without issue,
; was limited to Sophia, electress of Hanover, granddaughter of
; James I., and her heirs, being Protestants, 1702. The Irish
i Act of Settlement, passed in 1662, was repealed in 1689. Han-
! OVER.
§ettleineilt8 in America. America, French in
I America, and each state of the United States separately.
seven brotliers : Januarius, Felix, Philip, Silvanus,
Alexander, Vitalis, and Martial, martyrs at Rome, under An-
I toninus ; their feast is kept 10 July.
1 seven champions of Christendom: St.
i Oeorge, the patron saint of England, St. Denis of France, St.
} James of Spain, St. Anthony of Italy, St. Andrew of Scot-
I land, St. Patrick of Ireland, and St. David of Wales.
! seven churches of Asia, to the angels (minis-
j ters) of which the apostle John was commanded to write the
i epistles contained in the second and third chapters of his Rev-
! elation — viz., Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis,
I Philadelphia, and Laodicea, 96.
I 1. Eph'ksus. Paul founded the chnrch here, 57. In 59, he was in
j great danger from a tumult created by Demetrius; to the elders
j of this church he delivered his warning address, 60 (Acts xix. xx. ).
j Ephesus was iu a ruinous state even in the time of Justinian
j (527), and still remains so.
I 2. Smyrna. An ancient Greek city, claiming to be the birthplace
of Homer; was destroyed by the Lydians; about 627 b.c. rebuilt
by Antigonus and Lysimachus. Its first bishop, Polycarp, was
I martyred here about 169. It has been frequently captured. It
was sacked by Tamerlane in 1402 ; and finally taken by the Turks,
1424. It is now the chief city of Asia Minor, and the seat of the
i Levant trade. Earthquake (above 2000 perish), 12 May, 1875.
Pop. 1885, 186,510.
8. Per'gamos. Capital of the kingdom of the same name, founded
! by Philetserus, whom Lysimachus, one of Alexander's generals,
had made governor, 283 b.c. He was succeeded by Eumenes I.,
263; Attalus (who took the title of king), 241; Eumenes II. (who
collected a great library), 197. Libraries. Attalus II., 159; At-
talus III., 138. He bequeathed his kingdom to the Romans, 133.
It revolted, was subdued, and made the Roman province, Asia.
Pergamos is still an important place, called Bergamo. Parch-
ment is said to have been invented here.
4. Thyati'ra. Now a mean town of 2000 houses, called Akhissar,
"White Castle."
I 6. Sardis. Formerly the capital of Lydia, the kingdom of Croesus
(560 B.C.); taken by Cyrus, 548; burned by the Greeks, 499; it
flourished under the Roman empire; was taken by the Turks,
and destroyed by Tamerlane about 1462; it is now a miserable
village named Sart.
6. Philadel'phia was built by Attalus (III.) Philadelphus, king of
Pergamos (159-138 b.c); was taken by Bajazet I., 1390 a. d. It
is now called Allah Shehr, "The City of God," and is a miserable
town of 3000 houses.
7. Laodice'a. In Phrygia, near Lydia; has suffered much from
earthquakes. It is now a deserted place, called Eskehissar, " The
Old Castle."
Seven Days' battles around Richmond, Va. A
i series of severe conflicts between the confederates under
j Lee, and the Federal army under McClellan, lasting from 25
i June to 1 July, 1862. Peninsular campaign, United
; States.
Seven Pines or Fair Oaks, Va., Battle of. Pen-
insular CAMPAIGN.
seven sag^es. Greece, 590 B.C.
seven sleepers. According to an early legend, 7
; youths, in 251, commanded to worship a statue set up in Eph-
' esus by the emperor Decius, refused, and fled to a cavern in
i the mountain, where they were enclosed, and slept, accord-
: ing to Durandus, for 300 years. Other writers give shorter
periods, and various accounts of the awakening. A festival
I in their honor is kept in the Roman Catholic church on 27
i July.
Seven "Weeks' war. Prussia, 1866.
seven vronders. Wonders.
Seven Years' war, the conflict maintained by
Frederick II. of Prussia against Austria, Russia, and France,
from 1756 to 1763. He gained part of Silesia. Battles,
Prussia.
Seventh-Day Baptists. Sabbatarians.
Sev'llle, S.W. Spain, the Hispalis of the Phoenicians
and the Julia of the Romans, was the capital until Philip II.
Anally established his court at Madrid, 1563. It opened its
gates to the Saracens in 712, and was taken from them by
the Christians in 1247, after an obstinate siege. The peace
of Seville between England, France, and Spain, and also a de-
fensive alliance to which Holland acceded, signed 9 Nov. 1729.
In the Peninsular war Seville surrendered to the French, 1
Feb. 1810; and was taken by assault by the British and
Spaniards, after the battle of Salamanca, 27 Aug. 1812. It was
besieged but not taken by Espartero, July, 1843. Pop. 1887,
143,182.
Sevres (sdvr). Pottery.
sewers and sewage. Sir A. H. Layard's explora-
tions in Nineveh disclose an elaborate system of drainage in
connection with the older palace of Nirarod, consisting of a
square brick sewer, with pipe drains leading from almost every
chamber of the palace. Excavations of ancient Jerusalem
show a complex and perlect system of reservoirs and drains.
Agrigentum was provided with sewers, marvels of workman-
ship, named from Phaex, the city architect, who built them in
the 5th century b.c. The Cloaca Maxima at Rome still
exists; probably referred to by Strabo as one of the sewers
" along which a bay cart might be driven," and an elaborate
system of sewers connected with the Colosseum has been dis-
covered. Modern sewers are constructed on the separate or
the combined system, in the latter case being large enough to
carry off the surface or storm water. The utilization of dis-
infected sewage as manure is now much advocated, and in
many places in the United States and England sewage is
disposed of by sub-surface irrigation, and systems for dry-
ing or cremating much waste matter, which would other-
wise find its way into the sewers, are in operation in many
cities.
First legislative enactment providing for drainage of London. . 1225
Hugues Aubriot covered an open sewer in Paris during the
reign of Charles VI., originating the Paris sewer system,
' 1380-1422
Sewer commissions appointed in England in the reign of Henry
VI 1428-30
! Act for commissioners of sewers in all parts of England 1532
j Sewer in Paris, now called the grand egoul de ceinture, walled
and covered 1740
Covered sewers of Paris extended by Napoleon 1805-6
Earthenware pipes for refuse drainage tried in London under
royal commissioners 1842
Act passed requiring the London house sewers to empty into
public sewers 1847
Enlargement of sewer system of London, discharging into the
Thames, completed. .^ 1855
Present system of Parisian sewers on plan of M. Belgrand, dates
from 1857
New sewer system for London, consisting of three intercepting
sewers on each side of the Thames, running parallel with it,
and discharging into gigantic reservoirs below Barking creek
and Erith marshes, completed 4 Apr. 186^
Commission on the contamination of the Thames by London
sewage advise a change, combining chemical precipitation
with filtration through earth Dec. 1884
William "Webster's method of decomposing London sewage by
electricity, set up at Crossness, reported successful on in-
spection Mch. 1889
H. Wollheim's process, the "amines, "or ammonia compounds,
reported successful at Wimbledon sewage farm 18 Sept. "
sewlng'-machlne. it is said that Thomas Saint
patented one for boots and shoes in 1790. Similar inventions
are ascribed to Duncan (1804), Adams and Dodge (American,
1818), Thimonnier (French, 1830) ; Walter Hunt of New York
invented one that made a lock-stitch, 1834, but did not apply
for a patent until 1854, when his invention was essentially
covered by a patent obtained by Elias Howe of Cambridge,
Mass., 8 years before (Sept. 1846), the first really practical sew-
ing-machine ; since then many improvements have been made
by American inventors.
Sexages'lma Sunday. Quadragesima Sunday,
Week.
SEX
780
SHA
•extant, an instrument used like a quadrant, containing
W degf«ea> or the sixth part of a circle, invented by Tycho
Brahe, at Augsburg, in 1550. Arabian astronomers are said
to have hail a sextant of 69 feet 9 inches radius, about 995.
Seychelles (aa-shel') Isles, Indian ocean, settled by
the French about 1768 ; captured by the British, 1794 ; ceded
to them, 1815. Pop. 1890, 16,162.
Shakers, an English sect, now chiefly found in the
U. S., arose in the time of Charles I., and derived its name from
volunury convulsions. It soon disappeared, but was revived
by Jameis Wardley in 1747, and more successfully by Ann Lee
(or Standless), expelled Quakers, about 1757. The sect emi-
grated to America, May, 1772, and settled near Albany, N. Y.,
1774. Nkw Yokk, 1774-80. They have several communi-
ties in the United States; they hold all goods in common, live
uprightly, and are noted for frugality, industry, integrity, and
thrift. They denounce marriage as sinful, regard celibacy as
holy, oppose war, disown baptism and the Lord's supper, and
use a sort of dancing as part of worship.— Marsden. They
are also called Bible Christians and Girlingites, from Mrs.
Girling, a leader among them.
Shakespeare and his plays. William Shake-
speare was bom at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, 23
Apr. 1564, and died on his birthday, 1616. In 1582 he mar-
ried Anne Hathaway : issue, Susanna, baptized 26 May, 1583 ;
Hamnet and Judith, twins, baptized 2 Feb. 1585. Hamnet
died 11 Aug. 1596. Susanna married dr. John Hall, 5 June,
1607, and Judith married Thomas Quiney, vintner, Feb. 1616.
Lineage of Shakespeare expired with Elizabeth Hall, grand-
daughter, who died 1670. The first collected edition of his
works is dated 1623 (fac-simile pub. 1862-65); the second,
1632. (In 1849, J. P. Collier, editor of Shakespeare, purchased
a copy of this folio, on which were written in pencil correc-
tions, supposed to have been made soon after the time of pub-
lication. At first he thought little of these marks ; but in
1853 he was induced to publish "Notes and Emendations,"
derived from this volume. Much controversy ensued as to
the authenticity of these corrections ; and in 1859 it was gen-
erally agreed that they were of modern date, and of little
value, messrs. Knight, Halliwell, and Dyce supporting this es-
timate.) The third in 1664 ; the fourth, 1685 ; all in folio.
Rowe's editions appeared in 1709, 1714; Pope's, 1725-28; The-
obald's, 1733-40; Hanmer's, 1740; Warburton's, 1747; John-
son's, 1775; Capell's, 1768; Malone's, 1790; Boy dell's, with
numerous plates, was published in 9 vols, fol., 1802. Since
then many others, notably, Alexander Dyce's, Knight's, Staun-
ton's, White's, Irving's, Furness's Variorum edition, 1890,
Wright's, Rolfe's, Hudson's, Appleton Morgan's Bankside edi-
tion, 1888-94, etc. Ayscough's " Index to Shakespeare " was
published in 1790; Twiss's Index, in 1805; Mary Cowden-
Clarke's Concordance, 1847. " Shakespeareana Genealogica,"
compiled by Geo. Russell French, 1869. " Shakespeare's Com-
mentaries," prof. G. G. Gervinus, Heidelberg, Ger., 1875. Mrs.
Horace H. Furness, " Concordance to Shakespeare's Poems,"
1875. Alex. Schmidt's " Shakespeare Lexicon," Berlin, 1876.
Halliwell-Phillipps's" Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare," 1883.
Charles Cowden-Clarke's " Key to Shakespeare," 1879. John
Bartlett's " Shakespeare Concordance," pub. in Boston, Mass.,
1881 ; new edition, 4to, including " Concordance to Poems," New
York and London, 1894. Appleton Morgan's " Shakespeare
in Fact and Criticism," 1888. F. J. Fumivall's " Introduction
to the Leopold Shakespeare," 1889. Mr. Bartlett has also
issued a " Shakespeare Phrase-Book." Prof. Wendell's " Shake-
speare—a Study," 1894.
Shakespeare's plays abrangko chronologically as
produced and printed, according to rev. henry
P. STOKES.
Plays. Written.
Titus Andronicus dr. 1590
1 King Heury VI cir. 1592
2 King Henry VI cir. 1592
3 King Henry VI cir. 1592
Two Gentlemen of Verona cir. 1591
Comedy of Errors. 1591
Romeo and Juliet 1591
Ix)ve's Labor's Lost 1591-92
King Richard III 1593-94
Taming of the Shrew before 1594
King Richard II 1594.
Published.
... 1600
. .. 1623
... 1594
... 1595
. .. 1623
'..'. 1597
. .. 1598
1594
1597
SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS. — {Continued.)
Pl»y». Writt«n.
King John 1593-94
Midsummer-Night's Dream 1595
Merchant of Venice 1597-98
1 King Henry IV 1597
2 Ki ng Hen ry I V 1598-99
Troilus and Cressida cir. 1599, cir. 1602.
Merry Wives of Windsor 1598-99
As You Like It 1599
M 11(^1 Ado About Nothing 1599-1600 160(
Hamlet 1599-lGOO 160;
PubUtkad.
... 162;;
.... im
.. mi
.1601-'.
162;
160(>
162;;
162i
160^
162£
King Henry V 1599. . . .
Julius Caesar 1599-1600. . .
Twelfth Night; or, What You Will. . . 1601
Measure for Measure 1603-4
All's Well that Ends Well cir. 1592, cii
Othello 1604. . . .
King Lear 1605. . . .
Macbeth 1606
Timon of Athens 1607
Pericles 1607-8
Antony and Cleopatra 1608
Coriolanus 1610 •'
Cymbeline 1610 "
Tempest 1610-11 «'
Winter's Tale 1610-11 "
King Henry VIII (1611?) 1613 "
POEMS.
Venus and Adonis 1593
Lucrece 1594
Passionate Pilgrim 1599
Sonnets 1609
"An essay (The Harness essay, 1877) on the 'Chronological Order
of Shakespeare's Plays,' by the rev. Henry P. Stokes, pub. Ix)n-
don, 1878, is one of the best that has yet appeared, "—//a toweW-
Phillipps.
PLAYS THAT APPEARED IN THE FIRST EDITION OF 1623.
COMEDIES (order of publication).
1. Tempest.
9. Merchant of Venice.
2. Two Gentlemen of Verona.
10. As You Like It.
3. Merry Wives of Windsor.
11. Taming of the Shrew.
4. Measure for Measure.
12. All's Well that Ends Well.
5. Comedy of Errors.
13. Twelfth Night; or, What You
6. Much Ado About Nothing.
Will.
7. Love's Labor's Lost.
14. Winter's Tale.
8. Midsummer-Night's Dream.
HISTORIES.
15. King John.
20. King Henry VI., Part I.
16. " Richard II.
21. .. .. u u n.
17. " Henry IV., Part I.
22. " " " " III.
18. " " " " II.
23. " Richard III.
19. " " V.
24. " Henry VIII.
TRAGI
:dies.
25. Troilus and Cressida.
31. Macbeth.
26. Coriolanus.
32. Hamlet.
27. Titus Andronicus.
33. King Lear.
28. Romeo and Juliet.
34. Othello.
29. Timon of Athens.
35. Antony and Cleopatra.
30. Julius Caesar.
36. Cymbeline. |
Pericles was not added to Shakespeare's collected works until K
in the 3d folio edition.
Shakespeare- Bacon controversy. T
obscurity resting upon the early life of Shakespeare and the
wonderful intelligence and culture shown b}' his works, in con-
trast with his education and social relations as far as known,
have puzzled all students. The first attempt to refer
plays to another author was by miss Delia Bacon (b. Ti
madge, O., 1811, d. 1859). She asserted that lord Bacon was
the author, and devoted much time and labor to prove it.
Wra. H. Smith (English) disputes with miss Bacon the origin
of the Baconian theory. Nathaniel Holmes, in his " Authopjl
ship of Shakespeare," follows the same line of thought. Mt^|
Henry Pott attempted to show, in a work pub. 1883, the iden
tity of expression in the " Promus " of Bacon with the plays
of Shakespeare. In 1888 appeared Ignatius Donnelly's work,
"The Great Cryptogram," published simultaneously in Chicago,
New York, and London, a volume of nearly 1000 pages, an
attempt to prove that Bacon's authorship is avowed under
cipher in the text of the plays in the folio of 1 623. No Shab
spearian scholar has accepted the Baconian theory.
I^hakespeare forgeries. Literature, For(
ies of.
Shakespeare fund, established in Oct. 1861, to
purchase Shakespeare's garden, birthplace estate, and to erect
and endow a public library and museum at Stratford-upon<
Avon. The catalogue of the library and museum was puiw
Feb. 1868.
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IShake§peare gallery. Boydell.
Sliakespeare'§ Olobe theatre, London.
Theatkes.
Shakespeare'§ house. In 1847, a number of
persons of distinction interested themselves for the preserva-
tion of the house in which Shakespeare was born, then actu-
ally for sale. They held a meeting at the Thatched-house
tavern, London, 26 Aug. in that year, and promoted a sub-
scription set on foot by the Shakespearian club at Stratford-
upon-Avon ; and a committee was appointed to carry out their
object. Li the end, Shakespeare's house was sold at the auc-
tion mart in London, where it was " knocked down " to the
United Committee of London and Stratford for 3000/., 16 Sept.
1847. In 1856, a learned Oriental scholar, John Shakespeare
(no relation of the poet), gave 2500/. to purchase the adjoin-
ing house, that it might be pulled down in order to insure the
poet's house from the risk of fire. An act to incorporate the
trustees and guardians of Shakespeare's birthplace was passed
26 Mch. 1891.
Shakespeare society issued 20 volumes, 1841-63.
Shakespeare society, New, issues works, 1874
et seq.
Shakespeare Society of New York pub. the " Bankside " edi-
tion 1888-94
J. 0. Hallivvell-Phillipps, Shakespearian scholar, d 4 Jan. 1889
His "Shakespearian Rarities" (portraits, personal relics, books,
etc.) oflfered for sale Jan. 1890
shamrock. It is said that the shamrock used by the
Irish as a national emblem was adopted by Patrick M'Alpine,
since called St. Patrick, as a simile of the Trinity, about 432.
Shang^-Ha'i, incorrectly Shailg^hac, a seaport city
and foreign settlement of China, captured by the British, 19
June, 1842; by the Tae-Ping rebels, 7 Sept. i853; retaken by
the imperialists, 1855. The rebels were defeated near Shang-
Hai by the English and French, allies of the emperor, 1 Mch.
1862. China.
ShaiVlS, of Oriental origin, were introduced into Paris
after the return of Napoleon Bonaparte from Egypt, 1801.
The manufacture was introduced by Barrow and Watson in
1784, at Norwich. It began at Paisley and Edinburgh about
1805.— Ure.
Shaw^inut. Massachusetts, 1630.
Shawnees. Indians.
Shays's retoelliOll. At the end of the Revolution,
the United States were burdened with a heavy foreign and do-
mestic debt. They were impoverished by the long war, and
could not meet the arrears of pay due the soldiers of the Rev-
olution. On the recommendation of Congress, each state en-
deavored to raise its quota by a direct tax. Much excitement
followed in some states, and in 1787 some people of Massachu-
setts openly rebelled. Daniel Shays, who had been a captain
in the Continental army, marched at the head of a thousand
men, took possession of Worcester, and prevented a session of
the Supreme court. He repeated his performance at Spring-
field ; and the insurrection became so formidable that the gov-
ernor was compelled to call out several thousand militia under
gen. Lincoln to suppress it. This was speedily accomplished.
Though some of the insurgents were sentenced to death, none
were executed. A free pardon was finally given to all. Mas-
sachusetts, 1787.
sheep. Abel was a keeper of sheep (Gen. iv. 2). The
patriarch Job had 14,000 sheep, and Solomon at the dedication
of the temple, about 1000 b.c., offered a sacrifice of 120,000
sheep. America has no indigenous domestic sheep, the first
in the English colonies having been brought by colonists to
Jamestown, Va., 1607-10, and to all the colonies when settled,
although few sheep were raised until after 1800. In 1810
the estimated number of sheep in the U. S. was 7,000,000.
Of the English domestic breeds the Leicesters, Cotswolds,
Southdowns, Shropshires, Dorsets, and Cheviots are the most
noted. ^D
Columella introduces the Tarentine breed, noted for fine fleece
(probable progenitor^ of the Merino), into Spain from Ital}-. . . 41
Edward IV. of England sends a present of Cotswold rams to
Henry of Castile (14(54) and to John of Aragon 1468
Merinos from Spain introduced into Sweden by Mr. Alstroe-
mer 1723
Two hundred Merinos, bought in Spain by the Elector of Sax-
ony, shipped from Cadiz May, 1766
Empress Maria Theresa of Hungary imports several hundred
Merinos from Spai n 1776
French government buys 376 Merino ewes and lambs in Spain,
and sends them to Rambouillet, near Paris 1786
Frederick II. of Prussia imports 300 Merinos from Spain "
A few Spanish Merinos imported into England by George III.
and placed on his farm at Kew 1787
Otter sheep, with a long body and short, crooked legs, origi-
nated in Massachusetts from a malformed twin ram. Efforts
were made to preserve this sporadic variety on account of its
inability to run and jump, and thus escape from an enclosure.
In the eastern states it promised to become a distinct species,
but it has disappeared. Imagining that the ewe had been
frightened by an otter (then occasionally seen in the vicinity),
people called it the Otter sheep 1791
First authentic introduction of Merino sheep into the U. S. was
a ram, sole survivor of 2 pair imported from the celebrated
Rambouillet flock by Mr. Delessert, a French banker, and
placed on his farm near Kingston, N. Y 1801
Flock of about 200 Merinos, imported from Spain by gen. David
Humphreys of Connecticut "
Chancellor Livingston of New York, minister to France, sends
from the Rambouillet flock 4 Merinos to New York 1802
Four of the best flocks of Merinos in Spain confiscated by the
Junta, and sold at Badajos to buyers from the U. S. and
England chiefly, after the second invasion of the French,
Dec. 1808
Hon. William Jarvis ships to the U. S. 1400 Paulars, 1700
Aqueirres, 200 Escurials, 100 Negrettis, and about 200 Montar-
cos, which he purchases from the Junta of Spain, 1808 1809-10
Merino society organized in England; sir John Banks at the
head and 54 vice-presidents 1811
First large importation of Saxon Merinos into the U. S., made
by G. & T. Searle of Boston ; 1824
Twenty ewes and 2 rams, selected from the celebrated Ram-
bouillet flock, imported into the U. S. by D. C. Collins of
Hartford, Conn 1840
I.eicesters introduced into the U. S about 1825
Merinos introduced into Texas 1852
NUMBER AND VAT>UE OF SHEEP IN THE UNITED STATES.
Year.
Number.
Value.
1850
21,728,220
22,471,275
40.853,000
40,765,900
44,336,072
44,938,365
47,273,553
I860
1870
$93 364 433
1880 . . .
90 230 537
1890
100,659,761
116,121,290
125,999,264
1892
1893
Prior to 1880 more sheep were raised east of the Missis-
sippi river than west, but in 1890 the number west compared
to the number east was as 3 to 2. According to the U. S.
Commissioner of Agriculture there were about 467,500,000
sheep in the world in 1888, Of these there were :
In France 22,688,230
" Germany 19,189,715
" Spain 16,939,288
" Great Britain and ) no -^i tko
Ireland ] 2y,4Ui,/DU
Scattered 47,500,000
In United States 43,544,755
" South America 99,928,607
" Australasia 86,245,520
" Russia in Europe. . 46,724,736
" British India 30,453,724
'• South Africa 23,746,179
Wool.
Sheffield, a town on the river Sheaf, West Riding,
Yorkshire, Engl., renowned for cutlery, plated goods, etc.
Sheffield thwytles are mentioned by Chaucer, in the time
of Edward III. Sheffield in the time of the Conqueror
was obtained by Roger de Buisli, and has since been held
by the Lovetots, Nevils, Talbots, and Howards. Pop. 1891,
324,243.
Sheffield Scientific §chool. Yale college.
shell§. Bombs.
Shenando'ah valley, Operations in. Grant's
CAMPAIGN IN Virginia.
81ieridan'§ Begum speech. This speech,
made by Richard Brinsley Sheridan during the impeachment
trial of Warren Hastings, 1788, and said by Macaulay to have
produced an impression such as has never been equalled, was
on the charge of the " spoliation of the Begums." The excite-
ment of the house was so great at its close that no other
speaker could obtain a hearing, and the debate was adjourned.
It is said of Sheridan that he wrote the best comedy, " The
School for Scandal," made the best speech— as above— and
composed the best convivial song, " Here's to the Maiden of
Bashful Fifteen," in the English language.
Sheridan's raids. Grant's campaign in Vir-
ginia, 1864.
SHE
782
glierilT, or ahirtf-reve^ governor of a shire or county. Lon-
don had its sheriffs prior to William I.'s reign, but some say
that sheriffs were first nominated for every county in England
by William in 1079. According to other historians, Henry
Comhill and Richard Reynere were the first sheriffs of London,
1 Rich. L, 1189. The nomination of sheriffs, according to the
present mode, took place in 146L — Stow. Anciently sheriffs
were hereditary in Scotland, and in some English counties,
as Westmoreland. The sheriffs of Dublin (first called bail-
iffs) were appointed in 1308, and obtained the name of
sheriff by an incorjjoration of Edward VL, 1548. 36 sheriffs
were fined, and U excused, in one year, rather than serve
the office for London, 1734. Bailiffs. The high - sheriffs
of the counties of England and Wales, except Middlesex
and Lancaster, are nominated on the morrow of St. Martin,
Nov. 12.
Slicriflf^iiuir. Dumblane.
I by the government,
surrendered on 26 Apr.
ISIictlaiKl isles.
SHI
United States.
Johnston's army was
Orkneys.
Slicrinaii'§ g^reat march. This designates the
bold and important movement of Sherman's army from At-
lanta to Savannah, and thence through the Carolinas to Golds-
borough, 16 Nov. 1864 to 22 Mch. 1865. When Hood, after
the loss of Atlanta, moved against Sherman's communications,
the latter followed him with nearly his entire army, to protect
the railroad until it should have served his purpose. After
the Confederate reverse at Allatoona Pass, Hood evaded a
battle, and Sherman gave up the chase, left the department
of the Mississippi virtually in Thomas's hands (Franklin,
Battle of), and, on 16 Nov., having destroyed Atlanta and
made a wreck of the railroad back to Dalton, marched east-
ward for the Atlantic coast with the 14th, 15th, 17th, and 20th
corps, numbering 60,000 infantry and artillery, and about 6000
cavalry. Gen. O. O. Howard commanded the right wing,
comprising the 15th corps, gen. P. J. Osterhaus, and the 17th,
gen. Frank P. Blair ; the left, under gen. H. W. Slocum, formed
by the 14th corps, gen. Jeff. C. Davis, and the 20th, gen. A. S.
Williams, and the cavalry under gen. Judson Kilpatrick. He
destroyed the railroad as he moved, threatened both Macon
and Augusta, thus forcing the confederates to divide their
forces, then passed both, and moved down the peninsula be-
tween the Ogeechee and Savannah rivers. About the middle
of Dec, Sherman stood before Savannah, then held by the Con-
federate general Hardee, almost completely invested the city,
and captured fort M'AUister (13 Dec), thus gaining access to
Dahlgren's fleet. Hardee evacuated Savannah 20 Dec, and
the next day Sherman's armj' entered that city. Over 200
guns were captured with Savannah, and 35,000 bales of cotton
were seized as a legitimate prize of war. Sherman transferred
the forts and city to gen. Foster (18 Jan. 1865), and began his
march through the Carolinas. He threatened at once Augusta
and Charleston, and passed both. On 12 Feb., Charleston, evac-
uated by Hardee, was occupied by the national forces. While
Sherman was approaching Goldsborough, Hardee's forces, with
the remnants of Hood's old array and detachments from other
sources, were gathered together in North Carolina and placed
under gen. Johnston. A portion of this force, under Hardee,
contested Sherman's approach to Goldsborough (16 Mch.) at Av-
erysborough, and was defeated. Johnston's entire army was en-
countered at Bentonville (18 Mch.), but Slocum held his ground
until the right wing came to his support, and Johnston retreated
on the 22d. Terry and Schofield in the meantime joined Sher-
man. After Lee's surrender (9 Apr.), Johnston and Sherman
entered into negotiations for surrender, which were disproved
TONNAPxE OF SAIL AND STEAM VESSELS OF THE MERCHANT MARINE OF THE
COASTWISE TRADE AND IN FISHERIES.
sllib'bolctll, the word by which the followers of Jeph-
thah tested their opponents the Ephraimites, on passing the
Jordan, about 1143 b.c. (Judg. xii.). The term is now applied
to any |)arty watchword or dogma.
Slli'ites, the Mahometan sect predominating in Persia.
Mahometanism.
ihillillgr. The value of the ancient Saxon coin of
this name was fivepence, but it was reduced to fourpence
about a century before the Conquest. After the Contjuest
the French solidus of 12 pence, in use among the Nor-
mans, was called shilling. The true English shilling was
first coined, some say, in small numbers, by Henry VII.,
1504 — Ruding. A peculiar shilling, value 9 pence,' but to
be current at 12, was struck in Ireland, 1560 ; and a large
but very base coinage in England for the service of Ire-
land, 1598. Milled shillings were coined 13 Chas. H. 1662.
Coins.
Pittsburg Landing.
^hi'loh, Battle of.
Sllip-t>uildillg. The first ship (probably a galley)
was brought from Egypt to Greece by Danaus, 1485 b.c
Blai7\ The first double-decked ship was built by the Tyri-
ans, 786 ^.c.—Lenglet. The Romans built their first fleet of
boats by copying a Carthaginian vessel wrecked on their
coast 260 B.C. The first double-decked one built in Eng-
land was of 1000 tons' burden, by order of Henry VIL;
was called the Great Harry, and cost 14,000/.— /S/ow.' Port-
holes and other improvements were invented by Descharges,
a French builder at Brest, in the reign of Louis XII., about
1500. Ship-building was first treated as a science by Hoste,
1696.
First vessel built in New York harbor 1614
First in Massachusetts, at Plymouth (small) 1624
First vessel on lake Erie '. 1679
First ship down the Ohio to the ocean isoi
A prehistoric ship, cut out of solid oak, 48 ft. long, 4 ft. 4 in.
wide, and 2 ft. deep, was found while excavating in Lincoln-
shire, Engl Apr. 1885
France, a sailing-ship, built on the Clyde by messrs. Henderson,
5 masts, 360 ft. long, 48 ft. wide, bowsprit 50 ft. long, tonnage
over 6000 tons Sept. 1890
Carrack, Navy, Shipping, States mentioned. Steam navigation,
etc.
§hip-inoney was first levied in England about 1007,
to form a navy to oppose the Danes. This impost, levied by
Charles I. in 1634-36, was much opposed, and led to the revo-
lution. He assessed London in 7 ships of 4000 tons, and 1560
men ; Yorkshire in 2 ships of 600 tons, or 12,000/. ; Bristol in 1
ship of 100 tons ; Lancashire in 1 ship of 400 tons. Among
others, John Hampden refused to pay the tax ; he was tried]
in the exchequer in 1636. The judges declared the tax legal,!
12 June, 1637. Ship-money was one of the grievances com-l
plained of in 1641. The 5 judges who had sustained it were]
imprisoned. Hampden received a wound in a skirmish with]
prince Rupert, at Chalgrove, 18 June, and died 24 June, 1643.
"Ship of Fools" or"]Varren§cliiff." An
allegorical satire in verse, by Sebastian Brandt of Strasburg;
pub. 1494 ; very popular at the time. Literature.
shipping', American. The following tables show the j
various statistics regarding the vessels and tonnage of Ameri-
can shipping for the several years named :
U. S. EMPLOYED IN FOREIGN AND
Year.
Foreign trade.
Coastwise.
Whale fisheries.
Other fisheries.
Sail.
Steam.
Total.
Per cent, of
increase or
decrease.
1789
tons.
123,893
346,254
667,107
981,019
600,003
762,838
1.439,694
2,379,396
1,448,846
1,314,402
928,062
tons.
68,607
103,775
272,492
405,347
617,805
1,176,694
1,797,825
2,644,867
2,638,247
2,637,686
3.409,435
tons.
3,466
3,589
40,503
136,927
146,017
166,841
67,954
38,408
18,633
tons.
9,062
28,348
29,427
34.828
78,255
104,305
151,918
162,764
91,460
77,538
68,367
tons.
201,562
478,377
972,492
1,424,783
1,311,687
1,978,425
3,009.507
4,485,931
3,171,412
2,856,476
2,565,409
tons.
24' 879
202,339
525,947
867,937
1,075,095
1,211,558
1,859,088
tons.
201,562
478,377
972.492
1,424,783
1,336,566
2,180,764
3,535,454
5,353,868
4,246,507
4,068,034
4,424,497
1790 . . .
1800
137.33
1810 .
1823
3.52
5.51
1840
.89
1850
4.02
1860
6.64
1870
4.06
1880
2.41
1890
— 2.42
2.71
SHI
733
SHR
In 1861 the foreign trade tonnage reached its maximum of
2,643,628 tons, including the whale fisheries. In 1858, 78 per
cent, of the exports and imports was carried in American
ships; in 1891, less than 13 per cent.
CLASS, NUMBER, AND TONNAGE OF VESSELS BUILT IN THE
U. S. FROM 1820 FOR THE YEARS GIVEN.
Year.
1
n
|i
1
Tons.
1
Tons.
II
Total
tons.
1820
22
60
301
152
535
47,784
22
3,610
557
51,394
1830
25
56
403
116
600
51,491
48
7,068
648
58,560
1840
97
109
378
224
808
106,518
87
14,685
895
121,203
1850
247
117
554
307
1225
227,997 197
51,258
1422
279,255
1860
no
36
372
289
807
145,427 275
69,370
1082
214,797
1870
73
27
519
709
1328
206.332 290
70,620
1618
276,953
1880
23
2
286
243
554
78,556 348
78,853
902
157,409
1890
10
•
347
284
641
135,077 410
159,045
1051
294,122
NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF VESSELS BUILT IN THE DIFFER-
ENT DISTRICTS AND YEARS GIVEN.
1857...
1867...
1877...
1890.. .
New England
coast.
Tons.
183,625
135,189
90,992
78,577
Entire
seaboard.
No.
1008
998
708
756
Tons.
285,453
230,810
132,996
169,091
Mississippi
and
tributaries.
No. Tons.
41,854
35,106
34,693
16,506
No. Tons.
182 51,498
296 1 39,679
89 8,903
191108,526
1434
1519
1029
1051
378,805
305,595
176,592
294,123
Largest number of ships and barks built in any year since
1789 (1855), 381; brigs (1815), 224; schooners (1816), 781;
canal-boats and barges (1873), 1221; steam - vessels (1864),
620.
NUMBER OF VESSELS IN THE U. S. MERCHANT MARINE, 1891.
Engaged in foreign trade.
Number.
Tons.
Steamers
263
1,246
'7
236 070
Sail-vessels
749,968
Canal-boats
Barges i ,
2,680
Total
1,516
5,945
12,407
1,146
1,331
988,718
1,776,269
1,339,530
121,000
373,077
Engaged in home trade.
Canal-boats
Barges
Total
20,829
3,609,876
Total foreign and home. . . .
22,345
4,598,594
shipping', British. Shipping was first registered in
the river Thames in 1786; and throughout the empire in
1787. In the middle of the 18th century, the shipping of
England was but 500,000 tons— less than that of London
now. In 1830, the number of ships in the British empire was
22,785.
NUMBER OF REGISTERED SAILING AND STEAM VESSELS OF
THE UNITED KINGDOM ENGAGED IN HOME AND FOREIGN
TRADE FOR THE YEARS GIVEN.
Vessels.
Sail...
Steam.
1871.
Sail...
Steam.
Total.
(Sail...
{ Steam.
Total.
/Sail...
1 Steam.
(Sail...
(Steam.
Total.
Number.
19,288
20,285
19,650
2,557
22,207
17,101
3,218
20,319
12,292
5,202
17,494
11,570
5,855
17,425
Tons.
,918,511
441,184
4,343,558
1,290,003
4,138,149
1,977,489
6,115,638
3,054,059
4,297,829
7,351,888
2,893,372
5,021,764
7,915,136
In 1889 the total tonnage of the British merchant
marine was 9,472,060, of which 7,641,157 tons were of the
United Kingdom ; for the same year the U. S. had 4,307,475
tons.
NUMBER OF VESSELS BUILT FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM'S
MERCHANT MARINE FOR THE YEARS HERE GIVEN.
Vessels.
Number.
Tons
(Sail
269
465
75,696
407,445
* (Steam...
(Sail
Total
734
277
582
483,141
117,481
554,024
■ (Steam...
(Sail
Total
859
277
581
671,506
123,224
528,789
• (Steam...
Total
858
652,013
shipivrecks. Wrecks.
Sllirt§ are said to have been first generally worn in the
west of Europe early in the 8th century.— Dm Fresnoy,
Woollen shirts were commonly worn in England nntil about
1253, when coarse linen (fine coming at this period from
abroad) was first manufactured in England by Flemish arti-
sans.— Stow.
shoddy, woollen goods, manufactured from old woollen
rags, or refuse, to which new wool is added, is stated to have
been first manufactured about 1813, at Batley, near Dewsbury,
Yorkshire. Manufactured and sold extensively in the United
States, 1863-73.
shoes among the Jews were made of leather, linen, rush,
or wood. Moons were worn as ornaments in their shoes by
Jewish women (Isa. iii. 18). Pythagoras would have his dis-
ciples wear shoes of the bark of trees, probably to avoid the
use of the skins of animals, as they refrained from taking life.
The Romans wore an ivory crescent on shoes ; and Caligula
enriched his with precious stones. In England, about 1462,
the people wore the beaks or points of their shoes so long as
to encumber them in walking, and were forced to tie them up
to their knees ; the fine gentlemen fastened theirs with chains
of silver or silver gilt, others with laces. This was prohibited,
on the forfeiture of 20s. and on pain of being cursed by the
clergy, 7 Edw. IV. 1467. Dress. Shoes, as at present worn,
were introduced about 1633. The buckle Avas not used till
1668.— Stow ; Mortimer. Pieter Camper, an eminent Dutch
surgeon, published a treatise on the best form of the shoe,
1782. The buckle-makers petitioned against the use of shoe-
strings in 1791.
shooting-Stars. Meteorites.
short-hand. Stenography.
"short- lived" administration — that of
William Pulteney, earl of Bath, lord Carlisle, lord Winchel-
sea, and lord Granville— existed from 10 Feb. to 12 Feb.
1746.
Shoshones (sho-sho'nes) or ISnake Indians.
shot. In early times various missiles were shot from
cannon. Bolts are mentioned in 1413 ; and in 1418 Henry V.
ordered his clerk of ordnance to get 7000 stone shot made at
the quarries at Maidstone. Since then chain, grape, and
canister shot have been invented, as well as shells ; all are de-
scribed in Scoffern's " Projectile Weapons of War, and Explo-
sive Compounds," 1868. Bombs, Cannon.
Shrewsbury, a town of Shropshire, Engl., arose after
the ruin of the Roman town Uriconium (Wroxeter), and be-
came one of the chief cities of the kingdom, having a mint till
the reign of Henry III. Here Richard II. held a parliament
in 1397. — On 23 July, 1403, was fought a sanguinary battle at
Hately field, near Shrewsbury, between the army of Henry
IV. and that of the nobles, led by Percy (surnamed Hotspur),
son of the earl of Northumberland, who had conspired to de-
throne Henry. Henry was seen in the thickest of the fight,
with his son, afterwards Henry V. The death of Hotspur by
an unknown hand gave the victory to the king. — Hume.
Prince Henry. Why, Percy I killed myself, and saw thee dead.
Falstaff. Didst thou?— Lord, lord, how this world is given to
lying! I grant you, I was down, and out of breath; and so was he:
but we rose both in an instant, and fought a long hour by Shrews-
bury clock. —Shakespeare, "Henry IV. " pt. i. act v. sc. iv.
Shrop'shire (corrupted from Salop-shire), Battle of, in
which the Britons were subjugated, and Caractacus, king of
SHR
the Silures, became, through the treachery of the queen of
the Brigautes, a prisouer to the Romans, 60.
Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash- Wednesday,
the first day of the Lent fast, Carnivau
$tiaill% a kingdom in India, bordering on the Bnrmese
empire. Siam was rediscovered by the Portuguese in 1511,
and a trade established, in which the Dutch joined about 1604.
A British ship arrived about 1613. In 1683 a Cephalonian
Greek, Constantine Phaulcon, became foreign n)inister of
Siam, and opened a communication with France; Louis XIV.
gent an embassy in 1686 to convert the king, without effect.
After several attempts, sir John Bowring succeeded in obtain-
ing a treaty of friendship and commerce between England and
Siam, which was signed 30 Apr. 1866, and ratified 5 Apr. 1866.
2 ambassadors from Siam arrived in England in Oct. 1867,
and had an audience with queen Victoria; they brought with
them magnificent presents, which they delivered crawling, on
16 Nov. They visited Paris in June, 1861. By a treaty with
France, the French protectorate over Cambodia was recognized ;
signed 16 July, ratifieti 24 Oct. 1867. The king, Khoulalon-
korn, born 2l'SepU 1863, has reigned from 1 Oct. 1868; the
king was entertained at Calcutta, 7-12 Jan. 1872; a political
constitution was decreed, 8 May, 1874. Queen Victoria re-
ceived the order of the White Elephant from the Siamese
minister at Windsor, 2 July, 1880. Area, 250,000 sq. miles.
Population of Siam (1891) about 9,000,000.
King Khoulalonkorn (b. 21 Sept. 1853) ; succeeded his father,
Mongkout 1 Oct. 1868
Changes and political reforms were begun by the king,
16 Nov. 1873
On 9 Oct. 1874, he invited astronomers to Bangkok to view the
ecJiiwe of 5 Apr. 1875
Telegmphic communication with France opened 14 Jnly, 1883
Gradual abolition of slavery nearly completed 1886
Bangkok- Pankam railroad commenced 16 July, 1891
Prince Damrong, half-brother of the king, on a mission, travels
through Europe 1891-92
French troops occupy Rhone island in the Mekong river; Sia-
mese withdraw without resistance 9 Apr. 1893
French begin active hostilities; gun-boats fire on the Pakim
forts, Bangkok (Franck, 1893) "
Siaine§e tV^ins. 2 persons born about 1811, with all
the faculties of distinct individuals, though united by a short
cartilaginous band at the pit of the stomach. They were
named Chang and Eng, and were discovered on the banks of the
Siam river by an American, Robert Hunter, who took them to
New York, where they were exhibited. Capt. Coffin brought
734 SIC
instantly murdered. The populace ran through tho city, crying
out, "Let tho French die!" and, without distinction of rank, age,
or sex, slaughtered all of that nation they could find, to tho num-
ber of about 8000. Even the churches proved no sanctuary, and
tho massacre became general throughout the island.
I SIc'lly (anciently Trinacria, three-cornered), the largest
island in the Mediterranean, on which mount ^Etna is situated.
The early inhabitants were the Sicani, who probably came
from Italy about 1294 b.c. Afterwards the Siculi, according
to Niebuhr, of Pelasgian origin, dwelling in Latium about the
Tiber, crossed to the island, and from them it received its
name. The Phoenicians and Greeks settled some colonies
here (736-682), and it was made a Roman province 212 b.c
In the production of wheat the Romans considered the island
one of their best granaries. It is supposed that Sicily was
separated from Italy by an earthquake, and that the strait of
Messina was thus formed. Its government has frequently
been united with and separated from that of Naples. It
now forms part of the kingdom of Italy. Area, 11,289 sq.
miles. Pop. in 1856, 2,231,020; 1871, 2,565,323; 1875, 2,698,-
672; 1881,2,927,901; 1890, estimated 3,286,472. ^ (,.
Syracuse founded (Eusebius) about 732 "
Gela founded (Thucydides) 680 or 713
Agrigkntum founded 582
Phalaris, tyrant of Agrigentum, put to death (Brazkn Bull). . . 549
Law of Petalism instituted 460
Athenian expedition fails 413
War with Carthage 409
Uionysius becomes master of Syracuse, makes peace with the
Carthaginians, and reigns 406-367
Dionysius II. sells Plato for a slave, who is ransomed by his
friends 360
Pionysius expelled by Timoleon 343~
Who governs well ; and dies 337 ^
Agathocles usurps power at Syracuse, 317; defeated at Himera
by Carthaginians, 310 ; poisoned 289
Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, invades Sicily; expels most of the
Carthaginians; returns to Italy 278-277
Hiero II. defeated by the Romans 265
Becomes their ally 264
Romans enter Sicily (Punic wars) •'
Agrigentum taken by the Romans 262
Palermo besieged by the Romans 254
Archimedes flourishes about 236
Hiero II. dies, over 90 years of age 216
Romans take Syracuse, and make Sicily a province; Archi-
medes slain 212
Carthaginians lose half their possessions, 241; the remain-
der "
Servile wars; much slaughter 135, 134, 132
Tyrannical government of Verres (for which he was accused
by Cicero) 73-71
them to England. After several years in Britain, they went I ^'^'iLl'fJn .^Y.S„"/ ^'^"P^*"^' ^«" ^^ ^^® ^reat Pompey, 42
to America, where they settled on a farm, and married two j
sisters. In 1865 they were in North Carolina in declining
health. Their exhibition in London began again, 8 Feb. 1869.
They died in America, within 2 hours of each other, 16, 17
Jan. 1874.
Sibe'ria, a country of N. Asia. In 1580 the conquest
was begun by the Cossacks under Jerraak Timofejew. In 1710
Peter the Great began to send prisoners thither. An insurrec-
tion broke out among the Poles in Siberia in June, 1866, and
was soon suppressed. Area, 4,833,496 sq. miles. Pop. 4,484,-
549. Russia.
sib'yii (Lat. sibyllce), women believed to be inspired. Plato
speaks of 1, others of 2, Pliny of 3, ^lian of 4, and Varro of
10, as follows : The Persian, Libyan, Delphian, Cuncean, Eryth-
r(Ban, Samian, Cyma, Hellesponiine, Phrygian, Tiburtine. An
Erjnhraean sibyl is said to have offered to Tarquin II. 9 books
containing the Roman destinies, demanding for them 300
pieces of gold. He denied her, whereupon the sibyl threw 3
into the fire, and asked the same price for the other 6, which
being denied, she burned 3 more, and again demanded the
same sum for the rest; when Tarquin, conferring with the
pontiffs, was advised to buy them. Two magistrates were
created to consult them on all occasions, 531 b.c. Quindk-
CEMVIKS.
Sieiriail Ve§per8, the term given to the massacre
of the French (who had conquered Sicily, 1266) which began
at Palermo, 30 Mch. 1282.
On Easter Monday conspirators assembled at Palermo, and while
the French were engaged in festivities a Sicilian bride passed
with her train. One Drochet, a Frenchman, used her rudely,
under pretence of searching for arms. A young Sicilian stabbed
him with his own sword; and, a tumult ensuing, 200 French were
defeated ; expelled 36
Invaded by the Vandals, 440 a.d. ; by the Goths, 493; taken for a.d.
the Greek emperors by Belisarius 535
Conquered l)y the Saracens 832-78
Greeks and Arabs driven out by a Norman prince, Roger
I., son of Tancred, 1058; who takes the title of count of
Sicily 1061-90
Roger II., son of the above-named, unites Sicily with Naples,
and is crowned king of the Two Sicilies 1131
Charles of Anjou, brother of St. Louis, king of France, con-
quers Naples and Sicily, deposes the Norman princes, and
makes himself king 1266
French massacred (Sicilian Vkspers) 1282
Sicily seized by a fleet sent by the king of Aragon; Naples re-
mains to the house of Anjou "
Alphonso, king of Aragon, takes possession of Naples 1435
Kingdom of Naples and Sicily united to the Spanish monarchy
under Ferdinand the Catholic 1501
Victor, duke of Savoy, by the treaty of Utrecht made king of
Sicily 1713
Which he gives up to the emperor Charles VI., and becomes
king of Sardinia 1720
Charles, son of the king of Spain, becomes king of the Two
Sicilies 1735
Throne of Spain becoming vacant, Charles, who is heir, vacates
the throne of the Two Sicilies in favor of his third son Ferdi-
nand, agreeably to treaty 1769
Dreadful earthquake at Messina, in Sicily, which destroys 40,-
000 persons 1783
French conquer Naples; Ferdinand IV. retires to Sicily 1806
Political disturbances 1810
New constitution granted, under British auspices 1812
French expelled; kingdom of Two Sicilies re-established;
Ferdinand returns to Naples; abolishes the constitution 1815
Revolution at Palermo suppressed 1820
Great towns in Sicily rise and demand the constitution; a
provisional government proclaimed 12 Jan. 1848
King nominates his brother, the count of Aquila, viceroy, 17
Jan. ; promises a new constitution 29 Jan. "
Sicilian parliament decrees the exclusion of the Bourbon fam-
ily, 13 Apr. ; and invites the duke of Genoa to the throne,
11 July, "
SIC 735
Messina bombarded, taken by the Neapolitans 7 Sept. 1848
Catania taken by assault, 6 Apr. ; Syracuse surrenders, 23
Apr. ; and Palermo 15 May, 1849
Insurrections suppressed at Palermo, Messina, and Catania, 4
Apr. et seq. ; the rebels retire into the interior,
21 Apr. et seq. 1860
Garibaldi and 2200 men embark at Genoa, 5 May ; land at Mar-
sala, 11 May; he abandons his ships, and assumes dictator-
ship in the name of the king of Sardinia 14 May, "
He defeats the royal troops at Calatafimi, 15 May; storms Pa-
lermo, 27 May; which is bombarded by the royal fleet, 28
May; armistice 31 May, "
A provisional government formed at Palermo, 3 June; which
is evacuated by the Neapolitans 6 June, "
Garibaldi defeats the Neapolitans at Melazzo 20, 21 July, "
Convention signed, the Neapolitans to evacuate Sicily (retain-
ing the citadel of Messina) 30 July, "
New Sicilian constitution proclaimed 3 Aug. "
Garibaldi embarks for Calabria (Naples) 19 Aug. "
Prof Saffi (late of Oxford), a short time dictator Sept. "
Sicilians by universal suffrage vote for annexation to Sardinia
(432,054 against 667) 21 Oct. "
Victor Emmanuel visits Sicily 1 Dec. "
Citadel of Messina blockaded, 28 Feb. ; surrenders to gen. Cial-
diui 13 Mch. 1861
King Victor Emmanuel warmly received at Messina May, 1862
Italy, Naples.
" §ick man," an epithet applied to Turkey, by the
czar Nicholas, 14 Jan. 1854. Russo-Turkish wars.
Sic'yOll, an ancient Grecian kingdom in the Peloponne-
sus, founded, it is said, about 2080 B.C. Its people took part
in the wars in Greece, usually supporting Sparta. In 252 it
became a republic and joined the Achaean league formed by
Aratus. It was the country of the sculptors Polycletes (436)
and Lysippus (328 b.c.).
iide'real time. The time in which the earth rotates
on its axis, the sidereal day, is the interval between 2 con-
secutive passages of a star across the meridian. This day is
divided into 24 equal parts, called sidereal hours, the hour
into 60 sidereal minutes, etc. This time is practically invari-
able. The interval of time from the moment the sun leaves
a fixed star until it returns to it constitutes a sidereal year,
and measured by solar time is 365 days 6 hrs. 9 min. 9.6 sec,
being longer than the solar j'ear. The solar year is the inter-
val between 2 successive passages of the sun through the same
Equinox ; if the equinoxes were fixed points the solar and
sidereal year would be identical, but the equinoxes recede
from east to west 50.27" annually; thus the sun reaches the
*quinox sooner every year by 50.27" of arc, or by 20 rain.
22.9 sec. of time, and the mean solar year is 20 min. 22.9 sec.
shorter than the sidereal year, or 365 days 5 hrs. 48 rain. 46.7
sec.
§ic1er'OStat (from sidus, Lat. for a star), an apparatus
•constructed by M. Leon Foucault, shortly before his death, 11
Feb. 1868, for observing the light of stars just as that of the
sun is studied in the camera-obscura. It consists of a mirror
moved by clockwork, and a fixed objective glass for concen-
trating the rays into a focus.
ISi'clOIl or Zi'dou, Syria, a city of Phoenicia, to the
north of Tyre. It was conquered by Cyrus about 537 b.c.,
and surrendered to Alexander, 332 b c. Phcenicia. The
town was taken from the pacha of Egypt by the troops of the
sultan and of his allies, assisted by some ships of the British
squadron, under commodore Charles Napier, 27 Sept. 1840.
Syria.
Siedlce (_sed 'ce), a village of Poland, where a battle
■was fought 10 Apr. 1831, between the Poles and Russians.
The Poles obtained the victory after a bloody conflict, taking
4000 prisoners and several pieces of cannon ; but this success
was soon followed by fatal reverses.
iieig^e. Azotus or Ashdod, which was besieged by the
Egyptian monarch Psammetichus the Powerful, held out 19
years.— f/sAer. For 29 years.— flerodotus. This was the
longest siege of antiquity. The siege of Troy, the most
celebrated, lasted 10 years, 1184 b.c. But the siege of Jeru-
salem by Titus, 70 a.d. (surrendered 8 Sept.), was the most
dreadful ever recorded. Following are the principal sieges
since the 12th century ; for details of most, see separate arti-
cles.
Acre, 1192, 1799, 1832, 1840. I used by French engineer named
Algesiras, 1341. Renau), 1816.
Algiers, 1081 (bomb vessels first Alkmaer. 1573.
SIE
Almeida, 27 Aug. 1810.
Amiens, 1597.
Ancona, 1174, 1799, 1860.
Antwerp, 1576, 1583, 1585, 1746,
1832.
Arras, 1640.
Atlanta, U. S.,1864.
Azof, 1736.
Badajoz, 11 Mch. 1811; 6 Apr.
1812.
Bagdad, 1258.
Barcelona, 1697, 1714.
Basing House, Hampshire, Engl,
one of the most gallant de-
fences made by the royalists
during the civil war; Crom-
well carried it by assault 14
Oct. 1645, after repeated trials
by others and a desultory siege
of 2 years. "The Plundering
of Basing House " is one ol
Landseer's most popular paint
ings.
Belgrade, 1439, 1456, 1521, 1688,
1717, 1739, 1789.
Belle-Isle, 1761.
Bergen-op-Zoom, 1622, 1747, 1814.
Berwick, 1333, 1481.
Bethune, 1710.
Bilbao, by Carlists, 1874.
Bois-le-Duc, 1603, 1794.
Bologna, 1512, 1796, 1799.
Bommel (the invention of the
covered way), 1794. *
Bonn, 1672, 1689, 1703.
Boston, U. S., 1775.
Bouchain, 1711.
Boulogne, 1544.
Breda, 1625.
Brescia, 1238, 1512, 1849.
Breslau, 1807.
Brisac, 1638, 1704.
Brussels, 1695, 1746.
Bomarsund, 1854.
Buda, 1541, 1686.
Burgos, 1812, 1813.
Cadiz, 1812.
Calais, 1347 (British historians
affirm that cannon were used
at Cressy, 1346, and here in
1347. First used here in 1388.
—Rymer's Feed.), 1558, 1596.
Calvi, 1794.
Candia (the largest cannon then
known in Europe used here by
the Turks), 1667.
Cartliagena, 1706-7, 1740, 1873-74.
Cawnpore, 1857.
Chalus, 1199.
Charleroi, 1693.
Charleston, U. S., 1864-65.
Chartres, 1568.
Cherbourg, 1758.
Ciiidad Rodrigo, 1810, 1812.
Colchester, 1648.
Comorn, 1849.
Compiegne (Joan ot Arc), 1430.
Condd, 1676, 1793, 1794.
Coni, 1691, 1744.
Constantinople, 1453.
Copenhagen, 1658, 1801, 1807.
Corfu, 1716. '
Courtray. 1646.
Cracow, 1702.
Cremona, 1702.
Dantzic, 1734, 1793, 1807, 1813,
1814.
Delhi, 18.57.
Douay, 1710.
Dresden, 1756, 1813.
Drogheda, 1649.
Dublin, 1500.
Dunkirk, 1646, 1793.
Flushing, 15 Aug. 1809.
Frederickshald ( Charles XII.
killed), 1718.
Gaeta, 1435, 1734, 1860-61.
Genoa, 1747, 1800.
Gcrona, 1809.
Ghent, 1708.
Gibraltar, 1734, 1779, 1782-83.
Glatz, 1742, 1807.
GOttingen, 1760.
Graves, 1674.
Grenada, 1491, 1492.
Groningen, 1594.
Haerlem, 1572, 1573.
Harfieur, 1415.
Heidelberg, 1688.
Herat, 1838.
Humaita, 1868.
Ismail, 1790. ,
Kars, 1855.
Kehl, 1733, 1796.
Landau, 1702 et seq., 1792.
Landrecy, 1712, 1794.
Laon, 988, 991.
Leipsic, 1757 etseq., 1813.
Lerida, 1647, 1707, 1810.
Leyden, 1574.
Liege, 1408, 1688, 1702.
Lille, 1708, 1792.
Limerick, 1651, 169L
Londonderry, 1689.
Lucknow, 1857.
Louisburg, 1758.
Luxemburg, 1795.
Lyons, 1793.
Maestricht, 1579, 1673 (Vauban
first came into notice), 1676,
1748.
Magdala, 1868.
Magdeburg, 1631, 1806.
Malaga, 1487.
Malta, 1565, 1798, 1800.
Mantua, 1797, 1799.
Marseilles, 1524.
Menin, 1706.
Mentz, 1689, 1793.
Messina, 1282, 1719, 1848, 1861.
Metz, 1552-53, 1870.
Mons, 1691, 1709, 1792.
Montargis, 1426.
Montauban, 1621.
Montevideo, .Tan. 1807.
Motlie (the French, taught by a
Mr. MuUer, first practised the
art of throwing shells), 1634.
Namur, 1692, 1746, 1794.
Naples, 1435, 150^, 1557, 1792,
1799, 1806.
Nice, 1706
Nienport, 1600.
Olivenza, 1801, 1811.
Olmutz, 1758.
Orleans, 1428, 1563.
Ostend, 1601, 1798.
Oudenarde, 1706.
Padua, 1509.
Pampeluna, 1813.
Paris, 1420, 1594, 1870, 1871.
Parma, 1248.
Pavia, 1524, 1655.
Perpignan, 1542, 1642.
Phalsbourg, 1814, 1815, 1870.
Philipsburg, 1644, 1676, 1688 (first
experiment of firing artillery
d ricochet, 1734, 1799).
Plevna, 1877.
Pondicherry, 1748, 1793.
Prague, 1741-44.
Qucsnoy, 1793-94.
Rheims, 1359.
Rhodes, 1521.
Richmond, U.S., 1864-65.
Riga, 1700, 1710.
Rochelle, 1573, 1627.
Rome, 1527, 1798, 1849.
Romorantin (artillery first used
in sieges — Voltaire), 1356.
Rouen, 1419, 1449, 159L
Roxburgh, 1460.
St. Sebastian, 1813.
Saragossa, 1710, 1808, 1809 (the
2 last dreadful).
Sebastoi)ol, 1854-5.
Schweidnitz (first experiment to
reduce a fortress by springing
globes of compression), 1757-
1762.
Scio (Greece), 1822.
Seriugapatam, 1799.
Seville, 1247-48.
Silistria, 1854.
Smolensko, 1632, 1812.
Stralsund (the method of throw-
ing red-hot balls first practised
with certainty), 1715.
Strasburg, 1870.
Tarragona, 1811.
Temeswar, 1716.
Thionville, 1792.
Thorn, 1703.
Tortosa, 1811.
Toulon, 1707, 1793.
Toulouse, 1217.
Tournay, 1340, 1513, 1583, 1667,
1709 (this was the best defence
ever drawn from counter-
mines), 1792.
Treves, 1635, 1673, 1675.
Tunis, 1270, 1535.
SIE
786
SIL
Turin, 1640. 1706.
Valencia, 1705, 1707, 1712.
Valeucieunes, 1677, 1798, 17M.
VauDe«, 1342.
Venloo, 1702.
Verdun, 17i)2.
Vicksburg, V. 8., 1863.
Vienna, 1529, 1683.
Wakefield, 1460.
Warsaw, 1831.
Xativa, 1246.
Xeres. 1262.
Yorklowu, 1781.
Yprfcs, 1648.
Zurich, 1544.
Zutphen, 1686.
SlenB (se-a'na) (fornoerly Sena Julia, Italy), in the
middle ages a powerful republic rivalling Florence and Pisa,
weakened through intestine quarrels, was subjugated by the
emperor Charles V., and given to his son in 1655, who ceded it
to Cosmo of Tuscany, 1657. It was incorporated with France,
1808-14.
Sierra Leone (ae-er'ra le^'ne), a colonial settlement
of W. Africa, discovered in 14C0. In 1786, London swarmed
with free negroes in idleness and want ; and 400 of them, with
60 whites, mostly women of bad character and in ill-health,
were sent out to Sierra Leone at the charge of government to
form a settlement, 9 Dec. 1786. In 1807 the settlement was
given up to the crown. It extends from the Scarcies river on
the north to Liberia on the south, 180 miles. By agreement
with the French government, 10 Aug. 1889, a commission was
appointed for the delimitation of the British and French pos-
sessions in W. Africa, Oct. 1890. Commissioners met Dec.
1891. Area, 15,000 sq. miles ; pop. 180,009.
§lgpnalS are alluded to by Polybius. Elizabeth had in-
structions drawn up for the admiral and general of the expe-
dition to Cadiz, to be announced to the fleet in a certain lati-
tude ; this is said to have been the first set of signals given
to commanders of the English fleet. A system for the navy
was invented by the duke of York, afterwards James II., 1665.
— Guthrie. A regular code of day and night signals was ar-
ranged by adms. Howe and Kempenfelt of the British navy,
about 1790; and in 1812 capt. Rodgers, of the United States
navy, arranged an admirable signal system. A code of sig-
nals was adopted by the U. S. navy department in 1857. An-
other board in 1859 tested and approved a system of night-
signals invented by B. F. Coston of the U. S. navy; and in Oct.
1861 they were adopted in the U. S. army. A new system
was invented by gen. Albert J. Myer, which was used in both
branches of the service by night and day during the civil war.
In 1870 the signal-service of the army was partly formed into
a meteorological bureau to study the scientific law and to
notice the advance of storms. In 1891 this branch of the ser-
vice was transferred from the war department to the depart-
ment of agriculture, and the Weather Bureau was organized.
For fog signals, etc.. Acoustics.
iig^nboards were used by the Greeks and Romans.
A " History of Signboards," by Jacob Larwood and John Hot-
ten, was pub. in 1866.
§ig;ner§ of the Declaration of Independence and Con-
stitution. Constitution, Declaration.
Sikhs (^seks), a people of N. India, invaded the Mogul
empire, 1703-8. India, 1849; Punjab.
Sil'ehester, county Hants, Engl. Here are the re-
mains of the Roman town Calleva (built on the site of the
British Caer Segeint or Segont) ; including walls of excellent
masonry, a basilica and forum, private dwellings, etc. Many
discoveries have been made during excavations carried on
under the patronage of the duke of Wellington, since 1863.
Coins of Claudius I. and later emperors have been found. A
systematic investigation of these remains was begun by the
Society of Antiquaries, London, 23 June, 1890.
Many vases, tools, etc., discovered 1890
Remains of a presumed Romano-British church, probable date
4th century, uncovered June, 1892
Sile'§ia, formerly a province of Poland, was invaded by
John of Bohemia, 1325, and ceded to him, 1355. It was taken
by the king of Hungary, 1478, and added to the Austrian do-
minion, 1526. It was conquered and lost several times during
the Seven Years' war by Frederick of Prussia, but a part was
retained by him at the peace in 1763. In 1587 the duke of
Leignitz made an agreement with the elector of Brandenburg
that if either died without issue the survivor should have both
realms. The duke died without issue, but Leopold I. claimed
the dukedom as a forfeited fief. At the death of Charles VI.
the elector of Brandenburg, then Frederick II. (the Great)^
claimed Silesia as his right, based upon the above agreement;
and as Maria Theresa of Austria refused to give it up, the
Silesian wars followed, 1741-63.
§iriCOn or silicium {se-lish'e-um) (from silex, flint),
a non-metallic element, next to oxygen the most abundant
substance in the earth, as it enters into many earths, metallic ^
oxides, and a great number of minerals. The mode of pro- i
curing pure silicon was discovered by Berzelius in 1823. — "^
Gmelin. Ransomk's stone, Water-glass. '
^ili§'tria, a strong military town in Bulgaria, European
Turkey. It was taken by the Russians, 30 June, 1829, and
held some years by them as a pledge for the payment of a !
large sum by the Porte; but was eventually restored. In
1864 it was again besieged by the Russians, 30,000 strong,
under prince Paskiewitch, and many assaults were made.
Russo-TuRKisn wars, 1854.
§illi. Wrought silk was brought from Persia to Greece,
324 B.C. Known at Rome in Tiberius's time, when the sen-
ate prohibited the use of plate of massive gold, and forbade
men to debase themselves bj' wearing silk, fit only for women.
Heliogabalus first wore a garment of silk, 220 a.d. Silk was-
at first of the same value with gold, weight for weight, and
was thought to grow like cotton on trees. Silk-worms were,
brought from India to Europe in the 6th century. Charle-
magne sent Oifa, king of Mercia, a present of two silken vests,
780. The manufacture was encouraged by Roger, king of
Sicily, at Palermo, 1146, when the Sicilians not only bred the
silk-worms, but spun and wove the silk. The manufacture
spread into Italy and Spain, and also into the south of France,
a little before the reign of Francis I. about 1610 ; and Henry
IV. propagated mulberry-trees and silk-worms throughout the
kingdom about 1600. In England, silk mantles were worn by
some noblemen's ladies at a ball at Kenilworth castle, 1286.
Silk was worn by the English clergy in 1634. Cultivated
in England in 1604; and broad silk woven from raw silk in
1620. Brought to perfection by the French refugees in Lon-
don at Spitalfields, 1688. A silk-throwing mill was made in
England, and fixed up at Derby, by sir Thomas Lombe, mer-
chant of London, modelled from the original mill then in the
king of Sardinia's dominions, about 1714. He obtained a pat-
ent in 1718, and died 3 Jan. 1739. 6 new species of silk-worm
were rearing in France, 1861. In 1858, M. Guerin-Meneville
introduced into France a Chinese worm termed the Cynthia
bombyx, which feeds on the Ailanthvs glandulosa, a hardy tree-
of the oak kind. The cynthia yields a silk-like substance
termed Ailantine. It was brought to Turin by Fantoni in
1866.
silk in the United States. James I. of England, seeking
to introduce silk culture into the American colonies, forwarded
eggs to Virginia, and offered bounties on silk cultivation, but
the superior profit of tobacco culture brought the experiment
to naught. Silk culture was introduced in Louisiana in 1718,
and government encouragement was given to the industry in
Georgia. Artisans were sent to Georgia to carry on silk in-
dustries in 1732. The first export of raw silk (8 pounds) was
made in 1734. In 1749 the production at Ebenezer, on the
Savannah river, amounted to 1000 lbs. A public filature or
reel for drawing off silk from cocoons was set up in Savannah
in 1751. From 1751 to 1754 the exports amounted to $8880,
and for the next eighteen years there was an annual export
averaging 646 lbs. In 1760, 16,000 lbs. of cocoons were de-
livered at the filature. The production rapidly declined
under British taxation, and was destroyed entirely by the-
Revolutionary war. The history of silk culture in South Caro-
lina was almost identical with that in Georgia. In Connecti-
cut 200 lbs. of raw silk were made in 1789. In 1790, 60 fami-
lies in New Haven and 30 in Norfolk were engaged in the
business. In 1839 the product of Mansfield, Conn., was about
5 tons. A filature was established in Philadelphia in 1770.
With a climate every way adapted to the production of silk,
California bids fair to become a great silk - producing state.
Thousands of mulberry-trees have been imported to afford
food for the silk-worms. In 1876, one cocoonery in San Jose
had 1,000,000 silk-worms. There are now over 200 silk-fac-
tories in the U. S., and the cultivation of native silk seems;
SIL
to be reviving. The Women's Silk-culture Association held
an exhibition in Philadelphia, 1881-82. For early cult-
ure, Conn kcticut, 1747 ; Georgia, 1735; South Carolina,
1755.
§ilot'vaar, a new explosive, invented by a Russian
engineer, M. Rouckteshell, in 1886 ; said to be 10 times more
powerful than gunpowder.
Sil'lirei, a British tribe, occupying the counties of Mon-
mouth and Hereford, was subdued by the Roman general Os-
torius Scapula, 50. Shropshire. From this tribe is derived
the geological term " Silurian strata," among the lowest of
the palaeozoic, or primary series, from their occurrence in the
above-mentioned counties. Murchison's "Siluria" was pub.
1849.
silver exists in most parts of the world, and is found
mixed with other ores in various mines in Great Britain. The
silver-mines of South America are by far the richest, especially
those of Peru and Bolivia, there having been mined over
$650,000,000 from the mines of Porosi, Bolivia, since their
discovery. In 1749, one mass of silver weighing 370 lbs. was
sent to Spain. From a mine in NorXvay a piece of silver was
dug, and sent to the Royal museum at Copenhagen, weighing
560 lbs., and worth 1680/. In England silver plate and ves-
sels were first used by Wilfrid, a Northumbrian bishop, 709. —
Tyrrell. According to the estimate of Mulhall, Mexico has
produced more silver since 1523 than any other country within
the last 500 years, amounting to over $3,050,000,000; next in
order is Peru, with nearly $3,000,000,000 ; followed by the
United States, with $1,000,000,000 from 1849. The amount
of silver produced in the U. S. in 1890 was $70,465,000, the
largest output in the world, followed by Mexico with $50,000,-
000. The states depositing the most silver at the U. S. mints
up to 1891 were, 1st, Nevada, amount $100,279,775; 2d, Colo-
rado, $24,467,565; 3(1, Utah territory, $19,576,538; 4th, Mon-
tana, $16,556,225; 5th, Arizona territory, $13,857,358, etc.,
down to New Hampshire with $1.74. The ratio of the value
of silver to that of gold varies, viz.: 1000 B.C., 12 to 1; 500 B.C.,
13 to 1 ; commencement Christian era, 9 to 1 ; 500 A.D., 18 to 1 ;
1100, 8 to 1 ; 1400, 11 to 1 ; 1554, 6 to 1 ; 1561, 2 to 1 ; 1600, 10
to 1 ; 1727, 13 to 1 ; 1800, 15.5 to 1. This ratio was maintained
until 1872, when it began to rise. The following shows the
range of silver quotations in London, the chief market of the
world, and the dollar value and the ratio of silver to gold for
the years given :
RATIO OF SILVER TO GOLD.
Average price per oz..
Ratio of sil-
ver to gold.
1845 49
59Xd.=fl.30+
&\d. — 1.33+
59d. = 1.28
52+d..-= 1.15+
51+d.= 1.12+
50+d.=i 1.11
45+d.= 1.00+
42+d= 0.94
42+d.:= 0.93+
¥J-\-d.= 1.04+
45+d.= 0.98+
39+d.=. 0.87+
36+d.= 0.80+
15.8+
15.4+
16 17
1850 72
1874 ....
1876
17.88
1879
18.40
1883
18.64
1886 '.
20.78
1888
21.99
1889
22 09
1890
19 76
1891
20 92
1892
23 72
1893
25 77
[During Feb. 1894, the price of silver in the London market fell
as low as 29j^d., about 65 cts., or 3^ part of the price of gold, the
lowest price on record up to that time.]
Bland Silver bill. Coin and coinage, Gold.
Silver €rray§, a term applied to the Whigs of New
York who supported the administration of president Fillmore,
and regarded the slavery question settled by the compromise
of 1850. A convention of the administration was held at
Syracuse, 27 Sept. 1850, to secure a vindication of the presi-
dent's polic}'-, etc. The convention resulted in an emphatic
majority against the administration ; whereupon the chair-
man, Mr. Granger, and several other administration men, left
the convention ; as they were elderly men, they, with their
following, were immediately dubbed " Silver Grays."
Simail'ca§, a town of Castile, Spain. Near it Ramirez
II. of Leon and Ferdinand of Castile gained a great victory
over Abderahman, the Moorish king of Cordova, 6 Aug. 938. *
Sim'nel eon§piraey. Rebellions, 1486.
24
737 SKA
iSimo'llians, a sect named from the founder, Simon
Magus, the first heretic, about 41. A sect of social reformers
called "St. Simonians" sprang up in France in 1819, and at-
tracted considerable attention ; the doctrines were advocated
in England, particularly by dr. Prati, who lectured upon them
in London, 24 Jan. 1834. Sr. Simon died in 1825, and his
follower, Pere Enfantin, died 1 Sept. 1864.
si'moiiy (trading in church offices) derives its name
from Simon desiring to purchase the gift of the Holy Spirit
(Acts viii. 18, 19).
Slni'plOll, a mountain road leading from Switzerland
intoTtal}^, constructed by Napoleon in 1801-7. It winds up
passes, crosses cataracts, passes by galleries through solid rock,
and has 8 principal bridges. The number of workmen em-
ployed varied from 30,000 to 40,000.
Sinai {si'na-l), Mount, north of the Red sea, be-
tween Suez and Akabah gulfs. Here, as is supposed, the 10
commandments were promulgated, 1491 b.c. (Exod. xx.).
After much investigation and discussion by many persons,
dr. Beke, in Feb. 1874, confidently identified Sinai with a peak
in 28° 30' N. lat. 34° E. Ion.
Sinde, a province of N.W. India, was traversed by the
Greeks under Alexander, about 326 b.c. ; conquered by the
Persian Mahometans in the 8th century a.d. ; tributary to the
Ghaznevide dynasty in the 11th century; conquered by Nadir
Shah, 1739; reverted to the empire of Delhi after his death,
1747 ; after various changes of rulers, Sinde was conquered by
the English, and annexed, Mch. 1843. Napier announced its
conquest to his government by the single Latin word peccavi,
i. e. " I have sinned."
singing^. Hymns, Music.
Sino'pe, an important Greek colony on the Euxine, after
resisting several attacks was conquered by Mithridates IV.,
king of Pontus, and made his capital. It was the birthplace
of Diogenes, the cynic philosopher. On 30 Nov. 1853, a Turk-
ish fleet of 7 frigates, 3 corvettes, and 2 smaller vessels was
attacked by a Russian fleet of 6 sail of the line, 2 sailing-
vessels, and 3 steamers, under adm. Nachimoff, and totally
destroyed, except 1 vessel, which conveyed the tidings to
Constantinople. 4000 lives were lost by fire or drowning,
and Osraan Pacha, the Turkish admiral, died at Sebastopol
of his wounds. In consequence of this act (considered treach-
erous) the Anglo-French fleet entered the Black sea, 3 Jan.
1854.
8i0UX (soo). Indians.
§irene (si-reen), an instrument for determining the ve-
locity of aerial vibrations corresponding to the different pitch-
es of musical sounds, was invented by baron Cagniard de la
Tour of Paris in 1819. The principle was shown in an appa-
ratus exhibited by Robert Hooke before the Royal Society
of England, 27 Julj^, 1681. Acoustics.
§isterllOOCl§ in the English church were begun by
Lvdia Priscilla Sellon about 1846, in Devonshire; she died
Nov. 1876.
Sisters of Charity, an order for the service of the
sick poor, was founded by Vincent de Paul, in 1634. Their
establishment in London began in 1854.
Siva (see'va), known in Hindu mythology as the Aven-
ger or Destroyer. Brahmins.
Six ]Vations. New York, 1712.
sRating^ (on bones, etc.) is said to have been practised
in prehistoric times by northern nations.
Mentioned by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus. .about 1134
William Fitz-Stephens speaks of it in London about 1180
Figures of skates in Olaiis Magnus's history printed 1555
Blade-skates, probably from Holland, about 1660, were seen in
St. James's park by Evelyn and Pepys 1 nee. 1662
An Edinburgh club established 1744
Robert Jones's "Art of Skating " pub 1772
London Skating club, 1830; Oxford club , 1838
Roller skates invented by .James L. Plimjiton of New York — 1869
National Skating Association organized in England 1879
Frank Delmont skates 1 mile on roller-skates in 2 min. 50.4
sec. at Olympia, Engl 27 Aug. 1890
J. F. Donoghue, of Newburg, N. Y., wins the l>s^-mile interna-
tional race at Lingay Fen, nenr Cambridge, Engl., in 4 min. 46
sec. (1890), and the International races at Amsterdam. 6-7 Jan. 1891
SKE
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J. F. Donoghue, straightaway with strong wind
J. S. Johnson
J. F. Donoghuo, straightaway with strong wind
J. S. Joimsou
Harald Hagen
J. S. Jolmson
Harald Hagen
P. Oestlund
J. F. Donoghuo
Harald Hagen
J. F. Donoghue
A. D. Norseng
Harald Hagen
A. Paulson
J. F. Donoghue
Place.
Newburg, N. Y
Minneapolis, Minn
Newburg, N. Y
Minneapolis, Minu
Hainar, Norway
(*hristiania. Norway
Minneapolis, Minn
Hamar, Norway
Orange I-ake, N. Y
Hamar, Norway
Newburg, N. Y
Hamar, Norway
Christiania Fiord, Norway
Brooklyn, N. Y
Cove Pond, near Stamford, Conn
27 Jan.
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25 Feb.
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21 Jan.
181
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26 Feb.
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" Sketch Book," Irving's. The first number was
deposited for copyright 15 May, 1819. It contained 93 pages,
and consisted of the " Prospectus," "The Author's Account of
Himself," "The Voyage," "Roscoe," "The Wife," and "Rip
Van Winkle."
Skiiiner§. Nkutral ground.
Skrae'lillg^§ (signifying dwarfs), a name given to the
natives (Esquimaux) found on the New En_glaiid coast by the
Northmen at the time of their supposed discovery. Amekica.
§lavery and slave-trade. The traffic in men intro-
duced from Chaldaja into Egypt and Arabia, and spread over
the East, In Greece, in the time of Homer, all prisoners of war
were treated as slaves. The Lacedaemonian youths, trained in
the practice of deceiving and butchering slaves, were from
time to time let loose upon them to show their proficiency; and
once, for amusement only, murdered, it is said',- 3000 in one
night. Hklots. Alexander, when he razed Thebes, sold the
whole people for slaves, 335 b.c. There were 400,000 slaves in
Attica, 317 b.c. In Rome slaves were often chained to the
gate of a great man's house, to give admittance to the guests
invited to the feast. By one of the laws of the XII. Tables,
creditors could seize their insolvent debtors, and keep them in
their houses, till by their services or labor they had discharged
the sum they owed. C. PoUio threw such slaves as gave him
offence into his fish-ponds, to fatten his lampreys, 42 b.c.
Caecilius Isidorus left to his heir 4116 slaves, 12 b.c. The first
Janissaries were Christian slaves, 1329. The slave-trade from
Congo and Angola was begun by the Portuguese in 1481. The
commerce in man has brutalized a tract 15 degrees on each side
of the equator, and forty degrees wide, or of 4,000,000 sq miles;
and men and women have been bred for sale to the Christian
nations during the la.st 250 years, and war carried on to make
prisonei's fi>r the Christian market. The Abbe Raynal com-
puted (1777) that, at the time of his writing, 9,000,000 of
slaves had been consumed by the Europeans. The slave-trade
is now approaching extinction.
In 1768 the slaves taken from Africa amounted to 104,100. In 1786
the annual number was about 100,000.
In 1807 it was shown by documents, produced by the English gov-
ernment, that since 1792 upwards of 3,500,000 Africans had been
torn from their country, and had either perished on the passage
or been sold in the West Indies.
Slave-trade abolished by Austria in 1782; by the French con-
vention in 1794
Allies at Vienna declare against it Feb. 1815
Napoleon, in the Hundred Days, abolishes the trade 29 Mch. "
Treaty for its repression with Spain, 1817; with the Nether-
lands, May, 1818; with Brazil Nov. 1826
French government gives permission to M. Regis to convey free
negroes from Africa to Guadeloupe and Martinique, French
colonies June, 18.57
Abuses being disclosed, the license is revoked Jan. 18.59
It is said that about 40,000 slaves were landed at Cuba in I860
Serfdom abolished by Frederick I. of Prussia in 1702; by
Christian VII. of Denmark in 1766; by Joseph II., emperor
- of Germany, in his hereditary states, in 1781; by Nicholas I.
of Russia, in the imperial domains, in 1842; and by his suc-
cessor, Alexander II., throughout his empire 3 Mch. 1861
Slavery ceases in the Dutch West Indies 1 July, 1863
Spanish government denounces the slave-trade as piracy,
Nov. 1865
By decree of 1867, all children thereafter born in Brazil were
free, and all slaves to be free in 20 years. In Nov. slaves of
I the state became free when made soldiers. Slavery to be
abolished gradually by law of 27 Sept. 187^
' Species of slave trade having risen in the South seas, the
natives being enticed on board certain British vessels and
shipped to Queensland, Australia, and the Fiji isles; the sub-
ject was brought before Parliament 1871-1
Ship Cai-l (owner, dr. James P. Murray; master, Joseph Arm-
strong) leaves Melbourne for South Sea isles; anchors off
Malokolo, Solomon's, and Bougainville isles, and kidnaps
many natives as laborers for the Fiji isles; while about 20
miles from land, the prisoners rise and attempt to set fire
to the ship; are fired on; about 50 killed and 20 wounded
are cast into the sea. At Melbourne, Murray gives evidence,
and Armstrong is committed for trial, 16 Aug.; the master
and mate sentenced to death Nov. 1872
Sir Bartle Frere goes to Zanzibar on a mission to suppress the
East African slave trade (Zaxzibae) 1872-73
Slavery abolished in Porto Rico 23 Mch. 1873
Act of Parliament, for consolidating with amendments the acts
for carrying into effect treaties for suppression of the slave-
trade (36 and 37 Vict. c. 88), passed 5 Aug. "
Sir Samuel Baker heads an expedition to put down slave-trad-
ing on the Nile (Egypt), Jan. 1870; reported to be partially
successful, 30 June, 1873. He published "Ismailia," a his-
tory of the expedition, 1874. He estimates that at least 50,000
are annually captured and sold as slaves Nov. 1874
Several African kings and chiefs, at Cape Coast Castle, agree to
give up slave-trade, at an interview with gov. Strahan.3 Nov. "
Slave-trade on the Gold Coast abolished by proclamation of
gov. Strahan 17 Dec. ' '
Immediate suppression of slavery in the colonies of St. Thomas,
etc., by Portugal, announced Feb. 1876
Convention with Egypt forbidding the traffic, 4 Aug. 1877; col.
Gordon's efforts in the Soudan reported successful 1879
Slavery to be abolished in Egypt end of July, 1881
Gradual emancipation in Cuba; bill passes in Spanish senate,
24 Dec. 1879; by deputies, 21 Jan. ; promulgated, 18 Feb. 1880;
slavery totally abolished 1886
Abolition of slavery in Brazil 18G7-88
Abolished in Zanzibar Oct. 1889-90
Anti-slavery conference at Brussels meets, 18 Nov. 1889; dele-
gates from 17 states; conferences: 19 Nov.-Dec. 1889, Jan.-
May, 1890; general act for regulating the immediate sup-
pression of the slave trade agreed to and ratified by all, 2 Apr. 1892
slavery and slave-trade in England. Laws re-
specting the sale of slaves were made by Alfred. The Eng-
lish peasantry were commonly sold for slaves in Saxon and
Norman times; children were sold in Bristol market like cat-
tle for exportation. Many were sent to Ireland and to Scot-
land. Under the Normans, the vas.sals (termed viliein.s, of
and pertaining to the vill) were devisable as chattels during
the feudal times.
Severe statutes were passed in the reign of Richard II., 1377
and 1385; the rebellion of Wat Tyler arose partly out of the
evils of serfdom 1381
By law of Edward VI., a runaway, or any one who lived idly
"for 3 days, to be brought before 2 justices, branded V on
the breast, and sold as a slave for 2 years. The master must
give him bread, water or small drink, and refuse meat, and
cause him to work by beating, chaining, or otherwise; and
if he absented himself 14 days, he was to be branded on the
forehead or cheek with an S, and be his master's slave for-
ever; second desertion was made felony. It was lawful
to put a ring of iron round his neck, arm, or leg. A child
might be put apprentice, and, on running away, became a
slave to his master 1547
Queen Elizabeth orders her bondsmen in the western counties
to be made free at easy rates 1574
[Serfdom finally extinguished in 1660, when tenures in
capile, knights' service, etc., were abolished.]
Slave-trade begun by sir John Hawkins; his first expedition,
with the object of procuring negroes on the coast of Africa,
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and coDvejMug thein for sale at the West Indies, takes place
( \ssiENTO, Guinea) Oct. 1562
Slave named Somerset, brought to England, is, because of his
ill state, turned adrift by his master. By the charity of Gran-
ville Sharp lie is restored to health, when his master again
claims him, but lord Mansfield, of the Court of King's Bench,
decides that slavery cannot exist in (Jreat Britain. . .22 June, 1772
Thomas Clark.son, of Wadesmill, Hertford, devotes his life to
the abolition of the slave-trade June, 1785
England employs 130 ships, and carries off 42,000 slaves 1786
"Society for the Suppression of the Slave-trade," founded by
Clarkson, Wilberforce, and Dillwyn 1787
Slave-trade question is debated in Parliament "
Debate for its abolition; 2 days Apr. 1791
Mr. Wilberforce's motion lost by a majority of 88 to 83. .3 Apr. 1798
Question introduced under the auspices of lord Grenville and
Mr. Fox, then ministers 31 Mch. 1806
Trade abolished by Parliament 25 Mch. 1807
Act to abolish slavery throughout the British colonies, to pro-
mote industry among the manumitted slaves, and for com-
pensation to owners, by the grant of 20,000,000/ 28 Aug. 1833
Slavery terminates in the British possessions; 770,280 slaves
become free 1 Aug. 1834
Slavery abolished in the East Indies 1 Aug. 18:^8
Thomas Clarkson d. aged 85 Sept. 1846
In 1853, John Anderson, a runaway slave, kills Septimus Digges,
a planter of Missouri, who attempts to arrest him, and es-
capes to Canada. The American government claims him
as a murderer. The Canadian judges deciding that the law
requires his surrender, Edwin James, Q. C. (15 Jan.), obtains
a writ of habeas corpus from the Court of Queen's Bench.
Anderson is discharged on technical grounds 16 Feb. 1861
Circular from the Admiralty concerning the surrender of fugi-
tive slaves on British ships to their owners, dated 31 July;
censured by the public, Sept., Oct. ; withdrawn Nov. 1875
Revised circular issued near end of Dec. 1875; meets with much
adverse criticism Jan. 1876
Government commission appointed (the duke of Somerset,
chief-justice Cockburn, sir Henry S. Maine, and others), Feb. ;
report unfavorable to the circulars; pub 13 June, "
New admiralty instructions: fugitive slaves to be received and
not given up; action left to captain's discretion; breach of
international faith and comity to be avoided; issues,
10 Aug. "
An obelisk, as a memorial toThomas Clarkson, erected by Arthur
Giles Puller, at Wadesmill ; inaugurated 9 Oct. 1879
slavery in the United States. Before the War of Inde-
pendence all the states contained slaves. In 1783, the state-
ment in the Massachusetts Bill of Bights, "All men are born
free and equal," was declared in the Supreme court at Boston
to bar slaveholding in that state. Slaver}^ was begun within
the domain of the U. S. in 1619, when 20 negroes were sold
by a Dutch trading vessel to settlers of Virginia. It was rec-
ognized by law in Virginia in 1620; in Massachusetts, 1641;
in Connecticut and Rhode Island, about 1650 ; in New York,
1656; in Maryland, 1663; in New Jersey, 1665; in the Caro-
linas from the time of their settlement ; and in Georgia, 1749.
There were also a few slaves in Pennsylvania as early as 1690,
but mostly in Philadelphia.
Severe laws against slaves in South Carolina 1712
Decisions in Maryland and elsewhere that conversion and bap-
tism do not confer freedom 1715
Importation of slaves into Virginia (1000 annually) 1724
Georgia prohibits slavery 1735
Strong public opinion in Georgia in favor of slavery, supported
by Whitefield and Habersham 1737-49
Slavery legalized in Georgia 1749
Laws of great severity against slaves enacted in South Carolina, 1750
Authority for dismemberment of slaves general throughout the
South "
Little effort made to convert slaves anywhere before or after. . "
Slave code quite severe in Massachusetts "
Slave population in Connecticut greater than in Massachusetts,
and in Rhode Island than in either "
Very few slaves in Pennsylvania before or after "
Controversy in Massachusetts on slavery 1766-73
Virginia prohibits the introduction of slaves 1778
Virginia repeals the old colonial statute forbidding the emanci-
pation of slaves except for meritorious service 1782
After this, for a period of 23 years, private emancipations were nu-
merous, and, but for subsequent re-enactments, the colored* free
population would have exceeded the slave.
In the reorganization of the army (Revolution), 1778, except for
loral defence, no troops were asked of South Carolina and Georgia
in consideration of their larger slave population. — HildreWs "'Hist.
U. S.," vol. iii. p. 244.
About the time of the Revolution, societies of prominent
men were formed for the purpose of ameliorating the condition
-of the slaves. Pennsylvania was the first state to organize
such a society, 1787, with Franklin as president. New York
followed, with John Jay as its first president, and Alexander
Hamilton as its second. Immediately after, Rhode Island ;
Maryland in 1789, with such members as Samuel Chase and
Luther Martin ; Delaware, with James A. Bayard and C. A.
Rodney; Connecticut, 1790 ; Virginia, 1791 ; New Jersey, 1792.
The most that was accomplished by this agitation was the
suppression of the slave-trade from 1808. Pennsylvania abol-
ished slavery by gradual emancipation, 1780 ; Massachusetts
by a Bill of Rights prefixed to the constitution, 1780 ; New
Hampshire by her constitution, 1784; Connecticut and Rhode
Island, 1784 ; Vermont by her constitution ; New York by
gradual abolition, 1799; further legislation in 1817 decreed
total abolition after 4 July, 1827, when about 10,000 slaves
were liberated ; New Jersey, gradual abolition, 1804.
SLAVK POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES ACCOKDING TO
THK CENSUS OF 1790.
South. ,
Delaware 8,887
Maryland 103,036
Virginia 293,427
North Carolina 100,572
South Carolina 107,094
Georgia 29,264
Kentucky 11,830
3,417
North.
New Hampshire
158
17
Rhode Island
952
Connecticut
2 759
Massachusetts
New York
. . . none
. ... 21,324
New Jersey
... 11,423
... 3,737
Total
. .. 40,370
Total 657,527
In 1810, 1,191,364; in 1820, 2,009,031; in 1850, 3,204,313; in 1860,
4,002,996. In 1870, 4,889,193 free colored persons; in 1880, 6,577,-
151; in 1890, 7,638,360.
Congress passes unanimously the celebrated ordinance "for
the government of the territory to the N.W. of the Ohio,"
which contained an "Mna/feraWe" article, forbidding sla-
very or involuntary sei;vitude in the said territory. .13 July, 1787
Debate in Congress on the power of that body over slavery.. . . 1790
Slavery opposed by the Presbyterian and Methodist churches. "
Right of petition to Congress on the subject of slavery debated, 1792
Slave laws introduced into Kentucky "
Quakers present a memorial to Congress praying for the aboli-
tion of slavery 1794
Slavery legalized in Tennessee 1796
Georgia forbids the emancipation of slaves 1798
Free colored men petition Congress for protection against be-
ing enslaved 1800.
Louisiana purchased, thus increasing the slave territory 1803
Memorial to Congress of the people of Indiana to suspend the
ordinance prohibiting slavery north of the Ohio river 1804
["Had this decision rested with them, both Indiana and
Illinois would have come into the Union as slave states."—
Hildreth, vol. v. p. 49T.]
Great debate in Congress on the abolition of the slave-trade. . . 1806
[Enormous increase in the growth of cotton in the southern
states, owing to the invention of the cotton-gin in 1792, which
greatly increases the demand for slave labor.]
A National Colonization Society organized at Washington
23 Dec. 1816, to encourage and aid emigration to Africa. Its
indirect object was to rid the south of its free colored popula-
tion. Henry Clay, John Randolph, Bushrod Washington, and
other slave-holders took a leading part in its formation. The
only result was the establishment of Liberia. Clay, Charles
Carroll, Madison, King of Alabama, W. H. Harrison, dr. W. E.
Channing, Benj. Lundy, Birney, Gerrit Smith, and the Tappan
brothers were all interested members of this organization.
Following are some of the principal events occurring in the
United States relating to slavery : •
Missouri Compromise (United States) '. . .1817-21
An ti -slavery societies organize in New York city and Phila-
delphia 1833
Prudence Crandall's school for colored children (girls) broken
up (Connecticut) "
Incendiary literature (regarding slavery) noticed in Jackson's
message (United States, Aug. and Dec. ) 1835
Murder of rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy (Alton riots) 1836
Amistad Case, the 1839
Creole case, the (United States) 1841
Samuel Hoar in Charleston, S. C. (Massaohcsetts, United
States) 1844-45
Schooner Pearl 1848
Fugitive Slave law and other compromise measures pass
(United States) 1850
Slave-trade suppressed in the District of Columbia "
Negro Sims seized at Boston under the Fugitive Slave law
(Massachusetts) 1851
Negro Shadrach seized at Boston under the Fugitive Slave law
(Massachusetts) "
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" pub 1852
Repeal of the Missouri Compromise by Kansas and Nebraska
bill (United States) 1854
Republican party formed (Political parties) "
Seizure of the negro Burns at Boston (Massachusetts. United
States) "
Kansas war (Kansas) 1854 et seq.
Drku Scott decision 1857
Seizure of the negro Littlejohn at Oberlin, 0., under the Fugi-
tive Slave law (Ohio) 1859
John Brown's insurrection "
Al)raham Lincoln, Republican, elected president 4 Nov. 1860
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S«c<«ton of S«Mith Carolina (SorxH Carolina, Coxfkdkratk
Q^ _^_ Uhitko Statkj*) I'ec. IHOO
gtaveryabolished In ll»e DisiVWl of Columbia 16 Apr 186'2
Pr««ldeiU Lincoln proclaims Iho abolition of Blavory in all
™ 08 in rebellion. 1 Jan. 1863 • • • .'22 Sept. '•
Slavery practically abolished by the Bubraissiou of the south-
em armies ^P""- ^°""
Total alwlitioii of slavery in the United States officially an-
no.imed • ••!» ^>ec. "
CoxSTiTiTioN OF THK U.viTKD Statks, Amendments of.
PRINCIPAL ANTI-SLAVEKY PUBLICATIONS.
Genius of Un versjil) | Mt IMeasant 0.,182n ggj^amin Lundv.
Emancipation ) J H«»" """'"<'• -^l*'' 1»^* J „ .
Journal of the Times , . BoMuinglon, Vt. . .1828 Lloyd Garrison.
The Liberator Boston, Mass., 1831-65 " "
^ ^, (SL Louis, Mo., 1832) (Rev. Elijah P. Lovo-
The Observer. | ^n^n, m 1836 1 [ joy.
The Kmancipator New York. N. Y. , 1833 R. J. Williams.
The A frii-AU Observer.. Philadelphia, Pa., 1835 Enoch Lewis.
The Philanthropist .... Cincinnati, 0 1836 Jauios G. Birnoy.
National Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa., " Benjamin Lundy.
Pennsylvania Freeman. " 1838-40 John G. Whiltrer
The Abolitionist Boston, Mass 1839 Elizur Wright, jr.
Slavo'llia or Sclavo'llia, a province of Austria, de-
rives its name from the Slavs, a Sarmatian people who re-
placed the Avars in Pannonia early in the 9th century. In
864. Cvril and Methodius, (Jreek missionaries, preached here,
and adapted the Greek alphabet to the Slavonian language,
the letters of which have since been a little altered. The
country, after having been held at times by the Greeks, Turk.s,
and Hungarians, and the cause of sanguinary conflicts, was
ceded finally to Hungary in 1699, at the peace of Cariowitz.
Deputies from the Slavonian provinces of Austria were enter-
tained at Moscow and St. Petersburg, May, 1867. The Croa-
tian-Slavonian diet at Agram was dissolved. May, 1867. It
protested against incorporation with Hungary. The Slavonian
family of languages includes Russian, Polish, Servian, Bohe-
mian, Bulgarian, Wendic, Slovak, and Polabic. Estimated
number of Slavs in Europe in 1875, 90,365,633; Russians and
Ruthenians, 66,129,590 ; Serbo-Croats, 5,940,539 ; Bulgarians,
5,123,952j Slovenes, 1,260,000; Slovaks, 2,223,830 ; Czechs,
4,815,154; Poles, 9,492, 1 62.
slings, an instrument of great antiquity for throwing
stones, consisting of a piece of leather to hold the stone, with
a string attached to each end, when by whirling rapidly and
letting one string loose the stone is thrown with great veloc-
ity. In Judg. XX. 16 is mentioned the skill of the Benjamite
slingers (about 1406 b.c.), and with a sling David slew Go-
liath, 1063 B.C. (1 Sam. xvii.). The natives of the Balearic
isles (Majorca, Minorca, and Ivi^a), celebrated slingers, served
as mercenaries in the Carthaginian and Roman armies. Slings
are said to have been used by the Huguenots at the siege
of Sancerre, in 1672, to economize their powder.
Sloane, Sir Hans. Collection, books, etc. British
Museum.
SluyiS, a town of Holland, near which Edward III. gained
a signal naval victory over the French. The English had the
wind of the enemy, and the sun at their backs, and began this
sanguinary action. 230 French ships were taken ; thousands
of Frenchmen were killed, with 2 of their admirals ; the loss
of the English was inconsiderable ; 24 June, 1340.
Smalcald (Hesse), Treaty of, entered into between the
elector of Brandenburg and the other princes of Germany in
favor of Protestantism, 31 Dec. 1530. The emperor, appre-
hensive that the kings of France and England would join this
league, signed the treaty of Passau, 31 July, 1532, allowing
liberty of conscience. Protestants.
§inall-pox, vaHola (diminutive of varus, a pimple), a
highly contagious disease, supposed to have been introduced
into Europe from the East by the Saracens. Rhazes, an Ara-
bian, described it accurately about 900. From Europe it was
carried to America, soon after its discover}', and faged there
with great severity, destroying the Indians by thousands. In
1694, queen Mary of England died of small-pox, as did in 1711
Joseph I., emperor of Germany, and the dauphin of France,
and in 1712 his son, in 1730 the emperor of Russia, in 1741
the queen of Sweden, and in 1774 Louis XV. of France. It
Is stabBtl that in the middle of the last century 2,000,000
perished by it in Russia. In London, in 1723, 1 out of l4
deaths was caused by small-pox, and in France, in 1754, the
rate was 1 in 10. For attempts to alleviate this scourge,
Inoculation, introduced into England in 1722, and Vacci-
nation, announce*! by dr. Jenner in 1798. Sinall-pox raged
in parts of London, and thousands died, 1870-71. The Anri-
vaccination Society has been active, and many parents have
been fined in England for opposing the vaccination of their
children, 1870-76. In Sept. and Oct. 1862, a great many
sheep died of small-pox in tlie west of England, till success-
ful preventive measures were resorted to. Massachusetts,
1721.
SlllCCtyill'llUllf>i, a name made up of the initials of
certain nonconformist writers who composed a treatise in com-
mon against episcopacy in the 17th century— Stephen Mar-
shall, Edmund Calamy, Thomas Young, Matthew Newcomen,
William Spurston. They were answered by bishop Hall in
his '• Divine Right of Episcopacy," 1640.
j^niitllfleld, "We§t, in the heart of London, was once
a favorite walk of the London citizens, out.side the city walls.
Sir W. Wallace was executed here, 23 Aug. 1305. On 15 June,
1381, Wat Tyler was met by Richard II. at this place, ami
was stabbed by Walworth the mayor. Many tournaments
were also held here. In the reign of Mary (1553-58) many
persons were burned at the stake, the first being rev. John
Rogers, 4 Feb. 1555. Bartholomew Leggatt, an Arian, was
burned here, 18 Mch. 1612, Bartholomew fair was held here
till 1853. This place is mentioned as the site of a cattle-market
as far back as 1150. It was used for this purpose the last
time, 11 June, 1855.
SlIlittl§Oniail Institution, '' for the increase
and diffusion of knowledge among men," a handsome build-
ing at Washington, D. C, was founded in 1846 by means of a
legacy, total amount of original bequest being $541,379, be-
queathed for the purpose to the U. S. government by James jj
Smithson, illegitimate son of sir Hugh Smithson, who became
duke of Northumberland in 1766. James Smithson died iu
Italy, 1829. It publishes and freely distributes scientific me-
moirs and reports. The library was burned on 25 Jan. 1865.
Prof. Joseph Henry, the first secretary, died 13 May, 1878; suc-
ceeded by prof. S. F. Baird. Present secretary, prof. S. P.
Langley. The total permanent Smithsonian fund is now
about $900,000. It is governed by a board of regents, con-
sisting of the vioe-president and chief-justice of the U. S., 3
senators, 3 members of the House, 4 citizens from different
states, and 2 citizens of Washington.
Smolen'sRo, a town of Russia, The French in san-
guinary engagements here were 3 times repulsed, but ulti-
mately succeeded in entering Smolensko, and found the city,
which had been bombarded, burning and partly in ruins, 16,
17 Aug. 1812. Barclay de Tolly, the Russian commander-in-
chief, incurred the displeasure of the emperor Alexander be-
cause he retreated after the battle, and Kutusoff succeeded to
the command.
JSmyrna. Seven churches.
sneezing. The custom of saying " God bless you " to
the sneezer originated, according to Strada, among the an-
cients, who^ fearing danger from it, after sneezing made a short
prayer to the gods, as " Jupiter, help me." The custom is
mentioned by Homer, the Jewish rabbis, and others. Poly-
dore Virgil says it took its rise at the time of the plague, 558,
when the infected fell dead, sneezing, though seemingly in
good health. , „ , '
° "Shall not Love to me,
As in a Latin song I learnt at school,
* Sneeze out a full God-bless-you right and left?"'
— Tennyson, "Edwin Morris or the Lake."
§nuff^taking[ took its rise in England from the capt-
ures made of vast quantities of snufF by sir George Rooke's
expedition to Vigo in 1702, and the practice soon became
general.
soap is a salt, a compound of a fatty acid with an alkali,
soda or potash. The Hebrew boriih, translated soap, is merely
a general term for cleansing substances (Job ix. 30 ; Jer. ii, 22).
Pliny declares soap an invention of the Gauls, though he pre-
fers the German to the Gallic soap. Nausicaa and her at-
tendants, Homer tells us, washed clothes by treading them
with their feet in pits of water. — Odyssey, book vi. The Ko-
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mans used fuller's earth. Savon, the French word for soap, is
ascribed to its having been manufactured at Savona, near
Genoa. The manufacture of soap in London began in 1524,
before which it was supplied by Bristol at one pennj' per
pound.
Sobraoil', a town of N. W. India. The British army,
35,000 strong, under sir Hugh (afterwards viscount) Gough,
attacked the Sikh force on the Sutlej, 10 Feb. 1846. The en-
emy was dislodged after a dreadful contest, and all their bat-
teries taken ; and in attempting the passage of the river by a
floating bridge in their rear, the weight of the crowds upon it
broke it down, and thousands of Sikhs were killed, wounded,
or drowned. The British loss was 2338 men.
§OCial ivar§. Athens, Marsi.
iOCialiSIIl is defined as "a plan for the reorganization
of society on the basis of social or state ownership of all in-
struments of production, and the determination by state enact-
ment of the price to be paid for labor and the products of
labor." "Socialism is the genus, of which communism is a
species ; every communist is a socialist, but all socialists are
not communists." The Disciples of Christ at Jerusalem were
at lirst communists (Acts ii. 44), 33 a.d. The Taborites or
Hussites in Bohemia, Anabaptists in German}', Levellers in
England, and Tunkers in the United States, were early exam-
ples of communists. The most advanced schools of socialism
of to-day are German. ,
Sir Thomas More publishes his " Utopia " 1.516
A worl< on socialism, " Civitas Solis," by Campanella, appears, 1623
Shakkrs form their first complete community at Mt Lebanon,
NY 1787
Franfois Noel Baboeuf, leader of the French communistic in-
surrection of 1796, at Paris, is guillotined 24 May, 1797
Harmonists settle in Pennsylvania 1804
Charles Fourier, French (1772-1837), publishes his work, "The
Theory of the Four Movements and the General Destinies " . 1808
ZoAKiTKS settle in Ohio 1817
Robert Owen advocates a socialistic community before the
English House of Commons' co'.nmittee on the poor-law "
Count Claude Henry de Saint Simon, founder of French social-
ism and author of " Nouveau Christianisme," and other
socialistic works, b. 1760, d 1825
Constitution for the "New Harmony Community of Equality,"
signed 12 Jan. 1826
Unsuccessful trial of Fourierism made on an estate near Ver-
sailles; only one during the lifetime of Fourier 1832
Louis Blanc, French (1813-82), publishes his "Organization of
Labor " in the Revue du Progres 1840
Pierre Joseph Proudhon publishes his work, "What is Prop-
erty?" affirming, "Property is theft" and "Property-hold-
ers are thieves" "
Albert Brisbane publishes his " Social Destiny of Man " "
soc
Karl Rodbertus, German (1805-75), publishes his book, "Our
Economi-c Condition "
Christian Metz establishes a community at Ebenezer, N. Y.
(AMANA INSPIRATIONISTS)
A column in the New York Tribune purchased, for expounding
the principles of the Advocates of Association, and edited by
Albert Brisbane, the apostle of Fourierism
Brisbane establishes in New York an independent paper
called the Phalanx, organ of Fourierism 5 Oct.
Convention of Associationists at Clinton hall, N. Y 4 Apr.
" Brook farm," originally the West Roxbury community, es-
tablished in 1842, adopts the principles of Fourierism
The Phalanx succeeded by the Harbinger, and published at
Brook Farm , 14 June,
Erick Janson forms a Swedish colony of Pietists and Separat-
ists at Bishop Hill, 111. (incorporated 1853)
Decline of Fourierism in the U. S. marked by the Greeley-Kay-
mond controversy 20 Nov. 1846-20 May,
Oxeida community established
Christian socialism, under Charles Kingsley, Frederick D.
Maurice, Thomas Hughes, etc., arises in England about
Ferdinand Lassalle begins agitation in behalf of the laboring
classes, founding the German Social Democratic party
Universal German Laborers' union, under the leadership of
Lassalle, formed at Leipsic 23 May,
Delegates of all nations in St. Martin's ball, London, form the
International Workingmen's association 28 Sept.
Band of disciples of Lassalle organized in New York
Universal congress, for advancement and complete emanci-
pation of the working classes, at Geneva, Switzerland,
3 Sept.
Karl Marx, German (1818-83), publishes his work, " Das Kapi-
tal," called the Bible of tljp Social Democrats
Broctou community founded by rev. Thomas Lake Harris at
Brocton, N. Y Oct.
Catholic socialism in Germany organized
International congress at the Hague (6 delegates from America)
results in the formation of a new international association
on anarchistic principles under leadership of Michael Bakou-
nine, and removal of seat of general council of the old asso-
ciation, which soon after ceased to exist, to New York.
Congress held 2-7 Sept.
"Union for Social Politics" formed by German professorial
socialists at Eisenach Oct.
Universal Socialistic congress opens at Ghent 9 Sept.
Workingmen's party in the U. S. reorganized as "The Social-
istic Labor party " Jan.
Henry George publishes his work entitled " Progress <and
Poverty "
Social Democratic federation organized in England, favoring
"Co operative communism, international republicanism, and
atheistic humanism "
Leading principles of state socialism of Bismarck announced
in an imperial message to the German Reichstag Nov.
Great mass-meeting held in Cooper Union, New York city,
to honor the memory of Karl Marx (d. 14 Mch. 1883),
19 Mch.
William Morris, poet, author of the " Earthly Paradise," H. M.
Hyndman, H. H. Champion, and John Burns, become leaders
of the " Socialist league," formed
Bellamy's " Looking Backward " pub
1842
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
1850
1862
1863
1864
1865
18T2
1877
1878
1879
STATISTICS OF PRINCIPAL SOCIALISTIC CO.MMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
I New Harmony
j Nashoba, founded by Francis Wright for negroes.
j Yellow Springs Community
: Kendal Community
I Haverstraw Community
1 Northampton Association
' Brook Farm
i Social Reform Unity
Goose Pond Community (successor)
i Hopedale
I Alphadelphia Phalanx
i Jefferson County Industrial Association
{ Lagrange Phalanx
Moorhouse Union
' North American Phalanx
j One-mention Community
Peace Union Settlement
; Skaneateles Community
' Sylvania Association
' Bloomfleld Association
Clarkson Industrial Association
; Clermont Phalanx
i Leraysville Phalanx
J American Phalanx
' Ontario Union
, Prairie Home Community
I Sodus Bay Phalanx
\ Trumbull Phalanx
Wisconsin Phalanx
: l^ntegral Phalanx and Sangamon Association
' Spring Farm Association
• Oneida Community
Harmony, Ind
Shelby county, Tenn,
Greene county, 0
Stark county, 0
Haverstraw, N. Y
Northampton, Mass. .
Near Boston, Mass. . .
Pike county, Pa
Milford, Mass
Kalamazoo county, Mich.
Jefferson county, N. Y
Springfield, Ind.
Hamilton county, N. Y. . .
Monmouth county, N. J. .
Monroe county. Pa
Warren county, Pa
Skaneateles, N. Y
Lackawaxen, Pa
Honeoye Falls, N. Y
Monroe county, N. Y
Clermont county, 0
Bradford county. Pa
Belmont county, 0
Hopewell, N. Y
liOgan county, 0
Sodus Bay, N. Y
Trumbull county, 0
Green Lake, Wis
Sangamon county. 111
Sheboygan county. Wis . .
Oneida Creek, N. Y
900
15
400
200
80
130
115
20
60
200
500
400
150
1.50
145
150
420
120
40
100
150
130
300
200
180
30 fam.
10 fam.
30.(X)0
2,000
266
120
500
200
2,000
500
2,814
1,200
1,045
120
673
800
10,000
354
2,394
500
2,000
900
300
2,200
280
500
1,400
1,500
1,800
508
30
1826
1842
1843
1842
1843
1845
1846
1847
3 years.
3 months.
2 years.
5 months.
4 years.
5 "
10 months.
Few months.
18 years.
2 yrs. 9 mo.
Few mouths.
4 years.
Few months.
12 years.
1 year.
2J4 years
2 years.
1 year.
9 months.
2 years.
8 months.
10 "
1 year.
Few months.
3 years.
6 "
17 months.
3 years.
34" ••
§OCieties and a8§OCiatioil§. Many of these are
mentioned under their respective titles, and others may be
found in this work in the various state records and under
general titles as : Antiquarian, Architkcturk, Arts, Char-
soc
ITY, Enoinkkrino, Labor, Mkdicink, Music, Painting, So-
ciAUSM, etc
Society Inlands, in the Pacific ocean, discovered by
De Quiros in 1G06 ; rediscovered by capt. Wallis, 1767, who
gave Oiaheite or Tahiti the name of King (ieorge's island.
Capt. Cook, who visited them in 1769 and 1777, named them
Society islands in honor of the Royal Society. These now
belong to France. Otaiikitb,
fSodll'lailN, who accept the opinions of Faustus Socinus
(d. 1562) and his nephew Laelius (d. 160-1), Siennese noblemen.
They held, 1. That the Eternal Father is the one only God,
and that Jesus Christ is no otherwise Goil than by his supe-
rioritj' to all other creatures; 2. That Christ is not a media-
tor ; 3. That hell will endnre for a time, after which the soul
and botly will be destroyed; 4. That it is unlawful for princes
to make war. — Hook, The Socinians established a church at
Rakow, in Poland, and made proselytes in Transylvania, 1563.
They were expelled from Poland in 1658. The Rakovian cat-
echism was established in 1574. Unitakians.
Soco'tra {IHoscoi-idis insula), an island in the Indian
ocean, 120 miles east of cape Guardafui, E. Africa. In the sum-
mer of 1878, it was given up to the British b}'^ the sultan, and
formally annexed in 1886. Area, 1382 sq. miles; pop. 10,000.
80'€lilllll, a metal remarkable for its lightness (specific
gravity about .97), and for its strong affinity for oxygen, with
Avhich it combines spontaneously when exposed to water or
moist air. It was first obtained in 1807 by sir Humphry
Davy from soda (which was formerly confounded with pot-
ash, but proved to be a distinct substance by Duhamel in
1736). This metal, like potassium, was obtained by the agency
of the electric batterv. Common salt (chloride of sodium)
is a compound of sodium and chlorine. Ai>kaliks
fSod'om and Oomor'rall, 2 cities of Palestine,
with their inhabitants, supposed to have been destroyed by
fire from heaven 1898 b.c. (Gen. xix.).
So'dior, said to be derived from Sodor-eys, or South isles
(the iEbrides or Hebrides), in distinction from Orkneys, the
North isles. The southern or western isles were made an
episcopal diocese by Magnus, king of Norway, 1098, and joined
to the Isle of Man about 1113. Man.
Soffar'ldes dyiia§ty reigned in Persia, 872-902.
Softa§, Mahometan students devoted to the Koran onlv.
Turkey, May, 1876.
Soi§80ns {swaft-snn'). France, capital of the Gallic Sues-
siones, was subdued by .lulius Caesar, 57 b.c. It was held by
Syagrius, after his father Jigidius, till his defeat by Ciovis,
486 A.i>. Several councils have been held at Soissons (744,
1082, 1122). Its academy was established in 1674. During
the Franco-Prussian war, Soissons, after 3 weeks' investment
and 4 days' bombardment, surrendered to the Germans under
the grand-duke of Mecklenburg, 16 Oct. 1870. 99 officers,
4633 men, 128 guns, etc., were said to be taken. The Germans
thus obtained a second line of railway from Chalons to Paris.
I^OkO'tO, Empire of, is the largest and most populous
in the whole of the Soudan. It is attached by treaty to the
Royal Niger company (British), chartered 10 Julv, 1886. Area,
219,500 sq. miles; pop. 15,000,000.
§olar system, nearly as now accepted, is said to have
been taught by Pythagoras of Samos, about 529 B.C. He
placed the sun in the centre and all the planets moving in
elliptical orbits roimd it— a doctrine superseded by the Ptol-
emaic SYSTKM. The system of Pythagoras, revived by Co-
pernicus (1543), is called the Copemican system. Its truth
was demonstrated by sir Isaac Newton in' 1687. Planets,
Sun.
solar time. Sidereal time. Year.
soldiers. Army, Militia.
soldiers' homes. Homes have been established,
both national and state, for all disabled soldiers and sailors of
the United States who served in the civil or Mexican war.
The first institution of this character established by the U. S.
government was founded by act of Congress, 3 Mch. 1851, for
the aged and invalid soldiers of the regular army. This home
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is situated a short distance from the city of Washington. Ho
sides this, there are national and state homes for disabled vol
unteer soldiers. The first branch of the former was estab-
lished at Tagus, Me., 10 Nov. 1866.
branches of the national home.
Branche*. Location.
Eastern Togus, Me.
Central Dayton, 0.
Soutliern Hampton, Va.
Western Leavenworth, Kan.
Marion Marion, Ind.
Northwestern Milwaukee, Wis.
Pacitlc Santa Monica, Cal.
STATE HOMES,
State. Location.
California Yountville. ..
Colorado Monte Vista..
Connecticut Noroton ,
Illinois Qiiincy .
Incorporatsc
1882
18K9
18G3
1885
1884
Iowa Marshal] town
Kansas Dodge City
Massachusetts Chelsea 1877
Michigan Grand Hapids 1885
Minnesota Minnehaha 1887
Nebraska Grand Island 1888
New Hampshire Tilton 1889
New Jersey.. Kearney 1866
New York Bath 1876
Ohio Sandusky 1886
Pennsylvania... Erie 1886
Rhode Island Bristol 1891
South Dakota Hot Springs 1889
Vermont Bennington 1887
Washington Orting 1890
Wisconsiii Waupaca 1887
There are 5 homes for disabled confederate sokliers in the
south : Richmond, Va., New Orleans, La., Austin, Tex., Pikes-
ville, Md., and Nashville, Tenn.
Sole'bay or ^outiiivold bay, Suffolk, Engl,,
where a fierce naval battle was fought between the fleets of
England and France on one side, and the Dutch on the other;
the former commanded by the duke of York, afterwards
James II., 28 May, 1672. The English lost 4 ships, and the
Dutch 3 ; but the enemy fled, and were pursued to their coasts,
sol-fa system. Music
Solf erf no, a village in Lombardy, the site of the chief
struggle of the great battle of 24 Jinie, 1859, between the al-
lied French and Sardinian army, commanded by their respec-
tive sovereigns, and the Austrians under gen. Hess, the em-
peror being present. The Austrians, after defeat at Magenta, j
gradually retreated across the Mincio, took up a position in
the celebrated quadrilateral, and were expected there to awaitl
the attack. But the advance of Garibaldi on one side, and off
prince Napoleon and the Tuscans on the other, induced them
to recross the Mincio and take the offensive on 23 June. The
conflict began early on the 24th, and lasted fifteen hours. Af
first the Au.strians had the advantage; but the successful at-
tack of the French on Cavriana and Solferino changed the
fortune of the day, and the Austrians, after desperate encoun-
ters, were compelled to retreat. The French attribute the
victory to the skill and bravery of their emperor and the gen-
erals MacMahon and Neil; the Austrians, to the destruction
of their reserve by the rifled cannon of their adversaries. The
Sardinians maintained a fearful contest of 15 hours at San
Martino, it is said against double their number. Loss of the
Austrians, 630 officers and 19,311 soldiers; of the allies, 8 gen-
erals, 936 officers, and 17,305 soldiers killed and wounded.
This battle closed the war, preliminaries of peace being signed
at Villafranca, 12 July. On 24 June, 1870, on the site of the
battle, 3 ossuaries, containing the bones of thousands of the
slain, were solemnly consecrated in the presence of represent-
atives of Austria, France, and Italy.
Solfld'ians (from solus, only, and Jides, faith), a name
given to the Antinomians.
Solomon islands. A group of islands to the east
of Papua or New Guinea, discovered by Alvaro Mendana de
Neyra, 1568, and so named by him in anticipation of their
riches. Aggregate area, about 9000 sq. miles; pop. 80,000.
Germany established a protectorate over these islands in 1884.
Solomon's temple. Temple.
Solway moss, a swamp or bog-lands in Cumberland,
A
SOM
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Engl., bordering on Scotland, 7 square nniles in extent. On
13 Nov. 1771, it swelled, owing to heavy rains. Upwards of
400 acres rose to such a height above the level of the ground
that at last it rolled forward like a torrent above a mile,
sweeping along with it houses, trees, and covering 600 acres
at Netherby, and destroying about 30 hamlets. It is now
partially drained. Near Solway Moss the Scots were defeat-
ed by the P]nglish, 26 Nov. 1542.
SomaJ. BitAHMO SoMAj, Deism,
Sombre'ro, an islet of the British West Indies. On
this desert isle Robert Jefferj^, a British man-of-war's man, was
put ashore by his commander, capt. W. Lake, for having tapped
a barrel of beer when the ship was on short allowance. After
sustaining life for eight days on a few limpets and rain-water,
he was saved by an American vessel, 13 Dec. 1807, and re-
turned to England. Sir Francis Burdett advocated his cause
in Parliament, and he received 600/. as a compensation from
capt. Lake, who was tried by a court-martial, and dismissed
the service, 10 Feb. 1810.
Soiner§et, Case of. Slavkky in England.
Soiliers's isles. Bermudas.
Vomers, U. S. brig-of-war, IMutiny on. This
brig of 266 tons' burden, and fitted to carry 14 guns, but carry-
ing 10, with a crew of officers, men, and boys of 120, under
command of Alexander Slidell McKenzie, cruising along the
coast of Africa, left Liberia on 11 Nov. 1842, for the U. S. via
St. Thomas. On 25 Nov. McKenzie received information
through lieut. Gansevoort of a conspiracy on board to seize
the brig and convert her into a pirate, etc. The leaders in
this movement were reported to be midshipman Philip Spen-
cer, son of John C. Spencer, then secretary of war, and Samuel
Cromwell, the boatswain's mate, and a seaman, Elisha Small.
Spencer was arrested on 27 Nov., and the other 2 on the 28th,
and put in irons. These 3 were convicted by a court on
board, and sentenced to be hung at the yard-arm, which was
done on 1 Dec, 525 miles from St. Thomas. The Somers ar-
rived at New York 14 Dec, with several of the boys in con-
finement. A naval court of inquiry, convened on 28 Dec,
consisting of commodores Charles Stewart, Jacob Jones, Alex-
ander J. Dallas, and Ogden Hoffman, judge advocate, sat until
Jan. 19, 1843, and decided that com. McKenzie had simply
performed his duty, etc. This court and verdict did not sat-
isfy public opinion, and for a further vindication McKenzie
called for a regular court-martial, which was held at the Brook-
lyn navy-yard, and by a vote of 9 to 3 also acquitted him.
An attempt was now made to bring the case before the Circuit
court of the U. S., but judge Betts, although no overt act had
been committed, and the hanging had been done on mere sus-
picion, dismissed the case for want 0|f jurisdiction. This case
at the time created great excitement, many approving the
course of McKenzie, and many considering him guilty of a
great crime. McKenzie died at Tarry town, N. Y., 13 Sei)t.
1848. The brig Somers was lost in the harbor of Vera Cruz
while blockading it, 8 Dec. 1846. Medals.
Somnatll g'ates, the gates of an ancient Hindu tem-
ple at Guzerat, destroyed by Mahmoud of Ghuznee in 1025.
The priests wished to preserve the idol, but Mahmoud broke
it, and found it filled with diamonds, etc. He carried the
gates to (ihuznee. When that city was taken by gen. Nott,
6 Sept. 1842, lord Ellenborough ordered the gates restored, after
an exile of 800 years, and issued a proclamation much cen-
sured at the time. The gates are of sandal-wood, and are
described and figured in the " Archseologia " of the Society
of Antiquaries, vol. xxx.
SOna'ta (Ital., Engl, "sound-piece"), the highest form
of instrumental music, consisting of 3 or 4 movements intend-
ing to express diverse feelings. It was developed from the
suite, varied dance music (Tartini, 1824, and others). The form
fixed by Corelli (1653-1713) was adopted and modified by Scar-
latti, the Bach.s, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, and culminated in the
masterpieces of Beethoven (1770-1827). Fine sonatas have
been composed by Dus.sek,M. Clementi, Weber, Schubert, Men-
delssohn, Schumann, Wm. Sterndale Bennett, Chopin, Liszt,
and Rubinstein.
songs of the Civil War, Popular. The most
familiar only are mentioned. A few of them, as the " Battle
Flag of the Republic," " Battle Hymn of the Republic," " The
Blue and the Gray," and "Maryland, my Maryland," have a
place in standard literature ; others, which will be recognized
by all who remember the years 1861-65, though with less
literary merit, became favorites as expressions of patriotic
sentiment.
Battle Cry of Freedom.— 6reo. F. Root.
" Yes, we'll rally round the flag, boys."
Battle Flag of the Republic— O. W. Holmes.
"Flag of the heroes who left us their glory."
Battle Hymn of the Republic— J^uKa Ward Howe.
'• xVIine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord."
The Blue and the Gray. — Francis M. Finch.
" By the flow of the inland river."
Brave Boys are They.— Henry C. Work.
" Brave boys are they, gone at their country's call."
Dixie (Southern). — Albert Pike.
"Southrons hear your country call you."
Dixie (Northern).— r. M. Cooley.
" Away down South where grows the cotton."
John Brown's body —
"John Brown's body lies a-mould'ring in the grave. "
Just before the Battle, Mother. — Geo. F. Root.
"Just before the battle, mother, I am thinking most of you."
Marching through Georgia,.— Henry C. Work.
"Bring the good old bugle, boys; we'll sing another song."
Maryland, my Maryland (fSouthern).— Jos. R. Randall.
"The despot's heel is on thy shore, Maryland."
0 wrap the flag around me, boys. — R. Stewart Taylor.
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp.— Ceo. F. Root.
"In the prison cell I sit."
When Johnny comes Marching Home. — Louis Lambert.
When this Cruel War is Over.— Charles C. Sawyer.
"Dearest love, do you remember."
sonnet, a poem of 14 lines, with rhymes, formally ar-
ranged according to precise rules, was invented, it is said, by
Guido d'Arezzo about 1024. Many celebrated sonnets are by
Petrarch (about 1327), Shakespeare (1609), Milton (about 1650),
and Wordsworth (1820). Literature.
Sonn'ites or Sunn'ites, the orthodox Mahometans,
who now possess the Turkish empire. Mahometanism.
ISopllia, St., principal mosque in Constantinople. The
first church was dedicated to St. Sophia (holy wisdom) by
Constantius II., 360; this having been destroyed, the second,
the present edifice, was founded by Justinian, 531, and dedi-
cated 537. Since the Mahometan conquest, in 1453, it has
been used as an imperial mosque. Height 182 feet, length 269
feet, and breadth 243 feet. 6 of its pillars are of green jasper,
from the temple of Diana at Ephesus, and of porphyry, from
the temple of the Sun at Rome. 4 minarets were added by
Selim IL, who reigned in 1566. The interior of the dome is
ornamented with mosaics.
Sophists, rhetoricians and teachers of youth in Athens,
censured by Socrates, and instrumental in causing his judicial
murder, 399 b.c. The controversy against them M'as carried
on by Plato and his disciples. Philosophy.
Sortoonne (sor-bon'), a society of ecclesiastics at Paris,
founded by Robert de Sorbonne in 1252. The members lived
in common, and devoted themselves to study and gratuitous
teaching. They soon attained a European reputation as a
faculty of theology, their judgment being frequently appealed
to, from the 14th to the 17th century. The influence of the
Sorbonne was declining when the society was broken up in
1789. The buildings are now devoted to education. Academy.
sorcerers and magicians. A law was enacted
against their seductions, 33 Hen. VIII. 1541 ; and another stat-
ute, equally severe, was pa.ssed, 5 Eliz. 1563. The pretension
to sorcery was made capital, I James I. 1603. Witchcraft.
SOrgllum, Chinese sugar-cane, introduced into France
in 1851, and into the United States about 1854. In 1857
there were also imported from Natal, South Africa, several
varieties of sorghum, known also as African millet and imphee.
In its general appearance, sorghum resembles maize or Indian
corn or more nearly broom corn, which belongs to the same
genus, and flourishes in the same soils, doing best in the south
and southwestern states. For securing and manufacturing its
juice into syrup it is treated like sugar-cane. Sugar.
SOR
744
SOU
MOrtes BIbllcaP, intr«)duce<l during the reign of
Charlemagni', was a luetlunl o( telling fortunes by opening
the Uible at the 4 evangelists or the Psalms, at random ; and
the dnger falling upon a passage, it was received as prophetic.
"Then doaporalely seized the holy Book,
Suddenly sot it wide to Hud ii sign,
Suddeuly put her finger on the text."
—Tennyson, " Blnoch Ardon."
SOlldan' or HOUjah {soo'yah), the title of the lieu-
tenant-generals of the caliphs, which they bore in their prov-
inces and armies. The officers afterwards made themselves
sovereigns. Saladin, general of the forces of Noureddin, king
of Damascus, was the first that took upon him thi.s title in
Egypt, 11G5, after having killed the caliph Caym.
Soudan' or IVigfritia {ne-gnsh'ea), a region of Central
Africa, partly subject to the khedive of Egypt until 1882. It
was well governeil by col. Gordon till 1879. Before the revolt
of the mahdi in 1882, the khedival possessions beyond Egypt
proper extended frt)m the frontier of Upper Egypt for a dis-
Unce of nearly 14()0 miles southward to lake Albert Nyanza
(3^ to 23° N.), with a total area of about 1,000,000 sq. miles,
and with a probable population of from 10,000,000 to 12,000,000.
It includes the region of Darfur, reduced to Egyptian rule in
1874; Kordofan in 1821 ; Upper Nubia and Senaar in 1822; the
Zeriba lands of the White Nile basin, organized and adminis-
tered by the Egyptian government 1870-82, and since held
partly by Emin I'acha until relieved by Stanley in 1889.
This territory was placed under a governor-general, with resi-
dence at Khartoum (pop. about 70,000, 1882), at the confluence
of the White and Blue Nile. Since the mahdi's revolt, Suakim,
Berber, and Zeilah have been occupied by the English, Massa-
wah by the Italians, and Lower Dongola by the Egyptians.
Insurrection headed by sheik Mahomed Ahmed of Dongola,
declaring himself a prophet (mahdi or muhdi, foretold by
Moslem prophets) July, 1881
Defeated; retires up the Blue Nile; crosses White Nile with
increased army winter, "
Defeats the Egyptians Nov. "
Surrounds and massacres 6000 Egyptians under Yussuf pacha,
14 June; occupies Shala, July; defeated at Bara, 19 Aug. ; at
Duem, 28 Aug. ; repulsed at Obeid, 8, 14 Sept. ; defeats the
Egyptians, 15 Sept. -24 Oct. ; rebels defeated at Bara, 4 Nov. ;
col. Stewart at Khartoum 16 Dec. 1882
Mahdi captures Bara and Obeid, 5 Jan. ; repulsed. . .23-26 Feb. 1883
Col. Hicks pacha with an army starts for the Kordofan; ar-
rives at Berber, 1 Mch. ; routs the mahdi 29 Apr. "
Mahdi defeated at Khartoum about 14 May, ' '
Sennaar chiefs submit, announced 25 June, "
Hicks marches up the Nile, 9 Sept. ; arrives at Duem. .20 SepK "
Surprise and defeat of Egyptian detachment at Tokar, near
Suakim ; about 150 killed, including the British consul, 6 Nov. "
Battle of El-Obeid, or Kashgal; col. Hicks decoyed into a de-
file; about 11,000 men attacked by overwhelming multitudes,
form squares and resist till nearly all are killed, including
cols. Hicks and Farquhar; of European officers, only 2 es-
cape ; reported desertion of some of Hicks's troops ; the
mahdi gains cannon and ammunition 3-5 Nov. "
Egyptian force concentrates at Khartoum under col. Coetlogon,
Nov. "
General rising; the British government sends gunboats to de-
fend Suakim and Red Sea ports, about 23 Nov. ; attack on
Suakim forts, 26 Nov.-l Dec. ; about 720 Egyptians surround-
ed and 682 killed (asserted) 2 Dec. "
V. Baker pacha sent to Suakim with plenary powers,
about 18 Dec. "
Khartoum garrison strengthened about 26 Dec. "
Osman Digma, a ruined slave-dealer, commander for the mahdi,
Dec. "
Gen. (Chinese) Gordon sent to the Soudan (to report), 18 Jan.,
starts 19 Jan. ; appointed governor-general of the Soudan by
the khedive 25 Jan. 1884
Sinkat closely besieged Nov. 1883-Jan. "
Tokar besieged by rebels, surrenders, 21 Feb. ; Baker pacha with
3500 men defeated near Tokar, loses about 2250 men, with
remnant retreats to Trinkitat,4 Feb. ; received by British ship
Ranger, 5, 6 Feb. ; reinforcements ordered to adm. Hewett at
Suakim, 6 Feb. ; Baker pacha recalled ; remains; Suakim in
a state of siege ; adm. Hewett in full command, 7-9 Feb. ; sor-
tie of the garrison, headed by Tewfik bey, from Sinkat, all
killed; women and children prisoners, town taken. . .8 Feb. "
Reinforcements sent to Suakim 11, 12 Feb. "
Gen. Gordon arrives at Berber, 11 Feb. ; welcomed as a deliv-
erer at Khartoum; proclaims the mahdi sultan of Kordofan;
remission of half the taxes, and non-interference with the
slave-trade, releases prisoners, remits debts 18 Feb. "
Restoration of the former sultanate of Darfour proposed; Kas-
sala besieged by Osman Digma Feb. "
Black troops at Suakim mutiny and disperse, announced, 25 Feb. "
Battle of El Teb, near where Baker pacha was defeated, 4 Feb.
After fruitless attempts at negotiation, gen. Gerald Graham,
with about 4U0O men (10th and 19th Hussars, Gordon High-
landers, the Black Watch, Lancashire and Yorkshire battal-
ions, and marines), at 11 a.m. advance on about 12,000
rebels, who, after a desperate resistance, are defeated with
less of about 2000 men, at 2.30 p.m.; the British lo.ss was
nijyor M. M. Slade, lieuts. F. H. Probyn, F. A. Freeman, and
Frank Royds, quartermaster James Wilkins, and 24 men
killed, and 142 wounded 29 Feb.
Tokar surrenders; rebel garrison flees 1 Mch.
Battle of Tamanieb: British advance against Osman Digma's
camp at Tamasi, near El -Teb, 7.20 a.m., massed in oblong
squares; one square broken by an ambush of Aral)s, who
creep under and capture the (iatling and other guns; col.
Wood with 700 cavalry charges the Arabs in flank and drives
them back; the infantry rally and recover the guns; the
other square successful; camp taken, 12.30 p.m. The British
loss: killed, capts. H. G. V. Ford, Walker, and Aitken; lieuts.
Montresor, Almack, and Houston Stewart, and 86 men; 111
wounded,and 19 missing; 2000 of the lO.OOO rebels killed. The
Black Watch and naval brigade suffered much 13 Mch.
Osman Digma's camp (with stores captured 4 Feb. ) burned,
14 Mch.
Gordon defeats rebels and brings off garrison of Halfyeh,
about 15 Mch.
Through cowardice and treachery Gordon's troops (1500) de-
feated by about 60 rebels with great slaughter 16 Mch.
£1000 offered for Osman Digma, alive or dead, 15 Mch. ; coun-
termanded from England 17 Mch.
Troops march to Handoub wells 18 Mch.
Has«in and Said pachas, Turko- Egyptian generals, tried and
shot 23 Mch.
Gen. Graham advances on Tamanieb; slight skirmish; Arabs
flee; Osman Digma's villages burned 27 Mch.
March to Berber reported safe 29 Mch.
Gordon contending with the rebels; Kassala closely besieged,
30 Mch.
Khartoum said to be closely invested; the rebels frequently de-
feated Apr.
Gen. (Jordon, col. Stewart, and Mr. Power, the Times corre-
spondent, the only British there 8 Apr.
Egyptian troops arrive at Suakim 10 Apr.
Shendy closely besieged 19 Apr.
Berber clcsely invested 20 Apr.
Evacuation of Berber; troops withdrawn to Korosko. . .26 Apr.
Whole country in insurrection; Egyptian troops joining the
mahdi Apr.
[British government declining to send help, Gordon writes
to sir Evelyn Baring: " I shall hold on here as long as I can,
and if I can suppress the rebellion, I will do so. If I cannot,
I shall retire to the equator."]
Col. Stewart and Mr. Power decide to remain with him. . .May,
Subscriptions proposed to support Gordon "
Adm. Hewett well received by the king of Abyssinia at Adowa;
treaty signed about 26 May,
Fruitless attacks on Suakim checked by marines,
27, 28, 31 May, 2, 4, 10 June,
Highly successful sally from Khartoum; maj. Chermside made
governor of Suakim 28 May,
Advance of Egyptian troops May,
Fall of Berber announced 10 June,
Assouan fortified June,
Rebels defeated at Debbeh 29, 30 June,
Assouan occupied by the British 12 July,
More troops sent to Alexandria from Malta July,
Gordon successful at Khartoum, reported 22 July,
Gen. Gordon repulses severe attack, 10 Aug. ; defeats rebels,
12 Aug.
Osman Digma, near Suakim, defeated Aug.
Expedition ))repared to relieve Khartoum, gen. Earle com-
mander; British troops arrive atWady Haifa.. 23 Aug. etseq.
Expedition to ascend the Nile in about 800 flat-bottomed boats,
navigated by Canadian Indians (voyageurs) ; Sarras. Sept. -Oct.
Defeat of the mahdi's troops by the mudir of Dongola at Am-
bikol 8 Sept.
Gen. Earle to be at Wady Haifa; col. Stewart and lord Airlie at
Dongola; col. Maurice at Assiout Sept.
Telegrams from Gordon requiring assistance "
Friendly tribes defeat rebels, and relieve Suakim, about 17 Sept.
Victories of Gordon on 24 July and 30 Aug. and raising of the
siege of Khartoum, reported, 20 Sept.
British army in Egypt, 13,559 about 22 Sept.
Lord John Hay arrives with the fleet at Alexandria 24 Sept.,
Several camel corps start from Woolwich for the Soudan,
about 25 Sept.
Mr. Power's journal of the siege of Khartoum, April to 31 July,
published in London Times 29 Sept.
Lord Wolseley arrives at Wady Haifa 5 Oct.
Shendy taken 6 Oct.
Col. J. D. Stewart, with Mr. Power and M. Herbin, and about 40
men in a steamer, wrecked near Wady Garna, 5th cataract;
laud; massacred by Arabs ofTering guidance, announced,
about 6 Oct.
Gordon defeats rebels; returns to Khartoum; announced, I Nov.
Lord Wolseley arrives at Dongola 3 Nov.
Attacks on Suakim repulsed 3, 4 Nov.
Gordon reports all well at Khartoum 4 Nov.
Two steamers disabled by rebels near Khartoum, announced,
18 Nov.
Lord Wolseley's proclamation to soldiers and sailors 1 Dec.
Two hours' attack of the rebels on Suakim without eflTect, 3
Dec. ; rebels defeated with loss 8 Dec.
Lord Wolseley arrives at Korti 15 Dec.
Successful saijy of the garrison of Kassala 26 Dec.
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Forward movement of the army 28 Dec.
Rapid marches of gen. sir Herbert Stewart Dec.
Successful march in the desert Jan.
Gen. Earle ascending Nile, and gen. Stewart crossing desert
towards Metammeh Jan. "
Near Abu Klea wells, about 120 miles from Khartoum, gen. Stew-
art, with 1500 men. defeats about 10,000 Arabs, who leave about
800 dead. British lose9 officers (col. Fred.Gus.Burnaby, majors
Atherton,Carmichael,andGough,capts.LawandDarley,lieuts.
Pigott, Delile,and Wolfe) and 65 men killed.85 wounded,17 Jan. "
Gen. Stewart, marching towards Metammeh, severely wounded
by sharpshooters; 12 killed, including correspondents of the
Morning Post and Standard, Thos. St. Leger Herbert, and
John A. Cameron; sir Charles Wilson takes command, 18 Jan. "
At Gubat, near Metammeh, fierce Arab onset on British square
repulsed with heavy loss 19 Jan. "
Message from gen. Gordon received, dated 29 Dec. : " Khartoum
is all right; could hold out for a year" about 19 Jan. "
Communications opened with Khartoum 24 Jan. "
Gen. Earle with army marches to Handoub for Berber. . " "
Successful skirmishes of gen. Earle Jan. "
Gen. Stewart succeeded by sir Red vers Buller " "
Surrender of Khartoum by treachery of Faragh pacha; Gordon
and followers killed early 26 Jan. "
Sir Charles Wilson sails up the Nile 28 Jan. "
Reconnoissances of gen. Fremantle; heavy Arab loss, about 30
Jan. ; Handoub captured and burned by a party which is in-
tercepted by Arabs, and lose 12 men 2 Feb. "
Italian flag hoisted beside Egyptian at Massowah 6 Feb. "
Sir Charles Wilson and party, within 800 yards of Khartoum,
fired upon, retreat; his steamer wrecked by treachery of
Arab pilots; lands on an island, is rescued from peril by lord
Charles Beresford in face of batteries; arrives at Korti.. 9 Feb. "
Victory at Kirbekan ; Arabs on a ridge, surrounded by gen.
Earle's column (the BlackWatch and Staffordshire regiments),
many killed; gen. Earle, lieut. cols. Eyre and Coveney, and
nine others killed; gen. Brackenbury takes command, 10 Feb. "
Gen. Buller retreats from Gubat to Abu Klea wells. .13, 15 Feb. "
Death of sir H. Stewart at Gakdiil 16 Feb. "
Railway ordered between Suakim and Berber Feb. "
Second Italian expedition reaches Port Said 17 Feb. "
Near Abu Klea, maj. Wardrop takes the heights after much
skirmishing; Arabs flee 17 Feb. "
Sir Evelyn Wood arrives at Gakdul " "
Gen. Gerald Graham, wi th Coldstream and Grenadier Guards and
others, start for Soudan; farewell by the queen and prince of
Wales 19-21 Feb. "
Osman Digma massing his forces near Suakim. . .about 21 Feb. "
Rebels' attack on Kassala garrison defeated with great loss, an-
nounced 22 Feb. ' '
Gen. Brackenbury's column reaches Gakdul 26 Feb. "
Gen. Buller's column marches to Korti 1 Mch. "
Gen. Graham's slafl" and 15th Sikhs regiment arrive at Suakim,
4 Mch. "
Queen's address of thanks read to the army at Korti by Lord
Wolseley 7 Mch. "
17th Bengal Infantry and the Royal Engineers' balloon corps ar-
rive at Suakim 7 Mch. "
Gen. Graham calls on Osman Digma to surrender, to avoid
bloodshed about 16 Mch. "
Battle of Hasheen: Graham, with part of his army, starts at
daybreak; several of Osman Digma's positions on hills taken
after conflicts; about 21 British killed 20 Mch. "
Gen. McNeil's brigade attacked by about 4500 Arabs, about 6
miles from Suakim ; they are repulsed with heavy loss (about
1500) ; British loss about 100 killed, including lieuts. Swinton,
Seymour, and Newman, capt. Romilly and others 22 Mch. "
Manifesto of the mahdi claiming the caliphate, pub Mch. "
Korti evacuated by the array about 23 Mch. "
Zebehr pacha arrested at request of lord Wolselev, 14 Mch. ;
sent to Gibraltar "...29 Mch. "
Lord Wolseley arrives at Suakim 2 May, "
Proposed armed defence of line from Assouan to AVady Haifa,
announced 11 May, "
Dongola evacuated 15 June, "
Death of the madhi by small- pox June, "
Country south of Wady Haifa abandoned by Egyptians Apr. 1886
British evacuation of Suakim completed 16 May, "
Osman Digma's forces dispersed and all his military stores
captured 7 Oct. "
Emin Bey (Austrian physician), an associate of gen. Gordon,
holds Wadelai as governor of equatorial Africa since 1878
with black troops; news brought by dr. Junker Nov. "
Expedition of Henry M. Slanlcy for the Emin Pacha committee
with a small armament, and able volunteer officers, leaves
London (Africa) 21 Jan. 1887
Suakim on the Red sea declared open to commerce 20 Feb. 1889
Balilo of Toski; dervishes defeated by gen. sir Francis Gren-
^ fell 11 Aug. "
Osman Digma defeated at Tokar by the Egyptians under col.
H. Smith 19 Feb. 1891
Red sea Littoral reported clear of rebels 23 Feb. "
Father Ohrwalder and 2 Roman Catholic sisters, prisoners in
the madhi's camp at Khartoum, escape to Cairo 21 Dec. "
sound and SOund-StiadOlir. Acoustics.
Sound duties. Till 1857 no merchant ship was al-
lowed to pass the Sound (a narrow channel separating Zealand
from Sweden) without clearing at Elsinore and paying toll.
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These duties had their origin in an agreement between the
king of Denmark and the Hanse towns (1348), by which the
former undertook to maintain light-houses, etc., along the
Cattegat, and the latter to pay duty for the same. The first
treaty with England in relation to this was in 1450; other
countries followed. In 1855 the United States determined to
pay the dues no more; and in the same year the Danish
government proposed that these dues should be capitalized,
which was eventually agreed to, the sum being 30,476,325
rix-doUars. In Aug. 1857, the British government paid 10,-
126,855 rix-doUars (1,125,206/.) to the Danes as their propor-
tion. The passage of the sound was effected, in defiance of
strong fortresses, by sir Hyde Parker and lord Nelson, 31 Mch,
1801. Baltic expedition.
§OUnding[§ at sea. Capt. Ross of British steamship
(Edipus, in 1840, took extraordinary soundings at sea. One
taken 900 miles west of St. Helena was said to reach a depth
of 5000 fathoms. In lat. 33° S. and Ion. 9° W., about 300
miles from the cape of Good Hope, 2266 fathoms were sound-
ed ; the weight employed amounted to 450 pounds. On 13
July, 1857, lieut. Joseph Dayman, in the North Atlantic ocean,
lat. 51° 9' N., Ion. 40° 2' W., in sounding, found a bottom at
2424 fathoms. The deepest sounding accurately known (3875
fathoms) was taken by the Challengei; capt. Nares, 24 Mch.
1873, in the North Atlantic, north of St. Thomas. Deep-sea
soundings; Ocean areas and depth.
South African Republic, name assumed by
the Boers in the Transvaal in 1880-81.
South America. America.
South Australia was visited by capt. Sturt in 1830,
and explored shortly after by capt. Parker and Mr. Kent, the
former of whom was killed by the natives. The boundaries
of the province were fixed by 4 and 5 Will. IV. c. 95 (1834) ;
and it was occupied 26 Dec. 1836, by capt. Hindmarsh, the
first governor. It was colonized according to E. Gibbon
Wakefield's scheme, which was carried out by the South
Australian Colonization association. The colony for several
years underwent severe trials through the great influx of emi-
grants, land-jobbing, building speculations, etc., which pro-
duced almost universal bankruptcy in 1839. In 5 years after,
the energy of the colonists had overcome their difiiculties, and
the prosperity of the colony appeared fully established. In
1842 the highly productive Burra-Burra copper-mines were
discovered, and large fortunes were suddenly realized ; but in
1851 the discovery of gold in New South Wales and Victoria
almost paralyzed this province by drawing off a large part of
the laboring population. Very little gold was found in South
Australia ; but a reaction took place in favor of the copper-
mines, agriculture, etc. Before the discovery of gold, little
trade existed between Adelaide (the capital of South Australia)
and Melbourne; but in 1852 gold was transmitted from the
latter to the former to the amount of 2,215,167/., principally
for breadstuffs, farm produce, etc. Area, 903,690 sq. miles.
Pop. in 1855, 85,821; 1865, 156,605; 1871, 185,626; 1877,
225,677; 1891,315,048.
South Carolina, one of the original southern states
of the United States, is bounded eastward by North Caro-
lina and the Atlantic ocean,
with a coast-line of 200 miles;
Georgia lies to the west, and
North Carolina bounds it on
the north. It is triangular
in form, with the apex south.
Area, 30,570 sq. miles, in 35
counties; pop. 1890, 1,151,149.
Capital, Columbia.
Velasquez de Ayllon, with
2 ships sailing northward
from St. Domingo to pro-
cure Indians as slaves,
anchors at the mouth
of the Combahee river.
The natives crowding on the vessels are carried to St. Do-
mingo 1520
Velasquez de Ayllon again sails from Hispaniola with 3 .ships,
1 of which is lost at the mouth of the Combahee, and 200
of the men are massacred by the natives; but few escape. . . 1525
E.xpedition fitted out by adm. Coligny, under Jean Ribault of
Dieppe, explores St. Helena sound and Fort Royal, and builds
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CSmriPs II. couvevs by charter tprritory lyiug between lat. 31°
•ud 30" N'., lu ibo oarl of Clivreudon and 7 others, who form
a urourieiary aud call the couutry Carolina (Nobth Cako-
uliA).. 20 Mch.
Oratii of laiid to the carl of Olareudon and others enlarged and
MU.ode<l to Ut 29° N 30 June
Cant. William Sayle explores the lu isi iiii.kr the direction of
the proprietors
SotUenuMit near Port Royal by a i' w Kii^IihIi colonists sent
outbv the proprietors, with Wilham Suyle as governor
Settlers at Pi>rl Koyal reinovf to iIjo western bank of the Ash-
ley river an I found Old I'linloion
SelllenuMU at Charleston inri.M>-Ml bv a Pmall colony from
Barbadoes under sir Jolm V.miii:.iis, wIm. had a large grant
of land from the proprieiois Wiih tins .■.lU.ny came the
ttrst slaves in South Carolina
Freemen of Carolina meet at Charleston and elect representa-
tives for the civil government of the colony
Fundamental constitutions framed by John Ix)cke, and amend-
ed by (he earl of Shaftesbury in 1669, are put into opera-
tion "in South Carolina
By invitation a colony of Dutch from New York settle on the
'southwest side of the Ashley river
Settlers remove from Old Charleston to Oyster Point, at the
confluence of the Ashley and Cooper rivers, and found
Charleston
Baptists from Maine, under Mr. Screven, settle on Cooper river,
Scotch settlement on Port Royal is broken up and dispersed
by Spaniards from St. Augustine
Gov. James Colleton, in endeavors to exact arrears of quit
rents, proclaims martial law. The Assembly meet and ban-
ish him; thereupon Seth Sothel, claiming to be a proprietor,
usurps the government
Sothel is compelled to relinquish the government on charge
of malfeasjince, and Philip Ludwell is appointed governor. . .
Fundamental constitutions abrogated by the lords proprietors,
Apr.
Act making all alien inhabitants freemen on petitioning the
governor and swearing allegiance to the king, with liberty
of conscience to all Christians except Papists
Small colony of Congregationalists from Dorchester, Mass.,
with their pastor rev. Joseph Lord, settle near the head of
Ashley river about 22 miles from Charleston
Combined naval and land expedition from Carolina, under gov.
Moore and col. Daniel, besiege St. Augustine. 2 Spanish
vessels appearing in the harbor, gov. Moore raises the siege
afterburning the town Sept.
First issue of paper money in America made by Carolina to
meet 6000/. , expenses of the expedition against Florida, Sept.
Carolina troops, under gov. Moore, make an expedition against
the Indian towns of northern Florida Jan.
Combined expedition of French, under mons. l,e Feboure, and
the Spanish, made upon Charleston, proves fruitless Aug.
South Carolina troops attack and defeat the Tuscaroras on the
Neuse, with a loss to the Indians of more than 300 killed
and 100 captured 28 Jan.
An incipient civil war breaks out in Carolina in 1710, between
col. Broughton. one of 3 deputies of the lords proprietors,
and Robert Gibbes, the proclaimed governor. The contro-
versy being referred to the proprietors, they appoint Charles
Craven governor
Fort Nahucke, Greene county, N. C, garrisoned by 800 Tusca-
rora Indians, captured by col. James Moore of South Caro-
lina 20 Mch.
Tamussee Indians, incited by the Spaniards, massacre 90 col-
onists at Pocotaligo 15 Apr.
Gov. Craven defeats the Indians on the Salkehatchie. In this
war 400 South Carolinians are massacred
King in council so advising, proprietors repeal the duty of 10
per cent, on all goods of British manufacture, and also the
act regulating elections and that enabling the Assembly to
nominate a public receiver
Governor and council impeach the administration of chief-
justice Trolt, and present the case to the proprietors. The
proprietors uphold Trott, and order the governor to publish
at once the repeal of the late popular acts of the legislature,
and to convene a new council and a new assembly
Steed Bonnett and Richard Worley, pirates, and 40 followers,
captured, convicted, and hung
Gov. Johnson, by letter of Alexander Skene, George Logan, and
William Blakeway, asked to accept the government from the
people under the king 28 Nov.
Gov. Johnson declining the office of governor, the People's
Association proclaim James Moore governor, and elect 12
councillors, choose Richard Allein chief-justice, and appoint
col. John Barnwell agent for the province
Lords of the regency appoint Francis Nicholson provisional
governor, having decided that the proprietors had forfeited
their charter
Gov. Nicholson arrives, summons a new assembly, which elects
the late popular governor, James Moore, speaker of the house.
Lords proprietors surrender the charter and government to the
king, except lord Granville's one eighth
Sir Alexander Cumming, sent out by Great Britain, makes a
treaty with the Cherokees at Nequassee, who proclaim alle-
giance to the king 3 Apr.
On assuming the government, the crown divides Carolina, and
appoints Robert Johnson governor of South Carolina. 30 Apr.
First newspaper in South Carolina published at Charleston,
Thomas Whitmarsh, editor 8 Jan.
Forty thousand acres of land on the Savannah is given to
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John Peter Pury and his colony ot some 370 Swiss; Purys
bury is settled 1732-3S
Williamslxirj,' lownshii) foriuod by Irish settlers 1734
Boundary liiii' ixtwcon North and South Carolina partly estab-
lished." 1738
Negro insiincct 1(111 at Siono suppressed, and its leader, Cato
and principals liuug 1740
Ship-building begun: 5 ship-yards established; 4 in tlio viciii
ity of Charleston, and 1 at Beaufort
Fire consumes nearly one half of Charleston IH Nuv.
Col. Clark, with emigrants from Virginia and Pennsylvania,
settles on the Pacolet and on the foiks of the Tyger river,
1750-55
Cotton in small quantities exported 1754
Mrs. Pinckuey, who 10 years previously cultivated ihe lirst
indigo, manufactures near Charleston silk for 3 dress patterns ;
one she presents to the princess-dowager of Wales, one to
lord Chesterfield, and one to her daughter 1755
Gov. Glen erects fort Prince George on the Savannah about
300 miles from Charleston
Patrick Calhoun and 4 families settle in Abbeville district 1756
Treaty of peace concluded with the Cherokees at fort Prince
George 17 Dec. 1759
Two ships reach Charleston with several hundred poor Ger-
man emigrants from England, deserted there by their leader
Stumpel Apr. 1764
Two hundred and twelve French settlers, in charge of rev. Mr.
Gilbert, arrive at Charleston in Apr., and are assigned lands,
which they settle under the name of New Bordeaux Oct. "
Christopher Gadsden, Thomas Lynch, and John Rulledge ap-
pointed delegates to the second Colonial Congress (Unitkd
States) 7 Oct. 1765
Stamped paper stored in fort Johnson on James island, by or-
der of gov. Bull. 150 volunteers compel the captain of the
ship which brought the paper to reload it and sail immedi-
ately for Europe Oct. "
An association of regulators formed in the inland settlements
to suppress horse- stealing, etc., leads to a Circuit Court law
establishing courts of justice at Ninety-Six (now Cambridge),
Orangeburg, and Camden *. 1769
Cargoes of tea sent to South Carolina are stored, aud consignees
constrained from exposing it for sale 1773
Christopher Gadsden, Thomas Lynch, Henry Middleton, Ed-
ward Rutlodge, and John Rutledge appointed deputies to the
first Continental Congress at Philadelphia 6 July, 1774
Henry Middleton chosen president of the Continental Con-
gress 22 Oct. "
First Provincial Congress of 184 members, including the 49
members of the Constitutional Assembly, meet and approve
proceedings of Continental Congress 11 Jan. 1775
Letters from England to public oflicials in America intercepted
at Charleston furnish abundant evidence of the determina-
tion of England to coerce America by force 19 Apr. "
On receiving news of the battle of Lexington, the arms are
removed from the arsenal at Charleston and distributed
among the enlisted men Apr. "
Ship Betsey, from London, surprised by a Carolina privateer,
and 111 barrels of powder captured Aug. "
Fort Johnson garrisoned by capt. Heyward and 35 of the
Charleston artillery Sept.
Gov. Campbell, last royal governor, dissolves the Assembly
and retires to the sloop-of-war Tamar 15 Sept.
Hostilities in South Carolina begun by the British vessels Ta-
mar and Cherokee making a night attack on the schooner
Defence, capt. Tufts, while blocking Hog Island channel by
sinking hulks. Shots are exchanged, but at sunrise the
British vessels retire 12 Nov.
Col. Moultrie, authorized by the Council of Safety, takes pos-
session of Haddrell's Point, and with artillery drives the
British vessels from Charleston harbor Dec.
Constitution framed by the Provincial Congress of South Car-
olina adopted, 26 Mch. 1776, and courts of justice under its
sanction opened 23 Apr. 1776
British fleet under sir Peter Parker unsuccessfully attacks fort
Moultrie, Sullivan's island (Fort Moultrib) 28 June, "
Thomas Heyward, jr., James Lynch, jr., Arthur Middleton, and
Edward Rutledge sign the Declaration of Independence "
Col. Williamson with 2000 men marches against the Cherokees,
13 Sept., and lays waste all their settlements east of the Ap-
palachian mountains Sept. "
Cherokee Indians by treaty cede to South Carolina all their
land eastward of the Unaka mountains 20 May, 1777
Henry Laurens of South Carolina chosen president of the Con-
tinental "Congress 1 Nov. "
Constitution passed by the General Assembly as an act, 19
Mch. 1778, goes into effect Nov. 1778
State Supreme court declares the constitutions of 1776 and 1778
. acts of General Assembly, which it could repeal or amend.. . . 1779
Maj.-gen. Benjamin Lincoln takes command of all the forces
to the southward; establishes his first post at Purysburg on ^^
the Savannah river
President Lowndes lays a general embargo, and prohibits the ^^
sailing of vessels from any port of the state
British under maj. Gardiner driven from Port Royal island by
gen. Moultrie 3 Feb. ||
Americans repulsed at Stono ferry 20 June,
British fleet from New York against Charleston lands forces
under sir Heny Clinton 30 miles from the city 11 Feb. 1780
Royal fleet commanded by adm. Arbuthnot anchors near fort ^^
Johnson on James island 9 Apr. ^^
Gov. Rutledge retires from Charleston northward 12 Apr.
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American cavalry surprised by British under cols. Tarleton
aud Webster, and routed at Monk's Corner 14 Apr.
Fort Moultrie, weakened reinforcing Charleston, surrenders to
capt. Hudson of the British navy 6 May,
Charleston capitulates 12 May,
British forces under col. Tarleton surprise the Americans un-
der col. Buford, at Waxhaw on the North Carolina border;
the Americans lose 117 killed and 200 taken i)risoners, while
the British lose but 5 men killed and 12 wounded. . .29 May,
Sir Henry Clinton and adm. Arbuthnot, as peace commission-
ers, by proclamation offer the inhabitants, with a few excep-
tions, |)ardon and reinstatement in their rights 1 June,
All paroles to prisoners not taken by capitulation and not in
confinement at the surrender of Charleston are declared
null and void after 20 June, and holders required actively to
aid military operations or be treated as rebels 3 June,
Aff'air at Rocky Mount 30 July,
Battle of Hanging Rock 6 Aug.
Battle of Camden; Americans under gen. Gates attack the
British under Cornwallis and are repulsed 16 Aug.
Americans under col. Williams defeat the British at Musgrove's
Mills on the Eunoree 18 Aug.
Sixty distinguished citizens of South Carolina are seized by the
British and transported to St. Augustine as prisoners, 27 Aug.
Battle of King's Mountain .7 Oct.
Col. Thomas Sumter extends nis campaign into South Carolina;
he captures a British supply train, 15 Aug. ; is surprised by
Tarleton and defeated at Fishing creek, 18 Aug. ; defeats
maj. James Wemyss in a night attack on Broad river, 8 Nov.,
and defeats col. Tarleton at Blackstock Hill 20 Nov.
Battle of CowPENS, near Broad river; Americans under Morgan
defeat the British under Tarleton; Andrew Jackson, then a
boy of 14 years, takes part in the engagement 17 Jan.
Francis Marion, appointed brigadier-general by gov. Rutledge
in July, 1780, after numerous successful sorties on the Brit-
ish and Tories from camp on Snow island during the winter
of 1780-81; joins gen. Greene on his return to the state, Apr.
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill; Americans under gen. Greene retreat
before an attack of the British under lord Francis Rawdon
(Hobkirk's Hill) 25 Apr.
British evacuate fort Ninety-Six 21 June,
Indecisive battle between gen. Greene and col. Stuart at Eutaw
Springs, each claiming a victory (Eutaw Springs) 8 Sept.
Gov. Rutledge issues a proclamation offering pardon to the
Tories in South Carolina 27 Sept.
General Assembly convenes at Jacksonborough on the Edisto
river, Jan., elects John Mathews governor, and passes laws
for confiscating the estates of Tories Feb.
British evacuate Charleston 14 Dec.
Charleston (hitherto Charlestown) incorporated
South Carolina relinquishes to Georgia her claim to a tract of
land lying between the Altamaha and St. Mary's rivers
South Carolina cedes to the U. S. government her claim to a
strip of land 12 miles wide west of a line from the head of
the Tugaloo river to the North Carolina border 9 Aug.
Constitution of the U. S. ratified by the state 23 May,
Convention at Columbia completes state constitution. . .3 June,
Orphan house asylum established at Charleston
Medical Society of South Carolina, formed 1789, incorporated..
Sautee canal, connecting Charleston harbor with the Santee, 22
miles long, begun 17W2, completed
Severe hurricane at Charleston Sept.
College of the University of South Carolina, chartered 1801,
opened at Columbia
Owing to the peculiar distribution of the slave population, which
gave the upper counties the power to tax, while the lower
counties held most of the property taxed, a compromise
is made in the constitution, making the members of the
lower House 124 ; 62 from each section
Madison appoints Paul Hamilton secretary of the navy.. 7 Mch.
Legislature creates a Free-school fund ; its use to be confined to
the poor if not enough for all
State bank of South Carolina incorporated
Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina incorpo-
rated ;
Decatur, capt. Diron, a privateer from Charleston, captures the
British ship Dominicia of 15 guns and crew of 80 men, and
shortly after the London Trader with a valuable cargo. .Aug.
Cherokees cede territory lying within the chartered limits of
South Carolina, by treaty at Washington, 22 Mch. 1816; rati-
fied by the legislature of South Carolina 19 Dec.
Monroe appoints John C. Calhoun secretary of war 8 Oct.
Territory ceded by the Cherokees in 1816, annexed to the elec-
tion district of Pendleton
College of Charleston, commenced in Charleston in 1785, reor-
ganized and opened 1 Jan.
Legislature denounces the U. S. tariff as encroaching on state
rights 12 Dec.
South Carolina gold mines yield $3500 in
State lunatic asylum at Columbia opened
Public meeting on states rights held at Columbia 20 Sept.
Gov. Hamilton recommends to legislature a nullification act. . .
Legislature calls a convention at Columbia, 19 Nov. 1832, to
consider the protective tariff 25 Oct.
President instructs the collector at Charleston to seize and hold
J every vessel entering that port until the duties be paid, and
1 " to retain and defend the custody of said vessels against any
I forcible attempt. ' ' Gen: Scott and a naval force are also sent
, to the state 6 Nov
State convention meets, 19 Nov. 1832, and passes an ordinance
of nullification, declaring (1) the tariff acts of 1828 and 1832
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to be null, void, and no law, nor binding upon the state, its
officers, or citizens ; (2) prohibiting the payment of duties
under either act within the state after 1 Feb. 1833 ; (3) mak-
ing any appeal to the Supreme court of the U. S. as to the
validity of the ordinance a contempt of the Stale court from
which the appeal was taken, punishable at the discretion of
the latter; (4) ordering every ofDce -holder and juror to be
sworn to support the ordinance; (5) giving warning that if
the federal government should attempt to enforce the tariff
by use of army or navy, or by closing the ports of the state,
or should in any way harass or obstruct the state's foreign
commerce. South Carolina would no longer consider herself a
member of the Union 24 Nov.
President Andrew Jackson proclaims nullification to be "in-
compatible with the existence of the Union, and destructive
of the great-object for which it was formed" 11 Dec.
Calhoun resigns the oflSce of vice-president 28 Dec.
Gov. Hayne issues a proclamation in answer to that of the
president's, in which he warns the people not to be seduced
from their primary allegiance to the state 31 Dec.
.V bill to enforce the tariff', nicknamed the "Bloody bill " and
'•Force bill," becomes a law of the U. S 2 Mch.
Henry Clay introduces a compromise tariff-bill, 12 Feb. 1833,
which is signed by the president and becomes a law, 2 Mch.
A state convention passes 2 ordinances: 1st, repealing the
Nullification act of 24 Nov. 1832; 2d, an ordinance to nullify
the act of Congress, 2 Mch. 1833, commonly called the " En-
forcing bill " 18 Mch.
Van Buren appoints Joel R. Poinsett secretary of war . .7 Mch.
During this and the 2 previous years, 2265 volunteers fur-
nished for the Florida war
Death of gov. Noble; Benjamin K. Hennegan, lieutenant-gov-
ernor, succeeds him in office 7 Apr.
Hugh S. Legar6 attorney general of U. S 13 Sept.
Tyler appoints Calhoun secretary of war 6 Mch.
South Carolina Institution for the Education of the Deaf, Dumb,
and Blind at Cedar Springs opened
Calhoun dies at Washington 31 Mch.
Furman university at Greenville, chartered 1850, opened
Convention of Southern Rights' associations of the state re-
solve that "with or without co-operation they are for dis-
solution of the Union" 8 May,
State convention declares the riglit of the state to secede
Greenville female college at Greenville, chartered 1854, opened,
Gov. Adams in his annual message recommends the revival of
the slave-trade 24 Nov.
Columbia female college at Columbia, chartered 1854, opened. .
U. S. steamship Niagara sails from Charleston for Liberia with
Africans cai)tured from the Echo, a slave-ship sailing under
American colors, 21 Aug. , and brought to Charleston, where
the 300 or more slaves are placed in charge of the U. S.
marshal (United States) 20 Sept.
Grand jury at Columbia returns " no bill " on all 3 indictments
against the crew of the slaver Echo 30 Nov.
Grand jury at Charleston refuses to indict capt. Corrie of the
Wanderer, a slave-ship seized in New York harbor. .16 May,
Resolution offered in the House, that " South Carolina is ready
to enter, with other slave holding states, into the formation
of a Southern confederacy " 30 Nov.
Due West female college at Due West, chartered 1859, opened..
Democratic National convention meets at Charleston, and ad-
journs to Baltimore after delegates from southern states had
withdrawn (United States) 23 Apr.
Seceding Southern delegates to the Democratic convention
organize a Southern convention, electing senator Bayard
of Delaware president, but adjourn to meet at Richmond
without making any nominations (United States). . .1 May,
A convention called by the legislature, 7 Nov., assembles at
Columbia, 17 Dec, but adjourns to Charleston, 18 Dec, where
they pass an ordinance of secession and declare South Caro-
lina an independent commonwealth 20 Dec.
Maj. Anderson evacuates fort Moultrie and retires to fort Sum-
ter, on night of 26 Dec
Fort Pinckney, in Charleston harbor, seized by state troops.
27 Dec.
State troops seize the arsenal at Charleston, lower the Federal
flag after a salute of 32 guns, and run up the Palmetto flag
with a salute of 1 gun for South Carolina 31 Dec.
Fort Johnson, in Charleston harbor, occupied by state troops,
2 Jan.
Star of the West, with a small force of troops and supplies for
fort Sumter, being fired upon by batteries on Morris island
and fort Moultrie, retires 9 Jan.
Charles G. Memminger appointed Confederate secretary of the
treasury 21 Feb.
State convention called by the legislature, 17 Dec 1860, revises
the state constitution, which goes into effect without being
submitted to the people for ratification 8 Apr.
Gov. Pickens's demand for the surrender of fort Sumter being
refused by maj. Anderson, 11 Jan., and also by the secretary
of war, 6 Feb., the civil war is opened by a shell fired from
the howitzer battery on James island at 4.30 a.m. Friday
(United States) 12 Apr.
Fort Sumter evacuated by maj. Anderson (Fort Sumter), 14 Apr.
U. S. steam frigate Niagara begins the blockade of Charleston
harbor, 11 May ; captures the English ship General Parkhill,
13 May,
Gov. Pickens proclaims that all persons remitting money to
pay debts due in the North are guilty of treason 6 June,
James M. Mason of Virginia, and John Slidell of Louisiana, leave
Charleston on the Confederate steamer Theodora for Europe
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via Havana lo represent tho Confederate government at the
courts of Ureal BriUilu ami Frujoo (Trknt affair). . .12 Oct.
Twenty five veiwels of the great Soulhorn exiwdilion anchor
off Fort Royal * Nov.
Federals ca|>turo forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal,? Nov.
Coafedenito privateer Isalxl runs the blockade at Charleston,
avoiding 11 L'. S. vessels. 27 Dec.
Gen. David Hunter declares free the slaves In Georgia, Honda,
and South Carolina (Unitbo Statss) 9 May,
Battle of SeceBsionvllle (James island), in which col. T. G. I^mar
defeats the federals under gen. Henry W. Benbam.. .10 June,
Gen. P. G. T. Heaurogard assutnos command of the department
of South Carolina and Georgia. 24 Sept
Gen. J. .M Brnnnnn defeats the confederates under gen. Walker
in the battle of I'ocoUligo 22 Oct.
Com. Samuel K. Dupont's squadron is repulsed in the battle of
Charleston harbor 7 Apr.
Col. Montgomery, with U. S. troops, makes a raid from Beaufort
up tho Combahee river, securing 800 slaves and a quantity
or provisions and horses June,
Federals victorious in the battles of Morris Island, 10 July;
Fort Waonkr, 11 July; James Island 16 July,
Fort Wagner bombarded by gen. Q. A. Gillmore 18 July,
Charleston bombarded by the "Swamp Angkl," which bursts,
24 Aug.
Fort Wagner bombarded by Gillmore 5 Sept.
George A. Trenholm appointed Confederate secretary of the
treasury
Confederates defeat gen. Johu P. Hatch at Honey Hill. .30 Nov.
Confederates repulsed in battles of Pocotaligo, 14 Jan. ; Salk-
hiiU-hie, 3 Feb. ; Willstou SUtion, 8 Feb. ; Orangeburg, 12
Feb. ; Congaree Creek 15 Feb.
Columbia surrendered to gen. Sherman 17 Feb.
Charleston, burned and evacuated by gen. Hardee the day pre-
vious, is occupied by Federal troops 18 Feb.
Gen. O. O. Howard defeats the confederates at Cherau . .3 Mch.
Benjamin F. Perry appointed provisional governor of South
Carolina by pres. Johnson 30 June,
A convention called by gov. Perry assembles in Baptist church
at Columbia, 13 Sept., repeals the ordinance of secession, 19
Sept, and completes an amended constitution, which takes
effect without being submitted to the people 27 Sept
Legislature ratifies the amendment of the Constitution of the
U. S. abolishing slavery 13 Nov.
Legislature rejects the XIV. th Amendment of the Constitution
of the U. S Dec.
Gen. D. E. Sickles assigned by the president of the U. S. to the
command of Second Military district, embracing North and
South Carolina, with headquarters at Columbia 11 Mch.
Gen. Sickles superseded by gen. E. R. S. Can by 26 Aug.
A constitution, framed by a convention called under the Re-
construction acts of Congress, which assembles at Charleston,
14 Jan., and completes its labors, 17 Mch., ratified by the
people, 70,558 to 27,288 14-16 Apr.
South Carolina readmitted into the Union 25 June,
State penitentiary at Columbia opened
J. K. Jillson elected the first state superintendent of public
instruction in South Carolina
legislature ratifies the XV. th Amendment of the Constitution
of the U. S 16 Mch.
State Labor convention held at Columbia Nov.
Union Reform party organized and holds its first state conven-
tion at Charleston 16 June,
Free Common-school system established
Tax-payers' convention held at the state capitol in Columbia
"to devise means for the redemption of the state from her
financial embarrassments " May,
Owing to murder and outrage in the upper country, by the
Ku-klux, pres. Grant, by proclamation, 12 Oct, suspends the
habeas corpus in the counties of Spartansburg, York, Union,
Chester, I^aurens, Newberry, Fairfield, Lancaster, and Ches-
terfield, and commands secret organizations to disband within
5 days. Many troops are stationed in the state and about 600
arrests made
Act establishing the validity of bonds of the state, issued be-
tween 26 Aug. 18G8 and 26 Mch. 1869
Claflin university and South Carolina Agricultural college and
Mechanical institute, organized at Orangeburg in 1869, is re-
opened and chartered
Walhalla female college at Walhalla, chartered and opened
Tax-payers' convention at Columbia by resolution asking for
amendments, simplifying and abridging the tax laws, 17 Feb.
Gov. Moses is indicted personally for official acts; indictment
is quashed on the ground that he should have been im-
peached 8 June,
Convention of Independent Republicans at Charleston nomi-
nates candidates for governor, etc., who are supported by
the Conservative party 2 Oct.
SUte Normal school opened at Columbia.
Orphan House asylum removed from Charleston to Columbia,
Alleged blocking of a highway at Hamburg, 4 July, by a colored
militia company; armed citizens attack them; 5 negroes
killed and others wouuded 9 July,
Gov. Chamberlain, by proclamation, orders all organizations,
except the militia of the state, to disband within 3 days, 7
Oct ; a similar proclamation by pres. Grant 17 Oct
While the result of the state election is pending in the Supreme
court, the State Board of Canvassers, holding that their pow-
ers were limited by statute to 10 days, on the last day issue
certificates to the Republican presidential electors and state
oflacers, refusing certificates to members of the legislature
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fh)m Edgefield and liaurens counties for irregularities in elec-
tions 22 Nov.
On the assehibling of the legislature, 64 Democratic members,
including those from Edgefield and lAurens counties, with-
draw to Carolina ball and organize separately with William
H. Wallace as speaker 28 Nov.
Senate and Ropul)Iican house canvass the votes for governor
and lieutenant governor, and declare D. H. Chamberlain
elected governor, 5 Dec. ; sworn into office 7 Dec.
Speaker Wallace, having a certificate from the secretary of
state of the votes cast for governor and lieutenant governor,
proceeds to canvass the votes and declares Wade Hamptoa
and William D. Simpson, Democrats, elected; oath of office
is administered by trial-judge Mackay 12 Dec.
Both governors, being invited to Washington, hold a private
conference with pres. Hayes, which results in a proclamation
by gov. Chamberlain withdrawing his claim 11 Apr.
F. L. Cardoza, stale treasurer under gov. Chamberlain, is ar-
rested for fraud upon the state government, 21 July, and
sentenced to 2 years in the county j>iil and $4000 fine, 8 Nov.
Legislature by joint resolution provides that "all the unfunded
debts and liabilities of the state, including the bills of the bank
of tho state, and so much of the funded debt as is known as
the Little Bonanza, be settled at the rate of 50 per cent," Mch.
Wade Hampton, elected U. S. senator, resigns as governor, and
is succeeded by W. D. Simpson, who is installed 26 Feb.
Department of agriculture established
Act to settle state debt in accordance with decision of state Su-
preme court; James C. Colt named a special commissioner. .
Gov. Simpson, resigning his office to take the chief-justiceship,
is succeeded by lieut-gov. T. B. Jeter 1 Sept
Centennial anniversary of the battle of Cowpens, 17 Jan. 1781,
commemorated at Spartansburg by the unveiling of a statue
of gen. Daniel H. Morgan 11 May,
Exodus of 5000 colored people from Edgefield county, bound for
Arkansas and Beaufort county 24-31 Dec.
State Military academy at Charleston reopened 1 Oct
Constitution amended, forbidding counties to contract a debt
greater than 8 per cent of the taxable valuation
Earthquake destroys $5,000,000 worth of property; first shock
felt at Charleston, 9 :51 p.m. (Earthquakes) 31 Aug.
Winthrop training school for teachers at Columbia, opened. . .
Act passed providing a pension of $5 per month for disabled
Confederate soldiers and the widows of those killed in the
Confederate service
Legislature accepts a devise of 814 acres in Ocanee county by
Thomas G. Clemson, on condition that the state erect and
maintain an agricultural and mechanical college
First colored state fair ever held in the state opens at Colum-
bia 1 Jan.
Act passed creating a Board of Phosphate commissioners
Department of Agriculture and office of Commissioner of Agri-
culture abolished, and powers bestowed on trustees of the
Clemson Agricultural college at session 25 Nov.-24 Dec.
Col. Samuel B. Pickens dies at Charleston 17 Sept
Nathaniel Duncan Ingraham, formerly of the U. S. navy (Kosz-
ta affair), afterwards in the Confederate service, dies at
Charleston 16 Oct
Maj. George Washington Earle of Darlington, noted mathemati-
cian and civil engineer, d 5 May,
Evans liquor law goes into effect, by which the state assumes
control of the sale of intoxicants 1 July,
First state dispensary in Charleston opened; 1st day's sales,
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Three counties in rebellion against state authority on account
of the state dispensary law; militia called out, 31 Mch.-l Apr.
Gov. Tillman assumes control of the police and marshals in all
cities and incorporated towns 3 Apr.
Supreme court of the state decides that prohibition is in force
in the state 8 May,
Gov. Tillman issues a proclamation to open 1 Aug. the state
liquor dispensaries 23 July,
PROPRIETARY GOVERNORS.
William Sayle appointed 26 July,
Joseph West " 28 Aug.
Sir John Yeamans " 26 Dec.
Joseph West " 13 Aug.
Joseph Morton " 26 Sept
Joseph West " 6 Sept
Richard Kirk
Robert Quarry
Joseph Morton
James Colleton
Seth Sothel
Philip Ludwell
Thomas Smith
Joseph Blake
John Archdale
Joseph Blake
James Moore
Sir Nathaniel Johnson
Edward Tynte
Robert Gibbes
Charles Craven
Robert Daniel
Robert Johnson
James Moore.
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Arthur Middleton
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William Bull 1760
Thomas Boone 1762
William Bull 1763
Charles Montague 1766
William Bull 1769
William Campbell 1775
Francis Nicholson 1721
Arthur Middleton 1725
Robert Johnson 1730
Thomas Broughton 1735
William Bull 1737
James Glen 1743
William H. Littleton 1756
GOVERNORS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
John Rutledge 1775
Rawlin Lowndes 1778
John Rutledge 1779
John Matthews 1782
Benjamin Guerard 1783
William Moultrie 1785
Thomas Pinckney 1787
Arnoldus Vanderhorst 1792
William Moultrie 1794
Charles Pinckney 1796
Edward Rutledge 1798
John Drayton acting 1800
James B. Richardson 1802
Paul Hamilton 1804
Charles Pinckney 1806
John Drayton 1808
Henrv Middleton 1810
Joseph Alston 1812
David R. Williams 1814
Andrew J. Pickens 1816
John Geddes 1818
Thomas Bennet 1820
John L. Wilson 1822
Richard J. Manning 1824
John Taylor
Stephen D. Miller
James Hamilton
Robert Y. Hayne
George McDuffle
Pierce M. Butler
Patrick Noble ,
B. K. Hennegan acting
J. P. Richardson
James H. Hammond
William Aiken
David Johnson
W. B. Seabrook
John H. Means
John L. Manning
James H. Adams
R. F. W. Alston
William H. Gist
Francis W. Pickens
M. L. Bonham
A. G. Magrath inaugurated 19 Dec.
Benjamin F. Perry, provisional, appointed 30 June,
James L. Orr inaugurated 29 Nov.
Robert K. Scott " 9 July,
F. J. Moses, jr
Daniel H. Chamberlain
Wade Hampton
William D. Simpson assumes office 26 Feb.
T.B.Jeter " '• 1 Sept.
Johnson Hagood inaugurated 30 Nov.
Hugh S. Thompson
John P. Richardson >
Benjamin R. Tillman ^inaugurated 4 Dec.
John Gary I'lvans 1 Dec.
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UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Name.
No. of Congress.
Date.
Remarks.
Pierce Butler
Ralph Izard
John Hunter
Jacob Read
Charles Pinckney
Thomas Sumter
John Ewing Calhoun.
Pierce Butler
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John Gailard.
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1789 to 1796
1789 " 1795
1796 " 1798
1795 " 1801
1798 " 1801
1801 " 1810
1801 " 1802
1803 " 1804
1805 " 1826
John Taylor
William Smith
Robert Y. Hayne
William Harper.
William Smith
John C. Calhoun
Stephen D. Miller ,
William C. Preston
George McDuffle ,
Daniel E. Huger
Andrew P. Butler ,
John C. Calhoun ,
Franklin H. Elmore. . . .
Robert W. Barnwell
R. Barnwell Rhett
William F. DeSaussure.
Josiah J. Evans
Arthur P. Hayne
James Chestnut
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14th
18th
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19th
20th to 22d
22d " 28th
22d
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27th
28th
29th to 35th
29th " 31st
31st
31st
31st to 32d
32d
33d to 35th
35th
35th to 36th
1823 " 1832
1826
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1833 " 1843
1831 " 1833
1833 " 1842
1843 " 1846
1843 " 1845
1846 " 1857
1845 " 1850
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James H. Hammond 35th to 36th 1857 " 1860
37th, 38th, 39th
Resigned.
Elected president pro tern. 31 May, 1794.
Elected in place of Butler. Resigned.
Elected president pro tern. 22 Nov. 1797.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Pinckney. Resigned.
Died in office.
Elected in place of Calhoun. Resigned.
Elected in place of Butler. Elected presidentpro^em. 28 Feb. and 17
Apr. 1810 ; 18 Apr. and 25 Nov. 1814 ; 2 Dec. 1816 ; 1 Dec. 1817 ; 20 Dec.
1820 ; 1 Feb. 1822 ; 21 May, 1824 ; 9 Mch. 1825. Died 26 Feb. 1826.
Elected in place of Sumter. Resigned.
Elected in place of Taylor.
Great speech in the Senate on the Foote resolution, 25 Jan. 1830.
Resigned. Elected governor.
Appointed ^'J'o <em. in place of Gailard.
Elected in place of Gailard.
Elected in place of Hayne. Resigned.
Resigned.
Elected in place of Preston. Resigned.
Resigned.
Elected in place of McDuffic Died in office.
Died 31 Mch. 1850.
Appointed in place of Calhoan. Died 6 May, 1850.
Appointed in place of Elmore.
Elected in place of Calhoun. Resigned.
Appointed in place of Rhett.
Died in office.
Appointed in place of Evans.
Elected in place of Evans. Resigned 10 Nov. 1860, and expelled
11 July, 1861.
Retired from the Senate, 11 Nov. 1860.
vacant.
Thomas J. Robertson
Frederick A. Sawyer. ,
John J. Patterson
Matthew C. Butler. . .
Wade Hampton
John L. M. Irby
B. R. Tillman
40th to 45th
40th " 43d
43d "46th
45th " 54th
46th " 52d
52d "
54th "
1868 to 1877
1868 " 1873
1873 " 1879
1877 " 1895
1879 "1891
1891 "
1895 "
Term expires 1897.
Term expires 1901.
Soiltll Dakota, one of the United States, was formed
by the division of Dakota territory into 2 states in 1889. It
is bounded on the north by
North Dakota, east by Min-
nesota and Iowa, south by
Nebraska, and west by Wy-
oming and Montana. In lat-
itude it lies between 43° and
46° N., and in longitude be-
tween 96° 20' and 104° W. ;
area, 77,650 sq. miles, in 51
counties; pop. 1890, 328,808.
Capital, Pierre.
Ijewis and Clarke ascend the
Missouri river on their
way to the Pacific, leav-
'Dg the mouth of the river, 14 May, 1804, reaching the
mouth of the Columbia river, 7 Nov. 1805; and returning by
the Missouri, arrive at St. Louis 23 Sept. 1806
Fort Pierre established 1829
First steamboat to navigate the Upper Missouri, the Yellow-
stone, built by the American Fur company at Pittsburg, as-
cends the river as far as fort Pierre 1831
Treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by the Indians, ceding to
the U. S. the territory east of the Big Sioux river 1851
Gen. W. S. Harney, with 1200 men, marches from the Platte
river to fort Pierre, where they encamp for the winter 1855
First settlement established at Sioux Falls by the Western
Town-lot company of Dubuque, la 1857
By organizing Nebraska territory, 30 May, 1854, and Minne-
sota state, 11 May, 1858, the remainder of Dakota is left with-
out legal name or existence 1858
Territory of Dakota organized with an area of 150,932 sq. miles,
by act of Congress • .-2 Mch. 1861
Seat of government for Dakota territory located at Yank-
ton... 1862
Sioux Falls destroyed by the Sioux Indians, and settlers flee
to Yankton "
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Fort DakoU built on reservation at Sioux Falls 1865
Line of the Chirago, M ilwaukco, antl St. Paul railroad built from
Sioux City, In. . to Yankton, completed 1873
Military and Sc-ienliflc Kxploring Kxpedition, under gen. (J. A.
Custer, arrives at the lUuuk Hills. July, 1«74, from fort Abra-
ham Lincoln. Sjiecimens of gold are washed from the soil
near Harney's I'eak, where it was known to exist in 1867,
but emigration thither was stopped by gen. Sherman on ac-
count of Indian troubles. This visit causes great excitement
among the Sioux Indians 1874
Gold discovered in Deadwood and Whitewood gulches 1875
Indians relinquish their titles to lands in the Black Hills and
western counties of southern Dakota 1876
Town of |)eadw()od laid out "
Dakota School for Deaf-mules at Sioux Falls oi>ened 1880
Yankton college, chartered in 1881, opened at Yankton 1882
Tin, delected as a black amd accompanying gold from the
Black Hills by prof I'earce of Argo, is pniitically discovered
by maj. Andrew J. Simmons of Kapid City 1883
Seat of government for Dakota territory removed from Yank-
ton to Bismarck 11 Sept. "
A convention called by some 400 delegates who met at Huron,
19 June, convenes at Sioux Falls, 4 Sept., and frames a con-
stitution for the slate of DakoU to comprise the southern
half of the territory 19 Sept. "
University of South Dakota at Vermilion opened "
Pierre university at East I'ierre chartered and opened '|
Sioux Falls university opened "
Yankton Insane hospital established '
Normal schools esUblished at Spearflsh and Madison "
Dakota i>enitentiarv established at Sioux Falls "
U. S. Senate passes a bill for the admission as a state
of the southern half of Dakota territory; that portion
north of the 46th parallel to be called the Territory of Lin-
coln 1884
Agricultural college at Brookings opened "
Dakota University at Mitchell opened Sept. 1885
Constitutional convention called by the legislature at Sioux
Falls frames a constitution for South Dakota 25 Sept. "
Legislature of Dakota territory passes a Local Option law 1887
School of Mines at Rapid City, esUblished by act of legislature
in 1885, is opened "
A majority vote for the division of Dakota territory into 2
states. North and South Dakota, at an election held Nov. "
Act admitting South Dakota signed, a constitutional conven-
tion to meet at Sioux Falls, 4 July, 1889 22 Feb. 1889
Election held by proclamation of territorial governor, A. C. Mel-
lette, 15 Apr. 1889, for delegates to a constitutional conven-
tion to meet 4 July, and the Sioux Falls constitution of
1885 favored by 37,710 votes to 3414 14 May, "
Sioux Falls constitution amended and adopted by a conven-
tion at Sioux Falls, 4 July, which adjourns 5 Aug. "
Charles A. Foster of Ohio, William Warner of Missouri, and
gen. George A. Cook, a committee appointed by the presi-
dent, arrive at the Sioux reservation early in June, and se-
cure the consent of three fourths of the Indians to open for
settlement 26,751,105 acres of their land in the northwestern
part of South Dakota Aug. "
Arthur C. Mellette, Republican, elected governor of South Da-
kota, the Sioux Falls constitution adopted by 70,131 to 3267;
the article prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxi-
cating liquors adopted by 40,234 to 34,510, and Pierre chosen
as the temporary capital 1 Oct. "
First state legislature convenes at Pierre 15 Oct. "
South Dakota admitted into the Union with the northern
boundary the 7th standard parallel 2 Nov. "
Dakota Reform school in Plankinton opened "
Proclamation by pres. Harrison opening up the S'oux reserva-
tion, 9,000.000 acres, and a rush of immigrants who had as-
sembled on the east bank of the M issouri 10 Feb. 1890
Large amount of seed grain supplied to the famine stricken
farmers, chiefly in the central portion of the state, by
appropriation by the legislature and from outside the
state "
Legislature creates a State Board of Charities and Correction, a
Board of Regents of Fducation, a State Board of Equaliza-
tion, a Board of Pardons, a Bureau of Labor Statistics, the
oflQce of state engineer of irrigation, a State Meteorological
Bureau, a state inspector of mines, and a State Board of
Pharmaceutical Examinera "
Pierre selected as the permanent capital of the state "
Farmers' Alliance and Knights of Labor parties meet in state
convention at Huron, report in favor of woman suflfrage, pro-
hibition, and tariff for revenue only, and unite under the
name of the Independent party 6 June, "
Dakota Soldiers' Home, established at Hot Springs, Fall River
county, in 1889, is opened 27 Nov. "
Battle with Big Foot's Indian band on Wounded Knee
creek; some 250 Indians killed, including 44 squaws and
18 papooses. 1a)SS to U. S. troops, 32 killed, 39 wounded,
29 Dec. "
Gen. Miles, after the Indians at Pine Ridge agency sur-
render, 15 Jan., declares the Indian outbreak at an end,
19 Jan. 1891
James H. Kyle elected U. S. senator 16 Feb. "
Australian ballot law enacted at session of 6 Jan. -7 Mch. "
Dr. Chas. 0. Merica chosen to succeed Howard B. Grose, presi-
dent of state university at Vermilion, resigns Sept. "
Sisseton Indian reservation opened to settlers 15 Apr. 1892
Catholic Sioux congress opens at Cheyenne agency ; 6000 Sioux
Indians present 3 July, "
SOU
GOVERNORS — TKRUITORIAU
William Jayne appointed
Newton Edmunds "
Andrew J. Faulk "
John A. Burbank "
John A. Pennington "
William A. Howard. "
N. G. Ordway "
Gilbert A. Pierce "
Louis K. Church "
Arthur C. Mellette "
1861
1863
1866
1888
1874
1878
1880
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GOVE RNORS — ST ATE.
Arthur C. Mellette elected ,
Charles H. Sheldon "
... 1889
.1893-97
U. S. SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
Name.
No. of
CougresB.
Date.
Remarks.
Gideon C. Moody
Richard F. Pettigrew. .
James H. Kyle
51st to 52d
51st " —
52d " —
1889 to 1891
1889 "
1891 "
Term expires, 1901'
Term expires, 1897
I^OUtll mountain, Maryland, Battles of, foui?ht 14
Sept. 1862, 3 days before the battle of Antietam. South
mountain is a prolongation of a range of the Blue Ridge north'
of the Potonoac from Harper's Ferry. Turner's gap affords a
passage from Frederick City to Williamsport ; Crampton's
gap, 6 miles south, gives a similar opening towards Harper's
Ferry. Lee, after crossing the Potomac, divided his forces,
sending " Stonewall " Jackson to capture Harper's Ferry. To
relieve Harper's Ferry, McClellan ordered gen. Franklin
through Crampton's gap. The remainder of the army was
to move by Turner's gap upon Lee's main column. The Con-
federate gen. D. H, Hill succeeded in reaching Turner's gap,
as did M'Laws Crampton's gap, before the federals. The'
battles of the 14th were fought to wrest these positions from
the confederates. As gen. Lee's object in occupying and
holding these gaps was to delay the Federal advance until the
surrender of Harper's Ferry and the concentration of his forces,
they were held tenaciously. D. H. Hill, reinforced by Long-,
street's corps and other troops until the confederates numbered
at least 25,000, succeeded in holding Turner's gap until night,
when he retired. Gen. Franklin forced Crampton's gap late in
the afternoon, but not soon enough to relieve Harper's Ferry,
Lee succeeded in capturing Harper's Ferry, and in uniting his
forces for the battle of Antietam. Maryland campaign.
SoutllCOtters, Joanna Southcott, a fanatic, born in
1760, came from Exeter to London, where her followers at one
period amounted to many thousands, the low and ignorant
being her principal dupes. In 1792 she announced herself as
the woman spoken of in Rev. chap. xii. ; and a disease fa-
vored the delusion that she would be the mother of the prom-
ised Shiloh. She died 27 Dec. 1814, and was buried at Mary-
lebone. In 1851 there existed in England 4 congregations,
professing to expect her return. Her successor, Mrs. Peacock,!
died Mch. 1875, aged 103 (V).
l^OUttiern continent. The southern ocean waa
first traversed by Magellan in 1520; and explored by Walliaj
and Carteret in 1766, and by Cook in 1773 and 1774."^ Of th^
southern continent little is known but that it is icebound and
contains active volcanoes. It was discovered bv capt. John
Biscoe, on 27 Feb. 1831, in lat. 65° 57' S., Ion. 47° 20' E., ex-
tending east and west 200 miles— this he named Enderby land^
after the gentleman who had equipped the voyage. CaptJ
Biscoe also discovered Graham's land on 15 Feb. 1832, situ-
ated in lat. 67° 1' S., Ion. 71° 48' W. The messrs. Enderby
equipped 3 other expeditions in search of the southern conti-
nent, the last (in connection with others) in 1838, when capt,
Balleny had command, who, on 9 Feb. 1839, discovered the
Balleny islands, lat. 67° S., Ion. 165° E., and in Mch. 1839,
Sabrina land, lat. 65° 10' S., Ion. 118° 30' E. In 1838 the
United States fitted out an expedition to explore this region
under command of lieut. Charles Wilkes of the navy, which
returned in 1842. United States, 1838, '42. This, and a
French expedition under adm. d'Urville in 1840, greatly added
to our knowledge of a southern continent, which was still
further increased by an expedition which sailed from Eng-
land in 1839, under the command of capt. sir James Clark
Ross, who discovered Victoria land in 1841- and subsequently
penetrated as far south as 78° 11'.
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751
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Sdllth-§ea bubble commenced with the establish-
ment of the South-sea company in London in 1710, for the
purpose (if carrying on a monopoly of trade with the Spanish
coasts of South America, which was at first unwisely and af-
terwards dishonestly managed. It failed in 1720, ruining
thousands of families; and the directors' estates, to the value
of 2,014,000/., were seized in 1721 and sold. Mr. Knight, the
cashier, absconded with 100,000/.; but he compounded the
fraud for 10,000/., and returned to England in 1743. Almost
all the wealthy persons in the kingdom had become speculators
in the legion of projects for money-making, the artifices of the
directors having raised the shares, originally 100/., to the price
of 1000/. A parliamentary inquiry took place in Nov. 1720, and
Aislabie, chancellor of the exchequer, and several members of
Parliament were expelled the house in 1721. Law's bubble.
Soulhwark bridg-e, one of the London bridges
over the Thames, was designed by John Kennie, and built
by a company, 1815-19, at an expense of $4,000,000. It con-
sists of 3 great cast-iron arches, resting on massive stone piers
and abutments; the distance between the abutments is 708
feet ; the centre arch is 240 feet span, the 2 others 210 feet
each; and the total weight of iron 5308 tons. The bridge
was freed from toll on 8 Nov. 1864, the company receiving a
compensation from the city. An act for the payment of divi-
dends to share-holders was passed in 1872.
80Utliwe§tern territory. North Carolina,
1784-90 ; South Carolina, 1787 ; Tennkssee, 1790.
§OVereigII, an ancient and modern British gold coin.
In 1489 22^ pieces, in value 20s. each, " to be called the sover-
eign," were ordered to be coined out of a pound of gold. —
Ruding. In 1542 sovereigns were coined in value 20s., which
afterwards, in 1550 and 1552 (4 and 6 Edw. VI.), passed for 24s.
and 30s. " Sovereigns" of the new coinage were directed to
pass for 20s., 1 July, and half-sovereigns for 10s., 10 Oct. 1817.
Coin, Gold. By the Coinage act, 1870, the weight of the
sovereign is fixed at 123.27447 grains troy ; specific gravity,
17.57 (916.67, gold being 1000); half-sovereigns, 61.63723
grains. The dragon sovereigns were reissued in 1871.
iSpaill (the ancient Iberia and Ilispania), a kingdom in
southern Europe. The first settlers are supposed to have
been the progeny of Tubal, 5th son of Japhet. The Phoeni-
cians and Carthaginians (360 b.c.) successively planted colo-
nies on the coasts ; and the Romans conquered the whole
country, 206 b.c. The present constitution, drawn up by the
government and laid before a Cortes, elected for its ratifica-
tion, 27 Mch. 1876, was proclaimed 30 June, 1876. Under
this Spain was made a constitutional monarchy, the executive
resting in the king, and the power to make laws " in the
Cortes with the king." The Cortes is composed of a senate
and congress equal in authority. The senators are in 3 classes :
(1) senators by their own right; (2) 100 life-senators nomi-
nated by the crown, these 2 classes not to exceed 180; (3) 180
senators elected by the corporations of the state ; half of these
are elected every 5 years, and all of them whenever the mon-
arch dissolves this part of the Cortes. The congress is formed
by deputies, one to every 50,000 of the population. B\' the
law of 26 June, 1890, all male Spaniards, 25 years old, who
enjoy full civil rights and have been citizens of a municipality
for at least 2 years, are voters. The island of Cuba, from 8
Aug. 1878, sends deputies to the Cortes, one to every 40,000
free inhabitants, paying in taxes 125 pesetas annually. Area
of continental Spain, 191,100 sq. miles. Pop. 1789, 10^,061,480;
estimated, 1820, 11,000,000; 1846,12,168,774; 1860,15,658,531;
1887 (latest census), 17,550,246. There are about 440,000
Basques in the north, differing in race and language from the
rest of Spain, some 60,000 Morescoes in the south, and 50,000
gypsies. Madrid, the capital and largest city, had a popula-
tion of 472,228 in 1887. Revenue, 1891-92, about $161,111,000.
Carthaginians, enriched by the mines of Siiain (480 b.c. etseq.), b.c.
form settlements 360
New Carthage (Carthagena) founded by Hasdrubul 242
HamiK'ur extends their dominions in Spain 238-233
At his death, Hannibal, his son, takes the command. 221; pre-
pares for war, 220 ; takes Sagunlum, 219 ; crosses the Alps,
and enters Italy 218
Romans carry the war into Spain; 2 Scipios defeated and slain
by Hasdrubal 212
Pub. Cornelius Scipio Afiicanus takes New Carthage, 210 ; drives
the Carthaginians out of Spain, 207 ; and annexes it. 205
Celtiberian and Numantine war. 153-133
Viriathus, general of the Celtiberians and Lusitanians, subdues
all west Spain, 145; makes peace with the consul Fabius
Servilianus, 142 ; assassinated by order of the Romans 140
Insurrection of Sertoriiis, 78; subdued by Pompey,and assassi-
nated 72
Julius Caesar quells an insurrection in Spain 67
Fouipey governs Spain 60-50
Revolt through the rapacity of Crassus 48-47
Era of Spain; conquest by Augustus begun 1 Jan. 38
A.D.
Vandals, Alani, and Suevi wrest Spain from the Romans 409
Adolphus founds the kingdom of the Visigoths..., 414
Vandals pass over to Africa 427
Theodoric I. vanquishes the Suevi 452
Assassinated by his brother Kuric, who becomes master of all
Spain 466
Recared I. expels the Franks 587
He abjures Arianism, and rules ably till 601
Wamba's wise administration, he prepares a fleet for defence
against the Saracens 672-77
Saracens invited into Spain against king Roderic by count Julien, 709
Gabel al Tarik lands at Calpe 30 Apr. 711
Roderic's defeat and death at Xeres "
Establishment of the Saracens at Cordova "
Victorious progress of Musa and Tarik 712-13
Emirs rule at Cordova; I'elayo, of Gothic blood, rules in As-
turias and Leon 718
Saracens defeated at Tours by Charles Martel 732 or 733
Abderahman the first king at Cordova 755
Invasion of Charlemagne 777-78
Sancho Inigo, count of Navarre, etc 873
Sancho of Navarre becomes king of Castile 1026
Kingdom of Aragon commenced under Ramirez 1 1035
Leon and Asturias united to Castile 1037
I'ortugal taken from the Saracens by Henry of Besanfon (Por-
tugal) 1095
Saracens, beset on all sides by Christians, call in Moors from
Africa, who seize their dominions, and subdue the Saracens,
1091 et seq.
Exploits of the Cid Rodrigo; d .about 1099
Dynasty of the Almoravides at Cordova 1094-1144
Moors defeated in several battles by Alfonso of Leon 1144
Dynasty of the Almohades at Cordova 1144-1225
Cordova, Toledo, Seville, etc., taken by Ferdinand of Castile
and Leon 1233-48
Kingdom of Granada begun by the Moors, last refuge from the
power of the Christians 1238
Crown of Navarre passes to king of France 1274
Two hundred thousand Moors arrive to assist the king of
Granada , 1327
They are defeated at Tarifa by Alfonso XL of Castile with great
slaughter 1340
Reign of Pedro the Cruel 1350
His alliance with Edward the Black Prince 1363
Defeated at Montiel and treacherously slain 1369
Ferdinand II. of Aragon marries Isabella of Castile, 18 Oct. 1469;
and nearly the whole Christian dominions of Spain are
united in one monarchy 1479
Establishment of the Inquisition 1480-84
Persecution of the Jews 1492-98
Granada taken after a 2 years' siege; and the power of the
Moors is finally extirpated by Ferdinand 1492
Jews expelled "
Contract with Columbus to explore the western ocean, 17 Apr, "
Columbus sails on his first voyage from Palos (America), 3 Aug. "
Mahometans persecuted and expelled 1499-1502
Death of queen Isabella 26 Nov. 1504
Death of Columbus 20 May, 1506
Ferdinand conquers great part of Navarre 1512
Accession of the house of Austria to the throne of Spain;
Charles V. of Germany, L of Spain 1516
Able administration of Ximenes; ungratefully used, 1516; his
death 1517
Charles elected emperor of Germany 1519
Insurrection in Castile 1520-21
Philip of Spain marries Mary of England. 25 July, 1554
Charles abdicates and retires from the world 1556
War with France; victory at St. Quentin 10 Aug. 1557
Charles dies, aged 58 years 21 Sept. 1558
Philip II. commences his bloody persecution of the Protestants, 1561
Escurial begun 1563
Revolt of the Moriscoes, 1567 ; suppressed 1570
Naval victory of Lepanto over the Turks 7 Oct. 1571
Revolt of William prince of Orange (Holland) 1572
Portugal united to Spain by conquest 1580
The Netherlands declare their independence ''
Spanish Armada destroyed ( Armad.x) 1588
Philip III. banishes the Moors (900,000) 1.598-1610
Ministry of the duke of Lerma lo98-1618
Ministry of Olivarez 1621-43
Philip IV. loses Portugal 1640
Death of Charles II., last of the house of Austria; accession of
Philip V. of the house of Bourbou 1700
War of the Succession 1702-13
Gibraltar taken by the English 1704
Siege of Barcelona 1"13
Cardinal Alberoni re-establishes the authority of the king, re-
forms many abuses, and raises Spain to the rank of a first
l)ower, 1715-20; ordered to quit Spain 1720
Charles, son of Philip V. , conquers Naples 1735
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Cbari«0 in., Iclog of th« Two Sicilies, succeeds U> the crown ot
Ui,^iq 1759
wSwilhEngUmV 17Gi-(a audTTjT
Battle of Cape St. Vincent .U Feb. 1797
SpanlBh treasure shiiw, valued at $3,000,000, seized by the
'pogiish • '^^^- 1^^
Battle ofTKAFAUJAR 21 Oct. 1805
Sway of (Jodoy, Prince of Peace 1806
Kronch enter "S|>aiu ; a Sjwinish army sent to the Baltic 1807
Prince of Astiirias conspires against his father. . : 25 July, "
Treaty of Fontainebleau. . .* 27 Oct.
French Uke Madrid Mch.
I*rince of Pejice dismissed 18 Mch.
Abdi&ition of Charles IV. in favor of Ferdinand, 19 Mch. ; and
at Bavoune, on Ferdinand's refusal, in favor of his '"friend
andailv," Naiwleon 1 May, "
Revolution ; French massacred at Madrid 2 May, "
Province of .Astiirias rises en masxe 3 May, "
Napoletin asseml)le8 the notables at Hayoune 25 May, "
Joseph Bonaparte enters Madrid as king of Spain, 12 July; re-
tires 29 July, "
Battle of Vimiera; French defeated 21 Aug. "
Supreme Junta installed Sept. "
Madrid taken by the French, and Joseph restored 2 Dec. "
Napoleon enters Madrid 4 I>ec. "
Hoval family of Sp;iin imprisoned in the palace of Chamb^ry,
In Savoy 5 Dec. "
French defeated at Corunna. 16 Jan.; take F'errol, 27 Jan.;
Saragossa, 21 Feb. ; Oporto, 29 Feb. ; Cordova and Seville,
Nov.; Gerona. 12 Dec. 1809
Ney takes Ciudad Rodrigo 10 July, 1810
Spanish Cortes meets 24 Sept. "
Wellington defeats Massena at Fuentes de Onoro 5 May, 1811
Soult defeated at Albuera 16 May, "
Constitution of the Cortes (democratic) 8 May, 1812
Wellington takes Ciudad Rodrigo, 19 Jan. ; storms Badajos,
6 Apr. ; defeats Marmont at Salamanca 22 July, "
He occupies Madrid, and defeats the French at Vittoria, 21
June; defeats Soult in the Pyrenees, 28 July; takes St. Se-
bastian, 31 Aug ; and enters France 8 Oct. 1813
Ferdinand VII. restored (constitution set aside) 14 May, 1814
Slave-trade abolished for a compensation 1817
Insurrection at Valencia repressed 1819
Spanish revolution begun by Riego Ian. 1820
Ferdinand swears to the constitution of the Cortes 8 Mch. "
French enter Spain. 7 Apr. ; and invest Cadiz 25 June, 1823
Battle of the Trocadero 31 Aug. "
French evacuate Cadiz 21 Sept. 1828
Salique law abolished, 29 Mch.; Carlist and Christina parties
formed 1830
Don Carlos declares himself legitimate successor to the king,
29 Apr. 1833
Death of Ferdinand VII. ; his queen assumes power until Isa-
bella II., her infant daughter, attains majority 29 Sept. "
Constitution termed " Estatuto Real" granted by advice of
Martinez de la Rosa "
Queen Christina marries Ferdinand Munos (afterwards duke
of Riauzar^s) 28 Dec. "
Quadruple treaty establishes the right of Isabella to the throne,
22 Apr. 1834
Don Carlos appears in Spain 10 July, "
Peers vote his exclusion 30 Aug. "
Mendizabal, prime-minister; Mina and Espartero command
the royalists; the rebel leader, Zumalacarregui, killed near
Bilbao June, 1835
Sir De Lacy Evans and others raise a British legion for the
queen of Spain ". "
They defeat the Carlists at St. Sebastian 1 Oct. 1836
Espartero gains the battle of Bilbao 25 Dec. "
Gen. Evans takes Irun 17 May, 1837
Constituent Cortes proclaimed "
Dissolution of the monasteries "
Carlists under Maroto desert don Carlos and make peace with
Espartero, at Vergara 31 Aug. 1839
Don Carlos seeks refuge in France 13 Sept. "
Surrender of Morello 28 May, 1840
Queen -regent appoints a ministry, nominated by Espartero,
5 Oct.; she abdicates and leaves Spain; visits France and
Sicily; returns to France 12 Oct. "
Espartero, duke of Vittoria, e.xpels the papal nuncio. . .29 Dec. "
Si>anish Cortes declares Espartero regent during the queen's
m nority 12 Apr.
Queen Christina's protest 19 July,
Insurrection in favor of Christina commenced at Pampeluna
by gen. O'Donnell and Concha 2 Oct. "
Don Diego I.,eon attacks tlie palace at Madrid; his followers
repulsed, and numbers slain by the queen's guards, 7 Oct. ;
he is shot at Madrid 15 Oct. "
Zurbauo captures Bilbao 21 Oct. "
Rodil. constitutional general, enters Vittoria " "
Monies de Oca shot »' "
Gen. O'Donnell takes refuge in French territory " "
Espartero suspends queen Christina's pension 26 Oct. "
Fueros of the Basque provinces abolished 29 Oct. "
Borio and Gobernado, implicated in the Christina plot, put to
death at Madrid 9 Nov. "
Espartero enters Madrid 23 Nov. "
General pardon of persons not yet tried concerned in the
events of October '. 13 Dec. "
Effective army fixed at 130,000 men 28 June, 1842
Insurrection at Barcelona; national guard joins the populace.
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1841
13 Nov.; street battle between national guard and troops;
the latter lose 500 killed and wounded, and retreat to the
citadel 15 Nov. 1842
Barcelona blockaded, 26 Nov, ; Espartero arrives before it, 29
Nov. ; its bombardment and surrender 3, 4 Dec. "
Disturbances at Malaga 25 May, 1843
Revolutionary junta re-established at Barcelona 11 June, "
[Corunna, Seville, Burgos, Santiago, and other towns "pro-
nounce" against the regent Espartero ]
Arrival of gen. Narvaez at Madrid, which surrenders. .15 July, "
Espartero bombards Seville 21 July, <«
Siege is raised 27 July, "
[Revolution is successful, and Espartero flees to Cadiz and
embarks on British ship Malabar.]
New government dei)rives Espartero of his titles and rank, 16
Aug. ; he arrives in London 23 Aug. '*
Reaction suppressed at Madrid Aug. "
Isabella II., 13 years old, is declared by the Cortes of age; Nar-
vaez (friend of the queen mother), lieutenant general, 8 Nov. "
Queen mother returns to Spain ...23 Mch.
Zurbano's insurrection, 12 Nov. 1844; he is shot 21 Jan.
Don Carlos relinquishes his right to the crown in favor of his
son 18 May,
Reactionary constitution
Narvaez and his ministry resign, 12 Feb. ; return to power, 17
Mch. ; again resign 28 Mch.
Escape of don Carlos from France 14 Sept.
Queen married to her cousin, Francisco d'Assisi, duke of Cadiz,
and the infanta Louisa to the due de Montpensier 10 Oct.
[The Spanish marriages disturb the friendly relations of
the French and English governments ]
Espartero restored 3 Sept.
Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, British envoy, ordered to quit S|)ain
in 43 hours 17 May,
Diplomatic relations with England restored 18 Apr.
American expedition under Lopez against Cuba (United
States) 1 8.50,
Madrid- Aranjuez railway opened 9 Feb.
Law respecting the public debt (Spain since excludcfl from
European money-markets) 1 Aug.
Death of Godoy, prince of peace 4 Oct.
Queen pardons the prisoners taken in the attempt upon Cuba,
11 Dec.
Movement headed by Espartero; Barcelona and Madrid pro-
nounce against the government; barricades in Madrid,
1-17 July,
Triumph of the insurrection; resignation of the ministry;
the queen sends for Espartero 19 July,
Espartero forms an administration 31 July,
Queen mother impeached; she quits Spain 28 Aug.
New constitution of the Cortes 13 Jan.
Cortes votes that power proceeds from the people; it permits
liberty of belief, but not of worship Feb.
Don Carlos d 10 Mch.
Birth of the prince-royal 28 Nov.
Joint French and Spanish expedition against Cochin China
announced 1 Dec.
War with Morocco Nov.-Dec.
O'Donnell commands the army in Africa; indecisive conflicts
reported; battle at Castillejoe;; a Spanish "Balaklava"
charge .' 1 Jan.
Moors defeated near Tetuan, which surrenders 4 F"eb.
An ineffectual truce 16-23 Feb.
Moors defeated at Guad el-ras 23 Mch.
Treaty of peace signed; 400,000,000 reals to be paid by Moors,
and Tetuan to be held till paid 26 Mch.
Gen Ortega, governor of the Balearic isles, lands near Tortosa,
in Valencia, with 3000 men, and proclaims the comte de
Montemolin king, as Charles VI. ; his troops resist, and he
is compelled to flee, with the comte and others, 3 Apr. ;
Ortega shot 19 Apr.
Comte de Montemolin and his brother Ferdinand arrested at
Tortosa, 21 Apr. ; renounce their claim to the throne, 23 Apr.
Napoleon III.'s proposal to admit Spain as a first-class power
is opposed by England, and given up Aug,
Annexation of St. Domingo to Spain ratified; slavery not to
be re-established 19 May,
Intervention in Mexico 8 Dec.
Jos6 Alhama and Manuel Matamoras, Protestant propagan-
dists, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment 14 Oct.
Don Juan de Bourbon renounces the throne. . , 8 Jan.
Insurrection in St. Domingo; war ensues (Domingo) — 1 Sept.
Rupture with Peru Apr.
Gen. Prim exiled for conspiracy 13 Aug. "
Peace with Peru, which has to pay a heavy indemnity, 27 Jan. 1865
Queen orders sale of crown lands, giving three fourths to the
nation 20 Feb. "
Decree relinquishing St. Domingo 5 May, "
Suppression of a conspiracy at Valencia to reunite Spain and
Portugal 10 June, "
Kingdom of Italy recognized by Spain 26 June, "
Dispute with Chili ; M. Tavira's settlement (20 May) disavowed
by the government 25 July, "
Adm. Pareja, at Valparaiso, insults the Chilian government,
18 Sept. ; which declares war, 25 Sept. ; Pareja declares a
blockade Oct. "
Chilian capt. Williams captures the Spanish vessel Covadonga
(Pareja commits suicide) 26 Nov. "
Queen Victoria, British sloop, seized by a guardacosta, 15 Jan. 1866
Adm. Mendez bombards Valparaiso, "destroying property, 31
Mch. ; repulsed at Callao with loss 2 May,
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Queen declares Pacific campaign ended 15 June,
British screw steamer Tornado, com. E. Collier, seized by
Spaniards (charged with aiding Chili), and carried to Cadiz,
21, 22 Aug.
Public instruction placed under the clergy Oct.
Reform of the municipal institutions decreed on account of
revolutionary proceedings Oct.
Crew of Tornado detained as prisoners, 31 Oct. ; the case re-
ferred to law Nov.
Queen dismisses the Cortes (and imprisons many eminent
deputies for petitioning against it) 30 Dec.
Decision in Tornado case— the ship a prize and the crew pris-
oners of war, 18 Dec. 1866; lord Stanley protests against the
proceedings 8 Feb. 1867
Decree making secret publication of journals and pamphlets
penal 16 Feb. "
Tornado prisoners released Feb. "
Sloop Queen Victoria declared by Spain wrongfully seized;
reparation to be made 21 Apr. "
Law abolishing normal schools and subjecting education to
the priests 2 June, 1868
Insurrection begins in the fleet, 18 Sept. ; joined by the garri-
son and city of Cadiz, 19 Sept. ; by nearly all Spain,
19-30 Sept. "
Prim arrives at Cadiz, 17 Sept. ; announces a provisional gov-
ernment 19 Sept. "
Ministers resign, 19, 20 Sept. ; Jos6 Concha becomes president
of the council, 22 Sept. ; Bravo Murillo and his colleagues
flee to Bayonne 23 Sept. "
[Royalist leaders: Jos^ Concha, marques de Havana, Man-
uel Concha, marques de Duero, at Madrid; the marques de
Pezuela at Barcelona; Eusebio de Calonge in the north; Pa-
via y Lacy, marques de Novaliches, in Andalusia.]
Novaliches.'the royalist general, defeated at Alcolea, by Serra-
no, 27 Sept. ; surrenders 28 Sept. *'
Queen flies to Bayonne and Pau, and protests 29, 30 Sept. "
Deposition of the queen declared at Madrid. 29 Sept. "
National guard organized 30 Sept. "
Don Juan, son of don Carlos, renounces his hereditary rights
in favor of his son, Carlos 3 Oct. "
Serrano enters Madrid, 3 Oct. ; Serrano, Prim, and Olozaga
constitute a provisional government 5 Oct. "
Education law of 2 June annulled; Jesuits and other religious
orders suppressed; laws expelling Jews abrogated; freedom
of worship decreed about 12, 13 Oct. "
Local juntas dissolved by manifesto of the provisional gov-
ernment 20 Oct. "
Provisional government recognized by the U. S., 13 Oct.; by
England, France, and Prussia, 25 Oct. ; by Austria, Sweden,
and Belgium about 31 Oct. "
Manifesto of the government for universal suffrage, and free
press and education 26 Oct. "
Prim created marshal about 6 Nov. "
Queen arrives at Paris 6 Nov. "
Joint electoral committee at Madrid declare in favor of a lim-
ited monarchy 14 Nov. "
Peaceful elections for constituent Cortes 19, 20 Dec. "
Election of members for the Cortes 17 Jan. 1869
Spanish envoy at Rome not received 23 Jan. "
Cortes meets, 11 Feb. ; Rivero elected president 13 Feb. "
Provisional government resigns; Serrano reappointed head of
the government with same ministry 25, 26 Feb. "
Spanish Protestant religious service at Madrid 28 Mch. "
Cortes votes for a monarchy (214 to 71) 21 May, "
New constitution promulgated 6 June, "
Marshal Serrano elected regent by the Cortes, 15 June; sworn,
18 June, "
New ministry under Prim about 18 June, "
U. S. overtures respecting Cuba indignantly rejected,
about 18 Sept. "
Candidature of the duke of Genoa discussed Sept. -Oct. "
Republican speech of Castelar in the Cortes about 18 Dec. "
Resignation of Prim and ministry on the Italian government
opposing the nomination of the duke of Genoa as king of
Spain 4 Jan. 1870
Prim resumes office with Topete and Rivero. 10 Jan. "
Majority in the assembly for Prim against the combined
unionists and liberals 3 Apr. "
Duo de Montpensier, after great provocation, kills don Enrique
de Bourbon, brother of the ex-king, in a duel, 12 Mch. ; tried,
condemned, and fined 12 Apr. "
Crown declined by Espartero May, "
Bill for gradual abolition of slavery in the colonies presented
to the Cortes 28 May, "
Rojo Arias carries a resolution requiring an absolute majority
in the Cortes for any proposed sovereign (179 out of 356);
this excludes all present candidates June, "
babella II. abdicates in favor of her son, Alfonso 25 June, "
Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen nominated king,
accepted by the regent and ministry, 6 July; this justified
by the government in a circular, 7* July; on opposition ot
France he resigns 12 July, "
Neutrality in Franco- Prussian war announced 27 July, "
Renewed agitation for a republic about 9 Aug. "
Amnesty for political offences since 29 Sept. 1868, published,
10 Aug. "
French republic warmly recognized Sept. "
Aroadeus, duke of Aosta (b. 30 May, 1845) accepts the candi-
_ dature for the crown 20 Oct. "
Elected by the Cortes by 191 votes (63 for a republic ; 27 for
the due de Montpensier) 16 Nov. "
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Proclaimed king 17 Nov. 1870
Ex-queen, on behalf of her son Alfonso, protests against the
election 21 Nov. "
Duke accepts the crown from a deputation of the Cortes at
Florence, and says that his honesty should rise above the
struggle of parties, and that he has no other object than
the peace and prosperity of the nation 4 Dec. "
Stormy session in the Cortes on arrangements for the new
king, 19 Dec. ; Rivero, president, resigns 25 Dec. "
Prim fired at and wounded in his carriage by 6 men, who es-
cape; indignation at Madrid, 27 Dec; Topete rejoins the
ministry; vote of confidence 28 Dec. "
Prim dies in the evening (aged 56); the king received by
Topete at Cartagena 30 Dec. "
Funeral of Prim , 31 Dec.
King enters Madrid, and takes the oath 2 Jan.
New ministry under Serrano 5 Jan.
New Cortes opened ; king's speech applauded 3 Apr.
Del Castillo and other Alfonsists recognize the king Apr.
Olozaga elected president of the Cortes 4 Apr.
Tornado difHculty settled (Aug.-Nov. 1866); compensation to
be paid by the Spanish government May,
King visits the provinces; warmly received, 1 Sept. et seq. ;
welcomed by Espartero at Logroiio 80 Sept.
Espartero, duke of Vittoria, made prince of Vergara Jan.
New Cortes opened; king says, "I will never impose myself
on the Spanish people, but neither will I allow myself to be
accused of deserting the post which I occupy by their will,"
24 Apr. "
Navarre, etc., in state of siege 25 Apr. "
Marshal Serrano enters Navarre; don Carlos, calling himself
Carlos VII., crosses the frontier near Vera, and takes the
command, Rada retiring, 2 May; totally defeated at Oro-
quieta ' 4 May, "
Letter of the due de Montpensier advocating the rights of prince
Alfonso, 17 Apr., published June, "
Attempted assassination of king and queen by about 15 men;
1 assassin killed, 2 taken ; after midnight of 18, 19 July, "
Don Carlos calls on Catalonia, Aragon, and V^alencia to rise,
promising their ancient liberties 16 July, "
King's popular visit to the provinces, travelling nearly 2000
miles 26 July-24 Aug. "
Cortes opened by the king with a fine speech 15 Sept. "
Bill for abolition of slavery in Porto Rico, for compensation, «
brought into congress 24 Dec. "
King Amadeus abdicates in a message, saying that he sees
Spain in a continual struggle, the era of peace more distant;
he sought remedies within the law, and did not find them ;
his efforts were sterile; the 2 chambers combine as the sov-
ereign Cortes of Spain, and vote for a republic (126-32),
11 Feb. 1873
Reported success of Carlists; agitation for the due de Mont-
pensier among Orleanists in France 12 Feb. "
Irruption of Carlists; they hold part of Catalonia; demonstra-
tions in favor of a federal republic 22, 23 Feb. "
Circular to European powers from Castelar, foreign minister,
27 Feb. "
Permanent committee of the Cortes appointed 22 Mch. "
Slavery in Porto Rico abolished 23 Mch. "
Carlists beaten in several encounters; don Alfonso de Bourbon
re-enters France 23 Apr. "
Old " monarchical volunteers " occupy the bull ring at Madrid;
are disarmed and dispersed by government troops; the
"permanent committee" dissolved by the government,
which assumes supreme power 26 Apr. "
Elections for the Cortes commence; monarchists abstain from
voting 10 May, "
Mr. Bradlaugh, the J]nglish republican, entertained at Madrid,
24 May, "
Intransigentes, or Irreconcilables (extreme republicans) very-
powerful June, "
New Cortes opened ; a speech by Figueras , 1 June, "
Carlists besiege Irun... 7 June, "
Federal republic voted by the Cortes (210-2), and proclaimed,
8 June; Pi y Margall, president of a new ministry, rejected;
Figueras and his ministry resume office 9 June, "
Ministerial crisis renewed, 10 June; Pi j' Margall becomes min-
ister; Figueras quits Spain 11 June, "
Carlists defeat Castanon near Murieta 26 June, "
Intransigentes withdraw from the Cortes 1 July, "
Defeat and death of Calvinety by Carlists; insurrection at
Alcoy, promoted by Internationalists; mayor and others
killed; announced 11 July, "
Don Carlos (as CarlosVII.) enters Spain, "to save the country,"
13 July, "
Desperate fighting at Igualada, Catalonia 17, 18 July, "
[Four prevailing parties: (1) Government, highly democrat-
ic ; (2) Intransigentes or Irreconcilables, extremely democrat-
ic; (3) International or Communists; (4) Legitimists, Carlists.]
Murcia and Valencia proclaim themselves federal cantons,
18 July, "
Pi y Margall compelled to resign; Salmeron forms a ministry
opposed to the Intransigentes ; 18 July, "
Igualada taken by Carlists under don Alfonso 19 July, "
Don Carlos enters Biscay 31 July, "
Carlists hold chief of N. Spain Aug. "
Insurgents repulsed in attack on Almeria, beaten in fights at
Seville, 28-30 July; gen. Pavia warmly received . . . .31 July, "
Troops attack Valencia, 26 July; it surrenders 8 Aug. "
New constitution printed, 27 July; discussed Aug. "
[118 articles; includes separation of church and state; free
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iwniusula; -i in iho Antilles; Cortes (senate and congress) to
have legislative |>ower; one deputy to 60,000 iuliabitants;
Corto8 lo bo renewed in 2 years; members to be paid ; execu-
tive, president and ministry; president cloctod for 4 years.]
Kombardiiioul of Malaga slopiHHl by the British and German
»<lmirals 1 Aug.
Cadiz surrenders to gen. Pavia. 4 Aug.
Reported total defeat of the insurgents at Chinchilla, while
marvhiug on Madrid 10 Aug.
Cartagena, held by lutransigentes, besieged 22 Aug.
Dttrhouiui, Knglish yacht, conveying stores to Carlists, seized
by the Simuiards, 11)^ miles off Biarritz; crew imprisoned
and captain sent to Ferrol 13 Aug.
Carlists defeat republicans at Arrichulegui, near Rentcria,
21 Aug.
They Uke Estella after a conflict at Dlcastillo 25 Aug.
Ciistclar elected president of the Cortes 26 Aug.
0»pt. Werner, of Gorman ship Friedvich Carl, captures ^imanza
and VUtoria, Spanish iron dads, held by rebels; gives them
up to adm. Yelverton, who prepares for action against Intran-
sigentes claiming them, and sends them to Gibmltar unmo-
lested 1 Sept.
Ministry propose abolition of capital punishment in the army;
defeated in the Cortes; resign 5 Sept.
Caslelar heads a ministry; proposes calling out 150,000 men,
to end the war 7, 8 Sept.
Salmeron elected president of the Cortes 9 Sept.
Castelar virtual dictator 15 Sept.
Deerhound and crew given up; announced about 18 Sept.
Speech of Castelar; Cortes to be closed 2 Jan. 1874 18 Seiit.
Combination of parties to support Castelar about 6 Oct.
Indecisive battle at Maneru, near Puenta de la Reyna, in Na-
varre, l>etween republicans under Moriones, and Carlists
under Olio; advanUige with Carlists 6 Oct.
Battle of Escombrera bay; Intransigentes' ships attempt to
break blockade of Cartagena; repulsed by adin. I^obo, 11 Oct.
Lobo declines to fight, and retires, pursued by the Intransi-
gentes. 13 Oct. ; justifies himself at Madrid 2'2 Oct.
Death of Rios Rosas, statesman 3 Nov.
Murillo captured; condemned to bo sold by the British Court
of Admiralty Nov.
Pronunciaraento: Meeting of the Cortes; speech of Castelar;
• vote of confidence lost by 20; he resigns; Salmeron attempts
to form a ministry, 2, 3 Jan.; Pavia, capt.-gen. of Madrid,
forcibly dissolves the Cortes 3 Jan.
Marshal Serrano president of a new ministry, including Topete;
national guard of Madrid disarming 4 Jan.
New government issue a moderate manifesto 9, 10 Jan.
Cartagena captured by Lopez Dominguez 12 Jan.
Numancia, iron clad, with Intransigentes leaders and convicts,
escapes; they land at Mers el Kebir, near Oran, on the Afri-
can coast ; are returned by the French 12 Jan.
Bloclv'ade of the coast of Spain announced 31 Jan.
Carlists besiege Bilbao; Moriones defeated at Somorrostro,
25 Feb.
Marshal Serrano resigns presidency of the ministry, and be-
comes chief of the executive, succeeded by Zabala; Serrano
proceeds to Bilbao 28 Feb. et seq.
Serrano assumes command about 8 Mch.
Blockade of the coast (31 Jan. ) raised 2 Mch.
Three days' conflict at Somorrostro, near Bilbao; Carlists de-
feated, but retain their positions (about 2000 killed and
wounded on both sides) 25-27 Mch.
Armistice for 3 days 28 Mch.
6cn. Manuel da Concha joins Serrano at San tander, about 8 Apr.
Great national effort to relieve Bilbao; union of parties; hos-
tilities resumed 20 Apr.
After several days' coiiHict, Carlists retreat; marshal Concha
enters Bilbao, which is much injured by long bombardment,
2 May,
A battle at Prats de Llusane's, indecisive 6 May,
Carlists repulsed in attack at Ramales about 20 May,
Carlists defeated at Gondesa about 6 June,
Republicans repulsed before Estella 25-27 June,
Concha killed (succeeded by Zabala) 27 June,
Carlists hold Navarre, Guipuscoa, Biscay, and Alara July,
Carlists capture Cuenca (about 80 miles from Madrid). .13 July,
Don Carlos's manifesto, promising constitutional government,
IG July,
All Spain placed under martial law; levy of 125,000 men,
about 18 July,
Government appeals to France respecting French assistance to
Carlists; justificatory reply 3 Aug.
British Mediterranean squadron, under adm. Drummond. sails
from Malta for Barcelona 4 Aug.
Don Carlos appeals to the chief powers not to intervene; justi-
fies Dorregaray's severities, and the execution of Schmidt,
6 Aug.
Moriones's alleged defeat of Mendiri and Carlists at Oteiza,
12 Aug.
Serrano's government recognized by Great Britain, Germany,
France, and other powers (not by Russia) about 14 Aug.
Letter of sympathy and encouragement from the Comte de
Chambord to don Carlos Aug.
Puycerda vigorously besieged by Carlists Aug. -Sept.
Carlists fire on German gun-boats Nautilus and Albatross, near
San Sebastian; Germans fire shells into the town,
about 5 Sept.
Carli.sts defeated by Lopez Pinto near Mora, about 9 Sept. ; by
Moriones at Barasoam, near Tafalla about 25 Sept.
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Note to French government, complaining of neglect respecting
the Carlists on the frontiers early in on. I874
Prince Alfonso in a manifesto replies to address, declaring
himself " a true Spaniard, Catholic, and liberal " 1 Dec. »»
Army at Murviedro pronounces for Alfonso; he is proclaimed
king by gen. Martinez Campos, 29 Dec. ; recognized by the
other armies and the navy, 30 Dec; proclaimed by gen.
Primo da Rivera at Madrid; Antonio Canovas del Castillo,
head of a royal ministry 31 Dec. "
Pres. Serrano withdraws to France 1 Jan. 1875
Proclamation of Carlos against Alfonso 6 Jan. "
Alfonso XII. recognized throughout Spain; well received at
Barcelona, 9 Jan. ; enters Madrid 14 Jan. "
Order of knighthood reestablished; payments to clergy to be
renewed Jan. "
Alfonso reviews 30,000 troops near Tafalla, 22 Jan. ; issues
proclamation to northern provinces, promising amnesty and
respect to local rights 22 Jan. "
Serrano returns to Madrid Feb.
Carlists retreat from Pampeluna; entered by the king, 6 Feb. ;
he exchanges decorations with Espartero at Logrono, 9 Feb.
Resignation of gens. Moriones, Loma, and Blanco; Concha sent
for from Cuba Feb.
Serrano received by the king 8 Mch.
Cabrera, an old Carlist general (see 1840), publishes an address,
declaring for Alfonso XII 11 Mch.
Papal nuncio received by the king 3 May,
Vigorous action of government troops; Carlists expelled from
Castile; sympathizers suppressed July,
Carlists defeated at Quesada and others 31 July,
Citadel at Urgel surrendered by Carlists to Campos 26 Aug.
Resignation of " conciliation ministry," 11 Sept. ; liberal cabi-
net headed by gen. Jovellar 12 Sept. "
Circular of papal nuncio against toleration about 13 Sept. "
Don Carlos declares his mission " to quell the revolution, and
that it will die " Sept. *'
Bombardment of San Sebastian, 28 Sept. -2 Oct. ; resumed,
11 Oct. <«
Government declare the civil war at an end, and purpose sum-
moning the Cortes to assist the king in reorganizing the
country early in Oct. «
Don Carlos i)roposes to the king a truce, and offers help if war
occurs with the U. S. (no answer) 9 Nov. •'
New constitutional party under Sagasta formed Nov. "
Cortes elected; 364 ministerialists out of 406 Jan. 1876
Cortes opened by the king 15 Feb. "
Carlists defeated at Estella, Vera, and Tolosa by Quesada and
Moriones Feb. "
King assumes command; Estella surrenders to Primo da
Rivera; severe loss 18 Feb. "
Reported letter from the pope recommending Carlos to retire
from the contest 22 Feb. "
Don Carlos, with gen. Lizarraga and 5 battalions, surrender to
the governor of Bayonne at St. Jean Pied de Port, 27 Feb. ;
he, with some officers, lands at Folkestone and proceeds to
London 4 Mch.
Triumphal entry of Alfonso XII. into Madrid 20 Mch.
Draft of new constitution submitted to the Cortes 28 Mch.
Pope opposes moderate religious toleration in article 11 of the
constitution Apr.
Jews (expelled in 1492) petition for readmission "
Long debate in Cortes; confidence in ministry voted (211 to 26);
constitution passed ; adjourn about 21 July,
Queen Isabella received by king at San tander; declares "her
share in public affairs is at an end " 31 July, "
Public worship of Protestants repressed by authority Sept. "
Amnesty to Carlists and others surrendering Apr. 1877
Meeting of the new Cortes 25 Apr. "
Cortes suddenly closed 11 July, "
New tariff passed; customs duties raised in respect to Great
Britain, France, and U. S 17 July, "
Ex-queen, after visiting her son, disapproves of proposed mar-
riage, and associates with don Carlos in Paris, who is pri-
vately forbidden to remain, and goes to England; she is for-
bidden to return to Spain; her pension stopped, .end of Deo. "
King married to his cousin Mercedes, daughter of the due de
Montpensier 23 Jan. 1878
End of the insurrection in Cuba announced 21 Feb. "
Death of queen Mercedes, deeply lamented 26 June, "
Death of queen-dowager Christina 21 Aug. "
King fired at (not injured) by Juan Oliva Moncasi, a member
of the International society, aged 23 25 Oct. "
Moncasi executed 4 Jan. 1879
Espartero, duque de Vittoria, d 8 Jan. "
Cortes dissolved, 16 Mch. ; to meet 1 June, "
King married to archduchess Maria Christina of Austria,
29 Nov. "
Attempted assassination of king and queen by Francisco Otero
y Gonzalez by shooting 30 Dec. "
Law gradually abolishing slavery in Cuba promulgated, 18 Feb. 1880
Manifesto from 279 senators and deputies claiming liberty of
religion, the press, etc., and education, universal suffrage,
etc 6 Apr. "
Otero executed 14 Apr. "
Permission said to be given to about 60,000 Russian Jews to
come to Spain lune, 1881
Don Carlos expelled from France for expressing sympathy
with legitimists (goes to London) 17 July, "
Consolidation of the national debt (60, 000,000^.) proposed, Sept. ;
law published 10 Dec. "
King invested with the order of the Garter 7 Oct
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Kings of Spain and Portugal open a new railway between
Madrid and Lisbon 8 Oct. 1881
"Dynastic JvCft," a new party formed by marshal Serrano and
others, constituted (dividing the liberals) 27 Oct. 1882
Gen. Maceo and 5 Cuban insurgent leaders surrendered at
Gibraltar to Spaniards (they had escaped from Cadiz, 20 Aug.);
petition queen Victoria to ask their release; application
made for inquiry; gen. Baynes, colonial secretary at Gibral-
tar, and Mr. Blair, chief inspector of police, dismissed for
exceeding authority; announced 4 Dec. "
"Dynastic Left" in Cortes pronounce in favor of advanced
liberalism 15 Dec. "
King visits Vienna, 10 Sept. ; Berlin, Homberg, and Brussels,
27 Sept. 1883
King honorably received, by pres. Gr^vy; hissed and reviled
by the Paris mob (having been made a colonel of Uhlans
by emperor William); behaved with dignity.
2y, 30 Sept., 1 Oct. "
Last section of the great Asturian railway opened by the king,
15 Aug. 1884
Much suffering by Earthquakes 25-31 Dec. "
Protocol restoring Great Britain to position of most "favored
nation " in regard to commerce (lost since 1845); wine duties
modified; signed at Madrid, 21 Dec. 1884; gazetted... .6 Feb. "
King d 25 Nov. "
Alfonso XllL, son, b 17 May, 1886
Don Carlos protests against the recognition of Alfonso XIII.,
20 May, "
Attempted revolution at Madrid.... 19 Sept. "
Ministers of Germany, Austria, Italy, and I<:ngland. to the court
of Spain, raised to the rank of ambassadors by their respec-
tive governments, thus placing Spain among the flrst-class
powers 1887
Openingof the Cortes; infant king enthroned 1 Dec. "
Trial by jury introduced by the senate 27 Feb. 1888
Trial by jury first put in force at Madrid 29 May, 1889
Duke of Aosta, formerly king of Spain as Amadeo I., d. at
Turin, aged 45 18 Jan. 1890
Inundations throughout the central and southern parts of
Spain ; over 100,000 persons rendered homeless Sept. 1891
Anarchist disturbances; several executed Mch.-Apr. 1892
Widespread rioting excited by the Octrois duties 17 July, "
Celebration in honor of the discovery of America by Columbus
formally begun in Cadiz 31 July, "
War in Morocco begun Oct. 1893
Cargo of dynamite explodes in the harbor of Santander, killing
about lOOn people and wrecks part of the town 4 Nov. "
Explosion of dynamite bomb thrown by anarchists in a thea-
tre at Barcelona kills 30 and injures 80 persons 7 Nov. "
Second explosion of dynamite from the submerged hulk of the
steamer blown up in the harbor of Santander Nov. 1893, and
30 persons killed 22 Mch. 1894
Six anarchists guilty of complicity in an attempt to assassinate
capt.-gen. Campos executed at Barcelona 21 May, 1894
SOVEREIGNS OF SPAIN.
GOTHIC SOVEREIGNS.
411. Ataulfo; murdered by his soldiers.
415. Sigerico; reigned a few days only.
" Valia, or Wallia.
420. Theodoric I. ; killed in a battle which he had gained against
Attila.
451. Thorismund, orTorrismund; assassinated.
452. Theodoric II. ; assassinated by
466. Euric, the first monarch of all Spain.
483. Alaric II. ; killed in battle.
506. Gesalric, his bastard son.
511. Amalric, or Amalaric; le<riti mate son of Alaric.
531. Theudis, or Theodat; assassinated by a madman.
548. Theudisela, or Theodisele; murdered.
549. Agila; taken prisoner and put to death.
554. Atanagildo.
567. Liuva. or Levua I.
568. Leuvigildo; associated on the throne with Liuva in 568, and
sole king in 572.
686. Recaredo I.
601. Liuva II. ; assassinated.
603. Vitericus; also murdered.
610. Gundemar.
612. Sisibut, or Sisebuth, or Sisebert.
621. Recaredo II.
" Suintila; dethroned.
631. Sisenando.
636. Chintella.
640. Tulga, or Tulca.
642. Cindasiiinto; d. in 652.
649. Recesuinto; associated: in 653 became sole king.
672. Vamba, or Wamba; dethroned, and died in a monastery.
680. Ervigius, or Ervigio.
687. Egica, or Egiza.
698. Vitiza, or Witiza; associated; in 701 sole king,
jn. Rodrigo, or Roderic; slain in battle.
Six independent Suevic kings reigned 409-69; and two Vandalic
kmgs: Gunderic, 409-25; his successor, Genseric, with his whole
nation, passed over to Africa.
MAHOMETAN SPAIN.
CORDOVA.
Emirs. The first, Abdelasis; the last, Yussut-el-Tehri ; a.d. 714-55.
Kings. The first, Abderahman I. ; the last, Abu Ali; 755-1238.
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GRA.NADA.
Kings. The first, Mohammed I. ; the last, Abdalla; 1238-1492.
CHRISTIAN SPAIN.
KINGS OF ASTURIAS AND LEON.
Pelagius, or Pelayo; overthrew the Moors, and checked their
conquests.
Favila; killed in hunting.
Alfonso the Catholic.
Froila; murdered his brother Samaran, in revenge for which
be was murdered by his brother and successor
Aurelius, or Aurelio.
Mauregato, the Usurper.
Veremundo (Bermuda) I.
Alfonso IL, the Chaste.
^^-Rabbi ^^ ^"^ ^"'^^ Saracens to the sword in one battle.
Ordofio I.
Alfonso in.,surnamed the Great; relinquished his crown to
ills son.
Garcias.
Ordono II.
Froila II.
Alfonso IV., the Monk; ahdicated.
Ramiro II.; killed in battle.
Ordotio III.
Ordono IV.
Sancho I., the Fat; poisoned with an apple
Ramiro III.
Veremundo IL (Bermuda), the Gouty.
Alfonso V. ; killed in a siege.
Veremundo III. (Bermuda); killed.
718
737,
739,
757,
768
774,
788.
791.
842.
910.
914.
923.
925.
930.
950.
955.
956.
967.
983.
999.
1027.
873.
885.
905.
924.
970.
1035.
1054.
1076.
1094.
1104.
1134.
1150.
1194.
1234.
1253.
1270.
1274.
1305.
1316.
1322.
1328.
1343.
1349.
1387.
1425.
1479.
1483.
1512.
1035.
1065.
1072.
1109.
1126.
1157.
1158.
1188.
1214.
1217.
1252.
1284.
1295.
1312.
1350.
1369.
1379.
1390.
1406.
1454.
1474.
1504.
KINGS OF NAVARRE.
Sancho liiigo, count.
Garcia I., king.
Sancho Garcias ; a renowned warrior.
Garcias II. , surnamed the Trembler.
Sancho II. , surnamed the Great (king of Castile through his
Garcias III.
Sancho III.
Sancho IV., Ramirez, king of Aragon.
Peter of Aragon.
Alfonso I. of Aragon.
Garcias IV^., Ramirez.
Sancho V., surnamed the Wise.
Sancho VI., surnamed the Infirm.
Theobald I., count of Champagne.
Theobald II.
Henry Crassus.
Joanna; married to Philip the Fair of France, 1286.
Louis Hutin of France.
John; lived but a few days.
Philij) v., the Long, of France.
Charles I., the IV. of France.
Joanna II. , and Philip, count d'^vreux.
Joanna alone.
Charles IL, or the Bad.
Charles III., or the Noble.
Blanche and her husband, John II. , afterwards king of Aragon
Eleanor.
Francis Phoebus de Foix.
Catherine and John d'Albret.
Navarre conquered by Ferdinand the Catholic, and united with
Castile.
KINGS OF LEON AND CASTILE.
Ferdinand the Great.
Sancho II. , the Strong, son of Ferdinand; Alfonso in Leon and
Asturias, and Garcias in Galicia.
Alfonso VI., the Valiant, king of Leon.
Uraca and Alfonso VII.
Alfonso VII., Raymond.
Sancho III., surnamed the Beloved.
Alfonso VIII. , the Noble.
[Leon is separated from Castile under Ferdinand II 1157-88 1
Alfonso IX. of Leon. '
Henry T.
Ferdinand III., the Saint and the Holy. By him Leon and
Castile were permanently united.
Alfonso X., the Wise (the Alphonsine Tables were drawn up
under his direction).
Sancho IV.. the Great and the Brave.
Ferdinand IV.
Alfonso XL
Peter the Cruel; deposed; reinstated by Edward the Black
Prince of England; slain by his natural brother and suc-
cessor.
Henry IL, the Gracious; poisoned by a monk.
John I. ; he united Biscay to Castile.
Henry IIL, the Sickly.
John II. , son of Henry.
Henry IV., the Impotent.
Isabella, sister (had married Ferdinand of Aragon, 18 Oct. 1469).
Joanna (daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella), and Philip L of
Austria. On her mother's death .loanna succeeded, jointly
with her husband Philip; but Philip dying in 1506, and Jo-
anna becoming imbecile, her father Ferdinand continued
the reign, and thus perpetuated the union of Castile with
Aragon.
SPA
KINGS OF ARAOON.
103& lUmlrol.
lOeS. Sancho Raiuiroi (IV. of Navarre).
10»A. Peter of Navarre.
1104. Alfonso I., the Warrior, king of Navarre.
llSi. Ramiro II., the Muuk.
1137. I'otronilla. and Kayiuoud, oouot of BarceloD*.
1163. Alfou»o II.
1196. Pcler II
131S. James I. ; succeeded by bis son.
1376. Peter III. ; conquered Sicily in 1281
1985. Alfbnso III., the Beneficent.
1291. James II.,8uruanied the Just
1327. Alfonso IV.
1336. Peter IV., tbe Ceremonious.
1387. John I.
1395. Martin.
1410. [Interregnum.]
1412. Ferdinand the Just, king of Sicily.
1416. Alfonso v., tbe Wise.
1458. John II., king of Navarre, brother of Alfonso; d. 1479.
1479 Ferdinand II., the Catholic, the next heir; by marriage with
Isabella of Castile (styled the Catholic kings), the kingdoms
were united.
SPAIN.
MOUSE OK ARAGON.
1612. Ferdinand V. (Castile), II. (Aragon), having conquered Granada
and Navarre, becomes king of all Spain.
HOUSE OF HAPSBURO.
1616. Charles I., grandson, son of Joanna of Castile and Philip of
Austria (emperor of Germany, as Charles V., In 1519); re-
signed both crowns and retired to a monastery.
1666. Philip II., son, king of Naples and Sicily; a merciless bigot:
married Mary, queen regnant of England; died covered with
ulcers.
1698, Philip III., son, drove the Moors from Granada and the adja-
cent provinces.
1621. Philip IV., son; wars with the Dutch and French; lost Portu-
gal in 1640.
1665. Charles II., son; last of tbe Austrian line; nominated by will
his successor.
HOUSE OF BOURBON.
1700. Philip v., duke of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV. of France;
lience arose the '> War of the Succession," terminated by
the treaty of Utrecht in 1713; resigned.
1724. Louis I., son; reigned only a few months.
" Philip V. again.
1746. Ferdinand VI., the Wise, son; liberal and beneficent.
1759. Charles III., brother, king of the Two Sicilies, which he gave
to his third son, Ferdinand.
1788. Charles IV., son; the influence of Godoy, Prince of Peace,
reached to almost royal authority in this reign; Charles ab-
dicated in favor of his son in 1808, and d. in 1819.
1808. Ferdinand VIL, whom Napoleon also forced to abdicate.
HOUSE OF BONAPARTE.
1808. Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon; forced to abdicate.
HOUSE OF BOURBON RESTORED.
1813. Ferdinand VII. restored; married Maria Christina of Naples,
IJ Pec. 1829; d. 29 Dec. 1833; succeeded by
1833. Isabella IL, daughter (b. 10 Oct. 1830); declared of nge, 8 Nov.
1813 ; married her cousin, don Francis d'Assissi, 10 Oct.
1846; deposed, 30 Sept. 1868; separated from her husband,
Mch. 1870; and abdicated, 25 June, 1870, in favor of her son,
Alfonso, prince of Asturias (b. 28 Nov. 1857).
HOUSE OF SAVOY.
1870. Amadeo L (duke of Aosta, son of Victor Emmanuel IL, king
of Italy); b. 30 May, 1845 ; married Maria Victoria of Pozzo
della Cisterna, 30 May, 1867 ; accepted the crown offered him
by the Cortes, 4 Dec. 1870; abdicated, 11 Feb. 1873; d. at
Turin, aged 45, 18 Jan. 1890.
RErUBLIC.
1873. Executive of the Cortes.
" Estanislao Figiieras.
*' Nicolas Salmeron.
1874. Pi y Margall.
" Emilio Castelar.
HOUSE OF BOURBON.
1874- Alfonso XII., son of Isabella II. (b. 28 Nov. 1857); proclaimed
30 Dec. 1874; married, 1st, his cousin Mercedes, daughter of
the due de Montpensier (b. 24 June, 1860), 23 Jan. 1878; she
d. 26 June, 1878; 2d, archduchess Maria Christina of Austria
(b. 21 July, 1858), 29 Nov. 1879; d. 25 Nov. 1885.
1886. Alfonso XIII. ; b. 17 May, 1886.
CARLIST LEGITIMATE PRETENDERS.
(See above 1833 et seq.)
Carlos v., brother of Ferdinand VII. ; b. 29 Mch. 1788; d. 10 Mch.
1855.
Carlos VI., his son (conde de Montemolin); d. 14 Jan. 1861.
Carlos VII. (son of don Juan, brother of Carlos VI., who renounced
his right, 8 Jan. 1863); b. 30 Mch. 1848; see above* 1873-76.
Spala'tro or Spala'tO, a seaport city of Dalmatia,
the ancient Spalatum, and Salona. At his palace here, Dio-
756
SPA
I
cletian spent his last 9 years, and died July, 313. R. Adam
published the "Antiquities of Diocletian's Palace," 1764.
Spanish era or Era of the Caesars, is reck,
oned froDQ 1 Jan. 38 B.C., the year following the conquest of
Spain by Augustns. It was much used in Africa, Spain, and
the south of France; but by a synod held in 1180 was abol-
ished in all churches dependent on Barcelona. Pedro IV. of
Aragon abolished it in his dominions in 1350 ; John of Castile
in 1383. It was used in Portugal till 1415, if not till 1422.
The months and days of this era are identical with the Julian
calendar ; and to turn the time into our era, subtract 38 from
the year (if before the Christian era, 39).
(Spanish Fury, the. Antwerp.
Spanish grandees, the higher nobilit}', at one time
almost equal to kings of Castile and Aragon, and often defy-
ing these, were restrained in 1474 on the union of the crowns
by the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella, who expelled many
from the royal fortresses and domains. Charles V. reduced
the grandees to 16 families (Medina- Sidonia, Albuquerque,
etc.), dividing them into 3 classes.
Spanish lang^uag^e {lengua Castellana), derived
from a dialect of Latin mingled with Arabic, which was the
legal language till the 14th century. Spanish did not become
general till the 16th century. Literature.
Spanish main, the waters along the coast of South
America, formerly so called because frequented by the Spanish
vessels and somewhat under the jurisdiction of Spain.
Spanish Succession, War of the. When Charles
II. of Spain died in 1700, leaving no heir, 4 European powers,
France, Germany, Bavaria, and Savoy, with nearly equal
rights, claimed succession. The last two retiring left the dis-
pute to France and Germany ; war ensued (1702-13), and Eng-
land joined Germany. The French claimant, grandson of
Louis XIV., was finally acknowledged as Philip V. of Spain.
House of Bourbon. This war, although distinguished by the
achievements of the duke of Marlborough, earl of Peterborough,
and prince Eugene, was without advantage to England.
Sparta, the capital of Laconia or Lacedaemon, the most
considerable republic of the Peloponnesus, and the rival of
Athens. Though without walls, it resisted its enemies by the
valor, of its citizens for 8 centuries. Lelex is supposed to have
been first king. Lacedaemon, 4th king, and his wife Sparta,
were the legendary founders of the city named for them. The
Lacedaemonians were a nation of soldiers, and cultivated n
ther the arts or sciences, and paid but little attention to coi
merce or agriculture, all cultivation of the land being
formed by slaves. The early history is mythical.
Sparta founded (Pausanias) 1
Princes of Greece demand Helen in marriage ; she makes choice
of Menelaus of Mycenae 121
Helen, daughter of Zeus and of Leda, the wife of Tyndarus,
king of Sparta, stolen by Theseus, king of Athens, but re-
covered bj' her brothers Castor and Pollux 1
Paris, son of Priam, king of Troy, carries off Helen 1
Trojan war (Troy) 11!
After a war of 10 years, and a disastrous voyage of nearly 8,
Menelaus and Helen return to Sparta 117|
Kingdom seized by the Heraclid^ llf
Establishment of 2 kings, Eurysthenes and Procles, by their
father Aristodemus 11
Rule of Lycurgus, who establislies the senate, and enacts a
code of laws (Eusebius). (Mythical) 884-
Charilaus declares war against Polymnestor, king of Arcadia. . 848
Alcamenes, known by his apophthegms, makes war on the
Messenians 813
Nicander succeeds his father, Charilaus; war with the Argives, 800
Theopompus introduces the Ephori about 757
War against the Messenians ; Amphia taken 743
Parthenise, sons of virgins, without the marriage rite : . 733
Battle of Ithome ; Messenians beaten
Ithome taken; the Messenians become vassals to Sparta, and
the war of 19 years ends
Parthenise, becoming a class, conspire with Helots to take
Sparta 707
Conspiracy discovered, the Partheuiae sent to colonize Taren-
tum 706
Messenians revolt, and league with Elis, Argos, and Arcadia,
against the Lacedaemonians. (This war lasted 14 years) 685
Carnian festivals instituted 675
Messenians settle in Sicily 669
War with the Argives, and celebrated battle between 300 select
heroes of each nation 547
War with Athens 505
Spartans resist the king of Persia 4^91
SPA
States of Greece unite against the Persians
Leonidas. with 300 Spartans, withstands the Persians at the de-
file of THERMOPYL^
Pausanias, king, defeats the Persians at Platsea
He is put to death for treason; the Greeks choose an Athenian
general
Earthquake at Sparta destroys 30,000 persons ; rebellion of the
Helots
Sparta joins Macedon against Athens
Plataea taken by the Spartans
Spartans, under Agis, enter Attica, and lay waste the country,
Agis (king 427) defeats Argives and Mantina?ans
Lacedaemonian fleet, under Mindarus, defeated at Cyzicum,
and Mindarus slain
Spartans, defeated by land and at sea, sue for peace, which is
denied by the Athenians
Reign of Pausanias
Athenians defeated at jEgospotami by I-ysander
Athens taken by him ; end of Peloponnesian war.^.
[Sparta at the height of its power.]
Agesilaus (king 398) enters Lydia,
Athenians, Thebans, Argives, and Corinthians league against
the Spartans; Corinthian war begins
Lysander killed at Haliartus
Agesilaus defeats the allies at Coronea
Lacedsemonian fleet, under Peisander, defeated by Conon, Athe-
nian commander, near Cnidos
Peace of Antalcidas
Thebans drive the Spartans from Cadmea
Spartans lose dominion of the seas; their fleet destroyed by
Timotheus
Spartans defeated at Leuctra
Epaminondas, heading 50,000 Thebans, appears before Sparta..
Battle of Mantinea; the Thebans victors 27 June,
Philip of Macedon overcomes Sparta
Pyrrhus defeated before Sparta
Agis IV. endeavors to revive the laws of Lycurgus
Leonidas II. vacates the throne, and flies
Recalled ; becomes sole sovereign ; Agis killed
Reign of Cleomenes III., the son of Leonidas
He re-establishes most of the laws of Lycurgus
Antigonus defeats Cleomenes, and enters Sparta
Cleomenes retires to Egypt
Spartans murder the Ephori
Machanidas, king, abolishes the Ephori
He is defeated and slain by Philopoemen, praetor of the Achae-
an league
Cruel government of Nabis
Romans besiege Sparta; Nabis sues for peace
jEtolians seize Sparta; Nabis assassinated
Laws of Lycurgus abolished
Sparta, under protection of Rome, again the leading state
Taken by Alaric
Taken by Mahomet II
Burned by Sigismund Malatesta
Rebuilt at Misitra; Sparta is now part
757
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■ Greece.
378
376
371
369
362
344
294
244
243
241
236
225
222
221
210
207
197
192
188
147
A.D.
396
1460
1463
1894
^partacus'§ im^urrection (or Servile war).
Spartacus was a noble Thracian, who served in an auxiliary-
corps of the Roman arnay. Having deserted and been appre-
hended, he was reduced to slavery and made a gladiator.
With some companions he made his escape; collected a body
of slaves and gladiators, 73 B.C. ; ravaged southern Italy ; and
defeated 4 consular armies sent against him. Knowing the
impossibility of successfully resisting the republic alone, he
endeavored to conduct his forces into Gaul, there to invite
Sertorius from Spain to join him ; had this plan succeeded it
would have endangered the republic, but his undisciplined
followers compelled him to relinquish it and move towards
Rome, when he was met by Crassus, his forces defeated, and
himself slain, 71 b.c.
" {^paimodic §chool" of poetrj-, a name sarcas-
tically given to Alex. Smith, Sydney Dobell (d. Aug. 1874),
Gerald Massey, and others (precursors of Morris, Algernon
Swinburne, and Rossetti, sarcastically termed the "fleshly
school"), ridiculed by prof. Aytoun in his "Firrailian," pub.
1854.
§peakers of the IIou§e of Commons.
Peter cte Montford, afterwards killed at the battle of Evesham,
was the first speaker, 45 Hen. HI. 1260; sir Thos. Hungerford
is said to have been the first named " speaker," 1372 ; but sir
Peter de la Mare is supposed to have been the first regular
speaker, 50 Edw. HI. 1376.
speakers of the House of Representa-
tives of the United States.
" Speaker's Commentary." This edition of
the Bible, with a re.vised text and a commentary by bishops
and other theologians, edited by F. C, Cook, was planned, it is
said, by John Evelyn Denison, speaker of the House of Com-
mons, to refute the interpretations of dr. Colenso, and was an-
nounced in Nov. 1863. The publication began in 1871.
speaking'-trumpet, a conical flaring mouth-tube
employed in intensifying the sound of the voice, used in giv-
ing commands to persons at a distance, etc. One is said to
have been used by Alexander, 335 b.c. One was constructed
from Kircher's description by Saland, 1652 ; philosophically
explained and brought into notice by Morland, 1670.
spear, one of the most ancient weapons of war or hunt-
ing, consisting at first of a pointed wooden, then stone, after-
wards bronze, and lastly iron or steel blade on a long shaft,
similar to the Pike.
special or extra sessions of Congress.
United States.
species. Much controversy among naturalists arose in
consequence of the publication, in 1859, of Charles Darwin's
" Origin of Species," containing proof that all the various
species of animals were not created at one time, but have been
gradually developed by what he terms "natural selection"
and the struggle for life in which the strong overcome the
weak. " This preservation of favorable individual differences
and variations, and the destruction of those which are injuri-
ous, I have called natural selection or the survival of the fit-
test."— Darwin.
The idea of evolution wa8j)ut forth by Lamarck in his "Philosophie
Zoologique," 1809. Similar views appear in " Vestiges of Crea-
tion," 1844. Mr. Darwin says that he infers " from analogy that
probably all the organic beings which have ever lived on the earth
have descended from some one primordial form, into which life
was first breathed by the Creator. " (Development, Evolution.)
Prof. G. J. Romanes's elaborate work, " Darwin and After Dar-
win," was pub. 1892. Literature.
specific gravities. Elements, Weights.
spectacles, an optical instrument used to assist or to
correct defects of vision, unknown to the ancients, are gener-
ally supposed to have been invented by Alexander de Spina,
a monk of Florence, in Italy, about 1285. According to dr.
Plott they were invented by Roger Bacon, about 1280. Manni
attributes them to Salvino, who died 1317. On his tomb at
Florence is the inscription, " Qui giace Salvino degli Armati,
inventore degli occhiali : Dio gli perdoni le peccata " (" Here
lies Salvino degli Armati, inventor of spectacles : may God
pardon his sins").
" Spectator," a periodical. The first number appeared
in London on 1 Mch. 1711 ; the last was No. 635, 20 Dec. 1714.
The papers by Addison have one of the letters C. L. I. O. at the
end. Most of the other papers are by sir Richard Steele ; a few
by Hughes, Budgell, Eusden, Miss Shephard, and others. The
Spectator newspaper (philosophical, whig), begun 5 July, 1828.
spec'troscope, an instrument for the forming and
examining of spectra. Its invention grew out of sir Isaac
Newton's discovery of the solar spectrum, followed up by
Wollaston's experiments, 1802, and by Fraunhofer, 1814-15.
The instrument was greatly improved by profs. Kirchhoff and
Bunsen in 1859 as a means of chemical analysis. Spectrum.
spec'trum, the image of the sun or any luminous body
formed on a wall or screen, by a beam of light received
through a small hole or slit, and refracted by a prism. The
colors thus produced were regarded by Newton as 7: red,
orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. The phenom-
ena were first explained by Newton, whose " Optics" was pub-
lished in 1704. By many physicists, only 3 primary colors
are recognized: by Maj'er (1775), red, yellow, and blue; by
dr. Thomas Young (1801), red, green, and violet; by prof.
Clerk Maxwell (I860), red, green, and blue. As the color of a
flame varies according to the substance burned in it, so the
spectrum varies. This fact was applied to chemical analysis
by profs. Bunsen and Kirchhoff (1860), who have discovered
2 new metals, and ascertained the presence of many sub-
stances in the atmosphere of the sun and stars, and even in
the nebulae, by comparing their spectra with those artificially
produced by burning iron, sodium, and other substances. For
invisible ra3^s, Calorkscence, Fluorescence.
Fraunhofer's lines. In 1802 dr. Wollaston observed several dark
lines in the solar spectrum ; in 1815 Joseph Fraunhofer constructed
a map of 590 lines or dark bands. Brewster and others have in-
creased the number to more than 2000.
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FMC Talbot observed tHe orange line of strontium In the spectTumln
18'ifi- sir David Brewster other linos, lrt:»»-42-4J. In I8bi-<wl
wSrani Huggins analysed the light of the tlxed 8t»r8aud uebul*;
and in 1H65 dr. Bence Jonos, by siHsciruni analyses, delected mi
nuto quaulities of meUls in the living body, introduced a few
muiutes |)reviou8ly. , , , -luro
Spwirosioplc society in Italy pub. a Journal early in 1872
I^M-on de BoislNiudrau'8 " S|K;ctre8 humineux ". . . . . . . . . . .... 1874
Ox vKon detected in the solar system by dr. Draper of New \ork, 1877
Sptvtra of the sturs phoiographwl by dr. Draper of New \ork,
1872; that of a comet's Uil ..• 1881
H.Schellen-8 "Si)ectral Analyse." pub. 1870; new edition. . .••1883
H. Roscoe's "Spectrum .Analysis ' pub.. 1867-S5
Expermients of prof. Dewar and others have shown that the
"spectra of various gases are affected by temperature aiid
pressure
*' Spec'ulum Hu'manae." Books, Printing.
sphere, an orb, a globe, a solid or volume bounded by
a surface every point of which is equally distant from its cen-
tral point. Celestial and terrestrial spheres and sun-dials
are said to have been invented by Anaximander, 652 b.c. ; and
the arraillary sphere by Eratosthenes, about 225 b.c. The
planetarium was constructed by Archimedes before 212 b.c.
Pythagoras maintained that the motions of the 12 spheres
must produce delightful sounds, inaudible to mortals, which he
called the music of the spheres.
Sphinx, The Great, near the Great Pyramid of Ghizeh,
hewn of solid granite, represents the crouching body of a lion
with the head of a man. The body is 14G feet long from
shoulders to rump ; the fore-part, including the neck and head,
100 feet high, the head being 28 feet 6 inches ; the fore-legs
and paws 35 feet long. Made about the time of the Great
Pyramid. Egypt, IV. Dynasty.
sphyg'mograph (from the Gr. a(pvyn6g, a pulsa-
tion), an instrument for recording the action of the pulse, in-
vented by E. J. Marey,of Paris, and described by him in 1863.
ipin'et, a keyed musical instrument, resembling a clavi-
chord, used in the 17th century; a modification of the ViK-
GiNAL. Bull, Gibbons, Purcell, and especially Doraenico Scar-
latti composed for this instrument.
spinning, the drawing out and twisting into threads
either by the hand or by machinery. The first spinning was
done by tiie spindle and distaff, and was ascribed by the an-
cients to Minerva, the goddess of wisdom. Areas, king of
Arcadia, taught his subjects the art about 1500 b.c. Tradi-
tion reports that Lucretia with her maids was found spinning
when her husband Collatinus visited her from the camp; that
the wife of Tarquin was an excellent spinner, and that a gar-
ment made by her, worn by Servius Tullius, was preserved
in the temple of Fortune. Cotton was spun by the hand
spinning-wheel, probably erroneously stated to have been in-
vented at Nuremberg about 1530, till 1767, when Hargreaves,an
ingenious mechanic, near Blackburn, Engl., made a spinning-
jenny, with 8 spindles, and also erected the first carding-
machine, with cylinders. Arkwright's machine for spinning
by water was an extension of the principle of Hargreaves ;
but he also applied a large and small roller to expand the
thread, for which he took out a patent in 1769. At first he
worked his machinery by horses ; but in 1771 he built a mill
on the stream of the Derwent, at Cromford. In 1774-79,
Crompton invented the Mulk.
Spino'zaism. Philosophy.
Spires (splrz), capital of Rhenish Bavaria. The German
emperors held many diets at Spires after 1309, and it was the
seat of the imperial chamber till 1688, when the city was burned
by the French, and not rebuilt till after the peace of Ryswick, in
1697. The diet to condemn the reformers was held at Spires,
called there by the emperor Charles V., 1529. It was taken
by the French in 1792, and again in 1794. Protestants.
spirit-level. A straight bar, enclosing on its upper
side a slightly curved glass tube containing alcohol (whence
the name). In use by carpenters, masons, surveyors, etc. The
invention is ascribed to J. Melchisedec Thevenot, who first
described it at Paris, 15 Nov. 1666. Thevenot died 1692.
spirits. Distillation. In all nations spirituous liquors
have been considered as a proper subject of heav}' taxation.
Alcohol, Brandy. The number of gallons of distilled spirits
produced in the United States, 1890, was 111,101,738; 1891,
768
SPI
117,186,114. Internal - revenue receipts for the fiscal j'ear
ending 30 June, 1890, $81,682,970.
spirituarism or spirit'ism, a word applied to the
belief that certain phenomena or visible manifestations of
power are produced by the spirits of the dead. These phe-
nomena have been witnessed and commented upon in all ages;
notable instances within the last 250 years at Woodstock,
1649 ; at Tedworth, 1661 ; at the Epworth parsonage, in the
family of Mr. Wesley, the father of John Wesley, the founder
of Methodism ; the case of the Cock-lank ghost, in London;
at Sunderland, at the residence of Mr. Jobson, 1839 (all these
in England). The Fox sisters in the United States, 1848
(noted below), and, as some suppose, in the Salem Witch-
craft cases of 1692. They have been attributed to diabol-
ical agencies. It is claimed that under favorable circum-
stances, by a force apparently residing in the subject itself,
and with no external source, inanimate objects (articles of
furniture, etc.) are moved, rappings are heard, articles disap-
pear from one closed apartment to appear in another, writing
is produced purporting to be by spirits of the dead, and ap-
paritions of the dead are recognized by voice and feature.
Multitudes of people, including many of education and intel-
ligence, have embraced the vague beliefs taught by profes-
sional mediums; but the teachers have never agreed upon
any coherent system of doctrine, nor have their practices been
satisfactorily distinguished from delusion and imposture by
scientific tests. Emmanuel Swedenborg (1668-1772) asserted
his intelligent communion with departed spirits and his di-
rect knowledge of a spiritual world, reciting at length his
detailed personal experience. The more recent forms of spir-
itualism may be said to have begun in Hydeville, Wayne
county, N. Y., in 1848, when the daughters of John D. Fox,
Margaret (1834-93) and Kate (1836-92), first practised what
is known as "spirit-rappings." From Hydeville, Fox soon
after removed to Rochester. The excitement aroused by the
rappings soon spread far and wide. Many " mediums " arose
professing similar powers. Andrew Jackson Davis pub. " Prin-
ciples of Nature," etc., 1845, said to have dictated to the rev.
William Fishbough in New York city, while the author was
in a clairvoyant or trance state ; many other works since on
a variety of subjects, all ascribed to spirit dictation, but of
no scientific value. Judge John W. Edmonds of New York
(1799-1874) adopted the belief in 1851, and pub. a work on
"Spiritualism," 1853-55, as did dr. Robert Hare (1781-1858)
of Philadelphia, who pub. (1855) "Spiritual Manifestations
Scientifically Demonstrated ;" among other noted persons who
have avowed their belief that the phenomena are of spirit
origin are dr. Robert Chambers, Robert Owen (1771-1858),
and his son, Robert Dale Owen, all of whom have written on
the subject. Of the many " mediums " (channels of com-
munications), none ever attained to the celebrity, as a me-
dium of this power, of Daniel D. Home (b. 1833 ; d. harm-
lessly insane, 1886 ; pub. " Incidents of My Life," 1863). A
society termed " I'he London Societj'^ for Psychical Research,"
was ft>unded in 1882, under the presidency of prof. H. Sidg-
wick of Cambridge university, for the purpose of investigat-
ing that large group of debatable phenomena known as mes-
meric, hypnotic, psychic, and spiritualistic. Reports of a large
number of varied and careful experiments in induced tele-
pathic communication are published in their " Proceedings;"
branches of this society have been established elsewhere,
notably in the U. S. In this connection also an intern^^jtonal
congress of experimental psychology has been formed: 1st
meeting, held in Paris,1889 ; 2d, at University college, Lon-
don, 1893 ; the next, the 3d, to be held at Munich in 1896 In
a report of this congress, 1893, it was stated that in a census
of hallucinations undertaken by 410 members of the congress,
17,000 answers were obtained from Great Britain, France,
America, Germany, etc., to the question, " Have you ever, while
in good health and believing yourself to be awake, seen the
figure of a person or animated object, or heard a voice which
was not in your view referable to any external physical cause?"
The answers in the negative numbered 15,311, and those in
the affirmative 1689; out of these latter, after careful investi-
gation, the committee classed 348 as actual apparitions of
living persons, 155 of dead people, 273 as unrecognized. A
remarkable class of cases was that of collective apparitions,
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the same hallucination being experienced by 2 or more per-
sons at the same time and place. Some hold that all psychic
phenomena, normal and abnormal, whether manifested as
mesmerism, hypnotism, somnambulism, trance, spiritism, de-
monology or witchcraft, genius or insanity, are in a way re-
lated, and are to be classed under some general law of nature
yet to be discovered, which will withdraw them from the do-
main of the supernatural.
Spitz'bergfeil, an archipelago in the Arctic ocean,
discovered in 1553 by sir Hugh Willoughby, who called it
Greenland, supposing it part of the western continent. In
1595 Barentz and Cornelius, 2 Dutchmen, pretending to be
original discoverers, visited and called it Spitzbergen, or sharp
mountains, from its many sharp-pointed and rocky mountains.
Phipps.
SI>OIltaiieou§ COmbUitiOll of the human body,
declared by chemists impossible, although many cases are re-
ported. The case of the countess of Gorlitz, 1847, disproved
by confession of her murderer, Mch. 1850.
§poiltaiieoU§ g^eiieratioil. The origin of in-
fusorial animalcules developed during putrefaction, etc., has
been warmly debated b\' naturalists. Spallanzani (about 1760),
and especially M. Pasteur and others of later times, assert that
germs endowed with organic life exist in the atmosphere.
Needham (about 1747), and especially M. Pouchet and his
friends in our day, assert that these germs are spontaneously
formed of organic molecules. Pouchet's " Heterogenie" ap-
peared in 1859 ; Bastian's " Beginnings of Life," 1872. The
researches of prof. Tyndall, supporting Pasteur, and opposing
Bastian, were published 1876-78. " Spontaneous generation "
(also termed generatio cequivoca and epigenesis) has been fur-
ther disproved b]||jthe microscopic investigations of the rev.
W. H. Dallinger, 1875-78. He found germs to stand much
greater heat than perfect organisms.
sporting^ newspapers. Newspapers.
sports and g'ames. The fullest development of
ancient sports and games obtained among the Greeks, usually
as a part of religious observances. (Olympian games, also
Pythian, Isthmian, and Nkmean.) The Bacchanalia were
introduced into Greece from Egypt. Chariot races, gladiato-
rial combats', naval battles, etc., were held in the Circus Max-
imus at Rome (Ciucus) and at the Coliseum. In England,
the first " Book of Sports," under the title, " The King's Maj-
estie's Declaration to His Subjects Concerning Lawful Sports,"
to be used on Sundays after evening prayers, was published
by king James I., 24 May, 1618, and led to long and bitter
controversy among English divines (Sabbatakians). The
book was ordered burned by the hangman, and the sports were
suppressed by Parliament.
PRINCIPAL SPOUTS AND GAMES OF AMERICA AND ENGLAND.
(For history, etc., of each, see under their various titles.)
Angling.
Archery.
Backgammon.
Bagatelle.
Base-ball.
Bicycling.
Billiards.
Bowling.
Boxing.
Cards.
Checkers (Draughts).
Chess.
Cricket.
Croquet.
Curling.
Dice.
Dominos.
Draughts.
Falconry.
Ffincing.
Foot-ball.
Fox-hunting (Hunting).
Golf.
Hawking.
Hunting.
Ice yachting (Sailing).
Lacrosse.
Lawn-tennis.
Pedestrianism.
Polo.
Prize-fighting (Boxing).
Quoits.
Horse-racing.
Rowing.
Sailing.
Skating.
Stag hunting (Hunting).
Swimming.
Tennis.
Trap-shooting.
"Whist.
Yachting (Sailing).
Spottsylvania, Va., Battle of. Grant's campaign
m Virginia.
I^prillgfiel d, N. J., burned by the British troops. New
Jbrsky, 1780.
spurs. Anciently knights were distinguished by wear-
ing gilt spurs (eques au7-atus) from esquires with silver ones.
2 sorts of spurs seem to have been in use at the time of the
Conquest, one called a pryck, with a single point, the other a
number of larger points. Spurs nearly of the present kind
came into use about 1400.
^purs, Battle of. Henry VIII. of England, the emperor
Maximilian, and the Swiss, in 1513, made an offensive alli-
ance against France. Henry VIII. landed at Calais in the
month of July, and soon formed an army of 30,000 men. He
was joined by the emperor with a good corps of horse and
some foot, as a mercenary to the king of England, who al-
lowed him a hundred ducats a day for his table ! They in-
vested Terotienne with an army of 50,000 men ; and the due
de Longueville, marching to its relief, was signally defeated
on 16 Aug., at Guinegate. This battle was called' the battle
of Spurs, because the French used their spurs more than their
swords. The English king laid siege to Tournay, which sub-
mitted in a few <\&ys.—Henault. Courtrai.
squatter sovereignty. Popular sovereigntv.
Squire's L^etters. Literature, Forgeries of.
SS, A S3'mbol of unknown antiquity worn on the collars
of the superior judges and lord mayors in England; formerly
by persons attached to the royal household and others. It
was assumed bj- certain classes, never bestowed, and had no
connection with heraldry. — Stormonth. Some writers consider
the symbol to be in honor of St. Simplicius, a martyr; oth-
ers, an adaptation of the widely spread and mysterious sym-
bol of the entwined or gontorted serpent, having the head and
tail hanging downwards. On legal documents, SS. or ss.
(silicet) means, to wit, namely.
Sta'bat Ifla'ter, a Latin hymn, by Jacopone, 14th
century, sung during Passion week in Catholic churches. Kos-
sini's music to this hymn (1842) is often performed.
Stade dues. At a castle near the town of Stade, in
Hanover, certain dues on goods were charged by the Hano-
verian government. The British government settled these
dues in 1844. They were resisted by the Americans in 1855,
and were abolished in June, 1861. Great Britain paid 160,-
000^. as her share of the compensation (3,000,000/.).
Stadt 'holder. Holland.
Stage-coaches, so called from the stages or inns at
which the coaches stopped to refresh and change horses. —
Bailey. The custom of running stage-coaches in England
was introduced from the Continent, but in what year the first
stage run is not known, probablj-^ in the latter part of the 16th
or early in the 17th century. Introduced into Scotland in
1610 by Henry Anderson, running between Edinburgh and
Leith. In 1659 the Coventrj' coach is referred to, and in
1661 the Oxford stage-coach. By the middle of the 18th
century the stage-coach was in extensive use. In 1767 the
London and Manchester stage-coach made the trip, 187 miles,
in 3 days regularly, afterwards reduced to 19 hours, and the
London and Edinburgh stage-coach ultimately made the dis-
tance between these cities, 400 miles, in 40 hours, including
all stops, etc., the roads being excellent, the coaches and ser-
vice admirable, and the number of horses equal to the number
of miles, namely 400, and the relays frequent. The first mail-
coach was set up at Bristol, by John Palmer, 2 Aug. 1784. In
the U. S. the first stage was run between New York city and
Boston, 1732, probably not regularly and not long continued.
In 1756 there was 1 stage-coach running between New York citj'^
and Philadelphia, distance 90 miles, time 3 days. In 1765 a
second stage-coach was put on. In 179^* he line was increased
to 4 coaches, and in 1811 there were 4 coaches each way daily.
The 1st line, named the " Expedition," from Philadelphia to
Paulus Hook— time, 12 hours ; fare, #8.00. 2d, "The Diligence"
— time, 26 hours; fare, fo.oO. 3(1, "Accommodation," left Phila-
delphia at 10 a.m., stopping overnight at Brunswick, N. J., ar-
riving at Paulus Hook 12 m. next day ; fare, $4.50. 4th, " Mail
Coach," left Philadelphia 1 p.m., travelled all night, arrived at
Paulus Hook at 6 a.m. At this time the coaches were poorly
constructed for 8 to 10 passengers, each passenger allowed 14
pounds of luggage free — 150 pounds the extent. In later years
the stage-coach was improved, but was never agreeable, as the
roads were always bad, except in the finest weather.
Stag'irite. Aristotle, under Philosophy.
Staked Plains or Llano £staca'do, exten-
sive table-lands in western Texas and eastern New Mexico,
STA
760
STA
whoee surface, gently undulating, is destitute of wood and
water; vegetation v"er>' scanty. The name is derived from
the abundant growth of the Yucca aUr/oUa, or " Spanish
daggers," tite naked stenoa of which, growing to the height
of 10 feet, resemble stakes.
StuHvart. Political parties.
Stilllirord-Bridirc, York, Engl. In 1066, Tostig,
brother of Harold II., rebelled against his brother and joined
the invading army of Harold llardrada, king of Norway.
They defeated the northern earls, Edwin and Morcar, and
took York, but were defeated at Stamford - Bridge by Har-
old, 25 Sept., and were both slain. The loss by this battle
no doubt led to Harold's defeat at Hastings, 14 Oct. follow-
ing.
Stamp act of 1765. State records, United
Staths.
8tninp-dlltie§ in England. By 22 and 23 Charles IT.
(1670-71), duties were imposed on certain legal documents.
In 1694 a duty was imposed upon paper, vellum, and parch-
ment. The stamp-duty on newspapers began 1711, and every
year added to the list of articles paying stamp-duty.
Stamp act, which led to the Revolution, passed 22 Mch. 1765;
repealed iu 1766
Stamp-duties in Ireland commenced 1774
Stamps on notes and bills of exchange in 1782
Stamp-duties produced in England 3,126,535^ 1800
[Many alterations made in 1853 and 1857. In June, 1855,
tlie stamp duty on newspapers was abolished; the stamp on
them being henceforth for postal purposes.]
In July and Aug. 1854, 19,115,000 newspaper stamps were is-
sued ; in the same months only 6,870,000 in 1855
Drafts on bankers to be stamped 1858
Additional stamp-duties were enacted in 1860 (on leases, bills
of exchange, dock warrants, extracts from registers of births,
etc.); on leases, licenses to house agents, etc.) 1861
Stamp-duties reduced in 1864-65
All fees payable in the superior courts of law, after 31 Dec.
1865, are to be collected by stamps, by an act passed in June,
1865; also in Public Record office 1868
144,623,014 inland revenue penny stamps sold, besides other
stamps 1869
By the Stamp acts, 10 Aug. 1870, newspaper stamps were abol-
ished after. lOct. 1870
New stamp-duties imposed; came into effect 1 Jan. 1871
One -penny receipt and postage stamps used for each other
after. 1 June, 1881
Stamp-duties imposed on foreign or colonial share certificates,
bonds, etc., by custom act 1888
AMOUNT OF STAMP - DUTIES
RECEIVED
KINGDOM.
1840 £6,726,817
1845 7,710,683
1850 6,558,332
1855 6,805,605
1860 8,040,091
1865 9,542,645
1870 9,288,553
IN THE UNITED
1876 £11,002,000
1881 11,933,114
1882 12,348,175
1883 11,691,025
1885 11,886,185
1889 12,270,000
1891 13,460,000
§tandarcl for gold and silver in England fixed by law,
1300. Standard gold is 22 parts out of 24 of pure gold, the
other 2 parts, or carats, being silver or copper. The standard
of silver is 11 oz. 2 dwts. of fine silver alloyed with 18 dwts.
of copper, or 37 parts out of 40 pure silver, and 3 parts copper.
In 1300 these 12 oz. of silver were coined into 20 shillings ; in
1412 the}' were coined into 30 shillings; and in 1527 into 45
shillings. In 1545, Henry VIII. coined 6 oz. of silver and 6
oz. of alloy into 48 shillings; and the next year he coined 4
oz. of silver and 8 oz. of alloy into the same sura. Elizabeth,
in 1560, restored the old standard in 60 shillings, and in 1601
in 62 shillings. It is now 66 shillings. The standard pro-
portion of silver to gold at the royal mint is 15^ to 1. The
standard of plate and silver manufactures was affirmed, 6 Geo.
1. 1719 et seq. Coin, Gold, Goldsmiths, Silver.
Standard, Battle of the. Northallerton.
Standard measures. In the reign of Edgar, a law
was made in England to prevent frauds arising from the di-
versity of measures, and to establish a legal standard measure
in every part of his dominions. The standard vessels made by
order of the king were deposited in the city of Winchester, and
hence originated the term " Winchester measure " of the time
of Henry VII. (1487). The bushel so made is still preserved
in the museum of that cit}'. Henry I. also, to prevent frauds
in the measurement of cloth, ordered a standard yard of the
length of his arm to be deposited at Winchester, with the |
standard measures of king Edgar. The Guildhall contains
the standard measures of succeeding sovereigns. -—Ciunden.
The standard weights and measures were settled by Parlia-
ment in 1824. The pound troy was to be 5760 grains, and
the pound avoirdupois 7000 grains. The " Standard yard of
1760,"' in the custody of the clerk of the House of Commons,
was declared to be the imperial standard yard and the unit
of measures of extension. This standard, supposed to have
been burned at the fire of the parliament-house, 1834 (since
discovered, Jul}', 1891, in the Journal office), a new commis-
sion was appointed to reconstruct it; and researches Cor this
purpose, in conformity with the act, which directed the com-
parison of the standard with a pendulum vibrating seconds of
time in the latitude of London, were begun by Francis Baily
(d. in 1844), continued by the rev. R. Sheepshanks till his
death in 1855, and completed by G. B. Airy, astronomer royal.
In 1855 was passed "An Act for Legalizing and Preserving
Lost Standards of Weights and Measures." The parliament-
ary copies of the standard pound and yard are deposited at
the Royal observatory, Greenwich. The Standard Weights
and Measures act was passed Aug. 1866. The Standard Com-
mission published reports, 1866 et seq.
Standard time. Chiefly for the convenience of
railroads in the United States a standard of time was estab-
lished by mutual agreement in 1883, on principles first sug-
gested by Charles F. Dowd, of Saratoga Springs, New York,
by which trains are run and local time regulated. The U. S.,
beginning at its extreme eastern limit and extending to the
Pacific coast, is divided into 4 time-sections : eastern, central,
mountain, and Pacific. The eastern section, the time of which
is that of the 75th meridian, lies between the Atlantic ocean
and an irregular line drawn from Detroit, Mich., to Charleston,
S. C. The central, the time of which is that tff the 90th merid-
ian, includes all between the last-named line and an irregular
line from Bismarck, N. Dak., to the mouth of the Rio Grande.
The mountain, the time of which is that of the 105th merid-
ian, includes all between the last-named line and the western
boundary of Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona. The Pacific,
the time of which is that of the 120th meridian, includes all
between the last-named line and the Pacific coast. The dif-
ference in time between adjoining sections is 1 hour. Thus,
when it is 12 o'clock noon in New York city (eastern time), it
is 11 o'clock A.M. (central time) at Chicago, and 10 o'clock
A.M. at Denver (mountain time), and at San Francisco, 9
o'clock A.M. (Pacific time). The true local time of any place
is slower or faster than the standard time as the place is east
or west of the time meridian ; thus, the true local time at
Boston, Mass., is 16 minutes faster than eastern standard
time, while at Buffalo, N. Y., it is 16 minutes slower, the
75th time meridian being half-way between Boston and Buf-
falo. Local time and standard time agree at Denver, Col., as
Denver is on the 105th meridian, that of the mountain section.
standards, a flag or ensign round which men rally or
unite for a common purpose; also an emblem of nationality.
The practice of an army using standards dates from the ear-
liest times. The emblem of the cross on standards and shields
is diie to the asserted miraculous appearance of a cross to Con-
stantine, previous to his battle with Maxentius; Eusebius says
that he received this statement from the emperor himself, 312.
The standard was named laharum. For the celebrated French
standard, Auriflamme. The British imperial standard was
first hoisted on the Tower of London, and on Bedford tower,
Dublin, and displayed by the Foot Guards, on the union of
the kingdoms, 1 Jan. 1801. Banners, Flags, Sacred
standard.
starch is a sediment falling when wheat is steeped in
water; it is soft and friable, easily broken into powder, and is
used to stiffen and clear linen, with blue ; its powder is used
on the hair. The art of starching linen was brought into
England by Mrs. Dinghein, a Flemish woman, 1 Mary, 1553.
— Stow. Patents for obtaining starch from other substances
have been taken out : from potatoes by Samuel Newton and
others, in 1707 ; from the horse-chestnut by William Murray,
in 1796; from rice by Thomas Wickham, in 1823; from va-
rious matters by Orlando Jones, in 1839-40.
Star-chamber, Court of. So called from its roof
STA
beiiis garnished with stars.— Cole. This court of justice was
called Star-chamber, not from the stars on its roof (which
were obliterated even before the reign of queen Elizabeth),
but from the Starra, or Jewish covenants, deposited there by
order of Richard I. No star was allowed to be valid except
found in those repositories, and here they remained till the
banishment of the Jews by PZdward I. The court was insti-
tuted or revived, 3 Hen. VII. 1486, for trials by a committee
of the privy council, which was in violation of Magna Charta,
as it dealt with civil and criminal causes unfettered by the
rules of law. In Charles I.'s reign it punished several bold
innovators, who gloried in their sufferings, and contributed to
render government odious and contemptible. It was abolished
in 1640. There were in this court from 26 to 42 judges, the
lord chancellor having the casting vote.
^tar of India, a new order of knighthood for India,
instituted by letters-patent 23 Feb., gazetted 25 June, 1861,
and enlarged in 1866. Motto, " Heaven's light our guide." It
comprised the sovereign, the grandmaster, 25 knights (Euro-
peans and natives), and extra or honorary knights, such as
the prince-consort, the prince of Wales, etc. Queen Victoria
invested several knights on 1 Nov. 1861. The prince of
Wales held a grand chapter at Calcutta, 1 Jan. 1876.
Star-rOUte§, routes on which contracts for carrying
the United States mail are made upon bids which do not
specify the mode of conveyance, but simply offer to carry the
mails regularly, safely, and expeditiously. Such bids are re-
garded by the post-office department as inferior to those which
specifv railroad, steamboat, or four-horse-coach conveyance;
but as superior to those which specify only horseback carriers.
In 1881 second assistant postmaster-general Thomas J.Brady,
ex-senator Stephen W. Dorsey of Arkansas, and others, were
accused of conspiracy to defraud the U. S. government in the
management of these routes. They were brought to trial 1
June, 1882; 1st trial closed 11 Sept., jury not agreeing; 2d
trial began 4 Dec. 1882, closed 11 June, 1883. V^erdict, not
guilty as indicted. United SrArKS.
§tar§, the fixed. Each of those luminous points which
the unassisted sight reveals to us by thousands in the vault of
heaven, which the telescope shows by millions in the depths
of space, shines with its own light, and may be a source of
light and heat to a planetary system similar to ours. They
were classed in constellations, it is supposed, about 1200 b.c.
Hicetas, of Syracuse, taught that tlie sun and the stars are
motionless, and that the earth moves round them, about 344
B.C. (this is mentioned by Cicero, and perhaps gave the first
hhit of this system to Copernicus). Job, Hesiod, and Homer
mention several of the constellations. The Royal library at
Paris contains a Chinese chart of the heavens, made about 600
B.C., in which 1460 stars are correctly inserted. The aberra-
tion of the stars was discovered by dr. Bradley, 1727. Maps
of the stars were published by the Society for the Diffusion
of Useful Knowledge in 1839, and a set of celestial maps, is-
sued under the superintendence of the Royal Prussian acad-
emy, was completed in 1859. The stars are classed according
to apparent magnitude, those visible to the naked eye forming
the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th magnitude.
The following is a list of 20 of the most brilliant stars
which are commonly regarded as of first magnitude in the
order of brightness :
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ESTIMATED DISTANCE OF SOME OF THE FIXED STARS FROM
THE EARTH.
[Arranged in the order of nearness, the parallax, etc.; the distance in multiples
of the sun's distance, 91,400,000 miles, and estimating the movement of light at
186,000 miles per second.]
Name. Constellation.
11. Aldebaran Taurus.
12. Beta(/3) Centaurus.
13. Alpha (u) Crux.
U. Antares Scorpion.
15. Altair Aquila.
16. Spica Virgo.
17. Fomalhaut Piscis Aust.
18. Beta (/3) Crux.
19. Pollux Gemini.
20. Regulus Leo.
Argelander gives the number of stars of the
Name. Constellation.
1. Sirius Canis Major.
2. Canopus Argo.
• 3. Alpha (a) Centaurus.
4. Arcturus BoOtes.
5. Rigel Orion.
6. Capella Auriga.
7. Vega I-yra.
8. Procyou Canis Minor,
9. Eb'telgeuse Orion.
10. Achernar Eridiinus.
1st magnitude as.
2d
3d
4th "
5th "
, 20
, 65
. 190
, 425
.1100
6th magnitude as 3,200
7th " 13,000
8th " 40,000
9th " 192,000
star.
a Centaurus..
61 Cygnus
Sirius
Vega
2 Ursa Major. .
Arcturus
Polaris
Capella
Canopus
Ptolemy names 48 .constellations : 21 northern, 12 zodiacal,
15 southern. " Chambers's Astronomy," 1890, enumerates 85.
Some as high as 109. Constellations.
Parallax in Sun's dis-
seconds. tance=^l.
0.75
0.50
0.38
0.20
0.13
0.13
0.07
0.04
0.03
275,000
412,000
543,000
1,031,000
1,586.000
1,586,000
2,947,000
5,157,000
6,875,000
Light to reach
the earth. Time.
4. 34 years.
6.51 "
8.57 "
16.27 "
25.04 "
25.04 "
46.50 "
81.37 "
108.50 "
Estimat^'d by
Gill, 1883-84.
0. Struve, 1853.
Gill.
C. A. F. Peters.
Elkin.
A number of new stars have appeared and disappeared at differ-
ent times. A list of about 200, which vary greatly in brightness,
has been published in George F. Chambers's " Hand-book on As-
tronomy," 1890. New stars noted in 1848, 1866, 1876, the last in
1885, 31 Aug., in the great nebulae of Andromeda of the 6th mag-
nitude.
" Star-I§paiig;led Banner, The." This song
was written by Francis Scott Key under the following circum-
stances: He had gone in the cartel-ship Mindm, under a flag
of truce, to solicit the release of some friends who had been
seized by adm. Cochrane during the attack on the city of
Washington. Key found the British fleet about to attack
Baltimore, and while Cochrane agreed to release the prisoners,
lie refused to let him or Ris friends return at once. The car-
tel-ship Minden was anchored in sight of fort McHenry, and
from her deck Key saw, during the night of 13 Sept. 1814, the
bombardment of that fortress. It was during the excitement
of this attack, and while pacing the deck of the Minden with
intense anxiety between midnight and dawn, that Key com-
posed the song. It was first written on the back of a letter,
and after his return to Baltimore copied out in full.
^tate§-g^eneral of France. An ancient assem
bly of France, first met, it is said, in 1302 to consider the
exactions of the pope. Previous to the Revolution, it had
not met since 1614. The states consisted of 3 orders— the
clergy, nobility, and commons. They were convened by
Louis XVI., and assembled at Versailles, 5 May, 1789 (308
ecclesiastics, 285 nobles, and 621 deputies, or tiers etai., third
estate). A contest arose whether the 3 orders should make
3 distinct houses, or but one assembly. The commons insisted
upon the latter, and, assuming the title of the National Assem-
bly, declaretl that they were competent to proceed to business
without the concurrence of the 2 other orders, if they refused
to join them. The nobility and clergy found it expedient to
concede the point, and they all met in one hall. National
Assembly.
j^tates of the Chureh. Italy, Naples, Rome.
Stationer§. Books and papers were formerly sold only
at stalls, hence the dealers were called stationers. The com-
pany of stationers of London is of great antiquity, and existed
long before printing was invented, yet it was not incorporated
until 3 Philip and Mary, 1557. Their old dwelling was in Pa-
ternoster row.
Stati§'tiC§, the science of the state, political knowledge,
is said to have been founded by sir William Petty, who died
in 1687. The term is said to have been invented by prof.
Achenwall of Gottingen in 1749. The first statistical society
in England was formed at Manchester in 1833 ; the Statistical
Society of London, which publishes a quarterly journal, was
established 15 Mch. 1834, for the purpose of procuring, arrang-
ing, and publishing " facts calculated to illustrate the condi-
tion and prospect of society." Statistics of the United States
are found in the census reports, first published in 1790 and
every 10 years thereafter. These reports become more and
more comprehensive at each census, giving statistics now of
nearly every subject pertaining to state, political, or scientific
facts. Mulhall's " Dictionary of Statistics," pub. 1891.
§tatues. Sculpture.
§teani-en^ine. "The best-known mechanical ar-
rangement for converting heat into work."— ^ . /?%, 1878.
The power of steanri to impart motion was known to Hero of
Alexandria, who, in his " Pneumatics," describes various meth-
ods of applying it. He exhibited an ^Eolipile to Ptolemy
STE
762
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PhiUadphus and his court in the Serapeum of Alexander,
iso Ic. This philosopher's toy may be regarded as a fore-
;, pubSes a work describing a method of producmg
of wausr by pressure of steam generated in a tight
1629
s by
•lin-
cast of the modern steam-engine.
Solomon de Cans, an eminent French mathematician and en-
gineer,
a jet
Giovannr Brami' an " ItAiia'n ' mathematician, P"l''i'';bes an
account of a niethod .of transmitting power ^X » ^^t^^
furnished with vanes and revolved by a jet of impmg.ng
ManS of "woreester" deVcVii.es'^fifjiis "'' ^enVuVy of Inveii-
tions" (original in the British mu^«m)< exp^'^imcnts m
bursting plugged cannon by steam, and JM^ ^„w bv steain
inanding engine," for forcing water into a^J^^""- "j ^^^^
generated in tight vessels "•'•'•0 vV 'in his
Dr. Denys Pap n of Blois introduces the safety-var;;'^ ^^^^
steam bone digester \''
Capt. Savery patents an engine to raise water from mir-^
alternate condensiition and force of steam in air-tight cy ,^ jggg
ders flirnished with valves 25 JU17J,
Thomas Newcoinen, a blacksmith of Dartmouth, Engl., patents*.^,
an engine with a walking beam, for pumping water from ,
mines. It was operated by a boy who alternately admitted '
steam and a jet of cold water into a cylinder fitted with a
piston 1705
Boy named Humphrey Potter attaches a cord from the beam
to the handles of the steam and cold-water stopcocks in the
Newcomen engine, and makes it self-acting about 1715
Henry Beighton of Newcastle upon-Tyne constructs a self act-
ing engine on the Newcomen plan; the first wi4.h a steel-
yard safety-valve 1718
Jacob Leupold, a Saxon, constructs the first high - pressure
steam-engine 1720
James Watt of England obtains a patent for a rotary steam-
engine 1769
Steam-carriage for common roads built by Cugnot in France. . '*
Watt invents the separate condenser and air-pump (1765), and
in partnership with Matthew Boulton sets up the first en-
gine of this kind at Kinneil, Scotland 1774
Jonathan Hornblower of Penryn secures a patent for an en-
gine with 2 cylinders 1781
Watt invents a double acting engine 1782
Engine built with a fly-wheel above the piston, and no beam,
by Phineas Crowther of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1800
Oliver Evans introduces the high-pressure engine in America. . "
Patent for a portable engine secured by rev. Edward Cart-
wright of England 1801
Trevithick and Vivian of England patent a high pressure en-
gine 1802
First practical steamboat by Symington •'
Oliver Evans of Philadelphia, Pa., builds a high-pressure en-
gine 1803
Hornblower's compound-engine improved by Woolf 1804
First railway locomotive built by Trevethicic "
Woolfs pumping-eugine general in Cornwall mines 1814
•Theory of the steam engine expounded by Carnot 1824
"The Rocket," first practical locomotive, by Stephenson 1829
Rankine's " Manual of the Steam-engine," improves the scien-
tific theory of the subject 1859
First triple expansion marine-engine, by Kirk 1874
Webb's compound locomotive-engine introduced 1881
(iifeam-hainnier, invented by James Nasmyth in
1838, and patented by him 18 June, 1842. Its main feature
is the direct manner by which the elastic power of steam is
employed to lift up and let fall the mass of iron constituting
the hammer, which is attached direct to the end of a piston-
rod passing through the bottom of an inverted steam cylinder
placed immediately over the anvil.
In 1842, Mr. Nasmyth applied his steam-hammer to driving piles,
which has facilitated the execution of great public works. Owing
to its vast range of power, forged iron- work can now, by its means,
be executed on a scale, and for a variety of purposes, with an ease
and perfection not previously possible. Parts of gigantic marine
steam engines, anchors, and Armstrong guns, as well as the most
minute details of machinery, as in Enfield rifies, are executed by
the steam hammer.
A steam hammer, said then the largest known, completed at Wool-
wich; the falling portion weighs 40 tons, and when used with top
steam (51 tons) has the force of 91 tons, Apr. 1874. One at
Schneider's works, Creuzot, France; weight between 75 and 80
tons, Dec. 1877.
Mr. Nasmyth, aged 81, d. 7 May, 1890. Hi.s autobiography, edited
by dr. S. Smiles, was pub. in 1883.
iteam Iiavig^atton. The value of steam in navi-
gation was demonstrated by Denys Papin in a model steam-
boat on the Fulda, near Cassel, in 1707. This was soon de-
stroyed by a mob of boatmen. Jonathan Hulls of London,
Engl., set forth the idea in a patent obtained in 1736. Ber-
nouilli experimented with a steamboat, using artificial fins,
and Genevois with one using the duck's-foot propeller, in 1757.
In 1775, M, Perier navigated the Seine with a small steam-
boat, and in 1783, Claude, corate de Jouffroy, constructed an
engine which propelled a boat on the Saone. Navy.
iiivonl.s a sleainboat
hor-
1788
17',)6
1802
1809
James Rumscv of Sheppardstown, \a.,
propelled by a steam engine expelling water through
izontal trunk opening in the stern (1782). He experiments
• publi(;ly in the presence of gen. Washington, on the Potomac
rjver Sept. 1/84
John Fitch of Philadelphia, Pa., launches a steamboat
worked by vertical paddles, 6 on each side, on the Delaware
Pa^r^ckMilleV of bal'swinton,' Scotland, constructs a pleasure
boat with paddle-wheels (1787), to which William Symington
applies a steam engine •,•••• ■,•, ,'
John Fitch sails a steamboat 18 ft. long on the Collect pond,
New York city, where the "Tombs" now stands
First practical steamboat, the tug Charlotte Dundas, built by
William Symington, and tried on the Forth and Clyde canal,
Robert Fulton," iii connection with Chancellor Livingston. U. S.
ambassador in Paris, builds a steam paddle boat, 60 ft. long,
which is tried on the Seine • • • -f Aug. 18Ud
John Stevens of Hoboken. N. J., builds a steamboat with
twin-screw propellers and an engine supplied by a Hue-
Fulton'VkeamboatVthe'c/ermont.'ieb'tons runs from New
York to Albany in 32 hours, thus securing the exclusive use
of the Hudson for steam navigation under grant of legislat-
ure made in 1798 • • ^ug. 1807
■ rhoenix a single screw propeller built by John Stevens makes
-'^'^- first sea voyage of a steam-vessel from New \ork to ^^^^
Phiiai^*^.pl,oai on" the'j^t." Lawrence "river, the Accommodation,
First stear L Montreal to Quebec ;• ••,•■■■■
runs from ^urnt on the western rivers, a stern- wheeler, is
First steambo., . VI ut Pittsburg IHll
built by Fultol** ^^er steamboat built in Europe, by Henry
Comet, first passei?^ *';iyde 1)4 miles per hour 18 Jan. 1812
Bell, runs on the CreNew York and Jersey City • • • •
Steam ferry between . ^j ije Thames, brought by Mr. Dodd from
First steam-vessel on t.. ' , • • ^^^^
Glasgow ^ h^at lakes, the Ontario, built at Sack-
First steamboat on the grean 1°1°
ett's Harbor, N. Y ftboat for lake Erie, launched at
Walk-in-the- Water, a steam\f ffalo, N. Y.) 28 May, 1818
Black Rock (now part of Bu. ^ a steamboat of 350 tons, built
Savannah, capt. Stevens Rogers,^st-t,iantic from Savannah to Liv-
in New York city, crosses the A.thehich she uses her paddles.
erpool in 26 days, during 18 of w> \f a ship on fire, and pur-
Oflf cape Clear she is mistaken fo ''"=^he sails from Savannab,
sued by the British cutter Kite, t^"' 24 May, 1819
Ga. (Nkw York) nd the A aron Manby, is
First sea -going steam-vessel of iron,*h \.^'^^^
constructed at the Horsley iron-works,Oj,'he Enterprise, capt.
First steam voyage to India made by t Z*^' days, leaving Fal-
Johnson, from London to Calcutta in 113*^^8 1^ ■*"S- ^°^
mouth ty (^e' York (Navy,
Fulton the First accidentally blown up at Ne^.^ „•••••* Jui«) Vi^y.
1814) ;> '^'.Juebec. 1831
Steamboat Royal William crosses the ocean from V^ ''S' hmXi by
John Randolph, first iron vessel in American wateie C at Liver-
John Laird of Birkenhead, and shipped in piecese pi y " y '{ '
pool, built in the Savannah river as a tugboat .^„^^ "' *'"® iB<tA
Great Western Steamship company formed, and ket " luo?
Great Western (1340 tons) laid at Bristol, Engl .'P S . . . • • l»^^f'.
Peninsular Steamship company founded lowe'i, " ^,
Capt. Ericsson's screw-steamer, Francis B. Ogden, make.-.q(j J^;
miles per hour on the Thames ; A\)r^ , .-.Qoa
First voyage of the steamship Great Western, launched 1^'*,' '*1°^"'
July, 1837, from Bristol to New York 8-23 Apr. yon.
Sirius, built at London, crosses the Atlantic in 18>^ days, I _ ■•
reaching New York under steam a few hours before the > ^'
Great Western 23 Apr.
Thomas Petit Smith's propeller first tried in England on a
large scale in the Archimedes of 237 tons 183^
Unicorn, first steam-vessel from Europe to enter Boston har-
bor, arrives 2 June, 184
First of the Cunard line, the Britannia, side-wheeler, crosses
to Boston in 14 days 8 hours, leaving Liverpool 4 July,
Pacific Steam Navigation company established
Screw steamer Princeton built for the U. S. navy 1843
Screw steamer Great Britain, first large ship with iron hull,
designed by I. K. Brunei (3443 tons, 322 ft. long, 51 ft. broad),
launched 19 July, 1843, sails from Bristol 23 Jan. 1845
Pacific Mail Steamship company organized 1847
Collins line of American steamships formed and subsidized by
the U. S. government 1849
[It consisted of the Arctic, Baltic, AHontic. and Pacific,
and existed 8 years. The barber-shops on shipljoard were
a new feature.]
Inman line founded by William Inman, and the first vessel,
an iron screw steamer, City of Glasgow, put in comm s-
sion 1850
Emigrants first carried in steamships of the Inman line "
Allan line organized 1863
First trip around the world by a merchant steamer, the Eng
lish screw steamship Argo 1854
Hamburg- American and Anchor lines established 1856
■Great Western broken u)) for firewood at Vauxhall 1857
North German Lloyd line established "
Great Ea.'^tbk.n launelied 3 Nov. 1857-31 Jan. 1858
Iron-clad steam.ships introduced (Navy) 1860
French line established 1862
Far East, with 2 screw-propellers, launched at Millwall, 31 Oct. 1863
Guion line established 1864
1834
STE 763
Trial trip of the Nautilus, with a hydraulic propeller (Ruth-
ven's patent, 1849) worked by steam and no paddles or
screw 24 Mch. 1866
White Star line begins with the Oceanic, with saloons and state-
rooms amidships instead of in the stern 1870
Netherlamds line established, 1872; Red Star line 1873
Stearashiip Faraday, 5000 tons, 360 ft. long, 52 ft. wide, and 36
ft. deep, launched at Newcastle (Electricity) 17 Feb. 1874
First export of live cattle by steamer, 373 head, shipped from
U. S. to England in the steamship European July, "
Dead-meat trade between U. S. and England by refrigeration
commences on White Star liners Celtic and Britannic "
Bessemer saloon - steamer launched at Hull, 24 Sept. 1874,
makes first voyage to Gravesend 5 Mch. 1875
Thingvalla line established 1879
Anthracite, a steamer 84 ft. long planned by Loftus I'erkins of
England, with very high-pressure engines, crosses the At-
lantic, 3316 miles in 22*^ days, consuming only 25 tons of
coal 1880
Ounard steamer Etruria arrives at quarantine, port of New
STE
York, 1 hour before the McKinley bill goes into effect, and
capt. Haines reaches the custom-house barely a minute be-
fore midnight, saving thousands of dollars in increased du-
ties midnight, 4 Oct. 1890
"Whaleback" Charles W. Wetmore steams from the head of
lake Superior to Liverpool 1891
Campania, twin-screw Cunard liner, with a gross tonnage of
12,500 tons, 620 ft. long, 65 ft. 3 in. broad, and 43 ft. deep,
launched on the Clyde 8 Sept. 1892
STEAM VESSELS
OF THE WORLD
(liloyd's register, 1890-91),
Country.
Number.
Gross
tonnage.
Value of vessels.
Value of trade
carried.
Great Britain
6403
741
526
416
212
236
8,235,854
928,911
809,598
517,394
300,625
106,155
$550,000,000
63,500,000
48,500,000
42,000,000
22,000,000
12,500,000
$3,476,500,000
1,624,000,000
1 471 000 000
France
United States
Italy .*
1,462,500,000
415,000,000
60,000,000
Russia
STATISTICAL TABLE OF SOME NOTED ATLANTIC STEAMERS.
Name of vessel.
Built. Horse-power. Tonnage
Quickest
passage.
Paddle- wheel.
Sirius
British Queen
Liverpool
Great Western
Screw.
Pacific
City of Richmond.
City of Berlin
Germanic
Britannic
Arizona
Servia
Alaska
City of Rome
America ,
Oregon
Umbria
Etruria
City of New York.
Majestic
Teutonic
City of Paris
Campania
Lucania
Inman.
White Star.
Guion.
Cunard.
Guion.
Anchor.
National.
Guion.
Cunard.
Inman.
White Star.
Inman.
Cunard.
1839
1838
1849
1873
1874
1874
1879
1881
1884
1888
1889
1888
1893
Nominal.
270
500
404
450
700
•1,000
Indicated.
5,400
6.300
10,300
10,000
11,890
7,354
13,300
14,320
18,400
17,000
20,100
30,000
700
2,016
1,150
1,340
2,860
4,780
5,526
5,008
5,004
5,164
7,392
6,932
8,144
5,528
7,375
8,128
8,120
10,500
9,861
9,686
10,500
12,500
days hrs. min.
18 11 15
13 18 10
11 18 5
10 10 15
9 19 25
7 18 50
7 14 12
Apr. 1838
May, 1851
11 37
10 53
3 30
23 50
18 37
18 25
14 18
9 51
3 4
1 44
21 19
18 8
16 30
14 24
9 29
7 48
Apr. 1877
Aug. 1877
1882
June, 1884
Aug. 1884
Nov. 1888
Sept. 1889
Oct. 1890
Aug. 1891
Aug. 1891
Oct. 1892
Aug. 1894
Oct. 1894
LIST OF ATLANTIC STEAMSHIPS WHICH LEFT PORT AND WERE NEVER HEARD
FROM.
Name of vessel.
Nationality.
Persons on
board.
Date of leaving
port.
President ,
British and American S. N. company
British
A me r can
British
German
British
136
240
150
80
177
38
52
44
50
43
48
33
45
43
41
27
27
25
29
27
56
72
43
11 Mch 1841
Pacific...
23 Sept. 1856
26 Feb 1857
Tempest
Anchor line
United Kingdom . . .
17 Apr. 1868
28 Jan 1870
City of Boston . .
Inman line
Scanderia
Anglo- Egyptian line ...
8 Oct 1872
Ismail ia
Anchor line
27 Sept. 1873
Jan. 1877
28 Sept. 1878
Colombo
Wilson line
11 Jan. 1879
18 Feb. 1879
19 Mch. 1879
8 Jan. 1881
13 Nov. 1881
3 Jan. 1883
24 Dec. 1884
20 Jan. 1885
20 Jan. 1885
24 Jan. 1885
15 Feb. 1885
31 Dec. 1889
26 Nov. 1890
Feb. 1893
Surbiton
Straits of Dover
Coniston
Fernwood
Preston
Clandon
Humber
Erin
National line
Thanemore
Johnston line
Naronic
White Star line
§teani-plou^llS were patented by G. Callaway and
R. A. Purkes, 1849 ; H. Cowing, 1850, and others. John' Fow-
ler's of 1854 is much approved.
Mtearine (from Gr. aAap, suet), that part of oils and fats
which is solid at common temperature. The nature of fats
was Hrst made known by Chevreul, in 1823, who showed that
they are compounds of peculiar acids, with a base termed gly-
cerine; of these compounds the chief are stearine, margarine,
and elaine. Candles.
Steel, a compound of iron and carbon, exists in nature,
and has been fabricated from the earliest times. It was cer-
tainly used by the I-^gyptians, Assyrians, and Greeks. It now
largely replaces cast iron in shipbuilding, etc.
Reaumur discovered the direct process of making steel by im-
mersing malleable iron in a bath of cast iron 1722
Manufactory for cast steel is said to have been set up by Ben-
jamin Huntsman at Handsworth near Sheffield 1740
Manufacture of shear steel began in Sheffield about 1800
[German steel was made at Newcastle previously by Mr.
Crawley. Mushat (1800), Lucas (1804), and Heath (1839) in-
vented improvements in this manufacture. Engraving.]
Reipe patented Iws "puddled steel " 1850
[H. Bessemer made steel by passing cold air through liquid
iron, 1856. By this method 20 tons of crude iron have been
converted into cast steel in 23 minutes. For this invention
he had received by royalties 1,057,748?. up to 1879; also
many foreign honors; knighted, June, 1879.]
Subject investigated by M. Caron, 1861-65; attention excited
by cutlery made from a metallic sand, from Taranaki or New
Plymouth, in New Zealand i860
Tungsten steel was made in Germany, 1859; and M. Fr6my
STE '<>*
made steel by bringiug red hot iroD in contact with carbon-
ate of ainmouia 1801
Mr. Krupp exhibited an ingot of steel weighing 4500 lbs. in
1851, and one weighing 20 tons in 18G2
A steel bridge, in connection with the exhibition, constructed
at Paris by M. Joret 18()()
Bessemer steel first manufactured in the U. S. in Wyandotte
county, Mich., 1865. This first ingot was rolled into a rail at
the North Chicago rolling-mill, 18G5. The first rails made
to order of Bessemer steel in the U. S. at the Cambria iron
works. Johnstown, Pa 18fi7
John Heaton published his process 18G7-8
Dr. Siemens's "regenerative gas furnaces" made excellent
steel, cheap, in large masses. : 1876 et seq.
Cutlers' Company, London, opened; exhibition 1 May, 1879
Messrs. Bolchow, Vaughan & Co., of Middlesborough, by
Thomas and Gilchrist's process, convert Cleveland iron ore
into Bessemer steel, by lining the furnace with radial bricks
of magnesian limestone, and adding cold basis material to
remove phosphorus "
Process reported successful Oct. 1880
Number of steel works in the U. S. 73, and the number of tons
made 1,145,711 "
J. S. Jeans published "Steel: its History, Manufacture, Prop-
erties, and Uses " Feb. "
The Garfidd, a steel sailing-ship, 2220 tons, 292 ft. long, 24 ft.
9 in. deep, 41 ft. wide, launched at Belfast 7 Jan. 1882
Clapp- Griffith process introduced into the U. S. from Great
Britain 1884
B. H. Thwaite of Liverpool, and A. Stewart of Bradford, an-
nounce an improved "rapid " process for making steel, Oct. 1887
Roberts - Bessemer process introduced into the U. S. from
France 1888
Steel production of Great Britain, 3,669,960 tons; of the U. S.
3,385,732 tons; of Germany and Luxemburg, 2,046,147 tons;
of the world, 10,746,126 tons in 1889
NUMBER OF STEEL WORKS AND THE NUMBER OF TONS MAN-
UFACTURED IN THE PRINCIPAL STATES OF THE U. S. FOR
1S90.
STE
1
State.
No. of Works.
Tons.
Pennsylvania
79
14
18
2
8
6
8
1
1
2
1
18
158
2,768,268
868,250
446,808
183 225
Illinois
Ohio
West Virginia
New York
113,499
30,252
17 999
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Colorado
17,952
6 904
California
M ichigan
6,600
3,700
4,479
All other states
Total
Steel pens. "Iron pens" are mentioned by Chamber-
layne in 1685. Steel pens, made long before, began to come
into use about 1820, when the first gross of three-slit pens were
sold in England, wholesale, for 71. is. In 1830 the price was
8.*., and in 1832, 6^. A better pen is now sold for 6d. a gross.
Birmingham, in 1858, produced about 1,000,000,000 pens per
annum. Women and children are principally employed in the
manufacture. Perry, Mitchell, and Gillott are eminent makers.
Joseph Gillott, originally a mechanic, made a large fortune by
steel-pen making. He died 5 Jan. 1872, aged 72.
Steelyard, an ancient weighing instrument, the same
that is translated balance in the Pentateuch. The statera
Romana, or Roman steelyard, similar to the one now in com-
mon use, is mentioned in 315 b.c.
Stef'ano, San, a small village on the sea of Marmora,
southwest of Constantinople ; here the grand-duke Nicholas
established his headquarters, 24 Feb. ; and here was signed a
treaty of peace with Turkey, 3 Mch. 1878, modified by the
treaty of Berlin, signed 13 July following. The Russians
quitted San Stefano, 22 Sept. 1878.
The treaty made Montenegro, Servia, and Roumania independent-
Hiilgaria a tributary principality; required a heavy indemnity
from Turkey for Russia, who was to gain a port on the Black sea
and Kars; to exchange the Dobriidscha for Bessarabia; to obtain
rights for Christians; to open the Bosporus and Dardanelles in
peace and war, etc.
Stenoell'roiny. Printing in colors.
Stenog'raphy (from Or. aHvog, narrow), the art of
short-hand, practised from antiquity, and improved by the
poet Ennius, by Tyro, Cicero's freedman, and Seneca. The A rs
Scribendi Charactei-is, written about 1412, is the oldest system
extant. Dr. Timothy Bright's " Characterie, or the Art of
Short, Swift, and Secret Writing," published in 1588, is the
first English work on short-hand. Peter Bales, the famous
penman, published on stenography in 1590; and John Willi*
published his "Stenographic" in 1002. There are many
modern systems: John Byrom's (1707), T. (iurney's (1710),
" Brachygraphy," based on Mason's (1750), "A Short-hand
Dictionary" (1777), Taylor's (1786), Mayor's (1789), Pitman's
(phonographic), 1837, A. M. Bell's" Stenophonography" (1852\
Munson's "Complete Phonography" (1866), J. D. Everett's
(1877), Pockncll's "Legible Short-hand" (1881), J. M. Sloan's
(1882). Phonography. Sig. A. Michela's stenographic ma-
chine for graphic representation of phonetic sounds (about 200
words per minute), like a harmonium with a key board, ex-
hibited at the Turin exhibition of 1884 ; adopted by the Italian
senate. International Short-hand congress, London, 1887 (482
systems noticed); Paris, 1889; Munich, 1890; Berlin, 1891.
Stephenson, Fort, Defence of. Fort Stephenson.
Stereocll'roniy, a mode of painting in which water-
glass (an alkaline solution of flint, silex) connects the color
with the substratum. Its invention is ascribed to Von Fuchs,
who died at Munich on 5 Mch. 1856. Fine specimens by
Kaulbach and Echter exist in the museum at Berlin and at
Munich.
Stereom'eter, an instrument to measure the liquid
contents of vessels by gauging, invented about J350.— /Iwcfer-
son. M. Say's stereometer, for determining the specific grav-
ity of liquids, porous bodies, and powders as well as solids, was
described in 1797.
Ster'eoSCOpe (from Gr. onpioQ, solid, and GKoir^iv, to
see), an optical instrument for giving relief to pictures, by
uniting one seen by each eye in a single image. The first
stereoscope by reflection was constructed and exhibited by
prof. Charles Wheatstone in 1838, who had announced its prin-
ciple in 1833. Since 1854 stereoscopes have been greatly im-
proved.
Ster'eotype, a cast from a page of movable printing-
types, so named by the Parisian printer, Didot, 1798. It is
said that stereotyping was known in 1711. It was practised
by William Ged of Edinburgh, about 1730. In the library of
the Royal institution is an edition of Sallust, with this im-
print ; " Edinburgi, (iulielmus Ged, auri faber Edinensis, non
typis mobilibus, ut vulgo fieri solet, sed tabellis sen lamiiiis
fusis, excudebat, 1744." (Printed at Edinburgh by William
Ged, goldsmith of Edinburgh, not with movable types, as is
commonly done, but with cast tablets or plates.) A Mr.
James attempted to introduce Ged's process in London, but
failed, about 1735. — Nichols. Stereotype printing was in use
in Holland in the last century ; and a quarto Bible and a
Dutch folio Bible were printed there. — Phillips. It was re-
vived in London by Wilson in 1804. It was introduced into
the United States by David Bruce of New York in 1812.
First work cast in the U. S. was the New Testament in bour-
geois in 1814. Since 1850 the durability of stereotypes has
been greatly increased by electroplating them with copper (ir
silver. Printing.
Sterling' (money). Ducange says (1733), " Esterlinguf!,
sterlingus, are English words relating to money, and hence
familiar to other nations, and applied to the weight, qualit}',
and kind of money." " Denarius Angliae, quo vocatur ster-
lingus," Stat. Edw. I. (The penny of England, which is called
sterling.) Camden derives the word from easterling or ester-
ling, observing that the money brought from Germany, in the
reign of Richard I., was the most esteemed on account of its
purity, being called in old deeds " nummi easterling.'^ Others
derive the word from the Easterlings, the first moneyers in
England.
Stetll'OSeope (Gr. arnOot., breast, and (tkotthv, to ex-
amine), an instrument for listening to the action of internal
organs of the body. In 1816 Laennec of Paris (1781-1826), by
rolling a quire of paper into a cylinder, and applying the o|)en
end to the patient's chest and the other to his own ear, per-
ceived the action of the heart in a much more distinct manner
than by the immediate application of the ear, 'j'bis led to
his inventing the stethoscope or "breast-explorer," the prin-
ciple of which, now termed "auscultation," was known by*
Hippocrates, 357 b.c, and by Robert Hooke, 1681.
Steward of England, Lord High, Tlie first grand
STI 't)o
officer of the crown This office was established prior to the
reign of Edward the Confessor, and was formerly annexed to
the lordship of Hinckley, Leicestershire, belonging to the
family of Montfort, earls of Leicester, who were, in right
thereof, lord high stewards of England ; but Simon de Mont-
fort, the last earl of this family, having raised a rebellion
against his sovereign, Henry IIL, was attainted, and his
estate forfeited to the king, who abolished the office, 1265.
It is now revived only pro hdc vice, at a coronation or the
trial of a peer. The first afterwards appointed was Thomas,
second son of Henry IV. The first for the trial of a peer was
Edward, earl of Devonj on the arraignment of the earl of
Huntingdon, in 1400. The last was lord Denman, at the trial
of the earl of Cardigan, 16 Feb. 1841. The duke of Hamilton
was lord high steward at the coronations of William IV., 1831,
and Victoria, 1838.
Stick'leitadt, a town of Norway. Here Olaf II.,
aided by the Swedes, was defeated in his endeavors to recover
his kingdom from Canute, king of Denmark, and slain 29 July,
1030. He was afterwards sainted, on account of his zeal for
Christianity.
§tirlillg', a burgh of S. Scotland. The strong castle
was taken by Edward I. of England, 1304. Here James 11.
stabbed the earl of Douglas, 13 Feb. 1452, and James VI, was
crowned, 24 July, 1567. Stirling surrendered to Monk, 14 Aug.
1651. The statue of king Robert Bruce unveiled, 24 Nov. 1877.
"Ye towers! within whose circuit dread
A Douglas by his sovereign bled."
—Scott, " Lady of the Lake."
§tirlill^, Lord, William Alexander, general in the
American army during the Revolution, and known by cour-
tesy in American history as lord Stirling, was a son of James
Alexander, heir presumptive to the Scottish title " earl of
Stirling,'' which he forfeited by following in 1715 the Pre-
tender, after whose fall he took refuge in America in 1716,
antl married. His son, William Alexander, born in New
York, 1726, was active in the French and Indian war of 1755,
went to England, and instituted legal proceedings to obtain
his earldom ; though not successful, his right was generally
conceded, and he was addressed as earl of Stirling. Return-
ing to America in 1761, he married a daughter of Philip Liv-
ingston, member of the Provincial council of New Jersey for
several years. That state made him colonel of its first regi-
ment of militia, and in Mch. 1776 Congress commissioned
him brigadier-general. He was conspicuous in the battle of
Long Island in Aug., and in Feb. 1777 was made major-gen-
eral. He exposed Conway to gen. Washington. He served
throughout the war, at different times having in his command
every brigade of the army except those of South Carolina and
Georgia. He died at Albany, 15 Jan. 1783.
§tirriip§ were unknown to the ancients. Gracchus fitted
the highways with stones to enable the horsemen to mount.
Warriors had projections on their spears for the same purpose.
Stirrups were used in the 6th century, but were not common
even in the 12th.
StOCkbridg^e Indian§, formerly occupying that
part of Massachusetts about the Berkshire Hills. A remnant
of them now in Wisconsin. Indians.
Stock £xcliailg^e, the New York, grew out of an
informal organization by the stock- brokers. May 17, 1792, and
was formally instituted in 1817. Its sessions were held in va-
rious rented rooms till 1827, when it occupied part of the first
"Merchants' Exchange," then completed. This was burned,
16 Dec. 1835. It then removed to Jauncey court (now 43
Wall street); in 1842 to the new Merchants' Exchange, now the
Custom-house ; in 1854 to the Old Corn Exchange Bank build-
ing; in 1856 to Lord's court in William street, and in 1865 to
its own fine building in Broad, near Wall street. Exchange.
StOCk'llotni, capital of Sweden (built on kolmen, or
islands), was fortified by Berger Jarl aliout 1254. Here the
Swedish nobility were massacred by Christian II., in 1520.
Sweden. Pop. 1890, 246,154.
Stocking's of silk are said to have been first worn by
Henry H. of France, 1547. In 1560, queen Elizabeth was pre-
sented with a pair of knit black silk stockings by her silk-
woman, Mrs. Montague, and she never wore cloth ones any
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more. — TTmoell. He adds, "Henry VIII. wore ordinary cloth
hose, except there came from Spain, by great chance, a pair of
silk stockings; for Spain very early abounded with silk."
Edward VI. was presented with a pair of Spanish silk stock-
ings by his merchant, sir Thomas Gresham ; and the present
was then much taken notice of. — Idem. Others relate that
William Rider, a London apprentice, seeing at the house of an
Italian merchant a pair of knit worsted stockings from Man-
tua, made a pair like them, the first made in England, which
he presented to the earl of Pembroke, 1564. — Stow. The art
of weaving stockings in Si frame was invented in England by
the rev. Mr. Lee of Cambridge in 1589, 25 years after he had
learned to knit them with wires or needles. Cotton stockings
were first made in 1 730.
Stocks, properly the obligations of a government for its
funded debt — government securities distinct from shares; but
now commonly used to designate the property of a corporation,
and the right to ownership in such property, represented by
certificates distributed to the owners. The public funding
system originated in Venice, about 1173, and was introduced
I into Florence in 1340. The English funding system may be
said to have had its rise in 1690.
j " Bulls " are persons who buy stock and cause the market to rise ;
I " Bears," those who sell and cause it to fall.
j Three per cent, annuities created 1726
I " " consols (i. e., consolidated annuities) created.. 1731
" per cents, reduced..* 1746
" per cent, annuities, payable at South Sea house 1751
" and a half per cent, annuities created 1758
Long annuities 1761
Four per cent, consols 1762
Foundation of the Stock Exchange in Capel (!0urt, London, was
laid 18 May, 1801
Five per cent, annuities 1797 and 1802
" " reduced to 4 1822
Old 4 per cents, reduced to 3>^ 1824
Act to prevent stock jobbing, Mch. 1734 ; repealed I860
Further reductions made in 1825, 1830, 1834, 1841, and 1844;
the maximum being now 3 percent.
Three per cents, convertible into 2%, and 1}4 per cent, bv act
of 2 Sept. 1884
Stoics, disciples of Zeno. Philosophy.
Stoke, East, near Newark, Nottinghamshire, Engl. Near
here, on 16 June, 1487, the adherents of Lambert Simnel, who
personated Edward, earl of Warwick, and claimed the crown,
were defeated by Henry VII. John de la Pole, the earl of
Lincoln, and most of the leaders, were slain. Simnel was
afterwards employed in the king's household.
Stone, Charles P., U.S.A., Case of. The battle of Ball's
Bluff, Va., was fought 21 Oct. 1861. The movement bring-
ing on the battle was made under supervision of gen. Stone,
and resulted in the defeat of the federals. An investigation
followed, and on 5 Jan. 1862, gen. Stone was examined by the
"Committee on the Conduct of the War," wlio, at the time,
seemed to be satisfied with his explanations. On suggestion
of gen. McClellan, he again appeared before the same commit-
tee on 31 Jan., and defended himself against a charge of dis-
loyalty. On 9 Feb. 1862, he was arrested by brig.-gen. Sykes
on order of the secretary of war, addressed 28 Jan. to gen.
McClellan. Gen. Stone asked of gen. McClellan charges and
specifications, 9 Feb., but received no answer. He was kept
in solitary confinement at fort Lafayette for 49 days, while
no notice was taken of his repeated applications for a speedy
trial, for a copy of charges, for change of localitv, and for
access to the records of his office, etc.; and was then trans-
ferred to fort Hamilton, where he had opportunity for air and
exercise. The cause of his arrest was still unexplained and
his applications for service disregarded ; but after 189 days of
confinement he was released. His wife was not permitted to
visit him during his confinement. Meanwhile, his case at-
tracted attention in Congress. On 1 1 Apr. 1862, Mr. McDougall
of California offered a resolution in the Senate, asking a trial
for gen. Stone. On 22 Apr., on motion of Mr. Wilson, the
resolution was amended and passed, "That the president of
the United States be requested to communicate to the Senate
any information touching the arrest and imprisonment of
brig.-gen. Stone not deemed incompatible with the public
interest." To this the president answered, in substance, 2
May, 1862, that the arrest was made by his authority and
upon evidence which required such proceedings to be had
against him, whether guilty or innocent, for the public safe-
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ty. The president deemed it incompatible with the public
interest and perhaps unjust to gen. Stone to make a more
particular statement of tlie evidence, lie had not been tried
because the state of military operations at the time of his ar-
rest and since would not warrant the withdrawal of officers to
constitute a court-martial and witnesses from the army with-
out serious injury to the service; that gen. Stone would be
allowed a trial without unnecessary delay, and every facility
would be afforded by the War department for his defence,
(ien. Stone was not released, however, until 16 Aug. 1862,
when by act of 17 July, 1862, it was illegal to hold him longer
without trial. After his release he reported by telegram for
orders ; but, hearing nothing, he wrote on 25 Sept. to gen. L.
Thomas, adjt.-gen. U. S. A., stating the case, and asking that
charges be furnished him, or that he be placed on duty. (ien.
llalleck answered, 30 Sept. 1862, that he was no longer under
arrest, but that he could give him no orders, as he had not
been assigned to him for duty ; that he had no official informa-
tion of the cause of his arrest, but understood it was made by
the order of the president. No charges or specifications were
on file against him as far as he (Halleck) could ascertain; that
the matter was to be immediately investigated, and copies of
charges when preferred would be furnished by the judge-ad-
vocate general. On 1 Dec. 1862, gen. Stone, hearing nothing
further, wrote gen. McClellan that, as he could learn, the au-
thority for his immediate arrest was from him, and respect-
fully requested that he be furnished with a copy of the charges.
Gen. McClellan replied 5 Dec, stating that the order was given
by the secretary of war; that the secretary said it was made
at the solicitation of the Congressional Committee on the Con-
duct of the War, and based on testimony taken by them. That
he (McClellan) had submitted to the secretary of war the writ-
ten statement of a refugee from Leesburg. This information
agreed to a certain extent with the evidence taken by the
committee; he had further stated to the secretary that the
charges were too indefinite for any case to be framed ; that he
had on several occasions called attention to the propriety of
giving gen. Stone a prompt trial, but the reply had been, there
was no time to attend to it, or that the Congressional court
was still engaged in collecting evidence. Gen. Stone then
asked gen. McClellan to furnish him with the name of the ref-
ugee, but to this request no answer was ever received. This
is the substance of all the information gen. Stone was ever
able to collect after persistent efforts. At last the government
restored him to duty, making no acknowledgment of injustice
done him. Gen. Stone continued to suffer under many annoy-
ances until, towards the close of the war, he offered his resigna-
tion, which was promptly accepted. In view of the high
character and military reputation (see gen. Grant's " Personal
Memoirs") of gen. Stone, it is now universally believed that
his treatment was unjust and that he was the victim of preju-
dice or mistake.
Stoneheilge, on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, Engl., is
said to have been erected on the counsel of Merlin, by Aure-
lius Ambrosius, in memory of 460 Britons who were murdered
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by Hengist the Saxon about 450. — Geoffrey of Man
Erected as a sepulchral monument of Ambrosiu.s, 500. — Poly
(lore Vergil. An ancient temple of the Britons, in which th<
Druids officiated. — Dr. Stukeley. The Britons are said to hav«
held annual meetings at Abury and Stonehenge, at whicli
laws were made and justice administered. The cursus neai
Stonehenge was discovered by dr. Stukelej', 6 Aug. 1723. Th<
origin and object of these remains are still very obscure. Se(
W. M. Flinders Petrie's "Stonehenge: Plans, Description,
Theories," 1880.
Stone river. Mukkkeksborough, Battle of.
" l^tOIiewall " JaekiOIl (Thomas J. Jackson, b;
1824; d. 1863), a Confederate general, so called from the ob-
stinate resistance made by the troops under his command at
the battle of Bull Kun. Chanckllohsvillk.
StOllington, Defence of. This borough, on Long
Island sound, in the eastern part of Connecticut, was assailed
by the British, under com. Hardy, on 9 Aug. 1814. A can-
nonade and bombardment ensued for 2 or 3 days. Less than
20 men, with 3 cannon, successfully defended the place and
prevented the British landing from boats. The Americans had
6 men wounded ; the British, 21 killed and 59 wounded
Stono Ferry, Battle of. The British army menacing
Charleston, S. C, were attacked by gen. Lincoln at Stono
Ferry, 10 miles below the cit}', on Stono river, or inlet, 20
June, 1779. The Americans were repulsed, with a loss of 146
killed and wounded. 3 days after the British evacuated" the
place, retiring to Savannah, Ga. Here, in a skirmish with a
British foraging party from Charleston, Sept. 1782, capt. Wil
mot, commanding the Americans, was killed. His was the
last blood shed of the Revolution.
Stony creek, or Burlingrton Heiglits, ati
the west end of lake Ontario, in Upper Canada, was the scene
of a night assault upon 1300 American troops under gen.
Chandler, on 6 June, 1813, by a British force of about 800 men,
under gen. Vincent. The Americans>lost 17 men killed, 38
wounded, and 5 officers and 93 men made prisoners. Among
the latter were gens. Chandler and Winder. The British losa
was 178. After repulsing the attack the Americans retreated
to fort George on the Niagara river. ,
Stony Point, Capture of. Forts.
Storni§. A storm is " a decided or violent disturbance
of the atmosphere, which undergoes translation from place to
place." It maj' or may not be accompanied b}' rain, hail, or
snow. The historical interest of storms depends largely upon
their destructiveness to life and property. They are com-
monly designated as typhoons, cyclones, tornudoes, hurricanes,
and blizzards. More or less destructive tornadoes are frequent
in parts of the United States, and thousands of ])ersons have
been killed and injured by them. On one day (9 Feb. 1884)
there occurred in the territorv extending from Mississippi,
Tennessee, Kentucky, and Illinois, eastward to the Atlantic,
more than 60 tornadoes, which destroyed over 10,000 build-
ings, killed 800 persons, and wounded over 2500.
SOME DISASTROUS TORNADOES WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN THE UNITED STATES.
Place.
Persons
Buildings
destroyed.
Killed.
Injured.
1794
1804
1821
1832
1840
317
100
1842
500
1854
25
67
1855
4
1874
10
30
100
1875
134
187G
11
Many
1877
8
1878
30
"
13
70
100
"
34
28
160
1879
16
50
u
"9
■36
1880
100
600
200
"
10
20
"
6
20
25
■"
22
72
55
Northford. Conn
Hancock, Ga
Sunapee, N. H
Warner, N. H
Kingston, Miss
Adams county, Miss
Ix)uisville, Ky
Jefferson and Cook counties, III
Montevallo, Ala
Near Erie, Pa
Siline county, Kan
i'ensaukee. Wis
Iowa county, Wis
Ray county, Mo
New Haven county. Conn
Walterborough, S. C
Kansas (several tornadoes)
Ooodhue county, Minn
Barry, Stone, Webster, and Christian counties, Mo
White county, Ark
Taylorville, HI
Noxubee county, Miss
June,
Apr.
Sept.
May,
May,
June,
Aug.
May,
Nov.
July,
June,
July,
May,
June,
Aug.
Apr.
May,
July,
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Progress rapid.
Intense darkness.
Very destructive.
Great loss of property.
Loss, $1,260,000.
Very destructive.
Town nearly destroyed. \
Loss, $500,000.
Loss, $30,000.
Loss, $300,000.
Loss, t2,000,000.
Great loss of life.
Loss, $1,000,000.
Loss, $100,000.
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SOME DISASTROUS TORNADOES WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN THE UNITED STATES.— (Continued.)
Place.
Fannin county, Tex
Pottawatomie county, la
De Soto county, Miss
Osage county, Kan
New Ulm, Minn
Henry and Saline counties, Mo
(irinnell, la •
Emmetsburg, la
Kemper, Copiah, Simpson, Newton, and Lauderdale, Miss.
Racine, Wis
Dodge and Olmstead counties, Minn
Izard, Sharp, and Clay counties, Ark
Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia
North and South Carolina
Richmond and Harnett counties, N. C
Miner, Lake, and Minnehaha counties, Dak
Rock, Hennepin, Ramsey, and Washington counties, Minn
St. Croix, Polk, Chippewa, and Price counties. Wis
Camden county, N. J
Fayette county, 0
Dallas, Perry, and Bibbs counties, Ala
Benton and Stearns counties, Minn
Green and Huron counties, 0., 20 killed and 100 houses de-
stroyed at Xenia
Prescott county, Kan
Mt. Vernon, 111
Still Pond, Md., and vicinity of Delaware
Reading and Pittsburg, Pa
In Missouri, Ohio, and Kentucky.
Louisville, Ky
South Lawrence, Mass.
26 July,
26 June,
6 July,
16 July,
27 May,
16 June,
4 July,
17 Nov.
28 Aug.
2 Oct.
17 May,
4 June,
Southern Minnesota and central Iowa 22 Sept.
Mt. Carmel, Pa
In Louisiana and Mississippi. .
West Superior, Wis
Wilmington, Kan
In Minnesota ,
Carey, 0 ,
Red Bud, 111
Savannah, Ga., Charleston, S.
Gulf coast of Louisiana
Kuukel, Williams county, 0. .
Tacoma, Wash
C, and southern coast.
■28 May, 1880
10 June, "
12 Apr. 1881
12 June, "
15 July, "
18 Apr. 1882
17 June, "
24 June, "
22 Apr. 1883
18 May, "
21 Aug. "
21 Nov. "
9 Feb. 1884
19 Feb.
28 July,
9 Sept.
3 Aug.
8 Sept.
6 Nov.
14 Apr.
12 May,
21 Apr.
15 Feb.
22 Aug.
9 Jan.
10 Jan.
27 Mch.
1885
1886
1887
1891
u
1892
1893
1894
Persons
Buildings
destroyed.
Killed.
Icijured.
40
83
49
20
35
10
27
5
22
50
6
53
247
8
150
51
100
300
260
100
51
200
100
16
100
52
26
80
400
5
162
60
800
2500
10,000
18
125
55
15
18
100
6
75
305
6
100
500
6
100
300
13
50
...
74
136
138
57
85
20
237
330
39
125
11
...
• ...
33
18
...
76
200
900
9
40
7
10
50
...
25
100
50
*56
46
1000
2000
7
30
50
30
75
...
Loss, $1.50,000.
I>oss, $300,000.
Loss, $150,000.
Loss, $1,000,000,
Loss, $300,000.
Loss, $175,000.
Loss, $700,000.
Loss, $300,000.
Unparalleled series of torna-
does, there being over 60 of
them scattered over the ter-
ritory after 10 a.m. on that
day.
Loss, $4,000,000.
Loss, $500,000.
Loss, $385,000.
Loss, $1,300,000.
Loss, $1,000,000.
Town nearly destroyed.
r Suspension bridge for pedes-
J trians and carriages wreck-
( ed at Niagara Falls.
Cut a path 1000 feet wide
through the city. Loss,
$2,150,000.
Cut a path 200 feet wide
through town. Most disas-
trous ever recorded in the
New England states.
Many killed.
[ Many injured and much prop-
[ erty destroyed.
Great destruction of property.
Village quite destroyed.
Great damage to property.
[Many wounded; great de-
I struction of i)roperty.
Cyclones or hurricanes, known as typhoons in the China
sea, form a special class of storms, always accompanied by
heavy rain. They follow parabolic paths, first to westward and
then north and northeast in the southern hemisphere, but in
the contrary direction in the northern. Some of the most
disastrous of the past 30 years are as follows:
At Calcutta, India, followed by a storm wave over the delta of
the Ganges; 45,000 lives lost and about 100 ships 5 Oct. 1864
Guadaloupe devastated 6 Sept. 1865
In the Bahamas, at Nassau, New Providence, 60 to 70 lives lost,
600 buildings destroyed, many ships wrecked 1-2 Oct. 1866
In islands of Antigua and St. Kitts 21 Aug. 1871
Near Madras, Hiudostan 1 May, 1872
"Nova Scotia cyclone " on Atlantic coast, U. S. ; 1223 vessels
destroyed; loss of life over 600; of property, $3,500,000,
14-17 Aug. 1873
At Macao, Hong-Kong, etc 22 Sept. 1874
Indianola, Tex., nearly destroyed; 126 lives lost; property de-
stroyed, $1,000,000 15 Sept. 1875
At Backergunge, accompanied by a storm wave, covering the
eastern edjje of the delta of the Ganges with water from 10
to 50 ft. deep. Over 100,000 i)eople perish 31 Oct. 1876
At Buen Ayre and Curapoa, many lives lost, damage over
$2,000,000 23 Sept. 1877
In Havana, Wilmington, N. C, eastern Pennsylvania, and New
England ; very destructive 21-24 Oct. 1878
Along the Atlantic coast from Cape Lookout, N. C., to Eastport,
Me. Over 100 large and 200 small vessels shipwrecked, and
great damage done to inland property 16-20 Aug. 1879
Nearly the whole of Jamaica devastated; over 12 lives lost and
hundreds of buildings destroyed 17-18 Aug. 1880
At Charleston, S. C. and along the coast, 400 lives lost and
hundreds of buildings; value of property dcstroyed,$L500, 000,
. , 23-28 Aug. 1881
In Haifong, etc., China ; about 300,000 lives lost 8 Oct. "
In England, great destruction of life and property, including
about 130 wrecks 14-19 Oct. "
All vessels wrecked, and nearly every house destroyed at Man-
zandla; damage estimated, $500,000 27 Oct. "
In Kansas, 12 killed 7 Apr. 1882
At McAllister, Ind. Ter. ; 120 lives lost 10 May, 1882
At Galveston, Tex 6 Sept. "
Hurricane crosses Cuba, killing 40 persons and thousands of
cattle; passes along the Atlantic coast, wrecking 70 vessels
oft" Labrador; 100 lives lost 8-14 Oct. "
At Manilla, Philippine islands; 60,000 families made homeless
and 100 sailors drowned 20 Oct. and 8 Nov. "
Oronogo, Mo., demolished 13 May, 1883
At Springfield, Mo 5 Nov. "
In Kentucky, 12 persons killed 24 Mch. 1884
In Upper Austria and Hungary 7 Aug. "
In New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio 28 Sept. "
In Catania, Sicily, about 27 killed; damage, $1,000,000. .7 Oct. "
At Charleston, S.C, 21 lives lost ; damage to property, $2,000,000,
23-24 Aug. 1885
At Kansas City, Mo 11 May, 1886
In Madrid, Spain, 32 killed, 620 injured 12 May, "
Newbury, Ind., destroyed 15 Aug. "
In gulf of Mexico and 200 miles inland; 38 lives lost; Indian-
ola, Tex., completely destroyed; loss, $5,000,000. . .19-20 Aug. "
Great Britain; many lives lost 14-15 Oct. "
Off coast of Australia, 550 pearl-flshers said to have perished,
22 Apr. 1887
On coast of Madagascar; 11 vessels wrecked, 20 lives lost,
2 Mch. 1888
In Cuba; estimated loss of life, 1000 13 Sept. "
At Muscat, Arabia; several hundred lives lost 9 July, 1890
Near St. Paul, Minn. ; over 100 lives lost 13 July, '•
At Slomni, Russia; 19 killed 22 July, "
Near Wilkesbarre, Pa., 200 houses wrecked, 15 lives lost,
19 Aug. "
On lake Ilman, Russia; many lumber vessels lost with their
crews 31 May, 1891
At Martinique; all shipping in port wrecked, 340 lives lost;
d.image, $10,000.000 18 Aug. "
At Conneaut, 0.; 30 buildings destroyed 27 Oct. "
Hurricane on and around the island of xMauritius, 1200 lives lost,
18 May, 1892
Cyclone sweeps the province of Ravigo, northern Italy; great
loss of life and property 19 July, "
Hurricane occurs at Tonnatay, Madagascar, causing great loss
of life; 10 vessels foundered in the harbor 6 Mch. 1893
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768 g-pO
Severest wind storm ou record on lake Erie, many vessels and
lives lost 17 May, 1893
Hurricane on the coast or Georgia and South Carolina, the Sea
islands dovasUited and many lives lost 28 Aug. "
Cyclone rages along the coast of Florida, Georgia, and South
Carolinii 12 Oct. "
Great storm on the northwest coast of Europe. 237 lives lost
and many vessels off the coast of England and 1U5 fishermen
off Jutland 20 Nov. "
Terrific gale on lake Michigan, 60 wrecks along the shore from
Michigan City and Two Rivers, 25 lives lost, 20 schooners
destroyed on the water front at Chicago, and 15 schooners
and several steamers outside 16 May, 1894
Uail-sfonns, like tornadoes, follow a path very narrow as
compared with the distance traversed, often in parallel bands,
between which rain, but no hail, falls. Some noteworthy hail-
storms of which we have a record are as follows :
Near Chartres, France, hail fell on the marching army of Ed-
ward III. ; horses and men suffered much from large hail-
stones 1339
Hail-storm passes from Touraine, France, to Belgium in 2 bands;
one 5 miles wide and 500 long, the other 10 miles wide and 420
miles long. Property valued at $5,000,000 destroyed, 13 July, 1788
At Naina Tal, India, hailstones fell measuring from 9 to 13
inches in circumference, and weighing a pound 11 May, 1855
Hail storm follows a i)ath 45 to 60 miles wide, from Bordeaux,
France, to Belgium. In St. Queutin the fallen hail did not
disappear for 4 days 9 May, 1865
Hailstones as large as oranges fell in the Yellowstone valley,
30 July, 1877
Great hail storms in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Michigan,
New Jersey, Ohio, and Dakota. At Yankton the hail was 9
to 12 inches deep 5 June, 1879
Hailstones 7 inches in circumference fell at Lanesborough,
Mass 16 July, "
Hailstones 6 to 10 inches in circumference fell in Wisconsin.
26 July, "
Near Whitehall, 111., hailstones fell of the size of goose eggs, and
drifts from 8 to 12 inches deep were found the day after the
storm 2 June, 1881
In Iowa, hailstones as large as a man's fist fell, and drifts were
formed 2 to 3 ft. deep 12 June, "
At laredo, Te.x., hailstones weighing one pound fell 8 June, 1882
At Dubuque, la., hailstones fell of great size, the largest weigh-
ing 28 oz 16 June, "
In Iac and Audubon counties, la., hailstones 13 inches in cir-
cumference were noted, and the hail drifted over the fence
tops 7-8 Aug 1883
Hail totally destroyed the crops in Walsh and Grand Fork
counties. Dak 26 June, 1886
In Dakota and Minnesota hail destroyed 250,000 acres of wheat.
At Grafton, Minn., hailstones fell as large as hens' eggs,
24 July, "
At Fort Yates, Dak., hailstones fell 3^ inches in diameter, and
having cylindrical protuberances on them 10 Aug. "
At Moradabad, India, over 230 natives were killed by a hail-
storm; drifts 1 to 2 feet in depth formed,and hailstones were
of enormous size 30 Apr. 1888
Cloud-bursts or Water-spouts. — 2 water-spouts fell on the
Glatz mountains in Germany, and caused dreadful devastation
to Hautenbach and many other villages; many persons per-
ished, 13 July, 1827. A water-spout at Glanfles'k, near Killar-
ney, in Ireland, fell on a farm of John Macarthy, destroying
farm-houses and other buildings; 17 persons perished, 4 Aug.
1831. The length of one seen near Calcutta, 27 Sept. 1855,
was estimated to be 1000 feet. It lasted 10 minutes, and was
absorbed upwards. One seen on 2-4 Sept. 1856, burst into
heavy rain. The town of Miskolcz, Hungary, destroyed by a
water-spout ; great loss of life and property, 30 Aug. 1878. A
water-spout destroyed the town of Paso de Cuarenta, Mexico,
and 170 lives were lost, 8 May, 1885. Upwards of 100 per-
sons were drowned by a cloud-burst on the Yang-tze river,
China, 4 Feb. 1890.
CIX)UO-BUKSrS KECOKDED IN THE UNirEI) SI'ATK.S.
Place.
Near Pittsburg, Pa
Fort Sully, Dak
Near Hayes City, Kan.
Chalk creek, Utah
Colorado desert. Col. . .
Red Bluff, Cal
Beaver creek (90 miles)
south of Dead wood). Dak. j
Seven Star Springs, Mo
Near Wickenburg, Ariz
Central City, Col
An Indian settlement, Cal. .
Humboldt county, Nev
Near Jefferson, Mont
Near Pike's Peak, Col
Date.
(25-26 July, 1
[ 1874 j
17 Aug. 1876
26 "
31 " "
12 Sept. 1877
16 Nov. "
12 June, 1879
11 June, 1881
6 Aug. "
8 " "
2 July, 1882
10 June, 1884
22 " "
26 July, 1885
N"tes.
134 drowned; loss,
$500,000.
(400 ft. of railroad
( track destroyed.
11 drowned.
5 "
Destroyed.
3 drowned.
2
HKAVIB8T RAINFALLS RKCOKDKU IN THE UNITED STATES.
Place.
Concord, Franklin county. Pa.
Newton, Delaware county. Pa.
Fort McPherson, Neb
Galveston, Tex
Biscayne, Fla
Indianapolis, hid
Sandusky, O
Paterson, N. J
Embarrass, Wis
Huron, Dak
Wasliington, D. C
Collinsville, 111
Tridelphia, W. Va
Washington, D. C
Rainfall
in incliei.
16
5.50
1.50
3.95
4.10
2.40
2.25
1.50
2.30
1.30
0.96
1.70
6.09
2.34
Time.
3 hours.
40 niin..
5 " .
14 " .
30 " .
25 " .
15 '• .
8 " .
15 " .
10 •' .
6 " .
12 " .
55 " .
37 " .
Date.
5 Aug. M
27 May,
4 June,
28 Mch.
12 July,
11 July,
13 July,
28 May,
26 July,
1871
1874
1876
1879
23 May,
19 July,
27 June,
1888
il
Snow-storms and Blizzards. — Snow is not unknown, though
rare, in the southern portion of the United States. A heavy
snow-fall was reported at New Orleans in 1852. At Punta
Rassa, Fla., about 100 miles from Key West, snow fell for a few
moments, 1 Dec. 1876. 5 inches, the most ever known, fell at
Montgomery, Ala., 29-3 1 Dec. 1880. On 1 2-15 Jan. 1882, very
heavy snow fell on the desert westward of Tucson, Ariz., which
extended into Mexico and Lower California. At Leadville,
Col., snow fell, 30 Aug. 1882 ; and slight falls of snow occurred ^
in Great Britain as far south as the Isle of Wight on the night I
of 11 July, 1888. Nearly | inch of snow Ml from a dear sJa/ |
at Bloomington, 111., 15 Mch. 1885. The deposits of red snow
in Greenland were discovered by capt. John Ross, British navy,
in. 1818, and snow the color of gold-dust fell in Peckeloh, Ger
many, 27 Feb. 1877. — A violent wind from the north, when the
air is filled with drifting snow, is known as a blizzard in the
U. S., the pu?'ga in the Yenisei valley, and the bura on the
steppes of central Asia. The blizzard is mentioned by Henry
Ellis, who wintered on Hudson Bay in 1746, and spoke of the
northwest winds of York Factory being filled with fine parti-
cles of snow. The term blizzard was first used by the U. S,
Signal Service in Dec, 1876. Noteworthy snow-storms and
blizzards recorded since 1875 are as follows :
Severe snow-storm in Scotland, several lives lost 1-3 Jan. 1876
Snow storm in S. England 12 Mch. "
Blizzard in England and France; loss of life in England and
Wales over 100; many of the streets of Paris were completely
blocked with snow 18-19 Jan. 1881
Heavy snow-storms, with great loss of life by avalanches, etc.,
in Piedmont, near Mont Cenis, Italy 16-28 Jan. 1886
Blizzard in Montana, Dakota. Minnesota, Kansas, and Texas;
loss of life about 100 '. 11 Jan. 1888
Blizzard in eastern U. S ; about 70 lives lost 11-14 Mch. "
Blizzards in northwestern U. S., 29 Jan. -2 Feb., and 7-8 Feb. 1891
Blizzard in Great Britain; 70 deaths from cold, shipwreck, etc.,
9-10 Mch. "
Miscellaneous. — The loss to shipping and life by gales and
storms has been immense (Wrecks), and an enumeration of
even the severest gales may not be here undertaken. A few
liistoric storms are, however, to be added to the number men-
tioned above.
In London a storm destroyed 1500 houses 944
Five hundred houses and many churches blown down in Lon-
don 5 Oct. 1091
Storm on east coast of England; 200 colliers and coasters lost,
with most of their crews li
Gi-eat storm, one of the most terrible that ever raged in Eng-
land. The loss in London was estimated at 2,000,000^, The
number of persons drowned in the floods of the Severn and
Thames, and lost on the coast of Holland, and in ships blown
out to sea and never heard of afterwards, is thought to
have been 8000. 12 men of-war, with more than 1800 men
on board, were lost within sight of their own shore. Trees
were torn up by the roots, 17,000 of them in Kent alone. The
Eddystone light-house was destroyed, and in it the ingenious
contriver of it, Winstanley, and the persons who were with
him. Multitudes of cattle were also lost; in one level 15,000
sheep were drowned 26-27 Nov. 1703
Snow-storm in Sweden, in which, it is said, 7000 Swedes,
marching to attack Droutheim, perished upon the moun-
tains 1719
Thirty thousand persons perish and a great number of vessels
are wrecked by a storm in India 11 Oct. 1737
Hurricane in West Indies; 4000 houses destroyed and 1000 of
the inhabitants 25 Oct. 1768
Seven thousand persons killed by a storm at Surat in India,
22 Apr. 1782
One hundred and thirtv-one villages and farms laid waste in
France : ' 1786
Hurricane at Madras May, 1811
Storm at Gibraltar; over 100 vessels destroyed 18 Feb. 1828
Hurricane on west coast of England and Ireland 6-7 Jan. 1839
1091 .
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Minol's Ledge light-house in Boston harbor destroyed by storm,
19 Apr. 1851
Great storm in the Black sea, causing much loss of life, ship-
Ding and stores sent by England for the allied armies in the
Crimea 13-16 Nov. 1854
Part of Crystal palace, London, and the steeple of Chichester
cathedral blown down 20-21 Feb. 1861
One hundred and forlv-three vessels wrecked in storm on Brit-
ish coast .* 28 May, ''
Tay bridgk blown into the river 28 Dec. lo79
Gale in gulf of Mexico ; 247 lives lost 12 Oct. 1886
Storthing, the Norwegian parliament, said to have
been first held at Bergen by Haco V. in 1223, now composed
of 114 members, one fourth in the upper house (Lagthing)
and three fourths in the lower house (Odelsthing).
StOVei. The ancients used stoves which concealed the
fire, as the German stoves yet do. They lighted fires also in
large tubes in rooms with open roofs. Apartments were
warmed by portable braziers. Stoves on this old principle,
improved, continue in use in many houses and public estab-
lishments in England, and generally on the Continent. Dr.
Franklin and count Itumford pointed out the waste of fuel in
open fires; and dr. Neil Arnott patented his " improvemenCs
in the production and agency of heat," 14' Nov. 1821. Chim-
neys. Dr. C. William Siemens described his smokeless stove
in Nature for n Nov. 1880.
Straight-out DeiI10Crat§, Political parties.
Strait§ Settlements, including Malacca, Penang or
Prince of Wales island, and Singapore, secured to Great Britain
in 1824, were made a separate dependency in 1853 under the
governor-general of India. They were separated from India
as an independent settlement by act passed 10 Aug. 1866,
which took effect Apr. 1867. The Cocos islands were placed
under the Straits Settlements, 1 Feb. 1886,and Christmas island,
8 Jan. 1889. Singapore, the capital, is on the island of Singa-
pore, which is about 27 miles long by 14 wide, with an area of
206 sq. miles. The native states of Perak, Selangor, Sungei-
Ujong, Negri Sembilan, Johor, and Pahang on the peninsula
are also subject to some extent to the British rule. The area
3f these states on the peninsula is over 32,000 sq. miles.
• Stral§unc1, Pomerania, a strongly fortified Hanse town,
built about 1230. It resisted a fierce siege by Wallenstein in
il628; was taken by Frederick William of Brandenburg in 1678 ,
[restored to the Swedes, 1679; recaptured by the Prussians and
•their allies, Dec. 1715. It surrendered to the French under
jBrune, 20 Aug. 1807 ; was awarded to Prussia, 1815.
I Strand, London. Houses were first built upon the
;3tra!ul about 1353, when it was the court end of the town, or
I he communication between the 2 cities of London and West-
jitiiiister, being then open to the Thames and to the fields.
r69
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!>itranger§ in House of Commons. Parliament, Mav,
1875.
Stras'burg, the Roman Argentoratum, the capital of
Alsace, on the west bank of the 111, near the left bank of the
iihlne. Here Julian defended the Alemanni, 357, who capt-
ired it, 455. It was annexed to Germany, 870. Louis XIV.
ieized it 28 Sept. 1681, and retained it by the treaty of Rys-
vick, 1697. The citadel and fortifications which he constructed
lave been augmented so that Strasburg is one of the strongest
,)laces in Europe. It was confirmed to France by the peace
[)f Ryswick in 1697, but captured by the Germans, 28 Sept.
870, and retained at the peace. May, 1871. The cathedral,
in epitome of Gothic art, was founded by Clovis, and recon-
; tructed by Pepin and Charlemagne. After destruction by
ightning, 1007, it was principally rebuilt by Erwin de Stein-
)ach and his son in the 14th century. The lofty tower (468
eet high) was completed in 1439. The celebrated astronom-
cal clock, after a long stoppage, was repaired by M. Schwilgue,
nd inaugurated 1 Jan. 1843.
iltempted insurrection by prince Louis Napoleon (afterwards
emperor), aided by 2 officers and some privates 30 Oct. 1836
' [They are arrested, and the prince shipped to America by
: the government]
trasburg invested by Germans, principally from Baden, during
the Franco-Prussian war 10 Aug. 1870
/en. von Werder assuming command of the siege, bombard-
' ment began 14 Aug. ; a vigorous sally repulsed 16 Aug. "
' en.Uhrich,the commander,after heroic resistance,a breach be-
I ing made and an assault impending, surrendered, 2 a. m. ; at 8
j] •*.«. 17,150 men and 400 officers laid down their arms, 27 Sept. "
25
German loss was said to be 906 men, of whom 43 were officers,
28 Sept. 1870
Germans entered Strasburg on the anniversary of its surprise
by the French in 1681 30 Sept. "
Uhrich received the grand cross of the Legion of Honor. .Oct. '•
Library was destroyed and the cathedral injured.
Stratford-upon-Avon, a town of Warwickshire,
Engl. Shakespeare and his plays.
Stratheluyd, a kingdom formed by the Britons, who
retired northward after the Saxon conquest, about 560. It
extended from the Clyde to Cumberland. The Britons in it
submitted to Edward the Elder in 924.
Strathmore e§tates. Miss Bowes of Durham, then
the richest heiress in Europe, whose fortune was 1,040,000/.,
with vast additions on her mother's death, and immense es-
tates on the demise of her uncle, married the earl of Strath-
more, 25 Feb. 1766. Having, after the earl's death, married
Mr. Stoney, she was forcibly carried off by him and other
armed men, 10 Nov. 1786. She Avas brought to the King's
Bench by habeas co?-pus and released, and he committed to
prison, 23 Nov. The lady recovered her estates, which she
had assigned to her husband under terror, in May, 1788.
Stratton Hill, Battle of, in Cornwall, Engl., 16 May,
1643 ; the royal army, under sir Ralph Hopton, defeated the
forces of the parliament under earl of Stamford.
Strawberry. Fl(?wers and Plants.
Streight's rai«1. Col. A. D. Streight, 51st Indiana,
with a force of 1700 men, mounted, was permitted by gen.
Rosecrans to attempt the destruction of railroads and other
property in northern Alabama and Georgia. The raid com-
menced about 12 Apr. and closed 3 May, 1863, by the capture
of his entire command near Rome, Ga. This raid accompli.shed
nothing, unless it was to illustrate the futility of attempting
to accomplish much with little. Col. Streight afterwards ac-
quired some prominence by tunnelling out of Libby prison and
escaping.
Stre'litZ, the imperial guard of Russia, established by
Ivan IV. about 1568. I3ecoming seditious, it was suppressed
by Peter the Great; great numbers were killed, many by the
czar's own hand, 1698-1704.
strike, the abandonment of work by a body of working-
men, usually with a view of extorting terms from employers.
Industrial arbitration originated in France in 1806, when Na-
poleon, at the request of the workingmen of Lyons, caused the
creation by law of boards of arbitration and conciliation, which
still exist under the title of " Conseils des Prud'hommes."
The first voluntary tribunal of trade disputes in England was
the Board of Arbitration and Conciliation in the glove and
hosiery trade, which held its first meeting at Nottingham,
Engl.,' 3 Dec. 1860. The first Board of Arbitration in the
United States was organized by messrs. Straiten & Storms,
cigar manufacturers of New York city, in 1879. The Wallace
act of Pennsylvania, in 1883, was the first legislation in tliis
country providing for voluntary arbitration in industrial dis-
putes between employers and employed. The first recorded
strike in the U. S.. is that of the journeymen bakers of New
York in 1741. The journeymen boot-makers of Philadelphia
are mentioned as striking for increased wages in 1796, 1798,
and 1799. The whole number of strikes and lockouts recorded
in the U. S. prior to 1881 is 1491, of which 316 were successful,
583 failed, and 154 were compromised. Of 438 the results are
unknown. Since 1881 the yearly record has been as follows :
Year.
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
strikes.
Number
involved, i
471 129,521
454 154,671
478 149,763
443 147,054
645 242,705
Year,
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890..
Strikfo Number
btrikes. involved.
...1411 499,489
... 872 345,073
... 679 211,016
... 643 177,298
... 798 201,682
Strike of sailors in New York for increased wages; unsuccess-
ful Nov. 1803
Unsuccessful strike of the Shoemaking guild in Philadelphia,
lasting 6-7 weeks 1805
Strike of 200 cordwaincrs in New York Nov. 1809
Printers strike in Albany, protesting against the employment
of non-union men 1821
Strike of laborers on Chesapeake and Ohio canal. 1829
Strike and riot of laborers on Providence railroad Apr. 1834
Mill strike at Paterson, N. J. ; 26 weeks' idleness and loss of
$24,000 in wages 1835
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770
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Sirikeof wenvcrsat Moyamensinganil Kensington, Philadelphia,
Pa . on wages (amicably ailjiisted after 5 months), begins, Aug 1842
' • Mechanics' bell," which hangs in a tower at the foot of Fourth
8t , East river, N. Y., was llrst erected in New York in 1831.
It was recast and raised ou a skeleton tower in Webb's ship-
I yard (1844), to celebrate the first victorious strike in Amer-
ica for a 10 hour diiy, won by the journeymen ship-curpen-
ters of Philadelphia 19 Mch. 1844
National congress of trade organizations held at Baltimore,
Md. ; 100 delegates represent about 60 trades unions. .20 Aug. 18G6
IMPORTANT STRIKES IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1845.
ClM«oftr«d«.
Journeymen tailors. . .
Iron workers
Weavers
Shoemakers
Ship carpenters, etc. .
Coal miners
General labor strike. .
Coal miners
Coal miners
Cotton mill operatives.
General railroad strike (
(Pbnnsylv.wia) )
Spinners
Ir«)n workers
Cotton handlers
Weavers and spinners.
Coal miners
Cotton mill hands
Rolling-mill hands
Iron workers (general),
Bricklayers
Telegraphers (general)
Glass blowers ,
Spinners ,
Miners..
Painters
Miners.
Miners.
Carpet weavers
Miners
Miners.. .
Iron workers
Rollingmill hands
Miners
lAsters and bottomers..
Glove makers
Stove moulders
Mis.souri Pacific rail |
road system (
Third Avenue Street- i
car line )
Cigar makers
Lumber shovcrs
Street-car lines
Moat packers
Meat packers
Coal handlers
Reading railroad em- 1
pioyees }
Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad em-!
pioyees )
New York Central rail- 1
road (general) j
Miners in coke district .
Miners
Carnegie steel works. . .
Switclimen (Erie rail- )
road) i
Miners, coal
Trainmen, Lehigh Val- (
ley railroad j
Great Northern andi
Montana Central !
railroad )
Mine workers; general (
throughout the U. S. I
Employees of llu
Pullman Car Manu-
facturing company..
American Railway
union orders railroad
strike to support the
boycott against the
Pullman Car Co
Number in-
volved.
1,200
1*366
7,000
10,000
15,000
M«ny thoa-\
Miids ; ex-(
tensive ancli
wl(le-spr«>d)
14,000
317
10,000
5,253
2,174
4,981
5,000
30,000
3,200
67,000
1,204
4,755
3.000
6,000
6,926
2,289
2,115
4,000
7,272
15,600
3,000
4,500
5,755
7.374
1,750
9,000
1,300
20,000
12,000
12,000
9,260
10,635
34,000
30,000
15,000
3.000
10,000
28,000
2,000
150,000 to .
200,000 )
2,000
Where begun.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Pittsburg, Pa
Fall River, Mass
Lynn, Mass
Greenpoint, L. I
Scranton, Pa
New York city
Tuscarawas valley, 0
Mahoning valley, 0
Fall River, Mass
Martinsburg, Md
Fall River, Mass
Covington andNewport,Ky
New Orleans, La
Lawrence. Mass
Western Pennsylvania
Cohoes, N. Y
Cleveland, 0
Pittsburg, Pa
Chicago, 111
Pittsburg. Pa
Western Pennsylvania
Fall River, Mass
Brazil, Ind
New York city
Western Pennsylvania
Hocking Valley, 0
Philadelphia. Pa
Western Pennsylvania
Cleveland, 0
Western Pennsylvania
Brockton, Mass
Gloversville, N. Y
Troy, N. Y
New York city
Chicago, 111
New York city
Chicago, III
New York city
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Albany, N. Y
Connellsville, Pa
Indiana
Homestead, Pa
Bu(ralo,N. Y
Nanticoke, Pa
Chicago, 111
Western railroads
4mos.
2-8 "
6 "
6 wks.
6 "
4mos.
3 "
9 "
9 wks.
3mos.
16 wks.
21 •"
2 "
23 "
20 "
19 "
95 days
4mos.
68 days
30 "
23 wks.
16 "
14 "
3 "
22 "
22 wks.
54 days
29 "
16. "
88 "
4mos.
6 wks.
9 "
17 "
2mos.
60 days
1 day
2 wks.
1 day
11 days
10 "
2mos.
6 "
2 mos.
5 "
10 days
3 mos.
18 days
16 "
2 mos.
4 "
Yes
No
Partly
Yes
Partly
No
Yes
Yes
No
Partly
No
Yes
No
Partly
No
Partly
No
Y'es
No
Partly
Object of strike.
For increase in wages
Against reduced wages
For increase in wages
For 8-hour day
Against reduced wages
For 8-hour day
( Against 15 cents reduction)
( per ton mined i
{Against 15 cents reduction )^
per ton mined j
Against reduced wages
For increase in wages ,
For new scale of prices
For increase in wages ,
Against reduced wages
( For adoption of Associa- )
I tion rules ]
For new scale of prices
Increase of wages
For 155? advance in wages.,
Against reduced wages
For iD«rease in wages
(Against 20 cents reduc-)
\ tion per ton mined )
Against reduced wages
11 (I u
For increase of wages
Against reduced wages
For increase in wages
Against fixed rates
For increase in wages
Ordered by Martin Jones. .
(Against hours of labor and)
( discharge of men j
For fewer hours
For fewer hours, more pay . ,
In sympathy with strikers. ,
Against 10-hour day
Against increase of hours . ,
For advance in wages ,
Adjustment of wages
(Against dismissal of)
\ Knights of Labor |
For wage scale
For wage scale
General grievance
Settled by arbitration
Against reduction of wages.
Sympathetic.
Loss in
wages.
$140,000
200,000
900,000
746,700
Manyinill-j
' property j
100,000
300,000
50,000
800,000
500,000
541,250
376,250
3,300,000
560,000
526,000
412,9.50
300,000
324,000
727,480
473,500
312,000
344,300
323,600
442.733
410;000
549,780
430,000
648,900
400,000
1,400,000
50,000
27,000
270,000
25,000
175,000
169,680
2,650,000
3,620,000
875,000
2,000,000
A.nerican Railway Union, a powerful labor organization of
railroad employees under the presidency of Eugene V.
Debs, orders a symi)athetic strike in favor of the Pull-
man Car company strikers on the western railroads,
26 June,
Rapidly spreads 28 June,
U S. government interferes on account of the mails. .30 June,
Injunction against strikers from the U. S. courts 2 July,
Federal troops ordered to Chicago 3 July,
1894
Gov. Altgeld sends protesting telegrams to pres. Cleveland for
sending the U. S. troops 4-5 July, 1894
Fierce rioting in Chicago during the strike; several million
dollars' worth of railroad property destroyed .5-8 July, "
Debs, with Howard and other leaders, indicted and arrested
for conspiracy, released on $10,000 bail 10 July, "
James R. Sovereign, president of the Knights of Labor, issues
a call for the knights to strike — no general response,
10 July, "
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Executive of the American Federation of Labor decides not to
order a strike 13 July, 1894
[Strike greatly weakened by this decision.]
Debs arrested, charged with violating the Federal injunction,
17 July, "
Federal troops withdrawn from Chicago 19 July, "
Pres. Cleveland appoints Carroll D. Wright, commissioner
of labor, John I). Kernan, and Nicholas E. Worthington a
committee to investigate the Pullman strike 25 July, "
Strike declared od' by the strike committee of the American
Railway Union *> Aug. "
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State troops ordered home by gov. Altgeld 7 Aug. 1894.
Committee of investigation begin their work in Chicago,15 Aug. "
Trial of Debs and other officers of the American Railway
Union began in the U. S. courts, Chicago 5 Sept. "
U. S. justice Harlan delivers his decision on strikes, Chicago,
1 Oct. "
Attorney-general Olney decides that the boycott of the Reading
railroad again.st labor unions is unlawful 9 Nov. "
Committee of investigation report, exonerating the American
Railway Union, and condemning the Pullman Company and
the General Managers Association Nov. 12 "
IMPORTANT ENGLISH AND FOREIGN STRIKES.
Class of trade.
Cotton spinners
Spinners
Spinners
Builders
Potters
Amalgamated Society of j
Operative Engineers. . j
Spinners (lock out)
Colliers (lock out)
Building trade (lock-out).
Engineers
Cotton hands
Colliers
Agricultural union
Building operatives
Colliers
Miners (lock-out)
Shipwrights
Masons
Cotton-mill hands
Nailers ,
Cotton-mill hands
Coal miners
Ship-builders
Miners
Coal miners..
Dock laborers.
Factory hands.
Railroad
Shipping trade
Miners
Coal miners
30,000
10,000
30,000
30,000
3,300
15,000
17,000
3,200
25,000
9,000
35,000
18,000
10*666
70,000
50,000
10,000
1,700
300,000
25,000
10,000
70,000
8,000
30,000
a Aug. -
25,000
30 Aug.
t 80,000.
40,000
50,000
80,000
36,000
Where begun.
Lancashire, Engl
Manchester, Engl
Ash ton and Staleysbridge.
Manchester, Engl
Staffordshire, Engl
England ^
Preston
West Yorkshire
London
Newcastle
Oldham
South Wales
Alderton, Suffolk, Engl.
liondon
South Wales
Clyde
I/ondon
Lancashire
Staffordshire
Oldham
Durham
Tyne
S. Yorkshire and Midland.
Westphalia, Germany
Barcelona, Spain.
Cardiff, Wales
Australia and New Zealand
Pas-de-Calais, France
England and Wales ,
4
6
10
6
4 "
11 wks.
9mos.
2
T
20
1
12
18 "
12 "
11 "
5mos.
wks.
mos.
?<
I wks.
wk.
wks.
wks.
mos.
wks.
mos.
mos.
wk.
idays
1 mo.
No
Partly
No
Yes
Yes
Partly
Partly
Object of strilte.
For advance in wages
Against new machinery. ,
For advance in wages
Against contract building
For advance in wages
Against overtime
For 10$g increase in wages.
Against reduced wages
For 9-hour day
No
No
Partly
Against reduced wages
i
More pay, less time
Against reduced wages
No
Partly
Against reduced wages —
For advance in wages
( For increased pay and 8- 1
\ hour day .* j
(For increased ]'ay and;
( other grievances i
( For reduction of time of (
I labor j
(For reduction of time of |
{ labor )
{Against 25^ reduction in |
wages (
$1,250,000
1,250,000
360,000
250,000
2,100,000
500,000
966,000
175,000
1,080,000
666,000
3,850,000
280,500
13,500,000
1,2.50,000
200,000
126,600
Date of
beginning.
Nov
10 Jan.
15 Oct.
1810
1829
1833
1834
1852
18.53
1858
Aug. 1859
May, 1871
Mch. 1872
1 June, "
1 Jan. 1873
2 Jan. 1875
May, 1877
31 July, "
18 Apr. 1878
25 Nov. "
5 Apr. 1879
3 May, 1889
15 Aug.
1890
7 Aug.
29 Aug.
15 Nov.
28 July,
1891
itroil'tiuin. The native carbonate of strontia was
discovered at Strontian, in Argyleshire, in 1787. Sir Hum-
phry Davy first obtained from it the metal strontium in 1808.
itrycll'llia, a poisonous vegetable alkaloid, discovered
in 1818 by Pelletier and Caventou in the seeds of the strych-
nos ignatia and nux-vomica, and also in the upas poison.
Half a grain blown into the throat of a rabbit occasions
death in 4 minutes; it produces lockjaw. Much attention was
given to stryclinia in 1856, during the trial of William Palm-
er, who was executed for the murder of Cook, 14 June, 1856.
Stuart, properly SteAVart, House of. England,
Pretenders, Scotland.
Stucco "work, a plaster of pulverized marble and
gypsum applied to walls and ceilings for decorative purposes.
It was known to the ancients, and was much prized by them,
particularly bj' the Romans, who excelled in it. — Lenglet. It
was revived by D'Udine, about 1550; and in Italy, France,
and England in the 18th centur3\
Stuhm, a town of W. Prussia. Here Gustavus Adolphus
of Sweden defeated the Poles, 1628.
Stun'distS, a Puritan sect in south Russia, said to be
descendants of Russian soldiers converted from the Greek
church by German missionaries; some were cruelly perse-
cuted by the bigoted peasantrj'- of Vossnessensk in Kherson
in 1879 ; 13 of the ringleaders were tried for the crime, 8 Nov.
1879.
Sturm und I>rang ("storm and pressure") period
or movement in German literature, a. chaotic or volcanic pe-
riod, without form or order, 1760-1800.
Stuttgart, capital of Wiirtemberg, first mentioned in
1229, was made his residence bv count Eberhard, 1320; en-
larged by Ulric, 1436; and made capital of the state, 1482. It
has been greatly adorned during the last and present centu-
ries. International rifie-meeting here, 1 Aug. 1875. Pop. 1890,
139,659.
style (Gr. aTi^eiv, to pierce, to stick, thence arvXoQ, a
sharp -pointed iron), manner of writing, of doing, etc.; a
mode of reckoning time. The style was altered by Augus-
tus Caesar's ordering leap-j'ear to be once in 4 years, and the
month Sextilis to be called Augustus, 8 b.c. August, New
STYLE.
Styli'tes, Monachism.
Styr'ia, a province of Austria, part of the ancient Nori-
cum and Pannonia, was held successively by the Romans,
Ostrogoths, and Avars. It was conquered by Charlemagne,
and divided among his followers, styled counts, among
whom the count of Styria, about 876, was the most powerful.
The count became margrave about 1030; and Ottocar VI.,
in 1180, was made duke. At his death, 1192, Styria was an-
nexed to the duchy of Austria. In 1246 it was acquired by
Bela IV. of Hungary; in 1253 by Ottocar II. of Bohemia,
after whose defeat and death at INIarchfeld, in 1278, it revert-
ed to Rudolph of Hapsburg, and was annexed to his possessions.
submarine lamp, one invented by Siebe and Gor-
man, has been in use since 1850, especially at Cherbourg;
Heinke and Davis's lamp was exhibited, 1871.
submarine telegraph. Electuicity.
Succession, Wars of. Austrian Succession, Span-
ish Succession.
Suevi (swe'vi), a warlike German tribe, which, with
the Alani and the Visigoths, entered Spain about 408 ; were
overcome and absorbed bv the latter, about 584.
N,
SUE
Suez canal. The caliph, Omar about 640 opposed
cutting the isthmus. A plan for a canal between the head of
the Red sea and the bay of relusium was brought forward
by M. Ferdinand de Le8se|)s in 1862. He undertook to cut a
canal through 90 miles of sand (actual length, 87 miles ; 66
miles canal and 21 miles lakes); to run out moles into the
Mediterranean ; to deejMjn the shallow waters ; to create ports
to receive the ships from India and Australia, and to adapt the
canal to irrigation. The consent of the Egyptian, Turkish,
Russian, French, and Austrian governments was gradually ob-
tained, but not that of the British. A company was formed
for the purpose, and the work commenced in 1858 by Daniel
Lange (knighted 1870). The cost was estimated at 8,000,000/.
Engineer, M. L. Monteit.
M. Delacour, a French engineer, after viewing works, "em-
ploying 26,000 men in the desert," expected that they would
be completed in 4 or 5 years 7 Nov. 1862
Waters of the Mediterranean admitted into a narrow channel
coiumuuicating with lake Timsah Hec. "
New town Timsah named Ismaila 4 Mch. 1863
Works visited by the sultan and by Mr. Hawkshaw *'
Company compelled by the Egyptian government to give up
compulsory labor; litigation ensued Aug. "
M. de Lesseps reports that a vessel with 30 persons had been
tugged from sea to sen Feb. 1865
Delegates from British chambers of commerce visit the
works, and report that success is only an affair of time
and monev 17 Apr. "
Flood-g.ites of smaller Suez canal opened, the fresh water of
the Nile admitted ; a coal-vessel passes from the Mediter-
ranean to the Red sea 15 Aug. "
Primo, 80 tons' burden, passes from the Mediterranean to the
Red sea 17 Feb. 1867
A loan raised in France "
French and English vessels enter the canal Nov. 1868
John Fowler, the engineer, reports the canal suitable for
steamers and mail traffic, but not for vessels requiring tugs,
5 Feb. 1869
Mediterranean admitted to salt lakes 18 Mch. "
Visited by the prince and princess of Wales 23 Mch. "
Canal opened in presence of the emperor of Austria, empress
of the French, viceroy of Egypt, etc 17 Nov. "
M. de Lesseps entertained in London 4 July, 1870
Traffic in 1870-71 doubled 1872-73
Charges for vessels increased 50 per cent. ; British appeal for
a national conference Apr. 1873
International conference on Suez dues meet at Constantinople;
21 sittings; report dated 18 Dec. Proposals of the sultan ac-
cepted by European powers Dec. "
M. de Lesseps protests; lords of admiralty informed (by D. A.
I.Ange) that canal will be closed unless old dues are paid,
22 Apr. ; he yields 26 Apr. 1874
Col. Stokes, after survey, reports to earl of Derby the canal
generally in a satisfactory state 20 Apr. "
British government authorize messrs. Rothschild to buy for
4,080,000^. the khedive's shares (176,602 shares of 101.. out
of 400,000) in the canal (at 5 per cent, till 1 July, 1894, after
which dividends will be paid) Nov. 1875
M. de Lesseps in a circular says he regards "as a fort-
unate circumstance the powerful union between English
and French capitalists for the purely industrial and neces-
sarily peaceful working of the universal maritime canal,"
29 Nov. "
Subject discussed in the commons, 14 Feb. ; money (4,080,000^.)
voted, 21 Feb. ; act passes 15 Aug. 1876
eutrality of canal claimed by Great Britain May, June, 1877
Its freedom secured by settlement of Egypt 1882-83
Receipts about 5,000,000 francs, 1870; 60,523,815 francs 1882"
Second canal determined on by British ship-owners; syndicate
appointed 10 May, 1883
Arrangements made by government for construction and ad-
vancement of capital, virtually under control of De Lessepss
company, announced 11 July; dissatisfaction and opposition
in England, 12 July; proposed convention withdrawn,
23 July, "
Sir Stafford Northcote's resolution against De Lesseps's monop-
oly negatived (284-185) 31 July, "
De Lesseps visits London ; agrees with steamship owners
to enlarge present canal or create a new one, giving addi-
tional powers to the company, and to reduce dues, etc. ,
30 Nov. >'
Agreement approved by the British government, 25 Feb. ; the
shareholders at Paris protest against it, but ratify it (2608-
556) 29 May, ' '
Widening of the present canal decided on, after investigation
by commission, Dec. 1884; plans adopted by the commission,
9 Feb. 1885
International commission sits at Paris; English and French
schemes discu.ssed Apr.-May, "
Parts of these schemes incorporated in treaty May,' "
Arrangements with Egypt completed for widening the canal,
27 Dec. 1886
Convention at Paris for England and France, neutralizing the
canal under a joint commission 24 Oct. 1887
Adhesion of the other powers announced, July; ratified by the
sultan, 25 Oct. ; by the powers 29 Oct. and 22 Dec. 1888
(72
SUG
TRAFFIC THROUGH THE CANAL.
Year.
No.ofthipa.
OrosR tonnage.
Gross recei|iis.
1870
486
765
1,082
1,173
1,264
1,494
1,457
1,663
1,593
1.477
435,911
761,467
1,439,169
2,085,073
2,423,672
2,940,709
3,072,107
3,418,950
3,291,535
3,236,942
£255,488
464 091
1871
1872
758,659
1873
971 882
1874
1,029,492
1,204,387 ,
1,229,157
1,337,617
1,272,435
1,214,443
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
Total, 10 years
12,454
23,105,535
9,737,651
1880
2.026
2,727
3,198
3,307
3,284
3,624
3,100
3,137
3,444
3,425
4,344,519
5,794,401
7,122,125
8,051,307
8,319,967
8,985,411
8,183,313
8,430,043
9,437,957
9,605,745
• 1.672,836
2,187,047
2,536,343
2,645,506
2,480,000
2,601,998
2 241 096 ■
1881
1882 .
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
2,314,494
2 680 000
1888
1889
2,735,678
Total, 10 years
31,272
78,274,788
24,094,997
1890
3,389
9,749,129
2 679 340
The statutes of the Suez Canal company provide that all net earn-
ings in excess of 5 per cent, interest on the shares shall be divided
as follows :
1. 15 per cent, to the Egyptian government.
2. 10 " " to the founders' shares.
3. 2 " " for the employees of the company.
4. 71 " " as dividend on 394,677 shares.
5. 2 " " to the managing directors.
The net profits in 1890 were over 1,525,335^. Of the 3389 ships
passed through the canal in 1890, 2522 belonged to Great Britain.
SUg'ar (Saccharum officinarum) is supposed to have been
known to the ancient Jews. Found in India by Nearchus,
admiral of Alexander, 325 b.c. — Strabo. An Oriental nation
in alliance with Pompey used the juice of the cane as a com-
mon beverage. — Lucan. It was prescribed as a medicine by
Galen, 2d century. Brought into Europe from Asia, G26 A.D.;
in large quantities, 1150. Attempted to be cultivated in Italy;
not succeeding, the Portuguese and Spaniards carried it to
America about 1510. It was long considered a neutral sub-
stance, without congeners, but has of late j'ears become the
head of a numerous family — viz. : cane-sugar {sucrose, from
the sugar-cane; boiled with dilute acids it becomes ,9/M cose) ;
fruit-sugar (from many recent fruits) ; grape-sugar ((jlucose,
from dried fruits and altered starch); sugar of milk {melitosef
from eucalyptus, by Berthelot in 1856) ; sorbin (from the ber-
ries of the mountain ash, b}' Pelouze); inosite (from muscular
tissue, Scherer) ; dulcose (by Laurent); mannite (from manna,
obtained from \\\q fraxinus ornus, a kind of asli); quercite
(from acorns) ; to these have been added tnycose., by M. Mit-
scherlich, and melezetose and trehalose, by M. Berthelot.
Sugar-refining was made known to Europeans by a Venetian,
1503; and was first practised in England iiboiit 1659, The "^
invaluable vacuum-pan was invented by Charles E. Howard,
1812. Dr. Scoffern's processes were patented in 1848-50.
Sugar-cane transported from Trij)oli and Syria to Sicily nnd
Madeira about 1138
It is not known when sugar was introduced into England, but
doubtless before Henry VIII. Mr. Whittaker, in the "His-
tory of Whalley, " p. 109, quotes a mention 1497
A manuscript letter of sir Edward Wotton, dated Calais, noti-
fies lord Cobliam that he had taken up for him 25 sugar-
loaves at 6 shillings a loaf, "whiche is eighle pence a
pounde " 6 Mch. 1546
Sugar first taxed (by James II. ) 1686
The consumption of sugar per capita in the principal nations
of Europe is, England, 78 pounds; Denmark, 41: Switzer-
land, 33; France, 28-f-; Holland, 28; Germany, 24; Norway
and Sweden, 22-f-; Belgium, 21; Portugal, 14; others less.
Average, 22.
SPGAR IN THE UNITED STATES.
Sugarcane first grown in part of territory now constituting the
U.S 1751
First American sugar-mill built near New Orleans 176S
Sugar first manufactured from sorghum 1882
A bounty was granted by Congress from 1 July, 1891, to 1 July,
1905, of 2 cents a pound on sugar not less than 90° by the
polariscope from cane, beets, sorghum, and maple produced
in the U. S., and testing less than 90° and not less than 80°,
1% cents 1 Oct. 1890
[All bounties paid to sugar producers in the U. S. ceased
from the date of the passage of the Tariff act, 27 Aug.
1894.]
The following table shows the production in pounds of the different
SUI
kinds of sugar in the U. S. for 1891, on which $7,342,077 bounty
was paid :
Cane sugar. Pounds.
Louisiana 354,901,053
Texas 8,989,567
Florida 929,248
Mississippi 9,543 364,829,411
Beet sugar.
California 8,175,438
Nebraska 2,734,500
Utah 1,094,900 12,004,838
Sorghum sugar.
Kansas 1,136,086
Maple sugar 144,882
378,115,217
Sugar on which bounty was not paid, mostly
maple 34,778,013
Total 412,893,230
Sugar imported into the U. 8. for the year ending 30 June, 1893,
was 3,766,445,347 pounds, and the total amount consumed was
4,024,646,975 pounds, being 62+ pounds per capita. Very little
sugar exported from the U. S. ; average less than 20,000,000
pounds yearly. Sugar duties, 1890, prior to the reduction of the
duty, $53,992,107; 1892, after reduction, $76,795.
Total production of beet sugar of the world in 1891 was 7,987,913,-
896 pounds; of cane sugar, 4,529,248,334 pounds.
In 1887 there was produced in the U. S. 400.000 pounds of beet
sugar; 1888, 3,600,000; 1889, 6,000,000; 1890, 8,000,000; 1891,
12 000 000; 1892, 27,000,000, of which California produced 21,-
800,000; Nebraska, 3,800,000; Utah, 1,400,000 pounds. In 1893,
43,000,000 pounds produced from 200,000 tons of beet roots, av-
eraging the producer $4.50 per ton. Of the total amount of sugar
made in the world, 1893, about 7,000,000 tons, 60 per cent, was
manufactured from beets.
The average yearly production of maple sugar in the U. S. is about
32,000,000 pounds, although some years there is produced over
50,000,000 pounds. According to the U. S. census for 1890 there
were 23,533 producers of maple sugar making 500 pounds and
over, 10,099 of them in the state of Vermont.
§l]ici<le (Lat. sui, pronoun of one's self, and caedo, to
kill), self-murder. Strabo, the historian, tells us that at Ceos,
1 the country of Simonides, 500 B.C., it was an established cus-
j torn to allow suicide to those who had attained 60 years or
1 were infirm. The Greek and Ronaan philosophers deenoed it
I a crime, and in Athens the offending hand was buried apart
\ from the body. Plutarch relates that an unaccountable pas-
{ sion for suicide seized the Milesian virgins, and was only
t broken up by a decree that the naked body of every j'oung
I maid who committed suicide should be drawn through the
i streets. In P^ngland until 1823 the body of the suicide was
\ directed to be buried in a cross-road and a stake driven
i through it. England, 1886. An act suppressing the bar-
I barous custom was passed in 1882. During 5 years, from
I 1882-1887, there were 8226 suicides in the United States.
[ The average annual suicide rate per 100,000 persons is esti-
i mated for various countries as follows : Saxony, 31.1 ; Austria,
i 21.2; Switzerland, 20.2; France, 15.7; German empire, 14.5;
Prussia, 13.3; England and Wales,. 6.9; United States, 3.5 ;
Russia, 2.9; Ireland, 1.7; Spain, 1.4.
An epidemic of suicide among the soldiers under Tarquin I.,
to avoid the menial task of excavating the sewers of Rome,
is checked by an edict that the bodies of suicides be ex- b.c.
posed to public view nailed on crosses 606
Cato the Younger commits suicide at Utica, Africa 46
Jews, at the siege of Jerusalem by Titus, destroy themselves
in large numbers in the fortress of Massada, to avoid falling a.d.
into the hands of the Romans 70
Suicide condemned as a crime by the Council of Aries 452
First ecclesiastical rule as to suicide in England, made at the
first Council of Braga, forbids a burial service for suicides. . . 563
No commemoration of a suicide to be made in the Eucharist,
and no psalms sung at the burial, by declaration of Council
of Auxerre 578
Hara-kiri (suicide by disembowelment) of persons of military
class in Japan, condemned to death, instituted during the
Ashikaga dynasty 1336-1568
By criminal law of Louis XIV. of France, the body of a suicide
is to be dragged at a cart's tail 1670
Epidemic of suicide at Versailles, 1793; at Rouen, 1806, and at
Stuttgart 1811
In the British army, an ofBcer attempting suicide will be court-
martialed and cashiered, and a private imprisoned, by law of 1879
Law passed in New York, 26 July, 1881, making attempted sui-
cide a felony, punishable by imprisonment not exceeding 2
years, or by a fine not exceeding $1000, or both, takes effect,
1 Dec. 1882
Lawrence Rallard sentenced to one year's imprisonment, for at-
tempting suicide ; first conviction"under the law of 1882, 8 Feb. 1883
Sullivan, Fort.- Fort Moultrie.
Sullivan's expedition against the Si.x Nations.
Hew Yokk, 1779.
773
SUN
sulphur has been known from the earliest times. Basil
Valentine mentions its production from green vitrioL Sul-
phuric acid (vitriol), produced by him from burning sulphur,
was introduced into England about 1720. Sulphur has been
studied by eminent chemists during the present century, and
many discoveries have been made— such as its allotropic con-
dition, etc. It is the inflammable constituent in gunpowder,
and a deleterious ingredient in coal-gas. The sulphur mines
of Sicily have been wrought since the 16th century, but the
exportation was inconsiderable till about 1820; in 1838 the
trade increased so much that Great Britain alone imported
38,654 tons. In that year the Neapolitan government was
induced to grant a monopoly of the trade to a French com-
pany; but a tirm remonstrance from the British government
led to a discontinuance of this impolitic restriction in 1841,
which, however, gave a great and lasting impetus to the Brit-
ish sulphur manufacture. In 1871, only 937,049 tons were
imported into the United Kingdom.
§Ultan, or ruler, a Turkish title, from the Arabic, given
to the grand - signior or emperor of Turkey. It was first
given to the Turkish princes, Angrolipez and Musgad, about
1055. — Vattier. It was first given, according to others, to the
emperor Mahmoud, in the 4th century of the Hegira.
SulU islands or arcllipela^^O, under Spanish
protection, by a protocol signed at Madrid, 7 Mch. 1885, by
representatives of Great 'Britain, Germany, and Spain, in-
cludes all islands between the western extremity of the island
of Mindanao on the one side, and the islands of Borneo and
Aragua on the other; excluding all Borneo and all lands
within 3 maritime leagues of its coast. The group contains
about 60 islands, with an area of about 1000 sq. miles.
Suma'tra, an island in the Indian ocean, called Java
Minor by Marco Polo, and visited by Nicolo di Conti prior to
1449. Mainly on account of the pepper trade, the Dutch
formed a settlement at Padang about 1649, and the British at
Bencoolen' about 1685. The Dutch possessions with Java
were acquired by the British in 1811, but were restored in
1816. In 1824 the Dutch acquired all the British settlements
in Sumatra, in exchange for Malacca and some possessions in
India. Restrictions on their progress in Sumatra were re-
moved by treaty Feb. 1872. Severe fighting between the
Dutch and the Achinese natives, with varying results, most-
ly in favor of the Dutch, Apr. 1873 to 1879. Dutch success-
ful in war. Area, 149,555 sq. miles. Pop. about 3,500,000.
Ac H KEN.
sumptuary laws restrain excess in dress, furniture,
eating, etc. The laws of Lycurgus were severe against lux-
ury, probably about 881 b.c. Those of Zaleucus ordained that
no sober woman should go attended by more than one maid
in the street, or wear gold or embroidered apparel, 450 b.c. —
Diog. Laert. The Lex Orchia among the Romans (181 b.c.)
limited the guests at feasts, and the number and quality of
the dishes at an entertainment; and it also enforced that dur-
ing supper, which was the chief meal among the Romans, the
doors of every house should be left open. The English sump-
tuary laws, chiefl}' of the reigns of Edward III. and Henry
Vlli., were repealed in 1856. Dress.
Sumter, Fort. Fort Sumter.
sun, the, one of the so-called " fixed stars," is the centre
of our solar system. Its attraction controls the planet Nep-
tune 2,745,998,000 miles away. It would seem to be the pa-
rent of all the planets, but how or when they were formed sci-
ence has as yet been unable to explain. Pythagoras, about
529 B.C., taught that the sun was one of the 12 spheres, and
that it was some 44,000 miles from the earth ; Aristarchus of
Samos, and afterwards Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe
supposed its distance about 4,800,000 miles. Kepler increased
it to some 15,000,000, while Cassini and La Caille approach
the true distance by making it between 21,000 and 28,000 ter-
restrial radii. The sun's distance from the earth, given until
recently as 95,000,000 miles, has been shown to be somewhat
less. The sun's horizontal parallax, as determined by different
astronomers, is here given :
Old value obtained by Encke from the transit of ParRllai.
Venus 1761-69. .8.571"
New value obtained by Hansen from the moon's par-
allactic equation 8.916"
SUN
New value obuiued by I.e Vorrier from the motion
of Mars uuU Veuus.
New value obtaiued by Stone^ l»6;i
»4 •» «• »« " ftrom transit of Venus 1882
it «i » " Foucaull from velocity of light, 1804
i» .. ♦« «« Gill 1877
14 Ik X X Winnecke from observation of
Mara
P»r«llu.
1861.. 8. 95"
.8.932"
.8.823"
.8.8«)"
.8.78"
.8.964"
.8.80»"
New value obtained by Wolfe f^om transit of Venus. . 18«2
With a paralla.x of 8.8" the distance would be about 92,890,-
000 miles from the earth; this is certainly within 150,000
miles of its true distance. The sun's estimated diameter is
308 times that of the earth, or 852,900 miles. Its surface ex-
ceeds that of the earth 11,900 times, and its volume 1,305,725
times', winle its mass is 332,260 times that of the earth, and
750 times that of all the planets together. Its density is about
.25 that of the earth, or a little more than water. One pound
at the surface of the earth would weigh 27.9 lbs. at the sun ;
and as a body falls through 16+ ft. the first second of time
here, it would there pass through 461+ ft. It revolves on its
axis in 25 days 7 hrs. 48 min., and its rotary velocity at its
equator is 4477 miles per hour. Inclination of its axis to the
plane of ecliptic, 82=' 30'. Its light on the earth exceeds
620,000 full moons.— i?. -4 . Proctor. As the distance from
the earth to the sun varies, so do the light and heat of the
sun at the earth vary. If the mean intensity of the sun's
light and heat at the earth be expressed by 1000, then 1034
will express its greatest light and heat, and 967 its least. The
sun is a perfect sphere as far as known, and is surrounded by
an extensive and rare atmosphere: (I) The photosphere, vis-
ible source of the solar light; (2) chromosphere, chiefly of
incandescent hydrogen gas; (3) corona, a vast shell of un-
known vapor, many thousand miles in thickness. The study
of the sun of late years has been greatly aided by the analysis
of the solar spectrum.
Adelmus, a Benedictine monk, discovers a spot on the sun
(Bedt) 17 Mch. 807
Averroes saw ppots ou the sun 1161
Hakluyt reporied such 1590
Spots were ol).>-erved by Fabricius, Harriot, and Galileo 1610
Dr. Halley, by observing a sun-spot, proved its motion round
its own axis July and Aug. 1676
Parallax of the sun, dr. Halley 1702
A spot 3 times the size of the earth passed the sun's ceutre,
21 Apr. 1766
Dr. Wilson observed the motion of a spot 1769
He proves sun-spots to be depressed 1774
Herschel measured 2 spots, whose length together exceeded
60,000 miles 19 Apr. 1779
Scbwabe discovered a cycle of changes (from maximum to mini-
mum and minimum to maximum) in the number of spots in
11 years ; coiiflrmed by Wolf and others 1826-51
[According to dr. R. Wolf of Zurich, for many years a
standard auiliority on "sun-spots," the monthly average of
sun-spots observed by him from 1879 is as follows : 1879,
6; 1880, 31.6; 1881, 54.1; 1882, 59.3; 1883, 62.8; 1884, 63.3;
1885, 50.3; lh86, 26.7; \%6l, 13.1; 1888, 6.7; 1889, 6.1; 1890,
7.11; 1891, 3V.6.]
Red flames, or protuberances, during an eclipse of the sun, ob-
served bycapt. Staunyan, 1706; by Halley, 1715; by F. Baily
(hence termed " Baily 's beads ") 1842
Warren De la Rue took 2 photographs at the time of total
obscuration 18 July, 1850
James Nasmyth discovers the lenticular-shaped objects on
the sun (termed by him "willow- leaves," by Stone "rice-
grains") 28 Aug. "
Mouchot constructed a solar boiler for distillation, etc Oct. "
"Solar physics" especially studied by Warren De la Rue, Bal-
four Stewart, etc 1865-66
Red flames, or prominences, determined by M. Janssen to be
due to the accumulated hydrogen of the photosphere, at the
solar eclipse (Eclipsk) 18 Aug. 1868
Mr. Ericsson proposed condensation of the sun's rays and their
employment as a motive power Oct. "
[Observations in the eclipse of 22 Dec. 1870 and 12 Dec.
1871 suggested an unkqown substance (represented in the
spectrum by line 1474) in the sun.]
Apparatus for cooking by the condensed solar rays in the Paris
exhibition 1878
Solar eclipse well observed in the U. S. ; the corona much
brighter than in 1871 29, 30 July, "
M. Mouchot at Algiers, by a mirror, collected solar rays, and
boiled water, drove an engine, etc Mch. 1880
Intensely red sunsets and after-glow and very red sunrises
seen in all parts of the globe Oct. , Nov. and Dec. 1883
Attributed by some to the volcanic dust projected by the erup-
tion of Krakatoa, Java Aug. "
Other causes such as cosmic dust suggested. Similar sunsets
in the autumns of 1884-85
Sun-spots observed from the Royal observatory, Greenwich,
with an estimated area of 3,360,000,000 sq. miles on the sun's
surface Feb. 1892
774 SUN I I
Sunday was the day on which, ancienth', divine ado*.
ration was paid to the sun. Among Christians, it is commonly
called Dies Dominica, or Lord's day, on account of our Sav»
iour's appearance on that day, after his resurrection. Thf
first civil law that was issued for the observance of this day
combined it with that of the seventh-day Sabbath and othei
festivals (Eusebius, " Life of Constantine"); and it was foU
lowed by several imperial edicts in favor of this daj'^, which
are extant in the body of Roman law, the earliest being that
of Constantine the Great, dated 7 Mch. 321. Sabbath, Sabi
BATARiANS; Spokts AND Gambs, Week. For Sunday let^
ter, Dominical letter.
Council of Orleans prohibited farm laboV on Sunday 63^
Sabbath-day was ordained to be kept holy in England, from
Saturday at 3 in the afternoon to Monday at break of day,
4lh canon, Edgar ^'
Act of parliament, levying 1 shilling on every person absent •,
from church on Sundays, 3 James 1 IfiQf
James I. authorizes certain sports after divine service on Sun- ■£
days (Sports) 1^
Act restraining amusements, 1 Charles 1 169
Act restraining the performance of servile works, and the sale
of goods except milk at certain hours and meat in public-
houses, and works of necessity and charity, on forfeiture of
5 shillings, 29 Charles II 167(1
Massachusetts prohibits travel, play, or work, from the even-
ing preceding Sunday, or any part of that day or evening
following 16M
Suilday-SCllOOlS. The modern revival of Sunday-
schools is generally dated from the establishment at Glouces-
ter, Engl., in July, 1780, of a school for the instruction of chil.
dren in reading and the elementary truths of religion, held
on Sunday, and conducted by paid teachers. This Sunday-
school was instituted by Robert Raikes, editor and proprietor
of the Gloucester Journal, and through the columns of his
weekly paper his effort was made widely known. There are
now in the world over 200,000 Sunday-schools, with 2,500,000
teachers, and 18,000,000 scholars. Of these there are in the
United States about 110,000 schools, with 1,200,000 teachers^
and 9,000,000 scholars. Schools for Bible study were organ-
ized in Upper Egypt, Armenia, and elsewhere, earlj^ in the
4th century. A canon attributed to the 6th general council
of Constantinople, 680 a.d., promotes the setting up of charity
schools in all country churches. St. Carlo Borromeo left at
his death, in 1584, Sunday-schools to the number of 743,
which he had established in his cathedral at Milan, and in
parish churches near and far. A canon of the Church of
England, in 1603, required the teaching of the catechism, etc.,
to children and ignorant persons by the parson, vicar, or cu-
rate every Sunday afternoon. Rev. Joseph Alleine established
a Sunday-school at Bath, Engl., in 1665-68. They existed at
Roxbury, Mass., 1674, Norwich, Conn., 1676, and Plymouth,
Mass., 1680. One was conducted at Newtown, L. I., by rev.
Morgan Jones in 1683, and in England by bishop Framptou in
1693. Between 1740 and 1780 the following well-authenticated
Sunday-schools were established :
Place. Conductor. Established
Ephrata, Pa Ludwig HOcker 1740
Bethlehem, Conn Rev. dr. Joseph Bellamy " ,
Philadelphia, Pa Mrs. Greening 174?
Norham, Scotland Rev. Mr. Morrison 1760
Brechin, Scotland Rev. David Blair 1768
Columbia, Conn Rev. Eleazer Wheelock 1764
Bedalc, England Miss Harrison 176$
High Wycombe, Engl Miss Hannah Ball 1760
Doagh, Ireland William Gait 1770
Bright, Ireland Rev. dr. Kennedy 1774
Little Lever, England .James Heys 1776
Mansfield, England Rev. David Simpson 1778
Asbury, England Rev. Thomas Stock about "
Dursley, England William King " "
Voluntary Sunday school teaching begun in Bolton, Engl 1786
Society for Promoting Sunday schools throughout the iJritish
Dominion, organized 7 Sept. "
Sunday-school organized at the house of Thomas Crenshaw,
Hanover county, V^a. , under direction of bishop Asbury 1786
First-day or Sunday-school Society, for instructing poor chil-
dren on Sunday, organized at Philadelphia 11 Jan. 1791
London Sunday-school Union, to promote Sunday-schools hav-
ing unpaid teachers, organized 13 July, 1803
Sunday-school in imitation of the Raikes schools in England
started in New York city by Mr. and Mrs. Divie Bethune... "
American Sunday-school Union organized. 1824
National convention of Sunday-schools in New York city 1832
World's Sunday-school convention in London, Engl 18()2
International lesson plan inaugurated 1873
Foreign Sunday-school Association, organized by Albert Wood-
rufl of Brooklyn about 1863, incorporated 1878
SUP '''"^
Supralapsa'rians, a name given to the Gomar-
ists or extreme Calvinists, the opposers of the Arminian party
at the Synod of Dort, 1618. Their dogma is but a form of
fatalism.
§lipreill'acy over the church was claimed by pope
Gelasius I. as bishop of Rome, 494. On 15 Jan. 1635, Henry
VIII., by virtue of the act 26 Hen. VIII. c. 1, formally assumed
the style of "on earth supreme head of the church of Eng-
land," which has been retained by all succeeding sovereigns.
The bishop of Rochester (Fisher) and the ex-lord chancellor
(sir Thomas More) and many others were beheaded for deny-
ing the king's supremacy in 1535; and in 1578, John Nelson,
a priest, and Thomas Sherwood, a young layman, were exe-
cuted at Tyburn for the same offence. The "act of Suprem-
acy," repealed by 1 and 2 Phil, and Mary, c. 8 (1554), was re-
enacted 1 Eliz. c. 1 (1559).
Supreme court of Judicature of England
was constituted by the Judicature act, 36 and 37 Vict. c. 66,
passed 5 Aug. 1873, to come into operation 1 Nov. 1874. In
1874 this was deferred to 1 Nov. 1875.
Existing courts were to be united into one Supreme court, divided
into the High court of Justice and the Court of Appeal. The High
court to consist of the lord-chancellor, the 2 lord chief-justices,
the vice-chancellors, and the other judges (hereafter the court to
consist of 21 judges).
Five divisions: 1. Chancery; 2. Queen's Bench; 3. Common Pleas;
4. Exchequer; and 5. Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty; subject to
alteration.
Court of Appeal to consist of 5 esc q^cio judges (viz., lord-chancellor,
2 lord chief-justices, lord chief baron, master of the rolls), and
such others as may be appointed {§§ 20, 21, 22).
Appeals to the House of Lords cr the judicial committee of the
privy council to be discont.unia.
Supreme court of Judicature (comprising the High court of
Justice, Chancery division, Queen's Bench, Coninion Pleas,
and Exchequer subdivisions, Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty
division) began 2 Nov. 1875
By the Appellate Jurisdiction act (1876), the House of Lords
remains the court of ultimate appeal; to consist of the lord-
chancellor. 2 lords of appeal (to be created peers for life,
with 6000^. salary), and peers who are lawyers. Act to come
into operation 1 Nov. 1876
At a meeting of the judges, it was resolved to recommend the
abolition of the Exchequer and Common Pleas, and their
consolidation into one. termed the "Queen's Bench divi-
sion," under the lord chief-justice of England, 30 Nov.; order
in council 16 Dec. 1880
Carried into effect; old d visions at an end; Judicature act
carried out for the first time 7 Mch. 1881
Supreme court of the United States. Courts of
THK Unitkd States, Justices.
surgery (from surgeon =:chirurgeon; Gr. X"|0, the hand,
and tpyov, work, operation). The art and practice of curing
or alleviating injuries and diseases of the body by manual
operations. It stands first among all the professions of sci-
ence ; its practice is not founded upon theory, but upon posi-
tive knowledge; its success upon the highest intelligence,
great dexterity, and coolness under the most trying circum-
stances. Until the 13th century the bath-keepers and barbers
were almost the only medical faculty and the sole surgeons in
Germany. In France the surgeons appear at an earlier pe-
riod, as a graded and distinct class, and divided into guilds of
inferior and superior surgeons. An association of surgeons,
influential in the development of modern surgery, was organ-
ized in France by Jean Pitard (1228-1315), which was called
the " College de Saint Come." The title of " surgeon " was
first recognized by law in England in 1299. These " chirur-
geons" or "surgeons" were educated in some institution of
learning, and permitted to wear long robes and a peculiar
style of hat, which distinguished them from the " barber-
surgeons" of earlier date. Field surgeons accompanied the
English armies at the beginning of the 15th centur3\ The
practice of surgery was forbidden to barbers in France as early
as 1425. The barber-surgeons in England were incorporated
under the title of " Masters or Governors of the Mystery or
Commonalty of Barbers of London," by charter dated 24 Feb.
1461. In 1540 an act was passed, providing " that no person
using an\' shaving or barbery in London shall occupy anj' sur-
gery, letting of blood or other matter, except only drawing of
teeth," and surgeons were by this act prohibited from prac-
tising shaving. An act for making the surgeons and barbers
of London 2 distinct and separate corporations was passed in
1745, and the same year a charter was given to the College
SUR
of Surgeons. A new charter was secured in 1800, again in
1843 (when it was styled " Royal College of Surgeons of Eng-
land "), in 1852, and 1859. By the aid of anaisthetics. Lister's
antiseptic dressings, and Esmarch's bandage, modern surgeons
are able to operate in many cases without pain, without sup-
puration, and without bleeding. Among surgeons, ancient
and modern, who have attained eminence are the following :
ANCIENT.
Asclepiades of Prusa in Bithynia, 128-56 b.c— Practised tracheoto-
my in angina.
Archigenes of Apamea, 48-117 a. d.— Described amputation with pre-
liminary 1 gation of the main vessels and cauterization of small
ones.
Leonidcs of Alexandria, fl. about 200 a.d.
Antyllus, fl. in 3d century.— First to describe extraction of small
cataracts.
Philargius. 300-75.— Removed stone by incision from above into the
neck of the bladder.
Paul of iEgina, about 625-90.— Obstetrician.
ITALIAN.
I-eonardo Bertapaglia, d. 1460.— Operated for cancer, etc.
Alexander Benedetti, d. 1525.— First to mention artificial restora-
tion of the nose.
Bartolomeo Maggi, 1516-52.— Most important army surgeon of the
day.
Giacomo Berengario, d. 1550.
Cesare Magati, 1579-1647. T
Gfuseppe Francesco Borri, 1625-95.— A skilful oculist
Antonio Scarpa, 1752-1832.
Bartolomeo Signovini, 179J-1844, Padua.— Performed in 1832 the
first total extirpation of the lower jaw.
Luigi Porta, 1800-75. — Professor in Pavia.
Aloisio Vanzetti, b. 1809.— Digital compression of arteries in treat-
ment of aneurism.
F. Rizzoli, 1809-80. SPANISH.
Francesco de An-e, 1493-1573.
Bartolomaeus Hidalgo de Aguerro, 1531-97.
Andreas Alcazar, fl. about 1575.
Antonio de Gimbernat, fl. about 1790.— Anatomist and herniologist.
DUTCH.
Andreas Vesalius, 1514-64.
Cornells van Solingeu, 1641-87.
Joh. Jac. Rau, 1668-1719.— Li thotomist.
Pieter Camper, 1722-89.
Edward San di fort, 1742-1814.
Christian Bernard Tilanus, 1790-1883. ,
Frans C. Bonders, 1818-89.— Ophthalmologist.
J. Mczger, b. 1839.
GERMAN.
Felix Wuertz. 1518-75.
Horian Matthis, fl. about 1602.— First to perform gastrotomy.
Joh. Leberecht Schmucker, 1712-86.— Surgeon general under Fred-
erick II.
Joh. Ulrich Bilguer, 1720-96.— Performed first resection of wrist (1762).
Carl Caspar von Siebold, 1736-1807.— First in Germany to perform
symphyseotomy in 1778.
August Gottlieb Richter, 1742-1812.— "The greatest German sur-
geon of the 18th century."—./. H. Baas.
Georg Jos. Beer, 1763-1821.— Oculist; first drew forth the iris and
cut it oft" externally.
Vincenz von Kern, 1769-1829.
Conrad Johann Martin Laugenbeck, 1776--1851.— Founder of German
surgical or topographical anatomy; introduced iridokleisis.
Phil. Franz von Walther, 1782-1849.— Founder of surgical clinics at
Landshut and Bonn universities.
Cajetan von Textor, 1782-1860.— Inaugurator of conservative sur-
gery (resection) in Germany.
Carl Ferdinand von Graefe, 1787-1840. — Cultivated plastic surgery.
Joseph, Baron von Wattmann, 1789-1847. — Operative surgery.
Johann Friedrich Dieft'eubach, 1794-1847. — Operative surgery.
Georg Friedrich Louis Stromeyer, 1804-76. — Military surgeon; cre-
ator of operative orthopaedia.
Franz Schuh, 1805-65. — Introduced the microscope in surgery.
V. von Bruns, 1812-83.
Friedrich Esmarch, b. 1823.— Artificial anaemia.
R. F. Wilms, 1824-80.
0. Weber, 1827-80. —Professor in Heidelberg.
John Nepomuk von Nussbaum, b. 1829.
W. KOnig, b. 1832.
C. Hueter, 1837-80. FRENCH.
Guyde Chauliac, about 1300.— Successfully removed part of a man's
brain.
Jean Tagault, d. 1545.— Professor at Padua and Paris.
Ambroise Pare, 1509-90.— Introduced ligation of arteries in amputa-
tion (1552) and staphyloplasty.
Pierre Franco, fl. about 1560— Invented supra-pubic lithotomy.
Jacques Baulot, 1651-1714.— Litliotomist.
Jean Louis Petit. 1674-1750.— Noted for his screw - tourniquet and
amputation k deux temps.
Franpois Gigot de la Peyronie, 1678-1747.-1- Wounds of the intestines.
Henri Franpois le Dran, 1685-1770.— First disarticulat on of the thigh.
Jacques Daviel, 1696-1762.— Introduces extraction of lens of the
eye (1750).
Antoine Maitre-.Tean, fl. about 1707.— Oculist.
Claude Nicolas lo Cat. 1700-68.
Fraufois Chopart, 1743-95 — Foot amputation.
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Pierre Joeeph Oesault, 1744-95 — Established the first surgical clinic
in the Hotel DIeu, Paris.
Alexis Boyer, 1757-1833.
Jean Domiuiquo Ijirroy, 1766-1842. — Invented ambulances volantes.
Jacques Malhuriu Dolpoch, 1777-1832.— Cultivator of orthopsedic sur-
gery and pionovr or autoplastic surgery iti Fruuco.
Guillaumo Dupuytren, 1777-1835.— "The Napoleon of surgery" ; first
to malce sulxMiianeous division of muscles and perform resection
of the fkcial bouos.
Philibert Jos. Roux. 1780-1854.
Jacques Lisfhinc, 1790-1847.— First subcutaneous tenotomy of the
tendo Achillia
Joseph Franfoia Malgaigne, 1806-65.— Noted as a writer on surgery.
Augusto Noiaton, 1807-74.— Invented a probe.
J. E. l'<5trequin, 1808-76.— Galvano-puucture in aneurisms.
Jules Nicolas Domarquay, 1814-75.
Jules Rochard, b. 1819.
Paul Broca, 1824-80. — Named the so-called " Broca's convolution "
in the brain.
Jules Pean, b. 1830. — Extirpation of spleen; resection of stomach.
J. li. Reverdin, b. 1842.— Skin graaiug on ulcerated surfaces.
ENGLISH.
Jbliu Ardern, about 1325-1400. —Treated fistula.
Thomas Gale, 1607-86.— Army surgeon.
John Woodall, fl. about 1613.— Surgeon- general of the East India
company.
Richard Wiseman, fl. 1603-25.— "The Pride of England."
John Greeuneld, fl. about 1677.— Lithotomist.
R. Lowdhaui, fl. about 1679.— Said to have been the first among the
moderns to practise the flap-method in amputation.
William Cheselden, 1688-1752.— Oculist and lithotomist.
Alexander Monro, 1697-1767.
Samuel Sharp, 1700-78.
William Hunter, 1718-83.— Obstetrics. •
John Hunter, 1728-93.— First to describe phlebitis.
Charles White, fl. about 1768.— Performed first resection of the hu-
merus.
Sir William Blizard, 1743-1835.— First to tie the superior thyroid ar-
tery for relief of goitre.
John Bell, 1763-1820.
Sir Aslley I'aston Cooper, 1768-1841.— First to tie the abdominal
aorta (1817) ; first paracentesis of the membrana tympani (1801).
Sir Charles Bell, 1774-1842.
John Lezars, 1783-1860.— Extirpation of ovary and operation for
chronic hydrocephalus.
Sir Beiyamin Collins Brodie, 1783-1862.
Sir William Lawrence, 1783-1867.
George James Guthrie, 1785-1856.— Military surgeon.
Joseph Henry Green, 1791-1863.
Frederick Tyrrell, 1797-1843.— Ophthalmic surgeon.
Sir Thomas Watson, 1792-1882.
Sir Charles Locock, 1799-1875.— Physician— Accoucheur to queen
Victoria; attended at each of her accouchements.
William Coulson, 1802-77. — Specialist in lithotripsy and lithotomy.
Sir William Fergusson, 1808-77.— "System of Practical Surgerv,"
1842.
John Hutchinson, 1811-61.
Thomas Blizard Curling, b. 1811.
Jolin Erich Erichsen.— Published "Science and Art of Surgery."
Sir James Paget, b. 1814.
Sir Henry Thompson, b. 1820.— Lithotomist; performed lithotomy
upon the ex-emperor Napoleon III., 1873.
Sir Joseph Lister, b. 1827.— Inventor of antiseptic surgery.
Sir William MacCormac, b. 1836.
AMERICAN.
Thomas Bond, 1712-84.— First professor of clinical medicine in U. S.
John Jones, 1729-91.— Published the first native surgical work which
appeared in the U. S.: "Plain, Precise, Practical Remarks on the
Treatment of Wounds and Fractures "; medical attendant to Wash-
ington and Franklin; lithotomist.
Benjamin Church, 1734-76.
William Shippin, jr., 1736-1808.
Richard Bayley, 1745-1801.— Lithotomist and oculist.
Joiiu Warren, 1753-1815.— Founder of medical department of Har-
vard college.
Nathan Smith, 1762-1829.
Wright Post, 1766-1828.
Philip Syng Physick, 1768-1837.— Called by Gross "the father of
American surgery."
Ephraim McDowell, 1772-1830.— "Father of Ovariotomy."
John Collins Warren, 1778-1856.— Administered ether for surgical
anaesthesia (1846).
Reuben Dimond Mussey, 1780-1866 — Removed entire scapula and
clavicle (1837).
Amos Twitchell, 1781-1850.— Tied the primitive carotid artery.
John Syng Dorsey, 1783-1818.— First American to tie the external
iliac artery.
William Gibson, 1784-1868. — First to tie the common iliac artery.
Valentine Mott, 1785-1865.— First to tie the arteria innominata.
Benjamin W. Dudley, 1785-1870.— Lithotomist.
Alexander Hodgdon Stevens, 1789-1869. — Eminent clinical teacher.
J. Kearney Rodgers, 1793-1857. — Tied the left subclavian artery be-
tween the scaleni (1846).
George McClellan, 1796-1847.— Founder of Jefferson Medical college.
Willard Parker, 1800-84. — "A bold and independent surgeon and
popular teacher."
John Rea Barton, d. 1871.— Lithotomist.
Dixi Crosby, 1801-73.— Removed the entire arm
Joseph Pencoast, 1805-82.
Samuel D. Gross, 1805-84.
John Watson, 1807-62.— First in America to perform cesophneoloinv
(1844). . f 6 J-
Gurdon Buck, 1807-77. — Introduced extension by strips of adhe.sive
plaster and weight and pulley (1851).
Thomas Dent Mutter, 1811-59.
J. Marion Sims, 18i;i-83. — Gynaecologist.
Frank Hastings Hamilton, 1813-86.— Practised skin-grafting (1847)
Henry H. Smith, 1815 -90.— Fractures.
James RushmoreWood, 1816-82 Removed entire lower jaw {imq-
previously performed by Horace A. Ackley, Cleveland, 0. See
Italian surgeons above.
John Murray Carnochan, 1817-87.— legation of femoral artery (1851);
exsection of superior maxillary nerve beyond the ganglion of
Meckel (1856).
David Hayes Agnew, 1818-92.— Attended president Garfield.
Henry J. Bigelow.— Performed first excision of hip-joint in U. S
(1852).
Lewis A. Sayre, b. 1820.— Orthopedic surgery.
Cornelius Rea Agnew, 1830-88.— Ophthalmologist.
Henry Berton Sands,1830-88.
Hunter McGuire, b. 1835.— Tied the abdominal aorta (1868).
Samuel W. Gross, 1837-89.
J. H. Knapp, b. Germany, 1832.— Founder of the Ophthalmic and
Aural institute. New York city, 1869.
Nicholas Senn. — Professor of surgery. Rush Medical college, Chicago.
Inventor of method of rectal insuflaation of hydrogen gas in diag-
nosis of gastro-intestinal injuries.
John Ashurst, jr., professor of clinical surgery, University of Penn-
sylvania.
William Detmold.— College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York
city. Introducer of sub cutaneous tenotomy into the U. S.
Medical science.
Su'riliam, a colony of Dutch Guiana, South America,
discovered by Columbus, 1498. The factories established by
the English in 1640 were occupied by -the Portuguese, 1(543;
by the Dutch, 1654 ^ taken by the British, 1799, but restored
to the Dutch at the peace of Amics, 1802; again occupied
by the English from 1804 to 1«1S, when it was returned at tlie
peace of Paris, 1815. Area, 46,060 sq. miles; pop. 1889, 55,968.
SUrnHlIie (Fr. sumom, from swr, upon, and nom— hat.
nomen — a name), the family name or name of the gens, to
which is added or given the baptismal or Christian name, as
William, John, etc., corresponding to the praenoraen of the
Latin. Names were introduced into England by the Nor-
mans, and were adopted by the nobility about 1100. The old
Normans used Fitz, which signifies son, as Fitzherbert. The
Irish used O, for grandson, O'Neal, O'Donnell. The Scottish
Highlanders used Mac, as Macdonald, son of Donald. The
northern nations added the word son to the father's name, as
Williamson. Many of the most common surnames, such as
Johnson, Wilson, Dyson, Nicholson, etc., were taken by Bra-
bantes and other Flemintis, who were naturalized in the reign
of Henry VI., 1435. M. A. Lower's "Dictionary of English ''
Surnames" was pub. 1860.
iurplice, an outer robe worn by an officiating priest or
clergyman in the Episcopal or Roman Catholic church, first
worn by the Jewish priests, and said to have been first used in
churches in the 4th century, and encouraged by pope Adrian,
786. " Every minister saying public prayers shall wear a ■
comely surplice with sleeves," canon 58. The garb prescribed
by Stat. 2 Edw. VL 1547; again 1 Eliz. 1558; and 13 and 14
Chas. II. 1662. Ritualism.
iSu'sa or ^tlll'fitliail, capital of Susiana, a province of
Persia, was taken by Alexander the Great, 331 b.c.
»iU§pens3on bridg^e§. Bridges.
SUiquehan'lia settlers. The charter of James I.,
in 1620, to the Plymouth companj'-, covered the territory ex-
tending from the Atlantic to the Pacific and lying between
40° and 46° N. lat. Connecticut purchased a part of this ter-
ritory of the Plymouth company in 1631, with the boundary
the same on the west and 41° lat. on the south. This sale was
confirmed by Charles II. in 1662. The grant of Charles II. to
Penn extended to 42° north. Thus the Connecticut grant
overlapped that of Pennsylvania 1 degree. In 1753 the Sus-
quehanna company was formed in Connecticut to explore and
settle lands in this territory. In 1754 they purchased of the
Six Nations a tract including the Wyoming valley. Con-
necticut, 1754. Pennsylvania, while disputing this sale,
made no effort to prevent a settlement. In Aug. 1762, 105
settlers came from Connecticut into the Wyoming valley, but,
owing to the lateness of the season, soon returned. Coming
back early in May, 1763, they settled, but were obliged to re-
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turn to Connecticut after a loss of 20 by an attack of the Ind-
ians in Oct. of the same year. The next attempt of Con-
necticut to form a settlement was in Jan. 1769, when 40 settlers
arrived in Wyoming. Pennsylvania now determined to de-
fend her territory, and arrested these settlers in Oct. What
might be termed a civil war (the Pennymite and Yankee war)
followed for the next 6 years, with varied success and with the
loss of a number of lives. The Connecticut settlers, however,
reinforced from time to time, persisted, and organized art inde-
pendent government by town meetings, as in Connecticut. In
1774 they united 7 towns into one, Westmoreland, and attached
it to Litchfield county. Conn. This desultory strife contin-
ued with loss of life and much suffering until the struggle
was suspended by the war of the Revolution. These were the
settlers that were killed and scattered in the fearful Wyoming
massacre by the Tories and Indians in 1778. In 1779 and 1780
they again returned and occupied the valley. In the mean-
while the titles of the Penns had passed to the state, and al-
though the struggle was kept up after the Revolution, negotia-
tions were more direct. Pennsylvania finally confirmed the
title of the Connecticut settlers on their payment of a nominal
sum for their land, and compensated the Pennsylvania claim-
ants with other lands and with money.
iUltee', the self-burning of widows. This custom began
in India from one of the wives of " Brahma, the Son of God,"
sacrificing herself at his death, that she might attend him in
heaven. 17 widows have burned themselves on the funeral
pile of a rajah ; and in Bengal alone 700 have thus perished
in a year. The English government, after long discouraging
suttees, formally abolished them, Dec. 1829; but they have
since occasionally taken place. The wife of the son of the
rajah of Beygoon thus perished, June, 1864, and several wives
of sir Jung Bahadoor, minister of Nepaul, 1 Mch. 1877. Sut-
tees still occur; one voluntary at Poona, Nov. 1890.
ISvra'bia, a province in S. Germany, was conquered by
Clovis, and incorporated into the kingdom of the Franks, 496.
After various changes of rulers, it was made a duchy by the
emperor Conrad I., in 912, for Erchanger; according to some,
in 916, for Burckhardt. The duchy became hereditary in the
house of Hohenstaufen in 1080. Duke Frederick III. became
emperor of Germ amy as Frederick I. (usually styled Barba-
rossa, " red beard "), in 1152. Conradin, his descendant, was
defeated at the battle of Tagliacozzo, in 1268, and beheaded
shortly after. The breaking-up of the duchy gave rise to
many of the small German states ; part of Swabia is included
in Wurtemberg and Switzerland. Swabia was made a circle
of the empire in 1387 and 1500. A league composed of Swa-
bian cities and provinces, about 1254, was the germ of the great
Swabian league, formed for the preservation of the peace of
Germany, under the auspices of the emperor Frederick, in 1488.
Sll^ailip-ang°el, name given by the Federal soldiers
to a 200-pound Parrott gun, mounted with great difficulty in
a redoubt built in a morass between Morris and James islands,
near Charleston, S. C, 1863, by gen. Gillmore, for the purpose
of bombarding that city. It threw 150-lb. shells into the city,
a distance of 5 miles. The gun burst at the 36th discharge.
^wamp fight, The Great. Massachusetts, 1675.
Swanzey, Mass., Indian attack on. Massachusetts,
1675.
Swaz'iland, S. Africa, a tract of about 8000 sq. miles,
nearly surrounded by the Transvaal territory. Pop. 1889,
about 60,000 natives and 600 whites.
Swe'atoorg, a strong fortress in Finland, the Gibraltar
of the north, 3J miles south of Helsingfors ; it is situated on
7 rocky islands; the fortifications were commenced by the
Swedes in 1748, and completed after Finland was united to
Russia in 1809. On 6 Aug. 1855, the English and French
fleet anchored off Sweaborg, and bombarded it by mortar and
gun-boats from the 9th to the Uth, causing the destruction
of nearly all the principal buildings, including the dock-yard
and arsenal. Few casualties and no loss of life ensued in the
allied squadron, but this success was not followed up.
swearing on- the (iospels, first used about 528, and in-
troduced injudicial proceedings about 600. — Rapin.
§Mreating-Siclines§. Plague.
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Sive'den, a country of N. Europe. The ancient inhab-
itants were Finns, now the people of Finland, who retired thither
on the appearance of the Scandinavians or Goths, who have
ever since been masters of Sweden. Scandinavia. The inter-
nal state of this kingdom was little known previous to the 11th
century. By the union of Calmar, in 1397, Sweden became
a province of Denmark, and was not wholly rescued from this
subjection till 1521, when Gustavus Vasa recovered the king-
dom from the Danish yoke. He became king in 1523, and
his descendants ruled till 1809. Norway ceded to Sweden by
the treaty of Kiel, 14 Jan. 1814. The government of Sweden
is a limited monarchy. The diet consists of 4 orders, the
nobles, the clergy, the burghers, and the peasants, and meets
every 3 years. The king is, as in Great Britain, the head
of the executive. There are 2 universities, Upsal and Lund;
and Sweden can boast among its great men Linnasus, Celsius,
Scheele, Bergman, Berzelius,Thorwaldsen, Andersen, and Swe-
denborg. Area, 170,979 sq. miles ; pop. 1880, 4,518,901 ; 1890,
4,784,675.
Odin said to have arrived in the north and to have died 70
His son Slciold reigns 40
Skioldungs reign till Olaf the infant is baptized, and introduces a.d.
Christianity among his people about 1000
Waldemar 1. of Denmark subdues Rugen, and destroys the pa-
gan temples 1168
Stockholm founded 1260
Magnus Ladulaes establishes a regular government 1279
Crown, hitherto hereditarj^, is made elective; Steenchel Mag-
nus, surnamed Smaek, or the foolish, king of Norway, is
elected 1319
Waldemar lays Gothland waste -. 1361
Albert of Mecklenburg reigns 1363
Treaty or union of Calmar, by which Sweden is united to
Denmark and Norway, under Margaret 1397
University of Upsal founded 1476
Christian II. of Denmark, " the Nero of the North," massacres
the Swedish nobility 1520
Swedes delivered from the Danish yoke by the valor of Gus-
tavus Vasa 1521
Gustavus Vasa raised to the throne 1523
He introduces Lutheranism and religious liberty 1527
Makes the crown hereditary 1544
Gustavus Adolphus heads the Protestant cause in Germany.. . 1628
He takes Magdeburg and Munich, 1630 ; slain at Lutzen, 16 Nov. 1632
Rugen ceded to Sweden by Denmark 1648
Abdication of Christina 16 June, 1654
Charles X. overruns Poland 1655
Arts and sciences begin to flourish 1660
University of Lund founded 1666
Charles XII., "the Madman of the North," begins his reign;
makes himself absolute; abolishes the senate, 1699; defeats
the Russians at Narva 30 Nov. 1700
Battle of Pultowa; Charles defeated by czar of Russia, 8 July, 1709
He escapes to Bender, where, after 3 years' protection, he is
made a prisoner by tlie Turks 1713
He is restored, and after numerous battles is killed at the
siege of Frederickshald 11 Dec. 1718
Queen Ulrica abolishes despotism 1719
Bremen and Verden ceded to Hanover Nov. "
Royal Academy founded by Linnaeus 1741
Conspiracy of counts of Brahe and Home, who are beheaded. . 1756
Hats and Caps (French and Russian parties), 1738-67, put down
by Gustavus III 1770
Despotism re-established 1772
Order of the Sword instituted "
Assassination of Gustavus III. by count AnkerstrOm at a ball,
16 Mch. ; he expires 29 Mch. 1792
Regicide scourged with whips of iron thongs 3 successive
days; his right hand cut off, then his head, and his body
impaled 18 May, "
Gustavus IV. dethroned; governuient assumed by his uncle,
duke of Sudermania (Charles XIIL ) 13 Mch. 1809
Representative constitution established 7 June, "
Sweden cedes Finland to Russia 17 Sept. "
Bernadotte, prince of Ponte Corvo (one of Bonaparte's mar-
shals), chosen crown-prince of Sweden 21 Aug. 1810
Gustavus IV. arrives in London 12 Nov. "
Swedish Pomerania seized by Napoleon 9 Jan. 1812
Alliance with England 12 July, "
Sweden joins the grand alliance against Napoleon 13 Mch. 1813
Norway is ceded to Sweden by the treaty of Kiel, 14 Jan. ; car-
ried into effect Nov. 1814
Bernadotte king, as Charles John XIV 5 Feb. 1818
Canals and roads constructed 1822
Treaty of navigation between Great Britain and Sweden, 19 May, 1826
Death of Charles John ; his son Oscar I. king 8 Mch. 1844
Alliance with England and France 21 Nov. 1855
Banishment decreed against Catholic converts from Lutheran-
ism Oct. 1857
Demonstration in favor of Italy 17 Dec. 1859
Increased religious toleration May, 1860
Demonstration in favor of Poland Apr. 1863
Inauguration of free-trade 1 Jan. 1864
Sweden protests against the occupation of Schleswig by the
allies , 22 Jan. "
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Foundation of n ''National Scandinavian Society" at Stock-
holm to obUtiii by legal means a conftHlenition of tho 3 king-
doms for military and Toreigu afl'airs, reserving independent
interior administration Dec. 1864
New constitution passed by the chambers 4-8 Dec. "
Severe famiiio in N. Sweden Oct -Dec. 1867
Princess Louisa married to Frederick, crown prince of Sweden,
2s.luly, 1869
Neutrality in Fninco- Prussian war proclaimed 4 Aug. 1870
Queen d....T 13 Mch. 1871
Death of king Charles XV 18 Sept. 1872
Diet opened by king Oscar II 20 Jan. 1873
King and queen crowned 12 May, "'
Crown-prince made viceroy of Norway 19 Mch. 1884
Prince Oscar marries miss Muuck at Bournemouth, Engl.,
15 Mch. 1888
Norway agitates for autonomy in foreign affairs; opposed by
Sweden Feb. 1892
KINGS OF SWKDKN (previously kings of Upsal).
1001. Olaf Schotkonuug, or Olif Schoetkouuug, the Infant, is styled
kin}i, 1015.
1026. Edmund Colbrenner.
1051. Edmund Slemme.
1056. Stenkill.
1066. Hiilslan.
1090. Ingo I, the Good.
1112. Philip.
1118. Ingo II.
1129. Swerker, or Suercher I.
1155. St. Erie IX.
1161. Charles VII. ; made prisoner by his successor.
1167. Canute, son of Eric 1.
111>9. Swerker, or Suercher II. ; killed in battle.
1210. EricX.
1216. John I.
1222. Eric XL, the Stammerer.
1250. Birger Jarl, regent.
" Waldemar I
1275. Magnus I., Ladulaes.
1290. Birger 11.
1319. Maguus II., Smaek; dethroned.
1350. Eric XII.
1359. Maguus restored ; deposed 1363.
1363. Albert of Mecklenburg; his tyranny causes a revolt of his
subjects, who invite Margaret of Denmark to the throne.
1389. Margaret, queen of Sweden and Norway, now also of Den-
mark, and Eric XIIL
1397. [Union of Calmar, by which the 3 kingdoms are united under
one sovereign.]
1412. Eric XIIL governs alone; deposed.
1440. Christopher IIL
1448. Charles VIIL Canuteson, king of Sweden only.
1471. [Interregnum.] Sten Sture, protector.
1483. John IL (I. of Denmark).
1502. [Interregnum.]
1503. Swante Sture, protector.
1512. Sten Sture, protector.
1520. Christiem, or Christian IL, of Denmark, styled the "Nero of
the North"; deposed for his cruelties.
1523. Gustavus I., Vasa; by whose valor the Swedes are delivered
from the Danish yoke.
1560. Eric XIV., son; dethroned and slain by
1569. John IIL, brother.
1592. Sigismund IIL, king of Poland, son; disputes for the succes-
sion continued the whole of this reign.
1604. Charles IX., brother of John IIL
1611. Gustavus XL, Adolphus the Great, son; falls at the battle of
Lutzen, 16 Nov. 1632.
1632. [Interregnum.]
1633. Christina, daughter of Gustavus. Resigns the crown to her
cousin, 16 June, 1654; d. at Rome in 1689.
1654. Charles X., Gustavus, son of John Casimir, count palatine of
the Rhine.
1660. Charles XL, son; the arts and sciences flourish in this reign.
1697. Charles XII., son; styled the "Alexander," and the "Mad-
man of the North"; killed at Frederickshald, 11 Dec. 1718.
1718. Ulrica Eleanora, sister, and her consort, Frederick I. , landgrave
of Hesse-Cassel. Ulrica relinquishes the crown, and in
1741. Frederick reigns alone.
1751. Adolphus Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, descended from the
family of Vasa.
1771. Gustavus IIL, Adolphus, son; assassinated by count Anker-
strOm at a masked ball, 16 Mch. ; d. 29 Mch. 1792.
1792. Gustavus IV., Adolphus, son; dethroned, and the government
assumed by his uncle, the duke of Sudermania.
1809. Charles XIIL duke of Sudermania.
[Treaty of Kiel (1814). by which Norway falls under the
sovereignty of Sweden.]
1818. Charles (John) XIV., Bernadotte, the French prince of Ponte
Corvo; d. 8 Mch. 1844.
1844. Oscar L, son; b. 4 July, 1799; d. 8 July, 1859.
1859. Charles XV., son; b. 3 May, 1826; d. 18 Sept. 1872; a poet;
brave and impulsive; much beloved.
1872. Oscar II. , brother; b. 21 Jan. 1829; marries princess Sophia
of Nassau, 6 June, 1857.
Heir: Gustavus, son, b. 16 June, 1858; married to Victoria
of Baden, 20 Sept. 1881.
Sive'denborgr. Philosophy.
Siwedenbor'gians, or New Jerusalena Church, are
those who adopt the theological teachings of Emanuel Sweden-
borg (b. at Stockholm, 29 Jan. 1688 ; d. in London, 29 Mch.
1772).
His disciples first meet as an organized body in London in 1788.
They believe that the sole deity is centred in Jesus Christ, in whom
is a trinity of essentials; that salvation is effected by faith and i
works coMibined; that, as man's soul is a spiritual body, he will
never resume the material body; that the Last Judgment was
eflfected in tho spiritual world during Swedenborg's lifetime; and
that the Lord's Second Coming has taken place through the rev-
elation of a new system of truth from the inner sense of Scripture.
Swedenborg Society instituted, 1810. '
Missionary and Tract Society of the Now Church, 1821.
This church, according to the U. S. census returns for 1890, num-
bers 154 organizations with 7095 members. .
§iviinilling^. Leander is said to have swum nightly I
across the Hellespont from Abydos to Sestos, about 1 mile, to 1
meet Hero ; and lord Byron and lieut. Ekenhead did the same,
3 May, 1810.
" Across the Hellespont's wide weary space,
Wherein he nightly struggled with the tide."
— Hood, " Hero and Leander," stanza cxxiii.
Side -stroke in swimming said to have been introduced by
George Pewters about 1850
Over-hand stroke first used by Harry Gardner at Manchester,
Engl 1862
Capt. Matthew Webb swims from Blackwall to Gravesend, 20
miles, in 4 hrs. 53 min., 3 July; and from Dover to Calais, 35
miles, in 21 hrs. 45 min 24-25 Aug. 1875
Agnes Beckwith, aged 14, swims from London bridge to Green-
wich, 5 miles, in 1 h. 8 min 1 Sept. "
Emily Parker, aged 15, swims from London bridge to Black-
wall, 7 miles, in 1 h. 35 min 4 Sept. "
Paul Boyton swims the strait of Gibraltar from Caripa to
Tangier in 5 hrs. 5 min 20 Mch. 1878
Capt. Matthew Webb swims from Gravesend to Woolwich and
back to Rosherville, 40 miles, in 9 hrs. 57 min., Thames,Engl.,
12 .July, "
Miss Beckwith swims 20 miles in the Thames in 6 hrs. 25 min.,
17 July, "
Capt. Webb swims from Sandy Hook to Manhattan beach. Coney
Island 13 Aug. 1879
Miss lieckwith swims 30 continuous hours 7-8 May, 1880
Capt. Webb drowned in attempting to swim through the whirl-
pool at Niagara falls 24 July, 1883
J. J. Collier swims 1 mile in Hollingworth lake, Engl., in 28
min. 19»^ sec 23 Aug. 1884
William J. Kendall, wearing a cork jacket, swims through the
Whirlpool rapids, Niagara falls 22 Aug. 1886
Miss Edith Johnson swims from Bath to Antwerp, 16 miles,
in 5 hrs. 25 min., without resting 29 Aug, "
Eugene Mercedier swims across the East river from the Navy-
yard, Brooklyn, to Old Slip, New York, with arms and legs
bound and carrying a 2 lb. dumb bell in each hand. .22 June, 1890
Davis Dalton (Hahn) alleged to have swum on his back across
the English channel from Boulogne to Folkestone, accom-
panied by a life-boat 17-18 Aug. "
J. Nuttall swims 1000 yards in 13 min. 54)^ sec. — best on rec-
ord—at Lambeth's baths, London 16 Oct. "
For Paul Boyton, Lifk-boat.
S Wi§§ guard§, bodies of hired Swiss troops formerly
employed in many European countries as bodj'-guards to the
rulers. In France formed in 1616 as the Royal Swiss guards;
massacred while defending the Tuileries, 10 Aug. 1792. Be-
fore the attack they numbered about 800 (not all, however, at
the Tuileries at the time), under an able commander, Mandat;
but he was murdered on the steps of the Hotel de Ville, where
he had been called, just before the attack, to receive his orders,
thus leaving them without a leader and without orders. How
many were killed in the attack was never known. Many
were killed afterwards in prison in the September massacres.
Reorganized Sept. 1815; defeated during the insurrection, 28
July, 1830; dismissed by Charles X., Aug. 1830.
Switllill'§ Day, St., 15 July. St. Swithin lived in
the 9th century, and, having been the preceptor to king Ethel-
wuir, was made bishop of Winchester in 852, and died 2 July,
862. The tradition states that it rained 40 days in conse-
quence of the proposed removal of his remains from the church-
yard to the cathedral.
Switzerland, the ancient Helvetia, a federal republic
of S. Europe, was conquered by the Romans, 15 B.C., and was
successively subject to the Burgundians, Germans, and Franks.
The canton of Schweitz was peopled by the Cimbrians, who,
leaving their original habitation in Scandinavia, invaded Italy,
and were defeated by the Roman general Marius, and fled into
Helvetia about 100 b.c. This canton has given name to the
whole confederacy. The Swiss confederation was founded, 1
Jan. 1308, by the 3 cantons of Uri, Schwyz or Schweitz, and
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Unterwald. In 1353 it numbered 8 cantons, and in 1513, 13
cantons. This old confederation of 13 cantons was increased
by the adherence of several subject territories, and existed till
1798, when it was replaced by the Helvetic republic, which
lasted 4 years. In 1803 Napoleon I. organized a new confed-
eration, composed of 19 cantons. This confederation was mod-
ified in 1815, when the number of cantons was increased to 22.
The position of Switzerland in the history of the world is
unique. It is the oldest republic on record, and has existed
as such surrounded by forms of government entirely different.
It has maintained its position not by extent of territory, pop-
ulation, or military power, but by the jealousy of the nations
surrounding it. The present constitution came into force on
29 Mav, 1874. Area, 15,976 sq. miles; pop. 1860, 2,507,170;
1870, 2,669,147 ; 1880, 2,831,787 ; 1890, 2,933,612. The pres-
ent national council is elected every 3d year, at the rate of 1
member for every 2000 persons.
LIST OF CANTONS AND NUMBER OF KEPRESENTATIVES TO
THE " NATIONALRATH " FROM EACH.
Cantons. Representatives.
Neufchatel 5
Geneva 5
Cantons. Representatives
Berue 27
Zurich 17
Waadt (Pays de Vaud) 12
Aargau 10
St. Gall 11
Lucerne 7
Tlcino 6
Fribourg 6
Basel 7
Grisons 5
Wallis (Valais) 5
Thurgau 5
Helvetians invading Gaul severely defeated by Julius Caesar
Solothurn 4
Appenzell *
Glarus 2
Schaffhausen 2
Schweitz or Schwyz 3
Un terwalden 2
Uri 1
Zug 1
Total.
,147
B.C.
58
A.D.
612
1032
1179
1191
Helvetians converted to Christianity by Irish missionaries
Helvetia ravaged by the Huns
Becomes subject to Germany
Fribourg built by Berthold IV
Berne built • •
Men of Uri, Unterwalden, and Schwyz make a solemn league
and covenant forever against the Austrians; this is regarded
as the foundation of the Swiss confederation 1 Aug. 1291
Tyranny of Gessler, heroism of William Tell, and revolt (dem-
onstrated to be mythical), dated 1306
Confederation against Austria; declaration of Swiss indepen-
dence confirmed by the leaders, Werner Stauffacher (of
Schweitz), Walter Furst (Uri), and Arnold von Melchthal (Un-
terwalden), determined to free their country 4 Nov. 1307
A malignant fever carries off, in the canton of Basel, 1100 per-
sons • 13U
Form of government made perpetual 1315
Leopold of Austria defeated at Morgarten, 15 Nov "
Lucerne joins the confederacy 1335
Canton of Zurich joins and becomes head of the league 1350
Berne, Glarus, and Zug join 1351
Eight cantons form a perpetual league 1352
Leopold II. of Austria defeated and slain at Sempach (the Swiss
led by Arnold von Winckelried, who loses his life in a desperate
assault on the Austrian spearmen) 9 July, 1386
Austrians defeated at Nafels, 9 Apr. 1388; make peace 1389
Grisons league (Caddee) 1400
Second league of the Grisons 1424
Third league of the Grisons 1436
Battle of St. Jacobs on the B rs, near Basel (1600 Swiss resist
30,000 French, and are all killed, the enemy losing 10,000),
' 26 Aug. 1444
Swiss defeat Charles the Bold at Granson, 5 Mch. ; and at
Morat 22 June, 1476
And aid the duke of Lorraine at Nancy, where Charles is
slain 5 Jan. 1477
Swiss soldiers first enter into the pay of France, under Louis XI. 1480
Fribourg and Solothurn join confederation 1481
Maximilian I., emperor, acknowledges Swiss independence 1499
Schaffhausen and Basel join the union 1501
Appenzell joins the confederation (the 13th) 1513
Swiss invade Milan and defeat the French at Novara. ..6 June, "
Defeated bv them at Mariguano 13. 14 Sept. 1515
Swiss confederacy acknowledged by France and other pow-
ers 1516
Reformation begins at Basel; the bishop compelled to retire. . 1519
Eeformation adopted by some cantons; battle of Cappel, Zwin-
gli killed and reformers defeated 12 Oct 1531
Grisons leagues join the Swiss confederacy as allies 1544
Appenzell joins the other cantons 1597
Charles Emanuel of Savoy enters Geneva by surprise, scaling
the walls, but in the end is defeated 1602
[An annual festival commemorates this escape.]
Independence of Switzerland recognized by the treaty of West-
phalia 1648
Peace of Aargau, end of religious war Aug. 1712
[From this period until the French revolution the cantons
enjoyed tranquillity, disturbed only by the changes arising
out of their various constitutions.]
I Alliance with France 25 May, 1777
Strife in Geneva between the aristocratic and democratic par-
ties ; France interferes 1781
One thousand fugitive Genevese seek an asylum in Ireland
(Geneva) 1782
Swiss GUARDS ordered to quit France 1792
Helvetic confederation dissolved; its subjugation by France.. 1798
Helvetic republic formed "
Switzerland the seat of war 1799-1802
Number of cantons increased to 19, by the addition of Aargau,
Graubvinden (Grisons), St. Gall, Thurgau, Tessin, and Waadt
(Vaud) ; the federal government restored, and a landamman
appointed by France 1803
Uri, Schweitz, and Unterwalden separate from the republic. . . "
Switzerland joins France with 6000 men 24 Aug. 1811
Allies enter Switzerland in the spring of 1814
Number of cantons increased to 22, by the addition of Geneva,
Neufchatel, Wallis (Valais), and the independence of Switzer-
land secured by the treaty of Vienna 1816
A colossal lion carved out of the solid rock at Lucerne after a
model by Thorwaldsen, in honor of the Swiss guard who fell
in defence of the Tuileries, Paris, 10 Aug. 1792; dedicated. . . 1821
Revision of the constitution of the cantons 1830
Law to make education independent of the clergy 1839
It leads to dissensions between Catholics and Protestants. ...1840-44
Dispute about the convents of Aargau, 1844; to put education
into the hands of the Jesuits, etc. ; opposition of the Protes-
tant cantons 1846
Lucerne, Uri, Schweitz, Unterwalden, Fribourg, Zug, and Valais
(Roman Catholic cantons) form a separate league (Sonder-
bund) to support education by the Jesuits, etc "
Insurrection at Geneva against Jesuit teaching; a temporary
provisional government established 7 Oct. "
Diet declares the Sonderbund illegal, and dissolves it, 20 July;
7 cantons protest, 22 JulV; diet orders the expulsion of the
Jesuits, 3 Sept. ; communal assemblies held to resist it, 26
Sept., 3, 10 Oct. ; appeal to arms 21 Oct. 1847
Diet prepares to repress the Sonderbund, 4 Nov. ; Fribourg sur-
renders, 14 Nov. ; civil war; Sonderbund defeated by gen. H.
Dufour, near Lucerne, 23 Nov. ; end of the Sonderbund; it
submits to expulsion of Jesuits, and secularization of monas-
t i c property 29 Nov. '*
New federal constitution 12 Sept. 1848
Dispute about Neufchatel 1857
Declaration of neutrality in the Italian war 14 Mch. 1869
Mutiny and punishment of Swiss mercenary troops at Naples;
confederation forbids foreign enlistment July and Aug. '<
Swiss government protests against annexation of Savoy to
France 15 Mch. I860
One hundred and fifty Swiss attempt to enter Savoy; stopped
by Genevese government 30 Mch. "
M. Thorel, a Swiss, obtains a prize at the national shooting-
match at Wimbledon July, "
Government forbids the Swiss to enlist in foreign service with-
out permission 30 July, "
French troops occupy Valine des Dappes, 28 Oct. ; Swiss an-
nounce the violation of their territory 5 Nov. 1861
Treaty of France settles question of the Valine des Dappes by
mutual cessions; no military works to be constructed on
territory ceded; signed 8 Dec. 1862
Revision of the constitution ; deliberations begin 23 Oct. 1865
Nearly all the revised articles of the federal constitution re-
jected by the vote of the Swiss burgesses 14 Jan. 1866
International peace and liberty congress at Geneva, 9-12 Sept.
1867 ; at Berne 22-26 Sept. 1868
Neutrality in the Franco-Prussian war proclaimed July, "
New constitution adopted by Zurich 18 Apr. 1869
French army under Clinchant (84,000) crosses the frontiers
and is disarmed 1 J'eb. 1871
Extraordinary session of the federal assembly to revise the
constitution 6 Nov. "
Plebiscite, a new constitution, reorganizing the army, and pro-
moting uniform education, etc., rejected by a majority of 4967
out of 509,921 12 May, 1872
M. Favre engaged to construct a tunnel through St. Gothard in
8 years, for 2,000,000^ 8 Aug. "
Revised federal constitution voted (321,870 for, 177,800 against),
19 Apr. 1874
Swiss national Catholic church constituted about June, "
Nineteen Catholic priests deprived for refusal to take constitu-
tional oath 5 Sept. "
International postal congress at Berne, 15 Sept. ; protocol
signed 9 Oct. "
Civil. marriage law and registration adopted by universal suf-
frage (212,854-204,700) 23 May, 1876
President of the national council for 3 years, J. Philippin,
elected 6 June. 1877
Death of James Fazy, eminent statesman 6 Nov. 1878
National voting for St. Gothard railway and tunnel (161,000
majority)..... 19 Jan. 1879
Opening of St. Gothard's railway from Milan to Lucerne,
20-21 May, 1882
Invasion of the Salvation army 1883-84
Great powers protest against the asylum given to political
criminals by the republic June, 1889
Six hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Swiss con-
federation celebrated in the province of Schwytz. . .1-2 Aug. 1891
SVirord§. The Roman swords were from 20 to 30 inches
long. The broadsword and scimitar are of modern adoption.
Damascus steel swords were most prized ; the next the sword
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of Ferrara ateeh Toledo sword-blades have been famed since
the 15th century.
" The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty,
Fur want of fighting was grown rusty."
—Butler, "Hudibras."
The Scotch Highlanders, from the artificer Andrea di Ferrara,
called their swords A tidrew Ferraras. The large sword shown
at Dumbarton castle as Wallace's is asserted to be one of Ed-
ward IV.'s. The broadsword was forbidden to be worn in Edin-
burgh in 1724. The 2 most famous swords of romance were
the sword "Excalibur," wrought for king Arthur "by the lonely
maiden of the lake," and " Durandal," borne by Orlando or
Roland, famed knight of the court of Charlemagne.
Syb'aris, a Greek colony in S. Italy, founded about 720
B.C. ; destroyed by the Crotonians about 610 b.c. The people
were greatly addicted to luxury, hence the term Sybarite.
Sydney, capital of New South Wales ; founded by gov.
Philip on a cove on Port Jackson, 26 Jan. 1788, as a British
settlement for the colony of convicts originally intended for
Botany Bay. It was named after lord Sydney, secretary for
the colonies. Pop. 1891, including suburbs, 386,400.
Legislative council first held 13 July, 1829
Lit with gas ; the first place so lit in Australia May, 1841
University founded 1852
Duke of Edinburgh at Port Jackson narrowly escapes assassi-
nation; O'Farrell, a Fenian, who shot him in the back on 12
Mch., is convicted on 31 Mch., and executed 21 Apr. 1868
J. B. Watson, termed the Australian "Quartz Reef king," dies
at Sydney ; said to have left 30,000,000^., the result of gold-
digging, railroad and other speculations 12 July, 1889
Syllabu§ of Errors in modem times, 80 para-
graphs divided into 10 chapters, issued by pope Pius IX., with
an encyclical letter, 8 Dec. 1864. It condemned heresy, mod-
ern philosophj', and liberalism in politics ; was forbidden to be
read in French churches, and was generally opposed, but was
adopted by the council at Rome, 1870.
Syinine§'§ theory. The theory or fancy that the
earth is hollow and inhabited within was held with persist-
ence by John Cleves Symmes (1779-1829), who claimed to be-
lieve that the earth was open at the poles for the admission
of light and air, and contained within it other concentric hol-
low globes, all inhabited in like manner. His belief in this
theory was so strong, notwithstanding the general ridicule
bestowed upon " Symraes's hole " — as it was popularly called —
that he both wrote and lectured on the subject, and a petition
was finally presented to Congress (1823), asking that an expe-
dition be fitted out to investigate. Ohio, United States.
§yill'phoilies, short pieces of instrumental music be-
tween songs in operas, early in the 17th century. These were
gradually developed by the great masters, such as Lulli, into
independent pieces ; the symphonies of Corelli, Handel, Mo-
zart, Haydn, and Beethoven are eminent examples.
symptlO'llion, an improved form of the musical-box,
performing many more tunes, invented by Ellis Parr, 1887.
syn'agOg^ue (literally an assembly), a congregation of
the Jews, and the place where such assembly is held for re-
ligious purposes. When these meetings were first held is un-
certain; some refer them to the times after the Babylonian
captivity. In Jerusalem were 480 synagogues. A magnificent
synagogue was consecrated at Berlin, 5 Sept. 1866. Jews.
§yn'<licate, originally a body of syndics, officers of a
government or any ruling body; the term is now frequently
used as synonymous with association, company, or body of
trustees, 1888.
§yil'OCl (Gr. avv, together, and 6d6^, way, i. e., meeting),
an ecclesiastical convention ; a council ; the name now espe-
cially given to a convention of the Presbyterian church. The
first general synods were called by emperors, and afterwards
by Christian princes; but the pope ultimately usurped this
power, one of his legates usually presiding. Councils of
THE Church. The first national synod held in England was
at Hertford, 673; the last was held by cardinal Pole in 1555.
Made unlawful to hold synods but by royal authority, 25 Henry
VIII. 1533. DoRT, Thurles.
Syn'onym, a word having the same or nearly the same
meaning as another ; as valor, courage. Books of (Jreek and
Latin synonyms were early compiled. G. Crabbe's diction-
ary appeared 1816 ; dr. P. M. Roget's excellent " Thesaurus of
English Words and Phrases," 1852, and several editions since.
§ypll'ills (from Syphilus^ the name of a shepherd in the
Latin poem of Fracastoro, " Syphilus sive Morbus Gallicus,"
which was pub. 1530, from the Gr. avq, hog, swine, and ^tXog,
loving, the term was introduced into nosology by Sauvage),
a venereal disease probably known to the ancients, and said
to have been brought into Europe at the siege of Naples, 1495.
Syracuse, a celebrated Greek city of Sicily, founded
about 732 B.c. by Archias, a Corinthian, and one of the Herac-
lidae. It became one of the most extensive cities of ancient
Europe, second only to Athens in the splendor and magnifi-
cence of her public buildings, and one of the best - fortified
cities of ancient times. Its government, first an oligarchy,
fell under the rule of tyrants. Among its celebrities are some
of the greatest names of Grecian history, viz. : Gelon, Hiero,
Dionysius the Elder and Younger, Dion, Timoleon, Agathocles,
and the great philosopher Archimedes. After a long period
of wars with Athens, Carthage, and domestic turmoils, it fell
into the hands of the Romans, being taken after a 3 years'
siege by Marcellus, 312 b.c., at which Archimedes was killed.
Since then Roman oppression, Gothic, Vandalic, and Saracenic
fury, together with earthquakes, have effaced it from the cat-
alogue of cities.
Syria. The capital was originally Damascus; but after
the battle of Ip.sus, Seleucus founded Antioch. Now a prov-
ince of Asiatic Turkey. Area of Syria, including Palestine,
etc., 115,144 sq. miles;' pop. 1885, 2,676,943. ^^
Alliance of David, king of Israel, and Hiram, king of Syria. . . 1049
Syria conquered by David. 1040
Liberated by Rezin 980
Benhadad, king of Syria, makes war on the Jews 898 '
Benhadad II. reigns about 83(^ '
Syria subjugated by Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria 740 ,
Syria conquered by Cyrus 537
And by Alexander 333
Seleucus locator enters Babylon 312 :
^ra of the Sklkucid^ " ;
Great battle of Ipsus; death of Antigonus, defeated by Ptolemy,
Seleucus, and Lysimachus 301
City of Antioch founded 299
Antiochus, son of Seleucus. falling in love with his father's'
queen, Stratonice, pines away; the secret being discovered,
she is divorced by the father, and married by the son 297
Battle of Cyropedium ; Lysimachus slain by Seleucus 281
Seleucus foully assassinated by Ceraunus; Antiochus I. king. , 280
Antiochus I. (Soter, or Saviour) defeats the Gauls 276
Antiochus II., surnamed by the Milesians Theos (God), king.. . . 261
Poisoned by Laodice 246
Seleucus II. (king, 246) makes a treaty of alliance with Smyrna
and Magnesia 243
Seleucus III. {Ceraunus, or Thunder), king 226
Antiochus III. the Great (king, 222) conquers Palestine, but is
totally defeated at Raphia 217
Again conquers Palestine, 198; but gives it to Ptolemy 198
Enters Greece, 192; defeated by the Romans at Thermopylae,
191 ; and at Magnesia 190^
Makes peace with the Romans, giving up to them Asia
Minor , 188
Seleucus Philopator, king 18T
Antiochus IV., king, who assumes the title of Theos-Epiphanes,
or the Illustrious God 175
He sends Apollonius into Judaea; Jerusalem is taken; the tem-
ple pillaged; 40,000 inhabitants destroyed, and 40,000 more
sold as slaves 16&^^
Antiochus V (Eupator), king, 164, murdered by Demetrius ^
Sotor, who seizes the throne 162;\j
Demetrius is defeated and slain by his successor Alexander
Bala, 150; who is also defeated and slain by Demetrius Ni-
cator 146
Antiochus VI. (Sidetes), son of Demetrius Sotor, rules during
the captivity of his brother Demetrius Nicator (after slaying
the usurper Trypho) 137
Antiochus grants peace to the Jews, and placates the Romans,
133 ; invades Parthia, 129 ; and is defeated and slain ITS-
Demetrius Nicator restored "
Cleopatra, the queen, murders her son Seleucus with her own
hand 124
Her son Antiochus VII. (Grypus), king, 125, whom she attempts
to poison ; but he compels his mother to swallow the deadly
draught herself 12J"
Reign of Antiochus VIII. (Cyzicenus) at Damascus, and of Gry- <
pus at Antioch Ill
Seleucus, king f 96
Antiochus IX. (Eusebes), king 94
Dethroned by Philip 85
Tigranes. king of Armenia, acquires Syria 83
Antiochus X. (Asiaticus) solicits the aid of the Romans 76
Defeat of Tigranes by Lucullus, 69; he submits to Pompey,
who enters Syria, and dethrones Antiochus Asiaticus 65
Syria made a Roman province 6S
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Syria invaded by the Parthians 162
By the Persians 256
Violent earthquakes 341
Invaded by the Saracens, 497, 502, 529 ; by the Persians 607
Conquered by the Saracens 638
Conquest of Syria by the Fatimite caliphs 970
Revolt of the emirs of Damascus 1067
Emirs of Aleppo revolt. . .' 1068
Crusades commence 1095
Desolated by the Crusades 1096-1272
Noureddin conquers Syria 1166
Saladin dethrones the Fatimite dynasty 1171
Tartars overrun all Syria 1259
Sultans of Egypt expel the Crusaders 1291
Syria overrun by Tamerlane 1400
Syria and Egypt conquered by the Turks 1516-17
Syria continued in possession of the Turks till the invasion by
the French, 1799; Bonaparte overruns the country; Gaza
and Jaffa taken Mch. 1799
Siege of Acre begun by French, 16 Mch. ; raised 20 May, "
Bonaparte returns to France from Egypt 23 Aug. "
Egypt and Syria evacuated by the French 10 Sept. 1801
Mehemet Ali attacks and captures Acre, and overruns tke
whole of Syria 1831
Ibrahim Pacha, his son, defeats the grand-signior at Konieh,
21 Dec. 1832
Numerous battles with varying success; European powers in-
tervene ; peace is made 6 May, 1833
War renewed, May; Ibrahim defeats Turks at Nezib. .24 June, 1839
Turkish fleet deserts to Mehemet Ali, reaching Alexandria
14 July, "
Five powers unite to support the Porte July, "
Death of lady Hester Stanhope 23 June, 1840
Treaty of London (not signed by France) 15 July,
Capture of Sidon '. 27 Sept.
Fall of Beyrout 10 Oct.
Fall of Acre 3 Nov.
Long negotiations; sultan grants hereditary rights to Mehe-
met, who gives up Syria Jan.
Druses said to have destroyed 151 Christian villages, killing
1000 persons (Druses) 29 May to 1 July,
Mahometans massacre about 3300 Christians at Damascus;
many saved by Abd-el-Kader 9 July, et seq.
English and French governments intervene; convention at
Paris; 12,000 men to be sent by France 3 Aug.
Vigor of Fuad Pacha; he punishes the Mahometans implicated
in massacres at Damascus; 167 of all ranks, including the
governor, executed 20 Aug. et seq.
Four thousand French soldiers, under gen. Hautpoul, land at
Beyrout 22 Aug.
Lord Dufferin, British commissioner in Syria, arrives at Da-
mascus 6 Sept.
French and Turks advance against Lebanon; 14 emirs sur-
rendered Oct.
Pacification of the country effected Nov.
French occupation ceases 5 June,
Prince of Wales visits Syria Apr.
Insurrection of Joseph Karam, Maronite, in Lebanon; sup-
pressed Mch.
Another suppressed; Karam flies to Algeria 31 Jan.
Midhat Pacha appointed governor-general to inaugurate re-
forms, Nov. 1878; experiences great difficulty, Oct. ; resigns,
but continues Oct. 1879-June,
Hamed Pacha, governor of Smyrna, and Midhat Pacha change
places Aug.
Midhat Pacha, charged with complicity in the murder of the
sultan Abdul Aziz, surrenders (Turkey, 1881).. about 17 May,
1840
1841
1860
1861
1862
1866
1867
1881
X, a sharp mute consonant, and the 20th letter of the
English alphabet, the t (tau) of the Greek 5 thence from the
Phoenician and Egyptian. "To a T"=exactly, with the
greatest accuracy; a remark referring to the T-square, an in-
strument used by mechanics. " We could manage the matter
to a T." — Sterne, " Tristram Shandy," vol. ii. chap v.
Tabella'riae L<e'gC§, the laws which enabled the
Roman commons to vote by ballot instead of viva voce. Such
laws diminished the power of the nobles. Voting by ballot
was allowed by the Gabinian law, A.u.c. 614, in conferring
honors ; 2 years after at all trials except for treason, by the
Cassian law ; in passing laws, by the Papirian law, A.U.C.
622; and lastly, in trials for treason, bv the Coelian law, a.u.c.
630.
tab'ernacle, the holy place of the Israelites before
the erection of Solomon's temple, supposed to have been con-
structed by divine direction, 1490 b.c. The tabernacle set up
at Shiloh by Joshua 1444 b.c. was replaced by the temple
erected by Solomon, 1004 b.c,
Xal>les, the Two, of the law in stone alleged to have
been received by Moses from God on mount Sinai, 1491 b.c.
Decemviri.
Ta'toor, a city in Bohemia, was founded by Ziska in
1420, and became a chief seat of the Hussites. — A small
mountain in Palestine, the headquarters of Barak prior to his
victory over Sisera (Judges iv. 14), and he supposed scene of
the " Transfiguration."
Tadnior. Palmyra.
Tae-PillgS. China, 1851.
taf Tety, an early manufacture ot silk, more prized for-
merly than now, w^oven very smooth and glossy. It was worn
by English queens, and was first made in England by John
Tyce, of Shoreditch, London, 41 Eliz. 1598.— -S'tow.
Tag^liaeozzo {tal-ya-cot'so), a town in the Abruzzi
mountains, S. Italy, where, on 23 Aug. 1268, Charles of Anjou,
usurping king of Naples, defeated and captured the rightful
monarch, young Conradin (last of the Hohenstaufens, and
grandson of emperor Frederick II.), who had been invited into
Italy by the Ghibelline or imperial party ; their opponents,
the Guelfs, or papal party, supporting Charles. Conradin
was beheaded 29 Oct. following.
Tag^liamentO {tal-ya-men'to), a river in Lombardy,
N. Italy, near which the Austrians, under the archduke
Charles, were defeated by Bonaparte, 16 Mch. 1797.
Taheritei^, a dynasty of Persia, 813-72.
Tahiti (ta-hee'tee), the French abbreviated name for
Otaheite.
TaillebOUrg[ (fai-ye-boorg'), a village of W. France.
Near here Henry III. of England was defeated and nearly
captured by Louis IX. of France, 20 July, 1242.
Talave'ra de la Reyna, a city of central Spain,
was taken from the Mahometans by Ordono, king of Leon, 913.
Here, 27, 28 July, 1809, the united British and Spanish armies
under sir Arthur Wellesley met the French under marshals Vic-
tor and Sebastiani. After a conflict on the 27th, both armies re-
mained on the field till the French at break of day renewed the
attack, and were repulsed by the allies with great slaughter.
At noon Victor charged the whole allied line, was repulsed at
all points, and retreated with a heavy loss. As Soult, Ney,
and Mortier were in the rear, the allies retired after the victory.
Tallade'ga, Battle at, near the Coosa river, in Ala-
bama, between more than 2000 Americans, under gen. Jack-
son, and 1000 Creek Indians, on 9 Nov. 1813. The Indians
left 290 dead on the field, and perhaps as many were wound-
ed. The Americans lost 15 killed and 86 wounded.
Tallusahat'cliee, Battle at, near the Coosa river,
Alabama, between the Creek Indians and 900 mounted men,
under gen. Coffee, on 3 Nov. 1813. The Indians lost 200 killed
and 84 prisoners. The Americans lost 5 killed and 41 wounded.
Tal'mud (from lamad, to teach), the compendium of
ancient Jewish oral or unwritten law, as distinguished from
the Pentateuch, or written law ; its origin is coeval with the
return from the Babylonian captivity, 536 b.c. Its compila-
tion in Hebrew was begun by the Scribes, and by their suc-
cessors the work was carried on till 220 b,c. It is composed
in prose and poetry, and contains 2 elements, legal and legen-
dary. The morality resembles that of the New Testament,
and the philosophy is. rather Platonic than Aristotelian.
TheMishna, comprising the work of the rabbis, termed Thanalm, was
compiled by Jehuda Hanassi, in the middle of the 2d century a.d.,
and forms the Jerusalem Talmud, written at Tiberias, in Palestine,
about 230. The Babylonian Talmud containsalso the Gemera or Ghe-
mara, the work of the rabbis termed Amoraim, and criticisms and
comments on the Mishna. The part named Halacha is dogmatic, le-
gal, and doctrinal; the>l5'a6a is illustrative,narrative, and legendary.
After being almost universally condemned, and the MSS. often
burned, the defence of the Talmud was undertaken by the Ger-
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...^ Reuchlin, in the Ifith century, and between 1520 and
163Sthe " Talmud Babjionicum," in 12 vols, fol, and the "Talmud
Hlerosolytanura, " in 1 vol. fol. , were printed at Venice. A discourse
on the Talmud was given at the Royal Institution, 15 May, 1868, by
Emanuel Deutach. See hisarticle in the Quarterly Review, Oct. 1867.
A beginning of the first English translation of the Jerusalem Tal-
mud (vol. 1.) by dr. Moiso Schwab appeared in 1885.
TBIIIIIlBliy Society. This society was formed in
1789, chiefly through the efforts of William Mooney, an up-
holsterer in New York city, its first grand sachem, to oppose
the Federalists. It has ever since been an important political
body, largely controlling for many years the local government,
and in state and national politics professing to adhere to the
Democratic party. The name Tammany is said by tradition
to have been taken from an aged, wise, and friendly Delaware
chief, chosen for his virtues as the patron saint of the new re-
public. The first meeting was held 12 May, 1789. Act of
incorporation passed 1805. The grand sachem and the 13 sa-
chems represent the president of the U. S. and the 13 original
governors. Although nominally a charitable and social or-
ganization, it is practically a combination to control the reve-
nues and government of New York city, and has long been as-
sociated with every form of municipal jobbery and corruption.
In Nov. 1894, for the first time in more than 20 years, it lost its
control of the city by the triumphant election of a reform ticket.
Tan'Bf^ra, a ruined city of Boeotia, Greece. Here the
Spartans defeated the Athenians 457 b.c., but were defeated
by them in 456 and 426, when Agis II. headed the Spartans
and Nicias the Athenians.
Tangier (tan-jeer'), a seaport town of Morocco, N. W. Af-
rica, besieged by prince Ferdinand of Portugal, who was beaten
and taken prisoner, 1437. It was conquered by Alfonso V. of
Portugal, 1471, and given as a dower to princess Catherine, on her
marriage with Charles II. of England, 1662; who in 1683 caused
the works to be blown up and abandoned. It rapidly declined
after coming into the possession of the Moors. Pop. 14,000.
tan'iitry, in Ireland, the equal division of lands, after the
decease of the owner, among his sons, legitimate or illegitimate.
If one of the sons died, his son did not inherit, but a new divi-
sion was made by the tanist or chief. Abolished 1604. — Davies.
Tanjore', a province of British India. About 1678,
Vencajee, a Mahratta chief, brother of the great Sevajee,
made himself rajah. In 1749 a British expedition endeavored
to restore a deposed rajah without success; the reigning prince
bought them off by cession of territories. Much interven-
tion followed. In 1799 the East India company obtained pos-
aession of the country, engaging to support the rajah with
nominal authority. The last is said to have died in 1855.
Tan'nenberg, E. Prussia. Here Ladislaus V. Jagel-
lon of Poland defeated the Teutonic knights with great
slaughter, the grandmaster being slain, 15 July, 1410. The
order never recovered.
tanning leather with the bark of trees has been prac-
tised from the earliest ages in all countries, even in Africa;
but the East until recently has produced the best leather.
The manufacture of Morocco leather was introduced into Al-
sace, France, from the Mediterranean coast of Africa in 1749.
The tanning of alligator skins was begun in New Orleans, La.,
about 1860. Great improvements have been recently made in
tanning by chemical discoveries.
tan'tai nm, a rare metal, discovered in an American min-
eral by Hatchett, in 1801, and named by him columbium ; and
in a Swedish mineral by Ekeberg,who gave it its present name.
WoUaston pointed out the identity of the 2 metals in 1809 ; and
Berzelius prepared pure metallic tantalum in 1824. In 1846
Rose discovered that tantalum was really a mixture of 3 metals,
which he named tantalum, niobium, and pelopium. — Gmelin.
Xa'oi§ni, one of the 3 religions of China. The name
is derived from the Tao, or "Way," a treatise written by Ll
Urh, a contemporary of Confucius, in the 6th century b.c.
The " Way " is the quiet, passionless discharge of all duties,
" Heaven " not being a ruler, but a pattern. Taoism was
modified by the introduction of Buddhism.
tap'e§try, an art of weaving borrowed from the Sara-
cens, and hence its original workers in France were called
Sarazinois. The invention of tapestry hangings belongs
(the date is not mentioned) to the Netherlands. — Guicciardini.
Manufactured in France under Henry IV. by artists invited
from Flanders, 1606. The art was brought into England by
William Sheldon ; and the first manufactory was established
at Mortlake by sir Francis Crane, 17 James 1. 1619. — Salmon, f
Under Louis XIV. the art of tapestry was much improved in f^
France. Gobklin tapestry. Tapestry is mentioned by the !
ancient poets, and also in Scripture; so that the Saracens' manu- i?)
facture is a revival of the art. Tapestry said to have been *
wrought by Matilda, queen of England. Bayeux tapestry.
Tapestry manufactory established at Windsor, Kngl., by Mr. Henry, )
supported by the royal family and others; exhibition opened inl
the town-hall, 6 Dec. 1878. .|
Xappan, a village of New York, 24 miles north of New!
York city, and IJ west of the Hudson river. Here, on 2 Oct. "
1780,maj.JohnAndr6wa3hangedasaBritishspy. New York,
tar, a very thick and viscous substance, black and strongly
adhesive, obtained in a fluid form by distilling coal or wood. The ;
wood tar is of varied use in the arts, entering into excellent var-
nishes, cements, etc., and being the best substance known to smear
on ropes, canvas, etc., to make them waterproof. The chemist
Becher first proposed to make tar from pit-coal — the earlof Dun-
donald's patent, 1781. Mineral tar was discovered at Colebrook-
dale, Shropshire, 1779; and in Scotland, Oct. 1792. Tar- water
was first recommended for its medicinal virtues by dr. Berkeley,
bishop of Cloyne, about 1744. From benzole, discovered in cofd- ,
tar, many brilliant dyes are now produced. Aniline.
Xa'ra, a hill in Meath, Ireland, where the early kings of
Ireland were inaugurated.
"The harp that once through Tara's halls
The soul of music shed.'"— Moore.
Near here, on 26 May, 1798, the royalist troops, 400 strong,
defeated the insurgent Irish (4000 men), 500 killed. On 15
Aug. 1843, Daniel O'Connell held a monster meeting here
(250,000 persons said to have been assembled).
Taren'tum, now Taran'tO, a fortified city and
seaport of S. Italy, was founded by the Greek Phalantus, 708
B.C. The people of Tarentum, assisted by Pyrrhus, king of
Epirus, supported a war undertaken 281 b.c. by the Romans
to avenge insults by the Tarentines to their ships; it was ter-
minated after 10 years; 300,000 prisoners were taken, and Ta-
rentum became subject to Rome. Except the citadel, Taren-
tum was captured by the Carthaginians, 212, but recovered
by Fabius, 209 b.c. Tarentum has suffered in the revolutions
of southern Italy till only ruins remain.
targ^Uins or explanations are ancient Chaldee par-
aphrases of the Old Testament. The most remarkable are those
of Onkelos, Jonathan-ben- Uzziel, and Joseph the Blind. The
Targum of Onkelos is referred by some to the 1st century a.d.
Tari'fa, a seaport town of S. Spain, the ancient Joza and
Julia Traducta, where Muza landed when invading Spain, 712,
It was taken from the Moors by Sancho IV. of Castile, 1291 or
1292 ; and was relieved, when besieged by them, after a great
victory over the kings of Morocco and Granada, by Alfonso
XL of Castile and Alfonso IV. of Portugal, 28 or 30 Oct. 1340.
The conflict is called the battle of Salado, having been fought on
the banks of that river. Tarifa was taken by the French in 1823.
tarifT. The tariff is a tax levied upon exports or (es-
pecially) imports. A duty was early collected by Moslem
rulers at the Spanish port Tarifa, whence the modern name,
on goods passing through the strait of Gibraltar. The word
as used in the United States was adopted from the P^ng-
lish tariffs, which before the reign of queen Elizabeth were
prohibitory, and since used as a source of revenue. In the
U. S. the tariff is for revenue and protection ; there are no
prohibitory duties except on chiccory, shoddy, doctored wines,,
and a few articles of like character. Before the adoption of
the U. S. Constitution most of the American colonies had sys-
tems of taxation on imports. The first acts of the Dutch West
India company with reference to the colony of New Nether-
lands provided for export and import duties, and specific rates
were levied on furs and codfish by act of 7 June, 1629. lo
1661 the council of Virginia laid an import tax on rum and
sugar, and forbade unloading them except at appointed ports.
The governmentof Massachusetts enacted a general import tax,
Nov. 1668. Under the confederation, the Continental Congress
made numerous unsuccessful attempts to induce the states to
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in securing, in 1786, an agreement from New York, granting to
the U. S. certain imposts, provided the other states did the same.
A measure for taxing imports, "for the support of the govern-
ment, for the discharge of debts of the U. S., and the encourage-
ment and protection of manufactures," was introduced in the
House of Representatives of the first Congress, by James Madi-
son, 8 Apr. 1789. From this dates tariff legislation in the U. S.
Congress passes first Tariff act, to contmue in force until June,
1796, combining specific duties on some articles and ad va-
lorem on others, equivalent to an 8)^ per cent. ad valorem rate,
with drawback, except 1 per cent, of duties, on all articles
exported within 12 months, except distilled spirits other than
brandy and geneva; signed by Washington 4 July, 1789
Act of Congress passed to regulate the collection of duties.
Each collection district to lie within a state. Providing for
collectors, deputy-collectors, naval ofllcers, surveyors, weigh-
ers, measurers, gangers, and inspectors. Ad valorem duties
to be estimated by adding 20 per cent, to the actual cost
thereof if imported from the cape of Good Hope or any place
beyond, and 10 per cent, if from any other country. Duties
to be paid in cash if under $50; if over, might be secured
by bond to run from 4 to 12 months, with 10 per cent, dis-
count for prompt payment 31 July, "
Act laying duties on importations extended to North Carolina,
8 Feb., and to Rhode Island 14 June, 1790
Act of 4 July, 1789, repealed, and new law enacted raising du-
ties to equal an 11 per cent, ad valorem rate 10 Aug. "
Tariff rate raised to equal 13i^ per cent., by act of. 2 May, 1792
Additional duties levied on imports, particularly tobacco,
snuff, and refined sugar, by acts of. 5, 7 June, 1794
Tariff on brown sugar, molasses, and tea increased 3 Mch. 1797
Duty on salt increased from 12 to 20 cents by act of 8 July, "
First elaborate act of Congress for taking possession of arriv-
ing merchandise, and levying and collecting duties. ..2 Mch. 1799
Additional duties imposed on wines, sugar, molasses, and such
articles as have paid 10 per cent 13 May, 1800
Two and one-half per cent, ad valorem imposed on all impor-
tations in American vessels, and 10 per cent, in foreign ves-
sels, in addition to existing rates, for a fund to protect com-
merce and seamen against the Barbary powers, commonly
called the "Mediterranean fund " 27 Mch. 1804
All tariff duties increased 100 per cent., and 10 per cent, ad-
ditional on goods imported in foreign ships 1 July, 1812
Double war duties continued until 30 June, 1816, and after
that day an additional duty of 42 per cent, until a new tariff
shall be formed 5 Feb. 1816
Niles^ Weekly Register advocates a protective tariff. "
A. J. Dallas, secretary of the treasury, reports to Congress on
the subject of a general tariff of increased duties 13 Feb. "
Mr. Lowndes of South Carolina reports a bill from the Com-
mittee of Ways and Mea«s to regulate duties on imports
and tonnage 12 Mch. "
Tariff bill opposed by Mr. Webster and most of the eastern
states, and by John Randolph, and supported by messrs.
Clay, Calhoun, and Lowndes. Among other provisions was
one for the gradual reduction of the tax on cotton and wool-
len goods. Act passes the House by a vote of 88 to 54, and
the Senate by 25 to 7, and becomes a law 27 Apr. "
Act passed deferring the time of reduction of tariff on woollens
and cottons until 1826, and raising the duty on bar iron
from $9 to $15 per ton 20 Apr. 1818
Resolutions introduced in Congress for the abolition of draw-
backs, and bills to shorten long credits on importations, to
tax auction sales of imports, and to collect duties in cash
debated, but fail to become laws 1819-22
Auction system, by which foreigners shipped goods to the
U. S., undervaluing them in the invoice, for which the auc-
tioneer gave bonds and immediately sold for what they would
bring, is remedied by deterrent legislation, which began in
1818 and concluded in act of 1 Mch. 1823
Tariff bill with average rate of 37 per cent, duties, after a de-
bate of 10 weeks, passes the House by vote of 107 to 102. The
Senate adds amendments which the House rejects. The
difference is settled by a committee of conference, and bill
passes Senate by 25 to 22 ; approved 22 May, 1824
National convention, called by the Pennsylvania Society for
the Promotion of Manufactures and Mechanic Arts at Har-
risburg, adopts resolutions in favor of more protection on
iron, steel, glass, wool, woollens, and hemp 30 July, 1827
Tariff bill, based on recommendation of Harrisburg convention,
introduced in Congress 31 Jan. 1828
New tariff, with a 41-per-cent. rate, favored by Daniel Webster,
is debated from 4 Mch. to 15 May; passed by House, 109-91 ;
Senate, 26-21, and approved 19 May, "
[This became known as the "Tariff of Abominations."
South Carolina protested against it as unconstitutional, op-
pressive, and unjust. North Carolina also protested, and
Alabama and Georgia denied the power of Congress to lay
duties for protection.]
Condy Raguet begins the publication of the Free-Trade Advo-
cate, afterwards known as the Banner of the Constitution 1829
Duties on coffee, cocoa, and tea reduced by act of 20 May; on
molasses and salt by acts of 29 May, 1830
Secretary of the treasury Ingham, in his report, advocates
"home" valuation in place of "foreign," the current value
of goods in the U. S. to be the dutiable value 15 Dec. "
National Free-trade convention meets at Philadelphia, 30 Sept. 1831
National Protection convention meets in New York 26 Oct. "
George McDuflBe, representative from South Carolina, from
Committee on Ways and Means, reports a bill proposing ad
valorem duties for revenue only 8 Feb.
John Quincy Adams reports a bill repealing the act of 1828,
and reducing duties on coarse woollens, iron, etc 23 May,
Tariff bill retaining the protective features of the tariff of
1828, but reducing or abolishing many taxes, is reported. It
reduced the tax on iron, increased that on woollens, made
some raw wools free, and left cotton unchnnged. Duties of
less than $200 to be paid in cash without discount, law to
take effect 3 Mch. 1833 ; approved 14 July,
Representatives from South Carolina publish an address on
the subject of the tariff, urging resistance 15 July,
Convention meets in Columbia, S. C, 19 Nov., and calls on the
legislature to declare the tariff acts of 1824 and 1828 null and
void in that state, and to prohibit the collection of duties
there after 1 Feb. 1833 ; law passed 24 Nov.
Secretary of the treasury, in his report, recommends a reduc-
tion of duties to the requirements of revenue 5 Dec.
President proclaims intention to enforce the laws 11 Dec.
Mr. Verplanck, from the Committee on Ways and Means, re-
ports a bill providing for the reduction of duties in the
course of 2 years to about one half 8 Jan.
"Compromise Tariff bill" introduced by Mr. Clay 12 Feb.
House strikes out Mr. Verplanck's bill and substitutes Mr.
Clay's, which declares its object to be "to prevent the de-
struction of the political system, and to arrest civil war and
restore peace and tranquillity to the nation." It provides
for a gradual reduction in duties, and for "home valuation,"
all duties to be paid in cash. Passed by vote of 118 to 84 in
the House, and 29 to 16 in the Senate, and approved. .2 Mch.
"Force bill" or " Bloody bill," to enforce the collection of du-
ties, passed by Congress 2 Mch.
Nullification acts repealed by South Carolina 18 Mch.
Home league formed to agitate for high duties
Several tariff bills, drafted and discussed, fail to become laws
during 1841. A general tariff act, with average rate of duty
about 33 per cent, and dropping the principle of "home val-
uation," is passed 11 Sept.
Tariff law passed containing the much-controverted and liti-
gated "similitude section" (sec. 20), imposing duties on
non-enumerated articles which may be similar in material,
quality, texture, or use to any enumerated article. ..30 Aug.
Tariff' bill passes the House by a vote of 114 to 95, and the
Senate by the casting vote of the vice-president Geo. M.
Dallas. Average rate of duty 25>^ per cent 30 July,
Warehouse system established by act of Congress 6 Aug.
Robert J. Walker introduces the system of private bonded
warehouses, which is confirmed by act of Congress, 28 Mch.
Free trade policy declared in the platform of the Democratic
party at Cincinnati 6 June,
Tariff act passed lowering the average duty to about 20 per
cent 3 Mch.
Republican convention at Chicago adopts a i)rotective-tariff
platform 17 May,
Tariff bill, raising the tariff of 1857 about one third, introduced
in the House by Mr. Morrill, passed and approved, 2 Mch.
1861 ; goes into effect l Apr.
Amended tariff act raising duties passed 5 Aug.
Act passed increasing tariff on tea, coffee, and sugar. . .24 Dec.
Act passed raising tariff duties temporarily 14 July,
Act passed "to prevent and punish frauds upon the revenue,"
etc., which provides that all invoices of goods be made in
triplicate, one to be given the person producing them, a
second filed in the office of the consular officer nearest the
place of shipment, and the third transmitted to the collector
at the port of entry 3 Mch.
Joint resolution raising all duties 50 per cent, for 60 days, af-
terwards extended to 90 days 29 Apr.
General revision of tariff, increasing duties passed 30 June,
Bill passed increasing tariff rates, 3 Mch. 1865, and amended,
28 July,
Transportation in bond of goods destined for Canada or Mex-
ico, through the U. S., provided for by act of 28 July,
Convention of woollen manufacturers at Syracuse ask in-
creased duties. They form an alliance with wool-growers,
and arrange a tariff which becomes a law by act of . . .2 Mch.
Duty on copper and copper ore increased by act of 24 Feb.
First law distinctly authorizing the appointment of special
agents of the treasury in the custom service, passed, 12 May,
Following a general debate on an act to reduce internal taxes,
etc., a new tariff, retaining most of the protective features,
becomes a law 14 July,
Duties removed from tea and coffee after 1 July, 1872, by act
of
1841
1842
1846
1854
1856
1857
1860
1861
1862
1864
1866
1867
1869
1870
1 May, 1872
General act passed reducing duties on imports and internal
taxes 6 June,
All provision moieties to informers repealed, and the proceeds
of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures to be paid into the
treasury, by act of 22 June,
Tariff law amended by act of Congress 8 Feb.
Salts and sulphate of quinine put on the free-list 1 Julj^,
Act creating a Tariff commission of 9 civilians appointed by the
president, to visit different sections of the country in the
interest of tariff revision and report 15 May,
Tariff commission, consisting of John L. Hayes, pres., Henry
W. Oliver, jr., Austin M. Garland, Jacob Ambler, Robert P.
Porter, John W. H. Underwood, Duncan F. Kenner, Alexan-
der R. Boetler, and William H. McMahon, organizes at the
Ebbitt house, Washington, D. C 6 July,
Report of Tariff commission submitted to Congress and referred
to Wavs and Means committee 4 Dec.
1874
1875
1879
1882
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Aot pMsed repealing section 2501 of the Revised Statutes (levy-
ing an addilioual duty of 10 per cent, on goods fVom places
west of tho cj»i>e of Good Hope), 4 Miiy, and amended. 23 Dec. 1882
Senate reports a tariff bill wliidi is called up for consideration,
10 Jan. ; House bill reported by Ways iind Means committee,
16 Jan. ; both bills discussed and amended for several weeks;
a conference committee meets. 28 Fob. ; after some resigna-
tions and reapiwintments of members, reports, 2 Mch., ac-
cepted in the Senate. 12.30 a.m., 3 Mcb., by 32 to 31 votes,
and in tho House at 5.30 p.m., 3 Mch., by 152 to lift votes, and
signed by the president before acljournment, which was after
midnight 3 Mch. 1888
A bill "to reduce import duties and war-tariff taxes," intro-
duced by Mr. Morrison, is reported in tho House, 11 Mcb.,'and
defeated by vote of 159 to 156 15 Apr. 1884
A bill to reduce tariff taxes, introduced by Mr. Morrison, is lost
by vote of the Heuso, 167 to UO 17 June, 1886
Mills bill, a measure "to reduce taxation and simplify the
laws in relation to the collection of revenue," introduced in
the House by Roger Q. Mills of Texas, chairman of the Ways
and Means committee 2 Apr. 1888
Mills bill is Uiken up for discussion, 17 Apr., and debated until
19 July, and passes tho House by vote of 149 to 14. . .21 July, "
[Referred in the Senate to the Finance committee, by whom
a substitute was prepared, and failed to become a law.]
A bill " to equalize duties upon imports and to reduce the rev-
enue of the governjneut," introduced by Wm. McKinley, Jr.,
of Ohio 16 Apr. 1890
1894
McKinley Customs Administration act approved 10 June, 1890
McKinley Tariff bill passes tho House, 21 May; referred to
Senate committee on Finance, 23 May; reported to the Sen-
ate with amendments, 18 Juno; passes Senate with amend-
ments, 10 Sept. ; reported by Conference committee to House,
2() Sept. ; approved by the president, 1 Oct., and takes effect
6 Oct. "
Tariff (Wilson) bill made public 27 Nov. 1898
Submitted to the full committee of Ways and Means,
19 Dec. "
Debate on tho bill begins in the House 8 Jan.
Internal revenue bill containing the income-tax reported to
tho House 24 Jan.
Tariff bill with income-tax attached passes the House, 204 to
140 1 Fob.
Revised tariff bill reported to the Senate fVom the Finance
committee 20 Feb.
Debate in the Senate on the tariff bill began by senator Voor-
hees 2 Apr.
Senate passes tariff bill, 39 yeas (37 Democrats, 2 Populists), 34
nays (31 Republicans, 2 Populists, 1 Democrat, D. B. Hill),
3 July,
Tariff bill received in the House with 633 Senate amendments,
rates increased 5 juiy,
House disagreeing, a conference committee is appointed; the
Senate compels the House to adopt its amendments. .13 Aug.
Bill sent to the president 17 Aug.
Becomes a law without his signature 27 Aug.
YEARS OF TARIFF CHANGES, WITH AVERAGE RATE PER CENT. OF DUTIES FROM 1813.
TMtn of tariff
Average rate per cent, of duty on duti-
able Imports, thowini; the general av-
erage for several years together from
1813.
1789
(first
imposed
1790
1792
1794
1797
1804
1812
1816)
1824 f
1828X
1832 r
1833 i
1841/
1846
1857
1861
1862)
1864}
1866
1869
1870
1875)
1883 J
1890
1894
i
Twine and pack-thread, $2 per cwt. ; cordage, untarred, 90c. per cwt., tarred, 75c. Pickled
fish, 75c. per bl. Hemp, 60c. per cwt. Boots, 50c. per pair. Unwrought steel, 50c.
per cwt. Beer, ale, porter, and cider, in bottles, 20c. per doz. Green teas, 12c. per lb.;
Hyson, 20c. ; Black tea. 10c. Jamaica rum, and all wines except Madeira, 10c. per
gal. Malt, 10c. per bu. Salt, 6c. per bu. Manufactured tobacco, 6c. per lb. Cheese,
4c. per lb. Cotton, 3c. per lb. Loaf sugar, 3c. per lb. ; other sugar, except brown,
2XC. ; brown sugar, Ic. Coffee 2^0. per lb. Coal, 2c. per bu. Glass, china, stone
and earthenware, gunpowder, paints, shoe and knee buckles, gold and silver lace and leaf'
10 per cent, ad valorem. Blank-books, paper, cabinet wares, leather ready-made, cloth-
ing, hats, gloves, millinery, combs, brushes, gold, silver, and plated ware, jewelry, but-
tons, saddles, slit and rolled iron and castings, anchors, tin and pewter ware, .07^ per
cent, ad valorem. All other articles, including manufactured wool, cotton, and linen,
.05 per cent, ad valorem.
1813-24 inclusive, 34 per cent.
1825-32
1842-46
1847-57
40
30.4
24.2
1858-61
19.2
1862-64
35
1865-70 '
46.4
1871-90 '
43.2
1891-93
48.2
1894
37
Nullification acts in South Carolina owing to this tariff. ■
Compromise tariff bill of Henry Clay.
Tariff bill of Robert T. Walker.
(Comparatively free-trade— condition of the country at its lowest, financially and other-
( way — during these years.
Tariff bill of Justin S. Morrill of Vermont.
Tariff bill of William McKinley of Ohio.
Tariff bill of William L. ""'
and others in the Senate
Wilson of W. Virginia, reconstructed by Gorman of Maryland,
Tarpeian (tar-peyan) rOCK, Rome, owed its name
to the tradition that Tarpeia, daughter of the keeper of the
Roman citadel, was here crushed to death by the shields cast
on her by the Sabines, whom she treacherously admitted,
having bargained for the gift of what they wore on their left
arms, meaning their bracelets, about 750 b.c. From its sum-
mit state criminals were afterwards thrown, notably Marcus
Manlius Capitolinus, 381 b.c.
TarragO'na, a seaport city of N.E. Spain, occupied
as a naval station by the British before the capture of Gibral-
tar in 1704. It was stormed and sacked bj' French under Su-
chet, 29 Jan. 1811, and the inhabitants put to the sword.
tartan or Highland plaid, the dress of Scottish
Highlanders, said to have been derived from the ancient Gauls,
or Celtae, the Galli non Braccati.
tartaric acid is said to have been the first discovery
of the chemist Scheele, who procured it in a separate state by
boiling tar with lime, and in decomposing the tartrate of lime
by sulphuric acid, about 1770. In 1859, baron Liebig formed
tartaric acid from other sources.
Tar'tary, a vast country of Asia and Europe. The Ta-
tars, or Tartars, or Mongols, or Moguls, were known in antiq-
uity as Scythians. During the decline of the Roman empire
these tribes began to seek more fertile regions ; and the first
who reached the frontier of Italy were the Huns, the ancestors
of the modern Mongols. The first acknowledged sovereign
of this vast country was the famous Genghis Khan. His em-
pire, by the conquest of China, Persia, and all central Asia
(1206-27), became most formidable. It was during the reign
of his son Ogdai that the Tartar invasion of eastern Europe
occurred under Batu, capturing Pesth on Christmas, 1240, and,
crossing the Danube on the ice, took Gran by assault, and de-
feated the Poles in a disastrous battle near Liegnitz, 12 Apr.
1241, then without delay moved southeastward into Moravia as
far as the vicinity of Troppau, Silesia, when Batu was recalled
by the death of the khan. The empire was split into parts in
a few reigns. Timur, or Tamerlane, again conquered Persia,
broke the power of the Turks in Asia Minor (1370-1400), and
founded the Mogul dynasty in India, which began with Baber
in 1525, and formed the most splendid court in Asia till the
close of the 18th century. Golden Horde. The Kalmucks,
a branch of the Tartars, expelled from China, settled on the
banks of the Volga in 1672, but returned in 1771, and thou-
sands perished on the journey. De Quincey gives a vivid de-
scription of this "exodus" in the "Flight of a Tartar Tribe."
Xa§ma'nla, an island south of Australia and separated
from it by Bass's strait, formerly called Van Diemen's Land,
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after the governor of the Dutch East Indies. Name changed
to Tasmania in 1853, in honor of Abel Jansen Tasman, who
discovered it 24 Nov. 1642. Area, 26,2 15 sq. miles ; pop. 1891,
146,667, mostly descendants of the English settlers, the abo-
rigines being extinct; the last, a woman, dying in 1876.
Visited by Furneaux, 1773 ; capt. Cook 1777
Proved to be an island by Flinders, who explores Bass's strait. 1799
Taken possession of for the English government by lieut. Bower, 1803
First settlement with convicts at Hobart Town 1804
Transportation of convicts abolished 1853
Taunton, a borough of Somerset, Engl., was taken by
Perkin Warbeck, Sept. 1497 ; and here he was surrendered to
Henry VII. 5 Oct. following. The duke of Monmouth was pro-
claimed king at Taunton, 20 June, 1685; and it was the scene of
the " bloody assize " held by Jeffreys upon the rebels in August.
taverns may be traced to the 13th century. " In the
raigne of king Edward the Third, only 3 taverns were allowed
in London : one in Chepe, one in Walbrok, and the other in
Lombard street." — Spelman. The Boar's Head, in Eastcheap,
existed in the reign of Henry IV., and was the rendezvous of
prince Henry and his dissolute companions. Shakespeare
mentions it as the residence of Mrs. Quickly, and the scene of
FalstafTs merriment. — Shakespeare, " Henry IV." The White
Hart, Bishopsgate, established in 1480, was rebuilt in 1829.
At Fraunce's tavern. New York, gen. Washington bade farewell
to the officers of the Continental army 4 Dec. 1783
taxe§ were levied by Solon, the first Athenian legislator,
540 B.C. The first class of citizens paid an Attic talent of
silver, about $270. Darius, the son of Hystaspes, levied a
land-tax by assessment, which was deemed so odious that his
subjects styled him, by way of derision, Darius the Trader, 480
B.C. — UEon. Taxes in specie were first introduced into Eng-
land by William I., 1067, and he raised them arbitrarily. On 1
May, 1695, in England, a tax was imposed on bachelors and wid-
owers, births, marriages, and burials, and continued until 1 Aug.
1706. The governmental revenue in the United Kingdom for
1890-91, derived from direct and indirect taxes, was as follows :
Source.
Imperial.
England.
Scotland.
Ireland.
United
Kingdom.
Customs
Excise
Stamps
Land-tax...
Income-tax.
House duty.
....
£190,000
....
150,000
£15,221,672
17,921,724
11,525,584
995,392
11,256,925
1,476,899
£1,963,584
3,643,836
1,162,944
34,608
1,281,275
93,101
£2,294,744
3,222,440
581,472
561,800
£19,480,000
24,788,000
13,460,000
1,030,000
13,250,000
1,570,000
Totals. . . .
£340,000
£58,898,196
£8,179,348
£6,660,456
£73,578,000
In the United States taxes for the support of the federal
government are mainly indirect taxes, such as customs and
excise. The Constitution gives Congress "power to collect
taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and pro-
vide for the common defence and general welfare of the U. S.,"
subject to restrictions, no capitation or other direct tax to be
laid unless in proportion to the census. The first direct tax
($2,000,000) was levied upon the 16 states,^ro rata, in 1798,
and there have been occasional repetitions since, noticeabl}"- in
1861, when a tax of $20,000,000 was levied, which has since
been refunded. According to rulings of the Supreme court,
Congress has no power to levy duties on exports, and the re-
striction upon direct taxation does not apply to an income
tax. The systems and rates of state, county, and municipal
taxation are numerous and constantly changing, but the taxes
are direct, and are levied upon the assessed value of real estate
and personal property. According to the single-tax theory,
recently advocated by Henry George and others, taxation
should be solely on land-value, exclusive of improvements.
The development of the present system of federal taxatiui is
shown below. Revenue, Tariff.
Duties laid upon spirits distilled within the U. S. from foreign
and home material, 3 Mch. 1791, followed by an act further
regulating these duties and imposing a tax on stills. . .8 May, 1792
Execution of the above laws leads to the Whiskey insurrection
in Pennsylvania 1794
Duties imposed on licenses for selling wines and foreign dis-
tilled spirituous liquors by retail; 8 cents per pound on all
snuflf manufactured for sale within the U. S. ; 2 cents per
pound on sugar refined within the U. S. ; and specific duties
as follows: On every coach, $10 yearly; chariot, $8; phaeton,
$6; wagons used ip agriculture or transportation of goods,
exempt by act 5 June, "
(Duties laid on property sold at auction 9 June, "
Taxes on snuflf repealed and duty laid on snuflT-raills 3 Mch. 1795
Duties on carriages increased by act 28 May, 1796
Duties laid on stamped vellum, parchment, and paper by act,
6 July, 1797
Direct tax of $2,000,000 laid, proportioned among the states,
14 July, 1798
Act to establish a general stamp-office at seat of government,
23 Apr. 1800
Duty on snuff-mills repealed 24 Apr. "
Repeal of act taxing stills and domestic distilled spirits, refined
sugar, licenses to retailers, sales at auction, carriages, stamped
vellum, parchment, and paper after 30 June 6 Apr. 1802
Act passed imposing duties of 1 per cent, on sales at auction
of merchandise, and 25 per cent, on ships and vessels, on
licenses to distillers of spirituous liquors; and on sugar re-
fined within the U. S 24 July, 1813
Act passed imposing duties on licenses to retailers of wines',
spirituous liquors, and foreign merchandise, and on notes of
banks, etc., bonds and obligations discounted by banks, and
on certain bills of exchange 2 Aug. "
Direct tax of $3,000,000 imposed on states by counties. . " "
Duties laid on carriages and harness, except those exclusively
employed in husbandry 15 Dec. 1814
Fifty per cent, added upon licenses to retailers of wines, etc.,
and 100 per cent, on sales by auction 23 Dec. "
Direct tax of $6,000,000 laid upon the U. S. annually 9 Jan. 1815
Internal-revenue tax of $1 per ton Imposed on pig-iron; 1 cent
per pound on nails ; also tax on candles, paper, hats, umbrel-
las, playing-cards, boots, tobacco, leather, etc., and an annual
duty on household furniture, and gold and silver watches,
by act of 18 Jan. "
Internal-revenue tax on gold and silver and plated ware, jewel-
ry, and paste-work manufactured within the U. S 27 Feb. "
Direct tax of $19,998.40 laid on the District of Columbia annu-
ally, by act ., 27 Feb. "
Acts of 18 Jan. and 27 Feb, 1815 repealed 22 Feb. 1816
Act of 9 Jan. 1815, and 27 Feb. repealed, and direct tax of
$3,000,000 laid on the states, and direct tax of $9,999.20 laid
on the District of Columbia 5 Mch. "
Duties on household furniture and watches kept for use re-
moved by act of 9 Apr. ♦'
Acts of 24 July, 1813, and 2 Aug., 15 and 23 Dec. 1814, repealed,
23 Dec. 1817
Act passed allowing states to tax public lands of the U. S. after
they are sold by the U. S 26 Jan. 1847
Direct tax of $20,000,000 laid annually, and apportioned to the
states by act of Congress (one tax to be levied previous to 1
Apr. 1865) 5 Aug. 1861
Act passed to provide internal revenue to support the govern-
ment and to pay interest on the public debt, imposing taxes
on spirits, ale, beer, and porter, licenses, manufactured arti-
cles and products, auction sales, yachts, billiard-tables, slaugh-
tered cattle, sheep, and hogs, railroads, steamboats, ferry-
boats, railroad bonds, banks, insurance companies, etc., sala-
ries of officers in service of the U. S., advertisements, incomes,
legacies, business papers of all kinds, like bank-checks, con-
veyances, mortgages, etc. (Tobacco) 1 July, 1862
Act to increase internal revenue passed 7 Mch. 1864
Act of 5 Aug. 1861, repealed 30 June, "
Act passed to reduce internal taxation 13 July, 1866
U. S. Supreme court declares unconstitutional a capitation tax
of $1 imposed by the state of Nevada on every person leaving
the state by railroad train or other public conveyance 1868
Internal-revenue taxes reduced by acts of 14 July, 1870, and 6
June 1872
All special taxes imposed by law, accruing after 30 Apr. 1873,
including taxes on stills, to be paid by stamps denoting the
amount of tax, by act of 24 Dec. "
Congress taxes real estate in the District of Columbia, 20 June, 1874
Internal-revenue tax on tobacco, snuflf, and cigars, increased,
and former tax of 70 cents per gallon on distilled spirits
raised to 90 cents, by act of 3 Mch. 1875
Internal-revenue tax on tobacco reduced by act of 1 Mch. 1879
Henry George's " Progress and Poverty," advocating the "Sin-
gle-tax " theory, published "
Act passed reducing internal-revenue taxes, and repealing tax
on banks, checks, etc., matches, and medicinal preparations,
3 Mch. 1883
Special tax laid on manufacturers and dealers in oleomargarine,
and a stamp tax of 2 cents per pound laid on the manufact-
ured article 2 Aug. 1886
"Taxation in American States and Cities," by Richard T. Ely,
pub 1888
Special internal-revenue tax on dealers in tobacco repealed, and
tax on tobacco and snuflf reduced by act 1 Oct. 1890
Act passed to refund to the several states and territories the
amount of direct tax paid under act of 5 Aug. 1861. . .2 Mch. 1891
Income-tax appended to the Wilson tariflf bill and passed with
it, becoming a law 27 Aug. 1894
[From 1 Jan. 1895 until 1 Jan. 1900 a tax of 2 per cent,
levied on all incomes over and above $4000. Also by the
same a<;t a tax of 2 cents on every pack of playing cards; a
tax of $1.10 on each proof gal. of distilled spirits, or wine gal.
when below proof.]
Income tax in the United States.
Tay bridg'e, at Dundee, above 2 miles across the Tay •,
act passed 1870 ; work begun, June, 1871 ; Mr. De Bergue,
first contractor, died ; succeeded by messrs. Hopkins, Gilke &
Co., of Middlesborough. Engineer, sir Thomas Bouch. It was
much injured by a gale, 4 Feb. 1877; completed, 30 Aug.; tried^
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26 Sept. 1877 ; opened, 31 May, 1878. Length, 10,612 feet ; it
consiata of 86 spans, some above 90 feet above water-level; cost
said to be 360,000/. Above 20 lives lost during its construction.
BridRe partly dosiroyecl by a gale while a N. British mail-train
wn.>< missing over ii; a gap of about 3000 feet made; between
7R and IK) i)orsons jwrislied; about 7.15 p.m. Sunday. . .28 Dec. 1879
Forty six bcMli««.s recovered up to 27 Apr. 1880
Plan's for a now bridge approved Jan. 1882
(»iwned for public traffic 20 June, 18«7
Taylor, Zachary, administration of. United States,
1849-60.
Tchad, or Chad, Lake, central Africa. 150 miles long
by 130 wide. Area varies from 10,000 to 50,000 sq. miles. It
contains many small islands, well inhabited ; ordinarily no out-
let except at high water.
Tchcrna'ya, a river in the Crimea. On 16 Aug.
1855, the lines of the allied army at this place were attacked
by 50,000 Russians under prince (Jortschakoif, who were re-
pulsed with the loss of 3329 slain, 1658 wounded, and 600 pris-
oners. The brunt of the attack was borne by 2 French regi-
ments under gen. D'Herbillon. The loss of the allies was about
1200; 200 of these were from the Sardinian contingent, which
liehaved with great gallantry under gen. La Marmora. The
Russian general Read and the Sardinian general Montevecchio
were killetl. The object of the attack was the relief of Sebas-
topol, then closely besieged by the English and French.
tea, an evergreen shrub of the order Camellia, at ma-
turity from 3 to 4 feet in height, bearing white flowers and
elliptical or lanceolate leaves, 2 species of which produce
the teas of commerce. Thea bohea furnishing the various
black teas, viz. : Pekoe, Caper, Oolong, Souchong, and Congou;
and Thea viridis the green teas : Gunpowder, Hyson, Young
Hyson, Imperial, etc. This shrub is a native of China and
Japan, and while a decoction of its leaves has been a favorite
beverage in those countries for centuries, it was wholly un-
known to the more western nations until about the beginning
of the 17th century ; it is said to have been introduced by the
Dutch about 1610. It is mentioned as having been used in
England as a great rarity prior to 1657, and but little known
for some time after. ["I sent for a cup of tea (a China
drink), of which I had never drunk before." — " Pepys' Diary,"
26 Sept. 1661.] At this time it was selling at 6/. and even
10/. the pound.
A duty of 8d. was charged upon every gallon of tea made for
sale (12 Ch. II. c. 13) 1660
East India company first import it 1669
[Brought into England in 1666, by lord (tesory and lord Ar-
lington, from Holland; and, being admired by persons of
rank, it was imported from thence, and generally sold for
60s. per pound, till the East India company took up the trade.
— Anderson. ]
Green tea began to be used 1715
Price of black tea per pound, 13s. to 20.9. ; of green, 12s. to 30s., 1728
Great Britain's tea trade monopolized by the East India com-
pany until 1834
[Under the monopoly system the duty was about 200 per
cent, ad valorem.]
About 120,000,000 lbs. of tea consumed in Great Britain 1890
Duty imposed on tea in America by Great Britain in 1767;
this tax occasioned the destruction of 17 chests at New York,
and 340 at Boston, Dec. 1773, and ultimately led to the Rev-
olutionary war. Efforts have been made to introduce its cul-
tivation in the highlands of the South Atlantic states; but
while the climate and .soil are considered adapted to its growth,
the trouble and expense of preparing it for market in competi-
tion with China teas renders its cultivation as a remunerative
industry impossible. Amount of tea consumed in the United
States in 1870, about 47,000,000 lbs., or 1.2 lbs. per capita, and
in 1893, 90,000,000 lbs., or about 1.45 lbs. per capita.
Duty removed from tea from 1 July, i872
"tearle§§ victory" was won by Archidamus IIL,
king of Sparta, over the Arcadians and Argives, without losing
a man, 367 b.c.
Te Deum, a song of praise used by the Romish and
English churches, beginning " Te Deum laudamus^^ — "We
praise thee, O God " — supposed to be the composition of Au-
gustin and Ambrose, about 390.
tCetO'taler, a term applied to an abstainer from all
fermented liquors, originated with Richard Turner, an artisan
of Preston, Engl., who, contending for the principle at a temper-
ance meeding, about Sept. 1833, asserted " that nothing but te-te-
total will do." The word was immediately adopted. He died
27 Oct. 1846. These facts are taken from the Staunch Teetotaler,
edited by Joseph Livesey, of Preston (an originator of the
movement in Aug. 1832), Jan. 1867. Enchatites, Good
Templars, Tempkkanck, United Kin«pom.
Teg'yra, a village of Boeotia. Here Pelopidas defeated
the Spartans, 375 b.c.
tereg^raph§ (from the Gr. TifXe, afar, and ypc'itpw, I
write), ^schylus, in his Agamemnon (500 b.c.), describos
the communication of intelligence by burning torches as sig-
nals. Polybius, the Greek historian (who died about 122 B.c.),
calls the different instruments used by the ancients for com-
municating information, joymoB, because the signals were al-
ways made by tire. In 1663, a plan was suggested by the
marquess of Worcester, and a telegraph was suggested by dr.
Hooke, 1684. M. Amontons is also said to have been the
inventor of telegraphs about this period. James II., while
duke of York, originated a set of navy signals, which were
systematized by Kempenfeldt in 1780 ; and a dictionary was
compiled by sir Home Popham. M. Chappe then invented the
telegraph first used by the French in 1792, and 2 were erected
over the admiralty office, London, 1796. The semaphore was
erected there, 1816. The naval signals by telegraph enabled
400 previously concerted sentences to be transmitted from ship
to ship, by varying the combinations of 2 revolving crosses.
Signals; for electric telegraph, Electricity. The electric
telegraph in the United States is almost entirely in the hands
of the Western Union Telegraph company.
growth of the electric telegraph
1867.
IN THE L
. s. since
Year.
Miles of
line.
Miles of
wire.
Offices.
Messages.
Receipts.
ProfiU.
1867..
1871..
1881..
1891..
46,270
56,032
110, 3i0
187,981
85,291
121,151
327,171
715,591
2,565
4,606
10,737
20,098
5,879,282
10,646,077
32,500,000
59,148,343
$6,568,925
7,637,448
14,393,543
23,034,326
$2,624,919
2,532,661
5,908,279
6.605.584
The average toll per message in 1868 was 104.7; in 1891 it was 32.5.
The average post per message to the company in 1868 was 63.4;
in 1891 it was 23.2.
Tel-el-Ke'bir , a fortified seaport town of Egypt. Here,
13 Sept. 1882, sir Garnet Wolseley defeated Arabi Pacha. Brit-
ish force numbered 11,000 infantry and 2000 cavalry, 40 guns.
The Egyptians were intrenched with about twice the force.
British loss, 52 killed, 380 wounded ; Egyptian, total loss, 1500.
telem'eter, an instrument for determining the dis- -
tance between a gun and the object fired at. Lieut, von Eh-
renberg and maj. Montaudon at Baden constructed a telemeter
the size of a watch, by which the distance is determined and
shown on a dial by the action of sound, 1878-85. — Tel'elopom'-
eter, another apparatus for ascertaining the distance from point
to point, invented by dr. Luigi Cerebotani, was announced in
Sept. 1885; 2 telescopes are employed.
telep'athy, "the supersensory transference of thoughts
and feelings from one mind to another;" the principal subject
of "Phantasm of the Living," edited by Edmund Gurney,
Frederic Myers, and Frank Podmore, and issued by the Soci-
ety for Psychical Research (Spiritualism), about 30 Oct. 1886.
tel'ephone (from Gr. TfjXe, afar, and (pojvT], voice,
sound), a name now given to apparatus for transmitting artic-
ulate and musical sounds by means of wire, vibrating rods,
threads, or magneto-electricity. Electricity, Microphone, i
Phonograph. f
Robert Hook conveyed sounds to a distance by distended wire, 1667
Wheatstone conveyed sounds of a musical-box from a cellar to
upper rooms by a deal rod (termed " Enchanted Lyre ") 1821
C. G. Page produced gnlvanic musical tones by magnetizing
and demagnetizing an iron bar. 1837
Philip Reis exhibits at Frankfort, Germany, an electrical instru-
ment which transmits the pitch of a sound 25 Apr. 1861
Alexander Graham Bell begins his investigation of electrical
transmission and reproduction of articulate speech July, 1874
Bell constructs an electrical telephone, with a diaphragm of
gold beater's skin, which transmits speech July, 1875
Thomas A. Edison, furnished by William Orton, president of
the Western Union Telegraph company, with a description
of Reis's telephone, begins experiments with a view to pro-
ducing an articulating telephone July, "
Toy, called the "lovers' telegraph," being a string telephone,
extensively sold in the U. S "
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Elisha Gray files his caveat for an invention " to transmit the
tones of the liuman voice through a telegraphic circuit," etc.,
U Feb. 1876
Prof. Bell publicly explains his method before the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences of Boston 10 May, "
Bell's telephone exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition at Phil-
adelphia, Pa June, "
Iron diaphragm first used by Bell 30 June, "
Edison's carbon, loud-speaking telephone invented Jan. 1877
Prof Bell exhibits at the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., his
telephone, using a powerful horse-shoe magnet, by which a
short speech, shouted into a similar telephone in Boston, 16
miles distant, is distinctly audible to an audience of 600 per-
sons in Salem 12 Feb. "
First known telephone Jine connects the office of Charles Will-
iams, electrician, in Boston, and his house in Somerville, Apr. "
First telephone exchange established in Boston, Mass "
One form of microphone invented by Edison 1 Apr. "
Experiments begun in Brown university by prof. Eli W. Blake,
prof. John Pierce, and others, result in the construction by
dr. William F. Channing of the first portable telephone, Apr. "
Handle telephone, now generally in use, made by dr. Channing
and Edson S. Jones, at Providence. R. I May, "
Glass-plate telephone invented by Henry W. Vaughan, state
assayer. Providence, li. I lune, "
Bell telephone exhibited before the British association at Plym-
outh, Kngl., by W. H. Preece 23 Aug. "
Singing on the stage and music of the orchestra of the Grand
Opera, Paris, transmitted to the Palais de 1' Industrie, at the
electrical exhibition, Paris 1881
Pulsion telephone, carrying speech by an ordinary wire with-
out electricity, invented by Lemuel Mellett 1888
Telephonic communication from London to Marseilles and Brus-
sels completed 19 Ai)r. 1891
Bell telephone patent expires 7 Mch. 1893
American Bell Telephone company, practically controlling the tele-
phone business in the U. S., reports for 1891, 240,412 miles of wire
in use. This company, with its subsidiary companies, represents
$80,000,000 of capital;" and the Long Distance Telephone company
about $5,000,000.
tel'epllOtOg'raphy, a process for transmitting to a
distance images of objects by the agency of electricity and
selenium, was invented by Shelford Bidwell early in 1881.
tererad'iphoilC, an arrangement of apparatus in
which M. Mercadier has adapted prof. Graham Bell's photo-
phone to telegraphy ; announced Jan. 1882.
tel'e§COpe§. Their principle was described by Roger
Bacon about 1250, and Leonard Digges (who d. about 1573)
is said to have arranged glasses magnifying very distant ob-
jects. The 4 principal kinds of reflecting telescopes are :
1. Gregorian, devised by James Gregory of Aberdeen 1663
2. Newtonian, invented by sir Isaac Newton 1669
3. Cassegrainian, invented by Cassegrain 1672
4. Herschelian, invented by sir William Herschel 1790
Telescopes constructed by John Lipperhey and Zacharias Jan-
sen, spectacle-makers of Middleburg, and James Melius of
Alkmaer about 1608
Galileo (from a description of the above) constructed telescopes
(May, 1609), gradually increasing in power, till he discovered
Jupiter's satellites, etc Jan. 1610
Telescope explained by Kepler 1611
Huyghens greatly improves the telescope; discovers the ring
and satellites of Saturn, etc 1655-56
Telescopes improved by Gregory about 1663
Reflecting telescope invented by Newton 1668
Achromatic or refracting telescope, made by Chester More Hall,
Harlow, Essex, Engl 1723
Obtains an image free from color 1729
E\iler succeeds in 1747
John Dollond invents the " achromatic combination," for which
he receives the Copley medal from the Royal Society 1758
Sir William Herschel (originally an organist at Bath) greatly im-
proves telescopes, and discovers the planet Uranus, 21 Mch.
1781, and a volcanic mountain in the moon, 1783 ; he completes
his 40-ft. -focal-length telescope and 48-in. mirror, 1789, and
he discovers 2 other volcanic mountains; he lays before the
Royal Society a catalogue of 5000 nebulae and clusters of stars, 1802
Telescope made in London for the observatory of JIadrid cost
11,000/! "
Telescopes improved by Guinand and Fraunhofer. 1805-14
Great telescope taken down, and one of 20-ft. focal length erected
1 - by sir John Herschel, who afterwards used it at the cape of
L» Good Hope 1822
'* ^ Earl of Rosse erected afeParsonstewa^jn Ireland, a telescope (at
a cost exceeding 20,000/. ) 6 ft. in diameter and 54 ft. in length ;
it is moved with ease 1828-45
M. Lassell constructs a telescope, 48-in. mirror, by which he
discovers the satellite of Neptune, 1846, and the 8 satellites
of Saturn 1848
One of gigantic size, 85 ft. in length (very imperfect), completed
at Wandsworth by the rev. John Craig 1852
Magnificent equatorial telescopes set up at the national observa-
tories at Greenwich and Paris 1860
M. Foucault exhibits at Paris a reflecting telescope, the mirror
313^ in. in diameter; the focal length 17% ft 1862
Mr. NewalPs telescope (with object-glass 25 in. diameter; tube
nearly 30 ft. ) set up at Gateshead by Cooke of York 1870
I
One at U. S. Observatory, Washington; object-glass 26 in. diam-
eter, 33 ft. length.
A. Ainslie Common's reflecting telescope: speculum 37>^ in. di-
ameter; length, 20 ft. ; said to be the most powerful in exist-
ence; Ealing, Middlesex; completed Sept. 1879
Large refracting telescope, made by Howard Grubb at Dublin
for Vienna; approved by the commissioners 16 Mch. 1881
Largest reflecting telescope in the U. S. is at Harvard univer-
sity, 28-in. mirror.
Largest refracting telescope in the world, 40-in. lenses, made
by Alvin G. Clark, Cambridge, Mass., for the university of
Chicago, to be completed during. 1895
For other important refracting telescopes. Observatory.
Tell, William, legendary Swiss hero, flourished about
1307. The popular stories respecting him were demonstrated
to be mythical by prof. Kopp of Lucerne, 1872.
Tell-Amarna tablet§, consisting of 320 tablets
or portions of tablets covered with cuneiform writing, discov-
I ered by a peasant woman at Tell-Amarna, or the mound of
j Amarna, an important site 150 miles south of Cairo, Egypt, on
I the east bank of the Nile, 1887. The British museum obtained
[ 48 tablets, mostly in good condition ; the Berlin museum 160,
mostly fragments ; the rest are at the museum of Cairo. Their
average size is 8f by 4| inches. The largest contains 98 lines,
the smallest 10 lines. Probably inscribed 1500 to 1450 b.c.
A general record of letters written by the rulers of Egypt to
rulers at Babylon, Palestine, Syria, etc., and replies — general
' gossip of governmental news.
I tellu'riuin, a fare metal, in its natural state associated
: with small quantities of iron and gold, was discovered by
Miiller of Reichenstein in 1782, and named by Klaproth.
terodyiiamie transmitter, invented by m.
Him, is an arrangement of water-wheels, endless wires, and
pulleys for conveying and using the power of waterfalls at a
distance, and has been much used since 1850. The apparatus
was shown at Paris in 1862.
tel'plierag^e, an application of electrical motion, in-
vented by profs. Jenkin, Ayrton, and Perry for conveying heavy
goods ; shown at Milhvall, Engl,, 1884.
Teilie§war {tem-esh-var^), Hungary, capital of the
Banat, often besieged by the Turks. On 10 Aug. 1849, Hay-
nau totally defeated the Hungarians besieging this town, and
! virtually ended the war.
[ te monograph, an instrument designed to plot to any
accurate scale a section of the ground over which it travels.
I It works by frictional motion governed by 2 pendulous
I weights. Livented by A. M. Rymer-Jones in 1879.
I temperance reform. Maurice, the landgrave
' of Hesse, founded an Order of Temperance, 25 Dec. 1600 ; a
total abstinence society existed at Skibbereen, Ireland, in
1817; the Sober Society was formed at AUentown, N. J., in
1805, and this was followed by temperance societies organ-
ized, one at Moreau, Saratoga county, N. Y., 30 Apr. 1808,
another at Greenfield, N. Y., in 1809, and another at Hector,
N. Y., 3 Apr. 1818. The Massachusetts Society for the Sup-
pression of Intemperance was instituted at Boston, 5 Feb.
1813, but temperance reform as an organized movement be-
gan 13 Feb. 1826, when the American Society for the Pro-
motion of Temperance was organized at the Park Street
church, Boston, Mass. Drs, Justin Edwards, Woods, Jenks,
and Wayland, and messrs. John Tappau and S. V. S. Wilder
were prominent in it.
First Women's Temperance society organized in Ohio, close of 1828
New York State and Connecticut State Temperance societies
organized 1829
Temperance society formed at New Ross, county Wexford, Ire-
land 14 Aug. "
Young People's Temperance Society, with a pledge of total
abstinence, organized at Hector, N. Y .' 22 Aug. '<
First society in Scotland, the Mayhill Female Temperance So-
ciety, organized by Miss Graham and Miss Allen . . 1 Oct. "
Glasgow and West of Scotland Temperance Society organized,
12 Nov. "
First temperance society in England organized at Bradford,
the Bradford Society for Promoting Temperance 2 Feb. 1830
London Temperance Society, organized about July, 1830, be-
comes the British and Foreign Temperance Society, 27 July, 1831
Paisley Youths' Total Abstinence Society organized 14 Jan. 1832
Tradeston Total Abstinence Society organized at Glasgow, 15 Jan. "
First temperance society in India organized at Fort William,
Calcutta 29 Aug. "
Congressional Temperance Society organized at Washington,
D. C 26 Feb. 1833
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flnt National Temperance convention meets at Philadelphia;
440 delegates fh>m 12 sUtes. 24-27 May,
Word " Tketotalkr " originates with Richard Turner, a work-
man at Preston, Kngl., enters the English dictionary. . .about
Independent Order of Rkchabitks founded at Salford, Engl,
25 Aug.
Father Malhew, Capuchin friar of Cork, Ireland, " the Apos
tie of TemiHsrance," signs the pledge and begins his great
work in Ireland 10 Apr.
First great medical declaration in favor of total abstinence
signed by 79 members of the London medical faculty, 11 May,
Order of Sons of Temperance organized in New York. .'2i) Sept.
John B. iJough signs the pledge at Worcester, Mass 31 Oct.
Father Mathew visits England in the cause of temperance, ar-
riving at London 28 July,
First National Temperance convention in Germany held at
Hamburg 6-9 Aug.
First World's Temperance convention in London 4-8 Aug.
First "Baud of Hope" organized at Leeds Oct.
George Cruikshauk in the cause of temperance issues a series
of 8 engravings under the title, "The Bottle," 1847, and a
second series of 8 entitled " Drunkards' Children "
Father Mathew visits the U. S. ; arriving in New York on the
Ashburton, he is welcomed at the Irving house as the guest
of the city 2 July,
British and Foreign Temperance Society dissolved
Maine Liquor law passed 2 June,
Order of Good Tbmplars formed in New York state
Father Mathew sails from Philadelphia on the Pacific for Ire-
land after an extended tour throughout the U. S 8 Nov.
Rev. dr. Justin Edwards d 23 July,
John B. Gough makes a 2 years' tour of England, delivering
his first address in Exeter hall, London 2 Aug.
World's Temperance convention in Metropolitan hall, N.Y.,
6-10 Sept.
Father Mathew d. at Queenstown, Ireland 8 Dec.
Spirit rations in the navy of the U. S. abolished after. . .1 Sept.
Statue of Father Mathew unveiled in Cork, Ireland 10 Oct.
National Temperance Society and publication house, with
headquarters at New York, organized
National Prohibition party organized at Chicago, 111., 1-2 Sept.
Inaugunil meeting of the Church of England Temperance So-
ciety at Lambeth palace 18 Feb.
Blue-ribbon movement begun by Francis Murphy of Maine. . . .
Woman's temperance crusade begins in Hillsborough, 0., Dec.
National Women's Christian Temperance Union organized,
18-20 Nov.
British Women's Temperance Association organized at Newcas-
tle on-Tyne 21 Apr.
Women's International Temperance congress in Philadelphia,
Pa. 12 June,
International Temperance congress in Philadelphia, Pa.,
13-14 June,
Temperance Society of the Blue Cross organized in Geneva,
Switzerland 21 Sept.
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1842
1843
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
1856
1862
1864
1869
1873
1874
1876
1877
Department of Scientific Temperance in Public schools created
in connection with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1880
John B. Gough d. in Philadelphia, aged 69 17 Feb. 1886
Law for compulsory temperance education in public schools
passed by Congress for District of Columbia and the territo-
ries (and by nearly every state legislature since) 17 May, "
temperature, heat or cold as related to sensation;
the degree of heat or cold indicated by the thermometer.
The temperature of any locality is the result of, 1st, the sun's
rays; 2d, its latitude : 3d, the surface of the earth ; 4th, ocean-
ic currents ; 5th, winds and their direction. The mean tem-
perature of any locality for a year furnishes no adequate idea
of its climate ; the mean temperature may be 55° and not
vary 6°, or it may be 55° and vary many degrees. But the
average temperature of a place for any month may be regard-
ed as a partial expression of its climate for that time ; thus,
the average temperature at El Paso, Texas, for January is the
same as at Victoria, Vancouver's island. The temperature of
space or "absolute zero" is placed at —493° Fahr., while the
lowest recorded temperature of the atmosphere is —90° at
Werchojansk, Siberia. The extreme range of temperature in
the northern hemisphere is about 217.8°; maximum, 127.4° at
Onargle, Algeria, 17 July, 1879; minimum —90.4° at Wer-
chojansk, Siberia, 15 Jan. 1885. Extreme range in one place,
at Yakutsk, Siberia, 181.4°, and at Poplar Prairie, Montana,
U. S., 172.7°. Lowest mean temperatures in the U. S. are at
St. Vincent, Minn. ; 10 years, annual 34°, for January 4.8° Fahr.
Highest mean temperature, Rio Grande City, Tex., 7 years :
annual, 73.1°; for June, 93.9° Fahr. At Point Barrow, Alaska,
the temperature of the earth at a depth of 37 ft. was found to
be 12°; estimating an increase of 1° in 50 ft., the earth would
still be frozen at a depth of 1000 ft. ; at Irkutsk, Siberia, the
earth was found frozen at a depth of 382 ft. The annual tem-
perature at the surface of the sea ranges from 75° Fahr., just
north of the equator along the Gold Coast, Africa, to 28° in the
great frozen sea north of Grinnell's Land. The mean equato-
rial temperature of land and water is about 81.5°, of the land
alone about 83°; the hottest being in tropical Africa, 85.1°.
Of sudden and great changes in temperature in the U. S., the
following notable instances are given. Fall of 49.7° in 8 hours
at fort Maginnis, Mont., 6 Jan. 1886; fall of 63.3° in 16 hours
at Abilene, Tex., 27 Dec, 1886. Rise of 55.1° in 8 hours at
Campo, San Diego county, Cal. ; rise of 65° in 24 liours at
Florence, Ariz., 22 June, 1881.
HIGHEST AND LOWEST TEMPERATURE, WITH TIME OF OBSERVATION AT SIGNAL STATIONS IN EACH STATE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
Fahr.
106. 90
1190
104.5°
111.50
105.2°
100°
98°
104.3°
104°
116°
103°
101°
109°
104.4°
108°
104.6°
107°
97°
101.8°
101.50
101°
103.2°
101°
106.4°
110.8°
107°
104°
93.30
101°
115°
100°
107°
105°
103.5°
Montgomery, Ala
Fort McDowell, Ariz.
Fort Smith, Ark
Red Bluff, Cal
Las Animas, Col
New Haven, Conn
Delaware Breakwater, Del.
Washington, D. C
Jacksonville, Fla
Augusta, Ga
Lapwai, Ida
Cairo, 111
Indianapolis, Ind
Fort Gibson, I. T
Des Moines, la ,
Dodge City, Kan
Louisville, Ky ,
Shreveport, La
Portland, Me ,
Baltimore, Md
Boston, Mass ,
Detroit, Mich
St. Vincent, Minn
Vicksburg, Miss
St. Louis, Mo
Fort Benton, Mont. . .
North Platte, Neb
Winnemucca, Nev
Manchester, N. H
Sandv Hook, N. J
Fort Bayard, N. M...,
New York city, N. Y.
Kitty Hawk, N. C
Bismarck, N. Dak
Cincinnati, 0
July,
June,
(July,
(Aug.
July,
Sept.
Aug.
Sept.
July,
(Aug.
July,
Aug.
July,
Aug.
iJuly,
[Aug.
July,
Sept.
July,
Aug.
June,
July,
1881
1887
1884
1886
1887
1885
1881
1885
1881
1879
1878
1881
((
1879
1886
1876
1881
1875
1881
1876
1887
1881
1887
1886
1881
1886
1877
Sept.
July,
Sept.
July,
Aug.
July,
1881
1882
1881
1887
1876
1881
Lowest
tern.
Fahr.
5°
—18°
—70
-25.5°
— 2d°
—14°
1°
—14°
15°
_20
—38°
-23°
—25°
—20°
-31.5°
—29°
—19.5°
—1.50
—21°
-6°
—13°
—33.4°
—53.5°
30
—21.50
-63°
—34.6°
—28°
—11°
-10°
—18°
—23°
—5°
-44°
—28°
Montgomery, Ala.
Prescott, Ariz . .". .
Fort Smith, Ark.
Fort Bidwell, Cal
Denver, Col
New Haven, Conn
Delaware Breakwater, Del.
Washington, D. C
Pensacola, Fla
Atlanta, Ga
Eagle Rock, Id
Chicago, 111
Indianapolis, Ind..
Fort Reno, I. T....
Dubuque, la
Leavenworth, Kan.
Louisville, Ky
Shreveport, La
Jan. 1886
Dec. 1879
" 1876
" 1873
Dec. 1880
Jan. 1881
Eastport, Me
Baltimore, Md
Boston, Mass
Mackinaw City, Mich.
St. Vincent, Minn
Vicksburg, Miss
St. Louis, Mo
Poplar Prairie, Mont .
North Platte, Neb
Winnemucca, Nev
Manchester, N. H
Barnegat, N. J
Fort Stanton, N. M . . .
Oswego, N. Y
Cliarlotte, N. C
Bismark, N. Dak
Sandusky, 0
Dec.
Jan.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.
Jan.
Dec.
Jan.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
1872
1884
1873
1884
1886
1884
1881
1882
1881
1888
1886
1884
1885
1888
1886
1875
1887
1887
1884
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HIGHEST AND LOWEST TEMPERATURE, ETC.— (Continued.)
! Highest
I tem.
Fahr.
110°
103°
92°
104°
111°
104°
113°
104°
97°
103°
104°
97°
101°
101°
Umatilla, Ore
Pittsburg, Pa
Narragausett Pier, R. I
Charlotte, S. C
Pierne, S. D
Nashville, Tenn
El Paso, Tex
Fort Thornburg, Utah.
Burlington, Vt
Cape Henry, Va
Walla Walla, Wash....
Morgantown, W. Va. . .
La Crosse, Wis
Cheyenne, Wyo
Aug. 1882
July, 1881
" 1885
" 1875
June, 1876
Aug. 1874
June, 1883
July, 1884
Aug. 1876
" 1881
July, 1886
" 1874
" 1881
Lowest
tem.
Fahr.
—39°
—16°
—9°
11°
—4.3°
—16°
—14.2°
—20°
—25°
—5°
-30.5°
-10°
—42°
—57°
Fort Klamath, Ore ... ,
Erie, Pa
Narragansett Pier, R. I
Charlotte, S. C
Huron, S. Dak
Knoxville, Tenn
Fort Elliott, Tex
Salt Lake City, Utah..
Burlington, Vt
Lynchburg, Va
Spokane Falls, Wash. .
Morgantown, W. Va. . .
La Crosse, Wis
Fort Wasakie, Wyo. . .
Jan. 1888
Dec.
Jan.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Jan.
Feb.
1884
1878
1885
1884
1882
1880
1883
DATE OF THE EARLIEST, LATEST, AND AVERAGE AUTUMNAL KILLING FROST IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE
UNITED STATES.
Washington, Ark...
Sacramento, Cal
Middletown, Conn. .
Forsyth, Ga
Peoria, 111
Monticello, la
Lawrence, Kan
Gardiner, Me
Amherst, Mass
Holly Springs, Miss.
44' N.
33' "
30' "
59' "
41' "
45' "
Killing frost.
30 Sept.
17 Oct.
10 Sept.
17 Oct.
1 Oct.
25 Aug.
29 Sept.
4 Sept.
10 Aug.
10 Oct.
Latest.
16 Nov.
31 Dec.
22 Oct.
25 Nov.
17 Nov.
13 Oct.
18 Nov.
22 Oct.
8 Oct.
30 Nov.
Average.
28 Oct.
19 Nov.
2 Oct.
8 Nov.
27 Oct.
17 Sept.
20 Oct.
lOct.
20 Sept.
30 Oct.
Place.
Oregon, Mo
DeSoto, Neb
Cooperstown, N. Y
Portsmouth, Ohio.
Brandon, Ore
Bethany, Pa
New Ulm, Tex
Lunenburg, Vt
Wytheville, Va
Manitowoc, Wis. . .
Killing frost.
17 Sept.
24 Sept.
3 Sept.
11 Sept.
9 Sept.
30 Aug.
12 Nov.
5 Aug.
26 Aug.
18 Sept.
Latest.
3 Nov.
31 Oct.
22 Oct.
14 Nov.
18 Nov.
21 Oct.
15 Dec.
16 Nov.
14 Oct.
13 Nov.
Average.
9 Oct.
10 Oct.
27 Sept.
11 Oct.
9 Oct.
23 Sept.
25 Nov.
20 Sept.
19 Sept.
16 Oct.
LATITUDE AND MEAN TEMPERATURE OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES OF EUROPE.
Cities.
Latitude.
Mean
tem.
Remarks.
St Petersburg Russia
59° 55'
59° 21'
55° 57'
55° 40'
52° 31'
52° 22'
51° 31'
48° 50'
48° 12'
41° 54'
41°
40° 26'
31° 12'
38.7°
42.3°
47°
40°
48°
49.8°
50.8°
51.3°
51°
60°
57.4°
58°
69°
Latitude nearly that of the mouth of Churchill river, Hudson's bay.
Stockholm Sweden
Edinburgh Scotland
Latitude about that of fort York, central Hudson's bay.
Moscow Russia . .
Berlin Germany . . .
Latitude of the Saskatchewan district Canada
Amsterdam Holland . . .
Latitude of fort Moose, southern extremity of Hudson's bay.
Rome, Italy
Latitude about that of Providence, R. I.
Constantinople, Turkey
" " New York city.
Madrid Spain
" " Philadelphia.
Alexandria Egypt
" " Baton Rouge.
Teinplar§. The military order of "Soldiers of the
Temple" was founded about 1118 by a Burgundian knight,
Hugh de Paynes or Paganis (d. 1136), and 8 other knights at
Jerusalem for the purpose of protecting pilgrims by guarding
the public roads leading there. Baldwin II., then king of
Jerusalem, granted them quarters and otherwise protected
them. The order was confirmed by pope Honorius II., 1128.
The Templars were numerous in several countries, and came
to England before 1185. Their wealth having excited the
cupidity of Philip IV. of France, the order was suppressed on
charges of infidelity, gross immorality, and other crimes, by
the council of Vienne, mostly through his eflfbrts, and part of
its revenues was bestowed upon other orders about 1312. The
order suffered persecution throughout Europe, 1308-10, espe-
cially in France, where many were burned alive or hanged ;
68 knights being burned at Paris, 1310. Pope Clement V.
abolished the order, Apr. 1312. The grandmaster Molay
was burned alive at Paris, 18 Mch. 1314. Their property in
England was given to the Hospitallers, and the head of the
order in England died in the Tower. As confessions were ex-
torted under cruel torture, it is probable that most of the
charges were false.
Temple, London, the dwelling of the Knights Tem-
plars, 1185, at the suppression of the order was purchased by
the professors of the common law and converted into inns,
1311, afterwards called the Inner and Middle Temple. Essex
house, also a part of the house of the Templars, was called
the Outer Temple, because it was situated without Temple
bar.
Temple hall was built 1572
St. Mary's or the Temple church, situated in the Inner Temple,
a Gothic stone building, erected by the Templars in 1240, is
remarkable for its circular vestibule, and for tombs of cru-
saders. It was recased with stone by Mr. Smirke 1828
New Middle Temple library opened by prince of Wales.. 31 Oct. 1861
Temple bar erected outside the gates; ordered to be rebuilt, 27
June, 1669; erected by sir C. Wren; completed Mch. 1672-73;
cost 13911. 10s. ; room above contained books of Child & Co.
for 200 years; reported dangerous, Mch.; began to sink, 30
July ; shored up 1868
[Its removal voted by the common council, 27 Sept. 1876;
began 2 Jan. 1878; last stones removed 13 June, 1879 (set up
in Epping forest).]
New Inner Temple hall opened by princess Louise 14 May, 1870
Memorial to mark the site (including statues of the queen and
prince of Wales) ; cost about 11,550^. ; inaugurated by prince
Leopold 8 Nov. 1880
temple (Gr.r£jLi£j/oc,Lat. templum),an enclosure or build-
ing set apart for religious rites; an edifice dedicated to the
service of a deity or deities, and connected with a system of
worship. The Egyptians were the first who erected temples
to their gods. — Herodotus. The Greeks greatly excelled in
this style of edifice. Most of the heathen temples were de-
stroyed throughout the Roman empire by Constantine the
Great and Theodosius, 331-392. 1st temple at Jerusalem built
by Solomon, 10 12-1004 b.c. ; described by Josephus, bk. viii. chap,
iii., Whiston's transl. ; pillaged by Shishak, king of Egypt, 971 ;
repaired by Joash, 856 ; destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, king
of Assyria, 586. 2d temple built by Zerubbabel, 536-30;
much inferior to Solomon's ; pillaged by Antiochus Epiphanes
of Syria, 170; taken by Pompey, and its most holy place
seen by him, 63. 3d temple built by Herod, the most mag-
nificent of the 3, covering 19 acres, 18 b.c. ; destroyed by
Titus, 70 A.D. Fergusson's " Temples of the Jews," pub.
London, 1878. Architecture, Delphi, Diana, Parthe-
non, Pantheon.
Xen'edos, an island in the .^gean sea, off the coast of
ancient Troas, whither the Greeks retired, as Virgil narrates,
to surprise the Trojans {^En. ii. 21, 254); now belonging to
Turkey.
Teneriffe, Canary islands.
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790
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Tennessee, one of the southern United States,
lies between the Alleghany mounuins on the east and
the Mississippi river on the
west. It is bounded on the
north by Kentucky and Vir-
ginia, east by North Caro-
lina, south by Georgia, Ala-
bama, and Mississippi, and
west by Arkansas and Mis-
souri. It lies between 35°
and 36° 35' N. lat., and 81°
37 ' and 90° 15' W. Ion. Area,
42,050 sq. miles, in 96 counties;
pop. 1890, 1,767,518. Capi-
tal, Nashville.
Louis JoUet and P^re Jacques Marquette descend the Missis-
sippi river to lat. 33° 1673
Robert Cavalier de La Salle builds fort I'rud'homme on the
4tb Cluckasaw bluff of the Mississippi river 1682
M. Charleville. a French trader, builds a trading-house near
the present site of Nashville on the west side of the Cum-
berland river 1714
French erect fort Assumption on the Mississippi at the 4th
Chickasaw bluff "
Bienville makes a treaty of peace with the Chickasaw Indians
at fort Assumption June, 1739
Party of Virginians, dr. Thomas Walker and others, discover
the Cumberland mountains, Cumberland gap, and Cumber-
laud river. 1748
Fori lioudon founded near confluence of the Tellico and Little
Tennessee rivers, about 30 miles from the present Knox-
ville 1756
Col. Bird builds Long Island fort on the Holston river, near
its north fork, where the American army winters 1768
Cherokees capture fort Loudon. The garrison, after the sur-
render, start out for fort Prince George; after proceeding
about 15 miles they are massacred by the Indians 7 Aug. 1760
Capt. James Smith and others explore the Cumberland and
Tennessee rivers from above Nashville down to the Ohio 1766
By treaty at fort Stanwix (Utica, N. Y.) the Six Nations cede
the country north and east of the Tennessee 5 Nov. 1768
Capt William Bean settles on Boone creek, near Watauga 1769
Company formed to hunt and explore middle Tennessee, with
camp at Price's Meadows, Wayne county "
Written association formed for the government of the Watauga
settlers, and 5 commissioners appointed as a governing court, 1772
Col. Richard Henderson, Nathaniel Hart, and Daniel Boone
purchase from the Indians a tract of country between the
Kentucky and Cumberland rivers, which they call Transyl-
vania 17 Mch. 1775
Watauga purcliased from the Indians, and deed of conveyance
to Charles Robertson executed 19 Mch. "
WaUiuga settlers march against the advancing Cherokees, and
disperse them in a battle near Long Island fort 20 July, 1776
Cherokees under old Abraham attack the fort at Watauga, but
are repulsed 21 July, "
Forces under col. William Christian march against and de-
stroy the Cherokee towns in E. Tennessee "
Washington county, including all of Tennessee, created by a
law of North Carolina Nov. 1777
Richard Hogan, Spencer, Holliday, and others come from Ken-
tucky and begin a plantation near Bledsoe's Lick 1778
Capt. James Robertson and others from Watauga cross the
Cumberland mountains, pitch their tents near French Lick,
and plant a field of corn where Nashville now stands 1779
Eleven Chickamanga Indian towns destroyed by troops under
Isasic Shelby, who left Big creek, near the site of Rogersville,
10 Apr. «'
Jonesi)orough laid off and established as the seat of justice for
Washington county "
Colony under John Donelson, in open boats, leaving fort Pat-
rick Henry on the Holston, descend the Tennessee and as-
cend the Cumberland to French Lick, where they found
Nashborough 24 Apr. 1780
Form of government for the Cumberland settlements drawn
up and articles signed at Nashborough 13 May, "
Battle of Boyd's creek, a confluent of the French Broad.
Troops under col. John Sevier, returning from the battle of
King's mountain, join in expedition against the Cherokees
and disperse them on their way to massacre the Watauga
settlers Oct. "
Indian atrocities and massacres of settlers in middle Tennes
see, throughout this and the following year, begin by an at-
tack on the house of maj. Lucas at Freeland's station, on the
Cumberland, near Stone river 15 Jan. 1781
Battle of the Bluffs, where Nashville now stands; an unsuc-
cessful attack of the Cherokees on the fort 2 Apr. "
Pre-emption right allowed to settlers on the Cumberland by
legislature of North Carolina, 640 acres to each family or
head of family Apr. 1782
Court of Oyer and Terminer held at Jonesborough for Washing-
ton and Sullivan counties 15 Aug. "
Treaty at Nashborough, by which the Chickasaws cede to
North Carolina a tract extending nearly 40 miles south from
Cumberland river 1783
First Methodist preacher comes to the Holston circuit, which
incliules E. Tennessee 1788
Commissioners lay off on Duck river a grant of 2500 acres of
land presented by North Carolina to gen. Nathaniel Greene. . "
Nashville established by the legislature to succeed Nashbor-
ough.
1784
General Assembly of North Carolina cedes to the U. S. terri-
tory west of the Alleghany mountains on condition that
Congress accepts it within 2 years 2 June, "
Believing themselves no longer a part of North Carolina, set-
tlers in Washington, Sullivan, and Greene counties meet in
convention at Jonesborough, choose John Sevier i)resident,
and form a constitution for the state of Fkankland. .14 Dec. "
Gov. Caswell of North Carolina pronounces the revolt of Frank-
land usurpation 14 Apr. 1786
Constitution for Frankland, or the state of Franklin, accepted
by a convention of the people, which meets at Greeneville,
and chooses John Sevier as governor 14 Nov. "
Capt. James White and James Connor settle on the site of
Knoxville 1786
At a conference upon the legality of the state of Frankland it
is agreed that the inhabitants are "at full liberty and dis-
cretion to pay their public taxes to either the state of North
Carolina or the state of Frankland " 20 Mch. 1787
Legislature of Frankland meets for the last time at Greene-
ville, and government reverts to North Carolina Sept. "
First literary institution in Tennessee incorporated, the Mar-
tin academy, at Salem, afterwards (1795) Washington college, 1788
Deed, ratified in General Assembly of North Carolina Dec.
1789, conveying to the U. S. territory west of the Alleghany
mountains, is presented in Congress by Samuel Johnston
and Benjamin Hawkins, 25 Feb., and accepted by act ap-
proved 2 Apr. 1790
William Blount appointed governor of the territory southwest
of the Ohio river — the Southwestern territory 7 Aug. "
First issue of the Knoxville Gazelle published at Rogersville
by George Roulstone 5 Nov. 1791
Knoxville, chosen as the seat of government, is laid out. .Feb. 1792
Attack of over 700 Indians on Buchanan's Station, 4 miles
south of Nashville, repulsed by a garrison of 15 30 Sept. "
General Assembly meets at Knoxville 5 Aug. 1794
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, chartered 10 Sept. 1794
as Blount college, is opened 1795
State constitution, adopted without popular vote by a conven-
tion which sits at Knoxville 11 Jan. -6 Feb. 1796
John Sevier inaugurated first governor of state 30 Mch. "
Tennessee admitted into the union by act approved 1 June, "
William Blount of Tennessee expelled from the U. S. Senate on
charge of instigating the Creeks and Cherokees to assist the
British in conquering Spanish Louisiana July, 1797
Treaty with the Cherokees extinguishing claims to land in
Tennessee granted to individuals by North Carolina Sept. 1798
Great revival of religion, begun in Kentucky in 1800, spreads
through Tennessee 1801
Nashville chosen as seat of government by legislature 1802
Gen. Wilkinson builds fort Pickering at Memphis 1H03
Public reception given to Aaron Burr at Nashville 28 May, 1805
Congress grants 1000 acres in one tract for academies in Ten-
nessee, one in each county; 1000 acres more for 2 colleges,
Blount in the east and Cumberland in the west 1806
Nashville bank, the first in Tennessee, chartered 1807
Cumberland Presbyterian church organized at the house of
Mr. McAdow in Dickson county 4 Feb. 1810
Pair of mummies exhumed fn a cave in Warren county (de-
scribed in the Medical Repository) 2 Sept. "
John Sevier dies near Fort Decatur, Ala 24 Sept. 1815
Gens. Andrew Jackson and Isaac shelby obtain by treaty from
the Chickasaws a cession of their lands north of 35° lat. and
east of the Mississippi river, known as the Jackson purchase,
19 Oct. 1818
First conveyance of town lots in Memphis made May, 1819
Madison county organized and Jackson settled 1820
Capital permanently fixed at Nashville 1826
University of Nashville, founded in 1785, incorporated as Cum-
berland college in 1806, reorganized in 1824, and name changed, 1827
Two mummies found in a cave in western Tennessee (American
Journal of Science, vol. xxii. ) 1828
Andrew Jackson elected president of the U. S 11 Nov. "
John H. Eaton appointed secretary of war 9 Mch. 1829
Act for a state system of internal improvements 2 Jan. 1830
Joel Parrish, cashier of the state bank, proves a defaulter for
$200,000, and the bank wound up soon after 3 Jan. "
Memphis railroad chartered Dec. 1831
State penitentiary at Nashville opened 1832
Andrew Jackson re-elected president of the U. S 13 Nov. "
Conviction of John A. Murrell of Madison county, the " great
western land pirate" and leader of the "Mystic Clan," a
band of outlaws, horse thieves, and negro runners, who was
brought to justice by Virgil A. Stewart (Trials) 1834
Constitution framed by a convention which meets at Nashville,
19 May, and completes its labors 30 Aug. 1834; ratified by a
popular vote of 42,666 to 17,691 5-6 Mch. 1835
R. H. McEwen elected to the newly created office of superin-
tendent of public schools 1836
During this and the previous year the state furnished 1651 vol-
unteers for the Florida war 1837
Felix Grundy appointed attorney-general 5 July, 1838
National Whig convention meets at Nashville 17 Aug. 1840
State hospital for the insane opened near Nashville "
John Bell appointed secretary of war 5 Mch. 1841
Cumberland university at Lebanon chartered and opened 1842
TEN 791
National Whig convention held at Nashville 21 Aug. 1844
Memphis Couference female institute at Jackson, chartered
1843, opened "
State school for the Blind at Nashville opened "
James K. Polk elected president of the U. S 12 Nov. "
Cave Johnson appointed postinaster-general 6 Mch. 1845
Act for self-taxation of districts for common schools "
Tennessee School for Deaf and Dumb at Knoxville opened "
Andrew Jackson dies at the Hermitage, aged 78 8 June, "
Jas. K. Polk dies at Nashville, aged 54 15 June, 1849
Memphis incori)orated as a city Dec. "
Southern conventfon meets at Nashville 3 June, 1850
Convention meets at Nashville, 11 Nov. 1850, and adjourns
after recommending a congress of slave-holding states by a
vote of 6 states, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
South Carolina, and Virginia, opposed to Tennessee, 19 Nov. '<
James Campbell appointed postmaster-general 5 Mch. 1853
Southern convention meets at Memphis 6 June, "
State Agricultural Bureau established 1854
State capitol, commenced in 1845, completed 1855
Aaron V. Brown appointed postmaster-general 6 Mch. 1857
Memphis and Charleston railroad completed, joining the At-
lantic ocean with the Mississippi river 27 Mch. "
Southern commercial convention at Knoxville, by vote of 64
to 27, recommends abrogation of the 8th article of the Ash-
burton treaty, which requires the U. S. to keei) a naval force
on the coast "of Africa .10 Aug. "
Constitutional Union convention at Baltimore, Md., nominates
John Bell of Tennessee for president 9 May, 1860
Call for a state convention at Nashville, to consider secession,
is defeated by a vote of the people 9 Feb. 1861
Gov. Isham G. Harris replies to pres. Lincoln's call for troops,
"Tennessee will not furnish a single man for coercion, but
50,000 if necessary for the defence of our rights, or those of
our Southern brothers " 18 Apr. ' '
Gov. Harris orders the seizure of $75,000 worth of Tennessee
bonds and $5000 in cash belonging to the U. S. government,
in possession of the collector at Nashville 29 Apr. "
Majority vote of the state favors a declaration of independence
for Tennessee and the acceptance of the provisional govern-
ment of the Confederate states 8 June, "
Eastern Tennessee Union convention at Greeneville declares
its opposition to the Confederate government 21 June, "
Gov. Harris proclaims Tennessee out of the Union 24 June, "
Confederate commissary and ordnance stores at Nashville de
stroy ed by fire 22 Dec
Com. Foote defeats gen. Lloyd Tilghman and captures fort
Henry 6 Feb.
Bombardment of Fort Donklson begins 13 Feb. ; fort surren
dered to gen. Grant by gen. Buckner with 13,829 prisoners,
16 Feb.
Seat of government removed to Memphis 20 Feb,
Confederates evacuate Nashville, and the federals under Nel
son enter 23 Feb.
Andrew Johnson, commissioned brigadier-general of volun
teers and appointed military governor of Tennessee 5 Mch.,
arrives at Nashville 12 Mch
Gov. Johnson suspends the mayor and other officials in Nash
ville for refusing the oath of allegiance to the U. S 5 Apr,
Two days' battle of Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh 6-7 Apr.
Union meetings held at Nashville 12 May, and at Murfrees-
borough 24 May, "
Memphis surrendered to com. Davis 6 June, "
Battle of MuRFRKKSBOROuGH 31 Dec. 1862-4 Jan. 1863
Battle of Spring Hill; confederates under geu. Earl Van Dorn
victorious 5 Mch. "
Van Dorn repulsed by federals under gen. Gordon Granger at
Franklin 10 Apr. "
Federal raid under col. Abel D. Streight starts from Nashville
(Streight's raid) 11 Apr. "
Kingston and Knoxville, evacuated by confederates under gen.
Simon B. Buckner, occupied by Federal troops under gen.
A. E. Burnside 1 Sept. "
Chattanooga abandoned by confederates under gen. Braxton
Bragg, 8 Sept. ; Cumberland gap surrendered to federals,
9 Sept. "
Confederates under gen. James Longstreet defeat federals at
Philadelphia, E. Tenn 20 Oct. "
Gen. Grant arrives at NashvUie 21 Oct,, and at Chattanooga,
23 Oct. "
Gen. W. E. Jones, confederate, defeats col. Garrard at Rogers-
ville 6 Nov. "
Longstreet besieges Knoxville and is repulsed (Fort Sanders),
17 Nov. "
Grant defeats Bragg in battle of Chattanooga (Chattanooga
CAMPAIGN) 23-25 Nov. "
Longstreet repulses federals under gen. J. M. Shackelford at
Bean's Station. E. Tennessee 14 Dec. "
Fort Pillow captured by confederates under gen. N. B. For-
rest, and garrison of colored troops annihilated 12 Apr. 1864
Federals under gen. A. C. Gillem surprise the Confederate gen.
John H. Morgan at the house of a Mrs. Williams in Greene-
ville, E. Tenn. In attempting to escape he is killed... 4 Sept. "
Federals under Schofleld repulse confederates under Hood at
Franklin 30 Nov. "
Federals retire from Franklin and occupy Nashville, 1 Dec. ;
Hood advances and partially invests Nashville 3-14 Dec. "
Thomas defeats Hood at Nashville 15-16 Dec. "
Constitutional amendment abolishing slavery framed by a
convention which sits at Nashville 9 Jan. to 26 Jan. 1865,
ratified by a vote of the people 21,104 to 40 22 Feb. 1866
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Legislature ratifies the XIIT.th Amendment to the Constitution
of the U. S 5 Apr. 1865
Pres. Lincoln dies, Andrew Johnson president 15 Apr. '•
Law disfranchising all citizens who have voluntarily borne
arms for or aided the Confederate government 1866
Law making negroes and Indians competent witnesses "
Race riot in Memphis; 24 negroes killed 1-3 May, "
XlV.th Amendment to Constitution of the U. S. ratified by the
legislature 19 July, "
Tennessee readmitted into the Union by act approved, 24 July, "
All distinction of race or color in qualifications for electors
abolished Feb. 1867
Fisk university at Nashville, opened 1866, chartered "
Petition for removal of disabilities signed by nearly 4000 citi-
zens, including leading men of the state, is presented to the
legislature, but not granted I868
Act to suppress the Ku-klux-klan entitled "An Act to Pre-
serve the Public Peace," punishes membership by a fine of
not less than $500 or imprisonment for 5 years "
University of the South at Suwanee, chartered in 1858, opened, "
Gov. Brownlow calls out the state militia to suppress the Ku-
klux-klan, and proclaims martial law in 9 counties. .20 Feb. 1869
Southern Commercial convention held at Memphis; 1100 del-
egates from 22 states 18 May, ' '
Constitution, framed by a convention which sat at Nashville
10 Jan. to 22 Feb., ratified by a popular vote of 98.128 to
33, 872 26 Mch. 1870
Colored Methodist Episcopal church of America organized at
Jackson by bishop Paine 16 Dec. "
Reunion and Reform association meets at Nashville 13 Oct. 1871
Le Moyne Normal institute at Memphis opened "
Office of Chief Commissioner of Immigration for the state cre-
ated by act of legislature "
Agricultural Bureau organized under act of legislature, 14 Dec. "
Convention at Jackson to promote the formation of a new
state, out of western Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi,
29 July, 1873
Convention of colored people in Nashville, seeking their full
rights as citizens of the U. S., politically and socially,
28 Apr. 1874
Sixteen negroes, 22 Aug. , charged with shooting at 2 white men,
are taken from Trenton jail and shot dead by disguised men,
26 Aug. "
E. Tennessee hospital for the insane located at Knoxville "
Andrew Johnson, ex-president of the U. S., dies near Jones-
borough 31 July, 1875
Peabody Normal college at Nashville opened "
Vanderbilt university at Nashville, chartered 1873, opened "
Southwestern Baptist university at Jackson, chartered 1874,
opened "
David McKendree Key appointed postmaster-general .. 12 Mch. 1877
Yellow-fever in Memphis (Yellow-fever) 1878-79
Bill passed, 28 Mch. 1879, to settle the state debt at the rate of
50 cents on the dollar, with 4 percent, interest, is rejected by
vote of the people, 30,920 to 19,669 7 Aug. 1879
New Rugby founded 1880
Centennial anniversary of the settlement of Nashville celebrated
17-24 May, and equestrian statue of gen. Jackson unveiled on
the capitol grounds 20 May, "
Horace Maynard appointed postmaster-general 2 June, "
Normal academy at Morristown opened 1881
Act of 5 Apr. 1881, to settle the state debt by issue of new com-
promise bonds bearing 3 per cent, interest, and coupons re-
ceivable in payment for taxes and debts due the state, is de-
clared unconstitutional Feb. 1882
Quadrennial General conference of the Methodist church,
South, meets at Nashville 3 May, "
Law of 1882 for settlement of state debt repealed, and a new law
passed for funding at a discount of 24 per cent, on 6 per cent.
bonds, and others in proportion 1883
West Tennessee hospital for the insane, located at Bolivar, Har-
deman county 1886
Tennessee Industrial school for boys at Nashville opened for
the reception of pupils 1887
Ward's seminary for young ladies at Nashville, opened 1885,
chartered "
Prohibitory constitutional amendment lost by a vote of 117,504
in favor, to 145,197 against Aug. "
General Assembly at its session adopts the Australian ballot sys-
tem, creates a State Board of Medical Examiners, and con-
veys to the Ladies' Hermitage association the homestead of
Andrew Jackson and 25 acres of land 7 Jan. -8 Apr. 1889
National Teachers' Association meets at Nashville 15 June, "
Remains of John Sevier removed from Alabama, and interred
at Knoxville "
National League of Republican clubs meets at Nashville. 4 Mch. 1890
Special session of the legislature held at Nashville by proclama-
tion (11 Feb.) of the governor 24 Feb.-18 Mch. "
First Monday in September (Labor day) made a legal holiday
by the legislature at session ending 30 Mch. 1891
Miners at Briceville attack the state militia, and secure the
withdrawal of convict miners from the mines of the Tennes-
see Coal and Knoxville Iron companies 20 July, "
Miners refer the convict mining system to the legislature,
24 July, "
Sarah Childress Polk, widow of pres. Polk, b. 1803, d. at Nash-
ville 14 Aug. "
Legislature meets in extra session to consider the convict-labor
system 31 Aug. '•
Legislature resolves that it is powerless to abolish the convict-
lease system, but will not renew the lease 4-6 Sept. "
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792
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Miners of BrJceville set free 160 convicts, and 140 more at an-
other prison 31 Oct. 1891
Over 200 convicts set free in E. Tennessee by miners. . .2 Nov. "
Ex-gov Albert S. Marks dies suddenly at Nashville 4 Nov. *'
National Real EsUte Association formally organized in Nash-
ville 18 Feb. 1892
Mining troubles in Coal Creek valley settled; convicts to be
replaced by white ft-ee miners. 19 Feb. "
Steel cantilever bridge over the Mississippi at Memphis opened,
12 May, "
Confederate Soldiers' Home at the Hermitage formally opened,
12 May, "
Miners burn the convict stockade at Tracy City, 13 Aug., and
make an attack on the stockade at Oliver Springs 16 Aug. "
Miners capture the stockade at Oliver Springs, and send the
guards and convicts to Knoxville 17 Aug. "
Minersdefeatedandroutedbymilitiaundergen. Carnes, 19 Aug. "
Convention of National Farmers' Alliance opens in Memphis,
15 Nov. "
TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR.
William Blount, appointed governor of the territory southwest
of theOhio 7 Aug. 1790
STATE GOVERNORS.
John Sevier assumes office 30 Mch. 1796
Archibald Roane '• Sept. 1801
John Sevier «' " 1803
STATE
William Blount
GOVERNORS.— (Conrtnued. )
. . . .assumes office
RArtt IftOO
Joseph McMinn
" lUIR
William Carroll
,,
' ' 1 ftOI
Samuel Houston
u
" 1ft07
William Carroll
t(
u
James K. Polk
tt
t(
i(
Neil S. Brown
(t
William Trousdale
((
William B. Campbell..
"
" 1851
11 *■ ■ ■
12 Mch. 1861
Apr. 1865
. Oct 1869
" 1871
Jan. 1875
" 1879
W. G. Brownlow
DeWitt C. Senter
J,
John C. Brown
t(
James D. Porter, jr
«
Alberts. Marks
tl
Alvin Hawkins
((
William B. Bate
((
Robert L. Taylor
l(
" 1887
" 1891
' ' 1893
John P. Buchanan
It
Peter Turney
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H. Clay Evans
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" 1895
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
No. of Congress.
William Blount..,
William Cocke
Joseph Anderson. .
Andrew Jackson.,
Daniel Smith
Joseph Anderson. .
Daniel Smith
Jenkin Whiteside
George W. Campbell. . .
Jesse Wharton
John Williams . . . .
George W. Campbell. . .
John Henry Eaton
Andrew Jackson
Hugh Lawson White. .
Felix Grundy
Ephraim H. Foster
Alexander Anderson. . .
Felix Grundy
Alfred 0. P. Nicholson.
Ephraim H. Foster
Spencer Jamagin
Hopkins L. Turney
John Bell
James C. Jones
Andrew Johnson
4th to 5th
4lh " 9th
5th
6th to 14th
9th " 11th
11th " 12th
12th " 13th
13th " 14th
14th " 18th
14th " 15th
15th " 2l8t
18th " 19th
1796 to 1797
1796 " 1805
1797 " 1798
1798
1799 to 1815
1805 " 1809
1809 " 1811
1811 " 1814
1814 " 1815
1815 " 1823
1815 " 1818
1818 " 1829
1823 " 1825
19th
26th
25th
Alfredo. P. Nicholson.
21st
25th " 26th
26th " 27th
26th
26th to 28th
28th " 29th
28th " 30th
29th " 32d
30th " 36th
32d " 35th
35th " 38th
36th
1825
1829
1838
1840
1839
1841
1843
1843
1845
1847
1851
1857
1840
1838
1839
1841
1840
1843
1845
1847
1851
1859
1857
1862
Joseph S. Fowler
David T. Patterson
William G. Brownlow ,
Henry Cooper
Andrew Johnson
David McKendree Key
James E. Bailey ,
Ishain G. Harris
Howell E. Jackson
Washington C. Whitthorne .
William B. Bate
39th to 42d
39th
" 41st
41st
" 44th
42d
" 45th
44th
44th to 47th
45th
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47th
" 49th
49th
'' 50th
50th
X
1859 " 1861
Congress, 1863
1866 to 1871
1866 " 1869
1869 " 1875
1871 " 1877
1875
1875 to 1877
1877 " 1881
1877 "
1881 " 1886
Seated 5 Dec. Expelled for "high misdemeanor," 8 July, 1797.
Elected in place of Blount.
Resigned 1798.
Appointed in place of Jackson.
f Elected in place of Jackson ; elected president pro tern. 15 Jan. , 28
( Feb., and 2 Mch. 1805.
Resigned 1809.
Elected in place of Smith. Resigned 1811.
Elected in place of Whiteside. Resigned 1814.
Appointed in place of Campbell
Resigned 1818.
Appointed in place of Campbell. Resigned 1829.
Resigned 1825.
; Elected in place of Jackson ; elected president _pro tern. 3 Dec. 1832
[ and 2 Dec. 1833. Resigned 1840.
■ Elected in place of Eaton. Resigned 1838.
Appointed in place of Grundy.
Elected in place of White.
Died in office.
Appointed in place of Grundy.
Nominated by the Union party for president of the U. S., 1860.
r Appointed military governor of Tennessee by pres. Lincoln, 1862.
< Elected vice-president U. S., 1864; succeeded to the presidency
( on death of Lincoln, 1865.
Expelled, 3 July, 1861.
to 1865, vacant.
Served special session, 4-24 Mch. 1875; d. 31 July, 1875.
Appointed /)ro tern, in place of Johnson.
Elected in place of Johnson.
Term expires 1901.
Resigned 1886.
Appointed in place of Jackson.
Term expires 1899.
tennis was played in France in a regular court, but with
the bare hands, as illustrated in the "Book of Hours," 1496.
It was played in England with a racket in 1505. In 1657
there were 114 tennis courts in Paris ; in 1890 there were but 2.
First book giving an account of tennis published at Venice by
Antonio Scaino da .Salo 1555
Edmond Barre, greatest professional tennis player on record,
dies at Paris 20 Jan. 1873
George Lambert, English champion, defeated at Hampton Court,
in a 3 days' match, by Thomas Pettitt of Boston, Mass 1885
Tenure-Of-Offlce act. United States, Dec.
1866 ; Mch. 1867.
ter'bium, a rare metal, sometimes found with yttrium.
Terra del Fue'g^O ("land of fire"), an island south
of South America, separated from the mainland by the strait
of Magellan, who discovered it, 1520, and named it from the
numerous fires seen on it at night.
Te§t act, directing all oflicers, civil and military, under
government, to receive the sacrament according to the forms
of the Church of England, and to take the oaths against tran-
substantiation, etc. ; enacted b}' the British Parliament, 29
Mch. 167.9. The Test and Corporation acts were repealed, 9
May, 1828. University tests.
Testri, a village of N. France. Pepin d'Heristal, invited
by malcontents, here defeated and captured Thierry III., king
of Austrasia, and established himself as duke, 687.
Xettentiall, Staffordshire. It was probably at this
place, then named Teotenheal, that the Danes were defeated
by the Saxon king, Edward the Elder, 6 Aug. 910.
Xet'uan, a walled seaport town of Morocco, was entered
by the Spaniards, 6 Feb. 1860, after a decisive victorj' on 4 Feb.
The general, O'Donnell, was made a grandee of the first class.
TeutOberg forest (the Teutobergiensh saltus. —
Tacitus), probably situate between Detmold and Paderbom,
Germany, where Hermann, or Arminius, and the Germans de-
feated the Romans under Varus with very great slaughter, 9 a.d..
Varus and many of his officers preferred suicide to captivity.
TEU 793
This defeat was regarded at Rome as a national calamity,
and Augustus, in agony, cried, " Varus, give me back my le-
gions !"
Teu'tonei, a people of Germany, who with the Cimbri
made incursions upon Gaul, and cut to pieces 2 Roman armies,
113 and 105 i$.€. They were at last defeated by the consul
Marius at Aix, and a great number made prisoners, 102 b.c.
(Cimbri, with whom authors commonly join the Teutones).
The appellation came to be applied to the German nation in
general.
XeutOll'ic order, military knights established in
the Holy Land about 1191, through the humanity of the Ger-
mans (Teutones) to the sick and wounded of the Christian
army in the Holy Land, under Guy of Lusignan, before Acre.
The order was confirmed by a bull of pope Ccelestine III. On
their return to Germany, the knights were invited to subdue
and Christianize the country now called Prussia and its neigh-
borhood, and did so gradually. Their territories were invaded,
and their army was defeated, with great slaughter, near Tan-
nenberg, in E. Prussia, by Jagellon, duke of Lithuania, 15
July, 1410, when the grandmaster and many of the knights
were slain. A large part of their possessions was incorporated
into Poland in 1466, and into Brandenburg about 1521. In
1525 the grandmaster was made a prince of the empire, and
the order much weakened. Its remaining possessions were
seized by Napoleon I. in 1809. Prussia, etc.
XewRes'bury, a borough of (Gloucestershire, Engl.,
where Edward IV. crushed the Lancastrians, 4 May, 1471.
Queen Margaret, the consort of Henry VI., was taken prisoner
and her son killed.
"Clarence is come — false, fleeting, perjur'd Clarence,
That stabb'd me in the field by Tewksbury."
— "Richard III.," act i. sc. iv.
The queen was conveyed to the Tower of London, where king
Henry expired soon after; being, as is generally supposed,
murdered by the duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard III.
The queen was ransomed in 1475 by the French king, Louis
XL, for 50,000 crowns. Rosks.
Abbey, founded by Robert Fitz-Hamon, cousin of William I., com
plated and consecrated 1123; grandly altered, 14th century; a
monastery destroyed by Henry VIII. ; the abbey spared; restored
by G. G. Scott, 1877-79.
Texa§, one of the southern states of the U. S., is bounded
on the north by Oklahoma and the Indian territory, east by Ar-
kansas and Louisiana, south by
the gulf of Mexico andMexico,
and west by Mexico and New
Mexico. It lies between 25°
51' and 36° 30' N. lat., and 93°
27' and 106° 40' W. Ion. Area,
265,780 sq. miles ; pop. 1890,
2,235,523. Capital, Austin.
Robert Cavalier de La Salle,
sailing from France with 4
ships, 24 July, 1684, fails
to discover the mouth of
the Mississippi and lands
near the entrance to Mat-
agorda bay 18 Feb. 1685
La Salle builds fort St. Louis on the Lavaca July, "
La Salle murdered by 2 followers near the Neches river,
30 Mch. 1687
Capt. De Leon, sent from Mexico against French settlers
at fort St. Louis, on the Lavaca river, finds it deserted,
22 Apr. 1689
Spanish mission of San Francisco at fort St. Louis estab-
lished 1690
Don Domingo Teran de los Rios aiipointed governor of Coahuila
and Texas 1691
San Antouio founded 1693
H. St. Denis sent out by Lamothe Cadillac, governor of Louis-
iana, to open commercial relation with Mexico, reaches the
mission of St. John the Baptist, on the Rio Grande, where he
is arrested by the governor of Coahuila and imprisoned,
Aug. 1714
Spanish mission established near the site of Nacogdoches 1715
Spanish mission established at La Bahia, now Goliad 1721
Bienville, under orders from the company of the Indies, sends
a colony by sea to Matagorda bay 10 Aug. "
Settlement of San Antonio de Bexar increased by 13 families
from the Canary islands sent by the Spanish government;
they found " La Purissima Concepcion de Acuna " . . .5 Mch. 1731
Don Manuel de Sandoval appointed governor of Texas 1734
"Walls of the church of the Alamo erected at San Antonio de
Bexar May, 1744
TEX
Indians attack the mission of San Saba and massacre all 1758
France cedes Louisiana to Spain 3 Nov. 1762
Louisiana re-ceded to France by secret treaty 1 Oct. 1800
Philip Nolan, an American, obtains a passport from the baron
de Carondelet, governor of Louisiana, to buy horses in Texas,
17 July, 1797. In the belief that he was commissioned by .
gen. Wilkinson to reconnoitre and raise an insurrection, «/
Mexicans under lieut. M. Muzquiz overtake him on the
banks of the Blanco; Nolan is killed and his followers capt-
ured 21 Mch. 1801
Texas mcluded in cession of Louisiana by France to the U. S.,
ratified at Washington 21 Oct. 1803
Spanish commander, gen. Herrera, enters into an agreement
with gen. Wilkinson, establishing the territory between
the Sabine and Arroyo Honda rivers as neutral ground,
22 Oct. 1806
Lieut. -col. Zebulon Pike arrives at San Antonio on his re-
turn from Chihuahua, whither he was taken by Spanish
authorities to answer for building a fort on Spanish soil
on the Rio del Norte, which he mistook for the Red river,
July, 1807
Expedition under lieut. Augustus W. M^gee, who conceived a
plan of revolutionizing Texas, takes possession of Nacog-
doches, July, 1812, which the Mexicans evacuate; reaches
Goliad and takes possession, 1 Nov. ; gov. Salcedo and gen.
Herrera commence an investment of the town, 7 Nov. ; en-
gages in battles with the Americans. 20 Nov. 1812, 24 Jan.,
and 10 Feb. 1813; raise the siege.....' 16 Feb. 1813
Magee dying of consumption, about 1 Feb. 1813, col. Kemper
takes command, pursues the retreating Mexicans to San An-
tonio, which is surrendered to Kemper 6 Mch. *'
Salcedo', Herrera. and 10 officers are delivered to a com-
pany of Mexicans under Juan Delgado and massacred,
7 Mch. "
Battle of the Medina; Americans at San Antonio under don
J^ose Alvarez Toledo fall into ambush formed by Spaniards
under gen. Arredondo 18 Aug. "
Galveston island occupied for Mexico by don Jos6 Manuel
Herrera, minister of the Mexican patriots to the U. S. ; a
government is organized and don Luis Aury chosen governor
of Texas and Galveston island 12 Sept. 1816
Jean Lafitte with a band of buccaneers occupies Galveston
island during Aury's absence and calls his settlement Cam-
peachy Apr. 1817
Sabine river agreed upon as boundary between U. S. and Span-
ish possessions 22 Feb. 1819
A company of volunteers under dr. James Long, raised at
Natchez to invade Texas, occupy Nacogdoches, establish a
provisional government, and issue a declaration proclaiming
Texas to be a free and independent republic June, "
First printing-office in Texas established at Nacogdoches by
Mr. Bigelow "
Lafitte is taken into the service of the Republican party of
Mexico and appointed governor of Galveston. "
Lafitte is compelled to evacuate Galveston island by lieut.
Kearney of the U. S. brig Enterprise 1821
Stephen F. Austin leaves Natchitoches, 10 June, and founds
the colony for which his father, Moses Austin, recently de-
ceased, received a grant from Mexico, on the Brazos river,
July, «
He founds San Felipe de Austin as colonial town 1823
By decree of the Constituent Mexican congress, Coahuila and
Texas are united in one state 7 May, 1824
Constitution of the united Mexican states proclaimed. . .4 Oct. "
Don Jos6 Antonio Saucedo appointed chief of the department
of Texas, to reside at Bexar 1 Feb. 1825
Henry Clay, U. S. sec. of state, instructs the U. S. minister to en-
deavor to procure from Mexico the re-transfer of Texas,
26 Mch. "
Hayden Edwards, having procured a grant for a colony, locates
at Nacogdoches Oct. "
Edwards's grant annulled and the American settlers, known as
" I'redonians," evacuate Nacogdoches and cross the Sabine,
before Mexicans under Ahumada 31 Jan. 1827
Constitution for the state of Coahuila and Texas framed by a
state congress at Satillo, proclaimed 11 Mch. "
Battle of Nacogdoches; Texans under col. Hayden Edwards de-
feat the Mexicans under col. Piedras 2 Aug. "
Treaty of limits concluded between the U. S. and united Mexi-
can states 12 Jan. 1828
First Sabbath-school in Texas established at San Felipe 1829
Name of La Bahia changed to Goliad by state congress. .4 Feb. "
Vice-pres. Bustamente, succeeding Guerrero, deposed, by de-
cree prohibits further immigration from the U.S 6 Apr. 1830
Colonization laws rejiealed as to natives of the U. S 28 Apr. 1832
Fort of Veliisco at the mouth of the Brazos taken by Texans
under John Austin 26 June, "
Nacogdoches retaken by Texans 2 Aug. "
First step towards independence, the framing of a state consti-
tution, never recognized by the Mexican government and
never put in operation, by a convention which met at San
Felipe, 1 Apr., and adjourned 13 Apr. 1833
Law passed forming Texas into 1 judicial circuit and 3 districts
— Bexar, Brazos, and Nacogdoches 17 Apr. 1834
Legislature of Coahuila and Texas, in session at Monclova, dis-
perses on approach of army under gen. Martin P. de Cos,
brother-in-law to gen. Santa Ana 21 Apr. 1835
Committee of safety organized at Bastrop on the Colorado,
17 May, «
Lone-star flag made at Harrisburg and presented to the com-
pany of capt. Andrew Robinson "
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Garrison of Anabuac cai)tured by Texans under col. William B.
TravlB Juue
Cotumaudant at Bcxnr having furnished the corporation of
(Jonxales willi a bniss 6 jwunder against the Indians in 1831,
the Mexioana call it a lojui, the Texans a gift; the Toxans
win its i>os8i'ssion in a flght 2 Oct.
Capture of Goliad from Mexicans under lieut.-col. Sandoval, by
(tairiol forces under capt. George Collingsworth 9 Oct.
S F. Austin apiK>tnled com. in-chief of the patriot forces,
10 Oct
Permanent council of one from each of the committees of
safety, at San Feli|M», chooses R. R. Royall president Oct.
Battle of Coucepcion, about 1^ miles from San Antonio; Tex-
ans under gen. Austin and Mexicans under gen. Cos, the lat-
ter retreating 28 Oct.
First permanent newspaper in Texas, the Telegraph, estab-
lisheil at San Felipe Oct.
As.senibly known as the General Consultation of Texas meets at
San Felij>e de Austin, establishes a provisional government
with Heury Smith as governor, and sends Branch T. Archer,
S. F. Austin, and William H. Wharton to the U. S. and solicit
aid in the struggle for independence Nov.
De«laration of independence of Texas, and a provisional con-
stitution fhimed by a convention which meets at San Felipe,
17 Oct; constitution signed 13 Nov.
One thousand four hundred Mexicans under gen. Cos surrender
to the Texans who attack San Antonio do Bexar 10 Dec.
Colonists besiege the .Mexican garrison of the Alamo at San
Antonio, and, aaer a week's flghling, capture the fort,
16 Dec.
Declaration of independence made and signed by 91 Texans at
Goliad 20 Dec.
Gen. SanU Ana with 6000 troops leaves Mondova for Texas
to drive out revolutionists and persons of foreign birth,
4 Feb.
Town of Bexar taken by Mexicans, and the Texans retire to the
Alamo 21 Feb.
Declaration of independence adopted by a convention at Wash-
ington on the Brazos river. 2 Mch.
Alamo invested 11 days by Santa Ana; the garrison, under
col. Travis, Bowie, and David Crockett, are overpowered
and massacred, the bodies thrown into heaps and burned,
6 Mch.
Mexicans defeated in the first flght at the Mission del Refugio
by Texans under capt King 9 Mch.
Second flght of the Mission del Refugio; col. Ward attacks and
drives back the Mexicans 10 Mch.
Constitution adopted for the republic of Texas by a convention
which met at Washington, 1 Mch 17 Mch.
Col. J. W. Fannin and 415 men, captured at Coleto by the Mex-
icans under gen. Urrea, are taken to Goliad, and 330 shot by
Santa Ana Sunday, 27 Mch.
Col. Ward retreats from Refugio 11 Mch. ; he surrenders his
forces at Victoria, 24 Mch., and is massacred 28 Mch.
San Felipe de Austin burned by the Texans 31 Mch.
New Washington burned by the Mexicans 20 Apr.
Battle of San Jacinto; 750 Texans under gen. Houston de-
feat 1600 Mexicans under Santa Ana, and capture him,
21 Apr.
Mexicans retreat beyond the frontier of Texas 24 Apr.
Congress meets at Washington, Mch. ; at Harrisburg, Mch. ; at
(ialveston, 16 Apr. ; and at Velasco May,
Public and secret treaties with Santa Ana signed at Velasco,
14 May,
Gen. Sam Houston inaugurated as president of Texas at Co-
lumbia 22 Oct
Congress of U. S. acknowledges independence of Texas — Mch.
Congress meets at Houston May,
Convention to flx the boundary-line between the U. S. and
Texas concluded at Washington, 25 Apr. 1838, and ratiflca-
tions exchanged 12 Oct and proclaimed 13 Oct
Act of Congress approved for carrying into effect the conven-
tion of 13 Oct. 1838 11 Jan.
By act of Texas Congress, 10 Dec. 1836, the permanent flag of
the republic bears 3 horizontal stripes of equal width, the
upper one white, the middle one blue with a 5-pointed white
star in the centre, and the lower one red 25 Jan.
Congress passes flrst educational act, appropriating certain
lands for a general system of education 26 Jan.
France acknowledges the independence of Texas
Congress meets at Austin, selected as the capital by a commit-
tee appointed Jan. 1838, to locate a seat of government,
Nov.
England, Holland, and Belgium acknowledge the independence
of Texas .•
Expedition under gen. Hugh Mcl-eod leaves Austin, 18 June,
1841, for Santa F^. When near San M guel. his force is met
by Mexican troops under Damacio Salazar, captured, and
marched under guard to the city of Mexico 17 Oct
Twelve hundred Mexicans under gen. Adrian Woll capture San
Antonio, 11 Sept 1842, but are forced to retreat by Texan
troops 18 Sept
Congress meets at Washington Nov.
Battle at Mier on the Alcantra; Texans, under col. Fisher, sur-
render to gen. Ampudia 26 Dec.
Joint resolution for the annexation of Texas to theU. S. passes
the House of Representatives by 120 to 98, 25 Feb. 1845; the
Senate by 27 to 25, and is approved 1 Mch.
Baylor female college at Belton chartered and opened
Charles A. Wickliffe sent on a secret mission to Texas in the
interest of annexation, by pres. Polk
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1835
1837
1838
1839
1840
1841
1842
Joint resolution of Congress of U. S. is approved by Texan
Congress 23 June,
Ordinance of Texan Congress for annexation accepted by con-
vention of people assembled at Austin 4 July,
Convention at Austin frames a constitution which is ratified
by the people, 4174 to 312 13 Oct
Texas admitted into the Union l)y act approved 29 Dec.
First Plate legislature convenes at Austin 16 Feb.
J. 1'. Henderson inaugurated first governor of the state,
19 Feb.
Fort Brow.v at Brownsville established 28 Mch.
Battles of Palo Alto, 8 May, and Rksaca de la Palma,
9 May,
Act of Congress sets apart one tenth of the general revenues of
the state for educational purposes 13 May,
Baylor university at Waco chartered 184.5, and opened
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo concluded 2 Feb. ; ratifica-
tion exchanged at Queretaro, 30 May, and proclaimed,
4 July,
Austin city chosen as the seat of government for 20 years by
vote of the peoi)le
State penitentiary at Huntsville opened
Texas formally ac<;epts the boundary designated by the
boundary bill for New Mexico, approved 9 Sept 1850, by
which Texas is to receive $10,000,000 from the U. S.,
25 Nov.
Chappell Hill female college chartered and opened
Aranama college at Goliad organized
Waco female college at Waco chartered and opened
St Mary's university at Galveston, opened 1854, chartered
Texas Institution for the Blind at Austin opened
Texas Deaf and Dumb asylum at Austin opened
First overland mail from San Diego, Cal., arrives at San An-
tonio 6 Sept
Enthusiastic union meeting held at Austin 23 Dec.
State Lunatic asylum at Austin opened
Brig. -gen. David R. Twiggs surrenders to the state of Texas the
U. S. ordnance depot at San Antonio and contents, valued
at $1,200,500 18 Feb.
State People's convention meets at Austin, 21 Jan. ; passes an
ordinance of secession by vote of 166 to 7, 1 Feb. ; ratified
by popular vote, 34,794 to 11,235 23 Feb.
Fort Brow^n, at Brownsville, evacuated and occupied by Texan
troops 5 Mch.
Gov. Sam Houston, opposing secession, and favoring sepa-
rate state action, deposed; lieut-gov. Clark inaugurated,
20 Mch.
Constitution of the Confederate states ratified by legislature,
68 to 2 23 Mch.
Col. Earl Van Dorn captures 450 U. S. troops at Saluria,
25 Apr.
Gov. Clark pro(;laiins it treasonable to pay debts to citizens of
states at war with the Confederate states 18 June,
Galveston surrendered to com. Renshaw 8 Oct
Gen. N. J. T. Dana occupies Brazos, Santiago, and Brownsville
with 6000 soldiers from New Orleans Nov.
Confederates under gen. J. B. Magruder defeat Renshaw and
capture Galveston 1 Jan.
Confederate privateer Alabama destroys the Hatteras in an
engagement off" Galveston 11 Jan.
Samuel Houston, b. Virginia; d. at Huntersville, aged 70,
25 July,
Battle of Aransas Pass; gen. Ransom captures the Confeder-
ate works 18 Nov.
Battle of fort Esperanza, Matagorda bay; gen. C. C. Washburn
defeats the confederates 30 Nov.
Last fight of the war; federals under col. Barret defeated in
western Texas by confederates under gen. Slaughter,
13 May,
Gen. Kirby Smith surrenders last Confederate army. . .26 May,
Gen. A. J. Hamilton, appointed provisional governor by pres.
Johnson, arrives at Galveston 21 July,
Constitution, framed by a convention which met at Austin, 10
Feb. and adjourned 2 Apr., is ratified by the people, 34,794
to 11,2.35 June,
Gov. J. W. Throckmorton enters upon his duties 13 Aug.
Gen. P. H. Sheridan appointed commander of the 5th military
district, comprising Louisiana and Texas 19 Mch.
Gov. Throckmorton removed, E. M. Pease appointed. . .30 July,
Gen. Sheridan relieved and gen. Hancock substituted as com-
mander of the 5th military district 17 Aug.
Gen. J. Reynolds appointed to command of 5th military dis-
trict 28 July,
Constitution, framed by a convention called under the Recon-
struction acts by gen. Hancock, which sat at Austin, 1 June
to Dec. 1868, is submitted to Congress, 30 Mch., and ratified
by people, 72,395 to 4924 30 Nov. -3 Dec.
Legislature ratifies the XlV.th and XV.th amendments to the
Constitution of the U. S 18 Feb.
Congress readmits Texas into the Union 30 Mch.
Trinity university at Tehuacana, opened 1869, chartered
Public school system inaugurated Sept
A special election for state officers; Richard Coke, Democrat,
elected governor by 85,549 votes to 42,663 for gov. Davis,
Republican 2 Dec.
Supreme court decides that the law authorizing the election of
2 Dec. 1873, is unconstitutional 5 Jan.
New legislature organizes; not recognized by gov. Davis; old
legislature meets in the basement of the capitol 13 Jan.
Old legislature adjourns 7 June,
Southwestern university atGeorgetown,opened 1873, chartered.
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1846
1848
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1857
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1861
1862
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TEX
Constitution, framed bj' a convention which sat at Austin,
6 Sept. to 24 Nov. 1875, ratified by the people 17 Feb.
State Agricultural and Mechanical college of Texas at College
Station, chartered 1871, opened
Armed baud of Mexican outlaws enter Rio Grande City, break
open the jail, release 2 notorious criminals, Esproneda and
Garza, and escape with them to Mexico 12 Aug.
Mob of Mexicans and Texan citizens of Mexican birth attack
state troops at Sau Elizario and 6 persons are killed,
13 Dec.
Prairie View State Normal school at Hempstead opened,
6 Oct.
Sam Houston State Normal school at Huntsville opened
Tiilotson Collegiate and Normal Institute at Austin opened
State Capitol destroyed by fire 9 Nov.
State penitentiary at Rusk, established by law in 1875, in oper-
ation
University of Texas at Austin, chartered 1881, opened
Corner-stone of new capitol laid 2 Mch.
State orphan asylum established at Corsicana by law
Institution for. the deaf and dumb and blind colored youth at
Austin opened
New state capitol dedicated 16 May,
State reformatory near Gatesville opened 1 Jan.
Act passed designating 22 Feb. as Arbor day
Convention of delegates from 15 states and territories assembles
at Topeka, Kan., to devise means for securing a deep harbor
on thecoast of Texas 1 Oct.
Insane asylum at Sau Antonio establjshed by law
John T. Dickinson appointed secretary of the National World's
Columbian commission 27 June,
Congress appropriates $500,000 to improve Galveston harbor,
and authorizes the secretary of war to contract for the com-
pletion of the work; estimated to cost $6,200.000 Sept.
U. S. senator John H. Reagan resigns, to take elfect 10 June,
24 Apr.
795
THA
1879
1881
1882
1883
1885
1887
1888
1890
Five constitutional amendments ratified at special election,
11 Aug. 1891
Experiments in rain - making by explosives conducted near
Midland by R. G. Dyrenforth and his statf 18-26 Aug. "
Medical branch of the University of Texas opened at Galveston,
1 Oct. "
Horace Chilton appointed, qualifies as U. S. senator 7 Dec. "
Southwest Texas lunatic asylum at Floriue, 5 miles from San
Antonio, opened Dec. "
A small force of U. S. cavalry and infantry attack and break
up the camp of Catarino Garza, Mexican revolutionist, at
Retampal Springs 22 Dec. "
Roger Q. Mills chosen U. S. senator by the legislature, 22 Mch. ;
qualifies 30 Mch. 1892
A band of revolutionists under Garza cross the border, burn a
Mexican barrack, and return to Texas 12 Dec. "
Town of Cisco destroyed by a tornado; 30 killed 29 Apr. 1893
PRESIDKNTS OF REPUBLIC.
Sam Houston inaugurated
M. B. Lamar.
Sam Houston
Dr. Anson Jones ,
.22 Oct. 1836
.10 Dec. 1838
.13 Dec. 1841
..9 Dec. 1841
GOVERNORS OF THE STATE.
J. P. Henderson assumes
office 19 Feb. 1846
George T. Wood 21 Dec. 1847
P. Hansboro Bell Dec. 1849
E. M. Pease " 1853
H. K. Runnels " 1857
Sam Houston " 1859
Edward Clark 20 Mch. 1861
F.R.Lubbock Qec. "
P. Murrah " 1863
A. J. Hamilton ... .21 July, 1865
J.W. Throckmorton, 13 Aug. 1866
E. M. Pease 30 July, 1867
E. J. Davis Jan. 1870
Richard Coke " 1874
R. B. Hubbard " 1877
Oran M. Roberts " 1879
John Ireland " 1883
Lawrence S. Ross " 1887
J. S. Hogg " 1891
David B. Culberson. ,
1895
UNITED STATES
SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.
Name.
No. of Congress.
Date.
Remarks.
Sam uel Houston
29th to 36th
29th " 35th
35th
35th to 36th
36th " 37th
36th "37 th
1846 to 1859
1846 " 1857
1858
1858 to 1859
1859 " 1861
1860 " 1861
Seated 30 Mch. 1846.
Thomas J Rusk
(Seated, 26 Mch. 1846. President pro tem. 14 Mch. 1857. Died,
\ 29 July, 1857.
Elected in place of Rusk. Died. 1858.
Appointed pro tem. in place of Henderson.
Expelled, 10 July, 1861.
Elected in place of Henderson. Expelled, 11 July, 1861.
J. Pincknev Henderson . ...
Matthias Ward
Louis T. Wigfall
J. W. Flanagan
Morgan C. Hamilton.
Samuel Bell Maxey..
Richard Coke
John H. Reagan
Hurace Chilton
Roger Q. Mills
Horace Chilton
41st to 44th
41st " 45th
44th " 50th
45th " 54th
50th " 52d
52d
52d to
54th "
37th, 38th, 39th, and 40th Congresses vacant.
1870 to 1875
1870 " 1877
1875 " 1888
1877 " 1895
1888 " 1891
1891 " 1892
1892 "
Seated, 31 Mch. 1870
Resigned. 10 June, 1891.
Appointed jo?-o tem. in place of Reagan.
Elected in place of Reagan. Term expires 1899.
Xex'el, an island, town, and river at the naouth of the Zuy-
der Zee, Holland. Its vicinitj' has been the scene of memorable
naval engagements. An engagement between the English under
Blake, Dean, and Monk, and the Dutch under Van Tromp and
De Kuyter, in which the latter were worsted and adm.Van
Tromp was killed, 31 Juh', 1653. Again, at the mouth of the
Texel a sharp indecisive action took place between the allied
English and French fleets under prince Rupert and comte
D'Estrees, and the Dutch fleet under De Ruyter, 11 Aug. 1673,
The Dutch fleet was vanquished by adm. Duncan on 11 Oct.
1797. Camperuown. The Dutch fleet of 12 ships of war
and 13 Indiaraen surrendered to the British adm. Mitchell,
who, entering the Texel, possessed himself of them without fir-
ing a shot, 30 Aug. 1799.
tliariiuin, a metal, occurring in the sulphuric -acid
manufacture, discovered by William Crookes by spectrum an-
alysis, Mch. 1861.
XliCll]ie§, Loudon, the Roman Tamesis or Tamesa, Sax-
on Temese, Temesa, rises in 4 springs, at Ullen farm, near
Coates, Gloucestershire. The head of the river in Wiltshire is
about 170 miles from London bridge, and its whole course from
source to mouth about 220 miles. Bridges, London, Lon-
don BRIDGE.
Conservation of the Thames given to the mayors of London. . . 1489
Tliames made navigable to Oxford 1624
Parliament gave the conservation of the Thames to the corpo-
ration of London; 12 conservators to be appointed — 3 by the
government 1857
Contamination of the Thames by London sewage, in the sum-
mer of 1858, occasioned an act empowering the Metropolitan
Board of Works to undertake new drainage 1858
Thames Navigation acts, appointing 5 more conservators, etc.,
and prohibiting pollution by sewage, etc., passed Aug. 1866
Powers of the act extended up to Staines 1867
New by-laws to protect the fish in the Upper Thames passed
by the conservators 14 June, 1869
Highest tide known for many years; river overflowed from
Gravesend to its tidal limit; great damage and distress in
Blackfriars and Lambeth; Woolwich arsenal flooded and suf-
fered; river said to have risen above 29 feet 15 Nov. 1875
Thames tunnel. Tunnels.
Tower subway, an iron tube under the Thames, constructed by
messrs Barlow, begun 16 Feb. 1869, and privately opened,
Apr. 1870, is said to have cost only 16,000/.
Thames embankment, recommended by sir Christopher Wren,
1666, and by William Patersou, founder of the bank of Eng-
land, about 1694. The corporation embanked a mile in 1767.
It was further recommended by Gwynne, 1767; by sir Fred-
erick Eden, 1798; by sir Frederick Trench, 1824; by James
Walker; by the duke of Newcastle, 1844; and by John Mar-
tin the painter, 1856. In 1860, the Metropolitan Board of
Works recommended that the north bank of the Thames be
embanked, whereby the bed of the river would be improved;
a low-level sewer could be easily constructed beneath a
broad roadway; docks to be constructed within the embank-
ment wall; to be paid for by the city duties on coal, and by
government. The principle was approved by Parliament,
and a committee appointed, which first sat 30 Apr. 1861
First stone of the northern (Victoria) embankment laid by Mr.
Thwaites near Whitehall stairs, 20 July, 1864; the footway
opened to the public, 30 July, 1868; the roadway opened by
the prince of Wales 13 July, 1870
Proposal to build public offices upon the reclaimed land nega-
tived by the House of Commons • • • .July, "
Other embankments since constructed on the south side.
Thaine§, Battle of, in Upper Canada, between 2500
American.s, under gen. Harrison, and 800 British regulars and
1200 Indians, under gen. Proctor, occurred on 5 Oct. 1813. The
Indians were led by the celebrated Tecumseh or Tecumthe.
The Americans were victorious, losing in killed and wounded
only 29 ; the British lost in killed and wounded, including Ind-
ians (Tecumseh was slain), 57; and 560 men made prisoners,
with 5000 small-arms and 6 pieces of cannon.
tliailC, a Saxon title of nobility, of which there were 2
orders, king's thanes or attendants at court and lords of man-
THA '
ore, aboUshetl in England at the Conquest, upon the introduc-
tion of the feudal system ; and in Scotland by king Malcolm
III., when the title of earl was adopted, 1057.
TliailCt, Kent, Engl., was the first permanent settlement
of the Saxons, about 449. The Danes held a part of it, 853-
866, and ravaged it 980, 988 et seq.
ThankHgivillfT day, in the United Sutes, orig-
inated in 1621. MASsACHusK-rrs. At first the practice of
observing a day of thanksgiving in the autumn of every year
was confined to New England ; but it has now become national,
the president appointing by proclamation the last Thursday
in Nov. as a day for national thanksgiving. The first national
English thanksgivings were ofifered at St. Paul's cathedral for
the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 8 Sept. and 24 Nov. 1588.
Tliap§U§, a city of N. Africa. Near here Julius C«8ar
totally defeated the army of the party which supported the
policy of Pompey, Feb. 46 b.c. The suicide of Cato followed
soon after.
that ell-roof, a roof made of straw or rushes, unusual
in the United States, common in Europe; mentioned by Herod-
otus. If made of good material and well laid, a thatch-roof
will last 100 years; some in Holland are 200 years old.
theatre, a building appropriated to dramatic perform-
ances. That of Bacchus, at Athens, built by Philos, 420 b.o.,
is said to have been the first erected. Marcellus's theatre at
Rome was begun by Caesar, and dedicated by Augustus, 12 b.c.
Theatres were erected in most cities of Italy. Many of the in-
habitants of Pompeii were assembled at a theatre on the night
of 24 Aug. 79, when an eruption of Vesuvius covered the city.
Scenes were introduced into theatres, painted by Balthazar
Sienna, 1533 A.n. Dkama, Plays, etc.
theatre§ in England. The first royal license for a the-
atre was in 1574, permitting master Burbage and 4 others,
servants of the earl of Leicester, to act at the Globe, Bank-
siile. The first play-bill was issued on the opening of the
Drury Lane theatre, 8 Apr. 1663, of a comedy called " The
Humourous Lievtenant;" after naming the characters, it con-
cludes thus : " the play will begin at 3 o'clock exactly." The
prices of admission in the reign of Elizabeth were, gallery, 2d. ;
lord's rooms. Is. The theatres were closed by Parliament from
1642 to 1660.
Sliakespeare's Globe theatre, London, near Bankside, built in
horseshoe form, and partly covered with tliatcb, erected
1594; burned during a performance of "Henry VIII.," the
spectators escaping unhurt 29 June, 1613
Lincoln's Inn theatre (the Duke's theatre) opened 25 Apr. 1662
[Female parts, hitherto performed by boys, were from this
time taken by women. Actrkssks.]
Drury I^ne theatre, London, opened 8 Apr. 1663
Drury Lane theatre burned, Jan. 1672; rebuilt by sir C. Wren
and reopened 26 Mch. 1674
Italian Opera house, or Queen's theatre, opened 1705
Haymarket theatre built, 1702, and opened by French come-
dians 29 Dec. 1720
Covent Garden theatre opened 7 Dec. 1732
Beef-steak Society founded 1735
Sadler's Wells theatre, London, opened 1765
Covent Garden Theatrical Fund, established 1760, incorporated, 1774
Drury Lane Theatrical Fund, founded by David Garrick, 1766;
incorporated 1775
Surrey theatre, London, originally the Circus, opened. . .4 Nov. 1783
Attempted assassination of king George III. at Drury Lane
theatre by one Hatfield (Hatfield's attempt) 11 May, 1800
Appearance of William Henry West Betty (" Infant Roscius " )
at Covent Garden theatre 1 Dec. 1804
Olympic theatre, I^ondon, built by Mr. Astley, opened, 18 Sept. 1806
Adelphi theatre, formerly the Sans Pareil, opened 27 Nov. "
English Opera-house, built by dr. Arnold, 1794-95, opened as
the Lyceum theatre 1809
Covent Garden theatre burned, 20 Sept. 1808; rebuilt, and on
the reopening, 18 Sept. 1809, the higher scale of prices occa-
sions "0. P." (old price) riots until former prices are re-
stored 16 Dec. "
Horses first introduced at Covent Garden in " Bluebeard,"
18 Feb. 1811
Coburg, now Victoria, theatre, London, opened 1818
Strand theatre, London, first opened 1831
St. James's theatre, London, first opened, under the manage-
ment of Mr. Braham 14 Dec. 1835
Princess's theatre, Oxford St., London, opened by J. Maddox,
26 Dec. 1842
General Theatrical Fund, established 1839, incorporated 1853
Several London theatres first opened on Sunday evenings for
religious worship Jan. 1860
" Colleen Bawn " presented at the Adelphi theatre, London,
10 Sept. "
1862
1872
1878
1878
5 THE
Macfarren's " Robin Hood " brought out at Queen's theatre,
11 Oct.
First appearance of Mr. Sothern at Haymarket theatre, Lon-
don, as lord Dundreary in "Our American Cousins,"
11 Nov.
Astley's amphitheatre, opened 1773. twice burned, and opened
as Theatre Royal, Westminster, by Boucicault 26 Dec.
Covent Garden leased by Dion Houcicault 29 Aug.
'•Our Boys," by H.J. Byron (over 1350 representations) first
played at the Vaudeville theatre, London 16 Jan.
Lyceum theatre, London, leased by Henry Irving Sept.
Op<5ra Comique, London, opened, 29 Oct. 1870, and "The Pi-
rates of Penzance" first produced there 3 Apr. 1880
Number of theatres in London, 55 Dec. 1891
theatres in the United States. The first recorded the-
atrical performance in North America was by amateurs, at
Quebec, in 1694. The first in English was in the island of
Jamaica in 1745. The first English play in New England was
"The Orphans," given by amateurs at the Coifee-house in
State St., Boston, in 1749; but a law of 1750 forbade/such per-
formances, fining spectators and actors 5^. each, etc. The first
theatre in the Colonies opened at Wllliam.sburg, Va., with " The
j Merchant of Venice," by an English company under Lewis
Hallam, sr., 5 Sept. 1752.
First brick theatre in U. S. erected at Annapolis, Md., and
opened with " The Beaux' Stratagem " 1753
First theatre in New York city opened in Nassau st. ; play,
"The Conscious Lovers" 17 Sept. "
Warehouse fitted as a temporary theatre in an'alley above Pine
St., Philadelphia, Pa.; first play, "The Fair Penitent," Apr. 1754
First performance by professional actors in New England at a
temporary theatre in Newport, R. I.; "The Provoked Hus-
band," given, in spite of prohibition by a town meeting,
7 Sept. 1761
New theatre built in Chapel St., New York city, wrecked during
a riot caused by the Stamp act Mch. 1765
John Street theatre, New York city, opened with "The Strata-
gem " 7 Dec. 1767
First theatre in Albany, N. Y., opened with "Venice l^re-
served " 3 July, 1769
First theatre built in Charleston, S. C, by Mr. Douglas. . Sept. 1773
"The American Company," under Lewis Hallam, jr., leave for
the West Indies, the Continental Congress advising that all
public amusements be suspended 24 Oct. 1774
"Contrast," a comedy in 5 acts containing the first Yankee
part for the stage, the first play written by an American
(Royal Tyler, chief justice of Vermont) and acted by pro-
fessionals, at John Street theatre, New York, by the old
American company 16 Apr. 1786
First theatre in Baltimore, Md., opened by Hallam and Henry,
16 Aug. "
"The Father of an Only Child," the first accepted play of Will-
iam Dunlap, the earliest American professional dramatist,
produced 7 Sept. 1789
"New Exhibition Room" in Broad alley, near Hawley St.,
Boston, a theatre, opened 16 Aug. 1792
First theatrical riot in Boston, players giving " Douglas " and
"The Poor Soldier," as " Moral Lectures," being arrested. . "
Massachusetts repeals the law against the theatre 1793
First regular theatre in Boston opens in Federal St., with
" Gustavus Vasa " and " Modern Antiquities " (burned 1798),
4 Feb. 1794
First theatre in Hartford, Conn., opened by Hodgkinson, with
part of the old American company 1796
First theatre in Providence, R. I., opened by part of same com-
pany "
"Starring " begun in the U. S. by T. A. Cooper 1800
"United States Theatre," first in Washington, 1). C, opened
by Wignell "
First theatre in New Orleans built by a company of French
comedians 1809
Theatre in Richmond, Va., destroyed by fire during the per-
formance; 70 killed (Virginia) 26 Dec. 1811
First regular theatre in Cincinnati opened 1815
First Park theatre, New York city, opened, 1798; burned 1820;
second Park theatre opened 1821
First American theatre in New Orleans, built by James H. Cald-
well, opened with "The Dramatist" 1823
First theatre in St. Louis, built by James H. Caldwell, opened
with "The Honeymoon " 30 June, 1827
First brick theatre in Pittsburg, Pa., opened with the "Busy
Day" 2 Sept. 1832
First theatre in Columbus, 0., built 1833
Eagle street theatre, Buffalo, N. Y., opened 21 July, 1835
Finst theatre in Detroit opened by W. Dinneford "
Christy's Minstrels" organized by E. P. Christy at Bufl^alo,
"1
N. Y.
1842.
Astor place opera-house opened 22 Nov. 184?
[The scene of the Macready riot, evening of 10 May, 1849,
when Macready attempted to play Macbeth. New York
CITY.]
First theatre in Cleveland, O. , built by J. S. Potter li
First theatre in San Francisco, opened by W. Starke If
Assassination of pres. Lincoln, at Ford's theatre, Washington,
D. C, by J. Wilkes Booth (Booth's conspiracy) 14 Apr. If
Conway's Brooklyn theatre, Brooklyn, N. Y., burned; 295 lives
lost 5 Dec. 187
THE
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THE
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST
OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN ACTORS, WITH DATE OF
NAMED.
THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE
AT PLACE
Name.
Nation.
Born. Died.
First appearance.
Date.
First appearance in U. S.
Date.
EngL
Irish
1693-1766
1699-1797
1711-1785
1716-1779
1719-1760
" -1777
1720- "
1721-1788
1729-1773
1727-1788
1737-1815
1740-1808
1747-1785
1755-1831
1756-1812
" -1828
1757-1823
1758-1832
1759-1829
1762-1816
1763-1826
1764-1851
1767-1805
1774-1831
1775-1854
1776-1835
" -1846
" -1849
1777-1856
1787-1833
1791-1872
" -1874
1793-1869
" -1873
1794-1864
1795-1857
1796-1852
" -1869
1797-1856
1798-1882
1802-1864
" -1879
1803-1878
1804-1800
1805-1880
1810- "
1811-
" -1893
" -1868
1819-1866
1820-1858
1821-
1824-
" -1879
1829-
1830-
" -1881
1838-
1844-
1848-
Drury Lane theatre, London. .
Lincoln's Inn Fields, "
Drury Lane theatre, "
j Ipswich, 1741; Drury Lane)
1 theatre, London j
Dublin and London
4 Feb. 1715
4 Dec. 1730
about "
May, 1742
about 1737
Oct. 1746
6 Feb. 1744
1743
28 Nov. 1749
Nov. 1744
21 Aug. 1755
11 June,* 1777
29 Dec. 1775
31 Oct. 1800
19 Oct. 1787
8 Jan. 1776
2 Dec. 1790
9 June,1777
17 Oct. 1785
21 Nov. 1787
11 Oct. 1796
14 Apr" 1791
1792
15 May, 1803
14 June, 1805
1792
1798
1813 or '14
1803
IDec. 1804
1813
16 Dec. 1816
1806
1808
Oct. 1813
1817
19 Feb. 1820
1814 or '15
1820
1821
7 Dec. 1835
1831
23 Sept. 1826
July, 1830
10 Dec. 1817
10 Oct. 1829
lOct. 1827
May, 1833
10 May, 1840
22 May, 1855
7 Feb. 1852
27 Oct. 1860
1853
Dec. 1844
1843
Oct. 1851
11 Nov. 1861
29 Sept. 1856
June, 1879
1861
28 Apr. 1856
Williamsburg, Va
Engl.
Irish
Engl.
Irish
Engl.
Irish
Engl.
(1
French
Engl.
Welsh
Engl.
Irish
Engl.
!!
u
Scotch
Engl.
it
Irish
Engl.
Irish
Swiss
Italian
Irish
Engl.
Italian
Margaret Wofflngtou
Drury Lane theatre, London. .
Haymarket theatre, ■'
Smock Alley theatre, Dublin. .
Covent Garden theatre, London
Haymarket theatre, London..
Thomas Sheridan
Henry Mossop
George Anne Bellamy
Frances B.irton Abington.
5 Sept. 1752
John Henderson
Haymarket theatre, London . .
Drury Lane theatre, "
Covent Garden theatre, "
Wolverhampton, Engl
Covent Garden theatre, London
Liverpool, 1773 ; London
Drury Lane theatre, London. .
The'atre-Franfais, Paris
Drury Lane tlieatre, London. .
Park theatre. New York
Greenwich St. theatre, New York
Park theatre. New York
Southwark theatre, Philadelphia
Park theatre. New York
HoUiday St. theatre, Baltimore..
Chestnut St. theatre, Philadelphia
Anfhony St. theatre, New York..
Park theatre. New York
" " " ."!!!!!
Sarah Kemble Siddons. .
Geo. Frederick Cooke
21 Nov. 1810
4 June, 1797
John Philip Kemble
Joseph Shepherd Munden
Elizabeth Farren
Dora Jordan
Franfois Joseph Talma. . .
William Dowton
John Hodgkinson
Robert William Elliston
2 June, 1836
Sept. 1792
Bath "
Charles Kemble ...
Sheffield "
17 Sept. 1832
2 Sept. 1822
Charles Mathews
Haymarket theatre, London. .
Thomas Apthorpe Cooper
Charles Mayne Young. . . .
9 Dec 1796
Liverpool
Drury Lane theatre, London. .
29 Nov 1820
Eliza O'Neill
Wm. Henry West Betty »
("Infant Roscius").. j
Robert Keeley
Covent Garden theatre, London
Richmond theatre, London.. . .
Covent Garden theatre, London
Drury Lane theatre, London. .
19 Sept. 1836
2 Oct. 1826
7 Sept. 1818
31 Dec 1810
William Charles Macready
James W. Wal lack
Mary Ann Dyke Duff.....
Junius Brutus Booth
Covent Garden theatre, London
Drury Lane theatre, London. .
Bath Engl
Richmond, Va
13 July, 1821
11 Sept. 1827
1838
Jane Marchant Fisher)
Vernon j
Eliza Lucy Bartolozzi |
Old Bowery theatre, New York. .
Benjamin Webster
Susannah Paton Wood
Park theatre. New York
Arch St. theatre, Philadelphia.'.!
Park theatre. New York
Broadway theatre, New York. . .
Metropolitan theatre. New York.
French theatre. New York
Broadway theatre, New York. . .
Niblo's Garden, New York
Richmond theatre, New York. . .
Haymarket theatre, London..
9 Sept. 1833
July, 1840
1838
3 Sept. 1834
12 Dec. 1836
Charles Mathews, jr
William E. Burton
Ellen Tree Kean
Olympic theatre, London
Pavilion theatre, "
Drury Lane theatre, Loudon. .
Tottenham St. theatre, "
Drury Lane theatre, "
Covent (Jarden theatre, "
Drury Lane theatre, "
Theatre Royal, Dublin
Her Majesty's theatre, London
Italian Opera House, Paris
Haymarket theatre, London. .
Princess theatre, London
Oct. 1842
Clara Fisher Maeder
Frances Anne Kemble. . .
Charles John Kean
G. V. Brooke
11 Sept. 1827
18 Sept. 1832
1 Sept. 1830
15 Dec 1851
Elizabeth Rachael Felix. .
Adelaide Rlstori del)
Grillo )
3 Sept. 1855
20 Sept. 1866
Barry Sullivan ....
22 Nov 1H58
Charles Albert Fechter. . .
10 Jan. 1870
Jean Margaret Daven- ) 1 r<„„,
port Landers j ! ^"S'"
1838
Milan
Olympic theatre, London
Haymarket theatre, London. .
Sunderland theatre
Gaiety theatre, London
1874
Laura Keene
Francesca Janauschek. . .
E. A. Sothern (Douglas)
Stewart) f
Henry Irving (John)
Engl.
Germ.
Engl.
French
Wallack's theatre. New York.. . .
National theatre, Boston
20 Sept. 1852
Sept. "
1883
Sarah Bernhardt. ......
1881
Helen Modjeska
Polish
California theatre, San Francisco
Aug. 1877
Oct 1883
Ellen Alice Terry Kelly Fnci
Princess theatre, London
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF NOTED AMERICAN ACTORS, WITH DATE OF THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE AT PLACE NAMED.
Name.
I Born.
Died.
First appearance.
Date.
First appearance in England
John Howard Payne.
Henry Placide
James H. Hackett ..
Solomon F. Smith...
Edwin Forrest
James E. Murdoch. . .
William Warren
Charlotte Cushman..
McKean Buchanan. . .
F. S. Chanfran
John E. Owens
Joseph Jefferson
William J. Florence}
(Bernard Conlin). . j
Edwin T. Booth
John T. Raymond)
(John O'Brien) j
John E. McCulIoch.. .
Lawrence P. Barrett )
(Larry Brannigan) j
1792-1852
1799-1870
1800-1871
1801-1869
1806-1872
1811-1893
1812-1888
1814-1876
1823-1872
1824-1884
" -1886
1829-
1831-1891
1833-1893
1836-
1837-1885
1838-1891
Park St. theatre, New York
Park theatre. New York
Vincennes, Ind
(Star) Chestnut St. theatre, Philadelphia
Arch St. theatre, Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Tremont theatre, Boston
St. Charles theatre. New Orleans
Mitchell's Olympic theatre. New York
National theatre, Philadelphia
((Star) Chanfrau's National theatre,)
\ New York )
Richmond theatre. New York
Museum, Boston
Rochester. N. Y
Arch St. theatre, Philadelphia.
Detroit
26 Feb. 1809
2 Sept. 1823
1 Mch. 1826
1819
5 July, 1826
13 Oct. 1829
1832
8 Apr. 1835
""lS48
about 1840
1 Sept 1849
6 Dea "
10 Sept. "
27 June, 1853
15 Aug. 1857
1853
London
Haymarket theatre, London. .
Covent Garden theatre, London
Drury Lane theatre, London.
Haymarket theatre, "
Strand theatre, "
Princess theatre, "
Standard theatre, "
4 June, 1813
1838
Apr. 1827
17 Oct. 1836
22 Sept. 1856
1845
Feb. 1845
5 Mch. 1859
Adelphi theatre, London
Drury Lane theatre, London.
London
Haymarket theatre, London .
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Among other prominent actors, most of them now on the
stage, may be mentioned :
Where born. Birth.
Neil Burgess Boston, Mass 184G
Lolta Crabiree New York oily 1847
Kate J. Baloman Crowe BalUmore, Md 1H42
Fannv l>aveiip«)rl I^ndon, KngI 1850
Mrs. \V. H. Keudal (Grimston).. Lincolnshire, Engl.. 1849
Lily lAUglrv St. Helen's, Island of Jersey . , 1850
Richard Maiisflehl Heligoland, Ger. 1857
Koborl B. Manlell Ayrshire 1854
Margaret Malher Detroit. Mich 1861
Frank Mavo Massacliusetts 1839
Maggie Miuhell New York 1H32
Clara .Morris Cleveland, 0 1846
Marv Anderson Navarro Sacramento, Cal 1859
Mile. Kh4a Brussels 1855
Ada Rehan Limerick, Irel 1«60
Sol. Smith Russell Brunswick, Mo 1848
Julia .Marlowe England 1S66
James ONeil Ireland 1848
Thebail leiH^iOIl, according to tradition, composed of
Chri.stians who siiijmitted to martyrdom rather than attack
their brethren during the persecution of the emperor Maxi-
rain, or sacrifice to the gods, about 286 a.d. Their leader,
Maurice, was canonized.
Thebes or Luxor, a city of Egypt, called also Heca-
tompylos on account of its hundred gates, and Diospolis, as
being sacred to Jupiter. In the time of its splendor (1600-
800 B.C.) it is said to have extended about 33 miles. Thebes
was ruined by Canibyses, king of Ter-sia, 525 b.c., and by the
foundation of Alexandria, 332 b.c. ; it rebelled and was taken
by Ptolemy Lathyrus, 86 b.c., and few traces of it were seen
in the age of Juvenal. Mkmnonium. After centuries of
neglect it has been much visited since the explorations of
Belzoni, 1817.
Tliel>e§, N. Greece, the capital of the country succes-
sively called Aonia, Messapia, Ogygia, Hyantis, and Boeotia,
was called Cadmeis, from Cadmus, its founder, 1493 b.c. It
became a republic about 1120 b,c., and flourished under Epam-
inondas 378-362 B.c. The " sacred band " formed by him, 377
ac, was revived in 1877, Thebes's 7 gates are mentioned by
Homer. B<eotia, Grefxe.
theft was punished by heavy fines among the Jews; by
death at Athens, by the laws of Draco. Draco's laws. The
Anglo-Saxons nominally punished theft with death, if above
12J. value ; but the criminal could redeem his life by a ran-
som. In 9 Henry I., this power of redemption was taken away,
1108. The punishment of theft was very severe in England
till mitigated by Peel's acts, 9 and 10 Geo. IV. 1829.
Thellus§01l'§ will, a most singular document.
Peter Isaac Thellusson, a (Jenevese, and an affluent merchant
of London, left 100,000/. to his widow and children; and the
remainder of his property, more than 600,000/., to trustees, to
accumulate during the lives of his 3 sons, and of their sons;
then the estates, to be purchased with the produce of the ac-
cumulated fund, were to be conveyed to the eldest lineal male
descendant of his 3 sons, with the benefit of survivorship.
Should no heir then exist, the whole was to be applied, by the
sinking fund, to the discharge of the national debt. It is said
that Mr. Thellusson held much property in trust, and that he
desired a sufficient interval of time to elapse for the appear-
ance of just claimants. He died 21 July, 1797. His will in-
curred much public censure and was contested by the heirs-
at-law, but finally established by a decision of the House of
Lords, 25 June, 1805. The last surviving grandson died in Feb.
1856. A dispute then arose whether the eldest male descend-
ant or the niale descendant of the eldest son should inherit
the property. The question was decided, on appeal, by the
House of Lords (9 June, 1859), in favor of the latter, lord Ren-
dlcsham and Charles S. Thellusson confirming the deci.sion of
the Master of the Rolls in 1858. In consequence of the legal
expenses, the property is said not to exceed greatlv its value
in the testator's lifetime. On 28 July, 1800, the Thellusson
act was passed, making void any devise of property to accu-
mulate for longer than 21 years after death. Poe founded
upon this case his imaginative sketch of " The Domain of
Arnheim ;" in which the owner and beautifier of the domain,
Seabright Ellison, has an estate of $450,000,000.
theoc'racy, government by God. The Israelites be-
lieved tliemselvcs so governed till Saul was made their king,
about 1095 b.c. (1 Sam. viii. 7). Theocratic form of govern-
ment established in Massachusetts, 1631.
theod'olite (etym. doubtful; from Gr. 0tw/ioi = to
see, o(Jof = way, and Xtrof^: plain, all conjectural), an instru-
ment for measuring horizontal angles in surveying, consists
of a telescope and a divided circle. It was probably first con-
structed in the 17th century. The first survey made by an
instrument with a perfect circle is said to have been that of
Zealand by Bugge, 1762-68. Jesse Ramsden, in 1787, com-
pleted a great theodolite employeil in the trigonometrical
survey of England and Wales by gen. Roy.
'<Theolo'g[ia Oermaii'ica,"or "Teutsche The-
ologey" (printed 1528; Latin and French editions, 1558), a
German mystical work, written about the 14th century. In
it, the "good man," disgusted with the corruptions in church
and state, is led to seek for (iod in the temple of the heart.
Luther is said to have valued the work next to the Bible and
St. Augustin.
theorog^y (from Gr. Qeog, God, and \6yoQ, speech), the
expressed views and ideas of the nature and attributes of God,
of his relations to man, and of the manner in which they may
be discovered. These are known as either (1) Inspired, in-
cluding the Holy Scriptures, their interpretation, etc., or (2)
Natural, which lord Bacon calls the first part of philosophy.
Butler's " Analogy of Religion " (1736), and Paley's " Natural
Theology" (1802), are eminent books on the latter subject.
Abelard (d. 1142) wrote "Theologia Christiania." The
"Summa Totius Theologiae," by Thomas Aquinas (b. about
1224), a standard Roman Catholic work, was printed with
commentaries, etc., in 1596. Philosophy.
theos'ophy, anciently called the "wisdom religion,"
is spoken of in Aryan literature and ancient religions and
philosophies. The name was given to the school of Neo-
Platonic philosophy opened at Alexandria by Ammonius Sac-
cas, 232 A.D., who is said to have urged the disregard of all
class prejudices and minor differences of opinion in a union
for the enlightenment of the world. Followers of Paracelsus
in the 16th century were called Theosophists. Modern the-
osophy was founded in the United States by madame Helene
Petrovna Blavatsky and col. H. S. Olcott^ with the motto,
"There is no religion higher than the truth," 17 Nov. 1875.
Its object, (1) to form a nucleus of universal brotherhood ; (2)
to promote the studj' of Eastern literature, religion, and sci-
ence; (3) to investigate the unexplained laws of nature and
the physical powers of man, etc. The number of lodges con-
stituting the thepsophical society has increased from 1, in 1875,
to 11 in 1880, 121 in 1885, and 241 in 1890.
Founders of the society go to India, leaving the work in the
U. S. in the hands of William Q. Judge Dec. 1878
Madame Coulomb publishes "Some Accounts of my Intercourse
with Madame Blavatsky," accusing her of fraud 1884
Mu<lame Blavatsky publishes "The Secret Doctrine, the Syn-
thesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy," 1888, and "The
Key to Theosophy " 1889
Madame Blavatsky dies in London, Engl 8 May, 1891
Ther'midor revolution. On the 9th Ther-
midor of the 2d year (27 July, 1794), the French convention
deposed Robespierre, and next day he and 22 partisans were
executed.
thermo-electricity. Electricity, Heat.
thermom'eter. The earliest account of an instru-
ment for measuring heat is that of Hero's of Alexandria, 150
B.C. The invention of the modern thermometer is ascribed
to Galileo before 1597, by Libri; to Drebbel of Alcmaer, 1609,
by Boerhaave ; to Paulo Sarpi, 1609, by Fulgentio ; to Sancto-
rio, 1610, by Borelli. Edmund Halley suggested the use of
quicksilver for the tube in 1680. The following are the prin-
cipal thermometric scales in use :
FahrenheWs, freezing-point 32S above 0°; boiling-point 212°
above 0". Devised by Gabriel D. Fahrenheit (1686-1736), about
1726. In general use in the United States, Great Britain, and
• Holland.
Beaumur's, freezing-point 0°; boiling-point 80° above. Devised by "
Rene' A. F. de Reaumur (1683-1757) about 1730.
Cenfigradfi. freezing-point 0°; boiling point 100° above. Devised
by Anders Celsius (1701-44) about 1742. Legalized in France in
connection with the metric system, and widely used for scientific
purposes in all countries.
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De, izsZe's, boiling-point 0° ; freezing-point 150° below. In use some-
what in Russia.
5'(x's self-registering thermometer invented 1782; much improved
since.
There are various forms of therraonaeters : as the air, bal-
ance, chemical, clinical, differential, electrical, naarine, mercu-
rial, minimum, etc.
L. M. Casella issued a minimum thermometer in Sept. 1861. It
registers degrees of cold by means of mercury.
Negretti and Zambra's registering minimum thermometers, adapted
for deep-sea purposes, made known early in 1874.
tlicr'moplione, an apparatus in which sonorous vi-
brations are produced by the expansion of heated bodies, con-
nected with an electro-magnet, was constructed by Theodor
Wiesendanger, and described by him in Oct. 1878.
Tliermop'ylee, Doris, N. Greece. Leonidas, at the
head of 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians, at the defile of Ther-
mopylae, withstood the whole force of the Persians under
Xerxes during 3 days, 7, 8, 9 Aug. 480 b.c., until Ephialtes, a
Trachinian, perfidiously led the enemy by a secret path up
the mountains to the rear of the Greeks, who, between two
assailants, perished gloriously on heaps of slaughtered foes.
Only one Spartan, Aristodemus, returned home out of the 300,
where he was treated with such scorn and contempt that he
willingly sacrificed his life the next year at the battle of
Platsea, after surpassing all his comrades in valor. The spirit
that actuated these warriors at Thermopylae is expressed in
the distich in the Greek Anthology, by Siraonides, their con-
temporary, thus translated :
"Go tell the Spartans, thou that passest by,
That here, obedient to their laws, we lie."
Here also Antiochus the Great, king of Syria, was defeated
by the Romans under Acilius Glabrio, 191 b.c.
Tliermum, Tliermui, or Therma, Greece, a
strong city, the acropolis of yEtolia, N. Greece, was captured
and ravaged by Pliilip V. of Macedon, 218 and 206 b.c., on ac-
count of its favoring the Romans.
The§au'ru§ (Gr. 0/jffaupoc = treasury; a lexicon), a
common title, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries, of
large collections on history and archaeology, and of compre-
hensive lexicons of one or more languages, or branches of
science. Some of the most celebrated are :
"Thesaurus Linguae Latin8e,"by Robert Stephens 1531-35
" Thesaurus Linguae Graecse," by Henry Stephens 1572
<• Thesaurus Autiquitatum Grsecorum," by J. Gronovius, 13
vols, fol 1697-1702
"Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanorum," by J. G. Graevius.
12 vols, fol 1694
"Thesaurus Antiquitatum et Historicum Italise, Siciliae," etc.,
by G. Graevius and P. Burmannus, 45 vols, fol 1725
"Thesaurus Antiquitatum Sacrarum," by B. Ugolinus, 34 vols.
fol 1744-69
A Thesaurus of the Latin language, on a far larger scale than any
similar work in existence, has been planned by an association of
scholars in Europe, and is expected to reach completeness in about
20 years. Preliminary studies for it have appeared for 8 years
past in the " Archiv zur lateinischen Lexicographic," edited by
E. W51fflin.
Tlies'piae, a city of Boeotia, N. Greece. 700 of its cit-
izens perished with Leonidas at Thermopylae, Aug. 480 b.c.
Through jealousy the Thebans destroyed its walls in 372 b.c. I
Tliessaloili'ea, now Saloni'ca, a city in Mace-
donia, N. Greece, originally Therme, but rebuilt by Cassander,
and said to have been named after his wife, Thessalonica,
daughter of Philip, after 315 B.C. Here Paul preached, 53;
and to the church here he addressed 2 epistles in 54. In con-
sequence of seditions, a great massacre was ordered here in
390 b}' the emperor Theodosius. Thessalonica partook of
the changes of the Eastern empire. It was taken by the
Saracens, with great slaughter, 30 July, 904 ; by the Nor-
mans of Sicily, 15 Aug. 1185; and after various changes
was taken from the Venetians by the Turks under Amurath,
1430.
Tlie§'§aly, N. Greece, the seat of many adventures
described by poets. The first king known to tradition was
Helien, son of Deucalion, from whom his subjects, and after-
wards all Greeks, were called Hellenes. From Thessaly came
the Achaeans, the iEtolians, the Dorians, the Hellenes, etc.
The most remarkable legends of this country are the deluge
of Deucalion, 1548 b.c. (Deluge), and the expedition of the
Argonauts, 1263 b.c. Within its territory are mount Olym-
pus and the "Vale of Tempe;" here also was fought the battle
of Phausalia. Thessaly long aimed at neutrality in Grecian
affairs, but became involved through its rulers, the tyrants of
Pherae : Lycophron, about 404 b.c. ; his son Jason, 374 ; assas-
sinated, 370 ; Alexander, the most eminent, defied Athens and
Thebes ; assassinated, 359. Philip of Macedon, after a repulse
(353 B.C.), defeated the tyrants, 352, and subjugated the coun-
try, 343. The Romans gave nominal freedom to Thessaly after
their victory at Cynoscephalae, 197. It now belongs to Greece
by treaty signed 2 July, 1881.
Thieves' or Robber §ynod, at Ephesus, 449,
where the doctrines of Eutyches respecting Christ's incarna-
tion were approved; so called because his opponents were
silenced or excluded by force. Eutychians.
thimbles (from A.-S. thunia, a thumb). In 1693 a
patent was granted to John Lofting (a native of Holland who
established himself in London about 1688) for a machine for
making thimbles, at Islington, near London, after which he
made them of various metals with profit. Such a device is
said to have been found at Herculaneum.
Thioil'ville, the ancient Theodonis villa, a fortified
city on the Moselle, N.E. France. It was an occasional resi-
dence of Charlemagne and his successors, and on the extinc-
tion of his race it was successively held by private lords, the
counts of Luxemburg* the dukes of Burgundy, the house of
Austria, and the kings of Spain. It was taken by the duke of
Guise, 23 June, 1558, after an obstinate defence, and returned
to Philip II. by the peace of Chateau Cambresis. It success-
fully resisted the marquis de Feuquieres in 1637, but was
taken after 4 months' siege by the due D'Enghien, 10 Aug.
1643, and remained with France. It successfully resisted the
Austrians in 1792, and the Prussians in 1814. It was invested
by the Germans in Aug. 1870, and after bombardment, being
in flames, surrendered, 24 Nov. following.
thirty tyrants, a term applied to the governors of
Athens, in 404 b.c, who were expelled by Thrasybulus, 403 ;
and also to the numerous aspirants to the imperial throne of
Rome during the reigns of Gallienus and Aurelian, a.d. 259-
274. Tyrants.
Thirty Years' war, in Germany, between the
Roman Catholics and Protestants. It began in Bohemia,
1619, by a resolve of the emperor of Germany, Ferdinand II.,
to make the Roman Catholic church supreme throughout the
empire, and ended with the peace of Westphalia in 1648.
Until the appearance of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, in
1630, as champion of the Protestant cause, the emperor's gen-
erals Tilly and Wallenstein were successful; but the defeat of
Tilly by the Swedes at Breitenfeld, 1631, and again at Lech,
1632, and of Wallenstein at Liitzen, 1632, maintained the
Protestant cause until the peace, which established the prin-
ciple " that men should not be persecuted for their religious
faith." For duration and for the suffering it caused this was
one of the most memorable wars on record. At its commence-
ment Germany probably numbered 20,000,000 people; at its
close perhaps much less than 10,000,000. It was conducted
with savage cruelty. Towns and villages were destroyed, and
whole districts depopulated. Law and order disappeared, and
starvation is said to have led to frequent cannibalism in cer-
tain districts. The most popular history of the war is by
Schiller, pub. 1790-93 ; a fuller and far more trustworthy ac-
count by Von Ranke, 1869. Battles.
thirty-nine articles. Articlks of religion.
Thistle, Order of the, Scotland, founded by James V.,
1540. It consisted originally of the sovereign and 12 knights,
in memory of Christ and his 12 apostles. In 1542 James died,
and the order was discontinued about the time of the Reforma-
tion. It was renewed by James VI I. of Scotland (James II.
of England), with 8 knights, 29 May, 1687; increased to 12
by queen Anne in 1703 ; to 16 by George IV. in 1827. Its
motto : " Nemo me impune lacessit."
Thistlew^ood's conspiracy. Cato- street
conspiracy.
Thomas, St. Virgin isles.
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Thomaii'ii, St., llOKpittll, Southwark, Engl., was
foundetl as an almshouse by Richard, prior of Bermondsey, in
1213, and surrenderal to llenry VIII. in 1638. In 1551 the
mavor and citizens of London, having purchased of Edward
VI.* the manor of Southwarit, including this hospital, repaired
and enlarged it, and admitted into it 260 poor, sick, and help-
less jiersons; ujwn which the king, in 1553, incorporated it,
together with Bethlehem, St. Bartholomew's, etc. It was re-
built in 1693. In 1862 the site was sold to the Southeastern
Railway company, and the patients were removed to Surrey
music-hall. The foundation-stone of the new hospital, erected
at Stangate, near the Surrey side of Westminster bridge, was
laid by queen Victoria, 13 May, 1868; and the new hosjiital
was opened by her, 21 June, 1871.
TllOIllist§. SCOTISTS.
tliorac'ic duct, discovered first in a horse by Eusta-
chius about 1563 ; in man by 01. Ruilbec, a Swedish anatomist.
Thomas Bartholine of Copenhagen and dr. Joliffe of England
also discovered it about 1654. Lacteals.
tlior'ilim, less correctly called tliori'num, a very
rare metal (a heavy gray powder), discovered by Berzelius in
thoria, a Norway mineral, in 1828.
Thorn, a town on the Vistula, Poland, was founded by
the Teutonic knights in 1231. Here they acknowledged
themselves to be vassals of Poland in 1466. Thorn was taken
by Charles XII. of Sweden in 1703. Many Protestants were
slain here (after a religious riot) at the instigation of the Jes-
uits, 7 Dec. 1724. Thorn was acquired by the Prussians in
1793 ; taken by the French in 1806; restored to Prussia at the
peace in 1815.
XllOtll, the Egyptian Hermes, god of speech and writ-
ing, and of wisdom ; represented as a man with the head of an
ibis, and with a crescent holding the full moon upon it.
tliou^tit-rea<liiigr9 or mind-readingp. In
1881 W. I. Bishop professed to be able to read a person's thoughts
by touching the skin. On June 11, in the presence of G. J.
Romanes, prof. E. Ray Lankester, F. Gallon, and others, he
was successful with some persons, but failed with others (^Nat-
«re,No.608).
Bishop challenged by Labouchere, M.P., to operate under cer-
tain conditious at St. James's hall, London, declined,
12 June, 1883
Other experiments by Bishop 3-4 June, 1884
Experiments by Stuart Cumberland reported successful,
19 July, "
Bishop sentenced -to pay 10,000/. damages to Mr. Maskelyne for
libel iu Truth 23 July, "
Damages reduced to 500Z. 2 July, 1885
Bishop dies of catalepsy (?) in New York (Spiritualism, Telep-
athy) 13 May, 1889
Thrace, now RoumeJia, a country of European
Turkey, derived its name from Thrax, the son of Mars.—
A spin. The Thracians were a warlike people, and therefore
Mars was said to have been born and to have had his resi-
dence among them. — Euripides. Odrys^. p ^
Byzantium, the capital, founded by Megarians about 675
Invasion of Darius I., 513; Thrace subdued by Megabyzus 508
Xerxes marches against Greece through Thrace, and retreats. . 480
Other Greek colonies established 4.'i0-400
Wars between Macedon and the Odrys.« 429-343
Philip II. acquires Amphipolis, 358; and gradually all the Greek
colonies 357-341
Death of Alexander; Thrace allotted to Lysimachus, 323; who
builds Lysimachia 309
I.ysimachus defeated and slain by Selcucus at Corupedion 281
Thrace overrun by the Gauls 279
Lysimachia and the chief towns seized by the fleet of Ptolemy
Euergetes 247
Recovered by Philip V. of Macedon 205-200
Lost by him to the Romans 1%
Seized by Antiochus III. of Syria, who is defeated at Magnesia,
190 ; and surrenders Thrace 188
Perseus defeated in attempt to regain Thrace 171-168
Thracian kings nominally under the Romans 148 et seq.
Rebellion of Vologaesus quelled 14
A.D.
Rhcemetalces IL, last king 38
Thrace made a Roman province about 47
Invaded by the Goths ,: 255
Settled by Sarmatians 334-76
Ravaged by Alaric, 395 ; by Attila 447
Become.s a part of the Greek or Eastern Empire until conquered
by the Turks, who made Adrianople their capital 1341-53
Constantinople captured by Mahomet II 29 May, 1453
Thraiynic'iic or TraMiiiie'iie, a lake about 90
miles north of Rome. Here the Carthaginians under Han-
nibal defeated the Romans under Flaminius, 217 ij,c., being
the 3d battle and victory of Hannibal over the Romans. No
less than 15,000 Romans were left dead on the field of battle,
and 10,000 taken prisoners; or, according to Livy, 6000; or
Polybius, 15,000. The lo.ss of llainiibal was about 1500 men.
About 10,000 Romans escaped. — Livy, Polybius.
thrCMhillg'-lliaehilie§. The fiail was the only
instrument formerly in use for threshing grain. The Romans
used a macliine called the irihulum, a sledge loaded with stones
or iron drawn over the grain sheaves by horses. Cattle and
horses were used both in ancient and modern times to tread
out the grain. The first machines of modern times were in-
vented by Hohlfield of Herraansdorf, Saxony, in 1711, and by
Michael Menzies of Edinburgh in 1731. A rotary machine
was invented by Leckie of Stirlingshire, Scotland, in 1758, but
it was not until 1786 that the first practical machine for gen-
eral use was invented by Andrew Meikle of Tyningham, Scot-
land. American machines are built with spiked cylinders.
Meikle obtains a patent in Great Britain 1788
In a trial of threshing-machines on the farm of Mr. Mechi,
Tiptree Hall, Kelvedon, Engl., an American machine did
nearly treble the work of any English machine Oct. 1853
In threshing contests at the Paris exposition, 6 men with flails
threshed 36 liters of wheat in 1 hour; IMnet's French ma-
chine, 150 liters; Duvoir's, French, 250; Clayton's, English,
410 ; Pitt's, American, 740 liters 1855
[Machines are now made in the U. S. each capable of
threshing 3000 bushels daily.]
thug^§, organized secret fanatical murderers in India,
who considered their victims to be sacrifices to their gods.
Their method was by strangulation. The English attempted
to suppress them about 1810, but did not succeed till about
1830, when a plan for the purpose was adopted by lord Will-
iam Bentinck.
Ihumh-SCreAV, an instrument of torture by which the
thumbs were compressed so as to cause intense pain; first
used by the Spanish Inquisition. In Great Britain, rev. Will-
iam Carstares, a Presbyterian minister, was the last who suf-
fered by it, before the Scotch privy council, to make him di-
vulge secrets which he firmly resisted, j^fter the revolution
in 1688, the thumb-screw was presented to him by the coun-
cil. King William expressed a desire to see it, and tried it
on, bidding a doctor turn the screw; but at the third turn he
cried out, "Hold — hold! doctor; another turn would make
me confess anything."
ThunderillS- leg^ion. During a contest with the
invading Marcomanni the prayers of Christians in a Roman
legion are sa^d to have been followed by a thunder-storm,
tending greatly to discomfit the enemy, and hence the legion
received the name, 174.
Thu'rii or Thll'rium, a Greek city, S. Italy, found-
ed after the fall of Sybaris, about 452 b.c. It suffered from
incursions of the Lucanians, by whom the Thurians were de-
feated, 390 B.C. It became eventually a dependent ally of
Rome; was ravaged by Hannibal, 204; established as a col-
ony by the Romans, 194; and captured by Spartacus in the
Servile war, and subjected to heavy contributions, 72.
Thurin'g^ia, an early Gothic kingdom in central Ger-
many, was overrun by Attila and the Huns, 451 ; the last king,
Hermanfried, was defeated and slain by Thierry, king of the
Franks, who annexed it, 530. It formed 2 duchies, 630-717
and 849-919; a margraviate, 960-1090; landgraviate and
county, 1130-1247; and was, after various changes and many
conflicts, absorbed into Saxony in the 15th centur}'. In 1815
it was surrendered to Prussia. The grand-duchy of Saxe-
Weimar, the duchies of Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,
and Saxe-Altenburg, and the principalities of Schwarzburg-
Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg- Sondershausen, Reuss-Greiz, and
Reuss-Schleiz-Lobenstein are frequently grouped as the Thu-
ringian states.
Tlllirsday, the 5th day of the week, named from Thor,
the most valiant son of Odin, a deified hero of the northern
nations, particularly the Scandinavians and Celts. He was
said to rule the winds, seasons, lightning and thunder, etc.
Thursday is in Latin dies Jovis, or Jupiter's day.
Thyati'ra, Asia Minor, the place assigned for the bat
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tie at which the rebel Procopius was defeated by the army
of the emperor Valens, 366. Seven churches.
Thymtora, a city of Asia Minor. Here Cyrus the
Great defeated the confederated army aiding Croesus, and ob-
tained supremacy in Asia, 548 b.c.
tiara, head -ornament of the ancient Persians. The
name is given to the triple crown of the pope (anciently
called regnum), indicative of his civil rank, as the keys are
of his ecclesiastical jurisdiction. The right to wear a crown
is said to have been granted to the bishops of Rome by Con-
stantine the Great, and by Clovis, founder of the French mon-
archy. Their ancient tiara was a high round cap. Pope
Damasus II. first caused himself to be crowned with a tiara,
1048. "Boniface VIII. encompassed the tiara with a crown;
Benedict XII. added a second, and John XXIII. a third." —
Rees.
Ti'ber, central Italy, the river on whose banks Rome
was built. In the flourishing times of the city the naviga-
tion of the river was important. Livy says that the Tiber
was frozen over 398 b.c. A commission was appointed to
dredge the bed of the river near Rome. Dec. 1871. Garibaldi's
scheme for improving the river, making a new port, etc., laid
before the Italian parliament, 25 May, 1875; works begun,
Mch. 1877.
Xibe'rias, a city in Palestine, built b}' Herod Antipas,
and named after the emperor Tiberius, 39. Near it Guy de
Lusignan, king of Jerusalem, and the crusaders were defeated
by Saladin, 3,4 July, 1187; and Jerusalem fell into his hands.
Xi'bet or Xhi'bet, central Asia, is said to have been
a kingdom 313 b.c. ; conquered by Genghis Khan, 1206, and
gradually subdued by and annexed to China, 1255-1720.
Area, 651,500 sq. miles ; pop. 6,000,000. Buddhism became the
dominant religion about 905 ; and the lamas have absolute
power in religious affairs. Tibet was visited by Marco Polo,
1278; by Jesuits, about 1661-62; Bogle and Hamilton, 1774;
and Thomas Manning, 1810. An astronomical survey was
carried on surreptitiously by 2 pundits of semi-Tibet origin,
under the superintendence of capt. Montgomerie, 1865-67.
M. Gabriel Bonvalot, prince Henry of Orleans, and father Dede-
ken give an illustrated account of Tibet to the French Geo-
graphical Society at Paris 31 Jan. 1891
Capt. Bower, dr. Thorold, and party cross Tibet, June, 1891,
and arrive at Simla Apr. 1892
Much geographical knowledge has been obtained and maps con-
structed.
Ti'bur, now Tiv'oli, a Latin town more ancient than
Rome, and frequently at war with it. The Tiburtines were
defeated 335 b.c., and the subjection of all Latiura followed;
for which Furius Camillus obtained a triumph and an eques-
trian statue in the forum.
Tichborne case. Trials, 1871-74.
Tici'no or Tessin, a Swiss canton south of the Alps,
conquered by the Swiss early in the 16th century; made a
separate canton in 1815. It suffered by internal disputes,
1839 and 1841.
Tici'nus, a river in N. Italy. Here Hannibal, in his
first battle with the Romans under P. Cornelius Scipio, after
crossing the Alps, defeated them, 218 b.c.
ticket-of-leave. The English government in 1854
introduced a system whereby convicts might be liberated on
a ticket-of-leave, though a portion of their term of imprison-
ment was unexpired. They were obliged to report, however,
from time to time to the police until their sentence expired.
If fresh offence was committed, the ticket was recalled. Trans-
POKTATION.
Ticondero'ga. Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
tides. The periodical rise and fall of the waters of
the ocean and its confluents; due to the attraction of
the moon or sun. When the water is rising it is termed
flood tide; when falling, ebb tide. At the time of the
new moon and the full moon the flood tides rise higher, and
the fall of the ebb tide is greater than at other times. These
tides are called spring-tides. But when the moon is at her
first or last quarter, or at the time of quadrature, the tides
do not rise to their average height, and are called neap tides,
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from A.-S. nep, signifying narrow, contracted, low. Homer is
the earliest profane author who speaks of the tides. Posido-
nius of Apamea referred the tides to the influence of the moon,
about 79 B.C. ; and Caesar speaks of them in his 4th book of
the Gallic war. The tides were first explained by Kepler,
1598; but the theory was first made complete bj' sir Isaac
Newton about 1683. The conformation of the coast greatly
affects the tides; for instance, near the entrance of the Bay
of Fundy, Nova Scotia, the tide rises 18 feet, while at its head
it rises 70 feet; at St. Johns, N. B., 30 feet; at Campo Bello,
Me., 25 feet; Eastport, Me., 15 feet; Boston, Mass., 10 feet;
Providence, R. I., 5 feet ; Egg Harbor, N. J., 5 feet ; New York,
5 feet. The tides along the southern United States do not
exceed 7 feet, and reach 7 only at Savannah, Ga. The tide
in the Gulf of Mexico is small and also in the Pacific ocean.
At the mouth of the Columbia river, Oregon, it rises to 7 feet.
In the west of England, in the Bristol channel and the mouth
of the Severn at Chepstow, the spring-tide rises 60 feet. The
usual height along the coast of Wales is 36 feet. The tides
in the Mediterranean are hardly noticeable. None of the lar-
ger fresh-water lakes have an appreciable tide.
Tiers-Etat Oyar-za-ta'). States-general.
Tif'Iis, Asiatic Russia, built about 469 by Vakhtang:
became the capital of Georgia. It was taken by Genghis
Khan in the 12th century; by Mustapha Pacha, 1576; by the
Persians, 1 796 ; and by the Russians, 1801, who have made it
the capital of their trans-Caucasian possessions.
Tigranoeer'ta, now Sert or Iserd, capital of
Armenia, built by Tigranes the Great, and taken by Lucullus
and the Romans after a great victory, 69 b.c.
Ti'gris, a river, the eastern boundary of Mesopotamia,
celebrated for the cities founded on its banks : Nineveh, Se-
leucia, Ctesiphon, and Bagdad. It was first explored by an
English steamer in 1838.
tile, a slab of clay, hardened by baking, and used for
paving, roofing, and for constructing ovens, drains, etc. Tiles
are of ancient origin, being found in the ruins of Nineveh.
They were in use in Greece, 620 b.c. Pyrrhus, king of Epirus,
was killed while fighting in the streets of Argos by a tile
thrown from a roof by a woman, 272 b.c. The art of glazing
tile was brought to Spain by the Moors, 12th century, and from
Spain was carried to Italy, and thence to Delft, Holland. Tiles
were used in England by the Romans during their occupation
of that country. First made by the English probably about
1246. They were taxed in 1784 ; tax repealed in 1833.
Xilsit, a town of Prussia on the river Niemen, where, on
a raft, the emperors of France and Russia met, 25 June, 1807.
By a treaty between France and Russia, signed 7 July, Na-
poleon restored to the Prussian monarch one half of his
territories, and Russia recognized the Confederation of the
Rhine, and the elevation of Napoleon's 3 brothers, Joseph,
Louis, and Jerome, to the thrones ai Naples, Holland, and
Westphalia.
tilts. Tournaments.
timber bending'. Apparatus was invented for this
purpose by T. Blanchard of Boston, Mass., for which a medal
was awarded at the Paris Exhibition of 1855. A company
was formed for its introduction into England in 1856.
XimbUC'tOO, N. Africa, a city built by Mansa Sulei-
man, a Mahometan, about 1214, and frequently' subjugated by
the sovereigns of Morocco. Since 1727 it has been parti}' in-
dependent. Major Laing visited this city in 1826 and was
killed there. Ren6 Caillie in 1828 won the prize of 10,000
francs offered by the Geographical Society of Paris to the first
traveller who should give exact information regarding it. It
was again visited by Heinrich Barth during his explorations
of the Soudan, 1849-55. Taken and occupied by the French,
Jan. 1894.
time. Day, Globe, Hour, Month, Planets, Stand-
ard TIME, Week, Year.
" Ximes," a newspaper of London. On 13 Jan. 1785,
John Walter published the first number of the Daily Universal
Register, price 2\d., printed on the logographic system (in-
vented by Henry Johnson, a compositor), in which types coii-
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Uining syllables and words were employed instead of single
letters.
l»»por is named the rin»^« IJan. 1788
The Tim*-* is flrel printed by steam - power ( the invention
of F. Knuiug), I'iOO per hour, afterwards increased to '2000
and 4000. .. : 28 Nov. 18U
[It is asserted that the Times was termed the Thunderer
ttom an article by Edward Sterling, in which are the words,
" We tliunilered forth articles on reform," etc.]
Times expro.«.s first conveyed to India overland by the agency
of lieut. Wughorn Oct. 1845
"Waller press," printing about 15,000 an hour, perfected. . .1862-71
Weeklv issue, price 2<i., began 6 Jan. 1877
Rapieff electric lamp adopted in the press room Nov. 1878
till, a white, lustrous, and noalleable metal, very slow of
oxidizing in tl>e air, and therefore useful in a thin coating to
prevent iron, etc., from rusting. It has been known from
earliest ages. The Accadians called it anaku 5000 years
ago ; it was used by the Egyptians when the first pyramids
were built ; it is mentioned in the Bible, 1452 b.c. (Num. xxxi.
22). Homer often speaks of it (KaaoiTipoQ) in describing
arms and chariots; the Phoenicians traded in tin more than
1 100 years B.C. ; and Herodotus mentions the tin islands. It
is found in few and widely scattered places ; chiefly in the
provinces of Perak and Penang in Malacca, in Cornwall, Engl.,
in New South Wales, Saxony, Bohemia, and in smaller quan-
tities in Mexico and Bolivia, and recently in California, South
Dakota, Idaho, and West Virginia. The world's annual pro-
duction is about 40,000 tons. Copper vessels were tinned by
the Romans. The art of tinning plate-iron was invented in
Bohemia, whence it was carried into Saxony and other parts
of Germany in 1620, and introduced into England in 1675.
Existence of tin ore in New South Wales made known by rev.
W. B. Clarke, colonial geologist 1845
Rush of emigration to the tin mines of New South Wales 1871
Tin, previously known to exist as black sand in the gold ore
from the Black Hills, S. Dakota, is discovered there in com-
mercial quantities by maj. Andrew J. Simmons of Rapid City,
S. Dak 1883
Tin discovered in West Virginia 17 Sept. 1884
Sixty Welsh tin-plate works shut down, throwing 25,000 hands
out of employment 27 June, 1891
Tinchebray (tinsh-bray'), a town of N. W. France,
where a battle was fought between Henr}' I. of England, and
his brother Robert, duke of Normandy. England and Nor-
mandy were reunited under Henry, at the decease of William
Rufus, who had already obtained Normandy by mortgage from
his brother Robert, at his setting out for Palestine. Robert,
on his return, recovered Normandy by agreement with Henry ;
but after a quarrel Robert was defeated in the battle of Tinche-
bray, 28 Sept. 1 106, and Normandy was annexed to the crown
of England. — Hinault.
Tip'peeaiioe', Battle of. in the spring of 1811,
Tecumseh or Tecumthe, a Shawnee chief, attempted to unite
the Western and Southern Indians in war against the United
States. To meet this movement, gen. Harrison, governor of
the Indiana territory, marched towards Tippecanoe, the head-
quarters of the chief (near Lafayette, Ind.), with about 650
men. There, on 7 Nov., he defeated over 600 Indians, under
Tecumseh's brother, " The Prophet." Harrison lost 62 killed
and 126 wounded; the Indians lost 150 killed.
Tip'permuir, near Perth, Scotland. Here the mar-
quess of Montrose defeated the Covenanters under lord Elcho,
1 Sept. 1644.
titanium, a rare metal, discovered by Gregor in mena-
kite, a Cornish mineral, in 1791, and in 1794 by Klaproth, and
since found in many iron ores. Spectrum analysis has proved
it to exist in the sun's atmosphere, and it occurs in some me-
teorites.
tithes or tenths, a tenth part of anything, a tax of
one tenth of the produce or its value, were commanded to be
given to the tribe of Levi, 1490 b.c. (Lev. xxvii. 30). Abra-
ham, returning from his victory over the kings (Gen. xiv.),
gave tithes of the spoil to Melchisedek, king of Salem, priest
of the most high God (1913 b.c.). For the first 800 years of
the Christian church they were given purely as alms, and were
voluntary — WicHiffe. " I will not put the title of the clergy
to tithes upon any di\ane right, though such a right certainly
commenced, and I believe as certainly cea.sed, with the Jewish
theocracy."— MaCibtone. They were established in France
by Charlemagne about 800, and abolished 1789. Tenths were
confirmed in the Lateran councils, 1215. — RainaUda. The
payment of tithes appears to have been claimed by Augustin,
the first archbishop of Canterbury, and to have been allowed
bv Ethelbert, king of Kent, under the term " God's fee," about
600.
First written authority for them in England is a constitutional de-
cree made in a synod eiyoining tithes, 7H6.
Offa, king of Mercia, gave the church tithes of all his kingdom, to
expiate his murder of Ethelbert. king of the East Angles, 794.
Tithes first granted to the English clergy in a general assembly held
by Ethelwold, Mi.— Henry.
In England, in 1545, tithes were fixed at 2s. M. in the pound on
rent; many later acts regulate them.
Tithe Commutation act, passed 13 Aug. 1836, was amended in 1837,
1840, 1846, 18()0, and 1878.
A rector takes all tithes; a vicar a small part or none.
Several acts relating to tithes in Ireland, in 1832-47, alter and im-
prove the system.
Tithe redemption trust appointed, 1846.
An act for the recovery of tithe rent charged in England and Wales
passed, 26 Mch. 1891. The liability for the payment of tithes is
transferred from the tenant to the land-owner.
tithing^. The number or company of 10 men with their
families in a society, all of them bound to the king of Eng-
land for the peaceable and good behavior of each ; of these
companies there was one chief person, who, from his office,
was called (toothingman) tithingman ; but now he is nothing
but a constable, formerly called the headborough. — Cowel.
titles royal. Henry IV. had the title of "Grace"
and "My liege," 1399. Henry VL, "Excellent grace," 1422.
Edward IV., "Most high and mighty prince," 1461. Henry
VII., " Highness," 1485 ; Henry VIII. the same title, and some-
times " Grace," 1509 et seq. Francis I. of France addressed
Henry as " Tour majesty " at their interview in 1520. Fikld
OF THE Cloth of Gold. Henry VIII. was the first and last
king who was styled " Dread sovereign." James I. coupled
to "majesty" the present "sacred," or "most excellent."
" Majesty " was the style of the emperors of Germany ; the
first king to whom it was given was Louis XI. of France,
about 1463.
tohaceo {Nkotiana tabacum), an American plant, of
the nightshade family, whose leaves have strong narcotic
effects, due to the alkaloid nicotine. It received its name
from the Indian tabaco, the tube or pipe in which the natives
smoked the plant, transferred by the Spaniards to the herb
itself; others say the name is derived from Tabacco, a prov-
ince of Yucatan, New Spain, or from the island of Tobago, one
of the Caribbees; others from Tobasco, in the gulf of Florida.
It is said to have been first observed at St. Domingo, in Cuba,
1492; and to have been used freely by the Spaniards in Yu-
catan in 1520. Tobacco was either first brought to Europe by
Hermandez de Toledo or Francesco Fernandes, a physician
sent by Philip II. of Spain to investigate the products of
Mexico in 1559; into England in 1565 by sir John Hawkins,
or by sir Walter Raleigh and sir Francis Drake in 1586 ; to
France by Jean Nicot (whence nicotine). The Pied Bull inn,
at Islington, is said to have been the first house in England
where tobacco was smoked. The first settlers of Virginia cul-
tivated tobacco, which soon became the chief agricultural
staple, and within 10 years the standard currency, at a value
of about 66 cents a pound. For 7 years, ending 1621, the an-
nual exportation to England was 143,000 lbs. James I. tried
to suppress its use, and wrote " A Counter-blast against To-
bacco." In May, 1621, Parliament forbade its importation
into England, except from Virginia and the Bermudas. To-
bacco is now raised not only in America but in Europe and
India, although Kentucky raises more than any other state
or country. The production in Java and Sumatra is rapidly
increasing. The world's production is about 1,300,000,000
lbs. ; that of the United States about 540,000,000 lbs. The
great tobacco-producing states are :
1. Kentucky 285,000,000 lbs.
2. Virginia 65,000,000 "
S.Tennessee 46,000.000 " j
4. Ohio 36,000,000 " .^
5. North Carolina 26.000,000 " 'i
6. Pennsylvania 25,000,000 "
Other states raise from 1,000,000 to 16,000,000 lbs. each. Crop
of 1891 valued at about $44,000,000. Tax paid the U. S.
from 1862 to 1891, $840,000,000.
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Toba'go, an island oif the British West Indies, discov-
ered by Columbus in 1498 ; settled by the Dutch, 1642. It
has since changed hands several times, between England,
France, and Holland, but now belongs to England as part of
the government of Trinidad. Area, 114 sq. miles ; pop. 20,727.
Tobol§k, capital of W. Siberia, on the river Irtish.
Settled by 500 Cossacks in 1587 ; pop. about 22,000.
Toliope'ka, Battle of. Alabama, 1814.
Tokay', a town of upper Hungary, which gives its
name to the sweet, heavy white wine of the district. This
■wine was first made here by dressers brought from Italy by
Bela IV., king 1235-70. The best of the wine is sent to sov-
ereigns, and 50 bottles were presented to queen Victoria at her
jubilee, 1887.
Xoki'o, since 1869 the name of the former Jeddo or
Yeddo, capital of Japan, on the island of Niphon. Pop. 1890,
1,389,684.
Torbiac, now Zulpicll, a town of Prussia, near
the Rhine, where Clovis totally defeated the AUemanni, 496.
Tole'do, the ancient Toletum, central Spain, made cap-
ital of the Visigothic kingdom by Athanagild, 554 ; taken by
the Saracens, 712. Toledo was taken after the war begun, 1081,
by Alfonso I. of Castile, 25 May, 1085. In 1088 the archbishop
was made primate of Spain. The university was founded in
1499. Toledo sword-blades have been famed since the 15th
century. Swords. — The county seat of Lucas county, Ohio,
with its surrounding territory, claimed by Michigan until the
boundary was settled in 1836. Ohio, 1802-36; Michigan,
1835-36.
Toleration act, passed in 1689 to relieve Protestant
dissenters from the church of England. Their liberties were,
however, greatly endangered in the latter days of queen Anne,
who died on the dav that the Schism bill was to become a
law, 1 Aug. 1714.
The toleration granted was somewhat limited. It exempted per
sons who took the new oath of allegiance and supremacy, and
abjured popery, from penalties for absence from church and hold-
ing unlawful conventicles; and it allowed the Quakers to sub-
stitute an affirmation for an oath, but did not relax the Test act.
The party spirit of the times checked the king's liberal disposi-
tion.
tolls were first paid by vessels passing the Stade,on the
Elbe, 1109. They were first demanded by the Danes for pass-
ing the Sound, 1341. Sound i)ur:s, Stade dues. Toll-bars
in England originated 1267, in the grant of a penny for every
wagon that passed through a certain manor; and the first reg-
ular toll was collected a few years after for mending the road
in London between St. Giles's and Temple Bar. Gathered for
repairing the highways of Holborn-inn lane and Martin's lane
(now Aldersgate street), 1346. Toll-gates or turnpikes were
set up in 1663. In 1827, 27 turnpikes near London were re-
moved by Parliament; 81 turnpikes and toll-bars ceased on
the north of London on 1 July, 1864; 61 on the south side
ceased on 31 Oct. 1865 ; and many on the Essex and Middle-
sex roads ceased on 31 Oct. 1866; the remainder on the north
of London ceased 1 July, 1872. The tolls on the commercial
roads, London, E., were abolished 5 Aug. 1871. The tolls on
Waterloo and other metropolitan bridges abolished, 1878-79.
Wales, 1843.
Tolo'§a. On the plain named Las Navas de Tolosa,
near the Sierra Morena, S. Spain, Alfonso, king of Castile, aided
by the kings of Aragon and Navarre, gained a great victory
over the Moors, 16 July, 1212, sometimes termed the battle of
Muradal.
Toltecs, a people inhabiting Mexico and Central Amer-
ica prior to the Aztecs. America.
toma'tO {Lycopersicum esculentum), native of tropical
S. America. In the United States it was a curiosity, and
commonly called love-apple until about 1830, a translation
of the French name pomme d'amour. But this is a corrup-
tion of the old Italian name, poma dei Mori, " Moor's apple,"
the tomato having come to Italy from Morocco. It is now a
staple vegetable, and a universal article of food.
Tonga isles, Pacific, south of the equator; governed
by a king. Treaties of friendship with Great Britain, Ger-
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many, and the United States. Area of the group, 374 sq.
miles ; pop. 1889, 20,000.
t<»nic sol-fa system. Music.
tonom'eter, a delicate apparatus (consisting of 62
tuning-forks) for measuring and comparing the pitch of tones,
by marking the number of vibrations. It was invented by
H. Scheibler of Crefeld, and described in his " Tonmesser,"
1834; but was little used till M. Koenig improved it, and ex-
hibited it at the International Exhibition of 1862 in London.
Tonquin {ton-keen'), S.E. Asia, a province of Anam,
subject to China, now under the protectorate of France. Area,
34,740 sq. miles; pop. about 9,000,000.
Lin-Yang-Fu declares war against French aggressors. . .8 May 1883
Black Flags kill the French commander and 32 others at Hanoi "
[The "Black Flags" originated with Li-Hung-Chang, an
able leader of Canton rebels, who about 1863 with followers
took refuge in Tonquin, where he was welcomed by the
emperor of Anam, but grew strong enough to establish an
independent government. They strenuously opposed the
French.]
Black Flags defeated 7 ^^a a
Armistice granted; treaty signed recognizing the French gov-
ernment; ceding province of Bin Huam 25 Aug. «
Adm. Courbet begins actual occupation of Tonquin 3 Nov! "
French take forts on the Red river, opposite Sontay. . .16 Dec. "
Sontay captured; the Black Flags retire; French loss, 77
killed, 231 wounded 16-17 Dec. «'
Arrival of Chinese trocms to defend Hainan against the
French f. 20Jan. 1884
French capture Bacninh 12 Mch. "
Treaty signed by capt. Fournier and Li-Hung-Chang; French
protectorate of Tonquin and Anam recognized. The Chinese
government repudiates the treaty 1 July "
[Fighting throughout the remainder of the year.] '
Preliminaries of peace signed at Peking; Tonquin to be vacated
by the Chinese, etc 5 Apr. 1885
Chief of the Black Flags rewarded for his services by the Chi-
nese government Apr. "
Establishment of the civil native guard for the supj)ression of
piracy Sept. 1888
Continued fighting with pirates 1889-92
French companies formed to work coal mines at Hongay and
Kebao i89i
E.xpenditure of France for Anam and Tonquin was 10,450,666 francs
in 1892 ; of which 450,000 francs were for the Tonquin submarine
telegraph cable.
tonsure, the clerical crown, shorn or shaven, it is said,
in imitation of St. Peter, or of Christ's crown of thorns. It
was regarded in the 4th century as proper only to penitents,
and not made essential to priests till near the beginning of
the 6th century.
tontines, life-annuities with benefit of survivorship, so
called from Lorenzo Tonti, a Neapolitan banker, who origi-
nated the plan in 1653 ; he died in the Bastile after 7 years
imprisonment. A Mr. Jennings of London was an original sub-
scriber for a 100^. share in a tontine company, and, being the
last survivor of the shareholders, his share produced him
3000?. per annum. He died, aged 103 years, 19 June, 1798,
worth 2,115,244?. By the termination of a tontine begun by
M. Lafarges in 1791, to diminish the national debt, the French
government received 1,218,000 francs, Dec. 1888. Henri de
Tonti, companion of La Salle, was a son of Lorenzo ; Henry
died at fort St. Louis (now St. Louis) in 1704. In recent
j'ears the name tontine has been given to a form of life-insur-
ance, in which all profits from overpayments of premiums,
lapses, etc., are accumulated until the end of a fixed period,
and then divided among the survivors.
to'paz, the second stone in the breastplate of the Jewish
high-priest. Aaron's breastplate. Found in Cornwall,
Engl., Scotland, Saxon}', Siberia, Brazil, Mexico, and the Unit-
ed States. The finest are from Brazil, of a deep yellow, and
sometimes resembling the diamond in lustre ; and those from
Siberia of a bluish color. The yellow Brazilian stones when
heated assume a rose color.
ToplitZ, a town of Bohemia. Here were signed, in
1813, 2 treaties — one between Austria, Russia, and Prussia, 9
Sept. ; and one between Great Britain and Austria, 3 Oct.
top'oplione, an instrument invented "by A. M. Mayer
to determine the direction from which sound proceeds ; as the
sound of a bell, whistle, or fog-horn at sea in thick weather.
TorbanehlU mineral. Mr. Gillespie of Tor-
banehill granted a lease of all the coal in the estate to messrs.
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Roflsell. In working it the lessees extracted a combustible
mineral of value as a source of coal gas, and sold it as gas-coal.
The lesst)r insisted that the mineral was not coal, but bitumi-
nous schist, and disputed the right of the lessees to work it. At
the trial in 1863 there was a great array of scientific men and
practical gas engineers, and the evidence was most coiiHicting.
The judge set aside the scientific evidence, and the jury pro-
nounced it coal. The authorities in Prussia have since pro-
nouwoeil it not to be cuaL—Perctf.
Tordesll'las, a town near Valladolid, Spain. Here
was signed, 7 June, 1494, a treaty modifying the boundaries
by which pope Alexander VI., in May, 1493, had divided the
new world between Spain and Portugal.
TorgaU (tor'gow), a town of Saxony, N. Germany, the
site of a signal victory of Frederick II. (the Great) of Prussia
over the Austrians ; the Austrian general, count Daun, being
wounded, 3 Nov. 1760. He had, in 1757, defeated the Prus-
sian king at Kolin. Torgau was taken by the allies in 1814,
and given to Prussia 1815.
TorICi, a terra given to a political party in England
about 1G78. VViiio. Dr. Johnson defines a Tory as one who
adheres to the ancient constitution of the state and the apos-
tolical hierarchy of the church of England. The Tories long
maintained the doctrines of "divine hereditary indefeasible
right, lineal succession, passive obedience, prerogative," etc. —
Bolingbroke. Conservatives. During the American Revo-
lution, Americans who adhered to the crown were called
Tories.
tornadoes. Storms.
Toronto, capital of the province of Ontario, Canada.
Settled as York, 1794; name changed to Toronto, 1834. Uni-
versitv, with its hall, librarv, and museum, burned, 14 Feb.
1890.' Pop. 1886, 118,403; 1891,181,220.
tOrpe'dO-§liells, a name given to explosives placed
under water for the destruction of vessels, an invention as-
cribed to David Bushnell, an American, in 1777. His attempt
to destroy the British ship Cerberus failed. The action of
Fulton's torpedoes was successful in Britain, 1805 ; but their
use was declined by the government. Torpedo-shells ignited
by electricity were successfully employed in the United States
during the civil war, 1861-65. On 4 Oct. 1865, messrs. M'Kay
& Beardslee tried them at Chatham, Engl., before the duke of
Somerset and others. An old vessel, the Terpsichore, was
speedily sunk. The preliminary arrangements were compli-
cated. Magneto-electricity was employed. Torpedoes made
by prof. F. Abel of Woolwich were tried in May, 1866. A
torpedo invented by Mr. Wightman and an Austrian tried
and reported successful at Sheerness; an old hulk was sunk,
8 Oct. 1870. Torpedoes to be ignited from a distance by an
electric battery are now made in the U. S. and at Woolwich,
Engl. A Turkish monitor was blown up by a torpedo in the
Danube (Russo-Turkish war, 1877), 26 May, 1877.
New English torpedo-boat Peacemaker invented bv J. H. L.
Tuck : Aug. 1886
Powerful Brennan torpedo with the " Watkin position finder "
successfully tried at Cliff End fort 5 .July, 1890
Controllable torpedo of Scott Sims & Edison tried at Ports-
mouth and reported successful 3-15 Feb. 1892
Navy, U. S.
Tor'res strait, dividing Australia from Papua or New-
Guinea, was discovered by Torres, a Spaniard, in June, 1606.
Tor're§ Ve'dras, a city of Portugal. Near here
Wellington, retreating from the French, took up a strong po-
sition, called the Lines of Torres Vedras, 10 Oct. 1810.
Torricellian experiment, by Evangelista Tor-
ricelli (1608^7). In 1643 he discovered that the weight of
the air at the surface of the earth is equal to that of a column
of mercury 30 in. in height; on this principle the barom-
eter is constructed.
Torto'la. Virgin isles.
torture of slaves to obtain testimony was permitted by
the Greeks, but not of citizens. By the Romans " torture to
compel confession was only applied to slaves." — Mommsen.
" The application of torture to witnesses and suspected per-
sons pervaded nearly all the criminal jurisprudence of Europe
until the last century."— Groi'e, " Hist. Greece," vol. vii. p. 39,
note. It is the boast of the common-law of England that it
never recognized torture as legal. "The rack itself, though
not admitted in ordinary execution of justice, was frequently
used upon any suspicion, by authority of a warrant from a
secretary of the privy council." — Hume. Torture was applied
to heretics, etc., by the Romish church as early as 1228, and
continued until 1816, when it was suppressed by a papal bull,
which provided that prosecutions should be public and the
accuser should confront the accused. Torture was abolished
in England, 1640; Scotland, 1690; Portugal, 1776; France,
1789 ; Sweden, 1786, and generally throughout Europe before
1800. Gen. Picton was convicted of allowing Louisa Calde-
ron, in Trinidad, to be tortured under an old law of the island,
at his trials, 21 Feb. 1806, and 11 June, 1808. The following
are noted cases of torture under the sanction of a government :
Three of the soldiers who killed Cyrus the Younger at Cunaxa,
Mithridates, a Persian, and 2 others. The slow method by which
Mithridates was killed was termed the torture of the boat. He
was 17 days dying.— P/wtarc/i, " Artaxerxes."
Knights TfiMPLARS, the church acquiescing 1308-U
Balthazar Gerard, for the assassination of William, prince of
Orange 1534
Franpois Ravaillac, for assassination of Henry IV. of France.. . 1610
Certain citizens of Milan, on suspicion of propagating the
Plague by ointments applied to the doors and walls of
Robert Francis Damiens, for the attempted assassination of
Louis XV. of France 1757
Count Ankerstrom, for the assassination of Gustavus III. of
Sweden 1792
Assassins of count Capo d'Istria, president of Greece (Bukying
AUVK) 1831
Instances of torture for heresy by the Romish church are very nu-
merous. Ingenuity was strained to devise methods of torture-
for the Inquisition. Some methods are described in Poe's tale of
"The Pit and the Pendulum."
tO'tem, among savage tribes, especially the North Amer-
ican Indians, the token or s^^mbol of a family or clan, usually
an animal or some natural object selected for reverence and
superstitious regard. It serves for a sort of surname of the
family. Its importance lies in the notion that individuals trace
their lineage from it. The turtle, the bear, and the wolf ap-
pear to be favored and honored totems among many tribes.
The obligations growing out of a common totem are scrupu-
lously regarded. Intermarriage among those having it was
criminal. All such, of whatever clan or tribe, friendly or hos-
tile, have the rights of hospitality, of succor in distress, and
of friendship as blood-relations. The totem is never changed.
" linear : ' The Hurons' totem is a moose ... the Delawares are the
children of the tortoise. ... My race is the grandfather of na-
tions.' Tamsemund ; 'Who art thou?' Uncas : 'A son of the
great Unamis (turtle).' ''—Cooper, "Last of the Mohicans."
Tot'nes, a town of Devon, England; thought to be the
Romaai AdBurium Amnem. It was held by Judhael de Tot-
neis, who built the castle about 1085. The parliamentary
borough was disfranchised for gross corruption and bribery
by the Reform act, 15 Aug. 1867.
Toul, the Roman Tulli Leucorum, a fortified town on the
Moselle, N.E. France; one of the most ancient in the empire.
The city and diocese acquired great privileges from Charles
the Simple, 925, when it was united with the German empire.
i It was reunited with France, 1552. The fortifications, begun
in 1238, were rebuilt and enlarged in 1700, according to the
plans of Vauban. After a vigorous resistance to the Germans,
commencing 14 Aug. 1870, Toul surrendered with its garrison
of 3000 men, 23 Sept., when the town was burning in 23 places.
The Germans thus acquired an uninterrupted railway com-
munication to Paris.
Toulon', the ancient Telo Martins, S. France, an im-
portant military port. It was taken by the constable of
Bourbon, 1524, and by the emperor Charles V. in 1536. In
1707 it was bombarded by the allies, both by land and sea.
Most of the town was reduced to ruins, and several ships
burned; but the allies were obliged to raise the siege. It
surrendered 27 Aug. 1793, to the British admiral, lord Hood,
who took possession both of the town and shipping, in the
name of Louis XVII., under a stipulation to assist in restoring
the French constitution of 1789. A conflict took place be-
tween the English and French forces, when the latter were
repulsed, 15 Nov. 1793. Toulon was retaken by Bonaparte,
19 Dec, when such inhabitants as were thought to favor the
British were cruelly handled. A naval battle oflF this port
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was fought 11 Feb. 1744, between the English under Mathews
and Lestock, against the fleets of France and Spain. The
victory was lost by a misunderstanding between the English
admirals. Mathews was dismissed for misconduct. Pop.
1891, 77,747.
Touloil§e (too-looz'), the ancient Tolosa, S. France,
founded about 615 b.c. ; was the capital of the Visigothic kings
in 419 A.D. ; and was taken by Clovis in 508. The dukes of
Aquitaine reigned here, 631-761. A university was estab-
lished here, 1229, and a parliament, 1302. The Inquisition
was established here to extirpate heretics, 1229. The trouba-
dours, or rhetoricians of Toulouse, had their origin about 850,
and consisted of a fraternity of poets, whose art was extended
throughout Europe, and gave rise to the Italian and French
poetry. Troubadouks. The allied British and Spanish
.army entered this city on 12 Apr., immediately after the bat-
tle of Toulouse, fought between the British Peninsular army
under lord Wellington, and the French led by marshal Soult,
10 Apr. 1814. The French were forced to retreat, after 12
hours' fighting. Neither of the commanders knew that Napo-
leon had abdicated the throne of France. Pop. 1891, 149,791.
TouloUie, a county of S.E. France, was created out of
the kingdom of Aquitaine by Charlemagne, in 778. It enjoyed
great prosperity till the dreadful war of the Albigenses, when
the count Raymond VI. was expelled, and Simon de Montfort
became count. At his death, in 1218, Raymond VII. obtained
his inheritance. His daughter Jane and her husband Al-
phonse (brother of Louis IX. of France) dying without issue,
the county of Toulouse was united to the French monarchy
in 1271. A large part of Toulouse destroyed by an inunda-
tion of the Garonne (St. Cyprian like a sepulchre), 24-26
June, 1875.
Touraine (too.ran''), the garden of France, was con-
quered by the Visigoths about 480. It was ceded to GeofFroy,
■count of Anjou, 1044, and thus became the property of the
Plantagenet kings of England. It was seized by Philip Au-
gustus in 1203, and was made a duchy by John, 1360. It was
tinally united to the crown on the death of the duke of Anjou,
1584.
tOUr'liameiltM or jou§tS were martial sports of the
ancient cavaliers. Tournament is derived from the French
word tourner, " to turn round." Tournaments were frequent
about 890; and were regulated by the emperor Henry I.,
about 919. Tournaments were introduced into England early
in the 12th century; prohibited by Henry IL, but revived
by Ricliard I., his son. Solemn tournaments were held by
Edward HI., 25 Sept. 1329, in London; and 19 Jan. 1344, at
Windsor; and by Richard II. near the end of the 14th cen-
tury; and also by Henry VIII., in May, 1513. The Lateran
•council protested against their continuance in 1136. Henry
II. of France, in a tilt with the comte de Montgomerie, had
his eye struck out; an accident which caused the king's death
in a few days, 29 June, 1559. Tournaments were then abol-
ished in France. A magnificent feast and tournament, under
the auspices of Archibald, earl of Eglintoun, took place at Eg-
lintoun castle, 29 Aug. 1839, and the following week ; many of
the visitors (among whom was Louis Napoleon Bonaparte)
appeared as ancient knights, lady Seymour being the "Queen
of Beauty." Among the festivities at the marriage of prince
Humbert, at Turin, was a tournament, 24 Apr. 1868. Tourna-
ments held at the Agricultural hall, London, N. (for benefit of
soldiers' widows, etc.), 21 June et seq. 1880, and 25 June et
seq. 1881.
Tournay', a city of S. Belgium, was very flourishing
till ravaged by barbarians in the 5th century. It has sustained
many sieges. Taken by the allies in 1709, and ceded to the
house of Austria by the treaty of Utrecht ; but the Dutch were
allowed to garrison it, as one of the barrier towns. It was tak-
en by the French under gen. La Bourdonnaye, 8 Nov. 1792.
Several battles were fought near Tournay in May, 1793, and
May, 1794.
tourniquet {toor-nee-lcay' ; from tourner, to turn), an in-
strument for stopping the flow of blood in a limb, by tightening
the bandage in amputations, is said to have been invented by
Morelli at the siege of Besan^on, 1674. J. L. Petit, in France,
invented the screw tourniquet in 1718. Greatly improved by
Savigney of London, 1800, and by others since.
Tours (toor), an ancient city, central France, near which
Charles Martel gained a great victory over the Saracens, and
saved Europe, 10 Oct. 732, and from which he acquired the
name of Martel, signifying hammer. This conflict is also called
the battle of Poictiers. When Paris was invested by the Ger-
mans, M. Cremieux and several of the members of the French
government of defence went to Tours, together with the rep-
resentatives of foreign powers, 18 Sept. 1870. On 9 Oct. these
were joined by Gambetta, minister of the interior, afterwards
of war (who escaped from Paris by a balloon, 7 Oct.). In con-
sequence of the defeat of the army of the Loire near Orleans,
the government removed to Bordeaux, 11 Dec.
Tower of London. The tradition that Julius
Caesar founded a citadel here (about 54 b.c.) is very doubtful.
"Ye towers of Julius, London's lasting shame,
With many a foul and midnight murder fed." — Gray.
A royal palace, on the present site of the White tower, which
appears to have been first marked out by William the Con-
queror, 1076, was commenced in 1078, and completed by Will-
iam Rufus, who, in 1098, surrounded it with walls and a ditch.
Several succeeding princes made additions, and king Edward
HI. built the church. In 1638 the old White tower was re-
built ; and under king Charles II. it was thoroughly repaired,
1680-85, and many additions built. Here are the armory,
jewel-office, and various other divisions and buildings of pe-
culiar interest : notably, the Bloody tower, Wakefield tower.
Bell tower, aixl Beauchamp tower.
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST
OF IMPORTANT IMPRISONMENTS IN THE TOWER.
Name.
Disposal.
Date.
VPhose reign.
Remarks.
David, king of Scotland
Released
Released
Murdered
Beheaded
Murdered
Beheaded
Released
Beheaded
1357
1423
1471
1478
1483
1499
1509
1513
1585
1536
1540
1542
1547
u
1549
Edward III.
Henry V.
Edward IV.
Richard IIL
Henry VII.
Henry VIII.
Edward VI.
After 11 years in the Tower.
Prisoners
■John, king of France
■James, son of Robert III. of )
Scotland |
Henry VI
Afterwards James I. of Scotland; 18 years a captive.
( Supposed to have been killed by the duke of Gloucester, after-
\ wards Richard III.
Drowned in a butt of Malmsey.
Arrfist.Pfi in tVip Tnwpr nnrl hpTipadpH at nnr«
■George, duke of Clarence, broth- |
er of the king f
Lord Hastings
Edward V. and duke of York. . , .
Perkin Warbeck
Children; buried in the Tower.
For personating the duke of York.
His life had been spent in the Tower.
Edward Plantagenet, earl of (
Warwick \
Dudley and Empson
Ministers of the king.
The king carried out the wishes of Henry VII.
For refusing to acknowledge the king's supremacy.
Earl of Suffolk
Fisher, bishop of Rochester
Anne Boleyn
Wife of Henry VIII.
Minister of Henry VIII.
Wife of Henry VIII.
Thomas Cromwell
Lady Catharine Howard
Earl of Surrey
Duke of Norfolk
(Escaped execution, the king dying the night the warrant was
< issued 1547 The lieutenant of the Tower held the warrant and
Sir Thomas Seymour
( he was liberated by queen Mary, 6 years afterwards.
(Treason. His brother, Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset, being
I lord protector of England during the minority of Edward VI.,
( signed the warrant for his execution.
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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST
OP IMPORTANT IMPRISONMENTS IN THE TOWEK -(Continued.)
N«»«.
DUpo«a.
Data.
WhoM reign.
Remarks.
Edward Seymour, duke ofSom- )
ereet i
Beheaded
Released
Beheaded
Released
Beheaded
Murdered
Beheaded
Released
Beheaded
(Murdered or
; committed
1 suicide.
Beheaded
Died
1552
1563
1564
1661
il572l
1572
1601
1613
1618
1621
1641
1645
1662
1683
1683
1683
1686
1689
Edward VI.
Mary
Elizabeth
James I.
<(
Charles I.
Charles II.
((
James IL
William III.
(Brother of sir Thomas) convicted of treason.
For placing lady Jane Grey on the throne.
Husband of lady Jane Grey.
Daughter of the earl of Suffolk.
For making lady Jane Grey queen.
Attempted insurrection.
For a short time after the Wyatt insurrection,
flmprisoned for marrying without the consent of Elizabeth
\ earl was released alter the death of his wife, 1570.
Treason with Spain.
For treason.
Treason. Attempted insurrection.
Poisoned by the earl and countess of Somerset
After many years' imprisonment.
For bribery.
Impeached by Parliament.
Treason.
Implicated in the Rye House plot
u u u u ii u
(Natural son of Charles II. and Lucy Waters; b. Rotterdam,
) For treason. Skdgmoor.
(Arrested and placed in the Tower to save him from the
\ Dec. 1688.
Duke of Norlhumberlaud
Karl of Suffolk
Princess Elizabeth
Earl of Hertford and his wife. . . .
Tjtrtv Oiitherine Orev. ..... . ..
; the
Duke of Norfolk
Duke of Northumberland
Robert Devereux, earl of E8se.x..
Sir Thomas Overbury
Sir Waller Raleigh
Sir Francis Bacon ....... ....
Thomas Wentworth, earl of Staf-)
ford ;
Lord Russell
Algernon Sidney
Arthur earl of Essex
nnbn r»f Hfrtnmnnth
1649.
George Jeffreys, chief justice
mob,
f
tower, a structure lofty in proportion to its base, gen-
erally round or square. That of Babkl, the first on record,
built in the plains of Shinar (Gen. xi.), 2257 b.c. The Tower
of the Winds at Athens, built 550 b.c. ; the Tower of Pharos,
280 B.C. The 7-ound totoers in Ireland were the only structures
of stone found on the arrival of the English, 1169, except some
buildings in the maritime towns founded by Danes. They are
tall hollow pillars, nearly cylindrical, but narrowing towards the
top; pierced with lateral holes to admit the light, and covered
with conical roofs. 56 still remain, from 50 to 130 feet high.
An old tower at Newport, R. I., has long been a subject of contro-
versy as to by whom and when erected. Lossing introduces this
subject in his "Field Book of the Revolution," vol. i. p. 633-34,
with illustration. Scribner-'s Monthly, vol. xvii., 1879, and the
American Historical Magazine, vol. iii., 1879, have articles re-
lating to this tower. "Some there are who say,
Thou wert an ancient windmill."
—Mrs. L. H. Sigoumey, " The Newport Tower."
Martello, Pisa.
Town ley inartole§,8culptures which Charles Town-
ley collected at Rome between 1765-72. He died in 1805, when
his collection (350 piece-s) was purchased for the British museum.
Towton, a township of Yorkshire, Engl., where a san-
guinary battle was fought, 29 Mch. 1461, between the houses of
York(EdwardIV.) and Lancaster (Henry VI.); fatal to the latter,
who lost more than 37,000 men. Edward gave no quarter, and
a merciless slaughter ensued. Henry and his queen, Margaret,
fled to Scotland ; and Edward IV. was settled on the throne.
Toxoph'ilites (from to^ov, a bow, and ^iXog, a lover),
a society established by sir Aston Lever in 1781. In 1834 they
took grounds in the inner circle of Regent's park, and built the
archery lodge. They possess a curious piece of plate, given
by Catherine, queen of Charles II., to be shot for by the Fins-
bury archers, whom the Toxophilites represent.
tract §oeietie§. The Society for Promoting Chris-
tian Knowledge was founded in 1698 ; the Religious Tract So-
ciety, London, in 1799; and other similar societies since. The
first undenominational tract society in the United States was
formed in Boston, 1803, and one at Andover, Mass., 1814, which
removed to Boston, 1823, under the name of the " American
Tract Society." In 1825 another was formed in New York,
and soon after a union of all was effected.
traetarianiilll, a set of opinions on church matters
propounded in the " Tracts for the Times," of which 90 num-
bers were published, 1833-41. The principal writers were the
revs. dr. E. Pusey, J. H. Newman, J. Keble, J. Froude, and I.
Williams— all of the University of Oxford. Pusevism. The
tracts (specially No. 90) were condemned by the authorities
at Oxford, 15 Mch. 1841.
traetioil-eng^ine§, locomotive engines for drawing
heav)'- load.s, were used on common roads in London in I860,
but afterwards restricted. In Aug. 1862 one of Bray's traction-
engines conveyed through the city a mass of iron which would
require 29 horses. Railways.
Trade and Plantation§, Board of. Cromwell
seems to have given the first notions of a board of trade ; in
1655 he appointed his son Richard, with many lords of his
council, judges, and gentlemen, and about 20 merchants of
London, York, Newcastle, Yarmouth, Dover, etc., to meet and
consider by what means the trade and navigation of the re-
public might be best promoted. — Thomas's " Notes of the
Rolls." Charles IL, on his restoration, established a council
of trade for keeping a control over the whole commerce of the
nation, 1660; he afterwards instituted a board of trade and
plantations, which was remodelled by William 111. This board
was abolished in 1782; and a new council for the affairs of
trade on its present plan was appointed, 2 Sept. 1786.
trade dollar. Coin and Coinage, U. S.
trade§' unions, England. By 6 Geo. IV. c. 129
(1825), the combination laws were repealed, and other pro-
visions made. As trades' unions formed for maintaining wages,
etc., are not recognized by law, a commission (including lord
Elcho, Thomas Hughes, and others, with sir Wm. Erie as
chairman) was appointed to inquire into their constitution,
14 Feb. 1867, and an act to facilitate its proceedings was passed
5 Apr. following. It reported during the year, disclosing the
existence of murderous practices, with much intimidation.
Manchester, Sheffield. An act to protect union funds
from embezzlement was passed in 1869. A trade-union act
passed 29 June, 1871 ; amended by act passed 30 June, 1876.
To counteract the influence of trades' unioiis, the National
Federation of Employers was formed, Dec. 1873. Labok,
American Federation of; Workingmen.
Trafalgar', Cape, S. Spain, off which a great naval
victory was gained by the British, under Nelson, over the
combined fleets of France and Spain, commanded by adm.
Villeneuve and 2 Spanish admirals, 21 Oct. 1805. The ene-
my's force was 18 French and 15 Spanish vessels, all of the
line; that of the British, 27 ships. After a protracted fight,
Villeneuve and the other admirals were taken, and 19 of their
ships captured, sunk, or destroyed. Nelson was killed, and
adm. Collingwood succeeded to the command. Nelson's ship
was the Victory ; and his last signal was, " England expects
every man to do his duty." Nelson's victories.
Trafalgar §quare, London, begun 1829; completed
1845. Grand hotel opened by lord mayor, 29 May, 1880.
tragedy. Drama, Shakespeare.
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Trajan's eolumn (in Rome), erected 114, by the
Roman senate and people, to commemorate his victories ov^
the Dacians, and executed by ApoUodorus. It was built in
the square called the Forum Trajanum; it is of the Tuscan
order, and from its base, exclusive of the statue and pedestal,
is 127| feet high.
tram-roads, a road with a track for wheels, now gen-
erally made of iron, but formerly of wooden rails or stone. As
Benjamin Outram, father of sir James, the Indian general, in
1800, made improvements in this system of railways for com-
mon vehicles in the north of England, the name is sometimes
ascribed to him, but it is said to have existed in Derbyshire
as early as 1602. The iron tram-road from Croydon to Wands-
worth was completed on 24 July, 1801. Street railways.
transceilden'talisni, the philosophy which finds
all reality, not in the observation of external and objective
fact, but in the mind and its processes. The word was first
applied to the teachings of Kant, but more specially and ac-
curately afterwards to those of Schelling and his followers ;
and in America to the school of Emerson. Philosophy.
transfig^ura'tion, the change of Christ's appearance
on mount Tabor, in the presence of Peter, James, and John, 32
A.I). (Matt. xvii.). The feast of the Transfiguration, kept on
6 Aug., was instituted by pope Calixtus II. in 1455.
transfusion of blood. Blood.
transit. Mercury, Sun, Venus.
translation to heaven. The supposed translation of
Enoch to heaven at the age of 365 years, 3017 b.c. The
prophet Elijah was, as some assert, translated to heaven in a
chariot of fire, 896 b.c. The possibility of translation to the
abode of eternal life has been maintained by some enthusiasts.
The Irish House of Commons expelled Mr. Asgill for writing a
book asserting the possibility of translation to the other world
without death, 170.3.
Transpa'dane republic, comprising Lombardy
and part of the Venetian territories, was established by Bona-
parte after his victory at Lodi, 10 Ma}', 1796. With the Cis-
padane republic it merged into the Cisalpine republic, Oct. 1797.
transporta'tion. British judges were given the
power of sentencing offenders to transportation " into any of
his majesty's dominions in North America," by 18 Charles II.
c. 3 (1666), and by 4 Geo. I. c. 11 (1718). Transportation ceased
in 1775, but was revived in 1786. The reception of convicts
was successfully resisted by the Cape of Good Hope (in 1849)
and the Australian colonies (1864). Transportation, even
to W. Australia, where labor is wanted, ceased after a few
years, through the fierce opposition of the eastern colonies. In
consequence of the difficulty then experienced in transporting
felons, 16 and 17 Vict. c. 99 was passed, substituting penal ser-
vitude, empowering the crown to grant pardon to offenders
under certain conditions, and licenses to others to be at large,
such licenses to be revoked if necessary ; and many have been.
Such a license is termed " Ticket-of- leave." The system
was assailed in Oct. and Nov. 1862, on account of crimes traced
to ticket-of-leavers. Crime.
JohD Eyre, esq., a man of fortune, was sentenced to transpor-
tation for stealing a few quires of paper (Phillips) 1 Nov. 1771
Rev. dr. Halloran, tutor to earl of Chesterfield, transported for
forging a frank (IM. postage) 9 Se^^ 1818
First transportation of felons to Botany Bay was in May, 1787;
where gov. Phillip arrived with about 800 on 20 Jan. 1788; con-
victs were afterwards sent to Tasmania, Norfolk Island, etc.
Returning from transportation was punishable with death until 5
Will. IV. 0. 67, Aug. 1834, afterwards by transportation for life.
A shipment of convicts to W. Australia (which had already received
10,000) in 1867.
transubStan'tiation, the doctrine of the "real
presence." That the bread and wine in the Eucharist are
changed into the verj'^ flesh and blood of Christ by the conse-
cration, was asserted in the days of (Jregory III. (731) and
by Amalarius and Radbertus (about 830), but denied by Raba-
nus Maurus, Johannes Scotus Erigena, Berengariup, Wickliffe,
and others. In the Lateran council, held at Rome by Iimo-
cent III., the word " transubstantiation " was used to express
this doctrine, decreed to be incontrovertible ; all who denied
it were condemned as heretics. This was confirmed by the
council of Trent, 18 Jan, 1562. John Huss, Jerome of Prague,
and other martyrs of the Reformation, suffered for denying
this dogma, which is renounced by the church of England
(28th article), and by all Protestant dissenters. The declara-
tion against transubstantiation, invocation of the saints, and
the sacrifice of the mass, on taking any civil office, was abol-
ished in Great Britain by an act passed 25 July, 1867. Sac-
rament.
Luther maintained the doctrine o{ consubstantiation—v\z., that, after
consecration, the body and blood of Christ are substantially present
in the bread and wine. He was opposed by Bucer, Carlstadt,
Zwingle, and others (termed sacramentarians), who asserted that
the Lord's supper is only a commemorative rite.
Transvaal or South African Republic,
founded by the Dutch farmers (Boers) about 1848. After sev-
eral years' severe conflict with the natives, its independence was
declared, 17 Jan. 1858. The executive is vested in a president,
elected for 5 years. Area, 113,642 sq. miles. Pop. 1890, whites,
119,128; natives estimated at 560,000. Capital, Pretoria.
War with the KafBrs begun ; Cetywayo, king; Secocffini (Sicka-
kuni), an eminent chief July, 1876
Boers assisted by the Amazwasies, a warlike tribe, who check
Kaffirs Sept. ' '
Sir T. Shepstone well received; a desire expressed for feder-
ation, Feb. ; opposition to it Mch. 1877
Anarchy in the Transvaal; annexation (for protection) to the
British dominions proclaimed by sirT. Shepstone, 12 Apr.;
he is sworn in as administrator 30 May, "
Great opposition to British rule; appeased after much discus-
sion ^ 12 Apr. 1879
Sir G. Wolseley appointed governor of Natal, etc May, "
Transvaal declared a crown colony Dec. ' '
Boers meet and claim independence; Bok, Kruger, and Preto-
rius arrested for signing a document issued by the Boer com-
mittee Dec. 1879, and Jan. 1880
Boers seize Heidelburg, 16 Dec. ; establish the South African-
Republic, Paul Kruger, president 17 Dec. "
A party of Boers stop at Bronker's Spruit about 250 British
troops of the 94th regiment, who resist; some killed or
wounded; others disarmed and dismissed 20 Dec. "
Potchefstrom seized by Boers, who retire when the place is
shelled; col. Bellairs besieged in it 27 Dec. et seq. "
South African Republic proclaimed by a triumvirate — Kruger,
Joubert, and Pretorius 30 Dec. "
Troops sent from Britain, etc Dec. 1880, and Jan. 1881
Sir George P. Colley (appointed governor of Natal, 1880) takes
command in the war Jan. "
Gen. Colley's attack on Laing's Nek, a pass, repulsed with
heavy loss 28 Jan. "
Severe conflict on the Ingogo river; the British 12 hours under
Are; repulsed with heavy loss 8 Feb. "
Sir Evelyn Wood brings reinforcements to gen. Colley.. 17 Feb. "
Orange Free State proclaims neutrality and mediation,
about 22 Feb. "
Gen. Colley marches in the night to Majuha Hill; defeated
and killed after a desperate conflict 27 Feb. "
Gen. sir F. Roberts sent to Africa 28 Feb. "
Armistice proposed by the Boers; accepted for C-14 Mch.;
armistice extended, 14 Mch. ; Boers agree to British terms,
21,22 Mch.; peace proclaimed; the Boers disperse; gen.
Roberts recalled 24 Mch. "
Potchefstrom surrenders with honors of war, 21 Mch. ; given
uji as occupied by mistake Apr. "
Vote of censure on the government in commons negatived
(314-205) 25, 26 July, "
Commissioners to carry out treaty of peace appointed, 5 Apr. ;
agree to convention ceding virtually all the territory to
"The Transvaal State " on 8 Aug., subject to suzerainty of
queen Victoria and a British resident; with debt of about
420, 867^., etc.; independence of the Swazies guaranteed;
signed by royal commissioners and Martin W, Pretorius and
Peter J. Joubert (Stephen J. P. Kruger not present), 3 Aug. ;
effected 8 Aug. "
Meeting of the Volksraad, 21 Sept. ; treaty confirmed.. .25 Oct. "
War with the natives '. 1882-83
Paul Kruger president 1883-88
Definite proposals submitted to the government, 22 Dec. ;
amended boundary - lines accepted, 2 Feb.; convention
signed, the republic to be styled the "South African Repub-
lic," under British suzerainty 27 Feb. 1883
Convention adopted by the Transvaal assembly 8 Aug "
Johannesburg founded by gold miners 1887
Transylva'nia, an Austrian province, was part of
the ancient Dacia, so named by the Romans, meaning the
country beyond the forest. In 1526, John Zapoly rendered
himself independent of the emperor Ferdinand I. by the aid
of the Turks. His successors ruled with much difficulty till
Jan. 1699, when the emperor Leopold I., by the treaty of Car-
lowitz, finally incorporated Trans3'lvania into the Austrian
dominions. The Transylvanian deputies did not take their
seat in the Austrian parliament till 20 Oct. 1863. A decree
for the convocation of the Transylvanian diet was issued 12
Sept. 1865. The inhabitants are about 1,100,000 ignorant
TRA
Roumanians, 1,500,000 Saxon colonists, and 550,000 Magyars,
the last being the ruling class. The union of Transylvania
with Hungary in 18-48, which has caused much discontent,
was ratified by the Transylvanian diet, 25 Dec. 186G.
TrappijitS, monks ol the order of Cistercians, The
first al)l)ey of La Trappe in Normandy was founded, in 1140,
by Rotrou, comte de I'erche. The present order of Trappists
owes its origin to the learned Jean le Bouthillier de la Ranee
(editor of Anacreon when aged 14), who renounced the world
and soKl all his property, giving the proceeds to the abbey of
La Trappe, to which he retired in 1662, to live there in great
austerity. After several efforts he succeeded in reforming
the monks, and in establishing new rules of silence, prayer,
readhig, and manual labor, and forbidding study, wine, fish,
etc. Ranee was born in 1620, and died in 1700. The Trap-
pists' new building was consecrated in Aug. 1833.
trap-sllOOtillg^. Shooting at a stuffed parrot on a
pole, known as popinjay shooting, was practised by the ancient
Greeks; sometimes a living bird was attached to the pole by
a cord. Pigeon-shooting, patronized by lord Huntingfield and
other noblemen, became fashionable sport in England about
1856. Trap-ball shooting was developed in the United States
by Ira Payne and capt. A. H. Bogardus to supplant pigeon-
shooting, prohibited by law in many states as cruel.
990 glass balls broken out of 1000 shot at, by A. H. Bogardus
(U yds.), at Bradford, Pa 20 Nov. 1879
6500 glass balls broken out of 5854, at 15 yds., by A. H. Bogar-
dus in New York city 20 Dec. "
99 pigeons killed out of 100 single, 30 yds. rise; A. H. Bogardus,
at Coney Island 2 July, 1880
100 single pigeons killed in succession, 30 yds. rise, by Al. Ban-
die, at Cincinnati, 0 25 Dec. 1888
60,000 wooden balls hit, out of 60,670 shot at, by W. F. Carver,
at Minneapolis, Minn '. 24-30 Dec. "
100 single pigeons shot in succession at 28 yds. rise, by A. L.
Fulford, at Marion, N, J 17 Nov. 1891
tread-mill, an invention of the Chinese to raise water
for irrigating fields. The complicated tread-mill in the pris-
ons of Great Britain is the invention of Mr. (afterwards sir
William) Cubitt, of Ipswich. It was erected at Brixton jail,
1817, and soon afterwards in other large prisons.
treason. High-treason.
treason, petty, in English law (a term abolished in
1828, defined by the statute of 25 Edw. III. 1352), was a wife's
murder of her husband, a servant's murder of his master, and an
ecclesiastical person's murder of his prelate or other superior.
treason-felony, Engl. By the Crown and Govern-
ment Security act, 11 Vict. c. 12 (1848), certain treasons here-
tofore punishable with death were mitigated to felonies, and
subjected to transportation or imprisonment. The Fenians in
Ireland were tried under this act.
treasurer of Eing^land, Lord high, the third
great officer of the crown, a lord by virtue of his office, having
the custody of the king's treasure, governing the upper court
of exchequer, and formerly sitting judicially among the bar-
ons. The first lord high treasurer in England was Odo, earl
of Kent, in the reign of William I. This great trust is now
confided to a commission of 5 persons, called "lords commis-
sioners for executing the office of lord high treasurer," and of
these the chancellor of the exchequer is usually one, the first
lord being usually the premier. A third lord of the treasury
(Mr. Stansfeld) was appointed, Dec. 1868, succeeded by W. H.
Gladstone, Dec. 1869.
First of this rank in Ireland was John de St. John, Henry III. 1217;
the last, William, duke of Devonshire, 1766; vice-treasurers were
apponted till 1789; then commissioners till 1816, when the reve-
nues of Great Britain and Ireland were united.
First lord high treasurer of Scotland was sir Walter Ogilvie, ap-
pointed by James I. in 1420; the last, in 1641, John, earl of Tra-
quair; afterwards commissioners were appointed.
treasury, United States, Secretaries of. Unit-
ed Statks, Administrations of.
treaties, compacts or agreements, especially between
2 nations or governments. The first formal written treaty
made by England with another nation was at Kingston, be-
tween Henry III. and the dauphin of France (then in Eng-
land), 11 Sept. 1217. The first commercial treaty was with
Guy, earl of Flanders, 1274; the second with Portugal and
Spain, 1308. — A nderson.
808 TRE
MOST IMPORTANT OK FOREIGN TREATIES.
Where concluded.
Adrianople
Aix-la-Chapelle.
Augsburg.
Belgrade...
Berlin.
Bretigny...
Bucharest.,
Cambray ,
Cam po Form io.
Carlowitz
Dresden
Frankfort-on-Main.
Hubertsburg
Kutschouc Kai-)
nardji j
London
Luneville .
Nimeguen
Nystadt...
Oliva
Paris.
Passarowit?.,
Prague.
Presburg.
Pyrenees.
Ryswick ,
San Stefano.
Tien Tsin....
Tilsit. . . .
Troyes. .
Utrecht .
Vienna. .
Westphalia.
Zurich
Treaty.
Peace: Russia and Turkey
Peace : Franco and Spain
Peace: Terminating the war i
of the ArsTRiAN succks- >
SIGN )
(Peace: Great Britain, Hoi-)
( land, France, and Spain. . j
I Peace of Religion: Catholici
( and Protestant |
Peace: Turkey and Austria. . ,
{Settling the Eastern ques-
tion : Germany, Russia,
Turkey, Great Britain,
Austria, France, and Italy
Peace: England and France. .
Peace : Russia and Turkey
" Paix des Dames ": Francis )
I. of France and Charles [
V. of Germany )
Cession by Austria to France..
( Peace : Turkey with Ger-l
I many, Russia, Poland, and y
( Venice j
j Peace : Hungary, Prussia, I
( and Saxony )
Peace: France and Germany.
/Peace: Saxony, Prussia, and »
( Bavaria ]
(Independence of Crimea, j
1 etc. : Russia and Turkey. ]
j On behalf of Greece: Great)
( Britain, Russia,and France )
(Settlement of Belgian ques- j
\ tion (5 great powers) |
(Settling the relations be- 1
( tween Turkey and Egypt, j
( Peace : French Republic and (
( Germany j
(Peace: France and United)
( Provinces )
Cession by Sweden to Russia..
( Peace :Sweden, Poland, Bran-)
( denburg, and Prussia j
j Cession of Canada to Great)
I Britain by France and [
( Florida by Spain )
] Peace : Cession by France to )
( Sweden j
( Peace : France and allied )
\ powers )
{Confiding care of Napoleon )
(prisoner of war) to Eng- |
land : Signed by Great V
Britain, Austria, Russia,
and Prussia j
(Peace: Russia,Turkey, Eng-(
( land, France, and Sardinia)
Commercial and land ces-
sions between Germany,
Venice, and the Turks. . .
Between Charles V. and the
Protestant princes of Ger-
many, granting religious
freedom
Peace: Ferdinand II. and)
Saxony ]
Peace: Austria and Prussia. .
Peace: France and Austria..
Peace : France and Spain
Peace : England, France, )
Spain, Holland, and Ger- [
many )
Peace : Russia and Turkey . . .
Peace: France and China
Peace: France and Russia...
f Stipulating marriage of Hen- ]
ry V. with Catharine, etc. :
England, France, and Bur-
gundy
Terminating the war of the
Spanish succession
Peace: Charles VI. of Ger-
many and Louis XV. of
France
Peace: France and Austria. . .
f Confirming treaty of Chau- 1
mont, 1 Mcb. 1814: Great !
Britain, Austria, Russia, [
and Prussia J
(Peace: Austria and Prussiaf
I with Denmark j
Peace : Austria and Italy
(Ending the Thirty Years' |
\ war.
f Peace: Austria, France, and
\ Sardinia
14 Sept.
2 May,
7 Oct.
15 Sept.
18 Sept.
1829
1668
1748
1566
1739
13 July, 1878
8 May,
28 May,
5 Aug.
17 Oct.
26 Jan.
25 Dec.
10 May,
15 Feb.
July,
6 July,
15 Nov.
15 July,
9 Feb.
10 Aug.
30 Aug.
3 May,
1812
1529
1797
1699
1745
1871
1763
1774
1827
1831 ^
1840
1801
1678
1721
}
10 Feb. 1763
6 Jan. 1810
11 Apr. 1814
2 Aug. 1815
30 Mch. 1856
21 July, 1718
12 Aug. 1552
30 May, 1G35
23 Aug. 1866
26 Dec. 1805
7 Nov. 1659
Sept. -Oct.
1667
3 Mch. 1878
26 June, 1858
9 June, 1885
7 July, 1807
21 May, 1420
11 Apr. 1713
18 Nov. 1738
14 Oct. 1809
23 Mch. 1815
30 Oct. 1864
3 Oct. 1866
24 Oct. 1648
10 Nov. 1859
TRE
Other important treaties are mentioned under the following
articles :
809 TRE
PRINCIPAL TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS, KTC. — (Continued.)
Abo.
Conflans.
Akerman.
Constantinople
Allahabad.
Fontainebleau.
Antalcidas.
Fuessen.
Antwerp.
Gastein.
Armed neutral-
Grand alliance.
ity.
Hague, The
Arras.
Holy alliance.
Barrier.
Japan (1858).
Basel.
Kiel.
Berlin.
Leagues.
Chaumont.
Melhuen,
Milan.
Munster.
Paris.
Partition treaties.
Peterswald.
Pilnitz.
Quadruple treaty.
Rastadt.
Ratisbon.
Reichenbach.
St. Ildefonzo.
St. Petersburg.
Smalcald.
Stockholm.
Suncion.
Tolentino.
TOplitz.
Transvaal.
Triple alliance.
Ulm.
Valenpay.
Versailles.
Vossem.
Warsaw.
principal treaties and conventions of the united
states with other powers (exclusive of postal
conventions).
Note.— Treaties indicated by T. Conventions by C.
Foreign power and object of treaty.
Where concluded.
Date.
Algiers :
Algiers
San Jose
Washington ...
Washington . . .
Vienna
Berlin.
5 Sept. 1795
T. " " "
6 July, 1815
24 Dec. 1816
T. " " "
1 Argentine Confederation :
1 T. Free navigation of Parana)
and Uruguay j
10 July, 1853
T. Friendship, commerce, navi- 1
gation ... . , 1
27 July, "
Austria :
T. Commerce, navigation
T. Commerce and navigation
26 Aug. 1829
8 May, 1848
3 July, 1856
11 July, 1870
20 Sept. "
25 Nov. 1871
Austro- Hungary :
C. Rights of consuls
C. Trade-marks
Baden :
C Extradition
30 .Tan 1857
T Naturalization
Carlsruhe
Berlin
19 July, 1868
21 Jan. 1845
Bavaria :
C. Abolishing droit d'aubaine)
and taxes on emigration. . . j
London
Munich
Brussels
Washington ...
Brussels
Washington . . .
La Paz . . . .
12 Sept. 1853
26 May, 1868
10 Nov. 1845
17 July, 1858
20 May, 1863
20 July, "
16 Nov. 1868
T. Citizenship of emigrants
K Belgium :
Iv T. Commerce and navigation ....
■K-" C. Peace, amity, commerce, etc..
Jm C. Completing treaty of 1858
^ T. To extinguish Scheldt dues
i C. Naturalization
20 Dec. "
C. Extradition
19 Mch. 1874
T. Commerce and navigation
8 Mch. 1875
9 Mch. 1880
C. Trade-marks
7 Apr. 1884
13 May, 1858
23 June, 1850
12 Dec. 1828
Bolivia :
T. Peace, friendship, commerce,)
navigation J
Borneo :
C. Peace, friendship, good un- )
i derstanding (
1 Brazil :
"( T. Peace and amity
Rio de Janeiro.
Washington ...
Washington . . .
Santiago
Wang Hiya
Tien-Tsin
Shang- Hai
Washington . . .
Peking
Bogota
Yin-Chuen ....
Washington ...
San Jose
Washington . . .
Copenhagen. . . .
C. Satisfying U. S. claims
27 Jan. 1849
24 Sept. 1878
21 Aug. 1854
5 Dec. 1825
16 May, 1832
10 Nov. 1858
Brunswick and Luxemburg :
Central America :
C. Peace, amity, navigation, etc. .
Chili:
C. Peace, commerce, and navi- )
gation J
C. Arbitration of Macedonian^
claims • • • f
China :
' T. Peace, amity, and commerce. ..
T. "
3 July, 1844
18 June, 1858
8 Nov "
C. Additions to treaty of 18 June, )
1858 j
T. Immigration
28 July, 1868
17 Nov 1880
T. Commercial and judicial
Colombia :
C. Peace, amity, commerce,)
navigation )
C. Extradition
3 Oct. 1824
7 May, 1888
22 May, 1882
10 July, 1851
2 July, 1860
26 Apr. 1826
28 Mch. 1830
Corea :
T. Peace, amity, commerce,)
navigation j
Costa Rica :
T. Friendship, commerce, navi- )
gation )
Denmark :
C. Friendship, commerce, navi- )
gation 1
C. To indemnify the U. S
Foreign power and object of treaty.
Denmark (continued) :
C. Discontinuance of Sounddues
C. Naturalization
Dominican Republic :
C. Amity, commerce, naviga-
tion, extradition
Ecuador :
T. Friendship, commerce, navi-
gation
C. Mutual adjustment of claims
C. Naturalization
T. Extradition
Egypt :
C. Concerning commerce and
customs
France :
T. Alliance
T. Amity and commerce
C. Payment of loan
C. Power of consuls
C. Navigation and commerce . .
C. Claims for indemnity
C. Extradition
C. Consular
C. Trade marks
C. Claims
French Republic :
C. Terminating difficulties
T. Regarding treaty of 27 Oct. 1795
Guatemala :
C. Peace, amity, commerce, )
navigation \
German Empire :
C. Consuls and trade marks
Great Britain :
C. Armistice
T. Peace
T. Amity, commerce, navigation . .
C. Regarding treaty of 1794
T. Peace and amity
C. Regulating commerce
C. Naval force on great lakes, U.S.
C. Fisheries, northern boundary, l
etc )
T. Indemnification
C. Award
C. Boundary
T. Boundary,slave trade, extra- )
dition j
T. Oregon boundary, etc
C. Nicaragua ship canal
C. Settlement of claims
T. Fisheries, etc
T. Suppression of slave trade
T. Hudson's bay and Puget's)
sound claims J
C. Naturalization
C. Slave-trade
T. Fisheries, Alabama claims, etc.
C. Trade-marks
C. Supplementing extradition \
treaty of 9 Aug. 1842 )
Greece :
T. Commerce and navigation
Hamburg, Bremen, and Lubeck :
C. Friendship, commerce, and)
navigation )
C. Extending jurisdiction of)
consuls )
Hanover :
T. Commerce and navigation
T. » " "
C. Extradition
T. Stado or Brunshausen dues)
abolished j
Hawaiian islands :
T. Friendship, commerce., navi-l
gation ; )
C. Commercial reciprocity
Hayti :
T. Amity, commerce, naviga-)
tion, etc )
Hesse- Cassel :
C. Droit d'aubaine and tax on)
emigration abolished )
Hesse- Darmstadt :
T. Naturalization
Italy :
C. Consular
C. Extradition
T. Commerce and navigation
C. Consular priv "
C. Consular rights.
Japan :
T. Peace, amity, commerce, etc.
T. Commercial"; ports opened. . .
T. Peace, amity, and commerce.
Where concluded.
Washington ...
Copenhagen —
Santo Domingo.
Quito
Guyaquil . . .
Washington
Quito
Cairo
Paris
Versailles ..
Washington
Paris
Washington
Guatemala.
Berlin . . . .
Versailles.
Paris
London. ..
Ghent
London
Washington
London
St. Petersburg.
London
Washington
London
Washington
London
Washington
London
Washington
London ,
Washington ...
Berlin. ..
Hanover.
London . .
Washington . . .
Porte au-Prince
Berlin.
Darmstadt
Washington ...
Florence
Washington .,
Kanagawa..
Simoda
Yedo
Date.
11 Apr. 1857
20 July, 1872
8 Feb. 1867
13 June, 1839
25 Nov. 1862
6 May, 1872
28 June, "
16 Nov. 1884
16 July,
14 Nov.
24 June,
4 July,
9 Nov.
23 Feb.
16 Apr.
15 Jan.
30 Sept.
30 Apr.
1782
1788
1822
1831
1843
1853
1800
1803
Mch. 1849
11 Dec. 1871
20 Jan. 1783
3 Sept. "
19 Nov. 1794
8 Jan. 1802
24 Dec. 1814
3 July, 1815
Apr. 1817
20 Oct. 1818
12 July, 1822
13 Nov. 1826
29 Sept. 1827
9 Aug. 1842
15 June, 1846
17 Apr. 1850
8 Feb, 1853
5 June, 1854
7 Apr. 1862
1 July, 1863
13 May, 1870
3 June, "
8 May, 1871
24 Oct. 1878
12 July, 1889
(10-22 Dec.
I 1837
20 Dec. 1827
30 Apr. 1852
20 May, 1840
10 June, 1846
18 Jan. 1855
6 Nov. 1861
20 Dec. 1849
30 Jan. 1875
3 Nov. 1864
26 Mch. 1844
1 Aug. 1868
8 Feb. "
23 Mch. "
26 Feb. 1871
8 May, 1878
24 Feb. 1881
31 Mch. 1854
17 June, 1857
29 July, 1858
26*
TRE
PRINCIPAL TRKATIKS AND CONVKNTIONS, KTC— (Continued.)
810 TRE
PKINCIPAL TUEATIKS AND CONVKNTIONS, ETC. — (Contintied.)
Kuraifu powor and ob}wt of treaty.
Jupun (continued) :
C. Reducing import duties
C. ludemnitioa (U. S., (Jreat
Britain, Fnince, and Hol-
land sign)
C. Regarding oxi>euse of ship- 1
wrecks )
T E-KtradiUon
' Loo-Choo:
C. Permitting unobstructed trade
Liberia :
T. Commerce and navigation —
Luxemburg :
T. E.xtradition ;
Madagascar :
T. Commerce
Mexico :
T. E.xtradition
C. Aiyustment of claims
C. Citizenship of emigrants
C. Mutual right to pursue Ind- )
ians across the boundary. . )
C. Commercial
C. International boundary
Mexican Republic :
C. Adjustment of claims
T. Peace, friendship, limits
T. Boundary, etc
Morocco :
T. Peace and friendship
T. Peace
C. To maintain lighthouse at!
cape Spartel. (Signed by
U. S., Austria, Belgium, I
Spain, France,Great Britain, |
Italy, Netherlands, Portugal,
Sweden) J
C. Protection (signed by 13)
powers) J
Muscat :
T. Amity and commerce. ,
Nassau :
C. Abolishing droit d'aubaine
Netherlands :
T. Amity and commerce
T. Commerce and navigation
C. Commercial
C. Consular
C. "
C. Extradition
C. "
New Granada :
T. Peace, amity, navigation, 1
commerce )
C. Consular powers
C. Claims
Nicaragua :
T. Friendship, commerce, navi- )
gation )
C. Extradition
Orange Free State :
C. Friendship, commerce, ex-)
tradition j
Ottoman Empire :
T. Commerce and navigation
C. Extradition
Ottoman Porte :
T. Friendship
Paraguay :
C. Friendship, commerce, navi- )
gation j
Persia :
T Friendship and commerce
Peru :
C. Peru to pay cUiims of $300,000.
T. Friendship, commerce, navi- )
gation (
C. Rights of neutrals at sea . .
C. Claims
C. "
C. Adjustment of claims
T. Friendship, commerce, navi-)
gation ./
T. Extradition
T. Friendship, commerce, navi- )
gation )
Peru- Bolivia Confederation :
C. Peace, friendship, commerce, )
navigation J
Portugal :
T. Commerce and navigation
C. Portugal to pay $91,727)
claims, etc f
Prussia :
T. Amity and commerce
Wliere concluded.
Yedo
Yokohama
Tokio
Napa . . .
London .
Berlin . .
Antananarivo .
Mexico
Washington
Washington
(Guadalupe
( Hildago)
Mexico
Tangier.
Madrid
Muscat
Berlin
The Hague..
Washington
The Hague..
Washington
Bogota
Washington . .
Managua
Bloemfontein...
Constantinople ,
Constantinople.
Lima .,
Lima
Lisbon
Washington
28 Jan. 1864
22 Oct. "
17 May, 1880
29 Apr. 1886
11 July, 1854
21 Oct 1862
29 Oct. 1883
14 Feb. 1867
11 Dec. 1861
4 July, 1868
10 July, "
29 July, 1882
1883-
1884
20 Jan.
12 Nov.
11 Apr.
2 Feb.
30 Dec.
1839
1848
1853
.Jan. 17€7
16 Sept. 1836
31 May, 1865
3 July, 1880
21 Sept. 1833
27 May, 1846
8 Oct. 1782
19 Jan. 1839
26 Aug. 1852
22 Jan. 1855
23 May, 1878
22 May, 1880
2 June, 1887
12 Dec. 1846
4 May, 1850
10 Sept. 1857
21 June, 1867
25 June, 1870
22 Dec. 1871
25 Feb.
11 Aug.
1862
1874
7 May, 1830
4 Feb. 1859
13 Dec. 1856
17 Mch. 1841
26 July, 1851
22 July, 1856
20 Dec. 1862
12 Jan. 1863
4 Dec. 1868
6 Sept. 1870
12 Sept. "
31 Aug. 1887
30 Nov. 1836
26 Aug. 1840
26 Feb. 1851
f July-Sept.
1785
Foreign power and object of treaty.
Where concluded.
Date.
Prussia (continued) :
Berlin
11 Julv, 1799
T. Commerce and navigation
T. Regulating citizenship of )
emigrants )
Prussia and German Confederation:
C Extradition ..
Washington ...
1 May, 1828
22 Feb. 1868
Washington . . .
Bucharest
St. Petersburg..
Washington . . .
16 June. 1852
Roumania :
C. Consular
) 5-17 June,
Russia :
C. Navigation, fishery, boundary.
T, Navigation and commerce
( 1881
1 5-17 Apr.
1 1824
6-18 Dec.
\ 1832
22 July, 1854
30 Mch. 1867
27 Jan. 1868
21 Apr. 1893
2 Jan. 1850
T. Cession of Russian possessions.
Addition to treaty of 1832
San Salvador :
T. Amity, navigation, commerce.
C. Extradition
San Salvador. . .
Washington . . .
23 May, 1870
6 Dec. "
17 Jan. 1878
26 Nov. 1838
T. Amity, commerce, consular )
privileges |
Samoan islands :
T. Friendship and commerce
Sardinia :
T. Commerce and navigation
Saxony :
C. Abolition of droit d'aubaine. . .
Berlin
14 May, 1845
20 Mch. 1833
Siam,:
Bankok
Washington ...
1 San Lorenzo |
( el Real )
Madrid
Washington . . .
Madrid
Paris
T. Friendship, commerce, etc
Regulating liquor traffic in Siam.
Spain :
T. Friendship, limits, navigation.
C Indemnification
29 May, 1856
14 May, 1884
27 Oct. 1795
11 Aug. 1802
22 Feb. 1819
17 Feb. 1834
T. Amity, settlement, limits
C. Extradition
5 Jan. 1877
Sweden :
3 Apr. 1783
4 Sept. 1816
4 July, 1827
T. Friendship and commerce
Sweden and Norway :
T. Navigation, commerce, con- )
Stockholm
Stockholm
Washington . . .
Stockholm
Washington . . .
Berne
Houston
Washington ...
fU. S. steamer )
1 Mohican]
Tripoli
C. Extradition
21 Mch. 1860
C. Naturalization
26 May, 1869
18 May, 1847
25 Nov. 1850
11 Apr. 1838
25 Apr. "
2 Oct. 1886
4 Nov. 1796
Swiss Confederation :
C. Abolishing droit d'aubaine)
and taxes on emigration. . . j
C. Friendship, commerce, etc
Texas :
Tonga :
T. Amity, commerce, navigation.
Tripoli :
T. Peace and amity
4 June, 1805
26 Mch. 1799
Tunis :
Two Sicilies :
C. Regarding depredation of »
Murat j
Naples
14 Oct. 1832
T. Commerce and navigation
C. Rights of neutrals at sea
C. Peace, friendship, commerce, )
etc 1
United Mexican States :
T. Limits
1 Dec 1845
u
13 Jan 1855
u
1 Oct. "
Mexico
Caracas
Valencia
Caracas
Berlin
12 Jan. 1828
T. Amity, commerce, navigation.
Venezuela :
T. Peace, friendship, navigation, )
commerce J
5 Apr. 1831
20 Jan. 1836
C. Satisfying Aves island claims. .
T. Amity, commerce, naviga- )
tion extradition )
14 Jan. 1859
27 Aug. 1860
C Referring claims
25 Apr. 1866
10 Apr. 1844
27 July, 1868
3 July, 1886
Wilrtemberg :
C. Abolishing droit d'aubaine)
and taxes on emigration . . . )
Stuttgart
Zanzibar
Zanzibar :
C. EnlargingtreatywithMuscat, )
1833 )
GENERAL CONVENTIONS.
C. With Belgium, Brazil, Dominican Republic, France, Great
Britain, Guatemala, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Por-
tugal, Salvador, Scrvia, Spain, Sweden, Swiss Confedera-
tion, and Tunis; convention for the protection of industrial
property, signed at Paris 20 Mch. 1883
C. With Belgium, Brazil, Italy, Portugal, Servia, Spain, and
Switzerland,. for exchange of official documents and liter-
ary publications; signed at Brussels 15 Mch. 1886
C. With Germany, Great Britain and Ireland, general act
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for ueutrality of Samoan islands, signed at Berlin,
U June, 1889
C. With foreign powers for an international union to publish
customs tariffs; signed at Brussels 5 July, 1890
Trebia, now Trebtoia, a river in N. Italy, near the
mouth of which Hannibal defeated the Roman consul Sem-
pronius, 218 B.C., his second battle and victor j'^ after crossing
tiie Alps; here also Siiwarrow defeated the French marshal
Macdonald and compelled him to retreat, 17-19 June, 1799.
Trcto'izoild, formerly Trape'ZUS, a port of Asia
Minor in the Black sea, was colonized by the Greeks, and be-
came subject to the kings of Pontus. It was the first Greek col-
ony reached by the "Ten Th6usand Greeks" on their retreat
after the battle of Cunaxa. It enjoyed self-government under
the Roman empire, and when the Latins took Constantinople,
ill 1204, it became the seat of an empire which endured till
1401, when it was conquered by the Turks under Mahomet II.
tree§. Arbou day-, Flowers and Plants. For
Charter Oak, Connecticut, 1687 and 1856; and Penn's
" Treaty Elms," Pennsylvanlv, 1682.
Trent, the ancient T?-identum, a city of the Tyrol, Aus-
tria. The council held here is reckoned in the Roman Catholic
church as the 18th general council. Its decisions have been
implicitly received as the standard of faith, morals, and dis-
cipline in that church. It first sat 13 Dec. 1545, and con-
tinued (with interruptions) under popes Paul III., Julius III.,
and Pius IV. to 4 Dec. 1563; its last sitting, the 2oth. A
jubilee in relation to this council was celebrated in June, 1863.
At this council was decreed, with anathemas, the canon of Scripture
(including the Apocrypha), and the church its sole interpreter;
the traditions to be equal with Scripture; the seven sacraments
(baptism, confirmation, the Lords supper, penance, extreme unc-
tion, orders, and matrimony), transulistantiation, purgatory, in-
dulgences, celibacy of the clergy, auricular confession, etc.
Trent affair. On 7 Nov. 1861, James M. Mason
of Virginia, Confederate envoy to Great Britain, and John
Slidell of Louisiana, accredited to France, embarked at Ha-
vana in the British mail steamer T7'e?it for England. The
U. S. steamship San Jacinto, capt. Wilkes, was v/atching for
the Trent in the Bahama channel, 240 miles from Havana,
€apt. Wilkes having decided, on his own responsibilitj-, to
seize the 2 Confederate envoys. The Sati Jacinto met the
Trent on the forenoon of 8 Nov., signalled her to stop in vain,
and then fired a shot across her bow. Her captain unwillingly
allowed Mason and Slidell, with their secretaries, to be taken
on board the Sa7i Jacinto. Capt. Wilkes reached Boston on
19 Nov., and the 2 ministers were confined in fort Warren.
This seizure was received with favor in the U. S., but Great
Britain demanded from the government at Washington a
formal apology and the immediate release of the prisoners.
Lord John Russell instructing the minister, lord Lyons, at
Washington, 30 Nov. 1861, that unless a satisfactory answer
were given within 7 days he might, at his discretion, with-
draw the legation and return to England. This despatch
was received on 18 Dec. ; on the 19th lord Lyons called on
Mr. Seward, and in a personal interview an amicable adjust-
ment was made possible by the moderation of both diplomats.
On 26 Dec. Mr. Seward transmitted to lord Lyons the reply of
the U. S., in which the illegality of the seizure was recognized,
while the satisfaction of the U. S. government was expressed
in the fact that a principle for which it had long contended
was thus accepted by the British government. Mason and Sli-
dell were at once released, and sailed for England 1 Jan. 1862.
Trenton, Battle of. At the close of Nov. 1776, the
British occupied New Jersej'', and only the Delaware river shut
off Cornwallis from Philadelphia. Washington had crossed
the Delaware 2 Dec, securing every boat, so that the British
were unable to follow. The British army, in fancied security,
held an extended line. A detachment of Hessians, 1500
strong, under col. Rahl, with a force of 500 cavalry, were at
Trenton, while count Donop, with another force of 2000 men,
was at Bordentown. Washington determined to surprise col.
Rahl. On the evening of 25 Dec. 1776, with 2400 men and
20 pieces of artillery, he recrossed the Delaware a few miles
above Trenton. Owing to the darkness and the floating ice
in the river it was 4 o'clock on the morning of the 26th before
the entire force had crossed, and although the Americans did
not reach Trenton until after daylight, the enemy were sur-
prised. A severe engagement ensued. The British cavalry
and some infantry escaped, but about 1000 men with 6 pieces
of artillery were captured. Among the fatally wounded was
col. Rahl, the commander. Washington recrossed the river to
his camp before midnight of the 26th. Pkincetox.
Trevc§ (trav) or Trier, the Roman Treviri, in Rhen-
ish Prussia, was a prosperous city of the Gauls, 12 b.c. The
emperor Gallienus held his court here, 255 a.d. The church
of St. Simeon dates from the 4th century. Treves was made
an electorate in the 14th centurj^, and became subject to the
archbishop in 1585. Councils held here, 385-1423. The arch-
bishopric is said to have been founded before the 7th century,
and to be the oldest in Germany. After various changes,
Treves was acquired by Prussia, June, 1835. In 1844, much
excitement was occasioned by miracles said to have been
wrought by a " holy coat."
" Tria Juneta in Uno " (" three joined in one "),
motto of the knights of the military order of the Bath, Engl.,
signifying " faith, hope, and charity." Bath.
trial (Gr. Tsipoj, Lat. iej-o, to wear out, to distress, to af-
flict). Examination bj' tests or experiments. — The formal
examination before a judge and generally before a jury, by
means of witnesses, in a court of law, as to whether certain al-
leged facts or charges are true or not, as below. Regulations for
conducting trials were made by Lothaire and Edric, kings of
Kent, about 673 to 68p. Alfred the Great is said to have begun
trials by jury; but there is good evidence of such before his
time.— Trial at bar signifies by the whole court or a plurality
of judges. This plan was adopted at Bristol after the riots of
1832 ; also at O'Connell's trial, 1844 ; and arranged for the trial
of the claimant of theTichborne estates for perjury, in Apr. 1873.
famous ENGLISH TRIALS.
GuNPOWDER-PLOT conspirators, Digby, R. Winter, Grant, and
Bates, 30 Jan. ; T. Winter, Rookwood, Keys, and Fawkes, 31
Jan.; Henry Garnelt, Jesuit, at London 3 May, 160G
Earl and countess of Somerset and others for the murder of
sir Thomas Overbury 1613
John Felton; for murder of duke of Buckingham; hanged at
Tyburn 28 Nov. 1628
King Charles L , 20 Jan. ; beheaded 30 Jan. 1649
f Edward Coleman convicted, 27 Nov. ; William
Ireland and other priests 17 Dec. 1678
Robert Green and others, 10 Feb. ; Thomas
Whitebreadandother Jesuits, 13 June; Rich-
ard Langhorne, counsellor 14 June, 1679
Sir George Wakeman, queen's physician, ac-
quitted 13 July, "
[ Viscount Stafford convicted 30 Nov. -7 Dec. 1681
Rye-house plot: convicted; William (lord) Russell, 13 July;
Algernon Sidney 21 Nov. 1683
Charnock, King, and Keys, 18 Mch. ; sir John Friend and sir
William Perkins ("assassination plot") 3 Apr. 1696
Capt. William Kidd and 3 others; piracy 23 May, 1701
James, earl of Derwentwater, and William, earl of Kenraure;
rebellion ; Tower hill 24 Feb. 1716
John Price, the hangman; murder, Bunhill row 21 May, 1718
Jack Sheppard, highwayman ; Tyburn 16 Nov. 1724
Richard Turpin, highwayman; York 7 or 10 Apr. 1739
Jenny Diver, for felony ; executed 18 Mch. 1740
William Duell, executed for murder at Tyburn, came to life
when about to be dissected at Surgeons' hall 24 Nov. "
Lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino, for high-treason. . .28 July, 1746
Mary Hamilton, for marrying with her own sex, 14 wives, 7 Oct. "
Lord Lovatt, 80 years of age, for high-treason ; beheaded, 9 Mch. 1747
Freuey, the celebrated Irish robber, who surrendered himself,
9 July, 1749
Amy Hutchinson, burned at Ely, for the murder of her hus-
band 5 Nov. 1750
Miss Blandy, for the murder of her father; hanged 3 Mch. 1752
AnnWilliam.s, for murder of her husband; burned alive, 11 Apr. 1753
Richard William Vaughan, first forger of Bank of England
notes 11 May, 1758
Eugene Aram; murder; York 6 Aug. 1759
Earl Ferrers; murder of his steward; Tyburn 5 May, 1760
John Perrott; fraudulent bankrupt; Smithfleld 11 Nov. 1761
Ann Bedingfleld, for murder of husband; burned alive. .6 Apr. 1763
Elizabeth Browurigg; murder of her apprentice; Tyburn,
14 Sept. 1767
Great cause between the families of Hamilton and Douglas,
27 Feb. 1769
Great Valencia cause in Irish house of peers 18 Mch. 1772
Cause of Somerset, the slave (Slavery) 22 June, "
Elizabeth Herring, for the murder of her husband; hanged
and burned at Tyburn 13 Sept. 1773
Daniel and Robert Perreau, wine-merchants; forgery; Tyburn,
17 Jan. 1776
Rev. dr. Dodd, found guilty of forging a bond in the name of
lord Chesterfield, for 4200^. High influence was exerted to
save him; but before the council, the minister of the day
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said to George III., "If your majesty pardon dr. Dodd, you
will have murdered the I'erreaus" 27 June,
Lord George Gordon, aoquiued ui high -treason 5 Feb.
Warren Hajslings; a trial which lasted 7 years and 3 months
(Ha!«tino8'8 trial); commenced 13 Feb.
Christian Murphy (or Bowman), a woman ; strangled and
burned for coining 18 Mch.
Thomiis Paine, iwlitical writer and deist, for libels in the
" R ghts of .Man ;" conviclod 18 Dec.
Messrs. Hartly, Home Tooke, Thelwall, and Joyce, for high-
tr»>ason; acquitted 29 Oct.
Parker, mutineer at the Nore, called adm. Parker (Mutiny),
27 June,
Sir Harry Brown Hayes, for carrying off Miss Pike of Cork,
13 Apr.
Halflcld, for shooting at George III. (Hatfield's attkmpt),
26 June,
Mutineers at Bantry bay; hanged 8 Jan.
Gov. Wall, for cruelty and murder 20 years before (tried under
3;) Hen. VIII. c. 23) 20 Jan.
Col. Dcspard and associates, for high treason; hanged on the
top of Horsemongcr laue jail (Dkspard's conspieacv), 7 Feb.
Robert Aslett, cashier at bank of Kngland, for embezzlement
and fniuds; loss to the bank, 320,000^. ; acquitted, the bills
being invalid 18 July,
John Hatfield (a rank impostor, who married by deceit the cele-
brated " Beauty of Buttermero"); forgery; Carlisle.. 3 Sept.
Robert Emmett, at Dublin, for high-treason; executed ne.st
day 19 Sept.
William Cooper, the Hackney monster, for offences against
females 17 Apr.
Warrington gang, for unnatural offences; executed 23 Aug.
Gen. Picton, for torture of Louisa Cakleron, to extort confes-
sion, at Trinidad (under 42 Geo. III. c. 85) in King's Bench;
guilty (new trial, same verdict, 11 June, 1808) 24 Feb.
lion. capt. lAke, for landing Robert Jefiery, a British seaman,
at Sombrero; dismissed the service 10 Feb.
Lord Louth, in Dublin; sentenced to imprisonment and fine,
for oppressive conduct as a magistrate 19 June,
Berkeley cause, house of peers, concluded 28 June,
Bellingham, for murder of Mr. Perceval, prime minister,
15 May,
Hugh Fitzpatrick, for publishing Scully's "History of the
Penal Iaws " 6 Feb.
Eliza Fenning; poisoning; Old Bailey 26 July,
[Believed to be innocent; she denied her guilt on the
scaffold, and thousands accompanied her funeral. In the
Annual Register for 1857, p. 143, it is stated, on the author-
ity of Mr. Gurney, that she confessed the crime to James
Upton, a Baptist minister, before her execution.]
Vaughan, a police officer, Mackay, and Browne, for conspiracy
to instigate felonies to obtain the reward; convicted, 21 Aug.
Hone, bookseller, for parodies; 3 trials before lord Ellenbor-
ough; extemporaneous and successful defence 18-20 Dec.
Appeal of murder case; Ash ford, brother of Mary Ash ford,
against Abraham Thornton, accused of her murder (Appeals)
and acquitted 16 Apr.
Rev. dr. O'Hallorun, for forging a frank (Transportation),
9 Sept.
Robert Johnston, at Edinburgh; his dreadful execution, 30 Dec.
Carlile, for publishing Paine's "Age of Reason," etc 15 Oct.
Thistlewood, Ings, Brunt, Davidson, and Tidd, for con.spiracy
to murder the king's ministers; commenced (Cato street
conspiracy) 17 Apr.
Queen Caroline; house of lords, for adultery, commenced 16
Aug.; ended (Queen Caroline's trial) 10 Nov.
David Haggart. an extraordinary robber, and a man of event-
ful life, at Edinburgh, for the murder of a turnkey... 9 June,
Josiah Cadman ; forgery ; hanged 21 Nov.
" Earl of Portsmouth's case" commenced 18 Mch.
Henry Fauntleroy, banker of London, for forgery; hanged,
30 Oct.
Edward Lowe; coining (the last coiner drawn on a sledge to
the scaffold); Old Bailey 22 Nov.
Capt. Charles Montgomery, ordered for execution for forgery,
took an ounce and a half of prussic acid to escape the gal-
lows, and was found dead in his cell 4 July,
Burke, at Edinburgh, for the Burking murders; Hare, his ac-
complice, became informer (Burking) 24 Dec.
Thomas Maynard, the last executed for forgery 31 Dec.
Clune, etc., at Ennis, for cutting out the tongues of the Doyles,
4 Mch.
Mr. Comyn, for burning his house in county Clare; hanged,
6 Mch.
Rev. Robert Taylor (called " the Devil's chaplain "), for reviling
the Redeemer; convicted 6 July,
John Any Bird Bell, 14 years of age, for the murder of Rich-
ard Taylor, aged 13; hanged at Maidstone 1 Aug
Bishop and Williams, for murder of the Italian boy (Burking).
3 Dec.
Elizabeth Cooke, for murder of Mrs. Walsh, by "burking, "6 Jan.
Rev. Edward Irving, by the Scots church for heresy; expelled
(Irvingites) 13 Mch.
Hon. G. C. Norton v. lord Melbourne, in Common Pleas, for
crim. con. with hon. Mrs. Norton; acquitted 22 June,
Edward Oxford attempts the life of queen Victoria; adjudged
insane, and confined in Bethlehem 9, 10 July,
Allen Bogle v. Lawson, publisher of the Times, for libel in
stating the plaintiff to be connected with bank forgers
throughout Europe in schemes to defraud messrs. Glyn &
Company, bankers of London, by fictitious letters of credit;
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damages, one farthing. This exposure, so honorable to the
Times, leads to the Times testimonial 16 Aug.
Beaumont Smith, for large forgery of exchequer bills; pleads
guilty ; sentenced to transportation for life 4 Dec.
John Francis, attempt to assassinate queen Victoria. .17 June,
Samuel Sidney Smith, forgery; transported for life 29 Nov.
Rev. W. Bailey, LL.D., forgery; transported for life 1 Feb.
Mary Furley, for murder of her child in despair 16 Apr.
William Henry Barber, Joshua Fletcher, Georgiana Dorey,
William Saunders, and Susannah, his wife, all convicted of
forging a will, 15 Apr. ; sentenced 22 Apr.
[In 1848 Mr. Barber returned to England with a free par-
don, his innocence acknowledged by his prosecutors; he was
readmitted to practice as an attorney; and on 3 Aug. 1859,
by recommendation of a select conimttee of the House of
Commons, the sum of 5000i. was voted him "as a national
acknowledgment of the wrong he had suffered from an er-
roneous prosecution."]
Spanish pirates, for murder of 10 Englishmen at sea. .26 July,
Rev. dr. Wetherall, for crim. con. with Mrs. Cooke, his daugh-
ter 16 Aug.
Mitchell, the Irish confederate; transported for 14 years (Ire-
land) 26 May,
William Smith O'Brien, Meagher, and confederates; sentence,
death; afterwards commuted to transportation (pardoned in
1856) 9 Oct.
Gorham v. the bishop of Exeter; ecclesiastical case; judg-
ment in the court of arches against plaintiff. 2 Aug.
[The bishop refused to institute Mr. Gorham into the living
of Bramptou-Speke, in Devonshire, alleging want of ortho-
doxy in denying baptismal regeneration; the court held the
charge of false doctrine proved. Sir. Gorham appealed to the
judicial committee of the privy council, which pronounced
its opinion (8 Mch. 1850) that "the doctrine held by Mr.
Gorham was not contrary or repugnant to the declared doc-
trine of the church of England, and that Mr. Gorham ought
not, by reason of the doctrine held by him, to have been
refused admission to the vicarage of Brampton- Speke."
On appeal to 3 courts of law, each court refused to interfere,
and Mr. Gorham was instituted into his vicarage, 7 Aug. 1850.]
Sloanes, man and wife, for starving their servant, Jane Wil-
bred " 5 Feb.
Sarah Chesham, for poisoning her husband; she had poisoned
several of her children and others; hanged 6 Mch.
Doyle V. Wright, for personal custody of miss Augusta Talbot,
a Roman Catholic ward of chancery, before the lord chan-
cellor ; protracted case 22 Mch.
Pierce Somerset Butler v. viscount Mountgarret; gaining a
peerage, defendant being proved illegitimate Aug.
Courts-martial on sir E. Belcher, capt. McClure, etc., for aban-
doning their ships in the Arctic regions; acquitted Oct.
William Palmer, for murder of J. P. Cook by poison. 14-27 May,
[He was executed at Stafford on 14 June, in the presence
of 50,000 persons. If he had been acquitted, he would have
been tried for the murder of his wife and brother.]
Leopold Redpath, for forgeries (to 150,000^.) upon Great North-
ern Railway company; transported for life 16 Jan.
Jem Saward, a barrister (called the Penman), William Ander-
son, and others, convicted of extensive forgery of bankers'
checks 5 Mch.
Patience Swynfen v. F. H. Swynfen; a will affirmed.. 27 July,
[Plaintiff was Patience Swynfen, widow of Henry John
Swynfen, son of the testator, Samuel Swynfen. Her husband
died 15 June, 1854, and his father on 16 July following, hav-
ing made a will 19 days before his death, devising the Swyn-
fen estate (worth about 60,000^.) to his son's wife, but leaving
a large personal estate undisposed of The defendant, F. H.
Swynfen, son of the testator's eldest half-brother, claimed
the estate as heir-at law on the ground of the testator's in-
sanity. The issue was brought to trial in Mch. 1856; but
proceedings were stayed by agreement of Mrs. Swynfen's
counsel, sir F. Thesiger, with the opposite counsel, sir Alex-
ander Cockburn, without her consent, and in defiance of her
instructions.. After various proceedings, the court of chan-
cery ordered a new trial. She gained her cause, mainly
through the energy of her counsel, Charles R. Kennedy, to
whom she had promised to pay 20,000^, but she married a
Mr. Broun, and repudiated Mr. Kennedy's claim. The latter
obtained a verdict in his favor on 29 Mch. 1862, which wa.s,
on appeal, finally reversed in Feb. 1864. Mrs. Swynfen wns
nonsuited in an action brought against her counsel (afterwards
lord Chelmsford and lord chancellor), in July, 1859, and June,
I860.]
Thellusson will case decided 9 June,
Thomas Smethurst, surgeon, for poisoning Isabella Bankes,
whom he had married during his wife's life; convicted,
15-19 Aug.
[He was reprieved on the ground of insufficient evidence;
but was convicted of bigamy, 16 Nov. 1859. On 11 Nov. 1H62,
he proved Miss Bankes's will, and obtained her property.]
Eugenia Plummer, 11 years, convicted of perjury against rev.
Mr. Hatch 14 May,
Thomas Hopley, schoolmaster, convicted of manslaughter of
Reginald Canceller, by flogging 23 July,
Miss Shedden v. Patrick (the plaintiff ably pleads her own cause,
but fails to prove the legitimacy of her father), 9 Nov. et seq.
Thelwall r. hon. mnj. Yelverton' The plaintiff sues for ex-
penses incurred by defendant's wife; the major denies the
validity of the marriage, having since married the widow of
prof Edward Forbes, the eminent naturalist. The court in
Dublin supports the first marriage 21 P"eb. to 4 Mch.
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[Miss Longworth endeavored to establish her marriage.
On appeal, the Scotch court annulled the marriage, July,
1862, and this judgment was affirmed by the House of Lords,
28 July, 1864, and again finally, 30 July, 1867. An attempt
to set aside the judgment of the House of Lords rejected by
the court of session, 29 Oct. 1868.]
Brook V. Brook. Marriage. The House of Lords on appeal
decides against the validity of such a marriage, even in a
foreign country 18 Mch. 1861
Beamish v. Beamish; the lords on appeal decide that a clergy-
man cannot celebrate marriage for himself 22 Apr. "
Emperor of Austria v. Day; verdict for plaintiff. The de-
fendant printed 100,000,000 florin notes on the bank of
Hungary, for Louis Kossuth. The notes are ordered to be
destroyed within 1 month, 6 May; judgment affirmed, 12 June, '•
Cardross case: John MacMillan, a free-church minister, is
expelled for drunkenness and misconduct, May, 1858. The
Glasgow synod and the general assembly of the free church
affirm the sentence. On appeal, the court of session sets
aside the decree (which involved temporalities), asserting
that the assembly had only spiritual authority July, "
Martin Doyle, barbarous attempted murder (last execution for
this crime) 27 Aug. "
Inquiry into sanity of William Frederick Wyndham (on be-
half of his relatives), to annul an injudicious marriage;
trial lasts 34 days; 140 witnesses examined; verdict, sane
mind 16 Dec. 1861, and 30 Jan. 1862
[Each i)arty to pay its own costs, Mch. 1862.]
Capt. Robertson, by court-martial; convicted of submitting to
ungenllemanly conduct from his brother officers; 30 days'
inquiry ; ended 24 Mch. "
[The court severely criticised, and sentence annulled.]
Queen on appeal of earl of Cardigan v. col. Calthorpe, for libel,
charging the earl with deserting his men at Balaklava, 25
Oct. 1855; verdict for defendant (who, however, admits his
error) 9, 10 June, 1863
Attorney-general v. Sillim and others, for building the Alex-
andra for the confederates, against the Enlistment act; ver-
dict for defendants 25 June, "
[Decision affirmed on appeal to lords, 6 Apr. 1864.]
Franz Muller, for the murder of Mr. Briggs in a railway car-
riage, 9 July ; convicted 27-29 Oct. 1864
Queen v. William Rumble, for infringement of Foreign Enlist-
ment act, in equipping the Rappahannock for the Confeder-
ate government; acquitted 4 Feb. 1865
Bishop Colenso's appeal to privy council; decision of bishop
of Capetown, deposing him, is annulled 21 Mch. "
Trials of Fenians for treason-felony; Thomas Clarke Luby,
sentenced to 20 years' penal servitude, 28 Nov.-l Dec;
O'Leary and others convicted; O'Donovan Rossa (previous-
ly convicted) sentenced to imprisonment for life, 13 Dec. ;
others convicted at Cork (Trials, U. S., 30 June, 1885). . Dec. "
Ryves & Ryves v. the attorney -general; an endeavor to prove
the marriage of king George III. with Hannah Wilmot, and
that of his brother Henry, duke of Cumberland, with Olive
Wilmot; the jury decides against the claim, and that Olive
Serres, the alleged mother of Mrs. Ryves, was not the legiti-
mate daughter of the duke of Cumberland, and that the 82
documents brought in evidence were forged (Mrs. Ryves d.
7 Dec. 1871) 13 June, 1866
Banda and Kirwee prize case (Indian mutiny) ; court of ad-
miralty awards 700,000^., to be divided among the soldiers of
gens. Whitelocke, Rose, Roberts, and others 30 June, "
Bishop Colenso v. Gladstone and others, trustees of colonial
bishopric fund (for withholding his stipend); verdict for
• plaintiff, with costs 6 Nov. "
George Druitt, M. Lawrence, and John Anderson, leaders of the
operative tailors' association, convicted of a misdemeanor
(organizing the system of "picketing," or watching men on
strike; and intimidating non-unionists; which began 24 Apr.
18«7) 21 Aug. 1867
Thirteen tailors convicted of "picketing" 22 Aug. "
Rigby Wason v. Walter (for publication of an alleged libel in
the Times — viz., a correct report of a debate in the House of
Lords, etc.); verdict for defendant, settling that such a re-
port is privileged 18-20 Dec. "
[Reaffirmed, 25 Nov. 1868. Mr. Wason d. July, 1875.]
Jfartin ?!. Mackonochie (for ritualistic practices); before dean
of arches, 4 Dec. 1867 ; closed 18 Jan. 1868
I'lamank v. Simpson; similar case; begun 5 Feb.; verdict
against elevation of sacrament, use of incense, and mixture
of water with wine in the communion 28 Mch. "
Trial of Fenians for Clerkenwell outrage, begun 20 Apr. ; all
acquitted except Michael Barrett 20-27 Apr. "
Barrett's the last public execution in England 26 May, "
Lyou V. Home (the spiritual medium). The plaintiff, a widow,
seeks to recover 60,000?. stock, given to Home at the alleged
command of her husband's spirit, between Oct. 1866 and Feb.
1867; instituted 15 June, 1867; trial, 21 Apr. to 1 May, 1868;
judgment for plaintiff, by the vice-chancellor, sirG. M. Giffard,
22 May, "
[The judge said of spiritualism, "the system, as presented
by the evidence, is mischievous nonsense; well calculated on
tlie one hand to delude the vain, the weak, the foolish, and
the superstitious; and on the other to assist the projects of
the needy and the adventurer."]
Mornington v. Wellesley, and Wellesley v. Mornington, 29 years
in chancery, decided (costs above 30,000^.); 22,000^ awarded
the countess of Mornington 7 May, "
Thomas Wells; for murder of Mr. Walsh, station-master at
Dover (first private execution) 13 Aug. "
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Chronford v. Lingo: female suffrage declared illegal ..7-9 Nov. 1868
Baxter v. Langley: Sunday-evening lectures declared not ille-
gal 19 Nov. "
Cooper V. Gordon; verdict for plaintiff; vice-chancellor decides
tiiat the majority of a congregation of dissenters may dis-
miss their minister for any cause 28 May, 1869
Smith V. Earl Brownlow: after long litigation, decision against
the enclosure of the common at Berkhampstead by lord of
the manor 14 Jan. 1870
Sir Charles Mordaunt r. lady Mordaunt and others, for div^orco:
preliminary trial of her sanity (declared insane, 30 Apr. 1869),
16-25 Feb. 1870; appeal, 27 Apr. 1870; judgment affirmed,
2 June, "
Bishop Goss (Roman Catholic) v. Hill and Whittaker: will case;
Mr. Moreton's will, bequeathing the chief of his property to
the bishop, set aside 16 June, "
Phillips V. Eyre, for imprisonment during Jamaica rebellion;
verdict for defendant 23 June, "
Michael Davitt and John Wilson, treason felony (Fenians),
18 July, "
Tichborne Case.
Tichborne v. Lushington: the plaintiff declared himself to be
sir Roger Charles Tichborne, supposed to have been lost at
sea ; and claimed the baronetcy and estates, worth about
2t,000Z. a year.
Roger Charles Tichborne, son of sir James, born 1829
Educated in France till about 1843
Enters the army 1849
Proposes marriage to his cousin Kate Doughty; declined. .Jan. 1852
Sails from Havre for Valparaiso (Mch.), and arrives there,
19 June, 1853
Sails from Rio Janeiro in the Bella^ which founders at sea, 20 Apr. 1854
[ In a chancery suit his death was legally proved.]
His mother advertises former son 19 May, 1865
Claimant (found by Gibbes and Cubitt in Australia) asserts that
he, saved with 8 others from the wreck, went to Australia,
and lived there, roughly, 13 years under the name of Castro;
marries as Castro, Jan. ; as Tichborne 3 July, 1866
He is accepted by the dowager lady Tichborne as her son at
Paris Jan. 1867
[Xoothers of the fiimily accepted him ; but sir Clifibrd Con-
stable and some brother officers did.]
His claim is resisted on behalf of sir Henry (a minor), son of
sir Alfred Tichborne; and after chancery proceedings (begun
Mch. 1867), a trial begins in the court of Common Pleas be-
fore chief justice Bovill 11 May, 1871
Claimant is examined 22 days; the trial adjourns on 40th day,
7. July; resumed 7 Nov. ; case for claimant closes 21 Dec. "
Trial resumed, 15 Jan. ; the attorney-general, sir J. D. Cole-
ridge, speaks 26 days; on 4 Mch. the jury express themselves
satisfied that the claimant is not sir Roger; on the 103d day
he is declared nonsuited 6 Mch. 1872
[Case said to have cost the estate nearly 92,000^.]
He is lodged in Newgate to be tried for perjury, 7 Mch. ; in-
dicted as Thomas Castro, otherwise Arthur Orton, for per-
jury and forgery 9 Apr. '*
Court of Queens Bench decides that he may be admitted to
bail, 23 Apr. ; released 26 Apr. '*
Trial of the claimant for perjury and forgery begun before
chief justice Cockburn, and justices Mellor and Lush at bar,
23 Apr.; case for the prosecution closes, 10 July; resumed
(for defence) 21 July, "
Lady Doughty, mother of sir Henry Tichborne, dies. . .13 Dec. "
[Up to 27 June (47th day of the trial), out of 150 witnesses
above 100 had sworn that the claimant was not Tichborne,
and about 40 that he was Arthur Orton.]
Guildford Onslow and G. H.Whalley, M.P.'s, fined for contempt
of court in speeches of 20 Jan. ; Mr. Skipworth, barrister,
for same offence, imprisoned 3 months and fined; claimant
to give securities for 1000/. for a similar offence 29 Jan. 1873
Claimant forbidden to attend public meetings 19 Sept. "
Cheltenham Chronicle fined 150i. for commenting on trial,
23 Sept. *'
Case for defence closes on 124th day, 27 Oct. ; adjourns from
31 Oct. to 17 Nov., then to 27 Nov. ; rebutting evidence heard,
27, 28 Nov. "
Dr. Kenealy's summing-up, 2 Dec. 1873-14 Jan. 1874; Mr.
Hawkins's reply 15-28 Jan. 1874
[Mr. Whalley, M.P., fined for contempt of court, 250?., 23
Jan.]
Chief-justice's summing-up 29 Jan.-28 Feb. "
Verdict : that the claimant did falsely swear that he was Roger
Charles Tichborne, that he seduced Catherine N. E. Doughty
in 1851, and that he was not Arthur Orton; sentence, 14
years' imprisonment with hard labor 28 Feb. "
[Longest trial known in England.]
Charles Orton declares the claimant to be his brother Arthur,
at the Globe office 10 Mch. '«
Jean Luie (Lindgren) and " capt." Brown , for perjury in the Tich-
borne trial, get 7 years and 5 years penal servitude, 9, 10 Apr. "
New trial refused Orton by the"judges 29 Apr. "
On appeal, sentence affirmed by the lords 10, 11 Mch. 1881
Released on Ticket-op-leave 20 Oct. 1884
Rev. John Selby Watson, eminent scholar, kills his wife in pas-
sion, 8 Oot. ; convicted and imprisoned for life 10-12 Jan. 1872
Baker v. Loader, widow.to whom 107,000Z.had been bequeathed;
in 10 years is reduced to poverty by imposition; she sues the
widow of her friend Loader and solicitors; vice-chancellor
Malins orders deeds to Loader to be cancelled; the solicitor
to pay his own costs 20 Nov. "
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Andrews v. Salt; deciglon by lord chancellor that a child shall
be educated as a Protestant hy grundmother, not by Roman
Catholic uncle; contlnned on appeal 6 May, 1873
Mordaunt r. Moncrieff (see 1870), divorce court; 3 judges hold
iosanity no bar to suit for divorce; 2 Judges that it is,
15 May, "
Rev. O'Koeffo v. cardinal Cullen (for libel, and virtually sus-
pending him ft-ora his olHce)- consideration of demurrer;
Judges (at Dublin) disagree; 3 liold that the papal ordinance
on wiiich the cardinal relied was prohibited by the statutes
of Klizabelh; demurrer set aside, 7 May; the trial begun, 12
May ; verdict for plaintiff; 1 farthing damages 27 May, "
(Mr. O'Keoffe submitted to the cardinal, May, 1876.]
Todd r. Lyne (father Ignatius); son of the plaintift" rescued
from convent (where he had taken vows) by chancery,
25 July, "
Bank forgery : Austin Biron Bidwell, George Macdonnell,
(Jeorge Bidwell. and Edwin Noyes, Americans, forge bills
for discount at bank of England, West Branch, and obtain
102.217/.; detected through not dating one bill; convicted;
penal servitude for life (vain effort to escape by bribing
warders) 18-26 Aug. "
Epping forest case: decision against the enclosures of the
lords of the manor as illegal (Commons) 10 Nov. '•
Rubery v. baron Albert Grant and M. B. Sampson (long city
editor of the rimes) for libel; the Times, 18, 20 Nov. and 20
Dec. 1872, charged Rubery with fraud in a diamond mine in
Colorado; 10 days' trial; Grant cleared; Sampson fined
503/ 18 Jan. 1875
[These articles protected the public from a bad scheme]
Alleged false prospectus case : (Canadian Oil-works corpora-
tion), Charlton v sir John Hay; Mr. Eastwick and others
grossly deceived; 17 days' trial; jury divided; discharged;
no verdict 24 Feb. "
[Oil-wells in Ontario, Canada, property of Prince's compa-
ny got up to buy them, by Longbottom; scheme not accept-
ed in the City; taken up at West End; sir John Hay, M'Cul-
lagh Torrens, Mr. Eastwick, and others induced to become
directors; wells bought; company collapsed.]
Mordaunt v. Mordaunt and viscount Cole (see above. May, 1874) ;
divorce granted 11 Mch. "
Terry v. Brighton Aquarium company, for opening on Sun-
days; verdict, penalty 2001. (Sunday) 27 Apr. "
Keith Johnston v. proprietors of Athenaum, for libel in criti-
cism of an atlas; Edinburgh; damages 1275i., 24 Mch. ; new
trial, damages lOOl 16 June, "
Jenkins r. rev. Flavel Cook (for exclusion from communion for
heresy [denying personality of Satan and eternal punish-
ment] ; verdict for defendant in court of arches) 16 July, "
Col. Valentine Baker sentenced to fine of 500i. and 12 months'
imprisonment for indecent assault on Miss Dickenson in a
railway carriage (afterwards enters the service of the
khedive of Egyi)t, where he is made a pacha and dies 17 Nov.
1837, aged 62 years) (Egypt) 2 Aug. "
W. K. Vance and Ellen Snee, conspiracy to murder (ostensibly
herself); singular case; sentenced to imprisonment, 1 June, 1876
Lewis V. Higgins, for alleged slander in speech as counsel;
verdict for defendant, affirming privilege of counsel. .4 Dec. "
Queen v. Charles Bradlaugh and Annie Besant, for publication
of '-Fruits of Philosophy," by Dr. Knowlton, which they de-
fend, on grounds of humanity, in long speeches; verdict,
the book calculated to deprave, but not intended, 18-21 June;
sentence (defendants not submitting to the court), 6 months'
imprisonment, 200i. fine for both, 28 June; appeal, alleging
informality, disallowed by Queen's Bench 16 Nov. 1877
Forged leases: Frederick Dimsdale, solicitor, Charles Burrell
Moore, clerk, and others, forge leases, and borrow money
on them (above 300,000^. ) ; many lenders do not appear;
plead guilty ; sentence, Dimsdale, penal servitude for life ;
Moore, 7 years; others less 16, 17 Jan. 1878
Madame Rachel (Levison, or Leverson); convicted of misde-
meanor; obtains money and jewels from Mrs. Pearce, for
"beautifying;" 5 years' penal servitude 10, 11 Apr. "
In re Agar Ellis; the husband's promise before marriage that
his children should be brought up Romanists, permitted to
be withdrawn by chancery 6 Aug. "
Paul and others v. Summerhayes; appeal; sentence against
plaintiffs affirmed (fox-hunters may not trespass). Queen's
Bench 16 Nov. "
Whistler v. Ruskin, for libellous criticism in "Fors Clavigera;"
1 farthing damages 25, 26 Nov. "
Rev. Christopher Newman Hall v. Mrs. Hall and Mr. Richard-
son ; long trial ; divorce graHted 8 Aug. 1879
Adolphus Rosenberg, for libelling Mrs. Langtry and Mrs. West,
iu Toion Talk; 18 months' imprisonment 25-27 Oct. "
Phillips, surgeon, v. S.W. Railway company, for injury; award-
ed lOOOl by justice Field; new trial, awarded lG,000i. by lord
chief-justice Coleridge, Common Pleas; 3d trial refused,
6 Dec. "
Debenham & Freebody v. Mellon, appeal; lords decide that a
husband who supplies his wife with proper means is not re-
sponsible for her debts 27 Nov. 1880
Dysart peerage legitimacy case: Wm. John Manners claims by
an English marriage of lord Huntingtower, Albert Edwin
Tollemache by a Scotch marriage (not proved), House of
Lords 7 Mch. 1881
Spiritualist case: Susan Wills Fletcher (wife of a spiritualist
doctor in America) for obtaining, by false pretences, about
10,000/. (in jewelry, etc.) of Mrs. Hart-Davies; 12 months'
imprisonment with hard labor 12 Apr. "
Johann Most, for libel against Alexander 11. of Russia, and in-
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citement to murder in the Freiheit for 19 Mch., 25 May;
sentence affirmed on appeal, 18 June; 16 months' imprison-
ment with hard labor 29 June,
Phronix park murders (Ireland) Apr-May,
Dynamite plot: Thomas Gallagher, Henry Wilson, John Cur-
tin, and Alfred Whitehead for treason felony; sentenced to
penal servitude for life 11-14 June,
Patrick O'Donnell, for murder of James Carey, the informer
(Ireland) 30 Nov.-l Dec.
Earl V. countess of Euston, for divorce because she had a hus-
band living when married; but that husband had a wife liv-
ing when he married her, and divorce is refused 4 Apr.
Adams v. hon. B. Coleridge, for libel in a letter to miss M. Cole-
ridge; verdict for plaintiff, 3000/.; set aside by judge Man-
isty, the letter being privileged 21, 22 Nov.
Edmund Yates sentenced to 4 months' imprisonment, for libel
of earl Lonsdale (in the If o>7t/), July, 1883-Apr. 1884; appeal
disallowed 16 Jan.
Irving Bishop fined 10,000/. for libel (Thought-reading), 15 Jan.
John Lee, footman, for murder of miss Emma A. W. Keyse, his
mistress (at Babbicombe. near Torquay, 15 Nov.), 2-4 Feb.;
to be hanged at Exeter, but the drop fails 3 times, and Lee
is reprieved 23 Feb.
Earl of Durham's petition to annul his marriage for insanity
of the wife at the time; dismissedby sir James Hannen, after
8 days' trial 10 Mch.
W. T. Stead, editor of Pall Mall Gazette (3 months' impri-son-
ment) ; Sampson Jacques, assistant (1 month) ; Bramwell
Booth, of Salvation Army (acquitted) ; Rebecca Jarrett (6
months); and Louisa Mourey (6 months with hard labor), for
complicity in abduction, etc., of Eliza Armstrong, under 16,
23 Oct. -10 Nov.
Crawford v. Crawford; divorce decreed, 12 Feb.; confirmed;
charges against sir Charles Dilke denied by him, but accept-
ed by jury 23 July,
Mary Lena Sebright (formerly Scott) v. Arthur Sebright ; a
marriage contract by plaintiff under terror annulled, 16 Nov.
Adams v. lord Coleridge and his son, the hon. B. Coleridge, for
libel in letters sent to an arbitrator (lord Monkswell), wrong-
ly delivered ; verdict for defendants. . : 17-25 Nov.
Lord and lady Colin Campbell divorce, double suit (after judi-
cial separation) ; dismissed 27 Nov.-20 Dec.
Prof Caird u. Syme (a bookseller); after conflicting decisions
in lower courts, the lords, on appeal, hold unauthorized pub-
lication of university lectures unlawful 13 June,
Cuninghame Graham, M.P., and John Burns for assaulting po-
lice, etc., on 13 Nov. 1887 (Riots); convicted of unlawful as-
sembly; 6 weeks' simple imprisonment 16-18 Jan.
Slater v. Slater; a chancery forgery; court defrauded of 4000/.,
property of miss Rose Maud Maxwell, by William Bowden, a
solicitor's clerk ; the money ordered repaid to her by tlie
court; Bowden in Nebraska; John Francis Lidiard, a solici-
tor, his friend, to repay the court 4 Feb.
Marquis of Abergavenny v. bishop of Llandaff; bishop's refu-
sal to induct the rev. Robert W. Gosse, ignorant of the Welsh
language, sustained 22 Feb.
O'Donnell v. Walter and another (for libel in the Times); ver-
dict for defendants (Parnell) 2-6 July,
Regent's park murderers July,
Anthony Isidor Glika sentenced to 10 years' penal servitude for
defrauding his employers, messrs. Vagliano Bros., and the
Bank of England, of 71,500/., 27 June-7 July; the Queen's
Bench division throws the loss on the bank 2 Nov.
[Sentence confirmed by court of appeal, 21 May, 1889; re-
versed by lords, 5 Mch. 1891.]
Charles Richardson and Edgell confess burglary at Edling-
ham vicarage, near Alnwick, on 7 Feb. 1879 ; sentence, 5
years' penal servitude 24 Nov.
[Michael Brannagham and Peter Murphy, wrongfully con-
victed of this crime, with attemi)t to murder, and sentenced
to penal .servitude for life, Apr. 1879; received 800/. each as
compensation, Dec. 1888; police acquitted of perjury; con-
fession of Richardson and Edgell doubted, Feb. 1889.]
Florence Elizabeth Maybrick, for poisoning her husband, James
Maybrick, at Aigburth, by arsenic ; tried at Liverpool by jus-
tice Stephen, 21 July-7 Aug. ; sentence of death commuted
to penal servitude for life 22 Ang.
Herbert J. Gladstone v. col. George B. Malleson, for libel in
Allahabad Morning Post ; damages awarded 1000/. . .16 Jan.
Crewe murder: Richard and George Davies, aged 19 and 16,
kill their father, Richard Davies, a clothier, 25 Jan., while
riding home in a pony chaise; trial 20-21 Mch. ; Richard ex-
ecuted, George reprieved (penal servitude for life) 8 Apr.
Miss Gladys Knowles v. Leslie Duncan, proprietor and editor
of the Matrimonial A^ews, for breach of promise of marriage;
damages awarded, 10,000/ 11, 12 Aug.
Capt. O'Shea v. Mrs. C. O'Shea and C. S. Parnell, M.P. ; divorce
granted 15-17 Nov.
Baccarat case: sir William Gordon-Cumming v. Mr. and Mrs.
Lycett Green and others, for slander, charging him with
cheating at baccarat, in the house of Arthur Wilson. Tranby
Croft, near Doncaster, Sept. 1890 ; for plaintiff, sir Edward
Clarke ; for defendants, sir Charles Russell and others ;
Queen's Bench division, lord Coleridge ; prince of Wales a
witness; verdict for defendants 1-9 June,
Berkeley peerage case : decided 31 July,
Miss Ethel Florence Elliot (afterwards Mrs. Osborne) v. major
and Mrs. Hargreaves, for slanderous charge of stealing jewels
while their guest at. Torquay, 9-18 Feb. ; verdict by consent
for defendants 15-22 Dec.
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Spinks, in Gracechurch street, for 550^., 19 Feb. ; cashed the
check for gold at the bank of Glyn, Mills & Co., 23 Feb. ;
through messrs. Benjamin, of Conduit street, W., changed
gold for bank-notes, at the National and Provincial bank, in
St. James's square, early in j\Ich. ; endorsed one of these
notes for 50/., and paid it to messrs. Maple, and it passed into
the Bank of England. On information to justice Denman the
trial was suspended, 19 Dec. It was admitted by all that
capt. Osborne, plaintiff's husband, acted honorably through-
out. Mrs. Osborne, for larceny and perjury, was sentenced
to 9 months' imprisonment, with some hard labor, 9 Mch. ;
released in the summer, 1892. The jewels were sold by auc-
tion for major Hargrcaves for 1076^., 29 Mch. 1892.]
Alexander Jacob, jeweller of Simla, charged at Calcutta by the
Nizam of Hyderabad of criminally misappropriating 23 lacs
of rupees (above 100,000/.) deposited as earnest money for
purchase of the •' imperial diamond;" after a long trial, ac-
quitted 22 Dec. 1891
Concha, pauper, v. Concha and wife; intricate property suits,
be;,'un in 1858; the lords vary the decision of the court of
Appeal , '-8 Mch. 1892
Mrs. Montague sentenced at Dublin to 1 year's imprisonment
for manslaughter in killing her daughter, aged 3 4 Apr. "
Melbourne murder : Frederick Bailey Deeming (alias Albert
Oliver Williams) marries Emily Mather at Liverpool 17 Oct.,
brings her to Australia 15 Dec, kills her at Windsor near
Melbourne about 25 Dec. 1891; convicted 28 Apr.-2 May; ex-
ecuted 23 May, "
[In Feb. 1881, he married Marie James, went with her to
Sydney, was there convicted of fraud in 1882; he took Din-
ham Villa, Raiuhill, near Widnes, Lancashire, Engl, 23 July,
1891; and there murdered his wife and 4 children about
2(5. 27 July, 1891; so the coroner's jury found, 28 Mch. 1892.
WUITECHAPEL.]
Mrs. Carhill v. the Carbolic Smoke Ball company, recovers
100/., promised by the company to any person who used the
smoke ball in yain to prevent influenza (by advertisement
13 Nov. 1891) 4 July, "
Mr. Boltems, contractor, v. Corporation of York; court of Ap-
peals requires plaintiff to fuUil a ruinous contract 16 July, "
TRIALS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Anne Hutchinson; sedition and heresy (the Antinomian contro-
versy) ; imprisoned and banished (Massachusetts) 1637
Trials of Quakers in Massachusetts 1656-61
Jacob Leisler, New York, convicted and executed for treason
(New York) 16 May, 1691
Trials for WitchCraft, Massachusetts 1692
Thomas Maule, for slanderous publications and blasphemy;
Massachusetts 1096
Nicholas Bayard ; treason 1702
John Peter Zenger, for printing and publishing libels on the
colonial government, Nov. 1734; acquitted (New York) 1735
Michael Corbett, Massachusetts; murder on the high seas; dis-
chiirged 1767
William Wemms, James Hartegan, William McCauley, and
other British soldiers, in Boston, Mass., for the murder of
Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James
Caldwell, and Patrick Carr (Boston massacre) 5 Mch. 1770
Col. David Henley, Massachusetts, for improper conduct as an
officer of the army ; discharged 1778
Maj.-gcn. Charles Lee; court-martial after the battle of Mon-
mouth; found guilty of, 1st, disobedience of orders in not
attacking the enemy; 2d, unnecessary and disorderly retreat;
3d, disrespect to the commander-in-chief; suspended from
command for 1 year; tried 4 July, "
Bathsheba Spooner and others, for murder of Joshua Spooner,
Massachusetts; convicted "
John Hett Smith, for assisting Benedict Arnold, New York;
not guilty 1780
Maj. John Andre, adjutant-general, British army, seized as a
spy at Tappan, N. Y., 23 Sept. 1780; tried by military court
and hung (New York) 2 Oct. "
Sweeting (Whiting) at Albany, for murder of Darius Quimby;
executed 16 Aug. 1791
Gideon Henfrield, convicted of illegal privateering, Pennsyl-
vania 1793
John K. Guinett, convicted of illegal privateering, Pennsylvania,
Stewart, Wright, Porter, Vigol, and Mitchell, western insur-
gents, found guilty
William Blount, U. S. Senate, impeached for misdemeanor
William Corbett, for libelling the king of Spain and his ambas-
sador, writing as Peter Porcupine in Poi-cupine'' s Gazette, 17
July; before Supreme court of Pennsylvania; acquitted
Francis Villato, for illegal privateering; discharged
John Haner and others, for murder of Francis Shitz, Pennsyl-
vania; executed .". .
Robert Worrell, bribery ; imprisoned
Thomas Cooper of Northumberland, Pa., convicted under the
Sedition act of libel on the administration of pres. Adams in
Reading Advertiser of 26 Oct. 1799; imprisonment for 6
months and $400 fine
Duane, Reynolds. Moore, and Gumming acquitted of seditious
riot, Pennsylvania
Anthony Haswell, publisher of Vermont Gazette, for libel; fine
of $200 and 60 days in jail
Matthew Lyon convicted in Vermont, Oct. 1798, of writing for
publication a letter calculated "to stir up sedition and to
bring the president and the government into contempt ;"
confined 4 months in Vergennes jail; fine of $1000 paid by
friends and Lyon released 9 Feb.
1795
1797
1798
1799
Isaac Williams, illegal privateering, Connecticut 1799
J. T. Callender, for libel of pres. Adams in a pamphlet, " The
Prospect Before Us;" tried at Richmond, Va., fined $200,
and sentenced to 9 months' imprisonment (United States),
6 June, 1800
Thomas Daniel, for opening letters of a foreign minister "
Levi Weeks, for the murder of Gulielma E. Sands; (Manhattan
well murder) 3I Mch.-2 Apr. 1801
["Norman Leslie," a novel by T. S. Fay, founded on this
case.]
Jason Fairbanks, for murder of miss Elizabeth Fales "
Judge John Pickering impeached before the U. S. Senate, 3
Mch. 1803, for malfeasance in the New Hampshire District
court in Oct. and Nov. 1802, in restoring ship Eliza, seized
for smuggling, to its owners; judge Pickering, though doubt-
less insane, is convicted and removed from office 4 Mch. 1804
Joshua Nettles and Elizabeth Cannon, for the murder of John
Cannon night of 24 Oct. "
Judge Samuel Chase impeached before the U. S. Senate; ac-
quitted (United States, 1804) i805
William S. Smith and Samuel G. Ogden tried for misdemeanors
in New York in Circuit court of the U. S July, 1806
Thomas 0. Selfridge tried for murder of Charles Austin on tlie
Public exchange in Boston 4 Aug. "
Aaron Burr,for treason, Virginia; acquitted(BuRR's conspiracy),
27 Mch. -7 Sept. 1807
Mary Cole, for murder of Agnes S. Teaurs i812
Col. Thomas H. Gushing, by court-martial at Baton Rouge, on
charges of brig. -gen. Wade Hampton "
King of Spain u D. Parish, for $180,000 duties on trade be-
tween the Spanish colonies and the U. S. by license of Spanish
crown; plaintiff" nonsuited at Philadelphia 8-24 Apr. ««
Patrick Byrne, for mutiny, by general court-martial at fort Co-
lumbus; sentenced to dpath 22 May, 1813
Gen.W. Hull, commanding the northwestern army of the U. S.,
for cowardice in surrender of Detroit, 16 Aug., etc. ; by court-
martial, held at Albany, sentenced to be shot; sentence ap-
proved by the president, but execution remitted (United
States) 3 Jan. 1814
Levi and Laban Kenniston, for highway robbery of maj. Elijah
P. Goodridge, Massachusetts, 19 Dec. 1816; acquitted 1817
[Daniel Webster for the defence.]
Dartmouth college case, defining the power of states over cor-
porations 1817-18
[Daniel Webster for the college.]
Arbuthnot and Ambrister, by court-martial, 26 Apr. 1818, for
inciting Creek Indians to war against the U. S. ; executed by
order of gen. Jackson 30 Apr. 1818
Stephen and Jesse Boorn, at Manchester, Vt., Nov. 1819, for
the murder of Louis Colvin, who disappeared in 1813; sen-
tenced to be hung 28 Jan. 1820
[Six years after Colvin disappeared, an uncle of the Boorns
dreamed that Colvin came to his bedside, declared the Boorns
his murderers, and told where his body was buried; this was
27 Apr. 1819. The Boorns were arrested, confessed the crime
circumstantially, were tried and convicted, but not executed,
because Colvin was found alive in New Jersey. Wilkie Col-
lins's novel, "The Dead Alive," founded upon this case.]
Robert M. Goodwin, for manslaughter in killing James Stough-
ton, esq. , in Broadway, New York "
Michael Powers, for the murder of Timothy Kennedy "
Daniel D. Farmer, for murder of Anna Ayer, at Goffstown,
4 Apr. 1821
James Prescott, judge of probate for county of Middlesex, im-
peached before the senate of Massachusetts "
Israel, Nelson, and Isaac Thayer, brothers, "the three Thay-
ers," arrested m Boston, Erie county, N. Y., for murder of
John Love, a lake-carrier and petty money-lender who held
their notes for $250, and whose body was found buried near
the Thayers"s dwelling. Tried at court house in Buffialo, 21
to 24 Apr., and hung 17 June, 1825
Capt. David Porter, by court-martial at Washington, for ex-
ceeding his powers, in landing 200 men on Porto Rico and
demanding an apology for arrest of the commanding officer
of the Beadle, sent by him, Oct. 1824, to investigate alleged
storage of goods on the island by pirates; suspended for 6
months 7 July, "
People V. Henry Eckford, Joseph G. Swift, Matthew L. Davis,,
etc., at court of Oyer and Terminer, New York 26 Sept. 1826
Jesse Strang, for murder of John Whipple, Albany, N. Y 1827
Alexander Drew, drunkenness 1828
(ieorge Swearingen, for murder of his wife; hanged 1829
John F. Knapp, murder of Joseph White, Salem, Mass. . .6 Apr. 1830
[Trial Aug. 1830, Daniel Webster for the state.]
James H. Peck, judge of U. S. District court for the district of
Missouri, impeached for alleged abuse of judicial authority;
trial begins 4 May, 1830; acquitted 31 Jan. 1831
Dr. Butler and Mr. Worcester, Presbyterian missionaries ar-
rested under Georgia law forbidding white men to reside
in Cherokee possessions without a license (Georgia) "
Lucretia Chapman or Lucretia Espos y Mina 1832
Rev. Ephraim K. Avery, for the murder of Sarah M. Cornell,
Newi)ort, R. I. ; acquitted Mch. 1833
John A. Murrell, the great western land-pirate, chief of noted
bandits in Tennessee and Arkansas, whose central committee,
called "Grand Council of the Mystic Clan," is broken up by
arrest of its leader 1834
[Murrell lived near Denmark, Madison county, Tenn. He
was a man without fear, physical or moral. His favorite
operations were horse-stealing and "negro-running." He
promised negroes their freedom if they allowed him to con-
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duit them north, selling them on the way by day and steal
iug them bjick by night, always murdering them in the end.
He was captured by Virgil A. Stewart in 1834, convicted, and
sentenced to the penitentiary, where he died.]
Sivinish pirates (I'i in number), for an act of piracy on board
the brig Mexican: trial at Boston; 7 found guilty, 6 acquit-
ted ... 11-25 Nov. 1834
Heresy trial; rev. I.yman Beecher, Presbyterian, before the
presbytery and synod of Cincinnati, on charges preferred by
dr. Wilson, of holding and teaching Pelagian and Arminian
doctrines; acquitted 9 June et seq. 1835
John Karla, for murder of his wife ; Williamsport 1836
Abraham Prescott, for murder of Mrs. Sally Cochran of Pem-
broke, N. H., 23 Juno, 1833. Executed at Hopkiuton.. 6 Jan. "
Rev. Albert Barnes, Presbyterian, for heresies in " Notes on
the Epistle to the Romans;" tried and acquitted by presby-
tery of Philadelphia, 30 Juno-8 July, 1835] condemned by
the synod and suspended for 6 months, but acquitted by the
general assembly "
Richard P. Robinson tried for murder of Helen Jewett (Dorcas
Doyen) in New York, 11 Apr. 1836; acquitted 7 June, "
(The jury were accused of corruption, and one perjured
w;tnes.s committed suicide soon after.]
Case of slave schooner Amistad 1839-40
Samuel R. Wood, for perjury 1840
Charles Cook, Oct. 1840, for the murder of Mrs. Merry, his em-
ployer's wife, at Glenville, near Schenectady, N. Y., 22 Sept.
1840. Though probably insane, he is hung 18 Dec. "
M^or McEllory, for murder of Rainsford Otis, whose body is
found in the ruins of a burned barn in Concord, Erie county,
N. Y., 23 Apr. 1840. Convicted Nov. 1840, on circumstantial
evidence, and hung at Buffalo, N. Y 19 Jan. 1841
Alexander McLeod, a Canadian, charged as an accomplice in
burning the steamer Caroline in the Niagara river, and in
the murder of Amos Durfee, is tiiken from Lockport to New
York on habeas corpus, May, 1841. Great Britain asks his
release in extra session of Congress; Mr. Webster advocates
his discharge. A special session of the Circuit court, ordered
by the legislature of New York at Utica, tries and acquits
him 4-12 Oct. ' '
A. W. Holmes, of the crew of the William. Brown (Wrecks),
for murder on the h gh seas (44 of the passengers and crew
escaping in the long-boat, the sailors threw some passengers
overboard to lighten the boat, 19 Apr. 1841) ; convicted, but
recommended to mercy May, 1842
Monroe Edwards, for forgery, New York city; sentenced to 10
years' imprisonment 6-12 June, "
[William M. Evarts, in defence, laid the foundation of his
fame as an advocate. Edwards paid for his services a forged
check.]
Thomiis W. Dorr, Rhode Island; treason (Dorr's rebellion).. "
Alexander S. Mackenzie (Somers's mutiny) "
John C. Colt, book-keeper, for murder of Samuel Adams, a
printer, in New York. He pucks the body in a box and ships
it to New Orleans; the vessel is delayed, the box discovered,
Colt convicted and sentenced to death. He commits suicide
in the Tombs by stabbing himself with a knife on the day
appointed for his execution 18 Nov. "
Benjamin D. White. Batavia ». 1843
Bishop Benjamin T. Onderdonk of New York, for immoral
conduct; by ecclesiastical court suspended,
10 Dec 1844-3 Jan. 1845
H. Daniel, for murder of Clifton R. Thomson, Cincinnati "
Ex senator J. C. Davis of Illinois, T. C. Sharp, editor of Warsaw
Signal, Mark Aldrich,Wm. N. Grover, and col. Levi Williams,
for murder of Hiram and Joe Smith (Mormons); trial begins
at Carthage, 111. ; acquitted 21 May, "
Henry G. Green, for poisoning his wife (called " the murdered
bride"), Berlin, N.Y "
Albert J. Tirrell (the somnambulist murderer), for killing Maria
A. Bickford 1846
[Acquitted on the plea that the murder was committed
while he was sleep-walking]
Margaret Howard, for the murder of Mrs. M. E. Smith, her hus-
band's paramour, Cincinnati 1849
Reuben Dunbar, for murder of S. V. and D. L. Lester, his young
nephews, Albany county, N. Y. ; tried and executed at Al-
bany
1850
Dr. John W. Webster, for the murder of dr. George W. Parkman
in the medical college, Boston, 23 Nov. 1849. Webster partly
burns his victim. The remains identified by a set of false
teeth. Webster convicted and hung; trial 19-30 Mch. "
Stephen Arnold, for the murder of Betsy Van Amburgh, a child
6 years of age, in Cooperstown 4 June, "
Conspiracy for injuring the property of the Michigan Central
railroad; 40 indicted; 12 convicted and sent to prison from
5 to 10 years; among the counsel for the defence is Wm. H.
Seward; trial concluded at Detroit Sept. 1851
Catherine N. Forrest v. Edwin Forrest; divorce and alimony
granted to Mrs. Forrest 16 Dec. 1851-26 Jan. 1852
Arthur Spring, for murder of Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Lynch in
Federal St., Philadelphia, 10 Mch. (one of the bodies stabbed
in 43 places) ; sentenced to be hung 16 Apr. 1853
John Hendrickson, convicted of poisoning his wife Maria at
Bethlehem, Albany county, N. Y., 6 Mch. ; trial. .June-July, "
Matt. F. Ward, acquitted of the murder of Wm. H. G. Butler,
principal of the Louisville (Ky.) high-school, 2 Nov. 1853, in
tlie school room in presence of pupils; trial at Elizabeth town,
18-27 Apr. 1854
Anthony Burns, fugitive-slave case, Boston (Massachusetts),
27-31 May, "
Robert Scott, for murder of Ann King, San Francisco 1854
Dr. Stephen T. Beale, ether case 1856
U. S. V. Henry Hertz et al., Ibr hiring and retaining persons
to go out of the U. S. to enlist in the British Foreign Legion
for the Crimea; tried in the District court of the U. S. for
East District of Pennsylvania "
David F. Mayberry, for murder of Andrew Alger, before the
Rock county (Wis.) Circuit court; killed by a mob "
Lewis Baker, James Turner, Cornelius Linn, Charles Van Pelt,
John Huyler, John Morrisscy, James Irving, and Patrick
McLaughlin, alias Pawdeen, for the murder of William Poole
in Stanwix hall, opposite the Metroi)olitan hotel, on Broad-
• way, N. Y., 24 Feb. 1855; jury disagree (Boxing) "
Ellen Irving, murderer of 16 persons, Baltimore 1856
Slave case in Cincinnati, 0. (see Hai-per's Magazine, vol. xii.
p. 691) Apr "
James P. Casey, for shooting James King of William, editor of
the San Francisco Bulletin, and Charles Cora, murderer of
U. S. marshal Richardson; tried and hung by the Vigilance
committee in San Francisco 20 May, "
Dred Scott case "
Charles B. Huntingdon, for forgery; guilty "
R.J. M.Ward ("the most extraordinary murderer named in
the calendar of crime "), Cleveland, 0 1857
Emma A. Cunningham, for the murder of dr. Burdell in New
York city, 30 Jan. 1856; acquitted May, •'
Edward W. Hawkins, for murder of James M. Land and Jesse
Arvine (he committed 4 murders, many thefts and forgeries,
and married 6 young women before he was 21); executed in
Estill county, Ky 29 May, "
Daniel E. Sickles, for killing Philip Barton Key, Washington,
D. C. ; acquitted (United States) 4-26 Apr. 1859
John Brown, for insurrection in Virginia; tried 29 Oct. and
executed at Charlestown, Va. (Brown's insijrrectio.v), 2 Dec. "
Jacob S. Harden, for the murder of his wife at Belvidere, N. J. ;
hung 6 July, 1860
Albert W. Hicks, pirate ; tried at Bedloe's island, 18-23 May;
convicted of triple murder on the oyster sloop Edwin A.
Johnson in New York harbor; hung 13 July, "
Burch divorce case; adultery; Mrs. Burch exonerated; Chicago,
Dec. "
Herseyl, "the Yankee Bluebeard" (supposed to have killed 2
wives), for murder of Betsy F. Tyrrell, Boston; trial, 28-31
May; hung 8 Aug. 1861
Officers and crew of the privateer Savannah, on the charge of
piracy; jury disagree 23-31 Oct. "
Nathaniel Gordon, for engaging in the slave-trade, 6-8 Nov.
1861; hanged at New York 21 Feb 1862
Parish Will case; to set aside certain codicils added to the will
of Henry Parish of New York after an attack of paralysis in
Wall St., 19 July, 1849, and giving his estate mainly to his
wife; he dies 2 Mch. 18.)6; the codicils set aside by the sur-
rogate; decision affirmed by court of Appeals June, "
Fitz-John Porter tried by military court (Porter, Case of),
Nov. 18()2-Jan. 1863
C. L. Vallandigham, for treasonable utterances; by court-mar-
tial in Cincinnati; sentence of imprisonment during the war
commuted to banishment to the South (United States),
5-16 May, "
Pauline Cushman, LTnion spy ; sentenced to be hung by a court-
martial held at gen. Bragg's headquarters ; is left behmd
at the evacuation of Shelbyville, Tenn , and rescued by Union
troops June, "
For conspiracy against the U. S., in organizing the Order of
American Knights or Sons of Liberty about 16 xMay ; tried by
a military commission at Indianapolis, Ind., beginning 27
Sept. ; William A. Bowles, L. P. Milligan, and Stephen Horsey
sentenced to be hung (Milligan, Case of) 17 Oct. 1864
J. Y. Beall, tried at fort Lafayette by a military commission,
for seizing the steamer Philo Parsons on lake Erie, 19 Sept.,
and other acts of war, without visible badge of military ser-
vice; sentenced to death and hung; trial occurs Dec. "
Miss Mary Harris for the murder of A. J. Burroughs in Wash-
ington, D. C. ; acquitted; trial July, 1865
Capt. Henry Wirtz, commander of Andensonville prison during
the war, for cruelty; trial begins 21 Aug. ; Wirtz hung,
10 Nov. "
Conspirators for assassination of pres. Lincoln (Booth's con-
spiracy) "
Dr. John W. Hughes hanged for murder of miss Tamzen Par-
sons, Cleveland 1866
Antoine Probst, for the murder of the Deering family (father,
mother, 4 children, and 2 other children in the family) on 7
Apr. ; executed at Philadelphia 8 June, "
John H. Surratt (Booth's conspiracy) 1867
In the case of William H. McCardle of Mississippi, testing the
constitutionality of the Reconstruction act of 1867; Matt. H.
Carpenter of Wisconsin, Lyman Trumbull of Illinois, and
Henry Stanberry, attorney -general, appear for the govern-
ment, and judge Sharkey, Robert J. Walker of Mississippi,
Charles O'Conor of New York, Jeremiah S. Black of Pennsyl-
vania, and David Dudley Field for McCardle; Reconstruction
a(;t repealed during the trial; habeas corpus issued. .12 Nov. "
Andrew Johnson, impeachment (United States) 1868
George S. Twitchell, jr., for murder of his mother-in law, Mrs.
.Mary E. Hill, Sunday, 22 Nov. 1868; sentenced to death, 30
Jan. ; commits suicide in Philadelphia 8 Apr. 1869
Col. Yerger, for murder of col. Crane, U. S. army, at Jackson,
Miss 8 June, "
Wm. H. Holden, governor of North Carolina, impeached and
removed 22 Mch. 1870
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Daniel MacFarland, for the murder of Albert D. Richardson,
25 Nov. 18()9, in New York city ; acquitted 4 Apr. -10 May, 1870
David P. Butler, governor of Nebraska, impeached for appropri-
ating school funds, and suspended 2 June, "
Benjamin Nathan, a prominent Hebrew of New York, is found
murdered in his home, his head beaten in by a lieavy iron
bar- one of his sons suspected, but never brought to trial,
' night of 29-30 July, "
"The Bible in the Public Schools," Case of; J. D. Miner et al.
V. the Board of Education of Cincinnati et al. ; tried in the
Superior court of Cincinnati; arguments for the use of the
Bible in the public school by \Vm. M. Ramsey, George R.
Sage, and Rufus King; against, J. B. Stallo, George Hoadly,
and Stanley Matthews "
James W. Smith, first colored boy admitted to the U. S. Mili-
tarv academy; by court-martial for striking a cadet,
7-12 Jan. 1871
Laura D. Fair, for murder of A. P. Crittenden in San Francisco,
Cal., 3 Nov. 1870; acquitted 27 Mch.-26 Apr. "
Edward H. Ruloff, philologist ("the modern Eugene Aram"),
for murder; hung at Binghamton, N. Y 18 May, "
Aratus F. Pierce, for murder of William Bullock at Lockport,
N. Y. ; acquitted "
George Vanderpool, for the murder of Herbert PMeld at Manistee,
Mich., 5 Sept. 1869; 1st trial, prisoner found guilty and sen-
tenced to life imprisonment at Jackson; 2d trial, jury disa-
gree; acquitted on the 3d trial Aug. "
Fanny Hyde, for murder of George W. Watson, N. Y 1872
Mrs. Wharton, for murder of gen. W. S. Ketchum, U. S. A., at
Washington, 28 June, 1871; acquitted 4 Dec. 1871-24 Jan. "
George C. Barnard (judge of Supreme court, New York) im-
peached, 13 May, for corruption, and deposed 18 Aug. "
Jacob Rosenzweig (abortionist), for killing Alice A. Bowlesby
in New York ; the body is found in a trunk shipped to
Chicago ; verdict, manslaughter in 2d degree ; sentence,
state-prison for 7 years 26 Oct. et seq. "
John Scanlan, for murder of T. Donohue in New York. .2 Nov. "
Lydia Sherman, convicted of poisoning 3 husbands and 8 chil-
dren, Philadelphia 1873
William Foster (car-hook murderer), for killing Avery D. Put-
nam, 26 Apr. 1871, in New York city; tried, 22 Mch.-26 May,
1871 ; convicted and hung 21 Mch. • "
Frank H. Walworth (the "boy parricide"), for killing his
father in New York city; sentenced to imprisonment for life;
afterwards pardoned 24 June-5 July, "
Capt. Jack and 3 other Modoc Indians tried 3 July for the mas
sacre of gen. E. R. S. Canby, U. S. A., and rev. dr. Thomas
(commissioner), 11 Apr. ; convicted and huug at Fort Kla-
math, Or 3 Oct. "
K. S. Stokes, for the murder of James Fisk, jr., in New York, 6
Jan. 1872; first jury disagree, 19 June, 1872; second trial
(guilty and sentenced to be hanged 28 Feb. 1873). 18 Dec.
1872-6 Jan. 1873; third trial (guilty of manslaughter in 3d
degree ; sentence, 4 years in prison at Sing Sing). .13-29 Oct. "
W. M. Tweed, for frauds upon the city and county of New
York; sentenced to 12 vears' imprisonment 19 Nov. "
A. Oakey Hall, ex-mayof of New York, for complicity with
the Tweed "ring" frauds; jury disagree, 1-21 Mch. 1872;
second trial, jury disagree, 1 Nov. ; acquitted 24 Dec. "
Emil Lowenstein. for murder of John D. Weston at West
Albany, 5 Aug. 1873; hung at Albany, N. Y 10 Apr. 1874
David Swing, for heresy before the Chicago Presbytery, 15 Apr.
et seq., in 28 specifications by prof Francis L. Patton; acquit-
ted after a long trial "
[Prof Swing withdrew from the Presbyterian church and
formed an independent congregation.]
William E. Udderzook (the insurance murderer), for the mur-
der of W. S. Goss, 2 Feb. 1872, at West Chester, Pa. ; tried
27 May-9 Nov. 1873, and found guilty ; hung 12 Nov. "
[Goss, whose life was insured for $25,000, ran away, and
Udderzook, his brother-in-law, by perjury, collected the
money for Goss's wife; Goss reappearing, Udderzook killed
him to avoid exposure.]
Belfry murder in Boston; little Mabel H. Young butchered by
the sexton of the Warren Ave. Baptist church 1875
James M. Lowell, for wife murder "
Theodore Tilton i'. Henry Ward Beecher, for adultery, Brook-
lyn, N. Y. ; jury disagree; case ended 2 July, "
Jesse Pomerov, the Boston boy murderer, for killing of Horace
W. Millen, 22 Apr. 1874, supposed to be Pomeroy's fourth
victim "
Gen. 0. E. Babcock, private secretary of pres. Grant, tried at
St. Louis for complicity in whiskey frauds; acquitted, 7 Feb. 1876
[Babcock was drowned off the Florida coast, 3 June, 1884.]
Pasach N. Rubenstein, for murder of Sarah Alexander, 12 Dec.
1875, in Brooklyn. N. Y. ; tried 31 Jan.-12 Feb. ; sentenced
to be hanged, but dies in jail 9 May, "
W. W. Belkuiip, U. S. secretary of war, impeached (Unitkd
Statks); acquitted 1 Aug. "
John I) Lee, for the Mountain Meadow massacre, 15 Sept.
1857; convicted and executed 23 Mch. 1877
Je-sse Billings, jr., for murder of his wife at Saratoga, N. Y., 4
June; acquitted Oct. 1878
Rev. H. H. Hayden, for murder of Mary Stannard, New Haven,
Conn 1879
Benjamin F. Hunter, for murder of J. F. Armstrong in Camden,
N. J., 23 Jan. 1878; hung in Camden 10 Jan. "
John P. Phair tried. for murder of Ann E. Frieze of Rutland,
Vt., 9 June, 1874; sentenced to be hung, 6 Apr. 1877; re-
prieved until 4 Apr.; hung at Windsor, Vt., protesting his
innocence 10 Apr. "
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Col. Thomas Buford, for killing judge Elliott at Frankfort, Ky. ;
acquitted on ground of insanity ; trial July, 1879
Chastine Cox, negro, for murder of Mrs. Jane Deforest Hull,
in New York city, 10 June, 1879; hung 16 July, 1880
Whittaker, colored cadet at West Point, by military court for
injuring himself on pretence of being hurt by others, 6 Apr. ;
expelled <;
Pietro Balbo, for the murder of his wife, New York; executed,
6 Aug. "
Monroe Robertson, murderer of 9 men, the last, his wife's
brother, Wiley Coulter, a boy of 19, in Oct. 1879; hung at
Greenville, 0 , 20 Aug. "
George Smith and Mrs. Catherine Miller, for murder of An-
drew Miller (the latter's husband), at the instigation of Mrs.
Miller, 18 Mch. 1880, near Jersey Shore, Pa.; hung at Will-
iamsport. Pa 3 Feb. 1881
Joseph Stevens, colored, for murder of Andrew Mobley. col-
ored, 20 May, 1878, by stabbing in the breast at a prayer-
meeting because he felt a severe pain in his arm when
shaking hands with him. A sorceress, "old Nell Gyles," of
Augusta, had told him he would feel a sharp pain in the
arm when he shook hands with the person causing his
aches and pains; hung at Edgefield, S. C 20 May, "
James Malley, for the murder of Jennie E. Cramer, New Ha-
ven, Conn., Aug. 5, 1881; acquitted June, 1882
Lieut. Flipper, colored, by military court, for embezzlement and
false statements, Nov. 1881 ; dismi.ssed from the service "
Charles F. Kring, for murder of Mrs. Dora C. J. Broemser,
St. Louis "
Charles J. Guiteau, for the assassination of pres. Garfield
(United States, 1881); convicted, 26 Feb. ; hanged, 30 June, "
Star Routk trials "
John Cockrill. managing editor of the St. Louis Post- Despatch,
for fatally shooting coL Slayback (acquitted) 13 Oct. "
N. L. Dukes, for murder'of col. Nutt, Uuiontown, Pa. (acquit-
ted) 21 Mch. 1883
Edward N. Rowell of Batavia, for fatally shooting Johnson L.
liynch of Utica, his wife's paramour (acquitted) 30 Oct. "
Debris suit (California), decided against hydraulic miners,
judge Sawyer of the U. S. court, San Francisco, Cal., granting
a perpetual injunction 7 Jan. 1884
William Berner, convicted at Cincinnati of manslaughter in
killing William H. Kirk 28 Mch. "
[Berner was a confessed murderer; the verdict of man-
slaughter, when 20 untried murderers were in the city jail,
led to a 6 days' riot, during which the court-house and other
buildings were set on fire, 45 persons were killed, and 138
injured.]
Brig. -gen. D. G. Swaim, judge-advocate general of the army,
tried by court-martial for attempt to defraud a banking firm
in Washington, and failing to report an army officer who
had duplicated his pay account; sentenced to suspension
from duty for 12 years on half-pay ; triiil opens 15 Nov. "
James D. Fish, president of the Marine bank of New York,
secretly connected with the firm of Grant & Ward, convict-
ed of misappropriation of funds, 11 Apr., and sentenced to 10
years at hard labor in Sing Sing, N. Y 27 June, 1885
Mrs. Lucilla Dudley, tried at New York for shooting O'Dono-
van Rossa in Chambers St., fi Feb. ; the shot not fatal, and
Mrs. Dudley acquitted as insnne — 30 June, "
Ferdinand Ward, of the suspended firm of Grant & Ward, New
York city, indicted for financial frauds, 4 June; convicted
and sentenced to 10 vears at hard labor in Sing Sing, 31 Oct. "
[Released, 30 Apr. 1892.]
Henry W. Jaehne, vice president of the New York common
council, for receiving a bribe to support Jacob Sharp's Broad-
way surface road on 30 Aug. 1884; sentence, 9 years and 10
mouths in Sing Sing (New York) 20 May, 1886
Alfred Packer, one of 6 miners, who killed and ate his compan-
ions when starving in their camp on the site of Lake City,
Col., in 1874; convicted at New York of manslaughter, and
sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment Aug. "
Mrs. Roxalana Druse and daughter, for murder of Mr. Druse
in ls84; Mrs. Druse convicted and hung at Herkimer, N. Y. ;
daughter imprisoned for life Feb. 1887
Tillie Smith, a serving -maid in an educational institute, is
found murdered at Hackettstown, N. J., 9 Apr. 1886; inno-
cent persons suspected, but the crime proved on one Titus,
the janitor, who is convicted 15 Oct. 1886, and sentenced
to death ; commuted to imprisonment for life 21 Mch. "
Trial of Jacob Sharp; found guilty of bribery and sentenced
to 4 years' imprisonment and a fine of $.5000 14 July, "
[Sentence reversed by court of Appeals.]
Anarchists at Chicago (United States): 22 indicted, 27 May,
1886; 7 convicted of murder, 20 Aug.; 4 (Spies. Parsons,
Fischer, and Engle) hung; and 1 (Lingg) commits suicide,
11 Nov. "
[Gov. Altgeld pardoned all the anarchists (Schwab, Neebe,
and Fielden) in prison, 26 June, 1893.]
Maxwell, an Englishman, alias Brook, aZtas I,ennox. under con-
viction for more than 2 years for murder of Mr. Preller, exe-
cuted at St. Louis 10 Aug. 1888
David Walker. William Walker, and John Matthew, noted
"bald knobbers" (Missouri, 1887-89), sentenced 18 May,
1888; executed at Ozark 10 May, 1889
City of New Orleans against administratrix of the estate of
Myra Clark Gaines, deceased, 9 Jan. 1885, in Supreme court
of U. S. ; judgment against the city for over $500,000, 13 May, "
[About 1836 Myra Clark Gaines filed a bill in equity to re-
cover real estate in the possession of the city of New Or-
leans. Her father, Daniel Clark, who died in New Orleans a
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reputed bucholor, 16 Aug. 1813, by will dated 20 May, 1811,
nave the proiu-rty to his mother, and by momorandum for a
will (which was never found) made in 1813, gave it to his
dauKhler Mvni. The latter will was received by the Su-
preme court" of Louisiana 18 Keb. 1856, and the legitimacy of
Urn questioned. Judge Billings of the U. S. Circuit court
ut" New Orleans rendered a decision which recognized the
probjite of the will of 1813, in Apr. 1877 ; an appeal was taken,
and in 188;i judgment was again given in favor of Mrs.
(Jaines for f 1,1)25,667 and interest. The final appeal, June,
1883 resulted as above. In 1861 the value of the property
was 'estimated at $35,000,000.]
Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin, Irish dynamite nationalist (expelled
from the Clanna Gael, and denounced as a spy by Alex.
Sullivan and the leaders, termed the "Triangle," and con-
demned to death by them for accusing them of embezzling
funds allotted for dynamiting in Kngland in Feb., 4 May),
found murdered at liake View, Chicago 22 May, 1889
Coroner's jury declare the murder to be the result of a con-
spiracy of which Alexander Sullivan, P. O'SuUivan, Daniel
Coughliu, and Frank Woodruff (connected with the Clan-na-
Gael) were the principals. Alex. Sullivan and others ar-
rested, 12 June; Sullivan released on high bail 15 June, "
Martin Burke arrested at Winnipeg, Canada, indicted about
20 June. The grand jury at Chicago, after 16 days' inves-
tigation, indict Martin Burke, John F Beggs, Daniel Coughlin,
Patrick O'Sullivan, Frank Woodruff, Patrick Cooney, and
John Kunz, with others unknown, of conspiracy and of the
murder of Patrick Henry Cronin 29 June, "
Coughlin, Burke, O'Sullivan, Kunz, and Beggs for murder of
Cronin in Chicago, 6 May; trial begins 30 Aug. ; the first 3
are sentenced to imprisonment for life, Kunz for 3 years,
and Beggs discharged 16 Dec. ««
[Second trial of Daniel Coughlin began 3 Nov. 1893; ac-
quitted bvjurv, 8 Mch. 1894.]
Commander B. H. McCalla of U. S. S. Enterprise, by court-mar-
tial foe malfeasance and cruelty, 22 Apr., on finding of a court
of inquirv held in Brooklyn navy-yard, 11 Mch. ; suspended
from rank and duly for 3 years; sentence approved by sec.
Tracy 15 May , 1890
William Kemmler, for murder of his paramour at Buffalo,
n: Y. ; the first execution by electricity, at Auburn prison,
N. Y 6 Aug. "
Dr. T. Thacher Graves, for murder of Mrs. Josephine Barnaby
of Providence, R. I. , by poison, at Denver, Col 1891
[While awaiting his second trial he committed suicide in
the county jail at Denver, 3 Sept. 1893.]
Rev. Charles A Briggs. charged by the presbytery of New
York, 5 Oct. 1891, with teaching doctrines "which conflict
irreconcilably with, and are contrary to, the cardinal doc-
trines taught in the Holy Scriptures," in an address at the
Union Theological seminary in New York, 20 Jan. 1891; case
dismissed, 4 Nov. ; prosecuting committee appeal to the Gen-
eral Assembly, 13 Nov. ; judgment reversed and case re-
manded to the presbytery of New York for new trial, 30 May,
1892; prof. Briggs acquitted after a trial of 19 days. .30 Dec. 1892
Dr. Robert W. Buchanan, tried in New York city for wife pois-
oning; verdict, "guilty of murder in 1st degree". .. .26 Apr. 1893
Carlyle W. Harris, for murder of Helen Potts, 1 Feb. 1891, to
whom he was secretly married, 8 Feb. 1890; she dies of an
overdose of morphine, and Harris is convicted on circum-
stantial evidence, 2 Feb. 1892; executed by electricity at
Sing Sing 8 May, »'
George H. Abbott, alias Frank C. Almy, for murder of Christie
Warden, near Hanover, N. H., June, 1891; hung at Concord,
N. H 16 May, "
Lizzie Borden, arrested in Fall River, 11 Aug. 1892, for murder of
her father and stepmother on 4 Aug. 1892 ; arraigned at New
Bedford, pleads not guilty, 8 May, 1893; acquitted. .20 June, *'
[Defended by ex-gov. Robinson of Massachusetts.]
John Y. McKane, Gravesend, L. I., for election frauds , con-
victed and sentenced to Sing Sing for 6 years 19 Feb. 1894
Miss Madeline V. Pollard, for breach of promise, against repre-
sentative W. C. P. Breckenridge of Kentucky; damages,
$50,000; trial begun 8 Mch. 1894, at Washington, D. C. ; ver-
dict of $15,000 for miss Pollard, Saturday 14 Apr. "
Patrick Eugene Prendergast, for the murder of Carter Harri-
son, mayor of Chicago, 28 Oct. 1893; plea of defence, insanity;
jury find him sane and he is hung 13 July, "
George A. Bartliolomy for the murder of William E. Delaney,
ex city clerk, Buffalo, N. Y., 14 June, 1894; sentenced to
Auburn state-prison for life 10 Oct. "
tribune§ of tlie people (tribuni pkUs), magis-
trates of Rome, first chosen from among the commons to rep-
resent them, 494 B.C., when the people, after a quarrel with the
l>atricians, had retired to Mons Sacer. The first 2 tribunes
were C. Licinius and L. Albinus, but the number was soon
raised to 5, and 37 years later to 10. The office was annual,
and as the first had been created on the 4th of the ides of Dec,
that day was chosen for the election. In A.n. 1347 Nicolo di
Rienzi assumed absolute power in Rome as tribune of the peo-
ple, and reformed many abuses; but his extravagances de-
stroyed his popularity and he abdicated, returned to Rome, and
was assassinated, 8 Sept. 1354.
triellillia§i§ (^trick-i-nVa-sis), a disease, often fatal,
occasioned by eating raw or underdone pork containing a
minute worm named Ti-ichina spiralis. Prof. Owen discov-
ered these worms in cysts, in liuman muscle, hi 1832. The
trichinae are thoroughly destroyed by proper cooking. Tlie
disease excited much attention in 1865, and was the subject
of a lecture by dr. Thudichum at the Society of Arts on 18
Apr. 1866.
tricolor flag (red, white, and blue), adopted by
France 1789.
tricoteil§e§ (tree-co-tuz'), knitters, a name given to fa-
natical women in Paris, in 1792, who zealously attended polit-
ical meetings and executions, knitting at intervals. A notable
example, madame Defarge in Dickens's "Tale of Two Cities."
Trieste (Jree-est''), an Austrian port on the Adriatic, de-
clared a free port by the emperor Charles VI., 1719, confirmed
by Maria Theresa in 1750. It was held by the French in 1797
and 1805. Since the establishment of the overland mail to
India it has risen to great commercial importance. After
various changes of rulers it was restored to Austria in 1814,
Pop. 1890, 158,344.
trillimer, a term applied to Charles Montague, earl of
Halifax, and others who held similar political opinions, mid-
way between the extreme Whigs and Tories, in the latter ])art
of the 17th century. He accepted the title as an honor, as-
serting that it belonged to the British constitution and church.
Macaulay regarded Halifax as a trimmer on principle, and not
a renegade. He died in 1715.
Tri-moiintaln. Boston, 1630: Massaciiusktts.
Trinac'ria (3-cornered), a name of Sicily. The title
" King of Trinacria " was temporarily assumed bv Frederick
II. (1302) and Frederick III. (1373).
Trinidad, an island of the British West Indies, dis-
covered by Columbus in 1498, was taken from the Spaniards
by sir Walter Raleigh in 1595; by the French from the Eng-
lish in 1676. Taken by the British, with 4 ships of the line
and a military force under sir Ralph Abercromby, to whom
the i.sland capitulated, 18 Feb. 1797 ; they captured 2 and
burned 3 Spanish ships of war in the harbor. This possession
was confirmed to England by the peace of Amiens in 1802.
The insurrection of the negroes occurred 4 Jan. 1832. A large
lake of pitch or bitumen on the island is extensively worked.
Asphalt. Area, 1754 sq. miles; pop. 1890, 208,030.
Trinity and Trinita'rian§. Theophilus, bishop of
Antioch, who flourished in the 2d century, was the first who
gave the term Trinity to the supposed 3 persons in the God-
head. His "Defence of Christianity " was edited by (iesner,
at Zurich, in 1546. — Wathins. An order of the Trinity, termed
Mathurins, was founded about 1198 by John de Matha and Felix
de Valois. A Trinity fraternity of 16 persons was instituted at
Rome by St. Philip Neri in 1548. In England the act to exempt
from penalties persons denying the doctrine of the Trinity
(such as Unitarians and Swedenborgians) passed in 1813.
Trinity Churcll, New York cit}^, Protestant-Episco-
pal, the wealthiest church corporation in the United States.
First building 1696, enlarged 1737, burned 1776. rebuilt 1788,.
taken down 1839; present edifice consecrated, 21 May, 1846;
height of spire, 284 ft.
Trinity COlleg^eS. Cambuidgk, Oxfoud. Trin-
ity college, Dublin, called the university ; grant of the Augus-
tine monastery of All-Saints within the suburbs for erecting
this college conferred by queen Elizabeth, 1691. First stone
laid by Thomas Smith, mayor of Dublin, 1 Jan. 1593. New
charter, 1637. Made a barrack for soldiers, 1689.— A'wn?.*. The
principal or west front erected, 1759. Library erected, 1732.
This college grants degrees upon examination without resi-
dence. The Roman Catholics desire exemption from mixed
education and special privileges. Great changes were pro-
posed by an Irish Universit}' bill brought into Parliament
Feb. 1873, but withdrawn. Religious tests were abolished in
the same year.
Proposal to establish a Roman Catholic college within the uni-
versity negatived by senate (74-7) 18 May, 1874
Trinity Sunday, the next after Whitsunday. The
festival of the Holy Trinity was instituted by pope Gregory
IV. in 828, on ascending the papal chair, and is observed by
the Latin and Protestant churches originally as an octave >
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The observance was first enjoined
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Pentecost or Whitsunday,
in the council of Aries, 1260. It was fixed on the present day
by pope John XXI. in 1334.
XrilloB>ail'teSj a British tribe which occupied Mid-
dlesex and Essex, and joined in opposing the invasion of
Julius Caesar, 54 b.c, but soon submitted. They joined
Boadicea, queen of the Ickni, and were defeated by Suetonius
Paulinus near London, 61.
Tripar'tite treaty, name given to treaty of Paris,
1856.
Triple allianee was ratified between the States-
general and England against France for the protection of the
Spanish Netherlands; Sweden afterwards joining the league,
it was known as the Triple alliance, 23 Jan. 1668. Another
Triple alliance was that between England, Holland, and France
against Spain, Jan. 1717. Another between Great Britain,
Russia, and Austria, 28 Sept. 1795. Germany, Austria, and
Italy against France and Russia, 13 Mch.1887.
Trip'oli ("3 cities"). (1) In Syria, comprised three
quarters built by the Tyrians, Sidonians, and Arabians ; was
taken by the crusaders, 1109, and made a county for Raymond
of Toulouse. It was conquered by Egyptians in 1832; re-
stored to the Porte, 1835; surrendered to the British, 1841.
(2) A Turkish province, N. Africa, comprised the cities Sa-
brata, CEa (the present Tripoli, the capital), and Leptis (the
ancient Tripolitana) ; after having been held by Greeks, Ro-
mans, Vandals, and Saracens, it was conquered and annexed
by the Turks, 1551. Hamet Bey, pacha in 1741, made himself
independent, and the government remained in his family till
1835, when Tripoli was restored to nominal subjugation to the
sultan. Naval BATTLES ; United States, 1800, etc.
tri'renies, galleys with 3 banks of oars, said to have
been invented by Corinthians, 784 or 700 b.c.
trilimphs were granted by the Roman senate to gen-
erals of armies after important victories. They were welcomed
into the city with magnificence and public acclamations. The
greater of these festivals of welcome was called the triumph ;
and the less, the Ovation.
trillin'virates, Roman. In 60 B.C., Julius Caesar,
Pompey, and Crassus formed a coalition to rule the state. This
lasted 10 years, and civil war ensued. The second triumvirate,
43 B.C., formed by Octavius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Lepidus,
destroyed the liberty of the Romans. Lepidus was expelled
in 36 ; Antony was subdued in 31, and Octavius made himself
absolute. Rome. In Feb. 1849, a triumvirate was appointed
at Rome, consisting of Joseph Mazzini, Armellini, and Saffi,
which resigned on 1 July, 1849, when the city was taken by
the French.
trog'lodytes (Gr. rpwyXoSvTtjg, one who creeps into
holes, a cave dweller; from rpwyXri, a cave, and dvu), to enter,
to creep in). A name given by the ancient Greeks to various
races of savages who lived in caverns or abodes excavated in
the earth ; generally applied to the inhabitants of southern
Egypt, Ethiopia, and the mountain districts of Arabia ; but
all cave dwellers may be so denominated ; all prehistoric peo-
ple were probably troglodytic. Figuratively applied to one
who secludes himself from the affairs of the world.
trou'badour§ and trOUVere§' (from trouhar,
trouver, to find or invent), the poets of the middle ages (11th to
15th centuries). The former flourished in the south of France
and north of Spain, and used the langue d'oc (that is, oc for
oui, yes) ; the latter flourished in the north of France, and
used the langue d'oil (that is, oil for oui). The troubadours
produced romances, but excelled chiefly in lyric poetrj'^ ; the
trouveres excelled in romances, several of which are extant :
as the "Brut d'Angleterre " and the "Rou," by Wace ; the
"Romance of the Rose," b}' Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de
Meung. The troubadours were usually accompanied by jon-
yleiirs, who sang their masters' verses, with the accompaniment
of the guitar. Histories of these French poets and specimens
of their works have been published in France. These poets,
although frequently very licentious, tended to promote civili-
zation during those warlike times.
Troy or Ilium, capital of Troas, Asia Minor; Homer's
" Iliad " and " Odyssey." Its history mythical.
Arrival of Scamander in Phrygia (Blair) 1546
Teucer succeeds his father 1502
Dardanus succeeds ; builds Dardania 1480
Reign of Erichthonius 1449
Reign of Tros; from whom the people are called Trojans, and
the city Troas 1374
This, his son, reigns; the city called Ilium ' 1314
Reign of Laomedon 1200
Arrival of Heracles in Phrygia. Hesione delivered from the
sea-monster (Blair, Usher) 1225
War of Heracles and Laomedon 1224
Reign of Priam or Podarces "
Rape of Helen, by Alexander Paris, son of Priam, 20 years be-
fore the sacking of Troy (Homer's Iliad, book xxiv. ) 1204
Commencement of the invasion of the Greeks to recover Helen, 1193
Troy taken and burned in the night, 11 June, i. e., 23d of the
month Thargelion. —Parian Marbles. 408 years before the 1st
Olympiad.— Apollodorus, Hales, and Clinton, 1183; others. . . 1184
[W. E. Gladstone dates the war 1316-07.]
^neas arrives in Italy (Lenglet) 1183
[Some time after the destruction of Troy a new city was
built with the same name about 30 stadia distant. It was
favored by Alexander the Great in his Asiatic expedition, but
never rose to much importance, and in the age of Strabo was
nearly in ruins. — Priestley.] a.d.
Dr. H. Schliemann, at Hissarlik in the Troad, excavates a very
ancient buried city, which he names "Novum Ilium ".. .1872-73
He pub. " Troy and its Remains " (transl. by dr. P. Smith) 1875
His Trojan antiquities arranged at South Kensington museum,
Dec. 1877
Dr. Schliemann resumes excavations at Hissarlik; discovers
Trojan houses and many antiquities, a dagger, earrings,
bracelets, idols, shells, etc 30 Sept.-l Dec. 1878
Again with prof. Virchow and M. Burnouf, 1 Mch. ; makes
fresh discoveries described in a letter, 5 June, 1879; pubs,
his book, "Ilios" 1880
troy weight. The Romans introduced their ounce,
the avoirdupois ounce, into Britain. The present ounce was
brought from Grand Cairo into Europe, about the time of the
crusades, 1095, and was first adopted at Troves, a city of
France, whence the name. It is used to weigh gold, silver,
and precious stones. The troy weight, Scots, was established
by James VI. (James I. of England) in 1618. Standards.
Troye§ (troi), central France, where a treaty was con-
cluded between England, France, and Burgundy, whereby it
was stipulated that Henry V. should marry Catherine, daugh-
ter of Charles VI., be appointed regent of France, and, after
the death of Charles, should inherit the crown, 21 May, 1420.
truce of Ood {frera, or treuga Dei), a term given
to a cessation of the private feuds and conflicts so general
during the middle ages all over Europe, said to have been ad-
vocated by the bishop of Aquitaine in 1032. The clergy gave
their influence for it. A synod at Roussillon, 1027, decreed
that none should attack his enemy between Saturday evening
(at nones) and Monday morning (at the hour of prime).
Similar regulations were adopted in England, 1042 (some-
times Friday and Wednesday being chosen for the time).
The truce of God was confirmed by many councils of the
church, especially the Lateran council in 1179.
truck-farming is raising vegetables for the mar-
kets, usually on a larger scale than what is called market-
gardening, and is dependent on transportation companies and
commission merchants to place its products on sale. Before
1860 this industry was but little known, and confined to the
immediate vicinity of the cities; now many of its products
are transported from 600 to 2000 miles for consumption. Late
in the autumn and early in the spring the Gulf states and
the lower Mississippi valley supply the enormous demand for
green vegetables to the northern cities until the season, ad-
vancing at the rate of 13 miles a day, gradually brings the
growth northward, so that now at no season of the year are
the great northern cities without fresh summer fruits and veg-
etables. The first report of the Census Bureau on truck farms,
made in 1890, shows that in 1889 the value of products sold,
after deducting freight and commissions, was $76,518,155;
after deducting for labor, seed, etc., the net income was $51,-
909,265, from the following acreage in different districts:
District. Acres.
1. New England 6,838
2. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania 108,135
3. Delaware, Maryland, Virginia (east of Chesapeake bay). . . 25,714
4. Southeastern counties of Virginia and northeastern ) ._ „,._
counties of North Carolina ] ^^.-^'O
5. Western Maryland and western Virginia 37,181
6. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida 111,441
7. Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky., 36,180
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Wttrict. A^cret.
a Texas, Arkansas. Missouri, Kansas. 3«,889
9 Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska ... 107,414
10 M iniiesoUi, North DukoUi, Soiilh Dakota 1,083
11. Idaho, Wyoming Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, > g ggg
Arliona. / , ' ,„
11 California, Oregon, Washington U,95l
Total 634,440
The principal vegetables gruwn are here mentioned in order
of the values sold :
1 Watermelons.
2. CablNige.
3. Pease.
4. Asp.iragiis.
6. Melons other than water-
melons.
G. Sweet potatoes.
7. Tomatoes.
8. Spinach.
i). Irish potatoes.
10. Celery.
11. String-beans.
Other vegetables connected with this industry are : beets,
cucumbers, cauliflower, carrots, egg-plant, kale, lettuce, Lima
beans, onions, parsnips, radishes, rhubarb, squashes, sweet corn,
and turnips.
trumpet, a wind instrument of great antiquity, prop-
erly of metal, with a flaring opening for the sound to issue.
Some of the (ireek historians ascribe the invention of the
trumpet to the Tyrrhenians, and others to the Egyptians. It
was in use in the time of Homer. Shells of fish, sounded like
trumpets, were in use as signals among most primitive peoples.
—Potter. The Jewish feast of trumpets was appointed 1490
B.C. (Lev. xxiii. 24). OflFa, king of Mercia, is said to have
Imd trumpets sounded before him when travelling, about 790
A.u. Speaking-tkumpet.
tnimpet- flower, Bignonia radicans. Flovveus
AND Plants.
trUiS (probably derived from Lat. torqueo, to twist, to
bend, to bind together). A transverse spring-truss for rupt-
ures was patented by Robert Brand in 1771, and by many
other persons since.
tru§t§ and eoinbiliei. Terms applied in the United
States originally to organizations and agreements, by which a
body of trustees hold the stock of a number of corporations, or
a controlling interest in each, and administer them in common,
constituting a more or less complete monopoly. The Stand-
ard oil and the sugar trusts were first organized on this plan,
and many other combinations have imitated them. But the
courts being hostile to such monopolies, nearly all the trusts
have been converted into business corporations. But the
name trust is still popularly given to all such associations
which unite many factories under one control, limiting com-
petition. Capital invested in the principal trusts in the U. S.
in 1893 mav be stated as follows :
Mineral oil $150,000,000
Sugar 75,000,000
Whiskey 35,000,000
General electric. 34,000,000
Lead 30,000,000
Cotton oil 30,000,000
Tobacco 129,000,000
Rubber 28,000,000
Cordage 25,000,000
Linseed oil 18,000,000
Starch 8,000,000
Tuam, a town of W. Ireland. ■ St. Jarlath, the son of
Loga, who lived about 501, is looked upon as the first founder
of the cathedral of Tuam, though the abbey is said to have
been founded in 487. The church was anciently called Tuaim-
dii-Gualand. In 1511 Edan O'Hoisin was the first archbishop,
at least the first who received the pall, for some of his prede-
cessors are sometimes called bishops of Connaught, and some-
times archbishops, by Irish historians. The see of Mayo was
annexed to Tuam in 1559. It ceased to be archiepiscopal,
conformably with the statute 3 and 4 Will. IV., 1833 ; and is
now a bishopric only, to which Killala and Achonr}', a joint see,
has been added. Archbishops, Bishops in Ireland.
lubercllIo'si§, a disease consisting of the degeneration
of tissue and growth of tubercles, masses of diseased matter, in
the lungs (phthisis or consumption) or other parts of the body.
Dr. Robert Koch of Berlin discovers in a minute organism,
named bacillus tuberculosis, the cause of the disease 1882
Koch announces a lymph by the injection of which, as in vac-
cination, he hopes to cure the disease autumn of 1890
Full account of dr. Koch's method pub Nov. "
Exaggerated reports of success discussed 1890-91
Df. Koch explains his lymph, tuberculine, as a glycerine ex-
tract from the pure cultivation of the tubercle bacilli. 15 Jan. 1891
Prof Badenhencr of Cologne asserts that out of 100 surgical
cases no perfect cure has been effected by the lymph .Jan. "
Prof. Virchow. Berlin, reports in 21 cases of injection of lymph
unfavorable results Jan. "
Dra Bertin, Picq, and Bernheim propose the cure of tubercu-
losis by the transfusion of goat's blood Jan., Feb. 1891
Dr. Koch acknowledges the failure of bis remedy, and proposes
an improvement by the addition of alcohol 2'i Oct. "
The use of tuberculitie, though not curative, has proved to
be of the highest importance in the diagnosis of the disease.
In cases in which tuberculosis has found a lodgement, an in-
jection of this substance into the circulation is at once fol-
lowed by a marked rise of the temperature, even though no
other symptom of the disease is exhibited. It is by this
means that suspected cattle are examined, and diseased ones
distinguished.
Tii'bin^en MCIiooI of Theology (Old), connected
with the Tubingen university. Its first representative, Gott-
lob Christian Storr (1746-1805), aimed to fix faith firmly on
the authority of revelation as in the Scriptures, miracles, etc.,
in opposition to the philosophy of Kant, Fichte, Schelling, etc.
Modern school, founded by Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792-
1860), introduced a rigid criticism of the books of the New
Testament and strove to free Christianity' from supernatural-
ism, i. e., miracles, etc.
tubular bridgC§. Bridges.
Tueiday (Lat. Dies Martis, the day of Mars), the 3d
day of the week, so called from Tiiisto, Tito, or Tuesco, a Saxon
deitj', worshipped on this day. Tuisto is mentioned by Taci-
tus. Week-days.
Tuilerie§ {tweel-ree'), Paris, the imperial palace of
France, commenced by Catherine de Medicis, after the plans
of IMiilibert de I'Orme, 1564 ; continued by Henry IV., and
finished by Louis XIV. This palace was stormed by the
mob, 10 Aug. 1792; and ransacked in the revolutions of July,
1830, and Feb. 1848. Louis Napoleon made it his residence
in 1851, and greatly renovated it. The restoration of the
Tiiileries (much injured by fire by the Communists, May,
1871) was determined on, Oct. 1872, but not proceeded with.
The ruins were sold for $161,000 to M. Picard, 4 Dec. 1882.
tulip§, indigenous in the east of Europe, were taken to
England from Vienna about 1578. It is recorded in the register
of Alkmaer, in Holland, that in 1639 120 tulips, with the off-
sets, sold for 90,000 florins ; and that one, called the Viceroy,
sold for 4203 guilders! The government stopped this ruinous
traffic. — The tulip-tree, Liiiodendron tulipifera, was carried to
England from America, abotit 16G3. Flowers and Plant.s.
TullallO'nia campaign. The Confederate com-
mander Bragg, after the battle of Murfreesborough, re-
treated to Shelby ville, about 25 miles south from Murfrees-
borough, and part of his array to TuUahoma, somewhat farther
away. Here he intrenched to resist the Federal advance. It
was not until 24 June, 1863, that gen. Rosecrans advanced from
Murfreesborough, and in a short campaign of 15 days (24 June-
7 July), without severe fighting, compelled Bragg to evacu-
ate middle Tennessee and retreat across the Tennessee river.
Chickamauga.
tumulus, pi. tumuli (Lat.) ; a mound, a heap. They
are found in all parts of the world, and date from prehistoric
times. Mentioned in the Bible, Josh. vii. 26; viii. 29; 2 Sam.
xviii. 17. Erected over the dead by the ancient Greeks ; thus
Homer, speaking of the burial of Patroclus :
" Then drew a circle for the sepulchre
And, laying its foundations to enclose
The pyre, they heaped the earth, and having reared
A mound, withdrew." — "Iliad, "bk. xxiii., lines 314-17.
Artificial mounds vary in size from a few feet to over 200 feet
in height; the highest in England, at Silbnry hill, is 170 feet.
The utensils found in them indicate that they belong to the
neolithic (''tone), bronze, or iron age, and are probably unciv-
ilized attempts at pyramid building. Mound Builders.
tUUg'§ten (also called wolfram and scheelium) , a hard,
whitish, brittle metal. From tungstate of lead, Scheele, in
1781, obtained tungstic acid, whence the brothers De Ltiyart,
iu 1786, obtained the metal. In 1859 it was employed in
making a new kind of steel.
Xu'nis, a seaport town and state of N. Africa, stands
nearly on the site of Carthage. Tunis was besieged by Louis
IX. of France, who died near it, 25 Aug. 1270. It remained
under African kings till taken by Barbarossa, for Solyman the
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Magnificent, 1531. Barbarossa was expelled by the emperor
Charles V., when 10,000 Christian slaves were set at liberty,
June, 1535. The country was recovered by the Turks under
Selira II., 1575. The bey of Tunis was first appointed in 1574.
Tunis was reduced by adm. Blake on the bey refusing to de-
liver up the British captives, 1655. The Hussein dynasty
was founded 1705. In July, 1856, the bey agreed to make
constitutional reforms. He died 22 Sept. 1859 ; and his brother
and successor, Mohamed-es-Sadok, took the oath of fidelity to
the constitution. Died 1882 ; succeeded by his brother, Sidi-
Ali, 28 Oct. 1882. Area, 45,000 sq. mUes ; pop. 1890, 1,500,000.
It is now under French protection.
Tunis incorporated with the Turkish empire 25 Oct. 1871
Dispute with France; predatory incursions of the Kroumirs,
nomadic shepherd tribes, on Algerian territory, Mch. ; mili-
tary expedition sent from France; lands iuTabarka, 25 Apr. ;
bombards fortress and occupies Bizerta 30 Apr. 1881
Bey appeals to Turkey, 11 Apr. ; and the great powers, 27 Apr. '•
French approach Tunis, alleging the object to be to restrain
warlike tribes and protect their frontier 11 May, "
Treaty with France signed ; France to occupy the positions
which she deems necessary for the maintenance of order and
the security of the frontier and the coast, and to send a resi-
dentministertothecapital. French government guarantees to
the bey the security of his person, his states, and his dynasty,
and the maintenance of existing treaties with the European
powers ; while the bey undertakes not to conclude any interna-
tional convention without a previous understanding with the
French government, and to prevent the introduction of arms
into Algeria through Tunis. Financial system of the regency
to be regulated by France in concert with the bey. . .12 May, "
M. Roustan, the consul, appointed French resident minister
(said to be virtual ruler, replacing bey); French army re-
turning home June, "
Mustapha ben Ismail, the bey's chief minister, received by
pres. Gr^vy at Paris 21 June, "
French courts of law established 1 Jan. 1884
Canal from Timis to its port Goletta, a distance of 7 miles, is
being built, to be finished 1894
T'linker§, a sect of American Baptists, called also
Dunkers or Tumblers (from their mode of baptism by putting
converts, while kneeling, head-foremost into the water), are
an offshoot of a German Baptist community at Schwartzenau,
on the river Eder, a number of whom emigrated to America
under Conrad Beissel (or Peysel) and others, about 1719.
Peysel afterwards founded a separate settlement at Ephrata,
about 50 miles from Philadelphia, where celibacy and monas-
ticism were encouraged but not made obligatory.
tunnage and poundage were ancient duties levied
on every tun of wine and pound of other goods, imported or
exported, and were the origin of "customs." They com-
menced in England about 1346, and were granted to the kings
for life, beginning with Edward IV. Charles I. gave offence
by levying them on his own authority, 1628. They were
granted to Charles II. for his lifetime, 24 June, 1660. By the
act 27 Geo. III. c. 13, these and other duties were repealed,
1787, and the present system of excise and customs introduced.
tunnel, an underground passage or roadway through a
mountain or hill or under the bed of a stream, etc. Herodotus
speaks of a tunnel 7 furlongs long and 8 feet high through a
hill on the island of Samos. The Romans constructed a tunnel
6000 feet long by 7 high and 5 wide to tap lake Albanus,
359 B.C. Lake Fucino in Italy was drained by a tunnel 3
miles long, 20-30 feet high, and about 30 feet wide, devised
by Julius Caesar and executed by Claudius, 52 a.d. One of
the earliest known tunnels, said to have been constructed to
drain the plateau on which stands the city of Mexico, pierced
the Nochistengo ridge for 6 miles. It was destroyed during a
flood and replaced by an open cut, with a maximum depth of
200 feet, in 1608. The first canal tunnel constructed in Eng-
land was the Harecastle, 1 mile 5 furlongs in length, for the
Trent and Mersey canal, in 1766-77. Among other noted
tunnels built for canal purposes are: Thames and Medway,
3720 yards; Tipton Green, 2926 yards; Bilsworth (Grand
Junction), 3080 yards; Sapperton (Thames and Severn), 4180
yards; Soussey (Bourgogne), 3852 yards; Nauvages (Canal
du Marne au Rhin), 5320 yards; Lapal (Dudley canal), 3776
yards; Ripley (Cromford canal), 2966 yards; Marsden (Hud-
dersfield), 5500 yards; Noirieu (St. Quentin), 13,128 yards;
Pouilly (Bourgogne), 3660 yards. Railroad tunnels are innu-
merable; besides t/hose detailed below, there may be noted the
Woodhead tunnel, between Manchester and SheflSeld, Engl., 3
miles in length ; Standedge, on London and Northwestern rail-
road, over 3 miles ; at Nerthe, France, about 3 miles ; at Blaisy,
France, about 2 J miles in length, and many in the United States.
First tunnel in the U. S. near Auburn, Pa., for the Schuylkill
Navigation company's canal, 450 feet long, 20 wide and 18
high ; begun 1818, completed 1821
Alleghany Portage railroad tunnel in Pennsylvania, one of the
first in the U. S., 900 feet in length; begun 1831, completed. . 1833
Black Rock tunnel, on the Reading railroad, Pennsylvania, 1932
feet long, constructed 1836
Thames tunnel, between Rotherhithe and Wapping; length,
1200 feet; width, 35 feet; height, 20 feet; cost about $5500
per lineal yard; planned. by I. K. Brunei in 1823; excavation
begun, Dec. 1825; irruptions of river 18 May, 1827 and 12
Jan. 1828, when 6 workmen were drowned ; thickness of earth
between the crown of the tunnel and the bed of the river,
about 15 feet; opened for foot passengers 25 Mch. 1843
[It was purchased by the East London railway and closed
to others, 21 July, 1866.]
Machine rock drill invented by J. J. Couch, an American, 1849,
and machine drills first used practically in tunnelling mont
Cenis 1861
Nitroglycerine first applied to blasting 1863
Machine rock drill first practically used in tunnelling in the
U. S. in the Hoosac tunnel Nov. 1866
Tunnel extending 2 miles under lake Michigan at Chicago, to
supply the city with water, the first of its kind; begun 17
Mch. 1864, and completed 17 Dec. "
[A second tunnel was built 1872-74.]
Dynamite invented by Nobel 1867
Great tunnel of the Central Pacific railroad at the summit of
the Sierra Nevada oi)eued Jan. 1868
First river tunnel in the U, S. constructed under the Chicago
river; length, 810 feet- completed Dec. "
Mont Cenis tunnel, nearly 8 miles long, extends from Modane
to Bardonnfeche under the Col de Frejus; site was indicated
in 1840; cost about |1100 per lineal yard; engineers, messrs.
Grattoni, Grandis, and Sommeiller; work begun by king Vic-
tor Emmanuel, 31 Aug. 1857; blasting by hand until 1H60 at
the south heading, and 1862 at the north, when rock drills
were introduced; 2 headings meet, with a difference of 1 foot
in level, 25 Dec. 1870; tunnel opened 17 Sept. 1871
Hoosac tunnel, through the Hoosac mountains, near North
Adams, Mass., is 4% miles long, averages 25x25 feet, and
cost about $14,000,000. Massachusetts legislature reports in
favor of a canal tunnel, 1825; railroad tunnel located, 1850;
act of legislature authorizing its construction and lending
state aid passed, 1854; tunnel driven 2400 feet at the east
heading and 610 feet at the west, 1855-61; abandoned by
contractors, July, 1861; work resumed by state, Oct. 1863;
head house, etc., destroved by fire, the result of an explosion,
and 13 lives lost, Oct. 1867; headings of tunnel meet, 27 Nov. 1873
Tunnel under the Detroit river, begun in 1872, to connect the
Michigan Central railroad with the Great Western of Canada;
abandoned on account of irruption of sand and water from
the river "
Flood rock in the East river, N. Y., near Hallet's Point, honey-
combed with tunnels and blown up; work begun, Aug. 1869;
total length of tunnels, 7425 feet; explosion conducted by
gen. John Newton, U. S. A 24 Sept. 1876
Rothschonberg tunnel, to drain the Freiberg mines. Saxony,
31>^ miles in length and about 10 feet high; begun in 1844,
completed 1877
Sutra tunnel, 4 miles long, to drain the Comstock Lode, Ne-
vada, at a depth of 1600 feet; company chartered 4 Feb. 1865 ;
completion celebrated in Carson Valley 30 June, 1879
Ancient aqueduct tunnel, about 11 miles long, built in the time
of Augustus, to supply Bologna with water from the Setta; is
restored by count Gozzadini and reopened 5 June, 1881
St. Gothard tunnel, piercing the Alps; actual length, 9)^ miles;
cost about $700 per lineal yard; work begun at each end,
Sept. 1872; machinery used after Apr. and July, 1873; head-
ings joined, 29 Feb. 1880, with a horizontal difference at joining
of only 2 inches, and a lateral of 13 inches; first passenger
train through 1 Nov. "
Rack-a-rock blasting-powder invented by S. R. Divine 1882
Hudson river tunnel. New York to Jersey City, begun 1874;
20 workmen drowned by irruption of water, July, 1880;
work stopped for lack of funds on New Jersey side, Nov.
1882, and on the New York side, July, 1883, and tunnel aban-
doned after an expenditure of over $1,000,000 July, 1883
Arlberg tunnel, under the Alps, at the Arl mountain, from
Langen to St. Anton, 6^ miles; cost about $500 per lineal
yard; work begun, July, 1880; headings joined, Nov. 1883;
railway opened Sept. 1884
Tunnel under the Mersey, between Liverpool and Birkenhead,
Engl., was authorized by Parliament, 1866; dimensions:
width, 26 feet; height, 19 feet; length, \}4 miles; experi-
mental work begun, Dec. 1879; regular work begun, 1881;
tunnel opened 13 Jan. 1886
Big Bend tunnel, Cal., to drain a section of the Feather river
for gold mining, was begun Nov. 1882; length, 12,000 feet;
cross section, 12X16 feet; work completed Apr. "
Company chartered by New York to construct a tail race tunnel
about IX miles in length, in the bank of Niagara river, from
a point above to a point below the falls, to supply water-
power for mills, electric plants, etc "
Severn tunnel, built for the Great Western railway, from Mon-
mouthshire to Gloucestershire; total length. 4 miles 626
yards; work begun, 1873; submerged by irruption from river
for 1 year from Oct. 1879; hning with brick-work begun, 1881;
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floodctl again, Oct 1883; connections made, Oct 1884; opened
for tn«fHo oept 18ao
Tunnel iliroi'igh "the Cascade range in Washington, 9850 feet
long; cross section, 16X20>tf feet; work begun, Apr. 1886;
completed June, 1888
New Crolon aqueduct, which is 33^ miles long, built to supply
water to Now York city, contains 30?^ miles of tunnels; this
portion of the work completed (Croto.n aqueduct) "
Sarnia tunnfl, under the St. Chiir river, from Sarula to I'ort
Huron- a cast-iron tube, over 6000 feet iu length, 21 foot in
diameter and lined with masonry; opened for railroad trafllc, 1890
Tunnel under the Channel between Dover and Calais, proposed
18(59; ex|>erimcnt!»l boring begun in France, 187(>; lu Eng-
land 18«'2; Channel tunnel disapproved by sir G. Wolseloy
and "other otllcers, British and foreign, Mch. 1882; work
8top|>ed by the government, 6 July, 1882; sir E. Watkiu's
bill for oxi>erimental works opposed by the government and
rejected iu the Commons, Juno, 1888, and again June,
Tura'lliUII, a subdivision of the Mongolian race.
ExHNOiXKiY, Language.
turbine wheel (Lat. tmbo, a reel, a whirl, etc.), a
form of a water-wheel invented by Benoit Fourneyson, 1^23 ;
first built, 1827. The varieties are now numerous.
Tu'rill, the ancient Augusta Taminorum in Liguria.
Under the name of Taurasia it was taken by Hannibal,
218 B.C. Capital of Piedmont, of the Sardinian states, and of
the kingdom of Italy till 1864, when it was superseded by
Florence. Its importance dates from the permanent union of
Savoy and Piedmont in 1416. The French besieged this
city; but prince Eugene defeated their army and compelled
them to raise the siege, 7 Sept. 1706. In 1798 the French re-
publican army took possession of Turin, seized all the strong
places and arsenals of Piedmont, and obliged the king and his
family to remove to the island of Sardinia. In 1799 the
French were driven out by the Austrians and Russians; but
the city and all Piedmont surrendered to the French, June,
1800. In May, 1814, it was restored to the king of Sardinia.
Italy, 1864. University founded 1405. Louis Kossuth, the
Hungarian patriot, died here, 20 Mch. 1894, aged 92 years.
Pop. 1890, 320,808.
Turin Papyru§, The, or « Book of Kings,'- a frag-
mentary list of Egyptian kings, brought from Thebes by an
Italian named Drovetti. A fac-simile is preserved in the
Royal Society of Literature, London.
Turkestan', called by the Persians Turan, Indepen-
dent Tartary, the original country of the Turks, in central
Asia, was reached by Alexander, 331 b.c. The Russians are
gradually encroaching on this country; on 14 Feb. 1865, a new-
province, Turkestan, was created by decree, and gen. Kauff-
mann made governor, 26 July, 1867. It includes Saraarcand,
Ferghanah, Semiryetchensk, and Syr-Daria. Area, 409,414
sq. miles ; pop. 3,400,000.
Turkey or the Ottoman Empire. The Turks
were originally a tribe of Tartars; but, by incorporation with
the peoples they have conquered, have become a mixed race.
About 760 they obtained possession of a part of Armenia, called
from them Turcomania, They first appeared in Europe in
1080, crossing the Bosporus to assist the emperor Botoniates
against his rival. Under Othman or Osman, the founder of
the present dynasty, they made themselves masters of several
places in Asia, captured Nicea, and made Broussa their capital
(1326). By the end of the 14th century they controlled
Thessaly, Macedonia, and Bulgaria in Europe and nearly all
western Asia. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Ma-
homet II., its conqueror, proceeded to subdue Trebizond, Wal-
lachia, Bosnia, lUyria, and the Morea. Egypt, Syria, Cir-
cassia, and Moldavia passed under Turkish rule, 1481-1512.
In 1522 they subdued Rhodes, and in 1525 invaded Hungary
and invested Vienna, from which they were repulsed, 1529.
At this time they were at the height of their power, ruling an
area in Europe of 230,000 sq. miles. Their power has since
rapidly declined. It has not been the custom of the sultans
of Turkey for some centuries to contract regular marriages.
The inmates of his harem are not Turkish subjects, but come
by purchase or free will from other districts, chieflv from Cir-
cassia. From these inmates the sultan selects a certain num-
ber, generally 7, to be "kadyn" or ladies of the palace; the
rest, called " odalik," remain as servants to them. But one,
and only one, lady of the palace, bearing the title of Harnadar-
Kadyn, and she always old, keeps any intercourse with the
outer world, and this only through the chief of the guard of
eunuchs, called Kyzlar-Agassi, bearing tlie same rank as the
grand-vizier. The will of the sultan is absolute in so far as it
is not in opposition to the teachings of the Koran. Forms of
constitution, after the model of the western European states,
have been drawn up, the first proclaimed 18 Feb. 1856, and a
second as a decree of sultan Abdul-Hamid II., Nov. 1876, but it
appears impossible to carr}' them out in the present condition
of the Ottoman empire.
ARUA AND POPULATION OF THE IMMEDIATE POSSESSIONS
OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
Country.
Sq. miles.
Population.
61,200
687,640
398,738
4,780,000
21,608,000
1,300,000
Asia
Africa....
Total
1,147,578
27.688,000
[This does not include Bulgaria, which is virtually free from
Turkey, nor Bosnia and Herzegovina, now governed by Austro-
Huugary, nor Egypt.]
Alp Arslan and the Turks conquer Armenia and Georgia 1065-68
Asia M inor conquered, 1074-84 ; Jerusalem taken 1076
Solyinan Shah drowned in the Euphrates on the march; his
son Ertoghul, granted territories near Angora, d 1288
Othman, his son, emir of the sultan of Iconium, founded the
Ottoman empire at Priisa, Bithynia 1299
Organization of Janissaries by Orcan about 1330
Nicsea conquered, 1330 ; and the Morea 1346
Turks penetrate into Thrace and take Adrianople 1361
Amurath I. remodels the Janissaries 1362
Bajazet I. overruns provinces of Eastern empire 1389 et seq.
He defeats Sigismund of Hungary at Nicopolis 28 Sept. 1396
He besieges Constantinople; but interrupted by Tamerlane (or
Timour), defeated and made prisoner, at Ancyra 28 July, 1402
Macedonia annexed 1430
Ladislas of Hungary defeated and slain at Varna by Amurath,
10 Nov. 1444
Amurath defeats John Hunniades at Kossova Oct. 1448
Turks, invading Hungary, repelled by Hunniades 1450
Constantinople taken by the Turks under Mahomet II., which
ends the P^astern or Greek empire 29 May, 1453
Belgrade relieved by Hunniades's victory over the Turks, July, 1456
Grkece subjected to the Turks 1458-60
Turks take Otranto, spreading terror in P^nrope 1480
Selini I. raised to the throne by the Janissaries; murders his
father, brothers, etc 1512
He takes the islands of the Archipelago 1514
He overruns Syria 1515
Gains Egypt by defeat of Mamelukes Aug. 1516
Solyman takes Belgrade, Aug. 1521; and 1 hodes Dec. 1522
Defeats Hungarians at Mohatz 29 Aug. 1526
Repulsed before Vienna Oct. 1529
Peace with Austria 1533
Cyprus taken from the Venetians Aug. 1571
Great battle of Lepanto 7 Oct. "
Treaty of commerce with England 1579
Turks driven out of Persia by shah Abbas 1585
War with the Cossacks, who take Azof. 1637
Turks defeat Persians and take Bagdad 1638
Candia (Crete) taken from Venice, after a 25-years siege 1669
Vienna besieged by Mahomet IV., but relieved by John of Po-
land 12 Sept. 1683
Peace of Carlovitz 26 Jan. 1699
Mustapha II. deposed by Janissaries 1703
Morea retaken by the Turks 1715
Turks defeated at Peterwardein / , 1716
They lose Belgrade, and their power declines 1717
Peace of Erivan (with Persia) 1732
Belgrade taken from Austria, Russia relinquishes Azof 1739
Turks defeated at Kars 1745
Insurrection of Wahabees 1749
Great sea-fight in the channel of Scio; Russian fleet defeats the
Turkish 1770
Crimea ceded to Russia Jan. 1784
War with Russia and Austria; Turks lose more than 200,000
men 1787-91
Cession of Oczacow 1791
War with the French, who invade Egypt 1798
Insurrection of Mamelukes at Cairo 1803
War against Russia and England 7 Jan. 1807
Passage and repassage of the Dardanelles by the British fleet,
with great loss 19 Feb. "
Murder of Hali Aga 25 May, "
Janissaries massacre the newly disciplined troops 1808
R'lssians defeated at Silistria 1809
Treaty of Bucharest 28 May, 1812
Caravan of 2000 souls on return from Mecca destroyed by hot
wind in Arabian desert; 20 saved 9 Aug. "
Subjugation of the Wahabees 1818-19
Ali Pacha of Janina, in Greece, declares himself independent. . 1820
Insurrection in Moldavia and Wallachia 6 Mch. 1821
Persecution of Christians, 6 Mch. ; the Greek patriarch mur-
I dered at Constantinople (Greece) 23 Apr. "
I Horrible massacre at Scio (Chios) " 1822
1 Sea-fight near Mityleue ; Turks defeated 6 Oct. 1824
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1829
1830
1831
1832
1833
ne, 1849
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New Mahometan army organized 29 May, 1826
Insurrection of the Janissaries at Constantinoi)le; they are sup-
pressed and massacred 14-16 June, "
Battle of Navarino; Turkish fleet destroyed by those of Eng-
land, France, and Russia 20 Oct. 1827
Banishment of 132 French, 120 English, and 85 Russian settlers
from the empire 5 Jan, 1828
War with Russia 26 Apr. "
Czar Nicholas takes the field 20 May, "
Capitulation of Brahilow 19 June, "
Surrender of Anapa 23 June, "
Eminences of Shumla taken by Russians 20 July, "
Czar arrives before Varna 5 Aug. "
Battle of Akhalzic 21 Aug. "
Fortress of Biijazet taken. 9 Sept. "
Sultan proceeds to the camp with the sacred standard. .26 Sept. "
Dardanelles blockaded 1 Oct. "
Surrender of Varna 11 Oct. ' '
Russians retreat from Shumla 16 Oct. "
Surrender of castle of the Morea to French 30 Oct. "
Siege of Silistria raised by Russians 10 Nov. "
Victory of Russians at Kuleftscha, near Shumla 11 June,
Battle near Erzeroum 2 July,
Adrianople entered by Russians, 20 Aug. ; armistice. . . 29 Aug.
Treaty of peace at Adrianople U Sept.
Porte acknowledges independence of Greece 25 Apr.
Treaty with America 7 May,
Military "order of glory " (Nischan) founded 19 Aug.
St. Jean d'Acre taken by Ibrahim Pacha, son of Mehemet Ali of
Egypt 2 July,
He defeats the army of the sultan at Konieh 21 Dec.
Ibrahim Pacha marches within 80 leagues of Constantinople,
and the sultan asks the aid of Russia Jan.
Russians enter Constantinople 3 Apr.
Treaty with Russia, offensive and defensive 8 July,
Office of grand-vizier abolished 30 Mch.
Treaty of commerce with England, concluded by lord Ponsonby,
ratified 16 Aug.
War with Egypt. Syria, 1839-41.
Christians admitted to office in Turkey Ju
Turkey, countenanced by England, refuses to surrender Hun-
garian and Polish refugees on joint demand of Russia and
Austria 16 Sept.
Russia suspends intercourse with the Porte 12 Nov.
British fleet, under sir W. Parker, anchors in Besika bay,
13 Nov.
Diplomatic relations between Russia and the Porte resumed,
31 Dec. ; refugees sent to Konieh Jan.
Turkish Croatia in a state of rebellion "
Treaty with France on Holy places 13 Feb.
Imperial order of Medjidie founded Aug. "
Prince Menschikofl" at Constantinople as Russian negotiator,
28 Feb. ; his demands rejected 19 Apr. 1853
Reschid Pacha becomes foreign minister; the ultimatum reject-
ed, Menschikofl" quits Constantinople 21 May, "
Hatti-scheriff issued, confirming rights of Greek Christians,
6 June, "
Russian manifesto against Turkey 26 June, "
Russian army crosses the Pruth 2 July, "
Grand national council; war to be declared if the principalities
are not evacuated 26 Sept. "
War declared against Russia (Russo-Turkish war, Crimean),
5 Oct. "
Commencement of national debt (Loans, 1854) 1854
Insurrection in Rpirus and Albania favored by government at
Athens; Hellenic empire proclaimed 27 Jan. "
Volunteers from Athens join it 14 Mch. "
Rupture between Greece and Turkey 28 Mch. "
[Several conflicts ensue with varied success.]
Osman Pacha storms Peta, the centre of insurrection. . . 25 Apr. "
English and French governments, after remonstrances, send
troops to Pirseus; the king of Greece submits, promising
strict neutrality ; Greek volunteers recalled. . . 25 and 26 May, "
Convention between Turkey and Austria 14 June, "
xVbdi Pacha and Fuad Effendi take the intrenched camp at Ko-
lampaka; insurrection ends 18 June, "
Reschid Pacha retires, 3 June; resumes office 1 July, "
Russians leave the principalities; Austrians enter Sept. "
Turkish Loans ...Aug. 1855
Firman authorizing free exercise of religion 18 Feb. 1856
Peace with Russia by treaty of Paris 30 Mch. "
Great Britain, France, and Austria guarantee integrity of Turk-
ish empire 15 Apr. "
Austrians quit the principalities Mch. 1857
Misunderstanding among the allied powers respecting Molda-
vian elections, which are annulled July, "
Massacre of Christians at Jedda 15 June, 1858
Conflicts in Montenegro between natives and Turks -Tuly, "
Turkish flnancial reforms begun Aug. "
First Turkish railway opened, Aidan to Smyrna 19 Sept. "•
Electric telegraph completed, Aden to Suez May, 1859
Conspiracy against sultan, 17 Sept.; his brother implicated;
several condemned to die; reprieved Sept. and Oct. "
Alleged ill-treatment of Christians in Turkey; proposed inter-
vention of great powers, 5 May; Turkish government prom-
ises redress, 30 May; all powers satisfied except Russia, June, 1860
War between Druses and Maronites in Lebanon; massacres,
June, "
Massacre of Christians at Damascus (Syria) 9-11 July, "
Convention of the great powers at Paris; French armed inter-
vention agreed to 2 Aug. ' '
1850
1851
1852
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Sultan AbdulMedjid d. ; Aziz, his brother, succeeds . .25 June,
Imperial order of knighthood (Osmaneh), to include civil as
well as military persons, founded Sept.
Treaties of commerce with Sweden, Spain, etc Mch.
Insurgents in Herzegovina submit; peace made with Monte-
negro 23 Sept.
Dispute with Servia settled 7 Oct.
Cholera at Constantinople; nearly 50,000 deaths, Aug.; sub
sides
1861
1862
Revolt of the Maronites under Joseph Karam 30 Dec,
Revolution in Bucharest (Roumania)
Insurrection in Candia Aug.
Maronite revolt under Joseph Karam suppressed; his flight,
Jan. ; Turks leave 28 Mch.
Recommendation of the European powers to the sultan to give
up Candia finally declined 31 Mch.
Sultan, with his son and nephew, visits Paris, 1-12 July; Lon-
don, 12 July; entertained by the queen at Windsor, 13 July;
by the lord mayor, 18 July; returns to Constantinople, 7 Aug.
Sultan declines a proposition of Russia to suspend hostilities in
Crete, and an international commission 4 Sept.
Meeting of the new council of state (including Jews and Chris-
tians), with legislative, but not executive, functions. .18 May,
Porte requests the European powers to abolish consular juris-
dictions, termed " capitulations " June,
Khedive or viceroy of Egypt censured for encroaching on the
sovereignty of the sultan Aug.
System of compulsory education promulgated Oct.
Khedive submits to the sultan Dec.
Modification of the " capitulations " Apr.
Russia repudiates the treaty of Paris, 1856 31 Oct.
Note delivered to the Porte (Russia) 15 Nov.
Sultan agrees to a conference on the Black Sea question alone,
about 3 Dec.
Black Sea question setfjed by the conference at London (Rus-
sia) 13 Mch.
Tunis incorporated with the empire by decree 23 Oct.
Political reforms inaugurated bj' the new ministry Nov.
Roumelian railway connecting Constantinople, Adrianople, etc.,
opened 17 June,
Sultan's jewels, etc., valued at 8,000, 000^., exhibited at Vienna,
Aug.
Inability to raise a loan ; the sultan gives up a large sum ; great
flnancial reforms proposed Oct.
Turkish aggressions on South Arabia checked by Great Britain,
Nov.
Great improvements in the army; formation of reserves
Sultan ill; he recognizes his nephew Murad as successor,
about 5 Oct.
Austria, Germany, and Russia assert to Turkey their right to
treat separately with Roumania 20 Oct.
Mesondive or Mesoudiye, Turkish iron-clad, launched at Black-
wall, Engl 28 Oct.
Turkish debt 3,000,000?. in 1854; 180,000,000/
Budget: estimated receipts, 21, 711, 764i. : expenditure, 26,299.
IISI
Sept. 1865
1866
1867
1870
1874
June, 1875
Insurrection in Herzegovina ; excitement in Bosnia, Servia, and
Montenegro July-Aug.
Decree (deficit of 5,000, OOOZ. in the budget) for 5 years' half in-
terest on the debt, to be paid in cash, half in 5 per cent,
bonds 6 Oct.
Circular note, remitting taxes and promising economical and
commercial reform, 7 Oct. ; another, stating purpose of the
government to stop onerous loans, develop the resources of
the empire, etc 20 Oct.
Remonstrance of British and Russian ambassadors with the
government respecting expenditure and treatment of Chris-
tian subjects '. Sept. -Nov.
Firman issued, ordering reforms, equality of rights to Chris-
tians, etc Dec.
Note of Andrassy, Austrian minister, respecting reforms, 30
Dec. ; adopted by Germany and Russia, Jan. ; by Great Brit-
ain, 18 Jan. ; transmitted to the Porte about 7 Feb. ; agreed
to 10 Feb.
Insurrection in Bulgaria, promoted by foreign agitators, 1, 2
May; quickly suppressed by troops sent, 7 May; about 65
villages burned by the Bashi - bazouks and other Turkish
troops; several towns destroyed; about L5,000 persons killed;
cruelties to women and children; a few Turks killed by Bul-
garians in self-defence (report by Mr. Schuyler) May,
Riots at Constantinople; the softas, fanatical students, and
others, demand reforms, and "Turkey for the Turks;" min-
isterial changes; Mahmoud Pacha, the grand-vizier, replaced
by Mehemet Ruchdi; Europeans alarmed 10 May et seq.
British fleet arrives in Besika bay 26 May,
At Berlin, ministers of Austria, Germany, and Russia meet;
adopt a note to Turkey requiring an armistice of 2 mouths,
and other measures, 11, 12 May; note accepted- by France
and Italy, not by Great Britain, 19 May; not presented be-
cause of the revolution 30 May,
Grand-vizier Mehemet Ruchdi, Hussein Avni, and Midhat Pa-
cha request of the sultan some of his treasure to save the
nation; he refuses, and is deposed, 29 May; his nephew pro-
claimed as Murad V. ; accepted by people, and recognized by
Western powers 30 May et seq.
Manifesto recognizing the danger of the empire through mis-
government, and promising amendment 2 June,
Abdul-Aziz recognizes Murad; his reported suicide by cutting
arteries in the arm when insane {see below, June, 1881),
4 June,
War declared by Servia, 1 July; by Montenegro 2 July,
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Tchernayeff and Servians enter Turkey; battle at Saltschar, or
Zaicar ; Turks have the advantage 3 July,
Severe flght with Servians at Yavor, near Novl Bazar. (5 July;
with Montenegrins at Nevesinje 27 July,
League in aid of Turkish Christians formed in London, "
Mukhuir Pacha defeated by prince Nikita, at L'rba or Urbitza,
in Herzegovina 28 July,
Several days" conflict; Turks enter Servia, and capture Gurgo-
savatz; Servians retreat 7 Aug.
Turkisli barbarities in Bulgaria reported by Daily News cor-
respondent; substantiated by Mr. Schuyler, American com-
missioner from Constantinople, dated 10 Aug.
Asserted victory of prince Nikita at Medun, near Kutchi,
about 14 Aug.
Advance of the Turks under AbdulKerim Pacha upon Alexi-
natz; severe lighting, 9 Aug 19-30 Aug.
Servia invites the mediation of the guaranteeing powers,
al)out 24 Aug.
Murad V. de|K)sed on account of bad health ; his brother, Abdul-
Hamid IL, proclaimed 31 Aug.
Armistice till 25 Sept. agreed to about 17 Sept
Prince Milan proclaimed king by the army at Deligrad; dis-
approved 16 Sept.
Report of .Mr. Baring, the British commissioner in Bulgaria,
published 19 Sept.
[It established the facts "that a ferocious Mussulman
soldiery, in revenge for a feeble and abortive insurrection,
were let loose on the inhabitants of a large province; that
the population were barbarously mas&'icred, men, women,
and children included; and that during the storm of savage
fury crimes of all descriptions, and outrages unmentionable,
were perpetrated on the inhabitants." — Times.]
Firm despatch, lord Derby to sir H. Elliot, referring to Mr. Bar-
ing's report, proposing longer armistice, etc 21 Sept.
Porte receives propositions of 6 great powers 26 Sept.
Lord Derby informs deputation from city of London that the
government seeks local self government for Turkish prov-
inces in Europe, equal treatment of Mahometans and Chris-
tians, better administration for both, security for life and
property, and effectual guarantees against outrages. .27 Sept.
Servia rejects renewal of armistice; Tchernayeft" and army
dominant; fighting renewed 26, 27 Sept.
Servian attacks on Turks near Alexinatz repulsed. .28, 29 Sept.
In reply to Great Powers, the Porte declines armistice, opposes
administrative autonomy to provinces as impracticable, pro-
poses a senate, and guarantees reforms 2 Oct.
Montenegrin victory at Danilograd 13 Oct.
Turkey proposes armistice for 6 months, 10 Oct. ; declined by
Russia, who proposes 4 to 6 weeks, longer being injurious to
commerce, etc 14 Oct.
Continued fighting, unfavorable to Servians 15-19 Oct.
Medun surrenders to Montenegrins 20 Oct.
Krevet taken by Turks 21 Oct.
Result of fighting very favorable to Turks 19-24 Oct.
Turkish successes in the valley of the Morava "
Servians and Russians defeated; armies under Tchernayeff and
Horvaritch divided, 19-24 Oct. ; Djunis taken by Turks; Deli-
grad untenable ; severe Russian loss 29 Oct.
Alexinatz captured by Turks; Russian ultimatum demands 6
weeks' armistice within 48 hours dated 31 Oct.
Armistice for 2 months signed 1 Nov.
Deligrad captured by Turks, now virtually masters of Servia,
1 Nov.
Deligrad evacuated by Turks 4 Nov.
Czar's speech at Moscow; he will act independently if guaran-
tees are not obtained 10 Nov.
Preliminary meetings of conference of representatives of 6
great powers begin (Great Britain, Russia, Austria, Germany,
France, and Italy) 12 Dec.
Armistice extended to Feb. 1877 Dec.
New political constitution proclaimed (chief provisions: indi-
visibility of the empire; the sultan supreme; individual lib-
erty; freedom of all creeds, of the press, and of education;
equal legal taxation; a senate and 2 chambers; general elec-
tions by ballot every fourth year; irremoval^le judges, etc.),
23 Dec.
Opening of the conference "
Armistice extended to 1 Mch 28 Dec.
Great national council of Turkey rejects the propositions of
the conference, 18 Jan. ; it closes, 20 Jan. ; chief ambassadors
leave soon after 22 Jan.
Negotiations for peace opened with Servia and Montenegro,
about 26 Jan.
GortschakofTs circular to great powers, inquiring their pur-
poses, signed 19 Jan. ; published about 7 Feb.
Protocols of the confel-ence published in Times, etc.,
early in Feb.
In Turkey "there is no aristocracy; no governing class; no
organized democracy ; no representative government " {Mar-
quess of Salisbury) 20 Feb.
Peace with Servia signed 1 Mch.
First Turkish parliament opened; 30 senators, 90 deputies;
speech from the sultan 19 Mch.
Protocol signed for 6 powers; principles— to wait for Turkish
reforms and watch; conditional disarmament in Russia and
Turkey (voidable under certain conditions) 31 Mch.
Protocol rejected by Turkey, 12 Apr. ; justificatory circular
sent to the powers Apr.
War declared by Russia (Russo-Tcrkish war, 1877) 24 Apr.
JiHAo or holy war against Russia propounded by the Sheikh-
ul- Islam about 28 May,
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I Proclamation for increase or army by 150,000— Christians and
1876 others to serve 26 Nov. 1877
i Surrender of I'levna, 10 Dec. ; circular note to the great pow-
" I ers requesting mediation 12 Dec. "
'• Parliament opened; the sultan's speech censures the war, and
I praises his generals and soldiers 13 Dec. "
" I British fleet enter the Dardanelles without permission of the
sultan 13 Feb. 1878
" Parliament dissolved by the sultan 14 Feb. "
Insurrection in Crete, Thessaly, Epirus, etc Feb., Mch. "
Treaty of peace with Russia signed nt San Stefano (Stefano,
" I Sa.n), 3 Mch. ; ratified at St. Petersburg 17 Mch. "
Osman Pacha honorably received by sultan 24 Mch. "
" Grand-duke Nicholas and the sultan exchange visits at Con-
stantinople 26 Mch. "
" Secret British convention with Turkey (defensive alliance); if,
by treaty of Berlin, Russia acquires Kars, Ardahan, or Ba-
toum. Great Britain to join the sultan in arms in defending
his dominions, he engaging to reform his government; Cy-
prus to be held by Great Britain till Russia returns its acqui-
sitions 4 June, "
Cyprus ceded to Great Britain 3 July, "
Berlin conference meets, 13 June; treaty signed (Berlin),
13 July, "
Ratification of the treaty of Berlin announced 4 Aug. "
Definitive treaty of peace with Russia, signed 8 Feb. 1h79
British fleet leaves the sea of Marmora Mch. "
Definitive treaty with Austria, published 2G May, "
Russians evacuate Turkey July, Aug. "
Pressure for reforms by British ; adm. Hornby and the fleet
enter Turkish waters; quit early in Nov. "
Baker Pacha appointed inspector general of gendarmerie in
Asia Minor announced 18 Nov. "
Official relations with Great Britain temporarily suspended on
account of the imprisonment of dr. KOller, a German mis-
sionary, and Ahmed Tewfik, who assisted him in translations,
31 Dec. "
Successful intervention of sir A. H. Layard 1-10 Jan. 1880
Col. and Mrs. Synge (distributers of relief to Mussulmans) capt-
ured by Greek brigands, near Salonica, about 19 Feb. ; re-
leased for 10,000/ about 24 Mch. "
Collective note of Berlin conference presented 15 July, "
Madame Skobelefl; mother of the Russian general, robbed and
murdered near Philippopolis by Ouzalis, a Russian. .18 July, "
Collective note from powers urging cession of Dulcigno, etc.,
to Montenegro, and proposing to aid the prince in taking
possession 3 Aug. "
Final note from powers respecting cession of Dulcigno to Mon-
tenegro, delivered 15 Sept. "
Adm. Beauchamp Seymour, commander of combined fleet at
Ragusa, sent for a demonstration near Dulcigno 20 Sept. "
Sultan refuses to surrender Dulcigno; French decline to par-
take in attack about 27 Sept. "
Note from the sultan limiting his concessions and resisting
coercion ; presented 3 Oct. "
Immediate cession of Dulcigno ordered by the sultan, about
23 Oct.; effected .- 26 Nov. "
Combined fleet disperses 4 Dec "
Note from the sultan to powers respecting the Greek arming,
14 Dec. "
Circular from powers recommending arbitration, 24 Dec. 1880;
declined by Turkey and Greece early in Jan. 1881
Circular from Turkey proposing conference at Con.stantinople,
etc about 15 Jan. "
Notes from the powers presented 21 Feb. "
Conference at Constantinople; agreement between Turkey and
powers; proposals referred to Athens 30 Mch. ''
Sultan protests against French invasion of Tun's May, "
Turkey protests against the Tunis treaty of 12 May " "
Convention between Turkey and Greece arranged at Constanti-
nople, settling frontiers; Thessaly ceded by Turkey. .24 May, "
Trial of Midhat Pacha and others for murder of Abdul-Aziz,
June 4, 1876; convicted; Mustapha Fahri Bey and Hadji
Mehmed actual assassins; others, Mahmoud and Nouzi Pa-
chas, the sultan's brothers-in-law, Midhat Pacha, and others,
accomplices 27, 28 June, "
Sentence, death to all, except 2 subordinates to imprisonment,
29 June, "
Turco-Greek convention ceding Thessaly to Greece, signed at
Constantinople 2 .July, "
Trial of Midhat and others said to be a mockery; pardon ex-
pected July, '*
Midhat Pacha and his companions sentenced to death ; punish-
ment commuted to exile, on intercession of British govern-
ment; announced 31 July, "
Henry Suter, engaged in mining, seized by brigands at Cas-
sandria, Salonica, about 8 Apr. 1881; liberated on paying
15,000/. ransom, 23 May; brigands captured in Greece, 15 Aug.
German vessel Vulcan laden with dynamite (said to belong to
Russia), cargo discharged near Constantinople, .about 8 Oct.
Decree signed for a satisfactory settlement of the national debt,
28 Dec. '*
Sultan protests against bombardment efforts at Alexandria,
about 11 July, 1882
Turkish note to the powers against British Egyptian circular,
about 23 Jan. 1883
Death of Midhat Pacha, great statesman and reformer, in exile,
aged 62 May, 1884
Circular to the 6 great powers announcing the stoppage of the
post-offices in Con.stantinople, 20 July, resisted; Turkish ar-
rangements fail, and are withdrawn Aug. "
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<lreek patriarch elected 13 Oct. 1884
Turkey protests against Italian occupation of Massowah on the
Red sea about 23 Feb. 1885
Revolution in Roumelia 18 Sept. "
Turkey asks assistance of powers to settle the Roumelian af-
fair." 19 Oct. "
Sultan ratifies treaty between Bulgaria and Servia 13 Mch. 1886
Hobart Pacha, Turkish admiral, dies, aged 64 19 June, "
Direct railway communication between London and Constanti-
nople, via Dover and Calais, in 94 hours; first train from
Vienna 12-14 Apr. 1888
German emperor and empress warmly received by the sultan
at Constantinople, 2 Nov. ; a review 3-6 Nov. 1889
Five new war vessels launched at Constantinople 30 Jan. 1890
Eussian government demands the arrears of the Russo-Turkish
war indemnity about 15 May, "
Turkey defers payment of indemnity till Nov. ; Russia de-
mands immediate payment; note sent 18 June, "
British cotton and yarn spinning factory opened at Constanti-
nople 22 June, "
Turkish frigate Ertogoul founders off the south coast of Japan
during a gale; of 653 persons 584 perish, among them vice-
adm. Osman Pacha 18 Sept. "
Orthodox churches reopened throughout European Turkey in
time to permit the churches to celebrate Christmas, o.s.,
5 Jan. 1891
Railroad train from Constantinople to Adrianople attacked by
brigands and 5 passengers carried off ; ransomed for 200,000
francs (8000Z. ) 5 June, "
Capture by brigands of a French engineer, Eugene de Ray-
mond ; ransomed by the sultan for 5000^ Aug. "
J[iamil Pacha, dismissed as grand-vizier, succeeded by Djevad
Pacha (a change favoring Russia) Sept. "
Russia proposes that all Russian vessels flying the commercial
flag between Russian ports have the right of free passage
through the strait; objected to as contrary to international
treaties; England supports the objection and demands the
same privilege for herself if granted; proposition dropped 1892
Disturbance in Armenia 1893
'Disturbance continued; reported massacre of several thousand
Armenians by the Turks Nov. 1894
TURKISH SULTANS.
1299. Othman, Osman, or Ottoman, founded the empire, retained
the title "emir," but ruled despotically.
1326. Orchan, son, took the title "sultan."
1360. Amurath (or Murad) I. ; stabbed by a soldier, of which wound
he died.
1389 Bajazet I., Ilderim, son; defeated by Tamerlane, and died im-
prisoned.
1403. Solyman, son ; dethroned by his brother.
1410. Musa-Chelebi; strangled.
1413. Mahomet I., son of Bajazet.
1421. Amurath II., son
1451. Mahomet 11., son; took Constantinople, 1453.
1481. Bajazet II., son.
1512. Selim I., son
1520. Solyman I. or II., the Magnificent, son.
1566. Selim II., son.
1574. Amurath III., son; killed his 5 brothers; their mother, in
grief, stabbed herself
1595. Mahomet III., son; strangled all his brothers, and drowned
his father's wives.
1603. Ahmed (or Achmet) I., son.
1617. Mustapha I., brother; deposed by the Janissaries, and im-
prisoned.
1618. Osman IL, nephew; strangled by Janissaries.
1622. Mustapha I. again; again deposed, sent to the Seven Towers,
and strangled.
1623. Amurath IV., brother of Osman II.
1640. Ibrahim, brother; strangled by the Janissaries.
1648. Mahomet IV., son; deposed by
1687. Solyman II. or III., brother.
1691. Ahmed (or Achmet) II., son of Ibrahim, nephew.
1695. Mustapha II., eldest son of Mahomet IV. ; deposed.
1703. Ahmed (or Achmet) III. brother; deposed, and died in prison
in 1736.
1730. Mahmud I. (or Mahomet V.), son of Mustapha II.
1754. Osman III,, brother.
1757. Mustapha III., brother.
1774. Abdul- Ahmed, or Hamid I. (or Achmet IV.), brother.
1789. Selim III., son of Mustapha III. ; deposed by the Janissaries.
1807. Mustapha IT., son of Abdul-Ahmed; deposed, and, with the
late sultan Selim, murdered.
1808. Mahmud II., or Mahomet VI., brother.
1839, Abdul-Medjid (son), 2 July (b. 23 Apr. 1823); d. 25 June, 1861.
1861. Abdul- Aziz, brother, b. 9 Feb. 1830; deposed 29 May; mur-
dered 4 June, 1876 (see 1881).
1876. Amurath V. (Murad), son of Abdul-Medjid, b. 21 Sept. 1840;
proclaimed 30 May ; deposed for bad health, 31 Aug.
" Abdul- Hamid II., brother, 31 Aug. ; b. 22 Sept. 1842.
[" Ho is not a tyrant, he is not dissolute, he is not a bigot
or corrupt."— ZorcZ Beaconsfield, 27 July, 1878.]
Son : Mehemed Selim, b. 11 Jan. 1870.
turRey, an American gallinaceous bird of the genus
Meleagris, called turkey because at first it was supposed to be
a native of Turkey, Tartary, or Asia, and even of Africa ; fre-
quently confounded with the guinea-hen. There are 2 spe-
cies, the M. americana and the M. mexicana. The first is
found in the northern and middle U.S. and Canada; the second
in Texas, Mexico, and Central America. The M. americana
is larger than the southern species, weighing from 12 to 20 lbs.
when dressed. It was carried to Europe as early as 1523.
Turk'llCim, a town of Alsace, Germany. Here the
elector of Brandenburg and the imperialists were defeated by
the French under Turenne, 5 Jan. 1676.
Turk's islands, a group of small islands, geographi-
cally a portion of the Bahamas, but under the government of
Jamaica.
Turner's Falls, fight with the Indians at. Massa-
chusetts, 1676.
Turner's legacies. Joseph M. W. Turner, the land-
scape-painter, was born in Apr. 1775, and died 19 Dec. 1851.
He bequeathed to the British nation all the pictures and draw-
ings collected by him and deposited at his residence, 47 Queen
Anne street, on condition that a suitable gallery should be
erected for them within 10 years; and directed his funded
property to be expended in founding an asylum at Twickenham
for aged and infirm artists. The will was disputed by his rela-
tives, but a compromise was made. The oil-paintings (100 in
number) and the drawings (1400) were obtained by the nation,
and the engravings and some other property were transferred
to the next of kin. The drawings were cleaned and mounted
under the caref(d superintendence of Mr. Ruskin, and the pict-
ures were sent to Marlborough House for exhibition. In 1861
many of the pictures were removed from the South Kensing-
ton Museum to the National Gallery, others in 1869. The
sketches, plates, etc., of Turner's " Liber Studiorum " were sold
for about 20,000^., 28 Mch. 1873.
turning. Lathk. in British dock-yards, blocks and
other materials for ships of war are now produced by an al-
most instantaneous process, from rough pieces of oak, by the
machinery of Mr. ("afterwards sir Mark Isambard) Brunei (d.
1849).
turnpikes. Tolt.s.
turpentine (Gr. Tepi(3t.v9og, terebinth), an oilj^, resin-
ous substance secreted by the wood or bark of a number of
trees, all coniferce except the terebinth (Pistacia terebinthus)^
which yields the Chian or Scio turpentine. The Pinus pa-
lustris, yellow pine or long-leaved pine of the southern U. S.,
Virginia to Florida, furnishes most of the turpentine of com-
merce. North Carolina, popularly known as the " turpentine
state," exports several millions of gallons annually. Spirits of
turpentine first applied with success in England to the rot in
sheep (mixture, \ spirits to f water) in 1772.
tur'quoise, a bluish-green mineral which, when highly
colored, is esteemed as a gem. So called because it first came
from Turkey. The turquoise mines near Santa Fe, New Mex-
ico, were worked by the Spaniards, and furnished the regalia
of Spain with the finest turquoises in Europe.
Tuscan order of architecture, a debased
Doric, used in Tuscany for buildings in which strength is
chiefly required.— Wotton.
Tus'cany, formerly a grand-duchy in central Italy, the
northern part of the ancient Etruria. It formed part of the
Lombard kingdom, after the conquest of which by Charle-
magne, 774, it was made a marquisate for Boniface about 828,
His descendant, the great countess Matilda, bequeathed the
southern part of her domains to the pope (1115). In the north-
ern part (then called Tuscia), the cities of Florence, Pisa, Sien-
na, Lucca, etc., gradually became flourishing republics. Flor-
ence became the chief under the government of the Medici
family. The duchy in that family began in 1531, and the
grand-duchy in 1569. After the extinction of the Medicis in
1737, Tuscany was given by the treaty of Vienna (1738) to
Francis, duke of Lorraine (married to Maria Theresa of Aus-
tria in 1736), who had ceded his hereditary estates to France,
Area, 9287 sq. miles. Pop. in 1860, 1,826,830 ; 1890, estimated,
2,274,191.
French enter Florence 28 Mch. 1799
Grand-duke is dispossessed, and his dominions given to Louis,
duke of Parma (of the royal house of Spain), with the title of
king of Etruria 1801
Tuscany incorporated with the French empire 1807
Grand-dnchy given to Eliza, sister of Napoleon 1808
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Ferdinand III. restored 18U
Lucca united to Tuscany lo* <
Leopold II. gmnls a free constitution 15 Feb. 1848
Insurrei^'tion at Florence; republic proclaimed; thegnind-duke
flies 11 Feb. 1849
He iB restored by the Austriuns July, 1860
Rigorous imprisonment of the Madiai, husband and wife, con-
verts to ProtoslJintism, for reading the Bible May, 1852
Earls of Shaftesbury and Roden and others in vain intercede
for them at Florence Oct. "
They are released on intervention of Great Britain Mch. 1853
(An annuity was given them by subscription.]
Tuscan army demand alliance with the Sardinians; the grand-
duke refuses, and departs to Bologna; king of Sardinia pro-
claimed dictator, and provisional government formed, 27 Apr. 1859
King a.ssume8 command of the army, but declines the dicta-
torship 30 Apr. "
Sardinian commissary Buoncompagni invested with the powers
of government 11 May, "
Prince Napoleon arrives at Leghorn, addresses the Tuscans,
and erects his standard 23 May, "
Grand duke Leopold II. abdicates in favor of his son Ferdinand,
21July, "
Tuscan constituent assembly meets 11 Aug. "
It declares against the house of Ix)rraine, and votes for annex-
ation to Sardinia Sept. *'
Prince Eugene of Savoy-Carignan elected governor-general of
central Italy; he declines, but recommends Buoncompagni,
Nov., who is accepted by the Tuscans 8 Dec. "
Annexation to Sardinia voted by universal suflfrage, 11,12 Mch. ;
decreed 22 Mch. 1860
Prince Eugene appointed governor 26 Mch. "
Florence made the capital of Italy, by decree published 11 Dec. 1864
Fu)RK.vCK, Italy.
SOVEREIGNS OF TUSCANY.
DUKES.
1531. Alexander I.
1637. Cosmo I. gkand-dukes.
1569. Cosmo I., Medici.
1574. Francis I.
1587. Ferdinand I.
1608. Cosmo II.
1621. Ferdinand II.
1670. Cosmo III. (visited England, and wrote an account of his
travels).
1723. John Gaston (last of the Medici).
1737. Francis II. (duke of Lorraine); became emperor of Germany
in 1745.
1766. Leopold I. (emperor in 1790).
1790. Ferdinand 1 1 1, (second son of Leopold I.); expelled by the French
in 1800.
KINGS OF ETRURIA.
1801. Louis I., duke of Parma.
1803. Louis II.
GRAND-DUCHESS.
1808-14. Eliza Bonaparte (married to Bacciocchi, made prince ol
Lucca).
GRAND-DUKES.
1814. Ferdinand III. restored.
1824. Leopold II., 18 June (b. 3 Oct. 1797; abdicated, 21 July, 1859);
d. 29 Jan. 1870.
1859. Ferdinand IV^, 21 July (b. 10 June, 1835); protested against
the annexation of his grand-duchy, 26 Mch. 1860.
Son: Leopold Ferdinand, b. 2 Dec. 1868.
Tascaro'ras, one of the " Six Nations." Indians ;
New York, 1712.
Tus'CUlUin, now Frasca'ti, a city of Latium, S.
Italy. The Tusculans supported Tarquinius Siiperbus against
the Romans, by whom they were defeated, 497 b.c. The Tus-
culans, for their friendship with Rome, suffered much from
other Latins, who took the city, 374, but were chastised for it.
Here Cicero during his retirement wrote " Tusculanae Dispu-
tationes," about 46 b.c.
Twelflh-day, the feast of the Epiphany, or mani-
festation of Christ to the Gentiles, 6 Jan. Epiphany.
Turelve tal>le§. Decemviri.
Ty'burn, at the west end of Oxford street, W. London ;
a noted place of execution for criminals convicted in Middle-
sex county, inchiding London, down to 1 Nov. 1783, when the
place of execution was transferred to Newgate, where the 1st
execution took place 9 Dec. the same year. The name is de-
rived from a brook called Tyburn, which oiice flowed from
Hampstead into the Thames. — Chambers.
Tyler, John, administration of. United States, 1841.
Tyler's in§urreetiOIl, against a poU-t^x imposed
in England on all persons above 15, 5 Nov. 1380. One of the
collectors, acting with indecent rudeness to Wat Tyler's daugh-
ter, was struck dead by the father, J«ne, 1381. His neighbors
took arms, and almost the whole population of the southern
5 TYR
and eastern counties soon rose, extorting freedom from their
lords, and plundering. On 12 June, 1381, they gathered upon
Blackheath to the number of 100,000 men, and on 14 June
murdered Simon of Sudbury, archbishop of Canterbury, and
sir Robert Hales, the royal treasurer. The king, Richard II.,
invited Tyler to a parley, which took place on the 15th at
Smithfield, where the latter addressed the king in a menacing
manner, now and again lifting up his sword. On this the
mayor, Walworth, stunned Tyler with a blow of his mace,
and one of the king's knights despatched him. Richard tena-
porized with the multitude, promising a charter, and thus led
them out of the city, when sir R. Knollys and a band of knights
attacked and dispersed them with great slaughter. The in.
surrection in Norfolk and Suffolk was subdued by the bishop
of Norwich, and 1500 of the rebels were executed.
type-eompo§ingr maeliine. Linotype, under
Printing, 1888,
type-writers. M. Foucault sent to the Paris exhibi-
tion of 1855 a writing-machine for the blind ; and several were
invented by Wheatstone. After successive improvements,
messrs. Remington, in the United States, in 1873, contracted to
construct 25,000. The speed is said to have been raised to 75
words a minute. Many improved patents since.
Action of the type-writer somewhat resembles that of a pianoforte.
Pressure upon a key marked with a letter raises a hammer with
a type-cut letter, which presses upon paper; provision is made
for inking the type, shifting the paper, etc.
tyrant (Gr. rvpawoc). In early Greek history, the
term was applied to any man who obtained despotic power in
a state. The term was applied by the Greeks to the mild
Pisistratus, but not to the autocrats of Persia. It became a
term of reproach, because of the unjust manner in which the
despots of cities often obtained and exercised their powers.
Solon objected to the term, and chose the name ap^ovC ruler"),
594 B.C. The earliest tyrants were those at Sicyon, beginning
with Cleisthenes, in the 7th century b c. Tyranny declined
in Greece about 490 b,c., and revived after the close of the
Peloponnesian war, 404 B.c. Thirty tyrants.
Tyre in Phoenicia, a great city, said to have been first
built by Agenor. Another city was built 1257 (about 2267,
Hales) B.C. It was besieged by the Assyrians, who retired^
from before it, after a siege of upwards of 5 years, 713
Taken by Nebuchadnezzar, 572 B.C., after a siege of 13 year
and the city demolished, when the Tyrians removed to an
opposite island, and built a new and magnificent city. It wa
taken by Alexander with much difficulty, after a siege of
months, July, 332 b.c. He joined the island to the continenti
by a mole. — Strabo. Tj're was captured by the crusader
7 July, 1124, and formed a royal domain of the kingdom ofi
Jerusalem, as well as an archiepiscopal see. The first arcl
bishop was an Englishman, William of Tyre, the well-knownl
historian. In 1289 it was retaken by the Saracens; by the
French, 3 Apr. 1799 ; and by the allied fleet, during the wa
against Mehemet Ali, 1841.
Tyre, Era of, began on 19 Oct. 125 b.c., with the month
of Hyperberetaeus. The months were the same as in the
Grecian era, and the year is similar to the Julian year. Tfl
reduce this era to ours, subtract 124. But for a year less tha
125, deduct the number from 125, and the remainder will be
the year before Christ.
Tyr'ol, the ea.stern part of ancient Rhaetia, now a prov-
ince of the Austrian empire, was ceded to the house of Hap
burg in 1359 by Margaret, the heiress of the last count. It^
became an appanage of the younger (or Tyrol) branch of the '^
imperial house, which came to the throne in the person of
Maximilian II., in 1618. The French conquered the Tyrol in
1805, and united it to Bavaria; but in 1809 an insurrectioa
broke out, headed bj' Andreas Hofer, an innkeeper, who drove
the Bavarians out of the Tyrol, tlioroughly defeated some
French detachments, but laid down his arms at the treaty of
Vienna. He was subsequently accused of corresponding with
the Austrians, captured and sent to Mantua, and there shot by
order of the French government, 20 Feb. 1810. The Austrian
emperor ennobled his family in 1819, and erected his statue in '
Innspruck in 1834. The Tyrolese riflemen were very effec-
tive in the Italian war in 1859.
Tyrrhe'ni included the ancient Etruscans, and other
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tribes, said to have come from Lydia, Asia Minor, under Tyr-
rhenus, a son of Atys, king of Lydia, long before the destruc-
tion of Troy. — Herodotus. " Neither do I think the Tyrrhenes
a colony of Lydians, for there is no resemblance here in lan-
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guage. These 2 peoples differ in laws, in manners, and insti-
tutions. That opinion then seems the most probable which
supposes them an indigenous race in Italy." — Clinton, " Chro-
nology of Greece."
U
U, the 21st letter of the English alphabet, and its 5th
vowel. The v (upsilon) added by the Greeks to the alpha-
bet borrowed from the Phoenicians.
Ubiqiiita'riaii§ or Ubiqua'rian§, a small Ger-
man sect, originated by John Brentius about 1660, who asserted
that the body of Christ is present everywhere (ubique).
Ucliee§. Indians.
Ug'an'da, a kingdom of equatorial Africa, near the head
of the Nile, bordering on lake Victoria Nyanza. Capital,
Mengo.
Missionaries sent out by the Church Missionary Society. .July, 1877
French Roman Catholic missionaries arrive.' 1879
Uganda placed under British influence by Anglo-German treaty,
1 .July, 1890
Trouble between Protestant and Roman Catholic missionaries;
disorder and bloodshed 1891
Order restored at Mengo; the British East African company
predominant 1892
Uhlan§, the national Polish lancers, adopted after the
partition of Poland in the Austrian and German armies; effi-
cient in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870.
U'krailie (Polish for frontier), a vast fertile plain in
Russia, ceded to the Cossacks by Poland in 1672, and obtained
by Russia in 1682. The country was divided, Poland having
the west side of the Dnieper, and Russia the east. The whole
was assigned to Russia by the treaty of partition in 1795.
" Among the rest Mazeppa . . .
The Ukraine's hetman, calm and bold.''
—Byron, "Mazeppa."
Ulm, a town of Wurtemberg, S. Germany, where a peace
was signed, 3 July, 1620, by which Frederick V. lost Bohemia
(having been driven from it previously). Ulm was taken by
the French in 1796. After a battle between the French and
Austrians, in which the latter, under gen. Mack, were defeated
with dreadful loss by marshal Ney, Ulm surrendered with
28,000 men, the flower of the Austrian army, 17-20 Oct. 1805.
The cathedral was built 1377-1494. Last stone of the spire,
530 ft. high, said to be the loftiest in the world, laid with great
rejoicing 31 May, 1890
n'phila§'§ Bible. Bible.
Ulster, the N. division of Ireland. After the death of
Strongbow, 1176, John de Courcy was made earl of Ulster;
Hugh de Lacy was earl in 1243, and Walter de Burgh in 1264,
whose descendant, Elizabeth, married Lionel, son of Edward
III., 1352. He thus became earl of Ulster. In 1611, the British
colonfeation of the forfeited lands (termed the Ulster settle-
ments or plantation.s) began, much land being granted to the
corporation of London. The consequent rebellion of the Irish
chieftains, Roger More, Phelim O'Neale, McGuire, earl of
Inniskillen, and others, broke out on 23 Oct. 1641 (Ireland).
Ulster king-at-arms appointed for Ireland, 1553. By the
ancient "Ulster tenant-right," the outgoing tenant of a farm
received from his successor a sum of money for the privilege
of occupancy. A modified form of this right was adopted in
the Irish Land act, passed 8 July, 1870. Ulster convention,
proposed 8 Apr., met at Belfast, 17 June, 1892. 12,000 dele-,
gates present ; duke of Abercorn presided. 5 resolutions for
firmly maintaining the union of Great Britain and Ireland, in
opposition to the scheme for home rule, were passed unani-
mously.
Ultramon'tailistS (from uUramontanus, beyond the
mountains), a term originally applied in France to those who
upheld the authority of the pope against the freedom of the
Gallican church, which had been secured by various bulls, and
especially by the concordat of 15 July, 1801. Ultramontanists
now are those who maintain the official infallibility of the
pope of Rome. Gallicanism,
umbrella, described in early dictionaries as "a porta-
ble penthouse to carry in a person's hand to screen him from
violent rain or heat." Umbrellas appear in the carvings at
Persepolis. Niebuhr saw a great Arabian prince returning
from a mosque, he and each of his family having a large
umbrella carried by their side. Old chinaware shows the
Chinese shaded by umbrellas. First used in the United
States in Baltimore, brought from India, 1772. It is said
that the first person who commonly carried an umbrella in
London was the benevolent Jonas Hanway, who died in 1786.
John Macdonald, a footman, who wrote his own life, informs us that
lie had "a fine silk umbrella, which he brought from Spain; but
he could not with any comfort to himself use it, the people calling,
out, ' Frenchman ! why don't you get a coach ?' " The hackney-
coachmen and chairmen were clamorous against their rival. The
footman says he " persisted for three months, till they took no
further notice of this novelty. Foreigners began to use theirs;
and then the English." 1778.
"Uncle Sam." The United States government is
sometimes personified under this name, the origin of which is
uncertain, though sometimes attributed to an incident in the
commissary department in the state of New York during the
war of 1812, where casks, etc., of provisions were marked U. S.,
supposed to stand for " Uncle Sam," as Samuel Wilson, who
had charge of the stores, was called.
" Uncle Tom's Cabin," by Mrs. Stowe, first pub-
lished in portions in the National Era at Washington, 1850, and
complete in Boston, 1852. The rev. Josiah Henson, the orig-
inal " Uncle Tom," died at Dresden, Ont., 5 May, 1883, aged 93.
unction, Extreme. Anointing.
Underg-round railroad, a popular designation
(1850-60) of the secret means by which slaves fleeing from their
masters to the northern or free states were forwarded into
Canada and thus made secure from the slave-hunters.
un'dulatory theory of light supposes a pro-
gressive wave-like motion from the source of light to the eye.
It is said to have been suggested by Francisco Grimaldi about
1665, and was propounded by Robert Hooke and Huyghens
about 1672; opposed by Newton; but confirmed by Thomas
Young's experiments in 1801, and since fully demonstrated.
Emission theory. Light.
uniform, the particular distinguishing dress of soldiers.
The army of Timour or Tamerlane, who defeated the sultan
Bajazet at Angora, 28 July, 1402, wore uniforms. At the re-
lief of Neuss, 1471, the bishop of Munster's troops (7400 men)
had green uniforms. Military uniforms were first used in
France " in a regular manner " by Louis XIV., about 1668,
and were soon after adopted in England. In the English navy
uniforms were not definitely fixed until the beginning of the
reign of George III. Scarlet is the prevailing color of the
British army ; blue of the French ; white of the Austrian ;
green of the Muscovite and Spanisli, and brown of the Portu-
guese. Uniforms in the American Revolution were of every
variet}', brown and white, blue and red, black and red, green
and red, blue and white, etc. In 1777 gen. Knox's artillery
wore black coats turned up with red, white wool jackets, and
hats trimmed with yellow. The uniform of col. Heartley's
foot-guards is described as blue regimental coat, white cape,
white jacket, buckskin breeches, stockings and shoes. In 1778
col. Lee's regiment wore blue faced with white, white waist-
coats and black breeches. In 1779 capt. Scott's company (gen.
Putnam's division) wore blue regimental coat turned up with
red, buttons marked U. S., flannel jacket and drawers, coarse
white linen stockings, and shoes. Revolutionary " blue and
buff" is spoken of as the American imiform worn at the Inau-
guration ball,30 Apr. 1789. In " Duane's Military Dictionary,"
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pnb. 1810, blue is said to be the established uniform in the
U. S., and "Hoj't's Military Dictionary" of the same date says,
" the uniform of the infantry of the American army is blue
with red facings."
Now uniform for the army of the U. S. ordered to be worn on
and after 1 Jan. 1852
Uniform for the navy established 4 July, "
(Uniform of the U. S. army during the civil war, enlisted
men dark-blue blouse, light-blue trousers and overcoats; offi-
cers dark-blue; of the confederates, gray. Prevailing color
of present uniform in both army and navy of the U. S. , dark-
blue ]
Ulliforniit)' act§. That of 2 and 3 Edward VI., 15
Jan. 1549, ordained that the order of divine worship drawn up
by Cranmer and others, " with the aid of the Holy Ghost,"
should be the only one after 20 May, under penalties of fine
and imprisonment. This act was confirmed in 1552 ; repealed
by Mary, 1554 ; and re-enacted by Elizabeth in 1559. The
act of Uniformity, 14 Caro II. c. 4, was passed in 1662. It
enjoined uniformity in matters of religion, and obliged all
clergy to subscribe the 39 articles, and use the same form of
worship and book of common prayer. Its enforcement on 24
Aug. 1662, termed Black Bartholomew's day, caused, it is said,
upwards of 2000 ministers to quit the church of England.
This day was commemorated by dissenters in 1862. The Act
of Uniformity Amendment act, whereby shortened services
were authorized and other changes made, was passed 18 July,
1872. The Uniformity of Process act, which made many law
changes, was passed 23 May, 1832.
Union, American. Unitkd States.
Union COlleg^e. Founded at Schenectadj'-, N. Y.,
Feb. 1795; the second in the state, Columbia college, New
York city, being the first. Called Union, as indicating its free-
dom from sectarian influence. 1st president, rev. John Blair
Smith of Philadelphia ; 2d, rev. Jonathan Edwards ; 3d, rev.
Jonathan Maxcy; 4th, rev. Eliphalet Nott, 1804-66; 5th, dr.
Laurens P. Hickok, 1866-68 ; 6th, rev. Charles A. A. Akin, D. D.,
1869-71; 7th, rev. Eliphalet Nott Potter, D.D., 1872-87; 8th,
Harrison E. Webster, LL.D., 1888. 1st commencement, 1797,
3 graduates. It is claimed for Union college that it was the
first to provide a scientific course of study ; substituting, in
1835, modern languages and an increased amount of mathe-
matics and physical science for part of the Greek and Latin
classical course. By a law of 1873, Union college, the Medical
college, the Law school, Dudley Observatory, and the college
of Pharmacy at Albany, were authorized to unite for their mu-
tual benefit in one university corporation as Union university.
Union-jacli.. The original flag of England was the
banner of St. George, i. e., white with a red cross, which, 12
Apr. 1606 (3 years after James I. ascended the throne), was
incorporated with the banner of Scotland, i. e., blue with a
white diagonal cross. This combination obtained the name
of '• union-jack," in allusion to the union with Scotland ; and
the word jack is considered a corruption of the word Jacobus,
Jacques, or James. This arrangement continued until the
union with Ireland, 1 Jan. 1801, when the banner of St. Pat-
rick, i. e., white with a diagonal red cross, was amalgamated
with it, and forms the present British Union flag. The union-
jack of the United States or American jack is a blue field with
white stars, denoting the union of the states. It is without
the fly, which is the part composed of alternate stripes of white
and red.
Union of En&rland and l^cotland by the
accession of James VI. of Scotland as James I. of England,
24 Mch. 1603. The legislative union of the 2 kingdoms (as
Great Britain) was attempted, but failed in 1604 and 1670 ; in
the reign of Anne commissioners were appointed, the articles
discussed, and, notwithstanding a great opposition made by
the Tories, every article in the union was approved by a great
majority, first in the House of Commons, and afterwards by
the peers, 22 July, 1706; ratified by the Scottish Parliament,
16 Jan. 1707, and became law 1 May, same year.
Union of Oreat Britain and Ireland
effected 2 July, 1800.
Proposed in the Irish Parliament 22 Jan. 1799
Act passes in the British Parliament 2 July, 1800
Imperial united standard first displayed at the Tower of Lon-
don, and upon Bedford Tower, Dublin Castle, on the act ot
legislative union becoming operative 1 Jan. 1801
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Union Pacific railroad. Pacific railroad,
Unita'rians, termed Socinians from Lajlius Socinua,
who founded a sect in Italy about 1546. They |)rofess to
believe in and worship one only self-existent God, in opposi-
tion to those who worship the Trinity in unity. They con-
sider Christ to have been a mere man, and do not admit the
need of atonement or of the complete inspiration of the Script-
ures. Michael Servetus printed a tract in disparagement of
the doctrine of the Trinity. In 1553, proceeding to Naples
through Geneva, Calvin induced the magistrates to arrest
him on a charge of blasphemy and heresy. Servetus, refusing
to retract his opinions, was condemned to the flames, which
sentence was carried into execution, 27 May, 1553. Servetul
is numbered among anatomists who came near the expla-
nation of the circulation of the blood, before Harvey made
the theory complete. Matthew Hamont was burned at Nor-
wich for denying Christ to be the son of God, 1 June, 1579,
One of the first churches nominated Unitarian in England
was established in Essex street, London, in 1774, by rev. The-
ophilus Lindsey. Dr. Joseph Priestley for preaching the doc-
trine, was driven out of Birmingham, 1794. Unitarians were
not included in the Toleration act till 1813. Their tenets re-
sembled those of the Arians and Socinians. The Unitarian
Marriage bill was passed in Great Britain June, 1827. In Dec
1833, by a decision of the vice-chancellors, the Unitarians (as
such) lost the possession of lady Hewley's charity ; the decision
was affirmed on appeal in 1842. British and Foreign Unitarian
Association founded to promote Unitarianism, f825. There,
were between 300 and 400 Unitarian churches in the United
Kingdom in 1891. In America dr. James Freeman of King's
chapel, Boston, in 1783, removed from the "Prayer Book of
Common Prayers" all reference to the Trinity or Deity and
worship of Christ ; his church became distinctly Unitarian in
1787. In 1801 the Plymouth church declared itself Unitarian.
Dr. William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) was the acknowl-
edged head of this church until his death. The American
Unitarian association was formed 24 May, 1825; headquarters
at Boston, Mass. The Western conference organized 1852, and
a National Unitarian conference at New York city, 5 Apr. 1865.
There are about 400 churches in the United States ; 2 theologi-
cal schools, one at Cambridge, Mass., and one at Meadville, Pa.
United Brethren. Moravians.
United Kingdom. England and Wales were
united in 1283; Scotland to both in 1707; and the British
realm was named the United Kingdom on the union of Ire*^
land, 1 Jan. 1801. Union of P^ngland ani> Scotland. ;
United Presbyterians. In 1732 Ebenezer Ers-
kine and others seceded from the church of Scotland. DifiFer-
ing in interpretation of the oath administered to the burgesses,
to profess " the true religion, presently professed within this
realm and authorized by the laws thereof," they divided into
Burghers and Anti-Burghers in 1747. In 1820 they reunited
as the United Associate Synod of the Secession church, which
joined the Relief church, 13 May, 1847, to form the United
Presbj'^terian church in Scotland. The United Presbyterian
church of North America was formed in May, 1858, by the
union of the Associated Presbyterian church and Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church, and their first General As-'
sembly met at Xenia, O., in May, 1859. The United Pres-
byterian Theological seminary at Xenia, O., was founded at
Cnnonsburg, Pa., in 1794, removed to Xenia in 1860, and char-
tered in 1877. The Seminary of the United Presbyterian
church was established at Alleghany City, Pa., in 1825, and
chartered in 1868. The present (189"i) strength of the United
Presbyterian church in the United States is as follows : Pres-
byteries, 59; ministers, 782; churches, 816; members, 106,385,
United States of America. On 9 Sept. 1776,
the Continental Congress resolved "that in all continental
commissions where heretofore the words 'United Colonies'
have been used, the style be altered for the future t(t '
United States." This domain now numbers 45 states, 5 ter-
ritories, and 1 district. The area of the states is 2,718,780
sq. miles; of the territories, 883,490 ; and of the district, 70; in
all 3,602,340 .sq. miles. In latitude it extends from Key West,
its most southerly point, 24° 33' K, to the 49th parallel of
north latitude. From this latitude, on the Pacific coast, the
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territory belongs to Canada to 64° 40', where Alaska begins,
extending to the Arctic ocean and embracing an area of over
577,000 sq. miles. In longitude it extends from the most
easterly point of Maine, 66° 48' W., to 125° 20' W., and if
Atoo, the most westerly of the Aleutian islands, be taken for
its western limits, it extends to the 174th meridian. The
population of this territory in 1890, not including Alaska or
the Indian territory, was 62,622,250. The government is a
representative democracy. Each state has an independent
legislature for its local affairs, but all are legislated for, in na-
tional matters, by 2 houses of congress : the Senate, whose
members are elected for 6 years by the state legislatures, and
the House of Representatives, elected for 2 years by the people
of the different states. Representation in the Senate is b}' states,
without regard to population; in the House of Representatives
the representation is in proportion to population. The presi-
dent of the United States is elected every 4th year by electors
chosen bj' the people, each state having as many electoral
votes as it has senators and representatives in Congress. For
its general historj', administration, etc., see infra ; for the col-
onies and states see under their proper heads; also Army,
Cabinet, Coin, Customs, Expenditures, National debt.
Navy, Population, President, Representatives, Rev-
enue, Senate, Tariff, etc.
Under the Continental Congress.
[For previous history see each state separately.]
Pursuant to arrangements made by committees appointed
in the several colonies to confer with each other regarding
the mutual interests and safety of the colonies, and termed
"Committees of Correspondence," delegates were chosen for
the First Continental Congress, to meet at Philadelphia about
1 Sept. 1774.
First Continental Congress meets at Carpenter's hall,
Philadelphia (44 delegates present, representing all
the states except Georgia and North Carolina ; see
below) Monday, 5 Sept. 1774
[Peyton Randolph of Virginia, president; Charles
Thomson, secretary. Mr. Thomson remained secretary
of the Continental Congress from its beginning to its
close, 1774-89.]
delegates to the first continental congress.
Delegates.
Maj. .Fohn Sullivan.
Col. Nathaniel Folgom
Hon. Thomas Gushing
John Adams
Samuel Adams
Robert Treat Paine.
Hon. Stephen Hopkins
Hon. Samuel Ward
Hon. Eliphalet Dyer. .
Hon. Roger Sherman..
Silas Deane
James Duane
Philip Livingston
John Jay
Isaac Low
John Alsop
John Herring
Simon Boeriim
Henry Wisner
Col. William Floyd....
James Kinsey
John De Hart
Richard Smith
William Livingston. . .
Stephen Crane
Hon. Joseph Galloway
Samuel Rhodes
Thomas .M fflin
John Morton
Charles Humphreys..
Edward Biddle
George Ross
John Dickinson
Hon. Caesar Rodney. . .
Thomas McKoan
George Read
Robert Goldsborough .
William Paca . .. .
Samuel Chase
Thomas Johnson
Matthew Tilgbman
I New Hampshire. . . .
1
[•Massachusetts Bay.
Rhode Island and Prov-
idence Plantations. . .
\- Connecticut.
City and county of "j
New York, and other !
counties in province [
of New York I
(County of Suffolk inl
( province of New York \
New Jersey.
Pennsylvania .
Newcastle, Kent, and
Sussex on the Dela-
ware
i- Maryland.
Credentials
signed.
21July,1774
17 June, 1774
10 Aug. 1774
13 July, 1774
28 July, 1774
28 July, 1774
23 July, 1774
22 July, 1774
1 Aug. 1774
22 June, 1774
DELEGATliS TO FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.-
-(Continued.)
Delejiates.
State represented.
Credentials
signed.
42. Hon. Peyton Randolph
43. Patrick Henry
44. Benjamin Harrison...
45. George Washington...
Virginia
5 Aug. 1774
6 July, 1774
25 Aug. 1774
Date
of joining.
6 Sept. 1774
« «
46. Richard Bland
47. Edmund Pendleton...
48. Richard Henry Lee...
49. Henry Middleton
50. Christopher Gadsden .
5L Edward Rutledge
■ South Carolina
52. John Rutledge
53. Thomas Lynch
54. Richard Caswell
55. Joseph Hewes
North Carolina
56. William Hooper )
Delegates mentioned above not present at Ist day of meeting.
Richard Henry Lee Vireinia
Thomas Johnson
Matthew Tilghman
12 Sept. "
Henry Wisner
} New York
14 Sept. "
George Ross
. .Pennsylvania
U ((
\ North Carolina
11 n
Richard Caswell
)
17 Sept. «^
U ({
John Dickinson
.John Herring
..New York
26 Sept. "
Simon Boerum
u
Congress resolves " that in determining questions, each
colony or province shall have one vote " ... 6 Sept. 1774
Rev. Jacob Duche (Episcopal) opens Congress with
prayer 7 Sept. «
[Mr. Duche afterwards went over to the British
and retired to England, 1778 ; but returned to the
U. S. 1790, and died in Philadelphia, 1794.]
Resolution of Suffolk, Mass., convention (6 Sept.),
" that no obedience is due to any part of the recent
acts of Parliament," approved by Congress, 10 Sept. »
Congress rejects a plan for union with Great Britain,
proposed by Joseph Galloway of Pennsylvania, as
intended to perpetuate dependence 28 Sept. "
Battle of Point Pleasant, west Virginia (Virginia),
10 Oct. "
Congress adopts a " Declaration of Colonial Rights,"
claiming self-government 14 Oct. "
American Association, denouncing foreign slave-trade,
and pledging the signers to non-consumption and to
non-intercourse with Great Britain, Ireland, and the
British West Indies, signed by 62 members of Con-
gress 20 Oct. "
" Address to the People of Great Britain," prepared by
John Jay, approved by Congress 21 Oct. "
Congress adopts a " Memorial to the Several Anglo-
American Colonies " 21 Oct. "
A letter to the unrepresented colonies of St. John, N.S.,
Georgia, and east and west Florida, despatched by
Congress 22 Oct. **
Randolph resigning on account of indisposition, Henry
Middleton of South Carolina succeeds him as presi-
dent of Congress 22 Oct. "
" Petition to the King " drawn by John Dickinson,
ordered sent to colonial agents in London by Con-
gress 26 Oct. "
Congress adopts "An Address to the People of Quebec,"
drawn by Dickinson 26 Oct. "
First Continental Congress dissolved ; 62 days' session (act-
ual session 31 days) 26 Oct. "^
[Proceedings of First Continental Congress en-
dorsed by the colonies: Connecticut, Nov. 1774;
Massachusetts, 5 Dec. 1774; Maryland, 8 Dec. 1774;
Rhode Island, 8 Dec. 1774; Pennsylvania, 10 Dec.
1774; South Carolina, 11 Jan. 1775; New Hamp-
shire, 25 Jan. 1775; Delaware, 16 Mch. 1775; Vir-
ginia, 20 Mch. 1776 ; North Carolina, 7 Apr. 1775
New Jersey, 26 May, 1776.]
Rhode Island colonists seize 44 pieces of ordnance at
Newport 6 Dec. **-
Maryland convention enrolls the militia and votes
16,000/. to purchase arms 8-12 Dec. *'
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New Hampshire freemen seize 100 barrels of powder j
and some ordnance at Portsmouth 11 Dec. 1774
Benjamin Franklin returns from England (Pennsyl-
vania) Apr. 1776
Delegates from Georgia to Congress by letter express
loyalty, and explain inability to attend 8 Apr. "
First anti-slavery society in the U. S. formed by
Quakers of Philadelphia 14 Apr. "
Battle of Lexington, Mass., at dawn of 19 Apr. "
Letters from England to public officials in America,
expressing determination of England to coerce the
colonies, intercepted at Charleston, S. C 19 Apr. "
Col. Samuel H. Parsons and Benedict Arnold plan, at
Hartford, Conn., the capture of fort Ticonderoga,
N. Y 27 Apr. «
Arnold leads his company from New Haven to Boston,
arriving ' 29 Apr. "
Second Continental Congress meets at Independence
hall, Philadelphia 10 May, "
[Peyton Randolph, president; Charles Thomson,
secretary.]
COLONIES REPRESENTED IN SECOND CONTINENTAL
CONGRESS.
Colonies representad.
Connecticut
Massuchusetts
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New Hampsliire
South Carolina.
Delaware
Virginia
North Carolina
New York
Pennsylvania (additional)
Rhode Island
5
3 Nov. 1774
.5
5 Dec. "
7
8 Dec. "
fi
15 Dec. "
5
24 Jan. 1775
2
25 Jan. "
5
3 Feb. "
3
16Mch. "
7
20 Mch. "
3
5 Apr. "
2
22 Apr. "
3
6 May, "
2
7 May, "
Fort Ticonderoga captured by Ethan Allen, 10 May,
Cbovvn Point, N. Y., captured by Americans, 12 May,
Lyman Hall seated in Congress as delegate from
Georgia 13 May,
Americans under Benedict Arnold capture St. John,
Canada 16 May,
Articles of Union and Confederation (Confederation,
Articles of) agreed upon in Congress. ..20 May,
Mecklenburg declaration of independence signed and
forwarded to Congress (North Carolina), 20 May,
John Hancock of Massachusetts chosen president of
Congress 24 May,
[Randolph having resigned on account of ill-
health.]
British generals Howe, Clinton, and Burgoyne arrive
at Boston from England with troops 25 May,
Congress adopts an " Address to the Inhabitants of
Canada " 29 May,
Congress votes to raise 20,000 men 14 June,
George Washington, nominated by Thomas Johnson
of Maryland, is unanimously elected by Congress
commander-in-chief of the American forces, 15 June,
Battle of Bunker HiU (Massachusetts, 16-17 June,
1775) and burning of Charlestown 17 June,
Resolved by Congress, " That a sum not exceeding
two million of Spanish milled dollars be emitted by
Congress in bills of credit for the defence of Amer-
ica " 22 June,
Washington takes command of the army at Cambridge
(he left Philadelphia 21 June) .' 3 July,
Declaration by Congress, the causes and necessity for
taking up arms 6 July,
Congress adopts a second petition to the king . .8 July,
First provincial vessel commissioned for naval warfare
in the Revolution, sent out by Georgia . . 10 July,
Congress organizes a systematic superintendence of
Indian affairs, creating 3 departments, northern,
middle, and southern 12 July,
Importation of gunpowder, saltpeter, sulphur, and fire-
arms permitted by act of Congress 15 July,
Georgia joins the United Colonies 20 July,
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Franklin's plan of confederation and perpetual union,
" The United Colonies of North America," consid-
ered by Congress 21 July, 1776
Benjamin Franklin, first postmaster-general, establishes
posts from Falmouth, Me., to Savannah, Ga., 26 July, «
Congress resolves to establish an army hospital, 27 July, '«
Congress adopts an "Address to the People of Ireland,"
28 July, «
Resolved by Congress, "That Michael Hillegas and
George Clymer, Esqs., be joint treasurers of the
United Colonies " 29 July, «
British vessel, the Betsy, surprised by a Carolina pri-
vateer off St. Augustine bar, and 111 barrels of pow-
der captured (Georgia) Aug. "
King issues a proclamation for suppressing rebellion
and sedition in the colonies 23 Aug. "
American troops under gen. Richard Montgomery sent
into Canada to cut off British supplies Sept. "
Col. Benedict Arnold, with a force of about 1100 men,
marches against Quebec via Kennebec river . . Sept. "
English ship seized off Tybee island, Ga., by the Lib-
erty people, with 250 barrels of powder. . . .17 Sept. "
British capture col. Ethan Allen and 38 men near Mon-
treal 25 Sept. «
Bristol, R. I., bombarded (Rhode Island) 7 Oct. "
Gen. William Howe supersedes gen. Gage as com-
mander of the British army in America, who em-
barks for England 10 Oct. "
Falmouth, Me., burned by British (Maine) ... 18 Oct. "
Peyton Randolph d. at Philadelphia 22 Oct. «
St. John, Canada, surrenders to Americans under Mont-
gomery 2 Nov. "
Congress orders a battalion to protect Georgia, 4 Nov. "
British fleet repulsed at Hampton, Va., 25 Oct. 1775,
and lord Dunmore declares open war 7 Nov. "
Night attack of the British vessels Tamar and Cherokee
on the schooner Defence, in Hog Island channel, S. C.
(South Carolina) 12 Nov. "
Americans under Montgomery capture Montreal,
13 Nov. "
Benjamin Harrison, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas John-
son, John Dickinson, and John Jay, appointed by
Congress a committee for secret correspondence
with friends of America in Great Britain, Ireland,
and other foreign nations 29 Nov.
Battle of Great Bridge (Virginia) 9 Dec.
Congress appoints Silas Deane, John Langdon, and
Christopher Gadsden, a committee to fit out 2 vessels
of war, 25 Nov., orders 13 vessels of war built and ap-
points Esek Hopkins commander(NAyy, U.S.), 13Dec.
British vessels driven from Charleston harbor, S. C,
by artillery company under col. Moultrie, stationed
on Haddrell's Point Dec.
American forces united under Montgomery and Ar-
nold repulsed at Quebec ; gen. Montgomerj^ killed,
31 Dec. "
Washington unfurls the first union flag of 13 stripes at
Cambridge, Mass. (Flag) 1 Jan. 177(
Norfolk, Va., partly burned by gov. Dunmore . . " "
Thomas Paine publishes "Common Sense" (Penn-
sylvania) 8 Jan. "
Battle of Moore's Creek, N. C. ; McDonald's loyalists
routed by militia; 70 killed and wounded. .27 Feb. "
Silas Deane appointed political agent to the French
court 2 Mch. "
Howe evacuates Boston (Massachusetts). ..17 Mch. '<-
Congress authorizes privateering 23 Mch. "
Congress orders the ports open to all nations. . .6 Apr. "
North Carolina declares for independence ... .22 Apr. "
American forces under gen. John Thomas retire from
the siege of Quebec 6 May, "
Rhode Island, 4 May; Massachusetts, 10 May; and
Virginia, 14 May, declare for independence "
Congress advises each colony to form a government
independent of Great Britain 15 May, "
Gen. Thomas d. of small-pox at Chambly 2 June, "
Resolution introduced in Congress by Richard Henry ^^hh
Lee, that " the United Colonies are and ought to be ^^Hl
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free and independent states; that they are absolved
from all allegiance to the British crown, and that
their political connection with Great Britain is and
ought to be totally dissolved " 7 June, 1776
Committee appointed by Congress to prepare a form of
confederation (Confederation, Articles of),
11 June, "
Committee appointed by Congress to draw up a
Declaration of Independence . .11 June, "
Board of War and Ordnance appointed by Congress, con-
sisting of 5 members, viz. : John Adams, Roger Sher-
man, Benjamin Harrison, James Wilson, and Edward
Rutledge ; Richard Peters elected secretary, 12 June, "
[This board, several times changed, continued un-
til Oct. 1781, when Benjamin Lincoln was appointed
secretary of war, an office created by Congress in Feb.]
American forces under gen. Sullivan retire from Can-
ada to Crown Point, N. Y 18 June, "
Unsuccessful attack on Fort Moultrie by British
fleet under sir Peter Parker 28 June, "
Declaration of Independence adopted by Congress,
4 July, «
Declaration of Independence read to the army in New
York by order of gen. Washington 9 July, "
[The same night the statue of George III. in Bowl-
ing Green was thrown down, and the lead in it after-
wards cast into 42,000 bullets for the patriot army.]
Engrossed Declaration signed by 54 delegates . . 2 Aug. *'
British gen. lord Howe lands 10,000 men and 40 guns
near Gravesend, L. 1 22 Aug. "
Battle of Long Island (New York) 27 Aug. "
Washington withdraws his forces from Long Island to
the city of New York 29-30 Aug. "
Tirst society of Shakers in the United Colonies reach
New York, 1774, and settle at Watervliet, N. Y., Sept. "
Congress resolves "that all Continental commissions
in which heretofore the words 'United Colonies'
have been used, bear hereafter the words ' United
States '" 9 Sept. "
Americans evacuate New York city 14 Sept. "
British repulsed at Harlem Heights 16 Sept. "
Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee ap-
pointed ambassadors to the court of France, 22 Sept. "
Nathan Hale executed as a spy at New York, 22 Sept. "
Battle on lake Charaplain ; British victory (New
York) 11-13 Oct. "
Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Pole, arrives ; recommended to
Washington by dr. Franklin ; appointed col. of en-
gineers by Congress 18 Oct. "
Battle of White Plains, N. Y. ; British victory, 28 Oct. "
Franklin sails for France in the Reprisal, of 16 guns,
one of the new Continental frigates, the first national
vessel to appear in the eastern hemisphere . . . .Oct. "
Congress authorizes the raising of $5,000,000 by lot-
tery for expenses of the next campaign 1 Nov. "
FoKT Washington on the Hudson captured by the
British 16 Nov. "
Americans evacuate Fort Lee, 18 Nov., and retreat
across New Jersey to Pennsylvania Nov. "
Eight thousand British troops land and take possession
of Rhode Island 28 Nov. "
Washington with his forces crosses the Delaware into
Pennsylvania 8 Dec. "
Sir Peter Parker takes possession of Rhode Island, and
blockades the American fleet at Providence. .8 Dec. "
Second Continental Congress (Philadelphia) adjourns; 582
days' session 12 Dec. '•
Maj.-gen. Charles Lee captured bv British at Basking-
|i ridge, N.J ' 12 Dec. "
Third Continental Congress meets at Baltimore, Md.,
[John Hancock president.] ^^'
Battle of Trenton, N. J 26 Dec. '*
Congress resolves to send commissioners to the courts
of Vienna, Spain, Prussia, and Tuscany 30 Dec. "
Battle of Princeton 3 Jan. 1777
Washington's army encamps for the winter at Morris-
town Jan. "
Voted in Congress "that an authentic copy, with names
of the signers of the Declaration of Independence,
be sent to each of the United States " 20 Jan. 1777
Americans under gen. Maxwell capture Elizabethtown,
N.J 23 Jan. «
Letters of marque and reprisal granted by England
against American ships 6 Feb. "
Five vessels belonging to a British supply fleet are
sunk near Amboy, N. J 26 Feb. "
Third Continental Congress (Baltimore) adjourns; 75
days' session 4 Mch. "
Fourth Continental Congress meets at Philadelphia,
[John Hancock president.] * ^^^'
Vermont declares itself an iffdependent state, Jan. 1777,
and presents a petition to Congress for admission
into the confederacy, which was denied 8 Apr. "
Danbury, Conn., destroyed by troops under ex-gov.
Tryon 26 Apr. "
Col. Meigs, with whale-boats from Guilford, attacks
the British forces at Sag Harbor, destroying vessels
and stores and taking 90 prisoners 23 May, "
Stars and Stripes adopted by Congress (Flag), 14 June, "
British under gen. Howe evacuate New Jersey, crossing
to Staten Island 30 June, "
British under BurgoynS appear before Ticonderoga,
1 July, "
American garrison withdraw (New York) ... .6 July, "
Battle of HuBBARDTON, Vt. (Vermont) 7 July, "
British gen. Richard Prescott surprised and captured
near Newport by lieut.-col. Barton (Rhode Island),
10 July, «
Miss Jane McCrea captured by Indians in British em-
ploy at fort Edward, N. Y., and shot and scalped
(New York) 27 July, "
On the approach of Burgoyne gen. Schuyler evacuates
fort Edward, and retreats down the Hudson valley,
29 July, «
Gen. Lafayette, who volunteers his services to Con-
gress, is commissioned major-general 31 July, "
Lafayette introduced to Washington in Philadelphia,
and attached to his personal staff 3 Aug. "
Battle of Oriskany, N. Y 6 Aug. "
Battle of Bennington, Vt 16 Aug. "
Gen. Philip Schuj'ler succeeded by gen. Horatio Gates
in command of the northern army 19 Aug. "
Gen. Arnold sent to relieve Fort Schuyler, invested
by British under St. Leger, who retreats and returns
to Montreal 22 Aug. "
Battle of Brand YwiNE, Washington defeated, 11 Sept. "
Count Pulaski commissioned brigadier- general by Con-
gress 15 Sept. "
Fourth Continental Congress adjourns, 199 days' session,
18 Sept. «
Battle of Stillwater, N. Y. ; indecisive (Bemis's
Heights) 19 Sept. "
Three hundred of Wayne's troops slaughtered at
Paoli 20-21 Sept. "
British army occupies Philadelphia. . . 27 Sept. "
Fifth Continental Congress meets at Lancaster, Pa., and
adjourns ; one day's session 27 Sept. "
[Hancock president.]
Sixth Continental Congress meets at York, Pa.,
[Hancock president.] ^ '
Battle of Germantown ; Americans repulsed. .4 Oct. "
Forts Clinton and Montgomery captured by the
British 6 Oct. «
Battle of Saratoga, N. Y. (Bemis's Heights), .7 Oct. "
Gen. Burgoyne's army surrenders (Convention
troops) 17 Oct. "
Successful defence of Fort Mifflin and Fort Mer-
cer 22-23 Oct. «
Congress creates a new Board of War, gen. Gates pre-
siding Oct. "
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Washington, followed.]
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Henry Laurens of South Carolina chosen president of
Ck)ngress to succeed Hancock, resigned on account
of ill health 1 Nov.
Articles of Confederation adopted (Confkdekation,
Articlks of) 15 Nov.
Forts Mifflin and Mkrcer besieged by the British
and captured 16-20 Nov.
Congress recommends to the several states to raise by
taxes $5,000,000 for the succeeding year Nov.
Howe leaves Philadelphia with 14,000 men to drive
Washington from his position at Whitemarsh, but
does not attack 4 Dec.
Howe hurriedly returns to Philadelphia 8 Dec.
American army goes into winter quarters at Valley
Forge, on the Schuylkill . » . . 18 Dec.
Gen. Chas. Lee released in exchange for gen. Prescott,
Dec.
Battle of the Kegs 5 Jan.
Gen. John Cadwallader seriously wounds gen. Conway
in a duel (Conway cabal) 5 Feb.
Louis XVI. acknowledges the independence of the
colonies, and signs a treaty of alliance and commerce,
6 Feb.
Congress prescribes an oath for officers of the army,
Feb.
Baron Steuben joins the camp at Valley Forge (Army,
List of general officers ; New York, 1794) .... Feb.
Bill introduced by lord North in Parliament concerning
peace negotiations with America reaches Congress
15 Apr., and is rejected 22 Apr.
French treaty reaches Congress by messenger. . 2 May,
Deane's treaty with France ratified 4 May,
Mischianza, a festival, is given at Philadelphia by the
British officers in honor of sir William Howe (who
had been succeeded by sir Henrj' Clinton), 6 days
before his return to England 18 May,
[Maj. John Andr6 was the chief inventor of the
pageant, which consisted of a regatta on the Dela-
ware river, a tournament, grand ball, and supper;
and concluded with a great display of fireworks.]
Affair at Barren hill .20 May,
British raid in Warren and Bristol, R. 1 25 May,
Col. Ethan Allen, released from imprisonment, returns
to Bennington, Vt 31 May,
Count Pulaski raises a legion in Maryland
Earl of Carlisle, George Johnstone, and William Eden
appointed peace commissioners to America, with
prof. Adam Ferguson as secretary ; on reaching Phil-
adelphia they address a letter to Congress (see below,
11 Aug.) . .'. 10 June,
British evacuate Philadelphia and retire across the
Delaware into New Jersey 18 June,
Americans break camp at Valley Forge and follow,
18 June,
Sixth Continental Congress adjourns, 272 days' session,
27 June,
Battle of Monmouth Court-house, N. J., British
retreat 28 June,
" Molly Pitcher " commissioned sergeant by Washing-
ton for bravery at Monmouth 29 June,
Seventh Continental Congress meets at Philadelphia,
[Henry Laurens, S. C, president.] ^ "^^^y*
Massacre of inhabitants in Wyoming Valley, Pa., by
Indians and Tories 4 July,
Expedition from Virginia under maj. George Roger
Clarke captures the British fort at Kaskaskia (Illi-
nois) 4 July,
Articles of Confederation signed by delegates from 8
states — New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Isl-
and, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia,
and South Carolina 9 Jul}',
Delegates from North Carolina sign them. . , .21 July,
Delegates from Georgia sign them 24 July,
Francis Hopkinson elected treasurer of loans by Con-
gress 27 July,
French fleet, under count D'Estaing, enters Narragan-
sett bay 29 July,
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M. Gerard, minister from France to America, received
in Congress 6 Aug. 177»i
Congress rejects the bills of Parliament, and refuses to
negotiate with Great Britain until lier fleets and ar-,
mies are withdrawn, and she acknowledges the in-
dependence of the colonies 11 Aug.
Gen. Charles Lee by court-martial for disobedience,
misbehavior, and disrespect to Washington, sus-
pended from command for one year 12 Aug.
Battle of Rhode Island 29 Aug.
Americans evacuate Rhode Island 30 Aug., and British
occupy Newport 31 Aug.
British under gen. Grey burn Bedford village, in Dart-
mouth, Mass., and 70 American vessels lying at the
wharfs 5 Sept.
Benjamin Franklin appointed minister to the court of
France 14 Sept.
Territory northwest of the Ohio, occupied for Virginia
by maj. Clarke, is constituted a county of Virginia
by the assembly, and named Illinois Oct.
Congress advises the several states to take measures for
the suppressing of " theatrical entertainments, horse-
racing, gaming, and such other diversions as are pro-
ductive of idleness, dissipation, and general depravity
of principles and manners" 12 Oct.
Massacre by Indians and Tories at Cherry Valley,
N. Y 10 Nov.
Delegates from New Jersey sign the Articles of Con-
federation 26 Nov.
John Jay of New York chosen president of Congress,
10 Dec. '^
British troops under Howe capture Savannah ; the
Americans retreat across the Savannah river
(Georgia) 29 Dec. "
Thomas Hutchins of New Jersej' appointed " geogra-
pher-general of the United States " by act of Con-
gress, which office he holds until his death at Pitts-
burg, 28 Apr. 1789 '< ]
Northern American army hutted in cantonments from
Danbury, Conn., to Elizabethtown, N. J., for the
winter 1778-79'
First society of Universalists in the U. S. organized at
Gloucester, Mass 1 Jan. 1779"
Maj.-gen. Benjamin Lincoln, commanding the south-
ern forces, establishes his first post at Purysburg,
on the Savannah river "
Congress calls upon the states fur their quotas of
$15,000,000 for the year, and #6,000,000 aniuially
for 18 years to follow as a sinking-fund 2 Jan. " j
Vincennes, Ind., captured by the British Jan. " I
British under gen. McLane take possession of Castine
(Maine) 12 Jan. *'
British under maj. Gardiner driven from Port Roval
island by gen. Moultrie (South Carolina), 3 Feb. "
Franklin commissioned sole minister plenipotentiary
to France, and Adams recalled Feb. "
Battle of Kettle Creek, Ga., American victory, 14 Feb. "
Americans under maj. Clarke capture Vincennes, 20 Feb. "
Battle of Brier Creek, Ga., British victory. . . .3 Mch. "
Salt works at Horseneck, Conn., destroved by gen.
Tryon '. . . .26 Mch. "
American ministers recalled, except at Versailles and
Madrid Apr. "
Articles of Confederation signed by Thomas McKean
of Delaware, 12 Feb., and by John Dickinson of
Delaware 5 May, "
Americans repulsed at Stono Ferry, S. C 20 June, "
Spain declares war against Great Britain June, "
British under Tryon plunder New Haven, 5 July, and
burn Fairfield, 8 July, and Norwalk 12 -July, "
Americans under Wavne take bv storm Fort Stony \
Point, N.Y .' .' 16 July, "
Expedition against the British at fort Castine, Me.,
repulsed 25 Juljs
American fleet arrive at Penobscot, 25 July, and are
dispersed by British fleet (Maine) 13 Aug.
Congress agrees to a basis of terms for a peace with
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Gen. Sullivan's campaign against the Six Nations; the
Indian villages of the Genesee valley destroyed
(New York) July-Sept.
British fleet at Tybee captured by count D'Estaing
(Georgia) 3 Sept.
Congress votes thanks and a gold medal to maj. Lee,
for surprising and capturing (19 Aug.) the British
garrison at Paulus's Hook Sept.
Congress guarantees the Floridas to Spain if she takes
them from Great Britain, provided the U. S. should
enjoy the free navigation of the Mississippi river,
17 Sept.
Naval engagement off Flaraborough Head, Engl. ; the
Bonhomme Richard (American), Paul Jones com-
mander, captures the British gun-ship Serapis (Na-
val BATTLES of the U. S.) 23 Sept.
John Jay appointed minister to Spain, and John Adams
to negotiate a peace with Great Britain. . .27 Sept.
Samuel Huntington of Connecticut chosen president of
Congress 28 Sept.
Siege of Savannah, Ga., by Americans and French,
fails; Pulaski killed (Georgia) 23 Sept.-9 Oct.
A company of British regulars and 4 armed vessels in
the Ogeechee river, Ga., surrenders to Col. White,
1 Oct.
British evacuate Rhode Island 11-25 Oct.
M. Gerard succeeded by the Chevalier de la Luzerne
as minister from France to the U. S 17 Nov.
American army winters at Morristown Dec.
Gen. Clinton sails from New York against Charleston,
26 Dec.
Washington reprimands gen. Arnold, by order of Con-
gress, for misconduct charged by the council of
Philadelphia Jan.
[Arnold had been already for months in secret cor-
respondence with maj. Andre of gen. Clinton's stafiF.]
Gen. Charles Lee dismissed from the army. . . .10 Jan.
Legislature of New York empowers its delegates to cede
to Congress a portion of its western territory for the
common benefit 19 Feb.
Bank of Pennsylvania, the first in the U. S., chartered
and located at Philadelphia 1 Mch.
Congress sends gen. Gates to succeed Baron de Kalb,
who, by the surrender of gen. Lincoln, had been com-
mander-in-chief in the south Mch.
Gen. Clinton lays siege to Charleston 10 Apr.
Battle at Monk's Corner, S. C 14 Apr.
Lafayette rejoins the army, after a visit to France,
bringing a commission from the French government
to Washington as lieutenant-general and vice-ad-
miral of France, so that he may be commander-in-
chief of the united forces of France and the U. S.,
11 May,
Fort Moultrie, S. C, surrendered to capt. Hudson of the
British navy 6 May,
Charleston, S. C, capitulates (South Carolina),
12. May,
"Dark day" in New England (Massachusetts),
19 May,
Massacre of Americans under col. Buford at Waxhaw,
on the North Carolina border, by British under
Tarlton 29 May,
Gen. Clinton proclaims South Carolina subject to Eng-
land 3 June,
Battle of Ramsour's Mills, N. C 20 June,
Battle at Springfield, N. J. ; gen. Clinton burns the
town 23 June,
French army of 6000 men, under Rochambeau, reaches
Newport harbor, R, 1 10 July,
Battle of Rocky Mount, S. C 30 July,
Command in the highlands of the Hudson with West
Point given to gen. Benedict Arnold 3 Aug.
Battle of Hanging Rock, S. C 6 Aug.
Battle of Camden, S. C. ; Gates defeated 16 Aug.
Battles of Musgrove Mills and Fishing Creek, S. C,
18 Aug.
Congress advises states to surrender their territorial
claims to western land for the general benefit, 6 Sept.
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Maj. John Andre, British adjutant-general, meets Ben-
edict Arnold near Stony Point, N. Y. (New York),
21 Sept.
Maj. Andre captured near Tarry town 23 Sept.
Arnold escapes to the British vessel Vulture . . 24 Sept.
Battle of Charlotte, N. C 26 Sept.
Andre convicted as a spy by military board, gen. Na-
thaniel Greene, president, 29 Sept., and hung at Tap-
pan, N. Y , 2 Oct.
Congress votes John Paulding, David Williams, and
Isaac Van Wart, captors of Andre, its thanks, a sil-
ver medal, and a pension of $200 each vearly, for
life '. Oct.
Henry Laurens, minister from U. S., seized on his way
to Holland by a British frigate, 3 Sept., and impris-
oned in the Tower of London 6 Oct.
Battle of King's Mountain, S. C 7 Oct.
Congress resolves that western lands to be ceded sliall
be formed into republican states, and become equal
members of the Union 10 Oct.
Gen. Nathaniel Greene appointed to command of the
armies in the south, superseding gen. Gates. .14 Oct.
Congress sends the ministers to France and Spain a
statement of the claims of the U. S. to lands as far
as the Mississippi river 17 Oct.
Col. John Laurens appointed a special minister to
France to secure a loan Dec.
Pennsylvania troops break camp at Morristown, 1 Jan.,
demanding back pay. Congress appoints a commis-
sion, which accedes to their demand (Mutiny),
1 Jan.
Benedict Arnold plunders Richmond, Va. . . .5-6 Jan.
Robert R. Livingston appointed secretary of foreign
affairs by Congress Tan.
Battle of Cowpens, S. C; American victory. .17 Jan.
Mutiny of New Jersey troops quelled by gen. Robert
Howe 23-27 Jan.
Young's house, near White Plains, surprised by British,
2 Feb.
Robert Morris appointed superintendent of finances by
Congress 20 Feb.
Skilful retreat of Americans under gen. Greene from
Cowpens to the river Dan, pursued by Cornwallis,
28 Jan.-13 Feb.
[The distance traversed was over 200 miles over
roads almost impassable.]
Delegates from Maryland sign the Articles of Confed-
eration 1 Mch.
Final ratification of Articles of Confederation announced
by order of Congress 1 Mch.
Battle of Guildford Court-house, N. C. . . 15 Mch.
British under gens. Phillips and Benedict Arnold oc-
cupy Petersburg (Virginia) 24 Apr.
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill, S.C 26 Apr.
Union of Vermont with the British proposed to col.
Ira Allen at Isles aux Noix, Canada May,
Cornwallis joins Arnold at Petersburg, Va . . . .20 May,
Augusta, Ga., taken by col. Clark, 14 Sept. 1780; re-
taken by British, 17 Sept. 1780 ; capitulates to Amer-
icans., 5 June,
Gen. Wadsworth captured, and imprisoned at Castine
(Maine) 18 June,
British abandon Fort Ninety-six 21 June,
Jonas Fay, Ira Allen, and Bazaleel Woodward appoint-
ed to represent the cause of Vermont in the Conti-
nental Congress 22 June,
Gen. Lafayette attacks Cornwallis, near Green Springs,
Va., and is repulsed 6 July,
Thomas McKean of Delaware elected president ol" the
Continental Congress 10 July,
Cornwallis retires with his army to Y'orktown. .4 Aug.
R. R. Livingston appointed secretary of foreign af-
fairs by Congress Aug.
Congress' requires Vermont to relinquish territory east
of the Connecticut and west of the present New-
York line before admission as a state ..20 Aug.
Combined armies of Americans and French start for
Yorktown, Va.,from the Hudson river 25 Aug.
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Count de Grasse, with the French fleet, arrives in the
Chesapeake 80 Aug. 1781
Lafayette joins French troops under count de St.
Simon at Green Springs, 3 Sept., and they occupy
Williamsburg, about 15 miles from Yorktown..5 Sept. "
Bene«lict Arnold plunders and burns New liOndon,
Conn., and captures Fort Guiswoi.d 6 Sept. "
British fleet under adm. Graves appears in the Chesa-
peake 7 Sept. "
Indecisive battle of Eutaw Springs, S. C 8 Sept. "
Washington and count Kochambeau reach Williams-
burg 14 Sept. «
Siege of Yorktown (Virginia) 6-19 Oct. "
Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown 19 Oct. "
Sir Henry Clinton, with fleet of 35 vessels and 7000
troops, arrives at the Chesapeake, 24 Oct., and re-
turns to New York 29 Oct. "
Benjamin Lincoln appointed secretary of war by Con-
gress 30 Oct. "
John Hanson of Maryland chosen president of Conti-
nental Congress 5 Nov. *'
Day of public thanksgiving and prayer observed
throughout the U. S 13 Dec. «
Henry Laurens released from imprisonment in the
Tower of London 31 Dec. "
Bank of North America established at Philadelphia
(Banks in the U. S.) 31 Dec. «
Holland recognizes the independence of U. S. .19 Apr. 1782
Sir Guy Carleton, appointed to succeed Clinton, lands
in New York 5 May, "
Orders received by sir James Wright at Savannah for
the evacuation of the province . .14 June, "
Congress adopts a Great seal for the U. S. .20 June, "
Savannah, Ga., evacuated by the British 11 July, "
Treaty of amity and commerce concluded by Mr.
Adams, on part of the U. S., with Holland. . .8 Oct. "
First manufacture of fustians and jeans in the U. S.
begins at Philadelphia "
Elias Boudinot of New Jersey chosen president of the
Continental Congress 4 Nov. "
Preliminary articles of peace signed at Paris by Richard
Oswald for Great Britain, and by John Adams, Ben-
jamin Franklin, John Jav, and Henry Laurens for
the U. S '. ' 30 Nov. "
■ British evacuate Charleston, S. C 14 Dec. "
French army -embarks from Boston for St. Domingo,
having been in the U. S. 2 years 5 months and 14
days 24 Dec. "
Sweden recognizes independence of U. S 5 Feb. 1783
Denmark recognizes independence of U. S, . . .25 Feb. "
Congress being unable to paj' either officers or men of
the array, an anonymous address is circulated, 11
Mch. 1783, advising the army at Newburg, N. Y., to
enforce its claims. The situation is critical, but
Washington, by an admirable address, obtains from
the officers a declaration of confidence in Congress
and the country , 15 Mch. "
[The author of the "Anonymous Address" was
maj. John Armstrong, afterwards secretary of war.]
Congress grants 5 years' full pay to officers in lieu of
half-pay for life, 'promised 21 Oct. 1780 22 Mch. "
Spain recognizes independence of U. S. . . . .24 Mch. "
Congress ratifies the preliminary treaty with Great
Britain 15 Apr. "
n[ Congress proclaims a cessation of hostilities, 11 Apr.
1783, which is read to the army 19 Apr. "
Constitution for the Society of the Cincinnati, fo/med
at the army quarters on the Hudson river. .13 May, "
First vessel to carry the flag of the U. S. to a Russian
port enters Riga 1 June, *'
Washington writes on the situation to each of the
state governors 8 June, "
Seventh Continental Congress adjourns ; session, 1816 days,
21 June, «
[The longest session ever held in the U. S.]
£/ghth Continental Congress meets at Princeton,
[Elias Boudinot president.] 30 June,
Independence of the U. S. recognized by Russia. .July, 1783
Definitive treaty signed by David Hartley on the part
^. of Great Britain, and by Benjamin Franklin, John
Adams, and John Jay on the part of the U. S., 3 Sept. "
Washington issues his "Farewell Address to the Army"
from Rocky Hill, near Princeton, N. J 2 Nov. "
Thomas Mifflin of Pennsylvania chosen president of
the Continental Congress 3 Nov. "
By general order of Congress, proclaimed 18 Oct., the
army is disbanded, a small force remaining at West
Point 3 Nov. "
Eighth Continental Congress adjourns; 127 days' session,
4 Nov. "
British evacuate New York city 25 Nov. "
Ninth Continental Congress meets at Annapolis, Md.,
[Thomas Mifflin president.] ^^ ^^'^'
Gen. Washington bids farewell to his officers at
Fraunce's tavern, cor. Pearl and Broad sts., New
York city 4 Dec. "
British evacuate Long Island and Staten Island (with-
drawing their last armed man sent for the purpose
of reducing the colonies to subjection) 4 Dec. "
Washington resigns his commission as commander-in-
chief at tlie State-house, Annapolis, Md., and retires
to Mount Vernon 23 Dec. "
Congress ratifies the definitive treaty of peace.. 14 Jan. 1784
Congress accepts cession of northwest territory by
Virginia ; deed signed by Virginia delegates . 1 Mch. "
American Daily Advertiser, first daily newspaper in
America, issued at Philadelphia by Benjamin
Franklin Bache "
Fiscal affairs of the U. S. placed in the hands of 3
commissioners appointed to succeed Robert Morris. . "
John Jay appointed secretary of foreign affairs in place
of Livingston, resigned Mch. "
Ninth Continental Congress adjourns; 189 days' session,
3 June, "
(ieneral Assembly of North Carolina cedes her western
lands to the U. S. on condition of acceptance within
2 years, Apr. 1784, but repeals the act 22 Oct. "
Washington makes a tour of the western country to
ascertain bj' what means it could be most effectually
bound to the Union "
Tenth Continental Congress meets at Trenton, N. J.,
1 Nov. "
Richard Henry Lee of Virginia chosen president of
Continental Congress 30 Nov. "
Tenth Continental Congress adjourns; 54 days' session,
24 Dec. «
Methodist Episcopal church organized at a Christmas
conference in Baltimore, Md. . .24 Dec. 1784-2 Jan. 1785
Eleventh Continental Congress meets at New York,
[Richard H. Lee president.]
Gen. Henry Knox appointed sec. of war with added
duties of sec. of navy 8 Mch. "
[ He was continued sec. of war under Washington's
administration until 1795.]
Franklin, minister to France, obtains leave to return;
Jefferson is appointed 10 Mch. "
Dispute between the U. S. and Spain on uavigation-of
the Mississippi river and the boundaries of the
Floridas "
City directory of Philadelphia, first in America, pub, . "
Massachusetts cedes to the U. S. her claims to lands
west of the Niagara river, in accordance with an act
of legislature of 13 Nov. 1784 19 Apr. "
John Adams appointed minister plenipotentiary' to
Great Britain, 24 Feb., and received at the court of
George III 1 June, "
Don Diego Gardoqui, minister from Spain to the U. S.,
recognized by Congress '. 2 July, "
First Episcopal ordination held in the U. S., that of
rev. Ashbel Baldwin at Middletown, Conn. . .3 Aug. "
Treaty of amity and commerce concluded between the
king of Prussia and the U. S., and signed by Thomas
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Jefferson at Paris, 28 July, Benjamin Franklin at
Pas.sy, 9 July, and J. Adams at London 5 Aug. 1785
Franklin returns to Philadelphia from France, after an
absence of 9 years, landing 13 Sept. "
State of Frankland formed from western lands of
North Carolina Nov. "
Eleventh Continental Congress adjourns; 298 days' session,
4 Nov. "
Twelfth Continental Congress meets at New York,
7 Nov. "
John Hancock of Massachusetts chosen president of
the Continental Congress 23 Nov. "
[Did not serve owing to continued illness.]
James Rumsey succeeds in propelling a boat by steam
and machinery on the Potomac Mch. 1786
First spinning-jenny in the U. S. put in operation by
Daniel Jackson of Providence, R. I "
Nathaniel Gorham chosen president of the Continental
Congress 6 June, "
Gen. Nathaniel Greene dies at Mulberry Grove, 14
miles from Savannah, Ga 19 June, "
Ordinance establishing the coinage passed Aug. "
Delegates from Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New
Jersey, and New York, at Annapolis, Md., consider
the condition of the nation, and request all the states
to send delegates to a convention at Philadelphia in
May following II Sept. "
Connecticut makes a qualified cession to the U. S. of
all territory south of 41° N. lat., and west of a line
120 miles west of Pennsylvania 14 Sept. "
Shays's rebellion in Massachusetts '*
Ordinance establishing a U. S. mint passed by Con-
gress 16 Oct. "
Twelfth Continental Congress adjourns ; 362 days' session,
3 Nov. "
Thirteenth Continental Congress meets at New York,
6 Nov. "
Arthur St. Clair of Pennsylvania chosen president of
Congress 2 Feb. 1787
Congress advises the states to send delegates to a con-
vention in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of
Confederation, to meet 14 May (Constitution of
THK United States) 21 Feb. "
Congress by ordinance provides government for the
territory northwest of the Ohio (now Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin), ...... .13 July, "
Treaty between the U. S. and the emperor of Morocco,
negotiated Jan. 1787 by John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson, is ratified by Congress 18 July, "
South Carolina cedes to the U. S. her claims to a strip
12 miles wide, west of a line from the head of the
Tugaloo river to the North Carolina border, 9 Aug. "
Delegates to the convention sign the Constitution,
17 Sept. "
Manufacture of cotton first attempted in the U. S. at
Beverly, Mass "
Manufacture of salt from the Onondaga springs at
Syracuse, N. Y., began "
Ship Columbia, capt. John Kendrick, and the sloop
Washington, capt. Robert Gray, sail from Boston for
the northwest coast, where they exchange ships,
and Gray proceeds to Canton on his way around
the world '.30 Sept. "
Thirteenth Continental Congress adjourns ; 359 days' ses-
sion 30 Oct. "
Fourteenth Continental Congress meets at New York,
5 Nov. «
Spanish intrigues in Kentucky 1788
Cyrus Griffin of Virginia chosen president of Conti-
nental Congress 22 Jan. "
Method for putting the new government into opera-
tion reported by the committee adopted by Con-
gress (Constitution), 13 Sept. "
Fom-teenth and last Continental Congress adjourns; 353
days' session . ^ . . 21 Oct. "
Electors in the several states vote for president and
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History knows of few bodies more remarkable than the
Continental Congress. It is often compared with the Long
Parliament of Charles I. and the French National Assembly.
Coming together at first as a gathering for consultation, the
delegates had boldly seized the reins of power, assumed the
leadership of the insurgent states, issued bills of credit, raised
armies, declared independence, negotiated foreign treaties,
carried the nation through seven years of war; finally, had
extorted from a powerful ruling government an acknowledg-
ment of the authority so daringly assumed and so indomita-
bly maintained. But its career was not destined to end glo-
riously. Its decline began during the war. Exhausted by
its early efforts, smitten with poverty, insdvent almost from
the beginning, pensioner on the bounty of France, without
sympathy at home or abroad, unable to fulfil the treaties it
had made, issuing fruitless requisitions which it had no power
to enforce, vainly begging for more authority to prolong its
existence — even while all eyes were turned towards the rising
splendors of the new government, with hardly a respectful
word uttered in its belialf or a recollection of the incompara-
ble good wrought in its early days, the Continental Congress
passed into history.
Under the Constitution.
The Constitution of the United States takes effect in
the 11 states which Jiave ratified it, forming a nation
of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia,
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Caro-
lina, New Hampshire, Virginia, and New York,
4 Mch. 1789
First Administration — Federal. 4 Mch. 1789 to 3
Mch. 1793.
Seat of Government, New York city, 1789, and Phila-
delphia from 6 Dec. 1790.
George Washington, Va., president.
John Adams, Mass., vice-president.
cabinet.
Thomas Jefferson, Va., sec. of state, from 21 Mch. 1790.
Alexander Hamilton, N. Y., sec. of treas. from 11 Sept. 1789.
Henry Knox, Mass., sec. of war, from 12 Sept, 1789.
Edmund Randolph, Va., attorney-gen., from 26 Sept. 1789.
Samuel Osgood, Mass., postmaster-gen. from 26 Sept. 1789.
Timothy Pickering, Mass., postmaster-gen. from 12 Aug. 1791.
[The postmaster-gen. not a member of the cabinet
until 1829. Cabinet council.]
First Congress, First Session, meets, New York.. 6 Apr. 1789
Speaker of the House, F. A. Muhlenberg, Pa.
Electoral vote counted. George Washington of Va.
receives the entire electoral vote, 69, and is chosen
president; and John Adams of Mass. receives 34
votes and becomes vice-president 6 Apr. *'
President takes the oath of office, New York. . .30 Apr. "
First tariff bill passes (Tariff) 4 July, "
Department of Foreign Affairs organized... .27 July, "
This name is changed to State department. ..15 Sept. "
Act organizing the War (and Navy) department, 7 Aug. "
Treasury department organized 2 Sept. '*
Post-office department temporarily established. 22 Sept. "
Office of attorney-general organized 24 Sept. "
Supreme court of the U. S. established, with John
Jay of N. Y. as chief-justice Sept. "
XII. Amendments to the Constitution agreed upon,
and submitted to the states for ratification .25 Sept. "
[Ten of these ratified, taking effect 15 Dec. 1791.]
Thomas Jefferson of Va., the minister to France, ap-
pointed secretary of state 26 Sept. "
First Session adjourns 29 Sept. "
President visits northern and eastern states. . .15 Oct, "
North Carolina ratifies the Constitution 21 Nov, "
John Fenno's Gazette of the United States began (sup-
ports the principles of the Federalist) "
Second Session meets, New York 4 Jan. 1790
First annual message from the president " "
Secretary Hamilton reports on the public debt. . 14 Jan. "
[He proposed that the government (1) fund
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and pay the foreign debt of the Confederation
(f I2,00(),00()) ; (2) fund and pay the domestic debt
($40,000,(HX)) ; (3) assume anil pay the unpaid war
debt ($21,500,000) of the states. The last proposi-
tion was strongly opposed, but was finally carried :
Senate, 14 to 12; House, 34 to 28.]
An act ordering a census passed 1 Mch. 1790
Franklin dies at Philadelphia, aged 84 17 Apr. "
Rhode Island ratifies the Constitution 29 May, '•
[The last of the 13 colonies.]
An act passed by 32 to 29 — House — authorizing the
acquisition of the District of Columbia for the
seat of government 10 July, "
First mechanical patent issued to Samuel Hopkins for
making potash and pearlash 31 July, "
First national census begun; population enumerated
as of 1 Aug. '*
Treaty with the Creek Indians 7 Aug. "
Tariff bill amended by increasing duties 10 Aug. "
Capt. Robert Gray, in the Columbia, returns to Boston
from his voyage around the world (see 1787), 10 Aug. "
[The first American ship to sail around the world.]
Second Session adjourns 12 Aug. "
Gen. Harmar's and col. Hardin's expedition against the
Indians defeated in northwestern Ohio. .17-20 Oct. "
Third Session, Philadelphia, opens 6 Dec. "
Act incorporating Bank of the United States. ..8 Feb. 1791
[Bank to be at Philadelphia; might establish
branches; chartered for 20 years; capital, $10,-
000,000.]
"Vermont, the 14th state, admitted 18 Jan. "
An act taxing imported spirits, with new duty on do-
mestic spirits "
First Congress adjourns 3 Mch. "
[An able Congress. In 2 years it provided a com-
petent revenue, funded the public debt, and gave the
young nation a respectable standing in the world.]
Great Britain appoints her first minister, George Ham-
mond, to the U. S 7 Aug. "
Second Congress, First Session, opens at Philadel-
phia ^4 Oct. "
Speaker of the House, Jonathan Trumbull of Conn,
Gen. Arthur St. Clair's expedition against the Indians
of Ohio surprised and routed 4 Nov. "
Philip Freneau's National Gazette started at Philadel-
phia in-i,he interest of the Republican party "
Congress grants a bounty for fishing- vessels. . ,16 Feb. 1792
Post-office department reorganized 20 Feb. "
U. S. Mint established (Coin) 2 Apr, *'
Apportionment act, gives one representative to 33,000
inhabitants ; 105 in all 14 Apr. "
TariflF amended 2 May, "
Laws organizing the militia.. , 8 May, "
First Session adjourns " "
Capt. Robert Gray, in the Columbia, discovers the
mouth (lat. 46° 10' N.) of the river Columbia, 11 May, "
[This discovery strengthened the U. S. claim to
the Oregon territory.]
Kentucky admitted (the 15th state) 1 June, "
Second Session opens at Philadelphia 5 Nov. "
Second presidential election 6 Nov. "
President's salary fixed at $25,000 8 Feb. 1793
Electoral count 13 Feb. "
[George Washington of Va. received 132 electoral
votes (all) ; John Adams of Mass. 77 votes ; and
George Clinton, opposition, 50. ]
Second Congress adjourns 2 Mch. "
Second Administration— Pederal. 4 Mch. 1793 to 3
Mch. 1797.
Seat of Govemment, Philadelphia, Pa,
George Washington, Va,, president,
John Adams, Mass., vice-president.
CABINET.
Thomas Jefferson, Va., sec. of state, continued from 1790 to
1793. Resigns.
Edmund Randolph, Va., sec, of state, from 2 Jan. 1794.
Resigns.
Timothy Pickering, Mass., sec. of state, from 10 Dec. 1795.
Alexander Hamilton, N. Y., sec. of treas., continued from U
Sept. 1789. Resigns.
Oliver Wolcott, Conn., sec. of treas., from 2 Feb. 1795.
Henry Knox, Mass,, sec. of war, continued from 12 Sept, 1789.
Resigns.
Timothy Pickering, Mass., sec. of war, from 2 Jan. 1795.
James McIIenry, Md,, sec. of war, from 27 Jan. 1796.
Edmund Randolph, Va., attorney- gen., continued from 26
Sept. 1789. Resigns.
William Bradford, Pa., attorney-gen., from 8 Jan. 1794.
Dies in office.
Charles Lee, Va., attorney-gen., 10 Dec. 1795.
Timothy Pickering, Mass., postmaster- gen., continued from
1791.
Joseph Habersham, Ga., postmaster-gen. from 25 Feb. 1795.
" Citizen " Genet of France, as minister to the U. S.,
arrives at Charleston, S. C. ; warmly received,
9 Apr. 1793
Eli Whitney invents the cotton-gin; marked effect
on slavery '«
President issues his celebrated proclamation of neu- J
trality (severely criticised by the opposition),
22 Apr. "
French government directs the seizure of vessels car-
rying supplies to an enemy's port 9 May, "
Great Britain orders her ships of war to stop all.vess^ls
laden with French supplies and turn them into
British ports 8 June, "
Minister Genet's recall asked for by the government,
• Aug, "
Corner-stone of the U, S. Capitol laid by Washington,
18 Sept, "
Followers of Jefferson begin to assume the name of
Republicans, in opposition to the Federalists, under
leadership of Alexander Hamilton "
Third Congress, First Session, opens at Philadelphia,
Pa 2 Dec. «
Speaker of the House, F. A. Muhlenberg, Pa.
Thomas Jefferson retires from State department. .Dec. '*
[A place he could no longer consistently' hold,
owing to his opposition to the administration, an
opposition which, aided by dissensions among the
Federalists themselves, finally resulted in that
party's overthrow,]
An Amendment (XI,) to the Constitution approved by
Congress, securing states against suits in the U, S.
courts 6 Mch. 1794
[Declared in force, 8 Jan. 1798.]
Act authorizing the construction of 6 ships of war. the
foundation of the U. S. navy 11 Mch. "
[Three 44 guns ; three 38 guns. Of these, 3 were
finally finished: Constitution, 44 guns, at Boston,
launched 20 Sept. 1797 ; United States, 44 guns, at
Philadelphia, launched 10 July, 1797 ; and Constel-
lation, 38 guns, at Baltimore, 7 Sept. 1797.]
An act is passed forbidding any American vessel to
supply slaves to another nation, under penalty
of forfeiture of the vessel and fine of $2000,
22 Mch, "
In retaliation against England, an embargo is laid on
all shipping, continued for 60 days 26 Mch. '*
Senate ceases to sit with closed doors 27 Mch. "
President nominates John Jay^ as envoy extraor-
dinary to England, with a view to a treaty,
16 Apr. '«
Gouverneur Morris recalled as minister to France,
and James Monroe appointed 27 May, "
An act relating to neutrality passed 5 June, "
[This was necessary because popular sympathy
with the French and the French minister Genet
threatened to embroil the country with Eng-
land.]
Post-office department permanently established "
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Tariff act of 1792 further amended by increasing the
ad valorem rates of duty 7 June, 1794
First Session adjourns 9 June, "
Whiskey insurrection in western Pennsylvania,
July-Nov. "
Gen. Anthony Wayne defeats the Indians near Mauraee
Rapids, in Ohio 20 Aug. "
French minister Fanchet's despatch, supposed to com-
promise Edmund Randolph, sec. of state, intercept-
ed by the British, and shown to the U. S. govern-
ment ; Randolph resigns "
Second Session opens at Philadelphia, Pa 3 Nov. "
Draft of treaty with England agreed to by John Jay,
special envoy ' 19 Nov. "
Stringent naturalization law passed, requiring renun-
ciation of titles of nobility 29 Jan. 1795
Act passed for gradual redemption of public debt. ... "
. Hamilton, secretary of the treasury, resigns Jan. '*
Third Congress adjourns 3 Mch. "
President calls the Senate together to consider the
Jay treaty with England 8 June, " 1/
[Senate favored it by a two-thirds majority; vio-
lent popular remonstrances against it.]
Washington signs the treaty 14 Aug.
Gen. Wayne's treaty with the Ohio Indians at Green-
ville; they cede 25,000 sq. miles 3 Aug.
Treaty with Algiers to ransom prisoners taken by cor-
sairs, and to pay annual tribute of $23,000 to the
dey 5 Sept.
Treaty with Spain, opening the Mississippi and estab- I /
lishing boundaries 20 Oct. " V
Fourth Congress, First Session, opens at Philadelphia,
Pa 7 Dec. "
Speaker of the House, Jonathan Dayton of N. J.,
Federalist.
Proclamation of the Jay treaty 1 Mch. 1796
House demands the papers relating to the Jay treaty,
24 Mch. <'
[President declined, the House being no part of
the treaty-making power. J
Jefferson writes the famous "Mazzei letter,"
about 21 Apr. "
[The publication of this letter, about a year later,
severs all friendly relations between Washington and
Jefferson.]
Fisher Ames's speech before the House on the Jay
treaty with England 28 Apr. "
["The most eloquent speech ever heard in Con-
gress by his generation."— /S'cAow/er'* " Hist. U. S.,"
vol. i. p. 313.']
House agrees to sustain Jay's treaty 3.0 Apr. '*
Tennessee admitted (the 16th state) 1 June, '•
First Session adjourns " '•
New treaty with the Creek Indians 29 June, '• i,
Washington's " Farewell Address " issued, refusing to
accept office again 19 Sept. "
Charles C. Pinckney succeeds James Monroe as minis-
ter to I'rance Sept. "
Third presidential election 8 Nov. "
[Federals, John Adams, Mass., and Thomas Pinck-
ney, S. C. ; Republicans, Thomas Jeffersoti, Va., and
Aaron Burr, N. Y.]
Second Session opens at Philadelphia, Pa 6 Dec. "
Congress assembles in the House for the purpose of
counting the electoral vote .....'... .8 Feb. 1797
[Of the 138 votes cast, John Adams of Mass. re-
ceived 71; Thomas Jefferson of Va. 68; Thomas
Pinckney of S. C. 59; and Aaron Burr,- 30.]
[At this time was illustrated one .of the great
faults in the Constitution relative to the election of
president and vice-president prior to the Xll.th
Amendment — Adams, a strong Federalist, president,
and Jefferson, in direct opposition to that party, vice-
president.] ■,
Charles C. Pinckney, U. S. minister, not received by
the French government, leaves France Feb. "
Fourth Congress adjourns 3 Mch. "
Third Administration — Federal. 4 Mch. 1797 to 3
Mch. 1801.
Seat of Government, Philadelphia, until 1800, then trans-
ferred to Washington, D. C.
John Adams, Mass., president.
Thomas Jefferson, Va., vice-president
CABINET.
Timothy Pickering,Mass.,sec.o{ state, continued from 10 Dec.
1795. Resigns.
John Marshall, Va., sec, of state, from 13 May, 1800.
Oliver Wolcott, Conn., sec. of treas., continued from 2 Feb. 1795.
Samuel Dexter, Mass., sec. of treas , from 1 Jan. 1801.
James McHenry, Md., sec. of war, continued from 27 Jan. 1796.
Resigns.
Samuel Dexter, Mass., sec. of war, from 13 May, 1800.
Roger Griswold, Conn., acting sec. of war, from 3 Feb. 1801.
George Cabot, Mass., sec. of navy, 3 May, 1798. Declined.
Benjamin Stoddert, Md., sec. of'navy, from 3 May, 1798.
^harles Lee, Va., attorney-gen., continued from 10 Dec. 1795.
Joseph Habersham, Ga., postmaster-gen., continued from 25
Feb. 1795.
Special session of Congress called to consider the threat-
ening relations with France 25 Mch. 1797
Fifth Congress, First Se*ssion (extra), assembles at Phil-
adelphia, Pa 15 May, "
Speaker of the House, Jonathan Dayton of N. J., Fed-
eralist. \
Congress subjects to a finliof $10,000 and 10 years'
imprisonment any citizen concerned in privateering
against a friendly nation 14 June, "
Congress authorizes the president to raise 80,000 mili-
tia for 3 months — the quota from Tennessee, the
smallest, 806, and Massachusetts, the largest, 11,836,
24 June, «
President empowered to employ the frigates Constitu-
tion, ConsteUatio7i,an^ United States (see 1794), 1 July, "
Duties on stamped vellum parchment and paper, re-
ceipts, bonds, bills, insurance policies, certificates, etc.,
by act of. . .6 July, "
A duty on salt levied • 8 July, "
Senate expels William Blount of Tennessee ... 9 July, "
[Committee of Ways and Means organized in the
House for the first time at this session.]
First Sessio7i adjoih^s .10 July, "
President appoints^ohn Marshall of Va. and Elbridge
Gerry of Mass. with C. C. Pinckney, as commission-
ers to treat with France ; they meet at Paris..4 Oct. "
[Commissioners asked to bribe members of French
Directory, but indignantly refuse. Talleyrand, the
French minister of foreign affairs, implicated. Mr.
Marshall and Mr. Pinckney ordered out of France.
C. C. Pinckney declared that the U. S. had " mill-
ions for defence, but not one cent for tribute."]
Second Session assembles at Philadelphia, Pa. . . 13 Nov. "
First personal encounter in Congress between Matthew
Lyon of Vt. and Roger Griswold of Conn. ; the
House fails to censure or punish 12-15 Feb. 1798
Mississippi territory organized 3 Apr. "
Navy department organized 30 Apr. "
Secretary of the navy appointed 3 May, "
Harper's Ferry selected as site for a government ar-
mory and manufactory 4 May, "
Congress authorizes a Provisional army, and em-
powers the president, in case of an. actual declara-
tion of war or invasion, to enlist, for 3 years, 10,000
men ; and to appoint one lieutenant-general, to be
chief commander of the army, and one inspector-
general, with other necessary officers ; all to remain
in the service only so long as the president deems
necessary for the public safety 28 May, "
Congress authorizes the president to instruct command-
ers of ships of war to seize French armed vessels
attacking American merchantmen or hovering about
the coast for that purpose 28 May "
Song " Hail, Columbia !" first sung May, "
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Imprisonment for debt abolished 6 June, 1798
Commercial intercourse with France suspended. 12 June, "
Washington accepts appointment as commander-in-
chief, with rank of lieutenant-general (Army),
17 June, '*
Uniform rule of naturalization adopted 18 June, "
President announces the failure of the commission sent
to France to make peace 21 June, "
Alien act passed (Alikn and Sedition law8)..25 June, "
All French treaties declared void 6 July, "
[The tenor of judicial opinion has been that
France and the U. S. were not at war, although
naval engagements took place. — " Narrative and
Critical History of America," vol. vii. p. 473.]
Marine corps tirst organized by act of. 11 July, "
Sedition laws passed (Alien and Sedition laws),
14 July, "
Second Sessioti adjourns 16 July, "
[Jefferson looked anxiously for this adjournment,
as affording the opposition (of which he was the
head) the only chance to rally. — HUdretKs " U. S.,"
vol. V. p. 236.]
By treaty the Cherokees allow a free passage through
their lands in Tennessee to all travellers on the road
to Kentuckv passing through Cumberland Gap,
2 Oct. "
Trial of Matthew Lj'on of Vt. before judge Patterson,
under the sedition law (Trials) 7 Oct. "
Third Session assembles at Philadelphia, Pa 3 Dec. "
" Wieland," the first novel of Charles Brockden Brown,
appears "
U. S. frigate Constellation, com. Thomas Truxtun, capt-
ures the French ship of war U Insurgente, off the
island of St. Kitts 9 Feb. 1799
General post-office established by act of 2 Mch. "
Act to regulate the collection of duties and tonnage,
and to establish ports of entry 2 Mch. "
Estimates for the year amount to over ,$13,000, 000. , . "
Fifth Congress adjourns 3 Mch. "
Upon assurance from France that a representative from
the U. S. will be received with the " respect due a
powerful nation," president nominates William Van
Murray as minister to France, and associates with
him chief-justice Ellsworth of Connecticut and gov.
Davie of North Carolina ; all are received by Napo-
leon, first consul 30 Mch. "
Sixih Congress, First Session, assembles at Philadel-
phia, Pa 2 Dec. "
Speaker of the House, Theodore Sedgwick, Mass.
John Randolph of Roanoke, Va., enters Congress, 2 Dec. "
George Waslungton d .;^. ... 14 Dec. "
Eulogy before Congress by Henry Lee of Va. calling
him "First in war, first in peace, and first in the
hearts of his countrymen" 26 Dec. "
U. S. frigate Constellation, com. Thomas Truxtun, de-
feats the French frigate La Vengeance 1 Feb. 1800
[Congress honored Truxton with a gold medal.]
General Bankruptcy act 4 Apr. "
Territory of Indiana organized 7 May, "
Stricter law against the slave-trade 10 May, "
Congress establishes 4 land offices for the sale of pub-
lic lands in the Northwest territory (Ohio) . 10 May, "
First Session (last meeting in Philadelphia) adjourns,
14 May, «
President Adams removes Timothy Pickering, sec. of
state, and James McHenry, sec. of war May, '•
U. S. government removes from Philadelphia to the
new capital, Washington July, "
[One packet-sloop carried from Philadelphia all
the furniture of the several departments, together
with the archives of the Federal government, which
filled " 7 large boxes and 4 or 5 smaller ones."]
Frigate George Washington, capt. William Bainbridge,
carries to Algiers the dey's tribute-money, and is
required to carry the dey's ambassador to Con-
stantinople Sept. "
[First U. S. man-of-war in the Bosporus.]
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Envoys to France negotiate a convention for 8 years,
preventing open war. 30 Sept. 1800
[Ratified by France, 31 July, 1801, and by the
U. S., 19 Dec. 1801. Under this treaty the daims
for indemnity, known as the " French Spoliation
Claims," have been the subject of frequent reports
and discussions in Congress, with no result until
referred to the court of Claims by the act of 20
Jan. 1883.]
Spanish government cedes Louisiana to France by the
secret treaty of St. Ildefonso 1 Oct. "
Fourth presidential election 11 Nov. "
[Democratic-Republican candidates, Thomas Jef-
ferson and Aaron Burr; Federalists, John Adams and
Charles C. Pinckney.]
Second Session (first meeting in Washington, D. C),
17 Nov. «
Capitol building burned at Washington 19 Jan. 1801
John Marshall appointed chief-justice 20 Jan. " ,
Electoral votes counted 11 Feb.
[Thomas Jefferson received 73 ; Aaron Burr, 73 ;
John Adams, 65; Charles C. Pinckney, 64; John
Jay, 1. The tie between Jefferson and Burr re-
mained for the House of Representatives to decide.
Balloting began Wednesday, Feb. 11, and continued
for 7 days, until a choice was effected. Seats were
provided for the president and Senate, but the gal-
lery was cleared and the doors were closed. On the
first ballot. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, aiwi
Tennessee voted for Jefferson, while New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts, Khode Island, Connecticut, Del-
aware, and South Carolina voted for Burr. Vermont
and Maryland were divided. 104 members were
present. In the afternoon of 17 Feb., on the 36th
ballot, Delaware and South Carolina cast blanks,
while Vermont and Maryland voted for Jefferson
and elected him.]
Congress assumes jurisdiction over the District of
Columbia 27 Feb.
Navy reduced to 13 vessels ; the rest to be disarmed fl
and sold 3 Mch.
[Among those reserved were the frigates United
States, Constitution, President, Chesapeake, Phila-
delphia, Constellation, Congress."]
Sixth Congress adjourns 3 Mch. "
Fourth Administration— Democratic-Republican.
4 Mch. 1801 to 3 Mch. 1805.
Seat of Government at Washington, D. C.
Thomas Jefferson, Va., president.
Aaron Burr, N. Y., vice-president.
cabinet.
James Madison, Va., sec. of state, from 5 Mch. 1801.
Samuel Dexter, Mass., sec. of treas., continued.
Albert Gallatin, Pa,, sec. of treas., from 15 May, 1801.
Henry Dearborn, Mass., sec. of war, from 5 Mch. 1801.
Benjamin Stoddert, Md., sec. of navy, continued.
Robert Smith, Md., sec. of navy, from 26 Jan. 1802.
Jacob Crowninshield, Mass., sec. of navy, from 2 Mch. 1805.
Levi Lincoln, Mass., attorney-gen., from 5 Mch. 1801.
Robert Smith, Md., attorney-gen., from 2 Mch. 1805.
Joseph Habersham, Ga., postmaster-gen., continued.
Gideon Granger, Conn., postmaster-gen. from 28 Nov. 1801.
Three frigates and one sloop-of-war sent to the Bar-
barv coast to protect our commerce, commanded by
com. Richard Dale 20 May, 1801
Tripoli declares war against the U. S 10 June, "
Seventh Congress, First Session, convenes 7 Dec. "
Speaker of the House, Nathaniel Macon, N. C.
President Jefferson sends a written message to Con-
gress and announces that no answer is expected.
No president has since addressed Congress orally.
Congress appoints John Beckleyof Va. librarian, with
a room of the Capitol for the library 26 Jan. 1802
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Congress recognizes the war with Tripoli 6 Feb. 1802
Repeal of the new Circuit act , 8 Mch. "
Congress reduces the army to the peace establish-
ment of 1796 — 1 regiment of artillery and 2 of in-
fantry— and organizes a military academy at West
Point ' '.16 Mch. '«
Excise tax repealed 16 Mch. »*
Naturalization laws of 1798 repealed ; those of 1795
restored 14 Apr. '*
[That of 1795 required 5 years' residence, and
application 3 years prior to naturalization; that of
1798 required 14 years' residence, and application
5 years prior to naturalization.]
Judicial system of the U. S. amended 29 Apr. "
Library of Congress catalogued, containing 964 vol-
umes and 9 maps Apr. **
First Session adjourns 3 May, "
Washington incorporated as a city " "
Ohio adopts a state constitution 29 Nov. "
[Political intrigues in the state of New York and
at Washington against Aaron Burr, destroying his
political prospects, culminated during 1802. " Never
in the history of the United States did so powerful
a combination of rival puliticians unite to break
down a single man as that which arrayed itself
against Burr; for, as the hostile circle gathered
about him, he could plainly see Jefferson, Madison,
and the whole Virginia legion, with DeWitt Clin-
ton and others of New York, and among them Alex-
ander Hamilton, joining hands with his own bitter-
est enemies to complete the ring and bring about his
political ruin." — Henry Adamses " Hist. U. S.," vol.
i.p.332.]
Second Session convenes 6 Dec. "
Ohio admitted as a state (the 17th) 19 Feb. 1803
Seventh Couf/ress adjourns 3 Mch. "
Treaty with France : the U. S. purchases Louisiana
for $15,000,000 30 Apr. "
Eighth Congress, First Session, convenes 17 Oct. "
Speaker of the House, Nathaniel Macon, N. C.
Senate ratifies the treaty with France, by vote of 24
to 7 *. 20 Oct. "
President authorized by Congress to take possession
of Louisiana 30 Oct. "
Frigate Philadelphia, 44 guns, capt. Bainbridge, pur-
suing Tripoli tan ship of war, strikes a rock in the
harbor of Tripoli and is captured 31 Oct. "
Independence of Hayti proclaimed 29 Nov. "
XH.th Amendment to the Constitution, relative to
electing the president and vice-president, passed by
the Senate, 22 to 10 2 Dec. "
[By this amendment the electors are required to
ballot separately for president and vice - president.
The election of 1804 the first under the amendment.]
Same passed by the House — 83 to 42 12 Dec. "
New Orleans delivered to the U. S 20 Dec. "
Lieut. Stephen Decatur, with the ketch Intrepid, de-
stroys the Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli
under the guns of the castle, without losing a man,
night of 16 Feb. 1804
Impeachment of Samuel Chase, associate justice of the
Supreme court; trial began Feb. "
[Acquitted Mch. 1805.]
Louisiana purchase divided into the territory of Or-
leans and the District of Louisiana 26 Mch. "
First Session adjourns 27 Mch. "
('apt. Meriwether Lewis, of the First Infantry, and
lieut. William Clark, appointed to explore the
Missouri river and seek water communication
with the Pacific coast, enter the Missouri river,
14 May, "
Burr, vice-president, mortally wounds Alexander Ham-
ilton in a duel at Weehawken, N. J., Hamilton hav-
ing fired in the air (Buhr's conspiracy, Duels),
11 July, "
Xll.th Amendment being accepted by two thirds
of the states — Massachusetts, Connecticut, and
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25 Sept. 1804
Second Session convenes 4 Nov. "
[7 Federal senators and 25 representatives.]
Fifth presidential election 13 Nov. "
Territory of Michigan formed from Indiana. . .11 Jan. 1805
[Division to take place 30 June, 1805.]
Electoral vote counted 13 Feb. '*
[For president, Thomas Jefferson, Va., 162 votes;
for vice-president, George Clinton, N. Y., 162 votes,
both Democratic-Republicans. Charles C. Pinck-
ney, S. C, for president, and Rufus King, N. Y., for
vice-president. Federal, each receiving 14 votes.]
Twenty-five gunboats ordered for the protection of
ports and harbors 2 Mch. "
[This measure was urged by President Jefferson,
but proved to be useless.]
Genesee and Buffalo Cteek,AiJ. Y., made ports of en-
try /. 3 Mch. «
Eighth Congress adjourns, . ,'. " ♦»
[With this Congress closes the political life of
Aaron Burr.]
Fifth Administration — Democratic-Eepublican.
4 Mch. 1806 to 3 Mch. 1809.
Thomas Jefferson, Va., president.
George Clinton, N. Y., vice-president.
CABINET,
James Madison, Va., sec. of state, continued.
Albert Gallatin, Pa., sec. of treas., continued.
Jacob Crowninshield, Mass., sec. of navy, from 3 Mch. 1805.
IIen7y Dearbo7-n, Mass., sec. of war, continued.
Robert Smith, Md., attorney-gen., from 3 Mch. 1805.
John Breckinridge, Ky., atlorney-gen., from 25 Dec. 1805.
Ccesar A. Eodneg, Del., attorney-gen., from 20 Jan. 1807,
Gideon Granger, Conn., postmaster-gen., continued.
Treaty of peace with Tripoli 3 June, 1805
Abiel Holmes's "American Annals" first pub "
Uinth Congress, First Session, convenes 2 Dec. "
Speaker of the House, Nathaniel Macon, N. C.
Commission authorized to lay out a national road from
Cumberland, Md., to the Ohio river 29 Mch, 1806
First Session adjourns 21 Apr. "
Leander, a British naval vessel, fires into an Amer-
ican coaster, the Richard, off Sandy Hook, and kills
the helmsman 25 Apr. "
Great Britain issues an " order in council " declaring
the whole coast of Europe, from the Elbe to Brest,
in France, under blockade 16 May, "
Napoleon issues the Berlin Decree 21 Nov. "
Second Session convenes 1 Dec. "
Treaty with Great Britain signed by commissioners,
but the president did not even send it to the Senate,
3 Dec. «
Aaron Burr's supposed conspiracy culminates "
Burr arrested by lieut. Gaines, near fort Stoddart,
Ala 19 Feb. 1807
Act to prohibit import of slaves from 1 Jan. 1808 passes
the House 7 Feb. 1807, by 113 to 5; approved,
2 ]\Ich. «
Duty on salt repealed 3 Mch. "
Xinth Congress adjourns . . , " "
Burr brought to Richmond, Va., early in Mch. "
His trial for treason begins there (Burr's con-
spiracy. Trials) 22 May, "
British frigate Leopard, 50 guns, capt. Humphreys,
fires into the U. S. frigate Chesapeake, com. Barron,
off Chesapeake bay, killing 3 and wounding 8, and
takes 4 seamen, claiming them as British subjects,
22 June, «
[Barron was suspended by a court-martial for 5
years without pay and emoluments, for making no
resistance and surrendering his ship.]
American ports closed to the British, and British ships
ordered from American waters Julv, "
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First steamboat, the Clermont (Fulton's), starts from
New York for Albany 14 Sept.
[From this time regular trips were made on the
Hudson at about 5 miles an hour.]
Aaron Burr acquitted 16 Sept.
Tenth Congress, First Session, convenes 26 Oct.
Speaker of the House, Joseph B. Vara um, Mass.
A British "order in council" forbids neutral nations to
trade with France or her allies except under tribute
to Great Britain 11 Nov.
Napoleon's Milan decree forbids trade with England
or her colonies, and confiscates any vessel paying
tribute or submitting to English search. . . .17 Dec.
Congress authorizes the building of 188 gunboats, at
a cost of not over $852,000 18 Dec.
[This made, with those previously built, 257.]
Embargo act prohibits foreign commerce. . . .22 Dec.
[On the mere recommendation of the executive,
with little debate, with closed doors, with scarcely
any warning to the public, or opportunity of advice
by those most able to give it, this act was forced
through by night sessions, and by the overbearing
determination of a majority at once pliant and ob-
stinate— an act striking a deadly blow at the na-
tional industry and at the means of livelihood of
great numbers, the real nature and inevitable oper-
ation of which seems to have been equally misap-
prehended by the president and the cabinet recom-
mending it, and by the majority enacting it, —
Hildreth's '• Hist. U. S.," vol. vi. p. 37.]
Second and more stringent Embargo act (commonly
called, reading the title backward, the " O grab me
act") 9 Jan.
Embargo modified ; the president authorized to per-
mit vessels to transport American property home
from foreign ports 12 Mch.
Army raised to 5 regiments of infantry, 1 of riflemen,
1 of light artillery, and 1 of light dragoons, to be
enlisted for 5 years 12 Apr.
"Salmagundi," first work of Washington Irving,
pub
First Session adjourns 26 Apr.
Burr leaves New York for Europe 9 June,
Sixth presidential election 8 Nov.
Second Session convenes 7 Nov.
Territory of Illinois established 3 Feb.
[Now the states of Illinois and Wisconsin.]
Electoral vote counted in the House 8 Feb.
[Candidates : Democratic - Republicans, James
Madison of Va. for president, 122 ; George Clinton of
N. Y. for vice-president, 113. Federalists, Charles
C. Pinckney of S. C. for president, 47 ; Rufus King
of N. Y. for vice-president, 47 , scattering, 21.]
Embargo act repealed 1 Mch.
Non - intercourse act forbids commercial intercourse
with Great Britain, France, and their dependencies
after May 20 1 Mch.
Tenth Congress adjourns 3 Mch.
Sixth Administration— Democratio-Eepublican.
4 Mch. 1809 to 3 Mch. 1813.
James Madison, Va., president.
George Clinton, N. Y., vice-president.
CABINET.
Robert Smith, Md., sec, of state, from 6 Mch. 1809.
Jmnes Monroe, Va., sec. of state, from 2 Apr. 1811.
A Ibert Gallatin, Pa., sec. of treas., continued.
William Eustis, Mass., sec. of war, from 7 Mch. 1809.
John A rmstrong, N. Y., sec. of war, from 13 Jan. 1813.
Paul Hamilton, S. C, sec. of navy, from 7 Mch. 1809.
William Jones, Pa., sec. of navy, from 12 Jan. 1813.
Ccesar A. Rodney, Del., attorney-gen., continued.
William Pinkney, Md., attorney-gen., from 11 Dec. 1811.
Gideon Granger, Conn., postmaster-gen., continued.
President proclaims that both England and France
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have revoked their edicts as to neutrals, and ter-
minates the Non-intercourse act 19 Apr. 1809
Eleventh Congress, First Session (extra), convenes,
22 May, «
Speaker of the House, Joseph B. Varnum, Mass.
Francisco Miranda, a native of South America, aiming
to overthrow the Spanish power in Caracas, S. A.,
engages a vessel, the Leander, and with about 250
men sails from New York, Feb. 1806. Although re-
inforced by some other vessels, and gaining some
advantages, the expedition results in failure. The
Americans of the expedition captured by the Span-
iards, while confined at Carthagena, petition their
government for relief, 9 June. A resolution request-
ing the president to take measures for their libera-
tion, if satisfied that they are entitled to it, is offered
in the House,- it is lost (61 to 61) by the speaker's
casting vote 14 June, "
John Quincv Adams, minister to Russia, continued un-
til 1813.'. «
First Session (extra) adjourns 28 June, "
Great Britain not revoking her " Orders in Council " of
1807, the president proclaims the Non-intercourse act
still in force towards that country 9 Aug. "
David M. Erskine, British minister to U. S., recalled,
and Francis J. Jackson appointed arrives Sept. "
[British minister F. J. Jackson left Washington,
and from New York asked for his passport. His rela-
tions with this government being unsatisfactory, his
recall was asked for.]
Second Session convenes 27 Nov. "
Committee appointed by the House to inquire into the
charge that brig. -gen. James Wilkinson had re-
ceived a bribe from the Spanish government; or was
an accomplice, or in any way concerned, with the
agent of any foreign power, or with Aaron Burr (see
this record, 1811) 3 Apr. 1810
General post-office established at Washington under the
postmaster-general (Postal servick) 30 Apr. "
British and French armed vessels excluded from Amer-
ican waters by act approved .1 May, "
Second Session adjourns " "
Napoleon's Rambouillet decree, dated Mch. 23, issued.
May, "
[Ordered the sale of 132 American vessels capt-
ured ; worth, with their cargoes, $8,000,000 (see Mc-
Master^s " Hist, of the People of the U. S.," vol. iii.,
p. 367, note).]
France proclaims the revocation of the Berlin and Milan
decrees, to take effect after 1 Nov. "
[The revocation was not carried into effect, but
American vessels still continued to be seized by
French cruisers and confiscated.]
Third Session convenes 3 Dec. **
Recharter of the U. S. bank passed by the House, 66
to 64; fails in the Senate, 17 to 17, by the casting
vote of president of the Senate, George Clinton,
20 Feb. 1811
Trading-posts first established among the Indians by
Congress ; act approved 2 Mch. "
Eleventh Congress adjourns 3 Mch. "
William Pinkney, U. S. minister to England, returns
to the U. S May, "
President, U. S. frigate, 44 guns, com. John Rodgers com-
manding, meets the British sloop-of-war Little Belt
in lat. 37°, about 40 miles off cape Charles . . 16 May, "
[In this engagement (both parties denied begin-
ning it) the Little Belt, a much weaker vessel than
the President, was badly ri<ldled ; action continued
about 15 minutes. The conduct of both command-
ers was approved by their governments.]
Twelfth Congress, First Session, convenes 4 Nov.
Speaker of the House, Henry Clay of Ky. (first appear-
ance in the House ; previously in the Senate. Ken-
tucky, senators).
[John C. Calhoun of S. C. appeared in Congress
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for the first time this session, being elected as a War
Democrat.]
Gen. Wm. H. Harrison defeats the Indians under the
Prophet at Tippecanoe, within the present state of
Indiana 7 Nov. 1811
Brig.- gen. James Wilkinson is tried by a general court-
martial, convened at Fredericktown, Md., 2 Sept., and
acquitted (see this record, 1810) 25 Dec. "
Theatre at Richmond burned ; the governor and many
eminent citizens perish (Virginia) Dec. *'
Case of John Henry and the Federalists of New Eng-
land ; papers laid before the Senate by the presi-
dent 9 Mch. 1812
President requested to lay before the Senate any in-
formation, which may be communicated without
prejudice to the public interest, bearing on the case
of John Henry 10 Mch. «
[John Henr}', a political adventurer born in Ire-
land, came over about 1793. He claimed to have
important facts on the disaffection of New England
states before the war, and implicating the British
government in an attempt to alienate these states
from the U. S. The president paid him $50,000, Feb.
10, 1812, for worthless papers, said to prove these
assertions. Henry sailed for France, 9 Mch. 1811.
See Henry A dams's " Hist. U. S.," vol. vi. ch. ix.]
Embargo on all vessels in the U. S. for 90 days. .4 Apr. "
Louisiana admitted as the 18th state, to date from 30
Apr. ; approved 8 Apr. "
[One of the conditions of admission was that the
Mississippi river shall be forever free to citizens of
the U. S.]
That part of west Florida west of Pearl river is an-
nexed to Louisiana. 14 Apr. "
George Clinton, vice-president, dies at Washington,
aged 73 20 Apr. "
[Wm. H. Crawford of Ga. president pro tern, of
the Senate.]
Joel Barlow, minister to France., "
Pres. Madison renominated 18 May, "
[Madison is renominated by the Democratic- Re-
publican party under promise of a declaration of war
with England.]
President sends a war-message to Congress.. . .1 June, "
Report of the minority against the war presented to
the House , 3 June, "
Motion to make the debate public lost " "
Territory of Missouri established 4 June, "
Aaron Burr returns to New York from Europe,
8 June, "
Cartel-ship from Great Britain, with the survivors (2)
of the 4 seamen taken by force from the Chesapeake
by the Leopard in 1807, arrives at Boston, and de-
livers the men to the U. S 12 June, "
" Orders in Council " abandoned by England . 17 June, "
War declared against Great Britain (vote in the Sen-
ate, 19 to 13 ; in the House, 79 to 49) 18 June, "
["Amount of direct pecuniary spoliation inflicted
by France and other nations under her influence upon
the commerce of the U. S. exceeded that from Great
Britain."— /yi7*-e^A's "Hist. U. S.," vol. vi. p. 312.]
[" Never surely was an unfortunate country pre-
cipitated into an unequal and perilous contest under
circumstances more untoward." — HildretWs " Hist.
U. S.,"vol.vi. p.3I6.]
[" That the war was as just and necessary as any
war ever waged seemed so evident to Americans
of another generation that onh' with an effort
could modern readers grasp the reasons for the bit-
ter opposition of large and respectable communities
which left the government bankrupt and nearly sev-
ered the Union ; but if students of national history
can bear with patience the labor of retaining in
mind the threads of negotiation which pres. Madi-
son so thoroughly tangled before breaking, they
can partially enter into the feelings of citizens who
held themselves aloof from Madison's war." — Henry
Adams's " Hist. U. S.," vol. vi., pp. 224,225. "Madi-
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son had challenged a danger more serious than he
ever imagined ; for he stood alone in the world in
the face of victorious England."— /6iU, p. 266. But,
while England was victorious, her efforts had weak-
ened her almost to prostration.]
Army raised to 25 regiments of infantry, 4 regiments
of artillery, 2 regiments of dragoons, and 1 of rifle-
men ; total, 36,700 on paper 26 June, 1812
Duties on imports doubled l July, ''
First Session adjourns 6 Julv, "
[This Congress had passed 138 acts in a session of
245 days. In the House Josiah Quincy of Mass.
and John Randolph of Roanoke were the leaders in
the opposition to the war; Henry Clay of Ky. and
John C. Calhoun of S. C. in favor of it."]
Office of the Federal Republican at Baltimore, Md., at-
tacked by a mob, for denouncing the declaration of
war with England 12 June and 27 July, "
On promise of protection by the military, the defend-
ers of the office surrender and are taken to jail. The
mob reassemble and break open the jail; kill gen.
Lingan, an officer of the Revolution, and mangle 11
others, leaving 8 for dead. ... 28 July, "
[Arrests were made, but no one was punished.]
Action at Brownstown (Michigan) 5 Aug. "
Action at Maguaga, ^4 miles below Detroit. . .9 Aug. "
Surrender of fort Dearborn and massacre (Chicago),
15 Aug. "
Surrender of Detroit by gen. William Hull (Michigan),
16 Aug. "
Great meeting in opposition to the war in New York
city; John Jaj', Rufus King, Gouverneur Morris, and
other prominent citizens in attendance. . . .19 Aug. "
Frigate Constitution captures British frigate Guerriere
(Naval battles of the U. S.) 19 Aug. "
[Consult Henry Adams's "Hist. U. S.," vol. vi. p.
373 et seq.]
Defence of fort Harrison, Ind., capt. Zacharj' Taylor
commanding 4 Sept. "
Battle of QuEENSTOv^N 13 Oct. "
Sloop of- war Wasp captures British sloop Frolic,
18 Oct. "
Action at St. Regis, N, Y 23 Oct. "
Frigate United States captures British frigate Mace-
donian (Naval battles of the U. S.) . . . . 25 Oct. "
Second Session convenes 2 Nov. "
Presidential election 10 Nov. "
Affair at Black Rock, N. Y. ; attempted invasion of
Canada by the Americans under gen. Alexander
Smj-th . . '. 28 Nov. «
Frigate Constitution captures British frigate Java off
the coast of Brazil (Naval battles of the U. S.)
29 Dec. "
Schooner Patriot sails from Charleston, S. C. for New
York 30 Dec. "
[This vessel, having on board Theodosia, the wife
of gov. Alston and only child of Aaron Burr, is never
heard of afterwards.]
Congress appropriates $2,500,000 to build 4 74-guu
ships and 6 44-gun ships 2 Jan. 1813
Action atFrenchtown, now Monroe, Mich. (Michigan),
18 Jan. «
Defeat and capture of gen. Winchester at the river
Raisin (Michigan) 22 Jan. "
British fleet, vice-adm. Cockburn, attempts to blockade
the Atlantic coast Jan. et seq. "
Electoral vote counted in the Senate chamber . 10 Feb. "
[James Madison, Democratic- Republican, favoring
war with England, received 128 votes for president ;
Elbridge Gerry of Mass., 131 for vice-president;
De Witt Clinton of N. Y., supported by the Demo-
ocratic-Republicans united with the P'ederalists in
opposition to war with England, 89 for president;
Jared Ingersoll of Pa., 86 for vice-president. Po-
litical parties.]
Total strength of the armj', limited by Congress, 68,000;
according to the returns of adjt.-gen., including staff
and regimental officers, 18,945 16 Feb. "
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Sloop-of-war Hornet captures and sinks British sloop
Peacock near the mouth of the Demerara river,
South America (Naval battles of the U. S.),
24 Feb. 1813
A priKlaraation and circular letter from the governor
of Bermuda is laid before Congress by the president,
which recites a " British Order in Council," providing
for colonial trade, with instructions to colonial gov-
ernors to show special privileges to the eastern
(New England) states 24 Feb. "
Congress passes an act to encourage vaccination, 27 Feb. "
[An agent was to be appointed to keep and dis-
pense genuine vaccine matter for public use, etc.]
President vested with the power of retaliation on
British subjects, soldiers, or Indians 3 Mch. "
Twelfih Congress adjourns " "
Seventh Administration — Democratic - Eepublican.
4 Mch. 1813 to 3 Mch. 1817.
James Madison, Va., president.
Elbridgre Gerry, Mass., vice-president.
cabin KT.
James Monroe, Va., sec. of state, continued from 2 Apr. 1811.
Aibert Gallatin, Pa., sec. of treasury, continued from 14 May,
1801.
Georye W. Campbell, 'Venn., sec. of treasury, from 9 Feb. 1814.
A lexander J. Dallas, Pa., sec. of treasury, from 6 Oct. 1814.
John A rmstrong, N. Y., sec. of war, continued from 13 Jan. 1813.
James Monroe, acting sec. of war, from 26 Sept. 1814.
Williayn H. Crawford, Ga., sec. of war, from 3 Mch. 1815.
William Jones, Pa., sec. of navy, continued from 12 Jan. 1813.
Benjamin W. Crowninshield, Mass., sec. of navy, from 19 Dec.
1814.
WVMam Pinkney, Md., attornev-gen., continued from 1 1 Dec.
1811.
Richard Rush, Pa., attorney-gen., from 10 Feb. 1814.
[" The attornev-generalship now became a cabinet
office:'— /J ildreth's " Hist. U. S.," vol. vi. p. 458.
" Up to this time the attorney-gen. had not been re-
garded as standing on the same footing with the
other members of the cabinet. His salary was much
less, and he had neither office room or clerks, and
was not required to reside permanently at Washing-
ton."— Henry Adams's " Hist. U. S." vol. vii. p. 398.]
Gideon Granger, Conn., postmaster-gen., continued from 28 Nov.
1801.
Return J. Meigs, O., postmaster-gen., from 17 Mch. 1814.
Russia offers mediation between the U. S. and Great
Britain Mch. 1813
U. S. divided into 9 military districts 19 Mch. "
William H. Crawford, Ga., appointed to succeed Joel
Barlow (d. 26 Dec. 1812) as minister to France, Apr. "
Gen. Wilkinson takes possession of the Spanish fort at
Mobile 15 Apr. «
York (now Toronto), Upper Canada, captured . . 27 Apr. "
Defence of Fort Meigs (O.) by gen. Harrison,
28Apr.-9May, «
Gren. (ireen Clay is checked in attempting to reinforce
fort Meigs 5 May, "
Albert Gallatin, Pa, and James A. Bayard, IMd., ap-
pointed as peace commissioners with John Quincy
Adams at the Russian court to negotiate a peace;
they sail 9 May, "
Thirteenth Congress, First Session (extra), convenes.
Speaker of the House, Henry Clay, Ky. 24 May, «
[Daniel Webster entered Congress at this session.]
Fort George, on the west side of Niagara river, near its
mouth, is captured by the American troops under
gen. Dearborn (Fout Geokge) , 27 May, "
Frigate Chesapeake surrenders to the British ship
Shannon (Naval battles of the U. S.) . . . . 1 June, "
Action at Stony Creek, Upper Canada 6 June, "
Affair at Beaver Dams, Upper Canada 24 June, "
Legislature of Massachusetts remonstrates against the
continuance of the war 15 July, "
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Maj. George Croghan's gallant defence of Fort Stt
PHENSON 2 Aug. 1813
Congress authorizes the loan of $7,500,000 .... " '<
Congress lays a direct tax of $3,000,000 ; number of
states, 18 ; New York assessed the most, being $430,-
141.62 ; Louisiana the least, $28,295.11 2 Aug. «
First Session (extra) adjourns " "
British sloop-of-war iWicaH captures the brig Argus in
the British channel (Naval battles of the U. S.),
14 Aug. •'
Massacre at Fort Mimms, Ala., by the Creek Indians,
30 Aug. "
Brig Enterprise captures British brig Boxer off the
coast of Maine (Naval battles of the U. S.)..5 Sept. "
Perry's victory on lake Erie (Naval battles of the
U. S.) 10 Sept. "
Detroit, Mich., reoccupied by the U. S. forces, 28 Sept. "
Battle of the Thames, Upper Canada; Harrison defeats
Proctor ; death of Tecumseh 5 Oct. "
Action at Ciirvsler's Field, on the northern shore
of the St. Lawrence, about 90 miles above Montreal,
11 Nov. "
Jackson's campaign against the Creek Indians (Creek
war) Nov. "
Second Session convenes 6 Dec. "
Gen. George McClure, commanding a brigade on the
Niagara frontier, burns the village of Newark, Can-
ada, and evacuaJ;es fort George, opposite fort Niag-
ara (he is severely censured) 10 Dec. "
Embargo established by Congress until 1 Jan. 1815,
17 Dec. "
Fort Niagara captured by the British (Fort Niagara,
New York) .' 19 Dec. "
Buffalo and Black Rock burned by the British and
Indians 30 Dec. "
Pres. Madison orders a general court-martial at Albany,
N. Y., upon brig. -gen. Wm. Hull for the surrender
of Detroit. He is tried on charges of (1st) treason,
(2d) cowardice, and (3d) neglect of duty and un-
officer-like conduct 3 Jan. 1814
An English vessel, the Bramble, under a flag of truce,
arrives at Annapolis, Md., with offers of peace, 6 Jan. "
Congress authorizes increasing the army to 63,000 reg-
ular troops, and 5 years' service .Jan. "
Daniel Webster's first speech in the House on the en-
listment bill 14 Jan. "
Henry Clay resigns as speaker of the House. . . 19 Jan. "
[He was appointed one of the peace commission-
ers, to meet at Ghent.]
Langdon Cheves of S. C. elected speaker 19 Jan. "
Resolution tabled in Congress for a committee to inves-
tigate the Blue lights 24 Jan. "
President transmits to the House a report from the sec.
of war explaining the failure of the army on the
northern frontier 2 Feb. "
[It was founded on letters and reports from the
sec. of war (Jolin Armstrong), gen. Henry Dearborn,
gen. Jas. Wilkinson, gen. Wade Hampton, gen. Lewis
Cas.s, gen. William H. Harrison, and gen. George B.
McClure (see "Annals of the Xlll.th Congress," p.
2353).]
Massachusetts forbids the confinement in her jails of
persons not committed by her judicial authorities,
7 Feb. "
[The object was to free herself from confining
British captives.]
Loan of $25,000,000 and an issue of treasury notes for
$10,000,000 authorized by Congress 24 Mch. "
Brig.-gen. Wm. Hull is found guilty on the 2d and 3d
charges, and sentenced to be shot (see 3 Jan. 1814),
26 Mch. "
[This sentence was approved by the president,
but the execution remitted.]
Gen. Jackson defeats and crushes the Creek Indians at
Great Horse Shoe Bend, on the Tallapoosa . 27 Mch. "
Frigate Essex, capt. David Porter, surrenders to the
British ships Phoebe and Cherub in the harbor of Val-
paraiso, Chili (Naval battles of the U. S.), 28 Mch. "
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Gen. Wilkinson, with about 2000 troops, attacks a
party of British, fortified in a stone mill, at La Colle,
Lower Canada, near the north end of lake Cham-
plain, and is repulsed 30 Mch.
[(ien. Wilkinson was relieved from command; a
court of inquiry was granted, which exculpated him,
but he was never restored to command.]
Repeal of the embargo 14 Apr.
Congress authorizes the purchase of the British ves-
sels captured on lake Erie 10 Sept. 1813, for i255,-
000, to be distributed as prize money among the
captors; com. Oliver H. Perry to be paid $5000 in
addition 18 Apr.
Congress authopizes the collection and preservation of
flags, standards, and colors captured by the land or
naval forces of the U. S 18 Apr.
Session adjourns "
British blockade extended to the whole coast of the
U. S 23 Apr.
Sloop-of-war Peacock captures the British brig Eper-
vier otf the coast of Florida with $118,000 in specie
(Naval battles of the U. S.) 29 Apr.
British attack and destroy the fort at Oswego, New
YoKK 6 May,
Action at Big Sandy Creek, New York 29 May,
Sloop-of-war Wasp captures the British sloop Reindeer
in the British channel (Naval battles of the U. S.),
28 June,
FoK r Erie, with about 170 British soldiers, surrenders
to gen. Winfield Scott and gen. Ripley 3 July,
Battle of Chippewa, Upper Canada 5 July,
Battle of Lundy's Lane, or Bridgewater, Upper Can-
ada (New York, 1814) 25 July,
Congress appropriates $320,000 for one or more float-
ing-batteries, designed by Robert Fulton; one fin-
ished July»
[This was the first steam vessel of war built.
Batteries.]
Expedition from Detroit against Fort Mackinaw
fails 4 Aug.
British troops land at Pensacola, Florida .... "
British troops, 5000 strong, under gen. Drummond,
invest Fort Erie . 4 Aug.
American commissioners to negotiate a peace with
Great Britain : John Quincy Adams and Jonathan
Russell, Mass. ; Albert Gallatin, Pa. ; James A. Bay-
ard, Del. ; and Henry Clay, Ky. These commission-
ers meet adm. lord Garabier, Henry Goulbourn, and
William Adams, British commissioners, at Ghent,
Belgium 8 Aug.
Creek Indians, by treaty, surrender a great part of
their territory to the U. S 9 Aug.
Stonington, Conn., bombarded by the British fleet
under com. Hardy .9-12 Aug.
British fleet, with 6000 veterans from- Wellington's army
under gen. Ross, appears in Chesapeake bay, 14 Aug.
Midnight assault by the British on fort Erie repulsed
(Fort Erie) 15 Aug.
Battle of Bladensburg, the Capitol at Washington
burned 24 Aug.
Banks in the District of Columbia suspend. . .27 Aug.
Nantucket island stipulates with the British fleet to
remain neutral 31 Aug.
SI )op-of-war Wasp sinks the British sloop Avon (Na-
val BA TTLES of the U. S.) 1 Sept.
British gen. Prevost crosses the Canadian frontier tow-
ards Plattsburg, N. Y., with 12,000 veteran troops,
1 Sept.
John Armstrong, secretary of war, resigns. . . .3 Sept.
[He was blamed for the capture of Washington.]
Fleet on lake Champlain under com. Thomas McDon-
ough defeats the British under com. Downie (Naval
BATTLES of the U. S.) 11 Sept.
[Army under Prevost retired without a general
engagement, though with a loss in its advance and
retreat of over 1500 men.]
British approaching Baltimore, Md., under gen. Ross;
he is killed at North Point 12 Sept.
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They find the city too well fortified, and retire, 13 Sept. 1814
British fleet bombard Fort McHenry.. , . . . " «
[During this attack Francis Scott Key wrote
"The Star-Spangled Banner."]
British attack on Fort Bowyer, Mobile bay, repulsed,
15 Sept. «
Garrison at Fort Erie by a sortie break up the siege,
17 Sept. «
Third Session convenes 19 Sept. "
Gen. Drummond raises the siege of fort Erie. 21 Sept. "
Wasp captures the British brig Atlanta (Naval
battles of the U. S.) 21 Sept. "
Gallant fight of the privateer, the Gen. Armstrong,
with the British 74-gun ship-of-the-line, the Plan-
tagenet, in the harbor of Fayal, one of the Azores
(Naval battles of the U. S.) 26 Sept. "
Gen. Geo. Izard, on the Niagara frontier, moves on
Chippewa with a force of 6000 men 13 Oct. "
A resort of pirates and smugglers at Barataria bay
broken up, without resistance, by com. Patterson,
16 Oct. «
Gen. Izard, after a skirmish with the British near
Chippewa, 19 Oct., retires to the Niagara river, op-
posite Black Rock 21 Oct. "
" The Star-Spangled Banner " first sung at the Hol-
liday Street theatre, Baltimore Oct. "
Fort Erie abandoned and blown up by the U. S. troops,
5 Nov. «
Gen. Jackson occupies Pensacola 6 Nov. "
Elbridge Gerry of Mass., 5th vice-president of the U. S.,
dies at Washington, D. C, aged 70 years ... 23 Nov. "
John Gaillard of S. C. elected president of the Senate,
25 Nov. "
Hartford Convention meets at Hartford,' Conn.,
15 Dec. «
Martial law proclaimed in New Orleans by gen. Jack-
son... . 15 Dec. "
British approach New Orleans 22 Dec. "
Gen. Jackson attacks the command of gen. Keane on
Villere's plantation, about 9 miles below the city, and
checks its advance on the night of 23 Dec. "
He intrenches about 7 miles below the city. . .24 Dec. "
[His line, extending at right angles to the river,
reached to a cypress swamp about 1\ miles distant,
and was protected by rudely constructed breastworks
of cotton bales and earth, with a shallow ditch in front.
At the extreme left of this line was stationed the
brigade of gen. Coffee, 800 strong, then came Carroll's
brigade, about 1400 men, while the right towards the
river was held by 1300 men under col. Ross, including
all the regulars; gen. Adair was placed in the rear
with about 500 men as a reserve. Along the line was
placed at intervals 18 guns, carrying from 6 to 23
pound balls, and several guns across the river under
Patterson. Anticipating an advance on the west
bank of the river as well, Jackson had placed gen.
David B. Morgan with about 1200 men, and 2 or 3
guns, a little in advance of his own position.]
Treaty of peace signed by the commissioners at Ghent,
24 Dec. "
British attack gen. Jackson with artillery, but are
forced to retire 28 Dec. "
Another attempt made 1 Jan. 1815
Final assault fails 8 Jan. "
[The British commander, sir Edward Pakenham,
in his final assault designing to attack on both sides
of the river at once, ordered col. William (after-
wards sir) Thornton to cross on the night of 7 Jan.
with 1200 men, and attack gen. Morgan at early
dawn. The main assault under Pakenham was
made as early as 6 a.m., the 8th, in 2 columns,
the right under maj.-gen. sir Samuel Gibbs, the
left under maj.-gen. John Keane, and the reserve
under maj.-gen. John Lambert; total force probably
numbered about 7000 men. Gen. Gibbs's column
in close ranks, 60 men front, came under fire first,
which was so severe and deadly that a few platoons
only reached the edge of the ditch and broke.
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In this advance Gibbs was mortally wounded, and
rakeiihara, in his attempt to rally the men, was
almost insuntly killed. The left advance under
Keane fared no better, Keane being severely wounded
and carried oflF the field, and his column routed. By
8 A.M. the assault was at an end. Col. Thornton's
attack on the west side of the river was successful,
for he routed gen. Morgan's militia, which were
poorly armed, and drove them beyond Jackson's po-
sition towards the city, and compelled Patterson to
spike his guns and retire, but owing to the failure of
the main assault, together with the loss of the chief
officers, gen. Lambert, now chief in command, recalled
Thornton from his successes, and on 9 Jan. began
preparation for retreating. Of the 7000 British
tnwps probably engaged in the assault, 2036 were
killed and wounded, the killed being estimated at
over 700; Americans lost 8 killed and 13 wounded
in the main assault ; total loss on both sides of the
river, 71.]
Congress levies a direct tax of $6,000,000 (number of
states 18) 9 Jan.
[The largest assessment, that of New York state,
was $864,283.24 ; the smallest, of Delaware, $64,-
092.60.]
Christopher Gore of Mass. opposes this bill in the
Senate 5 Jan.
Frigate President, 44 guns, com. Decatur commanding,
is captured by the British frigates Endymion, 40 guns,
the Pomone, Tenedos, and Majestic (Naval battles
of the U.S.) 15 Jan.
Congress imposes duties on household furniture and on
gold and silver watches 18 Jan.
[Tax on a gold watch, $2 ; on a silver watch, $1 ;
on $1500 worth of household furniture, $6 ,• $3000,
$17 ; $4000, $28 ; $6000, $45 ; $10,000, $100. Beds,
bedding, kitchen furniture, and family pictures, ex-
empt.]
U. S. purchases Jefferson's library, about 7000 volumes,
for the use of Congress for $23,000 (vote of the House
81to71) 26 Jan.
Bill to incorporate the Bank of the U. S. is vetoed by
pres. Madison 30 Jan.
Treaty of peace reaches New York in the British sloop-
of-war Favorite 11 Feb.
It is ratified 17 Feb.
Frigate Constitution captures the Cyane and the Levant,
British sloops-of-war (Naval battles of the U. S.),
Feb.
Fort BowYER, invested by the British fleet, surren-
ders 12 Feb.
Army reduced to a peace footing of 10,000 men, 2
major-generals, and 4 brigadier-generals. , . .3 Mch.
[The major-generals were Jacob Brown and An-
drew Jackson ; the brigadier-generals were Winfield
Scott, Edmund Gaines, Alexander Macomb, and
Eleazar W. Ripley.]
Non-intercourse and Non-importation acts repealed,
3 Mch.
U. S. declares war against Algiers «
Thirteenth Congress adjourns "
Sloop-of-war Hornet, capt. James Biddle, captures the
British brig-of-war Penguin, oflFcape of Good Hope
(Naval battles of the U. S.) 23 Mch.
Gen. Jackson, at New Orleans, is fined $1000 for con-
tempt of court 31 Mch.
American prisoners-of-war at Dartmoor, Engl., are
fired upon by prison guards ; 5 killed and 33 wounded,
2 mortally 6 Apr.
Com. Decatur sails from New York for Algiers with
the frigates Guerriere. Macedonian, and Constellation,
1 sloop-of-war, 4 bngs,and 2 schooners. , . .19 May,
Guerriere captures an Algerian frigate of 44 guns oiSF
Gibraltar 17 June,
Dey, in a treaty of peace, renounces all claims to trib-
ute, or presents, or to hold prisoners-of-war as slaves,
30 June,
At a grand Indian council at Detroit, Mich., a treaty is
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made with 8 of the principal tribes east of the Mis-
sissippi 1 Sept. 1816
Total debt of the U. S., $119,600,000 30 Sept. «
[Estimated cost of the war, $85,500,000.]
Fourteenth Congress, First Session, convenes. . .4 Dec. «
President of the Senate pro tem., John Gaillard of S. C.
Speaker of the House, Henry Clay of Ky.
North American Review starts in lioston, Ma88.,William
Tudor, editor «
Congress fixes the pay of its members at $1500..19 Mch. 1816
[President of the Senate joro tem. and the speaker
of the House $3000 each.]
Repeal of the act of 18 Jan. 1815, taxing liousehold fur-
niture, watches, etc 9 Apr. "
U. S. bank, capital $35,000,000, chartered by Congress
for 20 years. . . . , lo Apr. '•
Indiana authorized by Congress to form a constitution
and state government 19 Apr. "
An act for the relief of the relatives and representatives
of the crew of the sloop-of-war Wasp, believed to be
1815 lost, passed (Naval battles of the U. S., 1814),
24 Apr. «
[12 months' wages and $50,000 prize-money
awarded.]
Act passed regulating duties on imports 27 Apr. "
Congress appropriates $1,000,000 a year for 8 years to
increase the navy 29 Apr. "
First Session adjourns 30 Apr. "
Presidential election held 12 Nov. "
[Democratic-Republican candidate for president,
James Monroe of Va. ; for vice-president, Daniel D.
Tompkins of N. Y. Federal candidate for president,
Rufus King of N. Y. ; no nominee for vice-presi-
dent.]
Second Session convenes 2 Dec. "
Indiana admitted into the Union (the 19th state),
1 1 Dec. "
American Colonization Society formed in Washington,
D. C Dec. "
U. S. bank begins operations Jan. 1817
Congress authorizes the president to employ John
Trumbull of Conn, to paint 4 scenes of the Revolu-
tion for the Capitol 6 Feb. "
[These paintings are " The Declaration of Inde-
pendence," " Surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga,"
"Surrender of Cornwallis," and the "Resignation
of Washington at Annapolis."]
Electoral vote counted 12 Feb. "
[James Monroe of Va. (Dem.-Rep.) for president
received 183; Daniel D. Tompkins of N. Y., for vice-
president, 183 ; Rufus King of N. Y. (Federal) for
president, 34 ; scattering, 34.]
Act dividing the Mississippi territory; the western
part to form a state government, and to admit such
state into the Union, and erecting the eastern por-
tion into the territory of Alabama 1 Mch.
Fourteenth Congress adjourns. 3 Mch.
Eighth Administration— Democratio-Eepublicai
4 Mch. 1817 to 3 Mch. 1821.
James Monroe, Va., president.
Daniel D. Tompkins, N. Y., vice-president.
CABINET.
John Quincy A dams, Mass., sec. of state, from 5 Mch. 1817*
I William I f . Crawford, Gsl., BGC. o{ tresiS,., " " "
j Isaac Shelby, Ky., sec. of war, from 5 Mch. 1817 ; declined a{
pointment.
' George Graham, Va., sec. of war, from 7 Apr. 1817.
j John C. Calhoun, S. C, sec. of war, from 8 Oct. 1817.
Benjamin W. Crovminshield, Mass., sec. of navv, continued froi
! 19 Dec. 1814.
Smith Thompson, N. Y, sec. of navy, from 9 Nov. 1818.
Richard Rush, Pa., attorney-gen., continued from 10 Feb. 1814
William Wirt, Va., attorney-gen., from 13 Nov. 1817.
Return J. Meigs, O., postmaster-gen., continued from 17 Mc
1814.
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Indians attack a boat on the Appalachicola river, Fla.,
containing 40 men, with women and children, kill-
ing all but 6 men and 1 woman 30 Nov. 1817
Fifteenth Congress, First Session^ convenes 1 Dec. "
Speaker of the House, Henrj' Clay, Ky.
Mississippi, the 20th state, admitted into the Union,
10 Dec. "
Gen. Jackson takes the field against the Florida Ind-
ians , 19 Feb. 1818
Pensions granted, $20 a month to officers and $8 a
month to privates who had served 9 months or
more in the Continental army or navy, on proof of
need 18 Mch. "
Act establishing the flag of the U. S. : 13 horizontal
stripes, representing the original states, alternately
red and white, with a white star in a blue field, for
each state (Flag) approved 4 Apr. "
Gen. Jackson captures the Spanish fort of St. Marks,
Fla 7 Apr. "
An act to enable the people of Illinois to form a state
government, and for the admission of such state,
approved 18 Apr. *'
First Session adjourns 20 Apr. "
At the capture of the Spanish fort of St. Marks, Jackson
secures Alexander Arbuthnot and Robert C. Ambris-
ter, and hangs them under sentence of a military
court (Arbuthnot and AMBRiSTKB,Case of ), 30 Apr. "
Gen. Jackson takes possession of Pensacola. . .24 May, "
Captures the fortress at Barrancas 27 May, "
Centre foundation of the Capitol at Washington laid,
24 Aug. "
Indians of Ohio cede their remaining lands (about
4,000,000 acres), mostly in the Maumee valley,
27 Sept. "
Chickasaw Indians cede all land between the Missis-
sippi river and the northern course of the Tennessee
river "
Treaty with England made 20 Oct. "
[Commissioners of the U. S., Richard Rush and
Albert Gallatin. The boundaries between the U. S.
and British America from the lake of the Woods to
the Rocky mountains settled ; the territory west of
the Rocky mountains to remain in the joint occu-
pancy of both parties for 10 years; the commercial
convention of 1815 to continue 10 years longer.]
Second Sessioii convenes 16 Nov. "
Illinois admitted (the 21st state) 3 Dec. "
Memorial from the territory of Missouri, asking per-
mission to frame a state government, and for ad-
mission into the Union 18 Dec. '*
Committee of 5 appointed by the Senate to inquire into
the course of gen Jackson, in taking possession of
fort St. Marks and Pensacola, and in executing Ar-
buthnot and Ambrister 18 Dec. "
[The committee disapproved his acts ; but the
Senate postponed action indefinitely. The House
referred the matter to the Committee on Military
Affairs, which also disapproved of Jackson's action ;
but the House, after debate from 12 Jan. to 8 Feb.,
failed to support the report.]
Bill introduced for the admission of Missouri. . 13 Feb. 1819
Bill introduced to organize the territory of Arkansas,
16 Feb. "
[When this bill was taken up, John W. Taylor of
N. Y. moved a proviso " that neither slavery nor in-
voluntary servitude should hereafter be introduced
into any part of the territories of the U. S. north of
36° 30' N. lat." Taylor finally withdrew his mo-
tion. Thus the proposition of the "Missouri compro-
mise," which was finally agreed to, was originated
by a northern member, and not by Henry Clay of
K}'., as is generally supposed. — See Lossing's " Cy-
clopaedia of U. S. Hist.," Missouri Compromise ; Eil-
dreth's "Hist, of the U. S.," vol. vi. p. 662 ; Blaine's
" Twenty Yeai-s of Congress," vol. i. p. 19.]
Bill for admission of Missouri taken up by the House,
16 Feb. «
James Tallmadge, jr., of N. Y., moves an amendment,
declaring free all children born in Missouri after
admission into the Union, and providing for the
gradual emancipation of the slaves. This is modi-
fied to declare all slave children born in the state
after its admission free at the age of 25. The bill so
amended, passes the House, 87 to 76 17 Feb. 1819
Treaty with Spain concluded 22 Feb. "
Approved by the president ; 25 Feb. "
[By this treaty Spain ceded to the U. S. all
territory east of the Mississippi called E. and W.
Florida, with adjacent islands, for $5,000,000. West
of the Mississippi the new boundary-line began at
the mouth of the Sabine river on the gulf of Mexico,
thence north along the line of that river to 32° lat.,
thence north to the Red river, thence west along the
line of this river to 100° W. Ion., thence north to the
Arkansas river, thence westerly along the line of this
river to 106° W. Ion., thence north to 42° N. lat.,
thence west along the line of this parallel to the
Pacific. Not ratified by Spain until 20 Oct. 1820.]
Senate rejects the proviso of the House on the admis-
sion of Missouri, 31 to 7 27 Feb. " -^
Senate returns the bill with amendments. House ad-
heres, 78 to 76, and the bill fails 2 Mch. "
Alabama authorized «to form a state government and
to be admitted into the Union. . . ". 2 Mch. "
Arkansas organized as a territory, " "
Congress authorizes the president to occupy E. and
W. Florida 3 Mch. «
Fifteenth Congress adjourns " «
Side-wheel steamer Savannah leaves Savannah, Ga.,
for Liverpool, Engl 24 May, "
She arrives at Liverpool 20 June, "
[ From Liverpool she sailed to St. Petersburg, Rus-
sia. Having exhausted her coal on the Atlantic, she
finished her voyage under canvas (New Yokk).]
Maine separated from Massachusetts by the Massa-
chusetts legislature 19 June, "
First published specimen of American lithographic
printing (stone procured from Munich) appears in
the A nalectic Magazine July> "
Com. Oliver Hazard Perry dies at Trinidad, West
Indies, of yellow-fever 23 Aug. "
Sixteenth Congress, First Session, convenes. . . .6 Dec. "
Henry Clay, speaker of the House.
Memorial from the people of Maine, praying for ad-
mission into the Union, presented 7 Dec. "
Memorial from Missouri, asking for admission, again
presented in the House 7 Dec. "
Alabama admitted (the 22d state) 14 Dec. "
Bill for the admission of Maine passes the House, 3 Jan. 1820
Senate adds to the bill admitting Maine a clause for
the admission of Missouri and an amendment pro-
posed by senator Thomas, III., prohibiting the intro-
duction of slaves into Louisiana north of the Arkan-
sas boundary, 36° 30', except in Missouri. Thomas
proviso passes the Senate, 30 to 10, and the bill as
amended passes the Senate, 24 to 20 18 Feb. "
House rejects the amendments ; Senate asks for a com-
mittee of conference; House passes Missouri bill
with a clause prohibiting the further introduction of
slaves, 93 to 84 29 Feb. «
Senate returns the Missouri bill to the House with
slavery clause struck out and senator Thomas's ter-
ritorial proviso inserted 2 Mch. "
Committee of conference advises the Senate to recede
from its amendment to the Maine bill, and the
House to pass the Senate Missouri bill ; House
strikes out from the Missouri bill the prohibition of
slaverv, 90 to 84, and inserts the " Thomas proviso,"
134 to' 42 2 Mch. «
Maine admitted (the 23d state) by act of Congress ap-
proved 3 Mch. "
[To take effect 15 Mch.]
Congress authorizes the people of Missouri to form a
state government 6 Mch. "
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Duel between com. Stephen Decatur and com. James
Barron at Bladensburg, Md 22 Mch. 1820
[Decatur was mortally and Barron severely
wounded.]
Congress abolishes the sale of public lands on credit,
24 Apr. "
Congress organizes the first committee on agriculture,
3 May, "
Congress authorizes a loan of $3,000,000 15 May, "
First Session adjourns " "
First steamship line between New York and New Or-
leans established June, "
Daniel Boone dies at Charrette, Mo., aged 85, 26 Sept. "
Spain ratifies her treaty with the U. S. whereby she
cedes Florida 20 Oct. "
Second Session convenes 13 Nov. "
Henry Clay resigns the speakership ; John W. Taylor
of N. Y. elected on the 22d ballot by a majority of 1,
14 Nov. «
Presidential election held " "
[James Monroe of Va., Democratic-Republican,
for president ; Daniel D. Tompkins of N. Y. for vice-
president. No opposition.]
Missouri, in her constitution, requires her legislature to
prohibit free colored persons from settling in the state.
The Senate adds a proviso that nothing contained
in the constitution shall be construed as conflicting
with thatclause in the Constitution of the U. S. which
declares " the citizens of each state shall be entitled
to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in
the several states." The bill admitting Missouri,
with her constitution as amended, passes the Senate,
26 to 18 11 Dec. «
Electoral votes counted 14 Feb. 1821
[James Monroe of Va. for president, 231 ; John Q.
Adams, 1. Daniel D. Tompkins of N. Y. for vice-
president, 218; scattering, 14.]
House not agreeing with the Senate, 22 Feb., on the
Missouri bill, Henry Clay of Ky. moves a committee
to act with a committee of the Senate " to consider
whether it is expedient to admit Missouri into the
Union, and for the due execution of the laws of the
U. S., and if not, whether any other or what provision
should be made." The joint committee consists of
7 senators and 23 representatives. Clay reports a
joint resolution from the committee 26 Feb. 1821
This resolution — " that Missouri shall be admitted on
the fundamental condition that the 4th clause (re-
specting free negroes) shall never be construed to
authorize the passing of any law, and no law shall
be passed, by which any citizen of any of the states
shall be excluded from the enjoyment of any of the
privileges to which he is entitled by the Constitution
of the U. S. ; provided the legislature, by a solemn
public act, shall declare and transmit to the president
its assent to the amendment recommended by the se-
lect committee "—passes the House, 87 to 81, 26 Feb. «
Senate concurs, 26 to 15 27 Feb. "
Resolution passed by Congress admitting Missouri into
the Union (the 24th state) approved 2 Mch. «
[It was 3 years after the question of admitting
Missouri came before Congress that the final com-
promise and resolution of admission passed.]
Congress authorizes a loan of $5,000,000 3 Mch. "
Sixteenth Congress adjourns " "
[It was during this and the preceding Congress,
and in the discussions on the admission of Missouri,
that the Southern slave interest outlined its future
course as a political power.]
Ninth Administration— Democratic-Bepublioan.
5 Mch. 1821 to 3 Mch. 1825.
James Monroe, Va., president.
Daniel D. Tompkins, N. Y., vice-president.
CABINET.
John Quincy A dams, Mass., sec. of state, continued from 1817.
William H. Crawford,G&.,sec. of treas., continued from 1817.
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John C. Calhoun, S. C, sec. of war, continued from 1817.
Smith Thompson, N. Y., sec. of navy, continued from 1818.
John Rogers, Mass., pres. of navy committee, 1 Sept. 1823.
Samuel J. Southard, N. J., sec. of navy, 16 Sept. 1823.
WiUiam Wirt, Va., attorney-gen., continued from 1817.
Return J. Meigs, O., postmaster-gen., continued from 1814.
John McLean, O., postmaster-gen., 26 June, 1823.
President appoints gen. Andrew Jackson governor of
Florida
.Apr. 1821
Gen. Jackson takes possession of Florida 1 July,
Pres. Monroe proclaims the admission of Missouri as
the 24th state lo Aug. "
Seventeenth Congress, First Session, convenes. .3 Dec. «
Philip P. Barbour, Va., elected speaker of the House.
Thomas H. Benton enters the Senate from Missouri,
6 Dec. «
William Pinkney of Md. dies, aged 58 25 Feb. 1822
Apportionment bill passed (Representatives, Hquse
of) 1 Mch. »
President, by message, recommends the recognition of
the independence of the South American states and
Mexico 8 Mch. «
Bankrupt bill defeated in the House by a vote of 72 to
99 12 Mch. «
Resolution recognizing the independence of the Amer-
ican provinces of Spain passed by the House, 167
tol 28 Mch.
[Mr. Garnett of Va. voted against the measure.]
Territorial government established in Florida, 30 Mch.
President vetoes an appropriation of $9000 for preserv-
ing and repairing the Cumberland road. .4 May,
President submits to Congress his objection to national
appropriations for internal improvements. . .4 May,
["This important state paper, together with the
veto, interposes a breakwater to the popular policy
of the day."— Schouler's " Hist, of the U. S.," vol. iii.
p. 254.]
First Session adjourns 8 May,
Second Session convenes 2 Dec.
A petition to Congress asks that capt. John Cleves
Symmes's theory be verified by a voyage to the
north, and that capt. Symmes be intrusted with the
conduct of the expedition (Symmes's theory),
27 Jan. 1828
Stephen F. Austin obtains from Mexico a grant of land
in Texas for colonization Feb.
[The settlement named Austin, now the capital
of the state. Texas.]
Seventeenth Congress adjourns 3 Mch.
Eighteenth Congress, First Session, convenes. . .1 Dec.
Henry Clay of Ky. elected speaker.
Pres. Monroe, in his message, proclaims the " Monroe
Doctrine " in the following words : " We owe it to
candor, and to the amicable relations existing be-
tween the United States and those great European
powers, to declare that we should consider any at-
tempt on their part to extend their system to any
portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace
and safety. With the existing colonies and depen-
dencies of any European power we have not inter-
fered, and shall not interfere ; but with the govern-
ments who have declared their independence and
maintained it, and whose independence we have on
great considerations and on just principles acknowl-
edged, we could not view any interposition for the
purpose of oppressing them, or controlling in any
other manner their destiny, by any European power,
in any other light than as a manifestation of an
unfriendly disposition towards the United States."
This is known as the " Monroe doctrine ". . . .2 Dec.
A resolution authorizing an embassy to Greece offered
in the House by Daniel Webster of Mass. . .8 Dec.
[This, resolution was defeated 26 Jan. 1824, al-
though ably supported by Clay, Webster, and others.
John Randolph opposed it in speeches full of sense
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and sarcasm. " Of the three distinct types of our
congressmen's oratory, no better specimens to this
day can be found than in the several speeches which
Clay, Webster, and Randolph delivered in the win-
ter of 1823-24 on the spur of Webster's resolution."
—Schouler's " Hist, of the U. S.," vol. iii. p. 304.]
TariflF (protective) bill brought before the House, 9 Jan. 1824
[Clay and Buchanan supported the bill, while
Webster opposed it.]
Congress by resolution oifers the marquis de Lafay-
ette a ship to bring him to the U. S., approved 4 Feb. "
Act to survey routes for canals and roads Feb. "
Ninian Edwards presents an address to the House
bringing charges against secretary Crawford. This
is known as the A. B. Plot 19 Apr. "
[A committee of 7 appointed to investigate.]
Tariff bill passes the House, 125 to 66 19 May, "
Approved 22 May, "
[37 per cent, was the average rate of duty.]
Report of committee exonerating secretary Crawford
froni the charges of Mr. Edwards 25 May, "
First Session adjourns . .27 May, "
Lafayette, with his son, arrives at New York. 15 Aug. "
[He declined the offer of a government vessel.]
Tenth presidential election 9 Nov. "
[There were 4 Dem.-Rep. candidates : John Q.
Adams of Mass., sec. of state ; William H. Crawford
of Ga., sec. of treasury; Henry Clay of Ky., speaker
of the House ; and Andrew Jackson of Tenn. John
C. Calhoun of S. C. was the candidate for vice-presi-
dent.]
Second Session convenes 6 Dec. "
Lafayette welcomed to the House of Representatives,
in an address by the speaker, Mr. Clay 10 Dec. "
Congress (the House by 166 to 26, the Senate unani-
mously) votes to Lafayette $200,000 and a town-
ship of land in any part of the U. S. he might se-
lect, now unoccupied . . .22 Dec. "
Treaty with Russia ratified 11 Jan. 1825
I [Establishing the boundary-line between the U. S.
I and Russia at 54° 40' N. lat.]
' Electoral votes counted 9 Feb. 1825
[Of these votes for president Andrew Jackson re-
ceived 99, John Quincy Adams 84, William H.
Crawford 41, Henry Clay 37. John C. Calhoun,
for vice-president, received 182 ; scattering, 78. As
no candidate for president had a majority, the House
proceeded to vote for the three highest — Jackson,
Adams, and Crawford. This vote was taken by
states, each state having 1 vote. Of tliese John
Q. Adams received 13, Andrew Jackson 7, and Will-
iam H.Crawford 4; and Adams was elected. Clay
throwing his influence for him. This produced great
excitement, as the country expected Jackson to be
chosen.]
Treaty with the Creek Indians termed the "Indian
Spring treaty " 12 Feb. "
[This treaty was signed by their chief Mcintosh,
and provided for the cession of all the Creek terri-
tory in Georgia and several million acres in Ala-
bama for $400,000. The Indians repudiated this
cession and killed Mcintosh, about 30 Apr.—" Niles's
Register," 21 May, 1825.]
An act appropriating $150,000 to extend the Cum-
berland ROAD from Canton, on the Ohio, opposite
Wheeling, to Zanesville, O approved 3 Mch. "
An act of Congress for strengthening the laws of the
U. S approved 3 Mch. "
Eighteenth Congress adjourns " "
Tenth Administration.— Democratic -Eepublican (co-
alition) 4 Mch. 1825 to 3 Mch. 1829.
John Quincy Adams, Mass , president.
John 0. Calhoun, S. C, vice-president.
CABINET.
Henry Clay, Ky., sec' of state, from 7 Mch. 1825.
Richard Rush, Pa., sec. of treas., from 7 Mch. 1825.
James Barhour, Va., sec. of war, from 7 Mch. 1825.
Peter B. Porter, N. Y., sec. of war, from 26 May, 1828.
Samuel L. Southard, N. J., sec. of navv, continueil from 16
Sept. 1823.
William Wirt,Ya., attorney-gen., continued from 13 Nov. 1817.
John McLean, O., postmaster-gen., continued from 26 June,
1823.
[Senate confirmed the cabinet officers unanimously,
except the secretary of state. The vote upon his nom-
ination was 27 to 14. The opposition charged Clay with
defeating Andrew Jackson by a coalition with Mr. Adams.]
Corner-stone of Bunker Hill monument laid. .17 June, 1825
[Lafayette was present, and Daniel Webster de-
livered the oration.]
Lafayette leaves Washington for France in the new
frigate Brandywine, furnished him by the govern-
ment 7 Sept. "
[He had visited every state (24) of the Union.]
Mordecai M. Noah selects Grand Island, in the Niagara
river, as a site for a city of refuge for the Jews, to
be called Ararat 17 Sept. "
[The only remaining relic of this scheme, now in
possession of the Buffalo Historical Society, is a
stone tablet bearing a Hebrew inscription, and the
name of the founder, etc.]
Illuminating gas comes into general use in New York . "
Cbtn. David Porter, while cruising, lands a force at
Porto Rico and exacts an apology for an insult to
the American flag. He is recalled and suspended
for 6 months "
Erie canal finished (New York) 26 Oct. "
Nineteenth Congress, First Session, convenes. . .5 Dec. "
Speaker of the House, John W. Taylor, N. Y.
[Edward Everett entered Congress this session
from Mass., and James K. Polk from Tenn.]
Dispute between the state of Georgia and the U. S. ,
upon the removal of the Creek Indians 1825-29
John Gaillard, U. S. senator from S. C. from 1804-26,
and from 14 Apr. 1814 to 9 Mch. 1825, president pro
tem. of the Senate, dies at Washington. . . . .26 Feb. 1826
South American states call a general congress, to
meet at Panama in June, 1826, and to consider the
rights of those states, and invite delegates from
the U. S. Congress appropriates $40,000, and ap-
points Richard C. Anderson, minister to Colombia,
and John Sargeant of Philadelphia, delegates,
14 Mch. 1826
During the debate on the " Panama congress " in the
Senate, John Randolph refers to the coalition of
Adams and Clay as that of " the Puritan and the
blackleg." A duel followed between Clay and Ran-
dolph (Duels) 8 Apr. "
First Session adjourns 22 IMay, "
John Adams, b. Braintree, Mass., 19 Oct. 1735, and
Thomas Jefferson, b. Monticello, Va., 2 Apr. 1743,
die on the 50th anniversary of American indepen-
dence 4 July, "
Abduction of William Morgan from Canandaigua,
N. Y .' 12 Sept. "
[(iave rise to a political party — the Anti-Ma-
sonic— that became national in importance, though
short-lived. Morgan, W^illiam ; New York ; Po-
litical PARTIES.]
Convention with (ireat Britain concerning indemnities
for the war of 1812-14 13 Nov. "
Second Session convenes 4 Dec. "
Congress makes an appropriation for the payment of
■Revolutionary and other pensions 29 Jan. 1827
Nineteenth Congress adjourns 3 Mch. "
Gen. Gaines ordered into the Creek Indian country. . . "
Protectionists hold a convention at Harrisburg, Pa.,
and demand a higher tariff 30 July, "
U. S. and Great Britain by treaty agree to extend
or renew the commercial agreements of 1818, and
the Oregon boundary to continue indefinitelv,
6 Aug. «
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First railroad in ihe U. S., niiining from Qiiincy, Mass.,
to the Ne|»onset river, 3 miles, comraenced 1826;
completed (operated by horse-power) . 1827
Boundary differences between the U. S. and the Brit-
ish possessions to be referred to an arbiter. .29 Sept. "
Twentieth Congress, First Session, convenes.. . .3 Dec. "
Speaker of the House, Andrew Stevenson of Va.
By another treaty Creek Indians cede their remaining
lands in Georgia for $47,491. Ratified Jan. 1828
Maj.-gen. Jacob Brown dies at Washington. . .24 Feb. "
Debate on the tariff bill begun in the House.. .4 Mch. "
Debate in the Senate 5-14 May, "
Tariff bill passed by the House 15 May, "
Approved ; known as the " Tariff of Abominations "
(Tariff) 19 May, "
[Principal speakers in the Senate on this bill
were: Thomas H. Benton, Mo. ; M. Dickerson, N. J. ;
Robert Y. Hayne, S. C. ; Daniel Webster, Mass. ;
Levi Woodbury, N. H. ; and Samuel Smith, Md.]
Congress by resolution grants Charles Carroll of
Carrollton, only surviving signer of the Declara-
tion of Independence, the franking privilege, 23 May, "
First Session adjourns 26 May, "
Second railroad in the U. S. from Mauch Chunk, Pa.,
to the Lehigh river, 9 miles, commenced 1827, and
finished
Eleventh presidential election 11 Nov. "
[Candidates : Democrats, for president, Andrew
Jackson. Tenn. ; vice-president, John C. Calhoun,
S. C. National-Republicans, for president, John Q.
Adams, Mass. ; vice-president, Richard Rush, Pa.]
Second Session convenes 1 Dec. "
Electoral votes counted in the House 11 Feb. 1829
[Democrats, Andrew Jackson, Tenn., for president,
178; John C. Calhoun, S. C, vice-president, 171.
National-Republicans, John Quiucy Adams, Mass.,
for president, 83 ; Richard Rush, Pa., vice-president,
83. Nullifiers, William Smith, S. C, for vice-presi-
dent, 7.]
Twetitieth Congress adjourns. 3 Mch. "
Eleventh Administration— Democratic. 4 Mch. 1829 to
3 Mch. 1833.
Andrew Jackson, Tenn., president.
John C. Cnlhoun, S. C, vice-president.
CABINET,
Martin Van Buren, N. Y., sec. of state, from 6 Mch. 1829.
Resigned.
Edward Livingston, La., sec. of state, from 24 May, 1831.
Samvel D. Ingham, Pa., sec. of treas., from 6 Mch. 1829.
Louis McLane, Del., sec. of treas., from 8 Aug. 1831.
John ff. Eaton, Tenn., sec. of war, from 9 Mch. 1829.
Lewis Cass, Mich., sec. of war, from 1 Aug. 1831.
John Branch, N. C, sec. of navy, from 9 Mch. 1829.
Levi Woodbury, N. H., sec. of navy, from 23 May, 1831.
John McPherson Beriien, Ga., attorney-gen., from 9 Mch. 1829.
Roger B. Taney, Md., attorney-gen., from 27 Dec. 1831.
Willidin T. Barry, Ky., postmaster-gen., from 9 Mch. 1829.
[ Po6tmaster-gen. had not hitherto been recognized as a
member of the cabinet.]
John Jay, statesman, dies at Bedford, N. Y. . . 19 May, 1829
James L. M. Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian
Institution, dies in Genoa, Italy 27 June, "
" Stourbridge Lion," the first locomotive run in the
U. S., is purchased in England and arrives in New
York in June, 1829 ; shipped to Carbondale, and tried
on the track at Honesdale 8 Aug. "
William Lloyd Garrison publishes the Genius at Balti-
more, Md., advocating immediate emancipation.. . . "
[Benjamin Lundy associate editor.]
Twenty-first Congress, First Session, convenes.. 7 Dec. "
Speaker of the House, Andrew Stevenson of Va.
Robert Y. Hayne's (S. C.) great speech in defence of
state rights in the Senate on " the Foote resolution,"
limiting the sale of public lands 25 Jan. 1830
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Daniel Webster's reply defends the Constitution,
26-27 Jan. 1880
[Perhaps the most eloquent speeches ever made
in Congress.] '.^
Jared Sparks begins his " American Biography " « ^#
Bill before the House for a national road from Buffalo,
N. Y., to New Orleans, La., via Washington, 23 Mch. "
Treaty with Denmark ; indemnity claims. . . .28 Mch. "
Pres. Jackson at a public dinner in Washington on Jef-
ferson's birthday gives this toast, "Our Federal
Union, it must be preserved." Vice-pres. Calhoun
responded : " Liberty dearer than Union ". .13 Apr. "
Bill for a national road from Buffalo, N. Y., to New
Orleans, La., rejected in House by 88 to 105..14 Apr. '«
Treaty with the Ottoman empire 7 May, «
Final rupture between Jackson and Calhoun May, "
[Van Buren set to work to destroy the friendship
and confidence that existed between Calhoun and
the president. — Blaine's " Twenty Years of Con-
gress," vol. i. p. 28.]
Duties on coffee, tea, and cocoa reduced 20 May, "
President vetoes the Mayville and Lexington, Kv.,
road bill (Vkto) 27 May, «
Massachusetts obtains from the U. S. $430,748.26 for
services of her militia 1812-14 31 May, "
First Session adjourns " "
John Randolph sails as minister to Russia June, "
[He remained in Russia for 10 days, went to Eng-
land for nearly a year, returned in Oct. 1831, and
drew $21,407 as pay.— Schouler's " Hist, of the
U. S.," vol.iii.p.461.]
Anti-Masonic party hold the first national convention
in the U. S. at Philadelphia, Pa., Francis Granger
of New York presiding Sept. • '*
Second Session convenes 6 Dec. "
Senate rejects the award of the king of the Nether-
lands as arbitrator of the boundary between Maine
and Great Britain (Maine) 10 Jan. 1831
First locomotive built in the U. S., " The Best Friend,"
at the West Point foundery shops in New York city ;
first trip on the South Carolina railroad. ... 15 Jan. " ^
Twenty-first Congress adjourns 3 Mch.
John H. Eaton, sec. of war, resigns 7 Apr.
Martin Van Buren, sec. of state, resigns "
Ex-pres. James Monroe dies in New York, aged 73,
4 July,
Negro insurrection led by Nat Turner in Southampton
county, Virginia Aug.
Pres. Jackson re-forms his cabinet **^^|
Anti-Masonic party hold a national convention at Bal-
timore, Md., and nominate William Wirt of Va. for
president and Amos Ellraaker of Pa. for vice-presi-
dent; number of delegates 112 26 Sept.
Free-trade convention held at Philadelphia. . . .5 Oct.
High-tariff convention held at New York 26 Oct.
Copyright law radically amended, making the term
28 years instead of 14, with renewal of 14 years
more, and wife and children of author, in case of his
death, entitled to a renewal "
William Lloyd (iarrison begins the publication of the
Liberator at Boston "
Twenty-second Congress, First Session, convenes, 5 Dec. "
Speaker of the House, Andrew Stevenson of Va.
[Thomas Corwin's first appearance in Congress as
a member from Ohio.]
National-Republican party hold a national convention
at Baltimore, Md., and nominate Henry Clay of Ky.
for president and John Sergeant of Pa. for vice-pres-
ident ; number of delegates 155 12 Dec.
[This party advocated higher tariff and internal
improvements.]
Memorial for the renewal of the charter of the National
bank presented to Congress 9 Jan. 1832
William L. Marcy of N. Y., while urging the Senate to
confirm Martin Van Buren as minister to England,
says, " They see nothing wrong iii the rule that to
the victors belong the spoils of the enemy," 25 Jan. '*
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Henry Clay advocates the " American system " of pro-
tection in the Senate, supported by the senators from
Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island Jan.-Feb. 1832
Democratic (first so called) National convention meets
in Baltimore .' 21 May, "
[Nominated Jackson for president, and Martin Van
Biiren of N. Y. for vice-president, he having been
rejected as minister to England in the Senate by the
vote of vice-pres. Calhoun. In this convention it
was resolved " that two thirds of the whole number
of votes in the convention shall be necessary to con-
stitute a choice." This was the origin of the fa-
mous two-thirds rule,]
Ratio of representation agreed upon by Congress ac-
cording to the 5th census, 47,700 22 May, "
[Number of Representatives, 240.]
Black Hawk war May-Aug. "
Gen. Thomas Sumter, distinguished Revolutionary
soldier, dies near Camden, S. C, aged 98 1 June, "
Bill re-chartering the National bank passes the Sen-
ate, 28 to 20 11 June, "
And the House, 107 to 85 3 July, "
Commissioner of Indian affairs first appointed . .9 July, "
President vetoes the Bank bill 10 July, "
Senate fails to pass the Bank charter over the presi-
dent's veto 13 July, "
Source of the Mississippi discovered by an exploring
party under Henry R. Schoolcraft 13 July, "
Partial repeal of the tariff measures of 1828 . , 14 July, "
[This repeal reduced many of the revenue taxes,
but the protective taxes were not materially altered.
Woollen yarn was now first taxed.]
First Session adjourns. . . 16 July, "
Cholera first appears in the U. S "
[First case in Quebec, 8 June ; in New York, 27
June.]
Treaty with the Two Sicilies, indemnity 14 Oct. "
Presidential election . , 13 Nov. "
[Candidates: Democrats, for president, Andrew
Jackson of Tenn ; for vice-president, Martin Van
Buren of N. Y. National-Republicans, for president,
Henry Clay of Ky. ; for vice-president, John Ser-
geant of Pa, Anti-Masons, for president, William
Wirt of Va. , for vice-president, Amos EUmaker of
Pa. NuUifiers (S. C), for president, John Floyd of
S. C ; for vice-president, Henry Lee of Va.]
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Md., last surviving signer
*of the Declaration of Independence, dies at Balti-
more, aged 95 14 Nov. "
Convention is held at Columbus, S. C, which by ordi-
nance declares the Tariff acta of 1828 and 1832 null
and void 19 Nov. "
[The terra " nullification " was borrowed from the
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798.]
Second Session convenes 3 Dec. "
Pres. Jackson issues a proclamation to the people of
South Carolina 10 Dec. "
[An able and eloquent paper, written by Living-
ston, sec. of state, after an original draft by Jackson.]
John C. Calhoun, vice-president, resigns 28 Dec. "
[Hugh L.White of Tenn. president pro tern, of
the Senate.]
Pres. Jackson, by message, informs Congress of the
proceedings of South Carolina, and asks power to
enforce the collection of the revenue 16 Jan. 1833
John C. Calhoun, now a senator from S. C, introduces
resolutions: that the theory that the people of the
U. S. are now or ever have been united in one nation
is erroneous, false in history and reason. . . .22 Jan. "
Henry Clay introduces the •' compromise tariff" in the
Senate as a solution of all pending troubles between
the manufacturing states and the South .... 12 Feb. "
Electoral votes counted 13 Feb. "
[Andrew Jackson, Tenn., for president, 219 ; Mar-
tin Van Buren, N. Y., for vice-president, 189 ; Henry
Clay, Ky., for president, 49 (Mass., R. I., Conn., Del.,
Ky., Md.) John Sergeant, Pa., for vice-president.
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49 (Mass., R. I., Conn., Del., Ky., Md.) ; William
Wirt, Va., for president, 7 (Vt.) ; Amos EUmaker,
Pa., for vice-president, 7 (Vt.) ; John Floyd, S. C,
for president, 1 1 (S. C.) ; Henry Lee, for vice-presi-
dent, 1 1 (S. C.) ; William Wilkin, Pa., for vice-presi-
dent, 30 (Pa.).]
"Compromise tariff" passes the House, 119 to 85,
26 Feb. 1833
And the Senate, 29 to 16 1 Mch. "
Becomes a law 3 Mch. "
[This law scaled down all duties so that 20 per
cent, should be the standard duty in 1842.]
Twenty-second Congress adjourns . .3 Mch, "
Twelfth Administration — Democratic. 4 Mch. 1833
to 3 Mch. 1837.
Andrew Jackson, Tenn., president.
Martin Van Buren, N. Y., vice-president.
CABINET.
Louis McLane, Del., sec. of state, from 29 Mch. 1833.
John Forsyth, Ga., sec. of state, from 27 June, 1834.
Louis McLane, Del., sec. of treas., continued from 8 Aug. 1831.
William J. Duane, Pa., sec. of treas., from 29 May, 1833.
Roger B. Taney, Md., sec. of treas., from 23 Sept. 1833. Not
confirmed by the Senate.
Levi Woodbury, N. H., sec. of treas., from 27 June, 1834.
Lewis Cass, Mich., sec. of war, continued from 1 Aug. 1831.
Levi Woodbury, N. H., sec. of navv, continued from 23 May,
1831.
Mahlon Dickerson, N. J., sec. of navj', from 30 June, 1834.
William T. Barry, Ky., postmaster-gen., continued from 9 Mch.
1829.
Amos Kendall, Ky., postmaster-gen., from 1 May, 1835.
Roger B. Taney, Md., attorney-gen., continued from 27 Dec.
1831.
Benjamin F. Butler, N. Y., attorney-gen., from 24 June, 1834.
South Carolina repeals the ordinance of nullification in
a convention held 16 Mch. 1833
John Randolph of Va. dies in Philadelphia, aged 60,
24 May, «
Pres. Jackson lays near Fredericksburg, Va., the corner-
stone of a monument to Washington's mother, Mary
Washington May, "
Pres. Jackson makes a tour of the eastern states as far
as Concord, N. H., returning to Washington, 3 July, "
[Harvard university conferred upon him the de-
gree of LL.D.]
Gen. John Coffee d. near Florence, Ala., aged 61,7 July, "
Com. William Bainbridge dies in Philadelphia, aged
59 28 July, «
Sun, newspaper, first pub. in New York, price 1 cent ;
Benjamin H. Day publisher. \ 3 Sept. "
President removes W. J. Duane, sec. of treas., for re-
fusing to withdraw the deposits from the National
bank, and appoints Roger B. Taney of Md. in his
place 23 Sept. «
Pres. Jackson directs the secretary of the treasury to
withdraw the deposits, about $10,000,000, from the
National bank 26 Sept. «
Indian chief Black Hawk is taken through the princi-
pal eastern cities autumn of "
Bank deposits removed from the National bank . . 1 Oct. "
[This action of pres. Jackson caused great dissat-
isfaction.]
Anti-slavery society organized in New Y'ork city, 2 Oct. "
First severe railway accident in the U. S. on the Amboy
and Bordentown railroad; several killed 8 Oct. "
Great display of shooting-stars . . .morning of 13 Nov. "
[Generally visible in North America, though most
brilliant in the eastern U. S., commencing at mid-
night and continuing until sunrise.]
Twenty -third Congress, First Session, convenes. 2 Dec. "
Speaker of the House, Andrew Stevenson of Va.
American Anti-slavery society organized at Philadel-
phia; Beriah Green president, and John G.Whittier
one of the secretaries 6 Dec. "
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Mr. Clay oflfere a resolution, 10 Dec, inquiring of the
president whether a |Mi|)er reail to heads of depart-
inenta under ilate of 18 SepU 1833, relative to the
de|)OMt^ of the public money, was genuine, and re-
questing that said paper be laid before the Senate.
This resolution passes the Senate, 23 to 18. .11 Dec. 1833
Senate appoints a committee to investigate the National
bank 4 Feb. 1834
Treaty with Spain, indemnity 17 Feb. "
William Wirt, orator, lawyer, and author, dies at Wash-
ington, D. C, aged 62 18 Feb. "
Senate resolves that in removing the deposits the pres-
ident had assumed authority not conferred by the
Constitution and the laws 28 Mch. "
House resolves that the National bank shall not be re-
chartered nor the deposits restored 4 Apr. "
President protests against the resolution of 28 Mch., but
the Senate refuses to enter the protest in its minutes,
16 Apr. «
Gen. Lafayette dies in France (French Revolution),
19 May, «
Senate, by resolution, censures the president for re-
moving the deposits June, "
Coinage of the U. S. changed (Com) 28 June, "
Indian territory established by Congress 30 June, "
First Session adjourns " "
" Whig " party first so called (New York) "
[Name pleased the Federals of New England and
the State-rights men of the South. The party claimed
to be the true successors of the Whigs of 1776.]
Treaty is made with the Seminole Indians at Payne's
Landing, 9 May, 1833, and an additional treaty at
fort Gibson, 28 Mch. 1834, for their removal to' the
Indian territory; Indians reject the treaty of
their chiefs. Gen. Thompson sent by the U. S. to
insist on its execution 28 Oct. "
[Seminole Avar began, 1835-42. Florida, 1832-42.]
Second Session convenes 1 Dec. "
John Bell of Tenn. speaker in place of Andrew Steven-
son, resigned ; John Hubbard of N. H. speaker pro
tern, during this session.
Over 500 local banks in the U. S "
["The government revenues were deposited in
banks selected by the treasury. Neither these nor
their unselected rivals were under any sort of super-
vision by the state which chartered them or by the
federal government, and no bank-note had any cer-
tainty of value."—" Narrative and Critical Hist, of
America," vol. vii. p. 289.]
President in his message announces the extinguishment
of the national debt Dec. "
John Quincy Adams, member from Mass., delivers an
oration on Lafayette before Congress 31 Dec. "
Attempted assassination of pres. Jackson at the Capitol
by Richard Lawrence 30 Jan. 1835
[Lawrence tried in Apr., but proved insane.]
Congress awards a gold medal to col. George Croghan
for his gallant defence of Fort Stephenson 22
years before 13 Feb. "
Senate appoints a committee of 5 to inquire into the al-
leged complicity of sen. Poindexter of Miss, in the
attempt to assassinate the president 22 Feb. "
[Investigation showed sen. Poindexter innocent.]
Congress establishes branch mints at New Orleans, La.,
Charlotte, N. C, and Dahlonega, Ga 3 Mch. "
Tioenty-lhird Congress adjourns " "
New York Herald appears, James Gordon Bennett pub-
lisher 6 May, "
National Democratic convention at Baltimore, Md.,
May, "
[Martin Van Buren of N. Y. nominated for presi-
dent; Richard M. Johnson of Ky. for vice-presi-
dent.]
Antislavery documents taken from the mail and burned
at Charleston, S. C Aug. "
Name "Loco-focos" first applied to the Democratic
party (Loco-foco) "
Gen. William H. Harrison of O. nominated for president,
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a state Whig convention at Harrisburg, Pa
[Gen. Harrison also received the nomination at the
Whig state conventions of New York, Ohio, Mary-
land, and other states. No national Whig conven-
tion was held. Hugh L. White of Tenn. was sup-
ported by the states of Tennessee and Georgia, Daniel
Webster receiving the vote of Massachusetts, and
W. P. Mangum of N. C. the vote of South Carolina.]
Samuel Colt patents a "revolving pistol"
Twenty-fourth Congress, First Session, convenes, 2 Dec.
Speaker of the House, James K. Polk of Tenn.
The president, in his message, asserts that publications
addressed to the passions of the slaves and stimulat-
ing them to insurrection are circulated through the
mails, and suggests laws to prohibit, under severe
penalties, such circulation.
Great fire in New York city 16-17 Dec.
Seminole Indians commence the war in Florida by the
massacre of gen. Thompson, lieut. C. Smith, and
others, at fort King, about 60 miles southwest of
St. Augustine 28 Dec.
[Osceola, whom gen. Thompson had shortly before
put in irons for a day, led this war-party, j
Maj. F. L. Dade, with 100 men, moving from fort
Brooke to the relief of gen. Clinch, is waylaid and
the entire party killed except 4, who afterwards die
of injuries there received 28 Dec.
Treaty with the Cherokee Indians in Georgia; they
cede all their territorj' east of the Mississippi for
$5,000,000 29 Dec.
Memorial presented to Congress praying for the aboli-
tion of slaverj'^ within District of Columbia. .11 Jan.
Texas declares her independence 2 Mch.
Mexicans under Santa Ana capture the Alamo, San
Antonio, Tex., and massacre the garrison. David
Crockett killed here 6 Mch.
Battle of San Jacinto, defeat of Santa Ana. . . .21 Apr.
Mexico acknowledges independence of Texas, 14 May,
House resolves, by a vote of 117 to 68, that all peti-
tions, memorials, resolutions, propositions, or papers
relating in any way to the subject of slavery or the
abolition of slavery shall, without being printed or
referred, be laid on the table, and that no further
action shall be had thereon 26 May,
[This was the first of the famous " gag rules " of
Congress. But discussion on the slaverj'^ question
still continued in the House, under the leadership
of John Quincy Adams.]
Arkansas admitted as the 25th state 15 June,
James Madison dies at Montpelier, Va., aged 85,
28 June,
Jared Sparks begins the publication of Benjamin
Franklin's works
Treaty with Venezuela and the Peru-Bolivian confed-
eracy
Territory of Wisconsin organized
First Session adjourns 4 July,
First observatory in the U. S. built at Williams college.
Mass
Treasury issues a "specie circular," requiring collec-
tors of the public revenue to receive only gold and
silver 11 July,
[This proceeding hastened the panic of 1837.]
Aaron Burr dies at Staten Island, aged 80. . . .14 Sept.
Samuel Houston elected first president of the republic
of Texas 22 Oct.
Presidential election 8 Nov.
[Candidates : Democrats, for president,Martin Van
Buren, N. Y. ; for vice-president, Richard M. John-
son, Ky. Whigs, for president, William Flenry Har-
rison, O., Hugh L. White, Tenn., Daniel Webster,
Mass., W. P. Mangum, N. C. ; for vice - president,
Francis (iranger, N. Y., John Tyler, Va., Wra.
Smith, Ala.]
Second Session convenes 5 Dec.
Resolution of Senate, June, 1834, censuring pres. Jack-
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son for removing the public mone}' from the Na-
tional bank, expunged from the records. . . ,16 Jan. 1837
Coinage of the U. S. again changed 18 Jan. "
Michigan admitted into the Union, the 26th state in
order 26 Jan. "
Electoral vote counted 8 Feb. "
[Martin "Van Buren, N. Y., for president, 170 ;
Richard M. Johnson, Ky., for vice-president, 147;
William Henry Harrison, O., for president, 73;
Hugh L. White, Tenn., for president,- 26; Daniel
Webster, Mass., for president, 14 ; W". P. Mangum,
N. C, for president, 11 ; Francis Granger, N. Y., for
vice-president, 77 ; John Tyler, Va., for vice-presi-
dent, 47; Wm. Smith, Ala., for vice-president, 23.
No candidate having a majority for vice-president,
the Senate elected Richard M. Johnson by a vote of
33 to 16 for Francis (iranger.]
Twenty-fourth Congress adjourns 3 Mch. "
Thirteentli Administration— Democratic. 4 Mch. 1837
to 3 Mch. 1841.
Martin Van Kuren, N. Y., president.
Uicliard M. Johnson, Ky., vice-president.
CABINET.
John Forsyth^ Ga., sec. of state, continued from 27 June, 1834.
Levi Woodbury^ N. H., sec. of treas., continued from 27 June,
1834.
Joel R. Poinsett, S. C, sec. of war, from 7 Mch. 1837.
Mahlon Dickeison, N. J., sec. of navy, continued from 30 June,
1834.
James K. Paulding, N. Y., sec. of navy, from 20 June, 1838.
A mos Kendall, Ky., postraast.er-gen., continued from 1 May,
1835.
John M. Niks, Conn., postmaster-gen., from 18 May, 1840.
Benj. F. Butler, N. Y., attorney-gen., continued from 24 June,
1834.
Felix Grundy, Tenn., attorney-gen., from 7 July, 1838.
Henry D. Gilpin, Pa., attorney-gen., from 10 Jan. 1840.
Great commercial panic begins by the failure of Her-
man Briggs & Co., New Orleans, La . .Mch. 1837
[This panic reached its height in May.]
All the banks in New York city suspend specie pay-
ment 10 May, "
[Banks in Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore
followed.]
An extra session of Congress called to meet first Mon-
day in Sept 15 May, "
Victoria, daughter of the duke of Kent, succeeds to
the throne of England on the death of William IV.,
28 June, "
Twenty-fifth Congress, First Session (extra), assembles,
4 Sept. "
Speaker of the House, James K. Polk, Tenn.
President's message advocates the sub-treasury. First
Sub-treasury bill reported in the Senate. . .14 Sept. "
Passes the Senate by a small majority 4 Oct. "
Defeated in the House (see 6 Aug. 1846) 14 Oct. "
" Patriot war " in Canada commences "
First Session (extra) adjourns 16 Oct. "
Osceola, the Seminole chief, with a party of 70 war-
riors, visits the camp of gen. Jessup under stipula-
tions of safety, and is detained as prisoner. .21 Oct. "
[He was confined in fort Moultrie, Charleston,
S.C, where he died, 31 Jan. 1838.]
Many citizens of the U. S. along the borders of Canada
join the insurgents in the Patriot war during the
autumn "
Elijah P. Lovejoy shot while defending his printing-
press and paper at Alton, 111., from the attack of a
pro-slavery mob (Alton riot, Illinois). . .7 Nov. "
Second Session assembles 4 Dec. "
Wendell Phillips's first " abolition " speech in Faneuil
hall, Boston, to protest against the murder of Elijah
P. Lovejoy. 8 Dec. "
Col. Zachary Taylor defeats the Seminole Indians at
Okeechobee swamp, Fla 25 Dec.
American steamer Caroline is attacked and burned by
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ara falls, on the American side (Nkw York), 29 Dec. 1837
President issues a proclamation of neutrality as re-
gards the disturbance in Canada . ..5 Jan. 1838
Duel between William J. Graves of Ky. and Jonathan
Cilley of N. H., members of the House. . . .24 Feb. "
[Fought with rifles ; Cilley killed at the 3d shot.]
First regular passage by steamer across the Atlantic
completed by the Great Western and Sirius. Sirius
17 days from London, and Great Western 15 days
from Bristol. Both arrive at New York city, 23 Apr. "
Banks in New England and New York resume specie
payments 10 May. "
Iowa receives a territorial government. .... .12 June, "
Second Session adjourns 9 July, "
U. S. Exploring expedition to the Antarctic and Pa-
cific oceans, under command of lieut. Charles Wilkes,
sails from Hampton Roads 18 Aug. "
[The expedition consisted of the sloops-of-war
Vincennes and Peacock, brigs-of-war Porpoise and
Relief, and the schooners Flying Fish and Sea Gull.']
Third Session assembles 3 Dec. "
Charles G. Atherton of N. H. introduces a resolution in
the House, known as the " Atherton gag," to pre-
vent the discussipn of slavery. It passes by a vote
of 127 to 78 (see 1836) 11 Dec. "
Loss of steamboats on the western rivers': Mississippi,
55; Ohio, 13; Missouri, 2; Illinois, 2; Arkansas, 1;
Red, 1 ; and 4 others during the year (" Niles's Reg-
ister," vol. Ivii. p. 32) "
Unsettled boundary between Maine and the British prov-
inces results in the "Aroostook war", .Feb.-Mch, 1839
Rev. Zerah Colburn d. at Norwich, Vt., aged 35, 2 Mch. "
[A mathematical prodigy.]
Twenty-fifth Congress adjourns 3 Mch. '*
UAmistad ("Friendship") is captured off Montauk
point by the U. S. brig Washington, lieut. Ceding
commanding (Amistad, case of; Connecticut),
29 Aug. "
Daguerrotypes first taken in the U. S. by prof. J. W.
Draper "
Jesse Buell, agriculturist, dies at Danbury, Conn.,
aged 61 6 Oct. «
Liberty party, in convention at Warsaw, N. Y., nomi-
nates James G. Birney for president and Thomas
Edrle of Pa. for vice-president 13 Nov. "
[This was the first appearance of a national anti-
slavery party, and although Mr. Birney declined the
nomination, it polled over 7000 votes.]
Ulysses, a Portuguese brig, built at Baltimore, is capt-
ured by the British war-schooner Skipjack oflf the
Isle of Pines with a cargo of 556 Africans. .30 Nov. "
[These negroes were confined in a space of 2 ft.
4J in. each and had been 50 da3's at sea.]
Twenty-sixth Congress, First Session, assembles,
2-16 Dec. "
Robert M. T. Hunter of Va., Whig, elected speaker of
the House on the 11th ballot, receiving 119 votes
out of 232.
Whig National convention at Harrisburg, Pa. , .4 Dec. "
[First ballot, Clay, 103; Harrison, 94; and Scott,
57. Fifth ballot. Clay, 90 ; Harrison, 148 ; and Scott,
16. The nomination of Harrison was made unani-
mous, and John Tyler nominated for vice-president.]
Steamer Lexington burned on Long Island sound, be-
tween New York and Stonington 13 Jan. 1840
[140 lives lost.]
Lieut. Charles Wilkes discovers the antarctic con-
tinent, 66° 20' S. lat., 154° 18' E. Ion 19 Jan, "
[He coasted westward along this land 70 degrees.]
Washingtonian Temperance Society founded in Balti-
more "
Democratic National convention at Baltimore, Md.
Martin Van Buren nominated for president, leaving
the states to nominate for vice-president. . .5 May, "
Sub-treasury or Independent Treasury bill passed and
approved 4 July, "
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nard line, arrives at Boston, 14 days and 8 hours
from Liverpool 19 July, 1840
First Session adjourns 21 July, "
"Log-cabin" and "Hard-cider" canopaign, in the in-
terest of William Henry Harrison, begins. . . .July, "
[Modem methods of conducting a presidential
campaign were now introduced.]
Steamship Arcadia arrives at Boston from Liverpool
in 12 davs and 12 hours, the shortest passage up to
that time 17 Oct. «
Alexander MacLeod arrested in the state of New York
for complicity in the destruction of the steamer Caro-
line, 29 Dec. 1837 Nov. «
[He was tried and acquitted 12 Oct. 1841.]
Log-cabin, a Whig campaign paper, edited by Horace
Greeley, reaches a circulation of 80,000 during the
autumn "
Fourteenth presidential election 10 Nov. "
[Candidates : Whigs, for president, William
Henry Harrison, O. ; for vice-president, John Tyler,
Va. Democrats, for president, Martin Van Buren,
N. Y. ; for vice-president, Richard M. Johnson, Ky.
Liberty party, for president, James G. Birney, N. Y. ;
for vice-president, Thomas Earle, Pa.]
Treatv of commerce between Texas and Great Britain
made 14 Nov. "
Second Session assembles 7 Dec. "
Electoral votes counted 19 Feb. 1841
[For president, Harrison, 234, Van Biiren, 60 ; for
vice-president, Tyler, 234, Johnson, 48.]
Twenty-sixth Congress adjourns B Mch. "
Fourteenth Administration— Whig. 4 Mch. 1841 to 3
Mch. 1845.
William Henrjr Harrison, O., president.
John Tyler, Va., vice-president.
CABINET (until 11 Sept, 1841).
Daniel Webster, Mass., sec. of state, from 5 Mch. 1841.
Thomas Swing, O., sec. of treas., from 5 Mch. 1841.
John Bell, Tenn., sec. of war, from 5 Mch. 1841.
George E. Badger, N. C, sec. of navy, from 5 Mch. 1841.
Francis Granger, N. Y., postmaster- gen., from 6 Mch. 1841.
John J Crittenden, Ky., attorney-gen., from 5 Mch. 1841.
Steamer President sails from New York city with 109
passengers and is never heard of again. . . .11 Mch. 1841
[This vessel, when launched, 1840, was considered
the largest ship afloat, being 268 ft. in length, 64 ft.
in width, including paddle-boxes, engine 500 horse-
power, 2360 tons' register.]
President calls an extra session of Congress for 31 Mav,
17 Mch. «
Pres. Harrison d. aged 68 years 4 Apr. "
Vice-pres. Tyler takes the oath of office as president,
CABINET. ^ ^P""'
Daniel Webster, Mass., sec. of state, continued from 5 Mch. 1841.
Hugh S. Legare, S. C, sec. of state, from 9 May, 1843.
Abel P. Upshur, Va., sec. of state, from 24 July, 1843.
John Nelson, Md., sec. of state, acting, from 29 Feb. 1844.
John C. Calhoun, S. C, sec. of state, from 6 Mch. 1844.
Thomas Ewing, O., sec. of treas., continued from 5 Mch. 1841.
Walter Forward, Pa., sec. of treas., from 13 Sept. 1841.
Caleb Gushing, Mass., sec. of treas., rejected by the Senate.
John C. Spencer, N. Y., sec. of treas., from 3 Mch. 1843.
George M. Bibb, Ky., sec. of treas., from 15 June, 1844.
John Bell, Tenn., sec. of war, continued from 5 Mch. 1841.
John McLean, O., sec. of war, declined from 13 Sept. 1841.
John C. Spencer, N. Y., sec. of war, from 12 Oct. 1841.
James M. Porter, Pa., sec. of war, rejected by the Senate,
8 Mch. 1843.
William Williams, Pa., sec. of war, from 15 Feb. 1844.
George E. Badger, N. C., sec. of navy, continued from 5 Mch.
1841.
Abel P. Upshur, Va., sec. of navy, from 13 Sept. 1841.
David Henshaw, Mass., sec. of navy, rejected bv the Senate,
24 Julv, 1843.
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Thomas W. Gilmer, Va., sec. of navy, from 15 Feb. 1844.
John Y. Mason, Va., sec. of navy, from 14 Mch. 1844.
Francis Granger, N. Y., postmaster-gen., continued from &
Mch. 1841. |k
Charles A. Wickliffe, Ky., postmaster-gen., from 13 Sept. 1841!^
John J. Crittenden, Ky., attorney-gen., continued from 5 Mch.
1841.
ffugh S. Legari, S. C, attorney-gen., from 13 Sept. 1841.
John Nelson, Md., attorney-gen., from 1 July, 1843.
Corner-stone of the Mormon temple at Nauvoo, 111.,
laid 6 Apr. 1841
Horace Greeley issues the first number of the New York
Daily Tribune 10 Apr. "
[A small sheet selling for 1 cent. The Weekly
Tribune was issued the following autumn.]
Twenty-seventh Congress. First Session (extra), assem-
bles 31 May, "
Samuel L. Southard, N. J., president pro tern, of the
Senate and acting vice-president of the U. S. until
hisdeath, 22May, 1842.
W. P. Mangum, N. C., president pro tern, of the Senate
and acting vice-president of the U. S. from 31 May,
1842, to the end of pres. Tyler's term.
Speaker, John White, Ky.
Act to appropriate the proceeds of the public lands and
pre-emptive rights granted, passed 6 July, "
U. S. sloop-of-war Peacock, of the Wilkes U. S. Explor-
ing expedition, is lost at the mouth of the Colum-
bia river, Or 18 July, «
Sub-treasury or Independent Treasury' act repealed,
9 Aug. «
Pres. Tyler vetoes the bill to incorporate the Fiscal
Bank of the U. S 16 Aug. «
Bankruptcy' bill passed 19 Aug. " -^
Pres. Tyler vetoes the Fiscal Corporation bill. .9 Sept. " i
Party of British volunteers from Canada carry off col.
Grogan 9 Sept. "
[This seizure was unauthorized by the British
government, and Grogan was promptly released.
The seizure, however, caused great excitement.]
Cabinet resigns, except the sec. of state 11 Sept.
[Because of the veto of the Fiscal Corporation
bill.]
First Session (extra) adjourns 13 Sept.
President's proclamation forbids American citizens to
invade British possessions 25 Sept.
Failure of the U. S. bank under the Pennsylvania
charter 11 Oct.
Brig Creole, Ensor, master, sails from Richmond, Va.,
for New Orleans with merchandise and 135 slaves ;
some of the slaves attack the captain and crew, and
capture the vessel 7 Nov.
[They proceeded to the island of New Provi-
dence, belonging to Great Britain ; the magistrates
refused to give the negroes up, and they were fi-
nally liberated. Serious dispute with England fol-
lowed. ]
Second Session assembles G Dec. "
Joshua R. Giddings, member from Ohio, presents resolu-
tions concerning the brig Creole and adverse to
slavery 21 Mch. 1842
[Being censured by the House by a vote of 125 to
69, he immediately resigned, returned to Ohio, and
was re-elected by a large majority.]
Henry Clay resigns from the Senate 31 Mch. "
Influenza, called "la grippe," widely prevalent "
Col. John C. Fremont's first exploring expedition to
the Kocky Mountains commences 2 May, "
U. S. Exploring expedition under lieut. Charles Wilkes
— which penetrates to 66° S. lat., and discovers the
antarctic continent (now known as Wilkes's Land),
along which it coasts 70° — after a voyage of 4 years
and over 90,000 miles, returns to New York (see this
record, 1838) 10 June, «
Dorr's rebellion in Rhode Island, caused by the disa-
greement between the Charter and Sufl'rage parties
(Dorr's rebellion) May-Jime, "
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Statue of Washington, by Horatio Greenough, placed in
the Capitol 1842
[It was executed in Italy, and in position cost
$45,000.]
Charles Dickens visits the U. S "
Earliest actual finding of gold in California in Los
Angeles district (California) «
"Ashburton treaty" with England for settling the
boundaries between Maine and the British prov-
inces, also for suppressing the slave-trade and extra-
dition, negotiated at Washington between lord Ash-
burton, special minister of "Great Britain, and Daniel
Webster, sec. of state, and signed 9 Aug. "
End of the Indian war in Florida proclaimed. . 14 Aug. "
Ashburton treaty ratified b)' the Senate, 39 to 9 .20 Aug. '*
Beginning of the fiscal year changed from 1 Jan. to 1
July by law of 28 Aug. "
[To take effect from 1 July, 1843.]
After vetoing 2 tariff bills, pres. Tvler signs the 3d,
30 Aug. «'
[The prevailing rate of this tariff was 20 percent.]
Second Session adjourns 31 Aug. "
[It passed 95 acts, 13 joint resolutions, and 189 pri-
vate bills, sitting 269 days — the longest session
since the beginning of Congress.]
New ratio of representation, based on the census of 1840,
gives 1 representative for every 70,^80 population. . "
William Ellery Channing, Unitarian minister, dies at
Bennington, Vt., aged 62 2 Oct. "
Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, commanding the U. S.
brig Somers, while on a short cruise, hangs at the
yard-arm Philip Spencer, a midshipman and son of
John C. Spencer, then sec. of war; Samuel Crom-
well, a boatswain's mate; and Elijah H. Small, for
an alleged conspiracy (Somers, U. S. brig-of-war,
Mutiny on) 1 Dec. "
Third Session assembles 5 Dec. "
Samuel Woodworth (author of the *' Old Oaken Buck-
et ") dies at New York city, aged 57 9 Dec. *'
Resolution offered by John M. Botts of Va., for the im-
peachment of pres. Tyler for gross usurpation of pow-
er, wicked and corrupt abuse of the power of appoint-
ments, high crimes and misdemeanors, etc. . . 10 Jan. 1843
[Rejected by a vote of 83 to 127. ]
Francis S. Key, author of " Star-Sp angled Banner,"
dies at Baltimore, Md., aged 64 11 Jan. "
Com. Isaac Hull dies at Philadelphia, Pa., aged 68
(Naval battles of the U. S.) 13 Feb. "
Dr. Marcus Whitman, learning of the intention of the
British government to permanently occupy the Ore-
gon territory, and desirous of a personal interview
with the U. S. government, to give warning and
also to announce the practicability of overland emi-
gration to that region, leaves Walla Walla Oct. 1842,
and reaches Washington, D. C 3 Mch. "
[This information aided the U. S. government in
retaining this territory. Dr. Whitman was appoint-
ed a missionary commissioner to the Oregon Indians,
and with his wife and the rev. Henry Spaulding and
his wife, made the first journey over the Rocky moun-
tains in a wagon, 1835-36. Dr. Whitman, his wife,
and several others were massacred by the Cayuse
Indians, 1847. Oregon, 1850.]
Bankruptcy act of 1841 repealed 3 Mch. "
Congress appropriates $30,000 to build Morse's electric
telegraph from Washington to Baltimore. . .3 Mch. "
Twenty-seventh Conc/ress adjourns " "
John Armstrong, sec. of war 1812, dies at Red Hook,
N. Y.,aged 85 ' 1 Apr. "
Col. John C. Fremont starts on his second exploring
expedition with 39 men May, "
[Reached Salt lake, 6 Sept., and the Pacific coast,
at the mouth of the Columbia river, Nov. 10 ; re-
turned July, 1844.]
BunkerHill monument completed and dedicated,
17 June, "
[Pres. Tyler was present, and Daniel Webster de-
livered the address.]
National Liberty party, in convention at Buffalo, N. Y.,
nominates James G.Birney for president, and Thomas
Morris of O. for vice-president 30 Aug. 1843
Twenty-eighth Congress, First Session, convenes . 4 Dec "
John W. Jones of Va. elected speaker.
Explosion of a large gun, " the Peace-maker," on the
U. S. war-steamer Princeton, on the Potomac, carry-
ing, with many excursionists, the president and sev-
eral of his cabinet; kills Mr. Upshur, sec. of state,
Mr. Gilmer, sec. of navy, David Gardiner, and others,
besides wounding 12 of the crew 28 Feb. 1844
Treaty of annexation with Texas signed 12 Apr. "
[Rejected by the Senate, 35 to 16.]
National Whig convention at Baltimore 1 May, "
[Henry Clay of Ky. nominated for president, and
Theodore Frelinghuysen of N. J. for vice-president.]
Riots in Philadelphia between native Americans
and the Irish 6-8 Maj', ••
National Democratic convention at Baltimore, Md.,
27 May, «
[Martin Van Buren of N. Y. received on the 1st
ballot 146 out of 266 votes, but failed to get the
required two-thirds vote ; his name was withdrawn
on the 8th ballot, and James K. Polk of Tenir. was
nominated on the 9th ; Silas Wright of N. Y. was
nominated for vice - president, but declined, and
George M. Dallas of Pa. was nominated.]
First telegraphic communication in the U. S. during
this convention, on the experimental line erected by
the government between Baltimore and Washing-
ton (Electricity) 27 May, "
First Session adjourns 17 June, "
"Joe" Smith, the Mormon prophet, with his brother
Hiram, murdered bv a mob at the jail in Carthage,
111 ' 27 June, «
Treaty with China, of peace, amity, and commerce,
3 July, "
Henry Clay's Alabama letter, published in the North
Alabamian, alienates the northern Whigs, .16 Aug. "
Fifteenth presidential election 12 Nov. "
[Candidates : Democrats, for president, James
Knox Polk of Tenn. ; for vice-president, George
Mifflin Dallas of Pa. Whigs, for president, Henry
Clay of Ky. ; for vice-president, Theodore Freling-
huysen of N. J. Liberty part}', for president, James
G. Birney of N. Y. ; for vice-president, Thomas Mor-
ris of O.j
Second Session assembles 2 Dec. "
On motion of John Quincy Adams the "gag rule," pro-
hibiting the presentation of Abolition petitions, is
rescinded, 108 to 88 3 Dec. «
Samuel Hoar, sent by Massachusetts to South Carolina
in aid of the Massachusetts colored citizens impris-
oned at Charleston, S. C, is expelled from Charleston
by citizens (Massachusetts) 5 Dec. "
Congress appoints the Tuesday following the first Mon-
day in Nov. for the national election daj'.. .23 Jan. 1845
Electoral votes counted 12 Feb. "
[For president, Polk, 170; Clay, 106; for vice-
president, Dallas, 170 ; Frelinghuysen, 105. Liberty
party, popular vote, 62,300.]
Pres. Tyler vetoes a bill forbidding the building of any
steam-vessel for the revenue service unless by special
appropriation 20 Feb. "
[This bill passed both branches of Congress over
the veto, the first veto overruled by Congress.]
Texas annexed by a joint resolution 28 Feb. "
Which the president approves 1 Mch. "
Florida admitted as the 27th state 3 Mch. "
Congress reduces postage on letters to 6 cents within
300 miles and 10 cents for greater distances. .3 Mch. "
Twenty-eighth Congress adjourns " "
Fifteenth Administration— Democratic. 4 Mch. 1845
to 3 Mch. 1849.
James Knox Polk, Tenn., president.
George Mifflin Dallas, Pa., vice-president
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CABINET.
Janws Buchanati, Pa., 8ec. of state, from 5 Mch. 1845.
Ri>beit J. Walker, Miss., sec. of treas., from 5 Mch. 1845.
WilUam L. Marcy, N. Y., sec. of war, from 5 Mch. 1845.
George BancroJ), Mass., sec. of navy, from 10 Mch. 1845.
John Y. Mason, Va., sec. of navy, from 9 Sept. 1846.
Care Johnson, Tenn., postmaster-gen., from 5 Mch. 1845.
John Y. Mason, Va., attorney-gen., from 5 Mch. 1845.
Nathan Clifford, Me., attorney-gen., from 17 Oct. 1846.
Isttac Toucet/, Conn., attorney-gen., from 21 Jiuie, 1848.
Mexican minister demands his passport 6 Mch. 1845
Steamboat 5wa//ow, from New York for Albany,wrecked
on a rock near Athens ; the stern sinking, many pas-
sengers are drowned 7 Mch. "
Andrew Jackson, 7th president, dies at the Hermitage,
near Nashville, Tenn., aged 78 8 June, "
By an act of amnesty the Rhode Island legislature re-
leases Thomas W. Dorr, who was under a life sen-
tence for treason 27 June, "
Naval school established at Annapolis, Md., while
George Bancroft is sec. of navy "
Annexation ratified by Texas in convention. . .4 July, "
Texas in convention adopts a constitution. . . 27 Aug. "
Gov. Silas Wright of N. Y. proclaims Delaware county
in a state of insurrection from anti-rent diflSculties,
27 Aug. «
Joseph Story, associate -judge of the U. S. Supreme
court, dies at Cambridge, Mass., aged 66 ... 10 Sept. "
Texas state constitution ratified by the people. 13 Oct. "
Twenty-ninth Congress. First. Sessio7i, assembles . 1 Dec. •'
John W. Davis of Ind. elected speaker.
Texas admitted as the 28th state 29 Dec. "
American army of occupation, gen. Zachary Taylor,
3500 strong, reaches the Rio Grande, and takes post
opposite Matamoras 28 Mch. 1846
Hostilities begun between Mexico and the U. S. ; a
small force of U. S. troops captured by the Mexicans ,
(Mexican war) 25 Apr. "
Battle of Palo Alto 8 May, "
Battle of Resaca i>k la Palma 9 May, "
Pres. Polk, by special message to Congress, announces
that war exists by the act of Mexico 11 May, "
Congress authorizes the president to raise 50,000 men
and $10,000,000 for the war 13 May, «
Treaty with Great Britain signed, establishing the
boundaries west of the Rocky mountains on the 49th
parallel of N. lat., and thus settling the " Oregon
difficulty " 15 June, "
[The U.S. claimed the whole territory to 54° 40'
N. lat. by the right of discovery and entrance of the
. Columbia river by capt. Grey in 1792, which river
and its tributaries water all that region.]
Com. John D. Sloat, of the Pacific squadron, occupies
Monterey, Cal., and proclaims the countrv annexed
to the U. S 1 . .6 July, «
Congress re-cedes to Virginia the southern part of the
Disa-RiCT OF Columbia 9 July, "
Collection district of Chicago established; Chicago
made a port of entry 16 July, "
TarifiF of 1842 repealed, and a revenue tariff passed (in
the Senate by the casting vote of vice-pres. George
M. Dallas) approved 30 July, "
" Warehouse system " established by Congress. . 6 Aug. "
Independent Treasury system re-enacted " "
Wisconsin authorized to form a constitution and state
government 6 Aug. "
Bill with the " Wilmot proviso " attached passes the
House by 85 to 79 (no vote in the Senate). .8 Aug. '•
Act establishing the Smithsonian Institution ap-
proved 10 Aug. "
First Session adjourns " «
Brig.-gen. Kearny takes peaceable possession of Santa
VQ- 18 Aug. «
Gen. Zachary Taylor captures Monterey, Mexico, after
a three days' battle or siege 24 Sept. "
Second Session assembles 7 Dec. "
Iowa admitted as the 29th state 28 Dec. "
Battle of San Gabriel, California, fought. . . .8 Jan. 1847
Congress authorizes 10 additional regiments for the
regular army 11 Feb. "
Battle of Buena Vista 22-23 Feb. "
Battle of Sacramento 28 Feb. "
Congress resolves to light with gas the Capitol and
Capitol grounds 3 Mch. "
Twenty-ninth Congress adjourns " "
Gen. Scott lands at Vera Cruz, Mexico, with 13,000
men 9 Mch. "
Vera Cruz surrenders after a bombardment of 9 days,
29 Mch. "
Army moves from Vera Cruz towards the city of Mex-
ico under gen. Twiggs 8 Apr. "
Battle of Ckrro Gordo fought 18 Apr. "
Army enters Puebla 15 Ma)', "
Pres. Polk visits the eastern states as far as Augusta,
Me., and returns to Washington 7 July, "
Battles of Contreras and Churubusco 20 Aug. "
Armistice granted the Mexicans by gen. Scott,
from 21 Aug. to 7 Sept. "
Salt Lake City founded by the Mormons "
Battle of El Molino del Rey (" The King's Mill "),
8 Sept.
Fortress of Chapultepec carried by storm, and the
city of Mexico occupied by the U. S. troops . 13 Sept.
Gen. Zachary Taylor returns to the U. S Nov.
Spi-ingfield Republican appears at Springfield, Mass.,
Samuel Bowles publisher '
Thirtieth Congress, First Session, assembles 6 Dec. '
Speaker of the House, Robert C. Winthrop, Mass.
By resolution Congress authorizes the erection on pub-
lic grounds in Washington of a monument to George
Washington 31 Jan. li
Treaty of peace, friendship, limits, claims, etc., between
the U. S. and Mexico signed at Guadalupe Hidalgo,
2 Feb. '
[Ratified 19 May, and proclaimed b}' pres. Polk,
4 July. The U. S. stipulated to pay $ 1*5,000,000 for
New Mexico and California, and assume debts due
citizens of the U. S. from Mexico of #3,500,000.]
John Quincy Adams, 6th president, dies at Washing-
ton, aged 81 23 Feb. '
[He was in his seat in the House when stricken
with apoplexy, 21 Feb. J
John Jacob Astor dies in New York, aged 85, 29 Mch. '
Congress authorizes a loan of $16,000,000 31 Mch. '
By resolution Congress tenders the congratulations of
the people of the U. S. to the French people on be-
coming a republic 13 Apr. '
Democratic National convention at Baltimore nomi-
nates upon the 4th ballot, under the two-third rule,
Lewis Cass of Mich, for president, and William 0.
Butler of Ky. for vice-president 22-26 May. *
Wisconsin admitted as the 30th state bv act approved,
29 May. '
Congress appropriates $25,000 to buy the unpublished
papers of James Madison 31 May, *
Whig National convention at Independence hall,
Philadelphia, on the 4th ballot nominates maj.-gen.
Zachary Taylor of La. for president ; Millard Fill-
more of N. Y. for vice-president 7-8 June, *
Corner-stone of the Washington monument laid at
Washington, D. C 4 July, *
[Robert C. Winthrop of Mass., speaker of the
House, delivered the address. Washington mon-
ument.]
Free-soil National convention at Buffalo, N. Y., nom-
inates Martin Van Buren of N. Y. for president, and
Charles Francis Adams of Mass. for vice-president,
9-10 Aug. ''
So much of the Cumberland road as lies in Indiana
is surrendered to that state by act approved,
11 Aug. "
Territorial government established in Oregon by act
approved 14 Aug. "
First Session adjourns " "
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Sixteenth presidential election 7 Nov. 1848
[Candidates: Democrats, Lewis Cass, Mich., for
president ; William O. Butler, Ky., for vice-pres-
ident. Whigs, Zachary Taylor, La., for president;
Millard Fillmore, N. Y., for vice-president. Free-
soilers, Martin Van Buren, N. Y., for president;
Charles Francis Adams, Mass., for vice-president.]
Second Session assembles 4 Dec. "
First gold from California (1804.59 ounces troy, aver-
age value per ounce, f 18.05|) deposited at the U. S.
mint by David Carter 8 Dec. "
Postal treaty with Great Britain 15 Dec "
Electoral votes counted 14 Feb. 1849
[For president, Taylor, 163 ; Cass, 127. For vice-
president, Fillmore, 163; Butler, 127. Free-soilers,
popular vote, 291,263.]
Act granting swamp-lands to the state of Louisiana,
approved (see Mch. 1857) 2 Mch. "
Territorial government of Minnesota established by
act approved 3 Mch. "
Coinage of the gold dollar and double-eagle authorized,
3 Mch. "
Department of Interior created by act approved . " "
Work of census office, previously under secretary of
state, transferred to the Interior by act of. ..3 Mch. "
Thirtieth Congress adiourns " "
Sixteenth Administration— Whig. 5 Mch. 1849, to ''•
Mch. 1853.
Zachary Taylor, La., president.
Millard Fillmore, N. Y., vice-president.
CABINET.
John M. Clayton, Del., sec. of state, from 7 Mch. 1849.
William M. Meredith, Pa., sec. of treas., from 7 Mch. 1849.
George W. Crawford, Ga., sec. of war, from 7 Mch. 1849.
William B. Preston, Va., sec. of navy, from 7 Mch. 1849.
Thomas Ewing, O., sec. of interior, from 7 Mch. 1849.
Jacob Collame?; Vt., postmaster-gen., from 7 Mch. 1849.
Reverdy Johnson,'M.d., attorney-gen., from 7 Mch. 1849.
Gen. William J. Worth, U. S. A., dies at San Antonio,
Tex., aged 55 , . . . 7 May, 1849
Gen. Edmund P. Gaines dies at New Orleans, aged 72,
6 June, "
James K. Polk, Uth president, dies at Nashville, Tenn.,
aged 54 15 June. "
Pres. Taylor issues a proclamation against filibustering
expeditions to Cuba under Lopez (F'ilibusters),
11 Aug. «
Albert Gallatin, distinguished statesman, dies at Asto-
ria, L. 1 12 Aug. "
Thirty-first Congress, First Session, assembles. .3 Dec. "
Senate strongly Democratic, and in the House the
Free-soilers hold the balance of power between the
Democrats and Whigs. After 63 ballots for speak-
er, 22 Dec, Howell Cobb of Ga. chosen by a plu-
rality of 102 to 99 for Robert C. Winthrop of Mass.
Organization of the House not completed until
11 Jan. 1850
[This Senate was illustrious for talent, including
Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Benton, King of Ala., Davis
and Foote of Miss., Hamlin of Me., Cass of Mich.,
Seward and Dickinson of N. Y., Chase and Corwin
of O., Douglas of 111., Fremont of Cal., Soule of La.,
Hale of N. H., Mangum of N. C, Hunter and Mason
of Va., and Bell of Tenn., besides others of note.]
Henry Clay introduces 6 resolutions as a basis for com-
promise of the slavery controversy 29 Jan. "
[These resolutions related to (1) admission of Cal-
ifornia as a free state ; (2) territorial governments
for Utah and New Mexico without conditions as to
slavery; (3) boundaries of Texas; (4) payment of
Texas debt ; (5) suppression of the slave-trade in
the District of Columbia; (6) fugitive-slave laws.]
Clay advocates his resolutions in the Senate . .5-6 Feb. "
Resolution of Congress for purchasing the manuscript
of Washington's " Farewell Address" 12 Feb. "
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Abolitionists attacked by Daniel Webster in debating
the Compromise bill 7 Mch. 1850
[This speech much weakened Webster's influence
at the north.]
John C. Calhoun, statesman and member of the Senate,
dies at Washington, aged 68 31 Mch. "
Bulwer-CIayton treaty with Great Britain, for a joint
occupancy of the proposed ship-canal through Cen-
tral America, signed 19 Apr. "
After a debate of over 2 months, Clay's Compromise
resolutions are referred to a committee of 13, with
Clay as chairman 19 Apr. "
[Committee consisted of 6 Democrats and 7 Whigs. ]
Collins line of steamers between Great Britain and the
U. S. goes into operation 27 Apr. "
Committee on the Compromise resolutions submits an
elaborate series of bills embodying the substance of
the resolutions of Jan. 29 8 May, "
[These several bills are known as the Compromise
or " Omnibus " bill, the last passed 20 Sept.]
Narcisso Lopez, a South American adventurer, makes
a filibustering expedition to Cuba from New Orleans
in the steamer Creole, and lands at Cardenas 19 May,
with about 600 men ; is repulsed and retires to the
steamer with a loss of 30 killed and wounded ; is
pursued by the Spanish war-steamer Pizarro to
Key West, where he escapes (Filibusters),
21 May, «
Advance, 140 tons, and Rescue, 90 tons, equipped by
Henry Grinnell of New York to search for sir John
Franklin, sail from New York city, under lieut. E.
J. De Haven, with dr. Elisha Kent Kane as sur-
geon 23 May, •'
Pres. Taylor dies at Washington, aged 66 9 July, "
Vice-pres. Fillmore takes the oath of office as presi-
dent 10 July, «
Wm. R. King of Ala. president pro tern, of the Senate, •
11 July, «
PRES. Fillmore's cabinet.
Daniel Webster, Mass., sec. of state, from 20 July, 1850.
Edward Everett, Mass., sec. of state, from 9 Dec. 1852.
Thomas Corwin, O., sec. of treas., from 20 Juh', 1850.
Charles M. Conrad, Va., sec. of war, from 20 Jul}', 1850.
Wm. A. Graham, N. C, sec. of navy, from 20 July, 1850.
John P. Kennedy, Md., sec. of navy, from 22 July, 1852.
James A, Pearce, Md., sec. of interior, from 20 July, 1850.
Alex. H. H. Stuart, Va,, sec. of interior, from 12 Sept. 1850.
N. K. Hall, N. Y., postmaster-gen., from 20 July, 1850.
Samuel D. Iiubbard,Coim., postmaster-gen., from 31 Aug. 1852.
John J. Crittenden, Ky., attorney-gen., from 20 July, 1850.
Treaty between the U. S. and the Hawaiian or Sand-
wich islands, signed 20 Dec. 1849 ; ratified, 24 Aug. 1850
Territory of Utah created, and territorial government
established (Utah) 9 Sept. "
Territorial government established in New Mexico,
9 Sept. "
[The act provided that the territory or any portion
of it should be received into the Union with or with-
out slavery, as its constitution might prescribe at the
time of its admission.]
California admitted as the 31st state, her constitu-
tion excluding slavery 9 Sept. ".
Northern and western boundaries of Texas established.
Texas cedes all claim to territory beyond this boun-
dary, and relinquishes all claim for debt, compensa-
tion, or indemnity for the surrender of all U. S.
property; $10,000,000 to be paid by the U. S. gov-
ernment in stocks bearing b% interest, and redeem-
able at the end of 14 years 9 Sept. "
Jennv Lind gives her first concert at Castle Garden, New
York . 12 Sept. "
Amendments of great stringency to the Fugitive Slave
laws of Feb. 12, 1793, pass the' House by 109 to 75, 12
Sept. 1850 ; approved 18 Sept. "
Slave-trade suppressed from 1 Jan. 1851, in the District
of Columbia, by act approved . .20 Sept. "
Flogging abolished in the na\'y' and on vessels of com-
merce by act approved 28 Sept. "
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Act grantiug swamp-lands to Arkansas and other states,
approved (see 3 Mch. 1857) 28 Sept. 1850
First Session (302 days) adjourns 30 Sept. "
[This session the longest np to this tinne.]
City council of Chicago passes a resolution nullifying
the Fugitive Slave law, and releasing the police from
obedience to it 22 Oct. "
[They subsequently reconsidered it.]
Second Session assembles 2 Dec. "
British consul at Charleston, S. C, in a communication
to the governor, calls attention to the state law under
wltich a class (negroes) of her majesty's subjects, en-
tering the ports of South Carolina on the guarantee
of a national treaty, in trading vessels or in distress,
are taken from the protection of the British flag and
imprisoned, and hopes that the state will abrogate
such portion of the law as applies to British subjects
(see this record, 5 Dec. 1844, and Massachusetts,
1844) 14 Dec. "
John James Audubon, distinguished ornithologist, dies
near New York city, aged 71 27 Jan. 1851
Pres. Fillmore issues a proclamation relative to the
rescue of Shadrach, a negro, at Boston, Mass., who
had been arrested as a fugitive slave, 15 Feb. 1851,
calling on all officers and citizens to aid in recaptur-
ing him, and commanding the arrest of all persons
aiding in his escape (Massachusetts) ... .18 Feb. "
Letter postage reduced to 3 cents for 3000 miles or less,
if prepaid, and 5 cents if not ; over 3000 miles double
rate. Coinage of 3-cent piece authorized . . .3 Mch. "
Congress authorizes the president to employ a public
vessel, then cruising in the Mediterranean, to convey
to the U. 8. Louis Kossuth and his associates in cap-
tivity, if they wish to emigrate to the U. S., and if
the Shltan of Turkey will consent 3 Mch. "
Thirty-first Congress adjourns " "
« [At this time it was decided that Congress ex-
pires at noon on the 4th day of March.]
Com. James Barron dies at Norfolk,Va., aged 83, 21 Apr. "
Pres. Fillmore issues a proclamation against the pro-
moters of a second expedition against Cuba, and the
ship Cleopatra, with military supplies for that island,
is seized 25 Apr. "
First train on the Erie railway. New York to Dunkirk,
28, 29 Apr. «
Extension of the U. S. Capitol ; corner-stone laid by the
president; oration by Daniel Webster 4 July, "
[Extensions finished Nov. 1867.]
Gen. Lopez's second expedition against Cuba (FiLi-
BusrERs) 3 Aug. "
Louis Kossuth and suite received on the U. S. war
steamer Mississippi at the Dardanelles. . . .10 Sept. "
James Fenimore Cooper, author, dies at Cooperstown,
N. Y., aged 62 14 Sept. "
Hudson River railroad opened from New York to
Albany 8 Oct. ««
Kossuth leaves ih^ Mississippi at Gibraltar and embarks
on the Madrid, an English passenger steamer, for
Southampton, Engl 15 Oct. "
Pres. Fillmore issues a proclamation forbidding mili-
tary expeditions into Mexico 22 Oct. "
Grinnell expedition, sent out in search of sir John
Franklin, May, 1850, returns to New York Oct. "
Thirty-second Congress, First Session, assembles, 1 Dec. "
Speaker of the House, Linn Boyd of Ky.
Kossuth arrives at New York from England. ... 5 Dec. "
[He was received with enthusiasm.]
Resolution of welcome to Louis Kossuth by Congress
approved 15 Dec. "
Henry Clay resigns his seat in the Senate (to take
effect Sept. 1852) 17 Dec. «
A fire in the library of Congress destroys 35,000 of its
55,000 volumes. 24 Dec. "
Kossuth arrives at Washington, D. C, on the invita-
tion of Congress 30 Dec. "
A memorial presented to the Senate from citizens of
the U. S. (about 160 in number), captured by the
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Spanish government in Cuba while engaged in the
expedition of Lopez, sent to Spain as prisoners, and
there liberated by queen Isabella IL, asking Congress
. for transportation to the U. S 7 Jan. 1862
Congress appropriates $6000 to return them to the U.S.,
10 Feb. '«
Congress appropriates $72,500 for the repair of the Con-
gressional library 19 Mch. "
Democratic National convention held at Baltimore, the
two-third rule governing 1 June, "
[Four principal candidates for the presidency at
this convention were gen. Lewis Cass, Mich., James
Buchanan, Pa., ex-gov. William L. Marcy, N. Y., and
Stephen A. Douglas, III. On the 35111 ballot the
name of Franklin Pierce of N. H. was first presented
and received 15 votes, and on the 49th ballot he was
nominated, receiving 282 votes. William R. King
of Ala. nominated for vice-president.]
Whig National presidential convention meets at Balti-
more 16 June, «
[Candidates for the presidency were Millard Fill-
more, N. Y., gen. Winfield Scott, Va., and Daniel
Webster, Mass. On the first ballot Fillmore had 133
votes, Scott 131, and Webster 29 ; these proportions
were maintained very steadily until the 53d ballot,
when gen. Scott received 159 votes to 1 12 for Fillmore
and 21 for Webster. William A. (Iraham, N. C,
was on the 2d ballot nominated for vice-president. ]
Henry Clay dies at Washington, D.C.,aged 75.29 June, "
Branch of the U. S. mint established at San Francisco,
Cal 3 July, "
Free-soil convention at Pittsburg, Pa 11 Aug. "
[Named John P. Hale, N. H., for president, and .
George W. Julian, Ind., for vice-president.]
Fi7-st Session adjourns (after a session of 275 days), 31 Aug. "
Daniel Webster dies at Marshfield, Mass., aged 70. 24 Oct. "
Seventeenth presidential election takes place. . .2 Nov. "
[Candidates: Democrats, Franklin Pierce, N. H.,
for president ; William R. King, Ala., for vice-presi-
dent. Whigs, gen. Winfield Scott,Va., for president ;
William A. Graham, N. C, for vice-president. Free-
soilers, John P. Hale,N. H., for president; George W.
Julian, Ind., for vice-president.]
Second Session assembles 6 Dec. "
William R. King, Ala., president pro tern, of the Senate,
resigns, and David R. Atchison, Mo., chosen, . 20 Dec. "
Caloric ship Ericsson makes a trial trip from New York
to the Potomac 11 Jan. 1863
Congress transfers all that portion of the Cumberland
road which lies between Springfield, O., and the
western boundary of that state to Ohio, by act ap-
proved 20 Jan. "
Electoral vote counted 9 Feb. "
[For president. Pierce, 254; Scott, 42; for vice-
president. King, 254; Graham, 42. Free - sellers,
pop. vote, 156,149.]
Coinage of $3 gold-pieces authorized, and the weight
of the half-dollar fixed at 192 gr., and the quarter-
dollar, the dime, and half-dime at proportionate
amounts, by act approved (Com) 21 Feb. "
Territory of Washington formed by act approved, 2 Mch, "
Further purchase of ailanthus- trees for the public
grounds forbidden by Congress (Floavers and
Plants) *. 3 Mch. "
Congress authorizes a survey for a railway from the
Mississippi to the Pacific » 3 Mch. "
Thirty-second Congress adjourns " "
Seventeenth Administration — Democratic. 4 Mch.
1853 to 3 Mch. 1857.
Franklin Pierce, N. H., president.
William It. King, Ala., vice-president.
Oath of office is administered to the vice-president
elect by U, S. consul Sharkey, at Cumbre, near Ma-
tanzas, on the island of Cuba 24 Mch. 1853
[A special act of Congress authorized Mr. Shar-
key to do this,]
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William L. Mara/, N. Y,, sec. of state, from 5 Mch. 1853.
James Guthrie, Ky., sec. of treas., from 5 Mch. 1853.
Jefferson Davis, Miss., sec. of war, from 5 Mch. 1853.
James C. Dobbin, N. C, sec. of navy, from 5 Mch. 1853.
Robert McClellan, Mich., sec. of interior, from 6 Mch. 1853.
James Campbell, Pa., postmaster-gen., from 5 Mch. 1853.
Caleb Cushing, Mass., attorney-gen., from 5 Mch. 1853.
Wm. R. King, 13th vice-president of the U. S., dies at
Cahawba, Ala., aged 67 18 Apr. 1853
Kane sails from New York in the brig Advance, under
the auspices of the U. S. navy, in search of sir John
Franklin 30 May, «
[Reached 78° 43' N. in 1855. See this record,
1855.]
KoszTA AFFAIR, at Smyrna, Turkey 21 June, "
Com. M. C. Perry, a brother of Oliver Hazard Perry,
with a fleet of 7 vessels, proceeds to Japan with a
letter from pres. Fillmore to the t3'coon, soliciting
a treaty. Com. Perry arrives at the bay of Yedo
(Japan, and this record, 1854) 14 July, "
World's Fair, Crystal palace, opening at New York
city ; pres. Pierce present 14 July, "
William Walker's filibustering exfjedition to Sonora,
Mexico (Filibusters) July, "
Thirty-third Congress. First Session, assembles. .5 Dec. "
David R. Atchison, president p7'o tern, of the Senate,
and acting vice-president of the U. S. in place of
Wm. R. King, deceased ; Linn Boyd of Ky. speaker
of the House.
James Gadsden of S. C, minister to Mexico, by treaty
purchases her territory south of the Gila river, now
known as the " Gadsden purchase," and included in
Arizona, containing 45,535 sq. miles, for $10,000,000.
Treaty and purchase approved 30 Dec. "
Stephen A. Douglas of 111. introduces a bill in the Sen-
ate, organizing the territory of Nebraska. . . .4 Jan. 1854
A. Dixon of ^3'. gives notice of an amendment ex-
empting the territory from the Missouri compro-
mise prohibiting slavery 16 Jan. "
Proclamation of pres. Pierce against the invasion of
Mexico (called out bj' Walker's expedition into
Sonora and Lower California. Filibusters), 18 Jan. "
Sen. Douglas of 111. reports a bill creating 2 territories,
Kansas and Nebraska, of the same territory as the
former Nebraska bill, with a section virtually repeal-
ing the Compromise of 1820 23 Jan. "
U. S. steamer Black Warrior seized by the Cuban
authorities at Havana 28 Feb. "
Kansas-Nebraska bill passes the Senate,37 to 14 .3 Mch. "
First treaty between the U. S.and Japan, of peace, am-
ity, and commerce, concluded and signed at Kana-
waga, Japan 31 Mch. "
[Two ports of entry opened to the U. S., Hako-
dadi and Simoda.]
Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society organized by Eli
Thayer, and incorporated (to aid emigration to
Kansas) 20 Apr. "
Kansas-Nebraska bill taken up in the House. .8 Ma}', "
Bill passes the House as an original measure, bv 112
to 99 24 May, "
It passes the Senate, 35 to 13, and approved. .30 May, "
[The Missouri Compromise measures of 1820 re-
pealed by sec. 14 of this act.]
Pres. Pierce issues a proclamation against the invasion
of Cuba 31 May, "
Anthony Burns, arrested as a slave at Boston, Mass.,
is taken by the revenue cutter Morris, by order of
pres. Pierce, conveyed to Norfolk, Va., and delivered
to his alleged master,a Mr.Suttle (Massachusetts),
2 June, "
Treaty with Great Britain, reciprocity'; the fishery dif-
ficulty settled 5 June, "
George N. HoUins, commander of the ship Cyane, bom-
bards and destroys the small town of Greytown on
the Mosquito coast. Central America 13 June, "
[This was an attempt to obtain redress for a per-
sonal insult to one of the officers of the government,
and to enforce a claim of $24,000 indemnity.]
Merrimac, a new steam war - frigate, launched at the
Charleston navy-yard .14 June, 1854
[This was one of the vessels seized by the con-
federates at the Norfolk navy-yard, Apr. 1861.]
Medal presented to capt. Ingraham, U. S. N., by a reso-
lution of Congress, as a testimonial of the high sense
entertained of his gallant and judicious conduct on
2 July, 1853, in rescuing Martin Koszta from ille-
gal seizure and imprisonment on board the Austrian
brig Huzzar, approved (Koszta afb'Air) . . .4 Aug. "
[Ingraham resigned in 1861 and joined the Con-
federate navy ; d. in Charleston, S. C, 16 Oct. 1891,
aged 89.]
First Session adjourns 7 Aug. "
OsTEND manifesto issued 18 Oct. "
Andrew H. Reeder of Pa. appointed governor of Kan-
sas by pres. Pierce (Kansas) '♦
Second Session assembles 4 Dec. "
Jesse D. Bright of Ind. elected president pro tern, of
the Senate 6 Dec. "
Congress assents to the cession by Massachusetts to
New York of "Boston Corner," the southwesterly
corner of Berkshire county, approved 3 Jan. 1855
Annexation of the Sai^dwich islands discussed in Con-
gress (strongly opposed by England) Jan. "
Panama railroad completed; first train from ocean to
ocean 28 Jan. "
Rights of citizenship secured to children of citizens
born in foreign territory by an act approved . 10 Feb. •'
Grade of lieutenant-general by brevet revived by a
resolution approved 15 Feb. "
[This rank was immediately conferred upon maj.-
gen. Winfield Scott.]
Right of way granted to Hiram O. Alden and James
Eddy for a line of telegraph from the Mississippi
river to the Pacific by an act approved. . . .17 Feb. "
Thirty-third Congress adjourns 3 Mch. "
Gov. Reeder of Kan. removed by pres. Pierce ; Wilson
Shannon of O. appointed in his place. .... .28 July, "
William Walker lands in Nicaragua with 160 men,
3 Sept. "
Col. Henry L. Kinney made civil and military gov-
ernor of Greytown, Nicaragua, by citizens,
12 Sept. "
Expedition in search of dr. Kane, under lieut. Hart-
stene, U. S. N., finds at the isle of Disco, Greenland,
Kane and his companions, who had left the ship in
the ice, 17 May, and reached Disco 8 Aug.,
13 Sept. «
This expedition returns to New York city 11 Oct. "
Thirty-fourth Congress, First Session, assembles .3 Dec. "
After a contest of 9 weeks, on the 133d ballot, Nathaniel
P. Banks of Mass. is elected (2 Feb. 1856) speaker
by a plurality of 3 votes over William Aiken of S. C.
[" It was a distinctive victory of the free states
, over the consolidated power of the slave states. It
marked an epoch." — Blaine's " Twenty Years of
Congress," vol. i. p. 122. This session was the storm-
iest ever held.]
Proclamation of pres. Pierce against the invasion of
Nicaragua 8 Dec. "
Pres. Pierce, in special message, recognizes the pro-
slavery legislature of the territory of Kansas, and
calls the attempt to establish a free-state govern-
ment an act of rebellion (Kansas) 24 Jan. 1856
Pres. Pierce by proclamation warns all persons against
unlawful combinations against the constituted au-
thorities of Kansas 11 Feb. "
American National convention at Philadelphia, Pa., on
the 1st formal ballot nominates Millard Fillmore of
N. Y. for president, and Andrew J. Donelson of Tenn.
for vice-president 22 Feb. "
Capture and sack of Lawrence, Kan., by the pro-slavery
party (Kansas) 21 May, "
Charles Sumner of Mass. beaten down in the Senate
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chamber by Preston S. Brooks, of S. C, because of
his speech," The Crime against Kansas". .22 May, 1866
[Brooks accompanied by L. M. Keitt of S.C.]
House committee recommends the expulsion of Brooks
and censure of Keitt, but the resohition fails, 121 to
95 (two-thirds required); Brooks and Keitt resign,
2 June, «
Democratic National convention meets at Cincinnati,
O 3 June, "
[James Buchanan of Pa. nominated for president
on the 17th ballot, and John C. Breckinridge of K}'.
for vice-president. Franklin Pierce and Stephen A.
Douglas were also candidates for the presidency, but
were withdrawn on the 15th and 16th ballots.]
First Republican National convention held at Phila-
delphia 17 June, "
[On the Ist formal ballot John Charles Fremont
of Cal. was nominated for president, 329 votes to 37
for McLean of O., and 1 for W. H. Seward ; Wm. L.
Dayton of N, J. was nominated for vice-president.]
John W. Geary of Pa. appointed governor of Kansas
in place of Shannon 1 July, "
Committee appointed by the House, 19 Mch. 1856, con-
sisting of John Sherman of O., Wm. A. Howard of
Mich., and M. Oliver of Mo., to inquire into the
Kansas troubles, reports : (1) that the election held
by the free-state party was not illegal ; (2) that the
elections under the alleged territorial laws were car-
ried by invaders from Missouri ; (3) that the alleged
territorial legislature was illegal ; (4) that its acts
were intended for unlawful ends; (6) that neither
of the delegates to Congress was entitled to a seat;
(6) that no election could be held without a new
census, a stringent election law, impartial judges of
election, and U. S. troops at every polling place ; (7)
that the constitution framed by the convention em-
bodies the will of the majority of the people,
IJuly, "
[Mr. Oliver of Mo. made a minority report.]
Grand-jury at Washington indicts Preston S. Brooks
for assault and battery upon Charles Sumner, 22
June ; on trial Brooks admits the facts, and is fined
$300 8 July, "
Preston S. Brooks challenges to a duel Anson Bur-
lingame, member from Mass. Mr. Burlingame in
reply agrees to meet him at the Clifton house, Niag-
ara Falls, on 26 July at noon, when differences be-
tween them can be adjusted. Burlingame leaves
Washington for the rendezvous ; Brooks declines to
pursue the matter further 21 July, "
Preston S. Brooks and L. M. Keitt are returned to Con-
gress from South Carolina 28 July, "
First Session adjourns 18 Aug. "
Army appropriation bill failing to pass, owing to a
proviso that the army be not used to aid the pro-
slavery legislature of Kansas, an extra session of
Congress is called for 21 Aug 19 Aug. "
Second Session (extra) convenes 21 Aug. "
Governor of ELansas proclaims the territory in insur- ,
rection 25 Aug. "
Army appropriation bill passes without the proviso,
30 Aug. "
Second Session (10 days) adjourns " "
[The shortest session of any Congress. ]
Whig National convention meets at Baltimore, 17 Sept. "
[It adopted the nominees of the American party
for president, Fillmore and Donelson. Last appear-
ance of the Whig party in politics.]
Eighteenth presidential election held 4 Nov. "
Third Session convenes 1 Dec. "
Dispersion of the Free - state legislature at Topeka,
Kan., by federal troops 6 Jan. 1857
Electoral votes counted 11 Feb. '•
[Democrats, James Buchanan, Pa., for president,
174; John C. Breckinridge, Kj'., for vice-president,
174. Republicans, John C. Fremont, Cal., for presi-
dent, 114 ; Wm. L. Dayton, N. J., for vice-president,
114. Americans, Millard Fillmore, N. Y., for presi-
dent, 8 ; Andrew J. Donelson, Tenn., for vice-presi-
dent, 8.]
Death of Elisha Kent Kane (arctic explorer), at Ha-
vana, Cuba, aged 35 16 Feb. 1857
Act to confirm to the several states the swamp and
overflowed lands selected under act of 2 Mch. 1849,
which granted to the state of Louisiana all such lands
found unfit for cultivation, and under act of 28 Sept.
1850, which made similar grants to Arkansas and
other states; approved 3 Mch. "
[Excepted California, Michigan, Minnesota, and
Wisconsin, these lands have been selected by agents
of the state, who furnish to the U. S. proofs of their
unfitness for cultivation, etc. It was estimated in
1849-50 from government surveys that the total area
of swamp-lands would not exceed 21,000,000 acres.
But these acts and grants have led to complaints of
fraud and deceit. Millions of acres have been listed
as swamp-land which are now held for further inves-
tigation. The area claimed by the states under the
various acts amounts to over 80,000,000 acres to 30
June, 1891, of which 58,000,000 acres have been pat-
ented to the states. Of the principal states claiming
such lands under the several acts, Alabama, Arkansas,
California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana,
Michigan, Miiniesota, Mississippi, Misouri, Ohio,
Oregon, and Wisconsin, Florida has received the
most, 22,500,000 acres, and Ohio the least, 1 17,000
acres. — Report of the sec. of the interior, 1891.]
Act passed materially reducing duties 3 Mch. "
Thirty-fourth Congress adjourns " "
Eighteenth Administration— Democratic. 4 Mch. 1857
to 3 Mch. 1861.
James Buchanan, Pa., president.
John C. Breekinrhige, Ky., vice-president.
CABINET.
Lewis Cass, Mich., sec. of state, from 6 Mch. 1857.
Jeremiah S. Black, Pa., sec. of state, from 17 t)ec. 1860.
Howell Cobb, Ga., sec. of treas., from 6 Mch. 1857.
PhUip F. Thomas, Md., sec. of treas., from 12 Dec. 1860.
John A . Dix, N. Y., sec. of treas., from 11 Jan. 1861.
John B. Floyd, Va., sec. of war, from 6 Mch. 1857.
Joseph Holt, Ky., sec. of war, from 18 Jan. 1861.
Isaac Toucey, Conn., sec. of navy, from 6 Mch. 1857.
Jacob Thompson, Miss., sec. of interior, from 6 Mch. 1857.
[Resigned 8 Jan. 1861 ; no one appointed in his place.]
Aaron V. Brown, Tenn., postmaster-gen., from 6 Mch. 1857.
Joseph Holt, Ky., postmaster-gen., from 14 Mch. 1859.
Horatio King, Me., postmaster-gen,, from 12 Feb. 1861.
Jeremiah S. Black, Pa., attornej'-gen., from 6 Mch. 1857.
Edwin M. Stanton, O., attorney-gen., from 20 Dec. 1860.
Chief-justice Taney, of the Supreme court, delivers his
decision in the Dred Scott case 6 Mch. 1857
Robert J. Walker of Miss, appointed governor of
Kansas in place of Geary of Pa., resigned Apr. "
Second treaty with Japan; the third port, Nagasaki,
opened to the U. S 17 June, "
Shore end of the Atlantic submarine telegraph cable
is fixed by the U. S, steam-frigate Niagara at Va-
lencia bay, Ireland 5 Aug. "
Cable breaks after paying out 335 miles 11 Aug. "
[It was abandoned until the next year,]
Brigham Young, governor of Utah, by proclamation
forbids any armed force coming into Salt Lake City,
and orders the troops in readiness to repel such in-
vasion and declares martial law 15 Sept. "
Mountain Meadow massacre (Utah, 1857-77), 18 Sept. "
Mormons attack the government trains and destroy
78 wagons 5 Oct. "
Great financial distress ; banks in New York city and
Boston suspend 13-14 Oct. "
Pres. Buchanan removes Brigham Young, and appoints
Alfred Gumming of the U. S. army as governor of
Utah '*
William Walker makes his third filibustering expedi-
tion to Nicaragua from New Orleans 11 Nov.
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Lands on the Nicaraguan coast with 400 men, 25 Nov.
Com. Paulding of the U. S. navy arrests Walker at
Greytown, Nicaragua, and he is taken to New York
as prisoner 3 Dec.
Thirty-fifth Congress, First Session, assembles. .7 Dec.
James L. Orr of S. C. elected speaker of the House.
[House, 131 Democrats, 92 Republicans, and 14
Americans. Senate, 39 Democrats, 20 Republicans,
5 Americans.]
Stephen A. Douglas of 111. in the Senate opposes forcing
the Lecompton constitution on Kansas. .... 9 Dec.
[He thus parted from the southern Democracy.]
Robert J. Walker, governor of Kansas, resigns, 15 Dec.
The House of Representatives met for the first time in
the new hall of representatives in the south wing
of the extension 16 Dec.
[By an act approved 2 July, 1864, the old hall of
representatives was set apart as a national statuary
hall, and each state invited to furnish in marble or
bronze statues of 2 of its most distinguished citizens.]
James H. Hammond of S. C. makes a " memorable
speech " in the Senate in reply to W. H. Seward,
4 Mch.
[This speech expressed the confidence of the South
in her ability to organize a government and defend
it, and in its bold stand for the perpetuation of
slavery. In this speech originated the terra " mud-
sills of society."]
Pres. Buchanan issues a proclamation respecting the
Mormon rebellion in Utah 6 Apr.
Thomas H. Benton dies at Washington, aged 76,
10 Apr.
An act to admit Kansas under the Lecompton consti-
tution 4 May,
Minnesota admitted as the 32d state 11 May,
Congress authorizes a loan of $20,000,000 ... 14 June,
First Session adjourns «
Second treaty with China of peace, amity, aiid com-
merce *. . .18 June,
Debates in the senatorial contest in Illinois between
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas during
June and July,
Remains of James Monroe, 5th president of the U. S.,
buried at New York, 1831, taken up and conveyed
to Virginia 2 July,
Street deposit boxes (iron) for letters for the mails first
used in Boston, Mass 2 Aug.
Lecompton constitution for Kansas rejected by the
people of Kansas, 11,088 to 1788 2 Aug.
Atlantic submarine telegraph completed 5 Aug.
First message from queen Victoria to pres. Buchanan,
16 Aug.
[After 23 days, 400 messages having been trans-
mitted, the cable lost its conducting power]
Seizure of the Echo, a slaver, with 318 slaves, by the
U. S. brig Dolphin, lieut. John H. MafRt command-
ing (South Carolina) 21 Aug.
Fifteen hundred U. S. troops leave fort Laramie for
the suppression of Mormon troubles in Utah . . Sept.
Crystal palace burned in New York 5 Oct.
First mail overland from San Francisco reaches St.
Louis, 24 days 18 hours in transit 9 Oct.
Donati's comet, first appearing in June, attains its
greatest brilliancy (Comets) 9 Oct.
Pres. Buchanan issues a proclamation respecting an
apprehended invasion of Nicaragua 30 Oct.
Paul Morphy of New Orleans becomes the champion
CHKSS-player of the world
Grand-jury of Columbia, S. C, refuses to indict the
crew of the slaver Echo 30 Nov.
Second Session assembles 6 Dec.
Senate leaves the old to occupy the new Senate cham-
ber in the north wing of the extension 4 Jan.
[Before leaving a memorial address was delivered
by vice-president Breckinridge reviewing the history
of the old chamber. Since Dec. 1860, it has been
occupied by the Supreme court of the U. S.]
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A bill presented in the Senate giving the president
$30,000,000 to purchase Cuba 24 Jan. 1859
William H. Prescott, author, dies at Boston, Mass.,
aged 63 28 Jan. "
Oregon admitted as the 33d state 14 Feb. "
Daniel E. Sickles, congressman from New York, kills
Philip Barton Key at Washington for adultery with
his wife ; 27 Feb. "
Thirty-fifth Congress adjourns 3 Mch. "
Trial of Daniel E. Sickles begun at Washington, D. C,
4 Apr. "
[It lasted 18 days and resulted in his acquittal.]
A rich gold mine opened in Colorado, on the north
fork of Clear creek, by John H. Gregory ... 10 May, '«
Unexampled frost throughout the northern U. S.,
night of 4 June, "
M. Blondin for the first time crosses the Niagara river
just below the falls on a tight-rope 30 June, "
San Juan islands occupied by gen. Harney, U. S. army
(though claimed by Great Britain as belonging to
Vancouver island) 9 July, "
Little John, a negro, arrested at Oberlin, O., as a slave,
and rescued at Wellington (Ohio) 13 Sept. "
Senator David C. Broderick of Cal., mortally wounded
in a duel with judge Terry near lake Merced, Cal,
13 Sept., d ^ 16 Sept. «
U. S. steamship Niagara sails from Charleston, S. C,
for Liberia, Africa, with the negroes taken from the
slaver Echo ; 271 are returned out of 318. . .20 Sept. «
Jefferson Davis addresses the Democratic State con-
vention of Mississippi in behalf of slavery and the
extension of slave territory Oct. "
Brown's insurrection at Harper's Ferry, W. Va.,
16-18 Oct. "
Gen. Winfield Scott is ordered to the Pacific coast in
view of the British claims to San Juan ; he arrives
at Portland, Or. 29 Oct. "
Washington Irving dies at Tarrytown, N. Y., aged 76,
28 Nov. «
John Brown (Brown's insurrection) hanged at
Charlestown, W. Va 2 Dec. "
Thirty-sixth Congress, First Session, assembles, .5 Dec. "
[Senate Democratic, House with no clear majority
for any party. John Sherman of O. was the Re-
publican candidate for speaker and Thomas S. Bocock
of Va. the Democratic. After 8 weeks' balloting Mr.
Sherman withdrew, and William Pennington of N. J.
was elected on the 44th ballot, 1 Feb. I860.]
Green, Copeland, Cook, and Coppoc, Harper's Ferry in-
surgents, hanged (Brown's insurrection), 16 Dec. "
Mr. Clark of Mo. introduces a resolution in the House
that no one who had approved Helper's "The Im-
pending Crisis" was fit to be speaker Dec. "
House adopts resolutions offered by John Covode of
Pa., for a committee to investigate the conduct of
the president 5 Mch. 1860
A. C. Stephens and Albert Hazlett hanged at Charles-
town, W. Va 16 Mch. "
[These were the last of the prisoners captured at
Harper's Ferry in the John Brown insurrection.]
National Democratic convention meets in Charleston,
S.C 23 Apr. "
After much discord the southern members secede,
and the convention, after 57 ballotings without nom-
inating, adjourns to meet at Baltimore 18 June,
3 May, "
" Constitutional Union " party holds a national conven-
tion in Baltimore 9 May, "
[John Bell of Tenn. and Samuel Houston of Texas
were the candidates for nomination ; on the 2d ballot
Bell received 138 votes and Houston 69. Edward
Everett of Mass. unanimously nominated for vice-
president.]
Morrill Tariff bill passes the House 10 Maj--, "
[It was protective, the duties being high and
specific; it passed the Senate after the southern
members withdrew ; approved 2 Mch. 1861.]
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Japanese embassy, numbering 72, of all grades, arrive
at Hampton Koads and reaches Washington,
14 May, 1860
National Republican courention meets at Chicago,
16 May, «
[All the free states were strongly represented, be-
sides delegates from Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,
Kentucky, Missouri, District of Columbia, and terri-
tories of Kansas and Nebraska. George Ashmun of
Mass. was chosen president ; convention decided that
a majority nominate; platform protested against the
indefinite extension of slavery in the territories, but
proposed no interference with it in the states. Bal-
loting began 18 May, with 465 delegates; necessary
to a choice, 233. Candidates were Abraham Lincoln
of 111., William H. Seward of N. Y., Simon Cam-
eron of Pa. (withdrew after the 1st ballot), Salmon
P. Chase of O., and Edward Bates of Mo. Mr. Sew-
ard received on the Ist ballot 173J votes ; 2d, 184 J ;
3d, 180 ; Mr. Lincoln, Ist ballot, 102 votes ; 2d, 181 ;
3d, 231 J; changes then made gave Mr. Lincoln 354
votes. Hannibal Hamlin of Me. was nominated for
vice-president on the 2d ballot.]
Southern seceders from the Charleston Democratic
convention meet at Richmond, Va., and adjourn to
await the decision of the Baltimore convention,
11 June, "
Seceders, with the rejected delegates, meet at Balti-
more 18 June, "
[Twenty-one states were represented by 105 del-
egates. John C. Breckinridge of Ky. was nomi-
nated for president and Joseph Lane of Or. for vice-
president, 23 June.]
National Democratic convention assembles at Balti-
more pursuant to adjournment 18 June, "
After some days of debate over credentials of delegates,
many delegates withdraw, and the chairman, Caleb
Cushing of Mass., resigns. David Tod of O. is chosen
chairman and balloting begins 22 June, "
[On the 2d ballot Stephen A. Douglas of 111. re-
ceived 181|^ votes. Benjamin Fitzpatrick of Ala.
was nominated for vice-president, but declined, and
the National committee nominated Herschel V.
Johnson of Ga.]
A loan of $21,000,000 authorized by Congress . 22 June, "
Homestead bill vetoed by the president " f'
[Senate fails to pass it over the veto by 3 votes.]
First Session adjourns 25 June, "
Steamship Grkat Eastern sails from England, 17
June, reaching New York in 1 1 davs, 2 hours,
28 June, «
Kansas elects a convention to draft a second constitu-
tion ; it meets 5 July, "
[Under this, the Wyandotte constitution, prohib-
iting slavery, Kansas was afterwards admitted.]
Lady Elgin, a steamer on lake Michigan, sunk by col-
lision with the schooner A ugusta, morning of 8 Sept. "
[Outof385 persons on board, 287 were lost. Wrecks.]
William Walker, Nicaraguan filibuster, captured and
shot at Truxillo, Nicaragua (Filibusters) . 12 Sept. "
Prince of Wales arrives at Detroit, Mich., from Canada,
21 Sept. «
After visiting Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Washing-
ton, Baltimore, Philadelpliia, New York, and Boston,
he embarks fur England from Portland, Me., 20 Oct. "
Nineteenth presidential election held 6 Nov. "
[Candidates and popular votes: Republicans,
Abraham Lincoln of 111., for president, and Hannibal
Hamlin of Me., for vice-president, 1,866,362 votes.
Democrats : Stephen A. Douglas of 111., for presi-
dent, and Herschel V. Johnson of Ga., for vice-pres-
ident, 1,375,157. Seceding Democrats : John C.
Breckinridge of Ky., for president, and Joseph Lane
of Or., for vice-president, 847,514. Constitutional
Union: John Bell of Tenn., for president, and Ed-
ward Everett of Mass., for vice-president, 587,830.]
Second Session assembles 3 Dec. "
President's message contends that the south has no
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legal right to secede, and the government no power
to prevent secession 4 Dec. 1860
A special committee of 33, one from each state, ap-
pointed by the House upon the condition of the
coimtry 4 Dec. "
[This committee submitted 5 propositions, 14 Jan.
1861; but one, that proposing a constitutional amend-
ment, ever reached the Senate.]
Howell Cobb of Ga., sec. of treasury, resigns . . 10 Dec. "
Lewis Cass of Mich., sec. of state, resigns because the
president refused to reinforce maj. Anderson at fort
Moultrie, S. C 14 Dec. •'
A loan of $10,000,000 authorized by Congress, 17 Dec. "
Senate appoints a committee of 13 upon the condition
of the country, and to report a plan on adjusting the
difficulty . . .' 18 Dec. "
[On 31 Dec. the chairman reported that the com-
mittee were unable to agree.]
John J. Crittenden of Ky. speaks for union in the Senate,
and offers resolutions for amending the Constitution,
18 Dec. «
[These resolutions, known as the Crittenden Com-
promise measure of 1860-61, proposed to restore the
compromise of 1820 and strengthen the Fugitive-
Slave law of 1850. They were rejected after a con-
tinued debate by 19 to 20, 2 Mch. 1861.]
State of South Carolina unanimously passes the ordi-
nance of secession (South Carolina) 20 Dec. "
Robert W. Barnwell, James H. Adams, and James L.
Orr, appointed commissioners by South Carolina, to
treat for the possession of U. S. property within the
limits of South Carolina 21 Dec. "
[On their arrival at Washington they addressed
a diplomatic letter to the president, 28 Dec. The
president replied, 30 Dec, but persistently refused to
receive them officially.]
Maj. Robert Anderson, in command at fort Moultrie,
Charleston harbor, S. C, abandons that fort and, with
its garrison, consisting of 7 officers, 61 non-commis-
sioned officers and privates, and 13 musicians, occu-
pies Fort Sumter night of 26 Dec. "
Ralph Farnham, last survivor of the battle of Bunker
Hill, dies at Acton, N. H., aged 104J 27 Dec. "
Castle Pinckney and fort Moultrie seized by South
Carolina state troops 27 Dec. "
U. S. arsenal, with 75,000 stands of arms, seized by
South Carolina state troops at Charleston . . .30 Dec. "
Edward D. Baker of Or. answers the plea of Judah
P. Benjamin of La. in the Senate for the right of
secession 2 Jan. 1861
Fort Pulaski, at the mouth of the Savannah river, Ga.,
seized by Georgia state troops 3 Jan. "
U. S. arsenal seized at Mt. Vernon, Ala., by the Ala-
bama state troops 4 Jan. "
Forts Morgan and Gaines, at the entrance of Mobile
bay, seized by the Alabama state troops 5 Jan. "
Fernando Wood, mayor of N. Y., recommends secession
to the common council 6 Jan. "
U. S. arsenal at Appaiachicola, Fla., seized by Florida
state troops 6 Jan. "
Fort Marion and fort St. Augustine, Fla., seized by
Florida state troops 7 Jan. "
Robert Toombs, senator from Ga., delivers his last
speech in the Senate 7 Jan. "
Star of the West, sent by the U. S. government to re-
inforce fort Sumter with 200 men under lieut. Chas.
R. Wood of the 9th infantry, is fired on from Morris
island and forced to retire 9 Jan. "
Ordinance of secession of Mississippi adopted in con-
vention, 84 to 15 9 Jan. "
Fort Johnston seized by citizens of Smithville, N. C,
9 Jan. "
Fort Caswell seized by citizens of Smithville and Wil-
mington, N. C 10 Jan. "
Ordinance of secession of Florida adopted in conven-
tion, 62 to 7 10 Jan. "
U. S. arsenal and barracks at Baton Rouge, La., seized
by Louisiana state troops 10 Jan. "
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Fort Jackson and fort Philips, below New Orleans,
seized by Louisiana state troops 11 Jan.
Ordinance of secession of Alabama adopted in conven-
tion, 61 to 39. 11 Jan.
Florida demands the surrender of fort Pickens, at the
entrance of Pensacola bay, Fla., with the garrison of
81 men, under lieut. Sleramer: refused 12 Jan.
Fort Taylor, Key West, garrisoned by U. S. troops,
14 Jan.
Ordinance of secession of Georgia adopted in conven-
tion, 208 to 89 19 Jan.
U. S. senators Clement C. Clay of Ala., Thomas L.
Clingman of N. C, Jeiferson Davis of Miss., Stephen
R. Mallory and David L. Yulee of Fla. withdraw
from the Senate with speeches of defiance. .21 Jan.
U. S. arsenal at Augusta, (ia., seized by Georgia troops,
24 Jan.
Ordinance of secession of Louisiana adopted in conven-
tion, 113 to 17 26 Jan.
Alfred Iverson of Ga. withdraws from the Senate in a
speech of defiance 28 Jan.
Kansas admitted as the 34th state 29 Jan.
Ordinance of secession of Texas adopted in convention,
166 to 7 1 Feb.
Peace conference held at Washington, D. C, at the re-
quest of the legislature of Virginia 4 Feb.
[21 states represented; ex-pres. Tyler chosen pres-
ident. It adjourned 27 Feb., after proposing amend-
ments to the Constitution, which were offered in the
Senate 2 Mch., and rejected by a vote of 3 to 34.]
U. S. senators Judah P. Benjamin and John Slidell of
La. withdraw from the Senate with speeches, 4 Feb.
Confederate congress meets at Montgomery, Ala . "
[6 states represented; 8 delegates from South
Carolina, 10 from Georgia, 9 from Alabama, 7 from
Mississippi, 5 from Louisiana, and 3 from Florida.
(Confederate States.)]
Choctaw nation adheres to the Confederate States,
7 Feb.
Congress authorizes a loan of $25,000,000 8 Feb.
U. S. arsenal seized at Little Rock, Ark., by the state
troops 8 Feb.
JeflFerson Davis of Miss, chosen president, and Alex. H.
Stephens of Ga. vice-president, by the Confederate
congress (Confederate States) 9 Feb.
Electoral vote counted 13 Feb.
[Lincoln for president and Hamlin for vice-presi-
dent, 180. Breckinridge for president and Lane for
vice-president, 72. Bell for president and Everett
for vice-president, 39. Douglas for president and
Johnson for vice-president, 12.]
U. S. arsenal and barracks seized at San Antonio by
the Texas state troops 16 Feb.
U. S. military posts in Texas surrendered to the state
by gen. Twiggs, U. S. A 18 Feb.
[The amount of U. S. stores surrendered estimated
at $1,300,000, of which $55,000 was specie ; 35,000
stands of arms and 70 pieces of artillery, besides
commissary and quartermaster's stores.]
Jefferson Davis inaugurated president of the Confed-
eracy (Confederate States) 18 Feb.
Territorial government established in Colorado,
28 Feb.
Gen. D. E. Twiggs dismissed from the army . . 1 Mch.
Territorial governments established in Dakota and
Nevada 2 Mch.
[No restrictions as to slavery in the acts estab-
lishing these governments.]
Gen. Winfield Scott, in a letter to Mr. Seward, submits
4 plans of dealing with the seceding states: (1) by
conciliation, as proposed by Mr. Crittenden or the
Peace convention; (2) collect duties on foreign
goods outside the ports of the seceding states and
blockade them ; (3) conquer the seceding states
(which will take 300,000 men) and hold them as
conquered provinces ; or (4) say to the seceding
states, " Wayward sisters, go in peace" 3 Mch.
Thirty-sixth Congress adjourns 4 Mch.
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to 3 Mch. 1865.
Abraham Lincoln, 111., president.
Hannibal Hamlin, Me., vice-president.
cabinet.
William H. Seward, N. Y., sec. of state, from 5 Mch. 1861.
Salmon P. Chase, O., sec. of treas., from 7 Mch. 1861.
Simon Cameron, Pa., sec. of war, from 5 Mch. 1861.
Edwin M. Stanton, O., sec. of war, from 15 Jan. 1862.
Gideon Welles, Conn,, sec. of navy, from 5 Mch. 1861.
Caleb B. Smith, Ind., sec. of interior, from 5 Mch. 1861.
John P. Usher, Ind., sec. of interior, from 8 Jan. 1863.
Montgomery Blair, Md., postmaster-gen., from 5 Mch. 1861.
William Dennison, O., postmaster-gen., from 24 Sept. 1864.
Edward Bates, Mo., attornej'-gen., from 5 Mch. 1861.
T. J. Coffey, ad int., attorney-gen., from 22 June, 1863.
James Speed, Ky., attorney-gen., from 2 Dec. 1864.
State of Louisiana seizes the bullion in the New Or-
leans mint, $536,000, for the Confederate govern-
ment (Coin, Confederate) 7 Mch. 1861
John Forsyth of Ala. and Martin J. Crawford of Ga.
present credentials as commissioners of the Confed-
erate States to the secretary of state 12 Mch. "
He declines official intercourse with them. . . .15 Mch. "
Gen. P. T. G. Beauregard summons fort Sumter to sur-
render : 11 Apr. "
Fire opened on fort Sumter on the morning of. . 12 Apr. "
[First gun fired by Edmund Ruffin, a Virginian,
75 years of age. He survived the war, in which he
lost all his property, but committed suicide soon
after. South Carolina.]
Fort Sumter surrenders on Sunday, 14 Apr. "
President by proclamation calls for 75,000 troops, and
convenes Congress for 4 July 15 Apr. "
Governor of North Carolina refuses to furnish quota of
militia (2 regiments) to the U. S 15 Apr. "
Forts Caswell and Johnston of North Carolina taken
possession of by state troops 16 Apr. "
Ordinance of secession of Virginia adopted in conven-
tion by 88 to 55 17 Apr. "
Governor of Missouri refuses to furnish quota of militia
(4 regiments) to the U. S 17 Apr. "
U. S. armory at Harper's Ferry, W.Va., abandoned and
burned by its garrison (Virginia) 18 Apr. '*
U. S. arsenal seized at Liberty, Mo., by state troops,
18 Apr.. «
Conflict between the Sixth Massachusetts and mob in
Baltimore, Md. (Maryland) 19 Apr. "
President proclaims the blockade of all ports of the
seceding states 19 Apr. "
Gen. Benj. F. Butler's command arrives at Annapolis,
Md 20 Apr. "
U. S. officers seized at San Antonio, Tex., as prisoners
of war 23 Apr. «
Governor of Arkansas refuses to furnish quota of mili-
tia (1 regiment) to the U. S 23 Apr. "
John A. Campbell of Ala., associate-justice of the Su-
preme court of the U. S., resigns. . . . about 1 May, "
[Campbell alone of the 3 Southern justices joined
the Confederacy. He became assist.-sec. of war of
the Confederate States; d. 1889.]
Pres. Lincoln calls for 42,034 volunteers for 3 years,
and adds 22,714 men to the regular army and 18,000
to the navy 3 May, "
U. S. ordnance stores seized at Kansas City. .4 May, "
Ordinance of secession of Arkansas adopted in conven-
tion by 69 to 1 6 May, «
President proclaims martial law and suspends the ha-
beas corpus in Key West, the Tortugas, and Santa
Rosa 10 May, «
Baltimore, Md., occupied by U. S. troops. . . .13 May, "
Gen, Geo. B. McClellan, U. S. army, assumes command
of the department of the Ohio, embracing a portion
of W. Virginia 13 May, "
Engagement at Sewell's Point, Va 18-19 May, "
Ordinance of secession of North Carolina adopted
in convention, vote unanimous 21 May, "
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U. a tnwps advance into Virginia and occupy Arling-
ton Heights and Alexandria 24 May, 1861
Col. E. E. Ellsworth, of the New York Fire Zouaves,
shot at Alexandria, Va. (Vikginia) 24 May, "
Gen. Irwin McDowell, U. S. army, assumes command
of the department of N.E.Virginia 28 May, "
Grafton, W. Virginia, occupied by U. S. troops, 30 May, "
Ordinance of secession of the state of Tennessee
adopted by the legislature (Tknnksske) 8 June, "
Virginia state troops transferred to the Confederate
government 8 June, "
Engagement at Bio Bkthkl, Va. (Virginia), 10 June, "
Governor of Missouri calls for 50,000 state militia to
repel invasion 12 June, "
Harper's Ferry abandoned by the confederates, 15 June, "
Gren. Banks arrests George P. Kane, chief of police, at
Baltimore 27 June, "
And police commissioners (Habkas corpus). .I.July, "
Western department constituted (Missouri). . 3 July, "
Thirty-seventh Congress, First Session (extra), assem-
bles 4 July, "
(ialusha A. Grow of Pa. elected speaker of the House.
[States not represented in the 37th Congress:
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas ; from Louis-
iana 2 representatives were present from Feb. 1863 ;
Tennessee was represented in the Senate by Andrew
Johnson, and in the House by 3 members, 2 of them
from Feb. 1863]
President's first message to Congress 4 July, "
Engagement at Carthage, Mo. (Missouri), between
the federals under col. Franz Sigel and confederates
under gen. Jackson ; Sigel retreats 5 July, "
Senate, by a vote of 32 to 10, expels Mason and Hun-
ter of Va., Clingman and Bragg of N. C, Chestnut
of S. C, Nicholson of Tenn., Sebastian and Mitch-
ell of Ark., Hemphill and Wigfall of Tex. .11 July, «
[These senators had vacated their seats at the
previous session.]
Congress authorizes a loan of $250,000,000. . . 17 July, "
Battle of Bull Run 21 July, "
Gen. (ieorge B. McClellan ordered to Washington,
22 July, «
Congress authorizes the enlistment of 500,000 men,
22 July, «
Gen. William S. Rosecrans assumes command of the
'department of the Ohio 23 July, "
Gen. John C. Fremont assumes command of the western
department 25 July, "
Gen. George B. McClellan assumes command of the
division of the Potomac 27 July, "
State troops of Tennessee transferred to the Confeder-
ate government 31 July, "
First (extra) Session (34 days) adjourns 6 Aug. "
[The second shortest session of any Congress.]
An act confiscating the property, including slaves, of
enemies of the U. S 6 Aug. "
Gen. U. S. Grant assumes command of the district of
Ironton, Mo. 8 Aug. "
Battle of Springfield or Wilson's Creek, Mo., and death
of gen. Lyon (Missouri, Wilson's Crekk), 10 Aug. "
Kentucky and Tennessee constituted the department
of the Cumberland, under command of gen. Robert
Anderson 15 Aug. **
President by proclamation forbids commercial inter-
course with seceding states 16 Aug. "
Departments of northeastern Virginia, of Washington,
and of the Shenandoah merged into the department
or army of the Potomac 17 Aug. "
Gen. Butler captures forts Hatteras and Clark, at the
entrance of Hatteras inlet, with 715 prisoners and 25
guns 29 Aug. "
Gen. Fremont proclaims martial law in Missouri, w^ith
freedom to the slaves of active rebels 31 Aug. "
[This act was disapproved by the president.]
Gen. Grant assumes command of southeastern Missouri,
1 Sept. "
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Advance of the confederates into Kentucky, and capt-
ure of Columbus 3-12 Sept. 1861
Paducah, Ky., occupied by gen. Grant 6 Sept. "
Gen. George H. Thomas assigned to command at camp
" Dick Robinson," E. Kentucky 10 Sept. "
Siege and surrender of Lkxington, Mo.. . 11-20 Sept. "
Bowling Green, Ky., occupied by the confederates,
18 Sept. "
Gen. O. M. Mitchel assumes command of the depart-
ment of the Ohio 21 Sept. "
Gen. William T. Sherman supersedes gen. Anderson in
the department of the Cumberland 8 Oct. "
Gen. O. M. Mitchel organizes an expedition for the oc-
cupation of E. Tennessee 10 Oct. "
James M. Mason of Va., John Slidell of La., Confeder-
ate envoys to Great Britain and France, run the block-
ade of Charleston harbor, S. C, in the steamship
Theodora (Trent affair), on the night of, 12 Oct. "
Battle of Ball's Bluff, Va 21 Oct. «
Gen. Scott retired, aged 75 1 Nov. "
Gen. David Hunter, U. S. army, relieves gen. Fremont
at St. Louis, Mo 2 Nov. "
Battle of Belmont, Mo 7 Nov. "
British royal mail- contract packet Trent leaves Ha-
vana, Cuba, for England, 7 Nov., with Mason and
Slidell on board ; she is stopped by the U. S. war
steamer San Jacinto, capt. Wilkes, and the envoys
taken from her (Trent affair) 8 Nov. "
Department of Missouri constituted 9 Nov. "
Department of the Ohio reorganized to include Ken-
tucky and Tennessee, 9 Nov. ; gen. Don Carlos Buell
assumes command 15 Nov. "
Gen. Halleck assumes command of the department of
Missouri 19 Nov. "
Second Session assembles 2 Dec. "
Pres. Lincoln's first annual message to Congress, 3 Dec. "
John C. Breckinridge, Ky., expelled from the Senate,
4 Dec. «
[He had remained in the Senate until the end of
the previous session.]
Senate resolves that a joint committee of 3 members
from the Senate and 4 from the House be appointed
to inquire into the conduct of the war, with power
to send for persons and papers, and to sit during
the session (33 yeas to 3 nays) 9 Dec. "
House concurs 10 Dec. "
This committee consists of senators Benj. F. Wade of
O., Zachariah Chandler of Mich., and Andrew John-
son of Tenn., 17 Dec. ; and congressmen Daniel W.
Gooch of Mass., John Covode of Pa., George W.
Julian of Ind., and Moses F. Odell of N. Y., 19 Dec. «
Committee convenes, Mr. Wade chairman ... .20 Dec. "
Affair at Dranesville, Va " "
Government suspends specie payment 1 Jan. 1862
Department of North Carolina established, gen. A. E.
Burnside commander. 7 Jan. "
Burnside's expedition arrives at Hatteras inlet, N. C,
13 Jan. "
Engagement at Logan's Cross Roads or Mill Spring,
Ky 19 Jan. "
Jesse D. Bright of Ind. expelled from the Senate on a
charge of disloyalty, by 32 to 14 20 Jan. "
Capture of Fort Henry, Tenn., by forces under gen.
Grant and com. Foote 6 Feb. "
Battle of Roanoke Island, by troops under command
of gen. Burnside 8 Feb. "
Gen. Grant assigned to command of district of W.
Tennessee 14 Feb. "
Surrender of fort Donelson, Tenn., to Federal forces
under gen. Grant (Fort Donelson) 16 Feb. "
Nashville, Tenn., occupied by Federal forces, 25 Feb. "
Congress authorizes $150,000,000 U. S. notes, the Legal-
tender bill 25 Feb. «
Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark. (Arkansas, 1862), 6-8 Mch. »
Naval engagement at Hampton Roads, Va., and de-
struction of the U. S. frigate Congress and sloop-of-
war Cumberland by the Confederate iron-clad Vir-
ginia, formerly the U. S. frigate Merrimac. .8 Mch. "
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Fight between the Merrimac and Monitor (Hampton
Roads); the Merrimac retires 9 Mch.
Advance of the army of the Potomac to Manassas
Junction, Va 7-11 Mch.
Gen. McClellan relieved from command in chief, retain-
ing the army of the Potomac 11 Mch.
Departments of Kansas, of Missouri, and part of Ohio
merged into the department of the Mississippi un-
der maj.-gen, Halleck 11 Mch.
All persons in the service forbidden to return escaped
slaves to Confederate owners, by a new article of
war 13 Mch.
New-Berne, N. C, occupied by the U. S. forces, 14 Mch.
Embarkation of the army of the Potomac for the Penin-
sula commenced at Alexandria (Peninsular cam-
paign) 17 Mch.
Battle of Kernstovvn or Winchester, Va. ; brig.-gen.
James Shields defeats " Stonewall" Jackson, 23 Mch.
Siege of Yorktown,Va., commenced by gen. McClellan,
5 Apr.
Battle of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn 6-7 Apr.
Island No. 10, in the Mississippi, evacuated by the con-
federates 7 Apr.
Huntsville, Ala., occupied by the U. S. forces under
gen. O. M. Mitchel 11 Apr.
Bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia
passes the Senate Apr. 3, 29 to 14, and the House
Apr. 11, 92 to 39 ; approved 16 Apr.
[The average compensation paid by the govern-
ment for each slave was $300.]
Adm. Farragut with his fleet passes Forts Jackson
and St. Philip, the two forts guarding the Missis-
sippi below New Orleans (Louisiana) .... 24 Apr.
Adm. Farragut occupies New Orleans (Louisiana),
25 Apr.
Gen. B. F. Butler occupies New Orleans with his troops,
1 May,
Gen. Magriider evacuates Yorktown, Va 4 May,
Battle of Williamsburg, Va. (Pkninsular campaign),
5 May,
Gen. David Hunter proclaims emancipation of slaves,
and authorizes arming all able-bodied negroes in
Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina 9 May,
[These orders were not approved by the president.]
Norfolk, Va., occupied by U. S. forces under gen.
Wool 10 May,
Merrimac blown up by the confederates 11 May,
Department of Agriculture established 15 May,
Gen. Butler issues General order No. 28 at New Or-
leans regarding the conduct of the women of that
city 15 May,
[This order produced great excitement in the
south, and, with other acts of the general, called
forth a proclamation from the president of the Con-
federacy. See 23 Dec. 1862.]
Gen. McDowell moves towards Richmond to co-operate
with gen. McClellan (Peninsular campaign),
17 May,
President approves the Homestead act 20 May,
Education of colored children provided for in the Dis-
trict of Columbia by act of. 21 May,
Battle of Hanover Court - house, Va. (Peninsular
campaign) 24 May,
Corinth, Miss., evacuated by the confederates, and oc-
cupied by the U. S. forces under maj.-gen. Halleck
(Mississippi, Tennessee) 30 May,
Battle of" Seven Pines or Fair Oaks," near Richmond,
Va. (Peninsular campaign) 31 May-1 June,
IMaj.-gen. Robert E. Lee assigned to command the Con-
federate forces about Richmond 3 June,
President authorized to appoint diplomatic representa-
tives to the republics of Hayti and Liberia. .5 June,
Treaty with Great Britain for the suppression of the
African slave-trade 7 June,
Gen. Butler hangs Wm. Mumford at New Orleans,
7 June,
Battle of Cross Keys, Va. (Peninsular campaign,
Virginia) 8 June,
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Battle of Port Republic, Va. (Peninsular campaign,
Virginia) 9 June,
Confederate cavalry, 1500 men, under gen. J. E. B.
Stuart, pass around army of the Potomac, 12-13 June,
Slavery forever prohibited in the territories. .19 June,
Army of Virginia formed and placed under command
of maj.-gen. John Pope (Pope's Virginia cam-
paign) 26 June,
Seven days' fighting and retreat of the army of the
Potomac from before Richmond to Harrison's Land-
ing on the James river 26 June-2 July,
[Battles fought: Mechanicsville,26 June; Gaines's
Mill, 27 June ; Savage Station, 29 June ; Glendale,
.SO June; Frazier's Farm or White Oak Swamp, 30
June; Malvern Hill, 1 July. Peninsular cam-
paign.]
Vicksburg canal begun ; designed by gen. Thomas
Williams to change the course of the Mississippi and
isolate Vicksburg (Vicksisurg campaign) .27 June,
[Gen. Grant recommenced work on this canal, 22
Jan. 1863, but it proved a failure.]
Act for a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri
river to the Pacific ocean ; approved 1 July,
Office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue created
(Income-tax in the U. S.) 1 July,
Pres. Lincoln calls for 300,000 volunteers for 3 years,
2 July,
Gen. McClellan's letter to pres. Lincoln from Harrison's
Landing, Va., giving advice on the i)olicy of the
government 7 July,
Maj.-gen. Halleck commander-in-chief 11 July,
By resolution Congress provides 2000 "medals of hon-
or" for distribution to non-commissioned officers and
privates who shall distinguish themselves (Medals),
12 July,
Maj.-gen. John Pope takes command of the army of
Virginia (Pope's Virginia campaign). . .14 July,
Congress authorizes the enrolment of the militia be-
tween 18 and 45 ; the appointment of a judge-advo-
cate-general; the president to organize army corps
at his discretion ; persons of African descent to be
admitted to the army ; act approved. .... .17 July,
Congress authorizes the seizure and confiscation of rebel
property 17 July,
Second Session adjourns "
Ex-pres. Martin Van Buren dies at Lindenwold, N. Y.,
aged 80 24 July,
Pres. Lincoln calls for 300,000 9-months militia. .4 Aug.
[A special draft ordered in states whose quotas are
not filled by 15 Aug.]
Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va. (Pope's Virginia cam-
paign) 9 Aug.
Property in Louisiana belonging to John Slidell, Con-
federate commissioner to France, confiscated by or-
der of gen. Butler 11 Aug.
Army of the Potomac evacuates Harrison's Landing
(Peninsular campaign) 16 Aug.
Sioux Indians attack the frontier settlements of Min-
nesota 19 Aug.
Confederates, under gen. Braxton Bragg, invade Ken-
tucky, crossing the Tennessee river at Harrison,
above Chattanooga (Bragg's Kentucky cam-
paign) 21-24 Aug.
Secretary of war directs the military governor of the
coast islands of South Carolina to enlist 5000 volun-
teers of African descent 25 Aug.
[The first permission by the government to em-
ploy negroes as soldiers.]
Battle of Groveton, Va., between the advance of gen.
Lee's army and gen. Pope 29 Aug.
Battle of Manassas or " second Bull Run," a continua-
tion of Groveton (Pope's Virginia campaign),
30 Aug.
Kirby Smith, with Bragg's right, advances on Rich-
mond, Ky., and defeats the Union forces. . .30 Aug.
Battle of Ciiantillv, Va. (Pope's Virginia campaign),
1 Sept.
Gen. Pope asks to be relieved from his command of the
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army of Virginia, and transferred to the department
of the Northwest 8 Sept.
Joseph Holt of Ky. appointed Judge-advckiatk-
QKNEKAL of the U. S 3 Sept.
Confederate forces cross the Potomac and occupy Fred-
erick City, Md 4-6 Sept.
Department of the Northwest created of Iowa, Minne-
sota, Wisconsin, and the territories of Dakota and
Nebraska; gen. Pope commanding 6 Sept.
Gen. Lee issues a proclamation on entering Maryland,
8 Sept.
Harper's Ferry surrenders to "Stonewall" Jackson,
(Makyi.ani> campaign) 15 Sept.
Battles of South Mountain, Md *'
Capture of Munfordville, Ky., by the Confederate
forces under Bragg (Bragg's Kentucky cam-
paign) 14-16 Sept.
Advance of gen. Kirby Smith appears before Coving-
ton, Ky., but immediately retires 15 Sept.
Battle of Antietam (Maryland campaign),
16-17 Sept.
Confederate army retreat across the Potomac on the
night of 18-19 Sept.
Battle of luka. Miss.; gen. Rosecrans forces Confederate
gen. Price to retreat 19-20 Sept.
Preliminary proclamation of pres. Lincoln announcing
that in territory still in rebellion on 1 Jan. 1863, the
slaves will be declared forever free 22 Sept.
Convention of governors from 14 loyal states, with
proxies from 3 others, meet at Altoona, Pa., and ap-
prove the emancipation proclamation 24 Sept.
Gen. Buell with the U. S. forces arrives at Louisville,
Ky., in advance of the Confederate forces. .25 Sept.
Oflice of provost-raarshal-general created b}-^ the sec-
retary of war 26 Sept.
Brig.- gen. Jeff. C. Davis, U. S. A., shoots and mortally
wounds gen. William Nelson at the Gait House,
Louisville, Ky 29 Sept.
[No notice was ever taken of this affair by the
government.]
Battle of Corinth, Miss. (Corinth) 3-4 Oct.
Battle of Perryville, Ky. (Bragg's Kentucky cam-
paign) 8 Oct.
Eighteen hundred Confederate cavalry, with 4 pieces of
artiller}', under gen. J. E. B. Stuart, cross the Poto-
mac for a raid into Pennsylvania 10 Oct.
They reach and occupy Chambersburg, Pa., on 11 Oct.,
and return to Virginia through Maryland, crossing
the Potomac at White's Ford, without the loss of a
man killed, and having secured 1000 horses, 12 Oct.
Ten Confederate prisoners at Palmyra, Mo., shot by or-
der of gen. McNiel (Allsaian, Andrew, Case of),
18 Oct.
Gen. McClellan assumes the offensive, and crosses the
Potomac from Maryland 26 Oct.
Rear of the Confederate army under gen. Bragg passes
through Cumberland Gap on its retreat from Ken-
tucky 26 Oct.
Death of gen. O. M. Mitchel, U. S. A., at Beaufort,
S. C, aged 52 30 Oct.
Maj.-gen. Buell, commanding army of the Ohio, sup-
seded by maj.-gen. Rosecrans 30 Oct.
Large Democratic gains in elections in northern states,
4 Nov.
[Horatio Seymour, Democrat, elected governor of
New York.]
Gen. McClellan relieved of command of army of the
Potomac^ and ordered to Trenton, N. J. ; gen. Burn-
side appointed (Fredericksburg, Battle of), 5 Nov.
Gen. Porter ordered to Washington to answer charges
of gen. Pope (Porter, Fitz-John, Case of), 8 Nov.
Gen. B. F. Butler relieved from command of New Or-
leans 9 Nov.
Lord Lyons, British minister to the U. S., reports to his
government upon the prospects of the confederates;
the intentions of the conservative (Democratic) par-
ty ; and the probability of success of mediation by
foreign governments in the war 17 Nov.
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Third Session convenes 1 Dec.
[The president's message recommended a plan of
emancipation in the loyal states : (1) Any state abol-
ishing slavery prior to 1 Jan. 1900 should receive
compensation ; (2) slaves made free by the war to be
forever free, loyal owners to be compensated.]
Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas 7 Dec.
Gen. Burnside moves the army of the Potomac to the
Rappahannock, opposite I'redericksburg. . . .10 Dec.
Army crosses the river 11-12 Dec.
Battle of Fhedericksburg 13 Dec.
Gen. N. P. Banks assumes command of the Department
of the Gulf, headquarters at New Orleans. ,16 Dec.
Gen. Grant expels Jews from his department. . 17 Dec.
Pres. Davis proclaims gen. Benj. F. Butler a felon, out-
law, and common enemj' of mankind, directing that
if captured he be hung immediately without trial,
and all his commissioned officers or others serving
with armed slaves, if captured, be reserved for exe-
cution 23 Dec.
Thirty-eight Indians hung at Mankato, Minn., for par-
ticipation in the massacres (see 19 Aug.).. .26 Dec.
Gen. W. T. Sherman, aided by adm. Porter, assaults
Vicksburg on the north 27-28 Dec.
[Known as the battle of " Chickasaw Bayou."]
Monitor founders off cape Hatteras in a storm, with a
loss of 16 of her crew, night of 30 Dec.
Act admitting West Virginia, to date from 20 June,
1863 (the 35th state), approved 31 Dec.
Battle of Murfreesborough or Stone River,
31 Dec. 1862-2 Jan.
Pres. Lincoln proclaims all slaves free in the seceding
states (Slavery in the U. S.) 1 Jan.
Absent from dut}' in the army 8987 officers and 280,-
073 enlisted men 1 Jan.
Galveston, Tex., captured bv the confederates. . "
Gold at New York 133i@133| 2 Jan.
M. Drouyn de I'Huys, French minister of foreign af-
fairs, addresses M. Mercier, French minister at Wash-
ington, concerning mediation between the U. S. gov-
ernment and Confederate 9 Jan.
Arkansas post captured by the U. S. forces under W.
T. Sherman and McClernand, with a fleet of gun-
boats under adm. Porter 11 Jan.
Gen. Burnside resumes active operations, but is foiled by
storms (Fredericksburg, Battle of). . .20-24 Jan.
Gen.Fitz-John Porter cashiered and dismissed from the
service of the U. S. under the 9th and 52d articles of
war (Porter, Fitz-John, Case of) 21 Jan.
Organization of the 1st South Carolina colored loyal
volunteers, col. T. W. Higginson commander . 25 Jan.
Maj.-gen. Burnside relieved by maj.-gen. Hooker,
25 Jan.
A. D. Boileau, proprietor of the Philadelphia Evening
Journal, arrested and taken to Washington . 27 Jan.
Sec. Seward replies to the French government upon
mediation (see 9 Jan.) 6 Feb.
Commissary-general of subsistence first appointed, with
the rank of brigadier-general 9 Feb.
Territorial government established in Arizona, 24 Feb.
Congress provides a national currency secured by U. S.
bonds approved 25 Feb.
[Vote in the Senate, 23 to 21 ; House, 78 to 64.]
Destruction of the Confederate war-steamer Nashville
by the Montauk, in the Ogeechee river, Ga., 28 Feb.
Congress authorizes, besides the 4 major-generals and
9 brigadier-generals for the regular army, 40 major-
generals and 200 brigadier-generals for the volunteer
service; there may be appointed 30 major-generals
and 75 brigadier-generals for the volunteers, 2 Mch.
Congress resolves that it is the unaltemble purpose of
the U. S. to prosecute the war vigorously until the
rebellion is suppressed. . . . That any attempt at
mediation will prolong instead of shortening the
war. . . . That the rebellion is now sustained by
the hope of such intervention 3 Mch.
Congress empowers the president to suspend the writ
of habeas corpus 3 Mch.
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Congress authorizes loans of $300,000,000 for 1863,
and $600,000,000 for 1864 3 Mch. 1
Thirty-seventh Congress adjourns 4 Mch.
[This Congress faced extraordinary difficulties,
and solved unprecedented problems of statesnoanship
with wisdom and patriotism.]
Proclamation of the president relative to desertions in
the army 10 Mch.
Maj.-gen. Burnside supersedes raaj.-gen. H. G. Wright
in the department of the Ohio 25 Mch.
Adm. Farragut passes the Confederate batteries at
Grand Gulf, Miss., with 3 gun-boats 1 Apr.
Raid of mounted infantry from Tuscumbia, Ala., tow-
ards Rome, Ga. The entire force, 1700 men, with
col. A. D. Streight, captured by the confederates
(Stkeight's uaii>) 7 Apr.-3 May,
Maj.-gen. Burnside orders that death shall be the pen-
alty for aiding the confederates, sympathizers with
rebellion be sent into the Confederate lines, 13 Apr.
Adm. Porter, with 8 gun-boats and 3 steam transports,
passes (down) the Confederate batteries at Vicks-
burg 16 Apr.
Maj.-gen. Hooker crosses the Rappahannock at Kelly's
Ford 28-29 Apr.
'Gen. Grant crosses the Mississippi at Bruinsburg, below
VicUsburg (Vicksb^rg campaign) 30 Apr.
Battle of CuANcriLLORSViLLE, Va 2-4 May,
["Stonewall" Jackson (Confederate general),
mortally wounded on the 2d, died on the 10th.]
•Grand Gulf, below Vicksburg, abandoned by the con-
federates 3 May,
•Clement L. Vallandigham arrested at Dayton, O., for
treasonable utterances, by orders from gen. Burnside,
4 May,
•Gen. Hooker recrosses the Rappahannock 5 May,
Gen. Grant occupies Jackson, Miss 14 May,
C. L. Vallandigham, convicted by court-martial at
Cincinnati, of disloyal utterances, and sentenced to
close confinement during the war in some fortress of
the U. S. Gen. Burnside approves, and designates
fort Warren, Boston 16 May,
Battle of Champion Hills, Miss. (Vicksbuhg cam-
paign) 16 May,
Battle of Big Black River, Miss 17 May,
•Confederates retire within the defences of Vicksburg,
and the siege begins 18 May,
U. S. forces assault the works at Vicksburg without
success 21-22 May,
President rescinds gen. Burnside's order concerning
C. L. Vallandigham, and sends him into the confed-
eracy 22 May,
Jklaj.-gen. Banks, investing the Confederate works at
Port Hudson, assaults them without success, 27 May,
Tifty-fourth Massachusetts (colored), the first negro
regiment sent from the north, departs for Hilton
Head, S. C; 28 May,
"Gen. Lee begins his movement for the invasion of the
north (Gkttysburg, Pa., Battle of) 3 June,
■Cavalry battle at Beverh''s Ford, Va., between gens.
Pleasanton, Buford, and Gregg, and the Confederate
gen. J. E. B. Stuart 9 June,
•C. L. Vallandigham nominated for governor by the
Ohio Democratic convention 11 June,
Gen. Hooker begins the movement of his army north-
ward from the Rappahannock 13-15 June,
Battle of Winchester, Va. ; gen. Ewell defeats the U. S.
I troops under gen. Milroy 14-15 June,
Pres. Lincoln calls for 100,000 men for 6 months to
resist the invasion of Pennsylvania 15 June,
[Maryland to furnish 10,000, Pennsylvania 50,000,
W. Virginia 10,000, and Ohio 30,000. These men
were not used.]
Cliarabersburg, Pa., raided by Confederate cavalry,
II 15 June,
[ Confederate army crosses the Potomac . . . 24-25 June,
! "Gen. Rosecrans finishes the Tullahoma campaign,
Tenn., forcing the confederates across the Tennessee
at Bridgeport, Ala 24 June-7 July,
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Gen. Rosecrans advances from Murfreesborough against
gen. Bragg at Tullahoma, Tenn 24 June, 1
Army of the Potomac crosses the Potomac. . .26 June,
Confederates advance to within 13 miles of Harris-
burg, Pa.- 27 June,
Maj.-gen. Hooker relieved of command of the army of
the Potomac, and maj.-gen. George (i. Meade suc-
ceeds 27 June,
U. S. and Confederate forces concentrating at Gettys-
burg, Pa., battle of Gettysburg begins 1 July, and
continues with the defeat of confederates (GK-rrvs-
BURG, Pa., Battle of 2-3 July,
Franklin Pierce, ex-president of the U. S., addresses
a Democratic mass-meeting at Concord, N. H.,
4 July,
[Extract : " In this republic ... it is made crim-
inal ... for that noble martyr of free speech, Mr.
Vallandigham, to discuss public aJBFairs in Ohio — ay,
even here the temporary agents of the sovereign
people, the transitory administration of the govern-
ment, tell us that in time of war the mere arbitrary
will of the president takes the i)lace of the Consti-
tution; and the president himself announces to us
that it is treasonable to speak or to write otherwise
than he may prescribe — nay, that it is treasonable
even to be silent."] ,
Vicksburg surrenders to gen. Grant (Vicksburg cam-
paign) 4 July,
Four thousand Confederate raiders, with 10 guns, under
John H. Morgan, cross the Ohio river at Branden-
burg, Ky., into Indiana (Morgan's raid). . .7 July,
Port Hudson surrenders to gen. Banks (PoRr Hudson),
8 July,
Confederate army recrosses the Potomac at Williams-
port during the night of 13 July,
Draft riot in New York city 13-16 July,
Repulse of the U. S. troops in their assault on Fort
Wagnp:r, Morris Island, S. C 18 July,
Samuel Houston dies at Huntersville, Tex., aged 70,
25 July,
John J. Crittenden dies at Frankfort, Ky., aged 77,
26 July,
Pres. Lincoln proclaims protection of colored soldiers
against retaliation by the confederates 30 July,
Gov. Seymour of N. Y. requests pres. Lincoln to sus-
pend the draft for troops in that state 3 Aug.
John B. Floyd, ex-sec. of war and confederate briga-
dier-general, dies at Abingdon, Va 26 Aug.
Army of the Cumberland crosses the Tennessee m pur-
suit of gen. Bragg. . 29 Aug.-3 Sept.
Advance of gen. Burnside's command occupies Knox-
ville, E. Tenn 4 Sept.
Confederates evacuate fort Wagner on the night of,
7 Sept.
Gen. Wood's division of the 21st corps, army of the
Cumberland, occupies Chattanooga, Tenn. . .9 Sept.
Pres. Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corjms by
proclamation 15 Sept.
Battle of Chickamauga 19-20 Sept.
llth and 12th corps, army of the Potomac, maj.-gen.
Hooker, ordered to Middle Tennessee to reinforce the
army of the Cumberland 23 Sept.
20th and 21st corps consolidated into the 4th corps,
maj.-gen. Gordon Granger commander ; maj.-gens.
Alex. McDowell McCook of the 20th corps and T.
L. Crittenden of the 21st corps relieved, and or-
dered to Indianapolis, Ind., to await a court of in-
quiry upon their conduct at Chickamauga. .28 Sept.
Engagement at Bristow Station, Va., between the rear
of the Potomac army and A. P. Hill 14 Oct.
Maj.-gen. U. S. Grant appointed to the division of the
Mississippi, including the departments of the Ten-
nessee, Cumberland, and Ohio; maj.-gen. Wm. S.
Rosecrans relieved of command of the army of the
Cumberland, and maj.-gen. George H. Thomas suc-
ceeds, bv general order No. 337, War department,
16 Oct.
Pres. Lincoln calls for 300,000 men for 3 years. .17 Oct.
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R»>Kulations issued for the re-enlistment of soldiers
in the field in " veteran volunteer regiments,"
28 Oct. 1863
Gen. Hooker crosses the Tennessee at Bridgeport, Ala.,
23 Oct., and advances to the Wauhatchie valley, at
the foot of Lookout mountain, on the west , . 27 Oct. "
Pontoon bridge thrown across the Tennessee at Brown's
Ferry, below Chattanooga 27 Oct. "
Battle of Wauhatchie (Chattanooga campaign),
27 Oct. "
Gen. Longstreet, detached from the Confederate army
before Chattanooga, advances towards Knoxville,
E.Tennessee (Chattanooga campaign).. .4 Nov. "
ICngagement at Rappahannock Station and Kelly's
Ford, Va. The Potomac army succeeds in crossing
the Rappahannock, Lee retiring to the line of the
Rapidan 7 Nov. "
Confederate forces under gen. Longstreet before Knox-
ville 19 Nov. "
Battle of Lookout Mountain (Chattanooga cam-
paign) 24 Nov. "
Battle of Chattanooga or Missionary Ridge (Chat-
tanooga campaign) 25 Nov. "
At Mine Run, Orange county, Va., the advance of the
army of the Potomac under gen. Meade meets the
confederates under gen. Lee. Attacks desultory;
Meade retires 27-30 Nov. "
Gen. Longstreet assaults the defences of Knoxville,
especially Fokt Sanders; repulsed with heavy
loss 29 Nov. "
Gren. Longstreet raises the siege of Knoxville, retreats
towards Virginia, remaining in northeastern Tennes-
see during the winter ; in the spring he joins gen.
Lee at Richmond 1-4 Dec. "
Gen. Sherman's command and the 4th corps, army of
the Cumberland, reinforce Knoxville from Chatta-
nooga 3-6 Dec. '•
Thirty-eighth Congress, First Session, convenes. .7 Dec. "
Schuyler Colfax of Ind. elected speaker. Pres. Lin-
coln proclaims amnesty to all confederates on re-
turning to their allegiance 8 Dec. "
Total debt of confederacy, $1,220,866,042.50 ... 1 Jan. 1864
Isaac Murphy inaugurated provisional governor of Ar-
kansas 22 Jan. "
President calls for 500,000 men for 3 years 1 Feb. "
Sherman's Meridian expedition leaves Vicksburg.
Miss 3 Feb. "
More than 100 Union prisoners, including cols. Thomas
E. Rose and col. Streight, escape from Libby prison,
Richmond, Va., by tunnelling under the walls
(Streight's raid) 9 Feb. "
First Federal prisoners received at Andersonville
prison, Ga 15 Feb. "
Second Confederate congress meets at Richmond,
19 Feb. "
Battle of Cluster, Fla 20 Feb. "
Battle of Tunnel HUl, Ga 22-25 Feb. "
Congress votes to every Union master whose slave en-
lists in the Federal army a compensation not exceed-
ing $300, the volunteer to be free 24 Feb. "
Congress revives grade of lieutenant-general in the
army 29 Feb. "
Secretary of the treasury authorized to borrow $200,-
000,000 upon "5.40 bonds " 3 Mch. "
Kilpatrick attempts in vain to release Union prisoners
at Libby prison, 28 Feb. Col. Dahlgren loses his
life in a raid 4 Mch. "
Ulysses S. Grant commissioned lieutenant-general, 9
Mch. ; takes chief command 10 Mch. "
Draft for 200,000 men for the navy and the reserve
ordered for 15 Apr. by the president 14 Mch. "
Gov. Michael Hahn appointed military governor of
Louisiana 15 Mch. "
Enabling act for admission of Nevada and Colorado,
21 Mch. "
New York Sanitary Commission fair (receipts $1,200,-
000) opened. ■ 4 Apr. "
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Battles of Sabine Cross Koads, IMcasant Grove, and
Pleasant Hill, La. (Ricd River campaign),
8-9 Apr. 1
Fort Pillow, Tenn., captured by confederates under
Forrest, and colored garrison slaughtered. . .12 Apr.
Enabling act taadmit Nebraska approved. . .19 Apr.
Motto " In God we Trust " first stamped upon the
bronze two-cent coins authorized by act of 22 Apr.
Hon. Daniel Clark of N. H. elected president of the
Senate p7'o tern 26 Apr.
Arm)' of the Potomac, 130,000 strong, crosses the Rap-
idan (Grant's campaign in Vir(jima). . ..4 May,
Sherman advances southward from Chattanooga (At-
lanta campaign) 4 May,
Sassacus defeats the Confederate ram Albemarle, in
Albemarle sound 5 May,
Battle of the Wilderness, Va 5-6 May,
Battle of Spottsylvania Court-house, Va 10 May,
Battle at New Market, Va. ; Sigel repulsed by confed-
erates 15 May,
Confederates under Johnston evacuate Resaca, Ga. (At-
lanta campaign) 15 May,
Act for a postal money-order system 17 May,
Offices of the New York Journal of Commerce and
Wo7-ld, which had published a forged proclamation
of the president, calling for 400,000 troops, seized
and held several days by order of the secretary of
war 19 May,
[On 1 July gen. John A. Dix and others were ar-
rested, in accordance with a letter from gov. Sey-
mour to district-attorney A. Oakey Hall, for seizing
these oflfiices.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne dies at Plymouth, N. H., aged
60 19 May,
Battles near Dallas, Ga 25-28 May,
Act creating Montana territory out of part of Idaho,
approved 26 Maj-,
Convention of radicals at Cleveland, O., protests against
the government's policy, and nominates gen. John
C. Fremont for president and gen. John Cochrane
for vice-president, by acclamation 31 May,
Morgan raids Kentucky (Morgan's raid) June,
Battle of Cold Harbor, Va 1-3 June,
Currency bureau of the treasury established, with a
comptroller of the currency, appointed by president
by act 3 June,
Philadelphia Sanitary fair (receipts $1,080,000) opens,
7 June,
Union National convention meets at Baltimore, Md.,
on call of the National executive committee, 22 Feb.;
appoints hon. William DennisonofO. president; ad-
mits delegates from Virginia and Florida to seats
without votes, and rejects delegates from South
Carolina 7 June,
National Republican convention meets at Chicago,
7 June,
[On the 1st ballot for president, Lincoln received
all the votes, except those of Missouri for Grant,
which were changed to Lincoln before the result
was announced. 1st ballot for vice-president, An-
drew Johnson 200, D, S. Dickinson 108, H. Ham-
lin 150, scattering 61 ; after many changes the vote
was announced : Johnson 494, Dickinson 17, Ham-
lin 9.]
Vallandigham returns to Dayton, O., from Canada,
15 June,
General assault of federals on Petersburg, Va,,
16-18 June,
Confederate cruiser Alabama fights the U. S. ship
Kearsarge off Cherbourg, France, and surrenders
in a sinking condition 19 June,
IJattle of Weldon Railroad, Va 21-22 June,
Lincoln accepts the renomination by letter, dated
Washington 27 June,
Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. (Atlanta cam-
paign). 27 June,
Repeal of Fugitive Slave law of 1850 approved,
28 June,
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Act authorizing the issue of bonds not to exceed
$400,000,000, or treasury notes not to exceed $200,-
000,000 and bonds for same amount 30 June, 1864
Congress grants Yosemite valley and Mariposa Big
Tree grove to California for a public park. .30 June, "
Secretary Chase resigns 30 June; William P. Fessenden
appointed 1 July, "
Confederates evacuate Marietta, Ga '.' "
Act prohibiting the coast-wise slave-trade forever ap-
proved 2 July, "
First Session adjourns " "
President suspends the habeas corpus in Kentucky,
and proclaims martial law 5 July, "
President, under resolution of Congress, appoints the
1st Thursday of August as a day of humiliation and
prayer 7 July, "
President by proclamation explains veto, 2 July, of a
Reconstruction bill passed less than an hour before
the adjournment of Congress 8 July, "
Battle of Monocacy, Md 9 July, "
Repulse of gen. Early (confederate) at fort Stevens, 6
miles from Washington 12 Julj', "'
Gold reaches 285 per cent., the maximum. . .16 July, "
Hood supersedes Johnston in defence of Atlanta,
17 July, "
President calls for 500,000 volunteers fori, 2, or 3 vears,
18 'July, "
On 5 Jul\' Horace Greeley received a letter from
George N. Sanders, Clifton, Canada, averring that
Clement C. Clay of Ala., Jas. P. Holcombe of Va.,
and the writer, confederates in Canada, would pro-
ceed to Washington in the interest of peace if full
protection were accorded them. Greeley referred
this letter to the president, suggesting with it a plan
of adjustment. The president requested him to pro-
ceed to Niagara falls and communicate with the
1 parties in person 18 July, "
[A fruitless conference was the result.]
Battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga. (Atlanta cam-
paign) 20 July, "
Battle of Decatur or Atlanta, Ga 22 July, "
Battle of Ezra's Church, Ga 28 July, "
Chambersburg, Pa., raided and mostly burned (Gkant's
Virginia campaign) 30 July, "
Unsuccessful mine explosion under a Confederate fort,
near Petersburg, Va., conducted by gen. Burnside
(Mine explosion) 30 July, "
Confederate steamer Tallahassee, built in England, de-
stroys many U. 8. merchantmen July -Aug. '•
Successful attack on the harbor of Mobile ; forts Gaines,
Morgan, and Powell captured by fleet under Farragut
and land forces under Granger 5-22 Aug. "
]\Iaj.-gen. Philip H. Sheridan appointed to the army
of the Shenandoah (Grant's Virginia campaign),
7 Aug. "
luiglish-built cruiser Georgia captured at sea by the
Niagara 15 Aug. "
Gen. Grant seizes the Weldon railroad 18 Aug. '•
I Democratic National convention meets at Chicago,
! 29 Aug. ; Horatio Seymour chosen president of the
convention and platform adopted, 30 Aug. On 1st
ballot for president, gen. George B. McClellan of
N. J. has 174 votes (as revised and declared, 202|^);
nomination made unanimous. George H. Pendle-
ton of O. nominated on the 2d ballot for vice-presi-
dent 31 Aug. "
Battles at Jonesborough, Ga. (Atlanta campaign),
31 Aug.-l Sept. "
Hood evacuates Atlanta, Ga " "
Gen. John H. Morgan killed at Greeneville, Tenn.,
4 Sept. '•
Gen. McClellan's letter accepting nomination, dated
Orange, N. J 8 Sept. ''
Fremont withdraws in favor of Lincoln and Johnson,
by letter 17 Sept. "
Battle of Winchester, Va 19 Sept. "
Battle of Fisher's Hill, Va 22 Sept. "
Gen. Price invades Missouri 24 Sept.-28 Oct. "
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English-built cruiser Florida captured in the Brazilian
harbor of Bahia by the U. S. war-ship Wachitseit,
and taken to Hampton Roads, where she is sunk
by a collision a few days after (Brazil) .... 7 Oct. 1864
Chief-justice Roger B. Taney dies in Washington,
12 Oct. "
Battle of Cedar Creek, Va 19 Oct. "
Raid on St. Albans, Vt., by confederates from Canada
(Vermont) 19 Oct. "
Confederates under Price enter Linn county, Kan.,
23 Oct. »
Confederate ram Albemarle blown up by lieut. Gush-
ing, U. S. navy, at Plymouth, N. C 27 Oct. "
Battle of Hatcher's Run, Va " "
Nevada, the 36th state in order, admitted into the
Union by proclamation of the president. . . .81 Oct. "
Mr. Seward telegraphs the mayor of New York of a
conspiracy to burn the principal cities of the North,
2 Nov. "
Second session of second Confederate congress con-
venes at Richmond 7 Nov. "
McClellan resigns his command in the army. . .8 Nov. "
At the general election, Lincoln and Johnson, Repub-
lican, carry 22 states; McClellan and Pendleton, 3
(New Jersey, Delaware, and Kentucky) ; 11 not
voting „ 8 Nov. "
Atlanta burned, and Sherman begins his march to the
sea 14 Nov. "
Blockade of Norfolk, Va., Fernandina, and Pensacola,
raised by proclamation of president 19 Nov. "
Benjamin Silliman, LL.D., born 1779, dies at New
Haven, Conn 24 Nov. "
Confederate incendiaries fire many hotels in New York,
26 Nov. "
Battle of Franklin 30 Nov. "
Second Session convenes 5 Dec. "
Fourth annual message of pres. Lincoln 6 Dec. "
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, LL.D., born 1793, died at
Washington, D. C 10 Dec. "
Fort McAllister, Savannah, Ga., captured by Hazen's
division of Sherman's army 13 Dec. "
Thomas defeats Hood at Nashville, Tenn., 15-16 Dec. "
Pres. Lincoln calls for 300,000 volunteers to make up
deficiency in call 18 July, 1864. If not obtained
before 15 Feb., 1865, a draft to be made 19 Dec. "
Savannah, evacuated by confederates 20 Dec, occupied
by Sherman 21 Dec. "
Grade of vice-admiral established for the U. S. Navy
by act of Congress 21 Dec. "
Fort Fisher, N. C, bombarded by gen. Porter, 24 Dec,
and unsuccessfuUv attacked by gens. Butler and Por-
ter '. 25 Dec "
Vice-pres. Hamlin resumes the chair in the Senate,
5 Jan. 1865
Gen. Grierson's raid ; after destroying 100 miles of rail-
road, taking 600 prisoners and 1000 contrabands, he
arrives at Vicksburg 5 Jan. "
Fort Fisher captured 15 Jan. "
Edward Everett dies at Boston, aged 71 " "
Monitor Patapsco sunk off Charleston by a torpedo,
15 Jan. «
Joint resolution, proposing a Xlll.th Amendment to
the Constitution, abolishing slavery, passes the
House, 119 to 56 31 Jan. "
Sherman leaves Savannah and starts northward,
1 Feb. "
President and sec. Seward meet Alexander H. Ste-
phens, vice-president of the confederacy, and com-
missioners R. M. T. Hunter and judge Campbell, to
treat for peace, in Hampton Roads 2-3 Feb. "
Bennett G. Burley, the Confederate raider on lake Erie,
surrendered to the U. S. by the Canadian govern-
ment 3 Feb. "
Battle of Hatcher's Run, Va 5 Feb. "
Electoral votes counted; necessary to a choice, 117.
For president and vice-president, Lincoln and John-
son receive 212, McClellan and Pendleton 21. .8 Feb. "
Gen. J. M. Schofield appointed to command depart-
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ment of North Carolina, with headquarters at Ra-
leigh 9 Feb. 1865
President calls an extra session of the Senate, 4 Mch.
1865 17 Feb. "
C-olunabia, S. C, surrenders to gen. Sherman. . " "
I..ee takes command of the Confederate armies,
18 Feb. "
Charleston, S. C. , evacuated and burned by gen. Har-
dee, 17 Feb., is occupied by Federal troops. .18 Feb. "
Fort Anderson captured by federals under gen. Cox,
18 Feb. "
Wilmington, N. C, captured by gen. Schofield, 22 Feb. "
Secretary of the treasury authorized to borrow $600,-
000,000 on bonds at not exceeding 6 per cent, in coin,
3 Mch. "
Act passed to establish a bureau for the relief of freed-
men and refugees 3 Mch. "
A tax of 10 per cent, imposed on notes of state banks
paid out after 1 July, 1866 3 Mch. "
Confederate debt disowned by U. S. Senate, 17 Feb. ;
by House of Representatives 3 Mch. "
Andrew Johnson inaugurated vice-president ; oath ad-
ministered bv H. Hamlin in the Senate chamber,
3 Mch. "
Thirty-eighth Congi-ess adjourns " . "
Senate assembles in special session 4 Mch. "
Lincoln inaugurated president " "
[Second term ; oath administered by chief-justice
Chase at the Capitol. In his inaugural address occur
the words : " With malice towards none, with charitj'
for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us
to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work
we are in ; to bind up the nation's wounds ; to care
for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his
widow and his orphan ; to do all which may achieve
and cherish a just and a lasting peace among our-
selves and with all nations."]
Twentieth Administration— Kepublioan. 4 Mch. 1865
to 3 Mch. 1869.
Abralinm Lincoln, 111., president.
Andrew Johnson, Tenn., vice-president.
CABINKT (until 15 Apr. 1865).
William H. Seward, N. Y., sec. of state, continued.
Hugh McCulloch, Ind., sec. of the treasury, appointed 7 Mch.
1865.
Kdwin M. Stanton, O., sec. of war, continued.
Gideon Welles, Conn., sec. of the navy, continued.
John P. Usher, Ind., sec. of the interior, continued.
William Dennison, O., postmaster-gen., continued.
James Speed, Ky., attorney-gen., continued.
L. S. Foster of Conn, elected president pro tern, of the
Senate (serves through the session) 7 Mch. 1865
Special session of Senate adjourns 11 Mch. "
Battle of Averysborough, N. C 15 Mch. "
Confederate Congress adjourns sine die 18 Mch. "
Battle of Bentonville, N. C 19 Mch. "
Armies of Sherman, Terry, and Schofield join at Golds-
borough, N. C 23 Mch. "
Battle of Five Forks, Va 31 Mch.-l Apr. "
Richmond evacuated by confederates and partly
burned 2 Apr. "
Selma, Ala., captured with large stores " "
Ewell's division, some 8000 men, cut off, surrounded,
and captured at Sailor's creek, Va 6 Apr. ''
Correspondence between U. S. minister Adams in Lon-
don and earl Russell, respecting the Alabama, be-
gins 7 Apr. "
Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court-house,
Va 9 Apr. "
Montgomery, Ala., surrenders to Wilson 11 Apr. "
Mobile evacuated by confederates 12 Apr. '•
Secretary of war issues orders to stop drafting and fur-
ther purchase of war materials 13 Apr. "
Gen. Sherman occupies Raleigh, N. C " "
•^' Stars and Stripes" raised over Fort Sumter, Charles-
ton 14 Apr. "
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Pres. Lincoln shot by J. Wilkes Booth in Ford's
theatre, Washington (Booth's conspiracy),
14 Apr. 1865
Sec. Seward and his son wounded in his own house by
an assassin 14 Apr. *•
Pres. Lincoln dies at about 7.30 a.m 15 Apr. ''
Chief-justice Chase administers the oath of office as
president to Andrew Johnson 15 Apr. "
PRES. Johnson's cabinet.
William If. Seward, N. Y., sec. of state, continued.
Hugh McCulloch, Ind,, sec. of treas., continued,
Edwin M. Stanton, 0., sec. of war, continued.
U. S. Gi'ant, 111., sec, of war (ad interim), from 12 Aug. 1807.
Lorenzo Thomas, sec. of war {ad interim), from 21 Feb. 1868.
John M. Schofield, N. Y., sec. of war, from 30 May, 1868.
Gideon Welles, Conn,, sec. of navy, continued.
John P. i/sAer, Ind., sec. of interior, continued.
James Harlan, la,, sec. of interior, from 15 May, 1865.
Orville H. Browning, III., sec. of interior, appointed 27 July,
served from 1 Sept. 1866.
James Speed, Ky., attorney-gen., continued.
Henry Stanbery, Ky., attorney-gen., from 23 July, 1866.
William M. Evarts, N.Y., attorney-gen., from 15 July, 1868.
William Dennison, O., postmaster-gen., continued.
Alexander W. RandaU, Wis., postmaster-gen., from 25 Julv,
1866.
Funeral services of pres, Lincoln at the Executive man-
sion at noon, and appropriate memorial services held
throughout the country 19 Apr. 1865
[Remains of the president, after lying in state at
the Capitol through the 20th, conveyed to Spring-
field, 111., ria Baltimore, Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
New York, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Columbus,
Indianapolis, and Chicago; buried at Springfield
(Lincoln's monument), 4 May,]
Macon, Ga., occupied by Union forces 20 Apr. "
J. Wilkes Booth, discovered in a barn near Bowling
Green, Va., shot by serg. Boston Corbett, and his
accomplice Harold captured 26 Apr. "
Memorandum for a peace, signed by gens. Sherman
and Johnston at Durham Station, N. C, 18 Apr,, is
rejected at Washington 21 Apr. Grant arrives at
Raleigh 24 Apr. ; and gen. Johnston surrenders to
Sherman at Bennett's house, near Durham Station,
26 Apr. "
Executive order for trial by military commission of
alleged assassins of pres. Lincoln issued 1 May, "
Reward of $100,000 offered for the capture of Jefferson
Davis by proclamation of president 2 May, "
Confederate gen, Richard Taylor surrenders at Citro-
nelle, near Mobile, Ala 4 May, "
Executive order re-establishing authority of the U. S.
in Virginia, recognizes Francis H. Pierpont as gov-
ernor 9 May, "
Jefferson Davis captured, with his wife, mother, post-
master-gen. Reagan, col. Harrison, Johnson, and oth-
ers, by 4th Michigan cavalry under col. Pritchard,
at Irwinsville, Ga 10 May, "
[Davis taken to fortress Monroe.]
Last fight of the war near Palo Pinto, Tex,; a Federal
force under col. Barret defeated by confederates un-
der gen. Slaughter 13 May, "
Confederate ram Stonewall surrenders to Spanish au-
thorities in Cuba 20 May,
Pres, Johnson proclaims southern ports open. .22 May,
Grand review of the armies of the Potomac, Tennessee,
and Georgia at Washington, D. C 22-23 May,
Gen. E, Kirby Smith surrenders his trans-Mississippi
army ', 26 May,
President proclaims general amnesty to rebels, with
exceptions, on taking oath of allegiance ... 29 May,
William W. Holden proclaimed provisional governor
of North Carolina by pres. Johnson 29 May,
Day of humiliation and mourning on account of the
assassination of Lincoln 1 June,
British government rescinds its recognition of the con-
federates as belligerents 2 June,
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(lalveston, Tex., the last seaport held bj' the South,
surrenders 5 June, 1865
French government rescinds its recognition of the con-
federates as belligerents 6 June, "
Judge William L. Sharkey appointed provisional gov-
ernor of Mississippi by pres. Johnson 13 June, "
Proclamation of president removing restrictions on
trade east of the Mississippi after 1 July, and declar-
ing insurrection in Tennessee suppressed. ..13 June, •'
Gen. A. J. Hamilton appointed provisional governor of
Texas by president 17 June, "
James Johnson appointed provisional governor of
Georgia 17 June, "
Lewis E. Parsons proclaimed provisional governor of
Alabama 21 June, "
Proclamation of the president rescinding the blockade,
23 June, "
Restriction of trade west of the Mississippi removed
by proclamation of president 24 June, "
Benjamin F. Perry proclaimed provisional governor of
South Carolina 30 June, "
Execution of Lewis Payne, G, A. Atzerodt, David E.
Harold, and Mary E. Surratt, implicated in the as-
sassination of Lincoln 7 July, "
William Marvin proclaimed provisional governor of
Florida 13 July, "
Confederate privateer Shenandoah (capt. Waddell) de-
stroys about 30 Federal vessels during Aug. "
^Mississippi nullifies the ordinance of secession, 22 Aug. '•
All restrictions on southern ports removed after 1 Sept.
by proclamation of president 29 Aug. "
South Carolina repeals ordinance of secession, 15 Sept. "
Alabama annuls the ordinance of secession. . .25 Sept. "
North Carolina annuls the ordinance of secession,
7 Oct. "
Alexander H. Stephens of Ga., John H. Reagan of
Texas, John A. Campbell of Ala., George A. Tren-
holm of S. C, and Charles Clark of Miss., paroled
by executive order 11 Oct. •'
President proclaims end of martial law in Kentucky,
12 Oct. "
Great Fenian meeting at Philadelphia ; the Irish re-
public proclaimed 16-24 Oct. "
Florida repeals ordinance of secession 28 Oct. "
Georgia repeals ordinance of secession 30 Oct. "
National thanksgiving for peace 2 Nov. "
Shenandoah, capt. Waddell, reaches Liverpool, Engl.,
6 Nov. ; he had first heard of the peace 2 Aug. ;
vessel given up to British government and crew
paroled 8 Nov., and the vessel given to the Amer-
ican consul 9 Nov. "
Capfc.Wirz, after military trial, begun 21 Aug., is con-
victed of cruelty to Federal prisoners in Anderson-
ville, and hung 10 Nov. "
Ex.-pres. Buchanan publishes a vindication of his ad-
ministration Nov. ••
Habeas corpus restored in the northern states by
president's proclamation 1 Dec. "
Thirty-ninth Congress, First Session, convenes. .4 Dec. "
Lafayette S. Foster, president p7-o tern, of the Senate.
Schuyler Colfax elected speaker of the House by a
vote of 139 to 36 for James Brooks of New York.
President's annual message presented 4 Dec. "
House appoints as committee on reconstruction messrs.
Stevens, Washburn, Morrill, Grider, Bingham, Conk-
ling, Boutwell, Blow, and Rogers 14 Dec. "
Sec. Seward declares the Xlll.th Amendment to the
Constitution, abolishing slavery, ratified by Illinois,
Rhode Island, Michigan, Maryland, New York, West
Virginia, Maine, Kansas, Massachusetts, Pennsyl-
vania, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Nevada, Indiana,
Louisiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Vermont, Tennes-
see, Arkansas, Connecticut, New Hampshire, South
Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia, 27
states 18 Dec. '•
President sends a message to Congress on the insur-
gent states, with report of gen. Grant 18 Dec. "
Senate appoints as committee on reconstruction messrs.
Fessenden, Grimes, Harris, Howard, Johnson, and
Williams 21 Dec. 1865
Gov. Holden of N. C. relieved by pres. Johnson, and
governor-elect Jonathan Worth appointed. .23 Dec. "
Death of Joseph Crele, said to be 141 years of age;
born at site of Detroit in 1725 ; dies at Caledonia,
Wis 27 Jan. 1866
Freedmen's Bureau bill passed bv Senate, 25 Jan. ; by
House, 6 Feb. 1866 ; vetoed . .'. 19 Feb. "
[The Senate fails to pass this bill over the presi-
dent's veto, vote being 30 for to 18 against.]
President denounces Congress and the Reconstruction
committee, in a speech at the executive mansion,
22 Feb. "
Civil Rights bill passed 16 Mch. ; vetoed. . . .27 Mch. "
President proclaims the insurrection at an end in
Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missis-
sippi, and Florida 2 Apr. "
First post of the Grand Army of the Republic organ-
ized at Springfield, 111. (Grand army) 6 Apr. "
Civil Rights bill passed over the president's veto,
9 Apr. ■■
Fair held in Baltimore for the relief of the destitute
in the southern states nets §164,569. 97 Apr. •'
Race riot in Memphis, Tenn 1-2 May, "•
Boundary of Nevada extended 1 degree east, by act
of Congress 6 May, "•
Jefferson Davis indicted for complicity in the assassi-
nation of pres. Lincoln, in the U. S. Circuit court
of Virginia 8 May, "
Fourth Wisconsin cavalry mustered out, after serving
5 years and 1 da}' ; the longest term of volunteers
on record 28 May, "
Death of gen. Winfield Scott at West Point, aged 80,
29 May, "
Customs officers seize 1200 stands of Fenian arms at
Rouse's Point, N. Y., 19 May, and 1000 at St. Alban's,
Vt 30 May, "
Fenian raid into Canada ; about 1200 men cross the
Niagara river at Buffalo, N. Y., landing near old
fort Erie, 31 May, 1866. After a skirmish near
Ridgeway they withdraw to the U. S., where many
are arrested for violating the neutrality laws, and
over 1000 paroled 2 June, "
President's proclamation against the invasion of Can-
ada by Fenians 6 June, "
Over 1000 Fenians attack St. Armand, Quebec, and are
routed 9 June, "
XIV. th Amendment to Constitution passes the Sen-
ate 8 June, the House 13 June ; reaching the State
department 16 June, "
Majority of Reconstruction committee report the late
Confederate States not entitled to representation in
Congress 18 June, "
Message from the president to Congress adverse to
presenting the XlV.th Amendment to the states,
22 June, "
Great fire in Portland, Me 4 July, •'
James H. Lane, senator from Kansas, commits suicide,
11 July, "
[For cause, see Blaine's " Twenty Years of Con-
gress," vol. ii. p. 185-6.]
Tennessee readmitted by joint resolution of Congress,
approved 24 July, "
Congress creates the grades of admiral and vice-admi-
ral in the navy, and revives that of general in the
army (Army, Navy) 25 July, "
Atlantic telegraph completed 27 July, "
Act increasing and fixing the military peace establish-
ment 28 July, "■
First Session adjourns " '*
Race riot in New Orleans, many negroes killed.
30 July, '*
National Union convention of Conservatives in Phil-
adelphia ; senator James R. Doolittle, president,
14 Aug. '*
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This convention adopts a declaration of principles vin-
dicating the president 17 Aug. 1866
[I'he previous political character of its members
made this convention somewhat noted ; it contained
prominent citizens whose course throughout the re-
bellion had been patriotic, such as Thurlow Weed,
Marshall O. Roberts, Henry J. Kaytiioiid, John A.
Dix, and Robert S. Hale of N. Y., Cowan of Pa.,
Doolittle of Wis., and others of previous good stand-
ing in the Republican party, together with Vallan-
digham of O., Fernando Wood and Jas. Brooks of
N. Y., Burke and Sinclair of N. H., Phelps of Vt.,
Campbell of Pa., Carmichael of Md., and others, who
had been known as "copperhead" or "secession-
ist," and other more conservative Democrats, such
as Tilden, Dean Richmond, and Sanford E. Church
of N. Y., Stockton and Parker of N. J., Porter, Bigler,
and Packer of Pa., English of Conn., Johnson of Md.,
and many others.]
President proclaims the decree of Maximilian, 9 July,
1866, closing Mataraoras and other Mexican ports,
null and void as against the U. S 17 Aug. "
Insurrection in Texas at an end by proclamation of
the president 20 Aug. "
Pres. Johnson visits Philadelphia, New York, Chicago,
etc., speaking in favor of his policy and against
Congress 24 Aug.-18 Sept. "
[In this journey, then popularly known as "swing-
ing around the circle," the president was accompa-
nied by sec. Seward, sec. Welles, postmaster-gen.
, Randall, gen. Grant, adra. Farragut, and other army
officers and civilians.]
Convention of Southern Loyalists, held at Philadel-
phia 3-7 Sept. "
[This convention united with the convention of
the congressional party opposing the president's
policy.]
Corner-stone of monument to Stephen A. Douglas laid
in Chicago 6 Sept. "
National mass convention of soldiers and sailors held
in the interest of the president at Cleveland, in reso-
lutions reported by col. L. D. Campbell, approve
unanimously the action of the Philadelphia conven-
tion of 17 Aug 18 Sept. "
Pittsburg convention of soldiers and sailors held in
opposition to the president's policy 25-26 Sept. "
Peabody Institute, Baltimore, Md., inaugurated; George
Peabody present 24 Oct. "
Soldiers first admitted to the National Home for Dis-
abled Volunteers, located at Togus, near Augusta,
Me 10 Nov. "
A gold medal for Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, the gift of
40,000 French citizens, is delivered to minister Big-
elow at Paris I Dec. "
Second Session convenes ; president's message received,
3 Dec. "
Geo. H. Williams of Or. introduces bill " to regulate
the tenure of civil offices " 3 Dec. "
Massacre by Indians of U. S. troops at fort Philip Kear-
ney, near Big Horn, Wyoming ; 3 officers and 90
men killed and scalped 21 Dec. "
III the House of Representatives, James M. Ashley of
O. charges pres. Johnson with usurpation, corrupt
use of the appointing, pardoning, and veto powers,
and corrupt disposition of public property, and in-
terference in elections. The case is referred to the
judiciary committee by 108 to 39 7 Jan. 1867
Bill extending suffrage to negroes in the District of
Columbia, passed by Congress 14 Dec. 1866, vetoed
5 Jan. ; passed over the veto 8 Jan. "
N. P. Willis, born 1807, dies at Idle wild on the Hud-
son 20 Jan. "
Evangelical Alliance of the U. S. organized in New
York, with William E. Dodge as president. .30 Jan. "
Congress admits Nebraska as a state over the presi-
dent's veto 9 Feb. "
Alexander Dallas Bache, LL.D., A.A.S., born 1806, dies ♦
at Newport, R. 1 17 Feb. "
Nebraska, the 37th in order, proclaimed a state by the
president 1 Mch. 1867
Tenure of Civil Office bill passed over the president's
veto; Senate, 35 to 11 ; House, 133 to 37. . .2 Mch. "
Military Reconstruction act introduced in the House
by Thaddeus Stevens, Feb. 6, providing for the di-
vision of the insurrectionary states into 5 military
districts, as follows: 1st, Virginia ; 2d, North and
South Carolina; 3d, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama ;
4th, Mississippi and Arkansas; 6th, Louisiana and
Texas. Passed over the president's veto ; House,
138 to 51 ; Senate, 38 to 10 2 Mch. "
National Bankruptcy bill passed " "
Department of F^ducation established by act of Con-
gress 2 Mch. '■
Peonage in the territory of New Mexico abolished and
forever prohibited by act of Congress 2 Mch. '•
Committee on the Judiciary reports, concerning im-
peachment, its inability to conclude its labors (re-
port presented at 3 a.m. Sunday, 3 Mch.), and rec-
ommends a continuance of investigation ... .2 Mch. ''
B. F". Wade of O. elected president pro tem. of the
Senate, Mr. F'oster retiring 4 Mch. "
Thirty-ninth Congress adjourns " "
Fortieth Congress, First Session, convenes " "
Schuyler Colfax re-elected speaker by a vote of 127 to
30'for Samuel S. Marshall of 111.
[The 1st session of the 40th Congress was contin-
ued by repeated adjournments, sitting lst,4-29Mch.;
2d, 3-20 July ; 3d, 21 Nov.-2 Dec, when it adjourned
sine die. Congress distrusting the president, it was
deemed advisable " that the president should not be
allowed to have control of events for 8 months with-
out the supervision of the legislative branch of the
government." Benj. F. Butler enters Congress for
the first time at this session as Republican repre-
sentative from Massachusetts.]
Charles F\ Browne (Artemus Ward), born 1834, dies at
Southampton, Engl 6 Mch.
General orders No. 10, issued from army headquarters
by direction of the president, assigning gen. J. M.
Schofield to command 1st military district ; gen.
D. E. Sickles to command 2d military district ; gen.
G. H. Thomas to command 3d military district;
gen. E. O. C. Ord to command 4th military district;
gen. P. H. Sheridan to command 6th miiitary dis-
trict 11-12 Mch.
Gen. John Pope assigned to 3d militarv district, gen.
Thomas to command department of the Cumberland,
15 Mch.
Henry Barnard, LL.D., appointed commissioner of edu-
cation 16 Mch.
Peabody Southern Educational Fund (a gift of $2,-
100,000 from George Peabody) transferred to a
board of trustees, rev. dr. Barnas Sears superinten-
dent 22 Mch.
Supplementary Reconstruction act concurred in 19
Mch., vetoed by president 23 Mch.; is passed over
his veto by the House, 114 to 25, and bv the Senate,
40 to 7 ! ! ... 23 Mch.
Congress adjourns to 3 July, after a session of 26 days,
29 Mch.
Special session of the Senate in accordance with presi-
dent's proclamation, 30 Mch., meets 1 Apr.
Special session of the Senate adjourns srae die, 19 Apr.
Expedition against the Indians in western Kansas,
led by gens. Hancock and Custer 30 Apr.
Jeflferson Davis taken to Richmond on habeas corpus
and admitted to bail in $100,000 ; sureties, Horace
Greeley and Augustus Schell of New York ; Aris-
tides Welsh and David K. Jackman of Philadel-
phia; W. H. McFarland, Richard B. Haxall, Isaac
Davenport, Abraham Warwick, G. A. Myers, W. W.
Crump, James Lyons, J. A. Meredith, W. H. Lyons,
John M.Botts, Thomas W.Boswell, and James Thom-
as, jr., of Virginia 13 Ma\',
Congress reassembles 3 July,
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.Supplementary Reconstruction bill, reported 8 July,
vetoed and passed over the veto 19 July, 1867
•Congress adjourns to 21 Nov., after a session of 18
days. 20 July, "
Catharine Maria Sedgwick, authoress, born 1789, dies
near Roxbury, Mass 31 July, "
John H. Surratt, implicated in a.ssassination of'pres.
Lincoln, is arrested in Alexandria, Egypt, and placed
on the American vessel Swataj-a, 2i Dec. 1866; his
trial begins 10 June, 1867, in the Criminal court for
District of Columbia ; the jury, disagreeing, are dis-
missed , 10 Aug. "
E. M. Stanton, sec. of war, refusing to resign at the re-
quest of the president, 5 Aug., is suspended, and gen.
Grant appointed secretary ^?"o tern., Stanton submit-
ting under protest 12 Aug. "
•Sheridan relieved of command in 5th military district,
and gen. Hancock appointed 17 Aug. "
Cen. Sickles succeeded by gen. E. R. S. Canby as com-
mander of 2d military district. .......... .26 Aug. "
"Woman's SuflFrage campaign in Kansas conducted by
Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, and George Francis Train with the Hutch-
inson family of singers Sept.-Oct. "
■General amnesty proclaimed bj' the president. .7 Sept. "
National cemetery at Antietam dedicated. . . .17 Sept. "
<jold discovered in Wyoming, and South Pass City es-
tablished Oct. '•
Elias Howe, inventor, born 1819, dies at Brooklyn, L. I.,
3 Oct. "
Formal transfer of Alaska by Russia to gen. Rousseau
of the U. S. service at New Archangel, Sitka. 9 Oct. ''
Congress reassembles 21 Nov. "
Congress adjourns sine die after a 12 days' session, 2 Dec. "
Second Session meets " "
President's message received by Congress 3 Dec. "
Resolution to impeach the president negatived in the
House of Representatives 7 Dec. "
Maj,-gen. George C. Meade appointed to command of
3d military district, succeeding Pope, removed, 28 Dec. "
Senate refuses to approve of the suspension of secretary
Stanton 13 Jan. 1868
Act exempting cotton from internal tax 3 Feb. "
Pres. Johnson removes Stanton, and appoints gen. Lo-
renzo Thomas secretary of war ad interim ; act de-
clared illegal by the Senate 21 Feb. "
Mr. Stanton refuses to vacate, and has Thomas arrested
and held to bail (discharged 24 Feb.) 22 Feb. "
House of Representatives votes to impeach the presi-
dent, 124 to 42 24 Feb. "
Impeachment reported at the bar of the Senate by
Thaddeus Stevens and John A. Bingham . . .25 Feb. "
Articles of impeachment adopted by the House, and
Thaddeus Stevens, B. F. Butler, John A. Bingham,
George S. Boutwell, James F. Wilson, Thomas Will-
iams, and John A. Logan elected managers, 2 Mch. "
Senate organizes as a court of impeachment. . .5 Mch. "
Gen. Hancock succeeded by gen. Buchanan as com-
mander of 5th military district 18 Mch. "
Answer of pres. Johnson to articles of impeachment read
in court by his counsel 23 Mch. "
Prosecution begun by B. F. Butler 30 Mch. "
Chinese embassy, headed by Anson Burlingame, arrives
at San Francisco 31 Mch. "
Benjamin R. Curtis opens the defence in court of im-
peachment 9 Apr. "
JVlemorial monument and statue of pres. Lincoln un-
veiled at Washington 15 Apr. "
Public dinner to Charles Dickens given in New York
city 18 Apr. "
Dickens arrived at Boston, Mass., 19 Nov. 1867
(his 2d visit to the U. S., his first being in 1842).
He gives readings from his own works in most of the
larger cities of the U. S., and sails from New York
city on his return voyage 22 Apr. "
Crand Array of Republic institutes Memorial or Deco-
ration day by order designating 30 May for observ-
ance 5 May, "
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Senate votes upon 11th article of impeachment ; 35 (not
two-thirds) for conviction, 19 for acquittal. . 16 May,
Republican National convention assembles at Chicago,
and Joseph R. Hawley of Conn, chosen permanent
president, 20 May; Ulysses S. Grant nominated for
president on first ballot; on the fifth ballot for vice-
president, Schuyler Colfax of Ind. receives 541 votes ;
Benjamin F. Wade of O., 38 ; Reuben E. Fenton of
N. Y,, 69 ; 21 May,
Court of impeachment acquits the president on articles
ii. and iii. by same vote as on article xi., and adjourns
sine die by vote of 34 to 16 26 May,
Mr. Stanton resigns as secretary of war, 26 May, and is
succeeded by gen. Schofield .30 May,
Ex-pres. James Buchanan, born 1791, dies at Wheat-
land, Pa , * 1 June,
Gen. George Stoneman assigned to 1st militarj- district,
to replace Schofield '. .1 June,
Gen. Irvin McDowell appointed to command 4th mili-
tary district, 28 Dec. 1867, assumes his duties,
4 June,
Arkansas admitted to representation by Congress over
president's veto 22 June,
Eight hours to constitute a day's work for all laborers,
workmen, and mechanics in government employ, by
act of 25 June,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia,
Alabama, and Florida admitted to representation in
Congress over president's veto 25 June,
McDowell relieved and gen. Alvan C. Gillem appointed
to command of 4th military district 30 June,
So called " Burlingame treaty " with China signed at
Washington 4 July,
Amnesty proclamation by the president pardoning all
late rebels not under presentment or indictment in
U. S. courts , 4 July,
National Democratic convention meets in Tammany
Hall, New York, 4 July, and Horatio Seymour chosen
permanent president, 6 July ; Horatio Seymour nom-
inated for president on 22d ballot; gen. Frank P. Blair
for vice-president unanimously on first ballot, 9 July,
Act removing legal and political disabilities imposed
by U. S. on several hundred persons in the southern
states as mentioned in act 20 July,
Sec, Seward announces the XlV.th Amendment to
the Constitution adopted by the votes of 29 states
(Connecticut, New Hampshire, Tennessee, New
Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, New York, Ohio, Illinois,
West Virginia, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, Missouri,
Indiana, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Wisconsin,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Massachusetts, Nebraska,
Iowa, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana,
South Carolina, and Alabama) 20 July,
Bill for payment of national debt and reduction of rate
of interest passed by Congress 25 July,
Territory of Wyoming created of parts of Dakota,
Utah, and Idaho 25 July,
Fheedmen's Bureau discontinued after 1 Jan. 1869,
by act of 25 July,
U. S. laws relating to customs, commerce, and naviga-
tion extended over Alaska, by act of 27 July,
Act for protection of naturalized citizens abroad, "
Second Session adjourns to 21 Sept., after sitting 239
days 27 July,
XlV.th Amendment ratified by Georgia, 21 July, 1868 ;
proclaimed by president 27 July,
Gen. J. Reynolds appointed to command 5th miUtary
district (Texas) 28 July,
Thaddeus Stevens, born 1793, dies at Washington,
11 Aug.
Ordinance of secession declared null and void in Louis-
iana by constitution, ratified by the people, 17-18 Aug,
Col. George A. Forsyth engages in an 8-days fight with
Indians on the north fork of the Republican river,
Kan Sept.
Second Session reassembles for one day and adjourns to
16 Oct 21 Sept.
Congress meets and adjourns to 10 Nov. 16 Oct.
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Grant and Colfax, Republicans, elected president and
vice-president by votes of 26 states and a popular
vote of 8,016,071 ; Seymour and Blair, Democrats,
receive votes of 8 states and a popular vote of 2,709,-
613 3 Nov.
Second Session meets and adjourns 10 Nov.
Third Session meets 7 Dec.
President proclaims unconditional pardon and amnesty
to all concerned in the late insurrection. . . .25 Dec.
Colored National convention, Frederick Douglass presi-
dent, meets at Washington 13 Jan.
Objection to counting electoral votes of Georgia made
in the House of Representatives by Mr. Butler of
Mass 10 Feb.
Electoral votes counted by Congress: for Grant and
Colfax, Republicans, 214 ; for Seymour and Blair,
Democrats, with Georgia, 80, without Georgia, 71,
10 Feb.
A nolle prosequi enteredincdse of JeflFerson Davis, 1 1 Feb.
Loans of money on U. S. notes by national banks for-
bidden by act of. 19 Feb.
XV.th Amendment totheConstitution,forbiddingstates
to restrict the elective franchise because of race, color,
or previous condition of servitude, proposed by reso-
lution of Congress, received at department of state,
27 Feb.
St. Paul and St. George islands, Alaska, declared a
special reservation for protection of fur seal, and
landing thereon forbidden, by act 3 Mch.
Speaker Colfax resigns, T. M. Pomeroy unanimously
elected speaker 3 Mch.
Oath of office administered to vice-president Colfax,
4 Mch.
Fortieth Congress adjourns "
Gen. Grant inaugurated president "
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Twenty-first Administration
1869 to 3 Mch. 1873.
Eepublican. 4 Mch.
Ulysses S. Grant, III, president.
Schuyler Colfax, Ind., vice-president.
CABINKT.
Elihu B. Washbui-n, 111 , sec. of state, 5 Mch. 1869.
Hamilton Fish, N. Y , sec. of state, 11 Mch. 1869.
George S. Boutwell, Mass., sec. of treasury, 11 Mch. 1869.
John A. Rawlins, III, sec. of war, 11 Mch. 1869.
William T. Sherman, O., sec. of war, 9 Sept. 1869.
William W. Belknap, la., sec. of war, 25 Oct. 1869.
A dolph E. Borie, Pa., sec. of navy, 5 Mch. 1869.
George M. Robeson, N. J., sec. of navy, 25 June, 1869.
Jacob D. Cox, O., sec. of interior, 5 Mch. 1869.
Columbus Delano, O., sec. of interior, 1 Nov. 1870.
John A. J. Creswell, Md., postmaster-gen., 5 Mch. 1869.
E. Rockwood Hoar, Mass., attorney-gen , 5 Mch. 1869.
A mos T. Akerman, Ga , attorney-gen., 23 June, 1870.
George H. Williams, Or., attorney-gen., 14 Dec. 1871.
Forty-first Congress, First Session, meets 4 Mch. 1869
James G. Blaine elected speaker by 135 to 57 for
Michael C. Kerr of Ind.
Gen. Gillem removed from 4th militarj' district (Mis-
sissippi), and gen. Adelbert Ames appointed. .Mch. "
A. T. Stewart, nominated and confirmed as secretarj' of
the treasury, 5 Mch., resigns because of act of 2 Sept.,
1789, which forbids any one interested in importing
to hold the office 9 Mch. "
Earliest practicable redemption of U. S. notes in coin
promised by act 18 Mch. "
H. B. Anthony of R. I. elected president jp7o tern, of the
Senate 23 Mch. •'
President's message to the Senate on claims upon Great
Britain .7 Apr. "
President calls a special session of the Senate for 12
Apr .8 Apr. "
Fi7'st Session adjourns 10 Apr. "
Special session of the Senate meets 12 Apr. "
Gen. E. R. S. Canby assumes command of the military
district of Virginia 20 Apr. "
Special session of Senate adjourns 23 Apr.
Union Pacific railroad opened for traffic (Pacific kail-
noADs) 10 May,
Filibustering expedition under gen. Tliomas Jordan,
fitted out in New York, lands on north coast of Cuba,
12 May,
Southern Commercial convention meets at Memphis,
Tenn. ; 1100 delegates from 22 states 18 May,
National Commercial convention meets at New Orleans,
25 May,
Great peace jubilee at lioston, Mass. (Music), 15 June,
Adolph E. Borie, sec. of navj', resigns 22 June,
Expedition for Cuba under col. Ryan, sailing from New
York, 26 June, is captured by a U. S. revenue cutter,
27 June,
Soldiers' National monument at Gettysburg dedicated,
1 July,
Irish National Republican convention meets in Chicago;
221 delegates 4-5 July,
U. S. end of the Franco-American cable landed at Dux-
bury, Mass., 23 July, and event celebrated . .27 July,
National Labor convention meets in Philadelphia,
16 Aug.
National Temperance convention (500 delegates) meets
in Chicago 1-2 Sept.
John A. Rawlins, sec. of war, and gen. Grant's adjutant-
general throughout the war, born 1831, dies at Wash-
ington, D. C 6 Sept.
One hundred and eight men suifocated in a burning
coal-mine at Avondale, Pa 6 Sept.
Commercial convention meets at Keokuk, la. .7 Sept.
William Pitt Fessenden, born 1806, dies at Portland,
Me 8 Sept.
Financial panic in New York city culminates in "Black
Friday"; gold quoted at 162J. 24 Sept.
George Peabo<iy lands at New York, 10 June; he en-
dows several' institutions, adds $1,400,000 to his
Southern Education fund, and leaves for London,
30 Sept.
Northwestern branch of the National Home for Disa-
bled Volunteer Soldiers, near Milwaukee, Wis., dedi-
cated Oct.
Franklin Pierce, ex-president, born 1804, dies at Con-
cord, N. H , 8 Oct.
Commercial convention held at Louisville, Ky., 520
delegates from 22 states, ex-pres. Millard Fillmore
presiding 13 Oct.
Pere Hyacinthe arrives at New York, 18 Oct., and is
introduced in public by Henry Ward Beecher,
24 Oct.
Steamboat Stonewall burned on the Mississippi below
Cairo ; about 200 persons perish 27 Oct.
U. S. branch mint at Carson City, Nev., founded 1866,
begins operations 1 Nov.
Adm. Charles Stewart, born 1778, dies at Bordentown,
N. J 6 Nov.
Maj.-gen. John Ellis Wool, born 1784, dies at Troj',
N. Y. 10 Nov.
Reunion of Old and New School Presbyterian churches
at Pittsburg, Pa '. 12 Nov.
National Woman Suffrage convention meets at Cleve-
land, O. (183 delegates from 16 states. Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher president), and organizes American
Woman's Suffrage Association 24 Nov.
Second Session opens 6 Dec.
National Colored Labor convention meets at Washing-
ton 10 Dec.
Wj'oming gives women the right to vote and hold
office '. 10 Dec.
George H. Peabody, born South Danvers, Mass., 1795,
dies in London, 4 Nov. ; funeral services held in
Westminster Abbey, 12 Nov., and body placed on
the British steamship Monarch for transportation to
the U. S 11 Dec.
Act removing legal and political disabilities from large
classes of persons in the southern states. . .14 Dec.
Edwin M. Stanton, born 1814, dies at Washington,
D. C 24 Dec.
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Telegraph operators' strike throughout the country,
4 Jan.
Statue of Nathaniel Greene, placed in the old hall of
House of Representatives b}^ Rhode Island, accepted
by resolution of Congress 20 Jan.
.British Peninsular and Oriental steamsliip Bombay
collides with and sinks the U. S. corvette Oneida,
. about 20 miles from Yokohama, Japan ; 112 lives
lost 23 Jan.
Prince Arthur of Great Britain reaches New York, 21
Jan., and is presented to pres. Grant 24 Jan.
Virginia readmitted by act approved 26 Jan., and gov-
ernment transferred to civil authorities by gen.
Canby 27 Jan.
•George Peabody buried at Peabody (South Danvers),
Mass 8 Feb.
•Congress authorizes the secretary of war to establish
a weather bureau for the U. S 9 Feb.
Northern Pacific railroad begun at the Dalles of the St.
Louis, Minn , . . . . 15 Feb.
Anson Burlingame, born 1822, dies at St. Petersburg,
Russia . . .23 Feb.
^Mississippi readmitted by act approved "
iHiram R. Revels of Miss., first colored member of the
Senate, sworn 25 Feb.
Act removing legal and political disabilities from many
persons in the southern states 7 Mch,
'Grand jury of men and women impanelled at Laramie,
Wyo 7 Mch.
Texas readmitted by act approved 30 Mch.
•Sec. Fish proclaims the ratification of XV.th Amend-
ment by 29 states : North Carolina, West Virginia,
Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Maine, Louisiana, Michi-
gan, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Con-
necticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New York, New
Hampshire, Nevada, Vermont, Virginia, Alabama,
Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,
Rhode Island, Nebraska, Texas 30 Mch.
Mass-meeting of Mormons at Salt Lake City protest
against interference by Congress with polygamy,
6 Apr.
American Anti-Slavery Society, after an existence of
37 years, is dissolved 9 Apr.
Point of junction of Union and Central Pacific rail-
roads fixed northwest of the station at Ogden, Utah,
by act of. 6 May,
Proclamation of president against Fenian invasion of
Canada 24 May,
Fenian army of 500 invade Canada from Fairfield, Vt.,
and are driven back 25-27 May,
Act to enforce the right to vote under the XV.th
Amendment. , . .31 May,
Attorney-gen, Hoar resigns 15 June,
U. S. department of justice organized by act of
22 June,
Treaty to annex Dominican Republic and lease bay
and peninsula of Samana concluded, ^9 Nov. 1869;
rejected by the Senate . , 80 June,
Congress grants the widow of pres. Lincoln a pension
of $3000 per annum 14 July,
Stone presented to pres. Lincoln by patriots of Rome
is given to the Lincoln Monument Association at
Springfield, 111., by Congress 14 July,
Act to authorize refunding the national debt at 5, 4l\,
and 4 per cent. 14 July,
Georgia readmitted by act approved .• 1^ July>
Act reducing the U. S. army to a peace footing, "
•Second Session adjourns "
First through-car from the Pacific reaches New York,
24 July,
Adm. David C. Farragut, born 1801, dies at Ports-
mouth, N. H 14 Aug,
National Labor congress meets in Cincinnati . . 15 Aug.
President proclaims neutrality in the Franco-Prussian
war 22 Aug.
Irish National congress assembles at Cincinnati, 23 Aug.
National Commercial convention meets at Cincinnati, O.,
4 Oct.
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Gen. Robert E. Lee, born 1807, dies at Lexington, Va.,
12 Oct.
President's proclamation forbidding military expedi-
tions against nations at peace with the U. S., 12 Oct.
Oliver P. Morton, appointed minister to Great Britain,
declines for political reasons . 25 Oct.
Jacob D. Cox, secretary of interior, resigns. . . .30 Oct.
John Lothrop Motley, minister to England, asked to
resign by the president, July, 1870; disregarding
the request, is recalled Nov.
Third Session opens 5 Dec.
President's annual message presented "
J. H. Rainey of S. C, first colored member of House of
Representatives, is sworn in 12 Dec.
Colored Methodist Episcopal church in America organ-
ized by bishop Paine at Jackson, Tenn 16 Dec.
Gen. Robert Schenck appointed minister to Great
Britain 22 Dec.
Resolution authorizing a San Domingo commission
approved (B. F. Wade of O., A. D. White, president
of Cornell university, and S. G. Howe of Mass.,
named) 12 Jan.
Supreme court decides the Legal Tender act of 1862 con-
stitutional 16 Jan.
Statue of Lincoln in the rotunda of the Capitol un-
veiled .• .* 25 Jan.
George Ticknor, historian, born 1791, dies at Boston,
26 Jan.
Act for a commission of fish and fisheries (Spencer F.
Baird appointed) 9 Feb.
District of Columbia made a territorial government, by
act of 21 Feb.
Act for celebration of centennial of Independence by an
international exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876,
3 Mch.
Forty-first Congress adjourns 4 Mch.
Forty-second Congress, First Session, meets "
Speaker of the House, James G. Blaine of Me.
Charles Sumner, chairman of Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations, replaced by sen. Cameron of Pa.,
10 Mch.
President's proclamation against unlawful combinations
of armed men in South Carolina (Ku-ki.ux), 24 Mch.
Sen. Sumner's speech on the resolutions regarding the
employment of the navy on the coast of San Domin-
go during negotiations for the acquisition of part of
that island ; 27 Mch.
[The acquisition of San Domingo by annexation
was favored by the president, but was not by either
the House or the Senate. The speeches of sen.
Sumner were so bitter towards the measure and the
administration that all personal intercourse ceased
between him and the president.]
First Civil-service commission, George William Curtis,
Alexander G. Cattell, Joseph Medill, D. A. Walker,
E. B. EUicott, Joseph H. Blackfan,and David C, Cox,
appointed by president Mch.
William H. Gibson (colored), U. S. mail agent on the
Lexington and Louisville railroad, assaulted at North
Benson, Ky., 26 Jan ; U. S. troops sent into Ken-
tucky, and mail withdrawn on that route for one
month Mch.
San Domingo commission's report sent to Congress with
a special message by the president 5 Apr.
Act to enforce the XlV.th Amendment (Ku-klux act),
20 Apr.
Branch mint at Dahlonega, Ga., conveyed to trustees
of the North Georgia Agricultural college for educa-
tional purposes, by act of. 20 Apr.
First Session adjourns "
Under call, dated 20 Apr., Senate meets in special ses-
sion 10 May,
Henry B. Anthony elected president pro teni. of the
Senate .' .23 May,
International Young Men's Christian Association meets
at Washington, D. C 24 May,
Extra session of Senate adjourns sine die 27 May,
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Hall's Arctic expedition sails from New York (North-
east ANi> Northwest passages) 29 June,
Riot in New York city between Irish Orangemen and
Catholics 12 July,
First narrow-gauge (3 feet) locomotive built in the U. S.
shipped from Philadelphia for the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad 13 July,
Tweed Ring frauds first exposed in the New York Times,
22 July,
Boiler on Staten Island ferry-boat Westfield at New
York explodes; 100 killed, 100 wounded. . .30 July,
Political disturbance in Louisiana begins (Louisiana,
1871-75) 8 Aug.
National Labor congress held in St. Louis ... .10 Aug.
Mass-meeting in New York held to consider the Tweed
Ring frauds ; committee of 70 appointed. . . .4 Sept.
Pres. Lincoln's bodv removed to the permanent vault
at Springfield, 111" 19 Sept.
National Commercial convention meets at Baltimore,
Md 26 Sept.
Brigham Young arrested in Salt Lake City for polyg-
amy 2 Oct.
Chicago fire breaks out Sunday evening, 8 Oct.
Forest fires in vicinity of Green Bav (Wisconsin),
8-9 Oct.
Proclamation by the president against Ku-klux in South
Carolina. . . * 12 Oct.
William M. Tweed arrested and released on $2,000,000
bail 27 Oct.
Capt. Charles Francis Hall, Arctic explorer, dies on the
Polaris 8 Nov.
Grand-duke Alexis of Russia arrives at New York with a
fleet of war vessels, 19 Nov., public reception, 21 Nov.
Russian envoy to the U. S., Catacazy, recalled, owing
. to personal differences with sec. Fish 25 Nov.
Second Session convenes 4 Dec.
Fish-Catacazy correspondence published 6 Dec.
Attorney-gen. A. T. Akerman resigns his office, 13 Dec.
Tweed committed to the Tombs, but released on writ of
habeas corpus 16 Dec.
President's message with report of Civil-service Reform
commission 19 Dec.
Brigham Young arrested in Salt Lake City as impli-
cated in murder of Richard Yates 2 Jan.
Col. James Fisk, jr., shot in the Grand Central Hotel,
New York, by Edward S. Stokes, 6 Jan., dies
(Trials) 8 Jan.
Congress accepts from Rhode Island a statue of Roger
Williams ....". 11 Jan.
Sen. Sumner's speech on civil rights 15 Jan.
Liberal Republican movement begins with a conven-
tion held at Jefferson City, Mo 24 Jan.
Martin J. Spalding, Roman Catholic archbishop of
Baltimore and primate of the church in America,
born 1810, dies ; 7 Feb.
Sen. Sumner offers resolutions to investigate sales of
ordnance stores by the governmentduring the Fran-
co-German war 12 Feb.
Labor Reform convention meets at Columbus, O., 21
Feb., and nominates judge David Davis of 111. for
president, and judge Joel Parker of N.J. for vice-
president 22 Feb.
National Prohibition convention at Columbus, O., nom-
inates James Black of Pa. for president, and John
Russell of Mich, for vice-president 22 Feb.
Yellowstone National park established by act ap-
proved 1 Mch.
Imperial Japanese embassy, of 114 persons, is presented
to the president at the Executive mansion. .4 Mch.
U. S. Centennial commissioners and alternates meet in
Philadelphia and organize, electing Joseph R. Haw-
ley president 4 Mch.
Statues of Jonathan Trumbull and Roger Sherman pre-
sented to the Senate by Connecticut for the old Hall
of Representatives 8 Mch.
Pres. Grant appoints gen. A. A. Humphreys, U.S.A.,
prof. Benjamin Pierce, U. S. coast survey, and capt.
Daniel Araraen, U. S, N., a commission to examine
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plans and proposals for an interoceanic canal across
the Isthmus of Darien Mch.
Prof. S. F. B. Morse, born 1791, dies in New York,
2 Apr.
National convention of colored men at New Orleans;
Frederick Douglass, chairman 10-14 Apr.
Assassination of judge J. C. Stephenson, Thomas E.
Detro, and James C. Cline at Gun City, Mo. (Mis-
souri) 24 Apr.
Sen.-elect Matthew W. Ransom from N. C. admitted
to a seat, and the Senate for the first time since 1861
is full 24 Apr.
Brigham Young taken to camp Douglas, 21 Mch., and
released 30 Apr.
Duty on tea and coffee repealed by act of 1 May,
National Liberal Republican convention meets in Cin-
cinnati, O., Carl Schurz permanent president. Hor-
ace Greeley of N. Y. nominated for president on the
6th ballot, 3 May ; gov. B. Gratz Brown of Mo. for
vice-president 1-3 May,
[The result of the balloting in the nomination of
Greeley created surprise and disappointment. "That
a convention which owed its formal call to a body
of active and aggressive free-traders, should commit
its standard to the foremost champion of protection
in the country. That a convention, composed largely
of Democrats, should select him who had waged in-
cessant and unsparing war against them from the
hour he first entered political life, who had assailed
them with all the terms of abuse found in his well-
filled armory of denunciation, was not only singular
but incongruous." — Blaine's " Twenty Years of Con-
gress," vol. ii. p. 624.]
Greeley's letter of acceptance dated 20 May,
Political disabilities under article 3 of the XlV.th
Amendment removed, except from senators and rep-
resentatives in 36th and 37th Congresses, and offi-
cers of the judicial, military, and naval service of
the U. S., heads of departments, and foreign minis-
ters of the U. S., by act of 22 May,
Workingmen's National convention at New York nomi-
nates Grant and Wilson for president and vice-presi-
dent 23 May,
Sumner assails the president in the Senate. . .31 May,
[ " Sumner seeks to prevent the renomination of
gen. Grant by concentrating, in one massive broad-
side, all that should be suggested against him." —
Blaine's " Twenty Years of Congress," vol. ii. p. 533.]
B. Gratz Brown accepts the nomination for vice-presi-
dent 31 May,
Dispute with Spain respecting the imprisonment of
dr, Howard, an American citizen, in Cuba since 13
Dec. 1870, settled, and dr. Howard released. , .June,
General labor strike in New York settled (Strike),
June,
Centennial Board of Finance incorporated by act of,
• 1 June,
James Gordon Bennett, founder of the New York
Herald, born 1795, dies at New York 1 June,
National Republican convention at Philadelphia, 5
June, Thomas Settle of N. C. permanent president.
Grant renominated by acclamation, and on 1st ballot
Henry Wilson of Mass. nominated for vice-president
by 364^ votes to 3211 votes for Schuyler Colfax,
6 June,
Henry B. Anthony chosen president pro tern, of the
Senate 8 June,
Second Session adjourns 10 June,
Grant accepts the Republican nomination. ... "
Sen. Wilson's letter of acceptance dated 14 June,
World's Peace Jubilee at Boston (Music),
17 June-4 July,
Liberal Republican Revenue Reformers' convention at
New York nominates William S. Groesbeck of O. for
president, and Frederick Law Olmstead of N. Y. for
vice-president 21 June,
Judge David Davis declines the Labor Reform nomi-
nation for president 24 June,
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Joel Parker, nominated for vice-president by Labor Re-
form convention, declines 28 June, 1872
National Democratic convention meets at Baltimore,
Md., 9 July, James R. Doolittle of Wis. chairman.
Horace Greeley of N. Y. nominated for president on
1st ballot by 686 votes out of 732, and B. Gratz
Brown of Mo, for vice-president by 713 votes out of
732 9-10 July, «
Mr. Greeley accepts the nomination 12 July, "
Jesse Olney, geographer, born 1798, dies at Stratford,
Conn 30 July, «
B. Gratz Brown accepts the Baltimore nomination,
8 Aug. «
National Labor Reform convention at Philadelphia
nominates Charles O'Conor for president, and Eli
Saulsbury for vice-president 22 Aug. "
O'Conor declines the nomination 27 Aug. "
National convention of " Straight-out " Democrats in
Louisville, Ky., repudiates the Baltimore nominees,
and nominates Charles O'Conor of N. Y. for presi-
dent, and John Quincy Adams of Mass. for vice-pres-
ident (both decline) 3-5 Sept. "
National Industrial Exposition opens at Louisville, Kv.,
3 Sept. "
Tribunal at Geneva, under article vii. of the treaty of
Washington, 8 May, 1871, awards to the U. S. $15,-
500,000 as indemnity from Great Britain. . . 14 Sept. "
Colored Liberal Republican National convention at
Louisville, Ky. delegates from 23 states; Greeley
and Brown nominated 25 Sept. "
William Henry Seward, born 1801, dies at Auburn,
N. Y 10 Oct. "
"Epizootic," affecting horses throughout the country,
reaches the city of New York 23 Oct. "
Emperor of Germany, arbitrator in the San Juan diffi-
culty, awards the islands to the U. S. (Juan, San),
23 Oct. »
General election : Grant and Wilson carry 31 states,
popular vote, 3,697,070 ; Greeley and Brown, 6
states, popular vote, 2,834,079 ; Black and Russell,
5608... 5 Nov. "
Great tire in Boston ; loss 180,000,000 9-10 Nov. "
Susan B. Anthony and 14 other females prosecuted for
illegal voting in Rochester, N. Y 18 Nov. "
Modoc war in California 29 Nov. "
Horace Greelev, born 1811, dies at Pleasantville, N. Y.,
29 Nov. "
Nicaragua expedition, in charge of commander E. P.
Lull, sails from the U. S. (returns July, 1873). .Dec. "
Third Session begins 2 Dec. "
President's annual message received " "
Resolutions of Mr. Blaine adopted in the House, to in-
vestigate the accusation in the public press that
members of the House had been bribed in behalf of
the Union Pacific railroad by stock in the Credit
MoBiLiKK of America, and Luke P. Poland of Vt.,
Nathaniel P. Banks of Mass., James B. Beck of Ky.,
William E. Niblack of Ind., and George W. Mc-
Crary of la., appointed the committee 2 Dec. "
Edwin Forrest, the tragedian, born 1806, dies at Phila-
delphia. 12 Dec. "
Cri^dit Mobilier investigation to be henceforth con-
ducted in open session by resolution of the House,
6 Jan. 1873
Resolution adopted by the House to investigate the
relations of the Credit Mobilier and the Union
Pacific railroad company to the government. 6 Jan. "
Committee appointed to investigate: J. M.Wilson, Ind.;
Samuel Shellabarger, O.; Henry W. Slocum, N. Y.;
Thos. Swaini, :\[d. ; and Geo. F. Hoar, Mass.. 7 Jan. "
[This committee reported 20 Feb.]
William M. Tweed placed on trial 8 Jan. "
Act to abolish the grades of admiral and vice-admiral
in the U. S. navy ; no future appointments to be
made 24 Jan. "
Jury disagree in the Tweed trial 31 Jan. '•
Postal franking privilege abolished by act of Congress,
31 Jan. "
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passing the Senate 6 Feb. and the House 7 Feb. 1873
Electoral votes counted 12 Feb. "
[Whole number of electors, 366 ; majority, 184.
The electoral votes of Louisiana and Arkansas were
not counted, and the 3 votes of Georgia, cast for
Horace Greeley for president, were excluded. Num-
ber of votes counted for president, 349; for vice-
president, 352; distributed as follows: For presi-
dent, Ulysses S. Grant, 111., 286 ; B. Gratz Brown,
Mo., 18; Thomas A. Hendricks, Ind., 42 ; Charles J.
Jenkins, Ga., 2; David Davis, 111., 1. For vice-
president, Henry Wilson, Mass., 286; B. Gratz
Brown, Mo., 47; Nathaniel P. Banks, Mass., 1;
George W. Julian, Ind., 5^ Alfred H. Colquitt, Ga.,
5 ; John M. Palmer, 111., 3 ; Thomas E. Bramlette,
Ky., 3; William S. Groesbeck, O., 1; Willis B.
Machen, Ky., 1.]
March 4, 1873, designated for extraordinary session of
Senate, by proclamation of president 21 Feb. "
Alexander H. Stephens elected to 43d Congress from
Georgia 26 Feb. "
Resolutions of the House censuring Oakes Ames of
Mass., and James Brooks of N. Y., for connection
with Credit Mobilier 27 Feb. "
Act by which hereafter no Indian nation or tribe with-
in the territory of the U. S. shall be acknowledged
or recognized as an independent nation, tribe, or
power with whom the U. S. may contract by treaty,
3 Mch. "
Amendment to appropriation bill offered by B. F. But-
ler, fixing salary of the president of the U. S. at
$50,000 per year, vice-president $10,000, and sena-
tors, representatives, and delegates, including those
of the 42d Congress, $7500, besides travelling ex-
penses (the "Salary Grab" bill), passed. . . .3 Mch. "
Act to establish 10 life-saving stations on the coast of
Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Virginia,
and North Carolina 3 Mch. "
Oath of office administered to vice-pres. Wilson, 4 Mch. "
Forty-second Congress adjourns " "
Senate convenes in special session " "
Pres. Grant reinaugurated " "
Twenty-second Administration— EepubKcan. 4 Mch.
1873 to 3 Mch. 1877.
Ulysses S. Grant, 111., president.
Henry Wilson, Mass., vice-president.
CABINET.
Hamilton Fish, N. Y., sec. of treas., continued.
William A. Richardson, Mass., sec. of treas., from 17 Mch. 1873.
Benjamin If. Bristow, Ky., sec. of treas., from 4 June, 1874.
Lot M. Morrill, Me., sec. of treas., from 7 Julj'^, 1876.
Columbus Delano, O., sec. of interior, continued.
Zachariah Chandler, Mich., sec. of interior, from 19 Oct. 1875.
W. W. Belknap, la., sec. of war, continued.
Alphonso Taft, O., sec. of war, from 8 Mch. 1876.
James D. Cameron, Pa., sec. of war, from 22 May, 1876.
George M. Robeson, N. J., sec. of navy, continued.
John A. J. Creswell, Md., postmaster-gen., continued.
James W. Marshall, Va., postmaster-gen., from 7 July, 1874.
Marshall Jev^ell, Conn., postmaster-gen., from 24 Aug. 1874.
James N. Tyner, Ind., postmaster-gen,, from 12 July, 1876.
George H. Williams, Or., attorney-gen., continued.
Edwards Pierrepont, N. Y., attorney-gen., from 26 Apr. 1875.
Alphonso Taft, O., attorney-gen., from 22 May, 1876.
Special session of Senate adjourns 26 Mch. 1873
VVhite Star steamship A tlantic wrecked on Marr's Rock,
off Nova Scotia ; 547 lives lost 1 Apr. "
Massacre by Indians under capt. Jack of gen. Canby,
in the lava beds near fort Klamath, Cal 11 Apr. "
James Brooks of N. Y., born 1810, dies at Washing-
ton 30 Apr. "
Rescue of 19 persons (late of the Polaris') from float-
ing ice in Baffin's bay, by the sealing- vessel Tigress,
capt. Bartlett of Conception bay, Newfoundland,
30 Apr. "
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One-cent postal-cards issued by the U. S. government,
1 May, 1873
National Cheap Transportation Association organized
in New York 6 May, "
Chief-justice Salmon P. Chase, born 1808, dies in New
York city 7 May, "
Cakes Ames, member of Congress from Mass., " father
of the Credit Mobilier," born 1804, dies 8 May, "
President's proclamation dispersing disorderly bands in
Louisiana 22 May, "
U. S. Agricultural congress, organized in St. Louis,
1872, meets at Indianapolis, Ind 28 May, "
Nearly all the Modocs surrender, 22 May ; capt. Jack
and the remainder surrender 1 June, "
Susan B. Anthony fined $100 for illegal voting at
Rochester 18 June, "
Mavenscraig of Kirkcaldy, Scotland, in 75° 38' N. lat.,
and 65° 35' W. Ion., rescues the remainder of the
crew of the Polans 23 June, "
Hiram Powers, sculptor, born 1805, dies at Florence,
Italy 27 June, "
Centennial exposition at Philadelphia, to open 19 Apr.
1876, and close 19 Oct. following, by proclamation of
president 3 July, "
Site of Exposition buildings in Fairmount park, Phila-
delphia, transferred to the Centennial commission,
4 July, "
England pays the Alabama award ($15,500,000),
5 Sept. "
Panic begins in the Stock exchange. New York city,
19 Sept. "
New York Stock exchange closed Sept. 20 ; reopens,
30 Sept. «
Execution of capt. Jack and other Modocs 3 Oct. "
Evangelical Alliance of the World holds a session in
New York 3-11 Oct. "
Virginius, an American schooner, suspected of convey-
ing men and arms from New York to the insurgents
in Cuba, is captured by the Spanish gun-boat Tor-
nado, and conveyed to Cuba 31 Oct. "
Above 90 insurgents and sailors tried; many insur-
gents and 6 British and 30 Americans shot . 4-7 Nov. "
William M. Tweed convicted (New York). . . 19 Nov. "
Hoosac tunnel completed (Tunnel) 27 Nov. "
Forty-third Congress, First Session, opens 1 Dec. "
Vote for speaker of the House : James G. Blaine, 189 ;
Fernando Wood, 76; S. S. Cox, 2; Hiester Clymer, 1;
Alexander H. Stephens, 1 1 Dec. "
Matthew H. Carpenter of Wis. chosen president pro
tern, of Senate 11 Dec. '•
Prof. Louis J. R. Agassiz, scientist, born 1807, dies at
Cambridge, Mass 14 Dec. "
Virginius surrendered to the U. S. by Spain ; she
founders at sea off cape Fear while on her way to
New York 19 Dec. "
Ex-mayor Hall of New York acquitted 24 Dec. "
Survivors of the Virginius massacre, 102, surrendered to
the U. S. authorities at Santiago de Cuba, 18 Dec,
reach New York on the Juniata 28 Dec. "
Leavenworth, Kan., selected as the site for the National
Military prison 29 Dec. "
Women's Temperance crusade begins at Hillsborough,
O Dec. "
Chang and Eng, the Siamese twins, born in Siam, 15
Apr. 1811, came to the U. S. 1828, die at their home
near Salisbury, N. C, Eng surviving Chang about 2
hours 17 Jan. 1874
Act of 3 Mch. 1873 (" Salary Grab " bill), repealed, ex-
cept as to salaries of the president and justices of the
Supreme court 20 Jan. "
Morrison R. Waite appointed and confirmed chief-jus-
tice of the Supreme court 21 Jan. "
Act authorizing coinage at the mint of coins for for-
eign nations 29 Jan. "
Act providing for busts of chief-justices Taney and
Chase, to be placed in the Supreme Court room of
the U. S 29 Jan. "
Ex-pres. Millard Fillmore, born 1800, dies at Buffalo,
N. Y 8 Mch. 1874
Charles Sumner, born 1811, dies at Washington, D. C,
1 1 Mch. "
Bill to inflate the currency, fixing the maximum limit
at $400,000,000, passed by Senate, 6 Apr., by 29 to
24, and House, 14 Apr., by 140 to 1 02, vetoed . 22 A pr. "
Condition and status of the fur trade in Alaska to bo
investigated by special government agent, bj' act,
22 Apr. "
Proclamation of president commanding turbulent and
disorderly gatherings in Arkansas to disperse, 15 May. "
Reservoir dam on Mill river, Mass. , bursts : loss of prop-
erty $1,500,000 ; of life nearly 200 persons, 16 May, "
W. A. Richardson, sec. of the treasury, resigns. 1 June, "
President to invite foreign governments to take part in
the Centennial Exhibition, by act h June, '
Territorial government for the District of Columbia
abolished, and a board of 3 governing regents pro-
vided for, by act of. 20 June, '
Congress appropriates $300 or less to purchase and re-
store to the family of Lafayette the watch presented
him by gen. Washington, lost during his visit to
the U. S. in 1825, and since found 22 June, '
" Hazing " at the Annapolis Naval academy to be in-
vestigated by court-martial, and punished by dis-
missal, by act 23 June, '
Court of Commissioners of Alabama claims constituted
by act of Congress 23 June, '
Law to punish by imprisonment and fine the bringing
into the U. S., and selling or holding in involuntary
servitude inveigled or kidnapped foreigners, 28 June, '
First Session adjourns " '
Postmaster-gen. A. J. Creswell resigns 24 June, '
Great distress in Minnesota, Kansas, and Nebraska by
the grasshopper plague July-Oct. *
Mysterious abduction of Charley Ross, aged 4 years,
from his father's home in Germantown, Pa. (never
found) 1 July, '
Illinois and St. Louis railroad bridge over the Missis-
sippi at St. Louis opened 4 July, "
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher demands an investigation
of Theodore Tilton's charges against him . . .7 July, "
Sixteen negroes forcibly taken outof the Trenton, Tenn.,
jail by disguised men and shot 26 Aug. "
Rev. H. W. Beecher acquitted by a committee of his
church 28 Aug. "
Headquarters of the U. S. army removed to St. Louis,
1 Oct. "
Lincoln monument at Springfield, 111., dedicated, 15 Oct. "
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organ-
ized at Cleveland, O 19 Nov. "
Second Session opens 7 Dec. "
President's message received " "
Race riot at Vicksburg, Miss. ; 75 negroes killed, " "
Death of hon. Ezra Cornell, born 1807, occurs at Ithaca,
N. Y. 9 Dec. "
Official reception given king Kalakaua of the Hawaiian
islands by Congress 18 Dec. "
President by proclamation orders turbulent and disor-
derly gatherings in Mississippi to disperse. .21 Dec. "
Gerrit Smith, philanthropist, born 1797, dies at New
York city 28 Dec. "
Sen. Sherman's bill for resumption of specie payment,
1 Jan. 1879, approved, with special message. 14 Jan. 1875
President calls the Senate for 5 Mch 17 Feb. "
Indemnity from the Spanish government for families
of men shot in the Virginius massacre fixed at
$80,000 27 Feb. "
Civil Rights bill, to enforce equal enjoyment of inns,
public conveyances, theatres, etc., approved . .1 Mch. "
Contract with James B. Eads for jetty-work at the
mouth of the Mississippi river, by act of. . . .3 Mch. "
Enabling act for Colorado passed " '•
Supplementary Immigration act passed " "
Act authorizing twenty-cent pieces of silver, . . " "
Part of island of Mackinac made a national park, bv
act of 3 Mcii. "
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Forty-third Congress adjourns 4 Mch. 1875
Special session of Senate convenes, T. W. Ferry presi-
dent;:>ro tern 5 Mch. '*
Gold discovered in Deadwood and Whitewood gulches,
S. Dakota 14 Mch. "
Special session of Senate adjourns 24 Mch. "
Wheeler adjustment of Louisiana state governnoent
(Louisiana, 1871-75) 14 Apr. «
Centenary of the battle of Lexington 19 Apr. "
Archbishop John McCloskey invested with the biretta
of a cardinal of the Roman Catholic church, in St.
Patrick's cathedral, N. Y 27 Apr. "
Whiskey frauds in western states, causing a loss to
the U. S. of $1,650,000 in revenue in 10 months,
exposed 1 May, "
Secret investigation of the Whiskey ring by sec.
Bristow, aided by Myron Colony, leads to seizure of
16 distilleries and many rectifying-houses in St.
Louis, Milwaukee, and Chicago 10 May, "
George H. Williams, attorney-general, resigns, 22 Apr.,
to take effect 15 May, "
John C. Breckinridge, born 1821, dies at Lexington,
Ky 17 May, "
Pres. Grant's letter on the " Third term " appears,
29 May, "
Centenary of the battle of Bunker Hill 17 June, "
Jury in the case of Tilton vs. Beecher disagree and are
discharged 2 July, "
Andrew Johnson, born 1808, dies near Jonesborough
Tenn 31 July, "
Hon. Horace Binney, born 1780, graduate of Harvard,
1797, and oldest member of Philadelphia bar, dies
at Philadelphia 12 Aug. "
Com. Perry's flag-ship, the Lawrence^ sunk for preser-
vation in Misery bay, lake Erie, in July, 1815, is
raised for transportation to the Centennial exposi-
tion 14 Sept. "
Democratic conventions of New York declare for spe-
cie resumption 16 Sept. "
Columbus Delano, secretary of the interior, resigns
5 July ; resignation accepted 22 Sept. *•
Pres. Grant speaks against sectarian schools in Des
Moines, la 29 Sept. "
Steamship Pacific founders between San Francisco and
Portland ; 200 lives lost 4 Nov. "
Henry Wilson, vice-president, born 1812, dies at Wash-
ington, D. C 22 Nov. "
Thomas W. Ferry of Mich., president pro tern, of the
Senate, becomes acting vice-president 22 Nov. "
William B. Astor, born 1792, dies in New York, 24 Nov. "
Forty-fourth Congress, First Session, meets ... .6 Dec. "
Democratic majority ill the House of Representatives
for the first time in 15 years ; Michael C. Kerr chos-
en speaker bv 173 to 106 for James G. Blaine,
6 Dec. "
Seventh annual message of pres. Grant advocates un-
sectarian and compulsory education 7 Dec. "
Extensive forgeries of E. D. Winslow of Boston dis-
covered, and he flees the country 25 Jan. 1876
Reverdv Johnson, born 1796, dies at Annapolis, Md.,
10 Feb. "
Congress appropriates $1,500,000 to complete Centen-
nial buildings, etc., at Philadelphia ...... .16 Feb. "
Charlotte Cushman, born 1816, dies at Boston, Mass.,
18 Feb. "
W. W. Belknap, secretary of war, resigns ; the House,
by resolution, impeaches him 2 Mch. "
Articles of impeachment presented in Senate. . 4 Apr. "
Charles A Dana, appointed minister to Great Britain,
rejected by the Senate 5 Apr. "
Alexander T. Stewart, born in Belfast, Ireland, 1803,
dies at New York 10 Apr. "
Statue of Abraham Lincoln, from contributions of
freedmen, unveiled in Lincoln park, Washington
(Sculpture, Ward, John Q. A.) 14 Apr. "
Pres. Grant vetoes Senate bill to reduce his salary after
4 Mch. 1877, from $50,000 to $25,000 19 Apr. «
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Message from pres. Grant justifying his absence from
the seat of government by precedents 4 Mav,
Dom Pedro IL, emperor of Brazil, with the empress
Theresa, arrives in New York 15 Apr., and is pre-
sented to pres. Grant 7 May,
Centennial exposition at Fairmount park, Philadel-
phia, opened by pres. Grant and dom Pedro, 10 May,
Prohibition convention at Cleveland, O., nominates
gen. Green Clay Smith of Ky. for president, and (i.
T. Stewart of O. for vice-president 17 May,
National Greenback convention at Indianapolis, Ind.,
nominates Peter Cooper of N. Y. for president ; U. S.
sen. Newton Booth, nominated for vice-president,
declines, and Samuel F. Gary of O. substituted,
18 May,
Alphonso Taft, secretary of war, resigns, being ap-
pointed attorney-general 22 May,
Peter Cooper's letter of acceptance 31 May,
Edwards Pierrepont, attorney-general, resigns, 1 June,
Site for observatory of Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara
county, Cal., granted to the trustees of Lick obser-
vatory by Congress 7 June,
Ezra D. Winslow, the American forger, surrendered by
Great Britain (Extradition) 15 June,
Republican National convention meets at Cincinnati,
O., 14 June. Edward McPherson of Pa. permanent
president. On the 16th, 9 nominations for president
are made ; votes necessary to a choice, 378 ; on the
1st ballot, Rutherford B. Hayes has 61; Jas. G.
Blaine, 285 ; B. H. Bristow, 113 ; on the 7th ballot,
Hayes, 384; Blaine, 351; Bristow, 21 ; for vice-
president, William A. Wheeler of N. Y. unanimously
elected on first ballot 16 June,
B. H. Bristow, sec. of the treasury, resigns. . .20 June,
Massacre of gen. George A. Custer and 276 men, by
Indians under Sitting Bull, near the Little Big Horn
river, Montana 25 June,
President suggests public religious services on 4 July,
1876, by proclamation 26 June,
Democratic National convention at St. Louis, gen. John
A. McClernand permanent president, 27 June; six
nominations for president made; 1st ballot gives
Samuel J. Tilden of N. Y. 417, Thomas A. Hen-
dricks of Ind. 140; on the 2d ballot Tilden receives
635 votes, and his nomination made unanimous, 28
June ; Thomas A. Hendricks nominated for vice-
president by acclamation . .29 June,
Centenary of American independence 4 July,
R. B. Hayes accepts Republican nomination. . .8 July,
Shooting of 5 negro militiamen by whites at Ham-
burg (South Carolina) 9 July,
Postmaster-general Jewell resigns 11 July,
W. A. Wheeler's letter of acceptance. 15 July,
Congress authorizes the minting of not less than
$10,000,000 in silver coin to exchange for legal-
tender notes, and declares the trade dollar no longer
a legal tender 22 July,
Hendricks's letter of acceptance dated 24 July,
Tilden's letter of acceptance dated 31 July,
W. W. Belknap acquitted by the Senate ; vote on first
article, 35 guilty, 25 not guilty 1 Aug.
Colorado, the 38th state in order, admitted by act of
3 Mch. 1875, and by proclamation of president,
1 Aug.
Congress appropriates $200,000 to complete the Wash-
ington monument 2 Aug.
First Session adjourns 15 Aug.
Hon. M. C. Kerr, speaker of House of Representatives,
born 1827, dies at Rockbridge Alum springs, Va.,
19 Aug.
Bronze statue of Lafayette, the gift of the French re-
public to New York city, is unveiled 6 Sept.
Hallet's Point reef, "Hell gate," blown up. . .24 Sept.
Gen. Braxton Bragg, born about 1816, dies at Galves-
ton, Tex .27 Sept.
By proclamation pres. Grant commands disorderly and
turbulent gatherings in South Carolina to disperse,
17 Oct.
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Popular vote at preaidential election : Hayes, Republi-
can, 4,033,295 ; Tilden, Democratic, 4,284,265; Coop-
er, Greenback, 81,737; Smith, Prohibition, 9522,
7 Nov.
International exhibition at Philadelphia closes, 10 Nov.
Second Session meets; Thomas W. Ferry presiding in
the Senate 4 Dec.
In the House, Samuel J. Randall is elected speaker by
162 to 82 for James A. Garfield 4 Dec.
Pres. (irant's 8th annual message 5 Dec.
Brooklyn theatre burned during h performance of
"The Two Orphans," and 295 lives lost 5 Dec.
First incineration in the U. S. of body of baron De
Palm, at the crematory in Washington, Pa . .6 Dec.
Return ing-boards give Hayes 185 electoral votes, Tilden
184 ; election disputed (the country in great excite-
ment till the following March) . .6 Dec.
Com. Cornelius Vanderbilt, born 1794, dies at New York,
4 Jan.
Two governors, NichoUs (Dem.) and Packard (Rep.),
inaugurated in Louisiana 8 Jan.
Joint congressional committee agrees upon a plan for
counting the electoral votes 17 Jan.
Act passed by Senate, 25 Jan , by 47 to 17, and by
House, 26 Jan., by 191 to 86, provides for an electoral
commission of 5 members of each House, elected
viva-voce on the Tuesday before the first Thursday
in Feb. 1877, with 4 associate justices of the Supreme
court from the 1st, 3d, 8th, and 9th circuits, together
with a 5th associate justice selected by the other 4;
the commission not to be dissolved when organized,
and no withdrawal of members permitted except by
death or physical disability; approved 29 Jan.
Senate elects as members George F. Edmunds, Oli-
ver P. Morton, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Allen
G. Thurman, Thomas F. Bayard ; the House elects
Henry B. Payne, Eppa Hunton, Josiah G. Abbot,
James A. Garfield, George F. Hoar ; the justices of
the Supreme court designated are Nathan Clifford,
Samuel F. Miller, Stephen J. Field, and William
Strong, and select Joseph R. Bradley as the 5th ; in
all 8 Republicans, 7 Democrats 30 Jan.
Three certificates from Florida referred to the Electoral
commission, and the vote awarded to the Republi-
cans by 8 to 7 9 Feb.
Prof. A. Graham Bell exhibits his Telephone at Sa-
lem, Mass 12 Feb.
Commission awards the electoral vote of Louisiana to
the Republicans by vote 8 to 7 16 Feb.
Contested vote of Oregon counted for the Republicans
by the commission ; 8 to 7 23 Feb.
Political disabilities of Joseph E. Johnston of Va.,
under the XIV. th Amendment, removed bv act of,
' 23 Feb.
Sen. Francis Kernan of N. Y. substituted on Electoral
commission for sen. Thurman, physically unable to
serve 26 Feb.
Contested vote of South Carolina awarded to Republi-
cans by Electoral commission, 8 to 7 27 Feb.
Election of R. B. Hayes as president and William A.
Wheeler as vice-president confirmed, and joint meet-
ing of 2 Houses of Congress dissolves at 4.10 a.m.,
2Mch.
Act to remove political disabilities of John S. Marma-
duke approved 2 Mch.
President calls special session of the Senate for 5 Mch.
1877 2 Mch.
House of Representatives resolves that Samuel J. Tilden
and Thomas A. Hendricks received 196 electoral
votes for president and vice-president, and were
elected, 136 yeas, 88 nays, 66 not voting. . . .3 Mch.
R. B. Hayes privately takes oath of office as president,
7.05 P.M., Saturday, 3 Mch.
Forty-fourth Congress adjourns 4 Mch.
R. B. Hayes inaugurated and publicly takes the oath of
office 5 Mch.
Special sessi^on of Senate convenes; vice-president
Wheeler sworn in 5 Mch.
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1876
187;
Twenty-third Administration — Eepublican. 4 Mcli
1877 to 3 Mch. 1881.
Itutlierford B. Hayes, O., president.
William A. Wheeler, N. Y., vice-president.
CABINET.
William M. Evarts, N. Y., sec. of state, from 12 Mch. 1877,]
John Sherman, O., sec. of trcas., from 12 Mch. 1877.
George W. McCrary, la., sec. of war, from 12 Mch. 1877.
Alexander Ranisey, Minn., sec. of war, from 10 Dec. 1879,
Richaid IV. Thompson, Ind., sec. of navy, from 12 Mch. 1877,^
Nathan Gaff, jr., W. Va., sec. of navy, from 6 Jan. 1881.
Carl Schurz, Mo., sec. of interior, from 12 Mch. 1877.
David McK. Key, Tenn., postmaster-gen., from 12 Mch. 1877,
Horace Maynard, Tenn., postmaster-gen., from 2 June, 1880.
Charles Devens, Mass., attorney -gen., from 12 Mch. 1877.
Special session of Senate adjourns 17 Mch. 187
John D. Lee, convicted of complicity in the Mountain
Meadow massacre, executed (Massackes, U. S. ;
Utah) 23 Mch. «
Packard legislature in Louisiana breaks up. . .21 Apr. "
Forty-fourth Congress adjourning without making the
usual appropriations for the army for the year ending
30 June, 1878, the president calls on the 45th Congress
to meet 15 Oct 5 May, "
Ex-pres. Grant leaves Philadelphia for an extended
European tour 17 May, "
John L. Motley, historian, born 1814, dies at Dorset-
shire, Engl 29 May, «
Ten Molly Maguires hung, 6 at Pottsville and 4 at
Mauch Chunk, Pa 21 June, "
Civil-service order issued by pres. Hayes : " No officer
should be required or permitted to take part in the
management of political organizations or election
campaigns" 22 June, "
Strike on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad begins at
Martinsburg, W. Va. (Mauyland, Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, and other states) 16 July, "
Proclamations of president against domestic violence in
West Virginia (dated 18 July), in Maryland (21
July), and Pennsylvania 23 July, "
Two satellites of Mars discovered by prof. Asaph Hall
of the U. S nights' of 11 and 17 Aug. "
Armed band of Mexican outlaws forcibly release 2 noto-
rious criminals, Esproneda and Garza, from jail in
Rio Grande Citj'^, Tex., escaping to Mexico, 12 Aug. "
Brigham Young, b. 1801, dies at Salt Lake City, 29 Aug. «
Monument to John Brown dedicated at Ossawatomie,
Kan 30 Aug. «
War with the Nez Perces Indians breaks out in Idaho, ^
15 June ; closed by surrender of Indians to col. Miles,
30 Sept. «
Forty-fifth Congress, First Session (extra), opens, 15 Oct. "
Samuel J. Randall elected speaker of House by 149 to
132 for James A. Garfield.
Pres. Hayes's message 16 Oct. "
Bill for free coinage of the standard silver dollar as a
legal tender introduced in the House by Mr. Bland
of Mo 5 Nov. "
Fisheries commission, under treaty of Washington,
awards $5,500,000 in gold to be paid by the U. S. to
Great Britain for fisheries privilege 23 Nov. "
U. S. sloop-of-war Huron wrecked in a gale off the coast
of North Carolina near Oregon Inlet ; over 100 lives
lost 24 Nov. «
First Session adjourns 3 Dec.
Second Session meets "
President's message recommends resumption of specie
payment, 1 Jan. 1879 3 Dec.
President and Mrs. Hayes celebrate their silver wedding
at the White House 31 Dec.
About 100 lives, chiefly railroad engineers and artisans
bound for Brazil, lost by wreck of the steamship
Metropolis near Kitty Hawk, N. C 31 Jan. 1878
Greenback National convention in Toledo, O., organizes
a National Greenback party, with judge Francis W.
Hughes as president 22 Feb.
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Bland Silver bill, as amended, passed over the pres-
ident's veto 28 Feb. 1878
Benjamin F. Wade, born 1800, dies at Jefferson, O.,
2Mch. '<
American register to be issued to, and naval officers de-
tailed for, the Jeannette (fitted for a Polar expedition
by James Gordon Bennett), by act of. 18 Mch. "
William M. Tweed, born 1823, dies in Ludlow Street
jail. New York 12 Apr. "
Thomas W. Ferry chosen president pro tern, of the
Senate 17 Apr. "
First train on the Gilbert Elevated railroad, New York,
is run on Sixth avenue 29 Apr. "
■Coinage of 20-cent silver pieces stopped by act of 2 May, "
Prof. Joseph Henry of the Smithsonian Institution,
born 1797, dies 13 May, «
■Select committee appointed in the House on motion of
Mr. Potter to investigate alleged frauds in the presi-
dential election in Louisiana and Florida. . .17 May, "
Further retirement of legal -tender notes forbidden;
the balance, $350,000,000, to be kept in circulation,
by act of 31 May, "
Bill to repeal the Bankrupt law passed 7 June, "
Act providing for government of the District of Co-
lumbia by 3 commissioners 11 June, "
William Cullen Bryant, born 1794, dies in New York,
12 June, "
It is made unlawful to employ the army as a posse
comitatus to execute laws except as expressly au-
thorized by the Constitution 18 June, "
Act for additional life-saving stations and for organiz-
ing the Life-saving service 18 June, "
Act to relieve political disabilities of gen. E. Kirby
Smith 19 June, "
Second Session adjourns 20 June, "
Yellow-fever prevails in the southern states, begin-
ning at New Orleans about 10 to 15 July, "
Gen. B. F. Butler joins the Greenback party. .10 Aug. "
Repeal of Bankrupt laws of 1867 and 1874 takes effect,
1 Sept. "
First resident embassy of China to theU. S., Chen Lan
Pin, Yung Wing, and 36 others, arrive at Washing-
ton, 20 Sept., and present their credentials. 28 Sept. "
Proclamation of president warning all persons to de-
sist from violence in New Mexico 7 Oct. "
Remains of the late A. T. Stewart mysteriously stolen
from the vault in St. Mark's churchyard, N. Y., 7 Nov. "
Third Session meets, and pres. Hayes's second annual mes-
sage received 2 Dec. "
Gold reaches par in Wall St., N. Y., for the first time
since 13 Jan. 1862 17 Dec. "
Bayard Taylor, born 1825, dies at Berlin, Germany,
19 Dec. "
Government resumes specie payment 1 Jan. 1879
Caleb Gushing, born 1800, dies at Newburyport, Mass.,
2 Jan. "
Potter committee of House of Representatives begins
the " Cipher Despatches " inquiry at Washington,
21 Jan. "
Act to incorporate the Society of the Jesuit Fathers of
New Mexico, passed by the legislative assembly of
New Mexico over the governor's veto, 18 Jan., is de-
clared void by act approved 3 Feb. "
During the debate on the Chinese Immigration bill in
the Senate, for the first time a colored senator, B. K.
Bruce of Miss., occupies the chair 14 Feb. "
Women permitted to practise before the Supreme
court by act of. 15 Feb. "
Sec. of navy authorized to accept for a voyage of ex-
ploration by Behring's strait the ship Jeannette, ten-
dered by James Gordon Bennett, by act of. .27 Feb. "
Bill to restrict Chinese immigration passes the Senate
15 Feb., the House 22 Feb., is vetoed 1 Mch. "
Congress appropriates $250,000 as a perpetual fund for
the American Printing-house for the Blind at Louis-
ville, Ky. (incorporated 1858) 3 Mch. "
Act for taking the 10th and subsequent censuses, " "
National Board of Health of 7 members (one from a
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state), to be appointed by the president by act of,
3 Mch. 1879
Forfy-Jifth Congress adjourns " «
Congress not having made the necessary appropria-
tions, pres. Hayes calls an extra session for 18 Mch.,
4 Mch. «'
Forty-sixth Congress, First Session (extra),meets 18 Mch. «
Samuel J. Randall is chosen speaker of the House by
143 to 125 for James A. Garfield 18 Mch. "
[ " For the first time since the Congress that was
chosen with Mr. Buchanan in 1856, the Democratic
party was in control of both branches."— ^/aiwe'*
" Twenty Years of Congress," vol. ii. p. 642.]
Negro exodus from southern states to Kansas,
Mch.-Apr. "
Allen G. Thurman of O. elected president pro tern, of
the Senate 15 Apr. '*
Proclamation of president ordering the removal of
squatters from Missouri and Texas settling in Okla-
homa 26 Apr. «
Army Appropriation bill vetoed 29 Apr. «
William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist, born 1804, dies
in New York 24 May, "
Veto of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Ap-
propriation bill 29 May, "
Joint resolution to, erect a monument at the birth-
place of George Washington 14 June, "'
Second Army Appropriation bill approved bv the
president 23 June, «
Commission of 7 members for the improvement of Mis-
sissippi river to be appointed by the president, by
act of. .' 28 June, «
First Session adjourns 1 July, "
Yacht Jeannette sails from San Francisco for the Arctic
regions (Northeast and Northwest passages),
8 July, «
Confederate gen. John B. Hood, born 1831, dies at New
Orleans 30 Aug. "
Excitement over elections in Maine begins ... 8 Sept. "
Indian massacre at the White River agency, Col., of
N. C. Meeker and 12 others ..29 Sept. "
Henry C. Carey, political economist, born 1793, dies at
Philadelphia .13 Oct. "
French ocean cable landed at North Eastham, Mass.,
15 Nov. "
Second Session meets ; pres. Hayes's third annual mes-
sage received 1 Dec. "
Sec. of war McCrary resigns 10 Dec. "
Parnell and Dillon arrive at New York 2 Jan., and
Parnell addresses a large meeting 4 Jan. 1880
Second proclamation of president to prevent settlement
of Oklahoma 12 Feb. "
Ferdinand de Lesseps banqueted in New York, 1 Mch. *'
Denis Kearney, sand-lots agitator of San Francisco,
sentenced to 6 months' imprisonment and $1000 fine
(California) 15 Mch. "
U. S. steamer Constellation, commissioned under act of
25 Feb. 1880, to carry contributions for relief of suf-
fering poor in Ireland, sails from New York, 30 Mch. "
Allen G. Thurman, elected president of the Senate pro
tern., serving till 15 Apr 7 Apr. "
Congress accepts from Thomas Jefferson Coolidge and
others, of Mass., the desk used bj' Thomas Jefferson
in writing the Declaration of Independence, to be
deposited in the Department of State 28 Apr. "
Pres. Hayes authorized to accept the steamship GuU
nare from H. W. Howgate, and fit her up to establish
a temporary station for Arctic scientific observation
at some point north of 81°, or on or near the shore
of Lady Franklin bay 1 Maj', "
Appropriation bill vetoed because of a clause modi-
fying the election laws 4 May, "
Republican Anti-Third- Terra convention held at St.
Louis, gen. John B. Henderson presiding. . .6 May, "
Allen G. Thurman chosen president pro tern, of the
Senate 6 May, «
Postmaster-gen. Key resigns May, "
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Republican National convention meets at Chicago, 2
June; George F. Hoar permanent president, 3 June;
14 nominations made for president. On the 2d ballot
James A. Garfield's name appeared, with 1 vote. Un-
til the 34th ballot the votes remained substantially
unchanged ; the 5 most important ballots are given :
Ist 2d. 34th. 35th. 36th.
James A. Garfield. . .. 1 17 260 399
U. S. Grant 804 305 312 313 306
James G.Blaine... 284 282 275 57 42
John Sherman 93 94 107 99 3
Garfield nominated for president, and gen. Chester A.
Arthur of N. Y. on the 1st ballot, for vice-president,
7 June,
Congress appropriates $100,000 or less to carry into
effect its resolution of nearly 100 years previously
(29 Oct. 1781), to erect a marble column at York-
town, Va., " inscribed with a succinct narrative of
the surrender of earl Cornwallis to his excellency
gen. Washington " 7 June,
Act to pay the Oneida Historical Society $4100, ac-
cording to resolution of the Continental Congress,
4 Oct. 1777, to erect a monument to brig.-gen. Her-
kimer, killed at the battle of Oriskany 8 June,
Greenback National convention meets at Chicago,
9 June ; Richard Trevellick of Mich, president.
' After an informal ballot, James B. Weaver of la.
receives the entire vote (718) for president, and B.
J. Chambers of Tex. 403 for vice-president to 311
for gen. A. M. West of Miss 11 June,
Second Session adjourns 16 June,
Neal Dow of Me. nominated for president, and A. M.
Thompson of O. for vice-president, by Prohibition
National convention at Cleveland, 0 17 June,
Samuel J. Tilden declines to be a candidate for presi-
dent, by letter of 18 June,
Democratic National convention meets in Cincinnati,
22 June ; John W. Stevenson of Ky. chosen perma-
nent president on the 1st ballot. Winfield S. Han-
cock has 171 and Thomas F. Bayard 153J out of
728^ cast, 23 June ; 2d ballot : Hancock 320, Samuel
J. Randall 128J, Bayard 113, and nomination of Han-
cock made unanimous. For vice-president, William
H. English of Indiana nominated by acclamation,
24 June,
Gen. Weaver accepts Greenback nomination. . .3 July,
Gen. Garfield accepts Republican nomination . .12 July,
Steamer Dessong, with Egyptian obelisk " Cleopatra's
Needle," arrives in New York 20 July,
Neal Dow accepts Prohibition nomination ... "
G^n. Hancock accepts Democratic nomination, 29 July,
Dr. Henry S. Tanner of Minneapolis, Minn., completes
at New York a fast of 40 days, living upon water
alone 7 Aug.
International sheep-and-wool show held at Philadel-
phia, Pa Sept.
Return of the Schwatka Arctic Exploration expedi-
tion to New York 23 Sept.
Arctic steamer Gulnare returns to Washington, 10 Oct.
Publication of forged letters on the Chinese question
(MoREY letters) attributed to gen. Garfield, ad-
dressed to a mythical person, H. L. Morey of Lynn,
20 Oct.
Popular vote at presidential election : James A. Gar-
field, Republican, 4,450,921 ; Winfield S. Hancock,
Democrat, 4,447,888; James B. Weaver, Greenback,
307,740; Neal Dow, Prohibition, 10,305 2 Nov.
Lucretia Mott, born 1793, dies in Montgomery county,
Pa 11 Nov.
Electoral votes of states, except Georgia, cast. .6 Dec,
Third Session meets "
Samuel J. Randall speaker of House.
President Hayes's 4th annual message presented . "
Electoral vote of Georgia, 11 for Hancock and English,
cast 8 Dec.
R. W. Thompson, secretary of navy, resigns. .15 Dec.
Nearly 1 mile of Broadway, N. Y., is lighted by elec-
tricity, Brush system 20 Dec.
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International Sanitary Conference, called by resolution
of Congress, 14 May, 1880, meets at Washington,
D. C 5 Jan. 18811:
"Cleopatra's Needle" set up in Central park, N. Y.,
22 Jan. "
Electoral votes counted in Congress, the reading of
the formal parts of the certificates being omitted :
for Garfield and Arthur, Republicans, 214 ; for Han-
cock and English, Democrats, witli Georgia, 155,
without, 144. Garfield and Arthur declared elected,
9 Feb. "
Pres. Haves calls the Senate in extra session for 4 Mch.
1881 . ! 28 Feb. "
President vetoes the "Funding act of 1881". . .3 Mch. "
Forty-sixth Congress adjourns " ''
Special session of Senate convenes, Chester A. Arthur
presiding 4 Mch. '*
James A. Garfield inaugurated president " "
Twenty-fourtli Administration— Kepublioan. 4 Mch^
1881 to 3 Mch. 1885.
James A. Garfield, O., president.
Chester A. Artliur, N. Y., vice-president.
cabinet.
James G. Blaine, Me., sec. of state, from 5 Mch. 1881.
William Windom, Minn., sec. of treas., from 5 Mch. 1881.
Samuel J. Kirkwood, la., sec. of interior, from 5 Mch. 1881..
Robert T. Lincoln, 111,, sec. of war, from 5 Mch. 1881.
William H, Hunt, La., sec. of navy, from 5 Mch. 1881.
Thomas L. James, N. Y., postmaster-gen., from 5 Mch. 188L-
Wayne McVeagh, Pa., attorney-gen., from 5 Mch. 1881.
Postmaster-gen. James presents to president the pro-
test of himself, vice -pres. Arthur, and U. S. sens.
Conkling and Piatt of N. Y. against the removal of
gen. Merritt from the collectorship at New York, and
appointment of Mr. Robertson, without consukiiig
said senators 28 Mch. 188t
Investigation of alleged " Star Route " frauds leads to
resignation of second assistant postmaster- general
Thomas A. Brady 20 Apr. «
Vinnie Ream-Hoxie's bronze statue of adm. Farragut
unveiled at Washington, D. C 25 Apr. "
Sens. Conkling and Piatt of N. Y. resign 16 May, "
Special session of Senate adjourns sine die. . . .20 May, "
Arctic steamer Jeawwe^te, crushed in the ice in lat. 77° N.,
Ion. 157° W., is abandoned and sinks (Northeast
AND Northwest passages) 12 June, "
Steam-whaler Rodgers despatched from San Francisco
by the Navv department in search of the Jeanneite,
15 June, '^
Sec. Blaine writes to American ministers at princijial
European courts that any movement to jointly guar-
. antee the neutrality of the interoceanic canal at
Panama would be regarded by the U. S. as an un-
called-for interference 24 June, "•
American Association of the Red Cross, organized 9
June, with miss Clara Barton as president, incorpo-
rated (Red Cross) 1 July, "
Pres. Garfield shot by Charles Jules Guiteau in the
Baltimore and Potomac railroad station at Washing-
ton, D. C 2 July, «-
Lieut. Adolphus W. Greely, with a party of 25 in all,
sails from St. John's, Newfoundland, in the Proteus
to establish 1 of 13 circumpolar stations for scientific
purposes in accordance with European plans (Ab-
stinence, Northeast and Northwest pas-
sages) 7 July, "•
Warner Miller of N. Y. elected to Senate to succeed
Piatt 16 July, '^
Elbridge G. Lapham of N. Y. elected to Senate to suc-
ceed Conkling 22 July, "
Nathan CliflFord, U. S. Supreme court judge, born 1803,
dies at Cornish, Me 25 July, "•
Wrangell island or land, off the Siberian coast, taken pos-
session of in name of the U. S. by capt. Hooper and
Mr. Reynolds of the revenue cutter Corwin, Vl Aug. '*"
Forest fires in Huron and Sanilac counties, Mich.,
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spread over 1800 sq. miles, making 2900 families
homeless, and destroying 138 lives Sept. 1881
Pres. Garfield removed from Washington to the Franck-
lyn cottage, Elberon, N. J 6 Sept. "
Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, born 1824, dies at Bristol,
R. 1 13 Sept. "
Pres. Garfield dies 10.35 p.m 19 Sept. "
Vice-pres. Arthur sworn as president at his residence
in New York city between 2 and 3 o'clock a.m. by
judge John R. Brady .20 Sept. "
Pres. Arthur formally takes the oath of office in Wash-
ington 4 22 Sept. "
PRES. Arthur's cabinet.,
James G. Blaine, Me., sec. of state, continued.
F. T. Frelinghuysen, N. J., sec. of state, from 12 Dec. 1881.
William Windom, Minn., sec. of treas., continued.
Charles J. Folger, N. Y., sec. of treas., from 27 Oct. 1881.
Walter Q. Greskam, Ind., sec. of treas., from 24 Sept. 1884.
Hugh McCulloch, Ind., sec. of treas., from 28 Oct. 1884.
Samuel J. Kirkwood, la., sec. of interior, continued.
Henry M. Teller, Col., sec. of interior, from 6 Apr. 1882.
Robert T. Lincoln, 111., sec. of w-ar, continued.
William H. Hunt, La., sec. of navy, continued.
William E. Chandler, N. H., sec. of navy, from 1 Apr. 1882.
Thomas L. James, N. Y., postmaster- gen., continued.
Timothy 0. Hoioe, Wis., postmaster-gen. from 20 Dec. 1881.
Walter Q. Gresham, Ind., postmaster-gen., from 3 Apr. 1883.
Frank Hatton, la., postmaster-gen., from 14 Oct. 1884.
Wayne McVeagh, Pa., attorney-gen., continued.
Benjamin H. Bi-ewster, Pa., attorney-gen., from 19 Dec. 1881.
President calls the Senate in extra session for 10 Oct.,
23 Sept. 1881
Funeral train, bearing the remains of'pres. Garfield,
leaves Washington for Cleveland, O 23 Sept. "
Obsequies of pres. Garfield at Cleveland ; day of mourn-
ing observed throughout the country under procla-
mation of president, dated 22 Sept 26 Sept. "
International Cotton exposition opens at Atlanta, Ga.,
5 Oct. «
Special session of Senate convenes 10 Oct. "
Thomas F. Bayard elected president^ro tem. of Senate,
10 Oct. "
J. G. Holland, poet and author, born 1819, dies at New
York city 12 Oct. "
David Davis elected president joro tem. of Senate. 13 Oct. "
One hundredth anniversary of the surrender of lord
Cornwallis celebrated at Yorktown, Va 19 Oct. "
Special session of Senate adjourns 25 Oct. "
Sec. of treas. Windom resigns 14 Nov. "
Resignation of attorney-gen. McVeagh accepted, " "
Trial of Charles J. Guiteau for murder begins at Wash-
ington 14 Nov. "
Forty-seventh Congress, First Session, opens. . .5 Dec. "
David Davis presiding in Senate ; Joseph Warren
Keifer of O. elected speaker by 148 votes to 129 for
Samuel J. Randall of Pa 5 Dec. "
Pres. Arthur's annual message 6 Dec. "
Sec. of state Blaine resigns 15 Dec. "
Dr. Isaac I. Hayes, Arctic explorer, born 1832, dies in
New York city 17 Dec. '"
Franking privilege granted to Lucretia, widow of
■ James A. Garfield, by act of 20 Dec. "
Exodus of colored people from Edgefield county, S. C,
24-31 Dec. "
Postmaster-gen. James surrenders his department to
his successor 6 Jan. 1882
Congress tenders the thanks of the U. S. to the khedive
of Eg5'pt for the obelisk known as " Cleopatra's
Needle" 12 Jan. "
Guiteau convicted of murder 25 Jan. "
Act granting an additional pension to Mary, widow of
Abraham Lincoln 2 Feb. "
Guiteau sentenced to be hanged 30 June 4 Feb. "
National memorial services in the hall of House of
Representatives; James G. Blaine delivers a eulogy
upon the late pres. Garfield 27 Feb. "
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Act passed for the apportionment, after 3 Mch. 1883, of
representation by the census of 1880, increasing the
number of representatives to 325 28 Feb. 1882r
Floods in the Mississippi valley . .Feb.-Mch. '«
In the Criminal court of the District of Columbia John
W. Dorsey, John M. Peck, John R. Miner, Stejjhen
W. Dorsey, M. C. Rerdell, Thomas J. Brady, William
H. Turner, and J. L. Sanderson are indicted for
frauds and conspiracy to defraud the government in
bids for mail service on Star routes 4 Mch. "
Edmunds's law, excluding bigamists and polygamists
in the territories from voting or holding office, passed,
22 Mch. '«
Engineer Melville finds the bodies of DeLong and 11 of
his men, near the mouth of the river Lena, Siberia,
23 Mch. '"-
Henry W. Longfellow, born 1807, dies at Cambridge,
Mass 24 Mch. "
Northern boundary of Nebraska extended to 43d paral-
lel by act of 28 Mch. «
Annual pension of $5000 each granted to widows of
James A. Garfield, James K. Polk, and John Tyler,
by act of 31 Mch. "^
Jesse James, notorious desperado, killed at St. Joseph,
Mo., by the Ford brothers 3 Apr. "
Pres. Arthur vetoes bill restricting Chinese immigra-
tion for 20 y earS 4 Apr. "
Sec. of the interior Kirkwood resigns Apr. "
Sec. of the navy Hunt resigns. " "
Elephant " Jumbo " arrives in New York from Eng-
land 9 Apr. "
Congress appropriates $10,000 for a monument at the
grave of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, Va., 18 Apr. "^
Ralph Waldo Emerson, b. 1803, dies at Concord, Mass.,
27 Apr. "
Proclamation of president against violence in Arizona,
referring to the "cowboys" 3 May, "^
Pres. Arthur remits the unexecuted part of the sen-
tence disqualifying gen. Fitz-John Porter.. ,4 May, "
Immigration of Chinese laborers to the U. S. suspended
for 10 3'ears, and admission of Chinese to citizenship
prohibited by act of 6 May, '^
Lt. James B. Lockwood and sergeant Brainard of the
Greely expedition reach 83° 23' 8" N. lat. (North-
east AND Northwest passages) 13 May, "^
Bill to appoint a Tariff commission approved, 15 May, "
New indictment in the Star-route trial presented, with
Sanderson's name omitted 20 May, "
Lieut. Danenhower, dr. Newcomb, Cole, and Long
Sing, part of the survivors of the Jeannette, arrive in
New York 28 May, «-
Deadlock in the House of Representatives begins 25
May, over contested election of E. M. Mackey of
S. C. vs. Samuel Dibble ; the former finally seated,
31 May, "
New Star-route trial begins 1 June, "^
Iron-workers' strike begins " "
Guiteau executed at Washington, D. C 30 June, "■
Tariff commission meets at Washington ; John L.
Hayes, president 6 July, "
Mrs. Lincoln, widow of pres. Lincoln, dies at Spring-
field, 111 16 July, "
Veto of River and Harbor Appropriation bill. . . 1 Aug. "^
[Extract from the president's veto message: "The
appropriations for river and harbor improvements
have, under the influences to which I have alluded,
increased out of proportion to the progress of the
country, great as it has been. In 1870 the aggre-
gate appropriations for this purpose were $3,975.900 ;
1875, $6,648,517; 1880, $8,976,500; 1881, $11, 451,000;
while the present act appropriates $18,743,875."
River and Harbor bills.]
River and Harbor Appropriation bill passed over the
veto '. 2 Aug. '*
President authorized to call an international confer-
ence at Washington, to fix on a common prime
meridian for the world 3 Aug. "^
First Session adjourns 8 Aug. "^
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National Mining and Industrial exposition held at
Denver, Od Aug. 1882
Verdict in Star- route case: Peck and Turner not
guiltv; Miner and Rerdell guilty; jury disagree on
the others H Sept. "
Engineer G. \V. Melville of the Jeannette and seamen
William Noros and William Ninderman arrive at
New York 13 Sept. "
Iron-workers' strike ended 20 Sept. "
Bi-centennial of the landing of William Penn cele-
brated in Philadelphia 22-27 Oct. «
Thurlow Weed, politician and journalist, born 1798,dies,
22 Nov. "
iSecond Session convenes 4 Dec. "
David Davis presiding in Senate,
Tariff commission submits an exhaustive report, " "
New trial of Star-route cases begins " "
Newhall House, Milwaukee, Wis., burned ; nearly 100
lives lost 10 Jan. 1883
Lot M. Morrill, born 1813, dies at Augusta, Me. " "
Act to regulate and improve the civil service of the
U. S., under which Dorman B. Eaton of N. Y., John
M. Gregory of 111., and Leroy D. Thoman of O. were
appointed a Civil-service commission 16 Jan. "
William E. Dodge, born 1805, dies at New York,
9 Feb. "
In Star-route case Rerdell pleads guilty, and offers to
testify touching the conspiracy 15 Feb. "
Ohio river flood ; at Cincinnati the water reaches the
height of 66 ft. 4 in 15 Feb. "
George F. Edmunds elected president pro tern, of the
Senate . 3 Mch. "
Tariff bill approved " "
Foi-ty-seventh Congress adjourns 4 Mch. "
Alexander H. Stephens, born 1812, dies at Atlanta, Ga.,
4 Mch. "
Envoys from the queen of Madagascar presented to
pres. Arthur in Washington 7 Mch. "
Postmaster-gen. T. O. Howe, born 1816, dies at Keno-
sha, Wis 25 Mch. "
Four survivors of the Jeannette arrive at New York,
27 Mch. "
Peter Cooper, bom 1791, dies at New York city .4 Apr. "
Brig-gen. Joseph K. Barnes, surgeon-general of the
U. S. army 1864-82. dies at Washington, D. C, 5 Apr. "
Ex-sen. William P. Kellogg of La. indicted for com-
plicity in Star-route frauds by grand-jury at Wash-
ington 18 Apr. "
Irish-American National convention at Horticultural
hall, Philadelphia; nearly 1600 delegates; Alex-
ander Sullivan of Chicago permanent president.
Object, to sustain the league in Ireland and to pro-
mote a clearer understanding by the American peo-
ple of the Irish question 26 Apr. "
New Civil-service rules published by the president,
8 May, "
New York and Brooklyn bridge opened 24 May, "
National exposition of railway appliances opened in
Chicago 24 May, "
Panic on the New York and Brooklyn bridge; 12
killed, 29 injured .' 30 May, "
Remains of John Howard Payne, author of "Home,
Sweet Home." who died at Tunis, 1 Apr. 1852, are
brought, by aid of W. W. Corcoran of Washington,
and interred in Oak Hill cemetery, Wa.shington,
9 June, "
Verdict of not guilty in the Star-route case. . . 14 June, "
Celebration of the 333d anniversary of Santa Fe, New
Mexico 2 July, "
Charles H. Stratton (Tom Thumb), born 1838, dies at
Middleborough, Mass 15 July, "
General strike of telegraph operators ; 1200 quit work,
12 o'clock noon 19 July, "
Brig.-gen. E. O. C. Ord, born 1818, dies at" Havana,
Cuba 22 July, "
Capt. Matthew Webb drowned in swimming the Avhirl-
pool below. Niagara (body found at Lewiston 4 days
later) *. 24 Julv, "
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Southern exposition opened at Louisville, Ky., by pres.
Arthur 1 Aug. 1883
American Forestry congress meets at St. Paul, Minn.,
8 Aug. "
Boston Foreign exhibition opens 3 Sept. "
Last spike of the Northern Pacific Railroad driven op-
posite mouth of Gold creek, Mont., by Henry Villard
(Pacific railroads) 9 Sept. "
U. S. steamer Yantic and Arctic steamer Proteus leave
St. John's, Newfoundland, for relief of Greely expe-
dition, 29 June; the Proteus is crushed in the ice at
entrance to Smith's sound, 23 July ; the Yantic, re-
turning, arrives at St. John's 13 Sept. "
Pres. Arthur receives the Corean ambassadors at the
Fifth Avenue hotel. New York city 18 Sept. "
Direct telegraphic communication between U. S. and
Brazil via Central America opened; message by
pres. Arthur to the emperor 21 Sept. "
National convention of colored men — 300 delegates
from 27 states — meets at Louisville, Ky. . .24 Sept. "
Centennial of the disbanding of the Army of the Rev-
olution celebrated at Newburg, N. Y 18 Oct. "
Lieut.-gen. Philip H. Sheridan succeeds gen. W. T.
Sherman, retired, in command of U. S. army, 1 Nov. "
Dr. J. Marion Sims, surgeon, born 1813, dies . .13 Nov. "
Standard railroad time in the U. S, goes into effect
(Standard time) 18 Nov. "
Forty-eighth Congress, First Session, convenes, 3 Dec. "
George F. Edmunds presiding in Senate ; John G. Car-
lisle chosen speaker of the House by 190 votes, to 113
for J. Warren Keifer.
Pres. Arthur's thijd annual message .4 Dec. "
New cantilever bridge opened over the gorge at Ni-
agara falls 20 Dec. «
President, by proclamation, recommends observance by
appropriate exercises of the 100th anniversary of the
return by George Washington to the Continental
Congress at Annapolis (23 Dec. 1783) of his commis-
sion as commander-in-chief 21 Dec. "
Dr. Edward Lasker, distinguished German liberal, dies
suddenly in New York city 4 Jan. 1884
George F. Edmunds continued as president pro tern, of
the Senate, sen. H. B. Anthony, elected, having de-
clined 14 Jan. "
Steamship Citi/ of Columbus wrecked on Devil's Bridge,
off Gay Head, Mass.; 97 lives lost 18 Jan. "
WendelfPhillips, born 1811, dies at Boston, Mass., 2 Feb. "
Morrison Tariff bill introduced in the House. . . .4 Feb. "
Arnold Henry Guyot, geographer, born 1807, dies at
Princeton, N. J .' 8 Feb. "
Joint resolution for an expedition to the coast of Green-
land to relieve the Greel\' Arctic expedition, 13 Feb. "
Floods in the Ohio valley ; the river rises 71 feet at
Cincinnati 14 Feb. "
Congress appropriates $300,000, 12 Feb., and $200,000
additional, 15 Feb., for relief of flood sufferers in the
Ohio valley 12 and 15 Feb. "
Funeral services in New Y''ork, at the Church of the
Holy Trinity, for victims of the Jeannette Arctic
expedition (brought to New York) 22 Feb. "
Pres. Arthur, by special message to Congress, asks ap-
propriation to reconstruct the navy 26 Mch. "
Three days of mob rule in Cincinnati, arising from a
verdict of manslaughter against William Berner for
complicity in the murder of his emplover, W. H.
Kirk 28-30 Mch. "
Government offers $25,000 for the discovery and rescue,
or ascertaining the fate, of the Greely Arctic expe-
dition, by act of 17 Apr. "
Steamer Thetis leaves Brooklyn navy-yard for relief
of Greely 1 May, "
Morrison Tariff bill rejected in House of Representa-
tives 6 May, "
Failure of the Marine bank and firm of Grant & Ward
in New York city 6 and 7 May, "
Statue of chief-justice John Marshall unveiled at
Washington, D. C 10 May, ''
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Alert, the last Greely relief steamer, sails from Brook-
lyn navy-yard 10 May,
Charles O'Conor, born 1804, dies at Nantucket, 12 May,
Bill repealing the test oath of 1862 approved . "
Financial crisis in New York city 14 May,
National Anti-monopoly convention in Chicago nomi-
nates gen. B. F. Butler for president; the candidate
for vice-president left to the committee. ... 14 May,
Act passed providing for the civil government of
Alaska 17 May,
National Greenback-Labor convention meets in Indian-
apolis, Ind., 28 May ; James B. Weaver permanent
president ; B. F. Butler nominated for president, and
gen. A. M. West of Miss, for vice-president , . 29 May,
Republican National convention meets at Chicago, 3
June; John B. Henderson of Mo. permanent presi-
dent, 4 June ; nominations made for presidential can-
didates, 5 June ; 4 ballots cast, 6 June ; of the 8 can-
didates, James G. Blaine receives on the 1st ballot
334|^ votes, and on the 4th, 541 ; Chester A. Arthur
on the 1st, 278, on the 4th, 207 ; the votes necessary
to a choice being 411, the nomination of Blaine is
made unanimous. John A. Logan nominated for
vice-president 6 June,
Oen. B. F. Butler endorses the Greenback-Labor plat-
form 12 June,
American Prohibition National convention at meeting
in Chicago nominates Samuel C. Pomeroy of Kan.
for president, and John A. Conant of Conn, for vice-
president (candidates withdraw in favor of St. John
and Daniel in Aug. following) 20 June,
Lieut. A. W. Greely and 6 others found alive by search
party in Thetis and Bear, under W. S. Schley, in
Smith sound, 5 miles off cape Sabine (Abstinence,
Northeast and Northwest passages), 22 June,
Act passed to establish a bureau of labor in the depart-
ment of the interior 27 June,
Proclamation by president warning persons not to settle
on Oklahoma lands 1 July,
Gen. West accepts nomination of Greenback-Labor
party 3 July,
Bill for relief of Fitz-John Porter vetoed, and passed
over the veto by House, 2 July, is killed in the
Senate .3 July,
Bureau of navigation in the department of the treasury,
created by act of Congress, approved 5 July,
First Session adjourns 7 July,
Paul Morphy, famous CHESS-player, dies at New Or-
leans, La., aged 47 10 July,
Democratic National convention meets in Chicago, 8
July ; William F. Vilas chosen permanent president
of convention, 9 July; balloting for 9 candidates;
necessary to a choice, 547 votes : on 1st ballot
Grover Cleveland of N. Y. receives 392 votes, T. F.
Bayard, 170, and Thomas A. Hendricks, 1, 10 July -,
2d ballot: Grover Cleveland 475, amended 683; T.
F. Bayard 150J, amended 81J; Thomas A. Hen-
dricks 124|, amended 45J. Thomas A. Hendricks of
Ind. nominated for vice-president by Democratic
convention, unanimously 11 July,
Blaine's letter of acceptance 18 July,
Gen. Logan's letter of acceptance published. . .22 July,
National Prohibition convention meets in Pittsburg,
Pa., 23 July; ex-gov. John P. St. John of Kan.
nominated for president, and William Daniel of Md.
for vice-president 24 July,
National Labor party at Chicago adopts the Democratic
nominees for president and vice-president . .30 July,
Lieut. Greely and his men reach Portsmouth, N. H., 2
Aug., and are publicly welcomed 4 Aug.
Corner-stone of pedestal of the statue of " Liberty En-
lightening the World" laid on Bedloe's island, New
York harbor 5 Aug.
Thetis, Bear, and A lert, with bodies of the dead of the
Greel^' expedition, arrive at New York 8 Aug.
Gen. A. M. West of Miss, nominated for vice-president
of U. S. by National committee of the Anti-monopoly
party 16 Aug.
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Butler's letter of acceptance published 19 Aug. 1884
Cleveland's letter of acceptance published. ... " "
Hendricks's letter of acceptance published 20 Aug. "
St. John and Daniel announce their acceptance of the
prohibition nomination at a temperance camp-meet-
ing at Cuba, N. Y 25 Aug. «
International Electrical exhibition opens at Philadel-
phia 2 Sept. "
Charles J. Folger, ex-secretary of the treasurv, born
1818, dies at Geneva, N. Y. 4 Sept. "
Mrs. Belva Lockwood of Washington accepts the nom-
ination of the California Woman's Rights convention
for president Sept. "
Messrs. Fisher and Mulligan publish letters of J. G.
Blaine, upon which he is charged with corruption in
legislation favoring the Little Rock and Fort Smith
railroad in 1876 16 Sept. "
International Prime Meridian conference opens in
Washington, D. C, 1 Oct., 25 nations represented;
the meridian of (xreenwich is recommended by 21
nations, San Domingo opposing it, and France and
Brazil not voting 13 Oct. "
Secretary of the treasury Gresham resigns. . . .28 Oct. "
Famous alliterative sentence of dr. Burchard, who, at
the reception by Mr. Blaine of a delegation of cler-
gymen in New York city, refers to the Democracy
as the party wfiose antecedents have been " rum,
Romanism, and rebellion " 29 Oct. "
Popular vote for president : Cleveland and Hendricks,
Democrats, 4,911,017 ; Blaine and Logan, Republi-
cans, 4,848,334; Butler and West, Greenback and
Anti-Monopoly, 133,825 ; St. John and Daniel, Pro-
hibition, 151,809 4 Nov. "
Capt. David L. Pajme, famous leader of Oklahoma
boomers, dies at Wellington, Kan 29 Nov. "
Second Session meets ; sen. Edmunds presiding in Senate;
president's annual message presented 1 Dec. "
Capstone of the Washington monument, Washington,
D. C. (foundation first laid, 4 July, 1848), is em-
bedded 6 Dec. "
World's Industrial Cotton Centennial exposition opens
at New Orleans ; machinery set in motion by pres.
Arthur by telegraph from Washington, and opening
address sent by telegraph 16 Dec. "
Pres. - elect Cleveland resigns as governor of New
York; David B. Hill, lieut. gov., succeeds. . . .6 Jan. 1885
Schuyler Colfax, born 1823, dies at Manl^ato, Minn.,
13 Jan. "
Electoral votes of Iowa and Oregon not reaching the
sec. of state before the first Wednesday in January,
Congress appropriates $1000 to send special messen-
gers for them 17 Jan. "
Act to ascertain claims of American citizens for spolia-
tions by the French prior to 31 July, 1801 . .20 Jan. "
" Liberty bell," sent from Philadelphia, arrives at the
New Orleans exhibition 25 Jan. "
President announces the expiration on 1 July of the
treaty with Great Britain concluded 8 Ma}-, 1871
(Treaties) 31 Jan. "
Electoral votes counted in Congress : For Cleveland
and Hendricks, 219 ; for Blaine and Logan, 182. In
announcing the votes for Cleveland and Hendricks,
sen. Edmunds, president of the Senate ^770 tern., uses
the expression, " and so appear to have been elect-
ed;" and adds that the president of the Senate
makes this declaration only as a public statement of
the contents of papers opened and read, and not as
possessing any authority in law to declare any legal
conclusions whatever H Feb. "
Act to authorize a retired list at three-quarter pay for
private and non-commissioned officers in U. S. armj'
or marine corps who have served 30 years . . 14 Feb. "
Dedication of Washington monument at Washington,
D. C. ; orations by Robert C. Winthrop of Mass. and
John W. Daniels' of Va 21 Feb. «
Court convened 15 Nov. 1884, for the trial of brig.-gen.
David G. Swaim ; judge advocate-gen. concludes its
work, and sentences him to suspension from the du-
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ties of his office on half-pav for 12 years (see 1 Dec.
1894) 24 Feb. 1885
President-elect, in a letter to congressmen, advises sus-
pension of the purchase and coinage of silver . 24 Feb. "
Act to prohibit the importation and migration of aliens
under contract or agreement to perform labor, except
domestic service, or skilled labor in new industries
not otherwise obtainable 2G Feb. '*
Special session of Senate called for 4 Mch 27 Feb. "
Act to appoint 1 person from those who have been
generals or generals-in-chief of the army of the U. S.
on the retired list with rank and full pay (gen. U. S.
Grant so appointed by pres. Arthur), approved, 3 Mch. "
Act approved appropriating $1,895,000 for 4 new ves-
sels for U. S. navy : 2 cruisers and 2 gun-boats . 3 Mch. "
Oath of office as vice- president administered to Mr.
Hendricks by sen. Edmunds 3 Mch. '*
Forty-eighth Congress adjourns " "
Special session of Senate, vice-president presiding,
4 Mch. "
Cleveland inaugurated president ; oath administered by
chief-justice Waite 4 Mch. "
Twenty-fifth Administration— Democratic. 4 Mch.
1885 to 3 Mch. 1889.
Grorer Cleyeland, N. Y., president.
Thomas A. Hendricks, Ind., vice-president.
CABINET.
[Named in order of succession established by act of Con-
gress, 19 Jan. 1886 (see below) ; the Department of Agri-
culture was not created until 9 Feb. 1889.]
Thomas F. Bayard, Del., sec. of state, from 6 Mch. 1885.
Daniel Manning, N. Y., sec. of treas., from 6 Mch. 1885.
Charles S. Fairchild, N. Y., sec. of treas., from 1 Apr. 1887.
William C. Endicott, Mass., sec. of war, from 6 Mch. 1885.
A ugustus H. Garland, Ark., attorney-gen., from 6 Mch. 1885.
William F. Vilas, Wis., postmaster-gen., from 6 Mch. 1887.
Bon M. Dickinson, Mich., postmaster-gen., from 16 Jan. 1888.
WilHam C. Whitney, N. Y., sec. of navy, from 6 Mch. 1885.
Lucius Q. C. Lamar, La., sec. of interior, from 6 Mch. 1885.
William F. Vilas, Wis, sec. of interior, from 16 Jan. 1888.
Norman J. Coleman,Mo., sec. of agriculture, from 12 Feb. 1889.
Proclamation of president warning persons against at-
tempting to settle on Oklahoma lands 13 Mch. 1885
U S. government determines to guarantee free and un-
interrupted transit across the isthmus of Panama,
now threatened by insurgents 2 Apr. "
Special session of Senate adjourns " "
Richard Grant White, Shakespearian critic and philolo-
gist, born 1822, dies in New York city. .... .8 Apr. "
Five hundred U. S. troops enter Panama, arrest Aizpuru,
leader of insurgents, and protect American property,
24 Apr. "
Revised version of the Old Testament published in
London and New York (Bible) 15 May, "
Apache Indian outbreak under Geronimo in New Mex-
ico and Arizona 17 May, "
F. T. Frelinghuysen, ex-sec. of state, born 1817, dies in
Newark, N. J 20 May, "
Cotton Centennial exposition at New Orleans closes,
31 May, «
Benjamin Silliman, chemist, born 1816, dies at New
Haven, Conn 14 June, "
James D. Fish, president of the suspended Marine bank
of New York city, sentenced to 10 years' imprison-
ment at Sing Sing 27 June, "
Niagara Falls reservation formally opened to the pub-
lic 15 July, "
Samuellrenaeus Prime, American journalist, born 1812,
dies at Manchester, Vt 18 July, "
Investigation of contract for ship-building with John
Roach instituted by sec. of navy Whitney, in Mch. ;
payments to Mr. Roach suspended 19 July, "
Gen. U. S. Grant dies at Mount McGregor, near Sara-
toga, N. Y., 8.08 A.M 23 July, "
Proclamation of president suspending all public business
on the day of funeral of gen. Grant 23 July, *'
Gen. Grant buried at Riverside park, New York city,
8 Aug. 1885
James W.Marshall, the discoverer of gold in California,
dies there in poverty 8 Aug. "
Helen Hunt Jackson, author, born 1831, dies at San
Francisco, Cal 12 Aug. "
Massacre of Chinese at Rock Springs, Wyo. ; 50 killed
by the opposing miners 2 Sept. "
Maj. Aaron Stafford, last surviving officer of the war of
1812, dies at Waterville, N. Y., aged 95 6 Sept. '♦
American sloop Puritan wins the Americans cup in a
race with the British cutter Genesta at New York,
14-16 Sept. "
William Page, American artist, born 1811, dies at Tot-
tenville, N. Y 1 Oct. "-
John McCloskey, first American cardinal, born 1810,
dies at New York 10 Oct. •'■
Breaking up at 1 blast of Flood rock. Hell Gate, N. Y.,
covering 9 acres ; 282,730 pounds of explosive used ;
conducted bv gen. John Newton, U. S. A. (total cost,
$106,509.93)*' 10 Oct. "
H. W. Shaw (" Josh Billings "), born 1818, dies at Mon-
terey, Cal 14 Oct. "^
Gen. George B. McClellan, born 1826, dies at Orange,
N. J 29 Oct. "
Ferdinand Ward, of firm of Grant & Ward, New York
citv, indicted 4 June, sentenced to 10 years in Sing
Sing 31 Oct. '^
All insurgents and unlawful assemblages in Washing-
ton territory commanded to disperse by proclama-
tion of president 7 Nov. "^
John McCuUoch, actor, born 1837, dies at Philadelphia,
Pa .8 Nov. ''
North, Central, and South American exposition opened
at New Orleans 10 Nov. "^
Elizur Wright, abolitionist, born 1804, dies at Medford,
Mass 22 Nov. "^
Vice-pres. Thomas A. Hendricks, born 1819, dies at In-
dianapolis, Ind 25 Nov. ''
[His death left the country without any one in the
line of succession of the president, there being no pres-
ident j^ro tern, of the Senate or speaker of the House.]
Farmers' congress, at its 5th annual meeting, held at
Indianapolis, Ind., organizes with Robert Beverly of
Va. as president 3 Dec. ''
Forty-ninth Congress, First Session, meets 7 Dec. "^
John Sherman of O. elected president pro tern, of the
Senate, and John G. Carlisle of Ky. speaker of the
House 7 Dec. "■
Pres. Cleveland's first annual message 8 Dec. "
W. H. Vanderbilt, born 1821, dies in New York city,
8 Dec. "■
Robert Toombs, Confederate sec. of state, born 1810,
dies at Washington, Ga 15 Dec. "
Pension of $5000 per annum granted to Julia D. Grant,
widow of gen. Grant 26 Dec. "
Capt. Emmet Crawford, U. S. A,, shot by Mexicans
probably by mistake while in pursuit of Apaches, 50
miles southwest of Nacori,Mex., 11 Jan., dies, 18 Jan. 1886
Act providing that, in case of removal, death, resigna-
tion, or inability, both of the president and vice-
president, the cabinet officers succeed in the following
order: Sec. of state, sec. of treas., sec. of war, attorney-
gen,, postmaster-gen., sec. of navy, and sec. of in-
terior 19 Jan. "
Four hundred Chinamen driven out of Seattle, Wash-
ington territory, without violence, and sent to San
Francisco, 7 Feb. ; riots result, and U. S. troops or-
dered out 7-9 Feb. "
Proclamation of president orders unlawful assemblages
in W^ashington territory to disperse 9 Feb. "
Maj.-gen. W. S. Hancock, born 1824, dies at Govern-
or's island, N. Y 9 Feb. "
Horatio Seymour, born 1810, dies at Utica, N. Y.,
12 Feb. "
Mr. Morrison introduces his tariff bill in the House,
15 Feb. "
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John B. Gough, temperance lecturer, born 1817, dies
at Frankford, Pa 18 Feb. 1886
Lay Sang, Chinese merchant, member of a business
firm in San Francisco, returning from Hong-Kong,
is refused permission to land at San Francisco, al-
though presenting a certificate from the U. S. con-
sul at Hong-Kong 21 Feb. "
House of Representatives appoints a committee to in-
vestigate the " Pan-Electric scandal," attorney-gen.
Garland being accused of connivance, in a govern-
ment suit against the Bell Telephone company, with
a company in which stock was given him . . 26 Feb. "
Message of pres. Cleveland to the Senate on suspen-
sion from office and the constitutional competence
of Congress to have access to official papers and
documents. The phrase " innocuous desuetude " is
here applied to unenforced laws 1 Mch. "
President informs Congress that the nation is probably
not liable for the Kock Springs Chinese outrages,
but suggests indemnity 2 Mch. "
Blair Educational bill considered and passed in the
Senate 5 Mch. "
Knights of Labor strike on the Gould southwestern
railway system 6 Mch. "
Blair Educational bill referred to House committee on
education 9 Mch. "
Masked strikers disable 12 locomotives at Kansas City,
Mo 23 Mch. «
U. S. troops ordered to St. Louis and other points, to
prevent interruption of mail transportation, 26 Mch. "
Pension of $2000 per annum granted to the widow of
gen. W. S. Hancock 29 Mch. "
Bill for the free coinage of silver (without limit) de-
feated in the House by 163 to 126 8 Apr. «•
Six strikers killed in a collision with sheriff's officers
at East St. Louis, 111. 9 Aftr. "
Gov. Alger of Mich., by proclamation, designates " Ar-
bor day " to be celebrated bv general tree-planting,
11 Apr. "
Mr. Morrison reports from the committee on ways
a«d means his tariff bill 12 Apr. "
President's message suggesting a Commission of Labor,
to consider and settle, when possible, controversies
between labor and capital 22 Apr. "
Great railroad strike formally declared at an end by
Knights of Labor 4 May, "
Anarchist riot, " Haymarket massacre," in Chicago,
111 " 4 May, "
Act of Congress to provide for study of alcoholic drinks
and narcotics, and their effect on the human system,
in public schools of territories. District of Columbia,
and in military and naval academies and Indian and
colored schools of the U. S 20 May, "
Henry W. Jaehne, vice-president of the New York city
common council, sentenced to 9 years and 10 months
in Sing Sing, for receiving a bribe from Jacob Sharp's
Broad wav surface road, 30 Aug. 1884 (New York),
20 May, "
Dr. Dio Lewis, born 1823, dies at Yonkers, N. Y.,
21 May, "
Twentv-two anarchists indicted at Chicago for murder,
27 May, "
Pres. Cleveland married to Frances Folsom at the
White House, Washington, D. C 2 June, "
Johann Most, anarchist, sentenced in New York city to
1 year's imprisonment and $500 fine for inciting to
murder, etc., and his companions Schenck and
Braunschweig to 9 months' imprisonment. . .2 June, "
General " tie-up " of New York city street-car lines by
Knights of Labor 5 June, "
Morrison Tariff bill defeated in House of Representa-
tives by 157 to 140 17 June, «
Judge David Davis, born 1815, dies at Bloomington,
111 26 June, *'
Franking privilege granted to the widow of gen. U. S.
Grant by act of Congress 28 June, "
Act to legalize incorporation of national trade unions,
headquarters in District of Columbia 29 June,- "
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James Gibbons created archbishop of Baltimore, 7 June,
and invested with the biretta 30 June, 1886
Act restoring gen. Fitz-John Porter to the army, ap-
proved 1 July, "
Paul Hamilton Hayne, the southern poet, born 1831,
dies near Augusta, Ga 7 July, "
C. D. Graham, cooper, passes through the Whirlpool
rapids at Niagara falls in a barrel of his own con-
struction 11 July, "
Order of pres. Cleveland warning office-holders and
subordinates against the use of official positions to
influence political movements 14 July, "
Bi-centennial of the founding of the city of Albany,
N. Y., celebrated 18-22 July, "
A. K. Cutting, an American and editor of a paper in
Texas, imprisoned by Mexican authorities at Paso
del Norte for libel, in calling a Spanish-Mexican,
Emilio Medina, a "fraud and a dead-beat". .23 July, "
Act taxing and regulating the manufacture of oleo-
margarine 2 Aug. "
Sec. Bayard demands the immediate release of Cutting,
which is refused, and the secretary and president
having exhausted their powers, the case is referred
to Congress 2 Aug. "
Fitz-John Porter appointed to a colonelcy in the army
(Porter, Case of) 2 Aug. "
Act to increase th'e navy, providing for 4 double-tur-
reted monitors, and 2 armed vessels, a cruiser and
a torpedo-boat, to be built of American steel and
domestic armor-plate 3 Aug. "
Congress authorizes 1, 2, and 5 dollar silver certifi-
cates 4 Aug. "
Samuel J. Tilden, born 1814, dies at Greystone, N. Y.,
4 Aug. "
By joint resolution. Congress accepts from Mrs. Grant
and W. H. Vanderbilt the presents of various for-
eign governments to the late gen. U. S. Grant, 5 Aug. "
First Session adjourns " "
[ During this session of Congress, pres. Cleveland
vetoed 145 bills out of 1649 passed ; of 977 private
pension bills he vetoed 123.}
Cutting found guilty by Mexican court, 6 Aug., and sen-
tenced to 1 year's imprisonment and $600 fine, 7 Aug. "
Two men in a cask pass in safety through the Whirl-
pool rapids below Niagara falls 8 Aug. "
Seven Chicago anarchists convicted of murder: Au-
gust Spies, Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielden, Al-
bert A. Parsons, Adolph Fischer, George Engel, and
Louis Lingg, sentenced to death ; Oscar W. Neebe to
15 years' imprisonment 20 Aug. "
William J. Kendall of Boston swims through the Ni-
agara rapids and whirlpool with cork life-preserver,
22 Aug. "
Cutting set at liberty by Mexican authorities, 23 Aug. "
Lightning ignites 70,000 pounds of dynamite and 70
tons of powder at Laflin & Rand's powder-maga-
zine near Chicago, 111. ; 5 killed, 25 injured, 29 Aug. "
Charleston Earthquake 31 Aug. "
Apache Indian chief Geronimo, with his band, surren-
ders to gen. Miles at Skeleton canon, Arizona, 4 Sept. "
American yacht Mayflower defeats the British yacht
Galatea off New York, in international race for A vier-
ica's cup 7 and U Sept. "
First national convention of anti-saloon Republicans
meets at Chicago ; 300 delegates 16 Sept. "
Asher Brown Durand, line engraver and painter, born
1796, dies at South Orange, N. J 17 Sept. "
Disastrous gale on gulf of Mexico and floods in Texas;
250 lives lost, 2000 persons left desolate 12 Oct. "
" Boodle " aldermen in New York city arraigned for
bribery 19 Oct. "
Bartholdi's statue of Liberty Enlightening the
World unveiled 28 Oct. "
Reception to French delegates to the Bartholdi statue
dedication given at the White House, Washington,
4 Nov. "
Ex-pres. Chester A. Arthur, born 1830, dies at New
York 18 Nov. "
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Charles Francis Adams, sr., born 1807, dies at Boston,
Mass. 21 Nov.
Henry M. Stanley, the African explorer, received in
New York 27 Nov.
Arbor day celebrated in San Francisco by school chil-
dren ; 40,000 young trees supplied by Adolph Sutro
for the occasion 27 Nov.
Second Session begins 6 Dec.
John Sherman of O. president pro tern, of the Senate.
President's message presented 6 Dec.
Isaac Lea, LL,D., naturalist, born 1792, dies at Phila-
delphia, Pa 8 Dec.
Gen. John A. Logan, born 1826, dies at Washington,
D. C 26 Dec.
John Roach, ship-builder, born 1813, dies at New York
city 10 Jan.
Remnant of Table Rock at Niagara falls, 100 ft. long,
76 wide, and 170 deep, falls 12 Jan.
Edward L. Youmans, scientist, born 1821, dies at New
York 18 Jan.
Mexican-war Pension bill approved 29 Jan.
Act fixing 2d Monday in Januarj-^ for meeting of elec-
tors of each state at such place as legislatures may
direct, and 2d Wednesday in February for counting
electoral votes in Congress 3 Feb.
Interstate Commerce bill, appointing 5 commissioners
to regulate commerce between the states, approved,
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[Salary of each $7000 per annum.]
Pension bill for relief of dependent parents and honor-
ably discharged soldiers and sailors who served 3
months in the civil war, now disabled and depend-
ent upon their own labor, vetoed 11 Feb.
Daniel Manning resigns as secretarv of the treasury,
14 Feb.
Union Labor party organized at Cincinnati, O., 22 P'eb.
Bill to prohibit importation of opium from China ap-
proved 23 Feb.
Act prohibiting the hiring or contracting out of the
labor of prisoners under the laws of the U. S., 23 Feb.
Veto of the Dependent Pension bill sustained in the
House 24 Feb.
Congress appropriates $147,748 to indemnify Chinese
subjects for the Rock Springs massacre 24 Feb.
John J. Ingalls elected president p?-o tern, of the Senate,
in place of John Sherman resigned 26 Feb.
Act to organize the Hospital corps of the armv of the
U. S '.IMch.
Act to establish agricultural experiment stations in
colleges established by act of 2 July, 1862, in the
several states 2 Mch.
President authorized to adopt retaliatory measures in
the fishery dispute with Canada 2 Mch.
Act authorizing the president to deliver the so-called
" Twiggs swords," captured or seized by gen. B. F.
Butler in 1862, to such person as the court of claims
may decide to be the owners 3 Mch.
Tenure of Office act repealed «
Act for return and recoinage at par of trade dollars,
3 Mch.
Forty-ninth Congress adjourns "
Henry Ward Beecher, stricken with apoplexy 2 Mch.,
dies in Brooklyn 8 Mch.
James B. Eads, engineer, born 1820, dies at Nassau,
N. P. (Mississippi river) 8 Mch.
Interstate Commerce commission appointed by the
president 22 Mch.
Transatlantic yacht race from Sandy Hook to Queens-
town, between the Coronet and Dauntless, won by
the former in 14 days 19 hrs. 3 m. 14 sec, sailing
2934 miles 27 Mch.
John G. Saxe, poet, born 1816, dies at Albanv, N. Y. ,
31 Mch.
Body of Abraham Lincoln, carefully guarded since an
effort to steal it from the sarcophagus of the Lincoln
monument, Springfield, 111., made in 1876, is buried
in a grave dug in the crypt and covered with 6 feet
of cement, the sarcophagus being replaced. .14 Apr.
1887
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Monument to James A. Garfield unveiled in Washing-
ton, D. C 12 May, 1887
Fire in liorse-car barns, New York city ; 1200 horses
suffocated 27 May, "
William A. Wheeler, ex-vice-president, born 1819, dies
at Malone, N. Y 4 June, "
A recommendation made by adjt.-gen. Drum on 30
Apr., to return flags, both Union and Confederate,
captured in the civil war and stored in the War De-
partment, approved by the president and endorsed
by the secretary of war, is revoked by pres. Cleve-
land as not authorized by law nor justifiable as an
executive act 16 June, "
Reunion of Union and Confederate soldiers, survivors
of the Philadelphia brigade and Pickett's division,
is held at Gettysburg, Pa 2-4 July, "
Jacob Sharp, found guilty of bribing New York alder-
men, is sentenced to 4 years' imprisonment and a fine
of $5000 14 July, "
Miss Dorothea L, Dix, philanthropist, born 1805, dies
at Trenton, N. J 19 July, "■
Failure of H. S. Ives & Co., of New York, stock-brokers;
liabilities, $20,000,000 11 Aug. "
Spencer F. Baird, naturalist, born 1823, dies at Wood's
Holl, Mass 19 Aug. "
Ninth international medical congress meets at Wash-
ington, D. C 5 Sept. "
Labor day observed as a legal holiday for the first time
in New York 5 Sept. "
Three days' centennial celebration of the formation of
the Constitution begins at Philadelphia, . . .15 Sept. "
American party organized in Philadelphia 17 Sept. "
American sloop Volunteer wins the international yacht
race over the British cutter Tkisfle..27 and 30 Sept. "
Pres. and Mrs. Cleveland leave Washington for a tour
of the West and South ! 30 Sept. "■
Elihu B. Washburne, born 1816, dies at Chicago, 111.,
22 Oct. '^
Sentence of anarchists Fieldcn and Schwab commuted
to imprisonment for life ; Lingg kills himself by ex-
ploding a bomb in his mouth 10 Nov. "
Chicago anarchists Spies, Fischer, Engel, and Parsons
hanged 11 Nov. "
Johann Most, anarchist, of New York, arrested for in-
cendiary language 17 Nov. "
Fiftieth Congress, First Session, opens 5 Dec. 1887; John
J. Ingalls of Kan. president pro tem. of the Sen-
ate ; John G. Carlisle of Ky. elected Speaker of the
House by 163 to 147 for Thomas B. Reed 5 Dec. «
Pres. Cleveland's third annual message 6 Dec. "
Anarchist Most sentenced to 1 year's imprisonment,
8 Dec. "
Cigar-shaped raft 560 ft. long, 65 wide, 38 high, with
draught of 19 ft. and containing 27,000 logs, which
cost $30,000, and launched in the bay of Fundy,
bound for New York, goes to pieces off Nantucket
shoals during a storm. . . about 20 Dec. "
Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, geologist, born 1829,
dies at Philadelphia 22 Dec. "
Ex-sec. of the treas. Manning, born 1831, dies at Al-
bany, N. Y 24 Dec. " ,
Sec. Lamar resigns 7 Jan. 1888
Asa Gray, botanist, born 1810, dies at Cambridge, Mass.,
30 Jan. "
David R. Locke, " Petroleum V. Nasby, Confederate X
Roads," born 1833, dies at Toledo, 0 15 Feb. "
W. W. Corcoran, philanthropist, born 1798, dies at
Washington, D. C 24 Feb. "
A. Bronson Alcott, born 1799, dies at Boston, Mass., 4
Mch., and Louise M. Alcott, his daughter, novelist,
born 1832, dies at Boston 6 Mch. "
"Blizzard" on the Atlantic coast; 30 lives lost;
$10,000,000 worth of property destroyed ; about 4
feet of snow falls in New York city and drifts in the
streets 10 to 20 feet deep (Storms) 12-13 Mch. "
Chief-justice Morrison R. Waite, born 1816, dies at
Washington, D. C 23 Mch. "
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CoHgress votes $1000 to reward the Esquimaux of the
Asiatic coast of the Arctic ocean for acts of human-
ity to shipwrecked seamen.. . , . .2 Apr. :
Brighton Beach hotel, Kings county, N. Y., a wooden
structure 465 ft. long, 150 deep, and 3 stories high,
estimated weight 5000 tons, is moved back from the
ocean 600 feet by 112 platform cars on 24 parallel
tracks drawn by 4 locomotives attached by tackle,
3 Apr. et seq.
Roscoe Conkling, statesman, born 1829, dies at New
York 18 Apr.
Convention of delegates from nearly all the Southern
states east of the Mississippi meets at Hot Springs,
N. C, to promote immigration 25 Apr.
Belva A. Lockwood, nominated for president by Equal
Rights convention at Des Moines, la. .... .15 Ma}',
Alson J. Streeter of 111. nominated for president, and
C. E. Cunningham of Ark. for vice-president, by
Union Labor party, at Cincinnati, 0 16 May,
Robert H. Cowdrey of 111. nominated for president, and
W. H. T. Wakefield of Kan. for vice-president by
United Labor convention at Cincinnati, O., 17 May,
Clinton B. Fisk of N. J. nominated for president, and
John A. Brooks of Mo. for vice-president by Prohi-
bition National convention at Indianapolis, 31 May,
Grade of lieut.-gen. in the army merged into grade of
general, and president authorized to appoint a gen-
eral of the army by act 1 June,
P. H. Sheridan commissioned general of the army,
1 June,
Lick Observator)', 13 miles east from San Jose, Cal.,
transferred by the trustees to the University of
California 1 June,
Act providing for execution of murderers by electricity
in New York state signed by gov. Hill ... .4 June,
Democratic National convention meets in St. Louis,
Patrick A. Collins of Mass. permanent president, 5
June ; Grover Cleveland nominated for president by
acclamation, 6 June ; Allen G. Thurman of O. nomi-
nated for vice-president by 690 to 105 for Isaac P.
Gray of Ind. and 25 for John C. Black of 111., 7 June,
Department of Labor, in charge of a commissioner of
labor to be appointed by the president, established
by act of , . 13 June,
Republican National convention opens in Chicago, 19
June : M. M. Estee of Cal. made permanent president,
20 June; 19 candidates are balloted for— necessary
to a choice, 416. 2 ballots are cast 22 June, 3 on 23
June, and 3 on 25 June. The result of the 1st and
8th ballots for the 4 principal candidates as follows ;
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8th
544
118
100
59
Benjamin Harrison of Ind 80
John Sherman of 0 229
Russell A. Alger of Mich 84
Walter Q. Gresham of 111 .111
Levi P. Morton of N. Y. nominated for vice-presi-
dent , . , , 25 June,
Monument to Francis Scott Key unveiled in Golden
Gate park, San Francisco, Cal 4 July,
Centennial exposition of the Ohio valley and central
states, continuing until 28 Oct., is opened at Cin-
cinnati, O , - , . . .4 July,
Debate on Mills Tariff bill in the House closed, 19
July, and bill passed by 162 to 149 21 July,
Second timber-raft launched at Toggins, bay of Fundy,
25 July, containing 22,000 logs averaging 40 ft. in
length, is towed in safety to New York, arriving
about 5 Aug.
Gen. P. H. Sheridan, born 1831, dies at Nonquitt,
Mass , 5 Aug.
Candidates of Prohibition party publish letters of ac-
ceptance , • - - 6 Aug.
Gen. J. M. Schofield succeeds to command of army of
the U. S , . 14 Aug.
James Langdon Curtis of N. Y. nominated for presi-
dent, and James R. Geer (replaced by P. D. Wiggin-
ton, 2 Oct.) for vice-president by the American party
in convention at Washington 15 Aug.
President's message outlining a plan of retaliation in
the matter of the Fishery treaty 23 Aug. 1888
Grover Cleveland's letter of acceptance 8 Sept. "
Canadian Retaliation bill passes House of Represen-
tatives by 176 to 4, 8 Sept. ; referred to the Senate
committee on foreign relations 10 Sept. "
Benjamin Harrison's letter of acceptance. . . .11 Sept. "
Richard A. Proctor, astronomer, born, Engl., 1837, dies
at New York city 12 Sept. "■
Immigration of Chinese into the U. S,, except offi-
cials, teachers, students, merchants, or travellers for
pleasure, prohibited by act approved 13 Sept. "
Hodjii Hussein Ghooly Khan, first minister from Per-
sia to the U. S., arrives at New York ,30 Sept. •'•
Levi P. Morton's letter of acceptance 2 Oct. "
Melville W. Fuller, appointed chief-justice of the U. S.
30 Apr., is confirmed, 20 July, and sworn in, 8 Oct. "
Allen G Thurman's letter of acceptance 12 Oct. "
First Session (321 days) adjourns. . , . , 20 Oct. "
[This was the longest session on record. 15,585
bills and joint resolutions were introduced, of which
1237 bills and 57 joint resolutions became laws.]
Indiscreet letter on American politics from the British
minister, lord Sackville West, dated Beverlv, Mass.,
13 Sept. 1888, to Charles F. Murchison of Pomona,
Cal., a naturalized Englishman who had asked ad-
vice how to vote, published. 25 Oct. "■
Recall of minister Sackville suggested, and the presi-
dent refuses to recognize him officially 30 Oct. '^
General election, popular vote : Cleveland, Democrat,
5,540,329', Harrison. Republican, 5,439,853; Fisk,
Prohibition, 249,506, Streeter, Union Labor, 146,-
935, Cowdr\', United Labor, 2818; Curtis, Ameri-
can, 1591. Cleveland's plurality, 100,476. . .6 Nov. "
Second Session meets 3 Dec. "
President's annual message presented " "
Oyster war in Chester river, etc. (Maryland), 11 Dec. "
Act incorporating the American Historical Associa-
tion 4 Jan. 188^
Upper Suspension bridge at Niagara falls torn from its
cables and blown into the river during a gale, 10 Jan. "
Substitute for the Mills Tariff bill passes the Senate,
22 Jan.; is debated in the House and referred to
committee on ways and means 26 Jan. "
John M. Clayton, Republican candidate for Congress
from second district, Arkansas, assassinated at Plura-
mersville. Ark 29 Jan. "
New executive department, " the Department of Agri-
culture," created by act of 9 Feb. '*
John Call Dalton, physiologist, born 1825, dies at New
York city , 12 Feb. '^
Norman J. Coleman of Mo. appointed first secretary
of agriculture 12 Feb. '*
Electoral votes counted in Congress; Benjamin Har-
rison of Ind. and Levi P. Morton of N. Y., Republi-
cans, receive 233 votes , Grover Cleveland of N. Y.
and Allen G. Thurman of O., Democrats, receive 168
votes 13 Feb. "■
Act to create the Maritime Canal company of Nica-
ragua . . .20 Feb. "^
Act dividing Dakota into 2 states, and enabling the
people of North and South Dakota, Montana, and
Washington to form constitutions and state govern-
ments 22 Feb. "■
Congress appropriates $250,000 to aid American work-
men thrown out of employment by stoppage of work
on the Panama canal 25 Feb. '^
President calls the Senate in extraordinary session, 4
Mch 26 Feb. "
Bill passed retiring gen. William S. Rosecrans, 27 Feb. *'
Act to provide for taking the 11th and subsequent
censuses 1 Mch. "^
Congress appropriates $100,000 for a permanent coal-
ing station at Pago Pago, Tutuilla, Samoa. . . 2 Mch. "-
Bill to refund to the states and territories the direct
tax levied by act of 5 Aug. 1861, vetoed by pres.
Cleveland, 2 Mch., is passed by the Senate, but lost
in the House 2 Mch. «
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Act to punish the use of the tnails in "the sawdust
swindle" or "counterfeit-money fraud," or by deal-
ing; in "green articles," "green coin," "bills," "pa-
per goods," "green cigars," etc., by fine and impris-
onment 2 Mch. 1889
Levi P. Morton, vice-president elect, takes the oath
of office in the Senate 4 Mch. "
Fiftieth Cotiffiess adjourns " "
Special session of the Senate convenes, vice-pres. Mor-
ton presiding 4 Mch. "
Prea. Harrison inauguratctl " "
"Twenty-sixth Administration— Eepublioan. 4 Mch.
1889 to 3 Mob. 1893.
Itenjaiiiin Harrison, Ind., president.
Levi P. .Morton, N. Y., vice-president.
CABINET.
James G. Blaine, Me., sec. of state, from 5 Mch. 1889.
John W. Foster, Ind., sec. of state, from 29 June, 1892.
William Windom, Minn., sec. of treasury, from 5 Mch. 1889.
Charles Foster, O , sec. of treasury, from 24 Feb. 1891.
Redfield Proctor, Vt., sec. of war, from 5 Mch. 1889.
Stephen B. Elkins, W. Va., sec. of war, from 24 Dec. 1891.
William H. //. MUler, Ind., attorney-gen , from 5 Mch. 1889.
John Wanamaker, Pa., postmaster-gen., from 5 Mch. 1889.
Benjamin F. Tracy, N. Y., sec. of navy, from 5 Mch. 1889.
John W. Noble, Mo., sec. of interior, from 5 Mch. 1889.
Jeremiah M. Rusk, Wis., sec. of agriculture, 5 Mch. 1889.
Sen. Ingalls re-elected president pro tern, of Senate, pre-
siding imtil 18 Mch 7 Mch. 1889
John Ericsson, scientist and inventor, born 1803, dies
in New York city 8 Mch. "
U. S. steamers Trenton and Vandalia wrecked and the
Nipsic stranded in a storm near Apia, Samoan
ISLANDS 16 Mch. "
Proclamation of the president warning persons against
entering Behring sea for unlawful hunting of fur-
bearing animals 21 Mch. "
Staulev Matthews, associate justice of Supreme court of
U. S., born 1824, dies in Washington, D. C, 22 Mch. "
Extra session of Senate closes 2 Apr. "
Proclamation of president designates 30 Apr. 1889, the
centennial of the inauguration of Washington as
president, as a day of special thanksgiving. . .4 Apr. "
■Oklahoma, by proclamation of president, 23 Mch. 1889,
is opened for settlement at noon, and city of Guthrie
established 22 Apr. "
Simpson dry-dock at Newport News, Va., the largest in
the U. S., formally opened 24 Apr. "
■Centennial of inauguration of pres. Washington cele-
brated in New Y'ork city and elsewhere,
29 Apr.-l May, "
Body of dr. Cronin of Chicago, who had disappeared
3 weeks previously, found in a sewer; murdered.
(Trials) 22 May, "
Johnstown flood .31 May, "
John Brown's fort, near Harper's Ferry, swept away
by flood on the Potomac June, "
■City of Seattle, W. T., nearly destroyed by fire; 30
acres burned over; loss, $5,000,000 6 June, "
Simon Cameron, statesman, born 1799, dies in Donegal,
Lancaster county. Pa 26 June, "
^laria Mitchell, astronomer, born 1818, dies at Lynn,
Mass 28 June, "
Theodore Dwight Woolsey, ex-president of Yale col-
lege, born 1801, dies at New Haven, Conn ... 1 July, "
Mavor of New York calls a meeting with a view to
holding a World's Fair in 1892 18 July, "
Sioux reservation in Dakota (11,000,000 acres) ceded
to the U. S 6 Aug. "
Mayor Grant of New York city appoints committees
for the World's Fair in 1892 11 Aug. "
David S. Terry, assaulting judge Stephen Field at La-
throp, Cal., is shot dead by U. S. marshal Nagle,
14 Aug. "
Cronin murder trial begins in Chicago (Trials),
30 Aug. "
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Deep Harbor convention, with delegates from 16 states
and territories, meets at Topeka, Kan., to consider
the security of a harbor on the Texas coast . . 1 Oct. 1
Pan-American congress organizes in Washington, D.C.,
2 Oct.
International Marine conference meets in Washington,
D. C 16 Oct.
Work formall}' begun on the Nicaragua canal .22 Oct.
North and South Dakota admitted into the Union as
states (39th and 40th in order), by proclamation of
the president 2 Nov.
Maritime exhibition opens in Boston, Mass. . . .4 Nov.
Montana (41st state in order) admitted into the Union
by proclamation of president 8 Nov.
Washington (42d state in order) admitted into the
Union by proclamation of president 11 Nov.
Pan-American delegates, after visiting all sections of
the countr}', a journey of 6000 miles, return to Wash-
ington 13 Nov.
Great fire in Lynn, Mass. ; 80 acres burned over ; 296
buildings destroyed; loss over $4,000,000. .26 Nov.
Fifty-first Congress, First Session, meets 2 Dec.
Thomas B. Reed of Me. elected speaker of the House.
Pre.s. Harrison's first annual me.ssage 3 Dec.
Jefferson Davis, ex-president of the Confederacy, born
1808, dies at New Orleans 6 Dec.
Committees representing the Farmers' Alliance and
Industrial Union and the Knights of Labor meet at
St. Louis and adopt a platform of principles demand-
ing the free and unlimited coinage of silver, the abo-
lition of national banks and issue of legal-tender
treasury notes, prohibiting alien ownership of land
and dealing in futuresof agricultural and mechanical
products 6 Dec.
Auditorium building and opera-house, Chicago, dedi-
cated 9 Dec.
Coughlin, O'Sullivan, and Burke sentenced to life im-
prisonment, and Kunze to 3 years, for complicity in
murder of dr. Cronin of Chicago,and Beggs acquitted,
16 Dec.
" La grippe " invades the U. S 21 Dec.
Horatio Allen, first locomotive engineer in the U. S.,
dies at Montrose, N. J., aged 88 .- . 1 Jan.
State dinner given by the president to the vice-presi-
dent and cabinet ^ 7 Jan.
William D. KelW, born 1814, the oldest member of
the House of Representatives in term of service
(since 1860) as well as in years, dies 9 Jan.
Adam Forepaugh, veteran circus manager, born 1831,
dies at Philadelphia 22 Jan.
Woman's Christian Temperance league organized at
Cleveland, 0 23 Jan.
" Nellie Bly " (miss Pink E. Corkran), of the New York
World, completes a trip around the world eastward
in 72 days, 6 hrs. 11 min 25 Jan.
House of Representatives disputes on the power of the
speaker to count a quorum when members present
refuse to vote 29 Jan.
Wife and daughter of sec. of the navy Tracj^ lose their
lives in the burning of their residence at Washing-
ton, D. C 3 Feb.
Gentiles at Salt Lake City, Utah, for the first time ob-
tain control in a local election 10 Feb.
Proclamation of the president opening part of the Great
Sioux reservation for settlement 10 Feb.
Proclamation by the president against the use of the
Cherokee strip for grazing by whites under private
contract with the Cherokees 17 Feb.
John Jacob Astor, born 1822, dies at New York, leaving
a vast fortune 22 Feb.
Vote in the House of Representatives on a site for the
World's Columbian exposition results : Chicago, 157;
New York, 107 ; St. Louis, 26 ; Washington, D. C, 18 :
necessar}'- to a choice, 155 24 Feb.
U. S. steamer Enterprise arrives at New York with the
body of the late George H. Pendleton, who died at
Brussels, 24 Nov. 1889 27 Feb.
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North American Commercial company secures the
Alaskan fur-seal rights (Alaska) 28 Feb.
National league of Republican clubs meets at Nash-
ville, Tenn 4 Mch.
Act authorizing an assistant sec. of war at a salary of
$4500 5 Mch.
Owing to British seal-poaching in American waters,
and refusal of Great Britain to recognize a close sea-
son, the president by proclamation warns persons
against entering Behring sea for the purpose of un-
lawfully killing fur-bearing animals 15 Mch.
Large number of "boomers" invade the Cherokee
strip 23 Mch.
Gen. Robert C. Schenck, born 1809, dies at Washing-
ton, D. C 23 Mch.
Louisville tornado (Storms) 27 Mch.
Australian ballot-system successfully introduced at a
state election in Rhode Island 2 Apr.
Panic in the Chicago Board of Trade 12 Apr.
Samuel J. Randall, born 1828, dies at Washington, D.C.,
13 Apr.
McKinley Tariff bill introduced from the committee
on ways and means , 16 Apr.
Pan-American conference, in which was represented
Hayti, Nicaragua, Peru, Guatemala, Colombia, Ar-
gentine Republic, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Brazil,
Honduras, Mexico, Bolivia, United States, Venezu-
ela, Chili, San Salvador, and Ecuador, adjourns,
19 Apr.
John C. Fremont placed on the army retired-list, with
the rank of major-general, by act of 19 Apr.; ap-
proved 21 Apr.
Pan-Electric suit decided by the Supreme court in favor
of ex- attorney-gen. Garland 21 Apr.
Commander B. H. McCallaof U. S. S. Enterprise court-
raartialled on charges of malfeasance, based on find-
ings of a court of inquiry which met 11 Mch. at
Brooklyn navy-yard 22 Apr.
Congress appropriates $150,000 for relief of sufferers
from floods on the Mississippi 25 Apr.
Act passed to provide for celebrating the 400th anni-
versary of the discovery of America by Christopher
Columbus by an international exhibition of arts, in-
dustries, manufactures, and products of the soil,
mines, and sea, at Chicago, III 25 Apr.
Supreme court decides that imported liquors may be
carried into any state, and sold in the original
packages, without reference to local prohibitory or
restrictive laws 28 Apr.
Act to provide for a temporary government in the ter-
ritory of Oklahoma 2 May,
Commander B. H. McCalla sentenced to be suspended
from rank and duty for 3 years ; sentence approved
by sec. Tracy 15 May,
McKinley Tariff bill debated in the House of Repre-
sentatives 7-10 May, and passed by the House, 164
to 142 21 May,
Work of taking the U. S. census begins 2 June,
McKinley Tariff bill reported in the Senate . . 18 June,
National Commission of the World's Columbian ex-
position appointed by the president ; elects ex-sen.
Thomas VV. Palmer of Detroit permanent chairman,
and John T. Dickinson of Tex. permanent secretary,
27 June,
Bill passes granting pensions to soldiers and sailors
who served 90 days in the civil war, now or here-
after disabled, and to widows and minor children
and dependent parents 27 June,
Bill to protect trade and commerce against unlawful
restraints of trusts, monopolies, etc., approved,
2 July,
Act admitting Idaho as a state (the 4Bd) 3 July,
Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, born 1828, dies at New York city,
9 July,
Act admitting Wyoming as a state (the 44th), 10 July,
Act authorizing a bridge over the Hudson river be-
tween New York and New Jersey, and incorporating
the North River Bridge company 11 July,
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Maj.-gen. John C. Fremont, born 1813. dies at New
York 13 July,
Act authorizing the purchase of not more than 4,500,000
ounces of silver per month at not more than $1 for
^^^I%\ grains, and to issue treasury notes therefor,
and coinage of 2,000,000 ounces per month until 1
July, 1891, and thereafter as necessary. . . .14 July,
C. H. F. Peters, American astronomer, discoverer of 50
asteroids, born 1813, dies. 18 July,
Message of pres. Harrison recommends legislation clos-
ing the mails and express lines of the U. S. against
lottery companies .29 Julj'',
Post-office department excludes from the mails Tolstoi's
" Kreutzer Sonata " as an immoral work .... 1 Aug.
William Kemmler, murderer, executed bv electricity at
Auburn prison, N. Y. (Trials) ' 6 Aug.
Strike of 3000 trainmen on the New York Central
failroad 8 Aug.
Wilson bill as amended, authorizing the states to pro-
hibit sale of imported liquors in " original packages,"
approved g Aug.
John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish patriot and poet, born 1844,
dies at Hull, Mass 10 Aug.
First annual convention of letter-carriers of the U. S.
held at JBoston, Mass. ; 100 delegates 13 Aug.
Act establishing a National military park at the battle-
field of Chickamauga 19 Aug.
Body of capt. John Ericsson sent to Sweden on the
U. S. S. Baltimore 23 Aug.
Act for inspection by the Department of Agriculture of
salted pork and bacon for export and of foods and
drink and cattle imported, and empowering the pres-
ident to retaliate upon foreign nations discriminating
against the U. S 30 Aug.
Act for an annual appropriation of moneys received
from the sale of public lands to Colleges of Agricult-
ure and Mechanics' Arts established by act of Con-
gress 2 July, 1862 ; each state and territory to re-
ceive $15,000 the first year, increased by $1000
annually, until $25,000 is reached, which shall be a
permanent annual donation 30 Aug.
Single Tax convention meets in New York city 2 Sept.
and adopts a platform 3 Sept.
Criminal jurisdiction of U.S. Circuit and District courts
extended to the Great Lakes and connecting waters
by act of 4 Sept.
Direct Trade convention, with delegates from 6 cotton-
producing states, organizes at Atlanta, Ga. .10 Sept.
Strike of trainmen on the N. Y. Central railroad de-
clared off. 17 Sept.
Dion Boucicault, dramatist, born 1822, dies at New
York city 18 Sept.
Act amending sec. 3894 of Revised Statutes, relating to
advertising of lottery tickets, approved. . . .19 Sept.
River and Harbor bill, appropriating $24,981,295, ap-
proved 19 Sept.
George R. Davis of 111. selected as director-gen. of the
World's Fair 19 Sept.
Bronze statue of Horace Greeley, by John Quincy
Adams Ward, unveiled in front of the Tribune build-
ing, New York city , 20 Sept.
Act reserving as a public park the big-tree groves in
townships 17 and 18 south, in California.. . .25 Sept.
Coinage of 3-dollar and l-dollar gold pieces, and 3-cent
nickel pieces discontinued by act of (Coin), 26 Sept.
Celebration at Providence, R. I., of the centennial of
the introduction of cotton spinning into America,
29 Sept.
Pension of Sarah Dabney, widow of John Q. Dabney,
Revolutionary .soldier, increased from $12 to $30 per
month by act 20 June ; also of Asenath Turner, wid-
ow of Samuel Dunham, and Mary Snead, widow of
Bowdoin Snead, Revolutionary pensioners, 30 Sept.
McKinley Tariff bill approved 1 Oct.
Act of Congress setting apart certain tracts of land in
California as forest reservations 1 Oct,
Act transferring the Weather bureau to the depart-
ment of agriculture 1 Oct.
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Firrt Session (304 days) adjourns 1 Oct.
[This was the second lon^eat session ever held;
f6,972 bills introduced, nearly 1400 became laws.]
Louis Philip{>e Albert d'Orl6ans, comte de Paris, vol-
unteer aide on gen. McClellan's staflF during the civil
war, arrives in New York 3 Oct.
Polygamy abolished as an institution of the church of
Latter-dav Saint;* at a general conference in Salt
Lake City, Utah 6 Oct.
Daughters of the American revolution organized at
Washington II Oct.
Associate-justice Samuel Miller of the Supreme court,
struck with paralysis 10 Oct , dies at Washington,
13 Oct.
William W. Belknap, ex-sec. of war, born 1829, dies at
Washington, D. C 13 Oct.
Cliief of police David C. Hennessy of New Orleans
waylaid before his own home by Italian " Maffia," to
whose band he had traced a number of crimes, and
killed, receiving 6 wounds 15 Oct.
Religious excitement among the Indians of the North-
west ("Messiah craze") first appears 3 June, when
3 Indian chiefs, representing the Comanches, Chey-
ennes, and Arapahoes, meet near the Crow agency
in Montana to behold the Great Spirit on the rocks;
it develops into the " ghost dances" among the Sioux
tribes the latter part of. Oct.
Henry M. Stanley begins a lecture tour at New York
city 12 Nov.
Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber, "Mrs. Partington,"
born 1814, dies at Chelsea, Mass 25 Nov.
Second Session convenes 1 Dec.
President's message read "
David Kalakaua, king of the Sandwich islands, lands
at San Francisco, Cal 4 Dec.
Tatonka Otanka, " Sitting Bull," born in Dakota, 1837,
who posed as leading apostle in the ghost dances,
is arrested, and is killed during an attempt of Ind-
ians to rescue him, near Grand river, about 40 miles
from Standing Rock agency, N. Dak 15 Dec.
Maj.-gen. Alfred H. Terry, bora 1827, dies at New
Haven, Conn 16 Dec.
Sec. Blaine proposes to the British minister at Wash-
ington arbitration in the Behring Sea difficulty
(our government contending that the phrase "Pacific
ocean," in the Russo-American and Anglo-Russian
treaties of 1824 and 1825, does not include '' Behring
sea") 17 Dec.
Giovanni Succi concludes a fast of 45 da3's at New
York (Abstinence) 20 Dec.
By proclamation the president appoints 1 May, 1893,
as the opening, and the last Thursday of Oct. 1893
as the closing, day of the World's Columbian exposi-
tion at Chicago 24 Dec.
Battle with " Big Foot's " baud of Indians on Wounded
Knee creek, S. Dak.; among the Indians killed
were 44 squaws and 18 pappooses; loss to U. S.
troops, 32 killed, 39 wounded 29 Dec.
Gen. Francis E. Spinner, U. S. ex-treasurer, born 1802,
dies at Jacksonville, Fla 31 Dec.
International Monetary conference meets at Washing-
ton 7 Jan.
Motion for leave to tile a petition for a writ of prohi-
bition against the condemnation of the Canadian
sealer W, P. Sayward, condemned by the U. S. Dis-
trict court in Alaska in 1887 for violating U. S. laws,
by taking seals in Behring sea, and appealed to the
Supreme court, is entered on behalf of the attorney-
general of Canada 12 Jan.
Senate passes a Free Coinage bill, adopted 17 June,
1890, as a substitute for the Financial bill, and takes
up the Federal Election bill by 34 to 33 14 Jan.
George Bancroft, historian, born 1800, dies at Washing-
ton 17 Jan.
Indian chiefs at Pine Ridge agency, 14 Jan., agree to
surrender to gen. Miles, who declares the Indian out-
break ended 19 Jan.
Discussion of the Federal Election bill (H. R. 11,045),
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closes in the Senate 19 Jan. 1891
' Aldrich cloture rule, to limit debate, submitted 29 Dec.
I 1890, is considered in Senate 20 Jan. "
I King Kalakaua, born 1836, dies at San Francisco, 20 Jan. "
" I Representatives of the Farmers' Alliance and Industrial
Union in Washington, D. C, agree upon a confeder-
! ation of the labor organizations 22 Jan. "
" j Aldrich cloture resolution displaced in Senate by bill for
apportionment of representation, by 35 to 34, 26 Jan. '■
Over 100 miners killed by an explosion of fire-damp in
the coke-mines near MU Pleasant, Pa 27 Jan. "
Secof treas. Windom, born 1827, dies suddenly of heart-
disease at a banquet at Delmonico's, New York city,
29 Jan. "
Act apportioning representatives in Congress, 356 after
3 Mch. 1893, approved 7 Feb. "
Strike involving 10,000 miners begins in Connellsville
coke regions, Pa 9 Feb. "
Adm. David Dixon Porter, born 1814, dies at Washing-
ton, D. C 13 Feb. "
[With him expired the grade of admiral in the navy.]
Gen. William T. Sherman, born 1820, dies at New York,
14 Feb. "
Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks placed upon the pension roll
at the rate of $100 per month 18 Feb. "
Sen. Ingalls chosen president of the Senate pro tern., 25
Feb. 1886, and continued by successive elections un-
til 3 Apr. 1890. On 12 Mch. 1890, he is unanimously
designated to preside during the future absences of
the vice-president and at the pleasure of the Senate,
a function never before exercised by any member of
the Senate ; he resigns this office 19 Feb. "
Prof. Alexander Wiuchell, geologist, born 1824, dies at
Ann Arbor, Mich 19 Feb. "
First triennial of National Council of Women of the
U. S. meets at Washington, D. C 23 Feb. "
Act torefund to the states i 15,227,632.03 collected un-
der the direct-tax act of 1861,levving $20,000,000,
2 Mch. "
Act authorizing 3 U. S. prisons : 1 north, another south
of 39° and east of the Rocky mountains, the 3d west
of the Rocky mountains 3 Mch. "
Congress appropriates $15,000 for experiments in for-
estry and artificial rain-making 3 Mch. "
Act creating 9 Courts of Appeal and 9 additional U. S.
Circuit Court judges approved 3 Mch. "
Act granting registry to certain foreign-built vessels
with subsidies; the mails to be carried when required
without additional compensation, and new vessels to
be built suitable for conversion into auxiliary cruis-
ers or transports 3 Mch. "
International Copj'right act approved " "
Fifty-first Congress adjourns 4 Mch. "
[The 51st Congress was nicknamed the " Billion
Dollar Congress " from the grand total of its appro-
priations.]
" I Eleven Italians confined in the parish prison. New Or-
I leans, on charge of the murder of chief Hennessy, 6
'■ of whom had just been acquitted b}'^ jury trial, are
j massacred 14 Mch. "
1891 I Baron Fava, Italian minister at Washington, protests
against the New Orleans lynching 15 Mch. "
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, born 1807, dies at Washing-
ton, D. C 21 Mch. "
Italian minister Fava recalled 31 Mch. "
Gen. Albert Pike, born 1809, dies at Washington, D. C,
2 Apr. "
Sen. George F. Edmunds resigns, to take effect 1 Nov.,
6 Apr. "
Phineas T. Barnum, born 1810, dies at Bridgeport,
Conn 7 Apr. "
Patent centennial opened in Washington by pres. Har-
rison 8 Apr. "
Pres. Harrison and party leave Washington for an ex-
tended trip in the South and West 14 Apr. ."
Resignation of sen. John H. Reagan of Tex., to take
effect 10 June 24 Apr. "
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Convention of International Young Women's Christian
Association at Scran ton, Pa 24-26 Apr. 1891
China formally objects to Henry W. Blair as min-
ister from the U. S., because of his speech in Con-
gress against the Chinese 28 Apr. "
Verdict of " not guilty" in Millington murder case at
Denver, Col .* 29 Apr. "
Charles Pratt, philanthropist, born 1830, dies in New
York city 4 May, "
U. S. marshal, at the request of Chilian minister, seizes
the Chilian insurgent transport Itata at San Diego,
Cal 6 May, "
Itata sails from San Diego, carrying off the U. S. dep-
uty marshal 7 May, "
[The marshal was landed some 8 miles south of
San Diego, and the Itata took from the American
schooner Robert and Minnie a cargo of arms shipped
fromIlion,N.Y.]
U. S. cruiser Charleston sails in pursuit of the Itata,
9 May, "
Pres. Harrison returns to Washington 15 May, "■
Kear-adm. McCann given command of the American
vessels in the South Pacific 17 May, "
Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress (1200 delegates)
opens at Denver, Col 19 May, "
People's party organized at the National Union con-
ference (1418 delegates from 32 states) at Cincin-
nati, O 19 May, "
President opens to settlement about 1,600,000 acres of
the Fort Berthold Indian reservation, S. Dak.,
20 May, "
Charleston reaches Callao without having seen the
Itata 27 May, '^
First Sunday opening of the New York Metropolitan
museum ; 10,000 visitors 31 May, "
Benson John Lossing, historian, born 1813, dies at
Chestnut Ridge, Dutchess county, N. Y 3 June, "
Itata surrenders to adms. McCann and Brown in the
harbor of Iquique with a cargo of 5000 rifles, 4 June, "
Lieut. R. E. Peary and wife (the first lady to join a
Polar expedition) sail for the Arctic regions, 6 June, "
Great Britain agrees to a modus vivendi, a close season
and limited privilege in the seal fisheries, until 1
May, 1892. Proclaimed by president 15 June, "
Monument, inscribed, " On this spot Christopher Co-
lumbus first set foot upon the soil of the New
World," erected on Watling island by the Chicago
Herald 15 June, "
Nine new U. S. Circuit courts of Appeal formally or-
ganized 16 June, "
Rain-making experiments begun in Texas under the
department of agriculture 23 June, "
Discovery recorded of a new lake forming in Salton
Sink, Ariz., owing to floods on the Colorado, 29 June, "
Weather bureau transferred from war department to
department of agriculture ; prof. Mark W. Harring-
ton appointed chief. 30 June, "
Ex-vice-pres. Hannibal Hamlin, born 1809, dies at
Bangor, Me 4 July, "
Charleston and Itata arrive at San Diego, Cal., " "
Four murderers, Slocum, Smiler, Wood, and Jugiro,
executed by electricity at Sing Sing, N. Y. .7 July, "
Secretary of the treasury accepts $500 from the Itata
for violation of the navigation laws 8 July,
Cargo of arms and ammunition on the Itata libelled by
the U. S. marshal at San Diego, Cal 14 July, "
Statue of gen. Stonewall Jackson unveiled at Lexing-
ton, Va. ; 15,000 Confederate veterans present; ora-
tion by gen. Early 21 July,
Smokeless powder used for the first time in this coun-
try in experiments at Sandy Hook, N. J . . .25 July, '•
Thomas W, Bocock, born 1815, for 14 years in congress
from Virginia and for 4 years speaker of Confederate
congress, dies in Appomattox co., Va 5 Aug.
Two vessels seized in Behring sea for unlawful seal-
ing 7 Aug. '•
James Russell Lowell, born 1819, dies at Cambridge,
Mass 12 Aug. '■
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Cherokee strip closed to the whites by order of the
president 13 Aug. 1891
Sarah Childress Polk, widow of ex-pres. James K. Polk,
born 1803, dies at Nashville, Tenn 14 Aug. "
Battle monument, 308 feet high, at Bennington, Vt.,
dedicated; address by pres. Harrison 19 Aug. "
Over 60 persons killed by a falling building in Park
place. New York city 22 Aug. "
II. G. Dyrenforth and staff experiment in artificial
rain production by dynamite bombs exploded in the
air, etc., near Midland, Tex 18-26 Aug. '•
First reunion of survivors of the Black Hawk war of
1832 held at Lena, 111. ; 17 veterans over 70 years
old present 28 Aug. "
Germany removes restrictions on imports of American
pork 3 Sept. "
New Chilian government, with Jorge Montt as presi-
dent, officially recognized by the department of
state at Washington, D. C 7 Sept. "
Denmark revokes prohibition of import of American
pork 8 Sept. "
Forest reservation in Wyoming, adjoining Yellowstone
National park, set apart by proclamation of pres.
Harrison, 30 Mch., and supplementary proclamation,
10 Sept. "
William Ferrel, meteorologist, born 1817, dies at May-
wood, Kan 18 Sept. «
President proclaims the ceded Indian lands in Okla-
homa territorv open to settlement on 22 Sept.,
18 Sept. "
Opening of the St. Clair river tunnel celebrated at Port
Huron and Sarnia. .•. 19 Sept. "
Russian man-of-war Alente seizes an American sealer,
the Lewis, at Behring's island and carries the crew
to Vladivostocks for trial 2 Oct. "
Human Freedom league organized in Independence
hall, Philadelphia 12 Oct. "
Boatswain, mate, and 6 sailors of the U. S. cruiser
Baltimoi-e injured by a mob in the streets of Val-
paraiso, Chili, resulting in death of 2 sailors (see
this record, 21 Jan.-17 July, 1892). ... 16 Oct. ■'
Nathaniel Duncan Ingraham, formerly of the U. S.
navy (Koszta affair), afterwards in the Confed-
erate service, dies at Charleston, S. C 16 Oct. "
James Parton, author, born 1822, dies at Newburyport,
Mass 17 Oct. '•
Italy withdraws her prohibition of American pork,
21 Oct. "
Officers of the Louisiana State lottery indicted under
U. S. law by the grand-jurv in Sioux Falls, N. Dak.,
23 Oct. "
First Empire State express train runs from New York
to Buffalo via N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. in 8 hours
42 min 26 Oct. "
Southern States exposition opens at Augusta, Ga.,
2 Nov. "
Itata case submitted by counsel in the U. S. court at
Los Angeles, Cal 5 Nov. "
Sefior Pedro Montt, minister from Chili, officially pre-
sented to pres. Harrison 14 Nov. "
A lunatic enters the office of Russell Sage in New York
city with a hand-bag, demands $1,250,000, and on
refusal drops the bag filled with explosives, killing
himself and a bystander, injuring others, and wreck-
ing the building 4 Dec. '•
Sec. of war Redfield Proctor resigns 5 Dec. '•
France removes restrictions on American pork . .6 Dec. '•
Martin D. Loppy, murderer, executed at Sing Sing by
electricity 7 Dec.
Fifty-second Congress, First Session, meets " '•
Charles F. Crisp (Democrat) of Ga. elected speaker of
the House 8 Dec. '•
Annual message of pres. Harrison 9 Dec. '•
U. S. Senate ratifies the general act passed by the Anti-
slavery conference in Brussels, 2 July, 1890, 11 Jan. 1892
Forest preserve in New Mexico set apart by proclama-
tion of president H Ja''- "
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Randolph Rogers, sculptor, born 1825, dies at Rome,
N. Y l** J*"'
Cong. Bland introduces a" Free Coinage bill in the
House 21 Jan.
Ultimatum of the U. S. served on the Chilian govern-
ment by sec. Blaine, through minister Montt, de-
manding an apology for the assault upon the sailors
of the Baltimore in'tlie streets of Valparaiso, an in-
demnity, and the withdrawal of the insulting circular
of minister Matta 21 Jan.
Satisfactory answer to the ultimatum from Chili sub-
mitted to Congress with a message from the presi-
dent 27 Jan.
James G. Blaine writes to chairman Clarkson of the
Republican National committee, refusing to be a
candidate for president 6 Feb.
Senate Financial committee reports against 3 Free Sil-
ver Coinage bills 9 Feb.
France, Italy, and Sweden chosen as Behring Sea arbi-
trators 10 Feb.
Bland Free Coinage Silver bill reported favorably by
the House 10 Feb.
Resolution for investigation of the so-called " sweating
system" of tenement labor upon manufacture of
clothing, etc 13 Feb.
National Real Estate association formally organized in
Nashville, Tenn \ 18 Feb.
First Continental congress of the National Society of
the Daughters of the American Revolution, Mrs. Har-
rison president-general, opens in Washington, 22 Feb.
National Industrial conference meets in St. Louis, Mo.,
with delegates from Farmers' Alliance, 246 ; Farm-
ers'Mutual Benefit Association, 53; Knights of Labor,
82; National Farmers' Alliance, 97 ; National Citi-
zens' Alliance, 25; Colored Farmers' Mutual Benefit
Association, 97 ; National Citizens' Independent Al-
liance, 27 ; Patrons of Industry, 25 ; National
Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 4. Delegates
decide to act with the Pe»)ple's party in the presi-
dential canvass 22 Feb.
Treaty signed at state department, Washington, by
sir Julian Pauncefote and sec. Blaine, referring the
Behring Sea dispute to an international arbitration
commission of 7 members 29 Feb.
Ex-sec. Bayard opposes the free coinage of silver in an
open letter 14 Mch.
Forest reserve. Pike's peak, Col., set apart by proclama-
tion of pres Harrison 11 Feb. and 18 Mch.
Standard oil trust dissolved 21 Mch.
David Hayes Agnew, surgeon, born 1818, dies at Phila-
delphia, Pa 22 Mch.
Debate on the Silver bill closes in House of Representa-
tives and fails of a vote 24 Mch.
Walt Whitman, poet, born 1819, dies at Camden, N. J.,
26 Mch.
Treaty with foreign powers for repressing the slave-
trade in Africa and the importation of fire-arms,
ammunition, and spirituous liquors, signed at Wash-
ington 2 Apr.
Steamer Missouri, which sailed from New York, 15
Mch., carrying food supplies to starving Russians,
arrives at Libau 3 Apr.
President proclaims open to settlement the greater
part of Lake Traverse Indian reservation in North
Dakota, 15 Apr 11 Apr.
President proclaims open to settlement Cheyenne and
Arapahoe Indian lands in Oklahoma, 19 Apr., about
3,000,000 acres 12 Apr.
Under instruction from pres. Harrison, sec. Blaine
tenders the Italian government, as a voluntary offer-
ing for distribution among the relatives of Italians
lynched in New Orleans, 14 Mch. 1891, $25,000, which
is accepted and paid 14 Apr.
Baron Fava ordered to resume his position as minister
to the U. S. by the Italian government 16 Apr.
Sec. Blaine and sir Julian Pauncefote conclude a new
modus Vivendi for the Behring sea 18 Apr.
Bill introduced in the House by Mr. Geary of California,
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6 Jan., to prohibit absolutely the coming of Chinese
into the U. S., whether subjects of the Chinese em-
pire or otherwise ; referred to the committee on for-
eign affairs. On 19 Feb. he reports a substitute from
the committee, which, taken up and debated, 4 Apr.,
passes the House, 179-43, 107 not voting. Senate
and House not able to agree, a conference is held
and a bill presented, which passes the Mouse, 3 May,
and the Senate, 4 May, and approved 5 May, 1892
Behring Sea Arbitration treaty ratified 9 May, "
Act to encourage American shipping approved, 10 May, "
Steamer Conemaugh sent from New York and Phila-
delphia with provisions for the starving Russians,
arrives at Riga 12 May, "
Spain removes restriction on American pork . . 22 May,
Sen. Stewart's bill for free coinage of silver taken up
by the Senate 26 May,
Provision for closing the World's Fair government
exhibit on Sundays adopted by the House of Repre-
sentatives 26 May,
James G. Blaine, secretary of state, resigns. . . .4 June,
Dam at Spartansburg. Pa., bursts, causing a flood and
the breaking of tanks of gasoline, which ignites on
Oil creek between Titusville and Oil City ; flood
and fire result in the loss of over 100 lives. .5 June,
Republican National convention assembles at Minne-
apolis, Minn., 7 June ; gov. McKinley of O. perma-
nent chairman, 8 June ; on 1st ballot Benjamin Har-
rison receives 585i votes; Blaine, 182^; McKinley,
182; Reed, 4; Robert T. Lincoln, 1. On motion of
Charles McKinley the nomination of Harrison is
made unanimous. At the evening session White-
law Reid of N. Y. is nominated for vice-president by
acclamation 10 June,
Pres. Harrison, by message to Congress, recommends
retaliation against Canada for discrimination against
American vessels 20 June,
Democratic National convention meets in Chicago, 111.,
21 June ; W. L. Wilson of W. Va. chosen permament
chairman, 22 June ; First ballot for president cast 23
June: Cleveland, 617^ ; Hill, 115 ; Boies, 103 ; Gor-
man, 36J ; Carlisle, 14 ; Cleveland declared nomi-
nated ; and for vice-president Adlai E. S"tevenson of
111. chosen unanimously on first ballot 23 June,
National Prohibition convention meets at Cincinnati,
O .29 June,
Congress authorizes the president to proclaim a gen-
eral holiday commemorating the 400th anniversary
of the discovery of America 29 June.
John W. Foster of Ind. confirmed by the Senate as sec.
of state 29 June,
Gen. John Bidwell of Cal. nominated for president,
and J. B. Cranfell of Tex. for vice-president by the
Prohibition convention 30 June,
Lock-out of strikers at the Carnegie Steel company's
mills at Homestead, Pa., begins 1 July,
Catholic Sioux congress opens at the Chej-enne agen-
cy, S. Dak. ; 6000 Sioux Indians present, , . .3 July,
First National convention of the People's party meets
at Omaha, Neb., 2 July ; H. L. Loucks of S. Dak.
permanent chairman. Gen. James B. Weaver of la.
nominated for president, 4 July ; gen. James G. Field
of Va. for vice-president 5 July,
Congress appropriates $50,000 for site and pedestal for
a statue of gen. W. T. Sherman 5 July,
Pinkerton detectives, attempting to land from a barge
at the Carnegie mills, Homestead, Pa., are attacked
by strikers; several detectives and strikers killed
or wounded 6 July,
Entire National Guard of Pennsylvania is ordered to
Homestead by gov. Pattison 10 July,
Lock-out involving 3000 striking miners begins in the
Coeur d'Alene mining district, in Shoshone county,
Id., 1 Apr. ; an attack is made by union men on
new hands employed in the Gem mine, in which
several are killed 11 July,
Cyrus W. Field, born 1819, dies at Ardslev, N. Y.,
12 July,
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Eiver and Harbor bill, appropriating $21,153,618 and
authorizing in contracts $31,555,401, approved,
13 July, 1892
Bland- Stewart Free Silver bill, passed by the Senate,
29 to 25, 1 July, is refused consideration in the
House by 154 to 136 13 July, *'
Proclamation of president commanding all persons in
insurrection in Idaho to disperse 16 July, "
Indemnity of $75,000 in the matter of the Chilian af-
fair of 16 Oct. 1891, accepted from Chili by U. S.
minister Eagan (the monej' to be distributed among
the relatives of the 2 sailors killed and those who
were injured) 17 July, "
Proviso for closing the World's Fair on Sunday con-
firmed by Senate 14 July, and concurred in by
House. . 19 July, "
President authorized to contract for 1 armored cruiser
of about 8000 tons and 1 coast-line battle-ship of
9000 tons, by act approved 19 Jul}', "
Two thousand U. S. troops, sent by pres. Harrison to
the Coeur d'Alene mining district, Id., occupj' Ward-
ner, 14 Jul}-; order restored among the strikers, and
soldiers ordered home 23 July, "
H. C. Frick, chairman of the Carnegie Steel company,
shot and twice wounded by a Russian-Hebrew an-
archist named Berkman 23 July, "
Private lams of Company K, 10th regiment, calling for
three cheers for the assassin, is hung up by his thumbs
for 30 minutes by order of col. Streeter. . . .23 July, "
Act authorizing the president in retaliation to demand
tolls for, or prohibit the passage of, St. Mary's Falls
canal by foreign vessels, in his discretion . .26 July, "
Act granting pensions of $8 per month to survivors of
the Indian wars of 1832-42 (Black Hawk war, Creek
war, Cherokee disturbance, and Seminole war), ap-
proved 27 July, "
Act changing date of the dedication of the World's
Fair buildings from 12 Oct. to 21 Oct 4 Aug. '•
Act granting pensions of $12 per month to all nurses
during the civil war, now dependent 5 Aug. "
Bill for coinage of 5,000,000 half-dollar silver pieces
as souvenirs for the benefit of the Columbian exposi-
tion, on condition that the exposition shall not be
opened on Sunday 5 Aug. "
Train in charge of the U. S. government, carrying
$20,000,000 in gold, leaves San Francisco for New
York . .5 Aug. "
Resolution of Congress inviting the king and queen of
Spain and the descendants of Columbus to the
World's Columbian exposition 5 Aug. "
First Session adjourns " "
Miss Lizzie Borden arrested in Fall River, Mass.,
charged with the murder (4 Aug.) of her father
and step-mother (Trials) 11 Aug. "
Violence by miners in Tennessee opposed to convict
labor, quelled by National Guard 13-16 Aug. "
Switchmen's strike on Erie railroad begins at Buffalo,
N. Y., where the strikers burn freight trains, destroy-
ing about a million dollars' worth of railroad prop-
erty 14 Aug. "
<Jen. Doyle orders out the 65th and 74th regiments of
National Guard at Buffalo 15 Aug. '•
In response to appeal from sheriff and mayor of Buffalo,
gov. Flower of N. Y. orders out about 8000 of the
National Guard from New York, Brooklyn, and else-
where to protect property at Buffalo, N. Y. .17 Aug. ••
i'res. Harrison, in retaliation against Canadian meas-
ures, proclaims that a toll of 20 cents per ton be
collected from 1 Sept. until further notice, on all
freight passing through St. Mary's Falls canal to
any port of the dominion of Canada 20 Aug. "
Switchmen's strike at Buffalo declared off by grand-
master Sweeney 24 Aug. "
John Bid well's letter of acceptance 25 Aug. "
Eight delegates of Socialistic Labor party in New York
city nominate Simon Wing of Mass. for president,
and Charles H. Matchett of N. Y. for vice-president
of U. S 28 Aug. ••
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Hamburg-American steamship Moravia brings to New
York the first cases of cholera (out of 385 steerage
passengers, 22 die during the voyage) 30 Aug. 1892
George William Curtis, born 1824, dies at West Bright-
on, Staten Island 31 Aug. "
Pres. Harrison orders 20 days' quarantine of all immi-
grant vessels from cholera-infected ports. . . .1 Sept. '•
Pres. Harrison's letter of acceptance published . .5 Sept. '■
John Greenleaf Whittier, poet, born 1807, dies at Hamp-
ton Falls, N. H 7 Sept. '•
Ex-sen. Francis Kernan, born 1816, dies at Utica, N. Y.,
7 Sept. '•
John L. Sullivan, pugilist, defeated by James J. Cor-
bett at the Olympic club. New Orleans, in 21 rounds
(Boxing) 7 Sept. '•
Lieut. Peary and party arrive at St. John's, N. F., on
the steamer Kite, sent to the Arctic regions in search
of them 11 Sept. ''
Cabin passengers of the Normanma prevented from
landing at Fire island, by injunction restraining the
health authorities from using the island for quaran-
tine purposes, 12 Sept. , injunction dissolved, and 2
regimeijts of National Guard and Naval reserves or-
dered out by gov. Flower^ passengers are finally suf-
fered to land 13 Sept. "
Gens. Weaver and Field accept the nomination of the
People's party. . . . '. 17 Sept. "
Gen. John Pope, born 1823, dies at Sandusky, O.,
23 Sept. "
Patrick S. Gilmore, leader of Gilmore's band, born 1829,
dies at St. Louis . . .24 Sept. '"
(irover Cleveland's letter of acceptance 26 Sept. "
Encounter at Coffeyville, Kan ; the famous Dalton
gang, attempting to rob the banks, are annihilated
by a marshal's posse, in which affray 4 citizens are
killed by the desperadoes 5 Oct. "
Columbus-day celebration in New York city and else-
where . ...12 Oct. "
Opening exercises of the World's Columbian exposi-
tion at Chicago 21 Oct. "
Presidential election held 8 Nov. "
[Popular vote: Cleveland and Stevenson, Demo-
cratic, 5,556,533; Harrison and Reid, Republican,
5,440,216 ; Weaver and Field, People's party, 1,122,-
045; Bidwell and CranfiU, Prohibition, 279,191 ;
Wing and Matchett, Social- Labor party, 21,191.]
Strike at the Carnegie mills, Homestead, Pa., declared
off 20 Nov. "
Continental congress of the Salvation Army opens in
New York 21 Nov. "
Jay Gould, born 1836, dies in New York cit)', leaving
a fortune estimated at $72,000,000 2 Dec. "
U. S., England, and Germany agree to common action
in restoring order in Samoa 5 Dec. "
Second Session opens " "
Joint resolution, introduced in House by Mr. Durborow
of 111. to open the Exposition on Sunday, referre<l to
committee on Columbian exposition 5 Dec. '•
President's message read in House and Senate. 6 Dec. '•
Proclamations of the president setting apart the South
Platte Forest reserve in Colorado, 9 Dec: San Gabriel
Timber reservation, California, 20 Dec. ; Battlement
Forest reserve, Colorado, 24 Dec; and Afognak
Forest and Fish Culture reserve in Alaska. .24 Dec. "
President issues a proclamation of amnesty to Mor-
mons liable to prosecution for polygamy on condition
of future obedience to law 4 Jan. 1893
Pensioners of Mexican war now drawing $8 to receive
$12 per month, by act of. 5 Jan. '•
Great Northern railroad completed to Pacific. .6 Jan. '•
Presidential electors meet at state capitals and vote,
9 Jan. '•
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, born at Deerfield, N. H., 5
Nov. 1818, dies suddenly at Washington 11 Jan. '•
Ex-pres. Rutherford B. Hayes, born at Delaware, O.,
1822, dies at his home at Fremont, O. ...... 17 Jan. '•
L. Q. C. Lamar, ex -Confederate general, ex-senator,
secretary of the interior in Cleveland's first cabi-
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near Macon, (la 23 Jan. 1893
Phillips Brooks, Protestant-Episcopal bishop of Massa-
chusetts, born at Boston, 13 Dec 1835, dies there,
23 Jan. "
James G. Blaine, born 1830, dies at his home in Wash-
ington 27 Jan. "
II. E. Jackson of Tenn., judge of the 6th Federal district,
nominated to succeed justice Lamar 2 Feb. "
Bill to repeal the silver purchase clause of the Sherman
act calleil up by sen. Hill 6 Feb. "
Electoral votes counted 8 Feb. "
[For Cleveland and Stevenson, 277 ; for Harrison
and Reid, 145 ; for Weaver and Field, 22.]
Hawaiian commission reaches Washington, 3 Feb. ;
treaty of annexation signed, 14 Feb., and laid before
the Senate 15 Feb. '•
Act for a national quarantine against cholera approved,
15 Feb. "
Gen. P. T. G. Beauregard, born near New Orleans, 28
May, 1818, dies at New Orleans, La 20 Feb. "
President suspends part of the proclamation of 18 Aug.
1892, imposing tolls on freight for Canada through
the St. Mary's Falls canal ,21 Feb. "
Inraan line steamers City of New York and City of Paris
transferred from British to American registry ; the
stars and stripes raised on the City of New York hy
pres. Harrison 22 Feb. *'
Sec. of state Foster resigns to sit on the Behring Sea
tribunal at Paris 23 Feb. "
Proclamations of president setting apart the Sierra
Forest reserve, Cal., 14 Feb. ; Pacific Coast reserve,
Washington, 20 Feb.; Grand Canon Forest re-
serve, Arizona, 20 Feb. ; Trabuco Canon Forest
reserve and another timber reserve ii'i California,
25 Feb. "
Diplomatic Appropriation act, authorizing the presi-
dent at his discretion to confer on the envoys to any
government the same rank as its representative in
the U. S., approved 1 Mch. "
Act requiring inter-state railroads after 1 Jan. 1898 to
use only cars with automatic couplers and engines
with air-brakes approved 2 Mch. "
Fiftj'-second Congress appropriates $1,026,822,049.72,
more by $38,400,000 than the 51st, the so-called
"Billion Dollar" Congress 3 Mch. "
Fifty-second Congress adjourns 4 Mch. "
Twenty-seventh Administration— Democratic. 4 Mch.
1893 to 3 Mch. 1897.
OroT^T Clerelnnd, N. Y., president.
Adiai E. SteTensoif, 111., vice-president.
CABINET.
Walter Q. Gresham, 111., sec. of state, from 6 Mch, 1893.
John G. Carlisle, Ky., sec. of treas., " " "
Daniel S. Lamoni, N. Y., sec. of war, " '' "
Richard Olney, Mass., attorney-gen., " " "
Wilson 8. Bissell, N. Y., postmaster-gen.," " "
William L. Wilson, « « 1 Mch. 1895.
Hilary A. Herbert, Ala., sec. of navy, from 6 Mch. 1893.
Hoke Smith, Ga., sec. of interior, " " "
J. Sterling Morton, Neb., sec. of agriculture, from 6 Mch. 1893.
Senate assembles in extra session 4 Mch. 1893
President withdraws the Hawaiian treaty from the
Senate 9 Mch.
Hawaiian princess Kaiulani and suite reach Washing-
ton, 8 Mch., and are received at the White House,
13 Mch.
Extradition treaty with Sweden ratified and proclaimed,
18 Mch.
Ex-representative Blount sails from San Francisco for
Honolulu on the revenue cutter Rush on his special
mission to Hawaii. . 20 Mch.
President informed that Great Britain and France have
raised their representatives to the U. S. to the rank
of ambassadors 24 Mch.
A threatening outbreak on the Choctaw reservation,
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Ind. Ter., between rival Indian factions, results in a
battle; several are wounded 28 Mch. 1893
Edmund Kirby Smith, Confederate general, born at
St. Augustine, Fla., 16 May, 1824, dies in Sewaiiee,
Tenn 28 Mch. «
Gen. Hiram Berdan, inventor of a long-range rifle, dies
at Washington, D. C 31 Mch. "
Thomas F. Bayard of Del. nominated ambassador to the
court of St. James (the first ambassador of the U. S.),
30 Mch. ; he takes the oath of office. ... . . .3 Apr. "
Arguments of English and American ref)rcscntatives
begun before the Court of Arbitration in the Behring
Sea dispute 4 Apr. "
Minister Hicks telegraphing that the consular agency
at Mollendo, Peru, was attacked, 25 Mch., and the
agent shot, sec. Gresham directs a protest and a de-
mand for reparation 6 Apr. "
Chief of the diplomatic service to France, James B.
Eustis of La., raised to the rank of ambassador,
8 Apr. "
Caravel Santa Maria, a reproduction of the flag-ship
of Columbus, given to the U. S. by Spain, 2(5 Mch.,
reaches Havana 9 Ajir. "■
Sir Julian Pauncefote received by the president as am-
bassador from Great Britain 11 Apr. "
American Railway union organized at Chicago,
12 Apr. "
M. Patenotre received by the president as ambassador
from France 12 Apr. "
Duke of Veragua and party arrive at New York and
are publicly received 15 Apr. "
Senate special session adjourns " "
Spanisli caravels reach Hampton Roads, 21 Apr.; New
York harbor 24 Apr. "
Original Paul Jones flag raised and saluted at the High-
lands of Navesink, N. J 25 Apr. "
Gen. John M. Corse, the hero of Allatoona, Ga., dies
at the " Hemlocks," Mass 27 Apr. "
International Columbian naval review in New York
harbor and Hudson river; pres. Cleveland reviews
the fleet on the Dolphin, passing between lines of
ships 3 miles in length; 10 nations represented by
36 war-ships and over 10,000 officers and men,
27 Apr. "
Liberty bell received at Chicago with honors (Bells),
29 Apr. "
World's Columbian exposition formally opened at
Chicago by pres. Cleveland 1 Ma)', "
Secretary of the treasurj"^ issues an order, supplemented
by a circular from the attorney-general, suspending
arrests under the Chinese Exclusion act until further
orders 4 May, "
James H. Blount of Ga. appointed minister to Hawaii
to succeed John L. Stevens, resigned 9 May, "
Joseph Francis, inventor of the life-saving car,for which
a special gold medal was awarded, 27 Aug. 1888, and
presented by Congress, 12 Apr. 1890, dies at Coopers-
town, N. Y.,aged 92 10 May, "
Locomotive engine No. 999 of the New York Central &
Hudson River railroad runs a mile in 32 sec. between
Rochester and Buffalo, N. Y 11 May, "
Geary Chinese Exclusion act upheld as constitutional
by the Supreme court in special session; arguments
begun, 10 May ; decision reached 15 May, "
Secretary of state defers deportation of Chinese under
the Geary act until Congress shall appropriate suffi-
cient funds ■ . 17 May, "
Infanta Eulalie arrives in New York with her husband,
prince Antoine, to represent the queen regent of
Spain at the World's Fair 18 May, "
Cherokee strip between Kansas and Oklahoma, con-
taining 6,072,754 acres, purchased by the government
for $8,596,736, to be added to Oklahoma ... 18 May, "
Jefferson Davis's remains removed from New Orleans,
28 May, and reinterred in Hollywood cemetery,
Richmond, Va '. 31 May, "
Official notice that the Italian and German legations
at Washington are made embassies. . . 2 and 3 June, "
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President promulgates the extradition treaty with
Russia, ratified at St. Petersburg, 21 Apr., to go into
effect 24 June 5 June,
Edwin T. Booth, actor, born near Baltimore, Md., 13
Nov. 1833, dies in New York city 7 June,
Gold reserve in the U. S. treasury falls below $89,600,-
000 8 June,
Floor of Ford's theatre, Washington, D. C, used by the
pension record division of the war office, falls while
nearh' 400 government clerks are at work in the
building; 21 killed, 68 injured 9 June,
Battle-ship Massachusetts launched at messrs. Cramp
& Sons' ship-yards in Philadelphia 10 June,
Viking ship, representing Lief Ericson's " Cockstab
Find," which left Bergen, Norway, 30 Apr., for the
World's Fair at Chicago, reaches New York,
17 June,
U. S. sen. Leland Stanford, ex-governor of California,
born 1824, dies at Palo Alto, Cal 20 June,
Gov. Altgeld of 111. pardons Fielden, Schwab, and
Neebe, anarchists engaged in the Haymarket riot,
26 June,
Pres. Cleveland calls an extra session of Congress to
meet 7 Aug 30 June,
Frequent failures among national, state, and private
banks July-Sept.
Lieut. Peary leaves New York on his 2d Greenland ex-
pedition 2 July,
First summer meeting for university extension stu-
dents called in Philadelphia by the Society for the
Extension of University Teaching 5 July,
Justice Blatchford, of the Supreme court, born 9 Mch.
1820, dies at Newport, R. 1 7 July,
Colorado Silver convention opens in Denver, and issues
an appeal to the people of the U. S 11 July,
Institute of Christian Sociology organized at Chau-
tauqua, prof. R. T. Ely, Ph.D., LL.D., of the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin, first president. . . .19-20 July,
Ex-gov. G. C. Perkins appointed by gov. Markhara of
California to fill the unexpired term of the late sen.
Stanford 22 July,
First convention of the National Bimetallic league in
Chicago 1 Aug.
Fifiy-third Congress, First Session (extra) assembles,
7 Aug.
Senate composed of 44 Democrats, 37 Republicans, 4
Populists, with 3 vacancies. House composed of 216
Democrats, 125 Republicans, 11 Populists, with 4
vacancies. C. F. Crisp of Ga. elected speaker,
7 Aug.
President's message, recommending the repeal of the
purchase clause of the Sherman Silver act ... 8 Aug.
"Currency famine" early in August; premiums for
small bills reach $25 per $1000 10 Aug.
Wilson bill to repeal the Silver Purchase law intro-
duced in the House 11 Aug.
U. S. cruiser Minneapolis launched at Cramp & Sons'
ship-yards, Philadelphia 12 Aug.
Decision of Behring Sea Court of Arbitration, denying
the right of the U. S. to a close sea, but adopting
regulations forbidding the killing of seals within
50 miles of Pribylov islands, or outside that limit
from 1 May to 31 July 15 Aug.
Legislatures of Montana, Washington, and Wyoming
adjourning without electing senators for 6 years,
beginning 4 Mch. 1893, the Senate decides that when
a state legislature has the opportunity to elect and
fails, an appointment by the governor is void. This
left 3 vacancies in the Senate 23 Aug.
Severe hurricane in South Atlantic states; more than
600 lives lost at Beaufort, Port Royal, and adjacent
places 28 Aug.
Wilson bill, repealing the purchasing clause of the
*' Sherman act,'' passes the House; yeas, 239 ; nays,
109 ; not voting, 5 28 Aug.
Wilson bill reported in the Senate from the finance
committee, with amendments, pledging the govem-
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ment to maintain bimetalism, by sen. Voorhees of
Iiid '. 29 Aug.
Official data show 560 state and private bank suspen-
sions and 72 resumptions and 155 n^ational bank
suspensions and 70 resumptions
from 1 Jan. to 1 Sept.
Albert S. Willis of Ky. appointed minister to Hawaii,
to succeed Mr. Blount 3 Sept.
Second World's Sunday-school convention meets at St.
Louis 4 Sept.
Pan-American Medical congress opened at Washington,
D. C, by pres. Cleveland ; over 1000 physicians in
attendance 5 Sept.
Hamilton Fish, LL.D., statesman, born 3 Aug. 1808,
dies at Garrisons, N. Y 7 Sept.
Envoy to Germany made an ambassador 8 Sept.
World's Parliamknt of Religions begins its ses-
sions in Chicago, 111 U Sept.
Twenty masked robbers hold up a train on the Lake
Shore railroad, near Kendallville, Ind., shoot the
engineer, and, by dynamite, secure nearly $20,000
from the express car ' . 12 Sept.
Five thousand ounces of gold, worth $134,000, missed
from the U. S. mint at Philadelphia, in a vault
not opened since 1887. The money was stolen by
weigh clerk H. S. Cochran, who restores $107,000,
14 Sept
Cherokee outlet, Oklahoma, opened to settlement un-
der proclamation of the president, 19 Aug. 1893 ;
100,000 persons make a rush for the 6,000,000 acres
of land 16 Sept.
Centennial of the laying of the corner-stone of the
Capitol celebrated at Washington; William Wirt
Henry of Va. chief orator 18 Sept
Destructive storm on the gulf of Mexico; over 2000
lives lost along the coast, with a large loss of prop-
erty 2 Oct
Pan-American Bimetallic convention meets at St
Louis 3 Oct.
Tucker bill to repeal the Federal Election laws
passes the House bv 201 to 102 ; not voting, 50,
10 Oct
Senate sits continuously to force a vote on the Repeal
bill, from 11 a.m. Wednesday, 11 Oct, to 1.45 a.m.
Friday, when it adjourns for want of a quorum.
Sen. Allen of Neb. holds the floor for 14 hours, in the
longest continuous speech ever made in the Senate,
13 Oct
American yacht Vigilant wins the 3d of 5 races for the
America's cup, off Sandy Hook, N. J., defeating the
English Valkyrie 13 Oct
Sec. Gresham issues confidential instructions to minis-
ter Willis, outlining the plan of the president for
reinstating the queen at Hawaii by moral force, un-
der certain conditions , ,18 Oct.
Lucy Stone (Blackwell), founder of the American Wom-
an Suffrage association, born 13 Oct. 1818, dies at
Dorchester, Mass 18 Oct
Philip Schaff, scholar and clergyman, born in Switzer-
land, 1819, dies in New York' city 20 Oct
Rear-adm. Stanton removed from command of the
South Atlantic squadron, on charge of saluting the
flag-ship of adm. Mello, leader of the Brazilian rev-
olutionists (Rio Janeiro) 25 Oct
Battle -ship Oregon launched at San Francisco,
26 Oct
World's Columbian Exposition closed. . . .30 Oct
Senate passes the Wilson bill to repeal the Silver Pur-
chase law, with the Voorhees amendment, by 43 to 32
(23 Republicans, 20 Democrats for; 19 Democrats,
9 Republicans, 4 Populists against; 10 not voting),
30 Oct
Wilson bill as amended passes the House by 193 to 94;
not voting, 66 ; and is approved 1 Nov.
McCreary Chinese Exclusion bill, as amended by Mr.
Geary, passes the House by 178 to 9, 16 Oct., and
Senate 2 Nov. The bill extends the time of reg-
istration 6 months from date; approved. . . .3 Nov.
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First Session (extra) acJjonrns 3 Nov.
Francis Parkmau, Aruericaii historian, born 1823, dies
at Jamaica i'lains, near Boston 8 Nov.
Extradition treaty with Norway ratified 8 Nov., and
proclaimed 9 Nov.
Supreme court decides that the great lakes of this
country and their connecting waters are included
in the term '• liigh seas " 20 Nov.
Jeremiah M. Kusk, ex-secretary of agriculture, dies at
his home in Viroqua, Wis., aged 53 21 Nov.
J. R. Sovereign of la. appointed to succeed grand-
master workman Powderly (for 15 years at the head
of the Knights of Labor), at the annual convention
at rhiladelphia, Ta 14-28 Nov.
Pauline Cushman (Fryer), actress, scout, and spy in
the Federal army during the civil war, dies in San
Francisco, Cal., aged GO 2 Dec.
Supreme court declares the alien contract labor law
constitutional 4 Dec.
JSecond Session assembles. President's message received
and read . . 4 Dec.
Bill to admit Utah to the Union passes the House,
13 Dec.
Bill to admit Arizona to the Union passes the House,
15 Dec. ; referred to the committee on territories in
the Senate 18 Dec.
President's message to Congress defining his position
in the Hawaiian controversy 18 Dec.
Wilson Tariff bill reported in the House from the ways
and means committee 19 Dec.
Rear-adra. Stanton restored to rank, and assigned
to command of the North Atlantic squadron,
• 21 Dec.
Senate committee begins the investigation of pres.
Cleveland's Hawaiian policy .27 Dec.
Debate on the Wilson Tariff bill begins in the House,
8 Jan.
William B. Hornblower of N. Y. nominated associate-
justice of the Supreme court in place of Blatchford,
deceased, 19 Sept. 1893 ; rejected by the Senate,
through the influence of sen. Hill of N. Y., by 30
to 24 15 Jan.
John H. Gear of la. elected U. S. senator 16 Jan.
Sec. Carlisle announces an issue of $50,000,000 10-year
5 per cent, bonds, payable in coin 17 Jan.
D. S. sen. Edward C. Walthall from Mississippi resigns,
18 Jan.
Income-tax clause attached to the Tariflf bill in the
House by 175 to 56, 31 Jan., and the bill amended
passed by 204 to 140 ; not voting, 8 1 Feb.
Old corvette Kkahsargk, which fought and sank the
Alabama off Cherbourg, France, during the civil
war, is wrecked on Roncardo reef, about 200 miles
N.E. from Bluefields, Nicaragua -, no lives lost,
2 Feb.
Bland Silver bill, providing for the coinage of seignior-
age to the amount of $55,000,000, introduced in the
House 7 Feb.
McCreary resolutions on Hawaii, upholding the ad-
riiinistration policy, pass the House by 177 to 76 j
not voting, 98 . 7 Feb.
F'ederal Election I^ws Repeal bill passes the Senate by
39 to 28, 7 Feb. ; approved ,8 Feb.
[This bill repealed all statutes relating to super-
visors and special deputy-marshals. The election
laws, often called "the Force Bills," were originally
passed 31 May, 1870, and further strengthened by
act of 20 Apr. 1871, to protect the colored voter at
the polls.]
Wheeler H. Peckham of N. Y. nominated associate-
justice of the Supreme court, 22 Jan. ; nomination
rejected by the Senate, through the influence of sen.
Hill of N. Y., by 41 to 32 16 Feb.
Sen. E. D. White of La. nominated as associate-justice
and confirmed 19 Feb.
BlandSilver bill passes the House by 168 to 129; not
voting, 56 1 Mch.
l!T. C. Blanchard, representative in Congress, appointed
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by the governor of Louisiana, qualifies as successor
to sen. White 12 Mch. 1
Bland bill passes the Senate bv 44 to 31 ; not voting,
10 " 15 Mch.
Tariff bill, with amendments, reported in the Senate
from the committee on finance by sen. Voorhees,
20 Mch.
J. S. Coxey's Army of the Commonweal starts from
Massillon, O., for Washington with about 100 men,
25 Mch.
Alfred Holt Colquitt, U. S. senator from Ga., dies at
Washington, D. C, in his 70th year 26 Mch.
Pres. Cleveland vetoes the Bland bill for coinage of
seigniorage 29 Mch.
Sen. Voorhees opens the tariff debate in the Senate,
2 Apr.
Kelly's Industrial army, 350 strong, leaves San Fran-
cisco for Oakland on its way to Washington,
3 Apr.
Bill to carry out the terms of the Behring Sea tri-
bunal passes the Senate, 3 Apr., and is approved,
6 Apr.
President proclaims the award of the Behring Sea tri-
bunal 9 Apr.
Patrick Walsh, editor of the Augusta Chronicle, ap-
pointed by the governor of Ga. to succeed U. S, sen.
Colquitt, 2 Apr., qualifies 9 Apr.
Kelly's army, augmented to 1200 men, seizes a Union
Pacific railroad train of 20 coal-cars and proceeds
eastward 12 Apr.
Sen. Zebulon B. Vance of N. C. dies in Washington,
D. C, aged 64 14 Apr.
Gen. Henry W. Slocum dies at his home in Brooklyn,
aged 66 14 Apr.
Henry S. Ives, nicknamed the " Napoleon of finance,"
dies of consumption near Asheville, N. C . . . 17 Apr.
Ex-gov. Thomas J. Jarvis, appointed 19 Apr. to suc-
ceed the late sen. Vance of N. C, qualifies. . .26 Apr.
Gen. Coxey's army of Commonwealers arrives at
Brightwood park, near Washington, D. C. . .29 Apr.
Francis B. Stockbridge, U. S. senator from Michigan,
dies at Chicago, aged 68 30 Apr.
Leaders of Coxey's army arrested for trespassing
on the grounds of the Capitol, and imprisoned,
1 May,
Canadian revenue cutter Petrel seizes 2 American
steamboats on lake Erie and arrests 48 residents of
Ohio on charge of illegal fishing in Canadian waters,
9 May,
John Patton, jr., appointed U. S. senator, to succeed
F. B. Stockbridge, by gov. Rich of Mich., 5 May,
qualifies 10 May,
Days of grace on notes, drafts, etc., in New York abol-
ished after 1 Jan. 1895, by act of 10 May,
Richard Croker resigns as a member of the execu-
tive, and as chairman of the finance committee
of Tammany Hall ; John McQuade succeeds him,
10 May,
W. H. Edwards, consul - general at Berlin, dies,
16 May,
General assembly of the Presbyterian church convicts
prof. Henry P. Smith of heresv by a vote of 396 to
101 '. 26 May,
Kelly's Industrial army, 1100 strong, reaches St.
Louis, 28 May, divides, and proceeds down the
Mississippi and up the Ohio towards Washington,
31 May,
Frye's California army arrives in detachments at
Washington early part of Juno,
Rhode Island legislature elects ex-gov. George P. Wet-
more as successor to U. S. sen. Dixon 12 June,
American Railway union boycott of the Pullman Pal-
ace Car company grows into a general western rail-
road strike (Strike) 27 June,
Bill making the 1st Monday in Sept. a legal holiday,
" Labor day," in the U. S., approved 28 June,
Rear-adm. William Grenville Temple, U. S. N., dies at
Washington, aged 70 28 June,
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Kelly's army reaches the vicinity of Washington,
about 1 July, 1894
U. S. judges Groscup and Woods of the northern dis-
trict of Illinois enjoin pres. Debs of the American
Railvva}' union and others from interference with
trains carrying U. S. mails 2 July, "
Secretary of war announces that the U. S. troops at
fort Sheridan — 8 companies of infantry, 2 troops of
cavalrj', and a battery of light artillery — have been
ordered to Chicago to enforce the laws of the U. S.,
3 July, "
'Gorman Compromise Tariff bill passes the Senate:
yeas, 39 (37 Democrats, 2 Populists) ; nays, 34 (31
Republicans, 2 Populists, 1 Democrat [Mr. Hill of
N. Y.J ) ; with 634 amendments to the original Wil-
son bill of the House 3 Jul}', "
Gov. Altgeld of Illinois protests against ordering Fed-
eral troops into the state 5 July, "
National convention in interest of good roads opens, at
Asbury Park, N. J 5 Julv, "
Proclamation of president warning unlawful assem-
blages in the state of Illinois to disperse, 8 July, and
a second proclamation referring to states in the
northwest 9 July, "
Pres. Debs, vice-pres. Howard, and other leaders in the
American Railway union strike, indicted by the
Federal grand jury for conspiracy to obstruct the
mails and hinder the execution of laws .... 10 July, "
Joint committee of the Senate and House on naval
affairs agrees on a scheme of promotion in the navy,
13 July, "
Pres. Cleveland signs the Enabling act to admit Utah
into the Union 17 July, "
Representative Wilson from West Virginia reads in
the House a personal letter from the president con-
demning the Senate tarift'bill .19 July, "
Gen. Coxc}', after a short term in the district jail, dis-
bands his army, stating that his plan had failed and
that they would have to look out for themselves,
26 July, "
Ex-judge advocate-gen. Joseph Holt, U. S. army, re-
tired, born Jan. 1807 dies in Washington, D. C.,
1 Aug. "
. -American Railway union strike, virtually ended 14
■■p July, when the strikers returned to work in large
|Hfc^ numbers, is formally declared off 3 Aug. "
^^^J. S. treasury gold reserve reaches the lowest point
^^H since the resumption of specie payments, namelv,
^m $52,189,500 7 Aug. "
^K Pres. Cleveland recognizes the new republic of Hawaii,
■I 8 Aug. '^
^B A detachment of militia drives the remnant of the
^K> Kelly and Frye industrial armies across the Poto-
1^ "mac 11 Aug. "
[They were finally furnished transportation to
their western homes by the government.]
U. S. Senate ratifies the new Chinese treaty regulating
immigration, signed Mch., by 47 to 20 13 Aug. "
[Formally proclaimed by the president, 8 Dec]
House passes the Senate Tariff bill by 182 yeas (175
Democrats, 7 Populists) to 106 nays (93 Republicans,
13 Democrats), and passes bills for free coal, iron,
barbed wire, and sugar 13 Aug. "
Tariff bill becomes a law without the president's sig-
nature (Tariff) midnight 27 Aug. "
•Second Sessio?i (268 days) adjourns 28 Aug. "
Ten towns in Minnesota, 6 in Wisconsin, and 3 in
Michigan totally destroyed by forest fires Aug. "
Gen. N. P. Banks, born 30'jan. i816, dies at Waltham,
Mass 1 Sept. "
Samuel J. Kirkwood, U. S. ex-senator, ex-secretary of
the interior, and war governor of Iowa, dies at Des
Moines, aged 81 1 Sept. "
Maj.-gen. George Stoneman, ex-governor of California,
born 8 Aug. 1822, dies at Buffalo, N. Y 5 Sept. "
Successful strike of United Garment Workers and
United Brotherhood of Tailors in New York, Brook-
lyn, and vicinitv 4 to 13 Sept. "
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Pres. Cleveland proclaims amnesty to persons convicted
of polygamy under the Edmunds act 27 Sept.
Proclamation of president setting apart the Ashland
Forest reserve in Oregon .... 28 Sept.
Brig.-gen. John P. Hawkins, commissary-gen. of sul)-
sistence, U. S. army, retired 29 Sept.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, born in Cambridge, Mass., 29
Aug. 1809, dies at his residence in Boston ... .7 Oct.
Andrew G. Curtin, war governor of Pennsylvania, dies
at Bellefonte, Pa., aged 77 7 Oct.
Col. Michael Morgan made commissary- gen., U. S.
army, and brig.-gen .8 Oct.
Corner-stone of the Commercial Travellers' Home of
the U. S. laid at Binghamton, N. Y. 9 Oct.
Train on the Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad held
up 41 miles south of Washington, D. C, and robbed
of $150,000 12 Oct.
Memorial tablet to memory of Robert C. Morris, the
financier of the Revolution, unveiled at Batavia,
N. Y. ; oration by sec. of treas. Carlisle 13 Oct.
Sec. Carlisle offers for sale $50,000,000 of U. S. 5-per-
cent. 10-year bonds 13 Nov.
[Awarded to the Stewart svndicate of New York
cit}', 26 Nov.]
Dr. James McCosh, ex-president of Princeton college,
dies in Princeton, N« J., aged 83 16 Nov.
Rev. dr. W. G. T. Shedd, theologian and scholar, dies
in New York city, aged 74 17 Nov.
New treaty with Japan signed at Washington, 23 Nov.
President remits the unexpired portion of brig.-gen.
Swaim's sentence (see Feb. 1886) 1 Dec.
John Burns, the English labor leader and member of
Parliament, arrives at New York 1 Dec.
[Returned to England, 3 Jan. 1895.]
Third Session convenes 3 Dec.
Emigrant convention with China ratified 7 Dec.
During the year 1893 charges were made accusing
superintendent Z. R. Brock way of the Elmira re-
formatory, N. Y., of mismanagement, together with
cruel and inhuman treatment of the prisoners. To
investigate these charges, gov. Flower appointed a.
committee of 3 which met at Elmira, 11 May, 1894.
After a thorough and extended investigation, 2 of the
committee report favorably to Brockway and the 3d
unfavorably. Gov. Flower dismisses the charges,
10 Dec.
Ex-gov. B. R. Tillman elected U. S. senator by South
Carolina legislature to succeed M. C. Butler, 11 Dec.
Pres. Cleveland issues an order placing in the classified
civil service the internal-revenue force 12 Dec.
Eugene V. Debs sentenced to 6 months' imprisonment,
and his associates to 3 months' imprisonment for
contempt of court (sentence to begin 8 Jan. 1895),
14 Dec.
Mosquito reservation formally incorporated with Nic-
aragua 17 Dec.
Brig-gen. Swaim, judge advocate-gen., retired, 24 Dec.
Philological congress in the U. S. opens at the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia ... .27 Dec.
Act to establish a National Military park at the battle-
field of Pittsburg Landing or Shiloh approved, 28 Dec.
James G. Fair, U. S. ex-senator from California, dies at
San Francisco, aged 63 29 Dec.
[Estate estimated at $40,000,000.]
Lexow committee, investigating the methods of the
police department of New York city, holds its last
session 29 Dec.
[This committee was appointed under a resolution
offered by Clarence Lexow in the Senate of New
York, 24 Jan. 1894, and passed unanimously, charges
against the police of the city of New York having
been made publicly by the rev. dr. Charles H. Park-
hurst of that city. The committee was appointed
31 Jan., with sen. Lexow chairman. Investigation
commenced on 9 Mch., at the court-room of the
County court-house in New York, with William A.
Sutherland as counsel for the committee until 13
Apr., when John W. Goff appeared as counsel. At
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the end of June the committee adjourned until 10
Sept., and continued with one or two short intermis-
sions until 29 Dec. The evidence confirmed the
charges. The committee submitted its report to the
legislature at Albany, 18 Jan. 1896. The examina-
tion and testimony of the 700 witnesses making
10,576 printed pages.]
President nominates col. G. N. Lieber to be judge-ad-
vocate-gen. in place of brig.-gen. David G. Swaim,
retired 3 Jan. 1895
Royalist uprising at Waikiki Beach, about 5 miles from
Honolulu, for the purpose of overthrowing the gov-
ernment (easily suppressed) 6 Jan. "
Brooklyn street-car strike, attended with great loss of
property and several lives, without beneficial result
to the strikers 10 Jan. "
Senate passes the Urgency Deficiency bill, including
appropriations for collecting the income tax, 16 Jan. "
M. Casimir-Perier resigns the presidency of France,
15 Jan. "
M. Felix Faure elected to the presidency of France,
17 Jan. "
Nicaragua Canal bill passes the Senate 26 Jan. "
Loss of the North German Lloj'd steamship Elbe off
the coast of Holland (Wrecks) 30 Jan. "
Springer (Administration) Finance bill, authorizing
the issue of $500,000,000 of gold bonds, etc., de-
feated in the House (136 to 162) 5 Feb. "
Joint resolution passed to revive the grade of lieut.-
gen. in the army for the benefit of maj.-gen. John
M. Schofield; signed by the president, and con-
firmed 6 Feb. "
Brig.-gen. Thomas H. Ruger, U. S. army, nominated by
the president to be maj.-gen 8 Feb. "
President sends a message to Congress advising it of
a loan of $62,400,000 @ 4 per cent, for 30 years,
under provision of the act of 14 Jan. 1875. . . .8 Feb. "
At an executor's sale in New York city 240 paintings,
by George Inness, sold for $108,670 ; sale for 3 days,
closing 14 Feb. "
Frederick Douglass, colored, celebrated in the history
of the country, dies at Anacostia, D. C, aged about
78 years 20 Feb. "
Postmaster-gen. Wilson S. Bissell resigns ... .27 Feb. "
Wm. L. Wilson of West Virginia appointed postmas-
ter-gen., and confirmed 1 Mch. "
Fifty-third Congress adjourns 4 Mch. "
[Appropriations allowed for the year $498,952,524,
of which $141,381,570 was for pensions.]
Steamship AUianga fired upon by Spanish cruiser
Conde de Venadito 5 Mch. "
Riot and massacre on the levee, New Orleans, 12 Mch. "
United Workmen, Ancient Order of, founded 1868.
Object, fraternal and beneficiary ; number of grand lodges, 27 ;
number of sub-lodges, 4200; number of members, 267,611.
Benefits disbursed since organization for beneficiary fund,
$37,776,350; for charity, $5,000,000; beneficiary fund, $4,762,-
157. The chief officer is termed supreme master-workman.
This order stands third in the list of fraternal organizations,
in the number of members being exceeded by the Freemasons
and Odd-fellows only.
unity. Christian unity.
univer§al §ufrrag[e (pkbisciiumX one of the 6 points
of the charter (Chartists), was adopted in the constitution of
France in 1791, and used in the election of president in 1851
and of emperor in 1862, and by the Italian states in voting for
annexation to Sardinia in 1860, 1861, 1866, and 1870.
Universaii§t§, a sect who believe in the final salvation
of all. This doctrine, declared in the Talmud, and ascribed to
Origen about 230, was advocated by other early fathers, but
opposed by St. Augustine, about 420; and condemned by the
5th general council at Constantinople, May, June, 553. It was
received by the Unitarians in the 17th century, and avowed
by many clergymen of the church of England. James Relly,
who published his " Union " in 1760, founded the sect of Uni-
versalists in Britain; and John Murray, in America, about
1770. The sect barely exists in Great Britain, but flourishes
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in the United States. Before 1818, many Universalists in th&
United States were believers in future retribution, and the
terms Restorationists and Universalists were used synony-
mously. In 1818 Hosea Ballou taught that retribution'is con-
fined to this life, and those who could not accept this doctrine-
formed a distinct sect and took the name of Universal Resto-
rationists at Mendon,Mass., 17 Aug. 1831. The present strength
of the Universalists in the U. S. (1891) is: parishes, 947 ;.
church-members, 41,177.
univerMlty, a school for universal knowledge, an as-
sociation of men for the purpose of study empowered to-
confer degrees which are recognized throughout Christendom,
often endowed by the State. The most ancient universities-
in Europe are those of Cambridge, Paris, Oxford, Cordova,.
and Bologna. In old Aberdeen was a monastery, in which
youths were instructed in theology, the canon law, and the
school philosophy, at least 200 years before the imiversity and
King's college were founded. Degreks. For leading uni-
versities in the U. S., Colleges and states separately.
DATES OF the FOUNDING OF THE PRINCIPAL UNIVERSI-
TIES IN EUROPE.
(Arranged according to dates, some of them now extinct.)
Founded.
. (?) 635
... 792
... 879
. .. 968
...1116
...1209
...1215
...1224=
...122ijr
...1229
...1233
...1239
...1243
...1245
...1253
...1279
...1289
...13(X)
.1305
.1307
.1332
.1339
.1346
,1348
.1354
.1364
Name. Country.
Cambridge England.
Paris France..
Oxford England
Cordova Spain...
Bologna Italy
Valencia Spain. . .
Arezzo Italy
Naples " ...
Padua " ...
Toulouse France..
Salerno Italy
Salamanca Spain. . .
Genoa Italy
Rome "
Sorbonne. France..
Coimbra Portugal
MontpcUier. . . France..
Lyons "
Lerida Spain. . .
^Avignon France. .
Orleans "
Perugia Italy
Cahors France. .
Grenoble '*
Valladolid Spain...
Prague Bohemia
Huesca Spain...
Cracow Poland..
Angers France "
Vienna Austria 1365
Funfkirchen. . Hungary 1367
Geneva Switzerland . 1368
Sienna.: Italy 1380
Cologne Germany 1385
Heidelberg..,. " 1386
Erfurt Thuringia . . 1390
Ferrara Italy 1391
WQrzburg Germany 1403
Turin Italy 1405
Leipsic Saxony 1409
"St. Andrews. . . Scotland 1411
Rostock Mecklenberg.1419
Dole ... Burgundy.. . .1422
Louvaine Belgium 1426
Poitiers France 1431
Florence Italy 1439
Mechlin Belgium 1440
Palermo Italy 1447
Glasgow Scotland 1450
Valence France 1454
Freibourg Germany 1460
Nantes France "
Basle Switzerland. . ' '
Bourges France 1463
"^Mafnz"}-- Germany 1467
Bordeaux France 1472
Treves Germany 1473
Saragossa Spain 1474
Upsal Sweden 1476
Copenhagen. . . Denmark "
Tubingen Germany 1477
Parma Italy 1482
Munster Prussia 1491
Aberdeen Scotland 1494
Toledo Spain 1499
Alcala " "
Wittenberg . . . Germany 1502
Seville Spain 1504
Frankfort-on
the-Oder.
Prussia 1506
Urbino
Milan
Dillingen. ..
Douay
Ingolstadt . ,
Helmstadt. .
Graz.
Dublin
Paderborn . .
Venirie
Pavia
Harder wijk.
Giessen
Name. Country. Founded..
Siguenza Spain 151T
Compostella... " "
Marburg Prussia 152T
Debreczin Hungary 1531
Evora Portugal 153$
Grenada Spain 15^7
Strasburg Germany 153*
KOnigsberg . . . " 1544
Jena Thuringia 1547
Greifswald. ... Germany "
Rhei ms France 1548
^ Italy 1552
" 1564r
" 1565-
Swabia "
France 1568-
Bavaria 1573:
Brunswick. ..1675>
Leyden Holland "i
Edinburgh Scotland 1582
Franeker Belgium 1585-
Austria 1586
Ireland 1591
Germany 1592:
Italy "
" 1599
Holland 1600-
Groningen Holland 1614-
Salzburg Austria 1623
Mantua Italy 1625-
Dorpat Livonia 1632
Utrecht Holland 1634
Buda-Pest Hungary 1635
Bamberg Bavaria 1648
Kiel Germany 1665
Bruges Belgium "
Lund Sweden 1668
Besanf on France 1676-
Innsbruck Tyrol 1692
Dresden Saxony 1694
Halle " .... "
Breslan Prussia 1702
Dijon France 1722
Pan Italy "
Cameriiio " 1727
G5ttingeu Hanover 1736-
Erlangeu Bavaria 1743
Nancy France 1769
Stuttgart Germany 1775
Lemberg Austria 1784
Wilnaor Vilna. Russia 1803
Kieflf " "
Moscow " "
Caen France "
Kasan Russia 1804
KharkofT. " "
Berlin Germany 1810-
Christiania Norway 1811
Ghent Belgium 1816
Liege " "
Bonn Germany 1818
St. Petersburg. Russia 1819-
London England 1826-
Helsingfors... Finland "
Munich Bavaria "
Durham England 1831
Zurich Switzerland. .1832
Brussels Belgium 1834
Berne Switzerland. . "
Name.
McGill...
Toronto.
Country. Founded.
( Montreal, (
I Can. . . . f
' Toronto, | jg2-j
1821
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DATKS OF THE FOUNDING OF THE PRINCIPAL UNIVERSI-
TIES IN EUROPE. — {Continued.)
Name. Country. Founded. Name. Country. Founded.
Madrid Spain 1836 Czernowitz Austria 1875
Allien.s Greece " Amsterdam ..Holland 1877
London England 1837 Irish Ireland 1879
Barcelona Spain 1841 yworia ( Manchester, ) .'o^.^
Odessa Russia 1865 Victoria | ^^g, J 1880
Agram Austria 1869 j
OF THE BRITISH COLONIES.
Name. Country. Founded.
Calcutta India 1857
Bombay " "
Madras " "
Can ... )••••""-'■ , New Zealand. . New Zealand . 1870
Queens j '=S°°;i- •■'^V''*'''- ■■ •{ '"Sia^".- 1- -^^'^
si^-y I ^'«,yal°r!-«^ ; ^'p' '^"'-^■i ^"e.'.":?'!""'
Melbourne Victoria 1855 ' Punjab India 1883
imiversity boat-races. Boat-races.
university extension, a plan originating at the
University of Cambridge, England, in 1872, for extending the
advantages of university instruction by lectures and classes
at important centres. The popular favor and success of the
scheme in England encouraged Provost William Pepper, of
the University of Pennsylvania, to introduce it in the tJnited
States in 1890. From this beginning the movement has
spread through the country. The plan of instruction includes
a course of from 6 to 12 lectures on diiferent branches of edu-
cation, some attention being given to class work, as reference
reading, examinations, etc. It must be admitted that the
plan of instruction is too limited as well as too general in its
topics to be of much disciplinary service; but it is popular and
doubtless useful in awakening interestin many subjectsof study.
uniinoivn tong[ues. Irvingites.
Upsa'ia, a city of Sweden. The Swedish rulers were
kings of Upsala till 1001. The university was founded in 1476,
by Sten Sture, the "protector," and opened 21 Sept. 1477.
Celebration of foundation of university, Sept. 1877.
lira'nium, a brittle gray metal discovered by Klaproth
in 1789, in the mineral pitchblende ; lately employed in man-
ufacturing glass for philosophical purposes.
U'ranus, a planet with 4 satellites, was discovered by
"William Herschel, 13 Mch. 1781 ; first called Georgium Sidus,
after George III. ; next Herschel ; and finally Uranus. Its
mean distance from the sun is 1,753,869,000 miles, and its
diameter is 32,250 miles, density about that of ice. It re-
ceives from the sun about ^|^ of the heat received by the
earth. The completion of its first revolution (in 84 years 7
days) since discovery was celebrated on 20 Mch. 1865. Its
perturbations led to the discovery of Neptune in 1846. Uranus
is accompanied bv at least 4 satellites; Herschel discovered 2,
11 Jan. 1787, Lassell 1, 14 Sept. 1847, and O. Struve 1, 8 Oct.
1847. Herschel thought he had discovered 6, which, with the
2 discovered later, would make 8, but 4 of them are unverified.
Urbi'no, the ancient Urbinum Hortense, central Italy,
capital of a duchy created for Malatesta, 1474. It was treacher-
ously seized by Caesar Borgia, 1502 ; captured by Julius II.,
1503, and given to Borgia, 1504; given to Lorenzo de' Medici
by Leo X., 1516; after many vicissitudes recovered by the
duke Francesco, 1522 ; on the duke's resig^iation annexed to
the Papal States, 1631 ; annexed to Italy, 1860.
• Urim and Tliummini, "Light and Perfection"
(Exod. xxviii. 30), words connected with the breastplate worn
by the high-priest when he entered the holy place to obtain
an answer from God (1490 b.c.).
Ursa Major, " Great Bear " constellation, one of the
most familiar in the heavens. It contains the " Pointers," and
is popularly known as the " Butcher's Cleaver " and " Charles's
Wain."
" And we danced about the May-pole and in the hazel copse,
Till Charles's Wain came out above the tall white chimney-tops."
—Tennyson's " May Queen."
Ur'SUline nuns (so called from St. Ursula), founded
originally by St. Angela of Brescia, about 1537. Several com-
munities'existed in England, and some still exist in Ireland.
First convent in America built at Quebec, founded by madame
delaPeltrie, 1641.
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U'ruguay, Banda Orientale (the " Eastern side "), a re-
public in South America, formerly part of the viceroyalty of
Buenos Ayres ; declared its independence, 25 Aug. 1825 ; recog-
nized, 4 Oct. 1828; constitution proclaimed, 18 July, 1830.
Area, 72,110 sq. miles; pop. 1890, 684,000. In form the gov-
ernment is similar to that of the United States.
Ushant (ush'-ang), an island near Brest, N.W. France,
near which 2 naval battles were fought between the Hritish
and French fleets. The first, 27 July, 1778, indecisive. The
English under adm. Keppel, the French under count d'Orvil-
liers. The second fought 1 June, 1794. The English under
lord Howe, with 25 ships, defeated the French, 26 ships, under
Villaret-Joyeuse. As the battle saved to the French a large
fleet of merchantmen, they claimed the honors of the day.
U'SUry is payment for the use of money, interest ; but
is commonly applied to an excess of interest above the legal
rate. The Jews might take interest from strangers, but
not from their brethren, 1491 b.c. (Exod. xxii. 25; Deut.
xxiii. 19). This law was enforced by Nehemiah, 445 b.c.
(Neh. v.). Usury was prohibited by the English Parliament,
1341. Until the 15th century no Christians were allowed to
receive interest of money, and Jews were the only usurers, and
therefore often banished and persecuted ; Jews. By 37 Hen.
VIII. the rate of interest was fixed at 10 per cent., 1545. This
statute was repealed by Edward VI., but re-enacted 13 Eliz.
1570. Interest. *
Utah, a state of the United States, the 45th in admis-
sion, is bounded on the north b}' Idaho and Wyoming, east
by Wyoming and Colorado,
pTv/yyVVi south by Arizona, and west
^;^^^^^^^^h^ by Nevada. Area, 84,970 sq.
ry^^^^^^^^(^%^-7 miles. Iving between 109° and
\/f^M^^^^^^^^%? 1 14° W. Ion., and north of 37°
0 l/n/r^^^'^^^^ N. lat. Pop. 1890, 207,905.
5r (■**'*^H^^Si/''-"'| ^'Ki Capital, Salt Lake City.
^A^i O.m'^J^^^^^^^^f^^^' W' ^/>' Franciscan friars, Silvestre
c\> vi^^^^^^^^^^i^J'^^ ^®'62 ^® Escalante and
^y'^i^^i^L^^Wh^'^^A^ Francisco Atanasio Do-
Zjsv, ^^^^^^^'^ -^^ minguez, looking for a
^:^j\,'3«5® -i>^rJ route from Santa Y6
^>^>^jli2^<S^ to Monterey, Cal., reach
^''VVv^ Utah and Sevier lakes,
Sept. 1776
Great Salt lake discovered by James Bridger, a trapper on Bear
river 1825
One hundred and twenty men under William H. Ashley come
to Utah lake from St. Louis through South pass, and build
fort Ashley "
Jedediah S. Smith and 15 trappers march from Great Salt lake
to Utah lake, and thence crossing the Sevier river westward
to San Gabriel mission, Cal., 1826, return to Utah 1827
J. Bartleson and 27 emigrants for California proceed from
Soda springs to Corrine and thence into Nevada Aug. 1841
Marcus Whitman and A. L. Lovejoy, on their way from Oregon
to the U. S., pass through Utah from fort Hall by way of Uin-
tah, Taos, and Santa Fe 1842
Col. John C. Fremont, with Kit Carson and 3 others, explores
Great Salt lake in a rubber boat 8 Sept. 1843
Brigham Young and 142 Mormons, in search of a location for
their new Zion. journey from the Mormon camp, near Coun-
cil Bluffs, up the Platte valley and through South pass to the
site of Salt Lake City 21 July, 1847
Mormons to the number of 1553,with 580 wagons, leave Council
Bluffs, 4 July, and reach Salt lake Sept. "
Utah included in the cession by Mexico to the U. S. by the
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 2 Feb. 1848
James Brown purchases the tract where Ogdeu now stands
from Miles M. Goodyear, who held it by Spanish grant as
early as 1841 6 June, "
Provisional government for the state of Deseret, with capUal
at Salt Lake City, formed by a convention which met at Salt
Lake City 4 Mch., and chose Brigham Young governor, 12
Mch. First general assembly convenes 2 July, 1849
City of Provo founded "
Perpetual Emigration Fund company, to aid poor emigrants
from Europe, is organized at Salt lake 6 Oct. "
First number of the Deseret News published at Salt Lake City,
Willard Richards editor 15 June, 1850
City of Ogden laid out by Brigham Young and others Aug. "
Territory of Utah created by act of Congress 9 Sept. "
Salt Lake City incorporated Jan- 1851
Coal discovered on Coal creek at Cedar City May, "
Capt. J. W. Gunnison, engaged in a government survey in Utah,
massacred by the Pah Utes while exploring lake Sevier, with
5 out of 10 companions 26 Oct. 1855
A mob of armed Mormons compels associate -judge W. W.
Drummond of the U. S. District court, who had become un-
popular, to adjourn his court sine die Feb. 1856
First "hand-cart" emigrants reach Great Salt lake on foot
UTA
900
UXM
ftpom Iowa with 20 hand-carts and 1 wagon to each 100 emi-
grants ••!<> Sept. 1856
Judge nrninmond resigns 'M Mch. 1857
Army of I'tah, sent by pres. Buchanan as a jMsse comitatus to
sustain the governor, begins to assemble at fori Leavenworth,
June, "
Nauvoo legion, organized in 1840, is reorganized in Utah. .July, "
Alfrod Cumming appointed governor of Utah 11 July, "
Mountain .Meadows massacre, about 30 miles southwest from
Cedar City; Arkansas emigrants, 30 families, are fired upon
by Indians, 7 Sept. ; forming a corral, after a siege of 4 days
they surrender to a company of the Mormon Nauvoo legion,
headed bv John I). Lee, who promises protection, but all ex-
cept 17 children under 7 years of age are massacred by Ind-
ians and Mormons 11 Sept. "
Brigbam Young by proclamation forbids armed forces to enter
Salt I.ake Ciiy,"directs the troops in the territory to repel
such invasion, and declares martial law 15 Sept. "
Mormons under m^. Lot Smith destroy on the Green river and
Big Sandv 3 or more supply trains destined for the army of
Utah . . . .' 5-6 Oct. ' '
Army of Utah, under col. Albert Sidney Johnston, is ordered to
fort Badger, and into winter-quarters at camp Scott, 2 or 3
miles from fort Badger and 115 from Salt Lake City Nov. "
Gov. Cummings at camp Scott proclaims the territory in re-
bellion 27. Nov. "
Col. Thomas L. Kane arrives at Salt Lake City as a peacemaker,
with credentials from pres. Buchanan 25 Feb. 1858
Gov. Cummings visits Salt Lake City with col. Kane, leaving
camp Scott 5 Apr. "
A constitution for the state of Deseret, formed by a people's
convention at Salt Lake City in Mch. 1856, is tabled in the
U. S. Senate 20 Apr. "
Proclamation by pres. Buchanan oflering amnesty to Mormons
who submit to federal authority, issued 6 Apr., is accepted
by the Mormon leaders 2 June, "
Van of the army of Utah finds Salt Lake City deserted ; 30,000
Mormons had moved southward 26 June, "
Gov. Cumming resigns and leaves Salt Lake City May, 1861
Another convention meets 20 Jan., finishes a constitution for
the state of Deseret, 23 Jan., ratified by the people.. . .3 Mch. 1862
Act of Congress passed to punish and prevent polygamy in the
territories 1 July, "
Mormon apostates, known as Morrisites, indicted for armed
resistance to law, when summoned to surrender by the sher-
iff, resist for 3 days, 13-16 June, 1862, until their leader, Joseph
Morris, and others are killed; tried before judge Kinney, 7
are convicted of murder in the second degree Mch. 1863
Gov. James Duane Doty d 13 June, 1865
University of Deseret at Salt Lake City, chartered 1850, organ-
ized 8 Mch. 1869
Mass-meeting of Mormons at Salt Lake City to protest against
interference by Congress with polygamy 5 Apr. 1870
<tov. J. Wilson Shaffer by proclamation forbids the review of
the Nauvoo legion of 13,000 men 15 Sept. "
Vernon H. Vaughan succeeds gov. Shaffer, who d Oct. "
2ion's Co-operative Mercantile institution incorporated .1 Dec. "
Companies of the Nauvoo legion, assembling, are dispersed by
federal authority 4 July, 1871
Brigham Young, ordered to be tried for bigamy, escapes;
Hawkins, an elder, sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment for
adultery "
Brigham Young surrenders for trial; proceedings anmilled by
the Supreme court 1872
Brigham Young resigns temporal power 10 Apr. 1873
Brigham Young again indicted for polygamy Oct. 1874
Adjudged to support one of his wives while she sues for divorce,
Mch. ; imprisoned in his own house for non-compliance,Nov. ;
discharged Dec. 1875
John D. Lee, convicted of murder in the first degree for the
Mountain Meadows massacre, 11 Sept. 1857, is shot on the
site of it '. 23 Mch. 1877
Brigham Young d 29 Aug. "
Brigham Young college at Logan opened Sept. 1878
School districts formed and a tax levied for school buildings. . . 1880
Edmunds law against polygamy, amending law of 1862, 22 Mch. 1882
Utah Deaf Mute institute at Salt Lake City opened 1884
Asylum for the insane near Provo opened 1885
Congress authorizes an Industrial home at Salt Lake City for
women renouncing polygamy, and their children 1886
Edmunds-Tucker Anti-polygamy law approved 3 Mch. 1887
Reform school at Ogden opened 31 Oct. 1889
Site for Agricultural college selected at Logan; construction
begun, June, 1889; college opened 4 Sept. 1890
New school-law making public-schools free "
Methodist university at Ogden founded "
Gentiles for the first time control a municipal election in Salt
Lake City 10 Feb. "
New free- school law, a territorial bureau of statistics estab-
lished, and 8 per cent, made the legal rate of interest by leg-
islature at session 13 Jan.-13 Mch. "
Mormon church renounces polygamy at a general conference
in Salt Lake City 6 Oct. ' '
Territorial Reform school destroyed by fire 24 June, 1891
First election under national party lines; Mormon Republican
and Democratic votes about equal 4 Aug. "
Irrigation convention; delegates from nearly every state and
territory west of the Mississippi at Salt Lake City. .15 Sept. "
I
Cap-stone of temple in Salt Lake City laid by pres. Woodruff of
the church of the Latter-Day Saints 6 Apr. 1892
Congress al)olishes the Utah commission of 5, under act of 22
Mch. 1882, and transfers their duties to the governor, chief-
justice, and secretary of Utah 14 July, «'
President issues a proclamation of amnesty tc Mormons liable
to prosecution for polygamy 4 Jan. 1893
New temple at Salt Lake City, begun 40 years before, dedicated,
6 Apr. "
Bill passes the House of Representatives admitting Utah,
13 Dec. "
Bill passes the Senate admitting Utah 10 July, 1894
[The admission being under certain conditions, one of
which is " that polygamous or plural marriages are forever
prohibited."]
Act permitting Utah to hold a constitutional convention and
become a state, signed 17 July, "
Brigham Young
GOVERNORS.
. . . . assumes office
IS.-jl
1857
1861
18C2
1863
1865
1870
Alfred Cumming
John W. Dawson
Stephen S. Harding....
James Duane Doty
J. Wilson Shaffer
Vernon H. Vaughn
George L. Woods
1871
S. B. Axtell
1874
George W. Emery
Eli H.Murray
Caleb W. West
1875
1879
1886
Arthur L. Thomas
Caleb W. West
1889
1893
Utes. Indians.
U'tica (N. Africa), an ancient Tyrian colony, an ally of
Carthage, named in the treaty with the Romans, 348 B.C.
Here Cato the Younger, after the defeat of the partisans of
Pompey at Thapsus, committed suicide, 46 B.C. Utica flour-
ished after the fall of Carthage, and was made a Roman city
b\' Augustus on account of its favoring Julius Caesar. It suf-
fered by the invasion of the Vandals, 439, and of the Saracens,
about 700.
UtilitR'rianisin, termed the "greatest happiness
principle," the philosophy which proposes as the test of moral
good the greatest happiness of the greatest number; a doc-
trine ascribed to Priestley by Bentham. The doctrine is]
found in the writings of Locke, Hartley, Hume, and Paley;:
but was formed into an ethical system by Jeremy Bentham in
his " Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation," ^
1780-89, and by John Stuart Mill, who died 9 May, 1873. Mill |
founded a small "utilitarian society" in 1822. He took the i
name from an expression in Gait's " Annals of the Parish."
Uto'pia (Gr. oy, not, and tottoq, place ; properly " no-
where"), a name given by sir Thomas More to an imaginary 1
island representing the "best state of a public weale," de-;
scribed in a book in Latin published 1548. The work is con-
sidered a satire on the state of Europe at the time. An Eng-
lish translation was published in 1551.
U'trecllt (the Roman Trajectum ad Rhenum) became*
an independent bishopric about 695. The last prelate, Henry
of Bavaria, weary of his turbulent subjects, sold his temporal :
government to the emperor Charles V; in 1528. The union
of the 7 united provinces — viz., Holland, Zealand, Utrecht,
Friesland, Groningen, Overj'ssel,and Guelderland — was formed
here for their mutual defence against Spain, 23 Jan. 1579; 300th
anniversary celebrated 23 Jan. 1879. The treaty of Utrecht,
which terminated the wars of queen Anne, was signed by the
ministers of Great Britain and France and the other allies,
except the empire, 11 Apr. 1713. It secured Protestant suc-
cession in England, separation of the French and Spanish
crowns, destruction of the works of Dunkirk, enlargement of
the British colonies and plantations in America, and full satis-
faction for the claims of the allies. Utrecht surrendered to
the Prussians, 9 May, 1787 ; was acquired by the French, 18
Jan. 1795; and restored at the peace, 1814.
Ux'marl, a place with extensive ruins in Yucatan.
Their origin is unknown. They are evidently due to a more
advanced civilization than that found there by the Spaniards.
They cover several square miles. America, Copan, audj
Palenquk.
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VAL
V, a character derived from the Greek T, upsilon. The
22d letter in the English alphabet is the older form of tlic
letter u, and only recently distinguished from it; but while u
is a vowel, v is always a consonant. The letter v designates
the number 5.
Taecina'tiOIl (from Variola vaccina, the cow-pox),
discovered by dr. Edward Jenner. He was born in Berkeley,
Gloucestershire, Engl., 17 May, 1749, and educated in medi-
cine, partly by John Hunter. Having heard that milkmaids
•^vho had had cow-pox never took small-pox, he, about 1780,
conceived the idea of vaccination. He made the first experi-
ment on a healthy child at Berkeley, 14 May, 1796, with pus
from a milkmaid who had caught cow-pox from cows. He an-
nounced his success, 1798, and vaccination, begun 21 Jan. 1799,
soon became general, after much opposition. Dr. Jenner re-
ceived 10,000/. from the British Parliament, 2 June, 1802, and
20,000/. in 1807. The first national institution for vaccination,
the Royal Jennerian Institution, was founded in London, 19
Jan. 1803. The emperor Napoleon valued dr. Jenner highly,
and liberated dr. Wickhara, a prisoner of war, at his request,
and subsequently whole families of English, refusing nothing
that he asked. Vaccination, although much opposed, ex-
tended throughout Europe before 1816. Dr. Jenner died sud-
denly, 26 Jan. 1823.
Royal Jennerian and London vaccine institution founded 1803
Vaccination act, 3 and 4 Vict, passed 23 July, 1840
John Badcock, of Brighton, begins to inoculate cows with small-
pox to produce new lymph for vaccination about "
Blue-book of " Papers on the History and Practice of Vaccina-
tion," edited by John Simon, is published by the board of
health 1857
Statue, subscribed for by all nations, is erected to Jenner's
memory in Trafalgar square 30 Apr. 1858
It is removed to Kensington 1862
Vaccination is made compulsory in England in 1853, and in
Ireland and Scotland 1863
Statue to Jenner erected by the French at Boulogne; inaugu-
rated 11 Sept. 1865
Vaccination direct from the cow or calf advocated and prac-
tised in Brussels, etc 1879-81
Successful vaccination of 68,900 sheep by M. Pasteur of Paris
up to 1 Oct. 1881
Grocers' company of London offers lOOOZ. for a method of prop-
agating vaccine contagion apart from the animal body,
30 May, 1883
Estimate published : 750,000 infants vaccinated ; 50 die of dis-
ease in consequence Oct. 1887
Royal commission of inquiry appointed, England 29 May, 1889
Hydrophobia.
Tacu 11111, partial, reducing the pressure of the atmos-
phere, vastly increases its absorption of moisture. This prin-
ciple has been utilized by M. Emil Passburg of Breslau in an
apparatus for drying grain, used since 1888.
Ya€lilllo'lli§ la'cu§, the Vadimonian lake, Umbria,
central Italy, near which the Etruscans were totally defeated
in 2 severe engagements by the Roman consuls — I, by Fa-
bius Maximus, 309 b.c; 2, by Cornelius Dolabella, 283.
vagrant (Lat. vagor, to wander), a person aimlessly
wandering from place to place, a vagabond, a tramp. By
English law a vagrant was whipped and sworn to return to the
place where he was born, or had last dwelt for 3 years, 1530.
A vagrant a second time convicted was to lose the upper part
of the gristle of his right ear, 1535; a third time convicted,
death. A vagabond to be branded with a V, and be a slave
for 2 years, 1547. If he absconded and was caught, he was to
be branded with S, and be a slave for life. Vagrants were
punished by whipping, jailing, boring the ears, and death for
a second offence, 1572. Milder statutes were enacted during
the reigns of George II. and George HI. The present Vagrant
act was passed in England in 1824.
Valencay {oal-an-say'), a chateau near Chateauroux,
central France, where Napoleon I. imprisoned Ferdinand of
Spain from 1808 to 1813. The kingdom was restored to Fer-
dinand by treaty signed 8 Dec. 1813.
Valen'cia, a city of E. Spain, the Valentia Edetanorum
of the Romans, became the capital of a Moorish kingdom, 1000;
annexed to Aragon, 1238. Its university, founded, it is said,
in the 13th century, was revived in the 15th. Valencia was
taken by the earl of Peterborough in 1705, but submitted to
the Bourbons after the unfortunate battle of Almanza, in 1707,
It resisted the attempts of marshal Moncey, but was taken
from the Spaniards with a garrison of more than 16,000 men,
and immense stores, by the French under Suchet, 9 Jan. 1812.
Valencieniie§ (val-en-see-en), N. France. This city
(the Roman Vatentiance), after many changes, was taken by-
Louis XIV. in 1677, and annexed 1678. It was besieged from
23 May to 28 July, 1793, when the French garrison surren-
dered to the allies under the duke of York. It was retaken,
together with Conde, by the French, 27-30 Aug. 1794; on
capitulation, the garrison and 1100 emigrants were made pris-
oners, with immense stores.
Valen'tia, a Roman province, including the country
between the walls of Severus and Adrian, was reconquered
from the Picts and Scots by Theodosius, and named after Val-
entinian I., the reigning emperor, 368.
Taleiltine'§ day (14 Feb.). Valentine is said to
have been a bishop, martyred under Claudius II. at Rome ;
others say under Aurelian, in 271. The origin of the ancient
custom of " choosing a valentine " has been much controverted.
" To morrow is Saint Valentine's day
All in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine."
— Shakespeare, "Hamlet," act iv. sc. v,
Taleiltin'ian§, followers of Valentine, a priest, who,
on being disappointed of a bishopric, forsook the Christian
faith, declaring there were 30 gods and goddesses, 15 of each
sex, which he called iEones, or Ages. He taught in the 2d
century, and published a gospel and psalms; his followers
added other errors.
Valhalla (Icel. valhol', gen. valhallar, lit. the hall of
the slain, from valr, the slain, and hoU, hall). In Scandinavian
mythology the place of immortality for the souls of heroes
slain in battle, selected by female deities called in Icelandic
Valkyriur, choosers of the slain. Here they feast daily with
Odin, eating boar's flesh and drinking mead from the skulls of
their slain enemies. A name given to the Pantheon or Temple
of Fame, built by Louis I. of Bavaria at Donaustauf, near
Ratisbon. Begun 18 Oct. 1830, and dedicated 18 Oct. 1842.
It is consecrated to the great men of Germany, and contains
statues and memorials of them.
Valkyriur. Valhalla.
Valladolid', a city of Spain, the Roman Pintia and
the Moorish Belad Walid; was recovered for the Christians
by Ordofio II., the first king of Leon, 914-23. It became the
capital of Castile in the 15th centnr3\ It was taken by the
French, Jan. 1808 ; and captured by the English, 4 June, 1813.
Here died Christopher Columbus, 20 May, 1506.
Tallaillbro'§a, a town of central Italy. A Benedic-
tine abbey was founded here by John Gualbert, about 1038.
The monks were termed Vallambrosians.
Vallandigliani, Arrest of. United States, 1863.
Valley Forge, encampment of the army of 11,000
Americans during the winter of 1777-78, from 19 Dec. to 18
June, about 20 miles northwest from Philadelphia, on the
Schuylkill. Famous for the suffering and privations of the
American troops (in log huts 14 by 16 ft.) during the severe
winter.
Valmy, a village of N.E. France. Here the French
under Kellermann defeated the Prussians under the duke of
Brunswick, 20 Sept. 1792. The victory was of immense ad-
vantage to the republican cause, and Kellermann was made
dukeofValmy in 1808.
Valoi§ {val-wah'), a countj' in N. France given by Philip
HI. to his younger son Charles, whose son Philip became king
as Philip IV. in 1328. France.
Valparai'§0, principal port of Chili, South America.
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Here cH>m. Porter, after a desperate fight, surrendered his ves-
sel, the AAwr, to the British ships Cherube ami Pha;bt,2S Mch.
1814. Navai. BATTLK8. Pop. 1891, 105,000.
Valtel'llne, N. Italy, a district near the Rhtetian Alps,
«ei*eil bv the Grison league, 1512, and ceded to it, 1530. At
the in««tij:ation of Spain, the Catholics rose and massacred the
Protestants, 19-21 July, 1620. After much contention be-
tween the French and Austrians, the neutrality of the \ altel-
Hne was assured in 1639. It was annexed to the Cisalpine
Republic ia 1797; to Italy, 1807; to Austria, 1814; to Italy,
1860.
var%-B$«or or vaV'a§or. The first dignity in Eng-
land beneath a peer was anciently that of vidames,vice'domint,
or ralntsors. Valvasors are mentioned by ancient lawyers as
riri magncB dignitatis, and sir Edward Coke speaks highly of
them. Now, the first personal dignity after the nobility is a
knight of the (\tiTi^x.- Blackstone.
TaU'erde, Battle of. New Mexico, 1862.
Van Buren, Martin, Administration of. United
States, 1837.
Taiia'dium (from Vanadis, the Scandinavian Venus),
roeul tUscovered by Sefstrom, in 1830, in iron ore. A similar
metal, discovered in lead ore by Del Rio in 1801, and named
etytkronium, was proved by Wdhler to be vanadium. Vana-
dium was discovered in the copper-bearing beds in Cheshire,
in 1865, by H. E. Koscoe, by whom its peculiarities were fur-
ther studied, and published in 1867-68. It is likely to be use-
ful in photography and dyeing.
VanC0U'ver'§ l§laild, North Pacific ocean, near
the mainland of the state of Washington, U. S., and British
Columbia, from which it is separated by the gulf of Georgia.
It is about 300 miles long, and was named after capt. Geo.
Vancouver, an English navigator, who was sent on a voyage
of discoverj' to seek any navigable communication between
the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans. He sailed 7 Jan.
1791, and returned 24 Sept. 1795. He compiled an account
of his survey of the northwest coast of America, and died in
1798. Settlements, made here by the English in 1781, were
seized by the Spaniards in 1789, but restored. By treaty with
the U. S., in 1846, the island was secured to Great Britain. It
has become of importance since the discovery of gold in the
neighboring mainland, in 1858, and the colonization of British
Columbia. The island was united with British Columbia in
Aug. 1866; and on 24 May, 1868, Victoria, founded in 1857,
was declared the capital.
Vail'dal§, a Germanic race, attacked the Roman em-
pire in the 3d century, and began to ravage Germany and
Gaul, 406-14; their kingdom in Spain was founded in 411;
under Genseric they invaded and conquered the Roman ter-
ritories in Africa, 429, and took Carthage, Oct. 439. They
were subdued by Belisarius in 534. They were driven out by
the Saracen Moors. The dukes of Mecklenburg style them-
selves princes of the Vandals.
VANDAL KINGS IN AFRICA.
496. Thrasimund.
523. Hilderic.
531. Gelimer.
Van DIemen's Land. Tasmania.
Varan'giaili, northern pirates who invaded Flanders
about 813 ; France about 840 ; Italy, 852. Their leader, Ruric,
invited by the Novgorodians to help them, founded the Rus-
sian monarchy, 862.
Varennes (va-ren'), a town in N.E. France, is cele-
brated for the arrest of Louis XVI., his queen, sister, and 2
children. They fled from the Tuileries on 21 June, 1791 ;
were overtaken here next day, and conducted back to Paris,
mainly through Drouet, the postmaster, who at an intermedi-
ate town recognized the king.
variable §tar§. Those which change in brilliancy;
mostly in regular periods, varying from 70 years or more to a
few hours. The first observed was a small star of Cetus, or
the Whale, by Daniel Fabricius, 13 Aug. 1596. In October
of same year the star had vanished. Since then many simi-
lar variations have been observed by Goodricke, Herschel,
429. Genseric (Mecklexbchg).
477. Hunneric, his son.
484. Gundamund.
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and other astronomers, until the number of variable stars in-
cluded in standard catalogues is 234, with 126 " suspected," and
new ones are disoovereil every year. In many cases the change
is explained by the revolution of a dark or less bright com-
panion, intercepting part of its light; but some astronomers
incline to think all the fixed stars aifected in brilliancy by in-
ternal commotions, and that these variations may be impor-
tant enough in some of them to account for changes of mag-
nitude.
Varna, a fortified seaport in Bulgaria, formerly Euro-
pean Turkey. A great battle was fought near this place, 10
Nov. 1444, the Turks under Amurath II. defeating the Hun-
garians under king Ladislaus and John Huimiades, with great
slaughter, killing the king and capturing Hunniade.s, who.
had urged the Christians to keep the truce recently made at
Szegedin for 10 years. The emperor Nicholas of Russia arrived
before Varna, the headquarters of his army, besieging the place,
5 Aug. 1828. The Turkish garrison made a vigorous sortie,
7 Aug.; and another on the 21st, but were repulsed. Varna
surrendered 1 1 Oct. 1828. It was restored at the peace in 1829 ;
its fortifications were dismantled, but have been restored. The
allied armies disembarked at Varna, 29 May, 1854, and sailed
for the Crimea, 3 Sept. They suffered severely from cholera.
Under the treaty of Berlin,Varna was evacuated by the Turks,
and occupied by Russians, autumn, 1878.
vas§alag^e. Feudal laws, Slavery.
Va§§ar college, the first institution in the world
designed to give women a full collegiate education, was found-
ed at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 1861, by Matthew Vassar. His
first bequest was $408,000, with additions of as much more.
It was opened, Sept. 1865, with a full faculty and 350 stu-
dents. It has been successful, and is considered a model in-
stitution.
Vaisy (yas'see'), a town of N.E. France. The massacre
of the Protestants at this place by the duke of Guise, on 1 Mch.
1562, led to desolating civil wars.
Vat'ican, Rome, the ancient Mons Vaticanus, a hill of
Rome. The foundation of the palace is ascribed to Coustan-
tine, Liberius, and Symmachus. It became the residence of
the pope at his return from Avignon, 1377. It is said to con-
tain 7000 rooms, rich in works of art, ancient and modern.
The library, founded by pope Nicholas V., 1448, is rich in
printed books and MSS. — Pistolesi's description of the Vati-
can, with numerous plates, pub. 1829-38.— The phrase " Thun-
ders of the Vatican " was first used by Voltaire, 1748. The an-
cient Vatican codex of the Old and New Testament in Greek
was published at Rome in 1857. " Vatican Decrees," Councils
OF THE CHURCH.
Vaud {vo). a Swiss canton, long held by the Franks, the
kings of Burgundy, emperors of Germany, dukes of Zahrin-
gen, and dukes of Savoy, was conquered by the Bernese, Jan.
1536, and annexed, 1554. Vaud, made independent in 1798,
joined the confederation in 1815. A new constitution was
obtained in 1830, after agitation.
Vaudol§. Waldenses.
Vedas, the sacred books of the Hindus, in Sanscrit,
were probably written about 1000 b.c. Veda means knowl-
edge. These writings comprise hymns, prayers, and liturgical
formulae, supposed to have been revealed to certain Brahmins.
They are divided into 4 parts or books, called (in the order in
which they were written) the Rig- Veda, Sama-Veda, Yajur-
Veda, and the Atharva-Veda. Often spoken of as separate
Vedas. Prof. Max MUller published them under the patron-
age of the East India company in 1849-74. 4 volumes of
a translation by H. H. Wilson, pub. 1850-67; vols. v. and vi.,
completing the work, pub. 1889. A new edition of Max Mul-
ler's text in progress, 2 vols. pub. 1890.
VehmiC tribunali (Ger. Vehmgerichte, FeJmge-
richte, or Femgerichte), secret tribunals in Westphalia to
maintain religion and the public peace, founded in the time of
Charlemagne, rose to importance in 1182, when Westphalia
became subject to the archbishop of Cologne. Persons of ex-
alted rank were at times seized, tried, and executed by them.
The emperors endeavored to suppress them, but did not suc-
ceed till the 16th century. Their last court, it is said, was
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held in 1568. Sir W. Scott has described them in " Anne of
Geierstein." A remnant of this tribunal was abolished by-
Jerome Bonaparte, king of Westphalia, in 1811.
"Veil (ve'i), an independent Latin city near Rome. Be-
tween the Romans and Veientes frequent wars occurred, till
Veil was destroyed, after 10 years' siege, 396 b.c. A Roman
family, the Fabii, who had seceded from Rome for political
reasons, were surprised and destroyed at the river Cremera by
the Veientes, 477 B.C.
veloc'Ipedes. Bicycle.
velvet (from O. It. veluto), a cloth made from silk or
cotton with a close pile. The manufacture, long confined to
Genoa, Lucca, and other places in Italy, was carried to France,
and thence to England, about 1685. Velvet is mentioned by
Joinville in 1272; and Richard II., in his will, directed his
body to be clothed " in velveto," 1399. Jerome Lanyer in
London patented " velvet paper " in 1634.
Vendee. La Vendue.
Vendemiaire 12, 13, 14 (3, 4, 5 Oct.), 1795, Barras
and Napoleon Bonaparte suppressed a royalist revolt against
ithe convention.
Tendome column (132 feet 2 inches high), erected
in the Place Vendome, Paris, by Napoleon I. in 1806 to com-
memorate his successful campaign in Germany in 1805. On
its side were bass-reliefs by Launay. It was pulled down
by the communists "in the name of international frater-
nity," 16 May, 1871 ; restored by the National Assembly, 31
Aug. 1874; statue of Napoleon I. on the top replaced, 28 Dec.
1875.
Ven'eti, maritime Gauls, of uncertain origin, inhabiting
Arraorica, N.W. France. They rose against the Romans, 57
B.C., and were quelled by Julius Caesar, who defeated their
fleet, 56, and exterminated an active commercial race.
Vene'tia. Venice.
Venezue'la, a South American republic. When the
Spaniards landed here in 1499, they observed some huts in an
Indian village named Cora, built upon piles to raise them above
the stagnant water on the plain, and gave it the name of
Venezuela, or Little Venice. In Julj^, 1814, a congressional
assembly declared the sovereignty of the people, which was
recognized in 1818. It formed part of the republic of Co-
lombia till it separated from the federal union, Nov. 1829. The
charter or fundamental law in force from 1830, and re-pro-
claimed with alterations on Mch. 28, 1864, and Apr. 1881, is
modelled on the Constitution of the United States. Area,
594,165 sq. miles; pop. 1890, 2,285,054.
Independence recognized by Spain 1845
Gen. D. T. Monagas elected president 1855
A new constitution promulgated 1864
Renunciation of papal authority Sept. 1876
[The country is in an almost constant state of insurrection.]
" Veni, vidi, vici," " I came, I saw, I conquered."
Zela.
Venice, a city of N. Italy in the province of Venetia.
The Veneti, said to be descendants of Antenor, a Trojan prince,
who settled here with a colony of Paphlagonians after the
fall of Troy, made an alliance with the Romans, 215 b.c., who
founded Aquileia, 181, and gradually acquired the whole coun-
try. Under the empire, Venetia included Padua, Verona, and
other important places. Population of Venice in 1857, 1 18,173 ;
in 1890, 158,019 ; and of the province, 2,985,036. Area of the
province, 9059 sq. miles. New line of steamers for the East
started from Venice by the Peninsular and Oriental company,
July, 1872.
Venice founded by families from Aquileia and Padua fleeing
from Attila about 452
First doge (or dnke) chosen, Anafesto Paiilulio 697
Bishopric founded "733
Doge Orso slain; an annual magistrate {maestro di militi, mas-
ter of the militia) appointed 737
Diodato, son of Orso. made doge 742
Two doges reign : Maurizio Galbaio and bis son Giovanni 777
Rialto made tiie seat of government 811
Venice independent of the Eastern empire, and acquires the
maritime cities of Dalmatia and Istria 997
Its navy and commerce increase 1000-1100
Venetians aid capture of Tyre and acquire the third part, 1124;
and ravage the Greek archipelago 1125
Bank of Venice established 1157
Ceremony of wedding the Adriatic instituted about 1177
Zara captured by the Venetians 24 Nov. 1202
Venetians aid crusaders with men, horses, and ships "
Crete purchased 1204
Venice helps in the Latin conquest of Constantinople, and ob-
tains power in the East 1204-5
Four bronze horses by Lysippus, from Constantinople, placed
at St. Mark's by doge Pietro Ziani, d 1229
Venetians defeat Genoese near Negropont 1263
War with Genoa 1293
Venetian fleet defeated by Genoese in the Adriatic, 8 Sept.
1298 ; peace 1299
Louis of Hungary defeated at Zara 1 July, 1346
Severe contest with Genoa 1350-81
Doge Marino Faliero, to avenge an insult, conspires against the
republic; beheaded 17 Apr. 1355
Venetians lose Istria and Dalmatia 1358
War with Genoese, who defeat Venetians at Pola, and attack
Venice; vigorous defence 1377
Genoese fleet captured at Chiozza 1380
Peace concluded 1381
V^enice flourishes under Antonio Vernieri 1382-1400
War with Padua; conquest of Padua and Verona 1404
With Milan ; conquest of Brescia, 1425 ; of Bergamo 1428
Plague in Venice 1447
War against Milan, 1430; conquest of Ravenna 1454
War with Turks ; many Eastern possessions lost 1461-77
Venetians take Athens, 1466; and Cyprus 1475
Venice excommunicated, 1483; joins league against Naples.
1493; helps to overcome Charles VIII. of France 1495
Injured by the discovery of America (1492) and the passage to
the Indies 1497
Venetians nearly ruined by the League of Cambray 1508
They assist in defeating the Turks at Lepanto 7 Oct. 1571
Turks retake Cyprus "
Destructive fire at Venice 1577
" Bridge of Sighs," a single span (enclosed) connecting the ducal
palace with the prisons, built, some say, by the builder of the
Rialto, and others by the architect San Sovino about 1580
[Those who passed over it after trial were prisoners on their
way to execution ; hence the name.
" I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs,
A palace and a prison on each hand."
— Byron, " Childe Harold," canto iv. stanza i.]
Rialto bridge and Piazza di San Marco erected about 1592
Paul V. 's interdict on Venice (1606) disregarded 1607
Naval victories over Turks: at Scio, 1651; and in the Darda-
nelles 1655
Turks take Candia after 24 years' siege 1669
Venice recovers part of the Morea, 1683-99 ; loses it 1715-39
Bonaparte seizes Venice, and by treaty at Campo Formio gives
part to Austria, and the rest to the Cisalpine republic 1797
Venice annexed to Italy by treaty of Presburg 26 Dec. 1805
Transferred to empire of Austria 1814
Venice declared a free port 24 Jan. 1830
Insurrection, 22 Mch. 1848; the city, defended by Daniel Manin,
surrenders to Austrians after a long siege 22 Aug. 1849
Venetia surrendered to Napoleon III., for Italy (by treaty of
Vienna), 3 Oct. ; transferred to Italy 17 Oct. 1866
Plebiscitum: 651,758 votes for annexation to Italy; 69 against,
22 Oct. "
Masterpiece of Titian (" Death of Peter Martyr ") destroyed by
the burning of a chapel 15 Aug. 1867
Remains of Daniel Manin (brought from Paris) buried in St.
Mark's 23 Mch. 1868
His statue unveiled 22 Mch. 1875
Restoration of palace of the doges completed and opened. .Nov. 1889
[Venice has had 122 doges : Anafesto, a.d. 697, to Luigi
Manin, 1797. J
ventilators were invented by the rev. dr. Hales, and
described to the Royal Society of London, May, 1741 ; and a
ventilator for ships was announced by Mr. Triewald in Nov.
same year. The marquess of Chabannes's plan for warming
and ventilating theatres and houses for audiences was applied
in London about 1819. The systems of dr. Reid (about 1834)
and others followed, with much controversy. Dr. Arnott's
work on this subject was published in 1838.
ventriroquism ("speaking from the belly") is evi-
dently described in Isa. xxix. 4 (about 712 B.C.). Among
eminent ventriloquists were baron Mengen and M. Saint Gille,
about 1772 (whose experiments were examined by a commis-
sion of the French academy); Thomas King (about 1716),
Charles Mathews (1824), and M. Alexandre (1822).
Venu§, the second planet from the sun, its mean distance
being 66,134,000 miles, and its orbit almost a circle. Its period
is 224 days 17 hours ; its orbital velocity 78,000 miles an hour.
Its diameter is about 7510 miles, and its daily revolution was
determined by Cassini in 1667 at 23 hours 21 minutes 23 sec-
onds, but there is some uncertainty from recent observations.
The rare transits of Venus across the sun's disc are watched
by astronomers with great interest, as one of the best means
of determining the sun's distance from us. Transits occur
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in pairo, 8 veare apart, at int€r>wl8 of more than a century.
Tnuwita occurretl 5 June, 1761, 8 June, 1769, 8 Dec. 1874, 6
Dec 1882 ; next transits 8 June, 2004, 6 June, 2012, the pairs
oocurrintj aliernatelv in Dec. and in June. The transit of
Venus over the sun was predicted by Kepler, but not observed.
The ant ever observed was by the rev. Jeremiah Horrox, or
Horrock^and his friend William Crabtree, on 24 Nov. 1(539, as
pnnlicteil by Horrox in 1638. The astronomer-royal Maske-
Ivne observed one at St. Helena, 6 June, 1761. Capt. Cook
made his first voyage in the Emieavor to Otaheite to observe
a transit of Venus, 8 June, 1769.
Halley explains iho method of determining the distance of the
by the trausit .
1716
Another melhotl by Delisle about 1743
Both pUns used l^ec 1874
Expeditions for accurate observation on 8 Dec. astronomical
day (ordinary day, 9 Dec), are sent to difforent parts of the ^^
globe by all the great powers ^ • • •
Transit observed at Bath, Penzance, Cork. Cape Town, Wash-
iBKton, D. C, Melbourne, and many other places (Sun),
6 Dec. 1882
TenUS, the Roman goddess of love and beauty, identified
with the Greek Aphrodite. To represent her in marble has
always been a favorite work of famous sculptors, the most cele-
brateil statues being the Venus di Medici found near Tivoli
early in the 17th century, and at first placed in the Medici pal-
ace in Rome (whence the name), removed to Florence, 1680,
and the Venus of Melos, or Milo, discovered on the island of
Melos by a farmer in 1820, placed in the Louvre, 1834, sup-
posed to' be the work of the 4th century b.c. Of less note are
the Venus of Aries, the Venus of Capua, the Venus of the
Capitol, and later the Venus Borghese by Canova, whose model
was Pauline Bonaparte. Sculpture.
Vera Cruz, a seaport town of Mexico, built about
1600, was taken by U. S. troops in 1847, and by the allies on
17 Dec. 1861, during the intervention ; retaken by the liberals
under Juarez, 27 June, 1867.
Vercel'll (the ancient Vercellce), a town of Piedmont,
near which Marius defeated the Cimbri, 101 B.C., was the seat
of a republic in the 13th and 14th centuries. It was taken by
the Spaniards, 1630 ; French, 1704 ; and allies, 1706 ; and after-
wards shared the fortunes of Piedmont.
Ver'den, a town of Hanover. Here Charlemagne mas-
sacred about 4500 Saxons, who had rebelled and relapsed into
idolatry, 782.
Fort Dummer built by the colony of Massachusetts on the
Connecticut river at Brattleborough 1724
French settle at Chimuoy Point, Addison township, Vt 1T30
Township Number One, now Westminster, laid out between
the great falls and the land grant of 171(5, by the general
court of Mas.S!K'husett8 19 Nov. 1736
Grant of Walloomsack, 1200 acres, mostly in New York, but
extending into the township of Bennington 1739
Gov. Wenlworth of New Hampshire makes a grant of Ben-
nington 1749
Bennington settled 17C1
Northern boundary of Vermont fixed at 45° N. lat 1763
Proclamation by lieut.-gov. Colden of New York claiming the
territory west of the Connecticut, now V^ermont, under
grants from Charles II. to the duke of York, and ordering
the sheriff to return the names of those who had settled on
it under titles from New Hampshire 28 Dec. "
[This claim was not settled until 1790.]
Gov. Wentworth, after granting about 130 townships west of
the Connecticut, proclaims the claims of New York obsolete,
and jurisdiction belong*to New Hampshire 13 Mch. 17G*-
New York appeals to the king, who decides the Connecticut
river to be the eastern boundary of New York 20 July, "
Lieut. -gov. Colden proclaims Vermont annexed to New York,
10 Apr. 1765
First New York patent for lands in Vermont, under Colden's
proclamation, for 20,000 acres, called Princetown, in the val-
ley of the Batteukill, between Arlington and Dorset,
21 May, "
Samuel Robinson, appointed by 1000 settlers under the New
Hampshire grants to present their petition to the king, sails
from New York for England 25 Dec. 1766-
King George III. forbids New York, until authorized, to grant
land in Vermont 24 July, 17G7
Lieut. -gov. Colden disregards the order, and between Sept.
1769 and Oct. 1770, grants 600,000 acres 1769-Ta'
New-Yorkers, claiming the farm of James Breakenridgo in the
township of Bennington (part of the Walloomsack grant of
1739), send commissioners and surveyors who are dispensed
by friends of Breakenridge 19 Oct. 1709'
Ejectment suits for lands claimed by New York at Albany are
decided against settlers under New Hampshire grants. .June, 1770'
Sheriff Ten Kyck, with a posse of about 300 citizens of All)any,
attempts to take Breakenridge's farm for New York claim-
ants, but is driven off by armed settlers 19 July, 1771
Organization of the "Green Mountain Boys" under command
of col. Ethan Allen, for opposing "the Yorkers" "
Jehiel Hawley and James Breakenridge appointed by deputies
of Bennington at Manchester. 21 Oct., to petition the king
to confirm their grants from New Hampshire 21 Oct. 1772.
Green Mountain Boys visit Durham (Clarendon) twice, armed
and with threats, to compel the inhabitants to acknowledge
the New Hampshire title Oct. -Nov. 1773-.
Gov. Tryon of New York, by proclamation, commands Ethan
Allen, Seth Warner, Remember Baker. Robert Cochran. Peleg
Sunderland, Silvanus Brown, James Breakenridge, and John
Smith to surrender within 30 days, offering 1.50i. for capture
of Allen, and bOl. each for cai)ture of the others 9 Mch. 1771-
Verdnn' (the ancient Verodunum), a first-class fortress . Convention at Manchester resolves that whoever takes a com-
the Meuse, N.E. France, made a magazine for his legions mission of the peace froin New York will be deenied an
' ' ^ ° enemy to his country and the common cause 12-13 Apr.
Benjamin Hough, an inhabitant of New Hampshire grants, fa-
voring New York, procures a commission as justice of the
by Julius Caesar. It was acquired by the Franks in the 6th
century, and formed part of the dominions of Lothaire by the
treaty of Verdun, 843, when the empire was divided between
the sons of Louis I. It was taken and annexed to the empire
by Otho I. about 939. It surrendered to France in 1552, and
was formally ceded in 1648. It was taken and held by the
Prussians 43 days, Sept.-Oct. 1792. Gen. Beaurepaire, the
commandant, committed suicide before the surrender, and 14
ladies were executed on 28 May, 1794, for appealing to the
king of Prussia for the town. Verdun surrendered to the Ger-
mans, 8 Nov. 1870, after a brave defence. It was the last
place held by the Germans, and was given up 15, 16 Sept.
1873, and the troops retired.
Vermont, a New England state, is bounded on the
north by the province of Qaebec,'east by New Hampshire,
south by Massachusetts, and
west by New York and lake
Champlain. It lies between
42° 44' to 45° 43' N. lat., and
71° 38' to 73° 25' W. Ion.
Area, 9565 sq. miles, in 14
counties ; pop. 1890, 332,422.
Capital, Montpelier.
Samuel de Champlain ex-
plores the lake bearing
his name 1609
.\bout 44,000 acres in south-
ern Vermont, granted to
the colony of Connecticut,
- in 1715, as an equivalent
for lands granted by Massachusetts in Connecticut territory,
transferred to William Dummer, Anthonv Stoddard, Willinm
Brattle, and John Wh ite .' 1716
He is found guilty of violating the resolution of Apr.
1774, publicly whipped, and sent to New York 30 Jan. 1775-
People, to resist the holding of court under royal authority at
Westminster appointed for 14 Mch. 1775, assemble at the
court-house, 13 Mch. A guard left during the night is fired
upon by sheriff Patterson and his posse a little before mid-
night, wounding 10, 2 mortally, and 7 are taken prisoners.
In the morning court is opened, but the judge and officers
are imprisoned at Northampton by the mob 14 Mch. "
Ethan Allen, with 83 men, captures Fort Ticonderoga,
10 May, "
Ethan Allen and 38 men, captured in an attack on Montreal,
sent in irons to England 25 Sept. "
Convention of the New Hampshire grants at Dorset; 56 dele-
gates from 33 towns, to form a separate state 25 Sept. 177(>
Convention at Westminster declares Vermont "a separate, free,
and independent jurisdiction or state, as ' New Connecticut,' "
17 Jan. 177T-
Convention at Windsor names the state Vermont, adopts a
constitution, and appoints a provisional council of safety for
the state 2-8 July, '
British troops under gens. Fraser and Riedesel attack and dis-
perse the rear guard of St. Clair's army under cols. Francis
and Warner at Hubbardton 7 July, •
Council of Vermont appoints "commissioners of sequestra-
tion " to seize property of " all persons in the state who had
repaired to the enemy" 28 July, '
Battle of Bennington ; gen. Burgoyne sends about 1000 German
troops under cols. Baume and Breyman to seize provisions at
Bennington; they are routed by Americans under gen. Stark,
16 Aug. "
Legislature at Windsor divides the state into 2 counties: one
east of the Green mountains, called Cumberland, and another
west, called Bennington 12 Mch. 1773;
Stockade fort and blockhouse erected at Rutland Apr. "
Col. Ethan Allen, prisoner of the British since 1775, exchanged,
is welcomed to Bennington by a salute of 14 guns, "one for
young Vermont " 31 May,
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•Convention of towns on both sides of the Connecticut river, in-
cluding 8 from Vermont, at Cornish, N. H., proposes to form
a state, with capital on the Connecticut 9 Dec. 1778
.Assembly of Vermont declares the union of 1778, with the 16
towns east of the Connecticut, null and void I'i Feb. 1779
9>egislalure of New York refers to Congress to determine equita-
bly the controversy between New York and Vermont,
21 Oct. "
Pamphlet, " Vermont's Appeal to the Candid and Impartial
World," for independence, pub. at Hartford by Hudson &
Goodwin Dec. "
Town of Royalton attacked by 300 Indians from Canada; many
buildings burned 16 Oct. 1780
Massachusetts assents to the independence of Vermont. . .Mch. 1781
Towns east of the Connecticut annexed to Vermont at their re-
quest Apr. "
First newspaper in Vermont, the Vermont Gazette ^or Green
Mountain Post-boy, printed at Westminster by Judah Paddock
Spoouer and Timothy Green "
<Col. Ira Allen, commissioner to exchange prisoners with the
British, reaches Isle aux Noix, a few mfles north of the Ca-
nadian line, about 8 May, and spends 17 days in conference;
a union of Vermont with the British is proposed, under in-
structions from gen. Haldimand, by encouraging which Allen
eflects an exchange of prisoners and cessation of hostilities
on the border May, "
-jDuas Fay, Ira Allen, and Bazaleel Woodward sent by the legis-
lature to represent the cause .of Vermont to the Continental
Congress .22 June, ' '
<Jongress resolves that an indispensable preliminary to the ad-
mission of Vermont as a state should be the relinquishing of
territory east of the Connecticut and west of the present New
York state line, 20 Aug. 1781 ; the legislature dissolves its
eastern and western unions 22 Feb. 1782
Kesidents of Brattleborough. Guilford, and Halifax, in a peti-
tion prepared by Charles Phelps to gov. Clinton of New York,
complain of the Vermont government, and ask New York to
assume jurisdiction over Windham county 30 Apr. "
<Jov. Chittenden commissions gen. Ethan Allen, 2 Sept., to raise
250 volunteers, and march into Windham county as a posse
comitatus to enforce Vermont laws. This force, doubled by
volunteers from Windham county, arrests some 20 leaders of
the rebellion, Charles Phelps escaping, 10 Sept. ; these leaders
are tried at Westminster and banished from the state,
11 Sept. "
First school law ; towns are empowered to form school districts
and to elect trustees 22 Oct. "
I..egislature establishes post-ofBces and a postmaster-general;
" the rates of postage to be the same as in the U. S." 1784
<iriint to Reuben Harmon, jr., of Rupert, of the exclusive privi-
lege of coining copper for a limited period 1785
As provided by state constitution, the first council of censors
meets and suggests changes in the constitution, and calls a
convention "
■Constitution framed by a convention, 4 July, 1786, is adopted
by the legislature and declared Mch. 1787
Cthan Allen, b. at Litchfield, Conn., 10 Jan. 1737, d. at Burling-
ton 12 Feb. 1789
l^ew York consents to the admission of Vermont into the Union,
renouncing her claims for $30,000, and the legislature of Ver-
mont ratifles the agreement 28 Oct. 1790
Vermont adopts the Constitution of the U. S. without amend-
ments 10 Jan. 1791
Vermont admitted by act of Congress of 18 Feb., to take effect,
4 Mch. "
■Constitutional convention meets at Windsor, 4 July; completes
it.s labors 9 July, 1793
Constitution of 1793 adopted by the legislature 2 Nov. 1796
liov. Thomas Chittenden resigns on account of failing health
(1797), and d. at Williston 25 Aug. 1797
University of Vermont and State Agricultural school at Burling-
ton, chartered 1791, opened 1800
Middlebury college at Middlebury, chartered 1800, opened 1801
Legislature meets at Montpelier as the capital 1808
State prison at Windsor established by law "
Steamboat The Vermont launched at Burlington by John and
James Winans 1809
Flag ship Saratoga, of 26 guns, and several small vessels, built
upon Otter creek during the winter of 1813-14, under Thomas
McDonough, engage in the battle of Plattsburg and lake
Champlain ; Americans victorious 11 Sept. 1814
Pres. James Monroe makes a tour through Vermont 1817
Death of dr. Jonas Fay at Burlington, aged 81 6 Mch. 1818
Norwich university founded at Norwich 1819
Resolutions of the Vermont legislature presented in the U. S.
Senate, declaring slavery a moral and political evil, and that
Congress has the right to prohibit its extension 9 Dec. 1820
Thaddeus Fairbanks starts a foundery at St. Johnsbury 1823
Gen. Lafayette lays the corner-stone of the new university
building at Burlington, to replace that destroyed by flre in
1S24. 29 June, 1825
Act for the establishment of common schools 1827
Chester A. Arthur born at Fairfield 5 Oct. 1830
Anti- Masonic governor, William A. Palmer, elected 1831
House of Representatives divided into a Senate and General
Assembly • ^^^^
Vermont asylum for the insane at Brattleborough, incorporated
Nov. 1834, is opened Dec. "
Legislature adopts anti-slavery resolutions
State capitol at Montpelier completed
Small band of Vermont patriots, organized on the Canada side
id*
1837
of the Vermont line to invade the province, threatened by
1600 or 1700 Canadian troops, decide to return to Vermont,
but are compelled to surrender by gen. Wool Dec. 1838
Marble first quarried at Rutland 1844
License law passed "
School fund abolished to pay the state debt 1845
First slate quarry in the state ojicned at Fairhaven, Rutland
county "
Act providing state superintendent of common schools, with
town superintendents and district committees 5 Nov. "
Local Option law passed 1846
Two brass field-pieces, captured at Bennington, given Vermont
by Congress 10 July, 1848
Jacob Collamer appointed postmaster general 8 Mch. 1849
Railroad jubilee at Burlington, celebrating the union of the
lakes and the Atlantic by railroad through V^ermont,
25 June, 1850
Vermont State Teachers' Association organized ' "
Maine Prohibition law pas.sed 20 Dec. 1852
State Board of Education established 1856
Capitol at Montpelier burned 6 Jan. 1857
Personal Liberty bill, " to secure freedom to all persons within
the state," passed 25 Nov. 1858
Under the call of pres. Lincoln and gov. Fairbanks, 15 Apr., the
first Vermont regiment reaches New York city 10 May, 1861
Personal Liberty bill of 1858 repealed as inconsistent with the
Constitution of the U. S "
Southern refugees in Canada, under lieut. Bennett H. Young,
rob the banks of St. Albans, escaping into Canada with over
$200,000 19 Oct. 1864
Vermont Reform school at Waterbury opened June, 1866
Home for destitute children established at Burlington "
Norwich university removed to Northfield "
Vermont ratifles the ;^IV.th Amendment 9 Nov. "
State Normal school at Castleton opened 1867
State,Normal School at Johnson opened. "
Vermont State Normal school at Randolph opened "
Vermont ratifies theXV.th Amendment 21 Oct. 1869
Gov. P. J. Washburn d. ; lieut. -gov. W. Hendee succeeds,
7 Feb. 1870
Five hundred Fenians, marshalled and armed at Fairfield,
invade Canada and are driven back by Canadian militia.
May, "
State constitution amended: council of censors abolished ; leg-
islative sessions and state elections made biennial 1871
Board of Education abolished and the office of State Superin-
tendent of Education, filled by the legislature, created 1874
State Reform school at Waterbury destroyed by fire.. . .12 Feb. "
Vergennes selected as location for the new State Reform school,
Jan. 1875
Estate, valued at $200,000. left to the state as a common school
fund by Arunah Huntington, who d. at Brantford, Canada,
10 Jan. 1877
Celebration at Bennington of 100th anniversary of the battle of
Bennington 15-16 Aug. "
Revision of state laws of Vermont under act of 1878 completed, 1880
Manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors prohibited 1882
State Soldiers' Home located at Bennington 5 Feb. 1887
$100,000 appropriated for a state insane asylum at Waterbury, 1888
State Board of Trade organized "
Redfield Proctor appointed secretary of war 5 Mch. 1889
Australian Ballot law passed at session 1 Oct. -25 Nov. 1890
Geo. F. Edmunds resigns from the U. S. Senate, to take effect
1 Xov 6 Apr. 1891
Ex gov. Paul Dillingham d. at Waterbury 26 July, "
Celebration of centennial of admission of Vermont into the
Union and dedication of the battle monument (308 ft. high)
at Bennington 19 Aug. "
Legislature called in special session concerning direct- tax money
refunded by Congress 25 Aug. "
Ex-gov. John Gregory Smith d. at St. Albans 6 Nov. "
Redfield Proctor appointed U. S. senator, 25 Aug. ; qualifies,
7 Dec. "
Redfield Proctor elected U. S. senator 19 Oct. 1892
GOVERNORS.
Thomas Chittenden. .
Moses Robinson
Thomas Chittenden. .
PaulBrigham
Isaac Tichenor
Israel Smith
Isaac Tichenor
Jonas Galusha
Martin Chittenden. . .
Jonas Galusha
Richard Skinner
C. P. Van Ness
Ezra Butler
Samuel C. Crafts
William A. Palmer. . .
S. H. .Jenison
Charles Paine
John Mattocks
William Slade
Horace Eaton
Carlos Coolidge
Charles K. Williams.
Erastus Fairbanks...
John S. Robinson
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1846
1848
1850
1852
1853
Assumes
Stephen Royce
Ryland Fletcher
HilandHall
Erastus Fairbanks
Frederick Holbrook
J. Gregory Smith
Paul Dillingham
John B. Page
Peter T. Washburn
G. W. Hendee
John W. Stewart
Julius Converse
Asahel Peck
Horace Fairbanks
Redfield Proctor
Roswell Farnham
John L. Barstow
Samuel E. Pingree
Ebenezer J. Ormsbee
William P. Dillingham
Carroll S. Page
Levi K. Fuller
Urban A. Woodruff".
office.
1854
1856
1858
1860
]8t51
1863
1865
1867
1«69
1870
1872
1874
1876
1878
1880
1882
1884
1886
1888
1890
1892
1894
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UfllTBD STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF VERMONT.
No. of CongrM*.
Date.
»n R. Ilrmdlfty..
ll«M«RobiBK>D.....
Iwao TicbeAor.
KlUah Pkine
Nathaniel Cblpman.
Stephen R Bradley .
Israel Smith
Jonathan Robinson .
Dudley Chaoc
Isaac Tiohenor.
James Fisk
William A. Palmer. .
Horatio Seymour . . .
Dudley Chace.
Samuel Prentiss
BeiUamin Swift
Samuel S. Phelps ...
Samuel C. Crafts....
William Upham
Samuels. Phelps....
Solomon Foot,
Lawrence Brainerd. .
Jacob Collamer ,
George F. Edmunda .
Lulce P. Poland
Justin S. .Morrill
Red field Proctor
2d to
2d •'
4th "
4th "
6th "
4th
4th
6th
7th
8th
7th " 13th
8th " 10th
10th " 14th
13th " 16ih
14th " 17 Ih
15th
16th to 19tb
17th " 23d
19th
22d
26tb
22d
27th
2fith
32d
27th
28th to 33d
33d
32d to 39th
33d
34th to 39th
39th " 52d
39th
40th to
52d "
1791 to 1796
1791 " 1796
1796 " 1797
1796 " 1801
1797 " 1803
1801 " 1813
1803 " 1807
1807 " 1816
1813 " 1817
1816 " 1821
1817 " 1818
1818 " 1825
1821 " 1833
1825 " 1831
1831 " 1842
1833 " 1839
1839 " 1851
1842 " 1843
1843 " 1853
1853 " 1854
1851 " 1866
1854 " 1855
1855 " 1865
1866 " 1891
1865
1867 to
1891 "
Resigned 1797.
Resigned 1796.
Elected iu place of Robinson.
Resigned 1801.
(Elected in place of Paine ; elected president pro tern. 14 Dec 1802-
[ 25 Feb. and 2 Mch, 1803-28 Dec. 1808.
Resigned 1807.
Elected in place of Smith.
Resigned 1815.
Elected in place of Chace. Resigned 1818.
Elected in place of Fisk.
Resigned 1842.
Appointed pro tem. in place of Prentiss.
Died 1853.
Appointed in place of Upham.
: President pro tem. 16 Feb. and 18 July, 1861; 23 Feb. 1864.
; 1866.
Elected in place of Upham.
Died 1865.
Elected in place of Foot. Resigned 1891.
Appointed in place of Collamer.
Terra expires 1897.
Elected in place of Edmunds. Term expires 1899.
Died!
Vero'na, a fortified city of N. Italy, was founded by the
Gauls or Etruscans. Campus Raudius. It was the birth-
place of the poet Catullus and the celebrated architect Vitru-
vius, and probably of the biographer Cornelius Nepos and the
elder Pliny. The amphitheatre was built by Titus, a.d. 82.
Verona has been the site of many conflicts. It was taken by
Constantine, 312 ; and on 27 Sept. 489, Theodoric defeated Odo-
acer, king of Italy. Verona was taken by Charlemagne, 774.
About 1260 Mastino della Scala was elected podesta, and his
descendants (the Scaligeri) ruled till subdued by the Visconti,
dukes of Milan, 1387. Verona was conquered by the Vene-
tians, 1405, and held by them, with some intermissions, till its
capture by the Fr«nch general Massena, 3 June, 1796. Near
to it Charles Albert of Sardinia defeated the Austrians, 6 May,
1848. Verona was 1 of 4 strong Austrian fortresses termed
the Quadrangle, or Quadrilateral. It was surrendered to
the Italian government, 16 Oct. 1866. Above 50,000 coins of
Gallienus and other emperors, chiefly bronze, discovered near
Verona, Jan. 1877.
Yer§aille§ {ver-say'-ye), near Paris, was a small village,
in a forest 30 miles in circuit, where Louis XIII. built a hunt-
ing-seat about 1632. Louis XIV., between 1661 and 1687,
enlarged it into a magnificent palace, which became the usual
residence of the kings of France. By the treaty between
Great Britain and the revolted colonies of North America,
signed at Paris, the United States was admitted to be sover-
eign and independent, 3 Sept. 1783. On the same day a treaty
was signed at Versailles between Great Britain, France, and
Spain, by which Pondicherry and Carical, with other posses-
sions in Bengal, were restored to France, and Trincomalee re-
stored to the Dutch. Here was held the military festival of
the royal guards, 1 Oct. 1789, which was followed (on the 5th
and 6th) by the attack of the mob, who massacred the guards
and brought the king back to Paris. Versailles became the
residence of Louis Philippe in 1830. The historical gallery
was opened in 1837. Versailles, with the troops there, surren-
dered to the Germans, 19 Sept. 1870, and the crown-prince of
Prussia entered the next day ; and on 26 Sept. he awarded
the iron cross to above 30 soldiers at the foot of the statue of
Louis XIV. The palace was converted into a hospital. The
royal headquarters were removed here from Ferriferes, 5 Oct
After the peace Versailles became the seat of the French gov-
ernment (France), Mch. 1871.
verse (Lat. versus, a line, a row— in particular, a line of
poetry, a succession of feet written or printed in one line ; met-
rical composition in general, rhymed or unrhymed). Surrey's
translation of part of Virgil's "!lEneid " into blank verse is the
hrst English composition of the kind, omitting tragedy, extant
m the English language (pub. in 1547). The verse previously
used in grave compositions was the stanza of 8 lines, the ottava
nma (adopted, with the addition of one line, in the " Faerie
Queene," by Spenser, who probably borrowed it from Ariosto-
and Tasso). Boccaccio introduced it into Italy in his " Te-
seide," having copied it from the old French chansons. Tris-
sino is said to have been the first introducer of blank verse-
among the moderns, about 1508. — Vossius. Elegy, Hexa-
meter, Iambic, Literature, Poetry, etc.
Veseronee', a village of S.E. France, near Vienne.
Here Gondemar, king of the Burgundians, defeated and killed
Clodomir, king of Orleans, and revenged the murder of his
brother Sigismond and his family, 524. This conflict is called
also the battle of Voiron.
Vespucius, Americus. America.
Vesta, a goddess among the Romans, identified with the
Greek Hestia, presiding over public and private hearths. — One
of the asteroids discovered by dr. Olbers of Bremen, 29 Mch..
1807.
vestals, virgin priestesses, took care of the perpetual fire-
consecrated to Vesta. The mother of Romulus was a vestal..
Numa is said to have appointed 4, 710 b.c., and Tarquin added
2, and the number remained 6 ever after. If any of them vio-
lated her vow of chastity, she was buried alive in the Campus
Sceleratus. Minutia was so buried for breaking her virgin
vow, 337 B.C. ; Sextilia, 273 b.c. ; and Cornelia Maximiliana,
92 A.D. Chastity. The order was abolished by Theodosius,.
389.
"Vestiges of the IVatural History of
Creation," a work which upholds the doctrine of pro-
gressive development in organic creation, ascribed to Robert
Chambers and others, first appeared in 1844, and occasioned
much controversy.
Vesuvius, an active and destructive volcano, near Na-
ples in Italy.
Cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum are overwhelmed, and ^
more than 200,000 persons perish, among them Pliny the
elder 24 Aug. 79'
Torre del Greco with 4000 persons destroyed 17 Dec. 1631
Violent eruption 24 Nov. 1759
Another, being the 34th from the time of the destruction of
Pompeii and Herculaneum 8 Aug. 1767.
Destructive eruption, the lava flowing over 5000 acres of rich
vineyards and cultivated land, and Torre del Greco again
burned ; the top of the mountain falls, forming a crater 2
miles in circumference June, 1794
Severe eruption Oct. 182^
Another " May, 1855
Destructive eruption Slay-June, 1858
Torre del Greco again destroyed Dec. 1861
Severe eruption Feb. 1865
Almost constant eruption, commencing 12 Nov. 1867, and con-
tinuing throughout 1867-68
Phenomena observed by profs. Tyndall, Miller, sir John Lub-
bock, and other scientific men Apr. T868;
Severe eruption, 60 lives lost 23 Apr. -3 May, 1872
Active 187&
Another eruption; lava thrown to the height of 300 ft. .20 Sept. 1878-
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Another 11 June, 1879
Intermittent 2 May, 1885
New crater formed 8 June, 1891
Brazilian tourist falls into the crater July, "
Active 13 Sept. 1892
veto (a Lat. verb, I forbid)^ the power of the executive
in a government to negative legislation. The president of the
United States may treat a bill passed by Congress in any of 5
ways : (1) Sign it ; (2) sign it with a protest ; (3) if presented
more than 10 days before the close of the session, and he takes
no action, at the expiration of 10 days it becomes a law with-
out his signature; (4) if presented within 10 days of the close
of the session, and he fails to return it, it does not become a
law ; this is termed a " pocket veto " ; (5) veto it, giving his
reasons to Congress.
BILLS VETOED BY THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
President.
N.. I
Date.
Subject of bill.
Remarks.
1
5 Apr. 1792
Apportionment of Representation.
Washington, 2
2
28 Feb. 1797
Reduction of the Army.
Incorporating Church at Alexandria.
3
21 Feb. 1811
4
28 Feb. "
Relief
5
3 Apr. 1812
Trials in District Courts.
Madison, 6
6
6 Nov. "
Naturalization
Pocketed.
-7
30 Jan. 1815
Incorporation of National Bank.
8
9
3 Mch. 1817
4 May, 1822
Internal Improvements.
Internal Improvements, Cumberland Road.
Internal Improvements, Maysville Road, Ky.
Monroe, 1
10
27 May, 1830
U
31 May, "
Internal Improvements, Turnpike Stock.
12
«^ \\
Internal Improvements, Light houses and Beacons
Pocketed.
13
H
Internal Improvements, Canal Stock
Pocketed.
10 July, 1832
Extension of Charter of U. S. Bank.
15
6D/8C. "
Interest of State Claims
Pocketed.
Jackson, 12
16
17
4 Dec. 1833
River and Harbor
Pocketed.
Proceeds of Land Sales
Pocketed.
18
19
1 Dec 1834
Internal Improvements Wabash river
Pocketed.
3 Mch. 1835
Compromise Claims against the Two Sicilies.
20
9 June, 1836
Regulations for Congressional Sessions.
21
22
3 Mch. 1837
16 Aug. 1841
Funds receivable from U. S. Revenue .*
Pocketed.
Incorporating Fiscal Bank.
23
9 Sept. "
Incorporating Fiscal Corporation.
24
29 June, 1842
First Whig Tariff.
25
9 Aug. "
Second Whig Tariff.
Tyler, 9
26
27
28
29
14 Dec. "
Proceeds of Public Land Sales
Pocketed.
Testimony in Contested Elections
Pocketed.
18 Dec. "
11 June, 1844
Payment of Cherokee Certificates
Pocketed.
River and Harbor.
30
31
20 Feb. 1845
3 Aug. 1846
Revenue Cutters and Steamers for Defence
Passed over the veto, the first.
River and Harbor.
Polk, 3
32
8 Aug. "
French Spoliation Claims.
33
34
15 Dec. 1847
3 Mav, 1854
Tnfpmfil Irnnrnvpmpn ts . .. .............
Pocketed.
liltt:i Litll Xlkl\J\ \}\ ClIlCllLO. • ........•••••
Land Grant for Indigent lusnne.
35
4 Aug. "
Internal Improvements.
36
17 Feb. 1855
French Spoliation Claims.
37
3 Mch. "
Subsidy for Ocean Mails.
Pierce, 9
38
39
40
19 May, 1856
Tnfornal Tmiimi^Ampnf fl HTlRciiRQirini
Passed over veto.
llllcl Uctl 1 III pi uv i> III cuts, uxinoiDoi \tyi ..................
Internal Improvements St. Clair Flats, Mich
Passed over veto.
22 May, "
Internal Improvements, St. Mary's river, Mich
Passed over veto.
41
11 Aug. "
Internal Improvements, Des .Moines river, Mich
Passed over veto.
42
43
14 Aug. "
7 Jan. 1859
Internal Improvements Patapsco river, Md
Passed over veto.
Overland Mails '.
Pocketed.
44
24 Feb. "
Land Grants for Agricultural Colleges.
45
46
47
IFeb. 1860
6 Feb. "
17 Apr. "
Tntprnnl Tmnrnrprnpnt'5 St Clair Flats Mich
Pocketed.
Buchanan, 7
Tntfirrinl Tmnrnv'PiTipnf <? MiSRissinni river
Pocketed.
XlilCl Uctl I III pi UV CIlIVlJ to, ITLIOOlOOippi AJV^t.....
Relief of A. Edwards & Co.
48
22 June, "
Homestead.
49
50
25 Jan. 1861
23 June, 1862
Relief of Hockaday & Legget.
Bank Notes in District of Columbia.
Lincoln, 3
51
2 July, "
Medical Offices in the Army.
52
53
5 Jan. 1865
19 Feb. 1866
Correcting Clerical Errors
Pocketed.
Freedmen's Bureau.
54
n Mch. "
15 May, "
Civil Riffhts
Passed over veto.
55
VI V II Xvlgll tiS
Admission of Colorado.
56
15 June, "
Public Lands (Montana Iron company).
57
68
15 July, "
28 July, "
Continuation of Freedmen's Bureau
Passed over veto.
Survey District of Montana.
59
60
5 Jan. 1867
29 Jan. "
CinfFmfro in Tlietrif t nf Columbia
Passed over veto.
OUllldgc 111 17lOtl l\j\i ui vjvfiuixx^yn*.
Admission of Colorado.
61
62
63
2 Mch. "
A/lrniaainn nf Mpl"»rjic;lra . .■■•■>..■••■••
Passed over veto.
>\U[llloolUIJ Ul i^CUIdOIVC* ••.«••■••••■••
Tonnro nf OflRpp •■•■.......
Passed over veto.
Johnson, 21
J.WIiUIty yji \Jiii\j\j .....-...••• • •••.••••.••
Reconstruction
Passed over veto.
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
23 Mch. "
19 July, "
QiTnT^Iomon till Rpi^nn<5trnPt,ifin
Passed over veto.
OuppitJllltJUtai xvtjV^uiioti uv^vivu
Qnririltitnonf sil RppntiQlrilPliOTl ..
Passed over veto.
Tnifil' T?iacr»lntir*n RAcnrmtnif^tiOD
Passed over veto.
25 Mch. 1868
20 June, "
25 June, "
20 July, "
llUlUt IvCoUlULIUIl rVC^-'UUOlI uv<i;i V" ...• • ••...
Amending Judiciary
Passed over veto.
AHmiGcinn nf Arlranciflc: ^rpmnRtrUCted^
Passed over veto.
A Hmiccinn n^ ^nn tlipril St.Jlt.PR
Passed over veto.
Atlllllo&IUlJ Ul OUU LIICI 11 OLcil/tJO •.•«••• ■• •■
Exclusion of EIe(;toral Votes of Unreconstructed States
Passed over veto.
71
72
25 July, "
13 Feb. 1869
T^iGr*nntinnanpp nf F'rPPdlTlPn'fi RurGflll.
Passed over veto.
Trustees of Colored Schools in District of Columbia.
73
74
75
22 Feb. "
11 .hm. 1870
14 July, "
Tariff on Copper
Passed over veto.
Relief Private
Passed one House over veto.
Southern Union Troops.
76
4 Jan. 1871
Relief
77
78
7 Feb. "
1 Apr. 1872
Relief
Relief
Passed one House over veto.
79
Relief
80
10 Apr. "
Relief
Grant, 43
81
15 Apr. "
Pension, Private.
82
22 Apr. "
Pension.
83
14 May, "
"P^Ticinn \f Q r\T Ann \f finttrnTYierv .
Passed over veto.
xcliolUli, ividiy Aiiii iTiuiit^uiiicij'
84
1 June, "
Pension.
85
7 June, "
Relief
86
6 Jan. 1873
Relief
87
22 Jan. "
New Trial in Court of Claims.
88
29 Jan. "
Relief of East Tennessee University.
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Gnuit,'
Hayes, 12
Arthur, 4
Clereland, 301
91
93
93
94
9fi
9«
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
126
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
{IS}
139
140
to
156
157
158
159
to
226
227
228
to
231
232
233
237
238
to
261
262
263
to
272
273
(2761
(277i
(278
to
<292
293
294
295
to
297
298
299
to
307
308
309)
to
311)
1876
8 Feb. 1873
10 Apr. 1874
22 Apr. "
12 May, "
30 Jan. 1875
12 Feb.
3 Feb.
27 Mch.
31 Mcb.
18 Apr.
26 May,
9 June,
30 June,
11 July,
13 July,
20 July,
4 Aug.
15 Aug.
15 Jan. 1877
23 Jan. "
26 Jan. "
14 Feb. "
28 Feb. "
1878
6 Mch. "
1 Mch. 1879
29 Apr. "
12 May, "
29 May, "
23 June, "
27 June, "
4 May",' 1880
15 June, "
3 Mch. 1881
4 Apr. 1882
IJuly, "
1 Aug. "
2 July, 1884
10 Mch. 1886
11 Mch. "
26 Apr. "
30 Apr. "
8 May, "
17 May, "
May,
to
19 June,
June,
to
6 July,
July,
July,
July,
July,
July,
to
Feb. ]
Feb.
Feb.
to
Feb.
Feb.
26 Feb.
4 Apr.
to
3 May,
7 May,
9 May,
! to
f 18 May,
to
26 May,
28 May,
of bill.
^
Reltef.
Relief.
Relief.
Inflation of Currency.
Relief.
Relief
Pension.
Custody of Indian Trust Funds.
Relief
Relief of G. B. Tyler and E. H. Luckett.
Reduction of President's Salary.
Recording in the District of Columbia.
Relief.
Internal Improvements.
Relief of Nelson Tiffany
Pension.
Post-offlce Statutes.
Relief
Paving Pennsylvania ave.
Sale of Indian Lands
Relief.
Homestead Entries.
District of Columbia's Police
Diplomatic Congratulations.
Relief
Relief
Advertising of Executive Department.
Relief
Standard Silver Dollar
Special Term of Courts in Mississippi.
Restriction of Chinese Immigration.
Army Appropriation.
Interference at Elections.
Civil Appropriations.
Payment of Marshals.
Relief
Payment of Marshals.
Payment of Marshals.
Payment of Marshals.
Refunding the National Debt.
Chinese Immigration.
Carriage of Passengers at Sea.
River and Harbor bill
Passed over veto.
Passed over veto.
Passed over veto.
Passed in the House over veto.
Passed over veto.
Relief of Fitz-John Porter.
Relief
Settlers' Titles to Des Moines Public Lands.
Bodies for Dissection.
Omaha a Port of Entry.
Pensions.
Springfield a Port of Entry.
Pensions, Private.
Public Building at Sioux City, la.
Public Building at Zanesville, 0.
Pensions and Reliefs, Private.
Public Building at Duliith, Minn.
Pensions and Reliefs, Private.
Right of Way to Railroad in North Montana.
Pension, Private.
Public Building in Dayton, 0
Public Building in Asheville, N. C.
Bridge across Lake Champlain.
Public Building at Springfield, Mass.
Pensions and Reliefs, Private.
Texas Seed Bill.
Pensions.
Public Building at Lynn, Mass.
Pensions, Private.
Public Building at Portsmouth, 0., and Lafayette, Ind.
Pensions and Reliefs.
Sale of Indian Land.
Public Building at AUentown, Pa.
Pensions.
Use of Castle Island, Boston Harbor.
Passed over the veto.
f Passed over the veto in the House,
t 168-78 ; vote in the Senate, 27-27.
Passed over the veto in the Senate.
Passed over the veto in the Senate.
Passed over veto.
Public Building at Youngstown, 0.
Pensions.
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BILLS VETOED
BY THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. -
{Continued.)
President.
No.
Date.
Subject of bill.
Remarks.
312
29 May, 1888
Public Building at Columbus, Ga.
313
5 June, "
Public Building at Bar Harbor, Me.
314
/•315
u u ■>
Government Land Purchase, Council Bluffs, la.
1 010
to
to
Pensions and Reliefs, Private.
(344
26 July, " )
345
u u
Right of Way for Railroad through Indian Lands.
346
3 Aug. "
Relief.
347
7 Aug. "
Land Grant to Tacoma, Wash.
(348
( 9 Aug. " )
) to
to
Pensions, Private.
(361
(10 Aug. " )
362
(373)
14 Aug. "
Additional Copies of U. S. Map for 1886.
aeveland, 301
"to " i
27 Aug. ;; )
Pensions and Reliefs.
374
Public Building, Sioux City, la.
! "to ■■
Pensions and Reliefs, Private.
(385)
(13 Sept. "
386
24 Sept. "
Land Grant to Kansas.
387
u u
Sale of Military Reservation in Kansas.
(388)
(10 Oct. " "J
to
i to I
Pensions and Reliefs, Private.
424 j
(14 Feb. 1889)
425'
21 Feb. "
Quieting Settlers' Titles on the Des Moines river.
^^32
(23 Feb. " )
\ to I
Pensions and Reliefs, Private.
l26Feb. " j
433
2 Mch "
Refunding the Direct Tax
Parj^I^H rtVAl* t1l#> 17PtA in f Ti^ CiAnnf a
434
26 Apr. 1890
City of Ogden Increased Indebtedness. *
X a.oo\7u uvci tuc VCLU ill tlic OcUatc.
435
29 Apr. "
Public Building, Dallas, Tex.
436
4 June, "
Public Building, Hudson, N. Y.
437
12 June, "
Public Building, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
438
17 June, "
To change boundary of Uncompahgre Reservation.
439
20 June, "
(Bonds issued by Maricopa countv, Arizona, for certain
\ Railroad.
440
9 July, "
Indian Payment.
441
30 Sept. "
Relief of Capt. Charles B. Stivers.
442
1 Oct. "
Relief of the Portland Company.
443
(t u
Relief of Charles B. Chouteau.
Harrison, 19
444
11 11
Pool Selling in the District of Columbia.
445
24 Dec. "
Public Building, Bar Harbor, Me.
446
26 Jan. 1891
Bonds, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory.
447
26 Feb. "
(Act to Establish the Record and Pension of the War
( Department, etc.
448
2 Mch. "
Relief of George W. Lawrence.
449
450
451
19 July, 1892
29 July, "
3 Aug. "
An Act to Establish Circuit Court of Appeal, etc.
Relief of William McGarrhan
(Senate fails to pass it over the
\ veto, 17 Jan. 1893.
( An Act to provide for bringing Suit against the United
) States.
(An Act to prescribe the number of District Attorneys)
452
27 Feb. 1893
-i and Marshal's in the Judicial Districts of the state ^
of Alabama. )
Passed over the veto, 2 Mch. 1893.
vice or vi§e, an instrument which Archytas of Taren-
tura, disciple of Pythagoras, is said to have invented, with the
pulley and other implements, 420 b.C.
Vicenza {vee-chen'-tsa), the ancient Vicentia, N. Italy,
was the seat of a republic in the 12th century. It suffered by
ravages of Aiaric, 401, and Attila, 452. Having joined the
Lombard league, it was sacked by Frederic II., 1236. After
many changes it was subjected to Venice, and with it fell
under the French domination, 1796 ; and was given to Austria
in 1814. Having revolted, it was retaken by Radetzky, 11
June, 1848. It was annexed to the kingdom of Italy, Oct. 1866.
vice-president of the United States. He
presides in the Senate, and on the death, resignation, or disa-
bility of the president, succeeds him. 4 vice-presidents have
in this way become presidents : John Tyler, succeeding Will-
iam Henry Harrison, who died 4 Apr. 1841; Millard Fillmore,
succeeding Zachary Taylor, who died 9 July, 1850 ; Andrew
Johnson, succeeding Abraham Lincoln, who died 15 Apr. 1865 ;
Chester A. Arthur, succeeding James A. Garfield, who died 19
Oct. 1881. For their administrations, United States for the
years as above.
Ticksburg, Miss., Campaigns for the possession of.
Vicksburg, about 400 miles above New Orleans, and about the
same distance from Cairo, stands on a high bluff on the east
side of the Mississippi river, which just above the town runs
for several miles in a northeasterly direction, then, suddenly
changing its course, it passes Vicksburg, flowing southwesterly,
forming a peninsula several miles in length and from three-
quarters to a mile in width directly opposite the town. It
was connected with Jackson, the capital of the state, about 45
miles to the east, by the Vicksburg and Jackson railroad, and
west of the river it drew the land-commerce of northern Lou-
isiana and Texas by the Vicksburg and Shreveport railroad,
the only railroad communication the confederacy had with her
territory west of the Mississippi, thus making Vicksburg the
most important point to the confederacy on the river. The
place is easily defensible, the high bluflFs extending along the
river banks from Warrenton, about 8 miles below, to Haines's
Bluff, 15 miles above, where they terminate at the Yazoo river.
The country to the north on the same side of the river is filled
with swamps, lagoons, sloughs, and bayous, through which
flows the sluggish Yazoo, which empties into the Mississippi
9 miles above Vicksburg. The country west of Vicksburg
across the Mississippi is also covered with swamps and bayous;
to the east the ground is higher, but much broken, the Big
Black river flowing through it.
First advance against Vicksburg made from New Orleans, after
its occupancy by gen. Butler, when Samuel P. Lee, command-
ing the advance naval division of Farragut's squadron, de-
manded its surrender and was refused. M. L. Smith com-
mands the military defences with 10,000 men 18 May. 1862
Gen. Thomas Williams, with 4 regiments and 8 guns, from
Baton Rouge, occupies the peninsula opposite 24 June, "
Gen. Williams begins to cut a canal across the peninsula oppo-
site Vicksburg, to change the course of the river 27 June, "
Farragut runs the Vicksburg blockade to join Davis, and bom-
bards Vicksburg 28 June. "
Van Dorn takes command at Vicksburg 28 July. "■
Expedition up the Yazoo to destroy the ram Arkansas meets
her coming down and retires; the ram enters the Mississippi
and takes refuge under the guns of Vicksburg 15 July, "
Ellet and W. D. Porter, with the Qtieen of the West and Essex,
attack the ram, are repulsed, and with difficulty escape,
22 July, "
Williams's canal proves a failure " "■
Williams's force leaves for Baton Rouge 24 July, ■•'
Breckenridge attacks gen. Williams's force at Baton Rouge, but
is repulsed ; gen. Williams killed 5 Aug. "
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OMtruction of the ram Arkanxu by com. Porter In the Eis^x^ ^^^
VIckrturg't defenoM stronRthened and a lino of works built
ISnif ibo bluir trom Haines's Bluff to Warrenton . . Aug -Oct. "
Deoartiueut of Mississippi and East Louisiana consiituled
(Coufedenito) under m^J -gen. John C. Pomborton, who s^uper-
iedes Van i>oru and assumes command at Vicksburg, H Oct '«
Grants Campaign against Vicksburg .18b2-()J
JranTs advance was at Bolivar. S.W. Tennessee while
Sherman was at Memphis. Tha confederates occupied Grand
Junitiou on the Memphis and Charleston railroad, and the
entire line of the Mississippi Central south fVom that point.
<Jraul moved by the Mississippi Central against V icksburg,
•1 Sov 186-1 (Kcupied Grand Junction 8 Nov. and Holly
Springs, 13 Nov.. the confederates in the meanwhile retiring
south of the Tallahatchie.] .„-.•„ r r.»„
Grant at Oxford. Miss., and liis advance at CoffeeviUe.. . .5 Dec
From this iwint he suggests to Halleck the Importance of mov-
luK ainiinst Vicksburg' from Memphis and Helena by the
M^i^ippi river gen. Sherman ordered by Grant to proceed
aninst Vicksburg with 30,000 men by the river 8 Dec. "
Col R.C Murphy, 8th Wisconsin, with 1500 men, guarding
Grants supply depot at Holly Springs, surrenders to gen.
Van Dorn without defence; entire stores destroyed. .20 Dec.
[Murphy was dismissed from the service.]
Grant compelled by this disaster to retire .Dec.
Sherman embarks from Memphis with 20,000 men. 20 Dec. ; is
reinforced by 12,000 men at Helena; convoyed up the Yazoo
by Porters fleet, 26 Dec. ; lands near Chickasaw bayou, about
12 miles fh)m the mouth of the Yazoo, 27 Dec. ; advances
against the defences on the blufls, about 5 miles to the north
of Vicksburg; assaults, and is repulsed with a loss of 208
killed. 1005 wounded, 563 missing; total, 1776 . . . .27-28 Dec. "
M%j.-gen. John A. McClernand supersedes Sherman in com-
mand before Vicksburg 2 Jan. 1863
E.xpedition re embarks and returns to Milliken's Bend, about 20
miles above Vicksburg on the Mississippi 2-3 Jan. "
This expedition, McClernand in command, moves against Ar-
kansas ix)st (Arkansas, 1863) 4 Jan. "
Which it captures 18 Jan. "
Occupation of Young's Point, 9 miles above Vicksburg, on the
opposite bank 21 Jan.
Work commenced reopening Williams's canal across the penin-
sula for getting below Vicksburg 22 Jan. "
Grant reaches Young's Point and assumes command. . .29 Jan. "
Oueen of the West, capt. C. R. Ellet, runs by the Vicksburg bat-
^teries.. 10 Feb. «'
Queen of the West captured by confederates 13 Feb. "
Iron-clad Indianola passes the Vicksburg batteries,
night of 13 Feb. "
Confederates capture the Indianola 24 Feb. "
Porter sends his "dummy" past Vicksburg; in the panic
which follows the confederates destroy the Queen of the West
and the Indianola, which they were repairing 24 Feb. "
Mississippi breaks the levee and stops work on the canal; the
project abandoned 8 Mch. "
Attempt to open a route below Vicksburg by lake Providence,
about 40 miles above Young's Point; abandoned 16 Mch. "
Third attempt to gain the rear of Vicksburg by the Yazoo pass;
this pass leaves the Mississippi a few miles below Helena,
Ark.; by means of this pass and the bayous, etc., it was
thought possible to gain the Yazoo river and thus the high-
lands in the rear of Vicksburg; abandoned 23 Mch. "
Fourth attempt to gain the rear of Vicksburg, by the Steele
bayou route; Steele bayou starts about 30 miles above
Young's Point, and connecting with other bayous, creeks,
etc., empties into the Yazoo about 25 miles above Vicksburg;
abandoned 20 Mch. "
After these failures 3 plans are suggested: (1) assault the Con-
federate batteries; (2) return to Memphis and renew the
campaign by the Mississippi Central railroad; (3) cross the
Mississippi below Vicksburg and gain its rear, trusting to the
country for supplies. Grant decides on the last, and McCler-
nand, with the 13th corps, starts from Milliken's Bend for
New Carthage, about 20 miles below Vicksburg, 29 Mch., ar-
riving with 1 division and its artillery 6 Apr. "
[Stopped at New Carthage by a break in the levee; Grant
decided to cross at Hard Times, a little below Grand Gulf,
about 70 miles south from Milliken's Bend.]
At Grand Gulf the confederates well fortified; to silence these
batteries adm. Porter, with the river fleet, runs the batteries
at Vicksburg night of 16 Apr. "
To support Porter in attacking Grand Gulf, Grant orders gen.
Sherman, who had been left above Vicksburg, to make a
feint on the Confederate batteries at Haines's Bluff, while
Porter attacks Grand Gulf with 8 gun-boats 29 Apr. "
Porter unable to silence the guns at Grand Gulf, but at Bruins-
burg, a few miles below, McClernand crosses, followed by
McPherson 30 Apr. "
Confederates under Bowen defeated at Port Gibson 2 May, "
Grlerson's raid to help Grant below Vicksburg, from La Grange,
Tenn., 17 Apr., to Baton Rouge, La., 600 miles in 16 days,
fighting and destroying railroads 2 May, "
[Grant says, "This raid was of great importance" as it
"attracted the attention of the enemy from the main move-
ment against Vicksburg."— "Personal Memoirs."]
Confederates evacuate Grand Gulf 3 May, "
Sherman joins Grant 6-8 May, "
[Corps under Grant during the campaign in the rear of
Vicksburg and during the siege were the 13th, maj. -gen. John
A. McClernand commanding; 15th corps, W. T. Sherman, and
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the 17th, James B. McPherson, in all about 50,000 men, in-
eluding infantry, cavalry, and artiilery.]
McPherson defeats Gregg and Walker at Raymond, near Jackson,
12 May, :
Capture of Jackson by Sherman and McPherson 14 May,
Grant, ascertaining that Pomberiou is advancing from Vicks-
burg, recalls SJlierman and McPherson from Jackson to an-
ticipate this attack; meets Pomberlon at Cuampion Hill.«<,
25 miles west of Jackson, and defeats him (Battles), 16 May.
Pemberton makes a stand on the banks of the Big Black river
and is defeated 17 May,
Pemberton retires within the fortlflcations of Vicksburg,
17 May,
Grant invests Vicksburg; Sherman establishes himself on the
Yazoo; Porter opens communications for Grant's army by
the Yazoo 18 May,
First assault on Vicksburg repulsed 19 May,
Secopd assault on Vicksburg repulsed 22 May,
McClernand relieved of command of the 13th corps.. . .18 June,
[For issuing a congratulatory order to his command, 30
May. See Official Records, " War of the Rebellion," series L
vol. xxiv. part 1. Reports, pp. 137-86.]
Surrender of Vicksburg with 27,000 men, 128 pieces of artillery,
and 80 siege-guns 4 July,
UNION LOSSES FUOM
1 MAY UNTIL
VICKSBURG.
THE SURRENDER OF
Port Gibson
Raymond
Jackson
Champion Hills
Big Black
Skirmishes before Vicksbyrg,
18,20,21 May
1st assault, 19 May
2d " 22 May
Siege, 23 May-4 July^_ . . . .^
Total
131
66
42
410
157
501
120
1511
inded,
719
339
251
1844
237
194
777
2:>51
484
Missing.
25
37
7
187
147
37
453
Total.
875
442
300
2441
279
241
942
3199
641
Confederate losses about 10,000 prior to the surrender.
Confederate gen. Johnston, on hearing of the surrender of Vicksburg,
falls back and occupies Jackson; Grant orders Sherman to proceed
against him, and by 11 July he is close to the defences of the city;
on the 17th Johnston evacuates and retires eastward. Chatta-
nooga campaign.
Victoria, formerly Port Phillip, a British col-
ony in S. Australia, between New South Wales and South Aus-
tralia. In 1798, Bass, in his whale-boat expedition, visited
Western Port, one of its harbors; and in 1802 Flinders sailed
into Port Phillip bay. The legislative authority is vested in
a parliament of 2 chambers, and the executive in a governor
appointed bv the crown. Area, 87,884 sq. miles; pop. 1836,
224; 1846,32,879; 1857,403,519; 1871,729,654; 1891,1,140,411.
Col. Collins lauds with convicts to found a settlement at Port
Phillip, but afterwards removed to Van Diemen's Land 1804
Messrs. Hume and Hovell, stock-owners from New South Wales,
explore part of the country, but do not discover its great ad-
I vantages 1824
Edward Henty (of a Sussex family) comes from Tasmania with
cattle, sheep, shepherds, etc., and settles in Portland bay;
his brothers, Stephen, George, and John, follow soon 1832
John Batman enters between the heads of Port Phillip, and
purchases a large tract of land from the aborigines for a few
gewgaws and blankets; he soon after, with 15 associates
from Hobarton, takes up 600,000 acres in the present Geelong
country May, 1835
Launceston associates, and John Pascoe Falkner, ascend the
Yarra-Yarra (or ever-flowing) river, and encamp on the site
of Melbourne "
Colonists (450 in number) possess 140,000 sheep, 2500 cattle,
and 150 houses; sir R. Bourke, governor of New South Wales,
visits the colony, determines the sites of towns, and causes
the land to be surveyed and resold, setting aside contending
claims; he appoints capt. Lonsdale chief-magistrate 1837
Colony named Victoria 1839
Province declared independent of New South Wales; a reward
of^OO;. offered for the discovery of gold in Victoria, which
is soon found near Melbourne, and profitably worked.. . .Aug. 1851
[From 30 Sept. to 31 Dec. 1851, 30,311 ounces of gold were
obtained from Ballarat; and from 29 Oct. to 31 Dec. 94,524
ounces from mount Alexander — total, 124,835 ounces.]
Representative constitution granted 1855
Parliament opened 26 Nov. 1857
Great opposition to reception of convicts in any part of Aus-
tralia; a ship containing them sent back Oct. 1864
First woollen and paper manufactories established May, 1868
Payment (3001. a year) to members of Parliament begins 1872
International exhibition at Melbourne opened 1 Oct. 1880
Chinese immigrants virtually excluded 1885
Government submits to the protectionists; the import duties
increased and new ones imposed 13 Sept. 1880
Irrigation conference at Melbourne; 250,000Z. advanced by the
state 25 Mch. 1890
Victoria CrOlS, an order of merit instituted by the
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English government to reward gallantry in all ranks of the
army and navy, 5 Feb. 1856. It is a Maltese cross made of
Russian cannon from Sebastopol. Queen Victoria conferred
the honor on 62 persons (of both services) on Friday, 26 June,
1857 ; and on many of the Indian array, 2 Aug. 1858.
Victoria ^yanza. Africa, 1863, 75, etc.
Victoria Railway bridge. Bridges.
Victoria regia, the magnificent water-lily taken to
England from Guiana by sir Robert Schomburgk, in 1838, and
named after the queen. Fine specimens are at the Botanic
gardens at Kew, Regent's park, etc. It was grown in the open
air in 1855 by messrs. Weeks of Chelsea.
Vict'liallers, an ancient trade in England. The
Vinters' company of London was founded 1437 ; their hall
rebuilt in 1823.
None shall sell less than one full quart of the best beer or ale
for Id. and two quarts of the smaller sort for Id 1603
Power of licensing public-houses granted to sir Giles Mompes-
son and sir Francis Mitchel 1621
Number in England then about 13,000 "
In Great Britain about 76,000 public-houses 1790
Licensed victuallers in the United Kingdom, 99,465 1872
New licensing act, regulating hours of opening and shutting,
etc., passed and came into execution 10 Aug. "
[It caused much irritation, and was said to have conduced to
the fall of the Gladstone ministry, 1874.]
Vienna (the Roman Vindobona), capital of the margra-
viate of Austria, 984 ; virtual capital of the German empire,
1273 ; since 1806 capital of the Austrian provinces only. Pop.
in 1857, 476,222 ; 1872, 901,000 ; 1880, 1,103,857 ; 1890, 1,864,-
.548.
Vienna made an imperial city 1136
Walled and enlarged with the ransom paid for Richard I. of
England. 40.000i 1194
Besieged by the Turks under Solyman the Magnificent, with
300,000 men ; forced to raise the siege with the loss of 70,000
of his best troops 1529
Besieged by the Turks July, 1683
;Siege raised by John Sobieski, king of Poland, who defeats the
Turkish army of 100,000 12 Sept. "
Vienna taken by the French under prince Murat, 14 Nov. 1805;
evacuated 12 Jan. 1806
■Captured by Napoleon 1 13 May, 1809
Restored on the conclusion of peace 14 Oct. "
Congress of sovereigns at Vienna Nov. 1814
Imperial Academy of Sciences founded 1846
Vienna bombarded by Windischgratz and Jellachich, 28 Oct. ; it
capitulates 30 Oct. 1848
Conferences on Russo-Turkish war held at Vienna 1853-55
Fortifications demolished; the city enlarged and beautified, 1857-58
Imperial parliament (Reichsrath) meets here 31 May, 1860
Prussians encamp near Vienna; stateof siege proclaimed, July, 1866
Ring theatre burned; 447 persons perish out of 2000 8 Dec. 1881
.Joseph Pircher, a gilder, climbs the spire of St. Stephen's ca-
thedral, 432 feet high, and places a banner on the cross,
18 Aug. 1886
•City enlarged by incorporating the suburbs Dec. 1891
TREATIES OF VIENNA.
1. Between the emperor of Germany and the king of Spain, con-
firming to each other such parts of the Spanish dominions as
they respectively possessed, and by a private treaty the emperor
engaged to use his powers to procure the restoration of Gibraltar
to Spain, and to place the Pretender on the throne of Great Brit-
ain. Spain guaranteed the Pragmatic Sanction. 30 Apr. 1725.
■2. Alliance between the emperor of Germany, Charles VI., George
II., king of Great Britain, and the states of Holland, by which the
Pragmatic Sanction was guaranteed, and the disputes as to the
Spanish succession terminated. (Spain acceded to the treaty on
22 July. ) Signed 16 Mch. 1731.
.3. Peace between the emperor Charles VI. of Germany and the king
of France, Louis XV. ; the latter power guaranteed the Pragmatic
Sanction, and Lorraine was ceded to France. Signed 18 Nov. 1738.
Pragmatic Sanction.
•4. Between Napoleon I. of France and Francis (II. of Germany) I.
of Austria. Austria ceded to France the Tyrol, Dalmatia, and
other territories, which were shortly after declared united to
France as the Illyrian Provinces, and engaged to adhere to the
prohibitory system adopted towards England by France and Rus-
sia. 14 Oct. 1809.
■5. Between Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, confirming
the principles of the treaty of Chaumont, 1 Mch. 1814. Signed 23
Mch. 1815.
6. Between the king of the Netherlands on the one part and Great
Britain, Russia, Austria, and Prussia on the other, enlarging the
Dutch territories, and vesting the sovereignty in the house of
Orange. 31 May, 1815.
7. Denmark ceded Swedish Pomerania and Rugen to Prussia, in ex-
change for Lauenburg, 4 June, 1815.
8. Commercial treatv for 12 years between Austria and Prussia.
Signed at Vienna, 19 Feb. 1853.
■S. For the maintenance of Turkey, by Great Britain, France, Aus-
tria, and Russia. Signed 9 Apr. 1854.
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10. Between Austria, Prussia, and Denmark, Denmark ceding the
duchies. 30 Oct. 1864.
11. Peace between Austria and Italy; Venetia given up to Italy.
3 Oct. 1866.
Vienne (vi-en), the ancient Vienna Allobrogum, a town
of S.E. France. Here the emperor Valentinian II. was put to
death by Arbogastes, 15 May, 392, and a short reaction in favor
of paganism followed. Vienne was capital of the kingdom of
Burgundy in 432 and 879, and sometimes gave its name to
the kingdom. A general council was held here in 1311. Vienne
was annexed to the French monarchy, 1448.
Vigilance committee. California, 1851-56.
Vigo {vee'go), a seaport town of N.W. Spain, was attacked
and burned by the English under Drake and Norris in 1589. Sir
George Rooke, with the combined English and Dutch fleets,
attacked the French fleet and the Spanish galleons in the port
of Vigo, when several men-of-war and galleons were taken,
and many destroyed, and abundance of plate and other valu-
able effects fell into the hands of the conquerors, 12 Oct. 1702.
Vigo was taken by lord Cobham in 1719, but relinquished after
raising contributions. It was again taken by the British, 27
Mch. 1809.
viking'§, Scandinavian chiefs, Swedes, Danes, and Norse-
men, who in the 4th century migrated— eastward, to the coun-
tries beyond the Baltic ; westward and southward, chiefly to
the British Isles. , Paul B. du Chaillu, in his " Viking Age,"
de.scribes the vikings as the ancestors of the English.
Villere'S plantation, La., about 9 miles south
from New Orleans, where an indecisive engagement was
fought on the night of 23 Dec. 1814, between American forces
under Jackson and British under gen. Keene. The Ameri-
cans numbered about 1800 and the British 2500. The British
lost 400 and the Americans over 200 ; both retired. United
States, 1814.
Viile'ta, a town of Paraguay, South America. Here
Lopez and the Paraguayans were defeated by the Brazilians
and their allies, 11 Dec. 1868. Lopez and 200 men fled, 3000
prisoners were made, and the war was ended.
Vimeira (ye-ma'e-ra), a town of Portugal, where the
British and Spanish forces, under sir Arthur Wellesley, defeat-
ed the French, under marshal Junot, duke of Abrantes, 21 Aug.
1808. The attack, made and repulsed with great bravery,
was then repeated by Kellermann with the French reserve in
vain. The French, charged with the bayonet, withdrew on all
points in confusion, leaving many prisoners.
Vincennes {vin-sm'), a strong castle near Paris; a
residence of the French kings from the 12th to the 14th cen-
tury. Henry V. of England died at the Bois de Vincennes,
31 Aug. 1422. At the fosse of the castle, Louis due d'Enghien
was shot by order of Napoleon, after a hasty trial, early on
the morning of 22 Mch. 1804. Indiana.
Vincent de Paul, St., Charitable Society of,
founded in 1833, in France, by 12 young men. It extends its
beneficial operations into Britain. The jealousy of the French
government suppressed its central committee of Paris in Oct.
1861. St. Vincent de Paul was born 1576; established the
congregation of Lazarists, or Vincentines, 1625; Sisters of
Charity, 1634; a foundling hospital, 1648. He died 1660.
Vincent, St., West Indies, long a neutral island; but
at the peace of 1763 the French agreed that the right to it
should be vested in the English. The latter soon after en-
gaged in war against the Caribs, on the windward side of the
island, and forced them to a peace, ceding a large tract to the
British crown. In 1779 the Caribs greatly aided the French
in the reduction of the island, but they restored it in 1783.
In 1795 the French landed troops, and again instigated the
Caribs to an insurrection, which was not subdued for several
months. A great eruption of the Souffrifere mountain, after
the lapse of nearlv a centurv, occurred in 1812. Area, 132 sq.
miles. Pop. 186i, 31,755 ; 'l891, 41,054,
Vincy, N. France. Here Charles Martel defeated the
Neustrians, 21 May, 717, and acquired their country.
vine (Lat. vinea, a climbing plant with a woody stem of
the genus vitis; the fruit is the grape). The vine was planted
by Noah, 2347 b.o. (Gen. ix. 20). A colony of vine-dressers
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from Phocea, in Ionia, settled at Marseilles, and instructetl the
South Gaula in tillage, vine - dressing, and commerce, about
tiOO B.C. Some think the vine a native of Languedoc, Pro-
vence, and Sicily ; and growing spontaneously on the Mediter-
ranean shores of Italy, France, and Spain. The vine was car-
riml into Champagne, and part of Germany, by the emperor
Pmbus, about 279 a.d. The vine and sugar-cane were planted
iu Madeira in 1420. In the gardens of Hampton-court palace
is an old vine, said to surpass any in Europe. The Tokay vines
were planted in 1350. Fix)wers ani> Plants.
I'liM disrate. In the spring of 1845 E. Tucker, of Margate, ob
served a fbngus (since named ohiium Tttckeri) on grapes iu tlic
hot houses of Mr. Slater, of Margate. It is a whitish mildew,
and totally destroys the fruit.
The spoces of this oidium were found in the vineries at Versailles in
1847. The disease soon reached the irellised vines, and iu 185(t
many lost all their produce.
In 1852 it spread over France, Italy, Spain, Syria, and in Zante and
Cephalonia attacked the currants, reducing the crop to one twelfth
of the usual amount.
Through its ravages the wine manufacture iu Madeira ceased for
several years.
Attempts to arrest the progress of this disease have had little suc-
cess. Sulphur-dust is the most efficacious remedy.
Thediseasehnd much abated in France. Portugal, and Madeira in 1863.
In 186*i Califoruian vines were introduced into the two latter.
New malady (microscopic insect, phylloxera vaslalrix) in S.
France, observed 1865
Remedy, sulphuret of carbon, recommended by M. Dumas, Aug. 1873
Not successful : great destruction : 12,000i. offered for a remedy,
July, 1876
Phylloxera prevalent in Malaga and France; reported July-
Aug. 1878; Portugal, Italy, Spain, Sept -Nov. 1879; appears
in Victoria, Australia Nov. 1880
Phylloxera congress at Bordeaux 10-16 Oct. 1881
PhvUoxera driven out of W. France through the researches of
il. Pasteur. 1883-91
Grapbs, Wink.
Tineg^ar, dilute acetic acid obtained by the acetous fer-
mentation of spirits. The ancients had several kinds, which
they used for drink. The Roman soldiers were accustomed to
take it in their marches. The Bible represents Boaz, a rich
citizen of Bethlehem, as providing vinegar for his reapers
(1312 B.C.), a custom still prevalent in Spain and Italy.
Yineirar Hill, near Enniscorthy, in Wexford, S.E.
Ireland. Here the Irish rebels, headed by father John, a
priest, encamped and committed outrages on the surrounding
country. They were gradually surrounded by the British
troops, commanded by Lake, 21 June, 1798 ; and after a fierce
struggle, with much slaughter, dispersed.
Tfol and violill. The lyre of the Greeks became our
harp, and the viol of the middle ages became the violin. The
violin is mentioned as early as 1206, in the legendary life of
St Christopher. It was introduced into England, some say,
by Charles II. Straduarius (or Stradivarius) of Cremona was
a renowned violin-maker (1700 to 1722). The eminent vio-
linist Paganini died at Nice, 27 May, 1840.
Virg^ill lilands, West Indies, an eastern group dis-
covered by Columbus (1494) : Virgin Gorda, Tortola, Anegada,
etc., and the Danish isles, St. Thomas, Santa Cruz, and St. John.
Tortola settled by Dutch buccaneers about 1648; expelled by
the English (who have held it since) 1666
Earthquake at St. Thomas and other isles; much damage; few
•i'^es lost Nov. 1867
St. Thomas settled by Danes 1672, and St. John a few years
after; held by the British 1801-2, 1807-15; proposed sale to
the U. S. for 1,500,500^. to be made a "territory." Danish
proclamation, 25 Oct. 1867; purchase declined by U. S. Senate,
23 Mch.-May, 1870
[By a hurricane off St. Thomas, the British mail steamers
Rhone and Wye were wrecked; the Conway and Derwent,
and above 50 other vessels, driven ashore; about 1000 per-
sons said to have perished.]
Santa Cruz. A negro insurrection; M. Fontaine, a planter,
killed; Fredericksted and 36 out of 50 sugar plantations
burned, and about 3000 whites rendered homeless ; suppressed
by coL Garde, the governor ; about 200 negroes killed, 1-5 Oct. 1878
Virgin Mary. The Assumption of the Virgin is a
festival in the Greek and Latin churches, in honor of the sup-
posed ascent of Mary into heaven, 15 Aug. 45 a.d. The Pres-
entation of the Virgin is a feast celebrated 21 Nov., said to
have been instituted among the Greeks in the 11th century;
its institution in the West is ascribed to pope Gregory XL,
1372. Annunciation; Conception, Immaculate.
Vir'ginali, an early keyed instrument of the kind
termed clavichords; used in the 16th and 17th centuries;
played on by queen Elizabeth and iMary queen of Scots. Ac-
cording to Johnson, named from young women being the
usual performers. Tallis, Morley, Purcell, Gibbons, and Bull
composed for this instrument.
Virg^iiiia. Decemviiu.
Tirgillia, one of the 13 original states of the U. S., lies
between 36° 30' and 39° 40' N. lat. and 75° 25' and 83-"' 34'
W. Ion. It is bounded north
and west by Kentucky and
West Virginia, north and east
by Maryland, Chesapeake bay,,
and the Atlantic ocean, and
on the south by North Carolina
and Tennessee. It is 425 mile*
length east and west and
205 miles in breadth north and'
south. Area, 40,125 sq. miles
in 100 counties; pop. 1890, 1,-
655,980. Capital, Richmond.
Lucas Vasquez de Ayllons
supposed entry of the
James river (America, Principal persons connected with dis-
covery, etc. ) 1527
Capt. Philip Amidas and Arthur Barlow leave the Thames in
2 small vessels fitted out by sir Walter Raleigh 27 Apr. 1584
They enter Ocracock inlet and land on the island of Wocoken
in Albemarle sound 13 July, "
After exploring Albemarle and Pamlico sounds and the island
of Roanoke, they take 2 natives, Manteo and W^auchese, to
England Sept. "^
[This country, lying between 34° and 45° of N. lat., called
Virginia, in honor of queen Elizabeth.]
Sir Waiter Raleigh despatches 7 vessels from Plymouth under sir
Richard Grenville to plant settlements in the territory. 9 Apr. 1585-
Grenville lands on the island of Wocoken 26 July, "
Leaving 108 men under Ralph Lane as colonists, Grenville re-
turns to England 25 Aug. "
Sir Francis Drake with 23 ships anchors outside of Roanoke
inlet 10 June, 1586.
Drake sails for England with all the colonists, who had become
very despondent, thus ending the first settlement of the Eng-
lish in America 19 June, "
Another ship of 100 tons, sent by sir Walter Raleigh at his own
expense with supplies, arrives at Roanoke a few days later;
finding the colonists gone she returns to England June, "-
Sir Richard Grenville with 3 ships visits Roanoke about 15
days after the departure of Drake, and leaves 15 men plenti-
fully supplied for 2 years to keep the land "
New colony of 150, sent by sir Walter Raleigh in charge of John
White, leaves Plymouth 26 Apr. 1E8T
They reach Roanoke to find that the men left by Grenville have
been murdered by Indians 22 July, "
Eleanor Dare, wifeof one of the assistants, gives birth to the first
Englishchildon American soil (named Virginia Dare), 18 Aug. "
John White returns to England at request of colonists for sup-
plies,leavingbehind89men,17 women,aud2children,27 Aug. "
John White returns to Roanoke 9 Aug. 1590
[He found the settlement deserted. Its fate is conjectural.
White's delay in returning was due to the engrossing efforts
of England to repel the Spanish armada.]
James I. of England grants the London company, including sir
Thomas Gates, sir George Somers, Richard Hakluyt (the his-
torian), and Edward M. Wingfleld the exclusive right to oc-
cupy the land from 34° to 38° N. lat 10 Apr. 1606-
Three vessels— Susan Constant, of 100 tons, capt. Christopher
Newport; 6rOod-speed, of 40 tons, capt. Bartholomew Gosnold;
and Discovery, 20 tons, capt. John Ratcliffe— with 105 emi-
grants sail from the Downs, Engl, destined for Virginia, 19 Dec. "
They enter Chesapeake bay, naming the capes at its entrance
Charles and Henry, after the sons of king James 26 Apr. 160T
They enter the James river and land at a place they name
Jamestown 13 May, ' '
Edward M. Wingfield chosen president "
Christopher Newport sails to England for provision and more
settlers 15 June, "
Bartholomew Gosnold, the projector of the settlement, dies and
is buried at Jamestown 22 Aug. "
Before autumn 50 more die; Wingfield is deposed and John
Ratcliffe chosen president, whose incompetence gives the
control to capt. John Smith during the autumn of. "
Capt. John Smith, in exploring the Chickahominy, is attacked
by Indians and captured; his companions killed Dec. "
Condemned to death by Powhatan, he is saved by his daughter
Pocahontas Dec. "
[The truth of this story is disputed. See Charles Deane's
introduction to Smith's "True Relation."]
Capt. Newport returns with supplies and 120 immigrants. 8 .Jan. 160ft
Newport returns to England with a ship-load of worthless earth,
supposed to contain gold 10 Apr. "
Capt. John Smith explores the region of the Chesapeake bay,
nearly 3000 sq. miles, as far north as Wyoming valley. 24 July, "
[His map is so exact that it was adduced as authority as
late as 1873.—" Narrative and Critical History of America,"
vol. iii. p. 132.]
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Smith returns to Jamestown 7 Sept. 1608
He is made president of the council 10 Sept. ' '
Newport arrives with supplies and about 70 immigrants, among
them 2 women, the first in this colony Sept. "
Smith compels the colonists to labor 6 hours each day 1608-9
New charter granted the London company under the title of
"Adventurers and Planters of the City of London," with am-
pler privileges 23 May, 1609
[" The new charter transferred to the company the powers
which had before been reserved to the king. The lives, liber-
ty, and fortune of the colonists were placed at the arbitrary
will of a governor, who was to be appointed by a commercial
corporation." — BancrnfVs "Hist. U S.," vol. i. p. 137, 9th ed.]
Nine vessels, with more than 500 emigrants, many swine, and
a few horses, sail from England for Virginia 12 June, "
[Two of the vessels were driven on the Bermudas and
wrecked; the rest reached Virginia]
Cupt. John Smith, disabled by an explosion of gunpowder, em-
barks for England about 29 Sept. "
[He never returned to Virginia.]
Colony reduced from 490 to 60 in 6 months 1609-10
[This is known in Virginia history as " the starving time. "]
Sir Thomas Gates and the passengers wrecked on the Bermu-
das construct 2 vessels and reach Jamestown 24 May, 1610
In their destitution the whole colony leave Jamestown for
Newfoundland in their few small vessels; near the mouth of
the river they meet a boat of lord Delaware's, whose ships had
just arrived with more colonists and supplies, and together
they return to Jamestown 8 June, "
Lord Delaware the tirst executive of Virginia called governor;
owing to ill-health he embarks for England 28 Mch. 1611
Sir Thomas Dale reaches Jamestown from England with 3 ves-
sels and Jimpie supplies, and assumes the government, 12 May, "
Sir Thomas Gates, with his wife and daughters, bringing in 6
ships 300 settlers, 100 cows and other cattle, and an abundant
supply of provisions, arrives at Jamestown early in Aug. "
Third charter granted transfers the control from the council
or the king to the London company 12 Mch. 1612
Capt. Samuel Argall, in a foraging expedition, entices Pocahon-
tas, daughter of Powhatan, on his vessel and brings her to
Jamestown "
Marriage of Pocahontas to John Rolfe by the rev. Alexander
VVhitaker at Jamestown (she had previously been baptized
and named Rebecca) 5 Apr. 1613
First establishment of fixed property in the soil; the company
granting 50 acres to every freeman in fee-simple (Land) 1615
Sir Thomas Dale embarks with John Rolfe and his wife Poca-
hontas, reaching Plymouth 12 June, 1616
[Pocahontas soon after presented at the court of James.]
Pocahontas dies at Gravesend, Kent, when about to embark for
Virginia, aged 22, leaving one child 21 Mch. 1617
[" From her child, a son, can be traced descendants both in
England and America." — " Narrative and Critical History of
America," vol. iii. p. 141.]
Capt. Samuel Argall returns toVirginia as deputy-governor with
100 settlers, and John Rolfe as secretary 15 May, "
First seal (colonial) of Virginia "
Lord Delaware embarks in the Neptune with 200 settlers and
supplies ; he dies on the passage 18 Apr. 1618
Powhatan d "
Deputy-gov. Argall, convicted of malfeasance and oppressive
exaction, escapes 9 Apr. 1619
Sir George Yeardley succeeds Lord Delaware as governor, and
arrives at Jamestown 19 Apr. ' '
First representative legislative assembly ever held in America
meets at Jamestown 30 July, "
[It was composed of 22 burgesses ; all interests of the
colony were debated. No legislation was of force till ratified
by the company in England.]
Dutch man-of-war sells colonists at Jamestown 20 negroes, Aug. "
[" This is the epoch of the introduction of negro slavery in
the English colonies."— .Bancro/Y's " Hist, of the U. S.," vol. i.
p. 177.]
Earl of Southampton, the early patron of Shakespeare, elected
treasurer of the London company 28 June, 1620
Population estimated at 4000, and 40,000 pounds of tobacco
shipped to England "
England claims a monopoly of trade of her plantations Oct. 1621
London company begins to ship respectable young women to
supply the colonists with wives "
[They were sold for 120 lbs. of tobacco each, or the cost ot
bringing them over. Offers were made and matches agreed
upon; the men paying for their partners, whom they imme-
diately married. These unions were often happy.]
Sir Francis VVyatt chosen governor, and with 9 ships with
emigrants and supplies, reaches Virginia Oct. "
Cotton-seed planted as an experiment for the first time "
Indians rise and massacre the wliites at nearly all the planta-
tions, extending 140 miles on both sides of the river; only
Jamestown and the nearest settlements saved, a converted
Indian revealing the plot 22 Mch. 1622
[About 347 persons were killed in a few hours; 80 planta-
tions were reduced to 8. A war ensued, with little loss to
the colonists; no settled peace for 14 years.]
Dissensions arising in the Virginia company, and king James
wishing to annul the charter, appoints commissioners to in-
vestigate it, who advise a dissolution May, 1623
Charter annulled by the King's Bench 16 June, 1624
[The company had spent .$7.50,000, had sent 9000 emigrants
to Virginia, and granted the colony free government.]
Death of James L and accession of Charles 1 27 Mch. 1625
Sir Francis Wyatt succeeded by sir George Yeardley as govern-
or May, 162G
Gov. Yeardley d 14 Nov. 1627
Council elects Francis West, a younger brother of lord Delaware,
governor 15 Nov. "
Gov. West goes to England, dr. John Potts succeeds 5 Mch. 162S
Population, 5000 1629
George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, arrives in Virginia in the au-
tumn of. "
[He visited the territory about Chesapeake bay, and, return-
ing to England, obtained a patent for the territory now Mary-
land.]
Ministers of the gospel are ordered to conform in all things to
the canons of the church of England 1629-30
Gov. Potts superseded as governor by sir John Harvey. . .Mch. 1630'
Trouble with Maryland as to land titles 1632-44
Virginia divided into 8 counties or shires, viz., Elizabeth City,
Warwick, James City, Charles City, Henrico, Isle of Wight,
York, and Accomac 1634
William Clayborne, a Virginia contestant, sent to England by
gov. Harvey to answer for attempting to establish his claim
against Maryland 1635
Gov. Harvey deposed by the Virginia assembly, and commis-
sioners appointed to impeach him in England. He accom-
panies the commission "
John West acting governor during the absence of gov. Harvey, 1635-36
Harvey, reinstated by Charles, returns 1837
Sir Francis Wyatt succeeds Harvey as governor Nov. 163^
Sir William Berkeley appointed governor, and arrives in Vir-
ginia Feb. 1642
Massachu.setts sends 3 clergymen to Virginia at the request of
Puritans there "
Virginia assembly enacts that all ministers in the colony shall
conform to the 9rder and constitution of the church of Eng-
land or depart 164S
Indians, incited by Opechancanough, sachem of the Powhatans,
attack the outlying settlements and massacre 300 colonists,
18 Apr. 1644
Indians are quickly overcome, and the aged Opechancanough
is captured and dies in prison "
Gov. Berkeley sails for England for a year's visit, and leaves
Richard Kemp as deputy June, "
Virginia in sympathy with the Cavaliers of England. Popula-
tion consists of 20,000 whites and 300 negroes; average year-
ly export of tobacco, 1,500.000 lbs 1648
Dissenters having increased to 118, encounter all the rigor of
colonial authority, and are suppressed by imprisonment and
banishment "
Virginians continue their allegiance to Charles II. after the
execution of Charles 1 30 Jan. 1649
Three hundred and thirty adherents of Charles I. come to Vir-
ginia near the close of "
Gov. Berkeley sends col. Henry Norwood to Breda to invite
Charles IL to Virginia 1650
King Charles II. sends a new commission to Berkeley as gov-
ernor, dated 3 June, "
Capt. Robert Dennis, one of the commissioners of the common-
wealth to reduce Virginia, arrives at Jamestown Mch. 1652
Colony surrenders 12 Mch. "
Provisional government organized, Richard Bennett governor,
30 Apr. "
Richard Bennett succeeded by Edward Digges as governor 1655
Col. Edward Hill attacks the Indians at the falls of James riv-
er and is. repulsed with loss 1656
[Bloody Run, near Richmond, received its name from this
encounter.]
Samuel Matthews succeeds Edward Digges as governor 1657
Gov. Matthews d Jan. 1659
Sir William Berkeley elected governor 23 Mch. 1660
Charles II. monarchy re-established in England 29 May, "
New commission as governor transmitted to Berkeley by
Charles II 31 July, "
Gov. Berkeley goes to England to defend the colony against
the Navigation act 30 Apr. 1661
Col. Francis Morrison acting governor 1661-62
Quakers and other separatists persecuted by fines and banish-
ment 1662
Virginia assigned for 31 years to lords Arlington and Culpepper
by Charles II.,at the yearly rental of 40 shillings 1673
[This grant covered not merely the wild lands, but private
plantations long settled and improved.]
Colonists become dissatisfied with their oppressive and un-
equal taxes. "To produce an insurrection nothing was want-
ing but an excuse for appearing in arms " 1674-75
Susquehanna Indians, driven from the head of the Chesapeake,
commence depredations on the colonists of Virginia and
Maryland 1675
These Indians are attacked in their fort, near the present site
of Washington, by 1000 men from Virginia and Maryland,
under col. John Washington, great grandfather of George
Washington "
Six Indian chiefs, sent out the fort for a parley, are killed "
Indians escape from the fort and spread dismay and havoc
upon the plantations along the James and Rappahannock. . . "
Assembly meets and declares war against them. 500 men gath-
ered under sir Henry Chicheley Mch. 1676
When about to march, gov. Berkeley orders the force disbanded, "
Alarmed colonists choose Nathaniel Bacon (b. in Suffolk, Engl.)
as their leader ; he, failing to procure a commission from
the governor, marches against the Indians without one and
defeats them
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Gov Berkeley proclaims Bacon a rebel 29 May,
Baoon cltH-ted a membor i>f the new assembly
He 18 taiuuretl ou his way to Jamosiown, tried before the gov-
oruor and couucil, aud released on iJarole •'yP?»
Bacon bolure the assembly asks the governor for i)ardou,vvhich
is granted 6 June,
Bacon leaves Jamestown •' "^61
He returns with 600 men and again demands a commission
against the Indians. Ho is made commander-in-chief and
authoriaswl by the assembly to raise 1000 men, and this is
ratiflcil bv the governor Juue.
Bacon while engaged in a successful campaign ugaiust the
Indians, is again proclaimed a rebel and a traitor by gov.
Berkeley \:\;-r "'^ '''^^I'
Governor, unable to resist Bacon, Is compelled to retreat to
A'comac Aug.
Gaiherlng 8t)me vessels and about 1000 men, the governor re-
turns to Jamestown "^ Sept.
Bacon marches to Jamestown and drives out the governor aud
his (bllowera 18 Sept.
He bums Jamestown 19 Sept.
[It consisted of a state-house, church, and about 18 houses,
mostly of briuk.]
€ov. Berkeley retires again to Accomac, while Bacon suddenly
sickens of a malignant fever, u result of exposure and anx-
iety, and d '. 26 Oct.
(•' Nobody of later times knew where Nathaniel Bacon was
buried." The death of Bacon ended the rebellion, as there
was no competent leader left. 23 were executed for this re-
bellion, more than those killed on both sides during the war.]
News of this rebellion in England prevents the issue of the
promised liberal charter, just ready to pass the seals Oct.
Three commissioners despatched to Virginia and 1 regiment of
soldiers arrive 29 Feb.
Gov. Berkeley, being recalled by the king, sails for England
greatly disliked '. 27 Apr.
Gov. Berkeley succeeded by sir Herbert Jeffreys, who d. .Dec.
William Byrd builds a mill and trading-house upon the present
site of Richmond, the place known as "Byrd's warehouse,"
Sir Henry Chicheley governor until 10 May,
[Succeeded by lord Culpepper.]
John Buckner brings a printing-press to Virginia and prints
the session laws, but is called to account by gov. Culpepper
and the council, and obliged to give bonds to print nothing
more till the king's pleasure be known; all printing forbid-
den in the colony
Lord Culpepper succeeded by lord Howard of Efflngham
Gov. Efflngham visits gov. Dongan of New York, and at Albany
concludes a treaty with the Iroquois chiefs. July,
Accession of James II. to the throne 6 Feb.
Many j)ersons engaged in the rebellion of the duke of Mon-
mouth transported to V^irginia
Gov. Efflngham embarks for England, and the assembly sends
col. Ludwell to lay the grievances of the colony before the
English government
William and Mary proclaimed in Virginia Apr.
Huguenots of France first come to Virginia
Francis Nicholson, formerly governor of New York, appointed
governor of Virginia 3 June,
First assembly under William and Mary at Jamestown Ai)r.
Rev. James Blair obtains from William and Mary a charter for
William and Mary college at Williamsburg Feb.
[The plan of the building was drawn by sir Christopher
Wren. It was amply endowed. Rev. Mr.Blair was its first
president]
Sir Edmund Andros, formerly governor of New York and New
England, succeeds Nicholson as governor of Virginia. . . Feb.
Francis Nicholson again governor of Virginia .Nov.
Williamsburg settled
First commencement at William and Mary college
Williamsburg made the capital
Edward Nott appointed lieut. -governor 13 Aug.
Gov. Nicholson recalled
George Hamilton, earl of Orkney, appointed governor of Vir-
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[From this time the office became a pensionary sinecure,
the governor residing in England, and out of a salary of
2000/. paid his deputy, the actual governor, 8001.]
Edward Nott d. in office Aug. 1706
Robert Hunter appointed lieut. -governor, but is captured on
the voyage by the French 1708
Affairs of the colony managed by the council, Edward Jennings
president 1705-10
Col. Alexander Spotswood arrives in Virginia as lieut. -gov-
ernor June, 1710
[He was received with satisfaction by the people, and
granted the right of habeas corpus, hitherto withheld.]
Gov. Spotswood explores the country west as far as the Shenan-
doah valley, crossing the Blue Ridge; the expedition occu-
pies 6 weeks Aug. -Sept.
Gov. Spotswood sends lieut. Maynard of the British navy with 2
small vessels into Pamlico bay in pursuit of the pirate John
Teach or "Blackbeard" 21 Nov.
[Maynard sailed back with the head of the pirate chief as
a trophy. 13 captured pirates hung at Williamsburg. Ben-
jamin Franklin, then a printer's apprentice at Boston, Mass.,
wrote a ballad on Blackbeard's fate, which was sold in the
streets of that city.]
Gov. Spotswood effects a treaty with the Iroquois 1722 I
Gov. Spotswood succeeded by Hugh Drysdale " I
Gov. Drysdale succeeded by William Gooch 1727 I
1716
1718
Boundary established between Virginia and North Carolina. . . 1728
Alexander Spotswood appointed deputy postmaster-general of
the colony, and through him Benj. Franklin is appointed
postmaster of Pennsylvania 1730
First settler in the Shenandoah valley Joist Hite, who takes
up 40,000 acres and enters upon possession with a jiarty from
Pennsylvania 1732
Richard Henry Lee b. at Stratford on the Potomac 20 Jan. "
Geo. Washington b. Westmoreland county 22 Feb. "
Patrick Henry b. at Studley, Hanover county 29 May, 1736
First newspaper in Virginia, the Virginia Gazette, published by
William Parks, weekly, at 15s. per annum, appears at Will-
iamsburg Aug. "
Richmond settled by William Byrd 1739
Virginia raises a regiment to assist in the reduction of Cartha-
gena, W. Indies. Lawrence AVashington, half-brother of
George Washington, is a captain in it, embarking 1740
iMount Vernon named by Lawrence Washington after adm.
Vernon, who commanded the fleet against Carthagena "
George Whitefield comes to Virginia "
Richmond incorporated 1742
Augustine Washington, father of George Washington, d. ..Apr. 1743
Thomas Jefferson b. in Albemarle county 2 Apr. "
Dr. Thomas Walker, of the council of \nrginia, crosses and
names the Cumberland mountains 1747
Harper's Ferry named after Robert Harper, an English mill-
wright, who obtains a grant of it from lord Fairfax 1748
[The first survey of it was made by Washington.]
Thomas Lee, of the council, proposes to form the Ohio com-
pany, consisting of himself and 12 others, among them
Lawrence and Augustine Washington "
They obtain a grant of ()00,000 acres west of the mountains and
south of the Ohio river between the Mouongahela aud the
Kanawha Mch. 1749
William Gooch, governor of Virginia for 22 years, retires to
England Aug. "
Christopher Gist is sent to explore the Ohio country as far as
the falls of the Ohio by the Ohio company 1750-51
John Robinson, president of the council, acting governor, dy-
ing, is succeeded first by Thomas Lee, then by Lewis Bur-
well 1750-51
Robert Dinwiddie appointed lieut. -governor, and arrives in Vir-
ginia early in
By treaty the western Indians at Logstown, a trading-post
about 17 miles northwest from Pittsburg, agree not to molest
any settlement on the south side of the Ohio 13 June,
Gov. Dinwiddie sends Washington (then 21 years old) as a com-
missioner to investigate the proceedings of the French on
the Ohio; Washington leaves Williamsburg with a few at-
tendants 30 Oct.
Christopher Gist meets Washington at Cumberland and ac-
companies him 14 Nov.
They arrive at Logstown 24 Nov.
They reach fort Le Bceuf on French creek, Pa., about 15 miles
south of lake Erie 11 Dec.
Deliver gov. Dinwiddie's letter to St. Pierre, commandant at
Le Bceuf, receive a written reply, and return 16 Dec.
Reach Williamsburg in 11 weeks, after a journey of 1500 miles
through an almost trackless wilderness 16 Jan.
[The answer of the French was evasive and unsatisfactory.]
Assembly vote 10,000Z. for an expedition to protect the Ohio
company in settling the territory on the Ohio and building
fortifications Feb.
Washington, with 2 companies, sent by gov. Dinwiddie to the
Great Meadows Apr.
Washington attacks a small party of French near the Great
Meadows 28 May,
[The leader, M. De Jumonville, was killed ; first bloodshed
in this war.]
Washington surrenders fort Necessity, a rude stockade at the
Great Meadows, to the French after a spirited defence, and
with military honors leads out its garrison 3 July,
["In the whole valley of the Mississippi, to its head-springs
in the Alleghanies, no standard floated but that of France. ' '—
5ancro/rs "Hist. U. S."]
Fort Cumberland, about 55 miles northwest of Winchester,
1752
1753
built.
Gen. Edward Braddock arrives in Virginia as commander-in-
chief of all the forces in America Feb.
Gen. Braddock starts from fort Cumberland for fort Duquesne
with 2150 men (Pennsylvania) 7-8-10 June,
Consternation on the western frontier of Virginia in conse-
quence of Braddock's defeat
Virginia assembly votes 40,000i. for the public service; calls out
1500 men for active duty, and appoints Washington com-
mander-in-chief Aug.
Assembly allows Washington 'SOOl. as a compensation for his
losses at the battle of Monongahela (Pennsylvania, 1755), Aug.
Washington visits gov. Shirley at Boston to deliver to him a
memorial from the officers of the Virginia regiment asking
king's commissions, and also to acquaint himself with the
governor's military plans Feb.-Mch.
[During this journey made on horseback, while a guest of
his friend Beverly Robinson, Washington became acquainted
with miss Mary Phillipse, afterwards wife of col. Roger Mor-
ris, an officer in the British army.]
Winchester incorporated 1752 ; the only settlement not deserted
west of the Blue Ridge
Gov. Robert Dinwiddie retires Ian.
[John Blair, president of the council, acting governor.]
Francis Fauquier, appointed governor, arrives 7 June,
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Oen. John Forbes's expedition against fort Duquesne (Pennsyl-
vania) July, 1758
Washington commands a regiment, and from it garrisons fort
Pitt (formerly Duquesne), then considered within the juris-
diction of Virginia. He marches back to Wmchester and
takes his seat in the assembly, resigning his commission after
more than 5 years' continuous service Dec. "
/He marries Martha, widow of John Parke Custis, and daughter
of John Dandridge G Jan. 1759
Patrick Henry's speech in the " Parsons' case " 1 Dec. 1763
Stamp act approved by the king 22 Mch. 1765
Patrick Henry introduces in the Virginiaassembly 5 resolutions
against the Stamp act 30 May, "
[During the debate, referring to the fate of Tarquin, Caesar,
and Charles I., he boldly exclaimed that George III. might
profit by their example. The resolutions passed by a close
vote; the 5th by a majority of 1.]
Virginia prevented by gov. Fauquier from sending delegates to
the congress in New York to oppose the Stamp act Oct. ''
George Mercer appointed distributer of stamps, but not permit-
ted to serve Oct. ♦'
Repeal of the Stamp act Mch. 1766
Gov. Fauquier d 1768
Norborne Berkeley, baron de Boutetourt, arrives in Virginia as
governor Nov. "
Gov. Boutetourt d Oct. 1770
[William Nelson, president of the council, acting governor.]
John Murray, earl of Dunmore, governor, arrives at Williams-
burg 1772
Virginia House of Assembly appoints a " Committee of Corre-
spondence," and recommends similar appointments to the
other colonies to promote union Mch. 1773
Gov. Dunmore dissolves the house of burgesses for setting apart
1 June as a day of fasting and prayer, in sympathy with the
people of Boston 25 May, 1774
First Continental Congress meets at Philadelphia; Peyton Ran-
dolph of Virginia president 5 Sept. "
Indian war "
[Gov. Dunmore's conduct of the expedition from fort Pitt
to meet gen. Lewis at the mouth of the Great Kanawha sug-
gests i)remeditated treachery. (See "Narrative and Critical
History of America," vol vi. p. 716.) This war was caused by
the cold-blooded murder of the family and relatives of Logan,
chief of the Mingoes, and other atrocities by the frontier men.]
Battle of Point Pleasant, at the junction of the Great Kanawha
and Ohio, opposite the present town of Gallipolis, 0 10 Oct. "
[About 1200 Virginians under gen. Andrew Lewis were at-
tacked by 1500 Indians led by Cornstalk and Logan. The Ind-
ians, after fighting all day, retreated. The Virginians lost 75
killed and 140 wounded.]
k/ Speech of Patrick Henry before the convention in the old
church at Richmond, urging resistance to England. . .20 Mch. 1775
Gov. Dunmore removes the gunpowder at Williamsburg to a
British man-of-war in the James river 20 Apr.
Gov. Dimmore leaves Williamsburg, taking refuge on board the
Fowey, a British ship, at Yorktown 8 June,
GeorgeWashingtonappointedcommander-in-chiefof the Amer-
ican forces by Congress 15 June,
Virginia convention appoints a Committee of Safety, with Ed-
. mnud Pendleton president July,
%/Tliis convention appoints Patrick Henry commander-in-chief
of the Virginian forces
Battle of Great Bridge, near the Dismal Swamp, 12 miles from
Norfolk 9 Dec.
[Col. William Woodford's successful defence against troops
of lord Dunmore, who lost 55 killed and wounded. John
Marshall, afterwards chief-justice of the U. S., was a lieuten-
ant under Woodford. This was the first bloodshed of the
Revolution in Virginia.]
• Lord Dunmore burns Norfolk 1 Jan. 1776
Patrick Henry, feeling slighted, resigns as commander-in-chief,
Feb. "
^ Patrick Henry elected a delegate to the convention Apr. "
Convention instructs her delegates to Congress to advocate in-
dependence 15 .May, "
Declaration of rights by George Mason adopted by the conven-
tion 12 June, "
V Patrick Henry elected governor of Virginia Tune, "
• State constitution adopted, and colonial government ceases in
Virginia 29 June, '|
Kentucky made a countv of Virgin. a "
Henry Clay born in "The Slashes," Hanover county. ..12 Apr. 1777
Maj. George Roger Clarke sent by gov. Henry with an expedi-
tion against the British fort at Kaskaskia (now in Illinois)
and captures it 4 July, 1778
He also occupies Vincennes (Illinois) Aug. "
All territory northwest of the Ohio river occupied by Clarke
is made by the Virginia assembly into the county of Illi-
nois Oct. ' '
Col. John Todd appointed its county-lieutenant 12 Dec. "
Richmond becomes the capital of the state 1779
Virginia tenders to Congress the entire region beyond the Ohio, 1780
[This vast domain extended to the Mississippi. Virginia
retained the jurisdiction of the remaining territory east of
the Mississippi river and north of 35° 30'.]
Virginia charters the town of Louisville, Ky "
Virginia issues $30,000,000, and makes it legal tender at $40 for
$1 ; "
Benedict Arnold, with 1600 men, enters the James river by
order of sir Henry Clinton 2 Jan. 1781
He plunders Richmond and destroys stores 5-6 Jan. "
He fixes headquarters at Portsmouth 20 Mch. 1781
Gen. Phillips, with 2000 men, reinforces him 27 Mch.
Phillips and Arnold leave Portsmouth 18 Apr. and occupy Peters-
burg, driving out baron Steuben and gen. Nelson 24 Apr.
Gen. Lafayette approaches Petersburg 11 May,
Gen. Phillips dies at Petersburg 13 May,
Lord Cornwaliis reaches Petersburg 19 May,
Corn wallis sends Arnold to New York May,
Cornwaliis starts in pursuit of Lafayette "
Lafayette and Wayne unite their forces 7 June,
Cornwaliis retires to Williamsburg 25 June,
[Estimated destruction of property by the British during
this campaign in Virginia, $15,000,000.]
Lafayette attacks Cornwaliis near Green Springs, and is re-
pulsed 6 July,
Cornwaliis crosses the James and reaches Portsmouth. .9 July,
Cornwaliis retires with his army to Yorktown 4 Aug.
Gen. Lafayette at the forks of the Pamunky and Mattaponey,
13 Aug.
American and French army starts for Yorktown, Va., from the
Hudson river 25 Aug.
Count deGrasse arrives in the Chesapeake with 26 French ships
of the line, besides frigates and transports 30 Aug.
Combined army passes Philadelphia on the way to Yorktown,
2 Sept.
Count de St. Simon lands 3200 French at Jamestown island, and
Lafayette joins him at Green Spring 3 Sept.
They occupy Williamsburg, about 15 miles from Yorktown,
5 Sept.
British fleet under adm. Graves appears off the Chesapeake, and
skirmishes with the French fleet 7 Sept.
Washington reaches Williamsburg 14 Sept.
He visits count de Grasse to plan the siege 18 Sept.
French and American army (about 16,000) advances within 2
miles of the British outposts 28 Sept.
First parallel of the American opened on Yorktown. . .5-6 Oct.
Storming parties (American under col. Alexander Hamilton and
French under baron de Viomenil) carry 2 British redoubts,
14 Oct.
Lieut, -col. Abercrombie vainly assaults the French batteries on
the morning of 16 Oct.
Cornwaliis attempts to escape across the river to Gloucester
Point on the n ght of 16 Oct.
[He was prevented by a storm.]
Negotiations for capitulation begin 17 Oct.
Cornwaliis surrenders 7247 men, 75 brass guns, 69 iron guns,
19 Oct.
[Several vessels, with 900 oflBcers and men, surrendered to
the French fleet. Casualties during the siege: Americans,
23 killed, 65 wounded; French. 52 killed, 134 wounded; Brit-
ish, 156 killed, 326 wounded, 70 missing. This victory, large-
ly dte to chance, virtually ended the war. — "Narrative and
Critical Hist.- of America," vol. vi. p. 504.]
Adm. Digby appears off the capes of the Chesapeake with 25
, ships of the line, 2 50-gun ships, and 8 frigates, carrying sir
Henry Clinton and 7000 troops 24 Oct. "
Learning of the surrender, he returns to New York 29 Oct. "
Thomas Fairfax, 6th lord and baron of Cameron, dies at his
lodge, Greenway court, Frederick county, aged 90 years,
12 Dec. "
[He was a stanch loyalist, but took no part in the war.
Learning that his friend Washington had compelled Corn-
waliis to surrender, he was overcome with emotion, exclaim-
ing, "It is time for me to die."]
Northwest territory, ceded by Virginia to the U. S., accepted by
Congress 1784
Religious Freedom act passed 1785
It is made treason to erect a new state in the territory of Vir-
ginia without permission from the assembly Oct. "
Legislature authorizes the 5 counties of Kentucky to elect 5
delegates each to consider an independent government. Nov. "
James Rumsey moves a boat by steam on the Potomac. . .Mch. 1786
Lynchburg on the James river laid out "
Kentucky favors separation at a convention held at Danville,
7 Sept. 1787
Convention at Richmond on the Federal Constitution. .2 June, 1788
Patrick Henry, James Monroe, George Mason, etc., oppose it;
James Madison, Edmund Pendleton, John Marshall, etc., ad-
vocate it. It is ratified, 89 to 79 25 June, "
Virginia cedes 40 sq. miles south of the Potomac to the U. S.
for a Federal district 1790
[This land was restored to Virginia by Congress in July,
1846. District of Columbia.]
Government armory and manufactory located at Harper's
Ferry 4 Mch. 1798
Patrick Henry d 6 June, 1799
George Washington d 14 Dec. "
Insurrection of the negroes under one Gabriel, slave of a plant-
er near Richmond 1800
[Most of the negroes were captured and executed.]
John Marshall of Virginia appointed chief-justice of the Su-
preme court 31 Jan. 1801
Richmond Enquirer appears at Richmond 9 Mch. 1804
Trial of Aaron Burr for high-treason at Richmond 1 Sept. 1807
Verdict, not proven, returned (Burr's conspiracy) 9 Sept. "
Theatre at Richmond burned 26 Dec. 1811
(During a play called "The Bleeding Nun " about 70 per-
ished, among them the governor, George W. Smith.]
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal company chartered 27 Jan. 1824
University of Virginia opened 25 Mch. 1825
[It was chartered 1819.]
VIR
Tb« Whig, newBiwpor. appoars lu Richmond. • VpVh
A«»inbly coudeinus the larifl as uucouslilutlonal 21 Feb.
G«oloKlcal survey of Virgin in ordered (completed in 6 years) . .
Sixty gold mines or "diggings" worked in Virginia (26 in
Siwilsvlvttuia and 15 In Orange county) • • • •
John IJrown. with several men, rents a small fiirm near Har
iwr'H Kerry •'""®'
Bn>wn. with 16 whiles and 6 blacks, captures the U. S. armory
building at Han»er'8 Kerry on the night of 16 Oct.
Alliicked by V. S. troo|>a under col. Robert E. I.ee, he is capt-
ured with the survivors 18 Oct.
He is hung at Charleston, Va. (Brown'8, John, insurbkction).
Gov. Ix>tther calls an extra session of the legislature, which
orders a convention 13 "I***-
Convention n^jecU an ordinance of secession, 89 to 46. . .4 Apr.
It chooses 3 commissioners to ask of the president his policy
towanls the Confederate Stales * Apr.
First shot at fort Sumter (Vom Stevens's battery, fired by
Edmund Ruffln of Virginia at his earnest request (United
States) .12 Apr.
Virginian commissioners present their credentials to the pres-
ident 13 Apr.
President answers the commissioners, refusing to acknowledge
the Confederate Slates 15 Apr.
Gov. [.etcher refuses to furnish troops at the call of the presi-
dent 16 Apr.
Virginia Stale convention passes a secession ordinance, 88 to
M, subject to a vote of the people 17 Apr.
Gov. I^etther by proclamatiou recognizes the Confederacy, and
orders the stale troops in readiness 17 Apr.
Norfolk harbor obstructed by sinking vessels, by order of gov.
Letrher 17 Apr.
Gen. W. B. Talieferro assigned to the command of the Virginia
troops at Norfolk 18 Apr.
Harper's Kerry, threatened by Virginia militia, is evacuated
by lieut. Jones and 45 regulars, after destroying public prop-
erly 18 Apr.
Norfolk navy-yard evacuated and property destroyed. .20 Apr.
[Among the ships scuttled and sunk was the Merrimac,
aaerwards raised and iron clad. See 9 Mch. 1862.]
Robert K. I.ee nominated by the governor and confirmed by
Ihe convention as commander of the state forces 21 Apr.
Virginia convention sends commissioners to Alexander H.
Stephens, vice-president of the Confederacy, to treat for the
annexation of Virginia 24 Apr.
Governors proclamation that Virginia is a member of the Con-
federacy (subject to popular vote in May) 25 Apr.
Richmond becomes the capital of the Confederacy and general
rendezvous of southern troops May,
Virginia incorporated with the Confederacy, and gen. Robert
E. Lee in command of the Virginia Confederate forces,
6 May,
Gen. Benj. F. Butler takes command at fortress Monroe,
22 May,
People confirm the secession ordinance 23 May,
First advance of the federals into Virginia. 24 May,
[3 regiments crossed at Georgetown, 4 at Washington, and 1
(Ellsworth Zouaves) at Alexandria.]
Col. E. E. Ellsworth enters Alexandria in command of the New
York Fire Zouaves, and is shot by Jackson, a hotel-keeper
at Alexandria, while taking down a Confederate flag,
24 May,
[Jackson was instantly shot by Francis E. Brownell, one of
the Zouaves.]
Slaves around fortress Monroe entering the Federal lines are
declared "contrabrand " by gen. B. F. Butler 27 May,
Occupation of Newport New^s by the federals 27-29 May,
Federal troops cross the Ohio at Wheeling and at Parkersburg,
27 May,
Occupy GraOon, W. Va 30 May,
Affair at Philippi, confederates retreat to Beverly 3 June,
Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard proclaims to the people of Loudoun,
Fairfax, and Prince William counties that the federals are
warring for " Beauty and Booty "... ,5 June,
Virginia troops transferred to the Confederate government by
the governor 8 June,
Affair at Big Bethel, near fortress Monroe 10 June,
[Maj. Theodore Winlhrop, aid to gen. Butler, killed. The
federals repulsed with slight loss.]
Gen. Patterson crosses the Potomac at Williamsport 2 July,
[His advance defeated gen. Jackson's brigade at Falling Wa-
ter.]
Affair at Rich Mountain. W. Va. : the confederates under col.
George H. Pegram defeated by the federals under gen. Rose-
crans 11 July,
Battle at Carricksford, W. Va. ; confederates defeated with the
loss of their general, Robert S. Garnett 14 July,
Battle of Bill Ru.v 21 July,
Gen. Patterson relieves gen. Nathaniel P. Banks in command
of the department of the Shenandoah 25 July,
'j. gen. George B. McClellan appointed to the army of the
Potomac 27 July,
JIding or accepting office under the Federal government de-
clared treason by the state 1 Aug.
Battle of Ball's Blcff 21 Oct.
West Virginia votes for a separation from Virginia; vote sub-
stantially .unanimous 24 Oct.
Confederate armies in Virginia reorganized under gen. Joseph
E. Johnston 9 Nov.
Union troops occupy Big Bethel 3 Jan.
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1826
1829
1836
1861
At Hampton Roads the Confederate ram Merrimac, capt. Frank-
lin Buchanan, sinks the Federal ship Cumberland, captures
the Congress, and forces the Minnesota aground 8 Mch.
Battle between the Merrimac and Monitor, lieut. Worden com-
mander; Merrimac retires 9 Mch.
Manassas Junction evacuated by the confederates 10 Mch.
Battle of Winchester or Kernstown, gen. James Shields com-
manding Federal forces; gen. "Stonewall" Jackson, confed-
erates ; confederates retire 23 Mch.
Peninsular campaign in Virginia begun "
Norfolk reoccupied by Union troops 11 May,
Confederates under "Stonewall" Jackson drive gen. Banks
from Winchester 25 May,
Gen. Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Confederate forces
in Virginia 3 June,
Battle of Cross- Keys: gen. Fremont attacks a part of Jackson's
command under gen. Ewell, but retires (Cross-Kkys, Pknin-
SULAR CAMPAIGN) 8 June.
Battle of Port Republic: the federals with 2 brigades (3000)
defeated by "Stonewall" Jackson (8000) (Peninsular cam-
paign) 9 June,
Maj. -gen. John Pope appointed to the army of Virginia (Pope's
Virginia campaign) 26 June,
Lee advances into Maryland; " Stonewall " Jackson crosses the
Potomac at White's ford, near Leesburg 5 Sept.
"Stonewall" Jackson captures Harper's Ferry (Maryland
campaign) 15 Sept.
Battle of Fredericksburg 13 Dec.
Battle of Chancellorsville 2, 3, 4 May,
Federals under Millroy driven out of Winchester by the Con-
federate gen. Ewell (Gettysburg) ". .15 June,
Grant's campaign in Virginia begins 4 May,
Gen. B. F. Butler forbids civil government in Norfolk liy F. H.
Pierpont as loyal governor of Virginia 30 June,
[On appeal, the president sustained gen. Butler.]
Maj. -gen. Philip H. Sheridan appointedto the army of the Shen-
andoah 7 Aug.
Battle of Winchester 19 Sept.
Battle of Fisher's Hill 22 Sept.
Battle of Cedar Creek 19 Oct.
Confederates abandon and partly burn Richmond 2 Apr.
Surrender of Lee at Appomattox (Grant's Virginia campaign),
9 Apr.
Francis H. Pierpont recognized as governor of Virginia by a
proclamation of pres. Johnson 9 May,
Gov. Pierpont assumes office 26 May,
XIV. th Amendment rejected by Virginia
By act of Congress the Federal government assumes the gov-
ernment of V^irginia 2 Mch.
Gen. Schofield assigned to the 1st Military District 13 Mch.
Gen. Schofield prescribes regulations for registering voters for
a state convention 13 May,
Election for a convention to frame a constitution 22 Oct.
[Vote for, 107,342; against, 61,887.]
Convention meets 3 Dec, adjourns 20 Dec. 1867, to 2 Jan.
Convention reassembles "
Convention adopts a constitution by 51 to 36 17 Apr.
[It was to be submitted to the people 2 June; state officers
and representatives of Congress to be elected at the same
time. The assembly to meet 24 June. No election was held,
the state remaining under military authority.]
Gen. Schofield relieved, and gen. George Stoneman assigned to
the command 1 June,
Gen. George Stoneman relieved, and gen. E. R. S. Canby assumes
command 20 Apr.
Virginia adopts her new constitution at an election by a ma-
jority of 39,957 6 July,
[It recognizes equal civil rights irrespective of race, color,
or former condition. Gilbert C. Walker elected governor.]
Legislature assembles at Richmond 5 Oct.
[The first deliberative assembly of the state for 3 years, and
the first regular legislature for 10.]
XlV.th and XV.th Amendments to the Federal Constitution
ratified 8 Oct.
Act admitting Virginia into the Union without further condi-
tions approved 26 Jan.
Gen. Canby turns the state over to the civil authorities,
27 Jan.
Gov. Walker proclaims the final reconstruction of the state,
8 Feb.
Capitol at Richmond falls, the galleries giving away; about 60
persons killed and 120 injured 27 Apr.
Freshets in the James and Shenandoah valleys; $5,000,000
worth of property destroyed Sept.
Burning of the Spotswood hotel at Richmond 25 Dec.
State Board of Health organized in Virginia
Gen. Grant has a majority for president of 1975 over Horace
Greeley
State Board of Immigration established
Completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad between Rich-
mond and Huntington on the Ohio; length 421 miles
Richmond and Atlantic " Air Line " railroad opened
James river free bridge at Richmond completed
Constitutional amendment abolishing the township system rati-
fied
Educational convention (colored) meets at Richmond. .24 Aug.
Statue of gen. Thomas ("Stonewall ") Jackson unveiled on Cap
itol square at Richmond 26 Oct.
Violent earthquake shock at Richmond 22 Dec.
W. W. Corcoran of Washington gives the University of Virginia
$55,000
1863
1864
1872
1873
1874
1875
Edward Maria Wingfleld.,
John Ratcliflfe
Capt. John Smith
George Percy . .
Lord Delaware.. ,
Sir Thomas Dale..
Sir Thomas Gates..
1607 to 1608
1608 " 1610
1610 '• 1611
GOVERNORS.
1611
1611
1611 to 1614
Sir Thomas Dale | 1614 " 1616
George Yeardley .1 1616 " 1617
Samuel Argall j 1617 " 1619
Sir George Yeardlev 1619 " 1621
Sir Francis Wyatt 1621 " 1626
Sir George Yeardley ! 1626 -'1627
Francis West i 1627 " 1629
John Potts 1629
Deposed from the oflQce
by the colonists.
Relieved.
Returns to England.
Returns to England.
(Dep. gov. Superseded
\ by sir Thomas Gates.
(Dep. gov. Returns to
( England.
JDep. gov. Returns to
( England.
Dep. gov.
" Depose*.
Returns to England.
Dies in office.
Acting.
( " Relieved by
( John Harvey.
VIR 917
Twenty-four U. S. soldiers posted at Petersburg to protect the
polls 4-13 Nov. 1876
Readjusters, formerly Democrats, organize as a party. . .25 Feb. 1879
Readjusters hold a state convention at Richmond 7 July, 1880
One hundredth anniversary of the surrender of Cornwallis cele-
brated at Yorktown 19 Oct. 1881
[Robert C. Winthrop of Massachusetts delivered the oration.
Representatives of the families of Lafayette, count Rocham-
beau. and baron Steuben were present. The corner-stone of
the monument (122 ft. high), to commemorate this victory,
was laid 18 Oct. 1881; military review 20, and naval 21
Oct. ]
Act passed making receivable for taxes only gold, silver, U. S.
Treasury notes, national bank-notes, and currency (excluding
coupons on state bonds) 26 Jan. 1882
" Riddleberger act" passed, oflfering terms of settlement with
state bond-holders 14 Feb. "
All acts for punishment by stripes repealed, and other punish-
ment substituted "
Legislature meets in extra session 7 Mch.-22 Apr. "
Amendment to state constitution abrogating capitation tax as a
condition of voting ratified by vote, 107,303 to 66,131, at elec-
tion Nov. "
Virginia Normal and Collegiate institute established at Peters-
burg 1883
Extra session of the legislature Aug.-Dec. 1884
Southwestern Lunatic asylum provided for by law "
State Woman Normal school established at Farmville "
U. S. Supreme court decides that coupons are a good tender in
payment of taxes in Virginia 20 Apr. 1885
Act to establish an Agricultural Experiment station at the
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical college at Blacksburg;
one appointing a commission to fix the boundary line with
North Carolina, and a Local Option act passed by legislature,
which adjourns 5 Mch. 1886
Legislature convenes in extra session 16 Mch. 1887; among
other acts passes one to punish persons fraudulently using
coupons, and adjourns 24 May, 1887
Board of Agriculture established by legislature, which ad-
journs 5 Mch. 1888
College of William and Mary becomes State Male Normal col-
lege by act approved 5 Mch. "
Nineteenth Jan. (gen. Robert E. Lee's birthday) made a legal
holiday by legislature at session ending 1 Mch. 1890
Mercie's equestrian statue of gen. Robert E. Lee unveiled at
Richmond 29 May, "
Monument to the Confederate dead unveiled at Fredericks-
burg 10 June, 1891
Statue of gen. Stonewall Jackson unveiled at Lexington; 15,000
Confederate veterans present; oration by gen. Early,
21 July, "
Thomas W. Bocock, born 1815, for 14 years a congressman and
for 4 years s|)eaker of the Confederate Congress, dies in Ap-
pomattox county 5 Aug. "
Appomattox Courthouse building destroyed by fire 3 Feb. 1892
Legislature ratifies a final settlement of the State debt with the
bond-holders. $19,000,000 in bonds, to run 100 years at 2 per
cent, for 10 years and 3 per cent, for 90 years, to be issued for
the $28,000,000 outstanding Feb. "
Senator John S. Barbour dies suddenly in Washington,
14 May, "
Eppa Hunton of Warrenton, under executive appointment 28
May, qualifies as U. S. senator 1 June, "
Corner-stone of new Chamber of Commerce laid at Richmond,
25 Aug. "
Convention of Southern governors meet at Richmond in the
interest of the South 12 Apr. 1893
Remains of Jefferson Davis, brought from New Orleans, buried
in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond 31 May, *'
Jubal A. Early, confederate general, dies at Lynchburg,
2 Mch. 1894
Monument at Fredericksburg, erected to the memory of the
mother of Washington, unveiled 10 May, "
GOVERNORS UNDER THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT.
PRESIDENTS OF THE COUNCIL.
VIR
GOVERNORS.— (Continued J
Name.
Date.
Remarks.
John Harvey
1629 to 1635
1635 " 1636
1636 " 1639
1639 " 1641
1641 " 1652
1652 " 1655
1655 " 1656
1656 " 1660
1660 " 1661
1661 " 1663
1663 " 1677
1677 " 1678
1678 " 1680
1680 " 1684
1684 " 1688
1688 " 1690
1690 " 1692
1692 " 1698
1698 " 1705
1705 " 1706
1706 " 1710
1710 " 1722
1722 " 1726
1726 " 1749
1749 " 1752
1749 " 1752
1752 " 1758
1758 " 1768
1768 " 1770
1770 " 1772
1772 " 1775
\ Goes to England to an-
( swer charges.
Acting.
John West
John Harvey
Sir Francis Wyatt
Sir William Berkeley
Richard Bennett
(Appointed by the Com-
■{ monwealth of Eng-
land
(Appointed by the Com-
< monwealth of Eng-
( l.nd.
Edward Digges
Samuel Matthews . ..
Sir William Berkeley
Col. Francis Moryson
Sir William Berkeley
Sir Herbert Jeffreys
Sir Henry Chicheley
Lord Culpepper
Returns to England.
Acting.
( Retires to England to
\ remain.
Lt-gov. Dies in office.
Dep. gov.
(Recalled and deprived
( of his office.
Retires to England.
Acting.
Lord Howard of Effingham.
Nathaniel Bacon
Francis Nicholson .
Sir Edmund Andros
Francis Nicholson
Removed.
Edward Nott
Dep.gov. Dies in office.
Lt-gov. Removed.
'' Dies in office
Edmund Jennings
Alexander Spotswood
Hugh Drysdale
William Gouch. . . .».
Thomas Lee and )
} Acting.
Lt. gov.
Lewis Burwell j
Robert Dinwiddle
Francis Fauquier
Lord Boutetourt . .
" Dies
William Nelson . . . .
Lord Dunmore
/Last of the royal gov-
( ernors.
Provisional convention from 17 July, 1775, to 12 June, 1776
GOVERNORS UNDER THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND THE
CONSTITUTION.
Patrick Henry 1776 to 1779
Thomas .Jefferson 1779 " 1781
Thomas Nelson 1781
Benjamin Harrison 1781 to 1784
Patrick Henry 1784 " 1786
Edmund Randolph 1786 " 1788
Beverly Randolph 1788 " 1791
Henry Lee 1791 " 1794
Robert Brooke 1794 " 1796
James Wood j 1796 " 1799
James Monroe i 1799 " 1802
John Page 1802 " 1805
William H. Cabell 1805 " 1808
John Tyler 1 1808 " 1811
James Monroe I 1811
George W. Smith i 1811 to 1812
Date.
James Barbour , 1812
Wilson C. Nicholas i 1814
James P. Preston
Thomas M. Randolph.
James Pleasants . .
John Tyler
William B. Giles
1816
1819
1822
1825
1826
John Floyd [ 1829
Littleton W. Tazewell j 1833
Wypdham Robertson I 1836
David Campbell 1837
Thomas W. Gilmer 1840
John Rutherford.
John M. Gregory..
James McDowell..
William Smith...
John B. Floyd
John Johnson
Joseph Johnson. .
Henry A. Wise. ..
John Letcher
1841
1842
1843
1846
1849
1851
1852
1814
1816
1819
1822
1825
1826
1829
1833
1836
1837
1840
1841
1842
1843
1846
1849
1851
1852
1856
1860 " 1864
William Smith 1864
Francis A. Pierpont j 1863
Henry A. Wells i 1867
1865
1867
Gilbert C. Walker. 1869 " 1874
James L. Kemper. ; 1874 " 1878
F. W. M. Holliday ! 1878 " 1882
W. E. Cameron 1882 " 1886
Fitz-Hugh Lee 1886 " 1890
Philip W. McKinney I 1890 " 1894
Charles T. O'Ferrall | 1894 " 1808
Resigns.
Democrat.
Resigns.
Democrat.
( Also governor under the
( Confederacy.
Confederate governor.
j Provisional governor.
\ Resigns Sept. 1869.
(Provisional governor
^ from Sept. 1869, to
( Jan. 1870.
I Democrat. Maj. - gen.
( Confederate army.
Democrat.
Readjuster Democrat.
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UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
Nmm.
No. of CongT^.
Date.
Remarks.
1st to 2d
Ist
Ist
1st to 4th
ad '• 3d
3d •♦ 8th
4tb '• 8th
6th " 8th
8th " 11th
8th '• 14th
8th
8th
nth to 13th
13th " 19th
14th
15ih
16th to 17th
17th " 18th
18th " 22d
19th " 20th
20th " 24th
22d " 23d
23d " 24th
24th " 25lh
24th " 29th
26th " 27 th
27th " 30ih
29th " 30th
29th " 37th
30th " 37th
37th
37th
38th
1789 to 1792
1789 " 1790
1790
1790 to 1796
1792 " 1794
1794 " 1799
1796 " 1803
1800 " 1804
1804 " 1809
1804 " 1815
1803
1803 to 1804
1809 " 1814
1815 " 1825
1816 " 1817
1817 " 1819
1819 " 1822
1822 " 1824
1824 " 1832
1825 " 1827
1827 " 1836
1833 " 1834
1834 '• 1836
1836 " 1837
1836 " 1845
1837 " 1841
1841 " 1847
1845 " 1847
1847 " 1861
1847 " 1861
1861
1861 to 1863
1863 " 1864
President pro tem. 18 Apr. 1792. Resigned 1792.
Died 1790.
Appointed pro tem. in place of Grayson.
Elected in place of Grayson.
Klected in place of Lee. Resigned 1794.
( Elected in place of Taylor; president »>-o tem. 7 Dec. 1795;
( 1799.
Died 1803.
Resigned 1804.
Resigned 1815.
Appointed pro tem. in place of Mason.
Resigned 1804.
Died iu office 1814.
President pro tem. 15 Feb. 1819. Resigned 1825.
Elected in place of Giles.
Resigned 1819.
Elected in place of Eppes. Resigned 1822.
Elected in place of Pleasants. Died 1824.
( Elected in place of Taylor. President pro tem. 9 July, 1832.
\ signed 1882.
Elected in place of Barbour.
(Defeated Randolph for the Senate. President pro tem. 3
t 1835. Resigned 1836.
Resigned 1834.
Elected in place of Rives. Resigned 1836.
Elected in place of Leigh. " 18.37.
Elected in place of Tyler.
Elected in place of Parker.
( Elected in place of Pennybacker; president pro tem. 6 Jan
I 4 Mch. 1857; expelled July, 1861.
Expelled July, 1861.
Elected in place of Hunter.
Elected in place of Mason.
Died.
James Monroe
Henry Taiewell
died
tStAvnna ThnmSAII VaJUIU . .
Dirilu.in (htrv VirhnlAD .. ..
Jimo^ HHrbour
Anui^toail T M&son.
Johu W KuiWR
James I'lf'as&ots.
.Inhn Tavlor
I ittlAtnn W Tazewell
Re-
John Randolph
John Tyler.
Mch.
William C Rives ;
Richard E Parker.
William H. Roane
William S Archer
Isaac S. Pennvbacker
James M Mason
and
Robert M. T. Hunter
John S Carlile
WaitemanT. Willey
John J. Bowden
John W. Johnston. .
John F. Lewis
Robert E. Withers..
William .Mahone...
H. H. Riddleberger.
John W. Daniels...
John S. Barbour..;.
Eppa Hunton
Thomas S. Martin. .
39th and 40th Congresses vacant.
41st 1870 to 1883 I
41st to 44th 1870 " 1875
44th " 47th 1875 " 1881
47th '' 50th 1881 " 1887
48th " 51st 1883 " 1889
50th " 1887 "
5l8t " 52d 1889 " 1892
52d " 54th 1892 " 1895
54th " 1895 "
Term expires 1899.
Died 1892.
Term expires 1901.
Yirg^iniUi. United States, Oct.-Dec. 1873.
VI§COIIti {vis-con'ti), a noble Italian family, which ruled
in Milan from about 1277 to 1447 ; the heiress of the family
married Francesco Sforza, who became duke 1450.
ViiCOUnt (vi'count) {Vice Comes), anciently the deputy
of an earl. The first viscount in England created by patent
was John, lord Beaumont, whom Henry VI. created viscount
Beaumont, giving him precedence above all barons, 10 Feb.
1440. — Ashmole. This title is of older date in Ireland and
France. John Barry, lord Barry, was made viscount Butte-
vant, in Ireland, 9 Rich. II. 1385. — Beatson.
Yisll'nu, the second person of the Hindu triad sustaining
the role of Preserver. In the earlier Vedas he appears as a mani-
festation of the sun. When necessary in certain crises he assumes
the human form and preserves by his power the human race.
iriitble speech, as Alex. Melville Bell calls his " Uni-
versal Self- Interpreting Physiological Alphabet," comprises
30 symbols representing the forms of the mouth when uttering
sounds. About 50 symbols, he asserts, would be required to
represent the sounds of all known languages. He expounded
his system to the Society of Arts, London, 14 Mch. 1866, and
published a book in 1867.
Yi§ig^Oth§, or western Goths, separated from the Ostro-
goths about 330. Goths. The emperor Valens, about 369, al-
lowed them to cross the Danube and settle in Roman territories
on condition of serving when wanted in the Roman armies; and
Theodosius the Great permitted them to form distinct corps with
their own officers. In 400,under Alaric,they invaded Italv,and
though at first defeated by Stilicho,they took Rome, 4 10. They
founded the kingdom of Toulouse, 414 ; conquered the Alani,
and extended theirrule into Spain, 414, which they occupied un-
til conquered by the Saracens under Muza, 711, when their last
king, Roderic, was defeated and slain. Spain. Their rule in
France ended with their defeat by Clovis at Vougle, 507.
Vftal force, defined by Humboldt as "an unknown
cause preventing the elements from obeying primitive affini-
ties." This theory is rejected by many physiologists, and ani-
mal motion is attributed to muscular and nervous irritabilitj-,
illustrated by the researches of Galvani, Humboldt, sir Charles
Bell, Marshall Hall, and others. The subject is fully discussed
by Huxley and other physiologists.
Vitto'ria, a town of N. Spain, the site of a victory of
Wellington over the French armies of Joseph Bonaparte, king
of Spain, and marshal Jourdan, 21 June, 1813. The hostile
armies were nearly equal, from 70,000 to 75,000 each. After
a long struggle, the French were driven, towards evening,
through the town of Vittoria, and were thrown into irretriev-
able confusion. The British loss was 22 officers and 479 men
killed ; 167 officers and 2640 men v/ounded. Marshal Jourdan
lost 161 pieces of cannon, 451 wagons of ammunition, his bag-
gage, provisions, cattle, and treasure, with his baton as a mar-
shal of France. Continuing the pursuit on the 25th, Welling-
ton took Jourdan's only remaining gun,
Vivisec'tion (Lat. vivus, alive, and secare, to cut), the
dissection of living subjects. Physiological experiments upon
living animals having much increased, societies for the pre-
vention of cruelty to animals in Dresden and Paris in 1859
asked of several eminent scientific men the value of knowledge
thus acquired. Their judgment was not unanimous. The
London society took up the question in 1860, and printed a
pamphlet by G. Macilwain against vivisection. In Aug. 1862,
an international conference to discuss the question was held at
the Crystal palace, Sydenham. After another discussion in
1866, a prize was awarded by the London society. Sir Charles
Bell's opinion of vivisection was that it either obscured the
subject it was meant to illustrate, or mi.sled men into serious
practical errors. But of late years discoveries of vast impor-
tance in the treatment of disease have been made by experi-
ments on living organisms, and scientific opinion is practically
unanimous that this method is valuable and indispensable to
the progressive art of healing, though so liable to abuse that
it ought to be practised with caution and limited by necessity.
Discussion revived by prosecution of dr. Sohiff" in Florence,
who justified vivisection under anaesthetics 1873-7ft
Rival societies: 1. Society for the Abolition of Vivisection,
VIZ
919
1875; 2. International Association for Total Suppression of
Vivisection Ig76
[Commission (viscount Cardwell, prof. Huxley, and others")
to inquire into the practice, appointed 23 June, 1875; report
signed, 8 Jan.; pul). Mch. 1876; bill to regulate vivisection
(Cruelty to Animals act) introduced In Parliament; opposed
by the medical profession, June, July; passed, 15 Aug. 1876.
Vivisectors to have a license or certificate.]
Resolutions in favor of vivisection, by the International Medi-
cal congress, London 9 Aug. 1881
Prof Terrier (who experimented on brains of monkeys under
anaesthetics) and others prosecuted; no conviction Nov. "
Dr. Koch of Berlin demonstrates the cause of tubercular dis-
ease to be minute organisms termed bacilli 1882
Bill before the British Parliament to prohibit vivisection talked
out 4 Apr. 1883
Four hundred and forty-one experiments in Great Britain in. . 1884
Instructed by dr. Ferriers vivisection experiments, dr. Hughes
Bennett localizes in a man's bruin a tumor, which is re-
moved by dr. Godlee 25 Nov. "
One thousand and sixty-nine experiments in Great Britain in 1888
Dr. Nicolaier, a German, experiments with live animals, inocu-
lating them for tetanus (lock-jaw), 1884; further discoveries
in dr. Koch's laboratory at Berlin, and at Bologna by prof.
Tizzoni and Cattani 1889
[These and all other investigations in this direction place
it beyond doubt that all forms of tetanus are due to the drum-
stick-shaped bacillus of Nicolaier]
Pasteur's experiments with animals inoculated for hydrophobia
result in a cure for it 1885-90
Medical science.
vizier', jg^rand, an officer of the Porte, said to have
been first appointed by Amurath I., about 1386. The office
was abolished in 1838, but has since been frequently revived
and suppressed.
VOlapiik (vo-la-pUk'), from 2 words in the new lan-
guage : vol, world, universe, and puk, speech, discourse, etc. An
attempt to form a universal language by Johann M. Schleyer, a
German teacher at Constance, Germanj', about 1879, by a selec-
tion of words or roots from most of the modern European lan-
guages, and from Latin. Its peculiarities are: (1) Alphabet con-
sists of 27 letters, 8 vowels and 19 consonants. (2) Each letter
has but one sound. (3) Consonants are sounded as in English,
except c and^; g is always hard, and h is an aspirate. (4) Ac-
cent invariably on the last syllable. (5) One conjugation and
no irregular verbs. (6) All word forms and inflections are regu-
lar. (7) Adjectives, verbs, and adverbs regularly formed frotn
substantives. (8) w becomes v, and I is substituted for r.
(9) Words are as far as possible reduced to one syllable. (10)
Nouns have one declension and 4 cases. (11) Adjectives are
formed by adding ik to the substantive, and adverbs by add-
ing 0 to the adjective, as fam, glory ; famik, glorious ; and
famiko, gloriously. It was adopted for international corre-
spondence by many business houses, and schools of volapUk
were opened in many cities ; but it is now nearly forgotten.
VOlca'no (Ital., from Lat.Fo?canMs, Vulcan, god of fire),
originally the name of Etna, in which Roman mythology
placed the forge where Vulcan wrought the thunderbolts of
Jupiter; later a general name for a mountain with a crater or
opening into a mass of molten rock within the earth. Such
mountains are widely distributed over the globe, but are mostly
near the sea. They are very variable in activity, and usually
intermittent ; sometimes quiet for many years or even centu-
ries, and again extremely violent, throwing high in the air
vast columns of smoke and fire with cinders, and pouring
through crevices streams of lava or melted rocks, which at
times cover large tracts of land. Many volcanoes, once ac-
tive, have been quiescent from the dawn of history. The fol-
lowing is a list of active and extinct volcanoes located by
groups. Under the 2 systems of central and linear, the
former consisting of several vents grouped together, but one
of which is usually in eruption at any one time. The
latter system consists of vents extending in one direction
along a range of mountains, as the Andes in South America,
and extending into North America as the Rocky Mountains.
Some, long regarded as extinct, have suddenly become active.
CENTRAL SYSTEM — GROUPS.
MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
Name of group.
No.
Remarks.
I. Etna, Sicily
II. Vbsuvics, Italy ....
III. Lipari islands
1
1
2
Active.
( Stromboli the principal, always
' active, called the Light -house
( of the Mediterranean.
VOL
ATLANTIC OCEAN.
Name of group.
IV. Jan Mayen island. . .
V. Iceland
VI. Azores
VII. Canary islands
VIIL Cape Verde islands.
IX. Ascension •' .
X. Tristan d'Acunha)
islands \
XI. Trinidad island
XII. Traverse isles
Remarks
( Active. Most northern volcanoes
I on the globe. Lat. 70° 49' N.
Hecla the principal. All active.
1 active.
Active.
(Teneriffe quiet.)
INDIAN OCEAN.
Xm. Mauritius and Bour-)| „ i , „„,,_
bon isles Jj ^ | 1 active.
PACIFIC OCEAN.
XIV. Hawaii archipelago.
4
(3 active.
1 cipal.
Active.
XV. Galapagos islands. . .
XVI. Marquesas " ...
XVII. Society " ...
XVIII. Easter " ...
1
1
1
1
WESTERN ASIA.
XIX. El Burs, Ararat, etc. | 3 j 1 active.
EASTERN AFRICA.
XX. Zanguebar
2
Mauna Loa the prin^
LLNEAR system — GROUPS.
MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
I. Santorini,Gr. islands! 1 I Active.
ASIA.
II. Thian-Shan i 2 I Active.
III. Red sea 2 1 active.
IV. Kamtchatka | 21 I All active.
PACIFIC OCEAN, SOUTH.
V. Friendly isles i 4 i 2 active.
VL Australasian isles. . . | 13 I All active.
PACIFIC OCEAN, NORTH.
vn. Moluccas, Philip
pine, Formosa. . ,
VIII. Ladrone isles
IX. Benin Sima isles. .
X. Japan ,
XI. Kurile isles
XII. Aleutian isles ,
At least 25 active.
3 active.
Active.
From 15 to 19 active.
11 active.
23 "
INDIAN OCEAN, SUNDA.
|47 are on the island of Java, 16 of
XIII. Sunda isles.
I them active, and 7 on the island
j of Sumatra. On the island of
] Krakatoa the greatest eruption
I of modern times occurred, 26-
[ 28 Aug. 1883.
AMERICA.
Java.
XIV. North Paciflc coast..
XV Mexico
10
7
36
10
17
12
22
3
3
408
4 active.
5 "
XVI. Central
25 "
XVII. West Indies
XVIII. South, Quito
XIX. " Peru and Bolivia
XX " Chili
9 " Highest in the world.
17 "
XXI. Terra del Fuego ....
XXII. Antarctic continent.
( Active. Erebus, on Victoria Land,.
77° 32' S. lat., is the most south-
( em volcano known.
VolSCi (wols'kee or vol'se), an ancient Latin people, fre-
quently at war with the Romans. From their capital, Corioli,
Caius Martius (who defeated them about 490 b.c.) derived his
name Coriolanus. The legend of his banishment by his ungrate-
ful countrymen, of his revenge by bringing the Volsci to the
gates of Rome, yet afterwards sparing the city at the entrea-
tiesof his mother Volumnia (487 B.c.),is immortalized in Shake-
speare's tragedy of " Coriolanus." The Volsci and their allies
were subdued at Sutrium by the consul Valerius Corvus (346-
B.C.), and incorporated with the Roman people about 338 b.c.
voltaic pile or battery was constructed by Gal-
vani. Galvanism under Electricity. The principle was
discovered by Alessandro Volta, of Como (b. 1745), for 30
years professor of natural philosophy at Pavia, and announced
by him to the Royal Society of London in 1793. The battery
was first .set up in 1800. Volta was made an Italian count and
senator bj' Napoleon Bonaparte, and was greatly honored.
While young he invented the electrophorus, electric pistol^
VOL ^
Mad hvdrogen Ump. He dieil in 1826, aged 81. The form of
Che voluic battery has been greatly improved by recent elec-
trieians. The nitVic-acid battery of sir W. R Grove was con-
structed in 1839; Alfreil Smee's battery in 1840; the carbon
battery of pruf. Hubert Bnnsen in 1842. Grove's is best known
ill Knglaiid; Biinsen's on the European continent. CorPKK.
voluntary contributions, public and private,
to the United States government during the civil war, 1861-
imo, were not less than $500,000,000.— Greeley's "American
Ooitlict," vol. ii. ap|>ended notes ii. Tiiia came in all amounts,
from one cent up to Cornelius Vanderbilt's gift of a fully
equippetl war-steamer valued at $800,000. Johnstown Flood,
Sanit.vhv C0M.MISS10N, etc.
volunteers. Ahmv, Unitku States.
vote. Popular votk; for electoral, United States.
Vouyl^ or Voullle iyool-ya'), a town of S.W. France,
near Poitiers, where Alaric II., king of the Visigoths, was de-
feateil and slain by Clovis, king of France, 507, who subdued the
whole country from the Loire to the Pyrenees. Peace fol-
lowetl between the Franks and Visigoths, who had been set-
tleil above 100 years in that part of Gaul called Septimania.
Clovis soon after made Paris his capital.
) WAH
VOyagpes. America, Circumnavigatoks, Expedi-
tions, Northeast and Northwest passages, et«.
YuTcan (Lat. Volcanus), the Roman god of fire and the
worker of metals, the same with Hephaestus of the Greeks ;
according to Homer, the son of Zeus and Here. Vulcan is
the "Tubal-Cain "of heathen mythology.— This name has also
been given to a conjectural planet between the orbit of Mer-
cury and the sun ; first reported by M. Lescorbault, a physician
of Orgeres, France, 26 Mch. 1859. The French astronomer Le
Verrier accepted it, but nothing has been seen of it by other
astronomers.
Vul'gate (from vulgatus, published), a term applied to
the Latin version of the Scriptures which is authorized by
the council of Trent (1546), and which is attributed to St.
Jerome, about 384. The older version, called the Italic, is
said to have been made in the beginning of the 2d century.
A critical edition was printed by order of pope Sixtus V.
in 1590, which, being considered inaccurate, was superseded
by the edition of pope Clement V. in 1592. The earliest
printed Vulgate is without date, by Gutenberg and Faust,
probably about 1455 ; the first dated (Faust and Schoffer) is
1462. Bible.
W
W, the 23d letter and 18th consonant of the English alpha-
bet. It began to be used in the Uth century, and owes its
origin to the upsilon of the Greeks. It was made by doubling
the u or v sign.
^^Waelit de§ Dcutschen Yaterlands"
("Watch of the German Fatherland"). German national
hymn, by Reichardt, first performed 2 Aug. 1825. Very popu-
lar during the war 1870-71.
IVadal, Sultanate of, is at present the most pow-
erful state in Central Soudan, and occupies, with its tributary
states, the whole region between Dar-Fur and lake Chad,
and from the southern verge of the Sahara southward to the
COMPARISON OF AVERAGE WAGES PAID
PER DAY IN THE
THE OCCUPATIONS
divide, between lake Chad and the Congo basin. Area, 172,-
000 sq. miles ; pop. 2,600,000.
^vager of battle. Appeal.
wag'es, earnings of persons in the emploj'ment of others.
— A thinson. The purchasing power of money, cost of Ii ving,etc.,
cannotbe excludedin considering the subject of wages. On com-
paring wages now customary, with those formerly paid, it will
be seen that they have materially increased, especially in the
United States, while the average price of provisions has remained
about the same ; some articles as beef, potatoes, apples, butter,
eggs, milk, and coffee, being dearer, while the cereals, sugar, and
tea, are cheaper. The following tables show the facts in detail.
FOR THE YEARS 1800, 1840, 1890, IN
UNITED STATES
MENTIONED.
Blacksmitha.
Carpenters.
Laborers :
Farm, etc.
Masons,
bricklayers,
plasterers.
House
painters.
Plumbers.
•
Printers.
Weavers.
Tailors.
Slioemakers.
1800
fO.75
1.40
2.50
fl.OO
1.40
2.50
$0.50
0.90
$1.00
1 .^iO
$1.00
1.50
2.50
$2 ."66
3.00
$1.00 1 $0.50
1.25 0.90
2 25 1 - f>n
$0.75
1.25
2 00
$0.75
1840
1.00
1890
1.50 ! 3.00
2.00
COMPARISON OF
THE
PRICE
OF PROVISIONS
IN THE UNITED
STATES FOR
THE
YEARS 1800, 1840, 1890, 1895.
Beef.
Ham.
Pork.
Lard.
Corn-
meal.
m.. 1 '•"'0"'.
*^^'*- [wheat.
Pota-
toes.
Apples.
Beans.
Butter.
Cheese.
Eggs.
Milk.
Sugar.
Coffee.
Tea.
1800
per lb.
$0.08
0.09
0.14
0.14
per lb.
$0.12
0.11
0.13
0.13
per lb.
$0.11
0.09
0.11
0.11
per lb.
$0.13
0.10
0.10
0.10
per lb.
$0.04
0.02
0.02
0.02
per lb.
$0.06
0.05
0.08
0.08
perbl.
$9.00
7.00
6.00
4.50
perbu.
$0.50
0.60
0.75
0.75
per bu.
$0.35
0.80
1.00
1.00
per qt.
$0.05
0.07
0.10
0.08
per lb.
$0.16
0.18
0.26
0.26
per lb.
$0.14
0.10
0.15
0.15
per doz.
10.12
0.16
0.22
0.22
perqt.
$0.04
0.05
0.06
0.06
per lb.
$0.16
0.11
0.06
0.045
per lb.
$0.27
0.20
0.30
0.30
per Id.
$0.95
1840
0.75
1890
1895
0.50
0.50
Thus wages have increased more than 100 per cent, during
the last 90 years. The progression of division of labor in large
establishments prevents an exact comparison in many cases ;
but the instances recorded represent a fair average concerning
the wages of the skilled artisan and common laborer. " A man
who performed what is now called unskilled labor — sawing wood,
digging ditches, mixing mortar, cutting hay, etc. — received 2s.
or 25 cents per day in 1784, yet the pay was twice as great as
in l77i."—McMa'ster's " Hist. U. S.," vol. i. p. 96. " Hours of
labor from sunrise to sunset, at 40 cents per day, in 1800 ; or
by the month, $Q iii the summer, and $5 in the winter, with
board — $65 a year average, with board and perhaps lodging."
— Ibid., vol. ii. p. 617. " A few classes of artisans greatly in
demand, as ship-carpenters, were paid $2 per day, 1810-20,
but they were the exception." — Ibid,, vol. iii. p. 510.
Iff'a'g^rani, a village near Vienna, where Napoleon I.
defeated the archduke Charles, 5, 6 July, 1809, with great
slaughter on both sides ; 20,000 Austrians were taken by the
French, and the defeated army retired to Moravia. An ar-
mistice was signed on the 12th; and on 24 Oct., by a treaty
of peace, Austria ceded all her sea-coast to France; the king-
doms of Saxony and Bavaria were enlarged at her expense ;
part of Galicia was ceded to Russia, and Joseph Bonaparte
was recognized as king of Spain.
Waha'bees or l¥a1ia'bite§, a warlike Mahome-
tan reforming sect, claiming to be the only true followers of the
prophet, established themselves in Arabia about 1750, under
Abd-el-Wahab, who died 1787. His grandson, Saoud, in 1801,
defeated an expedition headed by the caliph of Bagdad. In
1803 this sect seized Mecca and Medina, and continued their
conquests, although their chief was assassinated in the midst
of his victories. His son, Abdallah, long resisted Mahommed
Ali, pacha of Egypt, but in 1818 was defeated and taken pri.s-
oner by Ibrahim Pacha, who sent him to Constantinople,
where he was put to death. The sect, now flourishing, is de-
scribed by W. Gifford Palgrave, in his " Journey and Residence
WAI
921
WAL
in Arabia in 1862-63," published in 1865. It is influential in
India, and is suspected of a tendency to insurrection.
waits, a name given in England to night minstrels who
perform shortly before Christmas. The name was given to
the musicians attached to the court of the king. A company
of waits was established at Exeter in 1400 to "pipe the
watch." The waits in London and Westminster were long
officially recognized by the corporation.
Wakefield, W. Yorkshire, Engl., an ancient town.
Near it a battle was fought between the adherents of Mar-
garet, the queen of Henry VI., and the duke of York, in which
the latter was slain, and 3000 Yorkists fell upon the field, 31
Dec. 1460. The earl of Warwick supported the cause of the
duke's son, the earl of March, afterwards Edward IV., and the
civil war was continued.
WakefleUl e§tate, Va.,on which Washington was
born, about half a mile from the junction of Pope's creek with
the Potomac, in Westmoreland county. The house was de-
stroyed before the Revolution, but upon its site Geo. W. P.
Custis placed a slab of freestone, June, 1815, with the simple
inscription : here, the 11th of February (o. s.), 1732, george
AVASHINGTON WAS BOKN.
Wakei. (1) The ancient parish festivals on the saint's
day to commemorate the dedication of the church; regulated in
1536, but gradually became obsolete. (2) Watching with a dead
body prior to burial, by friends and neighbors of the deceased.
Custom formerly prevalent in Scotland and still in Ireland.
"Walcliereil {waVker-en), an island at the mouth of the
Scheldt, Holland. The unfortunate expedition of the British
to this isle in 1809 consisted of 35 ships of the line, 200 smaller
vessels, principally transports, and 40,000 land forces, the latter
under the earl of Chatham, the fleet under sir Richard Strach-
an. For a long time its destination remained secret; but be-
fore 28 July, 1809, when it set sail, the French journals had
fixed Walcheren as the point of attack. Flushing was in-
vested in Aug. ; a bombardment followed, and the place was
taken 15 Aug. ; but neither the naval commander nor his own
officers could drive the earl to vigorous action until the chance
of success was gone, and he had to return with such troops as
disease had spared. The place was evacuated 23 Dec. 1809.
The House of Commons instituted an inquiry, and lord Chat-
ham resigned his post of master-general of the ordnance, to pre-
vent greater disgrace ; but the policy of ministers in planning
the expedition was, nevertheless, approved. The following
epigram, of which various readings exist, appeared at the time:
"Lord Ciuitham [or the warrior earl], with [his] sabre drawn,
Stood waiting for sir Richard Strachan ;
Sir Richard, longing [or eager] to be at "em,
Stood waiting for the earl of Chatham."
Wal'deiises (also called Valdenses, Vallenses, and Vau-
dois), asect inhabiting the Cottian Alps, derive their name,
according to some authors, from Peter de Waldo, of Lyons
(1170). They were known, however, as early as 1100, their
confession of faith published 1120. Their doctrine condemned
by the council of Lateran, 1179. They had a translation of
the Bible, and allied themselves to the Albigenses, whose |
persecution led to the establishment of the Holy Office or In- j
quisition. The Waldenses settled in the valleys of Piedmont
about 1375, but were frequently dreadfully persecuted, notably |
1545-46, 1560, 1655-56, when Oliver Cromwell, by threats, ob- '
tained some degree of toleration for them ; again in 1663-64
and 1686. They were permitted to have a church at Turin, t
Dec. 1853. In Mch. 1868, it was stated that there were in |
Italy 28 ordained Waldensian ministers and 30 other teachers. ;
Early in 1893 a delegation was sent to the United States to
investigate the advantages of forming a settlement in some j
favorable locality. It resulted in their purchasing several
thousand acres of land in Burke county, N. C, and establish-
ing a colony the same year, calling the place Waldese.
Wales, Cambria, Cymru, the land of the Cymry, called
by the Romans Britannia Secunda. Welsh and Wales are
corruptions of Teutonic epithets of foreigners, especiall}^ Gauls.
After the Roman emperor Honorius gave up Britain, Vorti-
gern was elected king of South Britain. He invited the
Saxons over to defend his country against the Picts and Scots;
but the Saxons perfidiously sent for reinforcements, consisting
of Saxons, Danes, and Angles, and made themselves masters
of South Britain. Many of the Britons retired to Wales, and
defended against the Saxons their inaccessible mountains^
about 447. Thus Wales remained unconquered till Henry II. '
subdued South Wales in 1157; and in 1282 Edward I. reduced
the whole country, its independence ending by the death of
Llewelyn, the last prince. In 1284 the queen gave birth to a
son at Caernarvon, whom Edward styled prince of Wales— a
title since given to the heir-apparent to the crown of Great
Britain. Wales was incorporated with England by act of
Parliament, 1536. Area, 7363 sq. miles, in 12 counties; pop,
1891,1,518,914. Bards, Britain. /^
Ostorius Scapula, propraetor of Britain, defeats the Cymry 56
Supreme authority in Britannica Secunda intrusted to Sueto-
nius Paulinus, who causes desolating wars 58-61
Conquests by Julius Frontinus [\ iq
Silures totally defeated ."."'.!.'.".'!'.!!!!!".!! "
Roman Julius Agricola cotiimands in Britain 73
Bran ab Llyr, the Blessed, dies about 80
Druidical class gradually dissolved by the-influence'ofChri's-
tianityin 300-40O
Britons defeat the Saxons 447-4:48
Vortigern king '..".....,. "
Renowned Arthur elected king !about 50O
Defeats Saxons about 527
Cadwallawn, king of Gwynedd, defeated and slain by the Sax-
ons at Denisburn about 634
Dyvnwal Moelmud, from Armorica, said to have reigned west
of the Tamar and Severn over the Cymry about 640
Reign of Roderic the Great 844
He unites the pettystates into one principality; d 877
Division of Wales— into north, south, and central (or Powvs-
land) :.. cc
Welsh princes submit to Alfred ', 885
Danes land in Anglesey " ' . 900
Laws enacted by Howel Dha, prince of all Wales about 92a
Athelstan subdues the Welsh 933
Civil wars at his death about 948
Sons of Howel Dha defeated by sons of Idwal Voel 954
Edgar invades Wales about 973
Devastations committed by Edwin, the son of Eineon 980
Danes invade Wales; lay Anglesey waste, etc 980-1000
Country reduced by Aedan, prince of North Wales "
Aedan, the usurper, slain in battle by Llewelyn 1015
Part of Wales laid waste by the forces of Harold 1063
William L claims feudal authority over Wales ; 107O
Rhys ab Owain kills king Bleddyn, 1073; defeated and slain. . . 1077
Ravaging invasion of Hugh, earl of Chester 1079-80
Invasion of the Irisli and Scots 1O8O
William I. invades Wales 108I
Battle of Llechryd 1087
[The sons of Bleddyn ab Cynvyn were slain by Rhys ab
Tewdwr, the reigning prince.]
Rhys ab Tewdwr slain; S. Wales conquered by the English 1090
Invasion of the English under William II 1095-97
Settlement in Wales of a colony of Flemings 1106
Nest, wife of Gerald de Windsor, seized by Owain, son of Cadw-
gan ab Bleddyn 1108
Cardigan conquered by Strongbow 1109
Cadwgan assassinated 1112
Gruffydd ab Rhys lays claim to the sovereignly 1113-
Another body of Flemings settle in Pembrokeshire "
[Their posterity differ from the true British in language,
manners, and customs.]
Civil war in South Wales and Powysland; the English occupy
the country; Henry I. erects castles in Wales 1114 et seq.
Owain killed in battle with Gerald de Windsor 1116
Revolt of Owen Gwynedd on the death of Henry I. ; part of
South Wales laid waste 1135
English defeated in several battles ll3d
Strongbow, earl of Pembroke, invested with the powers of a
count palatine in Pembroke 1138
Henry II. invades Wales; resisted by Owen Gwynedd; subdues
South Wales 1157
Princes of Wales combine to recover independence 1164
Prince Jladoc said to have emigrated to America about 1169
Anglesey devastated 1173
Crusades preached by Baldwin, archbishop of Canterbury 1188
Earl of Chester's inroad into North Wales 1210
King John invades Wales, laying waste a great part; exacts
tribute and allegiance 1211
Pope incites the Welsh to resist John 1212
Revolt of the Flemings 1220
Llewelyn, prince of North Wales, commits great ravages; re-
pulses Henry III 1228
Earl of Pembroke and other nobles join Llewelyn against
Henry III., 1233; a truce 1234
Prince David ravages the marches, etc 1244
Invasion of Henry III 1245
Anglesey cruelly devastated by the English St'iu. "
Llewelyn ap Griffith, the last prince 124&
Welsh princes combine against the English 1256
Invasion by the English, who retreat with loss 1257
Welsh offers of peace refused 1257-62
Llewelyn's incursions into English territory 1263
Reported conference between him and Simon de Montfort
against the Plantagenets 1265
Llewelyn does homage to Henry III. for a treaty Sept. 1267
WAL
922
WAR
Edwmid I. tummoDs IJewolvn to Westminster; on his reAisal,
dtpoMS htm, l-iTti ; and iiivudes Wales June, 1277
Lleireiyii lubmitd and obtains good terms. 10 Nov. "
He m«rrl«8 Eleanor do .Moutfort. 13 Oct. "
3oas of Grutlydd traachorously drowned in the Dee by earl
Warreone and Roger Mortimer; insurrection 1281
Bawardeu castle taken by surprise by Llewelyn and his broth-
er David, 21 Hch. ; thej destroy Flint and Khuddlan castles.
Kruiileas negotiations. Nov. 1282
Battle l>etweeu Llewelyn and the English near Aber Edw; Lle-
welyn slain, after the battle, by Adam Frankton 11 Dec. "
PTihco David surrenders, and is executed 1288
WiiM tlnally sulMlued by Edward I "
First English prince of Wales, son of Edward, born at Caernar
von cast le 25 A pr. 1284
Statute of Wales enacted 19 Mch. "
Insurrections suppressed and leaders e.xecuted 1287-1320
Owain Glyndwr or Owen Glendower (descendant of the last
prince, Llewelyn), relwis 1400
Radnor and other places taken by Owain. Glyndwr 1401
Allies with Scots and the Percies; besieges Caernarvon 1402
>iid seizes Harlocli castle 1404
Makes a treaty with France 10 May, "
Harlech castle retaken by the English forces 1407
Loees his allies by their defeat at Branhara moor 19 Feb. 1408
Ravages the English territories 1409
Refuses to ask for terms or submit; d 21 Sept. 1415
His son submits. 24 Feb. 1416
Margaret of Ai\jou, queen of Henry VL, takes refuge in Harlech
castle 1459
Town of Denbigh burned 1460
Earl of Richmond, afterwards Henry VIL, lands in Pembroke,
and is aided by the Welsh Aug. 1485
Palatine jurisdictions in Wales abolished by Henry VIII 1535
Monmouth made an English county; counties of Brecknock,
Denbigh, and Radnor formed "
Act for " laws and justice to be administered in Wales in same
form as in England," 27 Hen. VIII "
"Wales incorporated into England by Parliament 1536
Divided into 12 counties 1543
Dr. Ferrar. bishop of St. David's, burned for heresy. . .30 Mch. 1555
Lewis Owain, a baron of the exchequer, attacked and murdered
on his assize tour. '<
Bible and prayer-book ordered translated into Welsh, and divine
service to be in that language 1562
Welsh Bible printed 1588
First congregation of dissenters assembled in Wales; Vavasour
Powel apprehended while preaching 1620
Beaumaris castle garrisoned for king Charles 1 1642
Powys castle taken by sir Thomas Myddelton Oct. 1644
Or. lAUd, formerly bishop of St. David's, beheaded on Tower
^ hill 10 Jan. 1645
Surrender of Hawarden castle to parliament general Mytton. . . "
Charles I. takes refuge in Denbigh "
Rhuddlan castle surrenders "
Harlech castle surrenders to Cromwell's army under Mytton. . 1647
Battle of St. Fagan's; the Welsh defeated by col. Hortou, Crom-
well's lieutenant 8 May, 1648
Beaumaris castle surrenders to Cromwell . "
Pembroke castle taken 1649
Lords marchers' court suppressed i(588
"Charitable Society of Ancient Britons" and Welsh charity
schools, established (now at Ashford) 1715
■Cymmrodorion Society (charitable) established !i'751-81
French land in Pembrokeshire, and are made prisoners. . .Feb. 1797
Rebecca or "Becca" riots against toll-gates, Feb.; an old
woman, a toll - keeper, murdered, 10 Sept. ; many persons
tried and punished Oct 1843
Cambrian Archaeological Association founded.......... 1846
Subscriptions begun for a university in Wales ....". Dec 1863
National unsectarian university college at Aberystwyth opened,
9 Oct 1872
Cymmrodorion Society, to promote literature and art, re-estab-
lished jg^ij
" ^f ^*i?^ ' ' '■'"'^ ! P®°P^® <**" Rhayader on 'the Wye capture "flsh
i legally, and resist water bailiffs Dec. 1878 Jan. 1879
National council of Wales meets at Aberystwyth ; advocates dis-
establishment and disendowment of the church, home rule,
etc <^ Qgj, iggY
Mr. Dillwyn's motion for disestablishment of church in Wales
rejected by the commons (284-231) 14 Mav 1889
Tithes collected by the help of the military Aug 1890
Proposed disestablishment of the church in Wales negatived
by the commons (235-203), 20 Feb. 1891 ; and again (267-220),
23 Feb.' 1892
SOVEREIGNS OF WALES.
■eSO. Cadwallawn, king of Gwynedd.
634. Cadwaladyr, his sou.
661. Idwal, son.
728. Rhodri,or Roderic; heroic defender.
75.5. Cynan and Howel, sons; incessant war.
818. Mervyn; son-in-law. and Essylt (wife).
844. Roderic the Great, son.
PRINCES OF GWYNEDD, OR NORTH WALES, AND FREQUENTLY
OF ALL WALES.
877. Anarawd. son of Roderic
915. Idwal Voel.
943. Howel Dha the Good, prince of all Wales.
548. lefan and lago ; sons of Idwal.
1301.
1343.
1376.
972. Howel ap lefan, the Bad.
984. Cadwallon, brother.
985. Meredilii ap Owen ap Howel Dha.
992. Idwal ap Moyric ap Edwal Voel; able, brave.
998. Aedan, a usurper.
1015. Llewelyn ap Sitsyllt; good sovereign.
1023. lago ap Idwal ap Meyric.
1039. Grirtith ap Llewelyn ap Sitsyllt; killed.
1067. Bleddyn.
1073. Trahaern ap Caradoc.
1079. Griffith ap Cynan; able, warlike, generous.
1137. Owain Gwynedd; energetic, successful warrior.
1169. Howell, son.
" David ap Owain Gwynedd, brother; married sister of Henry II
1194. Llewelyn the Great.
1240. David ap Llewelyn.
1246. Llewelyn ap Griffith, last prince of the blood; slain after bat-
tle, 11 Dec. 1282.
ENGLISH PRINCES OF WALES.
1284. Edward Plantagenet (afterwards king Edward II.), sou of Ed-
ward I., born in Caernarvon castle on '25 Apr. 1284. It is
asserted that immediately after his birth the king held him
in his arms before the Welsh chieftains as their future sov-
ereign, saying, in the Welsh language, " Eich Dyn," liter-
ally, "This is your man "—that is, "This is your country-
man and king. " Ich dien.
Edward of Caernarvon, made prince of Wales and earl of
Chester.
Edward the Black Prince.
Richard his son (afterwards Richard II.).
1399. Henry (afterwards Henry V.). son of Henry IV.
1454. Edward, son of Henry VI. ; slain at Tewkesbury, 4 May, 1471.
147L Edward (afterwards Edward V.), son of Edward IV
1483. Edward, son of Richard III. ; d. 1484.
1489. Arthur, son of Henry VII. ; d. 1502.
1503. Henry, his brother (afterwards Henry VIII.).
Edward, his son (afterwards Edward VI.), was duke of Corn-
wall, and not prince of Wales.
1610. Henry Frederic, son of James I. ; d. 6 Nov. 1612.
1616. Charles, his brother (afterwards Charles I.).
Charles, his son (afterwards Charles II.), never created prince
of Wales.
1714. George Augustus (afterwards George XL).
1729. Frederic Lewis, his son; d. '20 Mch. 175L
1751. George, his son (afterwards George III.).
1762. George, his son (afterwards George IV.); b. 12 Aug.
1841. Albert Edward, son of queen Victoria; b. 9 Nov.
IValharia. Valhalla.
IValker's expeditions. Filibusters.
IValiabout bay. New York, 1623.
IValla'cllia, one of the fornaer Danubian princi-
palities of Europe. On 23 Dec. 1861, the union of Walla-
chia and Moldavia, under the name of Eoumania, was pro-
claimed at Jassy and Bucharest.
"Waller's plot. Edmund Waller, the poet, and others,
conspired to disarm the London militia and let in the royal-
ists. May, 1643. The plan was detected and punished, June-
July, 1643. Waller betrayed his confederates, and was suffered
to emigrate.
Wallis'i voyage. Capt. Wallis sailed from England
on his voyage round the world, 26 July, 1766 ; and returned to
England, 19 May, 1768.
IrValloons', descendants of the ancient inhabitants of
the Low Countries. Some of them fled to England from the
persecution of the duke of Alva, the governor of the Low
Countries for Philip IL of Spain, 1666. A church was given
to them by queen Elizabeth at Sandwich, and they still have
one at Canterbury. Their language is considered to be based
on that of the ancient Gauls. New York, 1623.
ivalls. Hadrian's, Roman and Chinese.
'Walpur'g'a, Saint, traditional character of the 8th cen-
tury, England and Germany. The name has been associated
with noted popular German superstitions, as Walpurgis-Night,
30 Apr. ; 1 May, Witch's Sabbath meeting, with the devil as
master of ceremonies. Famous from Goethe's "Faust."
"■Faust We climb the Brocken's top in the Walpurgis-Night."
—Goethe's "Faust" (Taylor's translation).
ivaltz, the popular German national dance, was introduced
into England by baron Neuman and others in ISl'B.—Raikes.
Wailderillg Jeir. Jew, The Wandering.
"Wail'di wash, a town of S. India. Here the French,
under Lally, were defeated by col. Eyre Coote, 22 Jan. 1760.
war, called by Erasmus " the malady of princes." Osy-
mandyas of Egypt, the first warlike king, passed into Asia, and
conquered Bactria, 2100 -B.C.— Usher.
LIST OF MOST CELEBRATED WARS.
WAR
Trojan
Messenian
Persian-Grecian
( 1st.. . .
Sacred < 2d
i 3d. . . .
Peloponnesian .
Greco-Persian . .
Samnite
Punic, 1st, 2d, 3d
Roman Grecian
Jugiirthine
Social
Mithridatic
Gladiatorial
Gallic
Civil, Roman
Jewish
Dacian
1193-1184
743-669
504-469
595-586 )
448-447 [
357-346)
431-404
334-331
343-290
264-146
200-146
112-106
90-88
Barbarian
Saracen or Moslem —
Crusades.
Hundred Years, in]
France
Austro-Swiss .
Hussite
Roses, England
Civil, in France
Spanish, Netherlands..
Thirty Years
Civil, in England
Spanish Succession.,
Swedish-Russian —
Austrian Succession . .
Seven Years
Revolution, American
French Revolution
Napoleonic.
United States-England
Greek of Independence
Mexican
Crimean
Italian . .
Civil, United States.
Seven Weeks
Franco-Prussian.
73-71
58-51
50-31
A.D.
70
86-100
410-553
710-1492
1337-1437
1385-1389
1419-1436
1455-1471
1562-1593
1567-1609
1618-1648
1642-1660
1701-1714
1700-1709
1740-1748
175&-1763
1775-1783
1792-1799
1800-1815
1812-1815
1821-1828
1846-1847
1854-1856
1859
1861-1865
Russo-Turkish,
1866
1870
1877
Greeks capture Troy
Sparta conquers Messenia.
Greece successfully resists Persia.
Intestine Greek; without result.
Lacedaemonians take Athens
Greece conquers Persia
Romans subjugate the Samnites.
Romans destroy Carthage
Rome subdues Greece
Romans conquer Numidia
The Socii obtain right of Roman
citizenship.
Mithridates defeated
Gladiators defeated
Gaul conquered
Establishment of the Roman )
empire |
Jerusalem taken; temple de- j
stroyed J
Country beyond the Danube)
conquered )
Barbarians capture Rome and >
ravage Italy )
Occupy Spain, but driven from )
France )
Christians take Jerusalem andl
occupy ports of Sepia, but !
are Anally driven out by the j
Moslems J
English lose all their possessions j
in France but Calais, although |
France suffers sorely )
Swiss secure their independence. .
Religious toleration
House of York supplants House )
of Lancaster 1
Edict of Nantes.
; Netherlands made independent)
[ of Spain )
[Freedom of religious faith.)
[ Peace of Westphalia i
I Estabhshment of the Common- 1
1 wealth )
Treaty of Utrecht.
Defeat of Charles XII.
Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle
[Peace of Paris. Prussia holds)
[ part of Silesia )
[ Peace of Paris. Independence ]
\ of the English colonies )
Successful resistance to the re-
instatement of the Bourbons
on the French throne
Revives Europe and places)
France in the first position . . |
United States entirely inde-)
pendent of Great Britain j
Independence of Greece secured.
Boundaries established
Peace of Paris.
Principal battles.
Siege
Marathon, Thermopylae, Sa-
lamis, Platsea, Mycale
Naval
Granicus, Issus, Arbela
Caudine Forks, Sentinum
(Ticinus.Trebia, Thrasymenus.
t Cannae, Metaurus, Zama...
Cynoscephalae, Pydna '.
Chaeronea, Cabeira
Petelia
Peace of Villafranca.
Abolition of slavery.
( Prussia defeats Austria and be-
{ comes supreme in Germany.
(Germans defeat French, take
) Paris, and add Alsace and
( Lorraine to Germany
f Peace of San Stefano. Treaty:
[ of Berlin ;
Treatv of Shunonoseki
Pharsalia, Thapsus, Munda,
Philippi, Actium
Siege
Xeres, Tours, Tarifa, Grenada.
(Crecy, Calais taken, Poictiers,
( Agincourt
Sempach, Nafels..
Prague
( St. Albans, Bloreheath, Wake-
I field,Towton,Barnet,Tewkes-
( bury
^Dreux, St. Denis, Jarnac, Mon-)
( contour, Ivry J
( Zutphen, Nieuport, sieges and )
[ naval )
( Dessau, Leipsic, 1-2, Lech, )
( Lutzen, Nordlingen, 1-2 — )
(Edgehill, Marston Moor,)
\ Naseby, Dunbar, Worcester, j
(Blenheim, Ramillies, Turin,)
j Oudenarde, Malplaquet >
Narva, Pultowa
ChineseJapanese ! 1894-1895
For a fuller account consult the nations mentioned. Army, Battles.
(Dettingen, Fontenoy, Placen-
\ tia, Laffeldt
jPrague,Kollin,Rosbach,Lissa,
( Torgau
(Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Mon-
( mouth, Yorktown
( Valmy, Jemmapes,Wattignies,
] Loano, Lodi, Areola, Pyra-
( raids
(Marengo, Trafalgar, Austerlitz,
Jena, Eylau, Friedland, Wa-
gram, Borodino, Leipsic,
Ligny, Waterloo
C Mostly naval, with the exception
[ of New Orleans.
Navarino, naval.
( Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cap- )
( ture of the City of Mexico. . |
/Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, 1
\ Malakhofif )
Magenta, Solferino
Bull Run, Shiloh, Seven Days.
Bull Run, 2d, Antietam^
Murfreesborough, Chancel
'^ lorsville, Vicksburg, Gettys- j-
burg, Chickamauga, Chatta
nooga, Virginia campaign,
Atlanta campaign, etc
KOniggratz or Sadowa
( worth, Gravelotte, Sedan,
\ Metz, Paris, etc
Plevna, ShipkaPass, Kars, etc.
r Japanese occupy Korea, Port)
Arthur, Wei-Hai-Wei, "'
1 Chang,
Port)
Nin-y
Hector, Agamemnon.
[Miltiades, Leonidas, Themis-
tocles. Pausanias, Leotychi-
I des— Greek.
Pericles. Alcibiades, I^ysander.
Alexander the Great, Darius.
I Fabius Maximus, Caius Pon-
( tius.
Fabius, Scipio, Hannibal.
(Flaminius, .^Emilius Paulus,
( Mummius, Perseus.
Metellus, Marius
LucuUus, Pompey, Sulla.
Spartacus, Crassus.
(Pompey, Caesar, Brutus, Cas-
( sius, Anthony, Augustus.
Titus.
Trajan.
Alaric, Genseric, Totila.
(Musa, Tarik, Charles Martel,
\ Cid Rodrigo.
Crusades.
r Edward III. of England; Ed-
I ward. Black prince, of Eng-
( land; Henry V. of England.
{Arnold von Winckelried,
Leopold II.
John Ziska, Sigismund.
f Richard, duke of York ; Ed-
j ward, duke of York; War-
] wick, earl of ; Margaret,
[ queen ; Henry VI.
( Duke of Anjou, Henry III. ;
I Henry IV., Conde.
William I., prince of Orange;
Maurice; duke of Alva; Alex-
ander Farnese.dukeof Parma.
Gustavus Adolphus, Wallen-
stein, Tilly, Turenne.
1 'r i nee Rupert,F'ai rfax, Charles
I., Cromwell.
Duke of Marlborough, prince
Eugene, marshal Tallard,
marshal Villars.
(Charles XII. of Sweden, Peter
( the Great of Russia.
( MarshalSaxe,Georgen.ofEng-
( land, duke of Cumberland.
Daun, Frederick the Great.
(Washington, Burgoyne, Clin-
( ton, Howe.
( Kellermann,Dumouriez,Jour-
I dan, Moreau, Hoche, Napo-
( leon.
(Napoleon, Wellington, Nelson,
Blucher, Alexander I.. Fran-
cis I., and Frederic William
IIL, etc.
Taylor, Scott, Santa Afia.
Lord Raglan, marshal St. Ar-
naud, prince Menschikoff.
gen. Canrobert.
(Napoleon III., Victor Emman-
( uel, Francis Joseph I.
(McClellan, Grant, Sherman,
.^Sheridan, Thomas, Lee,
I Johnston.
Marshal Benedek, William I.
(William I..VonMoltke,crown-
J princeFrederick,princeFred-
] erick Charles, Napoleon III.,
[ MacMahon, Bazaine, Trochu.
! Grand duke Nicholas, Gourko.
Skobelelf. Todleben, Osman
Pacha, Mukhtar Pacha.
I Count Oyama, prince Arisa-
\ gawa, prince Komatsu.
WAR
924
WAS
1495
1496
Wnrbeck'u liimirrectloii. Perkin Warbeck,
the ton of a Florentine Jew, to whom Edward IV. had stood
Bodfaiher, was |>er8uadcd by Margare^ duchess of liurgundy,
Sster to liicharvl III., to iierstinate her nephew Kichard,
Edwanl V.'s brother, which he did first in Ireland, where he
landed, 1492. The imposture was discovered by Henry VII.,
1493. Some writers have defended Warbeck's claims.
Warbeck nltcmpta to land in Kent with 600 men; 169 are
Uken prisoners and executed ;:;••; e ' •., " V
Recommeuded by the king of Franco to .lames IV. of Scotland,
^Jglves h..n his kinswoman, lord Huntley's danghtcr, in
marriage, when he assumes the title of Richard IV. James
IV. Invades Kugland in his favor. :•••■•. • • • • ••••••;••
Leaves Scotland and goes to Bodmin in Cornwall, where 3000
it\\n him • .-... oCpt. 1 4 J i
Ou the approach of Henry takes sanctflary at Beaulieu; sur- ^
renders; taken to London • • • • -"^^
Said to have been set in the shocks at Westminster and Cheap-
side, and sent to the Tower J u^®. l*-*^
Accused of plotting with the earl of Warwick to escape by
murdering the lieutenant, Aug.: the plot fails, and he is
banged at Tyburn, 23 Nov. ; earl beheaded 28 Nov.
Wardian Ca§e8. In 1829 N. B. Ward, from observ-
ing a small fern and grass growing in a closed glass bottle, in
which he had placed a chrysalis covered with moist earth,
was letl to construct his well-known closely glazed cases, which
afford to plants light, heat, and moisture, and exclude deleteri-
ous gases, smoke, etc. They are particularly adapted for ferns.
In 1833 they were first employed for the transmission of plants
to Sydney, etc, with success, and prof. Faraday lectured on the
subject, 1838.
War'eaw, the metropolis of Poland up to 1772, now
the capital of Russian Poland. The diet was transferred to
this citv from Cracow in 1566, and it became the seat of gov-
ernment in 1689. Pop. 1859, 162,777.
Poles defeated in 3 days' battle by the Swedes 28-30 July, 1656
Alliance at Warsaw of Austria and Poland against Turkey, in
pursuance of which John Sobieski assists in raising the
siege of Vienna (Sept. following) ; signed 31 Mch. 1683
Warsaw surrenders to Charles XII 1703
Treaty of Warsaw between Russia and Poland 24 Feb. 1768
Russian garrison expelled with loss of 2000 killed and 500
wounded, and 36 pieces of cannon 17 Apr. 1794
Poles defeated by the Russians at Maciejovice 4 Oct. "
King of Prussia besieges Warsaw, July; compelled to raise the
siege, Sept. ; it is taken by the Russians Nov. "
Suwarrow, Russian general, after the destruction of Warsaw,
cruelly butchers 30,000 Poles 4 Nov. "
Warsaw made a duchy and given to the house of Saxony,
Aug. 1807
Duchy overrun by the Russians; Warsaw made the residence
of a Russian viceroy 1813
Liist Polish revolution at Warsaw begins 29 Nov. 1830
Battle of Grochow, near Warsaw, the Russians driven back
with the loss of 7000 men 25 Feb. 1831
Battle of Warsaw; after 2 days' hard fighting the city capitu-
lates, and is occupied by the Russians; Polish army retires
towards Plock and Modlin 6-8 Sept. "
Czar meets the emperor of Austria and the regent of Prussia;
no result. 20-25 Oct. 1860
Poland, 1861-65.
l^artburg^, a castle in Saxony, N. Germany, where
Luther was conveyed for safety by the elector Frederick after
the diet of Worms, Apr. 1521, and translated the Bible into Ger-
man.
IfVailling^ton, a western frontier state of the United
States, between lat. 4.5° 40' and 49° N., and Ion. 117° and 124°
W., is bounded on the north
by the strait of Juan de Fuca
and British America, east by
Idaho, south by Oregon, and
\ve.st by the Pacific ocean.
Area, 69,180 sq. miles, in 34
counties;, pop. 1890, 349,390.
Capital, Olympia.
Juan Perez, in the ship San-
tiago, coasts the shore of
Washington and discov-
ers mount Olympus,
10-11 Aug. 1773
Bruno Heceta, at the head
of a Spanish expedition, discovers the mouth of the Colum-
bia rivert 1775
Strait of Juan de Fuca explored and named by capt. Meares
after a Greek mariner of that name 1788 ! Act of Congress approved, organizing as the territory of Idaho
Capt. Meares sails from Nootka southward, names mount i that part of Washington east of Oregon and of the 117th me-
Olympus, and discovers and names Shoal-water bay. .5 July, " I ridian of west longitude 3 Mch.
Capt. Robert Gray discovers (iray harbor, which he names Bul-
lluch harbor, and Columbia river, which he enters. . .11 May,
Lieut. Broughton, of the British navy, ascends Columbia river
about 100 miles Oct. -Nov.
Lewis and Clarke U. S. government exploring expedition de-
scends the Columbia river, reaching its mouth 5 Nov.
Capt. Meriwether Lewis explores the coast from Columbia river
to Shoalwater bay 18 Nov.
Fort Okanagan, built by David Stuart on the Okanagan, a
branch of the Columbia Aug.
Pierre Dorion and 2 others massacred by Indians on the Snake
river Jan.
Fort Walla Walla, on the Columbia river, built by the Hudson
Bay company
Exploring party under James McMillan leaves Astoria, 18 Nov.
1824; ascends the Chehalis river to Black river, thence to
Turn water lake; thence by an Indian portage it descends
the Eld inlet to Puget sound Dec.
Convention with Russia at St. Petersburg, 5-7 Apr. 1824, regu-
lating fishing and trading on the Pacific coast, and fixing 54°
40' as the northern boundary of the U. S. ; ratified. . .12 Jan.
Fort Colville built by Hudson Bay comi)auy at Kettle falls, on
the Columbia
Nathaniel J. Wyeth, with 21 men, starts from Boston overland
for Oregon, and with a remnant of his party descends the
Columbia, arriving at fort Vancouver 29 Oct.
Fort Nisqually built by Archibald McDonald 4 or 5 miles from
the mouth of the Nisqually river '
Mission station established at Waiilatpu, near Walla Walla, by
the revs. Whitman, Spalding, and Gray
Lieut. R. E. .lohnson. of the U. S. exploring expedition, with 3
men from Nisqually, visits forts Okanagan, Colville, Lapwai,
and Walla Walla, and returns by Yakima river May-July,
Michael T. Simmons, with 5 families, settles at Tumwater, at
the head of Budd inlet, naming it New Market Oct.
Congress notifies Great Britain that the conventions of 1818
and 1827, for joint occupation of Oregon territory (including
Washington) will terminate after 12 months 9 Feb.
Sraithfleld, afterwards (1850) Olympia, founded by Levi L.
Smith
Indian massacre at the Presbyterian mission at Waiilatpu; dr.
M. Whitman and family killed 29 Nov.
Fort Steilacoom, on Puget sound, established July,
Convention of 26 delegates at Cowlitz landing memorializes
Congress for a separate government for "Columbia " (Oregon
north of the Columbia) 29 Aug.
Seattle founded ; named from a noted Indian chief
Coal discovered near Bellingham bay by William Battle
First number of the Columbian, a weekly newspaper, issued
at Olympia 11 Sept.
Congress establishes a territorial government for Washington
(Oregon north of the Columbia), and confirms titles of lands
held by missionary stations before the establishment of Ore-
gon, not exceeding 640 acres each, to their religious societies.
2 Mch.
T. J. Dryer and party ascend mount St. Helen, which they dis-
cover to be an expiring volcano
Wagon road opened over the Cascade mountains, and 35 wag-
ons, with 100 or 200 emigrants, reach Puget sound
I. I. Stevens, appointed governor of the territory, arrives at
Olympia, 26 Nov., and organizes the government 28 Nov.
First Federal court held in Washington at Cowlitz landing by
judge Monroe 2 Jan.
Treaty at Point Elliott, near the mouth of Snohomish river,
with 2500 Indians, agreeing upon a reservation on the Lumini
river, 22 Jan.. and later with the tribes farther north, select-
ing a reservation about the head of Hood canal Jan.
Capital fixed at Olympia by act of legislature
Gold discovered near fort Colville
Treaty with the Nez Perces,Cayuses, Walla Wallas, and Yakimas
at Waiilatpu, by commissioners from gov. Stevens. .11 June,
Indian war begins; Indians attack 84 soldiers under maj. G. 0.
Haller, sent from fort Dallas, 3 Oct., for the Yakima country,
6 Oct.
Three families massacred by Indians in White River valley.
28 Oct.
Indians under Leschi, Owhi. Tecumseh, and Curley, attacking
Seattle, dispersed by shells from the sloop-of war Decatur,
26 Jan.
Indians defeated in an attack on troops at White river, 8 Mch.
Yakimas and Klikitats sweep down upon the Cascades, mas-
sacre the family of B. W. Brown, 26 Mch., and besiege the
garrison until relieved by troops under col. Wright, 28 Mch.
Leschi, arrested Nov. 1856, is 3 times tried for murder and
condemned, and is finally hanged 19 Feb.
Col. George Wright subdues the Coeur d'Alenes and Spokanes,
and executes treaties of peace at the mission on a branch of
the Coeur d'Alc-nes 17-23 Sept.
Light-house on cape Shoalwater, first illuminated 1 Oct.
First vessel direct from China to enter Puget sound, the Lizzie
Jarvis, arrives and secures a cargo of spars Oct.
That part of Oregon territory not included in the state is add-
ed to Washington territory by Congress 14 Feb,
Fort Colville established a few miles east of the old Hudson
Bay company's fort 20 June,
First cargo of yellow-fir spars shipped to Atlantic ports of the
U. S. from Port Gamble, in the Law$on, of Bath, Me
University of Washington at Seattle, chartered 18G1, opened
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Capitol at Olympia completed 1863
William and George Hume and A. S. Hapgood erect the first
factory at Eagle Cliff, on the Columbia river, for canning
salmon 1866
Penitentiary located on McNeil's island, near Steilacoom, by
commissioners appointed 1869
{government buildings at fort Steilacoom converted into a ter-
ritorial insane asylum, and occupied Aug. 1871
Tacoma on Commencement bay, Puget sound, selected as the
Western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad 1872
[Then the site of a sawmill and a few cabins.]
First .settler at Spokane Falls 1878
Constitutional convention meets at Walla Walla 11 June, 1878,
sits 24 days. Constitution ratified by the people Nov. "
Whitman college at Walla Walla, opened 1882, chartered 1883
Attempts of Knights of Labor to expel the Chinese from Wash-
ington lead to riots. Gov. Squire, by proclamation, calls on
citizens to preserve peace, 5 Nov. 1885; and a riot occurring
in Seattle, 7 Feb. 1886, he declares martial law 8 Feb. 1886
Northwest Normal school at Lynden opened "
Washington School for Defective Youth at Vancouver opened, "
Penitentiary at Walla Walla completed 1887
New insane asylum at Steilacoom completed 1888
Washington admitted to the Union 22 Feb. 1889
Constitution framed by a convention which meets at Olympia,
3 July; ratified by the people 40,152 to 11,879. Articles for
woman suffrage and prohibition are rejected 1 Oct. "
President proclaims Washington a state from 11 Nov. "
New insane asylum at Medicine lake erected 1889-90
Legislature passes the Australian Ballot bill 19 Mch. 1890
New legislative apportionment law, on the census of 1890,
enacted by the legislature at special session 3-11 Sept. "
Forty-five men buried under 20,000 cubic feet of rock by the
premature explosion of a blast at Spokane Falls 7 Sept. "
Work begun at excavating for commerce a solid deposit of
borax in Douglas county, 8)4 feet thick, IX miles long, and
)4 mile wide, discovered in 1875 1891
New U. S. naval station established at Port Orchard Sept. "
Centennial of the discovery of Puget sound celebrated at Port
Townsend 7 May, 1892
TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS.
I. I. Stevens assumes office 28 Nov. 1853
Fayette McMullen " Sept. 1857
C. H. Mason, acting " July, 1858
Richard D. Gholson " " 1859
Henry M. McGill, acting ... " May, 1860
W. H. Wallace " 1861
L. J. S. Turney, acting " "
William Pickering '• June, 1862
Marshall F. Moore " 1867
Alvan Flanders " 1869
Edward S. Salomon " 1870
Elisha Pvre Ferry " 1872
William A. Newell " 1880
Watson C. Squire " 1884
Eugene Semple " 1887
Miles C. Moore " 1888
STATE- GOVERNORS.
. . .assumes office 18 No%'. 1889
" Jan. 1893
Elisha P. Ferry . .
John H. McGraw.
UNITED STATES
SENATORS FROM THE
INGTON.
STATE OF WASH-
Name.
No. of Congress.
•Date.
Remarks.
John B. Allen
Watson C. Squire..
Vacant *
51st to 53d
51st "
53d "
1890 to 1893
1890 "
Term expires 1897.
John L. Wilson....
54th "
1895
Term expires 1899.
« The state legislature having failed to elect a U. S. senator 1893, the governor
appointed John B. Allen, whom the U. S. Senate refused to seat.
^Vasllington, City of. District of Columbia.
" ^Vashington crossing the Delaware,"
a celebrated painting by Thontias Sully (b. England, 1783 ; d.
Philadelphia, 1872) painted about 1820. Now in possession
of Boston museum.
'Wasllington, Fort. Fort Washington.
Washington, George, Administration of. United
States, 1789-97.
Washington monument, at Washington, D. C.
The corner-stone was laid, 4 July, 1848, with Masonic rites,
Robert C. Winthrop delivering the oration. The work pro-
ceeded until 1854, when it ceased for want of funds. In 1880
it was resumed by the government, and completed 1884, the
entire cost being $1,200,000. It is a white obelisk, 555 ft. high,
being the loftiest structure in the world, except the Eiffel
tower in Paris. The base is 55 ft. square, with walls 15 ft.
thick. The exterior is of crystal Maryland marble ; while
the interior, lighted by electricity, is occupied by a stairway
of 800 steps, extending from the bottom to the top, and an
elevator which rises in 7 minutes. '
W^ashington's birthday. First recorded cele-
bration occurred in Richmond, Va., Feb. 11 (o. s.) 1782. It
was celebrated there and in other places on 11 Feb. each year
until 1793, when 22 Feb. was adopted, according to the new
style.
Washington's, George, record.
Birth, Wakefield estate, Virginia 1732
In the French war (Virginia) 1753 et seq.
Marriage, etc., p. 658.
Army, pp. 49 and 54.
Nominated commander-in-chief (United States) 1775
At Cambridge, Mass. (United States) "
Unfurls flag (United States) 1776
Monmouth, battle of; also, United States,
Conway Cabal. 28-29 June and 12 Aug. 1778
At Newburg (United States) 1783
Addresses state governors (United States) '•
Issues farewell address (United State.s) "
Takes leave of offlc-ers (United States) "
At constitutional convention, p. 200.
Arrives at New York, takes oath of ofQce, etc. (New York) 1789
Eulogy on (United States) Dec. 1799
Wasp and Frolic. Naval battles.
Wasp, Cruise of the. Naval battles; United
States, 1816.
W^at Tyler's insurrection. Tylers insur-
rection.
watch of I^ondon, at night, appointed 1253, pro-
claimed the hour with a bell before the introduction of public
clocks. — Hardie. The old watch was discontinued, and a new
police (on duty night and day) commenced, 29 Sept. 1829.
Police.
'watches are said to have been invented at Nuremberg,
1447; although tradition asserts that Robert, king of Scot-
land, had a watch about 1310.
Watches first used in astronomical observations by Purbach. . 1500
Authors assert that the emperor Charles V. was the first who
had a real watch, though some call it a small table-clock. . . 1530
Watches first brought to England from Germany 1577
A watch which belonged to queen Elizabeth is preserved in the
library of the Royal Institution, London.
Spring pocket-watches (watches proporly so called) are as-
cribed to dr. Hooke by the English, and to M. Huyghens by
the Dutch. Dr. Derham, in his '-Artificial Clockmaker," says
that dr. Hooke was the inventor; and he appears to have pro-
duced the pendulum watch about 1658; an inscription on one
of the double-balance watches presented to Charles II. reads,
" Rob. Hooke, inven. 1658; T. Tompion, fecit, 1675."
Repeating watches invented by Barlowe 1676
Harrison's first timepiece produced (Harrison's timepiece). . . 1735
Watches for the United States were formerly supplied from
England, France, and Switzerland. In 1850 Aaron Dennison
of Boston and Edward Howard, experts in watch and clock
work, began making watches by machiner}'. They soon re-
moved their works to Waltham, Mass., where they have be-
come the largest in the world, with about 2800 operatives,
turning out daily 2000 watches. A second centre of watch
manufacture is at Elgin, 111. Clock.
water. Thales of Miletus, founder of the Ionic sect,
considered water to be the original principle of everything,
about 594 b.c. — Stanley. In the Roman church water was
first mixed with the sacramental wine, 122. — Lenglet. In
cooling water contracts till it is reduced to 40° Fahr. ; it then
begins to expand till it becomes ice at 32°. A cubic foot of
water weighs 62.5 lbs. avoirdupois ; a cubic foot of ice weighs
57.25 lbs.
Cavendish and Watt demonstrate that water is composed of
8 parts of oxygen and 1 part of hydrogen 1781-84
Water decomposed into oxygen and hydrogen gases by Lavoi-
sier, 1783; by the voltaic battery by Nicholson and Carlisle,
1800; by the heat of the oxy-liydrogen flame by W. R Grove, 1846
Aqueducts, Croton aqueduct, etc.
water-bed. Bed.
water-clock. Clock.
water-color painting has been gradually raised
from the hard, dry style of the last century to its present brill-
iancy, by the efforts of Nicholson, Copley Fielding, Sandby,
Varley, the great Turner, Pyne, Cattermole, Prout, etc. The
Water-color Society's exhibition (England), which began in
1805, was made royal in 1881 ; the diplomas were to be signed
by the queen after Nov. 1882. The Institute of Painters in
Water-colors established about 1831 (made royal in 1883).
The first organized movement in associating water-color paint-
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en in the Unitetl Sutes was made in 1850; it was unsuccess-
ful, and ccasetl in 1854. In 1866 the Artists' Funil Society, in
its annual oxhibition held in the National Academy of Design,
New York, made a feature of this branch of art, and exhibited
a collection i»f works by native and foreign painters. The
result was the organization, in Dec. 1866, of the American
Society of Painters in Water Colors.
WUtcr-fflaftM, a liquid mixture of sand (silex) and one
of the alkalies ([wtash or soda). (Jlauber {De Lithiase) men-
tions a similar mixture in 1644. Dr. Von Fuchs, the modern
inventor, gave an account of his process in 1825; and Frederick
Kanjwme, of Ipswich, ignorant of Von Fuchs's discovery, pa-
tentetl a motie of preparing water-glass in 1845, which he has
since greatly improved. In 1857, M. Kuhlmann, of Lille, pub-
lished a pamphlet setting forth the advantageous employment
of water-glass in hardening porous stone and in stereochromy.
It has been applied to the exterior of many buildings in France
and England. The memoirs of Von Fuchs and Kuhlmann
were translated and printed in England in 1859, by direction
of the prince-consort.
Wat'erloo, a village of Belgium, the site of the great
battle, on Sunday, 18 June, 1815, between 71,947 French, with
246 guns, under Napoleon, and the allies under the duke of
Wellington, with 67,661 men and 156 guns. The French con-
tinued their attacks from about 10 in the morning until 5 in
the afternoon, when 16,000 Prussians reached the field ; and by
7, the force under Blucher amounted to above 50,000 men, with
104 guns. Wellington then moved forward his whole army.
A rout ensued, with great carnage. Of the British (23,991),
93 officers and 1916 men were killed and missing, and 363 offi-
cers and 4560 men wounded— total, 6932 ; and the total loss
of the allied army amounted to 4206 killed, 14,539 wounded,
and 4231 missing, making 22,976 hors de combat. Napoleon,
quitting the wreck of his army, returned to Paris; and, find-
ing it impossible to raise another, abdicated. — P. Nicolas. Na-
poleon attributed his defeat to the failure of marshal Grouchy
to keep Blucher from reinforcing Wellington. It is now con-
ceded that this is correct ; that Napoleon would have defeated
Wellington by 4 p.m. had it not been (1) for the anticipated
reinforcements and (2) for the actual. It was without doubt
known at an early hour to Wellington that Blucher would be
on the field as early as 2 p.m., if not before, and it was about
this time that detachments of the Prussian army appeared on
the French left. With this expected and certain aid the Brit-
ish held on, bearing blow after blow with dogged resolution,
knowing that help was approaching. Had Grouchy placed his
forces (35,000) between the British and Prussian armies, the
battle of Waterloo would have been a French victory.
Waterloo monument, over the remains of the oflacers and men
who fell in the campaign of 1815, erected by queen Victoria
in a cemetery at Brussels, unveiled by the duke of Cam-
bridge 26 Aug. 1890
Gen. Geo. Whichcote, b. 21 Dec. 1794, who fought in the Span-
ish campaigns and at Waterloo, d 26 Aug. 1891
William Hewitt, lieutenant-colonel, last surviving British offi-
cer at this battle, d. aged 96 26 Oct. "
IVaterlOO bridge (London). A bridge here over
the Thames was repeatedly suggested during the last century,
but no actual preparations for it were made till 1806, when G.
Dodd procured an act of Parliament, and gave the present site,
plan, and dimensions of the bridge ; but, under some disagree-
ment with the committee, he was superseded by John Rennie,
who completed this noble structure. It was commenced 11
Oct. 1811, and opened 18 June, 1817, on the anniversary of the
battle of Waterloo, the prince-regent, the duke of Wellington,
etc., being present. Its length within abutments is 1242 feet ;
its width within balustrades is 42 feet; and the span of each
of the 9 arches is 120 feet. Bought for 475,000/. by the Met-
ropolitan Board of Works ; opened toll-free, 5 Oct. 1878 ; lit by
electric light from 10 Oct. 1879.
ivater-inilli, for grinding corn, are said to have been
invented by Belisarius, the general of Justinian, while besieged
in Rome by the Goths, 555. The ancients parched their corn,
and pounded it in mortars. Afterwards mills were invented,
which were turned by men and beasts with great labor ; yet
Pliny mentions wheels turned by water. Telodynamic
TR.V2JSMITTER.
^iV^ater-§pout§. Storms.
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Roman roads.
IVatliiig street.
MflXiWyinXe^sXwat-teen'yie), a village of N. France*
Here Jourdan and tne French republicans defeated the Aus-
trians under the prince of Coburg, and raised the siege of Mau-
beuge, 14-16 Oct. 1793.
'Wauhatell'ie, Battle of. Chattamooga campaign.
wave prilielple (in accordance with which the
curves of the hull of a ship should be adapted to the curves of
a wave of the sea) formed the subject of experiments begun by
John Scott Russell in 1832, for increasing the speed of ships.
Col. Beaufoy is said to have spent 30,000/. in researches upon
this matter. It was taken up by the British Association, who
have published reports. The principle has been adopted by
naval architects. Light, Unuulatory theory.
Wa'verley novels. The publication of the series
began with '♦ Waverley ; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since," in 1814,
and closed with " Tales of my Landlord," 4th series, in 1831.
The authorship was acknowledged by sir Walter Scott, at a
dinner, 23 Feb. 1827. The original MSS. of several of Scott's
poems and novels were sold by auction by Christie & Man-
son for 1255 guineas, 6 July, 1867. Literature.
liVavre {vav'r), a village in Belgium, 15 miles southeast
from Brussels. Here Grouchy attacked the Prussians under
Thielman, 18 June, 1815, instead of hastening to the support
of Napoleon at Waterloo.
Wawz or "Wawre, a town of Poland. The Poles
under Skrzynecki attacked the Russians at Wawz, and after 2
days' hard fighting all the Russian positions were carried by
storm, and they retreated, with the loss of 12,000 men and 2000'
prisoners, 31 Mch. 1831. The loss of the Poles was small, but
their triumph was soon followed by defeat and ruin.
wax (A. S. weax, Ger. Wachs), a substance secreted by
bees and used in constructing their cells, also a substance
formed in leaves and fruit and certain plants. It came into
use for candles in the 12th century; and wax candles were
esteemed a luxury in 1300, and were rare. In China, candlea
of vegetable wax have been in use for centuries. Candi.es.
The wax- tree, Ligustrum lucidum, was taken to England from
China before 1794.— Sealing-wax was not brought into use in
England until about 1556. Its use has been almost superseded
by adhesive envelopes, since 1844.
waxwork. Exhibitions of models in wax were pop-
ular in the 17th and 18th centuries. The collection of wax
figures exhibited by Mrs. Salmon at Aldgate, early in the last
century, was removed to Fleet street, London, and shown there
till 1812, when it was sold, it is said, for 50/. Mme. Tns-
saud, a skilful modeller, exhibited her collection of models and
casts of eminent persons, witli costumes and other relics, in the
boulevard du Temple, Paris, 1785. In 1802 she exhibited
it at the Lyceum, Strand, London, and afterwards at other
places. The interest of the exhibition has been energetically
sustained for many years at Baker street, London, W., and lat-
terly at Marylebone road, by Mme. Tussaud and her family ;
she died 15 Apr. 1850, aged 90. Early in 1889 the collection
was purchased by a company, John Tussaud being engaged as-
manager. Louis Tussaud opened a new exhibition of wax-
works at 207 Regent street, 24 Dec. 1890 ; it was destroyed by-
fire, 20 June, 1891 ; estimated loss. 10,000/.
Wayne'i Indian eampaii^n. Ohio, 1793.
we. Sovereigns generally use we for /, a style which,
began with king John, 1199.— Co^e. The German emperors
and French kings used the plural about 1200.
Weald of Kent and Sussex, the site of very large, an-
cient forests ; St. Leonard's still remaining ; near which, in the
Wealden formation, dr. G. A. Mantell discovered the remains-
of huge extinct animals, 1825 et seq. R. Furley published an
exhaustive " History of the Weald of Kent," 1871-74.
" Wealth of IVationi," an inquiry into the cause
of; by Adam Smith, pub. 1776. Of this work Buckle says,
" probably the most important book which has ever been writ-
ten, whether we consider the amount of original thought it
contains or its practical influence."
Weather bureau. The United States Weather
bureau, fr<Jm its organization in 1870 until 30 June, 1891,,
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when it was transferred to the Department of Agriculture,
was a division of the U. S. Signal service under the War de-
partment. It was organized by chief signal officer brig.-gen.
Albert J. Myer, under act of Congress 9 Feb. 1870, the first
legislation of the U. S. for a national weather service. Mete-
orological reports had been collected and maps sent out daily
by prof. Henry at the Smithsonian Institution in 1854, and
European governments had issued storm warnings in Holland,
France, and England ; but prof. Cleveland Abbe, meteorolo-
gist, of Cincinnati, originated the present system of weather
forecasts. Prof. Abbe began the publication of the Weather
Bulletin of the Cincinnati Observatory, for the benefit of the
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, 1 Sept. 1869. His success
led prof. Lapham of Milwaukee to cause memorials for a na-
tional system, to be indorsed by all chambers of commerce
and boards of trade, and presented to Congress with a bill by
gen. H. E. Paine, resulting in the act of 1870. The great
value of the service lies in simultaneous weather observations
throughout the U. S., transmitted twice daily by telegraph to
Washington, from which are made synoptic weather maps
and press reports telegraphed to all points. Cautionarj' storm-
signals are displayed for the shipping at all seaport and lake
stations, and special flood reports at river stations. For the
benefit of agriculture, special Farmers^ Bulletins are issued
from the Washington office at 1 a.m., and distributed by the
" Railway Weather Bulletin service," so that, in the remotest
sections, the farmer may know at an early hour the " proba-
bilities" for the day. The title "Old Probabilities," famil-
iarly applied to the head of the Weather bureau, was first
given in 1869 to prof. Abbe, and he was chosen in 1870 by
gen. Myer to prepare " probabilities " or storm-warnings.
First weather, bulletins of simultaneous observations issued
and telegraphed to more than '20 cities 4 Nov. 1870
First storm-warning bulletins along the lakes issued about,
10-15 Nov. "
Systematic tri-daily weather predictions begun 12 Feb. 1871
Display of cautionary signals on the sea-coasts and lakes be-
gun 24 Oct. "
Signal service charged to extend its researches in the interest
of agriculture, by act approved 10 June, 1872
Signal-service stations established at light-house and life-sav-
ing stations on the lakes and sea-coast, by act of. 3 Mch. 1873
Monthly Weather Review first published "
System of international co-operative simultaneous weather
observation, proposed by gen. Myer at the congress of mete-
orologists convened at Vienna, is begun Sept. "
All Smithsonian weather observers transferred to the signal
service at the instance of prof. Joseph Henry 2 Feb. 1874
Meteorological reports of army post surgeons ordered by the
surgeon -general to be sent to the chief signal office. .19 Juue, "
Daily publication of Bulletin of International Simultaneous
Meteorological Observations of the Northern Hemisphere be-
gun at "Washington 1 Jan. 1875
Publication of graphic synoptic International Weather Maps
of Simultaneous Observations begun by gen. Myer., . .1 July, 1878
Gen. Albert J. Myer, b. 1828, d. at Buffalo, N. Y 24 Aug. 1880
Brig.-gen. W. B. Hazen appointed chief signal officer 6 Dec. "
Gen. Hazen, b. 1830, d. at Washington 16 Jan. 1887
Gen. A. W. Greely appointed chief signal officer 3 Mch. "
Weather bureau transferred to the Department of Agriculture,
and prof. Mark W. Harrington appointed chief 30 June, 1891
weaving^ (weave, Dut. weven, Ger. weben, Sanscr. vap),
the art of forming cloth in a loom, appears to have been prac-
tised in China more than a thousand years before it was known
in Europe or Asia. The Egyptians ascribed the art to Isis, the
Greeks to Pallas Athene, and the Peruvians to the wife of Manco
Capac. Our Saviour's vest, or coat, is reported to have had no
seam, being woven from the top throughout in one whole piece.
The print of a frame for weaving such a vest may be seen in
Calmet's " Dictionary," under the word Vestments. 2 weavers
from Brabant settled at York, Engl., where they manufact-
ured woollens, which, says king Edward, "may prove of great
benefit to us and our subjects" (1331). Flemish dyers, cloth-
drapers, linen-makers, silk-throwsters, etc., settled at Canter-
bury, Norwich, Colchester, Southampton, and other places, on
account of the duke of Alva's persecution, 1567. Loom.
\vecldi]lg[>rillg§ were used by the ancients, and put
upon the left third finger, from a supposed connection of a
vein there with the heart. According to Pliny, they were made
of iron ; in the time of Tertullian of gold. Wedding-rings in
England are of standard gold by statute, 1855. Auriatic.
Weddillg^§. Silver weddings are celebrated after a
union of 25 years, golden weddings after 60 years, and dia-
mond weddings after 60 years.
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Wedgwood ware, pottery and porcelain produced
by Josiah Wedgwood of Staffordshire, Engl., in 1762. His^
potteries, termed Etruria, were founded in 1771. Previous ta
1763 much earthenware was imported from France and Hol-
land. Pottery.
Wedlie§day, the 4th day of the week, so called from,
the Saxon idol Woden, or Odin, worshipped on this day.
Woden was the reputed author of magic and the inventor of
all the arts, and was thought to answer to the Mercury of the
Greeks and Romans.
iveek, a period of 7 days, supposed to have been first
used among the Jews, who observed as holy the sabbath or
7th day. They had 3 sorts of weeks — the common one of 7
days ; the 2d of 7 years ; the 3d of 7 times 7 years, at the end
of which was the jubilee. All the present English names of
days are derived from the Saxon names of gods ; and it is for
this reason that Quakers regard it as idolatry to use these-
names, and substitute numbers (1st day, etc.) for them.
Latin. French.
Dies Solis, Day of the Sun, Dimanche.
Dies Lunse, Day of the Moon, Lundi.
Dies Martis, Day of Mars, Mardi.
Dies Mercurii, Day of Mercury, Mercredi.
Dies Jovis, Day of Jupiter, Jeudi.
Dies Veneris, Day of Venus, Vendredi.
DiesSaturni, Day of Saturn, Samedi.
English. « Saxon. German.
Sunday, Sun's day, Sonntag.
Monday, Moon's day, Montag.
Tuesday, Tiw's day, Dienstag.
Wednesday, Woden's day, Mittwoche (mid-week;
or i gi nally Woden'sTag).
Thursday, Thor's day, Donnerstag.
Friday, Friga's day, Freitag.
Saturday, Saterne's day, Samstag, or Sonnabend.
weeping willow (Lat. Salix Bahylonica). Said
to have been introduced into England from the East in 1722,
and into the United States in 1775, by one of the British offi-
cers who came to Boston with the army, bringing a twig.
This twig came into possession of John Parke Custis, who
planted it on his estate at Abingdon, Va., where it became the,
progenitor of this species in the U. S.
weigllt§ and measures. These and the stamping^
of gold and silver money are attributed to Pheidon, tyrant of
Argos,895 b.c. Arundelian marbl?:s. Weights were orig-
inally taken from grains of wheat, the lowest being still called
a grsim.—Chalmeis. Critii, Metric system, and Standard-
measures.
Much information is given by H. W. Chisholm in his work "On the^
Science of Weighing and Measuring." 1877.
Jews ascribed weights and measures to Cain; Egyptians to Theuth,
or Thoth; Greeks to Hermes (the Roniiin Mercury).
Basis of ancient measures was the natural dimensions of the humaa
body; the digit, or breadth of the middle part of the first joint of
the forefinger, being the lowest unit of the scale.
Egyptian cubit (6 palms), under the Pharaohs, was about 18.24 Eng-
lish inches; cubit of Ptolemy about 21.87 inches; he determined
the length of a stadium and of a degree.
Sacred cubit of the Jews (Newton), 24.7 inches.
Assyrian weights are described by Mr. Layard in his '•'■ Nineveh."
Grecian 7roi)r = 1.01 ft., and a oTabiov or great measure = (507 ft.
Roman pes =11.65 in. ; while the milliare = ^Vp of i mile.
Grecian 5pdx/uri = 2. 46 drs. avoirdupois; while Che Roman libra z=
11 oz. 8.6 drs. avoirdupois.
Standard measure was originally kept at Winchester, Engl., by
the law of king Edgar 972
Standard weights and measures were provided for the kingdom
of England by the sheriffs of London, 9 Rich. 1 1197
Public weighing-machine was set up in London, and all com-
modities ordered to be weighed by the city officer, called the
weigh-master, who was to do justice between buyer and sell-
er, sUt. 3 Edw. II. (Stow) 1309
Edward III. ordered that there should be "one weight, meas-
ure, and yard " throughout the kingdom 1353-
First statute, directing the use of avoirdupois weight, of 24
Hen. VIII 1532
Weights and measures ordered to be examined by the justices
at quarter-sessions, 35 Geo. Ill 1795
Again regulated 1800-
Statute for establishing uniformity of weights and measures,
1824, took efliect throughout the United Kingdom 1 Jan. 1826-
Specific gravities. Elements.
Wein§l>er^, City of. Guelphs.
Weldon Road, Battle of. Grant's campaign in.
Virginia.
Welland eanal. Canals.
W^ell§ were dug by Abraham, 1892 B.C., and Isaac, 1804
WEN ^
(Gen. xxi. 80, ami xxvi. J 9). Danaus is said to have intro-
duc€«l well-digging into Greece from Egypt. Norton's " tube-
well," patentetl Oct. 18G7, is said to be the invention of Hiram
J. Messenger, Stephen Brewer, and Byron Mudge, Americans,
of the stale of New York. The apparatus consists of an iron
lube jwrforated with holes at the lower end, and shod with a
•teel |K)int, which readily enters the hardest soil when forcibly
driven. It was used with great advantage during the civil war,
1801-04; by the British in their campaign in Abyssinia, 1867-
1868; and by the Russians in Khiva, 1873. Autksian wells.
WCIICiS, a branch of the Slavonic family which spread
over Germany in the 6th century, and settled especially in the
northeastern parts.
WCHlcyail WEctllodlstS. The term " Wesleyan "
is applied to all Methodistj in England, but in the United
States only to an organization that withdrew from the Meth-
otlist Episcopal church in 1843, dissatisfied with the attitude
of the Methixlist Episcopal church towards slavery. It has
no distinctive doctrines, anil has not increased in strength or
im|)ortance. According to the census of 1890 it has in the
U. S. 341 churches, with 16,492 members. Methodism.
West African §Cttletnent§ under the English
government and protection. Gold Coast extends along the
gulf of Guinea 350 miles. Area, 15,000 sq. miles (under Eng-
lish protection, 46,600 sq. miles) ; pop. 1,905,000. Lagos, an
island on the slave coast, with a protectorate extending some
distance inland. Area, 1071 sq. miles ; pop. 100,000. Gam-
bia^ at the mouth of the river Gambia. Area, 2700 sq. miles ;
pop. 50,000. Sierre Leone, area, 15,000 sq. miles ; pop. 180,000.
Each with a governor appointed by the i3riti8h crown.
West Indies, islands discovered by Columbus (Amer-
ica), form a long archipelago reaching from Florida and Yu-
catan to the shores of Venezuela, South America, separating
the open Atlantic from the gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean
sea. So called because they were supposed to be a part of In-
dia. 3 great divisions are recognized in this archipelago :
I. Greater Antilles: Cuba, Hayti, Porto Rico, aud Jamaica.
» II. Bahamas: Extending from about 20° to 27° N. lat., forming a
British colonial possession, few inhabited; Nassau, on Prov-
idence island, the capital. They form a barrier which throws
the Gulf stream upon the Atlantic coast of the U. S., thus
greatly modifying the climate of the eastern U.S. and northern
Europe.
III. I^esser An-
tilles.
Leeward
isles.
Virgin islands
Possessors.
British, Danish,
Spanish.
British.
Anguilla
St. Christopher (St. i ^^
Kitt's) \
St. Martin French, Dutch
St. Bartholomew.
French.
Dutch.
Windward
isles.
St. Eustatius
Nevis
Barbuda
Antigua
Montserret
Guadeloupe
Marie-Galante
[ Dominica
f Martinique
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
Grenada
Barbadoes
Tobago
Trinidad
Oruba
Curaf oa
Buen Ayre
Aves (Bird) islands
Los Roques
Orchilla
( Blanquella
For special information see each separately.
West Point, Orange county, N. Y., a town on the west
bank of the Hudson river, 52 miles from New York city ; pop.
about 1400. Site of forts Clinton and Putnam, built during the
Revolution ; also scene of Arnold's treason. United States,
1780.
West Point military academy, the only
school to educate oflficers for the army of the United States,
occupies 2200 acres at West Point. The 27 sec. of the act of
Congress, 16 Mch.1802, by which the military peace establish-
ment was determined, provided for a corps of engineers to be
stationed at West Point, N. Y., and to constitute a military
British.
French.
British.
French.
British.
Dutch.
Venezuela.
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academy, the senior engineer officer, Jonathan Williams, maj.
of engineers, to be superintendent. By act of 25 Feb. 1803,
the president was empowered to appoint a teacher of French
and one of drawing. Further provisions made by Congress
for it 29 Apr. 1812, defining the principles upon which the
school has since been conducted. This act established the
following departments: Engineering, philosophy, mathemat-
ics, French, Spanish, drawing, geograpliy, history, ethics,
chemistry, mineralogy, geology, infantry tactics, practical en-
gineering, artillery and cavalry practice, ordnance and gun-
nery, equitation, fencing, and bayonet exercise. Requirements
for admission, time of study and service, rate of pay and emolu-
ments prescribed. On 28 July, 1817, brevet-maj. Sylvanus
Thayer, of the corps of engineers, known as " the Father of the
academy," assumed control as superintendent. " From this
period the commencement of whatever success as an educational
institution and whatever reputation the academy may posse.ss
throughout the country and abroad for its strict, impartial, salu-
tary, elevating, and disciplinary government must be dated."
—Capt. Edward C. Boynton, " History of West Point," p. 217.
First graduates, Joseph G. Swift and Simon M. Levy.. .12 Oct. 1802
3 graduates 1803 | 15 graduates 1808
1809
1810
1811
2 " 1804
3 " 1805
15 " 1806 19
5 " 1807
[Total, 1802-94 Inclusive, 3616.]
Permanent superintendent appointed 1815
Board of visitors ai)pointed 1816-
[Board of visitors are appointed annually. 7 by the presi-
dent, 2 by the president of the Senate, and 3 by the speaker
of the House. They visit the academy in June and are pres-
ent at the graduation of the class.]
Uniforms prescribed "
Class rank inaugurated isiS
Martial law introduced ; first court-martial "
[Cadets held to be subject to the rules and articles of war.
Opinion confirmed by pres. Monroe and Calhoun, sec. of war.]
Severer regulations introduced "
[By sec. 28, act of Congress, 5 July, 1838. cadets to serve
the government 8 years unless sooner discharged.]
[Congress organized a commission of 2 senators, 2 repre-
sentatives, and 2 army officers to examine the academy, to
ascertain what changes, if any, were necessary, etc. It con-
sisted of Jefferson Davis and Solomon Foot, of the Senate;
John Cochrane and Henry W. Davis, of the House ; maj. Rob-
ert Anderson and capt. A. A. Humphreys, U. S. army. They
met at West Point, 17 July, 1860, and on 13 Dec, in a report of
350 pages, recommended the reorganization of the academy.]
Total number of cadets present at the academy on 1
Nov. 1860 278
From the southern states 86
Of these from the south, the number discharged, dis-
missed, and resigned, from causes connected with
the civil war, was 65
Leaving at the academy from the south to prosecute
their studies 21
Of the 1249 living graduates at the beginning of the civil
war, 919 remained loyal,
283 joined the confederates,
47 neutral or unknown,
1249 total.
By act of Congress, 3 Aug. 1861, the oath of allegiance was amended
so as to abjure all allegiance, sovereignty, or fealty conceived to
be due any state, county, or country whatsoever, and pledge an
unqualified support to the Constitution and the national govern-
ment. By provision of law, each congressional district and ter-
ritorial district, as well as the District of Columbia, is entitled
to 1 cadet. Appointments from the first two are made on the
nomination to the sec. of war by the representative in Congress
from his own district. However large the number of applicants
from any district, the appointee is selected at the instance of the
representative. The pres. of the U. S. is authorized to appoint 10
cadets at large independent of residence. Candidate must be over
16 and under 21 years of age, and at least 5 ft. high; must be able
to read and write well, and grounded in the first 4 rules of arith-
metic, etc. ; subject to examination by the medical board at West
Point.
SUPERINTENDKNTS OF WEST POINT.
L Jonathan Williams... 1802-12
2. Joseph G. Swift 1812-17
3. Sylvanus Thayer 1817-33
4. Rene E. De Russy.. . .1833-38
5. Richard Delafleld 1838-45
6. Henry Brewerton 1845-52
7. Robert E. Lee 1852-55
8. John G. Barnard 1855-56
9. Richard Delafleld 1856-61
10. P. G. T. Beauregard.. 1861
[Served 5 days. Ap-
pointed by John Floyd,
sec. of war; relieved
by Joseph Holt.]
11. Alexander H. Bow-
man
12. Zealous B. Tower. . '. .1864
13. George W. Cullum . . . 1864-66
14. Thomas G. Pitcher. ..1866-71
15. Thos. H. Ruger 1871-76
16. Gen. John M. Scho- ) ,„„„ q.
field } 1876-81
^'^' ^^"rd^"''^''^' ^'"""i 1881-82
18. Wesley Merritt". '. .... 1882-87
19. John G. Parke 1887-89
20. Jas. M. Wilson
2L 0. H. Ernst 1894
1861-64
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-GRADUATES RANKING No. 1 FROM 1818 TO 1861 (NO CLASS RANK PRIOR TO 1818), WITH THE CLASS AND GRADTT
ATING RANK OF OTHERS WHO BECAME DISTINGUISHED IN THE CIVIL WAR »»«AUU-
Class rank, No. 1. Name.
Richard Delafleld ,
William A. Eleason
Stei)lien Tuttle
Edward A. Courtenay
George Dutton
Alfred Mordecai
Deiin is A. Mahan
Alexander D. Bache
William H. C. Bartlett
Ebenezer S. Sibley
Albert E. Church
Charles Mason
Alexander J. Swift
Roswell Park
George W. Ward
P'rederic A. Smith
Wm. D. Eraser (named Wm. Smith at graduation)
George W. Morell
George L. Welcker
Henry W. Benham
William H. Wright.
Isaac J. Stevens. ,
Paul 0. Hebert.
Zealous B. Tower ,
Henry L. Eustis..
William B. Franklin..
William G. Peck
William H. C. Whiting,
C. Seaforth Stewart.
John C. Symmes. . . . . .
William P. Trowbridge.
Quincy A. Gilmore
Frederick E. Prime...
George L. Andrews . . .
Thomas Lincoln Casey
James B. McPherson. .
G. W. Custis Lee
Cyrus B. Oomstock . . .
30
Year of
graduation.
1818
1819
1820
1821
1822
1823
1824
1825
1827
1828
1830
1831
1832
1833
1834
1835
1837
1840
1841
1843
1844
1845
No. in
Class.
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
56
43
46
34
Remarks.
Retired
Died, 1839.
Died, 1835.
Resigned, 1834.
Died, 1857 ,
Resigned, 1861.
Died, 1867
Resigned, 1829
Resigned, 1864
Resigned, 1831
Died, 1847
Resigned, 1836
Resigned, 1836.
Died, 1852
Died, 1856.
( Resigned, 1837 ; re-cn-
\ teredthe army, 1861
Died, 1848
Died, 1845
[■Resigned, 1853; re-en- ]
J tered the army, !
1 1861 ; killed at f"
[ Chantilly, 1862.... J
f Resigned, 1845 ; reap- 1
pointed, 1847; re- !
signed, 1848; joined |
the rebellion J
Resigned, 1864.
Resigned, 1866.
Resigned, 1865.
^Resigned, 1861;)
[ joined the rebellion J
Retired, 186L.
Resigned, 1856.
Killed before Atlanta, ^
Ga., 1864, aged 35..)
Resigned, 1861 ;)
joined the rebellion)
Class rank of disllngulahed officers graduating at
the time.
(David Hunter 25
(Joseph K. T. Mansfleld '. 2
f Robert A nderson 15
(Charles F. Smith .......19
? Albert Sidney Johnston 8
(S. P. Heintzelman 17
Leonidas Polk q
Jefferson Davis ....23
<). McKnight Mitchel !l5
Joseph E. Johnston 13
Robert E. Lee , 2
J. B. Magruder ' 15
(Samuel R. Curtis .27
(A. A. Humphreys 13
George W. Cullum s
("George G. Meade 19
(Gordon Granger .35
Thomas W. Sherman 18
( Joseph Hooker 29
I John Sedgwick 24
! Braxton Bragg , 5
] Jubal A. Early 18
J. C. Pemberton 27
[William H. French 22
flrvin McDowell..; 23
J Andrew J. Smith 36
1 P. G. T. Beauregard 2
[ William J. Hardee 26
f Edward R. S. Canby 30
J Henry W. Halleck 3
] Edward 0. C. Ord 17
[ Henry J. Hunt 19
r William Tecumseh Sherman 7
-i George H. Thomas 12
(Richard S. Ewell 13
f John F. Reynolds 26
I Don Carlos Buell 32
^ Nathaniel Lyon 11
I Horatio G. Wright 2
( John M. Brannan 23
( John Newton 2
William S. Rosecrans 5
I John Pope 17
■> (George Sykes 39
D. H. Hill 28
I James Longstreet 54
I Earl Van Dorn 52
(Christopher G. Auger 16
^Ulysses S. Crant 21
( Frederick Steele 30
I W'infleld S. Hancock 18
-^Alfred Pleasanton 7
(S. B. Buckner 11
( Fitz-John Porter 8
I Charles P. Stone 7
Thomas J. Wood 5
William F. Smith 4
Edmund Kirby Smith 25
( George B. McClellan 2
George Stoneman 33
J Darius Couch 13
j John G. Foster 4
Thomas J. Jackson, " Stonewall " 17
( George Pickett 59
f Ambrose E. Burnside 18
I Orlando B. Wilcox 8
J Charles Griffin 23
] John Gibbon 20
Romey n B. Ay res 22
[ Ambrose P. Hill 15
] John G. Parke 2
(Absalom Baird 9
G. K. Warren 2
r David Stanley 9
j Henry W. Slocum 7
1 Alexander McDowell McCook 30
[ George W. Crook 32
John M. Schofield 7
Philip H. Sheridan 34
J. B. Hood 44
(0. 0. Howard 4
(J- E. B. Stuart 13
i William B. Hazen 28
Godfrey Weitzel 2
William B. Averell 26
David McM. Gregg 8
Alfred T. 0. Torbert 21
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980
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GRADUATES RANKING Na 1, ETC.. WHO BECAME DISTINGUISHED IN THE CIVIL WAR. -(Continued.
George W. Snyder.
John C. Palfrey •• .
William I'. hiiiH>. ..
Wim»m K. Merrill.
Walter McFarlaud .
Henry A. Dupoot.
Yaarof
grMluktton.
1866
1867
1869
1860
18C1
Nn. in
ClMi.
Remarkt.
Died, 1861.
Resigned, 1863.
Class rank of distiuguUhed officers graduating at
the time.
/Wesley Merritt 22
\James H. Wilson &
? Judson Kili>atrick 17
-^ Emory Upton 8
(George A. Custer 34
West Saxons. Britain.
West Virginia, a state of the United States formed
from Virginia west of the Alleghany mountains, is of irregular
shape, a narrow strip known
as the Panhandle extending
north between Pennsylvania
and Ohio some 70 miles, and
Maryland cutting a triangle
out of the northeastern por-
tion*. It lies between lat. 37°
5' and 40° 37' N., and Ion. 77°
4' and 82° 40' W. Its general
boundary is Pennsylvania and
Maryland on the north, Vir-
ginia on the east and south,
and Kentucky and Ohio on
the west. Area, 24,780 sq.
miles in 54 counties. Pop. 1890, 762,794. Capital, Charles-
ton. Virginia.
Harper's Ferry established as a ferry 1748
Baptist church formed at Opequon, Berkeley county, under
charge of rev. John Gerard from New England 1754
Battle of the Trough, near Moorefield. A small baud of set-
tlers pursuing Indians under Kill Buck are hemmed in bfc-
tween mounuin and river, and obliged to retreat with loss
of half their number. spring of 1756
Massacre of the garrison of fort Seybert, 12 miles from site of
Franklin, by Indians May, 1758
Romney laid out and named by lord Fairfax Nov. 1762
Capt. William Arbuckle. the first white man to traverse the
Kanawha valley, reaches the site of Point Pleasant 1764
English exploring expedition under col. Crogan descends the
Ohio, encamping at West Columbia and Little Guyandotte
river May, 1765
George Washington, on a surveying expedition to the Ohio,
passes through Romney 9 Oct. 1770
Indians attack the crew of a trading canoe from Pittsburg on
the Ohio, near Wheeling, killing 1 man, thus breaking a 10
years' truce, 16 Apr. The settlers declare war and engage
in a battle near the mouth of Captina creek 27 Apr. 1774
Fort Union built on site of Lewisburg "
Fort Fincastle, afterwards fort Henry, at Wheeling, built "
Battle of Point Pleasant, at the mouth of the Great Kanawha
( Vl RGINIA) 10 Oct. "
Fort Randolph, at Point Pleasant, begun " "
John Harvie and John Nevill, chosen to represent western
Virginia in the Virginia convention, are admitted to seats,
21 Mch. 1775
Convention of Virginia frontiersmen west of the Alleghany
mountains at Pittsburg elects John Harvie and George Rodes
delegates to Continental Congress 16 May, "
Tory insurrection under John Claypole, a resident of Hardy
county, suppressed by troops under gen. Morgan June, "
Capt. Foreman and 21 men massacred by Indians about 4
miles from Moundsville 25 Sept. 1777
Fort Hknky unsuccessfully besieged by Indians under Simon
Girty 27-28 Sept. "
Cornstalk, Shawnee chief, murdered at Point Pleasant,
10 Nov. "
Fort Randolph besieged by Indians May, 1778
Attack by the Indians on Donnally's fort, 10 miles northwest
of Lewisburg May, "
By grant to William Penn in 1681, the western boundary of
Pennsylvania is the meridian 5 degrees west of the Dela-
ware. Virginia in ceding to the U. S. lands beyond the Ohio,
in 1784, reserved a strip about 70 miles long upon the Ohio
west of Pennsylvania, now known as the Panhandle. .1 Mch. 1784
General assembly directs the establishment of Morgantown,
Oct. 1785
Wheeling laid out in town lots by col. Ebenezer Zane 1793
Charleston created by act of legislature 19 Dec. 1794
Aaron Burr visits Herman Blennerhassett at his island in the
Ohio, 2 miles below Parkersburg (Blennerhassett's island;
U.viTED States) 1805
First steamboat on the Great Kanawha, the Robert Thompson,
ascends the river from Point Pleasant to Red House shoals. . 1819
Bethany college at Bethany, chartered 1840, opened 1841
Wheeling female college at Wheeling, chartered 1848, opened. . 1850
John Brown, seeking "to free the slaves," captures Harper's
Ferry (Brown's, John, isscrrection; Virginia) .. 16-17 Oct. 1859
Petroleum discovered at Burning Springs, on the north bank
of the Kanawha 1860
First public Union meeting in West Virginia, declaring against
secession, held at Preston 12 Nov. "
Forty-six delegates from what is now West Virginia vote on
the ordinance of secession; 9 for, 29 against; 7 are absent,
1 excused 17 Apr. 1861
Garrison at Harper's Ferry burn the arsenal and flee into
Maryland 21 Apr. "
West Virginia declares for the Union " ''
First Wheeling convention on the future of western Virginia
meets in Washington hall. Wheeling 13 May, "■
First Virginia federal infantry mustered in on Wheeling isl-
and by maj. Oaks 15 May, "
Second Wheeling convention meets at Washington hall. Wheel-
ing, 11 June, 1861; adopts a declaration of rights, 13 June;
an ordinance to reorganize the state government, 19 June;
and elects Francis H. Pierpont governor 20 June, '
Gen. Rosecrans defeats confederates under gen. R. S. Garnett,
in the battle of Rich mountain 11 July, •'
Battle of Carnifex Ferry; confederates under gen. H. A. Wise
attacked by federals under Kosecrans 10 Sept. ' '
Gen. Reynolds repulses confederates under Lee in battle at
Cheat mountain 12-14 Sept. "
Convention at Wheeling passes an ordinance to form a new
state in western Virginia called Kanawha, 20 Aug. 1861;
ordinance ratified by popular vote of 18,408 to 781.. . .24 Oct. "
Federals burn Guyandotte 11 Nov. "
Constitution for a new state, named West Virginia, framed by
convention which meets at Wheeling, 26 Nov. 1861, and com-
pletes its labors, 18 Feb.; constitution ratified by popular
vote of 18,862 to 514 Apr. 1802
General assembly of reorganized Virginia at Wheeling assents
to the erection of the new state of West Virginia 12 May, "
Harper's Ferry surrendered by gen. Dixon H. Miles to confed-
erates under Stonewall Jackson (Maryland campaign),
15 Sept. •'
Gen. J. A. J. Lightburn retreats through the Kanawha valley,
pursued by confederates under gen. Loriug "
Congress admits West Virginia into the Union from 20 June,
1863 31 Dec. "
Confederates under gen. Jones burn 100,000 barrels of petro-
leum at Burning Snrings 9 May, 1803
Inauguration of new*state government takes place at Wheel-
ing.
20 June, "
Supreme court of appeals organized at Wheeling 9 July, "
Gen. W. W. Averill defeats maj. John Echols in battle of Droop
mountain 6 Nov. "
Hospital for the insane at Weston opened 18G4
Transfer of the counties of Berkeley (5 Aug. 1863) and Jeffer-
son (2 Nov. 1863) from the state of Virginia to West Virginia
is recognized by joint resolution of Congress 10 Mch. 1866
Amendments to state constitution ratified excluding from citi-
zenship all who had, subsequent to June, 1861, given volun-
tary aid to the southern Confederacy 24 May, "
State penitentiary located at Moundsville by act of 7 Feb.
1866, begun July, "
Legislature ratifies the XIV. th Amendment to federal Consti-
tution 16 Jan.
Fairmount State Normal school at Fairmount opened
Storer college at Harper's Ferry opened
West Virginia university at Morgantown opened 17 June,
Marshall college, State Normal school at Huntington, opened. .
Legislature ratifies the XV. th Amendment to federal Constitu-
tion 3 Mch.
Charleston chosen as seat of government by legislature, 20
Feb. 1869, from 30 Apr.
State Normal school at West Liberty opened
West Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind at Romney
opened
Amendment to sec. i. art. iii. of the state constitution, rehabili-
tating citizens disfranchised, ratified by the people. . .27 Apr.
Constitution framed by a convention which meets at Charles-
ton, 16 Jan. 1872, and completes its labors, 9 Apr. 1872; rati-
fied by the people 22 Aug.
Shepherd college. State Normal college at Shepherdtown,
opened "
State Normal school at Glenviile opened 1873
Legislature meets at Wheeling as temporary seat of govern-
ment by act of 20 Feb. 1875 10 Nov. 1875
Broaddus college at Clarksburg, opened 1871, chartered 1877
Strike on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad begun at Martins-
burg V 16 July, "
At election held by act of 21 Feb. 1877, to locate the state cap-
ital after 1 May, 1885, Charleston has 41,288 votes, Clarks-
burg, 30,812, Martinsburg, 8049 7 Aug. "
Nathan Goff, jr., appointed secretary of the navy 6 Jan. 1881
1867
1868
1870
1871
1872
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Act striking the word "white " out of the " Woods Jury law "
ofl872-73 1881
Act passed establishing a state Board of Health 11 June, "
West Virginia Normal and. Classical Academy at Buckhannon
opened 1882
West Virginia Immigration and Development Association or-
ganized at Wheeling 29 Feb. 1888
Returns of election for governor in Nov. 1888 were: Nathan
Goff, Rep., 78,714; A B. Fleming. Dem., 78,604. Fleming
contests for fraudulent returns, and is declared elected by a
party vote of the legislature, 43 to 40 4 Feb. 1890
State Reform school opened July, "
Hatlield-ilcCoy feud ended by a marriage 21 Mch. 1891
First state Board of Agriculture meets at the capitol in Charles-
ton 4 May,
Stephen B. Elkins qualifies as U. S. secretary of war 24 Dec.
GOVERNOK8 OF WEST VIRGINIA.
Arthur I. Boreman inaugurated
William E. Stevenson "
John J. Jacob "
Henry M. Mathews "
Jacob B. Jackson " ...
E. Willis Wilson "
A.B.Fleming "
William A. McCorkle "
1891
1871
1877
1881
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
Name.
Waitman T. Willey. . .
Peter G. Van Winkle.
Arthur I. Boreman. . .
Henry G. Davis
Allen T. Capertou
Samuel Price
Frank Hereford
Johnson N. Camden . .
John E. Kenna
Charles E. Faulkner..
Johnson N. Camden..
Stephen B. Elkins
No. of Congress.
38th to 42d
38th " 41st
41st " 44th
42d " 48th
44th
44th
44th to 47th
47th " 50th
48th " 52d
50th "
53d " 54th
54th "
Date.
1863 to 1871
1863 " 1869
1869 " 1875
1871 " 1883
1875 " 1876
1876
1877 to 1881
1881 " 1887
1883 " 1893
1887 "
1893 " 1895
1895 "
Seated 7 Dec.
Died in office.
Appointed pro tern, in place of Caperton.
Elected in place of Caperton. .
Died in office, 11 Jan. 1893.
Term expires 1899.
Elected in place of Kenna.
Term expires 1901.
IVestern Australia, formerly Swan River
settlement, projected by col. Peel in 1828. Regula-
tions issued from the colonial office, and capt. Stirling, ap-
pointed lieutenant-governor, 17 Jan. 1829, arrived at the
appointed site in Aug. The 3 towns of Perth, Freemantle,
and Guildford were founded the same year. In Mch. 1830, 50
ships, with 2000 emigrants, with property amounting to 1,000,-
000/., had arrived before many dwellings had been erected
or land surveyed. The more energetic settlers left for home
or the neighboring colonies, and the colony languished for 20
years for want of suitable inhabitants— the first settlers, from
their previous habits and rank, proving unfit for the rough
work of colonization. In 1848 the colonists requested that
convicts might be sent out, and in 1849 a band arrived, who
were kindly received and well treated. The best results en-
sued. By' 1853 2000 had arrived, and the inhabitants of
Perth had requested that 1000 should be sent annually. The
reception of convicts was stopped because of energetic opposi-
tion by other Australian colonies (1865).— The settlement of
King George's sound was founded in 1826 by the government
of New South Wales. It was used as a military station for 4
years. In 1830 the home government ordered the settlement
to be transferred to Swan River. Since steam communication
began, the little town of Albany here, from a coaling-station, has
become a thriving seaport. It has an excellent harbor, used
by whalers. A journal called the Freemantle Gazette was pub-
lished here in Mch. 1831. In 1890 it became self-governing;
power vested in a governor, legislative council, and assembly.
Area, 1,060,000 sq. miles; pop. 1891, 49,782. Capital, Perth ;
pop. 1891, 9617.
IVestern churcli, called also the Latin or Ro-
man, broke off communion with the Greek or Eastern church
653. (iKp:EK CHUKCH. Its history is mainly that of the
Popes and of the European kingdoms. This church was dis-
turbed by the Arian heresy about 345 and 500; by Pelagianism,
about 409; by image-worship about 600; by the celibacy of
the clergy and the rise of monastic orders, about 649; by the
contests between emperors and popes on ecclesiastical investi-
tures between 1073 and 1173; by the Reformation of the 15th
and 16th centuries ; by the contests of Jesuits and Jansenists
in the 17th and 18th centuries; and by modern philosophy,
rationalism, and ultramontanism in the 19th.
Western empire. The Roman empire was divid-
ed into Eastern and Western by Diocletian in 296 ; but was
reunited under Constans in 340. It was again divided into
Eastern and Western by Valentinian and Valens, the former
having the Western portion, or Rome, 364. Eastern empire,
Italy, Rome.
emperoks.
364. Valentinian, son of Gratian. takes the Western, and his brother
Valens the Eastern empire.
367. Gratian, a yoUth, son of Valentinian, made a colleague by his
father. , . , .
375. Valentinian II., another son, very young, is, on the death of
his father, associated with Gratian, who is assassinated by
his general, Andragathius, in 383. Valentinian murdered by
an officer, Arbogastes, in 392.
392. Eugenius, a usurpfer, assumes the imperial dignity; he and
Arbogastes are defeated by
394. Theodosius the Great, who becomes sole emperor.
[Andragathius threw himself into the sea, and Arbogastes died
by his own hand.]
395. Honorius, son of Theodosius, reigns, on his father's death, in the
West,andhisbrotherArcadiusintheEast. Honoriusdies,423.
423. John, the Notary, usurper, defeated and slain near Ravenna.
425. Valentinian III., son of the empress Placidia, daughter of Theo-
dosius the Great; murdered at the instance of
455. Maximus: he marries Eudoxia, widow of Valentinian, who, to
avenge her first husband, invites the African Vandals into
Italy, and Rome is sacked. Maximus stoned.
" Marcus Msecilius Avitus; forced to resign, and dies in his flight
towards the Alps.
457. Julius Valerius Majorianus; murdered at the instance of his
minister, Ricimer, who raises
461. Libius Severus to the throne, but holds the supreme power;
Severus poisoned by Ricimer.
465. [Interregnum. Ricimer retains the authority, without the
title of emperor.]
467. Antbemius, chosen by the senate and army; murdered by
Ricimer, who dies soon after.
472. Flavius-Anicius Olybiius; slain by the Goths soon after.
473. Glycerius; forced to abdicate by
474. Julius Nepos: deposed by his general, Orestes, and retires to
Salonse.
475. Romulus (called Augustulus, or Little Augustus), son of Orestes.
Orestes is slain, and the emperor deposed by
476. Odoacer, king of the Heruli; takes Rome, assumes the style
king of Italy; end of the Western empire.
Germany, Italy, Rome.
Western Reserve, Ohio. Connecticut, 1786,
1792, '95, 1800.
Westminster atotoey, originally the church erected
by Edward the Confessor as part of an abbey within his palace-
grounds, is on the site of still earlier churches ; and from the
time of Harold has been the coronation church of the monarchs
of England. Christopher Wren, in his survey of the present
edifice, found nothing to show that it was erected on the ruins
of a pagan temple. The earliest edifice, of the 7th centurj', is
ascribed to St. Sebert, king of Essex.
Church, becoming ruinous, splendidly rebuilt by Edward the
Confessor (10.55-65) and filled with monks from Exeter (Pope
Nicholas II. assigned it for the inauguration of the kings);
dedicated 28 Dec. 1065
Rebuilt in a magnificent style by Henry III 1220-69
In the reigns of Edward II., Edward III, and Richard II., the
great cloisters, abbot's house, and principal monastic build-
ings erected 1300-1400
Western parts of the nave and aisles rebuilt between. .1340 and 1483
West front and the great window built by Richard III. isind
Henry VII. ; the latter commenced the chapel which bears
his name; the first stone laid 24 Jan. 1502-3
Abbev dissolved and made a bishopric 1540
Made" a collegiate church by Elizabeth 1560
Made a barrack for soldiers (Mercurius Rusticus) July, 1643
Great west window and the western towers rebuilt in the
reigns of George I. and II 1714-60
Choir injured by fire 9 July, 1803
Mr. Wyatt commences restoring the dilapidated parts, at an
expense of 42.000i 1809
Eight hundredth anniversary of the foundation celebrated,
^ 28 Dec. 1865
WES ">
Weiiliiilniitor Confession of Faltli atul
Caleolll»in» were drawn up by the "Assembly of Di-
vines" (jMirtlv consisting of laymen), who sat by authority of
Parliament in Henry VI I.'s chapel, Westminster, from 1643 to
I(M7. These have ever since been the doctrinal standards of
Sct>tch Presbyterians.
WestUl'hlMter Hall, London, first built by William
Kufus in I0i)7, for a banqueting-hall; and here, in 1099, on
hi.H return from Normandy, "he kept his feast of Whitsuntide
very n>yallv." The hall became ruinous before the reign of
Kicliard II.', who repaired it in 1397, raised the walls, altered
the windows, and added a new roof, a stately porch, and other
buildings. In 123G, Henry III., on New Year's Day, caused
6(H>0 |HM)r penkMis to be entertained in this hall, and in the
other riM)ms of his palace, as a celebration of queen Eleanor's
coronation; and here Richard II. held his Christmas festival
in 1397, when the number of the guests each day the feast
lasted was 10,000.—- 4>Vow. The courts of law were established
here by king John.— Idem. Removed to the new buildings
in the Strand, Jan. 1883. Westminster Hall was long believed
to be the largest room in Europe unsupported by pillars (ex-
cept a hall of justice at Padua) ; it is 270 feet in length, 74 feet
broad. The roof and windows greatly injured by an explosion
of dynamite, 24 Jan. 1885.
Westplia'lia, Germany. This duchy belonged in
former times to the dukes of Saxony, and afterwards became
subject to the archbishop of Cologne. On the secularization,
in 1802, it was made over to Hesse-Darmstadt ; and in 1814
was ceded for an equivalent to Prussia. The kingdom of
Westphalia, one of the temporary kingdoms of Bonaparte,
composed of conquests from Prussia, Hesse-Cassel, Hanover,
and the smaller states to the west of the Elbe, was created by
decree 18 Aug. 1806, and Jerome Bonaparte appointed king 1
Dec. 1807. Hanover was annexed to it, 1 Mch. 1810. The
kingdom was abolished in 1813, and the countries were re-
stored to their former rulers.
Wcitpha'lta or ]flun§ter, Peace of, the treaties
signed at Osnaburg, 6 Aug., and at Miinster, 24 Oct. 1648, be-
tween France, the emperor of Germany, and Sweden ; Spain
continuing the war against France. By this peace (ending the
Thirty Years' war) the principle of a balance of power in Europe
was first recognized ; Alsace given to France, and part of Pome-
rania and some other districts to Sweden ; the Lower Palatinate
restored to the elector palatine ; the religious and political
rights of the German states established ; and the independence
of the Swiss Confederation recognized by Germany.
IVllCat, a grain of the order Gramimae of the species
Triticum (from the h&t. tritum, " rabhed" or "ground," allud-
ing to the manner of preparing it for food), and closely re-
lated to barley and rye. It is the most valuable of cereals for
food, and has been in use from the remotest ages. It may
have been derived from the species yEgilopsoota of the Medi-
terranean region. It was introduced into England about the
6th century, and into America by the Spaniards in 1530, and
by the English into their colonies at their first settlements.
The 2 principal varieties are spring wheat, sown in the spring
and ripening the same summer, and winter wheat, sown in the
early autumn and ripening the next summer. It can be cul-
tivated as far north as 45° and in southern latitudes to the
height of 2000 ft. above the level of the sea.
PRODUCTION OF WHEAT IN THE PRINCIPAL WHEAT-GROW-
ING COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD FOR THE YEAR 1891.
Bushels.
United States 612,000,000
India 250,000,000
France 230,000,000
Russia 190,000,000
Austro- Hungary 160,000,000
Italy 105,000,000
Germany 90,000,000
Spain 76,000,000
Great Britain 72,000,000
Roumania 65,000,000
Canada 62,000,000
Australia 45,000,000
Argentine Republic 40,000,000
Egypt and Algeria 40,000,000
Total 2,037,000,000
Other countries 150,000.000
Grand total 2,187,000,000
i WHI
The wheat crop in the United States for 1892 was 515,949,000
bu., acreage, 38,554,430; 1893, 396,131,725 bu., the smallest
crop since 1885, acreage, 34,629,418. Agriculture.
wheel, Breaking on the. A barbarous mode of death
of great antiquitv, ordered by Francis I. for robbers, about
1535.
Wlli;;s. In the reign of Charles II. of England the
name Whig was a term of reproach given by the court party
to their antagonists for holding the principles of the " Whigs,"
or fanatical Covenanters in Scotland ; and in return the name
Tory was given to the court party, comparing them to the
tories, or popish robbers in Ireland. — Bake?: The distinction
arose out of the discovery of the Meal-tuu plot in 1678.
Upon bringing up the meal plot before Parliament, 2 parties
were formed: those who doubted the plot styled those who
believed in it Whigs; these styled their adversaries Tories.
In time these names, given as marks of opprobrium, became
honored distinctions. — Hume. The Whigs brought about
the revolution of 1688-89, and established the Protestant suc-
cession. They were chiefly instrumental in obtaining the
abolition of the slave-trade and slavery, the repeal of the Test
and Corporation act, Catholic emancipation, parliamentary and
municipal reform, the repeal of the corn laws, and similar
measures. 'J he Whig club was established b}' Charles James
Fox. The principal Whig ministries of England were: Go-
dolphin's, Halifax's, Walpole's, Rockingham's, Grenville's,
Grey's, Melbourne's, Russell's, Palmerston's, and Gladstone's.
For Whigs in the United States, see Political parties.
whip, the popular title of the patronage secretary of
the treasury of Great Britain, whose duty it is to collect mem-
bers to make a house on important occasions, etc. Sir Wm.
Hayter, the Liberal "whip," 1850-58, received a testimonial
for his energetic services early in 1861. The right hon. Wm.
P. Adam, an able whip, died governor of Madras, 24 May, 1881.
The management of the House of Commons by bribery is said to
have begun with Clifford of the " Cabal " ministry, and continued
by Whigs and Tories. Mr. Roberts (under Henry Pelham) is said
to have paid members sums of 1000/., 500/., etc., to each at the
close of a session for their support. — Wraxall.
IVhiskey in§urreetion, a popular outbreak in
western Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1794, on account of
the imposition of duties on domestic distilled spirits. The
insurgents put 16,000 men in the field, maltreated the excise
oflftcers, committed manj'^ outrages, and defied the national
government. The governor of Pennsylvania refusing to act,
Washington, as president of the United States, called out 13,-
000, afterwards increasing the number to 15,000, militiamen
of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey ; and,
putting gen. Henry Lee of Virginia in command, ordered a
movement against the insurgents on I Sept. 1794. The
prompt response to the call for militia intimidated the insur»
gents into complete submission. Among the leaders in this
insurrection was Albert Gallatin, afterwards sec. of the treas-
ury. It cost the national government $1,500,000, but was
useful by showing its power to cope with so formidable an
outbreak.
\wlli§t, a game at cards, became popular at the end of
the 17th century.
"Whist," a poem 1791
Laws by "Cavendish," compiled about 1861
Edmund Hoyle, who published his "Short Treatise" about
1742, died in 1769, aged 97; lord Peterborough introduced
short whist early in the present century; the laws revised . . 1864
James Clay, M.P., an eminent player, d 26 Sept. 1871
l¥hite Friar§. Carmelites.
" White Hor§e." Ashdown.
White House, Washington, the residence of the
president, gives name to the executive of the United States,
as St. James's palace does to that of Great Britain. The cor-
ner-stone was laid 1792; building first occupied, by pres. Adams,
1800; burned by the British, 1814: restoration completed, 1818.
White House, on the Pamunkey, Va., belonging to
Mrs. Robert E. Lee, was made the headquarters of gen. Mc-
Clellan, and its vicinity the depot of supplies while engaged in
his advance on Richmond in 1862.
White Mountains, in New Hampshire, covering
1300 sq. miles in several short ranges. In the Presidential
WHI i
range tower the peaks of mounts Washington, 6292 ft. ,
Adams, 5794; Jefferson, 5714 ; Madison, 5365 ; Monroe, 5384;
Jackson, and others. They were called Waumbek Methna
by the Indians, a name adopted by Whittier in his ballad of
" Mary Garvin " :
" From the heart of Waumbek Methna,
From the lake that never fails,
Falls the Saco in the green lap
Of Conway's intervales."
Mount Washington has a carriage-road ascending its rocky
slope to the summit. The first cog-rail mountain railway in
the world was built to the summit in 1868-69, rising 3730 ft.
in less than 3 miles, the steepest grade being 13J ins. in a yard.
Appalachian Mountains.
White Plains, a post-village of New York. Here
Washington opposed the advance of the British forces under sir
William Howe, 28 Oct. 1776. It terminated in the defeat of
the Americans, whose losses were about 300 in killed, wounded,
and prisoners. New York, United States.
White tower, the keep or citadel in the Tower of
London, a large, square, irregular building, erected in 1070 by
abbot Gundulph, afterwards bishop of Rochester. It measures
116 feet by 96, and is 92 feet in height; the walls are 11 feet
thick, with a winding staircase along 2 sides, like that in
Dover Castle. It contains an extensive armory. Within
this tower is the ancient chapel of St. John, originally used
by the English monarchs. The turret at the northeast angle,
the highest of the 4, was used for astronomical purposes by
Flamsteed before the erection of the royal observatory at
Greenwich.
Whiteehapel, a parish in E. London. In this par-
isli much excitement was caused by the murder and brutal
mutilation of unfortunate women at different times and ap-
parently by the same person. Smith, 3 Apr.; Martha Tur-
ner, 7 Aug.; Nichols, 31 Aug.; Chapman, 8 Sept.; Watts and
Conway, 30 Sept. ; Mary Jane Kelly, 9 Nov., and Rose Millet,
28 Dec. 1888. Alice McKenzie, 17 July, and another woman,
10 Sept. 1889. Frances Coles, 13 Feb. 1891. The evidence
showed a murderer possessed of surgical knowledge. Active
measures were taken to discover the perpetrator of these mur-
ders in vain; but there is reason to believe that it was Fred-
erick Bailey Deeming alias Albert Oliver Williams, executed
at Melbourne, Australia, 1892. Trials, 1892.
Whitefleidite§. George Whitefield, the founder of
the " Calvinistic Methodists," born in England, 1714, was the
son of an innkeeper at Gloucester, where he received his first
education. He was admitted a servitor at Oxford in 1732,
became a companion of the Wesleys there, and aided them
in founding Methodism. He left them in 1741, on account of
their rejection of the doctrine of election. He was the most
eloquent preacher of his day. His first sermon was preached
in 1736, and he commenced field- preaching in 1739. He is
said to have delivered 18,000 sermons in 34 years. He visited
America in 1738, 1739, 1744, and several times after, and died
at Newburyport, Mass., 30 Sept. 1770. His followers are
termed " the countess of Huntingdon's connection," from his
having become her chaplain in 1748, and from her energetic
support of the sect by establishing a college at Trevecca, 1767.
There were 109 chapels of this connection in 1851 ; but many
of his followers have joined the Independents. Georgia,
1739-40; Massachusetts; Pennsylvania.
Whitsuntide, a festival appointed to commemorate
the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles; the newly
baptized persons, or catechumens, are said to have worn white
i,'arments on Whit-Sunday. This feast is movable, being
always exactly 7 weeks after Easter. Rogation week is the
week before Whit-Sunday.
Whittington's charities. Sir Richard Whit-
tington, a citizen and mercer of London, served the office of
lord mayor 3 times, the last in 1419. Many false stories are
connected with his name, and his munificent charities are lit-
tle known. He founded his college, dedicated to the Holy
(ihost and the Virgin Mary, in 1424; and his almshouses in
1429; the latter," originally built in London, now stand on
llighgate hill (built 1808), near the supposed site of the famous
stone which commemorated the legend of his return to Lon-
=* WIL
don, after leaving it in despair. Stopping to rest on this stone,
immediately after his departure from London, his ear caught
the sound of the London bells, which, to his disturbed fancy,
repeated over and over again, "Turn again, Whittington, thrice
lord mayor of London." Heeding the words he returned, his
success in later years fulfilling the prophecy.
Wick'liffltes, the followers of John Wickliffe (b.
1324), a professor of divinity in the university of Oxford and
rector of Lutterworth in Leicestershire. He was a forerunner
of the reformation of the English church, being among the
first who opposed the authority of the pope, transubstantia-
tion, the celibacy of the clergy, etc. WicklifTe, protected bv
John of Gaunt, Edward's son and Richard's uncle, was viru-
lently persecuted by the church, and only saved from martyr-
dom by a paralytic attack, which caused his death, 31 Dec.
1384, in his 60th year. The council of Constance, in 1414,
decreed his bones to be disinterred and burned, which was
done by the bishop of Lincoln, and his dust was cast into the
river Swift, 1415. Wickliffe's English version of the Bible
was commenced in 1380; a noble edition of it was printed at
Oxford in 1850. Lollards.
widows. The Jewish law required a man's brother to
marry his widow (1490 b.c). For the burning of widows in
India, Suttees. According to Swedenborg, widows signify in
the Scriptures those without truth but desiring it.
Wight, Isle of, the Roman Vecht, or Victis, an island in
the British channel, was conquered by Vespasian in the reign of
Claudius. It was conquered by the Saxons under Cerdic about
530 ; by the Danes, 787, and in 1001, when they held it for sev-
eral years. It was invaded by the French, July, 1377, and has
several times suffered from invasion by them. In 1442, Henry
VI. alienated the isle to Henry de Beauchamp, first premier
eari of England and then duke of Warwick, and afterward*
crowned him king of the Isle of Wight with his own hands;
but for want of heirs male his regal title died with him, and
the isle reverted to the crown. Charles I., after his flight from
Hampton court, was a prisoner in Carisbrooke castle, in 1647.
In the time of Charies II. timber was very plentiful. In this
isle is queen Victoria's marine residence, Osborne house; also
the former residence of Tennyson.
W^ilderness battles. Grant's campaign in
Virginia ; United States, May, 1864.
IVilites's Exploring^ expedition. United
States, 1838 and 1842.
Williams, Eleazar, was a reputed son of Thomas Will-
iams, son of Eunice, daughter of rev. John Williams (Massa-
chusetts, 1704). In 1853-54 rev. Mr. Hanson published a
series of papers in Putnam's Monthly, under the title " Have
We a Bourbon Among Us ?'^ and afterwards in a volume, en-
titled "The Lost Prince," asserting the identity of Mr. William.s
with the son of Louis XVI., whose death from neglect in prison,
8 June, 1795, has often been doubted, many rumors being cur-
rent regarding his fate. One story was that he had been se-
cretly conveyed to the United Stales and placed among the
Indians, etc. So strong was the case presented by Mr, Hanson,
that in 1854 the prince de Joinville visited Mr, Williams at
Green Bay, Wis., but without definite results. Mr. Williams
died at Hogansburg, N. Y., 28 Aug. 1858, aged 72. He was
from 1826 an ordained Episcopal missionary, and labored in
northern New York and Wisconsin among the Indians, trans-
lating the " Book of Common Prayers " into the Mohawk lan-
guage, and also prepared an Iroquois spelling-book.
Williamsburg^, Va., Battle of. Peninsular cam-
paign.
w^illoAV-Ieaves. Sun.
W^ills and testaments, as indicating in writing what
a person desires to be done with his real and personal estate
after death, are of high antiquity (Gen. xlviii.). Solon in-
troduced them at Athens, 578 b.c. There are regulations re-
specting wills in the Koran. Trebatius Testa, the civilian,
introduced codicils to wills at Rome, 31 b.c. The power of
bequeathing lands by will was confirmed to English subjects,
1 Hen. I. 1100; but with restrictions and limitations respect-
ing the feudal system, which were taken off by the statute
of 32 Hen. VIII. 1541. — Blackstone's Commentaries. The first
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will of a sovereign on record is said to be that of Richard II.
1399; but in fact Kdward the Confessor made a will, 1066.
Ttio will of i\lirr the Great, described in the mmoires df la Cheva-
li^re dJitm as a "plan for comiiassing European supremacy,'
left for his nuc«-e88or«. and de|H)siteU in the archives of the palace
of IVterhoff near St. Petersburg It advoaited ' approach as near
M iHjasible to Consuutlnople and towards the Indies; wars with
Turkey and I'orsiu; iwssosiiion of the shores of the Black sea and
the lUiltic." etc. The existence of the will (denied by the czars)
was first announced bv M. lieeur, In his " l'rogr{>8 de la Puissance
Ruase " published at Paris in 181'2. In 1863, dr. Berkholz of Riga
aaaerted that the will was a forgery, probably dictated by Napoleon
I W. J Thorns, the antiquary, and others, contend for the genuine-
DMB of the will, June, 1878.
BxIraeUfrom the Latt Will of Napoleon I., Emperor of France.
fHe died 6 May, 1821, 11 days after he had signed these documents-
Tiie original, In French, occupies about 2C pages in Peignol's "Tes-
Uuionts Ketnarquables," 1829.]
•This day, 24 April, 1821, at Longwood, in the Island of St. Helena.
This is niv testament, or act of my last will: . . .
••I leave the comte Montholou 2,000,000 francs as a proof of my
8;ili.«faction for the attentions he has paid to me for these 6 years,
and to indemnif\- him for the losses which my residence in St. Hele-
na has occasioned him. I leave to the comte Bertraud 500,000 francs.
I leave to Marchand, my first valet-de-chambre, 400,000 francs; the
services he has |)erfornied for me are those of a friend. I desire that
he may marry a widow, sister, or daughter of an officer or soldier of
my old guard. To St. Denis, 100,000 francs. To Novarre. 100,000
rruncs. To Pijerou, 100,000 francs. To Archambaud, 60,000 francs.
To Cuvier, 50,(K)0 francs. To Chandelle, idem.
" To the Abb«5 Vignali. 100,000 francs. I desire that he maybuild
his house near I'onte Novo de Rossiuo. To the comte Las Casas,
100,000 francs. To comte Lavalette, 100,000 francs. To the surgeon-
m chief I^irrey, 100,000 francs. He is the most virtuous man I have
known. To gen. Brayer, 100,000 francs.
'•To gen. I^fevre Desnouettes, 100,000 francs. To gen. Drouet,
100.000 (Vanes. To gen. Cambronne, 100,000 francs. To the chil-
dren of gen. Muton Duvernais, 100,000 francs. To the children of
the brave I^bedoydre, 100,000 francs. To the children of gen. Girard,
killed at Ligny, 100,000 francs. To the children of gen. Chartrand,
100,000 francs". To the children of the virtuous gen. Travost, 100,-
000 francs. To gen. Lallemand, the elder, 100,000 francs. To gen.
Clausel. 100,000 francs. To Costa Bastilica also 100,000 francs. To
the baron de Menevalle, 100,000 francs. To Arnault, author of
•'Marius,' 100,000 francs.
"To col. Marbot, 100,000 francs; I request him to continue to |
vrite for the defence and glory of the French armies, and to con- :
found the calumniators and the apostates. To the baron Bignon, I
100,000 francs ; I request him to write the history of French diplo- |
macy from 1792 to 181.5. To Poggi de Talaro, 100,000 francs. To the ;
surgeon Emmery, 100.000. |
"These sums shall be taken from the 6,000,000 which I deposited '
on tearing Paris in 1815, and from the interest at the rate of 5 per cent,
since July, 1815; theaccountofwhichshallbeadjiisted with the bank-
ers by the comtes Montholon and Bertrand and by Marchand.
"These legacies, in case of death, shall be paid to the widows
and children, and in their default, shall revert to the capital. I in-
stitute the comtes Montholon, Bertrand, and Marchand my testa-
mentary executors. This present testament, written entirely by my
own hand, is signed and sealed with my arms. ,i ^.t .
'• 24 April. 1821, Longwood. " in apoleon.
The following are part of the 8 codicil's to the preceding will of
the emperor:
" On the liquidation of my civil list of Italy— such as money, jew- j
els, plate, linen, coffers, caskets of which the viceroy is the deposi-
tary, and which belong to me — I dispose of 2,000,000, which I leave
to my most faithful servants. I hope that, without their showing
any cause, my son Eugene Napoleon will discharge them faithfully, j
He cannot forget the 40,000,000 which I have given him in Italy, or
by the right {parage) of his mother's inheritance.
" FrAn the funds remitted in gold to the empress Maria Louisa, |
my very dear and well-beloved spouse at Orleans, in 1814:, there re- |
main due to me 2,000.000, which I dispose of by the present codi- j
cil. in order to recompense my most faithful servants, whom I be-
side recommend to the protection of my dear Maria Louisa. I leave
200,000 francs to comte Montholon, 100,000 francs of which he shall j
pay into the chest of the treasurer (las Casas) for the same purpose I
as the above, to be employed according to my dispositions in lega- I
cies of conscience. [
" 10,000 francs to the subofflcer Cantillon [d. July, 1869], who has
^mdergone a prosecution, being accused of a desire to assassinate
lord Wellington, of which he has been declared innocent. Cantillon |
had as much right to assassinate that oligarch, as the latter had to ;
send me to perish on the rock of St Helena," etc. i
Letter to M. Lafitte. j
" Monsieur Lafitte.— I remitted to you in 1815, at the moment i
of my departure from Paris, a sum of nearly 6,000,000. for which |
you gave me a double receipt. I have cancelled one of these re-
ceipts, and I have charged comte Montholon to present to you the ,
other receipt, in order that you may. after my death, deliver to him
the said sum with interest at the rate of 5 per cent., from the 1st of
July, 1815, deducting the payments with which you have been charged
in virtue of my order. I have also remitted to you a box containing
my medallion. I beg you will deliver it to comte .Montholon.
" This letter having no other object, I pray God, monsieur Lafitte,
that he may have you in his holy and worthy keeping.
"Napoleon. |
" Longwood, in the island of St. Helena, 25 April, 1821." i
The following will of Napoleon III. was published in tue Times, 30
Apr. 1873: " April 24, 18C5.
"This is my will. I commend my son and my wife to the high
constituted authorities of the state {aux grands corps de Vitat), to the
people, and the army. The empress Eugenie possesses all the quali-
ties requisite for conducting the regency well, and my son disjjlays
a disposition and judgment which will render him worthy of his
high destinies. Let him never forget the motto of the head of our
family, ' Everything for the French people.' Let him fix in his mind
the writings of the prisoner of St. Helena; let him study the empe-
ror's deeds and correspondence; finally, let him remember, when
circumstances so permit, that the cause of the peoples is the cause of
France. Power is a heavy burden, because one cannot always do all
the good one could wish, and because your contemporaries seldom
render you justice, so that, in order to fulfil one's mission, one must
have faith in, and consciousness of, one's duty. It is necessary to
consider that from heaven on higli those wliom you have loved re-
gard and protect you; it is the soul of my illustrious uncle that has
always inspired and sustained me. The like will apply to my son,
for he will always be worthy of his name. I leave to the empress
Eugenie all my private proi)erty. It is my desire that on the major-
ity of my son she shall inhabit the Elysde and Biarritz. I trust that
my memory will be dear to her, and that after my death she will
forget the griefs I may have caused her. With regard to my son, let
him keep as a talisman the seal I used to wear attached to my
watch, and which comes from my mother; let him carefully pre-
serve everything that comes to me from the emperor, my uncle, and
let him be convinced that my heart and my soul remain with him.
I make no mention of my faithful servants. I am convinced that
the empress and my son will never al)andon them. I shall die in tlie
Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman religion, which my son will always
honor by his piety. Done, written, and signed with my hand at the
palace of the Tuileries, the 24th of April, 1865. "Napoleon."
The will of Prince Louis Napoleon was written with his own hand,
and signed 26 Feb. 1879, the night before he sailed for South Africa
(where he was killed while on a reconnoitring party, 1 June, 1879).
He states that he dies in the Catholic religion; expresses his love
for his country, his mother the empress, and his friends; and his
gratitude to the queen and royal family of England, and to the
English people for their cordial hospitality. He constitutes his
mother sole legatee; bequeaths legacies and memorials to prince
J. N. Murat, M. F. Pietri, baron Corvisart, M. Rouher, and others;
and assigns to Victor, the eldest son of prince Napoleon Jerome,
the task of continuing the work of Napoleon I. and Napoleon IIL
Executors, MM. Rouher and Pietri.
Wirmillg^tOIl, a town of North Carolina, was held by
the confederates; resisted severe attacks of the federals in
Dec. 1864. Fort Fisher was taken bj-^ assault on 15 Jan.,
and Wilmington was evacuated bv the confederates, 22 Feb.
1865.
Wilmot proviso. While a bill was pending in
Congress to authorize the president to purchase territory in
negotiating peace with Mexico, David Wilmot of Pennsyl-
vania offered an amendment, 8 Aug. 1846, providing *' that, as
an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of
any territory from the republic of Mexico, neither slavery nor
involuntary servitude should ever exist in any part of said
territory." This " proviso " was adopted hj the House of
Representatives, but rejected by the Senate. It became the
doctrinal foundation of the Free -soil party in 1848, and of
the Republican party in 1856.
Wilson's Creelt, Battle of, a few miles from Spring-
field, Mo. Here, early on the morning of 10 Aug. 1861, the
Union forces, about 6000 men, under gen. Nathaniel Lyon, at-
tacked the confederates, 20,000 strong, under McCuUoch and
Price, but were obliged to retire, after severe fighting and the
death of gen. Lyon, with a loss of 1235 in all ; Confederate loss
about the same.
^Vinchester, Hampshire, Engl., an ancient city, per-
haps founded by Celtic Britons, with the fabulous date 392 b.c.
It was made the capital of the West Saxon kingdom under
Cerdic, about 520; and of England b}^ Egbert, 827; it became
the residence of Alfred, 879-901. In the reign of William I.
London began to rival it; and the destruction of religious
houses by Henry Vltl. almost ruined it. Several kings re-
sided at Winchester, and many parliaments were held there.
Memorials of its ancient superiority exist in the national de-
nomination of measures of quantity, as Winchester ell, Win-
chester bushel, etc., the use of which has been replaced by im-
perial measures. The cathedral church was first founded and
endowed by Cynegils, or Kenegilsus, the first Christian king
of the West Saxons. Becoming ruinous, the present fabric
was begun by bishop Walkelyn, the 34th bishop, 1073. The
church was first dedicated to St. Amphibalus, then to St.
Peter, and afterwards to St. Swithin, once bishop here. Dedi-
cated to the Holy Trinity by Henry VIII. St. Birinus was
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the first bishop of the West Saxons, his seat Dorchester, 636 ;
VVina, in 660, was the first bishop of Winchester.
Winche§teP, Va. This town is situated in the
Shenandoah valley. During the civil war there were sev-
eral conflicts here of greater or less importance. Here, on
-23 Mch. 1862, gen. Shields repulsed "Stonewall" Jackson.
Jackson attacked gen. Banks at this place, 25 May, and forced
him to retreat. Gen. Milroy held the town with 7000 men at
the time of Lee's invasion, June, 1863. On the approach of
the confederates he retreated, 15 June, and a column of the
«nemy gaining his rear, while another attacked in front, he
was defeated, his force dispersed, and 2300 captured. In the
autumn of 1864, gen. Sheridan, commanding the army of the
Upper Potomac, held a strong position near the railroad from
Harper's Ferry towards Winchester. The confederate general
Early commanded a large force in the valley of the Shenan-
<loah, and on 18 Sept. was posted on the Opequan creek, near
Winchester. Sheridan gained the rear of the confederates, and
on 19 Sept. defeated them, capturing 4500 prisoners. On the
Confederate side gens. Rhodes and Godwin were killed ; on the
Federal, gen. D. A. Russell was killed, and gens. Upton, Mcin-
tosh, and Chapman were wounded. The Federal loss was over
BOOO. The Confederate loss in killed and wounded was 3500.
(Jkant's campaign in Virginia, Peninsular campaign, etc.
Winclie§ter §Chool, founded by bishop William of
Wykeham, 1382-87; the 500th anniversary of the laying of the
first stone of New college, 26 Mch. 1387, celebrated 26 Mch. 1887.
wind. Meteorology, Storms.
Windlllill§ are of great antiquity, said to be of Roman
or Saracen invention, and originally introduced into Europe
by the knights of St. John, who had seen them in the cru-
sades.— Baker. Windmills were first known in Spain, France,
and Germany, in 1299. — Anderson. Wind saw-mills were in-
vented by a Dutchman in 1633, when one was erected near the
Strand, in London.
WitldOWi. There were glass windows in Pompeii,
79 A.i)., as is evident from its ruins. It is certain that win-
dows of some kind were glazed so early as the 3d century, if
not before, though the fashion was not introduced until it was
done by Benedict Biscop, about 650. In England windows
of glass were used in private houses, but the glass was im-
ported, 1177. — A nderson.
W^ind§or castle, Berkshire, Engl., a residence of
the British sovereigns, begun by William the Conqueror, and
enlarged by Henry I. about 1110. Edward IIL, who was born
here, 13 Nov. 1312, caused the old building, except 3 towers at
the west end, to be taken down, re erected the whole castle
under the direction of William of Wj'keham, 1356, and built
St. George's chapel. He assessed every county in England
to send him workmen. James I. of Scotland was imprisoned
here, 1406-23. Several additions were made by Henrv VIII.
Elizabeth made tlie grand north terrace; and Charles II. re-
paired and beautified it, 1676-80.
Windsor Forest, south and west of the town of Windsor, was formerly
120 miles in circumference ; in 1607 it was 11)4 miles round, but
it has since been reduced in its bounds to about 56 miles. It was
surveyed in 1789, and found to contain 59,600 acres.
-On the south side is Windsor Great park, of about 3800 acres.
Little Park, on the north and east sidesof the castle, con tains about 500
acres. The fine gardens have been improved by the addition of the
house and gardens of the duke of St. Albans, purchased by the crown.
Windward i§les. West Indies.
wine, properly the fermented juice of the grape; but
that of other fruits is sometimes called by this name. " Noah
planted a vineyard, and drank of the wine," 2347 b.c. (Gen.
ix. 20). Vine. Ching-Noung, emperor of China, is said to
have made rice wine, 1998 B.C. The art of making wine is
said to have been brought from India b}'^ Bacchus. Christ
changed water into wine at the marriage of Cana in Galilee,
30 A.I). (John ii. 3-10).
Wine sold in England by apothecaries as a cordial in 1300 and after,
although there is mention of "wine for the king" so early as John.
Wine produced m the U. S. 1889-90 was 24,306,905 gals., of which
14,626,000 gals, were produced in California; New York follows
ne.xt with 2,528,250 gals. Florida has recently given promise of
becoming an important wine-producing state, although she does
not appear in the report cited.
fVinnebag'oei, a tribe of the Dakotas. Indians.
wire. The invention of drawing wire is ascribed to
Rodolph of Nuremberg, about 1410. Mills for this purpose
were first set up at Nuremberg in 1563. The first wire-mill
in England was erected in Mortlake in 16^3. — Mortimer.
Wi§C«»n§in, one of the western states of the United
States, lying between lat. 42° 27' and 47° N. and Ion. 86° 53'
and 92° 53' W., is bounded on
the north by lake Superior and
Michigan, on the east by Mich-
igan and lake Michigan, on the
south by Illinois, and west by
Iowa and Minnesota, the Mis-
sissippi and St. Croix rivers
marking almost the entire
boundary- line on the west.
Area, 56,040 sq. miles in 68
counties; pop. 1890, 1,686,880.
Capital, Madison.
Jean Nicolet, interpreter at
Three Rivers, exi)lores the
Fox river 1634
Sieur Radisson and sieur des Groseilliers, French traders, win-
ter in the Green Bay country '. i658
Radisson and Groseilliers ascend the Fox river 1659
Radisson and Groseilliers bwild a stockade on Chequamegon
bay where Ashland now is 1661
Jesuit missionary to the Hurons. Ren6 Menard, loses his life
near the Black riveu June, 1662
Father Claude Allouez establishes a mission at La Pointe, on
Chequamegon bay i665
Mission established at the Rapids de Pfere on the Fox river,
near Green bay, by father Allouez 1670
Father Marquette and M. Joliet from Michilimackinac enter
Green bay and pass Fox river portage to the Wisconsin river,
10 June, and down the Wisconsin, discovering the Mi.ssis-
sippi 17 June, 1673
Marquette coasts lake Michigan from Green bay, reaching the
site of Chicago 4 Dec. 1674
La Salle, leaving his ship the Griffin at Green bay, sails up the
coast of lake Michigan 1679
Daniel Grayson Duluth ascends the Bois Brul^ from lake Supe-
rior, and descends the St. Croix to the Mississippi river 1680
Father Louis Hennepin, with Duluth, journeys from lake St.
Francis to Green bay by way of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers, "
Pierre le Sueur reaches the Mississippi river via the Fox and
Wisconsin 1683
Nicholas Perrot, appointed commandant of the West, winters
near Trempeleau, which he reaches via the Fox and Wis-
consin rivers from Green bay 1685
Father St. Cosme visits site of Milwaukee on his way by boat
from Green bay to the Mississippi river 7 Oct. 1699
Le Seuer discovers lead mines in southwestern Wisconsin 1700
Marin, the French leader, sent by the Quebec government, at-
tacks the Fox Indians at Winnebago Rapids (Neenah),
winter of 1706-7
De lyouvigny, sent to destroy the Fox tribes, leaves Quebec 14
Mch. ; fights the battle of Buttes des Morts on the Fox river,
and reaches Quebec again 12 Oct. 1716
Francis Renault engages in mining on the Mississippi above
the mouth of the Wisconsin 1719
De Lignery makes a treaty with the Sacs, Foxes, and Winne-
bagoes by which the French may cross W^isconsin to trade
with the Sioux on lake Pepin 7 June, 1726
Cardinell, a French soldier, and his wife, settle at Prairie du
Chien «'
Fort Beauharnois, on lake Pepin, established by the French,
with sieur de la PerriSre as commandant 1727
Fort St. Francis, at Green bay, on site of fort Howard about
1718-21, is destroyed, to keep it from the Indians 1728
Expedition fitted against the Fox Indians by the marquis de
Beauharnois ascends the Fox river, burning deserted Indian
villages Aug. "
Expedition against the Fox Indians under De Villiers 1730
Fort La Baye built by the French on the site of fort Howard. . "
Expedition against the Sacs and Foxes by the French under
De Noyelle 1735
Legardeur Saint Pierre, commandant at lake Pepin, evacuates
his post, fearing massacre by the Indians 1737
Massacre of 11 Frenchmen at Green bay, by the Menomonee
Indians ." 1758
Wisconsin becomes English territory 8 Sept. 1760
Capt. Belfour and lieut. Gorrell with English troops occupy
Green Bay, which Belfour names fort Edward Augustus, 12 Oct. 1761
English abandon fort Edward Augustus on account of the Pon-
tiac war. cross lake Michigan to L'Arbre Croche and thence
to Montreal 21 June, 1763
Trade with the Chippewas at Chequamegon bay reopened by
Henry, an English trader ■. '. 1765
Augustin de Langlade and his son Charles Michel settle per-
manently at Green Bay 1766
Jonathan Carver, exploring the northwest as a trader and trav-
eller, by way of Green buy and the Fox and Wisconsin rivers,
reaches Prairie du Chien 15 Oct. "
John Long, an English trader, visits Green Bay and Prairie du
Chien June, 1780
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Basil OirarU, Augustin Angl, and Pierre Antaya settle Prairie
du Cliifu • 1"°1
Uuroiii iJarth engages lu the carrying trade at the portage
ftom the Fox lo the Wiscousin rivers 1793
Trading poeta esUblished ut Kewaunee, Sheboygan, Manito-
woc, and Mllwaukco, by Jacques Vieau 1796
Wtetem poeta aurreudered by Kugland to the U. S 1 June, 1796
Wlscoosiu included lu the territory of Indiana, created by act
approved 7 May, 1800
Judge Charles Reaume appointed justice of the peace at Green
Bay by gov. William Henry Harrison of Iiuliaud 1803
By treaty of St. liOuis the united Sacs and Foxes cede to the U. S.
laud, a portion of which lies hi southern Wisconsin. . .3 Nov 1804
Wisconsin included in the territory of Illinois, created by act
a|)proved • 3 Feb. 1809
Thomas NutuU and John Bradbury, naturalists, explore Wis-
consin "
Gov. Clarke takes possession of Prairie du Chien and builds
fort Shelby 1813
Fort Shelby surrendered to the British under col. McKay,
19 July, 1814
U & troops occupy Prairie du Chien and commence fort Craw-
ford on the site of fort McKay, formerly fort Shelby . . June, 1816
Fort Howard, on Green bay. built and garrisoned by American
troops under col. John Miller '*
First grist mill in western Wisconsin built at Prairie du Chien
by John Shaw 1818
Solomon Juneau arrives at Milwaukee 14 Sept. "
Wisconsin attached to Michigan territory upon admission of
Illinois into the Union 3 Dec. "
Col. William S. Hamilton, having a contract to supply the gar
rison at fort Howard with provisions, drives several hundred
cattle frum lower Illinois north along the west shore of lake
Michigan to Green Bay 1823
Episcopal mission established near Green Bay. "
First term of U. S. District court held at Green Bay, James D.
Doty, judge 4 Oct. 1824
Winnebago Indians massacre 3 whites at Prairie du Chien,
28 June, 1827
Treaty concluded with the Menomonee and other Indian tribes
at Butte des .Morta 11 Aug. "
Fort Winnebago built at the portage between the Fox and Wis-
consin rivers 1828
Methodist mission established at Green Bay 1829
Battle of Wisconsin Heights ; Black Hawk attacked by Illinois
troops under gen. James D. Henry, and Wisconsin rangers
under maj Henry Dodge 21July, 1832
Black Hawk's band destroyed by U S. troops and crew of govern-
ment steamboat Warrior, at mouth of Bad Axe river, 2 Aug. "
Black Hawk delivered to gen. Street, agent of the Winneba-
goes, by his captors, Cha-etar and One-eyed Decorra. 27 Aug. ''
Treaty with the Winnebagoesat Rock Island, ceding to U S. their
lands east of the Mississippi and west of Green bay, 15 Sept. "
First newspaper, the Green Bay Intelligencer, published at
Green Bay 11 Dec. 1833
Land offices established at Mineral Point and Green Bay. 1834
Military road from fort Howard to fort Crawford begun. . 1 June, 1835
First steamboat makes port at Milwaukee 17 June, "
Territory of Wisconsin created by act of 20 Apr., and govern.
ment organized at Mineral Point 4 July, 1836
Milwaukee Advertiser published at Milwaukee 14 July, "
Real-estate speculation at Kewaunee, owing to discovery of
gold, at its height "
First session of the assembly held at Belmont, Iowa county,
25 Oct. "
First permanent settlement of Madison Apr 1837
Comer stone of capitol at Madison laid.. 4 July, "
Gov Dodge of Wisconsin territory, by treaty with the Ojibways
at fort Snelling, obtains cession to the U. S. of the pine forests
of the valley of the St. Croix and its tributaries 29 July, "
Assembly meets at Burlington, Des Moines county 6 Nov. "
Portage c:inal, connecting Wisconsin and Fox rivers, begun by
the U S 1838
Legislature assembles at Madison 26 Nov. "
Mitchell's bank at Milwaukee established 1839
"The Wisconsin Phalanx," a community on Fourier's system,
established at Ceresco, now Ripen ' May, 1844
Mormon colony, an offshoot from Nauvoo, led by James Jesse
Strang, is founded on White river at Voree 1845
Enabling act for the state of Wisconsin passed by Congress,
6 Aug. 1846
State constitution prohibiting banks and banking, framed by a
convention at Madison, 5 Oct. to 16 Dec. 1846, is rejected by
the people Apr. 1847
Troops from Michigan and Wisconsin leave Detroit by boat for
Vera Cruz, enlisted in the Mexican war. 24 Apr. "
Beloit college at Beloit, chartered 1846, opened "
First railroad charter in Wisconsin granted to the Milwaukee
and Waukesha Railroad company >
Conventiou assembles at Madison. 15 Dec. 1847, fhimes a con-
stitution, and adjourns, 1 Feb. 1848. Constitution ratified by
a popular vote of 16,442 to 6149. 13 Mch. 1848
Wisconsin admitted into the Union by act approved. . .29 May, "
First slate legislature convenes 5 imie, and officers take the
oath. ... 7June, "
First telegram received at Milwaukee from Chicago 17 Jan. 1849
State Historical Society organized at Madison 30 Jan. "
Lawrence university at Appleton chartered and opened "
University of Wisconsin at Madison, chartered 1848, opened. . "
Amendment to the constitution conferring suffrage on colored
men receives a majority of votes oast, but not a majority of
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all who voted for state officers, and the canvassers declare
it rejected (! Nov. 1849
Wisconsin School for the Blind at Janesville opened 1 Aug. 1850
First railroad train between Milwaukee and Waukesha Feb. 1861
Question of banks or no banks submitted to the people of
Wisconsin by act of 5 Mch. 1851 , 31,219 votes in favor to
9126 opposed "
State prison at Waupun opened 1852
Wisconsin School for the Deaf at Delavan opened "
St. Clara academy, at Sinsinawa Mound, opened 1845, chartered, "
Capital punishment in Wisconsin abolished July, 1853
Milwaukee college at Milwaukee chartered and opened "
Meeting at Kipon, called by A. E. Bovay, Jediah Boweu, and
others to organize the Republican parly, and Mr. Bovay sug-
gests the name " Rei)ublican " 28 Feb. 1854
Title "Republican" adopted for the parly at a mass conven-
tion in Capitol park at Madison 13 July, "
A negro, Joshua Glover, claimed as a slave by a Missourian
named Garland, being forcibly released from prison in Mil-
waukee, federal and slate authorities dispute on the legality
of the Fugitive Slave law. "
Act passed to extinguish the title of the Chippewa Indians to
lands owned and clsiimed by them in Wisconsin and the ter-
ritory of Minnesota 19 Dec. "
Sherman M. Booth of Milwaukee, convicted in the Federal Dis-
trict court of Wisconsin of violating the Fugitive Slave law
by aiding in the liberation of Glover, and fined and impris-
oned, is discharged by the Supreme court, which pronounces
the law unconstitutional 3 Feb. 1855-
Downer college at Fox lake chartered and opened "
William A. Barstow, Dem., ex-governor, and Coles Bashford,
Rep., each claiming lo be elected governor by the people,
take the oath of office, the one at the capitol, the other in'
the Supreme court-room 7 Jan. 1856
Assembly recognizes Barstow as governor and the Senate as
governor de facto 10 Jan. "
Supreme court of Wisconsin summons Barstow to show by
what authority he claims to hold the office 17 Jan. "
Supreme court decides that Barstow has been counted in upon
fraudulent returns ; lieut.-gov. McArlhur fills the office for
4 days, when Coles Bashford assumes office 21 Mch. "
Seminary of St. Francis of Sales, at St. Francis, chartered and
opened "
First railway reaches the Mississippi river at Prairie du Chien,
15 Apr. 1857
Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys, at Waukesha, opened,
23 July, 1860
Hospital for the insane at Madison opened "
First Wisconsin regiment, mustered into service 17 May, 1861,
receives marching orders 7 June, 1861
About 700 Confederate prisoners are received at camp Randall,
Madison. Apr. 18G2.
Gov. Harvey dies on his way to the battlefield of Shiloh to look
after the welfare of Wisconsin soldiers Apr. "
Personal Liberty law repealed July, "
Negro suffrage amendment to the constitution rejected by vote
of 55,591 to 46,588 ; Nov. 1865
Home for soldiers' orphans opened 1 Jan. 1866, established by
private subscription, becomes a state institution 31 Mch. 1866
Fourth regiment Wisconsin cavalry mustered out after a ser-
vice of 5 years and 1 day, the longest term on record of a
volunteer organization 28 May, •'
Alexander W. Randall appointed postmaster-general. .25 July, "
Supreme court sustains the amendment to the constitution giv-
ing suffrage to colored men, as ratified by the people in 1849, "
State Normal school at Platteville opened •'
Northwestern university at Watertown, opened 1865, chartered, 1867
State Normal school at Whitewater opened 1868
Legislature ratifies the XV. th Amendment to Constitution of
theU. S , 9 Mch. 1869
Northwestern branch of the National Home for Disabled Vol-
unteer Soldiers, near Milwaukee, dedicated Oct. "
Catholic Normal School ofthe Holy Family,at St. Francis, opened, 1871
A ' ' whirlwind of fire ' ' 10 miles in width sweeps over the counties
bordering on Green bay. Loss of life, 1000 persons, burned,
drowned, or smothered; of property, over $3,000,000, 8-9 Oct. "
State Board of Charities and Reform appointed by gov. Fair-
child ; 4 men and 1 woman "
College for women opened at Madison in connection with the
state university 20 Dec. "
Act punishing intoxication by fine and imprisonment 1872:
Northern Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh opened Apr, 1873
First state meeting of the "American Constitutional Union,"
666 delegates, at Milwaukee 7 Aug. "
" Potter Railroad law," relating to railroads, express, and tele-
graph companies, fixing rates of transportation, and provid-
ing for railroad commissioners H Mch. 1874
St. Paul and Northern railroads announce to the governor that
they cannot obey the Potter law 27 Apr. "
Supreme court sustains the Potter law Sept. "
First cotton cloth manufactured in Wisconsin, at Janesville. . . 1875
Real estate of soldiers' orphans' home transferred to the re-
gents of the slate university for a medical college "
Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls at Milwaukee opened "
State Normal school at River Falls opened "
Supreme court rejects the application of miss Lavinia Goodell
for admission to the bar, as a calling inconsistent with the
duties of the sex Jan. 1876
Potter Railroad law of 1874 made much less stringent. .18 Feb. "
St. John's Catholic Deaf Mute institution at St. Francis opened, "
Legislature enables women to practise law 1877
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State park established in Lincoln county by act of legislature. .
National German-American teachers' seminary at Milwaukee
opened .-
Legislature passes a compulsory Education law
Death of "Old Abe," the Wisconsin war eagle, belonging to
company C, Eighth Wisconsin infantry, the survivor of 36
battles and numerous wounds Mch.
Timothy 0. Howe appointed postmaster-general 20 Dec.
Milwaukee Day School for the Deaf at Milwaukee opened
Science hall of the state university destroyed by fire ; loss
$200,000 ■ 1 Dec.
William F. Vilas appointed postmaster-general 6 Mch.
Women empowered to vote at school elections
Legislature appropriates $5000 yearly to hold farmers' institutes,
State Normal school at Milwaukee opened
Anarchist riots in Milwaukee 5 May,
State public school at Sparta opened 13 Nov.
Oral department of public schools at La Crosse opened
State Normal school at Oshkosh opened
William F. Vilas appointed secretary of the interior 16 Jan.
Jeremiah M. Rusk appointed secretary of agriculture. . .5 Mch.
Annual meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic held at
Milwaukee 27 Aug.
Acts passed to secure a secret ballot at elections
Local Option law passed, providing for a vote on the question
of license on petition of 10 per cent, of the voters in any town
or village
Bennet School law of 1889, requiring schools recognized by the
state to teach reading, writing, arithmetic, and U. S. history
in English, is rescinded by vote of the people Nov.
Ex-sec. Vilas chosen U. S. senator 27 Jan.
Ex-gov. Harrison Ludington dies at Milwaukee, aged 78, 17 June,
Dr. Isaac Leo Nicholson enthroned as bishop of Milwaukee,
the first ceremony of the kind in the U. S 10 Nov.
Charles Kendall Adams, ex-president of Cornell university, ac-
cepts the presidency of the University of Wisconsin.. 30 July,
Legislature in special session to reapportion the state. .17 Oct.
Destructive fire in Milwaukee ; over 300 buildings destroyed
and 10 lives lost ; loss in property over $5,000,000 28 Oct.
Dr. P. R. Hoy, naturalist, dies at Racine, aged 76 8 Dec.
TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS.
Henry Dodge assumes office
James D. Doty "
Nathaniel P. Tallmadge "
Henry Dodge "
93;
1878
1879
1881
1883
1884
1885
1890
1891
1892
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STATE GOVERNORS (term 2 years).
Nelson Dewey assumes office
I-eonard J. Farwell "
William A. Barstow "
Coles Bashford "
Alexander W. Randall "
Louis P. Harvey "
Edward Salomon "
James T. Lewis "
Lucius Fairchild "
C. C. Washburn "
"William R. Taylor "
Harrison Ludington "
William E. Smith "
Jeremiah M. Rusk "
William D. Hoard "
Geo. AV. Peck
William H. Upham '• 1891
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
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Name.
Henry Dodge
Isaac P. Walker . .
Charles Durkee...
James R. Doolittle
Timothy 0. Howe.
Matt. H. Carpenter
Angus Cameron. . .
Matt. H. Carpenter
Philetus Sawyer. .
Angus Cameron. . .
John E. Spooner. .
William F. Vilas..
John L. Mitchell..
No. of Congress
30th to 35th
30th " 34th
34th " 37th
35th " 41st
37th " 46th
41st " 44th
44th " 46th
46th
46th to 53d
46th " 49th
49th " 52d
52d "
Date.
1848 to 1857
1848 " 1855
1855 " 1861
1857 " 1869
1861 " 1879
1869 " 1875
1875 " 1881
1879 " 1881
1881 " 1893
1881 " 1885
1885 " 1891
1891 "
1893 "
Seated 23 June.
Seated 26 June.
/Pres. pro tern. 12
\ Mch. 1873.
f Died in office, 24
\ Jan. 1881.
( Elected in place of
( Carpenter.
Term expires 1897.
Term expires 1899.
"ivitclicraft, the practices and powers of a witch, a wom-
an supposed to have supernatural power and knowledge given
her by evil spirits. The Jewish law (Exod. xxii. 18), 1491 b.c.,
■decreed, " Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." Saul, after
banishing or condemning witchcraft, consulted the witch of En-
dor, 1056 B.C. (1 Sam. xxviii.). Bishop Hutchinson's historical
"Essay on Witchcraft" was published 1718. Pope Innocent
VIII. issued a bull against witchcraft, 1484. Thousands of inno-
cent persons were burned, and others killed by the tests applied.
Many Templars burned at Paris for witchcraft, etc 1309
Joan of Arc burned at Rouen as a witch 30 May, 1431
About 500 witches burned in Geneva in 3 months 1515
Great number in France, when 1 sorcerer confessed to having
1200 associates about 1520
Many witches burned in the diocese of Como in a year, .about 1524
Nine hundred burned in Lorraine 1580-95
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One hundred and fifty-seven burned at WQrzburg, old and
young, learned and ignorant between 1027-29
Grandier, the parish priest at Loudon, burned on a charge of
having bewitched a whole convent of nuns 1634
In Bretagne 20 poor women put to death as witches 1654
Maria Renata burned at Wurzburg 1749
At Kalisk, in Poland, 9 old women, charged witli having be-
witched and rendered unfruitful the lands belonging to that
palatinate, were burned 17 Jan. 1775
Five women condemned to death by the Brahmans, at Patna
for sorcery, and executed 15 Dec' 1802
WITCHCRAFT IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Statutes made all witchcraft and sorcery felony without benefit of
clergy, 33 Hen. VIII. 1541, 5 Eliz. 1562, and 1 James I. 1603.
The 73d canon of the church prohibits the clergy from casting out
devils, 1603.
Barrington estimates the judicial murders for witchcraft in Ene-
land in 200 years at 30,000.
Matthew Hopkins, "witch finder," causes judicial murder of about
100 persons in Essex, Norfolk, and Sufl'olk, 1645-47.
Sir Matthew Hale burned 2 persons for witchcraft in 1664.
Seventeen or 18 persons burned at St. Osyths, in Essex, about 1676.
Two pretended witches were executed at Northampton in 1705 and
5 others 7 years afterwards. '
In 1716 Mrs. Hicks, and her daughter, aged 9, were hanged at Hunt-
ingdon.
Northamptonshire and Huntingdon preserved the superstition about
witchcraft later than other counties.
In Scotland thousands of persons were burned in about 100 years*
among them persons of high rank, while all orders in the state
concurred. James I. even caused a whole assize to be prosecuted
for an acquittal. The king published his " Daemonologie " in Ed-
inburgh, 1597. Ttie last sufferer was at Dornoch in 1722.
Laws against witchcraft had lain dormant for many years, when, an
ignorant person attempting to revive them (by a bill against a
poor old woman in Surrey for witchcraft), they were repealed
10 Geo. IL 1736. Belief in witchcraft still abounds in the coun-
try districts of England. On 4 Sept. 1863, a poor old paralyzed
Frenchman died from being ducked as a wizard at Castle Hed-
ingham, Essex, and similar cases have since occurred.
Ann Turner, old; killed as a witch by a half-insane man at Long
Compton, Warwickshire, 17 Sept. 1875.
witchcraft, Salem. A grewsome chapter in the
history of popular delusions is the record of that which is known
in American history as Salem witchcraft. The people of Mas-
sachusetts generally believed in witchcraft. It had taken
strong hold upon their feelings, and in Mch. 1692, excitement
suddenly broke out at Danvers (part of Salem), Mass., and
spread like an epidemic. It commenced in the family of the
rev. Samuel Parris. The principal accusers and witnesses in
the witchcraft prosecution were 8 females, nearly all young
girls, viz.: Abigail Williams, aged 11 years; Mary Walcut,
17; Ann Putnam, 12; Mary Lewis, a servant, 17; Mary War-
ren, 20; Elizabeth Booth, 18; Sarah Churchill, 20; and Su-
sannah Sheldon. But 2 of these could write their names.
Brokers " Annals of Witchcraft in New England."
First person tried is Bridget Bishop, on charges by the rev.
Samuel Parris, and she is hanged as a witch 10 June, 1692
Susannah Martin hanged as a witch 19 July, "
Sarah Good hanged as a witch " <*
[She is said to have exclaimed, at the time of her execution,
to the rev. Nicholas Noyes, who was very active in these
prosecutions, "If you take my life, God will give you blood
to drink.'' Hawthorne has put this expression in the mouth
of "Old Matthew Maule," in "The House of the Seven
Gables."]
Sarah Wildes hanged as a witch 19 July, "
Elizabeth How hanged as a witch " ' <«
Rebecca Nourse hanged as a witch " "
[Mrs. Nourse was acquitted, but the court, being determined
on her death, sent the jury out again and forced a verdict of
guilty. She was a lady of worth, but old and in ill-health.]
George Burroughs executed 19 Aug. "
[He was a graduate of Harvard college, 1670. Had been
a minister at Salem.]
John Proctor executed 19 Aug. "
John Willard executed " "
[He was a resident of Salem, and had been a deputy in
making arrests; becoming satisfied that the persons accused
were innocent, he was "cried out upon, "and in attempting
to escape he was captured and executed.]
Martha Carrier executed 19 Aug. "
{Her children forced by torture to testify against her.]
George Jacobs, sen., executed 19 Aug. "
[His granddaughter testified against him at his trial, but
acknowledged her perfidy in a piteous letter when too late.—
Bancroft's "Hist, of U. S."]
Giles Corey, upwards of 80 years of age, refusing to plead, is
pressed to death; the only instance of this horrible punish-
ment in New England 17 Sept. "
" Then by the statute you will be condemned
To the peine forte et dure ! To have your body
Pressed by great weights until you are dead."
— Longfellow, " Giles Corey " (" New England Tragedies "), act iv.
Martha Corey, wife of Giles Corey, Mary Easty, Alice Parker,
Mary Parker, Ann Pudeator (70 years old), Willmot Reed,
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Ifuntrvt Soott, and Samuel Wardwell (he first confessed, the
(tnlvone to do so, but declared his Innocence at his ezeou-
tloo) In banged.. ! '-W Sept 1692
fAt the execuilou of these victims Nicholas Noyos, the
minister at Salem, is said to have exclaimed, pointing to the
bodies swinging. "There hang 8 flrebmnds of holl."]
Cotton .Mather's uarrativo of "The Wonders of the Invisible
World " a plott for the truth of wilchcn»ft Oct. "
fThis book was approved by the president of Harvard col-
lege, gov. I'hipps, aud William Sloughton, then lieutenant-
governor of .Massachusetts, and afterwurds chief justice of
Uie Superior couru— /J<i«erq/it'» '• Hist, of the U. S. "]
Mrs. Hale, wife of the minister of the First church at Beverly,
•ooused of being a witch Oct. "
["The whole community became convinced that the ac-
cusers, In crying out upon Mrs. Hale, had perjured them-
selves, and from thill moment their power was destroyed;
the awful delusion was dispelled, and a close put to one of
iho most tremendous tmgedies in the history ofreallife—
the wildest storm that ever raged in the moral world."—
Upham's " Witchcraft in Sulem," vol. ii. p. 346.]
An attempt is made to convict Sarah Daston, a woman of 80,
who for -ic) years had been reputed a witch ; but the common
mind is disenthralled; the jury acquits her Feb. 1693
Prosecutions for witchcraft cease Apr. "
Sir William Fhipps by proclamation discharges all imprisoned
for witchcraft ." ^lay- " ,
[The number released is said to have been about 150. The total
number executed for witchcraft in Salem at this time was 21 ;
others had been executed before, notably Anne Hibbins, 1656, but
none after. " All things considered, the outbreak of witchcraft in
169*2 is one of the most surprising events of history— the smallness
of the number of those engaged in it at its beginning, their youth
and position in society, and their ability to deceive everybody so
long. In any view that has yet been taken of it, its narrator has
found himself baffled to a degree beyond that of any other event
in the whole range of history to account satisfactorily for the con-
duct of the young females through whose instrumentality it was
carried on. It required more devilish ability to deceive, adroit-
ness to blind the understanding, and keep a consciousness of that
ability among themselves, than ever fell to the lot of a like number
of impostors in any age of which the writer has ever read. . . . The
most active participants in pushing the prosecutions were the rev.
Samuel Parris, rev. Nicholas Noyes, and the rev. Cotton Mather;
and among the judges William Stoughton, Samuel Sewell, and
John Hathorne. The accusers were never punished ; and of those
who caused the prosecutions, says Hutchinson, some proved prof-
ligate, abandoned to all vice, others passed their days in obscurity
and contempt."— Z)raA;e's "Annals of Witchcraft in New England."
"It is safe to say that if gov. Bradstreet had not been superseded
by the arrival of sir William Phipps as governor under the new
charter, the witch prosecution of 1692 would never have taken
place." — f/pAam's" Salem Witchcraft, "vol. i. p. 451. "A little at-
tention must force conviction that the whole was a scene of fraud and
imposition* begun by young girls, who at first perhaps thought of
nothingmore than being pitiedand indulged, andcontinned by adult
persons, who were afraid of being accused themselves. The one and
the other, rather than confess their fraud, suffered the lives of so
many innocents to be taken away through the credulity of judges
and juries." — Hutchinson's "History of MassachusettsBay."]
wi'tena-mor, vri'tena-g^emot', or wi tan,
the assennbling of the wise men, the great council of the Anglo-
Saxons. A witena-naot was called in Winchester by Egbert,
800, and in London, 833, to consult on the proper means to
repel the Danes, and, among others, one in 1066, choosing
Harold as king. Parliament.
liVitepsfe', a town of Russia, near which a battle was
fought between the French under marshal Victor, duke of
Belluno, and the Russians, commanded by gen. Wittgenstein.
The French were defeated after a desperate engagement, with
the loss of about 3000 men on both sides, 14 Nov. 1812.
IVitneiS (from A. S. witnes = one that knows ; from
witan, to know, to attest, to give testimony). Two or more
witnesses were required by the law of Moses, 1451 b.c. (Dent,
xvii. 6), and by the early Christian church in cases of dis-
cipline (2 Cor. xiii. 1), 60 a.d. The evidence of 2 witnesses
required to attaint for high-treason, 25 Edw. III. 1352. Lord
Ellenborough ruled that no witness is obliged to give answers
which may tend to degrade himself, 10 Dec. 1802.
Avive§. Marriage.
^Vizard of tlie North, a name given to sir Wal-
ter Scott, on account of his romances; also to Mr. Anderson,
the conjurer, who died 3 Feb. 1874.
Robert Houdin's "Confidences d'un Prestidigitateur,"pub 1859
Herr Herrmann, an eminent conjurer or prestidigitateur, b.
Hanover, d. at Carlsbad, aged 71 8 Jan. 1887
Woman'§ €hri§tian Temperance Union
was an outgrowth of the woman's crusade against the saloons,
which began in Hillsborough, O., 23 Dec. 1873. The Na-
tional Association was organized at Cleveland, O., 17-18 Nov.
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1874. It now has a membership of nearly 200,000. The Chil-
dren's Society under its auspices, with a membership of 200,000
to 300,000, is known as the Loyal Temperance Legion. The
Womati's Christian Temperance Union has a publishing house
in Chicago, and national headquarters at Evanston, 111. In 1883
was formed an international union with the title, " The World's
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,"of which Mrs.Margaret
Bright Lucas, sister of John Bright, was chosen president.
women, Advancement of. But few names of women
appear in history. In most lands and times they have been
without share in public life or in government, and have been
deprived by law of equality in the acquisition and ownership
of property. The history of woman is mostly " domestic "
history, that of the patient " GriseUla "—largely a story of
suffering and wrong at the hands of masculine riilers, fathers,
and husbands, and without legal redress. The sex has been
from the first unrepresented in governing bodies. But the
progress of civilization has been marked by the steady in-
crease of the intelligence and influence of women in all de-
partments of activity which they have entered, and multi-
tudes of social thinkers now advocate the abolition of all
distinctions in civil and political rights founded on sex.
ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN ENGLAND.
Mary WoUstonecraft's " Vindication of the Rights of Women,"
pub 1791
Great advance in the legal rights, position, and employment of
women 1837-92
Women's hospitals founded ; Soho 1842
Woman's Medical Society and Obstetrical college founded, about 1864
Woman's suffrage for members of Parliament proposed by J. S.
Mill ; negatived by 196 against 73 20 May, 1807
Lily Maxwell, a shopkeeper at Manchester, votes for Jacob
Bright 26 Nov. "
First annual meeting of the Manchester National Society for
Women's Suffrage 30 Oct. 1868
Female suffrage held illegal by the court of common pleas,
7-9 Nov. "
John S. Mill's "Subjection of Women," pub 1869
Women's Club and Institute, Newman street, London, W.,
opened Jan. "
Women's Disabilities Removal bill rejected by the Commons
(220 to 94) 12 May, 1870
[It was presented every year, and the vote stood 217 to 103,
7 Mch. 1879.]
Woman's hospital founded at Marylebone 1871
Miss Garrett and miss Davies elected members of the metro-
politan school-board 29 Nov. 1873
Medical school for women opened Oct. 1874
Miss Merington elected guardian of the poor for Kensington
(the first case in London) Apr. 1876
Women permitted to be registered under "Medical act" by 39
and 40 Vict. c. 41 11 Aug. "
University of London; senate votes for granting degrees to
women, 28 Feb. ; convocation votes against it, 8 May, and
July, 1877; votes for a supplemental charter granting it (242-
132), 15 Jan. ; charter granted 28 Mch. 1878
Great meeting for woman's suffrage; St. James's hall. . .6 May, 1880
Women to be admitted to examinations for honors at Oxford,
by statute 29 Apr. 1884
Woman's householders' suffrage (widows and spinsters) proposed
by Mr. Woodall in the commons, 10 June; negatived (271-
135), 12-13 June; miss H. Miiller refuses to pay queen's taxes,
and her goods are distrained 2 July, "
Woman's suffrage granted in Madras presidency, India, 28 Sept. 1885
Woman's Suffrage Society, first annual meeting July, 1886
Women's hospital with female practitioners founded by the
princess of Wales in Euston road 7 May, 1889
Mrs. Scharlieb made M.D 16 May, "
International "Council ofWomen," advocating women's rights,
meets at Paris 25 June, "
Miss A. F. Ramsay and miss B. M. Hervey obtain high univer-
sity honors 18 June, 1887, and miss G. P. Fawcett 7 June, 1890'
Two ladies elected for the London common council. This de-
clared illegal; a bill to legalize it rejected by the lords, 20
May, 1889. and 9 June, 1890; by the commons 26 May, 1891
Women in New Zealand authorized to serve in parliament and
vote at elections; bill passed 4 Sept. ; rejected by the legis-
lative council 10 Sept. "
Woman's Suffrage bill; lords read first time 3 July; negatived,
10 July, 1884; again, 28 July, 1885; again negatived by the
lords, 16 Mch. 1886; again, 13 Sept. 1887, 13 Apr. 1888, 18 Mch.
1889 ; again 1891-92
Sir Albert Rollit's bill for the extension of the parliamentary
franchise to women rejected by the commons (175-152), 27 Apr. 1892
ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES.
Oberlin college, 0., made no distinction as to sex from its foun-
dation 1833
[Many colleges in the U. S. now admit female students un-
der the same conditions as males.]
Elizabeth Blackwell graduates from the medical department,
Geneva college (the first M. D. in the U. S. ) 1849
Her sister Emily graduates from the Cleveland Medical college, 1852.
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First woman's hospital in the world founded at New York city
by dr. Marion Sims 1857
[In Philadelphia, 18G2; in Boston, incorporated, 1863; in
Chicago, 1865; in San Francisco, 1875; in Minneapolis, 1882.]
Arabella A. Mansfield of Mt. Pleasant, la., admitted to the prac-
tice of law June, 1869
Mrs. Myra Bradwell of Chicago applies for a license as an at-
torney-at-law "
[The Superior court of Illinois refused, and the Supreme
court of the U. S. affirmed the decision. Women now admit-
ted to the practice of law in Illinois by statute.]
American Woman's Suffrage Association formed by Lucy Stone
Blackwell "
First convention held at Case hall, Cleveland, 0 24 Nov. "
[Unites with the National Woman's Suffrage Association,
forming the National American Woman's Suffrage Associa-
tion, 18',)0.]
Marilla M. Ricker of Dover, N. H., attempts to vote; her vote
refused for non-registration, although her name had been
offered for registry Mch. 1870
Mrs. Ada H. Kepley of EfBngham, 111., the first graduate from a
law-school, Union College of Law, Chicago 30 June, "
Women admitted into the department of medicine and surgery
in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 1871
Illinois enacts that no person shall be precluded or debarred
from any occupation, profession, or employment (except
military) on account of sex Mch. 1872
[Women are now admitted to many medical colleges
throughout the U. S.]
Susan B.Anthony votes at the presidential election at Roches-
ter, N. Y 5 Nov. '•
She is convicted of illegal voting and fined $100 18 June, 1873
Dr. Sarah H. Stevenson of Chicago admitted as a delegate (the
first woman) to the American Medical Association at Phila-
delphia 1876
Mrs. Belva Lockwood admitted to practice before the Supreme
court of the U. S. 1879; disability removed by an act of Con-
gress approved 15 Feb. 1879
[Others since admitted : Laura De Force Gordon ofStockton,
Cal. ; Ada M. Bittenbender of Lincoln, Neb. ; Carrie Barnhara
Kilgore of Philadelphia; Clara M. Foltz of San Diego, Cal. ;
Lelia Robinson-Sawtelle of Boston ; Emma M. Gillet of Wash-
ington, D. C]
Mrs. Belva Lockwood accepts the nomination for presidentof the
U. S. from the California Woman's Suffrage convention, Sept. 1884
A select committee of the U. S. Senate, Feb. 7, 1889, and the
House judiciary committee, May 29, 1890, reported in favor
of amending the Constitution to permit woman suffrage.
Congress did not act upon these reports.
School suffrage for women exists in some form in most of the
states where asked for; the number is now 32.
Women vote on equal terms with men in Wyoming, since 1870,
under the state constitution, ratified by the people before ad-
mission by Congress, 10 July, 1890.
Women voted in Utah until excluded by the Edmunds law.
In adopting a state constitution in Washington, women were
debarred from voting, although previously allowed.
In Kansas women have suffrage in municipal elections, and
the number of voters is constantly increasing; in 1891 60,000
women voted in that state.
People vote in favor of woman's suffrage in Colorado in the
state election of 1893
Montana women who are tax-payers have the same privileges
at the polls as the men.
New York state convention to revise the constitution decided
against a woman's suffrage amendment by a vote of 97 to 58, 1894
Supreme court of New Jersey decides against the right of
women to vote at school elections 1894
Twenty-seventh annual convention of the American Woman's
Suffrage Association begins at Atlanta, Ga 31 Jan. 1895
[Susan B. Anthony, president.]
Second triennial session of the National "Council of Women"
of the U. S. begins at Washington, D. C, 18 Feb. ; ends., 2 Mch. 1895
Area of countries in the whole world in which women have acquired
at least partial suffrage within 25 years is about 20,000,000 sq.
miles, with a population of over 385,000,000.
wonders (seven) of the world. These have
been reputed to be : 1. The pj^rannids of EgN'pt. 2. The mau-
soleum or tomb built for Mausolus. king of Caria, by Arte-
misia, his queen. 3. The temple of Diana, at Ephesus. 4.
The walls and hanging gardens of the city of Babylon. 5.
The vast brazen image of the sun at Rhodes, called the
Colossus. 6. The ivory and gold statue of Jupiter Olympus.
7. The pharos or watch-tower, built by Ptolemy Philadelphus,
king of P^gypt. Some place the great wall of China in the
list. See separate articles.
wood. The following table shows the specific gravity
of timber in general use, water being 100 :
Name.
Lignum-vitaa.
Ebony
Box, French .
Oak, Live
Cocoa palm . .
Mahogany
Specific gravity.
133
133
132
126
106
106
Spanish 85
Name. Specific gravity.
Oak, English 93
Logwood 91
Beech 85
Hazel. . : 85
Ash 84
Gum 84
Hickory 80
Name.
Plum 79
Apple 79
Dogwood 75
Maple, Hard 75
Locust 72
Rosewood 72
Teak 72
Cherry 71
Persimmon 71
Pear 66
Pine, Pitch 66
Cypress 64
Sycamore 62
Chestnut 61
Basswood, Linden 60
Specific gravity. Name. Specific gravity.
Hackmatack 59
Elm 59
Pine, Red 59
Birch.. 56
Cedar 56
Larch 54
Poplar, white- wood 52
Black- walnut 50
Fir, Norway spruce 50
Sassafras 48
Poplar, common 38
Tamarack 38
Butternut 37
Hemlock 36
Cork 24
The solid portion (Jignin) of all woods whatever, under all
circumstances of growth, is nearly the same ; the specific grav-
ity being as 1.46 to 1.53. The comparative value of the differ-
ent woods in common use for fuel is as follows :
Shell-bark hickory 1. Hard maple 6
Red-heart " 81 New Jersey pine 54
White oak 81 Spruce 52
Beech 7 Hemlock 44
Red oak 69
The age and growth of a tree are indicated by the number and
width of the rings of annual increase shown by a cross-section.
Timber requires from 2 to 8 years to be seasoned thoroughly,
according to its dimensions. In a perfectly dry atmosphere the
durability of woods is almost unlimited. " Rafters of roofs are
known to have esfisted 1000 years, and piles submerged in fresh
water have been found perfectly sound 800 years after driving.
wood pavement. Pavements.
WOOd-eutS. Engraving.
W^oods. Forests.
Wood's half-penee, for circulation in Ireland and
America, were coined by virtue of a patent, passed 1722-23.
Against them, dr. Jonathan Swift, by his " Drapier's Letters,"
raised such opposition that Wood was virtually banished the
Icingdom. The half-pence were assayed in England by sir
Isaac Newton, and proved to be genuine, in 1724. Coin;
United States, 1722.
•Woodstock, a town of Oxfordshire, Engl. In Wood-
stock, now Blenheim park, originall}'^ stood a royal palace, in
which king Ethelred held a parliament and Alfred the Great
translated " Boethiusde Consolatione Philosophi«e,"888. Henry
I. beautified the palace; and here resided Rosamond, mistress of
Henry II., 1154. In it were born Edmund, second son of Ed-
ward I., 1301, and Edward, eldest son of Edward III., 1330 ; and
here the princess Elizabeth was confined by her sister Mary,
1554. A splendid mansion, built at the expense of the nation
for the duke of Marlborough, was erected here to commemorate
his victory at Blenheim in 1704. At that time every trace of
the ancient edifice was removed, and 2 elms were planted on
its site. Blenheim. Scott's romance, "Woodstock," was pub.
June, 1826 ; Marshall's " Hist, of Woodstock," 1873. ^
wool. From the earliest times to the reign of queen
Elizabeth the wool of Great Britain was not only superior to
that of Spain, but accounted the finest in the world ; and even
in the times of the Romans a manufacture of woollen cloths
was established at Winchester for the use of the emperors. —
Anderson. In later times wool was manufactured in PIngland,
and is mentioned 1185, but not in any quantity until 1331,
when the weaving of it was introduced by John Kempe and
other artisans from Flanders. This was the real origin of
English manufacture, 6 Edw. III. 1331. — Rymers "Foedera."
For the introduction of sheep into the United States, Shekp.
WOOL PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE YEARS
GIVEN.
Total produc-
Retained for
Per cent.
Year.
Production.
Imports.
tion and im-
home consump-
of
porte.
tion.
imports.
lbs.
lbs.
lbs.
lbs.
1870. . .
162,000,000
49,230,199
211.230,199
209,367,254
23.3
1875. . .
181,000000
54,901,700
235,991,700
232,156,099
23.3
1877. . .
200,000,000
42,171,192
242,171,192
239,002.636
17.4
1880. . .
232,500,000
128,131,747
360,631,747
356,791.676
35.5
1883. . .
290,000,000
70,575,478
360,575,478
356,500,961
19.7
1885. . .
30^,000,000
70,596,170
378,596,170
375,392,825
18.8
1886. . .
302,000,000
129,084,958
431,084,958
422.412,452
306
1888...
269,000,000
113,558,753
382,558,753
378,176,858
30.0
1890. . .
265,000,000
105,431,281
370,431.281
366,911.772
27.7
1892. . .
340,000,000
167,784,000
507,784,000
503.474,500
33
woo
940
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ToUl priKluction of wool in the world in 1891 was 2,456,778,-
600 Iba., Australia standing Ist, Argentine Republic 2d, and
the U. S. 3d.
IVOOllCII Clotll. Woollen cloths were made an ar-
ticle of commerce in the time of Julius Osar, and are famil-
iarly alluded to by him. Wkanino. ^ ^
Jews forbidden to wear garraeuts of woollen and linen to-
ntlier ^*^^
Seventy himilies of clolhworkors (IVoni the Netherlands) set- a.d.
tied In Kngland by Kdwtird III. (Kymer) 1331
"Worsted nmnufaclure in Norfolk • • • • 1340
Hlanket.« llrst made lu Kngland (Camden) about '
Woollens made at Kendal ••••• ••••• 1390
No oloiU but of Wales or Ireland to be imported into Eng-
lau J 1*63
Medleys, or mixed broadcloth, first made • . 1614
Manufacture of fine cloth begun at Sedan, in France, under the
patronage of cardinal Mazarin • • • • • 16*6
Broadcloth llrst dressed and dyed in England, by Brewer, from
the Low Countries 1667
British and Irish woollens prohibited in France 1677
All persons to bo buried in woollens, and the persons directing
burial otherwise to forfeit 5i., 29 Charles II 1678
In the United States, prior to the Revolution, the manufact-
ure of woollen cloth was confined to the private loom, and was
of a " home" or "domestic" character; but after the war fac-
tories were erected, and the manufacture of woollen goods rap-
idly developed down to the period of the embargo. American
woollens, selling for $1.06 per yard, equalled in quality British
goods of double the width, costing $3.50 per yard. After the
war of 1812-15 the woollen industry revived and rapidly ex-
tended until 1827, but the increase has since been less rapid
and less remunerative.
l¥OOlsack, the seat of the lord high chancellor of
England in the House of Lords, a large square bag of wool,
without back or arms, covered with red cloth. Wool was the
staple commodity of England in the reign of Edward III.,
when the woolsack first came into use.
^Voolwich, Kent, the most ancient military and
naval arsenal in England. Its royal dockyard, where men-
of-war were built in the reign of Henry VIII., was closed 1
Oct. 1869. Here ffar?^ Grace de Dieu was built, 1512; and
here she was burned in 1552. The royal arsenal was formed
jibout 1720, on the site of a rabbit-warren ; it contains vast
magazines of great guns, mortars, bombs, powder, and other
warlike stores ; a foundry, with many furnaces, for casting
ordnance; and a great laboratory, where fireworks, cartridges,
grenades, etc., are made for the government. The Royal Mili-
tary academy was erected in the royal arsenal, but was not
completely formed until 19 Geo. II. 1745.
"Worcester (woos'tei-), Battle of, 3 Sept. 1651, when the
Scots army which came to England to reinstate Charles II.
was defeated by Cromwell, who called it his crowning mercy.
Charles with diflSculty escaped to France. More than 2000
royalists were slain, and tffost of the 8000 prisoners were sold
as slaves to American colonists. 'Boscobel.
"Wordsworth Society, formed "as a bond of
imion among those who are in sympathy with the general
teaching and spirit of Wordsworth," and *' to promote and ex-
tend the study of the poet's works," etc., was founded at Gras-
tnere, Westmoreland, 30 Sept. 1880. President, dr. Charles
Wordsworth, bishop of St. Andrews.
-workillgmen. Knights of Labor, Labor, So-
cialism, Wages, etc.
world. Creation, Globe.
World's Columbian Exposition, held at
Chicago, 111., 1 May to 30 Oct. 1893, surpassed, except in at-
tendance, which fell short of the Paris Exposition of 1889 by
a daily average of about 22,000, all previous world's fairs.
Jackson park and the Midway Plaisance, the site of the ex-
position, cover 633 acres of land on the shore of lake Michigan,
and of this about 190 acres were under roof. The 28 main ex-
position buildings occupied 142J acres, the balance being cov-
ered by state and foreign buildings and concessions, A plat
of the grounds was submitted by the Board of Consulting
Architects, 1 Dec. 1890. Ground was broken in Feb. follow-
ing, and about 1,500,000 cubic yards of earth were handled in
carrying out the design, which called for a system of lagoons
joined by canals, the principal buildings each having a water
as well as a land frontage. The entrance from the lake was
through a peristyle 600 ft. long, 60 ft. wide, and GO ft. liigli,
the grand archway at its centre forming a portal from lake
Michigan to the basin in the Grand Central Court. A few
statistics of one of the main buildings, that assigned to the de-
partments of manufactures and liberal arts, will serve to illus-
trate the magnificent scale upon which the exposition was laid
out. This building, the largest in the world, measured 1687
by 787 ft., and covered 30J acres. The central hall, 1280 by
380 ft., was open to the roof (237.6 ft.) without a supporting
pillar. The walls of the 4 central pavilions were 122 ft. high,
the 4 corner pavilions 97 ft., and the main walls 66 ft. There
were 11 acres of skylight, and 40 car-loads of glass in the
roof, and it required 7,000,000 ft. of lumber and 6 car-loads of
nails to lay the floor. Including the galleries, there were 44
acres of exhibition space in the building, and from necessity
the Anthropological building, covering 2.2 acres, was after-
wards erected to supply the space demanded bj' exhibitors in
these two departments. Painting of this building, by means
of spraying machines, was begun 8 Dec. 1892, and completed
in about 6 weeks, 50 tons of paint being used. The exterior
was covered with staff, a composition of plaster, cement, and
hemp or similar fibre moulded for ornamentation and treated
to represent marble. Most of the World's Fair buildings were
covered with this material, 30,000 tons being used for the pur-
pose ; hence the fair became familiarly known as the " White
City." Tables giving items of interest about the main build-
ings and those erected by the several states and territories will
be found below. Among other special buildings and exhibits
may be mentioned: Music Hall Peristyle and Casino, Choral
Hall, Children's building, the Saw Mill, Cold Storage build-
ing. Convent of La Rabida, Battle-ship Illinois, the Krupp
Gun Exhibit, and the Ferris Wheel. The last named was
located near the western approach to the Midway Plaisance
noted above; a strip of land 600 ft. wide and | of a mile long,
connecting Jackson and Washington parks, given up to pri-
vate concessions and amusement attractions. 52 foreign
powers officially participated in the Exposition, their appro-
priations amounting to over $6,000,000; and 14 more had
individual exhibitions in the several great departments or on
the Midway Plaisance. Foreign powers which appropriated
$100,000 or more were as follows :
Ceylon $125,000
New South Wales 150,000
Guatemala 200,000
Jai)an 630,000
Netherlands 100,000
Argentine Republic $100,000
Austria 110,000
Brazil 600,000
Costa Rica 150,000
Ecuador 125,000
France 733,000
Germany 800,000
Great Britain 291,000
Canada 450,000
I'aragu.iy 100,000
Spain 200,000
Sweden 108,000
comparative statistics of world s fairs.
Where held.
Year.
Acres of
build-
ings.
Days
open.
Number
of ex-
hibitors.
Number of
admissions.
Total
receipts.
London
Paris
1851
1855
1862
1867
1873
1876
1878
1889
1893
21
g^
40
56
60
142>^
144
185
171
217
186
159
194
183
178
17,900
23,950
28,653
50,236
42,000
60,000
52,000
60,000
65,422
6,170,000
5,162,330
6,211,103
10,200,000
7,254,687
9,789,392
16,032,725
32.354,111
27,529,400
$2,530,000
1,280,000
2,942.410
2,103,675
1,030,000
3,813,749
2,531.650
8,380,000
14,117,332
London
Paris
Vienna
Philadelphia..
Paris
Chicago
ATTENDANCE AT WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, 1893.
Month.
Days
open.
Paid .admissions.
Free ad-
missions.
Total
Adults.
Children.
Total,
admissions.
May
June
July
August
September.
October. . . .
28
30
30
31
30
30
1,027,212
2,541,958
2,619,605
3,328,522
4,477,467
6,228,510
22,825
133,155
140,658
186,971
182,404
587,925
1,050,037
2,676,113
2,760,263
3,515,493
4,659,871
6.816,435
481,947
902,721
1,217,239
1,172,215
1,149,071
1,128,995
1,531,984
3,577,834
3,977,502
4,687,708
5,808,942
7,945,430
Totals....
179
20,223,274
1,253,938,21,477,212
6,052,188^27,529,400
Dr. Charles M. Zaremba of Chicago claims to have conceived
and suggested the idea of celebrating the 4th centenary of
the discovery of America by Columbus by a world's fair,
9 Sept. 1876
Alexander D. Anderson, sec. of the Board of Trade at Washing
ton, D. C, claims to have presented the project of a world's
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fair, to be held in the city of Washington, at a public meet-
ing held there 25 Feb. 1886
Hon. Ferry Belmont of New York submits to the House
of Representatives, in behalf of a committee, a unani-
mous report (No. 2601, 50th Congress, first session) in fa-
vor of the project, designating Washington as the place,
16 June, 1888
Mayor of New York city issues invitations to 500 prominent
citizens, requesting them to meet and discuss plans to secure
the fair 17 July, 1889
Committee of 100, appointed by mayor De Witt C. Cregier
of Chicago to secure the fair for that city, meets in the
council chamber and appoints an executive committee,
1 Aug. "
Business men of St. Louis assemble at the invitation of the
mayor of that city, and decide to attempt to secure the fair,
11 Aug. "
License granted to a corporation styled "The World's Exposi-
tion of 1892," with a capital of $5,000,000, at Springfield, 111.,
for the holding of an international exposition at Chicago,
14 Aug. "
St. Paul, Minn., through its Board of Trade, enters the lists,
1 Oct. "
World's Fair bill introduced in the Senate by U. S. senator Cul-
lom of Illinois .19 Dec. "
Hearing before Senate committee on selection of site; New
York represented bv Chauncey M. Depew, Chicago by mayor
Cregier * 11 Jan. 1890
House of Representatives votes on the question of filling
in the blank in the World's Fair bill with the name
of a city in which the exposition should be held. First
ballot, Chicago, 115; New York, 70; St. Louis, 61; Wash-
ington, 58; Cumberland Gap, 1. Eighth ballot, Chicago,
157; New York, 107; St. Louis, 25; AVa.shington, 18. Nec-
essary to a choice, 154, and site secured for Chicago,
24 Feb. ' '
First meeting of the board of directors of the World's Colum-
bian Exposition held at the Sherman house 12 Apr. "
World's Fair bill, fixing date of opening of the fair 1 May, 1893,
signed by the president 28 Apr. "
Board of directors elect permanent oflBcers: Lyman J. Gage,
president; Thos. B. Bryan, 1st vice-president; and Potter
Palmer, 2d vice-president 30 Apr. ''
Pres. Harrison appoints members of the national commission
on nominations made by the governors of the several states
and territories 26 May, '•
First session of the national commission held at the Grand
Pacific hotel, Chicago 26 June, "
Hon. Thomas W. Palmer of Michigan elected president of the
national commission 27 June, '•
National commission formally accepts Jackson park and Mid-
way Plaisance as the site for the exposition 2 July, "
Bill amending the constitution of Illinois, to authorize Chicago
to issue $5,000,000 of bonds in aid of the exposition; signed
by gov. Fifer. 5 Aug. "
Col. George R. Davis of Chicago elected director-gen. of the
exDOSition 19 Sept. "
D. H. Burnham of Chicago appointed chief of construction,
Oct. "
Board of lady managers organized; Mrs. Potter Palmer of
Chicago elected president 20 Nov. "
Proclamation issued by pres. Harrison declaring that the ex-
position will open 1 May, 1893, and in the name of the gov-
ernment and people of the U. S. inviting "all nations of
the earth to participate in the commemoration of an event
that is pre eminent in human history, and of lasting interest
to mankind" 24 Dec. "
Wm. T. Baker elected to succeed Lyman T. Gage as president
of Board of Directors 14 Apr. 1891
Proviso for closing the fair on Sunday passed by the Senate in
committee of the whole, 14 July, and concurred in by the
House 19 July, 1892
Date of dedication of World's Fair buildings changed from 12
Oct. to 21 Oct 4 Aug. "
Congress by resolution extends an invitation to the king
and queen of Spain and the descendants of Columbus
to participate in the World's Columbian Exposition.
5 Aug. "
Congress passes a bill authorizing a gift of $2,500,000 to the
exposition in souvenir silver half-dollars 5 Aug. "
Pres. W. T. Baker resigns, and H. N. Higinbotham is elected in
his stead 18 Aug. "
Title of "director of works" conferred on chief of construc-
tion, D. H. Burnham Oct. "
Buildings dedicated 21 Oct. "
[The programme comprised: 1, "Columbian march," com-
posed by John K. Paine of Cambridge; 2, Prayer by bishop
Fowler; 3, Address, director- gen. Davis; 4, Dedicatory ode,
by miss Harriet Stone Monroe, read by Mrs. LeMoyne; 5,
Addresses by pres. Higinbotham, D. H. Burnham, pres.
Palmer, Mrs. Potter Palmer, and vice-pres. Levi P. Mor-
ton, who represented pres. Harrison; 6, Dedicatory ora-
tion. Henry Watterson; 7, Anthem, " Star - Spangled Ban-
ner;" 8, Oration, Chauncey M. Depew; 9, Prayer, cardinal
Gibbons; 10, Benediction, rev. H. C. McCosh; 11, National
salute.]
Joint resolution for opening the fair on Sunday introduced in
the House of , Representatives by congressman Burborow of
Illinois and referred to committee 5 Dep. "
Pres. Cleveland, the duke of Veragua, and the Liberty bell re-
ceived at Chicago with honors 29 Apr. 1893
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Opening exercises held in front of Administration building.
1 May, 1893
[Programme: 1, "Columbian march;" 2, Prayer, rev. Will-
iam H. Milburn, chaplain U. S. Senate; 3, Poem, "The Proph-
ecy," Wm. A. Croffut, read by miss Jessie Couthoui ; 4, Over-
ture from "Rienzi;" 5, History of growth and develop-
ment of the exposition, director - gen. Geo. R. Davis; 6,
Address, pres. Cleveland (at the close of his address pres.
Cleveland touched an electric button, and the machin-
ery of the great fair was set in motion at 12.04 p.m.); 7,
Hallelujah chorus, "America." (Total attendance 1 May.
137,557.)]
Sunday, fair closed 7 May "
First illumination of buildings by electricity and search-lights'
. . 8 May, "
Local directory votes to open the grounds, but not the exhibi-
tion buildings, on Sunday 12 May '*
Sunday, fair closed 14 May,' "
Congress of Woman's Progress opens 15 May' "
Public Press congress opens 18 May, "
Sunday, fair closed 21 May, "
First open-air concert by Sousa's military band '. . .22 May', "
World's Fair National commissioners vote to adopt the judici-
ary committee's minority report in favor of Sunday opening,
23 May, "
Haydn's "Creation" given by Columbian chorus in Festival
hall 25 May, "
Sunday, gates open all day; paid admissions, 77,212; 15 state
buildings closed, also the U. S. government, British govern-
ment, and other foreign exhibitions 28 May, "
Congress of Medicine and Surgery opens 29 May, "
Decoration day: attendance, 139,979; Montana silver statue,
Ada Rehan, in Mines building, unveiled 30 May, "
Argument on the proceeding of the government to close the
gates of the fair on Sunday begun in the Federal court in
Chicago. 31 May, "
Congress of Temperance opens 5 June, "
Infanta Eulalia visits the exposition; total attendance, 168,996,
8 June, "
Congress of Moral and Social Reform opens 12 June, "
German-American day: attendance, 200,718 15 June, "
Federal Court of Appeals, chief-justice Fuller, decides that the
World's Fair corporation has the right to open the gates on
Sunday 17 June, "
Congress of Commerce and Fi nance opens 19 June, ' '
Formal opening of the Ferris wheel 21 June, "
Religious services held in Festival hall, Sunday 25 June, "
Children's chorus, 1200 voices, at Festival hall 26 June, "
Congress of Music opens 3 July, "
Grand Fourth-of-July celebration from sunrise to sunset; total
attendance, 330,542 4 July, "
[Addresses by vice-pres. Stevenson, Hampton L. Carson of
Philadelphia, and mayor Harrison; Paul Jones flag unfurled;
monument of souvenir coins in Manufactures building un-
veiled.]
Spanish caravels arrive in Chicago 7 July, "
Cold Storage building burned; 17 firemen lose their lives in
the fire 10 July, "
Congress of Literature opens " "
Viking ship arrives at the pier near battle-ship Illinois,
12 July, "
Congress of Education opens 17 July, "
Sunday, fair closed by order of directors 23 July, "
Congresses of Engineering, Art, Architecture, etc., open,
31 July, "
Directors fined by judge Stein for contempt of court in closing
the fair on Sunday, 23 July 2 Aug. '■'■
Congress of Government, Law Reform, Political Science, etc.,
opens 7 Aug. "
British Empire day: total attendance, 213,436 19 Aug. "
Congress of Science and Philosophy opens 21 Aug. "
Colored people's day: attendance, 180,225 25 Aug. «'
[Oration by hon. Frederick Douglass.]
Congress of Labor opens 28 Aug. "
New Columbian liberty bell dedicated 9 Sept. "
Parliament of Religions opens in Chicago 11 Sept. "
Spanish caravels transferred to the U. S. government by capt.
Concas on behalf of the Spanish government 12 Sept. "
Knights of Honor day : attendance, 256,930 23 Sept. "
Odd Fellows' day : attendance, 238,360 26 Sept. "
Chicago day : attendance, 761,942 9 Oct. "
Firemen's day: attendance, 349,491 10 Oct. "
Special days and amusements for children 18, 19, 20 Oct. "
[While the average daily attendance of children was about
5 per cent, of the paid admissions, it rose to over 20 per cent,
on these days, the paid admissions being 65,199 children and
240,762 adults on 19 Oct.]
Manhattan day: attendance, 339,811 21 Oct. ''
Marshall Field subscribes $1,000,000 conditionally for a Me-
! morial museum on the World's Fair grounds 27 Oct. "
Fair officially closed 30 Oct. "■
: Roof of Manufactures and Liberal Arts building gives way under
a weight of snow and ice 9 Dec. "
One of several fires among the buildings destroys the Casino,
Peristyle, and Music hall, and damages the Manufactures and
Liberal Arts building 8 Jan. 1894=
Field Columbian museum dedicated 2 June, "
Fire destroys the Terminal station. Administration building,
Manufactures, Electricity and Mining, Agriculture and Ma-
chinery buildings; the supposed work of incendiaries,
5 July, "
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STATISTICS OF STATE BUILDINGS OF THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
rin -«.»- and territories not mentioned about f ».'-.3,000 was raised for fair purposes, chiefly by private subscription,
^^J'^yT|rrr>,K>hit. in sections of the main exhibition buildings.]
for the m
ost part
suit.
Chtof oommtaionw.
FuDd
nUMdfor
■Sir
Dewriptton of tute building.
Cult of
•tet« build-
ing.
When dedicated.
Architect.
1 Attend-
Special ance on
state day. special
1 state day.
Arkansas.
rallforota
Colorado
James. Mitchell....
Irving M. Scott....
Gov. Davis H.Walte
Gov. 1. B.Morris...
Thos. B.Smith
Arthur C. Jackson.
James M.Wells....
Lafayette Funk....
Clem Studcbaker. .
James 0. Crosby. . .
M.W. Cobun
W. H. Dulaney
A. A. Wooda
Hall C. Burleigh...
Gov. Frank Brown.
(Gen. Francis A. \
[ Walker )
Isaac M.Weston...
D. A. Monfort
N. A. Gentry
Stephen De Wolfe..
Chas. A. Coe
Chas. H. Amsden..
Stephen J. Meeker,
ChaunceyM.Depew
Martin Hector
W. W. Peabody. . . .
(Gov. Robert E.Pat-)
\ tison )
$66,000
650,000
167,000
75,000
20,000
60,000
100,000
French rococo
Old California mission
Spnuisli renaissance.
$18,000
76,000
35,000
15,000
8,000
20,000
30,000
250,000
75,000
35,000
25,000
. 18,000.
18,000
► 22,000
. 12,000
► 65,000
50,000
. 30,000
. 50,000
. 20,000
. 20,000
. 10,000
■ 40,000
. 150,000
■ 18,000
. 35,000
- 80,000
;) 8,000
OQ 000
15 June, 1893
19 June, "
22 Oct. 1892
18 May, 1893
15 June, "
22 Oct. 1892
K IC
1 June,1893
10 Aug. "
24 May, "
22 Oct. 1892
17 May, 1893
19 July, "
8 June, "
26 June, "
1 May, "
22 Oct. 1892
20 May, 1893
22 Oct. 1892
10 TnUr 1 8Q?l
Mrs. Jean Douglas.
A. Page Brown
H. T. E.Wendell
J. W. Northrup
W. W. Boynton & Co.
Seymour Davis
Maury & Dodd
C. S. Frost.
Peabody & Stearns. .
W.C.Whitney
Galbraith & Fuller..
Henry Voss
9 Sei)t.
12 Sept.
11 Oct.
23 Aug.
13 Sept.
24 Aug.
27 Sept.
20 Sept.
11 Sept.
1 June
12 Sept.
17 June
13 Sept.
13 Oct.
30 Aug.
20 Sept.
8 June
4 Sept.
10 Oct.
14 Sept.
7 Sept.
5 Oct.
Ifi'Seijt.
15 Sept.
9 Aug.
23 Aug.
6 Sept.
9 Sept.
16 Sept.
277,118
206.931
349,877
Conneotiout....
Delaware
Florida
Idaho
(Southern colonial)
\ (native woods) — )
(Miniature of old fort)
J Marion at St. Au- ^
( gustine )
(3-story log-cabin)
\ /C.i.ioo otirla\ i
192,003
202,527
800 000 •'■ Italian renaissance. . .
288,921
Indiana
Iowa.
136,000
130,000
166,000
175,000
36,000
57,000
60,000
175,000
275,000
150,000
150,000
100,000
85,000
25,000
130,000
600,000
70,000
200,000
360,000
57,500
85,000
40,000
39,750
75,000
100,000
40,000
212,000
30,000
50,600
30,000)
35,000
17,500
French Gothic
French chateau
(2 -story frame and)
J staff, with ellipti-V
I cal glass dome )
Southern colonial. . . .
(Colonial (imitation)
) of Creole home)... 1
' Lower story, granite '
(octagonal)
Upper story, wood
(square) ,
238,289
220,260
Kansas.
Kentucky
Louisiana
Ifaine
202,932
61,727
Maryland
Massachusetts..
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Monuna
Nebraska.
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
206,931
184,775
202,527
255,743
197,493
220,260
168,996
f Modelled after the]
John Hancock
■ house. Beacon St.,
Boston ,
Renaissance (native)
material) )
Italian renaissance. . .
Spanish "
Corinthian order
G. B. Howe.
Chas. Ailing Gifford.
(McKim, Meade &)
\ White )
Modelled after Wash-
ington's headquar-
ters at Morristown,
I N.J J
Pompeiian
("2 -story, with gable]
ends of brick and
sides timber and
plaster
Colonial
198,858
North Dakota...
Ohio
J. L. Silsbee
I Jas. W. H. McLaugh- 1
349,491
238,718
Pennsylvania...
(Colonial (front a re-]
■} production of In-
( dependence hall).. J
Greek (araphiprostyh
Romanesque
Theo. P. Lonsdale....
(Stone, Carpenter &)
[ Wilson )
J. R. Gordon
J. L. Silsbee
245,467
Rhode Island. . .
South Dakota...
Texas
(E. Benjamin An)
\ drews )
L. G. Ochsenreiter..
H. B. Andrews
B. B. Smalley
A.S. Buford
N. G. Blalock
W.N. Chancellor...
A. Ledyard Smith. .
John S. Harper. . . .
R. C. Chambers. . . .
S. P. Behan.
W. T. Thornton
Gov. A. J. Seay
222,452
Spanish
30000 ^O.Tnlv.' "
246,717
8,000
25,000
i
- i 50,000
20,000
30,000
. 20,000
15,000
i
• ! 7,500
10 May, "
17 May, "
20 June, "
23 May, "
8 Sept. "
198,414
145,. 533
192,003
217,683
277,118
Virginia.
Washington....
West Virginia...
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Utah
Washington's home,
Mt. Vernon (repro-
duced)
(Foundation of im-
1 mense logs ; en-
1 ' trance a great
( stone arch ^
/Colonial (W. Va. res-
( idence)
1 Representation of a
) Wisconsin home..
French chateau
( Facade (modern re-
\ naissance)
[Composite (lower
story supported by
^ Doric columns; 3
departments, 1 for
[ each territory)
Wra. Waters
Van Brunt & Howe.
Dallas & Hedges. . . .
Seymour Davis
Arizona
New Mexico. . . .
Oklahoma.
246,717
STATISTICAL TABLE OF MAIN EXHIBITION BUILDINGS.
[Total cost of buildings, $7,290,000.]
Name of bnilding.
Administration
Agriculture
Annex
Assembly hall, etc.
Live-stock pavilion
Sheds, etc
Dairy
Electricity
Fine Arts ,
Two annexes ,
Fisheries
Two annexes
Forestry
DimenBlons.
262X262
500X800
300X550
125X450
280X440
100X200
345X690
320x500
120X200
165X365
135 diam.
208X528
1.6
9.21
1.3
2
40.
.5
5.5
3.7
1
L4
.8
2.5
Cost.
$450,000
618,000
100,000
335,000
30,000
400,000
670,000
224,000
100.000
Style of architecture.
French renaissance.
Classic "
Corinthian.
Classic
Spanish Romanesque.
Rustic
Name of architect.
Richard M. Hunt, New York. . .
/McKim, Meade & White, New)
\ York /
Holabird & Roche, Chicago, 111.
C. B. Atwood
{Van Brunt & Howe, Kansas)
City /
Charles B. Atwood
Henry Ives Cobb, Chicago..
C. B. Atwood
25 May, 1891
18 July, "
24 Oct.
20 May,
19 Sept.
12 Aug.
18 Sept.
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STATISTICAL TABLE OF MAIN EXHIBITION BVUhmNGS.— (Continued.)
Name of building.
U. S. governmeut
Horticulture
Eight greenhouses. . .
Machinery hall
Annex
Power house
Pumping works
Machine shop
Manufactures and Liberal
Arts
Anthropological
Mines and Mining
Transportation
Annex
"Woman's
style of architecture.
Name of architect.
Contract let.
345X415
250X988
24X100
492X846
490X550
100X461)
77X84 y
146X250)
787X1687
255X415
350X700
256X960
425X900
199X388
3.3
5.7
.5
9.61
6.2)
2.1
2.2
5.6
5.6
8.8
L8
$400,000
300,000
5,000
85,000
1,500,000
100,000
265,000
370,000
138,000
Classic
Venetian renaissance. .
Renaissance of Seville.
Italian renaissance
Romanesque (approx-)
imately) J
Italian renaissance
Windrim & Edbrook«
W. L. B. Jenney, Chicago.
Peabody & Stearns, Boston.
George B. Post, New York.
S. S. Beman, Chicago
Adler & Sullivan, Chicago.. .
Miss Sophia B. Hayden, Boston
9 June, 1891
24 Sept. "
25 May, "
14 May, "
24 June, "
3 June, "
Worms, a city on the Rhine, in Hesse-Darmstadt. The
Roman city, Borbetoraagus, was plundered by the Alemanni,
354, and by Attila, 451 ; rebuilt by Clevis I. about 475. Here
Charlemagne resided in 806. Here was held the imperial
diet before which Martin Luther was summoned, 4 Apr. 1521,
and by which he was proscribed. Luther was met by 2000
persons on foot and on horseback, at the distance of a league
from Worms. When Spalatin sent to warn him of his danger,
he answered, •' If there were as many devils in Worms as there
are tiles upon the roofs of its houses, I would go on." He ap-
peared before the emperor, the archduke Ferdinand, 6 electors.
24 dukes, 7 margraves, 30 bishops and prelates, and many
princes, counts, lords, and ambassadors, 17 Apr., acknowledged
his writings and opinions, and left Worms, in fact, a conqueror.
Yet, to save his life, he had to remain in seclusion under the
protection of the elector of Saxony for about a year. The
edict putting him under the ban of the empire was issued 26
May, 1521. Worms was burned, by order of Louis XIV., 1689,
the cathedral excepted ; and was taken by the French, under
Custine, 4 Oct. 1792. A memorial statue of Luther at Worms
was uncovered, 25 June, 1868, in the presence of the king of
Prussia and other sovereigns.
WOr§llip. The first worship mentioned is that of Abel,
3872 B.C. (Gen. iv.). " Men began to call on the name of the
Lord," 3769 b.c. (Gen. iv.). The Jewish order of worship
was set up by Moses, 1490 b.c. Solomon consecrated the tem-
ple, 1004 B.C. To tlie corruptions of the simple worship of the
patriarchs all the Egyptian and Greek idolatries owed their
origin. Athotes, son of Menes, king of Upper Egypt, 2112 B.C.,
is supposed to be the Cojjt of the Egyptians, and the Toth, or
Hermes, of the Greeks, the Mercury of the Latins, and the
Teutaies of the Celts or Gauls. — Usher,
worship in England. The Druids were the priests
here, at the invasion of the Romans (55 B.C.), who eventually
introduced Christianity, which was almost extirpated by the
victorious Saxons (455), who were pagans. The Roman
Catholic form of Christianity was introduced by Augustine,
696, and continued till the Reformation. Sects.
worsted, spun wool, obtained its name from having
been first spun at a town called Worsted, in Norfolk, in which
the inventor lived, and where manufactures of worsted are
still extensively carried on, 14 Edw. HI. 1340. — Anderson.
"A worsted-stocking knave" is a term of reproach or con-
tempt used by Shakespeare.
WortU SUr Sauer (voi-t sur so-air'), a town in the
department of the Lower Rhine, N.E. France. After storming
Wissembourg, on 4 Aug. 1870, the crown-prince of Prussia, with
the 3d array (about 150,000), marched rapidly forward and sur-
prised part of the French army under marshal MacMahon, in-
cluding the corps of Canrobert and part of that of Failly (about
47,000), and defeated it in a long, desperate, and sanguinary
engagement near this place, 6 Aug. The battle lasted from
9 A.M. till 4 P.M. The chief struggles occurred in the country
round Reichshoifen and in the village of Froeschweiller ; the
French are said to have charged the German line 11 times, each
time breaking it, but always finding a fresh mass behind.
The ridge on which Worth stands was not captured until the
French were taken in flank by the Bavarians and Wlirtera-
bergers. Nearly all MacMahon's staff were killed, and the
marshal himself, unhorsed, fell fainting into a ditch, from
which he was rescued by a soldier. He then, on foot, directed
the retreat towards Saverne, to cover the passes of the Vosges.
The victory is attributed to the great numerical superiority of
the Germans as well as to their excellent strategy. The
French loss has been estimated at 5000 killed and wounded,
and 55,000 prisoners, 2 eagles, 6 mitrailleuses, 35 cannon, and
much baggage. The Germans are stated to have had above
8000 men put hors de combat. It was admitted that Mac-
Mahon acted as an able and brave commander.
VTOrtllies, nine, a term long ago applied to the fol-
lowing eminent men :
Jews. Died B.C.
Joshua 1426
David 1015
Judas Maccabseus 161
Christians.
Heathens. Died b c.
Hector of Troy 1184
Alexander the Great 393
Julius Caesar 44
Died A.D.
King Arthur of Britain 542
Charlemagne of France 814
Godfrey of Bouillon 1100
In some lists, Gideon and Samson are given instead of Hector and
Arthur. In Shakespeare's "Love's Labor's Lost," act v. sc. ii.,
Hercules and Porapey appear as worthies.
wrecks. Statistics of wrecks and shipping disasters
on or near the coasts and on the rivers of the United States
and to American vessels in foreign waters, collected under act
of Congress, 20 June, 1874, are published in the "Annual Re-
ports of the U. S, Life-saving Service." During 10 years,
from 1 June, 1879, to 1 June, 1889, they show a yearly average
of 1919 wrecks, involving the loss of 535 lives. During the
same period of 10 years, of British vessels (exclusive of the
royal navy), there were 6641 totally wrecked, while the loss to
life by wrecks and casualties of all kinds on British vessels,
navy excluded, was 19,130. During the same 10 years 1777
German vessels were wrecked, with a loss of 3460 lives ; and
on the German coast 2640 wrecks occurred, involving the loss
of 391 lives. On the French coast, during 5 years (1877-81),
1346 wrecks occurred, with loss of 949 lives ; and on the Italian
coast, for the years 1886 to 1890 inclusive, the records show 483
wrecks, with loss of 116 lives.
WKECKS AND CASUALTIES IN AMERICAN WATERS, AND DIS-
ASTERS TO AMERICAN VESSELS IN FOREIGN WATERS.
Atlantic
and gulf
coast.
Pacific
coast.
Great
lakes.
Rivers.
At sea
or in foreign
waters.
Totals. .
Year.
■i
.
1^-
■s
i
^
£
»•
1
j<i
?
s
»
S
f.
S
S
2
2
S
t
S
^
2
^
3
^
•^
^
J
•^
J
•^
J
1879-80 1,008
107
112
7
552
35
211
38
435
230
2,318
417
1880-81 798
95
74
5
545
128
238
52
374
325
2,029
605
1881-82 937
59
93
2
506
73
.236
118
323
242
2,095
494
1882-83 801
63
88
42
468
60
241
168
361
186
1,959
519
1883-84] 970
201
65
7
433
83 1 250
42
452
465
2,170
798
1884-851 834
40
68
n
358
18 255
44
385
175
1,900
288
1885-86 1,158 133
75
20
330
78 268
38
464
262
2,295
531
1886-871 640, 69
56
41
323
103 177
89
298
227
1,494
529
1887-881 651 64
58
72
301
83 165
16
286
303
1,461
538
1888-89 662 106
74
44
258
261 164
77
310
385
1,468
638
Totals 8,459 937
763:251
4,074
687 j 2, 205
682
3,688
2,800
19,189
5,357
NOTABLE WRECKS AND SHIPPING DISASTERS IN NORTH AND
SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS.
Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, etc.
British powder ship Morning Star struck by lightning and
blown up in New York harbor 9 Aug. 1778
Thunderer, 74 guns ; Stirling Castle, 64 ; Defiance, 64 ; Phosniz,
44; La Blanche, 32; Lam-el, 28; Shark, 28; Andromeda, 28;
Deal Castle, 24; Penelope, 24; Scarborough, 20; Barbadoes.
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14* ChmmOeon, 14; Endeavour, 14; and Victor, 10— all lost
tn tbt Mine siorm in the West Indies Oct.
X« Tribum, 3« gun«s wrecked off Hallfkx; 300 lives lost
Transport jEneat wr«:ked off Newfoundland; 340 lives lost
Transport Harpoomer wrecked near Newfoundland; 200 lives
l^^l^ ^ 10 Nov.
ManxlDe of steam fVigate Fulton explodes at Brooklyn navy-
yju^- vessel entirely destroyed; 26 lives lost 4 June.
Brig lihloto lost in storm on Kagged island, N. S. ; all on board,
137 in number, perish 9 Apr.
Lad^ Skfrt»rookf, fVom Ix)ndonderry to Quebec; lost near cape
Kmy ; 273 persons jwrish ; 32 only saved 19 Aug.
Ship"La</y «/ the Lakf, on jmssage to Quebec, wrecked on an
iceberg; 216 lives lost w'^K^'^^Y^
Steamboat Ro}tal Tar, of St. John's, N. B., destroyed by Are in
renobscot bay ; 32 li ves lost 25 Oct.
Ship Bruto/, on passage from Liverpool to New York, wrecked
near Rookaway, I.. I. ; 70 lives lost 20 Nov.
Ship Mexico, from Liverpool, wreclted on Hampstead beach,
L. I.; lOS lives lost 3 Jan.
Steamboat Home, on passage from Now York to Charleston,
& C wrecked in a gale near Ocracoke; about 100 lives lost,
9 Oct.
Steamboat Pulaski, trom Savannah to Baltimore, bursts a
boiler off coast of North Carolina; of nearly 200 passengers
and crow only GO are saved 14 June,
Steamboat Lexington, New York to Stonington, burned off
Eden's Neck. I^ I. ; 140 lives lost 13 Jan.
Brig Florence, Rotterdam to New York, wrecked off southeast
coast of Newfoundland ; 50 lives lost 9 Aug.
Steamer President, New York to Liverpool, sailed 11 Mch. with
13(5 persons on board; not heard from after storm of,
13 Mch.
Steamboat Medora of Baltimore explodes her boiler just after
leaving the wharf; 28 killed and 40 injured 14 Apr.
Phanix wrecked in a storm off the coast of Newfoundland;
many lives lost. 26 Nov.
Steamer Ttoeed lost off Yucatan; 60 lives lost 12 Feb.
Brig Sutley, from Picton, N. S., to Fall River, Mass., wrecked
in Vineyard sound; 30 drowned 27 June,
Steamer Xew York, from Galveston to New Orleans, founders
at sea; about 20 lives lost 7 Sept.
All but 12 out of 104 vessels in port at Havana sink or are
wrecked, and 50 coastwise vessels destroyed by a hurricane,
10-11 Oct.
U. S. brig Somers struck by a squall off Vera Cruz and sunk;
41 lives lost (SoMKRS, Muti.xy on; Medals) 8 Dec.
American emigrant ship William and Mary wrecked on a
sunken reef near the Bahamas; about 170 persons perish,
3 May,
Aurora of Hull sails from New York 26 Apr. and founders;
about 25 lives lost 20 May,
Ship Staffordshire, from Liverpool to Boston, strikes on Blande
rock, south of Seal island; 178 lives lost 30 Dec.
Steamer San Francisco, bound for California with 700 U. S.
troops, founders at sea, and 240 of the soldiers are swept
from the deck and perish 23-31 Dec.
Steamer Georgia, from Montgomery, Ala., destroyed by flre at
New Orleans; 60 lives lost 28 Jan.
Ship PovohcUan, from Havre to New York, with 311 emigrants,
goes ashore in a gale on Long Beach, 7 miles north of Egg
Harbor light, and is wrecked, no passenger saved 16 Apr.
Steamer Arctic from Liverpool, struck by the Vesta, 40 miles off
cape Race, Newfoundland, in a fog, and sinks; over 3.o0 lives
lost 27 Sept.
Steamship Pacific, Collins line, 240 persons on board, never
heard from after leaving port 23 Sept.
French steamer Le Lyonnais sunk off Nantucket by collision
with the bark Adriatic ; 260 lives lost 2 Nov.
Steamship Tempest, Anchor line, 150 persons on board, never
heard from after leaving port 26 Feb.
Steamship Louisiana, from New Orleans to Galveston, burned
near Galveston ; 55 lives lost 31 May,
Steamer J. W. Harris sunk in collision with steamer if e^ropoKs
in I..ong Island sound; 14 lives lost 8 Aug.
Steamer Central America, from Havana to New York, springs
aleak in a heavy storm, 8 Sept. ; 100 persons are taken off by
a passing vessel, 12 Sept., and soon after she sinks, carrying
down over 400 persons 12 Sept.
Steamship Indian, from Liverpool to Portland, strikes on Seal
ledge, about 65 miles east of Halifax, and breaks in two amid-
ships; 24 lives lost 21 Nov.
New mail steamer Httn^anan wrecked near cape Sable, N. S. ;
all on board (205) lost night of 19-20 Feb.
Steamer Canadian strikes on ice field in strait of Belle Isle,
Newfoundland, and founders in half an hour; 35 lives lost,
4 June,
British mail steamer Anglo-Saxon wrecked in a dense fog on
reef off cape Race, Newfoundland; about 237 out of 446 lives
lost 27 Apr.
Steamer Constitution wrecked on cape Lookout shoals; 40 lives
lost 25 Dec.
Steamer Evening Star, from New York to New Orleans, foun-
ders at sea; about 2.50 lives lost 3 Oct.
Royal mail steamers Rhone and Wye entirely wrecked, and more
than 50 other vessels driven ashore at St. Thomas, West In-
dies, by a hurricane; about 1000 lives lost 29 Oct.
Steamship City of Boston, Inman line, 177 persons on board,
never heard from after leaving port 28 Jan.
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1797
1805
1816
1829
1831
1837
1840
1841
1842
1843
1853
1856
18G3
1865
1866
1867
1870
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Steamer Varuna, New York for Galveston, founders off Flor-
ida coast with 36 passengers and all the crew except 5,
20 Oct. 1870
Steamer Kensington collides with bark Templar off cape Hat-
leras; both wrecked and many lives lost 27 Jan. 1871
Staten Island ferry-boat West field explodes at New York; 100
lives lost. 200 persons injured 30 July, "
Steamer .America, fl"om Buenos Ayres to Montevideo, burned ; 60
lives lost 23 Dec. "
Steamer .fl/e«s sunk in collision on Long Island sound; 60 lives
lost 30 Aug. 1872
Steamer Missouri, from New York to Havana, burned at sea; 32
lives lost 22 Oct. "
White Star steamer Atlantic strikes on Marr's rock, off Nova
Scotia; 547 lives lost out of 976 1 Apr. 1873
French steamer Vilte du Havre, from New York to Havre, sunk
in 16 minutes in mid-ocean by collision with ship Loch Earn;
230 lives lost out of 313 23 Nov. "
American steamer City of Waco burned off Galveston bar; 53
lives lost ■ 9 Nov. 1875'
Loss of 12 American whaling ships in Arctic ice, reported by
whaling bark Florence ; about 100 lives lost 12 Oct. 1876-
British ship Circassian stranded on Bridgehampton beach, L. I. ;
28 lives lost ^ 29 Dec. "
American steamer George Cromwell stranded off cape St. Mary's,
Newfoundland; 30 lives lost 5 Jan. 18TT
American steamer George Washington stranded off Mistaken
Point, Newfoundland ; 25 lives lost 20 Jan. "
American steamer Leo burned 83 miles south of Tybee light,
Ga. ; 23 lives lost 13 Apr. '"
U. S. sloop-of-war Huron wrecked on coast of North Carolina;
about 100 lives lost 24 Nov. "
Steamer J/e<ropoKs wrecked on North Carolina coast; about 100
lives lost 31 Jan. 1878
American steamer Emily B. Souder founders off cape Hatteras,
N. C. ; 38 lives lost. . . '. 10 Dec. "
Thirteen American fishing schooners founder off George's
bank, Newfoundland; 144 lives lost 12-16 Feb. 1879'
American steamer Champion wrecked in collision with ship
Lady Octavia, 15 miles from Delaware light-ship; 31 lives
lost 7 Nov. "
American steamer Narragansett wrecked in collision near
Cornfield Point shoal, Long Island sound; 27 lives lost,
11 June, 1880
American steamer Seawanhaka burned off Ward's island, N. Y. ;
24 lives lost 28 June, '•
American steamer San Salvador lost at sea from Honduras to
Cuba; 29 lives lost Aug. "
Steamer City of Vera Cruz founders off Florida coast; 68 lives
lost 29 Aug. "
Steamer Bahama founders between Porto Rico and New York;
20 lives lost 4 Feb. 1882
Thirty-five wrecks during a storm off Newfoundland,
about 19 Dec. "
Six American schooners founder off St. George's bank; 76 lives
lost Nov. 18>S3
American steamshipCity of Columbus wrecked on Devil's bridge,
off Gay Head light, Mass. ; 99 lives lost 18 Jan. 1884
Belgian White Cross line steamship Daniel Steinman struck on
rock off Sambro head, N. S. ; 131 lives lost 3 Apr. "
Three American schooners lost at sea between Gloucester and
St. George's bank; 42 lives lost 26 Dec. 1885
Cunard steamer Oregon, from Liverpool to New York, run into
by an unknown schooner, 18 miles east of I>ong Island; all
the passengers (631) and crew (205) taken off in safety, the
ship sinking 8 hours afterwards 14 Mch. 1886
Three Atlantic steamers stranded in one day : the Persian Mon-
arch on the Portland breakwater, the Cunard steiimer Pavo-
nia on High Pine ledge, Massachusetts bay, and the Beaver
line steamer Lake Huron on Madame island, 7 miles below
Quebec ; each owing to heavy fog 29 Oct. "
German ship Elizabeth stranded near Dam Neck mills, Va. ; 22
lives lost 8 Jan. 1887
Kapunda, from London for western Australia, collides with the
bark Ada Melmore off coast of Brazil and founders; more
than 300 lives lost 20 Jan. "
American sloop yacht Mystery, on a pleasure trip, capsizes off
Barren island, Jamaica bay, N. Y. ; 25 lives lost 10 July, "
Steamer Vizcaya, from New York to Havana, run into by
schooner Cornelius Hargraves near Barnegat light, N. J.;
both vessels sink within 7 minutes; about 70 lives lost,
29 Oct. 1890
Brazilian turret-ship wrecked near the mouth of the La Platta;
120 lives lost , 22 May, 1892
Haytian war-ship Petron wrecked off cape Tiburon; 79 lives
lost 6 Sept. 1893
Dynamite cruiser Vesuvius ordered to destroy all derelicts along
the Atlantic coast 5 Oct. "
Ward line steamer City of Alexandria, from Havana to New
York, burned at sea; 30 lives lost 2 Nov. "
Steamer Jason wrecked off cape Cod, Mass. ; 20 lives lost, 6 Dec. "
U. S. corvette Kearsarge wrecked on Roncardo reef, about
200 miles northeast from Bluefield, Nicaragua 2 Feb. 1894
Pacific Ocean.
Independence wrecked on Margaretta island, off coast ot Lower
California, the vessel taking fire; 140 persons drowned or
burned to death, a few escaping with great suffering on a
barren shore 16 Feb. 1853
Explosion of steamboat Gazelle at Canemah, Or. ; 21 killed and
many wounded 8 Apr. 1854
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Steamboat Secretary, crossing San Pablo bay from San Fran-
cisco to Petaluma, bursts her boiler; more than 50 lives lost,
15 Apr. 1854
■Chilian war-steamer Cazador, leaving Talcahuano with 358 per-
sons on board, strikes a rock and sinks; 314 lives lost,
30 Jan. 1856
Steamer Northerner wrecked on a rock near cape Mendocino,
between San Francisco and Oregon; 38 lives lost 6 Jan. 1860
American steamer Pacific collides, 30 miles southwest of cape
Flattery; 236 lives lost 4 Nov. 1875
American schooner Sunshine stranded near cape Foulweather,
Or.; 20 lives lost 18 Nov. "
English Pacific Steam Navigation company's steamship Eten
wrecked about 70 miles north of Valparaiso; about 100 out
of 160 lost; many rescued by English ship Amethyst,
15 July, 1877
Steamer Atacama wrecked 22 miles south of Caldera, near Co-
piapo, Chili ; about 104 lives lost end of Nov. "
American bark Malleville stranded on Vancouver's island; 19
lives lost 10 Oct. 1882
Grappler burned near Bute inlet. Vancouver island; about 70
lives lost ' about 3 May, 1883
American schooner Flying Scud, bound for Kadiak, Alaska,
never heard from ; 24 persons on board Nov. 1886
American schooner Harvey Mills founders, 60 miles southwest
of cape Flattery, Wash. ; 23 lives lost. 14 Dec. "
American bark Atlantic stranded at entrance to Golden Gate,
Cal. ; 27 lives lost 17 Dec. "
American ship St. Stephen, from Port Townsend to San Fran-
cisco, founders at sea; 27 lives lost » Apr. 1887
British bark Abercoi-n stranded on Damon's Point, north of
Gray's harbor, AVash. ; 22 lives lost 30 Jan. 1888
American ferry-boat Julia explodes her boiler at South Vallejo,
Cal.; 30 lives lost 27 Feb. "
American bark Ohio stranded near Point Hope, Alaska; 25
lives lost 3 Oct. "
American steamer Alaskan founders at sea between Aslona,
Or., and San Francisco; 26 lives lost 13 May, 1889
Ship Elizabeth wrecked at entrance to San Francisco harbor;
18 lives lost 22 Feb. 1891
Blanco Encalada, flagship of the revolutionary party in Chili,
is blown up by a torpedo in Caldera bay; upwards of 200
lives lost 22 Apr. "
Great Lakes.
Steamboat Washington takes Are on lake Erie, near Silver
creek; 40 to 50 lives lost 16 June, 1838
Steamboat Erie burned on lake Erie about 33 miles from Buf-
falo ; about 170 lives lost 9 Aug. 1841
Steamer Phcenix burned on lake Michigan, 15 miles oflf She-
boygan; about 240 lives lost, mostly emigrants from Holland,
21 Nov. 1847
Steamer Anthony Wayne, from Sandusky to Buffalo on lake
Erie, explodes her boiler and sinks; 38 killed or missing,
27 Apr. 1850
Steamer Griffith, from Erie to Cleveland, burned; only 30 or 40
out of 330 lives saved 17 June, "
Steamer Atlantic collides with propeller Ogdenshurg on lake
Erie and sinks in lialf an hour; 250 lives lost 20 Aug. 1852
Steamer E. K. Collins, from Sault Ste. Marie to Cleveland, takes
fire on the lake and is burned; 23 lives lost 8 Oct. 1854
Steamer Noriliern Indiana burned on lake Erie; over 30 lives
lost 17 July, 1856
Steamer Niagara burned on lake Michigan; 60 to 70 lives lost,
24 Sept. "
American steamer Lady Elgin sunk in collision with schooner
A ugustus on lake Michigan ; of 385 persons on board, 287 lost,
including Herbert Ingram, M. P., founder of the Illustrated
London News, and his son 8 Sept. 1860
Steamer Sea Bird burned on lake Michigan; 100 lives lost,
9 Apr. 1868
Steamer Hippocampus wrecked in lake Michigan ; many lives
lost 8 Sept. "
American steamer Equinox founders on lake Michigan, 8 miles
off Point Au Sable ; 26 lives lost 9 Sept. 1875
American steamer St. Clair burned on lake Superior, near
Fourteen Mile Point 9 July, 1876
American steamer Alpena founders on lake Michigan ; 60 lives
lost 16 Oct. 1880
Northwest transit service steamer Asia founders between On-
tario and Sault Ste. Marie; about 98 lives lost 14 Sept. 1882
American steamer Manistee founders off Eagle Harbor, lake
Michigan; 30 lives lost 14 Nov. 1883
British steamer A Igoma stranded on south shore Isle Royal,
lake Superior; 48 lives lost 7 Nov. 1885
American steamer Champlain burned off Fisherman's island,
lake Michigan; 22 lives lost 17 June, 1887
American steamer Vernon founders on lake Michigan; 41 lives
Jo.st 29 Oct. "
Steel steamer Western Reserve breaks in two on lake Superior;
26 persons drowned ". 1 Sept. 1892
Propeller Wocoken ashore off Long Point, lake Erie; 14 lives
lost 14 Oct. 1893
I'ropeller Dean Richmond founders off Dunkirk, lake Erie; 23
lives lost... 14 Oct. "
Propellers Philadelphia and Albany collide off Ft. Aux Barques,
lake Huron; 24 lives lost 7 Nov. "
Mississippi River.
Steamboat Brandyunne burned near Memphis; about 110 lives
lost 9 Apr. 1832
Steamer Rob Roy explodes near Columbia; about 20 lives lost,
9 June, 1836
Steamer Ben Sherrod, racing with steamer Prairie, takes fire
30 miles below Natchez; 175 lives lost 9 May, 1837
Steamer Dubuque explodes near Bloomington, Wis. ; 20 lives
lost 15 Aug. "
Steamer Monmouth collides with ship Trenton, in tow of steam-
er Warren, near Prophet island, and sinks; of 490 emigrant
Creek Indians, 234 perish 29 Oct. "
Steamer Gen. Brown explodes at Helena; 60 killed and injured,
25 Nov. 1838
Steamer Edna collapses flues near mouth of Missouri; 33 lives
lost 28 June. 1842
Steamer Eliza strikes on snag 2 miles below mouth of the Ohio
and sinks; 30 to 40 lives lost 13 Oct. "
Steamer Clipper bursts her boiler at bayou Sara, La. ; 20 killed,
19 Sept. 1843
Steamer Shepherdess strikes a snag below St. Louis; 20 to 30
drowned 4 Jan. 1844
Steamers De Soto and Buckeye collide; the latter sinks and
more than 60 persons are drowned 28 Feb. "
Steamer Belle of Clarksville run down by the Louisiana and
sunk ; more than 30 drowned 14 Dec. "
Steamer Edward Bates collapses 2 boiler flues; 28 killed,
12 Aug. 1848
Twenty-three steamboats with their cargoes burned at St.
Louis 17 May, 1849
Steamer Louisiana explodes at New Orleans; 60 killed, 80 in-
jured, and 12 missing 15 Nov. "
Steamer Anglo-Norman explodes at New Orleans; 75 to 100
killed, wounded, or missing 13 Dec. 1850
Eight steamboats destroyed by fire at New Orleans; 37 lives
lost 4 Feb. 1854
Steamer Caroh'n^ burned at the mouth of the White river; 45
lives lost 5 Mch. "
^iGSLinQr Pennsylvania bursts her boiler 80 miles below Mem-
phis; about 100 lives lost 13 June, 1858
Steamer Prtncess explodes boiler and burns near Baton Rouge;
25 killed, 35 injured 27 Feb. 1859
Steamer Ben W. Lewis bursts boiler at Cairo; 50 lives lost.
24 June, 1860
Steamer Miami explodes boilers, burns, and sinks; 150 lives
lost 30 Jan. 1866
Steamer Stonewall burned below Cairo; 200 lives lost. . .27 Oct. 1869
Steamer T. L. McGili burned ; 58 lives lost 14 Jan. 1871
Steamer H. R. Arthur explodes; 87 lives lost 28 Jan. "
Steamer Oceanus explodes; 40 lives lost 11 Apr. 1872
Steajner George Wolfe explodes; 30 lives lost .23 Aug. 1873
Steamer Golden City burned near Memphis; 20 lives lost,
30 Mch. 1882
Steamer Robert E. Lee burned 30 miles below Vicksburg; 21
lives lost 30 Sept. "
Steamer Yazoo strikes a log 35-mile point above New Orleans,
and sinks; 19 lives lost 4 Mch. 1883
Flues of steamer La Mascotte collapse and vessel burned near
Crawford's Landing, Mo. ; 34 lives lost 5 Oct. 1886
Steamer Kate Adams burned near Commerce Landing; 33 lives
lost 24 Dec. 1888
Steamer John H. Hanna burned opposite Plaquemine, La. ; 22
lives lost 24 Dec. "
Steamer Corona explodes; 38 lives lost 3 Oct. 1889
Ohio and other American Rivers.
Steamer Benjamin Franklin explodes near Montgomery, Ala. ;
25 to 30 ki'Ued and injured 13 Mch. 1836
Boiler of steamer Moselle explodes soon after leaving her dock
at Cincinnati ; over 100 lives lost 2.5 Apr. 1838
Steamer Shamrock bursts her boiler on the St. Lawrence river
and sinks; 68 lives lost 9 July, 1842
Steamer Lucy Walker explodes 3 boilers simultaneously at
New Albany, Ind. ; 50 to 60 killed and about 20 wounded,
2.8 Oct. 1844
Steamer Stvallow is broken on a rock in the Hudson river, near
Athens 7 Mch. 1845
Steamer Tuscaloosa. 10 miles above Mobile, bursts 2 boilers;
about 20 killed and many injured 28 Jan. 1847
Brig Carrick wrecked in a gale in the St. Lawrence; 170 emi-
grants perish 19 May, "
Steamer Talisman collides with the Tempest on the Ohio be-
tween Pittsburg and St. Louis; more than 100 lives lost,
19 Nov. "
Boilers of steamer £/«« Ridge on the Ohio river explode; 30
lives lost 8 Jan. 1848
Steamer Orville St. Johns burned near Montgomery. Ala. ; 30
lives lost 7 Mch. 1850
Steamboat Henry Clay burned on the Hudson river; over 70
lives lost 27 July, 1852
Boiler of siedimer Reindeer on the Hudson explodes; 38 lives
lost, 20 injured 4 Sept. "
Steamer Reindeer bursts a flue at Cannelton, Ind., Ohio river;
50 killed or injured 14 Mch. 1854
Steamer Montreal, from Quebec to Montreal, burned; nearly
250 lives lost, mostly emigrants 26 June, 1857
Steamer J/i,9S(mri explodes her boilers on the Ohio; 100 lives
lost 30 ;ian. 1866
Steamer Magnolia explodes boilers on the Ohio river; 80 lives
lost 18 Mch. 1868
Steamers United States and America collide in the Ohio river
near Warsaw and burn ; great loss of life 4 Dec. "
Steamer Wawasset burned in the Potomac river; 75 lives lost,
8 Aug. 1873
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1881
Fat Rogern buroed on the OhJo; 60 lives lost,
'Jo July, 1874
SlwimvacJit Mamie cul in two by steamer Garland on the
Deinill river; 16 lives lost ••• ••:-^ •'" >;-
Steamer Victoria capsixed u)n Thames river, Canada; 200
drowned ^^ *"'y)
StMuner W<^ Foint burned in York river, Va. ; 19 lives lost,
20 Dec. "
Steamer Sdota wrecked in collision on the Ohio river; 67
lives lost ■* ''"'y' ^^^
Steamer If. H. OanUtfr burned on the Tombigbee river, 3
miles below Gainesville, Ala. ; 21 lives lost 1 Mob. 1887
KOTABLK WRKCKS AND SHIPPING DISASTERS IN
FOKKION WATERS.
Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, etc.
Mary Rose. 60 guns, from Portsmouth to Spithead, upset in a
squall ; all on boiird perish 20 July, 1545
Stirling CatUe, 70 guns; Mary, 70 guus; Northumberland, 70
guns, lost on the Uoodwin sands; Vanguard, 70 guns, sunk
at Cbalhani; Yi^rk, 70 guus, lost near Harwich, all lost but
4 men; Raolution, 60 guns, coast of Sussex; Newcastle. 60
ffuns, at Spithead, 193 drowned; Reserve, 60 guns, at Yar-
mouth, 173 perish night of 26 Nov. 1703
Auociatton, 70 guns, sinks with 800 men, and other vessels
wrecked off Scilly isles 22 Oct. 1707
Prince George, 80 guns, burned in lat. 48° N. on way to Gibral- i
tar; about 400 perish 13 Apr. 1758
LichMUL 60 guns, lost on the coast of Barbary; 130 of the !
criw^rish ..?. 29 Nov. "
Sloop of- war Swan \vrecked off Waterford; 130 drowned,
4 Aug. 1782
Man of war Royal George, 108 guns, while keeled over to repair
a pipe at Spithead, is foundered by a gust of wind and sinks;
about 600 j)ersons perish 29 Aug. "
[Portions of vessel and cargo were raised under superin-
tendence of sir Charles Pasley about 58 years later.]
East Indianian Count Belgioioso wrecked off Dublin bay; 147
lives lost 13 Mch. 1783
Ckarlemont packet, from Holyhead to Dublin, wrecked; 104
drowned 22 Dec. 1790
.4 mpAum, 38 guus, blown up while at anchor in Plymouth sound,
and all the crew on board, 250 persons, perish 22 Sept. 1796
Nassau, 64 guns, wrecked on Haak bank, Texel ; 100 perish,
25 Oct. 1799
Sceptre, 64 guns, wrecked in Table bay, cape of Good Hope;
291 of the crew perish 5 Nov. "
Ship-of war Queen Charlotte, 110 guns, burned off Leghorn;
673 lives lost by flre or drowning 17 Mch. 1800
Invincible, 74 guns, wrecked near Yarmouth; capt. John Ren-
nie and the crew, except 126, perish 16 Mch. 1801
East Indiainan Abergavenny wrecked on the Bill of Portland;
more than 300 persons perish 6 Feb. 1805
Transport Aurora lost on Goodwin sands; 300 perish. .21 Dec. "
Packet King George lost on the Hoyle bank; 125 persons
drowned 21 Sept. 1806
Athenien. 64 guns, wrecked near Tunis; 347 perish 27 Oct. "
Ajax, 74 guns, burned off the island of Tenedos; 250 lives lost,
14 Feb. 1807
Park-gate packet Prince of Wales and transport Rochdale
wrecked on Dunleary point near Dublin; nearly 300 lives
lost 19 Nov. "
Minotaur, 74gim8, wrecked on the Haak bank, Texel; 360 lives
lost 22 Dec. 1810
Frigate Saldanha wrecked on the Irish coast; 300 persons
perish 4 Dec. 1811
St. George of 98 and Defence of 74 guns and the Hero stranded
on the coast of Jutland ; adm. Reynolds and all the crews
(about 2000 men) perish, except 18 seamen 24 Dec. "
Transport Seahorse wrecked near Tramore bay; 365 persons,
chiefly soldiers, and most of the crew, drowned 30 Jan. 1816
Transports Lord Melville and Boadicea, with upwards of 200
soldiers with their wives and children, lost near Kinsale,
Ireland; almost all perish 31 Jan. "
Medusa, French frigate, bound for Senegambia, wrecked off
cape Finisterre 22 June, "
[400 on board. A raft is built to hold about 200, and the
rest embark in boats, 17 July; 15 are rescued from the raft
alive. " A scene from the wreck of the Medusa,'" a greatly
noted painting by G^ricault.]
Kent, East ludiaman, burned in the bay of Biscay 29 Feb. 1825
Steam-packet Rothsay Castle wrecked near Liverpool; more
than 100 lives lost.. . .-. 19 Aug. 1831
Ship Amp'iitrite, with women convicts to New South Wales,
- lost on Boulogne sands; out of 131 persons only 3 are saved,
30 Aug. 1833
English ship Jane and Margaret, from Liverpool to New York,
wrecked near the Isle of Man ; over 200 lives lost Feb. 1837
Steamer Forfarshire, from Hull to Dundee, wrecked in a gale;
38 persons drowned; 15 persons saved by the keeper of the
Outer-Fern light-house, James Darling, and his heroic
daughter Grace, who venture out to their rescue in a coble,
notwithstanding a tremendous sea 6 Sept. 1838
Steamer Thames, from Dublin to Liverpool, wrecked off St.
Ives; the captain and 55 persons perish 4 Jan. 1841
Governor Fenner, from Liverpool to America, run down off
Holyhead' by the steamer Nottingham, out of Dublin; 122
lives lost 19 Feb. "
William Browne of Philadelphia wrecked by striking ice on her
passage from England to America; about 70 lives lost; 16
passengers, who had been received into the long-boat, are
thrown overboard by the crow to lighten her 19 Apr.
Transports Abercrombie, Robinson, and Waterloo wrecked in
Tabic bay, cape of Good Hope; of 330 persons on board the
latter vessel, 189, principally convicts, perish 28 Aug.
East ludiaman Reliance, from China to London, wrecked olf
Merlemont, near Boulogne; of 116 persons on board only 7
are saved 13 Nov.
Emigrant ship Exmouth, from Londonderry to Quebec, wrecked ;
of 210 persons on board nearly ail are drowned 28 Apr.
British steam-frigate Avenger wrecked off north coast of Africa;
officers and crew of nearly 200 lost 20 Dec.
American emigrant ship Ocean Monarch burned to the water's
edge off Great Ormo's Head, Carnarvonshire, N. Wales; of
the nearly 400 persons on board 178 perish, and 156 of the
remainder are saved by crews and passengers of the Brazilian
steam-frigate Alfonso and the yacht Queen of the Ocean; the
ship had sailed from Liverpool '. 24 Aug.
Emigrant ship Caleb Grimshaw takes flre, 12 Nov. ; 00 passen-
gers leave on a raft the following day and are lost; the re-
maining 400 are rescued by capt. Cook of the British bark
Sarah 16 Nov.
Steamer Royal Adelaide wrecked on tlie Tongue sands off
Margate ; upwards of 400 lives lost 30 Mch.
Steamship Orion strikes on a sunken rock on shore northward
of Portpatrick and instantly fllls; of 200 passengers more
than 50 are drowned 18 June,
Emigrant ship Edmund, with nearly 200 passengers from Lim-
erick to New York, wrecked off' the western coast of Ireland;
about 100 lives lost 12 Nov.
West India mail steamer Amazon destroyed by fire at sea about
110 miles W.S.W. of Scilly 4 Jan.
[Out of 161 persons on board, 102 perished by flre or drown-
ing, 21 saved by life-boats, 25 picked up by passing Dutch
vessel, and 13 picked up in the bay of Biscay.]
Troop -ship Birkenhead, from Queenstown to cape of Good
Hope, strikes on a pinnacle rock off Simon's bay. South
Africa; out of 638, 454 of the crew and soldiers peri.sh,
26 Feb.
Steamship St. George,, from Liverpool to New York, with 121
emigrants and a crew of 29 seamen, destroyed by flre at sea
(the crew and 70 of the passengers saved by the American ship
Orlando and conveyed to Havre) 24 Dec.
Steamship Queen Victoria, from liiverpool, wrecked off the
Bailey light-house, near Dublin, in a snow-storm; 67 lost out
of 120 15 Feb.
Emigrant vessel Annie Jane, of Liverpool, driven on shore on
the Barra islands, on the west coast of Scotland; about 348
lives lost 29 Sept.
Emigrant ship Tayleur driven on the rocks off Lambay island,
north of Howth ; about 380 lives lost 20 Jan.
British steamer City of Glasgow sails from Liverpool for
Philadelphia with 450 passengers and is never heard from,
Mch.
Eleven transports wrecked, 6 disabled, and the new steamship
Prince sunk, with total loss of nearly 500 lives and a cargo of
supplies for the army in the Crimea valued at 500,000/., in
the storm on the Black sea 13-16 Nov.
Emigrant vessel John wrecked on the M uncles rocks off Fal-
mouth; 200 lives lost 1 May,
Collins line steamer Pacific leaves Liverpool for New York
with 240 persons on board and is never heard from. . 23 Sept.
Steam emigrant-ship Austria, from Hamburg to New York,
burns in the middle of the Atlantic ocean; of 538 persons
on board only 67 are saved 13 Sept.
American ship Pomona, Liverpool to New York, wrecked on
Blackwater bank, the master mistaking the Blackwater for
the Tuskar light; only 24 out of 419 persons saved,
night of 27-28 Apr.
Screw steamer Royal Charter totally wrecked off' Moolfra on
the Anglesea coast; 446 lives lost, with 800,000/. of gold ($4,-
000,000), much of which has been recovered,
night of 25-26 Oct.
Steamer Ondine lost through collision with the Heroine of
Bideford, abreast of Beachy Head; 60 lives lost 19 Feb.
American emigrant vessel Luna wrecked on rocks off Barfleur;
about 100 lives lest 19 Feb.
Steamer London, on her way to Melbourne, founders in the
bay of Biscay; about 220 lives lost 11 Jan.
British steamship City of Boston sails from New York for Liv-
erpool, 28 Jan. 1870; never since seen; a board, stating that
she was sinking, found in Cornwall 11 Feb.
British iron-clad Cap/am founders in a squall off Finisterre; 18
of the crew saved ; 472 lives lost 7 Sept.
Iron screw steamer Cambria lost in a storm off Inishtrahul
island, northwest of Ireland; about 170 lives lost 19 Oct.
Steamer Delaware wrecked off Scilly rocks; only 2 out of 47
saved 20 Dec.
Northfieet, laden with railway iron for Van Diemeu's Land, run
into by a foreign steamer (probably a Spanish vessel, the Mu-
rillo) off Dungeness; about 300 lives lost 22 Jan.
Hamburg mail-steamer Schiller wrecked in a fog on rocks off
the Scilly isles; 200 lives lost 7 May,
Atlantic steamer Deutschland, from Bremen to New York,
during a gale, wrecked on sand-bank, the Kentish Knock, at
mouth of the Thames; 157 lives lost (many emigrants),
6 Dec.
American ship Harvest Queen wrecked by collision about 45
miles from Queenstown ; 27 lives lost 31 Dec.
American ship George Green stranded near Dartmouth, Engl. ;
24 lives lost. 22 Jan.
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Frigate Eurydice, British training-ship, returning from the
Bermudas, founders off Dunnose headland, near Ventnor,
Isle of Wight, through a squall; about 300 lives lost, 24 Mch. 1878
Iron saloon-steamer Princess Alice, with about 900 persons,
principally women and children, from Sheerness, nnmedi-
utely sunk by collision with the large screw-steamer Bywell
Castle, in the Thames, about a mile below Woolwich arsenal;
less than 200 persons saved; 640 bodies recovered 3 Sept. "
French steamer Byzantin sunk in collision with the English
steamer Rinaldo in the Dardanelles during a gale; over 200
lives lost 18 Dec. *'
Dominion steamer Borussia springs aleak in the Atlantic after
leaving Corunna, Spain, and sinks; 10 out of 184 saved,
2 Dec. 1879
British training-ship Atalanta leaves the Bermudas on a trial
voyage with 15 officers and 265 men and boys, and is never
heard from 31 Jan. 1880
French steamer Oncle Joseph sinks by collision with Italian
steamer Ortigia oflfSpezzia; about 50 out of 300 saved,
24 Nov. "
Screw mail-steamer Teuton strikes on a rock near cape Agulhas,
cape ofGood Hope, and founders; nearly 200 lives lost, 30 Aug. 1881
Coasting steamer Daphne keels over during launch in the
Clyde; about 124 drowned 3 July, 1883
Bark Ponema collides with the steamship State of Florida about
1200 miles from coast of Ireland; both vessels sink; only 35
out of 180 persons saved 18 Apr. 1884
Collision between Spanish steamer Gijon and British steamer
Laxham off cape Finisterre; both sink; over 150 lives lost,
22 July, "
British gunboat Wasp wrecked on north side of Tory island off
Donegal; 52 lives lost 22 Sept. "
Red Star steamer W. A. Scholten collides with the steamer
Mary Rosa in the English channel, near Dover, during a fog;
the Scholten sinks ; loss.of life, 134 19 Nov. 1887
American ship Alfred D. Snow stranded off coast of Ireland;
30 lives lost 4 Jan. 1888
Collision between the steamship Geiser and Thingvalla of the
Danish line; 105 lives lost by sinking of the Geiser. .14 Aug. "
Collision between Italian steamship Sud America and French
steamer Z/a France near Port Luz (Grand Canary); 89 lives
lost 13 Sept. "
Steamer Persia goes ashore on the island of Corsica; about 130
lives lost 2 Jan. 1890
British torpedo cruiser Serpent wrecked in a storm off north-
west coast of Spain, about 20 miles from Corunna; only 3
out of 170 officers and men saved 10 Nov. "
Anchor line steamer Utopia, with 850 passengers and crew,
collides with British steamer Anson off Ragged Staff, Gibral-
tar; Utopia sinks and 574 persons are drowned 17 Mch. 1891
Italian mail-steamer Taormina run down off cape Sunium
(Colonna) by Greek steamer Thessalia; about 50 lives lost,
10 Sept. "
British ship Thracian founders off the Isle of man ; 23 lives lost,
15 Aug. 1892
Anchor line steamer Roumania wrecked off the Portuguese
coast; 113 lives lost out of 122 28 Oct. "
Anchor line steamer Trinalria wrecked on the Bermellas rocks
on the west coast of Spain ; 30 of a crew of 37 and all the pas-
sengers lost 8 Feb. 1893
British battle-ship Victoria sunk by a collision with her sister-
ship Camperdown, during a manoeuvre off Tripoli, Syria;
vice adm. sir George Tryon, 22 officers, and 336 of the crew
drowned 22 June, "
German Lloyd steamer Elbe sunk by a collision with British
steamer Crathie in the North sea; out of 355 passengers and
crew only 20 saved, one a woman 30 Jan. 1895
Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta foundered in the Atlantic at the
entrance of the Mediterranean; over 400 persons drowned,
^ .. ^ . - 11 Mch. "
Pacific Ocean, etc.
Clipper Dunbar wrecked on the rocks near Sydney, Australia;
out of 121 persons on board only 1 saved, who was on the
rocks for 30 hours 20 Aug. 1857
St. Paul, from Hong-Kong to Sydney, Australia, with 327
Chinese emigrants, wrecked on the island of Rossel, 30 Sept.
1858; the captain and 8 of thercrew, who left the island for
assistance, are picked up by the schooner Prince of Den-
mark. French steamer Styx, sent to the island, finds that
the emigrants and crew have been massacred and devoured
by the natives, except one Chinaman rescued 25 Jan. 1859
British steamer Orpheus, a new vessel, wrecked on Manakau
bar, west coast of New Zealand; 70 persons saved; about 190
perish 7 Feb. 1863
British steamer Racehorse wrecked off Chefoo cape, Chinese
coast; 99 lives lost 4 Nov. 1864
General Grant wrecked off Auckland isles on voyage from
Melbourne to London ; only 13 out of about 100 saved. .May, 1866
American vessel Oneida run down by Peninsular and Oriental
steamer Bombay, off Yokohama; about 115 lives lost, 24 Jan. 1870
Emigrant vessel Cospatrick, on her way to Auckland, New Zea-
land, takes fire at midnight, 17 Nov. ; only 5 or 6 out of 476
escape, who are picked up 27 Nov., and arrive at St. Helena,
6 Dec. 1874
Australian Steam Navigation company's steamer Ly-ee-moo
wrecked off Green cape on voyage from Melbourne to Syd-
ney ; 70 lives lost 30 May, 1886
American ship Abbie Carver, from Hong-Kong to Callao, Peru,
lost at sea; 20 persons perish 13 Aug. "
British steamer Wah Yeung, trading between Canton and Hong-
Kong, burns; 400 lives lost 15 Nov. 1887
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U. S. steamers Trenton and Vandalia wrecked, and the Nipsic
stranded, in a storm at Apia, Samoan islands; 51 lives lost.
In the same storm the German steamers Adler and Eber are
wrecked, with a loss of 96 lives 16 Mch. 1889'
British steamer Duburg wrecked in the Chinese sea; 400 lives
lost 17 Feb. 1890
Quetta, of the Queensland line, strikes on a rock off cape York,
Torres strait, and founders in 3 minutes; 124 lives lost,
1 Mch. "
Turkish wooden frigate Ertogrul founders in a gale off south
coast of Japan; only 6 officers and 57 men saved out of a
crew of nearly 600 19 Sept. "
British steamer Shanghai burned in the China sea; about 100
lives lost 27 Dec. "
British ship St. Catharis wrecked off the Caroline islands; 90
lives lost 16 Apr. 1891
Steamer Namchow wrecked in the China sea; 414 lives lost,
13 Jan. 1892
Steamer Wairaropa wrecked off the coast of New Zealand; 134
lives lost 1 Nov. 1894
Indian Ocean.
Pembroke, 60 guns, founders near Porto Nuovo; 330 of her
crew perish 13 Apr. 1749
Due d^Aquitaine, 64 guns, and Sunderland, 60 guns, lost off
Pondicherry ; all perish l Jan. 1761
East Indiaman Grosvenor wrecked off the coast of Caffraria,
4 Aug. 1782
East Indiaman Protector wrecked at Bengal; of 178 persons
on board, 170 perish 21 Nov. 183»
Troop ship Lady Nugent sails from Madras, 10 May. 1854;
founders in a hurricane; 350 rank and file of the Madras
light infantry, officers and crew, in all 400 souls, perish. May, l«54r
Emigrant vessel * Eagle Speed founders near Calcutta; 265
coolies drowned 24 Aug. 186&
Steamer Enterprise founders in the bay of Bengal; 77 lives
lost 2 Nov. 1891
British ship Germania wrecked in a cvclone in the bay of Ben-
gal; 64 lives lost '. 29 May, 1893
[For the list of vessels sailing from port and never afterwards
heard of. Steam navigation.]
IWriting'. Pictures are considered the first essay toward*
writing. The most ancient remains of writing are upon hard
substances, such as stones and metals, used by the ancients for
edicts and matters of public interest. Athotes, or Hermes,
is said to have written a history of the Egyptians, and to have
been the author of the hieroglyphics, 2112 b.c. — Usher. Writ-
ing is said to have been taught to the Latins by Europa,^
daughter of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, 1494 b.c. — Thucydides.
Cadmus, the founder of Cadmea, 1493 b.c., brought the Phoe-
nician letters into Greece. — Vossius. The commandments
were written on 2 tables of stone, 1491 b.c. — Usher. The
Greeks and Romans used wax table-books, and continued the
use of them long after papyrus was known. Paper, Papy-
rus, Parchment. Thomas Astle's "History of Writing"
was first pub. in 1784 ; Natalis de Wailly's " Elemens de Paleo-
graphie," 1838. Alphabet, Hieroglyphics, Literature^
Manuscript, etc.
Wrox'eter, in Shropshire, Engl., the Roman city Uri-
conium. Roman inscriptions, ruins, seals, and coins were found
here in 1752. New discoveries having been made, a committee
for further investigation met at Shrewsbury on 11 Nov. 1858.
Excavations were commenced in Feb. 1859, which were con-
tinued till May. Large portions of the old town were discov-
ered; also specimens of glass and pottery, personal ornaments
and toys, household utensils and implements of trade, cinerary
urns, and bones of man and of the smaller animals. A com-
mittee was formed in London in Aug. 1859, with the view of
continuing these investigations, which were resumed in 1861,^
through the liberality of the late Beriah Botfield, M.P. The
investigations, stopped through want of fimds, were resumed
for a short time in 1867. Thomas Wright pub. " Uriconium "
in 1872.
Wiirtembers^, originally part of Swabia, was made a
county for Ulric L, about 1265, and a duchy for Eberhard in
1494. The dukes were Protestants until 1722, when the
reigning prince became a Roman Catholic. Wurtemberg has
been repeatedly traversed by armies, particularly since the
great French revolution of 1793. Moreau made his celebrated
retreat 23 Oct. 1796. It is a constitutional hereditary mon-
archy. The political constitution is dated 25 Sept. 1819.
Wiirtemberg opposed Prussia in the war, June, 1866, but
made peace, 13 Aug. following; in Oct. 1867, joined the ZoU-
verein, but sent a contingent to Prussia in the war, 1870.
Area, 7528 sq. miles; pop. in 1871, 1,818,539; 1875, 1,881,505;
1890, 2,036,556.
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Wromlnff, • western inland state of the United States,
^ying between Ut. 41° and 46° N. and Ion. 104° and 111° W.,
is bounded on the north by
Montana, east by South Da-
kota and Nebraska, south by
Colorado and Utah, and west
by Utah, Idaho, and Montana.
Area, 97,890 sq. miles in 12
counties. Pop. 1890, 60,705.
Capital, Cheyenne.
Sieur de la Verendrye and
bis sous, from Canada,
travel as far south as
Wind rivor 1743-44
Job!i Colter winters on the
headwaters of Pryor's
fork, 1806; visits Sho-
shone lake, crosses the Rocky mounliiins to the head of
Green river, and returns to the head of Wind river and
Pryor's fork 1807
Eiekiel Williams, trapper, wanders fTom the Yellowstone to
the South Platte through Wyoming "
First recorded expedition from the east, the Pacific Fur com-
pany, on the way to Oregon under Wilson Price Hunt, passes
through Wyoming, crossing Powder River valley and Big
Horn mountains to the Wind river, thence to the Snake
river 1811
William H. Ashley, of the North American Fur company, with
300 men, explores the Sweetwater and Green rivers 1824
Capt. E. L. Bonneville leads the first caravan, 110 trappers and
20 wagons, from the Platte through South pass to the Green
river. At the junction of Lead creek he builds a fort 1832
William Sublette and Robert Campbell erect a fort on I^aramie
fork, which they name fort William, since fort Laramie 1834
First emigrant train for Oregon and California crosses Wyo-
ming.
1841
Fort Bridger erected on Green river by James Bridger, a fa-
mous trapper 1842
CoL J. C. Fremont, with a government exploring expedition, as-
cends and names Fremont's peak "
Mormon pioneers, led by Brigham Young, pass fort Laramie on
their way to Great Salt lake through South pass 1 June, 1847
Part of Wyoming is included in the territory acquired by the
U. S. from Mexico by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,
2 Feb. 1848
Fort liaramie transferred to the U. S 1849
Fort Bridger sold for $8000 to the Mormons 1853
Sioux Indian war begins; lieut. Grattan and 28 men sent from
fort Laramie to arrest an Indian who had shot a cow of a
Mormon emigrant. The Indians refusing to give up the cul-
prit, Grattan fires, and the whole party are killed, summer of 1854
Sir George Gore of Sligo, Ireland, with his private hunting
expedition, winters at fort Laramie, 1854, and with James
Bridger as guide travels north to Powder river 1855
Oil is collected from a spring near Poison Spider creek, and
sold along the Mormon trail for axle-grease 1863
Bill introduced in Congress by James M. Ashley of Ohio to pro-
vide a temporary government for "the territory of Wyo-
„m'ng" 1865
Massacre of U. S. troops by the Indians in a sortie, under col.
Fetterman, from fort Philip Kearney, near Big Horn ; 3 officers
and 90 men killed and scalped 21 Dec. 1866
Gold discovered on the sources of the Sweetwater 1867
Cheyenne first settled, July, 1867, and a city government estab-
lished, with H. M. Hook as mayor Aug. '<
First newspaper published in the territory, the Cheyenne Even-
ing Leader, 19 Sept. ; Daily Argus, 25 Oct. ; and Rocky
. Mountain Star, S Bee <(
First passenger train from Omaha arrives at Cheyenne,
13 Nov. "
Laramie city located on the Union Pacific railroad Apr. 1868
Territory of Wyoming organized bv act of Congress out of parts
of Dakota, Utah, and Idaho 25 July "
Coal discovered 3 miles from Evanston, 1868, and first mine
opened. 1869
Cheyenne designated as the capital of Wyoming, and first ter-
ritorial court held there 7 Sept. "
Act approved giving wOmen the right to vote and hold office
in Wyoming 10 Dec. "
Grand jury of men and women impanelled at liaramie. .7 Mch. 1870
Lieut. Gustavus C. Doane makes a reconnaissance from fort
Ellis. Mont., to Yellowstone lake, via the Gallatin river "
Act of Congress approved setting apart 3575 square miles near
the headwaters of the Yellowstone as a public park. . . 1 Mch. 1872
Military expedition under capt. Jones proceeds north from
Bryan on the Union Pacific railroad, through the Wiud River
valley and the Yellowstone National park to fort Ellis 1873
Gov. William Hale d 13 Jan. 1885
Two hundred miners attack 400 Chinese, imported to work in
the Union Pacific Railroad coal mines, and drive them to the
hills, massacring many 2 Sept. "
Treaty concluded with the Shoshones and Bannacks at fort
Bridger, setting apart a reservation in Wyoming 3 July, 1886
Laramie glass company inaugurate the first window -glass
factory west of Illinois 6 Apr. 1887
University of Wyoming at Laramie chartered 1886; corner-
stone laid 27 Sept. 1886; and opened Sept. "
New capitol at Cheyenne occupied by the legislature 1888
Building for a school for the deaf and blind at Cheyenne com-
pleted u
Penitentiary, to bo located at Rawlins, provided for by act of
legislature "
Insane asylum at Evanston opened Apr 1889
Constitutional convention as.sembles at Cheyenne, 3-30 Sept. ;
constitution submitted to the people, and ratified by a vote
of 6272 for to 1923 against Nov. "
Legislature i)asses the Australian Ballot law 1890
Wyoming admitted to the Union by act of Congress approved,
10 July, "
State admitted into the Union by proclamation of the presi-
dent 10 July, "
Francis E. Warren inaugurated first governor of the state of
Wyoming 14 Oct. "
First state legislature convenes at Cheyenne 13 Nov. "
Forest reservation in Wyoming adjacent to Yellowstone park set
apart by proclamation of pres. Harrison, 30 Mch. and 10 Sept. 1891
Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians cede to the U. S. 1,000.000
acres of land at 55 cents per acre 16 Oct. "
Five hundred cowboys set out to exterminate the cattle
thieves in Wyoming and Montana 10 Apr. 1892
U. S. troops called out to suppress the cowboy disturbance,
13 Apr. "
All persons engaged in resisting the laws and processes of the
U. S. courts in Wyoming commanded to desist, by proclama-
tion of pres. Harrison 30 July, "
TKRKITOKIAL GOVKRNOItS.
John A. Campbell assumes office
•John M. Thayer "
John M. Hoy t "
William Hale "
F.E.Warren "
Thomas Moonlight..; "
F.E.Warren "
1869
1875
1879
1885
.24 Jan. 1887
1889
STATK GOVERNORS.
F. E. Warren inaugunitod 14 Oct. 1890
Amos W. Barber acting 1892
John E. Osborne 1893-95
William A. Richards 1895-99
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM THE STATE OF WYOMING.
Name.
No. of Congress.
Date.
Remarks.
Francis E. Warren.
Joseph M. Carey. . .
Vacant*
52d.tO 53d
52d " 54th
53d
54th "
54th"
1891 to 1893
1891 " 1895
1895 "
1895 "
F. E.Warren
C.D.Clark
Term expires 1901
" 1899
* The legislature having failed to elect a senator, the U. S. Senate refused to seat
the appointee of the governor.
Wyoming, Massacre of. A Tory leader named John
Butler, at the head of loyalists and Indians, entered the beau-
tiful Wyoming valley, in Pennsylvania, at the beginning of
Jul}-^, 1778. Most of the able-bodied men were away with the
army. Col. Zebulon Butler was there, and he rallied what
force he could to confront the invaders. They had an engage-
ment a little above Wilkesbarre on 4 July. The Americans
were driven back, and took refuge in a fort. They then sur-
rendered, with promise of protection ; but before sunset the
Indians, thirsting for blood, spread over the valley, set fire to
dwellings, and murdered many of the inhabitants. The valley
was made a desolation before midnight. This massacre is the
subject of Campbell's poem, "Gertrude of Wyoming," pub. in
1809. Its history is best detailed in Charles Miner's "History
of Wyoming," Philadelphia, 1846. Susquehanna settlers.
X, the.24th letter of the English alphabet, from the Greek
to the Latin, thence to the English, where it is superfluous,
smce it represents no sound not already provided for by other
letters. It is initial only in a few words borrowed from the
Greek, and then has the sound of z. As a numeral X stands
for 10, it being a double (l) 5. It is also an abbreviation for
Christ, from the Greek letter X (ch), beginning of XpitrTog.
Xn is also written for Christian, and Xmas for Christmas.
XAN
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Some suppose X to have been the sign seen in the heavens by i
the emperor Constantine.
Xanthian inarble§. British Museum.
Xan'tllica, a military festival observed by the Mace-
donians in the month called Xanthicus (April), instituted about
392 B.C.
Xail'tllUS, an ancient city of Lycia, Asia Minor, was
taken by Harpagus for Cyrus, about 646 b.c., when the inhab- |
itants buried themselves in the ruins. It was besieged by the
Romans under Brutus, 42 b.c. After a great struggle, the in-
habitants set fire to their city, destroyed their wives and chil-
dren, and perished. The conqueror wished to spare them, and
offered rewards to his soldiers if they brought any of the Xan-
thians into his presence; but only 150 were saved. — Plutarch.
— A river of Troas in Asia Minor, the same as Scamander, and
according to Homer called Xanthus by the gods and Scaman-
der by men.
Xenophon. Retreat of the ten thousand.
Xeres de la Frontera, S.W. Spain, the Asta Re-
(jia of the Romans, and the seat of the wine-trade in Spain, of
which the principal wine is that so well known as Sherry,
an English corruption of Xeres. Xeres is a handsome and
large town, of great antiquity. At the battle of Xeres, 26
July, 711, Roderic, the last Gothic sovereign of Spain, was de-
feated and slain by the Saracens, commanded by Tarik and
Muza.
Xerxe§'§ campaii^II. Xerxes crossed the Helles-
pont by a bridge of boats, and eYitered Greece in the spring
of 480 B.C. with an army which, with the numerous retinue of
servants, eunuchs, and women that attended it, amounted
(according to some historians) to 5,283,220 souls. Herodotus
states the armament to have consisted of 3000 sail, conveying
1,700,000 foot, besides cavalry and the marines and attend-
ants of the camp. This multitude was stopped at Tiikumop-
YL^ by the valor of 300 Spartans under Leonidas, 7-9 Aug.
480 B.C. The fleet of Xerxes was defeated at Artemisium
and Salamis, 20 Oct. 480 b.c; and he hastened back to
Persia, leaving behind Mardonius, the best of his generals,
who, with an army of 300,000 men, was defeated and slain at
Plat^a, 22 Sept. 479 b.c. Xerxes was assassinated by Arta-
banus, 465 b.c.
Ximena, S. Spain, the site of a battle between the
Spanish army under the command of gen. Ballasteros, and
the French corps commanded by gen. Regnier, 10 Sept. 1811.
The Spaniards defeated their adversaries ; the loss was great
on both sides.
XylOtechnog^rapllica, a process for staining wood
various colors, invented and patented by A. F. Brophy ; an-
nounced early in 1875.
Y, the 25th letter of the English alphabet, coming through
the Latin, from the Greek T (upsilon). In A. S. it is always
a vowel, but in modern English both a vowel and a consonant.
y is substituted for^ in numerous A. S. words — as year for gear^
day for daeg. In early English it occurs often as a prefix to
the perfect participles of verbs, representing the Ger. and A. S.
ge : yclad, clad ; yclept, called ; ydrad, dreaded. In all of these
y has the sound of e.
yacht (from the Y)\xtc\ijaght), a light vessel for pleasure
or races. Sailing.
Yale UIliver§ity. Charter for a college at New
Haven granted by the General court 9 Oct. 1701. College es-
tablished at Saybrook "as the most convenient place at pres-
ent."
First commencement held at Saybrook 13 Sept. 1702
College removed from Saybrook to New Haven 30 Oct. 1717
First commencement at New Haven; 8 are graduated. A mi-
nority of the trustees, wishing to locate the college at Weth-
ersfield, hold a commencement there at the same time, and
graduate 5 others 12 Sept. 1718
[Opposition to removing the books of the college library
from Saybrook to New Haven; about 250 valuable books and
some important papers were scattered and lost. The opposi-
tion soon subsided.]
College receives the name of Yale after Elihu Yale, of London,
Engl 12 Sept. "
Elihu Yale dies in England 8 July, 1721
[Ho was a son of Thomas Yale, and was born at New Ha-
ven, 5 Apr. 1648. His father settled at New Haven in 1638.
He sent his son to England at the age of 10 to complete his ed-
ucation. At 30 the son removed to India, where he remained
20 years, married, and acquired a large fortune, was made
governor of the East India company and a fellow of the Royal
Society. His donations at different times to Yale college
amounted in all to about $2000. He intended to give the
college about $2500 more, but died before completing the gift.
" Never was human distinction so cheaply purchased as that
which perpetuates the otherwise almost unknown names of
John Harvard and Elihu Yale. ' '—Johnston's ' ' Connecticut. "]
Sheffield Scientific school established 1847
[According to the catalogue of 1892-93 the number of stu-
dents was 1969; of these 966 were students of Yale college,
529 of the Sheffield Scientific school, and the others of art,
music, divinity, medicine, and law. Commencement occurs
on 28 June, and the first term begins 28 Sept.]
presidents of YALE COLLEGE FROM ITS BEGINNING.
Rev. Abraham Pierson 1701-1707
" Timothy Cutler, S.T.D 1719-1722
" Elisha WiUiams 1726-1739
" Thomas Clap 1739-1766
" Naphtali Daggett, S.T.D 1766-1777
" Ezra Stiles, S.T.D., LL.D 1777-1795
Rev. Timothy Dwight, S.T.D., LL.D 1795-1817
" Jeremiah Day, " " 1817-1846
' ' Theodore D. Woolsey, D. D. , LL. D 1846-1871
" Noah Porter, " " 1871-1886
" Timothy Dwight, " " 1886-
COLLEGES, Libraries.
Yankee, from " Yangees," a corruption of "English,"'
the name originally given by the Massachusetts Indians to
the colonists ;, applied solely to New-Englanders by British
soldiers in the American war (1775-81) ; afterwards by for-
eigners to all natives of the United States; and latterly by
the confederates of the South to the federals of the North
during the civil war, 1861-65.
" Yankee Doodle," a popular national air of the
United States, with nothing to recommend it except its lively
spirit. Its origin is involved in obscurity, but it was introduced
by the British troops about the beginning of the Revolution, and
was taken up by the Americans. While the British were yet in
Boston in the summer of 1775 some poet among them wrote a
poem in derision of the New England troops. It is the original
" Yankee Doodle " song. The following is one of the stanzas i
"And captain Davis had a gun,
He kind a clapped his hand on 't,
And stuck a crooked stabbingiron
Upon the little end on 't."
yard, the fundamental unit of English long-measure —
3 ft. or 36 ins. The word is derived from the Saxon geard, or
gyrd, a rod or shoot, or from gyrdan, to enclose, being anciently
the circumference of the body, until Henry I. decreed that it
should be the length of his arm (doubtless a fable). Stand-
ard MEASURES.
Yarmoiltll, Oreat, a sea-port of Norfolk, Engl., on
the North sea, was a royal demesne in the reign of William I.,
as appears from Domesday book, 1086. It obtained a charter
from John, and one from Henry III. In 1348. a plague here
carried oflf 7000 persons; and did much havoc again in 1579
and 1664. Pop. 1881, 46,767; 1891, 49,318.
Theatre built 1778
Nelson's pillar, a fluted column 140 ft. in heipht. erected 1817
Suspension chain bridge over the Bure, built by R. Cory, at an
expense of about 4000/. ; owing to the weight of a vast num-
ber of persons who assembled on it to witness an exhibition
on the water, it suddenly gave way, and 79 lives (mostly chil-
dren) were lost 2 May, 1845
Yarmouth disfranchised for bribery and corruption by the Re-
form act .' Aug. 1867
Yarrovir or Yarrow water, a small river in Sel-
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kirk county, Scotl^ made familtAr by several poems, especially
by Wm. Hamilton's "The Braes of Yarrow."
•'SwTOl smoll ihP birk, fcrwn grows, green grows the grass,
Yellow on Yarrow brai'S Iho gowau,
Fair bangs thf apple Prao tlio rock.
Sweet is the wave of Yarrow flowan."
And Wordsworth's 8 poems, "Yarrow Unvisited," "Visited,"
and " Kevisited." The following 2 stanzas are selected from
" Yarrow Unvisiteti," to show its exquisite beauty.
" "Oh, green." said I, 'are Yarrow's hohns,
And sweet is Yarrow flowing!
Fair hangs the apple frae the rock,
But we will leave it growing.' "
"The swan on still Saint Mary's Lake
Floats double, swan and shadow!
We will not see them, will not go
To-day, nor yet to morrow," etc.
Yazoo iipcCUlatioil§, attempts made in 1789 and
1794 to obtain large grants of western land in Georgia, by land
companies formed in South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia. In
1785 the atate erected a large tract of land on the Mississippi
river into a county called Bourbon, over which were appointed
civil and judicial officers. The intervention of Spanish claim-
ants and settlers caused the repeal of this act in 1788, but at-
tracted the attention of 3 large land companies, who secured
from the legislature grants of 15,500,000 acres, for which they
pr«i|>osed to pay $207,580. Within 9 daj's of its presentation
a bill was passed and signed by the governor of Georgia, 21
Dec. 1789, but the sale was never completed. In 1794 new
proposals were made to the legislature, and after considerable
opposition a bill was passed 7 Jan. 1795, and grants of land
were made to " the Georgia," " the Georgia Mississippi," " the
Upper Mis.sis.sippi," and " the Tennessee " companies, by which
they obtained some 35,000,000 acres, at about IJ cents per
acre. The people, aroused, remonstrated against the injustice,
and at the next election nearly every member of the legislature
was pledged to vote for repeal, gen. James Jackson resigning
his seat in the U. S. Senate to work against the obnoxious act
in the legislature. Largelj'^ through his efforts the Rescinding
act was passed, the governor concurring, 13 Feb. 1796. By this
act the enrolled bill and usurped act of 7 Jan. 1795 were pub-
licly and solemnly burned in the square before the State-house
in l.^uisville. As some of the land thus fraudulently obtained
had been disposed of to companies in New England and else-
where, the Rescinding act led to numerous lawsuits, which were
not entirely settled until a final disposition of the whole subject
was made by the U. S. Congress in 1814, Georgia having in
1802 ceded most of her western territory to the U. S.
year, time of the earth's revolution around the sun ; A. S.
gear. The Egyptians, it is said, were the first who fixed the
length of the year.
Roman year introduced by Romulus, 738 b.c. ; corrected by Numa,
713 B.c. ; and again by Julius Csesar, 4.5 B.C.
Solar or astronomical year was estimated to comprise 365 days,
5 hours, 48 minutes, 51 seconds, and 6 decimals, 265 B.C., being
about 3 seconds more than the present estimate.
Lunar year (12 lunar months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes)
was in use among the Chaldseans, Persians, and Jews. Once in
every 3 years was added another lunar month, to make the solar
and the lunar year nearly agree. But, though the months Were
lunar, the year was solar; that is, the first month was of 30 days,
and the second of 29, and so alternately: and the month added
triennially was called the second Adar. The Jews afterwards fol-
lowed the Roman manner of computation.
Sidereal year, or the sun's return to the same star, is 365 days, 6
hours. 9 minutes, 9.6 seconds.
The Jews dated the beginning of the sacred year in Mch.,and civil
year in Sept. ; the Athenians began the year in June; the Mace-
donians on 24 Sept. ; the Christians of Egypt and Ethiopia on 29
or 30 Aug. ; and the Persians and Armenians on 11 Aug. Nearly
all Christian nations now commence the year on 1 Jan.
In France, the Merovingian kings began the year with Mch. ; the
Carlovingians sometimes began the year with Christmas, 25 Dec. ;
and sometimes with Easter, which, being a movable feast, led to
much confusion.
Charles IX. of France, in 1564, published an arrSt, the last article of
which ordered that the year be constantly and universally begun
and written on and from 1 .Ian.
The beginning of the year has been reckoned from the day celebrat-
mg the birth of Christ, 25 Dec. ; his circumcision, 1 Jan. ; his con-
ception, 25 Mch. ; and his resurrection. Easter.
The English began their year on 25 Dec. until the time of William
the Conqueror. This prince, having been crowned on 1 Jan.,
gave occasion to the English to begin their year at that time, to
make it agree with the then most remarkable period of their his-
tory.—Stow. Until the act for altering the Style, in 1752, when
the year was ordered to begin on 1 Jan., it did not legally and
generally commence in England until 25 Mch. In Scotland, at
that period, the year began on 1 Jan. This difference caused great
practical inconveniences; and Jan., Feb., and part of Mch. some-
times bore 2 dates, as it is often found in old records, 1745-1746, or
1745-6, or 174*/6. Such a reckoning often led to chronological mis-
takes; for instance, it is popular to say the " revolution of 1688,"
as that event was completed in Feb. 1688, according to the then
mode of computation; but if the year were held to begin, as it
does now, on 1 Jan., it would be the revolution of 1689.
The year in the northern regions of Siberia and Lapland is described
in the following calendar, given by a traveller: "23 June, snow
melts. 1 July, snow gone. 9 July, fields quite green. 17 July,
plants at full growth. 25 July, plants in flower. 2 Aug., fruits
ripe. 10 Aug., plants shed their seed. 18 Aug., snow." The
snow continues upon the ground from 18 Aug. of one year to 23
June of the year following, being 309 days out of 365; so that
while the 3 seasons of spring, summer, and autumn are together
only 56 days, or 8 weeks, the winter is of 44 weeks' duration iu
these countries.
Year of our Lord. Year of grace. Anno Domini (a.d.).
Year and a day. A space of time in law, and in many cases estab-
lishes and flxes a right; as in an estray, on proclamation, if the
owner does not claim it within the time, it is forfeited. The term
arose in the Norman law, which enacted that a beast found on
land, if unclaimed for a year and a day, belonged to the lord of
the soil. It is otherwise a legal space of time.
Calendar, Epact, French revolutionary calendar, Mahometan
YEAR, New style, Planets, Sabbatical year. Sidereal time,
etc.
yea§t, a substance causing fermentation. It was discov-
ered by both Cagniard de la Tour and Schwann, in 1836, to be
a vegetable cell or fungus.
yellow-fever, an American pestilence, made its ap-
pearance at Philadelphia, where it committed great ravages,
1699. It appeared in several islands of the West Indies in
1732, 1739, and 1745. It raged with unparalleled violence at
Philadelphia in Oct. 1762 ; and most awfully at New York in
the beginning of Aug. 1791. This fever again spread great
devastation at Philadelphia in July, 1793, carrying off several
thousand persons. — Hardie. It again appeared in Oct. 1797;
and spread its ravages over the northern coast of America,
Sept. 1798. It reappeared at Philadelphia in the summer of
1802; and broke out in Spain, in Sept. 1803. The yellow-
fever was ver}' violent at Gibraltar in 1804 and 1814 ; in the
Mauritius, July, 1815; at Antigua, in Sept. 1816 ; and it raged
with dreadful consequences at Cadiz and the isle of St. Leon
in Sept. 1819. A malignant fever raged at Gibraltar in Sept.
1828, and did not terminate until the following year. Yellow-
fever ravaged Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., in 1855 ; Wil-
mington, N. C., in 1862; and Savannah, Ga., in 1876. It has
been epidemic at New Orleans many times.
YELLOW-B^EVER IN NEW OKLEANS.
1847.
1853.
1855.
No. of
deaths.
. 2350
. 7848
. 2670
Year.
1858.
1867.
1868.
No. of
deaths.
. 4845
, 3107
. 3977
Memphis was almost depopulated by this scourge in 1878-79.
During 1878 there were 5160 deaths there from the fever;
and during 1879, although the population was reduced to 18,-
500, there were 1532 cases and 485 deaths. The fever ap-
peared as an epidemic in New Orleans, 12 July, 1878, and
spread rapidly to interior towns, some of which were depopu-
lated. The total number of cases in the United States during
1878 was 65,976, with 14,809 deaths. The first case in 1879
was reported 5 July ; first case in Memphis, 8 July.
Yellowstone IVational park covers an area
of 3575 square miles, most of it in northwestern Wyoming.
Set apart and to be known as the "Yellowstone National
park," by act of Congress, 1 Mch. 1872.
" Yeoman of the Guard " {yo-man), an opera,
by Arthur S. Sullivan, 1888. Music.
Yeomen of the Ouard (yomen), a peculiar body
of foot guards to the king's person, instituted at the coronation
of Henry VII. of England, 30 Oct. 1485, which originally
consisted of 50 men under a captain. They were called beef-
eaters, a corruption of buffetiers, being attendants on the king's
buffet or sideboard. Battlk-axe. They were of a larger
stature than other guards, being required to be over 6 feet in
height, and were armed with arquebuses and other arms.
The band was increased by Henry's successors to 100 men,
and 70 supernumeraries; and when one of the hundred died
it was ordered that his place should be supplied out of the 70.
They were clad after the manner of king Henry VIII. — Ash-
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■mole's " Instit." This is said to have been the first permanent
military band instituted in England. John, earl of Oxford,
was the first captain in 1486. — Beatson's " Pol. Index."
yew-tree (Taxus). The reason for planting yew-trees
in church-yards was (these being fenced) to secure the trees
from cattle, and preserve them for the encouragement of arch-
erv. A general plantation of them for the use of archers was
ordered by Richard III., 14B3.—Stow's " Chron." Near Foun-
tains Abbey, Yorkshire, were 7 yew-trees, called the Seven
Sisters, supposed to have been planted before 1088 ; the cir-
cumference of the largest was 34 feet 7 inches round the trunk.
In 1851 a yew-tree was said to be growing in the church-yard
of (iresford, North Wales, whose circumference was 27 feet 9
inches, being the largest and oldest yew-tree in the British
dominions; but tradition regards some yews in England as
older than the introduction of Christianity. The old yew-tree
mentioned in the survey taken of Richmond palace, in 1649,
is said to be still standing.
Yezdegird', or Per§ian era, was formerly uni-
versally adopted in Persia, and is still used by the Parsees in
India, and by the Arabs, in certain computations. This era
began on 26 June, 632, when Yezdegird was elected king of
Persia. The year consisted of 365 days only, and therefore its
■commencement, like that of the old Egyptian and Armenian
year, anticipated the Julian year by 1 day in every 4 years.
This difference amounted to nearly 112 days in the year 1075,
when it was reformed by Jelaledin, who ordered that in future
the Persian year should receive an additional day whenever
necessary to postpone the commencement of the following
year, that it might occur on the day of the sun's passing the
same degree of the ecliptic.
Yggdraiil (ig'dra-sU), in Scandinavian mythology, the
world-tree or askr yggdi-asil, ash-tree of existence. The name is
derived from Odin's name Yggi' (the deep thinker), and drasil
=z carrier — it therefore means the Bearer or Manifestor of God.
It includes in unity Heaven, Earth, and Hell; its branches
extend through all the world and beyond heaven ; its 3 roots
centre in Heaven, Earth, and Hell. Its heavenly root is termed
Urdu?'; its earthly root, il/i»«r ; and that in Hell, Hoergelmir.
Tlie conception of this tree is one of the boldest and most phil-
osophic in Scandinavian mythology. All things owe their life,
tlioughts, feelings, in fact everything, to the sustenance derived
from it. It seems to be a crude conception of the Tree of Life
of the Bible, the leaves of which " were for the healing of the
nations."
yoRe is spoken of as a type of servitude. The ceremony
of making prisoners pass under it was practised by the Sam-
nites towards the Romans, 321 b.c. Caudine forks. This
disgrace was afterwards inflicted by the Romans upon their
vanquished enemies. — Dufresnoy.
Yokohama. Japan.
York, in the N. of England, a town of the Brigantes,
named Evrauc, settled by the Romans during the second cam-
paign of Agricola, about 79, and named Eboracum or Eburacum;
it became the metropolis of the north. Pop. 1891, 66,984.
Emperor Severiis dies here 4 Feb. 211
Here Constantius Chlorus dies, and his son Constantine the
Great proclaimed emperor 25 July, 30(5
Abbey of St. Mary's founded by Siward the Dane 1050
York burned by the Danes, allies of Edgar Atheling, and all
the Normans slain 1069
•City and many churches destroyed by fire 3 June, 1137
Massacre and suicide of many Jews 1190
York receives its charter from Richard II., and the mayor is
made a lord 1389
<iuildhall erected 144(5
Richard III. crowned again here 8 Sept. 1483
€astle built by Richard III., 1484, and rebuilt as a jail 1741
DUKES.
1385. Edmund Plantagenet (5th son of king Edward III.); created
duke, 6 Aug. ; d. 1402.
1406. Edward (his son) was degraded by Henry lY. in 1399, but re-
stored in 1414; killed at Agincourt, 1415; succeeded by his
nephew,
1415. Richard (son of Richard, earl of Cambridge, who was beheaded
for treason in Ul.'j); became regent of France in 1435;
quelled the rebellion in Ireland in 1449; claimed the throne,
and was appointed protector in 1454; his office was annulled;
he began the civil war in 1455, and was slain after his defeat
at Wakefield in 1460.
1460 Edward (his son), afterwards king Edward IV.
YOU
1474. Richard (his second son), said to have been murdered in the
Tower, 1483.
1494. Henry Tudor, afterwards Henry VIII.
1605. Charles Stuart, afterwards Charles I.
1892. Prince George of Wales.
DUKES OF YORK AND ALBANY.
1643. James Stuart (second son of Charles I.), afterwards James II.
1716. Ernest (brother of George I.); d. 1728.
1760. Edward (brother of George III.); d. 1767.
1784. Frederic (son of George III.), b. 16 Aug. 1763.
York. Toronto.
York, Archbishopric of. The most ancient metropolitan
see in England, erected, it is said, by king Lucius about 180,
when Christianity was first partly established in England. The
bishop Eborius was present at the council of Aries, 314. The
see was overturned by the Saxons, and was revived by pope
Gregory on their conversion, and Paulinus is said to have
been consecrated archbishop, 21 July, 625. York and Durham
were long the only two sees in the north of England, until
Henry I. erected a bishopric at Carlisle, and Henry VIII. an-
other at Chester. York was the metropolitan see of the Scot-
tish bishops ; but during the time of archbishop Nevil, 1464,
they withdrew their obedience, and had archbishops of their
own. Much dispute arose between the two English metro-
politans about precedency, as pope Gregory's institutions were
thought to mean that whichever was first confirmed should be
superior ; appeal was made to the court of Rome by both par-
ties, and it was determined in favor of Canterbury. The
archbishop of York is styled primate of England, while the
archbishop of Canterbury is primate of all England. The
province of York now contains the dioceses of York, Carlisle,
Chester, Durham, Sodor and Man, Manchester, and Ripon.
York has yielded to the church of Rome 8 saints and 3 cardi-
nals, and to England 12 lord-chancellors, 2 lord-treasurers, and
2 lord-presidents of the north.
York and L<anea§ter, Wars of. Roses.
York IIim§ter (dedicated to St. Peter). The first
Christian church erected here, which appears to have been
preceded by a Roman temple, was built of wood by Edwin,
king of Northumbria, about 625, and of stone about 635. It
was damaged by fire in 741, and was rebuilt by archbishop
Albert about 780. It was again destroyed by fire in the year
1069, and rebuilt by archbishop Thomas of Bayeux. It was
once more burned down in 1137, with St. Mary's abbey and 39
parish churches in York. Archbishop Roger built the choir,
1154-81 ; Walter Gray added the south transept in 1227 ; John
de Romayne, the treasurer of the cathedral, built the north
transept in 1260. His son, archbishop Romanus, laid the
foundation of the nave in 1291. In 1330, William de Melton
built the 2 western towers, which were finished by John de
Birmingham in 1342. Archbishop Thoresby, in 1361, began
to rebuild the choir in accordance with the magnificence of
the nave, and he also rebuilt the lantern-tower. The minster
was set on fire by Jonathan Martin, a lunatic, and the roof of
the choir and its internal fittings destroyed, 2 Feb. 1829; the
damage, estimated at 60,000^., was repaired in 1832 under sir
Robert Smirke. An accidental fire broke out, and in one hour
reduced the belfry to a shell, destroyed the roof of the nave,
and much damaged the edifice, 20 May, 1840. This was re-
stored by Sidney Smirke, at a cost of 23,000/., 1841.
YorktO^wn, Va. Virginia, 1781-1881 ; Peninsular
CAMPAIGN.
Yo§eillite Qyo-sem'l-te) valley (from an Indian word
signifying "grizzly bear"), in Mariposa county, Cal., which
Congress granted to California in 1864 to be pre.served as a state
park. This valley is situated in the Sierra mountains at an ele-
vation of 4000 feet. It is about 20 miles long and 10 wide, and
contains about 36,000 acres. This valley presents more grand
ana beautiful scenery than is found in any like area in the
world. Here are found the world-renowned " El Capitan,"
"Cathedral Rock," the "Three Brothers," the "Sentinel,"
the "Dome," the "Half Dome," the "Upper, Middle, and
Lower Yosemite falls," the "Bridal Veil," "Mirror Lake,"
etc., etc.
Yoiin;; I9Ien'§ Christian associations.
The parent English-speaking association was organized at Lon-
don by George Williams, 6 June, 1844. In 1891 there were
YOU
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in the world 4151 aasociations, as follows: United States,
1305; Canada, 80; Great Britain, 614; Germany, 800; scat-
tered, 1852. Total membership of the American associations,
235^.
IfmiUreiil assoolation organised 9 Dec. 1851
Boaton association organized 29 Dec. "
Ftrai international couveiitioii or associations of the U. S. and
British provinces lield at liuflulo, NY 7 June, 1864
First world's conforouce convenes in Paris 19 Aug. 1865
l'nite<l States CJiristian Commission organized at a convention
of Voung Men's Christian nssm-iations in New Yorlc. 1(5 Nov. 1861
Young Women's Christian Association (international) organ-
ized 188C
Youiifc People'! soeleliei of Cliri§tian
Endeavor are local church societies of young people, to
promote earnest Christian life among their members. The
first society was organized in the Williston Congregational
church, Rev. F. E. Clark, pastor, Portland, Me., 2 Feb. 1881.
The 10th international convention of Christian Endeavor
societies met in Minneapolis, Minn., 9 July, 1891, at which
time the report showed 16,274 local societies and 1,008,980
members in 30 denominations, with 370 societies in foreign
countries. The United Society, simply a bureau of general
information, is located in Boston, Mass,
yt'trilini, a rare metal. The earth yttria was discov-
ered by prof. Gadolin in a mineral at Ytterby, in Sweden, 1794.
The metal was first obtained by Wohler in 1828. It is of a
dark-gray color, and brittle.
Yucatan', a peninsular state of Central America, dis-
covered by Francis Fernandez Cordova, 1517; conquered by
Bernal Diaz, 1522. It is under the Mexican government.
For its ancient cities, Amekica, Copan, Mitla, PAi.iiNQUK^
U-XMAL, etc. Area, 85,203 sq. miles; pop. 1890, 329,621.
" YvetOt {ev-to') Roi d'L.e" ("The King of Yve-
tot"), a song of Beranger which appeared in 1813 and passed
into literature as a type of the " roi bon enfant."
Yvres, now Ivry (e-vree'), a town of N.W. France,
where a battle was fought, 14 Mch. 1590, between Henry IV.
of France, aided by his chief nobility, and the generals of the
Catholic League, over whom the king obtained a complete
victory.
Z, a consonant and the 26th and last letter of the English
alphabet. This letter is from the Latin, thence from the
Greek. It was formerly called izzard and zed — izzard, prob-
ably, from », hard. — Webster.
Zag^ab', a city of Hungary. Here Andrew II. defeated
the invader Charles Martel, to whom the pope had assigned
his crown, 1292.
Zah'ringen, Baden, the seat of dukes, ancestors of
the grand-dukes of Baden, descended from Herman I., mar-
grave, 1074. Baden.
Zama, a town near ancient Carthage, celebrated for the
victory gained there, 202 b.c., by Scipio (who for this victory
was called Africanus) over Hannibal. The success of Scipio,
whom the Romans had sent into Africa, and, latterly, the ill-
success of Hannibal in Italy, determined the Carthagenians to
recall him to defend their city and territory. The armies of
the two generals, according to Arnold, were about equal, and
the battle was fought with the determination that might be
expected of veteran troops under such commanders; but sev-
eral manoeuvres of Hannibal failed in execution, of which
advantage was taken by Scipio. As a result the Carthage-
nians sustained such a defeat that they were obliged to submit
to the following terms: "To make amends for the injuries
done to the Romans during the truce; to restore all prisoners
and de.serters; to give up all their ships of war except 10, and
all their elephants; to engage in no wars without the consent
of the Romans; to restore to the Numidian prince Masinissa
(ally of the Romans) all possessions belonging to him ; to feed
the Roman army 3 months, and pay it until it should be re-
called home; to pay a contribution of 10,000 Euboic talents,
at the rate of 200 talents a year, for 50 years ; and to give 100
hostages, between the ages of 14 and 30, to be selected at the
pleasure of the Roman general."— .4 mold. These terms virtu-
ally annihilated the power of the Carthagenians; and their
record from this time is but a mournful page of history.
Zambe'zi, a river of E. Africa, explored by Livingstone
1851-56, 1858-64. His book published Nov. 1865. British
Zambezia or British Central Africa includes the whole region
between the northern boundaries of the South African Republic
and the southern boundaries of the Congo Free State, and hav-
ing for its eastern and western boundaries the Portuguese and
German spheres. Boundaries defined with Germany 1890, and
with Portugal 1891.
A royal charter granted the British South Africa company, 29 Oct. 1889
(Object of the company to encourage emigration a'nd colo-
nization, promote trade and commerce, and develop the
mines, etc., of the most of this territory.]
Nyassaland, the district to the west of lalce Nyassa, proclaimed
under the protectorate of Great Britain 14 May, 1891
[Total area of the sphere of British influence in this part
of Africa exceeds 500,000 sq. miles.]
Agreement between Great Britain and Portugal respecting the
navigation of the Zambezi river, of which Portugal controls
the mouth and several hundred miles inland 19 Mch. 1892-
Zamo'ra, a town of Spain. Here Alphonso the Great
defeated the Moors in 901.
Zanzaleen§'. This sect rose in Syria, under Zanza- .
lee, 535; he taught that water baptism is of no efficacy, and
that it is necessary to be baptized by fire, with the application
of a red-hot iron. This sect was at one time very numerous.
Zanzibar' or Zang-uebar', an island east of
Africa, metropolis of the possessions of the imaum of Muscat.,
and chief market for ivory, gum, coral, and cloves, and also
for slaves. At the death of the seyyid (or lord), miscalled
"imaum" and "sultan" of Mii.scat, f856, his dominions were
divided between his son.s. Muscat. Majid obtained Zanzi-
bar, after a contest with his brother, Barghash Seyyid, who
however, succeeded at his death, 7 Oct. 1870. An expedition
for the purpose of suppressing the slave-trade was sent to Zan-
zibar, under the command of sir Bartle Frere, 20 Nov. 1872;
arrived about 12 Jan. 1873. After some delay and negotiation
by dr. Kirke, a treaty was signed abolishing the trade, 5 June,
1873. The contract for the mail to Zanzibar was censured as
too expensive in July, 1873, and altered. The seyyid Barg-
hash visited England in 1875 ; arrived, 9 June ; received by the-
queen, 21 June ; received freedom of London, 12 July ; sailed
for France, 15 July. He decreed confiscation of slaves brought
to Zanzibar, 18 Apr. 1876. The sultan ceded to the Imperial
British East Africa company in 1888, a second cession in 1889,.
and finally a third in 1891, territory extending along the
Zanzibar coast 400 miles, in perpetuity, for which he receives-
an annual payment of 16,000/. This territory is now known
as Ibea, formed of the initial letters of the company's name.
Anglo-Fkench, Gekman, etc., agkeements.
ze, ZOW, Ziere§, for ye, you, and yours. The letter
z was retained in Scotland and was commonly written for the
letter y so late as the reign of queen Mary, up to which period
many books in the Scottish language were printed in Edin-
burgh with these words.
Zealand, one of the 13 provinces which formed the
league of Utrecht, 1579. Holland, New Zealand.
Ze'la, a city of N.E. Asia Minor, where Julius Caesar de-
feated Pharnaces, king of Pontus, son of Mithridates. Caesar,
in announcing his victorj^, sent his famous despatch to the
senate of Rome, in these words, Vejii, vidi, ri«— " I came, I
saw, I conquered" (perhaps the shortest despatch on record).
This battle ended the war; Pharnaces escaped into Bosporus,
where he was slain by his lieutenant, Asander ; Pontus wa*
made a Roman province, and Bosporus given to Mithridates^
of Pergamus, 47 b.c.
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Zeildave^ta (zen-dd-ves'td), ancient sacred books of
the ParseeSjOf which 3 out of 21 are extant. The age of these
books is much disputed. Prof. Max Muller says that the MSS.
had been preserved by the Parsee priests at Bombay, where a
colony of tire-worshippers had fled in the 10th century. An-
quetil Duperron's French translation, from a modern Persian
version, was pub. in 1771 ; edition by Eugene Burnouf, 1829-43.
Zenker's trial. New York, 1734.
Zeno. Philosophy.
Zenobia, Queen of the East. Palmyra.
Zeilta, Hungary, the scene of a battle where the Aus-
trians, under prince Eugene, defeated the Turks, 11 Sept. 1697.
This victory led to the peace of Carlowitz, ratified Jan. 1699.
ZetU'ltium. After defeating Samuel, king of Bulgaria,
here, 29 July, 1014, the emperor Basil II. blinded his 15,000
prisoners, except one in a hundred, to whom he left one eye.
The king died of grief.
zinc, the ore of zinc, calamine or spelter, known to the
Greeks, who used it in the manufacture of brass. It is said
to have been known in China also, and is noticed by European
writers as early as 1231; though the method of extracting it
from the ore was unknown for nearly 500 years after. The
metal zinc is mentioned by Paracelsus (d. 1541). A mine of
zinc was discovered on lord Ribblesdale's estate. Craven, York-
shire, in 1809. Zincography was introduced in London shortly
after lithography became known in England, in 1817. Li-
thography. Zinc is much used in voltaic batteries, and its
application in manufactures has greatly increased of late years.
Photozincography, under Photography.
Zirco'niuill, the metallic base of the earth zirconia,
discovered by Klaproth in 1789 ; from this Berzelius obtained
the metal in 1824. Zirconia is found in the sand of the rivers
of Ceylon. The metal is a black powder.
Zoarite§ or Society of Separati§t§, origi-
nated among dissenters from the Established church at Wur-
temberg, who emigrated to America under Joseph Biiumeler,
arriving at Philadelphia in Aug. 1817. They purchased a
military grant of 5600 acres in Ohio (Tuscarawas count}'),
where they built the first log hut 1 Dec. 1817. Articles of
agreement for a community of goods were signed 15 Apr. 1819.
Marriage, previously prohibited, has been permitted since 1828.
In 1832 the legislature incorporated the " Separatist Societv
ofZoar."
zodiac (Gr. ^lohaKOQ, the zodiac — from (^u}diov, a little
animal, diminutive of ^wor, an animal, because the signs of
the zodiac are represented principally by figures of animals),
an imaginary belt in the heavens, extending about 8° on each
side of the ecliptic, within which the apparent motions of the
sun, moon, and the most conspicuous of the planets are con-
fined ; divided into 12 parts, called the signs of the zodiac. Its
obliquity was discovered, its 12 signs named, and their situa-
tions assigned them by Anaxiraander, about 560 b.c. The
Greeks and Arabians borrowed the zodiac from the Hindus.
— Sir W. Jones. The zodiacal light was observ^ed by Tycho
Brahe, Descartes, and others, and named by Cassini, 1683.
Constellations, Stars.
ZollVercill (tsol'fer-ine) (Customs Union'), the German
commercial union, projected by Prussia 1818, and gradually
joined by nearly all German states except Austria. On 19
Feb. 1853, an important treaty of commerce and navigation
between Austria and Prussia, to last from Jan. 1854 to Dec.
1865, was signed, to which the other states of the Zollverein
gave in their adhesion on 5 Apr. 1853. In Nov. 1861, Prussia
threatened to withdraw unless certain changes were made.
By the treaty of 8 July, 1867, between the North German
confederation and the southern states (Bavaria, Wurtemberg,
iiaden, and Hesse), various changes were made, and by other
treaties signed in Oct. these states agreed to send delegates to
a customs parliament to be held at Berlin. A session of this
parliament was opened by the king of Prussia, 27 Apr. and
closed 23 May, 1868.
zoology (from ^wov, Gr. for animal), the division of
biology which treats of animals ; Aristotle (322-284 b.c.) the
founder of the science. Systems of classification have been , I
made by John Ray (1628-1705), Charles Liime (1707-78), G.
Buffon (1707-88), and George Cuvier (1769-1832).
Linnaeus divided the animal kingdom into (5 clusses— Mammalia,
which includes all animals that suckle their young; Aves. birds ;
Amphibia, or amphibious animals ; Pisces, fishes ; Insecta, in-
sects ; ri?r7Hes, worms; 1741.
Cuvier (d. in Paris, 13 May, 1832) in his great work. '-Rcgue Ani-
mal," pub. in 1816, distributed the animals into 4 great divisions—
Vertehrata (back-boned); the MoUusca (soft-bodied); the Articu-
lata (jointed); and the Radiata (the organs disposed round a
centre).
In 1859 prof. Owen made known a system of arranging the class
Mammalia according to the nature of their brains.
Zoological Society of London (originally the Zoological club) was
founded in 1826, and its gardens in the Regent's park were opened
in Apr. 1827; the society was chartered 27 Mch. 1829. 2072 ani-
mals in the gardens, 31 Dec. 1871; about 500 animals from India
given by the prince of Wales, May, 1876.
Zorildorif, a village of Prussia, where, in a battle be-
tween the Prussian and Russian armies, the former, commanded
by the king of Prussia, defeated the forces of the czarina, whose
loss amounted to 21,529 men, while that of the Prussians was
about 11,000, 25, 26 Aug. 1758.
ZOUavC§ and foot-clia§§eur§. When the French
established a regency at Algiers in 1830, they hoped to find
the employment of native troops advantageous, and selected
the Zooaouas, a congregation of daring Arab tribes. In time
numbers of red republicans and other enthusiastic Frenchmen
joined the regiments, adopting the costume, etc. ; eventually
the Africans disappeared from the ranks, and no more were
added. Among their colonels were Lamoriciere and Cavai-
gnac. The French zouaves formed an important part of the
army in the Crimean war, 1854-55. A few regiments were
introduced into the U. S. army, 1861, chiefly through the in-
fluence of col. E. E. Ellsworth, but the costume soon disap-
peared, not being adapted to severe service and being too con-
spicuous in battle.
Zug[ (tsoog), the smallest canton of Switzerland, joined
the confederation 1352, and the Sonderbund 1846.
Zuidcr zee or ^outh sea, a gulf in the Nether-
lands, formerlj' a lake, united with the North sea by inunda-
tions in the 12th and 13th centuries. In 1875 the Dutch
chamber voted 9,500,000/. to drain the submerged land, and to
erect a dike 26 feet above the water and 25 miles long, thus
adding 759 sq. miles to the country. The Dutch Texel fleet
here surrendered to adm. Mitchell, 30 Aug. 1799.
Zlling'lians, the followers of the reformer Ulric
Zuingli, who at Zurich declaimed against the church of Rome,
and separated Switzerland from the papal dominion as Luther
did Saxony. He procured 2 assemblies to be called : by the
first he was authorized to proceed, by the second the ceremo-
nies of the Romish church were abolished, 1519. Zuingli died
in arms, being' slain in a skirmish against his popish opponents,
11 Oct. 1531. The Zuinglians were also called Sacramentarians.
Zu'luiand, S.E. Africa, a British protectorate admin-
istered by the governor of Natal, from which it is separated by
the river Tugela. This territory extends to the coast and in-
cludes St. Lucia bay. It was formally declared British terri-
tory in May, 1887. Area, 8900 sq. miies, and with Tongaland
14,220 sq. miles, with a population of not less than 180,000
blacks.
Cety wayo (hetch-way'o) succeeds to the rulership 1872
Organizes an armed resistance to the British 1876
Great Britain sends the 90th regiment and a battery, at the re-
quest of sir Bartle Frere, governor at the Cape, to oppose the
Zulus -Ian. 1878
British, under lord Chelmsford, cross the Tugela and enter
Zululand 21 Jan. 1879
Col. Pearsou defeats the Zulus and advances to Echowe (which
he fortifies) 21 Jan. "
British camp at Isandula or Isandlwana. about 10 miles from
Rorke's Drift (on the Tugela), surprised and attacked by
about 15,000 Zulus; 5 companies of the 24th regiment and
many natives killed, with cols. Durnford and Pulleine. and
other officers; total loss about 837; 2000 Zulus said to have
been killed (lieuts. Melville andCoghill said to have perished
while preserving the colors) 22 Jan. "
Rorke's Drift severely attacked; successfully defended by
lieuts. Chard and Bromhead 22 Jan. "
Zulus attack Inkanyana; defeated by col. Evelyn Wood, 24 Jan. "
Reinforcements requested; troops rapidly sent off from Eng-
land 19 Feb. et seq. "
Prince Louis Napoleon, requesting to join the British, permitted
to go as a guest; sails 27 Feb. "
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AninU of the Titmar with 800 men, etc, «t Maritzburg, 11 Mch. 1879
Britleb convoy neer Itombi rirer out to pieces by Zulus; wagons
and stores captured: capt David Moriarty lolled — 12 Mch. "
Cetywnro's brother Oham, with 600 men, Joins the British;
MunouuciMl 18 Mch. "
Col. Kvelyn Wood attacks the Zulus on thoZlobani mountains;
tiumTsmuoh loss. 28 Mch. ; gains victory at Kambula, 29 Mch. "
Untisli Hilvance to relieve Kchowe. " "
Zulus (IffeatiHl nt (Jingliilovo 2 Apr. '*
Cul I'oarwin mnrrlios out of Echowe 2, 3 Apr. "
Sir (Jnrnot Wolseley. apj>o;nted commander-in-chief, governor
of SMh\. etc , sail.s for the Cape May, "
British total loss, 11S» killed; 8A die of disease; announced,
27 May, "
Cetywayo said to have suppressed nn insurrection, and to have
retired to his kraal (or villaRe) at Ulundi May, "
Reconnoitring |>arty, uudercapt. J. Brenton Carey, on Imbabani,
near the .Moznui river, surprised; prince I^ouis Napoleon
(acting as commander) killed 1 June, "
Sir O. Wolseley arrives at the Cape 23 June, "
Sir O. Wolseley sworn in as high - commissioner at Pieter-
maritzburg 28 or 29 June, "
Cety wayo totally defeated at Ulundi 4 July, "
Lord Chelmsfont resigns 15 July, "
Sentence u|>on capt. Carey respecting the death of prince Na-
poleon quashed 22 Aug. "
Pursuit of Cety wayo ; captured by maj. Richard Marter. 28 Aug. ' '
Meeting of sir G. Wolseley with Zulu chiefs; settlement by
treaty: Zululand to be divided into 13 independent districts;
John Dunn to be a chief ; British residents in each district
(to be eyes and ears); celilmte military system abolished-
no arms to be imported; ancient laws and liberties retained
(John Dunn, 20 years in Zululand, conforms to Zulu ways),
1 86nt 18^9
Sir G. Wolseley's despatch, announcing end of the war, dated '
[Cost of Zulu war, about 4,920,000^.] '^ ^^V^- "
Cety wayo visits England; received l)y the queen U auit 1882
Cetywayo's kingdom restored to him with restrictions, 29 .Jan 1883
He dies o ji.„i " ,00.
British flag raised at St. Lucia bay " ' ' " Dec °
Zululand annexed to Natal as a British possession '.'.". .2*1' June', 1887
Zll'riell was admitted a member and made head of
the Swiss confederacy, 1351, and was the first town in Swit-
zerland that separated from the church of Rome. Switzkk-
LAND.
Zut'pllCn, a town of Holland. At a battle here, 22
Sept. 1586, between the Spaniards and the Dutch, the amiable
sir Philip Sidney, the author of "Arcadia," was mortally
wounded. He died 7 Oct. He was serving with the PLnglisb
auxiliaries, commanded by the earl of Leicester.
Zuyder zee. Zuidkr zee.
Zuyper l$luy§, Holland. Here sir Ralph Abercromby
defeated an attack of the French under Brune ; the latter suf-
fered great loss, 9 Sept. 1799.
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